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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-23
Navy Day To Be
Observed Mon.

Monday, October ~, the nation
and the navy join in celebrating
Navy Day. This commemorative
date, the anniversary of the first
bill providing for the construc-
ton of government warships and
also the anniversary of the birth
of our first ''Big Navy" president,
Theodore Roosevelt, has been OBJ
served annually since 1922.
On Navy Day, the schools will
hold appropriate exercises in OBJ
servance of the occasion. Radio
talks relating to the Navy will be
broadcast over local and national
networks. Citizens are urged to
observe the day by the proper
display of flags.
On October 81. 1773, the first
naval bill was submitted to the
Continental Congress and provid-
ed for the construction and fit
ting of thirteen ships Of war.
These ships formed the nucleus
of our present day Navy.
In commemorating this day,
President Franklin D. Roosevelt,
has said, 'From the very begin
ming of our national life, the Navy
has always been, and justly de-
serves to be, an object of special
pride to the American people. Its
record is indeed one to inspire
such sentiments. I am glad to say
both Congress and the country
understand what we are doing in
building up the Navy and about
it's use. The Navy is not only the
first line of defense, but the most
important line of Defense.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-23
Work On Streets
IsGoing Forward

The state highway and public
works commission completed its
portion of the street work in West
Jefferson the first of this week
and a contractor is expected here
today to give an estimate on sur
face-treating of all graveled
streets in town.
CURLING on the local WPA pro-
ject is now being layed in order
to finish use of curb-forms being
rented by the town. AS soon as
this is completed, work will be-
gin on the Main street sidewalks.
Gravel was being placed this
week on Main street, which will
be surfaced from the depot to
the Goss boarding house.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-23
New Feldspar Mine At Beaver
Creek In Full Operation Now

Ashe county's new feldspar
mine is now in full operation,
with two shifts working day and
night the first four days of each
week and from all indications the
supply of this valuable crystalline
mineral at this recently discov-
cred mine will last indefinitely.
Two shafts have been dug and
as yet the bottom of the large
vein has not been reached, Hiram
H. Ray, who together with his son,
Thomas Ray, found the feldspar
near their home in the Beaver
Creek section last winter.
The mine is located on the farm
owned by Will Ray, a native OF
Ashe county and resident now
of Detroit, Mich.
The mining rights were leased
some time ago by the United
Feldspar and Minerals corpora
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-23
e Young Men Leave Here Tues.
10 Join United States Navy
Enlistment Officers Met The
Group Here and Started
Them On Their Way.

Six young Ashe county men
who have answered the call OF
the U. S. Navy, left Tuesday for
Raleigh where they are to be en-
listed in the service provided they
pass final examinations.
Chief Petty Officers J. L. Brown
and F. A. Marlborough, naval en-
listment officers met the group
at the office of The Skyland Post,
local Navy headquarters, and then
gathered at the community build
ing to receive their final instruc-
tons on ''getting into the Navy"
Here they were greeted by Leg
ion Commander Charles Stellar,
Upton G. Blevins and P. C.
Wright, prominent legionnaires
and members of the local navy
committee.
'You boys are going to have a
good time" CPO Brown told the
young men. And all of them said
they believed they would like the
Navy.
The six who are the first to en-
list from this county in the Navy's
current drive for recruits are Jen-
nings Buckley RAIDER, West JEFF
ferson; Jack Dowell Miller, JEFF
ferson; Bruce Douglas Mullis, JEFF
ferson; Erwin Bower Bare, WACO
ner; Albert William Blevins,
Grassy Creek and Ralph Gambill,
Tuckerdale. They signed up a
short time ago following Navy
program sponsored by the Ashe
post of the American Legion in
cooperation with The Skyland
Post.
All were in jovial spirit when
Continued on Page 81
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-23
Record Number
Before Tucker
16 Are Fined for the Violation
of The School Attend
ance Law.

The largest number of cases yet
tried in a city recorders court
were brought before Mayor H. G.
Tucker here Monday with Is
charges of violating the compul-
school attendance law and three
ather charges heard.
Mayor Tucker reduced the fine
for violation Of the school law
from SIS to 81 because he said the
people were poor and not able to
pay the SIS fine. ''They are only
being given a chance" Judge said
yesterday, "and in case of a Sec
ond violation they will be dealt
with differently"
The state compulsory school
law requires that all children be-
tween the ages of Z and IA attend
a school in the county. Paul Wea-
yer, as attendance officer of Ashe
county is making every effort to
see that this state law is carried
out.
Mayor Tucker said after court
Monday that more violations of
the attendance law will probab-
1y be brought before the record
er's court in West Jefferson.
The Is fined 81 and cost Mon
day were: Lawson Edwards, Todd;
Vertie Manuel, Todd; r. M. Faw,
Obids; Riley Ham, New River;
Everett Baker, New River; Lester
Osborne, New River; Della Benge,
Todd; Lester Gilley, New River;
Cal Jones, Clifton; Carl Jones,
New River; Lester Jones, New
River; c. Royal, West Jefferson;
Lille Lewis, New River; Quincy
Mccoy, Jefferson; John Harris,
Jefferson; and John Daugherty,
New River.
Cam Church, of Tree Top was
fined SIS and cost for public
drunkenness, and F. Jones, of Ov-
al received the same fine on the
same charge in the city court.
Walter Sexton was also fined SIS
and cost for having improper Ii
cense.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-23
Food FOrDefense
Discussed By AAA
Leaders Tuesday
Ashe Agricultural AGENCIES
Well REPRESENTED at Dist.
Meeting in Wilkes.

Food for Freedom" and the
way in which farmers can help
to Twin the war and write peace"
were discussed at regional meet
ing held under the direction of
AAA officials and the Extension
division of State college in Wilkes
boro Tuesday which was attend
ed by representatives of practi-
cally all of the agricultural agen-
cies of Ashe county.
c. J. Rich, county agent, Mrs.
Gorda c. Boney, home demon
stration agent. w. Bryan Oliver,
and Thomas H. Sears, of the FSA,
Station McIver and ]. T. McLaur-
in, of the New River Soil Conser-
walton district, were among those
from Ashe who attended.
The details of the house-to-
house canvass, by means of which
the food and feed production
drive will be conducted, were
discussed yesterday. Inc Triple
A committeeman, who are the
elected leaders of the farmers,
will obtain the pledges necessary
to meet the county goals of more
food and feed next year.
County and community meet
ings for Ashe will be planned in
the near future.
Dean I. o. Schaub, director of
the U. C. State College Extension
Service, states that the Food for
Freedom" campaign, recently be-
gun on a nation wide basis, is ag-
gressively under way in North
Carolina. Every farm family will
be asked to participate and to in
crease production in 1912 to help
feed defense forces at home and
abroad.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-23
Divine In Ashe County May
Be Used For National Defense
Efforts To Have A Complete
Mineral Survey Made Are
Now Underway.

Following up information con-
tanned in report recently an
nounced by the Tennessee Valley
Authority, this paper has request
ed the state Department of Con-
servation and Development, Gov.
J, M. Broughton, and Congress
man R. L. Doughton to have pro-
per national defense officials in
vestigate tn e Divine deposits
which the IVA report shows to
be located in Ashe ara Allegheny
counties.
The IVA report further showed
that vast divine deposits are also
located in Avery, Jackson and
Macon counties and that these de-
posts contain from 20 to 80 per-
cent metallic magnesium which is
badly needed by the federal gov
ernment today in making bomber
planes and incendiary bombs.
In reply to the request from this
paper, Congressman Doughton
writes, Il have taken the matter
up today with the planning boards
of several of the National De-
Tense agencies and explained
about the deposits of Divine in
western North Carolina. They adj
wise that the first steps to take
before they can consider locating
a plant for mining magnesium is
to submit brief report to them,
setting out in detail the avail
ability of land, labor, water sup
ply, railroad facilities and other
Continued on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-23
Bridegroom Killed In Crash;
Officers Injured; Man Burned

Violent deaths and critical acct
dents in Ashe county came in the
traditional threes Friday and Sat-
urday when two people came to
untimely deaths and two others
were placed in the hospital from
critical injuries.
Early Saturday afternoon Elige
Riley, of Clifton, died instantly
on the highway near the River
view school. This accident was at
tributed to a tire blowout and
failure to make the curve.
Riley, who was the son of Mr..
and Mrs. John Riley, of Clifton
was returning home from Noun
tain City, Tenn, where he had
just been married at the court
house, to Minnie Roland, also of
Clifton. With him when the acct
dent occurred was his bride of a
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few hours and her aunt, Mrs. Jo-
sic Sheets, of Clifton, who had
witnessed the ceremony. Both
Mrs. Riley and Mrs. Sheets es-
capped any serious injuries.
Funeral service was held Mon
day afternoon at the home of the
parents of the deceased with the
Rev. Cicero Ashley in charge.
In addition to his parents and
his wife Riley is survived by six
brothers and sisters.
Late Friday afternoon Ashe
county officers assisted by spe-
cial prohibition officers from
Wilkes county discovered large
liquor still in the Pine Swamp
section of Ashe and were plan
ming to blow it up with dynamite
when painful accident occurred
Continued on Page 81
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-23
Immediate Steps
Must Be Taken
BY Co.
Improved Equipment And Adj.
dltlOnal Toll Lines IncIud-
ed In Orders.
RURAL SURVEY

The State Utilities Commission
issued an order Saturday direct
ing the Central Electric Telephone
company to take steps immedi-
ately to improve the telephone
service of jefferson and West
Jefferson".
Specifically mentioned in the
steps to be taken are modern
equipment, additional toll line
service, a survey for possible SER
vice in Lansing and Warrensville
and other improvements.
The order followed hearing
conducted by Commissioner Har-
ry Tucker at the courthouse in
Jefferson on Sept. "a, which was
attended by a large number of
citizens of the county who ex-
pressed their suggestions and
complaints regarding the tele-
phone service in Ashe.
There are some TWENTY-FIVE
Thousand people in Ashe county
the only outside connection
is by means of a single metallic
circuit from West jefferson to
North Wilkesboro," Commissioners
Tucker said in his report to the
commission.
The full report to the commits
sion stated the complaints and the
needs of improved telephone SER
vice and ordered the following
definite steps to be taken to i'm
Continued on Page Fourl
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-23

ton, of Spruce Pine and opera
tons have been underway this
summer. This company has leased
the entire Will Ray farm, consist
ing of "a acres of land and their
lease also includes a few acres
belonging to Lake Goodman. Min
ing is now being done near the
road that leads from the main
highway at Earl Rays to the late
Jim Goodman home.
Ben Blaylock is in charge of
the mining and he is being assist
ed by Mr.. Hiram Ray, who has
spent a number of year in the
mining business in West Virginia.
Two crews, consisting of IA men,
work day and night digging out
the feldspar and loading it on
trucks. From the mine the field
spar is transported to Spruce Pine
Continued on Page s.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-23
MAKING DRIVE FOR
ASHE CO. HOSPITAL

Every effort is now being
made to reach the goal of 3d.
600 before the opening date of
the Ashe County Memorial
Hospital, Nov. 1.
Every one who can make a
contribution is urged to do SO.
Mailed contributions should be
sent to r. r. Badger.
The following contributions
were received yesterday: Rev.
]. w. Stafford, former Jeffer-
son pastor, S.; Mr.. and Mrs.
Reece Jones, 81; Mrs. Genettia
Blevins, 81.
The Auxiliary is now collect
ing canned goods for the hos
pital from all who will cOntri-
butte such commodities.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-23
John Rotten, "a,
Buried On Wed.

Funeral service was held yes
terday morning for John Rotten,
"a, Of Sly.
The service which was attend
ed by a large crowd of friends
and relatives was conducted by
Elders w. w. Davis, Edd Davis
and c. B. Kilby.
The deceased who was well
known in the county where he
was engaged in farming for many
years is survived by four sons
and daughters. His death occurred
on Monday morning.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-23
OFFICE OF COUNTY
HEALTH DEPT. MOVED
TO NEW HOSPITAL

The county health department
offices were moved Monday from
the McNeill store building in JEFF
ferson into quarters in the base
ment of the new Ashe County
Memorial Hospital.
The office of DR.. Robert King,
county health physician, and ad-
jacent rooms of the department
are accessible in the hospital by
the left side entrance, which en-
tiers into the basement. The de-
partment has two treatment and
examining rooms, reception hall
and a supply room other than the
office for clerical records.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-23
Better Telephone Service Ordered By Utilities Commission
AAA Community
Committees Named
For Ashe County
County Committees Will Be
Chosen Soon; Will Work
On Food Program.

The AAA committeeman have
been selected in IL communities
for 1912, G. J. Rich, county ag-
ent, announces. A meeting to
elect county committeeman will
be held this month, probably next
Wednesday Or Thursday. 1t was
stated that these would work with
the community committees in the
food for defense program.
It is the plan to visit all Of the
farms and set up definite goals
for 1912.
The newly elected community
committees are as follows:
Chestnut Hill - C arl Blevins
chairman; J. w. Lyalls, vice
chairman; A. F. Mcmillan, regular
member; J. L. Hudler, first alter
nate; w. M. Phipps, second alter
nate.
Clifton-S. w. James, chairman;
j. E. Dougherty, vice-chairman;
c. S. Eastridge, regular member;
D. 0. Gentry, first alternate; w.
0. Ashley, second alternate.
Grassy Creek "A. J. Blevins,
chairman; w. P. Coward, vice
chairman; S. V. Alexander, regu-
lar member; John F. Phipps, first
alternate; A. F. Paisley, second al
ternate.
Helton - E. c. Francis, chair
Continued on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-23
Short Term OF
Superior Court
Ended Tuesday
Judge Wilson Warlick PreSid-
ed. Several Small Minor
Cases Tried.
HARDIN FINED $500

Superior court which opened in
Ashe on Monday, came quickly to
an end on Tuesday as there were
few cases to be tried at this term,
with Judge Wilson Warlick of the
18th judicial district presiding and
J. Earl McMichael, as solicitor.
A. E. Burgess, of Wilkes coun-
ty, charged with housebreaking
and larceny, entered a plea of
guilty to larceny. The state con-
tended he broke into the house Of
Lass Galloway near the Scenic
highway last summer while the
CalloWays were at Church. But it
could not be proven that the door
of the house was locked and he
was not found guilty of house
breaking. Judge Warlick sem
fenced him to not less than 18
months or more than two years
in the state prison at Raleigh, on
the charge of larceny.
Carl Hardin, of West Jefferson,
pied guilty to violation of the pro-
hibition law and received a sem
tence of 18 months, which was
suspended for two years. He was
directed to pay a fine of $500 and
cost.
Buford Hardin entered plea of
guilty to violating the prohibition
law. His sentence of IL months
was suspended for three years
and he was given until spring
court of 1912 to pay court cost.
No true bills of indictment were
found against Glenn Owen, who
was charged with manslaughter
in connection with the death of
Avery Ashley, or against Joe Cox,
charged with breaking and enter
ing a store at Todd.
Carney Church, Is years old,
was charged with reckless driv-
ing and operating a vehicle with
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months on a plea of guilty and the
sentence was suspended two
years provided he does not drive
vehicle in that time. He was also
fined $25 and cost.
George Wyatt was found guilty
of attempting assault and as he
had been confined in the county
Jail for two months was sentenced
to four months longer.
Bills of enforcement were gran
ted in the following cases: Elwood
and Matte Beauchamp, Martin v.
and Mary Frances Craft, Matte E.
and J. c. Dancy, Rethea Lyalls
Hardin and John A. Hardin, J. H.
and Julia Jordan, Mrs. N. M. and
Hoye Marsh, Fay and Larmer
Sheets, Robert and Lola Porter,
B. and Lucille Shelby, and Verna
and Morgan Sweeney.
Harrison Rotten pied guilty to
public drunkenness and his SEN
tence of 80 days was suspended
IL months.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-23
ASHE REPUBLICANS TO
GO TO CHARLOTTE SAT

Grant Bauguess, chairman of
the Ashe Republican executive
committee, said today that several
Republicans from Ashe are ex-
pected to 60 to Charlotte Satur-
day, Oct. Is, to hear an address
by Representative Joseph w. Mar
tin, Chairman of National Repub-
lican executive committee.
Announcement that the House
Minority Leader will visit North
Carolina and will address the rail-
ly in Charlotte has created much
interest locally.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-23
ASHE DRAFTEE GETS
RESERVE COMMISSION

The War Department announced
Saturday from Washington, D. c.,
that William Dean Pennington, of
Nathan's Creek, had accepted an
appointment as second lieutenant
in the army reserve.
Pennington, who is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Pennington,
has only been in the service a
short time.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-23
ASHE COUNTY TAKING
PART IN MANEUVERS

While the county is not flooded
with soldiers Ashe people are
taking an active part in the army
maneuvers, Defense Chairman Ira
T. Johnston reports.
A report received late yester-
day afternoon from Upton Blevins
of the air raid alarm committee
showed that John w. Luke, of
Glendale Springs, Fred Coward
at Orion and Ward Ray at Old
Fields, are on the watch.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-23
SCOUT LEADERS WILL
MEET IN BOONE SAT.

A number of Ashe men are ex-
pected to attend the regional
meeting to be held for Scout lead
ers in Boone in the Junior Order
hall on Saturday evening at 7:3O
o'clock. DR.. j. K. Hunter will ap-
point a committee from the Ro-
tary club to attend.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-23
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 Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-23

ASHE COUNTY NEEDS
a large industrial plant, agricul-
tural departments in its high
schools, rural telephone lines. a
county recreation center, and
more hard surfaced highways.
Let's get them!
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-31
Red Army Crashes
kazi Defenses on
Central Front

MOSCOW, Aug. 30 (UP)-A series
of Red army blows that crashed
into German secondary defenses on
the central front ano forced the
enemy to dig in behind trench and
buried tank positions was reported
in war dispatches today. An Of
ficial communique told of stubborn
fighting along the entire front.
A report from Gen. Constantia
Rokossovsky, commander on the
central front to the newspaper IL
vestia. said that the Germans on
the road to Moscow had been pushed
back considerably b. Red army
counterblows in the last six weeks
and had lost about 10000 men The
Germans are still retreating, he said.
Greatest interest centered on dis
patches from the Gomel area where
the Red army has been on the Of
fensive against the Germans in a
drive to relieve enemy penetrations
that might threaten the north flank
Of the Ukraine defenses.
These dispatches said that the
Red army was still holding the
initiative although the front was
becoming more stable after heavy
losses were inflicted on the German
seventh panzer division. Russian
losses also were described as con-
siderable.
dispatches from Stockholm re-
ported that big Russian counter
offensive was in progress on the
Kholm- m-Toropets sector Of the Len
ingrad-Moscow front in an effort
to relieve the defenders of Lenin-
grad and that the Germans had
moved up reinfercements because
of a dangerous threat to their en-
tire Leningrad attack
An elaborate system of trenches
around villages and fortified points
in which the Germans buried tanks
that had run out of fuel, convert
ing them into pill boxes, was re-
ported in military dispatches.
The Russian messages said that
the German aviators were running
SO short Of bombs that in some
sectors they had dropped scrap iron
and boulders on Russian positions.
These dispatches claimed a growing
number Of German prisoners and
deserters had been taken.
The Black Sea coast city of Odes-
sa was reported holding out firmly
against the German attack, which
is now spread in horseshoe fash
ion around the approaches TO the
port.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-31
Tax Bill Read y
For Senate STUDY

WASHINGTON, Aug. 80 UP)-
Senate leaders today predicted pas
sage of the biggest tax bill in his
tory-S3 ,672 100000 = after two or
three days of debate. They expected
no major changes in the bill rec
commended by the finance commit
tee.
There appeared to be no organized
opposition. Two Republican men,
bers, Sen. Robert A Taft of Ohio
and Sen. Arthur Capper of Kansas,
indicated support of the measure.
Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg, R.,
Mich, author of a sales tax amend
ment that was rejected in COM
mittee, went home for the Labor
day weekend without indicating
whether he would renew his fight.
Sen. Sheidan Downey, D., Calf,
plans to offer an amendment to in
corporate a $50 monthly pension
plan.
The senate finance committee
will report the bill formally Tues
day and the senate will begin de-
bate Wednesday.
Before the committee completed
action on the measure, the treasury
submitted revised estimates on yield
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-31
Rambling Reporter
CONTINUED from Page Onel

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bandaged hand. All attention was
focused on the hand and the huge
bandage on it.
Remember that door on my car
that never will shut" he explained.
We'll, I hurt my hand trying to
shut the door, 1t never happened
before"
That was little odd. That balky
door was nothing new. Eyes shifted
from the hand to his face.
you've got black eye, too"
said Dons sympathizers.
That's So he said in his smooth
est legal manner Il do have q
black eye l hurt my hand in the
car and my eye in the Basement" :"
Was his eye in the car in the
basement
Were eye and hand injured at
the same time?
Was he trying to open the car
door with his eye?
Or did he sock himself because
he hadn't had the car door fixed?