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Ashe County
VOLUME 18. NO. 4
Ashe School Leaders Hope Tb Continue Lunchrooms
M age Hour Bill
Comes Before N.
C. Legislature
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Senate Passes Funeral Bill;
Bill Killed To Refund
City-Paid Gasoline Tax
By Staff Writer
Raleigh—(Special)—A State
minimum wage-hour bill, backed
by the Department of Labor, was
introduced in the General As
sembly Tuesday in the wake of
the movement to outlaw the clos
ed shop in North Carolina, but
there were indications that new
er and even more drastic laws
to curb dictatorial labor union
tendencies may be proposed in
the Legislature.
Other bills, with more teeth
than the anti-closed shop meas
ure introduced by three ex-G. I.’s
last week, are known to have
been drawn. Whether or when
they will be introduced has not
learned.
The minimum-wage bill intro
duced yesterday would set a 40-
cents-an-hour wage and a 40-
hour week, with time and half
for overtime and special protec
tive provisions for women as the
minimum standard throughout
North Carolina. It would not
affect workers in the State’s ma
jor industries, whose negotiated
contracts are well above that min
imum and who are already pro
tected by Federal wage hour
statutes. Its principal effect
would be upon some 200.000 em
ployees in North Carolina’s in
trastate industry, retail and
wholesale mercantile establish
ments. laundries, cleaning com
panies, taxicab concerns, garages,
beauty parlors, barber shops, fill
ing stations, locally operated of
' f ices. small shops and other such
establishments.
City Paid Gas Tax
Opponents of highway fund di
version this week killed a bill to
refund city-paid gasoline tax by
the time-honored legislative ex
pedient of inciting rural counties
against the so-called big. rich
cities.
As the law now stands. Win
ston-Salem still pays more than
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War Relief Movie
To Be Shown Fri.
“Seeds Os Destiny” To Be
Presented At Presbvferian
Church; Public Invited
A special picture, “Seeds of
Destiny.” depicting the overseas
relief work of the Protestant
churches, will be shown on Fri
day night at 7:30 at the West Jef
ferson Presbyterian church, it
was announced this week.
The possibilities of bringing re
lief to the war-stricken areas of
Europe and Asia will be discuss
ed at the meeting.
The meeting is being sponsored
the three churches of the
W»wn with the hope that West
Jefferson can make a united ef
fort to do its share in helping her
neighbors of other lands.
It was previously announced
that Mr. GraTiam Hodges, of New
Windsor. Md., would be here to
make an address on this occasion.
However. Mrs. Hodges has been
forced to cancel this engagement,
it was pointed out.
The public is urged to attend
this meeting.
Geo. T. Gentry
Given Promotion
With The Eighth Army In
Osaka, Japan—A member of the
25th Medical Battalion of the 25th
Infantry (Tropic Lightning) Di
vision of General Eichelberger’s
Eighth Army. Private First Class
George T. Gentry, son of Mrs.
Floyd Gentry of R. F. D. No. 1,
West Jefferson, has been pro
moted to the rank of corporal.
Gentry entered the
Army in April of 1946 at Fort
Bragg. North Carolina, and re
ceived his basic training at Fort
McClellan, Alabama. He left the
United States for overseas duty
in August of 1946 and was then
assigned to the 25th Infantry Di
vision. Prior to his entrance into
the Army, he attended the Jeffer
son high school.
She Mlloß Jtet
$2.50 a Year in Ashe County
County Surpasses
Polio Fund Drive
Quota This Week
TO BE EAGLE SCOUT
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Earl Ross Haire, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Herman Haire, of
West Jefferson, has the dis
tinction of being the first Boy
Scout in Ashe county to reach
the rank of Eagle.
Haire Youth To
Become An Eagle
Scout On Sunday
Special Observance Os “Boy
Scout Week” Is Noted By
Various Troops
It was announced this week by
Rev. E. W. Powers, local Boy
Scout master that on Sunday
night at 7:30 the West Jefferson
Scout troop will assemble at the
First Baptist church when a court
of honor will be held for the pur
pose of awarding the Eagle badge
to Scout Earl Ross Haire. Haire
is the first candidate for the high
est rank in scouting in Ashe coun
ty.
The requirements for an Eagle
rank besides passing five other
ranks of tenderfoot, second class,
first class, star and life, are to
have qualified for twenty-one
merit badges. Then a scout may
qualify for the eagle palm awards
of which there are three, namely,
a bronze palm, a gold palm, and
a silver palm which altogether,
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Several Attend
Driver’s School
The training school for drivers
of school buses held yesterday at
the county courthouse by C. I.
Yelton was well attended with
a number of schools in the county
being represented.
Mr. Yelton said that he was
well pleased with the coopera
tion from the principals and the
interest taken by prospective
drivers.
Many Here Favor Separate
Game And Fishery Division
Local sportsmen were among
the wildlife federationists, who
turned out 300 strong for Tues
day at the hearing in Raleigh by
the House Committee on Conser
vation and Development to advo
cate a bill that would separate
the Division of Game and Inland
Fisheries from the Conservation
Department and place administra
tion of the game and fish laws
under a new wildlife resources
commission.
It was recalled that it was
here in West Jefferson that Gov
ernor Cherry in an address be
fore the Rotary club and others,
before he was elected governor,
said that he would favor the sep
aration of the tw'o.
Russell W. Barr and Ira T.
Johnston were among the local
people attending the hearing.
The committee heard only argu
ments in favor of the proposed
WEST JEFFERSON, N. C.,
Contributions Still Coming;
Chairman Little Is
Well Pleased
Reports yesterday revealed that
a total of $2,843.30 had been rais
ed in the infantile paralysis fund
drive here. Chairman W. Glenn
Little announced. This is slight
ly over the county’s quota, which
was set at $2650.
Chairman Little said that he
was greatly pleased over the fine
response given this worthy cause
and through which many Ashe
county children have been aided.
He pointed out that he wished
to thank everyone for their co
operation. It was explained that
those who have contributions and
have not turned them in may do
so yet.
The following contributions
have not been previously an
nounced:
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Vannoy.
$25.00.
W. L. Tomlinson. Parker's
Store (additional) SIO.OO each.
James Miller, $8.70.
Bryce Lyle, Myers Lumber Co.,
Little Milling Co., Goodman Bros.
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County’s Legion
Posts Will Give
Oratory Prizes
County Finals Are To Be Held
March 14; Students Urged
To Enter Contest
It was announced this week by
A. B. Hurt, chairman of the
American Legion’s annual ora
torical contests, that Ashe county
post and the Lansing post would
be co-sponsors.
Frank James, of the Lansing
post is assistant to Hurt in work
ing out the contests in the schools.
The county finals are scheduled
to be held on Wednesday. March
12, Chairman Hurt said.
The Ashe post of the legion
will give a $25.00 savings bond
to the winner of the first place
and the Lansing post will give
SIO.OO in cash for the second place
winner.
Chairman Hurt said that infor
mation was being sent to the
orincipals of the schools and that
he hoped a number of students
would enter.
A. C. E. TO SPONSOR
GRAND OLE OPRY SHOW
A show will be given at the
Ashe county courthouse in Jef
ferson on Tuesday, February 19,
at 7:30 p. m. it was announced
here this week.
Robert Lunn, the talking blues
artist, will be featured with his
WSM Grand Ole Opry gang, from
Nashville. Tenn. The show is be
ing sponsored by the American
Confederation of Enlisted Men.
A small admission fee will be
charged.
divorce of the division from the
department. Opponents of the
measure will be heard Thursday,
and Representative J. V. Whit
field of Pender, chairman of the
House group, announced that
thereafter both sides would be
given an opportunity for rebuttal.
The wildlife speakers, who
were applauded enthusiastically
by their supporters, asserted that
they represented 20 000 members
of 102 wildlife clubs in 96 coun
ties and that they had the sup
port of an “overwhelming ma
jority of the people of North
Carolina.”
They served notice that they
were opposed to a compromise
proposal offered Mondav night
by Senator Rudolph Mintz, of
Brunswick, under which a wild
life resources commission would
set up within the present De
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THURSDAY, FEB. 13, 1947
Pressley’s Traffic Safely Show Coming Here February 20
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Traffic Officer Pressley’s traffic show is to be shown in the schools here next
Thursday, February 20, under the sponsorship of the Jeffersons Rotary club. There
are now already more than 70,000 members of Officer Pressley’s Junior Traffic Club
in North Carolina.
Would Modify
Parking Rules
In W. Jefferson
Citizens Meet With Officials
And Discuss Problems At
Gathering Friday
As a result of much dissatis
faction among merchants over
the strict enforcement of traffic
regulations here a large majority
of them met w’ith town officials
on Friday evening to discuss the
problem.
It was the general concensus
of opinion that there should be
more leniency, particularly for
out of town people, and the im
portance of an officer enforcing
regulations showing courtesy and
consideration was also stressed.
As a result of the discussion it
was decided that a new ordinance
be drawn up and published re
garding traffic regulations and
that the new ordinance give the
regulations in detail in order that
limitations might be understood.
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All-Star Tournev
To Begin Monday
The Northwestern all-star tour
nament will open on Monday
night at the Jefferson gymnasium
with the first game being played
at 6:30, it was announced by Col
onel Francis, president.
West Jefferson all-stars will
play the Crumpler Rebels in the
first game. At 7:30 Millers Creek
will meet Fleetwood and at 8:30
Lansing and Mocksville Millers
will play.
No games have been scheduled
for Tuesday night.
Week Os Cold
Weather Here
After a week of bitter cold
weather throughout Ashe
county, the temperature arose
into the thirties for the first
time, yesterday. More snow
was predicted by those claim
ing to be weather prophets,
however.
During the past week the
mercury hovered so near zero
for so long that a number of
water pipes were frozen as
well as automobiles. In addi
tion to the temperature, w’hich
dropped as low as 8 degrees
below zero in some sections,
snow blizzards also added to
the uncomfortable weather.
Because of snow drifts on
the highways Riverview school
buses were unable to operate
on Friday and Monday. Other
schools followed their regular
schedules, however.
Representative Blevins Asks
Legislature to Rescind ‘No
More Debt Policy’ for Ashe
AAA Coinmunitv
Comm ill e e men
To Meet Today
Farm Plans For 1947 Are To
Be Outlined; 1946 Reports
Must Be In By Sat.
AAA community committee
men will attend meetings today
and Friday of this week for in
structions on executing 1947 farm
Mans. After these meetings the
i-ommitteemen will have the farm
plans in each community and will
assist the farmer in making them.
All farmers who expect to par
ticipate in the 1947 AAA program
must execute a farm plan and
this should be done by March 1,
it was explained.
A number of farmers have not
vet made a report on lime and
phosphate received in 1946. It is
necessary that this report be
made by February 15. AAA com
mitteemen pointed out.
Ashe Farm Sells
For Over $13,000
The William Graybeal farm in
the Laurel Township was sold by
the trustee, Ira T. Johnston, for
$13,597.50 this week to Q. G. Wil
liams.
The farm tract, which contains
93 acres, is made up of a numbei
of acres of fertile farm land.
Extract Wood Comes To Town
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Here is a typical scene on Railroad street showing
the large amount of extract wood being brought here by
truck to be shipped out by rail. It is estimated that 100
carloads have been shipped out of West Jefferson since
January 1. (Staff Photo).
$3.00 a Year Out of County
Also Introduces Measure to
Prohibit Sale on Wine arid
Beer in County
Ashe county’s representative,
J. O. Blevins introduced two bills
in the legislature on Friday.
House Bill 266 would repeal the
law relative to the issuance of
bonds in Ashe county. House Bill
267 prohibits the sale of wine and
beer in Ashe county.
The first bill. 266 would repeal
the 1933 law which made it im
possible for Ashe, even through a
vote of it’s citizens to incur any
appreciable debt. This policy was
adopted during depression days
because of the financial condi
tion of the county.
Ashe has one of the smallest
amounts of taxable property in
North Carolina. In 1933. a sta
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Hershel Francis
Dies Suddenly
Funeral service for Hershel
Francis, 24. of Grassy Creek, was
held at his home Sunday morn
ing. Burial followed in the fam
ily cemetery with Revs. Carl Stur
gill and Mr. Powers, oficiating.
Mr. Francis succumbed in the
Black Mountain Sanatorium last
Thursday after a sudden illness.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Francis, he is survived by his par
■>ts and wife, and one son. Har
vey Francis.
ASHE COUNTY IS ...
Leading Livestock and Datrj
| County In North Carolina.
| Population: 22,664
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Will Meet Friday
To Discuss Plans
For Operations
Federal Funds Allotted For
Project Will Be Exhaust
ed By March 1
Ashe county children as well
as any others may be eating cold
biscuits at noontime instead of
the usual appetizing hot lunches
served in the school lunchrooms,
if some plans are not worked out
to continue the present system,
by the end of this month.
B. H. Duncan, county superin
tendent of schools, along with
others in the State, has received
an announcement from the State
office pointing out that because
of the limited allotment for lunch
rooms and the greatly increased
number of lunches served, there
will not be sufficient funds in
the present allotment to continue
the program after the end of this
month. Superintendent Duncan
has called a meeting of all school
principals and operators of school
lunchrooms for Friday afternoon
at 2:00 p. m. at the courthouse
to discuss plans for continuance.
The State office has suggested
various plans for continued op
eration including the raising of
prices and the cutting down of
the number of school lunches
served. There are now 17 schools
in the county operating lunch
! rooms. And figures show that
there are around 2400 meals
i served daily including 400 free,
i “I hope that some plans can be
worked out to continue the pro
gram throughout the year,” Mr.
Duncan said.
Jefferson Boys
. Defeat V'C Tues.
V. Girls Win; Nathan’s
Creek Girls And Lansing
Boys Victorious
On Tuesday night, Jefferson
split honors with Virginia-Caro
lina on the Jefferson court with
the V-C girls winning by a mar
gin of 32-26. The Jefferson boys,
however, handed V-C a defeat of
58-37. Rash was high scorer for
Jefferson with 20 points. Brown
scored 13 points for V-C.
Nathan’s Creek and Lansing
also split honors on the West
Jefferson court when Nathan’s
Creek girls were victorious by a
score of 21-20. Lansing boys de
feated Nathan’s Creek by a mar
gin of 30-26.
The West Jefferson-Riverview
game was postponed. The game
was played last night but results
were not available in time for
publication.
No report was given cn the
Healing Springs-Fleetwood game.
The schedule for next Tuesday
night is as follows:
Nathan's Creek at W. Jefferson.
Riverview at Elkland.
Jefferson at Fleetwood.
Lansing at Virginia-Carolina.
BILL ASHLEY HAS
POSITION AT TRYON
Bill Ashley, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. O. Ashley, of Warrensville,
recently completed h’s studies at
Cecil's Business college, Ashe
ville.
He now holds a bookkeeping
and secretarial position at the
Pinecrest Inn. Tryon
Dan . Miller To
Be Buried Today
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Funeral service for Dan Witt
Miller. 30. of Laurel Springs, will
be held this afternoon at two
o'clock at the Peak Creek church.
Rev. J W. Luke will officiate and
interment will be in the family
cemetery.
Mr. Miller succumbed in the
Baptist hospital in Winston-Sal
em Monday after a brief illness.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Miller, and
the following brothers and sis
ters: Mrs. Bert Miller, of Rex
burg. Idaho: Mrs. Clark Blevins,
of Laurel Springs: Mrs. Dovie
Woodie, of Landis: Mrs Joan
Miller, of Nathan's Creek: Mrs.
Herman Alexander, of Landis;
Nancv Miller, of Laurel Springs;
C. J. Miller, of Petersburg. Va.;
and Tom C Miller, of N. Wilkes
boro.