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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-10-06
A MIRACLE HAPPENED

modern miracle took place last week when
the leaders of four mighty nations got together
at Munich, Germany, and signed compromise
pact that prevented or at least, postponed an
other World War
With an outbreak between Germany and Italy
against Czechoslovakia, France England and
Russia apparently inevitable, the four great
powers-England, France, Germany and Italy
at the suggestion of President Roosevelt, held
historic conference and around diplomatic
table, instead of on battlefield, peace agree
ment was reached.
Millions of people throughout the entire world
anxiously awaited the the outcome OF that con-
ference and there was great rejoicing in the
hearts of mankind when the threatening war
was averted.
But what happened to Czechoslovakia and to
England's international diplomatic power? Both
of them were virtually cruched. Poor little
Czechoslovakia, who was not even allowed
representative at the conference, was subjected
to the will of Dictator Hitler and practically
every one of his demands were granted and
thereby paving the way for Poland and Hun
gary to step in and take the other sections of the
new World War nation they wanted.
What happened to England? In the house of
commons Monday the opponents of Prime Min
lister Chamberlain plainly stated the case "For-
eign affairs cannot indefinitely be continued on
a basis of stand and deliver. Successive sur
renders only bring successive humiliations lead
to more humiliating demands" one of the
spokesman said.
"War has been averted not at our expense or
of any great power, but at the cost of grave in
Justice to small, friendly nation, which was
not even heard in her own defense.
1--WE must all reluctantly admit that the Mu-
mich proposals, whatever else they may be, are
not self-determination."
Others viewed the conference as triumph
for settlement of differences by round-table
meetings and predict that new era of peace
had been established in Europe.
AS long as Hitler and Mussolini live and dom
mate Germany and Italy and as long as nations
re-arm and point to fighting, there cannot be
any peace.
Under the present program, another war IN
Europe is inevitable and only another miracle
such as the kind that brought Christ into the
world and into the hearts of mankind, can
stop it.
Here is great challenge to Christianity. May
it measure up to this great responsibility!
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-10-06
TWO MEN ARE FINED
IN MAYORS URT

In the mayors court here Monday
morning, Willie Greer, of Warrens-
vile, testified that he was probably
driving in a reckless manner a short
time ago and was taxed $500 and
cost.
The charge of hit-and-run, which
had been lodged against him by Pa
trolman Thomas. was dropped when
little Billie McNeill is said to have
stated that the minor accident was
as much his fault as it was Greer's
and that he was not hurt. Greer
had posted a $4,000 bond and the
case was moved from a magistrate
court to the mayors court here.
Monday Gather Miller, Of
Othello, was fined $40 and SIS on
two different counts of public
drunkenness.
The trial of Russell Bard, of Dog
Creek, charged with driving while
intoxicated, was postponed.
The previous Monday capias pap
ers were issued for John Henry
Miller, of Jefferson and did not in,
volve Cameron Eugene Miller, who
is frequently called "John'', too, it is
stated.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-10-06
THE PUBLIC PAYROLL

There are more than three million persons
regularly employed in full-time public service
in the United States, according to report pre-
pared for the International Management Con-
gress by Prof Leonard D. White, former men,
Der of the u S. Civil Service Commission. That
number of persons whose salaries are paid by
the taxpayers includes Federal, State, county
and municipal employees. There are more than
175OOO governmental units in the United States,
each having it's own payroll and power to levy
taxes to pay it's employees.
Excluding relief workers. the Federal pay
roll includes nearly $4,000 persons. New York
Citys payroll contains $4,000 names The state
of New Jersey has about 10000 regular, perma-
nent employees, and that is small number COM
pared with several other states.
The public employees include persons who
work at an immense variety of occupations. Po-
icemen, physicians school-teachers, letter-car-
riers, street-cleaners, engineers, day-laborers,
firemen and hundreds of other specialized work.
ers are necessary to maintain public order and
operate the necessary public services in Arnold
ern civilized nation. Nobody would complain of
the cost of such services if everybody felt that
they were always well and faithfully performed.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-10-06
Dedicate Beaver
Creek Christian
Church Last Sun.
Large Crowd Attended All-Day
Service, Led By Rev. Roy
Gentry, Pastor.

In the presence of a large congre-
cation, the Beaver Creek Christian
church was dedicated at the after
noon service which was part of an
all day mseting held at the church
on Sunday, Oct. 2.
At the conclusion Of the morning
service dinner was served on tables
constructed for the occasion under
the trees nearby Following the
dinner the entire congregation re-
turned to the church for dedica-
tory service which was led by Rev.
Wallace Gentry, patsor of the church
and in which the entire congrega-
ton took part.
The Church had never been Off
cally named but had gone by the
name of Beaver Creek Christian
church. At the afternoon meeting
Rev. Roy Gentry suggested that it
be named the Community Christian
Church. The name was suggested by
the fact that SO many persons Of
other denominations attend this little
church. The members voted to use
this name and the Church is now
the Community Church of Christ.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-10-06
School Children
Get Free Tickets
Tonic. State Fair

Supt J. B. Hash announced yes
terday he had received free tickets
to the North Carolina State Fair,
which will be held in Raleigh Oc-
tober Ills, for distribution to all
of Ashe County's $500 children in
the public schools. He will distrib-
ute the tickets next week.
DR.. j. S. Dorton of Shelby, man.
ager of the State Fair, has designat-
ed Friday, October IA, as Young
North Carolinians' Day at the Fair.
Tickets will be available for 900,-
900 school children to be guests of
the State on that day, he declared.
Governor Clyde r. Hoey has
joined DR.. Dorton in expressing the
urgent hope that as many children
as possible take advantage Of their
free tickets to the fair.
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limited.

limited.
Parents owe it to their children to give them
and make them eat the right kind of foods at all
times. A sound, healthy body is just as import
ant as sound, trained mind.
We are deeply gratiied that there are ten
schools in Ashe county that have hot lunch
rooms this fall and that these luncheonettes are
making well-balanced meals at the noon hour
available to the children at price of only five
cents. In many cases, no money is needed at
all; the children can exchange commodities for
meal tickets.
This is project of incalculable value. It may
be the means toward keeping some child from
developing tuberculosis. Cold food is hard to
digest and does not give the body the energy
that it needs.
We hope that teachers in the one and two
teacher schools will start making plans to have
hot lunch rooms in their schools. They will pay
real dividends in terms of good health and hap
pier, longer lives.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-10-06
VIRGINIA-CAROLINA
HIGH SCHOOL NEWS

The annual Community Fair held
last Saturday was success in every
way. All features were enjoyed by
everyone present and large crowd
attended.
The high school baseball team met
the Healing Springs team on the
VIC. ground Tuesday. The final
score was q to in favor Of the
home team. The game was called
in the fourth inning. The Healing
Springs boys did not give up but
fought bravely and showed good
craftsmanship. Earl Baker, ace of
the visiting team, started on the
mound but was relieved by Cox in
the third after six runs had. been
scored against him. Jones pitched
we'll for Va.-Car. He was very eff
fective in the pinches.
Mr.. and Mrs. Van Hoy spent Sun
day at their home at Piney Creek.
The VIC, team played Oak Hill
this Tuesday.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-10-06
LET'S GET THE BEST

A hospital will be established in Ashe coun-
ty! ssx
When where and how still have not been
definitely determined but a series of move
ments and strong sentiment in every section
virtually assures the ultimate achievement of
that long-cherished goal
For years such men as Prof. R. E. L. Plum
mer, DR.. D.. c. Jones, DR.. Reeves Gambill, Rev.
R. H. Stones, Roy Badger, Wade Eller, j. B.
Hash and many others have dreamed dreams
about the erection of such an institution right
here in the county in which Ashe people with
serious ailments might be cured and in which
operations might be performed and thereby
save our people time money and perhaps lives
This year more inter est has been manifested
than ever before and more and more OF our
citizens are expressing the wish that hospital
will be established and are showing this desire
in definite, tangible terms
If it is possible such an institution should
be county institution and there is definite
possibility that WPA assistance in construct
ing building can be secured and that the
Duke Endowment might be persuaded to con-
tribute towards it's erection.
Adequate modern hospitals cost lot of
money and support from these two organiza-
tons would assure such a building with the
local support that can be secured.
We sincerely hope that members of the hos
pital committees and all others interested in
the movement will get busy at once and en-
deavor to the fullest extent to get this aid Now
is the time to strike
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-10-06

would have been no dictators and
no wars of aggression such as the
Italians blowing up and taking
Ethiopia, or the Japs destroying and
taking old China, and the Civil War
that has been raging in Spain, and
the whole peace of Europe would
not now be threatened. It will ever
be to the disgrace of the leaders
in the Senate that they repudiated
and defeated the League of Nations
Upon their souls will be laid the
blame for the death and destruction
that has followed these wars. Our
civilization has been set back hun
dred years by this lack of coopera-
ton. The ambitions of these dictat
ors know no bounds but they will
meet their Waterloo sooner or lat
er.
The Republicans are now trying
the same tactics against Roosevelt
and the New Deal. They offer no
substitute and I very much doubt,
should they ever get in power again,
their offering. to repeal any of the
progressive laws that ~ have been
passed. If Roosevelt never did any
thing more than save the banks of
the country and the depositors from
loss. he deserves the wholehearted
support of our entire citizenship.
1 notice that the State of North
Carolina in 1917 paid an even one
hundred million dollars more than
the State of Virginia.: North Caro-
lima paying one hundred and sixty
million; and Virginia sixty-six mil
lion, while West Virginia only paid
tKirty-three million with all her
coal, oil and gas.
North Carolina seems to have
led in the development of roads
and manufacturing and along edu-
cational lines which 7 attribute
largely to their building fine roads
through the state and building them
early, when such men as Governor
R. A. Doughton and Judge T. c.
Bowie represented our mountain
counties in the legislature.
Faithfully yours,
H. G. JONES, M. D.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-10-06
PROTECTING THE CHILD

A constant fear of most parents is that their
children will contract some contagious disease
which may prove fatal to their loved ones or at
least transform the happiness of the tranquil
freside into throes of uncertainty and deep con-
Germ during the duration of the resulting Illness
"Of course don't want my child to have diph-
iberia, scarlet fever, measles, whooping cough
typhoid fever, or any of the other contagious
diseases but what can do to prevent it," That
is question that many parents ask
The first answer to this significant question is:
HAVE THE CHILD VACCINATED AGAINST
VARIOUS DISEASES, If you can't afford to
pay your physician, go to the health department.
Second, do not allow your child to 60 into
home where you have even the slightest sus
picion that there may be contagious disease
prevalent. Third, give your child good, nourish-
ing food and plenty of warm clothing. Fourth
do not allow them to become over-exposed by
going out needlessly in bad weather
And last, here is another vital thing that we
should like to point out to all of our readers
If one of your children is a victim of a contagi-
Gus disease, keep him or her AT HOME Do
little act of sef-quarantining. That is certain
ly what you would want your neighbor to do
And then send for your physician and perhaps
Miss Weaver and obey their orders!
If parents will follow these suggestions, they
will benefit not only themselves, but also Others
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-10-06
FOOD FOR THE CHILDREN

Good food and proper nourishment are the
foundation stones for good health and the great
est safeguard against diseases.
Rapidly growing children, with their I'M
bounding amount of physical energy and vigor,
need good, wholesome, nourishing foods. They
should be taught to eat almost everything and
especially those things that are body-builders.
Heading their diet list should be fruits, vege-
tables and milk. Undernourished children new
er grow into strong, healthy adults and their
chances of success in life are correspondingly
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-10-06
OPEN FORUM
COLUMN
FOR THE VOICE OF THE
PEOPLE
DOUGHTON is PRAISED
To the Editor of The Post:

To the Editor of The Post:
1 was very much struck with the
great Improvement of the highways
in your section of the country and
of the great Parkway that is being
built along the top of the Blue
Ridge, which I understand connects
up with the main highway with
Washington, in Virginia, and is to
be constructed on through, by the
way of Blowing Rock and Asheville,
into Tennessee This great Parkway
is great national improvement that
will result in the development of
the country along the entire route
to be a great summer resort for the
people in the South and East. 1t
will bring the markets right to the
door of those people living along
the Blue Ridge. 1t will bring the
tourist travel from the North and
East and also from the West. This
will be the Switzerland of the
! South!
The people of western North Car
DINA have our old friend and rela-
tive Robert L. Doughton, who has
now been the representative of his
district in Congress for twenty-eight
,, years, to thank for this great
achievement, and who is chairman
/ of one of the most powerful COM
mittees of Congress, the Ways and
Means Committee. With his record
! of long and loyal service and his
achievements he should be the most
available and competent man to
! take the chair in the Senate.
The Republicans are trying the
same tactics that they did during
| Wilson's second administration. The
time will come that Wilson will be
vindidated and the purposes for
which the League of Nations was or
ganized by him, to save the world
from further wars, having been de-
feated in the Senate by the Repub-
licans when Henry Cabot Lodge
started his campaign of hate and
criticism of Wilson and the League
of Nations will have been vindicat-
ed too. They had to kill Wilson to
get back in power; he had become
too popular. All the nations Of the
world waiteo for President Wilson
to dictate his fourteen points upon
which the World War was to be
settled and all the civilized nations
were ready to join the League of
Nations to outlaw wars and settle
national disputes by arbitration. 1t
Wilson had been backed up by the
Senate, and if the United States
had gone into the League of Nations
and given it our moral support, and
if it had been given the teeth to en-
force it's orders and keep the peace,
an army and navy at it's command,
it would have eliminated the neces-
sity of the nations of the world
Building great armies and navies
and instead of the nations of the
world spending billions in an arma-
ment race, the debtor nations could
have paid us for the money loaned
them; the war torn nations could
have gotten back to work in recon-
struction; and we would have had
the greatest era of prosperity that
the world has ever known. The
Turk was out of Europe, Korensky
had organized a stable government
in Russia and had he had the prop
er support, they would have -four
ished under democratic form of
government and paid their obliga-
tons to us and there would have
been no Bolshevic uprising, there
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-10-06
COM IRESON'S LEG BROKEN

Com Ireson, of Smethport and
vice-commander of the Ashe post of
the American Legion, sustained a
broken leg last Monday, Sept. 26,
while working on the Parkway near
Asheville. He spent 10 days in a
hospital in Asheville and returned
home Tuesday.
The Washington times., 1938-06-17
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Charles ". Rich. 2s, -iS19 New Hsmp-
shire Ave y. Wand Charlotte e. wat.
Donald r. Anderson, 20, Baltimore,
Nd, and Agnes B. UsiltOn, 2S. aesS otth
Martin e. Hogan. ir.. "a. Syracuse,
N. T., and jane M. Scudder, %, Ran
Guy c. Jones, So, Arlington, Va, and
Marguerite NJ. Dunbar. %. Hammond
o1seTS Ss%iamin ri :. wakefield, ~. ii. Four.
2S 2iS Fourteenth St. N 3.
Henry F. Alt, 80, Ala K st. n. ", and
AlmSda B. Harvey, Il, 4B2 K st. N. W:
Francis W. Conner. - 7el sixth g.
3; W. ana vivian J. ParkA 2b' ais
Joseph /. G Levin, ss. g. 1908 St. N. E..
ana Gertrude Chernowsky, II, 1928 PsnN.
SylvNnia Ave. 8. y.
oliver b. Collier, rs, Arlington, Va,
snd Anna R. Collier, 20, 1897 1tltmors
u clSrene: a. nee c. Meclains, %. s1is Newark
st. N. W., and Carleen e. Loeffler, 2s.
Carl Z. schlnner. %, 2sOs Charming
1905 Twenty-fourth st. N. e.
William H. Ross, jr.,. %. 2g11 Woodley
1TSe Massachusetts Ave. n. W.
George W. Crouch, 36, 145g Belmont
ST. NJ W., and Eleanor E: BsrkO, 20,
214 Massachusetts Ave. s. e.
Robert D. Offer, %. La JOIla, Calf,
syf1ans sSS Tfsniss Hv.. M w. a. 'l Penn
Roland A. jack. a.. sOs Upshur st.
N. W, and Alberta L. Malone. 1893 Ran
dUlph st. N. W.
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DEATHS

Mary Neals, Ss, 372O Upton st. n. ".
EmmS Nora Butler. 70, 1889 u st.
Edwin Lincoln Weaver. TS, va IAEra-
ham 81. N. W.
Emma Prince, rs, Gallineer Hospital.
Beverly T, Galloway, ~ Rock Greek
Park.
Thomas Parker MITCHELL ~, SN Up
Mary Hcnan, IS, Emergency Hospital.
EmA& Luella Dubois S8, e Q 81.
N. W.
Isaac Creed, 50. st. Elizabeths Hos
0Gbrtslla Murphy, As, s13 First st.
& e.
Mabel Anderson Holland. IS. Provi
dence Hospital
FLOYD Eugene Racey, IS, asSS Thirty
sixth st. 3, u.
John vincent sila, & Casualty Hos
The Washington times., 1938-06-17
Mrs. HeHevnnn
Expires at
Age OfH

Mrs. Catherine M. Heffernan
resident of the District for SO
years and mother Of Sergt. Thomas
T. Heffernan, Of No. 3 police pre-.
cinct, died suddenly yesterday at
her residence, 81 Florida Ave.
N. w. Mrs. Heffernan was dis
covered dead in bed by q lifelong
friend, Miss Ida Carrfngton, who
shared the same room with her.
wednesday evening she had taken
a long ride with members Of her
family. They believe that grief
over the death of her husband,
Patrick H. fIeffernan, two years
ago today, was the cause Of her
death.
Born In Prince Georges county,
Nd, August 8, 1859, Mrs. Heffer-
nan came to Washington SO years
ago as o bride. She was q COM
municant Of st. Aloysills Church
and was q member Of the Sodality.
Solemn requiem high mass will
be celebrated at o o. m. Monday
In st. Aloysius Church, North
Capitol and I Streets. The Rev.
Lawrence Kelly, Sd, pastor, will
be celebrant. 1nterment will be
In Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Mrs. Heffernan is survived by
three other sons, William ]. Hef-
fernan, Of Colonial Beach, Nd:
Patrick Henry and Andrew Hef-
fernan. and four daughters, Mrs.
william ]. Craven, Mary E., Rose
E., and Catherine Heffernan, all
Of washington.
The Washington times., 1938-06-17
Office Romance

Flash: Madelon Faulkmgham Of
Treasury's processing tax TO-
bacco subsection, is reported sport
ing a sparkler, the gift OF ELS
worth fisherman, a colleague
A belated tribute: the copperS sta
toned at Fourteenth and II N. w.
are probably the city's most co1r
teous Note to 'cMiss Wonder
ing" at Vets Administer alton;
We're not interested In putting
your name in print" and never DC
so on confidential material
Shyness and modeSty are to be ad
mired in this present day due tt
their rarity. but how can q pooI
scribbler know he Is being fair tc
persons discussed II he pTintl
anonymous news discussing themi
The Washington times., 1938-06-17
Wilmington
Funeral Service Set
For MOI1dnU

REQUIEM mass for c. p. Whit
tington, 66, well-known plumber
in Southeast Washington, who
died suddenly Of a heart attack
yesterday at his home, 754 Thir-
teenth st. s. E., will be celebrated
Monday at 8 q. M. In st. Peters
Catholic Church, Second and c
Streets Southeast. Burial will De
in Glenwood Cemetery.
A native Washing gtonian, Mr..
wilmington was educated at st.
Dominic's parochial school, and
had been in the plumbing business
for more than 36 years.
Mr.. Wilmington was the son OF
George and Barbara Wilmington,
old washington residents. He was
wed to Mary z. Kelly on July 8,
1907. Mrs. Wilmington died in
this city in February, 1882.
Surviving are two children, Mrs.
Mildred Thompson and Charles
A. wilmington, and q sister, Mrs
William Lynch, all Of Washington.
The Washington times., 1938-06-17
Love in Swingtime


! swered, ST have q perfectly good
hot licorice stick artist In
Johnny Mince. And I have no
intentions Of firing johnny"
Biff certainly looked crest
fallen. Evidently he might have
expected me to fire the whole
band and feature Biff Brown aS
soon as he came to town.
well, can't you have two
clarinets?" he asked, eagerly.
mo, kid" I replied, "the way
my band u set up, We can only
use one get-off man On clary."
II could double on sax, Mr..
Dorsey" he said, pleadingly.
That's out, kid! I got q good
lead tenor, o swell alto, and the
greatest hot plumber in the
business"
Who's that?"
''Bud Freeman"
"Gee!" he blurted, downcaSt.
"What am I going to do7"
Cheer up," said, there are
other clambakerS besides Mr..
Dorsey & Co."
But I don't know anybody"
MUST JOIN UNION
"I1l take care OF that, hid.
There's always q Job waiting for
a good tootler. First Of all, you
must get q union card II you are
to play professionally in New
York city.
You have to be a member Of
the Associated Musicians Of New
York, which Is one Of the strong.
est unions In the country. II you
tried to play without q card, the
local would blackball you and
your boss for life. Tomorrow,
first thing in the morning, ri
take you up to the madhOuse." :"
Biff'S eyes opened wide.
whats that?" he asked.
You'll find out tomorrow,
kid" I said. I could see he was
as eager to get started as a colt
running it's first race.
And when tomorrow came
Biff certainly found out a few
CTo be continued)
The Washington times., 1938-06-17
Yours in Confidence

Film passes, coed for
WARNER BROTHERS thea
tiers, are mailed some readers
when address h given, names
strictly confidential. TOday's
liStings:
EARLE: "Crime School,"
with the Dead End" kids and
Humphrey BOgart, Plus Gene
Krupa and his band ON the
stage; METROPOLITAN:
Katharine Hepburn and Cary
Grant IN "HOllday"; ANGBAS-
SADOR: MyTma Ley Clark
Gable and Spencer Tracy In
"Test Pilot: CALVERT: Nay
Francis and Pat O'6rien In
"WOmen Are Like That;
PENN: Dorothy Lamour and
Ray AliIland I'm "HeF jungle
Love-; TIVOLI: Gene Ray
mOnd and Olympic Branda in
"StOlen Heaven; UPTOWN:
Loretta Young and Richard
Greene in -Four Men ana .
Prayer.