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VOLUME 16, NO. 7
Clothing Drive
Will Be Closed •
Early Next Week
Schools Asked To Observe
Special Collection Day
On Friday
Rev. W. P. Boyle, county chair
man of the Victory Clothing
Drive, announced yesterday that
the final collection of clothing
would be made early next week
and asked that all who had not
done so, to turn in their surplus
clothing to the schools or some
of the other collection points.
Schools that have not observ
ed a collection day are asked to
do so on Friday or Monday.
Mr. Boyle said that the cloth
ing would be collected early
next week, sorted out, assembled
and then sent off to be shipped
to the needy countries, devasta
ted by war.
W. J. School To
Meet Saturdays
Rural Children To Be Given
(Opportunity To Make Up
i Lost Time
It Was announced this week by
Zeb V. Diekaoti; principal of West
Jefferson high sChQQI, that as soon
as the condition of the roads
would permit school would be
conducted on Saturdays for the
benefit of the rural children who
have lost time due to the fact
that buses have not been able to
operate.
At a faculty meeting held on
Tuesday, the teaching staff unan
imously voted to hold school on
Saturdays without pay and give
their time to help the children
catch up on their work. These
days will not be counted in the
monthly report, it was pointed
out.
The buse«! will.be operated, ljut
Mr. Dickson pointed out, that
children living in town would not
attend school on these days.
Nettle Knob and Obids as well
as other school roads have been
impassable due to the weather
conditions, therefore forcing the
children in those sections to miss
a great deal oi time from school.
Want Polio Funds
Turned In Now
T. E. Parker, chairman of the
Infantile Paralysis fund drive in
the county, announced yester
day that he wanted all collections
from individuals as well as or
ganizations in immediately.
So far, a little more than sl,-
500.00 has been raised toward the
quota of $2,650.00, Mr. Parker
said and urged that individuals
who have not given, to do so this
week end. Mr. Parker also an
nounced that the “March of
Dimes” banks were to be collect
ed immediately. “The need is
vital and I hope we will receive
some more generous contribu
tions before the drive closes, he
said.
Specialist On
Poultry To Speak
C. J. Maupin, poultry specialist
of the extension division of State
College, will be in the county on
Wednesday, February 27, and will
hold an informal meeting in the
county agent’s office at 2 o’clock
in the afternoon. All poultry
growers are invited to attend. Mr.
Maupin will explain opportunities
of improvement in quality of
“chicks” for marketing and other
problems relative to poultry
growing.
Textile Industry
. May Be. Secured
During the past week interest
in this area has been shown by
representatives of the textile in
dustry.
Some officials, who met with
local representatives this week
said they were favorably impress
ed with the possibilities of a new
plant here, but were not ready
to make any definite decisions as
yet.
A number of local people have
shown inclination to cooperate in
every way possible to secure an
established industry here.
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$2.00 a Year in Ashe County WEST JEFFERSON, N. C., THURSDAY, FEB. 21, 1946
New Hotel Company
Secures Charter; To
Meet Here Monday
WILL SPEAK SUNDAY
z
J. Melville Broughton, wild
will be the “Baptist Hour”
speaker on Sunday morning
tor the program to be broad
cast at 8:30 A. M. His sub
ject will be “Christian Men
For A Better World.”
Republicans To
Hold Convention
Saturday, Mar. 2
Township Primaries Are To
Be Held On Friday, Mar. 1,
Chairman Announces
It was announced this week by
B. B. Graybeal, ef the
Republican executive > |NMM|ttee
for Ashe county, that a Republi
can county convention would be
held at the courthouse in Jeffer
son on Saturday, March 2, at 1:00
o’clock.
The purpose of the meeting,
Mr. Graybeal pointed out, was to
elect a chairman of the Ashe
county Republican executive
committee, the executive com
mittee, and to name delegates to
the State and Congressional dis
trict conventions, and for such
other business as may properly
come before the convention.
Republican township primar
ies are to be held at the voting
place of each township in Ashe
county on Friday, March 1. at
3:00 o’clock to elect the dele
gates, he also announced.
Plant Diseases
To Be Discussed
L. E. Tuckwiller, county agent,
announced this week that How
ard Gariss, plant disease special
ist of the extension division of
State College, will be in the coun
ty next Thursday, February 28,
and will hold a meeting in the
county agent’s office at 2 o’clock
in the afternoon. All seed deal
ers are urged to attend this meet
ing as Mr. Gariss will discuss
problems relative to plant dis
ease that should be of interest to
them.
W. J. School Will Sponsor
All - Star Tourney Mar. 18-23
An all-star memorial basket
ball tournament will be held for
the returned servicemen and
women at the West Jefferson
gymnasium during the week of
March 18 to 23, it was announced
this week by Zeb V. Dickson,
principal of the West Jefferson
high school.
The tournament is being spon
sored by the physical education
department of the West Jefferson
high school for men and women
of this county . and adjoining
counties. Mr. Dickson urged
that as many servicemen and
women as possible should play.
High school students, however,
are ineligible.
Teams desiring to enter the
tournament should send in their
entries as soon as possible, as en
try blanks should be in the
hands of the officials not later
than March 11, and are to be
WilL Purchase Business Site
For Proposed New Hotel
Building Here
The charter for the New Hotel
Company, Incorporated of West
Jefferson has been approved
with 32 original stockholders
and the group will meet on Mon
day evening at 7:30 to elect di
rectors and officers and to fur
ther activate plans for the pro
posed new hotel, here.
Charter members subscribed to
$2,650.00 of stock before the char
ter was applied for and plans
have been made to purchase the
Rhodes property beyond the
Duncan Motor company on the
Boone Road.
Much interest is already being
shown in the proposed hotel and
the meeting which will be held,
at the W. G. Vannoy furniture
gdmpafiy,- when further
iiwiuding a finance end
building committee Will dis
cussed. All interested parties
are urged to attend. At the
meeting last week, Wade Eller
was named process officer to se
cure the charter.
Baptist Leaders
To Hold Meeting
All Ministers And Religious
Leaders In Association
Urged To Attend
The Baptist ministers and re
ligious leaders of the Ashe Bap
tist association will conduct the
annual school for leaders at the
West Jefferson Baptist church
during the week of March 4
through March 8.
Every minister and leader in
the association is urged to take
advantage of these important
meetings, which are being held
to give helpful sources of infor
mation and inspiration to them,
it was pointed out.
Appearing on the program dur
ing the week will be the Revs.
G. C. Burkett, Herman Gentry,
W. F. Barker, W. E. Denney and
Miss Virginia Dare Teague, all
representing the association in
the devotionals. The Revs. M.
D. Hart and E. W. Powers will
also be heard on the program, it
was announced.
Ministers visiting from out of
the county will be the Rev. J. C.
Pipes, of Asheville; the Rev. E.
V. Plemmons, substituting for the
Rev. J. C. Canipe, and the Rev.
Srady Hamby, of Boone.
Preaching services will be
held each night and the public
is cordially invited to attend.
Want Red Cross .
Work Turned In
At the meeting of the Ashe Red
Cross Chapter Tuesday it was an
nounced that all work which in
dividuals now have out should
be completed and turned in.
Mrs. F. C. Nye is the new pro
duction .chairman and it is im
portant that she have a check-up
on the work now underway.
postmarked not later than March
9. The blanks should state the
name of the coach or manager of
the team, the names and ages of
the players and if possible, the
standing of the teams should al
so be sent in, it was pointed out.
An elimination contest will be
held for the girls’ teams, Mr.
Dickson said, provided enough
girls’ teams enter.
FRANCIS INFANT IS '
BURIED ON MONDAY
Funeral service for the infant
son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Francis, who died in. the Ashe
Memorial hospital Sunday morn
ing, was held Monday afternoon
at the home of the grandparents.
The Rev. Cicero Ashley con
ducted the service and burial fol
lowed in the family cemetery.
Where Tons Os Granite Blocked Highway After Landslide
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A partial view of the tremendous landslide of earth and granite that completely block
ed around 75 feet of Highway 88, between Warrensville and Trade, Tennessee, just below
the power plant, several days last week. The road is now open with much of the debris
yet to be removed.. It is estimated that the slide poured around tons of dirt and
rock into the highway. (Staff Photo)
Drive To Kill
Rats Is Started
In W. Jefferson
Sanitarian Eller And Town
Officials Plan To Exter
minate Varmints
Work was started this week on
the rat killing campaign for West
Jefferson, with the first bait be
ing distributed yesterday after
noon.
Sanitarian Wade E ( Eller is
working with the town authori
ties and he explained that the
only type of was to
be Red Quill. This S’only pois
onous to rats and not Jiarmful to 1
cats, dogs or othfer animals, he
pointed out.
Business houses as well as
those in the residential sections
I are asked to clean up all garbage
that might harbor rats, in order
that the campaign against them
might be more effective.
Link A. Absher
Buried On Sat.
Succumbed At Ashe Hospital
On Thursday Night After
Long Illness
Funeral service for Link A.
Absher, 46, well-known Ashe >
county man. was held Saturday l
at 11:00 a. m., at the Primitive
Baptist church at Nathan’s
Creek. The Rev. Arthur Ashley
and Elder Davis officiated and
burial followed in the Senter
cemetery.
Mr. Absher succumbed at the
Ashe Memorial hospital Thurs-;
day night, after a lingering ill-!
ness. A resident of Nathan’s j
Creek, he was well-known
throughout the county as a road
constructor.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. i
Beulah Little Absher, and seven
children; Cleon, Clarence, Sid
ney, Helen, Lucille and Doris
June Absher; and Mrs. Wilma
Witherspoon.
Two Ashe Men
Given Discharges
Two Ashe county men, Jessie
W. Miller, of Wagoner, and Don
B. Goodman, of West Jefferson,
were honorably discharged
through the U. S. Naval Person
nel Separation Center at Charles
ton, S. C., on February 17.
Goodman, who served as a
radarman, second class, saw 16
months of overseas action and
wears the Asiatic-Pacific ribbon
and the Victory ribbon. He serv
ed a total of 20 months in the
service. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. D. M. Goodman and the
husband of the former Miss
Clyde Morton, of West Jefferson.
Miller served 20 months in the
U. S. Navy as a seaman, first
class, and saw 15 months of serv
ice in the American theatre and
the Asiatic-Pacific theatre. He is
the son of Floyd T. Miller, of Wag
oner.
Miss Polly Austin visited her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Aus
tin, this past week end.
AAA Committeemen To Meet
This Afternoon To Report
On Farm Plans For Year
Plans Received
For Sanitation
Os Ashe Schools
Engineers Are To Make Sur
veys Before Cost Can Be
Estimated .
B. H. Duncan, superintendent
of schools, announced today that
plans had been received for sug
gested sanitary improvements in
the central schools of the county.
These plans are to be taken
into consideration by engineers
who are to make the necessary
surveys for water supplies and
other adjustments necessary for
carrying out the proposed plans.
If the high schools are to re
main accredited, they must have
sufficient drinking fountains as
well as indoor toilet facilities
and must meet the standards set
up by the health division of tne
N. C. Board of Education, it was
pointed out.
Local People Go
To GOP Dinner
A number of Ashe county peo
ple attended the Lincoln Day
Dinner in Winston-Salem, on
Saturday night when Represen
tative Harold Knudson, of Min
nesota, was the speaker.
A member of the Ways and
Means Committee, he lauded
Congressman R. L. Doughton in
the beginning of his speech.
Among those from Ashe coun
ty who attended were: B. B.
Graybeal, Rex Morton, Don
Blackburn, Edison Thomas, Les
ter Gilley, Wade Poe, Lee Bow
ers, Jim Yates, Reid Sturdivant,
Dr. W. J. Robinson and John
Tucker.
Approximately 1100 people at
tended the dinner.
Annual Meeting Os FSA Group
Well Attended Here Tuesday
Practically all sections of the
county were represented here
Tuesday at the annual meeting
of the farm ownership borrow
ers of Farm Security Adminis
tration when reports were heard
and farm problems discussed by
leaders.
Thomas H. Sears, FSA super
visor, gave an analysis of farm
problems during the past year
and this was followed by a gen
eral discussion.
Van Miller, also a FSA super
visor, discussed the means and
methods of increasing feed and
food. L. E. Tuckwiller, Ashe
county farm agent, told of pas
ture improvement suggestions.
The morning session was clos
ed with special musical selections
rendered by Mr. and Mrs. Os
borne.
Following the luncheon at the
$2.50 a Year Out of County
Around 60 Percent Os Farm
ers Have Made Plans; Oth
ers Urged To Do So
There Will be a meeting at
the courthouse this afternoon of
AAA committeemen for both the
county and the varidiis communi
ties to report on the number of
plans already made for this year
by farmers who will cooperate
in the AAA program.
The county has an allotment
of $97,771 for improved farm
practices under the AAA pro
gram, but in order to be eligible
for his share of this, the farmer
must make his plans with the
community committee before
March 15, Melvin Campbell,
chief AAA clerk, explained yes
terday.
After the meeting this after
noon, when reports are made, the
exact number of farmers, who
have made plans, can be deter
mined and efforts will be made
to include others in the program,
while there is still time to make
plans. It is estimated that to
date, around 60 percent have
r ade theirs.
Members of the county AAA
committee include J. W. Gam
bill, chairman; T. J. Graybeal,
vice-chairman; H. H. Burgess,
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Anderson Will
Speak To Press
Ed M. Anderson will be the
banquet speaker at the annual
institute of the Georgia Press As
sociation to be held at the Uni
versity of Georgia this evening.
Publisher Anderson recently
spoke before both the Kentucky
and Tennessee Press Associa
tions.
Harvey Laffoon, president of
the North Carolina Press Asso
ciation accompanied Mr. Ander
son to Georgia.
community building, a moving
picture on Victory Gardens was
shown, and further reports were
heard. Reports on the work last
year showed that this group of
FSA farmers purchasing their
farms, had enjoyed a successful
year, both from the standpoint
of farm improvements as well as
food production.
Plans and suggestions for the
coming year were also outlined
and objectives agreed upon.
There were around 45 persons
who attended.
ATTENDING FARM MEETING
Misses Dorothy Fennell and
Doris Whitesides and Messrs. H.
D. Quessenberry and L. E. Tuck
willer are attending an agricul
tural meeting in Asheville, this
week.
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ASHE COUNTY IS ...
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Leading Livestoek and Dntay
County In North Carolina.
Population: 22,6 M
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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Quessenberry To
Head Red Cross
Drive For Ashe
Work Os Organization Dis*
cussed By Field Workers
At Meeting Tuesday
H. D. Quessenberry,
county agent, has been named by
the Ashe County Red Cross Chap*
ter as drive chairman and Mrs-
F. C. Nye as production chair
man. They were chosen at a
meeting of the chapter Tuesday
night, when the regional director*
Mrs. Marion Rirzert and Miss
Elenore Jones, who spent 17
months in the Pacific spoke of
the work of the organization.
Both speakers highly commend
ed Mrs. W. G. Vannoy, chapter
chairman and other members of
the local unit on the fine work
done during the war and stressed
the importance of Red Cross car
rying on in times of peace.
Officials and members of the
Ashe chapter said that they were
happy in securing Mr, Quesseru
berry «« chairman of the fund
drive which will be held next
month. Mr. Quessenberry* who
has recently returned from over
seas duty held the rank of cap
tain at the time pf hi§ discharge.
Before entering service he wad?
assistant county agent and b well
known throughout this section.
He was also secretary of the Ashfc
County Fair Association, and has
been active in other organizations
in the county.
A planning meeting for th*
coming drive will be hold within
the next few days and details ot
this will be announced next weeK
The chapter welcomed Mm
Nye a§ the new production Chair*
man. She replaces Mrs. LeVetn
Johnson who recently moved tn
Tennessee.
Theatre Owner
Buys New Site
Ashe Motor Company Build
ing Sold; Plan New Build
ings In Early Future
One of the most valuable piec
es of business property in West
Jefferson was involved in a real
estate deal last week when the
Ashe Motor Company building,
next door to the Parkway thea
tre was purchased by R. W. Barr,
theatre owner, for a proposed
new theatre building. The
amount of money involved in
the transaction was not reveal
ed.
B. B. Graybeal, owner of the
Ashe Motor Company, announc
ed that he planned to erect a new
building for the Ford agency and
•garage on property he now owns
■ located on Jefferson Avenue,
I across from the Greystone Serv-
I ice Station.
Mr. Barr said he expected to
start on the new theatre build
ing as soon as he is given pos
session of his newly purchased
property.
Ashe Teams Will
Enter Tourney
A number of Ashe county
basketball teams will enter the
elimination tournament to be
held at Boone this week end, in
which teams from ten counties
will be entered.
The tournament is one of sev
eral in the State to determine by
process of elimination, the State
championship team.
Baptist Film To
Be Shown Sunday
Rev. E. W. Powers has an
nounced that ‘The Romance of
a Century,” a picture showing
one hundred years of Southern
Baptist history, will be present
ed at the West Jefferson Bap
tist church on Sunday night,
February 24 at 7:30 o’clock.
The picture shows the prog
ress of the Southern Baptist Con
vention since its organization
and was made for the centennial
celebration last year. The pic
ture will be shown at the two
following places: Tuckerdale
Baptist church on Saturday
night, February 23; and the West
Jefferson Baptist church on Feb
ruary 24. The people of Ashe
county are cordially invited to
attend this movie.