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VOLUME 56, NO. 32
$1.50 a Year in Alleghany County
SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA
$2.00 a Year Out of County
THURSDAY, APRIL 26, IMS
Superior Court Will Open On Monday
Announce Plans
For 7th War Loan;
Nichols Is Chmn.
Township Chairmen And Quo
tas Are Announced; Co
operation Asked
Plans are now being completed
for the opening of the Seventh
War Loan Drive in Alleghany
county on May 14, Chairman S. R.
Nichols announced yesterday.
The county’s quota has been set
at $110,000.00 with an E bond quo
ta of $86,000.00, and it was point
ed out that the co-operation of
everyone would be needed to
make the drive a success. Coun
ty Chairman Alton Thompson
pointed out that this is the larg
est quota ever assigned to this
county in a war bond drive and
that every effort must be made
to put the county over the top.
At a meeting of the steering
committee, Tuesday morning,
township chairmen were appoint
ed and each of the seven town
ships in the county were assigned
definite quotas. It was explained
that a record would be kept of
the progress of the drive by town
ships and that each township
chairman was expected to con
duct the drive in his particular
township as he saw fit and that
he should appoint such assistants
as he needed.
R. E. Black and Mrs. Isom
Wagoner are expected to work
with the farm groups. Sheriff
Jess Moxley will head the drive
in the American Legion and Lon
M. Reeves was named head of the
RFD carriers in the county. A.
Miller will be in charge of the
drive at the D. and P. Pipe works,
while R. F. Crouse has been nam
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Final Rites Held
For Mrs. Gentry
Service Is Conducted At The
Woodruff Baptist Church,
Roaring Gap
Funeral service for Mrs. Nan
nie Hutchinson Gentry, 86, of
Roaring Gap, was conducted
April 16 at Woodruff Baptist
Church with Rev. G. R. Black
burn and Rev. Mack Roberts, of
ficiating. Interment followed in
the church cemetery.
Mrs. Gentry died April 14 at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
N. H. Lyon, of Roaring Gap. She
had been in declining health for
several months. Born in Wilkes
county, she was married to the
late William Allen Gentry and re
sided in Alleghany county most
of her life. She was a member of
the Methodist church.
She is survived by the following
children: C. C. Gentry, Roaring
Gap; Mrs. Blain Andrews, Sparta;
Mrs. Etta Lyon, Virginia Beach,
Va.; Mrs. N. H. Lyon, Roaring
Gap; Mrs. Claude Edwards,
Greensboro; and John and Ernest
Gentry, of Statesville. A son, J.
H. Gentry, of Statesville, pre
ceded her in death in February.
Also surviving are 36 grand
children, a number of great
grandchildren, two brothers,
John and James Hutchinson, of
Wilkes county and a sister, Mrs.
Fannie Spicer, of Cherry Lane.
Pallbearers were grandsons,
Herbert Lyon, Roland Andrews,
Edwin Lyon, Paul Woodruff, Carl
Gentry and Horton Gentry.
Flower girls were Mrs. J. B.
Tucker, Miss Mildred Gentry,
Miss Carmen ' Edwards, Miss
Joan Gentry and Miss Nannid*Lo
is Gentry.
Brooks Wounded
In Action Again
Pfc. Roy Brooks, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Frftnk Brooks, of Glade Val
ley, was wounded in action a third
time on March 24 in Germany, ac
cording to a message received by
his parents from the War Depart
ment.
Pfc. Brooks returned to duty on
April 11 and is now fighting some
where in Germany with the Sev
enth Army.
He was wounded the first time
in France and the second time in
Belgium, recovering from both
wounds sufficiently to return to
active duty. <• •
Russian Armies Join
In Berlin; Half Of
Capitol Is In Flames
KILLED IN ACTION
. Pvt. George lid win Irwin,
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Ir
win, of Sparta, was killed in
action in Germany on March
22. He was with Patton’s
Third Army.
Sgt. Richardson
Given Air Medal,
Oak Leaf Cluster
Has Flown 12 Missions As A
Turret Gttnner On B-24
Liberator
! An Eighth Air Force Liberator
Station, England — Staff Sergeant
Arzie C. Richardson, an Eighth
Air Force tail turret gunner on a
B-24 Liberator, has recently been
awarded an Oak Leaf Cluster to
his Air Medal. The citation in
part reads: “For meritorious
achievement in accomplishing
aerial1 operational missions over
enemy occupied continental Eu
rope. Sgt. Richardson’s actions
reflect great credit upon himself
and the armed forces of the Unit
ed States.”
He is a member of C.ol. A. W.
Reed’s 491st Heavy Bomb Group,
of the Second Air Division com
manded by Major General Wil
liaip E. Kepner.
Sgt. Richardson has flown 12
combat missions, participating in
attacks on Hamburg, Berlin,
Hannover, Frankfurt, and mili
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Sparta Will Meet
Fries Team Here
The Sparta high school baseball
team will meet the Fries team
here Friday afternoon at two o’
clock on the Sparta diamond.
The Sparta nine lost to Fries
by a score of 1-0 in a hotly con-|
tested game there on Tuesday.
Yanks Have Captured Vital
Position On Okinawa
Island
Two powerful Russian armies
joined forces inside Berlin yester
day and seized fully half the area
of the burning city which the
Germans said now was “practi
cally surrounded” and entirely
cut off from outside aid.
A Moscow communique an
nounced the junction of the first
Ukrainian and first White Russian
armies in a single phase of co
ordinated drives which captured
the Schlesischer (Silesian) rail
way station and all the districts
north and east of it, within a mile
of the center of the city at Unter
Den Linden.
Whirling down on Hitler’s Ba
varian mountain retreat, three
mighty allied armies curved the
tips of a giant pincers within 25
miles of Austria’s borders yester
day.
In the far north, the British
opened the final assault on Ger
many’s second port of Bremen,
and along the Elbe river valley
the Russians drew ever closer to
a historic union with the waiting
Americans.
American army troops, smash
ing against furious Japanese op
position all along the flaming Ok
inawa southern battle front, have
captured an important position
on high ground near Ishin village.
As the Yanks dented the stub
born *ne,'^arshtfis of
the Pacific fleet used their big
guns to seal off caves and wreck
pillboxes and trenches in the
bloody battle area.
Mrs. Richardson
Is Buried Sunday
Mrs. Sallie Richardson Died
At Home At Cherry Lane,
Last Friday
Mrs. Sallie Richardson, 59, died
Friday at her home near Cherry
Lane, following an illness of three
end one-half months. Funeral
service was conducted Sunday at
Woodruff Baptist church with
Rev. Mack Brooks in charge. Bu
rial followed in the church ceme
tery.
Surviving are the following
children: Mrs. Nell Arrington,
Miss Sue Richardson and Miss
Sadie Richardson, all of Ashe
boro; Sam Richardson, of Chris
tian Park, Md.; Tom Richardson,
of Hickory; Pfc. John Richardson,
of the U. S. Army at Camp Gor
don, Ga., and Clark and Jim
Richardson, of the home.
Miss Ialeen Andrews, of Bur
lington, and Miss Ruth Hales, of
Winston-Salem, were here to at
tend the funeral of Miss Andrews’
grandmother, Mrs. W. A. Gen
try, last week.
I
Feeling Of WG. I. Joe” Over
Roosevelt’s Death Described
Aviation Cadet Thomas S.
Johnston, who is in the Army Air
Corps in Texas, expressed some
thing of the feeling of “G. I. Joe” j
with reference to the death of
President Roosevelt, in a letter
to his parents in Jefferson, a part
of which is as follows:
The news of President Roose
velt’s death was indeed hard to
take! Truman made, I believe,
a very fine speech today at noon,
and maybe he can follow through
on everything; but I would have
felt much safer in the hands of
the “Squire of Hyde Park.”
Our parade in his honor Sunday
was most impressive and the
Chaplain’s prayer brought tears
to my eyes for the first time in
quite some time. I do not believe,
however, that there was a dry
Bye on the field when he finished.
The radio programs on Thursday
and Friday, and through Sunday,
were very fine; and I imagine
'from the point of becoming im
| mortal that this is the best thing
| that could have happened to
| Roosevelt. His loss is certainly
, mourned by the entire world! I
think the best program I heard
was Saturday morning over San
Antonio Station WOAI. It prac
tically duplicated all that has
ever been said about Lincoln and
was closed by a wonderful reci
tation of Whitman’s poem, “Cap
tain, My Captain,” while the ^or
chestra played, ‘The Battle Hymn
of the Republic” in the back
ground. I once heard a speech by
Senator Pepper, of Florida, in
which he referred to President
Roosevelt as “the greatest man
who has trod the earth since Je
sus Christ walked the paths of
Bethlehem,”—and this I firmly
believe! We shall sorely miss his
guiding hand and wonderful and
inspiring voice.
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T-Sgt. Royall Is
Awarded DFC, Air
Medal In Pacific
Roaring Gap Boy Completes
41 Missions As Engineer
Gunner On B-24
Back home from the wars and
wearing the Distinguished Flying
Cross and the Air Medal with
three clusters, T.-Sgt. Raymond
M. Royall modestly declared that
he had done nothing outstanding
“over there,” remarking only that
it was good to be home.
T-Sgt. Royall flew 41 missions
as a B-24 engineer-gunner in the
Southwest Pacific theater of op
erations winning the medals for
j bravery in action above and be
yond the call of duty.
A graduate of Sparta high
school with the class of ’40, Sgt.
Royall is one of five sons of Mr.
and Mrs. George M. Royall, of
Roaring Gap, to enter military
service.
He is now stationed at an Army
Air Forces Redistribution Station
in Miami, Florida, for reassign
ment processing after completing
a tour of duty outside the con
! tinental United States.
—
Skyland Post Is
Winner Of Award
Won Second Place Among
Weekly Papers Of U. S.
For Community Service
West Jefferson — (Special) —
j This paper was awarded second
| place among all of the weekly
papers of the United States for
| community service by tfie Nation
al -Ejhoi'ijI Association at a meet
ing of officials held in Chicago
last week. Publisher Ed M. An
derson was present and received
the award.
The award was given to the Post
in recognition of services ren
dered in conducting the fight
against infantile paralysis last
summer, during the epidemic
which swept this section of the
state, and for the promotion and
correlation of wartime effort and
education.
The papers were judged by
leading publishers throughout the
country, previous to the meeting
in Chicago.
Since the announcement of the
award, this paper has received
many expressions of congratula
tions. Both Mr. and Mrs. Ander
son said they wanted to thank
.everyone for their good wishes
'and pointed out that it was
(through the splendid cooperation
land support of the people that
they were able to serve the com
munity.
Prof. J. M. Cheek
Speaks To Circle
| The Woman’s Society of Chris
tian Service of the Sparta Meth
odist church met last Thurs
day at the home of Mrs. Dalton
Warren with Mrs. Grover Lan
dreth, Mrs. Lola Womble and Mrs.
Warren as joint hostesses.
Mrs. J. T. Inskeep presided and
conducted the devotional service.
Mrs. J. M. Doughton and Mrs. C. I
C. Castevens were in charge of
the program. |
Professor John M. Cheek gave
an interesting talk on “The j
Churches of Europ^” Mrs. E. L. j
Rice, distinguished missionary
from China, was a special guest.
Little Betty Jane Mitchell, life
member of the club, since the
death of her mother, who was an
outstanding worker in the circle,
was presented with a birthday
gift of $5.00 to buy war saving
stamps.
The hostess served delicious re
freshments to the members' and
guests present. Hostesses for the
May meeting will be Mr. J. L.
Doughton and Mrs. C. R. Allison.
SERVICE ANNOUNCED
Eld. Bynum Blevins, of Trout
dale, Va., and Eld. C. R. Dancy,
of Marion, Va. wil preach at An
tioch church on the fourth Satur
day and Sunday in April.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
Four Alleghany M
Four Alleghany county men now serving at Camp Wheel
er, Ga., were inducted into service at the same time, all quali
fied as expert rifle and machine gun men and are all in the
same battalion. They are, left to right, Pvt. Kelly E. Royall,
Traphill; Pvt. Edwin W. Delp, Sparta; Pvt. Richard Hersel
Edwards, Glade Valley, and Pvt. Samuel V. Wooten, Sparta.
Hundreds Of Applications
For Canning Sugar Coming
To Alleghany OPA Office
Asks Farmers To
Raise Chickens
County AAA Chairman Asks
Farmers To Help Out In
Meat Shortage
Farmers of Alleghany county
can make a definite contribution
toward increasing the nation's
supply of meat by raising chick
ens for meat during the coming
weeks, according to C. G. Collins,
chairman Alleghany county AAA
committee.
Pointing out that civilian con
1 sumption of red meat during 1945
■ is expected to be no more than
I 126 pounds per person, compared
i with about 147 pounds last year.
Chairman Collins declared that
one of the “quickest ways to in
crease the total meat supply is to
increase th|| number of chickens
raised and marketed for meat.”
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Clothes Are Now
Being Collected
Mrs. A. V. Choate, chairman of
the clothes collection drive for
people of the war-torn areas, said
yesterday that the response, so
far, had been unusually good but
that much clothing from the vari
ous communities had not yet been
brought in to the central collec
tion point at the courthouse.
Schools throughout the county
have been serving as collection
points for the various communi
ties and teachers are urged to get
the collections in as soon as pos
sible.
“In addition to clothing, bed
ding is also needed. Blankets,
sheets and quilts will be greatly
appreciated,” Mrs. Choate said.
Allotment Is Much Smaller
Than Last Year; To Mail
Coupons
Hundreds of applications have
been received and canning sugar
will be issued beginning Tuesday,
May 1, Mrs. Robert Fleetwood,
clerk of the Alleghany ration
board, announced this week.
Mrs. Fleetwood explained that
the coupons issued will be mail
ed directly to the applicant anfl
that'no* applicant is to call at the
ration board for them.
Since Alleghany county has
been alloted exactly one-half the
number of pounds of sugar issued
here last year, the local ration
board found it necessary to work
out a table to be used with all ap
plications, it was explained. For
an application with only one name
listed, ten pounds of sugar will be
issued; for two, 20 pounds; for
three, 25 pounds; for four, 30
pounds; for five, 40 pounds; for
six, 45 pounds and for all over
six, 50 pounds.
Applications have been placed
in all grocery stores and through
out the schools of the county to
be distributed. These applica
tions, filled out in detail and ac
companied by a spare stamp num
ber 13 for each applicant listed,
should be mailed to the ration of
fice. Mrs. Fleetwood stressed the
fact that applications must be
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SERVICES ANNOUNCED
Eld. Edd Douglas will preach
at the Little River Primitive Bap
tist church on Saturday night at
7:30 o’clock.
Regular church service at Un
ion Primitive Baptist church will
be held on the first Saturday in
each month at two o’clock instead
of 11 o’clock, as it has previously
been. Sunday service will con
tinue to be held at 11 o’clock.
Stratford Man With Group In Burma
HEADQUARTERS, 10th AIRFORCE, BURMA—Eleven
North Carolinians, members of the same unit of Major Gen
eral Howard C. Davidson’s Tenth Air Force, are serving,!
a devastated town in Burma, recently captured from the ~
Shown in the second row, fourth from left, is T-4 James
nard Landreth. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
of Stratford, entered service 49 months ago and ba
the China-Burma-India treatre of operations for 25
Expect Term To
Be Short; Judge
Alley To Preside
Several Minor Cases And Di
vorce Actions Are Sched
uled For Trial
With the spring term of the Al
leghany county superior court
scheduled to convene here next
Monday morning, April 30, at ten.
o’clock, indications are that no
more than two days at the most
will be required to dispose of the
small number of civil and crim
inal cases on docket.
Judge Felix Alley will preside
and Erie McMichael will serve as
| solicitor.
| Approximately ten cases are
i slated to be tried on the criminal
docket and four of these are con
tinued from the fall term of su
perior court.
Bruce Wagoner is charged with
driving drunk and causing a
wreck. Mildred Inez Atwood will
answer to charges of having in
her possession five gallons of
bootleg liquor. Edd Whitaker,
who is charged with public drunk
enness and assault, will aly> bo
tried.
Clarion McGrady and Hurley
Bell will answer to charges of
larceny of gas, while Bell will*
also be tried for larceny of clothes.
The trial of Emerson Jones on
charges of forgery, is scheduled
to be heard.
I Continued cases include those of
Buster Atwood charged with as
sault, Bob Couch, charged with
assault with readly weapon; Al
bert Rutherford on charges of
bigamy; W. T, Turner, charged
with stealing goods from Farm
er’s Hardware and Ivan B. Wfl
born for driving drunk.
Among the cftfiAtaees slated ’to *
be heard are seven which involve
divorce action. They are: Ethelyn
E. Richardson vs. M. L. Richard
son; Floyd Billings vs.
Billings; Edd Casey vs. Mae Cas
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Mrs. Guy Wallace
Died Last Friday
Funeral Service Conducted Oa
Monday Afternoon At
Elkin
Mrs. Sarah Cannon Wallace,
74, wife of Guy C. Wallace, su
perintendent of Roaring Gap FSsh
I Hatchery, died Friday evening at
: her home at Roaring Gap, follow
, ing a long illness.
| Funpral service was conducted
Monday afternoon in the
of Hayse-Speas Funeral Homo In
Elkin with Rev. L. B. Abernathy,
of Charlotte, formerly of WHO
officiating. Burial followed In
the Hollywood cemetery there.
A native of Delaware, Mrs.
Wallace had resided at Roaring
Gap for several years. She «m
a member of the Methodist church,
in Elkin.
Surviving besides her husband
are a daughter and a son of a.
former marriage, Mrs. Paul J.
Relinger, of Philadelphia and
William Elwood Johnson, of Up
per Darby, Pa.; four sisters,,Mr*.
William Sculley, Wilmington,
Del.; Mrs. Edward Coulbourn.
Mrs. Charles Isson, Miss Ann Can
non, all of Seaford, Del., and two*
brothers, E. Lee Cannon and J. R
Cannon, also of Delaware.