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VOLUME 15, NO. 22
MRS. POWERS TO RECEIVE $3,000
To Hold Graduation Finals In 6 High Schools Friday
Diplomas And
Addresses To
Feature Finals
Dr. Dougherty To Speak Here
And Lieut Gov. Ballentine
At Jefferson
Final commencement exercises
will be held Friday night at 8
o’clock in 6 of the 9 high schools
of Ashe county.
Dr. B. B. Dougherty, president
of Appalachian State Teachers
college, will deliver the gradua
tion address at the West Jeffer
son high school. Prof. B. H. Dun
can, principal, will award diplo
mas to the 31 graduates.
Lieutenant Governor L. Y. Bal
lentine will speak at the Jeffer
son high school and diplomas will
f be presented by Principal J. B.
Hash to the 20 members of the
graduating class.
Closing exercises at the Lansing
high school will be held in the
school gymnasium and Prof. A.
B. Hurt, county superintendent,
will make the literary address.
Seventeen seniors will graduate
at that time.
Gwyn B. Price, director of the
North Carolina Rural Electrifi
cation Authority and former prin
cipal of the Jefferson high school
will speak at Riverview high
school. There are 11 seniors, 8
girls and 3 boys, in the graduating
class.
Dr. J. D. Rankin, dean of A. S.
T. C., will address the Virginia-
Carolina high school graduates
and this closing commencement
program will be held in the Bap
tist church. L. K. Halsey, prin
cipal, award diplomas to the
25 grads.
Commencement finals at Na
than’s Crerk high school will be
held in the school auditorium on
gm Friday night at eight o’clock and
W the Rev. John S. Jordan will be
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Draft Board Is
Re-Checking List
Registrants Between 18 And
25 In 4-F And Deferred
Classes Involved
In line with revised Selective
Service regulations, the local
draft board has been instructed
to review all 4-F, 2-AF, 2-BF and
-2-CF classifications and those
registrants who were acceptable
for limited service in the age
group 18 through 25.
These will not be
reclassified until after they have
been examined, but will be cal
f led for a preinduction physical
examination even though classi
fied 4-F. These registrants are
advised not to see the local board
about deferments until after they
are examined and reclassified in
1-A.
This policy has been instituted
by Selective Service because the
armed forces have reiterated their
need is for young men, preferably
below 30 years of age, it is stated.
They say that the supply of reg
istrants in this age group is lim
ited, and it is reasonable to be
lieve that some registrants who
were rejected some time ago, may
now be available for service.
Funeral Friday
For Andy Sullins
Funeral service will be held
tomorrow morning at 11:00 o’-
clock at the home for Andy Sul
m lins, 72, of Silas Creek, who died
on Tuesday, after receiving in
• juries from a fall and from heart
trouble. The Revs. W. E. Den
ney and Franklin Barker will
conduct the service and burial
will follow at the family ceme
tery.
Mr. Sullins, the son of Joe Sul
lins and Mattie Hurley Sullins,
was a farmer. He is survived by
the following brothers and sisters:
Joe Sullins, H. C. Sullins, Tom
Sullins, Miss Dollie Sullins, Mrs.
. Frankie Brooks, Mrs. T. Francis
and Mrs. I4jn Coe.
W ' lost
$2.00 a Year in Ashe County
Sale Os War Bonds
In Ashe County Is
Going Along Well
GETS AN AWARD
Pfc. Branard C. Duncan has
been awarded the bronze star
medal for heroic achievement
in military operations against
the enemy in Germany on De
cember 1, 1944. He is. the son
of Mrs. Haston Duncan, of
Grassy Creek.
Plans Underway
To Organize New
Boy Scout Troops
Report Made At Meeting Os
District Executive Com
mittees Here Monday
Plans are now underway to
organize several new Boy Scout
troops in Ashe county, Rev. E.
W. Powers, chairman of the dis
trict organization and extension
committee, announced Monday
night at a meeting of the district
executive committee.
Mr. Powers stated that a new
troop at Tuckerdale has been
registered and that formation of
troops at Warrensville, Glendale
Springs and one or two other
places in the county is in prog
ress.
The committee had dinner at
the City case and adjourned to
the community building for a
business session, over which Le
vern Jcfui&«-n, chairman, presided.
James Thomas, assistant execu
tive of the Old Hickory council,
announced that dedication of the
new church area at Camp Lasiter
will be held at 3:45 o’clock on
June 10 and said that Scouters
from every district are invited to
attend.
Several committee reports
were submitted at the meeting by
the chairmen and these included
James Story, W. W. Terry, M. W.
Reynolds, Sharpe Shoemaker,
Commissioner A. B. Hurt and J.
H. C. Thomas.
Plans for summertime district
events were discussed and refer
red to the camping and activities
committee.
Death Overtakes Ashe Man
Who Dodged Military Service
Charles Lee Richardson, of the
upper Horse Creek section of
Ashe county, was found dead last
week near his hideaway in the
mountains, by officers who had
sought him for more than three
years on the count of dodging
military service.
Information leading to the dis
covery of the body was given by
Ray Miller. F. B. I. representati
ves, accompained by Chief Deputy
Carl B. Graybeal, made an in
vestigation. The county coroner
reported that he had probably
died from a natural heart ailment.
WEST JEFFERSON, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1945
Over Half Os Quota Sold;
Drive To Last During
Month Os June
Unofficial returns from war
bond issuing agencies late yes
terday afternoon revealed that
Ashe has a total of $136,461.50
toward its quota of $235,000.00,
assigned the county for the Sev
enth War Loan drive.
L. B. Tyson, county chairman,
announced that plans are being
perfected for the dinner meeting
of township workers next Mon
day night at 7:30 o’clock. At this
time, W. H. Neal, of Winston-
Salem, district bond chairman,
will be present. He expects to
bring a war hero who will ad
dress the group.
“At this meeting further plans
for the drive will be made,” Mr.
Tyson stated. He urged that all
of the township workers make an
effort to attend the meeting. “We
must double our efforts toward
raising our quota during the re
mainder of the drive,” he explain
ed.
Totals from the following
sources of sales reported yester
day afternoon are as follows:
Northwestern Bank, $65,000.00;
Jefferson Post Office, $487.50;
Ashe Building and Loan, $1,012.-
50; West Jefferson Post Office,
$55,518.75; Lansing Post Office,
$12,787.50. Todd Post Office had
previously reported $1,481.25, and
Crumpler, $175.00.
Mr. Tyson said he was pleased
with the progress made so far
and expressed the belief that the
county would go over the top of
its quota before the drive official
ly closes June 30.
“There is no let-up in our drive
to lick the Japs and there must
be no let-up in our bond buying,”
he declared.
J. W. Waddell To
Be Buried Today
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Funeral service will be held
this morning at 11:00 o’clock for
John W. Waddell, 83, of Nathan’s
Creek, who died at his home on
Tuesday after suffering from an
attack of paralvsis. The service
will be held at the Cranberry
Primitive Baptist church with
burial following at the church
cemetery.
Mr. Waddell, who well known
throughout this section, was proc
eeded in death by his wife, the
former Miss Laura Vannoy, some
time ago. He was the son o£ the
late Allison Waddell and Caroline
Griffith Waddell. The following
brothers survive: Jessie J. Wad
dell, Idaho; William C. Waddell,
Maryland; Canie Waddell, Laurel
Springs, and M. H. Waddell, Scot
tville.
The Rev. and Mrs. John S. Jor
dan spent a few days this week
visiting his parents in Mount
Airy.
There was no indication of a
struggle or foul play, according
to the investigation.
Richardson had evaded officers
for a longer time than any other
draft dodger in this section.
Whether it was from fear or dis
like for military service, it is not
known. The irony of the situa
tion is that if Richardson had
been drafted, he would probably
have been turned down because
of a bad heart, according to those
who knew him best, and would
have, avoided the trouble of hid
ing out for three years.
Tobacco Barns
Will Be Built On
Ashe Test Farm
New Sheep Barn Now In Use;
Cattle Barn Nearing Its
Completion
F. E. Miller, director of the test
farm division of the N. C. De
partment of Agriculture, an
nounced this week that new to
bacco barns for the housing of
.hurley as well as Turkish tobac
|co, would be erected on the State
test farm at Laurel Springs and
in Haywood county,
j This is in keeping with the to
bacco program set up by the N.
|C. Legislature. Turkish tobacco
is to be tried out on the State test
farm in Ashe as well as by a num
ber of other farmers of the coun
ty.
: Work is going forward on oth
jer barns'at the State farm, since
I the weather has become more fa
vorable for building. The newly
completed sheep barn is now
housing 16 purebred Hampshire
yearling ewes, recently brought
here from Statesville. The cat
-1 tie barn is also nearing comple
tion and as soon as it is ready,
30 Hereford heifers will be
brought here, Mr. Miller explain
ed.
| Mr. Miller, together with Kerr
Scott, Commissioner of Agricul
ture and a number of other mem
bers of the N. C. Board of Agri
culture, visited the farm at Lau-
Irel Springs last week and went
from there to Haywood. W. B.
Austin, who is a newly appoint
ed member of the group, was
among the party.
S.-Sgt. Stump Is
Given Decoration
Son Os Mr. And Mrs. J. L.
Stump Os Nathan’s Creek
In Air Force
An Eighth Air Force Bomber
Station, England—Staff Sergeant
James M. Stump, 21-year-old B
-17 Flying Fortress radio operator
and gunner from Nathan’s Creek,
has recently been awarded an
Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Med
al for “meritorious achievement”
while participating in Eighth Air
Force bombing attacks on vital
German industries and military
installations.
The official citation accompany
ing the award commented on the
“courage, coolness and skill dis
played by Sgt. Stump upon these
occasions” as reflecting “great
credit upon himself and the Arm
ed Forces of the United States.”
The presentation was made by
his group commander, Lieutenant
Colonel Louis G. Thorup of Salt
Lake City, Utah.
Sgt. Stump is a member of the
447th Bomb. Group which co
ordinated most of its bombing
attacks with Allied ground offen
sives in Germany. The group is a
unit of the Third Air Division,
the division that was cited by the
President for the now historic
England-African shuttle bombing
attack on the Messerschmitt fac
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Many Children
Are Vaccinated
A total of 419 children were
vaccinated for smallpox and 178
were given diphtheria immuni
zations at the clinics held in 8
schools in Ashe county during the
past few weeks, Miss Helen
Ghormley, public health nurse,
announces.
All parents who will have
children entering school next fall
for the first time and who did not
take their children to one of the
clinics are requested to take them
to the health department office'
for vaccination on either Friday
or Saturday morning.
Miss Ghormley also stated that
teachers who have not been vac
cinated for smallpox should do
so in the near future.
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With street fighting marking the last stages of the Chin
ese campaign to retake Foochow, key China coast city, Jap
troops were reported moving northward to to
their homeland. Foochow lies just 525 miles from Okinawa
(1), where U. S. troops fought hard for victory, and 750 air
miles from Manila (2), in the event that Foochow (3) should
become a possible China cast landing point in the future,
Okinawa would be expected to provide protection while
troops moved from Manila. In the Hunan province, Chinese
troops were rolling the Japs back near former American air
bases (4) at Paoching. Meanwhile carrier planes continue
their terrific blasting of Kyushu (5) and other Jap centers.
A Movement Started-
To Get A Federal
P. 0. Building Here
Guernsey Sale
To Be Held Here
Saturday, June 9
Some Os Best Herds In State
To Be Represented; Milk
Companies Cooperate
Plans are now being perfected
for the second annual consign
ment sale of purebred Guernsey
cattle to be held here on Satur
day, June 9, Roy H. Crouse, coun
ty agent, announced this week.
The sale is being sponsored by
the civic-minded individuals in
cooperation with the farm agent’s
department. In order to have a
get-together meeting with farm
ers and dairymen, the Rotary
club will meet on Friday even
ing instead of Thursday and at
this time a number of dairymen
of the county as well as those with
animals in the show, will be pres
ent.
The sale will start at 12:30 o’-
clock with the following herds
represented, Mr. Crouse said:
Y. C. Collins, Salisbury; Gil
bert S. Doub, East Bend; Fowler
and Zeb V. Gambill, Plaffton; T.
Holt Haywood, Winston-Salem;
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Another Feeder Calf Sale
For Ashe County Is Planned
L. I. Case and Howard Stamey,
of the extension division of State
College were in the county last
week, making preliminary sur
veys for another proposed feeder
calf sale of baby beeves, for ear
ly next fall.
Mr. Case pointed out that the
animals sold here last fall and
taken to the eastern part of N. C.,
had done exceptionally well.
‘These mountain-bred calves
were the best they had down
there,” he declared.
It was explained that those
wishing to sell their calves at
this, special sale should begin to
prepare the animals for this
$2.50 a Year Out of County PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Petition To Be S'mt To Con
gressman R. L. Doughton;
Many Signing
A petition requesting Congress
man R. L. Doughton to use his
influence in securing a federal
post office building for West Jef
ferson is now being circulated
here under the sponsorship of
The Skyland Post and is expect
ed to be sent to Mr. Doughton
within the next few days.
Citizens who have not been con
tacted and who want to sign the
petition are asked to stop in The
Skyland Post office and do so.
The names of hundreds of West
Jefferson and Ashe county citi
zens are expected to be attached
to the petition.
“Every one is enthusiastically
in favor of this worthy project,”
Gene Parker, town clerk who has
been assisting in making local
contacts, stated late yesterday.
During recent years postal re
ceipts of the West Jefferson of
fice have increased a great deal
and on June 30 of this year the
office will become second class,
thereby placing it in line for a
federal building, it is stated.
Because of necessary wartime
restrictions, the government has
not erected any post office build
ings since the war started, but it
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ahead of time. “If they have not
already been dehorned they
should be at once,” Mr. Case said.
Those wishing more details on
how to have prize calves ready
for the sale are requested to con
tact County. Agent Crouse or
Walter Stringer at the West Jef
ferson Stock market.
Attention was called to the fact
that only choice calves should be
offered in this sale. Mr. Case
said that he expected prices to
be good and for those not wish
ing to feed calves through the
winter, that this sale would be a
good opportunity for them.
The date for this will be an
nounced later.
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Railway Case Is
Finally Closed
In Ashe Court
Number Os Divorces Granted
Monday And Other Cases
Are Tried
A consent judgment awarding
Mrs. Ina Powers the sum of $3,-
000 was signed in the Ashe su
perior court yesterday afternoon
and this action brought to a close
a long legal battle between Mrs.
Powers and the Norfolk and
Western Railway which was
started when her husband was
run over and killed on the N. &
W. tracks between Lansing and
Tuckerdale on September 24,
1938.
Mrs. Powers was suing for $25,•
000 in damages sustained because
of her husband’s death. The case
was first tried in 1941 and was
non-suited. On December 27,
! 1941, a new suit was instigated,
i Trial of this case was started
Tuesday morning and was con
i eluded yesterday with the sign
ing of the consent judgment.
When court convenes today,
trial of the case of H. M. Miller
against W. E. McNeill and others
over alleged non-payment of tax
!es due to former Sheriff Miller
will be resumed.
j The two weeks May-June term
J of Ashe superior court opened on
Monday with Judge Felix Alley
_
% Divorces were, granted as fol
lows: Uadie Parker vs. J.
~P|rkW, D. M. Hawkins vs. Bon
nie Hawkins, Edith Mullins vs.
J. W. Mullins, Bonnie Osborne
vs. James Osborne, Roy Houck
vs. Linda Houck and Walter
Jones vs. Gladys Lewis Jones.
The case of Cora Calhoun vs.
Harrison Phillips and others was
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Beef Payment Is
Given By AAA
Chairman Graybeal Requests
That Cattlemen Keep
Records
Announcement of the Beef
Production Payment program by
the War Food Administration, ef
fective May 19, 1945, has been re
ceived by T. J. Graybeal, Chair
man, Ashe County AAA Com
mittee.
In explaining the program, the
AAA leader pointed out that the
payment rate will be 50 cents per
hundredweight for good and
choice cattle owned and fed by
the applicant at least 30 days
prior to selling. “Cattle are re
quired to weigh 800 pounds
(liveweight) or more, and to be
sold to a licensed slaughterer,” he
added.
“Payment will probably be
made similar to those earned un
der the dairy production payment
program and cattlemen are urged
to keep accurate records of sales,”
Mr. Graybeal declared.
“Cattlemen will be furnished
complete information relative to
details of the program as soon as
it is received by the Ashe Coun
ty AAA Committee,” he conclud
ed.
Mrs. Landreth To
Be Buried Today
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Mrs. Mary Ham Landreth, IX
of Ball, will be buried this af
ternoon at the Landreth cemetery
after funeral service at the Horse
Creek Primitive Baptist church,
conducted by Elder Dewey Ro
ten. Mrs. Landreth, who died at
her home Wednesday, suffered
from a heart attack. She had
been in ill health for some time.
She was a native of this cotm
> ty, the daughter of Joshua and
1 Rena Ham. Her husband, Wil
liam Landreth, preceded her ha
■ death some time ago. Survivors
t include the following children:
James Landreth, Mrs. Nelia Gol
■ vard, Mrs. Callie Elliott, Virgil
Landreth and Lee Landreth.