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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-01-01
Addresses OF Men
Wanted By Board

Sam Davis, local draft board
clerk reported this week that
missionaries, under the selec-
tive service act, sent to the fol-
lowing had been returned be-
cause of changes of address and
asked that anyone knowing the
whereabouts of the men report
to him: julius Bernard Miller,
Todd; Manley Jones Blevins, Ian
sing; Raymond Parsons, Warrens-
Vile; Blaine William Blevins,
Grassy Creek.
It was explained that there
would be reclassification of
men in III and "A within the
near future.
Plans are now being made in
Washington to hold registration
throughout the nation of the 3d.
100000 men, from age 18 to "a,
inclusive, who are not already re-
gistered under the Selective Ser
vice Act. No definite information
relative to the dates for this have
been received by the local office,
so far.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-01-01

Carl Blevins, of the Chestnut
Hill community one of the first
farmers in Ashe county to coope-
rate with the New River Soil
Conservation District, came to the
District Office recently to express
his appreciation of the work the
district had done for him and, as
he put it, ''To tell other farmers
how much he thought of the
work..
Here is his statement: 81 have
a comparatively small farm which
is mostly steep land with no bot
tom land. I have known for sew
eral years that if I was going tc
be successful on this type of land
that I would have to study my
soil conditions and be careful
where my row crops were grown
When the district started work
last July I asked them to make
soil inventory survey of my
farm and come down and talk il
over with me. We went over the
whole farm studying each condi-
ton and finally settled on the
best land for cropland, pasture
land, and woodland. The crop
land was pretty steep but was
fairly productive so we planned
to crop it in a three-year rotation
arranged in strips across the slope
so that there would always be a
strip of sod below the corn to
catch any soil washing out of the
row crop section. We worked out
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-01-01
Mrs. Taylor, go
Buried Monday

Funeral service was held on
Monday for Mrs. Mary Taylor, 80,
of Crumpler, who died at her
home on Saturday following a
heart attack. The service was
conducted at the residence and
burial followed in the family GEM
etery.
The deceased, who was ma
tive of this county, had many
friends and relatives here who re-
GREETED to learn Of her death.
She is survived three daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Dema Blackburn, Mrs
Evelyn Mcconnell, Mrs. Nellie
B1evins; four sons, Charles, John.
Stephen and Andy Taylor. Her
husband, Noah Taylor died some
years ago.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-01-01
Chestnut Hill
III. D.Group Met

The Chestnut Hill home demon
stration club convened with Mrs.
Virgil Pierce for the December
meeting when a good crowd was
present. The group enjoyed a
Christmas program after which
talks were made by Mrs. Gorda
Boney, home agent and c. J.
Rich, county agent.
Committees were appointed for
gardening, poultry and gardening.
Mrs. w. F. Gambill was also ap-
pointed treasurer for the club. AT
the close of the meeting the hos
ties served refreshments. It was
announced that the meeting in
January would be held with Mrs.
Joe Pierce.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-01-01
Ashe Farmers Showing Much
Interest LIN Soil C. Conservation

my cropping schedule for five
years so that I will know in what
place each crop will be grown
each year. We also studied the
treatment Of my pastures and
woodland to determine the best
treatment according to the soils
conditions. Now I have the work
all planned out from year to year
so I will know just exactly what
should be done each year. Plan
! ming to carry out good land use
practices looked like a lot of work
for me at first in moving fences,
rearranging my cropping system,
and other jobs that were neces-
sary, but the district helped me
with the biggest jobs and now I
feel like I can carry out the re-
i! naming work so as to control
most of the erosion and improve
my farm
Mr.. McLaurin, District Techni-
clan, said Mr.. Blevins had not
only established a good soil con-
serving plan on his farm but had
been leader in the Chestnut Hill
community in producing an al
most 100 percent request for the
district. All the erosion in the
community may not be stopped
over night, he said, but. with
farmers showing the interest Mr..
Blevins has there certainly will
be decided improvement as the
years go by, it was explained.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-01-01
Motor Survey
Is Important

Austin Jones, chairman Of the
committee for the survey of buses
and trucks in Ashe county, which
the War Department has asked
for, said this week that he hoped
everyone would cooperate in the
completion of this by Jan. 81,
which is the deadline.
He explained that any of the
local motor vehicle dealers or any
members of the committee would
be glad to assist truck and bus
owners in filling out the question
naires which have already been
sent to them. Serving on this
committee in addition to Mr..
Jones are: T. C. Duncan, Earl B.
GRAPHICAL and J. B. Hensley, all
of West Jefferson and Mrs. G. A.
Segraves, of Lansing.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-01-01

lam, Junior and Jimmie Ander-
son, Lorenna and Geneva Eldreth,
Bill and Clay Perkins, Jewel and
Lois Ashley, Clarence Bower,
Connie and Vada Roark, Bruce
Eldreth, Wayne Rash, Emma Far
rington, Edna Perkins, Jean Lew
is, Shirlie Canter, Juanita Lewis,
Pauline Faircloth.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-01-01

Teachers and students are proud
Of the work completed this year.
Enrolment is SO, average attend
ance, 80. There are 900 books in
the library. The children have
memorized 800 poems and made
many books and toys.
Mid-term honor roll is as fol-
lows: Ruth Oliver, Coy and Truit
Reid, Beula Canter, Martha, Des-
sic and Pauline Rash, Opal Mi
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-01-01
BASKETBALL GAMES
TOMORROW NIGH T

Basketball in the Ashe confer
ence which, like the schools took
a vacation during Christmas, will
be resumed tomorrow night with
renewed interest.
SCHEDULE
January 2
West Jefferson at Lansing
Elkland at VIC
Fleetwood at Riverview
January 6
Healing Springs at Elkland
Lansing at Fleetwood
VIC at Nathan's Creek
Riverview at Jefferson.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-01-01

Among those who are attending
the Rose Bowl game at Durham
today from here are Hoyt Wood,
Levern Johnson, DR.. J. K. Hun
ter, Dean Mcmillan and Patrol
man Carlos Thomas.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-01-01
Trout School News

Trout school closed for the holi-
days with a Christmas tree and
program enjoyed by children and
parents.
Evening star., 1942-02-24

Think of 500 judges and only one
prisoner!
That is the scene you might
have observed if you had been in
Athens, Greece, on a certain day.
It was 2,431 years ago.
The prisoner was a man 10 years
of age, but he looked much younger
than that. He had lived simple,
healthful life, and still remained
sturdy and straight.
The prisoners name was Socrates.
= Three persons had caused the
trial to be held. One was a leather
merchant, another an orator, and
the third was Meletus, a poet. The
blunt questions of Socrates had
caused these persons to grow angry
toward him.
Here, in substance, are the things
which were said against Socrates:
You have spoken against the
gods. You have tried to make
people believe in new gods. You
have led youths to follow your ad-
vice instead of the advice of their
parents"
"a Socrates stood there with no fear
Of his judges. He said that he was
getting old and that if his life
was cut short, it would save him
arom the trouble of old age.
Z Yet he must speak the truth
Evening star., 1942-02-24

10 dbl. Pass 81
Pass 81 Pass a
Pass Pass Pass
West opened the nine of dia-
monds, dummy played the jack,
East covered with the king and
South won with the ace. Mr.. Bowie,
playing the South hand, next led
the king Of spades and East won
with the spade ace. East returned
a diamond, hoping, rather vainly,
that his partner could ruff; but
South played low and overlook with
dummy's seven of diamonds.
The king of clubs was returned
from dummy, East played the ace
and South ruffed with an honor.
Now South returned one of his two
low spades to dummy'S nine, draw
ing all but one of the outstanding
trumps. Had he chosen to do so,
he could have drawn the other
trump and remained in the dummy.
But such a play would have gained
nothing.
Instead. he left the last trump out
and discarded a heart on the club
queen, after which dummy's five of
diamonds was led for a finesse
through East's marked ten-spot
Since West had no more trumps, he
had to discard, and South was able
to discard dummy's heart jack on
the diamond queen. That enabled
dummy to ruff heart-something
which could not have been done if
the last trump had been drawn.
Note that even if West had held the
last trump and ruffed diamond,
South would have gained the heart
ruff in exchange for the loss of
diamond trick.
Yesterday you were David Burn
stones partner and, with both sides
vulnerable. you held:
4 10 8 632
y KQ84
KQ
Ak
The bidding:
Burnstone Schenken You Jacoby
IA Pass CD
Answer-Bid one spade. You have
a fine hand and should be able to
make a game opposite an opening
bid, but you haven't enough for
jump bid.
Score 100 per cent for one spade,
30 per cent for two spades.
Question No. 1,e04. r. -
Today you hold the same hand
and the bidding continues:
Burnstone Schenken You Jacoby
IL Pass IA Pass
2NT Pass (?)
What do you bid? (Answer to-
morrow
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How Did 1t Start?

Yonkers: Can you tell us how New
York City came to be known as
GOTHAM?-K. S.
The nickname was first applied
to New York in "Salmagundi," by
Washington Irving. 1t was an al
lusion to an ancient story of the
Wise Fools of Gotham, a village in
Nottinghamshire, England. One
version is that King John an
nounced that he would establish
residence in the neighborhood. The
villagers feared that the nearness OF
the court would deprive them OF
much of their freedom. Whereupon
they pretended to be imbeciles when
the kings messengers arrived. Some
tried to drown an eel in pond,
others rolled cheeses downhlll as
the quickest way to get them to
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Answer to Yesterdays Puzzle
cl RAYS CORNER Showed No Fear Before 500 Judges

have told of bad deeds by the
beings of Olympus, and why should
we trust their stories? Surely the
gods must be good, and must so
live as to help men to better ways.
GAS to new, gods, I have spoken
of none. I have followed a secret
voice. but why call the voice which
helps me a new god?
"Tell me, oh MeletuS, if it Is in
your power, what thrifty man have
I ever made into a spender? Who
has been led by me into q path
of harm?"
At this point Meletus answered,
st admit you have not done those
things, but you have caused young
men to obey you rather than their
parents"
To that statement, Socrates had
a good reply Of which we shall speak
in our next story.
book.]
If you wish . copy Of the
leafiet Flying Machine Pho
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Evening star., 1942-02-24
Take Ny Word for 1t
BY FRANK COLBY.
Peninsula

This important word is being
pretty badly manhandled by most of
us. The three current mispronun-
Citations are 'puh-NIN-suh-luh,
pub h-NIN-shuh-lu and puh-NIN-
chuh-luh."
Correctly pronounced, the third
syllable has the long "u" (yoo)
sound. Be sure to say:
Puh-NIN-syoo-luh.
Peninsula is from the Latin
paeninsula, meaning almost an
island"
Capitals indicate syllables to be
accented)
Evening star., 1942-02-24
The Last Trump

The Last Trump
1t doesn't always pay to draw the
last adverse trump. Very often
leaving that card at large may pro-
duce q situation In which you can
not lose but may gain. Typical is
today's hand, played by Clagett
Bowie of Baltimore In the winter
national tournament at Richmond
last December:
East dealer. @
North-South vulnerable.
4 1093
y A j
OTIS
4 K Q873
So AA76
V K Q 963 NJ y 10 5
Q S2 o K 10 4 3
= 9 6 5 2 @AJ 10 4
K QJ82
88742
o A Q86
The bidding:
East South West North
10 Dbl. Pass 81
Pass 81 Pass a.
Pass Pass Pass
Evening star., 1942-02-24

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swer letters from readers If q stamped
(3-cent), seH-addressed envelope is in
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Evening star., 1942-02-24

to Frank Colby, in care Of The
Evening Star. Ask for MUSIC
Pamphlet. Please make sure your
return envelope bears = Scent
stamp.
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Evening star., 1942-02-24

market, and others planted a hedge
around a bush, in which a cuckoo
perched, to prevent the bird from
flying away.
The messengers went away dis
gusted, and reported that Gotham
was a village of utter fools and was
beneath the kings notice. But the
delighted villagers said to them
selves: AYE, Gotham doth breed as
wise people as any which causelessly
laugh at the simplicity"
MUSIC, MAESTRO, PLEASE.
You'll want my new Music
Pamphlet that gives the correct
pronunciation of scores of i'm
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and famous composers. This
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students, and those interested in
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Evening star., 1942-02-24

letter word
called opposite
correctly you're off balance.
o
Letter Out
RANGES-SANER sensbe).
CHASTEN-STENCH
CANDLE-LACED (ied
DIGEST-DIETS eats carefully.
STARCHED-CHARTED (ploed).
Evening star., 1942-02-24

before the judges. He must point
out the errors in the statements
made against him. Here is part Of
the speech he made:
"AS to the gods, I have had no
plan to keep people from believing
in them. It is true that have
made sport of poets who have writ
ten about the gods, but those poets
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-02-28
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY Is, 1912

meetings uom me state Bdpust
Woman, Convention C.. Ms villa
Mae Grimes; paper, "Woman's
s1aere.' by Miss Elsie Thomas
.,ad.nz D. Mss M5diyn Coleman;
5leeyIn5s from Mr. Mamie Black
jarn. pre- 5dent Of the Woman ae-
5dg,ment Michigan D.sirlc: sssocia-
lon: greetings from Mrs. Fay Z.
Bruce president Of the Baptist
U-T-syeTs wives league aHd MFs.
Mildred VI Tate OF the Baptist
ftaln.ng scu1J-
Muse Was furnished by the
Women chorus With Nh Lea
iIl.es. accomplish
The husuc.sl effort to-oWas the
5roeram Va. very successful. Mrs.
Mary HI was cna .man OF tne
nance committee
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-02-28
CONANT GARDENS
MRS. LEILA HENDRICKS

my CREED"
want to give 10 others Hope and
Faith,
IwanL d0-all-lh4i- Master
saith:
/ want to live Alright from day to
day:
I'm sure shall not pass again
this way.
-L.MH.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-02-28
Back Pain and
Kidney Strain

Wrong foods and drinks. worry. colds and
overVork often put strain on the Kidneys.
Barkache. Getting Up Nights, Burning fas-
sageS, Swollen Ankles, Rheumatic Pains.
Nervousness. Dizziness. Circles Under Eyes
and feeling WORKOUT, often are caused BY
non-organic and non-systemic Kidney anu
nader troubles Casually In such cases the
,erv hrst dose OF Oyster goes right to vol.
h-Iulng the Kidneys flush out excess ac!c
nd wastes. And this cleansing, purifying
.idnev action, IN Just day or SO. may cas-
- make You feel younger. stronger ar
.-tter than in years. A printed guarantf
a'lped around each package OF Oyster b
an immediate refund OF the full c.
less YOU are completely satisfied. You ha
,rything to gain and nothing to lose IN
positive money back guarantee, so
eS from your druggist today for only
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-02-28


Tuesday evening al the l-asAS
community Center Ice Norlnefr
-Q--..-c.- C4lnc--- Of Sue-a-Asenl-eS-
,arousn the Housing Committee
met 10 discuss and present both
viewpoints OF the Sojourner Truth
Homes controversy, and 10 create
u1se friendly relationship Boo
NcRse director Of the Gounca o..
sJe.a. Agencies, presided The Ne
1.J's viewpoint was presented oy
lloyd Coier and the white group
- VI Joe BHffffa Other speaker
jae Negro race we're Any PEI
90. F. per JeSye wilson, Rev L !
49, jesse wilson Mack Gran
Rev E G. Melvin, Charles Sm.'n
The group failed to reach an,
'lmp.om.se via Nj Bltia Wn.
IS the pres. dent Of the Seven MI,
md Fenelon improvement AssOcls
.-1n.- although ar2umen; prcSeH;es
clearly defined the acton Of q.
soup as JH-Amor.can, un-Demo
-4st-, un-Chgs..an and favored o.
i. c.-sm and was fJmenung race
a-.lea when unity IS very mus.
needed
Other Negroes presen' were Rel
D p. Thomas. A J. Cooper. Mrs
E.o.se Hopkins and Ms. Anne
BoNmsn. one Of the supervisors o.
NE WING Nurse assoc.a.lon.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-02-28
FoR
CoLDsLZMlsERIEs
,z..!..0M
IOU"Hs GONE

gone right straight to the sneezy
-sriffiy- misery zung-Iu- your nose.
That's the way famous Penetro Nose
Drops 2-drop relief starts to work
in ne=tWo time-Just- follow diree--
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to soothe as they touch, shrink as
they act and cool as they vaporize-
Brings relief by opening the way for
way. Always use Penetro Nose
Drops, Only Csc. Trial size, 1Oc
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-02-28
BOWELS SLUGGISH /?

. Feeling Ike ,op ost youf oeSt 'nenC
h.sdarhy d4l pepleSS all bcCausc
u gym bowels. WHY put up With such
n775cf7 CHEW modern FEEN a MINT th'
pleasant iaHung -tsHinE Ellru -azatye Chew
fEEN A MINT tonight a. bedtime Mex
morning. tforough. gentle @eliei nelprn
YOU tel swell again. iuil OF youi normal pep
Million, Of folks rrlt on FEEN MINT
lust chew o. like y1uf iavoritc gum. 1asie
good Trv FEEN.A.MlNT q whole tamil
supply costs only roc.
GAsi;iiiK
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-02-28

To petite E.zabetn Belmay OF
B nder street whose father. George
~ Carse IS very Ill in the Shirley
nlsptal ..-, ais0 her brother, Mr.
hurry -Gsrsc IS TT IN the Receiving
hospital May they both soon
ne well
Evening star., 1942-08-20
curtailment OF civilian consumption

curtailment Of civilian consumption
will be necessary"
This warning should be sufficient
to induce fuel oil users to take such
precautions as they can. Several
suggestions are made in the Joint
statement. The first Is that furnaces
burning oil be converted to coal
wherever that is possible. Other
suggestions are that officiating units
which cannot be converted be cleaned
and repaired, that houses be insu-
lated, that weather stripping be in
stalled on doors and windows and
that storm doors and storm windows
be provided to cut down on heat loss.
II these precautions are taken it
will be found that reasonably COM
Portable temperatures can be main
tanned while burning considerably
less oil. But it will not do to wait
until the arrival of cold weather to
begin these preparations. If they
are to be completed in time to be
effective, they must be started this
summer, provided the householder
can obtain the equipment and the
labor needed to make the changes.
Evening star., 1942-08-20
Letters to the Editor
Discusses Re-Use Of "Cary-Alls"

Discusses Reuse Of Garry Ais"
And Proposal for Government Hauling.
TO the Editor OF The Star:
How best to conserve material carry
alls in wartime when shortages are
peaked is problem to both Govern
ment and private industry.
Yet here are ways Of meeting some
Of these shortages. Reuse, or use OF
the same material carry -alls for other
purposes, is one way to solve the prob
lem.
For instance, thousands OF Federal
Government envelopes OF sizes II by l6
and Ga by IL. which now are used in
carrying various types of papers from
room to room and from one building
to another in Government ofiices by
messengers, could be reused If gummed
labels were used to cover old addresses.
In most Government Offices. these kraft
franks are discarded once the materials
are taken from them. This Is sheer
waste.
Speaking of heavier carry -alls, there
n the excellent suggestion made by Fred
Keeling, a New York City beer truck
driver, that trucks which make out-of-
town deliveries and often return COM
paratively empty, could be used to haul
Federal materials on their return trips.
Mr.. Keeling said empty trucks could
stop at Government freight depots and
pick In return materials
FREDERICK G. FROST.
Evening star., 1942-08-20
Army Postal Service

General John ]. Pershing, in his
Anal report, dated September /, 1919,
explained that the American Expedi-
tionary Force in France during 1917
and 1918 had employed no less than
1863 fixed and mobile post Offices. He
then confessed: while every effort
was exerted to maintain a satisfac-
tory mail service, frequent transfers
of individuals, numerous errors
in addresses, hasty handling and re-
addressing of mail by regimental and
company clerks In the zone of opera
tions, and other conditions incident
to the continuous movement Of
troops in battle, made the distribu-
ton of mail an exceedingly difncult
problem"
The frank admission thus put into
words has a new meaning when con-
sidered today. In effect 1t suggests,
as probably nothing else could,
the tremendous complexity Of the
Evening star., 1942-08-20
Attractive Buit3

Wealth brings evil in it's train, says
an old copy book maxim. A sur
prising number Of children, even
though they had copied the maxim
hundreds Of times, were willing to
risk extreme danger, and get what
wealth they could There u.s. however,
a prejudice against one special form
OF wealth-the two-dollar bill. Sup
posedly it brings bad luck, which
in some mysterious way is more
highly concentrated in the upper left
corner than anywhere else, which
enables the superstitious to kill a
large part Of the curse by tearing of
this corner, while still leaving the
main body OF the note good for 200
Of Uncle Sans pennies.
Mexico, on calling in all American
currency to prevent Axis agents there
from disposing of dollar currency
looted abroad. exempts the two
dollar bill. 1t may still circulate
freely south of the border, down
Mexico way. Its main function there
has been to purchase the minimum
mutuel ticket, on Oats Destroyer,
who promptly runs out OF the money,
contributing greatly to the bad-luck
theory OF the two-spot. Now 1t seems
destined for higher role-that of
bait for the Axis agent, who should
be easily caught II all he can handle
is the notoriously unlucky wo-dollar
bill.