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AND STAR-TIMES—(CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941)—ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER.
VOLUME 58, NO. 38
$2.00 i Year in Alleghany County
SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1947
$2.50 a Year Out of r»nn<w
Dr. Bennett To
Be Here Aug. 15
For Anniversary
U. S. Dept. Chief to Observe
Soil Conservation Work
In Ashe, Alleghany
Dr. Hugh Bennett, chief of the
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
is coming here August 16 in ob
servance of the sixth anniver
. versary of the establishment of
the New River Soil Conservation
district, Wade E. Eller chairman
of the district announced this
week.
Tentative plans for the obser
vance include a banquet meeting
when some of the work of the
district, which includes Allegh
any and Ashe counties will be re
viewed and future plans dis
cussed as* 11 as some field
trips observing some of the work
in the two counties.
More details of the observance
will be announced later, by Chair
man Eller.
Dr. Bennett, a native of Wades
boro recognized throughput the
world as an authority on Soil
* Conservation will be presented
a complete picture of the work in
Alleghany and Ashe during the
past six years and the future
possibilities here.
Sparta Team To
Leave For State
Contest On Tues.
To Be Held At Baleigh July
8, 9 and 10; Judging Team
May Go To Nat’I Contest
The Sparta high school voca
tional agriculture livestock- jud
ging team will leave for Raleigh,
Miller, Bobby Black and Way
borne Mitchell, was the win
ner in xne district contest at
Statesville on May 10. The
boys were awarded a $45 price
and had 166 more points than any
other team representing North
western North Carolina in the
contest.
Competing in the State con
test the boys will be eligible for
the $600 prize and an all expense
paifl trip to the national contest
in Kansas City, Missouri.
Ralph Cheek, vocational agri
culture teacher, will accompany
the team to Raleigh.
The contest is sponsored- by the
State and National FFA.
New Adventure
First Chapter Of- Thrilling
Serial Story Appears
In This Issue
Intent upon making the most,
out of his own invention, a new
type of portable saw, Dick By
rne enslaves himself to a domin
eering Scotchman, Alexander
MacLeod, in order to promote
the necessary capital to take his
invention to Musketoon and sell
it
His perilous mission to Nip
egosis, an old Indian chief, at
the White Rock gold fault, com
bined with his seemingly never
to be satisfied love affair; with
Marion MacLeod, Alexander’s
attractive young niece, provides
the material for a thrill-packed
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r JRites Held Wed.
For Joe Billings
Last rites foe Joe Billings, 69,
of Sparta, who died here Tues
i day, were held yesterday mom
“ tag at eleven o’clock at the Shi
. loh church. Officiating was the
pastor, Elder Walter Evans, as
sisted by Elder Charlie Wooten.
Interment was ta the cemetery,
there.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Mamie Billings and the following
children: Rex, Ambrose and O
• dell Billings, Mrs. Clyde Brine
gar, .Alonza, Ethelene, Irene,
Georgia, J. &, and Veatrice. Two
s’sters, Mrs. Lillie Snow and
Mrs. Allle Anderson, also sur
vive.
County To Get 50 Per Cent
State Aid In Hospital Building
Plan; Federal Govt. To Help
NOW HEADS LIONS
R. J. Randolph, who was in
stalled as President of the
Sparta lion’s Club, Tuesday
New Officers Of
Lions Club Are
Installed Tuqs.
B. J. Randolph Is President;
Discuss Plans For
Horse Show
R. J. Randolph was installed as
president o! the Sparta Lion’s
club here Tuesday night to suc
ceed Roy Ellison who has ser
ved for the past year.
Other.offers installed ware
Kern wagonef, first vice-presi
dent; Eugene Higgins, second
vice-president; Swanson Ed
wards, third vice-president; Al
bert Richardson, secretary and
treasurer. Joe Bill Reed was nam
ed tail twister.
Following the dinner served at
the Shell Cafe, plans for the horse
show were discussed and a com
mittee was named to take care of
the Ford which is to be given a
way at the show on Saturday,
July 19. Named on that committee
were Kern Wagoner, Elgin Ed
wards and J. B. Reed. Insurance
for the car is. to be taken out
and the/ committee will be re
sDonsible for it until it is de
livered to the winner.
Alleghany Man
Wins Top Honors
Bower F. Hoppers, a former
resident of this county and now
finishing inspector on the second
shift in “D” building at the Mar
tins’ Airplane factory in Balti
more, Maryland, was voted top
honors in the Martin Suegestion
program at the award meeting
held (there June 5, it was learned
here this week.
Mr. Hoppers’ suggestion, judg
ed the best out of those of over
30,000 other employees, was for
a painting procedure on the 2-0-2
plane and 3-0'-3 exterior surfaces
Program Must Await Con
gressional Action In Mak
ing Funds Available
- Raleigh—State aid in the con
struction of hospitals in North
Carolina will range from 50 per
cent in the poorer counties down
to only 10 per cent in the wealth
ier ones, Dr. John A. Ferrell,
executive secretary of the Med
ical Care Commission, has an
nounced.
One-third of the cost of the
hospital building will be borne
by the Federal Government, and
the program will not get under
way until Federal funds are made
available by Congress.
According to the figures re
leased, both Alleghany and Ashe
counties will receive 50 per cent
contribution from state funds.
The Federal Government funds
when allotted will be thirty
three and one-third and the
county’s part 15.7 per cent.
Marlin Against
Establishing An
ABC Store Here
' !
At Mass Meeting Of Dry For
ces Sunday Urges People
Vote Issue Down
The dry forces of Alleghany
oounty took additional steps Sun
day afternoon to defeat the pro
posed establishment of an ABC
store, to be voted on July 26, at
i a county-wide mass meeting held
at the courthouse. L. A. Martin,
of Lexington, editor of ‘Tomor
row,;^ the official ■’tJuhlieation of
the Allied Church League of
. North Carolina, wa§ the. keynote
; speaker for the meeting and ad
vised, “Vote this issue down at
all cost.’’
In speaking of the fact that the
advocates of the establishment of
ABC stores used as an argument
that they would cause taxes to be
lowered, he said, “God forbid
that I should ever have my taxes
reduced one cent at the expense
of humanity.” He also pointed
out that the State has no right to
: encourage a wrong by ipakipg
the sale of liquor legal.
He spoke of the bad influence
on the youth that legalized li
auor might have. And he gave
figures from a number of coun
ties in N. C., where liquor stores
have been approved showing the
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C Of C. Plans
Picnic July 11
I The regular meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce will be
.held in the form of a picnic at
I Bluff Park, Friday, July 11, Ben
|G. Reeves, president, announced
this week.
Members may bring their wives
as special guests it was pointed
1 out. The picnic Will be prepared
by the Sparta Woman’s clilb. The
members are asked to meet at
Bluff Park at seven o’clock.
Two Shut-Out Games Won By
Sparta; To Play Tomorrow
Sparta was twice victorious
over the week end with two
shut-out games defeating Bridle
Creek here, Saturday, 16-0 and
Flat* Ridg, there, Sunday, 5-0.
On the mound for Sparta on
the local diamond Saturday, was
Nichols and later Geyer. Catching
warf • Holloway. Leading in hits
'or the home team was Thomp
son. Twenty-seven hits were
made for Sparta and two for Bri
dle Creek. Geyer pitched Severn
strike outs.
Pitching for Sparta Sunday at
Flat Ridge was Adams, and Hol
loway was again-catcher. Six hits
were scored by- both teams.
An all-star game will be play:
ed July 4 at Independence, when
players will be chosen from all
teams in the league.
Aged Thurmond
Resident Dies
News was received here this
week of the'death of Mrs. Lucy
D. Andrews, 93-year-old resident
of Thurmond. She was well
known throughout Alleghany
county and her friends here will
regret to learn of her passing
She was the widow of the late
Burrus Andrews, a confederate
soldier. ’
Surviving are three sons anc
six daughters, W. P. and P. L
Andrews, of Medford, Oregon
Mrs. Arnold-JHydes and Mrs. L
B. Norman, both of Thurmond
L. C. Andrews, of Ennice; Mrs
John McCann. of,Mt Airy; Mrs
Alleghany 4-H Clubbers Broadcast
En route to camp Manteo, 58 4-H Club members from Alleghany County stopped
long enough in Winston-Salem to prepare a transcription which was broadcast on the
WSJS Piedmont Farm Program. Nearest the camera when this picture was made were,
left to right, Billy Shepherd, Laurel Springs; Franklin Woodruff, Glade Valley; Mrs.
Isom Wagoner, home demonstration agent, Barbara Miller and Rose Ellen Johnson, -
both of Laurel Springs, and John Burch, asiistant farm agent. Club leaders also mak
ing the trip were Misses Nell Burch, Nancy Bunker and Lois Reeves, Earl Fender, I
van Gascho and George Lee Eldridge. (Journal Sentinel, Photo.)
County 4-H Club
Back Home After
Trip To Manteo
Group Visited ' Historical
Sites Along'Atlantic
ShoresOf State
After a week’s Visit at Manteo
and. other points of scenic and
historic interest, the 88 Allegh
any county s-H club boys and
girls returned home Saturday
The group left here' by bus
June 23 and joined the 4-H club
members from Warren county at
Roanoke Island. For four days,
the members enjoyed swimming,
handicraft work, planned recre
ation and sight seeing tours. They
saw the Lost Colony (pageant,
visited Kill Devil Hill and some
saw the Atlantic ocean for the
first time.
En route to Manteo, the group
visited raido station WSJS in
lyinston-Salem and made a re
cording for use on the farm hour.
Tc? cream, compliments of Se
lected Dairies, Inc., was given
the group.
Those who accompanied the
group as leaders were Eafl Fen
der, George Lee Eldridge, Ivan
Gascho, John P. Burch, Lois
Reeves, Gene Collins^ Norma
Fender, Zenna Phillips and Mrs.
Frances C. Wagoner. <
Some of ,the members of the
town as well as individuals con
tributed to thf .fund which made
it possible for* the clyb mem
bers to make the/trip. However,
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Quiet July 4 Is
Expected Here
All at the business houses of
Sparta prll be closed tomor
row as Alleghany celebrates
vanceof July Fourth here to
morrow along with the rest,
of the natiop.
All county offices la the
courthouse will also elese, it
was poitated out.
Members of the Virginia
league will play an all-star
same at Independence In the
afternoon and local fans are
'to
Foundation Work Begins On
! VFW Bldg.; $1000 Hedged
Returns From Mt. Airy Hos
pital, Yesterday; Loses
Sight Of One Eye
Mrs. Peggy Bowman, returned
to her home at Ennipe after hav
ing been treated at the Martin
Memorial hospital in Mt. Airy
since June 10 when she was shot
from ambush by an ifhidentified
! assailant.
Mrs.-Bowman was reported to
be in a nervous condition al
though she is slightly improved.
She has lost the sight of one eye
as a.result of the shooting.
Sheriff Glenn D. Richardson
had planned to questiop her this
week but due' to her nervous
condition was unable to obtain
any, information which might
lead to the arrest of her assail
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RICH HILL WILL
SPONSOR PROGRAM
The Peaceful Valley Boys will
play at the Rich. Hill school Sat
urday night, July 12, it was an
nounced this week.
The program will begin at
eight o’clock and admission will
be charged.
As the initial canvass of the
town and county for raising funds
for the Bruce Wayne OSborne
Post 7034 of Veterans of Foreign
Wars gets underway, members j
have been pledged $1,000, Cecil
J. Murray, post commander, said
yesterday.
Some of the business houses
and other individuals interested
in helping the local post secure
a club house have been quite
generous in their contributions.
Some have pledged their support
and will make their donations
at a later date, it was pointed
out. Those who have not been
given a chance to donate will be
called upon later by members
of the post.
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Bus Drivers To
Have School Here
A school for bus drivers will
be held at the Sparta high school
August 5, Miss Clyde Fields,
'county school superintendent, an
nounced this week.
All those who wish to apply
for the position as a school bus
driver are reminded that they
must secure driver’s license be
I for making their applications.
N. C. Welfare Leader Warns
Public To Beware Of Beggars
Raleigh—Don’t bleed too quick
ly for the panhandling bum who
begs your dime for a cup of cof
fee, the North Carolina Welfare
Department warned. He may be
making more than you are.
Dr. Ellen Winston, State Wel
fare Comissioner, said the aver
age beggar is clearing a neat $15
to $25 a week in North Carolina
towns and that several blind or
crippled “sblicitors” are raking
in $4,000 a year.
Ask for his license when the
bum hits you up, Dr. Winston
urged North Carolinians.
A new Stats “beggar’s license,”
law-requires all alms seekers to
have permits.
The welfare official said the
law was not aimed at witholding
relief from deserving cases, but
at cracking down on those who
had rather beg than ply a trade.
She said a recent survey of
■ North Carolina cottas showed that
V' ■■ '
many beggars refused social se
curity benefits because they
made more money begging than
working.
The survey showed that tran
sient solicitors from other coun
ties or States outnumbered local
panhandlers four to one in the
sampled cities. More han one
third of the transients were
from other states. |
The most prosperous operator
turned up so far claimed a take
of^ $15 a day, the survey com
mittee reported. An estimated 93
per cent of the beggars in North
Carolina are men. -
The committee told of one blind
beggar whose Winter jaunts to
^Florida resorts netted him enough
i to buy a fine farm in Western
i North Carolina.
New Stable And
Other Work Will
Soon Be Finished
Everythin* To Be In
m hL J°Ft S.how To
Held July 18-ij
«f“rku0n the *rounds for a*
Sparta horse show continues with
a little over two weeks left be
July 18h-19.ahOWS arC Schedul*i
The members of the Lion’s dub
are nowworking on a new stable
to accommodate the entries. The
new stable is expected to have
at least 35 or 40 stalls and will
be an asset to the grounds, since
the tents secured for the show
scheduled for June will not b«
available now. With the comple
tion of the new stable, approxi
mately 100 horses can be accom
modated, a member pointed out
Other Improvements are being
made on the track and it was
pointed out that the improve
ments would not only be for the
show this month but would
be permanent improvements.
The sale of tickets is report
ed to be going well, and mem
bers of the Lion’s club plan to
visit nearby cities this week end
to sell the tickets. Entries other
than the ones entered in the June
show have been received and
more are expected to be sent in.
before the show begins, it was
pointed out.
New Rules Cited
By Sanitarian.
To Coo
With Health
t,Pjacei Asked
the health department in turn,
has assumed the enforcement ot
the sanitation ordinances in tha
interest of the public health.
Jack D. Cobb, sanitarian annoua
ced this week.
Mr. Cobb pointed out that all
resident and business operators
should check their premises tor
rubbish and garbage disposal and
to correct any unsanitary con
ditions found.
Business houses should check
water and sewage connections to
be sure they meet with health
department requirements, he ex
plained. Persons not familiar with
health regulations may contact
the health department for sug
gestions.
WESLEYAN GUILD
TO MEET WEDNESDAY
Wesleyan Service Guild will
meet Wednesday, July 9 at ?:3Q
P- m., at the home of Mrs. R. L
Allison with Mrs. W. U. Yokley
in charge of the program. All
members are urged to be Diss
ent *
Fire Destroys
Long Property
The residence of Rmenon
Woodie and family at Laurel
Springs was completely destroy- '
ed by fire two weeks ago. The
house was the property of Dc.
L L. Long, of West Jefferson.
Neighbors discovered the fire
about three o’clock on Sunday
afternoon and although every ef
fort was made to extinguish the
blaze, it was impossible to do go.
The Woodie family was not at.
home when the fire began. So
far as could be learned, the c^pse
of 'the fire yeas not determined.
Richard Moxley
Dies At Ennicct
Funeral service for Richard
Moxley, 79-year old resident 0*
Ennice, who died at his home,
last Thursday, was held Saturday
at two o'clock at die Saddle
Mountain church. Officiating
the pastor, Rev. Mark ~
vfho was assisted'
Kellon and Geo
ial was in the
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