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VOLUME 18. NO. 10
Sunday Will Be Red Cross Day In Ashe Churches
Health Measure
Given Approval
By N. C. Solons
Would Match Federal Funds
For Permanent Improve
ment In Program
By Staff Writer
Raleigh—(Special)—The $48,-
000.000 permanent improvements
bill, carrying with it an appro
priation to be matched with Fed
eral funds for the establishment
of a leaching hospital, nurses
home and four-year medical
school at the University of North
Carolina, roared through the
House Tuesday and went to the
Senate.
The House had its busiest day
of the session. It met at noon to
pass; the permanent improvements
appropriations and other meas
ures, and then held another ses
sion at 5 p. m. Finally, wearied
after its long deliberations, the
adjourned just before it
was scheduled to begin considera
tion of bills to prohibit the sale
of wine in 17 counties and re
gulation of beer in those and six
other counties.
The bills, which are expected to
cause extended debate, probably
will be considered when the
House meets again at 11 a. m.
today.
Amendments Rejected
The permanent improvements
bill swept by without an oppos
ing voice after three amendments
were voted down. Representative
Hardison of Craven would have
provided that the hospital-med
ical school could not be started
until the Medical Care Commis-;
sion’s good health program of;
hospitals and medical centers 1
over the State had been complet
ed; Representative Fisher of j
Buncombe would have required I
the commission to allocate funds
for the construction of a large
regional hospital in Buncombe
Count; and Representative Tomp
kins of Jackson would have re
quired the medical school-hos- I
pital be located at Asheville. All
were soundly defeated.
The supplemental spending
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Grumpier Defeats
W. J. In Tourney
Win By Score Os 54-39 In
Finals Held Saturday
Night At Jefferson
The powerful Crumpler Rebels 1
defeated the strong West Jeffer
son all-star team in the finals J
of the Ashe county all-star
tournament on Saturday night,
by a score of 54-39.
In the first round of the tourna
ment Jefferson lost to Crumpler I
by a score of 24-20. and West
Jefferson defeated Riverview 37-
29. Lansing won by forfeit from
Fleetwood. In the second round,
Crumpler defeated Elkland 32-24.
a-'V.d Lansing lost to West Jeffer-
A* bv a score of 45-22.
Plans are now underway to
maKe t.ie all-star tournaments an
annual event here in the county,
officials announced.
Many improvements have been
made in the gym at Jefferson and
others are being planned, which
will include a new lighting
system and an increased seating
capacity. Increased parking space
will also be available, it was
stated.
Amateur Program
Planned April 23
An amateur program will be
held at the Riverview’ high school
on April 23. sponsored by the
tenth grade class, it was announc
ed here this week.
A musical contest has been
I planned and all last year’s per
lformers are expected to enter
(again this year, together with
■ many new ones, it was stated.
I -f/iH those who play an instru-
Infent, sing or a/e talented in any
■way and who are interested in
■appearing on this program are
■asked to contact Miss Hazel Jen-
Ikins, Home Economics teacher,
lor any member of the tenth
■grade class, it was pointed out.
■Prizes will be awarded to the
■best contestants.
WftO Jost
$2.50 a Year in Ashe County
County’s Basketball
Tournament Opens
Next Tues. April 1
REPRESENTS COUNTY
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Alton Weaver will repre
sent counties of this area in
the soil conservation ora
torical contest in Elkin April
3. .
Meet T o d a y T o
Plan Sale Os
Feeder Calves
Tri-County Event For Ashe,
Alleghany And Watauga
Aim Os Farm Leaders
Commercial cattle breeders of
Ashe county will meet at Jeffer
son at the courthouse today at
10:30 o’clock to discuss plans for
holding a tri-county feeder calf
sale for Ashe, Alleghany and Wa
-1 tauga counties.
This meeting is one of the series
i being held following a group dis
cussion last Thursday, when L.
I. Case. Extension Animal Hus
bandry and R. W. Shoffner. dis
trict agent for Western North
Carolina met with the farm
agents of the three counties to
discuss the possibilities of hold
; ing such a sale at the test farm j
l at Transou.
Both Case and Shoffner havt
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Jefferson Group
Winner In Drama
i The Jefferson High Schoo!
| Dramatics Club was one of the
j winners in the regional contest
1 held at Lee Edwards high school
in Asheville last week, when they
presented a one act comedy en
titled “Pink and Patches.”
The dramtics club will enter
the annual dramatics contest to
! be held at the University of North
. Carolina, al Chapel Hill, on April
10, 11 and 12.
The dramatics club is under
the direction of Mrs. Gertrude
i Vaught.
Soil Conservation Finals
To Be Held At Elkin Apr. 3
Alton Weaver, West Jefferson
High School student and son of
Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Weaver, of
West Jefferson will be among
the eight high school students
speaking on the general subject,
“Soil Conservation,” to compete
for $350 in Savings Bonds and
the honor of being guest speaker
before the annual convention of
the North Carolina Bankers As
sociation at the finals of the sec
ond annual Soil Conservation
Speaking Contest at Elkin, April
3.
The finals were scheduled to be
held February 20, but both judges
and speakers were snowbound
on that date. The new date was
announced at that time.
Representing 45 North Caro
lina counties, the following con
testants will be heard; Alton
Weaver, Ashe County; Mattie
Sue Carpenter, Cleveland Coun
ty; Leonard Dean, Granville;
WEST JEFFERSON, N. C.
Games Schedule Expected To
Be Competed Tonight;
Much Interest
As the season’s schedule of
basketball games comes to a close
and the opening date of the
tournament, next Tuesday, April
1, draws near, more and more in
terest is being shown in the event.
The tournament will be played
in the Jefferson gymnasium
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday and Saturday nights.
Since there are still a few*
make-up games, which are ex
pected to be concluded tonight,
the pairings will not be com
pleted until these games are
played and the standings for the
season worked out.
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
would be played at six, seven,
eight and nine o’clock as will
the games on Wednesday and Fri-1
day nights. Thursday’s games
will be played at seven and eight
o’clock and the finals on Satur
day night at 7:30 and 8:30 o’clock.
While it is still too early to 1
predict the winners Jefferson
and West Jefferson boys are fav
orites with many along with Jef
ferson and Virginia-Carolina
girls.
Jefferson, W. J.
Play (Hose Game
West Jefferson Winner: Re-'
suits Os Other Games
Are Announced
Basketball fans witnessed one
of the most exciting games of
the season on Tuesday night when ,
West J- fferson boys defeated the!
Jefferson quint on the local
I court, by a close margin of 27-26.
In the beginning period Jeffer
son led the scoring but West
Jefferson rallied to tie the score
7-7 at the end of the first quarter. 1
i and kept the lead during the re
i mainder of the game. At the
I half West Jefferson was only
j leading by two points and at
i the end of the third quarter were
i in the lead with a score of 20-16.
, With only four minutes to play
i and a score of 25-20 the action
was really fast with both teams
’ fighting for the ball. Wyrick led
: the scoring for the winners with
i 14 points and Dean C. Jones, Jr. I
i scored 10 points for the losers. ’
I The girls game, however, was
j not as close with the Jefferson
i sextet defeating the West Jef
| ferson lassies by a score of 33-20.
I Thompson scored 17 points fori
the winners and Speaks and Todd J
scored 8 points each for West
Jefferson.
In a make up game at the Jef
ferson gymnasium Thursday
J night, the home teams captured a j
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| Boyd Hopkins, Stanly; William
Mitchel, Franklin; Francis Pres
sley, Iredell; Edward Storie,
Caldwell; and Luther Baxter,
Randolph County.
Beginning at 1:30 p. m. the
contest finals will be held in the
Gilvin Roth Memorial Y. M. C.
A., according to Garland John
son, chairman of the North Caro
lina Bankers’ Association Ag-'
ricultural Committee, contest
sponsor.
More than 2,500 high school
students entered the contest, Mr.
Johnson said, and those who will
compete at Elkin were selected
by school, county and group
county elimination contests. The
1 project was promoted by county
U. S. D. A: Clubs, with the co
operation of schoolteachers.
The Bankers’ Association will
award a first prize of S2OO in
Savings Bonds and an expense- J
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THURSDAY, MAR. 27. 1917
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Comprehensive development of the Columbia River Basin in the Pacific North
west, embracing 238 projects has just been announced by the U. S. bureau of reclama
tion. Eleven of the projects are singled out for authorization now to meet the earlier
needs of the region. If authorized by congress, the plan ultimately will benefit 5,360.-
000 acres of land.
Legion To Again
Sponsor Annual
Spelling Contest
Finals To Be Held At Court
house On April 16; J. B.
Hash Is Chairman
The annual spelling contest,
sponsored by the Ashe Post 171
of the American Legion, will be
held Wednesday, April ig at the
courthouse in Jefferson, V. 5-
Hash, chairman, stated this week.
The contest had previously been
announced for April 9 but since
schools were closed temporarily
due to the bad weather, the date
was postponed until April 16. it
was pointed out.
Every school in the contest is
entitled to one representative
from grades four through eleven.
Mr. Hash stated. Medals will be
givi n by the American Legion
for each grade winner.
Schools will conduct prelim
inary contests in the schools to
select th delegates to .('present
them in the contest at the court
house. The program \\ ill begin
at seven o'clock and the public
is invited to attend.
FIRE BREAKS OUT
IN DIXIE BARBECUE
Local firemen were called out
about 12:30 a. m. Tuesday morn
ing, when the Dixie Barbecue,
owned and operated by Jack Mil
ler and located next to the W.
J. Esso Service Station, caught
fire.
It was reported that an oil
stove flamed up but the fire was
out when firemen arrived at the
scene. The stove had been carri
ed to the outside and the flames
extinguished before damage was
done to the building, it was
stated.
Cool Spring
Arrives Here
Spring came in with a breeze
that literally became a whirl
wind, Friday and Saturday.
Sunday was a typical Spring
day, but winds blew again on
Monday, followed by rains and
thunderstorms. Early Tuesday
morning the snow started fall
ing and continued throughout
most of the day as well as into
the night.
The strong wind together
with the blowing snow made
driving hazardous.
Yesterday morning the tem
perature dropped to a low of
sixteen degrees above zero,
bringing out winter coats
again.
Several people remarked
that this was the shortest
Spring they had experienced.
Most people predicted that the
weather would continue to re
main cold until after Easter.
Necessity Os Maintaining
Standards In Lunchrooms
Os Schools Is Explained
Ashe Given 6 Men
On School Board
By Legislature
Named In Omnibus Bill In
troduced Before Legisla
ture Last Friday
Ashe county was given a six
member board of education in
the omnibus bill introduced last
Friday in the N. C. Legislature
when several other county school
boards were also named.
Named in the bill for two-year
terms for Ashe county were G
O. Burgess. Cleve Francis. Clyde
Houck. Bradley Sturgill. Arthur
Ros< and L. P. Colvard.
These men w. re voted on earli
er in the year by the Ashe County
Democratic Executive committee
and each of them received a
majority vote. Then names wt re
in turn suggest! d to the N. C.
Legislature.
According to unofficial in
formation rect ived here, there is
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SUPERINTENDENT IS
TO SPEAK ON SUNDAY
Rev. J. H. Armbrust. district
superintendent, of Statesville. will
preach at the Grassy Creek
Methodist church on Sunday at
11:00 o'clock a. m., it was an
nounced here this week Rev.
Mr. Armbrust will hoid quarterly
conference at that time.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
County’s Burley Tobacco
Allotment (kit 20 Per Cent
It is announced by the AAA
office that the Burley tobacco
acreage had been cut 20 per cent
for this year on acreage allot
ments of one acre or more.
According to agricultural lead
ers the reason for this reduction
in Burley for 1947 can be based
on the following figures:
The carry-over of Burley from
1945 to 1946 was 759 million
pounds added to the 1946 pro
duction of 578 million pounds
gave a total supply of 1337 mil
lion pounds. The disappearance
or consumption in 1947 was 477
million pounds which would
leave a 1946 carry-over of 860
million pounds. This 1946 carry
over added to the 1947 estimated
production would give a total
1948 supply of more than 1400
million pounds. One can easily
see from this that the supply of
Burley tobacco has been built up
until it is three times the con-
$3.00 a Year Out of County
Some Funds Available For
Equipment; Proportioned
Among Schools
At a meeting of high school
.nr inci pals and lanchroom (itera
tors held in the office of county
superintendent. B. H. Duncan,
yesterday, plans for continuing
the school lunchrooms were dis
cussed. It was point'd out that it
would be necessary for all lunch
rooms to continue on the stand
ards s t when they were receiv
ing Federal aid. in order to make
them eligible for possible future
assistance. In connection with
this it was explained that those I
luncb.rooms that have been s ’. v
ing milk in th p s' n ust con- I
tinue to do s". Ti e lunchrooms
are allowed to advance tin price,
however and most of them have'
done so.
It was revealed that the num
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School Buses To
Be Sold April 15
i
It was announced this week by [
B. H. Duncan, county superin- I
tendent of schools, that the Board ■
of Education would sell at public .
auction on April 15 at 10:00 A. M.. j
at the Ashe county garage, some I
property including three Chev
rolet bus chassis, three Ford buses ,
and one Ford Pick-up truck.
Mr. Duncan pointed out that ;
no usable tires would be sold ,
with these trucks and that any- l
one interested in this property
could see it at the county garage i
sumption. This vast surplus ac
cumulated due to the 10 per cent
increase of individual allotments
in 1943, the? 25 per cent increase
in individual allotments in 1944
along with the acre law in 1944
which raised all allotments of
less than one acre up to an acre
if there was as much as 4 acres
of cropland on the farm. All
these increases plus our step up
in yields per acre has resulted
in a vast surplus which must be
reduced if good Burley prices are
to continue, it was pointed out.
In November, 1946. a Burley
Referendum was held in which
more than 90 per cent of the
Burley growers voting favored
a three year control with a 20
per cent reduction if necessary.
It was pointed out by some
officials that growers need to
work on the marketing end of
the program to do away with the
accumulated surplus.
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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
County Still Far
Short Os Drive
Quota Os $2330.00
A Total Os $1370.23 Reported
Yesterday; All Churches
Asked To Help
Sunday will be Red Cross Day
in the churches of Ashe county
and all churches and Sunday
Schools are asked to take a col
lection toward helping to rais«
Ashe county’s quota in the fund
raising drive now underway.
A total of $1370.23 was report
ed yesterday afternoon. Drive
Chairman H. D. Quessenberry
pointed out that because of the
humanitarian work done by the
Red Cross, he felt sure that all
churches and Sunday Schools
would cooperate in the drive.
Special attention of the pastors
and Sunday School superinten
dents is asked.
The drive is scheduled to and
this month and only a little mor*
than half of the county’s
of $2330 has been raised.
Contributions not previously
published include the following’
First National Bank, Smithey’s
Store, $25.00 each; Ron Davis,
$10.00; Friendship School, $5.10.
Fred G. Ray, Clara Perkins,
Kay L. Eller, Jr., Mr. and Mrs.
K. L. Eller, Hoyt Wood, J. B.
Hash. Todd Drug Company, Mr.
and Mrs. W. B. Todd, Francis
Ann Todd, $5.00 each.
Chapel School, $3.00; Parker
School $2.25.
| John Goss, Buelah Cockerham.
, Mamie Wallace. Mrs. E. F. Gam
| bill, Scott 1 Cox. Mrs. C. F. Vaught,
! Mrs. E. V. Pierce, $2.00 each.
Little Helton School, $1.83.
Paul Weaver, Mrs. G. W. Mc-
Millan. Mrs. Bea Vannoy. G. W.
MciVhllaii, MrjL W. F. Gambiii,
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Several Injured
I n Aeci<l en t s
John Cox And Don Miller
Injured Near Glendale;
Weaver's Car Wrecked
Several people were slightly i.
jured in highway accidents in
1 Ashe county during the past wee.-;
' John Cox and Don Miller we.. -
brought to the hospital for t.ea’-
ment on Friday night following
an .di rcation which took plac
near Glendale Springs. These m n
had received knife wounds and
v.eri badly beaten about tm.
, head. According to reports th? y
had picked up Paige Sheets or.
i tlie mountain and he later wreck
ed the truck driven by Millet,
and with others who joined the
! group beat both Cox and Miller.
> Sheets was arrested for assault
I and assault with a deadly weapon.
! with intention to kill; was re
i leased under a 51500.00 bond.
Early Saturday morning Ralph
; ‘Hardrock’ Lyalls was driving
■ Earl Weaver's car when it was
badly damaged when it collided
j with a truck belonging to Ulysses
; Faw near the Vannoy Flooring
plant. According to State High
j way Patrolman Dave Houston
I who investigated the accident.
■ the Plymouth car driven by
j Lyalls struck the truck which
! was parked off of the highway
and was damaged around $450.00.
, Riding with Jones were Earl
Weaver and Wayne Jones. Jones
received some slight cuts accord
ing to the report of the investigat
! mg officer.
Christine Foster (colored) was
brought to the hospital Saturday
morning for cuts and bruises she
received in an automobile ac
cident, according to reports.
Teachers Will
Attend NCEA Meet
i Around 20 teachers from Ashe
' county are leaving today to at
tend the annual meeting of the
North Carolina Education As
. sociation being held in Asheville
on Friday and Saturday.
j Among those who will attend
are Mrs. Gertrude Vaught, pre
sident of the Ashe county unit;
A. B. Hurt, principal of the
■ Nathan’s Creek high school.
James Miller, principal of Elk
land high school: Mrs. Lola Por
ter and Miss Lorene Perkins, of
West Jefferson high school.