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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 Connty Is . . , Outstanding Livestock, Agrt culture and Tourist Centos, With A Population of 8,341. VOLUME 57, NO. 8 $1.50 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA $2.00 a Year Out of County THURSDAY, NOV. 8, 1945 $36,975.00 Reported In Victory Loan County Is Still Behind On United War Fund Quota More Contributions Are Being Sought; Need $390.00 Be Reaching Quota r - With the county still far behind on the United War Fund Drive, final efforts are now being made to raise the county’s quota of $1', 850.00. Through yesterday, re ports show that only $1,460.00 has been raised. While the drive was officially scheduled to close on Saturday, it has been decided to keep it open until a number of entertainments that have been planned, can be given. R. L. Joines, chairman of the drive, reminded citizens that any one who has not contributed may still send in a contribution to him or to the township chairman. He also urged that all reports be turned in as soon as possible. Incomplete reports, according to townships, are as follow: Cher ry Lane, $75.00; Cranberry, $205. 00; Piney Creek. $200.00; Prather’s Creek, $30.00; Whitehead, $50.00; Glade Creek, $100.00 and Gap Civil, $800.00. Chairman Joines pointed out that a number of service men from Alleghany had highly en dorsed the United] War Fund, pointing out that n had provided much entertainment both at (Continued iin Page 4) Local Board Plans To Assist In Advertising Veterans’ Service Committee .'*T Tne local selective service per sonnel has announced that they will do everything possible to co operate in organizing a veteran’s service committee in Alleghany, if the veterans assistance repre sentative feels that such a com r mi!tee is necessary. Miss Dorothy Evans, who is serving as assistant of the local draft bdard, and Mrs. Mexa Phipps are ready to aid the re turning veterans in any way pos sible, it was announced. General J. Van B. Metts, state director of Selective Service, has recently transferred to the Com mission the responsibility for the North Carolina Veterans Assis tance Program which had been delegated to him by former Gov ernor Broughton. Although Gen. Metts has been relieved of his responsibility for the North Caro lina Veterans Assistance Program effective in October, he pointed out that it did not in any way relieve him of his responsibility as state director of Selective Ser vice for the Veterans Assistance P-ogram. He further pointed out that the success of the program -depends entirely upon the efforts of the local veterans service com mittee. Col Wiley M. Pickens expressed the belief that the program was progressing satisfactorily and that each veteran should be able to receive assistance. Whitehead Box Supper A Success The box supper held at White head school last Friday night was an outstanding success with pro ceeds amounting to $184.14, the entire amount to go for the bene fit of the school. Miss Annie Blanch Pugh re ceived the cake for the prettiest gift and Robert Fender was se lected the ugliest man. Mrs. Ro bert Fender’s box was sold for $12.00, the largest amount that any box brought. B In addition to the sale of boxes, Kt pair of nylon hose was purchas ^red by R. L. Gambill. They were H donated by Mrs. Robert Fender. V A toaster, donated by Mrs. Jet W tie Matthews, a pair of silk hose, W donated by Mrs. T. L. Grayson; a r tie by Tommy "King, box of chew ing gum by Smithey’s store and a number of other articles were auctioned. Music was furnished by Clifton Evans and his band and the boxes were auctioned by Roscoe Collins. Number Of Building Projects Are Now Underway In Sparta; WillBeCompleted Soon TOKYO ROSE IN JAIL The “Tokyo Rose” of the Jap propaganda “Zero Hour,” Los Angeles • born American oi Jap ancestry, is shown in her cell as she awaits trial for treason against the United States. Mrs. Wagoner Is Red Cross Home Service Chmn. Succeeds Mrs. John Mac Miles; To Have Office In Community Building Mrs. Isom Wagoner was named home service chairman for Alle ghany county chpiter of Ameri can Red Cross at a meeting of the executive committee here Mon day hight. Mrs. Wagoner succeeds Mrs John Mac Miles, who was unable to hold the office longer due tc illness in her family. It was pointed out that the du ties of home service chairman and those of production chairman of Red Cross work here had been combined and that Mrs. Wagonei would take over the office im mediately. Those who wish to get in touch with the new home service chairman were reminded thal they could reach her at the home demonstration club office in the community building at any houi (Continued on Page 8) Pine Swamp Will Have Box Supper A box supper will be held at Pine Swamp school on Saturday night at 7:30, it was announced this week by Mrs. Clay Thomp son, principal. Proceeds from the entertain ment will go for the benefit of the school, it was announced. All ladies are urged to come and bring boxes. Music will be furnished by Howard Joines and his band. Johnny Wagoner and Isom Wag oner will serve as auctioneers. New Shoe Shop To Open Next Week; Other Business Houses To Open By Dec. A number of building projects which are now underway in Spar ta are progressing rapidly and some are expected to be com pleted before Christmas. The new two-story building on Whitehead street which is owned by Joseph Absher and will house the Sparta Shoe Shop, is expected to be opened within the next week. The block building with brick front is 40 ft. x 20 ft. and in addition to a shoe shop down stairs contains a three-room apartment upstairs. The two-story building on main street owned by Clennel Richard son, C. R. Roe and Carey Brown will he open by December 1, it was explained this week. The downstairs will house a Mick or Mack Grocery store while the up stairs will have two office rooms and three apartments, it is under stood. The building, located be tween the Western Auto and Sparta Garage, will be steam heated. A number of furnishings have already been moved into the new grocery store and plans are underway for an opening in early December. (Continued on Page 4) Gambles’ Rites Held Yesterday In Lincolnton Decr^ i' Had Visited Friends In Allghany County Many Times Double funeral services for Dr. and Mrs. James S. Gamble of Lincolnton, who were killed in stantly Sunday night when their plane crashed near Morris Field, were held Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock at First Methodist church in Lincolnton. Rev. C. C. Herbert, Jr., pastor of the church officiated and in terment was in Hollywood ceme tery at Lincolnton. The bodies of Dr. and Mrs. Gamble were found some distance from the plane by Corporal Theodore C. Juhl, Jr., and Corporal Keith Pitchford, military policemen from Morris Field, and identifi caton was made by county police by papers found on the bodies. The pilot, Dr. Gamble, was be lieved to have lost control of the (Continued on Page 4) C. of C. To Meet Tomorrow Night Marion Allen, of Elkin, prom inent attorney of Northwestern | North Carolina and able speaker, I will address the Chamber of Com merce here Friday night at 7:30 (o’clock, members were again re ! minded this week, i A number of business matters (are expected to be taken up at I the meeting, it Was pointed out. United Nations Conies Into Being The charter of the United Nations together with the statutes of the international court of Justice came into force when a protocol of deposit of ratifications was-signed by James F. Byrnes, U. S. Secretary of State. LOAN FOR PEACE AND PROSPERITY OK Alleghany Makes Excellent Record | In War Bond Sales I - iMore Than One Million Dol lars Worth Of Bends Sold Since 1941 Alleghany county citizens have purchased more than one million dollars worth of war bonds since the war began in 1941, surpassing all quotas assigned in each of the seven war loan drives and doubl ing many of them, it was revealed this week by the North Carolina Finance Committee < Alton Thompson, county chair man of thp sale of war hpnda since 1941, pointecTout that in addition to surpassing all quotas in the special drives during the five years war bonds had been on sale, Alleghany had met most of the monthly quotas assigned. In the report by the Finance j Committee, it was revealed that in 1941 overall sales amounted to $5,624.00; in 1942, $68,020.00; in 1943, $260,360.00; in 1941, $520, 369.00 and in 1945, $264,086.25, making a total of $1,118,459.25 for the five years. Of this total, it was explained, $643,089.75 were “E” bonds. In the report on the individual drives, it was pointed out that no special “E” bonds quotas were as signed in the first three drives. Total sales in the first drive amounted to $27,587.50 against a quota of $5,150.00; in the second, sales were $66,137.50 against a quota of $50,200.00 and in the third, sales amounted to $103, (Continved on Page 4) Rich Hill Will Give Box Supper A box supper will be sponsored by Rich Hill school, Saturday night, November 17 at 7:30 o’ clock, proceeds to go for the lunchroom and other school im provements, it was announced this week. t Mrs. Nell Gentry, principal, ex plained that the need for sup plementary readers and other materials, as well as dishes and silverware for the lunchroom was acute and that a special effort would be made to raise money at this entertainment. Music will be furnished by Clifton Evans and his band. Ev eryone is urged to com6 and all ladies are asked to bring a box. BETTY JO GENTRY IS NEW SOCIETY MEMBER Greensboro—New students at The Woman’s College have been initiated into the four societies, whose purpose is of a social na ture. Invitations are issued to all students by Cornelian, Dikean, Adelphian or Alethian societies. “Rat Day,” when novices are re quired to wear comical attire and obey ludicrous orders from up perclassmen and a formal ban quet make up the initiation cere monies. Initiated from Alleghany coun ty was Miss Betty Jo Gentry, Glade Valley, Adelphian society, day. Roe Property Purchased By Board Of Education; Plans Made For New School Bldg. | Yellow Jackets Tie Wilkesboro Team, 7-7 Friday Prepare For Tilt With Walk ertown Tjiere Tomorrow Afternoon Sparta High’s Yellow Jackets struck back in -the last four sec onds of play in a thrill-packed gridiron tilt here last Friday af ternoon to tie North Wilkesboro High, 7-7. The Sparta eleven are undergo ing lengthy practice sessions here this week in preparation for the clash with Walkertown there on Friday afternoon. Coach Reed drilled his boys in blocking as he attempted to improve the line. Irwin, key backfield man, was .injured in practice this week when he suffered a sprained an kle, but is expected to be in the lineup for Friday’s game. This will be the second time these two teams have met with (Continued on Page 8) Memorial For R. A. Doughton Ira T. Johnston, member of the board of trustees of the University of North Carolina, has been nam ed by Gov. Cherry as chairman of the committee on memorials to form a memorial for the late Gov. R. A. Doughton. Named on the committee with Mr. Johnston are Josephus Dan iels, of Raleigh; James A. Gray, of Winston-Salem; Cameron Mor rison, of Charlotte, and Charles Johnas, of Lincolnton. Governor Doughton was a mem ber of the board of trustees at the University of North Carolina at the time of his death. Pay $9,000.00 For Property; Hope To Get New Build ing Underway Soon I The C. R. Roe property, consist-' ing of approximately five acres of I land and a residence, was pur chased this week by the Alleghany j County Board of Education for j the sum of $9,000.00 and will be j used to enlarge the Sparta school grounds, G. N. Evans, chairman ; of the board, announced. Mr. Evans' pointed out that plans are now underway for a new school building, which will l be placed oh the newly acquired ! property. It was not revealed ! whether the new building would house the elementary or high I school, but it was explained that the elementary school, which was ’ built in 1932, has become inade 1 quate for present enrollment and 1 will be vacated as soon as the new (Continued on Page 4) Book Week To Be Observed Here National Book Week will be I observed here from November ill through November 17 when a special display will be placed in the Alleghany county library, Mrs. Carrie H. Jones, librarian, announced this week. Mrs. Jones pointed out that ev ery person in the county is in vited to visit the library during the week and she issued a special invitation to those who have nev er been to the library. A record of these new visitors will be kept, it was explained. Book Week will also be observ ed in the schools throughout thi county in conjunction with Na tional Education Week, it was an nounced. Special talks are ing planned for the larger school and exhibits will be placed in the| various school rooms. Congressman R. L. Dough ton Observes Birthday At Work North Carolina’s distinguished statesman. Congressman R. lm Dough ton, observed his 82nd birthday yesterday, on the job, "as usual,” which has been .his 'usual celebration for many years. The chairman of the Ways and Means committee had real reason to be happy on his birthday judg ing from the numerous letters of commendation he has received recently about the work of his committee. “The Ways and Means Commit tee has received more letters of endorsement since the President’s recent speech than ever before since I’ve been chairman,” Con gressman Doughton said. He became chairman in MSS. What the President said a few days back was that the respon sibility for the liberalization of unemployment compensation lull rested on Congress, particularly on the Ways and Means Commit tee. At the time Doughton remarket that a majority of Congress coulc get the Ways and Means Com mittee to work on the bill anj time they wanted to. Said one letter: “While listening to the Presi dent’s speech last night, we real ized more intensely the servic you’ve rendered your country Only a statesman with firm re gard for the rights of other: would hold to the ideal of de mocracy.” , | The six-foot two Tar Heel sak he wasn’t mad about the Presi* dent’s statement but was prettj peeved about the President can celing his scheduled trip to Stataa ville and Raleigh. (Continued on Page Four) Need $15,000.00 In E Bonds Before Quota Is Reached Leaders Urge That Citizens. Buy Bonds Now In Order To End Drive Soon Reports late yesterday revealed that bond sales on the Victory Loan Drive in Alleghany county had reached $36,975.00, or more than 90 per cent of the total “E" bond quota of $52,000.00. Leader in the drive, S. R. Nich ols, drive chairman, and Alton Thompson, county chairman, ex pressed appreciation for the splen did response shown to date and urged that everyone who had not done so, buy bonds this week in order that the drive may be com pleted as early as possible. “Alleghany county has always been one of the first counties in the state to meet and exceed their “E” bond quota and we would like to make an exceptionally fine record during this Victory Loan Drive,” Mr. Nichols said yester day. The two leaders pointed out that the overall quota of $80,000.00 would be considered raised when the “E” bond quota was made. Only $15,000.00 remains to be sold (Continued on Page Four) Army Recruiter To Be In Sparta Enlisted Men Are Offered A Wide Choice Of Fields And Training 1st. Lt. John L. Lindsay, re* cruiting and induction officer, IT. S. Army Recruiting Sub-Station, Lenoir, announced. today that re cruiting personnel will hold of fice here several days a month in the lobby of the post office building. The regular army now offers all men enlisting or re-enlisting a choice of their favorite arm of service. Men wishing to serve overseas will be given assign ments in the theater of operations in which they desire to serve. Moreover, the army offers men wishing to learn a wide variety of trades, travel education, se curity and a career in addition. All men between the ages of seventeen and thirty-five, who are interested in the regular ar my may secure information from recruiting personnel when they are here. This newspaper wilt publish dates on which the re cruiting teams will arrive each month. The main recruiting station for Sparta and vicinity is located In the post office bulding in Lenoir. This office is open every day ex cept Sunday from 8:00 a. m. to 5:00 p. m. Assisting Lt. Lindsay, the sta tion commander, are S.-Sgt. Ro bert N. Schott, Sgt. Francis M. Darcy, Sgt. Junious L. Gilliam, Sgt. Marshall O. Donley and T-S Fred F. Werthman. ______
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