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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-10
Obituary N Offices
MRS. SAM BENNETT

mhS. SAM bENNEII
Mrs. June Bennett, %, Of MIS-
quany, Wash, died Thursday in Ia
coma. Funeral services will be
held Saturday at p. m. from the
Mills a Mills Funeral home in
Olympia. The Rev. Claude II. Lori
mer will officiate. She leaves her
husband, Sam OF the home; two
daughters, Wions Jane and Caro-
lyn Sharp; parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
William Sharp of South Bay,
Wash; brother, Dale Sharp: a
half-brother, David Van Dyke.
both of Tacoma, and a half sister,
Eva DeGrandis of San Diego, Calf.
SAM FIFFLEs
Funeral services for Sam Fiji
files. 80, Of 1902 So. L ST., who
died Thursday in a local hospital,
will be held Saturday at / p. m.
from the Greek Orthodox church.
Burial will follow in Mountain
View burial park, under direction
of Buckley Kings. Fiffles, an
employee of the ST. Paul a. Ia
coma Lumber Co.. was a native
Of Greece. He came to United
States 20 years ago. and has lived
in Tacoma the last eight years.
Surviving are three brothers,
Nicholas and James of Tacoma
and George of Greece.
NELS BRING
Nels Bring. so. of 1910 Ea. SD
st. died Thursday in a local hos
pital. A retired longshoreman,
Bring was born in Sweden and
had lived in Tacoma SO years.
He leaves a niece. Mrs. Anton
Anderson of Seattle. Buckley
Kings will announce the funeral.
FUNERAL SERVICES
Mrs. Annie T. Robinson
urdsy, 1880 p. m, from Tuell's
chapel. Rev. Roy Leslie Smith
officiating; burial lakewood ceme-
terry.
Mrs. Mary Emma Goodrich
Saturday. 2 p. m. from Piper's
chapel. Rev. Rudy A. Anderson
officiating; burial New Tacoma
cemetery.
Mrs. Alice Huntington Rose
Saturday, 1:3o p. m. from Piper's
chapel. Rev. Joseph Weiss offici-
sting; burial Mountain View burial
park.
Mrs. Fernando Hansen-Private
services were held Friday from
Mellinger's chapel; cremation.
Mrs. Mary Austin - Saturday.
$50 a. m, from St Patrick's
church. cortege leaving Cassidy
& Aliens at Sis; burial Masonic
cemetery in Olympia. Rosary.
Friday, 7:30 p. m, at the church.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-10

SEVEN SHIPS HIRE
Business was booming along
waterfront Friday where seven
frcighters were herthed. One.
the Border King. completed her
Job Of unloading about no tons
Of newsprint At Shaffer No l dock
and left about 1870 a. m.
The Liberty Gio VAS engaged II
Dlckman mill loading about I. 200
600 feet Of lumber for New York
harhor. At Mccormick dock. the
Point san Pedro faced = two-day
job shifting general California
cargo. The HikawA Aaru re-
manned Al Milwaukee No. , dock.
Port piers experienced oonsid-
cradle traffic both the Cuba Maru
and Mauna Ala IN port. and anti.
cipated arrival Of the ranana and
Texmar Saturday. The Cuba
Manl moved over from smelter
berth, and the Msuna Ala was
busy discharging Hawaiian cargo.
The Mauna Loa, her sister ship.
remained at Defiance mill.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-08
Utility Companies Promise
To Improve Services In Ashe
Answers to ROtarianS ReSOlH-
tons Received. Case to
Address Club.

L. /. Case, extension livestock
specialist at State college, will be
the principal speaker at the JEFF
Persons Rotary club tonight, pro-
gram chairman, H. D. Quessen-
berry announces.
Last Thursday night c. J. Rich
made an interesting talk on agri-
culture and livestock in Ashe
county and briefly told about
some Of the work of the county
agents office.
'Our possibilities along agri-
cultural lines in this county are
unlimited and our department is
deeply gratified that the men,
bers of this club are taking a
keen interest in helping to pro-
mote and develop the agricul-
tural program of the county," he
stated.
Splendid progress is being
made in soil conservation, he said
and explained that there are now
over 5000 farmers cooperating
with the AAA program.
He discussed plans for develop
ing demonstration projects along
the Parkway. "This demonstra-
ton program that is now avail
able to farmers living on or near
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-08
West Jefferson Boys Occupy
Top Place Among AShe
High School Teams.

Plans for the annual Appala-
chan High School Association
basket ball tournament will be
worked out on Saturday after
noon when members of the ex-
ecutive committee will meet with
the President, E. E. Garbee, at
Boone, at two o'clock.
Garbee said that he hoped all
members of the committee would
attend as well as all interested
coaches and teachers in Ashe,
Watauga and Avery counties.
- i do not see how we can de-
lay the tournament" MIR. Garbee
said, and added that at this meet
ing the complete official records
of the teams would be checked
for their standings and the num-
Der of scheduled games played.
Following the check-up, all Off
cial standings will be published.
In the. Ashe division, only the
West Jefferson boys remain I'M
defeated for the season. The
Riverview boys have lost but one
game, and VIC, two.
The VIC and Healing Springs
girls have lost only one game
each, while Jefferson and Elk
land have each lost two.
There are, however, number
Of games to be played by some
Of the teams before the end of
the season and the rankings Of
several of the groups will probab-
Iy be changed.
West Jefferson boys are sche-
duled to meet Riverview tomor-
row night and this should be a
close game, as well as the V-C-
Healing Springs game on the
same night.
The standings to-date are pub
lished on this page.
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Idlewild News

Mr.. R. v. Goodman, who has
been sick is better.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. M. Blackburn
were visitors in West Jefferson
Saturday.
Miss Norma Hartzog spent Sat-
urday night with Miss Betty Lou
Hartzog.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. o. Baker were
business visitors in Boone Friday.
Mr.. Charlie Perkins, of Boone,
is visiting his father, who has
been ill for sometime.
Mr.. Charlie Yates spent the
week end at home with his ia
mily.
Mr.. T. E. Hartzog was in West
Jefferson on business Monday.
Prayer meeting was held at Mr..
Grady Fletcher's Wednesday
night. The next meeting will be
at Mr.. Tom Shepherds.
Little Emery, the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Worth Phillips, has been
sick with cold, but is better.
Mrs. Hazel Hartzog and Mrs.
Eugenia Blackburn spent Sun
day night with Mrs. Andrew
Jones.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-08

president, Edwin M. Stanley, Of
Greensboro, made the announce
ment of tn e selection of
Worth D. Henderson, a Green's
boro attorney and chairman of
Guilford county Republican exc
cutive committee, has been
named POSTMASTER, with Senator
Robert A. Taft, of Ohio, as prin-
cipal speaker.
The Lincoln day dinner will
bring to a close two days of Re-
publican activities. The first ses-
sion will be held Sunday night
at o. Henry hotel when the state
executive committee of the
Young Republicans meets. The
annual state convention of the or
ganization will be held Monday
morning at o. Henry hotel.
The North Carolina Republi-
can executive committee will
meet Monday afternoon at King
Cotton hotel where the dinner
will be held that night.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-08
Attendance In
Schools Good
Lansing School Bus Sticks in
Deep Snow Drift Near
White Top.

Considering the weather and
the flu epidemics, school attend
ance in Ashe county has been
good during the past week, &C.
cording to information obtained
from Supt. Hash's office this
week.
With the exception of one of
the Lansing buses, all school bus
es in the county have been ope-
rating this week. The Lansing
bus that runs up Horse Creek and
in the Whitetop section, got
stuck in a deep snow drift last
Friday and remained there un-
til Yesterday. The drift was said
to be about 10 feet and almost
covered the bus completely. It
was stated that the road had been
cleared the earlier part of last
week, but that snow continued
to drift.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-08
o d d Fellows
Enjoy Fish Fry
Held at Community House
jefferson Lodge One of
States Most Active.

About thirty members of the
Jefferson lodge, number 38 of the
Independent Order of Odd Eel
lows and a few guests enjoyed a
delightful fish fry at the COM
munity club house last Friday
night.
After a splendid meal, which
was served in an informal style,
number of talks were made by
various members of the lodge
and visitors.
Plans for giving more publicity
to the activities of the local
lodge and a resume of what the
Odd Fellows stand for, were dis
cussed and Noble Grand George
Weaver, who presided, stated
that he would appoint a reporter
to handle this important matter.
The jefferson lodge has men,
bership of IS and is one of the
most active lodges in the state.
A meeting is held every Friday
night in the hall at Jefferson. It
is the only Odd Fellow lodge in
Ashe county.
The state secretary was expec-
ted to be present for the meet
ing.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-08
Tournament Plans Will Be
Made Saturday Afternoon


In the AShe Division Of the
Appalachian High School Bas-
KetbalI Association.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-08

the Parkway is a wonderful
thing and we hope large num-
Der of the farmers in Ashe will
cooperate" he asserted.
Levern Johnson, chairman of
the clubs community service
committee, reported that he had
received communications from C.
T. Robbins, division manager of
the Northwest Carolina Utilities
and w. S. Beddingfield, district
manager of the Central Electric
and Telephone Company, stating
that they had received copies of
resolutions passed by the club
and would give them every con-
sideration.
The telephone company has
promised to give Mrs. w. M. Wy
rick an assistant here in the To-
cal office and to make a survey
this month, with the possible
view of undermining the system.
Mr.. Robbins explained that re-
cent Interruptions in electric SER
vice in Ashe have been due large
ly to abnormal weather condi-
tons, which seriously effected
generation of power at the dam
on New River. AS result of the
drought last fall and the frigid
temperature since the first of the
year, the water supply at the
dam has been so low it was neces-
sary to generate power with the
Diesel motor here about II hours
each day.
The clubs resolution requested
that certain basic causes for the
interruption be corrected. These
were interpreted as including the
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-08

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RESULTS OF GAMES
Friday, Feb. 2
BOYS GAMES


V-C-Todd
(Not reported)
Lansing, Is; West jefferson, 81
Fleetwood, 81; Riverview, "a
Jefferson-Healing Springs
mot reported)
GIRLS GAMES
Lansing, IL; West Jefferson, 8
Fleetwood, II; Riverview, 10
Other scheduled games not repor
ted.
Tuesday, Feb. 6
BOYS GAMES
VIC, %; Nathan's Creek, %
Healing Sp'gs, 81; Fleetwood, 2:
Jefferson, 10; Lansing, "a
GIRLS GAMES
VIC, 80; Nathan's Cr., "a
H. Springs, 10; Fleetwood, ii
Jefferson, "a, Lansing, IS
SCHEDULE OF GAMES
Friday, Feb. 8
VIC at Healing Springs
Jefferson at Nathan's Creek
Fleetwood at Todd
West Jefferson at Riverview
Tuesday, Feb. Is
VIC at West Jefferson
Todd at Lansing
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-08

replacement of the old Diesel mo-
tor with new units, thus reducing
the possibility of break-downs,
and of increasing the supply of
current available to firms here
in town, in order that new firms
or industries will not have any
difficulties in getting adequate
power.
MIR. Robbins said his company
was now making plans in this di-
rection.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-08
Ashe Republicans
Plan To Attend
Lincoln Dinner
Senator Robert A. Taft Will
BE The Principal Speaker.
Henderson To Preside.

A number from Ashe county
are planning to attend the Lin
coin Day dinner to be held in
Greensboro, at the King Cotton
Hotel, Monday night, Feb. IL.
Grant Bauguess, county chair
man of the Republican party will
attend, as well as the following:
Carl and Bernard GRAPHICAL, of
West Jefferson; c. E. WEIGH, Roy
Clark and Victor Clark, of Lam
sing; Walter Young, of Sturgills,
Wade Weaver and Jack Richard
son.
The dinner is sponsored each
year by the North Carolina
Young Republicans and the state
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-08
SHARE CHURCH

Sunday school and regular
preaching services of the Sparta
Baptist church will be held at the
Presbyterian church until a new
Baptist church building is con-
structed. Mr.. w. B. Reeves is
superintendent of the Sunday
school.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-08
VOLLEY BALL GAME
FOR MONDAY NIGHT

West Jefferson Will meet River
view in their first volley ball
clash of the season, at Riverview
school, on Monday night.
AS this is the first game of the
season a large crowd is expected
to attend. A small admittance
charge will be made.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-08
TO ENTERTAIN CLUB

Mrs. Jim Gambill will enter
tain the sewing club at her home
here on Tuesday afternoon, when
all members are specially invi-
ted to attend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-26

port. Later he organized the firm of Leverty and Hurley, contrac- tors and construction engineers, partnership that was dissolved after thirteen years of successful private york.
 In 1885 Hurley was appointed Fairfield County director of the WPA, later being made assistant state administrator and then ad- ministrator. During the Hartford floods of 1886, he attracted com manding attention for his co-ordi- nation of Federal assistance with municipal efforts in the stricken areas.
 Under Hurley's supervision, the WPA built hundreds of miles of roads, bridges and buildings. Parks were created and storm and sani- tary sewers installed. Thousands of men and women worked under his direction and millions of dol lars were spent for public im- provements under his jurisdic- ton.
 Named by Cross.
 When the 1887 Legislature ere ated j. State Department of Pub lie Works, Hurley was appointed commissioner by Governor Cross. In addition to creating and or ganizing the large new depart ment, he was entrusted with the $25,000,000 institutional building program.
 Hurley personally was instru- mental in getting the additional Federal funds which made pos siole the broad scope of the pro- gram. It entailed building and equipping 150 structures in thir- teen different locations in six of the states eight counties. The en- tire program was completed on schedule in less than two years in accordance with the conditions of the Federal grant.
 . Large amounts of money were saved the state through his in- sistance on economy measures, the most important of which were central heating and power plants at some of the larger institutions. Bound volumes of Specifications for the building trades and equip mant houses were prepared by his department and made available to all bidders. No contractor had an inside track" and consequent ly the department never lacked nny,o ratitiUa hiddinU
 Colonel M. E. Gilmore, regional director of the Federal Finer gency Administration of Public Works, termed Hurley's job "the most satisfactory institutional sprogram in PWA's entire north eastern region"
 "A Good Job."
 Said Colonel Gilmore, Nowhere in the eleven states comprising my territory has a comparable PWA program been carried through to completion with more speed or less trouble. Under the direction O. Commissioner Hur- ley, Connecticut has done good job"
 Hurley married the former Eve lyn Hedberg, a trained nurse, of Bridgeport, in 1925. They have three children, Joan, IA; Robert E., 12, and Sally, Il. Their home is in West Hartford but they re- tain voting residence in Bridge port. Hurley is a member of the American Legion and the Con- necticut Society of Civil Engi- ! neers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-26
DRUM CORPS HOME | FROM HUB PARADE
Casper David Musicians in Spectacular American
 Legion Procession
WATER ERVILLE
COrrespOndent-Mrs. R. w. Henion, Telephone 3-5462

Waterville, Sept. 26 Clifford Northrop, commander of the Casper s. Davis. American Legion Post, rep resented the loacl unit at the Na- tional American Legion convention Tuesday in Boston. About thirty five members of the Davis Drum Corps left by train Tuesday morn- ing for Boston and marched for several hours in teh all day parade They returned to Waterville that night.
 The Foresters will hold a social this evening at Foresters' hall on Hanover street. open to all members Of Court Welch and their friends and will get under way at 8 o'clock. Card playing will be enjoyed and refreshments served.
 Miss Elizabeth M. Weeks will be ln charge Of the regular Bible Study hour Of the Wateryllle Union church tonight ct 7:4S o'clock.
 The heavy rains Of yesterday roi. dcfed come telephones ln Watrl.
 vile Olil Of order, hO that Aevefa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-26
MRS. ROOSEVELT.
 HEARS CRITICS.
Guild Session in N. Y. Fea- tured By First Lady's
 Presence

New York, Sept. 26 = (UP0 = Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt parti- cipated last night and early today in a meeting of the Newspaper Guild of New York, to which she belongs, and heard a Guild organizer de- nounce her husband, saying he wish ed to drag the United States into war.
 Though she did not join the dis cusSion, Mrs. Roosevelt subsequently, voted. against motion to accept the organizers report--a motion inter- lpreted by the chairman as not nec- essarily implying agreement with the criticism of President Roosevelt. Ths motion was carried 164 to "A.
 It was Mrs. Roosevelt's first ap- pearance at a Guild meeting and resulted from her recent criticism of the stand taken by the interna- tional executive board of the Amer ican Newspaper Guild against the ke-Wadsworth conScription bill in which she said the board em- ployed such claptrap as the young people in the American Youth Con- greSs use,'
 She said then that in the future she would try to participate in Guild activities, but would not resign, be cause I believe that until you have done your very best to make an or ganization useful, you have no right to leave it."
 | The meeting, during which the 2 I Ylrnciln1Nf'e rryifn iVN fIn tINirl opened with report by Organizer Jack Ryan on last weeks state GIG convention at Rochester, N. Y., to which he and four other Guildsmen were delegates. They were not seat- ed at the convention, which was split on dispute, in the credentials committee between right and left wing factions.
 In the course of Ryan's report he sought to interpret the split as aris- ing from an attempt to dominate the convention politically and as- serted:
 T have no doubt, and the dele. gates at Rochester had no doubt that President Roosevelt, if ht could, would drag us into this wal by our heels"
 A motion to file Ryan's report wa. defeated, 140 to 85, with Mrs. Roose. welt voting to file. She. also voted against acceptance of the report which was accepted by a vote of 164 to "A after Chairman Carl Randall had announced that acceptance i'm. piled only approval of the action O. the Guild delegates at the conven' ton.
 The question of Communist con. ,trol in the Guild was raised severa times in debate, one speaker reading from Daily Worker editorial tt show a parallel between it and By. ans report.
 The meeting, which lasted iron 856 p. m until 12:50 a. m, con. cluded with a speech by Donal M Sullivan of Boston, AVG president who expressed opposition agains attempts to disrupt the Guild by introducing phoney issues" He as serted that the lend product" O argument about Communism ant President Roosevelt was "disrup tion."
 After the meeting Mrs. Roosevelt sat for more than half hour chat ting with Guild officers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-26
|CHIEF JUSTICE ASSIGNS DATE Counsel in Conspiracy Trial to Argue Delay
 Next Tuesday

Chief Justice William M. Maltbie
 of the State Supreme Court of Er- TOTS yesterday set Tuesday, October 1, as the date for 8 hearing, re- -quested by defense counsel in the Waterbury conspiracy case, for a hearing on motions for a delay in the hearings of the appeals in the case.
 This is the opening day of the October term of the court. States Atty. Hugh M, ,Alcorn, special prose cutor in the famous case, will op- pose all moves for any continuance to the November term of the court
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-26
Bob Hurley, Democratic Nominee,
 Four Letter Man In Athletics
Attracts National Atten- ton for Efficiency as
 PWA Commissioner

This is the first in series of biographical clOseups" of candi- dates in the approaching state elections. Public Works COmmis- sioner Robert A. Hurley, Demo- cratic standard bearer, has his letter E-fOr Efficiency-in the administration of his official du- ties. In school days he was an aII-arOund athlete. His biOgraph- ical sketch follows;
 Robert 4. Hurley, state com missioner of public works and Democratic candidate for govern or, has received nationwide rec ognition for his direction of Con- necticut's $25,000,000 institutional building program,
 Seeking his first elective office, Commissioner Hurley was nomi- mated for governor by the Demo- cratic state convention August "A. The following day he cele- brated his forty-tifth birthday.
 Born in Bridgeport, Hurley spent most Of his boyhood and many vacations in Salisbury, Litchfield County, where his fam fly settled nearly century ago. He obtained his education in the Bridgeport schools, Cheshire Academy cnd Lehigh University.
 For Old Lehigh.
 Tn school and at college, Hur- ley was a four letter man in ath- letics. He hurled a no hit. no run game for Lehigh's baseball team and late, played with "Rab- bit" Maranville on the U s. s. Pennsylvania nine, champions of the North Atlantic fleet during the World Wal. Following the war he played professional foot ball in the Middle West and semi pro baseball in and around New Haven and Fairfield Counties.
 In 1917 Hurley left Lehigh's
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-26
Former WiIby Student
 Wfth Canadian Forces
Thomas Bulger, Glass of 1885, Discounts Stories of Extensive Damages Caused by Nazi Airmen
 = Finds Taxes High in England

commissioned officer in charge of a guard, said that the Germans exaggerate their claims of dam age to England.
 In his own words: ''The ferries do exaggerate a bit. I have visited places they have supposedly blown of the map .. they have been attacked but not damaged great ly." At the time the letter was written, August 2l, Bulger was sit- uated near one of the enemy ob- jectives "and have seen plenty of action" F
 The war tax in England is ter- rife, Bulger wrote, a pound going about as far as two dollars in the United States. The young soldier, said he saw about a week of Serv- ice in France, but did not specify whether he participated in the re- treat from Dunkirk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-26

as has been prerlDil6lg reported.
 Atty. Thomas ?. McDou0uah of New Britain, counsel for Thomas r. Kelly. executive secretary to for mer Mayor Prank Hayes, one of the appellants. yesterday filed a biSn- ket request for all defense attorneys seeking a continuance of the hear ings until the November term of the court. No date in November was specified in Atty. McDonough's re- quest for a continuance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-26

Thomas Bulger, Wilby High school graduate serving with the Canadian forces in England, re- counted many war experiences in a letter received yesterday by John Millerick, of 60 Waterville street. Bulger, a nephew of John Bulger, vice president of the Cit- izens and Manufacturers Nation al Bank, removed to Canada shortly after his graduation from Wilby in 1895, and volunteered at the outbreak of war last year.
 The letter is given an added im- mediacy and color because, as Bull ger said, T am sitting on top of a truck writing this and I'll have to stop pretty soon because it's get ting dark and the lights of the truck are liable to be the cause of the whole camp being blown up"
 Bulger, who is serving as rol1-