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VOLUME 15, NO. 42
Ashe Superior Court Will Open Monday
Ashe Women Plan
Achievement Day
Here October 26
Home Demonstration Clubs
Os County Will Report On
Work, Style Show
Plans are now being perfected
for the annual Achievement Day
of the home demonstration clubs
of the county, to be held at the
Community building October 26,
when the accomplishments of the
various groups for* the past year
will be reviewed.
Mrs. Ward Ray, county council
president, will preside and special
guest speakers will include Miss
Ruth Current, State Home Dem
onstration Agent, and Miss Anna:
Rowe, Western District Home
Agent.
In addition to individual re
ports from club women, the coun
ty 4-H Dairy Foods Demonstra
tion team will give a short revue
on “Milk Drinks.” The county
winner of the 4-H Dress Revue
will also model her dress.
Miss Doris Whitesides, home
agent, in charge of the program,
said that all club women are re
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Oscar Houck Is
Home From War
Popular West Jefferson Teach
er Received His Discharge
This Week
T-5 Oscar Houck, who has re
cently travelled with Uncle Sam
in a number of European coun
tries. is now back home again and
declares most enthusiastically
that America, particularly North
Carolina and Ashe county are the
best places on earth. Another
good thing about is
that he is now just plain Oscar
Houck or “Mr.” instead of T-5,
because he received his discharge
at Fort Bragg on October 15.
Travelling with Uncle Sam was
not all easy. Oscar admits, for
there was plenty of hardship as
well as fighting. In addition to
his stay in England, he has been
in France, Luxembourg, Belgium
and Germany.
“It was the greatest thrill of my
life when, after crossing on the
USS Oneida, we landed in New
York,” he declared. He describ
ed the rousing welcome given the
men in New York.
Mr. Houck, who was a popular
teacher and basketball coach here
before entering service, readily
admitted that he got a real thrill
over seeing his young son and
hearing him say “Da-Da!”
COUNTY GROUP ATTENDS
DISTRICT BOND MEETING
Zeb Dickson, county chairman
for the Eighth War Loan Drive,
and the following attended a dis
trict meeting in Hickory last Fri
day night: Dean McMillan, L. E.
Tuckwiller, Miss Doris White
sides, Mrs. P. G. Wright, L. P.
Colvard, A. B. Hurt, L. B. Tyson,
Miss Nancy Kennickell and Mrs.
Ed M. Anderson.
At this time, plans were dis
cussed for the coming drive,
which *will open October 29.
Missing Plane, Searched For*
In County, Found In Smokies
Searching planes covered Ashe
county Sunday, attempting to lo
cate the missing army C-45 trans
port plane which disappeared
October 5 while on a flight from
St. Louis, Missouri, to Charlotte.
All day Monday, reports came
in from various sections of the
county that parts of a wreckage
had been found. But these fin
ally ceased when official reports
revealed that the wreckage had
been definitely located in the
Smoky Mountains.
The wreckage was found in a
growth of virgin spruce on the
east side of Mount Sequoyah,
about 400 yards over the North
Carolina side of the Appalachian
trail, a hiking trail through the
park, which forms the boundry
between North Carolina and Ten
nessee at that point.
She anti Post
$2.00 a Year in Ashe County WEST JEFFERSON, N. C., THURSDAY, OCT. 18, 1945 $2.50 a Year Out of County
Definite Plans For Proposed
Nurses’ Home Get Tentative
Approval Os Hospital Group
KILLED IN FRANCE
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Cpl. Herbert Gentry, who
was killed in a motor accident
in France, Sept. 23.
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Motor Accident
In France Fatal
To Lansing Man
Cpl. Herbert H. Gentry Is
Killed Two Days Before
He Expected To Embark
News has been received of the
sudden death of Cpl. Herbert H.
Gentry, of Lansing, who was
killed in an automobile accident
in France on September 23.
Cpl. Gentry, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Gentry, of Lansing,
was expected to embark for home
on September 25 and had written
home of his plans.
He had been in service for
more than 4 years and had been
connected with the Sixteenth
■ General Hospital for sometime.
This has recently been taken over
by another unit and for this rea
son he was expected to be sent
According to reports received
t by his parents, he was critically
injured and only lived about four
hours after the accident.
Price Controls
Still On Lumber
The lifting of building controls
by the War Production Board, ef
fective October 15, does not mean
that OPA price controls have been
removed, it was announced yes
terday by Chairman L. P. Col
vard, of the local War Price and
Rationing Board.
“Price controls on lumber and
other building materials are still
in effect and will remain so,” he
declared.
Mr. Colvard brought out the
fact that inflationary pressures
are still strong in the building
materials field and emphasized
that OPA was determined to re
sist them until supply comes into
balance with demand.
Foot searching parties took to
the rugged mountains Monday
after the wreckage of the plane
had been spotted from the air by
a search plane from Scott Field,
111. The missing craft had been
the object of a wide search since
it failed to reach its destination.
The foot party, headed by Capt.
Dwyer, of the Greenville, S. C.,
army airbase, reached the wreck
age shortly before noon Tuesday,
just ds a spotter plane which had
taken off from Alcoa, Tenn., ar
rived over the scene.
In the spotter plane was a para
chute medical officer, Capt. Van-
Patten of Colorado Springs, Colo.,
who was to jump at the scene of
the crash with medical supplies,
but when it was observed that the
ground men were there and a
medical officer was in the group,
he did not jump. '
Plan To Erect Building Near
Ashe Hospital In Ehrly
Spring
At a meeting of the board of
directors of -the Ashe County
Memorial Hospital and the spe
cial building committee, Tuesday
night, the architect’s plans for the
proposed nurses’ home were pre
sented and tentatively passed on.
According to the plans, the
building, which will be erected
at the right of the hospital, will
follow the same type of archi
tecture and similar stone will be
ued for the exterior.
It will contain around twenty
rooms and will be sufficiently
large to house the nurses and also
contain living quarters for possi
bly two doctors. The cost is es
timated to run around $45,000.00.
W. B. Austin, chairman of the
board of directors, said that due
to the scarcity of necessary ma
terials and labor, as well as weath
er conditions, it was not planned
to start actual work until early
spring. It is hoped to have the
plans in readiness so that work
can start then without delay, it
was explained.
Some Changes In
County Ministers
Several Charges In County
Are Left Vacant At Annual
Conference
Five ministers were re-appoint
ed and three left
vacant as a 'annual
meeting of the Western North
Carolina confererrce of the Meth
odist churches, which was well
attended in Greensboro last week.
Those returning to the former
circuits were the Rev. John
Sharpe Jordan, West Jefferson;
Rev. Joe Taylor, Jefferson; Rev.
W. C. Eastridge, Helton; U. E.
Stevens, Todd; and Roy P. Jones,
Green Valley.
The Rev. Worth Sweet, former
pastor at Laurel Springs, was ap
pointed to the Ararat circuit, and
the Rev. H. H. Short will accept
the position at the East Bend cir
cuit. Both are in the Winston-
Salem district.
The Creston, Warrensville and
Laurel Springs circuits will be
supplied at a later date.
Other appointments made at the
meeting were: Dr. J. S. Hiatt, who
was appointed head of the Meth
odist College Advance, and Chap
lain Hoyt Wood, who was re-ap
pointed as chaplain in the U. S.
Army. Replacing Dr. Hiatt as
district superintendent is J. H.
Armburst.
SINGING CONVENTION SUN.
Coleman Payne anhounced that
there would be a singing conven
tion at the West Jefferson Bap
tist church on Sunday afternoon
at 1:30 o’clock, to which the pub
lic is cordially invited to attend.
Following Ashe County- Men Still Overseas
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Here are three of the many Ashe county men who are still overseas: Pfc. David G. Roten,
left, son of Elder and Mrs. Dewey Roten, of Sly, is serving with the 102nd Infantry division
in Germany. Center, Pfc. Bryant F. Miller, son of Mrs. Teler Miller, of Jefferson, who is
shown holding a captured Nazi flag. Right, is Pfc. James V. Kearney, former deputy sher
iff of Ashe county, who is now stationed in Augsburg; Germany..
President Is Given Model Os Surrender Ship, USS Missouri
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Happy, indeed, was President Truman when he received this prize Navy model! Reading
from left to right: Vice Admiral Randall Jacobs, President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of
Navy James Forrestal, Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King. (Official U. S. Navy Photo)
Elkland School
Organizes PTA;
Plans Are Made I
School Improvements Are (
Outlined; Group To Meet I
Again Friday
Twenty-two parents and nine;
teachers met October 10 at thej
Elkland High School and organ-(
ized and elected officers for a|
Parent-Teachei/X A iciation. W. 1
S. Miller was elected president;
Ed Blackburn, vice-president; (
and Mrs. Opal Miller, secretary-1
treasurer.
Following the election, Doug-1
las Redmond, principal of the>
[high school, briefly outlined the
| aims and objectives of the school
( for the coming year and voluntar
ily $37.75 was given by the
group to provide funds for the
hot water jacket needed in the
school lunchroom. ,
1 Additional means of securing
I funds for school improvements
were discussed and two commit
tees, one composed of parents and
the other of teachers, were ap
pointed to make arrangements for ,
a Hallowe’en celebration.
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Laraby Funeral
Held Yesterday
Funeral service for Ternitt Lar
aby, 64-year-old veteran of World !
War I, who died at his home near:
Baldwin Sunday, was held yester-,
day at 2 o’clock at the Baldwin!
Methodist church, with the Rev. •
Joe Taylor officiating. Burial fol
lowed in the church cemetery.
Survivors are two sisters, Mrs.
John Livett and Mrs. Lillie Smith,,
of Burlington, Vermont, and one
brother, Joe Laraby.
War Fund Drive Lags; Schools
And Others Asked To Send In
All Contributions At Once
Ashe County May
Get Badlv Needed
Extra Power Line
Plans Discussed At A Meeting
Os Directors Os Coopera
tive In Lenoir
Carl B. Graybeal, a director of
I the Blue Ridge Cooperative,
source of electric power here,
said that at the meeting in Lenoir
on Saturday, plans for a proposed
44,000-watt line to be erected
from Lenoir to West Jefferson,
were discussed.
i Mr. Graybeal pointed out that
surveys would have to be com
pleted and materials secured be
fore this could be done, but that
plans were definitely being con
sidered.
The lack of power in West Jef
ferson at various times has been
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Fire Dept. Will
Meet On Friday
B. B. Graybeal announced this
1 week that there would be an im
portant business meeting of all
'of the active members of the fire
[department, as well as others in
terested in the proposed new
building Friday night at the
town hall.
“This will be an important
.meeting and I hope we can have
a good attendance,” Chief Gray
beal said.
Chairman Graybeal Wants All
Gifts Reported By Oc
tober 27
After getting off to a good
start, reports this week show that
! the United War Fund Drive in
Ashe county is slightly lagging,
, Chairman B. B. Graybeal said
yesterday. Exact totals were not
' available, but the amount raised
iis still far below the half-way
(mark of the goal of $5,000.00. he
I said.
! Those receiving letters, who
1 have not sent in their gifts, are
[ urged to do so at once, as are all
(others.
! Schools competing for prizes
are asked to turn in their coilec
' tions not later than October 27 in
! order that reports may be made
i and checked, he explained.
i Governor Gregg Cherry issued
a call this week asking that every
one co-operate in order to raise
(the much needed funds.
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Hoyt Wood Is
Rotary Speaker
Capt. Hoyt Wood gave a very
| interesting and entertaining talk
to the Jeffersons Rotary club last
Thursday night on his experiences
as a chaplain in Europe and on the
condition of affairs in general in
France and Germany.
Capt. Wood, who was a member
of the Rotary club before he vol
unteered as a chaplain in the
armed forces and who is now an
honorary member, was presented
to the club by the program chair
man, Dr. J. K. Hunter.
Herman Haire will be in charge
of the program tonight.
Oct. Brings Snow And Apple
Blossoms Here This Week
The mercury took a sudden
drop here on Sunday and went
down the scale to 30 degrees,
bringing ice and snow. Early
Monday morning many of the
higher mountains of the county
showed white caps and the snow
on Negro Mountain could be
seen far up in the day until it
finally melted away.
The much quoted phrase, “If
winter comes can spring be far
behind,” could readily have been
used in reverse. For among the
others, Ira T. Johnston reported
blossoms on his Limbertwig tree.
W. E. McNeill also brought in
some apple blossoms.
The shortage of coal here sent
many in search of wood. Stores
reported record sales on stoves of
all kinds, particularly coal and
wood- heaters.
ASHE COUNTY IS ...
Leading Livestock and Dairy
County In North Carolina.
Population: 22,664
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Four Rape Cases
On Docket; Short
Term Is Predicted
Nettles Is Judge; Several Min
or Cases Are Expcted To
Be Heard
Ashe county superior court for
the trial of criminal cases is sched
uled to open next Monday morn
ing with Judge Z. V. Nettles, of
Asheville, presiding. In addition
to four rape cases on docket a
number of minor cases are expect
ed to be heard and several di
vorces to be granted.
The rape cases incude those of
C. T. Hamby and Garnett Church,
both charged with rape, whose
cases have been continued from
previous terms of court. Both were
placed under $3,500 bonds. Marvin
Roop is charged with assault and
attempt to rape and Ben Blevins
is also charged with rape.
Other cases on docket include
those of Midas and Dallas Green
and that of Quincy Brown, each
charged with larceny.
The case of Paul Severt, charged
with involuntary manslaughter in
connection with the death of Ennis
' Osborne, killed in an automobile
accident, is on the docket.
Len Goss is charged with failure
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Committees Are
Appointed By Aux.
(Group Voted To Buy Radio
For Veteran’s Hospital;
Good Attendance .
At the regular meeting of the
American Legion Auxiliary on
[ Saturday night a number of im
i port ant committees were named
| by the president, Mrs. B. B. Gray
, beal.
At this time the group voted to
purchase a radio to be used in a
veterans’ hospital and also to con
tribute $25 to the United War
Fund.
Plans were made for a special
Armistice Day program on Satur
day evening, November 10.
There was an unusually good
! attendance at the meeting and the
following committees were named:
i Membership, Mrs. P. G. Wright,
Mrs. A. G. Denney, Mrs. J. G.
(Rhodes; rehabilitation, Mrs. Ira T.
i Johnston, Mrs. W. B. Austin, Mrs.
L. P. Colvard; child welfare, Mrs.
A. B. Hurt, Mrs-. G. B. Graybeal,
Mrs. W. E. Vannoy; community
service and Americanism, Mrs. E.
D. Barr, Mrs. Norman Hege, Mrs.
L. B. Tyson; memorial and poppy
day, Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, Mrs.
G. B. Graybeal; publicity, Mrs. E.
D. Barr; constitution and by laws,
Mrs. P. G. Wright; history, Mrs.
A, B. Hurt; national defense, Mrs.
Callie Perkins, Mrs. Wm. Terry.
W. J. MUSIC DEPT. >
TO SPONSOR PROGRAM
It was announced this week
that The Briarhoppers, featuring
Claude Casey and Homer Chris
topher, will give a musical pro
gram on Friday night, October 19
at the courthouse in Jefferson.
The program is to be sponsored
by the West Jefferson Music de
partment for the purpose of rais
ing funds for the high school band.
Old Man Winter probably de
cided he was a little in advance
and the temperature rose Tues
day as it did yesterday, resulting
in mild autumn weather again.
JEFFERSON MAN HAS
CAR STOLEN, BURNED
Chief Deputy Carl 8., Graybeal
reported that a 1939 model Chev
rolet, recently stolen from Lon
Bowers in front of his home near
Jefferson, had been found in
Wilkes county, completely de
stroyed by fire.
The car was stolen a few nights
ago when the glass was broken
and a wire connection with the
switch, without the key, was used,
Mr. Graybeal said. As far as it
is learned, the perpetrator of the
theft has not been caught.