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PRESS RUN — 2,025. Allegh AND STAR-TIMES- \ CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941) —AL LEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. Net Paid 1,104 Covers Alleghany Alleghany Comity la . . , Outstanding Livestock, AgiO eoltore and Tourist Center, With A Population of 8,341. VOLUME 57, NO. 52 $1.50 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, SEPT. 12, llMti $2.00 a Year Out ot count Jury List Drawn For Sept. Term Of Superior Court Court Scheduled To Open On Sept. 30; Judge R. A. Rousseau Will Preside Jurors for the fall term of the semi-annual Superior court for Alleghany county were announc ed this week by S. O. Gambill, «• clerk of court. The court is sched uled to open on Monday, Sep tember 30, with Judge J. A. Rous seau, of North Wilkesboro, pre siding. Erie McMichael, of Win ston-Salem, will serve as solicitor. Jurors drawn are as follows: C. G. Fender, Clyde Edwards, Mack Edwards, Robert Hoppers, Clarence Cox, C. C. Choate, J. H. Douglas, E, E. Delp, Cleve Wil son, Ralph Joines, Everett Hen drix, Cary Edwards, Carl Kirby, Lawrence Reeves, E. L. Williams. P. C. Collins, Cary Brown, S. E. Smith, T. R. Franklin, Everett Jinkins, Eugene Hampton, Paul Miles, Eddie Hoppers, Lundy Estep, L. L. Cox, Howard Ken nedy, S. W. Brown, Paul Smith, Dan Jones, Jess Poole, Buren Landreth, John R. Edwards, John A. Crouse, W. W. Cheek, D. C Duncan, and E. C. Truitt. Cooperative To Meet Saturday Directors To Be Named; Re ports Are To Be Heard From Committees According to an announcemem received here this week in a bul letin from .the Blue Ridge elec tric cooperative, the annual meet ing will be held at Lenoir on Sat urday when reports will be heard from officers and committees. The bulletin announces that the following have been MHb nated as directors: A. G. Mm, G. C. Poovey, CUtence NeM0 § B. Graybeal, R. C. J. C. Goodman, D. M. Edwards, D. R Moore, Clyde Perry, Ber1 Mast, A, B. Hurt, A. W. Greene, C. L. Mast, D. J. Jones, V. C. Lil lard, and G. M. Sudderth. Nc announcement is made as to whc are the members of the nominat ing committee. It is further announced in the special bulletin that the cooper ative will continue to sell electric appliances. This practice ha; been objected to by local dealers as well as many others in othei localities, because of its unfaii competition. County Health Nurse Resigns Miss Mattie'ene Gatnbill Wil Not Be With Depariment After October 1 It was announced this weel that (he resignation of Miss Mat tielene Gambill. Alleghany coun ty health nurse. has been receiv ed bv tiie health department anc that she will no longer occupj the office after October 1. Miss Gambill, a native of Alle ghany, came to the county ir March and has conducted an ex cellent work here in the schools and in the county at large, it was pointed out. Members of the board expressed genuine regret at her resignation. To date no person has been se cured to fill the vacancy but it is hoped that a new nurse will be secured in the near future. Members of the health board explained that the services of a health nurse are vitally essential to the county, particularly since there is no state health doctor in Alleghany. Tax Books Now In Sheriffs Office Sheriff Jess Moxley, tax col lector for Alleghany county, an nounced this week that the 1946 tax books Were now in his office and that those who wished to pay their taxes now might do so. Sheriff Moxley pointed out that by paying ’46 taxes now, that tax payers would get a (liscount and would avoid the penalty imposed for delinquent-tayes. It was pointed out also that the tax rate was raised this Yellow Jackets Will Meet V ir ginia Team Here September 20 HEADS VA DIVISION Brigadier General Francis R. Kerr, wartime chief of the Army Exchange Service and deputy director of the Army Service Forces Special Serv ices Divisions, heads VA’s Special Services Division. Sparta Wins Two Double Headers During Week End Defeats Both Lansing And ScQttvile Teams; Now Ranks First In League Sparta held their top ranking position in the Mountain Base second in addition to taking a double-header over Lansing on th# local diamond, Saturday afternoon, winning 4-3 and 8-1. Atwood and Moxley were on the mound for Sparta in the Sun day games and Cox for Scott ville. Dan Thompson and H. At wood scored a home run and a single and 4 hits and a triple, respectively, for Sparta. Lead ing hitter for Scottville was Worth’ Shepherd with three hits for five times at bat. Carpenter was on the mound for the winners in the second asy victory. Campbell and Cox (Continued on Page 4) 1-0 in the wh«n leader n the ■ 10-6 Taylor Named Town Officer Brant Taylor, of the Furches community, was named town po liceman by the Town Council here this week arid assumed his duties on Mohday morning, it was announced. Mr. Taylor was appointed to this position following the resig nation of R. D. Gentry and Clint Caudill, who have served as offi cers for the past three months. Sparta High Eleven To Begin Third Season Next Week; Hard Workouts Given The Sparta High Yellow Jackets will plunge into their third sea son on Friday, September 20, at two o’clock when they meet Rural Retreat on the home field here. Coach Joe Bill Reed said yes terday that the team showed great promise and some outstand ing playing was expected to be seen in the opening game here next Friday. The starting line up was not given but a number of lettermen will be on the field, he stated. The Yellow Jackets underwent rigid workouts this week and the team shows excellent promise, Coach Reed said. Coach Reed also pointed out that the Rural Retreat team would be a much bigger threat than last year since four veterans are back in the line-up this year. The Yellow Jackets will prob ably play their first game on the high school field, but practice has been going on this week at the Lions Club field at the race track, since the high school field is very rocky and not satisfactory for games. Much complaint was made by visiting teams last year about the condition of the field and efforts are being made to se cure a better one, it was explain ed. Charges will be made at the gates for all games, it was dis closed. Masons To Hold District Meet Grand Master Bundy and Grand Secretary Mclver To Be Present. Masons of the 34th district will meet at Jefferson with Ashe Lodge No. 594 as host on Wed nesday, September 18, it was an nounced this week by Edward J. Pugh, district deputy grand master. The officers conference will be held at four p.m. in the lodge hall and all officers of the lodges in the district and other interested masons are urf£d to attend. The district meeting will be held at seven p. m. at which time Grand Master William J. Bundy of Greenville, and Grand Secre tary William Mclver. of Raleigh and Sanford, will be present. They will also be present for the officers conference. A successful meeting is plan ned, Mr. Pugh stated, and he urg ed that all Alleghany county Masons make a special effort to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Talmadge Smith of New Orleans, La., have re turned to Sparta to make their home. They are living with Mr. Smith’s mother, Mrs. Joe Smith. Jimmy Sewell Has His Fans It was ladies day at Forbes field, iPltsburgh, and this young lady, Jacquie Kuhn, 7, finds herself tongue-tied and breathless as her idol, Jimmy Sewell, 8, autographs a hook for her. Jimmy is the sen of the Pirates’ “blooper ball” pitcher, Kip Sewell. Hi I Will Hold Annual Dress Revue Here On September 21 Watauga Home Agents And FSA Supervisor Will Be Judges In 4-H Contest The annual Alleghany county 4-H Club dress revue will be held at the community building here on Saturday, Sept. 21 at two o’clock, Mrs. Isom Wagoner, home agent and 4-H Club director, an nounced this week. More than twenty contestants from the various clubs through out the county are expected to en ter the contest, it was explained. They will wear dresses and suits which they have made during the past year. Judges will be Miss Ainslee Alexander, of the FSA; Miss Joyce Southerland, home agent of Watauga county and Miss Billie Matherson. as sistant home agent of Watauga. Mfs. Wagoner explained that the winner in this contest will enter the district contest to be held in Winston-Salem on Wed nesday, September 25. The win ner in that contest will enter the state contest, she said. Mrs. Wagoner said yesterday that an outstanding show was ex pected this year and urged that all mothers and other interested persons attend the revue. It will be recalled that Miss Naomi Douglas, a member of the Sparta club was one of the six winners in the state last year in the dress revue. Miss Douglas will again be a contestant, it was announced. Sparta Industry Plans Expansion Personnel To Be Enlarged To 150; Machinery To Be Installed An expansion program is un derlay for Spafta Pipes,^ fnc., D. P. Lavetis, manager, announc ed this week, as he pointed out that the personnel would be en larged to at least 150. National and international dis tribution for Sparta made pipes, aggregating in excess of 100 gross '14.400) per week, will be car ried out, Mr, Lavetis explained, adding that the fire proofed briar blocks which are turned into fine pipes are acknowledged by the industry as superior to any briar pipes, either foreign or domestic. fn the enlargement program, more machines will be added and the personnel which is now 130 is expected to reach 150 by the end of the year. Since the discontinuance of the block plant at Boone, the plant here has been opened and is now in full operation so that the en tire proceedure for pipe making from the native bur] to the fin ished pine is carried on in the Sparta plant. Buildings Now Underway Here A number of new buildings are now underway in Sparta, includ ing two residences. Julius Womble is erecting a house on Whitehead street next to the Wade Choate home while Joe Bare is building on Highway 18 next to the J. K. Wagoner residence. The Hoppers garage on the Whitehead road is practically completed, it was disclosed. Thieves Attempt To Steal Auto ,_L Thieves were "almost, but not quiet,” successful in getting away with R. G. Warden’s automobile at his home at Stratford last Monday night. The two thieves had wired the car, in the absence of any keys, and driven it down the road from the side of the Warden residence where it was parked, when they ran into a wire fence and were forced to abandon the car and run. Mr. Warden, who heard the prowlers ran into the yard, but would have been unable to have stopped them, had the bumper of the car not become en tangled in the wire fence when they ran off the road. The men were not identified, since it was dark and they escap ed through the meadow. No dam age was done to the automobile. County Democrats •/ Name Senator And Representative Sat. C. W. Ervin Is Candidate For Representative. Wade E. Brown For Senate Interest in politics in Alleghany county increased this week when the Rev. C. W. Ervin, of Sparta, was named as a candidate for the House of Representatives and Wade E. Brown, of Boone, was endorsed as a candidate for the senate, at a meeting of the Dem ocratic executive committee here, Saturday. The nomination of the Rev. Mr. Ervin Vas made following the re ceipt of a letter from Carlisle W. Higgins, former candidate for the office, stating that he had receiv ed a new assignment in the prose cution of the Jap war criminals in Tokyo, making it impossible for him to get back to North Car olina in time to run for the of Well known throughout the county, the Rev. Mr. Ervin has taught in the public schools here for the past several years. A graduate of Davidson College, he has also been in the ministery for a number of years. Following the nomination of the Rev. Mr. Ervin, the executive board again endorsed the nomi nation of Wade E. Brown, of Boone, for a candidate for the Senate from Alleghany, Ashe and Watauga counties. It will be re called that Alleghany county was entitled to the nomination this year, but with the withdrawal of the candidate named, Eugene Transou, the nomination was giv en to Watauga. Mr. Brown will be officially named at the Wa tauga convention on September 21, it was pointed dut. i^He was endorsed at the Ashe convention last-week. Much interest is being shown in the coming election and a large vote is expected from both the Democrats and Republicans in this county. Meat Ceilings Brings Shortage Expected To Grow Worse Within Next Few Weeks; Lit tle Livestock On Market Meat went back under retail price ceilings Tuesday but most cities faced a severe shortage which packers and wholesalers predicted would grow progres sively worse for the next few weeks. Recent record livestock mar ketings, before price controls were reinstated, brought a tem porary abundance in meat in the butcher shops but retail buying over the week-end left little but cold cuts, fish and poultry in the coolers. George Dressier, secretary of the National Association of Retail Meat Dealers, said many butcher shops were planning to close for a week at a time to accumulate (Continued on Page 4) GOES TO CONGRESS Mrs. Katherine Price-Coll ier St. George Tuxedo Park, N. Y., who won the Republi can nomination for congress from the 29th district Orange county. She has a daughter and two grandchildren. Deaf And Blind Children Must Attend Schools Children Should Be Reported To Swanson Edwards, Al leghany Truant Officer Attention is called this week to the fact that North Carolina compulsory school attendance law requires every blind and deaf child of sound mind in North Car olina to attend a state school for the deaf and blind, Swanson Ed wards, school attendance officer for Alleghany, stated. * The compulsory attendance age for blind and deaf children is from six to eighteen years, it was disclosed. Anyone having cus tody or knowledge of children of the above group should report their names to Mr. Edwards at once, in order that arrangements can be made to get them into school. Mr. Edwards also pointed out that the State Commission tor the Blind is sponsoring a pre conditioning center at Green ville, for blind adults above 18 yea s of age. In this, center they learn how to make adjustments (Continued on Page 4) Theatre Under New Management Charles Gwaltney, of States ville, has assumed the manager ship of the Spartan Theatre, fol lowing the resignation of Paul Dearman, who has returned to college, it was announced this week. Mr: Dearman came to Sparta recently when the theatre was leased by Trotter and Sams from Ben G. Reeves. Three Alleghany Youths Receive State FFA Degree Three Alleghany youths recent ly received the Carolina Farmer Degree at the State meeting of the Future Farmers of America at Raleigh, Ralph B. Cheek, voca tional agriculture teacher at Sparta high school, announced this week. This degree, conferred by the State Chapter, was given to only 74 boys in North Carolina out of 12,000 FFA members, it was pointed out Those from Sparta receiving the degree were Fielden Miller, Jimmy Reeves and Way born Mitchell. Mr. Cheek pointed out that there are four degrees in the FFA, the first two which are con ferred in the local chapters, the Green Horn and the Chapter Farmer Degree. The third is the state degree which the Sparta boys received and the fourth and last is the national' degree known as the American Farmer degree. To qualify for the Carolina Farmer degree, the boys must have had two years of instruction in vocational agriculture and av erage 80 or above in ail school S work. They must demonstrate 'proficiency in parliamentary pro ceedure and must have earned by their own efforts from farming or other agriculture work and de posited in the bank or otherwise productively invested at least $500.00. Delegates to the state conven tion from the Sparta chapter were Louis Fender and Carey Caudill. The convention was ad dressed by Governor Cherry and Clyde Erwin, Superintendent of Public Instruction of North Car olina. COUNTY SCHOOLS GET NUMBER OF NEW DESKS Supt. Clyde Fields announced this week that a number of new desks had been received for the eighth grades at Sparta, Piney Creek, Little Pine, Rich Hill and Laurel Springs. County Board Of Elections Makes Change In Line Glade Creek Citizens Will Be Able To Vote In Gap Civil Township At a meeting of the Alleghany County Board of Elections here Tuesday afternoon, it was voted to change the boundary line of the Gap Civil and Glade Creek townships in the coming general election this fall, due to the in convenience of a number of voters in the Glade Creek township. According to a ruling passed by the board, the township line will be changed, bringing a num ber of voters from Glade Creek to Gdp Civil township, since it will be rr>ore convenient fbr these voters to reach the polling place in Sparta than Little Pine where the Glade Creek polling place is located. The change in the township line will begih near the Lester Cox home, to Pleasant Home church, by the S. M. Duncan home, the Joe Larue farm and south by the late M. L. Collins place to the mouth of Glade Creek, G. Glenn Nichols, chairman of the board, pointed out. Since only two members of the board were present, the matter of the printing of ballots for the coming election was not decided upon. Travel Signs On Parkway Wanted Senator Bailey Endorses Request For More Infor mational Signs Washington — Endorsing the move of the North Carolina trav el council to bring about the in stallation of informational signs along the Blue Ridge parkway. Senator Josiah W. Bailey today requestetr 'K«tional Park' service headquarters in Chicago to per mit erection of suitable markers as an aid to motorists traveling the parkway route. The senator’s action, through his secretary, Kidd Brewer, came in response to an inquiry from Earl J. Petro, Jr., executive man ager of the travel council at Pine hurst. Speaking for the council, Petro pointed out that although the or ganization was “in complete agreement” with the parkway commission policy against com mercial advertising along the parkway, it recognized motorists' definite need for information re garding necessary travel facili ties, food, lodging gas and oil. Pointing Out such facilities were available only in .owns near the parkway, the council suggested installing Signs at appropraite in tersections showing mileage to nearby cities, along with some in (Continued on Page 4) Doughton Will Speak To C. Of C. Cong-essman R. L. Doughton will address the Scarta Chamber of Commerce at the community buildi.ig here tomorrow night at 7:30, Bob Allison, chairman of the program committee announc ed this week. Congressman Doughton will speak on a general subject, it was explained. It was pointed out that this is the first address to be delivered to the club by the not- ■ ed Alleghany stateman. . ■ The dinner will be served bjr the Lucille Ford Circle of the ■ Sparta Baptist church. All mem- '• bers are urged to attend. Accept Orders For Lime At AAA. Herbert Osborne, chairman of the AAA for Alleghany county, reminded farmers this week that September 25 is the closing date, for accepting applications for lime. Mr. Osborne pointed out that due to the shortage of phosphate, more lixae must be used this fall and he urged that farmers place their applications as sooq as pos ! sible. In addition, Mr. Osborne urg that farmers follow their conservation approved on their spring, even \ fori
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