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VOLUME 57, NO. 13 The Alleghany News AND STAR-TIMES- t CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2. 1941) —ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. $1.50 a Year in Alleghany County_SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA $2.00 a Year Out of County ~ Alleghanj County b . . » Outstanding Livestock, A(A culture sod Tourist rrntsi. With A Population of 8,341. THURSDAY, DEC. 13, 194S School Planning Official Views Building Site Consideration Given For Pro posed New Elementary Building For Sparta W. F. Credle, with the school house planning department of the State Board of Education, and Lindsey M. Gudger, architect, were in the county yesterday, principally in the interest of looking over the situation for making- suggestions for a new elementary school building for Sparta school, Supt. Clyde Fields announced. Both Mr. Credle and Mr. Gud ger plan to return to Alleghany within a few weeks when they 'will meet with the County Board of Commissioners and the County Board of Education to discuss plans for the new building. Patton May Be I Brought To U. S. Condition Is Still Grave; Mrs. Patton Is Now With Him In Hospital Hpidelberg, Germany — The condition of Gen. George S. Pat ton was still “grave” Wednesday night, three days after his neck was fractured in an automobile accident. But physicians honed he was winning his fight for life and that it might be possible to remove him to the United States if his improvement continued. Patton was Still paralyzed from the neck down. But though phy sicians said his condition was still grave, they defined that as mean ing „r. impio .caBi&t-'kover the previous “critical.” If it is decided later to remove him t" t’m United States, it was said, he mav be taken in a plas ter cast, n^csiblv by plane. Pat ton received messages from Pres i’d-m* Tniman a"d Gen. Dwight D. Fiseohow''r .wishing him a fspn^dy recovery. * T'at+on is Patton’s only regular v’site- in his heavily guarded fitM-floor room at the hospite1 r'"-' ‘wo bulletins isued during the da. by a staff of famous nerve specialits attending the 60-vear-old general said that the arrival of Mrs. Patton Tuesday cheered him. Nurses called Patton a perfect patient who said that he did not want to be bothersome. Physicians said that every aid was being given Patton and that the rest was largely up to him. Mrs. Patton, who made a trans atlantic airplane flight to be with him in the biggest fight of his life, visited him at the 130th Sta tion Hospital. “T am very harmy to be here with my husband,” she said. “Now hat I have seen and talked with Fhim, I am not the least worried. He looks very well. His care has been of the finest and I thank ev erybody from the bottom of my heart.” I -Behind Your Bonds Um «h« Might of Amorlco AND CA swsfiKff*®*** $17B •t over _^ mUBoai annually. 'tt« Itt million sheep and lambs and * miffian cat-^ *>• M4 millions more to national inarantoas ^ *• Tttutor Department What Japs Did To Cpl. Walter Bell Alter three and one-half years’ internment in a Japanese prison camp, Cpl. Walter L. Bell, hero of Bataan, has returned home bringing with him a story of horror and torture and privation. He also brought a picture of himself, taken by the Japs for identification. Shown on the left is a picture of Bell before the war and on the right, a picture taken while he was a prisoner of war. Basketball Season Will Be Officially Opened Tuesday As Sparta Meets Piney Crk. i i— Record Crowd Expect*! For Opening Game; (iMNlli son Predicted The basketball season will be officially opened in Sparta on Tuesday night, December 18, when the Piney Creek boys and girls will meet the Sparta Ift&t and lassies in a double-headej£«| the Sparta gymnasium. Coach Joe Bill Reed said 4Mil week that both the Sparta boys and girls teams had some out standing players and that a big season is expected. No schedule of games has been given but the local teams are expected to meet a number of teams from sur rounding schools. With the end of a successful football season, all eyes have turned to the basketball courts. However, few games are expect ed to be played before the Christ mas holidays, it is understood. Due to increased travel facili (Continued on Page 4) Bus Routes Are Inspected Here D. J. Dark, state bus route in spector, was in Alleghany during the first of the week, inspecting school bus routes of the county. Mr. Dark made a number of rec commendations for slight changes in the routes, shortening a few of them because of rough roads and due to the fact that according to state law, children may walk one and one-half miles to meet a bus. j Mr. Dark also made some rec- | commendations to the state High-; way Department for graveling sections of the bus routes. i AAA Committees In Communities Named For County the Alleghany county AAA were named in elections held through out the county last week, it was announced yesterday. Miss Bettie Halsey, chief clerk of the AAA board here, said that much interest had been shown in the voting. Listed below are the various communities and the commit teemen elected there, the first name is the chairman, the second, i vice-chairman and the third, reg ular member: Barrett: Lonnie Davis, Fred Collins and Hurst Higgins; White head: Lonnie Edwards, E. C. Mitchell and Letcher Edwards; Wolf Branch: Arthur Gambill, S. L. Perry and Robert Taylor; Cranberry: M. E. Reeves, Robert Joines and Charles Roberts; Cherry Lane: Lester Woodruff, Burt Crouse and H. J. Spicer; Piney Creek: John R. Halsey, | Ray H. Hash and Herbert Os-j borne; New Hope: D. J. Jones, F. G Weaver and C. B. Taylor; Tur key Knob: R. T. Landreth, Harry Young and Howard Kennedy; Blevins Cross Roads: W. C. Evans, Kemper Jarvis and Gwyn Truitt; Twin Oaks: G. C. Reeves, C. G. Fender and Eugene Hampton; Sparta: Charlie Edwards, Parley Truitt and Champ Duncan. Twins Win Same Awards In Army Heroism is a family trait with the Longmore twins of Pittsburgh, Pa. Sons of Mrs. Charles Longmore, both were presented with the bronse star, won in Italy while fighting with the U. S. mountain troops. William is at left and his twin Charles at right. s 91 Johnston Will Speak To C. of C. ■Tfcre Tin Friday Special Christmas Music Has Been Arranged; Good At tendance Expected Ira T. Johnston, prominent lawyer of Jefferson, will speak before the Chamber of Commerce here, Friday night at the regular December meeting. Mr. Johnston, well-known throughout Alleghany county, is a noted speaker and is expected to bring an entertaining message. In addition, Walter Johnson, of Sparta and Winston-Salem, will give a vocal solo, “O Holy Night.” He will be accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Johnson. James Story, of West Jefferson, will be heard at the piano during the dinner hour. A large number of members and guests are expected to be present for the meeting when a turkey dinner will be served. Youth Reminded Fireworks Not To Be Shot Here Bov Is Given Sentence For Lighting Firecracker In Local Theater Youngsters were reminded this week that the shooting of fire crackers in the town of Sparta is absolutely forbidden, when John ny Hoppers, 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Everette Hoppers, of Whitehead, was tried before for the Young Hoppers, who was sit ting in the theater, struck a match to a 9-inch firecracker, which (Continue-5 Page 8) GETS ITALIAN CROSS S.-Sgt. Arthur Dean Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Tay lor, of Laurel Springs, was awarded the Italian Cross for military valor in the Italian campaign. Fred Hart Still j Active In Manila Manila—Although war opera-. tions have ceased, Army ac- j tivities are still continuing on a targe scale. Among the busiest or ganizations are Ordnance! units, which have the task of salvaging, reclaiming and rebuilding of thousands of war damaged ve hicles. Pvt. Fred Hart, Jr., whose parents, Mr .and Mrs. Fred Hart,' Sr., reside in Laurel Springs, is a member of such an Ordnance or ganization. Pvt. Hart is with the 141st Ord nance Base Automotive Mainten ance Battalion, which operates several .large base shops in this city for the purpose of rebuilding of engines and other automotive units. This rebuilt equipment is issued to the armed forces in the forces in Japan. At the present time, he is guarding Japanese prisoners of war, who are now being used for labor work in the construction of the area. Before entry into the service, he was employed as a truck dri ver by the State Highway Depart ment. Destroyed By Fire Yesterday Morning *■-r Nathan’s Creek School, which was totally destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The loss was estimated at $50,000.00. Nathan’s Creek School Bldg. Destroyed By Fire; Damage Is Estimated At Around $50,000 Nichols Named • * Commander For American Legion Membership Drive Underway; Discuss Plans For World War II Memorial Robert Lee Nichols, veteran of World War II, was named com mander of the Alleghany Ameri can Legion Post 98, at a meeting in the courthouse on Tuesday, it was announced yesterday. Appointed to serve as adjutant was Ernest Edwards, also a vet eran of World War II and now register of deeds of this county. The two young men succeed Jess Moxley as commander and S. R. Nichols as adjutant, it was pointed out. Other officers will be named at a meeting of the American Legion planned for January, it was explained. Plans are also underway for a (Continued on Page 4) Leaf Sales Good On Boone Mart Reports through Tuesday night reveal that a total of 1,591,000 pounds of tobacco have been sold on the Boone Market, through the Mountain Burley Tobacco Warehouses since the season opened on December 3. Roscoe Coleman proprietor said that prices were holding up unusually good on all the better grade tobacco, particularly. Prices on lower grades were slightly off this week. "We appreciate the cooperat ion of the farmers and want you to know that we are happy to Fire Broke Out Yesterday Morning Before School Opened Nathan’s Creek — (Special)— Nathan’s Creek High School building, one of the most modern in Ashe county, was totally de stroyed by fire of an unknown origin early yesterday morning, resulting in an estimated loss of $50,000.00. While it could not definitely be determined, it is believed that the fire, which originated in one )f the tear rooms, was the result if a short circuit in the electric wiring. The smoke was first dis covered by A. B. Hurt, principal, in a routine check on all of the ooms shortly before time for school to open. Help was sought in the neighborhood and the West Vfferson fire truck was brought into action immediately, but the shortage of water made it impos sible to curb the blaze, which spread quickly throughout the building. Members of the fire depart ment worked with others and saved much of the movable equip ment on the first floor. None on the basement floor was saved. School officials estimated the loss of the building, on which there was no insurance, and the equipment to be around $50,000. School officials said yesterday that it was too early to announce any plans, but it was hoped that some arrangements could be made to complete the school year as well as to erect a new build ing as soon as possible. School children and teachers who started to school joyously, arrived to find their building in , flames and' smoke. Many wept openly over the loss. Others stood by and with the true spirit (Continued on Page Pour) Most Of India Still Travels On Foot; Vehicles Described By “Buck” Rader (Editor’s Note: This is the second of a series of articles written by Jennings Buckley Ra der, who for many months was with the First Air Commandos in India. His observations of that country are both interesting and informative.) Two thousand years ago in Hindu-stan, the poor walked, the rich rode horses or gharrys, and the very rich, sedan chairs or elephants. The masses, being poor, made them a nation moving on foot. Today in India, of the British, it’s much the same, they still walk. They make long trips on foot and it is common practice for the whole family to walk to mar ket each week and transport their wared on their head or balanced on their shoulders. When car ried on their shoulder, they di-j vide the. load into two baskets and suspend them on a flexible bamboo pole and trot along in such a way that the load bobs up and dow l. when they get synchronized to the rhythm the load is only on their shoulder half the time. Thus, they can go great distances with apparent ease. The sedan chair ranges from a chair carried on a pole by two coolies to elaborate closed sedans with as many as four or more coolies, depending on the wealth of the owner. Today, they are usually rented for weddings and special occasions. While on foot gravel, the old stand-by, the ricksha, must be mentioned. The ricksha is noth ing more than a two-wheeled sulkie drawn by human power. Between the shafts is a coolie, not a horse. Some have tops thai resemble the old-fashioned bug (Continued from Page 1) More Snow Falls While Ground Is Still Covered Low Temperature Makes Heating A Problem; Some Sickness Reported Sparta and Alleghany county ?xperienced another prelude to a ‘White Christmas” as snow be 'an falling early this morning and continued through the day, iaying another white blanket jver the snow that remained from ast week’s flurry. Throughout the week. Jhe coun ;y has been experiencing the cold est weather of the season, with the mercury falling as low as seven degrees at many points. After being closed Tuesday, school reopened Wednesday hut the reports stated that , the heat situation had been a big problem during the past week. A number of absences were reported, due te the extreme cold. Highways remain open but are reported to be very sli^k, making travel dangerous. Buses made their usiial rounds today. Com munications also remain open. With the snowfall today, peo ple are reminded of the blizzard (Continued on Page 8) _ ' ___ Some To Resume Work On December 31; Others On ' January 2 County Schools To Close Dec. 19 Most Alleghany countv schools will close on December lft for the Christmas h? will Tot Miss Clyd of school^ It was _ which are not affected by trans portation. may choose their own closing date. Many schools, in an effort to get out early in the spring and to make up for time lost during bad weather, will teach until the last possible day before the holidays. The schools will resume work after the holidays at various dates, according to the time they dis missed. Miss Fields said. Many will end the holiday vacation on December 31, while others will rot take up school work again un til January 2. Sparta schools will close on December 19 and resume work on January 2, it was announced. The two weeks’ vacation, which will be enjoyed by most of the schools, is a longer period than was given last year, it was point ed out, but with many servicemen returning and peacetime sched ules again taken up, it was con sidered fitting. TO HOLD SERVICE Revs. Troy Baker and C. L. Billings will preach at Pine Fork Baptist church on Sunday night, December 16, it was announced, this week. The public is, cordially invited to attend the service. -Behind~— Your Bonds LIh th» tight of Amorica SILVERWARE On* factory at Providence, It jl ware ana more tccif ’asucai articles than any other pla.it In toe world. The city has toe largest foundry for casting bronze statues, memorial tablets and wrought Iron doom, ja
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