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■J lut III I.i^pwwwi#— FREES RUN - Mti Net Paid 1,704 , Covers Alleghany AUegh AND STAR-TIMES— (CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER $. 1941) —Al-LEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. ftlltnh—f Cwraty M . . . OiMuitaf Livestock, nltare ui Tourist Centals, With A Population ef MR .. VOLUME 57, NO. 47 $1.50 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY. AUGUST 8.1940 $2.00 a Year Out of County Midwestern Press Ass’n To Meet At Shatley Springs Harvey Laffoon, President Of State Press Association Will Attend More than 50 members of the Midwestern Press Association, together with their families and other guests are expected to at tend the summer meeting of the group at Shatley Springs on Sat urday night at 7:30, when Dr. B. B. Dougherty, president of Ap palachian State Teachers College, will be the principal speaker. Dr. Dougherty, pioneer North Carolina educator, will discuss the press in its relation to educa tion. He will be introduced by Publisher Ed M. Anderson. Special music by Jean Ken nickell will also be a part of the program. Harvey Laffoon, president of the North Carolina Press Asso ciation, Miss Beatrice Cobb, sec retary, and a number of other officials are expected to attend. A number of other specia1 guests including Congressman R. L. Doughton, Mr. and Mrs. R. F. - Crouse, Mayor and Mrs. Amos Wagoner, Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Bur giss, Mr. and Mrs Alton Thomp son, and Mr. and Mrs. Edvyjn Duncan, have been invited to at tend. Several members of the press _vvill arrive on Saturday afternoon and will visit the bean markets and other points of interest. Most of them will avail themselves of the opportunity of traveling over the beautiful Blue Ridge Park way, while in this section. Mrs. Ed M. Anderson is presi dent of the Association and will preside. Other officers are Char lie Mebane, secretary, and W. O. Barrett, vice-president. Twiii Oaks C Buried Jj|| Succumbed Last Thursday Following A Severe Attack Of Croup And Measles Jackson, -year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Whitaker, of Twin Oaks, died at his home on A' P'Ust 1 following a severe at tack of croup and measles. The funeral service was con ducted on Aueust 2 at Shiloh Methodist church with Rev. W. H. Caldwell and Rev. E. B. Barton in charge. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Surviving in audition to the pa rents are three sniall brothers. Two grandmothers, Mrs. Doll Watson, of Sparta, and Mrs. Steve Delp, of Galax, Va., also survive. Flower girls were Autrey Sex ton, Lucky Poole, Loraine Shu mate, Mr. Victor Rutherford, Mrs. Bert Shumate, Petty Lou Wat son and Bobby Jean Maines. Vets Reunion Set For August 17,18 Veterans of the 81st. Wildcat Division will hold a welcome home reunion for the boys of the New Wildcat Division who are back home from glorious service in the Pacific against the Japs. The reunion will open on Satur day, August 17, with registra tion at the Blue Ridge Hotel, at Mount Airy, beginning at 3:00 p. m. At 8:00 p. m. there will be an old time fiddlers contest and square 4ance- Sunday, August 18, ther^’ will be a business meet ing at 10:00 a.'m., when officers for North Carolina will be elect ed. At 1:00 p. m. a memorial service for the dead will be held, and dinner will be served at 2:00 p. m. All veterans who served at any time in the 81st. Wildcats are cordially invited. TO PREACH SATURDAY Eld. S. P. Roberts, of Independ ence, Va., will preach at {-.ittle River Primitive Baptist church on Saturday night at 7:30 o’clock, it as announced this week. The hlic is cordially in’ ' +r> st SUPT. FIELDS Clyde Fields, superintend Allpffhanv I'niin 1 Baptist Training -! Union Conference T o Be Held Aug. 24-25 WILL SPEAK SATURDAY Dr, B. B. Dougherty, presi dent of A. S. T. C., who will V the guest speaker at the .Midwestern Press meeting at Shatley Springs, Saturday. Construction Of Milk Receiving Station Begins Guy T. Perry Is General Field Manager And Supervisor Of Building Work on the Coble Dairy Plant here is expected to get underway ' i the near future, officials point - ..... we6k with materials tght in *igily for the in. 1 Guy T. Perry, general fields anager for the plant and super visor of the building, explained hat as soon as the labor and all materials were available, Work would be started immediately. Farmers in the section are anx ious for the completion of the ■lant since it will mean much to hem in the way of haul bils for fheir milk. In addition, it was explained, the plant will provide employment for a number of lo cal people. The dairying industry in Alle ,hany county in 1945 showed a (Continued on Page 41 I i Ballots May Be I Obtained For Vets I -- G. Glenn Nichols, chairman of the Alleghany county board of elections, announced this week that both the county and state ' absentee ballots for the general -lection this fall, were now in his | office and that any person wish ing to make application for a sol II ier overseas or in some camp in the States, might do so now. I Mr. Nichols pointed Out that | applications should be made by i ;ome member of the family of the soldier or by the soldier him self. Harvey T. Gibson, State Di rector, To Be Guest Speaker At Sparta Plans are now underway for a Baptist Training Union Confer ence for all the Baptist churches in the county on August 24 and 25 at the First Baptist church of Sparta, Miss Dorothy Evans, di rector, announced this week. Harvey T. Gibson, of Raleigh, State Baptist Training Union di rector, will be the guest speaker, it was pointed out. The program jvill begin with an address to the officers of the Training Union and the deacons of the church on Saturday even ing at eight o’clock. Officers of the Sparta branch of the training union include: Miss Evans, direct or; Bill Sprinkle, associate di rector; Mrs. F. G. Walker, gen- . eral secretary; Mrs. Walter John- : son, pianist; Walter Johnson, choirster; Department leaders, Dr. I N. D. Fox and Walter Johnson, | adult; Bill Sprinkle, and Helen Walker, young people; 5. R, Sin- I dietary, intermediate; Mrs. S. E Singletary and MF*>, Verna Wag oner, juniors and Mrs. Bill Spain-' kie anci Mrs, Swanson' Edwards, slory hotfi". ~ ■ «*«**-««« r - On Sunday morning at eleven o'clock, Mr. Gibson will deliver an address on the work of the training union, its impo tanee and its relationship with the educa tional program of the church. Cli maxing the conference will be a (Continued on Page 4) Observe Farm And Home Week Mrs. Isom Wagoner, Home Agent, To Attend Meeting In Raleigh Farm and Home Week will be' obsei'Ved In Alleghany county, along with the rest of the state and nation August 19-23, when all o demonstration agents will meet at N. C. State College; in Raleigh for a week. M' ■ ’-r>" w '’-..homo agent | for Alleghany county, will at- ] tend the weeks classes. She will j ae~brv?ahied by Mrs. Haswell Rector, former president'of the Alleghany county federation of Home Demonstration clubs. Among the subjects to be dis cussed by state and national au thorities at the meetings will be, "Home Management and House Furnishing s,” “Clothing,’ “Speech.” “The Niceties of Every Day Living,” “Health,” “Freeze in the Coodness,” and “From Rags to Rugs.” In addition to Farm and Home Week, 4-H club boys and girls will take a 4-H Short Course at N. C. State during the week of August 12. Those from Alleghany county attending will be Naomi Douglas, Faye Kirby, Joyce Os borne, Ray Absher, and Billy Fin ney. They will be accompanied by the new assistant county ■•"ont. John P. Burch. Hundreds Attend Guernsey Sale Hundreds of farmers attended the Guernsey promo tional sale at the State Test Farm at Transou. last Friday. * 4 (Staff Photo) i < 1 1 Ray H. Walker Is Named. Principal Of Sparta School Has Been Principal Of Cleve land High School For Past Five Years Ray H. Walker, of Cleveland county, has been named principal of Sparta high school for the com ing school year, it was announced this week. Mr. Walker, who has acted as principal of Cleveland high school for the past five years and who oreviously served as teacher and athletic director there, is a grad uate of Appalachian State Teach ers College, Boone. He is now working on his Master’s Degree at the University of North Caro lina and has completed half the work necessary for such a degree. A native of Neva, Tenn., Mr. Walker taught one year in Wa tauga county, before going to Cleveland. The new principal will take the place of C. R. Roe, who resigned last vear after serving as prin cipal for the past 16 years. “Mr. Walker comes to us with an excellent record and we wel come him to Sparta high school,” a scho.ol official said this week. He expects to be here to begin work next "week. Mr. Walker is married and has two children of early school age. He will make his home at the A. C. McMillan residence just out side the city limits, Poultrymen To Meet Aug. 8, 9 1 u Ashe Farmers Expected To Attend Meeting In Statesville __ -'Mimic. Alleghany poultrymen a r d rged to attend the three-day poultry training school which be an in Statesville yesterday and ,-hich will continue through to-. orrow. The purpose of this school is to train and qualify hatchery per- ! sof.nel for flock-testing and blood t -e*ing work and to discuss with them their poultry problems, c—or-:aiiy in connection with the .radication of pullorum disease, T.. ,T. Fourie, of the Veterinary Division of the N. C. Department r Agriculture, stated. If hatcherytnen or their em ployees plan to do their own ioed-testing work, they must at tend the school and pass the writ ten examination in order to qual ify and obtain a permit as a flock testing and pullorum - testing agent, Mr. Fourie pointed out. Alleghany Men Buy Guernseys Alleghany county dairymen got their share of the prize purebred registered Guernsey cattle offer 'd at auction in the sale at the State Test Farm, at Transou, last Friday. These animals came from some of the best herds in North Carolina and were consign ed to the sale in order to increase interest in the dairy business and ‘o enable farmers of this area to mprove their herds. Ashe county dairymen makinr urchases were as follows: J. R- Phipps, Silas Creek, 1 ull, $140.00; Bruce Shepherd, Transou, two heifers, $380.00: Banner Blevins, Crumpler, one heifir, $260.00; Joe Davis. Laurel Springs, three heifers, $705.00; See DeBoard. Grassy Creek, one heifer, $135.00; Gwyn Little West Jefferson, one bull, $150.00; Bow sr Walters, Jefferson, one heifer. 5165.00; W. H. and Jones Dillard, Jefferson, one heifer, $130.00; J B. Tucker, of Rugby, Va., and \she county, purchased four (Continued on Page 4) Draft Board Will Close On Fridays Mrs. Robert L. Nichols, clerk of he .draft board, announced this veek that the office would be loscd each Friday for eight veeks beginning Friday, Aug. 9. Mrs. Nichols pointed out that istead of taking a regular vaca ion, she had been granted such i leave. All those persons who ire supposed to register at the iffice on Friday, may call the fol nwing Monday morning, she ex ilained. . Last Of Nazi PW’s Leave U. S. The last batch of German prisoners of war, with the exception of those still in hospitals or in prisons convicted of crimes, are shown as they sailed for their homehkfld from Piermont, N. Y. Outlook Bright For Future Of Dairy Industry In County, W. W. Fitzpatrick Declares Sheep Raising Is Profitable Here \\\ (bounty 5Irs. Rufus Gillam And S. H. Be'l Both Net Good Returns From Ewes R..Emerson Black, cour.ty agent, as -proof that sheep raising cart ■r* profitable. The proof may be fo' nd in the case of Mrsi Rufus Gillnm, of Stratford, who pur "hased four ewes for $54.00 In February, 1945. The income from the four ewes was $116.22, Mr. Black Stated. This year, the same 1 four ewes raised seven more lambs and the lambs alone bo ught her $127.17. Since Mrs. Gillam had increased her flock the wool was not sold separate, but the estimated value. Mr. Black stated, would be $10 00, making a total income of $135.17, the in come per ewe being $33.79. ‘'That is profitable sheep raising,” Mr. Black stated, ■ f ■ ■ Y I Another sheep grower, N. K. 'Mil. ef Sparta, kept 19 ewes and five lambs last fall. The wool from the 24 sheep sold for $92.59, Mr. Bell reported. He sold 16 lambs for $316.08, the subsidy bring included, and kept six lambs which were valued at $114.90, making the total income (Conti ued on Page 41 COUNTY HEALTH NURSE WILL TAKE VACATION Miss Matteline Gambill, Alle ghany county health nurse, an ounced this week that she would ! ot be in her office on the week1 >f August 12 through 17. Mrs. Cleo Reeves, clerk of the board, will be in the office, how ever, it was pointed out. If* Tmportsinc# Of Breeding And Pr^gfam Stressed Farmers and business and pro fessional men were assured of continued prosperity in the dairy industry, by W. W. Fitzpatrick, manager of the famous Quail Rcost Farm, at a meeting of Vhe Jeffersofis Rotary club last week, .rhen a number of dairy special ists, farmers and others tyere gucsfsf pu the' eve of the purebred registered Guernsey sale held at the tSate Test Farm at Trartldu. A number of people from Alle ghany attended both the dinner | and the sale, Fitzpatrick, presented by H. H. Farnum, Dairy Specialist of the Extension Division of State Col lege, pointed out some of the re quirements in making a success of cue ch irv business. He stressed vood breeding, continued im provement of herds, proper hand ling and feeding. In the feeding program he explained the value j ,u aifatfa and the new Ladino clover, MV. Fitgpatriek described me of the points in Judging the value of a dairy cow. Before presenting the speaker I Mr. Farnum reviewed the dairy program in the county. He point ed out that in Alleghany, one oV the leading dairy counties in the State, there are now more than 50,000 pounds of milk sold daily. He lamented, however, that there are less than 25 purebred sires in the cour.tv. “We have hardly scratched the surface in the dairy industry,” he said, and added tha: in addition to the breeding pro gram farmers must improve their feeding program. He explained the value of Ladino clover. Farnum was introduced by H. D. Quessenberry, in charge of the meeting. Quessenberry also ask ed for an introduction of guests and presented R. A. McLaughlin. , Continued on Page 4) They March For A Principle Asserting that their living standard is cut in half by discontinuance of the sale of nickel cones and drinks, a group of Burbank, Calif., boys picket a malt shop. The picket line was broken when the proprietor invited the boys in for “one on the house.” Alleghany Has New Assistant County Agent John P. Burch Named Tfc Assist R. E. Black; Will Accompany Group John P. Burch, of Surry coun— y, this week assumed his dutie* rs assistant county agent of Atie v'hany county. The first assistant agent this :dUnty has ever had, Mr. Burch, s a graduate of N. C State Col 'ege, Raleigh, class of ’46. He* ^pent sometime in military serv— ice, returning to State after his; discharge, and graduating with a. 3. S. degree in animal husbandry. “We are fortunate in securing' Mr. Burch as an assistant agent.’* one county official stated and add 'd that he is expected to promotes more 4-H club work in Alleghany in addition to general farm work, along with R. E. Black, county agent. A part of the salary of the new assistant agent will be paid by the* demonstration farmers of the county, and will not. therefore, be a big burden on the taxpayer it was pointed out. Mr. Burch will spend next week in Raleigh with % group of 4-H club boys and girls from Alle ghany, who will take a 4-H Short Course at State College. -1--— -- J New Ball League.£^ Now Organized Piney Creek. Landmark And Ileltnn Join With Teams Fr°iT\ Virginia —— The Virginia-Carolina League, composed of three Ashe county teams and three from Virginia, has been organized, it was learn ed here this week. The teams composing the league artrPiney Creek, Landmark, Hel ton, Whitetop, Green Cove and Komarock. — i ■»;. The opening game of the league was played last Saturday when. Piney Creek defeated Landmark by a score of 22-17. A home run was hit in the third inning by Bruce Sexton. Walter Sexton hit a triple in the sixth and a home run in the seventh, driving in three runs. Russ Spencer pitched the entire game for Piney Creek while Kent Dickson and Ed Lambert each pitched for Landmark. Sunday Piney Creek was again g the victor defeating Whitetop by | the score of 19-6. Doubles were hit by W. Sexton, Dale Powers and James Francis. Sexton and Powers were on the mound for Piney Creek and Hash pitched for Whitetop. Reunion Held By Hoppers Sunday Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hoppers had all their family together for the first time in three yi ars lost Sun day when they met for a reunion at their home in Sparta. Those present included Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hoppers and daugh er. Bobbie Lee, of Sparta; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hoppers and chil dren, of Roanoke, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Lyon, of High Point, and Mr. and Mis. James Hoppers and son, Billy, of Sparta. Raleigh—OPA District Director Theodore S. Johnson today urged housewives to keep a sharp curb on the family’s sweet tooth—for he rest of. the year at ^east. “Treat your sugar as you would 3 store of gold dust,” Johnson said. “It’s that precious and it is going to continue precious for veral months. According to the Secretary of 'agriculture, Johnson explained, uear will not be off the scarce ’St.- before 1947. Estimates show that if suppjtes were ample, Americans would consume eight million tons of sugar this year with our increased ovulation and buying power, be said, but the total coming in will be just under five and a half million tons. Johnson stressed the import ance of using canning sugar al lowance for preserving fruit J er than for
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