ASHE COUNTY IS ...
Leading Livestock and Dairy
County In North Carolina,
Population: 22,664
THURSDAY, JAN. 30, 1947 $3.00 a Year Out of County PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Churches Ask To Aid Polio Fund, Sunday
Wildlife Bill Is
Before Solons:
Ollier Measures
Transportation. Fireworks.
Agricultural Census. Vet
erans Considered
By Staff Writer
Raleigh—(Special)—A variety
of legislation ranging from fire
works to the separation of the
game and fish divisi in from the
department of conservation,
which literally brought on fire
works is before the N. C. Legis
lature ties week.
The North Carolina Wildlife
Federation, which claims 111.00.'
' members, had legislation intro
duced ir.'o the General Assembly
Wednesday to divorce the Divis
ion of Game and Inland Fisheries
from the State Department of
Conservation and Development.
At the concluding s ssion of the
two-day annual meeting Tuesday.
federatienists re-elected P. K.
Gravely, of Rocky Mount, presi
dent for next venr. and leaders
who asked that their names not
be used said their sponsored sep
aration bill would be dropped in
hoppers in both houses today.
Their divorcement bill, which
calls for the creation of a nine
man commission to assume all
duties relating to game and fish,
was circulated among legislators,
and the federation’s legislative
committee says it now has the
signatures of 61 House members
and 14 Senators.
Insurance Changes
Proposed legislation to revamp
North Carolina's insurance laws
ran into a storm of opposition
at a hearing here Tuesday.
More than a score of spokes
men for banks, insurance com
panies. building and loan associa
tions. mortgage loan firms and
realtors enthusiastically picked
alleged flaws in proposed bills
drafted by the Commission on
Revision of the North Carolina
Insurance Laws.
Principal oDDos'tion was aimed
at prornsals which would, in ef
fect. eliminate group-insurance
coverage of members of profes
sional associations without a com
mon employer and stop the writ
ing of so-called “controlled” in
surance business.
Views of the controversial mat
ters was aired at a public hear
ing conducted by the revision
commission and attended by
about 100 persons. Presiding over
the hearing was Dean R. H. Wat
tach of the University of North
Carolina Law School, chairman of
the revision commission.
The commission met last night
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James R. Welch
Buried On Sunday
Funeral service for James R
Welch. 71. of Lansing, was held
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock at
the Long Branch Missionary Bap
tist church Burial was in the
church cemetery with Rev. H. M.
Winkler officiating.
Mr. Welch, who had been in ill
health for sometime, died at his
home on Friday.
Survivors include his wife.
Leeaner Ham Welch, three daugh
ters, Mrs. Harrison Blackburn, of
Bina, Mrs. Vance Ham and Mrs.
Doran Lynch, of Lansing; one
son, Earl Welch, of Lexington.
Also surviving are two brothers.
Monroe Welch, of Clifton; Robert
Welch, of Lansing; four sisters.
Mrs. Rebecca Elliott and Miss
Mary Welch, of Lansing, Mrs.
James Hart, of Darlington, Md.,
Mrs. Freeland Blevins, ot Wh e
top. Va.; eleven grandchildren
and 2 great-grandchildren.
r Five County Men
Are Discharged
Five Ashe county men were
discharged from the U. S. Army
through the local draft board, it
was announced this week by Sam
uel L. Davis, local clerk.
Those discharged were: James
E Ham. of Tuckerdale; Albert
W Bowlin, of Glendale Springs;
Hobart L. Bare, of Wagoner, Clif- j
ford H. Hoosier, of Slv, and Wil- j
liam H. Luther, of Todd. I
GOING TO MEXICO
President Truman, above,
will fly to Mexico early in
March for a visit with Presi
dent Miguel Aleman, the
White House has announced.
Ashe Schools Are
Invited To Enter
Spelling Contest
Journal-Sentinel Will Again
Sponsor Big Event For
Schools Of This Area
B. H. Duncan, Superintendent
of Ashe county schools this week
received an invitation along with
other school officials in this area
to take part in an annual Journal
Sentinel Spelling Bee.
Elimination contests are held in
each county and the champions
go to Winston Salem for the
finals.
Last year, young Louis Craft
of the Lewisville school system
was the winner in the Journal
and Sentinel contest, earning a
trip to Washington, D. C., partici
Dation in the National Spelling
Bee, and a chance at fame and
tortune.
The winner and his or her es
cort will be sent to the Capitol
City to compete with State win
ners from all over the country, at
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M o t h e r Of P. G.
Wright Dies In Va.
Mrs. Flora Parker, of Damas- >
cus. Virginia, died at her home
there Friday morning at the age
of 81, following a brief period of
serious illness. She was the
mother of P. G. Wright, of West
Jefferson. Mr. and Mrs. Wright
were at her bedside at the time
of her death. In addition to Mr.
Wright she is survived by one
daughter. Miss Hope Parker, of
the home.
Funeral service was held at
Damascus on Saturday afternoon.
County Finals
In Conservation
Contest. Today
County Winners To Get
Prizes: To Enter Group
Contest Feb. 13
J. T. Me Laurin. soil conserva
tionist announced this week that
the county finals in the Soil Con
servation Speaking Contest would
be held at the community build
ing this a ft. moon, \\ hen represen
tative s from six high schools will
compete, beginning at lath. Tin
public is cordially invited to at
ti nd.
A total of three prizes \\ ill be
awarded locally. Fust prize of
$2").00 to be given by the First
National Bank: second, of S15.00.
by Belk's: third of $10.00, by
Kraft Foods.
The winner in the county con
test will go to North Wilkesboro
for the group contest on Febru
ary 13. And the winner here will
go to Elkin on February 20 for
the finals. Here the contestants
will compete for $350 in savings
bonds and a trip to the annual
convention of the State Bankers
Association at Asheville, accord
ing to a recent announcement by
J . X 1 a 11IV L/UggCU, OUU
vationist for State College Ex
tension Service.
The students, winners in seven
district elimination contests, will
be judged in the finals by Dr. J.
Henry Highsmith, Raleigh; Dr.
Jane S. McKimmon, former as
sistant director of the State Col
lege Extension Service; Dr. R.
W. Cummings, State College Ag
ronomy head; Mr. Gurney P.
Hood, state commissioner of
banks; and Mr. M. G. Mann, Cot
ton Growers Co-operative.
Doggett said that the contest
began October 1 in 45 counties of
the state, and is sponsored by the
State Bankers Association. The
Association’s convention, to which
the state winner will receive an
expense-paid trip, will be held
May 29 and 30
Ashe Bldg. & Loan
Has A Good Year
At the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Ashe Building
and Loan, on Monday night, the
statement submitted by the sec
retary-treasurer. Glenn B. Grav
beal shows that considering con
ditions the association had en
joyed a good year.
The stockholders elected the
same directors and the directors
the same officers.
Directors are W. E. Vannoy, W.
B. Tribble. J. L. Segraves. J. K.
Hunter, J. G. Rhodes, Glenn B.
Graybeal. R. R. Badger. J. L.
Segraves is president, W. B. Trib
ble. vice-president and Glenn B
Graybeal, secretary-treasurer.
A new series of stock is opened
every three months and install
ment stock is being accepted at
any time, Mr. Graybeal said.
V-C Girls And West Jefferson
Boys Still Lead County Teams
Virginia-Carolina girls and
West Jefferson boys continue to
hold the top bracket among the
county teams, with each chalking
up another victory this week. In
Tuesday’s game the border state
girls ran up a score of 51-13 over
their opponents from Elkland.
Interest continues to run high
with unusually good attendance.
The scores for Tuesday's games
as reported are as follows:
BOYS
Jefferson. 30. Nathan’s Creek,
25; Virginia-Carolina, 24, Elk
land, 20; West Jefferson 37. Fleet
wood 24.
GIRLS
Jefferson, 28, Nathan’s Creek.
14: Virginia-Carolina, 51. Elkland,
13; Fleetwood, 24; West Jeffer
son. 14.
The results of the Lansing
Healing Springs games were not
available.
Schedule
The schedule for Tuesday is as
follows:
Nathan’s Creek at Elkland.
Healing Springs at W. Jeffer
son.
Riverview at Jefferson.
Fleetwood at Virginia-Carolina.
STANDINGS
GIRLS
Won Lost Pet.
Va.-Carolina _9
Jefferson_8
Elkland _4
Fleetwood_4
Healing Springs _ 4
Lansing _ 4
Riverview _ 3
West Jefferson . _ 3
Nathan’s Creek 1
3
9
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.875 |
.500 !
.500
.444
.444
.333
.300
.100
BOYS
West Jefferson - 10
Jefferson _ 8
Elkland __ . 7
Va.-Carolina _ 7
Lansing __ 4
Nathan’s Creek __ 3
Fleetwood_2
Healing Springs _ 2
Riverview_0 „ -
This standing does not include
results of the Healing Springs
Lansing games on Tuesday night
as they were not reported.
1.000
.800
.7*0
.700
.444
.300
.222
.222
000
Navy May Establish Kadio LJnil In County
An Electronic DriU of Naval Reservists -it the Charleston Naval Base in S. C. is
pictured here. A similar setup will be used bv Reserve Electronics Companies and
Platoons in communities where they are established. Left to ritrht are Commander
Thomas I. Dean, Chief Radioman Rex C. Wiggs (from Warsaw, N. C.) and Lieutenant
Roy C. Heavner (from Landrum. S. C.).
All AAA Reports
Must Be In Before
Feb. 15 For Credit
Failure To Make Reports On
1946 Practices May Prove
Costly To Farmers
It was announced t!. is week by
G. Melvin Campbell, secretary to
the AAA committee, that all far
mers participating in the 1946
AAA program must get their re
ports in before Februrary 15. He
explained that it would be neces
sary to report all of those to the
state office and place them on the
register of indebtedness who had
not made their reports by that
date.
It was also pointed out that it
would be necessary to charge the
producer twice the original cost
of the material not reported. This
means that any future payments
due the producer would be taken
to pay for the unused material
and that no new material could
be delivered to the producer un
til the unreported material is paid
for. it was reported.
By making the report now
lime and phosphate that has not
been spread can be transfered to
the 1947 program at no ex’ra
charge to the farmers. Mr.
Campbell stated.
"Be sure to come in and make
this report, or if it is not con
venient you may write in stating
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All-Star Games
Are Well Attended
Much interest was shown in
the all-star games played in the
Jefferson gymnasium on Satur
day night, the proceeds of which
went to aid in the Infantile Par
alysis Fund Drive.
In the first game the undefeat
ed Crumpler team handed Jef
ferson a defeat by a score of 38-18.
In the second game, Riverview
and West Jefferson clashed, with
Riverview winning by a score of
20-18.
The losers of the first two
games played in the third game
with West Jefferson defeating
Jefferson with a score of 28-20,
In the final game the winners
of the first two games met with
Crumpler defeating Riverview by
a score of 17-13.
Proceeds of the game nettl'd a
total of $73.38.
Hunting Season
(doses On Friday
Attenlion is called to the tact
that tomorrow, January 31, the
hunting season officially closes.
District Game Protector, Wal
ter F. Edmisten, of Boone, point
ed out that sportsmen as well as
land owners must cooperate tor
the protection of wildlife.
I County May Cet Nava! Reserve
Eleetronie Unit If Enough
Interest Is Shown By Citizens
*
Reports Reveal
Progress Made
By FHA Families
Annual Meeting Well At
tended: Plans For Coming
Year Are Outlined
Ashe county FHA farmers op
erating under the farm ownership
borrowers plan not only made
progress in food production last
year, but made many improve
ments on their farms and farm
buildings as revealed by reports
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Proposed Board
Is Suggested
At a meeting of the executive
committee of the Democratic
party held on Saturday afternoon
at the courthouse the following
were named to be recommended
to the N. C. Legislature as a pro
posed county board of education:
G O. Burgess, West Jefferson;
Clyde Houck. Todd: E. C. Fran
cis, Helton; Arthur Rose, Glen
dale Springs, and Bradley Stur
gills. Grassy Creek.
The county boards of educa
tion ait named in the Omnibus
Bill by the legislature.
Similar Units Are Now Being
Organized Throughout
Sixth Naval District
Naval Reserve Electronic Com
panies and Platoons are being
organized throughout the Sixth
Naval District and at present
comp nies in Columbia, S C., and
Chariv.tte, N. C., have been ac
tivated. Weekly drills are now
being conducted every Thursday
evening at eight o'clock, with
Headquarters Sixth Naval Dis
trict (NAO-7) acting as master
control station. The primary fre
quency for these drills is 2792
KC"s and 2656 KC's is the sec
ondary.
Lieut mint Commander II. M
Kennickell, of Winston-Salem,
Naval Reserve Representative
for this area announced today
that West Jefferson may get a
local unit if sufficient interested
personnel can be found.
The units will be primarily for
those reservists who have had
communication, radai and tech
nical electronic experience, how
ever there will be openings for
those interested in learning the
electronic field.
The Electronic Warfare Cop'
panics and Platoons will partici
pate in drills with each other and
with the organized Reserve* when
the Reserve Armories af com
pleted. In the meantime eqmp
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Sky land Post Wins Award For
Editorial At N. Press Meet
The Skyland Post was prest nt- j
ed a certificate of merit for sec- 1
ond place among the weekly |
newspapers in North Carolina for |
the best editorial at the final j
meeting of the N. C. Press Asso- j
ciation at Duke University last
Friday. The presentation of
awards was made by Gov. R. I
Gregg Cherry. J
Contests in the various phases I
of classes of newspaper work in
both daily and weekly papers are
sponsored each year by the State
Press Association. The editorial
on which this paper was adjudg
ed second place was "An Indict
ment,” published November 21.
dealing with the deplorable treat
ment of children by conlinmg,
them to common jails. In the
year that ended June 30, 5il of
the State’s 100 counties violated
the statute by doing this.
Several other prizes were won
by papers published by Ed M
Anderson. The Transylvania
Times won first place among
larger weeklies for general excel
lence and also for community
service. Second place in general
excellence among larger week
lies went to tht' Forest City
Courier. Third place in the ed
itorial contest went to the Tian
yylvania Times, which also receiv
’d another honorable mention in
this {•roup as did the Spind.de
Sun.
Mr. and Mrs. And rson and
Miss Nancy Kenmckell attended
the meeting.
Mr. Anderson left on Friday |
ifternoon for Columbia. S. C , |
where he spoke to the press asso- I
.nation of that state on Saturday. I
lie will be a guest speaker be
fore the New York Press Asso
ciation on February 7.
Mrs. Osborne, 7o.
Succumbs Al Fi«r
Funeral service for Mrs, Cora
Tsborne, 78. of Fig, was held on
sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock
it t h e Riverview Methodist
■hurch. Burial followed.
Mrs. Osborne, who died at her
tome at Fig on Friday, is sur- j
rived by several children. i
Sunday Schools
And (Hi u relies
Asked Tor (jifts
County-Wide Observance Is
Called For; T. E. Parker
Is Chairman
All churches in Ashe county
are asked to aid in the fight
against infantile paralysis, by
taking a special collection on Sun
lay to help r: iso the county's
quota of S2G5().
T, K. rarker. chain: an of this
special day ob • n :.ne said that
iie hoped i ither in the Sunday
■hool or the church service a
;pt rial collection would be taken
at ear!, church and ,-nt in to the
county chairman, W. Glenn Lit
tle.
Lenders point* d out because of
the close relation of the work
with the teaching of Christ they
felt that all church* s would co
operate. The county has a quota
of $2(150, and reports yesterday
afternoon reveal that only $1575
has been raised.
Individuals and others who
have not sent in their contribu
tions are asked to do so at once.
The following contributions not
previously announced are listed
Firestone Store, Ray Drug Co,,
W. J Food Center, Blackburn'*
Store, Vannoy Furn Co. $25.00
each.
Reins-S t u r d i v a n t Funeral
Home, $20.00.
Colvard Oil Co., Burgess Furn.
Co., $15.00 each.
Bruce Shepherd, Mr and Mr*.
J. W. Gambill, Worth Shepherd,
Mrs. Irene S. King, Roger Hot
man, M. G. Edwards, Mr. and
Mrs. Ward Ray, E O. Woodi*
J L. Segraves, Paul J. Thomai,
$10.00 each.
Robert Colvard, $8 00 O. ft
Voung. $6.00.
G. E. Kilby, F B Shepherd,
Walter Phillips, James Tucker,
Smith Eggers, George W Shep
herd. Ray Sturgill, W. A. Camp
bell, J T. Sturgill, Duvall’s Gro
cery, I. M. Cook's Store. Dr.
Bruce Porter, Carl W Blevins,
W. B. Oliver, Rev. W E. Denney,
Fred N. Colvard, John W Knox,
Wiley Burgess, R. D Houck, Mr.
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Ki\ Kllt r Hauls
Legion I*osl 273
Other Officers Named; Re
creation Room Now Open
To Public
Officers for the new year were
named at the meeting of the
Lansing Post 275 of the American
Legion at the Legion hall last
Wednesday night. Chosen as com
mander was Ed Filer, t»- succeed
Ray [Levins,
Other officers named were
Frank James nrst vice-command
er; Ed Ham, second vice-corn
mander: Ray Powers, adjutant;
Tom Goss, sergeant at arms; Wal
ler Osborne, chaplain Hay Blev
ins. historian.
The public is reminded that the
Legion halt will be open each
I’uesdax from 4:0(1 p. m. until
10:00 p. m. and on each Sunday
i i om 2:00 to 7 00 All those de
aling recreation are welcome ta
visit 'here, it was pointed out,
The next meeting of the l.ans
ng post will he held Wednesday,
February 5. Following the next
neetmg new members will be
nitiated.
Rifles are being secured for the
egion, it was stated, and they are
expected to he here at an early
(ate
Fri. Is Dondlino
For License Tapps
The public is ;ip,iin reminded
dial 1H47 license tans must lie on
ill automobiles by Friday, nr a
lenalty will be imposed. Patrol
nan D. A. Houston stated this
Acek. He said that if a our owner
las his license and does not have
hem on his car. that does not
•xcuse him from the penalty.
Patrolman Houston also warned
he public to have all equipment
.'becked, as more than a dozen
oersons were arrested during th*
■veek end for improper equip*
pent and "lighting.