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PBES3 BUN MM t Net Paid \<JW> Ashe County VOLUME 18, NO. 3 File Answer To Land Co. Claim To Streets More Funds Are Sought For Needy; May Cut Districts • 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 (Continued on rage 4) 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 (Continued on Page 4) Ashe Men Bound Over To Court In Case •■.r7 —4-*- ' 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 I jgfik i : I f 3 * in x Jr w I, jURte&S-' to*. W ? m „ JU BLw jMFw m M n, 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 (Continued on Page 4) 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 MP" IliH jMm il> oWB ■TJ K I 511 Spy*' Rk 111 . Wi h IwO 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 (Continued On Page 4) 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. (Continued on Page 4) 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.