The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-11
HIGHLIGHTS IN ASHE
NEWS FOR PAST YR.

| SLdptSO III COu1lLy. APPAAS0tAOIAO
for 1888 AAA payments ready
for farmers.
| Fourth week-Contract let for
construction of REA lines in
Ashe and Allegheny. Elkland
won annual forensic and Ian
guage tournament.
February
First week-H. D. Quessenber-
ry appointed assistant. farm ag-
ent. Annual Presidents Ball held.
Go-To-C Church Sunday OBJ
served. :s'.
Second week. Long Branch
school destroyed by fire. Ratings
of cafes and hotels announced.
Third week-Ashe prison camp
contract awarded. Jefferson post
office robbed. Contractors start
wiring REA members homes.
Fourth week-Nineteen dem
onstration farms selected.
March
First Neutrality-suspicious. shoot
ing of Enoch Church at Fleet
wood creates sensation. Reeves
Perry fatally hurt in accident.
Mrs. Mary Bell Breeze appointed
to assist in health department.
Basketball tournament held at
Boone.
Second neutrality-suspicious. for
WPA approval of hospital and
community building submitted.
Third week-Construction star
ted on REA lines in county by
Melvin Burgess. American Le-
gion Auxiliary held amateur ra-
dio contest.
Fourth Week-Annual Legion
spelling bee held at courthouse
Construction on prison camp star
ted. Hospital and Community
Building approved by WPA.
April
First week - Fleetwood won
first annual high school debating
contest sponsored by the Rotary
club. NYA program in county
closed.
Second week-Civic improve
ments in West Jefferson planned
by town fathers. J. B. Hash re-
appointed superintendent Of
schools. Roy Badger appointed to
direct hospital drive, Dormitory
site picked as location of Ashe
hospital. First 1888 AAA checks
arrived.
Third week - Roosevelt and
Willard Miller found guilty in
murder case. Blackburn given Is
years in mysterious shooting case.
Annual high school commence
ments held.
Fourth week - County wide
hospital drive held. Rotary club
celebrates first anniversary. West
Jefferson Woman's Club won
cup in state contest. Forest fire
on Negro mountain.
May
First Week-Walter Worth cleo
ted mayor of Jefferson. Monday
busy day for commissioners. Earl
Wallace dropped dead.
Second Week-SeWing room in
county closed. Garbage collecting
system started in West Jefferson.
Third week.-Mrs.. Rosa Lewis
Sullivan fatally injured in auto
wreck. Red Cross first aid course
given here.
Fourth week-Final surfacing
On Parkway commenced. Suits
against highway department hold
spotlight in Ashe superior court.
June
First Week-Decision made to
hold county fair. National Vice
Commander of the American Lee
gion guest of local post at pic
mic. Work started on community
building.
Second week-County bond re-
funding declared operative by
county commissioners. Plans
made to test cattle in county for
Bangs disease. Thousands attend
big June.
Third week-Jack Rhodes cleo
ted new commander of Legion
post. Sixty miles of REA lines
energized.
Fourth week-Referee hearing
in county's suits against Ex-She-
riff Henry Miller started. West
Jefferson buys land for munich
pal cemetery. P. G. Wright cleo
ted vice commander of the State
Department of the American Lee
gion.
July
First week-Full time health
department continued. State al
lotted county 176 teachers.
Second week - Commissioners
decided to sell county home pro-
perty. WPA approved $4,000
Grassy Creek school building
project. County tax rate set at