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VOLUME 18, NO. 13
Many Cases Come Before Superior Court
31 Cases Are Acted
On By Grand Jury,,
Mikeal Is Foreman
Recommendations Made For
Improvement Os Court-
House, Other Properties
The grand jury this week
heard 31 cases, continued one,
failed to find a true bill in two
cases and returned a true bill in
a total of 28.
In addition to this, the group
after making surveys and exam
inations, made a number of sug
gestions for improvement of con
ditions of the courthouse and
some other county properties.
The walls of the county agent’s
offices were recommended for re
pair as was the chimney. It was
also recommended that the court
room be repainted and some
other repairs made on the court
house. Work on some of the
floors and the roof of the county
home were recommended for re
pair.
An examination of the jail re
vealed that the inmates were be
ing well fed and cared for but
some repair work in plastering
as well as stove pipes was rec
ommended. It was also found
taat the mattresses were in poor
condition and it was recommend
ed that these be replaced.
E. R. Mikael served as fore
man of the grand jury and others
serving with him included Char
lie Woods. Camie Calhoun. Tom
Scott. J. B. Sexton. Frank Hoosi
er, D. D. Eller, Alex Bare, Leo
Ham, Everett Bare, Richard John
ston, John Bare, Raymond S.
Scott. Hilt Lyalls. Clarence Greer,
T. Vernon Osborne, Millard
Dancy, Carl Blevins.
Fleetwood Will
Give Play, Sat.
To Be Presented By The Jun
ior Class In The High
School Gymnasium
The junior class of Fleetwood
high school will present a coin
ed v. “Peter Beware at the high i
school gymnasium Saturday night;
at eight o’clock.
The comedy will be presented t
in three acts and the cast of
characters is as follows: Eunice
Rogers, a socially ambitious wo
man. Exine Phillips: Archie Rog
ers. her husband. D. C. Owens;
Tim Weatherly, a distant cousin
of Eunice's. Rex Hardin: Flo
Mobsley. the Roger’s maid. Mur
iel Owens: Peter Barrett. Eunice’s
half brother. Charles Fletcher:
Sam Disney, a friend of Peter.
Charles Hardin; Clara Witt, a
professional model. Lucy Church;
Evelyn Bronson, a n ex-deb.
Polly Bard: Jan Monsell, an out
door girl. Fay Vannoy; Owen
Williams, a theatrical agent.
Talmadge Kimberlin: Melinda
Holland. Archie’s niece. Naomi
Bare; and Miss Jones, a New
York stenographer, Minnie
Woods.
Amateur Hour
To Be Given Wed.
An amateur program will bo
given at the Riverview high
school gymnasium at Fig on Wed
nesday night at 7:30 p. m.. it was
announced hero th s
Prizes will bp awarded to the
three best contestants on the
program. Other contestants ap
pearing on the program will be
given prizes also.
The public is cordially invited
to attend for an evening of fun.
Methodists To
Have Rally Sun.
The Methodist ministers and
and laymen of the Methodist
churches of Ashe county will
meet for a county rally at the
Jefferson Methodist church on
Sunday at 3:00 p. m., it was an
nounced here this week.
Dr. J. H. Armbrust and other
interesting speakers will take
part on the program, it was
stated.
All ministers and laymen are
urged to attend this meeting.
iilie WilaiW lost
$2.50 a Year in Ashe County
School Committees
Named By County
Board Os Education
BOARD CHAIRMAN
L. P. Colvard, chairman of
the new county board of edu-I
cation.
Red Cross Still
Short Os Drive
Quota Os §2330
$1774.77 Reported Raised
Yesterday; $555.23
Needed Yet
Reports yesterday afternoon'
revealed that a total of $1,774.77
has oeen raised on the county’s
Red Cross drive quota of $2330.
leaving $555.23 yet to be raised. |
Churches and other groups and
ndividuals that have contribu
tions that have not been turned
in are urged to do so without fur
ther delay.
Contributions not previously
published include the following:
Irene D. Cox, Qualls Motor Co..
SIO.OO each.
Staggs Creek School. L. K
Halsey. E. R. Duvall. J. A. Dick
son. Mrs. B. C. Waddell. Ruth
McNeill. Mrs. Ed C. Eller. $5.00
each.
Irene Dixon. B. E. Sturgill.
Peak Creek School. $3.00 each.
Phleat Fender. Lester Young.
T. C. Handy. Lillie B. Perry, A.
A. Perry. $2.00 each.
E. A. Ashley. Arthur Weaver.
Mrs. E. R Duvall. Mrs. Waltei
Halsey, Mrs. Garvey Blevins, j
Dug Darrel Hart. SI.OO each.
REV. PALL PHIPPS
TO CONDUCT SERVICE
Rev. Paul Phipps will conduct ‘
the service at the Valley Home I
Baptist church Sunday night at I
7:30 o’clock, it was announced
this week.
The Lewis quartet will also be j
present. The public is cordially 1
invited to attend.
Reports Reveal Nearly 3,000
Are Examined Bv Draft Board
I The local draft board which
i officially ended the first of this
j month. along with others
throughout the country, induct
i <’d more than 1800 men from the
, time it was opened October 16.
1940. Sam Davis, clerk, who is
i now in the process of liquidating
j the files for official closing on
April 30. reported this week. Re
ports further show that there
were around 3,000 physical ex
aminations given.
Serving as members of the
board during that time were
Wade E. Vannoy. John W. Luke,
E. D. Barr. J. C. Goodman. Dave
Harless, Bruce Bowlin, Q. H.
Ashley and S. W. James. R. L.
Ballou served as government ap
peal agent.
I Sam L. Davis served as clerk
i of the board until he went into
; service with the marine corps
w r hen Mrs. Marie W. Yelanjian
| took over his duties. Mr. Davis
, resumed his position as clerk
I when he returned from service.
WEST JEFFERSON, N. C.
Representatives From Many
Districts Demonstrate In-
I terest In Selections
At the first regular meeting of
the Ashe county Board of Edu
cation, Friday, following the or
ganization meeting on Monday,
school committeemen for the va
rious districts were named.
The large delegations from the
II various sections were indicative
i of the interest shown by the peo-
I pie in the selection of their school
i officials. In some cases the num
! ber of the board members was
| increased.
Those named by the board in
cluded the following:
District I—Jefferson, Roy Bad
ger, Ira T. Johnston, L. B. Tyson,
Emmet Stanley, Tom Duncan.
Orion—Fred Colvard, E. M.
Jenkins. Lee Lambert.
Glendale Springs—Mrs. Tom
Boyd, Don Bare. Evert Lyalls.
Big Ridge—Allen Miller.
District 2, Riverview Todd
Price, G. D. Wilson, Thomas H.
Sutherland.
Rich Hill—E. W. Sapp; Rye
Cove, Preston Wilson; Mill Creek,
Walter Roland; Hemlock. Bill
i Cox: Rash, F. S. Owens; Roaring
Fork, Arthur Oliver; Ashland,
i Charlie Johnson; Parker, Vinson
Lewis.
Green Valley, E. E. Stuart, Vick
. Thomas.
Rock Creek. W. M. Sutherland, i
• Otis Price, King Roark.
Sutherland, Fred Sutherland.
John D. Southerland.
District 3. Lansing, S. N. Bald- i
win. Mrs. Ed C. Eller. Bergwin
Carter. Kyle Baldwin, J. O. Blev
ins.
Flatwoods. Fred Wallace.
Staggs Creek. John Woods.
John Henry Miller, Paul Miller.
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Spelling (lonlest
To Be Held Apr. 22
Ashe County Winner Will
Go To Winston-Salem
On May 3
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Winners in the preliminaries of.
’ the various school districts will '
meet at the court house at Jeffer- .
son. next Tuesday at 10:00 a. m.. I
.o compete for the county win-
I ner in the spelling bee, it was
i announced by B. H. Duncan, sup-1
I “rintendent of schools.
I This contest is being held in
| connection with the annual event
sponsored by the Journal-Senti-,
nel of Winston-Salem, for this
I section of the State. The county
I winner will compete with others
in Winston Salem, May 3. The
' winner in this contest will be
: given a free trip to Washington
’ to enter the national contest, it
I was explained.
Miss Norma Roland and Charles
S. McNeill served as assistant
clerks.
Mr. Davis and Rev. John W.
Luke were the only members who
started out with the board and
ended with it, it was stated.
Legion Spelling
Bee Hekl Wed.
Hundreds of children from
Ashe county schools, along with
parents and others, gathered at
the courthouse last night for the
annual American Legion spelling
contest.
Winners were not available in
time for publication this week
but will be announced in this pa
per next week.
J. B. Hash, principal of Jeffer
son high school, was chairman of
this event, in which much inter
est was shown.
THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1947
Plans Underway To Convert Raw Coal Into High-Test Gas
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A project which is expected to start within two years where in a mammoth plant
will convert 6,600,000 tons of raw coal annually into huge quantities of high-heat
household and industrial gas and high test gasoline will be erected at Pittsburgh at a
cost of $120,000,000. Photo is an artist’s conception of the proposed plant.
j Committee Will
Work On Plans
For Agriculture
Aim Os Group Is To Secure
Vocational Agricultural
Teachers In County
Plans to secure needed voca
tional agricultural teachers foi
I Ashe county high schools wer<
’ discussed at a meeting at th*
| courthouse last week called bx
j the A. C. E. when a county-wid*
committee was named.
Those named on the committe
i were A. B. Hurt, incoming super
intends nt of schools: H. D. Ques
senberry. county agent: W. B.
Austin, member of the State
Board of Agriculture; P. G
Wright, representing the Amer
ican Legion; Sam Davis, repre
! sending the VFW: Joe Garvey
representing the ACE; Mrs. Ed
M. Anderson, editor of The Sky
i land post.
It was announced by Upton
Blevins that the committee xvould
be called together by 11. D. Ques-
S: nberry xvithin the near future
i for further plans. It is expected
! that local committees will be in
j the various districts, to assist in
i activating the campaign for estab
' lishing vocational agricultural
| departments in high schools of
I the county.
Fisli iii g Season
Opened Tuesday
With Many On Job
•
Spring Weather Proved Too
Much Os Temptation To
Local Fishermen
i The trout season, which offi
cially opened on Tuesday proved
an unfortunate one for the fish,
hut a lucky one for most fisher
men as many reported catching
the limit.
The spring xveather proved too
1 much of a temptation for a larg
I number of the business people
I here, who left their posts of duty
I*o go fishing. Amos Wagoner.
Tr., of Ashe Hardware reported
i lucky day. with his limit with
out much trouble.
Walter Edminsten, district
name protectorate. announced
•his week that under authority
>f the board of conservation and
levelopment. South Fork of Nexv
River will remain open for fish
ing the year around. North Fork
of Nex\' River has been designat
'd as a spawning area, and will
be closed from junction xvith
South Fork up to Sharpe’s Falls
Dam from May 1 to June 30. both
dates inclusive.
BIRTHS ANNOUNCED
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Little, of
Renick, W. Va., announce the
birth of twin girls, Marolyn
Elaine and Carolyn Jane, at the
Greenbrier Valley hospital,
Ronceverte, W. Va., on April 3.
Mrs. Little is the former Miss
' Eva Maloney.
Training School For Drivers
Os School Buses Will Be Held
At Jefferson April 22, 23, 24
Baseball Group
To Meet April 25
To Plan Season
Several Teams Represented
At Meeting Here On
Tuesday Night
At a meeting of baseball fans
! md players on Tuesday night.
I he group discussed tentative
i )lans for the organization of a
| league and decided to meet again
>n Friday. April 25 before per
i tecting plans. Dan Campbell
i vas named temporary secretary
I md W. L. Hughes, president.
Repres ntatives from West Jes-
I ferson. Lansing. Helton. East
lefferson. Nathan's Creek. Laurel
I Springs, Scottville, all of Ashe
1 'ounty. and Rich Hill, in Alle-
I hany. xveie present.
Lansing. Helton and Rich Hill
report, d teams already organ
ized. Representatives of the
' >ther communities are to report
■ »n April 25 relative to teams in
I >rder to make plans for the sca-
I son.
School Equipment
Sale Brings §965
The sale of some buses no
longer in use and other motor
equipment no longer used, was
disposed of at auction on Tues
lay morning for $965. Officials
j said they were highly pleased
j with the results of the sale.
Sonic Firms Cut Prices After
President Truman's Request
New York.—A few new price
i reductions, led by one company's
■ut in anthracite quotations to
, dealers, broke through Tuesday's
I discussion of xvhether business
( could heed Pres : dent Truman's
| plea for lower prices.
The Glen Alden Coal company
it Wilkes-Barre. Pa., cut anthra
■ cite 20 to 45 cents a ton to rt tail
ors. who did not indicate imme
diately if they xvould pass the
, savings on to consumers. Anthra-
I cite trade sources said the com
i pany, first to take such action.
. was resuming a prewar seasonal
custom of summer price cuts to
I keep coal moving from the col
' licry and production going in the
| slow months.
E. W. Edxvards & Son cut
prices in its department stores in
Buffalo. Rochester and Syracuse.
New York, “convinced that the
public has stopped buying and
that, to avert a depression, busi
ness generally must make price
cuts.’’
j A New York department store.
$3.00 a Year Out of County
Principals Urged To Have All
Prospective Drivers Pres
ent For Training
It was announced this week by
B. H. Duncan, superintendent of
schools, that the training classes
for school bus drivers and all
prospective drivers would be
held at the Jefferson school April
22. 23. 24, opening at 9:30 a. m.
on Tuesday, April 22.
C. I. Yelton. of the highway
safety division will be in charge
of the 1 training and all school
principals are expected to have
all drivers and prospective driv
ers for the coming school year
attend, in order that they may be
qualified. Due to the fact a large
number of childrt n in this coun
ty are' transported to and from
school it is necessary to hax'e a
sufficient nurobcr of trained drie
rs before the schools ope n each
ye-ar. it was pointed out.
Patton Editor
()f ( Allege Paper
William Patton, son of Mrs.
W. M. Patton, of Lansing, has
recently been elected as associate’
editor of the' National News, the
school paper of the National
Business College at Roanoke, Va.,
where’ he' is a student.
Mr. Patton. whe> also is quite'
active in sports, played on the'
varsity baske'tball team. This
team had the honor of winning
the championship title’ for the
City league m Roanoke
Saks Fifth Ave-nue. cut nylon
stockings 3,u cents a pair.
Xew '’oik hardware- merchants
said wholesale prices on some'
standard it ms. such as garden
ing tools haxe* dropped about 1()
per cent, and are- in much bette r
supply.
Harrx- I - '. Hall, president <>f the
Furniture Manufacturers Ibm-'-
seiitatives ■ f Ne-xx - York, said that
’no ox’e-r-all price' reductions ap
pear imminent, but price ad.ius’
merits doxvnward haxe- been made
in individual items and retaile r
in the last 90 days have reccixed
more value per dollar because.' of
better styling and materials.’’
The' American Meat institute 1
reported xvholesale meat prices
in Chicage) were down 10 per
cent from a month ago.
Lit Brothers. Philadelphia de
partment store, reported “over
whelming response" by manufac
turers’ to the store’s offer to pur
chase on a new lower-price pro
gram.
ASHE COUNTY IS ...
Leading Livestock and Dairy
County in North Carolina.
Population: 22,664
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Rape Case Now
Underway; Draw
Special Jury
Court Expected To Continue
Throughout This Week
Or Longer
Occupying the spotlight of the
court yesterday was the case 0*
Fielding Petty, Jr., Earl Severt,
and James Gambill, charged with
rape. The grand jury found
probable cause in this case on
Tuesday and a special venire of
100 men was drawn from which,
to select the jury for this case.
Much of the day yesterday was
taken up with the selection of the
jury. Those chosen to serve on
the case are Conley Harless, A.
R. Kilby, S. A. Hamby, Robert
L. Cox. W. E. Phillips, Q. R. Lit
tle, Ed Speaks, M. W. Little, S. A.
Miller, Forrest McMillan, Lester
Eller, and Charlie McMillan.
The case got underway in the
afternoon and the State intro
duced Marie Handy as a witness
as well as A. J. Blevins before
whom the preliminary hearing
was held and Beulah Cockerham,
stenographer, who made the rec
ords in the preliminary hearing.
The defense put Fielding Petty.
Jr„ on the stand as its first wit
ness. He admitted his relations
with the girl and also admitted
that he had been drinking. Thft
case is expected to be concluded
today.
The next major case scheduled
for trial during this term of court
is that of Mrs. Daryl Bare, charg
ed with manslaughter in connec
tion with the fatal shooting of
Guy Bare, last August. Because
of this it is expected that court
will continue through this week
at least. There is also a possi
bility that it might be continued
into next week.
Monday was a busy day with
a number of divorce cases dis
posed •ffas well as many minor
criminal cases tried.
Divorces were granted to the
following:
Logene E. Walter vs. Dalson
Walter: Georgia Choate vs.
Charles Choate; Warren Jones
vs. Margaret Jones: Fannie Col
lins vs Clyde Collins; Frank
Farmer, Jr., vs. Helen Farmer:
Albert L. Neaves vs. Frances
Neaves: E R Davis vs. Huttie
Davis: Cicfo Brooks vs. Verna
Brooks.
Milt Miller, charged with op
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Rilo Held I or
Mrs. Emma Jones
Well Known Ashe County
Woman Buried At War
rensville Sunday
Last rites for Mrs. Emma
George Jones, well-known Ashe
county woman, were held at the
Warrensville Methodist church
on Sundav morning at eleven
o’clock. Interment was in the
Warrensville cemetery with Revs.
J. R. Short. W. C Eastridge, A
C Ashley and R C Ashley of
ficiating.
Mrs. Jones died of a heart at
tack at her home in Warrensville
’■ st Thursday at th ■ age of 80
Sh. v < born n .1 die. the
duiivht -of i!., i .‘e Rueben
Wi'do. Gi irg t and Hannah
Loiiist George She was gradu
ated from C'kesbury Academy
at Jonesville, and was teacher of
Dr.imutic A ! ■ at Fairview col
lege wht i she met and married
her husband tin late William H.
Jon.-s. then president of the col-
She i> su v:ved by three chil
dren. Hewa: I Gt orge Jones, of
Lancaste’ T’a Mrs. Claudia
Jones Johnson and J- Paul Jones,
both of Warrensville; and one
sister. Mrs Samantha Myers, of
Yadkinx ilk'
TO
RE VALUATION APR. 21
As a continued meeting of the
board of Aidermen of the town
of West Jefferson, last Wednes
day plans were d'scussed and
Walter Tucker was named alone
with Dean McMillan and Edward
Osborne, on the committee. Tuck
er replaces B. B. Graybeal, who
was unable to serve.
The committee plans to start
W’ork next Monday, it w r as stated.