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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-09-07
Jefferson P.-T.A.
Met On Tuesday
Committees Appointed for the
New School Year. L. p.
Coward is President.

The jefferson P.-T.A. held the
first meeting of the new school
year at the school house Tuesday
night with the president, L. P.
Coward in charge.
Following the routine business
the following committees were
appointed: program, Chas. Wea-
yer, chairman, Miss Gladys Stur-
gill, Professor Paul Miller; fl
nance, Prof. Miller, Mrs. Grant
Bauguess, Mr.. Coward; refresh
ments, Mrs. V. V. Mcconnell,
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A. M. Jones last week.
Mr.. Edd Blanton, of Asheville
spent last weekend with Tom
and George Doggett
Mr.. and Mrs. Cody Moore, OF
North Wilkesboro, were the
weekend guest of Mr.. and Mrs
Ward Ray.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Robinson
and Mr.. B. F Cheatman, of Pree-
mler, w Va, spent the weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Doggett
Mrs. B. F. Cheatman and Miss
Happy Robinson, who has been
visiting here for the past week,
returned with them.
Mrs. w. c. Thomas spent the
latter part of last week in San
ford.
Rex Morton and J. T. McMil-
liam attended the Air Races in
Cleveland, Ohio last week.
Mr.. Charlie Lyons who is con-
nected with R. B. Tyler was
transferred to Laurinburg, N. c..
last week.
Miss Julian Allen, of Martins
vile, Va, is visiting Miss Eva
Maloney this week.
Mrs J. T. Richardson left
Monday for Belaire, Md, where
she will visit her two sons, Kemp
and Talmadge for the next two
weeks.
James Allen, of Martinsville,
Va, is visiting friends here this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Zeb V. Gambill,
OF Winston-Salem, spent the
weekend here and accompanied
j. c. Gambill, Jr, to Mars Hill
where he enters College this
year.
Rev. and Mrs. Watt M. Cooper
have returned to North Wilkes
boro after spending nearly two
weeks with DR.. and Mrs. ]. c.
Gambill. Mr.. and Mrs. Cooper
attended the Worlds Fair and
visited several points of interest
in Canada during their monthly
vacation in Aug.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. F. Goodman
attended the Calloway-Hartsog
reunion held at Idlewild Sunday.
Miss Lena Gambill spent Sun
day in Statesville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Hartsog left
Tuesday to make their home in
Winston-Salem.
Miss Sue Bryan is visiting on
Beaver Creek.
Tom Ben Price, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. A. Price of West Jeffer-
son, is convalescing in Davis hos
pital, Statesville, N. c., from an
appendectomy performed last
Friday morning. He expects to
return home Sunday.
Mrs. A. A. Price and Mrs. Carl
GRAPHICAL spent the weekend in
StateSville as the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Tom Greene.
Miss Mary Carolyn Price re-
turned Monday to A. S. T. c. af-
ter spending the summer with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. A.
Price.
John I. Schultz, senior expert
ment station administrator of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture,
has retired after more than AZ
years of continuous service in the
Office Of Experiment Stations at
Washington.
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PAGE FIVE

local Methodist church at her
home on Friday, September 1st.
The program opened with a
hymn. This was followed by the
subject of the month, New Ho-
rizons of Home Mission Service
Through a United Methodism"
which was presented by Mrs. c.
R. Eller and Mrs. Reid Sturdi-
want. Rev. w. J. Huneycutt led
the devotional
A delicious course of refresh
ments was served during the So
cial hour following the meeting.
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Mrs. Larry Coward, Mrs. Roy
Badger, Miss Calhoun; hospitali-
ty, Mrs. Paul Miller, Mrs. Joe
Neal, Miss Ruth Allen Worth;
membership Miss Laura McCon-
nell, Mrs. Ira T. Johnston, Miss
Louise Switzerland, Mrs. V. V.
Mcconnell; art, Miss Smithey,
Miss Louise Switzerland, Mrs.
Joe Neal.
All parents are urged to CO.
operate with the school and the
P.-T.A. in making the school year
successful one.
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GROGAN-BENGE

Miss Hazel Benge, of Laurel
Knob, and Mr.. Verna Grogan, of
Toliver, were married Saturday,
Sept 2 at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. D. Graham, in the pre-
sence of a few intimate friends
and relatives. The popular young
couple will make their home
with the bridegroom's mother,
Mrs. Grogan at the present.
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and Mrs. E. A. Waddell at JEFF
ferSon.
Mr. and Mrs. James Stanley
made shopping trip to John
son City, Tenn, Saturday.
Mrs. Glenn Little and daugh-
ter, Colleen, visited friends in
Hickory last week.
Mr.. John Hooking, of Ashe-
vile, visited Mr.. and Mrs. J. w.
Duncan last week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Duncan,
of Baldwin, Md, and Mrs. Orion
Badger and Miss Mary Coward
and Mrs. Lizzie Campbell of
West jefferson visited Mr.. and
Mrs. j. w. Duncan Wednesday of
last week.
Mrs. 1. E. Duncan. of Todd and
Mrs. Oscar Riddle visited friends
and relatives in West jefferson
Labor Day.
Mr.. c. R. Jackson, who is in
the mercantile business in Lee
noir, visited home folks this
week.
Rev. Rexford Campbell left
Monday to enter school aagin at
Mars Hill college.
Mrs. o. J. Rundahl, Canon CT
ty, Colo, Mrs. E. M Osborne and
daughter Lorene, E. S. Osborne,
Roaring Gap, N. c. Mrs. Bob
Smith, Grassy Creek, Misses Ed
ith and Pauline Osborne, Piney
Creek, Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Van
noy and Rev. w. T. Wilmington,
were dinner guests Sun. of Mr..
and Mrs. A. B. Vannoy. Several
others called in the evening to
visit Mrs. Rundahl who left We'd
nesday for home in Colorado.
Messrs. Herman Weaver and
George Reeves have returned to
their home in Churchville, Md,
after spending several days Wis
iting relatives in the Jeffersons.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. L. Shatley had
as their Sunday night guests,
Mrs. Chester Howell and Mrs.
Dave North, who does private
nursing in Winston-Salem.
Mrs. Clifford Sturdivant, of
independence, Virginia visited
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. R,
Weaver Monday.
Mrs. j. A. Richardson left to-
day for New York to buy mer-
chandise for her store here.
Mrs. B. w. Tugman suffered an
acute heart attack during the
past week and was taken to the
Davis hospital in Statesville Sun
day. Her condition is said to be
quite serious.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Duncan,
of Bel Air, Maryland, are visit
ing here this week.
Mrs. R. L. Doughton was a Wis
itor in town Monday.
Mrs. Mamie Osborne, of Olym-
pic, Washington, is visiting her
father, Mr.. Henry Hodgson at
Oval. This is her first visit back
to Ashe .in % years. She is de-
lighted with the progress made.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Stanley, of
Grundy, Va, visited relatives and
friends in the county last week
end.
Mr.. Elmer Lee Powers, of
Tuckerdale, left Monday to enter
Mars Hill College to study for
the ministry.
Miss Evelyn Brown is visiting
in Winston this week where she
will sing in wedding.
Mrs. c. S. Denney and Mrs
Ralph Odle and baby, of Coe-
burn, Va, have been visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Guy Denney and Mr.
and Mrs. ]. F Scott.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Jones and
con If Pric+o1 Tom vici+oI Mrs
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XOCIAlE

Miss Mabel Davis, who spent
the summer here with her uncle
and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. P. C.
Wright, returned last Friday to
Baltimore, Mr., where she teach
eS school.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Hurt, Mrs
Chessie Neal, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Anderson, Mr.. Wade Eller and
Mr.. Bruce GRAPHICAL enjoyed a
delightful dinner at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Garbee in
Boone last Sunday night. Mr..
Garbee had invited all of the
members of the executive COM
mittee of the Appalachian high
school association to dine at his
home, but a number of them did
not arrive in time for the din
ner.
Elder and Mrs. 1. w. Kilby and
family, of WEIGH, West Virginia
are visiting relatives in the coun-
ty.
Mr.. Worth Owens Of HOLLYWOOD
Pa, visited his sister Mrs. Paul
Miller over the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Reeves
and Misses Clyde and Grace Kill
bv of Boone, visited in Marion
Virginia Sunday.
Miss Josephine Robinson, VINO
teaches French and English IN
the Mt. View School in Wilkes
county, spent the week end with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. G.
Robinson.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Houck, OF
Detroit, Cichigan, arrived Sun
day to visit Mr. Houck's parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Houck at
Baldwin.
Mr.. v. v. Mcconnell, of JEFF
ferson, left Monday for Abe
marie where he will work for
some time.
Among the Ashe County stu
dents enrolled at ASTC this fall
are Misses Violet and Jewel Ora
ham, Annie Davis, Margaret Cox
and Lillian Blackburn, of Todd.
Mr.. Bryce Gambill, of New
York City, is visiting his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Estes Gambill OF
Crumpler. Mrs. Gambill, who has
been here for a month, will re-
turn to New York with her hus-
band.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Coward, OF
Hays, Wilkes County, spent last
week at Fleetwood.
Miss Ruth Barker. of Crump-
Ter, left Sunday for Richmond
where she will enroll in bust
ness college.
Miss Julia Allen and Jimmie
Allen, who have been with their
father in Martinsville, Va, this
summer have returned to their
home here.
Mr.. Raynor Gentry, of Dan
vile, Va, spent Labor Day week
end with his parents near West
jefferson.
Among those from out of the
community who attended the
confirmation services at Holy
Trinity Church at Glendale
Springs Sunday night conducted
by Bishop Robert E. Gribbin, of
Asheville, were Rev. and Mrs.
Boston Lackey, of Lenoir; Miss
Barbour of North Wilkesboro
and Mr.. Donald Todd and son OF
Tennessee A number of others
from Jefferson and West Jeffer-
son also attended
Mr.. Tom Cox, of Detroit, Mich.
spent the week end at his home
at Scottville.
Mrs. E. F. Harvey and two
children, Shirley Ann and Billy
of Knoxville, spent last week
with Mrs. Harvey's parents, Mr.
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MRS. SEGRAVES is
HOSTESS TO Nj. E.
SOCIETY FRIDAY

Mrs. J. L. Segraves was host
ess to the members of the Wo-
mans Missionary Society Of the
Evening star., 1939-11-26
Miss Taylor Postpones
Visit 10 Fathers Office

Miss Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of
the late Representative Taylor, Re-
publican, of Tennessee, visited the
Capitol yesterday, but did not enter
her fathers Office, which has been
kept under an unprecedented, con-
slant police guard.
Accompanied by Washington
attorney, Samuel A. King, Miss
Taylor called at the Office of Repre-
sentative Chandler, Democrat, of
Tennessee, adjoining her fathers.
Representative Chandler told re-
porters later she had decided to
defer going to her fathers Office. He
quoted her as saying she wanted to
get her fathers private papers for
her mother.
Meanwhile, Miss Dorothy Schultz
who was Representative Taylor's
secretary for many years, waited in
the corridor, barred from Mr.
Taylor's Office by the police guard
The two women did not meet
although Miss Schultz said she had
returned from Tennessee yesterday
morning on the understanding
that she was to meet Miss Taylor
at the office and go over things u
Processing to be unable to under
stand why the guard had been
established and she had been barred
from the office, Miss Schultz said
that's no way for them to do if
they expect me to help them"
Evening star., 1939-11-26
Army TO Ask for Bids
On SIow-Speed Plane
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Military circles heard yesterday
that the Army would ask bids short
ly on a plane whose chief military
value would be low instead of high
speed
If it can be made slow enough,
some officials believe such a plane
would be more valuable, in direct
ing artillery fire, than the autogyro
or the observation balloon.
Maj. Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Air
Corps chief. told Congress months
ago that experiments were in prog
ress on a new "slow speed airplane
which can hover almost like an au-
togyro."
Specifications are expected to be :
completed at Wright Field. Day.
ton, Ohio, in few days and sent
to the War Department for approval
before designs and bids are asked
from manufacturers.
Evening star., 1939-11-26
SaIIie, 'Firemen's S Pet DOG,
To Be Buried Today

Sallie, whose gallant career as
mascot of No. 6 Fire Engine Com
pany, ended in tragic death yester-
day, will be buried today in Aspin
Hill Pet Cemetery, near Silver
Spring, Md.
Simple funeral services may be
conducted at the side of her grave
by her f1remen masters. This was
to be decided at o'clock this morn
ing, when the day shift arrives at
the company station house to re-
lieve the night force.
The dog was struck by taxi
yesterday morning as she warned
pedestrians in front of the station
that the fire engines were ready to
dash out on an alarm. This was
her regular duty.
Sallie lay last night at the home
of Fireman Claison King, 632 K
street NE. Mr.. King made ar
rangements to bury her on a plot
with two of his family dogs, Tom, jr.,
a fox terrier, who expired three
years ago, and Lady, black spaniel,
who died last month after mother
ing SO puppies.
At the station house Sallies mas
ters revealed that a number of citi-
zens have offered pets to replace
Sallie. One said he would give six
puppies. Another, having no dog,
offered to buy the firemen one.
1--WE haven't even taken the names
of these generous people yet" COM
mented Fireman w. G. Moore. I'VE
just tell them all we thank them,
but we can't begin to think of
any other dog just yet.
Evening star., 1939-11-26
Dr.. Byrd to Speak
At Chest Benefit

DR.. H. c. Byrd. president of the
University of Maryland, will be guest
speaker at the opening fall enter
tainment Of the American Fedora
tion of Government Employees Lodge,
No. sos, at 4 pm. next Sunday in
Wilson Hall, National Institute of
Health, on the Rockville pike near
Bethesda, Md. Proceeds will 60 to
the Bethesda Community Chest,
headed by Donal Chamberlin.
A concert by the University of
Maryland Glee Club, under the di-
rection Of Prof. Harlan Randall, will
feature the program. DR.. Thomas
Parran, surgeon general of the
United States Public Health Service
viii welcome the guests.
Evening star., 1939-11-26
Board Of Trade 10 Hold
Annual Dinner Feb. ;

Days of the Golden West" will
be the theme of the Board of
Trades annual midwinter dinner
to be held on Saturday, February
3, at the Mayflower Hotel. Many
prominent diplomats, Federal and
local officials are expected to at
tend.
Clarence w. Gosnell, chairman of
the event, has promised that as
usual, there will be no speeches at
the dinner. The evening will be de-
voted to eating and enjoying an
entertainment program featuring
vaudeville talent from New York.
Heading the various subcommit-
tees are Thornton w. Owen, ad-
visory; Lawrence E. williams, pres
ident of the trade board, invita-
tions; Francis G. Addison, jr., re-
ception; James A. Cassidy, enter
tainment; w. Russell Lamar, din
ner and decorations; Garrett A.
Pendleton, tickets; Harvey L. Jones,
floor; Herman F. Carl, lights and
amplifiers; James w. S. Hardey
printing; Joseph F.. Nebel prop
erty; Charles A. Robinson, publicity
and James H. Rees, transportation.
Evening star., 1939-11-26
Bar Group 10 Start
Assembling Data
For Credit Probe
Committee Members
Assigned Fields
They Are to Handle

With groundwork for the inves-
tigation complete, the District Bar
Associations committee investigat-
ing credit and installment practices
will begin this week a long period
of assembling material that will
form the basis for proposed reme-
dial steps when the inquiry is fin
ished months hence.
The committee members, assigned
the various fields they will handle
individually at their first meeting
yesterday, are expected hardly to
scratch the surface" in the coming
two weeks before their first report
gathering.
George D. Horning, jr., head of
the group, pointed out that the in
vestigation, to be one of the most
exhaustive ever undertaken by the
Bar Association, will cover virtually
every field of sales and collection
practices of credit and installment
houses and finance companies in the
District
He said the first report meeting,
to be held at 10 am. in the Bar
Associations Offices in the Second
National Bank Building, will bring
together only information readily
available. After it's gradual assem-
bly, in the weeks to come, the COM
mittee probably will hear witnesses
-laymen, businessmen and lawyers
give their views.
The committee has as starter an
outline of it's work by Seton Darr
president of the Bar Association,
who named the committee 10 days
ago. Nine fields to probe are listed
by the bar head.
Mr.. Horning announced yesterday
the following channels assigned to
the various members: Use of the in
strument known as assignment and
transfer of wages" Herbert M.
Bingham; use of conditional sales
agreements, George A. Cassidy, jr.,
and John Carmody: use of dun
ming" letters, John w. Jackson; use
OF telephone and telegraph in COL
lections, Emmett L. Sheehan; use of
attachment and garnishment to
"harass" employer and employe, Ru-
dolph H. Yeatman, jr.: use of oral
examination for like purpose, Ma
thanlel Goldberg; use of conditional
sales contracts by companies financ-
ing automobiles, refrigerators, etc.,
Louis Rothschild; relations of law
yers to credit transactions, T. Ed
ward O'Connell; personal visits by
lawyer or credit agents to "embar-
rass' debtor and "harass" employer
Oliver GaSch.
j. Johnstone Muir was appointed to
confer with the judges of Municipal
Court, which handles much legal
work arising out of suits for smaller
debts, on the inquiry.
Mr.. Horning, who has Offices in
the Southern Building, promised to
hold strictly confidential any COM
munications revealing malpractices
IN the field of the committees in
quiry. He urged the public to call
or write.
Evening star., 1939-11-26
Secondary Terminal
For Air Traffic Is
Being Considered
Fort Meade Suggested
As Supplemental
Airport for Capitol

A secondary, all-weather air ter
minal, supplementing Washington's
SO 100000 Gravelly Point airport,
is receiving consideration of aero
nautics authorities here.
Such an airport was suggested by
the Civil Aeronautics Authority
more than year ago in report
on a national airport survey 1t
envisioned a tremendous growth in
air transportation and suggested
that key terminal cities, such as
Washington, would require a number
of supplemental airports.
AS part of far-reaching pro-
gram, looking to the future develop
ment of the air transportation in
dustry, the report suggested six pos
sible airports for Washington in
addition to Gravelly Point and
Boiling Field, the Army airport
here.
Growth Being Felt.
The suggestion is receiving added
consideration now because the an
tlclpated growth in air transporta-
ton already is being felt, according
to authorities, and because the op-
teFation of the pilot training program
and a general increase. in interest in
flying by the public will make addi-
tional facilities essential here.
AS another step in providing the
National Capital with adequate
airport acilities-Gravelly Point
being the flrst-a supplemental air
port has been suggested for some
where in the vicinity of Fort Meade
Md. An airport at this location, it
was pointed out. would be above the
river fog line and could be used
when Gravelly Point was closed
down by bad weather.
However, as Gravelly Point is not
expected to be unavailable more thar
to IS per cent of the time, a major
use OF the new airport, it was said
would be to provide additional fyine
facilities here. Within a short time
after Gravelly Point Airport i:
opened next summer it is antic.
lpated that commercial transporta
ton will require most of it's facilities
This would mean that private flyer.
and other airport users would neec
quarters elsewhere.
Meade Near Two Railroads.
An airport in the Fort Meade
vicinity could be used by both
Washington and Baltimore durine
periods of weather stress. Situated
near two railroads and the arteria
highways connecting Washington
and Baltimore, it would have the
advantage of easy accessibility.
Rough estimates place the cost O.
an airport adequate to the needs
OF Washington and Baltimore
between 100000 and 100000.
c. A. A. officials said the report
was made to Congress and no addi.
tional recommendations as to carry.
ing out the program are contem.
plated.
The long-range program also con,
templates additional airports. as tn,
need arises. in the neighborhood.
of Rockville. Md; Fairfax, Va.
Quantico. Va: Brandywine, Md.
and Camp Springs, Md.
Evening star., 1939-11-26
10 Resign
House District
Committee
Wisconsin Member
Lotest to Quit
Assignment

The name of Representative Bolles,
Republican, of Wisconsin was added
yesterday to the list of House men,
bers who plan to desert the Dis
trict Committee when the regular
session of Congress convenes Janu-
ary 3.
Mr.. Bolles has confded to his in
innate friends he intends to resign
from the District Committee be-
cause he cannot continue to repre-
sent the voteless residents of WASH
ington and give proper attention to
the affairs of his own constituents
in the first Wisconsin congressional
district, which has population of
more than 100000 persons.
Representative Ford, Republican,
of California left the District Com
mittee for the same reason early in
the year.
Bates and Shafer, Too.
Other members of the District
Committee who indicated before ad-
journment of the special session of
Congress November 3 they planned
to give up this assignment for va
rious reasons included Representa-
tives Bates. Democrat, of Kentucky
and Shafer, Republican, of Mich
igan.
Mr.. Bolles is a member of three
important subcommittee of the
District Committee-educatio po-
lice and fire, and parks and recrea-
ton. He has taken particular in
terest in the affairs of the Police
and Fire Subcommittee and was one
Of the members who fought vigor-
ously for bill to establish five
day, 60-hour work week in the Fire
Departmental bill which passed
both the House and Senate at the
last regular session of Congress. but
which was vetoed by President
Roosevelt.
Mr.. Bates plans to resign because
the District Committee last spring
failed to support his recommended
tions growing out of the sensational
milk investigation. AS chairman of
the Public Health Subcommittee, he
directed the inquiry, and at it's con-
clusion was forced to submit mi
nority report
Studied Gallinger Conditions.
Mr. Bates also directed an investi-
cation by his subcommittee of con-
ditions at Gallinger Hospital-an
investigation which led Congress to
appropriate additional funds for this
institution.
Mr.. Shafer, who serves on the
Education as well as the Public
Health Subcommittees of the full
committee, is planning to resign be-
cause of his appointment on a more
important House committee, the one
4 in charge of military affairs Mr..
Shafer is now on tour of various
military bases of the Army with q
subcommittee of the Military Com
mittee, which is now in the Panama
Canal Zone.
Evening star., 1939-11-26
AIexandrian Sentenced
On Numbers Charge
y o STAFF CORRESPONDENT of The Star.

BY staff Correspondent of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. Nov. 25.-
Milton Grover. "a, of the 400 block
of Wilkes street, was fined $500 and
costs and sentenced to As days in
Jail on charges of operating num-
bers game when brought before
Police Court Judge James R. Dun
can today.
Grover was arrested by Acting De-
tective James w. Baber and De-
tective Russell Hawes yesterday.
The officers said they found 13
numbers books on Grover. Police
also confiscated $1808 in cash.
Grover received his sentence on
a city ordinance prohibiting num-
bers game operation. Judge Duncan
suspended S. fine and costs and a
sentence of II months on the State
roads force on a charge of violating
the State laws against gambling.
Grover was placed under two years
probation on the State charge.