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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
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Rev. Hoyt Wood vyho has
been installed as president of
the Jeffersons Rotary club. |;
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Many Expected
For BTU Meeting ;
Here On Friday
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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.
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ASHE COUNTY NATIVE
PASSES IN MONTANA
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.