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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-14

In connection with special waiting list for applicants for posi- tions as teachers of typical" or Special" classes, the board passed the following rule: ''The names of graduates of kindergarten, grade, and typical class training schools shall be placed on the waiting list in the order of their rank as attained at the various normal schools or other institutions of similar grade
 Age Limits
 Age limits for teachers were also created with the following rule: "No teacher shall be placed on the waiting list who shall have attained the age of forty years, nor shall any teacher be retained on the waiting list who shall have attained the age of 55 years"
 The calender year for the school year 1938-39 was adopted as follows: Open Wednesday, Sep tember 2, 1888; close Friday, De- cember g, 1888, at noon, Christ mas recess; Reopen Tuesday, Jan- uary 3, 1889; close Friday, February "A, 1889, recess of one week; reopen Monday, March 6, 1889; close Friday, April 28, 1889 recess one week; reopen Monday May 8, 1889, close Friday, June g, 1889, at noon. Under this calender no school sessions will be held on legal holidays and the year will pro- vide 182 actual school days.
 Transfers
 The board voted the following transfers of high school teachers: J. Edward Rourke from Wilby to Leavenworth; Mary M. Schmidt, Crosby to Wilby; Frank Woodlock, Crosby, full time to Crosby, two days per week, and Leavenworth three days per week; James J. Doran, Crosby to Leavenworth; Katherine M. Healey, Crosby to Leavenworth.
 On recommendation of the com- mittee on teachers the board voted the following procedure to be fol- lowed in assigning substitutes to work in grade, kindergarten and special classes: 1. Teachers on the regular waiting list. 2. Former teachers, otherwise eligible for the waiting list except for age ]imita- tions as fixed by the rules of the board of education g. Former teachers who are ineligible for group one or group two. :.
 The request of Miss Gertrude Martnett that her name be placed on the waiting list was denied, the reason being that she is not certi..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-14

nected with the forming of this committee, leads me to commend in words of highest praise these citizens who through unselfish motives desire to make this move ment non partisan sectarian, and 8 means of fulfilling the ideals of the people. We certainly can have high hopes for group who will work together through this demo- cratic method to solve their pro- blems and to meet the human needs of today"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-14
FLOWER FEsTOONER

Myrna Loy, Metro Goldwyn- May CT star, is concentrating her time on days off from "Too Hot To Handle" in the difficult garden art of festooning chrysanthemums. If successful, regulation chrysanthe- nuns trail in cG'orful festoons over walls or out of window boxes. They lose their shape and take on, in- stead. the general appearance of 8 fluffy, Hawaiian lei.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-14

son, N. J. For three years he served as scout executive in Binghampton, N. Y., and has always been active in all community and civic affairs.
 In a personal interview with one of our reporters, Rev MT. Simonson said: T believe that in this day when there are so many devicive elements in community that an organization such as the Commun- ity Legislative Committee, is of prime importance unifying fac tor. Every individual and organiza- tion may find means of mak- ing effective their desires for the improvement of their community through this group. My contact with all those who have been con-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-14
CATHOLIC YOUTHS
 PICK OUTING DATE

The St. Mararet's Catholic Youth Organization made plans for a hot dog roast next Monday at a meeting last night at the parish hall. Re- ports were made by Rev. Peter Daily and the board of governors. The group attended a dance after the meeting as guests of the St. Mary Magdalen's society at the OaviiIe church.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-14
IRISH VISITORS

Maureen O'Sullivan's father and mother, Major and Mrs. Charles O'Sullivan of Saintsbury, Killiney, Ireland, will visit her in Southern California during the summer. This will be the first time that the two have made the trip together, though each parent has been here alone before.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-14
FORT PECK DAM DREDGES
 BUSY

Fort Peck, Mont. (UP) = Final deep dredging operations on the Fort Peck dam are under way with four giant pumps at work, Army engin- eerS have announced.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-08-18
INDUSTRY IN THE SOUTH

Pr6SldenC Roosevelt laL0ly CalSQ the OOuLn
"the nations number one economic problem"
The rapid development of new industries based
on the South's own raw materials seems likely
to change that situation.
One of the most promising new industries in
America is that of making paper from pine
wood, by the process developed by the Late DR..
Charles H. Herty. Many Southern mills are
now manufacturing wrapping paper and paper
board from pine, and the first newsprint mill to
utilize pulp from cheap southern pine is now
under construction in Texas. It's successful op-
Grafton will not only give the South new and
important industry, but it will point the way
to economic independence for American news
papers, which now have to rely on foreign
sources for their white paper.
Not much has been heard recently of the pro-
ject of using cotton fabrics as a subsurface lay
er on secondary highways. Several miles of
such roads have been built in different parts of
the country, and their usefulness under vary
ing conditions of wear, weather and climate still
awaits complete approval. The early reports
indicate that they are economical to build, stand
up well under all but the heaviest traffic, and
are Inexpensive to maintain.
If the final verdict bears out those beliefs,
an almost inexhaustible market for the South's
excess cotton will be opened up. There are hun
dreds of miles of feeder roads connecting the
outlying agricultural sections with the main
highways of the nation, which need improve
ment to make them passable in all weathers.
Cotton may turn the trick. At the same time
several research laboratories are working on
ways of using cotton for industrial purposes,
with some success.
Along those lines the industrial salvation of
the cotton growing South must be sought.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-08-18

senate investigating committee has un-
vigorous efforts to induce certain newspapers
to take editorial attitude friendly to the
corporations interests That is pointed to by
radicals as scandalous state of affairs.
No evidence was produced that the efforts
to win editorial support were successful, or
that there was anything contrary to the public
interest in the detectives of the corporation
What many earnest reformers overlook is
that alongside the right of the press to express
its views on any subject without restraint there
exists the equal right of anybody, individual
or corporation, to try to bring editors around
to particular point of view. The final decision
is up to the individual judgment of each par
ticular editor or publisher. That is the essence
of the freedom of the press
Every editor has to be constantly on guard
against those, in Government or out of it, who
try to "use" his paper for their own ends For
every such effort by private interests there are
hundreds made daily by the Governments
huge staff of press agents and propagandsts.
For every newspaper which succumbs to eff
forts to influence its editorial opinion there are
probably score of men in public office who be-
tray their trusts by selling official favors A
New York State Senator, highly regarded as
an able legislator and man of character, COM
mitted suicide the other day rather than face
the charges against him of taking money in
large amounts in payment for his influence in
obtaining jobs and promotions for people in
public office. grand jury had indicted him on
seventeen counts.
real investigation into such practices, if it
were possible, would disclose thousands in
Federal, state and municipal positions of trust
who use the power of their offices to feather
their own nests. They get away with it be-
cause the voting public pays no attention to
public affairs between elections
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-08-18
Two More Oddities
In Ashe Reported

Oddities in Ashe county were
given another boost during the past
week.
Mrs. G. D. Burkett, who lives near
Jefferson, brought in dahlia that
was startling to behold. Two stalks
had grown together and at the top
the two blooms, with their back to
back, had emerged into one bright
colored flower, more strange and
perfect than the hands Of moral
man could unite.
Monday little Ralph Sells, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Sells, of West
Jefferson, staged unique animal
stunt here. He made a small cart,
mounted on roller skate wheels and
hitched his black fox terrier to the
conveyance. With his little rat ter
rier seated in the cart, the fox ter
rier pulled the tiny dog all over
town.
Some one yesterday suggested
that another Ashe county oddity is
how the main street of West Jeffer-
son can become SO thoroughly lined
and covered with paper, trash and
SO on!
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-08-18
Howell Girl Laid
To Rest Last Fri.
Funeral Service Conducted At
Friendship Church. Died
On Thursday Night.

Funeral service for Louise How
ell, 16-year-old daughter of Wiley
Howell who died in the Wilkes hos
pital last Thursday night from
self-inflicted rifle bullet, was con-
Quoted at tn Friendship Baptist
church by Revs. Mr.. Ashley and
Denney last Friday afternoon.
An exceptionally large crowd was
present for the final rites of the
daughter of Wiley Howell who rath-
er mysteriously ended her own life.
Friends were at a loss to under
stand her motive, but it was re-
ported that a letter was found in
the home. Details of the fve-page
letter were not made public, but it
is rumored that intimate relations
and certain religious fever were
contributing fatcors. H.
She lived only about "a hours af-
ter the shooting.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-08-18
Photos OF County
Leaders Are Made

In order to have a file of up-to-
date photographs on hand, The Sky
land Post secured the services of
the Boone Photo Shop and Herbert
L. Taylor, one of the outstanding
photographers in the country who
is vacationing at Blowing Rock, to
make pictures of business and pro-
fessional men and civic leaders in
the Jeffersons and county last week.
Cards were sent to over 100 per-
sons. Those who did not have an
opportunity to have their pictures
made, may do so next Wednesday or
Thursday by appointment through
The Post. For those two days, Mr..
Taylor will return to do some priv
ate, commercial work.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-08-18
BACK TO SCHOOL!

The schools bells in Ashe county will start
ringing again soon and nearly 5000 school chill
dren will go back to the classrooms-to
readin', writin' and rithmetc and to more mod
ern methods of instruction.
Soon the carefree days of romping and SWIM
ming, hiking and playing with the gang" will
be over and it will be time to sharpen pencils,
get out the booksatchel and to settle down to
systematic task of learning.
Judged from any and every angle, education
pays. 1t pays in terms of dollars and cents by
increasing the earning capacity of the individ-
ual. It makes for more useful fuller, richer
and happier life. A high school education is
worth thousands and thousands of dollars in
the lifetime of any child and college education
equips a person to earn even thousands and
thousands of dollars more
In this complex age in which we are living,
when specialization is so important when it is
is absolutely imperative that an individual
"know how to do something and do it welP,
education is more vital than ever before in the
history of mankind.
To all parents who have children of school
age, we urge that you "send them to school.
Of course some of them will not want to 90 and
the need of services on the farm and around
the home may tempt you to allow them to re-
main out of school, but for your sake and es-
pecially for their sake, do not let this happen
It may be necessary for you and for them to
make some sacrifices but in the end you will
never regret it if you do your duty by sending
them back to school.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-08-18

In
Ashe Under Way
Health Department Holding Gil
mics In Various COmmuni-
ties OF County.

The program of conducting clinics
in the various communities in Ashe
county to give typhoid inoculations,
diptheria vaccinations and tubercu-
lin tests is now underway, DR.. Ro-
bert King, health officer, announced
this week.
Typhoid NEGOTIATIONS and t. b.
tests are given to children from 6
months to 7 years of age, in particu-
lar. If the child has not been vac
cinated against typhoid in the past
three years, this should be repeat
ed now, Miss Weaver stated.
DR.. King announced his schedule
for this next week as follows: today
New Hope school, 1890; Hurricane,
2 p. m. and Graham, p M, Mon
day, August %, Idlewild, p. M, at
Mrs. j. E. Cheeks store; Thursday,
August Is, they will return to the
same places.
Everyone is urged to watch for
the schedule each week.
mo person will be treated with
out written request from the fam
lily physician or DR.. B. E. Reeves,
county doctor. Special treatment is
given to patients of this kind with
veneral diseases, but the public,
health department does not give
treatment for any disease to any,
person., Miss Weaver said.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-08-18
Letters to Editor
Lansing, N. c.,
A11n 10 1929

Lansing, N. c.,
Aug. IL, 1888.
The Skyland Post,
West jefferson, N. c.
Dear Sir:
AS president of the Lansing Com
munity Club I wish to thank you
for the check of $500 for the repi-
pc, also for the Cook Book. I can
assure you the check will be used
to a good advantage and the book
will be used and appreciated many
many times.
Also, please accept my thanks for
my personal prize and cook book
1 prize this cook book more than
any I have ever had.
Wishing you continued success
with your paper and Mrs. Wright
in her work.
/ am,
Yours truly,
MRS. c. E. carly.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-08-18
2OO7 Harbor Blvd,

2OO7 Harbor Blvd,
Costa Mesa, Calf.
The Skyland Post,
West jefferson, N. c.
Dear Sirs:
AS I sent you my renewal sub
scription a few days ago, I am en-
closing 10 cents for one of your
"Ashe County Cook Books.
1 have heard quite a few COM
ments, most Of them against the
book, "Shadows Slant North. Any
way I am interested. Could you
inform me through the Posts col
umn who sell the book and at what
price?
We have been away from Ashe
County about 20 years, but we are
still interested in the county and
our many friends there.
We think The Post has been Won
derfully improved. We like it fine.
If you are open for suggestions,
would say to use ''given" names in
stead of initials" as much as pos
sible in locals and news items.
Thanks.
Very respectfully,
Aug. 1913 N. F. BALLOU.
Editors Note: Thanks for the
good suggestion which we try to
follow whenever possible. We are
Aorry that we do not have any
more copies of Shadows Slant
North. Most book stores in the
south handle it and you can order
it from the publisher, Lothrop, Lee
and Shepherd, 126 Newberry ST.,
Boston, Mass. The list price is $2.50.)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-08-18
FLEETWOOD TEACHERS
TO MEET AUGUST 27TH

A meeting of the teachers in the
Fleetwood high school district will
be held on Saturday, Aug. 9th. at
2 o'clock at the high school building,
James A. Stanley, new principal of
the school, announced in a letter
from Chapel Hill this week.
Mr.. Stanley and Mr.. John DON
nelly are attending both sessions of
summer school at the University.
Thanking you in advance for the
excellent publicity of the schools in
the county and for the promotion
Of the friendly relationship" his
letter concluded.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-08-18
nut5
and
KeAneN
By
TROY
ISAIAH
JONES

Sherman marched through Geor-
gia and burned 'em UP and Roose-
welt marched through Georgia and
burned 'em DOWN.
An old maid is not any different
from what she was when she was
young. That is why she is still an
old maid.
Love letters: can imaginary ex-
pose of future ignorance"
In spite of the rapidity with
which a photographer can work, it
is a time exposure when he gets
done photographing an old maid.
Architecture is said to be frozen
music 1t looks as if they had been
playing Cripple Creek and "Sour-
wood Mountain" in some of these
here parts.
They held a joint session of the
legislature. An appropriate menu
would have been to serve pigs and
krout.
In this world be not dismayed-
Keep it up until the Devil is paid,
For in the grave the spirit wakes
And after that there will be no
taxes.
Roosevelt does not seem to bring
such good Tydings from Maryland
Once upon a time there was a
Dumb cook who thought Spring
wheat would make self-rising -four
The way some people "churn'
one another around you would
think that they got drunk on butter
milk.
It would be better if sometime
we could forget peoples faces in
stead of their names.
Senator George ought to have
sung that old song to Roosevelt,
"You buck up to me and I'll buck
up to you way down in Gawga."
A new variety of Animal born in
a zoo. It is a cross between a pony
and zebra. May be it has just
enough donkey qualities to become
a future emblem to some of the
threatened third parties.
Roosevelt evidently don't believe
in letting George do it,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-08-18
CURLING THE GRAND JURY

The grand jury system as practical tool of
justice under democracy has been a conspicuous
success. On the whole it is rarely influenced
by political partisanship. BY the very nature
of it's proceedings it assures an honest citizen
fair and unbiased elaboration of his case.
1t is therefore disconcerting to discover the
fate that has befallen the grand jury system in
the state of Pennsylvania, where special SER
sion of the State Legislature, prodded by Gov
ernor George Earle, in effect has stripped the
grand jury of it's power to indict in favor of the
legislative power to impeach.
But the admission of the Governors own
floor leader in the House of Representatives,
the new statutes have been tailored to eft the
situation. Precisely it is this: Accused of con-
spiracy to defraud the Commonwealth, to extort
money and to levy blackmail and malfeasance
and misfeasance in office by factions of it's own
party, the Democratic ADMINISTRATION was conse-
quently confronted with a secret grand jury in
vestigation. To prevent this eventually, which
the Earle regime claimed was really the work
of Republican politicians, the Governor called
a special session of the legislature and obtained
statutes curling the powers of the grand jury.
Certainly great deal more is involved in
this situation than a simple point of law. The
Pennsylvania judiciary is Republican,; the Leg
islature and the State ADMINISTRATION are De-
mocratic. Governor Earle is running for the
United States Senate this Fall against the in
cumbent Republican, James ]. Davis. I'm
deniably politics has crept into the grand jury
investigations and, of course, it is already firmly
lodged in the legislative inquiry that would GER
tainly whitewash the Governor.
But in dealing so summarily with the powers
of the grand jury to "fit the situation, serious
blow is struck at all institution normally above
politics. Truly, the right of criminal indict-
ment in civil case is not touched. But the
power to impeach an administrative officer is
not always, as in the present case, concerned
strictly with the governor of state or one of
his aides. It extends on down through the bu-
reaucracy of smaller political units to guarantee
vigilance in the public interest wherever it may
be concerned. Casting aside all political con-
siderations, it is to be hoped that the courts will
not sustain this legilation when final appeal
is taken. The grand jury is not entirely sacro-
sanct or above reproach, but it's reputation in
Pennsylvania and elsewhere has at least placed
it on pinnacle which should be above the
reach of political jousters.-The Asheville Citi
zen
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-08-18
A POOR HABIT

Millions of pieces of mail fail of delivery each
year because of poorly written or incorrect adj
dresses. A high postal official reveals the al
most incredible fact that more than 100000 let
tiers were mailed last year with nothing at all
on the envelopes except stamp. It's poor
habit
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-05-06
Objeveni neznameho spisu
Husova.

V neroztr1d6nych dosud ru-
kopisech Narodnfho musea u
cinil prof. DIR. V. Flajshans
velkolepy objev. Je to nezna-
my vedecky spis Mistra Jana
Husi, t. Nv. Kvodliteb, pTiplna-
jlc1 Sc k nejvets1 slavnosti sire
dovekych universit. Vedecka
cena tohoto objevu je nesm1r-
ma. Objevitel prof. Flajshans
sam f1ka, re je to nalez tako-
w, jaky Sc podaTil jednou "a
sto let. Zvlastnf vyznam OBJ
jew, mono f1ci sensacn1ho, je
V tom, re obsahuje take Huso-
WI vlasteneckou obranu univer
sity a celeho kralovstvf pc Cd
chodu nemeckych profesord z
Prahy prot vfdenskym a j.
nym nemeckym pomluvacdm.
Nalez budf pochopitelny "a
jem celeho naseho vedeckeho
sveta.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-05-06
Statisice " opuStenem byte
choromvslne.

V Bratislave ma Kornhube-
rove ulici nasli Tide ma chodnf-
ku lezfcf 1plne vys1lenou zenu,
oblecenou jen v lehky odev.
Zjistilo Sc, re jde O 42letou M.
E. z Modre, ktera v poslednf
dobe pGsobila dojmem choro-
myslne. V jej1m byte V Mo-
DIRE, jenz byl otevren, byly ma
lezeny ma stole lez1cf ma vice
nez 2O0,0 900 Kc. Byly Size vim
kulovany, ale hesla v mich byla
vepsana. Ma stole tez lezela
spousta sperkG v Gene nekolik
tis1c &c. z bytu choromyslna
uprchla a bezela asi 80 KIN
do Bratislavy. Ponevadz Sc
vybybala obc1m a bylo to v no
ci, nikdo il nezadrzel. Zena
byla odevzdana ma psychiatrii.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-05-06
Tajna palenice We mlyns.

Ackoli majitele tajnych pa
lenic ma Slovensku jsou pTi do
paden1 citelne trestani a po-
kutovani, vyskytujf sc pTfpady
nedovoleneho palenf elm dial
tim vice.
Nedavno ma pTiklad byla Cd
halena organy financn1 straze
dals1 tajna palenice slivovice
We Bfestku u Uherskeho Hra-
diste. Casne rano dostavili Sc
do mlyna Josefa Hrabce finan
chi uredn1ci, kterf odkryli V
zemi "a mlynicf prostor, We
kterem byla palenice umfste-
ma.