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BONDS-STAMPS
VOLUME 14, NO. 19
To Register For Canning Sugar Monday And Tuesday
Ashe Farmers
Get $12,870.00 For
- Irish Potatoes
585,000 Pounds Os Irish Pota
toes Recently Sold Through
W. F. A.
The Ashe county potato grow
ers have just completed market
ing 585,000 pounds of Irish pota
toes, or 13 carloads. Close to 330
farmers sold $12,870.00 worth of
potatoes through a market made
available by the War Food Ad
ministration with the State De
partment of Agriculture and the
Extension Service cooperating.
All of the potatoes were graded,
bagged, weighed and loaded at
the West Jefferson Bean and Veg
etable Market. “Each farmer ex
changed his labor with his neigh
bor or another producer so that
he in turn would have enough
help to get his potatoes marketed,”
County Agent Roy H. Crouse, an
nounced.
One of the biggest advantages
of marketing potatoes that require
the U. S. No. 1 grade on them was
that the farmers could see just
what kind of potatoes it takes to
pass the inspection,” Crouse said.
The growers found that the
smooth round potatoes had fewer
culls and No. 2’s than some of the
potatoes grown from seed that has
run out. A majority of the po
tatoes marketed were the Sequoia
variety.
Many of the farmers who rais
ed odd varieties of potatoes said
that they had already planted the
Sequoia this spring. A uniform
variety will help Ashe county po
tato growers considerably when
it comes to marketing their future
crops because buyers look for uni
formity, it was explained.
James Miller At
Great Lakes Now
James J. Miller, of Todd., form
-er principal of Nathan’s Creek
high school, is receiving his initial
naval indoctrination at the U. S.
Naval Training Center, Great
Lakes, 111.
His ‘boot” training consists of
instruction in seamanship, mili
tary drill, and general naval pro
cedure. During this period a se
ries of aptitude tests will be taken
by the recruit to determine wheth
er he will be assigned to a Naval
Service School or to immediate ac
tive duty at sea.
His recruit training completed,
the seaman will spend a period of
leave at home.
MRS. ANDERSON NAMED
PRES. OF PRESS GROUP
Mrs. Ed M. Anderson, of The
Skyland Post, was named presi
dent of the Mid-Western Press As
sociation, an affiliate of the N. C.
Press Association, at the annual
election of officers held in Mor
ganton, on Saturday.
Miss Beatrice Cobb, publisher of
the News Herald was host to the
Mid-Western and the Western
groups as well as a number of
other specially invited guests.
Trips were made through the
State Hospital and the State
School for the Deaf.
In addition to Mr. and Mrs. Ed
M. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. James
Story and Miss Emoryetta Reeves,
of Sparta attended.
HEAVY HAIL STORM
HERE ON SATURDAY
Ashe county, as well as some
nearby sections experienced
an unusually heavy hail storm
on Saturday, which was fol
lowed by lower temperature,
on Sunday.
Many people reported dam
age to early gardens, by the
hail as well as the unusally
cool weather.
Several people in West Jef
ferson reported picking up
balls as large as thumb nails.
Following the drop in tem
perature this section experienc
ed some frost on both Sunday
and Monday mornings. This
was reported to have damaged
fruit crops already lessened
by cold weather.
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$1.50 a Year in Ashe County
Training Our Chinese Allies
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Capt. Joseph Naviochick, U. S. A., of Cleveland, Ohio, in
structs Chinese students in the art of machinery gunnery at a
target range of the 5,315th infantry training center in Kwang
si, China. Here Chinese troops are trained.
Two Ashe Men Meet
With Violent Deaths
On Tuesday Morning
McCoy Is Killed In Mica Mine
Accident; Henry Stike
Shoots Self
Two Ashe county men met vio
lent deaths Tuesday morning.
Quince McCoy, 36, of Jefferson,
died early in the morning at the
Ashe hospital following injuries
sustained late Monday afternoon
in a cave-in at a miea mine near,
here, in the South Beaver Creek
section.
McCoy was employed in the
mine and was injured while at
work there. He is the second vic
tim to lose his life in this mine.
He is survived by his wife, his
father and mother, and three chil
dren, Martha, Effie and Edna. Fu
neral service was held at the
Bristol Baptist church on Wednes
day afternoon at two o’clock.
Henry Stike, 67, of the Lansing
section, met death instantly Tues
day morning when he shot him
self in the head, according to the
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ASHE MEN CHOSEN AT
DEMOCRATIC MEETING
A number of Ashe county peo
ple attended the Democratic con
vention in Raleigh last week and
received several appointments.
Russel W. Barr was appointed
as a delegate from this district to
the National Democratic Conven
tion in Chicago.
Dr. B. E. Reeves was named on
the Congressional committee and
Ira T. Johnston on the State Exe
cutive committee, again.
Following Ashe County Men Now Fighting For Liberty And Democracy
Sgt. John G. Jackson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Jackson, of
West Jefferson, has been pro
moted to Senior Instructor in
the Airplane Structure Branch
of the Army Air Forces, at
Keesler Field, Miss., where he
has been stationed since Octo
ber, 1941, except for a few
months of specialized training
in Illinois.
WESTJEFFERSON. N. C.. THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1944
Sheep Shearing
Schools Will Be
Held Next Week
; Public Invited To Take Ad
! vantage Os Schools Next
! Wed. And Thurs.
’ Two sheep shearing schools
have been arranged for Ashe
; county which will be under the
' direction of E. S. Bartlett, repre
senting the Flexible Shaft Com
pany of Chicago, Roy H. Crouse,
’ county agent, announced.
Wednesday, May 17, at 9:00 a.
’ m., a school will be held at T. J.
: Graybeal’s, on Big Laurel, and on
Thursday, May 18, at 9:00 a. m.,
r a school will be held at the farm
’ of B. C. Pennington, of Sturgills.
The public is cordially invited to
’ attend both schools.
! These schools will be held for
the purpose of training custom
shearers and farmers who plan to
shear their own sheep. Those who
wish to get some personal instruc
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ASHE WOMEN ATTEND
PRICE PANEL MEETING
Mrs. Earl Davidson, newly ap
pointed price clerk of the ration
ing board, accompanied by sever
al members of the price panel, in
cluding Mrs. Jennings Rader,
Mrs. Levern Johnson and Mrs. H.
R. Vannoy, attended a meeting in
North Wilkesboro, yesterday.
Pvt. James Robert Kimber
lin, formerly of Todd, who en
tered service about 2 months
ago, writes that he is getting
along fine with his work. Pvt.
Kimberlin, who was in the ice
business in the county before
entering service, has many
friends who will be interested
in hearing from him. He says
he misses his work.
Riverview And
Lansing Finals
This Week End
Dr. B. B. Dougherty Delivered
Address At Fleetwood
Last Night
Finals at Riverview and Lan
sing high schools will be com
pleted this week end when special
programs will be carried out.
Hon. Ira T. Johnston will de
liver the literary address at Riv
erview on Saturday evening when
the seniors will be awarded diplo
mas. Finals will also be conclud
ed at Lansing on Saturday night
when Professor Vernon Wood,
of Mars Hill College, Mars Hill,
will deliver the address. The
play at Lansing will be presented
on Friday evening.
Finals at Virginia-Carolina,
which will be held the latter part
of this month, will mark the end
of commencement exercises for
the schools of the county. This
program will be announced later.
Dr. B. B. Dougherty was the
speaker at Fleetwood last night
when diplomas were presented to
the graduates.
Finals at the other high schools
of the county were concluded last
week with excellent programs
that were well attended.
29 Ashe County
Men Enter Army
Group Will Also Leave This
Week For Naval Service,
It Is Announced
The following group of 29 men
left yesterday morning for Fort
Bragg to enter the army:
William L. Jones, William E.
Francis, Archie Lee Black, Ernest
Bare, William B. Parsons, Lloyd
W. Grubb, William Lambert, Gor
don C. Whitener, William Eugene
Myers, Glen W. Williams, Jesse
William Jones, Exelin J. Hamp
ton.
Walter Hoyle Stringer, James
W. Baldwin, Robert Doyle Hart
soe, Earl Kenneth Harless, Robert
R. Ashley, Eula Osborne, Douglas
Jones, William L. Stansberry,
Carl F. Dillard. William Cecil
Ballou, Hoyt J. Blevins, Glenn
Vivian Grubb, Gilbert G. Owen,
J. C. Taylor, William G. Jones,
Richard W. Lemly, Joe Evert
Phillips.
Another group of Ashe county
men will also leave this week to
enter the Navy, it was announced.
CANNED FOOD GIVEN
TO ASHE HOSPITAL
Several dozen cans of fruits,
vegetables and other foods have
been given to the Ashe county
hospital during the past week, it
was announced by officials of the
hospital this week. Riverview
high school, Mrs. Dent Penning
ton and Mrs. Parker Dickson were
among those donating cans.
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Sgt. J. Webb Pasley, son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Pas
ley, of Grassy Creek, has been
visiting relatives there, after
his return from 27 months in
New Guinea. Sgt. Pasley,
who has seen plenty of action,
says it is good to be back
home. He is now stationed at
Miami, Florida, where he is
liking his new location.
Ward Seizure Aired In Court
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Attorney General Francis Biddle, nearest door, with pa
per in hand, is shown at the court of Federal Judge Holly,
where the momentous battle over seizure of the Montgomery
Ward and company plant in Chicago was waged. The plant
was this week returned to its owners. —,
Europe Is Blasted
By Allied Planes;
Reds Get Key City
Western Sheep
To Be Available
To Ashe Farmers ,
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Applications Should Be Made
Through County Agent’s
Office Now
J. W. Thompson, of Casper,
Wyoming, notified the county
agent that he was planning to
ship 1,000 good yearling ewes to
North Carolina in June. He ship
ped a few carloads of ewes to .
North Carolina last year, several
of which were placed in Ashe
county. “Almost without excep
tion, these ewes have done well
and several farmers have reported
that the ewes they purchased more
than paid for themselves the first
year,” Roy Crouse said. ,
“Many more Ashe county farms
could profitably keep a few sheep.
Those, who are interested in pur
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NO MAY-JUNE TERM
OF SUPERIOR COURT
C. S. Neal, clerk of superior
court, announced today that due
to a petition of the bar, that the
May-June term of superior court, .
for the trial of civil cases in Ashe <
county, had been cancelled. ]
Cases that were scheduled for
trial at this time will be heard la
ter.
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Second Lieutenant Joseph
S. Johnson, son of Mrs. Nettie
Johnson, of West Jefferson, re
* ceived his commission as a pi
t lot on April 15, when he grad
, uated from Pampa Army Air
, Base, Pampa, Texas. Lt. and
; Mrs. Johnson have returned
: to Del Rio, Texas, where he is
> receiving advanced training,
after visiting here.
$2.50 a Year Out of County
Allied Forces Are Now Mass
ing At Six Points, German
Officials Declare
RAF night raiders lobbed
blockbusters on the German-oc
cupied coast across Dover strait
—causing explosions which shat
tered windows on the English side
of the chRKMI2||j|KMK& follow
up to exteiuiveilCT-TRm attacks
by more than 4.000 allied planes.
The violent blasts echoed across
the water from the French coast
roused residents from their beds
a few minutes after a huge fleet
of RAF bombers had passed East
ward, darkening the starlit sky.
The din lasted ten minutes with
out a pause and the concussion
was so great that the ground lit
erally shook at Folkestone and
neighboring towns. Dishes rat
tled in cupboards and furniture
rocked as from an earthquake.
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SEVERAL ARE TRIED
BY MAYOR PARSONS
The newly elected mayor,
Charles O. Parsons, took a defin
ite stand against public drunk
enness on Monday in court when
he imposed heavier fines than
are usually meted out.
Howard Phipps, of Crumpler,
Troy Walsh, of Wagoner and
Jesse Miller, of Jefferson, were
each fined S2O and the costs for
public drunkenness.
William C. Blevins, of Jeffer
son, was fined SSO and the costs
for wreckless driving.
Cpl. Worth E. Howell, son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Howell, of
Todd, who has been in service
since May, 1943, has notified
his parents of his safe arrival
Somewhere in England. Worth,
who writes that he is getting
along fine with his work, and
liking England very much,
states that he misses all his
friends back home.
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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Central Schools
Are The Places
For Registration
Hours Will Be From Nine Un
til Five O’clock; Teachers
Are Assisting
Plans are now being completed
for the registration for canning
sugar, which will be held in Ashe
county’s central schols next Mon
day and Tuesday, May 15-16,
when thousands of Ashe county
people will make applications for
their supplies.
The registration is being con
ducted by OPA through the co
operation of the school officials
and the public is urged tatake ad
vantage of it.
Registrations will be held in all
of the central high schools: West
Jefferson, Jefferson, Fleetwood,
Elkland, Nathan’s Creek, Virgin
ia-i Carolina,, Healing Springs,
Riverview, Lansing and at Hel
ton.
One adult member of a family
may make application for the en
tire family.
Registrants will note that they
should not detach spare stamp 3T
but must present ration book
number four at time registration.
Chief OPA Clerk Ruby Barker,
said. .
Each applicant will be allowed
10 pounds of sugar per person it
is stated. Stamps No. 40 in ra
tion book No. 14 allows five
pounds of extra sugar and any
body needing more than the
amount to be issued at registra
tion sites must apply after June
15 to local ration boards, and show
that an additional amount is ac
tually needed for home canning
and preserving, it was explained.
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To Rotary Club
Rev. Holton Cornett, of War
rensville, delivered a very inter
esting talk to the Jeffersons Ro
tary club last Thursday night.
“It is nice to know and hear
about our fine county and its im
provement and industries, but we
must not forget the small things
that need to be improved,” he said,
and added that the greatest of
these is the improvement of our
school systems. He stressed the
elimination of one teacher schools
and set-up district schools within
reach of all boys and girls.
The speaker was introduced by
J. L. Segraves.
STONE IS NAMED NEW
ROTARY GOVERNOR
Charles H. Stone, of Charlotte
was named as governor of the
188th Rotary district at the con
vention held in Pinehurst last
week, when a number of local
people attended.
Mr. Stone, who has visited the
Jeffersons club was a liberal con
tributor to the Ashe County Hos
pital.
Local people who attended the
convention at Pinehurst included
Gale B. McMillan, L. P. Colvard,
Roy H. Crouse, Dr. and Mrs. J. K.
Hunter, Mr. and Mrs. Levern
Johnson, Rocco Cutri and Sharpe
S. Shoemaker.
PROCLAIMS SUNDAY
AS MOTHER’S DAY
Raleigh—Governor Brough
ton has issued a proclama
tion designating Sunday, May
14, as Mother’s Day in North
Carolina.
Said the Governor’s pro
clamation: “Indications are
that the expected invasion of
Europe may occur at any time,
and this circumstance will tend
to make Mother’s Day an event
even more worthy of prayerful
observance.
“It is particularly hoped that
all churches will suitably ob
serve the event and that spec
ial consideration will be giv
en mothers whose sons are
in the armed services, and
that our people will not be un
mindful of that growing list
of North Carolina mothers
whose sons have already made
the supreme sacrifice in this
war.” w