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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-27
Mrs. Marquis Visits
Re latiyes in California

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BENTON CITY-Mrs. Elsie Mar
quis has leased her ranch located
on the Yakima river to Mr.. and
Mrs. Kermit Rucker, who with MIR.
and Mrs. Phil Rucker moved there
this week from the Roy Henson
house on the Highlands. Mrs Mar
euis will leave in a few days for
California with her daughter, Mrs.
A. w. Larson of Marysville, Cali
fornia, who came Monday. Mrs.
Marquis will also visit another
daughter, Miss Nell Marquis, in Los
Angeles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Cook of Aber-
deem were Sunday and Monday
guests of Cooks sister, Mrs. Earl
Cobb at Kiona. On Tuesday Mr.
and Mrs. William Terrell and son,
Michael, of KenneWick were guests
of the Cobbs.
Frank Decker of Kiona left Sat-
urday for Tacoma.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Morgan and
daughters were Sunday evening
guests of Morgans sister, Mrs. Hill
bert Mowery, at Richland. Betty
and Hilbert jr. accompanied them
home for weeks visit.
II. z. Meabon of Prosser is here
this week helping his son, Ronald
with the harvesting of their early
potato crop.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-27

Mr.. and Mrs. George Gress ac-
companied by Margaret and Eliza
beth Schuster drove to White
Bluffs Tuesday morning. MIR. ana
Mrs. Gress returned Tuesday. EliA-
abeth remained to visit at the nome
of Bertha Schuster for few days.
MIR. and Mrs. Purdy returned
home this week after a ten-day visit
on the coast.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-27
Middle Western Folk
Visit i'm KenneWick

HIGnANDS-Mr. and Mrs. Nick
Schneider at the Columbia River
View Park have as their guests this
week, Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Merrigan
of Monroe, S. D. Arthur Merrigan
of Omaha, Nebraska, and Mrs.
Andy Merrigan of Parker, S. D.
Earle McClendon took Miss Esther
Kippes to Walla Walla Sunday,
where she is employed at the
Walla Walla cannery. MIR. and
Mrs. Herbert Kippes are also
working there.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Moore and
daughter, Dorothy, former Kenne-
wick residents, now Of Ritzville, Wis
tied here Sunday at the Wallace
Preston home.
Mrs. Ted Watkins and Mrs. Wal
lace Preston attended a bridge party
at the home of Mrs. Willard Camp
bell Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Reymore and
family and their house guests, Mr..
and Mrs. c. G. Rost of Lestherville,
Iowa spent Saturday inspecting
Coulee Dam.
Glenn and Dean Nagley of End1-
colt were weekend visitors at the
home of their parents.
Mrs. Bill Linden and family OF
Tonasket arrived Saturday and are
visiting Mrs. Gladys Kelso.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Humphrey
and two children, Barbara and
Adele of Seattle, spent the past
weekend visiting with his parents,
Mr., and Mrs. ". o. Humphrey.
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-27

The Red Cross is tackling a big
job to bind up the wounds and care
for the destitute caused by one war
mad moron There was never a time
in the history of the world, not ex-
cepting the precivilization days,
when so many of the earth's people
were destitute wanderers without a
home.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-27

The religious. sect. Jehovahs' Wit
nesses. have taken their children OUT
of school because the Supreme
Court has ruled that school children
must salute the United States flag
if they attend a school that requires
it. 1t appears that with all the real
oroblems in the world to which they
might devote their attention, Je-
hoyah's Witnesses are 1oohshly
straining at gnat.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-27

A daughter, Ruth Ann, was born
this evening to Mr.. and Mrs. FLOYD
Hutchins at the Pasco hospital.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-27
DOUBLE-JoINTED "SCREWDRIvER"

ALI set for right turn, he shoots
across traffic to the left-bear down
on those brakes, man, his tenders
are already dented Remember,
your engine uses times as much
gasoline in low and second gears as
in high-so when a "Screwdriver"
causes you a needless stop, you pay.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-27

LONE-WOLF "SCREWJAY"- He
makes break through the cars on
his side of the street - then is ma
rooned out there where he can test
drivers nerves "Screwjays"-
needless, reckless PEDESTRIANS
cause 1870 of all Stop-and-Go driv-
ing, to say nothing of accidents.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25

cold seige. They estimated con-
sumption lest week at 100000
tons.
New Orleans had an even 80
degrees Sunday morning; jack
sonville and Pensacola, Is; At
lsnta, Is; Birmingham, IL; and
Chattanooga, 10.
New England continued cold
with Boston reporting rs degrees
around noon Sunday after mini
mum of Is during the early
morning hours. Elsewhere in New
England the mercury dropped to
zero with cloudiness and snow
forecast and little change in
temperature. Two persons were
burned to death in their homes.
Deaths due to cold and expos
ure totaled 60; to traffic acct
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25
]. A. Hart Died
Suddenly Thurs
Dropped Dead While Working
In WoOdshed at His Home
In Lansing.

James A. Hart, we'll known cit
izen of the Lansing community,
died suddenly from heart failure
Thursday while working in the
woodshed at his home, at four
o'clock in the afternoon.
Funeral service was held at the
White Oak church, of which he
had long been a member, on Sat-
urday morning, and burial fol-
lowed in the Oliver Ham ceme-
terry. Rev. James Barker, S. M.
Shepherd and w. w. Hart were
in charge of the service.
The deceased who observed his
sixty-ninth birthday, Jan. /, was
the son of Stephen and Celia
Blevins Hart. He is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Bashie Ham Hart,
six sons and daughters: Oscar,
Willard, Edward and Lettie Hart,
Mrs. Lester Mullis, Mrs. Fay
Tucker. One sister, Miss Billie
Hart and three brothers, John
Wells and Ira Hart also survive.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25
Lansing Students Make Good
Record For 4-MOnth Period

A large number of Lansing
high schol students have made
unusually good records for the
first four months of the 1939-40
school year.
The school which leads others
IN the county in size, has an en-
rollment of 583. Of this number
there were 20 in the grades and
~ IN the high school, averaging
W or above on all subjects for
the first four months of the
school year. Principal Joseph
Martin said he was well pleased
with the record many of the stu
dents were making.
The students, listed by grades
who averaged 80 or above for
this period were:
First grade-Shirley Barker,
Charles May, Leslie Parsons,
Pauline Poe, Elsie Stansberry,
Ira Sexton, Herbert Sexton, Je-
rold Turner, Katherine Carter,
Sally Burkett, Mabel Gilley,
Ruth Goss, Betty Jewell King,
Patricia Anne Due Ross, F. l..
Barker, ]. F. Brooks, Mack Da-
Wis, Robert FIudler, Kenneth
Sexton.
Second grade-Evelyn Osborne
Marline Jones, Betty Jane BE
wins, Laura Nan Eller, Kathleen
Johnson, Bobby johnson, Thomas
Roberts, Warren Sexton, Stuart
Mullis.
Third grade-Ruth Campbell
Fay Childress, Hazel Childress
Mary Elizabeth Latham, Elmo
Powers, Maureen Richardson, Ed
ward Weaver, Josephine Weaver
Fourth grade-Virginia Par
son, Lorraine Powers, Aaron Sex
ton, Dean c. Jones, Jr., Dawes
GRAPHICAL.
Fifth grade Ralph Sexton
Myrtle Campbell, Donna Badger
Bobby Poe, Staley Powers, Mar
ion Farmer.
Sixth grade-Ray Baldwin,
Jones Weaver, Jack Weaver, Paul
Davis, Buddy King, Ernest Nc
Neil, Carl Graham,
Seventh grade-Mildred Far
mer, Darrell Johnson, Marilyn
WEIGH, Marilyn Lee, Billie Pat
ton, Kermit Sexton.
Eighth grade-Thomas Powers
Jr., Daphene Eller, Lillian Wea-
yer, Irene Baldwin.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25
Cold Wave Sweeping Nation
Causes Suffering And Death
Traffic in Many Sections Par
alyzed. Citrus Crops Are
Threatened.

The wide cold snap
brought 10-foot snoWdrifts to
Western New York and ice clog
ged rivers caused flood dangers
in Pennsylvania.
The death toll from exposure,
icy roads and fires caused by
overheated stoves reached at
least 1856 in 80 states.
A three-day near blizzard
along Lake Erie left all roads in
to Buffalo blocked by drifts that
reached 10-foot depth in Gene
see county, New York.
About 70 bus passengers were
marooned in a farm house near
Pembroke, N. Y, where the vehi-
Gle was involved in an accident
The freezing of Chesapeake
Bay forced Yankee Clippers to
at Norfolk, Va, instead of Balti-
more.
Floating ice cakes in the Mis-
sissippi interfered with shipping
at Helena, Ark, and almost
clogged the river at Richardson's
landing, As miles above Memphis
Tenn.
Citrus and vegetable crops
valued at millions of dollars
were threatened in the South
but first reports from Florida
and Texas indicated there was
no fruit injury and that vegeta-
table damage would be limited
to young tomato and pepper
plants and outside blooms on
strawberry plants.
Anthracite coal operators in
Pennsylvania declared there was
no immediate danger of a coal
shortage as the difference be-
tween production and consump-
ton was filled from million
ton reserve, sufficient to meet the
requirements of month-1ong
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25
John Sheets Was
Buried Thursday

John Sheets, of West Jefferson
was buried on Thursday, with
Rev. D. L. Shepherd and Tai
madge Johnson in charge of the
service. Burial took place in the
Porter cemetery.
Mr.. Sheets death occurred on
Tuesday, following heart trouble
He was 81 years old at the time
of his death. He was the son OF
Elizabeth Shatley and Albert
Sheets, of Ashe county; and had
spent his entire life here where
he had been engaged in farming
for many years.
He is survived by his wife and
six sons and daughters, Miss
Clyde Sheets, Mrs. Mary Jane
Bower, Mrs. Nettie Blanch Jones'
Mrs. Martin Hodson, William Ed
ward and Joseph Sheets.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25
Sparta Personals
Bv G. GLENN NICHOLS
Mr.. Ed M. Anderson was

Mr.. Ed M. Anderson was If
Sparta on business Monday.
Major Johnson Of Texas is Wis
iting relatives in the county. He
left this county when a boy for
ty years ago and this is his first
visit since he left.
Glenn Shepherd, J. F. Shep-
herd, David Higgins, Sheriff De
witt Bryan, D. C. Shores, R. c
Reeves, Dewey Sturdivant wit
messed the execution of Glenn
Shepherd in Raleigh Friday
Maxwell was the first man ever
executed from Allegheny County
A small child of Jesse Couse
of Cherry Lane, died last Sunday
and was buried Monday.
Elder R. P. Vass, of WoodlaWn,
Va, preached an interesting ser
mon at the Primitive Baptist
Church Sunday.
Jay Wagner and family, OF
Ohio, have returned home after
spending several days with Mr.
Wagoner's parents, Mr.. and Mrs
j. NJ Wagner.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. c Halsey, Miss
Betty Halsey and Mrs. Sally VasS
are spending some time in Flori-
da.
Gov. and Mrs. R. A. Doughtor
are spending this week at Ra-
leigh.
Mrs. T. G.. Carson has returned
to her home after spending few
weeks with her daughter, Mrs
Luther Boyer, in Charlotte.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25
LONG BRANCH NEWS

An eight pound son was borr
to Mr.. and Mrs. John WEIGH las
Saturday night.
Rev. C. w. Sexton has moved
to Maryland.
We are sorry to learn that Jes'
sic Wood, of Stages Creek, is mo-
improving much.
Mr.. John Church, who is g.
years old, has been sick, but Is
improving now.
Mrs. J. E. Campbell, who has
been in the Wilkes hospital sui,
fering with a broken hip is re-
covering splendidly.
Mrs. Sarah Gilley is now con-
fined to her bed. She is "a years
old.
Revs. E. z. Sexton and M. D
Hart are holding revival al
Sabbath Home church.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Barker are
in the Baptist hospital at Win
ston-Salem.
Mr.. Joseph Thomas was ser
iously injured in an automobile
wreck and is in the Wilkes hos
pital.
Mr.. J. L. Gilley has been con-
fined at his home, but is now able
to be out again.
Mr.. Grant Gilley, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. L. Gilley, is in a hos
pital in Baltimore, Md, and his
condition is reported as beins
critical.
Miss Burl Gilley has returned
from a visit in Virginia.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25

We have been lonesome since
Mr.. Ingram sold his machine
shop in the rear of our office
and the noise of the machinery
subsidized. We hope Bill Way
man and Jack Rhodes will soon
get started on their new ven
ture and we wish them every
success in the future operation
of the Parkway>Machine Shop.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25
AMY NEWS

The Sunday school at Ashley is
progressing nicely under the d.
rection of w. Lee Jones.
Mrs. Gordon Whitener visited
in Warrensville Sunday.
Miss Ruth and Pansy Ashley
entertained Mrs. Revel Welch,
recent bride, Friday afternoon. A
number of friends were present.
Delicious refreshments were
served.
Several people in this comnu-
nifty have been confined to bed
with the flu.
Rev. Cicero Ashley and assis-
tant pastor are holding a success
full meeting at Warrensville.
Mr.. Frank James, of Amy, has
been i'll for the past several days
with flu.
Miss Mary Bell and Blanche
Weaver visited Miss Pansy Ash
ley Sunday.
Mr. Elmer Jones, of Kannapo-
lis, visited his parents this week
end.
Mr.. Hunter Jones, of Smeth-
port, visited Miss Ruth Ashley
Sunday.
Mr.. D. D. Weaver, who has
been confined to bed, is improv-
ing.
Mrs. Beryl Ashley WEIGH visi-
ted Mr.. Martin Ashley Sunday.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25
Six Are Injured
On Highway 26S
Auto Accident Occurred Sun.
day Night When Car Left
Road at N. WilkeSbOrO.

Three were critically hurt and
three sustained minor injuries
Sunday night when car left
highway 268 about seven miles
east of North Wilkesboro and
crashed into tree at the bottom
of fill about 80 feet high.
The injured are:
Charles G. Day, Jr. well known
young business man Of North
Wilkesboro, broken left leg, kid
ney injury, severe shock; condi-
ton critical.
Trent Parks, area employment
supervisor of WPA, broken left
ankle, severe bruises.
Mi ssMary Scarborough, OF
North Wilkesboro, broken bone in
right leg just below knee, bruis-
es on face.
c. G. Loudermilk, of Winston
Salem, fracture of cervical YER
tebrae in neck.
Miss Madeline Scarborough
and Miss Dorothy Davidson, OF
North Wilkesboro, sustained mi
nor injuries and were released
after treatment. The others are
patients at the Wilkes hospital.
According to information OBJ
tanned here today, Mr.. Parks Cal
was being driven at the time OF
the accident by Miss Mary Scar
borough. After leaving the high
way surface it plunged to the
bottom of the fill and struck 6
large tree. Help did not arrive
to call an ambulance for some
time after the accident.
The car was practically demo
liShed.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25
PAGE THREE
Luke, in charge.

A~NAAO3 80 NA1S~A o.
The deceased who was "A years
old at the time of his death, was
native of Ashe cou.tfyi where
he had long been engaged in
farming. He was the son of Dan
iel and Mary Black Bare, also
natives of this county. His death
came as the result of heart and
kidney trouble, and flu.
His wife preceded him to the
grave some time ago. He is sur
vived by the following sons and
daughters: Connie, and Rufe
Bare, Mrs. Coy Miller, Mrs. Mack
Lambeth, Mrs. Ed Bare and Mrs.
Roy Lambeth. One brother, Ma
than Bare, also survives.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25
MOUNTAIN CAKE"

Yolks of 7 eggs, whites of 5
eggs, 3 cups sugar, l cup but
ter, 6 cups Red Bank flour, l
1-3 cups sour buttermilk, |
kitchen spoon syrup, can gra-
ted pineapple, l cup raisins,
IA or IL ID. citron, 2 tsp. So
da, l scant tsp. each cloves and
mace, I rounded tsp. cinnamon,
l rounded tsp. each spices and
nutmeg, l rounded tsp. cream
of tartar, l tsp. Sauer's vanilla.
Proceed: cream butter and half
sugar. Beat yolks with other
half of sugar and mix. Add sy-
rup and spices. Sift flour 4
times, sifted with half the soda,
add to batter, with milk and
other half of soda. Add beaten
whites, floured raisins and CT
tron, vanilla and cream of tar
tar. Batter must not be stiff,
as the cake when baked should
be very soft. Bake in 5 layer
pans in moderate oven. Put to-
gether with boiled icing, fla
vored with lemon juice and
drained grated pineapple.
C. T. Robbins, Div. Mgr.
"Your friendly neighbor"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25

Ninth grade-Norman Shep-
herd, Opal Elliott, Cleo Hudler,
Beryl May, Doris Mcneil, Eliza
beth Roe, Vada Taylor.
Tenth grade-Madge Kilby,
Dale Shepherd.
Eleventh grade = Josephine
Weaver, Pauline Virginia Wea-
yer, Irene Osborne, Durphy Sex
ton, Vaughn Stansberry, Mac
Kilby.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25
Cicero C.. Bare
Buried Friday
Wagner Citizen Died at the
Age of "a, on
Thursday.

Funeral service for Cicero c.
Bare, of Wagner, who died last
Thursday, was held at the home
on Friday morning, with the
Revs. r. H. Stone and John w.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25

Ladies, the cost of baking the
following cake in your electric
oven is only .03c.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25

Receipts from the sale of prin-
cipal farm products in November,
1889, were larger than the same
month in 1888 in four of the six
major geographical divisions of
the United States.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25

dents, Al; to fires SO and to 9TH
er causes, %. The heaviest death
list was in Ohio with %. Texas
had 18, Illinois, IA, Michigan Is.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-25
lXk
an
Is

Ross Vannoy got so worried
over the water shortage that
he installed a larger Bottling
Plant so now we are assured OF
plenty to drink. Directions say
Drink a full bottle at 1924.
Evening star., 1940-06-17
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

Anemones are rightly called the
flowers Of the sea- In color and form
they appear as glorious blossoms
swaying with the water that flows
gently over them. AS a matter of
fact, when they are the most exqui-
site in form they are "out fishing"
and the petals are fingers reaching
out to catch a mess of fish" for
dinner.
When the white-armed anemone
expands 1t looks like one of the new
ly developed chrysanthemums. To
get some idea of the methods en-
ployed by these expert fishermen,
you may watch them through
glass-bottomed boat or in the tide
pools along the seacoast.
Actually sea anemones behave
very unlike our beautiful flowers.
They are in reality deathtraps for
the small creatures who come with
in reach of these petal-like fingers,
which are equipped with stinging
batteries. The cells give shocks of
sufficient degree to paralyze the VIC
tim so. that it may be carried un-
protestingly into the anemone's
mouth. And the body is almost a
digestive sac rather than stomach.
In the same species as the white
Evening star., 1940-06-17

food, the flower" is usually drawn
into a shapless mass of long white
threads which may be overlooked by
any one searching the tide pool for
flowers"
Let something come along which
annoys or interests the anemone
and the poison-fll threads bear
ing their poison darts will immedi-
ately become so active that the en-
emy will be quite happy to depart
from the scene with a whole skin.
The eggs of the anemone develop
as in other Coelenterates, into cili-
ated balls. They swim about for
some time, finally settling down, be-
coming attached to any stationary
object upon which they may fall.
Then other anemones begin to
grow.
Some of the larger anemones are
shelter homes for the tiny neigh
boring fish. They come and 60 at
will and are never harmed by the
poison darts. Whether this is
sort of partnership or the fish are
clever dodgers, we have been unable
to find out.
Evening star., 1940-06-17
CHAPTER XII.

John North, at the controls Of the
combat plane, felt a thrill run
through him. He had never before
flown a plane like this one. Never
one that had its speed and maneu-
verability.
His faith in Jim Charters plane
had wavered, but now it came back
One Of the two jobs he had built
had crashed. He meant to find out
if the second would too. He had to
know for certain that he had pinned
his hopes and the future of North
Aircraft, on a poorly designed plane
With picture of Jake Costigan
bailing out of the other plane as it
fell, John started his ship climbing
1t climbed fast perhaps faster than
any plane had climbed before. He
glanced at the instruments. Alti-
tude $4,000 feet. High enough to
start power dive that might rip
wings form fuselage.
High enough. too, for him to be-
come starved for oxygen. He felt
light in the head suddenly, strangely
sleepy. He gasped for air, fight
ing the dullness creeping over his
mind. 1t was cold up there, SO
cold it bit at him and numbed him.
He Slipped back the glass hatch
cover, in case the plane did shake
to pieces. He checked his saftey
belt, saw that the stabilizer was set
right and the propeller in high. He
thought again of Costigan plane
crashing down. He recalled, too
hearing that Jim Charters, who
had designed this plane, had died
test-fying another job. Then he
braced himself mentally and half
rolled the plane over on its back
He pulled the stick back, and the
ships nose went down-pointing
at the earth almost five miles
straight down. He showed the stick
forward with his right hand, braced
himself with his left. The throt-
tie was wide open and the engine
was hitting 5000 r. p. m. by the
time the ship had dropped 1000
feet. Then he snapped the throttle
closed
Planned to Level at 10000 Feet.
The plane dropped faster and
faster, shot toward the earth like
bullet. The whine of the wires
and the roar of the prop rose in
deafening crescendo. The altimeter
hands were jumping; they showed
1900 feet. At 10 he would pull
out. Then things should happen.
He thought of how much this
meant-to himself and to Joan
Charters. And to Jim Charters,
whose spirit had been built into this
ship. He gripped the stick, pulled
it back hard. and the plane nosed
out o fthe dive. The gravity pull
struck, hit him hard as he knew it
would and his vision blackened