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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-11-26
Red Cross Drive to
Close in Ashe Today
Roll Call Chairman Urges All
Workers to Make Intensive
Drive Before Closing

D., The Annual American Red Cross
Roll Call which opened in the Unit
ed States on Armistice Day closes
today, Thanksgiving.
L. P. Coward, county chairman of
the membership drive, is anxious for
all the county workers to make an
intensive effort to see all those who
have not yet been seen before turn
ing in their final report. The report,
however, should be turned in as soon
as possible following Thanksgiving.
Mr.. Coward states that prospects
are better this year than ever before
for having a record breaking men,
bership campaign, and he is anxious
for all those who join to remember
that one-half of the money paid out
is kept in the county for the help of
needy cases. In the past, according
to Miss Ruth Reeves, who has had
charge of the money, there has been
so little that only a few emergency
cases could be attended to. With a
larger membership, it is hoped that
the work can be enlarged, and made
to reach more people.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-11-26
Governor and
President Issue !.
Proclamation
Both Call on Nation to Show
Gratitude for Blessings
Received Past Year.

Both President Roosevelt and
Governor Ehringhaus have issued
Thanksgiving proclamations calling
the people of the nation together in
nationwide spirit of thankfulness
for blessings received during the
past year.
Governor Ehringhaus's proclama-
ton follows:
Not simply in obedience to long
observed custom but in sincere
gratitude to God for all the bless
ings that have been vouchsafed to
our static and nation in the past IL
our state and nation in the past IL
the Presidents designation, we fit
tingly observe this years Thanks
giving day. In reverence and in ap-
probation for all good that has
come to us and all worthwhile les
sons that the past has taught us, let
us lift up our hearts and give
thanks.
Nov, therefore, I, ]. c. B. Ehring-
haus, governor of North Carolina,
call upon our people to observe as a
day of Thanksgiving and grateful
prayer Thursday, Nov rs, 1885,"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-11-26
AUNT DROPS DEAD AT
FAY WEBB'S FUNERAL

Miss Winifred Webb, go, fell dead
in Santa Monica, Calf, Saturday as
she passed the bier during funeral
services for her niece, Fay Webb,
former wife of Rudy Vallee, musi-
clan and singer. Most conspicuous
of the floral tributes in the little
funeral chapel was large pillow
formed of gardenias and clusters Of
orchids, with a fringe of heather,
which rested against the head of the
casket. It bore card "From Rudy"
A crowd of more than 1000 over
flowed the private funeral home.
Miss Webb died Wednesday from
complications after an abdominal
operation.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-11-26
RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL
TO CELEBRATE THURSDAY
Turkey Dinner, Basketball Games,
Amateur Program, and Sermon
Scheduled for Thanksgiving

FIG, Nov. 24.-Riverview High
School will celebrate Thanksgiving
day in a big way. A program will be
carried out, and at 11:30 a. m. the
sermon will be preached by Rev. Mr.
Snow, the Methodist minister located
at CreSton.
A doubleheader basketball game
between Cove Creek and Riverview
High School boys and girls's teams
is scheduled for p. m. in the Row
erview auditorium. Admission to
both games 10c and 15c.
Thanksgiving dinner, consisting OF
turkey, cranberry sauce, celery and
seasonal trimmings will be served in
the school dining room from $50 to
z p. m. Prices Csc, 35c and soc.
A free Amateur Program will be
given in the school auditorium from
Z o'clock to 9 o'clock in the evening.
A number of prizes will be awarded
to best performers.
A string band will furnish the
music: The general public is cordi-
ally invited.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-11-26
TO MERGE WPA OFFICES
Work for All Employees Will Not Be
Available; To Merge by Dec. 1

The fifth district WPA office on
the 18th floor of the Guilford Ma
tional bank building will be aban-
doned if possible by December and
certainly by December Is, and the
records transferred to Winston-S Sal
EN- where consolidated headquarters
for the fifth and sixth districts will
be opened, it was learned this week
from H. ]. Thurman, administrator
of the fifth district, who has receiv-
ed official orders to the effect from
the state headquarters at Raleigh.
A few of the personnel of around
so will also be transferred, probably
including the engineering force and
the project managers for the IL
counties, to the new Winston-Salem
office but this Mr.. Thursman de-
clined to comment saying that this
would have TO be worked out. ssWe
know" he said, shat places cannot
be found for all of our force"
The number of WPA districts in
the state is being reduced from sew
en- to five, the state office in Raleigh
announced.
The local district with headquar-
tiers at Winston-Salem is made up of
the following counties: Ashe, Allie
ghany, Surry, Stokes, Rockingham,
Caswell,. Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin,
Forsyth, Guilford, Alamance, Alex
ander, Eredell, Davie, Davidson,
Randolph and Rowan.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-11-26
Lansing High Closes
Season by Win $40
NewIand Team Defeated Despite
Absence of Captain; New
lands Passing Good

LANSING, Nov. 24.-Coach Bob
Mirphis's Lansing High Bulldogs
closed a rather successful football
season here last Friday afternoon by
overwhelming the strong Newland
eleven $40.
In the absence of their star triple
threat captain, Ramon Moore, little
Lewis Childrey moved over to his
position and did a fine job Of run
ming the team.
The locals scored in every quarter.
The first touchdown came on 25-
yard aff-tackle run by quarterback
Childrey. Two others were made in
the first half, one by Stike, big full
back of the Lansing team; the other
by Childrey, on 10-yard run. Bill
Clark added two extra points by
bucking the line.
In the second half the local eleven
took the ball on the opening kick
off, and eight plays later had scored.
Clark, Childrey, and Stike alternat-
ed. Clark again ploughed through
the line for the extra point. Childrey
made two long runs for seeming
touchdowns in the 3rd quarter, but
they were nullified by penalties.
In the fourth quarter, Childrey
made the most thrilling run of the
day, a sensational 40-yard gallop
through the entire New1and team.
He was finally pulled down from be-
hind on the 12-yard line In four
plays Lansing had scored again,
Childrey making the final three
yards by line plunge.
The fast-charging Lansing line
contributed their full share to the
high score that was piled up. King,
Porter, Warren, and Farmer all
stood out for their hard tackling,
and charging. However, too much
credit cannot be given the entire
forward wall.
The Newland team fought gallant
ly, but could not Withstand the we'll
drilled Lansing teams hard attack.
Newland offered a dangerous pass
ing attack that netted several nice
gains, but they were never able to
penetrate enemy territory further
than the 20-yard line That was in
the fourth quarter.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-11-26
Bridge Benefit Is
Delightful Affair
Prizes Given by Leading Stores
of City Form a Most
Imposing Array

The bridge benefit which was Civ
en- by members of the Woman'S Club
at the West Jefferson Hotel last
week proved to be a charming social
affair and the prizes that were do
mated represented the leading bust
ness houses in this city and North
WiIkeSboro.
Mrs. c. w. Ray was awarded first
prize for bridge among the ladies
and w. d. Mcmillan, first prize foI
the men. Miss Lenna Gamhi1 was
given low score prize. Mrs. Bessie
Divers won high score for the ladies
in setback and Gail Mcmillan, high
for the men. Mrs. Leverne Johnston
was low score prize winner.
Prizes donated were: silk hose
SCOTS Store; silk hose, E. E. Jones's
Store; tie, Belk's; tie, T. E. Parker;
razor, Ray Drug Store; two COM
pacts, Graybeal's Drug Store; pen
and pencil set, Spainhour and Sgd
nor; salt and pepper, Deans Jewery
Store; fruit cake, I. M. Cooks Store
DR.. Pepper drinks were donated
by Carl Coward, and cakes were
given by Bare, Little and Co., and
w. B. Tribble.
The fruitcake was ratified off and
won by W. D. Mcmillan.
Bingo was played the first part OF
the evening and many attractive
prizes were won.
Mrs. r. c. Barr won the turkey
that was ratified off Tuesday.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-11-26
Father and Son
Night at Helton
Ladies Aid to Serve Oyster and
Chicken Supper to Fathers
and Sons at HeltOn

The Ladies Aid of the Helton
Methodist Church will serve an
oyster and chicken supper at the
Helton academy for fathers and sons
on Saturday night, Dec. S. Fathers
and sons are urged to take advan-
tage of this opportunity to get to-
gether and learn to know each other
better.
During and after the supper, the
annual Christmas bazaar will be
held to which the public is invited,
including mothers and daughters.
This will be an ideal time to buy
Christmas gifts according to reports
from the Helton ladies who declare
that many preparations are being
made to make this the most COM
plete bazaar ever held.
The proceeds from the supper and
the bazaar will be used to help
clothe an orphan or orphans at the
Methodist Children's Home.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-11-26
Federal Weather
Bureau Predicts
Winter to be Cold
Official Weather FOrecasters Say
"Chances Are That Next Few
Winters will Be Bad

An old fashioned ''ear-muff'' win
ter with plenty of skating and sled
ding for youngsters and higher fuel
and clothing bills for adults was the
''best guess" this week of weather
experts here.
Officially, the government special
lists are silent on weather predictions
of more than week. They limit de-
tailed forecasts to SO hours.
But they recognize that longtime
trends from "hot and dry" eraS to
those that are "cold and wet" are
true. The country, they believe, now
is entering the latter cycle.
This does not mean the weather
bureau is officially rforecasting q
hard winter with billiards, cold
waves and heavy snow this year, ex-
perts insisted, but that the chances
tiers appear probable.
Since the world war there has
been a cycle of warm, mild winters.
That this is ending is indicated by
this cautious weather bureau state
ment:
''There is some evidence that the
general trend toward comparatively
warm, dry winters that has been in
evidence for quarter OF century
has reached its peak and a down.
ward swing toward colder, wetter
winters has begun.
Longtime weather forecasts are
not undertaken with the data now
available but (bureau veteranS) be-
ieve it is reasonable to suppose that
in the light of past weather perform
anceS winters may average colder
and wetter the next few years"
DR.. C. G. Abbott of the Smith
sonian institute, who has been ex-
perimenting with long range fore
casting through solar radiation stud
les, agreed with this trend.
Makes No Calculations
Abbott said he had not made cal
culations for this winter, but that
for the year as whole downward
trend in average temperatures was
indicated the next two or three
years.
Scientists here are politely anus
ed at the winter forecasts from ma
tura signs" They say mother nature
often fools squirrels who store large
nut supplies, wild animals who grow
heavy coats of fur, or farmers who
say a loose, thin husk on corn indi-
Gates a mild winter.
Even the traditional migratory
birds flights cannot be trusted, they
argue.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-11-26
Miss Bauguess to
Represent Credit
Association Here
Applications for Loans to Ashe
Farmers on Crops and Stock
Made i'm Jefferson

Miss Ruthe Bauguess in Jefferson,
will have charge of the Winston
Salem Production Credit Association
in Ashe county this year. Miss Bau-
guess has the necessary blanks to fill
out in making applications for loans
and can also furnish any needed in
formation in regard to such loans.
The credit association is not new
organization and has been represent
ed here in the past by Mrs. w. F.
Badger. It's business is to have avail
able money in the form of loan on
livestock and other farm crops.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-11-26
Piggy Wiggly Store
to Open in Lansing
Mr.. B. M. Cartee, Well-KnOwn
Merchant, Opens Store of
National Popularity

B. M. Cartee, well-known Lansing
merchant, is opening Piggy Wig
ely store in Lansing this week. Mr..
Cartee announces that this popular
store is expected to serve large
part of Ashe county that has not
heretofore been able to take advan-
tage of the savings offered by a
Piggy Wiggly store.
The Piggy Wiggly stores are
known all over the country and
count their customers by the thou
sands, according to Mr.. Cartee.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-11-26
'THE FAMILY ALBUM" TO BE
STAGED AT HEALING SPRGS

The Family Album, a comedy
will be presented by the faculty and
members of the Crumpler commun-
ity, at the Healing Springs High
School, Saturday night, Nov. %, at
7:3O o'clock.
Other miscellaneous entertainment
will be given including cake walk,
guess cake, a fishing booth, etc.
Sandwiches and cold drinks will be
sold.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the entire program.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-11-26
DISTRICT LEGION MEET
AT NORTH WILKESBORO

A meeting of the American Legion
for the fifteenth district, which in
cludes Ashe, will be held in North
Wilkesboro on Friday, Nov 4, at
1880 o'clock. L. p. Coward, comman-
der of the local post, urges all men,
bers of the post to make arrange
ments to attend this meeting if at
all possible.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-11-26
SCHEDULE OF SERVICES IN
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES

Thursday morning, II o'clock,
Peak Creek.
Thursday evening, $50 o'clock,
West Jefferson.
Friday evening, $50 o'clock, Beth
ell (WTIkes county,.
Sunday morning, II o'clock, Lau-
rel Fork; Sunday afternoon, 2:3O,
Low Gap; Sunday evening, z
o'clock, Ebeneezer.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-11-26
STATE SUPERINTENDENT
TO VISIT ASHE COUNTY

J. Ivan Miller, county superinten-
dent of schools, is in receipt of a
letter from Clyde Erwin,state super
intendent of Public Instruction, in
which he accepts the invitation ten
dered him by Mr.. Miller to visit the
county and announces that he will
do so in the early spring.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-11-26
HONOR ROLL

The following made honor roll in
the seventh grade in the West jeff
erson school this month:
Marie Woodie, Mary Diggs, Hazel
Miller, r, c. Miller, and Angie
McNeill,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-11-26
Picture at M. e. Church

The religious moving picture, king
of Kings" will be shown tonight,
Thanksgiving, at the local Methodist
church. The public is invited.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-11-26
FASHION SHOW

The Jefferson Epworth League
will sponsor fashion show and a
beauty contest in the Jefferson
gymnasium Saturday night, Dec.
5th. The public is invited.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-12-21
SHORT COURSE ON
TOBACCO OFFERED
Will Be Given at N. c. State
College Week of January
Is to %

College Station, Raleigh, Dec. 21-
The growing, grading and marketing
of tobacco in North Carolina will be
subjects taught in a short course for
tobacco growers offered by the North
Carolina State College, January 18 to
%, announces DR.. j. B. Coter, head
of the farm crops department
An outstanding faculty has been Sc
cured to teach the course and if it
is supported by the farmers of the
State, additional short courses on va
rious agricultural subjects will be ar
ranged in the future. DR.. Coter has
been fortunate in securing such men
as Charles G. Gage, and H w. Taylor
tobacco marketing expert of the Unit
eel States department of Agriculture;
<. j. Shaw, tobacco nutrition expert
of the department.; e. G.. Moss and W.
A. Stands of the North Carolina to-
bacco experiment station at Oxford:
DR.. j. B. Hutson and w. G.. Finn of
the Agricultural Adjustment Admin
stration, and Doctors Poole, Shaw.
ma Lutz of the State College faculty.
g. Y. Floyd, tobacco specialist of the
extension Service, and others of the
college faculty will aid in the instruc-
ion and it is expected that one or
Two evenings will be devoted to en-
eertainment features.
One of the very valuable features of
he short course will be the grading
practice offered those who attend.
Other features include studies of to-
3acco insects, tobacco diseases, ferti-
lzers, crop rotations. tobacco quality
and the soils suited to the crop.
DR.. Cotner says every tobacco grow
ar in North Carolina would benefit
3y attending the course during the
1--we days. There will be no charges
On the part of the college except a one
dollar registration fee, he saws
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-12-21

/ percent over october, 1885.
Receipts from marketings of prin-
cipal crops alone were larger this Oc-
tcber than a year ago in every re-
| gion except the West North Central
States, and receipts from livestock
and livestock products were larger in
all regions other than the South Cen
trail and Western States. Gains in in
come from crop items in the various
regions resulted mainly from the lar
ger receipts from potatoes, corn. and
-arley in the North Atlantic and East
North Central States, from cotton in
the two Southern regions, and from
sugar beets, cotton, and some miscel-
laneous crops in the Western States.
Income from apples and wheat was
less than in October a year ago in
every region.
The gains IN income from livestock
and livestock products reflected chief
~ the higher prices received for dairy
products and the larger marketings of
hogs. In the South Central and West
ern States, smaller marketings of cat
tie and calves, together with some
! what lower prices, offset the gains
from dairy products
North Dakota and South Dakota
were two of the States to show SUBJ
stantial decreases in October receipts
from the sale Of principal farm pro-
ducts as compared with a year ago
these decreases were the result of
very small marketings of wheat and
fiaxseed following short crops this
year In Virginia where income from
apples, tobacco, and meat animals
was considerably less than in October
1888, receipts from farm marketings
were down 20 percent. Small market.
lngs of cotton from Oklahoma and
wheat from Montana, together with
the smaller receipts from cattle and
calves in both of these States, reduced
their cash receipts from farm mar
ketings by 38 and SO percent, respec-
lively, from those of October year
ago.
Government payments to farmers
In October 1896 were approximately
9z2C0O,0O0 compared with $50, 900 900
IN the same month last year. The
gains in receipts from marketines
nad, however, more than offset the
smaller Government payments so that
total cash receipts, including Govern
nent payments, were larger this Oc-
toper IN each region. The October
Government payments this year in
Guided for the first time payments
under the 1895 Agricultural Conser-
walton Program amounting to $1,000
0O0 TO'O'O'
For the first 10 months of 1895 the
United States cash income from farm
marketings amounting to $6,1O8 .OOO.-
700 was II percent higher than in the
corresponding period of 1895. Gains
Tor this 10-month period were likewise
recorded in each region and ranged
from II percent in the South Atlantic
States to % percent in the West
North Central States Cash receints
Tor the period also were higher in
each State except North Dakota. West
Virginia, Kentucky, Oklahoma and
Montana. Including Government paw
ments the country's total cash farm
income for the first 10 months of 1895
was II percent. higher than Tor the
same period of 1885.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-12-21

j Ritualistic Black Legion cult
uncovered with Staying of
Charles A. Poole, Detroit WPA
worker. Black Legion garb
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-12-21

NSOAIHucu from rage One.)
4 or desire to obtain it. We were told
that in the larger center of popula-
ion the number of places at which
whisky might be bought and the num-
Der of people engaged in the business.
are astoundingly large. Without go
ing into detail, we can say that condi-
IONS are bad and that in some of the
counties apparently little effort lis
made to enforce prohibitory laws.
SO long as there remains a condi-
Ion under which the bootlegger can
flourish and make a profit, as he is
now doing in many of the dry coun-
Ties IN North Carolina, such condi-
tons as these may be expected to
continue. AS to the situation in the
dry counties, members of the Gene
RAJ Assembly probably have as much
Information as we have gathered"
QuestiOnnaires Sent
In an effort to get information of a
statewide nature with regard to the
hquor situation in the State, question
mares were sent out by the commits
SION to Clerks of court, sheriffs, chair
men OF boards of county commission
ers, newspaper editors, police court
"dees. chiefs of police and to all soli-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-12-21
Youth HabituaI Drinkers

stores.
Youth HabituaI Drinkers
One sheriff in one of the prohibi-
ton counties estimated that at least
IS per cent of the boys and girls of
high school age and over are drink
ing regularly.
Opinions of Sheriffs
Sheriffs in the IS counties having
liquor stores expressed the opinion
that boys and girls and adults under
80 years of age appear to be drink
ing less since the opening of the con-
troll stores.
Sheriffs in the Is "wet" counties
which replied, said that law enforce
ment had become easier since the
opening of the liquor stores.
The commission also gives the re-
suits of it's study of statistics with re-
gard to arrests for drunken driving
and for other violations.
In the section of it's report dealing
with the operation of county LIQUOR
stores and control in the II counties
and two townships now having liquor
stores, the commission says:
AT the hearings held in the con-
troll counties, the commission found
many people, apparently less than the
majority, who sincerely believed the
sale of whisky should never have
been legalized -. and who conscien-
tiously object to county control stores
But many other conscientious, law
abiding citizens, some of whom said
they had formerly been advocates of
prohibition, expressed the opinion that
control stores had greatly improved
conditions in their counties.
They felt that a large per cent
OF bootleggers had been put out of
business and that control (of the sale
OF liquor) by the counties offered the
best remedy for conditions described
by them as intolerable under prohi-
bition. Many expressed the opinion
that if the vote were taken again, the
maJorities in favor of liquor control
would be greater than before"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-12-21
Farm Crop Sales Shoe
Increases Throughout
Nation, Bureau Learns

Washington, Dec. 21.-Gains in cash
receipts from the sale of principal
farm products during October over
those of October last year were re-
corded in each of the six major re-
gions of the United States the Bureau
CT Agricultural Economics reported
today.
The largest gains of IS and II per-
cent, respectively, occurred in the
East North Central and the South
Central States, while fairly uniform
increases ranging from 6 to 9 percent
took place in the other four regions.
Cash receipts were smaller than in
October 1885 in IL States, with one or
more of these States located in each
of the regions other than the North
Atlantic States.
For the entire country cash income
from farm marketings this October
amounted to $S86OOO0OO, a gain of 10
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-12-21

forcement law was not backed by
sufficient public opinion to make it
effective, while of the replies received
from Is wet counties having liquor
stores, GIG pc rcent stated that con-
Iditions with regard to bootlegging
and the illicit handling and manu-
facture of whisky, had improved since
the opening of the county liquor