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SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1947
VOLUME 58, NO. 32
Discuss Health
G. V. Seniors To
Present 3-Act
*■ Play, Sat. Night
Entitled “The Eye* Of Love;”
Public Cordially
Invited
The senior class of Glade Val
ley high school will present a
three-act drama entitled "The
Eyes of Love” on Saturday night
at the high school.
The play, written by Lillian
Mortimar, from all reports prom
ises to be an entertaining one. It
is the story of a father’s loye and
a daughter’s devotion under ad
verse circumstances, those in
charge, stated.
The cast of characters is as
follows: Carolina, a Negro serv
ant, Marie Brooks; Gaylia, an
adopted daughter, Mary Sue
Cook; Reeta, a two-faced friend,
Elaine Cox; Burt Wade, Reeta’s
brother, Orville Duncan; Mrs.
Barry, Gaylia’s foster mother,
Louise Gentry; Lora, a lively
housemaid, Elizabeth McCann;
Clark, a busy butler, Ronald
Wright, Judge Barry, Gaylia’s
foster father, Gene- Livingston;
Royal Manton, Burt's rival. Paul
I Farrington; and Jim Rankin, the?
* manacled man, Julian Hyde.
Funds Needed For
Local Ball Club
To Be Used For Equipment;
List Of Contributors
-1
ruDiisnea
As the baseball season official
ly opens here this week end,
more money is needed to pay
for the newly purchased suits
and additional equipment for the
local club. Ninety
the citizens and Ujfl
have responded g«fl
manager, Elgin
ed. Any one who has not con
tributed and who would like to
do so is asked to send their con
tribution to the manager.
A list of the contributors is
given below: Charles C. Cas
tevens. $12.50; Judy’s Service
Station, B. and T. Drug Co.,
Smithey’s Store, Cash and Carry
Store, Choate Motor Company,
Farmers Hardware, $10 each; Ed
wards Furniture Co.. $7.50.
Bus Terminal, Kay’s 5 and 10,
Jay Hardin, Evans and Higgins
Jewelry Shop, Higgins Barber
Shop, Carl Irwin, Joe Maxwell,
Northwestern Bank, Belle’s Dept.
Store; Albert'Richardson, Sparta
Pool Room, Ben Reeves, Mick or
Mack, Western Auto Shore, Joe
Doughton, G. D. Richardson, $5
Nu-Way Electric, Sparta Ga
rage, $3 each; R. L. Edwards,
James Hawthorne, Firestone. Ser
vice Station, Firestone Store,
$2.50 each.
Rodney T. Busic, Williams Fur
niture Store, Dr. N. D. Feat, R. C.
Mitchell, Sparta Cleaners, $2
H each.
Charles Edwards, John Mac
Miles, Beal Poole, Roseo Ed
wards, Basil Landreth. Tom
Truitt, Dale Dymcan and Charles
Pugh, $1 each. Sparta Shoe
Shop, 50c.
IS BEING
•X) AT SCOTTVILLE
A revival is now being held at
the Scottville Baptist church,
Rev. Paul Phipps, pastor, an
nounced. The pastor, assisted by
Rev. Mr. Paisley, is in charge of
the services. - s','
Services are being held each
evening at 7:30 and the public
is cordially invited to attend.
Sparta P-T. A. To
t Meet Tues. Night
The Sparta Parent-Teachers
association will hold its final
meeting of this school year on
arv" * *.•
teria. it was _
Mrs. C. A.
installed
Ralph
officers
Al
one
Planning To Start
C o n s tftnrrhnr 0 n
Methodist Church
NAMED MAYOR
Dr. J. S. Gaul
To Hold Clinic
Nichols Is Named
Sparta Mayor In
Election, Tues
G. Glenn Nichols, who was
named mayor of Sparta in the
election Tuesday.
Town Board Also Named;
Vote Unusually Heavy
For Town Election*
opponent S. W. Brown by ap
proximately a 3 to 1 count, Mr.
Nichols having 136 votes and Mr.
Brown 63.
The count and the names of the
members of the town council is
as follows: C. C. Castevens, 203;
Beal Poole, 187; Charles R. Roe,
174; Dr. N. D. Fox, 142; and J. B.
Reed, 137.
Those who were defeated were
Ben G. Reeves, with 98 votes; D.
C. Bledsoe, 88; Dr. P. L. Choate,
70; C. A. Miles, 61, and David
Higgins, 97.
This was the largest number
of voters to come to the town
polls In a number of years, it
was learned.'' -r ., .. .
The vote was much heavier
than that usually cast in a town
election here.
West Jefferson — (Special) —
Dr. John S. Gaul will be at the
health department in the Ashe
Memorial hospital on Friday, May
16, for a crippled children’s clin
ic, it was announced here this
week.
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Will Be Erected On Site Of
Former Building De
stroyed By Fire
Plans for rebuilding the Sparta
Methodist church which was de
stroyed by fire last year, were
discussed by members of the
building committee at a meeting
yesterday afternoon.
Meeting with C. C. Castevens,
chairman of the building com
mittee and other members, was
a representative of the Linthi
cum and Linthicum, architectural
concern from Raleigh, who was
here to make initial plans for
drawing up the blueprints for
the budding. •
The new building is to be con
structed with brick and is to be
trimmed in granite and will be
located at the site where it stood
when destroyed. Chairman Cas
tevens stated that it was the hope
of the committee that construc
tion would begin early this sum
mer.
Meeting with the architect and
Mr. Castevens were C. R. Roe,
J. T. Inskeep, Robert Allison and
Charlie Vestal, members of the
committee.
Superior Court
Ended Thursday,
Continue Cases
Several Cases Are Continued;
which proved to
be one' of the fullest terms on the
Alleghany docket for sometime.
Following the case of Herbert
Allen, who was given a sentence
of 12 months for an assault
charge, a number of minor cases
were taken care of as well as
continuing eight other cases.
Glenn Shaw, charged with non
support, was given a suspended
sentence of 12 months upon the
payment of $25 monthly to the
support of minor children. Clar
ence Caudill, also charged - with j
non-support, was ordered by the
court to pay $25 monthly instead
of $40 monthly as previously or
dered. ' v:>';:j. -
Donald JL Testerman, found
guilty of operating a car under
the influence of some intoxicant,
was fined $75 and costs and had
his license revoked for a period
(Continued on page 8)
SANITARIANS HERE
TO INSPECT SCHOOLS
Wade E. Eller, district sanitar
ian, accompanied by Sanitarian
Jack Cobb, are now inspecting
the 15 schools in the county. Rec
ommendations on their findings
in regard to the condition of the
school will be made to the Coun
ty Board of Education.
Father And Daughter To Sii|g “Faust”
Ancient Religious Custom Observed At St. Augustine, Fla.
From die ramparts of ancient Castillo de San Marcos, St. Augustine, Fla., the old
estcity in the country, the blessing of the shrimp fleet took place recently. The ancient
religious blessing custom tame to the New World from the fishing villages of Nor*
mandy and Brittany. As the small bell, which called the Spanish to mass in early
days, sounded Us voice with that of the newer and larger bells of the moss-stained
cathedral, fisher-folk of Portuguese and Minorcan descent formed a processional to the
bay front Oir the blessing ceremonies.
County Teachers
Will Meet Here w
Next Thursday
Officers For
Unit
y IS, Mi
Fields, county school fuperin
tendent of schools, announced
this week
The meeting —. —„„ *_
o’clock and all teachers are asked
to be present for officers for the
N. C. E. A. will be named at this
time. Miss Rosella Andrews,
field secretary of the N. C:
E. A., was here yesterday and
conferred with Roy Ellison, presi
dent of the county unit, in re
gard to plans for the year.
Also during the meeting the
art exhibit, which is being shown
throughout the state and is com
posed of work done by element
ary children, will be shown the
group. The exhibit is
shown is this section of tl
May 13 .through
The regular meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce will be
held Friday night at 7:30 o’clock
at the community building, it was
announced yesterday.
Due to the fact that the Shell
Cafe i< now undergoing some re
pair work, a fish fry has been
Uann«** at the community build
ing instead.
A special program has been
planned which includes such
speakers as Rev. Charlton Hut
ton. Rev. Mr. Hutton wifi be ac
companied by a chorus from
Glade Valley high school which
will render special music.
Representative C. W. Ervin will
also be present and will speak
briefly on the program.
All members are urged to
come to the fish fry and the
meeting.
Record Number
In Jail In April
What was believed to have
been an all-time high record num
ber of people detained in the
county jail was set in April when
a total of thirty-seven persons
had an opportunity to try out the
accommodations there, reports
from the sheriffs office revealed
Baseball Season To Open ,
Here Saturday, 2:00 P. M.
As Sparta Meets Elk Creek
jgparta Team To
jfjudge Livestock
lit Statesville
Members Of The Vocational
Agriculture Class To Ac
company Ralph Cheek
The Sparta high school voca
tional agriculture livestock judg
ing team will go to Statesville to
the district meet, Saturday, May
10. to compete with othei dis
trict winners, Ralph Cheek, vo
cational instructor, stated yester
day.
The team, composed of Vernon
Holloway, Bobby Black, Dwaine
Andrews, Edwin Brooks, Way
borne Mitchell and Fielden Mill
er, won first place in the judg
ing contest held recently at
Boone. "Points were given for
both dairy and livestock teams
*nd Snarta won the highest num
ber of points making them eligi
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REV. C. D. HUTTON
TO PREACH SUNDAY
Rev. Charlton D. Hutton will
conduct the service Sunday morn
ing at eleven o’clock at the Pres
byterian church here, it was an
nounced this week.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
Schedule For Games Through
June 8 vis Given 'Me- ,
League Officials'
Baseball season will get into
full swing here Saturday after
noon at two o’clock when the
Sparta teafh will play its first
official game of the season when
they meet Elk Creek. Local
fans are promised a full sched
ule of games of baseball at its
best. The schedule which is :
printed in full here will continue
through June 8 and then the
schedule will rotate, officials
pointed out.
The schedule for the first ten
games is as follows:
Saturday, May 10, Elk Creek
(Continued on page 8)
To Hold ClinicT
For Children
i ■ _
Pre-school clinics will be held
at Sparta, Rich Hill and Little
Pine school on May 20, Or. R. R.
King, health officer, stated yes
terday.
He will be at Sparta on the
morning of May 20 and will visit
the other two schools that after
noon. These will be the final
pre-school clinics, Dr. King stat
ed, and asked that all parents
who have children entering
school next fall, bring their chil
dren in at this time.
Boy Scout Troop Will Help
To Collect Clothing Saturday
Members of the Boy Scout
Troop No. 78 will make a house
to house canvass Saturday after
noon, May 10, in an effort to help
collect clothing, bedding and
shoes for the overseas relief, it
was learned yesterday.
Citizens of Sparta who have
clothes or other articles to donate
to the drive are asked to have it
ready when the scouts call at
their home here on Saturday.
Rev. F. G. Walker, chairman of
the drive here in the county, re
quested that in regard to the
drive that everyone in Sparta
and vicinity give at least a pound
a person. The drive is being car
ried •on in Sparta this week and
anyone here or In the county whd
has something to give to the drive
may either send it to their school,
or to tee courthouse or
the scouts when they
Mr. Walker
S33l’“
The
nations is being sponsored by the
North Carolina Council of
■ Churches because of the pressing
j need overseas. Despite two years
of peace, millions of human be
ings are living on an animal level,
it was pointed out
If North Carolina’s goal is
reached, 3,500,000 pounds of
clothing will be sent to the
Church World Service Center at
New Windsor, Md., where it will
be sorted and packed in water
proof bales. Rev. Henry G. Ruark,
director of the campaign stated.
Gifts of money will also be ac
cepted and should be sent to the
local churches here.
The people of Alleghany are
asked to join in with the state
and nation in sending relief to
Meeting Will Be
HeW Next WecL
At Courthouse
Centers Are To Be Establish'
ed Under Good Health Plan
Approved By Legislature
The public is cordially invited
to attend a meeting at the court*
house next Wednesday night, May
14 at 7:30 to discuss the possi
bilities of establishing a health
center for the county. Since th«
county has no hospital it is M.t
that a health center would render
great service to many here.
The 1947 General Assembly of
North Carolina appropriated a.
large sum of money to be used
in this state for the building ot
health centers and it is expected
that the federal government will
also appropriate funds for this,
purpose. Money from these
sources can be used to match
money raised in the counties to
erect such buildings where th*
need exists.
The purpose of the community
on May 14 is to select a com
mittee of local persons to Study
the need and advisibility of es
tablishing a health center in Alle
ghany county.
A health center is a small hos
pital or clinic building designed
for the care of cases which can
be handled locally and do not
need to be referred to a large
hospital. It should have a delivery
emergency operating room, and %
room for expectant mothers, an
few rooms for other patients. It
should also have a laboratory tor
X-ray equipment and Mood
counts and perhaps office space
for the local doctors, the health
department, or other workers in
terested in the people's health,
it' was pointed out by officials ot
the health department ^ t t
J. li Edwards, Jr:
25, Dies In Wreck
Grandson Of J.
Of Glade Vi
Bites He
News has been raMMBaHBt
this week of the death of James
L. Edwards, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. Edwards, of Quanah, and
grandson of J. R. Edwards, ot
Glade Valley. Edwards, 25, was
instantly killed April 28 when
the army jeep, in which he and
Ted Wright, of Quanah, were rid
ing overturned.
Edwards, driver of the vehicle,
was pinned under the machine.
Wright received a broken leg and
numerous body injuries and abra
sions. He said that they were
travelling at a brisk rate when
the jeep struck a hole in the
road and Edwards was not able
to right the jeep before it went
into the ditch. Wright was tak
en to the nearby hospital tor
treatment, where his condition
was reported not to be serious.
Surviving James Edwards are
his wife, Mrs. Gladys Edwards
and four children, Lion, Jimmie,
Linda and Beverly Ann, of Qua
nah, his parents, grandfather, and
one brother, Lois Edwards.
Funeral service was held May
3 at the Church of God. Rev.
N. W. Brooks officiated and in
terment followed in the Quanah
cemetery.
LIBERTY CEMETERY;_
TO BE CLEANED, WED,
The grounds of the Liberty
cemetery will be cleaned and
cleared Wednesday, May 14, be*
ginning at one o’clock, it was
announced this week.
All members of the church or
others who have relatives buried
there, are asked to bring suitable
tools and be there at one o’clock.
Sparta Speller
Is In Contest
Roma Ruth Phipps, of Piney
Creek school, winner in the coun
ty spelling contest, who was to
represent Alleghany in the ^
spelling contest at