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Alleghany News
AND STAB-TIMES— (CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941) —ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER.
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VOLUME 57, NO. 51
$1.50 a Year in Alleghany County
SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA
THURSDAY, SEPT. 5, 1946
$2.00 a Year Out of County
To Select More
Local Farms For
Demonstration
Applications Should Be Made
To County Agent’s Office
At Early Date
R. E. Black, county agent, is
requesting that farmers interest
ed, make application for use of
phosphate on demonstration
farms.
Mr. Black explained that in
1933 Congress passed an act cre
ating T. V. A. which provided
for the use of the plan that Mus
cles Shoals manufacture more
forms of phosphate fertilizers.
This fertilizer in turn was to be
tested on practical farms.
“Alleghany county is not in the
Tennessee Valley Water Shed,
but was granted unlimited use
of demonstration farms to test
fertilizer being manufactured by
T. V. A. A ruling from T. V. A.
requires the removal of old dem
onstration farmers. However,
they may be replaced by new men
who will be selected by the Coun
ty or Community Committees of
the county,” he said.
“Any farmer wishing to make
application can do so and can se
cure the blanks from the county
agent’s office. In order to urge
this along and get the selections
made as soon as possible I am
asking that all applications be
filled out and left with the county
agent or a member of the Com
munity Committee on or before
September 15,” Mr. Black con
cluded.
Capt. W. B. Rowe
Given Citation
A wanted Commendation Rib
bon For Work With Chem
ical Warfare Service
Cap,*. Wendall B. Rowe, hus
d the torjwr Mis^JVIabel
____Glade Valley*-has re
cently received a citatfcn from
,. -. the War Department and has been
aiikthoir i->»d to wear the army com
mendation ribbon for his work
"with the chemical warfare serv
ice.
J
He was cited “for meritorious
service in the inspection and
proofing of chemical munitions at
Huntsville Arsenal. Alabama, dur
ing the period from November,
1942 to December, 1945.
“In the execution of all his
duties Capt. Rowe has displayed
an unusual capacity for perform
ing great quantities of work with
out errors, and exceedingly high
devotion to, duty, ingenuity high
(Continued on Page 4)
. FSA Meeting Is
Held At A.S.T.C.
f.
FSA committeemen from Alle
ghany as well as other counties
attended the training meeting
held Thursday and Friday at Ap
palachian State Teachers College
at Boone.
The purpose of the meeting was
to issue instructions and suggest
ions to the committeemen and
personnel. W. B. Oliver, district
FSA supervisor, and Miss Mar
garet Fuller, area home manage
ment supervisor, were in charge
of the program.
Those from Alleghany to. at
tend were Dan Jones, Carl Hamp
ton, Mil. Carl Brown, Van Miller
and Miss Ainslee Alexander.
Jack Frost Pays
Visit To County
Jaek Prat paid a prematura
visit t* some sections of AUe
|huj county the past w«tk
end; tat because hie touch wi
so light, little damage was done
according to reports received
U tUd efftce.
, Several sections reported
' that the thermometer dropped
to as low as 38, and even 36
degrees. As far as it could be
learned It was the coldest Au
gust weather in some years.
■ven those not seeing frost
felt the need of extra blankets
on both Saturday and Sunday
nights.
President Truman Has Visitors
After a visit aboard the presidential yacht, “Wil
liamsburg,” President Truman shakes hands with Gov.
John Pastore of Rhode Island. Howard McGrath, U. S.
solicitor general (left) looks on.
Progress In Farming
Is Outlined By Scott
And Other Leaders
N. C. Board Of Agriculture
And Other Officials Met
At Test Farm
Progress made in farming and
value gained through scientific
experiments were cited by Con
gressman R. L. Doughton at a
meefcng of the N. C. Board of
Agriculture, highway and other
state officials, representatives of
the Extension Division, depart
ment of agriculture and many
others at the State Test Farm at
Transou, Thursday.
- ©KrtifciO- Baver, director'aij*.
C. ExpfegimentaL. station, spoke
briefly on plans for the test farm.
Commissioner W. Kerr Scott, who
introduced the members of the
Board of Agriculture, a number
of other officials and guests, also
spoke briefly.
W. B. Austin, Ashe county mem
ber of the State Board of Agri
culture, opened the meeting and
introduced James A. Graham,
superintendent of the test farm,
who extended a warm welcome
to everyone.
At the end of the meeting, a
barbecue dinner was served. Mr.
Graham also had charge of it.
James Graham, superintendent
of the Test Farm, and W. B. Aus
(Continued on Page Five)
Lunchrooms In
Schools Opened
Several lunchrooms in the
schools of Alleghany county have
already been opened. Miss Clyde
Fields, superintendent, said yes
terday.
They are now in operation in
the following schools: Sparta.
°iney Creek, Rich Hill and Little
Pine. Miss Fields said she was
glad to have them opened so early
in the school year.
Price Ceilings
Are Lifted From
Many Items Now
Onned And Fresh Vegetables
And Many Frozen Fruits
Are On List
Washington—Secretary of Ag
riculture Anderson took price
ceilings off a long list of fresh,
canned and frozen fruits and
vegetables this week, at least for
the month of September.
Beyond that, Anderson recom
mended in effect that the Decon
trol Board not put ceilings back
on poultry and eggs or tobacco
and its products.
He kept hands off the issue of
whether dairy products, left out
from under ceilings by the De
control Board, should be put back
under curbs, reporting merely
that there are not enough of them
(T'onti.yUed on Page 4)
Connie Jones, 53,
Dies Suddenly
Funeral service for Connie
Jones, 53, formerly of Scottville.
was held Tuesday, August 27 at
the Mt. Carmel church. Officiat
ing were Revs. W. H. Handy and
• ■ r . : Dancy., ■
Mr. Jones died- suddenly Au
gust 25 at High Point.
Survivors include his wife, the
former Miss Ethel Church; three
children, Mrs. Reuben Sheets, of
Scottville; Mrs. O: P. Hapn%r, of
Aberdeen. Md. ; Mrsk Garrtett Sex
ton, 'of Twin Oaks; four brothers,
Arnold Jones, of Aberdeen, Md.;
Robert Jones, of Thurmond; Carl
and Hoyt Jones, of Scottville; his
father, Lee Jones, of Scottville.
Yellow Jacket Team Prepares.
For 1946-47 Football Season
Answering the call of the pig
skin, members of the ‘46 Yellow
Jackets of Sparta high school
donned their uniforms this week
and started practice on the local
field in preparation for the big
gest season in their history.
All varsity and lettermen of
last year were out for practice
and show promise of a crack
team this year, Coaoh Joe Bill
Reed said yesterday. The loss of
four star men, he said, has not
seriously damaged the team and
all indications point toward the
heaviest and best team the Yel
low Jackets have ever had.
Several lettermen who have
returned to school this year and
have donned the black and gold
uniforms of the fightin’ Yellow
Jackets are Jimmy Davis, captain
of the ‘46 squad; Thompson
Shepherd, outstanding end; J. M.
Bennett, guard; Jack Osborne,
sparkling half-back of the ‘46
team and Bill Reeves, last year’s
captain and fullback of the squad.
Other lettermen back this year
gre Willard Moxley, George Roe,
and Mack Joined.
Coach Reed said yesterday that
41 men were oat for football this
year and a big season is expected
for the Yellow Jackets.
The schedule for the year is
practically complete, with eight
games on the calendar for the ’46
season.
They are: September 20, Rural
Retreat, there; September 27,
North Wilkesboro, there; October
4, Walkertown, here; October 11,
Cove Creek, there; October 18,
open; October 25, Cove Creek,
here; November 1, Rural Retreat,
there; November 8, Walkertown,
there, and November 15, Elkin,
here.
GARBEE GOES TO GA.
Professor Eugene Garbee, head
of the Physical Educational de
partment of ASTC leaves this
week for University of Georgia
where he has accepted a similar
position and will have charge of
the Savannah unit. He will also
direct the manual arts and crafts.
Final Lamb Pool
Will Be Held On
September 12
Schedule For Collection Is
Announced By County
Agent R. E. Black
County Agent R. E. Black an
nounced that the last cooperative
lamb pool for the season would
| be held on September 12. All
j farmers, who have lambs for sale
are urged to take advantage of
. this pool.
The following schedule for col
lection is announced for the bene
fit of the growers:
Collin’s truck — H. G. Black,
d:00 a. m.; Charlie Black, 8:30 a.
m.; C. T. Edwards, 8:45 a. m.;
I r> j .Tones 9:00 a. m.; Albert
Irvin, 9:20 a. m.: W. G. Richard
so:'. 9:45 a m.: Bruce VanHoy,
10:15 a. m.: R. E. Black, 11:00
a. m.
Whitehead—3:00 p. m.: John M.
Cheek, 3:30 p. m.; Florence Wag
oner, 4:15 p. m.; W. F. Doughton,
5:00 p. m.; M. E. Reeves, 5:30 p. m.
Hampton’s truck—M. C. Mabe,
7:00 a. m.; J. G. Joines, 7:15 a. m.;
Lee Hampton, 7:45 a. m.; R. B.
McMillan, 12:00; John C. Halsey,
1:00 p. m.; Herbert Osborne, 1:30
p. m.; C. L. Hash, 2:00 p. m.;
J. R. Gambill, 2:30 p. m.
| Billing’s truck—T. L. Crouse,
8:00 a. m.; T. R. Crouse, 8:30 a.
m.; Kell Edwards, 9:30 a. m.; J. C.
McCann, 10:15 a. m.
School Opened
At Glade Valley
Attendance Is Good; List Of
Faculty Members Is
Announced
G'ade Valley high school open
ed the thirty-sixth annual ses
sion on Tuesday with an excep
tionally good attendance, E. B.
Eldridge, superintendent, an
nounced this week.
Student# began arriving on
Monday and registration began
Tuesday followed by the distri
bution of books, assignments and
announcements.
The faculty for the coming
year has been announced as fol
lows: W. C. Thompson, principal
and teacher of agriculture and
science; Rev. C. W. Ervin, Eng
lish and Bible; R. L. Joines.
French and mathematics; Miss
Frances Mashburn, home eco
nyiics' B. H. O’Neal, history and
physical education; and Mrs. E
I B. Eldridge, dietician.
| Rev. E. W. Thompson was the
speaker for the opening exer
cises.
Ashe Democrats
j To Name Ticket
Will Hold County Convention
On Saturday: Republicans
Meet Next Week
West Jefferson — (Special) —
Interest in local politics is on
the increase as both the Demo
cratic and Republican conventions
draw near.
The Democrats will hold their
township conventions on Friday
to, be followed by the county con
vention on Saturday, when Can
didas for the coming election
will be, chosen. Those to be nam
ed at this time will be candidates
for state' legislature, three mem
bers of the board of county com
missioners, sheriff, register of
deeds, clerk of court, coroner and
surveyor.
While few candidates have
made public announcement*
through this paper a number are
being discussed, it is understood.
Congressman Samuel J. Ervin
will be the keynote speaker at
the convention on Saturday, and
will be introduced by Congresa
man R. L. Dough ton, B. H. Dun
(Continued on Page 6)
G Of G Will
Meet FrL Night
Sparta Chamber of Commerce
will meet Friday night, Septem
ber 13, at the community build
ing, President Alton Thompson
announced this week.
The program will feature spe
cial entertainment with definite
plans to bo announced next week.
All members are urged to be
present. They will be notified by,
mail, it was pointed out.
Discuss Vital Security Problems
Herschel Johnson, left, U. S. deputy on the United
Nations security council, shown conferring with acting
secretary of state Dean Acheson, right, at the state de
partment.
Alleghany Baptist
Association To Open
On Friday Morning
Mt. Primitive
Baptist Meet Is
Well Attended
Visiting Elders Heard; To
Meet Next Year At Crab
Tree Church
More than 3,000 people attend
ed the Mountain Primitive Bap
tist Association, Sunday, at St.
Saddle ftreek church near lade-1
Va., climaxing a three-1
g of the 14«tft session.
iation began on Fri
1
irning with the introduc
!
tory sermon delivered by Eld. J.
D. Vass, of Fancy Gap, Va.; Eld.
A. J. McDaniel, of the Upper
Mayo Association; Eld. J. C.
Spence, of New River and Eld.
D. P. Broadway, of Abbot’s Creek,
were also heard.
On Saturday, during both the
morning and afternoon sessions,
Eld. Ed Preddy, of the Upper
■ v ontinuea on Page 4)
Cemetery To Be
Cleared Sept. 16
All persons having relatives
buried in the Antioch cemetery j
are asked to cooperate in helping |
keep up me appearance of the
cemetery. September 16, it was
announced this week.
The first and fifteenth of each
1 vh nave been set aside as
dates for the general upkeep of
the cemetery. However, since
September 15 will be Sunday, the
date has been set as September
16.
The upkeep has been neglected
in the past, it was pointed out.
due to the fact that not enough
interested persons offered their
assistance.
Piney Creek Will Be Host To
Group; John M. Cheek
Is Moderator
Plans have been completed for
the 50th. annual session of the
Alleghany Missionary Baptist As-1
sociation, which will be held at
Osborne Memorial church at
Piney Creek on Saturday and
Sunday, September 7 and 8, John
M. Cheek, moderator, announced
this week. A record crowd is
expected to attend the two-day
meeting.
. The association will be opened
on Saturday morning at 10:00
o’clock, with a devotional serv
ice by Rev. E. B. Barton. A
call <*f the churches and reports
on achievements for the past year
and the goals for the coming year
will be heard. Mrs. A. O. Joines
will give a report on “Women’s
Missionary Union”; Mrs. R. E. I
Richardson will talk on “Relig
ious Literature”; Rev. F. G. Walk
er on “Evangelism”; and Mrs. W. j
P. Maxwell on “Hospital.” Rev.
W. K. McGee, of the Baptist hos
pital, Winston-Salem, will then
make a talk, after which Rev.
W, H. Caldwell will deliver the
introductory sermon. I
Following the lunch hour. Rev.1
Willie Hamm w>M give the de
votional and t}ie following reports
will be heard: Mrs. Paul Swan
Continued-., on Page 4)
Group Teachers
Have Meetings
C? I
Immediately following the j
county-wide teachers meeting last I
Friday afternoon, Professor Ray!
Walker, principal of the Sparta
high school, held a group meet
ing of the teachers oJ this school
to outline plans for the year.
Principal George Van Hoy, of
Piney Creek, held a similar meet
ing on Saturday.
Sparta And Lansing To Play
Here On Saturday Afternoon
Baseball fans will have an op
portunity- to see the Sparta team
meet Lansing here on Saturday
afternoon, while Sparta will go
to Scottville, Sunday.
Nathan’s Creek defeated Sparta
an its own diamond last Sunday
by a score of 12-#. Lambert was
on the mound for the winners
and Atwood was pitchfer for
Sparta. On Saturday, however,
Sparta was the victor on its local
diamond, defeating West Jeffer
son 10-4. Jones pitched for
Sparta and Holloway was catcher.
Perkins was the loser’s pitcher
with Davis catching.
Saturday, Lansing won an 18-10
victory over Nathan’s Creek on
the local diamond. Harrison, on
the mound for Lansing, struck
out a total of 9. Home runs were
made by Key and Pugh.
Sunday, Lapsing lost to Roans
Creek 18-10 with King, Blevins
and Harrison all three taking
the Lansing mound.
Creek Came from behind in
inning when the score
was 8-2 in favor of Lansing. A.
Miller was the pitcher for the win
ners.
Casey Miller suffered a broken
arm, pitching for Nathan’s Creek
against Roans Creek last week.
West Jefferson lost to Laurel
Springs Sunday on the home dia
mond by a score of 7-6. Day
was pitching for the losers, and
Sentry Pennington and Darnell
for the winners.
Scottville was the victor at
Scottville, Sunday, defeating Pond
Mountain 14-5. Campbell, pitch
ing for the winners, gave up 17
hits with Shepherd, leading hit
ter, making two doubles, a triple
and single in his five times at
bat.
Ham and Black, on the mound
for Pond Mountain, gave up 7
hits. Tucker was the loser’s lead
ing batter with a triple and a sin
gle. V
The schedule for the week end
(Continued on Page 4)
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Teachers Hold
Meeting To Make
Plans For Year
Responsibilities Are Outlined;
Library Service Explained;
Attendance Stressed
At a county-wide meeting of
teachers of Alleghany, last, Fri
day afternoon at the Sparta high
school, responsibilities and plans
for the year were outlined with
many special phases of work
stressed,
Roy Ellison, president of the
county’s NCEA unit presided over
the meeting and in the beginning
all new teachers of the county
were presented by Miss Clyde
Fields, superintendent of schools.
J. B. Reed stressed the import
ance of an organization of teach
ers as well as their keen respon
sibility in training of the youth
in this atomic age.
Mrs. Carrie Hamm, county li
brarian, explained the library
service as it applies to both teach
ers and pupils. She urged that
all teachers avail themselves and
their school rooms of the books
in the county library.
The necessity of regular attend
ance was pointed out by Swanson
Edwards, superintendent of pub
lic welfare, who is also truant
officer.
Superintendent Fields called at
tention to a number of routine
matters to be regarded during the
school year. During the business
session it was decided that the
meetings would be held on Wed
nesdays, the time and place for
the next meeting to be announced
later. Mrs. Dick Doughton re
signed as secretary and treasurer
of the county unit and Mrs. Ruff
J. Choate was named to fill this
vacancy.
Conservation To
Be Continued Here
Alleghany Fanners Urged !•
Follow Through On Prac
tices Already Approved
In an effort to obtain maximum
conservation with the $58,000
fund that has been made avail
able to Alleghany county farm
ers through the 1946 Agricultur
al Conservation Program, Herbert
Osborne, chairman Alleghany
County AAA Committee, today
urged farmers to follow through
On their conservation work that
was approved on their farm plans
last sprine
“We fully realize that many
conditions may have prevented
farmers from performing the
practices as originally planned,”
he said. In such instances, Mr.
Osborne said that the County
Committee is anxious to render
every assistance by helping these
farmers in selecting substitute
practices.
Farmers finding it impossible
to carry out their original prac
tices or to substitute others are
being urgently requested by Mr.
Osborne to inform the AAA Com
mittee immediately so that the
funds allotted to their farms may
be transferred to neighboring
farmers who need additional as
sistance and are in a position to
carry out more practices.
Farmers are urged to use more
lime this fall due to the shortage
of phosphate.
Sugar Arrives
In Alleghany
Thanks to Congressman R,
L. Doughton, sugar arrived to
Alleghany county this week in
larger quantities than has
in many months,
all
sweet nothings In each others
tan, but this time it Was really
MauOilag,. “Sparta stores
have sugar!”
Many people had been un
•*Me so far to secure any can
ning sugar and were rejoicing
in the fact that while they
could have used some earlier
for berries, peaches and other
fruits, but that It would still
come in good for apples,
grapes, pears and other late
fruits.
. It. was through_m_
Doughton’s influence that an
extra allotment was made by
OPA for this section.
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