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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-12-09
NJ. e. Ministers
To Meet Monday
All Day Meeting At jefferson
Church. Young Peoples
Program At Night.

Rev. W. L. Hutchins, director OF
the Aldersgate Commemoration for
the Western North Carolina Con-
ference, will meet with the Metho-
dist preachers of Ashe and Ale
gheny counties next Monday at the
Jefferson Methodist church in an
all day meeting. The meeting is
to begin at ten-thirty.
That night Rev. Mr.. Hutchins viii
speak to the meeting of the Ashe
County Young Peoples Union to be
held at Grassy Creek Methodist
church. A dramatic Christmas SER
vice entitled, ''Tihank God fol
Song, will also be feature Of
the program. A large attendance
of young people and their adult
friends is anticipated for this spec
ial Christmas program.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-12-09
Neaves Killed And
Eight Others We're
Injured In Wrecks
Record Number OF Automobile
Accidents Occurred In Coun-
ty Last Week End.
NEAvEs DIED TUES.

All previous Ashe county auto
mobile accident records were ap-
parently shattered last week end
when one. person was killed and
eight others injured in five differ
ent wrecks, most OF which were
caused by heavy and rain.
Earl Neaves, 24-year-old farmer
of the North Fork community, died
in the hospital at North Wilkesboro
late Tuesday afternoon, from in
juries sustained in an accident near
Jefferson early Sunday morning.
Neaves' head was cut nearly in to
and physicians expressed much sur
prise that he lived as long as he
did. His two companions in the
car, Miller Johnson and Willie Dix
on, both of the same community,
were also badly hurt, but their con-
dition is said to be improving. The
six other accident victims are like
wise on the road to recovery.
The trio had attended the fiddle-s
convention and were returning
home around 8 o'clock in the morn
ing when the driver, Miller john
son, ran off of the hard surface on
a straight-away about mile from
Jefferson on the Jefferson-G Grassy
Creek highway and after trying to
pull back on the road for dis
tance of around 100 feet, the car
crashed into a large locust tree in
front of Mrs. Sisk's home. Neaves,
sitting on the front seat with the
driver, was thrown through the
windshield and his head struck the
hood of the car as it flew up as a
result of the impact and cut deep
cash across the front of his head,
shattering the left eye. Johnson's
chest was injured and he was rush.
ed to the hospital when it was
thought that he had pneumonia.
Dixon was also severely cut and
bruised.
Sunday morning en- route to
North Wilkesboro, Charles Nc
NELL, Jr., of West Jefferson, ran off
of the highway 16, a few miles be-
yond Jurnping.Off Place and the
car plunged down a long embank-
ment for perhaps Is feet and final
ly came to rest against a large rock
and tree. Fortunately Charles was
not very seriously injured. but he
was given treatment in the hospital
for a day or two. Ford Bare, of
Jefferson, who was with him, was
also hurt rather badly. He was
thrown from the car. Rex Morton,
of West Jefferson, who was taking
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Neaves to see
their son, Earl, at the hospital,
picked the two boys up shortly af-
ter the accident occurred. Charles
said the fog on the mountains was
so dense that it was difficult to see.
Roger King and Herbert Gentry,
of Lansing, were hurt and narrow
Continued On Page Eighty
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-12-09
County Health
Nurse Has Been
Extremely Busy
November Report Shows She
Examined 1176 Children.
Other Activities.
GIVES CERTIFICATES

Miss Pearl Weaver, county heal
tn nurse, has been extremely busy
and has been rendering an ex-
.cellent service, according to the re-
port Of her activities during the
month Of November which was sent
to the state department few days
ago.
Last month, the report shows,
Miss Weaver and her assistant, vi
1sited % schools in the county and
inspected l176 children. A large
percentage of the children, it was
explained, have various defects.
1876 Of them have something wrong
with their vision, 666 have diseas-
ed or enlarged tonsils that need to
be removed and 800 need dental
work.
.The school buildings on a whole
are clean and attractive, showing
interest of both teachers and
children" Miss Weaver said. "The
water supply and facilities for
washing hands are poor. Twenty
Of the twenty-nine schools visited
carry water from neighbours
spring, or in bottles from the home
for drinking. Only seven have
bubble fountains or water coolers
and individual cups"
Under the heading of general
public health nursing, the report
showed that 243 children had been
immunized against diptheria; many
group meetings were held with
the parents in different schools and
so on.
Grade A certificates were issued
last month to 16 midwives in the
county; 9 grade B certificates were
issued. She visited new prenatal
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-12-09
Osborne, Age 90,
Found Dead lin.
Bed Last Sunday
Aged Bachelor-Farmer OF Oval
Community Apparently
Died From Stroke.
BURIED ON MONDAY

Roby Osborne, a 69-year-old
bachelor-farmer who lived alone in
the Oval community for a number
of years, was found dead in bed in
his small home Sunday night by
two of his neighbors, Granville
Phillips and Fin Houck.
Mr.. Phillips said that no one had
seen him since Friday and that
when he heard the cows and lambs
yelling, he became alarmed. Upon
entering Osborne's home, he and
Mr.. Houck found the body lying in
bed and evidently he had died dur
ing sleep from a stroke Of paraly-
sis. Others investigating stated that
he probably died on Friday night.
DR.. B. E. Reeves, county coroner,
declared that an inquest would not
be necessary.
About 35 years ago, members of
the family stated Mr.. Osborne had
a stroke of paralysis and that he
never fully recovered from i'll eff
fects Of that stroke.
8 Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Arthur Phillips, sister of the de-
ceased and interment followed in
the community cemetery. Rev. w.
J. Huneycutt, pastor Of the West
Jefferson Methodist church, con-
Continued On Page Eighty
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-12-09
Christmas Seal
Sale rs Now On

Fight tuberculosis! Protect your
home from this dreaded disease by
buying Christmas seals!
In North Carolina last year were
zoos people who died as result
of this disease. You can help re-
duce this death toll by buying seals.
Mrs. Blanche Pless, chairman of
the sales campaign in Ashe coun-
ty, is in hopes of selling 10000 of
the penny greeting stamps this
year. A supply of the stamps have
been mailed to various teachers in
the county and the seals are being
sold here by several school girls.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-12-09
Shopping
SeasoIl a 10 Open
Friday And Saturday
Santa Claus Will Be Present To
Make An Official Shop
ping Tour.
BEAUTIFUL DECORATIONS

Friday and Saturday old Santa
Claus himself will be in West jeff
erson to open officially the Christ
mas shopping season and to distrib-
ute candy and other small favors
to- the children.
In honor of his visit and to well
come and take care of the Christmas
shopping needs of every person in
Ashe and surrounding counties, the
merchants of West Jefferson have
made elaborate and extensive
plans.
Multi-colored street lights and
other attractive Christmas decora-
tions, consisting Of various ever
green's, are being erected and
these gay Christmas lights will be
turned on Friday night and will re-
main on every night until after
Christmas.
The stores here are filled with
large variety Of attractive gifts and
Christmas merchandise, their win
dows and interiors are beautifully
decorated and everything is in
readiness to greet Santa on his Off
cial shopping tour and to welcome
the great host of shoppers that is
expected to come here tomorrow
and Saturday.
Santa will arrive early Friday
morning and viii start his visit to
the stores at nine o'clock. Accord
ing to advance information, he will
visit all of the cooperating stores
Friday and Saturday, too.
There are many thrilling sights
awaiting the shoppers this year. AS
clearly shown by the many differ
eat advertisements in this special
Christmas edition, West jefferson
has number Of real toylands and
a large number of stores featuring
ideal Christmas gifts.
Read everyone of the advertise
meats carefully, make up your
shopping list and don't let anything
keep you away from West Jeffer-
son Friday and Saturday. You'll
be delighted with the gay decor
ations, the friendly spirit, the fas-
cinating array of gifts and old San
ia Claus in person.
And also remember, it's only a
short time until Christmas day.
Don't delay your Christmas shop
ping. Do it tomorrow and Friday
and do it in WEST JEFFERSON,
Ashe county's big trading center.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-12-09

9 to 9:10 Dollar Service Station
9:10 to 9:25 Vannoy Produce Co.
9:25 to $40 Goodman Bros.
$40 to 9:55 Gulf Station
9:55 to 1910 Rhodes Furn. Co.
1910 to 1925 GRAPHICAL Drug Store
1925 to 1910 Faucettes Five & Ten
10:40 to 1880 City Recreation
1880 to HOO The Skyland Post
IL to 11:15 E. E. Jones
11:15 to 11:3O Carl Miller's Store
1870 to 11:45 Roten's Store
Has to IL Parker's Store
1900 to 1910 /. M. Cook
1910 to 1920 B. F. Cook
1920 to 1895 Central Hdw. Go.
1885 to 1850 j. F. Scott & Son
1880 to los Ray Drug Co.
LOS to 1:2O City Cafe
1:2O to 100 Max's Cafe
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-12-09
hurley TOBACCO SALES
COMMENCED YESTERDAY

The hurley tobacco markets in
Asheville and Virginia opened yes
terday and many of Ashe county
farmers sold some of their golden
weed on the opening day of sales.
Prices paid for the tobacco We're
fairly high and local farmers were
said to have been rather well
pleased. From now until Christ
mas all of the tobacco farmers will
be busy marketing their crops.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-12-09
Santa Claus Official Schedule
Friday and Saturday

1:30. to las Corner Cash Store
1:45 to 1:55 Bare's Fair Store
1:55 to 2:1O Smithey's Store
2:1O to 2:15 West jefferson Hotel
2:15 to 2:30 Ashe Motor Co.
2:30 to 2:45 Cash Wholesale Grocery
2:45 to 800 Parkway Theatre
800 to 3:15 Central Radio Co.
Bis to $3.50 McNeiH Store
$50 to- 3:45 w. j. Parts Co.
3:45 to 400 Belk's Dept. Store
400 to 40 Richardson's Five & Ten
4:10 to 4:25 Bare-Little & Co.
AIS to 4:4O Burgess Furn. Store
4:4O to $40 Farmers Hdw. Co.
$40 to SIS Parkway Motor Co.
5:25 to $50 Ideal Laundry
5:35 to $50 Shell Service Sta. & Cafe
$50 to Cos Duncan Motor CO..
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-12-09

On an average, IS tons Of good
American soil are lost every sec
on through erosion. We need to
keep our soil on the farms Of the
men who paid for it.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-12-09

ASHE COUNTY
is the air conditioned
section Of North Caro-
Lima whose altitude
ranges from 5000 to 81,
900 feet above sea level.
25 miles 81; the PARK
WAY run through the
county.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
The Travellers Notebook
Uncle Sam Lends Hand at Helping americans
Discover New Vacation Ldnds-The
Seven Modern Wonders

ers have served to channelize travel
in America in well-defined grooves.
Popularity besets popularity, and the
process makes one section bulge at
the doors while at another, space
goes begging. For Winter trips. the
average vacationist thinks first in
terms Of Florida, Bermuda, Caribbean
short cruises and California. They
are only beginning to heed the call
of South America and its Summer
during our Winter months. Railroad
men will tell you that snow trains
have popularized Winter sports. But
many sections, enjoyable in Winter
or Summer, lack only the spark of
catching popular fancy; OF being dis
covered"
The United States Travel Bureau,
operated under the Department of
Interior at As Broadway. New York,
hopes to add dash of novelty for
Americans by offering more varied
list OF places that have what might
be called travel ut" Serving as a
clearing house for tourism, it will
keep abreast Of all facts pertaining to
travel and transportation facilities.
and make known to travellers the full
recreational possibilities of the country.
Under arrangements being perfect
ed with foreign nations. Europe and
the rest Of the world will know that
America definitely is on the travel
map. Former Ambassador James w.
Gerard has just been appointed COL
laborator Of the National Park Serv-
Evening star., 1937-09-12
OPTIONAL MEXICAN
ROUTES OFFERED
Dip Across the Border May In.
clude Boat Trip to
New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS, September Ii
Af1ording travellers an opportunity of
traversing two routes in entering
and leaving Mexico. the Southern Pa
cific Lines permit optional routing on
round-trip tickets across the border.
Tourists from the East may, for ex-
ample, use the Morgan Line to New
Orleans, continue West by Sunset
route to San Antonio, enter Mexico
by way Of Laredo and reach Mexico
City by this route.
A direct Pullman operates to Los
Angeles. leaving Mexico City in the
evening. reaching Guadalajara in the
morning and laying over three hours
for sightseeing. Thence, on the South
ern Pacific of Mexico, the train.-El
Costeno-reaches the West Coast at
Mazatlan the following morning and
turns northWard.
Through quaint Mexican towns. en-
abling travellers to see the exotic Mex
lean countryside at its best, in a sec
ton unspoiled by tourists" Ell Co.'S
teno wends It's way, pausing frequently
at the little hamlets, where vendors
offer for sale to passengers on the OBJ
Evening star., 1937-09-12
BY JACQUES FUTRELLE. JR.

- LOW to dramatic the American
travel scene, the Federal Gov
ernment early this year tore a
- profitable page from the expert
ence OF Europe and set up travel
bureau to tell the world-including
Americans themselves-what it misses
by not seeing America.
Foreign countries, notably the Old
World, have been glamorizing their
quaint and notable attractions for
years through government agencies
with signal success, and it was no
accident that travel-hungry Ameri-
cans spent $497. 900. 900 in 1886 in
scattering about the face of the globe
and ferreting out it's far corners in
pursuit of broadening influences, nov-
city and recreation Neither is it an
accident that in this country tourist
expenditures hold above the five-biI-
lion-dollar mark as the third ranking
industry.
But the results. aside from relative
prosperity and the natural hankering
of Americans to see the world, have
been accomplished principally by scat
tered efforts Of individual transporta-
ton companies and attractive areas
themselves, to draw the tourist only
in one Ndirection-their own. The
Government added to the din only In
beating the tom-tom for the national
parks, and is expected to count well
over 100000 noses when the park
seasons end this year.
The gregsrious instincts of travel
Evening star., 1937-09-12
press, the Ice Age in Antarctica, mov-

press, the Ice Age In Antarctica, nlov-
ing pictures.
Mr.. Curle: The harbor of Rio de
Janeiro, as seen from the sea; the De-
serted City of Pagan. as seen from the
Irrawaddy River In Burma; Empire
State Building, the white, towering
wall Of the Peruvian Andes, as seen
from the Pacific Ocean; Capetown
Harbor. as seen from the slopes of
Table Mount; the Pyramids, Victoria
Falls in Rhodesia.
Mr.. Halliburton: Protesting tnar
1t would be easier to name 10 won
ders than just seven, and offering as
compromise two lists-one man.
made wonders, the other natural won
ders) The first list. man-made: +:
Angkor Temples in French Indo-
China, Pyramids. the Panama Canal.
Manhattan Island. the Great Wall of
China, the Tai Mahal, San Francisco
bridges.
The second list, natural wonders
Yosemite Valley. Grand Canyon of
the Colorado, the Nile River, Mat
terhorn Mountain in the Alps. the
harbor Of Rio de Janeiro, Mount Ev-
crest. three waterfalls-Niagara Igua-
zu in the Argentine and Victoria in
Rhodesia.
Mr.. Tracy: The San Francisco
bridges. the big trees of California,
Grand Canyon, the subway systems
OF New York City, the Pyramids, ra-
dio, the northern lights aurora Bo-
realis).
Evening star., 1937-09-12
OLD CUSTOMS SURVIVE

ROME. September 1.-THE traveller
who desires TO enjoy the primitive on
his sightseeing journey to Italy might
well visit Scanno in Abruzzo; at Fo-
bello in the Upper valesia; in the
Inland villages Of Sardinia and in the
villages shut in by the immense forests
OF the Sila in Calabria.
Both in Sardinia and at Acanno the
charm OF ancient folklore is still To
be found untouched. The costumes
and working implements, the orna-
ments OF the women and the house
hold furniture, materials woven on
age-old looms, and the chests OF the
old houses contain the gold and silver
objects, the laces and innumerabIe
ornaments In the country districts
the loaves are still stamped with the
olive wood stamp, flowers and good
wishes are laid on the window sill of
lady love; friends of the bride pelt
the happy couple with rice and the
Old Befana" is burned.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
ice in connection with the bureaus

ice in connection with the bureaus
work
A FTER glancing around the world
for years, six globe trotters de-
cided they were qualified to list to-
days counterpart of the Seven Won
ders of the World" and submitted
their selections to the Current His
tory Magazine
AS background for their choice,
the list selected 1000 years ago is re-
called-Egypt's Pyramids, the Hang
ing Gardens of Babylon, the Temple
of Diana. the Statue of Jupiter Olym-
pus, the Tomb of Mausolus. the Light
house of Alexandria and the Colossus
OF Rhodes. Only the Pyramids sur
vive in the modern list. chosen by
Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Richard Hal
hburton, traveller and writer; Malcolm
La Brade of Cooks, M. E. Tracy. edi-
tor and publisher: Carleton Beals,
author and traveller, and Richard
Curle, English, traveller and writer.
But the Empire State Building and
New York's subway system come in
for bids.
The individual lists, which, with no
imposed restrictions, vary widely,
follow:
Mr.. La Prade: Angkor Temples in
French China, Mont. st. Michel
off the coast Of Normandy, the Tai
Mahal, the Empire State Building,
the Pyramids, the Great Wall of
China, Carcassone, ancient walled city
in France.
Mr.. Beals: Beethoven's symphonies,
Dostoievski's Brothers Karamazov."
Piato's Republic" radio, and Piazza
Duomo, Florence, Italy; the Alham-
bra, Granada, Spain; the Greco
Room, Toledo, Spain.
Admiral Byrd: Mans use of elec-
tricity with special reference to radio.
the gasoline engine with special ref
ence to the automobile, mans use
of steam with special reference to
trains and steamboats,, the printing
Evening star., 1937-09-12

servation platform their serapes, sill
verware and other objects Of native
craftsma
Guaymas is reached a day and a
half after leaving Guadalaiara. Here
the Southern Pacific has constructed a
modern hotel-Plays de Cortes-on
the shores Of an arm of the Gulf of
California. Deep-sea fishing and other
sports are possible in day time, while
At night serenades by bands of wan
dering. native minstrels lend color to
the scene. From Guaymas. it is only
IL hours back to the border. at No
gales.
Evening star., 1937-09-12

days invite you TO en-
Joy the infinite variety of scenery,
climate, recreation and sports-all
at their best right now. The "Creat
Smokies," the Land of the Sky"
the Sapphire Country" the "Sand
Hills" the "Beaches'-ihese allur-
ing names of North Carolina's fa-
nous resort sections indicate the
States manifold attractions. Mo-
tor through a country stepped in
earliest Colonial hisiory-or along
scenic highways of breathiaking
grandeur through the highest
mountains in Eastern America.
Golf on courses that rank with the
country's best, 81 Of them. Fish TO
your hearts content in a hundred
woodland lakes. Season open for
marsh hens, rails, sora, Kallinules.
Nearly 300 miles of coast line. In
let and deep-sea fishing all sea-
aide sports. World famous resort
Evening star., 1937-09-12
Fish From Autogiros.

MIAMI, Fla, September 1.-THE
men who go down to the sea for sport
in Miami often add thrill or two to
their diversion by spearing giant tur-
ties from slow-moving autogiro planes.
Sportsmen more commonly catch
the turtles by stalking them when
they come ashore at night. A turtle
becomes powerless once it has been
turned over on its back.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
NORTH CAROLlNA
q E~iety Tacafi0nI0nd

CEPTEMBER a IN d
- October are the
loveliest months of
the year in North Car
olina. Golden, mellow
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-07
TWO All CLUBS FROM VALLEY
COMPLETE REORGANIZATION

Two more H clubs of Imperial
county, Wilson in Ell Centro and
Verde, completed reorganization
for the year during the past week.
H. Lee Landerman, assistant farm
advisor, revealed Saturday morn
ing.
Freddie Higginbotham was chos-
en- president of the Wilson school
club. Glen Hill. vice president, and
Anna Joe Looney, secretary-treas
urer. Jimmie Edwards and Ted
Arnold were elected club reporters.
The Wilson school projects are
poultry dry gardens, and pigs
Meetings will be held on Thurs
day afternoons at $3.50.
Stanley Hawk was elected presi-
dent of the Verde club and Satura
Okawa was chosen ce-president.
Grace Takahashi is the new secre-
tary treasurer. The Verde club
will meet on the third Friday OF
each month.
alderman indicated that all All
club baby beef projects would be
underway before the middle of the
week and about so animals would
be raised in the 20 or more pro-
jects.
Plans are rapidly taking shape
| for the start of swine. dairy anc
calf projects and on the 18th o.
November All club members vii
make a tour of the valley to in
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-07

trucks: dates, I trucks; pecanS. l
truck: laying mash. truck: sheep,
l truck: condensed milk, % trucks;
dry ice. 6 trucks.
Incoming shipments:
1888 ovnamentals. $50 Lantanas,
95 Hibiscus, S58 Ferns, 81 Bougain-
villa. 20 Tacoma Capensis. 40 Hon
eySuckle. 81 Jasmine. l4l Roses. 100
SanSevania, so Cassil, 1854 Narcis-
sus bulbs. 2579 Bulbs. 337 Fresia
bulbs. 1854 Rannunculus bulbs. l46
flats bedding plants, % flats hedge
plants, palms. II Bottle trees. IA
pepper trees, 43 cypress trees. 55
oleander trees, 10 Carob trees. 2000
strawberry plants. 5l3S sax alfalfa
seed, 4174 sax barley seed, 1856 sax
oat seed. 652 sax wheat seei, 4 sax
tomato seed. 120 lettuce seed. rs
sax vetch seed, l sax chicory seed
% sax carrot seed. 67 Sax cantaloupe
seed. 70 sax pea seed. 10 sax rye
grass seed. 5 sax garden seed, l
sax squash seed. sax beet seed.
sax cabbage seed. sax honey
ball seed. sax onion sets.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-07
Plan Urged for
Debt Refunding

Increasing necessity for workable
debt refunding program for
the Imperial Irrigation District is
rejecting a general trend toward
declining prices in farm commod-
tiles, the Imperial County Farm
bureaus tax committee declared
after a special meeting Friday aft
ernoon.
Taxpayers in the irrigation dis
trict will not be able to maintain
the 1887 assessment rate unless
there is a sharp uptrrn in prices
they receive for their products, the
committee declared
Declining prices We're coupled
with increasing labor costs and
higher transportation charges. in a
discussion of the need for a refund
ing program.
o. j. Bradshaw. chairman of the
committee, pointed to present rec
ord low prices for wheat for the
year. and to the record barley crop
which may force down the market.
Milo was quoted Friday at 500 net
to the Imperial Valley grower in
the field, a decrease of SIS a ton
below the price for the same date
last year.