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VOLUME 13, NO. 37
War Bond Drive Passes $30,500.00 Mark In Ashe
H. D. Clubs Are To
Compete For War
Bond Drive Prizes
A $25 Bond Award To Go To
Club Making Best Record
During Drive
The steering committee of the
Third War Loan Drive in Ashe
county, announced this week that
a $25.00 war bond would be pre
sented to the home demonstra
tion club of Ashe county making
the best record for sales in the
Third War Loan drive. A second
prize of $5.00 in stamps is also to
be awarded.
These prizes are in addition to
those announced last week for
various groups and individuals.
Women of the county have been
making a good record in the drive
so far. They have sponsored the
booth at the bean market and
were sold. R. H. Vannoy won
there last Thursday night. At
this time, $14,450 worth of bonds
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Huffman To Serve
As Navy Recruiter
Will Be Here Again On Oct. 4;
Applicants May See P. G.
Wright
Specialist First Class Joseph E.
Huffman, Navy Recruiter, attach
ed to the Winston-Salem Navy
Recruiting Station has been as
signed Ashe county, replacing Re
cruiter James E. Meacham, who
has been tranferred to Charlotte.
Huffman, who covers eight
counties in northwestern North
Carolina, is a native of Thomas
ville, but for some time has been
a resident of Boone. He will be
in West Jefferson once a month
and xus ne:.t*»cheduled trip is •.&
Monday, October 4.
Recruiter Huffman pointed out,
however, that 17-year-old boys
may get information and appli
cation blanks from P. G.
Wright at the depot and that ap
plicants may then report to Re
cruiter Huffman in North Wilkes
boro on Tuesdays and be sent on
1 to Raleigh for final physical ex-
i amination and enlistment.
Mr. Wright, who is a Navy civ
ilian recruiter also, will have ap
plication blanks for Waves and
information about Seabees.
Squirrel Season
Is Moved Up Until
Sept. 15 In County
Harve Goodman, county game
warden, received a letter from
the game and fisheries division of
the N. C. Department of Conser
vation asking that he announce
the opening of the squirrel sea
son in Ashe on Sept. 15 instead
of waiting until Oct. 1. The sea
son will close Dec. 15.
October 1 had been previously
announced by the department as
the opening date of the squirrel
season in Ashe.
Game Warden Goodman urged
everyone be sure to pur
chase licenses before going hunt
ing. Hunting licenses are on sale
at the office of the Register of
Deeds, hardware stores and other
places in the county.
BOND BOX SUPPER
AT BALDWIN, SAT.
It was announced this week
that there would be a bond box
supper on the church lawn, on
Saturday night, at Baldwin,
when boxes of supper will be
sold for war bonds.
“We will take war stamps if
we have to, but we would like
for all boxes to go for bonds,”
one member of the committee
said. In addition to the boxes,
there wilj, be the selection of
the ugliest man and the pret
tiest girl. The public is cor
dially invited to attend and
bring boxes.
The event is planned in con
nection with the Third War
SLoan Drive, now on, and all
who can attend are asked to do
so and help co-operate in the
raising of Ashe county’s goal
of $193,000.00.
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$1.50 a Year in Ashe County
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At Salerno, just below Naples, the American forces are
locked in a desperate battle with the Germans. Farther
south, the British Eighth Army report the capture of Cosenza,
this week.
Americans Wage
Big Battle At Salerno;
Russians Still Gain
Dr. G. T. Colvard
Writes From Jap
Military Prison
Formes* Ashe Man Held In
Philippines; Has Rank Os
Lieut.-Colonel
The wife of Dr. George Todd
Colvard, who resides at Deming,
N. Mexico, has just recently re
ceived a card message from him,
it states: “I am interned at Phil.
Mil. Prison Camp No. 2, my health
is fair, I am under treatment, I
am better, write more often, have
received no word.”
This is the first direct message
received from Dr. Colvard since
he was taken prisoner, when the
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Two Are Held In
Jail For Thefts
Chief Deputy Carl B. Graybeal
said today that Monroe Wingler
was being detained in the Ashe
county jail in connection with
the theft of chickens from Mrt.
Brackens,* of Nathan’s Creek.
Quincy Brown is also being
held on the charge of theft, but
it is lumber in his case, instead
of chickens. Both of these are
expected to have a hearing some
time this week, Deputy Graybeal
said.
Following Ashe County Men Now Fighting For Liberty And Democracy
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Pfc. Dewie T. Brinegar, son
of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Brine
gar, of Grassy Creek, has been
in service for the past nine
months, and is now stationed
at Camp Barkley, Texas; with
the Medical Corps. He is lik
ing his work very much.
WEST JEFFERSON, N. C.,
Allies Make Progress Against
Japanese In Southwest
Pacific
American and British troops
fought hand to hand last night
with elements of three crack Ger
man divisions ’ on the Salerno
bridgehead as Field Marshal Al
bert Kesselring made a supreme
effort to drive the fifth army into
the sea.
During the day and into the
night allied warships poured out
everything from machinegun bul
lets to shell fire to help protect
the narrow beachhead extending
24 miles south of Salerno, and
the entire fifth army was engaged
in a grim battle.
The Mediterranean was alive
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Around 75 Ashe
Men Left This
Week For Service
A large group of Ashe county
men, estimated at around 75, left
Wednesday morning for the Ar
my.
Due to the fact they were not
informed of the departure of the
group, members of the Legion and
Rotary club were not present
with their usual gifts, to see the
boys off.
Neither the names of the men
nor the number were released by
the local board for publication.
Pvt. Lillard Herbert Roten,
who has been in service since
January, is stationed with the
Air Corps, at Carvallis, Ore
gon. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Emmett Roten, of Fig.
Pvt. Roten received his basic
training in California.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 16, 1943
Will Hold Sale
Os Feeder Calves
Here On Tuesday
Department Os Agriculture
Will Assist W. Jefferson
Livestock Market
Plans are now being completed
for the big sale of feeder calves
to be held at the West Jefferson
Livestock market on Tuesday af
ternoon, Sept. 21, with the co
operation of the N. C. Department
of Agriculture.
This will be an excellent op
portunity for farmers of Ashe,
Alleghany, Watauga and other
nearby counties to sell their good
beef calves and yearlings as a
large number of buyers are ex
pected, those in charge pointed
out.
The sale will open at 2:30 o’-
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First Coupons Os
New Ration Books
Can Be Used Now
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Became Valid This Week;
New Brown Stamps “A”
Valid For Meats
Washington The first cou
pons in the new Ration Book No.
3 became valid this week, its
brown “A” stamps now being
good for rationed meats, fats, oil
and butter.
They will remain valid through
October 2, and, under the over
lapping changeover procedure an
nounced by the Office of Price
Administration, the remaining X,
Y and Z stamps in Book 2 are al
so good during the same period.
Officials of the OPA cautioned
against carelessly throwing away
Books 1 and 2 because coupons
are now valid in Book 3. There
are still a lot of good stamps in
the first two books.
Book 1 stamps are still expend
able for shoes and sugar. The
blue points in Book 2 are good
for processed foods other than
meats, in addition to the valid
red X, Y and Z points.
Miller Farm To
Be Sold Sept. 22
It was announced this week
that the A. Low Miller Farm, at
Glendale Springs, would be sold
at auction on Wednesday, Septem
ber 22, beginning at 10:00 a. m.,
by the Cumbow Land Company,
of Abingdon, Va.
The farm of 100 acres will be
subdivided into small tracts and
many beautiful summer home
sites, it was explained. This
beautiful land situated on top of
Blue Ridge Mountain (elevation
over 3000 feet) is located at the
intersection of the Jefferson and
North Wilkesboro Highway and
the Blue Ridge Parkway. Part of
it is located in Wilkes county, and
all is on the telephone and elec
tricity line.
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Cpl. Joseph C. Spencer, now
in service somewhere in. North
Africa, has been in service for
over a year, and is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Spencer, of
Sturgills. He is with the sup
ply squadron, and is liking his
work fine.
$2.00 a Year Out of County
Tribute To Fallen Attu Heroes
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On a lonely strand of land on the far northern island of
Attu, wreaths are placed on the graves of fallen American
fighters as a bugler blows taps.
Hot Lunch Program
For Ashe Schools Is
To Start Next Week
NCEA Group Will
Meet In County
Tuesday, Sept. 21
Units From Four Counties To
Hold Fall Planning Meet
ing At Jefferson
Plans are now being completed
for the Fall Leadership Confer
ence of the N. C. Educational As
sociation of this area to be held
at Jefferson on Tuesday afternoon
in the auditorium of Jefferson
high school, at 3:00 o’clock.
There are twenty-two similar
meetings to be held throughout
North Carolina this fall and the
units of the NCEA expected to
attend the meeting here include
those of Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes
and Alleghany.
This is the first time a meeting
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J. F. Yates Has
Ist Anniversary
“I am happy to be celebrating
my first anniversary in business
at Warrensville”, J. F. Yates told
a Post reporter this week.
He is carrying on a long es
tablished business and is some
times called Ashe county’s “oldest
young merchant.”
Mr. Yates pointed out that
while the past year had been a
difficult one for all people in the
retail business, because of ration
ing and shortage of many items,
that he was gratified at the fine
response and patronage he had
received.
Sgt. Fred Fender, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Fender, of
Crumpler, has been overseas
for more than a year and
writes that he is liking foreign
service, but hopes to be home
soon. He was with the Nation
al Guard before the war.
Many Applications Have Been
Sent In For Weeks For
Approval
The hot lunch program for a
large number of school children
of Ashe county is expected to
start next week, A. B. Hurt,
Superintendent of schools, an
nounced yesterday.
Several of the schools have
made preliminary preparations
and have filed their applications
showing that they will meeX ne
cessary requirements. As soon
as these are approved and re
turned from Raleigh, the lunch
rooms will be put into operation.
Among those already filing
their applications are: Riverview,
Jefferson, West Jefferson, Fleet
wood, Buffalo, Nathan’s Creek
and Lansing. Others are expect
ed to file within the next few
days.
According to a preliminary sur
vey, most of the schools will have
a much better lunch than ever
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Rotarians Hear
Ashe Professor
Professor F. C. Nye, who spoke
to the Jeffersons Rotary Club on
post-war planning, last week, told
the group of some of the major
economic problems that will con
front the world.
He also discussed the world fed
eration of nations and plans for
a permanent peace. He was pre
sented by J. L. Segraves.
W. B. Austin, Jr., gave a very
interesting report of the activi
ties of Boys’ State, which he at
tended in August.
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2nd Lt. Monte Weaver, son
of Mr. W. A. Weaver, of Lan
sing, is now with the Eighth
Air Force Fighter Command,
somewhere in (England. He
entered service in August,
1942. He will be remembered
for his baseball career.
Hmake every
PAY DAY
WAR
BOND DAT
STOP SPENDING—SAVE DOLLARS
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Much More Must
Be Raised Yet;
Far Below Quota
All Groups Are Asked To
Double Their Efforts In
Order To Reach Quota
Ashe county ended the first
week of the Third War Loan
Drive with around $30,593.25 re
ported early yesterday afternoon
from sources of sales.
This leaves $162,307.75 of the
county’s quota of $193,000.00 yet
to be raised.
Unofficial returns from the
sources of issuances gave the fol
lowing figures: Northwestern
Bank, Jefferson, $18,473.00. Os
this amount, $10,473.00 was in E
bonds; West Jefferson postoffice,
$9,356.25; Ashe Building and
Loan, $243.75; First National
Bank, $2,000; Lansing postoffice,
$356.25, other sources, S2OO.
Ira T. Johnston, chairman of
the drive, said that he wanted to
express his appreciation to every
one helping in raising the quota
and asked that they double
their efforts for the remainder of
the drive.
Many of the West Jefferson
merchants are doing an excellent
job according to reports. Rhodes
Furniture Company and Fau
cette’s both reported 100 per cent
from their employees as well as
sales to their customers. Fau
cette’s reported around $3,500.00
yesterday and Rhodes Furniture
company, $2,500.00. Reports were
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Legion To Sponsor
Musical Program
Fiddler’s Convention To Be
Held In j£our*h?use At
Jefferson, Saturday
Plans are now being completed
for a fiddler’s convention to be
held at the courthouse on Satur
day night at 8:30, under the spon
sorship of the Ashe American Le
gion Post.
The convention will feature
Uncle Mac Crow, famous banjo
player, well-known on the radio
and other professionals.
Local string bands are invited
to enter and cash prizes are to
be awarded the winners who
compete in the contests.
A similar event will be held
at Lansing high school on Friday
night, at 8:30 o’clock for the bene
fit of the school, it was announc
ed.
The public is cordially invited
to attend both performances.
Bishop Gribbin
Coming To Ashe
Sunday, Sept. 19
It was announced that Rt. Rev.
Bishop R. E. Gribbin, of Ashe
ville, would hold service at St.
Mary’s church at Beaver Creek,
on Sunday afternoon at 4:00
o’clock. The public is cordially
invited to attend.
Bishop Gribbin will observe
parish day at Wilkesboro on Sun
day with the service at 11:00
o’clock, followed by luncheon
served on the lawn at the home
of Miss Elizabeth Barber.
TUESDAY IS BOND
DAY AT W. J. SCHOOL
It was announced yesterday [
that next Tuesday would be I
“Bond Day” at the West Jeff
erson high school. All stu
dents who have stamp books
are asked to bring their books
and enough money to fill them
so that they may be exchanged
for a bond on that day.
Students who do not have .
stamp books and can do so, are
asked to purchase a bond on
that day as are all of the
teachers, in order to make a
good record for the school.
Mrs. Carlos Thomas is in
charge of the bond drive in the
t school and reports that many
of the students are working.
t Reports have not yet come
in from other schools of the
’ county, but it is understood
that a number of them are
j working hard on the drive.