PRESS RUN 4,000 • Net Paid Covers j Ashe County j BI T ■ —I >«■»<>«—♦J* , 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 •• < Harar wMBr Sr v . .. ifOWMU ’ jBIf •'v; w 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; (Continued on Page 4) 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 i£ ■ i 1 il 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 (Continued on Page 4) 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