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Evening star., 1942-03-01
Attorney to Speak

Roger ]. Whitford, local attorney,
will present his well known talk,
"The Legality of the Trial of
Christ" as an appropriate lenten
talk before members of the Pilot
Club at dinner Tuesday evening at
the Silver Bowl Restaurant.
Miss Lois A. White, club presi-
dent, will preside. Due to partici-
patton of members in defense
activities the meeting will probably
be the last program meeting for
some time.
Evening star., 1942-03-01
Founders Day

A founders day banquet will be
given by the Washington Alumnae
Association of Randolph Macon
Woman's College at 6 pm. March
Il at the American Association Of
University Women's clubhouse.
Miss Annie Kate Gilbert, field
supervisor of the Y. w. c. A. United
Service Organizations, will tell Of
the work Of these organizations.
Miss Margaret Flory is in charge
of the program and Miss Rebecca
st. Clair is in charge of the ar
rangements. Mrs. w. Warren Sager,
president Of the association, will
preside.
Evening star., 1942-03-01
Mrs. G.. H. Marvin
POstpOnes Tea

The tea at which Mrs. Cloyd
Heck Marvin will entertain mem
bers of the Columbian Women of
George Washington University has
been postponed from Tuesday to
April Z, according to an announce
ment.
Miss Sara Lerch, president Of the
organization, also announces that an
Elections Committee has been
named and is now receiving nomin-
ations. It includes Mrs. Carl Wal
ther, Mrs. E. w. Woolard and Mrs.
Joseph w. Cox.
Evening star., 1942-03-01
Sorority Plans Fete

The Goth anniversary Of the
founding of Phi Mu Sorority will
be celebrated with banquet
Wednesday at Hotel 2400. Mrs. j
Foster Hagan will be toastmistress
and Beta Alpha Chapter of George
Washington University is in charge
of the ceremony. Beta Alpha S
scholarship cup and prize to the
most outstanding pledge will be
awarded at this time. Mrs. Leigh
ton johnson is in charge Of res
ervations.
Evening star., 1942-03-01

Mercy Warren was the sister Of
the famous James Otis and the wife
Of James Warren. solid patriot
who became influential in Massa-
chusetts politics and a general in
the Continental Army. Through
both her husband and brother she
had come into close contact with
Evening star., 1942-03-01
Civic and Study Clubs

Twentieth Century Club-Tomor-
row, l pm, Red Cross, 2020 Massa-
chusetts avenue NV; 2 pm, in
ternational outlook section, Y. w.
c. A.. Wednesday, 10 am, Red
Cross. Thursday. II am, Y. W.
c. A, monthly meeting.
Washington Club Tomorrow, II
am, book hour; guest speaker,
Miss Temple Bailey. Writing as
a Great Adventure" Tuesday, II
am, lecture; speaker, DR.. A. LOU
don, THE Kingdom Of the Neither
lands at War" Wednesday, p m,
luncheon and cards.
Women's City Club-Wednesday. 8
pm, business meeting. Thurs
day, 8 pm, club night.
American Association of University
Women-Tomorrow, 4 pm, tea
and business meeting. Wednes-
day, 7 pm, dinner; speaker, DR..
A. Loudon, Netherlands Minister.
Saturday, pm. Arts Committee
luncheon; Ills pm, international
Relations Committee luncheon;
speaker. Miss Ethel M. johnson.
Business, Professional Clubs
Soroptimist Club Of Montgomery
County - Tomorrow, tbs pm,
dinner and business meeting, Ken
wood Golf and Country Club.
Women's National Press Club
Tuesday, $50 pm, dinner and
business meeting, National Press
Club.
Community Clubs
Woman's Club OF Chevy Chase
Tomorrow, II am, social section,
business meeting; $3.50 pm, drama
section, presentation, Gala The
ater Night" Tuesday, ! pm,
French section, luncheon: 10:30
am. Membership Committee, with
Mrs. Fred .. Allen, 1883 Quesada
street NV. Friday, 1o:30 am,
eivics section; speaker, Mrs. Eu-
gene Scott. Saturday, Gas pm,
social section, covered-dish dinner.
Takoma Park Women's Club-Tues-
day, 1880 pm, Albright Memorial
Church; speaker, Oliver Griswold,
The Way the Government Uses
Documentary Films"
Petworth Womans Club-Tomor-
row, visiting nurse group, 1881
Georgia avenue NV. Thursday.
10 am, Red Cross unit, Petworth
Library; noon. luncheon and
meeting, Petworth Methodist
Church.
Silver Spring WomanS Club-Wed-
Evening star., 1942-03-01

The @vicfory" book cam.
poien is among defense ac.
fipifies supported BY the
Junior League Of Washing
ton. Mrs. Oliver Walker
(letf) and Miss Mary N. s.
Whifeiey are shown sOifh
some Of the books the league
has collected for the use Of
service men.
Evening star., 1942-03-01
Peasants Regain Lond

Mexico is returning to peasant
groups land which was taken from
them several years ago because they
failed to cultivate 1t properly.
Evening star., 1942-03-01
Junior League Members
Hold 73O Defense Jobs,
Survey Here Reveals
Activities Extend to Many
Fields of Emergency Work;
II Are Blood Donors
Bv Frances Lids,
women'g Club Editor.


classicaions
Junior Washington
findings which completed
committee headed By Mrs Kenneth Holland.
work pointed addition to
which raditonaly Junior
enls largest number of members
number Of other established
agencies handling volunteer programs.
Headquarters Serves
Lunches to Busy Members
at 2oo Massachusetts, NV, also
hum increased activities.
in community defense jobs.
themselves mattresses under the general
of B. jackson.
Red those
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Must Buy Canning Sugar By
Sept. Is; Gas Rules Given

the rationing board office; and
that persons who for any reason
did not use their canning certifi-
Gates must also turn these in to
the board.
Any merchants who, due to
lack of sugar, have not been a
BILE to turn in their stamps, are
instructed to take these to the
board office; in return for which
they will receive sugar purchase
certificates for total value of the
stamps. eve must warn again
that stamps on hand lose their
value after 10 days of the end of
the valid period for the particu-
lar stamp" it was stated.
Gas RatiOning
eve continue to get reports
that service station operators are
taking the No. 2 stamps in the "A
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Baptist Group
To Meet Sunday
Will Discuss Plan For Paid
Worker For The Ashe
Missionary Association

The Baptist ministers of the
Ashe association will meet at
Phoenix Baptist church in regu-
lar conference, Sunday afternoon,
Sept. IS, at 2:30 o'clock.
A number of important sub
jects are to be discussed and ev-
cry minister and church worker is
expected to be there.
The executive committee is ex-
pected to be present to decide the
place of the next association.
IF you, as church leaders and
ministers, are in favor of secur-
ing full-time church worker for
the association, by the help of the
State board, come and discuss
plans for this PLAN, Rev. A. c.
Ashley said.
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Scout Leaders
Met On Monday
To Make Plans
Expect To Have Additional
Active Troops In The
County Soon

Plans were set in motion this
week for new and enlarged Boy
Scout activities in the Parkway
district of the Skyland Council, of
which Reid Sturdivant is chair
man.
Representatives of this dis
trict, which includes Ashe and
Wautauga were present at a din
ner meeting here on Monday
night when plans were formulat-
ed. Gerald Ashwill, scout exc
cutive and organizer for the dis
trict was present and discussed
some of the plans for the year.
Mr.. Ashwill has been working
in the county this week and re-
ported that he expected to have
active troops at Lansing, River
view, and Healing Springs soon.
Mr.. Ashwill spoke to the princi-
pals of all of the high schools
here on Tuesday.
Chairman Sturdivant said that
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Order Trucks, Buses, Taxis
Under Government Control

Washington - The nations en-
tire commercial transportation
facilities, excepting railroads, air
lines and private passenger We
hicles, will be placed under strict
government wartime controls on
Nov. Is, the office of defense
transportation announced Tues
day night.
In a sweeping move to conserve
equipment so there will be no in
terruption in essential traffic,
ODT announced new regulations
setting up nationwide rationing
of gasoline, tires and parts for
more than 100000 commercial
vehicles. The order will hit a.
100000 non-military trucks, 1884,
600 buses and $4,000 taxicabs.
Heretofore gasoline rationing
has applied to only II Eastern
seaboard states and the District
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Warning that irregular use of
sugar certificates and gas ration
cards are bound to react disas-
trously on consumer and distrib-
utor alike, members of the Ashe
County Rationing board are reit-
Grating requirements for use of
such cards and certificates.
Cali certificates issued for the
purpose of canning sugar will be
of no value after Sept. 49," it
was pointed out, "and all mer-
chants are warned against taking
certificates after this date" which
is next Tuesday.
Members of the board further
emphasized that at the end of this
period for the canning certificates,
all merchants who find that they
have an inventory in excess of
that which they were originally
allowed, must at once report to
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of Columbia. The order means
the entire nation will be affected
to some degree.
ODT Director Joseph B. East
man defended the new program
by saying "these motor vehicles
must be kept rolling"
After the effective date of the
new regulation, operators of COM
mercial vehicles must carry and
show a certificate of war neces-
sity" before they will be able to
obtain gasoline, tires or parts
These certificates will stipulate
the maximum mileage allowed for
Individual vehicles or the maxi
mum loads that they may carry,
or both.
Private passenger automobiles
are not included in the program.
Covered, however, are all types
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Volunteers Are
Wanted For Air
Warming Posts
All Points In This Area To
Be Activated Soon.
Workers Needed

Since it is intended by the
Ground Observer Corps to acti-
vate all observation posts in the
Charlotte district on or about Oct
l, Ashe county posts are in this
district and will be called into
active duty along with the rest
of the district.
This means that someone must
be on duty at each of the three
observation posts in the county
"a hours each day and seven days
per week, and volunteer workers
are needed to carry on the work
These posts are located at the
home of Ward Ray, near Baldwin;
Fred N. Coward, Jefferson; and
w. B. Tribble, near Vannoy's
flooring plant West Jefferson.
1t is necessary to have enough
volunteers for these posts so that
no one will have too great a
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-09-10
County Ticket Named
BY Ashe Democrats
At Convention, Sat.
Rotten Wins Sheriff's Race:
Jones, Neal And Stans-
berry Are Also Named

Interest reached a new peak in
the three-cornered race for the
nomination of sheriff, Saturday
afternoon, when Ashe Democrats
gathered in full force at the
courthouse for the convention
where the party's slate for the
county offices and the Represen-
tative in the Legislature were
named.
The surprise of the afternoon,
to many, was the victory of Ra-
leigh Rotten, low man on first bal
lot, over w. c. Thomas, high man
at the precinct meetings Friday
afternoon and who lacked only
10 votes of being elected on the
first ballot.
Winning Candidates
In addition to Rotten, others
nominated Saturday afternoon
were representative in the leg
islature, r. Austin Jones; coroner,
DR.. B. E. Reeves; surveyor, w. P.
Coward; clerk of court, c. S.
Neal; register of deeds, J. D.
Stansberry; county commission
ers, Wade E. Vannoy, Mack Ed
wards, Judge H. c. Tucker; men,
bers of the board of education,
Bryan Kirby, V. c. Lillard, Mack
Absher, Clyde Houck and John
Houck.
Chairman Wade E. Eller, who
presided throughout the meeting,
opened with a brief address of
welcome, stating the purpose and
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Market Offered
For Cabbage; 100
Carloads Wanted
Agricultural Marketing Ad-
ministratiOn Has Offered
To Buy Graded Cabbage

Of much interest is the an
nouncement made here yesterday
that the Agricultural Marketing
Administration, of Washington,
D. c., has offered to buy 100 cars
of U. S. No. cabbage in Ashe.
Watauga and Avery counties
All farmers having cabbage to
sell are asked to get in touch with
their county agent, at once.
J. B. Gourlay, representing the
inspection division of the market
ing service, who has been here in
connection with the potato grad
ing, will also work with the cab
bage.
He explained that U. S. No.
cabbage should weigh from three
to eight pounds, must be free
from decay and serious worm
damage. He stated that the cab
bage would bring around 86c per
hundred loaded in the cars for
shipment, but that the price of
the bags would be deducted from
this as we'll as inspection cost.
Inspection is only around $500
per car, and the bags will be ap-
proximately eleven cents, it was
stated.
The cabbage is to be bagged in
SO pound bags and the county a.
gent will inform the sellers where
these can be secured. It was ex-
planned that there would be a.
round 900 bags to a car and that
shipments would be made early
next week from West Jefferson,
Lansing, North WiTkesboro,
Spruce Pine and Ashford.
Mr.. Gourlay said that the rainy
weather had temporarily stopped
the marketing of potatoes. Dur
ing the past week, around three
car loads have been graded and
shipped out of here. This will
be resumed again as soon as the
weather permits farmers to bring
more in, he said.
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Life Comes To
Ashe Convention

Life came to the Democratic
convention at jefferson last Sat,
urday and the convention came
to life!
The convention was by nc
means dead at anytime, but tool
on new life when the race fol
sheriff and the board of educa-
ton came before it.
What was perhaps a bit more
unusual than this, was the fac
that Ed Clark and Bob Wallace
representatives of Life magazine
were present and took a large
number of pictures for the mag.
azine. It is not known just wher
these are to be used but it is ex.
pected they will be published ir
connection with a feature on pol.
itics in the near future.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-09-10
Scrap Is Still
Badly Needed

The WPA truck is still in opera
ton collecting vital scrap for the
war effort and everyone is urged
to continue to search their prem
ises for any of this which they
might have and bring it to the
nearest filling station or automo-
bile dealer.
B. w. Jones asked that all sta
tions or any individuals or col
lection points having truck loads,
get in touch with him at Jeffer-
son.
A special drive for scrap is
being planned in connection with
the schools.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-09-10
Japs Near Moresby;
Reds Check Attack;
Second Front Near
u. s. Bolsters Marine Hold In
SOlOmOnS. 5000 Nazis
Are Slain

While talk in America centered
around a second front this week,
fierce fighting continued on all
active war fronts. The White
House disclosed yesterday, after
President Roosevelt had made it
plain that preparations were un-
der way for opening a second
front in Europe, that the "nec-
essary decisions regarding mill
tary operations" were made at
London conference between Brit
ish and American officials in July.
Japanese forces have broken
through the Owen Stanley Noun
tain pass in New Guinea, and are
advancing down the southern
slopes toward Port Moresby, the
great allied advance base on the
south coast less than so miles
away, united nations officials
quarters reported yesterday.
Allied advance troops holding
the narrow mountain gap have
been enveloped and are falling
back on the main defense lines
under the weight of a persistent
enemy attack in which it was be-
lieved, the largest japanese forces
so far engaged in New Guinea
are operating.
United States forces in the
Southern Solomons are steadily
strengthening their offensive
bases while their dominant air
force fights off japanese aerial
attacks and frantic attempts to
land men, it was indicated yester-
day.
The marines who made the
landings in the Guadalcanal area
August Z are stlIl mopping up the
scattered japanese parties which
they drove inland from the beach
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WPB Making Inquiries About Abmgdon-West Jefferson RR
N. & w. Has Made
No Application
of Abandonment
Local Citizens Disturbed Over
RumOrs Of Discontinuance
OF Line

R. H. Smith, vice-president in
charge of operation of the Nor
1olk and Western railroad told a
Fost reporter yesterday after
noon that the railroad had made
no application for the abandon
ment OF the line from here to
Abingdon, as has been rumored.
Local citizens have been very
much alarmed over the rumors
this week, coupled with the fact
that the tracks and the trestle
leading from the station to the
Gulf oil plant a few miles from
town are being removed.
When questioned about the dis
continuance of the line, Mr..
Smith said that all he could say
was that the War Production
Board was asking questions about
this line. He explained that he
did not know what recommended
tons they might make regarding
it.
1t is understood that the WPB
in their efforts to conserve trans
portation is now making in
vestigations Of several branch
lines throughout the country.
Mr.. Smith said however, that the
Abingdon-West Jefferson branch
was the only one on the N. & w.
road they were asking questions
about.
When urged by a Post reporter
not to let this section down, Mr..
Smith replied, eve did not let
you down after the flood in 1910,
did WEI" He recalled that the
N. & w. spent a large sum of
putting this line back in
to service at that time.
The removal of the tracks and
the tressle leading out to the
Gulf plant was approved in 1888
when the line was discontinued
to Todd. It was left, however,
until this year. And then when
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-09-10
New Equipment
Given Hospital
Mrs. Phillip L. Stanton, Form.
erly From Ashe, Gives
ReSuScitatOr

The latest addition to the e.
quipment of the Ashe hospital
is an E & ] resuscitator, inhalator
and aspirator. This automatic
breathing machine, the value Of
which is $4,000, is a gift to the
hospital from Mrs. Philip L.
Stanton, of Philadelphia, former
ly Miss Gwendolyn Richardson,
of Ashe county.
The apparatus is used to re-
store breathing to persons suffer-
ing respiratory failure as in the
case of non-breathing newborn
babies, surgical shock, carbon
mono1ide gas, paralysis, etc. It
is manufactured by the E & J
Manufacturing Company of Glen
dale, California and was first in
troduced in the east by Mr.. STAN
ton about ten years ago.
Since that time it has become
one of the most widely used me-
chanisms of it's kind. It is en-
ployed by over a thousand of the
leading hospitals in such medi-
cal centers as New York City,
Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit,
Pittsburgh, New Orleans, Biz
mingham and Atlanta.
It is also standard equipment
in the worlds largest industrial
plants such as United States
Steel, E. I. du Pont de Nemours,
Glenn L. Martin and the Ford
Motor Company. 1t is extensive
ly used by the U. S. Army and
Navy and first aid rescue squads
throughout the country.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-09-10
Schools o pen Today;
Princi pals Asked To
Save Transportation
Lunch Program Approved By
WPA, Hoped To Be Start
ed In Near Future

The thousands of school chill.
dren, who 60 back to school to-
day as the 1942-43 session opens
will possibly become more war
conscious than they have before
not only due to some changes in
the course of study, but because
of other measures which may
have to be taken.
The problem of transportation
along with other problems was
discussed at the district princi-
pals meeting held in the court
house on Tuesday and all princi-
pals were asked to cut down
transportation from 20 to Is per
cent.
Supt. j. B. Hash said that all
possible savings of rubber was
necessary. He explained that
there may not be enough to last
and for this reason as much saw
ings as possible must be carried
out.
In speaking of the hot lunch
program, Supt. Hash said that
the WPA project providing for
cooks had been approved but that
no definite date for it's beginning
had been announced.
1t appears that there is posi-
bility that it may start around
Oct. 1. Since the WPA did not
operate gardens this summer, the
cooperation of all school patrons
is asked in the supply of vegeta-
bles and fruits when the project
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-09-10
Hardin To Seek
Sheriff's Place

The first official announcement
in this paper of a candidate fol
the Republican nomination fol
sheriff of Ashe county was made
today by Mont M. Hardin, of the
Beaver Creek section.
Hardin, who is a we'll known
farmer, is a grandson Of the late
John J. Hardin. His announce
ment is published elsewhere
There are expected to be other
announcementsebefore the precinct
meetings and convention, Sept
1919.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-09-10
Senter Baptist
Meeting Friday
Three-Day Session At Roan's
Creek Church; Interesting
Program Is Planned

Noted visiting speakers will be
heard at the eighty-ninth annual
session of the Senter District
Primitive Baptist Association,
which will convene at Roan's
Creek church, 10 miles east of
Jefferson, tomorrow, with ses-
sions continuing through Sunday.
Several hundred persons are
expected to attend the various
sessions, including approximately
$50 members of the II churches
composing the association.
Elder Ed Davis, of Tuckerdale,
is moderator and F. T. Miller, of
Wagner, clerk. Other ordained
elders who are scheduled to take
part in the services include C. D.
Rotten, Sly; Blair Kilby of Rugby
and Ed Ham of Whitetop.
Visiting elders who will give
sermons include J. H. Fagg, of
Winston-Salem, H. M. Blevins, of
Chilhowie, and U. G. Nichols, of
West Virginia.
Following the opening Friday,
business sessions and other SER
mons will occupy congregations
through Sunday.
Member churches of the asso-
citation include Senter, Roan's
Creek, Bear Creek, Riverview,
North Fork. Pond Mountain,
Horse Creek, Big He1ton, South
Fork, Cranberry and Beaver
Creek. A good attendance is ex-
pected from each group in spite
of current transportation diff
culties.
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Mt. Union Assn
Met At Mt. Zion
Good Attendance At Sessions
Barker Is Moderator And
Stansberry, Clerk

Members of the Mountain I'm
ion Baptist Association met fol
their seventy-sixth annual as
ISOLATION at Mt. Zion Regular Bap-
fist church, one mile from Ball
on Friday and Saturday. Many
attended the sessions.
Elder James Barker, Troutdale
Va, is moderator for the associa-
ton, which is composed of 81
churches in two states, with ap-
pro&imately 400 members. E.
w. Stansberry is clerk.
Elder C. M. Shepherd, of Ball
was selected to deliver the intro
ductory sermon on Friday, with
Charlie Shines, of Beech Creek
as alternate speaker.
North Carolina churches of the
association include Baptist Chap
ell, Helton; Beech Creek, Whaley;
Covenant, Grayson; Flat Grove
Three Top; Laurel Hill, Fig; Lib
erty, Helton; Mt. Pleasant Chap
ell, Jefferson; Mt. Zion, Ball; New
Bethel, Husk; New Hope, Husk
Oak Grove, Warrensville; Pine
Grove, Clifton; Rich Valley, Fig
Silas Creek. Lansing; Three Top
Milan; and White Oak, Lansing
Virginia churches listed include
Baptist Union, Marion; Fox Creek
Troutdale; and st. Glars Greek
and Pleasant Home, both at Chill
howie. Baptist View church is
listed with the address of George
Eller, clerk, at Nottingham, Pa.