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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-03-19
Cold Storage Is
Now In. Hands OF
WPB For Approval
Gwyn Price Makes Talk At
Rotary Meeting. Extensive
Plans Being Made.

Everything is now in readiness
to start construction on the Blue
Ridge Cold Storage plant here as
soon as the War Production Board
issues a ego ahead" signal, Gwyn
Price, president of the co-opera-
tive and chairman of the North
Carolina Rural Identification
Authority, told members of the
Rotary club here last Thursday
night.
Complete building plans have
been worked out, location selected
and money allotted and the only
delay now is in getting approval
on materials needed in construc-.
ton from the WPB, he stated.
He also indicated that he thought
this approval would be soon be-
cause there is only small a.
mount of restricted materials set
up for the building.
Because of the improvement
program that is now underway in
revamping the old Northwest
Utility System in this county, Mr..
Price urged all members to be as
patient as possible concerning
necessary Interruptions in power
service.
Discussing rural identification
in North Carolina, he said that
plans are now being worked out
to expand greatly the farm cleo
trification program in the state
after the war. Fright now we
have only about 80 percent of
farm homes electrified in North
Carolina, whereas in Germany
they have about IS percent" he
commented.
Mr.. Price is now a member of
the Raleigh Rotary Club and he
has a perfect four-year attendance
record.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-03-19
Glenn Miller To
Instruct In Navy
Warrensville Man Resigns PO-
sitiOn At MOrgantOn School
To Enter Service.

Glenn Miller, of Warrensville,
has resigned his position as ply
steal education teacher at the
Morganton high school and re-
ported yesterday at the Naval
Training School at Norfolk, Va,
where he will instruct in physical
education work in the Navy under
the direction of Gene Tunney.
He will receive a commission
that has the same rating as that
of first lieutenant in the army.
Glenn is the son of D. w. Mil
Ter. He graduated at A. S. T. c.
where he made a good record. His
many friends wish him much sue
cess in his new and important
work.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-03-19

Husk Man Has
First Number
In This County
Bird. Draft Lottery Held Tues
day. To Announce Names
And Order Numbers

In the nations third draft lot
terry, held Tuesday night to de-
ter1mine how the 100000 men
who registered in February will
be called up for service in the
army and maybe in the factory
the first four of the 1000 numb
ers that. were drawn did not apply
to the, 1926 men registered in
.AsheH county. -. -.
The, fifth number, 1103, how
$ ever, hit the serial number OF
Bill fucker. Little, of Husk, 20
years old, His local order number
!. will be 10,001.. i. x;
The next twelve numbers that
apply to this county are a
follows::sf f ~ -"
Sixth number 176, Wayne Hard
in Williams, Hemlock. 20 years
old. =
Z nTwenty-ninth mum b er, 6O6
Joseph William FISHERMAN, Tuck
erdale, age AZ. .,..4 ...-.
Thirty-first number, AL, Quarry
Webb Stump, Nathan's Creek, age
43.
Forty-first number, 129, Silas
B. LaPrad, Wagner, age So.
-a' Forty-ni number, Se1, Will
lam H. Wayman, West Jefferson,
age Al.
Fifty-eight number, 1046, Ira
T. Black, Hemlock, age 80.
Seventy-third number, SGT, DR..
j. K. Hunter, West Jefferson, age
SO.
Seventy-ninth number, Pa,
Marion Charles Lewis, Oval, age
4tightieth number, 968, Bryan
f.urgill Hairless, West Jefferson,
Iage 40.
Eighty-eight number, Ill l ,
Floyd Reece Parson. Vest Jeffer-
son, age 90. -<>.
After the order numbers are
assigned by the local draft board,
this paper will carry the complete
list.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-03-19
Legion To Hold
Spelling Bees In
County April 10
Practically All Schools Elk.
pected To Enter. To Give
Four Medals.

Two Ashe county spelling con-
tests one, for grade students and
the other for high school stu
dents, will be held in the court
house on Friday night, April 10,
under the sponsorship of the Ashe
post of the American Legion.
Details for conducting the bees
were worked out Tuesday at a
meeting of the Legion's special
committee compos of Supt.
Hash, w. B. Austin, A. B. Hurt
and P. C. Wright.
In the grade contest, ca h
school is allowed to enter one
contestant, and in the high school
contest each school is allowed
four contestants, one from each
grade.
Elimination contests in the sch
ools are expected to be held at
once.
Medals will be awarded to both
the runner-ups as well as the
winners in both contests.
The winner of the grade contest
will also be eligible to enter the
Winston-Salem spelling bee.
This is an annual feature of the
local Legion post and there has
always been considerable interest
in it.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-03-19
.Japs Bomb Australia
Macarthur Commands
l'lt,e'r e;More Airplanes
U. S. Now Producing 5000
Planes Per Month. Russians
Force Germans Back.

The most heartening war news
of the week to the United Nations
was, the placing of Gen. Douglas
Macarthur in command of the
Southwest Pacific forces an d
moving him to Australia, and the
announcement by WP-B Chief
Donald Nelson that the u. S. air.
plane production now approaches
5000 per month.
/: Macarthur sunk a large num-
Der Of ships, soon after arrival,
off the coast of New Guinea.
. His. arrival in Australia, to-
gether with American troops has
already done much. to bolster the
spirits of the Australians as we'll
as the world of free men in gen.
eral: American .airplanes and sup
plies also arrived in India this
week.. 49,.
The showering of humiliation
bombs on Northern Australian
troops this. week is believed to be
a forerunner of blasting attack.
The Japanes tried again against
the American forces in the Phi
lippines this week, but their as
saults were unsuccessful.
Activities in Burma have quieted
down and the Chinese troops gave
a good account of themselves in
KILN G one-third of the Thai
forces fighting for Japan. Quiet
ness here may be an indication
that a big battle is iminent
north of Rangoon and south of
Manda1ay in the Toungoo area.
Activities on the seas continued
with losses to both sides.t The
sinking 4of Is japanese ships
this week by American Naval
forces in the waters of Northern
Australia brought the total to lis
ship losses for the Japs since the
opening of the war; while SGT
en- my planes have been shot
down since Pearl Harbor.
The Russians continue success
full in driving the Garmans back
amid the lush of a disappearing
winter. The closing of the Nor
wegian ports by the Axis is be-
lieved to in dictate some new
activity in the arctic on their
part this spring.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-03-19
Plan To Organize
:. 9 New Boy Scout
Troops This Year
Plans For Parkway District
Outlined AT Meeting In
West Jefferson.

At the monthly meeting of the
Parkway district council of the
Boy Scouts of America, held here
at the West Jefferson hotel last
Saturday night, plans were made
for the organization of 9 new tro-
ops, with a membership of 100
new Scouts, in Ashe, Allegheny
and Watauga counties during this
year.
There are now 3 troops in Wat
auga, one in Ashe and none in
Allegheny, it was stated.
Scout Executive Vaughan-Lloyd
and his assistant, Gerald Ashwill,
were present and outlined plans
by which this goal could be &C
complished. They also pledged
their full cooperation.
Other district officers chosen
included Levern johnson, COM
munity commissioner; Ira T.
Johnston, finance officers; Wade
Eller, training; Rev. John Luke,
camping; DR. Hunter, merit badge
awards; DR.. R. r. King, health;
and DR.. Whitener, Boone, train
ing.
District Chairman Reid Sturdi-
want presided. Others taking part
on the program included Commits
sioner E. E. Garbee, Hoyt Wood,
Sharpe Shoemaker, A. B. Hurt. =
The district committee plans
to meet monthly the first Mon
day night in each month. The
next meeting will be in Boone.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-03-19
Whitetop Baby, S'Norwest''
Named For n. &W. Railway

During the recent big storm
when practically all traffic in this
section was snow-bound except
the trains of the Norfolk and
We stern railway, passenger
train held at Whitetop was given
credit for the saving of the life
of a mother and baby and the
young son was named Norwest in
honor of the road.
Snow had blocked all roads to
the home of Wade w. Weaver,
Whitetop farmer, but that did not
stop him in the efforts to save his
wife's life. With the aid Of neigh
bors, the doctor and nurse they
pulled his wife on a two-horse
sled five miles to the railroad
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-03-19
]. E.. McMichael
Candidate For
denomination

J. Erie McMichae1 has announced
he will be a candidate for renomi-
nation on the Democratic ticket
for solicitor of the Eleventh North
Carolina judicial district.
McMichael said he had mailed
his filing fee to the state board
of elections.
The solicitor is completing his
first elective term.
He was appointed eleventh dis
trict solicitor in 1887 when the
eleventh district was divided to
create a new district, the twenty
first.
The eleventh district is COM
posed Of Forsyth, Ashe and AL
leghany counties.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-03-19

station where the train was held
up for their arrival.
The mother was placed on the
train and carried to the Ben John
son hospital at Abingdon where a
Caesarian operation was perform
ed. Both mother and baby are
now getting along nicely.
81 feel that I am obligated to
the Norfolk and Western for the
lives of my wife and seven-pound
son." the father wrote in describ-
ing the trip during which, he said,
1--WE could hardly get through the
drifts"
"My wife," he adds insisted on
naming the baby Norwest so that
we will always be reminded Of
the Norfolk and Western"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-03-19
Sugar Rationing
Supplies Here

Members of the tire rationing
board announced yesterday that
stamps, directions and other sup
plies necessary for the rationing
of sugar had arrived here but that
no definite date or instructions as
to when the rationing would be-
gin, had been given.
eve have received the supplies
and have been instructed to hold
them until further information
has been received" Ralph Camp
bell, rationing board clerk said
yesterday.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-03-19
Will Announce
Prizes Next Wk,

The results of the Tubercu1ar
Christmas seal sales in the schools
and the winners will be announc-
ed in this paper next week.
The lateness was due to the fact
that the time was extended until
March Is for final reports.
The schools did fine work this
year as the total sales will show
in the report.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-03-19
SCRAP COLLECTION
PROGRAM CONTINUED

The countrywide scrap collec-
ton campaign is being continued
and trucks will be sent to any
point to haul in the scrap as soon
as load is accumulated.
Roy Grouse yesterday asked all
schools to notify him when they
want a truck to come and pick
up their scrap. He also requested
those who will. volunteer truck
service to get in touch with him.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-03-19

Mill consumption of wool in the
first quarter of 1912 will be linn
tied to 80 percent of the rate of
the first half Of 1871 under the
Governments wool consumption
program.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-03-19

Mr.. G. B. Price, of Raleigh,
visited his family here last week.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-03-19

During broadcast to the nations farmers President
Roosevelt warned them against permitting skyrockeng a
rcutura prices to plunge America into initiation He called
for unflaggng vigilance and effective action by govern
ment to prOeering and unfair returns alike for
goods and services On the Presidents right is Vice Pres
dent Henry A. Wallace Secretary of Agriculture Claud
Wickard is his left.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-03-19
ELECT DIRECTORS
OF ROTARY CLUB

Directors of the Jeffersons Ro-
tary club for the 1942-43 year
were elected at the last meeting.
The new directors are Hoyt Wood,
w. G. Vannoy, John Reeves, Ira
Johnston, Lester Segraves and w.
B. Austin. DR.. J. K. Hunter, pre-
sent club president, also serves
next year as a director.
These directors will meet soon
and elect officers.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-03-19

Mrs. T. G. Lemley, of West JEFF
ferson, was taken to the Wilkes
hospital last Sunday.
Evening star., 1942-09-19

Harrisburg, Pa, designer: to erect
three concrete block, one ofi1ce and
warehouse, two garages and ware
house, three frame house. 40 Far
ragut street NE; to cost $1,000.
Willie Mae Mills, 5033 B street
Sc, owner and builder; L. w. Giles,
designer; to erect one 1-story frame
dwelling. 1858 Bass place S.E.: to
cost $3.50.
J. Gilman. 22Ss Nichols avenue
Sc, owner and builder: Earl Won
Reichenbach, designer: to make re-
pairs, 2208 Nichols avenue Sc; to
cost $500.
Richfield Dairy Corp, 1890 South
Capitol street, owners; H. U.
Hudgins, 231 Tenth street Sc.
builder; j. M. Hallett, designer: to
erect one 1-story brick and block
dairy addition, 1890 South Capitol
street; to cost $500.
Estate of James Couzens, 1901
Fifteenth street NV, owner; Com
bustioneer Corp, 400 Tenth street
S.W., builder; to make repairs, 1881
K street NV: to cost $3.50.
Margaret and George Roper, 1876
Sixth street NE, owners and build
ers: Lester w. Giles, designer; to
make repairs, 434 Sixth street, NE;
to cost $500.
Evening star., 1942-09-19
per cent with mechanical refrieera-
ton and a5 per cent with central
heating.
FHA
Continued From First Page.)

which would provide 1859 dwelling
units.
Mr.. Ferguson, In discussing the
national situation. pointed out that
one OF the more important protective
features is FHAs property valuation
policy
Coupled with this is the protection
afforded by the single, long term
amortizing mortgage, which is re-
quired in all FHA-insured home
loans. FHA-insured mortgages ma
ture only when the last monthly
payment falls due. thereby avoiding
costly renewal fees and the possible
financial embarrassment frequently
caused by short term first, second
or third mortgages which have no
satisfactory arrangement TOR peri
odic reduction in the amounts owed,
it was explained.
FHA-insured mortgages ON sound
existing houses may cover up to 80
per cent OF the FHA valuation Of
the property and may run for as
long as 20 years. Interest charges
are limited to Az per cent on reduc-
ing balances, plus the FILA insur-
ance premium of Il of l per cent.
The loans are retired by equal
monthly payments, covering all
fixed charges, which in many cases
are less than rent for comparable
Evening star., 1942-09-19

properties. The FHA-insured mort
gage plan therefore affords home
buyers a means of stabilizing their
basic housing costs over long
term period, he pointed out.
Under the FHA plan. monthly
payments also include amounts suf-
ficient to accumulate real estate
taxes and hazard insurance expenses
in advance. thereby protecting
against default on these items.
Further protection to the buyer Is
afforded by the FIIA's credit re-
quirements, under which monthly
payments may not exceed a reason
able proportion Of the borrower 8
regular income at the time the
mortgage is applied for. This tends
to prevent defaults or foreclosures
caused by overborrowing. II the
borrowers income increases, addi-
tional amounts may be paid against
the mortgage and the complete re-
tirement OF the loan corresponding.
ly quickened. FHA stated.
Evening star., 1942-09-19

make repairs, 2477 Eighteenth street
N. W.; to cost $3.50.
Mrs. Flora Bradfield, 1910 Rhode
Island avenue NE, owner; Mary
land Roofing Co., Maryland boule-
ward, Hyattsville, Md, builder and
designer; to make repairs, 1910
Rhode Island avenue NE; to cost
$400.
Charles Seals, 534 Forty-seventh
place NE, owner and builder; L. w.
Giles, designer; to erect one 1-story
frame dwelling, 4467 B street Sc;
to cost $500.
Annapolis Hotel, Inc, Eleventh
and H streets NV, owners; Phil
A.. Thurston, Meadowwood, Silver
Spring, Nd, builder and designer:
to make repairs. 100 block H street
NV. Got 20, square 310; to cost
$500.
Luzetta Sparks, 4o0s Twenty first
street NE, owner; Samuel White,
1924 Fairmont street NV, builder;
Lewis w. Giles, designer: to make
repairs. 1909 Twenty first street NE.
dot 6, square 1920: to cost $780,
Louis H. Berman, 1l22-24 Seventh
street NV, owner; Cladney Con-
struction Co., 935 F street NV,
builder; j. Marcus Hallett, designer;
to make repairs, 1122-24 Seventh
street NV; to cost $400. ...
Norval Reid. 5316 c street
s E., owner and builder; Gus N. Bull,
2212 Thirteenth street NV. de-
signer: to erect one 1-story frame
dwelling, 52l7 Call place Sc; to cost
$500.
Milton c. LoNoir, 2418 Fourth
street NE, owner; Federal Con-
tracing Co., 913 New York avenue
NV, builders; J. Marcus Hallett,
designer; to make repairs. 24l8
Fourth street NE; to cost $500.
Sinclair Refining Co., 10 West
Fifty-hrst street, New York, owner
and builder; Walter K. Chiles,
Evening star., 1942-09-19

per cent Of the total were In de-
tached. one-family structures.
Within the District limits, only
159 per cent Of all dwelling units
were in single-family, detached
buildings but in nearby areas. this
type of living unit comprised 74.3
per cent OF the total.
Back in 1910, before the war had
caused serious population problem
here, nearly three ee-fifths of the
households in the Metropolitan
Area consisted Of one. two or three
persons. Two person households
comprised 27.2 per cent of the total;
three-person, pit per cent, and
one-person. 80 per cent. The me-
dian number of persons per house
hold in the area was SIT and for
Washington alone, 309.
500 Per Cent White.
Throughout the entire area sur
veyed, 37.7 per cent of all homes
were occupied by their owners.
Within Washington alone, only 49,
per cent OF the houses were owner
occupied, but in nearby Maryland
and Virginia, the figure was 58.6 per
cent.
A breakdown by races Of the oc-
cupants of households in the entire
area for 1910 indicated 500 per cent
were white. 1879 per cent colored,
and two-fifths OF one per cent of
some other race. In the District.
n per cent of the householders
were white and 22.8 per cent COL
ored.
The study also disclosed that, at
that time, more than 90 per cent
OF the homes in the Metropolitan
Area were equipped with radios. 70
Evening star., 1942-09-19

owner: Morris Guminick, 1927 I st.
NV, builder and designer; to make
repairs, 210 H st. NV: to cost $4,000.
Maurice Schlein, 915 New York
ave. NV. owner and builder; J.
Marcus Hallett, designer; to erect
one 2-story brick and cinder block
nat q units) 1853 Dix st. NE; to
cost $4,000.
Ohio w. Hammond, 3707 10th St.
NE, owner and builder; Robert H.
HUFF, jr., 1905 10th st. NV, de-
signer; to erect one 2-story frame
dwelling, 2o2o Taylor st. NE; to
cost $1,000.
Anheuser-Beusch Inc, st. Louis,
Mo-, owners and designers; Prescott
Construction, Co., 1907 w st. NV,
builders: to erect one 1-story brick
ocalvault addition, 1440 Oakie st.
NE; to cost $2,500.
+. ]. O'Neil. 1918 Alabama avenue
Sc, owner; Allied Asphalt Products
Corp. 912 New York avenue NV,
builders; to make repairs, 1918 Ala
bama avenue Sc; to cost $500.
Dorothy v. Chappelear, BIS Var
mum street NV, owner: Allied AS
phalt Products Corp, 912 New York
avenue NV, builders; to make re-
pairs. BIS Varnum street NV; to
cost $500.
Dr. H. A. Pointdexter, 513 Twenty
third place NE, owner; J. w. john
son, 3615 Fourteenth street NV,
builder; j. Marcus Hallett, designer:
to make repairs, 5l3 Twenty third
place NE; to cost $500. =
Edward Lacy, 212 Forty-fourth
street NE, owner; Philip Epling,
Glen Dale, Md, builder; to make re-
pairs, PIP Forty-fourth street NE;
to cost $40.
Jacob J. Jones, 1918 Clay street
NE, owner; Woodson Engineering
Co, 4els Fitch place NE, builders
and designers; to erect one 1-story
brick store. l647 Deane avenue NE;
to cost $500.
Mrs. Alonsita Walker, 1890 Twer-
ty-ninth street NV. :, owner; G. q
McDonough, 29o7 Olive ayenue NV,
builder: Victor Eberhard. designer;
to make repairs, 1908 Dent place
NV; to cost $500. q
Clinton L. Scott, Silt w street
Sc, owner; Sherman Il Minnick,
1916 Beecher street. builders; to
make repairs, 3117 w street Sc;
to cost $3.50.
Harry Lambros, 2477 Eighteenth
street NV, owner and builder: to
Evening star., 1942-09-19
Median Rent Paid
By Tenants in D. t.
Was S47.53 in 1910
Average for 1912
Is Believed to Be
Sharply Higher
BY NORMAN A. KAHL.

The median rent paid in the Dis
trict in 1910 was $47.53, according to
a study recently completed under
the direction of J. c. Capt, director
Of the Census Bureau.
Just how far the Census Bureaus
1910 survey on housing generally in
Washington and nearby areas varies
from actual conditions as they pre-
vail in today's bulging wartime
Capital is impossible to tell.
1t is generally conceded, however
that If census were taken now
most of the figures on rentals and
occupancy would have to be revised
drastically. 8
Oficials Of the District Rent Con-
troll Commission today said a survey
OF rent conditions here was being
made but that statistics as yet were
not available.
A spokesman for the commission
said home rentals were under sur
vey at the present time and that it
was expected 4 public report would
be made later. In the meantime, 1t
was said, facts gathered during the
survey would be used to check on
rental conditions here.
Average in Outskirts Higher.
The median rent in the Metro
politan Area outside of the city
proper was $48.38-nearly a dollar
greater. The median for the entire
area. including the District, was
$4773.
The Census Bureau found two
years ago that there were 252, 2,773
dwelling units in the District and
nearby communities. More than
lone- fourth Of these were built be-
tween 1890 and 1910 and only 3l.5
Evening star., 1942-12-22
San Francisco Backyard
Poultry Ban Is Lifted
ps the Associated Press.

ps the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22.-Nob
Hill. where chickens always come in
silver dishes, is going to get ac-
ouainted with chickens on the hoof
feathers and cackle and all.
And nobody on the hill, where the
air has been pretty rarified ever
since millionaires of the ls49 gold
rush days settled there, is raising a
lorrnette or an eyebrow in protest
or surprise-the war food situation
being what it is.
Poultry raising is one way to get
ting eggs and drumsticks.
Leader in the movement for home
embarrassing is City Health d.
rector j. C. Geiger, who has lifted
thu, almost immemorial ban against
poultry pens in San Francisco back
yards. That means live chickens all
over town before long.
Evening star., 1942-12-22
10Th ST. Heights Citizens
Vote 10 Chance Name

The Sixteenth Street Heights Cit
izens' Association voted to change
It's name to the Shepherd Park Cit
tisens' Association at a meeting last
night. The change was made to
eliminate the conflict of names with
the neighboring Sixteenth Street
Highlands Association.
Fred G. Umhau was elected to sue
eeed j. Preston Swecker as secre-
tary and Maj. Ernest w. Brown,
former superintendent of police, and
William H. Ramsey were elected
delegates to the Federation of Cit
1zens' Associations,
Following a house. toulouse sur
vey in the community relative to
changes in the express bus service
of the Y-l and Y-3 routes the group
was informed by the Public Utilities
Commission that one bus would be
added to each of the lines. making
q total of three express buses for
each route.
The association met in the Shep-
herd School and was presided over
by Harry c. Hensley, president.