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VOLUME 15, NO. 28
Big Demand For Beans As Markets Open
War Loan Drive
Goal For County
Is Far Surpassed
Incomplete Figures Place To
tal Sales For 7th War Loan
At $250,000.00
With the sale of E bonds for
the Seventh War Loan coming to
a close, last Saturday, unofficial
reports show the county has not
only surpassed ■ the overall quota
of $235,000.00, but the E bond
quota of $212,000.00 as well.
L. B. Tyson, county chairman,
said that he wanted to thank ev
eryone for their efforts in the
drive and particularly the town
ship chairmen, who have done
an unusually fine job.
Complete reports were unavail
able on the sales for the entire
drive, but conservative estimates
placed it at around $250,000.00 as
compared to the overall quota of
$235,000.00.
The following totals were re
ported yesterday from some of
the sources of sales:
Northwestern Bank, $91,502.50;
West Jefferson Post Office, $91,-
305.00; Lansing Post Office, $16,-
875.00; Hemlock Post Office, $2,-
887.50; Jefferson Post Office,
$956.25; Ashe Building and Loan,
$1,050.00; Todd Post Office, sl,-
481.25, and Crumpler Post Of
fice, $175.00.
Rotary Officers
Are Installed
Sharpe S. Shoemaker Is New
President; Meeks Is Sec
retary And Treasurer
New officers for the coming
year were installed at the Jeffer
sons Rotary Club last Thursday
night a: the regular meeting.
Sharpe Shoemaker, a charter
member, who has been very active
in the club, began his duties as
president; Thomas Sears, vice
president; Ben Meeks, secretary
and treasurer; and Levern John
son, sergeant at arms.
The president and vice-presi
dent discussed some of their plans
and programs that they wanted
to carry out during the year.
The club has had a very enjoy
able and outstanding year under
the leadership of Gale McMillan,
the retiring president. Work
with the Boy Scouts and youth
movement and war activities
have been the outstanding accom
plishments of the year.
Lawrence Tyson will have
charge of the program tonight.
SERVICES ANNOUNCED
Elder E. A. Long, of Laurel
Springs, will conduct services at
the Beaver Creek Primitive Bap
tist Church, Sunday morning, at
11:00 o’clock and again in the
evening at 8:30 o’clock.
Elder Long will also preach at
the Faw school house on Sunday
afternoon at 3:00 o’clock.
Everyone is cordially invited
to attend the services.
Mrs. R. C. Ray and son, Ritz,
and her brother, Capt. Clyde
Jones are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
J. N. Dickson in Bristol, Va.
Son Os Former Grassy Creek
Man Is Promoted To General
News has been received here of
the promotion of Thomas T. Han
dy, son of the late Rev. T. R. Han
dy, formerly of Grassy Creek, to
the rank of General. The follow
ing article was recently publish
ed about General Handy:
“Least-known of the newly
promoted full generals is Gen.
Thomas T. Handy, deputy chief
of staff. If you look him up in
LOCAL SCOUTS SPEND
WEEK AT CAMP LASITER
The following Scouts from the
West Jefferson Troop Number 37
enjoyed a week at the Boy Scout
camp, Lasiter, located about sev
en miles out of Winston-Salem,
recently: Tommy Diggs, David L.
Powers, Ross Haire and Wayne
Sells.
Os Post
$2.00 a Year in Ashe County
Americans Meeting
Little Resistance In
Tokyo Bombings
GIVEN PURPLE HEART
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Pvt. Robert H. Osborne,
killed in action on December
20, has been awarded the Pur
ple Heart, posthumously. Pvt.
Osborne was first reported
missing in Luxemburg. He is
survived by his wife, Mrs.
Grace Osborne, to whom the
award was made, and his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Os
borne, of Hemlock.
President Is On
Way To Europe
For Big 3 Parley
Is Accompanied By Secretary
Os State, James F.
Byrnes
President Truman was in the
mid-Atlantic yesterday aboard
a veteran cruiser bound for a
Northern European port where
he will disembark and fly to
Potsdam, Berlin suburb, for the
Big Three conference which be
gins there next week.
The chief executive, accompan
id by Secretary of State James F.
Byrnes, Admiral William D. Lea
hy, presidential chief of staff, and
a small corps of attaches, was
four days out of Newport News,
Va., where on July 6, he began a
trip that will carry him more than
10,000 miles.
Because of security considera
tions no advance announcement
of the date of Mr. Truman’s ar
rival can be made, according to
White House Press Secretary
Charles G. Ross who also is ac
companying the president.
As he headed for his conference
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SERVICE ANNOUNCED
A decoration service will be
held at the Jackson-Severt ceme
tery near Glendale Springs on
Sunday, July 22 at two o’clock, it
has been announced. The pub
lic is cordially invited to attend.
Who’s Who, you will find that he
merely says he was born in
Tennessee. He does not say
where, and he does not list his
father or mother.
“Fact is that the general’s fa
ther was the Rev. T. R. Handy,
an intinerant Methodist preacher,
who spent fifty years shepherding
his flocks in the mountains of
Southwestern Virginia and East
ern Tennessee. His father sent
young Handy to college at Emory
and Henry, a church school near
Bristol, because it made special
concessions to preachers’ sons.
“But the general also fails to
list in Who’s Who, perhaps be
cause he was asked to leave by
the faculty when a professor came
by and saw a freshman being
mildly hazed. Actually, Tom
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WEST JEFFERSON, N. C„
1,000 Carrier Planes Destroy
| And Damage 152 Jap
Planes On Ground
The Japanese air force refused
to put up anything resembling a
real fight over Tokyo Tuesday as
more than 1,000 carrier planes of
the massive U. S. third fleet des
troyed or damaged 152 enemy
planes on the ground and shot
down two snoopers near the
fleet, fragmentary reports dis
closed.
Whether Admiral William F.
(Bull) Halsey’s world’s largest
task force stuck around for anoth
er strike was not made clear but
even first preliminary accounts
left no doubt that the enemy air
force assigned to defend the
homeland was in hiding.
It obviously has been driven
there by a week of strikes by Iwo
based army Mustangs, scores of
wbjch destroyed or damaged 19
en?my planes at Honshu’s port
city of Kobe while the carrier
Hellcats, Helldivers and Aven
gers were roaming the Kanto
plains around Tokyo to the north
east looking for targets.
Only one of the 19 was bagged
in the air by the Mustangs and the
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F. C. Nye Spoke On
World Relations
World relations was the subject
of an interesting lecture delivered
to the Wesleyan Guild at the
home of Mrs. J. K. Hunter on
Friday night when Mr. F. C. Nye
was the speaker.
Mr. Nye pointed out timely
needs of European countries as
related to the church as well as
special isolated groups in this
country. He stated that Europe
not only needed to be clothed and
fed but that much of it needed
to be re-christianized.
Mrs. J. A. Reeves was in charge
of the program and Mrs. James
Story, president, presided over
the business session.
At the close of the program, the
hostess served delicious refresh
ments. In addition to the mem
bers, a number of visitors were
present.
GOSS AND JONES BUY
WARRENSVILLE STORE
Tom Goss and Bernard Jones
have purchased the J. F. Yates
Store at Warrensville and are
now operating it. They bought
this from E. E. Jones, to whom it
was sold by Mr. Yates a short
time ago.
Both Mr. Goss and Mr. Jones
are well known businessmen and
are experienced in the mercan
tile field.
Members Os West Jefferson Fire Department
Since the recent purchase of additional fire-fighting equipment, the newly organized
volunteer fire department of West Jefferson has been getting into practice with drills.
Shown above are a nuinber of the members as well as town officials. Reading from left to
right: First row—Mayor C. O. Parsons, O. L. Scruggs, Field Sheets, RusseU Barr, Earl B.
Graybeal, Chief B. B. Graybeal, Assistant Chief Levern Johnson, Sharpe Shoemaker, P. W.
Welborn, Don Blackburn and Carl F. Colvard; second row—Dewey Sells, T. E. Parker,
Gwyn Little, Dean McMillan, Thomas Lyle and John S. Jordan. (Staff Photo)
THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1945
Thousands Os Ashe County People Are Air-Minded
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Shown above is a section of the estimated crowd of 8,000 people who attended the re
cent opening of the West Jefferson airport. (Staff Photo)
One Ashe Man Is
Reported Killed,
Another Wounded
Bowie M. Houck, Formerly Os
Mill Creek, Killed On
Okinawa
Mrs. Lois Palmer Houck, of
Boone, has received word from
the War Department that her hus
band, Pfc. Bowie M. Houck, was
killed on Okinawa Island, in the
Pacific on June 10. Pfc. Houck
was a native of this county, the
son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Carr
Houck, of Mill Creek. He was a
member of the Sixth Division of
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Rationing Guide
MEATS AND FATS
Book Four red stamps K 2
through X 2 good through July
31; Q 2 through U 2 good
through Aug. 31; V 2 through
Z 2 good through Sept. 30; Al
through El good through Oct.
31.
PROCESSED FOODS
Book Four blue stamps T 2
through Z 2 good through July
31; ¥2, Z 2 and Al through Cl
good through Aug. 31; DI
through Hl good through Sept.
30; JI through N1 good through
Oct. 31.
SUGAR
Book Four stamp 36 good
through Aug. 31 for five
pounds. Next stamp valid
Sept. 1.
SHOES
Book Three airplane stamps
1, 2 and 3 good indefinitely.
OPA says no plans to cancel
any. Next stamp valid Aug. 1.
GASOLINE
16-A coupons good for six
gallons each through Sept. 21.
B-7, B-8 C-7 and C-8 coupons
good for five gallons each.
County Schools Will Open On
August 27; Some Teachers
And Principals Are Needed
Deferments For
Men Age 30 To 37
Are Explained
Revised Regulations Provided
Cards To Bear “Indefinite
Stamp”
Revised selective service regu
lations provide that men in the
30-37 age group who are eligible
to a deferred classification, 2-A,
2-B or 2-C, Schall be continued in
this classification for an indefin
ite period of time, Mrs. L. J.
Yelanjian, clerk, said today.
“Therefore all class cards for
these registrants will show in the
i space provided for the termina
; tion date the word ‘lndefinite’ ”
'she continued.
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! Hundreds Look
I
For Missing Man
Hundreds of people from the
Jeffersons literally combed Negro
j Mountain yesterday afternoon,
, searching for the Rev. Gilmer
(Wagoner, who disappeared from
the Ashe county hospital early
yesterday morning.
Unaware of the excitement and
the disturbance he had caused,
Mr. Wagoner appeared at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Bad
ger in the aften.oon and then re
turned to the hospital. x
The popular young Methodist
preacher, who sustained a serious
spinal injury sometime ago, had
been a patient at the hospital for
the past few days and had been
in an extremely nervous condi
tion.
$2.50 a Year Out of County
Several School Buildings Are
Now Being Repaired And
Repainted
B. H. Duncan, superintendent
of schools, said yesterday that
August 27, had been tentatively
set for the opening of the schools
of the county and that several
teachers as well as some princi
pals were still needed before that
time.
It is understood that no princi
pal has accepted the work at Lan
sing or Fleetwood and that there
is still some question about some
other possible vacancies.
Mr. Duncan said that there
were still some teaching positions
to be filled in the central schools
as well as in the smaller ones. He
stated that the vacancy for a com
(mercial teacher as well as that of
| the home economics department
i at West Jefferson high school had
, not yet been filled. It is under
■ stood that Lansing is still short
i of several high school teachers.
Painting and repair work is
now going on in several of the
schools and others will also be
put in readiness for the opening
as soon as workmen can be se
cured for the jobs, Mr. Duncan
said.
At a meeting of the board of
education last week, Ira T. John
ston was named attorney for the
board and a number of other mat
ters were considered.
Patrons of Peak Valley School,
which has been closed for some
time, asked to have this school
re-opened. Students have been
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SINGING CONVENTION
HERE ON SUNDAY P. M.
A singing convention will be
held at the West Jefferson Bap
tist church on Sunday afternoon
at 1:30 o’clock, it has been an
nounced.
Coleman Payne, who is in
charge, said a number of quartets
as well as other singers are ex
pected.
The public is cordially invited
to come.
July Term Os Civil Court
Will Not Be Held In County
C. S. Neal, county clerk of su
perior court, announced that as a
result of a resolution from the at
torneys of the county, the regu
lar July term of superior court
for the trial of civil cases would
not be held this year.
It was previously announced
that court would open on July
23 with Judge Z. V. Nettles pre
siding.
The resolution points out that
two of the attorneys, who prac
tice law in the county are in the
armed forces as well as a number
of other people, who would ordin
arily appear in cases and that this
is a particularly busy season for
farmers and for these reasons
court should not be held.
It is understood that those
OVER THE TOP
FOR VICTORY
A y jyX with
VI UNITED STATES WAR
BONDS-STAMPS
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Lift Os Ceiling
Brings A Sharpe
Rise In Prices
Small Lots Coming In; In
crease Is Expected This
Week
The lifting of the ceiling price
that buyers may pay for beans
brought an increase in prices here
this week at the two local mar
kets as the season got underway.
Total sales for the first few
opening days were estimated at
around 10,000 bushls with most
of the lots being small. Due to
the cool weather, the crops are
slightly later. More beans are
expected to start coming in this
week end, however.
The ceiling price of $2.50 was
in effect as the markets opened
last week, but since that was lift
ed this week, prices have soared
as high as $3.75. This rise is
partially due to sharp demand
and the shortage of the crop this
early in the season.
Daily sales are held at both of
the markets, which have announc
ed plenty of buyers.
“Prices are up to the buyers**,
one official said and pointed out
that with the demand continuing
strong, prices should continue
good.
J. H. Riley, 65,
Buried Sunday
Funeral service was held at the
home on Sunday for John Henry
Riley, 65, of Clifton, who died on
Friday, July 6. The Revs. Arthur
and Cicero Ashley conducted the
service and burial followed at the
Gilley cemetery.
Mr. Riley, who was well-known
throughout this section, is sur
vived by his wife and the follow
ing children: Claude and Tom
Riley and Mrs. Con Treadway, of
Clifton; Mrs. Howard Turner, of
Warrensville; Lee Riley, Creston;
Mrs. Henry Wood, Hemlock and
Howard Riley, of the U. S. Navy.
Ashe Man Helps
To Find Treasure
Joseph C. Bare Was Member
Os Regiment Finding Art
Collection
With The Fifth Army, Italy—
Pfc. Joseph C. Bare, of Jefferson,
son of Mrs. Lena B. Bare, is a
member of the 3rd Battalion of
the 339th “Polar Bear” Regiment,
which discovered a vast collec
tion of priceless art treasures that
had been taken by the Germans
from all over Italy and hidden in
a 15th Century castle in Italy.
The 339th, part of the 85th
“Custer” Division, fought as a
unit of the Fifth Army.
i Tank-mounted troops of the
battalion entered the castle and
found a number of large, sealed
crates with German lettering on
them.
Inspection of the crates reveal
ed that they contained 350 pieces
of art paintings, sculptures,
carvings, antiques—all properly
tagged and in good condition.
There were works by Rem
brant, Rubens, Raphael, Michael
angelo, Botticelli, Holbein and
Helasquez.
summoned to serve on the jury
at this time have been notified
not to appear.
The resolution is signed by the
following attorneys: W. B. Aus
tin, Ira T. Johnston and T. C.
Bowie.
REVIVAL IS BEING
WELL ATTENDED HERE
The revival meeting now in
progress at the West Jefferson
Methodist Church is being well
attended.
The pastor, Rev. John S. Jor
dan, is being assisted by the Rev.
John W. Moore, of Mooresville.
“I hope everyone that has not
heard Mr. Moore will make an
effort to do so,” Mr. Jordan said.