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VOLUME 18, NO. 7
Red Cross Campaign Fund Drive Now Underway
Senate Passes
Wild Life Bill;
Considers Funds
Joint Appropriations Body
Faces Teachers Pay Prob
lem; Drys Active
By Staff Writer
Raleigh (Special) Bills to
create the State Wildlife Re
sources commission and to out
law manufacture, sale and use
of fireworks passed final legis
lative readings Tuesday, while
dry forces presented arguments
before a committee for a state
wide liquor referendum.
Passage of the wildlife bill was
completed by the senate. The
anti-fireworks measure, proposed
by Sen. Weathers of Cleveland,
was passed in the house.
Study Milk Production
The house joint agriculture
committee voted favorable on a
joint resolution authorizing the
governor to appoint a 17-member
commission to study production,
processing and distribution of
milk in North Carolina.
The commission would be di
rected to meet with the governor
within 60 days of the resolution’s
ratification, and its final report
would be drawn in time for
presentation to the 1949 assembly.
The resolution was introduced
after official charges were made
here that some milk sold in the
state had been watered or other
wise adulterated. The charges
led to grand jury action in Meck
lenburg county.
Considers Appropriations
By making rapid progress in
consideration of the biennial ap
propriations bill, the joint appro
priation committee cleared the
way for consideration soon of a
highly controversial issue of sal
ary increases for teachers and
other state employes.
The corr. * voted increased
appropriations totaling $466,486
for 10 state institutions and
agencies, and approved without
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Jury List Drawn
For April Court
County Commissioners Meet
And Transact Routine Bus
iness On Monday
The jury list for the April term
of Ashe county’s superior court
for the trial of criminal cases
was drawn by the county com
missioners on Monday. Court is
scheduled to open April 14 with
Judge Wilson Warlick presiding
and Walter Johnston serving as
solicitor.
The county commissioners
transacted routine business pay
ing claims and drew the follow
ing jury list:
L. M. Cheek, T. Vernon Os
borne, Clarence Greer, Pressley
Greer, Richard Johnston, Ray
mond R. Scott, Frank Hoosier,
Letcher Mains, Cecil Church.
Alex Bare, John Bare, Jr., Ray
Taylor, Ernie Green, Hilt Lyalls,
Quincy Shatley, Howard Rhodes.
Leo. Ham, W. F. Poe. Carl L.
Blevins, W. J. Jones, Charles
Toliver.
Greeley Parsons, Walter Cal
houn, inomas Severt, Chainnie
Calhoun, Conley Harless.
E. R. Mikeal, R. J. Blevins,
Millard Dancy, Charley Woods,
Everett Bare, Ira Hart, L. C.
McClure, Lee Miller, D. D. Eller,
J. B. Sexton.
Extra Jurors: Burl Brooks,
S. A. Hamby, W. R. Roten. A.
R. Kilby, John Woodie, Fred
Sheets. D. E. Miller, E. E. Trivett.
Scout Picture To
Be Shown Tues.
A special short entitled “Men
of Tomorrow”, will be shown at
the Parkway theatre on Tuesday
morning March 11, at 10:30
o’clock for all boy scouts of the
county, D. D. Bunch, manager
of the theatre, stated this week.
This picture was to have been
shown in connection with the
observance of Boy Scout Week
but did not arrive in time, Mr.
Bunch said.
All boy scouts of the county
are invited to see this picture,
which will be shown free of
charge.
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$2.50 a Year in Ashe County
Group Meets Today
To Discuss Frozen
Food Plant Plans
HERE TODAY
Former Governor J. M.
Broughton, who is here today
in the interest of the estab
lishment ot a frozen foods
plant.
W. J. Merchants
Backing Frozen
Food Plant Here
Discuss Summer Closing At
Meeting Os Directors
Here Tuesday Night
At a meeting of the board of
directors c the West Jefferson
Merchants Association on Tues
day night the group voted to back
the proposed frozen foods plant
project to be discussed this morn
ing at the community building.
At the last meeting of the group
they voted to ask that the plan
formerly sponsored by REA be
completed or the payments re
funded.
There was a discussion of san
itary garbage cans and due to the
financial condition of the town
the merchants agreed to buy the
proper containers for the street.
The president, Amos Wagoner.
Jr., agreed to look after this.
Other ways and means of im
proving the sanitary conditions
of the town were discussed and
are to be followed up.
Closing on Wednesday after
noon was also discussed and a
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W. J. To Play In
Tourney Today
West Jefferson and Jefferson
high school boys basketball
teams are among the 156 teams
entered in the Northwest North
Carolina and Southwest Virginia
21st annual tournament sponsor
ed by the Winston-Salem Journal
and Sentinel, which opened this
week.
The West Jefferson boys will
meet Woodlawn there in their
first game today at 12:30 o’clock.
Walking In A Winter Wonderland*?
But we doubt if many motorists who had to leave
their cars parked sang the song as they walked. The
above scene shows the depth on College Avenue.
WEST JEFFERSON, N. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1947
James Coad, Company’s Re
presents And Ex-Gov.
Broughton Coming
W. B. Austin, member of the
State Board of Agriculture, who
along with others has been in
terested for some time in secur
ing a frozen foods locker plant
has announced a meeting this
morning to be held at 11:00
o’clock at the community build
ing to discuss plans for going
ahead on the project.
At. this time former Governor
Broughton and James E. Coad,
vice-president and treasurer of
Southern Frozen Food Lockers,
Inc. will be present to discuss the
possibilities with all interested
citizens. <
This company has already es
tablished plants in twenty-nine
cities and towns in North Car
olina and is now preparing to
build a plant in Boone, it was
learned.
Contract Let To
Rebuild Glendale
Jefferson Road
West Jefferson - Warrensville
Highway Is Also Expected
To Be Rebuilt Soon
According to information re
ceived here from reliable sources,
the contract was let this week
by the State Highway and Pub
lic Works Commission for the
construction of 8.6 miles of high
way 16 from Glendale Springs to
Jefferson.
W. E. Graham and Sons, of
Cleveland, was the low bidding
firm for $186,858. The contract
was for grading, structures and
surfacing.
Rebuilding of this link will not
only mean a great improvement
in travel for Ashe county people,
but others as well, as it includes
a section of the highway which
crosses the state in a practically
North-South direction.
Contract is expected to be let
on the West Jefferson-Buffalo-
Warrensville highway in the near
future. This highway will cross
the railroad and follow Jefferson
avenue across the hill to Smetn
port, thus doing away with many
of the curves characteristic of the
old section of the road going by
the W. E. Vannoy Manufacturing
plant.
Get New Pastor
For Jefferson
Rev. Cecil Tallis, together with
Mrs. Tallis, arrived this week to
serve the Jefferson Presbyterian
church and others in the field.
Mr. Tallis recently graduated
from the Union Theological Sem
inary at Richmond and comes
here to fill a vacancy of several
months in the Jefferson church.
Shoveling Snow Has Been Favorite Sport Here Recently
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Here snow is being removed from the steps leading to the Norfolk and Western
railroad station. Shoveling snow has not only been a favorite sport for most people
here during the past two weeks, but has been a necessity as well, provided they want
ed to get in and out of their homes and places of business. (Photo by Correll).
A she Teachers
Will Meet Wed.
At Courthouse
Officers Will Be Named And
Delegates To State Con
vention Chosen
The county-wide meeting of
teachers of the Ashe county unit
of the NCEA has again been post
poned and will be held on Wed
nesday, March 12, Mrs. Gertrude
Vaught, pfesLynt, stated this
week.
The meeting was to have been
held on March 5, but was post
poned because of bad weather.
Officers will be named and mat
ters of vital interest to the teach
ers taken up. Mrs. Vaught also
stated that amendments to the
State constitution will be voted
on and delegates to the State
convention, which will be held
in Asheville, March 27, 28 and
29, will be chosen.
The meeting will open at 1:30
o’clock at the courthouse in Jef
ferson and all teachers are urged
to attend.
Farm Planning
Meetings Held
H. D. Quessenberry, county
agent, announced this week that
some of the farm planning meet
ings, scheduled for last week, had
to be postponed because of the
severe winter weather and roads
blocked by snow drifts.
He pointed out, however, that
meetings that were held were
well attended.
The following schedule is an
nounced for next week:
Monday, March 10, Riverview
school; Tuesday, March 11, Orion
Baptist church; Wednesday.
March 12, Chestnut Hill Baptist
church, Friday, March 14, Pres
byterian church. Graham.
Mayor Will Be
Named Friday
The board of aidermen of
the town of West Jefferson,
will name a mayor at the reg
ular meeting on Friday night,
Carl F. Colvard, Mayor Pro
tein, announced yesterday.
Colvard has been serving as
mayor this week filling the
vacancy left last Saturday by
the resignation of Mayor C. O.
Parsons.
Colvard presided over the
mayor’s court on Monday
morning.
At the meeting on Friday
night other matters pertaining
to the town will be discussed.
Members of the board of ai
dermen in addition to Col
vard are Glenn B. Graybeal,
Russell W. Barr, John Hardin
and D. E. Blackburn.
County Schools Re-open After
Being Closed For Two Weeks
Because Os Continued Snow
Group To Meet
To Make Plans
For Tournament
Athletic Association Will Hold
Meeting On Monday,
March 17
Herbert Graybeal, president of
the Ashe County High School
Athletic Association, announced
this week that the final meeting
of the association would be held
at the West Jefferson school on
Monday evening, March 17 at 7:30
to make plans for the annual
tournament scheduled to open
March 24.
Due to the inclement weather
and the fact that schools have
been closed there is much of the
schedule to be completed. Mr.
Graybeal said.
Some of the games are expect
ed to be made up within the next
few weeks provided the weather
permits.
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VFW Will Have
Meeting Tuesday
The Albert F. Lewis Post 6513
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
will hold a meeting on Tuesday
night, March 11 at 7:30 p. m. at
the community building here,
Sam L. Davis, post commander,
announced this week.
The purpose of the meeting is
to elect new officers and take up
other matters of interest to vet
erans. All members are partic
ularly urged to attend this meet
ing. Mr. Davis said.
Train On Schedule In Spite Os Snow
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Snows blocked many of the county’s roads, but the
train came in as usual. The above picture was taken on
Railroad Avenue. Giant icicles were hanging from the
water tank in the background.
$3.00 a Year Out of County
Delay Will Cause Closings To
Be Slightly Later; At
tendance Is Off
Ashe county schools were re
opened yesterday after an en
forced two-weeks holiday because
of snow and extreme cold weath
er which kept it f rom melting
While some of the roads are still
impassable, the rising tempera
ture and the sunshine, yesterday,
did much to melt the snow away.
Highway forces are also at work
clearing roads that are still block
ed by snow drifts.
Much of the nine and one-half
inches of snow which fell here
on Wednesday two weeks ago and
caused the schools to close, was
still on the ground, but most of
the roads were clear, however.
B. H. Duncan, superintendent
of schools, said that this delay
would make the schools a little
later in closing in the spring, but
that this was anticipated by the
early opening last fall.
Attendance was slightly off on
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Rey?W. I’.Boyle
To Speak Tonight
Rev. W. P. Boyle, pastor of
the West Jefferson Presbyterian
church, will speak to the mem
bers of the Rotary club at the
regular meeting tonight at the
community building. Rev. Mr.
Boyle will speak on “Youth of
Today.” Herman Haire will be
in charge of the program.
A motion picture pertaining to
the dairy industry entitled “John
Ma’tin and Son” was shown the
Rotarians last Thursday by Har
vey Payne. J. Lester Segraves
was in charge of the program.
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Total Os $761.00
Is Reported On
Quota Os $2330*
More Is Needed; Support
Urged So That The Drive
Can Be Closed
Reports yesterday afternoon
showed that a total of $761.00 had
been raised on the Red Cross
Campaign Fund Drive now un
derway in which the county has
a quota of $2330.
“While initial gifts have con
tributed almost a third of our
quota we still have much more
to raise and I hope that all of
those who have not sent in their
contributions wil do so at once,”
drive chairman. H. D. Quessen
berry, said.
County workers are also urged
to make their collections as early
as possible.
The schools are not conducting
a drive as usual but will make
their own collections and these
will be called for next week, it
was stated. This was delayed a
week because of weather condi
tions.
“The work of the Red Cross
must go on, in disasters, in the
assistance to veterans and men
still in service, so we hope the
response will be good,” Mrs. W.
G. Vannoy, chapter chairman
said. Attention was again called
to the fact by Mrs. Vannoy that
sixty-five per cent of the funds
raised would remain in the local
chapter. Contributions reported
so far include the following:
W. E. Vannoy Mfg. Co., $50.00.
W. G. Vannoy, W. J. Parts Co.,
Mr. and Mrs. Ed M. Anderson,
Burgess Furniture Store, $30.00
each.
Parker’s Store, C. & H. Service
Station, Bare-Little and Co.,
Rhodes Furniture Co., Cash
Wholesale Grocery, Duncan Mo
tor Co., Carolina Briar, Ray Hard
ware Co., W. L. Tomlinson,
Northwestern Bank. $25.00 each.
Parker Tie Co., G. F. P. Qhev
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Ed Anderson At
Senate Hearing
In Washington In Regard To
Relief Os Newsprint
Shortage
Ed M. Anderson, publisher of
The Skyland Post and The Alle
ghany News and three other
weekly newspapers in Western
North Carolina, is testifying this
week at a special meeting of the
Senate subcommittee on news
print and paper shortages in
Washington. D. C., with Chair
man Homer E. Capehart, (R), In
diana, presiding. At the invita
tion of the Senate committee, Mr.
Anderson is the first witness.
While it was originally plan
ned to start the subcommittee
hearing with a study of the over
all newspaper situation, it was
decided that the opening days
of the hearings would be devot
ed exclusively to the specific
newsprint shortage and every ef
fort is being made to relieve the
crisis which is endangering the
publication of the smaller news
papers of America.
Because of his expert knowl
edge of the newsprint situation
after serving during the war
years on the War production
board in the paper and newsprint
field. Mr. Anderson was asked to
testify first. Chairman of the
legislative committee of the Na
tional Editorial association and
of the N. E. A. newsprint com
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Postpone Legion
Oratory Contest
The county finals of the Amer
ican Legoin's annual oratorical
contest, which were to have been
held on Wednesday. March 12.
have been postponed until Tues
day. March 18. A. B. Hurt, chair
man. stated this week.
This contest was postponed be
cause of the bad weather and will
open at 1:30 p. m. at the Jeffer
son school. Mr. Hurt said.
A $25.00 savings bond will be
given by the Ashe post of the
legion to the first place winner
and the Lansing post will give
SIO.OO in cash to the second
place winner.