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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-21
View Label Prevents Pulling the Wool over Shoppers Eyes,
Buyer Protected by Ruling
Regarding Wool Products
Not Only How Much Wool, But How Much 81 Each Kind
Must Nov Be Clearly Married on Each Hem for Sale

WASHINGTON - Want 70 invest in autumn preview
" tweed or stock ap blankets socks any kind
u wooless II you'll msck into the wool LABEL
ing act which recently became effective.
You'll find that any wool product IL stamped tagged or
labeled to show what kind Of hers contains and how much
Of each type Did you know that the term wool isnt BY
any monopoly Of The familiar sheep but often
used describe fleece Of AnTora Cashmere gratis
well hair Of the camel and hts long necked South Amer
can cousins. the alpaca vieuna aud llamsf
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thing put over en-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-21
Foot Comfort Simplified
By Few Easy Exercises
Summer Tine lei-Down Causes Trouble for Workers
Who Must Spend Much Time on Feet
By CYNTHIA GREY

Dear Miss Grey | a working girl. and my work re-
qures to be my feet almost constantly As result
have deal Of foot trouble BY the end of the day they
swollen, tired and aching.
This | have spent all my leisure hours in play
clothes usually the beach II grand while il lasted
but my feet bother all the Do you have
suggestions? TIRED WORKING GIRL.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-21

Your Postmaster can tell you
how to invest In u. S. Defense
Bonds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-21
TodaY's
Recipes

LIME JUICE COCKTAIL
u cup graduated sugar
cup water
cup grapefruit juice
cup orange juice
u cup lime juice
Few grains salt
III cups carbonated water
~ sprigs fresh mint
l tablespoon sherry jelly
Make a syrup Of sugar and water
by boiling together five minutes.
Combine with fruit juices, salt and
carbonated water and sh a X Q
thoroughly in a glass jar or cock
tail shaker. Put crushed ice in
cocktail glasses. pour in mixture
garnish each glass with sprig OF
mint and a teaspoon sherry jelly
Serve at once. Makes IL servings
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-21

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business ~ ~eeprocesssd- and re-
used IL tougher
When wooden products arc rot
used 81 cot q styie or dye badly.
or something they are often
bought up BY a feprocssssns ean.
Germ. iisrs they are put through
a s'gafurttiaE machine" whssh
ehsws them an. pulls shsm apart.
and reduces them 10 fiher ssaln
Then the fiber IL respaa. woven.
iyed. and made into nsw elothss
feiis. or blankets.
All r4uhf 10 Whafs
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-21


Dear Working Girl; The end
OF the summer SEASON Is indeed
. trying one for the feet. be
heve the relaxing Is good for
them In he long run, but II
does take awhile for them to get
back TO normal.
Exercising the feet and an
kles Is sure TO help. Try cross
ing your knees and pointing your
toes down as far as they will
go. Then point them up a. far
as they will reach. Repeat five
or six times with each foot.
Another good exercise Is TO pick
up marbles with the toes.
Bathing the feet alternately in
hot and cold water. following
with a massage with foot oil will
be n big help. II you could ar
range your schedule 50 that You
could bath your feet each eve
ming when you return from work,
and follow this process by lying
flat on your back with your feet
resting on the foot of your bed,
or at n higher level than yonr
head, for so much as 10 min
utes, I'm sure you would notice
. marked relief.
Have you tried varying the
type Of shoes you wear: II you
change shoes when you get home
from work, and never wear the
same shoes two days In success
sion 20 work, you will find II a
help. Differences In heel heights,
a change from oNfords TO san
dies. and then TO pumps, will
give your feet a variety of sup
port which will tend TO make
them more supple and less
bothersonic.
Dear Miss Grey: I have a small
boy who is two years old. ]
would like to get him little male
dog as he just loves them. II
someone has dog they no longer
care TO keep, it would find a good
home with us. would prefer
one that wouldn't get too large,
and. OF course, one that would be
good around a child.
MRS. c. F. LEGACY.
Readers may reach Mrs. Leg
acy at 1882 So. Fife II they
could help her locate a dog for
her son.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-21
500 S13s
Sl7l Slss
Other Pine Funerals
I'D 10 81 600

Cemetery srssf 81
CesL Cremstions. SIS 90.
Call BIZ sass for Any
Further Information De
sired.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-21

NTNlo. Z. T !. I1FIRCl.
Readers may reach Mrs. Leg
acy at 1882 So. Fife II they
could help her locate a dog for
her son.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-21
LINK SAUSAGE HAWAIIAN


LINK SAUSAGE HAWAIIAN
g strips bacon
IL link sausage
2 tablespoons -four
~, cups crushed pineapple
8 triangles toast
Pantry the bacon, lift out and
drain. Pour off fat. Place the
sausage links in the pan, add 2
tablespoons water, cover and
steam for five minutes. Then re-
move the cover and brown slowly.
Remove the sausage TO hot plat
ter. Leave 2 tablespoons sausage
fat in the pan. add the flour to this,
and brown. Add the crushed pine
apple, stirring constantly until the
pineapple Is heated Pour the
pineapple mixture over the toast.
and place two sausage and a slice
OF bacon on each slice.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-04-24
Group
Entertained In
Winston Friday

Around IS weekly newspaper
editors and publishers in the
northwestern and piedmont Sec
ton of the state attended the
April meeting of the Midwestern
Press Association, which was held
in Winston-Salem last Friday
night - SIS
The Winston-Salem Journal
Sentinel and WSJS radio station
were host for the occasion and
Publisher Gordon Gray served as
POSTMASTER. A delightful program
was presented by the staff mem
bers of the two Winston-Salem
newspapers and radio station
Editor Sanford Martin was the
chief speaker.
Those attending from Ashe
were Ed M. Anderson, Mrs. Ed nj
Anderson, John Reeves and Tom
my Williams. Ray LoWery, editor
The Allegheny News, was also
present.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-04-24
Promoters Of Progress

The large attendance at the banquet CIV
en- here in honor of editors and publishers
of newspapers of the Piedmont and West
ern areas served to emphasize the new splr-
it of interest, enterprise and initiative
which actuates those who disseminate news
in the towns and county seats of North
Carolina.
Visitors to North Carolina frequently
comment on two features of community
life which strike them as remarkable: The
progressive attitude of North Carolina peo-
pie and the quality Of their newspapers.
To some of these visitors the thought has
occurred that these two things are close
ly inter-related We believe this idea is cor
rect. Many weekly and semi-weekly papers
as we'll as dailes published in, the smaller
cities of the State compare favorably with
papers published in much larger towns and
cities elsewhere in the nation. In makeup,
headlines, picture display, feature services,
news style, and editorial attitude they
march abreast of progressive trends and OF
ten march some distance ahead OF the COM
munities they represent. This is no doubt
as it should be. The small town press
should not only mirror the life of the COM
munity through its news columns but strive
to advance it to higher level.
We believe North Cardinals newspapers
on the whole today seek to promote the
best interests of all the people regardless
of political, personal or private interests
and present the story of community and
state progress as it unfolds itself from day
to day in clear, unbiased manner. In do
ing this they are contributing more than
they know toward the building of the new
Empire State of the South.-The Winston
Salem Journal.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-04-24
Many Attended
Tackey Party

| Ashe county people as we'll as
others appeared in their most
comical regalia at the old fash
Toned tackey party held on Tues
day night at the community
building under the sponsorship of
the Ashe County Memorial Hos
pital Auxiliary.
Miss Toby Turner, superintend-
ent of the Wilkes hospital took
top honors. She was awarded the
prize as the tackiest, won the
pretty girls cake as well as a
cake walk. Mr.. and Mrs. Ira T.
Johnston were declared the
tackiest couple.
Among the others wearing cos
tunes cited as being particular
funny were Mrs. Herbert Little
wood, Mrs. John Littlewood, Mrs.
Arthur Frazier, Mrs. P. G. Wright
and Mrs. Sam Diggs. Mrs. Wright
and Mrs. Frazier won the first
cake walk and turn the cake in
for other contests.
E. E. Garbee, director of ply
steal education at ASTC had
charge of number of games and
contests. Mrs. Flora Robinson, of
Boone, formerly of West Jeffer-
son, also assisted in the entertain
ment.
Mrs. w. B. Austin, president,
reported that 1929 was cleared
for the benefit of the hospital.
Mrs. Wade Eller and Mrs. Gwyn
Price were in charge of the ar
rangements.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-04-24
DEFENSE SAVING
STAMPS TO BE SOLD

Continued from Page One)
wants to buy Government Bond
on an easv payment plan, the post
office will have a new series OF
Postal Savings Stamps, at 1Oc, 25c,
SOC, ST. and SIS. Each purchaser
of any Savings Samp higher than
10c will be given, free Of charge,
an attractive pocket album in
which to paste his stamps until
he has enough to buy a $25 bond
or one of higher denomination.
Thirty million of these albums
are now being prepared.
The cover design of the albums
is in color, featuring a United
States battleship and an eagle
bearing the American flag. On the
back cover is a painting of the
Minute Men statue by Daniel
Chester French, which symbollzes
the American citizen ever alert IN
defense of his country. The in
scription is "America on Guard"
Secretary Morgenthau said that
even boy or girl who saved loo
to buy a Savings Stamp would
help the country. He added that
"you can safeguard your own mo-
ney and your own future, while
helping the national defense, by
buying United States Savings
Bonds now.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-04-24
Open Forum
COLUMN
FOR THE VOICE OF THE
PEOPLE
A SCHOOL NEED

Dear Editor:
Fleetwood high school is in need
of a new school building, the cd
building having deteriorated be-
yond repair. There is not a high
school district in North Carolina
that has been neglected to any
greater extent than has this one.
The people of the community are
not able to finance the needed
building program and as a result
the high school students of the
community are forced to attend
school in building that is not
properly heated because of the
type of construction of the wood
building.
At this time when federal aid
is to be had in the construction
of school buildings the county ed
ucational leaders should make
use of the opportunity and see
that a new building is built. The
people of this section deserve a
modern building just as much as
any other community in North
Carolina and because the commu-
nifty is not able to finance this
program is no reason for the
county not doing so.
It is time for the educational
leaders of Ashe county to realize
that the good of the county de-
ponds on the good of each indi-
vidual living in the county and
not just select few. The peo-
pie of the community pay their
taxes and in return should re-
ceive some compensation. Other
communities have been helped by
the county and this community
has not received anything. If this
is justice then away with justice.
This is not intended to reflect on
the county educational leaders
but an attempt to arouse public
consciousness to the needs OF this
community.
A CITIZEN
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-04-24
Teachers At w. J.
Are Well Trained

The faculty of the West Jeffer-
son high school is made up of
fourteen, we'll trained, efficient
teachers.
In the high school is: Prof. B.
M. Duncan, principal and teach
er of math and history; Prof. Paul
Perkins, math, physical education;
Mrs. Robert Barr, home economics
and science; Mrs. Edd. Barr, Eng
lish and French; Mrs. James Bar
low, English and physical educa-
ton.
The elementary faculty is COM
posed of: Prof Charlie Goodman,
7th grade; Prof. Oscar Houck, 9Th
grade; Mrs. James Stanley, 5th
grade; Miss DeEtte Crawford, 18th
grade; Mrs. Earl GRAPHICAL, 3rd
grade; Mrs. John Donnelly, End
grade; Mrs. Wick Vannoy, LIST
grade; Mrs. Lola Porter 4th and
7th grades; and Miss Margaret
Phillips, public school music.
The average number of years
of service at West Jefferson by
these teachers is slightly more
than four years. Mrs. lola Van
noy has served as first grade
teacher for eight years and Mrs.
Robert Barr has taught home
economics in the high school for
the same length of time. Prof.
Charlie Goodman, who came to
this school from Jefferson high
school this year, was seventh
grade teacher in West Jefferson
school for a number of years sew
eral years ago. Prof. Duncan is
ending his fourth successful year
as principal of West Jefferson
high school.
In the West Jefferson district
schools there are a number of
other able teachers, including
Prof. Hayden Goodman and Mrs.
Grant Dollar, Baldwin,; Mr..
Thomas Hardin and Mrs. Eula
Hardin, Bald Mountain; Mrs.
Woodrow Burgess, Othello; Mrs.
Bill Francis and Miss Vivian Par
sons, Obids; and Mrs. Mayme
Smith, Boggs.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-04-24
WEST JEFFERSON TO
HAVE BASEBALL TEAM

Continued from Page One)
nesday and 9-innings on Satur-
day. The chief umpires will be
furnished by the visiting teams.
BY June 2, each club must send
in list of 81 players.
Each club will be represented
in the league by director, who
will be a member of the league
executive committee, plus the Of
ficers. The next directors meet
ing is to be held in Galax on
Thursday night, June 10.
Team managers are: West JEFF
ferson, Paul Perkins; Sparta, Bert
Edwards; Austinville, Haswell
Jackson; Galax, Jim Seasons; In
dependence, Bill Baker; Fries,
Charlie Moore and Ivanhoe, Car
ter White.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-04-24
History Book Fight

The bitter controversies that have been
waged in North Carolina since last Dec
ember over the state history book to be
taught in the fifth grade of our public
schools took another turn during the past
week when Messrs A. r. Newsome and
Hugh T. Letter replied to the recent state
ments made by Hon. A. J. Maxwell con-
corning their textbook, entitled ''The
Growth of North Carolina.
In December the State Board of Educa-
ton rejected the Newsome-Lefler book as
the basic fifth grade text in North Carroll
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-04-24
Plans Made To
Get Agriculture
Teacher This Yr,

At mass meeting of patrons
of the Riverview high school,
held last Saturday night, definite
plans were made to establish an
agricultural department in the
school, starting next fall.
An enthusiastic group was pre-
sent and talks, stressing the new
for an agriculture teacher, were
made by c. J. Rich, H. D.
Quessenberry and Mrs. w. c.
Thomas.
A finance committee, composed
Of Levern Johnson, Todd Price
V. c. Lillard, Mrs. Thomas and
Wade Eller, was appointed to
raise the schools or county's
share of funds needed to set up
the department.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-04-24
TODD NEWS

Mr.. Cecil Widner died Saturday
afternoon due to poisoning. Mrs.
Widner, the former Grace Seatz,
is in the hospital. Members of the
family and friends who attended
the funeral in Marion, Va, are Mr..
and Mrs. Roby Seatz, Con. Eugene
and Edgar Seatz, Mrs. Annie Lee
Parsons, Mrs. Edna Greene and
Mr.. Lester MoretZ.
Mr.. James Krider visited his pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Krider,
at their home in Todd this week
end.
Mr.. Arthur Winebarger fell
from house that was under con-
struction last week. His condition
is not considered serious.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wiley Heck, of Ok
ford, Pa, have been visiting Mrs.
Heck's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. julie
Miller.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-04-24


Hoyt Wood will deliver the lite
rary address.
The commencement programs
at Jefferson and at Elkland will
get underway on next Thursday
night, May 1. At this time the
grade commencement will be CIV
en- at Elkland. Commencement
here will end on the following
Saturday night with the senior
play, "The Life of Riley.
The finals at Jefferson opens
with the grade program Thurs
day and closes the following Sat-
urday night, May 3, with the SEN
ior class play, LENA Rivers"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-04-24
MRS. GREENE WRITES
BOOK ON 1910 FLOOD

Continued from Page One)
can re-live it's scenes again in Mrs.
Greene's book. And for those who
were elsewhere at that time, it
presents true picture Of a ira
gic time. Mrs. Greene's story is
not only colorful, but accurate in
details. @
The author who was educated
at ASTC, has taught school, COM
pleted a business course and
worked in this field is now mar
ried to I. c. Greene, of Deep Gap
and has six children ranging from
six to sixteen in age. In addition
to being a homemaker she has al
ways taken an active interest in
church and the schools.
While in college she became in
terested in writing and since that
time has often composed poems
for her own pleasure as we'll as
that of her friends.
She explained that she was first
inspired to write the book on the
flood by her many friends and re-
latives, particularly those who
had formerly lived in this section
of the state and had moved else
where.
81 wrote SO many and such long
letters about it that finally de-
cided to write book" she ex-
planned.
Mrs. Greene, who is native Of
this section, has many friends and
relatives who will be interested in
her book. She is a sister of I. M.
and Fred Cook and the mother of
Alva Lee Greene, of West Jeffer-
son.
The book is now on sale at The
Skyland Post.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-04-24

ma history and in February banned it from
the supplementary reading list, despite the
unanimous recommendation of the North
Carolina Textbook Commission of profess
sional educators that it lis by all odds the
most outstanding, complete scholarly au-
thoritative best organized and suited to
our needs.
Later textbook, written by julie B. War
rem, was adopted and it contained so many
important errors that public c1amor caused
the Board of Education to order it's recall
at the end of the school year for correction
of errors by persons other than the author.
Revenue Commissioner Maxwell, who
is regarded as being quite historian, en-
tered the controversy the first of this
month alleging numerous errors and mis-
interpretations in the NeWsome-Lefler
book. In long letter to Governor Brough-
ton, these two University of North Caro-
lima professors strongly deny the Maxwell
charges and contend that their book is as
free from factual errors as the best books
written by professional historians and pub
lished by reputable publishers "Anyone
has the right to point factual errors and
erroneous interpretations and to condemn
or approve the point of view, interpreted
tons and conclusions of the author. But
no one has the right to state that the au-
thor says things which he does not say, to
accuse the author falsely of factual errors
and to distort and falsify the point of view
and interpretations of the author. These
things Mr. Maxwell did in his written opin-
ion," the lengthy reply states
We have glanced over both books and
of the two, it seems to us that neither of
them should be taught in our public
schools On the whole, both books are fair
ly comprehensive and reflect in general
more or less accurate picture of the states
history, but there are number OF minor
interpretations in each volume which are
exaggerated or in their presentation, leave
a false impression.
The Warren book is said to contain at
least 200 factual errors which, within itself,
is poor reporting. While more factually
correct false impression is left in the
Newsome-Lefler book in the following SEN
fences, which is cited as an example: "ln
1882 and again in 1886 the Democratic pri-
mary contest for governor was bitter and
close; but the Conservatives won with J.
c. B. Ehringhaus in 1882 and Clyde R.
Hoey in 1886 There was so much evidence
of corrupt activity by party workers at
the voting places, though, that many citi-
zens demanded laws to make clean and
honest elections more certain.
These two men weren't corrupt, but the
absentee ballot system was bad and both
of them advocated it's change, which was
made.
Of the two books, however, we think it
would be better to revise the Newsome-
Letter volume 1t strikes us as being the
most interesting and effectual.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-04-24
FEW ARE TRIED HERE

The Mayors court was light
here this week. Paul Gilley, of
Lansing, charged with reckless
driving, was fined $25 and the
cost.
Paul Miller, of Warrensville,
also charged with reckless driv-
ing in connection with recent
accident in which the car driven
by Mrs. Clint Goodman was bad
ly damaged, was fined SIS and the
cost. Miller had previously paid
repair charges on the Goodmans
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-04-24
NEW DRINK is NOW
BEING BOTTLED HERE

The DR.. Pepper Bottling Com
pany here now has the franchise
for bottling and selling delight
full new drink. called Grapette, in
Ashe, Allegheny, Watauga and
Wilkes counties.
A new truck was purchased last
week to distribute this beverage
and Harrison Hairless is truck
salesman.
Carl Coward is manager of the
local bottling company.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-04-24
WEST JEFFERSON IN
NEW RIVER LEAGUE

Continued from Page One)
Faw, James Eller, Earl Lewis,
Bare Sheets, Junior Atwood,
Dean Andrews, Frank Mcmillan
and others.
It was pointed out that the club
will afford wholesome recreation
and advertising for. the county.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-04-24
NAILS FORCES ARE
NOW NEAR ATHENS

Continued from Page One)
that the war would not be won
by any single battle, but by main
tanning England as the defender
Of democracy abroad.
In the light of history, he said
at a press conference, the Ameri-
can people should not go to a pin
nacle one day because of a Bri-
fish victory in the Mediterranean,
and then sink to the depths of des-
pair the next on word of a Nazi
victory.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-04-24
WOOD CHILD rs GETTING
ALONG FINE IN SCHOOL

Betty Wood, 7-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Wood, of
Todd. is getting along splendidly
at the state school for the blind
in Raleigh.
A few days ago her mother re-
ceived a letter which stated in
part, "hope all of you have been
well. I am getting along fine. ]
have many playmates here. 1t
won't be long before I will have
to leave them for the summer.