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VOLUME 13, NO. 13
Following Ashe
Men In Service
AC Jennings B. Rader, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Jennings
Rader, of West Jefferson, is
now stationed at Keesler
Field, Miss. “Buck”, accord
ing to reports received here
from official headquarters, is
making a fine record for him
self.
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Pvt. Lloyd Trivett, son of
Rev. and Mrs. W. C. Trivett,
of West Jefferson, is now sta
tioned at Fort Knox, Ky. He
entered the army in Decem
ber, from Ohio. Mrs. Trivett,
who has been visiting him for
the past month, has returned
here.
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Pvt. Ronald Girtman, form
erly of Laurel Springs, is now
stationed at Bradley Field,
Conn. He has been in the
army some time and writes
that he likes the work and the
training.
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Lt. Bertrand H. Winkler,
son of Mr. and Mrs. H. M.
Winkler, Todd, is now a flight
instructor at Craig Field, Ala.
He entered the Army Air
Force last May and took his
initial training at Craig Field.
the jslwlani) Host
$1.50 a Year in Ashe County
Rommel Is On Run;
Allied Forces Strike
Heavy Aerial Attack
SAVES 1,000 DIMES;
BUYS WAR BONDS
A. J. Ball, of Helton, has
discovered that dimes soon
grow into dollars and that War
Bonds are about the best in
vestment for dollars.
Mr. Ball was in town on
Tuesday and brought with him
dimes which he had saved for
the past three years and which
totalled SIOO. He invested this
in War Bonds.
“Small savings soon mount
up”, Mr. Ball declared. He is
certainly starting the ball roll
ing in the right direction,
which more people should fol
low.
Major Hubbard
Plans To Return
To Civilian Life
Chief Surgeon Os Ashe Hospi
tal To Receive Discharge
From Army
North Wilkesboro Major
Fred C. Hubbard, who has been
in the army medical corps since
July 17, 1942, will receive an
honorable discharge and will re
turn to civilian life in the very
near future, it was learned here
this week.
Major Hubbard, before he was
accepted in the service, was chief
of staff and chief surgeon of the
Wilkes Hospital in North Wilkes
iboro, which position he will re
! turn to when he receives his dis
! charge from the army’s medical
I corps.
Major Hubbard also served as
• chief surgeon of the Ashe hospital
I and it is expected that he will
resume this work again, too.
Major Hubbard is now station
,ed at Springfield, Mo. He enter
' ed the army at Charleston, S. C.,
was sent to Camp Atterbury,
I Ind., and later to Camp Crowder,
Mo., before he was assigned to
■ the general hospital at Spring-
J field, Mo.
Plan Program For
Red Cross Fund
Two Plays To Be Given At
Grassy Creek On Friday
Afternoon
Virginia-Carolina Playmakers j
will present a special program, I
Friday, April 2, 3:00 o’clock, at
the Grassy Creek Baptist Church.
This program is under the direc
tion of Miss Gertrude Graybeal,
sponsor of the Playmakers Club.
There will be two one-act plays
presented, with proceeds going I
to the Red Cross. The play titled, j
“For God and Country” was writ
ten by Miss Gertrude Graybeal.
It carries a rote of sadness blend- ]
ed with a true spirit of patriotism.'
The second feature will be
“Hillbilly Sue.”
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
Point Vahies Os Some Foods
Are Altered; Meat Rationed
Washington Fruit juices re- ]
quired fewer of your blue ration (
coupons starting Monday while <
prunes and raisins now take none
at all, the office of price adminis- ,
tration disclosed Saturday in a .
rejuggling of the point values of , ,
processed foods.
The point value of dried soups ~
is being slashed 50 per cent, but
more points will be needed for
canned beans, catsup and chili
sauce, tomato paste and sauce, ap
plesauce, fruit cocktail, peaches
and pineapple.
The fruit juice reductions range
up to 60 per cent. These and the
cuts on dried soup were made be
cause the products were not sell
ing up to .expectations, officials
said. The greatest reductions are
on 46-ounce cans of juice. This |
size can of grapefruit juice, posted t
[ for 23 points in March, takes on-
Soviets Halt Nazi Push On
Donets Front; RAF Raids
Berlin Again
Allied air forces took the lead
in the war this week, both in Af
rica, Europe and the Pacific.
Whipped on land and furiously
bombarded from the air, Marshal
Erwin Rommel’s weary Africa
corps plunged toward Sfax after
being thrown out of Gables and
El Hamma, with the conquering
British eighth army in hot pur
suit and with American forces
threatening his left flank.
The axis forces were drawing
back on the coastal highway run
ning 90 miles around the Gulf of
Gables to Sfax under relentless
pressure.
The German luftwaffe tried in
vain to fend off the devastating
allied air attacks, but these were
pressed home against the fleeing
enemy transports, and 300 vehi
cles were either destroyed or da
maged. Lighted by the fires of
his wrecked motor carriers, Rom
mel’s retreat highway was like
a scene from Dante’s inferno.
Rommel’s rear guard maintain
ed stubborn resistance, and his
sappers planted thousands of
mines and booby traps to cover
the withdrawal, a retreat that had
no aspect of a rout.
Allied heavy bombers inter
cepted a convoy of four enemy
destroyers attempting to run sup
plies into New Guinea Tuesday,
probably sank one with a direct
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Truck Operators
To Get “T” Books
The first quarter for truck
owners or operators holding “T”
: ration books ended in Ashe
! County March 31. The remainder
; of the week will be used to re
■ issue new “T” ration books for
trucks. As yet there has been no
change made in value of “T” cou
pons or the valid periods.
All truck operators wishing to
obtain “T” ration books for the
second quarter must be able to
present the backs of their origin
al “T” ration books at the time
of obtaining books to cover the
second quarter.
Scout Meeting
Well Attended
There were 27 Boy Scouts and
would-be scouts present at the
meeting at the community build
ing on Friday night when plans
for the coming season were dis
cussed. James I. Story, Scout
master, said that the regular
weekly meeting would be held
again at 7:30 on Friday night at
the community building.
Last Saturday afternoon, the
local Scout basketball teams split
a double header with the Lansing
Scouts. The first game was won
by the West Jefferson “Juniors”,
when they won frdm the Lansing
“Juniors”, 28 to 10. The second
game, played between the older
Scouts, was won by Lansing 25-23.
The proceeds of the games were
donated to the Red Cross War
Fund Drive.
ly nine points. A 46-ounce can
of tomato or pineapple juice re
quires 22 points instead of 32.
Apple juice was opened to un
restricted sale along with raisins,
prunes and other dried fruits.
Officials explained the dried
fruits are in danger of spoiling in
the coming warm months, while
the country has a surplus of ap
ples that can be turned into cans
or jugs of apple juice.
Dried fruits were left on the
official chart, at zero value, as a
reminder that they may be ra
tioned again when the new crop
is packed.
OPA said no overall in increase
in rations is possible at present.
Kenneth E. Stauffer, chief of
the processed foods division of
, OPA, explained: “This new
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WEST JEFFERSON, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1943
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A Red Cross worker examines the doughnut making machine, part of the equipment
of the “clubmobile” of which she is a crew member in the picture at left. At right: Miss
Fern Maddox, of Oklahoma City, serves doughnuts to a soldier at an airfield “somewhere
in England.” Center: Members of a Red Cress mobile unit distribute coffee and dough
nuts to U. S. soldiers in the British Isles.
Announce J. p.
Selections Made
By Legislature
Terms Os Office Start Today;
Are Named By Town
ships
The following Justices of the
Peace were named by the State
Legislature for their respective
townships of Ashe county, the
term of office to begin April 1:
Chestnut Hill township, J. A.
Carson; Clifton township. S. W.
I James, J. E. Osborne, and J. E.
Dougherty; Elk township, R. B.
Brown.. Walter Cook, and V. B.
Krider; Grassy Creek township,
R. A. Walker; Harrigan township,
L. B. Ham.
Helton township, Charles An
derson. J. E. Roe, and I. R.
Young; Horse Creek township, J.
O. Stansberry and Martin Ham;
Jefferson township. David Burk«
ett, Walter Pennington and E. A.
Waddell; Laurel township, Bruce
Graybeal. and T. W. Pennington.
North Fork township. Roby
Lewis; Obids township. F. C. Dil
lard and Mills Goodman; Old
Fields township, Todd Gentry and
Mont Hardin; Peak Creek town
ship. W. B. Scarborough, and
James Tucker: Pine Swamp town
ship, A. H. Church, and R. G.
Phillips; Piney Creek township,
Roby Blevins; Pond Mountain
township, C. G. Robinson and W.
S. Shephard; Walnut Hill town
ship, C. L. Blevins; West Jeffer
son township, F. B. Jones, C. O.
Parons and A- F. Rose.
Confirmation of these was re
ceived this week by C. S. Neal,
Clerk of Superior court, from
Thad Eure, Secretary of State.
Recommends Rat
Killing Campaign
District Sanitarian Pledges
Ce-operation. Davis Speaks
To Rotarians
Harry Webster, sanitarian of
the district health department,
told members of the Jeffersons
Rotary club here last Thurs
day night that there is a def
inite need for a rat extermin
ation campaign here in the Jeff
ersons and pledged his full co
operation in putting on such a
drive.
He said the average rat de
stroys from $lB to S2B worth of
food, clothing and other things
during a year and declared that
the only way a rat extermination
campaign can be successful is to
make it community with
the town officials giving full as
sistance.
Sanitarian Webster said that
two successful campaigns have
been conducted at Boone and de
scribed the methods used there.
Wick Vannoy was in charge of
the program and Ron Davis, prin
cipal of the Jefferson high school,
made an interesting talk on the
“pros and cons of federal aid to
schools”, the subject that has been
chosen for the annual Rotary club
debates between the high schools
of the county.
Prof. Davis outlined and dis
cussed some of the major points
on both sides of this interesting
and timely question.. He was
i introduced to the club by Bill
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Red Cross War Drive
Reaches $2,500; Now
SI,BOO Below Quota
Announce Dates
For Closing Os
All Lunchrooms
WPA Lunchrooms In Schools
Will Start Closing April 2
And End April 29
Mrs. Janice W. Grubbs, dis
trict supervisor of the WPA feed
ing program of th? Winston-Sa
lem area spent two days this week
in the county with Mrs. Alice B.
Donrelly, county supervisor,
working out closing dates for the
WPA operated school lunch
rooms.
Mrs. Donnelly announced that
the closing dates would begin
April 2 and that by April 29 all
of the lunchrooms would be clos
ed.
It is understood that the lunch
rooms serving the greatest num
ber of students will probably be
among the last ones closing. Mrs.
Grubbs explained that closing
dates must start soon in order to
be completed by April 29.
WPA lunchrooms have been op
erated successfully in the schools
of Ashe county for some years
and thousands of children have j
been served hot lunches. Since
WPA has been brought to a close
by Congress, some other hot
lunch program will have to be
worked out if the schools expect
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News Received
From M. F. Lewis
j
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Lewis, of
Creston, heard this week from
their son, Morris F. Lewis, re
ported missing in action since
May 7, 1942.
He is held prisoner by the Jap
anese in the Philippine Islands,
according to the report received. 1
Sunday Is To Be Red Cross
Day In Churehes Os Ashe
It was announced this week by
the Red Cross W T ar Drive commit
tee, that Sunday would be Red
Cross Day in the churches of the
county and all churches and Sun
day Schools are asked to give
their regular collection or to
make up a special Red Cross col
lection at this time.
According to present plans, the
War Fund Drive is expected to
end on Monday night, April 5 and
the county is still far short of
the quota. It is believed by
leaders of the drive, that the co
operation of all churches will
help to make it a success.
Ministers, Sunday School su
perintendents or other church
leaders are asked to call atten
tion to the humanitarian work
which the Red Cross is doing for
the men in the armed forces, and
$2.00 a Year Out of County
Every Effort Will Be Made To
Reach Quota And Close
Drive By Monday
Ashe county’s Red Cross War
Drive reached a total of approxi
mately $2500! yesterday after
noon. short SI,BOO of the quota of
$4,300, officials stated.
Every effort is being mad? to
reach the total by next Monday
night in order that the drive may
be closed. All schools and all
other workers are urged to com
plete their canvassu£ 'dial iu.a in
their reports.
All reports should be in rot
later than Monday afternoon in
order to determine the standing
of the drive.
Several events are being plan
ned this week end in order to
swell the total. The Victory
Corps, of West Jefferson, will
collect funds; Grassy Creek High
School i.s giving a special program
on Friday afternoon and all of
the churches are asked to observe
Red C ross Day on Sunday.
Contributions are continuing to
come in and printed below are
seme received since last week:
Mr. and Mr.s. Arlie Wilson, R.
S. Weaver, Mrs. W. O. Mullis,
Mrs. Lizzie Campbell, all 2.00
each;
West Jefferson Boy Scouts,
1.30; T. E. Campbell, Mrs. Arthur
Waddell, Mrs. Rebecca Wilson,
Claude Grogan, all 1.00 each.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Vannoy.
$50.00. (There was an error in
this report when previously list
ed )
W. W. Dickson, 10.00; Jeffer
son Wesleyan Guild. 5.00; J. F.
Neal, 5.00; Mrs. J. E. Walters,
5.00; R. S. Weaver. 2.00; Jason
Spencer, 1.00; W. T. Pennington,
1.00; Green Lantern Case, 5.00.
West Pine Swamp Baptist
Church, 5.00; Mrs. John E. Dix
on, 1.00; Ashe County REA Of
fice, 15.00; Mr. and Mrs. R. D.
Houck, 5.00 Mr. and Mrs. R. L
Ballou, 5.00.
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urge everyone to give what they
can.
Churches are asked to turn in
their reports on Monday if possi
ble. Reports may be made tp tl)e
Northwestern Bank, Jefferson;
Shajrpe S. Shoemaker,! Belk’s
Department Store or the Skyland
Post, West Jefferson.
“I know of no finer service
here on the home front that we
can render our men in service,
than giving to the Red Cross”,
one minister said. “The Red Cross
is truly the Good Samaritai?’, he
said and discussed the aid being
rendered by this organization.
Ashe county’s goal is $4,300
and there is much yet to be
raised before this goal is reached.
Most of the nearby; counties have
already exceeded their goals.
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PAYDAY „
WAR
til >OBOND DAY
tnr sHmmc—SAVi mutr
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Farmers Are To
Collect Stamps
From Customers
Are Urged To Produce Sur
plus Meat And Butter
For Sale
Raleigh North Carolina
fanners who produce meat and
butter at home for sale must,
collect from their customers the
correct amounts of red point
stamps in War Ration Book 2, the
office of price administration said
this week.
During the past week, while re
tail sales of butter were frozen,
farmers of the state were permit
ted, under a ruling by OPA, to
sell butter without collecting
point stamps from customers.
This authorization ended at mid
night Sunday, March 28.
Under the meat-fats rationing
program, a farmer who sells
meat or butter or other home
produced items covered by the
program should keep a record
of all such products sold. At the
end of each month he will be re
quired to go to his local war price
and rationing board and report
the number of pounds he has
sold, and he must turn over to
the board the red point stamps
he has collected during the month.
He must comply with this regu
lation, the OPA said, whether he
sells to individuals or to stores.
At the same time, the OPA re
quested that farmers who pro
. duce more meat, butter, etc., than
j their families can consume, re
, frain from spending their own red
point stamps in War Ration Book
2. WTiile farmers may do so if
they wish, the OPA emphasized,
they will make a valuable con
tribution to the rationing program
by saving their point stamps in
such cases and making more ra
tioned sods available to persons
who do r.ot have facilities for
producing foods at home.
Red Cross Program
Jefferses Plgli
Friday afternoon some ama
teurs. under the direction of their
teachers and accompanied by
Mcsdames Davis and Gambill,
gave a performance in the Jeff
erson auditorium.
Mr. Robert Woodie acted as
master of ceremonies for the pu
pils on the program. A small
admission fee was charged and
the proceeds were used for the
I Red Cross.
Guide Is Given
For Rationing
SUGAR —Stamp No. 12 good
for five pounds through May
31.
COFFEE Stamp No. 26
good for one peund through
April 25.
GASOLINE Coupon No. 5
in A. book good for three gal
lons but must last through Ju
ly 21—four months, instead of
two as heretofore.
. TIRES Holders of Ration
A coupons must have tires in
spected by OPA on or before
March 31. Owners of passeng
er cars and commercial vehi
cles may get their casings re
capped with reclaimed rubber
camelback without applying
to their local War Price and
Rationing Boards for certifi
cates.
SHOES Coupon 17 in the
sugar and coffee ration book
entitles each holder to one pair
of shoes until June 15, when a
new stamp will be designated.
WAR RATION BOOKS
Blue stamps in War Ration
Book Two now used to ration
commercially canned, bottled
and frozen fruits and vegeta
bles, including juices, all soups,
dried peas, lentils and dehy
drated soup mixtures. Red
stamps in War Ration Book
Two new used to ration meats,
fats, oils, cheese, and canned
fish. During the first five
weekly periods, these red
stamps will become valid and
will expire as follows:
March 29—A (16 Pts.)—April
30.
April 4—B (16 Pts.) —April 30
April 11—C (16 Pts.)—April 30
April 18—D (16 Pts.)—April
30
April 25—E (16 Pts.)—To be
announced.