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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-11-19
War Lecturer
Is Being Held
In County Jail
Believed To Be A Deserter
From Camp Davis. vi
Sited Local Schools

Several Ashe county students
got a new conception of poetry
and war, this week when they
listened to Ruebeck Cooleridge,
who claimed that he was a direct
descendant of Samuel Taylor
Cooleridge and that he had been
discharged from the British army
because of injuries.
His lecture tour came to an
end on Tuesday night, however,
when he landed in the Ashe coun-
ty Jail on the suspicion of de-
serting the U. S. Army. He is
now being held there pending
further investigation. When con-
tacted late yesterday afternoon,
the local draft board said they
had no statements to make about
him.
He first appeared at the West
Jefferson school, Monday, wear
ing soiled summer uniform. He
asked permission to speak and
visited several of the class rooms
He told of the many advantages
which people in America enjoy
over those in other parts of the
world. He also described condi-
tons of the present war. Speak
ing with a slight accent, he told
how his family had been wiped
out in the present war.
His deception was discovered
when he was confronted by Sgt.
John Weaver, Jr., who is home on
a leave. Cooleridge, who went
to the theatre, decided to amuse
himself by playing humble peg
and it was then that the manage
ment became suspicious of him.
After Weaver talked to him for
a few minutes, he admitted that
he had been deserter from
Camp Davis for several weeks.
According to reports, he made
very intelligent talks at West
Jefferson school but at jefferson,
his talk grew so dramatic on
bombings that it was necessary
to bring it to a close.
When questioned at the Jail,
on Tuesday night, Cooleridge
said that the reason he came up
here was that he wanted to tell
the people in the mountains that
war was going on.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-11-19
Coffee Rationing To Begin
Sat-: Frozen Until Nov. q

fee ration, under the present reg
ulations. These ages may be de-
termined by viewing applicants
stamp book No. l for sugar regis
tration.
Only institutional users will
have to register. They will reg
lister on November %, "a, and Is
These will include hotels, cafes
drug stores that serve coffee with
meals, hospitals, and other insti
tutions that serve meals, which
include coffee. Industrial users
under certain circumstances will
register but their applications will
have to 60 to Washington.
Continued on Page 81
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Coffee rationing begins at mid
night this Saturday, when there
will begin a freeze" of one week,
during which time no coffee may
be bought or sold by consumers
or dealers. The "freeze" will end
at midnight, Saturday, November
%.
Consumers will not have to reg
lister. They will use stamp No.
q from their present sugar ra-
ton book. This stamp will be
good for one pound from Novem-
Der %, 1912, through January 3,
1943. No one who was under
fifteen years of age on May 8,
1912, will be entitled to any cof-
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-11-19
Healing Spgs. PTA
To Meet Tonight

The Healing Springs Parent
Teachers Association will meet
this evening at 8 p. m, eastern
war time, with the new president,
Mrs. R. E. L. Plummer, presiding.
A very effective Thanksgiving
program is being planned by a
number of high school and grade
pupils. This consists of musical
numbers and a play, "A Wartime
Thanksgiving" The characters
are: Maxine Alexander, Merle
Phipps, Eula Jones, Vivian Little,
Louise Weaver. Mildred Paisley,
Anna Dale Homell, Bryan Blew
ms, Richard Neaves, Darrell
Campbell, Hazel Phipps and
Lorna Duvall.
All parents and teachers are
urged to be present.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-11-19
Square Dance At
Fleetwood, Tues

A square dance will he held in
the Fleetwood High School gym
nasium on Tuesday night, Nov.
"a at $3.50 o'clock, it was an
nounced this week.
Clifton Evans and his famous
string band. from Sparta, will
furnish the music.
In addition to the dance there
will be interesting and patriotic
contests and a turkey is to be
given away.
An admittance charge will be
made and the funds realized will
be used for the benefit Of the
school, Professor Ramon Francis
announced. The public is cordial
ly invited to attend.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-11-19
REA To Work With Churches
In Collection OF Vital Scrap

Churches throughout Ashe coun-
ty will have an opportunity to
help in the war effort by collect
ing scrap and at the same time
receive some remuneration for
their effort in accordance with
the nationwide plan of REA,
which includes the local coopera-
tive, the Blue Ridge Electric
membership corporation.
Lee Hatley, manager of the To-
cal office said yesterday that a.
round Is ministers of the county
had been contacted and were CO.
operating in the drive in which
the church is being made the col
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-11-19
Dempsey Faw To
Be Buried Today

Funeral services will be con-
Quoted from Obids Baptist church
this afternoon at two o'clock for
Dempsey Faw, of Idlewild, who
died Tuesday afternoon. Burial
will follow in the church ceme-
terry.
Surviving are his widow and
one small son, three sisters, Mrs.
Alton Burgess, Mrs. Charles Nc
Neill, Mrs. Tom Hartsog, all of
the Obids community and three
brothers: Ballard Faw, of West
jefferson. and two brothers in the
West,
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lection center. Scrap is to be
carried to the church yards where
it will be weighed, paid for and
delivered to the proper sources:
thus enabling the church mem
bership to have definite part in
the nations war program and at
the same time to be doing some
thing for the church since the
money for the scrap will belong
to the church.
At the close of the campaign
the Governor of North Caroline
will personally present TO the
churches which accomplish most
Continued on Page 81
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-11-19
Hunting Season
Opens On Nov. 26

Harvey Goodman, county game
warden, said today that he wished
to warn all hunters against fire
next Thursday when the hunting
season opens.
A number of local people are
expected to take advantage of the
opening of the season for quail,
grouse and rabbit. The squirrel
season closes tomorrow, Nov. 20.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-11-19
IA Ashe Schools
Have LunchrOOms

All the high schools in the
county and five grade schools
now have WPA lunchrooms in
operation, according to Supervi-
sr Mrs. Alice Donnelly.
Additional rooms will be O.
pened as workers are supplied
for the program, Mrs. Donnelly
said; % workers and helpers are
now employed in serving hot
lunches.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-11-19
THANKSGIVING DINNER
AT RIVERVIEW SCHOOL

It was announced this week
that there would be Thanksgiv-
ing dinner held at Riverview high
school on Thanksgiving evening
to which the public is cordially
invited.
A complete menu, published
elsewhere in the paper. will be
served at a minimum charge. The
dinner is being given for the
benefit of the school.
The Republican., 1942-07-23
DEER PARK

Miss Vauda Paugb. Washington is
. nation4 IN Memorial uosni+aI Cnr,-
herIand Miss Paueh is q daugbfor Of
Mr. and Mrs Scott paurh Deer parI-
James RoIlmap left here on Mon
dav for Hagerstovn where he will be
amuloved as Sra+o oua,d
Pvt DAYTON Nosser is homo from,
Camp Meade.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott pauob and
daughfcr Oma. 9nd MIR and Mrs
Claude Friend visited the formers
dauohtc, Miss Wanda pauob SIM
dav, at Memorial HOSPITAL. Cumber-
land.
Edward colIars and Leo F,iand
The Republican., 1942-07-23
Final Rites Held
For CrelIin Man
Killed In Accident


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The Republican., 1942-07-23
MARRIED

UPOLE-HE3IMINGS-Mrs. c. C.
King, Of Handlcy, W. Va, announces
the marriage of her daughter, Miss
Virginia Louise Hemmings, to Rev
Paul L. UpoIe, Of Cincinnati, Ohio, and
Crellin
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. J. f. Johnson, a retired Meth
odist minister, at the Methodist
church in Crcllin, on June 10, 1912,
The bride wore dress of navy
chiffon and navy hat with white ac-
ccssories and had a corsage of pink
roscbuds. Summer flowers decorated
the altar Of the church before which
the couple stood for The ceremony.
The bride was student at Gods
Bible school in Cincinnati and the
groom was graduated from that
school on May % with his A. 3. de-
gree. The latter is a graduate of Oak
land High school, class Of 1895, and
IS a licensed minister of the Meth
odist church, his connections having
been in relation to the West Virginia
annual conference. He was licensed in
1897.
Attending the ceremony were Mrs.
c. c. King, mother, Miss Janetta
King, sister, and Mrs, J. T. Davis.
grandmother of the bride, all Of
Handlcy, w. Va; Mr.. and Mrs. R. NJ.
Upole, parents, and Mrs. j. A. Kolb-
fleisch, sister of the groom, all Of
Oakland; the groom's sister-in-law,
Mrs, Darius p. Upole, his two nieces,
Misses Joan and Louise Upolc, and his
nephew, Billie Upole, all of Blooming
ton; and Mrs. Samuel Bowman, of
Crcllin.
The couple spent their honeymoon
in Westwood, Cincinnati, Ohio, and
will reside at Oakland.
The Republican., 1942-07-23
Contest Open to Rural Boys
And Girls Announced

A prize contest open to rural boys
and girls, conducted by a farming
magazine, is being sponsored locally
by the Leighton Lumber company.
Prizes include scholarships to ap-
proved agricultural schools, or war
bonds. In addition all ideas submitted
that are published will bring the au-
thor $500. Additional scholarships are
offered to All club members.
The contest is to encourage the
making of practical contributions to
farm operation. Projects may include
improvements to the house, other
farm buildings, machinery and equip
ment or other mechanical or structural
Improvement.
1t is not necessary to buy anything
to compete Entry blanks and further
information may be obtained at the
office of the Leighton Lumber COM
pany in Oakland.
The Republican., 1942-07-23
Sunday Services In Churches of
The County
MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK METHO-
DIST CHARGE

Bethel Churchill d. m. Worship
Service, with special music, and ser
mon by the minister.
II a. m The Church School. J. L.
Fitzwater. superintendent
G:&0 p. m. The Methodist Youth
Fellowship.
7:30 p. m. Third of a series of dis
cussion meetings on "The Churches
and a Just and Durable Peace con
sidcring the Christian basis for the
peace. The public is invited.
Wesley Chapel-10 Il. m. The
Church, Paul NJ. Friend, superin-
tcndent.
11:15 a. m. Worship Service, with
sermon by the minister
The Republican., 1942-07-23
I E D
MRS. RALPH ENGLE

Mrs. Eta Y. Engle. 81, widow Of the
late Ralph Engle, died Tuesday morn
ing, July 2l, about 1870 o'clock, at
her home near Grantsville following
a critical illness of two weeks caused
by a heart attack.
Mrs. Engle was native of Grants
vile and spent most of her life in that
community. She was the daughter OF
the late George L. and Safora Rench
Layman.
Surviving are the following chill
dren: Mrs. w. +. Fisher and Mrs. Il
G. Osborne, Sidney, N. Y; Mrs Viii
liam Nelson, Mrs. S. R. Willets
Bloomfield, N. j.; Mrs. II. A. Mac
Mannus, Cumberland; Mrs. NJ. S
Brookhart, Oakland; Mrs c. w
The Republican., 1942-07-23
LOCAL NEWS

Betty Shaffer is spending this week
in Cumberland with her father, Roy
Shaffer.
Harmon Wilt of the Swanton com
munity, was a caller at The Repub-
lican Office last Friday
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10 o8NIaHo ouilo"E evening ilol'I d
F'SiI Win i0i''''' - III ''''''''''s '''''
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Honr' "oth o. i1'eloti-'' Ee.q business
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hooH'
Mr. and Mrs Dim Hardostv. Alder
.t,oot onnounco the birth Of son
ut AUouany Hosnit91 Cumberland
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Harry G. Shaffcr. WASHINGTON. d.
c.. is here for a brief visit with his
sister Mrs Iouis Rush. and her
d3uuhter Miss Ora Bush,
Misses Elizabeth May and Erance"
Howard, Baltimore, came to Oakland
last Thursday to remain short time
at their summer home on Alder street.
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Thursday and Friday as guests OF
Mrs SInceIIS aunt MIS- LOUIS buSn'
Miss Katb,.vn C1otroI+v is at tbo
homo Of bo, narants Mr. and Mrs, J
" CIo+roI+v for , visit Of ten davs
ha,,i,,. oon,o 70 Oal,1aod Thursday av-
n,-,r
J. W. Jackson, Homecoming, propri-
ctor Of the Jackson 5 and 10 cent
stores in Lonaconing and Oakland,
spent Friday here in connection with
his interests.
The Republican., 1942-07-23

Mrs W. w. Grant is entertaining
with a dessert bridge party tomor-
row afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl McIntre and son,
Kensington, Md. are here for a visit
with relatives and friends.
Mrs. Paul Naylor entertained mem
bers Of her bridge club and other
guests on Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Frank Kley and son George
are spending this week in EIkins, W.
Va, with Mrs. KEYS parents.
Mrs. J. Oliver Lantz, of Shepherds
town, West Va, returned to her home
yesterday evening following a visit
with Mrs. Louis Bush.
Mrs. Nellie Bowers and daughter,
Helen, of Washington, D. c., are visit
ing with home folks in the Pleasant
Valley section for several days.
Mrs. R. Frank Moreland, Jr., and
two sons, Of Colmar Manor, Md, are
visiting the formers mother, Mrs.
Zula Dewitt, at her home on High
street.
Robert and Donald Freeze, of Balti-
more, who are at Camp Whitethorn
this summer, spent Tuesday in Oak
land with their aunt, Mrs. Owen
Treacy.
The Women's Society for Christian
Service Of the Pleasant Valley Meth
odist church will meet at the home Of
Mrs Jack Lohr on Thursday July 30,
for an aII-day meeting.
Mrs. Julius c. Renningcr left Oak
land Monday evening for st. Louis,
Mo. where she will remain for a
month with Mr.. Renninger, who is
now located in that city.
Members Of the John H. Sanders
Iahliiy are piahillilg a reunion 70 De
ielu OH SUNDAY July 20 aI I"e swan
Meadow school, in this county. All
friends and relatives are invited to
attend.
Hiss Mary Emily Butt, secretary
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hllllhgef' th'S county Is III q hosPiO"l
at sacramento CAM "hefe She IS
slowly recovering from a SERIOUS sur
glcai operation mrs JoSIyh is resi-
dent OF Sacramento
Mrs Fo,l Cr,es Too+s If T.1,o
Ford who ,,ndo,,,on+ . mo- ior ono,o
tion at Memorial hospital Cumber-
land, is recuperating at the home of
her son, W. j. Cross, keyser, w. Va,
and will soon be able to return to her
home.
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Mrs. Sarah Belle kimmell was
brought to Oakland Monday by hel
son and daughter-ln-laW, Mr.. anc
Mrs. Philson Kimmell, from Blooms
burg, Pa, where she had been recup
Grating from shock for several weeks
The Republican., 1942-07-23

! MI. ana MIS-. y. NJ. hflGAJ, IL,
Keyser. w. Va, were Sunday evening
guests Of Miss Bertha Wolfe
Miss Glenna Sisler, Elkton, was a
guest Of Miss Lucille Wolfe, on Satm-
day Miss Sisler returned to EIkton
on Sunday evening.
William H. lIalette and Mr.. and
Mrs. c. F. Park. Pittsburgh, visited
the formers daughter, Mrs Ruth
Kahl, in Oakland, on Sunday,
Miss Betty Lawrence suffered an
attack of appendicitis last Friday and
was taken to Memorial Hospital, in
Cumberland but is now at her home
very much improved.
c. L. Browning, Akron, Ohio and
Mrs. c. E. Sweitzer Washington, d.
c., were visitors at the home Of their
sister, Mrs. Joseph Wolfe and other
relatives a few days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Pifer, Koysor,
W. Va. visited Mrs. Pliers sister,
Miss BERTHE Cleveland, on Sunday
Another sister, Mrs. Oscar Hme-
baugh, Of Terra Alta, also visited her
yesterday.
Jack L. fowler, Cumberland, is a
patient in Allegany Hospital, Cum
berland, and may undergo an opera
tion. He is being visited today by
Mrs. James A. fowler and children,
/ Of Oakland
At the regular dinner meeting Of
the Junior Chamber Of Commerce next
Tuesday evening at the Mt Lake
Hotel, Walter W. Dawson, ration
board chairman, will be the chief
speaker. A guest will also be Robert
Utterback, former Mt. Lake Park
resident, who has been in the Ca
madam Air Force for the past two
years.
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Mr. and Mrs A NJ Schocb and Nh.
and Mrs. Eugene Nordeck. Terra Alta.
w. Va: Mrs. Richard GIotfoItv and
dauchters. Oakland. and Max Nor
deck, now in New York CITY. were
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The Republican Office was visited on
Monday by Sister Marguerite. Sister
Berchmann. Sister DeSales. Sister
Julia and Sister Marcclla. Baltimore.
who were at St. Peters, ParochjaI
school for vacation Of a few davs.
They returned to Baltimore Yesterday
moIDino. Sister Bercbman is \ dauoh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick T. Finzel
native Of Garrett countv. while Sister
Narcc1la is = dauohter Of the Iato Mr.
and Nrs Jobr Hart of Oakland and
for some timc was an onnIovo in The
RanubIicon ofico bnfo,.o nn+o,;ng into
world as Miss Josephine Hart,
Mrs. II. c. RIGGS entertained Tnes-
The Republican., 1942-07-23
Sanders Reunion

The fourth annual reunion of
the Henry G. Sanders family
will be held Sunday, July rs, at
Browns Park in Kingwood. W.
Va, instead of at the Terra Alta
Park in Terra Alta, ". Va. \
basket dinner viii be held at
noon.
H. H. Sanders. President.
Elma NJ. Polling, Sec'y.-Treas.
The Republican., 1942-07-23

Mr. and Mrs. J NJ Bright, Jr.,
Keyser. W Va, were Sunday evening
guests of Miss Bertha Wolfe.
Miss Glenna Sisler, Elkton, was a
guest Of Miss Lucille Wolfe, on Satm-
day. Miss Sisler returned to EIkton
on Sunday evening.
The Republican., 1942-07-23

Mrs. Paul Naylor entertained mem
bers Of her bridge club and other
guests ON Wednesday evening.
The Republican., 1942-07-23

William H. Malette and Mr.. and
Mrs. c. F. Park. Pittsburgh, visited
the formers daughter, Mrs. Ruth
Kahl, in Oakland, on Sunday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-03-03
Access Road
Will be Built

A new s2,5O0.OOO limited access
highway, built with federal aid,
Ia TO connect the Detroit Metropol.
itan area with the T. S. Army
bomber plant at Willow Run.
G Donald Kennedy, state high.
way commissioner, announcing
Monday the public roads admins.
tration had authorized federal aid
for the project. ordered speedy
completion OF plans and start OF
construction without delay.
Certified by the War Depart
ment as essential TO national de-
Tense" Kennedy said, the project
will become the first large limited.
access highway ever constructed
in this state. II will have two
22-foot concrete lanes. extending
IL IL miles from Southfield road
in Allen Park to the bomber plant
highway at the Chase road inter
section east OF Belleville. The fed.
eral government Is 10 provide 81
$4,000 OF the total cost, Kennedy
said.
II will, he asserted. provide
model" facilities for handling
traffic in defense areas. and will
be designed TO tie in with a pro
posed Detroit crosstown express
highway intended to become part
OF the Detroit-Chicago inter-region-
al eKpressway.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-03-03

The home as an institution for
protection and guidance OF children
has failed, declared Floyd Starr, di.
rector of the Starr Commonwealth,
in a talk before sixty men and boys
at St. Luke Church House Monday
evening.
The so-called Boy Problem is not
boy problem at all, he said. ut is
parent problem. 1t is the parents
who fail, not the boy"
Drawing upon his experiences in
helping boys to find themselves. Mr..
Starr illustrated the crime OF evil
influence. citing the case OF boy
whose parents selfishly sought
amusement in questionable ways.
Most boys in trouble have such 4
story or the story of broken home
by reason OF death or divorce, he
said. II there could be Starr Com
monwealths for parents with com
pulsory attendance. he said. there
would be little need for such homes
for boys.
A group of boys who came with
Mr.. Starr for the occasion enter
tanned most beautifully with songs
and readings. A better trained
chorus would be difficult to find and
their splendid appearance reflected
credit upon their able director as
we'll as the Commonwealth in gen
eral.
Members OF the senior choir were
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-03-03
Find
Much Defense
York Interest
Organization Work
Yet to be Done

General interest In details of de-
Tense work was Indicated in reports
OF members OF the Washtenaw
County Council OF Defense speakers
who met at Charles McKenny Hall
Monday afternoon.
Ypsilanti Chairman Fred B. Nc
Kay presided and brought out,
through a review OF accomplish
ments in various communities, the
earnestness with which speakers are
being received. In several areas
OF the district there have been meet
ings at which defense speakers re-
sponded to discuss pertinent sub
jects. A systematic file OF names and
speaking engagements is being pre-
pared, he stated, 10 insure proper
credit both to club officers for get
ting necessary informa ton before
their members and to the men and
women who give their time.
1t was apparent at the meeting
that despite all the organization
work already completed. there is
much yet to be done. More speak
ers will be added to lists submitted
and further reports will be ready for
the next meeting which is to be
April 20. For this meeting Mr.. Nc
Kay again invited the directors to
Charles McKenny Hall. The hour
will be 4 o'clock.