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PRESS RUN — 2,025 Net Paid 1,7*4 Covers Alleghany The Alleghany News Alleghany County Is . . . Outstanding Livestock, Agri culture and Tourist Center, With A Population of 8,341. AND STAR-TIMES— (CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941) —ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. VOLUME 56, NO. 49 $1.50 a Year in ATIeghanv Countv SPARTA. NORTH CAROLINA §2.00 a Year Out of County THURSDAY, AUG. 30, 1945 Missionary Baptist Association Meets Next Week 147th Session Of Mountain Ass’n ^ To Open Friday Hundreds Expected To Attend Annual Primitive Baptist Association Here The one hundred and forty seventh annual session of the Mountain Primitive Baptist As sociation will convene here Fri day morning at 11 o’clock at Lit tle River church, for a three-day meeting. Hundreds of visitors from North Carolina and other states are ex pected to attend the association. Eld. S. B. Roberts, of Galax, Va., is moderator; J. M. Rector, of Galax, clerk; and Lon M. Reeves, Sparta, assistant clerk. The business session of the three-day meeting will be held on Friday morning at the church when the introductory sermon will be delivered. An afternoon session will also be held. The as sociation will convene at 10 o’ clock on both Saturday and Sun day mornings and at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoons, it was pointed out. Lunch will be served on the grounds Friday, Saturday and Sunday. A number of visiting elders are expected to be present for the meeting, among them: Elds. Geo. Denny, Pilot Mountain; J. A. Fagg, Winston-Salem; Watt Tut tle, Danbury; D. P. Broadway, Salisbury; Eugene Nichols, Beck ley, W. Va.; J. D. Vass, of Hills ville, Va., past moderator of the association; Ed Davis, Whitetop, Va.; Joel E. Marshall, Stuart, Va.; J. Harris, from the New River Association; and J. I. Bowling, Beckley, W. Va. (Continued on Page Four) Alleghany M On Expedition Cayse Presnell On Perilous Journey Down, “River Of No Return” With nine other United States engineers. Cayse Presnell, son of Eld. and Mrs. ,A. L. Presnell, of Sparta, is a member of an expedi tion on a perilous voyage down the Soloman “River of No Re turn,” which has been traveled by no more than a dozen people in all history and is located in the most primitive area of Idaho. The largest group ever to trav el down the river was the Na tional Geographic Society who made the trip in 1936. It was then classed as the wildest boat ride in America. Lt. Commander Hicks, of Ten nessee, heads the party now on the voyage and he states that when they arrive in Riggins, Idaho, in October or November that it will be the first trip ever made in this area by any type of engineers. Young Presnell has for the past two months been employed by the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey at Salmon, Idaho, and Lewiston, Oregon. For the past two years he has been a student at Berry College, Mount Berry, Ga. Lee Roy Holcomb Is Given Sentence “Knocking op the jail house door,” may be just a song to some people, but Lee Roy Holcpmb, of Fries, Va., felt this week that per haps he h«d learned the words too well. Holcomb, who, according to re ports from local officers, was “slightly intoxicated” Saturday night, was standing outside the filling station owned by Mack At wood at Twin Oaks, when Glenn Richardson, deputy sheriff and town marshal, drove up. Hol eomb walked up to the car and was asked where he was from and how he got to Twin Oaks, to which he is reported to have re plied, “I walked from Fries, Va., and if you don’t like it you know what you can do.” The intoxicated man waked up in the Sparta jail on Sunday % morning and after a trial before B. F. Wagoner, Was fined $10.00 and cost, which he was not able to pay. He was then sentenced to 30 days on the public roads, a tfrm which he is now serving, i Bradley Takes Over Vets Bureau Gen. Omar Bradley shownas he was sworn in as Veterans’ administrator, succeeding Brig. Gen. Frank Hines. Bradley, who commanded the U. S. 12th army group in Europe, was appointed by President Truman shortly after V-E Day. 27 Alleghany Men Lost Their Lives In World War II; Many Others Have Been Wounded All Branches Of Service Are Represented; Many Women Also Take Part Nearly four years of war took a heavy toll of Alleghany county men, with records to date show ing a total of 27 killed in action, died from wounds received in ac tion or other incidents related to war. In all branches of the service, Alleghany county men and women have made outstanding records lives, for their county „«-■ meir nation. Given here is a list of the war dead as published in this paper. If there are others omitted, this paper will be glad to have them sent in so that the complete list may be published. S.-Sgt. Charles Clinton LaRue, son of Mrs. Flora LaRue, of Pin ey Creek, was accidentally killed near Camp Rucker, Ala., on De cember 8, 1942. Issue, December 24, 1942. Apprentice Seaman Howard Joines, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Joines, of Stratford, died from pneumonia and meningitis at the Great Lakes Naval Hospital, Au gust 21, 1943. Issue, Aug. 26, 1943. Pfc. Romey E. Lowe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Haston Lowe, of Galax, Rt. 1, in Alleghany county, was killed in action in North Africa, July 29, 1943. Issue, Oct. 14, 1943. T-5 Cpl. Walter Woodrow Blev (Continued on Page 4) Baptist Pastor Arrives Here Rev. F. G. Walker arrived here yesterday and will preach his first sermon as pastor at the Bap tist church Sunday morning at 11:00 o’clock, it was announced. Mrs. Walker will assume her duties as a member of the faculty of Sparta high school on Monday, it was pointed out. Rev. and Mrs. Walker come from Chesnee, S. C., where he has served as pastor for the past sev eral years. Hon. R. F. Crouse To Address Wild life Club Friday I Ladies Invited To Be Special Guests At Meet; All Mem bers l To Attend ] Hon. R. F. Crouse, chairman of the North Carolina Game and Fish 1 Commission and Lt. Commander Thurmond Chatham, of the U. S. Navy, will be the principal speak ers at the meeting of the Alle ghany Wildlife club at the court house here on Friday at 8:30 p. m., it was announced this week. Ladies have been especially in vited to attend the meeting and it was pointed out that the club will now accept ladies into mem bership. | Dr. C. A. Thompson, president, ! urged that all members be pres ent and stated that membership to the club was still open to those who would like to join. ! Raymond Miles is secretary and (Charlie Edwards, treasurer. Give Final Date - For Lime Orders September 29 has been set for the closing date for accepting ! limestone orders at the AAA of fice, C. G. Collins, chairman of Alleghany AAA committee, an nounced this week. Anyone who hasn’t placed their orders for fall delivery should do so immediately. This closing date was set in order to eliminate [having to cancel a great number 1 of orders taken so late in the year that the contractor could not make 'delivery before it is too late for | spreading, Mr. Collins said. Communion service will be held at Osborne Memorial Bap tist church on Sunday morning, [September 2, at 11 a. m„ with Rev. E. B. Barton in charge, it was announced this week. The public is cordially invited to attend the service. Work Carried On Through United War Fund Is Needed Belief was expressed here by Leff Jolnes, chairman of the Alleghany .United War Fund, that the work of the National War Fund will have to continue for at least one year after V-J Day. President Truman has given two reasons, Mr. Joines said, why the world-wlae caucus sup ported through the National War Fund should be carried on with an undiminished sense of responsi bility. In his radio address on the night of August S, the Pres ident said: “Victory in a great war is not something you can win once and for all, like victory in a ball game. Victory in a great war is some thing that must be won and kept won. It can be loot after you have won it—if you are careless hr‘.negligent or indifferent . . . Europe today is hungry ... as winter comes oh the distress will increase. Unless we do what we can to help we may lose next winter what we won at such ter rible cost last spring. Desperate men are liable to destroy the structure of their society to find some substitute for hope . . . We must help to the limit of our strength. And we will.” “I think all would agree,” said Mr. Joines, ‘‘that the private relief agencies of the National War Fund have a task to do that is indispensable and unique in carrying to those who have suf fered most a timely expression of (Continued on rage fburt County Schools Opened Monday; Good Attendance All Teaching Positions Filled; Opening Exercises Are Held All schools throughout Alle ghany county opened on Monday morning with a total enrollment far exceeding that of last year, according to all reports and with every teaching position filled, Supt. Clyde Fields said yester day. Opening exercises were held in most of the schools with a large number of visitors present, it was pointed out. Rev, C, W. Ervin spoke to the Sparta students, on “The Value of Learning.” A special vocal selection, “The Gospel Train Am Cornin’ ” was rendered by Miss Emogene Choate and Mrs. Tom Noland. Some changes were made in the teaching positions throughout the county. A revised list of these teachers will be published next week. ON WAY TO TOKYO Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wain wright, who was released from a Jap prison after an ordeal lasting three years and three months, is now on the way to Tokyo for the signing of the official surrender. Stores Will Be Closed Monday For Labor Day All business houses and public offices in Sparta and throughout the county will be closed on Mon day in observance of Labor Day, it was announced this week. A number of people expect to observe this last holiday of the summer fishing, picnicing or stay ing home for a day of rest. The Alleghany county commis sioners, who were scheduled to meet on the first Monday, will postpone their meeting until Tuesday, it was pointed out. The schools throughout the county will remain open as usual. The Northwestern Bank will be closed, it was announced. The B. and T. Drug Company will ob serve Sunday hours of one to five o’clock and the Sparta Bus Terminal will be open only for buses. (Continued on Page 4) Edwards Rites Held Saturday Funeral service for Miss Flora Edwards, 73, of the Vox com munity, was held Saturday at the Glade Creek church with Elders Mac Tedder and W. H. Handy, of ficiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Miss Edwards died at the home of her sister, Mrs. W. M. Moxley, of the Vox community on Thurs day, August 23. She had been in ill health for several months. She had been a member of the Glade Creek church for the past 52 years. The daughter of the late Creed and Elizabeth Edwards, of Hook er, she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. N. McKnight and Mrs. W. M. Moxley and several neicea and nephews. Pallbearers and flower girls were nephews and neices of the deceased. Reconversion Accomplished At Chester Fluid drive reconversion shifting smoothly from war to peacetime production was launched at the huge Chester plant of the Ford Motor company, from which 30 days ago Sherman and other deadly tanks moved to the world’s fighting fronts. U. S. Flag Is Now Raised Over Tokyo; Wainwright Will Be With MacArthur For Signing Final Rites For Wiley P. Irwin Are Held Sun. Widely Known Alleghany Man Dies August 24, After Suffering Stroke Wiley Preston Irwin, 79, widely known Alleghany county man, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Myrtle Joines here, August .24, after suffering a stroke on Wednesday evening. He was un conscious from the time he be came ill until his death. Funeral service was conducted Sunday afternoon at Antioch Primitive Baptist church with Eld. C. R. Dancy and Eld. Binum Blevins in charge. Burial follow ed in the church cemetery. “Uncle Wiley,” as he was known here, was born in Alleghany coun ty on February 4, 1866, the son of Tommy knd Cina Irwin. He was married in December, 1888, to Osa Crouse, who died more than eight years ago. For the past thirty years he had been a member of the Antioch Primitive Baptist church. Surviving are four daughters: (Continued from Page One) Officers Search For Stolen Auto Local officers are searching for an automobile which was stolen from Guy C. Wallace, of Roaring Gap, Monday night. Sheriff Jess Moxley said he had reason to be lieve that it was now in the pos session of Cpl. Walter Miller, of Laurel Springs. The theft' was reported Tues day morning by Wallace after he had missed the car. He reported that the keys had been taken from the house and stated that Cpl. Miller had been with him the evening before when the keys were placed on a mantel in the Wallace residence. State police have been notified to be on the lookout for the ’40 Dodge, Sheriff Moxley stated. Expect Final Papers Will Be Signed This Week-end; Wainwright Cheerful The mighty battleship Missouri, aboard which Japan’s surrender will be signed, entered Tokyo Bay yesterday as the first American flag raised in victory over the soil of beaten Nippon caught the breeze within 18 miles of the Em peror’s palace: Admiral Halsey rode the 45, 000-ton hattlewagon into the bay at 7:08 a. m. (6:08 p. in. Tuesday, e«tern war time) W^greaT setf* and air-borne forces were' poised for large-scale occupation land ings, backed by warships massing as far away as the Aleutians. General MacArthur left Mani la yesterday by plane for Okina wa on his way to his triumphal entry of Japan. The unfolding of his master plan for the powerful occupation pointed toward the historic sur render signing Sept. 2 aboard the battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. He invited Lieut. Gen. Johnathan Wainwright, the American hero forced to sign the surrender of the Philippines in 1942, to be with him at the formal capitula tion of Nippon. Wainwright re cently was released as a prisoner of war in Manchuria and has been taken to Chungking. (Continued on Page 4) County Over Top In Cancer Drive According to reports just re ceived from Mount Airy by Mrs. George E. Marshall, state com mander of the field army division of the control of cancer, Alleghany county was among those in the State far over the quota. Mrs. A. V. Choate served as chairman and Dr. C. A. Thomp son, as commander of the drive for county. A total of $125.00 was raised in Alleghany, accord ing to the report. Both Mrs. Choate and Dr. Thompson said they were glad of the response of the people to the drive and for the good showing made for the county. Fishermen Make Big Haul; Officers Looking For Thieves Some one in Alleghany county caught 300 pounds of fish, this is not an exaggerated fish story, either, but the catch to the story is that officers are now trying to locate the fishermen. More than 300 pounds of trout were stolen from the Roaring Gap fish hatchery last Saturday night, and no arrests have been made so far. The fish, caught trem the breeder pool, weighed about three pounds on the average, of* ficers pointed out More than 150 of the 175 fish in the pool were taken. According to the in vestigation made, the fish must have been seined out, they re* ported. A thorough search is being con ducted to catch the thieves, Mar shal Glenn Richardson said. DRAfT BOARD OFFICE TO CLOSE SATURDAYS The selective service office her* will be closed all day on Saturday of each week beginning Septem ber 1, Mrs. Mexa Phipps, chief clerk, announced yesterday. The office will be dosed all day on Monday in observance of La bor Day, it was also pointed out. Office hburs are from 8:S0 to Sa? Sr? MoDd*y throu*h J*1 Good Program Is Planned For 2 - Day Session Liberty Baptist Church At Whitehead Will Be Host To Group The 49th annual session of the Alleghany Baptist Association will be held at the Liberty Bap tist church at Whitehead on Sat urday and Sunday, Sept. 8 and 9, John M. Cheek, moderator, an nounced this week. Owing to present conditions, the executive committee of the association ordered that this meeting be limited to two days’ and one night’s session instead of the regular three-day session, it was explained. ^ . Dr. I. G. Greer, superintendent ' of the Baptist orphanage at Thomasville, will deliver the main address of the association on Sunday, while Rev. L. A. Martin, of Lexington, and Rev. C E. Parker, of Winston-Salem, will be the principal speakers of the Saturday session. A detailed program of both the Saturday and Sunday sessions follows: Saturday, Sept. 8, beginning at 10:00 a. m., hymn—devotional period, Rev. G. R. Blackburn; roll call of churches and recogni tion of visitors, report of execu tive committee, W. F. Doughton; report on religious literature' Mrs. R. E. Richardson; report on hospital, Mrs.- W. P. Maxwell* address, Rev. C. E. Parker, of Winston-Salem; report on W. M. U Mrs. T. S. Moxley; greetings, Mrs. J. F. Fletcher, of North Wilkesboro; appointment of spe cial committees; annual sermon, Rev. E. B. Barton and benedictioi R»u w it ^aldwell. on Page 4>t m mmhm is ^ Awarded Medal Alleghany Soldier Receives Bronze Star For Bravery In Action With the 65th Infantry Division in Austria—For thrice disting uishing himself under fire and saving the lives of several wound ed comrades, Sergeant James W. Gambill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ro bert L. Gambill, of Sparta, has recently been awarded the Bronze Star Medal. A medical technician in the "48th Tank Battalion, which was attached to the 65th Division, Sgt. Gambill has been cited for his heroism at Schalding, Ger many, on May 2 and 3, 1945. The action occurred during the final phase of the 65th Division’s 60 day, 600-mile sweep through Germany and Upper Austria as part of General Patton’s Third Army. Of Sgt. Gambill’s heroic perfor mance, the official Bronze Star citation says, in part: “Creeping forward within 100 yards of enemy position that had disabled the lead tank, injuring one member of "the crew and sev eral infantrymen riding atop the vehicle, Sgt. Gambill and a com* panion administered first aid and supervised the evacuation of the casualties. Shortly thereafter, Sgt. Gambill and his companion advanced under close observa tion of the enemy and in line with l Continued ,*n rage Four) lire. Toliver, 80, Buried Friday - _--for Mrs. Leola Tsiliver, 40, was con ducted «t mntdc Hill Friends churth test Friday with Rev. C. L. Stout and Rev. O. L. Ruth in charge. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Mrs. Toliver, wife of Dale Toli ver, formerly of this county, died at the Duke hospital, Durham, on August 22, following an illness of ten months. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Ball, she was bom at Grassy Creek, Taylor county, Kentucky, February 25, IMS. In addition to her husband, of Rt. 2, High *yf w.
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