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VOLUME 55, NO. 33
Annual Alleghany County Mgfc
School Graduation Edition,
published in cooperation with
the schools to promote edueattak.
THURSDAY, MAY 11, lMft
ir Out of County
J59 Graduating
High Schools
I. Baily Wagoner
Shoots Self; Is
Buried Here Sat.
Prominent Alleghany Man
Commits Suicide; Funeral
Held Sat. At Liberty
I. Baily Wagoner, 38, died at his
home in the Laurel Springs com
munity, last Thursday afternoon,
as the result of a shot fired from
a shotguA through his head. The
death was pronounced as suicide
and came shortly after 3 o’clock
in the garage near his residence.
Mr. Wagoner, a well known
farmer and member of a promin
ent Alleghany family, had been in
ill heath for some time and had
been despondent for several days.
Funeral service was conducted
Saturday afternoon at Liberty
Baptist church, with Rev. G. R.
Blackburn and Rev. Richard L.
West, officiating. Interment fol
lowed in the church cemetery.
Special music was rendered by
the Sparta Baptist choir.
(&' Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
TVema Porter Wagoner, his mo
ther, Mrs. Leff Wagoner and four
childreq, Jimmy, Dicky, Tommy
and Patsy. Also surviving are
two brothers, Bryan Wagoner, of
Akron, Ohio and E. L. Wagoner,
Jr., of • Whitehead and three sis
ters, Mrs. Kelly Blum, of White
head, Mrs. Edward Pugh, of Lau
rel Springs and Mrs. Sam Porter,
of Sparta.
Pallbearers were: Ben G.
Reeves, J. K. Wagoner, Hugh
Choate, R. A. Wagoner, Jr.,
Charles Pugh and Sam Landreth.
Flower girls were: Mrs. Ruth J.
Choate, Annie Blanch Pugh, Ruth
Pugh, Adele Blum, Hazel Lee
Taylor, Mrs. Charles Pugh, Doro
thy Lee Joines, Mary Ruth Miller,
' Naomi Douglas and Ruth Caudill.
Andrews Infant
BurirdHereMon,
Funeral service for Lonnie
Kyle Andrews, nine-day-old in
fant son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Andrews, of Sparta, Rt. 2, was
conducted Monday afternoon atj
the Brethern church at Twin
Oaks, with Rev. Kyle Taylor,
Rev. E. J. Gascho and Eld. J. A.
Reed officiating. Burial follow
ed in the church cemetery.
Surviving are the parents, two
brothers, Leonard and Wade and
one sister, Mary Jane. Also sur
viving are both grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Andrews and
Mr. and Mrs. Pet Maines.
MRS. ANDERSON NAMED
PRES. OF PRESS GROUP
Mrs. Ed M. Anderson, of The
Alleghany News, was named pres
ident of the Mid-Western Press
Association, an affiliate of the N.
C. Press Association, at the annual
election of officers held in Mor
ganton, on Saturday.
& Miss Beatrice Cobb, publisher of
’ the News Herald was host to the
Mid-Western and the Western
groups as well as a number of
other specially invited guests.
Trips were made through the
State Hospital and the State
School for the Deaf.
In addition to Mr. and Mrs. Ed
M. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Janies
Story and Mias Emoryetta Reeves,
attended.
ENROLLMENT OF 1,111
, IN COUNTY SCHOOLS
The total enrollment of the
three high schools, together
with the U one, two and three
teacher schools In Alleghany
county this year, la MU. Of
this number, 399 are in high
school and 1,(M in the grades.
This is approximately the
same as it has been for the past
two years, with a*sUght in
crease over last year. This in
crease, though small, Is con
sidered good, since many stu
dents have dropped oat of
school to enter the armed forc
es. Others, with their families,
have moved to other sections
to work in war production
plants.
In the lower grades, as In the
high schools, the girls outnum
ber the hoys. In the total en
rollment in the grades there
are M5 girls and 797 boys.
Schools Are A war!
County Schools
Here is one of the many certificates awarded Alleghany
County schools by the U. S. Treasury Department, giving them
credit for various types of equipment, in the war bond drives.
Europe Is Blasted
By Allied Planes;
Reds Get Key City
Allied Forces Are Now Mass
ing At Six Points. German
Officials Declare
RAF night raiders lobbed
blockbusters on the German-oc
cupied coast across Dover strait
—causing explosions which shat
tered windows on the English side
of the channel—as a quick follow
up to extensive day-light attacks
4.00° aHM
The violent blasts echoed across
the water from the French coast
roused residents from their beds
a few minutes after a huge fleet
of RAF bombers had passed east
ward, darkening the starlit sky.
The din lasted ten minutes with
out a pause and the concussion
was so great that the ground lit
erally shook at Folkestone and
neighboring towns. Dishes rat
tled in cupboards and furniture
rocked as from an earthquake.
In the last three days of extra
ordinarily violent attack against
scores of widely separated targets
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LITTLE PINE WILL
HAVE PROGRAM SAT.
An entertainment featuring the
Smith Sisters’ band will be spon
sored by the Little Pine school,
Saturday, May 13, at 8:00 p. m., it
was announced this week.
Among other numbers on the
program are black-faced comedy
acts, old-time singing and playing,
and acts by Glen Smith and his
sister and Johnny Richardson and
Walter Hanks.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the entertainment for
which there will be a small admis
sion charge.
SUPT. OF SCHOOLS
Miss Clyde Fields, who is
completion her first year as
superintendent of Alleghany
county schools.
Records Are Made
By School Buses
More than 1,100 Alleghany coun
ty students are transported to
school daily by the 16 buses which
travel a total of 560 miles per
day. This means that almost
two-thirds of the total enrollment
rides to school. And in spite of
wartime condition, good schedules
have been maintained this year,
Supt. Clyde Fields said this week.
The important factor is that
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UlU I'UUUHMB {JHJBl'UIll.
It was pointed out that those
persons \yho had not registered
for their canning sugar or those
who desired to apply for addition
al sugar would not be allowed to
do so until after June IS, when
they would apply at the local ra
tion board.
Following is a report of the
registration at each of the five
schools:
Little Pine, 184 families, 6,920
pounds of sugar; Laurel Springs,
151 families, 6,000 pounds of su
gar; Rich Hill, 135 families, 5,150
pounds of sugar; Piney Creek,
237 families, 8,210 pounds of su
gar and Sparta, 991 families, 35,
000 pounds of sugar.
Sheep Shearing
School Is To Be
Held Next Week
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Public Invited To Take Ad
vantage Of School Next
Friday, May 19
R. E. Black, county agent, an
nounced today that a sheep-shear
ing school will be conducted at the
farm of C. T. Edwards in the New
Hope comunity on Friday, May
i9.
Mr. E. S. Bartlett, of the Chica
go Flexible Shaft company, will
conduct the school, the purpose
of which is to train farmers who
wish to do their own shearing and
especially men who plan to do cus
tom work.
These schools will be held for
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C C. Group Will
Meet On Friday
The Sparta Chamber of Com
merce will meet at the communi
ty building Friday evening at
8:00 o’clock, when several Alle
ghany boys in service, who are
spending furloughs at home, are
expected to talk to the group.
The members met at Sparta
high school ball diamond yester
day afternoon to organize a soft
ball team or league. The organ
ization is expected to be complet
ed soon.
Dinner will be served to the
members by the Sparta Woman’s
club.
Above is a Cornell plane, some of which were purchased
by Alleghany County schools in the “Buy-A-Plane” contest,
through the sale of war bonds.
135 WUl Graduate
From Seventh Grade;
Finals Announced
FINALS SPEAKER
Congressman R. L. Dough
ton, who will deliver the com
mencement address at Sparta
high school on Sat., May 20.
Alleghany Now
Has 61 Teachers
Alleghany county now has a
total of 57 white teachers and
principals and four colored teach
ers who are completing a success
ful school year. This brings the
total up to 61 for the county.
While the war has resulted in a
shortage of teachers, this county
has been fortunate in the past
year in having for the most part,
well trained teachers with ex
perience. Because of the times,
it has been necessary to employ
some with emergency certificates;
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Sparta Has Largest Number,
With 60; Laurel Springs
Has Twenty-two
With 135 students, 125 from the
white schools and 10 from the
colored schools, graduating from
the seventh grade in the various
elementary schools in the county,
most of the closing exercises and
presentation of diplomas will take
place May 17 and 18.
Many of the schools have plan
ned programs while some of them
will not have any exercises on the
close of their school year.
The largest number of seventh
grade • graduates will receive
diplomas at Sparta, when 60 stud
ents will be presented their cer
tificates by Supt. Clyde Fields in
the school auditorium, Thursday,
May 18 at 10:00 o’clock. At this
time, perfect attendance certifi
cates will also be awarded and the
recitation contest will be held.
Piney Creek seventh grade grad
uates number 15 this year. Their
graduating exercises will be held
in the school auditorium, where
they will be presented their
diplomas by the principal, George
M. Van Hoy.
An elaborate program is plan
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SPECIAL MOTHER’S DAY
SERVICES ARE PLANNED
Special Mother’s Day services
will be conducted at the three
Presbyterian churches served by
Rev. R. L .Berry, Sunday.
Special music is planned for the
service at the Sparta Presbyterian
church.
Services are as follows: Glade
Valley, 10:00 a. m.; Sparta, 11:00
a. m., and Rocky Ridge, 2:30 p. m.
Vocational Agricultural Courses
Are Popular In Alleghany County Schools
The vocational agricultural
courses have long been popular
with Alleghany county high
school boys. Both Sparta and
Piney Creek have well-estab
lished departments. Shop
work Is stressed in both places,
where the boys are taught,
along with other work, repair
and care of farm machinery.
Adult classes for the farmers
have been conducted during
the past two years and hun
dreds of dollars have been sav
ed, as well as machinery kept
in repair at a time when it!
could not be replaced and is so
necessary in the war effort
At the left is a view of the
Sparta shop and at the right
Piney Creek.
Ralph Cheek is agricultural
teacher at Sparta, while LC.
Minnich holds this position at
Piney Creek.
Piney Creek And
Sparta Finals To
Be Held Next Wk»
Congressman R. L. Doughton
Will Deliver Address At
Sparta On May 20
In the three high schools of Al
leghany county, 59 seniors, 39
girls and 15 boys, are receiving
diplomas at the commencement
exercises this year.
Finals at Piney Creek and Spar
ta are scheduled for next week,
while commencement at Glade
Valley has already been held.
At both Sparta and Piney Creek,
outstanding speakers have been
secured and other programs plan
ned, which are expected to be well
attended in spite of hampred trav
el conditions.
Congressman R. L. Doughton
will deliver the literary address at
Sparta high school on Saturday,
May 20 at 10:30 a. m., when 29
seniors will be awarded their di
plomas.
The valedictory address will be
given by Patsy Roy Burgiss, the
salutatory by Tommy Osborne and
the president’s speech by Dennis
Franklin. The class prophecy
will be given by Rebecca Irene
Richardson, the class will by Lo
rene Hendrix and the class history
by Eva Edwards.
The commencement exercises at
Sparta will begin on Thursday,
May 18, at 10:00 a. m., in the high
school auditorium when the sev
enth grade graduation program
will take place. At this time, 60
students will receive their diplo
mas. Presentation of the perfect
attendance certificates will also
by made, after which the recita
tion contest will be held.
On Friday night. May 19, at
8:30 p. m., the senior class play,
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Farmers To List
Wool With Black
It was announced this week by
R. E. Black, county agent, that
a change was being made in the
mailing of forms for listing wool.
In the past, blanks have been
mailed to the farmers from the
county agent’s office on which to
list wool and lambs they wish to
sell through the county pool, Mr.
Black pointed out.
This year, he explained, due to
postal regulations, such forms will
not be mailed, but farmers who
wish to sell their wool, lambs or
both, should stop by the county
agent’s office and leave a list at
what they have for sale or else
notify the office by mail.
Farmers are urged to co-operate
with Mr. Black in order that the
sales through the county pool may
go on as before.
ALL SCHOOLS INSPECTED
BY SANITARY OFFICER
A survey has recently been
completed of all at the schools of
the county by the district sanitary
officer, Wade E. Eller.
Mr. Eller has filed a report of
his inspection and has made sev
eral recommendations tor im
provements.
It is hoped by school officials
that several of the recommended
changes can be made before
schools open next fall.
PROCLAIMS SUNDAY
AS MOTHER’S DAY