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VOLUME 14, NO. 4
Sales Reach $62,000 In Fourth War Loan
Much Interest Is
Being Shown In
Polio Fund Drive
Collections Have Reached
S2OO. More Funds Needed
To Reach Quota
T. E. Parker, chairman of the
Ashe county drive to raise funds
to fight infantile paralysis, an
nounced yesterday that much in
terest was being shown in the
drive and that initial reports show
that around S2OO has been pledg
ed or contributed.
The schools are now working in
the drive and last Sunday several
churches took up collections.
Those that have not done so are
asked to take a collection this
Sunday.
Around SSO was taken in at the
benefit basketball game played
between the Rotarians and Odd
Fellows, last Friday, i There is a
possibility that another benefit
game will be played next week.
A collection was taken at the
Parkway theater on Monday
night when two children, crippled
from the disease, made their ap
pearance.
“I appreciate the efforts of ev
eryone and hope they will con
tinue to work,” Chairman Parker
said. The March of Dimes banks
are now in many of the stores and
public places where donations
may be placed.
FSA Group Held
Annual Meeting
Increased Productioii,Jg|®BS
Made; Good
Past Year Are
The annual all-day meeting of
the Ashe county farm ownership
borrowers of the Farm Security
Administration, held at the com
munity building here yesterday,
was well attended with many in- I
tere&ing reports and demonstra-'
tions given.
The meeting arranged by T. H.i
Sears and Miss Lenna Gambill,
of the local office, was attended
by practically all tenant-purchas
ers and their wives as the T. P.
committee, representatives of
other agricultural groups of the
county; Miss Alexander and Van,
Miller, of the Alleghany office; |
W. B. Oliver, district supervisor, |
and George Smith, T. P. special-'
ist of the Asheville office.
After the reports were made,
there was a general discussion of
farm problems and goals for thej
coming year Were outlined. These
are to include increased produc
tion as well and improvements
of farm and home practices. |
In addition, an open forum dis
cussion was conducted by the
borrowers. Mr. Sears, Miss Gam
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EDITH COLVARD ON
U. N. C. HONOR ROLL
The University of North Car
olina has announced the honor
roll for the first quarter and
among the few students from
Western North Carolina to be
listed is Edith Colvard, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Colvard of
Jefferson.
Miss Colvard, who left the un
iversity at the end of the first
quarter is now Mrs. George Koen.
She expects to return to school
later and complete her work.
DEDICATE BONDS TO
MEN IN U. S. NAVY
Today is “Navy Day” in the
Fourth War Loan Drive and
people throughout the country
are asked to buy an extra bond
in honor of the men and wo
men serving on the seas.
This county now has a large
number of men and women in
the navy and attention is call
ed to them by a number of pa
triotic merchants.
Buy an extra bond today and
it may help to save one of our
ships or it may help to sink an
extra ship of the enemy.
Men on the high seas or
overseas qualify under the
special dedication offer of this
paper during the Fourth War
Loan.
Be WlraH Host
$1.50 a Year in Ashe County
Germans Retreat
From Cassino; Reds
Continue To Gain
GROUND FORCE CHIEF
Lieut. Gen. Omar N. Brad
ley, who has been selected to
lead the rapidly growing Am
erican ground forces in the
British Isles. As such he be
comes one of the team of Eu
ropean invasion leaders.
Ashe Bldg. And
Loan Ass’n Had
Another Good Yr.
gßgkping In War Effort; Of
’'■flttdHl And Directors Are
Re-elected
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In 1943, the Ashe Building and
Loan Association enjoyed anoth
er successful year of operation,
. Glenn B. Graybeal, secretary and
; treasurer, announced at the an
■ nual meeting of stockholders,
I held on Monday night.
The association’s financial
statement submitted to the stock
holders and printed elsewhere in
i this paper, reveals the institu
tion now has resources amount
ing to $38,955.58 as compared to
$31,198.31 of the previous year.
, Undivided profits of $3,296.58
; now show an increase as compar
'ed to the previous year of $2,-
294.95.
The association now has $14,-
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! REV. L. J. YELANJIAN
TO PREACH AT BOONE
Rev. Louis Justine Yelanjian,
I popular Presbyterian minister
and teacher, from Glendale
Springs, who taught school at
Jefferson for the first half of the
year and then at Glendale
Springs, has resigned his work
and has accepted the work of
supply minister of the James I.
Vance Memorial Presbyterian
Church, at Boone.
Honor These Ashe County Fighting Men By Buying Extra War Bonds!
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Lt. (jg) Thomas B. Price,
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A.
Price, of West Jefferson, is
now engaged in specialty
work for the U. S. Navy, at an
Atlantic base. Lt. Price is a
graduate of North Carolina
State College.
WEST JEFFERSON, N. C.,
Bombings On Europe Contin
ue; 57 More Japanese
Planes Shot Down
The Germans were forced to
retreat on two fronts this week
as the allied forces pressed the
enemy back in southern Italy and
the Russians continued to gain
ground.
Fifth army patrols were re
ported yesterday to have enter
ed Cassino, long a bastion of the
Germans’ cross-Italy line, and
this may indicate the beginning
of a German withdrawal from
the Southern Italian front.
Allied troops extended their
bridgehead south of Rome more
than 12 miles inland and appar
ently forced Field Marshal Gen.
Albert Kesselring to withdraw
units from the bloody Casfeino
area to meet the threat to the Na
i zis’ two major supply arteries
. from Rome.
> Russian troops have fought
. their way into the streets of
Krasnogvardeisk, important rail
junction of Leningrad, Moscow
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Waste Paper Is
Being Collected
Schools Are Collection Points;
B. H. Duncan Is Chairman
Os Drive
- B. H. Duncan, chairman of the
Waste Paper Salvage Drive, an
nounced this week that the build
ing directly across from the Pho
enix Chair Company had been
chosen for a collection point for
the paper instead of the Todd
Drug Company, as previously
announced.
Individuals and firms in -all
operate with the schools in the
collection of waste paper need
ed in the war effort. As announ
i ed last week, the central schools
are to serve as collection points
for their communities and school
principals are the community
chairmen.
Ministers Will
Meet Saturday
The ministers and church work
ers of the Ashe Baptist Associa
tion will meet at the West Jeff
erson Baptist church, Saturday
afternoon, January 29, at 2:00 o’-
clock.
“We hope to have every minis
ter and church worker present to
take part and help in the meeting,
as this will be our last meeting
before our Bible Conference,” R.
C. Ashley, secretary, said.
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Robert B. Pennington, who
, on the completion of his basic
; training, won recommenda
tion for rating as a hospital
corpsman, is the son of Mr.
. and Mrs. Walter Pennington,
of Nathan’s Creek, and a grad
uate of N. C. State College.
THURSDAY, JAN. 27, 1944
Pre-induction High School Driver Education
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A typical high school classroom session in the Pre-induction Driyer Education Course
recommended by the Army and urged by State authorities in pre-induction training of mo
■ tor vehicle operators. Ashe high schools are setting up these courses.
W. J. Merchants
Working On 4th
■ • War Loan Drive
Meeting Held; Goals Are Set
For Salespeople; To Con
tact Public
■ West Jefferson merchants, along
L with other groups and indivi
duals, are directing their efforts
toward selling war bonds in or
der that the county may reach its
quota in the Fourth War- Loan
Drive.
At a meeting by the
!■ ■of the* fj'rtftqV W.~ W.
• Terry, plans were outlined and
it was announced that based on
■ i the national quota that the local
l ; merchants would have a mini-
■ mum quota of $14,000 or S2OO per
[, sales person. Dean McMillan,
■ general drive chairman, pointed
out that he hoped the merchants
would at least double their quo-
; tas.
The advertising of the drive as
well as contacting the general
> public, were discussed.
! It’ was pointed out that mer
. chants throughout the country
are playing a big part in the drive
and local merchants were urged
to do their share.
Davis Speaks To
Rotarians Here
Ron Davis, of the Jefferson
high school faculty, gave a very
interesting discussion on the
Egyptian Pyramids, before the
Rotary Club, last Thursday night.
Mr. Davis was introduced by J.
B. Hash, who was in charge of
I the program.
Sharpe Shoemaker, program
chairman, has charge of the pro
gram tonight. |
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Pvt. Sam Ervin Testerman,
son of Rev. and Mrs. Luther
Testerman, of Amy, has been
in service for over ten months
and is stationed at Ports
mouth, Va. His wife, the
former Miss Addie Reavis, is
with him at Portsmouth.
$2.00 a Year Out of County
Pre-induction Driver Course
Is To Be Started In County
High Schools At Early Date
To Hold Clinics
For Work Stock;
Dates Are Given
Farmers Are Urged To Take
Advantage Os Them; Dr.
Buck Is Coming
It was announced this week that
horse and mule clinics are sched
uled to be held in four communi
ties in Ashe county on February
' 11 and 12, by Dr. F. F. Buck, vet
erinarian from Rural Retreat,!
Virginia, in cooperation with the
1 county agent. These clinics are
being held in order to secure
more efficient work from horses i
and mules on the farm, Roy H. I
Crouse, county agent said.
| A free examination of all hors« I
•es and mules brought to the
clinic will be given. The charge
for treating for bots and round
worms will be 75 cents per head,
floating teeth, SI.OO, and where
other dental work or other treat
ment is administered, a price i
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CORKY MILLER HURT
Corky Miller, youngest son of
Mrs. Elizabeth V. Miller was in
jured Friday night at the Jeffer
i son service station when a car
driven by Bradley Church hit a
gas tank which in turn struck
i Corky.
He was taken to the Ashe hos
pital for treatment for head and
foot injuries. His condition is re
i ported improved. j
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Cpl. Robert D. McNeill,, son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. McNeill,
Jefferson, is stationed at Max
ton Army Air Base, with the
personnel department. Cpl.
McNeill, who was in the mer
cantile business here, took his
basic training in Mississippi.
Special Courses Are Recom
mended By Army; Used
Throughout N. C.
A. B. Hurt, superintendent of
schools, announced yesterday that
a special course in pre-induction
high school driver education
would be started in the high
schools of the county at an early
date, in order to give students
the advantage of this special
training.
Text books have been ordered
for the course which will be
started as soon as they arrive.
’ The course is one that will be a
great aid to students both in civ
ilian life as well as in the armed I
forces.
| The local schools, by offering
work in driver education, are not
only helping their students to be
' better prepared for effective
i work in our Armed Service, Su- I
perintendent Hurt points out, but j
are helping to alleviate the pres-'
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School Leaders
To Meet Today
County Supt. A. B. Hurt, an
nounced that there would be a
meeting of the Ashe high school
principals at the courthouse this
afternoon when a number of
routine matters will be discussed.
School attendance, the various
drives that are now being con
ducted are to be discussed as well
as the new pre-induction courses
I to be started soon.
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, liam S. Graybeal, who was
* among the group graduating
s from the U. S. Naval Elight
. Preparatory School, Williams
• Collegd, Williamstown, Mass.,
j recently, is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Graybeal, of Fig.
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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDA
Ashe Far Short
Os Its $168,000.00
Quota In Drive
$105,975.00 Still To Be Sold
Before County Reaches
Goal; Ask Cooperation
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Sources of sales revealed late
yesterday that war bond sales in
the Fourth War Loan Drive had
reached $62,025.00 with $105,975.
yet to be sold before the quota of
$168,000.00 is reached.
This county has made and ex
ceeded its quota during each of
the previous drives, leaders
pointed out and urged that every
one make a special effort to buy
extra bonds now in order that the
goal may be reached before the
Fourth War Loan Drive ends.
W. Dean McMillan, chairman
of the drive, said that he felt
sure that if everyone would co
operate that the quota could be
reached. ’
“I. want to again urge every
one, who has not bought bonds
during this drive, to do so and
those who have already bought
some, to buy more, if possible.
Let’s show our men on the bat
tle front that we are backing
them up, Chairman McMillan
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Music, Sugar
Cause Os Crime
Breaking And Entering And
Petty Larceny Reported
By Officers
Sweetness and song appeared
to be at the bottom of crime here
during the past few days. How
ard Combs, of Smethport, found
himself in the county jail, as the
result of the theft of a guitar.
After a preliminary hearing, he
failed to make bond and was re
turned to jail.
Bare-Little, wholesalers, found
themselves short of several hun
| dred pounds of sugar on Sunday
• morning after a thief or thieves
had forced the door and entered
on Saturday night. According to
I reports, no official action had
been taken in the matter late
yesterday afternoon, or no ar
rest made. According to M. E.
. Little, from 10 to 30 one-hundred
' pound bags of sugar were stolen
' and apparently nothing else tak
en.
Dr. C. R. Eller was arrested
Tuesday for public drunkenness,
confined to jail and later releas
ed on bond, pending trial.
1 Chief Deputy Carl B. Graybeal
announced that the hearing for
Garnet Church, charged with
rape, had again been postponed
' and was scheduled for February
12.
Making Survey
For Employment
The Jeffersons Rotary Club is
now at work on a work pile plan
in order to make a survey of
possible employment available
after the war.
A work pile sheet is published
on page two of this paper today
and farmers, as well as others,
who are expecting to have em
ployment in the fields suggested
by the work pile are asked to
check it and mail the blank into
the chairman of the committee,
Glenn B. Graybeal.
DEDICATE BONDS TO
MEN IN THE SERVICE
Pvt. James C. McGrady,
formerly of Grassy Creek and
Cpl. Wm. B. Owen, of Sturgills,
had $500.00 war bonds dedi
cated to them this week and
were given a free subscription
to this paper in connection
with the offer being made
during the Fourth War Loan
Drive.
McGrady’s subscription was
dedicated by a friend and
Owen’s was dedicated by his
mother, Mrs. M. E. Owens.
, The Post will send a free
subscription to a man in for
eign service with each bond of
$500.00 or more purchased
through this paper during the
Fourth War Loan Drive.