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Ashe County
VOLUME 18, NO. 3
File Answer To Land Co. Claim To Streets
More Funds Are
Sought For Needy;
May Cut Districts
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Sick-Leave Pay For Teachers
Sought: Mecklenburg
Declaration Considered
By Staff Writer
Raleigh—(Special)— An appro
priation of $200,000 during the
coming biennium to assist coun
ties of the State in aiding indigent
persons between the ages of 13
and 65 was requested of the Gen
eral Assembly’s joint appropria
tion’s committee Tuesday by the
State Board of Welfare.
Dr. Ellen Winston. State Wel
fare commissioner, in requesting
the appropriation for a program
of “general assistance’’ pointed
out that the Advisory Budget
commission has recommended ap
propriations totaling $3,500 000
old-age assistance and $1,300.-
wO for aid to dependent children
during the biennium.
The additional appropriation of
$200,000 was requested. Dr. Win
ston said, to aid ’county welfare
departments in caring for a “great
group of forgotten people”—those
too old for aid for dependent chil
dren and those too young for old
age assistance.
Sick Leave For Teachers
North Carolina’s public school
teachers and principals, one of
the few groups of State employes
not now entitled to sick leave,
had hopes of being able to draw
checks for an annual 12-day pe
riod of compensated sick leave.
Representative N. F. Ransdell
of Wake county introduced a bill
Monday night which would give
the school group this time for
sickness. The teachers and prin-.
finals frV
while sicfcfor 12days:’ ft
The present arrangement, un
der State Board of Education reg
ulations reouires a sick teacher
or principal to pay $5 a day for
a substitute.
Mecklenburg Declaration
A public hearing will be held
at 9:30 a. m. today on a measure
by Representative Dellinger, of
Ajas ton. which would declare the
\vuth of the Mecklenburg Declar
ation of Independence.
The measure would make it a
legal fact that there was such a
declaration; teachers could not
doubt its truth in their class
rooms: and books questioning its
authenticity could not be taught.
Representative Stoney, of
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W. E. Vannoy, Jr.
To Speak To Club
Rotarians Hear Alton Weaver,
County Contest Winner,
Last Week
Wade E. Vannoy, Jr. will be
the gliest speaker at the regular
of the Jeffersons Rotary
<Aib tonight at the community
building. Mr. Vannoy, who com
pleted his studies at Wake Forest
College last semester, will speak
to the Rotarians on “The Purpose
of Education.” Dr. Dean C. Jones
will be in charge of the program.
Alton Weaver first place win
ner in the county soil conserva
tion contest, was guest speaker
last Thursday when he spoke on
“Why We Should Practice Soil
Conservation.’' Glenn B. Gray
beal introduced the speaker.
Immediafely following
Rotary program, a moving picture
film on approved methods of
operating a Grade A dairy barn
and milk processing plant will
be shown farmers and dairymen
who are urged to be present. A
film on proper methods of handl
ing food in restaurants will also
be shown. The public is cordially
invited.
Ashe, Alleghany
. Will Be On Air Sat.
Ashe and Alleghany counties
will be given some publicity on
the air. over WSJS, Winston-
Salem on Saturday at 12:45 p. m
in connection with the regular
program. “News of Northwest
North Carolina. Representatives
of The Skyland Post and the
Alleghany News have been invit
<ed to be special guests.
the Waitt Wst
$2.50 a Year in Ashe County
Pol io Fmid Drive Is
Nearing Quota; Want
All Funds Reported
Churches, Schools And Indi
viduals Are Asked To
Turn In Funds Now
W. Glenn Little, chairman of
the county drive to raise funds
to fight infantile paralysis an
nounced yesterday that a total of
$2,453.75 had been collected on
the county's quota of $2650. and
asked that all schools, churches
and individuals who have not
turned in their collection, do so
at once. Churches that failed to
make a collection last Sunday are
asked to do so this Sunday and
turn this in on Monday.
Chairman Little said he was
well pleased with the response of
many and said that he was con
fident the quota could be made
if final collections were turned in.
The following contributions
have not been previously report
ed.
Ashe County Woman’s Club,
$25.00.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Graybeal,
Zeb Witherspoon, $15.00 each.
Badger’s Funeral Home, C. E.
Segraves, Parkway Theatre, Mr.
and Mrs. W, L. Dent, Mr. and
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Ashe Men Bound
Over To Court In
Case
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Hearing Held Before Parsons
For Vai Sheets And
Frank Miller
In a hearing before Mayor C.
O. Parsons, last Friday, two Glen
dale Springs men, Vai Sheets and
Frank Miller were bound over
to superior court in connection
with injury of Helen Bare, eight
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Bare of the Glendale Springs
Jefferson road. The bonds of the
two voune men were set at sl,-
000.00 each.
The Bare child was painfully
and seriously injured on Sunday
December 15. while playing in the
yard of her home near the river
bridge.
According to the parents of the
child the injury was believed to
be sustained by a dynamite cap
of some other explosive thrown
from a passing car. She lost the
sight on one eye, three fingers
and sustained other injuries.
Bare and Sheets were among
those passing at the time the
child was injured, officers point
ed out.
N. C. Soil Conservation Leaders
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Here is a group of soil conservation leaders: Sitting,
reading from left to right, Alonzo Edwards, Hookerton,
past president; Herbert White, Caswell county, State
president; E. B. Garrett, State Conservationist, SCS,
Raleigh; Wade E. Eller, Ashe county, first vice-president;
Hauley Poole, Moore county, second vice-president of the
North Carolina Association of Soil Conservation District
supervisors were elected recently at the state meeting
held in Goldsboro.
WEST JEFFERSON, N. C., THURSDAY, FEB. 6, 1947
All-Star Teams
To Play Tourney
Games Feb. 17-22
Fourteen Teams Are Entered:
Complete Schedule Is
Given By Officials
Fourteen teams have entered
the Northwestern all-star tourna
ment to be played at the Jeffer
son gymnasium February 17-22,
Colonel Francis, president, an
nounced this week. Much inter
est is being shown by teams from
outside of the county as well as
in the county.
Outside teams to enter include
representatives of Northwestern
North Carolina as well as Vir
ginia and east Tennessee. Bas
ketball fans are expected to see
a lot of action as these teams
begin the contest February 17.
Games will begin Monday
night, February 17, at 6:30 o’clock.
No games, however, will be play
ed on Tuesday night due to the
playing schedule of high schools
in the county. Games will be
resumed on Wednesday and will
continue throughout the week
with finals being played on Sat
urday night.
The schedule as announced by
the officials is as follows:
Monday, 6:30, West Jefferson
all-stars vs. Crumpler Rebels.
7:30, Miller’s Creek vs. Fleetwood
all-stars: 8:30, Lansing all-stars
vs. Mocksville Millers.
Wednesday, 6:30, Riverview
Wildcats vs. Boone all-stars: 7:30,
Jefferson all-stars vs. Fries Y. M.
C. A.: 8:30, Mountain City Jay
cees vs. Elkland all-stars.
Thursday, 6:00, Hollar’s Inc., to
play winners of Miller’s Creek-
Fleetwood game: 7:00. winners of
Riverview-Boone game to play
winners of West Jefferson-
Crumpler game: 8:00, winners of
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School For Bus
Drivers Feb. 12
C. I. Yelton, member of the
N. C. Highw’ay Safety Division
will hold a bus drivers’ training
school here February 12, B. H.
Duncan, county superintendent,
announced this week.
All principals who need this
service are asked to notify driv
ers in order that they might be
here.
Ashe County Men Finish Training At Fort Bragg
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Pvt. James W. (Bud) King, left, Pvt. Wayne J. Wallace, center, and Pvt. Thomas E.
Rash, right, have recently completed basic training at the Replacement Training Cen
ter, Fort Bragg. King is the son of Mrs. J. W. King, of Bina; Wallace is the son of
Mrs. Alice Wallace, of Grassy Creek, and Rash is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie
Rash, of Milam. They were inducted last October.
Teachers Not To
Get Emergency
Pay In 6th Month
Some Delay In Handling Mat
ter Is Announced By
State Office
B. H. Duncan, county school
superintendent, stated this week
that teachers will not be given
their emergency pay in the sixth
month check as was expected.
In a letter received from Paul
Reed, comptroller of the N. C.
State Board of Education, Mr.
Reed stated that vouchers da’Xl
prior to February 25 throughout
the state will not include the bo
nus voted recently by the legis
lature. The reason for the delay
was that details of the payments
have not as yet been worked out
and therefore will not be avail
able before February 25.
AH toachors. Mr. Duncan point
ed out according to instructions,
will receive one-half of the bonus
with their March checks.
Mr. Duncan stated that the rea
son for clarifying such statements
was because some teachers were
under the impression that they
would receive their bonus this
month.
Plans Underway
For New Building
Plans are now being completed
for an educational building to be
added to the Smethport Methodist
church, work which will begin
as soon as materials are available,
it was announced here this week.
The new addition will contain
four rooms, a furnace will be
installed in the church, and new
pews will be purchased, as well
as other repairs made, it was
pointed out.
When completed, this will be
the most modern building on the
Warrensville charge and it is
hoped that it will be completed
by next winter, it was stated.
FIRE BREAKS OUT
IN SERVICE STATION
The Lone Pine Service Station,
just beyond Jefferson, caught fire
yesterday morning about 11:30.
although little damage was done.
The West Jefferson fire depart
ment was called out although the
flames had been extinguished be
fore they arrived on the scene.
Officials reported that the fire
was probably caused when the
stove pipe became too hot.
BASKETBALL GAMES
POSTPONED TUESDAY
Several of the high school
basketball games, scheduled
for Tuesday night, were post
poned because of the severe
cold weather and the ice-cov
ered highways. These are to
be made up later.
The only games reported
were between Healing Springs
and West Jefferson. Healing
Springs girls won by a score of
17-9 and the West Jefferson
boys, 42-12.
Mercury Drops Below Zero
As Cold Wave Strikes County;
High Winds, Snow Flurries
County Winners
Os ( Conservation
Contest Named
Alton Weaver Winner Os First
Place, Will Go To North
Wilkesboro
•?Alton Weaver, of West Jeffer
son high school, was winner of
the first place in the county soil
conservation contest held last
Thursday when six of the nine
high schools were represented.
Second place was captured by
Zella Campbell, of Lansing, and
third place by Ann Francis, of
Jefferson.
Judges were R. E. Black, Al
leghany county agent. Miss Clyde
Fields, superintendent of schools
of Alleghany county, Alton
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Roiiy P. Lewis
Buried Tuesday
Funeral service for Roby P.
Lewis. 52-year old resident of
West Jefferson who died at his
home here Saturday, was held at
the West Jefferson Baptist church
Tuesday morning at eleven
o'clock. Interment was in the
family cemetery. Officiating was
Rev. E. W. Powers, pastor.
He is survived by his wife. Mrs.
Della Lewis, and four children.
Dennis, Hester. Charlie and R. P.
Lewis.
Boy Scout Week Is To Be
Observed From February 7-13
Ashe county will join in with
’he rest of the country in the*
observance of Boy Scout Week.
Feb. 7th to 13th on a nation-wide
scale, says Dr. James E. West.
Chief Scout of the Bov Scouts
of America, and will be a
great value to boys. Boy Scout
Week, he says, emphasizes the
romance and drama of Scouting.
In a statement for Boy Scout
Week, marking the 37th anni
versary of the original incorpor
ation at Washington D. C., Dr.
West who was Chief Scout Ex
ecutive from 1911 to 1943, says:
“Throughout the country Boy
Scouts and their parents and
friends are observing Boy Scout
Week. Sometimes I am asked
because of my long association
with the Boy Scouts of America,
starting in 1911. why Scout lead
ers place so much emphasis on
this occasion.
“I always tell them that we do
it because of its great value to
boys. Very deliberately we de
veloped the observance of this an
niversary to create dramatic op
portunities for boys to take part
in a nation-wide celebration.
“From the start of Scouting we
$3.00 a Year Out of County
Coldest Weather Os Winter Is
Felt; Some Highways
Are Slick
Ashe county, along with the
rest of the state and nation shiv
ered Tuesday night when the
i thermometer slid below zero.
At several places, in West Jef
ferson. as far as 6 below was re
ported. The temperature varied,
however, from 6 degrees below
zero up to zero in Jefferson and
West Jefferson. Smethport re
ported as low as 8 degrees below’.
Most schools were in operation
as usual yesterday. There was
little traffic on the highways
which were extremely slick in
some sections of the county. No
I wrecks were reported: however
many car owners used chains.
Water pipes and automobiles
were frozen up in many instances
and most individuals found the
weather “too cold for comfort.”
The mercury began to drop just
I before noon on Tuesday follow
! ing intermittent rain and snow.
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Chureli To Have
Special Program
A special program has been
planned for Sunday night at the
West Jefferson Baptist church at
7:30 p. m., it was announced by
Rev. E. W. Powers.
• The late William J. Bryan’s
; "Prince of Peace Address” will
i be presented with special slides
I illustrating it.
have conducted as a part of the
program, spectacular features
which create a desire on the part
of boys to be Scouts.
“In our annual observance of
Boy Scout Week we emphasize the
romance and drama of Scouting
in away to impress boys and at
tract them to the program. Wt
feel it desirable to do this an
nually because a new crop of boys
of Scout age comes up each year.
A new crop of boys does not ab
sorb the experience of those wh<
went before. We have to do i
over and over again.
“I believe that the greatest re
sponsibility that we as leaders ir
Scouting have today, as it has al
ways been, is to think in terms o
creating and maintaining an in
tense 1 desire on the part of boys
to be Scouts. The techniques ot
that are the techniques that we
use in our Boy Scout Week ob
servances.
“This is important not of course
for the sake of mere number, but
because of what Scout training
means to the future citizens of
America, because of the way in
which Scouting does help boys to
develop into men of character,
trained for citizenship.”
ASHE COUNTY IS ...
Leading Livestock and Dairy
County In North Carolina.
| Population: 22,664
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Not Due 825.000
Answer Slates;
Claims Denied
Plat Os Town On Public Rec»
ords Is Cited By Repre
sentatives Os Town
West Jefferson town officials,
last Friday, filed with the Clerk
of Superior court a replication to
the claim of the West Jefferson
Land company filed earlier in
the year claiming the town park
and the streets and alleys and
asking the sum of $25,000.
In replying to each section of
the claims previously filed by the
land company, the replication
calls attention to the fact that
there is on record in the office
of the register of deeds the plat
of the town showing the location
of the park and that some of the
present town officials were at the
original sale of the land company
and recalled that banners were
used dedicating the park.
It is also admitted that the land
originally owned by the West
Jefferson Land Company in
cluded the property in question
for the park as well as streets
and alleys, which the owners “in
their own interest and for the
purpose of promoting the sa’e of
their property, dedicated to the
use of the public and to said
town.” It further points out that
land was similarly dedicated for
religious and school purposes.
In summing up the replication
the following is cited: “That the
plaintiff respectfully contends
that the defendants have no right
in law or in equity to revoke
their dedication of streets and
alleys or to claim as compensation
therefor the sum of $25,000.00 or
any other amount any more
that the defendants Lave the right
to revoke the dedication of the
land in question.”
Weapon Permits
Must Be Secured
Mayor C. O, Parsons Asks
The Cooperation Os
Public
Mayor C O. Parsons pointed
out that he wished to remind the
public of the law in regard to pos
session of firearms and public
cooperation is asked in observing
these laws.
.According to the laws of North
Carolina, no person is allowed to
purchase a pistol before securing
a permit. This also applies to
the purchase of pump guns, bowie
knives, dirks, daggers and metal
knuckles. Before securing any
of the above articles, it was point
ed out, the purchaser must secure
a permit from the clerk of the
court of the county in which he
resides.
This law does not apply to reg
ular shotguns or rifles but it does
to machine guns, sub-machine
guns and automatic arms which
can be fired more than 16 times
and which must be listed with the
clerk. Such weapons may be ob
tained by the clerk's permission
by banks, merchants and other
such businesses or by law en
forcement officers, it was stated.
Machine gum or war relics or
souvenirs should ahbe reported.
Failure to obtain a permit before
purchasing a pistol is punishable
by a maximum fine of S2OO and
a minimum sentence of six
months, or both, it was pointed
out.
The cooperation of all citizens
who clan to purchase firearms is
urged.
J. D. Jones Bin s
Grocery Store
J. D. Jones, youngest son of
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Jones has
purchased Yoder’s grocery store
here and is now operatine it.
The new store. Jay Dee’s, gets
tlie name from the initials of the
new owner. While he is one of
the town's youngest merchants,
he is experienced in the business,
having worked with his father as
well as at Davidson's J. D. an
nounced that he would carry a
complete line of staple and fancy
groceries, fresh fruits and vege
tables and dairy and poultry feed.