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News won the 1948 Trophy for being best small non-daily newspaper in North Caro lina. AND STAB-TIMES— (CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941) ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. $1.50 a Year in Alleghany County VOLUME 55, NO. 12 SPARTA. NORTH CAROLINA $2.00 a Year Out of County NEWS-STAK-TIMKe is dedicated to covering the News and to the promotion of progress for all of the people in Sparta and Alle ghany county. THURSDAY, DEC. 9, 1943 OPA Announces y Ceiling Price On Burley Tobacco A Slight Increase Over Last Year Is Provided; Prices Are fey Grades Washington — The Office of Price Administration announces ceiling prices on the 1943 crop of hurley tobacco. An increase of $3 a hundred pounds over last year’s grade prices is provided. Although prices are higher in every grade, the OPA said the new regulation would give grow ers returns equivalent to those received in 1942, since several provisions permitting flexibility in the old ceiling have been elim inated. The new schedule was rushed out by OPA, despite last-minute hitches, so that the figures would be in the hands of the trade by the time the 1943-44 auction mar keting burley opened on Monday in Lexington, Ky. Twenty-one grades have been ' added to the schedule used last year. All are intermediate, or so-called “discount grades,” and will provide a more exact method of determining prices. Last year if a leaf was somewhere between B-3-F and B-4-F, for instance, it was usually graded at the high er-priced grade. In the new or der, an intermediate grade has been introduced, B-3-F-M, and the leaf will be priced according ly OPA said the new system would provide a “more practi cal application” of price control for burley, which is grown main ly in Kentucky, Tennessee, Vir ginia, North Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia. The 1944 de mand is expected to exceed pro duction by a greater volume than in any year since 1936. OPA also knocked out of the new regulation >a provision by which purchases could be “aver aged” in any week. Under that system, a purchaser could pay an above-ceiling price for one lot if in the same week he paid a price (Continued On Page Four) Open Lunchroom In Sparta School More Than 500 Students Eat* ing The Well Planned Lunches Each Day The Sparta high school lunch room opened Tuesday with Mrs. Laura Shumate as supervisor and a staff of five assistants, Principal C. R. Roe announced. Type A lunches, which include a plate lunch and a glass of Grade A milk, will be served, Mr. Roe announced. Approximately five hundred hot lunches were served each day during the first two days the lunch room was open. Assistants to the supervisor will be Mrs., Cad Douglas, Mrs. Lon Reeves, Miss Clyde Poole, Miss Ruth Wooten and Jennie Irwin. This is the first school lunch room to be opened in Alleghany, this year. c • ' ★ . ★ WluU tjau&tuf, WUk WAR BONDS Pant-Ski Troopers When will this war eadT Nobody knows, so the Army ta continuing its training of Para-Ski Troopers. They're parachute troops who know their way about on skis or any other place in snow covered mountainous country. _ * Helping Santa Prepare For His Trip Members of the Junior Victory Army Engineers corps are helping to alleviate a shortage of toys this Christmas by repairing damaged play-things. In foreground, Lieut. Robert Traxler checks a nailing toy truck motor with a stethoscope. In background Col. Noble Le Hew and Lieut. Col. Marshall Smislow are hard at work. Key Positions In Italy Are Captured By Allied Forces TO BE BURIED FRIDAY S-Sgt. Robert J. Reynolds, who died Tuesday, will be buried Friday at Shiloh church. Sgt. R. J. Reynolds Dies In Hospital; Funeral Friday i' L ■ ■ Service Will Be Held At Shi loh Church For Former Sparta Man A military funeral will be held at the Shiloh church on Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock for Staff Sergeant Robert J. Reynolds, 31, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Reynolds, of Sparta, who died at' the Station Hospital at BTC, No. i 10, in Greensboro, Tuesday, af-j ter an illness of three weeks. Sergeant Reynolds, who had been in military service for 18 months, was en route to Sparta to spend a 18-day furlough and was taken 411 in Greensboro. He was inducted in the army April 18, 1841, at Fort Bragg, and received his basic"' training at (Continued on Page 4) New Britain Is Heavily Bomb ed By Allies; Russians Making Gains While allied government lead ers made definite plans for the destruction of Germany and Ja pan in the future, the allied forc es continued to make immediate gains in both Europe and the Pacific. Stabbing their way onto heights six miles southwest of Mignano overlooking the flooded Gariglia no river, allied fifth army troops have driven a deep wedge into the intricate web of fortifications of the German winter line and now hold dominating positions in a 25-square-mile area command ing the road to Rome. American troops which in a few months have become masters of mountain fighting, were throwing back repeated frantic Nazi coun terattacks and clugging their way steadily forward against a strong ly entrenched enemy through rain, mud, flooded creeks, mine fields and barbed wire entagle (Continued on Page 4) Red Cross Will Meet On Friday Rev. R. L. Berry, chairman of the Alleghany county chapter of the Red Cross, announced that there would be a chapter meet ing on Friday evening at the community building at 8 o’clock, where an election will be held to elect executive officers for the coming year. The nominating committee, composed of Mrs. Dalton War ren, R. E. Black and Floyd Crouse will present their nomin ees at the meeting. Nominations will also be accepted from the floor. n Mias Mary Phillips, Red Cross field director of Alexandria, Va., and Rev. John S. Jordan, of West Jefferson, will be present for the meeting, The public is urged to attend the meeting. I Turkey‘Agrees To Cooperate With Allied Powers In War Cairo — President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill an nounced yesterday the conclusion of a three-day conference here with President Ismet Inonu of Turkey in which they studied the general political situation, “ex at length the policy to be I*’ and found that their mier Stalin, last week. ' Immediate reaction in Cairo was that a full-scale allied Bal kans campaign now is planned for the future with the assurance that Turkey would cooperate-di rectly or in some degree facilitate a drive against this back door to Hitler's Europe. (A dispatch concerning the meeting written Dec. 4 by Wil liam B. King, Associated Press correspondent in Angara, and re layed only Tuesday night said “there seems little doubt the con ference i* hi preparation «■ Turkish entry into the though military action be delayed Sat a said that __ tal “prepared on Page «) Gov. Doughton Spoke To County Teachers Here County-wide Meeting At Com' munity Building; 85 Teach ers And Guest Present “It is a great responsibility you have”, Governor R. A. Doughton told the teachers of Al leghany county at the county wide teacher’s meeting at the community building, on Friday night, when dinner was served by the Woman’s club to 85 teach ers and guests. Governor Doughton went on to explain that the first duty of a teacher is to teach those boys and girls under his or her tute lage, to love their country. “In this time of strife and peril, when parents are looking to other things and leaving the rearing of their children to the teachers in the schools, a grave responsibili ty rests with you”, he stated. He complimented the teachers of Alleghany on their fine records and expressed to them the ap preciation of the county for the work they are doing. B. F. McCann, president of the Alleghany chapter of NCEA, pre sided over the meeting prior to which a musical program was presented by Mrs. Tom Noland and Miss Ellen Hardin. Mrs. No land and Miss Hardin played a piano duet, “Laughing Waters” followed by two vocal duets, “Shortin’ Bread” and “Kentucky Babe”. They concluded the pro gram with a piano duet, “Patter Without Chatter”. Miss Clyde Fields, county su perintendent, was presented by the president and she in turn, presented the members of the county Board of Education, G. N. Evans, chairman; R. G. Cox and C. L. Hash. Miss Fields also pre sented the county commissioners, MacQ Wagoner, Victor Phipps and R. L. Hendrix. Two mem bers of the local school commit tee were also present, W. F. Os ( Con tinned on. Page 8) Name Women To Assist In Price Checking Here Group Met And Had Rules Of OPA Explained Before Stasting Work who have A group of women been appointed by the price pan el board of Alleghany county to aid the board in keeping the mer chants of the county posted on the ceiling prices, met in the courthouse Saturday afternoon to have their duties explained to them and to receive their in structions. Rev. R. fj. Berry, chairman of the price panel board was in charge of the meeting. Rev. Mr. Berry explained that these as sistants had not been appointed to check up on the merchants of the county but rather to help them. “The assistants are to make a check to see if the mer chants-'.are complying with OPA regulations and to keep the mer chants up to date on these regu lations, SO' that when they are checked by a regular inspector, they, will be well informed as to ceiling prices.” he explained. It was also pointed out that the penalty for not complying with the ceiling prices which the OPA has fixed is a fine of $50.00 or the merchant must pay the pur chaser three times the price of the article. The Alleghany price panel board consists of the following members: Rev. R. L.,Berry, chair man, Alton Thompson and Mexa Phipps,^members. Assistants are Mrs. C. A Thompson, Mrs. R. E. Black, Mrs. Vergie Burchette and Mrs. P. L. Choate. the 36 country stores in the coun ty are as follows: Mrs. Ben Williams — Allen «nd Templeton, Scottsville; Mrs. Bruce Finney — J. W. Andrews, U. S. Marines Win Tough Fight Three American marines pause to drink water beside a tank trailer during their invasion of Tarawa, one of the Gil bert islands. This campaign is considered to be the most bloody and difficult in 168 years of marine fighting history.' But despite elaborate Japanese defenses, U. S. forces gained control of the island within 76 hours. AAA Committeemen For County Named At Meeting, On Sat. Special Use Of Gas Is Explained By Ration Board Public Asked To Give Their Co-operation To Local OPA Board It was pointed 'out that the ration boards have recently ex perienced, several confusing cases of special gasoline brought about by a lack of knowledge on the part of applicants of gasoline ra tioning regulations that must be complied with by all war price and rationing boards. In view of such misunderstandings die at tention of the public is caued to the rules governing the use of gasoline. Under section 392, paragraph .06 of ration order, 5-C ‘special’ gasoline ration cannot be issued for the following purposes: At tending funerals; attending wed dings; visiting the sick; visiting members of the armed forces at camps or stations; attending school commencement exercises, and to seek employment, it was explained. It is not possible to issue gaso line for the above purposes and the co-operation of the public in not asking for gasoline for such purposes will be appreciated, it was pointed out -- - WILL ATTEND AAA MEETING ON MONDAY R. E. Black, county agent, Charlie Collins, chairman of the county AAA committee, Miss Betty. Halsey, chief clerk of the AAA and Miss Frances Capel, home demonstration agent for Alleghany, will attend an AAA meeting at the Daniel Boone ho tel in Boone, Monday. Farm and home practice for 1944 will be discussed at the meeting. C. G. Collins Is County Chair man; Community Chair men Elected Following the election of AAA community committeemen on Friday, delegates met on Satur day and named the following 1 county committee: C. G. Collins, chairman; Herbert Osborne, vice chairman and B. H. Rector, regu lar ' member. Arthur Gambill was reelected secretary and Miss ! Betty Halsey will again, serve as j treasurer. W. F. Jones formerly 1 served as the chairman. Wnorae and Rector were added to the j committee at this time. Community committeemen e lected were as follows: Barrett: Lonnie Davis, chair iman; A. L. Coomes, vice-chair ■ man and Edgar Wright, regular member. Blevins Cross Roads: W. C. Ev ans, chairman; B. H. Rector, vice chairman and R. A. Shaw, regu lar member. Cherry Lane: Lester Woodruff, j chairman; Robert Joines, vice chairman and Bailey Wagoner, regular member. New Hope: J. K. Taylor, chairman; Bruce Finney, vice chairman and C. B. Taylor, reg (Continued on Page 3) Hog Specialist Coming On Dec. 16 R. E. Black, Alleghany county agent, announced this week that E. V. Vestal, swine specialist of the State College Extension Ser vice, will be in Alleghany county Thursday, December 16, for the purpose of assisting farmers in the proper methods of cutting and curing pork. Mr. Vestal will be in position to give two demonstrations on that day, Mr. Black pointed out and he urged that farmers interested in such a demonstration contact the county agent as soon as pos sible in order that plans may be made and publicity given. Boone Burley Tobacco Mart Opens With Record Prices Alleghany, Ashe and other fanners of this section were pleased with the opening prices m Boone's tobacco market, Tues iay, when the Mt Burley ware louses reported a record high iverage of $52.26 per hundred. Sales were heavy and the qual ty unusually good, according to •eports. “We are highly pleased with irices and quality,” Roscoe Cole nan, who is in charge of title Mt lurley warehouses, said. "We are ilways delighted when farmers ire pleased, for we are the farm irs': It was pointed out that every ind see tha* .jt farmer gets his bacco,” Mr. Coleman said. With the addition of space add ed this summer, the warehouses now have more floor space than last year. The warehouses have full sets of buyers. Assisting Mr. Coleman is Wayne Rutherford, who is the weight master as well as assis tant auctioneer. A native of I' __ J l*m in and discharge, army he Sparta Stores Are Now Supplying Xmas Shoppers Brisk Trade Reported; Stilt Plenty Of Gifts To Be Found Here Local merchants reported good cusiness last week end when the ^hristmas shopping season was jfficially opened here as well as jrisk trade the first of this week. There is still, however, a good [election of gift items to choose irom, here, as well as practical, usable merchandise. A survey ihows that many people are making purchases from practi cal gifts such as clothes, furni ture or other usable items this /ear. Decorations, consisting of laur si roping, will be put up this week end in Sparta in order to add to the Christmas spirit. Santa Claus is expected to visit the various stores and talk with the children and find out their various wishes in time for Christ mas. An announcement of the time of his arrival will be made in next week’s paper. The public is cordially invited by merchants to do their Christ mas shopping in Sparta. supplies sent To Orphanage 420 Cans Filled By Baptist Women Of Alleghany For Orphanage Thirty-five dozen half-gallon jars that were filled by the la dies of the Alleghany Associa tion have been delivered to the Baptist Orphanage at Thomas ville. A list of the churches and the number of jars filled by each have been mailed and the church es will receive credit for the same. A list of the members taking part is as follows: Be^view church: Mrs. Atwood, one dozen jars. Chestnut Grove church, Mrs. S. L. Perry, one dozen jars. Laurel Springs church: Mrs. Curtis Blevins, Mrs. E. W. Shep herd and Mrs. George Shepherd, one dozen jars; Ivy Grace Dough ton, one dozen; Hazel Lee Taylor, one dozen; Mrs. D. L. Taylor, one dozen; Mrs. T. S. Moxley, one dozen; Mrs. F. Miller, one doz en; Mrs. Van Miller, one dozen; and Mrs. T. C.» Osborne, one do* en. New Hope church: Mrs. E. S. Mitchell, one dozen; Mrs. Wiley McMillan, one dozen; and Mrs. Dan Jones, one dozen. Liberty church: Mrs. A. O. Joines, two dozen; Mrs. L. B. Joines, Mrs. Bill Wagoner, Mrs. F ,W. Cheek, Mrs. E. E. Caudill and Mrs. McD. Wagoner, one dozen each. Pine Fork- church: Mrs. W. M. Hamm and Mrs. Frank Taylor, one dozen each. Scottville church: Mrs. John Maines, Mrs. W. E. Nucholls, Mrs. John Royal, and Mrs. W. L. (Continued on Page 4) TO HOLD BOX SUPPER AT RICH HILL DEC. M A box supper will be sponsored by the Rich Hill school, Saturday night, December 18, at 8 o’clock, proceeds to go for the installa tion of a water system at the school, Mrs. Mallie Handy, teach er, announced this week. Music for the occasion will be furnished by Clifton Evans and his band. SCHOOL HOLIDAYS WILL START DEC. IT Tkt Christmas holidays for the Alleghany county schools frill officially begin at the close of the school day on Fri day, December 17, Snpt. Clyde Fields, announced today.
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