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VOLUME 15, NO. 27
West Jefferson Bean Markets Open For Season
County Is Still
A Little Short
Os E Bond Quota
All Bonds Purchased Through
Saturday Noon Will Count
On Quota
Unofficial reports from sources
of sales yesterday showed that
Ashe county is still a little short
of the E bond quota of $212,000.00
in the Seventh War Loan Drive.
“With just a little more effort
we will be able to make it before
the week ends,” L. B. Tyson,
county chairman said. He urged
that everyone do everything pos
sible this week to raise the quota.
“I would hate to miss it when
we are so near,” he concluded.
All township chairmen who
have not made their quotas are
particularly urged to do some ex
tra work, the remainder of this
week.
* North Carolina E bond sales in
the Seventh War Loan yesterday
shot upward by $2,121,000 —but
members of the armed forces took
most of the credit.
In announcing the large in
crease in sales, around three times
as great as average daily gains
recently, State War Finance
Chairman Clarence T. Leinbach
explained that “considerably more
than half” the $2,121,000 consisted
of allocations to North Carolina
for war bond purchases by its
citizens who are in the armed
services.
“This is something we civilians
can’t take credit for,” Leinbach
noted. “These boys are not only
fighting, but are buying bonds.
And all we have to do is buy
bonds.”
Revival Is To
Start On Sunday
Rev. John W. Moore Coming
To West Jefferson Meth
odist Church
The Rev. John S. Jordan, pas
tor of the West Jefferson Method
ist Church, has announced that
a series of revival services would
begin there on Sunday evening,
July 8. The Rev. John W. Moore,
pastor of the Methodist Church
in Mooresville, will be the guest
preacher. He will deliver his
first sermon on Monday night
and each day thereafter, during
the revival, will speak two times,
each morning at ten o’clock and
each evening at eight o’clock.
The Rev. Mr. Jordan will preach
on Sunday night.
“Mr. Moores who is an excellent
speaker, is well known and loved
in this state, and I would like to
extend a cordial invitation to ev
eryone to come hear him,” Mr.
Jordan said.
A Quiet July 4
Observed Here
July 4 was marked by its quiet
ness rather than any celebration
in Ashe county, yesterday.
Most of the business houses,
banks and public offices were
closed throughout the day, while
some few remained open.
People went quietly about their
business or remained at home to
rest. Grocery stores reported ad
vance plans for picnics. A num
ber of people went to nearby
places for swimming. No acci
dents were reported during the
day.
Baldwin Again
Has Bond Record
History continues to repeat it
self in the Baldwin community,
in war bond sales, for this section
of the county has again made an
outstanding record with a rally.
In spite of the busy season with
farmers and the unseasonable
storms, on Saturday night, at a
rally there, more than $16,500.00
in war bonds were sold. Pies,
boxes and such scarce items as
sugar and cigarettes brought un
usually good response from the
crowd. Mack G. Edwards and
Mrs. Ward Ray served as co-chair
men.
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$2.00 a Year in Ashe County
Japan Given Heavy
Bombing; Invaders
Advance On Borneo
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G. B. Price, of Ashe county,
was last week renamed by
Governor Cherry as director
of Rural Electrification Au
thority in N. C.
Growers Receive
Good Prices For
Wool And Lambs
Next Lamb Pool Will Be Held
In West Jefferson, Friday,
July 20
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A total of 159 Ashe county sheep
growers sold 16,775 pounds of
wool through the cooperative
wool pool for $9001.80, it was
learned this week “These farm
ers selling through the pool re
ceived at least 4 cents per pound
more for their wool than they
would have received through oth
er marketing channels, which is
a saving of approximately $675.00
by selling cooperatively,” County
Agent Roy H. Crouse, said.
“Good prices were paid for
lambs through the county coop
erative lamb pool held at West
Jefferson last Friday by Swift
and Company. A total of 300
lambs were sold, of which 263
graded choice or good, averaging
92.5 pounds per head. The fol
lowing prices were paid f. o. b.,
West Jefferson: $15.85 for choice,
$15.10 for good and $13.60 for me
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EDGAR GREENE IN
SOIL WORK NOW
Edgar Greene, who for the past
several years has been chief
clerk of AAA, has resigned from
this work to accept a position
with the New River Soil Con
servation District, where he is
assistant to J. T. McLaurin.
Mr. Greene replaces Sam Aus
tin, who has been transferred to
Yadkin county. Mr. Austin has
made an excellent record here
and is being moved at his re
quest because of the condition of
his wife’s health.
Immunization Clinics For
County Started This Week
The series of county-wide im
munizaton clinics which started
this week will continue into Au
gust, Miss Helen Ghormley,
county nurse, announced.
“Initial attendance was not
quite what we expected, but we
hope it will increase as it is im
portant to take advantage of these
clinics,” Miss Ghormley said.
The attention of the public is
again called to the schedule,
which 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, Sturgill’s store,
2:30 p. m.
Tuesday, July 3, 10, 17—Weav
ers Ford store, 9:00 a. m.; Silas
Creek, Phipps’ store, 3:00 p. m.;
Crumpler post of ice, 1:30 p. m.;
WEST JEFFERSON. N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1945
More Than 450 Planes Strike
Industrial Cities Os
Japan
Four fleets of B-29’s, totaling
between 450 and 500 planes,
struck four target cities on Hon
shu and Shikoku islands on Japan
with nearly 3,000 tons of fire
bombs in predawn darkness yes
terday.
The mission brought to 2,400
the total number of sorties flown
by planes of the 21st Bomber
Command against Japan in nine
days.
Three cities in Shikoku—Toku
shima, Takamatsu and Kochi—
were hit with fire bombs for the
first time.
The fourth city attacked was
Himeji, on Honshu, across the In
land Sea from Shikoku.
Twenty-six Japanese industrial
cities now have been fire-blitzed
by the Super Forts, which have
made 37 incendiary missions from
the Marianas.
Australian troops have seized
two major airfields near Balik
papan, Australian reports said
yesterday as Gen. Douglas MacAr
thur’s invasion forces drove with
in three-fourths of a mile of the
great Balikpapan refineries and
extended their beachhead to a six
mile stretch along the coast.
Australian reports said the col
umn striking for the airfields had
driven 10 miles along the coast
and had overrun both Sepinggan
and Manggar Airfields, but Mac-
Arthur’s report of the fighting;
some 48 hours behind actual
events, listed only Sepinggan as
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Grange Head Is
Coming Tuesday
Harry B. Caldwell, Master of
the North Carolina State Grange,
is planning to be in the county
next Tuesday, July 10. Since he
will be here for a few hours
around noon on that day, the
Nathan’s Creek Grange is plan
ning to have an informal picnic
so that the public can get togeth
er to hear Mr. Caldwell.
He is bringing with him E. W.
Sheets, assistant to the master
of the National Grange. The pub
lic is invited to attend this meet
ing at the Nathan’s Creek school.
Everyone is asked to bring his
own lunch.
E. E. Jones Buys
J. F. Yates’ Store
It was learned here yesterday
that E. E. Jones, popular local
merchant, who recently sold out
his store here, had purchased J.
F. Yates’ store at Warrensville.
Neither parties could be reach
ed yesterday and it was not learn
ed what their plans are.
Mr. Yates has successfully
operated this store at Warrens
ville for the past two years.
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, 3:30 p. m.
Thursday, July 26, August 2,9,
Tuckerdale depot, 3:00 p. m.;
Whitetop, Farmers store, 11:00 a.
m.; Nella, Little’s store, 1:00 p.
m.; White Oak school, 9:00 a. 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.
West Jefferson Is Now Equipped For Fighting Fire
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Shown here is a group of active volunteer firemen, together with the new truck and
other equipment recently purchased by the town of West Jefferson. Reading from left to
right: First row—Officer O. L. Scruggs, Russell W. Barr, Earl B. Graybeal, Thomas Q.
(Red) Lyles, Don Blackbum and Mayor C. O. Parsons; second row —Chief B. B. Graybeal,
Field Sheets, John S. Jordan and Assistant Chief Levem Johnson. (Staff Photo)
Lamb Show For
4-H Clubs Will Be
Held On July 19
Rules For Entries Are Ex
plained; Prizes Are To Be
Awarded
Plans are now being completed
for the Ashe county 4-H lamb
show which will be held Thurs
day, July 19, at the West Jefferson
stock yards. “All boys and girls
who are feeding and preparing
lambs for this show will be ex
pected to bring theirs to the
stock yards before noon on that
day,” Roy H. Crouse, county
agent, said.
“Twenty boys and girls in the
county have been working with
lamb projects this year and pre
paring some of their better lambs
for this lamb show. All lambs
shown should be of good and
choice grade, anything under
these grades will not be eligible
for entry in the show. The lambs
shown shall be either wethers or
ewes, no bucks will be shown,”
he said.
There will be two different
classes for exhibitors to enter—
a pen of three and a class of sin
gles from which the grand cham
pion lamb will be chosen, it was
explained.
If an exhibitor brings three
lambs, they can be shown in the
single class for the grand cham
pion, it was pointed out.
“All other lambs brought by
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Miss Phillips Is
Serving As Acting
W. J. Postmaster
Miss Margaret Phillips, popu
lar local school teacher, is now
serving as acting postmaster of
West Jefferson, while Mrs. J. B.
Hensley is taking a vacation.
In addition to Quincy Campbell,
who has been with the post of
fice for sometime, Mrs. Robert
Colvard and Mrs. Campbell are
also assisting in the work.
This post office advanced to
second class on July 1.
NEW REGULATIONS
ON OVERSEAS MAIL
Because of limited shipping
conditions and to cut down
surplus mail not requested by
men in foreign service, the U.
S. Post Office department has
anounced a special regulation
concerning new and renewal
subscriptions to newspapers.
According to the regulation,
all new or renewal subscrip
tions to this paper for men in
service out of the continental
United States, must now be
accompanied by a request
bearing the signature of the
person to whom the paper is
being sent.
The attention of subscribers
is called to this regulation.
Crouse Resigns As County
Agent, Successor Is Named;
To Have Asst. Home Agent
Start Hearings
On Charter On
Monday, July 9
Party Lines Expected To Be,
Dropped Before Momen
tous Plan
Republicans as well as Demo
crats are expected to favor the
United Nations Charter, accord
ing to advance committments.
Hearings on the document be
gin next Monday before the For- ;
eign Relations Committee. Pres- i
ent plans call for winding them
up in two weeks, with the aim of I
voting on the proposal by mid-'
August.
Senator Bushfield (R-SD) told
the Senate yesterday the Char
ter contains a half-dozen “glaring !
faults,” but that he will support
it nevertheless.
“I shall support it,” he said,
“because I dare not face my sol
dier son, nor the millions of sol
dier sons throughout the world,
if I fail to do what I can to stop
the senseless, maniacal slaughter
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Dairy Meeting
Here On Friday
The North Carolina Dairy
Foundation, Inc., is having repre
sentatives at a meeting scheduled
for the courthouse in Jefferson on
Friday, July 6, at 8:30 p. m.
This foundation has been set
up for the benefit of the dairy in
dustry and should mean much to
the dairymen of Ashe county and
the entire State. The public is
urged to attend this meeting and
support this movement in the ad
vancement of the dairy industry.
Cpl. Clyde Church Hits Enemy
Hard In Philippine Islands
Silay, Negros, Philippine Is
lands Driver Cpl. Clyde W.
Church, Todd, whose job is to
steer the course of his Sherman
tank, Casey Jones, can be a bang
up fire direction center chief in
an emergency.
Cpl. Church in the mountains
of central Negros directed .75
millimeter cannon fire which de
stroyed a Japanese mountain gun
of the same type in a cave approx
imately 1,800 yards away.
The Casey Jones driver, spot
ting the flash of the Japanese
gun, called to the gunner via the
interphone system.
“Fire away,” Cpl. Church said.
“I’ll tell you where. We’ve got
ta get that gun in a hurry.”
After a few well placed rounds
some of which landed precisely in
the mouth of the cave, the Jap-
$2.50 a Year Out of County
Plans Made For Continuing
Vocational Agriculture At
Jefferson School
At a meeting of the Ashe coun
ty board of commissioners, Mon
day, Roy H. Crouse, who has
served as county agent since Feb
ruary, 1942, offered his resigna
tion, which was accepted with
reluctance by officials and L. E.
Tuckwiller was named as his
successor. According to the
present plans, the change becomes
effective August 1.
The commissioners also voted
appropriations necessary to se
cure an assistant home demon
stration agent, who will work
with Miss Doris Whitesides.
In connection with the agri
cultural program in the county,
the commissioners took the ini
tial step toward continuing the
teaching of vocational agricul
ture in the county. A number of
other routine matters were dis
posed of.
County officials said they hated
for Agent Crouse to give up the
work in the county and they felt
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W. B. Austin Is
Capitol Visitor
Attorney W. B. Austin, who
was in Washington this week on
business, went to the Senate on
Monday with Senator Clyde R.
Hoey and Congressman R. L.
Doughton and had the opportuni
ty of hearing President Truman
present the San Francisco Char
ter.
Mr. Austin said that eve"yone
was greatly impressed by Presi
dent Truman. “With the recep
tion he received on the presenta
tion of the charter, he should have
little trouble in its approval,” Mr.
Austin declared.
anese gun ceased firing. Tank
men and infantrymen of the 40th
division heard from it no more.
Cpl. Church is a veteran of five
months’ combat in the Philippines
including the Luzon and Visayan
campaigns.
After six months’ jungle fight
ing in New Guinea, he landed
Jan. 9, at Lingayen gulf in the
initial invasion of Luzon.
His company of the 716th tank
battalion is credited with 22 Jap
anese tanks destroyed in 11 sep
arate engagements on that is
land.
Sixty-eight days later, March
18, Cpl. Church’s Casey Jones and
other tanks, supporting Major
General Brush’s 40th division,
landed near Tigbauan on the
south coast of Panay in the Visa-
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OVER THE TOP
FOR VICTORY
Wife UNITED STATES WAR
BONDS-STAMPS
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
A Record Crop Is
Predicted; Plans
Are Announced
Indications Are That The De
mand And Prices Will Be
Better Than Ever
The 1945 bean season in this
section will get underway this
week as both of the local auction
markets open. And according to
preliminary surveys, the season
should be very successful.
According to a report from the
county agent’s office, around 200,-
000 bushels of beans were sold on
the local markets last year for an
average of $1.90 per bushel, bring
ing an income of around $380,-
000.00. This year, an initial sur
vey reveals that the demand as
well as the price is expected to
be equally as good. According
to farm surveys, there is a slight
increase in acreage this year.
West Jefferson has two separ
ate markets, the Ashe Bean Mar
ket, which was started after the
season opened last year, and the
Farmers’ Bean and Vegetable
Market, now going into its third
season. The Ashe Bean Market,
which is owned and operated by
R. W. Colvard and W. R. Roten,
will be offically opened today.
The Farmers’ Bean and Vegeta
ble Market, operated by W. G.
Vannoy, Burl Vannoy and J. E.
Roland, will officially open on
Friday.
According to announcements,
both markets will have plenty of
buyers this season.
Joe G. Neal Is
Given Citation
Son Os C. S. Neal, Os Jeffer
son, Has Been Active In
Pacific Area
Joseph Gwyn Neal, Coxswain,
of the United States Navy, son of
Mr. C. S. Neal and the late Mrs.
Neal, of Jefferson has been com
manded by Captain M. C. Erwin,
commanding officer of the ship,
the USS President Adams. The
citation is as follows:
“As a member of the Ship’s
Company during the hazardous
and extended Iwo Ji ma opera
tion, in which the USS President
Adams participated from Febru
ary 19, the day of the initial as
sault, to February 28, 1945, and
during which time this vessel was
under fire of enemy shore batter
ies and attacks by enemy aircraft,
being charged with the respon
sibility of landing troops and car
go through heavy seas and surf
over landing beacons under ene
my fire, calling for the utmost in
effort, endurance and loyalty, he
performed his duties in a coura
geous and outstanding manner,
and for excellent performance of
duty in previous operations
against the armed enemy, this ci
tation is presented.”
A few of the previous opera
tions in which Coxswain Neal
participated included the Guad-
I alcanal-Tulagi landings in August
11942; the capture and defense of
Guadalcanal, reinforcements, in
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FORREST McMILLAN BUYS
GULF SERVICE STATION
Forrest McMillan, well known
young business man of West Jef
ferson has purchased the Gulf
Service Station here and began
its operation this week.
McMillan is no stranger to the
motorists of this section. He was
at one time employed by the
Gulf company and more recently
by the W. J Parts Company here,
from which position he resigned
to go in business for himself.
Mrs. McMillan, 73,
Buried Yesterday
Funeral service was held yes
terday for Mrs. Martha Jane Mc-
Millan, 73, of Bel Air, Md., who
died at her home on Sunday, Ju
ly I-
Mrs. McMillan, who was a na
tive of this county, is survived
by the following children:
Mrs. F. E. Thompson, of Bel
Air., Md.; Guy McMillan, Havre
de Grace, Md.; Howard McMillan,
of Edgewood, Conn.; and Tom
McMillan, of Nathan’s Creek.