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VOLUME 55, NO. 39
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SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA
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THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1944
Fifth War Loan Drive Now Underway
Neal Is Speaker
At C. C. Meeting
Here On Friday
Fifth War Loan Is Presented
On Ladies’ Night; Good
Attendance
An urgent appeal to the people
of Alleghany county to show the
boys serving in the armed forces
that they are behind them by buy
ing bonds and more bonds, was
made by W. H. Neal, of Winston
Salem, regional chairman of the
Fifth War .Loan Drive, when he
spoke before the Sparta Chamber
of Commerce and their guests last
Friday night
“Alleghany county has more
than 000 men and women in the
service today,” he told them', “and
you must not let them down.”
“Let the news go out to the boys
on all the fighting fronts and in
the camps that Alleghany has not
only met, but has exceeded her
quota.”
V Dr. N. D. Fox then called to the
' 7 attention of those' present, the
bond rally to bp held at the
Sparta courthouse, Friday at 8:00
p. m., when Gap Civil township
will begin the series of rallies to
raise her bond quota of $57,000.00.
Preceeding the speech by Mr.
Neal, Joe Bill Reed, in behalf of
the Chamber of Commerce, pre
sented a gift to Rev. R. L. Berry,
who plans to leave Sparta soon.
Following the business session,
members and their wives enjoyed
a delightful square dance. Music
was furnished by Clifton Evans’
band.
Members of the Sparta Woman’s
club served a delicious buffet din
ner. Four new members were
added to the organization.
Greystone Inn Is
To Open June 23
Largest Season In History
Expected; Walter Bovard
In Charge
t
Anticipating the largest season
in its history, the Greystone Inn,
a popular summer resort at Roar
ing Gap, will open on Friday,
June 23.
Walter M. Bovard will again be
in charge of the hotel and resort.
He announced that all cottages
were opening and that a larger
colony than last year was expect
ed.
The Burlington Mills group will
be at the inn for the opening, Mr.
Bovard pointed out. Many res
ervations have already been made,
among them a number of army
and navy 'men, who will spend
their leaves there. A number of
honeymoon couples are also ex
pected.
Ralph Lang, of Danville, Va.,
golf professional, has already ar
rived at the Gap and will be
there for the summer.
Mrs. Virgiiija Moss, of Mylang
Pines, will again
and Eddie Cas
Va., will be
professional, Mr.
^Ifetables, Silvi
be at the stab!
sity, of Hot S]
back as te
Bovard annoi
The staff at the hotel will be
about the same as last year, he
pointed out.
It was also announced that
Montaldo’s Shop in the hotel
would open on June 28.
Miss Pricilla Shaw, of Sumter,
S. C., will open the Silver Pines
camp on June 29, with around 80
girls, the largest eamp that she
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SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED
FOE COUNTY 1(1. D. CLUBS
The demonstration for women’s
clubs for the month) of June will
be on “Food Conservation” and
the time of all the Meetings will
be 2:00 p. m. With $he exception
of Sparta,jwhich wil| be at 3:00 p.
m. The following is a schedule of
meetings for the week of June 19:
Tuesday, June 20 .— Meadow
Fork, Mrs. W- C. Wciodruff.
i Wednesday, June *1 — Piney
Creek, Mrs. E. C. Minnich.
Thursday, June 23 — Sparta,
Mrs. Lola /Womble, 3|:00 p. m.
Saturday, June \24 — Wolf
Branch, Mrs. Arthur Gambill.
Rich Mill Communitiy will meet
June 24 at 7:00 o’clock pi. m. at
Cumberland Park. )
Sparta 4-H Girls wiltt meet June
23 at the home of Miss Frances
Capel at 2:00 o’clock) p. m.
Allies Are Gaining
In France; Planning
More Drives Soon
GETS PROMOTION
1st Lieut. Wanda Reeves, U.
S. Army Nurse Corps, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Grover
Reeves, of Sparta, who is sta
tioned at McXinney, Texas,
was recently promoted to her
present rank. Lieut. Reeves
was Alleghany County’s first
woman to enter the armed
service and also county’s first
woman to become a commis
sioned officer.
Former Comity
Doctor Dies In
Duke Hospital
Dr. Bryon Clay Taylor Was
Buried On Monday At
Landis
Dr. Byron Clay Taylor, native j
of Alleghany county, and resident
of Landis, died at. 1:30 p. m., Sat
urday at Duke Hospital, Durham,
where he had been a patient ten
days.
Dr. Taylor maintained dental j
offices at China Grove, where he j
moved following graduation in
1914 from Atlanta Dental College, j
He was a charter member of Chi- i
na Grove Rotary Club, and held
membership in North Carolina
Dental Society and in Rowan Den
tal Association. He was a mem
ber of Omicron Kappa Upsilon,
honorary dental fraternity.
He was bom January 18, 1894,
son of Mrs. Ellen Edwards Tay
lor and the late Daniel Preston
Taylor. >
Dr. Taylor leaves a widow, the
former Theresa Linn of Landis,
two daughters, Theresa, who
teaches at Albemarle, and Re
bekah, who was graduated last
month from Duke University
School of Nursing; one son, By
ron C., Jr., of the home; his mo
ther, who lives at Sparta; two sis
ters, Grace Taylor of, Sparta, and
and Mrs. Ruth Maxwell, Bel Air,
Md.; fwo brothers, Glenn Taylor,
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Belgian King Is Carried Ofl
In Captivity; Hard Fight
ing Goes On
Allied armies, keeping pace al
most to the hour with an invasion
time-table laid out a year ago,
made advances of up to five miles
in France Tuesday and clamped
a pincers around Caien, but
American troops gave ground to
fierce counter-attacks, at Monte
bourg and Carentan.
At a late hour yesterday, Allied
headquarters circles were unable
to say which side held Monte
bourg, 14 miles southeast of Cher
bourg, and Carentan, near the
base of the Cotentin Peninsula,
Front reports said that street bat
tles were in progress in both
towns.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
has also served grim notice on the
Nazis that more invasions of Eu
rope are in preparation.
“The Nazis,” he said in a report
to President Roosevelt, “will be
forced to fight throughout the
perimeter of their stronghold, dai
ly extending their dwindling re
sources until overwhelmed by the
hopelessness of their position.”
The report of the supreme al
lied invasion commander, made
public at Mr. Roosevelt’s news
conference spoke of the drive into
Normandy as “a mere beginning.”
Nazi occupied Europe was in
ferment last night as the puppet
Vichy cabinet was reshuffled to
hold down the lid in France and
the Germans carried off Belgian
Kil*gJjS<2»©ld, to captivity-uk-Gec*
many—an act apparently inspired
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Auto Use Stamps
Are Now On Sale
Should Be Purchased By Mo
torists From Post Offices
By July 1
Alleghany motorists, along
with others throughout North
Carolina, are reminded that auto
stamps in the denominations of
$5.00 are now on sale at all post
offices and are to be purchased by
all motorists by July 1.
These stamps are for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, it was ex
plained and for that reason must
be bought by this date by car
owners.
To guard against loss or theft,
it has been suggested that, when
affixing the stamps, the vehicle
owner should dampen the wind
shield rather than the adhesive
side of the stamp. This method
has been recommended to keep
the stamp intact upon the wind
shield. As an additional precau
tion, it has also been suggested
that each motor vehicle owner
should make a record of the serial
number which appears on the use
tax stamp for protection in the
event the stamp should become
lost.
Wives Who Aid Husbands To
Escape From Jail, Locked In
Some Alleghany soldiers, long
overdue at their respective army
camps, were caught, jailed, aided
by their wives in escaping, and
finally caught again this week, af
ter leading officers a chase. And
the thanks the wives received
from their husbands in helping
them escape was to be locked up
by them.
Garnet Mays, of the Mt. Zion
community, who had been absent
without leave since May 18, was
arrested Sunday at the home of
his father-in-law, Earl Burchett,
near Edwards Crossroads. Mays
had not returned to his base after
his furlough, his company leav
ing for overseas duty while he
was AWOL. This was Mays’
second offense.
Claude Dancy, whose company
also left for overseas duty, has
been away without leave for the
past five months. Dancy was ar
rested at the home of his father
at Laurel Springs, on Sunday.
This was Dancy’s second offense,
also.
Clifton Bowers was the third
man to be arrested Sunday.
Bowers had only been in service
for six weeks, had recently com
pleted his basic training and had
overstayed his leave since May
11. He was captured at the home
of his father-in-law, Glen Os
borne, at Laurel Springs.
The three men were placed in
the jail at Sparta, awaiting trans
portation to Charlotte, where au
thorities would take charge of
them. On Tuesday night, with
the aid of a hack saw, given them
by their wives, whom Sheriff
Moxley had permitted to spend
the nijdit in jail with their hus
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This American Gave His Life. Are You Buying Bonds?
This American doughboy was killed in Bougainville. A medical corpsman kneels as
he copies data from the dog tags on the dead soldier. Our casualties here were 700. Are
you backing up our gallant men, fighting for liberty and democracy, by buying war
bonds? (Army Signal Corps Photo)
Alleghany Man
Dies Of Wounds
Received In Italy
Lieut. Earlie L. Wolfe, Age 26,
Died On May 17 In
Italy
,U. Wolfe, 26, of
Sparta, Rt. 2, died in Italy on
May 17 as a result of wounds re
ceived in action, according to a
report received here this \yeek by
his mother, Agnes C. Wolfe.
Lt. Wolfe, who entered the army
March 6, 1936, soon after his
graduation from Glade Valley
high school, received his commis
sion as second lieutenant at Fort
Benning, Ga., in October, 1942.
He had been overseas since De
cember, 1943.
After training in Africa for a
short while, the young lieutenant
was sent to Italy soon after a
beachhead was established there.
He received a slight wound on
the finger and was sent to rest
camp for a few weeks. Here he
received the Purple Heart for
bravery in action.
Lt. Wolfe was soon back at the
front where he received wounds
which resulted in his death.
Surviving, in addition to his
mother, are three aunts, Mrs. A.
A. Woodruff and Misses Pearl
and Ruby Woodruff, with whom
he made his home before joining
the army.
30 County Men
Pass Physicals
27 Accepted For Army And
Three For Navy At Camp
Croft
Following is a list of names of
those who were accepted for mil
itary service following physical
examination recently at Camp
Croft:
Accepted for the Navy, were:
Oscar Dale DeBoerd, Early Bry
an Eldridge and Robert Bruce
Whitely.
Accepted for the Army were:
Clive LeRoy Edwards, Eugene
Jesse Poole, Leonard Mack An
drews, Eugene Emmett Shaw,
Clifton Dillon Edwards, Odell
Columbus Jones, Calvin Eugene
Pierce, Welter Platt Waddell,
Dewey Clifford Whittaker, Odell
Carnet Smith.
Jones Kent Andrews, Clay
Franklin Crouse, Clive Walter
Stocker, Richard Hersel Edwards,
David Reece Gilliam, Jr., Mc
Dale Wyatt, Eugene Horton Spur
lin, Wallace Beverly Halsey,
George Ed Irwin, James Franklin
Halsey. .
n, Tam Smith
Parks Brown,
\ Jr., Andrew
tac Davis Os
Ray Mac And<
Gambill, Russel
Van Franklin M
Melvin Jenningi
borne, and Alec
Curb Market May Be
Started At Roaring
Gap; Making Plans
Big Bond Rally
At Courthouse
On Friday Night
Rich Hill Rally On Saturday
And At Little Pine Tues.;
Others Planned
Gap Civil township will hold
the first in a series of eight bond
rallies on Friday night at 8:00 o’
clock at the Sparta courthouse,
when the purchase of a bond will
admit one couple to the square
dance to be given in the communi
ty building following the rally.
Dr. N. D. Fox, chairman of the
drive in this township, urged that
every citizen in Gap Civil attend
the rally and buy a bond.
“We want to start this campaign
in Alleghany county with a bang
and the time to start is now, with
this first public bond sale,” Dr.
Fox pointed out. “Gap Civil must
raise her quota of $57,000.00.”
He also announced that several
acts will be staged at the court
house during the rally, among
them a blackface act by two lo
cal comedians. Music will be
furnished for the affair by Clifton
Evans and his band, who will al~
so play for the dance later.
Mayor Floyd Crouse, spokes- j
man for the eight rallies in the
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Meeting Will Be Held At The
Community Building In
Sparta On Saturday
Keen interest is being shown in
the establishment of a curb mar
ket at Roaring Gap for the sum
mer and a definite decision is ex
pected to be reached at the> all
day meeting at the community
building in Sparta, Saturday.
The possibilities and plans for
the curb market will be discus
sed and everyone is cordially in
vited to attend. Miss Frances
Capel, home demonstration agent,
pointed out that there would be
a number of demonstrations that;
all of the women would be inter
ested in. Miss Mary E, Thomas,
extension nutritionist and T. T.
Brown, also of the extension di
vision of State College, will as
sist in the demonstrations.
Mr, Brown’s demonstration,
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ENTER MARINES
Tommy Osborne and J. D.
Smith left Tuesday morning to
report to Parris Island for induc
tion into the U. S. Marine Corps.
Tommy is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter F. Osborne, of Sparta, and
J. D. is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Worth Smith, of Roaring Gap.
Both young men are graduates of
the class of ’44 at Sparta high
school.
Price Ceilings Go On Used
Cars, July 10, OP A States
Washington .— Price ceilings
for all used passenger automo
biles, under consideration by the
Office of Price administration for
over a year, go into effect July
10 at levels generally of January,
1944.
Price Administrator Chester
Bowles, announcing the new regu
lation at a news conference today,
said the ceilings would roll-back
prevailing prices an average of 10
per cent. The measure covers sales
by private owners as well as deal
ers. »
The regulation fixes maximum
prices for 23 makes and about 6,
000 models manufactured from
1937 through 1942. Ceiling for 1942
models are the same as maximum
prices for new passenger cars as
of February 29, 1944, while prices
for- 1937-41 modles aTe fixed at
January, 1944, levels.
For older cars, the price is held
to that established for the nearest
comparable 193J model.
Prices will vary, as they have
done in normal times, in three
geograpical price zones establish
ed. They will be lowest in region
A which includes all states east of
the Mississippi river, highest in
region C comprising Washington,
Oregon, California, Nevada and
Arizona, and about half-way be
tween the two levels in region B,
covering the rest of the country.
Typical prices are $990 for a
1942 Ford V-8 deluxe four door
sedan sold “as is” in region A, $1,
025 in region B, and $1,065 in re
gion C. For warranted cars, the
ceilings in respective areas are
$1,238, $1,281 and $1,331.
The ceiling on a 1937 Chevrolet
master deluxe four door sedan
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Only $3,575.00 Is
Raised On Quota
Assigned County
$86,000.00 Yet To Be Sold;
Cooperation Urged; Mer
chants Working
The Fifth War Loan Drive got
underway in Alleghany county,
Monday with a quota of $90,000.00
to be reached. While complete
figures of sales were not available
for publication late yesterday, es
timates placed the sales at only
$3,575.00 through Wednesday at
noon.
S. R. Nichols, drive chairman,
pointed out that while the drive
was off to a slow start, that sales
are expected to show a sharp in
crease over the week end when
the first in a series of rallies will
be held in the county. The co
operation of everyone is asked to
make the drive a success.
T. R. Burgiss announced that
each drug store had been asked to
sell a minimum of $300.00 for
each employee in their organiza
tion. “Each employee has been
assigned this quota and are au
thorized to conduct the sales,”
Mr. Burgiss, chairman, pointed
out.
Township chairmen have been
named and quotas assigned each
township.
It was pointed out that the large
number of Alleghany men in
service and the many who are
taking part in the invasion of
France, should be an inspiration
to everyone to make a special
sacrifice to buy additional bonds.
“Day by day the war and its
costs in ‘blood and tears’ is being
brought more vividly home to the
people of our county,” a leader
declared. “More and more fre?
quently those fateful messages be
ginning "The Government regrets’
are being delivered to our homes,
signifying that some man, who so
recently was one of us, has given
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Price Panels Are
Named By Board
Special Groups For Various
Types Of Merchandise
Are Appointed
The Alleghany Price Panel
board has been divided into three
iub-panels, with a chairman and
two assistants in each panel, Mrs.
Robert Fleetwood, price clerk,
announced this week.
R. L. Allison was appointed
chairman of apparel and durable
goods, with C. R. Roe and T. R.
Burgiss serving with him.
Alton Thompson, chairman of
farm products and services, will
be assisted by Pauline Edwards
and Joe Bill Reed.
J. K. Wagoner is chairman of
food and restaurants and serving
with him are Miss Frances Capel
and Miss Emoryetta Reeves.
Rev. R. L. Berry, who has serv
ed for a number of months as
chairman of the Alleghany board,
resigned recently to accept a
charge at the Belmont Presby
terian church.
Mrs. Fleetwood also announced.
that two or three surveys each
month will be made by the mer
chant-aides in the county and that
any violation found will be re
ported to the panel dealing with
that particular phase of rationed
goods. Also, any complaints
should be brought before the pan
el.
T. B. ASSOCIATION
TO HOLD MEETING
Announcement has recently
been received from Frank W.
Webster, Executive Secretary, N.
C. Tuberculosis Association, that
the Institute on Tuberculosis will
be held at the Hotel Carolina, Ra
leigh, June 26, 27, and 28. An in
vitation to atteryi has been ex
tended to everyone interestd in
tuberculosis. The attendance of
tachers, nurses,' and other leaders
in the community is especially
urged.
Anyone who is planning to at
tend should get in touch with
Swanson Edwards,
welfare, so that
can be made iot
at the Institute.