FKESS RUN -4,0 M Net Paid W X Ashe County j •o*oa»o«»<>»o*owo«»<M»<>«»o*ow>*< VOLUME 18, NO. 23 Ashe County Schools Will Open Aug. 25 Guernsey Sale Plans For July 18 Being Completed 32 Carefully Selected Ani mals To Be Sold At Auc . tion At Test Farm Plans are now being completed for the annual promotion sale of purebred-registered guernsey cat tle to be held at th e State Test Farm at Transou, on Friday July 18. At this time 32 carefully se lected animals, from some of the state's best known herds will be offered for sale at auction begin ning at 12:30. The sale is sponsored by the N. C. Extension service and the N. C. Guernsey Breeders As sociation. , Officials of th e sale pointed out that this would be a wonder ful opportunity to secure ani mals for calf club work or foun dation animals for herds as well k as additions. All dairy farmers are particu larly invited to attend. Injuries Fatal To County Man Estel Brown Fell From Truck Near Scottville Bridge On July 4 Estel Brown, prominent 54- year-old Ashe county farmer, was fatally injured July 4 when he fell from a truck en route to West Jefferson with a load of cattle. Following the accident, which occured near the Scottville bridge, Brown was taken to Ashe Memorial hospital, where he died a short time later. Funeral service was held Sun day morning at the. Chestnut Hill Baptist church, with Rev. Herbert t ial dwell officiating. Internment 4 lowed in the Shurfti c6mdtery. Brown is survived by his wife, Ma -tha Brown, and seven chil dren. Mrs. Edith Carter. Mrs. Ca ra Carter. Mrs. Fannie Huff mon. Howard, Ray, Guy, and Robert Brown. As for as can be learned, local officers have not as yet deter mined the circumstances which caused the accident. As far as can be learned, local highway officers made no inves tigation of the fatality. AshTMYFWm Hold Meet Mon. The Ashe Sub-district Method ist Youth Fellowship will meet on Monday night at 7:30 p. m., at the Jefferson Methodist church, it was announced here this week. At the conclusion of the pro gram. Rev. M. W. Reynolds will show a film to the group. All Methodist Youth Fellow shins and pastors are urged to be present. 1 HAT 017 ov too TEN AT BOY’S STATE Fart Rnqq Fame son nf Mr. and Mrs. Herman Haire, of W°st Jefferson. was elected as one of the ton ten students out of the 250 bovs who attended boy’s state at the University of North Car olina. recently. He was awarded a certificate of merit for having completed the trailing there. Earl Ross plans to enter Colum bia Academy at Columbia, Tenn.. this fall. Revival Opens Here This Week Rev. Hubert F. Morris, pastor of the Frist Presbyterian church, of New Bern, is conducting a ser ies of evangelistic services at the Presbyterian church, here this week. Services are being held each evening at eight o’clock and will continue through Wednes dav. July 16. Mr. Morris is well known here having worked in the Presbyter ian churches here sometime ago. Bible school, under the direc ion of Miss Buford Bobbitt, of Charlotte is also being conducted each morning at nine o’clock. tilt ißlanii >Ol $2.50 a Year in Ashe County Hoyt Wood Is Installed As President Os Rotary Club; Names Committees ROTARY PRESIDENT I ■pg ■ Rev. Hoyt Wood vyho has been installed as president of the Jeffersons Rotary club. |; — ■, Many Expected For BTU Meeting ; Here On Friday * i To Climax A Week Os Revi vals In 13 Ashe Assoc- , iation Churches An estimated 400 people are ( expected to attend a mass meet- ■ ing at the West Jefferson Baptist i church Friday night at eight o’- ■ clock, to climax a week of Bap- ( tist training union revivals that ( have been in progress in 13i churches of the Ashe association all of this week. . ' r l! Harvey T. Gibsuu, North Var- I' olina Training Union director, and ' 17 other visiting workers from North Carolina. South Carolina, . and Georgia hav e been leading the work in the 13 churches. | where an average attendance of, approximately 700 each night has . been reported. Besides Mr. Gibson, the other visiting leaders in the revivals are: Rev. and Mrs. L. J. Newton. Raleigh; Miss. B.tty Mullinax, Asheville: Miss. Mary Baety, Greensboro: Miss. Louvene Jor don, Winston-Salem: William ' Lamb. Elizabeth City: Miss. Mary | Bargeron. Waynesboro. Ga.; Miss Frances Alexander, Goldsboro; Miss Ruth Wiggins, Raleigh; Miss. (Continued on Page 4) ASHE COUNTY NATIVE PASSES IN MONTANA I Word was received here this week of the death of Shade Bare, 84, a native of Ashe county and the father of Mrs. W. T. Harless of West Jefferson, in Livingstcn, Montana, June 24. Funeral ser- j vice was conducted at the Fronzen chapel there. The former North Carolinian moved to Montana in 1915 and i had been engaged in ranching for a number of years. Rocco Cutri To Study Briar ripe Situation In Europe Rocco Cutri, of the Carolina Briar corporation left this week for New York from wher e he will sail shortly for Europe. He plans to visit Italy, and Algiers in con nection with his survey of the briar pipe situation. Mr. Cutri, who has been en gaged in the manufacture of pipes for a great many years, pointed out that he was not stopping operations and leaving here as it had been reported, but was simply making a business trip back to Europe to study con ditions and to determine the future possibilities of the oper aions of his industry. “I am not pulling out of West Jefferson,” he declared and point ed out that while conditions in his industry were uncertain at the present, he believed that a change would soon come. H e pointed out that his trip back to Italy was purely for WEST JEFFERSON, N. C. Austin In Charge Os Instal lation; Work Is Plan ned For Year Rev. Hoyt Wood, was installed as president of the Jefferson Ro tary club last Thursday along with the other newly elected of ficers. when the outgoing presi dent, W. B. Austin was in charge l of the service. Serving with I President Wood are Dean Mc- Millan, vice-president and Tho mas H. Sears, secretary and treas urer. Immediately following the in stallation service Wood named committees in connection with work of the club for the com ing year. Chairmen of the various com mittees are as follows: Aims and objects, Hoyt Wood; club service, John Reeves; voca tional service, Bill Austin; Com munity service, Gale McMillan; international service, Ira T. John ston; classification, Langdon Scott; membership, S. S. Shoe maker. Program, Todd Gentry: fellow ship. Larry Colvard; attendance. Gwyn Little; Rotary information, Burman Hurt: public information, Dean McMillan; magazine. Rocco Cutri; music. Coleman Payne: youth service, Millard Graybeal. Crippitd children, Jake Cau dill; rural-urban, J. O. Blevins; student loan and education. Bruce Hash, agriculture, H. D. Quessenberry; public health, Bruce Porter; public welfare, L. B. Tyson: tourist and advertising. Wade Eller; industrial. Glenn Graybeal: veterans activities, P. G. Wright. James A. Graham will be in charge of the program tonight and will have as guest speaker, George Farthing, of the Farm Bureau of Asheville. Last Rites Held For A. J. Keaton Funeral service for A. J. Kea ton, well-known farmer of Hel ton, was held at the family re sidence last Tu sdav afternoon. Rev. Oscar Eller officiated, a n d interment followed in the family cemetery. Keaton suffered a stroke of paralysis June 30, and, as a re sult, died in the Ashe Memorial hospital last Sunday. He was 67 years old. Surviving, are his wife and three children, Carl, Kathaleen, and Andrew. SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT GREENWOOD Rev. J. H. Armbrust, of States ville, will preach at the Green wood Methodist church on Sun day morning at 11:00 o’clock, it was announced this week by Rev. Claude Eastridge. Rev. Mr. Armbrust, will hold quarterly conference at this time, it was stated. business and that he hated to go back at this time as conditions 1 had greatly changed there during the war years. ! Cutri is one of the best known . authorities and the oldest im | porter of briar pipes in this coun try. He came to West Jefferson I and started in the manufacture of pipes from laurel and ivy burls, when the supply of imported briars was cut off during the I early years of the war. Since es tablishing his business here, he has not only provided a payroll for a number of people, but has given the farmers a market for I products for which they previous ly had no sale. j Mr. and Mrs. James Badger announce the birth of a son, James Michael, on June 30 at Ashe Memorial hospital. Mrs. Badger is the former Miss Irma Hart. THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1947 Present And Some Past Tennants Os The White House 1 BS ■ KwaWCTfctRT tl WIImW Ulk Mi J UHKKpy A I H Er * I' / H I : A president, former president and three “first ladies” were among the guests of honor at Princeton university bi-centennial convocation. The group shown on the cam pus lawn were, left to right: Mrs. Harry S. Truman, Mrs. Thomas Preston, (the former Mrs. Grover Cleveland); President Truman; Ex-President Hoover; and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. Merchants VV ill Have Fish-Fry Next Wednesday planned For Bluff Park; Will Be Held At Community Bldg. If It Rains Around 100 people are expect ed to attend the annual employer employee of the West Jefferson Merchants Association fish-fry to be held at Bluff Park next Wed nesday at 6:30. In case of rain it will be held at the commumty building Amos Wagoner Jr., pre sident of the association pointed Firms that have not reported the number who will attend the outing are asked to contact Pre sid, nt Wagoner at once in ord r that provisions can be made for them. Named on the committee fcr the outing when it was plann d were Gwyn Little, B. S. Harless. Archie Little, J. B. Hens'ev. Mrs. Clinton Goodman and Mrs. Earl Davidson. \\ ater Shortage Is Critical Here Ralph Campbell, town clerk, re ported this week that the water supply in the town of West Jef ferson has reached a critical state, and that measures are soon to be taken to conserve water for only essential purposes. Campbell pointed out that the town has only one pump in oper ation, and, since this pump has been running almost constantly in order to supply the water con sumed by residents, that it is be ginning to give considerable trouble and that there is danger of a comnlete breakdown unless some of the load is taken from the oump. All service stations and pri vate consumers are asked to cut down on car washing, lawn water mg, and other unessential uses of water. If necessary, an ordin ance will be passed imnosing pen nlties noon violators of these re strictions. Prices On Beans Are Good Here Quality beans sold on the lo cal auction markets since the opening July 1, have been bringing good prices. Unofficial reports show that around ten thousand bushels have been sold on the local market so far this season. The demand for quality beans is unusually good, buy ers point out. Farmers are asked to sell their begins while they are young and tender and not to mix grades. Rains during the past few days have helped to mature many beans that were slightly delayed because of the cool w r eather this spring. Property Valuation For West Jefferson Climbs To $1,877,351; Reduce Tax Rate Lamb Sale Nets 58.036.63 He r e In Pool Tuesday * Fifty-Four P’armers Take Part In Pool; 409 Lambs Are Sold A total of fifty-four farmers ! had lambs for sale on the cooper ative pool held at the stock mar ket on Tuesday and received $8,036.63 for the 409 lambs dis posed of. H. D. Quessenberry. county agent, reported that 208 choice lambs w ighing 18.461 lbs. sold for $23.50 per hundred weight. I The group of 48 choice buck ! lambs, weighing 4.897 lbs., sold for $23.50 per hundred weight. There were 75 good lambs which sold for $21.50 per hund red weight, the total weight be ing 5,800 lbs. Good bucks total ing 56, sold for $21.50 per hund red weight. The total weight of these was 4.950 lbs. In the medium lamb group. ! twelve were sold for $16.00 per i hundred weight and weighed 814 lbs. The group of five com (Continued on Page 4) COOK BOOKS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED HERE A limited number of the cook l book, “Favorite Recipes of North Carolina,” have been received by , thj Skyland Post and are now on jsale. 1 Those who want to get one of i these books may call at this ol * fice, immediately. Scottville And Lansing Now Battling For Top Os League i Although dropping two out of three games over the holiday weekend, the Lansing Cubs still managed to maintain a slight lead over Scottville for the top position in the Ashe county lea gue, having won 12 and lost 6, to Scottville’s 13-7 count West Jefferson is in the third slot with 10 wins and 6 losses. The outstanding game of the week was on Independence Day between Lansing and West Jef ferson. which saw both teams evenly matched up until the eighth inning, when West Jeffer son finally broke the 1-1 tie to win 3-1. The Fourth was also the occas ion or Laurel Springs’ triumph over Helton. 9-4, while Scottville . took the measure of league-trail-I ing East Jefferson 18-5. i Scottville triumphed again on Saturday by nosing out Laurel Springs, 11-10, as did West Jes- $3.00 a Year Out of County Rate Is Set At $1.00: Was $1.75 Last Year: May Pay Now The increase in valuation in both personal property and real estate under the re-valuation pro gram the tax rate, which was $1.75 last year has been reduced to SI.OO this year, officials announc ed this week. In the revaluation program after reduction of 40 per cent to cover inflated conditions of real estate and other adjustments were made the present value of real estate is $1,628,193.00 and personal property is listed at $259,128.00 giving a total valua tion of $1,877,321.00 for taxable purposes as compared to $504.- 815.00 as of last year when the rate was $1.75. The rate of SI.OO per hundred this year will give the town $18,773.21 and this levy as well as incom' from other sources is expected to clear the town of defaulted obligations, of ficials pointed out. It was announced that people could pay taxes now and take advantage of the discounts. It was explained that the out (Continued on page 8) SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT TUCKERDALE There will be a memorial ser vice at the Tuckerdal Baptist church on Sunday at 2:00 p. m. for Mr. R. Miller's daughter, of Jenkins Jones, W. Va.. who died of brain fever early last spring, it was announced by Rev. M. D. Hart. A decoration service will fol low at the cemeterv, it was sta ted. ferson by whipping Helton in a slugfest, 17-14. Although on th e bottom of the league. East Jefferson turned the tables Sat urday, by wolloping Lansing 12- 2 in a protest game. Scottville finished a perfect weekend Sunday, by trouncing fourth-place Helton? 12-3. West Jefferson was not to be outdone, registering a 14-3 victory over Laurel Springs, the third win in as many days. Lansing managed to come out of a two-day depression on Sun day to take a 14-11 game from East Jefferson. As the league enters the sec ond half of the schedule, a sharp battle seems to be shaping up be tween Lansing, Scottville, and West Jefferson for the circuit crown. A complete schedule for the second half, which begins next (Continued on page 8) ASHE COUNTY IS ... I Leading Livestock and Dairy I County in North Carolina. j Population: 22,664 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAT Survey Os School Needs Is Planned By County Board Some Teachers Are Still Need ed In The Lansing District For Coming Year At a meeting o' th e county board of education held on Mon day, August 25 was decided as the opening date for the schools j.nd. other matters including the need ed improvements to grounds an 4 buildings were discussed. Representativfes from a ' num ber of the schools met with the board of education relative to needed improvements. It was de cided by the group to make a survey before work was started on proposed proiects. A. B. Hurt superintendent of schools said he hoped to have a list of teachers for publication within a short time. He explained that most of the teaching posi tions had been filled, but there were still some vacancies at Laps ing. but in the high school and in some of the district schools. Work is being continued on some of the sanitary projects in connect,on with the school pro? Pci y and will be completed b°- tore the schools open August 2J, N. C. Teacher Pay I o Be Set Today « Increase Will Be Determined When State Board Os Education Meets Raleigh Schoolteachers of the State will learn todav m dollars and cents the amount of salary increase they will receive next school year. The answer to the question thQ teachers have been asking since the 1947 General Assembly in creased appropriations for their salaries will be forthcoming when the State Board of F'jt. iticn meets here today to adopt a budget for the coming session The board's finance committee which has been studying the bud get for several weeks—and par ticularly th- qu stion of a teacher salary schedule —will make its report at the meeting. Available for operating the .schools next year is approxi mately $59,000,000 compared with approximat lv $45,000,000 being spent this year. Approximately $50,000,000 of the total available or operating the schools has been earmarked for salaries for the 25.000 teach rs and principals. The remaining $9,000,000 will go as salaries for superintendents, clerical help, bus mechanics, jani tors, and bus drives, for opera tion of plants—lights, water ar-i fuel and for supplies. During the Legislature, there was considerable debate over whether the appropriation for teachers’ salaries would provide salary increases of 30 per cent. Some legislators argued that it would and others contended that the pay boost for the instructors would be only 27 per cent. FAIRVIEW’ TO HEAR REV. LJL_ARMBRL t ST Rev. J. H. Armbrust, district superintendent, of Statesville, will hold services at the Fair view MUhodist church at 3:00 o’clock Sunday afternoon, it was announced here this week. Quarterly confer . nee will be held at this time by Rev, Mr. Armbrust. Mrs. Wiles. 78 Buri<‘d On W ed. Mrs. Nancy Lutisha Wiles, 78. resident of Crtunpler, died early Monday at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Shubia Baker of North Wilkesboro. Route 1. Funeral services were held at 11 a. m. yesterday at the Heal ing Springs church. Burial was in the Wiles Cemetery near Crumpler. Rev. Bynum Blevins officiated. Mrs. Wiles is survived by her husband, John M. Wiles, and the following children: Mrs. C- K. Francis and Mrs. George Sawyer of Crumpler. Mrs. W r . N. Barker of Smethport, Henry Wiles of Kannapolis, Roscoe Wiles of El kin, Mrs. C. S. Francis of North, Wilkesboro, and Mrs. Baker.

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