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Octet Me lB1 1 V. BUY MORE THAN BEFORE The Alleghany News AND STAR-TIMES— tCONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941) —ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. tymMaiai) \i\FutuK security, tool ■ * * * i VOLUME 56, NO 40 $1.50 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA !.00 a Year Out of County THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 194S Curb Market Will Open At Roaring Gap Next Friday Home Demonstration Women Of Alleghany To Sponsor v Market Final plans for the opening of the curb market at Roarthg Gap on Friday, June 29, have been made and rules have been set for the operation of the market, Mrs. Isom Wagoner, home agent, an nounced this week. The market, under the spon sorship of the home demonstration clubs of the county, will enter its second year of operation when it officially opens next Friday morn ing at ten o’clock. Those women selling at the market should be there by 9:30 o’clock, Mrs. Wag oner pointed out, in order that every person may have plenty of time to have the food checked. The market, in the same loca tion as last year, will be centered in a tent beside the Doll House, halfway between the hotel and the entrance to the resort, it was pointed out. Booths have been constructed and women from va rious clubs are ready to sell va rious products including fresh home-made breads, cottage vegetables, home-made breads, cottage cheese, flowers, handi craft and fresh meats. Open two days each week, on Tuesdays and Fridays, the curb market will not only prove help ful to summer residents at Roar ing Gap but will provide an ex cellent market for surplus prod ucts for the women of the coun ty. “We are anxious to make this summer’s market even bigger and better than last year’s,” Mrs. Wagoner urged. Rules laid down by a commit tee for the operation of the mar ket are as follows: 1. Each producer must pay a fee of three per cent for the priv ilege of selling, which will be used for the expense, of me market, and the producer must b«^a fp^gn ber of £' Home Demonstration Club. 2. Marketers must wear clean uniforms or washable outfits. 3. Members are not permitted to buy and resell. (Coauiiuuu on Page 4) 1 ire Dealers 1 o Have Inventory OPA Announces That It Must Be Completed Before June 30 Tire dealers in Alleghany are required to have a complete in ventory of their tire stock and Parts B at the close of business, June 30, Glenn D. Richardson, chairman or the war price and ra tioning office said today. Dealers who fail to register their June 30 inventory with OPA before July 10 may not legally transfer rationed tires after that date. During the period July 11-25, OPA’s Enforcement Division will conduct a survey on dealer com pliance, aimed especially at fail ure to register, failure to keep proper records, and failure to maintain accountable inventory, Mr. Richardson pointed out. To assure that the available supply of tires are used for the most essential wartime uses, from now on, all tire certificates will be channeled through OPA’s Verification Center, he added. At the same time, he urged all drivers of cars, especially drivers of cars with “A” cards, to contin ue to recap tires. Reeves On Postal Service Overseas Pearl Harbor, T. H.—Deliver ing the mail to Navy men throughout the Pacific Area is the task of the Fleet Post Office where the average day’s handling includes 1,500,000 pieces of first class mail and 3,500 space tons of papers and parcels. A member of this busy postal staff is Olin Columbus Reeves, mailman, third class, USNR, of Independence, Va., who has been attached to this activity for elev en months. His duties here in volve truek maintenance. ■ Reeves is the husband of Edna Marie Reeves, Piney Creek, His mother, Mrs. S. G. Caudill, re sides in Sparta. Before entering the navy in March, 1M4, he was • long distance freight hauler. Hundreds Of Japs Die As Okinawa Is Overrun By Allies ' TO BE HONORED Congressman R. L. Dough ton, who will be awarded a Degree in Law by the Univer sity of N. C., next week. U. N. C. To Confer Degree On R. L. Doughton, Mon. North Carolina Congressman To Receive Doctor Of Laws Degree Washington — Representative Robert L. Doughton,. dean of the North Carolina congressional delegation, has accepted an invi tation from the University of Nojth Carolina at Chapel Hill to attend graduation exercises, and .recfiiyt an jboiicnrsLpv Doctor of Laws degree there on June 25. This is the first honorary doc torate to he conferred upon the distinguished North Carolina leg islator. Thomas Osborne Injured In Action Sparta Youth Is Injured In Action On Okinawa On May 22 Pvt. Thomas Zack Osborne, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Osborne, of Sparta, suffered a contusion of the right shoulder' in action against the enemy at Okinawa Island, Ryukyu on May 22, accord ing to a message received here by his parents. Osborne was removed from the island for medical attention, the message stated. A member of the 1st Marine division, Pvt. Osborne saw his first action on Okinawa when he landed there with the invasion troops on April 1. He went overseas in December, 1944. Pvt. Osborne has one brother, Cpl. Walter Frank Osborne, Jr., who is also with the U. S. Ma rines, Fourth Division. Cpl. Os borne was wounded in action on Iwo Jima and is now stationed in the Hawaiian Islands. SERVICE ANNOUNCED Elds. C. R. Dancy and B. H. Blevins will preach at Cranberry Primitive Baptist church the first Sunday in July, it was announc ed ths week. The public is in vited to attend the meeting. Industrial Cities Are Heavily Bombed By Many Allied Planes Japanese troops died by the hundreds yesterday on widely separated Pacific war fronts as American forces battled fanati cal Nipponese last-ditch defend ers on Southern Okinawa and swept into new sectors of the Northern Philippines. Japanese disaster on Okina wa was almost complete, Marines and doughboys backed the des perate remnants into the hope less pockets. Some fought dog gedly but as defense positions collapsed many of the trapped Nipponese chose death by leap ing off cliffs fronting on the southern coast. Elements of America’s power ful pacific fleet, led by battle ships and cruisers, threw tons of hot steel into the Southern Okin awa traps. On the Pacific aerial front Su perfortresses struck with heavy loads of fire bombs against Japa nese industrial cities for the sec ond time in three days. Other American fliers again attacked Balikpapan, Borneo oil refinery center while still others joined warships in bombarding Jaluit, in the Marshalls. Allied planes hit shipping and other targets from the Kuriles to the South Pacific. Allied forces gained ground on the Asiatic continent and on ■Western Borneo. The sinking of 11 additional Japanese ships by American sub marines was reported by the navy department as radio Tokyo said Yank underseas fghters, “coord nating their activity” with thine planting Superforts, would bear “strict watching.” Since the beginning of tbe'war. Yank subs have bagged 1,153 Japanese ships. Sgt. Richardson Happy To Be Free T-Sgt. Roy E. Richardson, son of Mr. Lloyd S. Richardson, of Furches, has been liberated from a German prison camp, according to recent letters received from him. “I guess I am the happiest man in Europe. It really seems good to be among friends again, with something to eat, and not be in closed in a barbed wire stockade,” he writes. T.-Sgt. Richardson, who was captured in January, 1944, while on his fiftieth and last mission over enemy territory as a gunner on a Flying Fortress, was liberated by the Russians, after spending more than 15 months as a prisoner. He weigh ted 88 pounds when liberated and is now receiving treatment in a hospital in Paris, France, from where he writes that he is gain ng weight and will return home as soon as he is well enough to travel. AAA PHOSPHATE NOW AVAILABLE TO FARMERS C. G. Collins, chairman of the Alleghany AAA, this week urged that all those who had not placed orders for phosphate, do so at once in order that it may be se cured. Mr. (Munspointed out that or ders should be left with the AAA office here. Lt, Annie Mae Truitt Has Rare Service Distinction • Allegnany county boasts the rare distinction of claiming one of her daughters, Lt. Annie Mae Truitt, as the first woman instruc tor in the air evacuation course of the ground school of the U. S. Army Air Corps. Lt. Truitt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Truitt, of' Sparta, is a qualified flight nurse and be came an instructoress quite by surprise at George Field, 111., re cently. Ground school’s training sched ule read: air evacuation course, class room 7, 1510-1540. There was only one hitch. The pilot instructors ordinarily conduct ing this class were hundreds of miles away on OS. So Captain John F. Stroup, training officer, remembered another group on George Field capable of conduct ing such a class and necessary arrangements were made. When the students were seated, surprised eyes saw pretty nurse, Annie Mae Truitt, take her place at the instructor’s stand. The subject was air evacuation and Lt. Truitt was an able instruc tor ess. Completing an air evacu ation course early in March, she has continued on her general du-1 ty in the station hospital at George Field. To a large class of interested, (Continued on Page Four) These Men Carry The Mail In Alleghany County Members of the Alleghany Rural Carriers’ Association are shown above at the recent annual meeting held* here. Reading from le ft to right: front row—Ralph Gentry, Ed Pugh, secretary and treasurer; Lon M. Reeves, president; Mack Woodie, vice-president; back row—A. V. Choate, Carl Irwin, Billy Irwin, substitute for Mr. Irwin; Leftrige Wagoner, Isom Wagoner and John Tucker. (Staff Photo) Alleghany Man Helped To Bring Franklin To Port Bill Hardin Tells Of Thrill Experienced On Famous Carrier King for a day, or three days, Bill Hardin, F-1C, of the U. S Navy, found himself being saluted on every turn as he went about his duties as a member of the volunteer group that brought the now-famous aircraft carrier, “Franklin,” safely to port in one of the most daring feats of naval history. Of course, the fact that Fireman Hardin was dressed in the uni form of a Lt. ^MMBider, had something, to do SHbR saluting, but he was too iKHAsare what he was wearing tHH^ples those were the “best ciotneshe could find.” When the carrier was struck on March 19, qff the coast of Ja pan bj.,a Jkpfc. plane, setting off her ammunition, the young Al leghany^sejlor and two buddies were' trapped on the third deck down with only two gas masks. “We went to work immediately with the celephone blow torches found in.egpry room on a ship,” Fireman Hardin said and after two hours of exchanging gas (Continued on Page 4) QUARTERLY CONFERENCE FOR LAUREL SPRINGS The fourth and final quarterly conference of the Laurel Springs Circuit of Baptist churches will Circuit of Methodist churches will be held at the Mt. Zion church on Sunday, June 24 at 11 o’clock. Dr. H. G. Allen, superintendent, of Winston-Salem, will be pres ent at the conference. Rev. Worth Sweet is pastor of the church. Dinner will be served on the ground after the conference, it was announced. Rationing Guide MEATS AND FATS Book Four red stamps E2 through J2 good through June 30; K2 through P2 good through July 31; Q2 through U2 good through Aug. 31; V2 through Aug. 31; V2 through Z2 good through Sept. 30. PROCESSED FOODS Book Four blue stamps N2 through S2 good through June 30; T2 through X2 good through July 31; Y2, Z2 and A1 through Cl good through Aug. 31; D1 through HI good through Sept. 30. SUGAR Book Four stamp 36 good for five pounds through Aug. 31. Next stamp valid Sept. 1. SHOES Book Three airplane stamps 1, 2 and 3 good indefinitely. OPA- says no plans to e an eel any. Next stamp valid Aug. 1. GASOLINE 15-A cop pons good for four gallons each through June 21; 16-A coupons become valid June 22 for six gallons each. B-6, B-7, B-8, C-fl, C-7 and C-8 coupons good tor five gallons each. B-6 and C-6 coupons expire Juno It. 1.—' 11111 "". Alleghany Is Behind In Sale Of E Bonds; | Co-operation Needed Chm. Of Trustees Of Glade Valley Offers Resignation John A. Kellenberger To Suc ceed J. M. Wells, Jr., As Chairman Resignation of J. M. Wells, Jr., Winston-Salem attorney, as chair man of the Board ef Trustees of Glade Valley high school, was ac cepted at the trustees’ annual meeting there recently. Wells gave ill health as the reason for his resignation. He will remain a member of the ■board and executive committee but will be succeeded by John A. Kellenberger, of Greensboro, as chairman of the board. Paul Ingle of High Point was named vice-chairman; Mrs. W. C. | Grier of North Wilkesboro, secre-! tary; James N. Benton of Greens- j boro, treasurer, and E. B. Eldridge , of Glade Valley, superintendent! of the school and treasurer of the operating fund. (Continued on Page 4) Used Car Prices To Drop July 1 Used car prices in Alleghany as well as all over America will take a four per cent drop on July 1, the Office of Price Administra tion announced this week in Washington. The move affects cars sold either by regular deal ers or private owners. The price cut is in accordance with used car pricing regulations which provide for normal de preciation, OPA officials said, adding that four per cent would also be deducted from charges allowed for extra equipment, such as heaters and radios. "This price drop should not only prove a stimulant to used car sales,” said an OPA spokes man, “but will also provide addi tional low-cost transportation to essential workers.” Drive Is Scheduled To End On June 30; County Has Made Overall Quota With $4,583 yet to go before the E bond quota is reached, Alle ghany county surpassed the over all quota of $110,000.00 with $132, 717.00 reported by sources of sales late yesterday. “Although we have surpassed the overall quotfc-ljy more than 522.000, it does not mean that we can relax our efforts one mo ment until the E bond quota of 586.000. 00 is reached,” Chairman 5. R. Nichols said. Reports show that Piney Creek township, under the chair manship of Joe Bill Reed, and Cranberry township with Ed Pdgh at the head, have surpassed the quotas assigned them at the beginning of the drive. “Much credit is due these two chairmen for their untiring ef forts in conductng the campagn in their communties,” Chairman Nichols stated and added that Cherry Lane with Ralph Gentry is chairman was the first town ship to meet the quota, as was announced last week. Glade Creek, under the chairmanship sf Isom Wagoner, is well over the assigned quota also, it was tContinued wn Page Four) Bert Richardson Has 103 Points With 103 points to his credit ind wearing seven battle stars, Pfc. Bert G. Richardson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Troy Richardson, rf Barrett, has nothing to worry about as far as the point system s concerned. Severely wounded in the Si cilian campaign, he recovered sufficiently to engage in seven ether major battles, Naples, Fog gia, Rome, Anzio, Southern SVance, Germany and Austria. He had also taken part in the runisian campaign. Pfc. Richardson wrote that he loped to be home by August. Eisenhower Welcomed; Says Must Be Strong To Keep Peace New York City took General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower to its heart Tuesday and outdid itself in showering on him a rous ing, emotional jwelcome. The greatest crowds the metro polis has ever seen—estimated by police at more than 7,000,000, or about twice the size of all United States forces in Europe at the peak of the war—turned out to pay tribute to the Kansas boy who directed America’s mighti est military success. The over-all crowd total in cluded repeaters who ran from one vantage point to another. The modest hero told more than 2,000,000 persons jammed' around City Hall: “If we are going to live the years of peace, we must be strong and we must be ready to co-op erate in the spirit of true toler ance and forbearance.” Eisenhower, who received a Special City Medal and honorary citizenship in the city, received an ovation when he asserted: “It isn’t enough that we devise every kind of international ma chinery to keep th« peace. We must also be strong ourselves Weakness cannot co-operate with anything. Only strength ;can co operate.” From LaGuardia Field to Cmv (Continued on Page 8) Gray stone Inn To Open Friday For Summer Season Famous Resort Will Entertain Burlington Mills Group This Week End Graystone Inn, nationally-fa mous summer resort at Roaring Gap, will formally open -tomor row with the ' Burlington Mills group holding their annual meet ing there, Manager Walter T. Bo vard announced this week. Anticipating one of the largest seasons in its history, the inn again will be under the manage ment of Mr. Bovard, who has been at Roaring Gap for the past nine years. He announced that all cottages were opening and that a large colony was expected. Ralph Lang, of Charlottesville, Va„ golf professional, has al ready arrived at the Gap and will be there fob the summer. Mrs. Virginia Moss, of Mile Away Stables, Southern Pines, will again be at the stables and Eddie Cassitjj, of Hot Springs, Va., will be back as tennis pro fessional, Mr. Bovard stated. Albert Calligari of the Roney Plaza in Miami Beach, will be the new maitre d’ hotel at the Inn. Albert Perry, of Palm Beach, Fla., will be in charge of the lake, Mr. Bovard stated. It was also announced that the store formerly owned by Mrs. J. T. Inskeep had been purchased by the Roaring Gap Corp., and would be managed by Mrs. Roy T. Bryan, of Roaring Gap. The 18-hole golf course at the resort is in excellent condition, it was pointed out and two ten nis courts have been surfaced with tenniko material in addition to the construction of a new ten (Continued on Page Four) Firestone Store Opens On Friday C. A. Miles Is Manager, Bufld* ing 'Is Newly Remodeled And Repainted Plans have been completed and all is in readiness for the opening of the new Firestone Store to morrow, owners C. A. Miles, Wayne Waddell and Alton Thompson announced this week. The building located next to jthe Ford Motor Co., on Main 'Street, has been remodeled and [repainted. A new frontage has | been added and the interior o! ;the store attractively decorated 'for .the grand opening tomorrow. C. A. Miles will act as general manager of the new store while I Mrs. Wayne Waddell will serve as bookkeeper. The owners of the new store, three prominent businessmen of Sparta, are well established here and are anxious to serve the pub lic with the best in merchandise. C. A. Miles, former head of WPA in Alleghany county was em ployed by Farmer’s Hardware and Impl. Co. Wayne Waddell is co owner of the Modern Dry Clean ers and Alton Thompson is cash ier of the Northwestern Bank. The store will carry a com plete line of tires, tubes, batter ies, and household necessities, such as electrical appliances, in cluding irons, hot plates, electric stoves, freezers, refrigerators, radios, sweepers, chinaware and a good assortment of hardware. Many of these items it was ex plained, are not available at the present, but will be stocked im mediately when such items are on the market again. Baseball Game Here On Sunday Double Header To Be Played When Local Team Meets Two Va. Nines The Sparta baseball team will go into action here on Sunday af ternoon at 1:30 o'clock with a double-header scheduled between Sparta and Bridle Creek and Sparta and Speedwell. Claude Moxley, manager of the local team, announced that no of ficial lineup was available but that the Sparta team was in ex cellent condition and expected to make a good showing against the two crack Virginia teams. Sparta won a 9 to 8 over Independence on pendence diamond last! Nto for1 tar r-'
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