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VOLUME 56, NO. 1 $1.50 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA $2.00 a Year Out of County THURSDAY, SEPT. 21. IMt Richardson Made Town Marshal On 9 FullrTinte Duty To Serve Also As Town Tax Collector And Supt. Of Water System Glenn Richardson was named full-time marshal for the town of Sparta at a meeting of the. Town Council last Friday, and will as sume his duties of office on Oc tober 1, Mayor R. F. Crouse an nounced this week. Mr. Richardson, who has been serving since March on part-time duty as town marshal will also take over the work of the super intendent of water works and the tax collector of the town of Sparta, it was explained. Mayor Crouse also pointed out that this will be the first time in 15 years that the town has had a full-time officer of the law. Richardson will have his office in the courthouse. Lee A. Woodruff, who now has charge of the water works of the town, will turn over his duties to Richardson on October 1. The new superintendent will take charge of the reading of meters and the collection of water bills. ^Office hours for such collections •will be announced later, he stated. He also stated that since no ef (Continued On Page Four) Men Classified By Local Board Out Of A Group Of 29, Only One Placed In I-A; 25 In 4-F The local board this week an nounced classifications of 29 Al leghany men for military service when 25 were placed in 4-F, two in 1-C (Ind), one in 2-C (F) and one in I-A. The classification list is as fol lows: I-A: Reece W. Billings. 1- C (Ind.): Calvin E. Pierce and Oscar C. Nicholson. 2- C (F): James H. Spurlin |3*.F: Yarber*. Andrew*, G-wyn b. Mo*ley, Felix Loggins, Eldon W. Pruitt, Otis M. Brinegar, Wayne Sir*’ " rmer, Franklin G. Shaw, Thomas Spur lin, Elgin J. Bennett, George E. Crouse, Roscoe M. Crouse, James R. Crouse, Charles R. Whitaker, Steve Loggins, Joe H. Bobbitt, Bert O. Evans, Garcia Burchette, Wayne Roberts, Paul V. Rash, James W. Shaw, Cecil E. Crouse, William Crouse, Clifton C. Sidden and Robert H. Choate. Bledsoe Child Dies In Norfolk Danny Bledsoe, three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Bled soe, of Norfolk, Va., was instant ly killed ladt Friday when the dual wheels of a large transfer truck passed over his body twice. Funeral service was conducted on Sunday at Roanoke Rapids. He is survived by his parents and one brother, George, Jr. His grandmother, Mrs. Dema Bled soe, of Sparta, also survives. Miss Sally Bledsoe, of Sparta, attended the funeral. WAR BONDS i Sif*JC»*Pb«o The dogs of war are of many breeds but alike In faithfulness, toy picked, highly trained dog# of tl mirS^£r^!s V, S. Trmurg DtfrtmvH / British Pressing On Banks Of The Rhine; Finns Fight Germans KILLED IN ACTION Seaman 2-C James Lee Crouse, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Crouse, who was listed as missing in action, Ju ly 10, 1943, has been awarded the Purple Heart, postumous ly. He was serving on the USS Maddox, which was : bombed and sunk off the ! southern coast of Sicily. Plans For School Year Are Made At NCEA Meet Here Committees Appointed And Plans Made For School Year Plans for meeting during the year, a uniform grading scale and die appointment of committees, higMbdMttL the first meeting of the Alleghany chapter or the North Carolina Educational As sociation last Friday, it Sparta high school. Joe Bill BeM, president, was in charge of the meeting, with Miss Clyde Fields superintendent of schools, pres< it to give instruc tions and hand out supplies and records to the teachers for the school year. Other officers in clude Mrs. Ida J. Waren, vice president and Miss Minnie Lou Edwards, secretary and treasurer. Bev. C. W. Irwin conducted the devotionals and Wade H. Eller, (Continued on Page Four) Mrs. Nuckolls, Buried Tuesday Funeral service was held on Tuesday morning at 11:00 o’clock at the Cranberry church for Mrs. Sarah Jane Nuckolls, 90, of Scottville, who died at her home on Saturday, September 16, af ter an attack of pneumonia. Bev. Herbert Caldwell conducted the service and burial followed at the Cranberry cemetery. Mrs. Nuckolls, who was the daughter of the late Welburn Shepherd a- i Elizabeth Jones Shepherd, v . s preceded in death by her hu. and, William Nuck olls. She is survived by two | sons, Edison and Bobert Nuckolls. U. S. Marines Drive Steadily Forward On Two Of Palau Islands The British second army, rac ing to flank the northern end of the Siegfried line, has completed a new junction with allied air borne troops in Holland and now is fighting on the southern banks of the Waal Rhine, field dispatch es said early yesterday. Reports received from the front by Reuters said Lt. Gen. Sir Miles C. Dempsey’s forces had reached the last large pocket of the air borne army on the edge of Nij megen, forging a solid link with Lt. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton’s sky troops with whom a union was made first in the vicinity of Eindhoven. Dempsey’s swift armored units advanced more than 37 miles dur ing the day to cap a 50-mile drive in the last 48 hours. Finland announced that under the terms of its armistice with Russia it would immediately with draw to its 1940 frontier, surrend er the ice-free port of Petsamo, disarm its army, lease the strate gic Porkkala peninsula and a •fairly large” land and sea area to the Soviets for 50 years, and give the allies airdromes in the south and southwest The Germans in desperation have turned flying bombs onto American troops in the Meuse valley, headquarters disclosed last night. Information at headquarters was that flying bombs as well as continuing artillery and tank fire had been turned on Lt. Gen. George S. Patton’s third army. While American marines and doughboys pressed their con quests of two of .Japan’s strategic Palau islands, Tuesday, the U. S. navy disclosed fexfa jif %,.jnine sweeper in the operations there and announced the sinking of 29 additional Nippon ships by Yank submarines. The first ship lost in the Palaus campaign was the mine sweeper (Continued on Page S) Supt. Of Welfare Leaves For Army Swanson Edwards Granted Military Leave-Of-Absence; Miss Wagoner Now Supt. Swanson Edwards was granted a military leave-of-absence from his position as superintendent of public welfare of Alleghany coun ty, yesterday, and will leave for induction into the army on Sep tember 27, members of the wel fare board announced. Miss Doris Wagoner, stenog rapher to Mr. Edwards, has been named acting superintendent un til a further appointment can be made, it was pointed out. Mr. Edwards came to Allegha ny county as superintendent of welfare in February and has made an excellent record in that capa city. He hag been an active mem jber of the Sparta Chamber of j Commerce and has worked in co i operation with various other clubs 'and organizations of the county. Points For Some Processed Foods Are Sharply Increased Washington, — The office of price administration Saturday or dered sharp increases in point values for those processed foods still rationed in a companion move to elimination of points on a wide variety of other canned foods. Both the higher points and re moval of many items from ration ing are effective Sunday, Doubled or boosted even more sharply in most cases, the new point values apply to all canned and bottled fruits, four fruit and vegetable juices tomatoes, catsup, and chili sauce. The new ration value on a num ber two can of tomatoes is 20 points, up from 5, while the coupon cost of peaches, pears and pineapple is hiked from 43 points to 80 for number two and one half cans. Pineapple juice goes to 50 points from 25 and tomato juice to 20 from 6 points for 18-ounce cans. All of the new values are fixed in multiples of ten because tl\e system of blue tokens as ration change is being discontinued Sun day. Blue tokens may be in unit! of ten until October 1 in buying processed foods. After that they will have no value. As announced earlier, processed foods being removed from ration ing are all jams, jellies, fruit but ters, asparagus, lima beans, corn, peas, pumpkin and squash, mixed vegetables, baked beans, tomato sauce, paste and puree, and all va rieties of soups and baby fSods. Other vegetables except tomatoes have been ration-free for some time. In announcing the new ration values, effective through Septem ber 30, OPA Administrator Chap ter Bowles said: (Continued on Page Four) Resting Place For Fallen U. S. Soldier Of The Sea A bayoneted rifle marks the spot where the poncho-covered body of a fallen U. S. Marine was buried on a battle field of Saipan. (Marine Corps Combat Photo) Standard Prices Must Be Charged For Cigarettes Dealers Advised Of Selling Prices By Local Rationing Board The Price Division of the local War, Price and Rationing Board this week advised cigarette re tailers that they may not sell “pop ular” brands at more than 16 cents per package or 31 cents for two packages. At the same time, the rationing board said the maximum price on “economy” brands is 13 cents for a single package and 25 cents for two packages. These prices include all taxes. The board pointed out that cig aretts are covered by the General Maximum Price Regulation, and that on “popular” brands retailer’s March, 1942 ceiling price plus the additional Federal excise tax placed on cigarettes since March, 1942 is the ceiling price today. The encilg figures one-hglf cent pef package over the March, 1941 price; therefore, When a dealer is selling only one package he may charge a full cent. Since 15 cents was the standard price in March, 1942, the present ceiling in most cases will be 16 cents per package, and 31 cents for two packages. Board spokesman said that in the case of "economy” cigarettes, a flat national price of 13 cents per package has been established by the Office of Price Admin (Continued on Page Four) Masons To Have Picnic Sunday A Masonic picnic will be spon sored for all Masons of Alleghany county and their families on Sun day, September 24 at Bluff Park, Ralph Gentry, secretary, announc ed this week. The committee in charge of ar rangements, consisting of R. F. Crouse, L. E. Ivey and Robert Al lison, urged that those who wished to get transportation to the picnic grounds meet in front of the courthouse in Sparta at 11:00 o’clock on Sunday morn ing. Dinner will be served around 12:30 p. m., it was pointed out. All Masonic members and their families are urged to attend the county-wide picnic and to bring filled baskets. John Tucker is Grand Master of the Lodge in the county. NEWS IS NOW TESTING advertising POWER The Alleghany News is limp ing along this week without the use of an official automobile since the News ear was totally demolished in an accident last Thursday night. Appearing elsewhere in this issue .is a classified advertise ment which states: “Wanted to buy—1938, 1939, 1949 Chevro let, Ford, Plymouth or Dodge car. Will pay cash, Rmoryet tai Reeves, The AWagheny News, Sparta.” We know that it paps to ad vertise and now we’ll find out just hew wefi it pays, since ties these days. Laurel Springs And Glade Valley Grange Units Hold Meetings Pvt. Andrew Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Taylor, of Laurel Springs, is now serving somewhere in England. He entered service in February and trained at Camp McCain, Miss. Eldon Estep Is Hurt In Wreck Is Now Recovering In Elkin Hospital From Injuries Sustained In Wreck The condition of Eldon Estep, who is in the Chatham Memorial hospital in Elkin suffering from injuries sustained in an automo bile accident last Thursday night, is improving. Estep, 16 year-old son of Kemp Estep, of Hickory apd formerly of Alleghany county, sustained three broken ribs and a slightly punc tured kidney when he ran off the Sparta-West Jefferson highway on a straight section near Ore Knob, plunged down an embank ment and turned over. He was driving the Alleghany News car and apparently fell asleep. The I (Continued on Page 4) Officers Elected And Enter tainment Planned, Under Direction Of Deputy Edward J. Pugh was chosen master of the Laurel Springs Grange at the organization meet ing last Friday night, with Van Miller elected lecturer and Mrs. T. S. Moxley, secretary. A. C. Jones, state Grange deputy, in charge of the meeting, announc ed that the charter membership list would be held open for a short while and those desiring to enroll as charter members should do so by getting in touch with any of the officers of the Grange unit of with either, Mrs. R. L. Pugh or John Tucker before the next meet ing which is scheduled, to beheld Saturday, October 14- at 8:00 o’clock. Mr. Jones announced that he would meet with the Grange at that time to install the officers and give futher instruction on (Continued on Page 4) Welfare Meeting Plans Are Made The officers of the Northwest ern Welfare district met Monday at the Robert E. Lee Hotel in Win ston Salem to discuss final plans for the district meeting to be held there, September 29. The officers of the Northwest ern District are Mrs. Blance Carr Sterne, Greensboro, president; Miss Clyde Narcom, Graham, vice president, and Miss Ruth Tug man, of West Jefferson, secretary. Mr. A. W. Cline, superin tendent of the Forsyth County Welfare Department, is in charge of the arrangements for the meet ing. An outstanding program has been arranged for the conference and around 250 are expected to attend. The counties included in the Northwestern District are Alle ghany, Ashe, Davie, Davidson, Alamance, Caswell, Forsyth, Guil ford, Rockingham, Surry, Stokes, Wilkes, Watauga and Yadkin. FSA Makes Inclusive Health Survey Of Families In County During the time that a recent survey was being made of Alle ghany county farm families, and FSA families in particular, a spe cial study of the health problems was likewise made. The records from the state health department show that the 1941 infant death rate for the county was 57.7. Since the coun ty has no health nurse, prenatal clinics and vital information per taining to child care which the health nurse is able to give, are no longer available to farm fami lies, Immunizations against dip theria, small pox, scarlet fever, whooping cough, and typhoid fev er likewise argnpt available from this source. For these reasons it was felt that there is a vital need for a full-time nurse In the coun ty. Bbr providing tor « health nurse, we may not only reduce the danger of epidemics of con tageous diseases. Throughout the year, many work days are lost by farm oper ators because of illness. After consulting the local doctors, it was discovered that the five ail ments which , cause the greatest loss of time from farm work are: Common colds; injury; rheuma tism; tonsilitis; and indigestiop. Bad teeth, infected tonsils, ex posure and poor eating habits were largely responsible for these ailments it was thought In many families there are ad ults as well as children who need glasses fitted. Each year the Farm Security Administration, in cooperation with the Welfare of fice, conduct an eye clinic for those individuals who are not able to consult a specialist. Be Comity Schools Open On Monday; Good Attendance day for hundreds of Alleghany county studei^ after a prolonged vacation and in spite of the pour ing rain, the attendance was re ported unusually good. School buses were on the job rounding up the pupils and trans porting them to their schools so they could get the registration details out of the way. Out at the schools, things were humming with timid first-grad ers sitting in school desks for the first time and experienced boys and girls trying not to get excit ed at the prospect of another school year. There were several parents on hand, too. Many of them alledg edly to look after the children, but they seemed to get a thrill from the first-day-of-school ex citement. unchro^#/^ Several Of The SchoottEeipected To Open Lunch Schi Monday,’ was back-to-school Tuesday, books were issued and on Wednesday, school days start ed with lessons in earnest. Supt. Clyde Fields announced that although schools opened with three substitute teachers, the positions have been filled by today. Mrs. H, E. Black and Mrs. Reid Hampton were substitutes at Laurel Springs and a substi tute was also secured for Prath er’s Creek colored school. Miss Fields also pointed out that several lunchrooms in the county are expected to open soon. The Sparta lunchroom is id'readi ness and Piney Creek, along with a number of others are expected to be ready for operation soon. Drive For Waste Paper Continues Urge _ Citizens To Bring In Jess Moxley, coroander of the Al leghany Post of die American Le-' gion that the waste paper drive now being sponsored by this or ganization would continue through September 30. Commander Moxley pointed out that the response had been good, but due to the lack of transporta tion there was still much to be collected. He asked that those who had made collections that had not been called for, to please be patient and that the paper would be picked up as soon as possible. He also reminded citi zens once more that rural mail carriers would bring the paper in, if it were tied securely and plac ed by mail boxes. Approximately 3,000 pounds of paper was gathered during the three days the. campaign was in progress, it was explained. Prof. John M. Cheek brought in the largest amount of paper, with 1, 500 pounds to his credit. Mrs. R. L. Doughton spent Sat urday night in Sparta. SK cr, s. CMM Guard Pbatm The open Jaws of tibe LSTs poor out Marines, tanks and fighting equipment on the tar side of the world at Cape Gloucester, New Britain. We must keep the flow of supplies steady if our men are to hold. Batf year War Bends and Hold ’em! V.S. Trtanry B*farMod
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