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The Alleghany News
AND STAR-TIMES— (CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941) —ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER.
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Alleghany County Is . . .
Duts&nding Livestock, Aglt
culture and Tourist Center,
With A Population of 8,341.
VOLUME 57, NO. 36
$1.50 a Year in Alleghany County
SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA
THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1946
$2.00 a Year Out of County
HEAVY VOTE EXPECTED IN PRIMARY, SAT.
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Plans Underway For Sparta Horse Show June 22
Entries Coming
In Daily; Good
Show Expected
Sparta Lions Club Will
Sponsor Show; Many Prizes
Will Be Offered
Plans are now well underway
for the Sparta Horse Show here
on June 22 under the sponsorship
of the Lions Club and prepara
tions are being made for a record
crowd.
Entries are coming In daily, D.
F. Sturdivant, chairman of that
committee, announced yesterday
and an excellent show is expect
ed. It was explained that a judge
had been secured from Charlotte.
A show book will be made up,
listing the entries and different
classes. The book is under the
supervision of J. K. Wagoner.
Special committees have also
been appointed for the track,
lights, seats, concessions and pub
licity, it was disclosed. Members
of the club pointed out that 500
seats were purchased by the Lions
last fall and will be set up for
the show in June.
A large number of saddle horses
from Alleghany county will be
entered in the show, it was ex
plained. Owners include D. F.
Sturdivant, Robert Joines, Bill
Musgrove, Charlie Edwards, Tom
Greene, Henry Edwards, and oth
ers.
In addition to saddle horses,
special prizes are also being of
fered for the two best teams of
work horses in tl
,al3© expected tha
entered m the shi
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To Conduct Sheep
Shearing School
Tw" Srlinols To Be Held In
Alleghanv On Saturday,
May 25
IS. A. Warner, of the Sunbeam
Cooperation, Chicago, Illinois,
will b° in the conntv on Saturday,
May 25 to conduct two sheep
shearing schools. R. E. Black,
county agent, announced yester
dav.
The schools will be conducted
• at the following places:
D. C. Duncan farm, Sparta,
from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.
John C. Halsey farm, Piney
Creek on Saturday afternoon.
As there are very few custom
sheep shearers in the county there
may be some difficulty in getting
the sheep sheared this year. Mr.
Black pointed out. He urged that
anyone wishing to learn more
about shearing sheep should at
tend one or both of these schools
and learn the proper method of
shearing.
f Mr. Black also explained that
this is a good opportunity for a
number of men to learn the sheep
shearing business and shear for
others. However, he pointed out.
farmers who plan to do their own
shearing will certainly be bene
fitted by working with Mr. War
ner as he is an expert in the
field.
THESE WOODS
BURNERS BURN
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It’s time to take action when
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oo(i '.an who sets wildfire
in hjj ov woods is burning dol
lars. He Wio sets fire to another’s
woods is not vn! ■.* *Tr. dghbox
but is a law *- *
Council Of War Against Strikes
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Senators Allen J. Ellender (Dem., La.), Scott W. Lucas
(Dem., HI.), William F. Knowland (Rep., Calif.), and
James O. Eastland (Dem., Miss.) hold a council of war in
Washington to see what they can do to halt strikes that
interfere with the wheels of industry.
Group To Compile History
Of Alleghany County; Call
Meeting Here For June 1
\!1 Interested Persons Are
Asked To Meet At The
Courthouse On June 1
A special meeting has been call
ed for Saturday, June 1 at two
j’clock at the courthouse erf, a 11
tose persons inte^MHHRfi|fen
!ing a history fUtgKBmtXiy
unty.
This meeting, wl^^Wuin
clude groups from both in and
out of the county, will be held in
an effort to work out some con
crete plan for gathering thtTma
terial and writing the history of
the county, it was explained. It
is urged that all families who
are interested in the writing of
such a history should lend every
effort to make it possible. Rep
esentatives from every civic or
ganization are also urged to be
present, as are ministers and rep
resentatives from the various
churches.
nuns now underway provide
eat the manuscript should con
ain the history of the county and
ts people and should be of in
■ jrest to every citizen of the
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Sparta PTA Will
Meet Here May 28
The Sparta Parent Teacher’s
Association will meet in the li
brary of Sparta high school on
Tuesday night, May 28, at 7:30
p. m. for the last meeting of this
school year, it was announced
this week.
All parents and teachers are
requested to make a special ef
fort to attend the meeting when
plans will be made for next year’s
work.
Special Awards
Given At Glade
Valley Finals
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Commencement Comes To A
Close Last Thursday ’With
Graduation Exercises
Commencement exercises at
Glade Valley high school came
to a close last Thursday when
seventeen seniors received their
diplomas and special awards were
made.
i.nc Rev. Watt Cooper, pastor
of the North Wilkesboro Presby
terian church, delivered the com
mencement address on “True Ed
ucation.”
Rev. John W. Luke, pastor of
the Glendale Springs Presbyte;
ian church, delivered a sermon t
the young people on Sunda
night. His topic was, “The Burn
ing Heart.”
Special awards went to the fol
lowing students:
Doris Collins, of Sparta and
Florida, scholarship medal; Billie
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Wildlife Club
To Meet Friday
The Alleghany county wildlife
club will meet Friday night at
seven o’clock at the courthouse,
G. Glenn Nichols, president, an
lounced this week.
Mr. Nichols pointed out that
the meeting would be held at an
earlier hour due to a program
at Sparta high school at eight
o’clock. He urged that ail mem
bers be present for the meetine
A Real Kitten On The Keys
This n»*ssy knows its Ps and Qs. “Winnie,” uncrowned
king of Canadian keyboard kitties, demonstrating his
hunt and peck touch system. He can catspaw m-o-u-s-e
jtith equal speed in daylight or darkness. He makes his
home with L. L. Irwin, Delta, Ontario. - '
VFW Group Will I
Meet May 30 To
Name Officers
New Chapter Now Has 37
Members; More Expected
To Join Soon
A special meeting of the Vet
rans of Foreign Wars has been
called for Thursday, May 30 at
aight o’clock at the courthouse
tor the purpose of electing of
ficers, it was announced this
week.
The meeting which will be on
Iemorial Day, is expected to be
veil attended, Gene Irwin, acting
quartermaster, announced. He
urged that all members be pres
ent and that they bring their
friends with them. To date there
are 37 members of the organiz
ation, it was disclosed.
At the meeting last week, the
organization was not completed
ince it was held open for new
members.
The new post which has been
instituted here has been named
the Bruce Wayne Osborne Post,
for the first Alleghany man killed
in action in World War II. The
post number is 7034.
To Award Seventh
Grade Diplomas
146 Elementary Students To
Receive Certificates
Of Graduation
Approximately 146 students
will graduate from the seventh
grade in the elementary schools
throughout the county during the
next week, Supt. Clyde Fields an
nounced yesterday.
Miss Fields said that brief ex
ercises would be held in most of
the schools and that seventh
grade certificates would be
awarded.
The various schools and grad
uates include: Sparta, 50; Cher
ry Lane, 2; Glade Valley, 4; Lib
erty "Knob, 2; Stratford, 5; Pine
wamp, 3; Wolf Branch, 4; Piney
.’reek, 20; New River, 2; Little
’ine, 21; Rich Hill, 14, and Laurel
prings, 13. >•
The colored schools to have
seventh grade exercises include:
Glade Creek, 3, and Gap Civil,
3. Two schools have no seventh
grade students enrolled, it was
explained.
Clean-up Week Is
Being Observed
Clean-up week is being observ
ed in Sparta this week by spe
cial order of the Mayor. Citizens
are cooperating fully with the
program, it was pointed out.
Mayor Wagoner again urged
that every person who had not
cleared his or her property of all
-ubbish in an effort to beautify
.he town, do so now.
Many people in the town are
•epainting, re-decorating and do
ing general cleaning in co-oper
ation with the clean-up week, it
frks observed.
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
‘he Lords and Ladies as well as
‘he 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 operetta is under the di
rection of Mrs. Lon Mac Reeves,
md Miss Ivazelle Taylor.
BIRTH ANNOUNCED
Mr. and Mrs. John Hoyt Os
borne, of Independence, Va., an
nounce the birth of a son, John
Hoyt, Jr., on May 14. Mrs. Os
borne will be remembered here
as the former Mias Glenna Dun
can.
“New” Addition For The White House
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The famous old structure known as the state, war and
navy building during the early days of Washington. The
building will soon be taken over by the White House to
be used as an annex for the executive offices.
Committee Is Appointed For
Upkeep Of Community Bldg.;
Heating Plant Also Discussed
1946 Wool Pool
Is Contracted
For Alleghany
Shearing Demonstration On
Friday; Wool To Be Col
lected June 17 And 18
The Alleghany wool pool for
1946 has been contracted along
with pools from Ashe, Wa
auga, Grayson and Carroll coun
ties to J. Cam Fields, of Fields
Manufacturing company, of
Mouth of Wilson, Va., at 52%
cents a pound for clear wool,
R. E. Black, county agent, an
nounced this week.
The decision was reached fol
lowing a conference of repre
sentative sheep raisers of the
counties involved a few days ago.
The wool will be collected, as
has been done over the past sev
eral years and will be paid for
as collected.
Mr. Black said that a sched
ule for collections would be
published shortly, giving the
sheep raisers ample notice on
when to make their deliveries.
Collections for Alleghany will be
made June 17 and 18.
There will be no differential in
price for clear wool between tied
>r untied fleeces.
Mr. Black again reminded
the farmers that a sheep
shearing demonstration would be
held at the State test farm, at
Transou, Friday, starting at P
o’clock and continuing through
the day.
E. A. Warner, of the Sunbeam
Corporation, will be in charge
along with Howard Stamey. as
sistant to L. I. Case.
Miss Bettie Halsey Named
Chairman Of Maintenance
Committee
A special committee to supers
vise the maintenance of the
Sparta community building, was
appointed last Saturday after
loon at a joint meeting of the
:ounty board of commissioners
and representative* of the civic
dubs of the county.
This joint committee, composed
of members of the various clubs, ,
will give the responsibility of the
upkeep of the building to all the
civic organizations, thus relieving
he Woman’s Club, who has been
in charge of maintenance for the
past several years.
Miss Bettie Halsey was named
chairman of the committee. Those
serving with her are Alton
Thompson, Dr. N. D. Fox. and
Mrs. Amos Wagoner. Miss Hal
sey was also appointed secretary
and treasurer of the committee.
Rules were also passed to the
effect that a fee of $10.00 will be
charged for all dances and $3.00
will be charged for all dinners
given in the building. It was
pointed out that all meetings may
be held in the hall free of charge.
All dinners and dances must be
paid for in advance, it was dis
closed. If, by enhance, the dance
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Sparta To Meet
Lansing Sunday
The Sparta baseball team will
meet Lansing on the local dia
mond on Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock, it was announced this
week.
All baseball fans are cordially :
invited to see the game.
Blue Ridge Parkway Fund
May Reach Budget Request
WASHINGTON — Blue Ridge
Parkway development funds for
1947, pared by 50 per cent in the
House, will be increased by Sen
ate-House conferees to an amount
closer to Budget Bureau recom
mendations, Rep. Robert L.
Doughton, of the Ninth Congres
sional District, has been assured
Pioneer advocate of the 480
mile scenic highway, Representa
tive Doughton had contemplated
urging the House Thursday to re
store the Parkway development
funds slashed from the Interior
Department supply bill by the
Appropriations Committee. How
ever, survey indicated Republican
merpbers almost solidly against
amendments to increase spending,
with several Democrats also in
favor oP accepting the committee
recommendations without change.
The committee cut appropria
tions for parkways, including
Blue lydge, from a $15 million
this, $5 million was obligated un
der contract authorizations—$2,
996,000 for Blue Ridge projects
and $2,004,000 for Natchez Trace.
Blue Ridge is slated to get $1,250,
000 of the remaining $2,500,000
and $100,000 would go to the new
Foothills Parkway in Western
North Carolina. Doubling this
$2,500,000 would boost the final
total to $10 million, two-thirds of
the budget recommendation. This
is expected to be the ultimate de
cision.
Sen. Clyde R. Hoey already has
pledged himself to seek a larger
appropriation in the Senate,
where hearings on the interior
bill are progressing.
While admitting the $7,500,000
for the four parkways is only
half the budget figure, the House
committee observed “it is actual
ly in excess of prior appropria
tions, with the possible exception
Four Contests
To Be Decided
In County, Sat*
Soth Democratic and Repub*
lican primaries Will Be
Held.
Hundreds of Alleghany voters,
ire expected to crowd the polls*
Saturday \yhen a record vote is
:ast in bo(th the Democratic and
Republican primaries.
Election officials pointed outs
bat ballots were being issued to
:he various voting precincts to
lay at a meeting of all election
udges here at the courthouse.
Three contests will be staged in
;he Democratic primary, the race
jetween Erie McMichael and.
Walter E. Johnston, Jr., for sol
citor; between Arthur Gambill,
Ulenn D. Richardson and Dean
Halsey for sheriff of Alleghany
:ounty and between Greek Hill
md Carl Hash for member of'
;he board of education of Alle
ghany.
The Republican contest will be
kaged between N. Carl Jones and
Paul Swanson for State senate,
it was pointed out that a rela
;ively small Republican vote is
expected to be cast this year in
;he first promary conducted by*
:he Republican party in this coun
;y in a number of years.
All voting places in the seven
;ownships of the county will open
it 6:30 a. m. and close at 6:30
d. m., G. Glenn. Nichols, chair
nan of the Alleghany board of
Sections pointed out.
Stores in Sparta are expecting
i record business on Saturday,
vith most of th* people in the
:ounty coming out to vote.
rO CLEAN CEMETERY
AT PRATHER’S CREEK
All persons who are interested
in the upkeep of Prather’s Creek
cemetery, are asked to meet then
an Saturday, May 25, when dm
cemetery will be cleaned.
Those interested persons are
also asked to bring tools with
which to work.
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Garage Opening
Well Attended
Mrs. W. E. Hoppers, Robert
Edwards LucKy Winners
In Purchase Rights
A large crowd attended tha
opening of the Auto Sales Com
pany here last Saturday when
the new Dodge and Plymouth
cars weye shown for the first time
this year.
Ben G. Reeves, well-known
loc^l business man, was recently
appointed Dodge-Plymouth deal
er for Alleghany. Two new can
andapick-up truck were shown
at the opening.
In addition to the showing of
the cars, two pew refrigerators
were sold to the lucky person.
Tickets were passed out to all
those present and two numbers
were drawn. Mrs. W. E. Hop
pers, of Whitehead, was the first
winner and purchased at ceiling
price a new General Electric re
frigerator. Robert Edwards, of
Sparta, was the second winner,
and purchased the Crosley refrig
erator.
Mr. Reeves stated that he wish
ed to thank his friends for the
splendid attendance at the open
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CpI* R. K. Crouse
Gets Discharge
Corporal Russell K.
rived home last week
Philippine Islands where
been stationed
Cpl. Crouse
cisco and
where he