The Alleghany News
A NEWSPAPER DEDICATED TO COVERING THE NEWS AND PROMOTING PROGRESS IN ALLEGHANY COUNTY
VOLUME 2, NO. 21
$1.00 a Year in Alleghany County
SPARTA, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING,]
$1.50 a Year Out of County
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
People
YOU KNOW
In Alleghany
By Staff Writer
JOHN R. EDWARDS
Acknowledged as one of the
most successful farmers in this
section, John R. Edwards is an
individual who has also played a
big role in the public life of his
native county. While today he has
relinquished his public duties to
younger men, he is still active on
his 175-acre farm along New river
and is vitally interested in all civ
ic undertakings.
Mr. Edwards began his life on
a farm about four miles north of
Sparta in 1871. With the excep
tion of a few years in one of the
county free schools, there was
no formal education. He began
working on the farm before he
had even reached his teens.
When about 18 years old he
packed his belongings and went
to Silver City, N. Mex., there to
work on a cattle ranch for a cou
ple of months. After the death of
a cousin, with whom he was stay
ing in Silver City, he returned to
Alleghany and worked on the
farm here for a year.
Worked la f J£a * '
The next three years he spent
on a farm in Iowa, and at the end
of that period he again returned
to this county. But in less than a
year he was back in Iowa and an
other year had passed before he
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Best Fish Tale
Told By Miles
Game Warden Ready to Veri
fy WPA Supervisor’s Sto
ry About Big Bass.
WPA supervisor Claude Miles
tells a fish story—and Game War
den Dick Gentry will verify it—
that tops any reproduced in these
columns in a couple of seasons.
A week ago last Saturday Mr.
Miles was casting about for bass
in the mill stream below Sparta
on Little river. It wasn’t long,
either, before something grabbed
his line and began putting up a
terrific fight.
The WPA official held on to the
rod and reel with all his might.
Then—pop! The line broke and
the big bass swam down stream
with the plug in its mouth.
That’s the first half of the tale.
Here’s the remainder:
Last Saturday an unidentified
individual from Winston-Salem
tried his luck in the same stream.
In no time at all a fish grabbed
his plug.
After hauling it in, the gentle
man observed an extra plug in
the fish’s mouth.
So there you have the story,
although it might be added that
the fish proved to be the bass
that had escaped Mr. Miles ex
actly one week before.
And here’s still more of it—Mr.
Miles didn’t get his plug back
or the fish, either.
Greene Infant
Died Thursday
Last rites were held at Boone
Friday for Betty Jo Greene, in
fant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Dwight L. Greene, of Roanoke,
who died on June 19 approxi
mately 24 hours after its birth.
The infant died at the Lewis
Gale hospital in Roanoke.
Until several months ago, Mr.
and Mm. Greene made their home
in Sparta, where Mrs. Greene
New Registration Is To Be
Held At Courthouse Tues.
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All Men Who Have Become 21
Since Last October 16,
Must Register.
Every man in Alleghany who
| has attained the 21st anniversary
of the day of his birth since Oct
ober 16, 1940, must register with
the local Selective Service board
in the courthouse at Sparta
next Tuesday, July 1, or else be
subject to severe penalties.
Registration will be held in the
office of the draft board and will
last from 7 o’clock in the morn
ing until 9 o’clock at night, C. C
Crutchfield, ch’mn of the board,
will be in charge of the registra
tion.
In event of sickness, registrants
should notify the board and ar
rangements will be made to send
someone to the home and com
plete registration.
It is estimated that there are
around 30 men in the county
who have reached the age of 21
since last October 16.
Men subject to the registration,
and who are away from home and
cannot, except at great expense
and inconvenience, return to their
local boards to register, may ap
pear before the nearest local
board and will be registered
there. Such men should be cau
tioned, however, to give their per
manent address, which is most
important.
Men who have been in the na
tional guard must also register
at this time.
Dr. Eldritlge Is
Masonic Speaker
District Meeting Held Here
Wednesday Night; Ban
quet Is Given.
Around 50 Masons from lodges
in Alleghany and Ashe counties
attended a district Masonic meet
ing here Wednesday night which
featured an address by Dr. Chas.
P. Eldridge. Grand. ?$aster of the
Masonic lodges of North Carolina.
Before the meeting got under
way in the Masonic hall, a ban
quet was given in the county of
fice and assembly building. The
meal was prepared and served by
members of the Woman’s club.
Short speeches were also made
by John H. Anderson, of Raleigh,
Grand Secretary, Snd several
members of the four Masonic
lodges in this district. Franklin
Royal, district deputy, of Cherry
Lane, presided at the meeting.
Alleghany’s two .Masonic orders
are located in Sparta and Piney
Creek. Eleven representatives
from Ashe lodges attended the
meeting.
The Masons of the two coun
ties were told they have four of
the most active and enthusiastic
lodges in the state, and were
commended highly for their fine
work in the past.
CANS ARE NOW READY
Cans are now available in the
basement of Smithey’s store to
those members of the Baptist
churches in the county who desire
to put up food for the Thomas
ville orphanage, according to an
announcement by Mrs. T. S. Mox
ley, chairman of the canning com
mittee.
Last year the 10 churches in the
Alleghany Baptist association
filled nearly 100 dozen cans for
the orphanage. This year 110 do
zen cans have been ordered and
it is hoped that an even larger
number of church members will
take part in the work.
BEGINS REVIVAL MON.
Rev. Joe H. Carter, pastor of
First Presbyterian church, Ander
son, S. C., who will conduct a re
vival meeting here throughout
next week at the Presbyterian
church. Services begin Monday
evening at 7:30.
Revival Meeting
To Be Held Here
In Pres. Church
Rev. Joe H. Carter, of Ander
son, S. C., to Conduct
Daily Services.
Beginning next Monday even
ing at 7:30 a revival meeting, con
ducted by Rev. Joe H. Carter, pas
tor of the First Presbyterian
church, Anderson, S. C., will get
underway here ifT'Kh# Presbyter
ian church.
Rev. Carter will be assisted in
the meeting by Rev. R. L. Ber
ry, pastor of tjje church. Special
song services will precede the
meeting each evening. The pub
lic is invited to attend.
This week a daily vacation Bi
ble school is being held each
morning at 9 o’clock under the
direction of Miss Nancy Houston,
a trained worker sent out by the
Presbyterian Committee of Re
ligious Education.
Designed for children belong
ing to any churches in the com
munity and county, who have not
yet reached their seventeenth
birthdays, the school will con
tinue throughout next week.
Churches Plan
Bible Schools
Beginning next Monday morn
ing, vacation Bible schools will
get underway at the Scottville
and New Hope churches, it was
announced yesterday by Rev. W.
H. Caldwell.
Exercises will also be held at
the churches during each evening
of the coming week, at which
times lectures will be given on
the work of the Sunday school.
Rev. Caldwell will be assisted by
several other church members in
the Bible schools and lectures.
Church members are urged to at
tend.
Russian Bombers Smash
German Occupied A teas
The war took a decided turn to
northern Europe this week fol
lowing Germany’s declaration
against Russia.
After the declaration of war,
Nazis troops immediately invaded
Russia with initial success.
Meeting the German ouslaught
with “stiff resistance,” Russia of
ficially declared early yesterday
her armies had “annihilated” a
Nazi mechanized regiment and her
bombs had started huge fires in
Warsaw, Constanta and other Ger
man-occupied cities.
Claiming great damage to mil
itary objectives, the Red army re
ported gasoline dumps were burn-,
ing in Warsaw and the Rumanian
city of Constanta J* “ablaze" af
ter three bombing* by Soviet
The war report revealed that
the Germans had brought their
world-famous parachute troops
into play in the all-out assault on
the Russian lands.
Extremely heavy fighting north
of Brest-Litovsk was indicated
and German reports from Hitler’s
headquarters in the east told of
great successes” including the
bunkers fa the third day of the
German-Russian war.
w /ierce fightin* apparently
was between Brest-Litovsk. which
^rm^ns caPtured Monday,
Sd PrUSsi£? frontier
and Fripet swamps. This region.
w»th a base about 100 miles Ion*
bulges into East Prussian tnL
German-occupied Poland.
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County Assigned
Quota Of 10 Men
For July 18 Call
Questionnaires Are Mailed to
All Reistrants; No Volun
teers Are Listed.
_ State selective service headquar
ters yesterday assigned a quota
of 10 selectees to Alleghany coun
ty for July 18, marking the sec
ond group of 10 registrants as
signed this area since June 1.
Meeting Wednesday, the board
mailed out the last of the selec
tive service questionnaires. After
the second registration Tuesday*
it is understood, questionnaires
will be sent to new registrants as
soon as possible.
There are no volunteers listed
with tHe board at the present
time.
Providing there are no volun
teers between now and July 18,
the following men will be expec
ted to go to camp: Leff Joe Cau
dill, Gaither Lee Evans and Jos
eph Talmage Smith, of Sparta
Dent Bowie Pugh, Topia; Ernest
Earl Taylor, Furches; Vincent
Alexander Cox, Piney Creek;
George Ray Long, Citron; James
Reb Reeves, Scottville; Kemp Hil
lery Caudill, Whitehead; and Em
mett Ray Andrews, Ennice.
Two men belonging in the last
group sent to camp were rejected
as unfit for military training. An
other selectee notified the board
he was in prison on the date of
induction.
Camp t or Girls
Has Opened Up
Miss Priscilla Shaw, of Sum
ter, S. C., Again Manages
Silver Pines.
Silver Pines summer camp for
girls was scheduled to open yes
terday morning with a full en
rollment of girls, representing
nine states, it was announced. '
Part of a private estate, pic
turesquely located ^7*0 ieet
above sea level at Roaring Gap,
Silver Pines is a camp for girls
from 7 to 16 years old. Here
through her close associations and
cooperation in a group, a girl may
find one of the finest and most
lasting experiences in her life.
The camp is now in its thir
teenth year and is managed by
Miss Phiscilla Shaw, of Sumter,
S. C. Miss Shaw arrived at Roar
ing Gap early last week.
A well-rounded program of ac
tivities has been planned for this
summer with one of the best
staffs of counselors available.
States represented this season in
Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia,
elude North and South Carolina,
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Illinois
and the District of Columbia.
Baby Hospital
Opened At Gap
Dr. William A. Exum, of Duke
University Hospital, Is
House Physician
The 30-bed children’s hospital
at Roaring Gap was opened June
15 for its twelfth consecutive
season under the supervision of
Dr. J. L. Butler, of Winston-Sal
em.
The institution will remain in
operation until September 15.
Dr. William A. Exum, of Duke
university hospital, is serving as
house physician. Supervisor of the
staff of seven nurses is Miss Mild
red Bearss, of Duke hospital’s
pediatrics department.
Main purpose of the hospital is
to provide facilities in the moun
tains for treatment of children
who could not otherwise afford it.
It accomodates both indigent and
paying patients, and offers treat
ment for all non-contagious chil
dren’s diseases.
Baby clinics are to be held each
Saturday afternoon from 2 to 4 o’
clock. Anyone desiring further in
formation about the clinics is
asked to contact the health de
partment here.
DECORATION SERVICE SUN.
Decoration services will be held
at the Wesley Andrews “old home
place” this Sunday morning at 10
o’clock, it was announced yester
day. *
A great dl
pected to be
sal of interest is «
shoarn in the annual
Traffic Club’s Annual Outing
To Be Held Tomorrow At Gap
TAKES DRAPER POST
Paul Dailey Gambill, son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. Cleve Gambill, of
near Sparta, who was graduated
from N. C. State college in tex
tile manufacturing- this month,
has accepted a position with Mar
shall Field and company at Dra
per and has already assumed his
duties. He is expected to be called
into army service as second lieu
tenant in July.
McMillan Named
To Head State
American Legion
After pledging to “keep faith
with the soldiers now in uni
form,” the North Carolina Ameri
can Legion Tuesday elected R. L.
McMillan, of Raleigh, as state
commander and Mrs. Walter C,
Craven, of Charlotte, as Legion
Auxiliary president.
F. Scarr Morrison, of States
ville, was re-elected commander
of the fifteenth district, L. M.
Nelson, of North Wilkesboro, vice
commander. The Newland post
won a class D membership tro
phy.
Asheville was selected as the
convention city for next year.
Carlyle Higgins represented the
Alleghany county post at the con
vention.
Read the ads in The News each
week, and then BUY. You will
really save money.
Leading Figures in Shipping,
Transportation Fields
Are To Attend.
Officials yesterday announced
plans had been completed for the
Winston-Salem Traffic c 1 u b’s
twelfth annual summer outing
which will be held tomorrow in
Graystone Inn at Roaring Gap.
Featured event of the day’s
program will be the banquet at
7 o’clock with Edmund H. Hard
ing, of Washington, N. C., wide
ly known humorist, philosopher
musician, as principal speaker.
Approximately 200 visitors and
members of the traffic club from
Winston-Salem, Greensboro and
High Point are expected to attend
the annual affair. N. B. Correll,
president, and Joe Chatham, tem
porary secretary of thej3lttb, are,
in charge of arrangements 'for the
outing.
A buffet luncheon has been ar
ranged at noon. In the afternoon,
the ladies will participate in a
bridge tournament while the
men will participate in other ac
tivities, principally golf.
Golf Tournament
During the day a blind bogey
for all persons as well as the
tournament for the traffic club
cup, in which only club members
will participate, will be held.
Swimming, boating, croquet,
horseshoes and tennis will be
available during the day for those
attending the event. Dancing has
been arranged for 10 o’clock to
climax the day’s events.
A number of leading figures
in the shipping and transporta
tion fields have indicated they
Will attend the outing. Among
those expected to attend are A.
H. Laney, president of Laney
and Delcher Storage Warehouse,
Jacksonville, Fla.; W. J. Wright,
war department, Washington, D.
C.; George W. Brice, traffic man
ager, Duke Power company, Char
lotte; J. Charles Phelps, traffic
manager, state highway depart
ment, Raleigh; R. W. Wirt, assist
ant vice-president, and C. B.
Walker, assistant freight traffic
manager, Southern Raiyway,
Washington, D. C. George L. Fel
la, superintendent of the Great
Atlantic and Pacific Tea com
pany, Charlotte; H. L. Lauby,
eatstqrn traffic, manager, Union
Pacific, New York; and many
others.
Interest Is Shown In Clinics
Conducted By Health Dept
Immunization clinics, at which
vaccinations are given against
typhoid fever, smallpox and
diphtheria, are now being held at
various points throughout the
county and a great deal of in
terest is being shown in the work,
according to the county health de
partment, which is sponsoring; the
clinics.
At each point the clinic is held
for three successive weeks. It -is
important that every child be
tween six months and six years
old be given two doses of diph
theria toxoid, the interval be
tween doses to be from six weeks
to twb months.
Every child is expected to be
immunized against diphtheria and
smallpox before entering school
the maximum interval between
courses of typhoid vaccine should
be three years, according to the
health department, and persons
using unapproved water or sewer
age facilities should be vaccinat
ed every two years.
Schedules running through July
3 are as follows:
June 18, 25 and July 2—Elk
Creek store, 9 a. m.; Landreth’s
store, 10:30 a. m.; Kennedy’s
store, 11:30 a. m.;.Finey Creek
post office, 2 p. m.
June 19, 26 and July 3—Laurel
Springs, 9:45 a. m.; Citron post
office, 11 a. m.- Pine Swamp
school, 1:30 p. m.; Whitehead
school, 2:30 p. m.
County health department in
Sparta each Saturday morning
from 9 to U a. m.
Open House Held
On County NYA
Projects Tliurs.
Sixth Anniversary of Youth
Administration Celebrated
All Over State.
The sixth anniversary of the
establishment of the National
Youth administration was marked
by the holding of open house on
all NYA projects in Alleghany
county yesterday as a part of
state and national observance.
The NYA is now operating two
projects in Alleghany county, in
cluding clerical and home mak
ing. Both projects are located
here upstairs over the D. W. Mo
tor company.
Projects now in operation were
open for the inspection of visi
tors throughout the day. Num
bers of people visited the local
projects and viewed the work
now being accomplished in this
county.
The state celebration of the an
niversary was marked by the
dedication of the Raleigh resi
dent center, at which time Gov.
J. M. Broughton brought greet
ings and June Rose, chairman of
the state advisory committee of
the NYA, and NYA Administra
tor John A. Lang made speeches.
The NYA provides a two-fold
opportunity for needy young
men, it was pointed out. First is
the opportunity for young people
who are out of school and in need
of jobs to work for wages on use
ful public projects and to acquire
the background of experience
needed for private employment.
Second is the opportunity for
young people who are students to
work in schools and colleges and
earn some of the money they
need to enable them to continue
their education.
Convention Set
For Mt. Carmel
Alleghapy Baptist %»n. School
Meer to Be HekrSumiay
At 1:00 P. M.
Plans are underway to hold the
annual Alleghany Baptist Sunday
school convention at the Mount
Carmel church this Sunday af
ternoon, beginning at 1 o’clock.
All Sunday schools in the as
sociation are urged to send dele
gates to the convention, Miss Ivy
Grace Doughton, president of the
convention, said yesterday.
Highlighted by an address by
Rev. R. West, of Yadkinville, the
afternoon program includes also
the devotional exercises by Rev.
Caldwell, an address of welcome
by Rev. Blackburn, and special
music. Following reports from the
Sunday schools and committees,
Rev. V. W. Sears will discuss Bi
ble schools and A. O. Joines, who
is moderator, will make a short
talk.
CRUSHING STONE ON
HIGHWAY 18 SECTION
Stone crushing on another mile
of highway 18 was started Tues
day and work is progressing
nicely.
Plans are now nearly complete
to let a contract for construction
on a three-mile stretch of the
highway, and work on this road
will be pushed forward this sum
mer.
At the present time there are
125 men working on four road
projects in the county. This is the
lowest number of WPA workers
the county has had during the
past three years, it is stated.
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