THURSDAY, DEC. 4, 1947 $3.00 a Year Out of County
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
1 OPEN WEST JEFFERSON TOBACCO MARKET
Ashe Schools Are
To Attend Child
Education Meet
Special Program Is Planned
For Saturday: Will Have
Special Exhibits
Members of the Association for
Childhood Education will meet
at the Boone Demonstration
School Saturday. December fi at
11:00 o'clock for their annual re
gional meeting. Each high school
in Alexander, Alleghany. Ashe.
Mitchell. Surry. Yadkin, Yancy.
Watauga and Wilkes counties is
requested to send a representa
tive from the elementary depart
ment.
Dr. W. Theo Dalton, Principal
Curry Training School, the Wo
man's College and A. C. E. State
Advisor, will be the speaker for
this occasion. Other outstanding
leaders in the field of elemen
tary education, who will be on
| the program, are Miss Hattie S.
Parrott, former national chair
man of this organization, and
Miss Eloise Camp. State Library
Advisor.
Assisting these leaders in the
meeting are John T. Howell
and the Boone Demonstration
School faculty: Mrs. Chapel Wil
son: the A. C. E. branches of Ap
palachian State Teachers College
and Watauga county; Leonard
Eu:y and Miss Eunice Query of
the college library department.
There will bi exhibits of chil
dren's work. A. C. E. publica
tions. and the new books for
Christmas.
Ti e meeting will close with a
"Dutch" luncheon in the college
cafeteria.
IV r. A. Bazaar
To Be Held Sal.
Public Cordis Ti InvfL-u To
Attend: Mrs. Sells
Is Chairman
Final plans i the bazaar,
sponsored by the Pa: mt-Teachers
Association of W >t Jeffers m
high school, have been made,
Mrs. Dewey S-Us. chairman of
the bazaar, nnr.oti•■■■ d yester
day.
Articles will be >n display at
the community building Satur
day. between du hours of two
and i. .t. o'clock. The public is
invited to attend and purchase
any oi the gilt suggestions on dis
play.
Bocco Eulri l>
Now In New ^ ork
Rocco Cutri. who operated the
Carolina Briar corporation here
for several years left last week
with his family f.n New York.
Mr. Cutri pointed out that he
regretted not being able to see
all of has friends here and tell
them goodbye before ue left and
that he wanted to do so through
tins paper. ‘‘Again I want to say
how much I regret to leave West
Jefferson, but for business rea
sons. I must." he said.
"Again I also want to tnank
everyone for their kindness and
cooperation during my stay here,’
he concluded.
Play To Be (men
At Healing Spgs.
The Negro play, “Oh Doctor'
v/Il be presented at Healing
Springs high school, Thursday
Night, December 11, at 7 o'clock,
it was announced here.
The characters in this play
were chosen from local talent
outside of the school. There
will also be other entertainment.
A small admission will be
charged, the proceeds of which
will go to the Boy Scouts.
The public is cordially invite'’
for an evening of entertainment
S E R V I C E HELD AT
JEFFERSON WED.
The Jefferson Methodists and
Presbyterians held a Union
Thanksgiving service at the Jef
ferson Methodist church last
Wednesday night, it was an
nounced here.
Ashe Woman Held
In Fatal Shooting
Of Tam C. Miller
BURIED YESTERDAY
Thomas Wyatt, whose last
rites were held at the West
Jefferson Baptist church, yes
terday.
Final Tribute
Pa it1 l \\ vail
Here ^ olenlav
Services Held At W. J. Bap
tist ( hurch; Interment
fn Hardin Cemetery
I A , „ , , . .
A la, ge crown assembled 1 1
pay final tribute to Thomas Noah
Wyatt, tlje first of West .Teffer
son s sons whor>aid the supreme
sacrifice to be t ought home for
final int meet. ’ the West Jcf
ferson Baptist c-i'urch \ sterday
afternoon at tw- o’clock. Ints r
m-.-nt was in the Hardin ceme
tery.
Busine.-s houses of We.-t .T< f
f- rson were closed during t.ve
service in tribute to West J. t
fi . son's war dead.
Officiating were Rev. W. T.
Whittington, former West Jef
' fees’ on Baptist pastor and assist
ing wire Revs. M. D. Hart and
Gr dy Hamby. Also taking part
were Rev Hoyt Wood, chaplain
I of the American Legion, Ashe
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MB., M R s. PORTER
VISIT IN COUNTY
Mr. and Mrs. B. O. Porter,
originally from Helton, row of
Waitsburg. Wash., have been
[visiting Mr. John Sturgill and
i other relatives in the county. Mr.
'and Mrs. Porter left here in 1898
and this is their first trip back
to tne county.
They expressed amazement
over the many changes that have
taken place and of the progress
made in the county.
Died After Being Shot By
Sister-In-Law On Mon
day Evening
Miss Myrtle Woodir, 42. of the
Laurel Springs section of the
county. is being held in the
Wilkes county jail, charged with
fatally shooting her brother-in
law. Tam Calvin Miller, 42, i
shortly after six o’clock on Mon
day.
Sheriff C. G. Poindexter of
Wilkes county and Coront r I M.
Myers said that date for a pre
liminary hearing had not been
set. pending further investiga
tion. The coroner added that Miss
Woodie h;<d indicated she might
waive the preliminary hearing.
The slaying took place on the
road between their homes, which
are near each other on the Blue
Ridge Parkway in Wilkes county
near the Wilkes-Ashe line.
The sheriff said that Miller was
shot in the head, the .22 calibre
rifle bullet entering just back
of his left ear.
Miss Woodie. dressed in blue
jeans, said that Miller had been j
abusing hfc wife and children !■>:•
some time, and that she had told
Miller if lie didn’t stop she's stop
him." Sheriff Poindexter sairl.
The shi riff added that M -
Woodie also s. . i that Mi lei
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Vslu* T <* a <• h v r *
To V.vvl Dev. 10
\ I J <* f f ISO II
Work Shops To 15c Discussed:
ASTC Faculty Mem
bers To Assist
A county-w de t":|eh'-rs
ing will be held at th> Jet’! -
son school on Wednesday. D< -
comber 10. at 1:30 o’clock, it was
announced here this week.
The discussion will be "Work
Shops" and Dr. John Bardin. Dr. j
Workman, Dr. Lee Reynolds.
Julian Voder and Miss Burch, all
of Appalachian, will be at the.
meeting to help with the dis
cussion.
MISS SARAH M AI
<<\ DEBATING TEAM
Miss Sarah Gordon Neal -n nt
Thanksgiving with her parents in,
Jefferson. She has been elected.;
by process of elimination, from a
large number of students it V:r
giuia-Intermont college. n in
the debating team which wdl de
flate with Emory and Hot y. Dec
ember 3.
S,te has also been selected to 1
sing in the Vested choir at And
e: son Street Methodist church
each Sunday.
Junior Rod Cross Drive !s
Now l n(leeway In Schools
Mrs. W. G. Vannoy, chairman
of tiic Ashe county chapter of the
American Red Cross announced
this week that the annual drive
>f the Junior Red Cross, of which
Miss Virginia Dare Teague is
chairman is now underway in all
of the schools of the county.
The cooperation of every teach
er is asked in securing one hun
dred per cent for each school
room. “We would like for each
child in the grades to contribute
a dime and each high school stu
denft, twenjty-five iVnts,” Mrs.
Vannoy said.
She pointed out that the Ashe
unit of the Junior Red Cross had
been active in sending gifts, and
cards to veterans in hospitals at
Christmas and on other occasions.
Some of the funds collected are
kept in the local treasury and
can be used for emergency re
lief when homes are burned on
some occasions. Mis. Vannoy ex-j
plained.
Mrs. Vannoy said that she felt
that the chapter was very for
tunate in again having Miss Tea
gue, who is associational worker
for the Ashe Missionary Baptist
Association. as the chairman.
"Miss Teague is very much in
terested in the work and with
the cooperation of the teachers
we feel sure that she will make ,
a big success of this year,” Mrs. j
Vannoy said.
Miss Teague has made an out-1
standing record with the work of
the youth in connection with her
work with the Baptist churches,
since coming to the county.
S E R VICES TO BE
HELD SAT. AM) SUN.
Services will be held at the |
South Fork Primitive Baptist
church on Saturday and Sunday.
December 6 and 7, it was an
nounced this week bv Leo V.
Bagiev. Th service will be held '
at eleven o’clock.
Services will also be held at
the Beaver Creek church on Sat
urday and Sunday night at 7:30
o'clock. Elder Mayford Cook is
expected to preach.
Russia Reported To Have Set Off Atom Bomb In Test
i ^ r
Report from Prague that Russia is makii\g .sample atom bombs and lias alrcads set
off one in a test in Siberia, is being questioned in some quarters. The map above, indi
cates by a cross, where the baby "a" bomb is supposed to have been exploded. June
15th. which was beard for 20 miles around the proving ground. A large gathering of
Russian academy of science men and high officials were present, according to the re
port.
Election Of Soil
(lommittco Ends
In Couiilv. Sal.
Ashe Farmcis ITged To Vote
To Naim- Soil Conserva
tion Committeemen
Ashe coir My farmers will con
tinue t.: v ' for candidates of
th Ashe County Soil Conserva
• •' through Sr :
tirman of the el<
r' m-nded *he p
lie this week.
C u.o i ■■, re fou" local ho
rn- i s. Wade E. Eller. J. W. Gam
lull. W. Raymond Francis and
Ralph Tomlinson.
As was pointed out. the three
men receiving the highest num
ber of votes will be chosen. The
Roil Conservation C ommittee will
have the responsibility of rep
resenting the people of this coun
ty and developing and directing.
The chairman of the committee
will represent the county on the
New River Soil Conservation
Board of Supervisors.
Candidates are nominated by
submitting a petition to the State
Soil Conservation Committee in
Raleigh. The signatures of 2d
qualified voter. a. ..ting within
the county are necessary to place
a name in nomination,
Eller I n Speak
To Kolarv Club
Dr. J Bruce Porter will be in
charge of the program at the
meeting uf th*- Jeffersons Rotary
club tonight at 6:30 o'clock. Plans
are now to have Wade E. Eller,
district sanitarian, as speaker.
Rotarians n’ose: ved th. ■ Thanks
giving holidays and m- meeting
was held last Tuursdav.
Windows Will
Be Judged Fri.
Merchants are again re
minded that the Christmas
windows are to be judged
early Friday night, in the an
nual contest being conducted
by this paper.
Judges will be a group of
local professional men and
women not connected with the
business firms and the prize
winners wiM he announced
through this paper.
Many of the stores now have
in attractive Christmas win
dow displays and the attention
of the public is called to them.
Due to the fact that there
are many new gift items this
year as well as a greater
abundance of others and more
decorating material, many of
the stores are planning to
feature unusual windows to
display holiday gifts.
Santa (Ians is \\ eleometl
15 v Thousands; To dome
Here Aj^ain On Saturday
Onoin Is Sliorl
i )f (/oai Set I*or
War .Memorial
Solicitors Arc li-ged To Turn
In Contributions
At Once
The county is still short of th■ |
goal set for the War Memorial;
fund, it was announced this week.
Contributions are still coming in
but there are a large number
who have made no contrihut: m
to cither the iron lung or t.io!
monument to be erected on the
courthouse square, it was pointed'
out. Some solicitors have turned
in no contributions and are urged |
to do so at once.
Published here is a list of con
tributions not previously report
ed:
Carolina Briar. First National;
Bank. Oolvard Oil Co.. C. & H.
Service Station. Rhodes Furni
ture Co.. Bulk's Dept. Store.
$25.00 each.
W. J. Food Center. $15.00.
Ashe Hardware. Inc.. Barc
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Huge Crowds Throng Stores
„\s Christmas Shopping
Season is Opened
San' C! 'is. w: . p • • h I the
f-tia ‘ts if Wt si Jefferson, last
.S.;t11. ■: tv ah- ■ ird me f:: a t: uck
was i. i'i ted be tholts nds who
rr •••.>. (t t th sfrt i ; s ;.nd stores
!'. the tin oil opening of the
aoliday shopping season here.
Led b\ th< West Jeff rson it inn
scliei ,1 I .a i. the p i: eii got un
derway et 2:l)i) o'clock when San
ta was given a warm welcome.
Due to the fact that the crowd
was so In: go. :, large number of
children did not havt an oppor
tunity to talk to him about their
wants: but Santa a. ill be in West
Jefferson ;h: ougkoiit t.iv day this
Saturday and will welcome
everyone, lie will visit the var
ious stores and can also !:n seen
on the streets.
A numb'1, of stores reported
unusually r "'.1 bast ness from the
crowds lore on Saturday and
people who were not ready to
make tin s purchases were im
pressed by th.ia unusually large
number of gift.- now on display
here.
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In The Thrislma* I'arade.
Salimla\
“Buddy” Blackburn, son of Mr. and Mr*. Don Black
burn, had his pony decorated for the Santa Claus parade
last Saturday.
Now Receiving
Tobacco; First
Sale On Monday
Have Buyers From Largest
Tobacco Companies: Mo
dern Building
The Tri-State Burley Tobacco
Warehouse of West “ Jefferson
opened yesterday to receive to
bacco on the floor in preparation
tor the sales which open here
Monday. December 8.
As soon us it was announced
that the mark *t was open, far
mers of this section, who has been
waiting for the good news started
to br ing in their tobacco.
-Lie new warenuuse, recently
completed, wita aa.uuu lcet ei
Boor space, is one or the best
puddings ut its kind m the stale.
Beie ev cry tltort Will b<
to give toe runners the best of
service.
| Buyers from the larger tobacc;
| companies will be on the mar
ket. which is to be operated by
t-ie Taylor Brothers, well known
to tobacco growers of this section.
"farmers are cordially invited
to sell their tobacco at the new
iri-Stute Burley Warehouse. T...S
warehouse was built to serve
tlie farmers and we want to ren
der every possible service and
get the most money for the war
mers." Steve Taylor said.
"Lures, store and oil,, - bu-i
I v a <■ li < f >
( oiift n iicc
l»i. Matilda. \u>|ior. Is ( hid'
Speakci: Others Are
On Program
D:
Ju . W •
Boom and W
Mary Vann
Rockv Mi "nri
Kcilpli (.ambill
Joins \ir Force
\ • ' an at' til e y r... - <rv;ee
in th< na\ y iui ng w
II, recently ■ •■ ] ,,, ,j ;n u_ s
Ai: Force for a three yeai period,
it was announced by the army re
cruiters (.its week.
Gambill, now a staff, sergeant,
v'as dtschn: g •[! i' the navy
as an aviation in.nnm.si's mat?
2-C. and was enlisted :: the at:
force in the grndt eoi respond
ing to that which tie held in the
navy Ht states tentions r
making a career if military life,
due to the many opportunities :t
has to offer, it was stall'd
S-Sgt. Gambill was sent to
Greenville Air Base, Greenville.
S. C . for processing and effecting
of enlistment. From there he will
go to Langley Field, Va.. for a
short period of refresher train
ing before being permanently
assigned.
VI W ALL-STARS TO
PLAY COBLE TEAM ERI
The YFW all-stars W st
Jefferson will play the C dole
Daev b sketball team from I.-, X
'’'a!.m here at the gymnasium
'day night at 8:00. This is t •>
f:-st out-of-county team for tire
i *fttl all-stars to plav and in U
cations are that it will be a close
contest.
Girls all-star teams will play
at 7.00 immediately before the
boys’ game.