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* PRESS RUN — 2,025 Net Paid 1,704 Covers Alleghany The Alleghany News AND STAR-TIMES-(CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941) —ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. Alleghany County Is . . . Outstanding Livestock, Agri culture and Tourist Center, With A Population of 8,341. VOLUME 57, NO. 6 $1.50 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA $2.00 a Year Out of County THURSDAY, OCT. 25, 194S VICTORY LOAN TO OPEN MONDAY I Impose Increase For Service Of Town Water Here Town Council Orders 50 Cent Increase; New Motor For Water Pump Purchased A monthly increase for the service of town water was im posed here Tuesday night at a meeting of the town council when it was also voted to extend the present pipe line, Glenn Richard son, clerk of the board, announc ed yesterday. The increase, which will be come effective November 1, will involve an added charge of fifty cents per month on the regular 2,000 gallons of water, making the minimum water bill $1.50 per month, it was explained. A charge of 75 cents per 1,000 gal lons will be made for all over 2, 000 gallons. In addition, an in crease was also made in the sew er charge which has heretofore been 25 cents. A charge of 25 cents for each commode will be made, according to the new reg ulations, Mr. Richardson pointed out. In regard to the extension of (Continued on Page 4) Piney Creek To Have Carnival Hallowe’en Entertainment To Be Staged In Gymnasium Tuesday Night A Hallowe’en carnival will be held in the gymnasium of Piney Creek high school, Tuesday night, October 30 at seven o’clock, it was announced this week. A number of booths will be featured in the carnival, among them the house of horrors, for tune telling, house of wonder, fish-pond, grab-bag and booth for men only. Bingo, penny board and a number of other games will also be provided for enter tainment, it was pointed out. Music for the carnival will be furnished by the school band. The home demonstration club of Piney Creek will sell refresh ments for the benefit of the Unit 1 Continued un Page Four) Two Stills Are Captured Here Two moonshine stills were cap tured in Alleghany last week and one man was taken into custody for the manufacture of illicit li quor, local officers said yester day. Bill Watson was arrested at a still in the Deep Gap section of Bullhead last week by Federal authorities and local officers. The 1,000 gallon capacity still was destroyed along with 500 gallons of mash. Watson was re leased under a $500.00 bond for appearance in Federal court at Wilkesboro. A small outfit was captured in the Bullhead section last Tues day but no arrests were made. The still of about 300 gallon ca pacity was not in operation when it was seized. r ■5 Special Victory Bond To Honor Late President Washington, D. C. (Special) —The Treasury has called at tention to a special Victory Bond to be sold during the Victory Loan campaign, start ing October 29, for 911,000, 000,009. The bond Is In memory of the late President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It will be on sale at all agencies author ised to issue United States Savings Bonds of Series E. The bond will be in the de nomination of |200, to be Is sued at 9150. It will consti tute an additional denomina tion of Series E Bonds, and will have the same terms and attributes as other denomina tions. It will carry a likeness 0/ Mr* RooMvelt, War Fund Drive In County Lags; Workers Urged To Send In All Contributions At Once HEADS DRIVE S. R. Nichols will again serve as county chairman of bond sales in the Victory Loan Drive, which begins Monday. Duncan Is Named Director Of Bank At Recent Meet _ Alton Thompson And Thomas ! Rector Elected Members Of Local Board Of Mgrs. — D. C. Duncan was elected direc tor and a member of the executive committee of the Northwestern Bank at a meeting of the board of directors at Spruce Pine, Oc tober 16. Alton Thompson and Thomas Rector were named members of the local board of managers of the Sparta office, it was announced. They fill the vacancies of A. F. Reeves and Gov. R. A. Doughton. John C. McBee, Sr., of Spruce Pine, was named president of the Northwestern Bank, succeeding Gov. R. A. Doughton, who before his recent death, served in that capacity for a number of years. Mr. McBee is an attorney at law (Continued on Page 41 Champion Calf To Be Sold As Beef The grand champion calf of the Elkin Fat Stock Show, held in Elkin recently, will return to Al leghany in the form of beef-, steak this week end when the champion steer is placed on sale at Cash and Carry store Satur day morning. Owned by Nancy Gambill, 9, of Sparta, the prize calf brought a price of 62 cents per pound on the hoof, totaling $573.00 and was purchased by Cash and Carry stores. Steaks and cuts of the animal, however, will sell over the counter at regular ceiling prices. Choice steaks were flown to Governor Cherry at Raleigh last ;week, where they Were present led to him through the courtesy 1 of the sponsors of the Fat Stock Show. Only $900.00 Reported To Date On $1,850.00 Quota; More Needed The United War Fund Drive in Alleghany county lagged along this week with only $900.00 re ported late yesterday afternoon on the quota of $1,850.00, Chair man R. Leff Joines announced. “We must not fall behind on this drive,” Chairman Joines said, as he reminded citizens of the need for funds in the war chest. All reports were not in, it was pointed out and a number of en tertainments are yet to be given for the benefit of the drive, but it was explained that many more donations are needed before the quota is met. According to townships, unoffi cial returns are are as follows: Gap Civil, $510.00; Cherry Lane, $50.00; Prather’s Cheek, no report; Whitehead, $50.00; Glade Creek, $100.00; Piney Creek, $90.00 and Cranberry, $100.00. A list of donations not given last week are as follows; Sparta Garage, $10.00; Allegha ny News, $15.00; Smithey’s Store, $25.00; Cash and Carry Store, $25. 00; Kay’s 5 and 10c Store, $10.00; Edwards Furniture Co., $10.00; B. and T. Drug Co., $15.00; Firestone Store, $10.00; Little Pine School, $100.00; Whitehead school, $25.00 and Glade Valley school, $25.00. Miss B e 11 i e Halsey, Kemp Doughton, Clifton Evarns, Sparta Bus Terminal, Thelma’s Studio and Wolfe Branch school, $5.00 each. Alleghany To Be Served By Ashe Rationing Board Clerk Will Be Retained Here To Take Applications; Of fice In Courthouse It was announced here this week by W. H. Wood, OPA board supervisor, of Charlotte, that the Ashe# county War Price and Ra tioning board will be maintained as an area board and will serve for Alleghany county, when the local board is discontinued here next Wednesday. It was pointed out, however, that a clerk will be retained here to handle all incoming applica tions. Since the office will be closed, the clerk will probably be moved to the office of Town Marshal Glenn Richardson in the courthouse, although no definite plans have been made. Mr. Richardson has served for a num ber of months as chairman of the board for Alleghany. The Ashe county board will also serve for Watauga county, it was announced. L. P. Colvard is chairman of the board and serving with him are W. B. Trib ble and G. O. Burgess, members of the passenger tire panel; G. W. Edwards and Glenn Little, truck panel. Mrs. Ruby B. McMillan is chief clerk and is assisted by Mrs. Hoyle* Stringer. Red Point Ration Predicted To Cease By January 1,1946 Washington—Agriculture De partment officials disclosed this week that meat, butter, fats and oils should be off the ration list by January—“or earlier." / Secretary Clinton P. Anderson told a Senate Small Business Sub-committee he hoped butter points could be lowered soon, but I in any event he was “as confident las can be” that butter, fats and oils will be ration free by the first of the year. A primary factor in lire deci sion to continue rationing at least through November is this coun try’s commitments to foreign gov ernments. Another consideration is the ! necessity of building ap supplies I for the second quarter of 1M6, when production of meat normal ly is relatively low. From . authoritative but»anony mous sources it was learned that OPA had asked Anderson to con sider the'ending of all red point rationing October 28. OPA was represented as feel ing that liberalization of point values had made rationing largely a formality and that the problem of enforcement had been increas ed by the general knowledge that rationing will not continue much longer, . Anderson’s statement on for eign commitments and low pro duction in the second quarter ob viously was intended to help OPA explain, why it is still in the ra tioning business. ■'«. Salute The World’s Greatest Navy With Victory Bonds The big guns of the USS Missouri, (above), hurled steel and flame against the enemy.! For this and all of the valiant work of the Navy, celebrate Navy Day, Saturday, Oct. 27, byi buying Victory Bonds. (Official Navy Photo)' Yellow Jackets Will Meet Boone Team There Fri.; Lose To Elkin 26-6 Last Fri day; Star Halfback Is In jured In Practice Coach Joe Bill Reed will send his Sparta Yellow Jackets against Appalachian High at Boone, Fri day afternoon at two o’clock, with Andy Mack Royal, key back field man, on the bench. Royal, fleet Sparta halfback, and Yellow Jacket captain, suf fered a broken collar bone in practice Tuesday afternoon and will be sidelined for the remain der of the season. Royal has played outstanding ball for the Yellow Jackets in the four games this season, both on offense and defense. Raymond Adams, left end, was also injured in practice play Wed nesday, but will probably be able (Continued on Page Four) Rich Hill Lunch Room Opened On Mon.; 3 In County [Mrs. Nell Gentry, Principal, To Serve As Supervisor Of Lunchroom The Rich Hill school lunchroom opened on Monday morning, bringing the total to three lunch rooms operated in the schools of the county, Supt. Clyde Fields announced this week. Money to equip the Rich Hill lunchroom was raised at a box supper last year, it was pointed, out, and through the loyal sup-1 port of patrons, it has been equip-1 ped with a cook stove, hot water' tank, three-way dish washing; sink, untility sink, cabinets and serving tables covered with in laid lineoleum. Due to the scarcity of space, lunches are served from a count er in the lunchroom and carried to the individual classrooms, where children have a supervised lunch, it was explained. Mrs. Nell Gentry, principal, is supervisor of the lunchroom and Mrs. Winnie Fender is the cook. In addition to the Rich Hill lunchroom, others are operated at Sparta and Piney Creek. Plans Approved For G. V. School £. B. Eldridge attended a meet ing of the trustees of Glade Valley school at Winston-Salem, Satur day, when some plans for the proposed program at Glade Valley were considered and approved. Mr. Sawyer, the architect, pre sented proposed plans for an ad ministration building, which will include class rooms, dinning room and kitchen, auditorium and li brary. Two new dormatories were also proposed, one of which will house 100 girls and another to bouse 50 boys. Many Expected To Attend | Carnival Wed. Night; Much j Interest Shown In Contest County Teachers Hear Prof. House At Meet On Thurs. J. B. Reed, Local NCEA Pres ident, Conducts Meeting; Record Attendance A record attendance marked the county-wide teachers' meet ing held in the reading room of Sparta high school last Thurs day night when Ralph House, professor of education at ASTC, spoke to the group. J. B. Reed, president of the local unit of NCEA, presided at the meeting and Mrs. F. G. Walk er conducted the devotional serv (Continued on Page Four) -- Escape Injury In Wreck, Sun. A truck driven by DeWitt Bil lings, of Sparta, collided with a! car driven by G. D. Cox, of! Mouth of Wilson, on a curve inj front of the Transou grove here; Sunday night, but all occupants1 escaped serious injury. Billings, who was driving to-' ward Twin Oaks, claimed that the brakes on the truck locked,1 throwing him to the wrong side of the road, officers investigating) the wreck, stated. He agreed toj pay all damages which amount-1 ed to approximately $100.00 on, the automobile. I 14 Contestants Vie For Top, Honors; Votes Still Are j Being Taken Plans have been completed and all is in readiness for the Hal-, lowe’en carnival and baby con-1 test at the Sparta gymnasium | here Wednesday night at 7:30, j members of the school facqltyl announced yestenuiy. Much interest is being shown! in the baby contest with four top contestants running a close race for honors as Alleghany county’s finest baby. The public is again reminded that votes will be taken until the end of the con test on Wednesday night. Little Miss Joan Duncan, ofi Sparta, is first with 1,816 votes] with Sarah Jane Noland, second, j with 1,524 votes. Also in the top (Continued on Page 4) . Several Arrests Made This Week A number of arrests have been made by local officers this week and cases have been heard be fore the JP court. R. T. Fender was fined $5.00 and cost for assault on J. M. Ben nett in a hearing before Glenn Nichols last week. A fine of $10.00 and cost was imposed on James Anders, of Sparta, for public drunkenness in a hearing before Nichols and a similar fine was imposed on Jess Todd, also of Sparta, on charges of public drunkenness in a hear ing before B. F. Wagoner. New York All Out For Admr. Nimitz Admr. Chester W. Nimitz waves to the crowds of New Yorkers, as his automobile moves up lower Broodway. Ear lier the Pacific naval commander told congress that the navy played a most vital part in the defeat of Japan. County’s Quota Set At $80,000.00; Nichols Chmn. Public Urged To Lend Money To Help Pay For Peace Of World The Victory Loan Drive will officially get underway here next Monday, October 29, when Alle ghany people, along with the rest of the nation, will be given the opportunity to lend money to help pay for the peace for which so many have fought and died. Alleghany has been assigned an overall quota of $80,000.00 with an E bond quota of $52,000.00, much smaller than previous quo tas, county war bond chairman Alton Thompson announced yes terday. S. R. Nichols, Sparta postmaster and adjutant of the American Legion post here, will again serve as drive chairman, it was pointed out. He has served in that capa city during both the Seventh and Eighth War Loan Drives. The Victory Loan Drive is being launched at this time because of the critical need of the govern ment for money for hospitaliza (Conunued on Page 4) Field Worker Is Library Visitor Recommends More Space For Books; Compliments Work Of Librarian Miss Gladys Johnson, field worker from the North Carolina Library Commission, Raleigh, vis ited the Alleghany county library here last week. Johnson complimented librarian, on** Bf-ondition ot th&SP|fr .ai|H6iptily approved the^^fSb W-’jMilButing books throughout the county through the home demonstration clubs. She pointed out that Mrs. Isom Wagoner was rendering an out standing service to the county by carrying the books to her various clubs. Much more space is needed to house the library. Miss Johnson stated and urged that a separate library building be erected, with reading rooms and shelf space to take care of the large volumn of books. A bookmobile was also suggested. Miss Johnson pointed out that since the state furnished money for the books, that every county should get the most possible bene fit from them. STRATFORD WILL HAVE BOX SUPPER SATURDAY A box supper and square dance will be held at Stratford school, Saturday night, October 27 at 7:30 p. m., with proceeds to go for the benefit of the school, Mrs. Virginia Richardson, teacher, an* nounced yesterday. The public is invited to attend the entertainment and all ladies are urged to bring a box. Public Urged To Observe Navy Day With Bonds Saturday, October 27 is Na vy Day and while no special program has been planned in the county for its observance, the public is urged to buy Vic tory Bonds In honor of the men and women who have so valiantly served la the U. 8,
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