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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-11-25
Thanksgiving Day Is
Being Appropriately
Observed In County
Special Services Are Being Held
In Many Churches. Schools
And Stores Close.

Thanksgiving is being observed
today in many different ways
throughout the county.
Many homecoming dinners are
being given and the chief OBJ
servance features on the program
are special Thanksgiving services
that are to be held in a large num-
Der of the churches in the county
Beginning at 1890 o'clock, a
community service will be held at
the West. Jefferson Methodist
church, with Rev. w. T. Whiting
ton giving the Thanksgiving mes
sage. At z o'clock tonight Rev
Henry Mailer, of Hurle, Va, will
deliver a special Thanksgiving ser
mon in the West Jefferson Presby-
terrain church. In the Jefferson
Presbyterian church at 9:45 this
this morning, Rev. r. H. Stone held
special service, and a partial list
of other services is as follows: Pres
i byterian misunderstanding, II A.
NJ; Gillespie, P. NJ; Foster Me-
mortal, 7 P. NJ; Low Gap, II A. NJ;
Peak Creek, P. M. Services are
also being held in many other
churches.
At the Riverview high school an
all-day program is being given
This morning special Thanksgiv-
ing message will be delivered has
ketball games this afternoon and
A. S. T. c. athletic program tonight
Many hunters are celebrating the
occasion by trying out their luck
and craftsmanship Picture shows
and football games are also attract
ing many people.
Practically all of the schools are
closed and most of them will re-
manned closed tomorrow. The bank
and local stores are likewise taking
holiday.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-11-25
John Nc Pennington 'SKnocked
Out" In Automobile Accident

back seat between Bill Garvey and
Jimmie Allen and when the car
turned over his head struck an arm
rest and knocked him OUT.
Donald Johnson picked John up
and rushed him to a, doctor in Spar
ia. At first it was thought that his
skull had been fractured. He was
unconscious for over an hour, but he
finally came to. An investigation
showed that there was no fracture.
Yesterday John was up again and
out as though nothing had happened.
West Jefferson won both of the
games, the boys taking theirs by the
count Of 20 to 10 and the girls Is to
II. One unusual thing, believe-it-
or-not, happened in the second half
of the boys game when Garvey,
West Jefferson star center, shot a
goal for Sparta.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-11-25
Town Will Have
To Raise $1,000
More On Project
Additional Funds Needed To
Complete Sewerage Project.
Men Still Working.

Fairly good progress is being
made on installing new sewerage
system in West Jefferson, but in
order to complete the large WPA
project, the board of aldermen will
have to raise about $1,000 more and
the city fathers fare now making
plans to borrow this money, even il
they have to indorse for it them
selves.
After holding a special election
and later getting an amendment
passed by the legislature, giving the
town the authority to sell bonds or
borrow, bonds were sold in the
amount of $4,000 for the sponsors
share of the project. This money
however, has given out and it is
estimated that the town will have
to raise another $1,000 with which
to purchase cement, lumber, and
so on. Besides buying materials
and furnishing certain skilled labor
the town had to pay $500 for the
right-of-way, 500 for the septic
tank basis, land permit and $500
attorney fee, which made a total
of $500 of the $4,000
Carson Keys is foreman of the
project and there are around SO
men working on it.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-11-25
Former Records
Broken In Ashe
By King Winter
Thermometer Dropped AS Low
AS 7 Degrees. Much Snow
Fell Saturday.
IMPROVING NOW

After breaking many former rec
ords in the Blue Ridge section and
throughout the nation, King Winter
is now giving Thanksgiving a
'break" by allowing Old Sol to
shine and Thermometers to rise
back up again.
Accompanied by high winds and
fast dropping temperatures, snow
started falling early last Saturday
morning in Ashe county and con-
tinued to pour forth its white
fakes until late Saturday night,
covering the mountains with an
other blanket, ranging in depth
from one to four inches on the
highest peaks. Because of the high
wind, it was blow off of the high
ways in rapid order. In Boone and
Watauga county snowfall was
greater than in Ashe and in Allie
ghany, still less than in Ashe. Rel
atively no snow fell below the
mountains.
The mercury was sent to the
lowest level for this time of the
year that old-timers can remember.
The official readings, as reported by
Joe Worth, were-Sunday morning,
10 above zero; Monday, Is above;
Tuesday, 7 and Wednesday, II.
Tuesday and yesterday, during the
daytime, it climbed up to nearly
40 and promises to rise even high
er today.
The New River froze over in
many places and large number of
pipes were bursted. Goodman
Bros. store here reported right
much damage done as result of a
bursted pipe Sunday night. Motor
lists have also been making another
dash for the filling stations, buying
more anti-freeze and heaters. Car
chains were also in demand.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-11-25
Hunting Season
Is Now Underway
All Hunters Urged To Garry
Their License And To Abide
BY The "Bag Limits.

The big hunting season is now
underway and the woods and fields
are more or less filled with hunters
and sportsmen, and tales of their
success provide one of the chief
conversation topics throughout the
county.
Last Saturday morning when
quail, grouse and rabbit season
opened, there were many disap-
pointed old and young men, but
in spite of the snow, high wind and
low temperatures, a large number
of them gave their dogs some ex-
ercise and had fairly good luck re-
CARELESS of adverse weather condi-
tons. This week, however, has been
a different story and reports of kill
ing the limit" are frequent.
Harve Goodman, county game
protector, has again warned all
hunters that they must have licens-
es or else be liable to prosecution.
He also urged all sportsmen to re-
member the "bag limit. The limit
is 10 per day and $50 per season.;
for grouse, 2 per day and 20 per
season. On rabbits there is no limit
The duck hunting season in the
state opens on Saturday, Novem-
Der q.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-11-25
ONLY ONE ACCIDENT
REPORTED IN PAST WEEK

Ice and snow made driving dan
gerous, but strange as it may seem
there were fewer accidents report
ed in this section during the past
week than formerly.
The only accident reported took
place near Switzerland Monday
morning when Miss Pearl Roland,
of Clifton, skidded on the ice and
turned over. Fortunately the three
occupants Of the car were not hurt,
but the car was slightly damaged.
The weather wasn't supposed to
have had anything to do with it,
but Monday a car belonging to
Trent Dollars, of Smethport, caught
on fire and did considerable damage
before the flames were extin-
guished.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-11-25
Farmers Get
Over SIS, 900 For
$4,000 Turkeys
West Jefferson Was Really
Turkey Town" During
Past Few Days.

Judging by the large number of
Turkeys that were shipped out of
Ashe county during the past week,
today will really be turkey day"
in the United States.
A total of over 10000 fine turkey
hens and gobblers were dispatched
from the county to various points
in the south and east, local produce
and poultry dealers estimated yes
terday, and the farmers received
approximately $25,OOO.OO for these
internationally prominent fowls.
The market price was 19c per pound
and the turkeys averaged weighing
a little over 10 pounds each. The
heaviest turkey reported weighed
81 pounds.
L. S. Vannoy and Son, the larg-
est dealer in this section, report
ed that they purchased and shipped
around. $500 turkeys and the pro-
duce department of Smithey's store
estimated their purchases at $500.
J. M. Mcclure also bought a large
number and big shipments were
made from Lansing and Warrens-
vile.
The majority of the turkeys were
shipped out alive, while about $500
were killed, picked and ice-packed
in barrels at Vannoy's slaughter
house. These were sent to A & P
stores in the Carolinas for Thanks
giving sales, Vannoy also bought
and trucked over $4,000 worth of
chickens.
It is estimated that over fifty
percent of Ashe farmers raise tur-
keys for sale and, according to many
growers, the crop this year is about
normal. The market price is also
about the average. Last Thanks
giving the growers only received
Is and 16 cents At Christmas
time when an equally large num-
Der are marketed, the price usually
remains about the same.
The popular Thanksgiving birds
started flying" in here last Thurs
day and Friday and Saturday West
Jefferson was really turkey
town.. A Mr.. Young, from Helton,
brought in about 100 of the fowls.
Lodal produce dealers worked
day and night buying, weighing and
shipping. At Vannoy's slaughter
house approximately 40 people were
busy killing, scalding, picking and
packing the birds. Good pickers
it was estimated, average picking
35 turkeys per day. After remov'
ing the feathers, the fowls are
placed in large watts and left there
about six hours to cool before be
| ing packed in ice barrels.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-11-25

For once in his life, John Nc Penn
ington, who has made quite a rec
ord in the ring, really got knocked
out, but it wasn't inside the ropes.
Tuesday night en- route to Sparta
where the West Jefferson basketball
teams met Sparta high in a double
header, the car in which John and
four other local players were rid
ing, turned over and John was
knocked unconscious. Fortunately
none of the other boys were hurt.
The accident occurred at Dog
Creek. Wallace Weaver, who was
driving the car, said that one of the
back tires was about half down and
as they were going around curve,
they ran off of the hardsurface into
the ditch and the car fell over on
the side. John was sitting on the
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-11-25
Lansing To Get New
School Building, To
Start Work Monday
Final Project Approved Last
Week. Same Location For
New Building.
ROCK QUARRY BUSY

After several months of plan
ming, waiting and hoping the citi-
zens of Lansing are now assured of
getting large, beautiful new stone
school building and work on tear
ing down the old structure is sched-
uled to commence Monday.
To secure new building, which
has been greatly needed for some
time, it was necessary to obtain
WPA approval on three separate
projects and do a lot of scheming
to raise the sponsors share.
AS the old building occupies the
most desirable location available,
it was decided to tear down the ed
lice and erect new one. WPA
approval of the building was grant
ed several months ago, the rock
quarry project recently and last
week an okey was given to the
demolition project.
Officials estimate that it will take
at least twelve months to complete
the job and during this time Princi-
pal Joseph Martin is confronted
with quiet problem of keeping
school in progress.
Demolition work will be started
on the north and for a while, class
es will be held in the other end
of the building. Arrangements
have already been made to hold
various classes in the gym, two
Methodist churches, the Presbyteri-
an church and in one or two va
cant store buildings. "Of course
we will be handicapped, but we are
going right ahead and are glad to
make the sacrifices in order to get
the new building" Mr.. Martin stat
ed.3 a a
The Lansing school district is the
largest in the county. In the Lam
sing school there are around 400
students, with 100 students enrolled
IN high school. In the district there
are Is elementary schools, IS teach
ers. and a grand total of 1900 stud
CLIO" A44C SCI1OO1
buses daily, all Of which make two
trips.
AS tentatively outlined by WPA,
the new building will cost over
100000. The sponsors part is be-
ing raised in many different ways.
! The community is contributing
money by popular subscription,
some are furnishing logs, some
lumber, as well as money. All of
the teachers in the district are con-
tributing around $25 and various
materials from the old building
will be used. In addition, the
county will contribute a certain
amount which has not been de-
termined yet.
The rock quarry is located this
side of Warrensville. Work was
started there last week. c. N. Da-
Wis is foreman and about 16 men
are employed on the project.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-11-25
START SURVEY ON
HIGHWAY NUMBER 16

With the view of regarding
and hardsurfacing highway
number 16 from WarrensvilIe
to Trade, Tenn, survey and 10
cation work was started on this
important county and state
road this week by the State
Highway Department engi-
neerS.
Under the direction of Guy
Lillard, of AsheviIle, chief of
the Location Department, five
surveyors are now at work and
it is estimated that it will take
couple of months to complete
the survey.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-11-25

Mrs. E. D. Barr, who is member
of the Jefferson high school has
been confined to her home this
week with flu.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-11-25
ROAD is NOW OPEN

Repair work on New River bridge
on highway Is has been completed
and the road to North Wilkesboro is
now open. For the past several days
traffic has been detoured by Obids,
Nathan's Creek while the bridge
was being re-foored.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-11-25
D]oughton Thinks
Anti-Lynching Bill
Is Sure To Pass
Predicts Tough Row Ahead For
Presidents Legislative
Program.
SPENT WEEK END HOME

congressman RODerL Il. OOugnL-
on, who spent last week at home,
said he believed that famous anti
lynching bill, which occupied the
spotlight in last weeks opening
session of the Senate and on which
these southern senators started a
filibuster, will be passed during the
special session of Congress.
"They'rel doing a lot of filibust-
ering Oh it right now and it may
take some time, but it'll 60
through" the veteran Congressman
told reported of the Winston-Sal-
EN- Journal when he passed
through Winston Sunday night en-
route back to Washington.
''The way things are going now
indicates that the present session
may last until June" he declared.
In regard to the recent sugges-
ton that Senator Borah put to Sen
ator J. w. Bailey that federal
sales tax might balance the budget,
Congressman Doughton stated that
he didn't think the proposal would
gain much consideration.
The road ahead of President
Franklin D. Roosevelt's four-point
program in this congressional ses-
sion is regarded as rough one by
Congressman Doughton. He said
it is little early" to tell whether
the program will go through.
"'Twon't be easy" he said.
The government was not prema-
ture in shutting off the flow of fed
eral funds through the business
pump, the congressman asserted.
The congressman registered just
a bit of evaporation as he said:
"You can't help it if they want
a slump, can you? 1t isn't against
the law, if they don't want to do
business, not to do it.
''The spending had to stop some
time. It couldn't go on forever.
"Those that are bringing on this
slump can't be prosecuted. They'll
just have to get their punishment
in the hereafter"
Regarding balancing the budget,
the congressman said:
I'm getting kind of tired of
hearing 'em talk about it. Wish
they'd go on and balance it if
they're going to. Hear more about
that than anything else
The Presidents program for
which the congressman forecast a
rough voyage through the legisla-
tive, seas contains: Federal plan
ming of housing and associated pro-
jects; farm legislation, including
cotton control; a maximum hours
and minimum wages bill, and judi
cial recognition. Lately, tax re-
vision has been added.
Congressman Doughton returned
to the slump to say there is no tell
ing when it will end.
His remarks left the impression
that the progress of recovery will
depend on the attitude of business
toward carrying itself along with
it's own power and the conscience
of some human force he opined is
responsible for the slump.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-11-25
REVIVAL STARTS SUNDAY

A revival meeting will begin at
the Warrensville Baptist church
Sunday night, Nov. %. The Pas
tor will be assisted by the well
known Rev. c. w. Sexton, former
ly of w. Va.
The public lis cordially invited
to attend these services and hear
MIR. Sexton.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-11-25

Farmers know that high yields
will lower their production costs.
Growing legumes and green ma
nure crops and the use of lime,
phosphate, and other practices on
which payments are offered under
the agricultural conservation pro-
gram will help boost crop yields on
most farms.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-06
L. A. VEGETABLES

Los ANGELES. May 6. U.PD-
Trading was slow with weaker
tendency in some lines.
Beans: Coachella Valley Kentucky
Wonders 10-12c lb. Bountifuls and
green pods Csc. Blue Lakes 7-10c.
Valentines Sc. San Pedro and Lagu-
ma Beach Kentucky Wonders 10-12c.
San Diego Co. Kentucky Wonders
10-11c.
Bunched Vegetables: Following
prices per crate: beetS Sl.OO-Sl. 20;
carrots 50-6Oc; green onions, S2.25-
$40; mustard soc. Parsley go
75c; radishes, small red 50-60c.
Cauliflower: steady; local, Ven
tura Co. and san Diego Co. pearl
6575c. san Diego CO. S5c. Local
35-4Oc.
Lettuce: Santa Maria. Guadalupe
and LompOc dry pack As 6575c.
san Luis Obispo As $l.OO-$1.l5.
Peas: Laguna Beach, san Luis
Obispo, Santa Maria, Arroyo Grande
Oceano and Casmalia 2l%-3c. Local
China 10-11c.
squash: Imperial and Coachella
Valley white summer 5O-6Oc. Flats
iU-5Uc. Coachella white summer
Italian 50-60c. Orange Co. Italian
75-S5c San Diego Co. Italian 90
81 LOO; East Whittier Italian roc flat,
Straw berries: Local klondikes in
12-pt. trays 75-SOc. No. IS So 40c.
Champions 7O-75c.
Tomatoes: INLAND 9-tops 4-bask
crates $2.75-S3.OO; 12s $2.5O-$2. rs;
Mexican rail originals 6X6s $2,75-
So 90. Stripped 6X6S 1O-11c.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-06
l.. A. STOCKS


Los ANGELES, May 6. Cu.PD-
Emsco Derrick & Equipment drop
ped to a new low on the Los An
geles Stock Exchange today when
il lost 4 on sale of 100 shares at lG.
other sales included: l.. A. Indus
tries 700 shares 4, unchanged; Pa
cific Indemnity 100 shares 29A
down "a Roberts Public Markets 100
shares 7. unchanged; Transa merica
100 shares 14%s, down u Consoli-
dated Oil 200 shares 15A down 2 ;
Republic Petroleum 400 shares $'s
down a. Standard Oil of Cal, 100
shares Al, down y.
Edison common and Kinner Air
craft joined the list of new lows
today, with the former dropping IS
to 25 on sale of 100 shares, and the
latter going off .05 cents to 80
cents on sale of $500 shares.
Other quotations We're: Union Oil
400 shares 24@s, down .; Claude
Neon 200 shares 107s, up Il; South
ern Pacific 100 shares 81, up "a.
With approximately 1900 shares
sold, We're up, 10 down and 7 un-
changed.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-06

ious members of the House, con-
greSSional sources said.
The bill will define the admin
istration and rates of such pro-
jects as Bonneville. Parker dam,
Grand Coulee dam, Boulder dam,
and IVA.
Rep. Martin F.. Smith, D., Wash,
who has a bill pending for admin
istration OF the Bonneville power
project on the Columbia river and
who is participating in power pol
icy conferences said clear cut
coordinated program is necessary"
I'VE want to eliminate any con-
flict between the various projects
and provide a central administra-
ton for them" Smith said. Each
project would be treated separate
Ivy however, and might have diff
ferent rates because of its natural
advantages"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-06

new high for the year aided rails.
Steel issues picked up and lead
ers had gains ranging to more than
a point.
Most copper shares made small
gains An exception Andes Copper,
lost points to a new low for the
year at %. HomeStake Mining rose
3 points. U. S. Smelling was down
,.
Loew's was bid up 234 points to
80 on outlook for increased earn
ings. Union Bag & Paper gained
more than a point.
Paraffine companies at its high
OF 1872 up 3l2. Celanese made
new high at 40l2 up "a. Interna-
tional Paper preferred and U. S.
Gypsum were more than a point
higher. Chrysler gained a point in
a firm motor section.
Montgomery Ward made a new
low for the year at 52is and then
came back more than a point. Au-
tomobile equipment issues i'm
proved on reports of higher income
during the first quarter. Reming-
ton-Rand gained in its section on
first quarter earnings that broke
all previous records for the COM
DanV
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-06
CHICAGO GRAINS


CHICAGO. May 6. U.PD - May
corn prices doomed 2ls cents Il bush
el to the highest level in II years
today on the Chicago Board of
Trade.
Heavy buying by shorts swung the
price of May new corn to $l.%5 Il
buShel few minutes before the
end of trading.
AT the end, wheat was = cent
lower to g. cents higher. May
$1.29ls, old corn was IA to y cents
higher, May $l.32A, new corn was
unchanged to up Is cents, May
$1.344. and oats were off a to up
= cent. May 49la cents.
Liverpool prices were sharply
higher than due, closing IL Il pence
up for the day.
Corn prices were fractionally low
er early in the session but later
turned upward, led by the May de-
livery. Continued light offerings of
corn. from country plants appar-
emily led some spectators to believe
that corn might not be plentiful at
delivery time.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-06
POWER COMPETITION FOUGHT
BANJO STOLEN
FROM Static

PITTSBURGH. May 6. UP-Of-
ficials made an unhappy discovery
when they decided to move a bronze
statue Of Stephen Collins Foster
from Highland Park. Someone had
stolen a bronze banjo from the
hands Of old Uncle Ned. seated Just
below the figure Of the famous COM
nOser
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-06
IZAC PUSHES
SEA HOSPITAL

WASHINGTON, May 6. UR-
Rep. Ed V. Izac. D.. Calf. said to-
day he hoped to obtain early action
by the house merchant marine COM
mittee on his bill authorizing ex-
penditure of S950.000 for a marine
hospital at San Diego, Calf.
lac said that it was known that
the public health service is anxious
to have adequate public health
service on the Pacific coast and this
is my bid for a hospital
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-06

power projects is being drafted by
the presidents power policy COM
mittee in cooperation with Sen.
George Norris, Ind, Neb., and var
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-06
JURY UNABLE
TO AGREE ON
MURDER CASE

NEW CASTLE. Ky. May 6. UP'-
Jurors trying Brig. Gen. Henry H.
Denhardt for the murder of Mrs.
Verna Carr Taylor reported today
that they were unable to agree on
a verdict and We're discharged by
Judge Charles c. Marshall
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-06
Two Hurt as Auto
Plunges Off Cliff

SAN FRANCISCO, May 6. (U.P)
"A San Francisco man and wom-
an were critically injured today
when their automobile plunged
over a cliff on the Bayshore high
way north of South San Francisco
The driver of the car was identi-
fled as H. Hobson, 33. A young
woman with him suffered a frac-
ture of the right leg and a crushed
chest.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-06

Store filled with other
Appropriate Mothers Day
GIFTS such as: Pottery,
Glassware, Chinaware, Silver,
and Popular Priced Electrical
Appliances.
SEE OUR SPECIAL DISPLAYS
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-06
DAIRY HORSES
BRAINS OF BUSINESS"

NEW YORK. May 6. UPl-Mag-
istrate Henry H. Curran fined a
laundry wagon driver S. for beat
ing his horse and used the occa-
sion to give advice to human beings
on horse sense" He said that milk
and laundry wagon horses are the
brains of the business. They do
the thinking for the drivers.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-06

It's more than thoughtfulness - it's Just
good common sense to add another Norge
product to your home for Mothers Day
More than 5000 Valley families already
appreciate the unfailing good service of
a Norge Rollator Refrigerator or some
other Norge appliance If you have not
yet experienced this thrill you should not
delay another day!