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AND STAB-TIMES—(CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941) —ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. ' -«.- -■..... . ... . .— $1.5Q a Year in Alleghany CountySPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA j $2.00 a Year Out of County BUY EXTRA BONDS 5 * WAR LOAN THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1944 Bond Rallies To Be Held At Rich Hill, Little Pine Chairman I. W. Wagoner Urges That $7,500.00 Quota Be Raised Bond rallies for Glade Creek township will be held at Little Pine school house on Friday night, June 30 and at Rich Hill school, Saturday night, July 1, Chairman Isom W. Wagoner, an nounced today. The township is expected to reach its quota of $7,500.00 at these two rallies And a general invitation was issued to all peo ple in Alleghany to attend. “I take this opportunity to ap peal to the people of Glade Creek township in particular and to the people of the county in general, to do everything they possibly can to put the Fifth War Loan Drive ‘over the top’”, Chairman Wag oner stated. “It will be impossible for me to see everyone in my township for a personal solicitation, but I expect to see all of you either at Little Pine or at Rich Hill," he pointed out. It was also explained that what ever township a person might be from, that township would re ceive credit for the bonds pur chased at the rallies. Mr. Wagoner urged that anyone (Continued on Page 4) Parents Warned Of Polio Cases One Case Reported In Alle ghany County; Many Cases Elsewhere f ■ " ■ " ■■ r.x One cyie of infantile paralysis, the four year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ivey Harrel, of Laurel Spr ings, has been reported in this county. The child was carried to the emergency hospital that has been set up at Hickory, but he re turned home since doctors advised that he had a light attack of the disease. Swanson Edwards, welfare sup erintendent, said that while the situation was not alarming, he thought parents of children should be informed of this. A number of cases have been reported in Caldwell, Gaston, Watauga, Ashe and other counties further down the state, many of which are now being treated in Hickory and Charlotte. It was advised that any cases in this county should be reported im mediately to the family doctor. If any cases, upon the recomenda tion of the family physician, should be hospitalized, the wel fare department will be glad to furnish transportation, Mr. Ed wards announced. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis has sent epi demiologists to Charlotte and Hickory to study the cases of poliomyelitis which are being treated there, it was announced. To the People of this Community The next time you write to your fighting men or fighting woman tell him or her what you have done about the Fifth in your home. The headlines in this newspaper on the progress of the drive, the items about par ticipating individuals, the char acter of the Fifth War Loan spe cial events—all these things re flect the morale back home. Do you like to read a sorry ^ headline about the invasion ■ fronts. Our fighting forces, ” made up of individuals with the same reactions to good and bad as you, will not be heartened to read: “Fifth War Loan Lags.” Your silence in your letter about your part in the Fifth War Loan will mean non-interest. man or woman in uniform will be deeply interested. Your War Casualties In France Brought Back To England The casualties from the French beachhead in Normandy are brought ashore in. Eng land. Note the stern and serious expressions on the faces of the litter bearers. This is an original picture flown here from England by the Army Signal Corps. Are you backing up our invaders by buying more War Bonds than ever before? (Army Signal Corps Photo) C. Of C. Softball Team Is To Meet Boone On July 4 Patriotic Rally And Bond Sale To Be Held At Boone Before Game The Sparta Chamber of Com merce softball team will meet the Bpone Chamber of Com merce team, July, 4, at Boone, at the college ball field at *00 pm, when the American Legion, in co-operation with the Lion’s Club, Merchant’s Association and Chamber of Commerce, of Boone, will sponsor a patriotic rally and bond sale. <. A parade, consisting of Le gionnaires, service men, Boy Scouts, Red Cross workers, ASTC and high school band, merchant’s association, Lions Club and Chamber of Commerce, will start the rally at 10:00 a. m. At 11:00 o’clock the Hon. Frank Patton, of Morganton, will deliver the main address of the day. Mr. (Continued on Page 4) Curb Market Has Successful Sale The curb market, sponsored by the home demonstration clubs in the county and under the super vision of the home agent, Miss Frances Capel, was an outstanding success on the first two days it has been opened, it was announc ed yesterday. Mrs. Gwyn Truitt has been elected cashier of the organiza tion and Mrs. Roscoe Smith and Mrs. E. C. .Truitt were chosen to work on the committee on prices with Miss Capel. It was announced that the curb market would open every Tues day and Friday from 10:00 a. m. to 12:00 o’clock. Work Is Started On New Building By D. & P. Pipe Company Wool Pool To Be Held In County Monday, July 3 County Agent R. E. Black An nounces Schedule For Gathering Lambs R. E. Black, county agent, an nounced yesterday, that the co | operative pool for selling lambs | would be held , in Alleghany on [Monday, July 3, and Tuesday morning, July 4. Two groups of graders will be in the county on Monday. The schedule for the first group is as follows: 8:00 a .m., E. W. Shepherd; 0:15 a .m., M. E. Reeves; 10:15, W. F. Doughton; 11:30, Lonnie Edwards; 1:00 p. m., R. N. Holloway; 2:15 p. m., T. L. Crouse; 3:15, Rich ardson’s Shop; 4:00, Lee Hampton; (Continued on Page Four) SUNBEAM BAND MET WITH MRS. J.'B. REED, The Sunbeam Band of the Bap tist church met with Mrs. J. B, Reed on Tuesday night. Those taking part on the pro gram were Sarah Ann Hickerson, Nancy Waddell, Frances Porter and Norma Jean Edwards. Following the program, re freshments were served to the eleven members present. The next meeting will be held at the Sparta Baptist church, July 23 at 11:00 o'clock. Alleghany FSA Group Attends The District Planning Meeting Last week all FSA Supervisors from Alleghany, along with all supervisory personnel in District 1, met in Asheville for a two-and one-half-day conference. The meeting was under the direction of W. B. Oliver, District Supervi sor in District 1. The first part of the meeting was devoted to feed production, and in connection with this topic, C. Y. Tilson, County Agent for Buncombe County, and Dr. Col lins from the North Carolina Ex tension Service, made talks. It was pointed out that unless the farmers produced more feed it will probably be necessary for the number of livestock to be re duced. It was further pointed out that in view of the short feed sup ply it would be very good busi ness for all farmers to cull their livestock more carefully than they have done in the past. , The principal part of the meet-1 ing was devoted to planning the work of .the Farm Security Admi nistration for the next fiscal year, which begins July 1. A definite study will be made of conditions in each county affecting low-in come farm families, namely, size of farms, average production, ten ure status, etc. A definite pro gram of work will be formulated based Upon these studies and every attempt will be made to take care of. the needs of those families who are in need of ser vices made possible through the FSA. TO CLEAN CEMETERY Young Edwards announced this week that aU interested per sons should meet at the Higgins cemetery to clean the grounds on the second Saturday in July. The cemetery is located in the little Pine section below Hooker. Will Be Used For The Prep eration Of Burl Blocks In , . Pipe Manufacturing “ ' ■■ i;-> 1 - ' -4—-. • ■ Work is now underway on a new building being erected by the D. and P. Pipe company, which will be used for the preparation of blocks in pipe-making, offi cials announced this week. The new building is being erected near the pipe plant build ing and is expected to be ready for use in August. It will be 50 by 100 feet in size and will be constructed of cement blocks and stuccoed with finely ground grav el, it was announced. Sam L. Porter, general mana ger of the factory, explained that the basement of the new build ing would serve as a receiving station for the laurel burls. These burls will then be sawed into blocks, fireproofed by a sp^ial process and dried. They will then be ready to move to the pipe plant, vfhere the blocks will be made into finished pipes. Burls, which have been receiv ed here in the past, have been sent to the plant at Boone for preparation before they could be used in the manufacture of pipes here. Mr. Porter pointed out, however, that the block plant would continue to be operated at Boone. A new pipe, .the Woodsman, is expected to be manufactured soon, Earl Calhoun, production manager pointed out. This new pipe is made of the Spartan with an extension shank and rubber (Continued On Page Pour) Quiet July 4th Expected Here A quiet July 4 is expected to be observed here next Tuesday with all business houses and coun ty offices closed for the day. A number of people from the county are expected to attend the carnival at Galax, while a num ber will go to Boone for the soft ball games between the Sparta and Boone Chamber of Commerce teams. It was pointed out by local mer chants yesterday that the stores would close on Wednesday after noon, July 5 as usual, but that they would be open on Wednes day morning. LICENSE EXAMINER TO BE IN SPARTA, JULY 14 It was announced here this week that a State license exam iner will be in Sparta two days of every month, or every other Friday to issue driving licenses. His next visit will be on July 14 from 9:00 to 4:QQ o'clock. Allies Pressing On Toward Paris; Repair Port At Cherbourg Axis Lose 70,000 Men In Com bat Duty Since the D-Day Invasion British troops striking out quickly on the Eastern Normandy front after the fall of Cherbourg which boosted axis losses to at least 70,000 men since D-day, yes ‘terday outflanked the German stronghold of Caen on the road to Paris. Late front dispatches said the British had reached the Odon river at a point five miles south west of Caen after cutting the trunk highway and railway link ing Caen with Villers-Bocage and Ayranches at the base of the Nor mandy peninsula advanced more than seven miles from positions around Tilly-Sur-Seulles, captur ed 10 or more villages, overrun numerous enemy gun emplace ments and now were on the verge of breaking into open country ideal for a showdown with Ger man tank formations. A dispatch from Associated Press front Correspondent Roger D. Greene said the British reach ed the Odon at 4 p. m., and quot ed a British officer as saying that the Germans were too short of infantryman to hold the ground in the area, although the enemy still packed a terrific wallop with his tanks. Between 12 and 15 German tanks were destroyed during the day, and the British were clean ing up enemy remifi&nts in Colle ville, Tourville, and probably in nearby Mouen, five miles south west of Caen, he said. The British also were fighting in the village of Grainville. Other British units were re ported within three miles of Caen on the west. Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgo mery’s British units sprang into action even as thousands of Ger man troops were filing into Amer ican prison cages at Cherbourg and allied repair experts were hurrying to make the prize port {Continued on Page Four) Men Classified By Local Board The local board announced classifications of 18 men for mili tary service this week, when 13 were placed in I-A. Classifications are as follows: I-A: David D. Duncan, Fred M. Tompkins, Johnnie R. Parker, Joe G. Kenney, Alton W. Thomp son, James O. Andrews, Paul L. Carpenter, Wilson V. Hill, Paul E. Crouse, Hicks H. Hash, Wil liam A. Royall, Boyd Caudill and Thomas H. Smith. 1- A ,H): Odell S. Andrews. 2- A (F): Ernest M. Evans and John M. Combs. 2-C: Boyde Caudill. 2-C (H): Fred T. Hart. KILLED IN ACTION Lt. Earlie L. Wolfe, son of Agnes C. Wolfe, of Sparta, who died in Italy on May 17 as a result of wounds received in action. GETS PROMOTION Captain Alfred A. Strauss, Jr., U. S. Army Air Corps, Gravely Field, Washington, D. C., was recently promoted to his present rank. He is mar ried to the former Miss Wan da Choate. R. Fleetwood Is Given Promotion A Ninth Air Force Troop Car rier Base, European Theater of Operations—Robert W. Fleet wood, Sparta, N. C., has advanced from Private First Class to Cor poral with this Ninth Air Force Troop Carrier Group. Corporal Fleetwood, who grad uated from Mars Hill high school in 1933, and attended State Col lege, Raleigh, was a Farm Secpri (Continued on Page Four) ' Republicans Nominate Dewey And Bricker; Adopt Platform i - Chicago Stadium — Governor Thomas E. Dewey last night ac cepted the 1944 Republican presi dential nomination and pledged to this convention and “Americans of every party” that if elected he would carry on the war to vic tory and win a peace preserving the republic as “a free nation of free men.” The 42-year-old Governor of New York, who flew here from Albany, N. Y., after being nom inated on the first ballot with Governor John W. Bricker of Ohio, as his running mate, said, “With the help of God, I shall try to be worthy of the trust.” “I accept the nomination.” Dewey asserted that he accept ed the responsibility as “a free man. • “I have mad*,4*0 pledges, prom or commitments, expressed ises or implied, to any man,” he said, “I ' » • ■■ ■ » ; . 'i .' UkM ■J- "V. V or wo except to the American people.” The convention shouted hearty approval Tuesday of a platform bearing a foreign policy plank E. Dewey’s specific approval, pledged prevention of aggression by “peace forces” without Amer ican entry into any “world state.” The GOP delegates thus adopt ed as a campaign document a statement of policy which Wend ell L. Willkie, the 1940 nominee, had criticized as ambiguous and which 15 Republican governors had striven vainly to revise in the party’s resolutions committee. The convention action cam# af ter at least two of the fighting governors, Walter Edge of New Jersey and William H. Willis of Vermont, had told reporters they thought nothing would have been gained by a fight on the floor. Senator Robert A. Taft, chairman (Continued On Page Four) Around $5000.00 Reported Sold On Drive Quota . - Workers Urged To Increase Efforts During Remaining Days Of Drive Bond sales in the Fifth War Loan campaign in Alleghany county haVe Reached $58,800.00, or 64 percent of the $90,000.00 quota, drive chairman'S. R. Nich ols said late yesterday afternoon. This leaves $28,200.00 in “E“ bonds yet to be sold, he pointed out. Whitehead was the first town? ship in the county to meet and exceed its quota of $3,750.00 with sales at the rally Tuesday night reaching $3,900.00. R. E. Richardson, chairman of the drive in that township, stated that he appreciated the excellent re sponse of the people of Whitehead and that the township was proud to be the that in the county to raise its quota. “However,’* he stated, “we are going to buy more bonds before this drive ends.” Rallies in Glade Creek township are scheduled for this week end and they are expected to reach their quota at an early date. Reports from all the townships on the sales were not available but it is hoped that all quotas will be reached by July 8, when the drive officially ends, Chairman (Continued On Page Four) County Students Receive Degrees Mrs. Dick Doughton And Ro "MWFWyatf Graduate From ^^Berea College Mrs. Dick Doughton, the for mer Miss Ella Edwards, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clay Edwards, of Sparta and Maryland, and Robert Cam Wyatt, son of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Wyatt, Piney Creek, received B. S. Degrees in Home Economics and Agriculture at commencement exercises held June 22 at Berea College, Berea, Kentucky. Giving the commencement ad dress was Dr. Y. C. James Yen, prominent Chinese educator, grad uate of Yale and Princeton Uni versities. Both students have been active members of various organizations, on the Berea campus. Mrs. Doughton, a graduate of Sparta high school, has been a member of the Berea Players, the Home Economics club, the Harmonia Society and the YWCA. She arrived here this .week to spent the summer with her hus band. : Wyatt, a graduate of Piney Creek high school, has been a member of the Agriculture Union for three years, of the YMCA three years and of the Berea Play ers for four years. "=- ■ ""' 'frgr--* it communi il war action •very com il—the Fifth War Loan. We are ad vancing on our objec tive. How ever, we must make certain that we reach and pan our goal by July 8. This can be done
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