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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-05-28
Price Control
Explained By
Ration Board
Price List OF Retail Items To
Be Filed With The Local
Board By June 1

The following statement, made
by the local rationing board, ex-
plains the price control plan
which retail merchants have been
ordered to follow:
'On or after May 18, 1912 every
person offering to sell a cost of
living commodity at retail, shall
mark the maximum price of such
commodity in a manner plainly
visible to and understandable by,
the purchasing public. The max
imum price may be marked on the
commodity itself or on the shelf,
bin, rack or other holder or con-
tainer upon or in which the COM
modify is kept. Or it may be
posted at the place in the business
establishment where the commod-
ity is offered for sale. The maxi
mum price shall be stated as fol-
lows: Ceiling price $--------, or,
Our Ceiling $------. Any per-
son choosing to post by price
lines, the maximum prices of
commodities in the classification
marked must do so. On or before
June l, every person offering
to sell cost-of'living commodities
at retail shall file with the Ashe
county rationing board, state
ment showing his maximum price
for each such commodity, togeth-
er with an appropriate descrip-
ton or Identification of it. Such
statement shall be kept up to date
by such person by filing with the
rationing board, on the first day
of every succeeding month, a
statement of his maximum price
for any cost-of-living commodity
newly offered for sale during the
previous month, together with an
appropriate description of iden-
LITIGATION of the commodity.
"Any seller who has customarl-
ly given a purchaser a sales slip,
receipt, or similar evidence of
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Initial Work
On Mica Mine
Is Started Here
Machinery Expected To Ar
rive Today. Ground Work
Is Completed

Work is going forward this,
week on clearing the grounds ON
the property of A. G. Weather
spoon, near Jefferson, preparato-
ry to installing machinery and
equipment for excavating the
mica vein there. Mr.. Witherspoou
said the machinery, which is be-
ing sent by George A. Lear, is
expected to arrive today.
AS soon as the machinery is in
stalled, work will 60 forward at
once. Fred Little, from who the
Lear representatives also bought
mining rights, said that he had
been informed that operations on
his property would start within
a short time. Mining rights were
also purchased on property be-
longing to L. L. Little.
There are other veins of sheet
mica in Ashe county and since
the war has greatly increased the
demand for this transparent min
eral, the mining of it is expected
to be revived on much increas~
ed scale.
The operation of mica mines in
Ashe will be the first activity OF
this type on any extensive scale
since the days of the Civil war.
DR.. j. L Stuckey, emergency
mine coordinator for this state,
said that WPB has requested that
three million pounds of mica be
produced from the Tar Heel
mines in 1912. This is three times
the normal yield.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-05-28
Memorial Day
Service To Be
Held On Sunday
Public Invited To Service
Sponsored By American
Legion And Aux.

Plans are now being completed
by American Legion and Auxili-
airy for the annual memorial SER
vice which will be held at the
West Jefferson Methodist church
on Sunday morning, at HOO o.
clock, with Rev. Hoyt Wood in
charge.
All members of the Legion, the
Auxiliary, parents Of young men
in service, as well as the general
public are specially invited to at
tend this service.
In addition to the sermon, there
will be special music, and read
ing will be given by Nena Bell
Barr.
Members of the Legion and
Auxiliary pointed out that Memo
rial Day, this year, has particular
significance since the nation is
again at war, and urged every
body to attend the memorial ser
vice, on Sunday:
Poppy day, which was observed
last Saturday, was unusually
successful, Mrs. Ed D. Barr, pres
ident of the auxiliary, said. The
sales totalled $57. ''On behalf OF
the auxiliary, want to thank the
public for the fine response
Mrs. Barr said.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-05-28
FREE IMMUNIZATION
CLINICS OPEN JUNE l

AS announced last week, free
immunization clinics will be O.
pened June /, in the county, un-
der the direction of the health de-
partment. Everyone who can, is
advised to take advantage of these
clinics which will offer immuni-
cation for diphtheria and typhoid.
The schedule is as follows:
Monday, June l, 8, IS.
Grassy Creek-SturgilPs Store,
$50 a. m.
Sussex - Young's Store, HOO
a. m.
Fairview - A. Hart Paisley's
store, lis p. m.
Crumpler - Worth Millers
store, $3.50 p. m.
Tuesday, June 2, 9, is.
Lansing - Service store, 900
Sturgills - school house, HOO
a. m.
Little Helton - school house,
lis p. m.
Thursday, June 4, IL, IL.
Nathan's Creek - postoffice,
900 a. m.
River Bridge - JONES store,
11:00 a. m.
Scottsville - postoffice, Ills
p. m.
Furches - postoffice, $3.50 p. m.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-05-28
West Jefferson
Postmaster To
Enter Service
Basil D. Barr To Report To
Camp Davis Tuesday AS
First Lieutenant

Basil D. Barr, West jefferson
postmaster, has been called into
military service and he will leave
next Tuesday for Camp Davis,
N. c., where he will serve as a
first lieutenant.
He has been given a leave of
absence as local postmaster and
his assistants Wiz AIRY on the
postal work here.
Mr.. Barr served in the first
World War and he is one of the
few veterans to be called back
into service from this county.
After World War number one,
he attended State College, where
he took r. o. T. c. training and
received his first commission in
1921. He is bling, called now
largely because of the fact that
he holds a commission.
Camp Davis is one of the states
newest camps and is located near
Wilmington.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-05-28
Now Adva1lci1lg;|
Jap Bases Pounded
Mexico Nearing War
Submarine Losses Continue;
Chinese Situation Still
Grave

In Europe, the Allied forces
saw slight gains this week as the
Russians fought off the violent
Nazi attack on the Kharkov front.
In their desperate effort to crum-
BILE the Russian flank, the Ger
mans hurled scores of parachut-
lists into the battle which has
been raging for days, only to have
them picked off before they
landed.
With high ranking American Of
ficers in London, it is believed
by those in touch with conditions
that a strong British-American
offensive against Hitler is being
planned in the near future, which
will probably be a land-offensive
following bombing warfare.
Here on this side, Mexico is ex-
pected to declare war against the
Axis today in a special session of
congress, as a result of the sink
ing of a Mexican ship by the AK
is, when a number of lives were
lost.
Having trouble with Italy and
her territorial demands, Hitler
this week apparently wrung from
Laval the use of the French fleet.
In the meantime, Italian troops
are reported on French borders
ready to take over additional ter
ritory.
In China, the japanese invad-
er's efforts to knock out the east
ern coastal region continued but
received a slight throwback near
the capitol of Kinhwa. The sit
uation here continues still grave
and heavy fighting is expected to
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Expect To Conclude
Trial OF Cambill &
Railway Case Today
Second Time Case Has Been
e., Tried. Mrs. GambilI
Suing For $4,000
DIVORCES GRANTED

Trail in the case of Mrs. Mar
settle Gambill, aged Tuckerdale
woman who is suing the Norfolk
q Western railway company for
$4,000 for personal injuries sus-
tanned in March, 1899, while rid
ing on the train, is expected to be
completed today in the Ashe sup
erior court.
This Is the second time the case
has been tried and trial has been
underway since Tuesday morn
ing, with a large number of wit.
THESES testifying.
Inc case was first tried last
July and Judge Warlick set aside
a jury verdict of $4,000 awarded
TO the plaintiff, and a new trial
was ordered.
According to evidence in the
case, Mrs. Gambill boarded the
N & W train at the Dolinger Sid
ing near Tuckerdale on March
10, 1899 after her son-in-law flag
ged the train. The train, if is al.
legged, started before Mrs. Gambil]
reached a seat and she fell and
broke her left hip.
She was taken to a hospital in
Abingdon by employees of the N
q w and was later transferred to
a hospital in Roanoke where she
remained for over a month, be-
fore being sent back to the home
OF her daughter, Mrs, Ellen Rho
des, with whom she had been liv-
ing for some time.
The railroad company paid all
hospital expenses amounting to
1859 and gave her check for
$500 and she, in turn, signed a
release for further damage claims
In suing the N & w for SIS.
OOO, Mrs. Gambill contends that
she is permanently injured, Grip.
pied and onlyt3-a- 70 walk with
crutches. She further contends
that she does not remember sign
ing a release and that she was
not in her right mind at the time
The presentation of testimony
is expected to be concluded this
morning. Mrs. Gambill is being
represented by the law firm here
of Bowie and Bowie and Ira T.
Johnston and K. c. Ramsey are
appearing for the defendant.
With a large number of cases
on the calendar, the May-June
term is expected to last through
most of next week.
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-05-28
BAPTIST MINISTER'S
TO MEET SUNDAY AT
BALL MT. CHURCH

The Baptist ministers of the
Ashe Association will meet with
the Ball Mountain church, Sun
day, May 81, starting at $3.50 o.
clock and concluding at $3.50. All
members and church workers are
urged to attend, Secretary Cicero
Ashley states.
The program includes a dis
cussion of Bible schools, Sunday
School work, the Deacon and his
work and other timely topics.
Rev. w. III. Caldwell will preach
at the close of the regular pro-
gram. The public is also invited
to attend and bring picnic lunch.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-05-28
MethOdists To
Meet On June 4
Ministers Will Gath Ter Here
To Discuss Youth
Fellowship

All Ashe county Methodist
ministers are requested to meet
at the parsonage in West Jeffer-
son, on Thursday, June 4, at 2.30
o'clock for meeting when plans
will be made to place greater en-
phasis on youth fellowship of the
church.
Rev. w. J. Hunneycutt, who is
chairman of this work in the Ell
kin. district, will be here to dis
cuss the work among the young
people. Definite plans for young
peoples organizations in the va
rious churches of the county and
possible county organization
will be outlined. All Methodist
ministers are urged to attend.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-05-28
Group To Present
Plan On Control
OF Living Cost
Agricultural Workers Coun-
Gil To Discuss Plans In
Community Meetings

"The National Program for
controlling the Cost of Living"
will be presented to approximate
ly $50 neighborhood and commun-
ity leaders by members of the
-Ashe County Agricultural Work
ers Council. The following a.
gencies in the county will assist
in holding meetings with the
leaders: County Agents and Home
Agent, Farm Security Admins
tration, Soil Conservation Ser
vice, Welfare, and Agricultural
Adjustm ent Administration.
Plans for the meetings were map
ped out at a conference OF these
groups, Tuesday.
The leaders in each neighbour
hood will be furnished with IN
formational materials for each
farm family. Each family in the
county is expected to be con-
tacted by June 6, or, at the lat
est, by Sunday, June 7 at Sunday
School or church. ut is of vital
importance that each family a.
vail themselves with information
on the National Program for Con-
trolling the Cost of Living to
meet the initiation threat" Coun-
ty Agent Grouse said. Farmers
will be particularly pleased to
know that retail and wholesale
prices are to be controlled before
further advances occur in the
cost of items which they must
purchase for their homes and
their farms, it was explained.
Meetings will be held with
neighborhood men and women
leaders, and all others who wish
to attend, beginning this evening.
The public is requested to attend
their nearest meeting. The sche-
dule of these meetings is an
nounced below:
Idlewild post office, June 2,
800 p. m.
Fleetwood post office, June 2,
800 p. m.
Glendale Springs school, June
2, 800 p. m. ),
Bethany church, June 2, 800
p. m.
Elkland school, June 2, 800 p.
m.
Mrs. C. w. Browns, May %, L.
80 p. m.
Riverview school, June 2, 800
p. m.
Pond Mountain school, June 2,
300 p. m.
White Oak school, June 2, A.
90 p. m.
Lansing school, June 2, 1000 a.
m.
Sturgills school, June 2, 800
p. M
Dewey Cox's home, June z,
800 p. m.
Nathan's Creek school, June 2,
800 p. m.
Wagner post office, June l.,
800 p. m. r..
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60 to Congress soon.
The action the legislators take,
he added, twill determine the ex-
tent to which we can move toward
the further reduction or the pos
sible elimination of the works
projects administration"
While Mr. Roosevelt did not dis
close what social security changes
he had in mind, in other quarters
the idea was said to involve direct
federal-state payments to needy
persons under IS years of age.
The federal government would
match whatever payments, up to
$40 a month, were made by the
states. Such an arrangement al.
ready is in effect with respect to
needy persons over IS. There has
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-05-28
DIR. Bunch Will
Start Practicing
Medicine In Ashe
Prominent Young Statesville
Physician To Locate At
Sturgills

DR.. c. Pardue Bunch, of States
Vile, is locating at Sturgills and
will start practicing medicine in
Ashe and adjoining counties next
week, it was learned yesterday.
DR.. Bunch and his family, con-
sisting of Mrs. Bunch and young
daughter, have rented the home
of Don Weaver, opposite the
Sturgills postoffice.
The county's new physician is
a member of a prominent States
Vile family and is a highly train
ed young doctor. He is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. F. B Bunch. His
father is secretary and treasurer
of the Statesville Cotton Mills
and his mother operates the
Bunch Hatchery.
DR.. Bunch is a graduate of the
medical school at Duke Univer-
sity and has taken special work
at Philadelphia and the Univer-
sity of California Before the
war broke out, he was planning
to 20 to China as a medical mis-
sionaty and had an appointment
as assistant surgeon at hospital
in Soochow, China.
II am sure that we are going
to like Ashe county fine" he de-
clared. There seems to be a
very definite need for another
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were', he said, ''but grow to be
approximately 20 feet high, pro-
duce a nut similar to the old
chestnut, and are blight resistant"
Mr.. McIver pointed out that work
of this nature was part of the plo-
icy of the district in promoting
new developments that may be of
tremendous value to distrist farm
ers in future years.
]. A. Reeves, Ashe county pro-
duce dealer said that before the
blight which killed practically all
of the trees in this section, that
during some seasons there were
more than 100000 pounds of
chestnuts sold here. II bought
over 10000 pounds one Saturday" !,
he said. The chestnuts averaged
around five cents per pound then.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-05-28
Four Democratic
Primary Contests
In Allegheny Go.
Sheriff And Clerk Of Court
Races Hottest. Burgess
UnOppOsed For House
Especial For The POst)

Sparta, May 27-In spite of the
war, Democratic political cam
paigns for nominations for four
Allegheny county offices are oc-
cupying the spotlight here this
week.
Contesting Sheriff D. T. Bryan
for the sheriff's nomination are
Jess Moxley and c. T. Edwards.
Because of the condition of his
health, Alex Reeves is not seek
ing reelection as clerk of court, a
position which he has held for
many years. His daughter, Mrs.
Mexa Reeves Phipps, who has
been assisting him in the office
for some time is seeking the Of
flee and three other candidates.
They are A. B. Richardson, S. O..
Gambill and J. Balm Doughton.
It is believed that Mrs. Phipps is
the county's first woman to seek
a public, elected office.
Running for one vacancy on
the board of county commission
ers are Cabel Wilson, r L. Hen
dirk and r. C. Warden.
To fill two vacancies on the
county board of education, there
are four in the race. L. Hash,
r. B. Mcmillan, C. N. Evans and
C.. C. Andrews.
There is also a good deal of in
terest in the U S. Senate nominal
ton race.
DR.. r. T. Burgess is unopposed
for the Democratic nomination
for House of Representative.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-05-28
Asiatic Chestnut Trees Are
Planted In Ashe, Allegheny

Chestnuts, at one time a good
money crop for many Ashe and
Allegheny county farmers, be-
fore the blight struck the trees,
may again be developed here, if
experiments now being tested
prove successful.
Station McIver, of the New
River soil conservation district,
said today that his organization
had just completed planting 800
Asiatic chestnut trees in the two
counties.
These trees were furnished the
district by the Bureau of Plant
Industry to be planted for obser-
National purposes to determine
which strains are better suited to
this locality. "They are not 1um-
Der trees as the old chestnut
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-05-28
TWELVE TAKING RED
CROSS FIRST AID
INSTRUCTOR COURSE

Twelve are enrolled in the
special Red Cross first aid in
strtctor's course that is b in;g
given this week at the West jeff
erson high school by J. D. Hall,
representative of the American
Red Cross.
Three-hour classes are being
conducted each night this week
and the instruction, will be con-
cluded Friday night. One man
from Allegheny county is taking
the course.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-05-28
ASHE WOOL WILL
BE SOLD FRIDAY

The Ashe County wool pool
will be sold Friday, at Indepen-
dence, Virginia, along with the
wool pools in Allegheny, Gray
son, and Carroll counties. A wool
committee from Ashe County will
go with the County Agent to In
dependence to attend this sale.
All farmers who are planning to
pool their wool will be notified
from the County Agents office
Immediately after the sale as to
further instructions.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-05-28
CUTRI TO ADDRESS
ROTARIANS TONIGHT

R. Cutri, manager of the Caro-
lima Briar corporations plant
here, will be the guest speaker
at the Jeffersons Rotary club to-
night.
Last Thursday night, John
Reeves and Sharpe Shoemaker
gave interesting reports on the
recent district Rotary assembly
and conference held at Pinehurst
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-05-28

DR.. J. K. Hunter and Dean Nc
MILAN were in Blowing Rock
Wednesday afternoon.
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e. 49, by American Weekly Inc Great Britain Rights
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girls who loosen too-tight foot
coverings and let them swing
like pendulums.
Another picture shows a second
common faiIing-th ''stork sit
ters," who curl up one leg and
then let the other gam hang out
like a stocking on a clothesline.
Even psychologists cali the shot
on this pose. They say it reflects
a lethargic state of mind.
The best turned-out legs in the
world would look like something
for holding up the grand piano
If they assumed the ungaily
frog sitting" position also shown
on this page. Nothing is more
unattractive than this chair
sprawling pose.
Slumping in a chair is another
common failing among feminists
who give little thought TO their
leg work. Besides being a most
Objectionable sight Hopping all
over the place is bad for the
spine.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-20
Troining Bombers
With the Comerd

-O help Uncle Sans bombing
pilots become the best in the
world, the u. S. Army Air
Corps has developed a unique
camera -- known among army
men as the "obscura" and To-
Gated in a portable hut with a
giant lens that points at the sky.
This lens reflects wide portion
of the sky on the floor.
Within the darkened hut, an
observer is stationed. BY looking
into the huge sky-image on the
floor, he can see the bomber
when it passes overhead
When the bombardier is di-
rectly over his hut-target, he
clicks the button on his bomb
rack, and a radio impulse stimuli
taneously makes a signal in the
earphones worn by the observer
below.
A metronome in the hut then
ticks off % seconds-the time il
would take a real bomb to fall
from a distance of two miles
From the relative position of the
plane on his chart at the end OF
the 25-second period, the observer
can tell just where a real bomt
would have landed
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eXtremities didn't know how to
show them off to their best
advantage.
The pictures on this page were
especially posed to show how
beautiful pair of legs can
lose their eye-appeal through
awkward postures. Sprawling all
over a chair or showing more
expanse of limbs than the law
(of etiquettel allows are the tell
tale signs OF lack of poise.
Beauty experts have long
preached that a pair of good
looking legs are as important to
a girl as pretty face and, like
all types of beauty. whether it
be hands, hair, legs, or face, it's
not so much a question of what
you've got as what you do
with it.
Although American women are
internationally famous for having
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CONTINUED from Page 15)

between his eyes and he toppled
over. When he came to. he saw
the Waterman sprawled out on
deck-dead.
"Ahoy" Jem yelled "Shore
ahoy! Police. Wharf ahoy!"
The police boat ran alongside,
Lanterns shone on the body Of
the deckhand. Blood from a head
wound stained the deck.
The waterfront was searched
but nothing turned up. Then two
days later a dinghy was found in
a tidal creek. Half way out of
it was the girl Rosita, her head
almost severed.
Three of them" the police
said, and put a guard on the
lugger.
Jem told all he knew about
the girl. the Jap and the buyer,
who called himself Jenkins,
IT'S all got some connection"
he said Those things didn't
all happen together for nothing.
"Tll say they didn't" a police
officer said, Strengthening up
from beside Jem's bunk. Look
at this"
1t was a lump Of dried pitch
with a deep round recess in it.
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objects TO the fact that the day
of the long skirt is gone, at least
for the duration.
Now that skirts are cut to the
knee-cap, there's no hope-or
need of hiding feminine legs
under a bushel of cloth the way
grandma could Odd
It's just as easy to be graceful
as to be awkward. Most women
have no intention of being UNI
calmly, but they appear so just
because they never stopped to
think how they look TO others
when they sit, walk. or stand
carelessly. The pictures on this
page show four of the most COM
mon sitting faults.
Probably the biggest offenders
are the "shoe danglers"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-20
The Melted Cheese"
Position at the
Right Is Tough on


the Spine-and on OnlOOkers.
the best-looking legs in the
world, the glamour specialists
point out that too many of Uncle
Sans bellies still don't know how
to walk, stand, or sit to properly
show off their shapely under
pinnings to the best advantage.
The maid or matron who does
handle her legs in a ladylike way
has ii all over the awkward
sitters, for even an ordinary pair
Of feminine props, set off in
seductive hosiery, can look like
the million dollar variety--if they
are decorously handled. And such
an art is appreciated because no.
body, except die-hard old fogies,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-20

peas in a pod.
ven the
shapelV legs of