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ASHE FARMERS SET NEW RECORD
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Will Honor President At Birthday Party Saturday
To Raise Funds
To Fight Polio;
Public Is Invited
Around $1,400 Turned In;
County Still Far Below
Quota Os $3,549.00
Plans are now being perfected
for a big birthday party to be
held at the Community building
on Saturday night, honoring
President Roosevelt and for the
purpose of raising funds to fight
infantile paralysis.
T. E. Parker, chairman of the
-drive for the county, pointed outi
"that around $1,400 had been rais-1
ed so far and announced that the
time for making the assigned quo
ta of $3,549 had been extended
until February. He said that he
wanted to extend an invitation to
■everyone to make a contribution
to the fund and to attend the par
ty, if possible.
Entertainment features have
l>een planned for both adults as
■well as the younger set. Os spe
cial interest is the beauty con
test under the direction of Le
■vern Johnson. Only men are to
take part in this event. Misses
"Wanda Lee Weaver and Doris Mc-
Millan will open the program
■with a black-faced act. Miss
Rachel Rader will sing a solo.
The Rev. John S. Jordan is ex
pected to take part on the pro
gram; and Jim Story will furnish
music for the occasion.
A birthday cake will be auc
tioned and a cake-walk will also
be held. Bingo, checkers and
rook are also scheduled to be
played. -
Mrs. Jennings Rader is chair-
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Cpl. D. A. Williams
Gets Bronze Star
Former Fleetwood Youth Is
Now Seeing Action In
Germany
Cpl. Dallas A. Williams, for
merly of this county, nephew of
Mr. C. H. Williams, of Fleetwood,
was recently awarded the Bronze
Star Medal. The citation read in
part:
‘The Bronze Star Medal has
been awarded to Cpl. Dallas Wil
liams, of the 83rd Division, now
with the First Arjny in Germany,
for distinguishing himself by
meritorious service in connection
with military operations against
an enemy of the United States
from June 27, 1944 to September
30, 1944, in Normandy and Brit
tany, France. During this period,
Cpl. Williams served as battalion
agent, and as such, was obliged
to make many trips through ene
► my territory in order to carry out
his assigned duties. He fulfilled
each trip efficiently and success
fully executed his duties without
fail. His steadfast devotion to
duty and unfailing coverage un
der enemy pressure deserves the
highest, praise.”
Cpl. Williams entered service
on September 12, 1942.
Benefit Game At
Riverview Fri.
Plans are now being com
pleted for a big All-Star bask
etball game at Riverview high
school gymnasium Friday
night at 8:00 o’clock, for the
benefit of the Infantile Para
lysis Fund.
Some other special games
will probably be featured dur
ing the evening. The public
is cordially invited to see some
old-time ’ basketball and help
raise funds for a worthy cause.
Such stars as Austin Jones,
T. E. Parker and Rev. H. B.
Cornett and many others, are
expected to see action.
Details were not completed
yesterday, but the Riverview
school team will probably play
one game during the evening,
according to preliminary plans.
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Russians Pressing On
Toward Berlin; Yanks
Moving On To Manila
INJURED IN GERMANY
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Pvt. James Haire, Jr., son
of James Haire, Sr., of West
Jefferson, was slightly wound
ed in Germany on January 10.
He is now undergoing treat
ment in a hospital and is im
proving according to reports.
Starting Today
American Legion Will Spon
sor Collection; Co-opera
tion Asked
It was announced this week by
Roy H. Crouse, county salvage
chairman, and W. W. Terry, com
mander of the Ashe Post of the
American Legion, that regular
collections of waste paper, cur
tailed because of limited trans
portation, would be started again
today.
Regular dates for collection are
to be announced next week, it
was stated. The public is asked,
however, to save waste paper
they now have on hand until it
can be collected.
Salvage officials point out that
there is a dire need for waste pa
per in the war effort and that all
possible should be turned over
for collection. John Poe (color
ed), will attend to the transporta
tion here, it was announced, and
a central collection place here in
town is expected to be designated.
GLENN P. TUCKER
GETS SAFETY AWARD
Glenn P. Tucker, son of Judge
and Mrs. H. C. Tucker, was among
the four Greyhound bus drivers,
who were awarded certificates for
a 21-jewel Hamilton watch, this
week, for having completed 10
years of bus driving without an
accident.
OP A Announces Dates For
Expiration Os Food Stamps
Washington—Acting to allay
fear of another sudden invalida
tion, the OPA set forth for house
wives a definite policy on can
cellation of food ration stamps.
Hereafter, the agency announc
ed, red stamps for meats and fats
and blue for processed foods will
expire four months from the date
of issuance. This replaces the
program of indefinite validity for
these coupons which had been in
effect since last Spring.
Sugar stamps also were given
fixed expiration dates again.
Number 34, now in use, will be
invalid after February 28. The
next sugar stamp, Number 35,
will be valid February for five
(pounds and remain good through
June 2. Sugar stamp Number 36
is scheduled for validation May 1.
Conference Os “Big Three”
Leaders Is Believed To Be
Underway Now
The first White Russian army
thrust within 45 miles of Berlin
yesterday when it captured the
Brandenburg province town of
Stolzenberg in a 20-mile dash
down the valley of the Netze river
from Driesen.
The capture of Stozenberg was
announced in the regular nightly
communique broadcast from Mos
cow, which made no point of the
fact that it represented the Rus
sians’ closest approach to the Nazi
capital.
Another American army was
thrown into the battle for Luzon
Monday morning when elements
of Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberg-;
er’s new eight army swept to a
completely unopposed landing
just north of Subic bay on the
west coast. By nightfall they
j drove 11 miles inland toward
a junction with the sixth army,
.which is within 30 miles of Man
ila.
The eighth army Yanks, land
ing at San Narisa and San An
tonio to seize five miles of beach
head 60 air miles north-west of
of Manila, took an airfield at San
Marcelino in their quick drive to
seal the fate of the Japanese re
treating to Bataan and to cap
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Barker Named
Counselor For
N. C. Employment
Former Ashe Man .Named To
Post By Directors Os Man
power Commission
Announcement was made from
! Raleigh this week that Felix S.
’Barker, for five years supervisor
Jof vocational rehabilitation under
the State Department of Voca
tional Rehabilitation in the
Greensboro area, has been ap
pointed employment counselor in
North Carolina for the U. S. Em
ployment Service, Dr. J. S. Dor
ton, State manpower director, an
nounces.
Mr. Barker has already assum
ed his new duties, which include
1 establishing and maintaining a
1 State system of counseling in the
j local USES officers and training
i local office personnel in the work
[of giving counsel and advice on
, vocational problems to applicants
j for jobs, particularly veterans
1 and younger applicants just en
tering employment. He will con
duct his activities under direction
of Robert M. du Bruyne, State
chief of placement of the War
Manpower Commission.
A native of Ashe County, Mr.
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OPA will continue to validate
a new series of red and blue
stamps at the start of each month,
usually five of each color at a
time. Since they will be good for
four months, this means that four
blocks of each kind will always
be in use, expiring on a stagger
ed basis.
The first red and blue stamps
to expire under the new system
will be those which came into
use December 1 and 3, respective
ly. They will not be valid after
March 31. They include:
Red—Qs, R 5 and S 5; Blue —X 5,
Y 5, Z 5, A2 and 82.
The new policy clears up un
certainty which has prevailed
since late'last month, when OPA
invalidated without warning all
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Where Hundreds Os American Soldiers Are Buried
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Munda Cemetery on New Georgia Island, the resting place of hundreds of American
fighting men, who died for freedom.
N. C. Solons Get
Air-Minded; Bill
For School Bds.
Rate Os Teachers’ Pay Is Still
Being Considered By The
Leaders
By Staff Correspondent
Raleigh (Special)—Two bills to
foster aeronautics in the state and
encourage airport development
were given the senate this week,
while the house received bills to
boost the monthly war bonus of
state employes by from $5 to $lO
and authorizing the governor to
set up a commission to study
plans • for payment of teachers
based on the ability of the in
dividual teacher.
The aeronautics bills were spon
sored by Senator Roy Rowe of
Pender, the first defining terms
providing for the acquisition,
establishment, construction, en
largement, improvement, main
ten an c e, equipment, operation
and regulation of airports and
other air navigation facilties and
airport protection privileges by
municipalities, permitting the ac
ceptance of federal aid, authoriz
ing joint action by municipalities
and making uniform the law with
reference to public airports.
The second bill establishes a
commission to provide for the de
■ velopment of airports and pre
scribes the powers and duties of
such a commission.
The newest education bill, by
Reps. Umstead of Orange and
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Rationing Guide
MEATS AND FATS
Book Four red stamps Q 5
through S 5 good through
March 31. Stamps T 5 through
X 5 good through April 28.
Stamps Y 5, Z 5, and A2 through
D 2 good through June 2.
PROCESSED FOODS
Book Four blue stamps X 5
through Z 5 and A2 and B 2
good through March 31.
Stamps C 2 through G 2 good
through April 28. Stamps H 2
through M 2 will be valid Feb
ruary 1 and good through June
2.
SUGAR
Stamp 34 good for five
pounds through February 28.
Stamp 35 will be valid for five
pounds February 1 through
June 2. Another stamp sched
uled to be validated May 1.
SHOES
Book Three airplane stamps
1, 2 and 3 valid indefinitely;
OPA says no plans to cancel
any.
GASOLINE
14-A coupons valid every
where for four gallons through
March 21. B-5, C-5, B-6 and
C-6 coupons good everywhere
for five gallons each.
Postwar Building Program
For Ashe County Schools
Is Discussed By Leaders
Another County
Man Is Reported
Killed In Action
Sgt. Miller Killed In Ger
many; James M. Howell
Is Missing
S-Sgt. Arline Miller, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Miller, of Tuck
erdale, was killed in action, some
where in Germany, on November
(20, 1944, according to a recent
message received by his parents
from the War Department. S-Sgt.
Miller, who had been in service
since November 1941, had been
overseas for three years.
I Mrs. S. N. Howell, of Husk,
has been notified by the War
Department that her son, Pfc.
James M. Howell, had been mis
sing in action, at Luxenbourg,
'since December 20. Pfc. Howell
had just returned to duty after
(being wounded in action in Ger
many on September 21. He has
been in service for a year.
Andrew Jones, 76,
Buried Yesterday
Funeral service was conducted
yesterday at the Old Fields Pres
byterian church ’ for Andrew
Jones, age 76, who died at -his
home at Glendale Springs on
Monday, January 29, after suf
fering from a stroke of paralysis.
The Rev. John W. Luke conduct
ed the service.
Mr. Jones, who had been ill for
sometime, was well known
throughout this section. He is
survived by a number of rela
tives and friends.
Poultry Short Course Here
Attended By Many, Tuesday
Poultry growers from this sec
tion of the state had an oppor
tunity to hear leaders discuss
postwar plans along with a broad
improvement program, on Tues
jday at the short course conduct
ed by N. C. Extension leaders at
the courthouse.
i Included on the program were:
Roy S. Dearstyne, Dr. C. H. Bos
tian, T. T Brown and Clifton F.
i Parrish.
A very interesting egg show
was held with 20 entries. The
following is a list of the prize
winners and placings judged by
T. T. Brown:
j First—white eggs, Mrs.’ Arol
Choate, of Sparta, 100 Jbs. Purina
( La Chow, compliments of Bare-
Little Company.
I First —brown eggs, Carl Blev-
County Board Discusses The'
Building Needs And Other
Proposed Improvements
Looking ahead toward improv
ed school facilities for Ashe coun
ty children, members of . the
county school board along with
Superintendent A. B. Hurt, met
last week to discuss important
postwar plans relative to the
much needed building program.
Some new high school build
ings are needed, others should be
improved and a consolidation
program could improve many of
the smaller schools, it was point
ed out at the meeting.
Supt. Hurt, who has been dis
cussing the program with au
thorities in Raleigh, explained
that it was the opinion that not
only would funds be available
for buildings immediately after
the war, but that there would be
a vast amount of equipment now
used in the war effort, available
for schools. Counties are advised
that storage space will be neces
sary for this, however.
The need for buildings at Fleet
wood and Elkland, as well as ad
ditions to many other high school
buildings, including auditoriums,
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School Leaders
To Meet Friday
A. B. Hurt, superintendent of
schools, announced yesterday
that there would be a meeting of
the principals of the high schools
of the county on Friday afternoon
at 3:30 at the courthouse. At this
time plans for the waste paper
collection as well as other mat
ters relative to the schools, are
expected to be discussed.
ins, of Crumpler, 100 lbs. Purina
La Chow, compliments of Bare-
Little Company.
Other prizes went to the follow
ing:
Mrs. V. V. McConnell, of Jef
ferson, 25 baby chicks, by Park
ers Hatchery; Mrs. V. C. Lillard,
of Creston, 25 baby chicks, by
Parker’s Hatchery; J. W. Luke, ol
Glendale Springs, metal water
fountain, by Ashe Hardware; J,
W. Luke, of Glendale Springs,
glass water fountain, by Lansing
Service Store; Mrs. Tom Moxley,
of Sparta, .one year subscription
to “The Alleghany News” by The
Skyland Post.
Mrs. Walter Pennington, of Na
than’s Creek, wire egg basket bj
Ashe Hardware; Arthur Rose, ol
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OVER TKI TOP
FOR VICTORY
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V BOHDS-STAMPS
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Report For 1944
Shows Increase In
Vital War Crops
Income Also Shows Jump Os
Around $1,000.00; Dairy
ing Leads
In spite of being handicapped
by labor shortage, Ashe county
farmers made an outstanding rec
ord both in food production as
well as increase in income dur
ing the past year, State officials
pointed out in commenting on
the annual reports submitted by
farm agent's department.
The report reveals that income
from farm products increased ap
proximately $1,000,000.00 with the
biggest gain probably shown in
the milk production field. Beans
and other war crops also came in
for big gains.
Ashe, the leading dairy county
jji the state, sold last year, 16,-
384,000 pounds of milk to proces
sing companies, bringing an in
come of $613,812.00 to 1,760
farmers.
This is a poundage increase of
15.9 per cent, or 2,606,829 more
pounds of milk, with an increase
of $210,713.00 in 1944 over 1943,
Roy H. Crouse, county agent, ex
plained. ‘The big increase in
production during the past 12
months was largely due to better
i feeding and management prac
tices being followed. A good
many farmers replaced low pro
ducing cows with better ones. A
total of 24 purebred dairy bulls
were purchased by dairymen in
the county during the past 12
months, which is a good indica
tion of a better dairy breeding
program being underway,” he
i said.
I The estimated production of
snap beans in the county for 1944
was 265,000 bushels netting the
farmers $437,800.00. The planted
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Air Medal Goes
i To Lt. J. W. Todd
The Air Medal has been award
ed posthumously to First Lt.
Joseph William (Bill) Todd, U-T
Law School graduate and son of
Postmaster and Mrs. D. B. Todd,
of Etowah, Tenn.
Lt. Todd was killed in the
crash of his P-38 fighter plane
last June in New Guinea. The
citation accompaning the Air
Medal said Lt. Todd displayed
courage and devotion to duty dur
ing sustained flights in the South
west Pacific area from Dec. 4,
1943, until March 20, 1944.
The decoration was presented
jto Lt. Todd’s parents by an offi
cer of the Fourth Service Com
.mand, Atlanta. Lt. Todd’s role in
j the Southwest Pacific war against
,the Japs was to escort bombers
and transport aircraft, intercep
tion and attack missions, and pa
; trol and reconnaissance flights.
Lt. Todd was the nephew of
; Misses Eula and Jennie Todd, of
Jefferson.
Want Names Os
Men In Service
Attention jpcalled to parents
or relate 7 of Ashe men in
service iat more names are
to be printed for the Honor
Roll of servicemen on display
in the courthouse.
If there are Ashe men in
service, who did not enter
’from the local draft board or
for some other reason, whose
names are not already on the
board, they are asked to turn
them in to L. P. Colvard, W.
W. Terry or Rev. John W.
Luke.
As soon as sufficient addi
tional names are turned in,
these will be printed and add
ed to the others on the board.
The printing and erection of
the board is sponsored by the
Jeffersons Rotary Club and
the Ashe Post of the American
Legion.