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VOLUME 18, NO. 41
$2.50 a Year in Ashe County
WEST JEFFERSON. N. C.
ASHE COUNTY IS...
Leading Livestock and liiir'
County in North Carolina
Population: 22,664
THURSDAY, OCT. 9. 1947
$3.00 a Year Out of County
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
^Announce Chest
X-ray Clinic To
Be Held Oct. 15
Will B* Conducted At Office
Of Health Department In
Ashe County Hospital
Tt' w«f Enounced this week by
L)--. Robert King, of the District
H. f 1th Department, that a chest
>' ray cimij would bo Held at the
if.ice of the ccur.lv health de
triment in the Amv hc-oital,
next Wednesday. October 15. At
this time Harold Satterwhite, X
rav technician for the N. C. Sani
torium. will bring a portable X
ray machine to be used.
It was pointed out by Di King
that this clinic would be available
to the public at a cost of one dol
law per person. An effort is be
ing made to contact persons, who
have a positive skin tesi for tu
berculosis. who had had tuber
culosis in the past or have been
associated with it. It is nopod that
they will avail themselves of the
benefit of the clinic.
ii was further explained that
a skin test is used to eliminate
people who have news oeen ex
t posed to tuberculosis so that
thty need not go to the expense
of a chest X-rav. Dr. King also
po j *ed out tin \ no- n-ray is
e.. ntiai to gi defir. u- as.-ur-j
en.^ of how a positive skin test j
should be in! riot eh
Funeral Home Is
Being Remodeled
Badgers Add Columns To
Building Making It
A Colonial Type
A remodeling program for
Badger's funeral home is under
way and tin' brick building now
has at its entrance, large white
column- of a colonial type.
Tin entire front of the build
inc, including the columns, has
been eavc’.od with white stucco
. of the build
ng is to painter, white alse
R. R Badger stated.
The tune Horne is also being1
nlarged. A 56 x t'O f t > >
ti
Bill B:
bulance I rip beer, r
now a.. hoy R. Badly T, Guy
B. . ’ Guv l.. J : ivl
James Badg.. r.
1 »iij>lif*!* 8 <> led
Al i’lsslon Fomc
Bia Fl-itts, B: Ridgy. I
Mi,unt O! • - Old F
Rev. J. I
d leg
Krecling iowc r
On Negro Ml.
Work is now going forward
on the foundation for an ob
servation tower to be built on
the top of Negro Mountain, by
the 1'. S. Forestry Service.
A road is also being built
from the roek on up to the
top of the mountain to the
tower base, where a bulldozer
has been in operation for the
past few days.
A number of local people
made the trip to the top, last
Sunday, to view the new road
and the excavation work be
ing done for the tower.
Negro Mountain, which is
around 4,728 feet high, af
fords a view of mountain
ranges for many miles in this
vicinity.
Air Force Shows How Soldiers Use Troop Carriers
In N. C.
At Fort Bragg. N. C.. the army air force shows how the army ground forces are us
ing the troop-carrier C-82 packet in conducting howitzer and jeep drop tests. Top left:
shows the C-82 with rear cargo doors removed. Top right: the 105 howitzer, all bund
led up for its parachute journey. Bottom: this split-second shot caught the howitzer
just after it left the plane and before the canopy ’chutes opened to slow the descent.
Ashe County Unit OfNCEA
Makes Plans For Year; W ill
Hold Annual Banquet Soon
Mrs. Gertrude Vaught Is
President: Committees
A r e X a m e d
The advisory council of the
Ashe county unit of the NCEA
met last week l > make plans I.li
the ye.
•vossed •
a. ..QU -t
:te V
Mrs, (. X.uni. ]
Public t. ati .is. Mis. J. sc; aim
Smith L asm. sea >oi 1\ 1
el ■' ai... V . ; Ji : ■. a-,m Miss
R Kik ; nd k
y haling Sprug.-t
.A _ Vaught, JefF-rson:
Mrs. R. C. Latham. l!i' cnv:..-v. :
James Church, Nathrr . C a la
Hayden Gt > Mauui. FI ' vra - i:
Mrs. Julia Hr . V:rg::::a C; a -
lina.
Membership: Hi- beat C.-ajbc. ’.
Rivi ‘View; Miss (... .a Pi;.. . .
Lansing: A. D. Geoumnn, Wist
jale.s-.it: Ai ;>> An., Ca r IA . i
ll.g Sp. a. - . 1. ■
J -Rets -it; M . ch.-rie M her, Flk
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: >m - > hi hi id on H Any nijJ'it
i icti iii- , 2-1. at 7 hi.
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']’• ichii'- Associuti.jp and will hr
j.I'lcr at tin hit sM'OQ't la e.
Furth- v dota1 is will ho an
nouncer! later, it was explainer!.
Schools [ m ilcd
i n See Iron Lung
Want Contributions Turned
In To Treasurer.
L. I*. Colvard
Group.- of - iiool c: ildren I
tc 'Chej are nviled to view d ■ •
: i • • 'ill;, p1 rcln.-ed iron are
.• jtai 1 i'i ‘be wav nv nnirinl. TiY:
v. sbing to see it and have :t ex
!• 1.;;1. are asked to contact J" •
(.;■ •. n at V. J. I\ ■ I. oi, pa;:', .
(A Uc'Ctlpps v. o ' h . t a! i
;! \V. i - ai ]'oi
■ !■- d t ■ ' t . tl '; ■ :n it' ttj. tie
: . ■ i • : til' t : i''it; - I. L. P. Col
vai 1. ;i| once.
The pillowing entri! ati
h; recently In. a : t . fi \; o i;
Prod Colvard. W. G. V;>r
SSiUlO e; ch.
Mr.- . K on ice Dix m. «20.00.
V cyan Guild of i W
.liffet on Method, t cluir.-ii, 1
fi ■ m: -on, D iricr to I
ir ... -10.00 each.
I Cantfe;.: d on P.. . 5)
si!. If. Brown. 7C>.
Succumb- \l l
L ‘ 1 Pa'S ). Willi ii. lit.
Pi ■ i i . 0, .of i
ridao Jiteniog at eii-vepAcillk
at iIk i - nuance. ( >i: icial iuc. v. - o
lievs. 'i om F. rnii J. IP fell '.'t
and Arthui A-diloy ; ivi inti t;-1- id
was in til'1 Rich Hill cemetery.
Tt ■'i.-Cease 1 oo. i .nr *e 1 at P
h> the. . i Fi& Suixii-... i II -:ur
vi w'd1 In. hi v. ili ''! V i
Brow and .four sops. An..': >
W [--own, Of | a. an Jatne
nd ill;:cel Brown. . ’ Sr ’ ai
jspl't.
\\ ill Speak At illu sH'/er Sunday
Dr. E. E. Gillespie, founder and former pastor, left, and
Rev. R. H. Stone, right, another former pastor, who will
take part in the fiftieth anniversary service to be held
at Ebenezer, Sunday.
31 a ii \ Expected
For Anniversary
At Elienezer Sun
50th Anniversary Of First
Presbyterian (.'burch In
Ashe To Be Observed
Friends 1mm neui and far1
'-■re expected to atund tile all- |
day service at EIhnezei Pre.-by- i
I'-SMtiit church on Sunday, when
1 ct; eg ,1 tins c:.' ivn will 1 :
L,!
IliSiOil Vr l II
Speak At Uoiarv
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Mar
Hill
Wars Hil.1.Special—Four stu
enls from Ashe county are en- j
illod at Mars Hill college this
til. These are: Roy O. Freeman
f Jefferson: Royce Gene Miller
f Toliver: and George Truett
Eller and Jarties Walter King of
Hina.
The total enrollment at the col
lege is 981, exclusive of special
students in the departments of j
speech. art, and music. These |
come from 18 stales. District of
Columbia and two foreign coun
tries. North Carolina, 717: South!
Carolina, 80: Virginia, 58; Florida.
37; Georgia, 35; Tennessee, 21:
Alabama and Kentucky, five each:
Maryland, four: Indiana, three;
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio
and New York, two each: Texas,
Rhode Island, Missouri, New
Hampshire, and District of Co
| lumbia, one each: Cuba, two;
i Brazil, one.
The North Carolina students
I come from 88 counties.
Ashe Man Held In
Connection With
Shooting Of Wife
Hearing Of A. F. Brown Of
Laurel Springs Is Set
For Next Wednesday
Alex F. Brown, Laurel Springs
man is being held in the Ashe
county jail, pending a hearing
scheduled for next Wednesday,
in connection with the fatal
shooting of his wife, Judy Reeves
Brown, which is believed to have
taken place last Friday, at their
home between Nathan’s Creek
and Laurel Springs.
Mrs. Brown was found dead in
the kitchen of their farm home
by the officers and coroner R.
R. Badger, called to investigate
on Saturday morning, at the re
quest of Lon Reeves, a brother
of the deceased.
She had been dead for some
time officers reported, and in
vestigation proved that she had
been shot in the head as well as
the chest.
According to reports, the young
son of the deceased, Charles
Brown, 8, returned home late
Friday and found his mother dead
and upon questioning his father
about it, he was immediately or
dered to bed. He arose early the
next morning, however, and went
to the home of relatives telling
what had happened. Officers and
the cornorer were sent for and
found her dead on the floor of
the kitchen. Brown was in bed
at the time and denied knowledge
of the shooting, Coron< r Badger
ft ported.
Office!s investigating, s. id Mrs.
Brown had evidently been sitting
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HEADS ATHLETIC ASS N
James J. Miller, newly el
ected president of the Ashe
County High School Athletic
Association.
Mclliotlisls \<>M
Hold ( onfrrcncc
Ashe County Ministers Now
Attending Conference
In Charlotte
Ashe county Methodist minis
ter- along with others in West.- rn
No't; lim; art ; ttet dint the
annual mnierence new in >e ion
ir, Charlotte.
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Ashe county ba i ball fans v .11
have an opportunity to witness
their own series here at at Lan
sing, beginning Saturday, \V. L
Hughes, president ot the Moun
tain Baseball 1. ague, stated yes
terday. The decsiun of the date
for the league series came after
a meeting of the managers of the
Lansing and West Jefferson ball
clubs here. Tuesday night,
Helton was runner-up for first
place in the second half of the
playing season, being eliminated
by the West Jefferson team last
week end. The West Jefferson
team defeated Helton 7-2 here hist
Friday and Journeyed to Helton
on Saturday for another victory,
12-8.
The opening game of the series
will be played Saturday at two
o’clock at Lansing and Sunday,
Lansing will play West Jefferson
here on the local dian hk A
three cut ot five game division
was voted on and the nest two
games aiv scheduled for October
17 and lh. at Lansing and West
Jefferson. In the event that a
fifth game is necessary, it will be
pla\ ed in Wi . t Jefferson tile tal
lowing week, if any one of the
games of the series is rained out,
it will be scheduled for the fol
lowing Saturday. President
Hughes pointed out.
Gilt)I P TO WOKK
ON C 111 K( II. WEI).
There will be a public working
on Wednesday, October 15, at the
South Fork Primitive Baptist
church for the purpose of repair
ing the church, it was anouncec
. this week.
Miller To Head
Athletie Ass’u
For High Sehools
Opening Basketball Games
Are To Be Flayed First
Week Of November
At the organization meeting of
the Ashe County High School
Athletic association, held at the
West Jefferson high school on
Thursday night, James Miller,
principal of Elkland high school,
was named as president of the
group. Others chosen to serve
with him were Colonel Francis,
vice-president; Glenn McGuire,
secretary and treasurer.
The group adopted rules gov
erning the coming basketball sea
son and decided that the open
ing games would be played the
first week of next month. It was
else decided that officials would
again be used from Appalachian
State Teachei . < lolli g< 5 h >
| are to play one game eacn week
! on nights o', tor than Friday and
uniform admission is to be charg
ed.
The < vccut vo committee / '.he
A.-he County Athletic Assocn.ti m
is composed of one member front
each school, it was pointed out.
(e e r t i f i <• a I <“ s
Midwives
Mrs. Elsie 1‘. Guffey Gives In
structions And inspects
E q u i p m c it t
Mrs Elsi l ’ Guffey pu
health nut- with the State board
of health, has just completed a
course of instruction for mid
wives of Ashe county and inspec
tion of tin ir equipment and rec
ords, The ii ■ I wive.- met .,t. the
health department in Jeffeison
A number «.i • hi* county
ou.'t'iis. ,ii m il w ith those from
.sp.u! i a.lit Roaring i ij> at
Uic telephone healing hold in
Kali- gli last Tlmrsdai tn pro
test tlir service In ini; remit reil
lit tiie Central Telephone Com
pany. now asking for an in
crease in rates.
The local group commended
Mrs. Wyrick in charge of the
local office, but asked for im
provement of equipment, ex
tension of lines, more prompt
long distance service and other
improvements. Those attend
ing included <1, It. Graybeal,
1*. It. Graibeal, II. 1). tjuesseli
berry, A. B. Hurt. Austin
Jones, Harvey Payne, Dean
McMillan, Glenn Little and
.Mrs. Ini Al. Anderson.
Official decisions regarding
the hearing have not been re
ceived here, but it was learn
ed from authoritative sources
in Raleigh today that better
service can be expected.
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