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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-03-07

Ways and Means Committee
/. 3, ] Daughtry, chairman,
I'D a Baked Bean and Fish
Pike supper. You know those
lans baked by L. Jones
Iarted early serving and sold
II before 10 p. m thanks to
who attended.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-03-07

Bros Henry Burton and
hurice Smith paid a visit. The
E3lted Ruler Bro Daniel Till
b. was expected also but did
attend
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-03-07

,r G. Purnell was lucky
1ner from the Shrine Com
ttee.
Evening star., 1942-07-05

to behave under anxiety or heart
ache, how to find our individual,
answer and salvation. There's no
glory in war, and a bomber is the
loneliest place on earth; but there's
glory in the boys who ride the
bombers, or scuttle along in the
jeeps, or dig fox holes, or man guns
anywhere.
The farm and farming are help
under tension like that. "A farm"
as Rose Franken Meloney puts it.
"is the most exciting thing on earth.
Working with crops and cows and
sheep and hogs makes your mind
feel washed completely clear"
"sUccESs?'' she says, "It's just
trick fate devises to see if you can
take it. Money? To us nowadays,
money just means more live stock,
and the chance to increase our pres
ent 45O-pounds-a-day of milk so
rich it will stand alone.
you haven't asked me yet," she
interrupts and you hear the pride
In her voice. But I'll tell you that
l am a good housekeeper. Also, |
can cook; | like to cook; and Bill
says l really am a good cook. |
don't go in for pretty-pretties, nor
put aprons on salads and lace on
hors d d'oeuvres. We like good sturdy.
herman food. well-cooked and we'll
seasoned - kidney or sweetbread
stews; fruit pies; and celery-root
salad. Ever taste it? No? Well, then.
try it. And try the celery-root appe-
tizer, too. It's very good"
So we took her advice and her
recipes and tried them all, with spe-
cial attention to the celery-root
appetizer. We think it delicious.
Evening star., 1942-07-05
Sweethxead Stew

pairs sweetbreads cup cooked green peas
tablespoons fat / cup cooked sliced carrots
tablespoons -four % cup cooked sliced onion
l teaspoon curry powder Salt ami pepper
quart chicken stock y cup minced parsley
or bouillon
Cover sweetbreads with boiling aciduated water
Il teaspoon salt and tablespoon vinegar to each quart
of water) simmer, covered, 20 minutes Drain and
cover with cold water When cool enough to handle
membrane and tubes. Cut in serving size por-
tons Heat fat in kettle; brown sweetbreads fat
Remove sweetbreads Blend flour and curry POWDER
add to fat in pan blend well. Add chicken stock; cook
over low heat stirring constantly until slightly thick
ened. Add sweetbreads and vegetables Season
with salt and pepper. Simmer 1920 minutes. Garnsh
each serving with minced parsley. Approximate yield
generous portions.
Kidney Stew with Rice and Green Peppers
beef kidneys tablespoon minced onion
tablespoons butter 2green peppers cut in rings
ID cup -four % teaspoon salt
cups water 1S teaspoon pepper
Split kidneys; remove core, skin and hard membrane
and cut into sections. Cover with cold salted water;
bring to BOIL drain. Brown lightly in butter add flour
and cook 3 minutes longer until well Drowned stir
ring constantly Add water onion green pepper rings
Evening star., 1942-07-05

HELP WIN THE WAR: This July.
concentrate on seasonal fresh
fruits and vegetables. They are
cram med nith ritamins and
minerals to help keep you
healthy. They are also perish
able. Using then, prevents ,raste
and increases the total US. tear
time food supply.
Evening star., 1942-07-05

and comfort, that it has been photo
graphed from attic to cellar and
written up in the important interior
decoration magazines,
Chief interest in the farm nova
days, however. lies out of doors in
the fields and cattle barns. They are
turning it into a genuine wartime
farm, with diversified crops and
efficient organization that will re-
quire minimum of man labor and
give maximum production. Mr..
Meloney is a specialist in this. for
he has become an authority on scien-
tific farming 1t is - at least for the
present - their personal contribu-
ton to the war effort. And they are
giving it all they've got,
The war and what it means is
behind all our thoughts all the time"
Rose Franken says. There's no
precedent for what we're going
through now, no code to tell us how
Evening star., 1942-07-05
Rose Franken Meloney,
creator Of "Claudia,"
cooks sturdy meals
% &s<soe &r~'es
PEET ROSE FRANKEN, crea-
tor of Americas favorite
! fiction wife Claudia, the

hCtlOn vile - Claudia, the
whimsical and unpredictable, the
wise and foolish. Rose Franken with
her chameleon eyes now gray,
now amber and most often green -
has also a chameleon personality.
She walks and looks tall; actually,
she isn't. She seems unapproachable
the first moment; the next she curls
her feet under her, Claudia-fashion
She has all the physical assets:
slender body, little pointed face
that can seem very gay or very wise,
soft dark hair that looks we'll in a
bang. and a natural, unaffected but
very beautiful speaking voice.
However, Rose Franken did not
write Claudia" nor do all the other
things she has done, with just her
physical attractiveness. She has
written six novels. five serials, two
plays -" claudia" and Another
Language" a child's play, "Mr.
Dooley, Jr.," any number of short
stories, many radio skits. and a num-
Der of Hollywood's most successful
scenarios. Everything but musical
comedy" she says. land Pm going
to do that next
She has also raised three sons,
one of them off soldering now in
Australia and keeping his mothers
heart in her mouth - where it has
no right to be- And she is an ador-
ing and adored wife, companion and
sometimes co-author to her gifted
writer husband, William Brown
Meloney, 5th.
THEIR WARTIME FARM: The
Franken -Meloneys are famous,
among other things, for their Con-
necticut farm. They bought it long
before war began, and restored and
modernized the old house In this
thew did cl,ch a r,erfect i0h for beauty
Evening star., 1942-07-05
THE RECIPES

salt and pepper. Cover and simmer IS minutes. Serve
rice. Approximate yield portions.
Celexy-Root Appetizer
Celery root is also called celerac or knob celery.
To cook cut away leaves and root fbers. Cook in
boiling sated water 80 minutes until Just tender;
drain. When cold, hollow out centers and fill with a
mixture of red caviar and mayonnase.
Cooked celery may be diced and used in salads
Lattice Peach Pie
l recipe plain pastry tablespoons flour
cups sliced peaches n teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoons lemon juice "a teaspoon salt
n cup honey ! tablespoon butter
milk
Line pie pan with pastry. Combine peaches and lemon
juice. Add honey. Mix we'll Combine -four, cinnamon
and salt; stir in. Fill pie pan with fruit mixture, Dot
with butter Roll remaining pastry Is inch thick Cut
IN narrow strips about n inch wide. Arrange or
strips on top of pie. Trim; moisten ends and press
down on lower crust. Arrange the same number of
strips diagonay first strips, making diamond
shaped openings; trim; moisen ends and press down
on lower crust Place narrow strip of pastry around
edge of pie to cover ends of strips Press down with
Toured fork Brush top of pie with milk Bake
in hot (45Oo F. 10 minutes reduce heat to
moderate 1882 F. and bake 2O-3O minutes longer
Yield: (9-nch) pie.
Evening star., 1942-07-05

salt and pepper Cover and simmer Is minutes Serve
on rice. Approximate yield 6 portions.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-04-09
Criminal Term OF Superior
Court To Convene Monday
Thirty-FOur Cases DOcketed
For Trial. Judge Arm
strong To Preside

Thirtyfour cases were listed
yesterday on the docket of the
one-week term of criminal court
which convenes at the courthouse
Monday morning, with Judge
Armstrong presiding and j. Erie
McMichael serving as solicitor.
This number is regarded as be-
ing rather light docket. and
most of the cases involve more
or less minor offenses.
The cases of major public in
terest are as follow:
Mckinley Wagner, of Wilkes
county, will face charges of as
sault and killing as the result of
a fatal accident which occurred
on the Blue Ridge parkway near
Glendale Springs last January.
A total of four persons were kill
ed in this terrible accident. The
defendant is under a $1,000 bond.
Carney Church, o. L. Shusky
and Paul G. Campbell are slated
for trial on charges of assaulting
and robbing Dick Goodman some
time ago. Church and Campbell
are under bonds.
AS the result of another fatal
accident, Claude Bledsoe will be
tried for murder or manslaught-
er. The accident occurred up
New River near Dave Farmers
service station and Bob Cox and
a Davis boy were killed in the
wreck. Bledsoe has been under
a $500 bond.
Harry Ray Cox is charged with
breaking into and stealing from
the store of c. E. Graham, at
Todd, and Clifford Patrick is to
face similar charges. He is al
legged to have broken into the
home of Walter Parsons.
r. E. Wilmington and Greedy
Church, whose cases were NOV
ed to Ashe from Watauga, are
charged with violation of the pro-
Inhibition law.
Other cases include: J. B. Gallo
way, violation of the forest fire
law; Ralph Carter, failure to sup
port child; John and Jack Greer,
Continued on Page Four)
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them of this regulation and out
lining the procedure for re-em-
ployment next year.
The boards are expected to
meet at once and decide what
changes, if any, will be made in
the teaching staffs. The princi-
pals or boards are then requested
to notify Supt. Hash's office of the
names of those teachers and prin-
cipals who will not be retained
Teachers or principals who dc
not receive notice of termination
of contracts are automatically
reelected and they must notify
the Supt.,s office within 10 days
after the closing of school Of thei1
acceptance and plans to continue
teaching in the same capacity a
mother year.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-04-09
Ashe Hospital
Is Approved By
ANA Standards
Meets Requirements Of Amer
lean Medical Association
AS Standard Hospital

The Ashe County Memorial
hospital is now on the approved
list of the American Medical as
ISOLATION, as we'll as measuring
up to the requirements of a STAN
dard hospital, according to the
regulations of the Duke Endow-
ment.
A letter has recently been re-
ceived from F. H. Arestad, acting
secretary of the American Medi-
cal Association, stating that the
Ashe hospital has been recognize
ed by the council of medical as
sociations and hospitals as meet
ing their required standards of
rating hospitals.
To be placed on this standard
list, hospitals must have the pro-
per building, equipment, staff,
and must measure up to require
ments of the American Medical
Association.
This rating is big boost for
the hospital and should make ev-
cry citizen of the county proud
of it.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-04-09
AAA Elections
To Be Held Sat.

Plans are now being completed
for the election of AAA communi-
ty committeeman in Ashe county
on Saturday, April II, at 200 P.
NJ, war time.
The county has been divided
into % communities instead OF
following the 10 township lines.
The places of these elections, an
nounced last week are in the
school buildings, post offices, vot-
ing places and some other public
places in each community, Coun-
ty Agent R. H. Grouse announced.
All farmers are urged to vote
at the nearest voting places to
their respective homes.
This will be the only election
of committeeman to be held IN
1912, and farmers are urged to
select committeeman who are
willing to accept the added re-
sponsibilities.
Following the election of COM
mitteemen, county conventions
will be held for the purpose OF e.
Letting county AAA committees
These are composed Of chair
man, a vice-chairman, a third
regular member, and two alter
mates. The county committee, in
turn, elects its secretary and
treasurer.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-04-09
To Hold County
Spelling Contest
Tomorrow Night
Large Crowd Expected. Win
nerS To Be Presented Medals
BY Legion Post

Practically every school in Ashe
county is expected to have one
or more representatives partici.
pate in the spelling contests thai
will be held in the courthouse to.
morrow night, starting at 8 O..
clock.
These annual spelling bees
sponsored by the Ashe post of the
American Legion and the Jour.
nal-Sentinel, will no doubt at
tract a record attendance.
The grade contest will be hello
first, with Ed M. Anderson giving
out the words. Ira T. Johnston
will be in charge of the high
school contest. In both bees, med.
ais will be awarded by the Legion
to winners and runner-ups.
Each grade school in the county
is allowed to have one contestant
To comply with the regulations
of the national contest, the eighth
grade spoilers will take part ir
the elementary contest, but they
cannot win medals except in the
high school match. The winner Of
the grade bee will represent the
county in a district match.
In the high school contest, each
grade in each high school is al
lowed to have one representative
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-04-09
As Are To Leave
For Army Friday

A little farewell party is being
planned by the Legion post anc
the Jeffersons Rotary club for the
As Ashe county men who will.
leave Jefferson tomorrow morn.
ing at 9 o'clock by bus for For
Bragg, where they will be induct.
ed into service.
According to tentative plans
representatives of both organi'
cations will ''see the boys off
and, as usual, Rev. John w. Luke
plans to give a small Bible to each
one of them.
Before final induction into ser
vice, each one of the boys viii
have to pass the army medica
examination, and those who d.
not pass will be sent home.
A complete list Of those leaving
tomorrow was published las
Thursday.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-04-09
Schools Making
Plans For Finals
Gov. BroughtOn To Address
Jefferson Grads April %.
Edition Next Week.

The 1941-42 school year is now
nearing an end and all high
schools in Ashe county are now
making plans for the annual COM
mencement exercises.
Most of the schools in the coun-
ty will close on or about April
Is.
Heading the list of commence
ment speakers will be an address
by Gov. J. M. Broughton to the
graduating class of the Jefferson
high school which will be deliver
ed on Thursday night, April %,
at 8 o'clock.
Gov. Broughton originally plan
ned to come Tuesday night, April
81, but conflicting engagement
caused change in this date.
The plan to have all graduating
classes in the county present for
the Governors address has been
changed, due to the transportation
problems.
All graduates of other schools,
however, are invited to hear him
and those making requests will
occupy reserved seats.
Next week The Post will pub
] lish its annual commencement
edition.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-04-09
HI. r. Vannoy New
Red Cross Chnnn.;
Plans Discussed
Other Officers And Commit
tee Chairman Are Named
At Meeting On Tuesday
COWARD PRAISED

H. R. Vannoy was elected
chairman of the Ashe county
chapter of the Red Cross at the
annual meeting held on Tuesday
night. Other officers chosen in
clude Mrs. Gordon Johnson, first
vice-chairman; Sister T. Evelyn
Howe, second vice-chairman;
Miss Beulah Cockerham, secre-
tary; L. P. Coward, treasurer.
Miss Catherine M. Stewart,
field representative of the Red
Cross met with the group and a
program of war work in connec-
ton with the local defense pro-
gram was outlined.
The following comittee chair
men in connection with the vari-
Gus phases of work to be carried
out were named: home service
Gale Mcmillan; Jr. Red Cross
Miss Beu1ah Osborne; first aid
Robert Morphis; production, Mrs
B. E. Reeves; home nursing, Miss
Ruth Tugman; nutrition, Mrs
Gorda Boney; publicity, Mrs. Eo
M. Anderson; disaster, Leverr
Johnson; war relief drive, Rev
Hoyt Wood.
A finance committee composed
of L. P. Coward, Gale Mcmillan
and H. R. Vannoy was appoint
ed to make out a chapter bud
get for the year in order that the
plans of chapter might be based
on this by the various depart
ments.
The outgoing chairman Of the
chapter, L. P. Coward, who re-
CONTINUED an Page Four)
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Teachers Must Be Notified
OF Release Before CLOSING

It is not necessary for public
school teachers or principals now
employed to make applications
for the retention of present posi-
tons, Supt. J. B. Hash announced
yesterday.
"Under the continuing contract
clause, the present contracts will
be effective for the next year un-
less teachers or principals are no
titled by the superintendent Of
flee prior to the closing of school
that their contract will be ter
minated" he said.
Such notification will not be
mailed from Mr.. Hash's office un-
less request is made by the dis
trict principal or the district
committee, he said.
This week, letters have been
sent to all school boards, advising
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-04-09
Plan To Become
Effective This
Fall In County
Extra Year Between Seventh
And Eighth Grades. Same
Curriculum.
NO NINTH GRADE

Beginning with the 1942-43
school year, the Ashe county
schools will change to the 12-year
system, Supt. J. B. Hash announc-
ed yesterday.
The change is in accordance
with legislation enacted by the
last General Assembly and will
provide for a Upgrade public
school plan in the county.
The adoption of this plan was
made by the board of education
Monday and approved Monday
afternoon by the district high
school principals.
eve feel that this is an oppor-
tunity we should take advantage
of because it will enable our
children to be better prepared to
enter college and gives our grad
yates a better and more complete
education,' Mr. Hash said.
No drastic changes will be
made in the school curriculum
under the 12-year-system. The
entire IL grades will be consider
ed as one unit of instruction.
The extra grade will be added
between the present seventh and
eighth grades and there will be
no ninth grade in the county next
year.
This years eighth grade will be-
come the 10th grade next fall, the
ninth grade will be the eleventh
grade and the tenth grade will
be the twelfth grade.
Those graduating this year and
for the next three years will have
the privilege of returning to
school another year, if they de-
sire, provided at least four cours-
es of the 10th and 18th grade lev
ell which tf1ey have not already
taken, can be offered. The pFin-
cipals are now making survey
of this years graduates to deter
mine how many of them would
like to return another year and
to see if courses can be provided
for them.
Pupils completing the seventh
grade this spring will not be a
warded certificates, but they will
be given promotion cards and
can attend high school next year.
In other words, the new eighth
grade courses will be taught only
in the central high schools. These
students will constitute the first
class required to complete the IL
grades and will come up for
graduation in 1947.
Supt. Hash expressed the opin-
ion that since most of the high
schools are comparatively small
and offer limited number of E.
1ective subjects, that it would
perhaps be difficult to work out
courses for members of the pre-
sent graduating class.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-04-09
Japs Cain In Bataan;
India Plan F falling:
Russia Still Gaining
News From Australia Is Good.
japanese Forces Are
Held There

The japanese took the lead on
two war fronts this week by max
ing dangerous progress in Burma
and advancing against the Ameri-
can-Filipino line in the Bataan
peninsula in Luzon. And in
spite of American aid and major
concessions, the British appear
to be making no headwav to reach
a satisfactory agreement With In
dia.
But in Australia, the news was
good. There the American and
Australian airmen are maintain
ing control of the skies and are
pressing hard the japanese po-
sition in New Guinea.
The gains the japanese have
made in Luzon have resulted in
heavy cost in casualties. For the
second time this week, the enemy
bombed a plainly marked Ameri-
can hospital there. American
authorities point out that this ma
ton may have to prepare for sad
news from this front.
In Burma, the japanese are
pressing on toward the rich oil
fields of Irrawaddy. This week,
they bombed the famous city of
Mandalay with nearly 5000 cas-
ualties.
On the Russian front-which
Continued on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-04-09
A Large Addition
To Ideal Laundry
Plant Is Finished
West Jefferson And Ashe
County Now Have Large,
Modern Laundry Plant

a large addition to thH@ Ideal
Laundry & Dry Cleaning plant
here has been completed and a
good deal of new and modern e.
quipment was recently installed,
Robert Barr, owner, announced
this week.
The addition, which is Is feet
wide by so feet deep, was con-
structed at the back of the laund-
ry department and doubles the
s.,ace in this department and the
front office.
The dry cleaning department is
1ocs ted to the left of the front Of
flee and occupies a space of 20
feet wide by IS feet deep.
TIE completion of this addi-
ti| and the installation of new
merry give West Jefferson
she county one of the larg-
e d most modern laundry and
dry leaning plants in this Sec
tic f North Carolina and Vir-
ginIa.
In he laundry department, a
complete battery of new ironing
equipment has been added. New
equipment in the dry cleaning de-
partment includes a new tumbler
and dress whip.
with our large, roomy, we'll
lighted and well-equipped plant,
We are now better prepared to
Continued on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-04-09

Unpaid '39 Taxes
TurnedOverTO
County Attorneys
Approximately $4,000 Still
Unpaid. Stop Paying Rent
On FSA Offices

The county commissioners,
Monday, ordered that the all I'M
paid 1899 taxes be turned over
to the county's attorneys, Ira T.
Johnston and w. B. Austin, for
collection.
It is estimated that there is
still around 100000 of the 1899
taxes which are unpaid to date.
In the interest of economy, the
commissioners ordered that the
county discontinue paying rent
for the Farm Security Admins
tration offices, which are located
in the Woodie building in West
Jefferson. For the four offices
used by the FSA, the county has
been paying a rental of $4,000
per month.
Under the original plan, to Sc
cure FSA program, it was neces-
sary for the county to provide
office space and since there was
no room at the courthouse for
they agency, offices were obtain
ed here in West Jefferson.
} What effect this will have upon
the operation of the FSA in Ashe
county, could not be learned yes
terday, but it is understood that
the FSA will be continued and
other rental arrangements made.
A jury list, consisting of 48
regular jurors and Is extra jur-
ors, for the May term of court,
was drawn.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-04-09
Ashe Memorial
Works Now Open
Large Display Of Monuments
Being Featured. w. B.
Reeves Is Manager

The Ashe Memorial Works,
located here in West Jefferson
next to the public library, is now
open for business, Manager w. B.
Reeves announced yesterday.
A large platform on which mon
uments are being displayed has
been erected and arrangements
perfected for doing all lettering
and designs.
1--WE wish to extend a most
\ cordial invitation for the people
3 of Ashe and surrounding countie
to visit our establishment ard
see our large displays" Mr. 2
YES stated.
The company plans to carry
largest selection of monumen
and stones to be found in thi.
section.
In the solicitation of bushes
Mr.. Reeves will be assisted by
Rev. w. T. Wilmington, paste
of the West Jefferson Baptisl
church who recently sold tn
monument business to Mr.. Reeves
and his associates in order to de-
vote more time to his PASTORAL
duties.
Mr.. Reeves is widely known in
Ashe and Allegheny county. He
is a brother of DR.. B. E. Reeves
and was postmaster at Whitehead
for a number of years. He has
also been engaged Ia the monu-
ment business Cor the past 90
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