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THE ALLEGHANY NEWS is first in news, first in lo cal pictures, first in circu lation and first in advertis ing in Alleghany county. The Alleghany News A NEWSPAPER DEDICATED TO COVERING THE NEWS AND PROMOTING PROGRESS IN ALLEGHANY COUNTY 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. 27 $1.00 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8, 1941 $1.50 a Year Out of County PUBLISHED WEEKLY Alleghany County Schools To Open September 1 People YOU KNOW In Alleghany Bv Staff Writer ELDER C. B. KILBY Known and respected through out this section of the mountains for his active work in the Primi tive Baptist churches, one of which he is paster, Elder C. B. Kilby has had a long and varied career, and in numerous other professions. Mr. Kilby was born in Ashe county on May 2, 1882, but was reared in Grayson county, Va., where he remained until he was 22 years old. Practically all of his primary education was secured in a little log schoolhouse known as Wolf Knob, the name having been de ft rived from the belief that wolves once howled outside its door. What little high school education he received was at Helton, in Ashe county. Shbi tly aftei he left high school he began teaching, serving o» term in Virginia and two terms in 'Ash Ishe county. At 22 he went to Newport News, Va., and secured a job with a shipbuilding and dry dock company, but a short while later returned to Ashe county and farmed for two years. Moved to West Jefferson Then, after working in West Virginia as a carpenter, and fol (Continued on Page Four; Board Announces Aug. 15 Draftees 10 Men Required to Fill Quo* ta Leaving for Ft. Bragg Next Friday. v Registrants who have been se lf lected for induction into the Uni ted States army at Fort Bragg next Friday were announced yes terday by the county draft board. The 10 men required to fill the current quota are as follows: Geo. Ray Long, Levi Elmer Broyhill, Romi Lee Spurlin, Paul Allen Vernon, Levi James Caudill, Hol ton Benjamin Taylor, Robert Lin nie Fortner, Paul Vergil Evans, Eddie Blan Smith and Garnett Glenn Wagoner. Because one or more of the above men may not be inducted at the induction station by camp officials, a number of men were listed as replacements but were not revealed by the board. Questionnaires have been mailed to 21-year-old men, who registered for selective service on July 1. ^ Last Rites Held For Mrs. Stamper Funeral services were held on Tuesday for Mrs. Kelly Parsons Stamper, aged 94, of Piney Creek, who died early Monday morning following an'extended illness. Services were conducted in the Piney Creek Methodist church by Revs. L. F. Strader and John ny Toliver. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mrs. Stamper, who was one of the oldest residents of Allegha ny county, was well known throughout this section of the mountains. She had an exception ally large group of friends in her native county and community. She is survived by one daugh ter, Mrs. Bessie Moxley, of Piney Creek, and a number of grand p children. AAA Certificate Is Presented To Extension Staff County Attains Goal of 90 Per Cent for Maximum Soil Payment in 1940. ALSO AWARD FOR ’39 Alleghany county’s agriculture extension staff, AAA committees, and other workers were honored in Raleigh on Monday when a certificate of recognition was pre sented to County Agent R. E. Black for the high goal of 90 per cent of the maximum soil build ing payment for the county, which was achieved in 1940. The state AAA committee and extension service awarded a sim ilar certificate for this recogni tion during 1939. This previous honor had been announced, but a certificate of recognition had not been presented. The performance is a long step) toward accomplishing the objec tives of the AAA program, which is to prevent soil erosion, main tain and improve the fertility of the soil, and stabilize farm in come. A relatively small number of counties in North Carolina re ceived this recognition, it was re vealed at the meeting in Raleigh. The certificate was signed by I. O. Schaub, director of the ex tension service; E. Y. Floyd, state executive officer; and members of the state AAA committee. Begin On Final Clinic Schedule Health Dept. Starts Work on Last of Immunization Schedules. Work began yesterday morning at the Maines store at Vox on the last group of immunization cli nics to be offered in Alleghany this summer by the county health department. Vaccinations are being given against typhoid fever, diphtheria and small pok. Children are ex pected to be immunized against the two latter diseases before en tering school this fall. Typhoid vaccinations are not being given in the schools this winter, therefore it is important that children needing the vaccine secure it during the summer, Dr. Robert R. King, district health of ficer, said. The last schedule (on DST) is as follows: August 14 and 21—Vox, Maines store, 9:30 a. m.; Ennice, Spur ling Shell station, 11 a. m.; Ed monds, 1 p. m.; Barrett, post of fice, 2 p. m.; Hooker, 3 p. m. At each point the clinic is held for three successive weeks. Vac cinations are given in the health department here each Saturday morning from 9 to 11 a. m. As I aprove of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind. Bus Drivers To Attend School Here August 21 Classes Offered by Safety Di vision in Cooperation with Highway Patrol. ISSUE CERTIFICATES Bus drivers and substtiute driv ers are being notified by the sup erintendent’s office this week to attend a special school here, be ginning on August 21 and offered by the highway safety division in cooperation with the state high way patrol. Classes, which are to begin at 7:30 a. m. and last until 5 p. m„ will probably be held in the Sparta high school building, Sup erintendent W. C. Thompson stat ed. Necessary forms and mater ials will be furnished by the safe ty division, and a representative from the office of Roland Hocutt will serve as instructor at the school. - Daily lunches will be furnished the drivers during their period of training. Certificates will be issued on the basis of grades made at the school. The state highway patrolman is expected to determine, whether drivers are qualified from obser vation and tests during road in struction periods. There are at present 16 school bus drivers in Alleghany county. Stores Sell Lot Of Silk Hosiery Four department stores in Spar ta revealed yesterday that the freezing of Japanese assets by the United States and the stoppage of si^ processing by the govern ment had succeeded in “more than doubling” their sales on silk hosiery. Throughout the country women are reported to be flocking around sales counters and demanding un usually large quantities of silk hose for fear that the present sup ply will soon be exhausted. Smithey’s, Belk’s, Jay Hardin’s and Kay’s Five and Ten report ed a “rush” business for hosiery last Saturday. “We sold almost as much hosiery on Saturday as we ordinarily do in a month,” one manager stated. More Polio In Alleghany Co. Dr. Robert King, of the health department, reported two addi tional cases of infantile paralysis in Alleghany county this week, bringing the total up to six defi nite cases for this season. The case of Clyde Jones, four teen-year-old girl of the Scott ville section, was reported this week and that of Dorothy Sue Royal, three-year-old daughter of Roscoe Royal, of Miles. This is near the Wilkes-Surry county lines where other cases were also reported. Attempt Made To Circle Kiev; British Move To Head Off Japs I This week the German and Russian forces continue to battle fiercely with little change in po sitions. Yesterday, however, the German armies turned suddenly southeastward, subordinating ap parently for, the time being its lotag and costly effort to break the defenses on the Moscow ap proaches, appeared to have turned part of its main army of the cen ter sharply southward to add to the enormous pressure being put upon the Ukraine by the southern Nazi wing. This suggested the de velopment of the most grandiose maneuver for encirclement at tempted since the beginning of the invasion, if not in history. A bloody German bid to circle the Ukraine ^capital of Kiev from the north and south met furious resistance by Soviet troops for the fourth straight day yesterday and the Nazis lost heavily in men and material the Russian communique reported. England apparently is planning to stop Japan in the East. Land, air and naval reinforce ments reached Britain’s Singa ulation spreading through the Or pore base coincidental with spec ient that the British apparently were preparing to occupy swiftly key points in Thailand to head off the Japanese, who are now newly-established in adjoining French Indo-China. The Thai gov ernment announced that a tank headquarters had been set up for its eastern forces at Battambang, Cambodia, only 35 miles from Siemreap, Indo-China, which the Japanese have occupied. The United States, committed to full economic assistance to Rus sia—supplies which may go across the Pacific in American ships— was disclosed to have two heavy cruisers in Australian waters. They arrived at Brisbane, Aus tralia, said the Navy department, (Continued on Page Four) I I Sails Early To Avoid ‘Freezing’ NlSSHIN M A R U TOKYO With her holds only partially filled with a cargo of die sel fuel oil, the Japanese tanker Nisshin Maru is pictured here making a hurried departure from Los Angeles harbor to escape being “frozen” along with other Japanese assets. Jap anese-U. S. trade is now closely regulated under government supervision. Game Commission Passes 3 Regulations For Alleghany DETAINED Pola Negri, famous star of the silent screen, hr pictured as she arrived in the U. S. from Europe. She encountered difficulty in en tering the country for her leave limit had expired and she was de tained at Ellis Island. Filling Stations Are Co-operating With Ickes’ Order No Gas is Being Sold to Gen eral Motoring from 7 P. M. to 7 A. M. Practically all service stations in Sparta and Alleghany coun ty are co-operating with the gaso line curfew order issued by Har old Ickes, oil co-ordinator for na tional defense, banning the sale of gasoline to the general motoring public between the hours of 7 p. m. and 7 a. m. The order, which applied to most of the southern and eastern states, went into effect last Sun day night. Published elsewhere in this is sue is an advertisement, signed by practically all local service sta tion operators, stating that they are co-operating and asking the public to co-operate with them. The gasoline shortage in this section of the country is due to lack of transportation facilities from the oil fields. Pipe lines are being constructed, but it will be months before they are complet ed. In the meantime, it may be necessary to ration gasoline. To avoid this, the public is asked to conserve as much as possible. In general those who have nothing to say contrive to spend the longest time in doing it. —LOWELL All seems infected that the infec ted spy, As all looks yellow to the paun diced eye. —POPE Conservation Boards Endorses Eight Resolutions Passed By Sportsmen. County Game Warden Dick Gentry was notified this week that three of eight resolutions re cently passed by the sportsmen’s club were endorsed and adopted as regulations by the state board of conservation and development at its recent meeting in Morehead' City. Other resolutions passed by the club and offered as recommenda tions to the game commission were approved and may be acted upon later, it was understood. Regulations adopted by the commission relative to the pro tection of fish and game in Alle ghany county are as follows: Regulations (1) It shall be unlawful to hunt or take any species of game in Al leghany county except during the period from November 20 each year through January 5 of the following year, provided the sea son for taking squirrel shall ex tend from September 1 each year to November 20. (2) It shall be unlawful to fish in or take fish from Little River in Alleghany county from White head mill to the Virginia line un til the opening of the regular fish ing season in 1943. (3) It shall be unlawful to fish in or take fish from any stream in Alleghany county except New River each year until the open ing of the regular trout season. Another regulation adopted by the commission concerning this county is as follows: It shall be unlawful to hunt or take turkeys at any time in Alleghany, Iredell, Johnson, Montgomery and Ran dolph counties until the regular opening date of the season in 1947. Tri-County UNC Alumni Group To Have Meet Here Former Students of Universi ty to Gather in Communi ty Bldg. Aug. 22. BANQUET PLANNED Plans are now going forward to ! hold the annual tri-county meet I ing of University of North Caro lina alumni here on the evening of August 22, according to an an nouncement yesterday by Dr. T. R. Burgiss, who has charge of ar rangements. Dean D. D. Carroll, head of the University commerce school, has been engaged as guest speaker. Gordon Gray, publisher of the Winston-Salem Journal and Sen tinel, had promised to speak to the group but yesterday notified Myron Saunders, alumni secreta ry of Chapel Hill, that he would be unable to accept. A banquet will precede the meeting, which will be held in the county office and assembly building. Invitations are to be ex tended to all University alumni residents in Alleghany, Ashe and Watauga counties. These three counties comprise the district. Dr. D. J. Whitener, of Boone, is assisting Dr. Burgiss in making preparations for the meeting. The 1940 meeting was held in Ashe county at Shatley Springs. It is understood that members of the Woman’s club will prepare the banquet for the alumni group. Board Frowns On Hog Pens In Town At a meeting of the town coun cil here Tuesday night, members voted unanimously in favor of an ordinance making it unlawful to keep hogs in a floored pen inside the corporate limits of Sparta' from March 30, to October 1. The council was informed that the county health department plans to make an inspection of: privies inside the corporate lim its within a short time. Construc tion work on a privy, in compli ance with rules set up by the de partment of public health, am ounts to $10, it was pointed out. The installation of a sewerage system costs more, but its advan tages are obvious, it was stated. Routine business matters com prised the remainder of the meet ing Tuesday night. TO DISCONTINUE STORY HOUR BECAUSE OF POLIO Sparta’s librarians were advised this week by the county health department to discontinue the popular “story hour” for the re mainder of the summer because of the prevalence of infantile pa ralysis cases in this section. Miss Madelyn Wagoner and Mrs. Carrie Jones have conducted the story hour for children in the community building and elemen tary school. Yesterday they ex pressed their gratitude to the gen eral public for the interest that was shown in their efforts. What greater calamity can fall upon a nation than the loss of worship. Commissioners Favor Project For An Agricultural Building Submitted to the county com missioners at their regular meet ing last Monday, the WPA pro-' ject for an agricultural building for the Sparta high school was approved by the board and for warded to Washington for fede ral approbation. Present plans call for a brick building to be constructed near the high school and contain a classroom, workshop and instruc tor’s office. School officials have been noti fied by the department of public instruction that unless adequate facilities for a workshop are made available to agriculture stu dents this year, the present agri culture department will be dis continued. The present project, as drat ed by the board of education and other officials, has been approved by the district and state WPA of fices. If the project is approved in Washington, construction of the building should get underway in the early fall. County commissioners would be responsible for slightly less than half of the cost of the building, it was learned, while the WPA would pay for the remainder. The commissioners made their usual payments to county offices and officials Monday. \ CHANGE ANNOUNCED In place of Elder R. C. Dancy, pastor of the Elk Creek church who will be unable to fulfill his regular appointment there to morrow afternoon, Elder Stevie Roberts, moderator of the Moun tain Baptist association, has agreed to conduct the services, which will get underway at 2 p. m. Communion Sunday will be observed at Elk Creek the follow ing day. Current List Of Teachers Given Board Approval Two Vacancies Announced at Sparta High School; Re pair Work to Start. BOARD MEETS TODAY •miegnany coumy pumic scnoois are to be opened on Monday, September 1, members of the board of education decided at their regular monthly meeting last Monday. Repair work on the various schools of the county, and im provement of school grounds, is expected to get underway within the next two weeks. The board approved the list of teachers for the coming school year, but announced that the fa culty for the Laurel Springs school had not been submitted yet. Miss Nina Grey Liles and Tho mas Haigwood have resigned from the faculty of the Sparta high school. Committeemen are now interviewing applicants to fill the two vacancies. The complete lists cf county teachers and bus drivers for the coming school year will be pub lished in The News as soon as they are available. After discussing a number of routine matters, the board ad journed until this afternoon, when further settlements will be made. Aluminum Drive Ends Next Week While a considerable amount of aluminum has accumulated on the courthouse lawn during the last week, Mayor Floyd Crouse, council, announced yesterday that chairman kA county defense the countywide drive for this vit al defense metal will continue un til the latter part of next week. Defense committees, whose job is to supervise the collection in their particular townships, are urgestly requested by the county defense council to publicize the campaign further and see that the aluminum is brought to Spar ta and delivered to the proper authorities. Every person in the county possessing any old and discarded pieces of aluminum is urged to leave it at his or her mail box— where it will be collected by rural mail carriers—or to bring it di rectly to Sparta, which is the central depository. 75 Farmers Ship Lambs To New J. Seventy-five farmers last Fri day shipped 495 lambs, averag ing 81 pounds in weight, to the Kerbs Commission company, of Jersey City, N. J., marking the largest shipment of lambs ever made from Alleghany county. Of the 495 lambs included in the shipment, 99 were graded as choice and 323 as good. J. C. Gam bill, of near Sparta, shipped 30, the largest number shipped by any one farmer. County Agent R. E. Black is expecting a wire this week in re gard to the price at which the lambs were sold. Another ship ment is expected to be made around September 1. AGf G//HJ TH'U/AYl nme a
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