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VOLUME 15, NO. 7
Ashe Farmers To Grow Turkish Tobacco
! Teachers’ Pay,
Other Problems
Confront Solons
Fifth Full Week Ends With A
Number Os Imporant Ques
tions Unsettled
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By Staff Correspondent
Raleigh—(Special)—Going in
to the sixth week of sessions,
members of the N. C. Legislature
are still confronted with a num
ber of vital problems, one of
which is where the necessary
j money is coming from for the
j proposed increase in teachers’
salaries.
Governor Cherry, Tuesday, in a
pointed statement on teacher sal
t ary requests, a problem that
looms large on the legislative
'horizon and has brought deluge
) of telegraphic and other messages
to the executive desk, said that
to meet the requests the Legisla
tor would have to provide ex
penditure of “approximately $12,-
900,000 in excess of estimated
’ A delegation of some 15 Guil
ford county citizens met with the
Governor in the interest of the
Moseley resolution defining the
State’s policy in fixing teachers
salaries and providing that this
is a function for the State De
partment of Education and not
the Legislature.
A public hearing before the
Joint Insurance Committee this
week opened consideration of
eleven big bills seeking to pro
vide North Carolina with firm,
adequate State regulation of in
surance.
A House fight developed this
week over a measure to create
the offices of chancellor and three
presidents of the Greater Univer
sity of North Carolina and its
three units and a vote on its
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School Boards
Will Be Named
Board Is Recommend
ed To Legislature For Re-
Appointment
Ashe county’s board of educa
tion, along with others in the
state, is expected to be named
this week, if the school omnibus,
bill, which hit the legislative hop
pers earlier in the session, goes
through.
Serving on the sub committee
handling this bill .is Dr. T. R.
, Burgiss, of Alleghany.
As far as it could be learned
late yesterday afternoon, only the
present board had been recom
mended to serve in this capacity.
Representative M. Donnelly Hart
said Monday that he had also re
cammended the re-appointment
of this group.
Present members, who were
gk nominated by the Democratic
W Committee and elected
by the Democratic convention are:
A. J. Houck, Clyde Houck, V. C.
f Lillard, Mack Absher and Bryan
Kirby.
U. S. Tax Expert ■
Coming Here Soon
It was announced this week
that there would be a U. S. Dep
uty of Internal Revenue at the
’ courthouse at Jefferson, Febru
ary 22, 23 and 24, to give assis
tance in making out federal in
i come tax returns.
All of those interested in se
i curing aid in this matter are
asked to get in touch with the
representative there. Attention
is called to the fact -that March
15 is the final date for filing.
HASH CHILD DIES
Service was held yesterday at
the home for Harold Bennie
Hash, 4, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Hash, of Crumpler, who died at
* the Ashe Hospital, on Monday,
February 12, after several hours’
illness. Rev. Mr. Caldwell con
ducted the service and burial
was held at the Phipps cemetery-
The deceased is survived by his
parents and the following broth
ers and‘sisters: Unita, Freda,
i Cathrine, Paul, Jr., Jennie and
L Eddie.
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Be Wflnii: lost
$2.00 a Year in Ashe County
Red Army Is Still
Advancing; Manila
Battle Is Near End
SPOKE HERE
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Gilbert Bush, Deputy Re
gional Executive, Region No.
6, Boy Scouts of America, who
spoke here Monday night.
Gilbert Bush Is
Heard By Scout
Group, Monday
Officers Are Named And
Committee Work Discussed
By Local Group
arc 277 boys, 12 years
of age, in Ashe County. This
means that there are more than
1,000 boys in the area of cub
scout or senior scout age, which
presents a challenge to the new
ly organized Old Hickory Coun
cil Boy Scouts of America Dis
trict here,” Gilbert Bush, Deputy
Regional Executive, Region Six,
told scout leaders at the enthu
siastic meeting here on Monday
night.
He stressed the value of boy
scout training to the youth of to
day for better citizenship tomor
row. He also pointed out the re
sponsibility of adults in putting
the scout program over.
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2 Men, Who Are
AWOL, Picked Up
Two Ashe county men, who
had overstayed their time from
Uncle Sam, were picked up this
week by Chief Deputy Carl B.
Graybeal and turned over to the
proper authorities at Asheville.
They were Ham Osborne, U.
S. Army, of Laurel Springs, and
Cecil Bare, of Wagoner, a marine.
Following Ashe County Men Now Fighting For Liberty And Democracy
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Pfc. Glenn Hamm, who is
now stationed at Luxembourg,
has been in service since 1940
and .has been on active duty
most of the time. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Foster
Hamm, of Lansing. Pfc. Hamm
states that he is getting on
fine and is in good health.
WEST JEFFERSON, N. C„ THURSDAY, FEB. 15, 1945
Patton Breaks German Lines
Below Pruen; Enemy Driv
en From Luxembourg }
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The shattered remains of Bu- (
dapest fell to the Red army yes
terday after 49 days of street
fighting that cost the enemy 49,-
000 men killed and 110,000 cap
tured in the greatest individual ;
disaster since Stalingrad, while 1
some 300 miles to the northwest .
the Russians slashed 10 miles (
farther westward through Ger- (
man Silesia toward Dresden. j
Capture of the Cavite naval
base and Nichols airfield were (
announced yesterday by Gen.
Douglas MacArthur, who said the
end of Japan’s trapped Manila
garrison was “in sight.” j
MacArthur reported enemy j
casualties of more than 68,000 for i
the five weeks of the Luzon cam- <
paign as compared with American 11
casualties of 9,683, including 2,-
102 killed.
Capture of the Cavite naval
base put the Yanks on the shores
of Manila bay for the first time.
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G. W. Burkett, 90,
Buried Monday
Funeral service was held at the
Friendship Baptist church on
Monday morning at 11:00 o’clock
for George Washington Burkett,
90, of Jefferson, who died on Sat
urday, February 10, after being
ill for some time. Rev. W. E. |
Denney and Rev. W. F. Barker'
conducted the service and burial
followed at the Friendship ceme
tery.
Mr. Burkett, son of the late
Jacob Burkett and Katherine
Houck Burkett, was a well-known
farmer throughout the county.
He is survived by his wife and
the following children: Rev. R.
M. Burkett, Tom Burkett, Mrs. i
Mary Marsh and Mrs. Laura
Marsh.
Dean Ham Has
Been Wounded
Pfc. Dean Ham, son of Mr.
Riley Ham and the late Mrs.
Hattie Greer Ham, was wounded
in Germany, on November 20,
according to information receiv
ed recently by his grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Greer, of
Lansing, with whom he made his
home for the past several years.
Pfc. Ham is now receiving treat
ment in a hospital somewhere in
England, and has been awarded
the Purple Heart Decoration.
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.Pvt. John T. Dixon, son of
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Dixon,
of Jefferson, recently notified
his parents of his safe arrival
somewhere in France. He has
been in service since June,
1944, and overseas since No
vember. Pfc. Dixon writes
that he is getting along fine.
Farmers Urged
To Collect All
Rationing Points
Necessary To Cooperate When
Selling Any Farm Pro
duced Rationed Items
Roy H. Crouse, county agent,
pointed out yesterday that the
Charlotte OPA Office had re
ported receiving persistent re
ports of farm slaughterers not
collecting meats and fats points
on their sales of farm-produced
rationed meats and fats commodi
ties. “The 1945 meat production
is estimated to be approximately
two billion pounds less than the
1944 supply. Since farm slaugh
tered meat, therefore, represents
a much greater proportion now
of the civilian supply, full coop
eration and compliance is funda
mental to the success of the en
tire meat rationing program,” Mr.
Crouse said.
“Ashe county farmers are ad
vised to conform to the rationing
regulations in regard to collect
ing points on all sales or gifts of
farm slaughtered meat. Failure
to do so violates principle of fair
sharing on which rationing is
based by denying to consumers
who cannot produce their own
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Officials Pass
New Ordinance
For Sanitation
Limitations And Conditions
Os Raising Hogs Are Out
lined By Aidermen
At a special meeting of the
town board on Monday evening,
further plans for improving the
sanitary conditions of the town
j were discussed and a new ordin
-1 ance limiting the raising of hogs
within the city limits was passed.
The legal provisions of this are
published elsewhere today in a
legal notice.
Members of the board pointed
out that the new ordinance, which
automatically cancels all previ
ous rulings on this subject, would
not work a hardship on anyone
■ and would be for the betterment
of the town. The ordinance
states that no hogs may be raised
within the city limits “within 250
feet of any residence or place of
business.”
SINGING CONVENTION
HERE NEXT SUNDAY
There will be a singing con
vention at the West Jefferson
Baptist church on Sunday after
noon, beginning at 1:30 o’clock,
it was announced yesterday.
Coleman Payne, who will be
in charge, said there would be
a number of visiting singers from
Hickory, North Wilkesboro and
elsewhere as well as local groups.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
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Pfc. Roger Roark, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Roark, of
Jefferson, who is with the
Third Army somewhere in
France, is a member of the
Fourth Division, which re
cently wiped out ,350 German
tanks as well as other enemy
divisions and battalions.
Ashe Men Are Prisoners Os War -
Pvt. William D. Miller, (left), and Pvt. George H. Reeves,
(right), have each been reported prisoners of war in Germany,
during the past few days. Pvt. Miller, the son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Miller, of Othello, was first reported missing
on September 28. Pvt. Reeves, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Reeves, of Aberdeen, Md., formerly of this county, was re
ported missing in action on October 20.
Big Benefit Baskethall Came
Expected To Draw A Record
Crowd Here Saturday Night
Big Three Agree
On Plans To End
Nazism At Meet
Plans To Start Organized
Peace Also Outlined At
Dramatic Conference
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Washington The Big Three,
winding up an eight-day confer
nce around a white-draped table
in an old play spot of the czars,
announced this week their for
mula for the triumphal conclusion
of a war and the beginning of
organized peace.
Their 1 nine-point program, an
nounced at the end of the fateful
day-and-night sessions, projected
this nation fully on to center stage
in European affairs.
That in outline is the record of
the meeting concluded in the one
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Miss Ghormley,
Rotary Speaker
Miss Helen Ghormley, Ashe
County Public Health Nurse,
spoke to the Jeffersons Rotary
Club, at the meeting last Thurs
day night and gave a very inter
esting and informative talk on
her work here in the county.
John F. Reeves was program
chairman at this time and intro
duced* Miss Ghormley.
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Cpl. John Sidney Eller, Jr.,
: who is with the Army Air
i Corps, somewhere in France,
has written his parents, Mr.
i and Mrs. John Eller, of Clif 7
ton, that he recently visited
Paris and other interesting
places there. Cpl. Eller has
been in service 29 months.
$2.50 a Year Out of County
To Raise Funds To Fight In
fantile Paralysis; Short Os
Quota
T. E. Parker, chairman of the
Infantile Paralysis Fund Drive,
announced yesterday that plans
were being for a big bene
fit basketball game here on Sat
urday night, which is expected to
draw a record crowd and swell
the polio fund, which is still be
low the quota.'
In addition to other contests,
the feature game will be between
R. A. Jones’ New River Wildcats
' and the Rotary-Odd Fellows. This
is scheduled to open in the West
; Jefferson High School gymna
sium at 8:00 o’clock. The public
is cordially invited.
. I The fund is still around $900.00
I short of the quota of $3,549.00,
I Mr. Parker announced. Contribu
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Floyd Ham, 85. -
Buried Saturday
Funeral service was conducted
on Saturday at the home for
Floyd Ham, 85, well-known Ashe
county man, from the Apple
Grove section, who died on Fri
day, February 9. Elder Ed Da
vis was in charge of the service
and burial followed at the Per
ry cemetery.
Mr. Ham, whp was a native of
this county, is survived by one
sister, Mrs. Ella Perry.
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Lonford Rex Miller, S-IC,
of the Navy, son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. L. Miller, of Idlewild,
is now stationed at Jackson
r ville. Florida, at the Naval
Training station there. He is
receiving instruction in atrial
radio and writes that he is
liking his work very much.
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BONDS-STAMPS
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Experiments To
Be Carried Out
On Seven Farms
Dr. E. R. Collins And Dr. F. R.
Darkis, Os Duke, Start
Project
Ashe county, long known for
burley tobacco production, will
have supervised experiments in
Turkish tobacco for the first time
this year, according to plans start
ed this week.
Dr. E. R. Collins, Extension
Agronomist, of State College and
Dr. F. R. Darkis, of Duke Univers
ity were here this week working
with County Agent Roy H. Crouse
in the selection of farms to take
part in the experiment.
The object o>the experiment
is to introduce something new in
a leaf product, for which there is
much demand and which is be
lieved can be successfully grown
in this area.
There will be two acres grown
in this experimental work in ad
dition to a small amount on the
state test farm. Farmers taking
part in the experiment include:
S. B. Greene, Brownwood; J. T.
Brown, Todd; J. W. Bledsoe,
Fleetwood; Jbe Norris, Fleetwood;
Todd Price, Fig; G. C. Woodie,
Laurel Springs and L. G. Sheets,
Crumpler. Supervision and
study will be carried on through
out the season. Farmers taking
part in the experiment have been
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School Children
Are Hit By Car
Two Grassy Creek Students
Sustain . Slight Injuries
On" Tuesday-
Two Grassy Creek school chil
dren, Goldie Rutherford, 17, and
her sister, Pauline, 13, were
slightly injured Tuesday after
noon, when returning home from
school, being struck by a car
driven by Estel Miller, of Tuck
, erdale.
The accident was investigated
by Chief Deputy Carl B. Gray
beal and State Highway Patrol
man C. M. Jones and as far as it
could be learned yesterday af
ternoon, no charges had been
placed against Miller, because of
the circumstances.
Officer Graybeal said that Mil
ler was returning from Virginia,
where he had taken a couple to
be married and was crowded off
of the road on a curve by a Park
way bus, when he struck the
school children. He stopped im
mediately and carried them to a
doctor and later, on, to a hospital.
As far as it could be learned, they
only sustained minor injuries.
The accident occured at the Wea
ver’s Ford and Grassy Creek
road intersection.
Woodie Awarded
Boots And Wings
Fort Benning, Ga.—Pvt. Bower
J. Woodie, son of Mr. and Mrs.
L. F. Woodie, of Glendale Springs,
has won the right to wear “Boots •
and Wings” of the United States
Army Paratroops. He has com
pleted four weeks of jump train
ing' during which time he made
five jumps, the last a tactical
jump at night involving a com
bat problem on landing.
Jumping at. The Parachute
School has been steadily devel
oped to a recognized war science.
American Paratroopers have been
recognized throughout the world
for their meritoious actions
against the enemy.
METHODIST GROUP
HAS GOOD MEETING
The Ashe County Youth Fel
lowship Union met at the West
Jefferson Methodist church on
Monday night, when the young
people at Jefferson presented a
program on “Race Relations,” led
by Dean C. Jones.
The business session was led
by Miss Winnifred Johnson, new
ly elected president. Around
forty young people were present.
They enjoyed informal games and
refreshments during the social
hour.