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AND STAR-TIMES— (CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2. 1941) —ALLEGHANY COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER.
VOLUME 5*, NO. 12
$LM a Year la Alleghany County
SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA
$2.00 a Year Out of County
THURSDAY, DEC. 7, 1944
223 County Men
Are Classified
By Local Board
Most Of These Am Placed hi
4-A; Other Classifications
Are Listed
The local board has announced
classifications of 223 Alleghany
men for military service and only
ten were placed in I-A and 181
in 4-A, with 29 in various other
classifications. The classification
list is as follows:
I-A: James W. Ayers, Walter
C. Richardson, Letcher V. Ted
der, Vincent R. Idler, Eugene
Wiles, Ivan R. Bowers, Walter D.
Dough ton, Robert L. Evans, Tam
S. Gambill, Odell C. Smith.
I-C (Ind): Thomas E. Joines,
Cameron Musgrove, Edward K.
Caudill, Eugene J. Poole, Van F.
Miller, Jr., Robert B. Whitely,
Clive L. Edwards, Floyd M.
Reeves, Thomas H. Hoppers,
Thomas H, Smith, Early B. El
dridge. Mack Davis Osborne, Jack
B. Osborne, Oscar D. DeBord,
Buford J. Spicer, Elwood L. Ro
berts.
1- C (Disc): James B. Billing*
and Herbert C. Hawthorne.
2- A: Earl. E. Delp and Lee C.
Choate.
2-C: Elmer R. Sparks, John T.
Delp, Andrew K. Jarvis, Clyde J.
Gillespie, Zaac L. Rutherford,
John C. Andrews and Glenn M.
Brinegar.
4-A: David R. Sturgill, Hugh L.
Halsey, Chester W. Smith, Dan
Roberts, Martin Shaw, Joe C.
Lovelace, Charles C. Myers, Ro
bert L. Reeves, Eugene B. Hal
sey, William M. Atwood, Carl J.
Bobbitt, William E. Burchette,
William M. Smith, Zach M. Ward,
Ray V. Smith, Elbert C. Absher,
Rufus P. Hall, Guy H. Burchett,
Willard B. Fender, Charlie G.
Collins, Marvin I. Dickens, James
E. Pardue, John A. Wood, George
S. Sparks, Columbus A. Higgins,
John E. Blevins, Elmer R. Ed
wards, Bertie R. Combs, John C.
Irwin.
Robert L. Anders, James C.
Stump, George R. Douglas, James
S. Landreth, Thomas L. Wagoner,
Arza R. Crouse, Clyde P. Wagon
er, Thurmond Fitzgerald, Thomas
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Boone Tobacco
Mart Now Open
Opening Sale Will Be Held
Next Monday, December
11; Many Bayers
, Roscoe Coleman, proprietor of
the Mountain Burley Tobacco
warehouses at Boone and S. C.
Eggers, supervisor of sales have
been contacting fanners in the
county and announced that the
warehouses are now open to re
ceive tobacco. It was also an
nounced that the opening sale
would be held on Monday, Dee
ember 11.
We want to extend to all of
the farmers of Alleghany and
Ashe counties, a cordial welcome
and assure them that we are again
anxious to serve them", both Mr.
Eggers and Mr. Coleman told a
representative of this paper. *
Mr. Coleman pointed out that
he expected that prices would be
equally as good as they were
last year and with enlarged floor
pared to render even better serv
ice.
SCHOOLS TO HAVE
WEEK FOR XMAS
Patton F orces Are
Making Big Gains;
Reds Near Austria
SECRETARY OF STATE
Edward Reilly StettiniusJr.,
44-year-old Virginia indus
trialist-diplomat and native of
Chicago, has been named by
. Roosevelt to become
secretary of state, succeeding
Cordell HulL who resigned due
to poor health.
War Bond Rally
Is Planned For
Saturday Night
Mayor Floyd Crouse Will
Speak; Short Flay To Be
Given
A War Bond rally will be held
at Piney Creek high school on
Saturday night, December 9 at
8 o'clock when an effort will be
■e group after which a short
play entitled, “Orphan Elmer”
will be presented. The play, with
a decided trend toward patrio
tism, will be followed by the sale
of bonds and a musical program
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Sparta Man Gets
Navy Commission
Harrell C. Joines, son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. O. Joines, of Sparta,
was commissioned an Ensign in
the Naval Reserve and designa
ted a Naval Aviator recently at
the Naval Air Training Bases, at
Pensacola, Florida.
Having completed his inter
mediate training at the “Annapo
lis of the Air” and received his
wings, Ensign Joines will be or
dered to further duty at an op
erational base in Florida where he
will fly fighter planes. He at
tended pre-flight school at Cha
pel Hill.
Before entering the Naval serv
ice, Ensign Joines attended the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill for' three years. He
is a graduate at Sparta high
v~<g" Joines is now spending
a leave with his parents here.
Six Japanese Ships Are Sunk
By Americans In The
Philippines
The American third army forc
ed a new crossing of the Saar
south of Saarlautern yesterday
and other Yanks pressed eastward
beyond that arsenal city as the
allies wound up their first six
months of the western invasion
with five armies fighting on Ger
man soil. Two others are ham
mering at the reich's Rhine river
boundary.
Battlefront dispatches said the
95th division of Lt. Gen. George
S. Patton’s third army sent troops
across the Saar south of Saar
lautern and into the outposts of
the Siegfried line. Other units
of the same division stabbed be
yond Saarlautern and expanded
their original bridgehead, which
now is at least 2% miles wide at
its base.
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Illness Fatal To
Dr. J. R. Gamble,
At Lincolnton
Native Ashe County Man
Died At The Age Of 59,
On Friday
West Jefferson — (Special)—
Funeral services for Dr. John
Reeves Gamble, 59, native of Ashe
county, who died at Lincolnton
early Friday morning after an
illness of several months, were
held at the First Methodist church
there, Sunday afternoon at 3 o’
clock. The services were attended,
by a large crowd of friends and
Miatives.
■Rev. C. C. Herbert, Jr., pastor
■ the church, officiated at the
Pervices. He was assisted by Rev.
Mr. McClure and Rec. Mr. Beck.
Burial followed in the cemetery
there.
Dr. Gamble was founder of the
Reeves Gamble hospital in Lin
colnton. He was a member of
the First Methodist church and
was active in its work, being a
member of its board of stewards.
Dr. Gamble is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Hope Seibert Gam
ble; a daughter, Mrs. Lenora Eliz
abeth Gamble Poag; two sons,
Dr. James S. Gamble and John
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Deputy To Meet
Grange Leaders
A. Crouse Jones, State Grange
Deputy, will confer with leaders
in the Sparta and Glade Valley
Granges on Friday, December 8,
concerning Grange Fire Insur
ance.
The fire insurance will be ex
plained and application will be
taken for policies for those who
want it. ,
Mr. Jones will also meet with
the Laurel Springs Grange on
Friday night at the Laurel Springs
schooL Van Miller, lecturer, will
be in charge of the program and
Ed Pugh, Master, will preside.
Triplets Sell ’Em And Eat ’Em
killed in
their teeth
Farmer Is Awarded War Bond For Honestv
Little Judy Allen, right, is taking a slip of paper that brought her a $75 War Bond. The
paper is a check for $58, presented by Capt. James F. O’Brien, left, prevost marshal at the
Enid, Okla., Army Air Field, to Judy’s father, Wm. J. Allen, right, Drummond, Okla.,
farmer, for his honesty in trying to find the owner of a wallet containing $58 that he found
while ploughing. The billfold was lost by an aviation cadet during a plane ride high above
Allen’s farm, but the money had been made up to the cadet by sympathetic buddies, so Al
len was given the $58 as a reward. (Official Army Photo)
Farm Census Will
Begin January 8;
Want Assistance
Local People Interested May
Apply To Office In City
Of Salisbury
The agricultural resources and
the production of U. S. farms will
be measured by the coming U. S.
Census of Agriculture schedule
to begin on January 8. Basic in
formation on agriculture, includ
ing statistics on farm acreage,
crops, livestock, farm labor, and
other items related to farm oper
ations will be obtained.
Several local peopje will be
needed to serve as Enumerators
during this period of census tak
ing, officials of the Salisbury of
fice of the Bureau of Census who
were here this week, pointed out.
Those desiring to do this work
are asked to apply to the Salisbury
office. It was explained that a
three-day course would be given
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Many Christmas
Shoppers Here
Sparta Merchants Have Big
Selection Of (Sifts This
Tear
Merchants reported good bu
siness last week end in spite ot
the severe cold weather when the
Christmas shopping season was
officially opened here. They also
experienced brisk trade the first
of this week.
There is still, however, a good
selection of gift items to choose
from, here, as well as practical,
usable merchandise. A survey
showes that many people are
making purchases from practi
cal gifts such as clothes, furni
ture or other usable items this
year.
The public is cordially invited
by merchants to do their shop
ping in Sparta, where every ef
fort will be made to supply all
Christmas shopping needs.
Special Program
At Piney Creek
A meeting In connection with
the movement of the Crusade for
Christ was held at Piney Creek
Methodist church on Sunday night
when a program under the direc
tion of Mrs. Gertrude Graybeal
conducted
The devotional
by Mack Woodie after which Miss
Wilma Crouse talked on “the
Five Spearheads at the Methodist
Crusade for Christ." E. C. Min
nich delivered a talk on “Paul as
a Crusader,” Rev. C. R. Allison
an “Christ as a Crusader," Rev.
Worth Sweet on “Overcoming
Difficulties" and Mrs. Blevins on
“John the Baptist as a«Crusader.”
Fifteen members^atgraB* toe
Bond Sales Climb
Rapidly In County;
Now Nearing Quota
Hiram Edwards
f
Buried Saturday
Near Whitehead
Well-Known Alleghany Man
Passes At Age Of 71 As
Result Of Injuries
Funeral service for Hiram Ed
wards, 71, prominent farmer of
Sparta and well-known Alleghany
county man, was held on Satur
day at the Union Primitive Bap
i tist church, Whitehead, with Elder
:C. B. Kilby and Eld. Charlie Hall
' officiating. Interment followed
in the church cemetery.
Mr. Edwards died on November
30 at the Saint Elizabeth General
Hospital, Pearisburg, Va., as a
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Donald Shores
Gets Promotion
15th Army Air Force—Donald
D. Shores, 19, formerly of Sparta,
has been promoted to the grade
of sergeant, it was announced by
his group headquarters.
A nose turret gunner, Sgt.
Shores is stationed in Italy with
a veteran Liberator bombardment
group which has repeatedly bomb
ed strategic enemy installations
throughout central and southern
Europe.
A graduate of the Sparta high
school, Sgt Shores attended the
Virginia State Teachers College.
He was inducted Dec. 27, 1943,
and received aerial training at
the Laredo Army Air Field, Tex
as.
Sales In County Reach $63,893.
Quota For County Is Set j
At $74,000.00
Alleghany county pushed on
toward the Sixth War Loan quo
ta of $74,000.00 this week when
sales reached $62,893.75 late yes
terday afternoon. This leaves
$11,106.25 yet to* be sold before
the quota is reached.
Everyone who has not bought
all the bonds they can during this
drive are asked to do so in order
that this county may end the
drive by December 15.
Two special rallies will be held
this week, officials announced.
Little Pine school will be the
scene of the first rally on Friday
night at 8 o’clock when various
articles will be sold at auction by
the purchase of bonds and Glade
Creek township will make an ef
fort to meet the quota of $6,000.
Piney Creek high school will
sponsor the second rally on Sat
urday night at 8 o’clock when a
short play will be presented in
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All Cleaners Are
To Post Prices
Washington—All retail dry
cleaning and pressing establish
ments will be required to post
their maximum prices by Decem
ber 15.
The action, announced this
week by OPA is intended to en
able customers to determine
readily the establishment’s maxi
mum prices for the more impor
tant dry cleaning and pressing
services.
Maximum prices must be dis
played on special posters.
tan Brothers In Service
mum
Seaman 2-C Clyde Goodman, left, and Seaman 2-C M. A.
Goodman, Jr., an mbs of Vb. and Mn. M. A.’Goodman, el
Sparta. Clyde entered the Navy in April and is imr atatiened
at Banana River, Via. ML A* Jr., entered the aerviee la F*k
i ruary and ia,jmw atatianad at Npanai, Th.
■
Lions Club Has
Charter Night
Here Tuesday
Dr. Aim* Abrams Is Speaker;
Good Attendance From
Other Clubs
The Sparta Lions Club was
presented its charter and taken
into the federation of Lions clubs,
Tuesday night, when members
from the Boone, Elkin, Lenoir and
North Wilkesboro clubs attended
a banquet at the community
building, here.
Dr. Amos Abrams, past district
president of the North Carolina
Lions, centered his address to the
group around the five words,
“relax, recover, reload, refire and
return.” In discussing the out
come of this war, Dr. Abrams
pointed out the problems men and
women will have to face, ennum
erating them as mourners, crim
inals, cripples and juvenile de
linquincy.
Vernon Deal, president of the
North Wilkesboro club, which
sponsored the Sparta club, pre
sided at the meeting. Mrs. Tom
Noland rendered several piano
selections during the dinner hour.
R. F. Crouse, president of the
Sparta Chamber of Commerce,
represented that organization and
spoke briefly to the group.
Rev. Richard L. West introduc
ed the guests and delivered the
address of welcome to the visit
ing clubs. Bruce Johnson, of Le
noir, gave the response.
The charter was presented by
the district governor, Jennings A.
Bryson, of Sylva and accepted by
Dr. N. D. Fox, president of the
Sparta Lions Club.
The circles of the Sparta Bap
tist W. M. U. served the meal to
the 65 members and guests attend
ing the banquet.
Theater To Hold
A Bond Premiere
“Stage Doer Canteen” To Bn
Shown; Admission By Bond
Purchase Only
A bond premiere will be held
at the Spartan Theater on Thurs
day night, December 14, when
“Stage Door Canteen” will be
shown and admission will be by
the purchase of a bond only, it
was announced this week.
Only one show will go on, Man
ager Ben G. Beeves pointed out,
with the box office opening at
7:30 and the show beginning at
7:45.
All those persons who have
bought bonds on or after Novem
ber 20 are entitled to a ticket
which may be secured at the
Northwestern Bank, Sparta Poet
office or the box office by pre
senting the bond. Bonds may al
so be purchased at the box office,
it was pointed out.
“Stage Door Canteen” with •
cast of 48 star personalities, cen
ters around the lives of two
young people, who in the brief
span of three days, find love, af
ter they meet at the famous
Stage Door Canteen, just off New
York’s dimmed-out Broadway.
Included in the cast are such
famous personalities as Katherine
Cornell, Tallulah Bankhead,
Lynn Fontanne, Katherine Hep
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