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VOLUME 18, NO. 12
SUPERIOR COURT OPENS MONDAY
Record Spending
Program Adopted
By N. C. Assembly
Ended Saturday Night After
Appropriating More
Than $360,000,000
By Staff Writer
Raleigh—(Special)—The 1947
General Assembly, which con
cluded its activities Saturday
night, wrote approximately 1,000
new laws into the books —laws
which affect in one way or an
other practically every citizen of
North Carolina.
In appropriating more than
$360,000,000 to be spent during
the 1947-49 biennium, the 1947
session embarked the State on
the greatest spending program in
its history, and the session may
be known as “The Spending Leg
islature.”
Enactment of a far-reaching
program of highway safety legis
lation may cause it to be known
as the “highway safety Legisla
ture.”
The Legislature enacted a law
to prohibit the closed shop and
along with it the union shop, and
maintenance of membership
shops, and it refused to pass leg
islation providing a maximum 48-
hour week and a 40-cent mini
mum hourly wage.
Good Health
On the other hand, the session
appropriated $6,2£0,000 to be
matched with Federal and local
funds to construct hospitals
throughout the State and com
pleted carrying out recommenda
tions of the Medical Care Com
mission by appropriating $3,790,-
000 to be matched with $1,500,000
in Federal funds for a four-year
medical school and teaching hos
pital at the University of North
Carolina. This mav win for it
the name ot “The Good Health
Legislature.”
The biennial appropriations
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Baseball Group
Meets Next Tues.
Players And Fans Invited To
Attend Meeting At Com
munity Building
It was announced this week by
W. L. Hughes, president of the
Mountain Baseball League,
that there would be a meet
ing of all players, managers and
fans as well as all others inter
ested. at the community building
next Tuesday night at seven
o’clock.
At this time plans will be made
for the season provided there
are enough teams interested in
taking part.
Last year there were several
teams in the league and interest
throughout the season as well as
in the series was unusually good.
Scottville was the winner of the
series.
Walker Rites
Held Yesterday
Funeral service for Mrs. Sarah
Walker, 78. of Fleetwood, was
held at the Big Flatts Methodist
church at 2:00 o’clock yesterday
afternoon. Interment was in the
family cemetery with Rtv. G. C.
Burkett officiating.
Mrs. Walker died at the home
of her daughter. Mrs. Emery
Parsons. Tuesday afternoon.
Survivors include one son. H.
V. Walker, of W< st Jefferson: on.
daughter. Mrs. Emory Parsons,
of Fleetwood: seven grandchil
dren and ten great-grandchi dr n.
Legion Spelling
Bee On April 12
Schools were again remind >d
this week that the finals in the
American Legion Spelling Bee
would be held on Wednesday,
April 16, at the courthouse. All
schools are invited to take part
in this event with students from
the fourth through the twelfth
grades.
County winners in each grade
will be presented medals by the
Legion, J. B. Hash, chairman
said.
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$2.50 a Year in Ashe County
School Committees
Will Be Named At
Board Meeting Fri.
SCHOOL HEAD
A. B. Hurt, who was named
superintendent of schools on
Monday. He will begin work
July 1.
County Is Short
$622.74 In Red
Cross Fund Drive
Churches That Have Not
Done So Are Asked To
Take Collections Sun.
Reports yesterday revealed
that Ashe county is $622.74 short
of the Red Cross campaign fund
drive quota of $2330, with only
$1707.26 raised.
All schools that have not turn
ed in their collections as well as
all others are asked to do so.
Churches or Sunday schools that
have not yet taken a collection
are asked to do so on Sunday.
Contributions not previously
reported include the following:
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Colvard.
W. W. Dickson. Mr. and Mrs.
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VI’W Ins tails
New Officers
At the regular meeting of the
Albert F. Lewis Post 6513 of the
VFW held on Tuesday night at
the community building officers
were installed for the year. Sam
L. Davis, past post commander
was in charge of the installation.
The officers installed were
James L. Smithey. commander:
James C. Gambill. Jr., senior vice
commander; Howard Hodge, ju
nior vice-commander: Arnold
Little, officer of the day: Sam L.
Davis, adjutant; and Lee Caudill,
trustee.
Meetings will be held every
second and fourth Wednesday of
each month at the community
building here, it was announced.
Will Head Cancer Control Drive
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Todd Gentry, left, has been named county chairman
and Miss Ruth Tugman, right, commander of the cancer
control fund drive of this county, which will be held
later this month. z
Hurt Is Elected Superintend
ent Os Schools To
Succeed Duncan
Ashe county’s newly elected
school board held an organiza
tion meeting on Monday, named
Larry P. Colvard chairman and
elected A. B. Hurt county sup
erintendent of schools. Kyle
Dickson, who had earlier placed
an application with the board
members for the superintendent’s
place, withdrew his application.
The board will meet on Friday,
April 11 to name school commit
teemen it was announced. It was
pointed out by members of the
board that this would give school
patrons and others interested an
opportunity to consider the mat
ter before the new committee
men are chosen.
In addition to naming the va
rious school committees, the
board will also take up other
school problems.
Members of the new board are
G. O. Burgess, Cleve Francis,
Clyde Houck, Bradley Sturgill,
Arthur Rose and L. P. Colvard.
Colvard was also a member as
well as chairman of the outgoing
board.
A. B. Hurt, principal of Na
than's Creek high school, served
as superintendent two years ago
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Jefferson Wins
First Round Os
State Debate
Both the negative and affirm
ative teams of debaters from Jes-,
ferson high school were victor- j
ious in the first round in the an
nual high school debating con-,
test held this week and will ad
vance to the district contest to
be held in Boone m xt week.
The Jefferson team defeated
Boone at Lansing and Lansing at
Boone. Members of the team
are Ruth Dixon. Sara Neal, Bil
1L Oliver and Anne Frances.
Lansing negative team won
over Boone at Jefferson.
In the contest at Boone, next
week, two teams will be chosen
there to enter the finals at Chapel
Hill to compete for first place
among the high schools of the
State.
The subject this year is. “Re
solved That the Federal Govern
ment Should Furnish Medical
Care For All Citizens.’’
Dr. Gaul Coining
For Clinic Wed.
It was announced this week by
Miss Ruth Tugman, welfare sup
erintendent. that Dr. John S.
Gaul would be in the health de
partment next Wednesday at 1:30
o'clock for a crippled children's
clinic.
WEST JEFFERSON, N. C.
HEADS SHEEP GROUP
W. B. Austin, who has again
been named president of the
Ashe County Sheep Growers
Association.
Austin Is Again
Named President
Os Sheep Growers
Other Officers Are Also Re-
Named At Annual Meet
ing Held Saturday
W. B. Austin was again named
president of the Ashe county
sheep growers association at the
annual meeting on Saturday.
Named to serve with President
Austin were the following offi
cers: R. B. Brown, vice-presi
dent, H. D Quessenberry, secre
tary and Mrs. Mary Grant, treas
urer.
of the past year show
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Closing On Wed.
P. M. Announced
By Mere ha nls
Following the usual custom, a
large group of merchants of West
Jefferson will begin closing on
Wednesday aft' rnoon for the
summer months, starting nex 1
Wednesday. April 16.
As pointed out b fore, this wil 1
enable employees to do garden
ing and. other outside work nec
essary during the sum me r
months.
Th cooperation of the public
is asked in doing Wedntsdav
shopping in the morning instead
of waiting until the afternoon.
The announcement, together
with the list of those closing is
published elsewhere in today’s
papi r.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MET ON MONDAY. APRIL 7
The members of the Ashe coun
ty board of commissioners met
on Monday for the regular April
meeting wi t h Commissioner
Wade Witherspoon absent be
cause of illness.
A number of routine claims
were paid and a petition for a
short section of a road in the
Grassy Creek section approved.
Re-Valuation
Group Named
At a meeting of the board
of aidermen of the town of
W*‘sl Jefferson on Frdav
night, the re valuation pro
gram was disci ssed and the
following named on the re
valuation board: B. B. Gray
beal, Ed Osborne and Dean
McMillan.
The measure, introduced by
J. O, Blevins in the legisla
ture, v.as ratified last week.
The measure provides for
the following:
“The governing beard of the
Town of West Jefferson mav,
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 re
valuation of such property for
nurposes of State and County
taxation.”
THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1917
V irginia-Carolina
Girls And Jefferson
Boys Win Tourney
Attendance Unusually Good;
All High Schools Os
County Take Part
By Elizabeth Oliver
In one of the most hotly con
tested and widely attended Ashe
county basketball tournaments
ever held among the high school
teams of the county Virginia-Car
olina girls and Jefferson boys
captured the first places in
the finals Saturday night before
a crowd that could hardly re
main seated, so keen was the in
-1 terest.
Jim Graham officiated as ref
eree during the tournament.
With Reedy leading the way
with 19 points the V-C girls de
feated the Jefferson sextet with
a score of 29-20. At the half time
V-C was leading 14-5. However
Jefferson rallied in the last half
I to ring up a few baskets in their
) favor. Bare led the scoring for
Jefferson with 12 points.
In the hard fought game be
tween Jefferson and West Jeffer
son the Jefferson boys came out
on the long end of a score of
33-32. At the half time West Jef
ferson was leading by 6 points.
West Jefferson led the scoring
until the last quarter when the
score was tossed about between
the two teams. During the last
quarter the score was tied time
after time and in the final min
utes of play West Jefferson was
leading by one point when Dean
C. Jones looped a basket from
center to terminate the game.
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July 18 Will Be
Dale ()f Guernsey
Breeders’ Sale
Members of the sales commit
ee of the Ashe County Gut : ' soy
Breeders' Association m. t w : th
‘he State committee in Greens
boro this week when July 18 v ■■
ntat'vely sc', as the date for the
Tu. rnsey Breeders’ sale 1 hen .
These : (tending the met ting in
Greensboro includ d Paul Shan
ley, Bower Walters. J. 11. Payne,
md Winn Edwards.
Details of the salt' are to be
worked out latt r but it is < xpect
od that this will be held at the
State Test Farm at Transou f >
both Ashe and Alleghany coun
ties as it was last year.
SER VIC ES AN NO UN C ED
Rev. William C. Crummett.
pastor of the Laurel Springs cir
cuit. will preach at Laurel
Springs on Sunday al 11:00 a. m..
it was announced hi re.
Rev. Mr. Crummett will also
preach at Transou at 2:30 p. m.
The public is cordially invited to
attend these services.
Discuss (Conference On Polio
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Governor R. Gregg Cherry (left) and Philip S. Ran
dolph, North Carolina Representative, National Founda
tion for Infantile Paralysis, discuss the state-wide
“Preparedness Conference on Poliomyelitis” held last
week at Goldsboro. Aim of the conference was to
prepare communities for quick action in case of a polio
epidemic anywhere in the state this summer.
$3.00 ’a Year Out of County
NEW SOLICITOR
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Walter Johnston, new solic
itor, who will be here for
superior court next week.
Rotary Club To
Sponsor Debate
In Schools Again
J. B. Hash Is Chairman;
Medals To Be Awarded
The Finalists
Preliminaries for the annual
high school debate sponsored by
the Jeffersons Rotary club will
be held on April 21 at 7:30 p. m.
at Jefferson when finalists wil’
be chosen for the finals to be
held before the Rotary club on
April 24. J. B. Hash, chairman of
the event, announced this week.
As in previous years, in the
oreliminaries there will be two
sets of judges for the negative
and aff:rmative teams. Those
winning in this will debate be
fore the Rotary club in tiie final.
Thu subject is the same as that
of tiu State t: angulai debate
deals with, the sponsorship of
public health by th* Federal gov-
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1 homas Ballou
Dies Al Crumpler
Funeral s i vice for Thomas E.
Ballou, 74-year old resident of
Crumpler, was held Sunday at
the Healing Springs Baptist
church. Officiating was Rev. W.
E. Denney and interment was in
file Ballou c< metery.
Mr. Ballou died at the Ashe
Memorial hospital last Friday
after a serious illness.
The son of the late Martha
Wallace and Napoleon Ballou,
he is survived by one brother.
N. F. Ballou, of Gordon Grove.
Calif.
ASHE COUNTY IS .. •
Leading Livestock and Dairy
County in North Carolina.
Population: 22,664
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Manslaughter,
Rape Cases On
Docket For Trial
Judge J. H. Clement To Pre
side; Walter Johnston Jr.
Is Solicitor
Ashe county’s April term of
superior court for the trial of
criminal cases will open on Mon
day with Judge J. H. Clement
presiding and Walter Johnston
Jr. as solicitor. With only one
manslaughter and a rape case to
be tried along with a number of
minor cases and divorces to be
heard, this term of court is ex
pected to be a short one.
This will be Solicitor John
ston’s first appearance in court
here since beginning his duties
this year.
Mrs. Daryle Bare, charged with
manslaughter in connection with
the fatal shooting Guy Bare last
August, is expected to be tried.
On docket are the cases of Earl
Severt, James Gambill and Junior
Petty charged with rape.
Paul Davis charged with the
burning of an automobile be
longing to Claude Eldreth is ex
pected to be tried as is the case
of Page Sheets charged with as
sault with a deadly weapon with
intent to kill in connection with
injuries sustained by Don Miller
and John Cox in an affray on the
Glendale Springs road recently.
There are also a large number
of divorce cases expected to be
heard as well as a number of
petty criminal cases. Several
charged with operating a car
while under the influence of
liquor will also be tried.
Demonstration Os
Blasting April 15
Il was announced this week by
H. D. Quessenberry that there
would be a special demonstration
of ditch blasting with dynamit
on Tuesday. April 15. on the
farm of S. V. Alexander a"
Crumpler. All farmers interest
ed are urged to attend this dem
onstrat i< >n.
H. M. El’.is. agriculture engi
ne! i t xt( rsion specialist, will be
in charge of the demonstration
PUBLISHER AN I) ERSON
IN TEXAS THIS WEEK
Publ sher Ed .VI. Andei - r.
•hairn.an of the legislative com
mittee and research bureau o:
the National Editorial Associa
tion. is attending the annual con
vention in Fort Worth. T<_xa?
this week.
VFW Train Will’
Play Jefferson
To Play Saturday Night.
Business Men And School
Faculty To Play Also
The VFW basketball team w:l.
clash with the Jefferson high
school boys in a game to be play
ed m the Jefferson gym on Sat
urday night at 7:30. it was an
nounced here this week.
Immediately following the
VFW-Jefferson gam; there will
be a game between the faculty
of the Jefferson school and th.
business men of Jefferson ano
West Jeff rson. The busims
men’s team will feature suer,
playeis as I).. Dean C. Jones.
Austin Jones Carry Colvard arc
■ thors. it was .-tated.
Basketball f; is an. remind; c
that this will I e the last of has
k.ti'.'iil game.- u> be played tins
vi a: The | rocreds of the garni -
\\ill go ion., J buying warm-u;
,’aek.’.- nr trit Jefferson hi;--.
■ uo. . . s it y.as pointed out
Show Is
Hold Bv School
Th..? home economics depart
ment of Jefferson high school
held its annual fashion show on
Tuesday evening when a larg.
number of students took part.
The stage, decorated in spring
colors, formed an attractive back
ground. The ninth and tenth
grade girls modeled cotton, silk
and woolen dresses, which they
had made.