SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JAN. 30, 1947 $2.50 a Year Out of County Alleghany County la . , . Outstanding Livestock, Apl culture and Tourist Cents*, With A Population of 8,34L VOLUME 58, NO. 20 $2.00 a Year in Alleghany County any News AND STAR-TIMES— ft CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941) —ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. ounty’s Infantile Paralysis Fund Drive Nearing Goal I Wildlife Bill Is Before Solons; Other Measures Transportation, Fireworks, Agricultural Census, Vet erans Considered By Staff Writer Raleigh—(Special)—A variety of legislation ranging from fire works to the separation of the game and fish division from the (department of conservation, which literally brought on fire works is before the N. C. Legis lature this week. The North Carolina Wildlife Federation, which claims 18.000 members, had legislation intro duced into the General Assembly | Wednesday to divorce the Divis ion of Game and Inland Fisheries | from the State Department of Conservation and Development. At the concluding session of the [ two-day annual meeting Tuesday, federationists re-elected P. K. Gravely, of Rocky Mount, presi dent for next year, and leaders who asked that their names not be used said their sponsored sep aration bill would be dropped in 'hoppers in both houses today. Their divorcement bill, which calls for the creation of a nine njan commission to assume all duties relating to game and fish, was circulated among legislators, and the federation’s legislative committee says it now has the signatures of 61 House members add 14 Senators. Changes Ko ic •Proposed legislation to revamp North Carolina's insurance laws ran into • storm of opposition at a hearing here Tuesday. More than a score of spokes men So| realtors_ alleged flaws in proposed bHU drafted by the Commission on Revision of the North Carolina Insurance Laws. Principal opposition was aimed at proposals which would, in ef fect. eliminate eroup-insurance veraee of members of profes ional associations without a com mon emplojfer and stop the writ ing of so-called “controlled” in surance business. Views of the controversial mat ters was aired at1 a Dublic hear ing conducted ;by the revision commission and attended by about 100 persons. Presiding over the hearing was/ Dean R. H. Wat tach of the University of North Carolina Law School, chairman of the revision commission. The commission met last night to consider thd views expressed at the hearing/and probably will continue ia session today. .•Wfe works Limited A/ five-member subcommittee adopted a report outlawing the sale of fireworks in North Caro /lina. A compromise measure by (Continued on Page live) •Alien Hearing Set For Saturday A preliminary hearing will be held before G. Glenp Nichols, jus tice of the peace, Saturday morn ing in connection with the shoot ing of Edison Smith on December , Herbert Allen was reported to have fired a .22 pistol at Smith, wounding him-critically in the ab domen. Smith has been under going treatment in the Elkin hos pital and the hearing had pre ly been postponed due to his ition. ork Clinic Is Well Attended Approximately 103 Alleghany uers took advantage of the an al work stock clinic held iroughout the county last week, nerson Black, county agent, re orted this week. Some 248 animals were treat by the licensed veterinarian especially for the work. Al though a good number of Alle ly farmers attending the clin Mr. Black stated that due to sent. weather conditions, as many termers as were to attend were able to here i noti GOING TO MEXICO President Truman, above, will fly to Mexico early in March for a visit with Presi dent Miguel Aleman, the White House has announced. County Schools Invited To Enter Spelling Contest Journal-Sentinel Will Again Sponsor Big Event For Schools Of This Area Miss Clyde Fields, Superintend ent of Alleghany schools, this week received an invitation along with other school officials in this area to take part in an annual Joumal-Saijtmel Spelling Bee. Elimination contests are held in bach county and the champions ip to Whsatoa.* Salem for the r*ls- ' 1 Last year, young Louis Craft of the Lewisville school system was the winner in the Journal and Sentinel contest, earning a trip to Washington, D. C., partici pation in the National Spelling Bee, and a chance at fame and fortune. The winner and his or her es cort will be sent to the Capitol City to compete with State win ners from all over the country, at the expense of the Journal and Sentinel. Educational and sight seeing trips to Mount Vernon, the public buildings of Washington and other points of interest wil’ be arranged. The only requirement in the selection of the contestant is that the pupil not have passed beyond the eighth grade and will not reach his or her 16th birthday be fore June 1, 1947. The winner pf the National (Continued on Page 8) Alleghany Men Attend VFW Meet Gene Irwin and Cecil Murray represented the local post of the VFW at the council of adminis tration meeting and banquet hon-! oring Louis E. Starr, commander in-chief. held in Raleigh Tuesday and Wednesday. The banquet and meeting were held at the Sir Walter Raleigh hotel. Special guests included Governor R. Gregg CJ»£rry. County Finals In Conservation Contest, Feb. 4 County Winners To Get Prizes; To Enter Group Contest Feb. 13 T. R. Greene, of the soil con servation office, announced this week that the county finals in the Soil Conservation Speaking Contest would be held at the com munity building February 4, when representatives from the high Schools will compete, begin ning at 1:30. The public is cor dially invited to attend. Elimination contests are being held in the Sparta school on Fri day afternoon of this week, and at Glade Valley on Friday night at 7:30. The winner in the county con test will go to North Wilkesboro for the group contest on Febru ary 13. And the winner here will go to Elkin on February 20 for the finals. Here the contestants will compete for $350 in savings bonds and a trip to the annual convention of the State Bankers Association at Asheville, accord (Continued on r-age -J) Shell Service Station Entered By Thieves, Wed. Passenger Tires Taken In Haul; No Arrests Made By Officers, Yet The Shell Service Station was robbed of around $300.00 worth of tires and other supplies some time after midnight, Tuesday, when thievfs forced their, way into the building. The theft, dis-, covered by the owner, Joe Dough ton, at opening time on Wednes day morning was reported to the officers, who began working on all possible clues. The thief or thieves, evidently entered after breaking the panes from the wash room window, of ficers reported. As far as it could be learned no attempt was made to rob the cash register and only tires for passenger cars and other automotive parts were tak en. This is the second robbery of the month in a downtown busi ness establishment. Tne B. and T. drug company was entered a short time ago. Local officers are expecting to make an arrest in connection with the Shell Station robbery, within a short tiirte, it was learned. ' r.__ S. Paul Carson Gets Promotion Of interest here is the an nouncement of the recent promo tion of S. Paul Carson, of Raleigh, to the position of assistant cash ier of the Wachovia Bank, there. Mr. Carson, who recently re turned from service has been connected with this bank since 1933. His promotion was an nounced at the annual meeting. He is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Carson, of Sparta. He has many friends and relatives here, who will be pleaced to learn of his advancement. Sparta BjnySjAjid Girts Teams Win Over Piney Creek, Tues. The Sparta boys and girls bas ketball teams were both vtetarj4 ona in the two battles against the Piney Creek tearns here Tuesday night. The Sparta boys, after an extra period play off were able to defeat the Piney Creek team 32-29. At the half of the boys’ game, Sparta was leading the visiting team 14-8 and by the end of the third quarter had an eieht noint lead. The score stood at 29 all when the regular playing period ended and then Sparta rang 'up the extra three points to make the victory theirs. High scorer for the bovs* home team was Bill Reeves, with a total of eight points, and Kennedy, for the visitors, with a total of IQ po|nts.’' \and at present companies in Columbia, S. C., and Charlotte, N. C., have been ac tivated. Weekly drills are now being conducted every Thursday evening at eight o’clock, with Headquarters Sixth Naval Dis trict (NAO-7) acting as master control station. The primary fre quency for these drills is 2792 KC’s and 2656 KC’s is the sec ondary. Lieutenant Commander H. M. Kennickell, o f Winston-Salem, Naval Reserve Representative for this area announced today that Sparta may get a local unit if sufficient interested personnel can be found. The units will be primarily for those reservists who have had communication, radar and tech nical electronic experience, how ever there will be openings for those interested in learning the (Continued on Page 8) . Rites Held Tues. For M. Pruitt, 48 Funeral service for Colonel Martin Pruitt, 48-year old resi dent of the Pleasant Grove com munity was held Tuesday at the Landmark church. Interment was there in the Landmark cemetery. Mr. Pruitt had been in ill health for a number of years and suc cumbed at his home on Sunday. He is survived by his wife and two sons. USO Funds Now Total 8231.29; Schools To Send In Reports \Ubi.r.:i. A of $231.29 has been raised toward the county’s USO fund raising drive quota of $300, C. R. Roe, chairman,' announced this week. Reports are coming in and if the response continues to be as generous, the chairman pointed out that the drive would be con cluded next week. A total of $59.00 was realized from the dance given last Satur day night at the community building in the interest of the drive. Sparta high school sur passed its quota of $75.00 hav ing made $39.50 from the most popular serviceman contest spon sored in the school. Wade Irwin was proclaimed the winner with a total of 2.175 votes. A complete list of school con* , tributors is expected to be pub 1 lished next week, it WM stated. rr Interest Shawn In School Clubs Nine dubs are now active in the Sparta high school, R. H. Walker, principal, stated this week. Much interest has been shown by the students and spon sors and many activities for the year have been planned by the groups. The clubs are: monogram club, library club, journalism club, art club, FFA plub, music apprecia tion club, home economics club, dramatics and French club. High school students now have an organized activity period ob served twice weekly, Mr. Walker f •••'«* ;■ . ^ All Groups Asked To Report Funds Collected Now Total Of $442.11 Reported To Chairman Mrs. Ruth Jones Choate Indications yesterday were that, Alleghany county would reach its original quota of $550.00 for the Infantile Paralysis Fund Fighting Drive now underway. Mrs. Ruth Jones Choate, chairman, reported that a total of $442.11 had been collected with some more organi zations as well as individuals to be heard from. She asked that all funds, collected and not yet reported, be done so, at once, in order that the drive might be completed this month. Mrs: Choate said she was pleas ed with the generous response from so many ancl wanted to par ticularly commend the schools for their work. Listed here are some contribu tions not previously published: Alleghany News, $10; Mrs. F. Miller, $5.00; A Friend, $3.00; Cherry Lane H. D. club, $13.00; Laurel Springs school and com munity, $28.15: Sparta school, $75.22; Pine Swamp, $6.00; Glade Valley high school, $18.89: White head school. $9.10; Little Pine school, $25.00. Rural mail carriers giving $3.00 each were Lon Mac Reeves. Isom Wagoner, Carl Irwin, John Tuck er and Mack Woodie. Other rural carriers making generous contri butions to the cause include Edd Pugh and Glenn Taylor. Orange Juice Is Served In Schools Vitamin-rich orange juice will be added soon to the menus in Alleghany county school lunch* rooms Miss Clyde Fields, county superintendent of schools, dis closed this week. Miss Fields said the County Board of Education has received 150 gallons of orange concentrate, purchased in Florida by the U. S, Department of Agriculture with school lunch funds. Reconstitut ed. one part juice to six parts water, the concentrate will oro vide the equivalent of 900 gallons of fresh juice. Distribution of the concentrate, Miss Fields said, will be made to all schools in the county operat ing under the National school ' lunch program. This will be equivalent to approximately two quarts per child per month ot the reconstituted juice. Hundreds of thousands of gal lons of the concentrated juice, from this year’s Florida crop, have been bought by the U. S. De partment of Agriculture for dis tribution to school lunchrooms in all states except California and Arizona. Distribution is be (Continued on Page 8) R. J. Randolph Speaks To P.-TA* R. J. Randolph, Sparta attor ney, was guest speaker at tha meeting of the Sparta Parent Teachers Association held at the school last night. Mr. Randolph pointed out to the group of parents and teach ers the urgent need of the school for ah athletic field as well at other general School needs. Ralph Gentry, president, wet in charge of the meeting. Fri. Is Deadline For License Taga that 1947 license tags all automobiles by Friday, penalty will be imposed, Patrol man D. A. Houston stated this week. He said that if a c has his license and does them on his car, that excuse him from the pi Patrolman f“" the