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VOLUME 56, NO. 39
$1.50 a Year in Alleghany County
SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA
$2.00 a Year Out of County
THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 194S
War Bond Sales
Reach $60,168 As
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Drive Nears End
Need $25,831.25 To Meet E
Bond Quota; Rally At Rich
Hill On Saturday
With E bond sales reaching
$60,168.75 late yesterday, Alle
ghany county is nearing the quo
ta of $86,000.00, leaving $25,831.25
yet to be raised, Chairman'S. Ik
Nichols announced.
“Now that the goal is in sight,
it does not mean, that we must
slack our efforts but on the other
hand we must renew them." The
drive ends on June 30, he pointed
out.
A rally will be held at Rich
Hill school on Saturday night
when both Glade Creek and
Cherry Lane townships will par
ticipate. Citizens of that com
munity are urged to attend and
to buy bonds.
Chairman Nichols this week
asked that all township chairmen
make reports on the progress of
the drive in their particular
communities. According to re
ports received, Cherry Lane is
the only township that has sur
passed the assigned quota.
W. C. Irwin, who is assisting in
bond sales in the Stratford com
munity, reported the sale of two
$500.00 bonds, one to Miss Mae
Williams and one to Mrs. Gene
Irwin in honor of her husband,
Seaman Irwin.
Reports show that the North
western Bank has sold $36,600.00
and the Sparta post office $23,
568.75. \
The over-all quota for the coun
ty is $110,000.00.
,J\ame Dates For
Wool Gathering
Sheep Growers Asked To
Bring Wool To Nearest
collection Points
County Agent R. E. Black an
nounced yesterday that the pooled
wool in Alleghany county had
been sold to the Chatham Manu
facturing company for 54 cents
per pound. The wool has been
sold to the same company for the
past four year, he pointed out.
The following is a schedule of
weighing, as released by the
county agent’s office:
Thursday, June 21—Sparta
gymnasium, 1:00 p. m. to 6:00 p.
m.
Friday, June 22—Piney Creek,
8:30 a. m. to 10:00 a. m.; Elk
Creek, 10:30 a. m. to 12 noon; D.
J. Jones, 2:00 p. m. to 4:00 p. m.;
Stratford, 4:30 p. m. to 6:00 p. m.
Saturday, June 23—Laurel
Springs, 8:30 a. m. to 10:00 a. m.;
Mack C. Edwards, 16:15 a. m. to
10:45 a. m.; Whitehead, 11:00 a.
m. to 12:30 p. m.
It was explained that clear
wool would bring 54 cents per
pound while light burry wool will
bring only 49 cents per pound.
The wool this season is said to
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Shaw To Teach In
Columbus School
Richard Shaw, of Marion, and
formerly of Alleghany county,
has been elected principal of
North Cove high school, Colum
bus, for the 1945-46 school year,
it was learned here recently.
Mr. Shaw, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Shaw, of Cherry Lane and
a graduate of Glade Valley high
school, began his work in Mc
Dowell county in 1937 as princi
pal o< the Dysortville elementary
school; after two years he be
came principal of a new school
established at Sugar Hill, where
he very successfully carried On
until two yews ago he became
head of the West Marion ele
mentary school in the Mahon city
system.
The North Cove high school is
a thirteen teacher school and Mr.
Shaw’s appointment as principal
there serves as evidence of the
high respect he commands of
school authorities in McDowell
county.
The former Alleghany man at
tended ASTC, Boone, and Phief
fer Colleger Misenheimer.
Yanks Fighting Hard
FREED FROM NAZIS
Pfc. Hale Truitt, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Kennie Truitt, of
Sparta, is en route to his
home here, following his lib
eration from the Germans on
May 1. He had been interned
in a Nazi prison for 27 months.
World Charter
Given Approval
By Conference
Nations Adopt Plans For
. .Poace; Council Is Formed
To Settle Dispute*
San Francisco—The heart of a
new world charter—provisions
for a security council to enforce
peace and back up its decisions
with armed might—was approv
ed unanimously late Tuesday by
a United Nations conference com
mission.
Accepted by diplomats of 50
nations at a public session in San
Francisco’s opera house was a
committee report which termed
these provisions “a great historic
development” and the keystone
of a peace structure.
They empower a tightly-knit
council of 11 members to take
over for all the united nations the
responsibility for stepping into
any situation or dispute which
threatened to embroil the world
in conflict in the future. Coun
cil membership is restricted to
the United States, Russia, Bri
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DECORATION SERVICE
AT LIBERTY CHURCH
A decoration service will be
held at Liberty Baptist church,
Sunday, June 17, at 11 o’clock
with Rev. G. R. Blackburn in
charge, it was announced this
week.
Graves will be decorated in
addition to the church service.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
Chinese And Australians
Gain Ground; Part Of
Oil-Rich Borneo Captured
An all-out American smash
against the last-stand position of
the Japanese on Okinawa was
reported by Fleet Adm. Chester
W. Nimitz yesterday less than 24
hours after it was disclosed the
Nipponese had ignored a Yank
offer to negotiate for their sur
render and spare them from in
evitable death.
Yank marines and soldiers
were atop Okinawa’s southern
escarpment where the Japanese
must fight and die with their
backs to the sea.
While the final phase of the
bloody Okinawa battle held top
attention in the Pacific-Asiatic
war, these other developments
also were in the spotlight:
The Australian invaders of oil
rich Borneo gained two miles on
two fronts and took total control
of one island in Brunei bay.
Chinese forces cleared the Jap
anese from new sections of the
invasion-threatened East Coast
of China but the Japanese made
progress on two other fronts.
American soldiers in the North
east Philippines resumed their
drive into the Cagayan valley.
The Japanese diet approved a
war emergency act permitting
government rule by decree and
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Commencement s
Ends At Sparta
Good Attendance Reported
At All Programs; 38 Sen
iors Get Diplomas '
Commencement exercises for
Sparta high school came to a
close Sunday morning when Rev.
Richard L. West, former pastor
of the Sparta Baptist church, de
livered the baccalaureate sermon
to the senior class in the Method
ist church here. Music was furn
ished by a combined choir.
The graduating exercise was
held Saturday morning when
thirty-eight seniors received their
diplomas. The invocation was
spoken by Rev. C. R. Allison and
was followed by a piano solo,
“Melody in F,” by Ellen Hardin,
a member of the graduating class.
The salutatory address was giv
en by James Estep and was fol
lowed by the class prophecy by
Wade^Irwin.
T. C. McKnight ,of Elkin, di
rector of the Gilven Roth YMCA,
and widely known speaker, charg
ed the seniors not to look for the
answers to the problems of life
as one would look for the answer
to a math problem, but for hap
piness to follow three things,
knowledge, clean-living and tie
to something high and great. Mr.
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Whitehead Man Writes Of
His Experiences On Iwo Jima
George R. Atwood, Fireman
1-C, of the U. S. Navy, who was
in tiie recent invasion of Iwo Ji
ma, relates that he was not scar
ed but that he did have a “fun
ny feeling.”
Young Atwood, son of Mr. and
Mrs. G. C. Atwood, of Whitehead,
wrote in a recent letter:
“We went in to the island about
8:30 o’clock. The only thing that
we could hear was our ships fir
ing at the beach. We could not
hear any of the Jap guns or see
any of them. Then all hell broke
loose. They got so tough that the
Marines had to turn around and
come lytck to the ships.
“But the navy kept firing so
much that it doesn’t seem possi
ble that any thirig could be alive
on the island. They were dug in
the ground and in caves, but we
got the Marines on shore and
when they got started everything
I went good.
‘Two or three of our ships were
hit but none were sunk. They
came plenty close to us. I guess
it was good luck that they always
missed.
“On the third day we saw the
American flag go up on the island
and everybody was proud to see
it We saw the Japs shoot down
some of our planes, but the worst
sight was the bodies of several
Marines floating around in the
j water.
! “Of course, Mom, the Japs didn’t
know that I was on my way out
to get them, or they would have
given up a long time ago.”
Atwood entered service in June,
1942 and went overseas in July,
1944 and for sometime was sta
tioned at Pearl Harbor. Before
going to Iwo Jima, he took part
in the invasion of Saipan. He is
still in the Pacific and writes that
he is getting along fine. j
Alleghany Men
Are Classified
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By Local Board
Only 9 Are Placed In I-A;
Other Classifications Are
Listed
Classifications of 52 Alleghany
county men for military service
were announced this week by the
local board when 9 were placed
in I-A, 17 in 4-F and 26 in various
other classifications.
The classification list is as fol
lows:
1- A: George Junior Hyatt, Ro
bert L. Joines, Winfrey H. Os
borne, Martin E. Serber, Wade H.
Wyatt, Reece W. Billings, Fred A.
Pugh, Left F. Cox and Johnnie
W. Spurlin.
2- A: Robert R. Greene, Buren
D. Evans and Phbcian H. Thomp
kins.
2-C: Herman H. Williams, Lee
C. Choate, Glenn T. Edwards,
Dewey G. Edwards, David C.
Stoker and Elmer H. Sparks.
2-C (F): Owen J. Maines.
4-A: Robert F. Harris.
4-D: Willie M. Hamm, Isom
4-F: William A. Royall, Her
bert E. Crouse, Raymond Miles,
Jr„ Russell G. Moxley, Robert R.
Allen, Alton G. Landreth, Major
A. Joines, Paul Dixon, Kenneth
O. Bedsaul, John M. Combs, El
bert W. Toliver, Claude F. Hill,
Vincent R. Miller, Albert L. Hig
gins, Ray H. Adams, Vernon F.
Jones and Emerson L. Jones.
Richardson and Mack Dowell.
I-C (Disc): Connie J. Wright,
Raleigh V. Caudill, Dean A. Glas
co, Sant Billings, James F. Wat
son, Jimmy M. Brooks, R. T. Fen
der and Jones K. Andrews.
I-C find.): Esau Dixon, Ivan
R. Bowers and Ji
Cpl. Wade
Killed
ction
Former Laurel Springs Man
Meets Death On Okinawa
On June 14
Cpl. Wade Miller, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Miller, of Laurel
'Springs, was killed in action on
| Okinawa on May 14, according to
la message received by his par
ents from the War Department.
Cpl. Miller, who was with the
field, artillery, had been overseas
for two years and was a veteran
of Guam and Leyte. He had been
awarded the Bronze Star for he
roic achievement in connection
with military operations against
the enemy on Leyte in December,
1944. The young Alleghany man
had the duty of maintaining com
munications and protecting the
artillery radio. He entered the
service in March, 1942, and had
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Sparta Teacher
Is Cadet Nurse
Miss Minnie Lou Edwards,
popular Sparta teacher, left yes
terday for Bryn Mawr College,
Bryn Mawr, Pa., to enter the Ca
det Nurse Corps.
Miss Edwards, a graduate of
Sparta high school, was graduated
from ASTC, Boone, in 1941. For
the past four years she has been
a member of the faculty of Sparta
high school in the English depart
ment.
Following her training at Bryn
Mawr, Miss Edwards will go to
Johns Hopkins in Baltimore,
where she will complete the
course.
SILVER PINES CAMP
WILL OPEN TUESDAY
Silver Pines camp for girls at
Roaring Gap will open Tuesday,
June 26, with a total enrollment
of 86 this year, Miss Pricilla
Shaw, director of the camp an
nounced this week.
Operating for the seventeenth
summer, the camp now consists
of sixteen buildings including
e;ght cabins, bath house, direc
tor’s cabin, hospital, lodge, arts
and crafts building and shop.
Coming from fourteen states,
more than 60 girls are expected
to arrive at the camp next Tues
day morning. The total enroll
men includes campers, councelors
and cooks.
Fight For Okinawa Has Been Bitter
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The above map shows the principal dates in progress of
the fighting for this important step toward Japan.
Doughton Receives Award
Of International Economic
Council From Pres. Truman
Sgt. Shores Back
From War, Tells
Of Experiences
Completes Fifty Missions And
Is Awarded Special
Decorations
“I was scared just like every
body else,” S.-Sgt. Dale Shores,
nose gunner on a B-24 Liberator
in the 15th Air Force, replied
when asked how it felt to be up
there with anti-aircraft guns tak
ing “pot shots” at anything with
wings.
A veteran of the wars at 19,
the young Alleghany soldier has
completed fifty missions in the
European theater and wears three
bronze stars and the unit presi
dential citation. He is spending
a furlough here with his mother,
Mrs. Verdie Shores.
“We were shot down once in
Yugoslavia in February and were
returned to our base in Italy by
partisans on the following day,”
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REVIVAL AT SCOTTVILLE
WILL OPEN ON SUNDAY
A revival meeting will be con
ducted at the Scottville Baptist
church beginning on Sunday
night, June 17, and continuing
through the week, it was an
nounced.
The services will be in charge
of Rev. W. H. Caldwell and Rev.
G. W. Blackburn. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
N. C. Congressman Highly
Honored; Anderson Attends
Ceremony
Washington — Rep. Robert L.
Doughton of North Carolina,
chairman of the House Ways and
Means Committee, Tuesday re
ceived the annual award of the
International Economic Council,
at a White House ceremony at
tended by President Truman and
Undersecretary of State Joseph
C. Grew.
The award was an oil painting
of the steamship Savannah, first
American steam vessel to cross
the Atlantic and the presentation
was made by Joseph A. Jones, di
rector of the council, in his re
marks prefacing the presentation,
Jones said the award was made
in recognition of Doughton’s
“courageous and outstanding ac
tion on behalf of the trade agree
ments program.”
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Youth Charged
On Evading Draft
Glen Dale Coffin, 19-year-old
Alleghany youth, who was ar
rested recently by local officers
on charges of draft evasion, was
given a sentence of three years
at Chillicothie, a reform school in
Ohio for teen-age boys.
The youth had failed to regis
ter with the draft board here and
was picked up two weeks ago
and turned over to federal author
ities at Grensboro, where the trial
was held.
OPA Will Explain Slaughter
Program To Farmers, Tues.
An important meeting on the
slaughtering program will be
held in the courthouse Tuesday
night at 7:30 o’clock for the pur
pose of explaining to the farm
ers and meat slaughterers the
need for immediate registration
with the ration board, Glenn
Richardson, chairman of the
board, announced yesterday.
“It is imperative that the
slaughterers cooperate with us
and attend the meeting,” he said.
An official from the district of
fice will be present to explain the
simple rules of registration.
“We hope that this program
will provide more meat for the
housewives and we are anxious
to carry it through,” Mr. Richard
son stated.
Farmers in Alleghany county
who sold or transferred 6,000
pounds or less of meat during the
I period from January 1, 1944
'through March 31, 1945, must
register at the local ration office
before July 1, Mrs. Robert Fleet
wood, clerk, explained.
Mrs. Fleetwood reminded farm
slaughterers that in order to sell
or transfer any meat after May
14, they must have obtained a
permit and a quota for slaughter
from the War Price and Rationing
Board. Points must be collected
and turned in to the local office
for all meat sold.
“The setting of quotas for farm
slaughter is part of the Govern
ment’s program for gaining a bet
ter distribution) of the nation’s
meat supply to non-meat produc
ing areas,” Mrs. Fleetwood said.
“The success of the
program lies n^ainly ;
of the farmers and tl— ___
cooperation is needed to carry out
the plan,” she urged.
Keen Interest Is
Shown By Many
,r Local Dairymen
Two Purebred Registered An*
imals Are Given Away To
Farmers At Sale
The purebred Guernsey con
signment sale held here last Fri
day was an outstanding success,
with eight of the twenty animals
sold, purchased by farmers of
this comity.
The first sale of its kind ever
to be held in Alleghany, officials
and cdlisigners were more than
pleased with the outcome. More
than 13 counties in North Caro
lina ahd one in Virginia were
represented in the attendance of '
more than 250.
Of the eight animals purchased
by Alleghany dairymen, Dr. B.
O. Choate and Hugh Choate, of
Sparta, purchased three heifers;
Fred Collins, of Glade Valley,
two heifers; Guy Perry, of Piney
Creek, one heifer; Leff Joines, of
Sparta, one; Reece Miller, of
Laurel Springs, purchased a bull
consigned by Klondike Farm and
R. G. Joines, of Sparta, purchased
a heifer.
The purebred registered bull,
given by Y. C. Collins, of Salis
bury, a former Alleghany man,
was drawn for and won by R. G.
Joines, of Sparta. Mr. Collins
had specified that the bull must
be kept in the county. The bull
given by Coble Dairy Products,
was drawn by a Coble patron
from Rowan county, who pur
chased a heifer in the sale.
Averaging $275.00, the leading
purchase of the sale was $395.00.
Ward Snarr, of Siler City, served
as auctioneer.
“It was the best consignment
sale*! ever attended, and I’m mak
ing plans to be back here next
year,” one official stated.
In addition to the sale here on
Friday, many dairymen of this
county attended the Ashe county
sale the following day. Of the
twenty females sold there, eight
were purchased by Alleghany
farmers. They were as follows:
C. G. Collins, two; Carl Andrews,
three; Fred Collins, two and
Lloyd Absher, one.
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Thompson Heads
Wildlife Club
Mayor Floyd Crouse Explains
Purpose Of Organization;
Has Many Members
Dr. C. A. Thompson was elected
president of the Alleghany Coun
ty Wildlife Club at a meeting held
at the courthouse Friday night
when the constitution and by
laws of the state federation were
adopted by the club.
G. Glenn Nichols, who has been
serving as temporary chairman,
was elected vice-president and
Charlie Edwards, of Sparta, was
elected secretary and treasurer.
The club now has a total of 33
paid members with a member
ship committee appointed to
solicit others. The committee
consists of the following mem
bers: Raymond Miles, Fred Wea
ver, George Wagoner, Lawrence
Reeves, Ralph Gentry, Chap Ed
wards, C. G. Richardson, Len
Farmer, Mack Atwood and A. V.
Choate.
Mayor R. F. Crouse explained
to the group the purpose of the
newly organized club and read
the constitution and by-laws.
-1 The club will meet the last
Friday in every month in the
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Vacation Bible
School To Open
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Thd vacation Bible school, un
der the direction of Mrs. Ger
trude G. Kevins, will be conduct
ed at the Sparta Baptist church
beginning Monday, June 28, and
lasting through July 6, it was an*