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AND STAR-TIMES—(CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941)—ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. Mi Volume 58 no. 41 $2.00 a Year in Allegany County -L Ceouty la . , ; Outstanding Livestock, culture and Tourist C With A Population «f Rp SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1947 $2.50 a Year Out of County WILL Many Of Slate’s , Best Herds Will Be Represented 32 Registered Purebred Ani mals Are To Be Sold At . Auction At Test Farm Many farmers, of Alleghany and Ashe as well as others are expected to attend the pure bred, registered Guernsey cattle sale to be held at the «B»te Test Farm at Transou on Friday after noon when animals from some of the best known herds in North Carolina will Be sold at auction to the highest bidder. ' The sale, which will open promptly at 12:30 is being spon sored by -the North Carolina Guernsey Breeders’ Association, the North Carolina' Extension Service, milk companies, with lo cal business firms also . Coopera i ting. This is the fourth annual event its kind to be held in the coun ty and because of the interest shown in previous promotion sales of this type, Friday’s event is expected to draw a large crowd of dairymen and others interef ted In improving the dairy pro ^ gram through better breeding. ? .... ^Around 30 heifers and two young bulls are to be consign^) .. to the sale from some of the most » outstanding herds in North C«np • • lina,- Since these prize animals are to be sold at auction, faring ers of this area will havtf an op Minimum Wage Boost Rapped | North Carolina Publisher Ur ges Stable, Bigger Purchas ing Power In Small Towns . Washington, (Special)—A high er minimum wage might force some small-town newspapers out of business and handicap the training of skilled labor In print shops, a House labor subcommit tee was tpld last weelr by Ed M. Anderson Who publishes five • weekly newspapers in western North Carolina. l As legislative committee chair man of the National Editorial as ' sociation, representating! 6,000 smaller papers,, Anderson urged that Congress clarify the wage hour act to state plainly which publishers are covered by it. Raising the wage floor from 40 to 60 cents an hour, as proposed in pending legislation, would » “cripple” the veterans on-the H job training program, he said, be cause “the average smalltown publisher could not afford to pay these unskilled employees” at higher rates. This, he added, would aggravate the already cri tical shortage of skilled labor, one •factor in the mounting'death rate of country weeklies. , As their copts “have more than (Continued on Page 4) Food To Be Sent To TbomasviUe Half-gallon Jars may be secur ed from the basement of Smith ey’s store to be filled with food for the Baptist orphanage at Tho masville, Mrs. Clennel Richafrd son, county chairman, announced this week. Ninety-two dozen Jars have been part&ased and it is hoped that all can be filled. , . Mrs. Richardson has announc ed the following- chairman for the Alleghany Baptist churches: Mrs-Amos Wagoner, Sparta; Miss Pauline Osborne, Osborne Mem orial; Mrs. Lett Edwards, Chest SKHBSSJSMS view; Rev. * “ ' sHope; > • v-U ~ •Oscar pgMj VFW Bldg. Climbs Higher , As 1400 Cinder Blocks Are Laid; More Funds Needed AT ANNAPOLIS carr Choate (Jack) White ner, who has entered the Na val Academy at Annapolis. He is the son of Dr. and Mrs. D. J. Whitener, of Boone. Whitener Wins Appointment fo Naval Acaiemy f.' .'t-v'/. Was Honor Stndent In High wnuener ' ^arr 6hogt«*^ack) Whiijsner, of Boone, has entered the United States Naval Academy ^tt Anna polis, Md., it was learned Mere this week. V _ He received his appointment sometime ago through Congress man R. U Doughton and alter haying passed, the rigid mepta| and physical tests has enrolled at the institution. Mr. Whitener was an honor stu-. dent at Appalachian high school where he. was a member of the national honor .society. and was active in such activities as the band, debating,, glee club, drama tics and was three times winner of the American Legion oratori cal contest in Watauga county. He was a student at Appalachian (Continued on Page 4) DAIRYMEN BUY MORE FINE STOCK Charlie Collins, of Sparta re cently purchased seven register ed Guernsey and four heifers in the sale at Rock Hill, S. C. Wayne Golfins, of Eunice, pur chased a registered Guernsey bull from Young Collins, of Salisbury Herbert' Osborne, Jessie Me Os borne and Thomas Smith, of Pi ney Creek, also HanAond Joines, of Whitehead, secured registered Guernsey bulls of Coblfe Dairy for their herd sire. Contributions Total $1059; $500 More Pledged; Drive Continues Work continues on the club house for the Bruce Wayne Os borne Post 7034 of the VFW and Cecil Murray, post commander, reported yesterday • that 1400 cinder blocks have already been laid. As much as $1059 has been received in cash contributions and pledges amounting to $500 have been solicited, as the drive j to raise funds for the new build ing continues. The parade to be | held Saturday at One o’clock is being sponsored in the interest of the drive and the public will be called upon for contributions , at that time.,,f - | Approximately $840 hks been put into the initial work of the building, Commander Murray stated, and more contributions are needed. Members of the Spar | ta Lions club have pledged their support to the campaign and many of the members have offered free labor as well as cash contribu tion^,.; Members of the local VFW post who. have contributed are Cecil Murray, $25; Clarence Crouse, $15j Curt Blackburn, J. B. Tuck er, Glean Busic, Charles Buglt,, Page Bare, Rodney Busic, Roy, Crouse, Bower Watson, Kyle Csfu l Attend Fred,WiUiams,$10.each; '"'iSther Contributors are North western Bank, $100-Hoyd Cf»*e, $50; Ik-. P. L. Choalte. Joe Dough-, ton, Little River Service Sf’atiSn, David P Lavi&es, Belk’s Dept Store, R. J. Randolph, Mick or Mack, Evans Riggins Jew elers, $23 each. '*i V Western Auto Stare, $15; 9. Mack Osborne, $18; Kay’s 5 and W- Carl Edwards, Sparta Gift Shop, H. Templeton, Har vey Murray,. $5 each, Sparta Shoe Shop. $1. L. A. Marlin To Speak On Sunday < It was announced this week by representatives of the Alleghany j county unit of the Allied Church League, that L. A. Martin, ex-| ecutive secretary of the State organization, would speak at a meeting at the courthouse on Sun day afternoon at three o’clock. The public is cordially invited to attend. . SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT SCOTTVILLE Rev. W. H. Caldwell, pastor of Chestnut Grove and New Riv er churches, will-hold a service at Scottville Baptist church, Sun day at 2:30 p. m. A cordial invi tation is extended to everyone. Two More Stills Captured; Number Raided Totals 32 Two more Allegheny county stills were raided by the sheriff and his deputies last week mak ing the total number of stills des troyed in Alleghany 82, since Sheriff G. D. Richardson took office. Nine men have been ar retted on charges of manufactur ing liquor and Approximately 32, 090 gallons of beer have been destroyed, it eras reported. A 50-gallon *01 at little River 'in the Glade Creek township was destroyed Test Wednesday after noon- aind another was cut up at Reynolds Park at Roaring Gap on Thursdsfr afteratfbn. Mash, estimated at 000 gallons, was de stroyed also. Samuel Trimble, of Fries, Va., arrested Saturday for drunken driving and driving without operator's license, was released on $300 bond. John Pardue, of Whitehead, was arrested Sunday .on a public HORSE SHOW MGR. Tom Greene manager of the Sparta Horse Show, schedul ed for Friday and Saturday. Farm Group To Meet At Turkey Knob On July 23 To Name Members To Lo cal Southern States Advisory Board i Presentation of the annual re sort of Southern States Cooper ative, entertainment, and election of new members to the local Southern States advisor^ board and farm home Advisory com mittee will be among the high Jightar of .the Southern States .an day, Jjily 23, at Carl Keahedy’s Store at Turkey Knob. G. M. Van Hoy, Piney Creek, advisory board chairman, who will preside at the session said that approximately 2S0 Southern States members and other farm ers are expected to attend the meeting. The business session will in clude election of nfew members to bojjk the advisory board and {Continued on page 8) Car Is Stolen Here Wed. Night A 1940 Ford coupe, belonging to William Spray, of Lexington, was stolen from its parking place ( in front of the Wayside Inn here last night. Spray, who is employed by Co ble Dairies, discovered the' theft this morning around seven o’ clock, when he prepared to leave the inn en route to his work. Patrolman W. H. Hogan and Chief of Police C. B. Taylor re ported today that the thief had not as yet been apprehended. Need Lumber For New Church Bldg. Initial building plans for thej proposed new Methodist church have been slightly hampered, C. C. Castevens, building chairman, stated this week. Lumber companies in Wythe vitte, Va., were contacted last week, but attempts to secure framework, were unsuccessful. Sloan Lumber company in High Point has also been contacted and it is hoped now that the frame work can be secured from High Point. If so, construction will be gin at oaae, Mr. Castevens stated. Health Nurse To Be Here Aug. 1 Big Parade Planned For Sat. ftrtamiwction With ‘Horse Show; To Be Led By VFW Stores To Be Closed Saturday Afternoon; Record Crowd Is Expected One- of the big features planned for the horse show this week end is the parade Saturday af ternoon which will be led by the local post of the VFW, beginning at the high School grounds at one o’clofck and marching from there to the horse show grounds on the other side of the town. The members of the VFW are expected to wear “class-A” uni forms, commander Cecil Mur ray said. The VFW will be fol lowed by the members of the lo cal American Legion Post, head ed by Commander Carl Douglas. Next will com* the-horses that are to appear in the afternoon show. , The stores will close at one o’ clock for the rest of' the after noon, to enable everyone to see [ the parade and attend the show it was announced by Manager Tom Greene: A supper has been planned for the horsemen at Woodies Rock House, Saturday evening. Local cafes are expecting to take&care of a number of visitors and the Boy Scouts are expected tohbp-' state light refreshment stands on the grounds, Greene said. T. J. Taylor, ■ Buried Tuesday Funeral« service for Thomas Jackson Taylor, 84, will be held this meriting at eleven o’clock at the home in. Independence, Va. Elder C. B. Kilby will be in charge of the service and Will be assisted by S. G. Caudill. Inter-1 ment will be in the family ceme tery Mr. Taylor succumbed at his home at Independence, Va., Tues day morning. Survivors are the following children: Mrs. Leff Caudill, of Sparta; Mrs. L. B. McCoal, of Richmond, Va.; Mrs. Victor Coo mef, of Galax, Va.; Mrs. Mack Caudill, Hudson, Colo.; J. B. Taylor, of Independence, Va.; and Era Taylor, of Akron, Ohio. Church League To Meet Friday. There will be a special meeting i for the members of tlje Allied Church League at the New Hope Baptist church tomorrow night at eight o’clock, it was announc ed yesterday. .Rev. Fred Dancy, Clark Sheets and Frank Roupe, serving with the league are urged to be pre sent as well as other members. The public is also cordially in vited. TO LEAD PARADE ' Cecil J. Murray, commander of the Brace Wayne Osborne Post 7034 Of the VFW, 'who will be one of the leaden in the parade here, Saturday. Greer Is Heard By Many Here Last Saturday Cit# Importance Of Bela. fottth Dr. I. G. Greer, promint,, lay leader and superintendent of. the Baptist Orphanage, at Tho masville, spoke to a large crowd at the courthouse last Saturday at the invitation of the county unit of the Allied Church Lea gue. In speaking of temperance in connection with the youth and the evils of liquor the speaker declared that, “We might as well legalize stealing and other crimes for the sake of revenue^, as to le galize the sale of liquor.” Prior to the meeting, a parade led by the band of the Thomas ville orphanage, followed by a number of other school children marched through town, carrying placards bearing this message: “Vote For Us, We Can’t Vote For Ourselves . . . Vote Dry.” Challenge Day To Be Saturday Challenge day will be Satur day, G. Glen Nichels, reminded the public, the registration for the election for the proposed A. B. C. store in Alleghany county having ended here last Saturday. As yet, the registrars of the county have ‘not sent in reports to Mr. Nichols, therefore, the number of registered voters in the county is not known. Interest Mounts In Baseball As Third Quarter Begins Here Sparta scored two more vic tories over the week end defeat ing Grant here Saturday 18-5 and Independence Sunday, 12-7. On the mound for Sparta, Saturday was Aaams and catching was Holloway. Sunday, Geyer, Atwood and Carpenter exchanged (daces on the pitcher’s mound and Hollo way was again catcher. Baseball fans are reminded of tha “Lead the League” foil contest when the nine favorite players will be chosen. A copy of follows: Sparta at Elk Creek, Grant at Flat Ridge, Hosiery Mill at Bridle Creek Saturday; Bridle Creek at Sparta, Sunday; Elk Creek at Grant, Sunday. Spartg at Flat Ridge, £lk Creek at Bridle Creek, Grant at Hosiery Mill, July Mr Bridle Cteek at Flat Ridge, Sparta at Hosiery Mill, Grant at Elk Creek, July 27; Hosiery Mill at Grant, Bridle Creek, - Flat Ridge at Creek, Augkist 2; Grant at Creek, Elk Creak Flat Ridge at S] Flat Ridge at iery Mill ate Elk iiougaudg Are Expected For Big Annual Event Shows On Friday Evening; Saturday Afternoon Atd Evening; Greene Is Mgr? Thousands of people are pected to be here Friday and Sat* Sparta’s annual horse show, Which promises to be a bit success, Judging from the nunu bef of entries and advance salt Of tickets. The show was original*, ly scheduled for last month but was. postponed until July lg.ia because of rkin. The program will get under* way tomorrow evening at »ighr wiU ** concl«<ie4 with the final show Saturday evening. Tran Greene, general manager oi the show, which it sponsored by the Sparta Lions Club, said yesterday that entries bad already reached 75 and tKat he expected 100 before the open* ing event. Already horses are arriving and are being cared for in the stable* at the show grounds.' The track is now in perfect condition for the show, Manager Greene reported and stables have been Completed to house 87 hois Wm,_...... mmmm ' Ringmaster will be H. qjiM Ydi*; Jiidge, W. O. Bowie; J. ▼. .Wtths, veternarian. Among the owners who pi*** to have horses in the show are Mrs., Betsy Murphy, Mr*. Tfc*. mST ” ~ 0,0. L. Whis"*’ Hickory. John Ludwij Gene Spainhou Dave Brindle, Moir S. Martin, (Continued on H. A. A.W. Baker To Be Here Sal. To Interview Person* Interne ted in Vocational Rehabi litation Services A. W. Baker, senior re habilitation counselor, of the North Carolina Vocational Re habilitation Department, reports that he will be in Sparta at the office of the superintendent of public welfare on Saturday, at 9:00 a. m., to interview any person interested in vocation al rehabilitation services. Mr. Baker states that any per son from the age of 16 and up, having a permanent physical handicap, which is an employ ment handicap, may be eligible for assistance with training, fit- * ting with artificial appliances, or physical restoration. Any handicapped person in need of any of these service* should meet Mr. Baker at the time he is in Sparta and discuss their problems with him. In the event that such persons should not be able to come Jh for this interview, they may secure ap plication blanks from the super intendent of public welfare, or write Mr. Baker at Box SSI, Le S■wU“u“ Tyro _■
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