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EVERY WjgMjjßS PAYDAY . WAR >&BOND DAY STOP DOLLAM VOLUME 15, NO. 25 West Jefferson Has Modern Fire Truck Local Airport To Be Officially Opened Sunday Many Visiting Flyers Are Ex pected; Air Show Will Be Staged For Public Plans are now being completed for the official opening of the West Jefferson airport, Sunday at noon, provided the weather is favorable, Russell W. Barr, presi dent, said this week. Local town and county officials are expected to attend as well as a number of flyers from out of town, and everyone else interest ed. Tom Davis, who is in charge of the Winston-Salem airport and a member of the N. C. Aeronauti cal board, is also expected to be present. The 1600-ft. runway has recent ly been completed as has the han gar. Other necessary equipment has been installed and the airport has been designated by the gov ernment. There are three planes, two cub trainers and one cub cruiser be longing to the airport and others have been ordered for early de livery. Lessons are being given and a number are now enrolled as students, it was explained. For the opening on Sunday, a number of visiting airmen are expected and an air show will be put on for the benefit of specta tors, Mr. Barr announced. The airport, which is the first {Continued un sage Four) Tire Dealers To Have Inventory OP A- Announces That PkMurst Be Completed Before June 30 Tire dealers in Ashe county are required to have a complete in ventory nf their tire stock and Parts B at the close of business, June 30, L. P. Colvard, chairman of the war price and rationing of fice said today. Dealers who fail to register their Mine 30 inventory with OPA before July 10 may not legally transfer rationed tires after that date. During the period July 11-25, OPA’s Enforcement Division will conduct a survey on dealer com pliance, aimed especially at fail ure to register, failure to keep proper records, and failure to maintain accountable inventory, Mr. Colvard pointed out. To assure that the available supply of tires are used for the most essential wartime uses, from now on, all tire certificates will be channeled through OPA’s Verification Center, he added. At the same time, he urged all drivers of cars, especially drivers of cars with “A” cards, to contin ue to recap tires. Rationing Guide meats and fats Book Four red stamps E2 through J 2 good through June 30; K 2 through P 2 good through July 31; Q 2 through U 2 good through Aug. 31; V 2 through Aug. 31; V 2 through Z 2 good through Sept. 30. PROCESSED FOODS Book Four blue stamps N 2 through S 2 good through June 30; T 2 through X 2 good through July 31; Y 2, Z 2 and Al through Cl good through Aug. 31; DI through Hl good through Sept. 30. SUGAR * Book Four stamp 36 good for five pounds through Aug. 31. 1 Next stamp valid Sept. 1. SHOES Book Three airplane stamps 1, 2 and 3 good indefinitely. OP A says no plans to cancel any. Next stamp valid Aug. 1. GASOLINE 15-A coupons good for four gallons each through June 21; t coupons become valid Jtme 22 for six gallons each. B-6, B-7, B-8, C-6, C-7 and C-8 coupons good for five gallons each. B-6 and C-6 coupons expire June 30. W JsEnlani) Post $2.00 a Year in Ashe County Hundreds Os Japs Die As Okinawa Is Overrun By Allies Industrial Cities Are Heavily Bombed By Many Allied Planes Japanese troops died by the hundreds yesterday on widely separated Pacific war fronts as American forces battled fanati cal Nipponese last-ditch defend ers on Southern Okinawa and swept into new sectors of the Northern Philippines. Japanese disaster on Okina wa was almost complete, Marines and doughboys backed the des perate remnants into the hope less pockets. Some fought dog gedly but as defense positions collapsed many of the trapped Nipponese chose death by leap ing off cliffs fronting on the southern coast. Elements of America’s power ful pacific fleet, led by battle ships and cruisers, threw tons of hot steel into the Southern Okin awa traps. On the Pacific aerial front Su perfortresses struck with heavy loads of fire bombs against Japa nese industrial cities for the sec ond time in three days. Other American fliers again attacked Balikpapan, Borneo oil refinery center while still others joined warships in bombarding Jaluit, in the Marshalls. Allied planes hit shipping and other targets from the Kuriles to the South Pacific. Allied forces gained ground on Asiatic continent and on Western Borneb. The sinking of 11 additional Japanese ships by American sub marines was reported by the navy department as radio Tokyo said Yank underseas fghters, “coord nating their activity” with mine planting Superforts, would bear “strict watching.” Since the beginning of the war Yank subs have bagged 1,153 Japanese ships. I The American Superfortress command sent its sky giants against war industries in Japan’s secondary cities. About 450 night flying B-29s dropped approximately 3,000 tons of fire bombs on Shizuoka and (Continued on Page 4) Used Car Prices To Drop July 1 Used car prices in Ashe county as well as all over America will take a four per cent drop on July 1, the Office of Price Administra tion announced this week in Washington. The move affects cars sold either by regular deal ers or private owners. The price cut is in accordance with used car pricing regulations which provide for normal de preciation, OPA officials said, adding that four per cent would also be deducted from charges allowed for extra equipment, such as heaters and radios. “This price drop should not only prove a stimulant to used car sales,” said an OPA spokes-' man, “but will also provide addi- ; tional low-cost transportation to I essential workers.” Cub Trainer Plane On New W. J. Airfield JEU Back of this cub trainer plane is the recently completed hangar. The field, which has a 1,600-foot runway, will be of ficially opened on Sunday, if the weather is favorable. WEST JEFFERSON, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1945 TO BE HONORED Congressman R. L. Dough ton, who will be awarded a Degree in Law by the Univer sity of N. C., next week. Jurors For July Court Are Drawn; Nettles Is Judge Is Scheduled To Open On July 23 For Trial Os Civil Cases The next term of superior court for the trial of civil cases in Ashe county, is scheduled to open July 23 with Judge Z. V. Nettles, of Asheville, presiding. The jurors drawn to serve are as follows: John F. Phipps, Woodrow Bur gess, C. L. Grace, J. R. Phipps, Thomas Combs, J. W. Childers, W. A. Campbell, G. A. Miller, Carl Ball, C. H. Burkett, F. P. Adkins, W. E. Nuckolls, Roy E Ham, T. C. Hurley, Lester Phipps, W. G. Dixon, A. E. Reed, W. C. Powers. R. L. Deboard, George* Rich ardson, B. M. Rominger, John M. Church, M. A. Suits, J. B. Baker, R. H. Caldwell, J. W. Little, S. M. Blevins, R. C. Hartsoe, J. J. Greer, W. F. Testerman, R E. Eller, Howard Blackburn. Second week —T. J. Graybeal, B. C. Dixon, Lester Clark, Carl Wilcox, G. W. Sheets, L. W. Saw yer, Bart Hurley, E. J. Ham, Tom Miller, J. W. Lewis, T. E. Blev ins, J. D. Cook, George Eller, J. (Continued on Page Four) W. J. Bible School Program Friday The Vacation Bible School at the West Jefferson Baptist church has reached an enrollment of 85 during the past week, with an av erage attendance of 73, Miss Vir ginia Dare Teague has announced. The school will continue through tomorrow morning. The commencement program will be presented tomorrow night, June 22 at 7:30 o’clock. The public is cordially invited. Noted Chinese Doctor To Speak Here On Sunday Medical Leader To Give Ad dress At West Jefferson Methodist Church In observance of Racial Rela tions Day, Dr. Chen-yuan Chi, professor of medicine at the Na tional Heiang-ya Medical College of Chunking, will deliver an ad dress at the West Jefferson Meth odist church Sunday evening at 8:00 o’clock, the Rev. John S. Jordan, pastor, announced today. The public is cordially invited to attend. Mr. Jordan pointed out that he was happy to secure such a noted Chinese to speak and hoped that everyone who could would come to hear him. Dr. Chen-yuan Chi is studying American methods of controlling certain diseases and hopes to use some of these meth ods in his own country. In addi tion to being a medical authority, he is a noted scholar and under stands conditions in both China and Japan. When he first came to America he was the guest of the U. S. Pub lic Health Department. He is now doing some special work in Charlotte and will go from North Carolina to Michigan for further study before returning to China. He was born in Manchuria and was driven out of that country by the Japs. He went from there to Peking. U. N. C. To Confer Degree On R. L. Doughton, Mon. ’ Washington Representative Robert L. Doughton, dean of the North Carolina congressional delegation, has accepted an invi tation from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to attend graduation exercises and receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree there on June 25. This is the first honorary doc torate to be conferred upon the distinguished North Carolina leg islator. M. M. West, 83, Buried Yesterday Funeral service was held at the Little Helton church yesterday at 11:00 o’clock, for Mitchel M. West, 83, of Grassy Creek, who died on Monday, June 18, after suffering from a heart attack. The service was conducted by the Revs. Ge ter Blevins, Lester Denney and Edgar Denney. Burial was held at the Chappel cemetery. Mr. West, who was the son of the late William West and Mar tha Plummer West, was a farmer. He is survived by one daughter, Ida Jane West. SEVERAL COUNTY MEN ARE BACK HOME WITH FAMOUS 86th DIVISION Ashe county boys, members of' the famous 86th Division, who have arrived in the United States from the European Theater of Operations to spend furloughs at home before leaving for the Pacific, are: Private Coy B. Mi keal, of Todd, Pvt. Glenn C. Bark er, of Warrensville and Pfc. Wil liam L. Jones, of West Jefferson. EISENHOWER MEDALS WON BY ASHE SCOUTS According to information re leased from Boy Scout headquar ters in Winston-Salem, 11 Ashe county Boy Scouts were among those of the district winning Gen eral Eisenhower medals for waste paper collections. Troop 37, of West Jefferson, un der Scoutmaster Everett W. Pow ers, was the only Troop with win ners in Ashe District. Scouts who will receive medals are Robert Long, Bob Cornette, Joe Cornette, David Powers, Billy Colvard, Wayne Hurley, Sonny Farns worth, Gene Powers, Bernard Graybeal, Jr., Earl Graybeal, Jr., and Calvin Miller. This group collected 11,000 pounds. Ashe County Behind In Sale Os E Bonds; Co-operation Needed NAMED FIRE CHIEF I ■ B. B. Graybeal, who was again named as fire chief of West Jefferson at a re-organi zation meeting last week. Ministers Are Urged To Aid In War Bond Drive Are Asked To Make A Special Appeal Through Churches On Sunday “■* As the Seventh War Loan is nearing to a close with Ashe county still far below the E bond quota, a special appeal is being 'made to ministers and church leaders to help raise the quota. Because ministers are able to contact large groups and have a wide sphere of influence they are asked to make some special men tion of the drive on Sunday as well as to lend their influence in other ways. The following letter has been sent to a large number of minis ters: “Dear Ashe County Pastor: “Mr. L. B. Tyson, the very ac tive and efficient Chairman for our county of the 7th War Bond Drive, appointed me Chairman of the professional group and he has requested me to aid in this cam paign. (Continued on Page Four) Dates For Wool Gathering Given R. H. Crouse, county agent, this week announced the following dates and places for collecting wool for the cooperative pool: Laurel Springs P. 0., June 23, 8:30 a. m. to 10:00 a. m.; Lansing (Ray Clark’s), June 25, 8:30 a. m. to 10:00 a. m.; W. R. Osborne (Fig P O.), June 25, 10:30 a. m. to 1 p. m.; West Jefferson (bean shed), June 25, 2:00 p. m. to 5:00 p. m. “The pool has been sold for 54c for clear wool and 49c for light, burry , wool—net to the produc er,” he said. Eisenhower Welcomed; Says Must Be Strong To Keep Peace New York City took General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower to its heart Tuesday and outdid itself in showering on him a rous ing, emotional welcome. The greatest crowds the metro polis has ever seen—estimated by police at more than 7,000,000, or about twice the size of all United States forces in Europe at the peak of the war—turned out to pay tribute to the Kansas boy who directed America’s mighti est military success. The over-all crowd total in cluded repeaters who ran from one vantage point to another. The modest hero told more than 2,000,000 persons jammed $2.50 a Year Out of County Drive Is Scheduled To End On June 30; County Far Below Quota A check-up late yesterday re vealed that Ashe county is still far below the E bond quota of $212,000.00 for the Seventh War Loan, which ends on June 30. Un official figures from sources of sales place the total in E bonds at around $162,000.00, with $50,- 000.00 yet to be sold before the quota is raised. L B. Tyson, county chairman of the drive, said that he parti cularly wanted to urge all town ship chairmen as well as all others to work a little harder from now until the end of the drive. The ministers are asked to take spe cial notice of the drive. “It is important to everyone that we raise this quota and with the help of everyone, I believe we can do it,” Chairman Tyson said. Township chairmen are asked to hold some last-minute com munity events if necessary to raise their quotas. Box suppers, pie suppers or auctions have been suggested. Sgt. Richardson Happy To Be Free T-Sgt. Roy E. Richardson, son of Mr. Lloyd S. Richardson, of Furches, has been liberated from a German prison camp, according to recent letters received from him. “I guess I am the happiest man in Europe. It really seems good to be among friends again, with something to eat, and not be in closed in a barbed wire stockade,” he writes. T.-Sgt. Richardson, who was captured in January, 1944, while on his fiftieth and last mission over enemy territory as a gunner on a Flying Fortress, was liberated by the Russians, after spending more than 15 months as a prisoner. He weigh ed 88 pounds when liberated and is now receiving treatment in a hospital in Paris, France, from where he writes that he is gain ng weight and will return home as soon as he is well enough to travel. ALL-DAY SERVICE AT TUCKERDALE, SUNDAY The Rev. M. D. Hart, pastor, has announced that an all-day singing service will be held at the Tuckerdale Baptist Church on Sunday, June 24, at which time choirs from all over the county are expected to participate. S. C. Eggers, of Boone, will speak at 11:00 o’clock a. m., and Miss Vir ginia Dare Teague, of the Ashe Association, will speak in the af ternoon at 1:30 o’cock. Lunch will be served on the ground and a free will offering'will be taken for the building program now on at this church. The public is cordially invited to attend. around City Hall: “If we are going to live the years of peace, we must be strong and we must be ready to co-op erate in the spirit of true toler ance and forbearance.” Eisenhower, who received a Special City Medal and honorary citizenship in the city, received an ovation when he asserted: “It isn’t enough that we devise every kind of international ma chinery to keep the peace. We must also be strong ourselves. Weakness cannot co-operate with anything. Only strength can co operate.” From LaGuardia Field to Cen (Contmued on Page 4) OVER THE TOP FOR VICTORY A v w ’ t *’ aAv/X UNITEO STATES WAR BONDS-STAMPS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY First In County; Practice Drills Are Being Held Will Serve Other Parts Os County When Possible; Force Is Named This week, West Jefferson’s fire truck, the first in the county, along with other modern equip ment, arrived and practice drills, are now being held to get accus tomed to handling the new fire fighting aparatus. The truck and other needed equipment purchased from a Roa noke concern for around $6,100., had been ordered for some time, following a town-wide meeting of citizens, who heartily endorsed the proposal. The truck has been bought by the town of West Jefferson but will be used in other nearby sec tions of the county, when possible, it was decided, when plans were made for its purchase. The small standard engine is mounted on a Ford truck chassis and will pump 500 gallons of wa ter per minute from the main hose besides the auxiliary hose, it was pointed out. At an organization meeting last week, B. B. Graybeal was again named as fire chief. Le vern Johnson is the assistant chief and T. E. Parker, secretary and treasurer. The following members of the (Continued on Page 4) Baptist Women Os Ashe Meet Officers Are Chosen; Leaders Are Heard On Interesting r Exagrain New officers for the coming year were elected at the annual meeting of the Woman’s Mission ary Union of the Ashe Baptist Association, which met at the Phoenix Baptist Church at Bina, last Thursday, when a large num ber of churches in the county were represented. The new officers are as follows: Mrs. H. D. Quessenberry, re flected superintendent; assistant i superintendent, Mrs. Ralph Par sons; secretary and treasurer, -,lrs. E. W. Powers; mission study leader, Mrs. Fred Waddell; ste wardship leader, Mrs. B. E. Reeves; community mission lead er, Mrs. Worth Phillips, and young peoples’ leader, Miss Min nie Haire. A very interesting program was presented with Mrs. Quessenber ry in charge. Mrs. B. E. Reeves spoke on “Tithing, as God’s Fi nancial Plan,” after which re ports from the different societies were given. Miss Virginia Dare Teague, Ashe Associational work er, was- commended for her fine work and share in organizing the new societies in the county. Mrs. J. S. Farmer, of Raleigh, was in troduced and spoke on the sub ject, “Henceforth in Fields of Conquest,” and Miss Lois Heath, Home Missionary, of Atlanta, Ga., also spoke, after which the (Continued on Page 4) SPECIAL WAR BOND PICTURE TONIGHT The special Seventh War Loan premier, “Up Arms,” will be presented at the Park way theater tonight to all bond purchasers. The feature will start at 7:45 o’clock and will be shown only one time. The picture, starring Danny Kaye, Dinah Shore, Dana An drews and others, is in techni color, and is considered one of the best shows of the year. “I am sure that everyone who has not bought a bond during this drive will want to do so today in order that they may attend this show,” L. B. Tyson, chairman of the drive in the county stated, and urged that those who have already bought bonds make a special effort to buy another in order that the county may reach its quota. Only those who have bought bonds since the official opening of the drive will be admitted, it was explained.
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