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ALLEGHANY STAR* TIMES ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S OWN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Vol. 15. No. 52. Sparta, N. C. Thursday, May 9. 1940. jadSafe Washington, D. C.—The setback suffered by the Allies in Norway seems to have renewed the inter est of Congress for adequate .... tional defense. Favorable Congres sional sentiment is already evi dent by the drift shown on the issue of loans to France and Bri tain. There is no doubt as to how this country would react if the situation abroad suggested an Al lied defeat. That suggestion, how ever, is not likely to come, un less the French and British peo ple lose their courage and bow to adversity. Cabled reports from Allied countries indicate that their people can be relied upon to strengthen their war organiza tion and to steel themselves for the greater effort that lies ahead, Souhtern Norway appears doomed to become another Po land, at least for the time being. Its people’s gallant effort in de fense of their homeland will un doubtedly give Germany the ex cuse it needs for a campaign of reprisal and a show of the brutali ty it exhibited in Poland and Czechoslovakia. It is a bitter iro ny of war that now turns part of this Scandinavian nation, one of the most progressive and democra tic in Europe, into a dictator's concentration camp. * * * * * When Admiral J. K. Taussig told the Senate Naval Affairs Committee, “I cannot see how we can ultimately prevent being drawn into war,” isolationists | showed visible signs of agitation. Meanwhile cloakrooms and cor ridors have taken up the cry and I are abuzz with Washington’s No. 1 question: Can we keep out of war? Officially tjae elected spokes men of the nation echo a rever beration “Yes.” But off the record more than a score are saying “No.” The question, however, should be, “Where? In Europe or | the Far East?” All of a sudden the name of Wendell L. Willkie has come in to discussion as a Republican presidential possibility. Numerous important people recognize in him I the most articulate voice posses sed by business. Many believe he would make4’the 'ideal candidate: liberal, yet within the framework of conservatism. Some weeks ago Willkie appear ed as guest star on radio’s “In formation, Please” program. To the astonishment of those who did not know him, he demonstrat ed a surprising knowledge and grasp of governmental affairs. Later he took on Attorney Gene ral Robert H. Jackson, and still more recently, Interior Secretary Ickes, sending his audiences away with a new appreciation of his abilities. He is not, however, an avowed candidate; has no dele gates pledged to him, and at pre sent those backing his candidacy are only seeking a few delegates from his native Indiana, to re mind the convention that Willkie is available in case a deadlock occurs. ***** The Republican claim that the New Deal has not done anything for the small business man sug gests the possibility of the en actment of a bill to broaden the power of Federal reserve banks to make loans to small borrowers. But common sense economy and spending will collies "more aftd more aaattempts to speed fcs work, looking toward an early July adjournment. Citron Citpon^ May 7.—Born to Mr. and lyirs. Everette Mabe, a boy, April 30, named Everett Jr. Rev. and Mrs. W. M Hamm, son, Ray, and Roy Wyatt made a ! business trip to North Wilkesboro Wednesday. Major Ellis, Wilkesboro, spent the week-end with his sister, Mi's. Glenn Royal. Mrs. Levette Sheets and daugh ter, Dare, visited Mrs. Everett Mabe, Friday. Steve Osborne and Ted Tucker made a business trip to North Wilkesboro Thursday. Those visiting the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ross Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Tyre Taylor, Steve Osborne and Harrison Tay lor. Mrs. Ellen Osborne visited her son, Carlie, and family, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Richardson, Furches, visited Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Osborne, Sunday. The members of Pine Fork Church have organized a Sunday School. Mr. and'Mrs. U. S. Myers visit ed Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Richard son Saturday. The CCC boys of Laurel Springs were called to fight the forest fire which has been in progress near Deep Gap. Ted Tucker has been quite busy delivering fertilizer to farm ers here. tOur wo r Id... British Dissension Over Norway London—Opposition to the Chamberlain cabinet rallied around a British naval hero, Admiral Sir Roger j Keyes, who claimed that the failure of the British to take Trondheim lay in the fact that the cabinet block ed the plans of the fleet. The opposition that rallies behind him ift.his charge of the shocking blunder in Norway is becoming more and more real, and Winston Churchill, on whose shoulders the Prime Minister unequivocally placed the burden of henceforth per sonally directing grand strategy on land, sea, and in the air, is to reply to the government critics. • • • Holland Prepares For Storm The Hague—Holland took extra defense pre cautions, cut off all messages in the war crisis, canceled |all army and navy leaves, restricted civilian train traffic to facilitate troop movements, and suspended communications as all defense are manned. • • •' Egypt Prepared Against Attack Alexandria, Egypt—A new squadron of Allied j cruisers and auxiliary warcraft arrived in Alexandria on May 7, and British officials said, “We are ready to meet Italy on land, sea, and air, should she decide to fight.” T,he Balkan States Tremble Budapest—Fear of war grips the Balkans, with German, Russian, Italian, and Turkish troops on the march, and Allied fleets concentrated in the Eastern Mediterranean. • • • Will Hungary Follow Norway? Budapest—The official Hungarian news agency published a report that Germany had asked the Hungarian government for the right to send troops through the country. . . The British are said to be seek ing the alliance of Rumania, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. • • • Serious Forest Fire Near Boone Boone, N ,C.—A forest fire near here has burned over 3,000 to 5,000 acres and to within a mile of the j Blue Ridge parkway. In addition to the men from i two CCC camps who were fighting the fire, a call \ has been sent for others with special fire fighting j i equipment. ■Jnmiiimmunmmnuiinmiiinmmiinnnminmiii fSI Snap Shots and z I Sun Spots h... -0 Mother’s Day, May 12, and what a lot of flowers will he tKowered upon mothers, both iterally and by word. Too often, ipuch too often, Mother is the Jhsung hero of a long struggle :c> make men and women out of more or less wayward boys and jirls. Talk all you will about lelf-made men; it is well to look Jack and observe the quiet steady nfluence of an earnest and often pious mother as she works, and sows the seeds of diligence and perseverance that seem to b<^ wasted, but often spring up in Per children’s lives years after ind bear fruit she may not live to see. As a greater writer re marked, “The paths of a good Ivoman are strewn with flowers; but they rise up behind her—not Defore.” I And for a Mother’s Day offer ing we wish to suggest that the tweet influence of Mother’s Day be allowed to extend to all the days of the year. If mother half deserves* all the wealth of kind nesses heaped upon her on Moth er’s Day, she deserves a larger ■hare of sympathy and consider ation on 364 other days. A word of appreciation and a flower on Mother’s Day are beautiful. Yes, and a word of appreciation ajid a flower on some other day, when skies may be very dull and the prospect drear, woiuld be just as beautiful. Some day mother will go away, beyond the reach of our voice. And then we can only wish we had said the kind word she would have appreciated. So let us extend the Mother’s Day spirit to all the days she may be with us. May 12, 1820, Florence Night ingale was born, she who did more than any one person to establish nursing as a profession of nobility, and to convince the nations of earth that a wounded soldier is worthy of some con sideration. She had no easy time, for those were brutal days for women and for soldiers. But her spirit never waned, and to day nurses everywhere live by a -Florence Nightingale pledge, and hold up her life as a constant inspiration to noble service foi those who suffer. And May 12, this year, is alio Hospital Day throughout the na tion, when hospitals everywhere i,n the United States and Canada hold open house. They in-:’« everyone to come in and get acquainted. Some put on quite elaborate programs of entertain ment, both scientific and edu cational. Indeed, even fron National City in California, onlj eleven miles from "Down by the Border, down Mexico way,” comei a personal invitation from Para dise Valley Sanitarium, that win) national awards for its effort* oi i Hospital Day. And, in case none ' from Alleghany County can go i to join in their program, they i are putting it on a nation-wide j radio hook-mp over a Mutual net-i work at 12:30 to 1:00 o’clock j E. S. T. Sunday, so we may lis- I ten and enjoy and become ac- i quainted. They have as guest ■ speaker the occasion,, the President of Leland Stanford University, Dr. Ray Lyman Wil bur, one of America’s leading educators. So much for Cali fornia. Now back to Sparta, and the I sudden summer weather that is such a relief from the long long cold winter we have had. What became of Spring, anyway ? Did! ] it slip by when we weren’t lo<jk jing? Anyway, summer is pretty ;nice. And now here bobs up Dr. iBert again (say, one day we’re going to leave him out of this column a whole week) yes, he remarks that that precious baby of Clayton Fender’s is red-headed, and both mother and daughter are doing very nicely, and her name 5s Clayta Ann—which is de lightfully individual. Paul Richardson, who has taken lover the Shell Service Station i opposite the Methodist Church, | has done a nice thing in placing concrete in the space between the I road and the filling station. But I he certainly did a bad thing for | himself when he got into a .bicycle smash-up all on his own. | His face shows how serious his tumble must have been. And Oder Joines was in an automobile crash in front of Paul Richardson’s place when some body drove out into the road right in front of him. Fortunately only automobiles were damaged, and not arms and legs and heads. Fact is, most accidents do not happen: somebody causes them. Uncle Sewell Choate, father of Dr. Bert and Dr. Leff, say* we had 37 snows this last winter— and probably he is correct. During recent Court Week the Grand Jury recommended that the Court House be replastered and repainted; that the jail be put in better and more sanitary con dition ; that up-to-date drinking fountains and rest rooms be pro vided in the Court House; that an up-to-date drinking fountain be installed in the High School, and that additional school bus accommodation be provided so that each pupil can have a seat in the bus. Here’s hoping all these recommendations become accomplished facts. Grant Lowe —National Representative for the Townsend Old-age Pension Plan, will speak in Jefferson Court house May 9th at 7:80 p. m., andi in Sparta Courthouse May 10th at 7:30 p. m. A program of talking, pictures will be shown at both meetings. The public is in i vited and admission is free. -—-;-I MOTHER’S DAY—MAY 12 Americans everywhere will honor their mother- on Mother’s , Day,. Sunday, May 12, but few will do it With greater siiic'evity than Lanny Rosa, CDS singing star. Lanny owes much of his success to his mother, Mrs, Winifred Ross, with whom he is shown. An accomplished musician, Mrs. Ross has taught many singers, and started Lanny on his musical education along with his ABC’s, j Since then she has watched with motherly pride his rise tp stardom, j Happy He With such a mother! Faith in womankind Beats with his blood, and trust in all things high Comes easy to him; and tho’ he trip and fall A He shall not blind his soul with clay. —Alfred, Lord Tennyson The Princess. Mrs. James Gwyn Gambill, who was, before her marriage in Tazewell, Va., on January 19, Miss Edna Poole, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Poole, of Independence, and music teacher in Sparta High School for the 1939-40 term. The nuptial Cere mony was performed by Dr. J. A. Baylor, pastor of Main Street Methodist Church, Tazewell.— Photo Courtesy Winston-Salem Journal. Baseball in Sparta promises to be very interesting —this summer, since Sparta is the only North Carolina team in the New Rivei League, and Sparta’s tea nr this year is expected to be a rugged bunch. The first gamt scheduled is Hillsville vs. Sparta, | at Sparta, next Saturday, but th< chances are it will be playec Sunday. The Wednesday game; can be played on Wednesday, bul the Saturday games will be mucl more convenient for everybodj on Sunday. The other teams in the Nev River League are Galax, Inde pendence, Rural Retreat, Jack son’s Ferry, Austinville, Ivanhoe Hillsville, Fries Weavers an< Fries Maroons. W. Bert Edwards the manage of the Spartans looks forwan with considerable confidence whei he sees the sturdy bunch of mei he has to work with. And som definite plans are being develops for comprehensive improvement at the ball ground near the Higl School. Annual meeting of I WMU will convene | at ScottviOe next I —Tuesday, May 14, in, the! Baptist Church at 10:30 a. j m., when two guest Speakers | will be present to address the group. They are Miss Mary Currin, State Young People’s Sec retary of Raleigh, and Mis. Earl j C. James, of Elkin, Divisional Superintendent of the newly created Wilkesboro region which ; was originally part of Asheville i and Charlotte divisions. Program will be as follows: Song, “What A Friend We \ Have In ‘Mother’.” congregation, j Devotional, Rev. A. F. Ahsher Welcome, Mrs. V. Waddell. Response, Miss Donna Jones. 1 History of Hymn of the year, Mrs. Wade Goodman. Hymn, “How Firm A Found ation,’’ congregation. Report of Committee Chairmen. I 1. Mission Study, Mrs. W. R. j Taylor. I 2. Stewardship, Mi’s. Van Mil i ler. j 3. Personal Service, Mrs. W. ! P. Maxwell. 4. Margaret Fund, Mrs. R. C. ! Halsey. 5. Training School, Mrs. C. A. Reeves. 6. Cooperative Program and Hundred Th. Club, Mrs. J. T. Fender. In memoriam — duet, Mrs. Wagoner and Mrs. Johnson, with i Mrs. Burgiss, accompanist. Roll call of societies. Report of Superintendent. Report of Secretary. Announcement of Committees. Introduction of Speaker, Mrs. B. E. Reeves. Addres^ “Be Ye Steadfast,” Mrs. Earl James. Benediction. LUNCH r 1:30 p. m. Hymn, “Onward Christian Sold ' iers,” congregation. ' Devotional, Mrs. George Crutch 1 field. Report of Young People’s Lead ‘ er, Mrs. B. Wagoner. 1 Playlet, “Stewardship,” Scott 1 ville Young People. , Playlet, Laurel Springs’ R. A. j G. A. and Sun Beams. 3 Introductipn of speakers, Mrs. i Walt Whittington. Address, “Our Youth Steadi F. Norman Roup passed away last Sunday —and funeral services were conducted in the Sparta Primitive Baptist church at 11 o’clock, May 7, by Elders Ed Davis, Charles Kilby, and Shade Caudill. Frcdand Norman Roup was born in Alleghany County in 18 54, and died May 5, 1940, at his home in Sparta. Mr. Roup was a farmer of this county up until 15 years before his death. For 16 years: he was Register of Deeds . and for 45 years was a Justice, of I the Peace. These two offices j brought him in contact with many : people and he was highly esteem-j ed by a; wide circle of friends, j His passing is a very definite, loss ; to the community. Twin Oaks Twin Oaks, X. C., May 7.—' Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Shores have ■ moved to their , new residence, re cently- completed near here. Hon, R. A. Doughtqn called On, friends here Sunday afternoon. ' Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jones and Miss Janette Carter, Warrensville, visited Mr. Jones’ sister, Mrs; B. F, Wagoner, Sunday. Mi- and Mrs, Benny Wagoner, Mr. and Mrs. Grover Herring and Mrs. Jerry McCloskey 'have re- i turned to their home in Watson-1 ville, Cal., after spending several i weeks visiting Mr. Wagoner’s par ents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Wagoner, and other relatives and friends aere. Orrin Keplinger, who has been spending some time with Howard Wagoner, has returned to his tome in Erwin, Term. Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Hapner spent Sunday with relatives at Seottville. .•several from here attended the i jirthday dinner given in honor if L. A. Jones’ 69th anniversary i it his home near Scottville. Ernest Honaker left Monday | "or Franklinville where he is con-j iidering a position in the chemical iepartment of a Textile company ;here. Mrs. Susie Andrews has just: received word that her daughter, Mattie, was recently married in Springfield, Ohio, to Harry B. i Kirby, a native of Ohio, who has) i position with a steel manufac turing company there. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Edwards spent Sunday wdth Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Warden, Stratford. Many from here attended the second ball game Sunday at Piney Creek between Twin Oaks and Piney Creek, the score 6 to 1, in favor of Twin Oaks. Some very complimentary remarks were made about some nice catches made by fielder Sanders of Twin Oaks ball club. Miss Pauline Sexton, and Miss Madaline Sheppard, students of A. S. T. C., Boone, are at home for a few weeks vacation. Morning service at Walnut Branch —Church this coming Sunday, May 12, at 11 o’clock, providence permitting, with Rev. Lee A. Hampton the speaker. Elder Coy Walker —will preach at Cranberry Church on the third Saturday and Sunday in May. Drive with sense and save expense. Brakes and brains save many pains. Make more use of care and less use of dare. fast For Christ,’’ Miss Mary Cur rin. Report of Committees. Benediction. Mrs. A. 0. Joines is Associ ational Superintendent and Mrs. R. L. Hickerson is Secretary. Qualified voters are warned to make sure —their names are registered on the new books which have been made up from the lists of those who voted in the primary elections of 1936 and 1938. The Chairman of the State Board of Elections in Raleigh, Mr. W. A. Lucas, writes the Star Times as follows: “You would, I think, be render ing your County a service by suggesting that each voter per sonally see that his name has been transcribed—that he is re gistered, and that he is listed on the appropriate registration books. The right to vote in a primary hereafter will be determined by registration on the primary book. ‘‘The names of those electors in your county who voted in the primary or election of 1936 or 1933 have recently been trans cribed oh new registration books by the Chairman of the County Board of Elections of your Coun ty. “Separate registration books for party primaries were made up at the same time. “The names of qualified voters, although registered, but who did not vote in the primary or elec tion of 1936 or 1938, have been omitted from the registration books, and it is necessary that such persons re-register in order to be entitled to vote. “Notwithstanding the careful and painstaking efforts on the part of the Chairman of the Elec tion Board, it is very probable that some errors have occurred.” So, therefore, if you wish to vote, go to your precinct this Saturday, May 11, and make sure your name has been properly transferred to the new list. Cranberry Township Voters particularly —are warned to go and register, because the old books were lost, and so everybody must register anew if they wish to vote. Bailey Wagoner is the registrar, and Saturday is the last day. Whitehead Whitehead, May 7.—Mr. and Mrs. Robert Edwards and daugh ters, Ella and Edna, visited H. M. Joines Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Alph Joines and children, of Galax, Va„ spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Joines. Mrs, Arza Crouse and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Joines and son, Earl Lee, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Joines. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Crouse and daughters, Mabel and Retha, | of Welch, W. Va., spent the week |end with Mrs. Crouse’s parents, . Mr. and Mrs. William Cleary, i Mr. and Mrs. Rece Caudill, Galax, Va., spent Sunday with Mrs. Caudill’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Joines. Mrs, Marie Hickerson and daughters, Sunny Ann and Eu gene, visited Mrs. Hickerson’s father, James Mack D. Wagoner, Sunday, Miss Louise Miles spent last Wednesday night with Mrs. Har mon Joines. James Mack D. Wagoner, who has been sick for the past week, is much improved. Mrs. Glora Brown and son i spent Saturday night with Mrs. | Carl Brown. Miss Alice Cleary is spending jsome time with Mr. and Mrs. Auscor Nichols. Mr. and Mrs. Carey Brown and 'sons, Dwight and Keith, visited | Arza Crouse Sunday. | Mr. and Mrs. Jim Joines spent i Saturday night with their daugh ter, Mrs. Wiley Maxwell. | Mr. and Mrs. Talmage Joines and son, Galax, Va., visited Mr. i Joines’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim IJoines Sunday. NOTICE! Alleghany County Tax Payers By order of the County Commissioners, I will proceed immediately to levy on personal property and advertise real estate of all delinquent tax payers. Please Settle At Once And Save The Cost DeWitt T. Bryan, Sheriff, Alleghany County