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VOLUME 58, NO. 5 ■'XJ',:, .-'-v • *•> ^ • •' * "f The Alleghany News AND STAR-TIMES- (CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2. 1941) —ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. - $1.50 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, OCT. 17, 1946 Alleghany Comity b . . . Outstanding Livestock, A|H Wuhiw &nd xounK vOrtHi With A Population of AML $2.00 a Year Out of County Halloween Will Be Celebrated At High School Program Planned In Gym nasium; To Feature Baby Contest And Coronation Plans for the observance of Halloween on Wednesday, Octo ber 30, in the Sparta gymnasium have been completed by the Sparta school faculty, it was an nounced this week. Among the main features of the program will be a baby contest sponsored by the elementary department and the crowning of a king and queen of the high school. All parents who desire to en ter their babies in the baby con test are asked to notify an ele mentary teacher in order that their names might be added to the list. Babies entered in the contest should not be under three years of age, it was pointed out votes will be placed for one cent and a special prize will be award ed the winner on October 30. Special prizes will also be giv en for the best costumes, it was stated. Other features of the night of entertainment will be bingo, tur key rifle, penny board, fishing grab bag, fortune tellings and cake walks. The gymnasium will be open to the public at 7:30 o’clock. Mrs. Lewis Will Be News Editor Succeeds Miss Reeves; New Editor Is Experienced Newspaper Woman Mrs. Blanche J. Lewis will as sume her duties here this week end as editor of The Alleghany News, Publisher Ed M. Anderson announced today. Mrs. Lewis succeeds Miss Em The new editor is a native of Canton, Georgia, where she ed ited The North Georgia Tribune for 10 years. She served 22 months in the WAVES as a per sonnel supervisor, with head quarters in Washington. D. C. For the past several months she has been associate editor of The Greer, S. C. Citizen. Mrs. Lewis, whose husband was killed in service, is a graduate of Ward Belmont college in Nash ville, Tenn., and of Shorter col lege at Rome, Ga. She is a mem ber of the Baptist church and has been actively identified with so (Continued On Page 4) Sparta To Play In Series Sat. Sparta and Scottville will play off the three games in the se ries for the Mountain Baseball League on the West Jeffer son ball diamond this week end. At a called meeting of the offl-■ cials of the league and manager^' /presenting the teams on Tues day night, it was decided that the opening game would be held at two o’clock on Saturday and a double-header will be played Sunday beginning at 1:30 o’clock. In ease of rain, the games will be postponed until the following weekend, it was pointed out Ad mission will be charged at the gate. • - * Umpires for the series are R. F. Red field, Sam Diggs and Ralph Gentry. Winners of the series will be given $90 as was designated by league officials. Lunchroom Here Has Good Record R. H. Walker, principal of Sparta high school, announced this week that over 10,000 lunch es were served school students during the month of September. This was an exceptionally good record, Mr. Walker, pointed out as only 19 days were spent in school. Of the grand total, 9,736 lunch es were served to children and 429 to adults and teachers, t Of that number, gp tree lunches ware served, t V&nJL t '• Yellow Jackets To Meet Flat Rock On Foca1 Field Friday _/ ASSISTANT AGENT John P. Burch, who was re cently named as assistant county agent for Alleghany. Layman’s Day To Be Observed By Baptist Church Special Program Is Planned For Sunday; Dr. Fox Will Preside The Sparta Baptist church will observe Sunday, October 20, as Laymen’s Day with Dr. N. D. Fox presiding at the morning wor ship service which begins at 10:45. Presentation of J. L. Joines and his 50 years honorable serv e. as a memhw. at th» lnffll The main feat gram will be an'aaaresnjn ’the subject, “Enlistment of Men in Active Service in the Chuich,” by a layman leader from out of town. Hon. R. L. Doughton will introduce the speaker. The evening service at 7:30 will be along the theme, “Cooperation Essential in Building the Siy»day School, the Training Union, the Worship Service the Woman’s Missionary Society, and in Fi nancing the Church Program.” Local members of the church will give brief discussions on this subject. District Rally At Statesville A large number from here are expected to attend the ninth dis trict congressional Democratic rally in Statesville today. In addition to Congressman R. L. Doughton, who is a candidate succeed himself, a number of '-State officers are expected to take part on the program which will opett at the courthouse at States jdHe at 11:00 o’clock. Congressman Doughton will de liver the keynote address and others expected to take part on (Continued on Page 4) Kick-off To Be At Two O’c’ock; Defeated Cove Creek 32-0 Last Week A record crowd of local foot ball faffs is expected to meet on the local football field Friday af ternoon to witness the game when the Yellow Jackets meet Flat Rock. A hard week of practice and the 32-0 victory over the Cove Creek team has prepared the fighting Yellow Jackets for their opposition here when they will meet their opponents for the first time. The Flat Rock squad, com posed of some veterans, are ready for the game it was reported but so are Joe Bill Reed’s Yellow Tackets. The kick-off will be at two o’clock. The starting line-up is expected to be as follows: Atwood, left end; Taylor, left tackle; Hollo way. left guard; Joines, center; Bennett, right guard; Moxley, right tackle; Caudill, right end; Rizoti, fullback- Reeves, left half back; Osborne, right halfback and Jimmy Davis as quarterback. In the easy victory at Cove Creek last Friday, both first and second teams had the privilege of showing the Cove Creek fans some real football. The Yellow Jackets scored a touchdown in each quarter and two in the third. Jimmy Davis, captain of the team, and Jack Osborne both led the pace scoring two touchdowns each. Kyle Gentry, however, was first to score in the first quarter with Bill Reeves and Junior Rizoti (Continued on Page 8) Republicans To Have FidtaHfry ' Next Saturday Special Invitation Is Extended To Veterans By Chairman Beale Poole Beale Poole, chairman of the ex ecutive committee of the Repub lican party in Alleghany county, announced this week that a fish fry would be held at his farm east of Sparta, to which all Re publicans are cordially invited. Mr. Poole pointed out that the event would open at 3:00 P. M. and that all county candidates of the party are expected to be there. “We want all members of the party to be there and extend a special invitation to all the vet erans,’’ Mr. Poole said. Inspection Of Schools Is Made Wade E. Eller, district sanitar ian, is making a thorough check up of schools and school property this week as related to the san itary conditions. Special attention is being made of the water supplies, sewage disposal, school buses and lunch rooms. Herefords From Doughton Farm Now At The Stale Fair bull of f arn& the the third The famous Hereford the Doughton-Meadows which thought $10,000 owner, j, H. Doughto: recent dispersal sale, plpce in the Atlantic Rural Ex position held in Richmond last week and is this week entered by Mr. Doughton in the State fair at Raleigh. While the prize animal was sold, along with others, in the biggest sale of its kind ever to be held in this state, and one of the biggest in the entire south, Mr. Doughton reserved the right to enter him in the State fair. Mr. Doughton’s herd included some outstanding individuals of Wyoming Hereford range breed . " held sold ,700. , made purchases at the sale. Tom i Blake and J. C. Gambill, both of Sparta, each bought a bull. W. F. Hoppers and Charlie Delp, of Sparta, each purchased a cow as did Z. L. Ward, of Pinejr Creek. The sale was attended by more than 1200 people from North and South Carolina, Virginia, Tennes see and elsewhere. According to the reports, all except 10 of the animals sold remained in North Carolina. REVIVAL TO BEGIN AT PINE FORK CHURCH Revival services will be held at the Pine Fork Baptist church beginning Sunday night at seven o’clock, it was announced this week. Rev. Fred Blevins will be in charge of the services. The public is cordially invited to attend. A Pail* Of Alleghany County Grand Champions Bobby Black and his Hereford steer took both top honors in the fourth annual Elkin Fat Stock Show and sale. Bohhv is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Black, of Sparta. . TO SPEAK ivrnivrDAV *=*======“» Congressman R. L. Dough *on, who will speak at the Ashe county courthouse at Jefferson, Monday noon. Memorial Fund Meet Planned To Be Held Saturday At Lib erty Baptist Church; Goal Set At $5,000 The annual meeting of the sub scribers and friends of the Lib erty Memorial cemetery trust fund will be held Saturday at the Liberty Baptist church at two o’clock, members of the commit tee, announced this week. At this time an election will be held for two members of the board of trustees, it was pointed out. Their duties will be to in vest funds and to attend to the permanent upkeep of the ceme tery. The roll of the charter mem bers will also be closed, it was pointed out. All those who have contributed to the fund by Sat urday will be considered charter members, it was explained. The goal for the trust fund has been set as $5,000, $3,500 of which has already been realized. Con tributions are urgently solicited to complete the goal, committee men stated. All persons interested in Lib erty cemetery are cordially in vited to attend this important meeting. Murphy Is Being Held UnderBond Clyde Murphy, of Alleghany county, is still being held in the Surry county jail in connection with the theft of a washing ma chine and refrigerator from Ashe Hardware last October, officers stated yesterday. Murphy is being held on the charges of breaking and entering and larceny, under $2500 bond. Other charges of robbery have been preferred by a Dobson mer chant and also a charge for hav ing left town while being under $1000 bond for a previous theft. It was pointed out by officers that Murphy had failed to make bond and would be held until bond was offered or until trial. All Tobacco Farmers Are Urged To Vote On Quotas; Voting Places Announced County Teachers Met Wednesday To Make Plans Study Course Discussed And Plans For Attending The District Meeting Made At a county-wid* meeting of the teaehers held yesterday after noon, plans for the profession study for the year were made and delegates for the district meeting to be held in Winston-Salem, Oc tober 25 were chosen. Miss Clyde Fields, superintend ent of schools said that these would have to be announced later since their confirmation would have to be made. She pointed out that attendance was unusually good and the truant officer, Swanson Edwards, (Continued on Page 4) Steelman Rites Held Yesterday Funeral service for Robert Steelman, 29, brother of Mrs. Floyd Crouse, was held yesterday at three o’clock at Manuel Fun eral Home. Dr. Mark Depp, as* sisted by Dr. Edmond Schwarze, officiated and interment was in the Salem cemetery. Mr. Steelman succumbed Sun day at his Atlanta home. Pallbearers were Raymond Thrift, James Thrift, Charles F. Thrift, Vernon Thrift, Richard Pleasants and George Heinz. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Crouse were among those who attended the service in Winston. All Of Those Growing To bacco Are Eligible To Vote On Quota Plan “Vote your own way, but by all means vote”. That was the final appeal made today to Bur ley tobacco -grower ! county, man; Cor mg ___ Burley IfflSacco referendum on Friday, October 25. Local polling centers will be open from 8:00 a.’ m. to 5:00 p. m. All persons in terested in the 1946 crop of Bur ley, either as owner, tenant, or sharecropper, are eligible to vote in the referendum. “Congress has made it possible for us to decide for ourselves whether we want marketing quotas continued on Burley to bacco for 1947 and it’s up to us to go to the polls and state our preference,” Mr. Osborne said. “At the present time, Burley tobacco growers are producing above consumption levels.” he continued, “and the quota-system provides the machinery to adjust the supply to meet the demand.” (Continued on Page 4) Election Board To Open Office G. Glenn Nichols, chairman of the Alleghany county board of elections, announced this week that plans were being made to open a special office in the court house for the board of elections. “We will use what is known as the lawyers room," he said, and added that needed supplies were being moved there this week. Truman Lifts Price Control From Meat And Livestock Washington—Angrily assailing “■elfish” politicians, President Truman Monday night abandon ed price controls on meat and announced that the whole decon trol program will be speeded up. Thus, three weeks before the congressional elections, the Presi dent altered the course he pre viously had set, removed the Ad ministration’s hand from the meat situation completely and for good, and put it up to the indus try to restock the housewife’s ice box. He said it was the “only” remedy for the shortage. The action had been urged by many within his own party. And as he castigated Congressmen and candidates whom he blamed for the meat shortage and failure of controls, he made no attempt to pin responsibility solely to Re publicans. “The responsibility rests squarely on a few men in the Congrees who, in the service of selfish interests, have been de termined for some time to wreck price controls no matter what the cost might be to our people,” he declared. And again: ‘The real blame ... lies at the. door of the reckless group of selfish men who, in'the hope of gaining political advan tage, have encouraged sellers to gamble on the destruction of price control.” The ceilings on livestock and food and feed derived from it went off Tuesday. That meant, Mr. Truman announced, that the decontrol of all other items “will have to be accelerated under ex isting legal standards.” Included in the hastened de control process will be tire wage controls, the President made clear —“we all recognize the close re lationship. between wages and prices.” But he refused to abol ish the wage controls simultan (Continued on Page *) Roy Bennett To Grade Tobacco Here October 24 Demonstrations Are To Be Held At Twin Oaks And Piney Creek Roy Bennett will be in the county for a tobacco grading demonstration on Thursday, Oc tober 24, Emerson Black, county agent, announced this week. Mr. Bennett, State tobacco spe "ialist, will give the first demon stration at ten o’clock at Robert Bee Crouse’s farm near Twin Oaks and the second will be held it Miss Pearl Field’s farm at ^iriey Creek at two o’clock. Mr. Black has asked that tobacco growers have a few sticks of Bur 'ry tobacco at hand for th° dem onstration. fio demonstrations had orig inally been scheduled. Mr. Black pointed out. but due to the trend n the latter part of the 1945 Burley marketing season and the wide range in price on the 1946 ' flue-cured market, stripping and grading demonstrations proved advantageous to the growers. Tobacco growers are urged to take advantage of this demon stration and be present at one of the two scheduled times. General Clinic To Be Held Tues. To Meet At Health Depart ment Between Hours Of 8:30 A. M. And 12:30 P. M. Every effort is being made to secure a new public health nurse for Alleghany to fill the va cancy left by Mrs. R. S. Med lin, Dr. Robert R. King, Jr., | county health officer, announced this week. Dr. King, who sssum Uties here October 1, ' ices of the , ould contin-1 _r those whoj handle Food, imrfltJhizations, ve nereal disease control and oth er work will be held each Tues day morning from 8:30 o’clock until 12:30 at the health department, Dr. King stated. Spe cial requests and appointments may be made. Clinics of the same type will be held in the Alleghany health department at Sparta each Tuesday morning and in the Watauga health depart ment at Boone each Monday and Saturday morning, and at the Ashe health department on Fri day. All food handlers, bus drivers and janitors, Dr. King pointed out, are required to have health certificates either from the health officer or their private physi cians. Records however must be filed in the health department office if certificates are issued by private physicians. Dr. King will work out in the county each Tuesday afternoon, it was stated. All those who wish to attend the clinic are asked to come in the morning. C. Sturdivant Here For Visit Cammet Sturdivant, of Wash ington, is now visiting his broth er, D. F. Sturdivant here, having returned to this county for the first time in 46 years. Mr. Sturdivant, who is engaged in both lumbering and farming in WaSHingttm ^has spent a good part of hijr46 years in South Da kota as well as Washington. He left die county on March 1, 1900 and was indeed glad to return for this visit, his brother pointed out V. A." 4 "'r***1 Jack Frost Is Big Visitor Here Sparta and Alleghany county. Which had escaped killing frost until this wpdt, received two big doses on Mbnday and Tuesday. As a result of his visits farm ers have been unusually busy picking apples, harvesting pota toes and other late crops. Because of the lateness of the frost, little unexpected damage was done, farmers pointed “He havoc L certainly the
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