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ASHE COUNTY IS...
Leading Livestock and l)atf
County in North Carotin.
Population: 22.664
WEST JEFFERSON, N. C. THURSDAY. OCT. 2, 1947
$3.00 a Year Out of County
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSO^
more Funds For
W ar Memorial
Are Needed Now
All Collectors Are Urged To
Make Reports To Treas
urer, L. P. Coivard
Veterans pointed out that more
funds are needed in the war mem
orial drive now underway and
those in charge of the drive sta
ted that all collectors should
turn their funds into the hands
of treasurer, L. P. Colvard.
The memorial is to be two fold,
consisting of an iron lung, that
has already been purchase 1. and j
a monument to be erected on j
the courthouse lawn. The monu
ment. to be built of native stone,
will bear three bronze tablets!
commemorating the county's
dead of World World 1. another
of World War 11 and the third,
for the dead of till other wars.
This proposed monument will be
around four feet square at base
and approximately nine feet high,
it was explained. It was estimated
that the cost of it would be around
$1500.
The iron lung is an Emerson
W d is modern in every n spect.
Tt has many new features in
cluding a head-end plate with
sloping collar allowing the maxi
mum chin room: stand and opi n
ing on head-end plate for extra
venous therapy and special in
side support for paralyzed arms.
The following collections have
not been previously reported:
Todd Gentry. $100.
Mack Edwards, Parker’s Store.
Blackburn’s store. Carl Colvard.
Davidson’s. Colvard Oil Co., C.
& H. Service Station. G. F. P.
Chevrolet, Carl Hardin, $25.00
each.
Wint Edwards. $10 00.
Healing Springs school. $7.65.
Fulton Parsons. Sibyl May. Mrs.
Frank Colvard. Joe Todd Caudill.
Miss Ruth Colvard. Miss Vivian
Parsons. $5.00 each.
Mrs. Walter Colvard. $2.50.
Mrs R T. Crawford. $2.00.
R land B . Mrs. T. J. I
Mrs. R. L. Crawford. Earl Taylor,
Mrs. Earl Taylor. E. B. Hartzog,
$1.00 each.
(Jioato (iols l-‘»
^ ear Sonlcnee
kSparta Doctor C»i\ es Notice Of
Appeal To Supreme Court;
Bond Set At 85.000
Dobson—Dr. B. O. Choate,
prominent Sparta physician, was
sentenced to from one to three
years in State prison last Friday
by Judgi William H. Bobbitt after
a Surry county Superior Court
jury found him guilty of criminal
abortion.
Tiie jury acquitted the Alle
ghany county physician on a
charge nt manslaughter in the
abortion death ol Mrs. Annie Mae
Anderson of Charlotte at an Elkin
hotel in August. 1946.
Dr. Choate gave notice of ap
peal to the State Supreme Court
and Judge Bobbitt set bond at
$5.oOU, which was supplied.
Judge Bobbitt found Clarence
*City guilty of <
and gave hint one to three year
sentence suspended. He was ac
quitted on a charge of manslaugh
ter in connection with the death
of Mrs. Anderson. He had entered
a plea of nolo contcndie when
trial of the case began Monday.
He was placed on probation.
Dr. Choate's counsel, which in
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50 Women Attend
Church Meeting
The North Wilkesboro district
group conference of the Womans
Auxiliary of Winston - Salem
Presbytery was well attended by
more than fifty women repre
senting the six fields, at the West
Jefferson Presbyterian church
last Friday. Miss Frances Hes
ser, missionary to Brazil, was
guest speaker.
Mrs. Harry Elliott, of Winston
Salem, Presbyterial president,
1 was also at the meeting and spoke
* to the group of women on the
women's part in the five year
program of progress. Mrs. C. Don
Coffey, chairman, was also pre
sent. .
Women representing churches
from Ashe, Alleghany and Wilkes
counties were present. Mrs. Ivan
Miller gave the welcome address
and Mrs. Guy Denny was regis
trar.
Animals From Overseas Are Again Arriving In The L. S.
Animals from overseas are emigrating to the United States again, now that shipping
space is available. To protect American li estock against foreign disease they are
held in quarantine at Athenia. N. J. Both domestic animals, imported mainly for
breeding, and wild animals bound for a zoo must pass through Athenia. During the first
six months of 1 f>47, this animal “Ellis Island" received 261 purebred Jersey cattle. 52 an
telopes. 16 giraffes. 10 deer. 6 wild swine, and one red buffalo.
Newspaper Contest For High
School Students Announced;
\ alualdc Prizes Are ()ffered
Event Is Launched In Con
nection With National
Newspaper Week
In connection with the observ
ance of National Newspaper week.
October 1-8 The Sky land Post
is again launching its annual
county-wide essay contest on the
subject, "Your Newspaper Serve
Freedom by Serving You." the
theme for the week.
All high school students are]
eligible to enter the contest.
Prizes will be awarded the coun-1
ty winners, by this paper Prizes
of $10.00. $5.00 and $3.00 will be
awarded to the winners of the
first, second and third places.
The essays should be not over!
1.500 words in length and the
deadline for entering them is De-]
comber 1. All should be type
written if possible and sent to this
paper before that time.
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\Y. J. r.- I .A. To
Med Mon. \iglil
—
The West Jefferson P.- T. A.
will meet at the high school au- j
ditorium. on Monday, October 0
at three o'clock, Mrs. Dean Me-,
Millan, announced this week.
Prior to the meeting the grade
mothers have been ashed to meet i
at 2:15 o’clock. It is hoped that till
mothers and g.a.de mothers can
be present.
Last La in I> I* o o I
()f Seaso n Will
l><“ H(‘ld Satunla\
Farmers Asked To Brins; Ani
mals In Early For Load
ins; Arrangements
Plans are now being completed
for holding the final lamb pool
of the season at the West Jet
ferson stockyard on Saturday.
October 4. H. D. Quessenberry.
county agent said yesterday.
Farmers are asked to bring
their lambs in early for weighing
and making preparations for
loading, it was explained.
This pool is the fourth to be
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I’lBLK ADDRESS
SYSTEMS FORBIDDEN
Members of the town board of
aldermen passed a resolution re
lating to the us of public ad
dress systems within the town of
West Jefferson, at a meeting last
Thursday night. Ralph Campbell,
town clerk, pointed out that only
when auction sales or other
transactions were necessary,
would they be used within the
city limits.
Citizens of West Jefferson are
reminded that B147 town taxes
are payable and a discount al
lowed.
Kay Kvser Offers Salute
To National Newspaper \\ eek
By Kay Kyser
Hey chillun, pay attention!
Class is now in session and this
is your Ol' Professor telling you
it's about time you paid tribute
to one of America’s greatest in
stitutions — your hometown
newspaper!
This is National Newspaper
Week and that’s no "Comedy of
Errors.” In fact, it’s time we all
agreed nothing’s more fun than a
newspaper. Feeling very scholarly
at the moment, I’d say that as the
immediate reflection of a com
munity’s taste and opinion, your
local newspaper is the crystalliza
tion of public thought and feel
ing. Not only that, but you can
swat flies with a newspaper and
what’s better for lining bureau
drawers?
Being a high class student my
self, ever since I rocked Rocky
Mount by winning the zinc-plat
ed yo-yo for being best orator
in the drum and bugle, chowder
and peanut racing corps, I re
member when Shakespeare re
ferred to the seven ages of man.
Now we can do that through
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PROFESSOR PRINTER
Former newsboy Kay Ky
ser, now famed as the O!’ Pro
fessor, helps pressmen check
an edition of the New York
Herald Tribune during a visit
in honor of National News
paper Week, October 1 to 8.
50th. Vnnivrrsary
To He Held At
Ebenezer Oet. 12
To Hold Special Service At
First Presbyterian Church
IS n i 1 t In C o u n t y
The fiftieth anniversary of the
establishment of Ebenezer church,
tlie first of the Presbyterian
group to be built in this county
will be observed at a special ser
vice on October 12, the pastor,
John W. Luke, has announced.
The church was organized and
built by Dr. E. E. Gillespie, who
is expected to be here for the an
niversary celebration. Rev. R. II.
Stone, who served as pastor of the
church for many years, is also
expected to take part on the an
niversary program.
It was announced that there
would be a service in the morn
ing and the afternoon and that
dinner would be served on the
ground.
Plans for re-building this
church are being considered.
Gifts are being received for this.
I\. I». Ta\ lor S o
Be* Hurird FYi.
Funeral .service for Robert
Bartlet Taylor, 53. of Jefferson,
will be held on Friday morning
at 10:30 at the Shelton Baptist
church. Burial will follow in the
Scott cemetery with Revs. W. E.
Denny and Keen Roark officiat
ing.
Mr. Taylor, who died at his
home yesterday morning at 8:30,
had been in ill health for some
Survivors. in addition to his
wife, include the following chil
dren. Mrs. Ruth Weave!', Smeth
port: Giace, Worth. Leonard,
Gwyn. Fred. Ed. Jack and Doug
las, all of Jefferson: one brother
and one sister. Will Taylor and
Mrs. Baxter Neaves. both of Jef
ferson. two half brothers and one
half sister, Arthur and Cled
Blackburn and Mrs, Nancy Gil
liam. all of Mt. Hope, W. Va., and
three grandchildren.
Cold Weather
Is Felt Here
Jack Frost made his pre
sence really felt here on Sat
urday night and again Tues
day night. The frost was so
heavy many declared it re-'
sembled snow.
The temperature dropped as
low as 24 in West Jefferson
and some other sections of the
county.
Winter coats were put into
use and citizens resorted to
firesides for keeping warm.
The temperature was con
sidered unusually low for this
time of year, considering the
warm weather felt here earlier
this month.
Local People Will
Attend Telephone
Hearing In Raleigh
Scheduled This Afternoon:
Will Be Joined By
Other Groups
A number of West Jefferson
people as well as others in this
county and Alleghany will at
tend the telephone hearing to be
held in Raleigh this afternoon,
relative to telephone service and
rates.
The hearing before the utilities
commission was called since the
Central Telephone company serv
ing this area has asked for an
increase in rates. The West Jef
ferson Merchants association had
previously asked for a hearing
n connection with the service,
however.
County and town officials from,
here w ill be joined by the group1
from Sparta, which will include
Congressman R- L. Doughton.
Among the delegation from ^
here are expected to be A. B. {
Hurt, county superintendent of;
schools; H. D. Quessenberry, |
county agent. Dean McMillan,
Jack Rhodes, W. G. Vannoy, Jake
Caudill, L. P. Colvard. T. E. Par
ker, Wade E, Eller, Austin
Jones, B. B. Graybeal and others, i
The Central Telephone Com
pany is asking in the petition for!
the authority to establish the fol
lowing rates for business service i
in West Jefferson, individual line,
S3.00: four-party line. $2 25: busi
ness extension, SO.75. rural multi
party line. $2.50. For residence
service, individual line, $2.25; |
four-party line. $1.50: residence |
extension, $0.05; rural multi-;
party line, $1.75.
Teams To IK-eide
Date Of Series
____ i
Still undeeid d is the date
the series of the Mountain Base-,
ball League. W. L. Hitches, presi
dent, stated this week. Sunday.
Helton won a 9-8 victory over
Last Jefft rsnn. leaving them tied
for first place in the second half
of the league’s season with thej
West Jefferson team.
Managers of the Helton and [
West Jeffei met last
night to decide the date for the
play-off. however, the results ot
the meeting were no't available in'
time for publication.
Winners of the plav-oH will
play Lansing, the champions of
the first half of the season
MISS AUSTIN IS
STUDI NT BODY HI AD
Miss Polly Austin, was recently
i named head of the student body
of the school of nursing at the
! Bowman Gray School of Medi
cine at Winston-Salem, it was
learned here.
Miss Austin is the Gaugnter of
j Mr. and Mrs. W B. Austin, of
■ Jefferson
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PRAISES NEWSPAPERS
President Harry Truman,
who points out that news
papers have played a splen
did part in freedom’s cause
Paul Weston is
I o (#ive Concert
Here On Friday
Will Be Sponsored By West
Jefferson P.-T. A.; Public
fs Cordially Invited
Paul Weston, of New Yi k City
and Todd, wifi give an organ con
cert at the West Jefferson high
hooi Fr d evening at H:0U P.
,M., undei tne sponsorship of tne
Parent-Teachers Associati .. The
proceeds are to l>e used for im
provement of the school building
and the public is cordially in
vited to attend.
Mrs. John Hardin, in charge
of arrangements pointed out that
Mr. Weston's program on Friday
evening would include classical,
concert, populai ala! . cue hill
billy numbers.
"We feel fortunate in securing
Mr. Weston, who is well known,
and we hope ovi ryune will avail
themselves of the opportunity of
\siic I i-h. (,amo
Cinh Will Meet
will sponsor fish fry at The City
Cafe on Tuesday, October 7. at
seven o'clock. Harvey Payne,
president, anr.os ne d this week.
Ross Stevens, executive se ri tary
of the N. C. Feu ration of Wild
■ Ine.
are cordially inviied to atend.
Plans For Inspection " i
Motor \ chicles Announced
Raleigh — Plan.-; for North
Carolina’s motor vehicle mech
anical inspection program which
1 will go into effect next January
1 are well underway. Arthur T.
Moore, chief of the mechanical
inspection division of the Depart
ment of Motor Vehicles, an
nounced.
Moore said that in addition to
placing an order for the $80,995
worth of testing equipment, the
department was in the process
of hiring competent personnel
for the job.
Under the program, 40 in
spection stations will be estab
lished throughout the state
Thirty-six of these units will be
permanent, and the other four
will serve as replacements and
supplementary units. Each sta
tion will be equipped with a
trailer which will serve as an of
fice. The exact location for all
the stations has not yet been
worked out, Moore said, adding
that they would be determined on
the basis of motor vehicle pop
ulation in specific areas.
Under a law passed by the 1947
! general assembly, every motor ve
hicle registered in North Carolina
I must be inspected once during
j 1*148 and twice a year thereafter.
An inspection fee of $1.00 will be
charged during 1948 and 194!' and
l thereafter 75 cents will be collect
ed.
Moore said each of the stations
would have one supervisor and at
least four inspectors. Explaining
. how the inspection will operate,
he said as vehicles enter the in
j spection lanes, which are 160 feet
j long, each driver will be checked
at the entrance for his driver's
license and registration certif
icates. There the driver will pay
his inspection fee and the in
spector will fill out an inspection
card, which will be checked for
, all types of mechanical defects,
such as horn, mirror windshield
I wiper, steering alignment, steer
ing assembly, exhaust system,
j tires, tail lights, headlights and
! brakes. This inspection card be
comes the personal property of the
I vehicle owner, and will be used
j later to aid garages and repair
shops in correcting defects on the
car.
After this preliminary check-up,
! the driver will drive about 36 feet
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Newspapers Are
Lauded By Pres.
Of United States
Cites Need Of Defending Free
dom At All Times And
To Extend It
In connection with the obser
vance of National Newspaper
Week, President Harry Truman,
nas issued the following state
ment:
"We have the best and freest
press in the world, but, as in all
other fields of human endeavor,
there is always room for improve
ment. Consequently, it is fitting
that there should be a National
Newspaper Week when the news
papers of the United States may
,;‘ke stock of their services to
their readers.
"I like the slogan you have
chosen this year—“Your News
paper Serves Freedom by Ser
ving You. There can be m
M < ater contribution to the wel
are of our nation and the world
loan service in the cause of f,-ee
f f'm. Wc ale too much inclined to
'ko qur own freedom as a mat
er of course. We need to defend
i always, and we need now to
fr . that we can to extend the
theSwnorSld°f freC'd°m thl'0Ugh0Ut
The newspapers have played a
splendid part in this great cause
and I know that they can be
counted upon in the future ”
>irs. Duncan W as
Buried Friday
Died Suddenly On Tliursdav
As A Result Of A
Heart Attack
Funeral service was held at
es idence in Jefferson Friday
afternoon at three o’clock t r
Mrs. Thomas G. Duncan, 43, well
known local woman who died
suddenly at her home Thursday
nv-rning -es -U of a 1 art
attack. Burial lonowed in the
Beaver Creek cemetery.
Rev. Hoyt Wood, pastor of thy
We.-t Jefferson Methodist church
was in charge of the service. He
was assisted by Rev. W. T.
Whittmeton. of Damascus. Va.. a
former pastor of the deceased and
Rev lc. W. Powers, pastor of the
West Jefferson Baptist church.
The deceased, who nad been in
declining Inalth remained active
until he. sudden death, which
came as a shock * , her many
friends.
She was before her marriage
Miss Beulah K. Thomas of Zion
ville. In addition to her husband,
she is survived by Iter mother,
M s. Lilli. Thomas, three sisters.
A1 .-' .s Edna and Mildred Thomas,
all of Zionville and Mrs. Don
Bingham, of Sugat Grove, Wa
tauga county. Mr. and Mrs Dun
am van'.'- t" Ashe ••• untv front
Mountain C ty. Tenn.. in 1935
and have made the i home here
since that tin a For many years.
Mrs. Duncan was actively as
sociated with her husband in the
um.il he -came ill.
,)i ixii ri ( ki:k at ho.mk
Ju.lye H C. Tucker, who has
Invn undergoing treatment in the
Davis hospital in Statesville re
Among those who have been
visiting him in Statesville and
here are Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Tucker, of Winston Salem: Ed.
ward Tucker, of Berkley, West
Virginia: Mrs. Edward Hall, of
Boville, Idaho,
Amateur Hour To
He Held l )ct. 24
The amateur hour, to be spon
sored by the West Jefferson Par
ent-Teacher's Association, will
be held at the West Jefferson
high school on Friday night, OCr
tober 24. at 7:30, it was an
nounced this week by Mrs. Har
vey Payne.
The purpose of this program is,
to raise money to be used for the
first grade room at West Jeffer
son, it was stated.
Plans are now to have Ivan
Miller as master of ceremonies.
There will be first, second and
third prizes given to the best
I contestants. Mrs. Millard Gray
' beal will accompany those who
j need accompaniment. A. B. Hurt
| and Ira T. Johnston will be judges
for the program.
Mrs. Payne urged all schools
that have entries to send them iu
not later than October