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ONLY NEWSPAPER. $L5Q a Year in Alleghany County VOLUME 56. NO. 5 $2.00 a Year Out of County SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA 1 BUY MORE THAN BEFORE • >«[ I i ■a,. ■ 9 « ***** ****** * * * *ff for/wS^sectirity, ****************. THITBStl4V ftTT M 1U1 Cherry To Speak' Sat. Afternoon At Courthouse Public Cordially Invited To Hear Democratic Candi date For Governor R. F. Crouse, chairman of the Democratic executive committee of Alleghany county, announced this week that Honorable R. Gregg Cherry, Democratic can didate for Governor of North Carolina, would speak here on Saturday, October 28 at 2:30 p. m., at tiie courthouse. Mr. Cherry • visited Alleghany last spring but this is his first public appearance here since he began his campaign This is a public meeting and I want every citizen who possibly can to come out and hear Mr. Cherry,” Mr. Crouse said. “I particularly want to invite all the ladies,” he declared, and ex plained that Mr. Cherry would have a message of importance to every citizen. Congressman R. L. Doughton, „ Chairman of the House Ways and | Means Committee and Democratic candidate for re-election to the House of Representatives, along with other Democratic leaders, is expected to be present at the meeting, it was explained. Mr. Crouse also announced that Congressman Doughton would ad dress the citizens of Alleghany county at the courthouse on the following Saturday, October 4, at 2:30 p. m. Selective Service Lists New Ruling For Deferiftent Must Be Made Before Induction •The Local Draft Board wishe* ' of A^J up by name ly, every registrant who has at tained his 38th anniversary «f the day of hi* birth, and who ha* not been inducted into the land or naval force*, will be placed in Claw IV-A. All registrants, ages 38 through 44, will be included in this classification,” Mrs. Mexa Phipps, clerk, said here. Wednes day morning. “For the further information of registrants, the Local Draft Board would like to call to the attention of every man in a 1-A classifica tion that he is liable for service, and subject to call, if and when his order number is reached in the proper sequence. Therefore, any registrant who wishes to see the Board in regard to a defer ment or postponement of induc tion should appear before the Board before he hat received a call for induction”. “The liocal Board has no auth ority to postpone any man’s in duction call has been issued, ex cept in extreme emergency cases of sickness or death. Ip order to postpone a man’s induction after the call has been sent, the board must get permission, from state headquarters, and only in very urgent cases is this permitted. The local board will always give a sympathetic hearing and con sideration to any case if presented before the induction call has been mailed. It is hoped that every registrant will bear these facts in mind, and try to adhere to them,” Mrs. Phipps stated. Caudill Monday ev iring Hassell Caudill, who into Mrs.' Gar Ray Mc il fiel( Cau Grady, Sturgill, Settle Mae Wagoner, Eva Rector, Wanda Truitt, Kay Wagoner and [ Barbara Truitt, Hassel Hoppers, Charlie Dale Edwards. Edward, and Cary Caudill, Page Dillard McCary Sholes, i and Bayne Cau United War Fund In County Nears Goal; Drive Ends Monday WILL SPEAK HERE ^rrnwnweMaMttg.., yjatfit-.y Major R. Gregg Cherry, who will speak at the court house in Sparta on Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. The public js cordially invited. Special Program At Piney Creek Will Be Given Saturday Even ing For The Benefit Of United War Fund Piney Creek school will present s program fOTmis$iqg of two parts for the benefit °f the United War Fund at Piney Creek school, Sat urday evening at 8d)0 o’clock. The play, 'Victims of Circum 1" , written and directed by is r -- Harold Reed aa Henry Aldrioh^XrelynPrcmfe as Minerva" Bernard Phipps and Anna Ra# "Pettyjohn as Sam gnd Aliee Aldrich.* Irene Blevins plays the part of Mary Aldrich. Ray Absher-steals the show as the inimitable Homer BTown. Torn between patriotism and love for each other, Henry and Minerva will win your sympathy and earn your laughter The play will be preceded by a negro singing convention, star ring talented members of the dramatics club. All proceeds will go for the benefit of the United War Fund of Alleghany county. Mrs. Jones Dies At Furches, Mon. Following an illness of one year, Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, 89, of Furches, died at her home there on Monday, October 23. Funeral service was conducted yesterday at 11:00 o’clock at the New Hope Baptist church with Eld. Johnny Toliver officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Mrs. Jones, wife of the late Craig Jones, is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Carl Brown, of Stratford; Mrs. Steve Landreth, of Stratford; and Mrs. R. D. Mox ley. Pallbearers were grandsons of the deceased. Chairman Urges That Con tributions Of COrrfmtlnities Be Reported; Need More Up to Wednesday noon, the United War Fund in Alleghany county had listed $920.00 in total contributions toward the county goal of $1,400.00. A number of the communities throughout the county had not turned in reports of the progress of the campaign in their particu lar section, Chairman Joe Bill Reed explained and the' total is expected to grow this week end. He urged that all committee chair men and assistants turn in reports as soon as possible. Piney Creek school will spon sor a play and musical entertain ment, while Laurel Springs is holding a square dance on Satur day night for the benefit of the drive. Little Pine school raised a total of $75.00 last Saturday night at a musical entertainment and more is expected to be raised in that community. Chairman Reed urged that pa rents and relatives note the hon or roll board in Smithey’s win dow and that not one name be left there without a flag posted by it The churches and Sunday Schools in the county are being asked by Chairman Reed to make a special collection at their serv ices on Sunday. A partial list of contributions for the week follows: Zollie Souther, Mrs.- Charles r (Continued on Page 4) Sparta Students ■>s*. Nam£ Officers Meet And Sleet Officers For Claeses - •< Officers were elected this week i in each ef the class rooms of Sparta high school, with cheer leaders also appointed for the year. In the twelfth grade, the fol lowing were elected: Carrol Ed wards, president; Rex Richard son, vice-president; Wade Irwin, secretary; Junior Gentry, treasur er; Jackie Tompkins and May belline Richardson, reporters and Ellen Hardin and Bernice Jarvis, cheerleaders. Mrs: Dalton War ren is home-room teacher. In the tenth grade, Mr. Elli son’s home-room, the following were elected: Doris Collins, pres ident; Jimmy Davis, vice-presi dent; Louis Fender, secretary; James Douglas, treasurer; Lewis Fender, reporter; Uptie Andrews, attendance officer; Pearl 6rine gar, doorman and Donna Duncan, cheerleader. Miss Minnie Lou Edwards’ home-room of the tenth grade se lected officers as follows: J. M. Sturgill, president; Bill Reeves, vice-president; Jimmy Wagoner, secretary and treasurer; Evelyn Mitchell, reporter and Mary R. Miller, cheerleader. For the ninth grade officers, Mr. Landreth’s room selected Walton Joines, president; Vernon I Holloway, vice-president; Bonnie (Continued on Page Four) American GIs In a jeep enter into Germany from Belgian. They peine to read the sign at the side of the read warning them to be Oct their guard. Piney Creek Man Cited For Record In Burma Action Cpl. Eddie B. Smith, Son Of Mr. And Mrs. Lee Smith, Is Praised New Delhi, India—Cpl. Eddie B. Smith, son of Mrs. Lee Smith, of Piney Creek, is now identified as a member of Maj. Gen. Frank Merrill’s Marauders who won the coveted Presidential Citation for their exploits behind Jap lines in northern Burma. Smith, holder of the Combat Infantry Badge for “exemplary conduct in combat” participated in the 700 mile'march to Myitky ina, former Jap stronghold, and is authorized a bronze campaign star. At one point along the route of march, Smith and his unit were pinned to the ground for 36 hours by enemy artillery fire only to fight their way clear and contin ue to advance. Smith attended the Piney Creek high school, later joined the army and spent 18. months in the Pana ma Defense Zone. Volunteering for the Marauder group in 1943, he has been almost a year in CBI-land. Alleghany Men Are Classified By Local Board Only 5 In 1-A; Other Classifi cations Are Published By Board The local board this week an nounced classifications of 58 Al leghany men for military serv ice, when 40 were placed in 2-C, five in 1-A and 13 in various oth er classifications. The classification list is as fel lows: I- . •**- -■>**• . 1-A: James F» Halsey, Ho D. WtOtaps, Robert K.McM Walter <fe*bippa, ami; McKnight. 1-X (O): Paul Vaughn. 1- C: Donald. R. Kennedy. 2- A: Dan A. Qysdttl, Varden K. Saddler, Walter H. Blackburn, Charlie S. Barrett, Thomas B. Handy, John B. Reeves, Wayne T. Bobbitt and Bays E. Parsons. 2-B: Lebert Petty. 2-C: Page G. Stoker, Bert Wil liams, Gwyn W. Williams, Elbert W. Toliver, Raymond K. Watson, Raymond F. Andrews, Leff J. Maines, Elmer R. Spurlin, Robert K. Rector, Walter C. Young, Geo. F. Taylor, Jessie R. Crouse, Wal ter C. Nichols, Reuben H. Sheets, Dayton D. Dixon, Charlie L. Col lins, William H. Carpenter, Par ma R. Wilmoth, Glenn T. Ed wards, Palmer S. Walls, Clarence W. Kennedy, Alton W. Edwards, Talmadge D. Johnson, Clifton L. Cox, Robert C. Bowers, James H, Stevenson, Robert F. Harris, Abie L. Montgomery, Kemp W. Dun can, James W. Church, Champ D. Duncan, William C. Suits, Reid E. Fender, Roy H. Wagoner, Guy W. Pugh, John C. Caudill, James H. Taylor, Willard H. Brown, Es tell E. Bare, and Oscar Gambill, Jr. 2- C (F): Hoy Ellis. 3- D: Ernest C- Wood. EARLY BUYING URGED OF CHRISTMAS STAMPS Silas Nichols, Sparta postmas ter, said here this week that he wishfd to emphasized the im portance of early purchases oi postage stamps of the dne-and one-half cent denomination foi Christmas mailing. 1 Last, year, there was a last minute rush to buy the stamps, the supply being, depleted and exhausted before the season was over. "To avoid a Ifecurrence oi shortage, person who anti sending Christmas cards d buy their stamps early,’1 Mr. Nichols stated. SERVICE ANNOUNCED —" An all-day meeting will be held at the Little River Primitive Baptist church en Sunday, Oct. 28, with the service beginning at 10:30 a. m., it was announced this week. Several visiting preachers are expected to be present, among them Eld. Edd Davis, Eld. Edd Douglas, Eld. H. Q. Blevins, and Others. Dinner will be church grounds, it ed. Jap Warships Move To Engage U. S. Navy; Pacific Battle Is Near American And Allied Armies Making Gains On German And Rushan Fronts At Pearl Harbor, Adm. Chester W. Nimitz has announced that Japanese battleships and cruisers had been sighted moving east ward toward the Central Philip pines, indicating a potential meet ing with naval units. Radio sil ence precluded further details. If the Navy of the United States and that of Japan meet, it will be the first engagement of strong forces since the Nipponese were soundly defeated June 19 in the Philippine area. Overcoming Japanese resis tance, mire and heat, American liberation forces pressed the re conquest of Leyte island in the Central Philippines, seizing an other airfield and freeing numer ous towns from the enemy. Lt. General Sir Miles C. Dem psey’s British second Army fou ght into the streets of ’S Hertog enbosch from the northeast Tues day and Wednesday night to tighten its iron grip on the Nazis’ defense key to Western Holland as another spearhead closed in from the South. (Continued on Page 4) Registration Books Close On Saturday For Nov. 7 Voting Voters Are Urged To Make Sure They Are Properly giiUjeng c fbr voting in <rf November by Saturday of this week, as this is the data on which the books close, G. Glenn Nichols, chairman of the Board of Elections, stated. Registrars will be available in each voting precinct of the county through Saturday and on the fol lowing Saturday, November 4, challenges may be placed on re cord. > “It is the privilege of every citizen to vote, and failure to do so appears to be evidence of lack of concern for his country’s wel fare. Since this election is perhaps the most important election ever to be held in the history of the United States, it is the duty of every voter to see to it that he is (Continued on Page 4) Mrs. Edwards, 42, Is Buried At Zion Funeral service for Mrs. Bertha Osborne Edwards, 42, of Sparta Rt. 2, who died at the Wilkes hos pital on Sunday, Oct. 22, was held Tuesday at Zion Primitive Bap tist church with Eld. S. G. Cau dill and Eld. J. C. Sparks in charge. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Surviving in addition to her husband, Otho Edwards, are two sisters, Mrs. Delia Evans, of Spar ta and Miss Pearl Osborne, of Ga lax and one brother, Guy Os borne, of Independence. f Alleghany Proj die 7 are drged'to IN SOUTH PACIFIC Wf: M. A.V. UCI1 r. 3UU Mr. and Mrs. Everett Taylor, of Laurel Springs, is now serving overseas somewhere in the South Pacific area with the U. S. Marine Corps. He has been in service since Sep tember, 1943. 32 Men Left Wed. For Camp Croft Are To Be Inducted Into Arm ed Forces; Names Are Published Thirty-two Alleghany men lefl yesterday morning for induction into the armed forces at Camj Croft, s. ’c:, *-v •leal n Sort Overman Bedwell, William Howard Greene, Clyde Junta Murphy, Earl Lee Joines, Her bert Columbus Hawthorne, Thoa Eugene Joines, Edward Kyle Caudill, Eugene Jessie Poole, Van Franklin Miller, Jr., Burnet! James Wilson, Robert Bruce Whiteley, Clive Leroy Edwards Andrew Nelvin Jennings, Floyc Hardin Reeves, Thomas Hassel Hoppers, Thomas Harrison Smith Early Bryan Eldridge, Raymond Lee Toliver, Russell Parks Brown Linville Mack Richardson, Mach Davis Osborne, Jack Barney Johnson, Charles Franklin War den, Dewey Clifford Whitaker Oscar Dale DeBord, Charles Les ter Weaver, Chester Washingtor Maines, Buford Jackson Spicer Elwood Lane Roberts, Rufue Claude Edwards, Clayton Tal madge Sheets and Bert Isom Wagoner. 1 OCTOBER 31 DEADLINE FOR DAIRY PAYMENTS C. G. Collins, chairman of the AAA of Alleghany county, an nounced this week that Octobei 31 had been set as the deadline for filing applications for dairy feed payments on the July and August sales. Mr. Collins urged that all those who had not done so, should file these applications at an early date. Honor Roll Is Announced For Students Of Sparta Hi School The honor roll for the first month’s work in Sparta high school was announced this week by C. R. Roe, principal. A num ber of students made grades of 90 and above entitling them to be placed on the list: Second grade: HuaM Hoppers, Susie Gambill, Marion Allison, Ann Thompson, Doris Baldwin, Alton Baldwin, Francis Crouse, Victoria Crouse, Eugenia Hicker son, Marjorie Miller, Susie Stur divant and Shirley Taylor. Third grade: Bobby Elizabeth Gambill, Wilma Richardson, Let tie Sue Waddell, Ruth McCann, Iva Lee Rector, Nancy Waddell, Shirley Ann Thompson, Doris Jean Edwards, Rosemond Maines, Mildred Hawkins, Carol Edwards, Betty Ann Miles, Bobbie Ruth Sturgill, Pauline Thornton, Gay nell Truitt, Jimmy Liles, Tommie Wagoner, Lucy Collins, Elsie An ders, Patsy Atwood, Carldeai Blevins, John R. Cox and Charlei Dean Douglas. Fourth grade: Marie Wooten Sylvia Ann Liles, Carol Hoppers Nelson Gascho, Shirley Bumgarn er, Betty Jane Mitchell, Wand: Stoker and Billie Teague. Fifth grade: Jane McKnighl Franklin Sturdivant, Beulah Ed wards, Norma Gene Edwards Sarah Ann Hickerson, Bobb; Hoppers, Lorraine Shumate an Marjorie Truitt. Sixth grade: Anna Lee An drews and Ercell Wooten. Seventh grade: Ruth Duttor Patsy Edwards, Eva Sde Evam Ima Ray Wagoner, Ida Maud Black, Tommy Reeves, Jimm Todd, Maxine Todd and Jimm; Poole. (Continued on Page Four) More Casualties ^ Of War Reported f Here This Week; One Man Missing In Actio# And Four Others Are Injured —■■ m ■■ !■ ▼! War casualties continue to mount in Alleghany county, with one man reported missing in ae* tion and four others injured, three overseas and one in the States. Pvt. Owen E. Wilson, son of James C. Wilson, of Glade Valley, has been missing in action in France since September 11, ao» cording to a message received by his father from the War Depart* ment. Pvt. Wilson volunteered for service in 1943 and had been overseas for the past three months. Pvt. Paul Brooks, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mack T. Brooks, of Glade Valley, was slightly wound ed in action somewhere in France on October 10, according to a message received by his parents yesterday. Pvt. Grant M. Harless, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Harless, of Whitehead, was wounded in ac tion in Northern Italy on October 8. This is the second time Pvt. Harless has been wounded and he has received the Purple Heart for wounds previously sustained. He was struck by a shrapnel in his right hand according to a let ter received by his mother. Pvt. Elgin L. Pruitt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Estil Pruitt, of Sparta, was seriously wounded at Camp Swift, Texas, as a result of an ac cidental explosion of a mortar shell. The injury was in both thighs. His condition is reported to be satisfactory from the region al hospital, where he is now a pa tient. ‘ Pfc. Oscar Bert Evans, brother of Mrs. Kilby Atwood, of Twin Oaks, was wounded in France, ac cording,to . his si! Hfe. be wounded in the leg. leiiow jackets Play Here Fri. Sparta Eleven Will Meet The Boonville High Team At 2:30 Tomorrow The Yellow Jackets have been preparing this week for their tilt with the team from Boonville High tomorrow on the Sparta field, with Coach Roy Ellison stressing work with the backfield. The Sparta eleven are prepared for the attack by the Boonville team, which defeated them two weeks ago, 33-0 on the Boonville field. “The boys are in excellent con dition and I expect them to make a good showing against the vet eran team,” Coach Ellison said. A record crowd is expected to attend the first home game of the season for the Yellow Jackets. Sparta stores, as voted at the last meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, will, close for the game, which will begin around 2:30 in the afternoon. The Sparta eleven will meet Elkin here on November 3 and will play a return game there on November 17. To date, a game has not been scheduled for Thanksgiving day, but it is hoped that some team will meet the Yellow Jackets heer on that date. Accident Kills Two At Boone 1 Two ex-service men were killed 1 Saturday night near Boone when their car ran off the road and , turned over into Winkler’s Creek. , The car was found about 8:30 o’
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