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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-30
Food For Freedom
Drive Is Started This
Week In Ashe County
Forty-Five Community AAA
Committeeman to Visit
County's 1920 Farms.
MET LAST TUESDAY

The national food for freedom
drive was launched in Ashe Tues
day when countrywide meeting
of the local USDA defense board,
community AAA committeeman
and other interested citizens was
held at the courthouse.
Under the direction of the coun-
ty farm committee and the farm
agents office, the newly elected
county committeeman plan to
visit every farm home in Ashe
county between now and Deem
Der l and secure their co-opera-
ton in producing more food in
1912 for national defense purposes
and to send to those countries
fighting Hitlerism.
In the county there are As of
these committeeman and they are
scheduled to visit the 4,200 farms
in the county, get them to sign up
a farm defense 1912 production
plan" and also to sign up for par
ticipation in the 1912 AAA pro-
gram. These men will be paid for
their services and all farmers are
urged to cooperate.
No benefit payments will be
made in connection with the de-
tense production program, but the
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Continued on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-30
Coop Expected
To "Take Over
This Week End
REA Deal to Buy Properties
of Northwest Car. Utilities
Nearly Finished.

The Blue Ridge Electric Mem
bership corporation is now max
ing final plans to take over ope-
ration of the newly acquired
Northwest Carolina Utilities pro-
perties at Blowing Rock, West
jefferson, jefferson, Warrensville,
Lansing, Sparta and Roaring Gap.
The purchase and transfer of
operations e the power lines and
offices in these towns is sche-
duled to take place Saturday, but
there may Ga a few days delay,
it was indicated last night.
Supt. Messick, of the REA CO.
op, was in Washington yesterday
and could not be reached for a
statement. Plans for the consum-
nation of the deal, however, are
going forward here this week.
Winfield Woodie, who is in
charge of the local office of the
Northwest Carolina Utilities, is
expected to be transferred to an
other territory served by this
company.
No announcement has been
Continued on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-30
New Serial Opens
In Post Today
"Sapphires and Diamonds" Is
The New Story Begin
ming In The Post.

Beginning today in The Sky
land Post is a thrilling new story,
'Sapphiresi and Diamonds" by
Dorothy Criddle Trowbridge,
which is as sparkling as the name
suggests.
It is a story for both youth and
age and the problems that confront
both in an average American
town.
College girls and mothers alike
will enjoy Margaret Horton. In
the beginning she finds herself
in a predicament caused by small
receptions.
She thinks she finds a way out
of it when a strange young man
presents her with a valuable ring.
But this is only the beginning.
Start this story today. It will
hold your interest from start to
finish. Don't miss a single chap
ter.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-30
Staff Is Composed
OF Three Graduate Nurses

For the opening week, the nurs-
ing staff of the Ashe County Hos
pital will be composed Of three
graduate and experienced nurses,
two of whom are originally from
this county, DR.. Dean Jones an
nounces.
Consideration is now being Civ
en- to the addition of a fourth gra-
duate nurse. Miss Margaret How
lie, of Sylvia, was unable to accept
a position because she is now I'M
dergoing an operation herself.
The three regular nurses are as
follows:
Miss Fannie Perry, of Rugby,
Va, will be the operating room
nurse. She is a graduate of the
Maryland General Hospital, Bal
timore, and finished there in JAN
uary, 1889. She has worked in a
hospital in Baltimore and at the
Grace hospital, Richmond, Va.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-30
AUXILIARY MEMBERS
ARE ASKED TO HELP

Plans are now being COM
pleted for the Hospital Auxil-
larry to assist in the "Open
house" and dedication service
on Saturday.
Mrs. w. B. Austin, chairman,
has asked that all members Of
the auxiliary be present and
assist with the tea which will
be served during "Open house,
and the entertainment and di-
rectiOn of the guests through
the hospital. 1--WE need all
members of the auxiliary who
can to help" Mrs. Austin said.
Women of this section who
are not members of the auxil-
larry are urged to join, and to
assist in the opening and with
the tea which will be served
after the dedication service on
Saturday afternoon.
Visitors will be registered
and directed through the hos
pital and served tea before
their departure.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-30
Civilian Defense
Council Meet
Tonight At Bis

Theodore S. johnson, of Ra-
leigh, state director of Civilian
Defense, is expected to be here
today for a speech tonight before
the Rotary club and to meet with
the Civilian Defense Council for
Ashe county, Chairman Ira T.
Johnston announced yesterday.
This will be the first meeting
of the county's defense council
and every member is urged to at
tend. The meeting will be held at
the community building, imme-
diately following Rotary club ad-
iournment, at 8:15 o'clock.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-30
Ashe Board Has
Call For More
Men On Nov. 26

Yesterday the Ashe county draft
board received a call for Is white
men to be included into military
service on Wednesday, November
26, Sam Davis, board clerk, an
nounceS.
Ashe county was exempt for
calls for white men during the
month of October.
Starting tomorrow, a number OF
additional questionnaires will be
mailed to registrants whose order
numbers are over 1850, he said.
In connection with the Novem-
Der call, Mr.. Davis said one man
had volunteered for service.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-30
Large Crowd Expected For Dedication OF Hospital
A she Farmers
TOBe Aided In
Dairy Program
Free Motion Pictures, Dairy
Feed Schools Sponsored
by Kraft, Smithey's

The Secretary of Agriculture,
Claude R. Wickard, has asked the
dairy farmers of America to pro-
duce 125 billion pounds of milk
in 1912. The estimated production
of milk for 1941 is III billion
pounds. This is an increase of 8
billion pounds, and plans are be-
ing made for Ashe county farm
ers to cooperate 100 per cent.
Goals of 10 to 20% increase in
the production of dairy products
have been set for every state in
the union. State extension leaders
are now making goals for Ashe
county and the surrounding area,
LeVern Johnson, manager of the
Kraft Cheese plant pointed out
yesterday in discussing the plans
his company has for cooperating
with this program.
"More milk does not necessarily
more cows. A great many
COWS have been condemned as
low producers that have not had
the proper feed to produce that
milk" he said. ''In order for a
cow to produce her maximum
production of milk per year she
must have the right kind of feed
in the proper proportion to her
size, weight and present milk
production" he added.
Wishing to cooperate with the
national defense program in
achieving the goals which they
have set the Kraft Cheese plant
is cooperating with the manager
of Smithey's store here, who
is the local representative of the
Phillip R. Parks Co., of Chicago,
Illinois, in holding a series of
meetings or feed schools in each
high school in the county during
the first two weeks in November.
Continued on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-30
Willie Davis Is
Killed In Mine

Willie Davis, native of Ashe
county, was instantly killed last
Sunday morning at Pageton, w
Va, when he was crushed beneath
some falling slate in a mine.
Davis was foreman in the mine
and was making an inspection
tour when caught under the slide
He had been working in the mine
for 10 years without having an
accident.
Funeral service was held Tues
day near Bluefield, w. Va. and a
number of his relatives from this
county attended. He is survived
by his wife and three children.
His father and mother, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. R. Davis, of Horse Creek,
also survive,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-30
Ashe Methodist
Ministers Back
Ministers Are Returned To
Their Respective Church
es by Conference.

Practically all of the Methodist
ministers who have been serving
the churches of Ashe county were
returned to their respective
churches by the Western North
Carolina Conference which met in
Winston-Salem last week. The
only change made in the county
was the supply for Todd to be an
nounced later.
H. H. Wood was returned to
West Jefferson; H. D. Jessup to
Jefferson; S. C. Ferree to Laurel
Springs; J. R. Short to Creston;
Green Valley, w. c. East
ridge, supply; Warrensville, J. G..
Wootton, Jr., supply; Helton, R.
J. Startling.
w. J. Huneycutt, former pastor
of the West Jefferson Methodist
church who has been studying in
Boston for the past two years was
returned to this conference and
was sent to Yadkinville. A. C.
Gibbs, Of Elkin was reappointed
district superintendent.
Bishop Clare Purcell outlined a
14-point program for the coming
year prior to the reading of the
ministerial assignments including
call for raise in pay for low
salaried pastors and continued op-
position to all forms of LIQUOR
plus prayer for a permanent
world peace.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-30
Ceremony And
Opening To Be
Held Saturday
Dedication Starts At2O'clock.
Public Inspection From
III A. M. to Top.
NOTABLES TO SPEAK

thousands of people from all
parts OF Ashe and adjoining coun-
Ties are expected to attend the
formal opening and dedication ~
the Ashe County Memorial Hos
pital Saturday.
Inc building will be open for
inspection from II o'clock in the
morning until 10 o'clock in the
evening and every one is cordial
~ invited to go through the hos
pltal, from one end to the other
At o'clock in the afternoon
the dedication service will be held
IN front of the hospital and in case
OF rain, this program will be Civ
en- at the courthouse.
A number of outstanding men
including Hon. Frank H. DRYDEN
OF Washington, D. c., acting COM
missioner of WPA; Congressman
X. l.. Doughton, and DR.. w. s
Rankin, of Charlotte, director of
the Duke Endowment, will parti-
cipate in the dedication service
W. B. Austin, president of the
Ashe County Hospital association,
will preside. Singing will be led
6y Levern Johnson. Rev. r. H.
Stone will give the invocation and
the address of welcome is to be
delivered by Ira T. Johnston.
commissioner Dryden will for
mally present the building and
the acceptance talk will be made
by Wade E. Eller, secretary Of
the hospital association. C. C. Nc
Glnnls, state WPA administrator
Will also appear on the program.
An address will then be deliv.
cred by DR.. Rankin, who has been
'keenly interested in the estab-
lishment of the hospital and who
has given much assistance. He Will,
! 5e' introduced by DR.. Fred Hun.
i bard.
The dedication address will be
delivered by Congressman Dough-
ton, and the service will be closed
with prayer by Rev. w. T.
Wilmington.
Special music for the occasion
will be furnished by the Happy
Mountaineers, local band headed
by Glenn Parker.
All trustees of the hospital, 10.
cal and county officials, and a
large number of people in neigh
boring counties have been invited
to sit on the speakers stand
Following this program, the la
dies of the Hospital Auxiliary will
hold a silver tea in the building.
Those who have not brought
canned goods for the kitchen, are
urged to do this before Saturday
afternoons program starts.
Sunday morning the hospital
will be opened to receive patients.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-30
Plans Now Being
Made For Annual
Red Gross Call
Rev. HOyt Wood Is Roll Call
Ch'mn. In County. Goal
Is 500 Members.

The Ashe chapter of the Ameri-
can Red Cross is making plans for
the annual Roll Call to be held
in this county from November II
through November 80.
The Rev. Hoyt Wood, roll call
chairman, has announced meet
ing will be called at an early date
to form Roll Call committees.
A goal of 500 members has
been set for the county this year.
Last year the county member
ship was 1856, which is only 40
percentage of membership to the
22,664 citizens of this county.
"Never in the history of the
American Red Cross has it been
so important that our organization
for Roll Call be planned to give
every adult an opportunity OF
serving the nation through MEM
bership," the assistant manager
of the eastern area, w w. Jeffer-
son, wrote the local chairman.
''The Red Cross is meeting great
demands for service incident to
the present world conflict and is
rapidly expanding its services es-
sential to national defense"
A special kit of material for the
annual drive has been received
here and this will be distributed
after the organization meeting.
Chairmen of the various divisions
of the Roll Call will be selected
at this meeting, which will be
called by the Rev. Mr.. Wood.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-30
MOST OF SCHOOLS
TO ENTER FESTIVAL

Practically all of the high
schools in Ashe county are plan
ming to- enter the Harvest Arts
Festival to be held at A. S. T. G..
next Wednesday, starting at $50
o'clock in the morning, it was
learned here today.
Each school is entitled to enter
one-one-act play. Practice in most
of the schools has been underway
for some time.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-30
HENPECKED HUSBANDS
CONTEST BEING HELD

A henpecked husbands contest
is being conducted in Jefferson
under the sponsorship Of the JEFF
ferson high school in connection
with the Halloween celebration.
The candidates in the contest,
as posted at the Jefferson cafe,
are Ira T. Johnston, w. B. Austin,
L. P. Coward, Grant Bauguess,
Glenn Little, Bryan Oliver, Joe
Worth and Paul Miller.
'It costs a little money to vote
for your favorite candidate" one
booster declared, and added, 81
think Mr.. Bauguess is going to
win"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-30
AsHE COUNTY NEEDS

OO~~N@ 4N1S11D0
q large industrial plant, agricul-
tural departments in its high
schools, rural telephone lines. a
county recreation center, al d
more hard surfaced hiNhways.
Let's get them!
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-30
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 daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-07
SEAMS. v1Al1E-s
gUn1lno
10 sseyinss, 4

Ihrse tablsGpoons bul>f, >
1sblsspoons Aouf. ! pound ppk-
frtsrs. aNo-3 cans red hensy
beans. dx y
Brown the butter and flpGf To-
sether In trying pan. stiffing
constantly. Add Y cup water,
or = cup clear stock made Rom
leftover vegetables. Remove tom
heat. Add beans. Pour into shal.
low buttered baking dish. Cut
the frankfurters In half length
wise and arrange on top OF beans,
pressing them lightly into tho
beans. Bake In moderate oven
(375s F.) for about so minutes.
Cut this recipe In half for small
family.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-07
Keep Kitchens Cool During
the August Dog Days

and good tasting canned foods fit
into the budget, they may be
used to cut down on preparation
and cooking time.
Some hot food must be in the
dinner menu. On that principle,
the following dog-day menus and
recipes are given, using canned
foods to cut down on kitchen
time.
BAKED SAUERKRAUT WITH
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-07

government will impose one diet
on 100, 600, 900 people. 1t knows,
as recent Labor Department sur,
veys have shown, that there are
strong regional preferences
many of them stemming from
earlier generations in that locali-
ty. The tables OF New Orleans,
for example, still remind one OF
the fish, the chicken and the
salads of the French. BoStonians
eat more beans and drink more
tea than families in most other
cities.
The government will n Of,
therefore, try to dictate a STAN
dard menu to America. What 1t
will try to do is to educate
Americans everywhere to keep
their individual tastes up to the
levels of a high standard Of nu-
triton.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-07
D0oToN CREAM PH

Make two layers Hot MIX
Coke with your favorite cream
dlling, Top with:
41ohnno0d Chocolate Frosting
= cup sugar.
IN tablespoon cornstarch
I l-ounce square. unsweeten-
tened chocolate, shaved
Pinch OF salt
n cup boiling water
IN tablespoon butter
v teaspoon vanilla extract
Mix sugar and cornstarch;
add chocolate and salt. Pour
over water; cook until mixture
thickens enough to spread. Re-
move from heat; add butter and
vanilla extract. Spread on cake
while hot for q glossy frosting
which remains soft and smooth.
WEDDING RING SALAD
Dissolve 2 packages orange
gelatin In ~ cups hot water;
AID z cups unSWeeteneo Pine.
apple Juice. Chill until sirupy;
pour / cup into 8 inch ring
mold; chill. Put together IL
canned apricot halves with "
cup cottage cheese; arrange on
gelatin in mold. Add " cup
sirupy gelatine to Y cup cottage
cheese; pour remaining gelatin
ON apricots; chill. Add cheese
mixture; chill until firm.
u ;sCHILDREN'S DELIGHT
Place on a cookie sheet,
marshmallows atop round waf-
ers. In deep dents made In
center of each marshmallow,
place " teaspoon butter. Place
in 375' oven until marshmal-
lows soften and nearly cover
waters. Remove from oven,
place. creme de menthe cherry
or maraschino cherry II you
prefer) on top of each marsh
mallow and serve at once.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-07

VI ~.
'Mtsp. orange extract
Cook for dfteeq minutes or
until thick. Remove from stowe,
add Z tablespoons butter, X
teaspoon salt and u tsp. orange
extract
ICING ron ORANGE CREAM
LAYER CAKE
2 cups granulated sugar
u cup water
v tsp. cream o. tartar
Y tsp. vanilla
Boil 70 260s.
Then pour slowly over I egg
whites well beaten. Add "
teaspoon vanilla. &
CURRIED CRABMEAT
: cups hot cooked rice
3 drops onion flavor
8 tbsp. flour
/ tbsp. curry powder
IN 6, vegetable or chicken
stock
IN c. canned crabmeat
i tbsp. lemon Juice
Y tsp. lemon extract
" tsp. salt
METHOD: Melt butter, add
flour, salt and curry powder.
Stir until smooth. Next add the
chicken stock and onion flavor.
Cook until thickened. Add
canned crabmeat, from which
bones have been removed, lemon
juice, and lemon extract. Heat
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-07

| ripe banana
| cup sugar
1 egg white

Break banana into . m q IL
pieces. Place in mixing bowl and
mash with . fork. Add sugar and
egg white and beat with . 70.
tary egg beaten until the mix
ture 10 smooth and stiff enough
to hold q peak. Spread between
layers and on tops and sides Of
Jiffy Cake.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-07

= S44O VIVA We 80
discuss two menus, simple ones,
appropriate to serve during
the summer, for at this season OF
the year, we often find we are
indebted to q number OF our
friends and would like to enter
tain them.
To make q party table attrac-
tive and to give an air OF gaiety
to the event have q snappy CEN
ter piece. One of sweet peas In
q low glass bowl would be low
ely.
No candles, remember, on q
luncheon table.
Hemstitched doilies or rum
ners would look well, or any
doilies you may have. ] Ike
q white linen, hemstitched lunch
con cloth, especially II your
table top Is not perfect.
To the hostess, who IL also
the cook, It would be well to
have on the table sailed nuts
and celery and the first course
when your guests come to the
table. It may be tomato juice
with q few drops of SEELYS
Onion Extract added, or you may
prefer q soup. Consomme with
sliced lemon is always approp-
rate to start a luncheon. Es-
pecially If your entree or main
course is q salad.
Here is q delicious menu, TO-
mato Juice cocktail, served ice
cold, sausages, tiny ones, cook
ed to a turn placed in a mound
in the center of a platter.
Around the edge (be sure you
"count noses" and plan for .
few extra) baked tomatoes STUFF
fed with cooked rice and pecans
and favored with a few drops
of liquid Nutmeg-the rarebit
sauce served with the baked to-
matoes should be served In =
separate bowl, stuff your celery
with roquefort cheese. Potato
chips 60 well with this platter,
but not really necessary. Hot
rolls, plum jam and coffee.
For dessert, Brown Betty serv-
ed with a custard sauce favored
with Lemon or Rum Extract.
From our second luncheon we
will have consomme, a fruit sal
ad Of diced fresh pineapple,
strawberries and black cherries,
stuffed with blanched almonds
(salted almonds are even better)
and q whipped cream dressing
favored with one teaspoon OF
almond extract. Serve these
fruits on water cress with tiny
ham rolls. The ham rolls are
made by rolling biscuit dough
into q rectangular sheet about
" inch thick. Then spread
with deyiled ham, or well seas
oned ground ham, then roll the
whole sheet up like q Jelly roll.
Cut 1t into " inch slices and
bake them cut side up.
For desert, individual cakes,
baked in molds filled with ice
cream or served hot with q hot
butterscotch sauce. If served
with ice cream your dessert
could be made the day before
your luncheon, also your ham
rolls, but the fruits I would pre-
pare the morning of your lunch
con.
Copyright, 1941
NINA EDWARDS SMITH.
ORANGE CREAM LAYER
CAKE
2-3 cup butter
2 cups sugar
3 egg yolks (beaten)
3 egg whites
FIJI cup Win ~ e. cOlu WateI
8 cups pastry flour
3 tsp. baking powder
"a tsp. salt
Grated Rind Of I orange
" tsp. Orange Extract
Cream butter and sugar, ado
beaten egg yolks. Mix dry In
gradients and add alternately
with liquid. Lastly fold in beat
en- egg whites. Bake 80 min.
utes in 375o oven.
FILINGS FOR ORANGE
CREAM LAYER CAKE
(use double b0iler)
" cup graduated sugar
3 tbsp. corn starch =
l whole egg (beaten together,
2 egg yolks (beaten together,
cups scalded milk
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-07

The Air Corps reports that
the flying cadets require about
10000 tons of fuel yearly. Air
miles per month, figuring six
to the gallon, sometimes reach
100000.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-07

and serve with hot rice. Chicksn
bouillon cubes or canned chick
en- broth may be used a. the
stock il vegetable stock u not
desired.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-07
Eat for Defense, But Like
1t, is New u. S. Slogan !.
BY GAYNOR MADDOX

NEA Service Food anu Mtfkev EdIt6f
WASHINGTON, = Eat for defensebut LIKE It, That's
Forced feeding matter how scientific never
munitions worker Too much talk about vita
Minis befuddes the appetite this only
ourp s il.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-07


One No. 2h can sauerkraut, l
No. 2 can corned beef hash, cup
canned tomato juice, 2 table
spoons chopped onion, 2 tea
spoons prepared horseradish, l
strip bacon.
Place sauerkraut in bottom of
shallow creased casserole. Mix
together corned beef hash, toma-
to juice, onion and horseradish
and spread over sauerkraut. Cut
bacon into " inch pieces and
place on top of hash mixture.
Bake in hot oven (450' F. for
about 20 minutes.
Here's another low-cost quick
hot night dinner. Fried slices of
canned Philadelphia scrapple,
broiled tomato halves, green peas
(fresh or canned), jellied or
mixed green salad, cup custard
with fruit and cream, iced coffee,
milk.
Slice the c ann e d scrapple,
about "a inch thick. Fry quick
ly in bacon drippings. Serve very
hot at once.
Here's another: kidney beans,
frankfurters, cole slaw with
pickles, pineapple-lemon sherbet
or chilled pineapple tapioca
cream, coffee, milk.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-07
BY MRS. GAYNOR MADDOX

NEA Service Staff Writer
During August dog-days keep
your kitchen as cool as possible.
Wherever nutritiously valuable