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The Alleghany News AND STAR-TIMES—(CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941) —ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. AUeghanj County Is . . . Outstanding Livestock, Agit culture and Tourist Center, With A Population of 8,341. VOLUME 57, NO. 32 $1.50 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1946 $2.00 a Year Out of County Seventeen To Graduate From G. Y. This Year Commencement Exercises To Begin Saturday Night With Senior Play The 36th. annual commence ment exercises at Glade Valley Presbyterian high school, will get underway on Saturday night at 8:15 when the senior class will present a play entitled, “Tempest' and Sunshine,” E. B. Eldridge! superintendent, announced this I week. The baccalaureate sermon will j be delivered on Sunday, May 12,1 at 3:00 p. m. when the R£v. Ralph Richie, pastor of the Elkin Pres byterian church will speak to' members of the graduating class and friends of the school. Spe cial music will be featured with the sermon. The music recital will be held on Wednesday night, May 15, at 8:00 p. m. under the direction of Mrs. Ellen Guerrant, head of the music department. The graduating exercises will be held on Thursday, May 16, at 11:00 p. m. in the school auditor ium, with Rev. Watt Cooper, pas tor of the North Wilkesboro Pres byterian church delivering the commencement address. Rev. Mr. Cooper, a noted speaker, has served for the past three years as a chaplain in the U. S. armed forces. Betty Lou Vannoy, of Reddis River, will deliver the valedic tory address while Doris Collins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Collins, of Sparta and Largo, Fla., ■will deliver the salutatory ad dress. Miss Vannoy had an av erage grade of 93.58 for her four years work and Miss Collins had an average of 93.25. Fourteen girls and three boys will receive diplomas. They are: Doris Collins, Betty Lou Vannoy, Jean Collins, Gwendolyn Bare, Josephine Brown, Grace Hegler, Clarice Taylor, raine O’Neal. R Smith, Mildred gram, Blanche ^nge, Donald Long. Mr. Eldridge pointed out that Glade Valley had enjoyed a most < Continued on Page 4) | Galax Newspaper Damaged By Fire Nearby Buildings Are Also Damaged; Paper Not To Be Published For Weeks GALAX, Va.—The Galax Post Herald, weekly newspaper and several other offices in the same building, were badly damaged by fire Saturday night. Firemen were hampered by the explosion of three 50 gallon bar • rels of oil stored at the rear of the newspaper plant. Presses, intertype and stereo type room at the rear of the news paper plant were damaged and it was stated yesterday the paper may not be able to publish for several weeks. The flames spread from the ■, stereotype room, where they orig (k inated, to the offices on the sec ond floor. These included those of Dr. Loe Coates, Miss Doscar Martin, dressmaker, and Vogue Beauty Parlor, the Carlan Build- j ing, housing the Economy Auto | Supply Company, was damaged 1 by smoke and water. The rear of the Mick or Mack Store was scorched by heat. Smokey Says: BY oosh! timber in the wocm-WM CATTT.E IN THE PKK5TUBB. REALLY makim' money/ More and more cattle raisers are discovering increased income through raising their cattle on im proved pasture and protecting their woodlands for timber crops. Pro tected from fire and grazing, trees will furnish reproduction for a con stantly growing timberstand. " Famine Fighter Dines With King • Former President Herbert Hoover, chairman of Presi dent Truman’s famine emergency committee, is shown, left, as he lunched with King Farouk of Egypt in Cairo during Mr. Hoover’s visit to the land of the sphinx. Commissioners Ask Groups To Meet In Order To Make Plans For Community Bldg. Maintenance To Be Decided Upon; Want Cooperation Of Organizations The Alleghany County Com missioners this week issued a call to representatives of each of the civic clubs of the county to be present for an important meeting on Saturday afternoon, May 18, at two-o’clock for a discussion of the problem of the maintenance ot the community building. It was explained that the Wom an’s Club, who has heretofore been in charge of the mainten ance of the building, has relin quished all property belonging to them to the community and that a committee composed of mem bers of each of the civic clubs would be appointed, th^wfoice Iag the responsibility of the building to ever® embers of the board oH| lioners pointed out tha^rr re hoped that an arrangement of this sort will solve all problems of the maintenance of this county building. “The upkeep of the Alleghany county community building, one of the most prided buildings in the county, is the responsibility ICOilUiJUeU 1 il&v I I/U< Pvt. D. H. Royal Lands In Naples LEGHORN, Italy—Pvt. Dwight H. Royal, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Royal, of Roaring Gap. arrived safely in Naples, and has been assigned to the 4468th. Truck Company, a unit of the Peninsu lar Base Section, the Army Ser vice iorce in Italy. PBS served and supplied Fifth Army and the ground crews of the U. S. Air Force and Navy during the entire Italian cam paign. The Base is commanded by Brigadier General Francis H. Oxx„ Pvt. Royal attended Sparta high school and was a truck driver prior to his entry into the army, on June 25, 1945. He took basic training at Ft. McClellan, Ala., before coming overseas. T. R. Burgiss Is Elected Officer Of N.GP. Ass’n, Mrs. Burgiss And Miss Pat Burgiss Also Honored At Meeting T. R. Burgiss, of Sparta, was recently elected first vice-presi dent of the North Carolina Phar maceutical Association at a meet ing held in Asheville. Mr. Burgiss, Sparta’s only phar macist for a number of years, has long been active in the state phar maceutical association, and has iield a number of offices in ad QBfion to the one to which he waa Mslently appointed. jpMrs. Burgiss, who accompanied •K!r. Burgiss to the meeting, was named parliamentarian of the Woman’s Auxiliary of the associ ation. Miss Patsy Roy Burgiss, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Burgiss, and secretary of the School of Pharmacy of the University of North Carolina, reported to the NCPA on the student branch of pharmacy of the University of North Carolina. Five major issues, which will probably dominate the associa tion’s activities in the year ahead, emerged from the recent meet ing. They include: the need for an adequate N. C. program for continued on Page 4) John M. Miles Gets Discharge "Staff Sergeant John M. Miles, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Miles, of Sparta, returned home this : week after serving for the past ! 18 months with the U. S. Army in Germany, Austria, and France. I S-Sgt. Miles, who was with the Third Army has been in service i ! for the past vtwo years. He has | ' received an honorable discharge, i | Married to the former Miss Elizabeth Hash, they have one! daughter, Pat. 400 Southern Textile Mills May Close Due To Strikes CHARLOTTE.—Approximately , 400 of the South’s 700 textile' mills will be forced to close with- ; in 30 days if the coal mine strike should last that long, W. P. Ja- j cobs, president of the American Cotton Manufacturers Associa tion, has announced. Jacobs said that a “number” of mills already had shut down, due to the strike. He said he did not have complete figures on the number, but that he knew of sev eral. “Two-thirds of the South’s tex tile mills now are on the verge Df closing,” he said, “and if the coal strike continues another month at its present rate practi cally every mill in the South will be forced to discontinue opera Jacobs attributed the acute sit uation in which the mills now find themselves to the fact that they buy fuel directly from the mines and not from the retail dealers. Because this is true, he added, the strike has affected them much sooner than those .con cerns which purchase on a re tail basis. The dealers, he said, were able to store up coal, but the mines sold out almost as rapidly as it was produced. Jacobs said that since the as sociation was not connected in any way with the negotiations, it therefore had little knowledge of | what was going on. However, he did say that the association was in sympathy with the Solid Fuels Administrator, and had; talked with him about the situ ation. No estimate was given of the cloth already lost by those mills which have quit operation, nor the number of unemployed be cause of the shut-down. He did say, however, it would probably be a long time before that shirt you have been wanting would be available. Mayor Declares May 20 Clean-up Week In Sparta Back Taxes Must Be Paid; Stop Light May Be Erected At Intersection The week of May 20 was offi cially declared “Clean-Up Week” in Sparta by Mayor Amos Wag oner at a meeting of the town council here on Tuesday night. Mayor Wagoner issued a proc clamation to the effect that all business houses and private homes should observe the clean up week by clearing their pro perty of all rubbish and carrying it out of the town limits. “It is time that we gave our town a thorough spring cleaning.” Mayor Wagoner stated and add ed that the co-operation of every person in the town, business men, housewives and children, would be needed to make the project a success. In addition to clean-up week, Mayor Wagoner reminded all town citizens that all back taxes must be paid immediately, or they will be advertised. Every person who owes back taxes has been notified, he pointed out. (Continued on Page 4) M-Sgt. Spicer Is Designer Of War Monument Depicts Friscan Regiment Of World War II; Stands In Kassel Master Sergeant Kermit Spicer, son of Joe M. Spicer, of Glade Valley, recently designed a monu ment depicting the entire saga of the Friscan regiment in World War II. The monument now stands near the 30th. Infantry CP in Kassel. Built in the shape of an obe lisk, it is situated in the center of a group of three crossroads to proclaim the present ruling pow er in Kurhessen in black letters on a white background. The saga of the regiment is emblazoned on all four sides of the structure. Running across the top of each side in bright colors is the Presi dential Citation, the Regimental Crest, and the Croix de Guerre ribbon with fourragere. Under the impressive heading fails the names, in bold black let ters, of the 30th.’s campaigns from French Morocco to Austria. A gold circle of eight battle stars (Continued on Page Four; Cpl. Maines To Get Discharge MANILA, P. I.—Corporal Wil liam F. Maines, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emory E. Maines, Sparta, was recently transferred to the 5th Replacement Depot near Ma nila pending shipment to the United States for discharge from the Army, according to a press release from the 86th (Black hawk) Infantry Division. Inducted April 11, 1944, Cor poral Maines trained at Camp Wheeler, Georgia, before depart ing for overseas service Febru ary 19, 1945. He saw combat with the 86th Division in Europe and was redeployed for the Pacific theatre with the Blackhawk Di vision during August, 1945. MOTHER'S DAY TO BE OBSERVED HERE Mother’s Day will be ob served this Sunday in churches throughout the county with special services dedicated to the mothers. i The Sparta First Baptist church will hold its annual Mother’s Day service -at 11:00 o’clock Sunday ihorning. Rev. F. G. Walker will deliver a special sermon to the mothers. Everyone is cordially invited to attend. A special service will also be held at the Presbyterian church with the Methodists and Presbyterians having a joint meeting. A special program of music will also be offered at both churches. Other churches throughout the county will also have feat ured sendees on Sunday hon oring Mother’s Day. Respond To Mercy Call For Wheat Northwest grain farmers are responding to the appeal for their wheat to feed the starving millions in Europe and Asia. This scene at the Farmers Union Co-op elevator at Flasher, N. D., shows a group of the neighboring farm ers who have jUst brought in their wheat. Government Asking For Rationing Of Electricity As Coal Crisis Grows Acute Unbeaten Sparta High Baseball Team Meets Va. Grassy Creek To Play Sparta This Afternoon At Grassy Creek The Sparta high school boy’s baseball team has had one of the most outstanding seasons in re cent years, winning every game played both on the local diamond and elsewhere. In the first game of the season when the local team met Glade Valley there they won 8-6 and in the return game on the Sparta field, the local lads were victors with a score of 12-6. Bill Reeves, Sparta third baseman knocked a home run in this second game. In the third game, Sparta won over Piney Creek 16-6 on the local diamond and in the return and fourth game of their spectac ular season the local lads won 16-9. The Sparta team met Independ ence at Independence for the fifth game, winning 5-2, with In dependence scoreless until the final inning. The game scheduled with Grassy Creek here last Friday was rained out, so Sparta will meet th^m there this afternoon^ The Sparta lads have an excel (Continued on Page 4) Rev. F. G. Walker To Hold Revival Rev. F. G. Walker, pastor of the New Hope Baptist church, will conduct the annual revival there from May 19 through 31, it was announced this week. Services will be held each even ing at eight o’clock except on Sunday, May 19, when the ser vice will be held at 2:30 p. m. The public is cordially invited to attend each of the services md to bring their friends. i - ■ 1 Railroads Report 400,000 Idle; Expect Curtailment Of Gas Service WASHINGTON.—A far flung dimout was urged by the Gov ernment last night, and steps were in preparation for nation- J wide rationing of manufactured gas as the coal strike crisis mov ed rapidly toward perhaps the most momentous showdown in the country’s peace-time history. The Civilian Production Ad ministration called on electric companies in more than a score of Eastern and Midwestern states to put into effect a rationing sys tem, starting with a “brownout” and progressing to a blackout of all except the most vital services. Another order was prepared by CPA authorizing the rationing of manufactured gas where neces sary. Expected to be issued to day, it provides that companies making such gas may, at their liscretion, curtail service to con sumers. The Civilian Production Ad ninistration reported that emerg ency soft coal stocks available for overnment distribution are less than ths country normally would consume in 12 hours. Simultaneously, the Association 'Continued on Page 4) Jones Withdraws From Senate Race G. Glenn Nichols, chairman of the Alleghany county Board of Elections announced this week that Carl Jones, who was running for nomination for state senate on the Republican ticket against Paul Swanson, had withdrawn from the race, leaving Swanson unopposed and thus averting all chances of a Republican primary. The announcement of the with drawal was made this week, Mr. Nichols said. It was thought un til this time that a Republican primary, the first in Alleghany j county in a number of years, * would be held this year. Ban Placed On Much Freight Because Of Shortage Of Coali Alleghany, like the rest of the nation, will feel the affects of the coal strike when the ban goes on freight shipments, effec tive Friday. A number of passenger trains of many of the railroads have been curtailed and others are ex pected to be unless the strike can be settled. The ord£r embargoes all freight shipments by coal-burning trains except those of: 1. Live stock, live poultry and perishable freight. 2. Coal, coke, charcoal, petro leum and its products. , 3. Food for human consump tion, including wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, ric6, cereal products, salt, canned goods, sugar and lard substitutes, feed for animals and poultry not including hay and straw. 4. Printing paper and printing ink. 5. Medicines, drugs, surgical in struments, surgical dressings, hospital and sickroom supplies. 6. Traffic originating at and destined to local points on one railroad or zone of such rail road which may supply freight service with other than coal burning locomotives. 7. Shipments moving on per mits issued by W. C. Kendall, chairman of the car service di vision of the Association of American Railroads. CONGRESS PASSES BILL FOB WAR DEAD RETURN WASHINGTON—Congress gave final approval and sent to Presi dent Truman Wednesday a bill authorizing return of the nation’s war dead to this country for burial. The War Department would return and bury the bodies of any war dead whose immedi ate family requests such action. Women Will Give Community Bldg. Assets To County Club Votes Unanimously To Turn Over Community Bldg. Equipment To County At the meeting of the Woman’s Club here Monday afternoon, the club voted unanimously to re linquish all their property in the community building to the coun ty, thus giving up the job of maintenance of the building which they have exercised since Its erection in 1941. The Woman’s Club invested approximately $2,000.00 in equipment for the building at that time. The resolution reads as fol “All property of the Woman’s Club in the community building will be relinquished to the coun ty for a period of one year for their use as long as it is cared for and not destroyed, and that an inventory of this property will be made and that any dam» ages or replacements will be taken care of by the fees at the building. Also no property may be removed from the building for any reason.” Mrs. R. F. Crouse, president at the club, pointed out that when the community building was erected that the Woman’s Club was the only civic organization in the town with the exception of the American Legion and tbafc the club was asked by the cone missioners to assume the respon> sibility of the maintenance. “It is only right that now that there are more organizations in the town, that they, too, should assume a joint responsibility fer tile upkeep of the building,” sho said. Property of the club which is now in the building consists of dishes, silver, linens, a stove, hat water tank, cooking utensils, to bies, chairs, piand, heatrola, and cleaning equipment. A number of other business matters were also discussed at fee meeting. Mrs. Edwin Duncan gave a report on the recent meet ing with the commissioners which she and Mrs. Crouse attended. Miss Emogene Choate, assisted at the piano by Mrs. Ross Reeves, sang “When Irish Eyes AVe Smil ing” in observance of National (Continued on Page 4) New Law Office Is Opened Here - v Hebert J. Randolph, Former Mt. Airy Attorney, Comes To Sparta Robert J. Randolph, attorney from Mount Airy, has opened a law office in Sparta in the office room formerly occupied by the ration board. Mr. Randolph, a native of Tex as, is a graduate of Wake Forest law school. For the past several years he has been practicing law in Mount Airy where he was em ployed by the Fairchild Airplane Manufacturing Company. Married to the former Miss Evelyn Fawcette, of Mount Airy, the new attorney expects to move his family here in the near fu ture. They have four children. “We welcome Mr. Randolph to Sparta and wish him much suc cess in his practice here,” Mayor Amos Wagoner said this week. Since the death of Gov. R. A. Doughton, Attorney R. Floyd Crouse has been the only member of the Alleghany bar here. Winter Weather Is Here Again * Alleghany county experi enced some cool weather this week, which was described by one old timer as “blackberry winter.” Cold rains and winds sent thermometers below forty. The same man that labeled this cold weather as “black berry winter” described the previous one, ten days ago as “dogwood winter.” Snow flur ries were seen throughout the county then. Another party remarked that the first guaranteed warm weather would be the arrival of the cat birds. “We will not have any cool weather after the cat birds arrive,” he de clared. As to date no cat birds have .. 1 ■ ■
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