I . PRESS HUN 4,000 ' } • Net Paid 3.595 Covers Ashe County VOLUME 17, NO. 52 Infantile Paralysis Fund Drive Opens Fri. Hearings Start On N. C. Budget; Consider Teachers Teachers Pay Bill Goes To Conference Committee Os Which Brown Is Member By Staff Writer Raleigh— (Special) Coming into the forefront as the Legis lature got off to a rushing start is the teacher-pay bill when the administration forces scored a victory as the house-amended supplementary increase of? 5 to 30 per cent increase in salaries of teachers was referred to a con ference committee for further study by a vote of 31 to 19. The action came after two hours and 35 minutes of lengthy discus sion of the amended proposal’s merits. The senate earlier had quickly passed a bill calling for 20 per cent salary increases for teachers and state employes only to have Rep. Oscar G. Barker of Durham attach an amendment which passed in the house. Lt. Gov. L. Y. Ballentine, presi dent of the senate, named a three man conference committee to represent the upper chamber to study the proposal. They were: Sens. Wade Barber of Chatham, chairman of the appropriations committee; Willie Lee Lumpkin, of Franklin, an outspoken sup porter of the proposed pay in creases, and Wade Brown, of Wa tauga, who voted against con currence. House Speaker Thom as J. Pearsall is expected to name a five-man committee to repre sent the house tomorrow. Budget Hearings The joint appropriations com mittee Wednesday began hearings on wbudgef for state departments, institutions and agencies. Departments situated in Raleigh will be the first to appear, fol lowed by those agencies and in stitutions located out of town. The hearings will continue through February 12, and during the first part of the session, the commit tee plans to meet only on Tues day, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. The hearings will be held in the Revenue building. Spending Program Budget recommendations con tained in operational and perman ent improvement appropriations bills call for the expenditure of $348,147,048 during the coming biennium. The schedule of hearings: Tomorrow—Division of pur chase and contract, secretary of state, state auditor, confederate pensions, state treasurer, local government commission, retire ment system, attorney general and SBI. Tax Research, Etc. Thursday—Department of tax research, department of archives and history, state library, library commission, state aid to public li braries, utilities administration, rate investigations, and adjutant general. January 21—Revenue depart ment, insurance department, la bor department, board of boiler rules, industrial commission, state board of elections, buildings and grounds, state property fire insur ance fund. January 22—Board of correc tions and training, Eastern Caro (Continued on Page 4) J. O. BLEVINS IS ON SEVERAL COMMITTEES J. O. Blevins, Ashe county's representative in the legislature is serving on a number of im portant committees for this ses sion. His committees included those of elections, health and ed ucation. USO Drive Will Be Continued Lowell Smithey, Ashe county chairman of the USO Fund Drive announced this week that the drive would be continued until the county’s quota of $1,000.00 is raised. Around $400.00 has been raised today, Chairman Smithey said. Frank James, assistant chair man, is making a special drive among the teachers of the county, it was announced. (The Post $2.50 a Year in Ashe County Stockholders Os Hospital Are To Meet Saturday Reports To Be Heard And Other Plans For Year To Be Discussed Notices have been sent to the stockholders of the Ashe county hospital announcing the annual meeting of the stockholders on Saturday afternoon. January 18. All stockholders are urged to attend or to send in proxies. Di rectors, will be elected and other business transacted. The direct ors are also expected to meet immediately afterwards. At this time the proposed nurses home and other plans for the year are expected to be discuss ed and reports on the hospital for the past year heard. First Nat’l Bank Increases Capital Stock To $50,000 Has Good Year; J. L. Segraves Cashier; Stockholders Met Tuesday The First National bank had a very successful year during 1946 when resources climbed well above the three million dollar mark as shown by the report of J. L. Segraves at the annual meeting of the stockholders, on Tuesday. The annual statement, publish ed elsewhere in this paper today, reveals that the resources have reached $3,292,407.93 as compared to $3,061,547.59 at the close of business in 1945. Deposits also show an increase. Because of the growth of the bank, the capital stock has been increased from $25,000.00 to $50,- 000.00. The bank has also en larged its quarters and now in cludes the adjoining space for merly occupied by the Green Lan tern case. The stockholders re-elected the directors at the meeting last week. They are: Dr. R. C. Ray, H. H. Burgess, Edison Thomas, T. C. Bowie and John Littlewood. The directors re-elected the of ficers. They are: T. C. Bowie, (Continued on Page Five) Deputies Named To Aid Sheriff W. B. Todd, Sheriff of Ashe ( county, has announced the ap pointment of four deputies for the county. Harve Goodman, of Jefferson, former game warden, has been named chief deputy. Willey P. Gambill, of Chestnut Hill township, Fred Lee Spencer, of Helton township, and William A. Eldreth, of Hurricane town ship, are the other three named by Sheriff Todd, who stated that he was pleased to have these able men serve with him. Much Interest Is Shown In Work Stock Clinics Scheduled A large number of Ashe coun ty farmers are planning to take advantage of the series of work stock clinics, which open in the I county today and continue I through January 24, H. D. Ques senberry. county agent, said: At this time licensed veteri narians will be present to ex ! amine work stock. The complete schedule is as follows: Thursday, January 16, 9:00 a. m. to 10:00 a. m., Test Farm, Transou; 10:00 a. m. to' 11:30 a. m., Paul Reeves, Laurel Springs; 12:00 noon to 1:00 p. m., Grady Fletcher, Nathan’s Creek; 2:30 p. m. to 3:00 p. m., Curn Dixon, Cranberry road; 4:00 p. m. to 4:30 p. m., V. O. Waddell, Scottville. Friday, January 17, 9:00 a. m. to 10:00 a.m., Walter Phillips, West Jefferson; 10:30 a. m. to 11:30 a. m., Earl Ray, West Jefferson; 1:00 p. m. to 2:00 p. m., Mrs. W. R. Houck. Baldwin; 3:00 p. m. to 4:00 p. m., R. B. Brown, Brown wood. Saturday, January 18, 9:00 a. m. to 10:00 a. m., R. E. Phillips, Idle wild; 10:30 a. m. to 11:30 a. WEST JEFFERSON, N. C., THURSDAY, JAN. 16, 1947 WANTS DAD’S OFFICE ¥ :|x : j/ SS&k&v.;:: :W Herman Talmadge, son of late Gov. Eugene Talmadge, Georgia, who is asking the legislature to declare him Governor in place of his fath er, who was named to this office before his death. Baptist Ass’ii Conference To Be Held Sunday S. S. Leaders Will Meet At Clifton Baptist Church On Sunday To Make Plans The Ashe Baptist Associational Sunday School Conference will meet on Sunday at the Clifton Baptist church to discuss the year’s program, it was announced this week. mA It was pointed out by Miss Vu> ginia Dare Teague, associational worker that the purpose of the meeting is to acquaint the church leaders with the program for the year and to make arrangements for planning meetings in the churches next month under the sponsorship of the association. All Sunday School superintend ents and officers of all churches are urged to attend. $1,120 Reported From Seal Sale The quota set for the annual seal sale fund drive held an nually in the county was sur passed ana a total of $1,120.00 has been reported to date, Mrs. A. B. Hurt, chairman, announced this week. There are still some school sales to be reported, Mrs. Hurt stated and urged those who were in charge of sales to send in re ports to her in order that she might complete the final report. The business houses in West Jefferson and in other sections of the county responded well to the drive and $493.58 was realiz ed from the bond sales plus the street canvassing, it was pointed out. School sales reported Jan uary 11 totaled $626.42. m., J. H. Colvard’s store, Obids; 12:00 noon to 1:00 p. m., E. H. Baker, Glendale Springs; 2:00 p. m. to 2:30 p. m., Fred N. Colvard, Orion. Monday, January 20, 9:00 a. m. to 10:30 a. m., Bryan Kirby, Stur gills; 11:00 a. m. to 12:00 noon, Lester Segraves’ farm on Little Helton: 2:00 p. m. to 3:00 p. m., W. O. Ashley, Warrensville: 3:30 p. m. to 4:30 p. m., W. W. Elliott, Smethport. Tuesday, January 21, 9:30 a. m. to 10:30 a. m., J. W. Dougherty, Pond Mountain: 12:00 noon to 2:00 p. m., T. J. Graybeal, Laurel; 3:00 p. m. to 4:00 p. m., Watt Pennington, Little Laurel. Wednesday, January 22, 8:30 a. m. to 10:00 a. m., John Sutherland, Creston; 10:30 a. m. to 11:30 a. m., Carl Hartsog, Creston; 1:30 p. m. to 2:30 p. m., Paul Sutherland, Fig; 3:00 p. m. to 4:00 p. m., J. C. Little, Clifton. Thursday, January 23, 9:30 a. m. to 10:30 a. m., Joe Hampton, Horse Creek; 11:00 a. m. to 12:00 noon, Ralph Goss (Lee Goss’ (Continued on Page 8) Begin Listing Os Taxes; Burgess Is Supervisor Listers Named For All Town ships Except Jefferson; Vacancy Here H. H. Burgess, tax supervisor of Ashe county announced this week that after a slight delay tax listers had been named in all townships of the county except Jefferson and are now on the job listing property. Mr. Burgess asked that the public cooperate with the list ers in order to facilitate the work. He also asked that if there was a person interested in the work in Jefferson township, that he make application for this. The listers for the various townships as announced by Mr. Burgess, are as follows: | Chestnut Hill, Joe B. Pierce; Clifton, S. W. James; Creston, R. C. Hartsoe; Elk, E. E. Houck; Grassy Creek, A. J. Blevins; Hel ton, B. L. Waddell: Horse Creek, E. W. Stansberry; Hurricane, Robert Cox. Laurel, Robert Hartsoe; North Fork, Oscar Wilson; Obids, C. T. McNeill; Old Fields, J. R. Grubb; Peak Creek, F. M. Allen; Piney Creek, Howard Reeves; Pine Swamp, George O. Griffin; Pond Mountain, R. D. Miller; Walnut Hill, George Calloway; West Jef ferson, Sam James. Outline Use Os W. J. Fire Truck Slight Charge To Be Made Outside Os City Limits ‘ For Maintenance As was recently discussed and passed upon at a meeting of the town board of aldermen, charges will be made for fire fighting service outside of the corporate limits of West Jefferson. Out side calls for any fires located immediately outside the city lim its will be $25 and $5 will be added for each additional mile, it was pointed out. The cooperation of the public is also asked in regard to fire alarms. Many small fires have been called to the attention of the fireman when it was not nec essary, it was pointed out. Per sons turning in alarms should be sure of its seriousness and should identify themselves and give def inite instructions to fireman in regard to its location. Cooper ation of the public will be appre ciated, B. B. Graybeal stated. Richardson Rites To Be Held Today Funeral service for Nathan Richardson, 86, of Clifton, will be held this afternoon at 2:00 p. m. at the Clifton Baptist church. Interment will be in the Welch cemetery with Revs. Cicero Ash ley, A. C. Ashley and Frank Tucker officiating. Mr. Richardson passed away at his home at Clifton on Tuesday afternoon as a result of a heart ailment. He was the son of the late Nathan and Jane Dickson Richardson, and the husband of the late Lucinda Parsons Rich !ardson. He is survived by two sons. Roscoe and Charles, both of Clifton, and two daughters, Mrs. Carrie Eller, of Clifton, and Mrs. Pansy Blackburn, of Pomeroy, Ohio. Mrs. Barker, 56, Buried Monday * Funeral service for Mrs. Bes sie Barker, 56, who died at her home at Grassy Creek Saturday, was held at Green's Chapel Mon day afternoon. Interment was in the Stike cemetery with Rev. W. C. Eastridge officiating. He was assisted by Revs. R. G. Weav er and John Campbell. Mrs. Barker, who had been a patient in the Ashe hospital, had been in ill health for sometime. She is survived by her husband, Walter Barker, three children, Ford, Faye and Worth, and two brothers, Luther and Jake, of Grassy Creek. Your Donations Restored Her Health m■% : * * - » w JllllliP / ' , A„ ■ .< •' BaV. w. . ...JP" •'. < I'l J. W' ~ ' ** * ■?* f JSS •' V/- 2. ..-.W*.■...i.k-.-.-i-...•....•..•.w.-..;vfc*...-...-^Y4 Your contributions of dollars and dimes last year made it possible for this young lady to recover from an attack of the dread infantile paralysis. She and her doll (at left) were admitted to the State Orthopedic Hospital at Gastonia several months ago. She is Mimi Eve Elliott, daughter of John W. Elliott, R. F. D. No. 2, Shelby. Many New Houses Are Now Under Construction In “East Jefferson”; Some Occupied Four All-Star Teams To Meet On January 25 Proceeds From Games To Be Given To Aid In Annual Polio Fund Drive Two all-star games will be played at the Jefferson gym nasium Saturday night, January 25, for the benefit of the March of Dimes, Colonel Francis, chair man of athletic events for the annual polio fund drive cam paign announced this week. West Jefferson will play River view and Jefferson will clash with Healing Springs. The win ner of the Jefferson-Riverview (Continued on Page 8) Board Os Health Holds Meeting At a meeting of the Ashe-Alle ghany-Watauga Board of Health, last week plans for the new year were discussed and officers nam ed. C. H. Mock, of Boone, was nam ed chairman of the board for the year and Dr. W. M. Mathe son, vice chairman. A leave of absence for three months’ study in sanitation was granted Jack D. Cobb, of Boone. 1947 Proclamation For March Os Dimes Is Issued By Mayor WHEREAS, the nation has just emerged from the greatest epi demic of infantile paralysis since the great scourge of 1916, and, WHEREAS, the National Foun dation for Infantile Paralysis, which is supported by the March of Dimes and by the March of Dimes only, has been called upon as never before in its history to spend millions to bring the best available care to those stricken, regardless of age, creed, color or race, and, WHEREAS, the National Foun dation for Infantile Paralysis will be called upon as never before to provide continuing care for the thousands stricken until maxi mum recovery is assured in every case, thereby fulfilling its ex pressed pledge to the American people, and, WHEREAS, the National Foun dation for Infantile Paralysis has, in addition to these huge sums spent millions and will contin ue to spend millions—in research seeking the cause of and possible cure for this great crippler, and proposes so to do until polio is $3.00 a Year Out of County Several Are Being Erected By Veterans On Highway Just Beyond Jefferson As building supplies become more plentiful Ashe men, some of whom are veterans building homes for the first time and oth ers who are seeking “the wide open spaces,’’ have started a building campaign which gives the average by-passer an eye full. One section of the county, known to those who live there as “East Jefferson,” now has nine new houses which are literally being built over night. Some are not yet near completion and will not be ready to receive its owner as a permanent guest for some time but others have already been completed on the inside and now house families. One the left of the road en (Continued on Page 8) Fire Destroys J Home At Creston The home of Dan Price at Cres ton was completely destroyed by fire early Saturday afternoon. Neighbors were unable to ex tinguish the flames which were reported to have Deen started from a small child playing with matches near the wall paper. The house was located near J. S. Stephens’ at Creston. rendered harmless, and, WHEREAS, the National Foun dation for Infantile Paralysis, sup ported as it is solely by the March of Dimes, will need mil lions of additional dimes this year jin its widespread educational | program designed to strike j against polio's two greatest allies ! —fear and ignorance, and. WHEREAS, the National Foun dation for Infantile Paralysis, : spearhead of the ceaseless war i against polio will, for the rea ! son’s set forth above, need funds to carry on its work in 1947 as never before in its history, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLV ED, that the sixteen days January 15-30, be officially set aside in West Jefferson as the 1947 March of Dimes in West Jefferson, dur ing which time all citizens are urged to familiarize themselves thoroughly with the good works of the March of Dimes and to support the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to their utmost with their dimes. (Signed) Charles O. Parsons, Mayor of West Jef ferson. ASHE COUNTY IS ... Leading Livestock and Dairy County In North Carolina. Population: 22,664 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY County Has Quota Os $2650; Need For ' Money Is Urgent Chairman Little Asks The Cooperation Os All To Aid Victims Ashe county’s active drive to raise funds to fight infantila paralysis will get underway on Friday along with others through out the nation, G. Glenn Little, chairman, announced this week. The county has a quota of $2650.00, which is considered small in comparison to the large amount of funds the National Foundation has spent on Ashe county victims, Mr. Little point ed out. During the past two years alone this county has received from the National Foundation more than $4,000.00 on the treat ment of victims, over and above what has been raised here. Special appeal letters will go out early next week and a num ber of other events have been planned to stimulate interest in the drive. Committee chairmen serving with Mr. Little include the fol lowing: Civic clubs, Gale McMillan; publicity chairman, Mrs. Ed M. Anderson; management and la bor, Rocco Cutri; co-chairman, M, G. Edwards; churches, T. E. Parker; welfare, Miss Ruth Tug man; special gifts, Mrs. Robt. G. Barr; direct solicitation, W. D. j McMillan, coin collector. S. S. I Shoemaker; sports events, L. P, Colvard; co-chairman, Colonel Francis; professional men, W, B. Austin; birthday ball, chairman, Amos Wagoner, Jr.; moving pic tures, D. D. Bunch, Mrs. James Hensley, and Mrs. Ld D. Barr; special women’s chairman, Mrs. ! Ward Ray; colored citizens, Od* die J. Cox. ! Record Crowds Witness Games i Interest Grows; Va.-Caroling Girls And \V. J. Boys Head Standings The Va.-Carolina girls and the j West Jefferson boys lead the i standings as the county basket ball teams enter the second half of the county conference. The Elkland teams won a dou ble-header from Lansing Tuesday night with the girls winning by a score of 20-18 and the boys, 30- 27. Another double-header was won by Elkland Friday nighA when the girls from Healing Springs were defeated 23-12 and the boys 29-8. Elkland girls tied with-the Fleetwood girls on De« cember 31, at 13-13, and the boys game was forfeited by Fleetwood boys. Fleetwood won a double-heade? at Riverview Tuesday night, the girls winning 20-15 and the boys 4-1-14, j West Jefferson and Virginia* j Carolina divided honors here j Tuesday when the boys won 3 I 33-20 victory and the girls lost j 27-18. Jefferson captured a double* j header at Healing Springs, the i boys winning 28-19 and the girl? | 18-17. The standings will be given I next week. ATHLETIC MEET TO BE HELD MONDAY The Ashe County Athletic As sociation will meet at the Jef ferson school house on Monday night at 7:30 p. in., for the pur pose of making plans for the county tournament, it was an nounced here this week. All members and officials are asked to be present. Connor To Speak To Croup Jan. 24 H. D. Qucssenberry, county agent, announced this week that James T. Connor, Extension En tomologist of State College, would hold a meeting in the agent’s of fice at the courthouse on Friday morning at 9:30, January 24, to explain uses of the various in secticides. All dealers as well as others 4re invited to attend*

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