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f VOLUME 58, NO. 14 AND STAR-TIMES—(CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER $1.50 a Year in Alleghany County 2, 1941) —ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. Alleghany County la . . . Outstanding Livestock, Afit culture and Xonrist Center, With A Population of 8,341. SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, DEC. 19, 1946 $2.00 a Year Out of County County Schools p Are To Close On Fri. For Holidays Glade Valley Closed Today And Will Not Reopen Until Jan. 7 Alleghany county schools will close Friday for a ten days holi day period, it was announced this week by Miss Clyde Field, county school superintendent. No activities have been planned by any of the schools during the holidays but most schools will have Christmas programs before closing Friday. The Glade Valley high school is the only school in the county that will not follow this sched ule. That school closed Thurs day and will not resume classes until January 7. The long holi day was attributed to the fact that so many of the students live out of the county and the state and that the school does not have to close down during the winter because of transportation diffi culties. Correspondents Added To Staff & ,*** VX.V Twelve Communities In R County Now Have Items I 'jk Of Interest In Paper Some new correspondents have been added to the News staff within the past few weeks and their contributions are adding to the general news value of the paper. All residents of their re spective comr- '-■« are asked to cooperate > a in giving them the new. .' i The News is always happy to liave items of local interest from; sections of the county and the means of securing these ems is through the correspond ents of each section. 1 1“”^** ■ deee pot always permit the printing of everything that comes into the News office but it is the policy of the paper to cover the entire county to the greatest possible Advantage. i Readers should contact the Correspondent in their commun ity when they have news of any kind. Following is a list of the cor respondents and the sections they represent: Mrs. F. G. Weaver, Peden; Myrtle Evans, Pine Swamp; Mrs. S. E. Smith, Mt. Zion; Attaree Green, Little Pine; Mrs. Thelma Mabe, Stratford; Mrs. E. E. Cau dill. Whitehead; Carl Irwin, Twin Oaks; E. B. Eldridge, Glade Val (Continued on Page 4) Churches To Have Xmas Programs Baptist and Methodist church es in Sparta are planning spe cial Christmas programs for Sunday, according to information received from officials of those churches. No information was available about plans for the Presbyterian church. On Sunday morning at the I# Baptist church, the pastor, the Rev. F. G. Walker will bring a ial Christmas message on the ect “What if Christ H»* e?” Special music will be of the service. iday evening a pageant, Light of Men” will be pre Approximately 28 char acters, in addition to the choir w$0 appear in the play. Oja Sunday evening at the Presbyterian church, Sparta Melodists will have the annual Christmas tree and treat. Classes have drawn names and gifts will be exchanged. In addition there win be a Christmas program un der the direction of Mrs. Hazel Tompkins and Miss Edna Ed wards. The public is cordially invited to all of the services of the day. No services have been planned ‘jtmr Christmas Day. DRIVER’S EXAMINER HERE EACH TUESDAY David G. Hatch connected with th will be in ' Sparta to: examine Pupils Now Attend “School Of The Air” A teacher’s voice called this class to order via remote control. With schools closed in Denver, due to fuel short age, these students are shown as they gathered around a portable radio to hear their lessons over the air waves. Eye Clinic In Alleghany Is Termed Great Success; 31 Are Examined On First Day Dr. Wife*?, Other* Were Here To A**i*i Dr. RoS* ert King At Clhit Judged by the first day’s ac tivities at the eye clinic for Alle ghany county,-sponsored by the county health department, the clinic was a great success. Thirty one people reported few eye ex aminations and fifteen were turn ed away because of lack;'of time. They Were to return On Thurs D. v-W11se5vo^tomolo gist, of Winston-Salemj was here to assist Dr. Robert R. King, Jr., with the clinic. Others here were Mr. Shouse and Mr. King, from Southeastern Optical, Miss Trex lex and Miss Sneed, public health nurses, all from Winston-Salem. Prior to the clinic, some 80 ap pointments were made for eye examinations. Reports on Wed nesday indicated that even more than that would appear. From the first day’s examinations, glasses were prescribed for 20 people and surgery for two. The others were either all right or in such a serious state that further treatment would not help. The examinations were free as doctors were paid by the State Commission for the Blind and glasses will be furnished for sim (Continued On Page 4) Holidays For P.O. Helpers, Carriers Christmas Day and New Year’s Day will be observed as an offi cial holiday at the Sparta post office, by both post office work ers and carriers. Postmaster Silas Nichols announced that there would be no window serv ice on either of those days, nor any delivery to rural routes. Mail will be dispatched and those who have boxes at the post office will receive first class mail in those boxes. Mr. Nichols said that the' Christmas mail was heavier this year than it had been since be fore the war. Christmas cards have been sent and received in great numbers and the Christ mas package business is just now beginning. lie urged citizens to mail their cards and packages as soon as possible to assure deliv ery by Christmas. V. F. W. To Meet Thursday Night Amon Edwards, commander of the Sparta Post of Veterans of Foreign Wars, announced this week that an important meeting of that group would be held on Thursday night, December 26, at the community building. He urged that all members pay their dues before December 31, and extended a cordial invitation to all eligible veterans to join the organization. Money Or1 Seals Asked By Miss Minnie Edwards - ■ - ■ - Christmas Seal Drive Nears Completion; $100 Col lected To Date Approximately $100 has been fllected in the Christmas seal iv*. according to* Miss Minnie Lou Edwards, chairman of the drive. Some 160 sets of seals were sent out and that would in dicate that sixty people have nei ther returned the seals nor sent the money for them. Miss Edwards urgently requests that those who do not intend to send in a dollar for the seals re turn them immediately so that they can be sold to other people. The drive is supposed to be com pleted by Christmas and Miss Ed wards is anxious to have the final figures in by that time. Bangle day was held in the schools this week and already $20 has been reported from that drive. Most of that was from the Sparta school as other schools have not had time to send in their reports. First Baby Is To Receive Prize The Alleghany News will again this year sponsor the annual “Baby Derby” with prizes for the first newcomer of the year. Rules have been completed for this year’s contest and merchants are expected to cooperate. Following are the rules of the contest:' 1. Parents of the first baby must live in Alleghany county. 2. Date, hour and the minute of the baby’s birth must be sent in together with the name of the attending physician. 3. All entries must be in the News office by Saturday, January (Continued on Page 4) Baseball Club Names Officers, Etlwards Is Mgr. Plans Being Made For Next Year’s Team; New Uni forms To Be Bought New officers for the Sparta Baseball club were elected at a meeting of the group last Tues day night at the Alleghany coun ty courthouse. A number of players and supporters of the team were present. Elgin Edwards was named as the new manager to succeed G. Glenn Nichols, who served in that capacity last year. Jack Thompson was elected captain and R. L. Joines, treasurer. Plans are now being made to purchase uniforms for the club, to be ready for the opening of the season. It is expected that Sparta will field another cham pionship team in 1947, as they did in 1946, and the management will leave no stones unturned in securing the best material for the team. Several new players have been contacted and have in dicated their availability for con-; tract, Any player wishing to play next season should contact either of the above named officers in order that arrangements for Uni* forms may be completed as soon as possible. NAMED SENATOR William B. Umstead Umstead Named Senator To Fill Term Of Bailey Durham Man Is Choice Of Governor; Active In Affairs Of State Raleigh—Governor Cherry late Tuesday announced the appoint ment of William B. Umstead, Dur ham attorney, to the United States Senate, succeeding the late Sen ator Josiah W. Bailey, who died Sunday. In announcing the appointment, the Governor said: “I am confident that Mr. Um stead will make a worthy suc cessor to Senator Bailey and will represent the State of North Caro lina in keeping with the prestige and reputation of former Senators from this State.” Umstead is a forme;- Congress man, having represented the State’s Sixth District for three terms, from 1933 until 1939 when he voluntarily left Congress to return to his Durham law prac tice. '•» Senator Bailey had represented North Carolina in the Senate for (Continued on Page 4) National 4-II Club Winners Announced Four winners selected at the opening of the 25th Na tional Congress ©| 4-H clubs, held in Chicago. Left to right the winners are: Estelle Ruth Stewart, 20, Mill Grove, itfo., national girl leader; Laverne E. Hall, 20, Westby, Wis., national boy winner of 4-H achievement contest; Lewis Topliff, 20, Formosa, Kan., national hoy leader; Maurine V. Steyer, 17, Exeter, Nebr., national girl winner of 4-H achievement contest ' 1 — ■ I Chamber Of Commerce Hears DrrKing; Plans Dinner For Sparta High Football Team. USODriveToBe Postponed Until •Early Next Year i es R. Roe Is To Serve ClKtirman; Miss Ed Wards To Assist It was announced this week that Charles R. Roe, popular lo cal merchant and former prin cipal of Sjiarta high school would serve as chairman of the USO drive in the county, and that the drive would not be activated un til after January 1. Miss Min nie Lou Edwards is to assist Mr. Roe in the work. Plans now are to have several entertainments at the community house, in addition to the solicit ing of funds from business houses, individuals and through the schools. It has been called to the at tention of Alleghany citizens, that there are still several men from this county still in service,' others in training and still oth (Continued on Page 4) More Interest In Attendance Interest in attendance in Alle ghany county schools is showing gains, according to Swanson Ed wards, county attendance offi cer. Mr. Edwards expressed gratification at the splendid Re ports that have been turned in by county teachers and princi pals. The reports have been 100% correct, Mr. Edwards said. A{ the same time he pointed out that all schools had not been sending in their reports and urg ed that they do so. Reports are to be sent in after teachers and principals have made proper in vestigation of absences. Whitehead Boy Is Skipper Of Special Services Yacht Special Services yacht, the of Mv. and Bln. H. C. ■ T/Sgt of the yacht Jack Osborne Designated As Most Valuable Player; To Receive Award Members of the Sparta Cham ber of Commerce heard an inter esting discussion by Dr. Robert R. King, Jr., district health of ficer, on th« North Carolina Good Health program Friday night at its December meeting at the com munity building. Dr. King outlined the main points of the program as applic able to the state and then made some observations concerning Alleghany county. He pointed out that Alleghany is one of the 34 counties in the state with no hospital facilities whatsoever, but added that bills had been intro duced into Congress whereby ap propriations might be made to give those counties hospital fa cilities. He discussed briefly the Hill Burton bill, now before Congress. Under provisions of the bill, fed eral funds will be available to states for the building or expan sion of needed hospital facilities. A bill has been prepared for presentation to the next state leg islature that would expand the state’s hospital facilities so that (Continued on Page 4) R. L. Gambill Dies At Piney Creek R. L. Gambill, pioneer cit izen of Alleghany county, died at his home in the Piney Creek section On Wednesday evening following a heart attack. Mr. Gambill had been slightly ill for l some time but his condition had not been considered serious. He suffered a heart attack about 5 o’clock Wednesday afternoon and died almost immediately. Mr. Gambill was one of Alle ghany’s old and honored citizens. He was bom and raised in this county, was a member of the Primitive Baptist church, which he served from his youth. His membership. was at the Cran berry church. He was 76 years of age. He was married many years ago to Miss Minnie McMillan, who survives him. To this union (Continued on Page 4) Furniture Truck Destroyed By Fire A truckload of furniture, own ed by Robert Delp was complete ly destroyed by fire Tuesday night on the Roaring Gap road. According to Mr. Delp, who was driving the truck, the fire was started when a croup of boys Fumes From Still Cause Death Of Alleghany Man Man Dies After Rigging Up Still; Killed By Fumes From Oil Burner Fumes from an oil burner, used as a heater for a whiskey still brought death to an Alleghany citizen on Monday night. Her man Williams, 34, came to hi* death by asphixiation, caused from fumes from an oil burner* according to the coroner’s Y«T» diet. Mr. Williams left his home to go to the granary, located about fifty yards from the house in which he lived. In the basement of the granary, completely closed in with no windows and only one door, Mr. Williams had set up a still, to be operated by an oil burner. Early Tuesday morning hia wife found him in the basement, dead. Coroner Lee Woodr\i$ said the man had been dead ?bqut four or five hourg and, advanced the theory that foe had gone tCj Sleep after lighting the burner and had been overcome by the fumeg, . Funeral services were held at the Prather’s Creek Union Bap tist church on Wednesday after noon at 2 o’clock with the Rev. John Toliver officiating. Inter ment was in the Prather’s Creek cemetery. Mr. Williams is survived by his wife, one infant son, his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Williams, and three brothers. Sparta Business ^ Houses To Close ' Merchants Plan HoU. ^Wit] trade in “year*, Sparta merchant* are awaiting that last minute rush that always brings disap pointment to scores who neglect ed to do their Christmas shopping early. Last Saturday was a rec ord-breaking day in Sparta stores and this Saturday is expected to bring even more shoppers to town. Merchants have made their plans to remain open on Christ mas eve and be closed all day Christmas, December 25, the day after Christmas, December 26 and New Year’s Day, January 1. The following concerns will follow that schedule: Farmers Hardware and Impl. Co., Inc., Firestone Store, Cash and Carry Store, Edwards Furni ture Co., Jay Hardin’s Store, Belk’s Dept. Store, Smithey’s (Continued on Page 4> City Ordinance To Be Enforced Will Publish News Tuesday Mayor Amos Wagoner called attention this week to the city ordinance that prohibits the shooting of firecrackers within the city limits. As the Christmas season approached, Mayor Wag oner warned that children may become careless with fireworks and that tragedy might result rdinance further prohibits uie use of any klhd of firearms within the city limits or unneces-w. sary noise of any kind. Law enforcement officers have' been instructed to enforce this ordinance to the fullest extent and violators are warned that they will be prosecuted. Due to the fact that Christ mas comes on Wednesday, The Alleghany News will be pub lished on Tuesday week In stead of Thursday, in order to give employees a holiday. Advertisers, correspondents and others are asked to cooper ate by getting all cl their ma terial in not later than Sat urday. In
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