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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-11-05
EXPERTS TELL HOW TO
PREPARE PELTS RIGHT

ceased" and 'open" handling.
Skins that are ''cased" are shaped on
st1etchers with straight sides and one
end tapered to a point. open" pelts
are stretched either square or round by
lacking them on a wall or board, with
fur side toward the board, exposing the
flesh side to the air. Only Beaver, Badger
and RQccoon pelts are handled "open."
Dry skins in a cool, airy place-never
by the fire or in the sun. Never use salt
alum or any other preparation for cur
ing skins. Simply shape and dry.
Never cut off heads Except Rabbits.
Never cut up back of pelts.
Tails and legs of MuskrGt, OboSsum.
Rabbit and Beaver should be cut off.
Feet and claws should be left on Lynx,
Fisher, A!a1ten, Fox and Wolverine. Leave
feeton WOLVES Except the claws as almost
all of the leg is used by the fur trade.
Take your time and use skill in skin
ming heads and getting pelts loose around
eyes, nose and ears.
Never over stretch. This thins the fur
and makes quality look poor. Don't
under stretch. This causes wrinkles. Get
the ''feel'' of this job and you'll get
results.
Don't let your knife slip. Don't tear
the pelt. Do clean, careful job.
Get square effect on Badgers and Rae
coOnS, and round effect on Beavers, by
! stretching-NOT by trimming!
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-11-05
ASHE HOSPITAL LISTS
PATIENTS FOR WEEK

The list of patients treated by
the Ashe County Memorial Hospl-
tai this week includes the names
of Mr.. J. J. Thomas, Helton; Mrs
Worth Knox and baby, Creston;
Raymond Sapp, Sly; Mrs. Lloyd
Goodman and baby, West Jeffer-
son; Mrs. Dale Waddell and baby,
Grassy Creek; Wilma Jones, oper-
alive; Mrs. C. P. Bunch and baby,
Sturgills; Mclean Canter, opera
tive, Todd; Mrs. Oscar Badger,
treatment, West Jefferson.
Discharged during the week
were E. R. Sturdivant, treatment,
Mrs. Belle Sapp, Mrs. Bradley
Goodman, treatment, and MISS
Evon Eller, treatment.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-11-05
MRS. LANE HOSTESS TO
IDLEWILD III. ID. CLUB

The Idlewild H. D. club met at
the home of Mrs. B. F. Lane, last
week.
The meeting opened with Mrs.
Gorda C. Boney in charge, in the
absence of the president. Mrs.
Grady Fletcher had charge OF the
devotional. After the club sang
the club song, the group repeat
ed together the collect of club
women of America and the pledge
to the flag. A report for the past
year. was made. The subject for
demonstration was Fashions for
Victory.
The club will meet this month
with Mrs. J. E. Cheek.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-11-05
CLOTHES PROBLEM: English

women have, already had ample
experience with the problem of
war time clothes rationing, which
we are likely to have to face in
the near future. And they have
found that, for the first time, an
English woman with small
clothes budget can dress smartly.
Creations of designers like Cap
tain Molyneux, whose clothes
were once available to only the
very wealthy, are now sold in
London's best stores for no more
than the cost of a dress from one
of our budget" shops. The new
designs make a virtue of necessi-
ty, stressing simple lines and dur
able fabrics. The trend toward
simplicity, given its first impetus
years before rationing by design
ers like Molyneux and the great
Gabrielle Chanel and our own
Mainbocher, is giving is in an
emergency some of the most
beautiful clothes we have ever
worn. And if the experience of
English women is an indication of
what is in store for us, we Ameri-
can women will actually benefit
by wartime restrictions
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-11-05
Halloween Passes
Quietly In Town

Halloween in West Jefferson
passed off peacefully, if not
quietly, with a benignity of spirit
not usually manifest on this night
of rowing spooks when liberty is
sometimes construed as license,
with a resulting chaos on the day
after. Plenty of noise, a few
harmless pranks featured by
well-soaped windows in the bus
mess district, one up-turned
small building, seemed to be the
sum total of damage done. Al
together, the spooks are to be
commended for their temperate
celebration.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-11-05

CHILD CARE: Whether or not
Mrs. Roosevelt's trip to England
will result in a definite plan for
the day nurseries she feels are
necessary remains to be seen. The
War Manpower Commission has
been at work for some time on
the problem of freeing mothers
for work in war plants. The
"block mother" idea has been
tried out in some communities.
And now the OCD has announced
a plan for child care in some Sec
tons, using specially trained vol
unteers.
Buy War Savings Bonds
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-11-05
SHINING, scraping and stretching are

SHINING, scraping and stretching are
the IS SIS" of good pelt handling!
The first step (top sketch) in handling
any pelt correctly is to see that the fur
is clean and dry. Use lukewarm water
and a clean cloth repeatedly rinsed out
to remove all blood and dirt. Dry with
a cloth to finish the cleaning. Some
trappers also comb and brush the fur
after drying.
Then, Clover sxetca) with a sharp
nnifc. cut around hind paw pads and
slit up backs Of the hind legs to base of
ths tail. This is the beginning for both
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-11-05
SQUARE DANCE AT
JEFFERSON GYM
ON FRIDAY NIGHT

There will be a square dance
at the Jefferson high school gym
nasium on Friday night of this
week at 800 o'clock, with the
Evans String Band furnishing the
music. The dance is being offered
as a means of raising money for
the school, and the sponsors cor
dially invite everyone to attend.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-11-05

Mankind has free will, but it
is only to milk kline, to build
houses, and etc. So long as a
man is at ease and in safety, so
long he thinks he has free will;
but when want and need appear
so that there is neither meat,
drink nor money, where is then
free will?
MARTIN LUTHER
Let me make the songs of a
nation, and I care not who makes
it's laws.
ANDREW FLETCHER
The feeling of health is acquir-
ed only by sickness.
C. C. LICHTENBERG
Applause is the spur of noble
minds, the end and aim of weak
ones.
&C. C. COTTON
Through knowledge shall the
just be delivered.
PROVERBS Xxx
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-11-05
GEORGE BLY, BURIED
LAST SUNDAY p. M.

George Bly,, colored, of Nathan's
Creek, sc, was buried at the JEFF
ferson colored cemetery on Sun
day, November first. He died at
the home, from which funeral
services were conducted Sunday
afternoon. Surviving are a brother
and sister.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-11-05

A. M. Jones, who is employed
in defense work at Kingsport,
spent the week end at his home
here.
Mr.. Jewel Hart, of Conowingo,
Md, spent few days with home
folks at Nathan's Creek recently.
He has been employed for some
time at Port Deposit, Md.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-11-05

MARGINAL NOTES: Before
Liudmila Pavlichenko, the Rus
sian girl sniper who killed 300
Nazis, left this country to return
to Russia, she was given a new
pistol and one bullet-inscribed
with the number 80 Sergt.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-11-05

Mary Churchill, daughter of Bri-
tain's prime minister, has been
assigned to an ATS officers train
ing school.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-11-05

This stalk OF corn, like ma
ny others, was grown by Wal
ter Burkett, of the Beaver
Creek section. Billie Ander-
son is standing beside it as it
was photographed in front of
The Skyland Post. The stalk,
which had two ears, measured
Is feet. and seven inches in
height.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-11-05

Children's clothing should be
light and bright-sunny yellows,
sky blues, and all colors of the
rainbow.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-11-05

Miss Ruth Bowlin was director
of very interesting chapel pro-
gram given by the fifth and sixth
grades on Monday of this week.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-11-05
BIRTH ANNOUNCED

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce
Cox, of Transou, a son, weighing
nine and one-half pounds, on Oct.
%.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-11-05
Elkland High
School News

The teaches and pupils of the
Elkland high school entered the
scrap drive with the enthusiasm
that is needed to do a thorough
Job of beating the Axis. Mr.. Ia
tum Brown has allowed several
of the high school boys to use his
truck to collect scrap from the
people of the community. James
Trivette was the leading indivi-
dual contributor thus far, having
donated an estimated 5000 lbs.
of scrap metal. ''....
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-11-05

Reports at the end of the first
month show that the school had
an average attendance of $3.50.
The school has enrolled 1856 ele-
mentary pupils and 10 high
school pupils.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-11-05
DAY-OLD BABY DIES
AT FAMILY HOME

The day-old baby of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Lee Lewis, of Fleet
wood, died at the family home
last Wednesday and was buried
Friday at Big Flats church.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-11-05

In a recent meeting, the All
club finished last years work. At
the next meeting the members of
the club will select officers and
make plans for this years work.
Sixty-two pupils attended the
last meeting of the All club.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-01

Out Of the muck and
mire Of a war-torn Far East.
Chino is arising, new hope
burning in her bomb.bur-
dsned breast and new life
stirring in her stubbornly.
fighting men Of battle.
Smashing eounter-offen-
sives have hurled back the
Jap invader in many Sec
tiens Of the vast country.
American aid in the form
Of fighting pilots TO guard
Tho Burma Road has been
. welcome arrival. Nip
penese attempts to thrust
deep into the interior have
been thrown off with
Japan counting her dead
in The thousands.
And now it may be
China's move TO rush
assistance to the belea-
euered British forces in
MaIaye. Into Burma have
poured seasoned veterans
Of battle. anxious TO tear at
The flenks Of the Jap army.
With the United States
finally pi++e d against ia.
pan. with the British and
the Australians battling the
invaders in M alaya. with
The Dutch and The FiIipinos
arrayed against the Nip
ponese, China's leaders
visualize The overthrow Of
the Japanese menace, its
suppression forever and are
mershalline all their forces
and their fighting spirits to
achieve that vision.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-11
Youth Record Broken by
Texas Graduates, is, II

AUSTIN, Tex. -UP-The Univer-
sity OF Texas established new age
records this month for both boy and
girl graduates.
Receiving degrees at the June
commencement weer Martin Gross
man Ettlinger of Austin, Is. young
est boy ever to graduate from the
University and Miss Sue Allyn
Strickland, II. OF Nocona, youngest
coed graduate in the more than
so years since the university was
established.
Ettlinger. child prodigy. who
graduated from high school at IL
years. was purposely held back a
year by his parents. He made a
record OF all A grades in his college
courses. He will enter Harvard Uni
versity.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-11
DOING FINE JOB

Lansing. Mich, June 11-TNS-
Michigan is doing a fine job"
in civilian defense. John B. Dillen-
court. Chicago, sixth civilian de-
tense region field representative,
declared today. Michigan is doing
an outstanding Job In supplying
leadership and direction" he said.
This state has assigned more vol
unteers to civilian mobilization ac-
tivities than many other states"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-11

Mrs Walter L. Heidi
Prayer meeting IN the evening
at the church.
East Tpsllanti
Spencer Club will meet with Mrs.
Mary Holloway.
Sheldon
W. S. c. S. meets.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-11
National sroadeastIna Company

red network, WV 700, WWJ
$50. WHAM 100, WMAQ $40. Blue
network. WXYZ 1870. WLW 700.
WGN 100.
Columbia 6roadeasting Company
-WJR 760 WBBM $50. WCKY
1880, WFBM 1875, VICAR 1880
WBNS 1860, WOOD 1910; Blue
network, WOWO 1870.
Mutual Broadcastino Company
network, WLW 700. CkLW 500.
Red Network WLW 700: Blue
WJBK 720.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-11
NOT COMPLYING

Detroit. Mich. June Tins
Arthur H. Sarvis. state director OF
the Office OF Price Administration
asserted today that many Detroit
retail stores are not complying with
the government maximum price reg
ulation.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-11
Tonloht

Iohi0ht
TALKS-NBC 900 Americas
Town Meeting from st. Louis.
The Crisis in Rubber"
CBS-1230 Secretary Ickes on
Midwest Motor Freight"
NBC--7:30 AL Pearce Gang
500 Fanny Brice and Broucho
Mary
$50 Henry Aldrich
900 Bing Crosby
1000 Rudy Vallee
1890 Keeping Up With Rosemary
CBS-s:00 Death Valley Days
$3.50 Raymond Scott Music
900 Major Bowes Amateurs
$50 Big Town
1000 First Line, Z. s. Navy
BLU-7;0O Easy Aces
500 Drama, Fighting Quarter
masters
$50 Sur Les Boulevards, Concert
1000 Bats in the Belfry. Variety
MBS-S:00 Opera Festival Second
Hurricane"
$3.50 Americans at the Ramparts
l1:15 Britain Speaks. J. B. Priest
ley
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-11

Good food will 90 far TO help
build o stronger America. Ex-
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one MORE night o week
means more stomino, greater
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bring extro good getting. A5P
is an experienced hand at cut
ting out wosts in the cost Of
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OF the most In FOOD fov yoss
money. In ls4i, ASP wos obIe
TO moke three successive re-
auctions in the spread between
whot foods cost at form or foe-
tory and whot you poy for them
-ond eoeh time AGP Gus
TONERS benefited. Now - this
year - whss getting the most
tos every dollar you spend is 50
very impostont-every morket-
ing shortcut, every efficiency
in food retoilins, will be sought
BY ASP TO moke your budget
buy the utmost.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-11
essols

Closing pro. am for Begols sun
day School. i0:45 a. m. Dinner
following OF 1880.
Salem
Children'S Day program At Fed
Grated Church. 1880 a. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-11
Sheldon

Sheldon
Children's Day Services at
church. e:l5 q. m.
stony Creek
childrenis Day Services At 1880
a. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-11

RawSonVllle
Helping Hand Society TO meet
with ladies' OF New Boston Church.
JUNE -
Wills
Childrens Day exercises AZ
Methodist Church.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-11
Pick of the Air 7 oday
4:15 Arthur Godfrey

4:l5 Arthur Godfrey
5:45 Scattergood Baines
BLU-12:3o Farm and Home Pro-
gram. Secretary Wickard
800 Prescott Presents
4:15 Club Matinee
MBS-2:30 Canada's Joint Recital
5:15 Man With a band
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-11
Friday

NBC-l p. m. Music by Miner
2:45 Betty Crocker's talk
$50 Ted Steele Studio Club
CBS-3:30 British-American Festi.
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Evening star., 1942-10-28
Argentine Organization
Formed to Suve Cos

To reduce present consumption Of
FUELS particularly gAsoline and oils,
Evening star., 1942-10-28
NATURES CHILDREN
GIANT ANTEATER
(Myrmecophagd triddctvla)

Here is a self-appointed termite
exterminator. His main quest in
life is to find the earthly nest OF a
prosperous termite colony and wipe
it out. The ant bear has q wide dis
tribution in the warmer parts OF
Central and South America.
The, ,anteater Is a rather awkward
appearing animal, though quite
handsomely marked. The long legs
prop the body high into the air
The great plumy tail seems to bal
ance the animal, whose long snout
and small head seem to need such
assistance. The strong claws Of the
front feet are for digging the ants
from their abode, but they prevent
the hunter from walking comfort
ably.
Living in the humid forests and
swamps, which termites also have
selected for their home, the ant
Evening star., 1942-10-28
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BY LiIIiun Cox Athey

by using q stout stick. Because they
are handicapped for running by the
great claws on the front feet, they
are unable to get out of the way
quickly. A four-footed foe can be
given q fatal wound with the sharp
claws.
There is only one baby born each
year. This probably accounts for
the apparent scarcity Of these large
ternite chasers. The domestic af-
fairs of these animals have not been
publicized.
The prevailing color Of the long
coarse hair of the anteater is gray
It is relieved by a broad band OF
black with margins Of white. These
bands cross the chest and extend
backward over the shoulders to
about the center Of the body. The
hair coat is long and coarse. On
the tail it hangs like a long name
or plume and gives this appendage
compressed expression.
The lesser anteater is an excellent
climber, but his strictly terrestrial
cousin remains on the ground. The
large cousin Is the giant member of
the family, measuring in all about
feet.
Evening star., 1942-10-28

eater wanders over his domain In
search Of termites. Coming upon
their nests, the seeker soon has Gre
ated much excitement among the
residents. They swarm out to see
what has caused the bombardment.
The mouth OF the anteater hides
q long. flexible tongue, which Is
covered with . glutinous saliva Sc
creted by glands situated 1T its
base. Once this tongue slides among
termites, they cannot escape. The
anteater keeps this sticky member
busy until not one juicy termite is
left. Hundreds Of thousands Of
frightened insects will be consumed
at one visit. One would think the
anteaters would finally get all the
termites, but there always seems
m abundance OF food for the ant
bears.
Giant anteaters and their cousins,
the lesser anteaters, seem to besca-
pable Of holding their own anjbng
their neighhors. But . man Ean
easily protect himself against tissm
Evening star., 1942-10-28

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cd Of building q large and effective
vocabulary which have used for years
dressed. envelope to Frank Colby in
care Of The Evening Star Ask for
Vocabulary Building Pamphlet"
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Evening star., 1942-10-28

ohicials held q mass meeting with
Vice Admiral Pincati, Minister OF
Marine, and DR.. Amadeo y Videla,
Minister of Agriculture. in Buenos
Aires recently and as result a
nation wide organization is spring.
ing up in Argentina.
Odcials agree that the steps
taken, If properly supported by the
public, will conserve stocks suff1-
ciently to provide fuel until the
summer months. They estimate
that sufficient fuel will be available
for agricultural purposes, but urge
that wherever possible fuels other
than gasoline and crude oil be
used, and that use Of horses for
traction be increased.
Evening star., 1942-10-28

one to three weeks to remark goods
and revise records. When the stores
reopened adjacent streets became
consested with crowds Of buyers, and
trafile stopped.
Customers, fearing they would not
get another chance, bought, regard
less Of needs. Some stores had to
close for = day to let buyers calm
down. Reassuring notices issued by
the government and merchants
finally stopped the buying stampede.
Evening star., 1942-10-28
Stores in British Guiana
Jammed in Buying Rush

Economic conditions have i'm
proved In British Guiana after buy
ing rushes that jammed stores and
streets and blocked trar>c. Thi,
startling development followed the
action Of the Georgetown authors
ties In putting into effect the price
regulations OF the Suppliers Con-
troll Committee.
When ceiling prices were estab-
lished by = complicated markup a
costs the larger wholesale and retail
stores closed their doors for from
Evening star., 1942-10-28

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-Promofe the flow of vital
digestive juices in the stomach
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Evening star., 1942-10-28

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Evening star., 1942-10-28
RICH, RED BLOOD!

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who have worked under q strain,
failed to eat the proper foods, have
been vexed by overtaxing worries, or
have suffered with colds, the flu, or
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Evening star., 1942-10-28
Crime Doesn't Pay! No. 125

Crime Doesn't Pay! No. 125
Every play in today's hand may
seem quite normal but, take our
word for it, one Of the players COM
mitted bridge crime.
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Evening star., 1942-10-28
Keep EN- Stretching

Never hang elastic garments out
In the direct rays Of the sun or over
Z radiator. Shake the garments
and hang In the shade or over 4
chair placed 2 feet or 80 from ra-
diator or register.
Evening star., 1942-10-28
Take Ny Word for 1t
BY FRANK COLBY.
Surprise Word of the Week

1t appears that most of us have
failed to note that there are two
"ts' in the word QUANTITY, for
the average speaker pronounces 1t
"quan-i-ty." The words identity,
identify and identification also suf-
fer a similar amputation, possibly
by false association with such words
as quality, vanity. At any rate, the
first st" in these words should be
pronounced. We should be sure
to say:
QUANTITY
eye-DEN- -ti-ty.
eye-DEN- -ti-fie.
eye-DEN- N-ti-fi-KAY'shun