The Alleghany News sS
== AND STAR-TIMES— (CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941) —ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. * ****** * * *
VOLUME 56, NO. 42
$1.50 a Year in Alleghany County
SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA
$2.00 a Year Out of County
THURSDAY, JULY 5, 194$
Alleghany More Than Doubles War Bond Quota
Want Squirrel
Season To Open
On September 1
Wild Life Club Holds Meet
ing, Plans Made, Commit
tees Appointed
A resolution asking the game
commission of North Carolina to
change the squirrel season in this
county from the fifteenth of Sep
tember to the first' of September
was adopted at a meeting of the
Alleghany Wild Life Club last
Friday night at the courthouse.
In the absence of the president,
Dr. C. A. Thompson, G. Glenn
Nichols, presided. On motion, a
secretary, Raymond Miles, was
unanimously elected to serve with
other officers of the club.
Several committees were ap
pointed and plans were discussed
for a fish fry at the next regular
meeting on the last Friday in Ju
ly. The committee to make an
investigation for a five-day open
season on buck deer in this coun
ty, consisted of Paul Miles, Ro
bert Edwards and A. B. Richard
son. Appointed to serve on a
committee with the president and
vice-president for planning the
fish fry were Lawrence Reeves,
Chap Edwards, Paul Sturgill and
Robert Edwards.
C. W. Higgins, of Greensboro,
and formerly of this county, was
a visitor at the meeting and said
of the club, “I know of nothing
for which I had rather spend two
dollars than a membership card
in this club.”
The Wild Life Club now has 42
members and many others are ex
pected to join at the next meet
ing. All members who have paid
their dues can get their member
ship cards at the Western Auto
'Store from Mr. Nichols, it was
poindted^^t, Officials al^o aba
ted vm/ft anyone wailed to join
the before the next meeting
«fcaO&\ Nichols would collect the
dues and present them with a
membership card.
Sgt. Andrews Is
Buried In France
Details Of Death Of Alleghany
Man In Europe Are Re
ceived Here
Mrs. Charles G. Andrews re
cently received additional infor
mation on the death of her son,
Sgt. Claude W. Andrews, who
was killed in action in France on
August 28, it was learned here
this week.
Sgt. Andrews went overseas in
December, 1943, as a radio opera
tor and repairing telephone lines.
On August 28 he was sent out to
make repairs or to lay a new line
through a battle area. The ac
tion was taking place in a wheat
field and a German shell burst
just at the edge of the foxhole
where the young Alleghany sol
dier was lying. A shell fragment
struck him in the back and when
medical aid reached him, he was
partially covered by dirt in the
foxhole. A friend who relayed
the information to his mother
reported that Sgt. Andrews died
15 minutes later at the battalion
aid station where the best possi
ble medical attention was given.
Sgt. Andrews was ouried in
the U. S. Military cemetery at St.
James, France, Plot G, Row 2,
Grave 47. Mrs. Andrews has re
ceived the Purple Heart, which
was awarded Sgt. Andrews post
umously.
He entered service in October,
1941 at Fort Bragg. He was a
graduate of Sparta hi^h school.
A Quiet July 4
Observed Here
July 4 was marked by Its quiet
ness rather than any celebration
in Alleghany, yesterday.
Most of the business houses,
banks and public offices were
closed throughout the day.
People went quietly about their
business or remained at home to
rest. Grocery stores reported ad
vance plana for picnics. A num
ber of people went to nearby
places for swimming. No acci
dents were reported during the
day.
Japan Given Heavy
Bombing; Invaders
Advance On Borneo
NEW WELFARE SUPT.
Frank M. Ledbetter, who
assumed his duties as Alle
ghany County Welfare Super
intendent here on July 2.
Ledbetter Is Now
Superintendent
Of Welfare Dept.
Mrs. Ledbetter Will Accept
Position As County Health
Nurse ,
Frank M. Ledbetter assumed
his duUa* of superintendent of
publijpwelfare of Aleghany coun
ty hdte this week, filling a vacan
cy that has existed since last fall.
In addition to a superintendent
of welfare, the county has secur
ed the services of a county health
nurse, Mrs. Frank M. Ledbetter,
who will begin her work here on
July 15.
Mr. Ledbetter, who is originally
from Graham county, has been
associated with the Montgomery
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Flower Show To
Be Held July 20
The Sparta Woman’s Club will
•hold a flower show at the com
munity building here on July 20,
at the regular monthly meeting,
Mrs. A. V. Choate, president, an
nounced this week.
The show will consist of ar
rangements of cut flowers for
various rooms and occasions, pot
ted plants, arrangements of wild
flowers, ferns and mosses and of
individual specimens, Mrs. Choate
pointed out.
It was explained that the club
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More Than 450 Planes Strike
Industrial Cities Of
Japan
Four fleets of B-29’s, totaling
between 450 and 500 planes,
struck four target cities on Hon
shu and Shikoku islands on Japan
with nearly 3,000 tons of fire
bombs in predawn darkness yes
terday.
The mission brought to 2,400
the total number of sorties flown
by planes of the 21st Bomber
Command against Japan in nine
days.
Three cities in Shikoku—Toku
shima, Takamatsu and Kochi—
were hit with fire bombs for the
first time.
The fourth city attacked was
Himeji, on Honshu, across the In
land Sea from Shikoku.
Twenty-six Japanese industrial
cities now have been fire-blitzed
by the Super Forts, which have
made 37 incendiary missions from
the Marianas.
Australian troops have seized
two major airfields near Balik
papan, Australian reports said
yesterday as Gen. Douglas MacAr
thur’s invasion forces drove with
in three-fourths of a mile of the
great Balikpapan refineries and
extended their beachhead to a six
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W. J. Bean Marls
Open This Week
Indications Are That Jhe De
mand And Prices Will Be
Better Than Ever
West Jefferson — (Special) —
The 1945 bean Reason in this
section will get underway this
week as both of the local auction
markets open. And according to
preliminary surveys, the season
should be very successful.
According to a report from the
county agent’s offiqp, ground 200,
000 bushels of beans ware sold on
the local markets last year for n
average of $1.90 per bushel, bring
ing an income of around $380,
000.00. This year, an initial sur
vey reveals that the demand as
well as the price is expected to
be equally as good. According
to farm surveys, there is a slight
increase in acreage this year.
West Jefferson has two separ
ate markets, the Ashe Bean Mar
ket, which was started after the
season opened last year, and the
Farmers’ Bean and Vegetable
Market, now going into its third
season. The Ashe Bean Market,
which is owned and operated by
R. W. Colvard and W. R. Roten,
will be offically opened today.
The Farmers’ Bean and Vegeta
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New Firestone Store On Main Street
Shown above is a front view of the new Firestone Store
which opened here recently under the ownership of Claude
Miles, Wayne Waddell and Alton Thompson. The store ia
located on Main Street next to the Alleghany Motor Co. gar
age building. (Staff Photo)
American Bombers Pay Flying Visit To Tokyo
mm
Navy bombing planes have just scored direct hits in an attack on an aircraft engine
plant, during a strike on the Tokyo area. (Official U. S. Navy Photo)
Start Hearings
On Charter On
Monday, July 9
Party Lines Expected To Be
Dropped Before Momen
tous Plan
Republicans as well as Demo
crats are expected to favor the
United Nations Charter, accord
ing to advance committments.
Hearings on the document be
gin next Monday before tlpe For
eign Relations Committee. Pres
ent plans call for winding them
up in two weeks, with the aim of
voting on the proposal by mid
August.
Senator Bushfield (R-SD) told
the Senate yesterday the Char
ter contains a half-dozen “glaring
faults,” but that he will support
it nevertheless.
“I shall support it,” he said,
“because I dare not face my sol
dier son, nor the millions of sol
dier sons throughout the world,
if I fail to do what I can to stop
the senseless, maniacal slaughter
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Crouse Resigns
As County Agent
Plans Made For Continuing
Vocational Agriculture At
Jefferson School
West Jefferson — (Special) —
At a meeting of the Ashe coun
ty board of commissioners, Mon
day, Roy H. Crouse, who has
served as county agent since Feb
ruary, 1942, offered his resigna
tion, which was accepted with
reluctance by officials and L. E.
Tuckwiller was named as his
successor. According to the
present plans, the change becomes
effective August 1.
The commissioners also voted
appropriations necessary to se
cure an assistant home demon
stration agent, who will work
with Miss Doris Whitesides.
In connection with the agri
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NEW REGULATIONS
ON OVERSEAS MAIL
Because of limited shipping
conditions and to cut down
surplus mail not requested by
men in foreign service, the U.
S. Post Office department has
anounced a special regulation
concerning new and renewal
subscriptions to newspapers.
According to the regulation,
all new or renewal subscrip
tions to this paper for men in
service out of the continental
United States, must now be
accompanied by a request
bearing the signature of the
person to whom the paper is
being sent.
The attention of subscribers
is called to this regulation.
Curb Market Off To Good
Start As Season Is Opened;
Many Women Cooperating
Local Officers
Arrest Wilkes
Man For Murder
Captured At Home Of Alf
Wagoner Here After A
Three-Day Search
Roy Osborne, of Wilkes county,
who is alledged to have shot and
killed his brother, Tom Osborne,
on Sunday, was captured here
Tuesday night by local officers
at the home of Alf Wagoner near
the Alleghany prison camp.
He was placed in the Sparta jail
and was carried back to Wilkes
boro yesterday by Sheriff C. G.
Poindexter, of Wilkes county,
where he is being held on murder
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Edward Weave!*
Listed Missing
Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Wea
ver, of Galax, Va., received a
message from the Adjutant Gen
eral of the U. S. Army last Tues
day night stating that their sec
ond son, Staff Sergeant Edward
M. Weaver, has been missing in
action over Osaka Island since
June 1.
S.-Sgt. Weaver was a radio op
erator on a B-29 Superfortress
and he had made a number of
missions to Japan from his base
on Saipan.
He entered the service on April
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Sales On Opening Day Are
Far Ahead Of Those Of
Last Year
The Roaring Gap curb market,
sponsored by the home demon
stration'club women of Allegha
ny county, got off to a good start
last Friday when sales for the
day amounted to $166.21, Mrs.
Isom Wagoner, home agent and
director of the market, announc
ed this week.
With 21 women selling on the
market, the total receipts of the
day more than tripled the first
day’s sales for last year, when
eight women sold products
amounting to $50.00. The market
started its second year of opera
tion when it opened on Friday.
Many improvements have been
made and the club women are
better prepared for operating the
market this year, Mrs. Wagoner
pointed out, stating that all those
selling wore new white uniforms
and that the tables used for dis
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PLAN BIBLE SCHOOL
FOR LIBERTY CHURCH
A Vacation Bible School and
revival will be held at Liberty
Bantist church at Whitehead be
ginning Sunday night, July 8, it
was anounced this week.
The Bible school will be under
the direction of Mrs. Gertrude
Blevins and all children between
the ages of four and sixteen are
urged to attend.
Rev. G. R. Blackburn will con
duct the revival. The public is j
cordially invited to attend each j
service.
Sgt. Richardson, Back From
Europe, Praises Mountains
“There is no place like the
mountains of Western North Car
olina,” S.-Sgt. Arzie Richardson
said over and over as he told
of his experiences with the Eighth
Air Force in the European thea
ter of operations.
S.-Sgt. Richardson, who is
spending a 30 day furlough here
before going to the Pacific, com
pleted 16 missions during his
eight and one-half months over
seas. He was stationed in Eng
land during that time and was
a tail gunner on a B-25 Liberator.
In answer to a question on his
most exciting experience, he
quickly stated “December 11 over
Frankfurt, Germany.” S.-Sgt.
Richardson recalled vividly the
crash landing made northeast of
Metz, France, after the plane had
been shot down. “It took us two
weeks to get back to our base
even though we happened to land
in allied territory.”
And while S.-Sgt. Richardson
was taking his own time about
getting back to his base, things
were happening fast back here in
the states. Out. of a clear sky his
wife, the former Miss Lucille
Wingate, received a cable saying
that he was all right and to dis
regard all messages she might re
ceive ... she received the message
a few days later, a telegram stat
ing that S.-Sgt. Richardson was
missing in action. It was all a
bit confusing, Mrs. Richardson
admitted but she knew that he
was all right after he cabled.
S.-Sgt. Richardson wears the
Air Medal, Oak Leaf Cluster and
the Unit Presidential citation for
the Liberator’s, second mission
over Hanover. He took part in
one raid over Berlin.
While in England he spent some
time with his brother, T.-Sgt.
Woodrow Richardson, who was
stationed near Hanover, Germany.
$224,000.00 Has
Been Reported;
Record Is Made
Alleghany Was Among First
In State To Surpass E
Bond Quota
Alleghany county has more
than doubled her quota of $110,
000.00 in the Seventh War Loan
Drive which ended June 30, with
more than $224,000.00 reported
by sources of sales yesterday.
A total of $90,780.00 in E bonds
was reported, putting the county
over the E bond quota of $86,000
by more than $4,000.00, officials
stated.
Of the total sales, $4,730 were
purchased by Alleghany men in
service, Chairman S. R. Nichols
reported.
Chairman Nichols again pointed
out that Alleghany county, one of
the first counties in the state to
meet the E bond quota, had made
an enviable record in overall
sales. “We are proud of this rec
ord and of the news of our coun
ty record that will go to our fight
ing men all over the world,” he
said.
It was announced that all town
ships had exceeded the quotas as
signed them.
From Whitehead township the
following sales were reported:
Mrs. Thomas H. King, $100.00
in honor of Major Thomas H.
King; $50 in honor of Robert
Bryan Fender, U. S. N. Tech.;
Thomas H. King, Jr., $100.00 in
honor of Major Thomas H. King;
Mrs. Flora Jane Taylor, $50.00
and Miss Ivazelle Taylor, $50.00.
Bible School
Program Friday
Mrs. Blevins In Charge; Pub
lic Is Cordially Invited-To
Attend
The Vacation Bible School of
the Sparta Baptist church will
present a commencement pro
gram on Friday evening, July ft
at 8:15 o’clock with a large num
ber of students taking part, Mrs.
Gertrude Blevins announced yes
terday.
The program will open with a
devotional service by Susie Stur
divant which will be followed by
a welcome by Eugenia Hickerson.
A song, “Onward Christian Sol
diers” by the entire group will
follow.
Highlighting the program will
be a Professor Quiz contest with
Jr. Caldwell acting as the Pro
fessor. He will be introduced by
Ralph Ivey. A special duet will
be rendered by Robert Fox and
Terrel Johnson.
A short playlet, “The Way of
the Cross,” written by Mrs. Blev
ins, will climax the program. The
following students will present
the playlet: Sara Ann Hicker
son, Norma Jean Edwards, Geor
gia Wagoner, Emmalee Mitchell,
Edith Mae Hampton and Marjorie
Truitt.
J.VXX5. JDievins diiuuuntru mat
the attendance had been excel
lent with 101 enrolled in the class
es. Teachers are as follows: Mrs.
James Hoppers, primary; Mrs.
Walter Johnson, beginners; Miss
Lessie Goodman, junior girls;
Rev. Brice Barton, junior boys;
Miss Edna Edwards, intermediate
girls and Mrs. Blevins, intermedi
ate boys.
Sgt. Richardson
Home On Furlough
S.-Sgt. Earl Richardson has ar
rived in this country from Eng
land where he has been serving
with Doolittle’s Eighth Air Force
since last November and is spend
ing a furlough at his home. S.
Sgt. Richardson, an armed gun
ner on a B-24, completed his tour
of missions, which included tar
gets over oil refineries, railway
yards, ammunition dumps and
some tactical missions in direct
support of the ground forces in
the “Battle of the Bulge” in De
cember. He has the Presidential
citation, the Air Medal with three
battle stars and the good conduct
medal. After a thirty-day fur
lough, S.-Sgt. Richardson will re
port for reassignment at
Falls, S. D. __ __
Ethelyn E. Richardson, of 1
head.