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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-01-01
Few Accidents
Reported Here
Two Cars COllided on High
way 221 Tuesday Night.
2 Slightly Injured.

Ashe county received rest
from serious automobile accidents
during the past few days, with
only one reported where parties
were injured.
Monday night, Walter Combs
and Price Blevins received pain
full but not serious injuries when
the car in which they were rid
ing collided with a car driven by
Shuby Taylor, of Crumpler, on
highway 221 near the intersec-
ton of the Warrensville road.
Combs and Blevins were both
taken to the Ashe hospital for
treatment. Patrolman Thomas,
who investigated the accident said
that both cars were badly dam
aged, but that no action had been
taken in the matter yet.
Tuesday, Paul Rash and Roy
Roland had a collision near War
rensville when the car driven by
Rash and Roland's pickup truck
both overturned into the creek.
Neither of the men were report
ed seriously hurt.
Sheriff Roland's office as well
as Patrolman Thomas, reported
that the Christmas holidays were
very quiet here with practically
no disturbances.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-01-01
Many Are Buying
Defense Bonds

Santa Claus carried thoughts Of
Uncle Sam into hundreds of
homes in Ashe county during
Christmas. Totals could not be es-
tinated, but postal authorities
said that both bonds and stamps
were bought in large quantities
during the holidays.
Postmaster B. D. Barr reported
that one man from a remote sec
ton of the county came in a few
days ago and reported that he
had been reading in the newspa-
pers and listening to the radio
about defense bonds and felt that
everyone ought to buy all they
could. He invested $500 in Uncle
Sans securities.
A new series for 1912 will be
issued today, it was announced.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-01-01
Great Need For Red
Cross War Relief; All
Are Urged To Help
Bombing of Pearl HarbOr and
Manila Increases Needs.
Donations. Wanted.

L, P. Coward, Ashe county
chairman of the Red Cross re-
ceived this week an urgent mes
sage from Norman H. Davis, ma
tional chairman, telling of the vi
tssl Ted for Red Cross fGsE.ds a>5r
war relief.
The message is as follows:
''The bombing of Pearl. Harbor,
Honolulu and Manila, the inva-
sion of the Philippines, submarine
attacks in the Atlantic and Pacific
have dramatically brought home
to us the cruelties of war wher-
ever our heroic soldiers, sailors
and airmen are so valiantly de-
Tending our soil. There you will
also find the Red Cross flag I'M
furled alongside the Stars and
Stripes. Red Cross men are on
every front. Funds are urgently
needed to keep intact these front
lines of mercy. The enemy res
poets neither holidays nor week
ends. The Red Cross war fund
should be pushed to oversubscrip-
Give all the people an opportuni-
ty to participate. The Red Cross
is a peoples partnership in time
of war. It is patriotism in action
to give to the Red Cross. Misery's
or war cannot be measured by
quotas and mathematical yard
sticks nor personal conveniences
The President, the American peo-
pie and our fighting men expect
much of us. An avalanche of Civ
ing now will help the Red Cross
to deliver the goods"
All those who have not done sc
are urged to make a contribution
to this fund at once. Ashe county's
goal has been set at $1,000 and il
is important that this be raised
at once. Contributions may be
mailed to L. P. Coward at Jeffer-
son.
Mr.. Coward pointed out that
some special committees would
probably be appointed in each
community of the county little
later but that contributions were
Continued on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-01-01
OPENINGS IN CCC CAMPS

It was announced this week by
Miss Ruth Tugman, welfare super
intendent that there were now
some openings in the CCC camps.
Miss Tugman explained that all
those interested should apply at
the welfare office. She stated that
some boys believed that when
they enlisted in the CCC that
they were also enlisted in the
army. "This is almistake, there is
no connection between the two
at the present." she said.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-01-01
NEW YEAR EXPECTED
TO BE QUIET HERE

New Years day is expected
to be quietly celebrated here
today, with little holiday OBJ
servance.
The schools and business
houses are expected to operate
as usual.
Several from the county are
attending the Rose Bowl game
In Durham.
The day has been designated
as a day Of prayer for the safe
ty and victory of the Allies
and the American nation. The
defense board Of the county
has asked everyone to coOpe-
rate In this movement.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-01-01
INFORMATION WANTED
REGARDING JOHNSONS

Gale Mcmillan, chairman of
home service committee for Ashe
county announced that he had re-
ceived kilograms from the mill
tary service asking about the ill
ness of Mrs. J. E. Johnson, mo-
Their of Thomas w. johnson.
Mr.. Mcmillan said that he was
unable to locate Mrs. johnson and
asked that anyone who knew her
address report to him.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-01-01

Uncle Sans two newest destroyers, the u. S. Tman
ef and the u S. S. Beatty pictured above just before
launching ceremonies began at the Charleston S. c.
yard First time in the history of the south that destroy
launched together this is part of Americas
to aggression. =, III
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-01-01

AsHE COUNTY

is the aforementioned section Of
North Carolina whose altitude
ranges from 5000 to $500 feet
above sea level. twenty-five miles
of the PARKWAY run through
the county.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-01-01
AsHE CoUYEr NEEDS

. large industrial plant. agricul-
tural departments in its high
schools, rurall telephone lines, d
county recreation center, and
more hard surfaced highways.
Let's get theyhl
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Milford chronicle., 1942-07-24
TRINITY

Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Wheatley en-
tertained at dinner on Wednesday
last, Mrs. Samuel Pierce and small
son, Samuel, Jr., of Seaford, Mrs,
Walter Wright and Ralph Bradley,
Jr., of fredericksburg. On Sunday
they entertained again at dinner,
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Evans of Will
mington, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Wagner
of Wyoming and Joseph Wheatley.
Mrs. John Chaffinch is spending
a few days with Mrs. Emma Har-
per.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth West and
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Carey and chill
dren, Robert Lee and Betty Ann,
spent Sunday at Rehoboth.
Billy Wheatley spent several
days last week with his grandpar-
ents in fredericksburg.
Mrs. Fannie Willin is spending
some time with her daughters in
Dagsboro.
Little Brooks Wheatley, Jr.,
spent Thursday and Friday with
his aunt, Mrs. Addie Wiley in Mil
ford.
Milford chronicle., 1942-07-24


John Davis and Mrs. Kee OF
Denton and Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood
Reed and children spent Sunday
afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs. Brooks
Wheatley.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. ]. Shockley en-
tertained on Saturday evening in
honor of their son Linden's 18th
birthday. Those present were Mr..
and Mrs. Paul White and Mr.. and
Mrs. Garland Hill of Middleford,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Morgan, Miss
Norma Morgan and Roland Towers
of fredericksburg and Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilson Shockley and children.
Mrs. Addie Wiley of Milford
spent Monday afternoon with her
father and other relatives here.
MIR. and Mrs. Ray Wootten and
daughter Charlotte Ann and Geo.
Wootten of Seaford, Miss Florence
Frazidr of Wilmington, Mildred
and Roger Adams of Cambridge,
and Mr.. and Mrs. ]. e. Cannon
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Will Frazier
on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl White were
Rehoboth visitors on Sunday eve
ming.
Milford chronicle., 1942-07-24
GABLE TO PAY"

A Panel of the Labor Board ex-
amining into the wage dispute be-
tween Little Steel" and the labor
unions reported: "The Panel finds
that all four companies are able to
pay the requested wage increase oi
81 day."
Because the steel companies were
"able to pay" the Panel proposed
to pay the extra dollar a day to 157, :
900 employees instead of saving
that $157, 900 a day for the taxpay-
ers, inasmuch as the Government is
practically the sole customer of
these steel companies so is ticketed
as the real victim.
Perhaps the average taxpayer
hasn't yet become sufficiently
aroused over extra costs that he
eventually will have to bear mere
ly because of political tendencies
to satisfy this or that minority
group. But extra costs, here and
there, do pile up. Besides, in this
case as in all other demands for
higher wages for already highly
paid workers, the higher costs also
increase the inflationary trend in
our national economy, the evils of
which already are too much in evil
dence.
Milford chronicle., 1942-07-24
NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT
MAKES PLANS

DR.. H. D. Gregg, who last month
was elected President of Delaware
State College for Colored Students,
is busy making plans for the open
ing of the college, Buildings are
now being renovated and repair
ed, gardens are being expanded to
assure ample vegetables for stu
dents, and the curriculum in both
college and high school as well as
in the trades and agriculture is be-
ing carefully checked in the light
of the requirements Of the State
Department of Education. as well
as the Association of Colleges and
High Schools for the Middle States
and Maryland.
DR.. Gregg came to Delaware
State College for Colored Students
very highly recommended by the
University of Pennsylvania, the in
stitution from which he received
his Doctorate in Educational Ad-
ministration and Guidance in 1895.
He has served as Professor Of Ed
ucation at Howard University,
Washington, D. c.; Superintendent
of the State Department, Wilber-
force, Ohio, and President of Ed
ward Waters College, Jacksonville,
Florida. He succeeds former Pres
ident r. S. Grossley who resigned
after Is years of service.
Milford chronicle., 1942-07-24
RELIGION IN BOOKS
By R0x L. TAWEs

GLORY TODAY FOR CON-
QUEST TOMORROW by Robert G..
Lee. Zondervan. 81. A new col
lection of sermons by noted pull
pit orator. The preaching is Scrip
tural, eloquent, and able. DR.. Lee is
worth reading for his English ex-
preston. But the reader will find
also much help in these Gospel
appeals. There is warmth in them
for the heart, and passion enough
to characterize a true evangelist.
"a living Christ will give us vic
tory. He gave victory to the cour-
ageous saints of the early Church,
leading them on to the most sub
lime adventures OF human history.
He, conquering Rome more COM
pletely than did Hannibal or Atilla,
made of the heathen coliseum a
Christian Church, set up a spiritual
empire by the Golden Horn more
extensive and potent than the tenn
poral throne of Constantine"
STRENGTH FOR SERVICE TO
GOD AND COUNTRY compiled by
Chaplain N E. Nygaard. Abingdon
Cokesbury Press. 75c, There was
need TO ra book like this. The
publishers have done a great SER
vice. This book of daily devoticns
has been prepared for men in the
ranks. Each page contains sug-
gested reading of Scripture, brief
meditation, and prayer. Three hun
dred and seventy contributors
brings the religious message to
men at war. The book is printed
on Bible paper, and is issued in the
pocket edition. There is a khaki
binding for use in the Army and
Marine Corps, and blue binding
for the Navy. For those wishing to
remember and help the boys away
from home, here is the gift book to
send them. This reviewer will send
a copy to each of the boys from
his congregation.
Milford chronicle., 1942-07-24
BETHEL

Mrs. Harry S. Williams is spend
ing a few days with her husband
Capt Williams, in New York City
Mrs. John Joupe of Wilmington
spent the weekend with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Eskridge
Messrs, Charles Arbogast, Virgil
Poe of Wilmington were weekend
guests of Miss Frances Smith.
The Count On Me Club was en-
tertained Tuesday night at the
home of Mrs. Dora Furniss.
Mrs. Sallie Marvel, Mrs. Minnie
O'Day of Laurel were guests OF
Mrs. ]. E. Smith on Wednesday.
Mrs. Florence Furniss is visiting
relatives in Salisbury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Eskridge are
being congratulated upon the ar
rival of son in the Peninsula
General Hospital, Salisbury, on
Wednesday, July is.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Moore and
family spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul White. near Middleford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eley ]. Cordrey, Mr..
and Mrs. william H. Williams and
Mr.. and Mrs. R. Judd Phillips spent
Thursday at Elliott's Island, Md.
Mrs. John T. Phillips, who has
been on the sick list, is some i'm
proved at this writing.
Mrs. Norman Hastings and chill
dren, returned home Sunday after
spending a week with her father,
Emelin Taylor.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Wright and
family Of Chester, Pa, spent Sun
day with Mrs. Harry Nichols.
Mrs. Lottie Farrow Of Dover was
town visitor Sunday.
Mrs. Elwood Sirman is a patient
in the Beebe Hospital at Lewes.
Milford chronicle., 1942-07-24
MAGNOLIA

The Sunday School held Vic
tory picnic on the lawn of Mr.. and
Mrs. B. B. White on Wednesday
afternoon. Group singing, games
and ice cream and cakes made the
afternoon very enjoyable and at the
same time saving Of gasoline and
rubber.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall Hart en-
tertained on Sunday Mr.. and Mrs.
William Coulbourne. Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Parvis and daughter, Con-
ME, and Mr.. Zack Johnson, of
Houston.
Miss Betty Schmick is spending
two weeks with her aunt and uncle,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Bagley, of
Wilmington.
Wylie Failing and sons, Jimmie
and Wylie, III, of Norristown, Pa,
spent the weekend with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Failing.
Wylie III spent Saturday with his
aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w.
Roe.
Mr.. and Mrs. IL. F. Parlette, of
Philadelphia, spent the weekend
with her sister and brother-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. Nutter Marvel,
the latter being much improved
from her recent illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. T. Jackson, of
Milford, were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. c. Ingram on Sunday. Mrs.
Jackson remained for the day.
Miss Eleanor Davis was an over
night guest of Mrs. Elmer Graham
of Dover, ON Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hazel Roe enter
tanned Miss Myrtle Jefferson Of
Georgetown, this week, giving a
bridge party for her on Tuesday
afternoon,
Miss Elizabeth Roe spent the
weekend at Langley Field, Va.
Miss Margaret Roe entertained
on Saturday at dinner, Mrs. Flor
ence Schneider and Mrs. Betty
Valentine of Rochester, N. Y, and
Messrs. Frank Pierce of Dover, and
Martin Wilcutts.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. W. Taylor and
Betty attended a Taylor family re-
union at Wye Mills, Nd, on Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Maloney
entertained on Sunday, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ivan Colston, of Spring City,
Pa; Charles Pride and daughter,
Emma, of Philadelphia, and Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Maroney and chill
dren, Paul and Sara, of Bristol, Pa.
Master Freddie Spurry, of Freder-
ica, spent the weekend with his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. F.
Johnson.
Mrs. J. W. Taylor, Mrs. Emma
Taylor and Mrs. C. R. Donovan and
son, Ross, of Wilmington, visited
Rev. and Mrs. E. C. Hallman, at
Laurel, on Monday.
Milford chronicle., 1942-07-24
~THE CUSTOMER is BOSS

Behind this simple and generally
accepted conception lies the whole
philosophy that made America
great.
We are apt to fail to realize how
fundamental and far-reaching this
conception of business really is. 1t
is the very health of our country
and, like health, it is never missed
or appreciated until it is gone.
The principle applies in all our
dealings. The housewife, for ex-
ample, must be pleased by the but
cher-he is working for her. Hers
is the choice-if she likes his meat
and his price, she buys. If not, she
doesn't. And so it goes in every
walk of life.
Just as soon as any other con-
ception is tolerated, then i'll health
starts to gnaw at the vitals of bus
iness. For example, beginning with
the wave of sit-down strikes and
extending through another wave of
drastic labor legislation, a condi-
ton has grown up in certain indus
tries where labor-not the customer
has become the boss. Instead Of
the affected industries being able
to deal freely with their customers
and being able to adjust the opera
tion of the business, including la
Dor, materials and administration,
to best serve the customer, bust
ness has been forced to conduct it.
self to satisfy labor and then en-
deavor to force the customer into
line.
Since "he profits most who serves
best" it is evident that neither a
business, nor the workers who de-
rive their living from 1t, are going
to prosper in the long run when
something else is placed above the
fundamental mission of serving the
customer. No man, and no busi-
ness, "can serve two masters" Bus
mess cannot serve its customer and
serve labor simultaneously.
Business is actually a customer
of labor in the same way that the
ness. 1t is this conception which
is at the root of the free enter
prise system that make this coun-
try what it is. We have something
to sell-be it our services, our pro-
ducts or our time. A man or busi-
ness will go further when what the
man or business has to sell COM
petes successfully in its appeal to
the needs and desires of the buyer.
Anything which interferes with
this normal process is a deadly
canker striking at the vitals Of the
american system.
Milford chronicle., 1942-07-24
FACTS FOR FARMERS

To prevent the loss Of soil fer
tility while increasing the produc-
tion of food for our nation and our
allies, Delaware farmers are urged
to continue to follow good crop ro-
tations, SOW plenty of legumes,
save barnyard manure, protect
natural drainageways and improve
the quality Of their pasture lands.
Insecticides are injurious to rub
ber and metal parts. of spraying and
busting machinery, says E. P.
Brasher, truck crop specialist for
the Delaware Agricultural Exten-
sion Service. He suggests that
these be cleaned every day during
periods of use. This year there are
at least three important reasons
for keeping machinery in good
condition: ~ 1t is difficult to re-
place; (2) because of shortages OF
some insecticides, they should be
used most efficiently, and 90
fruits and vegetables must be
sprayed and busted efficiently If
maximum yields to meet food-for-
freedom goals are to be produced.
Weeds are injurious to the health!
Clean up your yards today.
Milford chronicle., 1942-07-24
OLD FIDDLERS PICNIC
AT LENAPE

On Saturday, August l. there
will be held at Lenape Park on the
historic Brandywine near. West
Chester, Pa, the annual Old Fidd-
lers Picnic which last year was
attended by over twenty thousand
persons.
DIR. Samuel Lane Anderson of
Coneordville will serve at chair
man.
All musicians and their friends
are cordially invited to attend this
frolic.
At the same time Christian C.
Sanderson's orchestra, the Pocoop-
son Valley Boys will hold its annual
reunion.
Milford chronicle., 1942-07-24
THUMBS DOWN ON
JOHN L. LEWIS

John L. Lewis scheme to organ
ize farmers into his United Mine
Workers would. if it goes through,
make him the food czar of the ma
ton, says Golfers magazine in an
editorial which expresses the hope
that this IBID for Dictatorship
will be kicked in the teeth"
Lewis, says the editorial, "is
trying to haul, first, all the dairy
farmers in the land, and then all
the other farmers, into-hold your
hats now-his United Mine Work
ers labor organization. These al
legged unionists would turn over to
him, in addition to generous month
ly dues, the power to deal for them
with jobbers and middlemen. Thus
Lewis would boss the whole Amer
ican food supply setup.
What some farmers think of the
idea is indicated by the fact that q
bonafide farm organization in New
York State, where Lewis is staging
his initial big drive, has under
taken to insure New York farmers
up " P4O,OOU lOT any Darn LldI
may be burned by "peaceable Or
ganizers" from Lewis union. What
kind Of a union is it whose pros
pective members begin to insure
against goon squads, thugs and
hoodlums the moment it sets out to
bring them its blessings?
I'VE hope this bid for dictator
ship will be kicked in the teeth.
Special applause, we believe. is
due to Thomas E. Dewey who once
broke up a lot of rackets in New
York City and has now taken the
field to fight this one up and down
New York State. 1t takes real
courage to fight even phony
union.
I'VE hope the various farm or
ganizations will exhibit no less
courage. United and bold, they can
lick Lewis. Divided and timorous
they will be his meat-and we'll ali
suffer for It"
Milford chronicle., 1942-07-24

Miss Jean West spent the week.
end at Dagsboro. Miss Genevieve
West returned home with her for
several days.
Mrs. Wilson Shockley and chill
dren spent the weekend with her
parents in fredericksburg. She also
visited friends in Greensboro, Md,
on Sunday afternoon.
Milford chronicle., 1942-07-24
BODY OF YOUTH FOUND
IN MURDERKILL RIVER

While fishing in the Murderkill
River Tuesday night, Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Moore, Frederick, found
the body of George Williams,
Negro, IS, of Wilson, N. c. State
police and Coroner William M
Chambers of Kent county said that
Williams apparently drowned while
swimming alone Tuesday after
noon. He was employed at the
Draper Canning Company at Fred
erica, and with another employe OF
the company, James Merrill, went
swimming. Later Merrill returned
alone.
The body was turned over to Cal
vim Clark, Dover funeral director,
for burial.
Milford chronicle., 1942-07-24

MIR. and Mrs Harry Walston
Carl Walston and son Henry spent
Wednesday afternoon at Milford
and Sunday afternoon with frela1
tives in Salisbury. Md.
Mildred and Roger Adams OF
Cambridge are spending some tinne
with their grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. G. Cannon. /
Milford chronicle., 1942-07-24
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to take this means OF
thanking all the people who were
so kind and thoughtful during our
recent bereavement. We especially
want to thank those who sent flow
ers and used their cars, and Rev.
Hungerford for his words of COM
fort and sympathy, and the mer-
chants for their gesture of respect
in closing during the funeral. Mr..
and Mrs. Leroy A. wilkins and
daughter, Miss Doris Wilkins. 1t