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VOLUME 15, NO. 15
Superior Court Will Open On Monday
Town Os West Jefferson To Have Clean-up Weeks
April 16-28 Will
Be Designated
As Cleaning Time
Mayor Parsons asks The Co
operation Os All Citizens
In Organized Effort *
West Jefferson is to have two
clean-up weeks from April 16-28,
according to a decision reached
by the board of aidermen and
mayor at the meeting on Friday
evening when plans for the event
were discussed.
Business houses as well as resi
denses are expected to clean-up
premises and to assemble all rub
bish so that it can be hauled off
by the garbage collection depart
ment during this period, it was
pointed out.
Mayor Parsons asked that ev
i eryone cooperate in this general
spring cleaning and that a spe
cial effort be made by the business
houses as well as others, to keep
all rubbish collected so that it
will not blow over the town.
The board of aidermen called
attention to an •ordinance publish
ed elsewhere in this paper today,
regarding the disposal of trash
and rubbish.
Following this general period
of cleaning up the town, it is
fJlanned to announce specific col-*
lection days in order that the
garbage may be handled with lit
tle trouble and the appearance of
the town improved. Plans for
the extermination of rats are also
expected to be worked out.
Postwar Goals
Are Given Club
Ed M. Anderson, Former Pres
ident, Is Speaker At Ro
tary Club
I Postwar goals for the Jeffersons
and Astie county were presented
to the Jeffersons Rotary club last
Thursday when Publisher Ed M.
Anderson, former president of the
organization, was guest speaker.
Anderson, who was presented
by the program chairman, Sharpe
S. Shoemaker, reminded the
group of many plans previously
discussed as well as a number of
nexy ones, which would be of
benefit to this section.
In outlining postwar plans he
spoke first of employment. In
discussing men in service in this
connection, he said, “We must see
that these men are integrated
and happily situated back in the
normal routine of peaceful liv
ing.”
He sighted farm, industrial, ag
ricultural and other goals that
would not only solve the employ
i ment problem, but would mean
much in the further development
of the county.
He praised the club for the fine
fellowship as well as the work
the organization is doing.
Jack Graybeal, of Fig, is the
Junior Rotarian for the month,
and was present.
AUTO PARTS PLACE
IN NEW BUILDING
The Western Auto
store, owned and operated by W.s(
£r. Little has moved into the new
ly remodeled building across thde
street from the former locationjfij
Mr. Little purchased the builp ai
ing formerly ocupied by I. ?,
ing formerly occupied by I. ng 1
Cook sometime ago and had;r bi
completely remodeled, repar wil
and repainted before moving -ictioi
week. “We are happy to b£ny ii
this new location/’ he said. ie pe
I. M. Cook’s store has mover cann
to the Woodie building fonjout ha
accupied by the auto parts ests.
LEGION MAKES RECOjnodate
IN MEMBERSHIP DJties wi
Membership reports or foi
American Legion show has bee
Carolina has made an years, i
record. West Jefferson ifc e f or di]
the four star posts in the are allottc
district, far over contribi
quota. P. G. Wright is 4arty fund
of the membership comnj
the district. ' assure yot
curity.
i
iilic lost
$2.00 a Year in Ashe County WEST JEFFERSON, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1945 $2.50 a Year Out of County
Yaiiks Move Toward
Berlin; Resistance Is
Strong On Okinawa
WILL RULE GERMANY
Maj. Gen. Lucius D. Clay
has been named as the officer
to take charge of civil affairs
in Germany when that country
is occupied. He will serve as
deputy to General Eisenhower.
Clothing Is Now
Being Collected
For Needy Allies
Good Response; Public Asked
To Bring In Contributions
Now
Dr. J. K. Hunter, chairman of
the drive to collect used clothing
for the needy people of the war
torn areas said that gopd response
was being received so far and
asked that all of those who have
not done so to bring their con
tributions in to the various com
munity collection points.
It will be picked up at these
points by the central < collection
committee, James T. McLaurin,
Rev. John S. Jordan and W. D.
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Trivett Given
A Purple Heart
The Purple Heart decoration
has been awarded posthumously
to Pfc. Walter L. Trivett, who was
killed in action in Germany last
November 18, for bravery in ac
tion.
The award was made to his pa
rents, the Rev. and Mrs. W. C.
Trivett, of Mogadora, Ohio, for
merly of West Jefferson.
Pfc. Trivett had been in service
for three and a half years and
overseas 22 months. Two broth
ers, Pvt. Lloyd Trivett and Pfc.
Morg Trivett, are also in service.
Early Postwar Work On The
; Blue Ridge Parkway Planned
J
Washington The Blue Ridge
Parkway probably will approach
completion in the first three post
itvar years, the Public Roads Ad
irininistration predicted this week,
in The administration stated, how
jcrver, that the $10,000,000 author
iozed by the federal aid highway
alct of 1944 (for post-war expendi
ure) for construction and main-,
lepnance of the Blue Ridge Park
ecfay likely will be insufficient for
'ilpmpletioh of the Parkway. Of
td-icials also said it would take
lUtfore than three years to do the
enork.
ndFirst work is expected to be on
n-?proximately 130 milec as yet
editouched. This will include
>u- out 40 miles in Virginia—3o in
is. - vicinity of Roanoke, and 10
rth of the James river. Initial
w rk also will include construc-
Russians Extend Hold On
Vienna And Drive On
Toward Brno
The U. S. ninth army, in a neck
and neck race with the American
first army toward Berlin, quick
ly toppled Germany’s 12th city
of Hannover yesterday and swept
on 28 miles into Brunswick’s out
skirts at a point only 110 miles
from the reich capital.
While tank units of the ninth
also overran Salzgitter, site of the
Goering steel works 10 miles
southwest of imperilled Bruns
wick, U. S. first army troops in
a 40-mile advance on the south
smashed into Nordhausen and
likewise struck within 110 miles
of Berlin with the seizure of lo
calities near Auleben, 45 miles
west of Halle and 57 miles from
Leipzig.
American fighter pilots and
bomber gunners destroyed 397
German aircraft yesterday and
shattered eight aerial warfare
records in the most devastating
blow ever delivered against the
once-feared Nazi luftwaffe.
Countless other German craft
were damaged as both American
and British planes again assault
ed the German reich.
The American steamroller cam
paign in the Philippines has en
gulfed the strategic Sulu archi
pelago, liberated all of Southern
Luzon and freed the famous Cul
ion leper colony, Gen. Douglas
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Few Violations
Os Ceiling Prices
All Are Urged To Post Prices;
A Total Os 141 In County
Are Checked
Only 9 per cent of the retail food
stores checked in March were
found to be in violation of price
regulations, as compared to 19%
the preceding month, L. P. Col
vard, chairman of the Ashe
County War Price and Rationing
Board, said today. ■*
A total of 141 stores were
checked by 6 volunteer Price
Panel Assistants and two of the
clerks from office, as part of a
country-wide campaign to hold
the price line, and to assist stores
in their efforts to comply with
price regulations, he said.
Os the 141 stores checked, only
13 were found to be in violation
of OPA price requirements, Mr.
Colvard stated, and 17 in violation
of posting requirements.
Merchants are particularly
urged to post all prices so that
the public may have an oppor
tunity to see that they are in line
with regulations.
tion of about 90 miles between
Asheville and the Great Smoky
Mountains which has not been
started, and probably cannot be
finished within the first three
post-war years, PRA said.
In addition to the parts of the
Parkway not yet begun, there is
work to be finished on other sec
tions where only foundations have
been built. Quite a few sections
require either a top or pavement
course, PRA explained. Guard
rails also are needed in a number
of spots.
The National Park service said
that jwhile the Blue Ridge Park
way may not be finished within
the three-year program period of
the 1944 act, it probably will be
nearer completion than will the
other two parkways.
County Spelling
Contest Will Be
Held On April 25
Sponsored By American Le
gion; Medals Are To Be
Awarded Winners
The Ashe Post of the American
Legion will again sponsor an an
nual county-wide spelling bee in
which the winners will be award
ed medals. The finals of the con
test will be held at the court
house on Wednesday evening,
April 25 at 8:00 o’clock to which
the public is cordially invited.
All high schools as well as the
small schools are invited to send
a winner from all grades begin
ning with the fourth, to take part
in this county-wide event. They
are expected to hold preliminaries
prior to this time, to select the
winners.
The contest is sponsored by the
Ashe Post of the American Legion
in connection with the state and
nation-wide event and is expected
to attract much interest. “More
emphasis should be placed on
spelling and I hope that all the
schools will take part in this con
test,” Mr. Hurt said.
Sale Os Wine In
W. J. Is Banned
By Town Board
Resolution Adopted By Board
Os Aidermen At Meeting
Held Last We?k
At the meeting of the town
board of West Jefferson last Fri
day, the body adopted a resolu
tion banning the sale of wine
here. The bill passed by the 1945
General Assembly giving the of
ficials the authority to ban the
sale of wine, is cited in the open
ing of the resolution.
The resolution concludes with
the following: ”... That the
sale of wine in West Jefferson
be and the same is hereinafter
prohibited and that hereafter, said
board wil refuse to issue any li
cense for the sale of wine within
the borders of West Jefferson.”
A complete text of the resolution
is published elsewhere in this
paper today.
Members of the town board
pointed out that there had been
much criticism of intoxication,
said to be caused by drinking
commercial wines and that it was
felt that by banning the sale of
this, conditions might be improv
ed.
Baptists To Have
Training Union
The Southwide Associational
Training Union Night, of the
Ashe County Baptist Association,
will meet at the West Jefferson
Baptist church on Tuesday night,
April 24 at 7:30 o’clock, at which
time the various work of the
churches in the county will be dis
cussed, and special music will be
given. The public is cordially in
vited to attend.
PORTER IS DRUGGIST
AT GRAYBEAL’S STORE
Bruce Porter, registered drug
gist, formerly of Wyoming, is
serving Graybeal’s drug store
here.
Mr. Porter has a druggist’s li
cense in three states: Kansas,
Wyoming and North Carolina. He
has recently moved to this state
from Wyoming and has been
granted his license in North Caro
lina.
He and Mrs. Porter, the former
Miss Frances Plummer, have pur
chased the former Ballou resi
dence *n Jefferson and are mak
ing their home there. Mrs. Por
ter, a sister of the late Professor
R. E. L. Plummer, says she is
glad to get back to Ashe county.
Mr. Porter, a native Westerner,
says he likes this county very
much.
Proclaims Cancer Control Month
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Governor R. Gregg Cherry hands his proclamation of
April as “Cancer Control Month” to Mrs. George E. Marshall,
of Mount Airy, commander of the N. C. Division of the Field
Army of the American Cancer Society.
Ashe Schools Launch
Contest In 7th War
Loan; Given Quotas
Merchants Are
Asked To File
Apparel Charts
Advisory Committee On New
Regulation On Apparel Is
Named
L. P. Colvard, chairman of local
War Price and Rationing Board
reminded merchants dealing in
apparel and home furnishings
that April 20 is the deadline for
filing pricing charts under OPA
Regulation No. 580.
He further cautioned them that
failure of the merchant to get a
receipt from the OPA, by May 4,
acknowledging the filing of the
chart under the regulation makes
it illegal for the merchant to sell
or offer for sale any merchandise
covered by the regulation.
The following advisory com
mittee has been named to assist
the merchants regarding this new
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SINGING CONVENTION
HERE ON SUNDAY
It was announced this week by
Coleman Payne that there would
be a singing convention at the
West Jefferson Baptist church on
Sunday afternoon beginning at
1:30 o’clock to which the public
is cordially invited.
Mr. Payne said a number of
visiting groups were expected at
this time.
W. J. School Will Honor Men
In Service In 7th War Loan
The Seventh War Loan Drive
will be officially started in the
West’ Jefferson high school Fri
day, April 13, with a Memorial
Day in which all the former stu
dents, who are in service, especial
ly the casualties, will be honored.
The quota for the West Jeffer
son school district is $25,000 (cash
value). This includes the dis
trict schools as well as the central
school.
Any bond purchased on Friday,
April 13, will be bought in honor
of the boys who have left the
school to enter the service. From
this group has come word of sev
eral boys, who have been killed,
wounded or taken prisoners, in
cluding Thomas Wyatt, class of
’45, killed in action in Germany;
Jack Johnson, class of ’4O, killed
on Iwo Jima; Fred Hardin, class
Prizes To Be Awarded Indi
viduals As Well* As School
During This Month
Ashe county schools will make
the initial step in the Seventh
War Loan Drive and will start
their work immediately, accord
ing to plans announced this Week
by county chairman L. B. Tyson.
Principals were given quotas at
a meeting on Tuesday and the
schools as well as individuals
will have a chance to compete for
prizes.
Governor Cherry has issued a
proclamation asking that the
schools work on the drive during
April. It is for this reason and
due to the fact that by working
on the drive this month, this can
be completed without interfering
with plans for finals.
“The schools have always done
an outstanding job and we are
counting strong on them during
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New Books Ready
. For Children Now
A. B. Hurt, superintendent of
schools, announced yesterday
that his office now had a large
collection of new books for chil
dren, ready for circulation.
All grade teachers interested in
these are asked to call for them.
The collection includes many
books on other countries that are
particularly interesting to chil
dren at this time.
of ’4O, prisoner of war in Ger
many; Wade Williams, P. O. W.,
Germany; Joe Williams, missing;
Edward Phillips, P. O. W., Ger
many; Wallace Houck, class of
’3B, killed in France; Raymond
Goodman, class of ’4l, killed in
Italy, and others.
The men in service from the
1945 graduating class will be
honored on Tuesday, April 17, at
which time the seniors will be ac
tive in the sale of bonds in their
honor. This group includes: Le-
Roy Tribble, Navy; Billy Hardin,
Navy; J. M. Goodman, Navy;
Thomas Severt, Army; J. C.
Houck, Navy; Cecil Miller, Navy.
The day will be especially in
commemoration of Thomas
Wyatt, a member of the class, who
was killed in action in Germany
on December 13, 1944.
OVE* THE TOP
FOR VICTORY
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vkyZi UNinosnreswtt
V BOMCS-STAMPS
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
One Murder Case
. v > e-
Is To Be Tried;
Alley To Preside
Several Minor CASte And Di
vorces 'Are Expected To
Be Heard •
Ashe superior court for the
trial of criminal cases is scheduled
to open Monday morning with
Judge Felix Alley
While a murder and manslaughter
case are scheduled to be tried* as
well as several minor criminal
cases and divorces, a comparative
ly short term is predicted, how
ever. »
Occupying the spotlight will
probably be the case of Dewitt
Francis and his son, Ira, arrested
in connection with the death of
Dent Baldwin, which occured in
December, 1943. Baldwin died as
a result of a blow received on the
head following an altercation,
with Francis over some tobacco.
This case was heard before
Judge Clement last'October when
a mistrial was declared, after a
member of the jury expressed his
opinion to the Judge regarding
the relativity of Certain points
brought out.
The case of Paul Severt arrest
ed in connection with the death
of Ennis Osborne in an automo
bile accident, is also scheduled to*
be heard.
Minor larceny cases expected
to be tried include that of Quincy
Brown, Dallas and Midas Green
in connection with the theft of
lumber. Raymond Clearly is al
so scheduled to be tried for lar
ceny.
Lee Foster charged with
breaking and entering. Carl
Hardin for violating the prohibi
tion act; Grace and Lee Stansber
ry charges include non-support
and slander.
A number of divorce cases are
also expected to be tried.
Cancer Control
Drive Underway
Miss Ruth Tugman Is Chair*
man; Funds Are To Be
Collected
The Cancer Control Drive is
now underway in Ashe • and in
addition to the educational phases
of the drive, funds will be collect*
ed to fight this great enemy* off
mankind.
The schools of the county have
been given literature on the drive
and it is hoped that through edu
cation that some cases of this dis* •
ease may be discovered in time
and cured. The schools will have
airmail stickers to sell for con
tributions to the fund.
Other solicitations will be
made of the business houses, Miss
Ruth Tugman, chairman of the
drive, said.
W. S. Graybeal, 79,
Buried Saturday
Funeral service was held on
Saturday morning at eleven o’-
clock for Winfield S. Graybeal,
79, of Lansing, who died at his
home on Thursday, April 5. The
service was held at the home and
was conducted by the Rev. W. A,
Graybeal and the Rev. M. D. Hart.
Burial followed at the family
cemetery.
Mr. Graybeal, who was a na
tive of this county, was well
known throughout this section.
He is survived by the following
sons: B. W. Graybeal, Lansing; EL
F. Graybeal, Roanoke, Va.; and
Lawson Graybeal, Philadelphia.
CLOSING TO START
NEXT WEDNESDAY
' Next Wednesday, April 18, is
the date the group of merchants
announced elsewhere in this pa
per, will begin closing at 12:30
noon during the summer months.
The cooperation of the public is.
asked in supplying their needs be*
fore the closing time on Wednes
day or to wait until Thursday.