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VOLUME 15, NO. 24
* Ashe County Cited For Progress In Dairy Industry
Bond Sales Lag
In Ashe; Seek Aid
Os Organizations j
Total Sales In County Near
$155,000; Far Short Os
Quota Os $235,000.00
According to unofficial reports,
the sale of war bonds in the coun
ty have slowed down during the
past week, and must show a big
increase if the county’s quota of
$235,000.00 is to be reached.
It is estimated that sales have
reached $155,000 against a quota
of $235,000. This leaves around
SBO,OOO. yet to be sold this month.
L. B. Tyson, county chairman,
said he wanted to particularly
enlist the aid of all organizations.
“All ministers of the county are
asked to make special mention of
the drive and lend their active
support to it”, he said.
“Ashe county has never
to raise a special drive quota,
and I urge that everyone make a
special effort now to help put
this across.” he said.
Total reports from sources of
I sales were not available yester
' day. Lansing, however sent in an
unusually good ammount $16,576.
in the drive.
H. D. Club Women
Met Here On Tues.
District Meeting Included 7
Counties In This Section
Os State
The mighty effort the home
demonstration club women have
made and are still making in the
war effort was the central theme
of the district meeting held here
on Tuesday when representatives
from seven counties were pres
ent. #
Mis" Doris Whitesides, Ashe
county home agent, was in charge
of the meeting held at the Meth
odist ch” —h »"d in addition to
reports from the various counties,
state and district officials out
lined plans for the coming year.
* Miss Ruth Current, State Home
7 Agent, was the chief speaker.
Miss Anna Rowe, district agent
and Mrs. Edison Davenport, state
president of the home demon
stration agents, also spoke to the
group.
Leaders pointed out that the
meeting was very successful and
that attendance was unusually
good considering travel condi
tions. The club women of the
county served luncheon to the
group.
Mrs. Gilley, 75,
Bii ’ier 1 Tuesday
Funeral .vice ~vas held on
Tuesday morn ig at 11:00 o’-
clock for Mrs. Callie Gilley, 75,
of Clifton, who died on Sunday,
k June 10. _ rvices were held
W at the h the Rev. J. R.
Short ana t. } -»v. Cicero Ashley
in charge. Burial followed at the
Gilley cemetery
The following children sur
vive: Cloud, of Davie, W. Va.;
Clint, of Warrensville; Mrs. Ef
fie Jones and Mrs. Fay McCul
lon, of Clifton.
Pvt. Buqkett Wins
The Pn.ple Heart
The Purple Heart has been
awarded posthumously to Private
Lawrence P. Burkett, who was
killed in action in Germany on
December 11, 1944.
The decoration was sent to his
wife, Mrs. Lawrence Burkett, of
Jefferson, along with commenda
tions of bravery from the Presi
dent and the Secretary of War.
Private Burkett entered serv
. ice April 1, 1944 and was over
s seas four months before being
killed*, % He-.served with General
Third Army with the
90th ’Division.
SERVICES ANNOUNCED
Decoration services will be held
at the Osborne cemetery at Ash
land on June 17 at two o’clock, it
has been announced.
Everyone is cordmu/ invited
to attend.
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$2.00 a Year in Ashe County WEST JEFFERSON, N. C„ THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1945 $2.50 a Year Out of County
Last Stand Os Japs
I On Okinawa Is Near;
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Yanks Fighting Hard
AWARDED PURPLE HEART
The Purple Heart has been
awarded posthumously to Pvt.
James Yates, killed in action
in France. The award was
made to his wife. Pvt. Yates
(was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
'B. C. Yates, of Warrensville.
World Charter
Given Approval
By Conference
50 Nations Adopt Plans For
Peace; Council Is Formed
* To Set*!** Disputes
San Francisco—The heart of a
new world charter—provisions
for a security council to enforce
! peace and back up its decisions
jwith armed might—was approv
ed unanimously late Tuesday by
' a United Nations conference com
mission.
Accepted by diplomats of 50
nations at a public session in San
Francisco’s opera house was a
committee report which termed
these provisions “a great historic
development” and the keystone
of a peace structure.
They empower a tightly-knit
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Purple Heart Is
Given Lawrence
Pvt. Warren Dean Lawrence,
son of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Law
rence, has been awarded the Pur
ple Heart for wounds received in
Germany on February 7. He was
an infantryman with the 90th
Division of the Third Ar v, com
manded by General Gei «e S.
i Patton. He is now being . %ns
ferred to the United States from
a hospital in England.
While in England, S.-Sgt.
Gladstone Lawrence, of the Air
Force, brother of Warren, visit
ed him several times. The two
brothers had not seen each other
for over two years.
New Riverview Methodist Church
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Hie newly completed Methodist Church at Riverview,
which was dedicated last Sunday as was the Lansing church,
with Bishop Clare Purcell, presiding.
Chinese And Australians
Gain Ground; Part Os
Oil-Rich Borneo Captured
An all-out American smash
against the last-stand position of
the Japanese on Okinawa was
reported by Fleet Adm. Chester
W. Nimitz yesterday less than 24
hours after it was disclosed the
Nipponese had ignored a Yank
offer to negotiate for their sur
render and spare them from in
evitable death.
Yank marines and soldiers
were atop Okinawa’s southern
escarpment where the Japanese
must fight and die with their
backs to the sea.
While the final phase of the
bloody Okinawa battle held top
attention in the Pacific-Asiatic
war, these other developments
also were in the spotlight:
The Australian invaders of oil
rich Borneo gained two miles on
two fronts and took total control
of one island in Brunei bay.
Chinese forces cleared the Jap
anese from new sections of the
invasion-threatened East Coast.
of China but the Japanese made
progress on two other fronts. !
American soldiers in the North-;
east Philippines resumed their
drive into the Cagayan valley.
The Japanese diet approved a
war emergency act permitting
government rule by decree and
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Unveil Portrait Os
R. E. L. Plummer
Educational Leader Is Honor
ed By Former Pupils And
Friends
At the closing of Healing
Springs commencement exercis
es last Saturday evening, a por
trait of the late Professor R. E. L.
Plummer, founder of the school
and long-time principal, was un
veiled in an impresive ceremony.
A. B. Hurt, county superinten
dent of schools and a life-long
friend of Mr. Plummer, spoke
briefly on him as a leader. He
reviewed his work and interest
in rural electrification, education
and the hospital.
Two grandchildren, Thelmus
Plummer, Jr., and lona Plummer,
drew the curtain for the unveil
ing. The portrait was purchased
through contributions from for
mer students and friends of Mr.
Plummer.
REV. R. L. BASS NOW
HOLDING SERVICES
The Rev. R. L. Bass, pastor of
the Spindale Methodist Church,
of Spindale, is conducting a se
ries of revival services at the Na
than’s Creek Methodist Church,
this week, it has been announced
by the pastor, the Rev. Worth
Sweet.
Everyone is cordially invited
to attend.
Lamb And Wool
Pools For Ashe
Are Announced
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Lambs Will Be Sold Here June
29; Wool Collection Points
To Be Announced
The first county lamb pool will
be held at the West Jefferson
j stock yards on Friday morning,
jJune 29, when a representative
Ifrom Swift and Company, who
! bought the pooled lambs last
year, will be here in person to
buy the animals, Roy H. Crouse,
county agent, announced.
“By using this method in mar
keting lambs the farmer will
know what his lambs sell for on
the day of the pool. Farmers
are urged to sell all heavy lambs
that are fat at this time. When
a lamb weighs 85 pounds or more,
and is fat, that is the time to
sell,” Mr. Crouse said
4-H club boys and girls will
not sell their lambs through the
pool on June 29 but will sell them
I at the special 4-H show early in
July, it was explained,
j Mr. Crouse said that the Ashe
j county wool pool has just been
J sold to Chatham Manufacturing
i Company for 54 cents. “It is not
necessary to have individual
j fleeces tied to sell through this
! pool. It is to the farmers’ advan
j tage to separate any burry fleec
es and bag separate from the
I good wool as burry wool will be
docked 5 cents per pound as us
ual. This is the same price paid
to the farmers through the pool
last year. Over 90 per cent of
| the wool sold through the pool
last year brought the top price of
54 cents,” Agent Crouse declared.
“Chatham’s buyer has not no
tified the county agents’ office of
the exact date for gathering wool
but will be within the next week
or ten days. The Ashe county
collecting points wifi be the
same as last year, which will be
announced,” he said.
Officers Named
By Legion Aux.
Mrs. B. B. Graybeal Succeeds
Mrs. Ira T. Johnston As
President
Mrs. B. B. Graybeal was named
president of the Ashe county
unit of American Legion Auxil
iary at the meeting on Saturday
night. She succeeds Mrs. Ira T.
Johnston, who has successfully
filled this office during the past
year.
Other officers named to serve
with Mrs. Graybeal were: Mrs.
Guy Badger and Mrs. Glenn B.
Graybeal, vice-presidents; Mrs.
Guy Denny, secretary and treas
urer; Mrs. Mathilde Hege, sar
geant-at-arms; and Mrs. Callie
Perkins, chaplain.
Mrs. P. G. Wright, district pres
ident, installed the officers.
Both Mrs. Austin, the outgoing
secretary and treasurer and Mrs.
Johnston were given a rising vote
of thanks for the splendid work
they had done for the organiza
tion.
The new president, Mrs. B. B.
Graybeal, was named as a dele
gate to the state meeting in Ra
leigh and Mrs. W. B. Austin as an
alternate. Mrs. P. G. Wright,
district president, will automati
cally be a delegate.
At the close of tjie meeting, the
group joined the Legion to hear
Vice-Commander Scar Morrison
speak. After this, refreshments
were served to all.
Many Attended
Big June, Sunday
In spite of hampered travel
conditions a large group of peo
ple attended the annual Big June
meeting, which was held at the
historic Senter Primitive Bap
tist church, at Nathan’s Creek,
on Saturday and Sunday.
Elders.Ed Davis and Dewey
Roten, pastors, were assisted in
the meeting by the following out
of the county preachers: Elder C.
R* Da/ncy and Elder B. H. Blev
ins, of Virginia; Elder D. P.
Broadway, of Salisbury and Eld
er I. W. Kilby, of West Virginia.
There was a noticeable decrease
in pre-war visitors who used to
attend from distant states.
Fight For Okinawa Has Been Bitter
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he fighting for this important step toward Japan.
Doughton Receives Award
Os International Economic
Council From Pres. Truman
26 Ashe Countv
Men Are Inducted
Into Armed Forces
A Number Os Others Given
Pre-Induction Examina
tions Last Week
The local draft board announc
ed that twenty-six Ashe county
men were inducted into service
in the last group sent from the
county for this purpose and that
a total of 48 others were sent to
Fort Bragg for pre-induction ex
aminations last Thursday.
Those recently inducted into
service are as follows:
Dwight L. Houck, Jefferson
Franklin Greer, Glenn R. Owens,
Clifford R. Wilcox, Glenn E.
Brown, Stanley Iris Young, C. E.
Toliver, Albert G. Brown.
Clifford Hoosier, Ray A. Greer,
Donald W. Barlow, Ottis J. Lam
bert, Marion S. Hoosier, Paul B.
Bare, Cyril G Carpenter, Robert
T. Graybeal, Grover C. Ellis, Jr.,
Charles R. Riley.
Howard A Barker, John T. Rid
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RATION BOARD WILL
CLOSE WED., FRI. P. M.
It was announced yesterday,
that beginning next week the of
fice of the rationing board would
be closed each Wednesday and
Friday afternoons in order to is
sue allotments for canning sugar.
These closing hours will be ad
hered to until all canning sugar
allotments have been issued, it
was announced.
These will be mailed out to the
applicants and are not to be called
for in person, it was explained.
Legion Members Hear State
And District Officers, Sat.
Vice-Department Commander
Scarr Morrison and District Com
mander Louis Nelson were the
guest speakers at the meeting
of the Ashe County Post 17J
American Legion, on Saturday
evening, when the newly elect
ed commander, L. B. Tyson, and
other officers were installed.
Following the business session
and installation, Vice-Command
er Morrison addressed the mem
bers of the legion, auxiliary and
guests.
He stressed the importance of
world peace and the connection
of the May Bill for compulsory
military training with this. “I
am against regimentation, but I
believe that a year’s training
would be beneficial to the youth
N. C. Congressman Highly
Honored; Anderson Attends
Ceremony
Washington Rep. Robert L.
Doughton of North Carolina,
chairman of the House Ways and
Means Committee, Tuesday re
ceived the annual award of the
International Economic Council,
at a White House ceremony at
tended by President Truman and
Undersecretary of State Joseph
C. Grew.
The award was an oil painting
of the steamship Savannah, first
American steam vessel to cross
the Atlantic and the presentation
was made by Joseph A. Jones, di
rector of the 'council, in his re
marks prefacing the presentation,
Jones said the award was made
in recognition of Doughton’s
“courageous and outstanding ac
tion on behalf of the trade agree
ments program.”
President Truman briefly paid
tribute to the veteran Tar Heel’s
efforts to promote international
trade. He noted that Doughton
had worked unceasingly for reci
procal trade program promulga
ted by former Secretary of State
Cordell Hull. He said he felt
Doughton had done an outstand
ing job and was well deserving
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Interest Shown
In Bible Schools
The vacation bible schools be
ing held this at the West Jeffer
son Presbyterian and Baptist
churches as well as others in the
county are being well attended.
Several of these schools were
cancelled last year because of the
Infantile paralysis epidemic.
of the nation as well as for the
welfare of the country,” he de
clared.
He gave a clear picture of the
“G. I. Bill of Rights” and some of
its many complications in appli
cation. He pointed out that in
many cases it would be up to
members of the legion to explain
it to returning veterans.
District Commander Nelson fol
lowed Morrison on the program
and recalled the fact that he was
once a citizen of West Jefferson
and had always been interested
in this section and particularly
the legion post.
The outgoing commander W.
W. Terry was given a rising vote
of thanks for what he had ac
complished.
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BONPS-STAMPS
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Leaders Review
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Unusual Growth;
Urge Expansion
County Leads All Others In
State; Over 100,00 Pounds
Os Milk Sold Daily
Progress in the dairy industry
m Ashe county was brought to
the attention of the public at an
expanded meeting of the Rotary
club last Friday night, by state
and national leaders when a num
ber of special guests were pres
ent.
The banquet meeting held on
the eve of the purebred Guernsey
promotional sale was attended by
a large number of dairy farmers,
Guernsey breeders and other ag
ricultural leaders here for the
sale.
Attention was called to the fact
that within the past few years
Ashe county has climbed from a
comparatively low milk produc
ing county to top place in North
Carolina and now sfells to milk
companies for commercial use
more than 100,000 pounds per
day.
Roy H. Crouse, county agent,
revealed this and other facts in
opening the meeting before turn
ing it over to F. R. Farnum, dis
trict extension agent, who in turn
introduced a number of other dis
tinguished guests, who lauded
the county for the progress made
and urged further expansion of
the dairy industry.
D. Mercier, of the Kraft Cheese
plant, of Chicago, spoke of the
important part dairy farmers
have played and are playing in
the winning of the war. He in
turn introduced Walter Lloyd,
also of the Kraft Cheese Com
pany of Chicago, who spoke of
postwar plans of the industry and
said that “dairy plants are defin
itely war industries.”
Representatives of'Coble Dairy
Products and the Carnation milk
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Guernsey Sale
Well Attended
Much Interest Shown; Aver*
age Os Sale Was $220.50
Per Animal
The large attendance as well as
h'vely bidding revealed the keen
interest shown at the second pure
bred Guernsey promotional sale
held here on Saturday afternoon
when 20 prize animals were sold
for an average of $220.50 per
head.
The purchasers of heifers from
Ashe county were: Joe Davis, of
Laurel Springs, Clay Kilby, of
Sturgills, Mrs. Aubrey Turner, of
Crumpler, J. Max Barlow, of
Green Valley, and Carl Hardin,
of West Jefferson.
The winner of the purebred
bull awarded by Kraft Cheese
Company was Joe Davis, of Lau
rel Springs. The winner of the
purebred bull awarded by Coble
Dairies was Mrs. Aubrey Turner,
of Crumpler.
Other purchasers of animals at
the sale were: George B. Collins,
Sparta; M. F. Shore, of Cycle;
Carl M. Andrews, of Whitehead;
Fred Collins, of Glade Valley; W.
C. Myers, of Union Grove; Lucy
B. Mathews, East Bend; Ira Ed
misten, of Boone; Loyd Absher,
of Sparta; and C. G. Collins, of
Sparta.
The sale was conducted at the
Farmers’ bean and vegetable
market with a large number of
local people as well as out-of
county visitors present.
County Visited
By Farm Leaders
J. B. Hutson, Under-Sec
retary of Agriculture, Washing
ton, D. C., and E. Y. Floyd*,
director of the Plant Food Insti
tute of Virginia and North Caro
lina, visited Ashe county one day
last week.
These distinguished men visited
a number of demonstration farms,
in Ashe county with the farm
agent while they were here. They
observed with much interest the
improvements Ashe county farm
ers were making in the livestock;
and pasture improvement pro
gram and also the progress made
in vegetable production.