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, VOLUME 15, NO. 41
United War Fund Drive Reaches $710.00
Mrs. Wick Vannoy
Will Again Head |
County Red Cross
Other Officers And Chairmen
Are Named At Meeting
Here On Monday
M rs Wick Vannoy, who has
efficiently served as chairman of
the Ashe County Chapter of the
American Red Cross for two
years, was unanimously selected
to succeed herself at a meeting
on Monday night when other of
ficers were named and plans
made for the coming year.
Thomas Sears was named vice
chairman, Miss Edith Pierce, sec
retary, and L. P. Colvard, treas
urer.
Division chairmen named at the
meeting included Mrs. Levern
Johnson, production; Levern
Johnson, disaster; Mrs. Herman
Haire. Junior Red Cross, Mrs.
Gertrude Vaught, first aid; John
Jordan, home service; Elmo Jones,
War Fund Drive, and Mrs. Ed M.
Anderson, publicity.
It was decided to secure addi
tional space for the office and a
production room. Mrs. John Har
din, executive secretary, will have
a part-time assistant under the
new arrangement and the office
will be kept open longer hours it
was explained.
Red Cross flags are to be se
cured and some other necessary
equipment.
Ira T. Johnston gave an inspira
tional talk at the opening of the
meeting on Monday night and
lauded the efforts of the officers
and division chairmen. He also
cited the necessity of carrying on
the work since the war is over.
Methodists At
Session Being Held In Greens
boro: Appointments Are
To Be Made Friday
Ashe county Methodist minis
ters and delegates, along with
others in the Western North Car
olina Conference of the Methodist
Church, are attending the annual
four-day session in Greensboro
this week, with Bishop Clare
Purcell, of Charlotte, presiding.
Adjournment of the conference
session probably will be reached
around noontime Friday, im
mediately following announce
ment of appointments stationing
ministers for the new year.
The conference is expected to
give attention to plans for estab
lishment of the Methodist Home
for the Aged, an enterprise made
possible by the late Eugene Ma
con Cote, of Charlotte.
Lansing Given
Another Teacher
Because of increased attend
ance, Lansing school district has
been allotted an additional teach
er. This will go to Windfall, Mr.
Duncan said. It is understood that
this position is being filled by a
teacher, who previously served as
a substitute.
Officers Named
At Presbytery
The following officers were
elected at the fall meeting of the
Presbytery of Winston-Salem held
recently at Laurel Fork Presby
terian church. Elder J. Harold
McKeithen was elected moderator
and J. Harry Whitmore, Thom
asville, was named stated clerk.
K. J. Foreman was elected per
manent clerk. Commissioners
included J. O. Blevins, of Lan
sing; Delmer Rose, of Glendale
Springs; Conley Thompson, of
Apple Grove; George Bowlin, of
Peak Creek, and F. J. Pendry, of
Laurel Fork.
J. Walter Osborne, ruling eld
er of Lansing Presbyterian
church, is representing Ashe
Presbyterians at the annual
meeting of the Synod of North
Carolina now in session at David
son College. Attending also are
pastors John W. Luke, Louis J.
Yelanjian and K. J. Foreman, Jr.
Be nlnull Host
$2.00 a Year in Ashe County WEST JEFFERSON. N. C.. THURSDAY, OCT. 11, 1945 $2.50 a Year Out of County
Awarded Purple Heart On Guam
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Shown above is Henry Howard Elliott, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. G. Elliott, of Smethport, as he war awarded the Purple
Heart on the island of Guam, by the commanding general. The
award was made for wounds received in enemy action in the
Asiatic-Pacific area, on March 10.
Work Now Going Forward On
Several Business Buildings;
Others Are Started This Week
Ground Graded For Town
i Building To House Fire
Equipment
Construction work started
sometime ago on the new build
ing for Smithey’s store, and is
now well underway as is that of
the business building bping erect
ed by just above
. the community building.
| Foundation work has been com
pleted on the large garage storage
building started sometime ago by
E O .Woodie, next to the present
town hall building. A cinder
1 block building is being erected
by W. B. Reeves on Jefferson
Avenue, just below the monu
ment yard.
Grading and foundation work
has been started by E. E. Jones
for his new store building on Jef
ferson Avenue. Grading work
has been done for the new town
building, across from the one now
being used on Third Avenue,
j Grading work has also been start
ed on this street for a building
by Charles McNeill. This is lo
■cated directly back of Ashe Drug
j company.
2 Ashe Students
| Are At Mars Hill
Mars Hill—Betty Wilma Cor
nette and James Walter King, of
■ Ashe county, are e in Mars
| Hill College for th< fall semester.
| A total of 750 students are en-
I rolled .including 577 from North
i Carolina, 49 from South Carolina,
‘ 35 from Virginia, 35 from Florida,
1 14 from Tennessee, 9 from Ken
-1 tucky, 4 from Maryland, 2 from
Alabama and 1 each from Ohio,
Texas and the District of Colum
bia.
2-Year-Army Men Eligible
For Release By March 20
Washington—Enlisted men with
two or more years of service in
I the army will become eligible for
(discharge by March 20, regardless
lof point scores, Brig. Gen. Robert
W. Berry, Assistant Army Chief
of Staff for personnel, estimated
this week.
He told the House Military Af
fairs Committee that this does not
mean that all two-year service
men will be released then, but
that they will become eligible and
will start to flow out of the army
on a “first-in-first-out” basis.
Simultaneously, the army re
vealed that it had released 235,-
000 soldiers last week, bringing
the discharge total to 1,350,000
since last May 12.
Brig. Gen. Raymond W. Bliss,
acting surgeon general of the ar
my, discussing release of doctors,
Rev. W. P. Boyle
Will Preach In
County Churches
Possibility That He May Suc
ceed Rev. B. A. Meeks In
Jefferson Field
It was announced this week
that the Rev. William Boyle and
Mrs. Boyle would visit the Pres
byterian churches in the county
this week end in view of looking
over the field and the possibilities
of filling the place recently left
vacant by the Rev. B. A. Meeks,
who recently resigned to accept
work in Knoxville.
Mr. Boyle will preach in the
Jefferson and West Jefferson
churches as well as at Obids and
Big Ridge. The public is cordial
ly invited to hear him.
Mr. Boyle, who finished his
training at Union Theological
Seminary in Richmond, had vol
unteered for duty as a chaplain
and was awaiting induction when
V-J day came and the call for
chaplains ceased.
He and Mrs Boyle will be the
week end guests of Mr. and Mrs.
J. Clark Brown, at Jeferson.
NCEA Meeting To
Be Held On Friday
It was announced this week that
the annual fall meeting of the
North Carolina Educational Asso
ciation would be held on Friday,
October 12, at High Point. All
principals, as well as teachers,
who can arrange their work in
order to be away are urged to
attend.
disclosed that the War Depart
ment last Thursday arrived at a
“firm schedule” for discharge of
physicians in the Pacific theatre
in a decision which apparently
overrode General Douglas Mac-
Arthur.
MacArthur had advised that
hospitals were “swept clean” of
key specialists, and had requested
replacements. The War Depart
ment replied that it would be “im
possible” to meet the request.
Bliss said nearly 30,000 doctors
will be discharged by June, leav
ing about 15,000 in the army. The
patient load should be down to
20,000 or 30,000 by then, he added.
He predicted that 3,000 doctors
will be released in October and
that the total number of physi
cians discharged will reach nearly;
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Surplus Cabbage
Brings Farmers
Total Os $5,940.00
18 Carloads Have Been Ship
ped Out; More Is Still
Wanted
L. E. Tuckwiller, county agent,
announced this week that 18 car
loads of cabbage had been pur
chased by the production and
marketing administration bring
ing in a total of $5,940.00. Seven
more car loads are expected to be
purchased this week making a
total of 25 cars.
Farmers are urged to continue
to bring in their cabbage. Those
who had not previously been
bringing in cabbage are asked to
get in touch with Agent Tuck
willer. A fee of one cent per
bag will be charged for inspec
tion and an additional fee of one
cent per bag will be charged to
cover checking bags, main tick
ets, postage and other items.
ON INACTIVE LIST
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Capt. Clyde T. Jones, who is
; spending some time here with
j his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. B.
Jones, was recently placed on
the inactive list by the army.
After spending 42 months
overseas and collecting a total
‘of 102 points, Captain Jones
i has well earned the 120 days
i accrued leave that he is now
receiving. He was a medical
officer with the 95th Coast Ar
tillery and saw action on Sai
pan and Iwo Jima. He wears
two stars on his Asiatic-Pacific
Theatre Ribbon.
County NCEA Has
Planning Meeting;
Membership Gains
Goal Is Set To Secure 100 Per
Cent Membership In All
County Schools
Plans were perfected for the
complete organzation of a local
unit of the NCEA at a meeting
held in the courthouse last Fri
day afternoon, with Mrs. Ger
trude Vaught, president, in
charge.
In addition to principals of the
Ashe county schools, others ac
tive in the meeting included
Supt. B. H. Duncan, Mrs. Marie
Jackson, secretary of the county
unit; and Gratis Williams, of
Boone, who spoke to the group.
Plans were made to secure 100
per cent membership in the or
ganization. Riverview, Virginia-
Carolina, Elkland and Healing
Springs reported 100 percent
membership in their respective
districts. Plans for increasing
membership in the national or
ganization were also outlined, as
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Demonstration Os
Slip Covers Here
Next Wednesday, October 17,
at the West Jefferson community
building a slip- cover demonstra
tion will be given by Miss Rose
Ellwood Bryan. The meeting
will last all day and will open at
10:00 a. m. All home demonstra
tion club members and visitors
interested in making slip covers
are invited to attend this meet
ing.
Nylons—Ready For The Asking Soon
You can stop dreaming about the nylons you are planning
to buy. Very soon you can go out and make that dream a
reality. This scene is in a hosiery mill in Philadelphia, show
ing the finished nylons folded and boxed, ready for shipment.
Ashe County Schools To Play
Active Part In United War
Fund Drive; Quotas Assigned
Comity Survey
Os Blind Being
Conducted Here
Movement Being Sponsored
By The West Jefferson
Woman’s Club
A county-wide survey of the
blind and visually handicapped
is being sponsored by the West
Jefferson Woman’s Club.
Mrs Elizabeth Miller, tax col
lector, is cooperating with the
movement and cards are being
mailed out to the taxpayers ask
ing for the names and addresses
of any person known to them,
suffering from eye difficulty.
Miss Ruth Tugman is chairman
and the cards with the informa
tion are addressed to her.
It is believed that through the
survey, information may be se
cured leading to the examination,
correction and improvement of
the sight of children, particularly.
All of those who receive the
survey cards are asked to fill
them out and return them to Miss
Tugman.
School Men Hear
Press Discussed
At a meeting of Ashe county
school principals, held in the of
fice of Superintendent B. H. Dun
can last Friday, the educational
value of the press was discussed
by Mrs. Ed M. Anderson of this
paper.
In connection with National
Newspaper Week, the essay con
test being launched by the North
Carolina Press Association and
The Skyland Post was discussed
and principals were urged to en
courage the students to enter this.
In addition to state-wide prizes to
be awarded. The Post will also
give a $25.00 war bond.
Tugman.
World War II Veteran Urges
Support Os United War Fund
Ashe county men in the service
realize the value of the United
War Fund. The following letter
received by Rixie B. Woodie, of
Wagoner, a veteran of World War
11, tells what it is doing for the
war-torn countries of Europe;
“Dear Mr. Shoemaker,
After having read your letter
to my grandmother, I have de
cided to write you a short letter,
and also send in a few dollars to
ward your drive. lam a discharg
ed veteran of this war, having
spent over three years overseas.
I have seen millions of homeless
people, who have no idea where
they will sleep or what they will
have to eat one meal to the next.
Sir, maybe I have no right to
make a suggestion but in my es
timation, if you could get one of
the numerous veterans to tell
Prizes Are To Be Awarded;
Plans Are Presented To
Principals
Ashe county schools are being
called upon to play an active part
in the United War Fund Drive
in a special school campaign,
I which opened yesterday morning,
i But they are to be well awarded
l for their efforts and will be given
prizes for raising their assigned
quotas.
B. B. Graybeal, county chair
man of the drive, announced quo
tas as well as plans for the spe
cial school campaign at the meet
ing of principals held in the of
fice of Supt. B. H. Duncan, on
Friday.
“The school reaching its quota
this month will be awarded a
prize of $25.00, provided their
quota is over $10000,” Chairman
Graybeal stated, “and an addition
al prize of $15.00 will be award
ed the school which first turns in
its quota.”
The quotas for the schools are
as follows:
Lansing, Ron Davis, principal,
$300.00; Riverview, Herbert Gray
beal, principal, $250.00; Helton,
John Burkett, principal, $50.00;
Virginia-Carolina, L. K. Halsey,
principal, $100.00; Nathan’s Creek,
IA. B. Hurt, principal, $300.00;
Healing Springs, A. D. Good
man, principal, $150.00; Elk
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United War Fund
Group To Meet
It was announced yesterday by
! B. B. Graybeal, county chairman
iof the United War Fund Drive
I that there would be a meeting of
I the, excutive committee at the
community building tonight, im
mediately after Rotary, all mem
bers are urged to attend.
At this time plans for the suc
cessful conclusion of the drive
will be made.
what he has seen in these war
torn countries, the people of Ashe
county would give to the fullest
extent. I think they should. For,
aside from having to do without
a few things such as sugar, meat
and gas to ride around with, the
people of the United States have
fared well. They have not had
their homes destroyed by bombs
and the terrors of war. Ask any
veteran who has been in Europe,
he can tell you about it, if he will.
Most of us don’t like to talk about
it for we want to forget, but how
can we?
“My grandmother is sending
SIO.OO and so am I. Our names
are as follows: Mrs. Laura Wood
ie, of Wagoner, and Rixie Woodie,
of Wagoner, a veteran of this war.
Sincerely,
Rixie B. Woodie.”
ASHE COUNTY IS ...
Leading Livestock and Dairy
County In North Carolina.
Population: 22,664
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Initial Gifts Are
Still Coming In;
Goal Is $5,000.00
Schools, Churches And Other
Organizations Are Asked
To Help
Sharpe S. Shoemaker, initial
gift chairman, reported yesterday
afternoon that $710.00 x had been
received toward the United War
Fund goal of $5,000 for the county.
Letters were mailed out and
some gifts are still coming in by
mail, Mr. Shoemaker said. He
urged thht all who had not sent
their contributions in to do so at
once.
Bernard Graybeal, county chair
man of the drive, said that he was
pleased with the initial response
but that much more would be
needed to raise the quota. He
urged all individuals as well as
organizations, including schools,
churches, social and civic clubs to
give as generously as possible.
The following contributions
have been reported by Mr. Shoe
maker:
W. J. Parts Co., Belk’s Dept.
Store and B. H. Duncan, SSO each.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed M. Anderson,
$35.
Vannoy Furniture Co., Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Vannoy, W. B. Austin,
C. S. Neal, Dr. and Mrs. D. C.
Jones, E. A. Ray, Jr., Central
Hardware, Mr. and Mrs. Ira T.
Johnston, Northwestern Bank,
'Smithey’s Store, $25 each,
j E. 0.. Woodie, S2O.
I Parker Tie Co., Mr. and Mrs.
'Earl L. Davidson, Western Auto
' Associate Store and the Lady Fair
'Beauty Shop, sls each.
Sturdivant Funeral Home, Mr.
and Mrs. E. R. Sturdivant, $12.50
each.
j Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Lillard, H.
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Lt. L. 11. Shepherd
i Gets Silver Star
Ashe Man Remained At His
Post Though Seriously
Wounded
Lt. Leonard H. Shepherd, son of
i Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Shepherd, of
Crumpler, has been awarded the
Silver Star medai for gallantry in
action in France. His citation reads
as follows:
“On 24 January 1945 at Kalten
house, France, when a heavy ar
tillery and mortar barrage disrup
, ted communications between his
! command post and the platoons
iof his company during an enemy
, attack, Lt. Shepherd went out in
the face of enemy fire to check
on the position of the right flank.
After administering first aid un
der fire to one of his men who
had been wounded, he proceeded
Ito the right flank platoon where
|he ascertained its situation. On
I his return, Lt. Shepherd was so
severely wounded by shell frag
ments that he had to be carried
(back to his command post but, in
spite of his wounds, continued to
command his company until evac
uated.”
Lt. Shepherd entered the ser
vice April 16, 1941. He served 18
months in the Carribean theater
and had been in France four
months when he was wounded.
He is now stationed at the Valley
Forge General Hospital at Phoe
nixville, Pa.
Worth Sweet Is
Speaker At Rotary
The Rev. Worth Sweet, of Na
than’s Creek, told the Jeffersons
Rotary Club that, to bring about
world peace and keep it, we must
do away with economic injustice,'
racial prejudice and take out of
our lives all hatred toward man
kind.
Mr. Sweet was introduced to
the club by A. B. Hurt, program
chairman.
Lawrence Tyson made several
remarks about the proposed me
morial building and the possibili
ties Os locating it across the street
from the community building on
the gymnasium site.
The regular meeting time was
set up to 6:30 from 7:15, due to
the change to standard time.