The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-03-18

man and Gale Mcmillan, secretary
Of the fire prevention meeting held
here Tuesday night. L. L. Scott
spoke on fire insurance rates and
plans were made for improving the
fire hazards of the city at an early
date.
Miss Cathryn Dancy, Mr.. Edward
Avis and Bill Daughton, OF Win
ston-Salem, visited Polly Vaught
last weekend.
DR.. B. c. Waddell, Of Grassy
Creek, was here Monday.
Mrs. Oscar Badger and daughter,
of WEIGH, w. Va, attended the fun
era1 of Barbara Ann Badger, Wed
nesday. Mrs. Joe Johnsie, of Griffin,
Ca, also was present.
Mrs. B. w. Tugman has returned
home from the Davis Hospital in
Statesville
A number of county teachers at
tended the NYA meeting in Jeffer-
son Thursday night and gave many
helpful suggestions as to the carry
ing on of the work.
MIR. and Mrs. c. B. GRAPHICAL have
returned from a two-day trip to
Charlotte.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Wagner, of
Nathans Creek, were in town Wed
nesday.
Sunday, March IA, was the last
day Of the groundhog's 40 days of
spring sleep that he started on Feb.
2. If signs amount to anything, bet
ter weather should be on the way.
MIR. and Mrs. A. F. Rose recently
celebrated their fiftieth wedding
anniversary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Bare, of
North Wilkesboro, were in town
Sunday.
Mrs. Laura Black is at home after
having spent the winter in North
Wilkesboro on account Of illness.
She is much improved.
Mrs. Arthur Duncan arrived last
week from Maryland to spend sew
Grad days with relatives.
J. c. Pierce, of Grassy Creek, was
IN town Saturday.
Work on the new home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Russell Barr is progressing
nicely. The house is being erected
near the r. G. Barr home in the weS-
tern part Of the city.
Two sons of Mrs. Dinah Bare's,
from Glendale Springs were cut and
bruised considerably Sunday night
when the car in which they were
riding let the road at the Smeth-
port-Jefferson intersection near A.
E. Graybeal's and crashed over an
embankment to land almost on the
railroad track.
One of the Shell oil trucks from
this city overturned on the Mulber-
ny road in Wilkes county the first of
the week, but the truck was empty
and neither the driver nor the truck
was hurt.
The Ashe county teams entering
the Winston-Salem Journal-Sentinel
basketball tournament which is now
being held have been defeated. Last
year, the Lansing boys team was a
winner.
Charlie Pierce, of Helton, was in
town Saturday for the first time
since the big snow. Mr.. Pierce re-
ports that he saw a frog hopping
through the snow last month for the
first time in his life. He says this is
a sure sign of good luck and good
crops for Ashe county farmers this
year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Davidson spent
the weekend with relatives in
Hickory.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hensley spent
Saturday and Sunday visiting in
Asheville.
DR.. J. K. Hunter spent the week
end at his home in Clemmons.
Verna Wood and mother, Mrs
VIVA Davis, of Lansing, have recent
ly moved to Jefferson.
w. S. Young and son, Edwin, of
Helton, were in Jefferson on bust
ness Tuesday.
J. F. Scott, chairman of the AShe
County Board of Commissioners, is
somewhat improved from a recent
illness.
There is little change for the bet
ter in the condition of Ralph Col
ward, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Col
ward, according to reports from the
hospital where he has been for sew
eral weeks and where he recently
underwent an operation.
Students and teachers in the local
school are working hard to get
get ready for the countrywide schol-
aStic tournament.
Bruce Dent spent the weekend in
Kingsport, Tenn.
Mrs. J. G. Neal and son, Jackie,
spent Saturday afternoon in Boone.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Jones and chill
dren, of Bristol, spent the weekend
with their mother Mrs M Jones