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Drive Safely You May Save A Life VOLUME 22, NO. 8 02.50 a Year in Ashe County THURSDAY, FEB. 23, 1958 ASHE COUNTY IS ... Leading UmwuMk and 'Dairy County tn North Carolina. Population: 22,664 WEST JEFFERSON, N. C. $3.00 a Year Out of County PUBLISHED* EVERY THURSDAY More Communities Approve School Consolidation County Schools Will Take Part In Spelling Bee Finals Are To Be Held In Winston - Salem On April 21 Ashe county schools, along with others in Northwest North Carolina and Virginia will again participate in the annual spelling bee sponsored by the Winston - Salem Journal. This is the tenth annual event of its kind and the finals are to be held in Winston - Salem on April 29. That will be the date on which the system winners sit down to take a series of written tests tt^re to determine the newspa-* p® reprsentatives in the national bee in Washington in May. Just to make things more in teresting. bee officials an* nounced they would have a big surprise on tap for the compet ing students and systems this year. It will be disclosed late this week. For the past two years, Betsy Barr has represented the county schools in the finals and has made an excellent showing. In addition to Ashe county schools others which have been entered in the contest include: Winston - Salem City, Forsyth county, Alleghany county, Ashe boro City, Burke county, Wilkes county, Watauga county, Yadkin county Surry counity, Stokes coun ty, Statesville City, Mount Airy City, Greensboro City, Davidson count, Hickory City, Lexington fTewton - Conover City, V*fh City, Davie county,♦■trick, county (Va.). Carrol county (Va.), Caldwell county, Catawba coun ty, Chatham county, Orange county, Montgomery county and Elkin city. Ashe Go-Getters Named By Legion Joseph M. Graybeal Elected As Member Of Legion’s Crusaders Of 1950 Seven Ashe county legionnaires have been named Go-Getters by the North Carolina Department of the American Legion and will attend the Go-Getter dinner to be held at Hickory on March 23. Membership in the Go-Gette* club is limited to only those le gionnaires who get the member ship of ten legionnaires during the membership campaign. Named from Ashe Post 171 were James T. Capps, Larry P. Colvaxd, Joseph M. Graybeal, Leonard H. Shepherd, Hoyle tinger and P. G. Wright. Tho s I. Goss, Lansing Post 275, was the seventh member named to the group. Joseph M. Graybeal was nam ed to the Crusaders of 1950 and to receive this recognition he en rolled more than thirty members for Ashe Post 171. A«he Post 171 was given a quota of 95 members for 1950 and at the present time the mem bership is 117. Lansing Post 275 has a quota of 39 members and has 28 members enrolled. SERVICE SUNDAY AT JEFFERSON CHURCH Rev. G. C. Burkett will con duct a service Sunday night, 7:30 p. m.. at the Jefferson Presbyter ian church. To Open Flower $ And Gift Shop Announcement was made this wteek that Mbs. Mary Griggs Grant had purchased the Village Gift Shop and would operate it as well as a flower shop in the Village Gift Shop building in Mrs' Grant’s sister, Mrs. Edith Lau^hion will operate the shop which will feature the complete line of unusual gifts carried by the Village Gift Shop as well as flowers of all kinds. Mrs. Grant has formerly operated a flower business on a limited scale, but will now carry complete lines .| of these. Big Road Program Is Planned For County In Summer ! ROTARY SPEAKER Col. A. L. Fletcher, who wil speak to the Jeffersons Rotarj Club this evening. Development Of Tourist Trade To Be Discussed CoL 4. L. Fletcher WH1 Speak > Yeletai> Chb Mb «■" Evening Dr. James Rhodes, who is in charge of the Rotary club pro gram this evening, announced ii would be devoted to the possibi lities of the tourist business, with Col. A. L. Fletcher, of Raleigh and Ashe county, as the guesl speaker. Colonel Fletcher, a veteran oi three wars, has won national rec ognition in many fields, particu larly for his distinguished service to veterans and in the adminis tration of the selective service system. As a native of this county, whc has spent many years elsewhere he can view the possibilities a: compared to those elsewhere. L. P. Colvard is chairman ol the club’s tourist and advertising committee with Dr. James Rhodes Millard Graybeal and Jim Owen Last Thursday night Dana Tug man, county agent, and Ear! Graybeal, real estate agent, were (Continued on page 8) Last Rites Today For Clint Burketl The funeral service for Clinl Burkett, 64, West Jefferson, wil! be held this afternoon at twc o’clock at the Beaver Creel Primitive Baptist church with in terment in the Burkett cemetery. Revs. Hoyt Wood and Rexforc Campbell will officiate at the service for Mr. Burkett who died of a heart attack Tuesday at his home. He is survived by his wife and one sister, Mrs. Charles H. Don nelly, of Idaho. Commissioner Goforth Re views Needs And Possi bilities Of Work Ashe county people can look forward to an expanded road im provement program this sum mer, according to information re leased to this paper this week. In answer to an inquiry from the editor of this paper concern ing the recent mass meeting when the courthouse was filled to overflowing, Commissioner Goforth had this to say: “Concerning my reaction to the meeting we had there, it is, I believe, the way I have felt to i ward your county for some time. Only, of course, the large crowd and their demands brought this to me more forcibly. My feeling toward Ashe, as I think I have expressed before, is that it is in my opinion, the hardest county in the State to do the job that should be done. Mr. Walker con curs in this as we talked it over coming down the mountain, and he has spent, as you know, most of his professional career in the Asheville area, which is also a hard territory to serve. I “No county in the State values its land more than do the people of your county,^ and justly so, I. think, because it is very product-, ive and the level land is scarce.! Ash* surely is one of the five top| counties in the State in cash re turn 4rotB th# farms. It is a hard county in which to get the proper, right - of - way and working i (Continued on page 4) i___ Lions Governor | l Spoke At Meeting Governor Cashion Praised Lo cal Club On The Work j Done In County - I | Paul Cashion, governor of the 11A district of Lions Internation-1 al, of North Wilkesboro, spoke to the West Jefferson Lions Club ati (their meeting Tuesday night. j Governor Cashion talked to the group on Lionism and | brought out the point that Lions j was the largest of the civic or- j ganizations in the world and that at the present time averaged ad ding three new clubs each day to its membership. j He stated that the state con vention would be held in Char lotte in June and the internation-1 al convention in Chicago, 111., in July and stressed the fact that | he wanted representatives of the club at eaoh of these conventions.) “I want to congratulate this > club for the work that you have; done thus far and on the good' start you have made in Ashe county,” Governor Cashion told members of the club. | He was introduced by Rev. Rex-1 ford Campbell, secretary of the! West Jefferson club. | | Visitors at the Tuesday night1 meeting were H. R. Vannoy and Lion Shoun Kerbaugh, of North WJfcesboro. Audiometer Added To Health Dept. For Testing Hearing Ashe county school children will soon be able to have tnelr hear ing tested by an Audiometer, in strument to test hearing, accord ing to an announcement made this week by the local health de partment. An audiometer has been made available for use in the Alle ghany - Ashe - Watauga District Health Department to test the hearing of the school children in the three counties and the pro gram will be initiated at an early date and carried on as part of the North Carolina school health program. A conference on the use of the audiometer was held at the dis trict health department in the Ashe county hospital last Thurs day. The conference was at-, tended by health workers from’ five counties in Northwestern North Carolina. Mrs. Annie Ray Moore, health educator for the N. C. School Health Co-ordinating Service,! was in charge of the conference and held a demonstration oq| screening at the West Jefferson high school. ! Those atteadmg the conference; were Dr. Mary B. H. Michal, dis trict health officer; Mrs. Virgin-1 ia Smith and Mrs. Opal Clowson, Watauga county nurses; Miss Dadeline McCann, district health educator; Mrs. Nannie Jolly, Al-j leghany county nurse, Mrs Yvonne Owen, Ashe county nurse; ■ (Continued on page 4) Age And Youth Review Early Transportation In U. S. “Broncho Charlie” Miller, former dispatch rider, ranch hand, Texas ranger and Indian fighter, who hit 100 years recently, spins a w Id west tale for RusseU Messer, 4, and Fred Erro. 8. and explains details of a Wells Fa go express model which he carved. The colorful figure of a bygone era lives at Tom kins Square House in New York. The Com munity Service society, which maintains t i home for elderly persons, marked Char lie’s anniversary by naming him chairman of its children’s fund for 1950. County Short On March Of Dimes Fund DriveJJuota •_7: Final Reports Should Be Made To Miss Jennie Clyde Worth. This Week According to the latest tabula tion of funds collected in the Ashe county March of Dimes campaign less than $3000.00 has been raised on the $7000.00 quo ta that was assigned to the coun ty. Mrs. Thomas S. Johnston, drive chairman, stated that final re po: ts would be completed this week’ end when ai’ the coin col lectors in the county would be collected and report from ali workers made. She urged that all volunteer workers turn in their funds and reports so that the total amount raised in Ashe county could be made known as soon as possible. The drive chairman stated that she wished to express her appre ciation to all individuals, firms and organizations that have assist ed her in the campaign for funds for this worthy cause. Any Ashe citizens who wish to make a final contribution are asked to send their contribution at once to Miss Jennie Clyde Worth, county treasurer, Jeffer son so that they may be counted in the final report of funds rais ed in the county. 1 Presbyterians To Hold Services Rev. W. R. Smith, Jr., home missions secretary of the Win ston t- Salem Presbytery, will conduct services at the West Jef ferson Presbyterian church Sun day morning at eleven o’clock. Mr. Smith will also preach at the Obids Presbyterian church, Sunday afternoon at two - thirty o’clock. The public is cordially invited to hear Mr. Smith at either of the two churches. Citizens Visit Cancer Center Four Ashe county citizens were examined at the Wilke - Alle ghany Cancer Center Tuesday, when a total of 18 examinations were made, Dr. Hubbard, direct or, announced yesterday. ^ j The clinics are held each Tues day morning at the Wilkes coun ty courthouse with registration from’ 9:00 to 10:00 a. m. The center is staffed by mem-j bers of the Wilkes - Alleghany ?nunty Medical Society with Dr.' Tubbard as director. I WarrensvilleRoad Subject I Of Letter To Governor Scott; Immediate Action Is Sought Red Cross Drive Opens March 6; Quota Is $2000 James Owen Is Fund Drive 1 Chairman; Cooperation Of All Is Asked i Ashe county’s Annual Red Cross Fund Drive, along with others throughout the nation wil; | be held during the month oi ' March, 'when a local quota oi i $2000 is to be sought. James Owen, drive chairman j announced yesterday that a | number of advaijce gift letters [ wei e being mailed out and urged j that those receiving these letters j mail in their contribution at once. I Following the advance plea solicitations- will be conducted and other features will be car ried out in order to raise the county’s quota within the month of March, the officials said. A meeting of the Ashe board of directors was held Tuesday when it was decided that the drive would officially open on March 6 and would continue I through March 25. | Attention is called to the wide ! range of service that is being rendered by the Red Cross, both I at home and abroad. Miss Frances Thomas, chap ter chairman, has asked the co operation of everyone in making this drive a success because the (Continued on page 8) Virgil L. Stanley Writes Gov ernor On Warrensville Road Problems In a letter directed to Governor Kerr Scott, a copy of which was turned over to this paper request ing that it be published, the dire need of the Warrensville road is cited. The text of the letter is as fol lows: ‘‘Dear Governor Scott: “I wish to call to your atten tion a Highway in Ashe county, No. 88, which has been blocked and under construction by the ! National Construction Company, of Asheville, North Carolina. Al so, that this Company has moved its equipment away from the county. ‘This highway has been ob , structed for six months and im | possible to travel at all times. This being one of the most im portant highways in Ashe county, I our only outlet to Virginia and Tennessee, and serving a greater portion of Ashe county citizens ! and out-af-state travelers, we, as 1 tax payers, feel that you will do something about it. | “Our school is half over and we have not been able to operate a ■ school bus over this road. We are j forced to transport our children twenty - eight miles, at our own expense, to school each day over a detour that endangers their | lives and our own as well. This detour is a very narrow, crook ed and rough road and in instanc es of high water, it is impossible to travel over it. The traffic on | (Continued on page 8) j Tri-County Cage Tournament I To Open At Boone Wednesday) The annual Tri-County basket ball tournament will begin at the AiSTC gymnasium In Boone on March 1 and will continue thru March 4, according to an an nouncement made this week by R. W. Watkins, director of the Tri - County Association. j Mr. Watkins announced that play would get underway* at one o’clock next Wednesday after noon and run with alternate boys and girlB elimination games until 10:00 p. m., each night. Finals are scheduled for Saturday night with the first game starting at 7:00 p. m. I Ashe county leads the list of counties participating with nine schools sending boys and girls teams. Teams entered are Jeffer-! son. West Jefferson, Todd, Fleet wood, Nathan’s Creek, Riverview, Virginia - Carolina, Lansing and Healing Springs from Ashe coun ty; Blowing Rock, Cove Creek, Appalachian and Bethel from Wa tauga county and Crossnore from Avery county. j Mr. Watkins said that the top-1 seeded teams in the girl’s division1 are the defending champion Virginia - Carolina high school and Appalachian high school. Tops in the boy’s bracket are Jefferson and Appalachian high schools. Blowing Rock won the boy’s championship last year. Tournament pairing will be made at a meeting °f conference officials at Boone, Saturday morn-, ing. 1 Helton, Lansing And Riverview Ar° Included More Schools Express Approv al of Plans Already Sub mitted To Board More and more Ashe county communities are asking for action on the school building program in the county and are sending in petitions to botih the State and county boards of education, stat ing their views. The majority of schools asking for action in special petitions, ex press approval of the plans sub mitted to the State Board of Education, by the county board The plans include a proposed consolidation of four of the coun ty’s high schools, Jefferson, West Jefferson, Fleetwood and Todd at a location in the Beaver Creek section as well as other badly needed improvements in other schools of the county. The peti tion from the Fleetwood school asks for immediate action. A similar document from the West Jefferson schcoil board in regard to the plans requests that "'every effort be used in securing immediate approval of the plans,” so that work can start a: an early date. Riverview, Lansing and Helton school committeemen approve the plans and ask that work be started “at the earliest possible date so that additional school rooms may be ready by Septetn* ber 1950 —to take care of a sit uation that will be more critical at uiai time. GLENDALE TAKES STAND Glendale Springs, which is a .section of the Jefferson district, has presented a petition signed by a large number of citizens asking that this community be consider ed separately from “the section (Continued on page 4) --- Layman’s Day To Be Observed Sun. I Methodists Of County Join In With Oihers As Lay Lead ers Are Honored Ashe county Methodist church es, along with others throughout j North Carolina, will observe Lay man’s Day next Sunday, Febru ary 6, when lay leaders will have I charge of the programs. | These services are held in co | operation with the board of lay activities of the Western North Carolina Conference of the Meth odist church and “A Laymans’ Faith” is the topic chosen for the theme of the services* Robert' Davis, superintendent of the Sunday school of the West i Jefferson Methodist church, will speak at that church Sunday morning at eleven o’clock. Rev. Hoyt Wood, pastor, announced this week. Rev. C. C. Murray, pastor of the Jefferson charge and Todd Gentry, charge lay leader, an nounced the following schedule for this group of churches: J. Lester Segraves, Bethany, 11:00 a. m.; W. B. Oliver, Jeffer son, 11:00 a. m.; Thomas Shull Johnston, Orion, 11:00 a. m., and Joe Neal, Zion, 7:00 p. m. Rev. W. A. Kerr, Rev. J. E. Green and Rev. Ernest Stephens had not announced plans for lay services at their churches yester day afternoon. Funds Sought For Boy Scouts Gale McMillan, special treas urer for the Boy Scout National Jamboree fund, announced yes terday that any contributions people wanted to send him would be appreciated. “We have chosen boys to attend this big event on their merits and some additional funds are needed to help them defray expenses of the trip,” Treasurer McMillan said. Eight Ashe county boys have been chosen to attend. Some of them will defray their own ex penses, it was explained. Some contributions have al ready been received toward rais ing necessary funds, but more money is needed, McMillan said.
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