THURSDAY, FEB. 10, 1M4
News
NEWSPAPER.
$1.50 a Year in Alleghany County
SPARTA. NORTH CAROLINA
$2.00 a Year Out of County
SACKm ATTACK
AND STAR-TIMES- \CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2. 1941)
any
—ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY
^County Bond Sales Pass $67,000
54 County Men
Are Classified By
The Local Board
Majority Of Group Placed In
3-C; List Of Classifications
Published
The local board announced
classifications of men for military
service this week, when 54 men
were placed in various classes,
with only 2 men in 1-A and 21 in
3-C.
In 1-A are: Grady L. Pruitt
and Bland E. Nuckolls.
1-A (R): Carl H. Anthony and
James C. Stump.
1-C (Ind): Joseph K. Blum, Jr.,
Mack E. Caudill, Roy W. Perry,
Arnold R. Norman and Page C.
Thompson.
1- C: Andrew B. Taylor.
2- A: Russell G. Moxley, Ed
ward W. Butcher, Alton G. Lan
dreth, Alton W. Thompson, Ru
dolph N. Evans and William A.
Roy all.
2-B: Joe W. Finney.
2-C: Homer W. Hoppers, Eu
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Miss Ola Collins
Joins U. S. Navy
Resignation Of County Nurse
Will Become Effective
Next Week
Miss Ola Collins, Alleghany
county health nurse, has been ac
cepted in the United States Navy
Nurse Corps and will report for
duty on March 8, it was announc
ed this week.
Miss Collins, who- resigns as
county nurse as of February 15,
has been with the Alleghany
health department for the past
three years.
Entering the Navy Nurse Corps
with the rating of Ensign, Miss
Collins will be stationed at some
naval hospital where she will be
assigned to immediate duty,
i Prior to reporting for duty, she
will visit her sister, Mrs. Brooks
Anderson, in Elsmere, N. Y., and
her brother, Pvt. Earnest Collins,
at Fort Belvoir, Va.
Dr. Robert King, district health
officer, said yesterday that no
successor had yet been secured
to fill the vacancy left by Miss
Collins. He pointed out that there
was a great scarcity of public
health nurses.
TO CLEAN CEMETERY
All those persons having friends
of relatives buried in the Union
church cemetery, are requested
to help in cleaning off the graves
and clearing the cemetery of
broom straw in preparation for
grassing, on Thursday and Friday,
February 24 and 25.
It is also requested that those
interested persons bring sharp
mattocks and other tools.
A sprig at green an the Medtter
mean front; today ifa camouflage
tor an American machine gun nest
To win quicker our soldiers must
have munitions and materiel, more
■ill more. To provide them all of
bay mere and more War
V. S. Tftatury Dtfortmnl
'.y
Patton Salutes Polish Troops
Troops of the Polish armored regiment stand at attention
as Lieut. Gen. George S. Patton Jr., of the American Seventh
army salutes them during a review of the troops in Egypt.
To Make Plans For
Red Cross Drive At
Meeting Next Thurs.
Committees Named By Hoop
er; Field Director To At
tend Meeting
A meeting of the Alleghany
chapter of the American Red
Cross will be held Thursday ev
ening, Feb. 17, at 8 o’clock at the
community building in Sparta,
when special chairmen and com
munity workers will meet with
C. C. Lovewell, field director for
the National Red Cross. He will
aid in the organization of work
ers to carry out the drive in Al
leghany county.
Citizens of this county will bo
asked to give $3,400 of the $200,
000,000 national fund goal in this
Red Cross Drive, which opens on
March 1. The national goal last
year was $125,000,000 with Al
leghany’s quota $1,900.
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Tax Expert Will
Be Here Feb. 15
G. Barney Cashwell, Deputy
Collector of Internal Revenue,
along with several other tax au
thorities, will be at the court
house in Sparta on February 15
and 16 from 8:30 a. m. to 5:30 p.
m. for the purpose of assisting
taxpayers in filing their 1943 in
come tax returns.
Persons who feel that they are
unable to file their returns them
selves, should bring with them
all information needed in order
that the return may be speedily
filed, it was pointed out. '
1943 tax returns must be filed
not later than March 15, it was
also pointed out.
Farm Machinery
Repair Classes
At Piney Creek
Farmers Urged To Take Ad
vantage Of These And Get
Machinery In Order
Farmers are urged to “Back the
Attack” by repairing farm ma
chinery, courses for which will be
offered at Piney Creek School
under the Food Production War
Training program for North Car
olina during the next six weeks,
Ernest C. Minnich, agriculture
teacher announced today.
These courses will be on the
repair ar.d maintenance of farm
machinery and equipment that is
in need of repairs. W. R. Barr
will give the necessary instruc
tion and assistance in putting
farm equipment into first class
condition for work during the
crop season just ahead, it was
announced. The courses offer a
real opportunity for the farm
people to develop some skill and
knowledge in the care and repair
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Glasses Fitted
At Clinic, Here
Miss Ola Collins announced
this week that the glasses which
were fitted at the December eye
clinic had arrived and would be
mailed to the owners as soon as
possible.
Almost twenty pairs of glasses
were fitted at the clinic.
Man and His Best Friend Hunt Japs
U. S. marines and the jungle-trained dogs, on a Bougain
ville trail, ready to go to work hunting Japanese snipers.
The dogs are invaluable in seeking out Japs too well hidden
lor the eye* of marines. Sharp noses of the dogs locate the
enemy who is quickly dispatched to his ancestors by the
Leathernecks.
Committee Will
Meet Soon For
Post-war Plans
More Employment And Great
er Development Of The
County Is Goal
The newly appointed commit
tee for Economic Development in
Alleghany county is expected to
meet soon to work out a goal of
greatly expanded peacetime pro
duction and employment after the
war, in close cooperation with the
industrial firms of the county, it
was announced here this week.
The committee, headed by R.
F. Crouse, as chairman, and com
posed of businessmen of the coun
ty, includes D. P. Lavietes, Ed
win Duncan, Clennel Richardson,
Dewey Sturdivant, C. C. Cast
evens, Amos Wagoner, Dr. N. D.
Fox, Alton Thompson, C. R. Roe
and J. A. Hardin.
The stimulation of industrial
firms to plan for higher peace
time production than ever before,
meaning more jobs for workers
after the war and in turn, more
purchasing power for the pro
ducts of business and agricul
ture, is the object on which the
local committee is expected to
concentrate.
The D. and P. Pipe Works and
the Sparta Manufacturing Com
pany are the two main industrial
plants on which the county will
rely for its employment level af
ter the war, with a definite pos
sibility in the manganese mining
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Boy Scout Week
Being Observed
By Local Troop
Engaging In War Work. Dr.
Fox In Charge Of Sparta
Group
The Sparta Boy Scout Troop
“78” and their leader, Dr. N. D.
Fox, along with 1,600,000 other
Boy Scouts and their adult lead
ers are observing Boy Scout
Week, February 8 to 14, marking
the 34th anniversary of the
founding of Scouting in the Unit
ed States.
The Sparta troop, twelve in
number, has been organized and
under the leadership of Dr. Fox
for the past one and one-half
years. Robert Allison is assistant
leader.
.Most of the members of this
troop are fully equipped with
uniforms and scout equipment.
Dr. Fox announced that the lo
cal troop received $150.00 of the
funds collected in the recent
United War Fund Drive. This
money was pooled hi the ’’Old
Hickory Council” of Scouts, of
which Troop “78” is a member,
in order to carry on scout activi
ties throughout this area of North
Carolina.
Hiking, camping, swimming
and other sports and assisting in
campaigns such as the gathering
of scrap iron and waste paper are
among the activities of the scouts.
The Sparta troop, Dr. Fox ex
plained, will welcome new mem
bers at any time. A scout meet
ing is held one night in each
week. He also pointed out that
there is a possibility that the
troop will split, making two
troops in Sparta. A boy is re
quired to be twelve years of age
before he can become a scout.
Members of Troop “78” are:
George Roe, Ted Ivey, Tommy
Burgiss, Herbert Caldwell, Chas.
Dillard, Keith Richardson, Junior
Rizoti, Rudy Roe, Bobby Black,
George Bryan Collins, James
Douglas and Dwayne Kilby.
Brother Of Mrs.
Chas. R. Roe Dies
Mrs. Charles R. Roe was called
to Kinston, Tuesday, by the death
of her oldest brother, Jacob West.
Funeral service was conducted
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock
in Kinston.
Surviving are the widow and
two children, also the mother,
Mrs. Lottie A. West and several
brothers and sisters.
The deceased is the son of the
late George West, of Kinston.
How Dimes Marched Into Washingt
on
A group of clerks in the White House at Washington, D.
C., welcomed the thousands of dimes which descended on the
capital during the annual March of Dimes infantile paralysis
drive. They are pictured at work during the drive with the
dimes.
U. S. Wins New Base
In Pacific; Russians
Make Sweeping Gains
250 Acres Burn
In Forest Fire
Over Week End
State Highway Forces Help
To Get Blaze Under Con
trol On Monday
With a high wind prevailing,
fire spread rapidly Saturday af
ternoon and night over approxi
mately 250 acres of mountain
land, northwest of Sparta, be
longing to R. A. Doughton, C. A.
Duncan, Rufe Joines and Will
Joines.
| Fighters could do little to con
i trol the blaze in the high wind
! Saturday night, with fields of
' broom straw and briars, burning
| rapidly over the whole area.
The fire was under control,
however, Sunday morning, only
| to break out anew Monday after
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AAA Announces
Wheat Schedule
Arthur Gambill, secretary of
the Alleghany AAA this week
announced a regular schedule for
I the weighing of wheat for the
farmers of the county.
Mr. Gambill will be in the AAA
office on Wednesdays and Satur
days during the regular office
hours from 9 to 5 o’clock. He
explained that his services would
be available only on these two
days and not every day during
the week as has been the custom
heretofore.
15 More Japanese Aircraft
Shot Down At Rabaul;
Nearing Rome
this week with
4Hi
Allies continued heavy fight
ing on all fronts this week with
impressive gains.
Adm. Chester Wj
a simple finish to
invasion in the Mai
with the brief
yesterday that organized 'resis
tance on the atoll “has ceased
and its capture and occupation
have been completed.”
There still was no mention of
ground action on the extreme
western portion of the atoll, in
the Ebadon island area. It was
assumed this had been cleaned
out by fourth division marines
who originally landed in the
Roi-Namur sector to the north.
Headquarters reported yester
day that 13 more planes have
been shot down at Rabaul, New
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Local Soldier Is
Held By Officers
Cpl. Garnet Maze, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Laurence Maze, of Pin
ey Creek, was taken into custody
by local officers Saturday for
overstaying his leave from the
army, and is now being held in
the Sparta jail awaiting authori
ties from Fort Benning, Ga.
Cpl. Maze, it was reported, re
ceived a week end pass on Janu
ary 26 and had failed to report
to camp at Fort Benning, where
he was stationed.
After he was arrested Satur
day, Ct^. Maze made an attempt
to escape but was not successful.
Former County Boy Writes
Of Conditions In England
Following is a letter written
by Pfc. Paul M. Irwin to his pa
rents, Deputy Marshal and Mrs.
Walter M. Irwin, of Wilkesboro,
and formerly of Sparta, where
Deputy Marshal Irwin was sher
iff of Alleghany county. Pfc.
Irwin, a graduate of Sparta high
school, is now serving overseas
in the U. S. Army and is stationed
somewhere in England.
“Dear Dad and Mother.
How is everything it home? I
hope you have started getting my
letters now—let me know how
long it takes you to get them.
I took a long hike today, and
went through a small village, or
town. It is really nice; some of
the nicest country I tyave ever
seen. I saw a few cattle and
some real grazing land; the grass
I is green now.
The town is smaller than Spar
ta, but all the houses seem to be
I old, most of them are brick and
one-story. They are built a lot
different from the ones at home.
I really enjoyed it.
The automobiles are all small
and look funny to me. The
steering wheel is on the right
side and they drive on the left
side of the road. And, too, there
are no private automobiles in
England. The people either walk
or ride bicycles.
The people in England are real
ly having things a lot harder than
the people in the U. S. They
have lost thousands of civilians
in bombings and everything is ra
tioned; there are no luxuries al
lowed. Cigarettes cost a civilian
50c per package. They pay half
their income for taxes and every
one, even the girls, have to reg
ister and work in an essential
job. *'
The English soldier gets $16.00
per month; so you see we are
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$9,868.00 Yet To
Be Sold; Rally
At Sparta On Fri.
Drive To Close Feb. 15; Want
Quota Of $77,000 Raised
By This Time
Alleghany county pushed .on
toward the Fourth War Loan
Drive quota of $77,000 this week
when sales reached $67,131.25,
late yesterday afternoon. This
leaves $9,868.75 yet to be sold be
fore the quota is raised.
Everyone who has not bought
all the bonds they can during this
drive are asked to do so before
the drive officially closes next
Tuesday, February 15.
A special rally, sponsored by
Gap Civil township and Sparta
high school, will be held at the
Sparta high school auditorium,
Friday evening, beginning at 8
o’clock, it was announced.
Amos Wagoner, Gap Civil
township chairman and Prof. C.
R. Roe will have charge of the
program. Mayor Floyd Crouse
will be the speaker of the even
ing with Chairman S. R. Nichols
and Alton Thompson making
short talks. W. F. Osborne,
chairman of the local school com
mittee, will conduct the sale of
bonds.
String music will be furnished
for entertainment and Mrs. Tom
Noland will conduct the Sparta
Glee Club in three patriotic num
(Continued on Page Four*
C H. Moxley, 47,
Dies In Maryland
News has been received of the
recent death of Cam R. Moxley,
who died at his home near Cres
well, Md., after an illness of 18
months. Death occured on his
birthday.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Bertha Moxley; a daughter, Jean
nette, at home; his mother, Mrs.
Mary Moxley, Black Horse, Md.;
two sisters, Mrs. Mallie Reeves,
Thomas Run, Md.; and Mrs. Ver
na Killen, Black Horse, Md.; and
the following brothers: Messrs.
Treely and Guy, Churchville,
Md.; and Berry Moxley, Hoqui
am, Wash.
Funeral services were held on
Monday from his late home, with
Rev. J. O. Spencer officiating,
and interment was in Mt. Zion
cemetery. Elder G. R. Killen as
sisted.
Pallbearers were: Messrs. Ea
rner Poole, Edgar Fortner, Roscoe
Maners, Forrest Watson, Bert
Coomes, and Dewey Edwards.
Born in Sparta, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Ellis Moxley, he
spent his early manhood in Alle
ghany county, moving to Mary
land several years ago.
Over tiie top In Italy! One more
ridge, one ipore mile on the road
to Berlin.
Aa in victorious military cam»
paigns, people on the home front
must sacrifice to provide all the
sinews of war. One of these is the
regular purchase of War Benda.
U. S. Trmsufy Drftrimmd