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VOLUME 58, NO. 12
in Alleghany County
SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, DEC. 5, 1946
PRESS RUN —
Plans Underway 1
For Paved Road
To Piney Creek
Meeting Held Here Tuesday
To Discuss Proiect; Con
structions Planned
i -*
Plans for a paved road to Piney
Creek were discussed at a meet
ing of representative Piney Creek
citizens, Congressman R. L.
Doughton, County Attorney R.
Floyd Crouse and Raymond
Smith, of Mt. Airy, state highway
commissioner for th\s dissect.
The meeting was held on Tues
day afternoon in the office of
Mr. Crouse after Mr. Doughton
had notified the Piney Creek re
sidents that Mr. Smith would be
here.
Following the meeting, Mr.
Smith rode over the Piney Creek
Road and assured the citizens
that construction on a paved road
for diem would begin in the
spring. No contracts have been
let on the road but the money is
available and it is expected that
the contracts will be let soon.
Travel over the Piney Creek
road has long been a problem to
^Alleghany county and conditions,
Well-known
hfcodfedat
his ho
S.
G.
rites at 11 o’clock ab4 Jhterment
wts ln the Piney Creak cemetery.
v: Mr. Busk was 7l years of age
and was a lifelong resident of Al
leghany county. He suffered a
heart attack on Monday but ap
parently was recovering when he
suffered another on Wednesday.
He never regai"«t
ness after attack.
He was a faithful memcer
the Piney Creek' Baptist church
and served it loyally during his
lifetime. He was married to Miss
Dora Parsons, who died in 1928.
He is survived by six sons, Clin
Willie, Glenn, Carl, Rodney,
Alleghany county, and Lon
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junior Red Cross
Drive Nets $82.63
Schools throughout Alleghany
county have reported id the Ju
nior Red Cross 'Drivd With the
exception of Glade Valley high
school and the sum total of funds
collected is $82.83. Minnie Lou
Sdwards, chairman of the drive,
^expressed her appreciation'to all
pcf those who helped in the drive.
First aid supplies for kll the
schools have beeh punfchisad with
part of the funds! hn&each prin
cipal is expected to get Hie sup
plies for h<t or het* ‘schshT at the
office of the courtty superintend
ent These sup^ies Vfoe-divid
ed the beids the- number
of pupils and rooms.
Tbs remainder of the funds are
fo tfe used for bedroom shoes, bed
Jackets and other gifts for vet
erans in hospitals.
The 40th annual sale of Christ*
IWII—Is in the aj^i-tuberculosis
r imp sign is now on and approx
imately 160 Alleghany county
citizens received seals last Mon
day.' These seal* amount to $160,
money that will be used to fight
tuberculosis in'foti county and
throughout the-JipigP' '
Only 36 of the‘jiM||»4o whom
Officials of the
Meet “Mrs. America’s” Family
Because accepting the title of “Mrs. America,” would
mean being away from her family for a six-month tour,
Mrs. Janice Pollock, Columbus, Ohio, rejected the title
and $2500 award she received as winner of a contest held
at Jackson, Miss. She is shown with her husband and
family.'; -
Boy Scout Drive For Funds
Lags; Contributions Are Slow;
Only Half-Wav Mark Reached
Chairman Randolph Urges
Citizens To Cooperate;
Drive Will Continue
The Alleghany Boy Scout drive,
which began a week ago last Mon
day, is lagging woefully. The
waMet at $300 and so far
have not much more
ih, who is
conducting the drieo, announced
Wednesday that $254.85 had been
received, and urged thoae who had
not made contributions to do so
immediately so the drive could
be terminated. Mr. Randolph
said that checks, money orders
or cash could be aent direct to
him at Sparta, or brought to his
office over Higgins’ Barber shop.
“The drive will continue,” Mr.
Randolph added" until the full
amount has been raised.”
Contributions thus far have
been received from the following
firms and individuals:
Ben G. Reeves, $10.00; Farm
ers Hardware and Implement Co.,
$10.00; Alleghany News, $15.00;
Spartan Theatre, $10.00; Jay Har
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E. Fred Reeves Is
Killed Wednesday
E. Fred Reeves, 46, whose
home was at Independence, and
who was well known in this
county and elsewhere, was killed
in an automobile accident Wed
nesday night, November 27, while
on his way to' his home from
Richmond to spend Thanksgiving.
His body was found near his
overturned automobile on a- road
three and pne-h<'miies., from
WytheviUe, about '-oner o’clock
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Hazel Walker To
Represent Schools
In Health Contest
Selected As
| Re
Bjune
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Hazel Walker, daughter of the
Rev. and Jto. F. G. walker, of
Sparta, ha* been selected as Al
leghany’s representative in the
state-wide high school oratorical
contest being conducted by the
North Carolina Good Health As
sociation. She will go to Appa-;
lachian State Teachers College,
at Boone, to enter the second
round of the contest on December
6. The subject on which all the
contestants will speak is “North
Carolina’s Number One Need —
Good Health.’’
$500 college scholarships to any
college of the winner’s choice will
be awarded by the Good Health
Association to four finalists, a boy
and a girl, both white and colored
students. Also it was announced
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School Christmas
Holidays Given
Christmas holidays will be held
for all Aleghany county schools,
beginning on December 20 and
lasting through December 29.
That means that student* will re
turn to their classes an Monday.
December 30. ? «-n
That will be a -ten days period
when no school activities of any
i hgbd have been planned. All
Christmas plays and-parties will
be held prior to December 20.
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Honor Roll For Glade Valley
School Announced This Week
The honor roll, for the i rtwo
months of September nod Oc
tober was announced this week
for the Ghide ValleySchopl. Hon
or students must make an aver
age of from 95-140 and honorable
mention students must maintain
an average of 90,95. 1
The honor roll for September is
as follows: 9th grade, Earl Dean
Harris, Nonna Jean Thompson;
10th grades Jack Neal; 12th grade,
Elaine Cox, Julian Hyde, Lenore
Livingston and Elizabeth Long,
- Honorable mention students for
that month ire: 9th grade. Pear}
Craven, Mary t Lou Harris, Jettn
Miller, Barbara O'Neal, Je*hne
Phipps, Jean, Rockwell; 10th
•*»**»- James Emerson, Buddy
Hart^ Eugehe Le»:
FrinBrftoy
Marie Brook*, Orville Duncan,
Louise Gentry, Gene Livingston,
Elizabeth McCann, Junior Martin,
Jeanhine Miller, n .■>»•« ibr U
Honor students for October are:.
9th grade, Norms Jean Thomp
son;: 10th grade, Jack Neal; 11th
grade, James Robertson; 12th
grade, Elaine Cox, Qene Livings
ton, Lenore Livingston, Elizabeth
Long. . f , ,
Honorable mention students tor
October are: 9th grade, Paul
Crayen, Earl Dean Harris, Mary
Lou Hands, Jean Miller, Barbara
ttlM, Jeanne, Phipps, Jtah.
Hockwell, Hgagterj tOffc
grade, Jkmes Emer**, Robert
LhWe, GuJrBheet*, Ryle-Wbeafct;
, Ht3h grade, ;Prances Godwin,
Lo|a Miller, Magdalene Miller,
Maxine Miller. RofteW Wright;
12th tt
grade
osok.
Hue
Duncan, Paul
Farmers To Vote
On AAA Leaders
Sat*, December 7
Tobacco Marketing Cards Will
Be Distributed At Va
rious Polling Places
All AAA fanners are again re
minded to go to the voting places
on Saturday to vote for commun
ity committeemen for the com
ing year. The polls will be open
from 9:00 a. m. until 6:00 p. m.
It was announced this week by
Herbert Osborne, AAA Chair
man, that the 1946 tobacco mar
keting cards are now in the hands
of the committeemen and will be
delivered to the farmers in the
twenty eight communities on elec
tion day.
The nominating meeting will be
held at 9:00 a. m. on the morning
of the election. All farmers are
urged to be at the voting place
and have a voice in nominating
the men they wish to see elect
ed. It is very important that
each community elect men who
will be able to do some work
in connection with the program
in the community, leader* pointed
out • '
Each community will , also elect
a delegate to the county conven
tion, which will be held on Mon
day, December 9, at'Which time
the county conjmittea will be
elected.
Jimmy Davis
offered
of
an
is'toisreceiYe
it is not the one
offered by the Chamber of Com
merce. *
Two awards are being given
this year, one by Wade Irwin,
Dick Gentry Jr. and Tommy Os
borne, former students at Sparta
High, and one by the Chamber
of Commerce. Neither group was
aware that the other Was offer
ing an award and when the play
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Results Of Coal
Strike Are Felt
“until the first of the year,” ac
cording to information given out
tKis week by business men and
home owners.
Lump coal is available to home
owners, according to coal deal
ers. but stoker coal is practically
non-existent.
Those people who, within the
past year, hgve changed1 their
heating devices from coal to oil
are in almost as bad a predica
ment as coal users. Oil Bias be
come very scarce and the-twice
has gone up considerablyJ . ■ i-u/.
THREE NEW DEACONS
AT SPARTA BAPTIST
Three new deacons were added
to the roster at an ordination
service at the Baptist chureh Sun
day night. Ben G. Reeves, Wayne
Waddell and Qennel Richardson
aro the three who received the
charge from the Revw F. G.
Walker.
■i Sunday was “Pledge Bey,> at
the Sparta Baptist church and. the
morning service was given, ta a
Schools in Alleghany county
are about the only organizations
that are not hard hit by the cur
rent. coal, strike. Their coal is
bought in the summer, enough to
last throughout the school year.
Churches, business firms and
homes have enough coal to last
A Doll Doctor Is Needed Here
wnat this county needed was a clinic for sick and in
jured dolls, so the New York Children’s Aid society filled
the want. Carol Willing is trying to tell the doll’s symp
toms to the “doctors,” Sisto Dolicati, 9, and Joseph Allaria,
10, who are kept busy repairing them.
Alleghany County Teachers
Hear Dr, King; Make Plans
At Meeting Held On Tuesday
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4 New Deputies
Are Named This
Wee* By Sheriff
Richardson Announces Others
Axe To Be Named At
An Early Date
four now deputies were ap
pointed this week by Sheriff
tRen* e. ^i^bardson, who was
sworn intao&iat %t Jthe Allegheny
courthouse on Monday. Sheriff
Richardson said that there were
three more deputies to be ap
pointed and they wbuld be nam
ed at an early date.
The four aopointed Were: Brant
Taylor, Prather's Creek; Ross
Richardson, Whitehead; George
Royal, Cherry Lane; and Roe
Dickens, Glade Creek.
The three to be appointed are
in the following townships: Gap
Civil, Cranberry and Piney Creek.
Sheriff Richardson also said
that reports of several stills were
being investigated and announced
that a man, listed as George
Hight was arrested on Monday
night for drunkenness. He was
tried on Monday morning before
Justice of the Peace, Ben Wag
oner, fined $5.00 and costs.
SPARTA GIRL TEAfUmn
AT GLADE VALLEY
Miss Unaiee Richardson, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn D.
Richardson, of Sparta, is now a
member of the* faculty of the
Glade Valley high school. Miss
Richardson who has been a stu
dent at ASTC, Boone, graduated
there last week an4P will fill
the vacancy created at the school
by the reiignatipn Of, C. W. Er
vin, newly ^elected state legislator.
Mr. Ervin will go to Raleigh soon
to assume his duties as a mem
ber of the legislative1 body.
Committees Appointed For
Legislative And Federal
Aid At Teachers Meet
The third meeting of the Alle
ghany county unit of the N. C.
E. A. was held Tuesday afternoon
at the courthouse with all of the
fifteen school* in the county rep
resented. One of the largest at
tendance of teachers was noted,
with all present eatcejpt fousv_
Dr. Robert R. Kin& t ecjgMf
health officer, the nafl
speaker of the afternoon’s sHI
sioa and spoke on the subJectT
“Leaders of Tomrorrow Depend
on the Health of Today.” He dis
cussed the school health program
and the importance of class room
health records. He stressed the
importance of weight, height, ton
sils, and teeth and urged teachers
to aid in caring for children’s dis
eases and encouraged the use of
the various vaccines.
Following Dr. King’s talk, a
business meeting was held and
directors appointed legislative and
federal aid committees to repre
sent Alleghany’s unit. Mrs. Re
becca Choate was named chair
man of the legislative committee.
Others on the committee are Miss
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Applications For
446 Payments Here
Applications for 1946 payments
for farmers participating under
the AAA program are here, ac
cording to information released
this week by Herbert Osborne,
chairman.
Farmers are urged to send in
their performance reports as prac
tices are carried out and sign
their applications for payment.
The applications are at tho AAA
office and may be secured at
any time. •.
Basketball Season Will Open
Here Tuesday Night At 7:30
Basketball practice U continu
ing daily at the Sparta high school
with the first game scheduled for
Tuesday night of next week. The
opening game o£ the season will,
be played here -againet Miller’s
Creek at 7:30 in the school gym-.
nae*Mm,. '«■. ■ ...
Coach Jo Bill Reed hopes to
open the season With a smashing
victory With both his boys’ and
gifls’teams. expects that the
girls' team trill have an unusually
good season as he has one com
plete teim, all of them veterans
of two or three jwars experience
and another team that is just
abeut as good. Both teahtoare
expected to sea plenty of service.
UK
L The girls’ starting;, team trill
probably he taken from the fol
lowing players, Tommie Sue Mox
ley, Mary Ruth MiUer, Annie
Pu«b. Uptie Andrews.
. ytfnrirtti ItfiM Oi*
»
Cox, Juanita Carioo, Evelyn
Mitchell and Ellen Woodruff.
this group of boys: Bobby Joe
Edwards, James Douglas, Carl
Gentry, Jimmy Davis, Boyden
Atwood, Junior Ftisoti, George
Gentry, Vernon Holloway, Carey
Caudill, Jack Osborne, Bill Reeves
and Tom Reeves:
tlie schedule for the season is
far from complete but games
scheduled, tints fair' are: *
, Low Gap, December it, here.
Sugar prove,, December 17,
***•• ua "Ulh.
5 VjtgMj Y*k December |0, here,
Piney thersc
MiUer’s Creek, January 16,
The boys have not been prac
ticing as long as the girls so the
starting line-up is still in doubt.
1 However it -will be selected from
Rail Shipments
Are Now Limited
Curtailment la Result Of Coal
Strike; Packages To Go
To Armed Forces
Washington -?■*,,A ’nation-wide
embargo on railroad freight ship
ments, except for; vital needs, was
proclaimed Tue^d^g,.,parcel post
packages were- limited to five
pounds at the height of the Christ
mas mailing season, and passen
ger mileage on coal burning trains
was slashed another 25 per cent
These drastic measures were
taken to conserve |ael in view of
the coal strike. ,
The freight emha.rgo and curbs
on parcel post become effective
at 12:01 a, m. Friday."' The cut in
railroad inileage tafces effect at
11:59 p. m. SundtuR and brings
the mileage down to SO per cent
of the pre-strike level. A 26 per
cent reduction already as in
feet
The Office of Defense Transpor
portation, in announcing the pas
senger mileage cut said in a
'statement that H "acted upon
report! indicating that the rail
roads Jpvg On JMPgjfc 37-day sup
ply ofeoal baaed,
rate of conaump
t Thd, parcel
strike! hard at
now engaged in
for oftt-of-town
tives.'
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Robbery At Stratford, Twin
Oaks and Wred| Ifear Twin
Oaks Involves Many
A crime wave struck Allegh
any county during the week-end
when four boys from Wilkes
county robbed and assaulted each
other* four negroes from Indepen
dence crashed with 'a car from
Ashe county and When another
man from Independence charged
two Ashe county men with as
sault and robbery.
The first affray occurred at
Stratford oh Friday . night when
two Sprinkle boys, Vernon and
Lawrence, in a ear with. Fred
Baugus and OrlandCoe were as
saulted and robbed, according to
their statements. According to.
evidence given wtam, they re
quested warrants for .the boys,
Baugus and Coe robbed" .*ha
Sprinkle boys of approximately
1400, put the Sprinkle boy* out
Of the car and left them oear
Stratford. The Sprinkle boy*
came to Sparta, swore out war
rants for Coe and Baugus, accus
ing diem of robbery. They were
arrested and placed under $1,000
bond each.
Baugus and Coe, in turn swore
out warrants for the Sprinkle
boys, charging there with assault
and battery. The Warrants were
delivered by the Ashe county
sheriff and both teen were ar
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