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VOLUME 15, NO. 33
JAPAN GIVES UP
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Many Postwar
Plans May Soon
Be Carried Out
A Number Os Residences As
Well As Public Buildings
May Be Erected
With the collapse of Japan,
many people in Ashe county are
already beginning to think of
carrying out those postwar plans
which they have made.
B. H. Duncan, superintendent
of schools, said he hoped to go
_ ahead with some building im
jj provement plans as well as some
badly needed new school build
ings just as soon as the go-ahead
signal comes from the State De
partment of Public Instruction.
County officials could not be
contacted yesterday, but it is be
lieved plans made before the war
for modernizing the county court
house may be carried out.
A number of individuals in the
county plan to build new homes
just as soon as building materials
become available.
Some business houses and in
dustries are also planning expan
sion. Mr. Rocco Cutri, manager,
and one of the owners of the Car
olina Briar Corporation, said that
while it was too early to make
any announcement he hoped that
his company would be able to
expand and to include a complete
finishing department in the near
future.
Miss Fennell Is
Assistant Agent
Will Spend Much Time Work
ing With 4-H Club Bo-
And Girls
Miss Dorothy Fennell, wh <vas
recently named as assistant home
demonstration agent in Ashe
county, is now working with the
4-H boys and girls. She will
spend much of her time with
them, it is understood.
Miss Fennell, a graduate of
Flora Macdonald College, is a
native of Loris, S. C., and is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. F.
Fennell. She has a B. S. Degree
in Home Economics and is well
trained for her work here.
“I like the mountains and I
particularly like working with
young people,” she told a Post re
porter this week. “I am delight
ilk ed with my work here,” she add
ed.
BIBLE SCHOOL IS
BROUGHT TO AN END
The successful Bible school,
which has been in progress at the
West Jefferson Methodist church
for several days, was brought to
a close on Tuesday.
Unusually good attendance was
reported and the Rev. John S.
Jordan, pastor; said he wished to
thank everyone, who had helped
to make it a success, particularly
the teachers.
Tent Revival
At Jefferson
The tent revival thai ’as ori
ginally planned to be at
Grassy Creek by the R
W. Jones, has been mo 'O' Jef
ferson. This change wat due to
a revival which is being conduct
ed at the Methodist Church at
Grassy Creek, the minister ex
plained.
The meeting at Jefferson will
continue every evening through
August 26. The Rev. Mr. Jones
will conduct the services. He
will deliver a series of sermons
beginning with “The Certainty
of Christ’s Return,” “Signs of His
Coming,” “Majesty of His Com
ing,” and “Preparation of His
Coming,” it was announced.
Post
$2.00 a Year in Ashe County WEST JEFFERSON. N. C..
News Os Surrender Brings
Joy To County; Thousands
Join In Glad Celebration
ASSISTANT AGENT
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Miss Dorothy Fennell, who
has been named assistant
home demonstration agent for
Ashe County.
School Leaders
Plan For School
Opening, Aug. 27
Ashe County High School
Principals Now On Job;
Met On Monday
Principals of Ashe county high
schools met with the county su
perintendent of schools, B. H.
Duncan, on Monday, when a num
ber of plans relative to the open
ing of the schools, August 27,
were discussed.
Wade E. Eller, district sani
tarian, met with the group and
pointed out sanitary improve
ments suggested, following a
survey by E. C. Hubbard, of the
State Department. Principals
pledged their support to these
plans and efforts will be made to
carry them out at an early date.
The importance of stressing the
professional side of teaching was
explained and as a part of the
year’s work, both principals and
teachers will be asked to be par
ticularly alert in the keeping up
with the trend of the times as
applied to the teaching profes
sion.
It was also pointed out that in
all of the schools of the county,
health, nutrition and citizenship
would be the chief projects to be
emphasized before the students.
Grassy Creek Man Is Awarded Medal
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Pfc. Bradley C. Phipps, Grassy Creek, receives Bronze
Star from Brig. Gen. Andrew Tyschen, Assistant C. G., 100th
Division.
Sirens, Horns » And Other
Noise-makers Continue
Through Night
Ashe county people, along with
others throughout the nation, pro
claimed with great joy and a
loud noise the official announce
ment, Tuesday evening, that
Japan had surrendered.
Many arose from the table and
those who had not eaten forgot
all about food as they jumped in
their cars and joined the spon
taneous parade in the downtown
section of West Jefferson. Bells
pealed; sirens and horns came
forth in full blast. Flags made
their appearances and everyone
shouted for joy to everyone else
they met.
A group of men in uniform
paraded through the town as did
a group of the West Jefferson
high school band students. In
all of the joyous noise of the
celebration, there was little or
ganized effort, everyone in his
own fashion demonstrated glad
ness over the occasion.
Mayor C. O. Parsons stood for
a time with a flag on the square
and directed traffic as hundreds
of cars passed and repassed, ma
ny bearing flags. He also gave
a special salute to the men in
uniform. Noisemakers of all
descriptions were brought into
use. Tubs, buckets and many
other substitutes added to the
celebration.
Youth was also on parade.
Sammy and Hobert Davis wore
almost as broad a smile as did
their mother, and young Grant
Jones shouted and waved both
hands constantly. Harvey Payne
staged an acrobatic act in the
middle of the square and Lionel
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Announce End Os
Much Rationing
According to an announcement
made over the radio yesterday,
much of the former rationed
products are now ration-free.
The announcement pointed out
that shoes, tires, meat, fat
and sugar were among the
few items still rationed. The of
fice of the local rationing board
received no official message yes
terday, however. According to
lr>o al service stations be
gan selling gasoline without
stamps as soon as the announce
ment was broadcasted.
THURSDAY, AUG. 16, 1945
Old Glory Now Flies Over Japanese Empire
■y ssi
Stores, Offices
Observe Holiday
Here Wednesday
Little Activity Following Big
Celebration On Tuesday
Evening
Business houses, banks, stores,
town and county offices and
most other establishments with
( the exceptions of drug stores,
eating places and others, that are
necessary to render service, re
mained closed yesterday.
There was a strange quietness
following the celebration on Tues
day evening.
Most business houses are ex
pected to be open as usual for
business today.
President Truman declared a
two-day holiday for all Federal
employees, for whom all holidays
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Bean Sales Go
i On Here As Usual
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War may come and war may
go, but the bean sales still go on,
was demonstrated here on local
markets Tuesday night. The
beans had already been picked
and had to be disposed of. Ex
cept for those sales there was lit
tle business transacted in West
Jefferson.
In spite of the fact that buyers
realized markets to which most
of the beans were to be shipped,
would be closed, prices were
comparatively good.
Sales were also held last night.
SPECIAL V-J PRAYER
SERVICES ARE HELD
Several groups and churches
throughout the county held spe
cial V-J prayer services Tuesday
night, as well as yesterday.
Among the special services
held in West Jefferson was the
prayer service at the Methodist
church on Wednesday night.
DATES ARE ANNOUNCED
FOR VACCINATIONS
Health department officials re
quest that all except those who
are due for a second or third ty- 1
phoid or whooping cough vaccin
ation this Friday or Saturday
morning please try to arrange to
come to the health office on Fri
day, August 24, 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.,
or, on Saturday morning, August
25 instead.
It has been pointed out that
typhoid vaccinations are not ne
cessary for a child to enter school
and that the vaccination for small
pox and the diptheria immuniza
tion may be obtained on one vis
it to the health office.
$2.50 a Year Out of County
List Os County’s Teachers For
Coming Session Published;
A Few More Are Still Needed
Five Million Men
Will Be Released
Truman Asserts
President Also Proposes To
Cut The Number Os Youths
To Be Drafted
Washington President Tru
man Tuesday night. forecast that
5,000,000 to 5,500,000 men now in
the army may be returned to ci
vilian life within the next 12 to
18 months.
Furthermore, he said in an
nouncing Japan’s surrender, only
the lowest age groups will now
be drafted into the army. Pre
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Dixon Funeral
Heldt On Monday
Funeral service for Wiley G.
Dixon, 78. of Jefferson, who died
Saturday at 7:30 a. m., was held
Monday morning at 11 o’clock.
Burial followed at the Senter
cemetery. Elders Ed Davis and
Dewey Roten officiated.
Survivors are: Mrs. Susie Dix
on, wife of the deceased, Con
Dixon, Mrs. Earl Goodman, Mrs.
Fields Absher, Nathan’s Creek;
Mrs. T. O. Little, Crumpler; and
W. W. Dixon, Wyoming.
Schedule Is Announced For
Securing Ashe School Books
B. H. Duncan, superintendent
of schools, this week announced
the following schedule for the
distribution of text books for
Ashe county schools:
Monday, August 20, Central
Schools: Lansing, 8:45 a. m. to
9:00 a. m.; Riverview, 9:00 a. m.
to 9:20 a. m.; West Jefferson, 10
a. m. to 10:15 a. m.; Healing
Springs, 10:40 a. m. to 11:00 a.
m.; Jefferson, 9:20 a. m. to 9:40
a. m.; Nathan’s Creek, 9:40 a. m.,
to 10:00 a. m.; Elkland, 10:15 a.
m. to 10:40 a. m.; Fleetwood, 11
a. m. to 11:20 a. m.; Virginia-Car
olina, 11:20 a. m. to 11:45 a. m.
Monday, August 20, Lansing
District Schools, 12:30 to 4:30 p.
m.— Fairview, 12:30 to 12:45;
Thaxton, 12:45 to 1:00 p. m.;
Meadow View, 1:35 p. m. to 2:00;
Sugar Grove, 2:15 p. m. to 2:30 p.
m.; Testwoods, 2:45 p. m. to 3:00;
Graham, 1:00 p. m. to 1:20 p. m.;
Hurricane, 1:20 p. m. to 1:35; Os-
County Still Short Four High
School Teachers And Four
For Elementary Grades
B. H. Duncan, county superin
tendent of schools, announced
yesterday the names of the teach
ers, who have been secured for
the county schools for the com
ing year.
Mr Duncan pointed out that
the list was practically complete,
with possibly four high school
and four elementary teachers yet
to be secured before schools open
on August 27.
“We are pleased over the out
look for the coming year, and
feel confident that we have un
usually fine teachers and prin
cipals to serve the county,” he
said.
The list of teachers is as follows:
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Johnston Speaks
To Rotary Club
A-C Thomas S. Johnston told
the Jeffersons Rotary Club last
week, something of the life of an
aviation cadet and predicted that
the war with Japan would be
over in ten days.
Rocco Cutri was in charge of
the program and James Story
played two patriotic musical se
lections.
borne, 2:00 p. m. to 2:15; Staggs
Creek, 2:30 p. m. to 2:45; War
rensville, 3:00 p. m. to 3:15; White-
Oak, 3:15 p. m. to 3:30.
Monday, August 20, Elkland
District Schools, 12:30 to 3:30 p.
p. m.—Mill Creek, 3:30 to 3:50;
Toliver, 3:50 p. m. to 4:10 p. m.
Monday, August 20, Fleetwood
District Schools, 4:10 p. m. to 4:45
—ldlewild, 4:10 p. m. to 4:30;
Oval, 4:30 p. m. to 4:45.
Tuesday, August 21, Riverview
District Schools, 8:45 a. m. to
Noon—Ashland, 8:45 a. m. to 9:00;
Hemlock, 9:20 a. m. to 9:35; Rash,
9:45 a. m. to 10:00; Roaring Fork,
10:15 a. m. to 11:05; Sutherland,
11:20 to 11:35; Green Valley, 9:00
a. m. to 9:20; Mill Creek 9:35 a. m.
to 9:45; Rich Hill, 10:00 a. m. to
10:15; Parker, 11:05 a. m. to 11:20;
Trout, 11:35 to 12:00 Noon.
Tuesday, August 21, West Jef
ferson District Schools, 1:00 p.
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, ASHE COUNTY IS .. . I
Leading Livestock and Dairy |
I County In North Carolina. |
Population: 22,664 I
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Greatest j War In
History Comes
To End Tuesday
MacArthur Is To Govern Ja
pan; Truman Announces
Agreement
The second World War, his
tory’s greatest flood of death and
destruction, ended Tuesday with
Japan s unconditional surrender.
Formalities still remain—the
official signing of surrender terms
and a proclamation of V-J day,
but from the moment President
Truman announced at 7 p. m.,
Eastern War Time, that the ene
my of the Pacific had agreed to
allied terms. The world put
aside for a time woeful thoughts
of the cost in dead and dollars
and celebrated in wild frenzy.
Formalities meant nothing to peo
ple freed at last of war.
To reporters crammed into his
office, shoving now-useless war
maps against a marble mantle,
the president disclosed that:
Japan, without ever being in
vaded, accepted completely and
without reservation an allied
declaration of Potsdam dictating
unconditional surrender.
General Douglas MacArthur
had been designated supreme al
lied commander, the man to re
ceive surrender.
There is to be no power for the
Japanese emperor—although the
allies will let him remain their
tool. No longer will the war
lords reign through him. Hirohito
—or any successor—will take or
ders from MacArthur.
Allied forces were ordered to
“suspend offensive action” every
where.
The surrender announcement
set in motion a whole chain of
events. Among them:
To a Japanese government
which once had boasted it would
dictate peace terms in .the White
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Union Revival
To Begin Aug. 20
Methodist, Baptist And Pres
byterian Ministers To Unite
In Revival
Three denominations, the Meth
odist, Baptist and Presbyterian,
will unite in a joint revival to be
held in the tent erected on Main
Street between the Cash Whole
sale company and the Ashe Motor
company, it was announced yes
terday. The services will begin
August 20 at 8 o’clock and con
tinue throughout the following
two weeks. The services will be
held at the same time each eve
ning.
The Revs. E. W. Powers, John
S. Jordan and B. A. Meeks will
conduct the services and they are
urging everyone to give his sup
port in the attendance of the
services and in the music All
members of the three choirs have
been asked by the ministers to
sing in the choir at the meetings.
The revival is open to all. Ev
eryone is cordially invited to at
tend.
School For Bus
Drivers, Friday
B. H. Duncan, superintendent
of schools, said this week that he
wished to again call attention to
a training school for drivers of
school buses, as well as prospec
tive drivers, to be held at the
courthouse in Jefferson on Friday,
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.