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VOLUME 22, NO. 9 *2.50 a Year in Ashe County THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1950 WEST JEFFERSON, N. C. $3.00 a Year Out of County PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY ‘Annual Red Cross Fund Drive Opens On Mon. Over 1500 Want T e 1 e p h o n e s In K ural Sections County-Wide Survey Now Be ing Made Through Coun ty Agent's Office More than 1.500 requests for rural telephones have been re turn to the county agent's office following the 3200 inquiries sent out a short time ago, it was an nounced yesterday. Dar.a Tugman, county agent, said that replies were still com ing in and that his office expect ed to have more than 2500 before the survey is closed. In each community of the coun ty a committee of three has been named to help carry out the sur vey to determine the demand for mural telephone service. The survey is the result of a county-wide meeting held at the courtr.ouse recently to discuss the possibilities of badly needed rural telephone service throughout this county. Gwyn B. Price and other REA ofi'.c.ai# pointed out that private companies having franchise in tins area will first be given an opp -.'unity to extending rural service before cooperatives are formed. Tire Central Telephone Com pany. which serves this area is aisi making a study of the rural need? and possibilities of extend ing m rvice. officials of the com pany -aid. A site People At Lincoln Dinner ^National Chairman Is Speaker * At State-Wide Event Held In Charlotte A-he county people were well represented at the state. - wide K_-_ohean Lincoln Day Dinner held ;:t Charlotte on Saturday when some of the party’s top figures were speakers. J. F. Yates, Ashe County Re pub lean chairman, announced that in addition to himself oth ers from this section attending the event were Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Graybeal, Mr. and Mrs. Edison Thomas and child, Edward Os borne, Charlie Welch and John D:e. National Chairman Guy George Gabrielson and Senator Andrew F. Schoeppel were the chief speakers. President Truman was referred to by the national chairman, sneaker at the Lincoln day din ner that brought together more than GOO enthusiastic old and young Republicans at $6 a plate, as “one of those odd Missourians who doesn’t want to be shown.” ^ Methodists Have Special Services Rev. Hoyt Wood, pastor of the Wes*. Jefferson Methodist church, announced this week that a spe cial series of dedication services would be held at that church, be ginning Sunday night. The first service will start at 7:30 p. m., Sunday night with the remaining services on Wednesday and Friday night at the same time. . Everyone is cordially invited to atier.d these dedication services. Open Meeting At Rotary Tonight President Jake Caudill will have charge of the program for the Jeffersons Rotary Club to night when an open meeting for the discussion of club problems will be held. Last Thursday, Col. A. L. Flet cher. Raleigh, spoke to the club on the development of tourist trade in Ashe county, under the auspices of the club’s tourist and advertising committee. The complete text of Col. Fletcher’s talk can be found on the first page of the second sec tion of this edition. He was introduced by Mrs. Ed M Anderson, president of the North Carolina Federation of Woman’s Clubs. Farm Planning Meetings Will Open On Monday WINNER IN CONTEST Miss Anne Francis won first place in the county peace sneaking contest. Soil Speaking Contest Will Be Held On Mar. 10 Several Schools In The County Will Take Part In An nual Event Ashe county high schools will gthe’-s Ti this state in again taking part in the annua! Soil Conservation speaking contest in which local and state prizes are to be awarded. According to advance informa tion Lansing. Todd. Nathan’s Creek and Jefferson plan to en ter the county event which will be held at tine courthouse on Fri day afternoon, March 10 at 1:30 p. m. The public is cordially in vited to attend. Details for prizes for local win ners have not been worked out yet. but it was announced that there would be local cash prizes. An estimated 5.000 high school students in grades nine through (Continued on page 4) Last Rites Held For Mrs. Perry The funeral service for Mrs. Zelpha Perry, 71, Apple Grove, was held Tuesday afternoon at the Christian Unity Baptist church at Apple Grove with in terment in the Perry cemetery at Sugar Grove. Elder Dewey Roten officiated at the service for Mrs. Perry ' who died at her home on Monday She is survived by several nephews and neices. Discussions Of Various Crops Will Be Held: Motion Pictures Shown The annual series of farm plan ning meetings will o.pen in Ashe county on Monday, March 6, when farmers in the various sec tions of the county will be given a preview of possibilities of the various crops this year. Recom mendations and suggestions will also be made. County Agent Dana Tugman said yesterday. In addition to discussion lead ers from the county agent’s of fice, others who are expected to take part in the meetings are representatives of the Soil Conser vation Office. Thomas Sears of the FHA office, representatives of the PMA as well as field rep resentatives of some of the dairy products companies operating in this area. Moving pictures will be shown in connection with the discus sions. Dana Tugman said he wanted to urge all farmers to attend one of tile meetings. The schedule! has been planned for the con venience of every section of the (Continued on page 4 ) Miss Francis Is Contest Winner Annual Event Is Sponsored By Ashe Post American Legion; Three Schools Enter Mis? Anne Francis. Jefferson high school student, won first place in tire Ashe county high school oratorical contest, held last Wednesday night at the Courthouse in Jt fferson. This contest is sponsored an nually by the Ashe County Post 171 of the Amercian Legion. Other contestants entering the contest were Miss Betty Blevins, Lansing, and Miss Kay Howell, ElkLand. Application had been filed for Miss Ruby Johnston, Fleetwood, to enter the contest, but she was unable to attend due to illness. Judges for the Ashe contest were Mrs. P. G. Wright, Miss Frances Thomas and Colonel A. L. Fletcher. Miss Frances will enter the dis trict contest to be held soon and ■the district winner will be eli gible for the state contest which will be held at the Legion Club in Lexington on March 17. The North Carolina winner will receive a $100 U. S. Savings bond and an expense paid trip | to the regional contest, leading j to a shot at the national title and a $4,000 college scholarship. Sec ond place winner in North Caro lina will receive a $50 U. S. Sav ings bond. When Will School Buildings Get Underway, Is Question i I By Staff Writer When will Ashe county’s school building program get underway? This might well be called the traditional sixty - four dollar I question. But it is the question | most people are asking and few are answering. No one doubts j the need, but there appears to be some who question the loca tions and the allotment of funds. A series of meetings were held on Friday night and Saturday to discuss the problem with the county board of education and several of the groups including Jefferson, West Jefferson, Todd and Fleetwood. As far as it could be learned no definite conclus ions could be arrived at. The original plans drawn up by a committee from the State Planning Board headed by Mr. Plemmons, included in a long range program, a consolidated | high school to be erected in the I Beaver Creek section of the coun-, ty for Todd, Fleetwood, Jeffer son and West Jefferson. The plan was accepted by the county board of education with some re visions which the members deemed necessary to provide aid to other schools of the county. This plan submitted by the coun ty board of education, passed the panel, but was delayed before action was taken on it by the State Board of Education, be cause a group from Jtafiferson, who objected to the plan, asked for a hearing, according to infor mation received here. As far as it could be learned yesterdav, the Jfefferson group has not been given a date for a hearing before the State Board of Education yet and it appears that the building plans will still be he'd up for a while. A number of special groups and communities have sent peti-1 tions to the State Board of Edu cation asking that some action be (Continued on page 4) Authentic Tom Thumb Wedding Draws Record Crowd A genuine Tom Thumb wedding took p'ace recently in Wilkes Barre, Pa., at Holy Rosary church. State police were needed to handle the crowd, estimated at 2.000 persons, who filled the church and jammed traffic to see the unusual ceremony. In the rectory, after the ceremony, the particinants lined up for the wedding picture. The bride and srroom are Joseph A. Kotalik and the former Myrtle Pilkerton. The bride is 2 feet. 10-inches tall. Town Is Still Sc'okinjj A Now Industry II e r e All Inquiries Being Followed Up: Textile Plant Gets Information Town officials and this news paper will continue to m;i« ev ery effort to secure a new indus try for this stc‘ion until one is secured, it was pointed out this week. An inquiry was received from a textile plant last week and complete information was sent immediately. Special efforts are being made ■to contact some manufacturers through the Manufacturer’s Rec ord. Mr. W. C. Guthrie of the in dustrial division of the N. C. De partment of Conservation and Development, said this week that he would continue to increase his efforts toward locating an indus try here. Until a different decision was made last week there was a def inite possibility of the Duplan company locating here. Officials decided, however, to locate a plant at Burnsville instead. In a letter to Mayor Carl B. Graybeal an official of the com pany wrote: “it has been a most difficult decision to make since many towns and sites were most in viting and we feel quite sure that had we selected your com munity we would have been just as successful »nd happy as we expect to be at Burnsville.” "We certainly appreciate all he interest you displayed in your efforts of having us choose you. (Continued on page 4) N o n a-R u tli’s Will Open Sat. Plans are now being completed ■for the opening of Nona - Ruth’s ready-to-wear shop here on Sat urday, Miss Ruth Weaver and Mrs. Nona Bell Greene, owners ■and operators said yesterday. Miss Weaver, who will be in charge of the shop said that while >all the merchandise had not ar rived that it was coming in daily and that the shop would be open ed without additional delay. She announced that they would carry a number of nationally ad vertised lines and cordially ex tended to everyone an invitation ■to attend the opening. Both Mrs. Greens and Miss Weaver are well known in busi ness circles and have a number of friends who will be interested in the opening of the new shop located across the street from Davidson's. F in al l\ e ports S li o w Prices On W. J. Market Above Others In Area Many Farmers Apply in (£ For P M A Materials Over $42,000 Of The County’s Allotment Of $120,000 Taken Up More than $42,000.00 of the county allocation of $120,000.00 has been used by the PMA office in granting approvals for the farms of 1060 producers, Melvin Campbell said yesterday. "Purchase orders are now be ing issued for seeds for establish ing and improving permanent pasture. Every Ashe county far mer is eligible to participate in this PMA pasture program unless the allowance for the farm has been taken u,p in limestone or phosphate,” he added. Purchase orders are also being issued for phosphate and mixed fertilizer and orders are being taken for limestone which is now being delivered, it was ex j plained. "Farmers are asked to visit i the PMA office and obtain pur chase orders as soon as possible and avoid the rush which is ex pected within the nc.tft few weeks,” Mr. Camobell concluded. Official B'*pt>rts r o m N. C. Dept Of Agricul ture Released Offic'a! reports from the N. C. and U. S. Departments of Ag riculture reveal that during the s. u-un which just ended, the West Jefferson Tobacco Market topped others for price in this Immediate area. > According to the report the West Jefferson market sold a to tal of 3,021,000 pounds for an av t rage price of $43.69 per hun dred. The nearest market to West ! Jefferson, at Boone, sold 3,837, J48 for an average of only $42.00 per hundred. While weather conditions made the hurley crop lighter, the loss in poundage on the West Jeffer son market was less in compari son to that on nearby markets. (Continued on page 4) Navy Recruiter Here Each Tues. j Announcement was made this I week that a United States Navy ! recruiter would be at the post of I fice in West Jefferson each Tues day from 10:30 a. m., to 3:00 p. m., to interview applicants for : enlistment in the Navy, Navy re I serves and the WAVES. Ashe County Has Many Road Problems To Contend With By Staff Writer Ashe county people are still beset with a number of road pro blems which they are hoping will be solved this summer. “If. we have to go through another fall and winter like this one I don’t know what will happen.” a citizen told a Post reporter this week. Since the county - wide mass meeting was held in Jefferson last month, various groups are still discussing some of the pro posed projects presented there. “I can’t see why the county should pave, the back street in Jefferson, running back of the courthouse,” a citizen from Peak Creek remarked. Attention was called to the fact that such a pro posal had been presented to the county commissioners earlier, but that they had taken no action on this matter. “I can’t believe Commissioner Goforth will spend money on this considering the dire needs of the county,” the Peak Creek cit izen continued. “If we are to use county funds for paving streets, there are a number of streets in West Jef ferson, some of which school buses travel over, than can be paved,” another citizen stated. There has also been some dif ference of opinion as to the best location of the Fleetwood—Deep Gap road. Some citizens of this community plan to ask Commis sioner Mark Goforth and Engin eer Walker to take a special look at the situation there, according to information received by this paper. Foremost in the minds of most people appears to be the urgent need of the completion of thr Warrensville road, as well as ttr Laurel road. Commissioner Goforth has pro mised that every effort will be made to get some of the neces (Continued on page 4) County Is Given Quota Of $2,000; JVeetl Help Of All Owen Heads Drive; Miss Frances Thomas Is Chapter Chairman Ashe count,'' people will have an opportunity to answer the call of the Red Cross on Monday when the annual fund drive gets underway with James Owen as chairman. The county has a quota of $2,000, which is considered small because of the wide range of service the Red Cross offers, Miss Francis Thomas, chapter chair man pointed out. Initial gift letters have been mailed out to a number of people and a number of personal solici tations will be carried out in or der to give everyone an oppor tunity to contribute in the drive which is scheduled to run from March t> through March 25. The Red Cross, which is active :n both times of war and peace, at home as well as in far away places, has long been recognized for its service. Disaster, first aid and the bind bank services are among tnc many fields in which it he.ps in times of peace. General George Marshall is na tional chairman this year. Secretary of the Army Gordon Gray stated that the contribu tions which the Aivurican people make to Red Cross each year are premiums paid upon a great in surance policy for national health and humanitarism -— a policy which pays dividends to all. In auuuiyn to the solicitors named last week the following have been appointed to help it v. M. D. Hart with the church soli citation: Ashe .Missionary Bap ^Cont&'.'»Q on jage 4) Scott Replies To V. L. Stanley Governor Writes Local Citizen In Reply To Letter On Warrensville Road ______ Gov. W. Kerr Scott has written Virgil Stanley a reply to his let ter about the Warrensville road, j The text of the letter is as fol . lows: j “This is to acknowledge receipt [of your letter of February 21st, I concerning Highway No. 88 in • Ashe county, and I want to as sure you of my interest in this j matter. Qf course, you realize that it I is impossible for me to know the full circumstances surrounding these conditions. I am aaking, therefore, Dr. Henry W. Jordan, Chairman of the State Highway Commission, to look into this ! situation to see what can be done (to alleviate these conditions as soon as possible. I I am always glad to hear from you and appreciate your interest | in the matter.” Grange Meets At I Riverview, Friday j The Riverview Grange will I meet Friday night, at the school. Gwyn Price, State REA chair man, will meet with the group to discuss rural telephone service and Mrs. Tom Ferguson will be present to organize a Juvenile Grange. Everyone is cordially invited to attend this important meeting Welch’s Store Is Open In Lansing The grand opening of Welch’s Store in Lansing will be held Saturday when Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Welch, who have been in the mercantile business for 29 years, will reopen the Welch’s Store. Mr. Welch said this week that he wanted to invite all his old customers and friends to visit the new store Saturday when $25.00 in prizes will be given away free. Welch’s Store is located in Lansing opposite the Corner Ser vice Station and is stocked with a complete line of cloth'ing for the entire family.
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