i m i*a ii ii -■ ■ -ie ' I 'illifci MARCH j J 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 • Continued on Page 4) > 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 ;, v fl ■ 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 (Continued on Page 4) 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 (Continued on Page 4) | 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 (Continued on Page 4) THURSDAY, MAR. 27. 1917 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION OUTLINES VAST PLAN 75 1 ZTj — »\ Tlys«TTtf / iiLXTFX kal,spel A \ i j 3 j & 2*l j ” I W A S H T G T 0 NV -'-H’Aa \\ ° I \ •"WU I ( X’S'x I* ' K. M I x \ I K CHEHALIS. X/x J .) (&r-— ’ I ' v- X VZZ /fi V \ ■ \ - I J * Portland'’ / P , J) * ( A Io 6 0 \ Ndl p I XLJ -5 j LEGEND 1 \ XSSI MAJOR POTEMUAL IRRIGATION PROJECTS X } ! AzK/* “*JO« BLOCKS OF EXISTMW IRRIGATEO LAHOXZ'y j SZ j ® ( | J MAJOR POTENTIAL POWER PLANTS 1-\— i y I Z\y' I 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 (Continued on Page 4) 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 (Continut d on pa»e 8) 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. I Ijifc, I "”rk:; 551 |||f i 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, •Cnntii.jed on Page 8) 1 . eL —u A.i Several Injured I n Aeci 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.