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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-15
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-15
Miss Bear And
DR.. Hofbauer
Wed THURSDAY
Bride Is Daughter Of Mrs.
Henry C. Bear; Home We'd
ding Solemnized Here

The following announcement will
be read with widespread interest to
friends and relatives here:
Announcements issued out of the
city read as follows:
Mrs. Henry G.. Bear
announces the marriage of her
daughter
Annette
to
Doctor Ernest Hofbauer
on Thursday, December the twelfth
nineteen hundred and forty
Wilmington, North Carolina
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-15
Ieuor CORN To Give Recital Here
At High School Auditorium Monday

with the appearance tomorrow
:. IN the auditorium of the New
D'' var i.h school at $3.50 o'clock
D ,cor Gorin, famous young bari
wilmington inaugurates it's
,..oontb Cooperative Concert
:. Possibly no happier choice
=, have been made of an artist to
'V', , the YEAR off right. Mr.. Gorin
s'l' ia boen hailed everywhere as a
p'' orh creative as well as interpre-
sup .. musician, with a stirring voice,
.onnding in power and range. His
nssnetic personality and limitless
,an,otic resources make him one
Y y. +be most thrilling of the younger
,rjsts of the day.
a. ,dmission to the concert will be
l., membership card only. Cards are
,.,rsferable. and guest cards may
:, socured for bona fide out-of-town
.,esrs of members. If any subscrib-
hos failed to receive his member
,;n card in the mails, he is asked
.oo,l tbe secretary. VIM. G. Robert
,n nhone 6519, but it is requested
.,.+ all such calls be made before
Monday noon
ur Gorins program follows:
.dolph Baller at the piano:
Tronno Soavi l Gusti, Francesca
ravslli. Transcribed by Pfetro Flori-
da)
She never told her Love, Haydn;
Ia Danza, Rossini.
sehnsucht, Fischerweise, Schu-
ssr, Es traumte mir, o liebliche
Nangen, Brahms.
largo al factotum, from I'll Bar
HeTs di Siviglia," Rossini.
Intermission
"
Nocturne in B flat minor, Chopin;
The Great Gate at Kiev, Moussorg-
siy from Pictures at an Exhibi-
| .iOn), Mr.. Baller.
The Crying of Water, Campbell
Upton; One Little Cloud, Mildred
Lund Tyson; Within My Dreams,
l.or CORN; A Little Song of Life,
Albert Hay Malotte.
VI
Lonely am I as Of old, Tschaikow-
sky Burlak, Ukrainian Folksong;
None but the Lonely Heart, Tschai-
sovsky; The Fountain, S. Jw.
Tanejew; Shepherds Song, Igor
GoTin.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-15
CAROLINA BEACH
SCHOOL WILL GIVE
CHRISTMAS PAGEANT

The Carolina Beach school will
present a Christmas pageant on
Thursday evening, December 49,,
in the school auditorium at
o'clock.
A vested choir of children from
the third, fourth, fifth and sixth
grades will sing during the tab
leaux. Patrons and friends of the
school are invited to attend. No
charge of admission will be asked.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-15
ENGAGEMENT Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Williamson
announce the engagement OF their
daughter, Marian Velna, OF New
York city, to Michael Walter Scol-
lin, II, son of DR.. and Mrs. Z. w..
Scollin, of Lake Placid. N. Y.
The date of the wedding Will pe
announced later.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-15

Daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Stanton, of Audubon
who has been chosen by the seniors and faculty the high
school to represent the school in the annual Good Citizen
ship Pilgrimage sponsored by the Stamp Defiance chapter
D. A. R. In 1884 the National Society of D. A. R. adopted
the Ruth Bryan Owen plan for Good Citizenship Pigr-
This plan is to promote and foster the societies ideals
of citizenship in the youth of the country photograph by
Adams Studiol.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-15
SMITH-SMITH
MARRIAGE IS
| ANNOUNCED HERE

Mr.. and Mrs. G. M. Smith an
nounce the marriage of their daugh-
ter. Jewel, to Thomas Edison Smith,
II. of Tabor City. The marriage took
place on Saturday, November 2.
SOC SUM-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-15
Birth Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Long, Of
Savannah, Ca, announce the birth
of a daughter, Geraldine, on De-
cember 4, at the Telefair hospital
in Savannah. Mrs. Long is the
former Miss Katherine HeWette,
of Supply 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-15
WINTER PARK SCHOOL
WILL PRESENT PLAY
ON TUESDAY EVENING

The Winter Park school will pre-
sent an operetta, The Kidnapping Of
Santa Claus" at the school on Tues
day evening at 8 o'clock. The pro-
gram will be given under the direc.
ton Of Mrs. Jean Morton Joyce.
A small admission will be charged
and the public is cordially invited to
attend, Ali funds raised will be used
IN purchasing cafeteria equipment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-15

r @ at W. has been aonored @ BY eleerlon IN 10 e
university Miss Beftran
M composition She has also attained
campus successful organization of the American seo
exclusive under influence or SUPERVISION
This is body Of its type at North
sophomore years she was
ana the staff college magazine also OF the Chems
clubs will remembered as
- " New Hanover High school class Of 38.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-15
Birth Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Melton, Of
HFlghtsville Sound, announce the
'Fth Of daughter, Shirley Jane,
on December 9, at tn e Marion
Sprunt annex.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-12
Dairy Situation In Ashe Is
Analysed By Cheese Manager

superior quality of beef that Will
command a higher selling price.
While beef type farming is adap-
ted to a great many farms in the
county, we believe that a larger
percentage CT the farms are not
adapted to beef raising because
Of the size of that farm. Let us
consider a few facts that will
substantiate that opinion.
Ashe county has over 4,25O
farms. Over $3.50 of those farms
are SO acres or less. We contend
that a farm of that size is too
small a unit to operate success
fully or profitably as a beef rails
ing unit. However, a good dairy
herd, properly handled, could be
a source of a larger income and
at the same time increase the pro-
ductiveness of that farm to the
place where that farm family
would be self-sustaining.
What has been the trend over
a period of the last nine years as
to the size of our farms in Ashe
county? In 1880 we had $500
farms, 1885 we had 4,061, 1899
we had 1880 and this year a few
more than that. The same is true
in Allegheny and Watauga coun-
ties. The number of tenant farm
ers in the three counties men
toned has also increased.
Last May we purchased few
dairy type COWS for boys in Cow
Production Club sponsored by the
Extension Division of State Col
lege with the assistance of our 10
cal county agents office. How
ard Little, son of a we'll known
Creston farmer, Jake Little, re-
ceived one of them. During the
first six months, this tWo-year-
old heifer produced 1874 pounds
OF milk or 1876 pounds OF but
terfat which was sold to the Kraft
Cheese plant for $70.53. After de-
Quoting the haul bill, his net in
come was $61.19. We have many
others who have received from
$4,000 to $4,000 income per year
per COW, from the sale Of milk.
This shows that with a small
herd of six COWS it would be en-
tirely possible to have a cash in
come of $4,000 or more per year.
Extend this program to the larger
percentage of the 2,477 small
farms and I am sure that the re-
suits would exceed all expecta-
Continued on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-12

Christmas.
Joseph Powell, a former resi-
dent of Ashe county, who has
many friends here, sent us our
first Christmas card of the season,
last week from Hyattsville, Md,
where he is staying at the Sacred
Heart Home. It was a beautiful
picture Of Christ in the manger.
Lost In Spite of 1t!
If you are worried over your
Christmas shopping or the many
things you have to accomplish in
a short time, here is the story of
an unsuccessful candidate that
will take your mind off of your
own troubles for the time being
at least. 1t was brought to us by
Mr.. w. B. Reeves, who among his
other hobbies collects some I'M
usual stories.
John J. Corners, of Boston, who
was an unsuccessful candidate for
state representative in the recent
election, filed his expense account
that included a pint of whiskey,
three cans of beer, a can of beans:
a pound of hamburg, and one in
expensive cigar.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-12
"For Whom the Bell Tolls, .
and Others Now Available
To The Patrons.

Patrons of the Ashe county Ii
brary will be glad to know that
that several Of the newest and
most popular books have just
been received, including fiction,
current history, and some non-fic-
ton. The following brief sketches
show the content and types Of the
new books now available to
readers:
"The Great Mistake'', by Mary
Roberts Rhinehart in her newest
and one of her best mystery stor-
les. Here, death comes in threes
and the murderer remains a total
until the end. Sleeping
dogs are brought to life and old
from the closets before
the case is solved.
Two books which combine cur
rent history and fiction are,
'Landfall', by Newell Shute, who
tells from first-hand knowledge
the grim story of England at war;
Ernest Hemingway in For Whom
the Bell Tolls, tells the exciting
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-12

younger set who believes in pre-
paredness or avoiding the Christ
mas rush; for on Thanksgiving,
he presented his grandmother,
Mrs. F. B. Jones, with her Christ
mas present, which he had care
fully wrapped.
A Merry Christmas!
One of the things we enjoy the
most and get the most of are
Christmas cards. This year there
are many new and different types
as well as the traditional ones, to
express "A Merry Christmas.
Paul Hopkins was showing one
the other day which he said re-
minded him of a woman. It was a
trick card with the heading,
What was l going to say It's
right on the tip of my tongue,
and when the card was opened,
out came little bears tongue on
which was printed "A Merry
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-12
MIR. Johnson Points Out That
There's Place for Beef
Cattle and Dairying.

Two weeks ago we raised the
question Is Dairying Important to
The Economic Future of Ashe
County? We will attempt to an
sWer that question in this article.
AS to the future of Ashe coun-
ty, am sure every one will agree
that there can be only enc thing,
Diversified Agriculture. The geo.
graphical location of the county
is not conducive of any extensive
manufacturing program. Our big
gest natural resource (timber) is
all but gone and the growing OF
. forests is a long, drawn out pro-
gram that takes years before you
can have any monetary returns.
Our hillsides are too steep to fol-
low a system of row crops or Gull
tivation; therefore, should be left
in turf or sod.
Our government, realizing that
the greatest resources of the ma
ton, the soils of our country
were being carried away by ero-
sion or washing Of our lands, has
promoted a program Of soil con-
servation. Ashe county has CO.
operated with this program to the
extent that last year more Triple
Super-Phosphate was distributed
in this county than in any coun-
ty in the state of N. G. Only two
or three counties exceeded us in
the use of lime. Total figures
were 1924 tons of lime, 1,073 tons
of triple-super-phosphate and 200
tons of 209o phosphate. This pro-
gram will result in better hay and
pasture in Ashe county.
Harvesting of hay on steep land
is costly and improbable; there
fore, the need of a livestock pro-
gram. This has been a natural
beef raising section and we dc
not want to be put on record as
opposing a beef program because
we know that beef also has an
important part to play in the eco
nomic future of Ashe. We need
good sound feeding and breed
ing program for beef type cattle,
one that will assist our farmers
in that phase of the industry to
produce 100 lbs. of beef at low
er cost per pound, yet at the
same time be able to market a
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-12

Now that Christmas is near we
hear a number Of young men say
that girls are too expensive, or
that they cannot afford to be very
serious at this time. Speaking OF
being serious we heard a young
man telling his girl that he
dreamed that he proposed to her,
then he asked her what that was
the sign of.
cts the sign you've got more
sense when you're asleep than
when you're awake" she replied.
We noticed that the draft woke
up several young fellows who had
apparently been dreaming for
some time!
Hats Off Again!
Professor A. B. Hurt was in the
office last week and said that he
was keeping his hat at home and
going bareheaded in order to be
sure not to lose it. Mr.. G. F. Mes
sick, superintendent Of the Blue
Ridge Electric Cooperative, was
in the office the same afternoon
and in spite of the cold weather
admitted that he had not had a
hat in 20 years! Perhaps that IS
why he has so much hair. Nature
has a way of taking care OF many
situations.
Corn and Corn!
Last week we received pack
age from Mrs. w. K. Houck, OF
Baldwin which was an ear or ra-
Their ears of corn, grown on her
farm. It was the biggest collec-
ton in one shuck we have ever
seen, one medium size ear sur
rounded by eight others.
This is now on display In the
window of The Skyland Post; SO
those readers who might be in
doubt might have a look at it.
Baldwin must have some soil
popularity, for this week ]. G.
Gentry, of Baldwin also brought
in corn oddly. This was med
ium size ear surrounded by four
smaller ones.
Santa's Arrival
The approaching Of the Christ
mas season and the arrival OF
Santa here last week started hum
dreds CT children to expressing
their wants and desires. Little
Martha Stone, who is not so little
any more, said that she wanted
running water, which by the way
was a new trick toy sink through
which water really did run. Lin
da Reeves was so in love with
Santa that she liked just to fol-
low him around. Some of the
children had many suggestions to
make to him and they were all
delighted to see him again.
Ritz Ray, Jr., is one Of the
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-12
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY

ian Sims, of Charlotte, is rated
as her best, by literary critics. 1t
is a story of a small town attor-
ney who is determined to clean
up the city government, and of
course he encounters many obsta-
cles.
"The Readers Digest Reader"
is a condensed volume of selected
articles and features published
during the last Is years. Every
prominent American writer is
represented and articles cover al
most every subject of interest.
Other new books include "Hil-
Continued on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-12

DR. l. E. Miles, Director of the Soil Testing Division of
the State Department of Agriculture ghD and Frank
Brown, Assistant Soil Chemist Qef shown preparing to
make soil tests for farmers determine the best suited fer
zer mixture for the they desire The 81 boxes
of drt represent Is far whose will be Civ
free information that be used in obtaining better
the lowest Any farmer free soil tests by
writing the State Department of Agriculture at Raleigh
"NOw is the time for growers to have their soils tested
if they the information that will be furnished
the best advantage Dr. Miles said More than 5000 farm
received free of soil their farms
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-12
MANY New Books Purchased
By Ashe County Public Library

danger-filled story of an Ameri-
can in the recent war in Spain.
Many critics consider it his best
work, since the publication of
Farewell to Arms. The moving
picture rights to the book have
already been bought, and those
Whc read the book will look for
ward to its filming.
THE City on the Hill, by Mar
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-12
AsHE COUNTY

is the air-conditioned section Of
North Carolina whose altitude
ranges from 5000 to $500 feet
above sea level. twenty-five miles
of the PARKWAY run through
the county.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-12
TRADE-AT-HOME

this Christmas and that will be
the finest Xmas gift at all to your
fellow citizens and friends. Dol
lars spent away never come back
here to work and serve. Resolve
to follow this policy.
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Answers To |. @.
Continued from Page FOrty-TwO)

1. The two blessings, one over
the wine and one over the holy
day or the Sabbath, that are re-
cited over a cup of wine on the
Sabbath and the holy days.
2. Originally both the sacred or
public copies of the Bible and the
private or preface copies were in
the shape of scrolls. After the
leaved form of books came into
vogue (4th century c. e., ad-
herence to the age-hallowed scroll
form was insisted upon in the case
of the Torah and biblical books
used at public worship.
8. The name Bible" is derived
from the Greek word biblion
book"
4. "Tenach," the word formed of
the initials of the Hebrew three
names of the three parts of the
Bible = "Torah, Nebiim, Kethu-
bim."
5. The "Shulchan Aruch" COM
piled by Rabbi Joseph Caro- oct
century c. E..
6. 1.-THE value of the words
tered with the lips is determil
by the devotion of the heart"
z. Around the year 500 c. E.
8. The Shema prayer is tai
from the Pentateuch: The fl
section from Deuteronomy 6, 4
the second section from Deut
onomy II, 1921; the third 81
ton from Numbers Is, AZ.
9. Behold, thou art consecrate,
to me by this ring according to
the Law of Moses and Israel"
10. An Italian Jewish poetress.
IL. Albert Fraenkel (1848-
1916.
IL. Hillel II (aSo-s65).
ID. Hillel I.
IA He developed certain gen
orally valid rules for deducing
from the Bible laws suited to the
changed conditions of Jewish life.
Is. Shammai, another great
Teacher of the Law.
16. do not do unto others what
is hateful unto thee"
II. Jochanan Ben Zakkai.
IL. Flavius Josephus. 1.-THE Jew
ish War" is the history of the
Jewish rebellion against Rome
which led to the destruction of
the Second Temple; Antiquities"
is the history of the Jewish peo-
pie from the earliest times to the
destruction of the Second Temple.
10. Leon Feuchtwanger.
20. In the Bible: Ecclesiastes 5,4.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-09-27
B|ackout Of Baltic Jewry..
BY JOSEPH SAMUEL

Editors Note The Jews of the Baltic lands, although
saved from the fury of Nazsm under the rule of
the Soviet during the year just ended. This develop
men related in the following article by Joseph Sam
uel may have averted physical extinction for Baltic
Jewry but condemned it to spiritual degeneration.
To write today about Baltic Jewry in fact to pro-
obituary. With the INCORPORATION of Lhuania
atvia and EsOna into the Soviet Union, the Jewish
munes of these three countries have ceased in fact to
list national entities and related parts of world Jewry
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monty known as the B1nd, like
wise had a notable membership in
Lithuania.
After the World War, the Jews
built up economic positions in
Lithuania exceeding in strength
their proportion among the Lithu-
anian population. The Cooperative
movement was very highly devel-
oped among the Jewish communi-
ties. A net of 1O5 Jewish popular
banks gave credit facilities to
their members.
The Jewish communities al o
had a system of social institutions,
schools, workshops, SanatOriums,
etc., organized by the ORT and
OSE organizations. The most no
table was the network of high
schools, YiddiSh and Hebrew, and
other schools. There were three
Jewish dailies, more than fifty
Jewish libraries, two Jewish the
aires and so on.
The return of Wilno to Lithu-
ania added another valuable asset
to Lithuanian Jewry.
This is not time for dry sta
tistics. Lithuanian Jewry repre-
sented a Jewish society, with all
its qualities and defects, with a
deep-rOOted tradition, a strong
link with Palestine and a genuine
Jewish feeling of responsibility
and solidarity.
Latvia's Jewish community
numbered some 10000. It's eco
nomic position was good. From a
cultural point of view the Latvian
Jews were a bridge between East
ern European Jewry and that of
Germany. Some of the Latvian
Jews were assimilated and their
language was either Russian or
German. But this did not prevent
Latvian Jewry from developing
an intensive Jewish social and ma
tional life, with many Jewish par.
ties and associations.
This situation was greatly
changed by the advent of
the Ulmanis regime, economically
and politically. Some of the most
prominent leaders of the Latvian
Jewry then left the country, most
ly for Palestine. But life continued
and Jews were allowed to continue
their occupations and business.
For political representation they
had to rely on the age-Old "Shtad-
lanuth," the intermediary" who
happens to find favor with the
authorities. This role was played
by the local Agudath Israel lead
er, DIR. Dublin.
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In some quarters, not strongly
prO-Communistic, one can h e a r
people trying to find some consol-
alton in a phrase like this: "Af-
ter all it is still better to fall in
to the hands of Stain than into
those of Hitler" This is partly
true. Physically speaking, it may
be entirely true. With the excep-
ton of some party leaders or cap
italists" probably nothing will
happen to the mass of Baltic Jew
~. But spiritually, they are con-
demned to degeneration. In this
sense, Jewry has lost its Baltic
branches as it lost Russian Jewry
after the Russian Revolution.
The loss is indeed very great.
The Jews in the Baltic States, es-
pecially in Lithuania, formed a
great Jewish center, full of life
and activity, the last island of
Jewish national culture and Gre
ativeness in Eastern Europe.
Lithuania had the largest Jew
ish community in the Baltic, about
100000 Jews, nearly ten per cent
of the entire population of the
country. The various regimes that
ruled Lithuania since 1918 had
one common characteristic with
regard to Jews to reveal an
open anti-Jewish attitude. There
were, certainly, all kinds of Incl
dents, some on an economic char
acter, others, too, of violent ma
ture, but generally speaking, and
in comparison with other coun-
tries, Lithuania may have been
reasonably considered paradise
for Jews"
Owing to the nOn-interventiOn
of the government i n internal
Jewish affairs, Lithuanian JeWry
was able to develop during the 22
years of the cOuntry's indepen-
dence an influence that crossed
the borders of the country and
even those of the Baltic. This ac-
Gvity represented a manifold vari-
ETY.. The Yes.ivOth of SIabOdka
and Telsz emerged after the last
war fully preserved in the new
Lithuania. They served as the CEN
ter of TOrah for western Europe
and America. The YeShivah of
TelSZ remained a center of the
Agudath Israel until the end.
On the other hand, we had in
Lithuania great net of Zionist
parties and organizations. All Iii
Onist shades of opinion had their
partisans in Lithuania. They rep
resented a very active body full
of idealism and initiative.
The Jewish FOlkspartei, COM