The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-09-25

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smiled on the Ashe county fair.
With the exception of being trl-
file cool at night, more favorable
weather could not have been
wished for. This was quite differ
ent from the shopping" weather
we heard about the other day. A
certain lady remarked to her hus-
band, Dear, I am planning on 60
ing shopping today, what does the
paper say about the weather"'
Friend husband replied, Rain,
hail, sleet, thunder and light
ning!"
Fowl and Fair!
This year there was much in
terest shown in the poultry de-
partment at the Ashe county fair
and some excellent types were en-
tered. Mrs. Hugh Robinson, of
Beaver Creek, who entered win
ming pen of chickens. was, along
with some others, admiring her
blue ribbon hen when all of a
sudden the hen became affected
with some spell which hindered
her breathing and it appeared for
a moment that every breath
would be her last. But soon the
situation cleared up. The hen laid
an egg! And she had been at
tempting to do so without cack-
ling or disturbing the onlookers.
This unusual method of proceed
ure had her upset for few min
utes.
One night Mr.. and Mrs. w. B.
Austin drove to the Ashe fair and
as they approached the grounds
several people whom they met,
including popular Allegheny 20
trolman. Richard Griggs. called
out to them and said what the
Austins understood as "Check
your tire".
Just before the Austins arrived,
however. they discovered why
they were attracting attention.
Perched on top of the car was a
nice fat hen, on her way to the
fair with them. What other motor
lists had been saying to them was
"Chicken on top of your car"
Are You Perky or Poky?
An exhibit which attracted a
great deal of attention at the Ashe
fair was that of the FSA showing
the two different kinds of farm
families. Here were two definite
types. Few of us would like to be
considered as poky as the family
shown eating beans, cornbread
and fat meat, and few of us are.
But sometimes aren't we all just
a little more poky than we ought
to be in doing the things we ought
to do?
A. New Housewife
Everyday we hear of something
new. We are living in an age of
new inventions when miracles are
being wrought by chemists and
other experts. Few things surprise
us. but we were a little in doubt
the other day when C. F. Messick
popular manager of the Blue
Ridge Electric Membership corp
Grafton announced that he was
prepared to present the first
Young man from Ashe county who
en1ists in the U. S. navy, begin
ming today. with a housewife, to
take along with him. The "house-
wife" Mr.. Messick was speaking
about, as he later explained, is a
clever travel sewing kit which
comes in very handy in keeping
buttons on, etc.
When it was first mentioned we
were trying to think about pos
sible blonde robot since there are
so many things that can be &C
complished with electricity.
We are happy over the fact that
Ashe county has man in Ra-
leigh, G. B. Price as chairman of
the N. C. REA who is getting
things done so that more and
more people can be served with
electricity.
A short time ago he attended an
important meeting in Washington,
boarded a train and a few hours
later spoke to a crowd of hum
dreds of people in Mocksville.
Someone suggested that the REA
in Mr.. Prices title might mean
Running everywhere, about"
Biggest and the Best
The Ashe county fair showed
the biggest and the best in many
products. Two of the most enter
tanning features were the adult
and peoples contests.
Mrs. Reid Sturdivant marched
forward and claimed the award
for the latest woman. How many
would be honest enough to admit
this? Mrs. Sturdivant did not,
however, announce her weight.
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