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VOLUME 18, NO. 14
To Expand Turkish Tobacco Experiment
Name Principals
For 6 Os County’s
9 High Schools
Atwood Elected To Nathan’s
Creek School; Dickson
For Healing Springs
It was announced this week by
superintendent of schools, B. H.
Duncan, that school committees
had announced the election of
principals for six of the nine
high schools in the county and
that those from the three remain
ing, Virginia-Carolina, Elkland
and Fleetwood were expected to
be heard from within a short
time.
Only two changes have been
announced, at Nathan s Creek
and Healing Springs. Dale At
wood has been named principal
at Nathan’s Creek to fill the po
sition held by A. B. Hurt, who
has been named county superin
tendent of schools. Atwood was
a member of the faculty there
for a number of years before en
tering service and has also been
back for the past year. Kyle
Dickson, a member pf the faculty
of Healing Springs high school,
who was also in service, has been
named as principal to succeed A.
D. Goodman.
J. B. Hash was re-elected at
Jefferson; Ron Davis at Lansing,
Robert Davis, at West Jefferson,
Herbert Graybeal, at Riverview.
Red Cross Sends
Aid To Texas City
Special Contributions For
Disaster Are Now
Being Received
Voluntary Red Cross contribu
tions ior the reliei ’of the I cxii'
City explosion sufferers will be
accepted by any of the organiza
tion s 3,754 chapters, Chairman
Basil O’Connor said today. The
chairman pointed out that al
ready a number of inquiries have
been received from persons in
terested in supplementing the ini
tial Red Cross appropriation of
$250.0u0 to lessen the distress,
even though many local chapters
are still at work on their 1947
Fund appeal. Word of this an
nouncement was being forwarded
to Red Cross area offices and
chapters throughout the United
States this afternoon. Earlier
Governor Beauford Jester of Tex
as formally placed the Red Cross
in charge of relief in its role as
the nation’s official disaster re
lief agency.
Mr. O'Connor explained that in
accordance with its traditional
practices the Red Cross is fully
prepared to meet the relief needs
of the disaster victims.
Mrs. Glenn Nve
Succumbs In Pa.
Friends here will regret to
learn of the death of Mrs. Glenn
C. Nye, of Norfolk. Va.. in Jef
ferson Hospital. Philadelphia.
Pa., April 15. She was buried
in Bluefield. W. Va., on Friday
afternoon.
Mrs. Nye. native of Roanoke,
had visited the family of her hus
band here and has many friends
who will regret to hear of her
death. In addition to her hus
band she is survived by a daugh
ter and small son. Her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Stone, of Bluefield,
also survive.
Austin Picked Up
Bv FBI Tuesday
Vester C. Austin, of Mouth of
Wilson, was nicked up on Tues
day by FBI and tried for viola
tion of the national theft act in
connection with the stealing of
an automobile and tried by U. S.
Commissioner A. R. Vail. He was
bound over to Federal court on
the charge.
Austin is reported to have stol
en a 1937 Chevrolet sedan on
March 26 from Ford Vanhoy.
The car was later found wreck
ed at Sugar Grove. It was stol
en from the Negro Mountain
road.
the Dost
$2.50 a Year in Ashe County
Henderson Medal Winners
j Ik i| m
ft A ft Jk H
Dr. Lars O. Grondahl, left, research director, Pitts
burgh, and Sedgwick N. Wight, Rochester, N. Y., who
have been awarded the George R. Henderson medals of
The Franklin Institute for outstanding engineering de
velopment. Grondahl developed a practical system of
inductive train communication. Wight invented and de
veloped major railroad signaling system contributing to
the safety, speed and reliability.
Jury Finds Men Innocent Os
Rape Charge; Manslaughter
Case Continued By State
Superior Court Ended Thurs
day Afternoon After
Busy Four Days
Superior court, which was pre
dicted, on Wednesday, to last
several days, came to a sudden
op Thursday afternoon, when
the jury, which was out not more
than fifteen minutes, returned a
verdict of not guilty in the cases
of Fieldon Petty. Jr„ Earl Severt
and James Gambill, charged with
; rape.
The case of Mrs. Daryl Bare,
I charged with manslaughter in
connection with the death of Guy
Bare, was continued for the State.
Other cases disposed of the last
day of court included that of
’ Frank Sexton charged with
. abandonment and non-support.
! He was ordered to pay into the
clerk of the court $50.00 per
month for the support ol his wife
and children.
Herbert Seym our, charged
with robbery with firearms in
i connection with the theft of mon-
I ey from Robert Lambert, follow
ing a poker game, was found
guilty and given a sentence of not
more than fifteen years and not
less than ten. The case grew out
of an altercation the two had
over a poker game in which Sey
mour contended that Lambert
took advantage of him in the
game, and for that reason he re
covered his money, by force.
Arthur Bell, charged with non
support of an illegitimate child,
was ordered to pay the cost and
SI,OOO to Zollie McClure. He is
also taxed with $750.00 addition
al, on a civil charge in connec
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Winners Given For Spelling
Bee Sponsored By Legion Post
Nine Ashe county student
.vere first place winners in flu
;pelling bee held at the court
house in Jefferson last Wednes
day night in the annual event
spor.sored by the Ashe Post 171
>f the Armrican Legion.
Hundreds of children attended
o hear the champion spellers
Awards to first place winners
will be sent the principals of the
various high schools in the coun
ty and will be presi nted at the
high school commencements.
Virginia-Carolina had the ds
tinction of having three first
place winners in the event. First
second and third place winners
are given as follows:
Fourth grade—first place. Shir
len Ann Witherspoon, Friend
ship; second place, Maynard
Goss, Lansing: third place, Judy
Wiles, West Jefferson.
Fifth grade—first place, June
Dougherty, Riverview; second
WEST JEFFERSON, N. C.
More Red Gross
Funds Coming In,
Behind In Drive
T-O tai Yesterday Reached
$1945.53 Or $384 17 Still
Short Os Quota
With such disasters as Texas
City for the Red Cross to aid.
should make everyone who has
not contributed, give generously
to the drive, an official remarked
yesterday.
Yesterday's total showed SL
-945.53, which leaves the county
still short of tne quota of $2330
by $384.47. A final plea is now
being made to those who have
not made their contributions to
do so within the next few days.
Contributions from churches are
also needt d.
It was also announced that spe
cial contributions for the Texas
disaster would also be welcomed.
Contributions not previously
announced include the following:
W. J. Baptist Sunday school,
(Continued on page 8)
New Building
Underway Here
Construction was started this
week on a brick building, next
to the Dollar Service Station, on
Jefferson Avenue, by Ed Jenkins.
Foundation work is already
well underway. No announce
ment has been made yet as to
who will occupy the building.
<lace. Coy Cot. Va.-Carolina;
bird place. Betty Lou Eller Byrd,
.ansing.
Sixth grade—first place, Bar
iara Winebarger. West Jefferson
second place, Nancy Wilkt nson.
iefferson; third place, Ramona
Roupe, Nathan's Creek
Seventh grade—first place. Ma
' ie Atwood. Jefferson: second
■lace. Bobbie Louise Bare. Glen
' lale: third place. Rose Stamper
| Lansing.
I Eighth grade—first place. G
I leva Main. Elkland: second place.
I I T- Brooks, Lansing; third place,
i’eggy Sue Oliver. Jefferson.
Ninth grade—first place. Jim
, Pierce. Va.-Carolina: second
i place, Betty Jean Miller, Elkland
third place, Ola Roten, River-
I view.
Tenth grade first place,
I Wanda Weaver, Lansing; second
place, Eddie Liddle, Jefferson;
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THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1947
W. J. Merchants
Insist Streets
Be Kept Clean
Plan To Install Street Gar
bage Cans; Cooperation
Is Asked
At a meeting of the board of
directors of the West Jefferson
Merchants association, the group
went on record to ask that the
town continue to keep the street
cleaner at work and that the
streets be kept clean. It was
pointed out that from now on,
there would be more and more
visitors and that the clean streets
were particularly important dur
ing summer weather.
It was also announced that
merchants will buy street gar
bage cans to be placed at con
venient locations for the trash
which is ordinarily thrown on
the streets.
Jack Rhodes was named chair
man of a special trade promo
tion event to be held next month
and will meet with the standing
committee on this.
In discussing the general im
provement of the town the board
voted to ask the town officials
to inspect buildings and to en
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Training Given
32 Bus Drivers
At School Here
Only 8 Are Certified; One
Girl Driver Among
This Group
C. I. Yelton, of the highway
safety division, who conducted a
training course for school bu.>
drivers and prospective drivers
at * this week announced
yesterlay that there were 32 who
took ?ie training, but out of this
new group only 8 were certified
as drivers for the coming school
year to replace those who will
not be back.
There were two girls and one
ol them. Mary L. Thompson, was
among the certified number. Mi
Yelton said that some of the oth
ers would possibly be certified
later, when they reach legal driv
ing age. Os the group of 32.
one student failed to pass the
I written test.
Mr. Yelton said that another
' check-up and training school
would probably be hi Id in Au
j gust before the opening of school.
Rites Hehl Sat.
For J. W. Todd
Brother Os Sheriff W. B, Todd
Passes In Hospital In
Marion, Va.
Funeral service for J. W. Todd,
of Marion, Va., and formerly of
Toad, was held at the First Meth
odist church at Marion Saturday
afternoon at two o'clock Offi
ciating was the pastor and in
terment was in the city cemetery.
Mr. Todd, a brother of W. B.
| Todd, ol West Jefferson, was well
known here in the county as well
ias ai V irgiiua. lie nau utva ia
ill health foi sometime however
1 and died at the Lee Memorial
hospital at Marion on April 16.
I He is survived by his wife and
three daughters, one son and one
| sister. Mis. bam Kay, of Marion;
W. B. Todd, of West Jefferson;
O”. 'i'odci. i i Idaho; and Joe
' Todd, of Colorado, all brothers,
i Those from here attending the
i funeral included Mr. and Mrs.
. W. B. Todd, Mrs. John Powell.
| Miss Frances Ann Todd and Miss
[ Billy Todd.
Business Ah n To
Play Rotarians
A basketball game* be tween the
Teffursons Rotary Club and the
business men of Jefferson and
vVest Jefferson wii be 1 played at
the Jefferson gymnasium Fri
day night at 7:30 p. m., it was
announced here.
The game will feature such
players as Austin Jones, Dr. Dean
C. Jones, L. P. Colvard. Sharpe
S. Shoemaker and others it
was stated.
America’s Pioneer Auto Builder
Death came to the famed auto industrialist, Henry
Ford at his home in Dearborn, Mich. With Mr. Ford was
his ever loyal wife. Born July 30, 1863, he was 83 at the
time of his death. He married Clara J. Bryant, daughter
of a Greenfield farmer on April 11, 1888. She is shown
in center. The present head of the Ford Company, Henry
Ford 11, is shown at the right.
To Install Machinery For
Hay Drying Experiment At
Transou Test Farm Soon
Jiir or s Dra w n
For May Term Os
Superior Gouri
Civil Cases Are To Be Tried
Jurors For Two Weeks
Are Listed
The May term of Superioi
rourt for the ti lai of civil cases
in Ashe county is scheduled tt
open May 26 with Judge J. H.
Clement presiding.
The following jurors have been
drawn:
T. E. Hartzog, Glenn Brooks.
A. L. Cox. David Harless. Clint
H. Gilley, Jethro Blevins, M. R.
Richardson. M. C. Church.
W. H. Campbell, Ernest Elliott
; Lemon Francis, W. F. McGrady.
I W. M. Jones. T. R. Weaver. J. M
! Baker.
L. H. Church. C. S. Fletcher,
! Dale Mullis, Paul Reeves. Ovan
, Worley, John Littlewood. Worth
Millet. Brice Denney. Hal Pen
(Continued on page 8)
\\ ork On Road
Going Forward
Grading on the new link of
| the West Jefferson-Smethport
highway beginning al the rail
road track on Jefferson Avenue
,is now going forward with the
I grading work well underway
across the hill.
Hundreds of West Jefferson
citizens have already been try
ing out the new section in order
to investigate the progress being
macle.
Loni» Distant Calls Are Still
Restricted Because Os Strike
Local telephone users now
have the advantage over many
'others elsewhere during the
present strike in which the Cen
tral Telephone company is not
taking part. In addition to local
calls, calls also are uninter
j rupted over the entire Central
system. which means that Mount
Airy. Sparta. Elkin and North
Wilkesboro as well as oilier pom s
on this line may be reached.
Mrs. Pearl Wyrick, in charge of
the h cal central office, said that
calls were still not being accept
( cd by the Southern Bell System
| unless they are emerge ncy calls,
i She pointed out that on average
' there were around ten of these
calls per day handled out of the
local oil ice.
r fhe Government started a fresh
effort Tuesday to end the 16-day
old telephone strike.
U. S. Conciliators plan a meet
ing with strike leaders—prob-
$3.00 a Year Out of County
Experiments In Hay Curing
For This Section Will
Be Carried Out
i Plans are being made to in-
I stall complete, fully equipped
I lay drying equipment in the
1 3eef Cattle Barn at the Upper
.lountaia Test Farm, located at
he old Transou farm near Laurel
>prings, it was announced tod .y
jy J. A. Graham, superintendent
This is being made possible by
cooperation ot J. C. Pierce, Jr.,
>1 the Animal industry Depart
; inunt of State college, F. E. Mill
er, Director Test Farms, C. M.
McCasian. Agricultural Engineer
i of the Extension Service, and
Aywn Price, Director of R- E. A.
aho will furnish ail the elec
trical equipment necessary for
the demonstration, it was ex
plained.
In addition to the above. J. M.
Johns, of Farmville. Va., Agricul
tural Representative for the
Aerovent Fan Co. and the Ben
nett-neland Co., has agreed to
furnish a large Aviovenl fan and
an Ireland nay hoist for demon
stration purposes, Supt. Graham
said.
The size of the barn in which
the dryer will be installed is
36-66 feet and will be of slitted
lioor type. Latest methods will
be used and all recommendations
by the Dept of Agricultural En
gineering of State College and
the United Status Dept, ot Agri
culture will be carried out. it was
explained.
“It is hoped that some valuable
information will be gained from
this important demonstration
which \\ ill be of great value to
the mountain counties in this vi
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ably today. In addition, officials
are considering the reopening of
negotiations in Washington be
tween the telephone strikers and
two segments of the phone in
dustry—Southw. stern Bell and
tiie long lines department of the
American Telephone and Tele
graph Com) any.
The union leaders have be. n
asking the Labor Di partmi nt to
issue a public statement callm.
upon tiie t’lephom industry to
mak< i wage oiler This tit de
partmi nt has rt fused to do.
At the same time the National
Federation of Telephone Work
ers:
1. Sought the help of state pub
lic service commissions, and got
at least one rebuff, from the Dis
trict of Columbia commission.
2. Insisted in the face of de
nials that the New’ Jersey Bell
Telephone Company had made a
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ASHE COUNTY IS ...
Leading Livestock and Dairy
County in North Carolina.
Population: 22,664
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Officials Here
Today Studying
Outlook For Year
33 Farmers In Ashe And Alle
ghany To Cooperate In
Growing Leaf
The experimental efforts in the
growing of Turkish tobacco
which were started in this coun
ty three years ago have proven
so successful that they have been
expanded each year and this sea
son there will be 33 farmers in
the two counties, planting this
type of tobacco.
And while the production is
still in the experimental stage,
those in charge of the project
point out that in quality and pro
duction the yield has been sac
better than anticipated and that
the outlook for this season is bet
ter than ever before.
Dr. F. R. Darkis, of the chem
istry department of Duke Uni
versity and Joe Few, from th*
Oxford Tobacco Experiment Sta
tion, are here today and with
John Wilkins, Extension agro
; nomist, in charge of the Turkish
tobacco project in this area, ar*
making a survey of the prospects
for the crop this year. They re
port that a large percentage o*
the plant beds were seeded th*
latter part of March and plants
are coming up in these beds.
FARMERS LIKE PROJECT
The survey reveals that a Urg*
majority of farmers who grew
Turkish tobacco last year are do
ing so again as they like its pro
duction. This year, in addition
to experiments being carried or.
in Ashe, Alleghany, Watauga.
Wilkes, and Caldwell counties,
an experiment will also be start
ed in Burke and Alexander, it
was learned this week. Other
counties in which the experiment
is being tried for the first tirr -
this year are Grayson and Carol’
counties in Virginia.
BUILD NEW STORAGE BARNS
Everett Hendrix, Vester Mabe.
Everett Taylor. Ray Hash and H-
F. Brown plan to build model
Turkish curing and storage barns.
At present they have most of the
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Play At Healing
Springs. May 9
Public Cordially Invited To
Comedy ‘ Aunt Samanthy
Rules Tlie Roost’’
The Healing Springs high
school will present a three act
comedy, •’Aunt Samanthy Rules
the Roost.' on Friday night. May
9. at 7:30 o’clock p. m. in the
school auditorium.
The cast of characters is as fol
lows; Aunt Samanthy, an old
maid, Irene Massey; Serena
Simpkins, her younger niece, Lu
cille Ballou; Sophie Simpkins,
her older niece, Velma Jones.
Polly Paine, maid at the Simp
kins house, Lora Bell Jones; An
nie Ambrose, the village dress
maker. Kathleen Eller; Blanche.
Bowers, a woman of very few
words. Dorothy Bagley; Lucier.
Litth field. a farmer. Donald Mc-
Millan; Blair Boswell, who likes
Serena. Richard Neaves; Frank
Fairfield, who likes Sophie.
David Joins: Lawrence Lovewell
a strangi r Joe Goodman; Buddy
Buskins, the grocery boy, Lee
McMillan.
The public is cordially invited
to atttencV
Scout Caniporee
ioße I leld Soon
L. P. Colvard, commissions i o:
the A<he Boy Scout District, said
tliis week that plans were being
completed for the annual camp
oree to be held May 3-4.
The caniporee will be h.ld in
the county and all boy scouts
who are eligible, are invited t-'
attend. Scoutmasters are urged
to see that the members of thei"
respective troops get physical ex
aminations. This is necessary
before they attend the camporee
and take part in the activities.
A number of features are be
ing planned for the event, Mr.
Colvard said, and stated that
more details would be announced
next week.