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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-06-12
APPOINTMENT OF State School
Commission Made This Week
DIR. B. B. Dougherty Is Reap
pointed On Twelve-Man
Board. 2-Year Terms.

Governor Broughton this week
announced the appointment Of the
State School Commission, all for
a term ending May 81, 1913. The
Commission has had five vacan-
cies for several months, three of
these being members of the State
Senate whose positions on the
Commission automatically became
vacant upon their qualification as
Senators, these being Senators R.
Gregg Cherry, Edwin Pate and
Archie C. Gay: and the other two
vacancies resulting from resigna-
tons on the part of julie B. War
rem and John H. Folger, the lat
ter of whom has resigned in con-
nection with his acceptance of
membership on the State Retire
ment Commission, from which lat
ter position he resigned in con-
nection with his candidacy for
Congress. The terms of all other
members of the Commission ex-
pired as of May 81, 1941.
Under the statute member of
the Commission is named for each
congressional district, and accord
ingly twelve members are named,
since the act of 1941 General AS
sembly created an additional con-
gressional district. The members
of the Commission not subject to
appointment and serving in an ex-
officio capacity, are the following:
Lieutenant Governor as ex-oftl-
clio chairman; the State Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction as
Vice-chairman; and the State
Treasurer.
The members appointed by the
Governor in accordance with an
nouncement Monday are as fol-
lows:
1st Congressional District: Ell
bert S. Peel, lawyer, of William
ston.
| End Congressional District: Jas.
B. Boyce, druggist, Warrenton.
3rd Congressional District: Ar
chibald Mclean Graham, lawyer,
Clinton.
4th Congressional District: DR..
L. M. Massey, dentist, Zebulon.
5th Congressional District: Egg
bert L. Davis, Sr., business man,
Winston-Salem.
9Th Congressional District: Hen
ry w. Dwire, Duke University,
Durham.
7th Congressional District: John
Oates, lawyer, Fayetteville.
9th Congressional District: Wal
ter c. Sanders, business man,
Monroe.
9th Congressional District: DIR.
B. B. Dougherty, Boone.
10th Congressional District: DR..
Julian S. Miller, editor, Charlotte.
18th Congressional District: Lee
B. Weathers, publishers, Shelby.
18th Congressional Distric t:
Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr., lawyer,
Brevard.
It was announced that the new
w appointed School Commission
will hold its first meeting in the
Hall of the House of Representa-
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-06-12
Army Transfers
Are Announced
Six Ashe County Men Trans
ferred and Assigned At
Camp Wheeler.

During the past week, this pa
per has received notice trans
fers and new assignments of six
of Ashe county's draftee-selectees.
Edward Mu1lis, army serial
number 341133O5, has been as
signed to Infantry Replacement
Training center, Camp Wheeler,
Ga. The reception center is Fort
Mcpherson, Ga.
The other five have also been
transferred and assigned at Fort
Mcpherson, Ca, and the post Of
flee address is Camp Wheeler, Ga.
They are all also in the Infantry
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-06-12
FROM TENNIS TO ART

AMERICAS NOTED SPORTS
WOMAN, Helen Hull Jacobs, has
turned her hand to fashion design
ing. Her first collection of active
sports clothes, numbering II items
and created exclusively for Jay
Thorpe, Inc, will be launched this
month.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-06-12
SOLDIER-COOK

PRIVATE ROB Err T CRAB
TREE, stationed at Camp Shelby,
Miss, relies on the mails to do
his cooking for the headquarters
company Of the 147th infantry in
training at this camp. His wife
sends him the recipes he uses!
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-06-12

x Batted for Blevins, 9th
Xxx Batted for Perkins, 9th
xxx Batted for Jones, 9th
West Jefferson 200 001 2Ox-5
Austinville 100 101 O1O-3
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-06-12
DISCOVERY

THE CENSUS PEOPLE come
up with finding that there are
1O1 men for every 100 women in
the country, which works out ap-
proximately to a stag line of $780,
600!
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-06-12
FAST MAIL

FAST WIA.lL
UNCLE SANS POSTAL
SERVICE was just too speedy for
a Roanoke, Va, housewife. Down.
town she put special delivery
stamp on a greeting, addressed it
to her husband at their home, and
at 3 p. m. dropped it in a mail
box where she thought it would
be collected that night. When she
got home at 4 p. M, she found
the greeting had got there ahead
of her.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-06-12

tives, where the oath of office will
be administered to the members
by Justice M. V. Barnhill.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-06-12
WEAVER EXTRAORDINARY

LEAH KLEIN Of New YORK,
who was born blind and now, in
her thirties, a virtuoso of the
ners as her speciality. She tells
colors by knotting the end of the
weaving loom, makes tables run
thread once on the green shuttle,
twice on the blde, etc. Using that
system she works out such intri-
cate patterns as a shaded brown
and green pine tree.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-06-12
Women In
The News
WINNER AT 81

WINNER AT 81
MRS. ANNA MARY ROBERT
SON MOSES, 81, of Syracuse, N.
Y, recently won a $3.50 prize for a
painting she submitted to the
State Art Show in New York e.
Besides being an artist, she's a
great-grandmother too!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-30

Just sweet and human "like our
selves"
All passed their examinations
and we're sent UP to posts where
they could be Of greatest use; the
kitchen maio to be q wel-paio
head cook In the canteen, the
lovely young peeress TO be an Of
ficer, the l.. n. e. to high respon-
sibility But the brilliant society
woman refused an advance. She
said she was doing the difficult
ana intricate work of uIendint
fine instruments In aeroplanes and
she was doing 1t well now. and
should stick to It. So there sht
has been on a bench. with tools
for eight Notwithstanding AND
Joyous
These are Just touI English.
women. but there are hundreds
and hundreds OF the same sor'
lin every one OF the services.
II you see smart. idle creatures
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-30

Your drilling first and then your
work would be intensely hard and
fstiguins and only after enduring
all this until you were competent
would you possibly get any more
upward.
Four different recruits happened
70 be allotted 70 one hut. No. !
was q kitchen maid. daughter OF
a humble rat-catcher. The second
was q witty member OF an exclu-
sive polIttcai-diplomatic section Of
the great world.
The third was a distinguished
| D. B. e. dame Of the British En-
pirel. Both these latter had mar
ried baronets and the fourth was
lovely Young peereSs.
The kitchen maid hao the marc
oed between the hard beds of the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-30

late at night lollins about in their
fsvorite hotel lounges, drinking
champagne to deaden their fear OF
the air raids. whatever their
wealth or possible rank may be.
you will know they are scum, and
that there viii be no place for
them. II they are sti1 left alive
when peace comes.
In every mighty civilized country
there Is always some worthless
exotic set which no tragic events
seem to affect. They were fright
full In Paris In the last war, and
they can be found here even now
II you look for them In the haunts
they still enjoy But thank God
there are only a very few OF them
and the rest of the So-called upper
class should never be measured by
them. England is all right, and
she can stand the test.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-30
Services Are Manned by Women

officers used for administrative posts in training
depots submarine detector decodes and
countant We ticket punchers omnbuses and
trans and there porters handle luggage
bore you by describing all the jobs but there are
inst one or two little which will show the spirit and
give q picture of the life going
The services principally manned by girls and women
who have previous experience In their work Among
Land girls instance, may find miners dressmakers
delicate little shop girls
You can hardly imagine the picture dainty manicurst
I'm her Oldest fur coat laddeed silk stockinga thic
farmboys hs before she had received her nnform
ploddng through unbelievable mud to feed pigs the
dawn-and loving It'll
"Such change she said looking the clipped varnisb
wartime nafst
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-30
Zeul OF Women
Wins OUeT Farmers

AT 4rsi the farmers we're ad-
serse TO them. put their prejudices
nave gtI been overcome COW mat
they see with what zeal the girS
learn tneiT duties.
should hate to be a fire fighter
gorkine under the Fire Service. out
all night 10 the cold. rlsking being
burned or soaked With water--even
10 be q fire spotter Is no picnic.
&c they sayl
This lob Is for women who are
working all day at other things
they volunteer TO do this brighten
-taa lob IN their own block OF tlatS
AS soon as the sirens go, eacf
In her turn goes up onto the ROOT
and watches for fire bombs drop
ping. notices the exact place anc
telephones down 70 the fire fighter
squad on the street level.
This enables the fires " be oeal'
With before they can DO much
harm but instead Of being com
Portable u Q shelter you are II
the most dangerous place In TIL
house. and 50 have not chancl
u the bomb hits your building
I am not allowed 10 DO this De
cause 7 an too lame In ont kne'
20 get about quickly enough. bu
nv maid takes her night . weel
most cheerfully.
No young women hama back
] DO call that brave
Every kind Of war work r. ius
taken calamity
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-30
Sent Up to Posts
After Examinations

rhe D. b. K. told me that the
kitchen maid had fine brain and
fine ideas and only wanted edu-
cation TO be OF great usefulness
and that her own personal work
after the war would be to push on
In every way the schemes wherein
such girls should have no obstacle,
In their way OF advancement.
The kitchen maid ole me shs
had no IDEA that great ladies were
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-30

1 hope sometimes, on looking at
the pretty girls In the A. I. 8 In
their uniforms. carrying their
heavy equipment, with the inevita-
Die gas mask and tin hat sluno
over their shoulders, that II WON'T
make them crooked.
None is supposed to make IN
but ! think they must do 40 veTy
cleverly. because they look a,
pretty and roSy-lipped as ever.
Here Is another picture of tn,
life in the w. A. A. 2. twoment
Auxiliary Air Force). Il will SHOW
you what Is the really democrati,
spirit abroad In England nov
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-30
Start at Bottom
Regardless of Rank

Il you we're the Princess Royal
and decided upon the W. A. A. 2.
for yo'u war effort you would
have 70 go In at the lowest rune
OF the ladder and be . private
soldier--so 10 speak
You wouic have to sleep In q
hut with thirty ether women and
girls or q billet with perhaps eight
10 o room.
You WOULD have no privacy e
dress In. and very little space.
Your facilities for washing
would De rather primitive. Yor
would have 10 stand IN a queue
With youT plate and cup for
youf food which oowever woulr
J be hot and good
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-30
Great and Humble Unite
In Defense Of Britain
By ELINOR GLYN

Other WLKnown NoUelsJ
that the last until the latter the
of completely organized as it is
pulling their weight well the voluntarily their
WILL and often heavy monoonous jobs under strict military dis
which cannot have material compensations.
their counterpart
numbers of WRNS (Women Royal Servc
Auxiliary Air Force) the ATS thing army
(The Womn Voluntary all the
the Armyth eSerices
The of
The Mensar II =.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-30

two latter. All became most
friendly. There was no trace OF
class consciousness. All had en-
listed for no other reason than
service 10 England
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-30


messes as teephonss and teegraph clerks and
KEEPERS in shore units parmakers Of depth charges and
floats as boiler and general cleaners
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-30

OF ner wartime nailsi
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-30

special qualifications special register the Ministry Of Labor
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-24
Stocking Size

After you have gone TO the
trouble OF having your shoes
fitted properly. take care Of
them. Don't go around in run
over heels. or you will throw all
the % bones of your feet out of
alignment. You will also throw
yourself off balance and develop
-backacf1e and headdcne.
Having gone 10 such pains
about your shoes. don't spoil
everything by wearing stockings
that are too small.
Many a woman who orders a
size 8 should ask for an 81.
The best rule here is To have
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-24
Easily Made
Summer
-Erocks

SUMMER HAS reached the
halfway mark. and perhaps your
wardrobe needs new frock or
two 10 carry it over until the
Fall season begins.
II you are handy with a
needle you can run up a dress
in no time at all. and even the
beginner will have no difficulty
following an Anne Adams pat
tern.
In the Anne Adams Summer
Fashion book you have so many
delightful styles 10 choose from,
you won't know what 10 begin
on first. Every pattern is beau
tifully designed and easy 70
make.
II you are looking for pat
tern and can't find a style that
becomes you. send for the Anne
Adams Summer Pattern book.
1t has a style just for you.
To order, send Is cents in
coins 10 the Anne Adams Pat
tern Department. 1925 Times
Square, Detroit, Mich. Please
be sure TO write plainly your
name and address.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-24
BY IDA JEAN KAN

FOR ONE reason or another
the fashion of open-toed SAN
dals or the less pleasant tend
ency for feet 10 swell and ache
we are more foot conscious in
Summer than at any other sea-
son.
II Is easy TO believe the sta
tistics that seven out of every
ten have trouble with their feet
and that the remaining three
will have. unless they watch out.
There is so much current in
terest in feet that an American
Society for Prevention OF Cru
city to Feet" has been formed
In Brooklyn, N. Y, and the
founders stoutly insist that they
have as much crusading 10 do as
any other cruelty prevention or
ganization.
Simple Test
One OF the main causes of foot
trouble, they tell me. is failure
to have shoes fitted properly.
Here is a simple test by which
you can determine whether Your
shoes are long enough. Take the
shoe and fit the outside sole
bottom up-to the sole of your
foot. The joint of your big toe
should coincide with the widest
part Of the shoe. Both segments
act as hinges and when they
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-24
! WITH EXTRA SAFETY!

shades whittier by tintometcr tests than
other popular washday soaps. Con-
densed Chipso is so powerful that in
10 minutes it soaks dirt loose in soiled
work clothes the grimiest playthings.
And yet it's safer than strong granu-
lated soaps-proved safer by actual test
for your dainty colors and hands!
Get Condensed Chipso flakes from
your dealer today for winter, brighter
really safe washes If you aren't sim
ply thrilled and delighted we will gladly
refund your money!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-24
Necklines

The draped sIrplice bodice
gives milady the V-neckline for
fashion victory Broad Shout
dered capes, drawn snugly about
the hips and tapering 10 a wisp
at the hemline gives the new
V-Silhouette.
The narrow. inverted V slash
from floor 10 knee in the sheath
ekeEiEsss. --SISlEts--is- a
N-for-vision. or all the better 10
see those pretty Dietrichs with,
my dear. It's guaranteed 10
make any wolf sit up and take
notice.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-24
Society for Prevention Of Foot Cruelty
Recently Formed in New York

your stocking half an inch longer
than your foot. That gives you
toe room.
Contrast Baths
II what you want is foot aid,
take contrast baths, first hot.
then cold. Scrub your feet Wig
orously TO bring up the circula-
ton and dry them thoroughly.
Then use one of the powder
perspiration checkers or give
them an alcohol rub as the final
touch. You might also like 10
sprinkle the inside Of your shoes
with foot powder on the very hot
days.
A little foot exercise is an eX-
cellent thing. When you are
brushing your teeth Of a morn
ing, make a habit OF standing
pigeon-toed on the outer borders
Of your feet, toes curled under.
Copyright. 1871. King Features synd., Inc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-24
Victory Y
Permeates
Fashion
BY INEZ ROBB
InternA tionAl News Service Writer

NEW YORK. July 24.-vic-
tory V. a la mode, is fashions
latest dish.
Britain's victory insignia in
her newly launched war Of
nerves against Germany on the
continent appeared throughout
New York today from pompa-
dour to pumps and from hair
cuts TO hem lines.
The V-for-Vic'ory permeates
milady's Autumn and Winter
glad rags, which always make
their debut simultaneously with
Manhattans OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
walk season.
This V is also the insignia for
a fin or folding money, which is
what it takes 10 get Weed up in
the latest fashion.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-24
Skirt Dips

Chickadees and custom-huilt
cup cakes who pride themselves
on being the ne plus ultra. not
to mention the last gasp, will be
draped in VS. from crown TO
cork soleS this coming season.
Daytime skirts will dip down in
a V-line in back and evening
skirts will dip up in a Wine in
front.
So If YOU sec Mrs. Jones in
day dress that is 10 inches fur
Their 10 the south in back than
in front. don't rush up with the
gladstone news that her skirt
says. It's the new V-back and
its the fashion.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-24
Marriage
Woman's
Best B let
BY HELEN ROWLAND

MANY AN artful femme
starts out by telling a mans
fortune - and ends by marry
ing it.
At this perilous season, it
takes a lot of mental balance
for a girl not TO jump at the
wrong man and not to let the
right one get by.
A MAN sometimes vaunts his
single blessedness as though IL
were a decoration for valor; but
he is not safely confirmed
bachelor until:
He can do his own shopping
without being confused or en-
barrassed.
Open a can and wangle
meal on an electric grill.
Sew on a button or cheerfully
wear a safety pin as a substi-
tute.
Turn down a girls proposal
without needing a wife as an
alibi and with all the grace and
finality of a magazine rejection
slip.
AT 90, YOU feel sure that
your life would make a book
but at 40, alas, you sometimes
suspect that il would make a
better comic strip.
Don't waste your sympathies
on the girls a gay playboy
should have married and didn't.
Save them all for the one he
will marry and shouldn't.
THIS COLUMN has always
been one of propaganda for
marriage and against the single
life. This is because. no matter
, how uncertain and wobbly mar
riage may become, il is still
woman's best bet!
During courtship, we feed
each other flattery in double
portions: after marriage. we
Just ration IL out grudgingly, as
though it were on the food con-
servation list
IF YOU want 10 see your
husbands better nature work
ing on all cylinders. 60 on a
camping trip with him and dis
cover what a really good cook
he is, what a good sport, and
get Tevelation Of the gypsy in
-hiHas-It- SSsllgoPea eear~ eyest-----a
The average man hopes 10
find a wife who will understand
him thoroughly without ever
reminding him Of IL.
Distributed By Kine Features synd., Inc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-24

THOUSANDS and thousands Of women
i have already tried this new wonder
soap-and they're just thrilled by it! It's
so amazingly new, so different, so much
better! For now Chipso is in new con-
densed form!
Just think Of It! This wonderful new.
Chipso gives you all the sheer power Of
strong graduated soaps-all their power
for winter, brighter washes-but with a
plus safety for colors and hands.
Laboratory tests proved, Condensed
Chipso gets clothes whiter-up to IL
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-24

Many AN artful femme
starts out by telling a mans
fortune - and ends by marry
ing it.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-24

function together, the foot soci-
ETY. people say, you can even get
rid of callouses.
You will have 10 trust 10 your
own sensitivity 10 tell whether
or not your shoes are wide
enough. If your foot feels the
least bit crowded, you probably
need wider size.
In Summer, IL is suggested
that you wear shoes with a
wider last and a broader toe
than usual 10 allow for addi-
tional foot room.
If you are buying shoes now.
take a tip from the society and
buy them at the end of a days
work or shopping.
At such time your feet will
be larger and more sensitive and
you can be more certain of COR
rect fitting.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-24

gus, raw vegetables "a glass
of milk.
With il come rules 10 be
observed and how 20 substitute
fruits and vegetables for those
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-24
Take a Ii From Young Daughter
And Modernize Your Own Life

on the menu that you may not
like, plus a recipe for nom
fattening dressing for the salads.
The Pug Dog!
WHAT has become Of the pug
dog we asked in this column a
lew days ago.
A gentleman from New York
reports that he has pa
OF them says they
affectionate and intelligent ar
he believes they are com
back in style for az the West
chester dog show two years ac)
there were only six pugs. VIII .
at the last show there were 20
Of them.
Adele Gillette, 1923 Bishop
road, says they have one a year
old he's black instead Of
tan as pugs usually are
as we recall -. says he's cute
and very intelligent. His name
IS Topper.
Mrs. Jennie Hamburg e
Richton avenue calls TO say ste
has a pair of bisque pugs, -
Oscar is no longer the oniy
one in circulation.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-24
Nine. Day Diet

Most important of all in
Good Housekeeping the
August issue is a nine-day
diet that everybody is talking
about.
Want TO lose weight-and
In ches off your waistline?
There's your chance. The diet
is attractively printed, so that
it's easy 10 see what you're 10
have for each meal it's no
hardship, either for at
glance we see 2 broiled
lamb chops, 10 stalks Of aSpara-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-24
Part Of Fall

Designers leaped TO the fash
ion front today 10 pojRt out that
the V-for-Victory, not 10 mention
for variety, value and vanity, is
an integral part OF the Autumn
mode.
Nature herself conspired TO
make the gal with the widows
peak the ne plus ultra in the V
for Victory barrage. one Of New
York's foremost hair dressers
announced today
To further gid this lily, the
haT dresser demonstrated a V
coiffeur in which the hair is
parted in two lines running from
me widows peak 10 each ear,
forming another V.