The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-06-16

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rem are visiting her parents. They
will be away for two weeks.
Mr.. Sharpe Shoemaker manager
of Belk's Department Store here,
made a business trip to Charlotte
Tuesday.
Surface treatment work on the
Parkway in Ashe county is expected
to commence at once. Shipments
Of material will arrive here most
any time now.
A. B. Ridder, night foreman for
the State Highway road oil depart
ment here yesterday reported that
he saw bright rainbow at o'clock
in the morning last Monday morn
ing. That must have been some
moon and it is the first report OF
its kind ever received here. Won
der how many others saw it?
Another strange report comes
from Lansing. There, it is stated,
frost was seen two mornings this
week.
Mr.. Levern johnson, manager OF
Kraft-Phenix Cheese plant here,
made business trip to Greensboro
yesterday. :.
Mrs. l.. B. Ham of Nellie was in
town Saturday.
> Mrs. Fulton Fletcher and Mrs
Worth Phillips, of Idlewild, were in
, town shopping Tuesday.
], Mrs. Mae Blevins, her daughter,
Pauline, and two sons, Reid and
Tom, of Kannapolis, spent the week
end with Mrs. Cora Abshere and
attended the big June on Sunday.
Mr.. Clyde T. Jones, son of Mr..
and Mrs. F. B. Jones, is at home
from Memphis, Tenn, where he has
been studying medicine for the past
two years.
Misses Ola and Della Chuck from
West Pine Swamp were pleasant
visitors Tuesday. 80
Miss Mary Eastridge, Of Clifton,
left last Sunday for WinstoncSalem,
where she expects to attend Draugh-
on's Business College. She was ac-
companied by her sister, Anastasia
Eastridge, also of Clifton. >
Mrs. c. w. Pierce and Mr.. and
Mrs. Sebert Brinegar of Helton were
in town Wednesday.
Mr.. j. H. Ashley, of Warrensvllle,
has returned from a months visit
with his son, j. P. Ashley, in Surosa,
w. Va. He was accompanied home
by his son who spent a few days in
the county.
A large group of Ashe county
boys left yesterday for Fort Bragg
to attend the annual encampment
of the Citizens Military Training
Camp there. The county's quota
was 8. but it is understood that
around Is from Ashe managed to get
enrolled. .s.s;'s,,.
The negro meeting held on Negro
mountain last Sunday attracted q
big crowd from Ashe and surround
ing counties The meeting was
marked by exceptionally fine sing
ing. ~.
Mrs. W. H. Calhoun of Erica, Va,
and her son, DR.. w. H. Calhoun, OF
Tulsa, Oklahoma, who have been
visiting relatives in Jefferson, left
for their homes last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Mcdaniel, :ot
Elkin, visited relatives in the JEFF
fersons Sunday.
Miss Nancy Broome, Of Hickory
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. E. D. Barr
Mrs. Vernon Porter and daughter
Heleah, of Charlotte, spent the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. T. c. Bowie
Mr.. and Mrs. Carter Redd, OF Biz
ningham, Ala, have been spending
a week with Mrs. Redd's parents
Mr.. and Mrs. T. c. Bowie.
Mrs. r. H. Stone and children
have returned from sevral weeks
stay with Rev. and Mrs. D. j. Black
well at Leaksville.
Mr.. v. A. Bell, now of Roanoke,
spent the week end with his family
in Jefferson.
Local officers are still endeavor-
ing to find out who was responsible
for the two dynamite explosions in
the Jeffersons last Saturday night
The first explosion went off about