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Wi 4 11 1 \I 1 he Alleghany INews V / AND STAR-TIMES— { CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941) —ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. , i ... Iv.i. -— ———— - - VOLUME 56, NO. 36 61.50 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA $2.00 a Year Out of County BUY MORE THAN BEFORE •L. Buymore#^*£ security, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 194S Report $20,150.00 On 7th War Loan In Alleghany - Much More Needed If Quota Of $11,0,006 Is Reached la Drive Incomplete returns from sourc es of sales show that Alleghany county has a total of $20,150.00 toward the E bond quota of the Seventh War Loan now under way. This leaves $67,850.00 yet to be sold before the E bond quota of $88,000.00 is reached.’ The rally held at Piney Creek school, Friday night, was well attended and bonds amounting to $6,500.00, maturity value, were sold. Joe Bill Reed, chairman of the drive in Piney Creek town ship, stated that he was parti cularly proud of the response shown by citizens of that com munity and that he wished to thank those who helped to con duct the rally. “However,” he pointed out, “we are still short of •our quota of $12,928.00 and we must redouble our efforts to meet it”. S. R. Nichols, county drive chairman urged that all township •chairmen plan rallies in their •communities and double their ef forts to meet the quota. “With more than three weeks of the (Continued on Page 4) Rationing Guide MEATS AND FATS Book Four red stamps tfS and Z5 and A2 through D2 through June 2; E2 through J2 good through June 30; K2 through P2 good through July 31; Q2 through U2 good through Aug. 31. PROCESSED FOODS Book Four blue stamps H2 through M2 good through June 2; N2 through S2 good through June 30; T2 through X2 good, through July 31; T2 and Z2 and A1 through Cl good through Aug. 31. SUGAR Book Four stamps 35 good for. five pounds through June 2. Stamp 36 good for five ;■ I pounds through Aug. 31. Next 11 stamp valid Sept. 1. SHOES Book Three airplane stamps 1, 2 and 3 good lhdefinitely. OP A says no plans to cancel ! ahy. Next stamp valid Aug. 1. GASOLINE 15-A coupons for four gal ! lohs through June 21, B-6, B-7, C-6 and C-T coupons good for flire gallons. Americans Crack Jap Defense On Southern Okinawa This Week KILLED IN ACTION Pfc. Robert Black, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Black, of Bel Air, Md., and formerly of this county, was killed in action in Germany on April 5. Truman Names 3 New Members For His Cabinet Francis Biddle, Frances Per kins And Wickard Are Replaced Washington — President Tru man shook up his Cabinet yester day by naming three new mem bers and signalled a new, stream lined attack on the nation’s No. 1 home front problem—food shortages. The new cabinet members: Attorney General—Tom C. Clark, succeeding Francis Biddle. Clark, 55-year-old Texan, is now assistant Attorney General. [ Secretary of Labor — Federal Judge Lewis B. Schwellenbach, former Democratic Senator from (Continued on Page 4) Ennice Man Is Given Citation Pfc. Paul Jackson Tompkins, son of R. M. Tompkins, of Ennice, has been awarded a certificate of merit in the European theater of operations in recognition of con spicuously meritorious and out standing performance of military duty. The citation reads: For the period 7 June, 1944 to 25 March, 1945, under the most adverse combat conditions, Private First Class Paul Jackson Tompkins, as a member of the Transporta tion personnel of the 3rd, Bat talion, 173th Infantry, excelled in the performance of his duties which materially aided in the accomplishment of the highly suc cessful battle record of his or ganization.” The citation wfig awarded by Colonel Edward M. McDaniel, commanding office* of the i75th Infantry. Mindanao Town And Airfield Are, Captured By U. S. Forces Veteran infantrymen of the seventh division speared into Yonabaru, eastern anchor of the stiff Japanese line across South ern Okinawa, in a surprise pre dawn assault Tuesday and threw an encircling arm around the rubbled city. Maj. Gen. Archibald V. Ar nold’s crack seventh, back in ac tion after a two weeks rest, made its quick thrust against light op position, in bad weather and thick mud. Tank support was im possible. The infantrymen who swept around Yonabaru reached heights overlooking the towns of Rioi and Itarashiku, about 1,000 yards south of Yonabaru. They were in the northern end of a long ridge line which dominates the com munication road net south of em battled Shuri. Yonabaru still was not fully se cured up to yesterday but the Japanese apparently did not in tend to try to hold it. Adm. Chester W. Nimitz said Yonabaru had been “thoroughly reduced by our gunfire and bombing.” Maj. Gen. Clarence Martin’s 31st division ocupied the North Central Mindanao town of Mal aybalay with its adjacent airfield and Maj. Gen. Roscoe Woodruff’s 24th division pushed to within two miles of the last enemy-held airfield near Davao, headquarters reported yesterday. The 31st driving toward a junc ture with the 40th and American (Continued on Page 4) 2 Escape Injury In Crash Landing Pilot Misjudges Field As He Attempts Landing Near Sparta A view of Alleghany county from the air is somewhat de ceiving, or so thought a Mr. Shly, instructor at a Blacksburg, Va., airport, when he attempted to land his cub two-pasenger plane on a field near “the cherry tree” one mile south of Sparta, Sunday afternoon. Mr. Shly and his passenger, Harold Irwin, a former Alleghany boy, who now resides in Chris tiansburg, Va., circled over the town several times and after de ciding to pay the town a visit, at tempted the landing on the field just outside the town limits where | planes have landed a number of times before. „ » But Mr. Shly misjudged the slope of the field, and the plane came down to a crash landing, breaking the landing gear and driving the propeller into the ground. Both passenger and pi lot escaped injury. ■ The wings were removed by lo cal mechanics and the plane load ed on a truck as the two fliers made fheir way back to Blacks burg fit a slightly slower speed and a much lower altitude than they had left it. Victory Rockets Are Sent To Tokyo Flame-tipped rockets etch black lines of smoke against the sky as they streak toward Jap installations, fired from navy LSMRS. Hie missiles prill contribute a large share in the final drive against the miiinfigll of Japan, as well as ad joining islands. FREED FROM NAZIS Pvt. Robert Cieve Andrews, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph An drews, has been liberated from a German prison camp after 17 months’ internment. Annual Meeting Letter Carriers On Friday, June 1 # - Lon M. Reeves Is President; Special Program Is Planned The Alleghany County Rural Carriers Association will hold the annual meeting on Friday night, June 1, at the community build ing, when carriers and their wives will meet for the first time in two years. Lon M. Reeves, president of the organization, announced this week that an interesting program had been planned and that in ad dition to a round-table discussion on current matters, Isom Wagon er, Ennice carrier, will discuss the pension program. Officers for the coming year will also be elected, he pointed out. Ralph Gentry will act as toastmaster. The Women’s Auxiliary will also hold a short meeting with Mrs. Carl Irwin, president in charge. Mrs. Ed Pugh is secre tary of the auxiliary. They will also hold an election of officers. Alleghany rural carriers in clude: John Tucker, Furches; Leff Wagoner, Whitehead; Ralph Gentry, Glade Valley; Mack Woodie, Piney Creek; Carl Irwin, '(Continued on Page Four) War Bond Show Next Thursday Special Premier, “Music For Millions,” To Be Shown At • Spartan Theatre A bond premiere will be held at the Spartan Theatre on Thurs day night, May 31, when “Music for Millions” will be admission will be by chase of a bond only, ,H9unced this week. Only one show will go "Man ager Ben G. Reeves pointed out, with the box office opening at 7:30 and the show beginning at 7:45. All those persons who bought bonds between May 14 and May 31 are entitled to a ticket which may be secured at the North western Bank, Sparta Post Of fice or the box office of the thea tre by presenting ’ e bond. Bonds may also be purchased at the box office on the night of the premiere, it was explained. “Music For Millions” stars the popular juvenile actress, Mar garet O’Brien and the great pian ist, Jose Iturbi, .. Pfc. Andrews Is Freed From Nazis Pvt. Robert Cleve Andrews, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ral; ' T. An drews, of Sparta, noiitied his parents this week that he was well and safe, after being held a prisoner of war of the Germans for the past one and one-half years. Pvt. Andrews was first reported missing in action on September 13,1943 in the N. African area and was later reported a p' tsoner of war of the Germans. S^ince that time, his family has heard from him at infrequent intervals and for the past three months have had no message at all of his whereabouts. He entered the service in March, 1943, and received his training at Fort McClellan, Ala. & Official Clean-up Days In Sparta Are Now Being Observed Movement Is Sponsored By City And Civic Organiza- . tions Here With today and tomorrow des ignated as official clean-up days for the town of Sparta, citizens are busy gathering rubbish, painting and cleaning the streets. Mayor R. F, Crouse and the town board of commissioners an nounced last week that the two days had been set aside and that they were working in co-opera tion with the Woman’s Club, Chamber of Commerce and Lions Club in the general clean-up pro gram. The State Highway department started the campaign early Mon day morning when they repainted the parking lines on the main street in the business section of town. The streets will be washed and thoroughly cleaned today and trash cans, purchased by the town, will be placed on the corn ers. All stores and business houses! are cooperating in the clean-up program by clearing away all trash back of the stores in the alleys. Robert Hash, local col ored man, will collect all trash either today or tomorrow. House wives were again reminded to place their trash in containers near their gates in Order that it may be easily gathered. “We are very proud of our town and are anxious for the clean-up program to be an out standing success,” one official stated. “However,” he remarked, “we should consider every day a clean-up day and keep our town cleared of unsightly rub bish and trash that detracts from its appearance.” Committees working- on the program include Mrs. A. V. Choate, Mrs. C. A. Thompson and Mrs. Amos Wagoner from the Woman’s Club and L. E. Ivey, T. R. Burgiss and Ben G. Reeves from the Chamber of Commerce. Cite Strict Rule For Extra Shoes Mrs. Robert Fleetwood, clerk of the Alleghany ration board, announced yesterday that the board had ruled that any person filing application for an extra shoe stamp, must bring to the ration board all number Three ration books for the entire family. This action was taken, it was explained in order that the board could see that there were no current stamps in any of the books belonging to the family. After the application has been granted and the shoes purchased, they must be brought to the board for inspection in order that the board may know the stamp was used by the person for whom it Was issued, It was pointed out. SERVICES ANNOUNCED Eld. A. L. Presnell will preach at Woodruff church on Sunday at eleven o’clock, it was an nounced this week. Commencement Exercises Close At Glade Valley Graduating Class Hears Dr. P. H. Gwynn, Jr.; 12 Seniors Receive Diplomas The thirty-fifth annual com mencement exercises at Glade Valley high school were brought to a close last Friday night when Dr. P. H. Gwynn, Jr., delivered an address to the graduating class and diplomas and awards were presented. Rev. E. W. Thompson, pastor of the Glade Valley Presbyterian church, gave the invocation, af ter which Mayor R. F. Crouse in troduced Dr. Gwynn, who spoke on “Self Mastery.’’ He pointed out to the members of the gradu ating class that learning to do one’s own think was the true es sence of self mastery. Ruby Brooks, who had made an average grade of 96 during the four years of high school, deliv ered the salutatory address which was followed by a piano solo by George Lee Eldridge, a member of the graduating class. Dr. Gwynn presented each member of the class with a Bible, a cus tom followed each year by the school. (Continued on Page 4) Youth Held On Draft Evasion -.* _ ... _ ._ Glen Dale Coffing, 19-year-old youth of the Piney Creek section, was arrested yesterday by Town Marshal Glenn Richardson and turned over to F. B. I. investiga tors on charges of evading the draft laws. • * ! Officers stated that Coffing had never registered with the draft board, although he had passed his eighteenth birthday more than a year ago. He will be handed over to fed eral authorities today for trial. Older Men In Useful Jobs Are To Be Given Deferment In a telegram to all state di rectors of selective service and passed on to local draft boards, the director of selective service state# ''All cases of registrants in the age group 30 through 37 are to be retfiteWed who are now in 1-A, 1-A-C? IV-E, and if a registrant is ffierely regularly engaged in an ddt^vity In support of the national health', safety or interest, or an activity in war production, or in aif agricultural occupation or endeavoiT essential to the war effort, the IdeSfl" draft boards shall reopen the of such registrants and dHa&ify them anew. The term ‘regular ly engaged in’ as applied to feg-' istrants 30 through 37 will be liberally applied, and particular consideration will be given ft* fathers.” Alleghany registrants should note that this liberal application of selective service regulations will not apply id .delinquents, farm jumpers or i'f^ferfrants who leave a job for whicfe 6*ey are deferred before seeking tf. de termination from their ideal, draft board, Mrs. Phipps, chief clerk to the local board, explain ed. This liberalized policy, effec tive at once, results from the narrowing of the - war to one front, Draft Director Lewis B. Hershey announced at a news conference. He disclosed that the draft call will be cut about 25 per cent to 90,000 men a month beginning in July. Finals To Open At Piney Creek Saturday Night Junior Class Will Present A Three-Act Comedy, “Good Morning Glory” Commencement exercises at Piney Creek high school will get underway Saturday night at (eight o’clock when the junior class will present a three-act comedy, “Good Morning Glory,’* in the schol auditorium. Featured in the starring role of the production will be Evelyn Brown, who will be seen as Glo ry Gammon. June' Hashe will play the part of Clare Gammon and Johnsie Gambill will be seen as Eva Bigson. LaVone Ken nedy will act as Maxine Macey and Rubye Billings will play the; part of Mrs. N. G. Fleepepper. Florabelle Fleepepper will be played by Virginia Delp while Anna Pettijohn will be seen as Antonio Sylvester Garabaldi Mussolini. In the male roles, Kenneth Phipps will be seen as Harold Hines, Raymond McMil lan as Joey James, Ray Absher as Frankie Fox, Harold Reed its Howard Hershey and Charles Ray Kennedy as the policeman. The play which involves a beauty contest, a famous movie star, a saxaphonist, a villain and a solution known as “Elixir of Love,” promises to be enjoyable entertainment. The production (Continued on Page Four) Former County % Man Dies In Va. Martin V. Honaker Was Buried In Sparta Sunday; C. B. Kilby In Charge Martin V. Honaker, of Sparta, died at a Charlottesville, Va., hos pital Friday, following an illness of several weeks. He was born April 3, spent most of-his Jif j in ta community, where he well-known carpenter. He worked as carpenter in Winston Salem and Roaring Gap. For the past year he had made his home in Arvona, Va., where he was engaged in farming. He was a member of Primitive Baptist Church of Sparta. Surviving are his widow, the former Miss Verna Reeves; six daughters, Mrs. Lee Moore of Black Diamond, Wash., Mrs. W. O. Graybeal, of Telford, Tenn., Mrs. Edd Proffitt, of Washington, D. C., Mrs. R. S. Grubbs of Wins ton-Salem, Mrs. Earl Holt of Walkertown, and Mrs. Larry Ul ane of Winston-Salem; two sons, Ernest Honaker of Asheville and Howard Honaker of Winston-Sa lem; 19 grandchildren; and sever al brothers and sisters. The body was brought to Vo gler’s Chapel, where it remain ed until Sunday morning when it was brought to the Sparta Primitive Baptist Church, where the funeral service was held with Eld. C. B. Kilby, officiating. In terment followed in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were John Higgins, Beale Poole, David Higgins, Ed gar Williams, John Mac Edwards, * Rex Mitchell and Marion Joines. Flower girls were: Mrs. Luther Halsey, Mrs. Maude I. Richard son, Mrs. Oscar Wagoner, Mrs. David Higgins, Mrs. June Tomj> kins, M»6s Georgia Andrews, Miss Jackie Tompkins, Miss Sally Ruth Atwood, Mrs. Beale Poole, Miss Lucille Mitchell and Miss Mat tie Lee Sanders. > SPECIAL GIFT BONDS FOR 1945 GRADUATES
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