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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-12
} McKENNEY'S
 BRIDGE QUIZ
By VIM. E. MCKINNEY American Contract Bridge
 League

I suppose 1t is inherent in people to make the same mistake over and over again. When holding four trumps. many players will open their short suit, hoping to get in two or three ruffs. That is the wrong lineo f attack. The correct thing to do is to wear the declarer down to your size.
 In today's hand, East has four trumps and good, solid side suit. Therefore, he should not open his partners suit, but should lead the king of diamonds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-12

and Mrs Wayand of Woodawn terrace have issued inv- atons the daughter Miss Elton Wayand to Rdgway Macy and Irving Kent Hall of Cambridge ass will take place in St. Johns Episcopal church Waterbury the Miss Eleanor Carkson Wayand will be and Mrs Tacott Banks Jr of Cambridge sister of matron of The other attendants win the Arnold Beard Evelyn Haskell and Barbara Thayer wayand New York cousins of the bride Mrs William T. Galley 3d. Cyas Turner Lucy Watson Frederick G. a 2d of New York
 will De his brothers best
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-12

Misses Theresa Riley of East Main street and Marion Wheeler of Water town avenue are spending two weeks vacation at Indian Neck.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-12

MT. and Mrs. H. A. Daniels of Hamilton avenue left today for a two weks motor trip to Maine and Vermont.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-12

MT. and Mrs. F. c. Wallace of West Main street are vacationing at Lake George for two weeks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-12

MT. and Mrs. Walter Lister of North Main street have returned after spending the past week at Sil. yer beach.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-12

MT. and Mrs. William Peters of Washington avenue have returned after spending the past week in Maine.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-04
SPECIAL REQUEST
FOR NAMES MADE

Realizing that a large num-
Der of AShe county people who
are now in other sections of
the country are still keenly in
tereSted in their native cOun-
ty and its welfare, Roy Bad
ger is planning to send a spe-
cial appeal to all of these per-
sons whose names and address
SeS he can secure, asking them
to join the AShe Hospital As
ISOLATION.
He is asking the public to
cooperate with him in work.
ing up a mailing list of this
kind. eff you have a relative
or friend living outside of
Ashe and whom you think is
interested in helping us build
a hospital, please give me the
names and addresses" MIR.
Badger states.
COR perhaps you had rath-
er write to them yourself" he
added.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-04
40 Ashe Justice
Of Peace Named
For 6-Yr. Term
Names Of Magistrates Ap-
pointed By Representative
Ira Johnston Announced.
OTHERS IN COUNTY

The names of the 40 justices of
the peace in Ashe county who
were appointed by Representative
Ira T. Johnston just before the
close of the recent legislative ses-
sion, are printed below.
These men were appointed to
serve for 6 years and Mr.. john
ston said that the majority of
them were re-appointed. The pre-
sent terms of those who were re-
appointed will expire in the
near future, he stated.
This list does not include all
of the county's magistrates. The
terms of other justices do not ex-
pire for two or three years.
The list by townships follows:
Chestnut Hill, W. H. Mcmillan
and Wiley Blevins; Clifton, John
M. Burkett, w. H. Jones, S. w.
James and R. A. Jones; Grassy
Creek, A. ]. Blevins and w. P.
Coward; Helton, I. G. Spencer,
Bryan Kirby and Clay Kilby;
Horse Creek, c. L. GoSs and E.
w. Stansberry; Hurricane, Fred
Blevins and Glenn Weaver; JEFF
ferson, R. A. Hamilton, R. O.
Bare, w. c. Smith, Paul Williams
and A. C. Witherspoon; Laurel,
Bruce GRAPHICAL and Arthur Oil
yer; North Fork, B. H. Duncan
and r. P. Lewis; ObidS,' D. G.
Miller and D. H. Burgess; Old
Fields, R. V. Lemley and J. w.
Duncan; Peak Creek, R. L. Aus
tin and Thos. Pennington; Piney
Greek, Howard Blevins, w. M.
Shumate and G.. V. Stansberry
Pine Swamp, H. H. Lemly, Worth
Mcneil, ]. F. Hartsog and R. C.
Phillips; Pond Mountain, B. F.
Kiiby, Bryan Davis and c. H.
Eldreth; West Jefferson, H. c.
Tucker, Gale Mcmillan and c..
NJ Payne; Walnut Hill, L. w.
BAKER, A. P. Barker ana Gwyn
Denny; Creston, Thos. Latham,
S. c. Arnold and Cleve Johnson.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-04
Workers Now
Busy With Hospital Drive

Splendid progress in the cam
paign to build a county hospital
through the organization of an
Ashe County Hospital Associa-
ton was made last weekend
when approximately IS public
spirited citizens carried the ap-
peal into A communities, Roy
Badger, drive director and super
visor, announced yesterday.
"In some places the attendance
at the meetings to explain the
hospital movement was not so
good, while at other places a
large number of interested men
and women were present." Mr..
Badger stated.
II haven't received reports
from all of the visiting teams,
but according to the information
I have, we now have a fine or
ganization set up in practically
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-04
Monday Was Busy Day For
Ashe County Commissioners
Jury List Drawn. Agree To
Buy School Bus And Paint
County Jail.

Monday was busy day for the
Ashe county commissioners, as
number of matters were taken up
in addition to the regular routine
CT business of checking county
officers reports and paying regu-
lar operating expense bills.
The resolution, sponsored by
three ministers asking that the
new beer and wine bill be de-
clared effective and operative, was
passed.
A report from H. H. Burgess,
county tax listing supervisor,
stated that some of the list TAX
ers have not completed their can
vass and listings and the tax
listing period was extended I'M
Fl May Is.
Frank James, county's special
tax collector of personal proper
ty taxes, was directed to levy on
property of taxpayers for the
payment of unpaid taxes still in
his hands.
A report from the county board
of education, requesting that the
county purchase a new school bus
to be used to haul the children
from the Long Branch school
community to Lansing or to
build a new school building in
that community, as the old one
burned down some time ago, was
received.
After some discussion, the
board members said they favor
ed a bus in preference to erec-
ton of a new building and it was
agreed that the purchase would
be made.
A petition from a group of citi-
zens requesting that the road
from Glendale Springs across to
Roan's Creek church on the new
Laurel Springs highway be i'm
proved, was approved and sent
to the State Highway Commits
sion.
A jury list for the May-June
term of Ashe superior court for
the trial of civil cases was drawn.
The commissioners signed the
social security estimate and re-
quest for the ensuing year, which
had been made out by the county
welfare board and submitted to
them. This estimate budget calls
for an increase in grants to old
age assistance and aid to Deepen
dent children cases in the coun-
ty.
The request from the clerk of
Continued on Page Eighth
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-04
Worth Elected
Jefferson Mayor
Defeated Rev. r. III. Stone.
Light Vote. Burkett Mayor
Of WarrenSviIle.

Walter H. Worth, cashier of the
Northwestern Bank in jefferson
and prominent Iay-leader of the
Methodist church who is still in
Kansas City attending the gen.
eral conference Of the United
Methodist churches, was elected
mayor of the Ashe county seat
town Tuesday in one of the
quietest elections ever held in
this county.
E5tr. vyarth defeated his Pre.ky-
terian friend, Rev. R. H. Stone,
who did a little campaigning for
his opponent, by vote of 16 to
6. In other words, of the 80 to 100
voters in Jefferson, only % of
them went to the poles and vot-
ed. Even his brother, Joe Worth,
said he didn't have time to vote.
Both of these men were away
last week, strange as it may
seem, when they were nominated
as candidates at a small mass
meeting in the courthouse. Rev.
Mr.. Stone learned the news late
Monday afternoon when he re-
turned from Stokes county where
he had been holding a revival
meeting and told The Post that
he was going to campaign for his
opponent, as he did not want the
job as mayor.
In the aldermen's race, Edwin
Porter, Glenn Little and Guy
Badger were elected. The voting
was: Porter, 10; Badger, 10; Lit
tie, Is; Mont Little, 9 and Tom
Duncan, 4. Porter is the only
member of the old board. w. B.
Austin is the retiring mayor.
At Warrensville, it was report
ed, J. M. Burkett was elected
mayor; A. c. Johnson, w. P.
Shoaf and l. H. Ashley, aldermen.
Elections for two-year terms
were held last year at West JEFF
ferson and Lansing.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-04
Unlawful To Sell Beer Or
Wine In Ashe On Sunday

The beer and wine law, passed
during the closing days of the
recent session of legislature, pro-
hibiting the sale of wine or beer
on Sunday in Ashe and Watauga
and 20 other counties in North
Carolina, was made effective and
Immediately operative in this
county by the board of commits
sioners Monday.
The bill provided that it's pro-
visions would become effective
when the governing bodies of the
counties and towns specifically
named in the act, passed resolu-
tions declaring it in operation.
During their regular session
Monday the commissioners pass
ed such a resolution at the re-
quest of Revs. w. T. Wilmington,
w. J. Huneycutt.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-04
Man Is jailed
For Knife Attack
Became Angered When Ask
ed To Leave Shell Cafe
Tuesday Night.

Frank Adams of West Jeffer-
son was lodged in Jail Tuesday
night following an affray in the
Shell cafe when he attacked Nor
man Jones, one of the proprietors
with a knife.
Spectators reported that Ad-
ans wife and children came in
and ordered something to eat and
before they had finished he came
in and started to argue with her.
In order to avoid a disturbance
in his place of business Norman
Jones, who with his brother Rom
Jones operate the place, asked
the couple to leave and escorted
them to the door.
Just as Adams reached the door
he turned and cut Jones on the
right side of his neck with a
knife. officers were called imme-
diately and Adams was taken to
Jail.
DR.. r. G. Ray who attended the
wounded man said that he sew
ed up a cut about three inches
long in his neck, and that he was
resting very comfortably Wed
nesday.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-04
BEER AND WINE
DEALERS WARNED

L. P. Coward this week issued
a notice to all beer and wine
dealers, explaining that unless
they purchase new licenses at
once they will be liable for Sc
we're fines.
The licenses expired on April
80 and Mr.. Coward said that the
law provides a $4,000 fine for
each day for failure to get new
licenses. Towns also have SINH
lar licenses and penalties. The
county tax is $500 each for the
privilege of selling wine and
beer.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-04
Earl Wallace
Dropped Dead
On Job Monday
WPA Worker In Apple Grove
Community Died Sudden
ly. Family is Shocked.
FUNERAL HELD TUES.

Earl Wallace, 34-year-old Ashe
county WPA worker, dropped
dead Monday morning at 9 O.
clock from an acute heart attack,
which struck him suddenly just
after he had started to work
He and a group of other men
were working on the read in the
Apple Grove community in the
Pond Mountain section when all
of sudden Wallace exclaimed,
something has struck me in my
lungs" those standing close to
him quoted him as saying.
He dropped his shovel and
threw his hands to his chest and
instantly fell to the ground dead,
it was stated.
Mr.. Badger, who went after
the body, said that his fellow
workers and members of his
family were severely shocked as
he had never complained of hav-
ing heart trouble. Edgar STAINS
berry is foreman of the road pro-
ject on which Wallace was work
ing.
The deceased was born and
reared in the Apple Grove COM
Funeral service was con-
Quoted Tuesday by Rev. Manuel
Bennett.
He is survived by his wife and
one child, Elma Gene. He also
leaves his mother, Mrs. Locke
Wallace; three brothers and one
sister-Carl, Fred and Howard,
Wallace and Mrs. Ellis Sheets, of
AnaWald, w. Va.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-04

1T is hereby declared unlaw-
full to sell wine or beer in Ashe
county between the hours of 1901
o'clock A. M. Sunday until 1900
o'clock midnight Sunday night on
each and every Sunday of the
calendar year and that it is here
by declared unlawful to sell wine
in Ashe county for consumption
on the premises where said wine
is sold and the clerk to this
board is hereby instructed to
give suitable notice of this reso-
luton to those selling wine or
beer in the county of Ashe and
that the officers of Ashe county
be and they are hereby instruct
ed to carry out this resolution ac-
cording to law"
Those who violate the law are
subject to a fine.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-04
Board Completes
Its Appointments
Requests Purchase of School
Bus. Letter Is Sent To Dis
trict Committees.

At the regular monthly meets
ing of the Ashe county board of
education Monday, appointment
of school committees in the coun-
ty was completed.
Tatum Brown and B. B. Kri-
der were appointed on the Elk
land school board. Watauga coun-
ty names the other member of
the board as a number of STU
dents who attend Elkland school
are from that county.
On the Riverview district
school board are J. C. Little,
Todd Price and G. D. Wilson.
Bert Dixon was named to fill
the vacancy on the Friendship
school board. Sidney Killens was
appointed to take Lee Stanley's
place on the Buffalo committee.
Mr.. Stanley moved to Pennsyl-
vania short time ago.
The board passed a resolution,
requesting the Ashe county COM
miSSioners either to erect a new
school building at Long Branch,
near Lansing, to replace the one
that burned down a few months
ago, or to make arrangements to
purchase a school bus so that the
children in that community can
be transported to the Lansing
school,
The school board members
stated that they would prefer the
purchasing of a school bus as the
expense would be less and would
offer the children a better OBJ
portunity by having them go to
Lansing district high school.
The commissioners indicated
that they favored buying the bus
and consolidating that school. It
was pointed out that the State
Highway Department has already
given assurance that the road in
the Long Branch community will
be improved by next fall so
that a school bus could operate
over it all right.
The board directed Supt. ]. B.
Hash to send a letter to all dis
trict committeeman, advising
them that no contract applica-
tons would be approved by them
for any teacher who has a child
under the age of II months on
Sept. l, 1899.
Supt. Hash stated that he has
not received reports yet from the
various school committeeman, ap-
pointing teachers for next year.
He said that he understands sew
eral of them have met and made
their selections, but that he
doesn't have a record of them in
his office at this time.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-04
Allegheny Negro Is
SentencedTODeath
In Shepherd Killing
First Degree Verdict Render
ed Yesterday Afternoon.
Will Die July Z.
is SECOND TRIAL

Glenn Maxwell, 4O-year-old
Allegheny county negro, was
again convicted of first degree
murder for coldbloodly shooting
and killing Charles Shepherd and
was sentenced to die in the gas
chamber on July Z, by Judge ].
H. Clement in the Allegheny
county superior court yesterday
afternoon.
The case went to Surry coun-
ty jury yesterday morning at II
o'clock and after celebrating I'M
til 3 o'clock, this group rendered
a verdict of guilty of murder in
the first degree.
Maxwell, Alleghany's first man
to be sent to the death chamber,
was tried last May and sentenc-
ed to die on June II, 1888. The
case was appealed to the supreme
court and a new trial was order
ed on the ground that Judge
Donald Phillips errored in his
charge to the jury when he de-
clared that ''the defendant could
not be found mot guilty..
The sensational trial this week,
which started Monday afternoon.
a capacity crowd in
the courthouse.
Practically the same evidence
was presented, which showed
that Maxwell, a negro who pre-
had a good character,
shot and killed Shepherd, a well
known filling station operator,
on April IA, while he was work
ing in his mothers garden.
By appointment of the court.
Attorneys w. B. Austin and Eu-
gene Trivette represented the de-
PENDANT and Gov. Doaghton and
Bob Gambill appeared with So
licitor McMichael for the state.
Court adjourned Immediately
after this trial.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-04
ATLANTIC, YADKIN
PASSENGER TRAIN
MAKES LAST RUN

GREENSBORO, April 3O-The
last regularly scheduled Atlantic
and Yadkin passenger train on
the Sanford Mount Airy run
pulled out of the Southern pas
senger station here at Sis o'clock
this afternoon, bound for Mount
Airy and then oblivion.
Railway freight service will be
continued between Sanford and
Mount Airy, only the passenger
service being cut off, it was
pointed out Passenger service
was discontinued because it is
not profitable and has caused the
railraw company to suffer heavy
losses, officials said.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-04

every section of the county, lit
erature was we'll distributed and
a good many membership and
contribution pledges were made"
he explained.
practically everybody seems
to be enthusiastically interested
in helping to get hospital in
this county and they realize that
we now have the opportunity of
a lifetime to get one.
81 want to congratulate and to
thank the men and women of the
Jeffersons who gave their time
and efforts to visit the various
communities last Saturday and
Sunday in behalf of the Ashe
County Hospital Association.
81 also want to thank all of the
workers who volunteered to can
vass their communities for sub
1Continued on Page Eight.)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-04
Finals Are Held
At High Schools
Lansing Exercises End To-
night. Programs Well At
tended at Other Schools.

Tonight the commencement X-
ercises will be brought to a close
at Lansing high school when the
members of the serisss class pre-
sent, THE Whole Towns Talk
ing. The graduating exercises
were held Wednesday night
when the address was given by
w. D. Halfacre of North Wilkes
boro.
Finals at Nathan's Creek end
ed last Saturday night with the
senior play, Aunt Tillie Goes to
Town" which was witnessed by
a large crowd. The Is members
of the Senior class were award
ed their diplomas on Friday
night. At this time Honorable Ira
T. Johnston delivered the litera-
ry address to a packed house.
The Healing Springs COM
mencement exercises were
brought to a climax on Saturday
night when Is seniors were
awarded diplomas. Ed M. Ander-
son, editor and publisher of The
Skyland Post addressed the grad
yates. A large crowd attended.
DR.. Amos Abrams of A. S. T.
G. delivered the final address to
the graduates of Jefferson high
school on Saturday night when
the diplomas were awarded.
The Jefferson seniors presented,
"Old Mr.. Crab" on Friday night
to a large audience.
Finals at Riverview high school
will open the latter part of next
week.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-04
EXPECT TO FINISH
SURFACING 4 MILES
OF Is BY JUNE 1ST

The weekly detour bulletin,
issued by the State Highway and
Public Works Commission, this
week carried the following in
formation about highway num-
Der Is:
INC 16 Warrensville (West) to
Creston. Projects 7112-7113-4
miles grading, traffic bound ma
cadam, and bituminous surface
treatment to be completed about
June /, 1889. Traffic maintained.
Drive carefully"
Plans are now under way to
get another Emile project, ex-
tending to the Mouth of the Lau-
rel, approved.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-04
Man Painfully
Injured In 80
Fl. Fall Tues.
William Sullivan Fell From
REA Power Line Pole
Near Dog Creek.
IN HOSPITAL

William Sullivan, constructing
linesman was painfully injured
Tuesday when he fell from a
height of approximately 80 feet
from a pole while at work on
REA power lines in the Dog
Creek section, near Jefferson.
He was brought Immediately to
West Jefferson for treatment, but
DR.. R. c. Ray who saw him adj
vised that he be taken to a hos
pital at once. He was removed to
Boone where he is now undergo
ing treatment for an injured
spine and foot,
Men working nearby who rush
ed to Sullivan's assistance said
that he had reached the point on
the pole where he was to work
and just when he went to adjust
his belt, his hand slipped. He
cried out as he fell, and a fellow
workman who was also on a
pole said that he saw him as he
climbed up, but looked away for
a minute then as he glanced
back, saw that he was no longer
on the pole, which made him rea-
lie instantly that Sullivan had
fallen.
The injured man who came
here recently from Pennsylvania
is employed by Melvin Burgess
Co., Inc, contractor for the main
lines of REA in this county.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-04

Adam Lockheart and U. B. Bla-
lock are leading the procession in
growing pure bred Hereford beef
cattle on Arson farms. Henry
Martin, Jr., and Fred Caudle re-
Gently purchased two beef calves
from Mr.. Lockheart to start a All
beef calf project.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-04

The possibility that one day
American cities will be forced to
bar jobless Immigrants" from
coming from the Nations farms
has been suggested by E. o. Ba-
ker, u. S. Department of Agricul-
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-04

By using registered stock and
following a definite breeding pro-
duction per cow of the dairy herd
at the Pennsylvania State Col
lege has been increased by al
most 5000 pounds since the herd
was started in 1890.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-04
AsHE COUNTY

is the ir-conditioned section of
North Carolina whose altitude
ranges from 5000 to $500 feet
above sea level. twenty-five miles
OF the PARKWAY run through
the county.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-05-04
WANT A HOSPITAL?

WANT A HOSPITAL?
If you want Hospital in Ashe
County, JOIN the ASHE COUN-
TY HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION.
Cooper alton and support from
everybody is needed to put the
movement over. We now have
Golden Opportunity!
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-25
Patterson Asks
Inquiry Into Fair
Board in County
lCnnt;nned from. .page

Continued from Eage II
Wednesday night unanimously vot-
ed to refuse the Laborers Non
Partisan league permission to use
the building May 80 for the Pat
terson and Nylander addresses.
A large group of Associated
Farmers of Imperial county. private
citizens and representatives of the
labor group7 attended tho board
meeting at the fair grounds We'd
neSday night.
Members of the board said after
announcing their decision that sucn
a meeting might create trouble.
Farmers. they said, had told them
there was no farm or labor trouble
such a meeting might cure.
G. G.. Bennett. president of the
Associated Farmers, presented a
resolution passed by the executive
committee of the Farmers. 1t said
in part:
ut is commonly believed that
many Of the people scheduled TO
take part i'll this meeting are either
Communists, or Communistically
inclined That even though they
may one and all protest their inno-
eence of this charge, their actions
and their past records furnish
grounds for the belief that their
program is for the aid and com
fort of the Communist movement.
I'VE feel that it is entirely un-
reasonable for these grounds, and
these buildings supported by the
taxpayers of Imperial county, to
be loaned TO groups who We be-
lieve to be antagonistic to the prin-
ciples of democracy"
The request for the auditorium
was signed by a committee of the
Laborers Partisan League.
Dave Forbes. CIO; Charles Copper
man Teamsters union; C. L. Doxey,
CIO; Glen r. Dalby; and j. G..
Francisco. Doxey was spokesman
for the league Wednesday night