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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 County Is . . . Outstanding Livestock, AgA culture and Tourist Centee, With A Population of 8,341. VOLUME 57, NO. 32 $1.50 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1946 $2.00 a Year Out of County .Sparta To Observe Clean-up Week, May 20-25 Much Interest Is Shown In Local Politics Here To Hold Republican Primary For First Time In 15 Years In Alleghany * With the Democratic primary little more than a week away, interest in local politics reached a high peak, with the sudden an nouncement that a Republican primary would also be held. N. Carl Jones, who withdrew from the Republican race for nomination of State Senate last week, yesterday announced his re-entry into the race against Raul Swanson. Jones pointed out that he withdrew with the understanding that Swanson was to do likewise and upon Swan son’s failure to do so, he an nounced his re-entry, making it necessary to conduct a Repub lican primary in Alleghany coun ty for the first time in the past fifteen years. Three contests will be staged in the Democratic party, the race between Erie McMichael and Walter E. Johnston for solicitor; the race between Glenn D. Rich ardson, Arthur Gambill and Dean Halsey for sheriff and the race between Carl Hash and Greek Hill, for county board of educa tion. Eugene Transou will be un (Continued on Page 4), New Serial Will Begin This Week Sally, Heroine Of ‘Whirlwind’ Is In For Adventure In * The Opening Chapter A new serial, entitled “Whirl wind,” begins in this issue of Quite different from the life <gf f -Newspaper Reporter Ann Clay ton, this is a modem storyof the life of an airline hostess, who to supposedly content with thrilling experiences in the air. First Officer Jimmy Kennedy, ^ an officer with a line—though not B successful in making dates with one Sally Alliston, supplies one of the romantic interests. Sally, ' the twenty-one year old attrac tive heroine, is not the happy carefree lassie she appears to be for her personal life is not run ning smoothly. The daughter of a housekeeper for the wealthy and well known Jethrup family, Sally has always been in love with Philip, the heir to the Jeth rup industry and estate. Grandfather Jethrup is looking out for the family name, and is trying to prevent anything from materializing from a childhood romance of Philip and Sally’s. Sally, %f course, loves Philip too much to stand in his way, socially. Readers will not want to miss a single chapter of this exciting new story, written by Norma Newcomb. ^ Shearing School To Be Held Fri. It was announced this week that a sheep shearing school would be held Friday, May 24, at 9 o’clock at the Upper Mountain Experiment Station at Transou. E. A. Warner, of the Sunbeam Corporation, formerly the Chicago Flexible Shaft company, will be here to help conduct the schools. Alleghany Girl ASTC Graduate Commencement exercises for Appalachian State Teachers Col lege were held for the year 1945 1946, on May 8. Afe. Fifty-one seniors received ^bachelor of science degrees, thir ty-three of which have received their training and degrees in the high school field, and are quali fied with high school, class A cer tificates; three are in the element ary education combined with some special subject; eight in ele mentary education, and seven in the primary education. Graduates are taken from twenty-six coun ties and four states. Ruby Dancy, of Alleghany, was among the graduates. Chamber Of Commerce Plans Sponsorship Of Athletic Program For Sparta School -x-:-1 WINS CONTEST Miss Cleo Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mack Jones, of Furches, who recently won the national Forensic contest. Gleo Jones Gets National Honor In Va. Contest Alleghany Girl Wins First Place In National Forensic Tournament Miss Cleo Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mack Jones, of Furches, received a national hon or recently, when she was award ed the Strawberry Leaf Society award in a national speaking con test held at Martha Washington College, Fredericksburg, Va. Miss Jones, a graduate of Sparta .high school and ASTC, Boone, has been an outstanding student in oratory throughout her school Career, having won seven medals in addition to the national award. Miss Jones, who is now doing graduate work at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, (Continued on Page 4) Operetta To Be Given At Sparta The Primary grades of Sparta school will present an operetta, “If I Were Queen” at the school auditorium on Friday evening, May 24, at eight o’clock. A May Queen is crowned and the Lords and Ladies as well as the woodland folk gather to do homage to this Queen, who has been chosen not for beauty alone but for her kind heart as well. The characters are: Nina, the beggar maid who becomes “Queen of the May”, Eleanor Ward; Court Jester, Franklin Andrews; Robin Redbreast, Terry Johnson; Mr. Froggie, Robert Fox; Mr. Wood (Continued on Page 4) To Supplement Salary Of Full Time Athletic Director; Committee Appointed Among a number of business natters discussed at the Chamber )f Commerce last Friday night A/as the sponsorship of an ath etic program at Sparta high school, the program to Include supplementing the salary of a :ull-time athletic director for -he school. John F. Miller, professor of /hysical education and director of ntramural sports of State Col ege, Raleigh, was a guest at the meeting and encouraged the sponsorship of the proposed pro gram. A committee composed of it. E. Black, chairman, C. R. Roe and Ralph Gentry, was appointed to investigate the possibilities of such a program and make a def inite report at the June meeting. R. J. Randolph, new Sparta at (Continued on Page 4) Final Rites For Mrs. Absher Are Held Saturday One Of Sparta’s Most Well Known Women Dies At Age Of 83 Mrs. Martha Ann Absher, 83, one of Sparta’s most well-known and beloved women, died at her home here last Thursday after an illness of several months. Funeral service was conducted May 11 at Antioch church with Elds. S. G. Caudill, Charlie Hall and C. B. Kilby officiating. In* tertnent followed' in the Irwin cemetery. The daughter of William and Nancy Irwin, “Aunt” Martha, as she was commonly known, lived her entire life in Alleghany coun ty. She was married to William Hardip Absher on October 15, 1879. For more than 65 years she had been a faithful member of the Primitive Baptist church at Antioch. She is survived by her only son, Joseph Absher, owner of the Sparta Shoe Shop here, eight grand-children and eleven great grandchildren. One brother, Joe Irwin, of Twin Oaks, and one sister, Mrs. Alice Atwood, of Twin Oaks, also survive. Pallbearers were Roy Choate, Mack Atwood, Kilby Atwood, (Continued on Page 4) STATE TEST FARM SECURES PRIZE ANIMAL The Hillcrest Domino bull, grand champion of the North Carolina State Fair in 1940, has been purchased for the State Ex periment Test Farm at Transou, James A. Graham, assistant di rector, announced this week. The bull was purchased last week from George M. Pate, of Rowland, and brought to the test County Men Now Serving Overseas T-5 John T. Ham, left, now serving* in Italy, has re cently been promoted to his present rank. He is married to the former Miss Lena Sheets and they have one daugh ter. Pfc. Claude S. Roupe, right, has notified his wife, the former Miss Cleo Bryant, that he has arrived safely in Bomberg, Germany. He has been in service for 19 months. Commencement At Piney Creek Begins Saturday Will Have Number Of Pro grams For Closing Exercises; No Graduating Class Although there will be no graduating class at Piney Creek nigh school this year, a number of programs have been planned for the commencement exer cises, it was announced this week. A declamation and recitation contest will be held on Saturday May 18, at one o’clock in the school auditorium. Joe Perry and R. E. Landreth are the only two contestant in the declam ation contest while those entering the recitation contest are Grace Fields, Norma Douglas, Ruby Ab sher, Edna McMillan, Katie Hal sey and Patsey Billings. On Wednesday evening, May 22 at 7:30 p.m., a style show, “Miss Modern Cinderella” and a grade program consisting of a pageant “Little Red Riding Hood” and an operetta, “Sunny of Sunnyside” will be given. A ;mall admission charge will be made. Climaxing the commencement program will be the senior play, a threfe act comedy entitled, “The 3argain Bride,” by Jay Tobias, on Friday night, May 24 at 7:30 (Continued on Page 4) Representatives Of Civic Clubs To Meet On Sat. uummissiuners Law meet to Discuss Maintenance Of Community Building The Board of Commissioners of Alleghany county again remind ed citizens this week of the call meeting to representatives of each of the civic clubs of the county for a discussion of the mainten ance of the community building, at the courthouse on Saturday afternoon, May 18, at two o’clock. Members of the board of com missioners pointed out that it is hoped that an arrangement can be worked out, whereby every civi^ club in the county will have a responsibility toward the up keep of the community building, “the pride of every citizen of Al leghany.” Heretofore, the main tenance of the building had been in charge of the Woman’s Club. Notices to each of the leaders (Continued on Page 4) June 1 Is Final Date To Sign For AAA Program Farmers are again reminded chat the closing date for sign ng farm plans for the 1946 AAA program is June 1. Anyone who has not signed a farm plan by this date will not be eligible to participate in the 1946 program, t was explained. During the last few days the armer’s copy of the farm plan las been mailed to him showing >ractices which have been ap proved for his farm. Any farmer who needs more ime, phosphate or other prac (Continued on Page 4) Cemetery To Be Cleaned May 31 Friday, May 31, has been set as he date for cleaning the Wood uff cemetery at Cherry Lane and risking repairs around the church end cemetery, it was announced his week. All persons who are interested are asked to come to the church >n May 31, when the old fence vill be removed from the ceme ery and a new one replaced and vhen new seats will be made for he church. It was explained that the material for the seats had been sawed and that all materials vere ready. Carpenters were ask ;d to bring their hammers, chisels and saws for the work. Mattocks 're also needed, it was explained, to clean the fence row for the .lew fence. Town To Impose Special Tax On All Businesses Within Incorporate Limits Soon i Mayor Wagoner Points Out Need Of Revenue In Meet ing Town Expenses. A special business license will be required of every business house in Sparta, beginning June 30, Mayor Amos Wagoner an nounced this week, following a meeting of the town council. This newly imposed tax will include businesses of every class ification, including stores, gar ages, service stations, theatres, banks and every other business in the town, Mayor Wagoner ex plained. The dealer or owner of the business, upon payment of the license fee, will be granted for proper consideration all rights and privileges for the purpose of carrying on the business as class ified. Mayor Wagoner explained that the license fees would be worked out by the town council accord (Continued on Page Four) Final Exercises Are Held Today At Glade Valley Seventeen Graduates Will . Receive Diplomas At Exercise The 36th annual commence ment exercises at Glade Valley high school will come to a close this afternoon when seventeen boys and girls will receive their diplomas, Supt. E. B. Eldridge an nounced yesterday. The Rev. Watt Cooper, pastor of the North Wilkesboro Presby terian church, will deliver the commencement address, Mr. Eld ridge announced. The Rev. Mr. Cooper, a noted speaker, has serv ed for the past three years as a chaplain in the U. S. Armed Forces. The preceding programs of the commencement have been well attended, it was pointed out. The senior play on Saturday night was a sell-out. A number of peo ple attended the baccalaureate sermon on Sunday, which was de livered by the Rev. Ralph Ritchie, pastor of the Elkin Presbyterian (Continued on Page 4) Sparta Woman Oldest Alumna Mrs. Jane Hampton Jones, of Elkin, widow of Frank Jones, and former resident of Alleghany county, is the oldest living alum na of Mitchell College at States ville, it was disclosed this week. Mrs. Jones, who spent most of her married life in Sparta, rear ed and educated her children here, making her home with her daughter, Mrs. Roy Barker, in ’ <"V>ntii»uea on Page 4) SHOW WINNER Ida Maude Black, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Black, who won third place on her entry in the Hereford class of the Atlantic Fat Stock Show at Richmond, Va., recently. To Install VFW Post In County J Saturday Night Organization Will Be Perfect ed And Officers Installed At Meeting A post of the Veterans of For eign Wars will be instituted in Alleghany county on Saturday night. May 18, at eight o’* ock when a department officer' will be present to carry out the neces sary installation procedures, Joe E. Doughton, acting quartermas ter, reminded, veterans this week. At a preliminary meeting re cently, temporary officers of the post were named in order that the charter application might be sent in, it was pointed out. How ever, the organization has not been perfected, it was disclosed. The charter application has been (Continued on Page 4) Billings Killed In Auto Mishap Elmer Billings, 41, of Cherry Lane, was killed instantly when the automobile he was operating left Highway No. 21, five miles south of Sparta, at 6:00 o’clock, Sunday evening. His automobile left the high way and while attempting to bring it back on the highway, it overturned on the right shoulder of the road, State Highway pa trolmen reported. Mr. Billings suffered a broken (Continued on Page 4) Ministers Are Asked To Make Appeal For Food Collection Alleghany ministers along with all others have been urged to make special appeals for the Emergency Food Collection now underway in thousands of com munities throughout the nation, it'was announced today by Secre tary of Commerce Henry A. Wal lace, national chairman of the campaign to relieve hunger and starvation in famine - stricken lands. The collection of cash to buy food economically in large quantities and of gifts of food can ned in tin is in behalf of UNRRA, of which F. H. LaGuardia is di rector general. Protestant, Catholic and Jew ish leaders giving their whole hearted support to the collection as members of the national com mittee include Bishop G. Brom ley Oxnam, president of the Fed eral Council of Churches of Christ in America, and Bishop of the New York area of the Methodist Church; Harper Sibley, of Roch ester, chairman of the Church Committee on Overseas Relief and Reconstruction; the Rt Rev. Henry St. George Tucker, of New York, Presiding Bishop of the ^otestant Episcopal Church; Rev. M. E. Dodd, of Shreveport, La., former president of the Southern Baptist Convention; the Rev. Roy Ewing Vale, of Indianapolis, Im mediate tast Moderator of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A.; Francis J. Cardinal Spellman, of New York; Samuel A. Cardinal Stritch, of Chicago; Rabbi Her bert S. Goldstein, of New York, president of the Synagogue Coun cil of America; and Bishop J. A. Gregg, of Kansas City, Presiding Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Wallace has explained that cash contributions are preferred so that food may be bought in quantity lots at a lower price, and also so as to save sorting, packing and shipping costs. Gifts of food canned in tin are also sought, especially from contributors who have such food on hand. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and ex-Gov. Herbert H. Lehman, for mer Director General of UNRRA, are honorary chairmen. ■ i Mayor Wagoner Proclaims Week To Beautify Town All Citizens Are Asked To Co-operate In Effort To Clean Up Town Mayor Amos Wagoner has de clared the week of May 20 as offi cial clean-up week for the town of Sparta and every business, house, all public buildings and every private home in the town have been asked to cooperate in the united effort to beautify the town. In a proclamation issued by Mayor Wagoner last week, it was explained that the citizens of the town have been asked to clear all property of rubbish and to re move it not only off the prop erty but outside the town limits^ “Every business man; house wife and every boy and girl is asked to take part in this clean up campaign, and without the co operation of everyone, it cannot be a success,’’ Mayor Wagoner stated. The streets will be cleaned and possibly repainted, it was an nounced. Business houses will get rid of all trash in the vi cinity of their business and all private homes will also cooper ate in the united effort by clear ing away unsightly rubbish. Heretofore, clean-up week hag been observed in the town, but this year it is expected to be carried out more vigorously, it was explained. A number of new business houses have been erect ed and others are under construc tion, leaders pointed out, adding much to the town. Now that summer is on the way and a num ber of tourists are expected to. travel through Sparta, it is the duty of every citizen in the town to make if as, attractive as pos sible. Auto Sales Co. To Open On Sat Ben G. Beeves, Pramiiwit Local Business Man Is Dodge-Plymouth Deales Ben G. Reeves, well-known local business man, has been ap pointed Dodge-Plymouth dealer tor Alleghany county and wtft nold a formal opening of his new garage, The Auto Sales Company on Saturday. Mr. Reeves will also handle Crosley and General Electric elM' trical appliancs, and RCA, Cros. ley and Zenith radios. A prominent business man in Alleghany, Mr. Reeves operates the Spartan theatre here in adds* tion to the Sparta Recapping plant. He is vice-president of the Sparta Chamber of Commerce and an active civic worker. The public is cordially invited to attend the opening of the new garage on Saturday. At three o’clock, Saturday afternoon two new seven feet deluxe refriger ators will be sold to the lucky person at ceiling price, it was an nounced. Stamp 49 Good Until August 31 The public is again reminded that Spare Stamp No. 49 is good for five pounds of sugar until August 31, when it expires. Spare Stamp No. 9 is also good for five pounds of canning sugar and expires October 31. Donations For Cemetery Sought All those persons who have rela tives buried at Union cemetery at Whitehead have been asked to make donations for the upkeep. A caretaker has been engaged, it was announced, and in order that he may be paid, it is neces sary that donations be made. It was explained that a cost of $4.50 was incurred each time the ceme tery was mowed and that it had already been mowed three times this spring. All donations should be to either Henry or pern at mi
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