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-ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. VOLUME 58, NO. 8 New Methodist Pastor Begins Work At Sparta Is North Carolina Native And Served As Chaplain hi U. S. Army The Rev. W. H. Yokeley as sumed his duties here as the new pastor of the Sparta Methodist church Sunday and delivered his first sermon at the morning wor ship service. The new pastor has just been released from the Unit ed States army where he served • >r two years, with seven months ‘hat time spent in Panama. . was discharged from Ft. Bragg .ast week with the rank of cap tain and is still on terminal leave as he reports to his new charge. He is a graduate of High Point college, the city of which he is a native, and immediately prior to his entry into the service was pastor of the Mitchell’s Grove church, near High Point. His first pastorate was at Connely’s * Springs, N. C. Mrs. Yokeley is a native of South Carolina, having been bom at Myrtle Beach, and the Yoke leys are parents of two daughters, Sharon, 5, and Deedy Elizabeth, 2. They are at home here now in the Methodist parsonage. The Rev. Yokeley will be pas tor for seven churches in this area and plans, if possible, to have four services at Sparta each month. Heretofore there have •eteh only two. His schedule is as follows: Sparta, the fifst and third Sun day mornings at 11 o’clock and Funeral Services For J. O. Pruitt Died Thursday At Residence In Winston-Salem; Former Alleghany Resident Funeral services were held Sunday for John Otto Pruitt, 46, who died Thursday at his resi dence in Wirston-Salem. Mr. Pruitt was a former resident of the Laurel Springs section and had only recently moved to Win ston-Salem. His death came as a result of a heart attack. He was the son of John Q. Pruitt, of Laurel Springs, and the late Mrs. Pruitt. In addition to his father he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Leona Petty Pruitt, one son, three brothers and three sis ters. The Rev. Mack Tedder and the Rev. John Tolliver conducted the final rites from the Pleasant Grove Baptist church at 1 o’clock Sunday afternoon. Interment was in the family cemetery at Laurel Springs. 1 rustees iNarned For Trust Fund J. T. Fender, of Whitehead, , and John M. Cheek, of Sparta were elected to the board of trus tees o| the Liberty Memorial Trust IHxnd at the second annual f meeting *of that group held Sat E urday afternoon: The meeting | was held at the Liberty Baptist |r Church with Professor .John M : Cheek, author of the Trust Fund r - Agreement presiding. The election of these two board members completed the organiza tion of the board. Other members are H. Carey Cheek and Kern Wagoner. A. O. Joines read the provisions for the election and duties of the trustees and J. T. Fender was re I quested to read the roll of char ' ter members and the amount contributed by each. On motion it was decided to leave the charter membership open for twenty additional days, until November 8, in order that all subscriptions might be paid and others who plan to make con tributions to the trust fund might have th^ opportunity of thus be coming charter members. It was announced by the pre siding officer that $3,755 of the $5,000 goal had been paid. Other (Continued on Paige 4) •Saws Wood And Writes Book The fact that he is totally blind hasn’t prevented Monroe L. Fox, above, from maintaining a heavy work schedule. Owner of a dude ranch near Chama, New Mexico, purchased through a Veterans Administration approved loan, the ex-Seebee rides, saws wood, does car pentry work and has written a book. The blast from a Jap bomb blinded Fox on Iwo Jima. Saturday Is Last Day For ^•Voters To Register; Little Interest In Amendments All Registration Books Will Be Kept At Hie Polls On Saturday, Oct. 26 Unregistered voters who wish trars would be at the voting places all day on Saturday. Vet* erans who became of age while away and have not registered since their return, are reminded that they must do so if they are to vote. Saturday, November 2, will be challenge day, Chairman Nichols explained. Registrations in the various precincts in the cpunty have pick ed up this week and more are ex pected to get their names on the books before Saturday night. In addition to the various offi cers for State, U. S. Congress and county offices there will be two amendments to be voted upon; but so far there seems to be little interest in these. The first amendment is design ed to make the Constitution equally applicable to men and women as to jury service, suf (Continued on Page 4) V. F. W. PLANS MEET THURSDAY, OCT. 31 The Veterans of Foreign Wars chapter of Sparta will have its regular October meeting at the Shell Cafe on Thursday night, October 31. Supper will be serv ed at 7:30 o’clock and all mem bers and veterans eligible to be come members are urged to at tend. . Baptists Observe Laymen’s Day At Sunday Services Garland Johnson, g^ldil Lay man, Was Main Speaker; Joines Honored " Laymen’s Day was observed at the Sparta Baptist church Sun day with the morning service ded icated to J. L. Joines and the evening service centered around tHe theme “Cooperation Essen tial in Church Growth.” Dr. N. D. Fox presided at the morning session and special recognition was shown to Mr. Joines for his work in the Sparta church during the past fifty years. John M. Cheek presented Mr. Joines, who responded. The principal speaker of the hour was Garland Johnson, one of the outstanding laymen of the (Continued on Page 4) GOP Rally Will Be Held Oct. 29 Republicans of Alleghany coun ty will gather in a pre-election rally Tuesday at the courthouse to hear candidates who are run ning for office on the Republican ticket. This announcement was made this week by officials of the Republican Committee of the county. The rally is planned for 7:30 and will be held at the court house. String music and singing will be added features of the ral ly All citizens are cordially in vited to attend. Doughton Herefords Take Top Honors At State Fair J. HORTON DOUGHTON Top honors among the Here ford cattle, at the North Carolina State Fair went to'* J. Horton Doughton last week with his famous -bull, Meadow’s Domino 36th 4487388, capturing more blue ribbons than any other single animal. He won first place for bulls calved between January 1 and April 30, 1945. He was also the grand champion winner. The reserve championship was won by his Domino 73rd. Shown with Meadow’s Domino 73rd 4720570 le captured two blue ribbons for the two bulls owned and bred by exhibitor. Domino 73rd also won blue ribbon for bulls calved after September 1, 1945. Other blue ribbons won by herefords frpm the Doughton Meadows farm, owned and shown by J. Horton Doughton, included King, Queen to Be Crowned At School Party Six Entries In Baby Contest; Entertainment To Be On Wednesday, Oct. 30 Candidates for king and queen of the Sparta high school, to be crowned at the Halloween carni val on Wednesday night have been selected and are announced this week. Candidates were se lected from each class as follows: 12th grade: for queen, Madge Wyatt, Jane Bledsoe; for king, Thompson Shepherd and Howard Carpenter. 11th grade; for queen, Lorraine Holloway; for king, Jack Os borne. 10th grade; for queen, Betty Jean Fender and Carol Richard son; for king, Edsel Andrews and John Woodruff. 9th grade: for queen, Louise Royal; for king, Tom Reeves. The king and queen will be se lected by votes and the winners will be crowned as the main fea ture of the carnival. Six children have been enter ed in the baby contest and the prize for the winner of that group will be donated by the North western Bank. The entries are: Betty Lou Hines, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hines; Kathe rine Mills Randolph, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Randolph; Joyce Lee Pod*, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Willie Lee Poole; Ray mond Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Jqnes; Wayne Sparks, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sparks: and Bobbie Reynolds, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Reynolds. The winner of that group will also be selected by '^otes and votes for either of the groups may j be cast for one cent each. Post ing of the standing of the baby contest will be made in the ele mentary school building and in the B. and T. Drug Co. Envies may still made in the latter group. Babies entered in the contest must be under three years of age. Special prizes will also be giv en for the best costume and that (Continued on Page 8) Leaf Farmers Are To Vote On Quotas Friday A final appeal was made today to Burley tobacco growers of Alleghany by Herbert Osborne, chairman of the County Agricul tural Conservation Committee, in urging farmers to participate in the Burley tobacco referendum on tomorrow, October 25. Local polling centers will be open from 8:00 a. m. to 5:00 p. m. All per sons interested in the 1946 crop of Burley, either as owner, ten ant, 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. Carnival Planned For Piney Creek Piney Creek high school gym nasium will be the scene of a Halloween carpivai, planned by members of the school faculty for Tuesday. October 29. One of the. main features of this program will be the crowning of a queen of the high school. The queen will be selected by votes which may be placed for one cent each. Any participant may enter for the queen contest, whether in school or not. A prize will be given for the best costume and anyone may en ter, wearing the costume of his choice. Other features of the entertain ment will be fortune-telling, the grab bag, house of horrors, bean guessing, ball rolling and cake walk&surflSiany other attrac tions. ' The entertainment begins at 8 o’clock. Refreshments will be Calf Sells For New Record Price Seven-month-old calf, Noble Deborah, sold for a new world record price of $10,560, topping the previous record by $3,000, at the Curtiss Farms, Cary, 111. The calf was purchased by Mrs. F. L. Weyenberg, Thiensville, Wis. Shown with the calf is her dam, Quail Roost Noble Prim rose, which was purchased by the Curtiss farms in 1945 for $17,000. Former Governor Broughton To Speak Here November 2 At The County Courthouse Parkway Areas To1 Close Soon For ’46 Season Roadwtfy To Remain Open; Warnings About forest ^.V'Fires Given Eubftc The Blue Ridge Parkway pic nic areas at Cumberland Knox near the Virginia line, and Bluff, near Laurel Springs, are closing on October 31 for the 1946 sea son, G. B. Liles, district ranger, announced this week. Visitors desiring to use these areas are urged to plan their picnics prior to October 31. The motor road will remain open through the parkway in both Virginia and North Carolina and visitors may travel the parkway all during the year. Visitors to the Parkway are urged to be careful with their fires, whether campfire in the parks or whether smoking while traveling. The forest fire season is approaching and fires are dan gerous. All picnic fires should (Continued on Page 4) Boy Scouts Will Have Honor Court The Sparta troop of the Boy Scouts of America will have its first court of honor here at the Sparta Baptist church on Satur day night at 8 o’clock. This was the announcement made this week by Scoutmaster Granville Liles. Several members of the troop will be honored by advancement to the rank of second class Scouts. The public is cordially invited to attend the ceremony. • Will Be Introduced By Hon. R. L. Doughton; Rally Begins At 2 P. M. Former Governor J. Melville Broughton will be the main speaker at a program planned for Alleghany county citizens on Saturday, November 2. "He will speak under the auspices of tfoes Alleghany County Democratic Committee and will be introduc ed by Hon. R. L. Doughton. R. F. Crouse, chairman of the committee, will act as master of ceremonies, and in commenting on the forthcoming rally said: “We feel that we are extreme ly fortunate in securing Mr. Broughton as our speaker. He is well known to the people of North Carolina and is a forceful speaker.” No barbecue or feed has been planned and the activities will take place at the county court house. Music by Cliff Evans and and band will be a feature of the program. “If the courthouse will not hold the crowd, and we do not anticipate that it will, the meet ing will be held on the court house lawn,” Chairman Crouse said. All Alleghany citizens are cor dially invited to hear Mr. Brough CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT MT. ZION The Rev. William C. Crummett, pastor of the Laurel Springs Cir cuit Methodist churches announc es that the first quarterly con ference will be held in the Mount Zion church on Sunday, October 27, at 7:30. The Rev. J. H. Am brust, district superintendent, will preach at that time. This will be a very worthwhile service and the pastor extends a cordial invitation to all to attend. Record Crowd Witnesses Series; Last Game Sunday The deciding game of the se ries of the Mountain Baseball league will be played on the West Jefferson diamond at two o’clock Sunday afternoon. Both Scott ville and Sparta appeared in rare form as they divided the week, end series games before what was believed the largest crowd of baseball fans ever to witness a game on the West Jefferson diamond. Scottville’s easy win of 14-5 on Saturday aroused the interest of the fans and they witnessed a close victory of 7-6 for Sparta on Sunday in an elev en-inning game. On Saturday, Cox was on the mound for the winners and Per kins was catcher. Shepherd, Mc Millan and Billings, leading hit ters for the winners, scored a double jjnd two singles and two singled respectively. Castevens and Joines were on the mound for Sparta and Hol loway was catcher. Sparta's lead ing hitters were Holloway, Thompson and Nichols with two hits each. In Sunday’s game, the score was tied in the sixth inning and remained tied until the last half of the ninth inning when Clint Joines, first man up, hit a dou ble. Frank Atwood was out pitcher to first base. Boyden At wood hit a double along the right field foul line to score Joines and end the game. Pitching for the winners were Edwards and Atwood and Mox ley and Holloway catching. Glenn Shepherd and George Shepherd pitched for Scottville and Perkins was the catcher. Outstanding hit (Continued Qn Page4) Cove Creek Is Next Opponent Here On Friday Kick-off Slated For 1:30 P. M.; Defeated Flat Rock Friday 46-0 In Easy Game The Sparta Yellow Jackets roll ed on to new heights with their impressive victory last week over Flat Rock and are pointing to another victory this year when they meet the Cove Creek eleven in a return engagement. The game will be played on the local field and the kick-off is scheduled for 1:30. In the first game played with Cove Creek, the Yellow Jackets came home with a 32-0 win tuck ed in their pockets. It was an easy victory and both the first and second teams saw plenty of action. But Coach Joe Bill Reid isn’t resting on his past laurels— he’s putting his charges through some hard scrimmages this week in preparation for the game. The starting line-up is expeet ed 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 halfback; Osborne, right halfback and Jimmy Davis as quarterback. The game Friday with Flat Rock was the Yellmv Jacket’® third straight shut-our The boys rolled up 46 points while theig opponents were vainly trying to get near the goal line. The only ume the visitors threatened wat about midway in the game when they reached the Jacket’s 20 yard JContinued on Page 8) Adele Blum Died Here On Sunday Was Pooular Member S<tirt| Senior Class; Funeral Held Tuesday Hearts of Spartans were sad dened Sunday by the news of th« untimely death of Adele Blum, Sparta high school senior, who died en route to the hospital fol lowing a brief serious illness. Adele had been ill for some time but complications from pneu monia were the immediate causes of her death. Born December 7. 1929, she was the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Blum, Mr. Blum is prin cipal of the Wardlaw school at Columbia, S. C., and Adele re sided in Sparta with her mother and four brothers. She was an excellent student at the high school, a member of the 12th grade and the many floral offer ings attested to the high esteem in which she was held by her classmates and by the citizens of Sparta. Upon completion of her work at the high school she plan ned to enter either Duke Uni versity or the University of South Carolina. She was a member of the Lib erty Baptist church and for the past four years had served as sec retary of the Sunday school. Funeral services were conduct ed from her church on Tuesday (Continued on Page 8) CALENDAR OF EVENTS TUESDAY, OCT. 29 The P.-T. A. will meet at the Sparta high school library at 7:30 Tuesday night. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 30 The Halloween carnival will he held at the Sparta gym nasium at 7i30 Wednesday night, sponsored by the Sparta school faculty. . THURSDAY, OCT. 81 A square dance, sponsored by the Woman’s club will be held on Halloween night at the Community building for the benefit of the Sparta high school athletic fund. SATURDAY, NOV. 2 The Boy Scout Court of Hon or will be held at the Sparta
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