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Alleghany County la
Outstanding Livestock,
culture and Tourist
With A Population of 8,341.
VOLUME 57, NO. 17
$1.50 a Year in Alleghany County
SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA
$2.00 a Year Out of County
THURSDAY, JAN. 10, 194t
Infantile Paralysis Fund Drive To Open Monday
Sparta Postal
Receipts Reach
New High Peak
Gain Of $5,177.19* Over Last
Year Reported By Post
master Nichols
All previous records were
smashed by the Sparta post office
in postal receipts for the four
quarters of 1945, the total income
amounting to $79,063.20, a gain
of $5,177.19 over the preceding
year, according to figures re
leased yesterday by Postmasttg
Silas R. Nichols.
During the rast year, receipts
at the local p office have
showed a steady gain, reaching
the highest point in the final
quarter when they amounted to
$20,500.68. Receipts for the oth
er three quarters were first, $17,
224.01; second, $16,548.86; and
third, $16,826.11. The sale oi
postage stamps alone amounted
to $7,963.54, it was pointed out,
with the final quarter showing
the highest sales.
These figures, Postmaster
Nichols explained, do not include
the sale of bonds, defense ;taippi
and revenue stamps.
Total receipts for bonds issued
in the Sparta post office during
1945 amounted to $73,680.75, he
pointed out, a loss under the sales
in 1944, due to the fact that there
were only two bond drives in
1945. while there were three in
1944.
Baptist Pastor
To Leave Jan. 17
Rev. G. R. Blackburn Accepts
Charge At Robbins In
Moore. CjPQty ■
Rev. G. R. Blackburn, pastor oi
the T ihe-tv and Chestnut Grove
Baptist churches in this county
will leave January 17 to take
charee of the 'First Baptist church
of Robbins in Moore county, it
was announced this week.
R*>v. Mr. Blackburn has been
in r^arco of the two Baptist
churches for the past five years.
Before coming to .Alleghany, he
was cnmosW with churches in
other points in North Carolina and
Virginia.
The new charge which he will
take over is in a town of 3,000
people, it was pointed out. He
will serve as full-time pastor
there.
Rev. and Mrs. Blackburn and
their small daughter, Geraldine,
will be greatly missed by the
people of the county, friends
pointed out. Rev. Mr. Blackburn
has done a splendid work with
both the church at Whitehead
and that one in the Hooker com
munity, it was explained.
Prices Are Good
r
On Boone Mart
The Mountain Burley Tobacco
Warehouses, re-opened at Boone
on Monday, after being closed for
the holidays and reported good
prices for the opening days.
Prices on both quality and low
er grades of tobacco showed some
gain, officials said.
“We will be open until January
31 and even longer if there is
still a sufficient amount of tobac
co to be sold,” Roscoe Coleman,
operator, said. Mr. Coleman
pointed out that there was plen
ty of room in the warehouses and
extended a special invitation to
all farmers to sell the remainder
of their tobacco in Boone.
Willie Baugues
Buried On Wed.
Funeral service for Willie Bau
w gues. 60, of Ennice, was held yes
terday morning at Mountain View
church with Rev. Mack Brooks
and Rev. Nathan Wilmouth in
charge. Burial followed in the
church cemetery.
Mr. Baugues died at his home
at Enhice January 7, following I
a severe illness of about three1
months. I
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Stella Baugues and an infant
daughter, one year old. I
ENDORSES DRIVE
President Harry S. Truman
sees the 1946 March of Dimes
conducted January 14*31 by
the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis, as ’a tri
bute to his predecessor, Frank
lin D. Roosevelt.
Winner Of Baby
Derby Is Little
Miss Ann Sidden
Alleghany’s First Baby Of
194-8 Is Born On January
4 At Sparta
Little Miss Doris Ann Sidden,
of Sparta, made a belated arrival
| last week end to claim the title of
I Alleghany’s first baby for 1946,
with her birth recorded January
■ 4 at 2: 30 p. m. after delivery by
I Dr. P. L. Choate. To her the News
jaxtend# faart wahea,’ ,?;>
The mfant, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Oliver Sidden, who1 live just
out of Sparta on the Twin Oaks
road, is the second child in the
Sidden family. Her mother is the
former Miss Lois Edwards.
To date no other birth has been
i reported in the county during the
new year, a most unsual record.
Another unusual fact is that the
baby contest winners for the past
three years have been girls and
that each of the three doctors in
town have delivered one of the
babies. In 1944 the young daugh-i
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Carlie John- j
. son, of Sparta Rt. 1 was the win- j
|ner with Dr. B. O. Choate the,
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I Roberts Rites
Held Last Week
Funeral service for Mrs. Del
iPhia Roberts, of Ennice, was con
j ducted last Thursday at Saddle
Mountain church. Interment fol
lowed in the church cemetery.
Mrs Roberts died at her home
near Ennice on January 1.
Those attending the funeral!
from a distance were: Mr. and
Mrs. Snencer Coehron and family,
of .Bel Air, Md., and Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Hayes, of West Virginia.
Farmers To File
For New Tobacco
Allotments Now
Feb. 1 Is Final Date; Condi
tions For Eligible Farmers
Are Cited
All eligible producers interest
ed in applying for a new grow
er’ tobacco allotment should file
an application at the Alleghany
AAA office prior to February
1, C. G. Collins, chairman Alle
ghany county AAA committee,
said here today.
He pointed out that in order to
be eligible for a new tobacco al
lotment, the following conditions
must be met: (1) The farm oper
ator shall have had experience ir
growing the kind of tobacco foi
which an allotment is requested
either as a sharecropper, tenant,
or as a farm operator during the
past five years, or if the farm op
erator has been in the armed
services of the United States,
within five years prior to his en
try into the armed services; (2)
the farm operator shall be living
on the farm and largely depend
IContuiued *n t-age Four)
Quail Season To
End January 10
Alleghany Is Excepted In
Game Laws; To Observe
Shorter Season
The grouse season closed ir
Alleghany county on January 1
sportsmen were reminded this
week by came authorities, and :1
was pointed out that the quail
season will close on January 10.
Hunters in Alleghany were al
so reminded that the quail and
Crouse season in the adl^inine
counties would not close until
January 31, but that Alleghany
county is an exception and will
observe a shorter hunting season.
The rabbit season in this coun
ty will remain open until Janu
ary 31. as it will in other counties.
It was also nointed out that all
merchants who are buying and
selline furs must secure a license.
A strict check-up is being ma<-'e
on all fur dealers, it was an
nounced. License may be secur
ed directly from the Raleigh of
fice of Conservation and Devel
opment.
Serving as game protectors for
Alleghany county are H. Grady
Farthing, of Watauga; Walter F.
Edmisten, also of Watauga, and
Harvey Goodman, of Ashe coun
ty
Superphosphate
Orders Are Taken
Orders are now being received
at 'the Alleghany AAA office for
a limited amount of superphos
phate to be supplied under the
Purchase Order Plan, C. G. Col
lins, chairman announced.
Farmers signing for this materi
al will be expected to move it
from the warehouse in Sparta,
Mr. Collins pointed out.
Four Cardinals Named By Pope
Pqpe Pius XII named Archbishop Samuel A. Stritch, Chi
cago, (upper-left), Archbishop Francis J. Spellman, New York,!
(lower left), Archbishop Edward Mooney, Detroit, (upper I
right) and Archbishop John Glenn on, St. Louis, as members'
i>f the College of Cardinals. I
Orphans Will Benefit In Victory Clothing Collection
These Polish born children are among European war orphans that will receive clothes
in the Victory Clothing Drive. Special dates and collection points for Ashe county will be
announced next week.
County Schools
To Open Monday
If Roads Permit
Teachers And Patrons Asked
To Secure Information On
Opening On Saturday
Following in the wake of se
vere sleet and snow storms dur
ing the holidays, came heavj
rains this week, practically par
alyzing travel on the county roads
of Alleghany. Schools were dis
missed on Monday of this week
as the roads were marked im
passable for the school buses
I They will resume work on Mon
iday, January 14, only if the con
dition of the roa<i|ji|nnjaite, Supt
| Clyde Fields saiAJjtaJjjiterday
| Miss Fields pqH^Hrftjt tha
all students, teiQ£K^patron!
and others interested'' '“In the
schools should get information
'on the opening of the schools
from Sparta on Saturday after
noon as it will be impossible tc
tell the condition of the roads
• until the last possible moment.
R. E. Richardson, superinten
dent of the State Highway De
partment in Alleghany said yes
terday that the country roads
were in the worst condition that
they had been during the winter
and that it would be sometime be
fore they would be in good shape
again. The road bottoms are
practically gone, he pointed out,
and all travel by heavy vehicles
in the condition in which they
now are only makes them worse.
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Tax Listing Is
Started Tuesday
Tax listing in Alleghany county
got underway on Tuesday al
though a number of dates had to
be changed due to the bad condi
tion of roads.
G. Glenn Nichols, tax super
visor, urged that all individuals
list their own taxes where it is
possible. It was explained that
there is a penalty for failure to
list during this month.
Sheriff Gets Big
Liquor Outfit
Keen eyes and a bit of search
ing on the part of Sheriff Jess
Moxley and Deputy Glenn D.
Richardson led to the discovery
of a 200 gallon moonshine still
and the arrest of Floyd Jones,
45-year-old farmer in the Cran
berry community, last Thursday
evening.
Following a report on the still
earlier in the week, the local of
ficers drove past the Jones home
and noticing that some mahogha
ny wood had been cut and hauled
toward the house in a small sled,
they picked up the trail which
led, not to the woodhouse, but
straight through a barn shed and
about 300 yards to a still, set up
and ready to run.
Confronted with the evidence of
an illicit still so near his residence,
Jones admitted that it was his and
that he had just made a run, offi
cers stated.
Released on $300.00 bond, Jones
was bound over to spring term of
superior court. J
Methodist Church
Fund Now $5,720;
Donations Sought
Red Cross Work
Is Commended By j
Representative
Mrs. Marion Ritzert Praises
Work Done By Home Dem
onstration Clubs
In a recent surt^ey oi American
Red Cross work' in Alleghany
county, the chanter was highly
commended for the work that is
being carried on here. Mrs. Mar
ion Ritzert, general field repre
sentative of the southeastern area,
Atlanta. Ga., said this week.
Mrs. Ritzert pointed out that
the home demonstration club
women of the county, headed by
Mrs. Isom Wagoner had done an
excellent .iob in the production
jof 93 sweaters for servicemen,
representing more than 3,300
hourS of work.
These sweaters will be used
both for the men of the armed
forces overseas and for thos^ less
fortunate men in army and navv
i hosoitals here at home, it was
explained.
“It is only a small token of our
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C. of C. MEETING IS
AGAIN POSTPONED
The Chamber of Commerce
meeting, which was scheduled to
have been held on Friday night,
has been postponed, due ’ to the
bad condition of roads through
|out the county, President R. F.
Crouse announced yesterday.
The February meeting will be
held at the regular time, it was
pointed out.
Goal Of $20,000.00 Is Set For
Rebuilding Sparta Church;
Many Contribute
The Methodist church fund has
reached a total of $5,720.00 to date
from private donations. Rev. C.
R. Allison announced yesterday.
Added to the insurance, which
amounted to $4,000.00, this gives
a total of $9,720 on the goal of
$20,000.00 for the erection of a
Methodist church in Sparta to re
place the brick structure destroy
ed by fire on December 1, it was
pointed out.
In addition to donations alrea
dy received, the Duke Foundation
is expected to contribute a size
able amount to the fund, it was
explained. A committee of three
composed of Rev. Mr. Allison, R.
E. Black and C. H. Vestal, are
meeting with Foundation leaders
today in Durham.
Solicitors for’'the fund program
are Rev. Mr. Allison, Mrs. Mexa
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Motorists To Get
New Tags By Feh. 1
State Highway Patrolman
Tones, this week reminded motor
ists that they must secure the
new 1946 license tags and have
them on cars by Feb. 1.
After January 31, it will be un
lawful to drive a car without a"
aew 1946 license plate, Jones ex
plained. Car owners in Allegha
ny may secure license plates from
the nearest office, at N. Wilkes
boro, or they may order same
from the department of motor
vehicles at Raleigh, it was ex-,
plained.
r SA Assisting War Veterans In
Making A Success In Farming
i
By Staff Writer
Many of our men are returning
from fighting overseas and be
ginning the search for a farm |
where they may retire with their,
families to earn a living. One
might readily ask this question:
“Are plans being made to help
these returning veterans to lo- j
cate a farm which they may rent
or purchase?” The answer is!
“Yes”. A committee of agricul
ture workers and leading farm
ers in each county has been or
ganized to assist those men who
wish to return to the farm. Con-1
gress has passed a bill, the “G. I.”
Bill of Rights,” which will pro- ,
vide loan funds for "those wishing
to purchase a farm.
Back in 1919, veterans return
ing from World War I, were not
so fortunate in having loan funds
made available for purchasing
farms. Mr. Lonnie Reeves was
among the returning World War
I veterans. Twenty-three years
later, he did take advantage of
the assistance offered by the
Farm Security Administration
and purchased a farm with loans
funds provided by that agency. !
When Lonnie Reeves returned,
to the states, after serving four
months overseas, he moved to the
Joe Spurlin farm, where he work
ed as a laborer. After his mar
riage in 1922, they moved to the
New River farm. Their only live
stock at this time was a heifer
calf owned by his wife.
In 1941. they applied to Farm
Security for an operating loan
of $630.00 for the purchase of
workstock and equipment. Their
assets at this time amounted to
$745.00; their indebtedness was
$45.00. This, by hard work and
good management, they had been
able to acumulate in spite of the
1940 flood, which had destroyed
much of their food and feed crops.
A loan of $4,428.00 was made
to the Reeves family in 1943 for
the purchase of a portion of the
New River farm. At the end of
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County Has Quota
Of $500; Woman’s
Club Is Sponsor
To Be Assisted By Four Other
Organizations With $100.
Quotas Each
With a quota of $500.00 assign*
ed to Alleghany county for the
Infantile Paralysis Fund Drive,
plans to conduct the campaign,
are being completed and work
will begin on Monday, it was an
nounced this week.
Under the sponsorship of the
Woman’s Club, the drive will be
conducted through five different
organizations with each assign
ed a quota of $100.00, it was
pointed out. The Chamber of
Commerce, The Lions Club, The
American Legion, The Woman’s
Club and the schools of the coun
ty are each being asked to be re
sponsible for $100.00 of the quota
leaders explained, ^
i Since there is no special chair
man of the drive, leaders of the
five organizations will act as
chairmen with Supt Clyde.
serving for the sOhOOls. Commit-"
tees within the various organi
zations will ,be appointed amt
asked to serve, it was announced
A number of enttertainments
are being planned to raise mon
ey for the drive, it was revealed
As in former years, it was sta
ted, one-half of all the. money
collected in the county will re
main here to finance the hospital
ization, care and treatment of lo
cal sufferers. The other half goes
to headquarters of the NationaL
Foundation and is used for con
tinuing research, education and
emergency aid in epidemics
throughout the nation.
R. R. McMillan
Gets Promotion
Now Serving With 56th Sta
tion Hospital At Cairo,
Egypt
Headauarters Africa - Middle
East Theater (AMET), Cairo,
Egypt. 2 January 1946 — Private
Robert R. McMillan, son of Mr.
a^d Mrs. Robert Bruce McMillan,
of Mouth of 'Wilson, Va.. at pres
ent time asighed to the 56th Sta
tion Hospital, Camp Russell B.
TTurkstep, Cairo, Egypt, has re
cently been oromoted to the rank
of nrivate first class.
Pfc. McMillan arrived in Egypt
three weeks ago with a large
"rouo of men and the “old” med
ics of the hospital threw a party
welcoming them to Huckstep.
Pfc. McMi’ian joined the army
in March, 1945, at Fort Bragg, at
tended a medical technician
course at the Fitzsimons General
Hospital, Denver, Colorado, and
served in several United States
camps before being sent overseas.
While in Egypt, Pfc. McMillan
has had the oportunity of visiting ,
the Pyramids and Sphinx and
several other points of historical
interest in Cairo.
Pfc. McMillan attended the
Virginia-Carolina High School,
Grassy Creek.
Elk Creek Man In
Va. Legislature
Seek Donations
In Memorial Fund
Hugh S. Calhoun, of Elk Creek,
Va. went to Richmond, January 8,
to represent Grayson County in
the State Legislature. Mr. Cal
houn was born in Ashe County
and came to Elk Creek with his
parents when he was 16 years old.
He is a son of T. M. Calhoun, who
represented Grayson County in
Donations to thq Wrench Me
morial Fund have reached a total
of only $14.00, it was pointed out
this week as more money was
sought on the $50.00 goaL
All donations will be accepted
by D. F. Sturdivant, who heads
the drive to erect a monument at
the graves of Mr. and Mrs. F. A.
Wrench, former editor of The Al
leghany Star and his wife.
Mr: and Mrs. Wrench were