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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-01-09
Want Reports On
Xmas Seal Sale

Incomplete returns from the
sale of Tubercular Christmas
Seals reveal that around 500
worth have been sold. Mrs. Ed M
Anderson, president of the Wo-
mans Club which sponsored the
sale in Ashe county, said that
when all returns were reported
there was a possibility that the
county's goal of $3.50 would be
reached.
All schools as we'll as individ-
uals who have not turned in their
reports are asked to do so at once
in order that complete returns
may be known and prizes award
ed the winning schools. Reports
may be turned into Mrs. A: B
Hurt, school chairman, Miss Ruth
Tugman, co-chairman, or to Mrs
Anderson at The Skyland Post.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-01-09
ASHE HAS COLD
WEATHER MONDAY

Ashe county experienced the
coolest weather Of the winter
here on Sunday night when
the thermometer dropped Off
cially to 2 above zero, follow
ing two days of strong cold
winds. 6
A. number of cars were un-
able to start ON Monday morn
ing and a few water pipes
were reported frozen, but lit
tie damage was reported.
Tuesday was slightly warm
er with the thermometer read
! ing 8 above zero early in the
morning. Wednesday morning
was still slightly warmer, but
Ashe experienced extremely
heavy frost ON both days.
Many weather prophets pre-
dicted snow but this failed 90
appear here this week.
III
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-01-09
Army Recruiting
Officers Here
Movie Shown Last Night. At
West Jefferson Post
Office Today.

The U. S. Army Recruiting Ser
vice has sent it l1aa>aile unit into
this vicinity to stimulate interest
in the regular army and to inter-
view applicants for enlistment.
Sgt. VIM. D. Montgomery and
Sgt. Ernst A. Rohr gave an I'M
usual piece of entertainment in
the fine movies which were
shown in the high school auditor
ium last night.
The mobile unit will be at the
post office in West Jefferson all
day today, to enable those that
are interested to apply for en-
listment. Those who do will be
allowed to select their choice
from service in Hawaii or Pana-
ma, Fort Benning, Ca, Fort Nc
Clellan. Ala, Fort Moultrie, S. c.,
Fort Jackson. S. c. and those who
have high school education will
be encouraged to enlist for the
air corps at Mac Dill Field, near
Tampa, Fla, it was explained.
IF you are between the ages
of eighteen and thirty-five years
of age, physically fit, unmarried,
and have nc dependents, you are
eligible for enlistment in the reg
ular army" Sgt. Montgomery
said.
All eligible men are encouraged
to acquaint themselves with the
facts regarding an enlistment.
Sgts. Montgomery and Rohr will
be only too glad to answer any
questions regarding the selective
service act and the regular army,
it was pointed out.
'Be sure to see the recruiting
officers while they are here. The
army has many opportunities
awaiting you and asks only the
opportunity to tell you about
them," the officers said.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-01-09
Appeal Is Being
Issued By County
Warden, Goodman
Wants Quail Season Closed
With Grouse Season Next
Wed. Birds Scarce.
CAUSES ARE CITED

Because of the scarcity of quail
and in order that "there may be
something left to kill next sea-
SON., H. H. Goodman, county
game warden, has requested the
State Department of Conservation
and Development and the sports
men and farmers of the county to
close the hunting season on quail
next Wednesday, January is, the
same day the grouse season legal
ly closes.
There simply aren't many
quail left and hundreds Of hunt
ers have asked me during the
past few days to do everything !
could to get the season closed on
the 18th. of this month and there
by protect the game" MIR. Good
man explained to a Post report
er.
Appeals To Farmers
Most of these men voluntarily
agreed to stop shooting quail be-
cause they want something to
shoot next season." he said. I
Continued on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-01-09
General Increase OF
Is Percent Will Be
MadeIn AsheCOunt
Commissions Will Also Serve
as Board of Equaliza-
ton and Review.
RESOLUTION PASSED

With the view of saving the ex-
pense Of a general revaluation
and with the view of making
reasonable and proper necessary
adjustments of the valuation of
real estate in the county without
bringing about any radical chang
es," the Ashe county board of
commission have passed resolu-
ton, making a horizontal increase
OF fifteen per cent in the county's
present valuation.
In passing this resolution,
board members explained that
the year 1941 is the year fixed by
the General State Law for the
quadrennial assessment and valua-
ton Of property for taxation" and
that by using the horizontal in
crease method, the board has the
right, as board of equalization
and review, to make necessary
and proper adjustments in the
Valuatlon OF real estate"
They pointed out that the coun-
tvs present valuation is perhaps
the lowest valuation of land of
any county in the state and that
the raising and ownership of cat
tie and sheep ought to be encour-
aged" by maintaining as low tax
rate on personal property as pos
slble. A fifteen percent increase
Will only give the county a total
valuation of around four million.
The resolution and statement
from the board to the taxpayers
OF the county are as follows:
Resolution Passed
BE it resolved by the Board Of
County Commissioners IF As,e
Soenty III regular adjourned SEES
sion on this the 10th day of Dec
ember, 1910, all Of said members
being present and voting aye"
That WHEREAS, the year 1941
is the year fixed by the General
State Law for the quadrennial
assessment and valuation of pro-
Continued on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-01-09
Annual Tax Listing Started
In Ashe County This Week
Only Three New Listers. Law
Requires Listing Be Done
During January.

Property tax listers started on
their annual rounds in Ashe
county Tuesday morning, follow
ing official appointments and con-
ferences with H. H. Burgess,
county tax listing supervisor,
Monday at the courthouse.
This year, as in the past, the
township listers will visit all
homes and business establish
ments, listing all property, perso-
nal and real estate, as well as
poll, for the purpose CT taxation.
The information contained on
the abstract blanks, one Of which
is to be filled out and signed by
each taxpayer, is the same as in
previous years.
The state law requires that list
ing be made in January and pro-
Vides severe penalties for failure
to list.
The listers will also make a
farm census on their rounds.
With the exception of three, the
list takers this year are the same
as last. The three new ones are:
Helton township, John Kilby
Sturgills; Horse Creek township
Edward Goss, Lansing and Hur-
ricane township, Fred Blevins
Tuckerdale.
The other Is listers are:
Chestnut Hip. L. Mcmillan
Crumpler; Clifton - Thomas A
Sutherland, Fig; Creston z b
GRAPHICAL, Fig; Elk-E. E. Houck
Todd; Grassy Creek-A. J. Blew
ms, Grassy Creek; Jefferson-J,
D. Burgess, Wagner; Laurel-T
J. GRAPHICAL, Fig; North Fork
Oscar Wilson, Trade, Tenn; Obids
-Delmer Rose, Glendale Springs;
Old Fields-J. r. Grub, Todd;
Peak Creek-Floyd T. Miller,
Wagner; Piney Creek-Howard
Blevins. Brandon; Pond Noun
tain-C. C. Robinson, Grayson;
Pine Swamp. H. Miller, Idle
wild; Walnut Hill-Coy Francis,
Cru:npler; West Jefferson-G. M.
~7ncnbell. West Jefferson.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-01-09
Pres. Acclaimed
Before Congress
Lease-Loan Aid Bill to Great
Britain, China, Greece
Will Pass.

President Roosevelt was ac-
claimed in joint session of Con-
gress th week as he repeated
assurances given in his Char
lottesville address last summer.
and again in his recent fireside
chat, that the resources of this
country would be at the disposal
of England and associated powers
opposing the aggressor nations
and that, once England's dollar
exchange and liquid assets shall
have reached the stage of ex-
haustion the Washington govern
ment would be prepared to I'M
derwrite Britain's war.
If the dictators cared to con-
strue all this as an act of war. the
President significantly added,
they could make the most Of it.
Roosevelt's proposed plan Of
loan-lease aid to Great Britain,
China and Greece will win con-
gressional approval with mini
mum of opposition, private sur
veys indicated.
At the same time, it was dis
closed that Mr.. Roosevelt plans
to ask congress from time to time
for money to finance the pro-
gram under which ornaments,
ships and planes would be lent Or
leased, and that eventually his to-
tai requests may aggregate $10,-
O0O, 100000. Recipients of the ma
terials would agree to make post
war repayments in kind or with
other goods.
Leaders of the non-interven-
ton bloc conceded that the pro-
gram will be approved but they
plan to force a careful analysis of
it during lengthy debate. They
hold out no hope that restrictive
amendments can be written into
it.
Secretary Hull is expected to
appear before the senate foreign
relations committee at an early
date to give it statement on the
United States role in troubled
world affairs. -.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-01-09
Null Is Speaker
OF State House;
Gov. Is Sworn In
Short Session of General AS
sembly Is Predicted. Aus
tin Left Sunday.
INAUGURATION TODAY

rle opening session of the N.
c. General -.ase--2y.s1!ly got under
way yesterday at neon when
Odus M. Null, of Cleveland coun-
ty was elected speaker Of the
house.
Mr.. Null, who is a 6Oyear-old
lawyer, farmer and textile mill
operator, of Shelby, is now serv-
ing his fifth term in the General
Assembly. His election as speak
er was assured when he was NOM
mated by his opponent, for the
office, George Uzzell, of Rowan,
at the Democratic caucus, Tues
day night.
Senator John o. Larkins. Jr.,
of Jones. was elected president
pro tenn.
The Republicans, with but six
members in the house and two in
the senate, did not hold a caucus.
Speaker Null said that he con-
sidered this a great opportunity
to serve North Carolina and
asked the legislators to study ''the
human side of legislating" during
the rest of the week.
A short session of the General
Assembly, possibly shorter than
the 90-day session two years ago
was forecast by a majority of the
legislators. The absence of con-
troversial matters, together with
the continuing" revenue bill first
Continued on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-01-09
Conscriptionist
Enjoying Life In
u. S. Army Camp
Donald Walters, One of COun-
tvs First 3 Volunteers,
Home Five Days.

In West jefferson on a five
day furlough, Donald Walters
one of Ashe county's three vol
unteer conscriptionist in Uncle
Sans army, told Post reporter
yesterday that army life was
swell.
Cali three of us-Carl Eldreth,
Howard Stansberry and myself
have been at Fort Jackson, S. c.,
since December 10, after staying
at Fort Bragg for couple OF
weeks taking examinations, etc.
BY the way, they weren't hard as
we expected them to be-"
Walters said upon arriving at
Fort Jackson he was put in the
machine gun division and the
other two in the hospital service
division. "Our clothes, beds,
equipment are all new and the
food is the best I've ever eaten.
We drill nearly eight hours a day
and the pack we carry around on
our back plus our gun weighs
about so pounds, which really
keeps our shoulders back and our
chests out"
When asked how he got such
an extended furlough after being
in training such a short time,
Walters explained that he was
expecting to be transferred to
some distant army post, possibly
Panama, where he will also be
placed in the machine gun d.
vision.
There are approximately 49,
900 soldiers at Fort Jackson now, q
Walters said, "and more come in
every day. Something is always
going on, and all kinds of war
maneuvers are practiced every
day, especially anti-aircraft de-
tense work."
about cur hardest work is 60
ing to bed at nine every night and
getting up at six. AS a rule,
though, we can have one nights
leave each week. Men who were
first appointed to look after us
and officers over us now, treat
us very nicely All the soldiers
we have come in contact with are
regular fellows.
Il don't exactly know what to
advise Ashe county conscriptees
who will be drafted soon except
travel with as fewer clothes and
baggage as possible. The army is
sues enough clothing to- take care
of our needs, and it gives man
plenty to do to take care of what
is given him. And don't expect
army life to be bad, because all
three Of us have found it's pref
ty good. We try to do what we
are told to do and find we get
along mighty we'll"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-01-09
DENTAL CLINICS ARE
RESUMED IN ASHE CO.

DR.. Robert King, of the county
health department, said yesterday
that DR.. E. T. Kcontz has been
doing dental work at the Elkland
school for the past two weeks
and last week inspected 81 child
rem and treated 81.
when he completes his work
at Elkland," DR.. King said, che
will go from there to the River
view school,"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-01-09
DIR. Hunter Heads
Birthday Party
In Ashe County

Announcement has been made
that DR.. J. K. Hunter has been
appointed Ashe county chairman
of President birthday party for
the benefit of the infantile pa
ralysis fund.
Plans are being worked out for
the ball and other means of rails
ing funds for this purpose, and
will be announced next week.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-01-09
DEADLINE FOR ENTERING
BABY DERBY is SATURDAY

The deadline for entering The
Posts annual Ashe County Baby
Derby is Saturday, January II.
A number of entries have been
made so far and, according to
present indications, the 8-pound
son of Mr. and Mrs. How
ard Woodruff, of Oval. born at 9
o'clock in the morning on jan
uary l, has a good chance to win.
A number of valuable prizes
await the winners. who will be
announced next week.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-01-09

Meet Mr.. Caleb Miller, of Glen
dale Springs, who was SO years
old ON January 1, 1871. He is the
winner of The Posts "Oldest man
contest" in Ashe county. In this
contest he had keen competition.
Felix Barr, of West Jefferson and
J. j. Thomas, of Grassy Creek,
are reported as being 81 years
old; David Blevins, of Jefferson,
80 years old. MIR. Miller is real
Christian and trusts i'm the Lord
to heal him when he is sick.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-01-09
AsHR 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, 1941-01-09
BKK.rEvR-n-OR-NoT

The Skyland Post is the only
paper in North Carolina having
an audited circulation of over
tnree times the total population
o. tne town in which it is pub
lished.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
List Adventure
Series Speakers

VACATION IN the Bahamas
and the Caribbean and Our
Central American Adventure,
each Illustrated with natural
color motion pictures, will be
World Adventure Series public
lecture subjects at the Art In
Sutute during the coming week.
DR. Gustav Grain, who hired
his own sailing schooner IN or
der 10 visit Out-oi- the-Way as
we'll as better known ports,
comes next Tuesday evening.
He viii show exclusively posed
shots of the Duke and Duchess
of Windsor.
At $50 p. m Wednesday Sui
Ivan C. Richardson VIII present
color motion pictures Of the sec
ond leg of his Detroit te-CaPe
Horn expedition His subject IS
our cen ira | \ IN 7 l.
can Adventure
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
Combination Rhumba

Now I know I've heard every
thBnc.N. BCST ATnaZ contribution
10 cementing relations between
Uncle Sam and South America.
lS-a- new dance, the Square
rumba. It's a combination of
our own square dance and their
hip shaking rumha. Matt until
the folks down on the farm get
a load Of this one,
Twentieth Centur y-k'nX- is
throwing up It's hands and adj
hitting that movie contract
makers cant do anything about
CUPID. So they're striking out
the no-marriagc clause IN the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
Joan Crawford Daughter
a California Renegade;
She Prefers N. Y.

Motion Picture Editor Init News Service
HOLLYWOOD. Nov. %.
DANDOM thoughts of the
week: Jerry Wald was argu-
ing with Orry-Kelly over an
elaborate V-cut evening gown
Orry designed for Ann Sheridan.
"That v symbol Is inspira-
tiOnal," said Jerry. "To peoples
all over the world II stands for
v for Victory" To which Orry
replied:
"This one doesn't. II stands
for V for visibility
Joan Crawford writes Holly
wood friends she won't be home
for the holidays. Her adopted
daughter, Christina, has become
a confirmed New Yorker.
"AIso," writes Joan, ~ think
Ntlt IN tIOtntS nOINt NJ Htdtis
When / said something about
returning TO California for
Christmas, she said:
"'But how can l wear my
white wooley cap and red muf-
fer out there
Jane Withers. who has been
with Twentieth Century Fox
seven years tlonGer than any
other star, is now calling her
-Seif-"the-grand- nid-1ady of
WcStwOod HIS. Don't say l
told YOU but in spite of her
venerable state. Jane still takes
an afternoon nap at 4:30 every
day!
Sterling IIaydcns mother,
who lives IN the same apartment
house with Madeleine Carroll,
cooks special diet dinners for
her sons fayoritc girl friend
=. Marlene Dienich's chauffeur
gets the role of her chauffeur
in The Lady Is Willing
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
Russian
Pianist Here
Thursday

ERGEI VASSILIEV1CH
~ RACEMANINOFF. known
TO millions as the composer of
the famous C-Sharp Minor Pre-
Jude, will be presented as soloist
with the Detroit Symphony Or
cheStra at the sixth subscription
concert Thursday night, in Ma
sonic Auditorium.
For the first time in the many
years he has visited Detroit,
Rachmaninoff will play the
Sehumann Concerto for Piano
and Orchestra in A Minor, a
work that the late Ossip Ca
brilowitsch favored particularly.
Requiring 81 minutes to per-
form, this Concerto is among
the most poetic of all piano
compositions in the larger form.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
Movie Round
BY LOUELLA O. PARSONS

contracts of all glamour girls in
the future. If any one studio
was hard hit by romance in 1941
il was this lot.
There was a mo smarriage"
clause in the contracts of eacl \
of the following-Alice Faye.
Brenda Joyce. Nancy Kelly.
Gene Tierney and Cobina Wright
Jr.-and look what happened in
1871! The gals just ignored the
ban on Cupid and stepped out
and got married any way. It's
a wise boss who knows when
he's beaten
The Seaward, Cecil =. De
Miles beautiful yacht. that has
been the scene of many gay and
brilliant sailing cruises. is seeing
her last days as a luxury boat.
&. b. has decided these are no
times for pure pleasure boats
and workmen are already at
work at the harbor tearing out
the luxury cabins. the teakwood
decks and the fine furnishings
TO make roome for a hold" that
Will accommodate 80 to 80 tons
of marketable cargo.
The minute all traces of CLAM
our are removed from the Sea-
ward, &. b. is taking his first
real vacation from Hollywood in
- years. He is sailing his pride
and Joy 10 the South Seas for
cargo and he will be gone three
or four months.
Wendy Barrie is game gal
and her heart and soul Is with
the British in their struggle. But
after all there is a limit 10 what
a girl can 90 through.-
Not long ago Wendy was
seized with an urge TO enlist in
the American branch of the
BIRTHS h Ambulance Training
Corps. She didn't mind first aid.
radio transmission and auto me-
chanicS- and learned all her les
sons to a r. But when she was
voted to be the ''Xlciim0 In the
amateur class learning bandage
wrapping -Wcndy almost met
her Waterloo.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
Wilson
To Lecture at Cass

HIS EXCELLENCY, Hugh
Wilson. diplomat and America s
last ambassador 10 Germany,
will speak Friday at II a. m. for
the Detroit Town Hall at the
CaSS ThCatcr
Vital questions Of Amcrica's
foreign policy in terms of the
latest developments in interna-
tional affairs and various plans
for peace that will follow the
cessation of hostillties will be
discussed by Wilson in his talk,
Americas Role in the World
Crisis"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
Phe ps TO Speak .
-AtFisher Thursday

LYON PHELPS.
professor emeritus of Yale Uni
vcrSity and for nearly four dec
AIDES one of Americas most
popular lecturers on literature,
will speak before the Detroit
Town Hall in the Fisher Theater
next "Wednesday at IL a. m.
He will offer his personal
philosophy for these difficult
times i'm his lecture Utopia
Doctor Phelps has a following
of thousands in Michigan whore
for many Summers his Sunday
afternoon sermons in The Thumb
have brought listeners from dis
tanCes up TO 100 miles.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
KoIar Conducts

Victor Kolar. making his first
appearance of the season on The
Thursday series, will conduct
the concert. He will lead the
symphony in the Respighi or
Chestration of the towering &
Minor Passacaglia of Bach. the
Brahms First Symphony in &
Minor and direct the accompani-
ment for the Schumann Con-
certo.
With this program the orches-
ira once more will return 10 It's
normal routine,- having Just con-
cluded four performances with
the Ballet Russo dc Monte Carlo.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
Chicago Symphony
In Ann Arbor

TIE CHICAGO SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA, Frederick Stock,
conductor, which for - years
participated in the annual Ann
Arbor May Festivals. will be
heard i'm tho Choral Union Con-
cert Series in Hill Auditorium,
Ann Arbor, today at 3 p. m.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
Inside Detroit

ONE-ACT PLAY The scene
Woodward avenue Charac-
ters--One CIR who works at
downtown store enc rtta.
miscellaneous men,
PROPERTIES Show window
Of a rival store
The girl stands adulrInC the
window display Il Is "A clepeH+A-
ft-tarettrr- display -b7StG oH
the motif of AL thrnIsA-tifr-
houSe- not a creature MAS
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
How Jeeps Were Named

TO POPEYE: No, the blitz
buggies weren t nlcknamed
"jeeps"@ way you might
think. Various models were
designated by letters and num-
bers. and one was CPL. Hence
GP became .jeep'
LOUIS SCHMIDT: Rad 10
amateurs, who set up the Michi-
gan Amateur Radio Emergency
Council, and are working in con-
junction with the Red Cross In
the Defense Council, will he fol-
lowed by amate aviation
enthusiasts with a similar or
ganiZation.
ENRTC " A d x &c L K x A;
You're not getting the credit for
a fine job that pou're doing. The
dancing trio Of Pdncho, Toro and
Marequitd, an your shotc at the
Stdtler Terrace Room, are beng
hailed as the finest Of their tgpc
erer to appear ~ Dotrojt--bW
people don't kBoU that you dug
down in yow pocket 10 make mp
the difference 1CheH the bHd9et
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
Saturday Concert

The only other concert of the
week will he the third in the
Young Peoples series next Sat-
urday morning. This viii be the
annual Christmas program, 10
be conducted by Kolar and al
which Edith Rhetts Tilton Will
lecture. ------------
A feature of the concert will
be the appearance of six of the
orchestra,s first desk figures as
soloists. They will be llya
Schkolnik, violin; Eugenis kro-
kos, harp; Florian Whitman, vi
ola +. Dirk Van ErnmeriCk. oboe,
and Leonard b. Smith. trumpet.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
George Bakriges
InConcett= Sunday

GEORGE BAKRIGES. bari
tone. will appearInL concert
next Sunday in the Scottish
Rite Cathedral of the Masonic
Temple. Stavro ChiapiS and
Nj S Ruth Lyons Will execute
the main part of the program.
Proceeds of the concert will
go TO BakrigeS for completion
OF his musical education in New
York.