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* PRESS RUN 4,000 Net Paid /jviiL 3,595 Covers I \SSSz Ashe County | -ji ■■ 11 ~~~ " 11 VOLUME 15, NO. 37 County Teachers’ Meeting Will BeHeld Saturday United War Fund Group Will Hold Planning Meet To Be Held This Evening At Community Building; B. B. Graybeal, Chairman It was announced this week by B. B. Graybeal, chairman of the United War Fund Drive, that a planning meeting would be held at the community building this evening at 8:30, immediately fol lowing the Rotary club. At this time, the quota will be discussed as well as definite plans made for carrying out the drive. Members of the executive com mittee have been contacted and all of them are urged to be pres ent. The drive will open early in Oc tober and the opening date will be also discussed at the meeting. Last year the Boy Scout budget was also included in the drive. Chairman Graybeal said that the cooperation of everyone would be asked in making the I drive a success this year and that * aid and suggestions would be welcomed. Ration Stamp 38 Good For Sugar Will Be Used Instead Os Stamp 37; Explanation Is Made Public L. W. Driscoll, Charlotte OPA district director, this week said that the reason that the new sugar coupon which became valid Sep tember 1 was made 38 instead of 37 was because many persons last year used their 37 sugar stamp to validate their canning sugar ap plications instead of the 37 spare stamp. • '' When canning sugar applica tions were being accepted last year, they had to be accompanied by spare stamp 37 to show that the applicant was making a valid claim for canning sugar and to ■ ' prevent chislers from making " double claims. Some persons, as is always the case, got mixed up and attached their regular sugar stamp number 37 to their canning sugar appli cation. They thus lost their reg ular 37 stamp for sugar. When stamp 36 expired • last month, the OPA authorities real ized that many persons were without any regular-stamp 37 for sugar in their ration books. In order to give everybody a fair chance to get sugar on the new ration period it was decided to skip 37 and make the new sugar stamp 38, Mr. Driscoll said. many present at SENTER ASSOCIATION A large crowd attended the three-day session of the Senter Association held at the Riverview Primitive Baptist church this past week. Several visiting elders took part in the program. The next session of the associa tion will be held at North Fork church in September of next year. Elder Ed Davis, moderator, and G. E. Kilby, clerk, were re-elected as officers of the association. Electric Co-op Names Directors At the annual meeting of the members of the Blue Ridge Elec tric Membership Cooperative, held at the courthouse in Lenoir, last Saturday,, the following di rectors were elected: A. G. Beach, Lenoir; D. R. Moore, Granite Falls; Clyde Per ry, Sugar Grove; C. C. Poovey, Granite Falls; Clarence Newton, | Shulls Mills; Bert Mast, Mabie; C. B. Graybeal, West Jefferson; A. B. Hurt, Nathan’s Creek; R. C. Halsey, Sparta; A. W. Green, Boone; J. C. Goodman, West Jef ferson; D. M. Edwards, Ennice; C. L. Mast, Patterson; V. C. Lil lard, Creston, and Dan Jones, Stratford. All of these, with the exception of Dan Jones, have served in this capacity for a num ber of years. No postwar plans were dis cussed at this time. She IM $2.00 a Year in Ashe County Annual Feeder Calf Sale Will Be Held Here September 26 NOW RULES JAPAN ■Rj ||||h\ J I Mi Jk v - General MacArthur, whose headquarters at the Yokohama hotel will be moved to the American embassy in Tokyo as soon as repairs are complet ed. Schools Expect To Start Lunch Program Soon Several Lunchrooms May Start Operations Early Next Week The hot lunch program in Ashe county schools, which has been slightly delayed awaiting the ap proval of applications, is expected to get underway next week, Supt. B. H. Duncan, said yesterday. The program has already been started at Green Valley and Riv lerview, but these two schools are operating at their own expense, before the approval of applications comes through, it was explained. Applications for approval in or der to receive state and federal aid have been sent in from 15 i schools of the county and several [of these are expected to be ap (Continuea on Page 4) Ashe Men Enter Armed Forces The following group of twenty two Ashe county men were re cently inducted into military service at Fort Bragg: Leonard Teaster, Samuel L. Staley, Ray Dula, Joseph C. Goodman, John Weaver, Clalley C. Price, Everett B. Bard, William R. Blevins, Marvin W. Greer, Edward B. Richardson, Bill Mil ler, James H. Jenkins, James H. Eastridge, Bower B. Miller, Mil lard W. Barker, Clifford F. Pen dry, Harold B. Harless, Jesse R. Baldwin, Rayborne M. Harless, Leonard J. Severt, Vance John son, Jr., and Elmer G. Blevins. West Jefferson In Line For A New Post Office Building West Jefferson is in line for a consideration for a federal post office building, when the govern ment starts a building program in the future. In a communication sent to this paper by Congressman Robert L. Doughton, he writes the follow ing: “During the war, all federal projects were stopped. However, the Post Office Department has been making a study to determine which would be eligible for new federal buildings. I am advised by the proper official in the Post Office Department that West Jef ferson is one of the offices listed for consideration in any future government building program. No federal building can be con structed until new legislation au thorizing it is passed. “I appreciate very much your writing me concerning this mat- WEST JEFFERSON. N. C.. THURSDAY, SEPT. 13, 1945 ! Expect To Draw Many Buyers; Beef Specialists Are To Attend Plans are now being worked out for the third annual feeder calf. : sale to be held at the West Jeffer son livestock market on Wednes day Sept. 26, and the event is ex pected to attract a large number ! of buyers. Beef specialists from the N. C. Department of Agriculture will attend and assist in the grading of the calves, it was pointed out by L. E. Tuckwiller, county agent, lit was also explained that only igood grade calves should be en tered in the sale and should be brought on the grounds during 'the morning of September 26 in order to have them ready for the sale which will open promptly at 2:00 p. m. “Gentle calves can be shown to a better advantage than the wild ones,” Agent Tuckwiller said. L. I. Case, in charge of animal husbandry for the Extension Di i vision, will be present as will T. L. Gwynn, of the marketing di vision. In addition to buyers from other sections of the State, county agents from nearby coun ties are also expected. It was pointed out that it would be helpful for 4-H boys and girls (Continued on Page Four) Stone Chapel To Resume S. School Stone Chapel, outpost of Gilles pie Presbyterian Church, at Ap ple Grove, commences its regular Sunday school schedule begin ning this week, according to an announcement made here today by Miss Valrae Hamm, superin tendent. Miss Hamm has been active in the organization of the new Sun day school, which was discon , tinued last summer during the i polio wave. She has been assist ed by Misses Clare Osborne and I Lorraine Stansberry, under the supervision of Conley Thompson, ruling elder of Gillespie Church, as well as by interested members of the community. The time will be 10 a. m. every Sunday, and classes will be pre i pared for every age, Miss Hamm said. All those interested in Bi ble study in the community are invited to attend. SINGING CONVENTION AT COURTHOUSE SUN. A singing convention will be l held at the courthouse on Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock, it has been announced by Coleman Payne. • All singers and others interest ed are urged to attend. Mr. Payne announced that several visiting quartets would be pres ■ent and that a good program had l been planned. ter, and I assure you that I will keep it in mind if and when a new federal program of construction for post office buildings is initia ted.” This letter was received from Congressman Doughton a short time ago, after a petition relative to securing a new post office building was circulated by this paper and submitted to him. TO HONOR SECOND CLASS SCOUTS, FRIDAY A special meeting of the local Girl Scout troop will be held Fri day night, in honor of the follow ing girls who have passed their examinations for second class Scouts: Jackie Woodie, Mary Gordon Austin, Billie Marie Oliver and Anna Belle Colvard. Squirrel Season To Open Sept. 15; Licenses Are Late Thanksgiving Is Date For Opening Os Season For Other Game Harve Goodman, Ashe county game warden, called attention to the fact that the new 1945-46 hunting licenses were late in be ing printed, but that every effort would be made to have them dis tributed before the opening of the squirrel season next Saturday, September 15. He also called attention to the fact that in addition to having a license, a hunter should get per mission from a land owner be fore hunting on his land. He ex plained again that the bag limit per day is six and that the sea son for squirrels will close on December 15. It was explained that the sea (Continued on Page 4) Sheep Growers Paid $43,595. In Cooperative Pool A Total Os 3,090 Animals Sold And 15,775 Pounds Os Wool L. E. Tuckwiller, county agent, announced this week that through the cooperative lamb and wool pools held here this season, a to tal of 3,090 animals had been sold as well as 15,775 pounds of wool, bringing the growers an income of $43,595.14. The final pool for the season was held at the West Jefferson livestock market last Friday and Saturday when 899 lambs were sold and shipped out to packers. The income for the a* imai‘ sold this season through the pool was $34,575.34 and proceeds from the wool totaled $9,019.80. It was also pointed out that pro i ducers who sold sheep and lambs for slaughter after August 5 and ! received a signed statement from [the purchaser that the animals [were bought for slaughter, would [be eligible to collect a subsidy through the AAA office. (Doughton Wants ’ To Cut Expenses Washington—Rep. Robert L. Dough ton, of the Ninth North ! Carolina district, vice-chairman jof the joint committee on reduc ition of non-essential Federal ex penditures, heartily indorsed this week a statement by its chairman, Senator Harry F. Byrd of Vir- Iginia, calling upon both President (Truman and Congress to “bend I every effort” toward immediate elimination of non-essential gov ernment agencies. By liquidating the war agencies and some other bureaus, the Fed eral government could cut its per sonnel from the present three million mark to a postwar one million with a consequent saving in pay roll alone of nearly five (billion dollars annually, Senator Byrd estimated. Rep. Doughton, concurring in this, said: “I am as strong as any body can be for cutting out all needless expenditures. We must save money wherever we possibly can.” W. P. Sturgill Funeral Today Funeral service will be held this morning at 11:00 o’clock at the Chestnut Hill Methodist church for W. P. Sturgill, 71, of Crumpler, who died at his home on Tuesday, September 11, after being ill for sometime. Burial will be held at the Chestnut Hill cemetery. Mr. Sturgill, a native of Alle ghany county, the son of George Sturgill and June Williams Stur gill, is survived by his wife and the following children: George C. Sturgill, Lynchburg, Va.; Mrs. Lois Gambill, Crumpler; Mrs. Nannie Wiggins, St. Augustine, Fla.; and Mrs. Georgia Blevins, Crumpler. Several grandchil dren also survive. England Again Produces Cars * B While army ambulances are still seen in the background, the girls at the Austin factory in Birmingham put the finish ing touches on the line of the brand new postwar 10 H. P. Austin. Ashe County May Be Without Rationing Board At An Early Date; Many Are Discontinued W. J. Fire Dept. Presents Town With Bldg. Lot To Be Used As Location For Town Hall And Fire Department At the regular meeting of the town board on Friday evening, B. B. Gray I ', al, fire chief, pi sented the town with a 25-foot lot from the fire department. The lot, located back of Par ker’s store, facing Third Avenue, was paid for by the fire depart ment from the proceeds from the carnival. According to informa tion received here, it was pur chased from T. E. Parker for sl,- 300. It was pointed out by members of the fire department that the lot is to be used for a building for the fire truck and other equip iment, and that it is hoped that the town will also include a town hall and necessary offices. At the meeting on Friday, Rus sell Barr and Glenn Graybeal, (Continued on Page Four) MAKING A SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SURVEY i i Professor Zeb Dickson, princi pal of West Jefferson high school, announced this week that a sur vey was being made of the West Jefferson school district to de termine whether or not all chil dren of school age are in school. The cooperation of the parents as well as all other public spirited citizens, is asked. Mr. Dickson said that he would be glad to dis cuss any cases of non-attendance with them. “We hope we will not have to resort to the law, but we will if it takes that to get children in school,” he said. FSA Families Making Records In Conservation Os Foods “Knowing what, and how much to can of each of the vegetables in order to serve her family ade quately is something that many of the FSA homemakers are prof iting by this season,” said Miss Ainslee C. Alexander, home su pervisor. Miss Alexander pointed out that among the many homemakers who are doing an outstanding job of conservation is Mrs. Green Ham, who lives in the Whitetop section of the county. On Au gust 1, Mrs. Ham had canned 217 quarts of fruits and berries. Although she had only canned 35 quarts of vegetables at this time, her garden had just reached its height of production and she plans to fill several hundred quarts of vegetables for her family of six. Another outstanding canning record is being made by Mrs. $2.50 a Year Out of County No Official Notice Received Here; Proposed Move Ex pected To Be Opposed According to information re leased from Washington, Ashe county will probably be among those in the State without a ra tion board within the near future, unless there are some changes in the plan. According to the announcement from Washington, some changes are expected to be made on or about October 1. Listed in the release among boards that are to be discontinued in this area are those of Ashe, Alleghany and Avery. The board at Boone and at North Wilkesboro would be The defin ite dates for discontinuance have not been announced. The release, however, points out that all the proposed changes will be made by January 1. L. W. Driscoll, district OPA di rector at Charlotte, has indicated that a volunteer distributing of fice will be maintained in each town losing its ration board, so that application papers may be received and forwarded. (Continued on Page 4) New Ashe County Stuclents At W. C. ’ Greensboro—Enrollment at the Woman’s College for the 1945-46 session are four new students from Ashe county. A number of (Others will return as former stu- I dents. Regular college work be gins September 22. Admitted to the freshman class are the following from Ashe coun ty: Elizabeth Graybeal and Eve lyn Dare Vannoy, West Jefferson; and Charlsie Pauline Spencer, Grassy Creek. Daphne Eller, of Lansing, will be a transfer stu | dent. Walter Goodman, of Oval. On August 14, besides some canned fruits she had carried over from last year, she had filled new a to tal of 100 quarts beans, 17 pts. carrots, 19 qts. beets, 5 qts. greens, 10 qts. cucumber pickles, 66 qts. peaches, 57 qts. blackberries, 13 pts. jam and 7 glasses of jelly. She plans yet to can 200 qts. in addition to the 450 qts. already filled with tomatoes, okra, corn, more beans, carrots and apples, and later meat. “Because many FSA families are striving to fill the shelves of their storage houses with canned goods, their bins with potatoes and cabbage, their families will not feel the pinch of food short ages which face many of us dur ing the coming winter,” Miss Alexander concluded. I ASHE COUNTY IS ... Leading Livestock and Dairy I County In North Carolina. Population: 22,664 i I PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Mrs. Ferguson Will Speak; NCEA To Be Organized All Teachers Os County Are Urged To Be Present; Pro gram Opens At 9:45 B. H. Duncan, county superin tendent of schools, announced that plans had been completed for the first county-wide teach ers’ meeting of the new school year to be held at the courthouse in Jefferson on Saturday when Mrs. R. S. Ferguson, a member of the N. C. Board of Education, will be the guest speaker. Mrs. Ferguson, long prominent in the field of education and rec ognized as an authority on nutri tion, will discuss health and nutri tion as they are related to the schools. Both of these are being stressed in all of the schools of the county this year. In addition to the study of health and nutrition, the county unit of the NCEA will be organ ized and a number of other mat ters relative to the year’s work will also be discussed, Supt. Dun can said. Also speaking on the program will be R. B. House, of ASTC, who will discuss the reading pro gram as related to language in the schools. The meeting will open promptly at 9:45 a. m., and all teachers are urged to be on time. This is the first meeting of the new school year and attendance on the part of the teachers is required. Truman To Visit N. C., November 2 Accepted Invitation Os Con gressman Robert L. Doughton Washington—President Harry S, Truman has accepted an invi tation made by Rep. Robert L. Doughton on behalf of the North Carolina Senate to address a spe cial session of the Senate at Statesville on Friday, November 2, according to an announcement made by Doughton. The President also has indi cated that he would stop at Kings Mountain while in North Caro lina to commemorate the famous 150th anniversary battle, Senator Clyde R. Hoey said. Hoey, with Senator Josiah W. Bailey, had an extended conference with the Chief Executive early this week. Senator Hoey disclosed that the President will make his stops in North Carolina on his way back to Washington from a visit to the Warm Springs Foundation. Be cause of these plans, President Truman could not make his visit to North Carolina as early as he had originally anticipated. Anniversary celebrations at Kings Mountain will be deferred until the President makes his visit there, Hoey said. Doughton has expressed much pleasure at the honor bestowed upon North Carolina by the Presi dent in accepting this invitation which Doughton renewed at a re cent visit to the White House. “I am sure Mr. Truman will be greatly appreciated by all of the people of our State,” Doughton said. STUDY COURSE IS NOW BEING CONDUCTED The Rev. R. C. Ashley, pastor of the Warrensville Baptist church has announced that a Bible Study Course on the Book of Genesis, is now being conducted there each evening beginning at 8:00 o’clock. The public is cordially invited. Richardson Here For Rotary Club Don Richardson, of Charlotte, honorary member of the Jeffer sons Rotary Club, gave a very in teresting and humorous talk to the club last Thursday night. He pointed out that kindness to your fellow men was the great est thing a person gets out of life. Mr. Richardson has visited in Ashe county for the past several summers and is always warmly welcomed by the club when he attends.
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