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VOLUME 18, NO. 26
4 Work Is Started
On New Well For
West Jefferson
Located On Property Os Mrs.
B. E. Reeves Near New
Smethport Highway
Drilling is now underway on
the new well for the town of West
Jefferson, on the property of
Mrs. B. E. Reeves near the new
Smethport-West Jefferson high
way. Officials pointed out that as
yet no water veins have been
struck and a forecast of the
amount of water to be secured
for the town from this additional
well, can not be determined at
this time.
It is believed however, that if
an ample water supply can be
struck, that the present water
supply and the new supply can
be used on an alternate basis.
A new pump will have to be
secured and the two water lines
must be joined, it was pointed out
by town officials.
In charge of the drilling is the
Virginia Machinery and Well
company of Richmond, Va.
Body Os Billy
Miller Is Found
Body Found Saturday in Yad
kin River After Search
Os Several Days
The body of Billy Dean Miller,
eight years old, who drowned
Saturday, July 19, in the Yadkin
river two miles west of North
Wilkesboro, was found Saturday,
seven miles downstream from
where he fell into the water.
The child drowned when he
and two other boys went to the
river near Curtis Bridge to go
swimming. He was reportedly
testing the water’s temperature
when he fell into the river and
was swept downstream.
His body, for which hundreds
had searched since the accident,
a log three
and one-hair miles east ci Norm
WilkesbofU-
Coroner I. M. Myers pronounc
ed the child’s death as caused by
accidental drowning.
He was the son of Lawrence
Miller, of Obids. and Mrs. Nora
Parsons of Cricket. He made his
home with his mother and step
father.
Surviving besides his parents,
are one brother, one sister and
ore half brother.
Funeral services were held at
2 p. m„ Sunday at Yellow Hill
Baptist church, near Sumit.
Mrs. Osborne, 84,
Buried On Mon.
Last rites for Mrs. Mary Os
borne, 84. of Smethport, were
held at the Milam Baptist church
Monday afternoon at two o’clock.
Interment was in the Milam
cemetery.
Mrs. Osborne, who died at her
home at Smethport on Saturday,
was married to the late Herman
Osborne. Surviving are several
neices and nephews.
LICENSE REQUIRED
FOR MOTOR BICYCLES
Owners of motor bicycles are
reminded this week by Cpl. D.
A. Houston, state highway patrol
man. that they must have license
tags as well as driver’s license
before they are permitted to op
erate on the highways.
Those under sixteen years of
age are not permitted to drive.
Cpl. Houston stated.
Mrs. Lawrence
Dies At Milam
t
Funeral service for Mrs. Mary
Ann Lawrence, 93, who died at
her home at Milam on Friday,
was held at the home Sunday
afternoon at two o’clock. Officia
ting was Rev. Squire Graybeal
assisted by Rev. Tom Farmer. In
terment was in the family ceme
tery.
The daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Graybeal, she
was married to the late John C.
Lawrence. She is survived by
the following children: Mrs Cal
l?e Miller and Mrs. Rosallie Jones,
both of Treeton: Mrs. Lillie Price,
of Casey, Ill.; Joseph Lawrence of
Ruffin. Also surviving are 26
grandchildren; 105 great-grand
children and 27 great-great
grandchildren.
(The ttost
$2.50 a Year in Ashe County
County Benefits
In Agricultural
Fund Allotment
UN REPRESENTATIVE
JI
Willard L. Thorp, who has
been nominated by President
Truman as U. S. representa
tive in the UN economic and
social council.
ABC Stores Ar°
Turnetl Down In
Alleghany Sat.
Proposed Establishment Os
Legalized Liquor Store De
feated By 795 Majority
Sparta—Alleghany County vot
ers Saturday kept this mountain
county in the legally dry column,
defeating a proposal to establish
ABC stores by a majority of 795,
based on unofficial returns from
the seven precincts.
The vote was:
For' the proposal, 937.
- Agou, ms:.
Sparta was the only point in
the county to vote in favor of the
proposal. Gap Civil precinct,
which includes Sparta, voted 528
for ABC stores and 420 against.
The dry victory was more pro
nounced Saturday than it was in
1937 when the drys won by a
majority of 275 ballots.
Alleghany joined Rowan Coun
ty in turning down ABC stores.
Rowan voted against the proposal
several weeks ago. However,
Mecklenburg County gave ABC
stores a large majority in an elec
tion June 15, becoming the first
Western North Carolina county to
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Jefferson Is To
Have More Water
Jefferson, like West Jefferson,
has had a slight water shortage.
Some residents found themselves
without on Tuesday evening.
Plans are now underway to con
nect another spring to the pre
sent supply and thus increase it,
officials said.
Service stations using the town
water, have been asked to dis
continue the washing of cars in
order to conserve water, officials
said.
W. Jefferson, Helton Win
Two Games On Week-End
In the two days of play during
he week end West Jefferson and
Helton were twice victorious
while Laurel Springs and Scott
ville each captured one victory
to their credit, in the Mountain
Baseball league.
Official scores reported for the
games were Saturday, West Jef
ferson 14, East Jefferson 2; Hel
ton 10, Lansing 2; Laurel Springs
3, Scottville 2. Sunday, West Jef
ferson 6. Laurel Springs 2; Hel
-16, East Jefferson 14; Scott
ville 8, Lansing 2.
Helton still holds top position
the second half of the league,
with West Jefferson in second
place.
The standings are as follows:
Team Won Lost Pct.
Belton 5 0 1.000
West Jefferson 4 0 1.000
Laurel Springs 2 2 .500
Lansing 1 3 .250
Scottville 1 4 .200
East Jefferson 0 3 .000
The league secretary has re
quested that all team managers
WEST JEFFERSON, N. C. THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1947
Improved Farm Practices And
School Lunch Programs
To Continue
Ashe county, along with others
in North Carolina will be greatly
benefitted by the restored ag
ricultural allotment in which this
state will receive an estimated
$17,732,290 for soil conservation,
rural electrification, school lunch
es and farm tenant purchases
over the coming year.
Last week the county AAA of
fice began to again issue pur
chase orders for phosphate and
other materials, after being cur
tailed for several weeks.
A. B. Hurt. Superintendent of
schools, said today that the school
lunch programs would probably
be able to operate as usual, since
all of the allotment is to be spent
on lunches and none on equip
ment.
A report from Washington re
veals that six southern states —
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Alabama, Florida, Georgia and
Virginia— will receive $83,277,-
888. Except for farm tenant pur
chases and soil conservation, the
states roughly will receive 10 per
cent less than for the year ending
July 1, Department of Agricul
ture experts said.
All school lunch funds must go
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District Gov.
Here For Rotary
J. L. Segraves, Who Attend
ed Rotary International
To Speak Tonight
Macon M. Williams, governor
of the 194th district of Rotary,
told the vahie ol “Rotaiy Here
and Elsewhere,”in an address be
fore the local club, last Thurs
day night. He stressed the value
of the organization as a world
force and pointed out the good
will that could be built up be
tween peoples of other nations,
through Rotary.
Prior to the meeting, a club
assembly was held and the act
ivities of the various comm'ttees
discussed.
Tonight J. L. Segraves. cashier
of the First National Bank, will
be the guest sneaker. He re
cently returned from a trip of
several weeks to the west coast,
where he attended Rotary In
ternational and visited a number
of places of interest. He was ac
companied bv Mrs. Segraves.
REVIVAL TO BEGIN
AT ORION CHURCH. SUN.
A revival will be held at the
Orion Methodist church begin
ning Sunday evening at eight o'-
clock. Rev. Marion Fisher, pas
tor. announced this week. Ser
vices will be held each evening
at the same time. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
A worship service will be held
at the Jefferson Methodist church
at eleven o’clock, Sunday morn
ing.
bring in the results of the games,
and any write ups they wish, not
later than Tuesday.
On Tuesday the Lansing team
will journey to Abingdon, Va..
where they wil play at 8:00
o’clock.
Carnival Here
All This Week
The West Jefferson fire de
nartment is sponsoring the Wil
liams Amusement company car
nival here all this week.
The carnival is located on the
industrial property just below
the upper bean market, off the
Boone highway.
Members of the fire department
Said they felt fortunate in se
curing such a clean type of car
nival and cordially invited every
one to a M end. It will continue
through Saturday night.
Thousands Os Bushels Os Beans Are Picked Daily
Above is a scene from Fred Colvard’s farm near Jefferson, showing beans being
picked for the market. This is typical of this county, where thousands of bushels of
beans are now picked daily.
Local Markets I
Flooded With
Beans This Week
Prices Tuesday Night Rang-
From 75c To $1.35
Per Bushel
Bean growers in this section
continue to flood the local mar
kets, where prices are still low
since the supply is greater than
the demand.
Prices Tuesday night were bet
ter than they have been recently,
with 13, 500 bushels sold from 75c
to $1.35 per bushel at an average
between 95c and SI.OO.
Representatives from the Fed
eral Marketing Division with
headquarters in Atlanta, together (
with inspectors, arrived this,
week.
Officials of the local markets
anonunced that they took no ac
tion in the purchasing Tuesday!
night. It is hoped that they will i
purchase some of the beans and i
thus help the market conditions
here.
79 Farmers Sold
Lambs In Pool
Here Tuesday
Seventy-nine Ashe farmers
sold a total of 785 lambs in the
cooperative pool, on Tuesday, for
a total of $13,446.00. H. D. Ques
senberry. in charge of arrange
ments said. The total weight of
the lambs was 67.699 pounds.
The reports reveal that there
were 267 choice lambs which
brought $23.00 per hundred; 363
good lambs sold for $20.00 per j
hundred: 91 mediums for $16.00: '
8 commons for SB.OO and 21 old
sheep for $1.50 to $6.50.
Farmers expressed themselves
as being well pleased over the
sale as a whole.
It w •as announced that other
cooperative pools would probab-1
be held late in August. The def-1
inite dates of these will be an- '
nounced in advance, H. D. Ques-1
senberry said.
Phone Service
Expanded Here
W. S. Beddingfield, an official
of the Central Telephone Co.,'
announced yesterday that better
long-distance telephone service
~ould now be expected from West
Jefferson on incoming as well as
outgoing calls. 1
He explained, that last week.;
two new circuits to Winston-Sa- [
’em and one to Statesville were.
nut into operation. Two new cir-1
cuits have just been completed
frnm West Jefferson to North
Wilkesboro. He pointed out that |
“very effort was being made to
serve the natrons in the most
efficie > way possible.
BIRTH ANNOUNCED
Mr. and Mrs. Bil l Miller, of
Jefferson, announce the birth °f |
a daughter Barbara T ea at the
Ashe hosnital Julv 18 M’-s Mil
ler wac the for rn e’' Gladys
Goodman, of Jefferson.
Ashe Boys And Girls Win In
Group Classes In Tri-County
Lamb Show Here On Monday
Mrs. Littlewood,
85, Was Buried At
Helton Monday
Well Known Ashe County
Woman Died On Sunday
After Critical Illness
Funeral service was held Mon
day afternoon at the Helton Me
thodist church for Mrs. Hannah
Haigh Littlewood, 85, one of Ashe
county’s best known and beloved
women, who died at her home
Sunday after a critical illness of
several weeks. The service was
conducted by the Rev. R. J. Star
ling, a former pastor, Rev. Hoyt
Wood, Rev. G. C. Graham and
Rev. Claude Eastridge. Burial
followed in the Helton cemetery.
She is survived by one son.
John Littlewood, of Helton and
two daughters, Mrs. E. C. Francis,
also of Helton and Mrs. C. B. Pen
nington. of Pennsylvania. Sur
viving also are fourteen grand
children and eighteen great
grandchildren.
The deceased, who was a na
tive of Yorkshire. England came
to America shortly after her mar
riage to Mr. Herbert Littlewood.
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DEARMAN IS NEW
MANAGER OF THEATRE
The Parkway Theatre here is
now under the temporary mana
gement of Paul Dearman, oi
Statesville, it was announced
here this week.
D. D. Bunch, who has been
manager here for sometime, left
this week to take over another
theatre in the eastern part of
the state.
Congress Adjourns \\ ithont
Action On Manv Measures
Washington Only half the
legislation Secretary of State
Marshall recommended to Con
gress as “urgent” was passed in
the session which recessed last
week end.
However, the bills which were
approved included almost all
bearing upon the American con
flict with Russia—chief among
them authority and money for the
$400,000,000 Greco-Turk program.
Administration oficials said the
record was by no means a bad
one for foreign policy co-opera
tion between the Democratic Ad
ministration and the Republican
led Congress.
Marshall sent to Chairman
Vandenberg (R-Mich.) of the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee on January 29 a list of 10
matters for congressional action
which he called “urgent items in
order of priority.” He attached an
additional list of 17 items which
he marked “important for this
cess’nn of Congress.” Thirteen of
the latter failed of passage.
$3.00 a Year Out of County
Alleghany Leads In Indivi
dual Class; White Packing
Co. Pays Top Prices
Ashe county boys and girls
took the top places in the group
classes at the tri-county lamb
show held at the West Jefferson
livestock market on Monday,
when FFA and 4-H boys and
girls from Ashe, Alleghany and
Watauga had creditable entries.
J. C. Pierce, Jr., professor of
animal husbandry at State Col
lege, was the judge for the show.
L. I. Case, in charge of animal
husbandry extension at State Col
lege was also here for the show.
Prizes in class one. pen of
three lambs, were won by Bet
ty Lou Thomas. Grassy Creek,
first place; Joe Thomas, Grassy
Creek, second; Carlisle Bledsoe.
Wagoner, third; Billy Finney.
Sparta, fourth; Arnold Mitchell.
Sparta, fifth.
In class two, the set of twin
lambs, winners were Betty Lou,
Thomas, first; Joe Thomas, sec
ond; Carlisle Bledsoe, third: Ar
nold Mitchell, fourth; Billy Fin
ney, fifth; Everette Cox. Sparta,
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Studv Course Is
We 11 Attended
The study course, which is be
ing conducted at the West Jef
ferson Methodist church this
week b\ Dr. Gilbert T. Rowe,
professor of theology of Duke
University. will encl tomorrow
night.
The course has been well at
tended this week by members of
church societies as well as the
general public. The subject of
the course is “Christian Beliefs.”
Later, additional legislation was
presented by the Secretary or
President Truman for urgent ac
tion. so that in effect the original,
list of 10 was expanded s o 14.
Here is how the 14 “urgent” pro
posals stood when Congress fin
ished up:
Passed:
1. Continuation of relief pro
grams after the end of UNRRA.
Congress approved and approp
riated $322,000,000 for the task,
$lB 000,000 less than the State
Department recommended. The
cut was designed by Congress to
deny relief to Hungary and Po
land, the only two prospective
relief recipients in the Soviet
sphere.
2. Ratification of peace treaties
with Italy, Romania. Hungary
and Bulgaria. These treaties now
await only ratification by Russia:
France and Britain already have
acted.
3. Legislation for American
membership in the International
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ASHE COUNTY 8...
Leading Livestock and Daley
County in North Carolina.
Population: 22,664
I —...
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
dome leachers
Still Needed;
Repairing Bldgs
County Board Os Education
Will Meet Saturday
Morning At 10:60
With the opening date of the
county schools less than a month
away, there are still some teach’
ers needed, A. B. Hurt, super
intendent of schools said. Lap.-
sing still has some vacancies and
Elkland has one, he explained,
but announced that these would
probably be filled within the near
future.
Supt. Hurt said that he ex
pected to have the entire list of
teachers ready for publication
within the near future.
He announced that the county
board of education would meet
on Saturday morning to make
additional plans for the opening
of the schools on August 25.
Repair and improvement work
is now underway in some of the
school buildings and more will be
done before the opening of
schools. Some work is now being
done on the agricultural building
at Jefferson and at Lansing an
additional room is being created.
Some painting will be done at
Healing Springs within the next
few days, Mr. Hurt said.
Attention was called to the
fact that as to the property pur-
I cnased last week for a central nigh
scaool be ween me Jefiersons, me
| actual transaction was made by
the county commissioners, rather
than the board of education, aa
announced by those connected
with the sale.
Fishing License
Available Here
Hunting License Can Be Se
cured Through District
Game Protector
Fishing licenses are available
here in West Jefferson as well
as at various stopes in the county,
Roland Koontz, district fish an<
game protector, announced yes
terday.
They may be secured from
Ashe Hardware, J. A. Reeves or
the Western Auto Store here and
in the county at S. G. Graham s
Store, Todd; Segraves Motor Co.,
Warrenville; W. R. Osborne’*
Store, Fig; J. S. Steven’s Store.
French Young’s Store, Lansing
and Worth Miller’s Store, Crump
ler.
Koontz reminded the public
that it is possible to fish in the
county in which one lives and use
live or natural bait without pur
chasing a license. Hunting li
censes are required, however
for any type of hunting, any
where. Resiaence hunting or trap
pers' licenses may be secured
from Roland Koontz at his home
at Jefferson.
i He stated that according to the
ruling by the attorney general
any person convicted of viola
ting the game law will have hia
license revoked. Anyone hunting
without a license will also lose
the right to purchase a license
Ashe MYF Will
Meet Mon. Night
j The Ashe sub-district MYF
meeting will be held at the West
' Jefferson Methodist church Mon
day night at eight o’clock, it was
announced yesterday.
All MYF members and pastors
. are urged to be present.
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Thieves Enter
Ray Drug Store
A thief or thieves entered Ray
: Drug store here last Sunday night
i and robbed the cash drawer of
around $75.00. The entry wai
made through a back window af
ter the glass had been broken by
a rock.
Those investigating the theft
pointed out that it was probably
done by a youth, as the opening
in the window was not large
enough for an average man tQ
get through.
The broken window was dis
covered by officer C. P. Mcmil
lan before ten o’clock Sunday
night, which placed the time of
the robbery between closing time
on Sunday and the time of it?
discovery.
Officers are still working on
the case, but no arrests have been
I made as yet. _