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7. r £9$ ;Sraf 3 ®a»;£2; ■ SUUIUJI ..HIIIMII IIIIIIHI MUKV ''^(CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941)—ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER SPABTA, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, OCT. 30, 1947 ; Alleghany CtoO»tj\|»..,t tf l> wrtiiiir. Wtth A m H AML tt-M s Year in Alleghany County 92.50 a Year Out of 58, NO. 58 Chairmen Named For Annual Polio Fund Drive Here Robert Allison, Is County Chairman; Quota To Bo Announced Soon Towtaship and community chairman for the drive to raise funds to fight" infantile para lysis have been announced this week by the county chairman, Robert Allison. A meeting of all chairmen will be called as soon as the county is notified of tie quota. Although the drive will not get underway until January, there is work to be done in ad vance, Chairman Allison stated. The chairmen are: Gap Civil, A. B. Richardson; Piney Creek, C. R. Roe and Graham Pugh; Cherry Lane, Ralph Gentry; Cranberry, Ed Pugh; Whitehead, Mrs. Robert Fender; Roaring Gap, Mrs. j. T. Inskeep; Glade Creek, Isom Wagoner; Prather’s Creek and Stratford, Mrs. Ruth Choate. Named to represent civic or ganizations are Earl Calhoun, Lion’s Club; Emerson Black, Chamber of Commerce; Mrs. Amos Wagoner, Woman’s Club; Mrs. Isom Wagoper, home demon stration clubs; Miss Cylde Fields, general school chairman; J. K. Wagoner, professional and busi ness men. " ►Mrs,. Busic, 62, Dies In Hospital Succumbed Tuesday At The Wilkes Hospital After Brief Illness Mrs. Ruth Mae Busic, of Piney Creek, age 62, died Tuesday at the Wilkes hospital after a brief illness. Slje is survived by her hus band, John Busic and the follow ing children: Mrs. Zollie Hayes and Ben Busic, of North Wilkes boro; Gedd Busic, of Morganton; Mrs. Blanche Jarvis, JJrs. Astqr Joines and Leonard Busic, air of Sparta; Mrs. Earl Boyer, of Fries, Va. Two brothers and two sisters also survive, Mrs. Maggie Beaman, Mrs. Dora Douglas, Ben and George Fowler. * Funeral service will be held jut Piney Creek Methodist church today at 11:00 o’clock with Eld. C. B. Kilby officiating. Wingler Named As Technician The board of directors of the Alleghany Cooperative Artifi cial Breeding Association met Monday night, October 27 and named Harry Lee Wingler, of Glade Valley, as inseminator for the county. Mr. Wingler will leave for N. C. State College, Raleign, for two weeks training in DHA work Monday, November 3 and begin ning on November 17 for artifi cial breeding under Dr. Elliott at the college. Mr. Wing; ' is_ a graduate of .Glade, Valley4 high school with 'experience to grade-A dairies in Maryland before going into ser vice. He plans to make his home in Sparta. ■"-I ■_ _ ■ GOVERNOR CHERRY *. - Wants food saved ame TO WED GOVERNOR ' ijpwii.vi mil. 'M Miss Jean Crough, 21, Elko, S. C., whose engagement to Gov. James S. Thurmond, 45, of South Carolina, was recent ly announced by her parents. The wedding will take place in the executive mansion on Nov. 7th. D r i v e Underway To Secure $1500 For Ball Field Canvass Of Town And County To Begin Mon.; Sponsored By P.-T. A. The drive to raise funds for improving Sparta high schobl’s athletic field was discussed at the regular meeting of the Par ent-Teachers Association held here Tuesday night. A canvass of the town andvcounty will be gin Monday in order to raise the $1500 ntrded . foF this purpose, fit was pointed out. The drive will end in the county on November 15. The co operation of the citizens in con tributing to this worthwhile drive which would mean so much to the students at Sparta high school as well as be a general improvement for the school. On the committee to raise the funds are Rev. F. G. Walker, (Continued on page 4) John B. Murphy Dies At Ennice Last rites for John B. Murphy, 84, of Ennice, were held last Fri day at 11:00 o’clock a. m., at the Little Pine Brethren church. Of ficiating were Revs. Coy Anders, Ode Utt and Norman Reed and interment was in the cemetery there. Survivors in addition to his wife are the following children: Mrs. Maude Vaughn, Kelly, Car lie and Arthur Murphy, all of Ennice. One brother, Emmett Murphy; nineteen grand chil dren and twenty-one great grandchildren also survive. Defeated The --JEleven 2Z-ii»i,M Game Last The last home gamf' c>££fae sea son will be played here at-Sparta when the local eleven wifi njee® Flat Rock for the second time this year. The kidk-off is to be at 1.’30 o’clock and a record crowd is espected for the last hometown performance. The powerful Yel low Jackets won an easy 19-6 victory over the Flat Rock team at Mt Airy, two weeks ago. Thursday, sparked by Bill Reeves, the Yellow Jackets out classing the Walkertown eleven, won a 27-6 victory. Despite the temperature, the boys played real ball. The Sparta boys got off to a flying start when John E. Bryant quarterback, scored through the line. Tnnoc,rtf recovered Charlie Jones fUmbIe 0n the Walker (Continued on page 4) Colored School Is Being Erected At Cherry Lane Work Began Yesterday; Chil dren Have Been Using Macedonia Church Work bgean yesterday on the school for the colored children! of Cherry Lane, it was learned through an announcement made by Miss Clyde Fields, county superintendent. This will be the first school to be built there as the colored | children of that section have i been attending school at the I Macedonia church at Cherry I Lane. The new building is to be con structed of cinder block, and .will be a 25 yt 30 foot structure. It will' be located on the old high way,! south of Silas Nichols’ pro perty. i Approximately 30 children will be served by the new school. The need for this school has been acute for sometime, and Miss Fields stated that she was pleased that work was going forward. * Service Officer To Be Here Tues. Conley Gamble, assistant State service officer, will be at the of ■ fice of the clerk of the court in the county courthouse, Tuesday, November 4, it was announced this week. Mr. Gamble will be able to assist veterans in making claims . or to help them with any other problems in regard to pensions,' and National Life Insurance. He will be at the courthouse at two o’clock. R. L. Doughton Is Honored B y Democrats On Saturday Saturday afternoon, Democrats from tie Ninth district in a rally, paid glowing tribute to Repre sentative Robert L. Doughton for outstanding achievement and ser vice to the people of the district state -and nation during his 37 years in Congress. AU nine counties were repre sented and numerous notable leaders were present and took part in paying tribute to the vet eran congressman. W> D. Kizziah, of Salisbury, was chairman of the meeting which opened in the Iredell courthouse about 1:30 p, m. The Victory banner presented by Congressman Doughton to the county for the largest majority, was awarded Iredell county, John Sharpe Hartsell of Cabarrus, presenting the award, which was accepted by John Long of Ire dell. young in action. Mayne Albright of Raleigh, and Oscar Barker of Durham, candidate for Governor, Dan Thompson of Sylva, candidam for lieutenant gqyernor and Kerr Craig JEtams^y of Rowan candi date for speaker of the House. All brought greetings and high praise for Mr. Doughton’s out standing service to state and na tion. Others paying tribute to Mr. Doughton were Walter Woodson of Rowan, Wade Brown of Boone, Hugh G. Mitchell of Statesville, Zeb. V. Turlington of Mooresville,.and V'. D- Guire of. Lenoir. Mr. Quire presented res olutions recounting the splendid! record of having been re-elected. every year since his first election [ in 1920, of the distinction he has won in serving the district, .-gate and nation so well _The resolu Returning World War II Dead To United States The first of the war dead—the heroes in the Pacific and in Europe have arrived back in the United States. Photo shows United States’ Honor Guards on the U. S. army transport, “Joseph V. Connolly,” as they mount watch over the symbolic United States casket which represented United States World War n dead. The first ship ment included 5,600 of the dead veterans returned from Europe. County To Have Tobacco Grading D e m o n strations To Be Held In County bn Monday By R. B. Ben nett, Specialist R. R. Bennett, tobacco special ist of N. C. State College Exten sion Service and a government grader, will be in the county, Monday to assist farmers with grading and getting their tobacco ready for market, R. E. county, agent, annoum week, Mr, Bennett will a some of the. latest inform’ controlling weeds in plant beds by use of chemicals, it was point ed out. Two demonstration meetings will be held at the following places: 9:30 a. m., at Andy Os borne’s farm and at 2:00 p. m., at Ray Parlier’s farm. All inter ested farmers are urged to be present. Alleghany Has 28 Grade-A Barns Twenty-eight grade-A 'tarns have been constructed in /Slegh any county and others are now being built. Farmers who have grade-A dairy barns are Arthur Gambill, Leff Joines, Tom Blake, and Roy L. Crouse, all of Sparta. Carey Brown and Rev. A. L. Pressnell, Piney Swamp; Florence Myers, Hart Doughton, T. S- Moxley, Robert Hoppers, and Charles Robert, > all of Laurel Springs; Eddie Hoppers, Mack Edwards, of Whitehead; Jesse Osborne, Carey Wagoner, of Piney Creek. Jimmy Wagoner, Lonnie Davis, Wayne Collins, Edward Kyle, Early Smith, B. H. Rector, A. M. Greene and Lee Gentry, all of Ennice. Cleve Gambill, Gam bill community; Lester Woodruff, Cherry Lane; O. M. Caudill, Vox; Elmer Edwards, and J. K. An drews, of Glade Valley. Hr. Baver Visits State Test Farm Dr. L. D. Baver, who recently resigned as Dean of Agriculture of State College and Director of Exepriment Station, to accept a position of director of research of Sugar Refineries, paid his fin al visit to the test farm at Tran sou, yesterday. He reported that he was highly pleased with the progress i Anothe: Membership Drive Underway In Alleghany Farm Bureau; To Continue Through Nov. 6 Achievement Day Program Planned By H. D. Clubs 4Jl-day Program Is. Plann^ (Work Of Club Women Wil^Be On Display ' ne fo: fourth annual achievemeS for the home demonstration1 clubs of Alleghany county will be held Saturday, November 8, at the community building, Mrs. Isom Wagoner, home demonstra tion agent, announced this week. An all-day meeting has been planned and will get .underway at 10:30 o’clock. On display will be such work as canned foods, handicraft and baking from each of the county’s clubs. All of the ladies are asked to prepare a picnic lunch. A business session will be held during the morning at which (Continued on page 8) Ball Fans Will - Name Committee All baseball fans and players are asked to be present at the meeting at the courthouse Sat urday night at 7:30 o’clock to name a baseball committee and new officers for the coming year. Plans for the team for the coming year will also be dis cussed. Players are also asked to turn in their uniforms at the Cash and Carry Store. Present Members Urged To Get Other Farmers To Join Before Then A drive for membership in the Alleghany county unit of the farm bureau is now underway in the county and wilL met with George Farthing, field representative df the farm bureau here last Thursday. A' 0 ady county projects in cluding possibilities of more rur al telephones, better roads and school facilities are being dis cussed by the group and a local farm bureau ^"mmittee is now at work, making investigations *n regard to the projects. Farnjetfi, who have already be come members of the local unit, are asked to contact other farm ers and urge them to join also. The directors will hold a second meeting, Thursday night, No vember 6, at 7:30, whep the membership drive officially ends. Ponds Stocked With Bass, Brime - Three ponds in Alleghany county have been stocked with brime and bass, it was learned through officials of the New River Soil. Conservation district this week. ' Ponds stocked were those of D. J. Jones at New Hope and T. S. Moxley and M. E. * Reeves, of Laurel Springs. w, For Hallowe’en Carnival, Fri. •bast minute plans are being completed for the schools in Al leghany sponsoring the annual carnival in celebration of Hal l°weT«». Contests ranging from the {prettiest baby to the ugliest man art now underway and en tries may be submitted as late as tomGrronrVhight. officials pointed Taeycontest' for electing a king anariqueen of Hallowe’en is now in tuBL Stvisg. leading for queen is Rebecca. Moxfey with 1500 votes, and second is Mary Lou Miles with 896 votes. Others in the. contest are Imogene Carpen ter, 760, Xieis Caudill, 406; and Louise Royall, 65. .Carl Gentry leads the kings with 504 votes; Joe McMillan, 237; Tom Reeves, 37; R. Mr .H- C. Gentry, H. babies in the baby “ Mitchell, 301ft; Straujs, 3697 ISIS- Others are s gins, 96. In. addition to the contests, cake walks will be held as well as turkey raffles, fortune tell ing, fishing pbnd, grab bag, and penny board- Prizes will also be given for the best costume sind everyone who will is asked to come , in costume. Piney Creek high school is al so sponsoring a carnival tonight ****** school gymnasium. Highlighting the evening of en tertainment will be th# crown ing of a carnifal queen, .There will also be cake walks, fortune telling and games anf contests. <—■ei«eiii>u% iiii 11 k mi . I'CMMMe. WRIGHT INJURED IN WRECK IN MD. Claudte Wright, Lillie Wright of I iouslyJgB Much Interest Is Shown In Health Program Friday Committee To Continue So* vestimations; Represent*, tive Group It Present Much enthusiasm was shown by the representative grOUp ot men and women of AWeehi_ Wunty wMTftet in thf^iSSS of the proposed medical center or hospital for Alleghany county here last Friday. ^ Kemp Doughton, speaking toe fcjgg** >.£*.£ costeioftthebtat1 taCtS abom th® ance^f \UPkeep and mainten iiS £“fd"’e Dm‘hu>" - Speaking in behalf of the h,« fftal were Amos Wagoner R°F Crouse. john Cheek and othe£ The group voted to retain the k 6 and 3Sked them to cot! tmue their investigation. Also present for the meeting was Wade E. Eller, ptiS f"ttarian. w£o ako si>oke in favor of the movement. ferT haf. been Pointed out be bv Stetlh h6lp now offered by State and Federal govern. S’ ^is c°unty has angoppor tunity to establish a medical bet ded°a n builda hosPital. provi « a DWHortBMte amount of local funds can be raised. This is one of the few counties in this state that does not have a hospital or medical center and with such an institution more medical care would be available to the people. Serving with Mr. Doughton on the committee are C. W. Erwin and Dr. C. A. Thompson. G. F. Richardson Rites ttrfd At Beckley, Monday News was received here this week of the death of G. F. Rich ardson, .New River company chief electrician for a score of years, who died Saturday at his home in Beckley, W. Va. Last rites were held* Monday at the Rose funeral home with Rev. L. A. Garten, officiating. ' Interment was in the Sunset Memorial ceme tery. Richardson is survived by his widow, Mrs. Anna J. Richard son; one daughter, Mrs. Jack Sanger, of Belle; one one, Frank Richardson, Jr., Oak Hill; four grandchildren; one brother E. J. Richardson, Beckley, w. Va.; two sisters, Mrs. W. D. Kessinger, Portsmouth, O.; and Mrs. W. A. Pruett, of Sparta. Among those from here to at tend the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Pruett, of Sparta. To Close Health Pept Next Week. The Alleghany county health department will be closed Mon day, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, health department officials announced yesterday and the regular clinic will not bo held on Tuesday. All health officers will attend the annual meeting of the N. C, Public Health Association to ba held at Charlotte next week. Among those to attend front here are Miss Blanche health nurse, Dr. R, R. King, Jr, health officer; Wade E. Eller, district sanitarian and Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Reeves. ' Stores To End Closing On Wed. .-— Yesterday marked the «f U»* closing of Sputa at °* Wednesday afternoon,
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