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!• OVER THE TOP W FOR VICTORY UNITED STATES WAR BONDS-STAMPS VOLUME 13, NO. 23 Mining Property Bought By Lassiter For $34,000 Merchants Want Agriculture In County’s Schools Value And Need Os Vocation al Training Is Seen By W. Jefferson Merchants A large number of West Jeff erson merchants expressed them selves a being very favorable to ward the establishment of voca tional agricultural departments in the high schools of the county this ■week when interviewed by a Post reporter. “From the way I see it, I can not emphasize the importance of vocational agriculture strongly enough”, T. E. Parker said. “The whole purpose of education is to better equip youth for service and certainly we need to train and encourage our boys to stay on our farms”, he added. John Rhodes pointed out that he had long been interested in education from a practical stand point and that he felt that voca tional agriculture was not only practical but “is badly needed in Ashe county.” Sharpe S. Shoemaker, said that he knew such training would be profitable to the county and that he hoped vocational agriculture could be started now. “We need more good farmers to help win the war”, he said. “I am heartily in favor of vo cational agriculture and know the establishment of such depart ments would mean much to the youth and to this county,” Dwight McGrady, said. A number of other individuals have expressed themselves as be ing strongly in favor of such training in the Ashe schools. (Continued On Page Four) Valuable Ashe Farm To Be Sold Auction Os Dr. Gentry Or Vail Farm Will Be Held Next Wed., June 16 The Dr. Gentry or Vail farm, on the Grassy Creek highway, six miles north of Jefferson, is to be sold at public auction on Wednes day, June 16. This farm, owned by J. L. Se graves and R. B. Jackson, con tains 265 acres and is subdivided into a number of tracts. Most.of it is in cultivation and the sale is expected to attract a large crowd. In addition to the excellent farming land, on the place is lo cated a good nine-room house, barn, outbuildings and tenant house. The sale is to be conducted by the Cumbo Land Company, of Abingdon and is scheduled to be gin at 10 o’clock in the morning and it has been announced that fifty dollars will be given free. McNEILL PROPERTY IS SOLD SATURDAY At a sale of some of the prop erty belonging to the estate of the late E. A. McNeill, held Sat urday, the home place in Jeffer son was bought by C. R. Goswick for SIBOO. The highest bid on the farm property in and near Jefferson was placed by R. C. Parsons, of Raleigh. This was $4,340. “SEASONED TIMBER”, NEW SERIAL STORY People, typical of a small town, are cleverly portrayed in the new serial story, “Sea soned Timber”, opening today in this paper. But more than that, the sto ry is filled with human inter est and a romance, which will surprise you. In it you will find that a school principal has plenty of worries, but in “Seasoned Tim ber”, they are overcome. The author, Dorothy Can field, well-known to many readers, has written this story so that it will interest every one. Turn to page 7 and start with the first chapter. You won’t want to miss a single issue. fflie Wfliiti >st $1.50. a Year in Ashe County Jap Flag Gone, Old Glory Up jjllSSl'* s JL j . Jfl m fl H RskA .<4; I|| I The American flag waves from a Japanese landing boat which American forces captured while fighting on Attu. They are beaching the boat at Massacre bay. Invasion Os Europe Believed Near; U. S. Air Force Is Active Reds And Germans Swap Mighty Blows; Germany Is Warned Against Using Gas • ___________ War activities in the air con tinued on a big scale this week, while the world waited for the news of the invasion of Europe by allied forces. Winston Churchill, as though raising at last the bright signal that will send the invading allied armies plunging forward, quiet ly told the world yesterday that amphibious attacks of “a pecu liar complexity and hazard on a large scale” were very near at hand in the European theater — operations already “fitted into their proper place in relation to the general war.” Italy’s anti-invasion outpost at Pantelleria. 180 miles from the Italian mainland, underwent vio lent air attacks again yesterday and it was disclosed that Ameri can fighter bombers have a novel technique to blast the enemy from underground hideouts in the is land’s volcanic mountains. For the second time in three days, Japan’s South Pacfiic air force suffered a severe defeat at the hands of American airmen Monday, the navy reported yes terday. In a battle giving fresh evidence of qualitative superiori (Continued on Page 4) Avery Eldretli Buried Monday i I Funeral service was held on Monday for Avery Eldreth, 51, of Lansing, who died on Sunday, June 6. Burial was at the fami ly cemetery. Rev. Carl Sturgill was in charge of the service, which was held at the Long Branch Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife and the following children: Glenn, Jones, Gladys, Smith and Gene, all of Lansing. W. B. Austin Is Rotary Speaker Stressed Need Os Vocational Agriculture In Schools Os County W. B. Austin told the members of the Rotary Club last week that “we would be better fitted to help win the war and the peace in Ashe county if we had voca tional training in our schools”. He pointed out that students were different and should be taught about the things they are interested in. “Since the majori ty of the young people of Ashe county are reared on the farm and interested in farming, we should have agricultural departments in our schools”, he declared. Langdon Scott had charge of the program. Roy Crouse is pro gram chairman for the meeting tonight. Bass Season Is Opened; Warden Issues Warning Many Streams Are Well Stocked; Fishermen Must Buy Licenses The bass season in Ashe coun ty opens today and » many of the streams are well stocked. Harve Goodman, game warden, says he expects this to be a rec ord season for many fishermen. Game Warden Goodman urges everyone to secure a license be fore attempting to fish. He pointed out that within the past few weeks, several had been caught, tried and fined for fish ing without a license. “This can be both expensive and unpleas ant,” he said. Mr. Goodman said he wished to remind everyone desiring to fish that licenses were available at hardware stores in W. Jefferson, at the office of the register of deeds, in Jefferson, and at vari ous other places and stores throughout the county. The opening of the bass season not only attracts local fishermen, but those from a distance, and this year is expected to be good. Mrs. Brooks, 44, Is Buried Monday Mrs. Rosa Brooks, of Tucker dale, died at the age of 44 on Fri day and was buried on Monday. Funeral service was held at the Baptist church at Tuckerdale. Burial followed at the family cemetery. The deceased is survived by her husband, J. F. Brooks and the following children: Claude, Clyde, Doris, Ivalee, Billy and J. F. Brooks, Jr., all of Tuckerdale. Dr. John S. Gaul Is Coming Wed. Will Hold Crippled Children’s Clinic At The Health Department It was announced yesterday that Dr. John S. Gaul, of Char lotte, would be here next Wed nesday afternoon to hold a crip pled children’s clinic. Those in terested in attending and have not done so, are asked to get in touch with the health department. The eye clinic held last Thurs day and Friday under the spon sorship of the health and welfare departments and the Rotary club, was well attended. More than thirty children were examined and fitted with glasses. Dr. Rex Sink, of Winston-Salem, was in charge. WEST JEFFERSON, N. C.. THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1943 Ashe Wool Pool Brings 56 Cents; Points Named Farmers Urged By County Agent Crouse To Take Ad vantage Os Pool The Ashe county wool pool was bought by Chatham Manufactur ing Company, Elkin, for 56 cents per pound. “This is the top price paid for wool this year,” Roy H. Crouse announced this week. Wool is to be brought to one of the following points to sell thrugh the pool, Mr. Crouse ex plained: R. J. Yoder’s store at Lansing— Monday, June 14 from 9:00 a. m. to 11:30 a. m. ?W. R. Osborne’s store at River view School—Monday, June 14 from 1:00 p. m. to 5:00 p. m. West Jefferson, back of the Ashe Hardware Warehouse— Tuesday, June 15 from 8:30 a. m. to 11:30 a. m. “Those who live near Grassy Creek may prefer to bring their wool to Virginia-Carolina school and those near Laurel Springs may prefer to bring their wool to Laurel Springs Post Office a few days later which will be announc ed when the Alleghany and Gray son counties get their schedules complete. These counties are selling in the same pool with us, Agent Crouse said. “Don’t neglect getting your wool in the pool as we are mak ing a special effort to assist you in getting the most money for your clip,” he added. Name Ashe War Meat Committee Division Os County War Board To Assist With Meat Problems Recognizing the pressure of the increasing work load of the coun ty War Boards and in order to secure the assistance of necessary volunteer workers, the State War Board requested the county or ganizations with the assistance of the area marketing supervisors to establish a County War Meat Committee. ’ The following have been asked to serve: Roy H. Crouse, chair man; A. B. Vannoy, T. E. Parker, Harry F. Webster, Carl Colvard and Mrs. Ed M. Anderson. Lee Goodman, 79, Buried Tuesday Funeral service was held Tues day morning for Henry Lee Goodman, 79, of Nathan’s Creek, who died on Monday, June 7. The service was held at the Liberty Hill Church with Rev. Worth Sweet in charge. Mr. Goodman, who has been ill for some time, is well known all over the county. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Ann Good man, of Nathan’s Creek, and the following sisters and brothers: Mrs. M. A. Deacon and Mrs. Mag gie Long, of Nathan’s Creek; Mrs. Jennie Bobbin, Lenoir and Mrs. Julia Walters, West Jefferson; J. R. Goodman, Oval; B. H. Good man, West Virginia; R. B. Good man, Idlewild, and Walter Good man, West Jefferson. He reported a few years ago that he had attended 50 Big June services at Senter church, in suc cession. He had an excellent memory and was well known for his sense of humor, which won for him many friends. BAPTIST CONFERENCE AT VALLEY HOME CHURCH The Baptist Workers’ Confer ence met at Valley Home Church on Sunday, June 6, and had a fine program. The subject was, “Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every na tion.” Those taking part were Rev. Eugene Phillips, Thay Allen and Frank Pierce. The closing sermon was by Rev. S. S. Gray beal. The B. W. C. will meet again the first Sunday in July at the Baptist Home Church. Everyone is cordially invited to attend. Jutlas Sees His Master Jr A photograph from a Nazi propaganda magazine shows Vidkun Quisling with Adolf Hitler at the latter’s headquart ers for a conference. Ashe Commissioners Want Agriculture In Schools Os County Good Crowd Is Expected For Big June Meet To Be Held On Saturday And Sunday; Elders Are An nounced Saturday and Sunday the an nal Big June meeting will be held at the historic Senter Baptist church at Nathan’s Creek, when several hundreds of people are expected to gather. Elders Ed Davis, moderator of the Senter district will preach as will Elder D. G. Roten, Webb Kilby, Welch. W. Va., and Elder J. A. Fagge, of Winston- Salem. There will possibly be other visiting elders who will take part in the service. In spite of ga.s and tire ration ing a good crowd is expected. Before travel was curtailed, as many as 5,000 people from near and far often attended. The Big June is the first of the two-day primitive Baptist meet ings to be held in this section during the summer and has for more than three-quarters of a century attracted a large crowd. Mrs. Brinegar Buried Yesterday Funeral service was held yes terday for Mrs. Mary Lular Brinegar, 63, of Grassy Creek, who died at the Ashe Hospital on Monday, June 7, after an at tack of pneumonia. Rev. Edgar Denney, Rev. Estel Eller and Rev. Lester Denney were in charge of the service, which was held at the Pleasant Valley Bap tist church at two o’clock p. m. The deceased is survived by her husband, J. R. Brinegar; three brothers, E. W. Phipps, Grassy Creek; Emmett Phipps, Bina and R. F. Phipps, Troutdale, Va. OPA Orders Meat Prices Cut Back, Starting June 21 Washington A reduction in meat prices, averaging three cents a pound below current retail quotations, has been ordered by the Office of Price Administra tion in its second step toward “rolling back” the cost of living by means of subsidies. The meat slash will go into ef fect in retail stores June 21 for all cuts except cured and proces sed pork, QPA said. For pork products the reductions become effective July 5. OPA’s action was taken in the face of a decision by the House Banking Committee to forbid payment of subsidies by the Commodity Credit Corp., and a protest against them by the At merican Meat Institute. This or ganization of packers asked post- $2.00 a Year Out of County Tentatively Agree To Assist With Salaries Os Vocation al Teachers The Ashe county commissioners tentatively agreed to include the county’s part of the salaries of two vocational agricultural teach ers in the budget this year, at the regular meeting this week, when the matter was put before i them. An impressive delegation from 'th/' Jeffersons Rotary club 1 ing representatives of the board !of education, The Skyland Post 1 and other groups pointed out the need and importance of vocation ■ al agricultural departments in the high schools of the county. | The commissioners expressed themselves as being in favor of such departments if the county’s part could be financed without increasing the tax levy. It is believed that this can be done since the county has an in creased valuation of around $170,- : 000 which would give an increas | ed income of $3,400. Arrangements will have to be made by the board of education and the schools in which the de partments are to be located to house and equip the departments, it is understood. The action of the county com missioners has already been com (Continued on Page 5) AWOL Soldier Is Held In Jail Pvt. Murray L. Boyd found himself in double trouble here over the week end. When he was arrested for public drunken ness, it was found that he had I over stayed his leave from a camp 'in Texas. i Boyd, who is originally from Mt. Airy, is being detained in the Ashe county jail until directions for his removal are received from Army officials. ponement of any subsidy plan un til the recently-formed War Meat Board goes into action. Price Administrator Prentiss M. Brown has expressed deter mination to roll back the prices of butter, meat, and coffee by ten per cent each, through subsidies financed by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation at a cost of approximately $400,000,000 per year. The butter subsidy was placed in effect this week, but retail butter prices will not re flect the five cents per pound subsidy until Thursday. As far as packers are concern ed, the meat subsidy will go into effect Monday, but because of the time it will take before subsidiz ed meat flows through the hands of packers. IfljSftSSlfAKE EVERY pAY DAY - WAR til < DAY STOP SPENDING—SAVE DOUMf PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Purchases Farm From T. K. Miller Joining Ore Knob Joins Ore Knob Property Bought By Lassister Ear ly This Year The 700-acre farm belonging to Ex-sheriff Tom Miller in the Ore Knob section of Laurel Springs, was purchased this week by R. G. Lassiter for the sum of' $34,- 000.00, acording to reliable infor mation revealed here, today. This property joins the Ore Knob copper mining property, which was purchased by Lassiter early this year for $36,000.00. This tract included 1000 acres. While surveys have been made of the mine this year, no date has been announced for starting ac tive operation of it. It is believ ed, however, that since this addi tional property has been purchas ed by Mr. Lassiter, that he ex pects to operate the mine. The Ore Knob mine, operated from time to time, has been idle since World War I except for the machinery used by the highway department for crushing surface ore for the highway. The mine saw its greatest period of activity immediately after the Civil war. From 1880 to 1888 when there were around 1000 men employed. But the mine was closed and then reopened again in 1907. It was also opera ted on a small scale during the past World War. (Continued on Page 5) Men Classified By Local Board Several Are Placed In 1-A; List Os Group Is Pub- A lished Below The local board has recently classified a number of men for military service. Those placed in 1-A are as fol lows: Alonza Black, Thomas Lee Garvey, Claude Mack Blevins, Robert Thomas Graybeal, Kenly Lyles, James Garfield Ham, Wayne Miller, Flournoy Efton Cleveland, Robert Bruce Little, Avery Lewis Darnell, Raleigh Scott Greer, Dare W. Dickson, Eugene Greer Edwards, Marvin Lee Perry, Hildred Joseph Roark, Holman Eugene Farmer, Walter Raymond Sapp, Earl Clay Barker, William Edgar Bledsoe, Samuel Ernest Sluder, Walter Ray Ru therford, Blan Bladen Severt, James Earl Blevins, Robert E. Lee Jones, Gentry Pennington, Roy Huston Bare, Roscoe Guy Lyalls and Dewey Blevins Camp bell. 2-B—Homer Sell Gentry; 2-C Samuel Claude Dancy and Clar ence Floyd Blevins; 4-F—Odell Willie Canter, Burl Carlon Fow ler. Delmer Joseph Mahala and Ralph Roe. SERVICES AT ST. MARY’S AND GLENDALE, SUNDAY It was announced this week that Rev. W. C. Leach would con duct services at the Episcopal Mission at Glendale Springs on Sunday morning at 10 a. m. and at St. Mary’s church at Beaver Creek on Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock. The public is cordially invited to attend. ASHE EXPERIENCES SUMMER WEATHER The mercury reached the highest peak of the season this year on Sunday here, when the thermometers soared to 87 de grees, acording to official read ings. This was the warmest day of the summer, but was compara tively cool, as it was well over 100 degrees in other sections of the state and nation. A thunderstorm followed by rain and wind on Sunday ev ening, cooled the temperature, which has remained pleasant this week. Frequent showers have helped to lower it The rain and sunshine this week have done much to im prove crops of this section. “It is a real growing season”, one farmer remarked yesterday.
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