1622 Thanksgiving 1944
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Oar obSemHSfe of Thanksgiving this
year shaflMpp? lionesses with the Pil
grim’s historic first Thanksgiving. We do
not face the cruditifs i®f living experienced
by our fot^EatRet^ ^ifl we again have been
made to realize, as they did, the dignity and
worth of human existence. Like they did,
we too arO ‘f&dj^ing tremendous sacrifices
for the ideals in which we believe.
It is a Strange. THahksgiving. There will
be many tables With empty places. There
will be many tables without the accustomed
turkey because turkeys have gone to war
too. But the nation will unite at this sea
son -and voice a prayer for those things we
do have: the safety of the country, the
progress we have made abroad since last
year, and the hope that the empty places
at the table soon will be filled again.
The first Thanksgiving was a triumphal
day for the Pilgrims. They had endured
hunger, disease, heavy loss of life and the
hazards of a New England winter. As a
second perilous winter approached, they
• carried on and gave thanks. May we face
our misfortunes and our gains with the
courage and humble gratefulness so char
acteristic of those who first set aside a day
for Thanksgiving.
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Buy Christmas Seals
The annual Christmas Seal Sale, spon
sored by the North Carolina Tuberculosis
Association, which begins November 27,
deserves the support of everyone. Mrs. J.
Henry Highsmith, President of the N. C.
Federated Women’s Clubs and one of the
most outstanding women of the state, is the
chairman this year.
. The Christmas season is the only time
of the year the tuberculosis association at
tempts to raise money for work that is car
ried on throughout the year. The seal it
self is beautiful and is a reminder of health
and happiness^ Let us remember this as
use these seals.
pointed out, that in
ilosis shows an in
t)ie first cause of death
n the ages of fifteen
this in view, we must
as a real menace. The
it we put in seals
we purch
As o:
times of
crease a:
for indivfidi
and forty-Ari
continue tsnrn
compara
will go
This
rememb
to have
drives,
until the
and Berli
let’s not
ly ene:
must n<
conquer
fighting this,
but we must
going to continue
drives, war relief
and many others,
made on Tokyo
f the war drives
rculosis is a dead
front and we
torts to control and
Christmas Seals!
>ns for it.
a feeling
do not
•Perhaps
celebrat
yore, but
in the
spun*. li me sorrow, suffering, loss
and brutality «f war and fear of force; now
dominating certain parts of this world
you doubt the spirit of Christmas, it
AS to pause and consider ttb real
■
in fear. A ru|tor<and <fti|jii»|»oriihat*Sr
ed by force. There was confusion a
fear among men just as there is today. ?
that time, innocents were being slaugh
tered. Yet in such a time the magic star
appeared. And no doubt to most people,
“Peace on earth, good will toward men”’
seemed as far away then as it does at this
moment. Yet people rejoiced at the good
tidings. It was proof that love is stronger
than hate and must triumph in the end.
Surely it should not be hard to see the
brighter side of Christmas, as we remem
ber that this Christ-child, born in Bethle
hem two thousand years ago, has forever
since been the symbol of love, faith and
hope. There has been and will be no
blackout of Christmas. It must still abide,
shining and glowing.
In our homes we must make ready for
this celebration. It is fitting that we re
member our friends and loved ones with
gifts of love and devotion, expressing the
true spirit of the Yuletide. If you are
puzzled over the Christmas, spirit, I would
like to give you a part of an explanation
once written in the New York Sim by
Frank Church, in answer to the inquiry of
Virginia Hanlon, a little girl, who in 1897
wrote, asking, “Please tell me the truth;
is there a Santa Claus?
Church wrote the ioiiowmg.
“He exists as certainly as love and gen
erosity and devotion exists and you know
that they abound and give your life its
highest beauty and joy.”
These are the things we should remem
ber in times like the present.
Thousands of Americans, as well as
others, are now fighting that we may have
“Peace on earth, good will toward men.”
We cannot let them down by failing to ob
serve Christmas in the proper way.
Last year about this time we received a
letter from a relative in service and we
quote parts of it here for we believe it is
typical of many men who will not be able
to spend Christmas at home:
“The ocean, some several thousand
miles, and the important job of helping to
defeat Hitler will keep me from coming
home this Christmas. But I’ll be thinking
of the family back home . . . the smell of
roast turkey, the spicy taste of fruit cake
and all the- other fixins . . . the exchange
of gifts under the Christmas tree . . . gath
ering around and singing carols . . . going
to midnight church services .. . reading all
the greeting cards. I like to think that you
will be carrying on as usual; and the
thought of what I am missing gives me a
double incentive to hurry up and end this
war and get back home to celebrate Christ
mas. But don’t get out of the habit of
celebrating just because I have a job here,
from which there will be no holiday until
it is finished.”
This year, the same young man wrote
the following:
“As you know, I won’t be home for
Christmas this year, either, but we are
nearer to returning than we were last
year. Keep on observing Christmas in the
good old American way and one of these
days, when this job is over, I’ll be back,
along with a lot of other Americans to en
joy it, but first we must make sure of
peace.”
Let’s be generous in our observance of
Christmas. Remember that being .gener
ous does not mean extravagance; this
we should surely guard against in war
time. But we must remember that there
are probably more people who need cheer
ing up this year than ever before and that
there are practical, useful gifts that bring
good cheer. Gifts of beauty will add to
the joy of Christmas. And, of course,
there is “the present with a futune”—war
bonds and stamps.
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Keeping Prices Down
The public in general thinks of OPA
chiefly in connection with rationing. The
“P” which stands for price is a vital factor
and means much to everyone. The price
clerk of the War Price and Rationing Board
has an important job in the distributing ef
information as well as checking up on the
various items on which there is a price
control.
Prioe control is essential now and will
continue to be important. Ashe county mer
chants are doing a good job and are to be
commended for their efforts to comply
with the program in every way. The co
operation of the public is also an important
factor to make the program a success. Let’s
all cooperate to keep prices at their proper
levels.
day old, are
n Cuba tor* with 4,200
. All polts come off
the same day. The last hatch,
which comes off around Hay 29,
too late to be raised on the coast,
will again be brought to Alle
ghany, where the weather is ideal
for late
UJ
'our
electric brooders until they were
six weeks old. “The windows were
never closed during that time,”
Mr. Edwards stated, lamenting
the fact that many turkey growers
tried to pamper the fowls too
much, thus hendering their
growth
When they were seven weeks
old the turkeys were turned out
in the open where they lived the
remainder of the summer and fall
with no shelter at all. Feed is
before them at all times, with
1,000 pounds fed each day during
the last two weeks before they
were marketed.
Mr. Edwards left lights burning
around his flock all night long to
protect them from foxes and from
becoming frightened and stamped
ing. He also protected them from
heavy rains saying that this was
the greatest hazzard for the tur
key grower.
Out of the entire original flock
of 1,400 polts, 1,223 turkeys were
put on the market. The hens aver
aged around 17 pounds and the
Toms around 27 pounds. The tur
keys are of the wagon wheel strain
of bronze broad breasted variety.
They reach an early maturity
and are heavier than the average
turkev.
Edwards estimated his profit on
the flock at around $3,000.00 this
year. The total expenses incurred
in raising them was $44*10.00
including labor, electricity and
feed. The turkeys were fed 1,006
one hundred pound bags of grain
and mash, 5,200 pounds of grit,
300 pounds of tobacco and 300
pounds of mineral. On the whole,
the dressed turkey cost 16 and
seven-tenths cents per pound
to raise and the ceiling price is
51 cents per pound.
‘The turkey is the most eco
nomical farm fowl in accordance
with the feed it eats,” Mr. Ed
wards stated, “and Alleghany
county has the ideal climate for
growing it.” He predicted that in
the near future a much greater
number of turkeys would be
i grown here.
Assisting Mr. Edw«,«ds on his
turkey farm are Mrs. Edwards
and their two sons, Parlen and
Purn, who are students at Glade
Valley high school this year.
PUBLIC IS URGEn
TO MAIL GIFTS EARLY
(Continued from par* Ow'
situation is critical. The 200,000
extra workers whom we normally
recruited to handle the swollen
| Christmas volumn of mail were
| able to work long hours of over
jtime and to do heavy work. This
j cannot be expected from the wom
en and high schol boys and girls
to whom in large part we must
look this year to meet the situa
tion.
"The way in which everyone re
sponded to making it possible for
us to handle a volumn of 70,000.
000 parcels for the armed forces
overseas leaves no doubt in m~
mind that the November Christ
mas mailing will be equally suc
cessful. 1 ask for the help of the
press, radio, business advertisers,
civic groups and all americans in
making it possible for the Postal
Service to do its work.
“We urge everyone to buy now,
mail in November and mark gifts
“Do Net Open Until Christmas,”
Mr. Walker declared.
COUNTY FARMERS TO
VOTE ON LEADERS
(Continued from Pace One)
Stratford; Turkey Knob—3:09 p*
m., Kennedy's Store; Piney
Creek—7 :30 p. m., Piney Creek
School; TWin Oaks—10:00 a. m.,
Irwin Hotel; Cranberry—1:00 p.
m„ Laurel Springs Post Office;
Whitehead—3:00 p. m., W. L. Ed
wards’ Store; Sparta—7:30 p. m.,
Courthouse; Wolf Branch—7:30
p. m., Wolf Branch School.
SALE OF SEALS IS
UNDERWAY IN COUNTY
(Continued from Page One)
the 38th annual sale in North
Carolina, we want to sell our
quota 100 per cent”
Proceed* from the sale, with
the exception of the small «*»«««
sent to national Tuberculosis as
sociation headquarters, is
tor the prevention at tu
Miss Fields
teachers have
out that all
to
Let Us Give Thanks
$or 1m preservation ofz|P
ot -warn of life from the ibimt of destruction
Sor tteiiJiitq of Jp
yhidb has kept am3 nation *4i€n4; . jff§
lor our abiding faith infreedcamf * ,^|||
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M2 COUNTY MEN ARE
CLASSIFIED BY BOARD
fContinued t«wn r'aae One)
Rose, Waiter H. Coulson, Mack
Waddell, Robert J. Joines, Bayse
Thornton, Raymond W. Hill,
George E. Carpenter, James D.
Edwards, James R. Caudill, Ches
ter A. Killon, Ben C. Weaver,
Letcher C. Chappel and Isaac R.
Wright,
4-A: Charlie F. Richardson,
James O, Wyatt, Arthur Brown,
Grover W. Shepherd, William P.
Baugus, Paul F. Andrews, James
M. C. Joines, Blake D. Hampton,
John P. Caudill, Eugene C. Pruitt,
Isaac H. Higgins, Vance M. Spauld
ing, Andy C. Holloway, Stewart
S. Lyons, James H. Dowdle, So
well B. McCann, Wilmer C. Wood
ruff, Boyd M. Higgins Edwin Dun
can.
Oscar J. A. Simpson. Robert G.
Truitt, Odell S. Andrews, Rex G.
Harless, Dexter W. Montgomery,
John J. Caudill, Carl P. Delp,
Liver F. Blackburn, Robert E.
Richardson, Omar L. Edwards,
George W. Woodruff, Cary Brown,
Flake G. Harris, Arthur T. Reeves,
i Peter B. Redolfi, Harvey I. Crouse,
i Robert Brinegar, Ivey C. Harrald,
I Carey D. Blevins, John W. War
■den, Chap Edwards, Clayton H.
Bennett, David R. Phipps, Rich
ard B. Bumgardner, Richard H.
Crouse, William H, Dixon, Edward
L. Gentry, Robert L. Halsey, Wal
ter G. Crouse, Mack F. Chambers,
Cliv Holloway, Reid E. Fender,
Mack C. Edwards, Fred T. Hart,
Robert G, Combs, Charlie W.
Phipps, Kilby, H. Atwood, John
M. Carpenter, Troy Cleary. Henry
J. Johnson, Lonnie R. Richardson,
Joe B. Reed, Robert G. Cleary,
Charlie H. Gibson, Robert L.
Joines, Roy Bryan.
Fred T. Pruitt, Claude E. 'lollo
way, Porter E. Thompkins, Fred E.
Handy, Lonnie C. Adams, Thomas
Shaw, George D. Todd. Rob >rt
E. Black, William O. Shumate,
Robert M. Poole, Crockett J. Poe,
Joseph L. Larue, Virgil L. Jenk
ins, Joe Pope, Elmer Billings,
Paul O. Smith, Vass G, Lana.
Floyd A. V. Poole, Dewey C.
Truitt, Luther B. Finney, Roscoe
S. Royal, Willie J. Talbert, David
iP. Jarrell, Lawrence B. Reeves,
Johnnie R. Todd, Clive A. Thomp
son, Alfred A. BedweU, Willie F.
| Hines, Fieldon V. Rector, Estes
Crouse, Lafayette C. Leftwich,
Charlie B. Osborne.
Otis HI Pittman, Ben S. Atwood,
Robert B. Vanhoy, James P. Miles,
Ralph C. Gentry, Ross E. Richard
son, Jessie M. Osborne, Mack H.
Fender, Robert C. Brooks, Guy
W. Waddell, Robert B. Edwards,
Mack P. Kooks, Harvey F. Irwin,
William P. Wyatt, Bur lie A.
Franklin, Walter S. Brooks, Hay
wood F. Brown, Lonnie H. Black,
Bryant W. Jones.
Carper Osborne, Johnnie R
Caudill, John R. Whitaker, Vester
B. Mabe, Coy A. Caudill, Orson
L Phillips, Claude H. Moxley,
Kilby Halsey, Haywood Y. Tomp
kins, William C. Thompson, Char
lie R. Roberts, Walter G. Bauguss,
Wayne Holcomb, Herman D. Bran
nock, Claude S. Gambill, Cylde
m. Johnson, Walter R. Edwards,
Sparta Hi News
National book week was ob
served last week in the elemen
tary grades with various pro
grams and projects by the stu
dents.
| FOURTH GRADE: The fourth,
grade, under the supervision of
I the teacher, Miss Ivazell Taylor j
I organized a “Friday Afternoon,
Club” which gave a program in!
their room last Friday. In addi-l
; tion to this they read and reported
on eighteen books during the
five school days of National Book
Week.
i FIFTH GRADE: Mrs. Verna
Wagoner, teacher. Each day dur-]
ing book week the fifth grade \
read and gave oral reports on
several good, books during the]
English period. They also 'gave
reports on the chapel speakers fdgj
the week. ' |
FIFTH GRADE: Mrs. A. V.
Choate, teacher. Book week was
observed by this group by mak
ing a list of new library book3
to be secured and by giving aj
special program in their home
room.
i SIXTH GRADE: Mrs. Ruth!
Choate, teacher. National Book
Week was reviewed by Mrs.
Choate's pupils in a chapel pro
gram, a play, “Magic in the Li
brary,” including such characters
as Little Women, Little Black
Sambo, Uncle Remus, Dr. Do Lit
tle, Huck Finn, Tom. Sawyer, Red
Riding Hood, Pinocchio, Alice in
Wonderland, Robin Hood, The
Dutch Twins and others with the
1 fairy and librarians.
] The pupils read and made re
ports on all these characters. The
I boys and girls have read and
made written reports on 78 books
thus far this year.
The remainder of the group
gave a play, "The Four Freedoms.”
including suggestions for the
i Thanksgiving season.
MANY TURKEYS ARE
SOLD IN COUNTY
< Continued from Page One)
market last week is estimated at
$22,720.00. This was the highest
price growers have received here
> in several seasons, although there
were fewer turkeys on the mar*
ket this year, it was explained.
A number turkeys grown in
this county are always'held back
until the Christmas season.
GOAT DEVOURS OPA
RATION CERTIFICATES
i (Continued from Page One)
replaced in the quota, being for
ever lost, and it will require two
more from the quota to give Mr.
Edwards the tires he needs. Since
i the board’s quota had exhausted
for this month, he will have to
wait until an additional is re
ceived or possibly until next
month.
ENTIRE NAZI ARMY
IS NOW THREATENED
(Continued from f?age j
tack on the road block which the
Several Tried
Before Wagoner
A number of cases were heard
here last week before Justice, of
the peace, B. F. Wagoner.
Buren Evans, of Whitehead, was
fined $10 and cost for public
drunkenness. Dexter Montgomery,
of Sparta, was fined $10 and cost
on a similar charge.
Tried before Mr. Wagoner on
Saturday was Ed Whitaker, who
was charged with operating a
car without license and reckless
driving. Officers reported that a
car driven by Whitaker ran into
a car driven by Johnie Spicer on
the Parkway, with Spicer having
only eight feet of the road while
Whitaker had eleven, Whitaker
was ordered to pay the cost
on &iaf fwfe Atit Whit
aker, who was under suspended
sentence and charged with fight
ing. The case was nol pros. The
case against Charles Whitaker,
who was on probation, and
charged with fighting was also
nol pros.
James Whitaker, charged with
fighting, was ordered to pay the
cost and Mack Atwood, charged
with fighting, was fined $5.00 and
cost.
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REMINDERS
MEATS, FATS—Red Stamps
A8 through Z8 and A5 through
P5, good indefinitely. The four
red stamps validated October 29
totaling 40 red points will have
to last for at least a 5-week peri
od. No new red stamps until De
cember 3.
PROCESSED FOODS — Blue
Stamps A8 through Z8 and A5
through W5, good indefinitely.
No new stamps until December 1.
SUGAR—Sugar Stamps 30, 31,
32 and 33, each good for five
pounds indefinitely. Sugar ij
Stamp 34 becomes good Novem- W
ber 16 and remains good indefin
itely. Sugar Stamp 40, good for
five pounds of canning sugar
through February 28, 1945.
GASOLINE—A-13 coupons in
new ration book good for four 1
gallons through December 21.
FUEL OIL—Period 4 and 5 cou
pons and new period 1 coupons,
good throughout present heating
year.
’ SHOES—Airplane Stamps 1, 2,
and 3 in Book Three, good indefin
itely.
drive in Southwest Latvia rip
ped for the third day into file
Nads pocketed around Ventspils
and LiepaJa. Berlin reported last
night
Moscow ignored both sectors,
the night Russian communique
telling only of a snail gain in a
line-straightening operation west
of Eger in Northeast Hungary
and the virtual clearance of the
Baltic Island of Saare. J
Five towns were captured in 1
Hungary, the principal one being
the railway station of Iferpelet,
eight miles southwest ef Eger, the
Soviet apnunualqMe said.
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