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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-04-22

Won first place in French tourn-
ament in 1912. Voted most am
bilious. Glass prophet of Senior
class. Motto: know myself"
MARY FERGUSON
Born December 20, 1925. Am
bition is to be a Navy nurse. Vot-
ed cutest girl in class. Treasur-
err of the Glee club. Hobbies:
Reading, talking, hiking. Motto
ITO be or not to be"
LESSEE MCNEIL
Born May S, 1925. Hobbies
Horseback riding, collecting snap
shots and reading. Ambition: TIC
become a good housewife. Voted
by class, most cooperative. Mot
to: Smile and the world smiles
with you"
LEIGHTON MEEKS
Born at Richburg, S. c., August
10, 1924. Hobby: Playing the
trombone. Transferred from
Knoxville, Tenn. high school
played in school band and orches-
ira. Entered county wide de-
bate. 1913. Ambition: To be q
teacher or a public accountant
Immediate possibility, U. S. Ar
my. Motto: IF it is worth do
ing, it is worth doing we'll"
BILLIE DEAN MILLER
Born April Is, 1926. Ambition
To be a dietition. Hobbies: Writ
ing letters and reading. Voted
best-dressed girl in class. Mot
to: "a gutter never wins; a win
ner never quits"
RUTH PARSONS
Born January Is, 1926. Hob
bies: Reading and hiking. Am.
bition: To help win the war. Vot.
ed the quietest member of the
class. Motto: Life is what you
make it."
GEORGIA POE
Born October II, 1924. Hob
bies: Reading, dancing, and col
lecting snapshots. Ambition: Tc
be a successful business woman
Voted biggest flirt in class. Mot
to: BE myself"
RUBY LEE SEVERT
Born August 9, 1925. Hobbies
Collecting snapshots, writing tt
soldiers, riding horseback. Am
bition: To help win the war. Vot.
ed most studious. Motto: every
cloud has a silver lining"
p. T. McNEILL, JR.
Born July 10, 1926. Ambition
To be an agriculturalist. Hob.
bies: Hunting, fishing and collect
ing Indian relics. President Of
Junior class, President of Senior
Class, Business Manager of w. J
High Times. Voted: Best either
by class. Motto: "Greatness i
not measured in width mol
breadth but in character"
COOLIDGE GOODMAN
Born May 8, 1925. Ambition
To be an airplane pilot. Hobbies
Swimming, fishing, hunting
Played on basketball team. Vot'
ed: Best, athelete by class. Mot
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aiGed in the Red Cross Drive in
the School. They also collected
books for service men and old
hose to be used for the war effort.
The Victory Corps cooperated in
a canvas of the West JEFF
ferson homes in an effort to help
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81 Will Receive
Diplomas Apr. 80;
% Girls; 9 Boys
Class Has Many Outstanding
Members Who Have Made
Good Records
INTERESTED IN WAR

The 1913 graduating class of
the West jefferson high school is
again the largest in the county
with % girls and 9 boys, who
are to receive diplomas, April 30.
While the school has had some
larger graduating classes, this
class is unusual in many ways.
Hampered in some ways by the
wartime conditions, the class has
had other advantages in training
and in new courses.
There was a large number OF
the class which made exceptional
ly high scholastic averages and
others who have made records IN
debating, dramatics, athletics and
other fields of activities.
Several of these graduates ex-
pect to enter service, fighting for
liberty and democracy. Others
will carry on in war jobs.
The members Of the graduating
class are:
JULIA MCNEIL
Born January 7, 1926 at West
Jefferson, Julia entered county
wide debate, also served as stu
dent librarian this year. Hob
bies: Hunting and Horseback
riding. Ambition is to be nurse,
later marry the right man. Vot-
ed the class tomboy. Motto:
Success"
MYRTLE DEAN GRAPHICAL
Born September "a, 1926. Am
bition is to be a teacher. Won
second place in English Tourney,
at Boone, in 194O-41-42. Was
awarded honorable mention in
Asheville Citizen Essay Contest.
Served as Editor-in-Chief of w.
J. High Times, 1942-43. Voted
most original by class. Motto:
push your work, don't let it
push you"
WILLIE LEE UnGGN
Born December 9, 1925 at Bald
win. Hobbies: Writing letters,
going to movies, hiking. Ambi-
ton: To be a success in whatever
I try to do. Voted, neatest girl.
Motto: olive deep for the pearl"
DEAN GREER
Born March Is, 1926 at Bald
win. Hobbies: Hiking, writing
letters. Ambition: To make a
success. Voted, Most carefree.
Motto: 'Why take life so serious
ly, you'll never get out of it
alive"
VIRGINIA DARE GENTRY
4Born February 8, 1924 at Todd,
"Ginger" was voted the prettiest
girl of her class. Hobbies: Horse
back riding, collecting cacti. Am
bition: First help Uncle Sam and
later help ONE of his fighting
men. Art Editor of w. j. High
Times, 1942-43. Motto: ITS not
where you start from, but where
you get to that counts"
GRACE BARE
Born October 18, 1925. Her am
bition is to become a nurse. Hob
bies: Reading, Collecting pictures.
Served as student librarian this
year. Elected most dignified SEN
ior. Motto: "Let everyday provide
for itself"
OPHELIA GALLOWAY
Born December 10, 1924 at Or
ion. Her ambition is to be an
airline stewardess. Hobbies: Read
ing, collecting pictures. Voted by
the class as having best person
atty. Motto: "Give to the world
the best you have"
TSOBEILE DIGGS
Born March rs, 1925. Her am
bition is to be an F. B. I. agent.
Hobbies: Dancing, swimming and
bowling. President of the Glee
Club. Voted best sport. Motto:
''The three days I don't worry
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West Jefferson High School Has The Largest Graduating Class In County

about are yesterday, today and
tomorrow"
RUBY BILLIARD
Born May II, 1925. Her ambi-
ton is to become a nurse. Hob
bies: Reading and hiking. Voted
most dependable of class. Motto;
eff at first you don't succeed, try
try, again"
HAROLD DOLLAR
Born at Warrensville, March 81
1927. His ambition is to be an
aviation mechanic. Hobbies: Hik-
ing, going to the movies, trading
Voted cutest boy by the class
Motto: Railways be a good sport.
ALBERTINE FAW
Born May q, 1926. Feature edi-
tor of w. J. High Times 1942-43
Voted most valuable member OF
class. Hobbies: Walking, sewing,
making scrapbooks. Ambition is
to be a success in the business
world. Motto: Deeds speak loud
er than words"
JAMES HARE, JR.
Born, jefferson, March 4, 1924.
His ambition is to become a med
ical doctor. Hobbies: Basketball,
tennis and meeting goodlooking
girls. Voeed most popular boy in
class. Represented school in
countrywide debate. Elected
class historian. Motto: Trouble
never troubles me-"
NORMAN HEGE, JR.
Born August %, 1924. Hob
bies: Hunting, hiking, swimming.
Ambition is to become a Marine
Engineer. Played on basketball
team. Voted the "best all-round
boy" in class. Motto: DO your
best in all you undertake"
CARL JACKSON
Born February Is, 1927. Voted
the most handsome" boy in class.
Ambition: To join the Army.
Hobbies: Hunting. Motto: Speech
is silver but silence is golden"
VIVIAN JOHNSON
Born Angelica, Wisconsin, Ju-
ly Is, 1926 Ambition is to be an
accountant. Hobbies: Basketball
and swimming. Played on bask-
etball team four years. Captain
of team in 1942-43. Secretary
treasurer of senior class. Sports
editor of w. J. High Times, 1912
43. Voted best all-around girl.
Motto: why worry, life is too
short"
MADELINE LEWIS
Born February Is, 1926. Hob
bies: Reading, swimming, horse
back riding. Ambition is to help
win the war. Motto: Hold fast
to that which is good"
JACQUELINE RAY MARSH
Jackie" was born June %,
1924. Hobbies: Horseback rid
ing, taking pictures, writing to
soldiers and hiking. Ambition is
to be a success in what ever I un-
dertake. Voted friendliest in
class. Motto: Face the world
with a smile"
HELEN SELLS
Born Galax, Va, August "a,
1924. Hobbies: Collecting pic
lures, singing. Ambition: To join
the Waves. Chosen to write class
song. Voted best athelete in
class. Played on basketball team.
Motto: EAT, drink, and be merry,
for tomorrow you may die"
KATHLEEN WOODE
Born March II, 1925. Ambi-
ton: To be a secretary. Hob
bies: Collecting match folders,
reading, swimming. Society edi-
tor of w J. High Times. Played
on basketball team. Voted most
popular girl in the Senior class.
Motto: What is to be will be"
LEFT VANNOY
Born October 4, 1926. Hobby:
Hunting. Ambition: To join the
Navy. Voted by class as most
likely to succeed. Motto: "Give
every man your ear, but few your
voice."
LORRAINE YATES
Born January 5, 1927 at Idle
wild. Ambition: To complete
four years in college and become
a newspaper reporter. Hobbies;
Writing verse, bicycling, reading
and working crossword puzzles.
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have them do unto you"
DEAN SEVERT

Born January IA, 1925. Ambi-
ton: To be a merchant. Expect
alton: To be in the Army soon.
Hobbies: Hunting, fishing. School
bus driver, 1942-43 Motto:
"Take life as it comes"
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-17

PLAYING TO capacity audi
ences, the Michigan Theater's cur
rent attractions, "Casablanca" and
my Heart Belongs 10 Daddy will
be held over for a second week.
"Casablanca." based on the
hazardous existence of refugees
stranded in that North African
city, stars Humphrey Bogart, IN
grid Bergman and Paul Henreid,
the lover Of Now, Voyager. with
a featured supporting cast headed
by Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt,
Sydney Greenstreet and Peter
LORE.
Opening in Vichy controlled
Casablanca. the picture goes back
in retrospect, TO Paris just prior
to the Nazi occupation where
Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid
Bergman meet and fall in love
Later, they meet again in Casa
blanca. II is tender love story
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-17

BOYS WILL he boys .. even
though they may he movie stars
and Roddy Mcdowell, the little
English lad who stirred your
hearts in How Green Was My
Valley" is no exception to the un-
ruly rule
Although young Master Nc
Dowan IS a very serious young
chap he has a wonderful and imp
ish sense of humor in which he
INDUCES whenever the studio-and
his mother-isnt looking.
on this same page you'll find a
strip Of pictures showing the faces
Roddy can make when he wants
10 initiate. Karloff, Donald Duck
or Martha Rave.
The young star is a perfectly
natural boy filled with an eXuber-
ance which is really contagious.
~ don't like dull people, Nays
Roddy, "the ones who interest
me most are those with a great
deal Of vitality"
Well. vitality is the keynote OF
Roddy's personality.
When he first arrived in this
country, having left England right
in the middle of the blitZ. he COM
planned that New York was toe
quiet. He actually missed the air
raids and an evening without a
Jerry in sight was more than he
could stand. -
DESPERATE JOURNEY
He. his sister and his mother
had a hazardous 12.day crossing
in a ship which Roddy describes
as 1.-The dirtiest vessel in a cour-
ageous convoy"
He speaks with an adult tone
which is genuine. His love Of the
arts, painting in particular, Is
most sincere. While in st. Louis
and Chicago, every stolen moment
away from his taxing schedule was
spent in the museums.
YOUNG AUTHOR
We heard that Roddy was writ
ing a book and found him very
eager 10 talk about il.
Its all about n mythical
country" Roddy said. "a king
dom In which a very wise family
lives and helps rule. I've made
n historic outline of 'Fidelus,'
the Utopisn land in which these
people dwell, and while I've
made a detailed outline of this
land, I have still to bring I'm
some very human characters"
Simon and Schuster plan to pub
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-17
Krim Theater
Shows Vaudeville
Tomorrow

JANET CAMPBELL is one of
the stars inaugurating the new
policy at the Krim Theater to-
morrow. as an array of vaudeville
acts opens.
Curley Slade, the "one-man or
chestra' and master of cere-
monies: Connolly and RAdcliff
Lloyd and Lola, novelty entertain.
ers: Petino and Ross. and Shandor
and his violin will also be among
those present when the show takes
the stage.
Howard Bruce, formerly with
Franchon and Marco, produced the
initial show: which will be pre-.
sented in matinee, evening and
midnight performances.
In addition 10 the stage show
the screen bill consists Of Clau.
dette Colbert and Ray Midland II
"Skylark." and the latest Henry
Aldrich film, Henry and Dizzy
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-17
Roddy McDowaH
Takes in Detroit
Nv CHARLES GENTRY

lish II this summer. as soon as the
starring author has finished II.
But while Roddy's mind is &C.
cupied with such serious matters
he still has time 10 indulge in his
favorite sport of horseback riding
LOVES TO RIDE
81 love To ride so much that
I got double enjoyment out of
playing the lead In My Friend
FIicks,' the story OF a boy and
n horse, which Is 10 he released
shortly. We had fun making the
film. too, although last fall the
heat turned all the trees and
grass 20 = dingy brown. So they
sprayed call the trees and the
grass to restore the original
color.
Several days later. we found
that the horse. Flicka, was ex-
tremely Ill. Nobody could figure
out what had caused II, until we
suddenly realized that our dying
horse had been eating the
Roddy's mother is here with hin
and his father is with the British
merchant marine on the high seas
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-17
Actor Brings
PLAYS to Soldiers

ROMAN BOHNEN, who has
been appearing al army camps
two or three times weekly ever
since ne completed his role At War
ner Bros. in The Hard Way is
bowling out Of the troupe that has
been presenting Three Men on a
Horse" for the soldiers. AS director
Of a new troupe, Bohnen will start
fehearssls on q condensed version
OF Maxwell AnderSon'S Broadway
hit. THE Eve Of ST Mark
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-17
"CasabIanca" Held
For Second Week

with tragic overtones. played
against a background OF chaos
and conflict, but ending on a new
note Of hope.
What happens when a bubble
dancer fresh from the burlesque
circuit falls in love with a college
professor specializing in astrophy-
sizes is revealed in my Heart Be-
longs to Daddy" the second fea-
ture at the Michigan, starring
Martha O'Driscoll and Richard
Carlson.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-17
Rise of a Team

BETTY HUTTON and Eddie
Bracken were supporting come
dams in The Fleets In" did the
secondary romance in Happy Go
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-17
Two Who Die

Both Veronica Lake and Bar
bara Britton have heroic death
scenes in 80 Proudly We Hail"
dramatic Bataan nurse picture.
Veronica died in her first movie.
Its Barbara's first death scene.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-17

Lucky" became hero and heroine
in Star Spangled Rhythm" and
now carry the whole starring re-
sponsibilities of THE Miracle Of
Morgan's Creek"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-10
Active Chicagoan
Visits Brother

]. W. Woodson, Republican Sen
atorial Committeeman, 10Th Sena-
torial District, And Ward, Chicago
ILL.,, was a visitor in the Twin Cities,
last week. He is now employed as
a technician in the Photostatic and
Monograph section, Department OF
Revenue, of the State of Illinois.
Mr.. Woodson was formerly a
mattress and studio couch maker.
He has been in the bedding industry
since he was 10 years old.
His story of how as a child he
swept floors, did other odd jobs, and
spent all of his spare moments in
the work rooms studying machine
operations and other fine points of
the business was very interesting.
He is very proud of his accomplish
ments working from the ground up.
He has been in government employ
for four years.
Mr.. Woodson is the brother of
Chas. C. Woodson, TIT W. Seventh
street, Minneapolis.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-10
De Berry in
Signal Corps

Ernest E. De Berry, formerly of
New York, has been called to report
for active duty with the U. S. Signal
Corps after completing the Federal
Communication Commissions ex-
aminations for commercial licenses
-Radiotelegraph Operator End
class and Amateur Radio Operator
Class B. After enlisting in the Re-
serve Corps last November, he at
tended the Signal Corps Training
School in Minneapolis and while in
the city made his home with Mr..
and Mrs. Luther Abbey, Ala E.
18th st.
After Mr.. De Berry reports for
duty on September 10, Mrs. De
Berry who came here May 1 after
wintering in Palm Beach, Fla, will
return to New York.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-10
Chief of Ordnance
Cites Part Negro
Employees Play

When high ranking Army
officers and civilians of the
War Department recently
celebrated the 131st anniver-
sary of the Army Ordnance
Department, in the Pentagon
Building in Arlington, Va, Edgar
D. Amacker, supervisor in the Dis
patch Unit of Ordnance Mail and
Records, was singled out for spe-
cial distinction.
Mr.. Amacker, Maj. Gen. Levin
H. Campbell, Jr., Chief of Ord
nance, pointed out, has just COM
pleted % years continuous service
in the department and has worked
his way up through the ranks.
Afterwards, Mr.. Amacker remi-
nisced over his long years in the
Army Service Forces of the War
Department.
eff you compare Negro civilian
employment here with that of the
last war;" he said, "we've come q
long way. In the last war there
were no Negro civilians employed
above the rank of messenger-and
there were even very few at that
rank"
In talking it over, Mr.. Amacker
cited his own career in Civil Serv-
ice as proof of the progress made
by Negroes since he came to Wash
ington from New Orleans with the
idea of entering Howard Medical
School. Starting out as a War De-
partment messenger as a means of
financing his medical career, he
remained in the service and worked
his way up. Today, he is the rank
ing civilian supervisor in the mail
room and one of the most respected
employees in the Department.
Personnel records of the Army
Service Forces support Mr.. Amack-
er's contention of progress in Ne
gro employment in that division.
In March, 1913, Negroes constitut-
ed more than Is per cent of all en-
ployees of the Army Service Forces
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-10

est percentage of employment,
24.9, was in the Medical Depart
ment, which had 1920 Negroes out
of total of 5,779. The Chemical
Warfare Service had 24.1 per cent,
or 6,785 colored workers out of a
total of 21,325.
A breakdown by Service Com
mands shows that the Military Dis
trict of Washington, D. c., has the
largest percentage,-33 per cent OF
the total-of Negro civilian en-
ployees in the Army Service
Forces. Usually, however, the per-
centages follow closely the ratio of
Negroes to the total population of
each area.
In addition to direct employment,
the Army Service Forces, through
contracts with private firms for the
erection of training camps, the
building of military highways, am
munition dumps, and ports of en-
barkation, was indirectly response
BILE for the employment of thou
sands of other Negro mechanics
and semi-skilled workers through
out the country.
Assisting in this indirect en-
ployment of Negro workers is
Lemuel L. Foster, racial relations
advisor to Gen. Brehon Sontervel
Chief of the Services of Supply
A graduate of Fisk University, Mr.
Foster, a New Yorker, has beer
with General Somervel since the
latter directed the Works Progress
Administration program in New
York City.
1--WE all know that we are doing
our bit in the war;" Mr.. Amacke1
declared, "and that some of us will
be here to carry on long after the
war is ended"
After the war, Mr.. Amackel
looks forward to retirement on his
five-acre farm near Arlington
where for several years he and his
wife, Mrs. Eudora d. Amacker,
have made a hobby of raising
flowers.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-10
With the Armed
Forces
Forces

Andrew Hartshorn, 444 st. An
thony avenue, received his bars as
a second lieutenant at the Engineer
School at Fl. Belvidoir, Virginia.
1t. Hartshorn is now in the city
visiting his mother, Mrs. Green.
Pvt. Ebert Cotton was just re-
Gently promoted to a Corporal. He
is stationed at Camp Ellis, Illinois,
and is the son of Mrs. Pleasetta
Cotton, 43O W. Central. Pvt. Cot
toms brother, Johnny Cotton, is
stationed at the same camp.
Robert Beasley of the U. S. Army
is in the city on furlough.
Corporal Manley Rhodes of Camp
Wolters, Texas, is in the city visit
ing his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. M.
]. Rhodes, $50 Carroll avenue.
Humphrey Wooten of the U. S.
Army is here on furlough.
Richard Powell and James Rome
are among the boys back in the city
on furloughs.
Staff Sgt. Tulle Hickman of Fl.
Huachuca, Arizona, is in the city on
a 15-day furlough visiting his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Hickman,
Jr., 766 st. Anthony avenue.
Pvt. Buddy Murphy of Camp
Clipper, Calf, is in the city on a
15-day furlough visiting his mother,
Mrs. Ida M. Murphy, 1854 Thomas.
Two rooms for rent. Single men
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-10
Mpls. NAACP
Now Has LBS
Members in Branch

The Minneapolis Branch of
the NAACP announced this
week that its membership is
now l, 135 and that $1,336 was
taken in during the 1913
membership drive under the
direction of its chairman, DR.. W.
ID. Brown.
Amounts Solicited by Workers
The following persons volun-
teered their services and brought
in the amounts listed with their
names. Anyone wishing to make
corrections or additions is re-
quested to put all complaints in
writing and send to the secretary,
Erma Clardy, at 2437 9th Avenue
South, which she says will be an
swered promptly.
Harold Combs, $4,000; Allie B.
Glenn, $121.OO; W. D. Brown,
MD, $112.5O; Aggie Thomas,
$4,000; Clarence Smith, $4,000;
Matte Owens, $3.50; Curtis
Chivers, $3.50; Carrie Wallace,
$54.OO; Leona Clayton Thompson,
$47.0O; James Sisson, $3.50;
Leota Perkins, $3.50; Esther
Byars, $4,000; Eva L. Abbey,
$500; Pansy Chavis, $3.50; Wen
dell Jones, $27.OO; Tela Burt,
$3.50; Bura Hawkins, $25.OO;
Cecil Newman, $500; Villa Book
er, $24.0O; Bertha Snadon, $500;
Marian Smith, $2O.5O; Erm a
Clardy, $3.50; Nettie Shepherd,
$16.5O; Mildred Lacey, $500;
Marjorie Curry, $14.5O; M. M,
Cheek, $14.00; R. L. Martin, $12.5O;
Irving Blumberg, $3.50; Clara
Napue, $1,000; Dorothy Payne,
$1,000; Hattie Calhoun, $1,000;
Enroll Fassett, $11.OO; Ruby Rus
sell, $11.00; Beatrice Janosco,
$1,000; Dolie Patillo, $1,000;
Louise Carmichael, $1,000; Henry
Thomas, $3.50; B. L. Greer, $3.50;
Rose Booker, $500; Mary Lou
Breedlove, $500; Eunice Wilson,
$3.50; R. A. Skinner, $500; Anna
Rice, $500; Alice Jones, $500;
Josephine Chambers, $3.50; Zephyr
Turner, $1.00; Leila Mae Stewart,
$1.0O, and Betty Nevilles, $1.OO.