AND STAR-TIMES— (CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER
VOLUME 55, NO. 50
$1.50 i Tear In Alleghany County
SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA
NEWSPAPER.
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a Year Out of County
THURSDAY, AUG. 31, 1M«
Bus Drivers For
County Schools
Announced Today
Drivers Are Wei! Trained;
County Operates 16 School
Buses •
School bus drivers for the ap
proaching school term were an
nounced today by Supt. Clyde
Fields.
Before being permitted to drive
a school bus, each driver had to
attend a special school conducted
by the state safety division and
the highway patrol. They must
pass two tests, a written and road
test and every driver must have
a certificate.
In Alleghany county at present,
there are 16 school buses, opera
ted by an identical number of
regular drivers. Buses make 25
trips daily, averaging 30.3 miles
per trip, making a total of 485
miles daily mileage. The average
number of pupils per bus is 78;
average number per trip is 45.
kThe total number of pupils trans
ferred daily is 1,132.
Buses are kept in execellent
condition at the county garage,
under the direction of J. Paul
“Miles.
Drivers, together with the
■schools served are as follows:
Sparta—Rex Richardson, Wayne
Carpenter, Frank Richardson,
“Kyle Gentry, Oliver Sidden, El
mer Blevins, Clell Caudill, Tom
Handy and Lon Reeves.
Piney Creek — (Incomplete):
Edward Woodie, Fred A. Pugh
and R. L. Souther. „
Little Pine—Worth Medley.
Rich Hill—Ray Wagoner.
Laurel Springs—Robert Bow
ers.
Alleghany Men
Leave For Army
25 Men Cla&fed SKb Week;
12 In 2-A; 13 In Various
Other Classes
Eight Alleghany men left Mon
day for induction into the army
. at Camp Croft,' following physi
cal examinations several weeks
ago.
Those leaving included: Thom
as Ray Joines, Willie Wayne
Smithers, James William Shaw,
Jessie McOsborne, George Ed Ir
win, Wallace Beverly Halsey,
Clive Walter Stoker and Mc
Kinley Robert Williams.
The local board this week also
announced classifications of 25
men for military service.
Classificatons are as follows:
1- A: David D. Duncan and Wil
lie L. Maines.
2- A: Arlice D. Farmer, Lake K.
Boyer, Sam L. Porter, Folger T.
Wagoner, Gilbert H. Noonkester,
Everette J. Houck, James L.
Joines, Jefferson L. O’Neal,
Thomas E. Atwood, Howard W.
Dowell, Lee G .Edwards and
Thomas E. Miller.
| 2-A (F): James A. Richardson
and Fred F. Johnson.
2-B: Bert A. Combs, Charles K.
Evans and Roscoe E. Williams.
2-C: Joseph W. Holloway and
Arvil Lyon.
2-C (F): Martin E. Serber.
I-C (Ind.): Robert R. Allen,
Thomas Ray Joines and James H.
Honaker.
Congress May Aid
Claude S. Crouse
Washington—Congressman R.
L. Dough ton has introduced in the
House a bill (or the relief of
Claude S. Crouse, formerly ot
Sparta, now of Woods town, N. J
victim of an accident five
ago in which he suffered
injuries, never collected a
of damages and felt.he was. justi
fied in pushing a claim against
the Government
The accident occurred In Sep
tember, 1939, When Mr. Crouse
crashed into a WPA truck im
properly parked on the Sparta
highway. Chief injuries were to
his face. He sued the driver in
Superior Court, got a judgment
of $4,000 damages but that was
that The driver was unable to
pay the judgment. Now, Mr.
Crouse, through the medium of
Congressman Dough ton, is asking
the Government to reimburse
The bill has gone to the Claims
Committee ior review.
Alleghany Baptist
Association Will
Convene Next Week
DIED WEDNESDAY
Dr. B. E. Reeves, who died at
his home in West Jefferson,
Wednesday. afternoon.
Dr. B. E. Reeves
Died Wednesday;
Funeral Friday I
Service To Be Held At West
Jefferson Baptist Church;
Burial At Cranberry
West Jefferson — (Special) —
Dr. Benjamin Everett Reeves,
77, pioneer physician and one of
the most widely known men in
Northwestern North Carolina,
died suddenly at his home Wed
nesday after a period of serious
illness.
According to present plans, the
funeral service will be held at
the West Jefferson Baptist church
on Friday afternoon at two o’
clock, and burial will follow in
the Cranberry church cemetery.
Dr. Reeves had been activte in
the practice of medicine for the
past half of a century and was
widely known to thousands whom
he had served, not only as a phy
sician but as a,friend.
He had been active in public
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BROTHER OF ENNICE
MAN DEES IN WILKES
Spicer Higgins, aged citizen of
Wilkes county, who lived near
Trap Hill, died suddenly on Au
gust 20 and was buried at Wal
nut Grove on August 23, with
Rev. W. H. Handy conducting the
service.
Mr. Higgins was an unusually
strong man and his health had
been excellent all his life. It is
said that he never required tbf
service of a physician during his
entire life of 92 years.
He is survived by one brother,
David Higgins, of Ennice and one
sister, Mrs. Luther Brannock, of
Grayson county.
Good Program Is Planned For
Two-Day Session Of Mis
sionary Baptists
Despite hampered travel con
ditions, a good attendance is ex
pected for the forty-eighth an
nual session of the Alleghany
Baptist Association to be held
September 9 and 10 at Mt. Carmel
church, Cherry Lane post office,
ten miles east of Sparta near the
Sparta-Elkin highway.
Many state leaders of the de
nomination are expected to at
tend and many outstanding speak
ers will be present for the two
day session.
The opening sermon on Satur
day morning will be preached by
Rev. L. E. Sparks, of Moxley,
following the opening of the as
sociation business session when
Rev. G. R. Blackburn will conduct
the devotionals. An address by
Smith Hagaman, superintendent
of the Baptist hospital at Winston
Salem, will be given in the morn
ing session, along with the roll
call of the ten churches in the as
sociation. One new church has
been added recently, making a
total of eleven churches in the
association.
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Funeral Is Held
For Mrs. Roupe
Service Was Held At The
Landmark Regular Bap
tist Church
Funeral service for Mrs. Nannie
Crouse Joines Roupe, of White
head, who passed away Saturday,
August 19, at the age of 94 years,
was held August 21 at Landmark
Regular Baptist church with
Elds. Wiley Combs, A. C. Wooten,
Walter Evans and Floyd Adams,
officiating. Interment followed
in the Union Primitive Baptist
church cemetery.
“Aunt" Nannie, as she was
commonly known, had made her
home with her nephew, G. C. At
wood, for sometime. She had
been in ill health for about four
weeks before her death.
She was first married to Callo
way Joines, who preceded her in
death several years ago. She was
then married to John W. Roupe,
who also preceded her in death.
Surviving are several nieces and
(Continued on Page 8)
CHANGE IN DATE FOR
LAMB POOL WEIGHING
R. E. Black, county agent, an
nounced today that a change had
been made in the schedule for
weighing lambs for the final ship
ment in the cooperative pool and
will be on Monday, September 4,
instead of Saturday as was pre
viously announced.
He explained that letters were
being mailed to all farmers not
ing the change of dates.
Ban On Ammunition, Sales Is
Lifted; Hunters To Get More
Washington—The ban on sale
of ammunition to hunters was
lifted Tuesday by the War Pro
duction Board, opening the way
for, the nimrods’ first real-season
since the war began.
At the same time, WPB also
boosted quotas of ammunition for
farmers and ranchers to use
against predatory animals.
Ammunition production this
year is expected to be about 62
per cent of prewar output, WPB
said. Chairman Robertson (p
Va.) of the House Conservation
Committee, estimated that be
450,000,000 and 500,000,000
_Jpells will be offered for
sale and said an “adequate” sup
ply of rifle cartridges will be
31, farmers and
hunters will have
quarterly quota:
150 rounds of 22-caliber rim
fire cartridges, 40 rounds of cen
ter-fire rifle ammunition (or 50
round* if customarily packaged
50 to a box), and 100 shotgun
shells of any gauge.
The previous quarterly quota
for farmers and ranchers was 100
rounds of .32 rim-fire cartridges,
40 rounds of center-fire ammuni
tion and 35 shotgun shells.
The entire quota need not he
purchased at one time. Before
any sale of ammunition is made,
the purchaser must sign a cer
tificate stating that he is entitled
to the ammunition. Sellers 4ie
required to keep complete records
of inventories and sales, includ
ing the certificates.
The WPB said recently that the
temporary removal of the ban on
ammunition sales to hunters was
prompted because animate and
birds were causing widespread de
struction to crops and livestock
in all sections of the country.
Commandeered Jap Transport On Saipan
These Marines found this ancient ox-cart and ox after they fought their way ashore
over the bloody beaches of Saipan. It had been used by the Nips to haul their supplies so our
boys are using it to haul water. Sgt. Robert L. Bell, Mason City, 111., leads the ox while Cpl.
Richard W. Bremmer, 2640 North Sawyer Ave., Chicago, 111., gets the ride.
_(Marine Corps Photo)
Dr. T. R. Burgiss
Is Vice-President
Of N.CPh. Group
Prominent Sparta Pharmacist
Is Named By State
Group
T. R, Burgiss, pharmacist and
civic leader of Sparta, was elected
first vice-presdent of the North
Carolina Pharmaceutical Associa
tion for the 1945-46 term, it was
announced this week by Chair
man W. S. Wolfe, Mount Airy, of
the board of tellers.
Burgiss, along with other of
ficers-elect will be installed next
year during the association’s an
nual meeting. Nominations were
made this spring during the meet
ing in Raleigh and tMlloting was
conducted by mail.
The new first vice president
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Little Pine To
Organize Grange
L. C. Jones Is Assisting; Meet
ing Is Planned For Friday,
September 8
Farmers of the Little Pine
community will hold a meeting
on Friday evening, September 8
at 8:30 o’clock at the school house
for the purpose of organizing a
Grange unit
At a previous meeting last Wed
nesday, L. C. Jones, state Grange
deputy and organiser, met with
about 35 farmers and their wives
at Little Pine school for a dis
cussion of th^ organization. Fol
lowing a period of questions and
answers, most of those present in
dicated their desire to join the
Grange. Music was furnished by
the Smith brothers and Andrews
string band.
Mr. Jones, who will be present
for the organization meeting on
Friday, is a farmer himself, liv
ing on route 4, Winston Salem.
He understands the farmer’s pro
blems and is interested in organ
izing this farmer unit in Allegh
any county, it was pointed out.
All farmers and their wives in
the Little Pine community are
urged to attend the meeting. Music
will again be furnished by the
Smith brothers and Andrews
band. K . fe_
China Is Subject
For Church Group
Mrs. E. I* Rice, of .Elkin, will
talk, on ‘'Conditions in China’'
Sunday moraine at 11:00 o’clock
at the Sparta Methodist church.
Mrs. Rice, who was formerly a
missionary to China is well known
in Sparta, having been here a
number of times as a guest speak
er. S* -
Rev. C. R. Allison will conduct
the regular church service on Sun
day morning In addition to the
talk by Mrs. Rice.
A picnic dinner will be served
on the church grounds following
dtally invited to attend.
Allies Marching On
To Belgium; Reds
Take Romanian Port
Jury List Drawn
For Fall Term
Superior Court
Board Names 37 Men To
Serve; Judge J. H. dem
ent To Preside
Thirty-seven men were named
last Wednesday by the board of
county commissioners to serve on
the jury for the fall term of the
semi-annual Alleghany county
superior court, which is sched
uled to begin here on October 2.
Judge J. H. Clement, of Wins
ton-Salem, will preside and Erie
McMichael, also of Winston-Sa
lem, will be solicitor.
Neither the criminal or civil
docket has been drawn up as yet,
but both are expected to be light
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Harry Bowman
Passes Suddenly
Harry Bowman, 40, of Ennice,
died suddenly of a heart attack
at the George Todd store, August
19. Funeral service was held Au
gust 21 at Mt. Carmel church
near Mt. Airy and interment fol
lowed in the church cemetery.
The deceased was originally
from Mt. Airy, but had made his
home in Alleghany county in the
Ennice section for the past three
years.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Peggy Britt Bowman and three
children, Constance, Hobert and
Virginia Lee.
Gen. Patton Re-Enacts History
As He Takes Belleau Wood
Chateau Thierry
The American third army in a
swift 25-mile smash across hair
lowed battlefields of the
World War captured
Wood, Chateau-Thierry JotM
sons yesterday, rolling nortflMI
along the historic Ardennes in
vasion route within 55 miles of
the Belgian border.
Covering miles for each bloody
yard their fathers won in 1918,
the Americans under Lt. Gen.
George S. Patton, Jr., encountered
only minor resistance, and Asso
ciated Press Correspondent Ed
ward D. Ball reported from the
front that the Germans were “in
headlong flight” toward Belgium
and their homeland.
Turning northward from their
positions east of Paris and advanc
ing at a rate of better than a mile
an hour, the third army threaten
ed to flank the 'Nazis’ rocket bomb
^Continued on Page Four)
GRADUATES FROM
BUSINESS COLLEGE
Miss Donna Lou Rutherford,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Victor
Rutherford, of Twin Oaks, was a
member of the class of twelve
who received their diplomas at
the midsummer graduating ex
ercises held at Draughon Business
College, Winston Salem, on Aug
ust 23.
Miss Rutherford is a member
of the graduating class of ’42 of
Sparta high school, where she was
salutatorian of her class. She en
tered school at Draughon’s in
September 1942.
Lt. Bower Irwin, Wounded,
Tells Of Battle Experiences
Lt. Bower Irwin, who was re
cently wounded in action in
France, tells of his experiences
on the battlefield there in a let
ter to his wife, the former Miss
Lois Smith, of Stratford. He is
now in an army hospital some
where in England.
He writes: "Old Lady Luck has
surely been with me. I spent
three weeks, ’day and night, at
the front in France. Of course,
I was in France longer than that,
but for those three weeks there
was nothing in front of me but
Germans. I saw a lot of Germans
and got several of them myself.
There were plenty of bullet
holes in my clothing, and one big
piece was torn from my pants by
shrapnel from a shell. I was
knocked down and was out twice
from the explosion of shells near
me. Then came the big shell and
knocked me for a loop. My right
leg was almost twisted off, but
the skin was not broken. It is a
miracle that I was not severely,
shell-shocked, but all I got was
a terrific headache, along with
the shock.
Tell Harry diet since he enjoy*
hunting, he should have been with
me in France. I had a sub-ma
chine gun and every time I pulled
the trigger,
fall, I cut
my gun.
saw a German
my gun looked like the wood
peckers had been working on it.
You need not worry about
those flying bombs getting me. I
am safe from them by many
miles. I have never even seen
ope of the things and I hope I
don’t get to the area where they
are. :■■■ !■■■
■ T am getting along fine and will
Plans For Opening
Of Schools Sept.
18 Arc Discussed
Irwin And Stratford Are To
Be Combined This Ye^r;
Short Three Teachers
The Alleghany Board of Educa
tion met Tuesday and approved
the teachers, whose names had
been submitted by various school
committees in the county, for the
school year of ’44-’45.
Plans for the opening of schools
on September 18 were also dis
cussed and it was announced that
Irwin school was being consoli
dated with the Stratford school.
This action, members stated, was
taken since it was felt that the
children would receive better op
portunities and since a majority of
the parents of the community ap
proved the consolidation. The ac
tion has been approved by the
transportation division and the
highway commission has made
it possible by rocking the road
leading to the school, it was point
ed out. The school bus will be re
routed and sent through the Irwin
community and by the school.
Supt. Clyde Fields again point
ed out that the schools of this
county were opening on the date
set by the State Board of Educa
tion due to the polio emidemic
existing in the state and in Al
leghany county. She also explain
ed that three teachers had not yet
been secured.
An official list of the teachers
for Alleghany elementary and
high schools for the 1944-45 term
is as follows:
Sparta high school—C. R. Roe,
principal; Roy Ellison, C. H. Land
reth, Robert Reed, Miss Eula Ken
nedy, Ralph B. Cheek, Mrs. Ida
J. Warren, Miss Minnie Lou Ed
Choate Missing
Staff Sgt. Grady Beeker la
Missing In France After
60th Mission
Staff Sergeant Grady Beeker,
33, brother of Mrs. P. L. Choate,
of Sparta, and holder of the Sil
ver Star, the Air medal and seven
Oak Leaf clusters, has been mis
sing in action over France since
August 10, his mother, Mrs. C. T.
Beeker, of Salisbury, has been
informed. He was lost on his
60th mission as top turret gun
ner of a B-26.
Following graduation from
Boyden high school in Salisbury,
Sgt.. Beeker became assistant
manager of the Capitol theater,
then became connected with
theaters in Columbus and then in
Greenville, S. C. At the time of
his enlistment in the Army Air
corps, August 26, 1942, he was
manager of the Carolina theater
at Greensboro.
He was transferred overseas
January 24, 1944 and immediate
ly entered upon missions carry
ing him over numerous continen
tal targets. He was decorated
with the Silver Star, one of the
highest of military awards, given
only for outstanding gallantry un
der combat conditions.
He has two brothers, Sgt. Har
old Beeker, of the Army Medical
corps, stationed in France, and G.
E. Beeker, of Gastonia and three
sisters, Mrs. C. M. Gillespie, of
Mill Bridge, Mrs. P. L. Choate, of
Sparta, and Mrs. T. L. Choate, of
Whiteford, Md.
Business Houses
To Close Monday
I • .> »• -1, V < ■
Looking forward to- next
day as the last:
facUnfvM
merchants, together with a ;
number of.
have anhouneed that their estab
lishments will be closed on Sep*
tember 4 in observance of Labor
Day:
The board of county commis
sioners and the board Af educa
tion plan to hold their regular
first-Monday meetings on Tues
day, following Labor Day, it la
along with the post office and
drug store win remain open.