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" AND STAR-TIMES— (CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1M1) —AI LEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. Alleghanj County k . . , Outstanding Livestock, Ad* ealtare and VoarM Center, With A Population of 8,341. VOLUME 58, NO. 11. $1.50 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, NOV. 28. 1946 $2.00 a Year Out of County Farmers Vote On AAA Committeemen December 7 Sparta Stores Now Ready For Xmas Business Thousands Of Items Of Gift Merchandise Available Here Now Sparta merchants are making preparations for a record Christ mas business here, this season, when every effort will be made to supply the needs of the buying public. Thousands of items in gift mer chandise are now on display in the stores and still others will make their appearance within the next few days in order to give every one in this area an opportunity to have a wide selection, here in local stores. Many of the old favorite items not seen since before the war are back again as well as several new articles that are sure to be come popular. While the selection of gift mer chandise is varied, merchants point out that some items cannot be replaced and urge everyone to shop early while stocks are .complete. j, Nation-wide surveys show that ^ this year, more than ever, people are turning to practical gifts. School Supper Nets Over $400 To Be IM On IthitaliMd Lunchroom: Sponsored By H. D. Club The boy supper at the White head school house last Frid*r brought $156.35 and was present* ed to the winner, Miss Annie Marie Joines. Miss Zelda Caudill was the runner-up in that contest Major Tom King was awarded the bottle of pickles for the hon or of being the ugliest man and this event brought $36.00. Highest prices paid for indi vidual boxes were $14 and $16. Those boxes belonged to Misses Irene and Carrol Richardson. Proceeds from the supper will go toward a lunchroom for the school. The H. D. club and the school expressed their apprecia tion for the loyal support and help of all those who had a part in making the supper a success. Thousands of Alleghany county turkeys are playing an important role in the observance of another peacetime Thanksgiving today as they form the centerpiece of feast tables along „the Atlantic Unofficial estimates placed the number of these prize Thanks giving fowls, bought and sent out of the county at around 6,000. The turkeys were shipped out by motor and by rail to distant points to many cases. Many went to New Yor** Philadelphia and Baltimore. > :j These fowls averaged slightly moye than 14 pounds weight and brought an average of thirty-two and one-half cents per pound. Die .total estimated income re altoed by growers, who placed theirs on the pre-Thanksgiving market is figured at around $37,300. Many Turkeys Are Sold Here Baseball Meeting To Be Held Fri. P* A meeting of baseball players and fans will be held Friday night at 7 o’clock at the Alle ghany courthouse to complete the organization tor next year’s sea son. Officers will be elected, in cluding a manager, coach, cap tain of the team and treasurer. Glenn Nichols served ager of the team this year and Laurence Reeves as Coach. All interested persons are urg ed to attend the meeting so that Has Much To Be Thankful For This young man, Little Roger Philip Berg, ot Union City, New Jersey, is only two years old, but he knows too well that it is a drumstick of this turkey he will enjoy today. County Quietly Observing Thanksgiving; Churches Holding Special Services Han ting Season Opens; Business Houses Close For American Holiday ■NfplPP VHfess houses are fflsed ra observance of the Amer ican holiday. Several churches held programs last night and others have been planned for today. Hunters that have ammunition, are expecting a big day as the quail season opens. Football fans had to go else where to seek their amusement. Many are attending the Wake Forest-South Carolina game in Charlotte. Ashe County Boys In Hearing Mon. Six Ashe county boys, charged with assault, were tried in court here Monday morning for their part in a fight in which Wiley Irwin was the victim on Novem ber 4. Jack Cox and Junior Pope were all bound over to the next term of court and placed under $500 bond each. Evidence against the other three, Garvie Davis, Lundy Davis and Lillard Davis was not sufficient to indict them. The hearing was held before G. Glenn Nichols. According to evidence submit ted, the three boys indicted were found guilty of assaulting Wiley Irwin at his home near Stratford. Remind Schools Essay Contest Ends On Dec. 2 Winner Of First Place In County To Be Entered In Steto*Wide Event Alleghany high schools are reminded tha* Monday, Decem ber 2 is the ffiiaiolsf ' te submit entries s£ the county and state* wide newspaper essiy contest which is being sponsored by this newspaper and the North Caro lina Press Association. The contest was launched the first week in October in connec tion with the observance of Na tional Newspaper Week. All of the details were explained fully at that time. All high school students are eligible to enter the contest and prizes will be awarded the county winners by this paper. Prizes of $10.00, $5.00 and $3.00 will go to the winners of first, second and third places respectively. The first prize winner will then be entered in the state contest where it will compete for the first award of a $100 bond and second for Wildlife Club To Meet Friday The Alleghany Wildlife Club will meet on Friday night at the courthouse, immediately follow ing the meeting of the baseball group, it was announced by G. Glenn Nichols. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the possibility of stock ing deer in Bluff Park. All mem bers and interested parties are urged to attend. " "i-■■ Greatest Needs Of State Arcs > Schools Gov, Cherry Says Raleigh — Governor Cherry Tuesday gave an inkling of his message to the next General As sembly in telling a meeting here of the North Carolina Citizens Association that the State’s “out standing need is that of public schools.’’ He warned his listeners that the State must make up its mind on what it wants from its educa tional program. The Governor traced the expansion in. 1931 of State-wide support of public schools to six months to a nine month program in 1943. “Some of our citizens, in their eagerness to have even better schools, criticize the schools be cause the nin-af-mine high school graduate cannot measure up to the standards set by some of the college entrance requirements, or cairn* successfully match wits with the graduates of the out “We muet make up our minds. If we expect the average public high school graduate, coming from a teething load of 32 pupils, to compete with a preparatory school graduate, coming from a school with a teaching load of 15 pupils, then instead of spending $50 per pupil per year, we-must spend $125 per pupil per year, or more than $100,000,000 per year on public schools to provide com parable opportunity .*• The Governor said that the State will spend $48,000,000 from its general fund for the schools in the current year. The request for the next biennium is more than $60,000,000 per year, or $123,000,000 for the biennium. This amount, he said, would be required to provide a 20 per cent increase in salaries, and is larger than the whole general fund re c!lpt,J2.1.^^hen^e receipt* Schools Urged To Report In Junior Red Cross Drive Glade Valley, Stratford And Rich Hill Still Unreported In School Drive Three schools, Glade Valley, Stratford and Rich Hill were still unreported in the Junior Red Cross drive as the campaign near ed completion this weeK. Miss Minnie Lou Edwards, chairman of the drive, urged that all re ports be sent in immediately. A report from the Piney Creek school gave them a contribution of $13.48. The contributions ac cording to grades was as follows: first grade, $2.30; second grade, $3.01; third grade, $1.05; fourth grade, 93 cents; fifth grade, $1.25; sixth grade, $1.45; seventh grade, 34 cents; eighth grade, 80 cents; ninth grade, fifty cents; eleventh grade, 55 cents; twelfth grade, $1.00. No report was made from the tenth grade. Little Pine reported a contri bution of $4.65. From the Sparta high school, Mrs. Ellison reported 35 cents more than was reported last week, making a total of $1.40 from her room. Mrs. Ruth Choate’s first grade reported $1.00 Mrs. Tompkins' eighth grade was add ed to the list of 100% enrollment. Other 100% classes in the Sparta school were Mr. Ellison’s 12th grade and Mrs. Dutton’s 8th grade. Approximately $80 has been collected in the dnive. - Among the county schools, f>fi»ejr Creek has made the largest contribution with Whitehead second. - Boone Warehouse* Expect Good Season; Celling Prices Are Removed Burley tobacco sales on West ern North Carolina markets will begin on Monday, it was an nounced by officials. And the warehouses at Boone, where most of the Alleghany crop is sold have been open to receive the crop some time. A number of Ashe county farmers have al ready hauled theirs over there in order to be ready for the opening. Tobacco men say that while dry weather has hampered prepara tion of tobacco for market in some instances, the,farmers have been able to prepare1 much of the weed for opening day sales. Warehousemen report the weed already is flowing into the mar kets. They add that this year’s smoking grades will bring a bet ter price than they did last year because of the price ceiling re moval. Under the rules of the Burley Auction Warehouse Association, sales .will be held three and a half hours a day this season, with a limit of 1,260 baskets -for each warehouse. Boone now has two separate warehouse companies, the Moun tain Burley Warehouses, success fully operated for the past several years by Roscoe Coleman and the Farmers Burley Warehouse opened this year by CL C. and Rex Taylor, and A- G. Wright. Both report that they have ev erything in readiness for a good season. Uoctor Choate s Car Is Located Dr. B. O. Choate’s car, which was stolen from his home here late Saturday night, was found abandoned early this week near Wytheville, Virginia. Dr. Choate had left the switch keys in the car and some party or parties discovering this, made use of the vehicle. Officers, who investigated the theft and went to Virginia to recover the car reported that it was undamaged, as were surgical instruments and other valuables in the car. As yet trace has not been found of the thieves. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Thomp son left last week to spend the winter in Florida. Islands’ Trusteeship Is Debated The area in black on this map shows the location of the former Japanese mandated islands which the Unite States has formally notified the United Nations it will agree to put under UN trusteeship. The offer is contin gent, however, upon the U. S. remaining the administra tive authority. Yellow Jackets End Football Season With Five Victories; Basketball Practice Begins County Officers Assume Duties Mon. Morning New Sheriff, Cleric Of Court And Coroner Enter Office On December 2 Three new Alleghany county officers will assume their duties here on Monday, December 2, when Glenn Richardson, Gene Ir win and Lee Woodruff takeover., their offices. Glenn Richandsen, i newfty-elected sheriff, will suc^ ceed Jess Moxley, the present sheriff. Gene Irwin, the Democratic nominee for clerk of the superior court, will succeed S. O. GambiH in that office and Lee Woodruff, the new coroner will succeed Dr. B. O. Choate. Dillon Edwards is the other county official elected in the No vember 5 election. He was elect ed to succeed himself as a coun ty commissioner. Mr. Edwards was filling the unexpired term of R. L. Hendrix and was given a full term vote by the Alleghany voters. • State and national officers, Con gressman R. L. Doughton who was elected to succeed himself, C. W. Ervin, elected as state legislator and Wade Brown, elect ed as state senator, will be rwom in in January. CHURCH SERVICES ARE ANNOUNCED BY ELDERS Elder Eddie Martin and Elder Edd Priddy will preach at the Little River Church, in Sparta on Monday, December 2. They will fill appointments at the Union church on December 3 at 11 a. m.; Antioch, December 3, at 2:30 p. m.; Elk Creek, Decem ber 4, at 11 a. m.; Little River at night; and ^iop on December 5 at 11 a. m. Jimmy Davis Is Named Most Valuable Senior On 1946 Sparta Football Team The Yellow Jacket football season came to a close Friday with the last game being play ed with Wilkesboro in Wilkes boro. The Jackets came out on the short end of a 26-12 score to make their total of defeats for the season three. They have won five games. The Jackets scored first in the game Friday, on the second play 'Of' the game. They advanced the ijgjill to the 40 yardtine-kMt the opening kickoff astiFon'^h# next play, ftixoti passed to Shepherd 60 yards for the first tally of the game. Wilkesboro scored in the second quarter and the half ended 6-6. Wilkesboro came to life in the third period and scored three times before the Jackets could cross the goal line again. The Jackets’ second touchdown came in the final period when Davis plunged over from the 2 yard line. While credit goes to all the boys for the fine season they have had, the players themselves have selected Jimmy Davis, quarter back, for the title of the most valuable senior on the teamy For this honor Davis will receive a trophy from the Chamber of Com merce. It will probably be. pre sented at the January meeting. (Continued on Page 41 Gospel Trio To Appear In County The Gospel Trio, a radio group, will appear at the Liberty Bap tist church at two services on De cember 1. The group will sing at 2 o’clock in the afternoon and at 7 o’clock in the evening. The Liberty Baptist church is located at Whitehead. The pub lic is cordially invited to attend both services. Honor Roll For Sparta School Is Announced By Principal The Sparta school honor roll for the third month is announced this week by Principal Ray Walker. According to grades it is as follows: First grade: Barbara Sue Busic, Betty Lou Busic, Lois Edwards, Mary Jane Sturdivant, George. Ed Farmer, Joe Thomas Hamp ton, Homer Miles, Tommy Ed-* wards, Ronny Hash, Hardin Ly ons, Nancy Nell Cox, Clayta Ann Fender, Gail Randolph, Laurine Reeves, Betty Sue Williams, Juanita Todd, Rose Crouse, Rose Marie Andrews, Dale Poole, Charles Hoppers, Lorraine Rob erts, Don Wooten, Georgie Bill ings, Herbert Singletary, Charles Andrews. 1 Second grade: David Duncan, Robert Fox, Joe Thomas Irwin, David Truitt, Page Truitt, Dor man Wooten, Elisabeth Barton, Marion Cheek, Alice Crouse, Edna Jones, Vivian Andrews, Edward Crouse, Lewis Porter, Jerateen Williams. Third grade: Bobby Dean Cau dill, David Edwards, Walter Lee Hampton, Sandra Shockley, Cor nelia Richardson, Bobby John son, Patsy Roy Hill, Stella Flo Dutton, Alma Jo Dutton, Mary Franklin Crouse, Betty Ann Rec tor, Maxine Sprinkle, Bill Phil lips, John Wayne Edwards, Bob by Busic. .Fourth grade: Eleanor Ward, Marion Allison, Jane Duncan, Ann Thompson, Harold Hopper* Hoyt Sparks, Susie Sturdivant, Sally Quinn, Doris Ann Blevins, Victoria Crouse, Frances Crouse. Fifth grade: Doris Jean Ed wards, Phyllis Moxley, Ina Lee Rector, Wilma Richardson, Bob ble Sturgill, Shirley Ann Thomp son, Gaynell Truitt, Nancy Wad dell, Charles D. Douglas, Tam my Wagoner. Sixth grade: Carol Hoppers, Carol Sue Irwin, Sylvia Ann /rWitinuwl S... A\ Voting Places Of Communities Are Announced Are Urged To Take Part In The Election Annual elections for the farm committeemen, who will admin ister the agricultural conserva tion program, will be held in Al leghany county and throughout North Carolina on December 7. Nominating meetings will be held on the morning of the seventh and voting will begin immediate ly after the nominating meeting. To be elected will be an agri cultural conservation community committee of not more than three farmers and two alternate mem bers and a delegate to the county convention. At the county con vention, delegates from all com munities will choose a three-man county committee. All those who are participat ing in the 1946 Agricultural con servation program -lore eligible to vote and it is hoped that a repre sentative vote will be cast The ballot boxes will remain open until 6 p.m. Following is a list of the voting places in each community: Cherry Lane, S. E. Caudill’* Store; Cranberry, Floyd Rich ardson’s Store; Sparta, AAA Of fice; Wolf Branch, Andy Evan*’ Store; Twin Oaks, G. L. Fender** Store; Whitehead, W. L. Edwards' Store; Barrett, Bafrett; Blevin* Cross Roads, B. H. Rector’s resi dence; Piney Creek, Oscar Gam bill, Jr.’s Store; Turkey Knob, Carl M. Kennedy’s Store; New Hope, New Hope; Stratford, San der’s Store. AAA Farmer* Piney Creek Has Thanksri'vin* "SSfoer N*|f' Nets $28510; Proceeds To Go To Lunchroom The Thanksgiving supper, spon sored by the P.-T.A. at Piney Creek school last Friday night, was termed a huge success by officials of the organization. Pro ceeds from the supper amounted to $128.00. In the baby contest, Evelyn McKnight was crowned queen. She received 3,962 votes. The runner-up, Helen Perry, receive ed 3,821 votes. Total amount from the baby contest was $118.38. Miss Lorene Moxley won the cake for the prettiest girl end Harley Douglas was awarded the pickles that always go to the ugliest man. (Continued on Page 8) Potash Is Added To Farm Practice The practice of potash has been added to the 1946 Alleghany coun ty handbook of conservation prae« tices, Emerson Black, county agent, stated this week. The credit rate is three and one half cents per pound of available K 2 0. This rate is equivalent to $2.10 per hundred pounds of 60 per cent murate of potash, M$. Black pointed out. Any farmers desiring to use e mixed fertilizer may receive cred it for the potash content as well as the phosphate, he added. Ten People Attend District Meeting Ten citizens of Alleghany county attended the Northwest- - em District Welfire Conference held on Tuesday' in Greensboro. The morning program consisted of a panel discussion on public welfare services. The main fea ture of the program was an ad dress made by Dr. Ellen Winston, state commissioner of public wel fare. Dr. Winston discussed re* . quests that will be made to the 1947 state general assembly for needed changes and improve
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