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VOLUME 18, NO. 47
$2.50 a Year in Ashe County
WEST JEFFERSON, N C.
ASHE COUNTY IS ...
Leading Livestock and Dairy
County in North Carolina.
Population; 22,644
THURSDAY, NOV. 20, 1947 $3.00 a Year Out of County
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Thanksgiving I s
Expected To Be
.Quietly Observed
Business Houses Are To Close;
Quail Season
Will Open
Thanksgiving is expected to be
quietly observed in the county
next Thursday, November 27
with plenty of turkey, with early
indications of an unusually good
crop of this prize Thanksgiving
fowl
Stores as well as most all other
business houses are expected to
close but most schools will oper
ate as usual. A. B. Hurt, county
superintendent said vest. rday. He
pointed out that several of the
schools had planned dinners and
other special programs for the
day. however.
A number of church s have al
so planned ^oecial programs.
.r e of which will be held next
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At *’:•>!* I*. >1 . i<> Offer
Vnriod Pint i u
A ’•, of far O’ u-t pi
will in presented Friday aitr
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P Sheaf, Carl Blevins. Ashe
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Lynch Colvavd. SI.00 each.
VI I S MONT Y ( OM I S
iio.mi; in si \ ija(;
Surpri'-iiii' as it may seem,
money belonging to a you tig
Ashe county veteran, travell
ed half around the world in
a sea hag and returned to the
owner, unmolested.
The monev was the property
ol Id ward Kalnh Hard. ot
Idlewild, who served in the
Pacific area and was wound
ed on Okinawa. Yoon.: Hard
returned home from service
two years ago without Ins sea
bag.
I a-t week, that same sea
bag arrived and with it his
billfold that he had comple
tely given no hone of ever
seeing a ;ain. The S f'i he had
left in his billfold was neai'y
tucked inside, although I ather
Time had worked on it con
siderably. He also had a
small amount of Japanese
money which was also un
molested.
Farm Committee
Elections Are
To Start Today
GIVEN AWARD
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If 15 : a Klkloi.d hoys vv ;;
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doulolheader from 1-arsing on
the Fans >.g cmii h the gi: !.- \v:n
nii g 24-6 . id the bin . 26-Ft.
Th< sefn dule for next \v - k :>
as follows:
NO\i:.Mi’»i:rt 23. m:
Lansing .it West Jefferson
Riverview at MeeUvood
Helling spring', at I Iklatul
NOviMr.nt :7. id;;
V. - C. at Nathan's Cirok
Different Dates Chosen For
Election Of Community
Committeemen
The elections of Agricultural
Conservation Community Com
mitteemen and delegates to the
county convention will get un
derway in the county today at
Ashland. Warrensville. Grassy
Cri ek. and Crumpl'T, with oth- I
ers following Saturday and
throng.lout next week.
The elections have been hold
throughout the county on ore]
dev. her -Info!-', hot an hr in" |
held in a - - h- thi ' r r :e the
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t «hm! Suit* v* ill
sir i Sal ini' iv
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M: - John hi » rs. II '111 111 '' ■
t > Ii.iui'lh c; W -t Jr!
iVr.'rn hiyu se.iool, will sim-' i'
a .-.'ili- on Saturday rnun iy
at HI o'clock at K: • . V Store,
it war announctd this week.
Kv i vi .nr u- cordially invit . tl
in attend tins sale.
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fir. tirs.
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North Carolina's youngest candidate for governor in
the Democratic primary. Ft. Mayne Albright and Mrs. Al
bright visited in the county Monday in his trailer field
headquarters. “The Challenger.” While here they talk
ed with a number of Ashe county people. He spoke to the
West Jefferson Woman’s Club, Monday night.
Lively Bidding At Tobacco Auction Market
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Mr, Alb; i■>itt,. together with
Mi .'. All:, u.hi spent t:>e day ir.
t,K Jei’i'ersor.- and other .sections
of the county.
Miss Ruth Tugman va- h-».-t
ss to t. dub at h : hi line he:
and in the absence of tMc prisi
dent, Mrs. J. A. Reeves. Miss
henna Gambill presided. Mrs. h.d
M. Anderson, program chairman,
introduced the speak-ir Special
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hukcy l»ii\inji
Slarls hi \sli(
Turkey buying im tie Thank-'
giving mark'd starts this week
in A.-.he county, w .ten a number
of tlr. s’1 prize lowiaie expected
to be su’d.
W. G. Vannoy, one of the lar
gest buyers in t: 1 ; :
he expected to start today, but
had no advance information as
to what the prices would be.
The turkey crop in the coun
ty is expected to be unusually
good this year and growers are
expecting worthwhile returns.
Last year over. 9,000 turkeys
were sold on the Thanksgiving
market for more taan $50,950.00.
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lirld ”s liis Vy i*rk In CmmU
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TEXT BOOKS ( !!! KFD
B\ \V \I)i: JENKINS
Wa in .T■ !u■;:<i > t!i'- te-xl
book* d> : ■ ; • in of th< St :
Board of Education was in the
county lot# \vw*k making an an
:iua 1 check ■: the t< x■ link
sued through tire county.
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lion no "
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Tugnu :
iYmmm
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Asks I Yirt* i loi;'.. ■! •*
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shinglur. Pv
called on cong
And immediately
h ■ had a battle on
Kev Republicans
j one Democrat. Sc
j 1'liomas of Oklahoma, .-aid Mr
Truman’s 10-point program means
’regimentation."
House Speak, r Martin said the
chief executive evidently wants
■‘a more colossal OPA" and:
"The president, having hud set
vice in the senate, certainly should
know he couldn't get enacted
. in both houses measures of this
1.
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Costs
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Ala.) pi edirted new. i ■ . n. 1;
he shook his head over price,
rationing and wage controls a>
nighly controversial.
But Mr. Truman made t plain
he wants his whole program en
acted. The people, he said, want
protection against inflation, they
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Will Open Xmas
Shopping Season
Here On Nov. 29
Santa Claus Parade To Be
Held; Schools Asked
To Take Part
The public is again reminded
that the Christmas shopping sea
son will be officially opened
here on Saturday. November 29,
when local stores will offer a
wide selection of merchandise to
the buying public
The Christmas parade, to be
led by the West Jefferson Band
will start at 2:00 P. M. Here san
ta Claus will make his official
entry m the parade and a 11
schools are ashed to enter floats
and compete for prizes.
Anyone else desiring to, mav
enter a Christ "i. float. Only
<!)■■ schools will compete for the
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till' .'• ■ , ■ !. V K
ervin:; i i! the ..- i 1 sale
mitte - are Dr. Kobert
r. \\ e Va u o>. A. B.
' M's-. Pulliam, Blanche
\ ’lull. Mrs. Kobert King anti
| Mrs. Leonard Shepherd.
l The quota for the county
has been set at $800.00. More
details regarding the sale will
be announced later.