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OVER THE TOP FOR VICTORY \ Jy/ with WYK, UNITED STATES WAR \A BOMDS-STAMPS VOLUME 13, NO. 12 Ashe To Have 0ver4,225 Victory Gardens This Year Ashe Dogs Will Be Vaccinated Against Rabies Inspectors Are Named In Accordance With The N. C. Laws Plans are now being completed for the first time, to have all dogs in Ashe county vaccinated against rabies, officials announc ed this week. Dr. Robert King, district health officer, has announced that in compliance with the laws of N. C., the following men have been appointed as rabies inspectors in the various townships of the county: Worth Shepherd and Lloyd Richardson, Chestnut Hill, Peak Creek and Jefferson; R. C. Hart-; zog, Clifton; O. L. Elliott, Cres ton; E. E. Houck, Elk; A. J. Blev ins, Grassy Creek; Roy Hartzog, Horse Creek; D. L. McCoy, Lau rel; Oscar Wilson, North Fork; J. R. Grubb, Old Fields and West Jefferson; Kyle Baldwin, Piney Creek. These inspectors will notify the public as to time and place of vaccination points and all dogs over six months of age are to be vaccinated, it was explained. The following townships as yet have no one appointed: Helton, Hurricane, Obids, Pine Swamp. Pond Mountain and Walnut Hill, Dr. King said. ‘‘Rabies have been widespread this winter and we should take every precaution to keep this out of Ashe county. Remember, there is no known cure. There is a pre ventative”, Dr. King declared. Plenty Jars, Lids For Home Canners r «■— • Several New Types On Mark et. Preservation Os Food Is Very Essential Washington The government is ready for a rush by housewives to get home canning equipment. An all-time record home can ning season is expected because of food rationing and the Victory Garden program, but the War Production Board reported its belief that it has provided enough jars, lids, and rubber rings to meet demands. There won’t be as many pres sure cookers as housewives want, WPB said, although steps have been taken to permit the produc tion of 150,000 cookers, twice as many as last year. WPB has released enough metal to permit manufacture of almost all types of lids, jar rings, and other closures. More than 3.000,- 000,000 new noes will be turned out, and these will supplement an estimated two billion old cov ers which are fit for re-use. Zinc lids are banned but four other types of closures are being made. About 600,000,000 will be self-sealing, three-piece units, consisting of rubber ring, flat glass cap and metal screw band. About 2,500,000,000 others will be thin metal discs for use with metal screw bands—the familiar two-piece closures. COMMODITIES ROOM TO BE OPENED FOR SCHOOLS Miss Ruth Tugman, welfare superintendent, announced this week that the commodities room in Jefferson would be open three afternoons each week for the schools. Mrs. E. A. Waddell will be in charge and a schedule of the periods which the room will be open, will be sent to the schools, Miss Tugman said. Spencer Osborne, 10, Died Friday Spencer Osborne, Hemlock, age 10, died at his home Friday from an attack of pneumonia. The fu neral service was held at the Roaring Fork Church on Monday and burial followed at the Os borne Cemetery. The deceased is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Os borne; seven sisters: Mrs. Minnie Wyatt, Mrs. Rosa Brown, Clyde, Zelpha, Betty, Lula and Helen Osborne, and four brothers, Ar thur, Ambrose, Lester and Ches ter. . Sltt Wloft >ot $1.50 a Year in Ashe County British, Americans Press Rommel; Reds North Os Smolensk MISSING IN ACTION PFC. WADE J. WILLIAMS, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Williams, of West Jefferson, is reported missing in action in the North African area. Notice was received here by his parents Tuesday that he has been missing since Feb. 17. Wade, who has been in foreign service for several months, is the third man from this county to be reported missing. Two-Day School Os Conservation Os Food Is Held Plan Os Growing More And Preservation Os Food To Be County-Wide Plans are now m lerway in Ashe county for gr< .er conser vation of food than ever before, following the two-dr .ou con servation school, he iJ .ere last week. There was a good attendance at the meeting, held at the West Jefferson high sch 1. with 30 present on Thursd? .- and 46 on Friday. The school, held through the cooperation of the civilian defense .superintendent of schools, nutrition committees and agricul tural workers, was designed to eventually reach every family in the county, through those who attended. Those attending included home economics teachers, club proiect leaders and others who will in turn, help to carry the messages of the meeting to all sections of the county. Following the devotionals and the introduction of the speakers. Ira T. Johnston, chairman of civ (Continued on Page 4) Following Ashe County Men Serving In Uncle Sam’s Armed Forces .■ 4 L IHii S.-SGT. WILLIAM PARKS SGT. JOSEPH D. HOUCK, COLVARD, now in service in son of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. the North African area, won Houck, West Jefferson, is now distinction recently by help- stationed at Dfew Field, Fla., ing to bring down several attached to the Army Air German planes. Parks, who Force. He writes that he is is a gunner on a Flying Fort- getting along fine and likes ress, is the son of Mr. and Army life and the training Mrs. L. P. Colvard, Jefferson, there. WEST JEFFERSON, N. C., THURSDAY, MAR. 25, 1943 Rain Big Bombs On Rabaul, New Britain; Japs Are Hard Hit American forces showed their power in North Africa this week as they went forward toward the sea and the British, Ranking forces, made every effort to en circle Rommel. Striking suddenly out of the desert, the light but powerful British force had driven nearly 100 miles from the Ksar Rhilane sector along a route 20 to 50 miles behind the Mareth fortifications, yesterday. The last few miles were won with difficulty through thick mine fields laid by the Axis in anticipation of such a movement, official dispatches said. At last reports, the British were battling strong enemy forces ten miles be low El Hamma airdrome at a point only 20 miles from the coast below Gabes. With his whole southern army thus in danger of being split in two and hammered to pieces, Marshal Erwin Rommel threw 50 tanks and other forces into a heavy counterattack at dawn against the southern fork of the two-pronged American advance, on the coast road east of El Guet tar. American gunners with light and medium artillery halted the first enemy thrusts and inflicted heavy casualties, front dispatch es said, and heavy fighting was continuing with American guns on the heights to the rear pour ing withering fire on the attack ers. Russian troops have driven to a point north of Dukhovshchina, (Continued on Page 4) Dare Burgess, 14, Buried On Sunday Naoma Dare Burgess, 14, popu lar student of West Jefferson High School, died with pneumon ia and rheumatic fever in the Wilkes Hospital, March 19. Fu neral service was held at the North Beaver Crebk Baptist church. Sunday, at 2:00 o’clock with Rev. Grover Trivette and Carl Burkett in charge. The Sunday School girls served as flower girls and pallbearers were Albert Miller, Woodrow Burgess, Worth Miller, Ralph Parsons, Oscar McNeill and Don Williams. The deceased is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alton P. Burgess, two sisters, one brother, Floyd. Mary Helen and Wiley, of Othello. Her grand mothers. Mrs. Lora Faw and Mrs. Wiley Burgess, and her grandfa ther, Mr. Wiley Burgess, and a host of relatives and friends. Red Cross Serves At Home And Abroad gSM am i IBF I a xl iswigi ■Mil stf 'Mil ■fess < ./rfS Red Cross volunteer workers are contributing to the nation’s war effort. Left, a Red Cross Motor Corps member adjusts the engine of her car. Right, complete confidence in this nurse’s aid is registered by the infant she holds. Debating Dates Are Announced; Finals April 15 Sponsored For High Schools By The Jeffersons Ro tary Club J. B. Hash, Rotary committee man of the county high school de bate, announced yesterday that the preliminary debates would be held in the various high schools April 8 at 2 P. M. and the semi-finals April 13 in the Jeff erson high school auditorium and the finals on Thursday, April 15, at 8:00 P. M., in the community building. The subject this year is the same as that of the N. C. trian gular debates regarding the fed eral aid to schools. The pairings in the preliminary contests include West Jefferson vs Nathan’s Creek; Jefferson vs Lansing; Fleetwood vs Todd; Healing Springs drew a by. In the preliminaries, it was ex plained, that the affirmative teams (Continued On Page Four) Dale K. Spencer Is Now Captain Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Spencer, of Grassy Creek, have just been in formed that their son, Dale Kirk Spencer, has been promoted to the rank of Captain. Captain Spencer is a graduate of Davidson College and received his M. A. degree for Duke Uni versity. He is now in the Engr. Am phibian Comd., and is an instruc tor in an officers’ training school, near Boston, Mass. Before enter ing service in June, 1942, he was principal of one of the City Schools of Wilmington. ’ C4S ■ CPL. JOSEPH V. STANS BERRY, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wade Stansberry, Tuckerdale, is stationed at Drew Field, Fla., with the Army Air Force. He was stationed in Chicago, before being moved to Flori da, taking training as a radio operator. Red Cross War Drive Reaches 52,059.98 !ii County, il lore Needed Meat Rationing To Start Monday Allow 16 Points Red Stamps To Be Used For Several Times; Freeze To End On Butter And Fats Beginning next Monday, Ashe county housewives along with the rest of the nation will start using red stamps from their No. 2 ra tion books for meats, cheese, but ter, margarine, lard and other edible fats included in this ra tioned group. Red Stamp A will be good for 16 points during the first week. Items in this group except the cheese and meat have been frozen since last Sunday and will remain so until the rationing begins, March 29. Disclosure today of coupon val ues of meat showed that Ameri cans will be allowed, starting Monday, to buy a maximum of 21£ pounds of steak or 3 1-5 pounds of hamburger per person per week, under rationing. Actually, most people will buy less, because they will want to use some of the same coupons for butter, lard, cheese or canned fish. They will have 16 points to spend per week at an average coupon cost of 8 points per pound for the whole group of foods. Instructions as to the registra (Continued on Page 4) W U CPL. JOHN W. WEISS, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Weiss, Crumpler, has been recently promoted to his present rank in the Army, somewhere in Newfoundland. He received his basic training at Camp Wheeler, Ga., and was former ly stationed at Fort Slocum. $2.00 a Year Out of County PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY $4,300 Is Goal. Schools Are Assisting In Effort To Raise Funds Ashe county’s Red Cross War Fund Drive reached a total of $2059.98 yesterday afternoon with contributions continuing to come in. “We must have more and big ger contributions, yet. if we are to reach our goal of $4300,” Drive Chairman, Sharpe S. Shoemaker, said. “There are many who have made liberal contributions, but many who have not contributed at all.” he declared and urged that they do so at once. A few of the schools have made reports, but there are ma ny more to report and it is be lieved by the leaders of the drive that this will greatly swell the total. Every effort will be made to (Continued On Page Four) Eye Clinic Is Well Attended The eye clinic, sponsored last week by the Health and Welfare departments, was well attended. A report shows that 46 exam inations were made during the fwo-day period and that thirty five of this group were fitted with glasses. Soecial consultations were held for 9. Appointments were made in advance as only a limited number could be taken care of at this time. JOSEPH B. WEISS, Fire man First Class, U. S. Navy, another son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Weiss, Crumpler, is somewhere with the Atlantic fleet and was last heard from in November. He wrote then that he liked the Navy and was getting along fine. MAKE EVERY ygagSß PAY DAY , WAR lAI day STOP SPENDING—SAVE DOLLARS Survey Reveals 4-H Clubs Are To Help In Effort Many Gardens Are To Be Increased In Size Over Last Year Returns from surveys reveal that a minimum of 4,225 victory gardens are to be grown in Ashe this year, and that a majority of this number, who have grown gardens in the past, are making plans for bigger and more in clusive gardens in order to sup ply the increasing demand for fresh vegetables and to have a needed surplus for canning. The figures on gardens were' released this week by the Coun ty Agricultural Workers Coun cil, following a county-wide sur vey. The report shows that 392 boys and girls are planning to raise victory gardens in carrying out their 4-H Victory program and that many others will produce other war crops. Mrs. Gorda Boney, home dem onstration agent, points out that the women of the county are vit tally interested, not only in big ger and better victory gardens, but more extensive conservation in relation to the gardens and are studying plans for this in the home demonstration clubs. Roy H. Crouse, county agent, reports that increased interest in Victory Gardens in this county is certain to result in increased production of vital foods. That a wider variety of vege tables are to be grown this year is indicated by the sales of seed dealers. “We are not only selling more seed, but a much bigger (Continued on Page 4) Cicero Pasley, 64, Buried On Mon. Died Friday In Duke Hospital Following Critical Illness Cicero Pasley, well known Ashe County man, of Grassy Creek, died at Duke Hospital after a serious illness. Mr. Pasley was 164 years old at the time of his death. •- Funeral service was held Mon day at Fairview Church with Rev. Geter Blevins and Rev. Paul Phipps in charge. Burial followed at the family cemetery. The deceased is surived by his wife and three daughters, Mrs. Chas. St. Clair, Bel Air, Md.; Mamie Pasley, and Lou Pasley, Grassy Creek; and two grand children: Gerald and June St Clair. May Grow More Tobacco This Yr. The county AAA office has just received notice that growers will be permitted to plant one tenth of an acre more tobacco this year in addition to the ten per cent increase which has al ready been added to 1942 allot ments. “This means that our small growers will be allowed to in crease their 1942 allotments by two-tenths of an acre this year without penalty.” Roy H. Crouse, said. He explained that official notices would be mailed out in a few days. Several Youths Placed By NYA Names of Ashe county youths placed in employment by the NYA during the first six months of the current year are as follows: Hill Bernard Dougherty, Joseph W. Dougherty, and Herman F. Little, of Clifton; Joseph R. Brown, Creston; Iva Pierce, Crumpler; Cecil G. Friesland, , Fleetwood; Joseph Holt Krew ;son. Lansing; French G. Dixon and William Dayng Saunders, Na than’s Creek; John Wiley Good man and James E. Miller, Jeffer son; John Darrol Grogan. Lowell Eugene Houck, H. R. McGuire, Jr., and Sarah Francis Scott, Todd; Johnnie G. Ashley, Paul T. Barker, Charles R. Johnson, Harry Lee Miller, Rhondle M. Parker and William J. Wyrick, Jr., West Jefferson.
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