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News _j—» n/’ [.rr AND STAB-TIMES— (CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941) —ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. * * * * * * ******»*#*a| Buymore#'/&*£i for/^/r security, I ************** VOLUME 56, NO. 21 $1.50 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA $2.00 a Year Out of County LIONS TO SPONSOR PUBUC PARK llttgik * * * * * * * ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ * * * Building Program For Schools Outlined By Board INew Buildings And Additions Badly Needed Definite Postwar Program Is Being Considered By The Board Of Education A discussion of important post war plans relative to the much needed building program in the schools of Alleghany, was held this week and tentative plans were made when the County Board of Education met with Superintendent Clyde Fields. A number of new buildings, standard toilet facilities, a con solidated program and many re pairs are badly needed, it was pointed out. Supt. Fields explained that it was the opinion of authorities in ' Raleigh that not only would funds be available for buildings ^ immediately after the war, but that there would be a vast amount of equipment now used in the war effort, available for schools. The schoolhouse planning com mittee at Raleigh urges that all preliminary plans be made and blueprints drawn in order that schools might be ready for the building program when the war is over, it was pointed out. The Alleghany Board of Education explained that it wished to be ready to receive all benefits pos sible from the progrhm and that in order to do so, plans must be laid now. The need for a new elementary school building at Sparta, many repairs and j»pssibb*'in some cas es new buildings throughout the< county, are badly needed, it was pointed out. A consolidated school for negroes was discussed. former County Man Dies In Del. jfe Funeral Service For Merri ” man Edwards To Be Con ducted Today In Del. Funeral service will be con ducted today for Merriman Ed wards. 67, at Newark, Delaware. Mr. Edwards, formerly of this county, died in a Wilmington hos pital on January 4, following an illness of several months as a re sult of a stroke. The son of the late Richard and Rosabelle Edwards, he was born and reared in Alleghany county, leaving here some fifteen years ago for Newark, where he had made his home Until the time of his death. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Minnie Richardson Edwards; four daughters, Mrs. Edna Ar mour, Mrs. Lois Reynolds, Mrs. Posie Hollins and Miss Mable Edwards, all of Maryland, and ► three sons, Paul, Ray and Willard, also of Maryland. One son, Por ter, preceded him in death two years ago. Also surviving are five sisters, Mrs. Cabel Wilson, Mrs. Tyre Richardson and Misses Ella and Lou Edwards, all of Sparta and Mrs. Myrtle Fender, of Detroit, Mich.; one brother, Luther Ed* wards; one half-sister, Mrs. Am anda Rector and two half-broth ‘ ers, Emory Edwards and Garfield Edwards, all of Sparta. Sparta Lost To Elkin Wednesday Sparta high boys and girls lost both ends of a twin bill to Elkin high there last Wednesday night, the girls losing the opener by the score of 18-40 and the boys hand* ig over the second game by a >unt of 17-30. The Elkin girls moved away to l early lead and v saded. Jarvis and pped the offensive play for vhile Steelman and re the big threats. Irwin flipped in six Sparta in the boy’s i Gentry scoring four iarland, Osborne and opped the scoring list Berlin Is Doomed; Retreating Japanese Set Fire To Manila FIGHTING IN GERMANY An action picture of Pfc. Garnett L. Crouse, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hortie Crouse, of Cherry Lane, now with the 7th Army in Germany. C. Of C. To Discuss Freezer - Loclcer Plan On Friday R. E. Black Is Chairman To Pronosed Project; Much Interest Shown Discussion of the freezer-lock er program will highlight the Chamber of Commerce meeting on Friday night at the communi ty building when representatives from the REA will be present to give suggestions on the project. R. E. Black is chairman of the committee and members serving with him are Lon M. Reeves, (Continued On Page Four) Mrs. L. Edwards Dies In Maryland Mrs. Letcher Edwards, of Ris ing Sun, Md„ and formerly of Alleghany county, died Monday, after a serious illness of several days at the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. Lester Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. Irwin had lived in Maryland for a number of years. Surviving are her father, J. M. Estep, of Stratford; her husband and six children. She also leaves one brother, Cary Estep, of White head and one sister, Mrs. Carl Rash, of Malvern, Pa. “Big Three” Now Meeting In • ack Sea To Consider World Security The Red army has stormed across the Oder southeast of Bres lau and penetrated 12% miles be yond its west bank on a 50-mile front, Moscow announced last night; while German reports said the water barrier protecting Ber lin and the heart of the reich had been crossed by the Russians in two other sectors as well. Broadcasts from , Berlin, again reporting Soviet successes long before their confirmation by Mos cow, placed Red army units west of the Oder northeast of - Berlin, perhaps less than 30 miles from the battered capital, and north west of Breslau in the area of Steinau, a Silesian city which the Germans said they had evacuated. Liberated Manila’s business district was ablaze Monday from Japanese torches, Gen. Douglas MacArthur announced yesterday, but three American columns still were liquidating the desperate enemy in a tightening three-way trap. CBS Radio Correspondent Wil liam Dunn reported yesterday the fires had been burning 30 hours. (Continued on Page Four) Four Are Slightly Injured In Wreck Cars Collide In Sparta, Sat urday; All Occupants Only Slightly Injured Four persons escaped with minor bruises and cuts, Saturday night when an automobile driven by Bruce Wagoner of Sparta hit a pick-up driven by Allen Evans, also of Sparta, in a curve just below the Colvard Service Sta tion in town. Officers investigating the wreck stated that Wagoner had 12 feet of the road while Evans had only six feet. Damage to the Wagoner car was estimated at $300.00, while the pick-up was considered a total wreck. Mrs. Wagoner, who was riding with Mr. Wagoner suffered minor cuts and bruises. Mrs. Evans, who was riding in the pick-up suffered a fractured knee cap. Wagoner, who was reported by officers to be under the influence of liquor, was placed under a (500.00 bond with a hearing sche iuled for Monday, January 12, oefore G. Glenn Nichols. Assembly Hears Experts Present Income Reports Committee Heard On Separa* tion Of Game And Fish From Dept. Conservation By Staff Correspondent Raleigh — (Special) —In addi tion to a number of local bills, financial matters as well as others of state-wide importance came before N. C. solons this week. Tax and revenue experts told the joint appropriations commit tee yesterday that under existing fiscal policy the state could ex pect a general fund income cff ap proximately $130,275,028 in the next biennium barring a sudden ending of the war in Europe. The experts testified as the committee began its executive consideration of the proposed 1945 ’47 appropriations bill now before the general assembly which calls for an over-all expenditure of more than $200,000,000 for all phases of governmental activities. Of the total, $128,407,808 would come from the general fund, with the remainder from the highway and agricultural funds. Proponents of a move to divorce the division of game and inland fisheries from the department of conservation and development asked the state this week to “let the sportsmen who pay the bill run their own show” as it relates to hunting and fishing. A special five-meiub^f legisla tive commission appointed at the request of Governor Cherry heard a delegation of sportsmen repre senting game and fish clubs (Continued on Page 4) More Funds Are Still Coming In For Polio Drive A Total Of $1,403.98 Is An nounced By Chairman Choate Final returns for the Infantile Paralysis Drive in Alleghany county amounted to $1,403.98, putting the county “over the top” by $372.98, Mrs. Ruth J. Choate, chairman of the drive, announced this week. The quota for the coun ty was $1,031.00. Names and donations not pre viously published include: $50 from the Spartan Theatre, which went into the theatre fund; Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Transou, $10. 00; Little Pine School, $5.30; Spar ta 4-H club, 20 cents; Additional Polio Drive containers, $5.68; Johnny Hamm, $5.00; Sparta President’s Ball, $52.00; Little Pine Dance, $33.50; Qlade Valley School, $11.10; Wolf Branch School, $4.61 and Sparta high school, $1.50. Sparta Men Awarded Bronze Stars Cpl. Walter Frank Osborne, Jr., U. S. Marines, (left), son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Osborne, of Sparta, and Sgt. Bill Col lins, U. S. Army, (right), son of Porter Collins, also of Sparta, have been awarded Bronze Star medals; Cpl. Osborne for heroic achievement against the enemy on Saipan and Sgt. Collins for meritorious service in connection with military operations against the enemy in the European theater of war. Local Jr. Red Cross Unit Now Collecting Articles For U. S. Soldiers Who Are In Hospitals Truant Officer Is Appointed For County Schools Glenn D. Richardson Named; School Laws Are To Be Enforced Miss Clyde Fields, superinten dent of schools, announced yester day that Glenn D. Richardson has been appointed truant officer for Alleghany county in an actio” taken by the County Board of Education at its regular meeting on February 5. In line with the appointment of Mr. Richardson, a special drive is being made on the part of the Board of Education, Supt. Fields and the teachers of the county in co-operation with the parents to get every child of school age in school. The Board of Education issued the following statement: “Realizing the importance of every child in Alleghany county being at school every day that it is possible for him to attend, the Board of Education authorizes the Superintendent of Schools to request each teacher to contact the parents of every child of school age who is not in school, and to get the parents of said :hildren to return them to the class room. According to the (Continued on |>age 4) List Of Needed Items Is An nounced By Gliairman, Miss Edwards An assigned quota of articles for station and general hospitals throughout the nation is being made and collected by the Alle gha -y chapter of the Junior Red Cress. Kiss Minnie Lou Edwards, chairman, announced this week. The home economics depart ments of the two high schools in the county are co-operating by making several of the articles ar,d others are being purchased with the funds in the Junior Red Cross treasury, but still others must be donated, Miss Edwards pointed c :t. ToppiA the list of articles for which thV JRC chapter ir, asking, are afghans. The county has been assigned a quota of six, three to be woolen squares and three, knit, crocheted or woven squares. Other articles needed along with the quota assigned, include 2 cushion covers, 2 lap robes, 2 (Continued on Page 4) AAA HAS PLENTY OF COTTON SEED MEAL C. G. Collins, chairman of the Alleghany county AAA, announc ed this week that a carload of cotton seed meal had arrived and is now available to fanners as long as it lasts. Mr. Collins pointed ouf that this is the last car expected here this spring and that farmers should get in their orders immediately. Want Property Donated; Need Is Pointed Out Donor Will Be Honored; Committee Now Making Location Study Preleminary plans for the erec tion of a public park in the town of Sparta were made by the Lions Club here Tuesday night and a committee was appointed to in vestigate the possiblities of such a venture. Dr. N. D. Fox, presi dent of the club, announced. All plans are tentative, pend ing the donation of the property for the project, it was explained. When the property is secured, the Lions Club will carry through the complete development of the park. The committee on investigation will contact several persons in the town and it is hoped that the pro perty will be donated and deeded to the town of Sparta or priced reasonably in order that the club can make the purchase. Doner of the property will be honored with a monument with a bronze plaque in the park, it was pointed out. The park will include a public picnic ground, barbecue pit, sw ings for children, a small ball diamond and other types of re creational facilities. Leaders pointed out that such a park would provide a place for out door meetings, an ideal spot for the children, of the town in the summer months, a project for, the Boy 'Scouts to sponsor, ahd a gen eral recreational center for the town. Several locations near the busi ness section of town have been (Continued on Page 4) Two County Men Are Casualties Pfc. Half red Jones And T-5 Floyd J. Billings Reported Wounded In Action Two Alleghany county men have been reported wounded in action this week, according to messages received from the War Department. Pfc. Halfred Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jones, of Scott ville, was wounded in action in Luxemburg on December 23, ac cording to a message received from the War Department. Pfc. Jones, who was serving with the anti-tank division, was wounded in the hand. He has been over seas since July of 1944 and enter ed service in June, 1943. Pfc. Jones’ father was a mem ber of the famed 80th division which served in World War No. I and saw action near Luxemburg. T-5 Floyd J. Billings, son of Mrs. Elfen E. Billings, of Sparta, Rt. 1, was seriously wounded in action in Belgium on January 17, according to a message received by his mother this week. -* '/ FSA Farmers Make Plans At Annual Meeting, Tues. West Jefferson — (Special) — The annual all-day meeting of the Alleghany and Ashe county farm ownership borrowers of Farm Security. Administration was held Tuesday at the com munity building, when records for the past year were discussed and goals for 1945 outlined. The meeting, arranged by T. H. Sears and Miss Ainslee Alexand er, supervisors of the two counties was attended by around 50 far members of their families and others taking part on the pro gram. v Charts showing plans for the jgast year and the way in which they were carried out revealed that' practically all of the fanners a successful year and -had much toward the war effort the production of vital foods » well as improving their farms. Of special interest was the dis Green, of farmers i through / cussion of the "G. I. Bill of Bights" as related to the purchasing of farms' by veterans and the way loans will be Investigated by FSA. Charlie Collins led this discus sion. Thomas H. Stears opened the program discussing future plans for tiie farmers as related to their security. Miss Helen Ghormley, county health nurse, discussed health as related to farmers and their work. Progress charts were, presented by Supervisor Van Miller. Edgar aAA told of the ways could reap bent AAA and . for 1945. TurKey raising was by Mrs. Edgar Brown; tkm'by C***'
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