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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-24
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ISAIAH
JONES

They are going to have Mayor
atty and Alder-M Maniac election
soon here in West Jefferson.
Somebody made the remark they
should put some going PROGRESS
SIVE blood in the town officers.
This town would do well if they
would get a set of men to catch
the town up with civilization and
them try to even keep up.
Since West Jefferson is only %
years old there ought to be plenty
of young blood here! !
Tom Bost's: "More of Hoey''.
He could have saved time and space
and generalized on the political
situation by saying, "More Hoey".
The scientist say that the earth's
magnetic pole is 1880 miles from
the geographic pole. That accounts
for some things, say the unbalan-
ced budget!
Anybody is young enough to
dance the big apple when he or
she is not old enough to know bet
ter
For climatic reasons they say
that it is harder to manufacture
cucumber pickles in the south
than it is in the north. Well, the
"Cowcumber" has been notorious
for it's GOODNESS.
Paradox; It is hard and yet so
easy to be poor.
A young sage said that it was no
disgrace to be poor but it was aw-
fully unhandy.
When you see a little hair in
front and bald behind, that is an
ex-bristle top.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-24
PARAGRAPHS

Back in 1917 and '18 there were several mil
lion brave young Americans who offered to sac
rifice their lives in the services of their coun-
try. Many of them paid the supreme sacrifice,
but, thank goodness, the majority of them re-
turned home; since that time, under the banner
of the American Legion, they have dedicated
themselves to serving their community, state
and nation unselfshly. They are continuous
ly seeking to improve American institutions and
to promote education, recreation and good citi-
zenship among the youths of each community.
Last week the Ashe post announced that it was
going to sponsor junior baseball league in the
county, That's fine program and we wish it
much success.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-24
L. P. Coward Reelected Chair
man. Plan To Hold Easter
Seal Drive Apr. 1-16.

The first meeting of the newly ap-
pointed committee Of the Ashe coun-
tv divi ion of the North Carolina
Crippled Children's League was
held Monday night in the Welfare
office.
L. P. edward was elected chair
man, succeeding Mrs. Sam P Viii
son: Mrs A. B. Hurt, vice-chairman
and Mrs. ]. A. Davis, secretary and
treasurer.
The executive committee is COM
posed of the following members.
chosen from various organizations:
P. c. Wright. American Legion;
Mrc. Wright, Woman's Club; Mrs.
Davis, Legion Auxiliary; Rev J. w.
Luke boy scouts; Bryan Oliver,
welfare board; Miss Pearl Weaver,
health dept; Miss Ruth Tugman,
welfare dept; Mrs. A. B. Hurt,
community and Ed Anderson, pres.
Following the election of officers,
Miss Weaver and Miss Tugman ex-
planned that there are large num-
Der of crippled children in the coun-
ty and that during the past nine
months they have assisted in Sc
curing treatment for 35 of them.
They said that they had taken many
of these children to the hospitals
in Gastonia and Charlotte and that
when they brought them back home
they were able to walk again. Some
of them had been victims of infan-
tile paralysis, others anthritis, tu-
berculosis of the bone, etc.
One of the main purposes of this
league is to raise funds to provide
transportation, braces, and other
needed items for the dependent chill
dren that are taken to the state hos
pitfalls.
The annual Easter Seal Sale
drive, which will be sponsored by
this league to help raise funds to
provide a better life for crippled
children, will be conducted in the
county beginning April and end
ing April Is, it was decided.
The attractive seals sell for one
penny each and a goal of 1000 seal
sales was set up. The chairman
appointed Mr.. Wright, Mrs. Davis
and Supt. J. B. Hash to serve as
a special Easter Seal" committee.
This committee will work out plans
for the drive and announce them
next week.
The executive committee also vot-
ed to take on the work of assist
ing the blind in this county. Miss
Weaver stated that there are 161
children in the public schools of the
county today who lare badly in need
OF glasses and that their parents are
not able to buy them.
She said that special state elm
ic will be held in the county when
ever the committee could arrange
to raise enough money to buy the
glasses so that the clinic would be
worthwhile. The services of an
eye specialists, she said, will be
furnished free by the states.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-24
SEE THE "ALL-STAR" GAMES!

The "All-Star" Ashe county high school boys
and girls basketball games that will be played
Tuesday night in the Jefferson gymnasium
should serve grand climax to what has been
a most successful and interesting basketball
season in this county,
This year basketball has certainly promoted
a good spirit of craftsmanship and school spirit
in the county, as well as given the partici-
pants wholesome recreation and physical exer-
else
Each coach and each team in the county have
given their best to this game throughout the
current season and with the hopes of encourag-
ing more interest from year to year and as
result of desire to award the winners and out
standing players with some tangible token of
appropriations, The Skyland Post is happy to act
as sponsor of the games Tuesday night.
Trophies that will be handed down to the win
ners from year to year and silver plated bask-
ketball charms for the members of this years
first "All-Star" teams have been ordered and
will be presented after the games.
These awards are costing around twenty some
dollars and The Post, acting as sponsor, IS I'M
derwriting all expenses. In view OF these facts,
we extend a most cordial invitation to every
one to attend these games
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-24
FIELDS-ATKINS

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Fields, of
Gainesville, Ala, announce the mar
riage of their daughter, Reebye, to
Thomas Atkins in Birmingham, Ala,
March 9Th, 1888.
Mrs Atkins is a graduate nurse
of Hillman Hospital, Birmingham,
Ala. She is granddaughter of E.
c. Eller, Bina, and niece of Mrs.
J. C. Rhodes of West Jefferson.
Mr.. Atkinson is an electrical en-
gineer for Tennessee Iron & Coal
Co., Bessemer, Ala.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-24
SOMETHING WORTH THINKING ABOUT


The unusually warm weather this week has
given additional emphasis to the fact that the
spring and Easter buying season is at hand.
It is time to discard dull heavy winter wear
ing apparel for bright, new spring clothes; to
have spring house cleaning and put up new
curtains, get new furniture and new kitchen
utensils; to purchase seeds and farm implements
for the 1888 gardens and crops.
To inaugurate. this new shopping season in
Ashe county, the West Jefferson merchants are
sponsoring three big "Pre-Easter Trade Days
tomorrow, Saturday and Monday. Their stores
are now filled with thousands and thousands of
dollars worth Of all kinds of merchandise and
for this special occasion they are offering ex-
ceptionally attractive special values.
The Easter Egg Guessing Contest will also
afford a lot of fun to those who come here to
shop and when it is over five people will have
valuable prizes -
West Jefferson merchants are progressive
merchants They are Ashe county citizens who
are here to serve the public They are keenly
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-24
MRS. NELLIE POE PASSES

Mrs. Nellie Poe, 63s of Clifton
who died last Tuesday, was laid to
rest Wednesday in Watauga coun-
ty. Mrs. Joe had made her home
with her daughter, Mrs. Mary
Brook, of Clifton. She leaves one
son, Wesley Poe, of Clinton, one
sister and brothers. The burial
service was conducted by Revs. Ar
thur Ashley and Carl Sturgils.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-24

Stuart, Herman Little, Tate Arnold,
etc. Under their fashy suits they
should be well padded!
The Post photographer may snap
a picture of the winning team and
he requests the riders stand a little
to one side of the burros so that
he will be able to distinguish one
donkey from the other!
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-24
wALKER OUT ON BOND

Monday Victor Walker was re-
leased on a $500 bond for the
shooting of Earl Sheets some time
ago. He was arrested again that
night for selling liquor and driving
drunk on the occasion of the shoot
ing. He made cash bond for these
offenses for 5000.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-24

burned and after receiving treat-
ment at the hospital in N. Wilkes
boro, she has returned to normal
cy again.
Two of the other daughters work
at the West Jefferson hotel and they
state that none of their sisters have
ever entirely recovered from the Sc
we're shock.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-24
FARM BENEFIT CHECKS
ARE ARRIVING WEEKLY

Ashe county farmers have re-
ceived $12,858.71 to date for COM
plying with the provisions of the
farm act last year, it was announced
from the agents Office this week.
This represents a total of 422
checks. Other checks are arriving
weekly.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-24
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to show our appreciation
to our many friends for the SYM
pathy shown during the sickness
and death of our son.
MIR. and MRS. CLAUDE BLEVINS.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-24
TAKE OVER SHELL STATION

Howard Stanley and Carl Miller
have leased the Shell Service Sta
ton across from the West Jeffer-
son Presbyterian church and pur-
chased the stock and cafe fixtures
next door to it from Bryan Tuck
er. Mr.. Tucker, it is reported, has
gone to Erwin, Tenn, where he has
purchased a. cafe.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-24

The two most vital things necessary for the
growth and development of any town are "com-
munity spirit and "civic pride or loyalty. 10
foster and promote these two essentials, civic
club is indispensable. It affords the business
and professional men a means through which
thew can work together for civic betterment and
enables them to enjoy fine spirit of good fell
lowship We hope that the proposed local club
will soon be organized and start functionlng.
There are many worthwhile things in the JET
Persons and Ashe county that can be accom-
plished through such an organization. AS the
the father of all civic clubs, Rotary offers a
wonderful progran-one that has been working
successfully for 33 years and is now func-
tioning in 80 counties. x
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-24
Ads Too Late To
Classify

FOR SALE-Four resident lots in
West Jefferson. Good location.
Reasonable price. Write Box 81,
West Jefferson, N. c. 3-24-1t
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-24

In the famous IVA squabble we do not pro-
fess to know who is right and who's wrong, but
we think the President will make grave mis-
take if he refuses to grant congressional in
vestigation of the charges which Chairman
Morgan has brought against the two other d.
rectors We hope the President isn't getting
any more of the Hitler dictatorship" notions in
his head!
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-24

And while thinking of the World War, what
do you suppose Woodrow Wilson would say if
he should suddenly come to life again and be-
hold what's happening in Europe and Asia?
And wonder what future historians will say
about that famous American slogan, "we're go
ing to save the world for democracy?
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-24

We're strong for practically all Of the reso-
lutions adopted at the annual convention of the
North Carolina Education Association. I'm
doubtedly teachers should be paid living
wage and if they aren't, it is usually the child
that pays later in life.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-24

WANTED-A frst-class painter to
work for a few days. If you can't
paint, don't apply. DR.. c. R. Eller.
3-24-1t
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-24

FOR RENT-3-room apartment with
private bath, also two extra rooms.
E. o. Woodie, w. Jefferson. 3-24-1t
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-24

NOTICE-House moving and stump
pulling. Live in your house while
you have it moved. Prices reason
able. Satisfaction guaranteed. w.
F Welch, Warrensville, N. c. 3-24-2t
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-24

Entered as second-class matter on Oct. l, 1925 at
the post Office at West Jefferson, North Carolina
Evening star., 1938-01-31

This Is q sensationally low
price for this famous pure,
wholesome milk chocolate.
Evening star., 1938-07-10
FRECKLED? BE GLAD OF IT!

Hepburn does - work up a polish
with a coarse towel.
For makeup, use light foundation
and a rouge delicate enough in shade
to let the color seem to glow under
your freckles, not on top of them.
Your choice of color for rouge should
be determined by the pigmentation of
your skin. Use a tawny. red-gold, if
your freckles are golden; a wine-red,
if they are auburn; and a clear red, if
they are brown. Avoid purplish tones.
They fight with most shades of red.
Even if your freckles are so literally
sprinkled on your face that the skin
tones seem dimmed, avoid heavy
powder base and an adhesive powder.
Depend, instead. upon a vivid lip
stick. brighter color flags in your
Evening star., 1938-07-10
BY Sylvia Blythe

find their freckles an asset. ''Freckles
are a touch of perennial YOUTH" he
says. 'They suggest energy. vitality.
naturalness, and happiness. You never
think of freckles in connection with a
tragic face. They should not be MIMI
mized, ever. Even if a woman with
freckles is not beautiful, she usually
has so much vital charm that you do
not analyze her features"
The effect to strive for is the frank
blending of the tones of your hair and
the fairness of your skin. To achieve
this, heighten the freckle-tone by
keeping your skin fresh, clear and fine
textured. Wash your face with good
soap. Steam it to flush the pores. In
vigorate it, afterwards, by using an
ice-water sponge. Then, do as Katharine
Evening star., 1938-07-10

cheeks, and eyeshadow to accent the
color of your eyes.
Excessively white eyelids, which
sometimes accompany freckles, may
well be given two shades of eye
shadow "a blue tone applied near
the edge of the lids. if the eyes are
blue, and above this a brown one,
diminished to nothinsness toward the
brow. With brown eyes, do the reverse,
using a brown tone near the edge of
the lids and, above that, the blue.
Evening star., 1938-07-10

~NEofthemostc tcharmingcaprices
of nature is the gift of freckles
~ with which she endows some
women. The fairer and finer your skin.
the more apt you are to freckle under
the summer sun. Auburn. or golden. or
brown. these freckles will harmonic
with the shade of your skin and hair.
Old-fashioned women used to bleach
their freckles away. But smart women
today capitalize on the look of out-of-
door freahness they lend. Katharine
Hepburn. for example, uses no artifce
to conceal hers. And in her techni-
color films. Myrna 10y will wear her
freckles vivaciously.
McClelland Barclay, the famous it,
illustrator and connoisseur of beauty in
women. explains why charming women
Evening star., 1938-07-10
HIGH WIRE
Continved from pogs four

ask. isn't there law?" Someone told
her about the Society for the Preven-
tion of Cruelty to Children. She got
the telephone number; then her hus-
band told her he was joking.
The baby comes North with the
troupe from Florida to stay with her
parents for the weeks that the show
plays New York. Then she goes back
to spend the summer with her grand
mother. Like any young mother,
Helen was distraught last year when
she had to part with her baby. 1t was
the last day the circus was playing in
Madison Square Garden. She was fret
full on the wire that night.
She began to feel faint as she
climbed up on Karl's shoulders. The
crowd blurred and the tent began to
swim, but she held on. Grimly she
hurried through the act. wanting
desperately to get back to the plat
form. She had just about made it
when she tainted. Joe grabbed her and
saved her from falling.
These things, of course, must hap
pen. The show people only hope they
will get the breaks when they do
happen; and to give themselves the
edge toward getting the breaks they
keep themselves in superb condition.
Despite the drama of their tumbles
from the wire, the Wallendas agree
that the narrowest shave any of them
ever had came last Christmas Eve
when Karl was motoring from Munich
to Berlin. He was roaring along a
superb new road and neglected to take
a turn. The car hurdled a banking
and turned over ten times. Karl was
calm enough to count the somersaults.
His legs were pinned under the ma
chine, and it took him half an hour to
work them free. He managed to dis
card his crutches on New Years Eve
and 60 out on the wire.
The Wallendas know full we'll that
their act is dangerous, dreadfully dam
gerous. Yet they are surprisingly calm
about it. Helen didn't. as one writer
reported, faint when she saw the act
in the movies. They know that there
is a big chance that they will all fall
to their deaths - they also know that
it is the possibility of just such thing
happening that makes their human
pyramid the best act in any circus
today.
Evening star., 1938-07-10

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net could be set in position below
That bust-up wasn't anywhere near
as serious as the one which happened
in Schenectady last year. A rainstorm
was beating at the tent. That always
throws the act off. The tent top can
belly in and knock them over, or a
stake holding guy wire may pull out
of the sodden ground and let them
drop. Before they went up that night
Karl had a hunch something might
happen and told the net crew to stay
under them. Maybe We come down
tonight" he said. As an added precau-
ton he left the bicycles out. The
accident happened right on schedule.
The cable snapped.
There was quick thinking. Joe man.
aged to hang on to an end of the
broken wire with one hand. With the
other he plucked Herman's balancing
pole out of the air. 1t might easily
have killed someone below. Karl
missed the net, but landed on thick,
spongy roll of carpet used in a tum-
blers' act. Herman plunged straight
for the net. Helen once more got the
worst deal. She struck a guy wire
which DETECTED her away from the
tiny net. She was missing it by a
couple of feet - headed for the hard
ground - when quick thinking prop
erty boss got into action. With per-
fectly timed dive. he showed her into
the net. The deep cut Helen got in her
leg as she slid along the guy wire kept
her in hospital for four weeks.
The Wallendas are constantly ter
riied by the thought that the house
lighting system might fail. No one
knows what would happen in the
darkness. No one, that is, except
placid joe Eve just sit dere," he says.
Karl and Helen have one child -
two-year-old Karla. Five weeks after
Karla was born. Helen was on the wire
again. The baby has made some diff
ference in her work. Il used to be
careless" she says. But now that l
have the little baby must be careful"
The infant has been up in the air
once - for some publicity pictures.
Karl walked on low wire while
Helen, holding the baby, stood on his
shoulders. Last year Karl told his
wife that he was going to take the
baby on the high WIRE She went wild.
Il go around like crazy" she said. Il
Evening star., 1938-07-10

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Evening star., 1938-07-10

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The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-01-28
sHEPHERDsTowN BRIDGE

State Roads Commission of
ficials state that litigation over
the site of the proposed Shep-
herdstown bridge, across the
Potomac river, has reached
temporary standstill, through fail
IRE of one of the litigants to
answer condemnation proceedings
1t is disclosed that the Maryland
Virginia Bridge Co., defendant in
the State-instituted action, was
to have filed the answer Jan. 90
but failed to do so. The bridge
company owns a small tract of
land on the Maryland side of the
river which is involved in the
proposed construction of the
bridge.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-01-28
PASTOR INSTALLED

Rev. Raymond I. Markley, the
newly-elected pastor of the Trinity
Lutheran Church at Greencastle,
was installed with impressive
ceremonies, Rev. Jacob Diehl,
Lock Haven, Pa, formerly of
Greencastle, preaching the SER
man. Rev. Dwight Putnam, presi-
dent of Gettysburg Theological
Seminary, preached at the evening
service.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-01-28

Asa s. Bushnell, the new execu-
tive director of the Central Bureau
for Eastern intercollegiate Athlet-
les, who becomes an arbiter over
the sports activities of more than so
colleges in the East. His position is
somewhat analogous to that of the
''high commissioner" of baseball,
Judge Kenesaw nj. Lands.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-01-28
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DRUGS, Etc.

Warren Pharmacy, Drugs, Pre-.
scriptions, Cosmetics, Magazines,
Candy, Cigarettes. 240 Jefferson
st. Phone your order, 927.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-01-28
RADIATOR SERVICE

Semler's Auto Radiator Service
All style radiators re-cored and
rebuilt. 210 South Potomac St.
Telephone 1919. Hagerstown, Md.