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The Washington times., 1939-01-12
Girls Parents Don't
Approve of Him
Dear Miss Fairfax:

Dear Miss Fairfax:
I'm a boy of 10, and for five
months I've been seeing a girl
who is Just few months
younger than I am. We're in
love, but as her parents don't
approve of me, we meet on the
sly, which I just hate. I am en-
ployed in a movie house just
around the corner from where
she lives, and her folks come to
the show. Her kid brother
pointed me out to his parents,
and they think I'm lots older
than l really am. And they for
bid her to see me. Id much
rather go to her house, meet
her folks, and get it over with,
whether they throw me out or
not. What do you think of such
q situation? P. R.
Your attitude about becom-
ing acquainted with the girls
parents at her home is very
much in your favor. And if her
parents are sensible, they'll let
you call on her there, instead
of sneaking around street cor
ners and meeting on the sly.
If young people are allowed to
see each other under the par
entail roof, they are much more
likely to fall in love and fall
out again than when so much
effort is made to keep them
apart. However, I'd advise you
to be patient. And my advice to
the girls parents is not to
hurry youthful marriages by
raising barriers between young
people who are probably only
temporarily interested in each
other. If they're left alone.
they're very likely to change
their affection to someone else
IN six months time.
The Washington times., 1939-01-12

home.
There are still several young.
sters to get through school, etc.
He makes S25 a week. I have a
small Job. which nets me about
$40 a week.
We've talked the matter over.
and l want us to get married.
but he thinks we can't live on
S35 a week and take care Of his
responsibilities. And he thinks
Ill have to wait until he sees
his way little clearer. He loves
me. and I love him also. I'm
20 years old. JEAN.
Your young man is very wise
not to want to undertake the
responsibilities of marriage on
your small income. since he has
dependents at home. You are
only 20 and %, and can afford
to wait till prospects brighten.
In the meanwhile. why don't
you both take up a course in vo-
cational training or adult edu-
cation, or attend some good
night school in your city, which
will enable you to earn more
money in the future?
The Washington times., 1939-01-12
Miss Arden's AdUice Taken Seriously

Shirley Ross, cunt
player now in Thanks for the
Memory" has memorized this
latest ruling from Miss Arden
and passes it on to women else
where who may have missed
the proclamation.
This year beauty spins the
wheel Of fashion. With curls
The Washington times., 1939-01-12
Baked Fish
With SardeUen

Split fish as for broiling
and remove the center bone.
Place the skin side of the fish
down on buttered platter and
cover with one-half cup of but
ter, one cup of sour cream, one
quarter pound of sardellen
which have been soaked in
water for several hours, boned
and chopped fine.
Sprinkle with a little salt and
pepper and finely sifted bread
crumbs, and one cup of grated
American cheese. Bake in a hot
oven for one-half hour. Serve
on same platter and garniSh
with watercresS and lemon.
Whipped
Cream Pie
SWeeten with white sugar
one teacup of very thick sweet
cream, made as cold as possible
without freezing, and flavor
with almond or vanilla to taste.
Beat until as light as eggs for
frosting and keep cool until the
crust is ready. Make crust,
not too rich; prick with fork
to prevent blistering. Bake;
then spread on the cream and
add the finishing touches by
putting bits of jelly over the top.
This recipe makes two pies.
The Washington times., 1939-01-12
Shakel

It's great to say Good morn.
ing"
It's fine to say Hello"
But better still to grasp the
hand
Of loyal friend you know.
A look may be forgotten.
A word misunderstood.
But the touch of the human
hand
Is the pledge Of brotherhood.
e. o. G.
The Washington times., 1939-01-12

brushed high and a new and
artful air of dignity, it dictates
the size and shape of your hats,
the breadth of your waist and
the cut of your clothes. And
since what you wear is only i'm
portant as how you can wear
it there is wisdom in plan
ming to make the new fashions
flatter you," advises Miss Arden.
The Washington times., 1939-01-12
Child'S
Question

Child's Question Editor:
Mother took my three-year-
old brother up town and let
him ride on the escalator and
the elevator. When he got
home he told me he liked to
ride on the stretching elevator.
Miss Marjorie WildbOre,
Benning, D. c.
Route No. /, Box 424-B
The Washington times., 1939-01-12
Had Wrapped Collar

Barbara Stanwyck, out to
lunch with members of a girls
club she sponsors, wore sim
pie black frock trimmed with a
wrapped collar of amber-colored
leather.
The Washington times., 1939-01-12

TONI SOREL is the Herald Times fashion pages own
contribution to careers in the making. Here with
Beatrice Lilies show at the National she is enjoying
attention customarIy accorded by people "who knew
her when." Tonight she will be guest Of honor at
supper party at Lounge Riviera when Miss Helen Ben
nett and Miss Laurie Douglas, models with whom she
poses en- Harpers Bazaar will be introduced to her WASH
ineton friends. Washington Times Staff Photograph.
The Washington times., 1939-01-12
From Fashion Modelling
To the Stage Inevitable
Step for This Beauty
By Bah LINCOLN

XTHEN Toni Sore lived in Washington two years ago, it
w generally recognized that for her in
evtabe Everyone said she had the looks the temperament
the talent and fortunately valuable background of
years of hard work at dancing
Until she fifteen training for
So it's small wonder that
tableaux in which with other beautiful
Beatrice Lilies current show National Theaer
The Washington times., 1939-01-12

@o
Marie is the
best of the
five at the
game, and she
can really put
S o m e pretty
intricate puz-
zleS together.
In fact, not
content with
working puz-
zles, herself,
she has start
ed cutting out
pictures from
b 90 k S a n d
m a 6 a z i mes
q n q G b q
The Washington times., 1939-01-12
NJ ake-up Puffs

Irene Dunno is all puffed up
with pride in her enormous
package of makeup puffs, in all
sizes and varieties. Puffs are
designed for powder box, COM
pact, rouge and bath.
The Washington times., 1939-01-12
Local Woman GoUe
Young Actress Her Start

THE kndest most in the world
start Toni said last referring the
introduced her Carmel Snow editor Hapes Except
for her. could probably have reached Mrs Every
girl who models fashions dreams chance Harpers
Bazaar The way made for happy
words when Mrs Snow Immediately took Paris
to pose for her"
Since that time Miss sors lovely figure appear con-
stantly in the pages of both Harper's and Vogue.
my present chance continued 81 had
heard there would be place for Set To
Music so went IN to ask Mr. Horst Vogue photographer
ntercede for He Immediately said want
go down to see the manager and tell him you
When she stepped tmorouSy John Wilson'S office
Mr.. Wilson asked her to wait Coward who
presently in.
Again her luck seemed easy for Mr. Coward told her
that he would delighted
she is and another nicely started on its way
The Washington times., 1939-01-12

makes puzzles of her own.
That operation and the stay in
bed that followed proved the
cause of quite a change in the
way the quintS play. For in.
stance, they originated a new
game all their own. It consisted
of hiding the dishes on which
they had been served their meal
in bed.
The Washington times., 1939-01-12
Dr.. Ddfoe:
|Ouints Like Puzzles
.SinCeCOnValeSCenCe
By ALLAN ROY DAFoE. MD.
Personal Physician to the Dionne Quintuplets

Syndicate Incl
NHE Dionne quntupets becoming avid puzzle fans.
This is development that dates back to when they
were recuperang from their ons operations they had
to spend lot of time in bed The nurses hard put to to
keen them amused happened hit upon picture puzzles
The Washington times., 1939-01-12
Beatrice Fairfax:
FianCee's Burdens
Delay Marriage
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX
tcoryrEht. 1852, BY King Features Syndicate. Inc

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX: have been going with young
~ man of % for wear and had intended to marry
This sprng However, his father died recently and
have to set aside marriage because he has to help out at
The Washington times., 1939-01-12
Hughes
In
Florida
BY JOSEPHINE HUGHES

BY JOSEPHINE HUGHES
DALM BEACH, Jan. II.
l. If any of you Palm Beach
bound ladies plan to sport
those full-skirted little dirndl
numbers that swept the style
scene down here the last few
years, you might just as we'll
drop the whole idea right
now.
That is, unless you want to
look entirely different from any,
one else about these parts
(and, by different, we don't
mean individually chic).
For without exception the
Tyrolean peasant influence in
the daytime sports picture has
&c. w. T. W." and classic SIM
plicity has returned with a
bang!
First and foremost the 1889
Palm Beach fashion favorite for
morn to night wear is the hand
knit V-neck cardigan.
Shirtwoist
Frocks
During one short stroll down
Worth Avenue, and one not so
short sitting at the Alibi Bar,
we counted Is of these sweaters.
The colors are heavenly dusty
pinks; cloudy blues; vibrant
yellowS and a particularly good
shade of chartreuse.
They match them to their
classic shirtwaist frocks; a smart
exponent of this school of dress
is Mrs. Geoffrey Gates in a
dusty pink cardigan topping a
matching sports dress. Or they
contrast sweater and frock as
Mrs. Dulaney Hunters outfit
consisting Of a white Sharkskin
dress belted with pigskin and
worn with a powder blue hand
knit cardigan.
Again these same sweaters
appear with trim pajama out
fits. At the Alibi Bar blond
Lesley Bogert wears grey and
white striped pajames and her
cardigan is pale blue. At the
same spot Mrs. Eddie" Neil
vaine appears in pink linen
slacks, a printed challis shirt
and a brown handknit cardigan.
Teeing off at Seminole Mrs.
'Laddie" Sanford sports well
tailored white Sharkskin slacks
and a chartreuse cardigan but
toned down the front with a
green, pink and white chiffon
handkerchief, dangling from
one of her slacks' pockets.
The Washington times., 1939-01-12
Had Fun
Hiding Things


They hid those dishes every
place. In the bed, under the
clothes, under the mattresses,
in the pillow cases, any place
they thought the nurse mightn't
look. When they succeeded in
battling the nurse for a while,
1t was great fun, and you should
have heard the laughing and
Squealing that went on. It really
was amusing to see Annette or
Cecile trying to lie there and
look as though there was moth
ing under the pillow; that they
were just lying in that peculiar
way because it was more COM
Portable.
OF course, each of the five
has her favorite toy, and when
they were i'll they took them to
bed with them. Yvonne's "a
vorite was big white rabbit,
Emile had a toy monkey, and
the rest had their dolls.
All of a sudden that monkey
of Emilie's became the favorite
Of all of them. In fact, it has
had such periods of popularity
ever since it came to the nursery
two years ago. It has always
been the favorite of at least one
Of them and, periodically, all
five like to play with it.
Developed Crush
On Monkey
When they were in bed they
developed another crush on the
monkey, and they took turns
having it for a while. After they
were up, it continued to be the
favorite, and Yvonne and Emil
lie were always hiding it from
the others. It never took the
other three long to find out
where it was.
Recently we gave the chill
dren some new toy building
blocks. Pretty soon they were
turning out some pretty credit
able looking buildings. When
they make anything particularly
good, the nurses save it to show
to me when I come to the
nursery.
The Washington times., 1939-01-12
Skillet
and
Spoon
By sIBILLA CAMPBELL

BY sIBILLA CAMPBELL
GOUR cream has so many
~ uses in cooking. Notice
the recipe for baked fish in
cludes one cup of sour cream.
A dainty, delicate dessert
is whipped cream pie Favored
with either almond or vanilla.
The Washington times., 1939-01-12

Well, the children took right
to them, and now they are hunt
ing for new puzzles all the time.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-04-13
Eight Boys And Six Girls Will Graduate Virginia Carolina This Yea
Make An Exceptional Record
VIC BOYS Basketball Team

Blevins, Elwayne Sexton, Dale
Brown, Carroll Waddell and Mar
tin Davis. Many thanks also to
Coach BoWlin.
The girls team started off the
'39 season with very badly Grip
pied team due to graduation last
year of four excellent players,
but they came through very well.
They played % games, winning
Is and losing S. They defeated ev-
cry team that they played some
time during the year. They won
the A. S. T. G. tournament.
The squad is as follows: Are
tia Blevins, Wilma Barker, Da-
phene Waddell, Albertine Walk
er, Lucille Brown, Mabel Han
dy, Mabel Coward, Dare Pierce,
Anne Caldwell, Red" Roupe,
Madeline Paisley, Wilma Lou
Handy, Iva Ruth Dickson, and
Hazel Blackburn.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-04-13

though several excellent ones
were being considered.
On Saturday night, April %, at
8 o'clock, the senior class will
present their play, Bound to
Marry. This is indeed going to
be a fine and enjoyable play and
everybody is cordially invited to
see it.
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
the seniors will march in their
caps and gowns to the Methodist
church where the baccalaureate
sermon will be delivered by Rev.
R. H. Stone, prominent Ashe
county Presbyterian minister.
AS Grayson county is giving a
nine months school term this
year, the main portion of the
grade program will be presented
at the end of the ninth month.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-04-13
1889 Best Year In History
Of Riverview High School
Enrolment Reached New
High Record of 1873. Ten
Teachers In All.

This year has been the best
year in the history of the River
view high school from the stand
points of enrolment, attendance
and scholarship attachments.
The enrolment this year reach
ed new high record of 1888, with
1875 in high school and 257 in the
grades In spite of severe wea-
Their and extremely bad roads, the
attendance was exceptionally
good. No epidemics developed in
the school during the year.
The faculty of the school con-
sists of four high school teachers
and six grade teachers.
Prof. Wade Eller is completing
his seventh year as principal of
the school,.
The other high school teachers
are: E. V. Eller, history; Miss
Helen Ledbetter, English and
French and girls coach, and Miss
Hazel Winesett, science and home
economics.
The grade teachers are: Bruce
GRAPHICAL, seventh grade and
boys coach; Mrs. Leslie Jones,
sixth grade; Miss Eleanor Bak-
er, 4th and 5th grades; Mrs. Ocie
Sutherland, 3rd grade; Miss Sue
Oliver End grade; Mrs. Ruth V.
Price, 1st grade.
During the year the following
have served as bus drivers: Whit
Ashley, Earl Martin, Earl East
ridge, j. D. Mccoy, Otis Osborne,
Ray Denny, Harley Love, Elmer
knight.
AS cooks for the school, Mrs.
Joe Little has served in directing
employment of the School Com
mittee and the WPA cooks are:
Mrs. Carrie Jenkins, Mrs. Bessie
Ward and Nan Eller.
At different times, Howard Ro-
land and Elmer Jones have been
the efficient janitors.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-04-13
Total OF l55 To Graduate
From 9 Ashe High Schools

There are total of 155 seniors
in the 9 high schools in Ashe
county who will receive their
diplomas this year.
The girls far out-number the
boys. A check up reveals that 81
girls will graduate and So boys.
In each school it is significant to
note that there are more girls
graduating than boys.
Lansing high school has by far
the largest graduating class in
the county which is not particular
ly unusual since Lansing has the
largest high school enrolment,
followed by West jefferson.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-04-13

Totals 348; Ill
Teachers In ALI

The enrolment of the Virginia.
Carolina high school this year is
348, with 221 in the grades and
1877 in the high school.
The faculty, composed of II
teachers, remains about the same
this year as of last year, with
one exception - Coach Bruce
BoWlin replaced Coach J. c. Bon
ham.
The teachers are as follows:
Prof. George c. Van Hoy, princi-
pal; F. c. Nye, assistant princi-
pal; Miss Julia Hager, home eco
Monies teacher; Bruce Bowlin,
coach and physical ed director;
w. M. Reynolds, agriculture
teacher.
The grade teachers are: Edgar
Ashley, 9TH. grade; Mrs. w. M.
Reynolds, 5th. and 9Th. grades;
Mrs. Eloise Young Williams, 3rd
and 4th. grades; Miss Eva Paine,
End. grade; Miss Myrtle Pugh,
LIST. grade; Mrs. Fred Jones, mu-
sic teacher.
This has been an unusually sue
cessful year. Plans are now under
way to get a lew WPA school
building which is badly needed,
Plans and specifications are now
=, in Washington and should be ap-
proved in the near future.
This is George Van Hoy's sec
ond year as principal.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-04-13
Won Four Championship Tt
ties. Girls Also on Tour
nament at Boone.

An exceptionally fine physical
education and athletic program
is carried on at VIC. this year,
with 97.7 percent of the students
participating,
The VIC boys and girls bas-
ketball teams had excellent re-
cords this season, in fact the boys
made perhaps the best record of
any Ashe county high school cage
team in history.
The boys won the Ashe county
division championship without a
single loss, defeated Cove Creek
for the Appalachian title, won
the Boone tournament, annexed
the Grayson-Carroll FLA. tour
nament at Fries, Va, and went to
quarter finals in the Journal
Sentinel tourney at Winston-Sa-
lem, being defeated only by the
powerful Children's Home outfit
that won the tournament.
The VIC lads won 81 straight
games before losing to Children
Home. They brought back to VIC
case full of trophies.
The squad was composed OF
Vance GRAPHICAL, one of the 10
all-stars selected at the Winston
tournament; Archie Blevins, who
holds highest record for scores in
the conference; Roger Waddell
Lacy Spencer, Joseph Spencer
Don Walker, Dare Dickson, ]. K
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-04-13

Finishing at Lansing this year
are IA boys and 19 girls, making
total of 33 in all.
Elkland and Nathan's Creek tie
for second place as each of them
have II listed for graduation.
RivervieW and Fleetwood come
next with Is each. jefferson has
Is, West jefferson and Virginia.
Carolina have IA and Healing
Springs has Is.
The graduating exercises in the
schools started this week and will
end by the first of May. The diff
ference in the closing dates was
due to various epidemics and bad
roads.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-04-13
FLEETWOOD WON ROTARY
CLUB DEBATING CONTEST

To Fleetwood this year went
the honor of winning the county
debating contest sponsored by the
Jeffersons Rotary club. The team
was composed of Ruby Taylor
and Kathryne Houck. They rep
resented the negative side. Each
of them received a medal and the
school was awarded loving cup.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-04-13

Miss Eller: whats the matter,
Gray?"
Gray Erving: 81 don't like
school and father says I have to
come until I'm eighteen years
old.
Miss Eller: "Don't let that wor-
ry you sonny. I have to stay un-
til I am sixty five"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-04-13
Riverview Boys
Basketball Team
Made Good Record
Girls Team Eliminated From
Play by Unfavorable Road
Conditions.

The Riverview boys basketball
team enjoyed quite a successful
season this year; but the girls
team was not able to play
through the season on account of
the bad road conditions in the vi
cinity of Riverview school.
The boys team won second
place in this county and were
contenders with Grassy Creek in
the Boone tournament in the fl
mails, losing to Grassy Creek af-
ter a hard fought game. They
were we'll represented on the all
star teams by Stuart and Hart
sog. Bruce GRAPHICAL again was
their coach.
AS fitting close to the bas-
ketball season, the faculty and
students gave the coach and the
team a banquet in appreciation
Of their efforts this year. Where
ever the team has a game, they
have been we'll received and
, have conducted themselves with
a marked degree of good sports
manship. The team played three
games in the Winston-Salem
tournament, and were the reci-
pients of many complimentary
greetings by the people in atten,
dance.
AS fer other forms of athletic
activity, the gymnasium is so US
ed to give every school child ;
definite period of play within i
during the school day. The va
rious teachers are assigned per
iods of play which they use will
their classes. During these pla!
periods the particular teacher il
charge becomes for that time
physical education instructor.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-04-13
Diplomas Will
Be Awarded On
Friday, Apr. Fl

The graduating class of the
Vlrginia-Carolina high school this
year is composed of eight boys
and 8 girls who will receive their
diplomas on Friday night, Apr.
81.
The class is not a large one,
but the quality is high. During
the whole year it has shown ex-
cellent principles of citizenship.
The Write-ups follow:
graf PARSONS
Graf is II years old. He has
brown eyes and black hair. He
has a friendly disposition and the
girls are crazy" about him. He
has made a good record in school
and the class wishes for him
much success.
JOSEPH SPENCER
Age II. Has been outstanding
IN his class. He has only one hob
by and that is squeezing" the
girls and he always yells a greet
ing of "hey pretty. He has a
broad smile and is liked by ev-
cry one. Best of good luck to you,
Spencer.
EUNICE ROUPE
Age 10. She has red hair and
brown eyes, winning PERSONAL
ty and is liked by all. She is
kind and generous and always
ready to help. Her plans are to
become trained nurse. Her hob
bies are stamp collecting and
hiking.
ROGER WADDELL
Roger is an exceptional boy. He
has been on the basketball team
for two years, is very good stu
dent and always takes a lead in
activities. He is a good sport and
enjoys life to the fullest.
DALE BROWN
Dale is good natured and al
ways seems to be in a good hui
NOR. He is carefree, fun-loving
and has a good disposition. He
has many friends. His hobby is
chewing tobacco and raising
chickens.
STANLEY YOUNG
Stanley is happy-go-lucky
boy. He has blue eyes and san
dy hair. He is trustworthy and
we'll liked by the other students
His hobby is perhaps counting
Best of luck to you, Stanley.
WAVE MIKEL
Wave has a magnetic personal