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PRESS RUN — 2,02a Net Paid 1,704 Covers Alleghany The Alleghany News Alleghany County la ... Outstanding Livestock, Agifr culture and Tourist Center, With A Population of 8,341. AND STAR-TIMES- t CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941) —ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. VOLUME 57, NO. 49 $1.50 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, AUG. 22, 1946 $2.00 a Year Out of County f Hundreds To Enter County Schools Next Week. School To Open At Glade Valley On September 3 Students To Arrive September 1; Registration To Begin Tuesday Glade Valley high school will open the thirty-sixth annual ses sion on Tuesday, September 3, Superintendent E. B. Eldridge an nounced this week. Most of the students will ar rive on the campus on Monday, September 2. On Tuesday morn ing the opening exercises will be held in the school auditorium be ginning at 9:00 a. m. Following these exercises, the remainder of the day will be devoted to regis tration and classification of stu dents, distribution of books, as signments and announcements. Mr. Eldridge pointed out that as in past years, the girls’ dor mitory will be filled to capacity, and the present outlook promises a larger number of boys than have been enrolled in the past several years. It was also explained that some new equipment has been receiv ed. including a 1946 edition of The World Book Encyclopedia, maps, library books and a num ber of others. More books have been ordered and are expected by the opening date. ‘The school is looking forward •with anticipation to a pleasant and successful school year,” Mr, Eldridge said yesterday. A list of teachers will be given next week, he said. To Buy Seats For Auditorium Much interest was shown in the •chase of chairs for the Ptnev aek auditorium at a joint meet ing of the Parent-Teachers’ As sociation and the Pome Demon stration clubs of Turkey Knob, T>jr»OV f' r P P V arid Elk Creek, it was announced this week. It was exnlainpd that 300 chairs will be needed to seat the auditorium and all former stu dents and friends of the school were urged to contribute to this worthy community cause. John R. Halsey is treasurer of the au dience seating committee. The following persons have pledged chairs: George Me VanHoy 3, Rachel Halsey 1, Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Halsey 2, Robert Sturgill 1, Bvthia Sturgill, Hazel Sturgill 1, Edna Sturgill 1, Mr. and Mrs. David Sturgill 1. Pearl Fields 1, Clyde Fields 1, Evelyn Brown 1. John R. Halsey 2, Tom Woodie 2. C. L. Hash 2 Raymond Mc Millan 1, Ray Parlier 5. Cecil Col lins 2, Lester Phipps 3, Hugh Halsey 3, Mack Woodie 6, Grovier EnoDier 4, Guy Perry 5, Lonnie Landreth 3, Fred H. Brown 6, Herbert Osborne fi. Victor Phipps 3. and Mr. and Mrs. Isom Wag oner 2. .The meeting was held after the joint picnic at Piney Creek Sat urday evening, the largest affair of the season in that community. (Continue-'’ on Page 8) New Serial Will Begin This Week ■s will not want to miss exciting chapter of this Clifford Bronson, young intern, receives one of his many refusals to his proposal to Janet Harris, attractive and ambitious nurse, in the opening chapter of the new serial entitled “Unholy Bond,” which begins in this week’s issue of this paper. Janet, who seems to take nurs ing entirely too seriously, is in terested in doctors, not Cliff, it seems, but rather a more experi enced doctor, namely Dr. Eynon. The life of a nurse can be any thing but dull, Janet discovers as she is asked to call witnesses to sign one of her wealthy pa tient’s will. Could Mr. Hartigan’s will change her plans for a ca reer? Material Reserved For Veterans .< 4>! t i'- > > uiii(flsmslSiUp,. Wilson W. Wyatt, national housing expediter and ad ministrator of the national housing agency, displays the sign which will identify for veterans and servicemen all construction under the veterans emergency housing pro gram. Teachers Are Named For County Schools; Only Two Vacancies All Positions In High Schools Are Filled; Principals Elected date for Alle set for Mon t the schools. Miss Clyde Fields, county super intendent, announced yesterday. Both principals places are filled and all of the high school teach ers have been secured, Miss Fields said. The following list of teachers for the various schools was re leased yesterday from the county superintendent’s office: Sparta — Principal, Ray H. Walker; High School, Roy Elli son, Ralph B. Cheek, Minnie Lou I Edwards, Mrs. Kathleen Max-j well, J. B. Reed, Mrs. Ida J. War (Continued on Page 8) Welfare Workers Visit Dept. Here Miss Ada McRackan, Director of Field and Social Work Service, State Board of Public Welfare, and Miss Elizabeth Wells, Field Social Social Work representative, were in Sparta last Thursday, !•*' they confered with Supt. of Public Welfare Swanson Ed wards on problems and work per aining to his department. Miss Wells is the new feild re iresentative for this territory, it •/as pointed out. She was formerly ase supervisor with the Depart ot of Public Welfare in Win ston-Salem. Extreme Crowded Conditions Of Schools Cited Officials Urge Full Co-oper. ation Of Patrons And Students. As has been requ sted by the Alleghany County Board of Ed ucation in previous years, all school children in the various dis tricts are urged more particularly than ever before to remain in the schbo's in their respective dis tricts. due to the extreme crowded conditions in the central schools, it wa - - nnoi: red this wepk. At a meeting of the board this week, it was determined, that due to the crowded conditions, stud ents who Were in the seventh "rpde at Rich Hill, Little Pine and Laurel Springs schools ana who will be in the eighth grade this year, should remain in the ... seiiool tor the present time. (Continued on Page 4) ROBERT WOODS IS GOP CANDIDATE FOR SENATE Robert H. Woods, Pearisburg. Va., businessman and husband of the former Miss Margaret Haw thorne, of Sparta, was recently named by the Republican state convention of Virginia, as the party candidate for the unexpired term of the late United States Senator Carter Glass. Woods will oppose a Democrat to be named at a state convention in Richmond, September 5. Alleghany Man Greets Churchill Major Thomas H. King, of Sparta, received Winston Churchill at Hamm cemetery in Luxembourg, where Mr. Churchill placed a wreath on the grave of Gen. George S. Patton, Jr. Major King also attended the reception at Jpplace of the Grand Duchess, which was given in honor of Mr. Churchill. White Cane Sale To Get Underway In County Ang. 26 Lions Club Is Sponsoring Drive To Raise Funds For Aid To The Blind. The “White Cane Sale” for the benefit of the North Carolina State Association for the Blind, will be conducted in Alleghany county August 26 through 29, un der the sponsorship of the Sparta Lions Club, Roy Ellison, presi dent, announced this week. The county has been assigned a quota of $180.00, it was pointed out. In sponsoring the drive here, the local Lions Club is co operating with the Lions clubs throughout North Carolina. All contributions made to the fund will go to aid the blind children of the state. It was ex plained that 33 1-3 per cent of all funds contributed here re main in the county while the re mainder goes to the state asso ciation. Mr. Ellison explained that the association bears the expenses for treatment, examination and fit ting eyeglasses for persons i” need of sight conservation effort; the purchase of training equip ment for deserving blind persons, for financing of special case work er training of blind persons in do mestic skills, and many other . services. It was pointed out that i there are more than 7.000 blind and visually handicapped persons > Ueu o.i .ifee 4) (Bovard Rites Are i Held In Capitol Wed. Afternoon Manager Of Graystone Ian At Roaring Gap Dies % In Winston-Salem Hospital Burial services for Walter <t>m 'inson Bovard manager of Gray tone Inn at Roaring Gap, were •»ld at Rock Creek Cemetery, .Vashington, D. C., at 2 p. m. Wed nesday. Rev. Kelsey Regen of Durham, a- friend of Mr. Bovard, nducted the services. Mr. Bovard, owner of the Co uina Hotel, Ormond Beach, Fla., died in Winston-Salem Monday. He was born in Beaver, Penn., on Aug. 23, 1902. Mr. Bovard graduated from Cornell University in 1926, where he took a course in hotel train ing. He was first president of the Ezra Cornell organization and was a member of Ye Host Society. After graduation he was connect ed with the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City, the York Beach Hotel,at York Beach. Me., and the Greenbrier Hotel at White Sul phur Springs, W. Va. He served as vice-president of the Associated Hotel Company with offices in Richmond, Va., for (Continued on Page 4) FORMER RESIDENTS MEET TRAGIC DEATHS IN MD. Two former Alleghany citizens met tragic deaths recently in Hartford county, Maryland, in an automobile accident. Mack Caudill, 55 formerly of Cherry Lane and Mrs. Ellen Cau dill, 50. his wife, formerly of Pine Swamp, were killed and j heir two sons were reported to : be in serious condition. ; Funeral service for the couple j were held at Fountain Green, Md., and interment followed in the church cemetery there. Ordinance Passed On Sanitation I An ordinance was passed at a special meeting of the town coun cil here last week to the effect that no outside toilets can be built inside the town limits and that those that are now in use must be torn down, town officials announced. It was pointed out that if the sewer system is available, it should be used and if not, a sep tic tank must be built. Officials stated that this ordi nance was passed for sanitation purposes. Health authorities ad vised such action, it was pointed out. ... . it. i Youth Has Form On Government Ninety-eight boys representing all states and the Dis trict of Columbia, met in Washington for a week to study their government at close range and meet some of its top leaders. They are shown being addressed by Sen. Tom Connally, Texas. , State Agricultural Leaders Will Meet Aug. 29 At Transou Hunting Season Dates Given By Warden Goodman Squirrel Season Will Open On September 15 And Quail Season On Nov. 28 A summary of the open seasons, bag limits and special regula tions for the 1946-47 hunting sea son in Alleghany county was an nounced this week by H. T. Good man, district game warden for this county. The season on quail will open November 28, Thanksgiving Day, through January 10, with a bag limit of 8 per day. A bag limit of 2 per day and 10 per season has been set on ruffled grouse, the season to open November 28 through January 1. The squirrel season will open on September 15 and continue through December 15 with a bag limit of 6 per day, it was an nounced. The season on rabbits will open on November 28 through January 31, Mr. Goodman ex plained. The season on o’possum and rac vCu:,a ued in rage 4) EDWARDS CHARGED WITH IMPERSONATING OFFICER Walter Edwards, of the Pine Swamp section, was released on $250.00 bond before a justice of the peace here this week for im personating an officer. The trial is scheduled to be heard on Sat urday at two o’clock. Edwards, officers stated, passed a Card bearing the name of Wal ter M. Irwin, U. S. Deputy Mar shall. Members Of Board Of Agri culture And Other Leaders Are To Attend Members of the State Board of Agriculture, representative of the Extension Division of Stata Col lege, Kerr Scott, Commissioner of Agriculture will meet at the State Test Farm, at Transou, August 29, along with other leading agri cultural figures. "W. B. Austin, member of the N. C. Board of Agriculture, to gether with James Graham, sup erintenjjent of the test farm, are working out the details of the meeting, which are to be an nounced next week. A special program will be car ried out and farm leaders from this area are expected to attend. The members of the N. C. Board of Agriculture will make an in spection tour of the farm to view the experiments being tried out there. Among the other projects is the experiment in the develop ment of Turkish tobacco. Several Arrests Made This Week De-Ette McMillan of Sparta, is being held in Sparta jail on charges of adultery, officers said this week. Another charge of public drunkenness also will be preferred. Edd Whitaker, also arrested on charges of adultery, was released on bond, with trial pending. Other arrests made last week included Rrba Pittman and Leff McCillan, both colored, on charg es of public drunkenness. Both were fined $10.00 and costs. R. L. Fender, arrested on a similar charge, was also fined $10.00 and costs. Sparta Team Defeats Nathan’s Creek 30-8 On Local Diamond Sparta defeated Nathan’s Creek in a runaway game on the home diamond, Sunday by a score of 30 to 8, placing Sparta as one of the top members of the league. Lansing defeated Nathan’s nr the Nathan’s Creek dia mond Saturday by a score of 19 10. Leading in hits for the win ners were Blevins and Kyle Key. • C. Miller and A. Bare w°re lead ing hitters for Nathan’s Creek. Xing gave up 12 hits and struck out seven. Miller and Bare gave up 25 hits and struck out six. Roans Creek was defeated on its diamond by a score of 8-1 by Lansing on Sunday. * Kyle Key was leading hitter for Lansing with a double and single. Blev ins was the winning pitcher giv ing up three hits and striking out seven. Bowers and Bare were on the mound for Roans Creek, giv ing up eight hits and striking out nine. laurel Springs was inadvertent ly referred to as winner of the Lansing-Laurel Springs game last week. It was Lansing’s game 20-10 with Harrison bn the mound for Lansing. Scottville defeated Laurel Springs on the home diamond Sunday with a score of 11-5. Cox and Billings were on the mound for the winners and Osborne and Oirtman for the losers. Leading hitters for the winners were Cox and Perkins. Laurel Springs was leading Scottville 5-2 in the sev enth inning when Scottville ral lied with the aid of Cox. Cox hit a triple after two men had singled giving Scottville two runs. The schedule for the week end is as follows: August 24—Double header, West (Continued on Page 4) Plans Ready For Formal Opening Monday Morning J Cr General Teacher’s Meeting To Be Held Here On Friday Morning Hundreds of school children will go back to school in Alle ghany county on Monday, August 26, when all the county’s schools, will open for the 1946-47 school year. Short schedules will be observ ed for the greater part of the week, school officials pointed out. Special opening exercises have been planned for some of the schools on Monday morning, but they are expected to be brief. All school patrons and friends are cordially invited to attend the schools on the opening day, it was explained. All of the teaching positions have been filled with the excep tion of two vacancies in the ele mentary department of two schools, it was explained. Supt. Clyde Fields stated that the enrollment is expected to be considerably larger than last year due to the fact that there was no graduating class last year and there will be no students leav ing school but two new classes coming in. A general teacher’s meeting will be held on Friday morning at 10 o’clock in the library of the Sparta high school building, Supt. Fields reminded teachers. Roy Ellisoft, president of the local chapter of the NCEA will have charge of the meeting. A branch of NCEA will be re-organized in Alleghany and plans will be made for the work during the year, it was pointed out. Following, the business meeting, Supt. Fields*, will. , discuss plans, give out suggestions and instruc tions to the teachers. Books and supplies will also be isstied at Bus time, it was pointed out. ~ Every teacher is expected to be (Continued on Page ♦) Greyhound Case In Hands Of FBI Five Youths Released On $5M Bond Each For Appear ance In Federal Court In the case of the Greyhound Bus Company vs. State in connec tion with the theft of a Grey hound bus here recently, three Alleghany county and two Gray son county boys were taken into ! custody by the Federal Bureau I of Investigation, Monday after | noon and carried to Wilkesboro where their case was heard be fore commissioners. The boys were released on $500.00 bond each. Warrants were served by the FBI on Dean Atwood, of Sparta, Maynard Landreth, Piney Creek, l Garnett Wingate, Independence, | Va.; Claude Maines Sparta, and Jimmy Phipps, of near Independ ence, Va. Officers said that preliminary hearing was waived for Federal court at Wilkesboro. In the county trial which was held in the courthouse here, Sat urday morning, the case was nol pros with leave. Higgins Named Head Of Board making Service The director of the Fourth United States Civil Service Re gion announced the establishment of a Board of United States Civil Service Examiners in the post ‘of fice at Sparta, to serve as a source of public information concerning the announcements of examina tions for Federal civil service po sitions and their requirements, applications, and other pertinent civil service matters. Designated as Secretary of the Board is Eugene Higgins. Assist ing him as a member of the board is Mrs. Lillie E. Nichols. Mr. Higgins urged the people of this area to avail themselves of the opportunity of obtaining applications for positions and inquiries regarding »tion, by pf the board Service of
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