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• 5 # This column is devoted to news of men serving their country. Such news is solicited from parents and friends of these men. Major Cla»a»w6JP^®j<*; .who Is stationed in the Adjutant Gen king, China, was promoted to his present rank .0n.«sA3«SHStCiWi: He has been overseas ^ months, 13 •td which he spent,, in th,g India- i Burma-China theater bf opera tions. Major T'ei'Qf dsjsfTlative of Chicago, 111., and has been in the army for nine years. He is mar- : srted to the foftrtttrlfisig'EdHh Ri-1 *oti, of Sparts^vJwo jjSjrSakpj her I home with her parents^1Mf.'“and Mrs. Ed Rizoti, here, while her husband is oV$$«ts. He, Roy Greene is spending a i 30-day furlough-w,|fh'Mfe^harents, | Mr. and Mrs. Strati1 En-1 nice He has oeen a patient in the Richmond Veteran’s hospital. Wt. Greene was wounded in ac- I tion in Germany on November 35 and saw acfiorf'mTT'Snce; Bel- j gium and Germany. He was one Of the first men from Alleghany County to voly&te|f'fbr‘fs£ivice. We. Willard Billings, who re cently returned from overseas duty, is spending a furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hillery j Billings at Stratford. oral’s office. yf_th Foret Head^uSrte: Air ing Pvt. Howard Dean Williams has returned to Camp Gordon, Ga„ after spending a furlough with his parents, Rev. and Mrs. Ben Williams of Peden. Lewis Rector, son of Robert Rector, of Stratford, arrived on Sunday from Camp Shelby, Miss., where he has been receiving treatment for several months. He has been discharged from mil itary service. Sgt. William Everett Evans, U. S. Marines, writes his mother, Mrs. Henry Evans, of Whitehead, that he expects to be back on du ty at the Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Washington, D. C., soon, after spending the past four weeks at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., where he has been receiving treatment. Sgt. Evans has been in service since March, 1942, and took train ing at Parris Island, S. C. TRANSPORTATION HEAD VISITS COUNTY WED. Delphos J. Dark, of the Trans portation Division of the state department of Education, was in the county, yesterday, inspecting and checking and making surveys of various bus and contract trans portation routes throughout the county. Recapping News We Now Have Grade “A” Rubber for all Passenger Car Recapping. Have you tires inspected and recapped today with Grade “A” Rubber. Don’t let your tires get too thin. •'r- : hi; -v • i ELECTROCAP 'TftaeUn# &Uc#Uc r?< MECHANICAL PERFECTION |with iv-to-dat* EQUIPMENT ft iJjOL/n'.- 1 ' j FINEST MATERIALS q ■A5. juowi Mne&i M* W m Dm rid«Mlb 4 ymu Mcm ... "SUctaoc«f^| i la jomx 9UN*In ol Mriy mil— of miiaUriina I Americans Celebrate Japan’s Defeat Typical of celebrating crowds fronv California to Maine is this crowd in Detroit, which turned out when President Truman announced that the war with Japan had been brought to a successful conclusion. SOUTHERN STATES CO-OP WILL HOLD MEET (Continued from Page One) questions asked by members of the audience. A committee, headed by Miss Eula Kennedy, of Mouth of Wil son, is making plans for a Feed Bag Style show which will be open to three classes of contest ants—juniors, misses, and women. Participants will model dresses which they have made from Southern States feed bags, either plain or figured or a combination of the two. Prizes will be award ed in this competition. Judges will be Mrs. Joe B. Cox, chair man; and Mrs. Victor Phipps, Mouth of Wilson, and Mrs. Harry Young, Stratford. Successors to the two retiring members of the Advisory board and the two retiring members of the Farm Home Advisory com mittee will be elected. Nominees for the board vacancies are Gar nett Phipps and J. R. Walls, of Mouth of Wilson; Carl Brown and Harry Young, Stratford. Nomin ated for the Farm Home Advisory committee are: Mrs. V. B. Phipps, Piney Creek, and Mrs. Joe B. Cox, Mrs. Dorothy Cox and Miss Marye Kennedy, Mouth of Wilson. Ad ditions to these slates will be called for at the meeting. With Clifton Evans of Sparta, in charge, string music will be furnished by Sparta entertainers. The social period will include re freshments and contests with prizes. SCHOOL LAW CITED BY SUPT. FIELDS (Continued from Page One) State shall not be required to pro vide transportation for children living within one and one-half miles of the school in which pro vision for their instruction has been made. Provision amended to section 115-376 Bus Routes by General Assembly, 1945. Provided further, that no chil dren shall be transported except to the school to which said child is assigned by the County Board of Education, or by the State Board of Education under the provision of Section 115-352.” Sgt. Collins Is Honored Here Mrs. M. A. Jones and Mrs. Peter Dexter Johnson recently entertained at a dinner party in honor of Mrs. Jones’ nephew, Sgt. Bill Collins, who recently returned from duty overseas. Guests, in addition to the hon oree, included: Mrs. R. P. Smith, Misses Donna and Cleo Jones, of Norfolk, Va., and Wilmington; Mrs. Ruth Choate and Miss Bet ty Ann Miller. TRIBUTES ARE PAID RUFUS A. DOUGHTON (Continued from Page One) has lived in North Carolina a man in any age of this state that has touched it at more places, that has done more to promote its progress, than our deceased friend who has just left us. I have come today to proclaim him as the most unselfish man that ever entered the arena of public service in this coramonweath.” “Here is a life ninety years in length, full of great achievements, He has left a heritage to his chil dren and his grandchildren more valuable than silver and gold.” The number of persons undei 29 years old who are drowned each year is the equivalent of the normal completion of 30 U. S. Navy destroyers, according to the National Safety Council. | If a tomato plant gives a good average yield of 6 pounds to to matoes, this will be enough to can about 3 quart jars of toma toes. On the average, 9 to 10 plants will yield a bushel of to matoes—enough for putting up 15 to 20 quarts of tomatoes. Holbrook To Be Tried Saturday Released Under $500 Bond In Connection With Shooting Of Leff Maines Odell Holbrook, 28, of Cherry Lane, was released under a $500 bond for hearing on Saturday, in connection with the shooting of Leff Maines, 30, of Glade Valley at the Holbrook home on Sunday afternoon, officers said this week. Maines, who was standing near Holbrook when the shot was fir ed, escaped injury as the charge glanced his hip, shooting a hole | in the pocket of his trousers sd that a knife and keys dropped to the ground. Officers investigating the acci dent stated that both men had been drinking and that from in- I formation secured it appeared that i two Holbrook brothers, Odell and Charlie, were having a dispute when Odell shot at Maines. The trial, which is scheduled; for Saturday morning, will be heard before justice of the peace G. Glenn Nichols. No other raw material furnish- j es employment and a livelihood to so many of the nation’s popu lation as cotton. A small amount of soda can shorten the cooking time of green W. L. Cox Faffitty ■ Enjoys Reunion Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Cox. of Sparta, recently enjoyed ft ffimi ly reunion at their home when all the children were together fof peas about half without loss of vitamins. Use only a pinch. the first time in five years. Those present included: Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Cox, of Downing town, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. Homer Reeves and children, Kenneth, Laurene, Dennis and Ina Jean; Mr. and Mrs. Claude Farmer and son, Roger; Mr. and Mrs. Brady Farmer and sons, George Ed, Roy Dean and Lewis, and Miss John sie Cox, all of Sparta. Wanted At Once 2 Barbers ATTRACTIVE OFFER Apply In Person Hermon E. Haire City Barber Shop WEST JEFFERSON, N. C. WELL DONE, BOYS! Uncle Sam gives you a hearty salute . . . and hopes you can feel the pressure of millions of other grateful Americans’ hands in that grasp. Our pride in you is matched only hy our pride in the Freedoms for which you so courageously fought. Your lot has been deadly, bloody battle . . . calling for unsurpassed valor and Stamina. The gratitude due you can be seen in the happy faces of the shackled peoples you have freed ... in the hope you have reborn in the hearts of all liberty* loving men. Let us remember on this day of celebration to offer reverent thanksgiving to the Lord for Vic tory. Let us seek His blessing in our house of worship and in our homes for the great work which still lies before us. Let us, in the words of Abraham Lincoln, “strive on to finish the work we are in, to bhuf up the nation’s wounds, to eare for him who shall have bone the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.*' a, N. CAROLINA
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