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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-12-26
Oklahoma Girl Kills
Father In His Sleep
18-Year-O Emma Willis Quarrels
With Parent Over Having
Date With Boy

An 18-year-old Oklahoma farm
girl who resented paternal objec-
tons to her having a date with a
boy friend, was charged with MUIR
der Saturday after her father. Har-
ry Willis, As, died of shotgun
wounds. The farmer apparently
was killed while asleep.
Haskell Pugh, assistant Caddo
county attorney, said evidence
showed:
The girl, Emma Willis, sleeping
with four other children in the lit
tie three room cottage, arose about
$50 a. m. and took shotgun from
behind a door.
Her 14-year-old sister, Leona, at
tempted vainly to wrest the weap-
on from Emma. Leona then ran in
the kitchen, where Mrs. Willis was
preparing breakfast, and told her
mother. AS Mrs. Willis started into
the room where her husband was
in bed, she heard shot fired. Will
lis died soon afterward.
The girl was brought to the coun-
ty Jail here. Pugh said she admit
ted firing the shot and told of an
argument last night with her father
over her "date."
Emma cried a little this morn
ing when I was questioning her."
said Pugh, ''but she has been dry
eyed since."
The gil is sophomore in a
county high school,"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-12-26
A SEASON OF GIVING

Nineteen hundred and thirty-five
years ago, according to the Chris
tan religion, the Christ Child was
given to the world in order to re-
deem man from his fallen and sin
full estate. Since that time, out of
gratitude for the sacrifice made by
this Christ Child, Christian people
have celebrated his birthday and
have made a custom of the giving
of gifts. Many to whom we cannot
give gifts are made happier by a
letter or a Christmas card but there
are still thousands of others who
cannot give and who do not re-
ceive.
Perhaps because Of the manger in
Bethlehem, Christmas is a season
that is primarily for children.
Grown-ups only half enjoy Christ
mas Eve and Christmas morning il
there are no children in the home
Just as children can make Christ
mas the happiest of seasons, so car
they make it the saddest. Surely nc
picture can be more pathetic thar
one in which children, half-dressec
and hungry, stand gazing at shor
windows filled with things they
covet but cannot have and, later, &C
off to bed in cherries home only
to awake to another tomorrow
while others more blessed are
jumping up to joyously examine
well-filled stockings.
More often than not, back of that
sad picture stand parents who are
TO blame for the plight their chill
dren find themselves in. It is true
that sometimes mothers and father.
fail to give their children a happy
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-12-26
CHRISTMAS BUYING
ON UPGRADE

In spite of the worst Christmas
weather that has been experienced
for a generation, stores in the coun-
ty report that the holiday buying
has been exceptionally good and
newspaper reports from various
cities in the state are to the effect
that the buying this year is better
than it has been since 1929-that
year we point back to as the acme
of prosperity.
People do not spend money I'M
leo they have it. Ashe is not a
rich county and merchants here
count in the hundreds while others
in weather. spots count in thou
sands, but it is interesting to learn
how many men and women bring
hard-earned and hardly saved nick
les, dimes, and quarters to spend
with our merchants in order to
keep Christmas merry in their
small homes. That they have some
thing to spend is good omen that
the monster Depression that we
have heard of and whose presence
we have felt, is much less in evil
dence this year than he has been
for several years past. Next Christ
mast may we find him turned into
a prehistoric beast.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-12-26
Rackley Delegate
To NJ. E. Conference

Mr.. John Rackley, of Warrens-
vile, expects to leave Dec. 26 for
Memphis, Tenn, where he will at
tend the Methodist Young Peoples
Conference Dec. q to 81, as a dele
gate from the Ashe Young Peoples
Union. Five thousand young people
are expected at the Conference. The
Methodist young people of Jeffer-
son, under the leadership of Mr..
Walter Bauguess, will have a Watch
Night meeting, Dec. 81, at the
church, during which they expect
to tune in on the closing session of
the Memphis Conference. Other
groups over the county are plan
ming similar meetings.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-12-26
Miss Irene Fowler
Becomes Bride Of
Zeb V. Gambill

Miss Irene Fowler, of Winston
Salem, and Zeb " Gambill, of West
Jefferson, were united in marriage
Saturday morning, December 81
1885, at 10 o'clock, in the First
Presbyterian Church chapel, Chapel
Hill, with Rev. Watt M. Cooper Of
floating.
Prior to the ceremony, with Mrs
Gertrude Wheeler of Chapel Hill al
the organ, Mrs. Matte Belle Pull
am, of Winston-Salem, sang ''L'A-
mour, Toujours L'Amour" and "At
Dawning." During the taking OF
the vows, Miss Wheeler softly play
ed 'Liebestraum."
The bride wore suit of blue i'm
ported tweed, trimmed in gray
wolf, and her accessories were OF
blue. Her shoulder corsage was
Johanna Hill roses and lilies of the
valley.
Mrs. Gambill is the eldest daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. o. Thomas Fow-
Ter, 800 Stratford Road, Winston
Salem, and since her graduation
from Greensboro College, she has
taught in the home economics de-
partments at Jefferson and West
Jefferson high schools.
Mr.. Gambill is the son of DIR. and
Mrs. J. c. Gambill, of West Jeffer-
son, and was graduated from Wake
Forest Law School where he is a
member of Pi Gamma Sigma fra
ternity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Zeb v. Gambill left
for a wedding trip to Miami and
Palm Beach, Fla, and on their re-
turn late in January, will be at
home at West Jefferson where Mr..
Gambill is practicing law.
-Winston-Salem Journal.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-12-26

It is not so much the kicking as
the amount of ground one has to
kick on.
A dream is where your mental
clutch is slippin'.
Talk about stable" government.
We have a branch of it in Yves jeff
erSon.
Whenever you see fellow rest
ing on what he has done he has had
very little to make him tired.
When we speak of our cousins
once removed we wish sometimes
they would stay that way.
Most of the self-made persons
either knocked off too soon or join
ed the CWA.
An artificial heart would be all
right. It one woman got it out of
fix there would be mechanic with
a monkey wrench.
The people who do the knocking
are the ones who are on the outside
wantin' to get in.
The two by "fours" are usually
the ones behind. The two by four
does the most numbering.
AS the farmer said, cts been
weatherin' for the past few days.
An aviator went into the ice
business but it was too much of a
"crack up"
License plates are green on black.
And it does match some of the
drivers!
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-12-26

The two by "fours" are usual
the ones behind. The two by fou
does the most "lumbering".
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-12-26

When we speak of our cousins
once removed we wish sometime.
they would stay that way.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-12-26

Christmas activities have put a
damper on politics for the time be-
ing. Michigan, however, has an item
of interest to offer along that line.
In the peaceful section of Battle
Creek, a representative in congress
has been elected on the platform
that he favored the old age pen,
sion. That arrangement means 5000
a month for alt over 60, to be spent
each month. Millions of men over
go would be glad to be assured of
so liberal and so certain a living,
but who can suggest certain way
of getting the money back into the
treasury in order to meet the next
month pension checks?
Everyone has December 25th in
mind, but had we been good debt
collectors, December Is would have
been an occasion for celebrating
with something like Yuletide liber-
atty. Instead the day passed quietly
and almost unobserved. Probably
there was good deal of excite
ment, back-slapping, and genial
bunk when Uncle Sam was assured
that war debt payments would be
made regularly on the fifteenth of
each month. Finland alone of all
the nations, remembers and her
small sack of coin was at the treas
ury door on the appointed day.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-12-26

Whenever you see fellow rest
ing on what he has done he has had
very little to make him tired.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-12-26

An aviator went into the ic
business but it was too much of
"crack up"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-05-23

injury last week when he fell from
the slippery slide on the school
playground. His left arm was
broken and both bones in the lower
arm were found to be fractured.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Kane and
Mrs. Ralph Steffes and daughters
motored to Long Prairie Sunday
and visited with Mr.. and Mrs. Leon
Hoffarth. Mrs. Hoffarth returned
with them to this city where she
Is visiting this week at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. f. j.
Borgmann.
Mrs. f. A. Frederickson, of Red
field, South Dakota, arrived Mon
day and visited until Wednesday
with her sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
Scott and family. Mr.. and Mrs. A.
T. Watson, of st. Cloud, have Wis
tied for the past week at the home
Of their daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Scott. They returned to their
home in st. Cloud Wednesday.
B. H. Otte went by bus to Min
neapolis this morning, Thursday,
where he attended the spring
meeting Of the Federation of
County Fairs, at the Radisson Ho-
tel. Einar Hoidale, the principal
speaker at the meeting, has for a
topic, Financing County Fairs"
Mr.. Otte has been a director of
that organization for the past
twelve years.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-05-23
Household Goods
Tax Abolished
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applies to all property in Glass 2.
at is important" declares James
r. Mcconnell, president Of the
Minnesota Taxpayers Association
''that If people wish to get the full
benefit of such legislation that
they keep their levies down as
much as possible, for an increase
In tax rates in the home commun-
tiles, added to the recent increase
of three mills in the State Tax
rate, will absorb any savings that
might accrue from the new ex-
emptions. Part of the tax cuts that
local communities have made in
recent years have been nullified by
the rising State mill rate. With the
State rate again soaring to the
highest point in history, any new
levy increases at home might peril
all chances for lower taxes that the
property owner now hopes to get
under the household goods and
farm machinery exemptions. Vigil
ance in keeping local levies near
normal is necessary, otherwise
taxpayers will find their tax bills
larger rather than smaller in the
coming year" Mr.. Mcdonnell
warned.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-05-23
ENDORSES DRIVE

It is a pleasure and privilege
to me as mayor of Sank Centre to
extend a cordial endorsement of
the Annual Buddy Poppy sale of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars to
be conducted on May %, 1885. The
organization is to be congratulated
on the deep concern it is mani
Testing, both in the manufacture
and the sale of these Memorial
emblems for their war buddies and
for the widows and orphans OF
those gallant soldiers who made
the supreme sacrifice. I trust there
will be a growing interest in this
annual appeal, which gives to each
one of us the opportunity of show
ing that we have not forgotten
the sacrifices of American soldier
sons.
w. E. DeLaurier,
Mavor
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-05-23
FARM FIRE

Saturday morning, at about nine
o'clock, the Sank Centre fire de-
partment was called to the farm
home of F. P. Minette, west OF
Sank Centre, to subdue a fire
which started in the brooder house
The close proximity of other build
ings made the conflagration a SER
ious menace, but the wind being in
a favorable direction, the depart
ment was enabled to confine the
flames to the brooder house, which
was entirely destroyed. Over 100
little chicks were lost in the fire.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-05-23
Activity Awards
To Be Made Today


tivity. This is the list: Echo
Clough, Florence Holme, Donald
Otto, and Nancy Wedge. June
Arndt was awarded her letter in
this activity last year.
During the year a contest was
conducted by the Daughters of the
American Revolution with two top
les for theme writing, namely:
Supreme Court" and THE Consti-
tuition" In the first title the
awards go to Thomas Brown and
to Robert Rydholm. In the second
heading Ina Marie Obs and Rus
sell Oliver Larson received the
prizes.
Scholarship awards are one OF
the highest honors that can be
paid to a student. 1t represents an
amplitude and hard work not at
tanned by everyone. Usually the
girl with the highest rating schol-
astically and the boy with the
highest average in the Senior class
are chosen. June Arndt and George
Halstead have been chosen to re-
present the Seniors this year as
the schools first scholars. The
citizenship medals, given for gem
eral service on the basis of citi-
zenship as a student, will be
awarded at the Commencement ex'
ercises. Commercial awards for
proficiency in tipping and short
hand will also be made at Com
mencement.
To those who have not special
lied in one activity sufficiently to
earn a Letter on one, but who nave
been very active in several import
ant activities are given generai
letters. These awards are given on
ly to Seniors in appreciation for
their interest in the extra-currlc!i-
lar work of the school. There are
fifteen seniors who are eligible Tor
these awards. They are: Ruth Aus
tin. Frederick Carpenter, Larry
Cooper, Robert Dowswell, Carton
Eckberg, Regene Forsberg, Mich
ael Frank, George Halstead, l.or-
eta Krebsbach, Elizabeth Schoen-
hoff, Eloise Schumacher, The!nia
Thornbloom, Franklin Vandesteeg'
Nancy Wedge and Charles White.
The school now fosters three
publications. The annual is year
iy publication carrying resume OF
high lights of the school year. inc
Schoolmaster, a newcomer into the
publication world of the school, is
a literary magazine published ev-
ery six weeks period containing
stories, poems, bits of wit and nd
NOR all written by the students
themselves. The Main Street is
the weekly publication which ap-
pears throughout the school year
in the Sank Centre Herald. Those
who will pilot next year these
three publications are as follows:
Annual-Wanda Carpenter, School
master-Lorraine Carlson, and the
Main Street editor-Peggy Smith.
The foregoing list is a represen-
tative list of the active pupils in
the school. 1t represents those who
besides keeping their scholastic
averages above standard, are will
ing and interested in working in
the outside activities that gives
color to school life. Those who
will receive their awards this af-
ternoon are to be commended on
the splendid work they did, no
matter in which field they en-
deavored to helm
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-05-23
City News Items

| Mrs. Gust GRADER, Mrs. Gertrude
and Miss Florence GRADER, went
last Friday to st. Cloud on bust
ness.
c. A. Williams, Of Wahkon, Is
spending a few days this week at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. B. #.
Ives.
Edwina Miller, of Long Prairie,
| spent the weekend at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Miller.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank O'Gara and
daughter, Beverly, motored to
Minneapolis Sunday where they
| spent the day.
Miss Tillie Bryngleson, Of Payn-
esville, visited Saturday and Sun
day at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Wicklund.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Dowswell, OF
Kirkhoven, called Friday for a
visit at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
o. w. Dowswell.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. B. Caughren
and son, David, left Wednesday for
st. Paul, where they spent day
or two on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. w. Dowswell
motored to Little Falls Sunday
where they visited at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Shoots.
| Miss Ruth White, Of Little Falls,
and Miss Florence White, Of Ber-
trum, visited Saturday with their
sister, Mrs. Leo Jung and fanny.
Mr.. and Mrs. v. T. Conklin NOV
ed today, Thursday, to their sum-
mer cottage home near the Golf
Links on the banks of Sank Lake.
Mrs. Stone, of st. Paul, visited
Tuesday for a few days at the
home of Mrs. A. E. Erwin and
daughters, Misses Harriet and An
nabelle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newell Barnard of
Bertha, visited with Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Fielding and Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Brown and with friends here
Sunday.
Miss Leola Malkow went to Min
neapolis Saturday evening, where
she remained until Sunday even
ing visiting with her parents, Rev.
and Mrs. c. F. Malkow.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Kohl and
family spent the weekend In st.
Paul with the sisters of the gentle
man. Sunday evening on their re-
turn they called on Rev. and Mrs.
Morgan, formerly Of this city.
Mrs. p. r. Davis returned from
Minneapolis Sunday evening after
three weeks visit with her son
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Davis. The lady visited also with
Mrs. Kelly and other friends in
Mortified.
Irv Connolly caught 10-pound
wall-eye pike in Fairy Lake last
Saturday afternoon. Several other
good catches have been reported
Several good wall eyes have also
been taken from Sank Lake dur
ing the past few days.
Mrs. ]. s. Anderson and son,
Alfred, of Fargo, North Dakota,
were guests Sunday at the home Of
the lady's sister-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. M. J. Hanauer. That day
George Hanauer, of Long Prairie,
visited at the, home of his parents.
Myron johnson, son Of DR.. and
Mrs. Johnson, suffered a painful
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-05-23

at the local Fair Grounds with the
eight schools of Cla-issa, Henning,
Osakis, Alexandria, Parkers Prair-
lie, Glenwood, Bertha, and Sank
Centre competing with one hun
dred athletes in the field. A beau
tiful warm afternoon greeted an
enthusiastic assemblage. Clarissa
ran away with the honocs and won
the District championship award
with 38k points. Sales, of that vii
lage, accounted personally for 2O12
of those points. Henning backed
Clarissa up closely with 33 points
and Osakis in third place trailed
with % points. Alexandria Melted
p, Parkers Prairie, 1919; Glen
wood 10; Bertha 9; and Sank Cen
ire trailed with only eight points.
The locals placed not a single first
and only one second. Some of the
local lads, who had rated high in
the triangular, were off form and
made less of a showing in the big
meet. The following is the list OF
events with the winners in flrst'
second, and third places:
100 yard dash-1st, Clarissa, sec
ond. Henning, third, Henning. 20
ward dash-1st Clarissa, second
Henning, and third Glenwood. 44o
ward dash-Parkers Prairie, first,
second Alexandria, and third Alex
andria. Half mile run-first Alex
hndria, second Alexandria, third
Bertha. Half mile relay-Hennlng
first. Clarissa second, Parkers
Prairie third. running high jump
first Parkers Prairie, second Hen
ming, third Alexandria. Running
broad jump-first Clarissa, second
Sank Centre OuBois), third Hen
ming Discus throw-first Osakis'
second Bertha, third Osakis. Jave-
lin throw-Clarissa first, Osakls
second, third Clarissa. Shot put
first Osakis, second Glenwood'
third Glenwood. Pole vault-first
Parkers Prairie, second Clarlssa'
third Henning.
It was necessary to flip for rib
bons in the pole vault due to tie
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-05-23
Poppy Day To Be
Held SATURDAY
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CONTINUED from Page One)
w. National Home at Eaton Rap
ids, Mich The peoples of both or
CARNATIONS are manufactured by
disabled veterans.
No price will be asked for the
peoples, each person being free to
contribute as little or as much as
he chooses for his flower.
Poppy activities for the Legion
Auxiliary will be conducted by
Mrs. Emil Polipnick, chairman;
who will be assisted by the follow
ing committee members: Mrs.
Louis Lovik, Mrs. George Berg
green, Mrs. VIM. Hershiser, Miss
Sigrud Anderson, Miss Echo
Clough and Mrs. Art Smith.
The v. F. w. drive is under the
direction Of Mrs. ]. N. Jackson,
chairman, with the following as
sisting: Mrs. Jennie Pendroy, Mrs
l.. o. Lea, Mrs. Oscar Bjone, Mrs.
Olivia Larsen, Mrs. Laura Hyla-
man., Mrs. Thomas Sullivan, Mrs.
A. N. Cordell and Mrs. Claud Gil
bertson.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-05-23
RURAL LIBRARY SERVICE

Members and those who plan to
join the World Library Association
or better known as the rural IL
brary service, will meet next Tues
day, May 2Sth, at the Bryant Ii
brary at 7:30 o'clock. Those who
are planning to utilize this service
for next year but have not yet des-
ignated their wish, are invited to
attend. The meeting is for the pur-
pose of making the book selections
for the book boxes.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-05-23
INJURED PLAYING BALL

Butch Iwinski was injured on
Thursday evening of last week
while playing baseball at the
Stearns County Fair Grounds in
this city. He was sliding into third
base, when he turned his ankle
which resulted in a very bad
sprain. He is now forced to walk
around with the aid of crutches.
Butch was playing with the Mel
rose team, which was defeated by
Sank Centre by the score of to 3.