Net Paid 1,704 Covers Alleghany AND STAR-TIMES—(CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941)—ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. VOLUME 58, NO. 46 $2.00 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, AUG. 21, 1947 nesBseaeBn Alleghany County li . . Outstanding Undock Agn culture and Tourist Cental With A Population of AML $2.50 a Year Out of Countv Hundreds To Enter County Schools Next Week Only $2,173.80 Is Raised Toward VFW Bldg Fund Urgent Appeal Made To Pub lic To Give Or Make Loan To The Post The building committe'e for the 1 local VFW clubhouse met last night to oytline plans for the re mainder of the building. Approxi mately 400 more blocks were laid this week and some addition al work has been done on the flooring. Contributions now total $2, 173.80.. Quartermaster Gene Ir win, stated yesterday and of that amount, $1,859.10 has already been put into the building. An urgent appeal is made to those who have not given. Those who have not sent theirs in are ask >ed to mail in contributions as soon as possible. Eighty members of the local post have had their names en rolled in the national honor roll to be inscribed in the war memor ial in Washington. However, there are many more names of Alle ghany veterans which should be sent in. Families of deceased vet erans art especially urged to send in names and war records. Names may be sent either to Ernest Ed wards, adjutant, or Gene Irwin, quartermaster. Additional contributors art Thurmond Chatham, $100; Sidney Gambill, Kathleen Maxwell in memory of her brother Buster Anderson, Lawrence C. Crouse, $50 each; Amon Edwards, Mau rice F. Day, $20 each; Ketchel Duncan, Cecil Rector, Ralph War den, Reece Miller, $10 each; Park way service station. Edgar H. Blevins, $5.each. Profit on the picnic netted $11.50. > ( abort corn crop and the likelihood that there wfll be difficulty in obtaining the usual i supply at grain concentrates for livestock feed, the Animal In dustry Department of State col lege is urging all farm operators to plant additional pastures to help carry the livestock through the coming year Announcement came through, the AAA office that a campaign has been started for the early planting of an in creased acreage of both perman ent and temporary pastures. The State committee, in en couraging the planting of addi tional pastures, has announced the following changes in the am ount of nrdpim'jm assistance which may l -’ pproved for a farm; v First, pay me, i in excess of the minimum assistance approved for the farm may be made for estab lishing or improving five acres on less of permanent pasture. Payment will be made at the rates for each kind of seed used as indicated in the county hand book. . . Second, payment in excess of the minimum 3 iistance approved for the farm nay be made for seeding annual rye grass in ac cordance with the specifications in the county Handbook, provided the acreage ^ seeded will be usvi for pasturing livestock. The county committee wishes to encourage t 1 livestock growers in the empty to seed permannt and supplemental pastures at an early date. ~ Local Officers Arrest Five Men Two men were arrested on pub lic drunkenness charges here by local offioers last week Luke Thompson, of Galax, Va.; was fined $10 and costs tor public drunkenness, and Carl Wright, of West Va., $5 and costs., Bert Mabe, of Galax, Va., was bound over to superior court on the charge of carrying a conceal Sparta Is* Without Water Tues.; Work Continues On Well HEADS LIONS Freii W. Smith, of Ventura Calif., was recently named the new president of the International Association of lions Clubs. Announce Dates For Collection Of Wool In County Prices Are Also Announced By County Agent R. Emerson Black Dates and prices for the annual Allegheny wool'' pool were an ay by R. Emer ity wOCl e ’follow*’ fol Monday, August 25, piney Ci 8:00 a. m.; Elk Creek, 10:00 a. m.; D. J. Jones, 1:00 p. m.; Stratford, lh30 p. m.; Twin Oaks, 3:30 p. m.; S Tuesday, August 26, Laurel Springs, 8:00 a m.; Mack C. Ed wards, 10:15 a. m.; Whitehead. 11:00 a. m.; Sparta gymnasium, 1:30 to 4:00 p. m. The wool has been sold to Cam J. Fields, Mouth of Wilson, and will be paid for at time of collection with no handling charge, Mr. Black said. The prices are as follows: clear wool, 52c per lb.; cross ored wool, partly tine, 50c per lb.; light and medium burry, 42c per lb.; fine wool, 40c per lb.; mack and heavy^. burry, 30c per lb.; and dead wool, 25c per lb. All farmers are urged to take advantage of this pool as there will be no other this season. They are also requested to bring wool packed in old bags. WINSTON CHOIR TO SING ON SATURDAY The Urban Baptist church choir, of Wihston-Salem, will be present at a service at the New Hope Baptist church Saturday night at eight o’clock, to render a special musical program. The public is cordially invited to attend. Town Pump Breaks Down Tuesday Morning; 225 Feet Drilled In New Well * - Citizens of Sparta were again without water here Tuesday due to the break down of the pump on the town well. The other towni pump ha<^_ been out of commis sion for the past several weeks and the second pump was carry-, ing the entire water supply for the town. ' Repairs were made yesterday morning and town officials point ed out that ii the garages would cooperate in conserving water that there Would be enough for the town until the new well can be completed. Town officials pointed out that already 225 feet have been dril led in the new well and possibly 50 more feet will be dug before an abundant water supply can be reached. A vein of water produc ing approximately 25 gallons of water has bfm tapped, but it is hoped that by digging deeper that 50 gallons or more can be secured. It is hoped that the new well can be completed in the near fu ture since schools are reopening on Monday an an extra supply will be needed for Sparta high school. • Ashe Baptist To Open Association At Clif tpn, Aug. 23j MS ' . C. Goodman Is Moderator/ 1. Crowd Is Expected or Three-Day Meeting West Jefferaon—Special Plans are now being complet ed tor the program of the sixty first annual session; of the Ashe Missionary Baptist Association scheduled to open at Clifton Bap tist church next Friday, August 29 and continue through Sunday, August 31. A large attendance is expected and an instructional and inspira tional program is being planned for the meetings. Rev. E. W. Powers, pastor of the W. Jefferson Baptist church'will deliver the introductory sermon and Rev. Paul Phipps will con duct the devoticnals on the open ing d*y. A number of prominent State Baptist leaders including Dr. I. G. Greer, as well as a. number of Baptist lay leaders are expect ed to take part on the program. The Ashe Missionary Baptist association which is the largest of 'its kind in the section, in cludes over 54 churches and has a membership, according to the report at last association, of 4,915. Professor J. C. Goodman is mod erator and C. L. Blevins, clerk and treasurer. Peggy Porter is attending the 4-H short course at N. C. State colleee this week Football Players To Report To Reed Mon.; To Begin Practice Football season for Sparta’ Yel low Jackets will officially get underway Monday morning when school opens as Coach Joe Bill Reed has asked all prospective players to report to him that day. Practice must begin immediately, Coach Reed pointed out, as the Yellow Jackets are scheduled to play North Wilkesboro on Sept ember 11 Mach work is to be done in order to be ready for the challenging team oh that date. Coach Reed pointed put that although several letterman grad uated in the spring, that the pro spects for this.se Members of the backfield except Wayne 1 are Bill ' Jack Osborne, E Carl Gentry j wiltt ' be who 1 'IB iAiiu> • Douehton wil speak to the students and patrons at the onen ing exercises at.Piney Creek high school auditorium at nine o'clock. Most of the teaching positions have been filled, Superintendent Fields said and the remain ing openings' are expected to be supplied before Monday. Build ings are being put in readiness for the opening, too, she stated. New equipment has been added, to the lunchroom at Sparta high school including a new refriger ator. The lunchroom has also been painted and its general con dition has been improved. Prices for lunches, however, will be fif> teen cents instead of ten cents, since State reimbursement was cut from nine cents to five cents, Miss Fields pointed out Principals wil hold district meetings on Saturday immediate* ly following the county-wide teachers’j^ftetih* which Is to bo held at Sparta high school. Teach ! ffa are reminded that attendance meeting, Attendance is to be stressed O gain and attention is called to th« er, if the enrollment is not kept “P. ’ . High school students who hVf% books to sell have been asked by R. H. Walker, principal of Sparta high school, to bring them in on Monday. Timber Marked Glade Valley Woman |gg Younger Trees Protected For Future By John Ftord, Farm Fill niter. Formal Opening Monday Morning it could mein the loss of a teach Mrs. E. B. Eldridge of Glade Valley is harvesting a tract Of her timber and at the same time is preparing for another cut oft the same tract. This past week with the assistance of a farm for* ester, she had about eighty-eight thousand board feet of mostly white pine timber marked for cutting. The trees selected tor harvest were the large mature trees and only those smaller trees whose removal would benefit the remaining stand of timber. Some of the white pines selected toe cutting were thirty fncres to di ameter at a point four and one half feet above the ground. The trees to be sold are mark rith two spots of paint, one level and another below ip line. The removal ot V ol timber will Oigko 4 good sale and at the same time the younger, smaller trees being left will obtain more toosa to grow and: *411 speed ufe their growth. In a relatively short tune amtth!* crop of white pins will be aMe to be ham** 55 is one way et eating on*S calm and keepitoi tt too* Pfg&W K A* W'