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SPARTA NEEDS NOW
an industrial plant, a mo
dern hotel, a federal post
office building and a civic
club. Let’s go after them!
VOLUME 2, NO. 26
$1.00 a Year in Alleghany County
SPARTA, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1, 1941
$1.50 a Year Out of County
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
People
YOU KNOW
In Alleghany
By Staff Writer
I
RALPH GENTRY
The state or quality of being a
good sport links itself readily
with the person of Ralph Gentry,
who is in all probabiilty one of
the most enthusiastic sportsmen
in Alleghany county and a most
suitable president for the coun
ty’s sportsmen’s association.
Away from his job as a rural
letter carrier he can usually be
found indulging in some sports
manlike activity. Sometimes he
hunts, and at other times he fish
es; occasionally he takes part in
athletics, but more often, now
that he is a little older, “sits back
and watches the other fellow do
it.”
Mr. Gentry has long realized
the value of wildlife and the im
portance of limiting the “take"
and giving proper protection to
the carry-over, and to him must
go a large share of the credit for
the organization of a sportsmen’s
club, an association which is
striving to maintain and in
crease our game and fish for this
gerreranoft and thtse 'Who will
1 follow in years t6 cotne.
Rural Mail Carrier
Born at Glade Valley on June
28, 1903 to Mr. and Mrs. A. B.
Gentry, young Ralph began his
schooling in his native commu
nity. He graduated from the
Glade Valley high school in 1919.
After two years at Davidson
college he returned to Glade
Valley and began teaching school.
The following year he taught in
Surry county. Then in 1923 he
was appointed as a rural mail
carrier for the federal govern
ment.
Mr. Gentry’s route covers
about 30 miles, and includes the
Glade Valley, Hare and Teapot
Dome sections. He likes his work,
is thought well of by his patrons,
and hopes to continue working as
a carrier for a long time to come.
Lives On A Farm
Except for a couple of sum
mers in Washington, when he
worked as a street car conductor
in order to pay for his • college
training in the winter, he has al
ways been on a farm. Owner of
a small farm at Glade Valley, he
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Revival Services
Still In Progress
Revival services are still in
progress at the Sparta Baptist
church and are being conducted
by Rev. Herbert Miller, assisted
by the pastor, Rev. V. W. Sears.
A special program on music,
pictures and talks on Latvia was
held at the church last night. Two
native Lativians, Messrs. B. Blu
mit and Carlos Purgalis, brought
first hand stories and information
concerning their country that is
so close to the present Russo-Ger
man conflict.
Much interest is being shown in
the revival meeting.
IT’S HOT HERE BUT
HOTTER ELSEWHERE
The heat wave, which has swept
the nation for the past several
days, has been felt extensively
here during the daytime, but has
not caused serious suffering, as
has been the case in lower reg
ions.
Fatalities attributed to the heat
have passed 150, while the mer
cury continues to hang around the
100 mark in many sections of the
country.
The highest report here for the
week is 89, which is exceptionally
high. The nights, however, have
been comfortably cooL
Daylight Saving
Time Gradually
Adopted In Co.
Most County Offices, Stores
Co-ooeratinsr. Others Are
Urged To Do So.
CHANGE MADE MONDAY
In accordance with the requests
of President Roosevelt and Gov.
Broughton, practically all of the
county and town offices and a
number of the stores in Sparta
are now operating on daylight
saving time.
The change throughout the state
became effective Monday morn
ing and is supposed to continue
until September 30. The purpose
is to conserve eelctricity for na
tional defense.
Several here have pointed out
that except for co-operating pa
triotically with the movement
and of being in step with other
towns in the state, there is little
gain since Sparta does not have
any industrial plants.
The mail, bus and trains still
operate on eastern standard time.
Several stores open on new time
and clqpe on old time.
Mayor Floyd Crouse has urged
that all local citizens adopt day
light savings time.
All county-federal agencies are
on daylight time. These include
t h e health department, FSA,
WPA, welfare, draft board, etc.
A representative from the state
employment office will be in
Sparta each Wednesday between
the hours of 10 and 3 p. m., day
light savings time.
It is not known as to which
time the churches here will ope
rate on this Sunday. |
The change is causing a lot of i
people to ask, “what time is it?'’ •- \
“Diamond Rock”
Opens Tomorrow
Rendezvaas-Restaurant Man
aged by Wade McMillan;
Dancing In Rear.
Early tomorrow morning Alle
ghany county’s newest rendez
vous and restaurant, “The Dia
mond Rock,” will open to the
public, featuring excellent meals
as well as short orders and curb
service. w
Under the management of Wade
McMillan, the new establishment
is handling Shell gasoline, soft
drinks and beer, candy and to
bacco and other merchandise.
Jess Nomlon, a chef of 35 years
of experience, has been engaged
to supervise the work in the kit
chen.
Mr. McMillan invites all his
friends to visit the Diamond
Rock this week end. In the rear
of the establishment is a place
for dancing, equipped with tables,
chairs, and a juke box. The bal
cony has not yet been finished,
but is expected to be ready for
use soon.
MUST HAVE LICENSES
Those persons desiring to ope
rate threshing machines in the
county are advised by Ernest Ed
wards, register of deeds, that lic
enses must be secured from his
office in the courthouse.
Licenses sell for 50 cents. R. F.
Phipps, Glenh Halsey and C. M.
Richardson have purchased their
licenses, Mr. Edwards said.
Is Goering in Hitler’s Doghouse?
This photo, radioed from Berlin to New York, shows Hermann
Goering at left with Hitler and Field Marshall Keitel as they look
over a map. Location is given as Hitler’s headquarters on Eastern
front and the picture was released obviously to contradict a report
of Russian origin that Goering was in the Hitler doghoum.
Order Numbers For
July 1 Registrants
Released By Board
TO PUSH DAIRYING
J. P. Lea guns, formerly of the
state extension service, who is
field representative to promote
dairying in Alleghany, Ashe and
Watauga counties.
Clinic Work To
End On Aug. 21
Last Immunization Schedule
is Announced by Health
Department.
When work gets underway at
the Maines store at Vox next
Thursday morning, the county
health department will have be
gun giving vaccinations in the
last group of immunization clinics
to be held in Alleghany this dim
mer.
Vaccinations are now being
given against typhoid fever, dip
htheria and small pox. Children
are expected to be immunnized
against the two latter diseases be
fore entering school this fall.
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Reds Hold German Forces;
Japs Occupy Indo-Cliina
This week the Russian forces
appear to be holding their own and
while German troops claim to be
going forward they have made no
important advances.
Japan, while not in the war, has
entered into the picture by as
suming control of the French-In
do China and is threatening to
move forward toward the oil
wells of the Dutch East Indies.
The Soviet command declared
on Wednesday that the Germans
had been driven from their new
ly-dug trenches in the Smolensk
sector protecting Moscow, and
other official Soviet informants
asserted that at some points Nazi
units had been thrown back as
much as 100 miles from the most
advanced positions reached by in
vading spearheads.
Winston Churchill, successfully
defending his government’s direc
tion of industry and labor before
Parliament, declared that the
United States “is advancing in
rising wrath and conviction to the
very verge of war.” He warned
the British to be “at concert
pitch” for the possibility of a
September attempt at invasion by
the Nazis.
The Dutch minister to the Uni
ted States, Doctor Alexander Lou
don, promised that “in case of ex
treme emergency” the Dutch East
Indies oil wells would be des
■troyed. In effect warning others
to get out of the way, Japan be
gan occupying eight air bases and
five garrison posts in southern
French Indo-China.
The Nazi High Command
claimed progress in each of its
four main drives into Russia, and
dwelt particularly upon action at
the center. It was asserted that
Russian troops entrapped “east of
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Draft Officials Explain Meth
od by Which 21-Year-Olds
Will Be Called.
NEXT QUOTA AUG. 15
How the newly-registered, 21
year-old then were integrated
proportionately with the older se
lective service registrants in Al
leghany. county was explained in
detail yesterday by draft offi
cials and the master list of order
numbers released for publication.
Rather than place the new reg
istrants ahead or after the older
registrants on the. local board
list, it was decided to integrate
the latest group among the men
already on the rolls.
A set of serial numbers, each
preceded by the letter ,-S.” from
S-l through S-56. were assigned
county registrants at a recent
board meeting. The serial num
bers in the order they were
drawn in the lottery July 17 con
stituted a master list which was
used by the board in assigning
“sequence numbers” to their July
1 registrants, in this manner:
Order Numbers Given
The registrant here in this area
whose serial number appeared at
the top or nearest the top of the
master list was given “Sequence
No. 1,” and so on until each new
registrant had a sequence num
ber. Classification of the new reg
istrants will be made soon.
, The following is a list of the
new registrants and their order
numbers: a
S-700 Garnett Silvester Mays
S-687 Meredith Earl Richardson
S-763 Clifford Hassel Gentry
S-737 Arvil Lyon
S-712 Walter Lee Rose
S-662 William Roy Wyatt
S-392 Raymond Arthur Hudson
S:815 William Clyde Wood
S-249 Larry William Brooks
S-418 Joe Barrett Tucker
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Lamb Shipment
Is Set For Today
Weighing Began Yesterday on
Large Number of Alle
ghany Farms.
After the last schedule of
weighings is completed today an
unusually large number of lambs
will be shipped to Jersey City,
N. J., for sale to the Kerns Com
mision company, County Agent
R. E. Black announced.
Weighing began yesterday on a
large number of Alleghany farms
and is expected to be completed
this morning. The schedule for
today is as follows: S. C. John
son’s, 7:30 a. m.; Clay Edwards',
8:30 a. m.; and J. R. Gambill’s,
9:30 a. m.
This marks the secnd coopera
tive shipment of lambs from Al
leghany county ;this summer, and
a third shipment will be made
during the latter part of August.
Lambs are bringing an excep
tionally good gtice this season,
county sheep misers declare.
Pretty Weather
Boon To People
At Roaring Gap
Resort Adopted Daylight Sav
ing Time 24 Hours Ahead
of Rest of State.
GOLF TOURNEY HELD
With signs posted all around
proclaiming that “Roaring Gap is
now on daylight saving time,”
rfesidents of the summer resort
succeded in getting the jump on
the rest of the state and turned
their clocks up an hour Saturday
at midnight rather than Sunday.
Cottagers tried vainly to ex
plain to their maids that “all you
have to do is to turn the clock up
an hour.” But it usually ended
with the lady of the house turn
ing the kitchen clock up without
the maid knowing the difference.
It was really easier done than
said.
Meantime, with a full week of
pretty weather, everyone turned
his thoughts to outdoor activity.
A golf tournament was held over
the week-end. The golfing gals
are rejoicing that “Dumpy” Hag
ler has finally fixed some
special women’s tees. Of course
the only catch is that all men
want to play off the gal’s tees.
Dumpy has inaugurated a ground
rule that all men “over 50” can
play from the women’s tee, kind
of nutting the boys on the spot.
Tennis and riding vied for
the spotlight on Saturday. Jean
Folkes held a round robin for the
grown-ups.in the morning and a
stroking contest for the kids in
the afternoon. After that, he join
ed in a doubles match. He likes
tennis.
Playing in the morning were
Mrs. Bowman Gray, Mrs. Ralph
Hanes, Frank Willingham, Win
field, James Grey, Jr., Bahiwon
Gray, Coleman Walker and Jim
Hanes. Of course, no one ever
figured out who won, but that
was beside the point.
Catnpetition in the p. m. session
was keen. Pauline Gray, Mar
tha Hanes, Mary 'Boyard. Faith
Van Cleif, Emmie Lou Bourne
and Christine Gray vied for hon
ors. Christine Gray got a special
award for feeing the only one with
nerve enough to try a backhand.
Over at the stables the Silver
Pines campers put on a gymk
hana. The meet included candy
races, musical chairs, potato races,
water races, and ribbon races, i
The horses seemed to enjoy the,
games as much as the kids. i
Alleghany Has
Another Case Of
Polio Reported
Another case of infantile pa
ralysis has developed in Allegha
ny county in the Cherry Lane vi
cinity. This case is in the home
of Luther Spicer, the child
being an eight year old boy, Sam,
Dr. Robert King of the health de
partment reported Wednesday.
It is very important that all
children be kept at home and not
attend any meetings and not visit
in a home where there is any
sickness, since this is the best
known way of protecting the
child, Dr. King explained.
During the past several years
there has been a larger and larg
er percentage of adult cases of in
fantile paralysis and Dr. King
strongly advises against any un
necessary public gatherings such
as protracted meetings, family re
unions, Sunday schools, attending
picture shows or any other event
where crowds gather.
Three cases were reported in
Alleghany by Dr. King last week.
Singles Tennis Tournament
Is Now Underway In Sparta
With Robert Fleetwood seeded
as number one player, and Byron
Stuart rated second, the first
round of the annual Alleghany
county singles tennis tournament
is set to get underway this week
end.
Sixteen players have entered
the tourney with the understand
ing that their first-round contests
must have been played by next
Wednesday afternoon. T. R. Bur
giss has been seeded as number
three and Rev. R. L. Berry,
fourth.
First-round matches are as fol
lows: Robert Fleetwood vs Frank
Osborne; Edwin Duncan vs Ed
win Duncan, Jr.; Ed Anderson vs
Tommy Osborne, Bryan Eldridge
vs T. R. Burgiss; Joe Bill Reed
vs Rev. R. L. Berry; Dr. C. A.
Thompson vs Ralph Gen tty; Al
ton Thompson vs Robert Berry;
and W. C. Thompson vs Byron
Stuart.
Trophy for Winner
Upsets are expected and dark
horses may be discovered among
the 16 entries. The winner of the
singles tourney will be awarded
a trophy and the runner-up will
receive a prize. Results of each
round will be posted in the B &
T Drug company.
Immediately following the sin
gles, a double tourney will be
held.
Rules worked out by
of the tenhis club are as
(1) The seeded ptoyeps
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Aluminum Drive Is
Now Underway In
Alleghany County
HEADS SOIL DISTRICT
Staton Mclver who is district
conservationist of the New River
Soil Conservation project, with
headquarters in West Jefferson.
Cooperative Will
Meet At Mouth Of
Wilson Tonight
Co-op Group’s Achievements
for the Past Year Will
Be Outlined.
Patrons of Southern States co
operative in the Mouth of Wilson
area will hold their annual meet
ing at Kennedy’s store in Mouth
of Wilson this evening at 7:30, it
was announced yesterday.
‘T. C. Black, of Mouth of Wil
son, chairman of the board, will
preside. The audience will take
part in an open discussion on the
subject, “What Farmers Can Do
to Improve the Usefulness of
Their Cooperative to Agricul
ture.”
E. R. Davis, 6f Galax, a repre
sentative of the cooperative, will
outline the group’s achievements
during the year which ended
June 30 and will announce the
patronage dividends.
Highlights in the life of a suc
cessful farm family will be pre
sented in a technicolor movie,
“Dad Brown’s Job.”
Board members will also be
elected.
County Agent R. E. Black, of
Sparta, will conduct an “Informa
tion, Please!” and Preston Os
borne, Jr., and Lester Anders will
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Burgiss Plans
To Start Drive
Dr. T. R. Burgiss, chairman of
the “Old North State” fund in
Alleghany county, plans to begin
the campaign to raise the county’s
quota of $125 early next week, it
was announced yesterday.
The campaign is part of a state
wide drive to raise $75,000 to pur
chase a fully equipped airplane
ambulance as a gift to the people
of England from citizens of North
Carolina.
It is understood that the Wo
man’s club is considering the pos
sibility of giving a dance in a con
nection with the drive.
Defense Committees Appoint
ed By Chairman To Work
In Each Township
MOVIE TO BE GIVEN
j Slight delay in setting up an
organization to handle a county
1 wide drive for the collection of
discarded or used aluninum to
cooperate with the government in
its call for this vital defense met
al has made it necessary to extend
the campaign in Alleghany coun
ty to the latter part of next week.
A concerted effort to collect
aluminum from residences and
business establishments in the
town and county will get under
way in earnest this week end. It
is understood that the Spartan
theatre plans to give a special
“aluminum matinee” within the
next week or 10 days.
Defense committees have been
named for each township. Mem
bers of the Woman’s club and the
American Legion have been asked
to assist in the drive. Rural letter
carriers have also promised their
full cooperation.
County Defense Committee
At a meeting Tuesday night,
nine persons were named as
members of the Alleghany Coun
ty Defense council of which R. P.
Crouse, tnayor of the town, is
chairman. The other members are
Jess M o x 1 e y, commander of
American Legion post; Jas. Mac
D. Wagoner, member of board of
commissioners; Clay Thompson,
superintendent of public instruc
tion; R. E. Black, county farm ag
ent; Mrs. J. T. Inskeep, president
of Woman’s club; Raymond Low
ery, editor of The News; Alton
Thompson, cashier of Northwest
ern Bank; D. T. Bryan, sheriff of
cftHr-tv; . and Ben Reeves,
er of Spartan theatre.
The following were appointed
as defense committees in the var
ious townships:*
Gap Civil — Amos Wagoner,
chairman. C. R. Roe, John Mac
Edwards, R. G. Cox, A. V. Choate
L. M. Reeves and Ernest Ec
wards.
Cherry Lane — R. C, Gentry,
chairman. J. T. Inskeep, J. T.
Miles and Rush Thompson.
Whitehead — Lonnie Edwards,
chairman, E. L. Wagoner, F. M.
Joines, Ros's Richardson and Jim
Joines.
Cranberry—J. H. Miller, chair
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Alumni Of ASTC
Had Reunion Sat.
Classes of 1913 and 1915 ot Ap
palachian State Teachers college
held a reunion on the campus at
Boone last Saturday and enjoyed
a day which featured. a chapel
period, meeting, tour of the insti
tution and a banquet in the cafe
teria. A. O. Joines, of Sparta, act
ed as toastmaster at the banquet
Climaxing a day of good
fellowship, a banquet was given
for visitors at 7 o'clock. Dr.
Dougherty, president of the col
lege, gave an address of welcome.
The principal speaker of the eve
ning was Dr. I. G. Greer, of
Thomasville, a prominent alumnus
of the college. Practically all of
the alumni present spoke brief
ly concerning their work since
leaving the campus of the institu
tion.