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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. VOLUME 2, NO. 29 am MM. MB MM MS - BB| The Alleghany News A NEWSPAPER DEDICATED TO COVERING THE NEWS AND PROMOTING PROGRESS IN ALLEGHANY COUNTY $1.00 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 22,. 1941 *1.50 a Year Out of 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! PUBLISHED WEEKLY People YOU KNOW In Alleghany By Staff Writer BILL SPRINKLE New manager of Belk’s depart ment store in Sparta, Bill Sprin kle has been a resident of the town little more than six months, but during that time he has prov en himself an efficient storekeep er as well as an affable and wor thy citizen. Native of Iredell county, Mr. Sprinkle was born on a farm in New Hope township in 1915 to Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Sprin kle. He first attended school at Road View. His high school training he secured at Central and Scotts, graduating with the class of 1933. Immediately after his gradua tion he went to work on the farm. But the following year he was employed as a part-time clerk in the Belk’s store at Statesville. , For several years he held a re sponsible position in Statesville and when Bill Chester, erstwhile manager of the Belk’s store here, was transferred to Charlotte, Mr. Sprinkle was selected to take his place. a Around Sparta he and hisfajaU ly are unusualiy popular and take part in numerous community af fairs. Possessing a genial per sonality, Mr. Sprinkle puts his ' customers at ease the moment (Continued on Page Four) Dr. Smith Met With Teachers Discuss Possibility of Intro* ducing Recreational Pro gram Into Schools. , Here in the interest of inaugu rating a special recreational pro gram for children in the rural schools of the county, Dr. Frank H. Smith, of Berea college, Ky., met with a number of school teachers in the local high school building last Friday and dis cussed various phases of the pro posed work. The program, which would be supervised by the teachers, in cludes work dn dramatics, folk games, wood carving, linoleum * block print, and various other crafts. Several of the teachers stated they planned to introduce indoor game material into their school programs this fall. During the summer months, Dr. Smith works with the agricul tural extension division of the University of Kentucky. His pre sent program, however, is being sponsored by the Conference of Southern Mountain workers. Dr. Smith has made similar visits and drawn up identical plans with the schools in Wilkes boro, Boone and West Jefferson. Dr. Smith declared he was im pressed with this, his first visit to northwestern North Carolina, and hoped to return at an early date. FIRMS AND OFFICES TO CLOSE LABOR DAY Sparta merchants, together with a large number ot county office staffs, announced yester day that their establishments would be closed on September 1, which is Labor Day. The boards of commissioners and education, will hold their regular first-Mooday meetings on the Tuesday following La bor Day, it Is understood. Filling stations and garages, along with the post office and » drug store, will remain open. { ~ University Alumni Plan To Have Meet In Community Bldg. Former Students of Carolina, State and WCUNC to At tend Banquet. CARROLL TO SPEAK Everything is in readiness for the banquet and meeting of the Greater University of North Car olina alumni of four counties, which will get underway tonight at 8 o’clock (DST) in the community building, according to Dr. T. R. Burgiss, who is in charge of ar rangements. Featured speaker of the eve ning will be Dean D. D. Carroll, head of the University commerce school, and former teacher of many University alumni in this section of the mountains. Myron Saunders, alumni secretary of Chapel Hill, is also planning to attend the meeting and speak briefly to the group. The banquet is being prepared and served by the Woman’s Mis sionary society of the Sparta Bap tist church. Invitations have been extended to all Greater University alumni in Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga and Avery counties. These four coun ties comprise the district. Institu tions of the Greater University are the University of North Caro lina, N. C. State college and the Woman’s College of the Univer sity of North Carolina. Following the invocation by J. M. Cheek, an address of welcome will be delivered by Gov. R. A. Dough ton. Ira T. Johnston, of Jef ferson, will make the response. Alumni Secretary Saunders will then make a few brief remarks. An election of officers will be held, routine business matters dis cussed, and several musical selec tions rendered. Dean Carroll, the featured speaker, will be introd uted-by Dr. D. J. Whitener, of Boone, Who has been assisting Dr. Bur»ss in making arrangements for the meeting. j Farm Tours To End Tomorrow Farm demonstration tour.s which began on Monday and are scheduled to end late tomorrow afternoon, have been unusually successful thus far, County Ag ent R. E. Black said yesterday, and we hope to schedule more tours for early next mopth. Following is a schedule of re maining tours: Today—Cabell M. Wilson, 7:30 to 8:30 o’clock; T. L. Crouse, 8:45 to 10:45; Lee A. Andrews, 10:30 to 11:30; D. M. Edwards, 1 to 2:30; Early Smith, 2:45 to 3:45; D. C. Duncan, 4 to 5:30. Tomorrow—J. T. Landreth,*7:30 to 8:30 o’clock; D. J. Jones, 8:45 to 10:15; Claude Critcher, 10:30 to 11:30; H. G. Black, 1 to 2:30; Eugene Transou, 2:45 to 4:30; C. G. Mitchell, 4:45 to 5:45. Messrs. Robert M. Gambill, Amos Wagoner, T. R. Burgiss and Clennel Richardson enjoyed a fishing trip along New River last Monday night. They were met la ter in the evening by their wives, who joined them in a picnic sup per. U. N. C. Alumni Ass’n Officers Dr. D. Jl Whitener, professor of history at A. S. T. C., is president of the Northwestern U. N. C. Alumni association. Mrs. Bryan Collins, of Boone, is secretary and treasurer of the Association. She was formerly Miss Clyde Halsey, of Piney Creek. Black, Higgins Attend Meeting As representatives frotn Alle ghany county, County Agent R. E. Black and Agriculture Teach er H. H. Higgins last Tuesday at tended a guernsey judging school, sponsored by the North Carolina Guernsey Breeders association and held on the Cool Springs farm at .Concord. Dr. H. H. Kildee, dean cf the school of agriculture, Iowa State college, and one of the leading cattle judges in America, conduc ted the school. Fifty agriculture and dairy officials, each of whom (received special invitations, at tended the school. Both Messrs. Black and Hig gins were greatly impressed with the one-day school, which in ad dition to the lectures on cattle judging included a free meal and a tour of the famous Cool Springs farm. Nazi Forces Move Forward; British RAF Continues Raids This week the German forces continued advances as did the Finnish troops and Tuesday the Red army admitted their enemies had reached the vicinity of Nov gorod, 50 miles deeper on the Leningrad front that ever before. Novgorod is 100 miles south of Leningrad and 50 miles north east of Soltsi, where previous heavy fighting had been reported. The communique also reported stubborn battles at Odessa, on the black sea, and in the Gomel and Kingisepp area. Gomel is on the central front 140 miles north of Kiov. Kingisepp, from which Russian troops have withdrawn, is 75 miles southwest of Lenin grad. A high command statement that fighting continued on the entire front indicated that wherever Russian troops were falling back rthe retreat was orderly. In the meantime the U. S. has been making plans to get aid to Russia more quickly. The Coast and Geodetic Sur vey disclosed that it had sur veyed a faster route for shipping war supplies to Russia than the normal route to Vladivostok. The new route is from Seattle to Kom somol|k, Siberia. No distances or sailing times were given, but officials said the new route avoided the region of westerly gales encountered by ships in the normal transpacific routes. The British air forces continue active. Two relays of British bombers again attacked Nazi tar gets in northern France Tuesday night after daylight operations in which the Air ministry and 12 German planes were shot down and many vessels were hit at Os (Continued on Page Four) Superior Court To Convene Here On September 29 Board Names 36 Men to Serve on Jury; Judge Warlick To Preside. DOCKETS NOT DRAWN Thirty-six men were named on Monday by the board of county commissioners to serve on the jury for the fall term of the semi annual Alleghany county super ior court, which is scheduled to begin here on September 29 Judge Wilson Warlick, of New ton, will preside and Erie McMi chael, of Winston-Salem, will be solicitor. Neither the criminal nor civil docket has been drawn up as yet, but both are expected to be light er than ordinary, it was stated yesterday. Jurymen for the fall term are as follows: C. C. Reeves, Everett Hand, W. L. Ed wards, Estuce Black, W. F. Doughton, Glenn Richardson, J. C. Wilson, J. H. Pettyjohn. F. A. Porter, Hurst Higgins, W. E. Hoppers, Millard Mabe, J. H. Miller, J. L. Duncan, Howard Bryan, R. G. Cox, R. M. Mabe, Fred Collins, Robert Tay lor, L. C. Joines, Jones Tilley, Smith Nichols, Paul Smith, Carlis Lee Mitchell, Garnett Brown, El bert Crouse, J. K. Taylor, John R. Edwards, W. Mack Roberts, John M. Cheek, John R. Halsey, W. C. Edwards, Will Jones, Coy McCann, S. O. Gambill and Les ter Woodruff. Anniversary Of Park Service To Be Observed Sun. Bluff Park Will Unite With Nation in Celebrating 25th Anniversary. . A number of people from Ashe, Alleghany and other counties are planning to attend the celebration at Bluff Park on Sunday night when silver jubilee campfires will be lighted at 7:30 (EST) mark ing the observance of the twenty fifth anniversary of the National Park service, responsible for fed eral park areas throughout the nation, many of which will also stage celebrations. The National Park service was created by an act of congress in 1916. The quarter-century has seen many of the most beautiful scenic features of the nation brought under public ownership as national parks. “Though young in comparison with such venerables as the Yel lowstone, Yosemite and Mt. Ran ier parks, the seven-year-old Blue Ridge Parkway is a large and fast growing member of the family,” Forest Ranger Robert H. Coombs said yesterday. Park officials have always be lieved that their uniformed per sonnel, the park rangers, are the key men of their organization, and the campfire programs will be in charge of the parkway rangers. Short talks describing the national park system will be given by the rangers who will speak informally also of their in teresting experiences in this and other parts of the country. The fire at Bluff Park will be lit in the vicinity of the meadow picnic area. Group singing about th.e campfire will be a principal feature of the evening’s program. “Everyone is invited to join us on the eve of our twenty-fifth birthday,” Mr. Coombs said. Drive Nets 665 Lbs. Aluminum I Old aluminum for use in the national defense program, collec ted from homes and businesses in Alleghany county over a per iod of two weeks, weighed 665 pounds and was carried Monday to Greensboro, where it was add ed to the collections of other towns and counties in this sec tion of the state. Mayor Floyd Crouse, chair man of the county defense coun cil, expressed himself as “highly pleased over the response to the drive in this county.” The defense metal was carried to Greensboro by Don Shores, superintendent of the state prison camp here. Mr. William H. Watkins, of Asheville, NYA student officer, was here to interview needy stu dents on Wednesday. Reds Use New River-Crossing Tactics Here is a reconnaissance squad of the Soviet army trying a new tactic in crossing a river. Each man is equipped with a bouyant life-jacket and two small paddles, something like ping-pong paddles, to supply the motive power. Alleghany Schools Not To Open Until At Least Sept. 15 th School -For Bus Drivers Held In Sparta Yesterday School Bus Drivers Must Pass Rigid Tests. County Has 16 Buses. CONDUCTED BY STATE A special school for school bus drivers in Alleghany county was held at the Sparta high school yesterday by Mrs. Bill Flythe, of the state safety division and the highway patrol. Before being permitted to drive a school biff, each driver had to attend th3*school and pass two tests, a written and road test. This strict new regulation is in accord ance with a law passed by the last session of legislature. For each school bus in the county, there are supposed to be two qualified drivers with cer tificates. In this county at present, there are 16 school buses, operated by an identical number of regular drivers. Buses make 25 trips daily, averaging 30.3 miles per trip, making a total of 485 miles daily mileage. The average number of pupils per bus is 78; average number per trip 45. The total number of pupils transferred dai- j ly is 1,132. Prospective drivers for the ap-1 proaching school term were an- ( nounced by the superintendent’s j office yesterday. Their names, to gether with their ages and schools served, are as follows: Graham Pugh, 18, Piney Creek; Rodney Busic, 17, Piney Creek; McDale Kennedy, 18. Piney Creek; Johnnie Hines, 23, Piney Creek; C. T. Edwards, 19, Sparta; Olin Carpenter, 19, Sparta; Frank Richardson, 22, Sparta; B. F. Mc Cann, 29, Sparta; Lon Reeves, 43, Sparta; Carl Lowe, 28, Rich Hill- < Sparta; C. L. Cox, 25, Vox-Spar-1 ta; Howard Hendricks, 24, Laurel Springs-Sparta; Click Muhphy, 23, Laurel Springs-Sparta; Robert Borers, 25, Laurel Springs; Lee (Continued on Page Four) Postponement Due To Fear Of Infantile Paralysis Epi demic In County ANNOUNCE TEACHERS In compliance with the request of health department officials and town physicians, school authori ties have moved up the opening of Alleghany county schools from September 1 to September 15, it was learned yesterday. Postponement of the opening of schools is because of the preval ence of infantile paralysis in the county, Superintendent W. C. Thompson said. “Crowded class rooms, especially during compar atively warm weather, would be in all likelihood cause polio to spread,” he declared. pr. Robert R.- King, district health officer, stated yesterday, however, that no new cases of polio have been reported in the last two weeks and that the fear of a general epidemic is some what subdued. Meantime, repair work on school buildings and improvement of yards and other educational facilities is going forward. A group of WPA workmen are in charge of a large part of this activity. Released yesterday by the superintendent of public instruc tion was the complete and official list of the teachers for Alleghany elementary and high schools for the 1&41-42 term. Teachers chosen for school dis trict number one are as follows: Sparta high school—Charles R. Roe, principal, J. E. B. Stuart, Mrs. Ida J. Warren, Mrs. A. E. Hamby, Miss Minnie Lou Ed wards, B. F. McCann and Harold Higgins. (Teachers elected to fill vacancies of Miss Nina Grey Liles and Thomas Haigwood have not been confirmed.) Sparta elementary school—Mrs. Grace Rector, Mrs. Thelma Rich ardson, Mrs. Bessie McMillan, Mrs. Hazel Tompkins, Miss Josep hine Inskeep, Mrs. Rebecca Choate, Miss Anna Reid Truitt, Miss Ivazelle Taylor, Mrs. Gert rude Reeves and Miss Ella Ed wards. (Continued on Page Four) Big Meeting Of Farmers To Open At Boone Next Tuesday Farmers of Western North Caro lina—men who “talk a language” different from the cotton and flue-cured tobacco farmers of the rest of the state—will hold their annual meeting at Appalachian State Teachers College in Boone, Tuesday and Wednesday, August 26 and 27. Farm Agent R. E. Black says a number of fanners from thiS county are planning to at tend, and urges “everyone to go who possibly can.” F. S. Sloan, of Franklin, dis trict farm agent of the State Col lege Extension Service, and R. W. Shoffner, in charge of the TVA Extension demonstration farm program, have aranged the pro minimum of speech-making, and a maximum of discussion, has been planned. The only men invited to ad dress the group are Dr. H. A. Mor gan, chairman of the Board oi Directors of the Tennessee Val ley Authority; Dean I. O. Schaub of State College; Dr. Ju. D. Baver recently appointed director of th< N. C. Agricultural Experimen Station; and J. C. McAmis, direc tor of the TVA’s division of agri cultural relations.. Dr. B. B Dougherty, president of Appala chian College, will welcome th< group at the first formal sessioi Tuesday afternoon. The mountain farmers will havi an opportunity to discuss theii section problems — beef cattle dairy, poultry, Burley tobacco an< fruit production. Of course th< growing of grass, necessary ii feed production for livestock, wil come in for a major share of at tention. Hie demonstration farm ers will tell of their results fron the use of lime, and the super (Continued on Page Four? Hi No New Cases Of 1 Polio Reported | To Health Dept. ! Dr. King Believes Fear of Epi demic Is Subdued for Time Being. I - j QUARANTINE THREE j With no new cases of infantile paralysis reported to the health department since August 7, the fear of a widespread epidemic in Alleghany county is somewhat subdued, Dr. Robert R. King said yesterday, but young people are still advised to avoid public ga therings. Altogether, eight cases of polio have been reported in this area during the last six weeks. Five of these are no longer quaran tined. Existing cases, still under quar antine, are as follows: Pauline Rash, 4, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Rash, of Cherry Lane; Dorothy Sue Royal, 3, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Royal, of Liberty Knob; and Thomas Wood ruff, 4, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gwyn Woodruff, of Cherry Lane. As stated in another story in this issue, the opening of Alle ghany public schools has been postponed from September 1 to September 15, because of the fear of the the spread of the dreaded disease. Children under 16 years old are urged by the health offi cer to stay away from churches, movies, and crowded stores. No Festival On White Top Mtn. Folk Music To Be Featured, However. Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 30-31. The annual White Top Folk Music Festival will not be held this year, but there will be spe cial musical programs on Satur day and Sunday, August 30 and 31 on the mountain, it was an nounced this week. Ike-?*%«**ill> of Konnarock, will announce the programs on both days and he will be assisted by John Powell, of Richmond. No prizes will be given. “This is not a festival, but a quiet ga thering of all who enjoy old mu sic and hymns,” the announce ment states. There will be no square dance on Saturday night, as has been the custom in the past. A small admission will be charged for cars and trucks on these two days. The festival last year was can celed because of the severe Aug ust floods. Vernon Arrested Here On Friday Paul Vernon, of Edmonds, a sec ond person thought to have been I implicated in the jail delivery I here on the night of July 6, was ) arrested and placed in jail here by Sheriff DeWitt Bryan last Fri day. Clyde Murphy, who was arrest ed and jailed July 18 on the same charge, is also a resident of Ed monds. Vernon was arrested in Sparta. A hearing has not been scheduled, but is expected to take place within the next week. The jail delivery here was made on July 6, when a person, or per sons, broke into the sheriffs of fice, stole the keys from his desk, and released three persons from jail, none of whom has been ap prehended. JOCG//H L t i L i u ■X •• .*r O AQeBBE Uf£ HOMANS AMT JO
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