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PRESS RUN — 2,02o Net Paid 1,704 Covers Alleghany The Alleghany News Alleghany County Is . . . Outstanding Livestock, Apt culture and Tourist Center, With A Population of 8.34L AND STAR-TIMES— (CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941) —ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. VOLUME 57, NO. 37 $1.50 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1946 $2.00 a Year Out of County Richardson, Hill Win In County Contests Edwards Returns To Welfare Dept. Here On July 1 To Re-assume Duties as Sup erintendent Of Welfare After Leave Lee Swanson Edwards will re assume his duties as superintend ent of public welfare of Alleghany county on July 1 after an absence of almost one and one-half years, it was announced this week. Mr. Edwards, who became wel fare superintendent for this coun ty in February, 1944, served un til October, 1944, when he was called for military duty. Given a military leave-of-absence, he has spent the past year and one half in the U. S. Army, one year of which was spent overseas in India. Prior to his appointment in Al leghany, he served as a case work er on the Ashe county welfare board. During Mr. Edwards’ absence, Miss Doris Wagoner, chief clerk of the board, has been acting sup erintendent, except for a short period when Frank M. Ledbetter held the position. Members of the welfare board expressed their gratitude at Mr. Edwards’ return, stating that the county had greatly profited by his services during his first ten ure in office. Member of the Alleghany county welfare board are Mrs. C. A. Thompson, D. F. Sturdivant and J. M. Cheek. Mr. and Mrs. Edwards and their small daughter, Barbara, expect to move to Sparta by July 1. ♦ ■* J VJUMVUIg 11C1 C. County History To Be Written Meeting To Be Held At Courthouse Saturday After noon At Two O’clock Interested citizens were again Teminded this week of the special meeting which has been called for Saturday afternoon at two o’clock at the courthouse here for the pur pose of making plans for compil ing a history of Alleghany coun ty. This meeting, which will in 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 the ma 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 resentatives from every civic or ganization are also urged to be present, as are ministers and rep resentatives from the various churches. Every person interested in having such a history of the coun ty, is urged to be present. MAY 31 IS FINAL DATE FOB AAA APPLICATIONS Alleghany farmers were re minded this week that May 31 is the final date for filing subsidy application for dairy feed pay ment for the months of January, February and March, according to an announcement by Miss Bettie Halsey, chief clerk of Alleghany AAA. Farmers are to call at office or send in application. Sparta Girls To Graduate Friday Misses Eva Edwards, of Sparta, and Rebecca Richardson, of Whitehead, will be among the 181 students to receive diplomas from Mars Hill college at the 90th com mencement finals Friday morn ing, May 31. Miss Edwards, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Edwards, is an honor student at the college and has been a member of the busi ness qlub. Old And New District Solicitor J. Erie McMichael, left, solicitor incumbent, of the eleventh judicial district, who was defeated in the Demo cratic Primary, Saturday, by Walter E. Johnston, right. Parent Teachers Association Renews Efforts To Secure Athletic Field For Sparta R. J. Randolph Addresses Group On Responsibility As Parents And Teachers Sparta Girl Is Honor Student underway was The responsibility of parents and teachers in helping to de crease juvenile delinquency was stressed by Attorney ft J. Ran dolph at a meeting of the Sparta Parent-Teachers Association in the school library here Tuesday night. Mr. Randolph alsq pointed out the needs and accomplishments of a P-TA and the necessity for pro moting understanding between parents and teachers. During the business session the meeting a report of the com mittee on the athletic field given and it was decided that lomt would to get an ea ith committees b, the Cham d the P-TA ork out plans at rouse present motion that they pur chase a duplicator and donate it to the school. The motion was carried and it was t.'icided that members of the P-TA would pre sent a play, with pr ceeds to go toward the purchase of the ma (Continued on Page 4) One member of .he student body of Appalachia State Teach ers College from A ty has scored an the spring ter, Lessie Goodman and Mrs. M. Sparta. Miss C or student for ti has chosen as he lish and history. eghany Coun onor grade in This is Miss ughter of Mr. Goodman, of •nan, an hon entire year, majors, Eng »gt. Brooks in Hachinohe, Japan -.. With The Eighth Army In Hachinohe, Japt, 3.—“I couldn’t have imagined a more luxurious hotel or a finer vacation.” That was what Sgt. Clifford H. Brooks, of C’ ; Valley, North Carolina, s;r ■ ter a week-long Kawana hotel, irship of the acial Service sec af men go each t the specially lesignated Hotels” set up imong the islands of Japan for ihe convenience of the troops sta lioned here. They are men pick id on the basis of service over seas and Sgt. Brooks had the lecessary requirements. Sgt. Brooks’ home is at Glade Galley, N. C. He entered the ser vice in December, 1944, and is low with the 127th Engr. Bn. in hachinohe, Japan. While at the Kawana, Sgt. irooks enjoyed the hotel’s recre itional facilities which include an tennis courts, vacation a: Under the Eighth Ai :ion, a nu< veek to on Rural Carriers To Meet On Sat. For Convention Officers For Coming Year To Elected; Woman’s Auxiliary To Meet The Alleghany County Rural ,<5flerie.ir- Association will hold the annual convention on Saturday night at eight o’clock at the Shell Cafe, when officers will be elect ed, Lon M. Reeves, president, an nounced yesterday. All rural carriers and their wives are urged to be present at the dinner meeting. A number of guests are also expected. In addition to the election of officers, a number of business matters pertaining to the RFD will be discussed, it was an nounced. No speaker has been secured or the meeting.. Present officers oi the associa i tion are: Lon M. Reeves, presi ! dent; Mack Woodie, vice-presi j dent and Ed Pugh, secretary and treasurer. The Woman’s Auxiliary, com posed of wives of the rural car riers, will also hold election of of ficers. Present officers are Mrs. Isom Wagoner, president; Mrs. Leftrage Wagoner, vice-president, and Mrs. Ed Pugh, secretary and treasurer. VJb W Will Elect Officers Tonight A special meeting of the Vet erans of Foreign Wars is being held tonight at the courthouse for the purpose of electing officers of the post. In observance of Memorial Day, a special tribute will be paid to the war dead of Alleghany coun ty, leaders pointed out. It was again explained that to date there are 37 members of the local post which has been nam ed the Bruce Wayne Osborne Post No. 7034. The son of C. F. Osborne and the late Mrs. Os borne, of Piney Creek, he was the first man killed in action in World War II from Alleghany county Johnston Tops Erie McMicliael For Solicitor Johnston Wins By 10,636 To 7,779; Carries Alleghany 1,066 To 669 Walter E. Johnston, Jr., led the 4icket in the Alleghany county Democratic Primary here last Saturday with 1,066 votes against ■ iis opponent, Erie McMichael’s 869. A total of 1,735 votes were cast in the seven precincts of the county, the second highest vote of any race. This judicial district, however, includes both Ashe and Forsyth and in the district Johnston won with 10,636 to McMichael's 7,779. Johnston carried Forsyth but lost to McMichael 507 votes in Ashe county. In Forsyth John ston received 9,530; McMichael 6,197 and in Ashe, Johnston, 159 and McMichael 666. The official vote by precincts is carried elsewhere in this pa per. “HIGH MAN’’ Glenn D. Richardson who won the sheriffs race last Sat urday in the Democratic Pri mary. Contract Is Let For Road Here The contract for approximately three miles of the Piney Creek road has been let by the State Highway Department, but no bid was received on it, highway offi cials announced this week. It was pointed out that the three mile stretch, lacking 240 yards, would probably be bid on in the near future. It was understood that no bid was received on the Ashe contract as well as the one from Wilkes. COUNTY NURSE WILL BE AT PINEY CREEK Miss Matteline Gambill, county health nurse, will be at Piney Creek high school on Thursday, j June 6, to vaccinate for diphtheria and whooping cough, it was an nounced this week. All persons who have taken the first dose, i were urged to get the second at ’ this date. The typhoid clinic will be con- j lucted in the county after June i 15, with the schedule to be an- i nounced later, Miss Gambill pointed out. 1 Flappy Makes Attendance Record •tiWA'WAW.v.vv: wXX Without missing a day at the Grace A. Greene school, Dayton, Ohio, Flap’py attends daily with his lord and master, Francis Elzey. He’s persistent, obedient and very punclual. He probably will graduate into the second grade regardless of the fact that he has not learned to read. Plaque Will Be Placed In Library Of SHS In Honor Of Alumni In World War II filial Exercises At Sparta High To Be Held Sat. Debate And Recitation Con test Wii Be Feature Pro grams; No Graduates For the fiiW time in its his oi y, Sparta high school will oring to a close the commence ment exercises without a graduat ng class, Principal C. R. Roe, an nounced this week. The final exercises will be held on Saturday morning at ten o’clock and will feature a debate and recitation contest, it was pointed out. The seventh grade certificates and perfect attend ance certificates will be presented on Friday morning at the chapel exercise. A fashion show, under the direction of Miss Eula Ken nedy, home economics teacher, comprising the remainder of the closing exercises was held yester day morning. The Saturday program v/ill open with a piano solo by Miss Emogene Choate, “Andantino in D Flat,” after which the recitat ion contests will be held. Contesants and their recitat ions are: “Ma By Bus,” by Dorothy Lee Joines; “Buthday Present For Rastus,” by Carol Blevins; “Auht Elnora’s Hero,” by Ruth Dutton; ‘Bride and the Broom,” by Eloise Joines and “Beauty is Skin Deep,” l Continued on Page 4) Shiloh Church To Have Revival A revival will be conducted at ;he Shiloh Methodist church be ginning on Sunday, June 1, and asting through June 9, with Rev. F. Strader, of High Point, in barge, it was announced this veek. The Rev. Mr. Strader, former >astor of the Sparta Methodist :hurch, will preach there each light at eight o’clock. The public is cordially invited o attend each of the services. Official Returns In Alleghany Primary Election Democratic Primary Rep. Primary PRECINCTS Walter E. »> Johnston, Jr. g: Erie f McMichael Glenn Richardson iherif d «% <u n Q X u 3 2 5 g u a < o Board i~» & c3 $ U w Greek g, Hill n N. Carl Jones go .1 ite a 0 1 CtJ * CO 3 CO 04 Sherry Lane-— 125 22 90 17 54 52 83 2 21 Sranberry ------ 61 18 43 19 34 44 26 15 7 Sap Civil ------ 437 271 330 232 205 336 323 32 4 Slade Creek _ 100 144 176 88 32 110 86 5 17 5iney Creek ----- 149 106 55 186 30 175 81 9 12 ’rathe^’s Creek 140 56 92 80 52 48 159 28 14 ^itehead ----I::::.---:--:—-—: 52 46 10 m 34 62 5 16 1066 669“ 832 632 E 439 799 j iteii 820 95 91 Names Of All Who Attended Sparta School To Be Placed Under Plaque As a tribute to those Sparta high school men and women who have served in the armed forces of the United States during World War II, an honor roll which will be placed in the library, is being prepared, it was announced this week. A plaque, expressing the grati tude for their services, will be placed above the names which will be enclosed in a glass case. It was pointed out that the list available contained only a part of the names of servicemen and women who attended Sparta high school. Any name which has been omitted should be sent to C. R. Roe, it was urged. The co-operation of every person is asked in completing the list. Sparta school students who lost their lives in action were: Wade Miller, Ben Taylor, Wal ter Blevins, George Ed Irwin, Claude Brackens, Eugene Shaw, Vernon Miles, J. T. Wagoner, R. C. Wagoner, Howard Joines, and Claude Andrews. Headed by a plaque: “To Amer ica’s heroic sons and daughters who so courageously served their country, our eternal gratitude”, are the following.names: Jack Thompson, Howard Hen drix, Harold Joines, Hale Truitt, Earl Richardson, Dan Rector, Claude Andrews, John Walker Inskeep, James Church, Sam Roy al, Clifford Sturdivant, Clay Joines, Clive Crouse, Seabert Choate, Rudolph Edwards, Wal ter Edwards. Gene Irwin, Wade Choate, Wade Miller, Champ Hampton, Cecil Murray, Ralph Greene, Robert L. Nichols, Cleve Nichols, Coy Mabe, Clifford Gentry, Wes ley Gilliam, Odell Greene, Ver non Miles, Wesley Goodman, Frank Duncan, Dan Thompson, &mon Edwards. Clive Edwards, Clifton Ed wards, Elmer Jarvis, Amon Choate, Page Bare, Howard Car renter, James Carpenter, Claude Dancy, Raymond Royal, Ted Por ;er, Sam Osborne, Arza Richard lon, Jimmy Atwood, Hugh Perry, Woody Cox, Eugene Shaw, John iy Hamm, Paul Edwards. Paul E. Joines, Tyre Taylor, Jerry Smith, Charles Dale Ed vards, Lonnie Lee Edwards, Bill Collins, Willard Edwards, Mil (Continued on Page 4) Sparta Boy Now On USS Randolph Ted Lewis Irey, 17, seaman, econd class, son of Mr. and Mrs. ^awrence E. Irey, Sparta, was issigned to the USS Randolph on ^pril 30, 1946. Irey, who reported to the vessel rom the Naval Training Center, Norfolk, Va., entered the Naval ervice on Feb. 14, 1946, and re May Call Second Primary; Heavy Vote Cast, Sat. Jones Is Winner In Republi can Contest For Senate Against Swanson A total of 1,903 Alleghany county citizens, by official count of returns in the sheriffs race which drew the largest vote, went to the polls last Saturday in the Democratic primary which deter mined the nomination to two county contests and one district contest. A total of 186 Repub lican votes were cast in a con test for senator. Following canvass of official re turns, Tuesday, local political ob servers predicted a second pri mary in the sheriff’s race. It was pointed out that Friday after noon is the final date for calling a second primary. In the sheriff’s race Glenn D. Richardson was high man with a. 200 vote lead over the second candidate, Dean Halsey, but was short of a clear majority in the three-way contest, Arthur Gam Dill was low man with a vote of 439. Candidate Greek Hill polled a majority of votes in the contest with Carl Hash for county board of education, winning by only 21 votes. In the solicitor’s race, Walter E. Johnston, Jr„ polled 1,066 against Erie McMichael’s 669, a lead of 397 votes. In the Republican primary, a close race between Paul Swan son and N. Carl Jones for state senator resulted in Jones’ nomi nation with a vote of 95 ag&in^fc Swanson’s 91. Jones will repre sent Alleghany, Ashe and Wa tauga counties on the Republican (Continued on Page 4) Cotillion Club To Be Organized Classes In Ballroom And T»p Dancing Meet Twice Weekly The organization of a Cotillion Club is underway here among members of the recently organ ized ballroom dancing class con ducted by Mrs. E. W. Osborne, at Independence. In addition to a ballroom dans*, ing class, Mrs. Osborne is con ducting a class in tap dancing tor the very young group, it was an nounced. The classes meet each, Tuesday and Friday afternoon* at the community building with the tap class meeting from 349 to 4:00 o'clock arid the ballroom class meeting from 4:00 to Sdfcg o’clock. Those enrolled in the ballroom dancing clas^are Peggy Porter; Jo Ann Phipps, Lynore Bare, Eve lyn Brown, Johnsie Gambill, J* McMillan, George Roe and Georg* Heinz. Those taking tap are Awe Thompson, Jane Duncan, Nancy Waddell, Shirley Ann Thompson; Iris Ivey, Bobby Gambill, Susie Gambill, Marion Allison, Nancy Gambill, Patsey Hill, Connie Richardson, Dianne Osborne cat Betty Osborne. Mrs. Osborne pointed out the classes would continue through the summer. Decoration Day To Be Observed The annual Decoration Day will oe observed at Shiloh Methodist :hurch on Sunday, June 1, when Rev. L. F. Strader, of High Point, ind former pastor of the Sparta Methodist church, will be in :harge of the memorial service. Rev. Mr. Strader spent more han two years overseas as an army chaplain. He was with the :roops at Okinawa and a number if other points in the Pacific. Church leaders pointed out that he decoration service would he
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