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VOLUME 18, NO. 9
Red Cross Campaign Far Short Os Quota
Approve 4-Ye ar
Medical School
Fund In Harmony
Appropriations For State
Schools Are Passed On
By Committee
By Staff Writer
Raleigh—(Special)—Without a
voice being heard in opposition,
the joint appropriations commit
tee Tuesday approved an appro
priation of $3,790,000 for an ex
panded four-year medical school
at the University of North Caro
lina.
The issue of expanding the
two-year medical school at the
university into a four-year school
had been regarded at the start
of the session as one of the most
controversial issues before the
general assembly.
An imposing number of mem
bers were regarded as being op
posed to expansion of the med
ik ical school, and others were re-
as opposed plans to locate
it at Chapel Hill.
Consideration of the medical
school came up when the joint
appropriations body began its
study of the permanent improve
ments appropriations measure
under which the advisory bud
get commission recommended
the spending of $44,501,437 dur
ing the coming biennium.
The appropriation of $3,790,000
for the medical school would be
added to $1,500,000 expected from
federal funds under the Hill-Bur
ton act for a total of $5,290,000
to be used as follows: $3,200,000
for a 400-bed hospital, $600,000
for hospital equipment, $200,000
addition to the present medical
school building, SBO,OOO for a
nurses home and training school,
and S4MMO for WMi to
internes and residents.
Building At Appalachian
The committee voted an addi
tional $318,000 for a music and
art building at Appalachian State
Teachers college, thus increasing
the total for Appalachian to sl,-
915.500; and voted to add $175,000
for an administration and library
building at the Pembroke State
college for Indians, boosting the
appropriation to $787,-
“000.
Including the medical school. |
permanent improvements voted
for the university at Chapel Hill i
would total $7,844,800.
Other appropriations were ap
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15 From Ashe
Given Discharges
Group Includes Men From
Army, Navy And
Marines
Fifteen more Ashe county men
were discharged through the lo
cal draft board this week. Sam 5
L. Davis has announced. Twelve
served in the army, two in the
navy and one in the marine corps.
|.<j? Those serving in the U. S. Army
are: Wavne Gentry, of Todd; El
mer Elliott, of Clifton, Elmer G.
Blevins. of Bina: Ryland F. Jones,
of West Jefferson. Robert S.
Wolfe, colored, of Crumpler.
oseon C. Goodman, of West
Jefferson, Johnny F. Roten. of
Hemlocx. Gilmer W. Pasley, of
Grassy Creek, Norman J. Os
borne, Wiley B. Taylor, of Tol
iver; Ernest K. Edwards, of Todd,
and Guy W. Lyon, of West Jef
ferson.
McDaniel Harless, of West Jef
ferson and Avery M. Lambert, of ;
Jefferson, served in the navy, and |
W. R. Wood, of Todd, in the
marine corps.
Rotarians Will
Hear New Pastor
Rev. Cecil Callis, pastor of the
Jefferson Presbyterian church,
will be the guest speaker at the
meeting of the Jeffersons Rotary
xclub tonight. Sharpe S. Shoe
iWmaker will be in charge of the
program.
H. D. Quessenberry, county
agent, was speaker last Thursday
when he made a report on the
Red Cross drive now underway.
Mr. Quessenberry also spoke on
the pure-bred cattle associations
in the county.
<The £li nl (inti Jost
$2.50 a Year in Ashe County
County’s Annual
Basketball Tourney
Will Open April 1
JEFFERSON PASTOR
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Rev. Cecil Callis, new Pres
byterian pastor of the Jeffer
son churches.
Alton Weaver Is
Winner Os Legion
Oratory Contest
Goes To Statesville Today To
Compete In District
Event
Alton Weaver was the county
winner in the oratorical contest
sponsored by the county’s two
American Legion posts, when the
finals were held at Jefferson high
school on Tuesday afternoon.
Maryzelle Absher, of Nathan’s
Creek high school, won second
place. Lansing was represented
by Helen Gilley and Healing
Springs by Joe Goodman.
Alton goes to Statesville today
to take part in the district con
test. Winners in the district ad
vance to the regional contest and
hence to the State contest.
The contestants spoke on
phases of the constitution or other
related subjects. Alton Weaver's
subject was ‘’The Land We De
fend,” and Maryzelle Absher dis
cussed the history of the constitu
tion.
Weaver was presented a $25.00
bond and a second prize of SIO.OO
went to Miss Absher. A. B. Hurt.
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Mrs. Medley, 75,
Buried Saturday
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Funeral service for Mrs. Hettie
Medley. 75, of Jefferson, was held
Saturday morning at eleven
o’clock at the residence. Officiat
ing was Rev. Will Mullis and
interment followed in the Poe
cemetery.
Mrs. Medley is survived by
one son, Will Medley, and two
daughters, Maggie and Mary ;
Medley.
West Jefferson Wins From
Blowing Rock In Tournev
West Jefferson High boys turn
ed back a strong Blowing Rock
quint from Watauga in a thriller
to open the Northwest tourna
ment play Tuesday afternoon in
Winston-Salem. 37 to 31.
It was a nip-and-tuck battle all
the way with West Jefferson
spurting in the final minutes to
clinch the game. West Jefferson
led at half-time, 13 to 12.
Walker, Hardin and Barr top
ped the scoring drive for West
Jefferson with Klutz and Lentz
doing the heavy work for Blow
ing Rock.
W. Jefferson Blowing Rock
(37) (31)
Pos.
F__Hardin 8 4 Clawson
F_-Walker 12 6 Justice
C__Barr 8 8 Lentz
G_ .Wyrick 2 1 T. Greene
WEST JEFFERSON, N. C.
Some Delay Since Schedule
Was Interrupted By Two
Weeks' Closing Os Schools
At a meeting this week of the
officials of the Ashe County Ath
letic Association it was decided
to open the annual high school
basketball tournament on April
1 in the Jefferson High School
gymnasium and continue it
through April 5. The tournament
was first scheduled to open March
24. but because of the tempor
ary closing of the schools for two
weeks on account of the weather,
the tournament dates w ere
changed.
Officials pointed out that since
there were still a number of
make-up games to be played be
fore the season ends the pairings
for .the tournament cannot be an
nounced until the games are play
ed.
The V-C girls and the West
Jefferson boys drew a by for the
opening night, however. It was
announced that the opening
games on Tuesday night April 1
I would be played at six, seven,
eight and nine o’clock as will
the games on Wednesday and Fri
day nights. Thursday’s games
will be played at seven and eight
I o’clock and the finals on Satur
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Jefferson Is In
Drama Contest
Left Yesterday For Asheville
Where They Will Compete
In Regional Contest
The Jeferson High School Dra
matics Club has entered the one
act play contest conducted an
nually by the University of North
Carolina. The group left yester
day for Asheville to enter the re
gional contest to be held in Lee 1
Edwards High School. The one 1
act play is a comedy, “Pink and
Patches”, by Margaret Bland.
The cast includes: Texie, W’an- !
da Bower; Rexie. Ivan Rash; Ma, ■
Paula Lee Badger and Mrs. Al- !
len, Annabel Colvard.
Try- outs for the winning con
testants from each grade were i
held last Wednesday morning.
Judges for the contests were Mrs.
Marie Jackson, Misses Louise
Sutherland and Jennie Clyde |
Worth.
A group from each grade en- |
tered the preliminary contest:,
ninth grade, Mary Jo Little, Ivan ;
Rash, Paula Lee Badger and
Audrey Vannoy; tenth grade,
Wanda Bower, Annabel Colvard.
and Beth Sheets: eleventh grade,
June Crepps, Dean C. Jones, June
Weaver and Mary Gordon Aus
tin; twelfth grade, Patsy Badger,
Jack Sheets, Wava Eller and
Elizabeth Weaver. Honorable
mention was given to Calvin Mil
ler, Mary Jo Little, June Weaver
and Elizabeth Weaver.
Mrs. Gertrude Vaught in in
charge of the dramatics club.
G__Powers 5 12 Klutz
Score at half: West Jefferson
13, Blowing Rock, 12.
Substitutes: West Jefferson
McMillan, Haire 2. B. Hardin 2.
Blowing Rock—Williams. Wil
liams.
Officials—Hawn and Bowles
Landis High, a strong squad
from Rowan county, edged Jef
ferson from Ashe in a closely
fought game Tuesday night, 31 to
29,
Landis took a 10-1 lead in the
first period and then withstood
the late dash of the Ashe five to
win the game.
The scoring duel was well di
vided among the five starting
Landis players with Bostian and
Shoemaker dropping in eight
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THURSDAY, MAR. 20, 1947
Leaders Discuss Plans For Cancer Control Fund Drive
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Gov. R. Gregg Cherry meets with group to discuss plans for the 1947 fund-raising
campaign of the North Carolina Division of the American Cancer Society. John D.
Larkins, Jr., is chairman of the drive in this State w’here 2.581 men, women and chil
dren fell prey to this disease last year.
Re-Valuation Is
Asketl For In Bill
Bv J. O. Blevins
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Measure Introduced Last
Week Relates To Property
In West Jefferson
J. O. Blevins, last week intro
duced, at the request of the board
of aidermen of the town of West
Jefferson, a bill providing for
separate valuation for the town
from that of the county in order
to improve the financial stand
ing of the county. .V t
The proposed bill, discussed
here for sometime provides that:
“The governing board of the
Town of West Jefferson may, in
its discretion, list, value and re
value all property for the purpose
of town taxation separately and
independently from and without
regard to any listing, valuation or
revaluation of such property for
j purposes of State and County
I taxation.”
A Raleigh paper carried the
following on the bill after its in
troduction:
I “Ashe county valuations are
notoriously low —so low, in fact,
. that Ashe rates at bottom of the
I 100 counties in many respects,
■ according to comparative prop
erty values, although it is among
! the best agricultural counties of
the state. Accepting these valu
ations imposes upon the thriving
Town of West Jefferson necessity
I for levying a tax rate that scares
; off prospective investors and
I business interests.
; “Representative Blevins said a
fair and equitable valuation
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New Road Job Is
To Be Let Soon
At the meeting of the State
Highway Commission on Satur
day, pushing a program to over
come war strain and neglect in
the public road system, it was
announced that contracts would
be let March 25 for 144 miles of
work.
Federal-aid projects include
the bituminous surfacing of 2.45
miles from West Jefferson to
Warrensville. This new link will
cross the railroad and follow Jef
ferson Avenue until it reaches
the hill it is understood.
Guernsey Group
To Meet March 26
There is to be a meeting of
the Ashe County Guernsey
Breeders Association on Wednes
day. March 26, at 8:00 p. m. at
the Community Building at West
Jefferson. The directors will
j meet at 6:00 o’clock for an even
ing meal and discussion and [
adoption of the rules and by
laws for the association.
John Arey, in charge of dairy
extension work at State College,
i will be present for this meeting
i along with Dr. Elliott, who is,
I now in charge of artificial breed-j
j ing in North Carolina.
Will Meet Next Tliiir«(lay
At Jefferson To Plan For
Tri-County Feeder Calf Sale
Sugar Stamp 53
Expires March 31;
Spare 11 Follows
New Stamp Coming In On
April 1 Is Good For 10
Pounds Instead Os 5
Housewives were today re
minded by OPA that Spare Stamp
53, currently good for five pounds
of sugar, must be “spent” in the
next few days or not at all, since
it expires March 31, one month
earlier than originally intended.
The following day, April 1,
OPA begins the use of ten-pound
stamps, with Spare Stamp 11 be
coming good for that amount, A.
D. Simpson. Jr., Regional Sugar
Executive, said in Atlanta.
"While Spare Stamp 11 will be
good for ten pounds right on
through September 30. we are
hoping the sugar supply will
make it possible to declare an
other ten-pound stamp good on
July 1." Simpson said.
He emphasized, however, that
these ten-pound stamps are not
a “bonus” and that sugar must
still be used carefully. He also
pointed out that there will be no
special stamps set aside this year
for canning sugar, as the ten
pound stamps should prove suf
ficient to cover all necessary
home uses of sugar, including
Make Plans For
Scout Caniporee
At a meeting of the Ashe Boy
Scout District last Thursday
night plans were discussed for
the annual camporee.
No dates were set, but plans
for holding this in the county
this year were favored by the
group.
V.-C. Girls Win In Boone
Tourney: Defeat Jefferson
The Virginia-Carolina girls and
the Cove Creek boys walked off
with the championships of the
Appalachian high school associa
tion basketball tournament at
Boone Saturday night.
With Sturgill leading the way
with 20 points, the V.-C. girls
scored a 34-22 victory over Jef
ferson. However, Cove Creek
had no little trouble scoring a
24-22 win over Boone High, com
ing from behind a 12-11 half-time
deficit.
Named on the all tournament
girls’ team were Sturgill and
Reedy, of V.-C.; Black, of River
view; Todd, of West Jefforson:
Goodman, of Nathan’s Creek, all
forwards, Hash, of V.-C.; Watson
and Austin, of Jefferson; Mikel,
of Elkland, all guards.
On the boys’ team were for-
$3.00 a Year Out of County
Lamb Show Planned For July
24 For Ashe, Alleghany
And Watauga
i Commercial cattle breeders of
i Ashe county will meet at Jeffer-
I son at the courthouse next
1 Thursday to discuss plans for
holding a tri-county feeder calf
sale for Ashe, Alleghany and Wa
tauga counties. This meeting is
one of the series being held fol
' lowing a group discussion last
Thursday, when L. I. Case, Ex
tension Animal Husbandry and
R. W. Shoffner, district agent for
Western North Carolina met with
j the farm agents of the three
t counties to discuss the possibili
) ties of holding such a sale at the
j test farm at Transou.
Both Case and Shoffner point-
I ed out that a large number of
I feeder calves for 4-H Club boys
and girls in the central and east
ern part of the State have to be
shipped in from elsewhere and
that a sufficient number of these
' calves would be available in these
I three counties if properly han
dled
i Possibilities and advantages of
such a sale were outlined by Mr.
Shoffner as well as Mr. Case.
At the meeting last Thursday. !
the group agreed to go ahead
I with a Tri-county 4-H Club lamb
i show. The date set for this show
lis July 24. Very few changes
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18 Year Olds To
Report To Board
All men reaching the age of
i eighteen years are still required
■ by law to register at the local |
I draft board, Sam L. Davis, clerk,
; stated this week.
Registrants should report t!o the
j board on their birthdays or as
soon after as it possible.
wards. Walker, of West Jefferson;
guards, Cox, of Elkland; Wyrick,
of West Jefferson; Jones, of Jef
ferson.
The West Jefferson boys ad
vanced to the semi-finals on Fri
day night and were defeated by
the Cove Creek boys 26-20. The
: V.-C. girls eliminated the West
j Jefferson girls 27-22, and the
Jefferson girls won a 24-16 vic
tory over the Riverview girls.
TOWN LICENSE TAGS
ARE NOW AVAILABLE
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' The town license tags are now
available at the town hall. Ralph
Campbell, town clerk stated this
week.
; All town citizens are asked to
, get theirs as soon as possible.
j MARCH
pjsrW
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Schools Asked
To Turn Reporta
In At Early Date
County Workers Are Also
Urged To Turn In Col
lections Soon
Reports yesterday afternoon
reveal that $1150.80,,. or s(ill less,
than half of the county’s quota
in the Red Cross campaign fund
drive has been raised to date.
The quota is $2330.
Ashe county schools were ask-
led to make their collections
| among the teachers and students
tnis week and to turn these re
ports in to the Red Cross office
or to the Skyland Post. Those
that have not made their collec
tions are asked to do so at once
in order that the drive may be
completed.
County workers are also asked
1 to turn in their collections.
Contributions not previously
announced include the follow
ing:
Belk’s Dept. Store, $25.00.
Ashe Motor Co., J. L. Segraves,
$20.00 each.
Lenna Gambill, Roger Holman,
J. C. Pierce, Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
Dent, Wesleyan Service Guild,
■ of the West Jefferson Methodist
1 church, Mr. and Mrs. Sharps
» Shoemaker, Mrs. J. M Barlow,
' SIO.OO each.
W. B. Reeves, Paul A. Perkins,
, Irene Morphew, Carl F. Colvard,
Mrs. Nelia Dixon, Three Forks
Baptist Church, $5.00 each.
j Lady Fair Beauty Shop, Sin-
I clair Service Station, Harvey
■! Payne, Mrs. T. J. Bare, $2.00 each.
,1 Mrs. Mabie T. Brown, A Friend,
. E. L. Stuart, J. N. Tulbert, Sal
. vation Army, T. G. Lyle, Bertie
‘ L. Bare, A Friend, SI.OO each.
. , Mrs. Grant Dollar, principal of
Baldwin School was the first of
, the schools to make a report. She
turned in $13.40 yesterday.
Veteran Fann
Meeting Mar. 27
It was announced this week by
, Upton Blevins that there would
I be a meeting in the Ashe county
courthouse at 7:00 p. m. Thurs
day, March 27, to discuss the pos
: sibilities of a veteran farm train
ing program in the county. Ev
i erybody is cordially invited to at-
■ tend.
Auto Collides
\\ itli Truck, Fri,
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Driver Convicted Os Intoxi
cation And License
Revoked
A 1936 Ford coupe, driven
by Howard Comer, of Smethport,
cdllided with a 1941 Dodge dump
truck, driven by Kenneth B.
Blevins, of Crumpler, one mile
j below the Glendale Springs River
. Bridge on Highway No. 16, Frt
: day afternoon.
Investigating officer. State
Highway Patrolman David Hous
ton reported the damage to
i Comer’s car to be around $150.00.
The truck was not damaged.
Johnny Jones, of Buffalo, a
passenger in the car driven by
Comer, suffered slight head in
juries. it was learned.
Comer, charged with driving
while under the influence of
some intoxicant, was tried before
Mayor T. E. Parker. Monday.
He was fined SSO and costs, and
his license was revoked for a
period of 12 months.
Weaver To Enter
District Contest
Alton Weaver, winner in the
local event of the Youth Speak
ing Contest, will represent the
West Jefferson Methodist church
in the district contest at States
ville Tuesday. March 25.
Alton spoke on Christianity in
>' India at the local contest held
1 recently here at the church.
The contest will be held at 7:30
| o’clock at the Broad Street Meth
odist church in Statesville.
i Winners in the district contest
; will compete for the conference
contest at a later date, it wai
| pointed out.