The Alleghany News
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Alleghany County Is . . .
Outstanding Livestock, Agri
culture and Tourist Center,
With A Population of 8,341.
VOLUME 56, NO. 49
$1.50 a Year ^in Alleghany County
SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA
$2.00 a Year Out of County
THURSDAY, AUG. 23, 1945
Thousands Will Enter County Schools Next Week
New Pastor To
Take Up Duties
Here This Week
Rev. F. G. Walker To Fill
Vacancy At First Baptist
Church
Rev. F. G. Walker is expected
to arrive here soon to take up his
duties as pastor of the Sparta
First Baptist church, it was an
nounced this w,eek.
Rev. Mr. Walker comes from
Chesnee, S. C.( where he has
served as pastor of the First Bap
tist church there for the past sev
eral years. A native of Cleve
land county, near Shelby, he hias
been in the ministry for the past
22 years, having served in three
different churches during that
time. .
The new Baptist minister i3 a
graduate of Wake Forest College
and studied for two years in the
Louisville Seminary, Louisville,
Kentucky.
Rev. Mr. Walker has two chil
dren, Guy, Jr., 12, and Helen, 15.
Mrs. Waker has been elected to
teach in the elementary depart
mnt of Sparta High School and is
expected to begin her duties
there when school opens on Mon
day.
Since Rev. Richard L. West’s
resignation in May, the Sparta
Baptist Church has had no regular
pastor.
Rev. Mr. Walker is ill at his
home in Chesnee at the present
and he is not expected to be here
to conduct services this Sunday.
Searchers Find
Prison Inmate
Brannock, Prisoner, Failed To
Return After Going For I
" Water
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Freedom but for an hour has
its burdens as well as its virtues,
Jay Brannock, 18, inmate of the
Alleghany prison camp discovered
this week as he trudged along in
the shackles he was forced to'
wear for his attempted prison j
break.
Brannock, a trustee from Wins
ton-Salem, who had served 10
months of a two-year sentence for.
larceny, had gone for water where *
a group of prisoners were work
ing on Roaring Gap mountain,
and failed to return.
Searching parties were sent out
and he was picked up near Trap
Hill about two hours later by
Wayne Hoppers and Elmer Joines,
employees of the State Highway
department here.
Brannock will be tried for his
escape in the fall term of superior
court here, prison officials stated.
Low Priced Shoes
Off Ration List
Information has been received
here this week by the War Price
and Rationing Board that the ra
tion release on low priced shoes
for both men and women retailing
at not more han $3.50 per pair,
became effective on August 17
to run through September 29.
This release had been formerly
announced for the dates of Au
gust 27 through October 13 but
was changed due to the fact, that
it was determined that dealers
had heavy stocks of low priced
yhite shoes, it was announced.
Pfc. Pollard Is
Honored Sunday
A number of friends and neigh
bors gathered at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. C. G. Pollard last Sun
day when their son, Pfc. James
D. Pollard, was honored at din
ner.
«.* More than 56 guests, including
Rev. A. K. Taylor, Rev. Lon Bil
lings, Rev. W. C. Edwards and
Rev. William Hamm, enjoyed the
afternoon.
Pfc. Pollard, who has spent 16
months overseas, saw action in
France, Belgium and Germany.
He will return to Fort Bragg to
day after spending a 30-day fur
lough here with his parents. The
young soldier wears the ETO rib
bon, three battle stars, good con
duet ribbon and combat infantry
^ man’s badge.
Pfc. Roy Brooks Wins Essay
Contest In Army Newspaper;
Prize Is 7-Day Pass To Paris
AWARDED SILVER STAR
Cpl. Frank Osborne was re
cently awarded the Silver
Star for bravery in action.
Southern States
Co-op Will Meet
Annual Meeting To Be Held
At Carl Kennedy’s Store
Tuesday Evening
The farming public is invited
to the annual meeting of members
jf Southern States Cooperative
in the Mouth of Wilson, Va., sec
tion to be held in Carl Kennedy’s
store at Turkey Knob, Tuesday
evening, August 28, at 8 o’clock.
The objectives of the meeting
will be outlined by Joe B. Cox,
af Mouth of Wilson, who will
preside. The invocation will be
given by Rev. Brice Barton, of!
Sparta, and group singing will be !
led by Mrs. Osco Ward, of Mouth
af Wilson. District Manager G. i
A. Roberts, of Wytheville, will j
present the “Annual Report of:
Southern States Cooperative” and;
show the sound movie, “Endless
Acres.” A report on the coop
erative program conducted local
ly last year will be given by Carl
Kennedy, Mouth of Wilson. E.
C. Minnich, of Piney Creek, and
Mrs. Flora Dutton, of Mouth of
Wilson, will talk on “The Neces
sity for Farm Cooperatives” and
“Women’s Part in Farm Coopera
tives,” respectively. Mr. Cox will
conduct an open discussion of
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Will Hold School
For Bus Drivers
A school for bus drivers will
be held Saturday morning at 9
o’clock at Sparta high school,
Supt. Clyde Fields announced to
day.
All persons interested in driving
buses or substituting at any time
during this year, are urged to at
tend the school and get driver’s
permits, she pointed out.
Alleghany Soldier Wins Con
test On, “Is America Really
Different”
He may have had to go to Czech
oslavakia to discover it, but Pfc.
Roy L. Brooks, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Brooks, of Glade Val
ley has proven himself a writer.
At the army post in Cheb,
Czechoslovakia, where Private
First Class Brooks is stationed, a
small memographed newspaper,
“The Fox News” is published
weekly. The paper recently con
ducted an essay contest and much |
to his surprise the fellows waked |
him up one afternoon to tell him''
that he had won, and that his es-1
say would be published.
About the prize, a seven-day
pass to Paris, Pfc. Brooks neglect
ed to mention.
His essay, “Is America Really
Different,” follows:
“As the army takes me from
one little European country to
another, I often find my thoughts
going back to school. I remem
ber the teacher giving the history
of all the different countries and
I recall the long fascinating stor
ies authors wrote about, the ways j
and customs of their people, and
you could always expect him to
attribute one or more outstanding
facts, or qualities to each coun
try.
For example, the beautiful
mountains of Switzerland, or the
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R. C. Chairman
Resigns Post Here
Mrs. Duncan' Resigns After
Three Years Of Service j
In The Red Cross
Mrs. Edwin Duncan, who for
the past three years has served
home service chairman of the
American Red Cross, this week
offered her resignation.
Mrs. Duncan has rendered a
great service to the county and Jo
the men in service and their fam
ilies, it was pointed out.
“It is with regret that we ac
cept this resignation and we wish
to take this opportunity to com
mend Mrs. Duncan for a job well
done,” T. R. Burgiss, chairman of
the Alleghany chapter of the
American Red Cross, said.
Mr. Burgiss pointed out that
with the end of the war, the de
mands of the home service chair
man will increase. The large
number of casualties and discharg
es will result in new requests for
assistance in claims and bene
fits, it was explained.
To date no person has been se
cured to fill the vacancy left by
the resignation of Mrs. Duncan,
but an appointment is expected
to be made in the near future.
Mr. Burgiss explained that a
meeting of the executive commit
tee of the county organization of
Red Cross will be held within the
next few weeks and that various
changes are expected to be made
in the setup.
Expect Rationing Of Shoes
Will End Within Two Months
Washington — Shoe rationing
is expected to end in two months
at the outside and may be lifted
within two weeks, it was disclosed
this week.
This prospect that still another
civilian necessity soon may drop
from the ration list came as the
nation enjoyed its first Sunday
driving since early in the war.
"Fill ’er up” was the watchword
as hundreds of thousands motored
to beaches, mountains and other
kmg-unattainable retreats.
Highways were jammed for the
first time in three years.
A survey of War Production
Board and OPA officials showed
that the end of shoe rationing is
not far off. Completion of sup
ply and production statistics ap
parently is the only thing dalay
ng it As one WPB official said:
“It's no pleasure to ration shoes
when everything else is going off
the ration list"
Shoes and food rationing are
among the few home front re
strictions that reihain after the
wholesale dropping of controls
that followed the Japanese sur
render. Government set-aside
purchases of beef, veal and ham
already have been suspended, and
meat rationing flMJr end this Fall.
Prospects are less bright, how
ever, for an early return to nor
mal train travel. A spokesman
for the Office of Defense Trans
portation said that restrictions on
short-run Pullman trips will re
main indefinitely. In consider
ing all aspects of the railroad pic
ture, he said, civilian conveni
ence must continue to be sub
ordinate to army and navy re
quirements.
"The war has been over six
days,” he said, “but for a lot of
people it woh’t be over for a year
and a halt"
Grandson Of. Mrs.
Rector Awarded
DFC, Air Medal
Flight Officer Claude Galyean
Given Coveted Award In
India
F.-O. Claude A. Galyean, co
pilot, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Galyean, of Galax, and grandson
of Mrs. W. T. Rector, of Sparta,
has been awarded a. Distinguish
ed Flying Cross and Air Medal,
it was announced by Brigadier
General William H. Turner, com
manding general of the India
China Division, Air Transport
Command.
The Flying Cross award was
made up on completion of 300
hours of operational flight in
transport aircraft over the dan
gerous and difficult India-China
air routes, where enemy inter
ception and attack was probable
and expected.
The air trail over the Hump,
famed route through the tower
ing peaks of the Himalaya Moun
tains, blazed by the Air Trans
port Command, is recognized by
airmen as the world’s toughest.
Today, the Hump route is the
main lifestream of vital military
supplies for the Allied forces
fighting the Japanese in China.
The citation accompanying the
awards, adds:
“Flying at night as well as by
day, at high altitudes over im
passable, mountainous terrain
through areas characterized by
extremely treacherous weather
conditions necessitating long peri
ods of operations on instruments
. . . requiring courageous and su
perior performance of his duties
to overcome, he accomplished his
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TO GIVE REPORT
G. A. Roberts, of Wythe
ville, Va., district manager of
the Southern States Coopera
tive, who will present the an
nual report at the meeting at
Turkey Knob, Tuesday.
Nylon Hose Are
To Be Expected
By Thanksgiving
Washington — Nylon and ray
on were given back to the ladies
this week and nylon stockings
may be on sale by Thanksgiving.
Both fabrics were freed of all
controls except for one technical
ity blocking the immediate use of
nylon for hosiery. War Produc
tion Board officials said this for
mality will be ironed out prompt
ly and that nylon stockings should
reach store shelves by Thanks
giving, or by Christmas at the
latest
Nylon can be used immediately
for slips, blouses, shirts and oth
er garments. Rayon can be used
for anything.
WPB said it prodabiy will be
several months before there is
enough nylon to fill the demand,
but when factories get going they
are expected to turn out stockings
in unprecedented volume. Be
fore the war, about 8,000,000
pounds of nylon were produced
annually, principally for hosiery.
The totgl now is three times as
high, and*hlmost all of it will go
into civilian markets, ft takes
a pound and a quarter of nylon
to make a dozen pairs of stock
ings. 7..
R. A. Doughton, Noted N. C.
Leader Who Died Here On
Friday, Was Buried Sunday
Had Long Record Of Public!
Service Which Began In
1887
Funeral service was held at the
residence in Sparta, Sunday
morning, for R. A. Doughton, 89,
distinguished North Carolina cit
izen, who died suddenly at his
home there on Friday morning.
The Rev. C. R. Allison, pastor
of the Sparta Methodist church,
was in charge of the service. He
was assisted by the Rev. E. W.
Thompson, pastor of the Presby
terian church; Dr. D. D. Weaver,
superintendent of the Elkin Hos
pital; Dr. B. B. Dougherty, presi
dent of Appalachian State Teach
ers’ College; and Hon. Josephus
Daniels, publisher of the Raleigh
News and Observer, a lifelong
friend of the deceased.
Both Mr. Daniels and Dr.
Dougherty reviewed his long
career of public service and his
valuable contributions to his
county, state, and nation.
Thousands of people gathered
in the yard to pay tribute in
death to the man they had known
and loved in life. A large group
of N. C. attorneys, including sev
eral judges, sat in a body as did
a number of former members of
the State Highway Commission.
At the close of the service, the
body was taken to Shiloh ceme
tery for burial. Nephews of the
deceased acted as pallbearers.
“Governor” Doughton, as he
was known to most people, had
been in declining health for
some time, but he had eaten
breakfast as usual and was read
ing the morning paper when he
was suddenly stricken. His death j
ended a long and successful ca-|
reer in public life as well as a
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Grocery To Open
In New Building
Apartments To Be Built Over
Store; To Open Within
60 Days
A new Mick or Mack grocery
store will be opened in the build
ing which is under construction
between the Sparta Garage and
the Western Auto and Associate
Store here on Main Street, it was
announced this week.
The store will be operated and
managed by C. R. Roe, Cary
Brown and Gaither Evans, it was
pointed out, and is expected to be
opened within the next 60 days.
The two-story building, which
is owned by C. R. Roe and Clen
nel Richardson, will house the
grocery store on the first floor and
on the second floor there will be
two six-room apartments with
two office rooms at the front.
Mr. Richardson, who is super
vising the construction, said this
week that the building would be
heated and that both the store and
apartments would be modern in
design.
BURIED ON SUNDAY
R. A. Doughton, who was 1
buried at Shiloh on Sunday
following his sudden death,
Friday.
School Law Cited
By Supt. Fields
Elementary Children Must
Attend Schools Nearest
* Them 1
i
Miss Clyde Fields, superinten- j-'
dent of schools, announced this
week that due to transportation,
difficulties and crowded condi- j.
tions of the larger consolidated j
schools, that all parents are re
quested to have elementary chil
dren to attend the elementary
schools nearest them.
“If a child is riding a bus, and
that bus passes an elementary
school, the child must attend that ,
school rather than ride in to a
consolidated school,” she stated.
Miss Fields cited the state
school law. which reads:
“State School Law. Section
115-376 Bus Routes—Provide the
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Trucks Issued
To This Section
Alleghany and Ashe are among
the 56 North Carolina counties to
be issued 150 trucks by the Sur
plus Property Board.
The trucks, size one and one
half tons, have been issued to
farm areas in North Carolina to
help “offset threatened impair
ment of farm production due to
shortages of rail transportation
and automotive facilities.”
The trucks will be sold through
the office of the Surplus Proper
ties Board, Department of Com
merce, directly to dealers in the
farm area for resale exclusively
to farmers and farmers co-opera
tives holding triple A cards.
Dealers will be sent detailed in
formation immediately.
Tributes Paid Gov. Doughton
’By Prominent Men Of State
Many tributes have been paid
to the late Hon. Rufus A. Dough
ton since his death here last Fri
day morning.
Expressing a personal feeling
of loss, Governor Cherry said
that, “in the death of Rufus A.
Doughton, North Carolina has
suffered toe loss of one of its
grandest old men.”
Governor Cherry continued:
“His service was not confinjed to
legislative halls. As a member
and chairman of toe State High
way commission, and as commis
sioner of revenue, he helped to
chart the early course of these
important agencies.”
| “Ripe in years, filled with
fruitful service, he died in his
89th year. His face and person
ality will be missed, but his in
fluence is a continuing factor for
progress in toe state he loved and
served so well.”
In tribute to Governor Dough
ton, Josephus Daniels, former edi
tor of toe Charlotte Observer and
United States ambassador to Mex
ico, said:
“If you would know the history
of Rufus Doughton, look about
you. For half a century almost,
the statutes of North Carolina
were largely in his handwriting.
No man of our time has impressed
himself so much uffon the legis
lation of this state as the good
man whose passing leaves a void
that cannot be filled.”
“We have been honored in
North Carolina and benefitted in
these years by men of vision and
statesmanship, but I think that
in practical wisdom, in sound
judgment, in modesty and great
ness, Rufus Doughton was first
among the foremost.”
Dr. B. B. Dougherty, president
of Appalachian State Teacher’s
College, Boone, and close per
sonal friend of Gov. Doughton,
said of him:
“I doubt—and I measure my
words when I say it ... if there
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Plans Heady For
School Opening
Monday Morning
Only One Vacancy; Principals
To Meet Teachers Friday
Afternoon
Thousands of school children
ivill go back to school in Alle
ghany county on Monday, August
57, when all of the county’s 21
schools will open for the 1945-46
school year.
Special opening exercises have
>een planned at most of the
schools on Monday morning,
"tev. F. G. Walker, new pastor of
he Sparta Baptist church, is ex
acted to be the guest speaker at
Jparta high school, Principal C.
t. Roe announced. Piney Creek
vill also have a guest speaker,
Principal Robert Page Edwards
>ointed out. All school patrons
ind friends are cordially invited
o attend the schools on the open
ng day, it was explained.
All of the teaching positions
lave been filled with the excep
;ion of one in the high school
lepartment at Piney Creek, and
t is hoped that it will be filled
jy Monday morning, school au
thorities pointed out.
Miss Clyde Fields, superinten
lent of schools, announced that
julletins setting forth the aims,
ibjectives and plans for the school
fear had been sent out to all
;eachers. She explained that due
;o the fact that a general teach
es’ meeting was held here Au
;ust 14, the first county-wide
neeting will be postponed until
iarly in September at which time
lotices will be sent to all teach
■rs.
Mr. Roe announced that a meet
ng of Sparta teachers will be
leld Friday afternoon at 1:30 o'
clock at the high school building,
vhile Mr, Edwards will meet the
^iney Creek teachers on Friday •
it one o’clock at the high school.
Miss Fields stated that lunch
■ooms at Piney Creek and Sparta
yill not be able to open on Mon
lay as hed previously been plan
information from Raleigh re
pealed there are to be a number
>f changes in operation of lunch
■ooms and it was advised that
sparta and Piney Creek postpone
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Hearing On Sat.
For Whitaker
Arrested For Drunkenness
And Attempting To Enter
Hooper Home
Ed Whitaker, of Sparta, was ar
rested here Sunday morning by
local officers for public drunk
enness and for attempting to en
ter the home of W. O. Hooper
here.
Whitaker, who has been arrest
ed on numerous charges during
the past two years, was released
on bond with hearing scheduled
for Saturday morning before G.
Glenn Nichols.
Bill Billings, 15, was tried in
the Alleghany county juvenile
court before S. O. Gambill here
this week on charges of wreck
less driving, which resulted in
wrecking a truck at the Little
River bridge just outside the city
limits more than four weeks ago.
Young Billings’ driver’s license
was suspended for a period of six
months and he was ordered to pay
the cost of the trial.
Bledsoe To Open
New Plant Here