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VOLUME 13. NO. 9
Red Cross War Fund Drive Opens In Ashe Friday
Over 18,000 War
Ration Books 2
Issued In Ashe
Registration Goes Off Accord
ing To Schedule; 4,000,000
In State
The local War Price and Ra
tion Board reported yesterday
that 18,052 War Ration Books No.
2 had been issued in the county,
with one school yet to be heard
from. This will raise the total
slightly, Ralph Campbell, clerk
to the board, explained.
Except for a few misunder
standings, the registration as a
whole, moved along according to
schedule, in this county as well
as throughout the state.
Nearly 4,000,000 North Caro
linians obtained War Ration Book
No. 2 in the “smoothest registra
tion so far conducted,” State OPA
Director T. S. Johnson said yes
terday.
Johnson said credit for effici
ent handling of the registration
was largely due to work of the
State press, radio, motion pic
ture theatres and teachers and
volunteers who contributed their
services.
Johnson said dried beans and
peas were not rationed when they
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W. M. Sexton, 81,
Buried On Wed.
William M. Sexton, died at his
home in Grassy Creek, at the age
of 81, on Tuesday morning.
The funeral service was held at
the Grassy Creek Baptist Church
on Wednesday, with Rev. R. J.
Starling in charge of the service,
burial followed at the Grassy
Creek Cemetery.
The deceased is survived by his
wife and one daughter, Mrs. W.
R. Jones.
Mrs. Arulerson, 68,
Buried Tuesday
Well Known Grassy Creek
Woman Passes After An
Extended Illness
Funeral service was conducted
Tuesday afternoon for Mrs. Ida
Greer Anderson, wife of R. L.'
Anderson, at the Grassy Creek
Methodist church with the Rev.
R. J. Starling in charge, assisted
by Professor F. C. Nye and V. L.
Moody. A large crowd of friends
and relatives were present.
Mrs. Anderson, who was 68
years old at the time of her death
on Saturday, had been in ill
health for more than two years.
She made hundreds of friends
through her cheerful disposition
and patience.
She is survived by her husband ;
and the following sons and daugh-;
ters: P. G. Anderson, Montana;
Dr. C. S. Anderson. Lincoln. Neb.;
H. C. Anderson. Detroit, Mich.;
Mrs. Lawrence Johnson. Mount
Airy, N. C.; and Mrs. Olaf Mil
grim, Wytheville, Virginia.
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WAR BONDS
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Military motorcycles, for couriers,
for speeding light guns from one
section to another, are an important
part of America’s mechanized
/army. Many are equipped with side
cars for use of staff officers. The*
‘cost from S4OO to $450.
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We need thousands of these small
maneuverable machines in our
Army today. You and your neigh
bors, all buying War Bonds and
Stamps, can help buy them for the
, Army. Invest at least ten perceni
of your income every payday in War
Bonds and Stamps and become a
member of the patriotic “Ten Per
cent Club.” It is rapidly becoming
the largest club in the wqrld.
t7. S. Treasury Department
Oe WlaiW Post
$1.50 a Year in Ashe County WEST JEFFERSON, N. C.. THURSDAY, MAR. 4, 1943 $2.00 a Year Out of County PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Cabbage Goes To War, Too!
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American doughboys and British tommies co-operate in
the cabbage patch at one of the U. S. army’s services of sup
ply depots in Britain—all part of the mammoth agricultural
program of Americans and Britons. In foreground is Pri
vate First Class Estelle Brown.
Berlin Is Blasted By
RAF; Americans Go
Forward In Tunisia
Russians Continue To Gain;
Allied Bombers Hit Jap
Convoy In Pacific
The fighting forces of the Ger
mans were hard hit this week on
both the Russian and North Af
rican fronts and at home too.
Berlin received the heaviest raid
ever delivered by the RAF on
the Nazi capitol. The scope of
this raid was acknowledged by
the Germans who threatened re
prisals through various channels.
American forces fanning out in
two columns from the scene of
their triumph at Kasserine pass
have swept 23 miles to the east,
capturing Sbeitla, and a like dis
tance southwest to the area of
Feriana, it was disclosed last
night.
Front dispatches said the Amer
icans nowhere in Central Tunisia
were meeting axis resistance oth
er than mines and booby-traps.
But in the jagged hills to the
northeast sharp fighting still was
under way at last reports, with
British troops holding the Ger
mans at all points, aided by a
concentrated air bombardment of
enemy columns.
Russia announced fresh gains
on four main southern battle
fronts yesterday, while in the
north Marshal Semyon Timoshen
ko pressed a slowly retreating
16th German army westward
toward Staraya Russa and the
main Leningrad-Vitebsk railroad.
American Flying Fortresses and
Liberators, flying through tropi
cal storms, have scattered a 14-
ship Japanese convoy, sinking
two large transports and severe
ly damaging two smaller vessels,
and sending the fleet’s remnants
limping toward New Guinea.
General Douglas MacArthur an
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Small Farmers Make Big Food
Increases Through FSA Help
The U. S. Department of Ag
riculture has announced that
more than a third of the Nation’s
increase in milk production in
1942 came from 463,941 farms of
Farm Security Administration
borrowers. Tabulated results of
last year’s production, through
out the country, were received
here from the Departmnt by
County Supervisor Thomas H.
Sears.
The report shows that Farm
Security families, constituting
7.6 per cent of the 6,097,000 farm
operators listed by the 1940 Cen
sus, increased their milk produc
tion by 1,419,000,000 pounds or 36
per cent of the total increase for
the Nation.
“This was a 20 ner cent in
crease over their 1941 production,
compared to a three per cent in
crease made by all farmers,” ac
cording to the Department re
port.
“Significant increases by Farm
Security borrowers also were
Legion Contest
In Oratory To Be
Held Next Wed.
Several High School Students
Are Expected To Enter
Annual Event
High schools throughout the
county are reminded this week
that the annual oratorical con
test sponsored by the American
Legion will be held at the com
munity building next Wednesday
evening at 8:00 o’clock. The pub
lic is invited to attend. It is un
derstood that a number of stu
dents are interested in the event.
J. B. Hash is the legion chairman
of the contest.
The subject this year is “The
Freedoms of the United States
Constitution.” A prepared oration
of not less than 10 or more than
12 minutes will be given on this
subject. Each contestant shall be
called upon for an extemporane
ous speech on the first ten amend
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Boimtl Over To
Superior Court
In a hearing before Judge H. C.
Tucker, Earl McNeill and Clar
ence Ashby, two youths brought
back from Baltimore last week in
connection with recent breaking
and entering and robbery cases
at Warrensville. Probable cause
was found.
The two youths whose bonds
were set at SI,OOO were bound
over to court and were returned
to jail after failing to post bonds.
shown for other war-needed food
crops. In terms of their own pro
duction the year before, these
1942 increases ranged from 20 to
106 per cent. In terms of the Na
tion’s total increase, they also
contributed 27 per cent of the Na
tion’s increase in dry beans and
10 per cent of the total increase
in eggs, chickens and peanuts.
“These families were from the
small farm group unable to get
adequate credit from other sourc
es. They operated -with Farm
Security Administration credit
and supervision. Early in 1942,
following January revision of the
Nation’s war food goals as a re
sult of the attack on Pearl Har
bor, the families revised their
farm plans to provide greater in
creases of the foods called for.
Many of them planned substan
tial production of war-needed
crops, such as peanuts, dairy
products, and poultry, of which
they had previously produced
little or none.”
Ashe Again Goes
Far Over Quota
In Sale Os Bonds
$27,307.30 Sold During Feb
ruary. Quota Was Set
At $19,242.75
Reports from the West Jeffer
son and Jefferson post offices
and the Northwestern Bank,
the three major sources of bond
sales in the county, reveal that
Ashe again far exceeded the quo
ta of $19,242.75 for February by
reaching the total sales of $27,-
307.30. This was $8,064.55 in ex
cess of the quota.
The Northwestern Bank, at
Jefferson, sold $9,675.00 and the
Jefferson post office, $682.30. Th e
West Jefferson post office had a
total sales of $16,950. Much of
this was due this month to the
work of the Victory Corps, of
West Jefferson high school.
No reports were available from
smaller post offices in the county
in time for publication but it is
believed that their sales will
slightly swell the total for the
county.
Stockholders Os
Ashe Hospital To
Meet On Saturday
The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Ashe County
Hospital, for the election of di
rectors and any other business
which will come before the meet
ing, will be held at the hospital on
Saturday morning, March 6 at
11:00 o’clock.
Notices have been sent out to
all stockholders by the president
of the board of directors, W. B.
Austin. Various reports will be
made at this time concerning the
operation and progress of the hos
pital.
Will Start Red
Cross Nursing
Official Instructor To Arrive
Here Friday To Start
Classes
Miss Ruth Tugman, chairman
of the home nursing division of
the Red Cross chapter of Ashe
county, announced yesterday that
Mrs. Walker, an official instruc
tor in home nursing work, would I
arrive here on Friday to begin
work teaching nursing classes.
Tentative plans have been
made for holding classes at Lan
sing, Baldwin and Warrensville
in the beginning. Other groups
interested should get in touch
with Miss Tugman.
Miss Tugman reported that she
had contacted the War Price and
Rationing Board and those tak
ing the course would be permit
ted to ride to it. No extra gas,
however, can be secured for this,
it was explained.
Story Presents
Rotary Program
Members of the Jeffersons Ro
tary Club enjoyed a unique
musical program last week, given
by James I. Story, of The Sky
land Post. In addition to regular
numbers, Mr. Story rendered
several novelty selections. Miss
Helen Sells, soloist, also appear
ed on the program.
Levern Johnson discussed the
birthday of Rotary and reviewed
briefly the war work of the or
ganization. He told of the in
fluence of Rotary toward devel
oping the “good neighbor policy”
in South America.
Wm. Terry is in charge of the
program this evening.
BURLIS ROARK MAKES
ESCAPE FROM JAIL
Burlis Roark made his escape
from the Ashe county jail on i
Tuesday, but his freedom was
short lived as he was returned
by Deputy Carl Graybeal after
about three hours.
Roark escaped after some con
fusion in the locking and unlock
ing of doors when two inmates
were taken out for a hearing. He
left in the direction .of Negro
mountain and later came to Bow
ers’ service station where he was
picked up by Deputy Graybeal.
Captured German U-Boat Crew
Captured when their submarine, damaged by British
depth charges, was forced to be beached near Oran, Algeria,
these Nazi crew men were objects of considerable interest in
the town. As for the submarine, it was a case of surrender
or be sunk.
Advance Gifts For
Red Cross War Fund
Reach Total Os $650
Father And Son
Left On Tuesday
To Enter Service
Edwin Eller And Son, Morris,
Os Lansing, Left. Both
Are Volunteers
The Ellers set what is believed
to be a new record for Ashe coun
ty for this present war, when
Edwin Eller, postmaster of Lan
sing and his son, Morris Eller,
both volunteered for service and
both left at the same time, last
Tuesday.
Edwin Eller, volunteered for
the Navy and his son, Morris Ed
win, for the Army. Mr. Eller,
who had served as postmaster of
Lansing for some time, had long
been interested in the war activi
ties and his enlistment in the
Navy was not surprising to his
many friends. It is understood
that his wife will carry on his
work at the post office.
Morris Eller, who graduated
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Red Cross Needs
More Buttons
Mrs. B. E. Reeves, production
chairman of the Ashe County
Chapter of the Red Cross, an
nounced this week that the pro
duction dept, had need for many
buttons for women’s gowns, chil
dren’s gowns and other garments.
She suggested that all suitable
buttons be saved from discarded
garments and turned over to the
Red Cross. “We will greatly ap
preciate them”, she said.
State Spending Measure Is
Given Approval By House
Raleigh The house heeded
Speaker John Kerr Tuesday and
cleared from its calender two of
the major obstacles in the way
of final adjournment, which is
expected this week.
It passed, on final readings the
$115,000,000 general appropria
tions measure and passed and
sent to the senate for concurrence
a bill to amend the unified school
board amendment adopted in the
November election.
The spending bill passed final
reading with little opposition.
The only effort to amend it came
from Rep. Tompkins of Jackson
who sought to change the bonus
schedule to allow for larger pay
ments to state employes in the
lower salary brackets. The amend
ment met defeat.
The school board amendment
took another battering, however,
in the form of an amendment by
Rep. Arch Allen of Wake elimi
nating a clause that the eight
education districts shall be of ap-
Some Stores Report 100 Per
Cent On Eve Os Drive;
Donors Listed
Following the announcement
that the Red Cross War Fund
Drive would open on Friday,
many people have already re
sponded generous? an L die And
reached $650 yesterday noon
through these advance gifts.
Sharpe S. Shoemaker, drive
chairman, said he was grateful
for this splendid and enthusiastic
response. “On behalf of Red
Cross and the men in service, I
wish to thank everyone”, he de
clared.
Several firms were reported in
this group of initial donors
as 100 per cent. These include:
Cash Wholesale Grocery com
pany, Belk’s, W. J. Parts com
pany, Blackburn’s dept, store,
Faucette’s and The Skyland Post.
Several contributors wrote in
fine letters stating that it is a
privilege to give to the Red
Cross.
A list of these initial contribu
tors, together with some of the
letters received, is printed here
in order to influence others to
make contributions.
EARLY CONTRIBUTORS
Fred. Little, 2.00; Dr. B. E.
Reeves, 5.00; Dr. Dean Jones, 5.00;
Ira T. Johnston, 10.00; Miss Edith
Pierce, 10.00; F. B. Jones, 5.00.
Mr and Mrs. Ed M. Anderson,
15.00; John F. Reeves, 5.00; W. B.
Tribble, 5.00: Cash Wholesale
Grocery, 25.00; D. W. Cook, 1.00;
R. P. Lewis, Jr.. 1.00; Arthur
Huddler, 2.00; Charlie Lewis, 1.00;
Langdon L. Scott. 5.00.
Dr. J. K. Hunter, 10.00; Miss
Carrie Taylor. 5.00; Mrs. James
B. Hensley, 10.00: Miss Ruth
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priximately equal population.
The governox’ would appoint a
board member from every educa
! tion district to be set up by the
; assembly—instead of from con
j gressional districts as now pro
vided —and would appoint two
members-at-large. Also on the
board would be the lieutenant
i governor, the state treasurer and
, the superintendent of public in
struction.
Rep. Ritch of Mecklenburg in
troduced Tuesday night the omni
bus bill prividing for the ap
pointment of justices of the peace.
Appointment of the justices for
townships and counties would be
for six-year terms except when
otherwise specified. The terms
would begin April 1, 1943, or
upon expiration of the present
terms.
The Governor’s war powers
bill, giving the Chief Executive
authority over the health, wel
fare and security of the State,
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MAKE EVERY
ygjjegS PAY DAY
WAR
Lil DAT
STOP SPENDING—SAVE DOLLARS
Quota Is $4,300;
Workers Named;
Schools To Help
Cooperation Os All Is Asked;
Red Cross Doing Much
For Men In Service
t Ashe county’s record drive for
Red Cross War Funds officially
opens on Friday with the goal set
at $4,300, with Sharpe S. Shoe
maker, as chairman.
Plans have been worked out to
cover the entire county and the
cooperation of all is asked. At
a meeting of the steering com
mittee composed of Sharpe Shoe
maker, chairman, John F. Reeves,
Dean McMillan, Miss Evelyn T.
Howe and Mrs. Ed M. Anderson,
a large number of community
chairmen were named and have
been sent materials. More vol
unteer workers are needed and
those who have time for the
work are asked to contact Chair
man Shoemaker for their in
structions and materials. All dis*
trict school principals have been
sent materials and special co
operation of all the schools is
asked.
Initial Gifts Over $650.00
The month of March has been,
proclaimed by President Roose
velt as the period of the drive and
every effort will be made to
raise the quota within that peri
od, drive leaders said.
Initial gifts sent in before the
official opening of the drive ex
ceed $650. This list is printed
elsewhere in The Post today as
is the President’s proclamation.
Workers Named
In addition to all district school
principals the following workers
have been named throughout the
county:
Jefferson, L. Colvard, B. A.
Meeks and Mrs. j>e.'n Jones'. West
Jefferson, Carl F .Colvard, Jack
Rhodes, Rev. W. T. Whittington,
Dean McMillan, John Reeves and
Mrs. Ed M. Anderson.
Fleetwood, H. H. Lemley; Oth
ello, Wiley Burgess; Oval, Rev.
S. H. Goodman; Silas Creek, C.
M. Dickson and Rev. W. E. Den
ny; Toliver, Mrs. N. J. Toliver;
Crumpler, Mrs. Dayne Gambill;
Obids, H. H. Burgess; Laurel
Springs, W. R. McNeill, and Mrs.
E. W. Shepherd; Idlewild, A. H.
Church; Furches, John M. Tuck
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Recaps Available
Without Permit
May Use Recap Camel Back
Without Board Au
thorization
The Office of Price Adminis
tration has issued a bulletin to
all War Price and Rationing
Boards that effective iGbruary
20 the rationing of grade F camel
back tire recapping material was
discontinued.
This notice was received by the
local board last Friday.
This will permit any person,
including operators of light
trucks, to have his own tires re
capped with pasenger-type cam
elback. A dealer who is not a
recapper will no longer be re
quired to sell his recappable tire
carcasses to a recapper. He may
now have a recappable tire car
cass recapped' with pasenger
type camelback and returned to
him without certificate.
Ration boards will be instruct
ed further from the OPA, the
bulletin said.
NEW SERIAL STORY
BEGINNING TODAY
Beginning' today in this pa
per is a very fascinating mys
tery story, “The Jade God”, by
Mary Imlay Taylor.
“Silence is golden,” we have
been told ever so often, but it
was not golden in at least one
case. Because a certain man
kept silent for fifteen years,
Mark Grant spent all these
years in prison for a crime he
did not commit!
But a little jade god that
had squatted on a table for
years provided a clue that
opened the door to happiness
for Mark—and Pamela Rod
ney. Read this absorbing ser
ial—beginning on page 7.