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PRESS RUN — 2,02a 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, culture and Tourist With A Population of M41. $2.00 a Year Out of VOLUME 57, NO. 41 $1.50 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1946 I* Congress Votes To Extend Draft Law; Pay Raise No One Will Be Drafted In July And August; Little Delay In Senate Washington—Congress contin ued the draft law and voted pay boosts for servicemen Tuesday after notification from the army that it will draft nobody in July and August. The House and then the Senate speedily passed compromise bills for these purposes after months of bickering and sent them to President Truman, who is expect ed to sign them before the pres ent draft extension expires Sun day midnight. The draft bill continues the act in force until March 31, bans the induction of 18-year-olds while still requiring them to register, permits the induction of men 19 through 44 and requires the dis charge of draftees after 18 months’ service at their request. The pay increase bill is esti mated to cost $632,000,000 a year. It provides raises ranging from 50 per cent for buck privates and apprentice sea-r.en to 10 per cent for high officers. The House agreed to the pay bill on a voice vote, spent an hour arguing about the draft of teen agers, which it originally opposed, and then approved the draft bill, 259 to 110. Senate action came late in the day and on voice votes within ten minutes. Allen Rites Are Held Saturday Scottville Man Dies After Lingering Illness; Buried At North Wilkesboro ^ Funeral service for Jamei*^| cher Allen, 72, was held JutH at the home at Scottville Rev. Worth Sweet and Rev. W^E" Crummett in charge. Interment followed in the Greenwood ceme tery, North Wilkes boro. Mr. Allen died at his home at Scottville on June 20 following a serious illness for three weeks. He had been in ill health for the past several years. Born at Hiddenite, Alexander County, April 24, 1864, the son of James George Allen and Elizabeth Campbell Allen, he was educated at Morivan Falls Academy. He joined the Rocky Springs Meth odist church in early life and later moved his membership to the First Methodist church in North Wilkesboro where he was •- a member at the time of his death. He was married to Etta Up* church on January 10, 1906. In 1941, because of ill health, Mr. Allen retired from active busi ness and moved to his home in Alleghany county where he lived until the time of his death. He is survived by his wife, one daughter Mrs. E. K. Templeton, of Scottville and one son, George C. Allen, of Hiddenite. A bro ther, George G. Allen, of Kanna polis and several nieces and nephews survive in addition to five grandsons. BIRTH ANNOUNCED Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Owens, of Buchannan, Va., announce the ar rival of a daughter, Rebecca Frances, on May 29 at Sparta, idrs. Owens is the former Miss Ruby. Houser. Mm. Amy Wagoner spent a few days this week in Lenoir visit ing relatives. Smckey Says: . Sparta Post Office Is Given Official Second Class Rating I RULES ITALY —— Premier Alcide de Gasperi, who is interim chief of state of the new Republic of Italy, until the constituent assembly names a president. W. O. Anderson Dies From Injury In Car Accident Funeral Service Conducted At Piney Creek Methodist Church Monday William Oscar Anderson, 22 year-old son of the late Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Anderson, of Sparta, died early Saturday morning in the Ashe county hospital, Jeffer son, following injuries received early last Friday night in an au S. Wyatt, of Piney Creek, re mains in the Ashe hospital, but is reported to be improving. He suffered severe cuts about the throat. Young Anderson, Buster, as he was known, lived with his aunt, Mrs. Cleo McMillan, at Piney Creek. She had been his guard ian since the death of his mother in 1936. According to reports, the two boys were headed toward West Jefferson, when the coupe ran off the road, after passing another car, struck a telephone pole and then a tree. The car was demol ished. Mr. Anderson had recently re ceived his discharge after four years in the armed service. He served in the European theatre of operations and spent 10 months of internment in a German prison camp after being wounded twice. Funeral service was conducted Monday morning at Piney Creek Methodist church with Rev. C. R. Allison and Rev. E. B. Barton in charge. The obituary was read by Walter Johnson. Interment followed in the church cemetery. A full military funeral was car ried out by the Veterans of For eign Wars of Alleghany county, of which the deceased was a member. . ] Active pall bearers were Guy Brooks, Gid Cox, Cecil Murray, Wade Hoppers, J. B. Tucker, and (Continued on Page 4) S. R. Nichols, Postmaster, Announces Changes In Office Operations Effective July 1, the Sparta Post Office will be rated as a second-class office instead of third-class, Postmaster S. R. Nich ols announced this week. The new rating, based on total receipts of the office for 1946, makes Sparta eligible for a new post office building, it was point ed out, and efforts are already underway to secure such a build ing. The total receipts for 1£V45 amounted to $79,063.20, a gain of $5,177.19 over the preceding year, Postmaster Nichols explained. Last year was the biggest year in the history of the office. It was also pointed out that the new rating will bring about a number of changes in the oper ation of the office. The windows will open at 8:00 a. m., instead of the customary 7:30 and will close at 6:00 p. m. instead of 5:00 p. m. There will be no win dow service on Sunday and no delivery of mail except first class and special delivery. Box rates in the office will also be changed with slight increase. It was explained that every ef fort will be put forth to secure the new building which the sec ond-class rating puts the office in line for. Mrs. Shore Will Be Buried Friday ■ Wednesday Morning At Age Of 35 After Long Illness Funeral service for Mrs. Ruby Farmer Shore, 35, will be con ducted Friday afternoon at two o’clock at the Shiloh Methodist church with Rev. E. B. Barton, Rev. Luther Shumate and Rev. Jess Shumate in charge. Inter ment will follow in the church cemetery. The body will lie in state at the home from this afternoon un til the hour of the funeral to morrow. Mrs. Shore died at her home near Twin Oaks on Wednesday morning, following a serious ill ness of six weeks. She had been in ill health for the papt several months. Surviving in addition to her husband, Charlie F. Shore, are two children, Janell and Mac Ar thur, both of the home. Also survivingiare tier parents, (Continued^on Page 4) Woman’s Club To Give Tea Tuesday Members of the Sparta Wom an’s Club will be hostesses at tea to the Ashe county and West Jef ferson club at the community building here on Tuesday after noon at three o'clock. Mrs. R. F. Crouse, president of the club will be in charge of the meeting. A number of guests are expected to be present. House Stamps Approval On OPA, Fight In Senate Expected Washington—The House stamp 'd final approval, 265 to 105, late Tuesday on the compromise OPA bill after beating down a last ditch effort to lift all price ceil ings on meat and dairy products. The bill, extending the wartime orice control agency for another year but pruning down many of its powers, next went to the Sen ate for a last vote there before being sent to President Truman. Although Chester Bowles has denounced features of the legis lation as “booby traps,” Speaker Rayburn (D-Texas), predicted President Truman will sign it. The voting came after Rayburn took the floor to tell his col leagues that unless they accepted the compromise “there will be no OPA at all.” D-Ky), of OPA, declared that if price con trol were killed outright at this time “a disaster that is indescrib able would come upon the Amer ican people.” But OPA aides were reported to be gathering data on which to base a recommendation that the measure be vetoed. The last-minute effort to re move livestock, meat and dairy products from price control was made by Representative Rizley O r'k,a), and was defeated 221 to 150. A continuation of the same fight was promised in the Senate, whose original bill exempted those items, plus poultry^ Sen ator Wherry (R-Neb), was set to demand that the compromise be turned down and the Confer ence Committee be told to start all ever. Blue Ridge Parkway ... A Mecca For Tourists A section of the Blue Ridge Parkway from which thousands of tourists now view scenes of grandeur and beauty. (Staff Photo) Alleghany Has Many Tourisms From Other States c. Tourist Homes And Inns Fill ed To Capacity; Badly In Need Of Hotel In Sparta Tourist travel got underway earlier than usual this season in Alleghany and during the past week has been unusually heavy. Inns, hotels and private homes catering to tourists have report jd record crowds for the past .veek with hundreds being turn ed away. Ur The Graystone Inn at Roaring Jap reports capacity crowds since the opening of the famous . esort hotel on June 21, new management thi Jrayston Inn has loi necca for summer to Sparta tourist horn report more requests for accom nodations than they have to of fer. The need for a hotel in Sparta is being realized more and more, leaders pointed out and added that it is hoped that plans for such a building can be worked out soon. It is understood that a number of cabins are under con struction on the Sparta-Roaring Gap Highway which will accom modate a number of the summer tourists. Tourists are coming from as far south as Florida as well as near by sections of Virginia, eastern Carolina and other southern states. Bluff Park, Cumberland Knob and picnic grounds are enjoying early season popularity. Accord ing to all indications this should be a record tourist season for this entire section. The increase in transportational facilities over last year has already resulted in a marked gain of travel. I -- Farmers May Get AAA Phosphate Carl M. Kennedy, of Stratford and Earl Delp, of Sparta, have received shipments of phosphate and due to the scarcity of storage space farmers are urged to call for it as soon as possible, Her. bert Osborne, chairman of the Alleghany county AAA, announc ed this week. Mr. Osborne pointed out that the phosphate could be moved more rapidly if farmers would call for it right away. Red Cross Meet Planned At ASTC A representative of the Amer ican Junior Red Cross will be at Appalachian State Teachers Col lege July 8 through July 12 for the -purpose of working with all teachers interested in Junior Red Cross, it was announced this week. Teachers and principals of Al leghany are urged to attend the meeting when history, organiza tion, and educational resources of the Junior Red Cross wUl be dis cussed. BIRTH ANNOUNCED Mr. and Mrs. Page Parsons an. lounce the arrival qf a daughter, Linda Jo, on Mag 31. More Than 1,500 Spectators Attend Horse Show; Mighty Chief Is Grand Champion W. J. Bean Marts Will Open Mon.; Demand Is Good Record Prices Are Expected; Plenty Of Buyers To Serve Public West Jefferson — (Special) — The 1946 bean season will offi ially get underway in this sec pn on Monday, July 1, as both f the local auction markets open. ; according to preliminary surveys 1 jjyip season should be unusually I .successful, provided^the present I •ought is broken at an eirly1 date. v According to a report from the county agent’s office, more than .00,000 bushels of beans were sold last year on the local markets for an average of $1.90 per bush el bringing an income of around $550,000.00. This year, an initial survey reveals that the demand as well as the price is expected to be equally as good. According to farm surveys, there is a slight increase in acre age this year. And while the dry weather is cutting the first crop short, needed rains may serve to increase later ones. West Jefferson has two mar kets, the Farmers’ Bean and Vegetable market that is now beginning its fourth season, and the Ashe Bean Market, that is a year and a half younger. Both markets have been un usually successful. The Farmers' Bean and Vegetable Market is owned and operated by W. G. Vannoy, Burl Vannoy and J. E. Roland. Owners and operators of the Ashe Bean Market are Fred G. Graybeal, Henry Poe, Georg* Yates and R. W. Colvard. According to announcements, both markets will have plenty of buyers and will be well prepare*, to handle all beans in this area Alleghany county farmers are extended a special invitation to patronize the West Jefferson bean More Than $1,275 Given In Prizes In One-Day Show More than 1,500 spectators crowded the grounds here Sat urday afternoon and evening to witness Sparta’s first horse'show. An outstanding success, the show was under the sponsorship of the local Lions Club. Mighty Chief, owned by Fow ler’s Grandview Farms, of Win ston-Salem, and ridden by Johnny Lucas won the grand champion prize of $100.00 in the champion ship five-gaited class, climaxing the events of the evening and bringing to a close the first show of its kind ever to be held in Sparta. John Anderson, of Brevard, acted as master of ceremonies; W. O. Buie, of High Point, ring master and E. B. (Shine) Ogan, of Charlotte, was the judge. Members of the Lions club were well pleased with the results of the show and expressed their ap preciation for the splendid co operation given them by every one. Winners in each of the classes both the afternoon and evening shows, are as follows: Afternoon show: Best draft team—First prize, E. C. Truitt; second, Jess Sexton; third, W. C. Young, and fourth, G. M. Reynolds’ team driven by S. B. McCann. Best mule team—First, Dr. B. O. Choate; second, Dr. P. L. Choate, and third, Dr. B. O. Choate. Best saddle horse colt—First, Flicker Bill, owned and shown by Bill Musgrove and second Triger Bill, owned by Bill Mus grove and shown by Owen iMaines. Best single draft horses—First, Frank, owned and shown by Bill Musgrove, and second horse own d by Rob Gambill. Local three-gaited—First, The General, owned by Crockett and' Tolbert and ridden by Jenny Lou Crockett, of Wytheville, Va.; sec ond, Dream, owned and ridden (Continued On Page 4) New Jersey Woman Is Named Judge Mrs. Libby Sachar, first woman to be appointed to an important judicial post in New Jersey, is shown in her home at Plainfield, N. J., with her son and daughter. She was confirmed by state senate to sit as judge of Union county juvenile and domestic relations court. # Typhoid Clinic Now Underway; Schedule Given *T i_ Everyone Urged To Take Vaccine; Miss Gambili Conducting Clinic Miss Matteline Gambili, coun ty health nurse, again reminded the people of Alleghany that a typhoid clinic is now in progress throughout the county and she urged that all those who had the first shot of vaccine, take the second and third. Miss Gambili explained that those who had been vaccinated for typhoid last year, should take one dose, this y^ar. This one dose will immunize them for another year, she stated. Miss Gambili also pointed out that due to the clinic, the regular uffice hours of the health depart ment had been altered slightly. They are now from 3:00 p. m. to 5:30 p. m. The schedule is as follows: On Mondays; July 1, July 8, July 15 —Wolf Branch School—9:30 to 10:00; Pine Swamp School—10:30 to 11:00; Whitehead P. O.—11:3ft to 12:00; Citron P. 0—1 .-00 to 1:30; Laurel Springs P. O.—2:09 to 2:30; Meadow Fork Creek Church—3:00 to 3:30. On Tuesdays; July 2, July 9. July 16—Vox (Home of Mrs. John Maines) — 10:30 to 11.00; Spur lins Store—11:30 to 12:00; Ed monds Store—1:00 to 1:30; Barrett P. 0—2:00 to 2:30; Little Pine School—3:00 to 3:30; Hooker (Continued On Page 4) District Board Of Health Meets Budget For Coming Yen Studied; Plans Made To Secure Health Officer The budget for the coming year for the health departments in Alleghany, Ashe and Watauga counties was studied and set up at the meeting of the district Health Board held here on Mon day night. Tenative plans for securing a full-time health officer was also discussed as well as phut for securing an assistant sanitarian, to work with Wade £. Eller, sanitarian for the three counties At present, it was pointed out, three part-time doctors hand tike Health Departments in each of the counties; Dr. C. A. Thompson, in Alleghany; Dr. Dean C. Jones, in Ashe and Dr. H. B. Parry ha Watauga. Each of the counties is also served by a county health nurse in addition to clerical workers. t J. C. Gam bill, chairman of tike Alleghany county Board of i missioners met with here Monday night, it was an nounced. Members of the district health board are: W. M. Winkler, chairman of Boone; C. H. Mock, man, of Boone; Dr. Vm. M. i eson, of Bodhe; W. E. Vameoy, of Jefferson; L. P. Colvard, of Jef ferson; Dr. C. A. Sparta and Miss Clyde Accidents Must Be Reported To Law State Highway ney Carter, called the public this that all highway Which there is any jury or ih which the $12.00 or more must to the hiyh«n 48 hour* Then accidents in that haws'not in the above .iot only subj reckless dri\ to report an
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