AND STAR-TIMES— (CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941) —ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER.
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VOLUME 55, NO. 42
$1.50 a Year in Alleghany County
SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA
$2.00 a Year Out of County
THURSDAY, JULY 8> 1944
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•County Still Short In E Bond Sales
All Schools In
Alleghany Will
Open August 21
Members Of Board Of Educa
tion And Supt. Fields Visit
School Houses
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The county Board of Education
met in the office of Supt. Clyde
Fields on Monday and announced
that Alleghany schools would
open this year on August 21.
The board expressed itself as
willing to co-operate in every
way possible with the farmers in
connection with the children aid
ing in the gathering of crops. It
was announced that any child
who found it necessary to be ab
sent from school to do such work
would be given a chance to make
up the time and work missed.
Both the board and Supt.
Fields visited a number of the
schools in the county and looked
over several repairs that would
be needed before the opening of
school in August.
The Board of Education is
meeting today with the county
commissioners to make their an
nual statement
All New Tubes
Now Ration-Free |
All new tubes — passenger,
truck, tractor, and implement
are now ration free, OPA dis
trict director, L. W. Driscoll, an
nounced today. The action be
/came effective'July 1.
It is no longer necessary for
persons needing new tubes to ap
ply to their local war price and
rationing board.
The district director pointed
out that this step will aid in the
conservation of tires, since a
good tube properly inflated pro
longs the life of a tire. This is
particularly important at this
time during the extreme short
age of civilian truck tires, Mr.
Driscoll said.
9 W. M. U Circles
Will Meet Here
The Lucille Ford Circle of the
Sparta Baptist church W. M. S.
will meet Tuesday, July 11, at
8:00 o’clock at the home of Mrs.
Bruce Wagoner with Mrs. R. L.
Hickerson as program leader.
Circle I of the Sparta Baptist
church W. M. S. will meet Thurs
day, July 13, at 2:30 at the home
of Mrs. C. A .Reeves with Mrs.
Richard L. West as co-hostess.
Mrs. Lula Choate will be pro
gram leader on “The Isles Shall
Wait for His Law.”
PINEY CREEK 4-H
CLUB HELD MEETING
The Piney Creek 4-H club girls
met Friday, June 23, at the home
of their leader, Mrs. E. C. Min
nich. Mrs. Minnich conducted a
discussion on “Victory canning of
vegetables’’. She explained how
to use a pressure cooker and oth
er canning equipment.
At the close of the meeting
Mrs. Minnich served delicious re
freshments.
The next meeting will be held
July 14 at the home of Mrs. Min
nich. Everyone is cordially in
vited to attend.
ODT Advises To
Buy Coal Early
In urging the nation’s house
holders to obtain an initial sup
ply of coal during the summer
months to minimize delay in de
liveries when cold weather sets
in, the Winston-Salem, North
Carolina District Office of the
Office of Defense Transporta
tion today pointed out that coal
purchasers must be limited to
amounts permitted under regu
lations of the Solid Fuels Admin
istration for War.
The shortage of motor trucks
and rivers available for coal dis
tribution is expected to become
critical this fall, Mr. T. W. Han
cock, ODT District Manager, ex
plained. He urged hoioeholders
to place coal orders during the
Americans Nearing
LaHaye; Russians
Making Big Gains
U. S. Raiders Damage Fire
Japanese Ships In
Pacific Area
U. S. troops, supported by an
artillery barrage greater than
that which shattered Marshal
Rommel’s Alamein defenses in
Egypt, yesterday captured the last
ridge overlooking the tottering
German West Normandy anchor
and six-way road junction of La
Haye Du Puits.
With the fall of La Haye re
garded as imminent, Canadian
troops, springing forward in their
first major action since mid-June,
captured Carpiquet and spilled
across its airport only three miles
west of the imperilled German
eastern anchor of Caen.
Lt. Gen, Omar N. Bradley,
American first army commander,
himself pulled the lanyard of one
Long Tom rifle at noon yesterday
as hundreds of guns sent shells
crashing into selected German
targets in the biggest Fourth of
July fireworks ever touched off
by the army.
The Red army captured Polotsk
yesterday after hours of terrible
hand to hand fighting and Mos
cow said that even before this
last German stronghold in White
Russia had fallen, Soviet assault
troops struck directly toward
Wilno (Vilna), Poland’s sixth
largest city.
Advance units of’Gen. Ivan
Bagramian’s first Baltic army,
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H. D. Council Mel
With Miss Capel
1945 Home Demonstration
Program Is Discussed;
19 Members Present
The county home demonstra
tion council met Saturday after
noon at the home of Miss Frances
Capel, home agent, for a discus
sion on the home demonstration
program for 1945. There were 19
members present and problems
in each community and how they
might be solved were discussed.
Following are some suggestions
for the 1945 program: More food
preservation, house furnishings,
clothing, home beautification,
food production and gardens,
marketing, recreation, health,
etiquette and grooming for 4-H
clubers, handicraft, nutrition, and
food preparation.
Following the business meet
ing, the hostess served delicious
refreshments.
NOW IN ENGLAND
S.-Sgt. R. L. Nicholson, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Nich
olson, of Sparta, writes his
mother from somewhere in
England that he is getting
■ along fine. “I am eating some
of the best meals I have ever
; eaten and I don’t think there
is anyone in the company who
enjoys them more,” he de
clares.
Will Hold Bond
Rally Saturday
Bonds Will Be Dedicated To
Men In Service At Piney
Creek
A bond rally will be held at
Piney Creek school on Saturday
night, June 8, at 8:30 o’clock when
buyers will dedicate bonds to ev
ery man and woman from Piney
Creek township now serving in
the armed forpes.
J. B. Reed, who is sponsoring
the program, urged that every
|one co-operate to raise the town
ship quota of $7,500.00.
Featured on the program will
be such Grand Ole Opry char
acters as Ernest Tubb, Oswald,
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VIOLA ADAMS, 25, DIES
AT HOME AT WHITEHEAD
Funeral service for Viola Ad
ams, 25, of Whitehead, who died
June 8, was conducted at Union
church on June 10, with Rev.
Mack Brooks officiating.
Surviving are her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Grover Adams, of
Whitehead.
War Work For Wounded Profitable
Wounded Tanks are paid on an earn-as-you-Iearn basis by
an aircraft company at Van Nuys, Calif., while in trainimf for
important war production work. First Lieut. John C. War
ren, Pfc. Herbert H. Lawrence and Flight Officer Boy Lewis
are shown learning a new trade that will prove profitable to
them and valuable to Atfr buddies atiH le.MMrice.
Joe B. Reed Is
New Chairman Of
United War Fund
Executive Committee And
Area Chairman Appointed
For Drive
J. B. Reed, newly appointed
chairman of the United War
Fund of Alleghany county, an
nounced this week that an execu
tive committee and area chair
men had been appointed for the
drive which is to take place in
the county in the near future.
There will be a meeting of all
county chairmen for this district
at the Daniel Boone hotel in
Boone on July 12, at which plans
and quotas for the coining cam
paign will be discussed. Mr.
Reed and members of his execu
tive committee expect to attend.
Mr. Reed named the following
executive committee: Emoryetta
Reeves, publicity director; Wilma
Crouse, solicitor training; Supt.
Clyde Fields, treasurer; Dean
Gambill, colored chairman.
Chairmen for other areas in
the county are: W. D. Sprinkle,
Gap Civil; Mrs. J. T. Inskeep,
Roaring Gap; Mrs. Robert L.
Pugh, Laurel Springs; Mrs. Lil
bert Blevins, Piney Creek; Paul
Miles, Cherry Lane; Mrs. Ralph
Gentry, Glade Valley; Mrs. Ethe
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Sparta Supply Co.
Sold To E. E. Delp
S. C. Richardson, owner and
manager of the Sparta Supply
Company for the past 15 years,
announced this week that due to
bad health he was closing his
business here.
Mr. Richardson, a .prominent
farmer and one time sheriff of
Alleghany county, announced that
the store would not be closed but
would continue under the man
agement of E. E. Delp, of Strat
ford, who has purchased the
building from Mr. and Mrs. Eu
gene Transou. Mr. Delp also
purchased the buildings occupied
by Clifton Evans’ Jewelry shop
and by the J. and J. Store.
Mr. Richardson will be in the
store for the next 30 days, he
stated, in order to cleat up all
Did accounts.
Rationing Guide
Processed Foods
Bine stamps. Book 4—A8
through 28 and A5 good in
definitely. Blue tokens are
valid at 1 point each for mak
ing change and for consumer
purchases. Green stamps of
1 point value may no longer
be used for making change.
Blue stamps have no expira
tion date.
Meats, Fats, Cheese, Etc.
Book 4 red stamps A8
through 28 now valid indef
initely.
Red tokens are valid at 1
point each for making change
and consumer purchases.
Brown stamps at 1 point val
ue may no longer be used for
making change.
Sugar
Stamps 30, 31 and 32 in
book No. 4 now valid for five
pounds each. Expiration date
indefinite. Stamp 40, Book 4,
now valid and good until
March 1, 1945, for five pounds
for home processing of foods
for home Consumption.
Gasoline
A-10 coupons, good for three
gallons, valid through Aug. 8.
B-3 A 4 and C-3 A 4 coupons
good for five gallons.
Fuel Oil
Period 4 and 5 coupons with
a unit value of 18 gallons per
unit will remain valid until
September 21.
Holden of “A” gas ration
books are now eligible for No.
3 passenger tires only for re
placements. No certificates
for new or used tires will bo to
sued to eligible applicants if
present tins nut be repaired
or recapped.
British Army Nurses In France
Members of Queen Alexandria’s imperal military nursing
service, which is attached to the British army, are shown on
their arrival in France to assist in tending the wounded.
Ban Children From
Public Gatherings As
Polio Is Increasing
Women Urged To
Bring More Food
Curb Market At Roaring Gap
Nets Income Of $134.84
For First 3 Days
’ Miss Frances Capel, home dem
onstration agent, this week urged
the club women of the county to
bring more food to be sold at the
curb market at Roaring Gap.
She pointed out that the net in
come for the first three days of
the market’s existance was $134.
84, all of which went to the wo
men except a small percent which
went into the treasury of the mar
ket.
In naming articles that could
be brought for sale, Miss Capel
included fresh fruits, vegetables,
cream, butter, eggs, cottage
cheese, flowers, hams, chickens
and lamb cuts.
“The market, open each Tues
day and Friday from 10:00 to 12:
00 o’clock, is an excellent oppor
tunity for the women in the coun
ty to sell their surplus products,”
Miss Capel pointed out.
It was again explained that only
home demonstration club women
were eligible to sell in the mar
ket.
Use Of Canning
Sugar Explained
OPA officials said this week
that they again wished to remind
the public that the period of sec
ond registration for canning su
gar would continue indefinitely,
but that no one should register
for the second allotment until the
first allotment of canning sugar
has been used.
Two New Cases Reported;
Ruling Made By Board
Of Health
Because of the increase of in
fantile paralysis, or poliomyelitis
in Alleghany county, with two
new cases being reported during
the past week, the county board of j
health met and passed a ruling
banning all children, fifteen years
old or younger from public gath
erings.
The ordinance makes it clear
that it is unlawful for the parent
or guardian of any child in Alle
ghany county, fifteen years old
or younger, to permit that child
to attend any public gathering or
appear on the streets, roads or
other public places in Alleghany
county during the 30-day period
from July 5 to August 5 except by
permission of a physician.
The ordinance will be strictly
enforced and those violating it
are subject to be fined not more
than $50.00 or imprisoned not
more than 30 days, it was an
nounced.
The two cases reported in the
county during the past week in
clude Kellas Anderson, six-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Kelly
Anderson, of Ennice and Jerry
Irwin, age three, son of Mr. and
Mrs. George Mack Irwin, Jr., of
Sparta. Both children have been
carried to Hickory to the emer
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FEED WHEAT IS NOW
AVAILABLE AT AAA
C. G. Collins, chairman of AAA,
announced this week that a ship
ment of feed wheat had been re
vived and is now available to
farmers. The wheat will be sold
it $1.45 per bushel, he announc
jd and may be weighed out only
>n Saturdays.
Canned Peas, Tomatoes And
Asparagus Rationed Again
Washington—The Office of
Price Administration has order
ed the restoration of ration point
values for canned peas, tomatoes
and asparagus, effective last Sun
day, and dropped a broad hint
that other vegetables now ration
free may require points again
soon.
OPA assigned a value of five
points for No. 2 cans of peas and
tomatoes. Asparagus goes back
on the list at 10 points.
Price Administration Chester
Bowles said the changes were in
line with OPA’s earlier statement
that points would be restored
when the remainder of the IMS
peek was cleaned up. Indieating
that the time is near for placing
other vegetables back under ra
tioning, he added:
“We are already getting into
the new canning season, the prob
lem now is to distribute this
"year's output of canned wge
tables evenly, giving everyone an
opportunity to buy his share.
■Hris could not be done with can
ned vegetables at zero point val
ues.”
Other canned vegetables still
ration-free are green and wax
beans, beets, carrots, corn,
spinach and leafy greens.
Other processed food changes
for the period through July 29
include the return of brandied,
spiced and pickled fruits to ra
tioning. They get the same point
values as other canned fruits.
Spaghetti sauce and tomato'
sauce in eight-ounce containers
are reduced a point, but vege
table juice combinations in 411
ounce cans gets a new value of
five points, up from four.
All canned fruits, still in short
supply, retain their current high
values, while all froaen fruits and
vegetables remain ration-free.
Drive Will End
Next Saturday;
Ask Cooperation
Over All Quota Is Surpassed
As Total Sales Reach
$101,168.75
With the Fifth War Loan Drive
drawing to a close on Saturday,
sources of sales reveal that the
county has surpassed the overall
quota of $90,000. with $101,168.70
reported yesterday.
However, around $10,000.00
remains to be sold before the “E”
bond quota is reached, Chairman
S. R. Nichols pointed out. He
urged that an extra effort be
made to meet this quota before
Saturday.
A bond rally will be held at
Piney Creek school Saturday
night when the quota of $7,500.00
is expected to be met.
Glade Creek township almost
doubled the township quota of
$7,500.00 last week when rallies
were held at Rich Hill and Little
Pine schools, Chairman I. W.
Wagoner, announced, with sales
amounting to $12,612.50. Sales at
the Little Pine rally amounted to
$7,500.00 and sales at Rich Hill,
$5,112.50.
R. C. Gentry, chairman of Cher
ry Lane township, which takes
in a part of the Rich Hill section,
expressed his appreciation to the
merchants who contributed the
articles sold at the rally and for
their fine spirit of co-operation.
Sources of sales showed the
following: Northwestern Bank,
$26,037.50 in “E” bonds; Sparta
post office, $18,056.50 in “E”
bonds. Other denominations of
bonds amounted to $30,000.00 and
from other sources $1,800.00.
Bean Marl Has
Big Opening, Mon.;
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Farmers Receiving Good Pric
es For Beans; 4,000 Bushels
Sold Mon. And Tues.
West Jefferson — (Special) —.
The Farmers’ Bean and Vege
table Market started off with a
bang here, on Monday, when
hundreds of people were present
for the official opening of its
second season.
Around 3,000 bushels of beans
were sold on Monday for an av
erage of $2-04 while on Tuesday,
1,000 bushels were auctioned for
an average of $2.13, giving the
growers approximately $8,320.00
for the first two days. ?
The market has plenty of buy
ers and the prices are considered
good.
Sales are now being conducted
each afternoon and are usually
held around four o'clock when all
of the beans have come in for the
day.
Officials of the market pointed
out that growers should watch
their beans and market them be
fore they are too full. Beans that
are too fully developed have little
market value, it was stated.
J. E. Boland, secretary and
treasurer of the market, is also
auctioneer. W. G. Vannoy is
president. Both Mr. Vannoy and
Mr. Roland said that they were
well pleased at the initial re
sponse of the farmers.
“We want to again extend a
special welcome to all bean grow
ers reminding them that their
beans will be sold at auction as
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lax Collectors
Meet On July 11
—i
A series of eighteen district
meetings for town and county tax