VOLUME 58, NO. 44 $2.0d a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, AUG. 7, 1947 ~ $2^i ■ Year Oat U County
County To Observe Soil Conservation Anniversary
New Milk Plant
Of Coble Dairy
In Operation
Handles 31,000 pounds of Milk
Daily; Cecil Rec
tor Is Manager
The new milk receiving station,
a branch of Coble Dairy Products
Company, of Lexington, is now
in operation at its location on U.
S. Highway 88 here in Sparta.
The new plant, which is under
the management of Cecil Rector
is now handling 31,000 pounds of
milk daily. All grades of milk
are being received and nine milk
routes are being covered. The
new plant is also handling local
milk.
The company is also planning to
build Grade-A dairy barns in the
county and at present has begun
work on one on the farm of Carey
Wagoner at Piney Creek. Others
will be constructed later, it was
pointed out
The new plant is under the
management of Alleghany county
men. Cecil Rector, the manager,
formerly in the mercantile busi
ness at Piney Creek, has also had
experience in dairying having
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Wiley Johnson
Buried Saturday
-Father Of Sparta Maa Dies
At Age Of 84, A*
West Jefferson
Funeral service tor Wile?
Clark Johnson, 84, was held Sat
urday afternoon at two o’clock
at the Piney Creek Methodist
church. Officiating was Rev. John
'Toliver and burial was in the
church cemetery.
Mr. Johnson, who was a farmer
and livestock dealer at Piney
CrOfekt had been making his 1
wit* his daughter. Mrs.
soRfettnie and succumbed tynre
Friday. ^ „ . u?
He is survived by the following
children: Mrs. Pearl Wyrick, of
Yffcst Jefferson; Mrs. Claude
Hawkins and John W. Johnson,
both of McAlester, Okla.; Ben H.
Johnson, of Kansas City, Missou
ri; Glenn F. Johnson, of Sparta;
Mrs. Claude E. Small and Mrs.
C. H. Small, both of Edenton;
Mrs. O. J. Pennington and Louis
W. Johnson, both .of Jefferson;
Mrs. Roger Bare, of Wagoner;
Mrs. Gilbert. Hall of Manhattan
Beach. Calif; ftnd Mrs. Roy Mc
Caubley, of Boulder City, Nevada.
Also surviving ate 49 grand
children and 14 great-grandchil
dren.
MISS CLYDE FIELDS
AT SCHOOL MEETING
Miss Clyde Fields, county
school superintendent, is attend
ing meeting of state superin
tendents which is being held at
Western Carolina Teachers’ Col
lege at Cullowhee, this week.
She was accompanied to Ashe
ville by Miss Pearl Fields, Miss
Evelyn Brown and Miss John
sie Gambill.
S. Carolinian
Praises News
la a
Claude
, store, A
zea of (
letter received here by
Miles at the Firestone
L. Wood, prominent citi
3affney, S. C., praised The
Aueghany News and stated that
he was very interested in the act
ivities of the county. r
. Wood said, “At the death
Rufus Doughton. 1 sent for *
g The Alleghany Newi.
would carry the .'home
writeup. This led into my
; a subscriber ever since.
__i I not received a leg in
I had intended making a
ip to your town to the horse
-tow. In my party I had hoped
to carry Gov. Thurmond, ths
.
oiks. 1
Alleghany Unit Of
Officers On Monday
DB. BENNETT COMING
Dr. H. H. Bennett, chief of
U. S. Skill Conservation Ser
vice, who is coming to Alle
ghany and Ashe counties.
Rev. B. A. Poole
Dies In Virginia
Well Known Methodist Min
ister; Last Bites Held
Friday Morning
Funeral service tor Rev. Byrum
Alfred Poole, 81, for more than
60 years a Methodist preacher
and also a retired Grayson county
public school teacher, was held
Friday morning at eleven o'clock
at the Brush Greek church. Of
ficiating was Rev. David Q
Moxley, pastor the Spring
Valley Methodist church. He was
assisted by Rev. B. L Chastain,
Jtev. R. L. Wiley and Rev. Lonnie
Shaw. .Ihtetinent was in
Vauglian family cemetery.
Flower girls were neices of the
deceased and other friends of
the family.
The deceased died at his home
near Independence on the Sparta
road last Wednesday night. He
had been confined to his home
practically ever since he suffer
ed a paralytic stroke in May,
1945. ' '
Surviving a» his widow, Mrs.
Donna Vaughan Poole, a son,
Rixey, of the home; one sister,
Miss Lottie Poole, of Galax, Va.;
and two brothers, Wythe Poole,
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R. L. DQUghton
To Speak Friday
Members of the Chamber of
Commerce are reminded of the
meeting to be held at the com
munity building tomorrow night
when Congressman R. L. Dough
ton will be the guest speaker.
A special program has been
planned including special music
which will be presented by Ray
mond Weems, soloist, who will be
accompanied by Mrs. Walter
Johnson.
Dinner will be served at 7:30
o’clock by the ladies of the Lu
cille Ford Circle of the Sparta
Baptist church. ,
Rush Thompson Is Named
President; Board oi Di
rectors To Meet Fri.
Permanent officers for the
county unit of the Farm Bureau
were named at a mass meeting
held at the courthouse Monday
night when Rush Thompson was
chosen president. Named as vice
president was Charlie Collins,
secretary, Roy Eplison.
A board of directors, consisting
of one farm bureau member from
each* of the seven townships was
also named. They were Gap Civil,
Elmer Edwards; Cherry Lane,
Dewitt Bryan; Glade Creek, Fred
Collins; Cranberry, Robert
Joines; Prather’s Creek, Dan
Jones; Piney Creek, Herbert Os
borne, and Whitehead, Lonnie
Edwards.
Present for the meeting was
George Farthing, field represen
tative of the bureau, who spoke
to the group on objectives of the
bureau as well as pointing out
the accomplishments of the past.
He cited the work of the bureau
iir regard to the Extension Ser
vice, A. A. A., Soil Conservation,
subsidy prices of various com
modities during the war and the
stand taken recently in regard
to bean market prices.
The county unit of the bureau
now has 50 members and the
goal for the ensuing year has
been set at 300 members.
There will be a meeting of the
board of directors tomorrow
night at eight o’clock at which
time plane for the years work
wdl be worked out. - L
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Be Given By AAA
Allegheny county farmers can
expect .full payment on practices
on minimum assistance approved
prior to May 23, the county AAA
office was notified through the
State department this week.
Notices of minimum assistance
were sent the farmers on May
21 and they are asked to contaet
the local AAA office for payment
School For Bus
Drivers Planned
A second school for bus drivers
has been scheduled for August 20,
Miss Clyde Fields, county schoo.l
superintendent, announced this
week. .
It was necessary to schedule
the second one due to the fact
that only five prospective drivers
came, to the one last Tuesday.
Miss Fields stated that she wish
ed to remind^ all persons who
plan ' to drive buses that they
must secure a bus driver’s license
and must attend the school.
The school will bfe held at Spar
ta high school at nine o’clock
August 20. C. I. Yelton will be in
charge.
individual winners in lhe LamD snow
.. >r: ■' ■■■■' i -
The first five winners staid the prise winning lambs
la the individual class ip the tri-«ouaty lamb shear held
last week .at West Jefferson were, reading from left to
rigid, Bobby Blade, fifth place; Helen Dflp, fourth piece;
Dnaae Kilby, third place; Hugh Hash, second place; Bay
' Delp, first place. ■■
Girl Scouts On Way Home From International Meeting
Girls on their way home from the International Girl Scout encampment at Camp
Baree, Pa., visit Franklin institute in Philadelphia and stand on a huge locomotive at
the museum. Representing five countries, the girls are (left to right): Jackie Gieson,
Luxembourg; Monique Scheuker, Switzerland; Jacqueline Flgare, France; Bigit Leijer
stam, Sweden; Ginette van Hoorebeke, Holland; Dorthea Reiner, Germantown, Pa., and
Margarite Quezada, Guatemala.
Dairy Meeting
To Be Held Mon.
At Courthouse
Win Also Discuss Plans For
County Guernsey Breed
ers’ Association
There will be a meeting to de
termine the tamers’ interest in
the establishment of an artificial
dairy breeding unit here on
Monday night at 8 o’clock at tfce
courthouse, it was announc
ed this week by Emerson Black,
county agent. TMs< Medne-ot the
17 meetings which has* been a»
ranged throughout Western North
[ Carolina by the N. C. Extension
'■service. ; fa
' At these meetings, information
will be given concerning the val
' ue of artificial breeding, its cost
to the farmer and the type of lo
I cal organization needed through
I which to operate, it was stated.
All dairymen and other inter
ested parties in the county are
urged to be present at the meet
ing.
F. R. Farnhan, Extension dairy
-specialist of State College, will
be present for the meeting and
plans for organizing will also
be discussed.
Truck Burns At •
Twin Oaks, Sat
A truck owned by the Queen
Trucking company, of North
Wilkesboro, was damaged beyond
repair when it caught fire near
( the Twin Oaks Motor company
Saturday night The blaze was
said to have caught when the
driver was trying to refill the
gas tank.
| The Independence Fire depart
ment was called; however the
blase was brought under control
with the water supply from the
Twin Oaks Motor company be
fore the fire fighting squad could
reach the scene. The driver oi
the truck was reported to be un
harmed.
Rites
Wednesday
Basement Of VFW Bidding
Completed; Work Continues;
Contributions Total $1812
i
Welfare Report
Given Thursday
Are
assistance
age
• rejected three applications < and
[terminated one grant. Swanson
Edwards, .welfare
■reported thi
| The county Doard
| ed small increases in grants for
• most old age assistance recipients
in order to bring the average
j monthly payment for this county
up to $17, the minimum average
payment recommended' by the
State board, it was pointed out.
For the month of July, a to
tal of $2437 was paid to 154 OAA
recipients in the “county at an
average grant of $15.82.
The board also approved one
application for aid to dependent
children, rejected on application,
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Nineteen Men
Jailed In July
During the month of July, 19
men were housed in the county
jail, is was learned this week
through a report from the sher
iff’s office.
• Of that number, 14 were jail
| ed on public drunkenness charges,
four for driving while under the
influence of some istotcipanVand
lone for reckless driving.
Veterans Urged To Make
Loans To Local Post; .
More Money Needed
The building hinds .raised for
out by the Bruce Wayne Os
borne Post 7034 last week. Others
are expected to send in loans »'
well as contributions. t-iy, 1
Work continues on the build
ing and Commander Murray re
ported yesterday that the base-'
ment blocks had all been laid, j
Clint Caudell has completed work I
with the bulldozer and the base-'
ment floor has been leveled. It
has been impossible to accomp
lish much work, due to the fact
that Kimber could not be se
cured, however since the road
to Piney Creek has been opened,
it is hoped that lumber can be
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75 Feet Drilled
In Town Well
Work on the town well at the
location on Mack Atwood’s pro
perty got underway on Tuesday
and late yesterday afternoon it
was reported that 75 feet had been
in regard to unfinished business
drilled.
Already water has been struck
but it was reported to be only a
small vein. The well is being dril
led by R. E. Faw and Sons, well
drilling concern of Hickory.
Hit-Run Drivers Are Liable
To Heavy Penalties In N.fL
Raleigh—Drivers who “hit and
run,” without stopping to aid
their victims and motorists who
fail to report their accidents to
the, police, sheriff's department
or highway patrol, are dealt with
sternly under North Carolina law.
Commissioner of Motor Ve
hicles Land on C. Rosser explain-*
ed that the law requires that
the driver of any vehicle involv
ed in an accident resulting in in
jury or death to any person shall
immediately stop at the scene of
..
revoked. The law adds that “in
no case shall the court have
power to suspend judgment up
on payment of costs.”
Any Motorist involved in an ac
cident resulting in property dam-'
age, but which doesn’t cause in
jury or death to anyone is re
| qulred to stop at the scene of the
| accident. Failure to stop will be
classified as a misdemeanor, and
persons convicted’ will be fined
or imprisoned.
i Colonel Rosser
| a driver who has an
only is required tp stop,
give hit name, eddztoa,
license number and vehicle
■ tration number to
struck. He is further
injured
Dr. Bennett Is
Tours Of Soil Conservation
Work Are Being Plan* •
ned For Groups
Hundreds of people from Ash*
county and other sections will
visit this county next Friday af
ternoon on planned tours to ob
serve the work being done in
soil conservation. The groups
will include national, state and
district figures, including Dr. H.
H. Bennett, Chief of the Soil
Conservation service 0f (J,
S. Department of Agriculture.
The tours are planned in con
nection with the all-day program
observing the sixth birthday of
the New River Soil Conservation
District
The formal part of the pro
gram Will be held at West Jeffer
son, to which everyone is invi
ted.
- Among those taking part on thia
program in addition to Dr. Ben
nett will be Dr, I. E. Miles, di
rector of soil testing division
N. C. Dept, of Agriculture; Bar-,
bert White, President of the N.
C. Association of Soil Conser
vation; E- B. Garrett, State Soil
Conservationist, Congressman R.
L. Doughton, Dr. B. B. Dougher
ty and others.
The program will open Friday
morning at the community build
ing • in West Jefferson, at 10:3f.
Following registration and view
ing of exhibits, the group will
adjourn-to the West Jefferson
high school building for a for
mal meeting. Here Dr. Miles, f.
B. Garrett, Congressman Dough
ton and others will speak briefly..
The meeting will adjourn at ISt*
*0 for lunch.
Af Z o’clock in the afternoon the
group Will meet again at die com
e .. to make *pt
will have the opportunity to tee
talking moving pictures at the,
high school gymnasium from \
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Arrests Made By
Local Officer*
Five Men Arrested For Public
Drunkenness; One For
Drunken Driving
Five men were arrested on pub
lic drunkenness charges and on*
for driving while under the in
fluence of some intoxicant by
local officers here during the past
week.
Mack Craven, of Wilkes county,
was given a sentence of 30 day%
on the roads, for a public drunk
enness charge. Josh Rhodes, of
Independence, Va., arrested Sat
urday night for public drunken
ness, was fined $10 and costs.
A hearing for Charlie Spurlia,
of Galax, Va., arrested by Dap
puty Roe Dickins last Thursday
on a public drunkenness chaifa,
will be held August 18 before
Justice G. Glenn Nichols. Hear
ings for Bryant Rector and W,
G. Talbert, both of Sparta,