jl I— 1— » — W—f iwiwi— PRESS RUN 4,000 • Net Paid I Covers j Ashe County I VOLUME 15, NO. 33 JAPAN GIVES UP ■ ■■■ * —— ■■■ ■■■■■■■■■ ■ . ■■■■,, ■ ■ . - - - . , _ - . _ . S A ** 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 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 (Continued on Page Four) I ■ Bean Sales Go i On Here As Usual I 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 (Continued on Page Four) 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: (Continued on Page Four) 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. (Contmu*d on Page 4) , 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 (Continued on Page 4) 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.