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PRESS RUN 4,000 Net Paid | /WllTdL 3,595 Covers j Ashe County j _ J VOLUME 18, NO. 11 Finals In Basketball Tournament Saturday Night House Favors Investigation Os State Boards Measure Is Licked For Day light Savings Time In North Carolina By Staff Writer Raleigh—(Special)—With still much to be accomplished before adjournment, which has been talked of for this week members of the house of the general as sembly Tuesday passed on its third reading a joint resolution which would authorize the gov ernor to name a commission to investigate the state’s 21 licens ing and regulatory boards. The proposal, introduced in the house of Rep. Sims of Mecklen burg and others, has been sent to the senate. After a lengthy—at time angry —debate, the house voted down 48-36 a measure to reduce powers of the state board of barber ex aminers. The bill would repeal a requirement that a barber whose license has expired must take an examination to regain his license. After defeat of the measure, a motion to adjourn prevented con sideration of four other measures to reduce powers of the barber board. The house, meeting in a late afternoon session, also passed on third reading a bill which would remove the debt limitation for the state, counties and municipal ities. Present debt limitation law re quires that the state cannot issue bonds, save for necessary ex penses, without a vote of the people, except in the amount of three-fifths of the debt repaid during the preceding biennium. The same limitation now ap plies to counties and municipali ties, with the specification that the repaid debt applies to the previous year instead of bien nium. Daylight Savings Bill Killed After some debate, the house killed a bill which provided for (Continued on Page Five) School To Have Program Public Invited To Fashion Show And Presentation Os Comedy ’ The public is invited to attend a fashion show to be given by the home economics department under the direction of Miss Jean Hoppers next Tuesday night, April 8, in the high school au ditorium. The Dramateers will also pre sent their one act play “Pink and Patches’’ which they gave in the Western District Festival in Asheville recently. On Wednes day. April 9. the group will leave for Chapel Hill Where they will |Lgive their play in competition -®with other schools from North Carolina in the annual Dramatics Festival. Number Games Irk Citizens West Jefferson's telephone system jumped suddenly into the citv class this week, with out warning, as far as num bers go. Before this time a user had simply to give the name of the concern or indi vidual wanted and it was rung. Now it has become necessary to bok up the num her and give it to the oper ator. A member »f the town board seems to lave spoken the sentiments of most of the peo ple when he declared that he did not mnd giving them numbers provided they would give him th; same services £ city systems 10, when a num ber is asked for. Because of the inability to get better srvice a number of people ha'C voiced com plaints about the new ruling that went intc effect this week. “When I givt them the num ber I still dn’t get it,” one subscriber sad. Post $2.50 a Year in Ashe County More Funds Needed To Reach Quota In Red Cross Campaign NEW AGENT im Miss Ella Mae Crosby, new home agent for Ashe county. New Home Agent Started Work Here Yesterday Will Help With H. D. Clubs As Well As The 4-H Clubs Os The County Miss Ella Mae Crosby, newly appointed home demonstration agent for Ashe county, began work yesterday and visited some of the 4-H clubs with the assist ant agent, O. L. Fulcher. Miss Crosby, who comes from Spring City, Tennessee, is a grad uate in home economics from the University of Tennessee and has also had graduate work at lowa State College. She has had some years of ex perience both as a home econom ics teacher and doing home agent work as well. During the past war she served about three years in the Waves. Members of the extension de- 1 partment as well as local officials said they were happy to have Miss Crosby here, since the coun ty has been short of an agent for , nearly a year. Miss Crosby said she was glad to be here and hoped that she | could secure a car within a short time in order to carry on her work throughout the county. SERVICES HELD Rev. Finley Miller held preach ing services at the home of Floyd Church at Glendale Springs, Sat- 1 urday night when a number of people were present. House Approves $56,000,000. School Lunch Program Fund Washington—With North Car olina Democrats in the forefront, the House Tuesday approved a deficiency appropriation of $6.- 000,000 for continuation of the Federal aid school lunch program through the remainder of the cur ia nt school term. In many states, including North Carolina, increased costs during the present school year had ex hausted by last week the funds orginally intended to last throughout the Spring term. The program in many localities has been continued this week on an emergency basis, with the brunt of the expense being borne by local authorities. Yesterday's action by the House which is subject to final approval by the Senate, is believed in most quarters to virtually assure sufficient Federal funds for .com pletion of the program this term. 53,500,000 Available The Department of Agriculture, which directs the Federal end of the program, said that it “was confident that the school lunch program can be carried out in all states participating.” Officials re- $1634.56 Reported Through Yesterday; Reports To Be Turned In At Once Reports yesterday afternoon reveal that the county is still $675.44 short of the quota of $2330, with a total of $1,634.56 collected to date. Churches, schools and individ uals that have not turned in their collections are urged to do so at once. Every effort will be made to conclude the drive within the next few days. “There are still a number of people, who have not sent in their contributions yet, that we are depending upon,” Drive Chair man H. D. Quessenberry said. Contributions not previously published include the following: W. E. Vannoy, $25.00. I Mrs. W. H. Brown, Parkway (Theatre, Charles Pritchard, SIO.OO each. Mrs. J. E. Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Oliver, John Hardin, George McGuire, Carl Hardin. $5.00 each. Laurel Fork School, Burnt Hill School, $3.00 each. Onna E. Darnell, Orion School, Quality Cleaners, Creston color ed school, $2.50 each. (Continued on Page 5) Vet Fann Meeting To Be Held Apr. 10 Officials As Well As Others Interested Are Invited To Attend It was announced this week by Upton Blevins that because of the severe snow storm on March 27, the A. C. E. meeting to which the . American Legion, the V. F. W.. I the county officials, the editor of ' the Skyland Post, the high school principals, the high school com- : mitteemen and the general public were invited had to be postponed until April 10. “It is expected that all those in vited to the March 27 meeting will be at the courthouse in Jef ferson at 7 o'clock p. m. Thurs- I day. April 10. On that date all phases of the problem of farm j schools for veterans through the establishment of Agriculture de- , partment in our high school will j be discussed by the persons who should know most of the ■ answers,” Mr. Blevins said. “It is hoped that at that time, a committee will be selected to i activate and lead the campaign s to a successful conclusion. Every loyal Ashe county citizen, either | veteran or non-veteran. should [ be vitally interested.” Mr. Blevins dt dared. I ported that approximately 53,- 1 500.000 has been made available for reallocation by Federal au l thorities. primarily from states that did not put up as much money for Federal matching as had been estimated earlier. Laurel Springs Girl Buried Fri. Funeral service for Minnie Lou Cox. 16-year old daughter of Mr - , and Mrs. Bruce Cox. of Laurel Springs, was held Friday at the Transou Tabernacle with Rev. J. W. Luke officiating. Tie was as [ sist d by Rev. Mrs. Jones, pastor of the church. Interment was in the Transou Methodist cemetery. The young girl was reported to have been stricken with a heart attack last Wednesday night and died before she could reach the hospital. She is survived by, in addition to her parents, one sister, Jewell Deane, and one brother, John Charles, both of the home. WEST JEFFERSON, N. C. z M — z Wv '-’-K fwlL® IS I OmWB.” rC/ ' /»" ® A wi ’ Z / Easter Seals On Sale This Week, S n p port Asked Sale Sponsored By Rotary Club For Aid To Crippled Children Easter Seals will go on sale this week end under the sponsorship of the Jeffersons Rotary club for aid to crippled children. It was also announced, that provided they arrive in time, the tiny Easter Lilies will be sold on the streets, Saturday. The seal sale will be limited this year because of the illness of the chairman Gale B Mc- Millan. It was explained however, that since it is an annual event and that funds are realized from this to be used to aid crippled children in the county, the sale would be put on in a limited way, under the sponsorship of the Ro tary Club. Other Rotary members of the committee include Dr. Dean C. Jones, Dr. J. B. Porter. Coleman Payne and Herman Haire. W. B. Austin, president of the Rotary Club announced. Miss Ruth Tugman. welfare superintendent will assist in the seal sale this year. The coopera tion of the merchants, business men and all others interested is asked in the sale of the these seals. Guernsey Group Is Making Plans The second meeting of the Ashe County Guernsey Breeders Association was held Wednesday. March 26, at the Community house in West Jefferson, when J. A. Arey. in charge of Dairy Extension. Dr. Elliott, in charge of artificial breeding in North Carolina, and F. R. Farnham, Ex tension Dairy Specialist, were present for this meeting. The Association adopted the rules and by-laws, appointed a sales committee of Paul Shatley. Bower Walters. and Harvey Payne. The Association plans to sponsor the Annual Guernsey sale to be held some time in Angus*. The group also agreed to help sponsor an artificial breeding set-up for Ashe county. J. E. Bradshaw, manager of Kraft Foods Company, said that his company would help buy bulls for this breeding association. Sheep Growers Meet Saturday There will be an important meeting of the Ashe County Sheep Growers' Association Sat urday morning. April 5, at 10:00 a. m. at the Courthouse. This meeting is important due to the fact that the year was up April 1. We hope to settle claims and re new the insurance. It is im portant for everybody that had sheep insured or plan to insure them to do so at once as your sheep are not covered with insur ance at the present time. THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1947 Sincere Wishes To All For A Joyous Easter Sunrise Service And Many Other Special Observances Planned Bv Ashe Churches Jefferson And Lansing Enter State Debate Boone, Lansing, Jefferson To Debate In Preliminaries Monday On Monday night. April 7. the elimination contest between Lan sing. Jefferson and Appalachian high school in the State triangu lar debating contest will be held to determine the winners for the district contest to be held the following week in Boone. Lansing and Boone will debate at Jefferson: Boone and Jefferson at Lansing; Lansing and Jeffer son at Boone. The public is cor dially invited to attend. The subject this year, “R- solved That the Federal Government Should Provide Medical Care For All Citizens.” should prove to be an interesting one. BOX SUPPER WILL BE GIVEN AT HELTON The box supper, wnich was to have been held at the Helton school last Saturday night, was postponed due to the severe weather conditions and will be held Saturday night, it was an nounced by John Burkett, princi pal. The box supper is for the bene fit of the school lunch room and the public is cordially invited to attend. Each Person Will Get More Sugar According To Plan Washington Prospects now are that each person in the coun try will be allotted sugar at the ratios three pounds a month un til rationing ends Octob. r 31. This amount, which is roughly 50 pci' cent more than the ration in 1946. was agreed on today by a senate-house committee adjust ing senate and house versions of sugar legislation. The three-pounds - per - month figure is on the basis of 35 pound for a full year. Provision is made for an increase up to a rate of 5-> pounds a year or slightly more than four pounds a month, should supplies permit it. Both house and senate must ap prove the bill in its adjusted form. Then it will go to Presi dent Truman, who is expected to sign it. Otherwise the sugar controls would die on that day. With his signature, handling of sugar will pass from the OPA to the agriculture department. Senator Tobey (R., N. H.) told reporters that the department will pass on to the house wife all $3.00 a Year Out of County Jefferson Churches To Have Union Sunrise Service Sunday Morning Easter will be fittingly observ ed in the churches of Ashe county this year with many special ser vices over the week end, some of which will open at sunrise. The churches of West Jeffer son and Jefferson will again' unite in holding an Easter sun rise service which will begin at six o'clock on the West Jeffer son cemetery hill. The Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian churches of the two towns are taking part in the ser vices and everyone is cordially invited to attend. This service was started last y ar when more than 200 people from many sec tions of the county were present It was announced tha’ flowers were desired for the service and who can are asked to bring them. The W< st Jefferson high school band lias been invited to (Continued on Page 4) School Patrons To Meet Monday It was announced this week by Robt rt Davis, principal of West Jefferson high school, that there would be a very important meeting of al! school patrons and friends of the school in the audit orium April 7 at 7:30 p. m. "Every r person, who is inter ested in the welfare of boys and girls in this school district are urged to be present.” Mr. Davis said. sugar available in tm following ways: 1. By increasing the sugar value of outstanding ration stamps. 2. By future stamps er by d< daring ;n individual stamp du< earlier than scheduled. Plan Sale For Feeder ( alves Plans for the tri-counly feeder call sale an still in progress. The meeting held at the Courthouse Thursday morning was not s ’ well attended due to the snow, yet the men attending the meet ing were intensely interested in the sale. A committee was appointed to work with the committees of the other counties to arrange the de tails. On this committee are: J. W. Gambill, Floyd Miller, and George Shepherd. The exact date of the meeting of the three counties has not been set. ASHE COUNTY IS .., Leading Livestock and Dairy , County in North Carolina. | Population: 22,664 I MB*-. >«■»< PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY S e ni i - Finals Are To Be Held Fri.; Al tendance Good All Os The Nine High Schools Os The County Are Participating Ashe County High School’s An nua 1 Basketball Tournament, which got underway on Tuesday night and will be concluded Sat urday night to determine the winners among the nine high school teams is drawing record crowds with fans having an op portunity of seeing some of the best games of the season. The games are played every hour and the schedule for to night is as follows: 6:00 o’clock Elkland-West Jefferson girls. 7:00 o’clock—Elkland-Healing Springs boys. 8:00 o’clock—Virginia-Carolina- Fleetwood girls. 9:00 o’clock West Jefferson- Lansing boys. Friday Night 6:00 o’clock—Winners of V-C- Fleetwood and Lansing-Healing Springs girls games. 7:00 o’clock—Winners of West Jefferson-Lansing and Nathan's Creek - Virginia - Carolina boys games. 8:00 o’clock—Winners of Elk land-West Jefferson and River view-Jefferson girls games. 9:00 o’clock—Winners of Elk land-Healing Springs and Fleet wood-Jefferson boys games. The finals Saturday night will star the winners of the Friday night’s 6:00 and 8:00 o’clock girls games and the winners of Friday (Continued on Page 5) Strip Poker Nets Loss To Two Men Several Are Tried Before Mayor T. F. Parker And Fined What apparently started out tc be a conventional poker game last Thursday afternoon between friends in their room at the City Case and Hotel literally develop ed into a game of strip poker resulting in arrests as well as the. alleged loss of $282.00. According to information re vealed by oil ice <. Herbert. Sey mour, of Wagener, and Robert Lambert, of West Jefferson, were playing poke) in a hotel room when Seymour is alleged to have robbed I.amber* of $282.00, as saulted him. orderd him to re move his clothes and go down stairs. Lamb rt appeared in the street clad only in his shorts, shivering in the extremely cold weather, and Deputy Sheriff Harve Goodman was called in to make the arrest. Both. Lambert and Seymour were lined $25.00 and the costs in Mayoi's court on the charge of gambling, arid Seymour was bound over to superior court on an SBOO 00 bond on a grand lar ceny charge. Others tried in Mayor's court on Monday included Earl Greer, of Jefferson, and Joe Arnold, of Sinethport. both charged with (Continued on Page 5) Quiet Ihishr !s Ex |><” <*le<l Easter is expected to be quieth observed in .Ashe conn tv w itii special services on Sunday in most of the church .s. Most business houses are expected to be open as usual Monday morning. The North western Bank will be closed hut the Fii>t National Bank will be open, however. Most merchants report good ’aster business during the ■ ast few days. Earlier busi ness was greatly curtailed be cause of the cold weather, however. The new allotment of sugar will allow for more Easter candy and cake. There are also some other Easter foods that are available for the first time since before the war. xA number of groups have planned egg hunts for the week end.
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