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FOR VICTORY
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UNITED STATES WAR
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VOLUME 13, NO. 8
Ashe Boys, Girls
To Aid In Food
Production Work
Many Os The Schools Have
Been Contacted By Farm
Leaders Os County
Hundreds of Ashe county boys
and girls are already making
definite plans to carry out some
food production project for ttyeir
contribution to the war effort.
About half of the schools in the
county have already been con
tacted by members of the county
agent’s office and the boys and
girls with their parents’ consent
have signed an ’‘Enlistment for
Victory” sheet and checked the
job which they can do. Harvey
Payne, assistant county agent ex
plained.
The “Enlistment for Victory”
is essentially a 4-H club program
because the 1,500,000 club mem
bers in the U. S. carry out these
projects anyway. This year,
however, the government has
requested that every boy and girl
over 10 years of age do some
thing special toward contributing
to the supplies of food, clothing,
munitions and necessary equip
ment needed by the armed forces
to wage a successful and victori
ous war, it was pointed out.
It is needless to say that some
of the smaller children will not
be able to do all the jobs con
nected with each project such as
plowing and other heavy work
connected with gardening or
crops. With these jobs the pa
rents are asked to help and also
assist in the purchasing of seeds,
fertilizer, baby chicks, calves or
feed in order to carry out a pro
ject, leaders explained.
“If your son or daughter wants
to do something to help win the
war, give them the responsibility
of carrying out some useful pro
ject which they can sell and re
ceive the proceeds from, this will
stimulate their interest and make
better farm boys and girls of
them. Any other boys or girls
of 4-H club age who have not en
listed in the food for Victory
program aie asked to contact
either their local 4-H club lead
er or the County Agent’s office
and enlist in some project”, Mr.
Payne said.
Place Orders For
Seed Beans Now
Bean Acreage Should Be Re
ported To County Agent’s
Office Very Soon
County Agent Roy Crouse
pointed out this week that it was
important for all farmers want
ing bean seed to place their or
ders at once so that seed dealers
may secure the seed. Mr. Crouse
explained that while there is
some shortage of seed that the
dealers will try to fill orders that
they have and for this reason it
is important that orders be plac
ed early.
Mr. Crouse also pointed out
that farmers should report their
proposed bean acreage to his of
fice in order that the records be
complete and that a labor survey
be made. “We want to have
enough available labor when the
beans are ready to be picked,”
he said.
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WAR BONDS
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While we have not heard so much
about them, our air-borne command
is inferior to none. We have thou
sands of these especially trained
troops and the glider is a necessary
factor in their successful operation.
'■ We build gliders In three types
and their capacity is a military se
cret. The type shown here costs
about $19,000 each. Buy War Bonds
with at least ten percent of your in
come every payday and help pay
for these gliders for our intrepid
fighting men. (j. y. Treasury Department
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$1.50 a Year in Ashe County WEST JEFFERSON, N. C., THURSDAY, FEB. 25, 1943 $2.00 a Year Out of County
U. S. Wounded From Tunisia
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At a west country hospital in England, United States
infantrymen and paratroopers are recovering from wounds
sustained in battles in Tunisia. Here, out for a morning walk,
are six soldiers and two of their American nurses.
63 Ashe Men To Leave
Next Week For Army;
Eight Are Volunteers
NOW IN ENGLAND
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PVT. DENVER G. HOUCK,
a ground mechanic, is now
stationed somewhere in Eng
land. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Houck, of West
Jefferson.
Rev. Hoyt Wood
To Leave Friday
Rev. Hoyt Wood, who has
served as pastor .of the West
Jefferson Methodist church for
the past three years, will leave
tomorrow to enter the U. S. Army
as a Chaplain. He volunteered
some time ago and has been
awaiting call. He goes first to
Harvard for a brief course before
assuming his duties with the ar
my.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Wood have
many friends here who regret to
see them leave. The announce
ment of Mr. Wood’s departure
made last Sunday, following
an impressive dedication of the
service flag at the church, came
as a surprise to many.
Mrs. Wood will go to the home
of her parents at Gibsonville for
the present. She expects to join
Mr. Wood later.
Revenue And School Bills
Are Debated By Legislature
Raleigh Two major bills,
one to raise $105,000,000 in reve
nue and the other to set up a
State-wade 1 nine-month school
term, were debated in the Leg
islature yesterday. And in the
hours the Assembly was not in
session, committees worked in
dustriously to report on a multi
tude of bills, most of which were
local.
Apparently determined to reach
final adjournment within a fort
night, the Legislature kept a
weather eye on its joint appro
priations committee which was
concerning itself over a $3,507,-
651 deficit. The spending group
booked another executive session
today in an effort to eliminate
some of the difference between
th $122,357,078 appropriations and
th $118,849,427 expected to be
Farewell Service Will Be
Held. Several Men Are
Transferees
The selective service board an
nounced yesterday that a group
of 63 young men would leave
here early next week to enter the
armed forces.
This group includes 8 volun
teers and 4 transferees from else
where. It is expectd that a short
farewell service will be held for
the group just prior to their leav
ing. At this time, the town of
Lansing will furnish refresh
ments.
Those who are volunteering
(their services are as follows:
Paul Gladstone Campbell, W.
Jefferson; Wade E. Eller, Jr.,
Warrensville; Charles E. Parsons,
Jr., Othello; Leonard Ralph How
ell, Bina; Morris Edwin Eller.
! Lansing; Wayne Marion Gentry,
j Todd; Norman Lewis Wood,
'Todd; Oscar Orville Osborne,
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, I Others who are to leave are:
; j Robert Glenn Austin, Laurel
Springs; Howard Roby Eldreth,
Apple Grove; Fred Webb Marsh,
Obids; Bradley Howell, W. Jeff
erson; Robert Eugene Hartsog,
Idlewild; Lillard Smith Hoosier,
Jefferson: Clifford Clayton Ma
j hala, Ashland; Walter Carlton
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Lt. Comdr. Colvard
Is Heard From
Miss Billie and Jennie Todd,
aunts of Lt. Commander George
Todd Colvard, formerly of Jeff
erson, received word yesterday
that he is alive and in prison in
the Philippines.
Lt. Commander Colvard, who
saw action during the battle of
Bataan, had been reported as
missing in action for many
' months. No word had been re
ceived here from him since Feb
ruary 15, 1942.
He is the son of the late Dr.
J. W. Colvard. of Jefferson, and
has many friends and relatives
throughout this section who will
be glad to know that he is still
alive.
raised through taxation and gen
eral fund surplus anticipated next
June 30.
Os the State surplus, $20,000,-
000 has been set aside for post
war use, leaving $13,463,399 to be
applied to next biennium expen
ditures, if need be.
The revenue bill passed the
■ House unanimously after a pro
posal had been defeated to cut
the sales tax from 3 to 2 per cent.
The ninth month measure pass
ed the Senate, 40 to 2, after an
effort failed to make its pro
visions mandatory throughout the
State. As the bill now stands,
any school district may decline
the extra month and the unused
money would be returned to the
State Treasury. The clause was
instituted to care for emergen
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Black-Out Test
Catches Many
With Lights On
Good Cooperation Reported,
Considering Many Did Not
Understand Signals
Ashe county, like some other
sections of North Carolina, was
caught napping Tuesday night by
the black-out. The confusion, how
ever, on the part of most people
was caused by their lack of un
derstanding the signals, officials
pointed out.
The effective work of the war
dens soon had the lights out in
the Jeffersons and nearby sections
that were reached.
Some residents turned off all
lights at the warning signal and
thought that the second, which
was the air-raid proper signal,
was the all-clear. This impression,
was soon corrected, however, by
the wardens. The black-out lasted
approximately one hour, from 9
until 10:00 o’clock.
Except for the Asheville dis
trict it was apparently state-wide.
Chief Air Raid Warden Bernard
B. Graybeal said that taking the
misunderstanding into considera
tion, that he considered it fairly
successful in Ashe.
Victory Corps
Now Organized
Elkland School Organizes
Unit And Elects Its
Officers
The Elkland High School has
organized a High-School Victory
Corps with twenty members en
rolled and elected the following
as officers: Coolidge Holman,
president; Merril Norris, vice
president; Nancy Lookibill, Sec
retary; James Trivette, treasur
er.
The objective of the organiza
tion of the Victory Corps is to
further the war effort through
training for war service after
leaving school and immediate
participation in the community
war effort, it was explained.
The three branches of service
in which the Victory Corps is en
gaged are air service, land ser
vice, and community service.
The Victory Corps will sustain
and encourage interest and en
thusiasm in the following: Guid u
ance into critical services and oc
cupatons; wartime citizenship;
physical fitness: competence in
science and mathematics; pre
flight training in aeronautics;
community service.
Rep. Doughton
Enters Hospital
For Check Up
Washington. D. C. Chairman
Doughton (D., N. C.), of the
house ways and means commit
tee has entered Naval hospital at
Bethasda, Md., “for a diagnostic
study and checkup,” Dr. George
W. Aalver, congressional physi
cian, said today.
The announcement said that
“it is expected that he will be in
the naval hospital for approxi
mately a week. In order to give
him an opportunity for rest, and
at the same time not to interfere
with his examinations, he will not
be permitted visitors during this
time.”
Blevins Has Bill
On Electric Co-op.
Representative Fred Blevins
last Saturday introduced a bill
in the Legislature “entitled to an
act to require any electric mem
bership authority operating in
Ashe county, North Carolina, to
publish semi-annually a financial
statement.
Section two of the bill says that
no firm or corporation furnishing
electricity shall descriminate in
rates between its customers.
The bill, which is not state
wide, but only applies to Ashe
county has been referred to the
Judiciary Committee.
Representative Blevins says that
a number of citizens of the coun
ty are interested in the passage
of the bill and that he expects
a favorable report from the com
mittee.
TAYLOR CHILD PASSES
Mary Jo Taylor, 1 month old
daughter of Maxine Taylor, of
Jefferson, died last Thursday,
February 18, and was buried at
Shelter cemetery on February 19.
French Battleship To Be Refitted
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The Richelieu, newest of French warships, limped into
New York harbor with only three of her four propellors op
erating and her hull pierced. The 35,000-ton battlewagon,
shown above, will be repaired and refitted before going to
sea against the Axis.
Axis Thrust Halted
In N. Africa; Reds
Retake Nazis Bases
Rommel Is Forced To Relax
Pressure On Tunisian
Front
The spot light of the war was
turned on North Africa this week
where the Allied forces have been
engaged in a bitter struggle with
crack Axis troops and have been
I pushed back in several sectors,
i Hurled back in one sector and
stalled in another, the German
I armored units of Marshal Erwin
I Rommel relaxed 1 their pressure
* along the Tunisian front yester
day. giving the stubborn allied
defense forces their first rest of
the bitter, three-day struggle to
keep Nazi spearheads from crack
ing their lines.
“The fighting has died down,”
said a terse dispatch from the
front, and both sides apparently
prepared to make the most of the
lull by regrouping and bringing
up supplies and reinforcements.
In the hills north of the Kas
serine gap. Rommel’s most dan
gerous thrust had been halted' by
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Red Cross Kits
Now Being Filled
Officials of the Red Cross wish
to thank all who helped so liber
ally to put over the kit fund, es
pecially the members of the Ro
tary Club, the church organiza
tions, schools and the Home
Demonstration Clubs.
Mrs. R. H. Vannoy, chairman
of the packing and shipping, has
sent out 421 garments since Jan
uary 1. “All who got material
before Christmas, especially cot
ton yarn for aviators’ gloves,
please finish them as soon as
possible and send them in. If
they can’t be finished in a rea
sonable length of time, please
send in unfinished”, chapter of
ficials said.
“Again I wish to thank each
and every one for their part in
the Red Cross work”, said Mrs.
B. E. Reeves, chairman produc
tion committee of the Ashe Coun
ty Chapter.
W. J. Victory Corps Bond
Drive Is A Great Success
The war bond and stamp drive
conducted and sponsored last
week by the Victory Corps of
the West Jefferson high school,
was considered a marked success
with sales reaching a total of $12,-
356.25 in bonds and $250 worth
of stamps. B. H. Duncan, prin
cipal of the school, said he was
well pleased with the enthusiasm
shown and the results achieved.
The drive was under the direc
tion of Mrs. Carlos Thomas with
Helen Sells acting as student
chairman.
First place in the high school
went to the Senior class, which
led all other grades with sales of
$3,843.75. In the lower grades,
from the first through the seventh
the second led with $3,387.50.
They were also awarded a prize.
Sales in the other grades were
MISSING IN ACTION
PVT. ALBERT F. LEWIS,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Roby
Lewis, of West Jefferson, has
been officially reported as
missing in action in the North
African area since Feb. 2.
Mrs. Ham Is To'
Be Burietl Today
Funeral service will be held to
day at 11:00 o’clock at the Foster
Memorial Presbyterian church
for Mrs. Ora Lou Ham, wife of L.
B. Ham, well known Ashe county
woman, who died at her home
last Friday, following a brief ill
ness.
Rev. Carl Stark will be in
charge of the funeral. He is ex
pected to be assisted by Rev. R.
H. Stone, of Charlotte, a former
pastor. Burial will follow in the
family cemetery.
The deceased, who was 41 years
old at the time of her death, is
survived by her husband. L. B.
Ham, of Husk, her father, Joseph
Vannoy, of Cavendish, Idaho, two
brothers. Mack Vannoy, of Ox
ford. Pa., Worth Vannoy, of
North Wilkesboro and three sis-
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as follows: first, $225.00, third,
$243.75; fourth, $131.25; fifth, $2,-
775.00; sixth, $243.75; seventh,
$206.25; eighth, $300.00; tenth,
$600.00; and the eleventh, $300.00.
In the sale of stamps, the fourth
grade made a hundred percent
with every child buying a mini
mum of at least one stamp. In
dollars and cents, the fifth grade
led in the stamp sales with S7O.
It is significant to note that of
the $250 in stamps, $240 worth
were sold in the school alone. The
report shows that 50 students
started stamp books for the
first time.
Members of the Victory Corps
made attractive corsages, bou
tonniers and other novelties from
stamps, which were sold. As
student chairman of the drive,
Helen Sells did outstanding work.
MAKE EVERT
iWjSpR PAY DAY
WAR
£\l DAY
STOP SPENDING—SA VI DOLLARS
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Many Register
For Ration Book
No. 2 In County
Registration Will Continue
Through Friday; All Ex
pected To Register
Hundreds of Ashe county peo
ple have already been issued Ra
tion Book No. 2 this week through
the schools and registration and
issuance which continues through
tomorrow is expected to be com
pleted at that time.
As announced last week, all of
the schools of the county will be
open from 2:30 until 5:00, through
Friday for the registration of the
public. Officials said they wanted
to make it plain that registration
at the schools does not begin until
2:30 and individuals are asked
not to try to register before this
time as it interrupts school work.
Ralph Campbell, clerk of the
Ration Board, said that registra
tion plans were moving along as
per schedule with some few mis
understandings.
Merchants report quieter busi
ness this week with few types of
cafffTed goods offered for sale.
Merchants this week were given
large charts showing the points
of the various rationed items.
These are to be posted in the
stores. Merchants who have not
received them are asked to call
at their post office for them.
A partial table showing the
point values of various canned
goods is published today on page
8 by The Post for the convenience
of the readers.
Secretary of Agriculture Claude
R. Wickard last night denounced
“irresponsible sources” for circu
lating reports that the nation
faces a food famine and food riots
as a result of canned goods ra
tioning.
His words were prompted by
publication of a dispatch quoting
his aides as saying the food short
age is so acute that they “just
don’t know what the people are
going to eat.”
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Should Apply For
Farm Machinery
Purchase Certificates May Be
Secured From The County
AAA Office
“Farmers who need fencing
wire, either, woven or barbed,
may obtain purchase certificates
after they have located the wire
i in the hands of a dealer or com
pany,” County Agent Roy Crouse
said. Those who are requesting
wire should locate it row and ap
ply at the County AAA office for
a purchase certificate, it was
pointed out.
Applicants for farm machinery
must locate the machine in the
hands of a dealer before filing
application with the farm ma
chinery rationing committee, it
was stated.
Farmers are urged to repair
their old farm machinery and
make out with it this year if pos
sible as the supply of new ma
chinery is very limited. “Repair
your mowing machine, planters,
drills and other machines now.
ilf vour order is placed with a
dealer for renair parts at once
you will stand a better chance of
getting what you need. Every
body who wan+s new machinery
mav ro+ able to get it due to
rationing.” Mr. Crouse said.
WAR FUND DRIVE
OPENS MARCH 5
It was announced yesterday
by Sharpe S. Shoemaker*,
chairman of the War Fund
Drive for the Ashe County
Chapter of the Red Cross, that
the drive would officially open
throughout the county next
Friday, March 5. * •
Before this time materials
will be sent out to the various
schools and workers, in the
community in order that they
may have what they need to
cooperate. A list of workers
is being made* by Chairman
Shoemaker at this time and
all volunteers will be wel
come. Anyone not contacted
by Mr. Shoemaker and wish
ing to work in the drive is
asked to get in touch with
him.
“We have $4,300 to raise and
it is going to take work and
giving on the part of many of
us”, Mr. Shoemaker declared.
A list of workers and plans
are to be announced next
week.