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VOLUME 15, NO. 16
Francis Case Goes To Jury As Court Nears End
Committees For
County Schools
Named By Board
The Erection Os Permanent
Flag Poles At Schools
Planned
At a meeting of the county
board of education on Monday,
the group named the district
school committees and voted an
appropriation to erect a perman
ent flag pole at each of the cen
tral schools of the county.
The district and school com
mittees named are as follows:
Jefferson district: Roy Badger,
Ira T. Johnston, Emmet Stanley,
Tom Duncan, L. B. Tyson.
Orion school, Fred Colvard, E.
M. Jenkins, Lee Lambert.
Wagoner school, Bill Bledsoe,
Hammy Bare.
Glendale Springs school, Don
Bare, Everett Lyalls.
Big Ridge school, Walter Far
rington, Fred Bare.
Buffalo school, Arthur Kemp,
Sidney Killens, Jim Rash.
Riverview district, Austin
Jones, Todd Price, G. D. Wilson.
Rich Hill school, E. W. Sapp.
Mill Creek school, Walter Ro
land.
Rash school, F. S. Owens.
Roaring Fork school, Arthur
Oliver.
Ashland school, Charlie John
son.
Parker school, M. S. Woodard,
Quincy Brown.
Peak Valley school, N. W. Wine
barger.
Green Valley school, E. E. Stu
art, Vick C. Thomas.
Rock Creek school, W. M. Suth
erland, Otis Price, Kene Roark. ,
Sutherland school, Fred Suth
erland, John B. Sutherland.
Lansing district, S. N. Baldwin,
Mrs. Ed. C. Eller, Berg win Car
ter, Kyle Baldwin, J. O. Blevins.
Flatwoods school, C. H. Eldreth.
Thaxton school, Earl Miller.
Staggs Creek School, Wade Ro
land, Grover James, J. F. Miller.
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Valuable Real
Estate Is Sold
Badgers’ Funeral Home Buys
Goss Boarding House
Property
Two valuable pieces of real
estate were sold In West Jefferson
this week.
The Goss boarding house prop
erty was bought by Badgers’
funeral home for the consideration
of $7,000.00. And the Badgers
sold the building which they oc
cupy on Jefferson Avenue, to El
mer Dollar for $6,000.00.
Dollar, an electrician, expects
to occupy this newly purchased
building within a short time, it is
understood.
Badgers also expect to move
into the Goss building soon.
Members of the firm pointed out
that this was purchased in order
to have more room and because
of traffic conditions around the
building which they now occupy.
The Goss building, located at the
end of Main Street, has long been
operated by Mrs. Laura Goss and
has been one of the most popular
boarding houses in town. She
will cease operation on June 1, it
is understood.
Mrs. Tucker, 56,
Buried Sunday
Funeral service was conducted
at the Tuckerdale Baptist church
on Sunday morning at 11:00 o’-
clock for Mrs. Nannie Cox Tucker,
56, who died at her home at
Tuckerdale on Saturday, April 14,
after being ill for some time.
The Rev. M. D. Hart and the Rev.
W. F. Denny conducted the serv
ice. They were assisted by the
Rev. T. A. Farmer. Burial fol
lowed the service at the family
cemetery.
Mrs. Tucker, who was a native
of this county, was preceded in
death by her husband, F. B.
Tucker on February 2. She is
survived by one foster son, the
Rev. Frank Tucker, Jr., and the
following brothers and sister:
Lester Cox, Tazewell, Va.; Fred
Cox, Avondale, Pa.; Ira Cox,
Shulls Mill, and Mrs. Bertha Leo
nard, Richland, Ind.
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Russians Are Only 20
Miles From Berlin;
Tokyo Bombed Again
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W. B. Austin, who was this
week named by Gov. R. Gregg
Cherry on the State Board of
Agriculture. He will be
sworn in on Saturday in Ra
leigh.
Austin Named
On State Board
Os Agriculture
Will Represent The Livestock
* Group; Replaces L. L.
Burgin
It was learned here this week
from official sources in Raleigh
that W. B. Austin, prominent Jef
ferson lawyer and farmer, had
been named by Governor Cherry
as a member of the State Board
of Agriculture.
It is understood that there was
only one appointment made at
this time, in this group. Mr.
Austin will replace L. L. Burgin,
of Horse Shoe, Henderson county,
whose term expired.
It was pointed out that Mr.
Austin would represent the live
stock interests in the group. He
was among those instrumental in
the location of the State Test Farm
in this county. This will be de
voted chiefly to livestock.
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Much Interest
In Spelling Bee
A. B. Hurt, superintendent of
schools, said this week that much
interest was being shown in the
county-wide spelling contest to be
held at the courthouse next Wed
nesday night, April 25. This is
under the sponsorship of the
American Legion.
The finalists in the high school
annual debate will debate before
the Rotary club this evening, Mr.
Hurt said. These are from the
Jefferson high school.
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of Warrensville, have four
sons in service. They are
(left to right), Roger D. How
ell, S 1-C, Pvt. Claude A. How
WEST JEFFERSON, N. C,
American Forces Are Ham
mering On Great German
City Os Hamburg
American armies, which already
have virtually bisected Germany,
broke into the prize cities of Leip
zig and Magdeburg yesterday as
British tanks tore loose on a 22-
mile sweep that carried within
25 miles of the great port of Ham
burg.
Duesselclorf, last major city in
the Ruhr still held by the Ger
mans, also was entered by dough
boys who now have whittled down
the Ruhr pocket to 125 square
miles from its original 3,000
square miles.
The U. S. third army stabbed to
a point four miles from the Czech
oslovak border, with one or more
of its armored columns operating
under a news blackout and was
thought to be about 75 miles from
Russian positions on the eastern
front.
The Germans said yesterday
Russian forces were driving hard
within 18 to 20 miles of Berlin
in two sectors while another So
viet force speared into the Nazis’
southern escape corridor through
Saxony.
American B-29s bombed six
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Clothing To Be
Collected Next
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Individuals Urged To Turn
Their Contributions In Be
fore This Time
It was announced this week by
the county chairman, Dr. J. K.
Hunter, that the used clothing
being assembled at central points
in the various communities
throughout the county, would be
picked up by the collection com
mittee next Wednesday, April 25.
It will then be assembled here in
West Jefferson and made ready
for shipment.
“Some places have responded
unusually well,” Dr. Hunter said,
and urged that everyone, who
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J. R. Paisley, 70,
Buried Yesterday
Funeral service was conducted
at the home yesterday afternoon
at two o’clock for James Robert
Paisley, 70, of Helton, who died
on Tuesday, April 17. The Rev.
E. A. Eller conducted the service
and burial followed at the family
cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Gertrude Paisley, and the fol
lowing children: Roe Paisley, Mrs.
Gladys Roten, Mrs. Alta Porter,
John Paisley, Lida Paisley, Les
ter Paisley and Glenn Paisley.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1945
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Schools Are Off
To Good Start In
War Bond Drive
Special Contest For Seventh
War Loan Is Being Con
ducted This Month
Ashe county schools are off to
a good start on the Seventh War
Loan Drive in a contest for the
month of April, according to in
complete reports coming in.
Quotas were assigned the vari
ous school districts last week and
it was announced that in addition
to the two general prizes to be
given to the districts making the
largest percentage of their quo
tas, an individual prize of $5.00
would go to each district tor; be
awarded the student making jjftHk
oest record in the drive.
West Jefferson reported
936.75 yesterday and Jefferson.
$5,000. While definite amounts
had not come in from other
schools, favorable reports regard
ing their work had.
“We are anxious for all schools
to make their quotas and we be
lieve they will,” Lawrence Tyson,
chairman of the drive, said.
Baptists To Have
Program April 24
Program plans for the South
wide Associational Training Un
ion, to be held at the West Jef
ferson Baptist Church on Tues
day night, April 24, have been
completed by those in charge and
are announced this week.
The program will open at 7:30
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Pyle Is Killed
Washington Ernie Pyle, the
greatest frontline reporter, of this
war, has been killed in action, ac
cording to a report released by
Washington.
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ard war correspondent—beloved
of U. S. fighting men the world
over—was killed by a Japanese
machine gun bullet on a little is
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N. Y. Claude entered service
last July and is somewhere in
Germany. Fredrick, who is
also in Germany, entered the
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HARRY S. TRUMAN
Ashe County People Deeply
Shocked By Sudden Death
Os Pres. Roosevelt, Thurs.
Plans Are Made
For Camporee Os
Ashe Boy Scouts
James Story Is Chairman Os
Committee; Will Be Held
On Negro Mountain
At a meeting of the Ashe Dis
trict Committees of the Old
Hickory Council of the Boy
Scouts of America, at the com-
EtiUnity building last«• Thursday
bight, several important phases of
scout work were discussed and
plans were made for the coming
camporee to be held on May 5 and
6.
It was announced that progress
was being made on the troop at
Glendale Springs and that a
troop would be organized at the
Riverview school soon. A “Cub”
pack is also being organized in
West Jefferson, with the Rev.
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Former Ashe Man
Is War Casualty
%Pvt. Glen Dale Sexton, son of
the Rev. and Mrs. C. W. Sexton,
of Dublin, Va., formerly of this
county, was wounded somewhere
in Germany on March 2, accord
ing to information received by
relatives here. Pvt. Sexton is now
in a hospital in France and recent
information stated that he was
making a normal improvement.
MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR
PFC. MILLER SUNDAY
A memorial service will be held
at the Scottville church next Sun
day afternoon at two o’clock in
honor of Private First Class Roger
Fields Miller, son of Mrs. J. R.
Miller, at Nathan’s Creek. He
was killed in action last February
18, somewhere in Germany.
service in February,. 1943, and
Ronda, who 1 has been in the
navy for the past nine months,
is now stationed in Hawaii.
Another son died in service.
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Memorial Services Are Held;
Confidence Expressed In
Truman
Ashe county people, along with
the rest of the world, were shock
ed and grieved over the sudden
death of President Franklin D.
Roosevelt last Thursday after
noon at Warm Springs, Georgia.
When the news first came over
the air, people here remarked,
“It couldn’t be true,” but then as
the broadcasts continued, deep re
gret and grief replaced the first
shock from the news..*
Both men and women shed
tears. “He was the first public
official whose death moved me
to tears,” one man said. One
woman remarked, “It’s just ex
actly like someone in my own
family, only more so, because he
was really a member of everyone’s
family.” Many recalled how
weary-worn he had appeared in
rhe news reels of the Yalta con
ference, yet in spite of that, they
were profoundly shocked.
A soldier home from overseas
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Bare Is A “Tall
Tale” Winner
Thomasville, Ga.—Finney Gen
eral Hospital has another winner
in the “Tall, Tales” contest heard
weekly over the Kate Smith ra
dio hour.
He is Staff Sergeant Glenn J.
Bare, of Crumpler, a patient on
Ward A-8, and he was given a
check for $5.00 for his “whopper.”
Sgt. Bare is a veteran of action
in France, Belgium and Germany.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harm Bare, West Jefferson.
Pres. Truman Promises Full
Effort In Winning War, Peace
Washington President Tru
man Monday dedicated his ad
ministration to the war and peace
ideals of Franklin Delano Roose
velt.
Emphasizing the humility with
which he faces the gigantic task
so suddenly laid on him, and his
need of cooperative backing, the
»*£s president said he takes that
as a duty.
the first time as chief exe
cutive, Mr. Truman spoke to the
lawmakers, the cabinet and for
eign diplomats in the hall of the
house.
Implicit in paragraph after
paragraph of the brief address
was his determination to work
hand in hand with the congress.
• “With confidence, I am depend
ing upon ail of you,” he said.
Though he consumed only 19
minutes, the president covered a
wide range. In quick order he
punched home that:
I—The axis can look only for
the same unconditional surrender
terms Mr. Roosevelt voiced at
Casablanca.
' 2—Enemy war criminals will be
punished if the allies have to
plunge into such mountain re
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Adjournment Is
Expected Today;
Divorces Given
Judge Felix Alley
Much Interest In Major
Case
The spotlight of the Ashe coun
ty superior court for the trial erf
criminal cases, Which opened on
Monday morning with Judge Fe
lix Alley presiding, was centered
around the case of Dewitt Fran
cis and his son, Ira, being tried in
connection with the death of Dent
Baldwin.
The case went to the jury
shortly after 4:00 o’clock yester
day afternoon and a verdict is ex
pected to be brought in this morn
ing.
Baldwin met his death in De
cember, 1943, as a result of a blow
on the head following an alter
cation with Mr. Francis and his
son over tobacco, which they
were getting ready to market.
The case was previously tried
before Judge Hoyle Sink, when a
mistrial was declared. '
Appearing for the defense this
week were attorneys Ira T. John
ston and R. Floyd Crouse. The
State was represented by Solici
tor Erie McMichael and Attorney
T. C. Bowie.
Both sides introduced a number
of character witnesses, as well as
others. Perhaps the most unusual
fact about the witnesses was that
Bynum Faw, a brother of Mrs.
Dent Baldwin, was brought all
j the way from Italy, where he was
I a member of the armed forces, by
jthe State in an attempt to prove
jthat Francis had made threats
against Baldwin, sometime pre
vious when some trouble arose
over planting cabbage. W. C.
Thomas, state highway
patrolman, was also brought here
from Sanford as a State’s witness.
Members of the jury serving on
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Tribute Is Paid
FDR By Rotary
Ira *T. Johnston Is Speaker;
Officers To Be Named
Tonight
Ira T. Johnston paid tribute to
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
when he talked to the Jeffersons
Rotary Club last Thursday night,
just a few hours after the an
nouncement of the death of the
nation’s leader.
He praised his courage and
leadership as a commander in
chief and said this would not soon
be forgotten throughout the na
tion and world. He urged every
one to carry on and continue to
help, win the fight and peace.
The meeting was adjourned
with the pledge to the flag.
An election of directors for die
club during the incoming year
will be held at the meeting to
night.
treats as Berchtesgaden to get at
them.
3 The military strategy will
continue under the same admirals
and generals that Mr. Roosevelt
chose.
4 A world organization, dedi
cated to preventing future wars,
must become an accomplished
fact.
5 The great nations must dem
onstrate that they are to “serve—-
not dominate” in the scheme of
things.
6 Domestically, the Uijited
States must see to it—and the
Truman administration will try
to see to it—that the lot of the
common man is steadily improv
ed.
Immediate reaction to the
speech was couched in the highest
of praiseworthy terms. Senator
Vandenburg (R., Mich.) called it
“a very fine dedication to victory
and the public welfare.” To Sen
ator Connally (D., Tex.) it was
“eloquent and forceful.”
Many house members hit on the
same phrases—“honest,” “sin
cere,” “reassuring.” Soviet Am
bassador Gromyko called it “won
derful.”