The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-18

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Stella Anderson
This week in the publication OF
the commencement edition OF
The Post, attention is focused on
the 9 splendid high schools of
Ashe county and their 1853 gra-
duates. There is much interesting
information about the schools
contained in this edition where
there was not quite room for ev-
erything. And after it had gone to
press we discovered" the follow
ing item:
Junior Haire - please Miss
Speers, what*did I learn today?"
Miss Speers-"Junior, what a
foolish question.
Junior-"Yes I think so too, but
that is the first thing they ask
me when I get home"
This point is a little far-fetched,
but even so the interest of the pa
rents in the pupils and the school
goes long way towards making
both of them a success.
TSters and POtaters
DR.. /. G. Greer, who by the way
is to deliver the baccalaureate SER
mon at Lansing, tells an interest
ing story in connection with edu-
cation.
A farmer who had no education
had managed to send his son
away to school. He had eventual
ly returned home and was help
ing with the planting. "Son", the
father said, Get to work on the
later hills. But father, they are
po-taters, not taters", the son re-
piled. "Son, even education can't
! change taters that much" was the
fathers rejoinder. Education can,
however, bring about many
worthwhile changes. 1t is inter-
esting to note in this changing
age when despotism is raising its
head, that the despot Napoleon
once said, Public instruction
should be the first object of the
government"
In The Beginning
Judge H. G. Tucker who not
only knows law, but human ma
ture related an oddity this week,
that is, if we are to believe most
Of the jokes and theories Stressing
the point that war and matrimo-
ny are closely related. Or that af-
ter the ceremony, the peace is
disturbed.
The Judge relates that a certain
young woman from Lansing and
a young man who would probab-
ly be known as 'furriner" to
Senator Reynolds, circulated the
report they were married. Later
this was found not to be true and
in turn papers were served on
the man in the case! This was too
much for him. He threatened to
kill the lady unless the papers
were withdrawn. Then for her
protection a peace warrant was
sworn out for him.
Where did it all end? Not at
all on the rocks as you may
imagine, but they ended it all
peaceably, by actually entering
into the state of matrimony, the
Judge says.
Background, Makeup
There is many a modern miss
who studys the art of making up
her face, so to speak. She knows
just what shade of lipstick, rouge
and nail polish she should use,
but we are wondering if this
same young lady has ever stopped
to study her home and its fur
'nishingS.
Here, too, color plays a big
part. The Central Hardware Co.
has recently secured a SherWin-
Williams paint and color style
guide which is a real education
in interior decorating. Artists and
skilled decorators have worked
out dozens of harmonizing
schemes, featured in the book.
There is no expense to examin-
ing this book either and Mr.. Ray
won't insist that you buy paint un-
less you want it. But-the book
will probably inspire you to do
some painting!
The English Way
The English have a way of do
ing many things to a degree of
perfectness seldom surpassed.
Culinary is among their highly
developed arts. We had proof of
this at a delicious dinner on Sun
day, when Mrs. H. Littlewood, of
Helton served Yorkshire pud-
ding.
Those of you who have never
tried it should do so. It, by the
way, was, as many will remem-