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VOLUME 15, NO. 14
Ashe County Surpasses Red Cross Quota
Large Group Os
County Men Take
Exams For Army
71 Go To Fort Bragg For Pre-
Induction Examinations;
Some Are Back
A large group of 71 Ashe coun
ty men left Tuesday for pre-in
duction examinations at Fort
Bragg. Some of these returned
last night and others are expected
back today.
Included in the group were a
number in the upper age bracket
of possible draftees.
Those who left were:
Garvie S. Osborne, Willard
Powers, Albert Green Brown,
Acie Vonley Walker, Elmer El
liott, Earnest Dale Gilley, Walter
Wayne Childress, Clayton Dwight
Weaver, Thomas Blevins, Ernest
B. Keller, William E. Dollar,
James Harvey Payne, Gentry
Dolinger, Ray Thomas Davis.
John Demps Goodman, Carl
Lee Cheek, Freeman Hall Hol-
Raymond Bruce Osborne,
Monroe Miller, Rois Davis, Dew
ey F. Turnmire, Harold G. Mil
ler, Carl W. Richardson, Gord
Phare Severt, Arley Vince Brown,
Robert Lee Patrick, Wilmont
Carlos Thomas.
Earl James Eldreth, Edwin
Clive Johnston, Willie E. Mc-
Clure, James William Pollard,
Larry W. Emerson, Claude Colum
bus Lewis, Forrest L. McMillan,
Glenn Roby Eller, Chester A.
Testerman, William Walter
Sharpe, Delmer Scott Stuart.
Paul Sampson Patrick, Cecil
Wade Yates, Fred Newland Mash,
C. E. Toliver, Clifford Henry
Hoosier, Ray Arley Greer, Worth
Perkins, Robert B. Cearley, Jr.,
Cyril G. Carpenter, Aaron Wahd
'’Hartsog, Bryce Sherley Mash,
Robert Wade Ham, Denver Dale
Coldiron, Robert T. Graybeal,
Charles Ralph Riley, Howard W.
Vanover, Howard A. Barker,
Ward HowelL
George W. Howell, John Thom
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rwiii Give Plays
At Jefferson High
Ninth And Tenth Grades To
Present Program Next
Wed., April 11
The Jefferson High School Mask
will present two one-act plays
Wednesday night, April 18 in
the high school auditorium. The
ninth grade will present “Billy’s
First Date.” The characters are:
Billy, Edgar Burkett; Mr. Baker,
Ralph Colvard; Mrs. Baker, Ruth
Dixon; Teddie, Clayborne Sheets;
Judy, Betty Haynes; Myrna, Bil
lie Dean Harless; Barbara, Mary
Lou Thompson; Mrs. Coakley,
Mary Gordon Austin; Mrs. Brit
ton, Ruth Little.
Jb The tenth grade group will give
®What Are You Going To Wear?”
The characters are: Magnolia,
Louise Blevins; Anne, Betty Jo
Bare; Sandy, Wava Eller, Ginger,
Patsy Badger; Betty, Lois Ann
Badger; Patricia, Irene Bare;
Colletta, Elizabeth Weaver; Mrs.
Jenky, Blanche Woodie, and Mrs.
Carter, Maxine Weaver.
The girls of the ninth and
tenth grade home economics
classes will mode} dresses that
they have made recently at the
conclusion of the plays.
Hensley Joins
Business Firm
It was announced this week that
J. B. Hensley, popular local busi
ness man, had bought an interest
in the Colvard Service Station
here and would serve as manager.
The name of the station has
Jgfcen changed to C. & H. Service
Station. It was announced, how
ever, that the same complete
services would be offered to the
motorists as in the past, motor ac
cessories, automotive parts, tires,
as well as Shell gas and oil and re
capping service.
Mr. Hensley has long been as
sociated with the Colvard Oil
Company, where he has held re
sponsible positions. His many
friends will be glad to know that
he has purchased an interest in
the station here.
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$2.00 a Year in Ashe County WEST JEFFERSON, N. Cm THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1945 $2.50 a Year Out of County
Start Collection Os
Clothes For Victims
Os War; Plans Given
KILLED IN ACTION
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Pfc. Ernest Dale Mullis, son
of Mrs Mary Mullis, was killed
in action in Germany, March
7, according to a message
received by his wife, Mrs.
Stella Mullis, of Lansing, this
week. Pfc. Mullis was previ
ously reported missing.
Trout Season Is
To Open In Ashe
County April 15
Rules Os Various Streams
Cited My Warden Good
man; Bass Season Over
Due to the warm spring wea
ther, fishermen are eagerly await
ing the official opening of the
trout season, April 15, and due
to a number of well-stocked
streams, luck should be unusually
good, according to the predictions
of old-timers.
(Continued on Page 4)
Pictures To Be
Shown Farmers
A corn and hay production
meeting will be held Tuesday,
April 10 at 2:00 p. m., at the thea
ter in West Jefferson.
Dr. E. R. Collins, Extension Ag
ronomist from State College will
give an interesting and informa
tive lecture on corn and legume
hay production using colored pic
tures on the screen illustrating
the up-to-date information from
the Experiment Stations and Col
lege.
Ashe County farmers are urged
to attend this meeting to get rec
ommendations that will help in
crease the yield of our corn crop
and help meet our feed produc
tion goals this year.
Russell Barr is making no
charge for the use of the theater
for this meeting.
Hundreds Os School Children
Benefitted By Dental Clinics
Last week, Dr. E. T. Koonce,
state board of health school den
tist, completed eight weeks’ work
in eight county schools. A sum
mary of his services is as follows:
986 children were to
their local dentist while .the to
tal number of operations by Dr.
Koonce was 3,144 which includes
339 amalgam fillings, 48 cement
fillings, 1,382 silver nitrate treat
ments, 467 extractions and 908
childrens’ teeth cleaned.
In the spring of 1944, Dr.
Koonce worked in the county
schools and inspected 1,001 school
childrens’ teeth, correcting 3,282
defects.
An official report discloses oth
er services rendered by the health
department during the past year
in Ashe county were admission to
service and visits to 38 cases of
poliomyelitis, 6 to scarlet fever
Collection Points And Types
Os Clothes Needed Are
Also Cited
Dr. J. K. Hunter, chairman of
the drive to collect clothing for
victims of war, announced yes
terday that chairmen as well as
collection points in the various
communities had been named and
asked that the public cooperate
in every way to provide needed
garments for war victims.
At some ' collection points,
clothes are already coming in and
the public is asked to be prompt
in bringing in the clothes.
“Start today so that we can get
what we need on time,” Chair
man Hunter said. He explained
that as soon as the various com
munities had competed their col
lections the clothes would be
brought into a central point in
the county and made ready for
shipment.
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Survey Os White
Pines Made Here
U. S. Department Os Agricul
ture Investigating Blight
Control
R. H. Crouse, county agent, re
ports that a survey of white pine
in the Northern part of Ashe
county has been started by the
N. C. and U. S. Departments of
Agriculture. A similar survey
was made several years ago in the
southern part of the county.
At this time white pine is play
ing a large part in the war, es
pecially in its extensive use for
crates to ship supplies to the arm
ed forces overseas. It is also as
sisting nature to replace blight
killed chestnuts by seeding in ma
ny areas to young white pines
which will grow rapidly into tim
ber trees if protected from fire
and disease, officials of the sur
vey pointed out.
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W. H. Nance, 64,
Buried Sunday
Funeral service was held at the
Apple Grove Baptist church on
Sunday morning at 11:00 o’clock
for W. H. Nance, 64, of Husk, who
died on Friday, March 30. The
service was conducted by the
Revs. Ambrose Miller, Donnelly
Hart and Alvin Howell and burial
followed at the Edmondson ceme
tery.
Mr. Nance, who was well
known in the county, is survived
by his wife and the following
children: Mrs. Carrie Miller and
Glenn Nance, of West Virginia;
Roy and Frank Nance, of Kennett
Square, Pa., and Mrs. Vinus El
ler, of Lansing. One brother also
survives.
patients, and 11 for the control of
tuberculosis with 4 being admit
ted to a sanatorium. Around 40
persons were treated for venereal
diseases at the Rapid Treatment
Center in Charlotte. Visits were
made to 18 other communicable
disease patients including chicken
pox and measles. A total of 248
persons were immunized against
typhoid fever, 25 against small
pox, 4 against whooping cough
and 103 against diptheria. Serv
ices were rendered to 14 expec
tant mothers and 15 services to
infants and preschool children. A
total of 510 laboratory specimens
were collected fqr examination
and 826 high school students and
teachers were given the tuberculin
test.
While it is customary for two
eye clinics to be helcl in the coun
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< NAMED SCHOOL HEAD
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B. H. Duncan, who was ap
pointed superintendent of
Ashe county schools at a meet
ing of the board of education,
on Monday.
Duncan Is Named
School Supt. By
Board On Mon.
L. P. Colvard Is Chairman Os
Newly Appointed County
Board Os Education
Members of the newly appoint
ed board of education, including
L. P. Colvard, W. G. Vannoy, H. I
H. Burgess, J. A. Blevins and
Roby Lewis, met for the first time
on Monday and after naming L.
P. Colvard, as chairman, selected
B. H. Duncan as superintendent
of the county schools to succeed
A. B. Hurt, who has successfully
filled this position for the past
two years.
In addition to Mr. Duncan, oth-1
er candidates for the office in
cluded Mr. Hurt, a candidate for
re-election and C. M. Dickson.
(Continued on Page 4)
County Board Os
Equalization To
Meet Next Month
Petition On Road Received;
Other Matters Considered
At Meeting Monday
Ashe county taxpayers will
have an opportunity to appear be
fore county officials regarding
their tax valuations, beginning on
Monday, May 7, when the board
of county commissioners will sit
as a Board of Equalization, ac
cording to a decision made at the
meeting of the commissioners on
Monday.
Official notice of this is publish
ed elsewhere in this paper today.
The time is slightly later than us
ual, because of the delay in tax
listing as well as the completion
of the books, it was explained.
A petition presented by a group
from the Dog Creek section re
garding the upkeep, by the state,
of the road beginning at Coy
Goodman’s of the Jefferson-Spar
ta road and running to G. E. Kil
by’s, was received and a resolu
tion relative to this signed by the
county commissioners, was sent
Charles Ross, acting State High
way Commissioner.
In addition to a resolution re
garding the sale of wine in the
county and the transfer of a part
of Horse Creek township to Pin
ey Creek, a number of other rou
tine matters were handled by the
board.
Part Os Horse
Creek Township
Put In Piney Cr.
At the regular meeting of the
Ashe County commissioners on
Monday, action was completed for
transferring the upper part of
Horse Creek Township to Piney
Creek, for convenienc in voting.
This action was the result of a
petition presented to the com
missioners some time ago, signed
by approximately all of the citi
zens living in this particular area.
Legal notice of the same was
published some time ago and oth
er legal matters pertaining to the
annexation, completed at x the
meeting of the commissioners.
Marines Cut Across
Okinawa; Big Gains
Made In Germany
Third Army Now Within 140
Miles Os Berlin; MacArthur
Invades Tawi Tawi
Marines of the third amphibious
corps, scoring gains of 4,000 to 6,-
000 yards, reached the east coast
of Okinawa yesterday while 7th
division infantrymen who bisect
ed the vital island on Monday
moved southward along the shores
of huge Nakagusuku bay, the
navy announced.
This was the first mention of
Maj. Gen. Archibald V. Arnold’s
seventh infantry division in ac
tion on Okinawa, the strategic
Ryukyu island only 325 miles
southwest of the Japanese main
land, which American Marines
invaded Easter morning.
Powerful U. S. third army tank
columns smashed into the out
skirts of Gotha yesterday in a 19-
mile sweep within 140 miles of
Berlin, while Canadian troops
were only 20 miles from closing a
trap on the bulk of 90,000 Nazi
troops in Western Holland.
Striking across wooded Thurin
gia province, Lt. Gen. George S.
Patton’s flying columns drove
within 65 miles of Czechoslovakia
and were three-fourths across the
“waist” of Central Germany. His
men were reported within 160
miles of the Russian lines—less
than the airline distance between
New York and Baltimore.
Sixty miles northeast of Gotha,
other third army units bathed
\JXlently deep inside the great
arsenal city of Kassel, which one
German broadcast said had fallen
in a mass of ruins.
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County’s Oldest
Merchant Dies
Luke Maxwell Passes At Age
Os 95; Burial On Friday;
Was Well-Known
Luke Maxwell, believed to be
the county’s oldest merchant and
one of the oldest citizens, passed
away at his home in North Fork
township on Thursday morning
at the age of 95, as a result of
infirmities incident to his advanc
ed years.
Born August 12, 1849, the de
ceased was a native of this coun
and was engaged in farming for
many years. He was also a live
stock dealer and operated a gen
eral merchandise store from 1872
until a short time before his death.
He was married to Miss Julia
Bass, of Petersburgh, Va., who
preceded him in death nearly 30
years ago. No near relatives ex
cept several nieces and nephews
survive.
The funeral service was con
ducted by the Rev. Robert Short
and the Rev. Roy Jones, at the
home, Friday afternoon at two
o’clock. Burial followed at the
family cemetery.
FSA Announces Plans To
Aid Service Men And Women
Plans for helping servicemen
and women upon their return to
civilian life were discussed at a
recent meeting held in Boone by
local FSA personnel, which Thom
as H. Sears, Van F. Miller and
Ainslee Alexander, attended.
Loan guaranteed by the Gov
ernment will be made to any man
or woman who served in active
military or naval services on or
after September 16, 1940, who re
ceived an honorable discharge.
Loans are to be made for: the pur
chase of farms, livestocks, ma
chinery, repairs to buildings, pur
chase of business property, and
for building houses, it was ex
plained.
A veteran wishing to obtain a
guaranteed loan must first ar
range to borrow the required
amount from a bank, other lend
ing agency or private individual.
HEADS DRIVE
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Miss Ruth Tugman, Ashe
County Chairman of the Can
cer Control Drive, for which
funds will be raised this
month.
Sale Os Wine In
Ashe Banned By
Commissioners
Resolution Calling Attention
To New Law Is Attdirted
By Group
At the meeting of the county
commissioners on Monday, a
resolution banning the sale of
wine in the county was* adopted.
The resolution cites the new
law enacted by the 1945 General
Assembly and resolves that “by
board of county commissioners of
Ashe county . . . that the sale of
wine in Ashe county be and the
same is herafter prohibited.”
The resolution is concluded
with the expressed desire that
other governing bodies in Ashe
county pass similar resolutions.
A complete text of this is pub
lished elsewhere in this paper to
day.
The action came as no surprise
since there has been much com
plaint of disorder caused by the
drinking of commercial wines,
previously offered for sale.
Ashe Teachers
Invited To Meet
All elementary teachers of Ashe
county are cordially invited to
attend the meeting at Appalachian
State Teachers College on Satur
day, April 7, at 2:00 o’clock.
The principal speaker will be
Miss Eunice Elder, of New York
City. She will speak on the part
the classroom teacher plays in
the public school music program.
If the loan is to be made for the
purchase of a farm it must be val
ued by an appraiser. Following
this, the local Veterans Agricul
tural Loan Committee (composed
of 3 farmers and an ex-service
man) must certify to the Veterans
Administration whether the loan
should be guaranteed or not, of
ficials pointed out.
The purchase must not exceed
the reasonable normal value of
the property to be purchased, and
it must be within the Veteran’s
ability to pay and succeed in his
operations, it was declared.
“The maximum amount which
can be guaranteed is 50%, or $2,-
000, whichever is the smaller. The
loan shall bear interest at a rate
of not more than 4% and shall be
payable in full in not more than
twenty years. Interest* for the
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OVER Tiff TOP
FOR VICTORY
jA V’JFA with
Vi Tfe UNITED STATES WAN
BONDS-STAMPS
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Over $7,000.00 fa
Raised As Drive
fa Closed April 1
Chairman Shoemaker Expres
ses Appreciation To Every
one For Co-operation
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Ashe county far surpassed the
quota of the Red Cross War Ftmd
Drive as it came to an end on Sat
urday night, with contributions
totalling $7,069.76 or $367.76 over
the quota of $6,700.00.
Drive Chairman Sharpe S.
Shoemaker said that he parti
cularly wanted to thank the
schools, churches and other or
ganizations as well as individual
workets and contributors who
helped to make the drive a suc
cess. “This is a splendid tribute
to our men in service,” he declar
ed. ‘
The drive officially closed with
the month of March, but if there
are some contributors who failed
to turn their gifts in, they may
still do so, it was announced.
Listed below are a number of
contributors not previously pub
lished:
W. J. Baptist church, $118.56;
Parkway theater collection, $156.-
03; West Jefferson Methodist
Church, $27.37; Creston Col
ored School, $17.35; Dr. and Mrs.
C. Pardue Bunch, $25.00; Mr. and
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Sheep Growers
Met Saturday
Officers And Appraisers For
The Coming Year Are
Named By Group
A .
The annual meeting of thn Ashe
County ISheep Growers* Pitowt- ‘ t
tive Association was held at the
County Agents’ office on Satur
day, when the following officers,
were elected for the new year be
ginning April 1: President, W. B.
Austin; Vice-president, J. C.
Pierce; Secretary, R. H. Crouse;
i Treasurer, Mrs. Mary Grant.
All claims for sheep killed by
dogs and covered by the Associa
tion were paid and a balance was
still left in the treasury to carry
over for next year.
“All sheep growers who have
not paid their insurance should
do so at once at the County
Agents’ office. The annual dues
are only 10c per head. If all
sheep growers in the county will
join the Association and cooper
ate it is believed that a lot of
losses can be eliminated,” Secre
tary Crouse said.
The following appraisers were
appointed to serve for the com
ing year: Chestnut Hill, H. M.
Colvard; . Clifton, K. L. Eller;
Creston,. M.’ H. Eller; Elk, J. T.
Brown; Giassy Creek, J. C.
Pierce; Helton, B. C. Pennington;
Horse Creek, E. V. Stansberry;
Hurricane, W. M. Little; Jeffer
son, A. P. Bare; Laurel, T. J.
Graybeal; North Fork, Max Bar
low; Obids, H. H. Burgess; Old
Fields, Walter Burkett; Peak
Creek, • Bruce Shepherd; Pine
Swamp, R.. G. Phillips; Piney
Creek, Burgwin Carter; Pond
Mountain, W.* Y. Cox; Walnut Hill,
J. R. Phipps; West Jefferson, C.
W. Phillips.
Hurt Is Praised
* By School Board
The outgoing county school
board met on Saturday in a final
session to complete some unfin
ished business matters before re
tiring in favor of the newly ap
pointed board.
At this time, members of the
board, individually, as well as a
group, highly commended A B.
Hurt, superintendent of schools,
for the work he had done and the
progress that had been made dur
ing his administration, in spite
of hampered wartime conditions.
It was pointed out by the board
members that considering the
wartime conditions that the
schools had operated most satis
factorily and that improvements
had been made. “We particularly
appreciate Supt. Hurt’s fine spirit
of co-operativeness with teachers,
school patrons and others inter
ested in the schools,” one member
declared.