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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-25
Fleetwood Won
Several HOnOrs
New Modern Building Is Bad
ly Needed. Activities
Are Varied.

Fleetwood is in great need of a
modern, well-equipped building.
The present one is considered a
dangerous fire hazard as we'll as
one that is not conducive to the
best organization and work. It is
hoped that new building may be
secured for next year. But inspite
of being handicapped from the
lack of a modern building, the
school has won recognition in
many fields.
The Glee Club has presented
one major production during the
year, "A Rose Dream, a musical
fantasy in two acts. The club par
ticipated in the Appalachian High
School Festival held at Boone
They also aided in the Christmas
performance given by the ORA
mates club.
Among the activities of the
Blue Ridge Maskers Dramatics
club are three one act plays pre-
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-25
Farm Questions
And Answers

QUESTION: How can I keep
Objectionable odors~ and flavors
out of milk?
ANSWER: At this time of the
year, wild onions are the chief
source of these flavors and to get
rid of this trouble it will be
necessary to take the cows off
pasture and give them dry feed
for at least six hours before milk
ing. Where the flavor persists, the
animals should be taken off pas
ture altogether until grazing
crop is ready. Another source of
Objectionable flavor in milk is the
highly favored feeds such as tur-
nips and rye. To eliminate this
trouble it is only necessary to de-
lay feeding such feeds until af-
ter milking.
QUESTION: What is the best
method of applying fertilizer to
vegetable crops?
ANSWER: Recent experiments
with fertilizer placement for row
crops show that placing the fer
tilizer in narrow bands on each
side of the seed is the most de-
sirable. This prevents too great
concentration of fertilizer salts
near the roots of the plants, es-
pecially during the Seeding
stage. Practically the same re-
suits are obtained if the applica
ton is made in the row a week
to ten days before planting. The
fertilizer should be thoroughly
mixed with the soil. Where the
rows are spaced close enough to
require hand cultivation, broad
cast applications are desirable.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-25
Ashe County's Hill Billies
10 Entertain At The District
Rotary Meeting Next Week
Grassy Creek News

The Woman's Missionary Socie-
ty of the Methodist church met
in the home of Mrs. r. c. Pierce
last Thursday afternoon. Mrs. +.
C. Nye was program leader. The
May meeting will be in the home
of Mrs. Lula Huddler. Mrs. Char
lie Spencer will have charge OF
the program.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Dancy
and Bryan Blevins, of WEIGH, W.
Va, and Rex Blevins, of Roa-
noke, and Miss Altalene Blevins,
Martinsville, spent the week end
with their mother, Mrs. Mint BE
wins. .--
Miss Edith Halsey and party
of friends, of Mouth of Wilson. at
tended the senior play here Sat-
urday evening. -.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Mcmillan,
West jefferson, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe Killen and small son. of
Smethport, spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Barker and IA
mily.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. w. Reynolds
and Miss Myrtle Pugh spent Sat-
urday in Bluefield, w. Va. They
were accompanied home by Miss
Helen Sexton to spend the week
end with her parents.
Mrs. J. c. Bonham and Miss
Blossom Reeves, Fries, were WISH
tors here last Sunday.
Stanley Walker, u. N. c., Cha
pei Hill spent the week end with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. A.
Walker.
Ralph Spencer and Woodrow
Spencer, Anawalt, w. Va, visited
relatives heer last week.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-25

sented in the fall as the second
tryout for the play which was en-
tered in the Boone Festival, a
Christmas pageant given in Dec
ember, and a three act comedy,
'"The Man in the Green Shirt"
Club pins are to be presented by
Mrs. Vaught to the six club men,
bers showing the most improve
ment during the year.
The Home Economics Depart
ment sent representatives to the
Home Economics Festival held at
Boone and to the Belk's Depart
ment store contest at West Jeffer-
son. Vera Houck won third place
in the wool clothing group at
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-25
Several Local ROtarians Plan
ming To Attend Convention
In Pinehurst.

The Southern Mountaineers
Ashe county's nationally known
nil billy string band, will be
one OF the highlights on the en-
tertainment program at the 188th,
district convention Of Rotary In
ternational which will be held at
Pinehurst May l and 2.
This band made such a "hit'''
with club presidents and score
taries who attended the district
assembly last July that numerous
requests were received this spring
to have the chill billies" 60 to
Pinehurst for the convention,
Tom Hood, publicity chairman,
stated today.
The 'Mountainers" will put on
a special program of music, folk
songs at the banquet Wednesday
night, May l, and later that even
ing will play for a square dance.
Born and reared in the lofty
mountains of northwest North
Carolina, under the shadows of
Whitetop mountain where the ma
tional folklore music festival is
held annually, the five members
OF the Southern Mountaineers
have been playing stringed instru-
ments since the days of their
childhood.
Described as being ''too good,
these topnotch hill billy must
clans and radio favorites have
frequently been barred from par
ticipation in amateur fiddlers'
conventions.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
who heard them play a few years
ago at Whitetop, was so favorably
impressed with their music and
novelty features that she invited
them to Washington.
Frank Blevins, leader Of the
band and a fiddler of rare talent
and ability, tied for national
championship in a fiddlers' con-
vention held in Cincinnati several
years ago.
He and his brother, Edd Blevins
who can really make a banjo
hum, have made hundreds of re-
cords for the Columbia Phono-
graph Company and have played
over the National Broadcasting
Company's network a number of
times.
The other members of the
band are: Glen Roy Blevins, gui-
tar player who made himself
popular with his own compost
tons; Dock Jones, another guitar
player and singer; Charles Sapp,
who plays the bass fiddle.
Several members of the Jeffer-
sons club are planning to attend
the two-day convention and are
proud of the fact that this club
and section will get some fine
publicity through the appearance
of the Blevins band at Pinehurst.
Gwyn Gambill is chairman of
the "on-to-Pinehurst" committee.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-25

Chamber of Commerce, of which
John w. Wallace is president, and
was directed by the county farm
and home agents of the State Col
lege Extension Service-A. R.
Morrow, Miss Anne Tucker, D. T.
Redfearn and J. w. Pou.
First award of $500 for the
most farm and home improve
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-25

ments in the county over three
year period, 1937-39y went to Mr.
and Mrs. William Presley Of Sto-
ny Point. Second prize of $500
was awarded to Mr.. and Mrs. C.
A. Bell, of Statesville, Route /,
and third prize of 5000 went to
Mr.. and Mrs. William R. King,
of Statesville, Route 2.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-25
NOTICE

The Ashe County Board of Elections has ordered
relistng of voters pursuant to Act of the General
Assembly of North Carolina This Act provides that all
Democratic Voters be listed on a registration book
known as the Democratic Primary Registration Book
and that all Republicans be listed on book known
the Republican Primary Registration Book. All voters
whose political utilization is not definitely known and
who desire that he is properly listed will please
see the undersigned prior April u the Regis
trar in his Township on or after April ~ that there
will be question to his proper listing and his
right to vote the Primary May Is of the party of
his choice
The Board of Elections, under said Act, is placing
on the general registration book of each township the
names of all voters who voted in the Elections of 1886
and 1888 All those entitled to vote who did not vote in
one or the other of said Elections hereby notified
to get in touch with the Registrar in the proper
shin on or after April II and prior to May Is and show
their eligibility vote. The of voters the
present Registration Books who did not vote in those
Elections will be posted at the Courthouse door; and
if said parties do not appear and show their eligibility
to vote as required by law it will be necessary to drop
their names from the Registration Books under said
Act.
C. S. NEAL, Chairman
Ashe County Board of Elections
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-25
WINNERS ANNOUNCED
IN PROGRESS CONTEST

A three-year Farm and Home
Progress Contest in Iredell Coun-
ty has ended, and $1,000 in cash
prizes were presented to 81 farm
families at a luncheon meeting
in Statesville. The contest was
sponsored by the Statesville
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-25

Boone.
Louise Fletcher of Fleetwood
represented Ashe county in the
state spelling contest held in
Winston
Fleetwood won first place in
the high school exhibits at the
Ashe county fair last fall.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-25

Ashe countys famous hill billy string band, known
the Southern Mounaineer will play for the banquet and
dance the Rotary convention to be held at Pine
from left rght-Dock Jones, guitar player and singer
Manager Frank Blevins fiddler; Charles Sapp bass fiddler
Glenn Roy Blevins guitar player and and Edd
Bevins, banjo picker.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-25

It is better to be slow and safe,
than fast and injured.
The navy would go ahead with
out the money. Well, why not,
seeing as how that's what the
treasury has been doing for how
many years now?~'-
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-25
NOTICE

This to notify all candidates for the offices of
Mayor and Aldermen for the town of West Jefferson,
in the election to be voted on, May Z, that they
hereby requested file with the town clerk Off
cal notice of their candidacy before April q,
194O at o'clock p. NJ, which is the deadline for fill
ing After that time the tickets will be turned to
the printers to be prepared for the election
F. B. Jones
TOWN CLERK
Evening star., 1940-03-30
Boys Club Fund Drive
For $4,000 Is Launched

Backed by an official resolution
Of commentator from the Ameri.
can Legion, Department of the Dis
trict of Columbia, a campaign to
raise $4,000 for the 1910 support
and expansion of the Police Bows
Club got under way today.
A systematic program sent 58s
workers into the field, to reach all
parts of the city in the campaign
which will continue until April Is,
The District Department, of the
Legion was first to send an ofYicial
commendation, along with a sub
stantial check, for support Of the
club founded by Police Supt. Mai.
Ernest w. Brown in 1894.
Pastors and ministers of every
house OF worship in Washington
Will receive a letter today from
Campaign Director Mack L. Lang
ford. asking the campaign be men
toned from the pulpit, tomorrow
or next Sunday.
Evening star., 1940-03-30
Adhesive Plaster Gift
For Finland Announced

A gift of 10000 yards of adhe-
sive plaster by Bauer & Black. hos
pital supply house of Chicago, for
war victims In Finland and Poland,
was announced by the American
Red Cross yesterday.
The Red Cross will send $40 OO0
yards for use among Polish civilians
IN German-occupied Poland and
25O,OO0 yards to the Finnish Red
Cross. Both shipments will 70 for
ward today with cargoes of cloth
Ing and medical supplies destined
Tor Finnish and Polish war sufferers
The Red Cross also announced
additional grant of $1,000 for
Polish refugee felief, to be spent
through the League of Red Cross
Societies in Geneva. The sum of
$4,000 was sent for Polish refugees
in Lithuania and 81 900 for a small
group of Poles who fed to Latvia
Cash expenditures thus far by the
American Red Cross for the relief Of
the Polish people totals $4lS,7l0..
Evening star., 1940-03-30
Motorists Line Up
In Rain for Final
Effort 10 GET Tags
Increase Of 10000 in
Licenses Expected;
10000 TotoI Forecast

A 10000 jump in Washington's au-
tomobile census was indicated today
as a queue of motorists two blocks
long shuf1ed through the rain in an
effort to get their 1910 tags at the
Bureau of Vehicles and Traffic be-
fore the windows closed at 3 O'Clock
this afternoon.
Traffic Director William A. Van
Duzer estimated that approximately
10000 tags will have been obtained
when business closes for the day
with from 1000 to 5000 motorists
left without license plates. on
cials said there would be no time
extension.
The bureau issued $500 plates
during seven hours of operation yes
terday and was maintaining about
the same speed today. The line OF
motorists extended west on Penn
sylvania avenue for a block and q
half and about half block north on
Sixth street NV.
Inc queue, however, shortened as
the deadline approached. OfIicials
estimated it took no more than an
hour to get through the line at the
peak of the rush.
This years time limit was ad-
vanced a month by Congress to
April to correspond with the laws
In Maryland and Virginia. Last
years deadline was the last of
February.
The bureau issued 126, 900 license
plates up to the close of last nights
business. More than $500 were ex-
pected to be passed out today.
Evening star., 1940-03-30

Ever since the District installed
that elaborate traffic control system
at Thirteenth street and Penn
sylvania avenue NV, probably every
motorist and pedestrian in town has
had yen to dope out his own solu-
ton for the intersection,
Edward j. Bunker safety in
spector for the municipal govern
ment, is one pedestrian who decided
to put his idea on paper. Mr.. Bunker
doesn't pose as q traff1c expert. In
fact he's quite modest about his solu-
tor, and the Trafic Department is
at liberty to take 1t or leave 1t.
Evening star., 1940-03-30
Ardent Circus Fans
Greet New Show
In Railroad Yards
46-Cor Troin Stops
To Water Animals on
Way to New York

The 1910 edition of Ringing
Bros, Barnum g. Bailey Circus,
borne on a new 46-car silver and
maroon train, rolled into Potomac
railroad yards at Alexandria this
morning, halted briefly to water and
feed the animals and then con-
tinued on toward New York and
the opening of another season.
Basically the circus, due in WASH
lngton on May l6. II and l8, is
pretty much the same as that which
entered winter quarters at Sara
sofa, Fla, six months ago, but it
Will take on new color and interest
upon its arrival in New York.
Fifteen European acts that were
"scouted' and signed this winter
by John Ringing North, president
OF the circus. are to join the troupe
before it opens in the Madison
Square Garden for a run beginning
Friday.
Faithful Fans There. .-,
A few of the faithful fans from
Washington were there to greet old
friends with the circus when the
train arrived shortly before o'clock.
One OF the first on hand was Attor-
ney Melvin Hildreth, former presi-
dent of the Circus Fans Association.
while another was Fred Orsinger.
director of the aquarium at the
Commerce Department.
One old friend of the performers
could not attend and his absence
was regretted by many aboard the
train. The exception was DR.. Will
liam Mann, an incurable circus fol-
lower, who is in Africa collecting
jungle specimens for the Washing
ton Zoo.
The band of circus followers who
turned out to welcome the special
found one familiar face missing.
Clyde ingalls,, superintendent of side
shows, died in Sarasota two weeks
ago after long illness. His place is
being taken by Fred Smythe, for
merly a circus announcer.
Oldest member of the cast in
point of service aboard the train is
Fred Bradna, equestrian director
and uncle of Olympic Bradna, motion
picture actress. Mr.. Bradna is en-
tering his 40th season with the cir
Gus.
George w. Smith. general man
ager, said the fans who turn out the
morning of May Is to watch setting
up preparations at Twenty-first and
G streets NE. will witness the re-
appearance of familiar sight
around circus lots.
After experimenting with tractors
and horses for several years, he de-
clared. Ringing Bros, Barnum L.
Bailey will return to the use of ele-
phants for heavy duty work"
around the lot.
Evening star., 1940-03-30
Y Unit Hears Founder
OF Citizenship Movement

Benjamin E. Neal, founder of the
Il Am an American" citizenship
movement, yesterday spoke before
the Central Y. M. c. A. Member
ship and Promotion Committee at
a luncheon meeting in the build
ing at 1876 G street NV.
Under the movement. young men
and women are honored upon
reaching their 21st birthday ami
versaries and reminded of their du-
ties as American citizens.
Yesterdays luncheon was at
tended by Is persons, including the
members of the committee, of which
Edgar Morris is chairman.
A subcommittee was named to
to make recommendations relative
to action here in line with the citi-
zenship movement. The committee
authorized to report at a special
meeting at 4:30 pm. Monday. is
composed of Earl A. Nash, chair
man; Zeb Hamilton, Bert Piers
Robert L. McKeever, Fred M. Net
tleship, E. j. Morris and GEORGE
Gum.
Evening star., 1940-03-30
Gallup Poll Interview
Chances Are Slim,
Director Says
Number Hos Very Little
Beoring on Accuracy.
Speech Experts Told

Your chances of being interviewed
in a Gallup public opinion poll are
only slightly better than your
chances of being struck by lightning
This assertion was made by
George H. Gallup, director of a
widely known poll bearing his name,
speaking today before a concluding
session of the Eastern Public Speak
ing Conference at the Mayf1ower
Hotel.
DR.. Gallup explained that the
number of persons interviewed in a
poll has little bearing on its sc-
curacy. The important things" he
said, ARE the type of persons inter-
viewed. and the specific nature of
the questions asked"
Earlier three news commentators
for national radio networks de-
scribed the difficulties of interpret
ing daily events. They we're Earl
Goodwin of N. B. c., Albert Warner
of c. B. S. and Fulton Lewis. jr.,
of the Mutual Broadcasting System
All emphasized that their biggest
problem is to maintain a balance
between the personal touch afforded
by radio and the objective presenta-
ton demanded by audiences.
Voluntary conciliation provides
the most effective and the most
permanently satisfactory method of
settling labor disputes, teachers at
tending the conference was told last
night in an address prepared by Dr.
John L. Steelman, director of the
United States Cancellation Service.
The address was read before ap-
proximately 500 conferees at the
Mayflower Hotel by Cancellation
Commissioner Charles T. Estes.
DR.. Steelman wrote that he con-
sidered conciliation, wherever pos
sible. more satisfactory as method
of settling disputes than arbitration.
The address pointed out that last
year the service handled more than
$500 Situations" in which over L.
636 900 persons were directly in
volved.
Evening star., 1940-03-30
Correct Speech in America
Classified as a Myth
Teacher Session Is Told NuturoIness
And UnderstondobiIity Only Tests

ut had some idioms peculiar to
the locality" said DR.. Snyder, but
it came close to being what is
known as general American 1t
was approximately the sort of
speech that 10000, 900 to 100000, 900
persons in the United States hear
every day.
THE same is true of the Upper
New York State diction, that ran
second in popularity.
I'm third place was the Boston
speech. But there was an interest,"
ing thing about that. While it was
liked because it was clear, many
listeners said that certain pro-
nounciations of the Bostonian
sounded as if they were affected.
"The Virginian came at the top
OF the Southern accents in general
acceptance, mainly because it was
easier to understand. The New
York City lower East Side and
Bronx influenced voice ranked at
the very bottom. 1t was compara-
lively hard to understand and a
lot of listeners simply didn't like
the sound of it even If they UNDER
stood It,"
While in Washington. DR.. Snyder
said, he would like nothing better
than to add several dialects to his
collection of recordings. He seeks
natives who have come recently
from Alabama and from Richmond,
Va. The voices are to remain
anonymous so far as the record
ings 60, and al. the participants
have to do is to read of a pre-
pared story about the adventures
of q rat.
DR.. Snyder, sub, may be found at
the Mayflower Hotel.
Evening star., 1940-03-30

the National Capital-saying there
were between 250,000 and SOC, 900
men and women here who could not
claim bona fide residence in some
State-and he predicted the time
was coming when Congress would
permit them to vote in presidential
elections, elect their own represent
atives in the House and Senate and
to have some form of local self
government. .
Representative Nichols, Democrat,
Of Oklahoma inserted into the House
record on the supply bill letter
from William E. Hayes of the Taxa
ton Committee of the District Bar
Association in reply to criticism
voiced by the Caldwell Appropria-
tions Subcommittee against the one
man setup in the District Board of
Tax Appeals Mr.. Hayes wrote that
spokesman for some 23 civic and
professional groups had appeared be-
fore the District Commissioners at
hearing on proposals for reor-
ganization of the District govern
ment, to praise the services rem
dered by 10 v. Morgan, sole mem
Der of the Board of Tax Appeals,
and the plan for tax appeals.
Evening star., 1940-03-30
Geographic Society
Hears Talk on Skiino

Skiing has greatly increased in
popularity with the American pub
lie, and as a consequence spills were
much less frequent this past winter
than the previous year, according
to Sidney N. Shurcliff, lecturer-pho-
tographer. who delivered an illus
trated talk last night at Constitu-
ton Hall to members of the Ma
tional Geographic Society.
Motion pictures in color were
shown Of both experts and novices
participating in the speedy sport at
several centers throughout the
country. These included Mount
Hood, Greg; Sugar Bowl, Calf;
Mount Baker, Wash: Sun Valley.
Idaho, and several places in New
Hampshire.
Evening star., 1940-03-30
Absences Make
Mai. Tonsey
I'D. {. Head .

When the President announced
the appointment of ]. Russell Young
as Commissioner yesterday, the man
In highest authority at the District
Building was Maj. Patrick H.
Tansey, Assistant Engineer Com
missioner.
Maj. Tansey became acting Com
missioner yesterday when his su.
perior, Engineer Commissioner Nc
Coach, left the city for a brief
vacation. Earlier in the afternoon
commissioner Allen left for a week
end visit to New York.
With Commissioner Hazen still
under treatment at Doctors Hos
pltai, the District Building found
Itself operating under the COM
mission form Of government without
any Of the three Commissioners.