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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 (Continued on Page 4) 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 (Continued on Page 4) 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 .900 .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 (Continued On Page 4) 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 (Continued on Page 4) 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 (Continued on Page g' 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. (Continued on Doge 4) 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.