The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-09-30

picture, Soldiers of SoiP', and as
the title suggests the picture
shows that farming and food
production are important parts of
winning the war 1t should make
farmers proud of the part they
are playing in the war.
Farmers of this county and
their wives are doing an outstand-
ing Job in food production. A re-
port from the county agent and
the home agent would indicate
that never before has there been
more essential food produced.
In The Mail Bag!
Last week a letter comes from
Major Roger Barr in England.
s'Well, here I am in old England.
It is a beautiful and interesting
country and 1 have been seeing
quite a lot of it. I expect to be
in London in the near future If
leave can be obtained", he writes.
Upton Blevins, who is in the
Merchant Marines in Africa, sends
an official paper, ''The Stars and
Stripes. Practically all of this
is devoted to the war. There is
an interesting lost and found col
umn and some other personal
news about soldiers. P. G. Wright
says it recalls to him of the time
during the other war when SIM
liar paper was published in
France.
From J. B. Coward, in Cleve-
land, comes a letter expressing
his interest and appreciation of
the article recently published
about his brother, Lt.-Col. George
Todd Coward.
Patriotic Corn!
Some Ashe county corn has
gone patriotic. Much of it has in
it's increased yield, but Jess Van
noy, of Crumpler, has grown some
that is red, white and blue! A
well-formed ear now in the Of
flee of The Skyland Post shows
those co1ors very definitely.
Gourds have always fascinated
us and recently Daniel Phillips,
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Zollie
Phillips, brought in some that
were particularly attractive. They
were half green and yellow. But
the sun has almost turned them
completely yellow since they
have been in the window.
Mrs. Jesse Cox, of Jefferson,
brought in a very "chick" tomato,
this week. And we mean it real
ly resembles chicken, too. Cd
dities will never cease.
Robert McNeill, an employee
of this paper, brought in some
peanuts, which he grew. While
the season here is a little short
for this crop, Bob proves that
peanuts can really be grown in
AShe.
All-day Dinner
Sunday, an all-day dinner was
held at the West Jefferson Meth
odist Church. It was originally
intended for a picnic dinner in the
middle of the day, but there was
such boutiful dinner that it was
continued into a supper. There
was a large crowd present both
times, and needless to say, they all
enjoyed themselves, both the din
ner and the fellowship.
Such get-togethers are good for
everyone and should be held
more often, we think.
Levern Johnson, popular super
intendent of the Sunday School,
demonstrated his ability as a cof-
fee-maker. There were some ex-
ceptionaliy good pie-eaters pres
ent, too, not to mention DR.. J. K.
Hunter, James McLaurin and Jim
Story. In fact, the food was so
good, most everyone overtaxed
his or her eating capacity.
Cpl. Morgan Speaks!
From Cpl. Robert Morgan, on
Marine duty in the Pacific, comes
a message that he was disappoint-
ed to receive a Skyland Post in
which there was no "Ashe Cas-.
We will surely keep on "gassin'
if it will bring any interest or
amusement to Bob and other Ashe
men like him on the fighting
fronts.
CheStnuts Again!
One of the most welcomed
sights we have seen in long
time was some chestnuts brought
into the office by Lionel Ballou
of Crumpler. They are full-size
and tasted even better than they
looked. Our thanks to Mr.. Bal
lou.
These chestnuts will recall to
noanv fhe good old DAYS before the