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VOLUME 57, NO. 18
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SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA
$2.00 a Year Out of County
THURSDAY, JAN. 24, 1M«
Members Of Draft ,
Board Are Given
Special Medals
Members Of Present Board
Are George Royal, Carl
Douglas, J. A. Osborne
Three Alleghany county men,
Jones H. Waddell, Carl Douglas
and Charles R. Roe, draft board
officials, received recognition
yesterday when Governor R.
Gregg Cherry and Selective Serv
ice Director, General Van B.
fMetts. awarded them certificates
of merit and medals for service in
an impressive ceremony held in
the courthouse in Winston-Salem.
They were cited along with
other draft board officials that
have served two years or more.
The Selective Service Medal, au
thorized by Congress, i? an award
to members of draft boards that
have served two years or more.
The medal has a bronze finish
and on its face is the selective
service system seal and the in
scription, “World War II.” The re
verse side is inscribed: “Awarded
in the name of the Congress of
the United States for faithful and
loyal service.” A ribbon bar and
a lapel pin accompany each me
dal.
The national ceremony for the
54 state and territorial represen
tatives was held in Washington
on Monday. „
Members of the original Alle
ghany county board were: G. T.
Crutchfield, Jones H. Waddell
and George Cheek.
The present chairman is George
Royall. with J. A. Osborne and
Carl Douglas serving with him.
Carl Douglas has been a member
of the board for the past three
years, the longest record of any
member.
Other past members of the
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Housing Project
s Is Now Underway
w -_
Johnson Wyatt Starts Real
Estate Development In
South Sparta
A real estate development is
now underway in south Sparta,
between the property of Alton
Thompson and Duke Bledsoe, it
was learned this week.
Owned and developed by John
son Wyatt, of Sparta, the project
will include four asphalt shingle
5-rocn houses inv olving around
(5,500.00. The houses will not be
for sale, only for rent, it was dis
closed.
Containing all modern con
veniences including water, bath
and electricity, all four houses
will be erected on the same plan.
They are expected to be ready for
occupancy by September.
Marvin Wilson, Alleghany
county man, has the contract for
the buildings, it was announced.
Service Station
Will Open Feb. 1
r
The Firestone Service station in
west Sparta will open on Friday,
February 1, under the manage
ment of Frank.Osborne, it was
announced here this week.
Assisting Mr. Osborne will be
Wiley Sturgill as service man
and John Choate, colored, wash
ing and polishing.
The service station is owned by
Miles-Waddell-Thompson Fire
stone Store here and will special
ize in a complete line of auto ac
cessories.
A special offer is being made
for the first two days of business
and everyone is invited to visit
the new station.
Burley Sales At
Boone Still Good
Leaf sales at the Mountain
Burley Tobacco warehouses in
Boone continue good. And offi
cials announced this week that
that the warehouses would stay
ro®pn for sales as long as the
amount of tobacco was sufficient
to demand it.
Roscoe Coleman, proprietor,
announced on Monday that the
sales so far this season had pas
sed the 4,225,000 poundage mark.
“We are proud of the fact that
we have served so many farmers
. of this afea,” he added, and ex
tended an invitation to all farm
ers still having tobacco to sell the
remainder with him. i
foin The March Of Dimes That They May Walk Again
Shelia Nunan, six-year-old infantile para lysis patient at Children’s Hospital. Boston,
concentrates on exercises to huild up muscles after an attack of the disease. (At left.)
Shelia tries hip flexion exercises under the direction of physical therapist Deborah Kins
man. (At right,) she is shown trying to master extension exercise.
Contributions to the March of Dimes caa help thousands of others like Shelia back to
active health.
Thousands Of Alleghany j
People Reached Through
Services Of Health Dept,
More Than 6,000 Immuniza
tions Given Children For
Communicable Diseases
Thousands of Alleghany peo
ple were directly benefitted
through services of the health
department last year and prob
ably an even greater number in
directly kept healthier, because
of the control of diseases.
A report just completed shows
an imposing array of figures rel
ative to the activities of the de
partment. And while the figures
only teQ a minor part of the story
of the work connected with the
department, these figures are re
vealed here so that the public
may know something of the value
of the department to the county.
Perhaps first in importance is
the work done toward communi
cable disease control. The fol
lowing services were rendered:
There were ten admissions to
service for four consulations with
physicians. Five field visits were
made to diphtheria, scarlet fever
and spinal meningitis cases. A
total of 1,348 were immunized to
communicable diseases; 404 to
smallpox; 149 to diphtheria, 723
to typhoid fever; and 72 to whoop
ing cough and diphtheria com
bined.
Veneral disease control includ
ed two admissions to service and
one field visit to reported cases.
In maternity service, two cases
were admitted to antepartum
medical service; three cases ad
mitted to antepartum nursing
service and four * office nursing
visits were made by antepartum
cases.
Infant and pre-school hygiene
included two individuals admit
ted to medical service; One indi
vidual admitted to nursing serv
ice; one visit to .medical confer
ences; one field nursing visit; one
office nursing visit; one indivi
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Sanitarian Is
Active In Work
For Improvement
Wade E. Eller, District Sani
tarian, Does Constructive I
Work In County
A repeat for 1945, just submit- 1
ted to the. county health depart-!
ment, reveals that Wade E. El-1
ler, district sanitarian, has been'
active in the improvement of
health conditions of public places j
as well as in other work related I
to sanitation and health of the
public in the tri-county health
district including Alleghany, Ashe
and Watauga.
Food, dairies, schools and other i
public places came in for their i
share of attention and observa
tion. The report shows that there
was a total of 183 visits made to,
schools not including lunchroom
investigations.
One hundred four foodhand
ling establishments were regis
tered for supervision. A total of
637 field visits were made to!
foodhandling establishments; 32
dairy farms registered for super -
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ATTEND AUTOMOBILE
SHOW AT GREENSBORO
Ben G. Reeves, new Dodge
Plymouth dealer for Sparta, at
tended the showing of the new
Dodge in Greensboro this week.
He was accompanied by Duke
Bledsoe, former Ford dealer for
this county.
Mr. Reeves purchased the Ford
Motor Company garage building
from Mr. Bledsoe last March. He
plans to complete a number of
repairs on the building before
opening his garage there, it is
understood.
President Seeks Higher Pay;
Slash In Debt: End Of Strikes
Washington, —President Tru
man submitted to Congress Mon
day a program calling for higher
pay, lower prices and unchanged
taxes, backed by a budget fore
casting the first cut in the nation
al debt since 1930.
The President informed con
gress in a message that within the
next 18 months $7,000,000,000 will
be sliced from the $278,000,000,000
debt, even though the budget
won’t be balanced.
The outlook for .business is good,
he said. But he warned of “pit
falls” ahead.
He asked Congress to help side
step them, to avert “national dis
aster” by continuing price con
trols.
Mr. Truman voiced “concern”
over inflationary pressures, and
over major strikes which he said
might apply a “heavy brake” to
reconversion.
He cautioned that deaf ears
must be turned toward “voices of
disunity,’’ stilled in wartime, but
now “beginning to cry aloud
again.”
‘They seek only to do us mis
chief,” he said. “They must not
prevail.”
For his administration, Mr. Tru
man set two fundamental goals.
At home:
“Our basic objective — toward
which all others lead—is to im
prove the welfare of the Ameri
can people.”
In foreign affairs:
“The great and dominant objec
tive of United States foreign poli
cy is to build and preserve a just
peace.”
It will be this country’s continu
ing policy, the President declared,
to place all its influence behind
the United Nations Organization
in preventing international war.
“If peace is to endure,” he said, i
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Change Made In
Organization Of
Health District
Ex-officio Members Named
iiy Ur. Cari V. tteynolds;
Meeting Held
According to requirements pro
vided in general statutes of North
Carolina, the following ex-offi
cio members were named on the
tri-county board of health: Miss
Clyde i ields, superintendent of
county schools of Alleghany; W.
M. Winkler, chairman of the
board of county commissioners,
Watauga; L. P. Colvard, mayor
of Jefferson. /
At the meeting of the group,
held recently* the following mem
bers were named for their re
spective terms: Wade E. Vannoy,
Ashe county, four year term: Dr.
C. A. Thompson. Alleghany
county, three year term; C. P.
Mock, Watauga county, two year
term; Dr. W. M. Matheson, Wa
tauga county, one year term.
Fri. And Sat. Set
For Tax Listing
Friday and Saturday, January
25 add 26, have been set as the
iast date for listing taxes in Gap
Civil township this year, G. Glenn
Nichols, tax supervisor, announc
ed yesterday.
Mr. Nichols pointed out that
a number of people had not yet
listed their taxes and reminded
them that a penalty will be im
posed on all those who fail to list.
Mrs. Roupe, 85,
Buried On Tues.
Former Alleghany Resident
Succumbs In Maryland
After Brief Illness
Funeral service for Mrs. Matil
da Roupe 85. who died at her
home in Forest Hill. Md., last
Friday, was held Tuesday at ten
o'clock at the New River Baptist
hurch. Burial followed in the
New River cemetery with the
Revs. Herbert Caldwell, Paul
Ph>nps and Cecil Sturgill, offi
ciating.
Pallbearers were John, Guy.
William, Cebert, Robert and Paul
Pugh.
Those acting as flower bearers
were: Misses Violet Osborne,
Maxine Roupe, Wilma Clarke
T ,eva Var.noy and Mrs. Jessie
Meeks.
Survivors are: Mrs. Ambrose
F. Pugh, Forest Hill, Md.; Mrs.
Walter W. Vannoy, North Wilkes
boro; Mrs. Victoria Wyatt, Lau
rel Springs; Mrs. Bettie Osborne
Baltimore. Md.: V. Freel Roupe.
Maben, W. Va.; Miss Beulah
Poupe, Forest Hill, Md.; Mrs.
Maggie Freeman, Spray; and Mrs.
Ruth Clarke, Spray.
Those attending the funeral
from out of town were: far. and
Mrs. William Freeman, Mr. and
Mrs. Reid Clarke, Russell Clarke
and Miss Wilma Clarke, of Spray:
Mrs. Lypn Meeks, Schoolfield.
Va.; Miss Leva May Vannoy,
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President’s Ball Will
Be Held Here Wed.
At Community Bldg.
Highlighting coming events for
the benefit of the Polio1 Pond
"Drive in Alleghany will be the
’’resident’s Ball, which will be
held at the community building
ore 0*1 Wednesday night Janu
ary HO, with a ten-piece orchestra
rom Boone engaged for the oc
asion, it was announced yester
day.
The ball will be under the
ooosorship of the Woman’s Club
a id is expected to attract a num
-er of out-of-town guests as well
s local couples. Dancing will
heron at nine o’clock and end at
twelve, it was pointed out.
The first formal dance to be
held in Sparta since the war be
gan, much enthusiasm is being
shown and a record crowd is ex
pected, officials stated.
In addition to the President’s
Pall, a square dance will be held
->n Saturday night under the
oonsorsh’p of the American Le
"ion or the benefit of the drive.
"Robert Nichols, commander of
KALCIIUCU
L'U y rubi,
dial i - \ i ation to everyone to
ttr>!'.d tha dance and contribute
i '0 the fund for this worthy cause.
No report has been received
from the schools, but it is under
tood that contributions are com
ing in and they are expected to
raise the quota of $100.00 assigned
them, with no difficulty.
The Lions Club has not turned
in an oficial report, but more than
one-half their quota has been
raised, it was pointed out. No re
port has been received from the
Chamber of Commerce, but mem
bers are expected to raise the
quota by January 31.
George Evans, 85,
Buried Monday
Funeral service for George Ev
ans 85, was held Monday at the
Whitehead Union Baptist church
with the Rev. Walter Evans offi
ciating, assisted by the Rev. A1
len Evans and Eld. Charlie Woot
en. Burial followed in the Joines
cemetery.
The aeed man died on Jaminrv
at the home of’his nephew
Kenny 'Pruitt, of Sparta, follow
ing an illness of several months.
Be had spent his entire life H
Alleghany county. The son of
■Tohn a^d Emilv Evans he was
•varfieri tn Mary Osborne, who
died several years ago.'
Surviving are five children:
Mrs. Maude Hanes, Mrs. Martha
Aired and Mrs. Geneva Koski, all
of Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Laura
Evans, of Sparta, and Mack Ev
ans, of Whitehead. *
5 Youths Enter
Naval Service
A number of 17-year-o'd Alle
ghany youths have recently join
ed the U. S. Navy, and are now
in “boot” camp at various naval
bas. s.
Wade Irwin and Bill Edwards
left this week for Raleigh, where
they will be assigned to camp,
•hile Burton Edwards, Paul
Woodard and Raymond Adams
are now stationed in San Diego
California.
FIRST PRESIDENT
Paul Henri Spaak, Belgian
foreign minister, who was
e’ee'ed first president of the
United Nations organization.
Much Interest
Being Shown In
Basketball Here
Sparta Teams To Meet Piney
Creek Tonight At Piney
Creek Gymnasium
Basketball fa^s will have an!
opportunity to see some thrill in?
action at Piney Creek tonight
when the Sparta teams meet the j
Piney Creek cegers 'St first;
games of the season.
Long rivals in the sport, both
teams have excellent material
this year, it is reported, and close
games are expected to result.
The Sparta girls lost to the i
Fries ferns, 18-20 in the last five!
minutes of the game here Tues- i
day when a tie-off was being,
played. One of the closest games1
ever witnessed in the Sparta
yr nasium. the score was tied
do/ ms of times during the game,
with one team scoring a d th< n
th« other. At the end of the
' me the score was tit d 14-1?
iid a i additional five n-inutes
/as granted for the play-off with
Fries throwing in three baskets
a id Sparta only two.
The boys’ game was not so
close with Sparta staying ahead
throughout the game and winning j
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Mrs. Pruitt, 80,
Burieil Saturday!
_ |
Mrs. Melve Pruitt. 80, was
buried at Landmark Union Bap
tist church on Saturday, January
19.
She is survived by her husband
and two sons, Artis, of Whitehead,
with whom she made her home
and Colonel, of Laurel Springs.
Several grandchildren also sur
vive.
Mrs. Pruitt was born in Wilkes
county and had been a member of
the German Baptist church since
early womanhood.
The New Roosevelt Birthday Stamp
>**o
f R £ EDOM
Or SP.1HCH
and religion
ROM WANT
HD PEAR
A new five-cent stamp in the Roosevelt memorial series,
with an issue date of January 30, the 64th anniversary of the
birth of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt, has been
released by the post office. The stamp is of special delivery
size and printed in blue. %
More Clothing
Needed In Drive
Now In Progress
Urge That Everyone Bring
Bundles To Schools In
County At Once
County-wide reports from the
teachers reveal that a number of
old clothes have been collected
in the Victory Clothing collection,
but that many more are needed,
and everyone, is urged to bring in
a contribution at an early date.
The drive will end on February 2.
Officials of the drive again
pointed out the extreme need for
clothing in the European coun
tries, the Far East and the Phil
ippines,, adding that every person
had some piece of wearing ap
earel or bedding, shoes or other
type clothing that they could eas
ily contribute.
Officials of the drive in Alle
ghany asked that the clothing be
delivered to the various schools
throughout the county and that it
: be packed in strong sacks and
'sewed ready to be shipped, ft
| was also pointed out that it would
! be well to sew to the package a*
^shipping tag containing the fol
lowing address:
United National Clothing Col
lection, Inc., 100 Maiden Lane,
New York, 7, N. Y.
The teachers throughout the
'county have been asked to bring
all collections to the sheriff’s of
fice at the courthouse here and
from there they will be directed
to a room reserved for the cloth
ing collection. It was especially
urged that all clothing be well
bundled before it was brought in
to the schools.
Ira T. Johnston
To Address Club
Other Entertainment Planned
For Feb. Meeting Of The
Chamber Of Otmimerre"
Ira T. Johnston, prominent
Jefferson attorney, will address
the Spart ■ Chamber of Commerce
at the February meeting on Fri
day, Feb. 8, it was announced this
week.
Mr. Johnston, well-known
throughout Alleghany county,
will speak on “The Opportunities
of a Chamber of Commerce for
Service.”
Additional entertainment is be
ing planned, it was pointed out.
The meal will be served by the
Woman’s Missionary Society of
the Methodist church. It was
urged that every member let
them know by Tuesday, February
5, if they do not plan to attend or
if they plan to have guests. No
tices should be sent to Miss Em
oryetta Reeves.
Crouse Accepts
Extension Work
Roy H. Crouse, of Sparta, a
former county agent of Ashe
county, has accepted a position
with the North Carolina State
College Extension Service in
Yancey, Mitchell and Avery coun
ties, where he will serve as coun
ty agent-at-large in connection
with horticulture work there, it
was learned this week.
Mr. Crouse, son of Mr. and Mrs.
T. L. Crouse, of Sparta, is a grad
uate of State College, Raleigh.
He served as county agent in Yan
cey county before coming to Al
leghany where he served as dai
ry specialist for Alleghany, Ashe
and Watauga counties before go
ing to Ashe as county agent there.
Richardson Is
Given’ Discharge
*
Arzie C. Richardson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. S. C. Richardson, of
Sparta. and formes etaffl-Ser
geant in the United^
Corps has been" *
charged from service and has as*
sumed the position as manager
of the Firestone Store at Inde
pendence, Va. it was announced
here.
, An aerial gunner in the air
corps, S-Sgt. Richardson spent
nine months overseas, completing
fifty missions. He wears the Air
Medal. Oak Leaf Cluster, three
battle stars and the Victory Med