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Evening star., 1939-08-06
Legend of Big
Log Jam Told
In Ballad
Girl Inspired by
Old Yarn From
Down East
Prize Contribution.
BY BARBARA SCOTT, IA,

Mohtgomery Hills Junior High School,
For several years I lived in the
northernmost State in New Eng
land-Maine. While there, learned
many odd customs and legends of
this picturesque State. The story
told in the ballad printed below is
taken from an old yarn about a log
jam on the Penobscot River in
Maine. This tale has been handed
down from generation TO generation,
and has been related by many
fisherman along the rockbound coast
OF New England
During the early months of spring
the Penobscot is full of logs, which
are being guided down the river to
the sawmill by the lumbermen, who
risk their lives by sailing rapidly
downstream on the floating logs, A
jam Is likely to occur most any time.
and when this happens. many lives
are endangered. The logs pile UP
like jackstraws, and unfortunate is
the man who is in the midst of this
confusion.
Log jams are extremely difficult to
break up. Dynamite is frequently
used, but this, of course, results in
great loss.
Now, referring TO the last stanza of
my ballad: Baked beans on Satur-
day night are just as much part of
real New Englander's life as sleep
ing. A New Englander simply must
nave his fish on Friday, beans on Sat-
urday. salmon and peas on the
Fourth OF July, and so forth. Not
having beans on Saturday night is a
real tragedy to him. And now for
the ballad Which I coll
Evening star., 1939-08-06
Cuddles and Tuckie

Way down beside the meadow In
A little "bitty" pool
She met some tiny fishes who
Were swimming home from school
Evening star., 1939-08-06
ALOG JAM DOWN EAST.

Aoo JAM DO"N kASIs
Way down East in Maine, as most
everybody knows,
Logs are sent down river when
melted are the SHOWS.
Here they wend their ways down.
stream toward the mill.
While gangs Of lumbermen ride the
logs with skill.
But now and then Gust once In a
while),
A big jam occurs, and faded is the
smile
Which once enlightened the Ium-
berman's face
AS he covered the miles on the logs
apace
My Uncle Sam told me this tale
or the jam endang'ring the lum-
bermen hale.
Just one o the men. my Uncle Sam,
But twas he that broke up the big
log jam.
10 dynamite it would mean a loss.
So Uncle Sam. he hoped on his hos
And started to town, for he had a
scheme
To break up the jam with a barr1 of
beans.
Now to all of you this seems absurd
But of Uncle Sam you have not
heard
He took the barrel down to the
river,
Transporting it there in his battered
old fiivver.
He punched in the keg some holes
quite small,
Then into the river he let it fall.
Old Uncle Sam. he then went back
10 where the logs were jammed in a
pack;
He decided to wait an hour or so
until the keg had time to 20
Down the river and past the bogs.
Until 1t caught beneath the logs.
An explosion was heard, the logs
sky-high were sent.
And down the river they once more
went.
Caught in the logs, the keg had no
room,
And all of a sudden it exploded
Boom!
tFor when beans are in water, they
greatly expand:
simultaneously they burst and were
heard DER the land)
Inc men were astounded, and
thanked Uncle Sam.
FOR ned broken up the dangerous
log jam.
Though they were quite grateful,
Sam had to flee,
For the women were angry, as angry
as could be.
With not a bean in the town, they
were in a plight.
What would they do without beans
Satday niphto
Evening star., 1939-08-06
PREPARES DINNER.

Dear Editor: After a week of
extreme heat my mother was
fairly worn out from thinking of
cold plates, etc, SO I volunteered
to prepare summer dinner. had
experience in the kitchen, and my
mother was more than glad to have
rest.
The dinner consisted of a big
bowl of potato salad. ham, cheese
and crackers. For dessert l had ice
cream and cake, both homemade
I did the shopping myself-with an
air OF Importance, as you can i'm
agine-and then hustled around the
kitchen, tasting, slicing and mix
ing. At the last minute 1 set the
table, using the best china and sill
yer on a clean tablecloth.
When 1 rang the dinner gong, in
came my mother, brothers and the
rest of the family. Exhausted, sat
at the head of the table and served.
Mother, seeing my tired face, ex-
cused me from washing the dishes
but praised me highly for my mid
summer dinner.
MARY ELLEN STITT, 10,
Ala Illinois Avenue NV.
Macfarland Junior High School.
Evening star., 1939-08-06

Across.
I. Common or ordinary.
5. Sum (AbbrD.
8. Peak.
8. Bone in the body.
20. Fuel.
IL. Not gentle.
13. Pronoun.
IA. Proposition.
is. To gain knowledge
10. Lubricate.
20. Anger.
a. Instrument used for cooling.
a. Conjunction.
Is. Kind of music now popular.
I. Articles used as shelter from
rain.
z. Street (Abbr).
8. Near.
4. Companion of thunder.
5. Three-toed sloth.
Z. Dad.
8. Sun god.
9. Pertaining to the moon.
Ii. Thus.
Is. Depart.
II. Exist.
10. On condition.
81. Road (AbbrD.
az. Point Of a compass.
"A. Indefinite article.
=
Take the word August and see
how many other words you can make
from the letters in it. Can you
get IL?
Thunderstorms come in summer
and this suggests our word diamond
The second line is the definite
article, the third is to deride or
mock, the fifth is finished and the
sixth is a boys nickname.
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curtail dress and get to steal
Curtail a woman and get q barrier
ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS
PUZZLES.
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Evening star., 1939-08-06
EXPLORE CEMETERY.

Dear Editor: 1 have decided to
tell you about an experience I had
in Arizona My girl friend and 1
decided to visit her aunt, who lived
about 3 miles away. When we ar
rived, We ate our lunch, then de-
cided to explore nearby mountain.
We found it to be an old Indian
graveyard. The graves we're very
small, but neat; all of them were
alike. There was a large square
block at one end of each grave and
small square block at the other
end. Around each grave was a
small white picket fence.
Ny friend became very interested,
but soon we saw two Indians COM
ing up the hill toward us. We ran
as fast as we could until we
reached home.
PAT SAWYER. IL,
1913 T Street Sc.
Anacostia Junior High School.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-04-20
Healing Springs
Finals Open Sat-
The Senior Class Play Bound
To Marry" To Be Given
Saturday Night.

The commencement program
for Healing Springs will begin
Saturday, April %, with the play,
Bound to Marry. This promls-
es to be an unusually good play
and everybody is cordially invlt-
ed to attend.
Thursday, April q, Rev. w. I.
Wilmington, pastor of the Bap-
fist church of West Jefferson,
will deliver the baccalaureate
sermon in the auditorium at 7:3O.
On Friday, April %, at 7:3O,
the grades will give their annual
program.
Saturday, April 20 at 7:30, Ed
M. Anderson, editor of The Sky
land Post, will deliver the lite
rary address to the graduating
class, after which Professor
Plummer will award the diplo-
mas and medals. Tulean Blevlns
is salutatorian and Belle Hurley
is valedictorian.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-04-20
Around $50 Men
Now WorkingO
WPA In County
One Crew Transferred To
Park Service and About Is
Get Private Employment.

About 20 former WPA work
ers in Ashe County have been
transferred to the Park service,
to do Improvement work on the
Parkway and due to this ar
rangement, plus the fact that
around Is others have secured
private employment with the
REA, the recent nationwide cut
of the WPA rolls did not effect
this county much, B. w. Jones,
county WPA supervisor, stated
this week.
The county's reduction allot-
ment totalled about 40 and this
transfer, with the switch to pri-
vate employment, just about alb
sorbed the reduction, he stated.
There are now SIS men work
ing on countrywide road projects,
rs on the new bridge over the
New River on highway Is, 80 on
the highway 421 project to Bald
win and IS on the recreational
and school ground Identification
projects, making a grand total of
around $50, he said.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-04-20
Local Checker
Team Defeated
Warrensville
Won By Score of 156 TO a.
Hughes High Scorer. To
Play Again.

The West jefferson checker
team defeated Warrensville
checkers last week by the total
score of 156 to "a.
The games were played in
Jones store there. A return en-
gagement is planned here this
week end. The local team is also
planning to play Lansing and
North Wilkesboro soon.
Bill Hughes, West Jefferson
star player, made the highest
score of all 10 players. He end
ed the session of games with SO
points to his credit. Rose Eller,
Warrensville player, was close on
his heels with 35 points; Ed
Jones, West jefferson, scored 81
points; Jack Rhodes, manager of
the West jefferson five, was
fourth with 81 points and Char
lie McNeill scored 80.
The entire lineup and scores
are as follows: West Jefferson
Hughes, SO; T. Grayson, Is; Nc
Neill, 80; Ed Jones, "a and Jack
Rhodes, 81. Warrensville - Ira
Brooks, 10; Paul Jones, "a; Eller,
35; Bell, 10 and Rob Ashby, 6.
Each player on each team plays
each player on the opposing team
five games, making a total of Is
games for each player. Each
game won counts 2 points and
draw games count one point for
each player. The total possible
score that a player can make by
winning all of his games is so.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-04-20
WADE BLACKBURN
GETS LONG SENTENCE

Continued from Page One)
times displayed it, thus develop
ing the robbery motive.
The chief of police of Wythe-
vile, Va, told of man appear
ing in Wytheville late that same
night with severe shotgun
wounds about his face and neck.
He declined to reveal how he had
been wounded and was later
identified as Blackburn. Another
Virginia man said the car that
brought the man to Wytheville
that night had North Carolina
tags.
The shot removed from Black
burns face had been battered,
the sheriff said, before they
struck the man, thus indicating
that they must have passed
through glass. A hat found at the
scene was displayed and on the
way back to Jail Blackburn re-
quested the officer, give me
back my hat now"
This is the nearest to con-
fession made by Blackburn and
no one knows who was with him
that night.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-04-20
EASHE BUILDING AND
LOAN ASSN GIVEN
NATIONAL PUBLICITY

An entire page in the Febru-
z7ry issue OF the American Build
rng Association News, a national
magazine, was devoted to the
AShe Building and Loan Associa-
ton which started operation on
q The magazine carried
an artlcls about the organization
Of the Ashe association, a picture
of Glenn B. GRAPHICAL, secretary
and treasurer and chief organizer
and an editorial from The Sky
land Post edition of January 10,
under the caption, 'This Months
Editorial. From all indications,
this association is going to be
a good one" a comment in the
magazine STATED
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-04-20
HOSPITAL MEETINGS
TO BE HELD SOON

Continued from Page One)
ty Baptist church, Sunday after
noon, 2:30 P. NJ; School house at
Fairview, Sunday night, 7:3O.
District Number Seven
Glendale Springs school, Sat-
urday night, 1870; Blue Ridge
Baptist church, Sunday morning
II; Obids Presbyterian church,
2:30 Sunday afternoon; Pine
Swamp School, Sunday night,
7:3O.
District Number Eight.
Fleetwood school, Saturday
night, 7:3O; Brentwood Metho-
dist church, Sunday morning, II;
Todd school, 2:30 Sunday after
noon and Bethany Methodist
church, 7:3O Sunday night.
District Number Nine.
Riverview school, Saturday
night, 7:3O; Big Laurel Methodist
church, Sunday morning, II o.
clock; Little Laurel Methodist
church, Sunday afternoon, 2:30
and Rich Hill Methodist church,
Sunday night.
District Number Ten.
Green Valley school, 7:30 Sat-
urday night; Creston Methodist
church, Sunday morning, II;
Ashland Baptist church, Sunday
afternoon, 2:3O; Sutherland
Methodist church Sunday night,
7:30.
District Number Eleven.
Sturgills school, 7:30 Saturday
night; Big Helton Methodist
church, Sunday morning; Little
Helton school, Sunday afternoon,
2:30; and Greenwood Methodist
church, Sunday night.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-04-20
MRS. PAUL GOODMAN
COMMITTED SUICIDE

Continued from Page One)
daughter, Lethia Lyle, away from
home. The two were reported to
have been married, however, at
Mountain City Tenn. They were at
the Goodman home when Mrs.
Goodman ended her life.
Goodman's brother, Ward, was
also said to have been visiting
there that night and evidences of
drinking were said to have | cen
apparent. Roy Badger said that
there was no one in the hou ;e ex-
cept the three small CT lldren
when he went for the body about
one o'clock that night. Gocdman's
brother and neighbol, Will
Combs, he said, were in tae back
yard where they had fire.
Funeral services for Mrs. Good
man were conducted az the Bea-
yer Creek Baptist church, of
which she was a raember, by
Rev. w. T. Whittirston and in
terment was made IN the Hardin
cemetery.
She is survived by her hus-
band and three children, Keneth,
S; Reba, 3; end Mary Lou, 9
months and tle following broth
ers and siste.s: Winfred, of Ore
gon; Flora, Detroit, Mich; Ad-
ney, Detroi; Monte, Greensboro;
Mrs. Vade( Hartsoe, Ritz Va,
Fred Lois and Wanda, West JEFF
ferson. sac is also survived by
her moth n, Mrs. Lou Hardin, of
West JEFFERSON.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-04-20
RETURN FROM N. Y.

A group of ladies from Glen
dale Springs who have recently
returned from New York report
an interesting visit. Those who
made the trip by motor were
Misses Lois Calhoun, Kathleen
Woodie, Laurinda Severt, Messrs.
Walter Bare, J. E. Gunter and
Everett Lyalle. The group made
the trip by motor through the
Shenandoah valley and visited
many points of interest includ-
ing the Luray Caverns, Natural
Bridge, and Washington, D. C.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-04-20
WILEY CAMPBELL
FOUND NOT GUILTY

Continued from Page One)
scheduled to take place today.
Other cases tried this week in
clude:
Willie Galloway was fined $25
and cost on a charge of posses
sion of whiSkey.
Monroe Miller, Jr., Dale Davis
and Willie Barker plead guilty
to trespass and were given three
years suspended sentence upon
payment of costs.
Glenn F arlington was given II
months on the road for making
liquor.
After hearing the evidence,
Judge Clement dismissed the
charges of making liquor against
Willard Church and Willet
Blackburn.
c. M. Shumate was fined $40
and cost for public drunkenness.
Willie Gentry, Dallas Church
and Willie Galloway were given
a mol pros with leave for larceny
and receiving.
Dock Shepherd, charged with
purgery, was mol prosed.
Paul Goodman was found gull
ty on two charges and was SEN
fenced 80 days for reckless driv-
ing, but this was later changed
and he was placed on probation
for three months. - "a" i;~.'@
j. c. Jones and Robert Jackson,
Jr., charged with breaking; en-
tering and stealing from the Ray
Drug Company, plead guilty and
Judge Clement gave them two
years suspended sentence and
placed them on apstrlct proba-
ton for five years. Ls'A75&'1~'",
Willie Barker, larceny and re-
ceiving, was given a9three years
suspended sentenceaS@ o%8~ -"
Cleve Long was found not gull
ty of assault with a. deadly Wea-
pom. ~ S~'y@.:
Charges were dismissed against
Mary Ham, Delmar Ham, Eugene
Roark and Orval Barker @'.'
C. B. Phillips was granted a
divorce from Sallie Mae Phillips
Serving on the grand jury were
D. D. Weaver, foreman, T. D.
Bare, Taft Rotten, J. N. Edwards,
R. N. Welch c. w. Eldreth, Este
Hartsog, Bart Hurley, George Os-
borne, Garfield Holman, J. A.
Hairless, w. J. Jones, Clint Huf-
ley, Perry Houck, F. F. Gentry,
Earl Miller, Ira Potter and c. L.
LoWman.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-04-20

Europe is today full of strife,
unhappiness and "Isms." There
is but one Ism" that will re-
store happiness to the Europ-
can families, and that is Cen
eral Electric refrigerator with
vacuum sealed MECHANISM.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-04-20

To be safe remember never
to touch or attempt to move a
fallen wire in any way. Many
of these wires carry a voltage
three times greater than that
used in an electric chair.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-04-20
WINNERS ANNOUNCED
IN GUESSING CONTEST

In a contest conducted last
week to break the ties in the egg
guessing contest held during Eas-
ter Value Days here, Miss Eliza
beth Oliver of West jefferson
won the first prize of $40 while
second prize of S. was won by
Mrs, G. W. Porter of Winston
oalem. Checks will be mailed to
the winners. In the last contest
there were l50 eggs in the jar on
oiSplay IN the window of The
Skyland Post. Miss divers guess
was IG lol and Mrs. Porter's was
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-04-20

The season for bad electri-
cal storms is now here. Do you
have spare fuses?
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-04-20
ATTEND STATE MEETING

MRS: A. B. Hurt, President of
ene "oman's Club, Mrs. Lem Ha-
1er, secretary, Mrs. Chessie Neal
ana Mrs. Glenn GRAPHICAL, of the
library commission, attended the
State federation meeting of wo-
week.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-04-20
ATTENDED AUX. MEETING

Mrs. P. C. Wright, president of
the Ashe county unit of the
American Legion auxiliary and
Mrs. Ed. D. Barr, treasurer, at
tended the district meeting held
in Statesville this week.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-04-20

Ross" Vannoy has a new
drink called Punch, one bottle
and you are ready to fight Hit
ler-according to MIR. Vannoy,
but it had a worse effect on
me; I wanted to fight my mo-
ther-in-law. Get Mr.. Vannoy to
tell you the ingredients of his
punch.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-13

ing to the ground. Ascot itself,
the last stronghold of the long
skirt, saw practically nothing but
these revolutionary st~reet-length
dresses this year.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-13

Major Barringer is-where he has
been for several days. He's been
called to Washington called on
the carpet because in spite of all
his precautions, he hasn't been
able to stop us from getting our
hands on all those secret plans. l
know you haven't been in touch
with Barringer since he left town."
But l was seen leaving the
plant with Mr.. Rayburn." she
countered. He'll check on that"
Let him check all he wants to.
Rayburn will produce several wit
nesses who will say that after
dinner, you left him after a quar-
rel, and got on a bus TO 60 home.
That will be the end of the trail,
SO far as Barringer is concerned.
He won't be able TO find a bus
driver who remembers seeing you,
but he will find people who saw
you get aboard. That's the last
trace he'll ever have of you, until
=" he paused significantly.
Ellen shuddered, as she hurried
on. another desperate idea having
come TO her while he vas talking.
But you've overlooked one very
important thing She shrugged TO
make her voice convincing. When
Continued on Page Is. Column 81
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-13
BEAUTY HINTS

Makeup looms Importantly as an
integral part of the ensemble. The
smart woman now picks cosmetics
TO yea with a new dress as con-
scientiously as she chooses hat,
bag, gloves or any other accessory.
She does not, for example, keep
right on wearing pale cream foun-
dalton, matching powder and what
v lipstick happens to be handy.
She wants to achieve a rosy, faint
ly glowing look this season, so
she chooses new makeup with this
in mind.
That is, unless she is going in
for golden girl effects. in which
case she'll wear no foundation,
very little powder and a splash
of scarlet lipstick.
When the skin is tanned to
a warm, golden brown, the less
makeup the better is a good rule
to follow. In fact, for sports and
ordinary daytime occasions, many
a chic suntanned girl wears only
lipstick. In Hollywood particu-
larry, s%untanned compilations are
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-13
A G(QlIDG lQR Eql%z=

So absurdly simple. the way the
plot had worked out. Barringer
convinced that Rick was the guilty
man. not the slightest suspicion
directed at either Rayburn or vor-
his concerning the safe key.
And they could continue steal
ing army plans as they wished.
Fears flooded over her again,
chills Of fright tingled at her
nerves. Her hands were trembling.
Maybe she could frighten Karl
into releasing her.
II was a chance--the only one
she could think of now that she
was powerless to help herself
physically. 1t might be worth try
ing.
You know. Karl" she said. try
ing not to show her fear. You're
taking an awful chance by doing
this TO me-"
mo chance at all, my dear"
he answered lightly. We've got
1t all worked out"
Doesn't Understand
II don't think you understand
what I'm trying to say" she went
on. Major Barringer knows that
I went out with Mr.. Rsyburn to-
night.
He also knows of my suspi-
cions about him. Ny advice TO
both of you. is to get away as
fast as you car. To get out Of the
country. and stay out"
Karl laughed. 1t was a rumbling
laugh which somehow seemed TO
entirely lack any quality of mirth.
You're funny. Ellen" he said.
That's the best laugh I've had in
weeks"
"whst-whst do you mean ="
Il mean that We know wher,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-13
PARIS SMART SET SPARKLES IN WHITE
AT GREAT MIDSUMMER FASHION FETE
trailing Garden Party Dresses
Supplanted by Street-Iength Skirts
BY z HARGRovE

PARIS - Street length
dresses outshine trailing.
sweeping skirts. White was
by far the first choice. Ele-
giant simplicity. behind which
turks all the intricacies of
flawless cut and fit, over
Swallowed frills and fussy de-
tails. All in all, Paris great
est social week of the year
la Grande Semaine - was n
fabulous pageant of fashion
to come.
La Grande semaine Is the week
OF all weeks where you can see
the seasons styles worn by the
most beautiful women who make
up the International smart set.
Where taste. which Is sometimes
infallible and always individual, Is
given free reign. and where you
realize that eccentricity never
could be synonymous with ele-
gance.
The whirling. swirling. justice
low-the-knees skirt did not make
a very brave show. Instead, while
skirts were briefer than they were
last year, they still covered the
knees in adequate fashion. The
most frequently seen style was
that which massed more or less
circular fullness in front, leaving
the back plain, or again. skirts
which flared slightly toward the
hem. Bodices. while still clinging
TO the body, were softly drapcd
over the bosom: sleeves. too.
showed a new s~oftness, and neck
lines were inclined to be slightly
less high.
Discreet hustle effects, that is,
drapcry below and across the hips
are undoubtedly an almost sure
fire fashion forecast for fall, az
Balenciaga's hustle dress was seen
on several very smart m In
cidentally, the day of the sharply
contrasting accent is over.
Monotone ensembles carried off
first honors in all of the import
ant events OF the week. All-white
outfits made their appearance on
Derby day at Chantilly and every
woman in the 'best-dressers" list
has ordered at least one all-white