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Ashe County
VOLUME 18, NO. 5
To Start Research For Turkish Tobacco In
Many At Hearing
On Co-Operative
Levy Proposal
Anti-Fireworks Measure Is
Passed By North Caro
lina Senate
By Staff Writer
Raleigh— (Special)—With the
exception of senate passage of a
rigid anti-fireworks bill, the leg
islature worked principally in
committees the first of the week
and made what its leaders consid
ered good headway.
Hearings were concluded on a
highly controversial wildlife bill,
which would separate the division
of game and inland fisheries from
the department of conservation
and development. The house
committee planned to vote on the
measure tomorrow; the senate
committee, later.
Cooperatives Tax
Proposed levy of income and
fff.nchise taxes on farmers’ co
operatives Monday occasioned the
largest public hearing in North
Carolina's legislative annals.
Over 3.000 proponents and op
ponents of a proposed amendment
to the revenue bill, which would
tax co-operatives the same as pri
vate enterprises, attended the
hearing before the House Finance
Committee in Memorial Audito
rium.
Chairman Kerr Craige Ram
sey, Representative from Rowan,
allotted each side one hour.
Willard L. Dowell, executive
secretary of the North Carolina
Merchants’ As ociation, supported
the bill which, he said,, was aim
ed at “giant money-making co
operatives who’re doing big bus
iness and are able amply to pay
taxes.” *
He quoted Representative Hen
ry C. Fisher of Buncombe’s esti
mate which placed co-operatives’
business between $50,000,000 and
$75,000,000 annually. “By 1950,
co-operatives will capture at least
$100,000,000 of North Carolina's
business volume.” Fisher spon
sored the bill.
Safer Driving Sought
House judiciary one directed
Chairman Frank Taylor of Wayne
* name a sub-committee to re
vise, if it considers it necessary, a
measure to cause proof of finan
cial responsibility by motor ve
hicle drivers involved in acci
dents. Proponents at a lengthy i
hearing said the bill’s enactment
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Lunchrooms To
Be Continued
i
Prices To Be Raised Because
Os Shortage Os Fed
eral Funds
At a meeting of school prin
cipals and lunchroom operators'
last week there was a general
discussion of various ways of con
tvnuing operation in the schools
Uthout federal aid, which will
come to an end at an early date.
It was pointed out that there
was sufficient funds to operate
through February and possibly
part of March, but that the schools
would have to find other ways of
financing the project at that time.
One of the plans suggested was
to increase the price to fifteen
or twenty cents. Most of the■
schools are now charging ten
cents.
Th ere are now 17 schools in
the county operating lunchrooms.
And figures show that there are
around 2400 meals served daily
including 400 free.
“I hope that some plans can be
worked out to continue the pro
gram throughout the year,” B. H. i
Duncan, county superintendent of
schools, said.
Francis To Speak
. To Rotary Club
Francis will be guest
Speaker at the meeting of the
Jeffersons Rotary club tonight.
Earl Davidson will be in charge
of the program.
At the meeting last Thursday,
Rev. Hoyt Wood entertained the
club with an oral and wirtten
questionnaire. Prizes were award- i
ed in each group, the jack pot
question being won by Ira T.,
Johnston. I
She Jost
$2.50 a Year in Ashe County
Skyland Post Is Given Press Award
1946 ]»
*ESS AWARD g
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Jrro Aonriaiunt |||i
Editorial Contest
Non-Daily Division ww
fe THE SKYLAND POST W
ggi WtST JEFFERSON, N. C. M
©4l January 24, 1947
A certificate of merit was awarded this paper as
second place winner on editorials among non-daily papers
of the State at the annual institute of the North Carolina
Press Association. The editorial on which the Post won
this distinction, “An Indictment” is reprinted elsewhere
in today’s paper.
Series Os Farm Planning
Meetings For County Will
Open Mon.; Schedule Given
Price Production. Market
Outlook And Other Prob
lems To Be Discussed
Ashe county farmers will have
an opportunity to discuss produc
tion, price and market outlook
for important crops of this sec
tion at a series of planning meet
ings opening on Monday, H. D.
Qutssenberry, county agent, an
nounced this week.
Representatives of all farm
agencies of the county including
J. T. McLaurin, soil conservation
ist, Thomas H. Sears. FHA sup
ervisor. representatives of the
AAA office are expected to co
operate with the county agents in
these meetings.
In addition to the discussions
a sound motion picture will be
presented.
The schedule for next week is
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To Assist Vets In Applying
For Farm Training. Friday
R. L. Tait, vocational agricul
tural teacher, of Appalachian high
school, will be in the office of
the board of education in the
courthouse on Friday. February
21, to assist Ashe county veterans
in making their applications for
agricultural training.
Mr. Tait will spend the entire
day there and all veterans that
are interested in the work are
urged to get in touch with him.
The agricultural training program
for veterans in this county is un
der the supervision of Mr. Tait
with Mr. Miller as a teacher at
Jefferson. Because of the grow
ing interest in the program, it is
hoped by those working on the
program that a full time voca
tional agricultural teacher can be
secured for this county.
As announced last week, vet
erans of World War II who de
sire to take cooperative farm
training under provisions of Pub
lic Law 346 must be enrolled for
instruction by a vocational and
WEST JEFFERSON, N. C.,
(Hothing Drive
Is Now Luder wav
In W. Jefferson
In an effort to do its share in
bringing relief to the war-strick
en areas of Europe and Asia. West
Jefferson is being called upon to
contribute to the clothing drive
which is being sponsored by the
three churches here, it was an
nounced this week.
A meeting was held at the West
Jefferson Presbyterian church
Friday night to discuss plans for
the drive, at which time it was
decided to have meetings of the
different groups to decide on col
lection points.
On Sunday night, the West Jef
ferson Methodist church will hold
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agricultural teacher prior to
March 1. It was explained that
if they were to receive tuition
and subsistence allowance pay
; ments under the veterans admin
istration training program, they
j must be enrolled by that time.
Veterans who do not enrol] by
( that time, will not be allowed to
' enroll until 1948, Mr. Tait stat
ed. as new procedures require
that men can enroll in January
and February of each year.
HEALTH DEPT. WILL
HAVE CLINIC THURS.
The regular clinic of the Health
department, which is usually held
' on Friday, will be held on Thurs
day this week health department
officials announced.
The reason for postponing this
: clinic is that officials will attend
a meeting in Asheville, Friday.
All those who plan to attend
the clinic will please come on
Thursday.
THURSDAY, FEB. 20. 1947
County Teachers
Will Meet Next
Wed. Afternoon
Officers To Be Named And
Other Important Matters
To Be Taken Up
Mrs. Gertrude Vaught, presi
dent of the Ashe county unit of
NCEA. announced this week that
an important county-wide .meet
ing of teachers would be held at
the courthouse next Wednesday
afternoon, February 26. when
officers will be named and other
matters of vital interest taken up.
Mrs. Vaught said that amend
ments to the State constitution
would be voted on and delegates
to the State convention to be held
in Asheville March 27, 28 and 29
would be chosen.
The meeting will open at 1:30
o’clock and all teachers are urg
ed to attend.
Make Plans For
Annual Red Cross
Fund Drive Here
March Is Officially Desig
nated As Red Cross Month;
Quessenberry Chmn.
At a meeting of officers and
others interested in the Red
Cross Fund Raising Drive initial
plans were discussed and it was
announced that the county’s
quota would be $2230. H. D. Ques
senberry is county chairman of
the drive and he will be assisted
by Sharpe S. Shoemaker and
others, to be announced next
week.
Mrs. W. G. Vannoy, chapter
chairman of Ashe County Red
Cross unit announced that plans
would be made to complete the 1
drive as early as possible Ad- '
vance gifts will be sought and
special appeal letters will go out
to a large number. Special com
munity workers are to be named
and they will also be announced
next week.
Attention is called to the fact
that 65 per cent of the funds;
raised remain in the local chap- !
ter to take care of the necessary ■
work here. The remainder goes i
into the national headquarters
fund.
“Because of the many calls on
the Red Cross in disaster work,
home service and for men still
in service. I believe we will have
no trouble in raising our quota,"
one official said.
Rites Held For
Mrs. Goodman, 88
Funeral service for Mrs. Mary
Ann Goodman, 88. was held Sun
day at the Liberty Hill church.
Burial was in the church ceme
tery with Rev. Conley Burkett
officiating,
Mrs. Goodman, the wife of the
late Lee Goodman, succumbed at
the Ashe Memorial hospital last
Friday. She had been making
her home with W. G. Long at
Glendale Springs and had been
in ill health for several years.
She is survived by a half-sis
ter, Mrs. John Reeves, of Na
than’s Creek and her nephew, W.
G. Long.
Want To Finish
USO Fund Drive
Lowell Sniithey said this
week that he was anxious to
complete the USO fund drive
and wanted to ask all of those
who have not sent in their
contributions to do so, now.
“The county has a quota of
$1,0000.00 and less than half of
it has been raised. Some pec
ple have been generous, but
many have yet given nothing,”
he said.
Chairman Smithey said he
wanted to complete this drive
before the Red Cross drive
opens.
“Let’s not let Ashe county
get a black eye because we do
not raise our quota, when with
a little more cooperation, it
can be done,” he concluded.
W. Jefferson Youth
Winner Os District
Speaking Contest
CONTEST WINNER
® -• » J*
jfcj
Alton Weaver, West Jef
ferson High School student.
AAA Community
Committee men
Have Plans Now
Farmers Urged To Contact
Them And Sign For 1947
Improved Practices
It was announced this week
that the AAA community com
mitteemen now have farm plans
and all farmers are urged to see
them and sign for practices for
the 1947 program.
The county’s program for the
year calls for $100,338.00 for im
proved farm practices, but in or
der to get this plans must be made
by the farmers and must be com
pleted before March 8.
The ten practices for improved
farming decided on for Ashe
county include liming material,
phosphate, potash, winter cover
crops, small grains, permanent
pastures, mowing pastures, con
tour strip cropping; forest plant
ing and hay crops. More details
of the program are announced on
page two of this paper today.
It was learned that plans are
now being worked out where
farmers might secure additional
seed under the program. These
plans will be announced when
they are approved.
Houck Guest At
Guernsey Meet
George Edwin Houck, winner
of the 4-H guernsey project, in
the county last year was a special
guest of the banquet meeting of
N. C. Guernsey Breeders Associa
tion in Winston Salem, last
Thursday. He was accompained
by H. D. Quessenberry. county
agent.
All-Star Tournament Is Now
Underway; Attendance Good
Local fans as well as visitors •
got an eyeful of basketball as <
four county teams and two out- ,
side teams opened the Northwest
ern all-star tournament in the
Jefferson gymnasium Monday ]
night.
In the opening game contest, i
the mighty Crumpler Rebels rol- «
led up the first victory of the eve- <
ning. defeating the West Jeffer- ]
son boys by a score of 39-21. Mc-
Millan. Absher and Cox set the i
pace for the winners scoring 12. ;
11. and 10 each. R. C. Miller led •
in the scoring for the West Jes- 1
ferson team scoring a total of <
7 points.
In the second game. Miller’s
Creek held a 20 point lead when |
the final play ended their game ’
with Fleetwood, the score being ]
47-27.
At the half, the Miller’s Creek
boys led by a score of 33-9. Me- <
Clean and Bumgarner set the pace . '
for the winners scoring 16 and 1
$3.00 a Year Out of County
Alton Weaver Will Compete
In Slate Finals At
Elkin, Today
Alton Weaver. West Jefferson
high school senior and winner of
the first place in the district
finals of the Soil Conservation
service speaking contest held in
North Wilkesboro last week,
enters the State finals today at
Elkin.
The finals are to be held at the
Gilvin Roth YMCA building ac
cording to an announcement
made by Garland Johnson, chair
man of the agricultural commit
tee of the North Carolina Bankers
Association, contest sponsors.
At this time winners of the
seven district contests will
compete for $350.00 in Savings
bonds and a trip to the annual
convention of the Association at
Asheville, and represent forty
five counties.
The high school students will
be judged in the championship
event bv the following: Dr. J.
Henry Highsmith, Raleigh: Dr.
Jane S. McKimmon, former as
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Fulcher Named
Assistant Fann
Agent In County
Will Meet With »-H;€hibs Os
Cmintv Beginning Friday; '
Schedule Is Given
——
O. M. Fulcher, of Leaksville, [
has accepted the position as as-!
sistant county agent here this
I week and starts work tomorrow.
I H D. Quessenberrv announced.
Fulcher, a graduate of State Col
lege, has been doing dairy work
before coming here. Those in
charge of the program pointed j
' out that they were happv to have
him in the work here, for which
he is well qualified He will
I sD*'nd much of his time with the
i 4-H clubs.
{ A series of meetings foi '
; clubs has been planned begin
ning Friday. In addition to a
short business session, special
pictur* s will be shown to the
members.
Th schedule is as follows:
Friday. February 21, Rock
Creek, 9:30 a. m.: Riverview. 11:00
a. m.
Monday, February 24. Healing
Springs. 9:00 a. m.; Grassy Creek.,
11:00 a. m.
Tuesday. February 25. Na
than's Creek 9:15 a. m.: Glendale j
Springs. 11:00 a. m.
Wednesday. February- 26. Fleet
wood, 10:30 a. m.: Elkland. 12:45
p. m.
Thursday, February- 27, Lan
sing. 11:00 a. m.; Helton. 12:45
p. m.
Friday, February 28, Jefferson,
■ 9:00 a. m.; West Jefferson, 10:00
a. m.
15 points each. Miller was high
scorer for the losers with 10
points
The highly favored Mocksville
Millers held their Lansing op
ponents by only a six-point lead
when the first half of their game
ended. The hard fighting Lan
sing boys led bv Dixon, who
scored a total of 3 points, were
keeping pace with the Mocksville
Millers until after the half when
the Miller's champions of last
year's tournament, scored time
and again to run the score up to
56 against Lansing’s final score
of 24.
Maudo scored 17 points for the
winners.
Results of the games last night
were not available in time for
publication.
Tonights schedule is: 6:00. Hol
lers, Inc. vs. Miller’s Creek; 7:00.
Crumpler Rebels vs. winners of
last night’s Boone - Riverview
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ASHE COUNTY IS
Leading Livestock. oairy
County In North Carolina,
Population: 22,664
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
County
I
Trausou l est Farm
Is Chosen; Plans
For Work Studied
Several Officials Visit Farm
To Discuss Possibilities
Os Development
| The State Test Farm at Tran
-1 sou has been selected for research
for Turkish tobacco for the west
ern part of the State, it was learn
ed here this week.
This new department will be
. operated in connection with the
I experiments being carried on here
under the Extension Department,
of which John Wilkins, agronom
ist. is in charge. It was pointed
out that the selection of research
I here was made because of the
i progress made in this area in the
experiment.
In discussing the per acre av
erage for all the counties, Wil
kins said that the per-acre aver
age for all counties in 1946, based
on the nine acres contracted, came
to 1,202 pounds. Multiplying this
yield by the price the farmer re
i ceived for his crop 75 cents a
pound—the value per acre is
i $901.50.
“The 18 acres designated to be
planted in Western North Caro
lina in 1947 have been taken by
' farmers who made early re
quests,” Wilkins said.
During the past week a num
ber of officials have visited the
, test farm at Transou. discussing
the various possibilities of the de
velopment of projects underway
there. Among the visitors were
F. E. Miller, director of N. C. Test
i Farms and Professor J. C. Pierce
' who is in charge of beef cattle
and sheep research. Dr. Luther
Shaw, USDA, burley tobacco spa«
cialist, of Waynesville, was also
Bere i/ v ‘he the burley
C. L. McClaslan, of the Exten-
I sion Service, visited the farm in
I the interest of hay drying. There
;is a possibility that some hay
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PTA To Sponsor
('ard Party Here
i ‘
Will Be Held March 10: A
Number Os Prizes To Be
Offered. Public Invited
The Parent-Teachers Associa
tion is now making plans to spon
sor a benefit card party at the
community building March 10,
the proceeds of which will go
to the association. Rook, bridge
and gin rummy will be played
and tickets yvill be sold in ad
vance. Mrs. Dean McMillan an
nounced this week.
West Jefferson merchants have
given prizes io be used for the
1 benefit. Some of the gifts do
nated are: an all wool Chatham
Woolshire blanket. Belk’s Dept.
Store; electric heating pad. Fire
stone store: electric iron, W. J.
Parts Co.: picnic ham. Ashe Gro
cery company; 100 gem everbear
ing strawberry plants. Mrs. Jim
Gambill; a wash and grease job.
, to be given by the Texaco service
station. C. and H. service sta
tion, and G. F. P. Chevrolet com
i pany; Dr. Peppers. Dr. Pepper
Bottling company.
Three bottles of furniture pol
ish. Colvard Oil company; three
! cans of car polish, C. A. Segraves;
a homemade cake. Mrs. John
Wilkins; homemade mints. Mrs.
R C. Ray. Prizes will also be
given by Duncan Motor company
and Ashe Motor company.
| The party will begin at 7:30
o’clock.
■ Special committees have been
named by Mrs. Dean McMillan
and will be announced later.
Jolin A. Parsons
Dies In Hospital
Funeral service for John A.
! Parsons. 72. of Warrensville, will
j be held today at 11:00 o’clock at
the Warrensville Methodist
church. Interment will be in the
Welch cemetery.
Mr. Parsons died Tuesday even
i ing at the Baptist hospital. Win
ston-Salem, after a lingering ill
ness.
Survivors include his wife and
six children, Mrs. Bernice Elliott,
Conley Parsons, Mrs. Edith Roten,
• Mrs. Grace Turner, Mrs. Hazel
I Stanley and Jones Parsons.