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- L ' V' : evert WMSS - FAT DAT , war Hl -X*BOND DAT STOP iPUMNt—SAVI MLUM VOLUME 15, NO. 31 Bean Sales And Prices Far Ahead Os Last F. C Nye, 70, To Be Buried Here This Afternoon • Principal Os West Jefferson High School Died Sudden ly On Tuesday r Funeral service will be held this afternoon at two o’clock at the West Jefferson Baptist Church for F. C. Nye, 70, prominent edu cator, who died suddenly at his home, here, on Tuesday after noon around five o’clock, after being stricken with a heart at tack. Rev. E. W. Powers, pastor of the churcn, will be in charge of the service and he will be assist ed by Revs. John S. Jordan, John W. Luke, and B. A. Meeks. Buri al will follow in the town ceme tery. The body will be taken to the church at one o’clock. Professor Nye, who was prin cipal of West Jefferson high school at the time of his death, had been in declining health for sometime, but apparently had been feeling as good as usual un til a few minutes before his death, when he was stricken with a heart attack. Earlier in the day he had done some school (Continued on Page Four) Dedication Held At Peak Valley Rev. W. T. Whittington And Others Address Group; Graybeal Is Pastor A dedication service which continued throughout the day, was held Sunday at the Peak Valley Missionary Baptist Church. A large crowd attended. f The Rev. W. T. Whittington, of Damascus, Va., and the Rev. H. M. Winkler were the pastors in charge. Other speakers were: Prof. E H. Duncan, Roy Dotson, Miss Virginia Dare Teague and others. Special singing was ren dered by the home choir, Peak "Valley quartet, Lewis quartet and the Doe quartet. Rev. S. S. Graybeal is pastor. Rev. K. J. Foreman Installed Sunday The Rev. K. J. Foreman, Jr., was officially installed as pastor of the Lansing, Foster Memorial and Gillespie Presbyterian Churches last Sunday, at which time Ashe county was host to the Winston-Salem Presbyte ry’s formal commission for ordin ation and installation. The Rev. John W. Luke was chairman and moderator of the commission. The first of the three services was held at Lansing at 11:00 a. m. at which time the Rev. C. H. Wil liams, pastor of te Beulah Pres byterian Church, of North Wilkes boro, delivered the sermon. Following luncheon at the Lan sing church the commission met at the Foster Memorial Church at two o’clock, and the Rev. O. V. Caudill, the Presbytery’s execu tive secretary of Home Missions, delivered the sermon. Services at the Gillespie church were held at four o’clock and Dr. K. J. Foreman, Sr., professor of Bible at Davidson College, and father of the Rev. Mr. Foreman, delivered the sermon. The services were well attend ed. Funeral Today For Mrs. Barker Funeral service will be held this morning at 11:00 o’clock for Mrs. Vina Barker, 39, of Lansing, who died suddenly on- Tuesday, July 31, after suffering a heart attack. The funeral service will be held at the Sabbath Home Church with the Rev. Tom Farm er and the Rev. G. M. Shepherd in charge. Burial will follow at the Goss cemetery. Mrs. Barker, a native of this county, the daughter of Joshua Ham and Meloina Kilby Ham, was preceded in death by her hus band, Jessie Barker, some time ago. She is survived by two daughters, Ada and Helen Bark er, of Lansing. W MSB Post $2.00 a Year in Ashe County WEST JEFFERSON. N. THURSDAY, AUG. 3, 1945 $2.50 a Year Out of County Japan Being Given Heavy Shelling SEA Hk --.-A ' sHk* CH,NA 2i A Z jF~^'^*^^* OK,NAWA This map shows the U. S. Base at Okinawa, from which Japanese cities are being shelled at will with little resistance. 1,035 Enemy Vessels Are Destroyed Or Damaged In 21 Days Os Special Raids Warned In Advance Os Fur ther Assaults To Be Car ried Out By Allies Adm. Halsey’s third fleet car rier planes destroyed or damaged 68 surface craft and 227 planes over the Honshu naval base of Maizuru, Monday—a day in which Tokyo radio said more than 2,- 000 allied aircraft hammered the homeland. Adm. Nimitz’ revised assess ment of destruction, announced added ei& it sh' x . and 89 planes to previous reports of the one day assault —and gave the vast allied fleet credit for a total of 1,035 Japanese surface craft and 1,278 airplanes destroyed or dam aged in its 21 days of activity in Honshu waters since July 10. Driven from the Tokyo targets Monday morning by thickening weather, American pilots from Halsey’s 1,500-plane carrier force damaged a light cruiser and a (Continued on Page Four) New Ration Books Coming In Dec. War Ration Book Five, “smal ler than a dollar bill” and con taining just half as many stamps as the last book issued, will be distributed through the public schools in December, Chester Bowles, Administrator of OPA announced. At the same time, the new “A” gasoline ration book will be issued. Distribution will take place at school houses or other public buildings throughout the nation from December 3 through Decem ber 15. OPA district offices will fix the exact time for each local area. The new “A” gasoline books will go into use December 22, and War Ration Five will be used after the first of the year for food rationing and for ration ing shoes. School Principals Will Meet Aug. 13 To Make Final Plans There will be a meeting of the principals of the high schools of Ashe county at the courthouse on Monday, August 13, at 10:00 a. m., to make some final plans be fore the opening of the county schools, August 27, B. H. Duncan, superintendent, said. It was also announced that there would be an. administrative con ference at ASTC, on August 15 for school officials and all Ashe school principals are urged to at tend. This meeting will include representatives of Ashe, Watau ga and Avery, it is understood. Mr. Duncan said that he wished also to again remind the princi pals that they would officially begin work on August 13, or two weeks in advance of the formal opening of the schools. With the naming of James Stanley, at Elkland, all high school principals’ positions in the CCC Payments To Sheep Growers Are Announced Government Action Is Design ed To Increase Supply Os Lamb And Mutton f L Government action designed to increase the Supply of lamb and mutton by helping producers meet increased costs through Commodi ty Credit Corporation payments to sheep raisers and lamb feeders was announced this week by the Secretary of Agriculture, Clinton P. Anderson. The payment will become effective on sheep and lambs marketed on or after Aug ust 5, 1945, and through June 30, 1946. The Commodity Credit Corp oration payments to the seller of lambs and sheep to legally authorized slaughters for slaught er will range from $1.50 to $2.50 per hundred-weight for lambs weighing 65 to 90 pounds; from $2.15 to $3.15 per hundredweight for lambs weighing over 90 pounds; and they will be SI.OO per hundredweight for all other (Continued on Page 4) Baptists To Hold Training Union During the week of August 12- 17 the Ashe county Baptist Train ing Union will hold a little “Ridge Crest” assembly under a tent in West Jefferson, it has been an nounced. This meeting will be a duplication of the larger assembly held annually, which was cancel led this year. All Baptist churches in the county are requested to send representatives, as a good program is being planned. B. T. U. representatives are also asked to attend, it was announced. ?ounty were filled. The untime ly death of F. C. Nye leaves West Jefferson vacant. Members of the board said every effort would be made to fill this soon. Mr. Duncan pointed out that most or the teaching positions had been filled, and tljat a complete list would be announced in the near future. Repair and painting , work is being carried on in a number of schools in order to have them ready for the opening. Immunization clinics are also being held throughout the coun ty. Mr. Duncan and health au thorities pointed out that parents should have their children vac cinated before school starts. Those who have failed to take advantage of the clinics are urg ed to come to the office of the health department on Friday or Saturday morning. Melvin Campbell Has Been Named . Chief AAA Clerk Some Other Changes In Local Office Are Announced By Committee Melvin Campbell, well-known local man, who has been associa ted with AAA here for sometime, has been named chief clerk of the organization, it was announced by the committee this week. Campbell, who fills the position left vacant by the recent resigna tion of Edgar Green, has been as sistant to Green for the past 18 months and previous to that was a field worker with AAA. Miss Edna May, who has also been with the organization for sometime, is treasurer. S. W. James will work part time in the organization and Miss Mary Frances Dickson, will as sist in the office. Members of the AAA commit tee are T. J. Graybeal, chairman; V. C. Lillard and J. W. Gambill. NEW COUNTY AGENT BL I|| L. E. Tuckwiiier, new county j agent, who began his work here Tuesday. W. J. Fire Dept. To Sponsor Show Midway And Carnival Will Be Held Here; To Open On Monday The West Jefferson Fire De partment is sponsoring a Jubilee Festival the week of August 6-11 at which time the Williams Shows will appear. Williams South ern Show has many novel and modern riding devices, a midway of good clean fun, bingo and many other concessions of all kinds. There will be no admission fee and the public is cordially in vited to attend, it was announced. The show will be located across the street from Reins-Sturdivant funeral home. “The benefits derived from the festival will go to the fire de partment,” Chief B. B. Graybeal said. Stanley To Head Elkland School B. H. Duncan, superintendent of schools, said yesterday that James Stanley had been named principal of Elkland High School. Mr Stanley, who has success fully .engaged in school work for a number of years, was principal at Fleetwood at one time. He has been out of the county for the past two years. TOO LATE TO APPLY FOR CANNING SUGAR Mrs. Ruby B. McMillan, chief clerk of the local war price and rationing board, said this week that the people of the county were sending in for applications for canning sugar who had al ready received their year’s allot ment. “The expiration date an nounced last week for these ap plications to be filed only meant that persons who had not applied for canning sugar should do so at once, and did not mean that a sec ond application could be made,” she explained. Test Farm Road Under Construction * * ’ • •••.• :-pV & • . •’ •: : • •:: It M ... - . ! Construction is going forward of this highway through the Laurel Springs Test Farm connecting the Jefferson-Spar ta road to the Blue Ridge Parkway. The Skyland Post Has Been Elected To Membership In Audit Bureau Os Circulation School For Bus Drivers Will Be Held August 17 Principals Are Urged To Send All Prospective School Bus Drivers B. H. Duncan, superintendent of schools, announced this week, a training school for drivers of school buses, as well as prospec tive drivers, would be held at the courthouse in Jefferson August 17, and urged that principals of schools see to it that their respec tive schools are represented. E. R. Simpson, of the Highway Safety Division of North Caroli na, will be in charge of the school. He will give the neces sary tests to the drivers. It was pointed out that Ashe county has an excellent safety record in the transportation of students and that part of this is due to the well-trained responsi ble bus drivers. Buses are now being recon- (Continued on Page 4) Bible School To Begin Here Aug. 6 The annual Daily Vacation Bi ble School opens at the West Jef ferson Methodist Church, August 6, the Rev. John Jordan announc ed. Mr. Jordan pointed out that a well graded program had been planned for the children. Those conducting the different classes are: Mrs. James B. Hens ley, the beginner’s class; Mrs. John Duvall, the primary; Mrs. John Jordan, the juniors and Mr. Jordan will conduct the inter mediate class. Conference Os Big Three Is Expected To Be Ended Today The Big Three “made a great deal of progress” in a “fruitful” 31^-hour session yesterday, it was announced officially and ob servers predicted the history making conference would end by today at the latest. President Truman will fly to Plymouth, England, and meet King George VI and Queen Eliza beth there on his way home, the American delegation disclosed. Premier Stalin was apparently fully recovered from a slight in disposition which had forced a two-day interruption Sunday and Monday in his session with Tru man and Prime Minister Clement Attlee. While all signs indicated the conference was drawing to a close, it was announced officially that the three leaders would meet again tomorrow. President Truman will fly di- One Os Few Weekly Newspa pers In Country To Be Ac cepted By A. B. C. The Skyland Post has been elected to membership in the Audit Bureau of Circulations, a bulletin released a few days ago from the A. B. C. office in Chi cago announced. In making the announcement, Bureau officials explained that the A. B. C. is a national, co-op erative organization of 2,300' pub lishers, advertisers and advertis ing agencies which, for the past 30 years, has set up and main tained high standards for mea suring circulation of newspapers and periodicals. The Post is one of the few weekly papers in the South and nation to be accepted for mem bership by the Bureau. “We are proud of our large circulation which covers this community and are elated that our paper has been accepted for membership in this outstanding organization,” Publisher Ed An derson said. For 30 years the A. B. C. has stood as the hallmark of circula tion value, a dependable guide in the selection and use of newspa pers and periodicals for advertis (Continued on Page Four) Union Service Is Planned Here The Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian churches in West Jefferson, will cooperate in a series of revival services to be held under a tent some time in August, it has been announced. “We expect to have some fine evangelists and hope that every one will watch for the announce ment about the date,” one of the ministers said. Irectly from the Potsdam area air- Iport to Plymouth for the meeting with the British royal family. Then he will board the cruiser Augusta, waiting for him there, and sail directly for the United States. The chief executive’s meeting with the king and queen is ex pected to be brief, cordial affair, and Truman probably will not spend the night in England, it was said. These arrangements will permit the president to fulfill his desirQ to visit England and meet, the British leaders, but also, because of the urgency of making a for mal report to the United States on the conference, will avoid the time involved in the formalities of a trip to London. His voyage from Plymouth will take less time than the trip from the United States to Antwerp did. | II■! I .1. I ■■■■lißl.X.l I OVMTHIW FOR VICTORY \ wit" UNITED STATED WAR BONDS-STAMPS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Season Volume Is Still Running Heavy; Prices Are Good Farmers Well- Pleased With Prices Received On Local Auction Markets West Jefferson continues to earn the title of a “bean center,’* as thousands of bushels of this vital war food pour in daily to be sold on the auction markets and then to be sent on to consumers. On Monday and Tuesday, ap proximately 23,000 busels were sold on the two local markets for an average of $1.79, bringing farmers approximately $39,927.74. Reports for the season show that local markets are far ahead of last year in volume and price. While the price was slightly lower, it was pointed out that due to the increase in volume as well as the decrease in quality in some cases, this average price is cqr sideted very good. Due to continued rains, some beans have become slightly too full to be of top quality and oth ers have become slightly sandy. Beans grown in this section are being shipped out by rail and mo tor express over a wide area. New Serial Story Starts This Week Rusty Rowland, Heroine, Is Marodned On Desert With Stranger Rusty Rowland, the attractive young cowgirl of the Double R Ranch, lets herself in for a lot of trouble in the opening chapter of the exciting new serial, “The Girl Frojrr.The Double R Rauch,** beginning today in this paper. Rusty, caught in a storm on the desert fifty miles from her ranch, is marooned for the night in her car with a handsome red-headed stranger. Returning from taking her brother to the depot some hun dred miles away, the warnings her brother had given her about being too friendly to strangers, came into her mind as an un familiar car swerved into view. Several escaped gangsters, wanted by the police, had been hiding in the desert, but this stranger, as he came near her, looked so different. Was Herb, the handsome stranger, to be the man who she had always dream ed would come along—someone who would take the place of La due Decker? Or was he a man who would change the course of her life far differently from the way she expected? The readers won’t want to miss this exciting new story which will appear weekly in the Post. Each reader will want to follow Rusty in her exciting adventures on the desert. SPECIAL SERVICES AT BEAVER CREEK Elder Walker will preach at the Beaver Creek Primitive Baptist Church, Saturday and Sunday nights, August 4 and 5. The pub lic is cordially invited. Sgt. G. T. Shatley Gets Purple Heart Atlanta, Ga.—Sgt. Guy T. Shat ley, a native of Jefferson, was decorated with the Purple Heart medal here at Lawson General Hospital. The award was pre sented by Lt. Col. A. H. Miller, hospital executive officer, in a ceremony honoring veterans who fought the Nazis. Sgt. Shatley, a squad leader with the 4th Infantry Division, participated in the Battles of France, Belgium and Germany. He was leading his squad into an attack on German positions in April'when a Nazi sniper’s bullet found its mark in his right leg. Shatley was given first aid at a battalion medical station and eva cuated to a rear area hospital. As soon as his condition allowed, he was returned to Lawson General Hospital for" recovery. Sgt. Shatley will remain at Lawson until he is restored to ex cellent physical condition. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Shatley, of Jefferson.
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