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VOLUME 15, NO. 26
Col. Fletcher Is
To Again Head
State U. C. C.
Native Os Ashe Is Again Ap
pointed To Important
State Post
Raleigh—Col. A. L. Fletcher, a
veteran of the present war, was
reappointed chairman of the State
Unemployment Com pe n sation
Commission for a four-year term
Friday by Governor Cherry.
In accepting the appointment,
Col. Fletcher said he expected to
retire under the State Employees
Retirement Act when he reaches
the age of 65 on July 7, 1946. “Un
less the economic situation is such
that you will need my services
beyond that time, and I shall
place my resignation in your
hands, he said in a letter to the
Governor.
Reappointment to the commis
sion for four-year terms were Dr.
Harry A. Wolfe of Chapel Hill.
C. E. Cowan of Morganton, and
Mrs. W. T. Bost of Raleigh.
The commission now has a sur
plus of more than $100,000,000
for use in the payment of bene
fits to unemployed workers in the
event of wholesale unemployment
I in the reconversion period after
* the war.
Colonel Fetcher is a native of
Ashe and his appointment to this
post was greeted with much in
thusiasm here as well as else
where.
Former Ashe Man,
90, Dies In Colo.
W. P. Wilbar, Native Os Jef
ferson, Passed Away In
Florence, Colo.
Florence, Colorado With the
recent passing of W. P. Wilbar,
at his home -at 224 East Main
Street, Florence loses another
piorcv* of th who
had taken an active part in its
business and community life for
over 50 years.
Mr. Wilbar had been ill since
February 5, and his death was due
to compilations arising from his
illness and advanced age.
He had been a resident of Flor
al ence for 55 years, he and his wife
coming to Florence in the early
90’s, and living here continously
since with the exception of three
years spent in Texas. It was af
ter his return from Texas that he
built the two Wilbar blocks on
Main Street. Twenty-eight years
ago he sold his business in Flor
ence and accepted the manage
ment of the Portland Mercantile
company, with which company
(Continued on Page 4)
M. W. Munday, 56,
Buried Friday
Funeral service was held on
last Friday for Marion W. Mun
day, 56, of Creston, who died at
his home on Wednesday, after
suffering from a heart attack. The
Rev. S. S. Graybeal and Rev. G. R.
Trivett conducted the service and
burial followed at the Sullivan
cemetery.
Mr. Munday, who was a na
_ tive of Watauga county, was a
farmer. He is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Fannie Hayworth
Munday and the following chil
dren: Ralph, of Sylva; Mrs. Fred
Shelton, Creston; Russell, of Kel
ton, Pa.; Mrs. J. C. Holman,
Greeneville, Tenn; Eldean, Rich
mond, Ind.; Robert, James, Ker
mit, Lovill and Archie, of Creston.
One sister, Mrs. D. B. Clark, of
Mountain City, Tenn., and one
brother, T. C. Munday, of Cres
ton, also survive.
Bond Rally At
Baldwin On Sat.
. Mack Edwards and Mrs. Ward
F Ray, co-chairmen of the Seventh
War Loan for Old Fields Town
ship, announced that plans were
being completed for a bond ral
ly at the Baldwin church on Sat
urday evening, June 30 at 8:30
o’clock.
Everyone is invited to bring
boxes and pies and be prepared
to buy bonds.
“We will auction off a number
of prizes and cordially invite ev
eryone to attend,” Mr. Edwards
said. Harry Hamilton, qf Boone,
will be the auctioneer.
Be Milana
$2.00 a Year in Ashe County
Last Stronghold Os
Japs In Philippines
Now Near Collapse
NAMED U. C. C. HEAD
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Col. A. L. Fletcher has been
re-appointed head of the State
U. C. C. by Governor Cherry.
Rotary Club To
Have A Special
Program Tonight
Ladies Will Be Special Guests;
Plans Discussed Last
Week
Tonight, the last meeting of
the Rotary club year with Presi
dent Gale McMillan in charge, a
special program has been planned
with the Rotary-anns as guests
for the occasion.
The 1 pro.,ram 'of entertainment
has been worked out by the com
mittee composed of Sharpe S.
Shoemaker, W. W. Terry and
James Story.
Around 75 members are ex
pected to attend. Next month
the newly elected officers will
begin their term. Sharpe S. Shoe
maker is the incoming president.
Last week, Thomas H. Sears
conducted an open forum discus
sion of proposed plans for the
club to sponsor next year. Among
those brought out by members
were the Boy Scout activities and
other work with youths, helping
to establish a cannery, aiding the
establishment of industry in the
county, the erection of a memori
al building and several other
community projects including the
support of the movement to se
cure a Federal post office build
ing in West Jefferson.
FARMERS MUST SECURE
SLAUGHTERING PERMITS
Farmers in Ashe county are
again reminded that in order to
slaughter meat for sale during
1945 they must obtain a permit
from the War Price and Rationing
Board by July 1, L. P. Colvard, I
Chairman, said today.
Even though a farmer may not
wish to slaughter meat until fall
or winter, Mr. Colvard pointed
out, he must register with the
War Price and Rationing Board
before July 1.
Series Os Typhoid Clinics
Will Open On Next Monday
Miss Helen Ghormley, county
health nurse, has announced a
schedule for a series of immuni
zation clinics, planned to cover
the entire county, beginning next
Monday, July 2.
“Diphtheria and small pox vac
cinations may also be had in
these clinics. We owe it to our
selves more than ever before, in
this period of emergency to keep
healthy and I hope that everyone
will take advantage of these clin
ics,” Miss Ghormley said.
The schedule for the clinics is
as follows: '
Monday, July 2,9, 16—Lansing
Service store, 9:00 a. m.; Little
Helton school, 10:30 a. m.; Sus
sex, Young’s store, 1:00 p. m.;
Grassy Creek, Sturgills’ store,
2:30 p. m.
Tuesday, July 3, 10, 17—Weav
ers Ford store, 9:00 a. m.; Silas
WEST JEFFERSON. N.
Australians Recapture Second
Rich Borneo Oil Field
From Japs
Imminent American
of the last Japanese stronghold
in the Philippines and Australian
recapture of a second rich oil
field on Borneo’s west coast were
reported by Gen. Douglas Mac-
Arthur’s headquarters yesterday.
As allied troops scored telling
blows in these two campaigns,
the American Superfortress com
mand threw another raid against
the Japanese homeland—the sec
ond within 14 hours—directed
against Nippon’s main producer
of aviation gasoline.
Meanwhile there was some con
fusion over a reported Japanese
broadcast of an allied invasion
within a few hundred miles of
Japan proper.
A dozen Japanese planes were
shot down in attempted night
raids on Okinawa. Fleet Adm.
Chester W. Nimitz said they drop
ped a few bombs harmlessly. The
Okinawa prisoner bag jumped to
9,498 as mopping up American
soldiers and marines brought in
new batches.
Nearly 50 B-29s struck Japan’s
Utsube river oil refinery, Japan’s
principal producer of aviation
gasoline, 18 miles from Nagoya.
The bombers hit the plant and its
storage area around midnight
Wednesday, Tokyo time.
Fourteen hours earlier between
450 and 500 of the giant bombers
rained some 3,000 tons of explo
sives on ten important Honshu
targets. Escorted by fighters
(Continued on Page 4)
Former Ashe Man
Dies In Wilkes
James E. Barker, 37, of North
Wilkesboro, formerly of this
county, died at the Wilkes hospi
tal on Thursday, June 21, after
suffering from a heart attack.
Funeral service was conducted at
Damascus, Va., on Friday at two
o’clock. Burial followed at the
Damascus cemetery.
Mr. Barker was the son of John
Barker and Maggie Pennington
Barker, natives of this county,
who survive him. He is also sur
vived by his wife and two sisters,
Mrs. Harrison Myers and Mrs.
Jess Laßue.
Mrs. Brown, 80
Buried Saturday
Mrs. Clarosa Severt Brown, 80,
of Glendale Springs, died at her
home on last Thursday, June 21.
The funeral service was held at
the Obids church on Saturday,
with the Rev. W. T. Whittington,
of Damascus, Va., and the Rev.
S. S. Graybeal in charge. Burial
followed at the church cemetery.
Mrs. Brown, who was preceded
in death by her husband and chil
dren, is survived by eight grand
children, one sister, Mrs. D.
Dillard and one brother, W. A.
Severt.
Creek, Phipps’ store, 3:00 p. m.;
Crumpler post office, 1:30 p. m.;
Chestnut Hill, Sam Blevins’ store,
10:30 a. m.
Thursday, July 5, 12, 19—Na
than’s Creek post office, 9:00 a.
m.; River Bridge, Joins’ store,
10:30 a. m.; Wagoner post office,
1:30 p. m.; Glendale Springs,
Bare’s store, 3:00 p. m.
Thursday, July 26, August 2,9,
Tuckerdale depot, 9:00 a. m.;
Whitetop, Farmers store, 11:00 a.
m.; Nella, Little’s store, 1:00 p.
m.; White Oak school, 3:00 p. m.
Monday, July 30, August 6, 13,
Riverview school, 9:00 a. m.;
Stephens store, Sutherland, 11:00
a. m.; Ashland, Ashland store, 1:-
30 p. m.
Tuesday, July 31, August 7, 14,
Obids, Colvard’s store, 9:00 a. m.;
Idlewild post office, 10:30 a. m.;
Brownwood post office, 1:00 p. m.;
Todd post office, 2:30 p. m.
THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1945 $2.50 a Year Out of County
NEW LANSING PASTOR
w.' 3l;
Rev. K. J. Foreman, who
comes to Lansing this week to
begin his duties as pastor of
the Presbyterian churches in
that field.
W. J. Bean Marts
Expected To Open
Early Next Month
Good Crop; Slightly Later
Than Last Year’s Because
Os Cool Weather
While no opening dates have
been set, the bean market season
is expected to open here early in
July, according to present indi
cations.
The season is slightly later than
last year because the cool weath
er has delayed the bean crop, ag
ricultural leaders point out.
It was explained that while it
is too early to give a definite es
timate of this year’s crop, indi
cations are that it will be good
this year as will the demand for
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PRISONER OF JAPS
Sgt. Morris Lewis, who has
recentry been moved to anoth
er prison in Japan, according
to information received. He
was captured sometime ago.
Parents Receive
News Os Sgt. Lewis
Sgt. Morris F. Lewis Is Re
ported As Prisoner Os War
In Japan
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Lewis, of
Creston, have received word from
the War Department that their
son, Sgt. Morris F. Lewis, pris
oner of war of the Japanese, has
been moved to another P. O. W.
Camp in Japan.
Sgt. Lewis entered service in
1936 at Fort Howard, Md., and
spent two years in the Philippine
Islands before being taken pris
oner, three years and two months
ago.
ALL-DAY MEETING AT
CRANBERRY CHURCH
An all-day meeting will be
held at Cranberry Primitive Bap
tist church on next Sunday with
services to begin at 11 o’clock, it
was announced this week.
All persons interested in the
Cranberry cemetery are particul
arly urged to attend the meeting.
Graves will also be decorated on
that day.
A number of visiting elders are
expected to be present, among
them, Elds. S. G. Caudill and
John Williams.
Dinner will be served on the
ground and everyone is asked to
bring a basket. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
County Is Still Short
Os Quota As Bqnd
Drive Nears Close
Public Urged To Buy Extra
Bonds To Help Raise Coun
ty’s E Bond Quota
Ashe county is still behind on
the E bond quota for the Seventh
War Loan, according to the latest
figures available from sources of
sales late yesterday afternoon.
According to unofficial figures,
a total of $177,082.00 has been
raised against a quota of $212,-
000.00.
“If we have enough last-minute
buyers we still can reach our
quota,” Chairman L. B. Tyson
said, and urged everyone to buy
"another extra bond before the
drive closes.” The Seventh War
Loan will officially close on Sat
urday, June 30, but bonds pur
chased through Wednesday, July
4, will still be counted on the
drive’s quota, it was explained.
Unofficial reports from sources
of sales yesterday revealed the
following: Northwestern Bank,
Jefferson, $81,868.75; West Jef
ferson post office, $75,937.50; Jef
ferson post office, $956.25; Ashe
Building Loan, $1,050.00; Lansing
post office, $16,576.00; Todd post
office, $1,481.25; Crumpler post
office, $175.00.
Township chairmen are urged
to complete all last minute sales
and to follow up all prospects in
order to get totals in in time to
count on the Seventh War Loan.
“If every township could raise
its quota, we would have the
county’s quota,” Mr. Tyson said.
Canning Sugar
Is Still Limited
The public is reminded that
supplies, that canning sugar
due to the shortage of sugar
must be limited in order to have
enough to go around.
The average family is getting
five pounds per person. But when
there are more than six in a
family this family is limited to
thiry pounds. It was explained,
when all canning sugar was issued
on the present basis, that if there
was any additional plans would
be worked out for those growing
their own fruit.
Funeral Today
For Mrs. Hall, 34
Funeral service will be held
this morning at 11:00 o’clock for
Mrs. Lessie Hall, 34, of Wagoner,
who died on Tuesday, June 26.
Burial will be held at the Eben
ezer cemetery. The Rev. Harri
son Miller and Elder Charlie Hall
will conduct the service.
Mrs. Hall, who was the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Romey Bare,
who survive her, is also survived
by her husband, Walter Hall.
Two children, Ruby and Joe Mar
ie, and several brothers and sis
ters also survive.
CPL. WADE MILLER
KILLED ON OKINAWA
Cpl. Wade Miller, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Miller, of Laurel
Springs, was killed in action on
Okinawa Island on May 14, ac
cording to a message recently re
ceived by his parents. Cpl. Mil
ler had been overseas for some
time.
Extra Gasoline
For Furloughs
Additional gasoline rations may
be obtained by servicemen having
furloughs of more than 30 days,
OPA Administrator Ches te r
Bowles has announced. “Fur
lough gasoline will still be issued
at the rate of a gallon a day,” Mr.
Bowles explained, “but the 30-
gallon limit is being removed for
the benefit of released American
prisoners of war who get leave
or temporary duty assignments
for sixty days in this country.
“Servicemen applying for fur
lough gasoline rations should fol
low these three easy rules: 1, Ap
ply at any local War Price and
Rationing Board; 2, Bring along
the mileage rationing record for
the oar to be used; and, 3, Be
ready to show furlough papers.”
CAPTAIN JONES HOME
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Captain Clyde Jones, son of
Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Jones, ar
rived home Tuesday night, af
ter several months of duty in
the Pacific.
Sgt. Albert Poe
Has Long Marches
On Short Rations
Former Ashe Man, Back Home
Again, Tells Os Experiences
As Prisoner Os War
S.-Sgt. Albert Poe, formerly of
Ashe county, is home, after long
marches on short rations as a
prisoner of war for more than
two years. And according to Sgt.
Poe they were far the longest of
his eleven years of service with
Uncle Sam.
This regular army man who is
a native of Lansing and a nephew
of Jack and John Rhodes, of West
Jefferson whom he has often vis
ited, landed in North Africa rea
dy for action in World War II on
August 6, 1942. Action was what
was coming to him, too.
Sgt. Poe, who had served in the
Philippines and China had seen
nothing like this. He was assign
ed to the 7th Field Artillery, Sec
ond Army Corps. It was while
in action out of Libya that he and
others were captured by Germans.
That was the beginning of long
walks and rides on empty stom
aches. They first marched 25
kilometers with no food, then 35
more and still no food.
This was only a sample of what
was to come. Many times they
marched 25 hours without stop
ping.
“On the afternoon of April 21,
1945, a German lieutenant told us
we would be evacuated the next
morning, and marched 20 kilo
meters to be turned over to the
Americans. We didn’t believe
them.
“We marched 14 kilometers and
(Continued t#n Page Four)
REVIVAL AT LANSING
BEGINS ON SUNDAY
The Rev. W S. Patterson, of
Davidson, will assist the new
pastor, the Rev. K. J. Foreman, in
a series of revival services begin
ning Sunday, July 1, at the Lan
sing Presbyterian church.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the services.
J. J. Williams, 75,
Buried Oir Friday
Funeral service was held on
Friday for J. J. Williams, 75, who
died at his home at Laurel
Springs on Wednesday, June 20,
after being ill for some time. The
service was held at the Cran
berry church at two o’clock, with
the Rev. E. Long in charge.
Mr. Williams, son of the late
Capt. W. J. Williams and Mrs.
Elizabeth Williams, who came to
the county from England, is sur
vived by his wife and two chil
dren, Jacqueline and John Todd
Williams. Four sisters, Mrs. Bet
tie Bateman, of Elizabethton,
Tenn.; Mrs. Mannie McClain, of
Marion, Ind.; Mrs. Dora Dixon, of
Jefferson; and Mrs. Fannie Dun
can, of West Jefferson, also sur
vive.
OVER THE TOP (
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vk UNITED STATES WAR
BONDS-STAMPS
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Charter Signed
By,Fifty Powers;
Truman Speaks
U. S. President Addresses
Delegates At Closing Ses
sion At Sap Francisco
San Francisco, Calif. United
nations statesmen signed Tues
day the charter of a new world
organization and President Tru
man closed one of the great as
semblies of history with an as
surance that “you have created
a great instrument for peace.”
“The world must now use it!”
Mr. Truman said.
Addressing the final plenary
session of the United Nations
conference, the chief executive
appealed to delegates of 50 na
tions to make the charter “a liv
ing thing,” td*seek its immediate
ratification. He promised:
“I shall send this charter to
the United States senate at once.
I am sure that the overwhelming
sentiment of the people of my
country and of their representa
tives in the senate is in favor of
immediate ratification.”
Mr. Truman was given a rising
ovation. He smiled and, extend
ing his arms outward, declared,
“Oh, what a great day this can
be in history.”
Facing him as he spoke were
the men and women who met
here two months and a day ago
to draft a master plan for peace.
Behind him was a bright blue
background, with the flags of
all the united nations silhouetted
against it, interspersed between
four austere, golden columns.
Overhead a brilliant chandelier,
looking like a splash of molten
silver, tried futilely to compete
with even more brilliant flood
lights.
Speaking with a trace of Mis
souri tang, Mr. Truman told dig
nitaries gathered from the world
over they had justified the con
fidence and hope of peace-loving
people.
Foreman Is New
Lansing Pastor
New Presbyterian Minister Is
Expected To Arrive For
Duties This Week
Rev. K. J. Foreman, of David
son, has been named as pastor of
the Presbyterian churches in the
Lansing field and is expected to
arrive this week to begin his
work.
The new minister is a graduate
of Davidson College and the
Union Theological Seminary at
Richmond. His father is a pro
fessor at Davidson College.
He will be accompanied by his
wife, Mrs. Foreman, and the
young couple will make tfteir
home in the Lansing manse.
Mrs. Foreman, previous to her
marriage, has been director of
religious education in the First
Presbyterian Church in Asheville.
Mrs. Osborne, 90,
Buried Sunday
Funeral service was held on
Sunday for Mrs. Nancy Osborne,
90, of Apple Grove, who died at
her home on Friday, June 22.
The Rev. Carl Sturgill and the
Rev. D. O. Miller conducted the
service at the home and burial
followed at the Calhoun cemetery.
Mrs. Osborne, who was a na
tive of this county, is survived by
the following children: Mrs. Geo.
Miller, Mrs. Callie Greer, Mrs.
Lillard Ham, Mrs. Jennie Ham,
Mrs. Charlie Coldiron, Mrs. Joe
Ham, Mrs. D. A. Ham and John
T. Calhoun.
F. GNye Will Be
W. J. Principal
It was announced this week
through Superintendent Hurt’s
office that the school committee
of West Jefferson had named Pro
fessor F. C. Nye as principal of
West Jefferson high school for
the coming year. Mr. Nye was
principal of the school several
years ago and after being away
from here for many years return
ed two years ago as a member of
the high school staff.
Mr. Nye, who holds a degree
from Wake Forest College, has*
long been in school work. Both
he and Mrs. Nye have many
friends in the county.