The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-07-22


of doing a good many odd jobs
on a newspaper from sweeping
the floor to writing the editorials,
but last Thursday afternoon was
our first time to assist in deliv-
ering the papers. We travelled
with the mailman from West JET
ferson to North Wilkesboro and
handed out Skyland Posts as well
as some other mail. 1t gave us
a chance to see some of our sub
scribers for the first time and to
note with what enthusiasm some
of them received the paper.
We are now mailing great
many papers across the water, to
England, Africa, the Pacific area
and other foreign ports, to our
men in service; but I was sur
prised to learn that some papers
actually cross the water in Ashe
county. Between the New River
bridge and Glendale Springs we
saw some people, who live just
across the river, row over in boats
to secure The Skyland Post from
their mail boxes along the high
way!
We were interested in the va
rious types of mail boxes. Some
were large, others small, some
weather-proof and some built to
catch all the rain fall! Across in
the Wilbar section of Wilkes
county, when we tried to insert
the mail, we hit an obstruction in
the box. What do you think it
was? A birds nest! We imagine
that box holder was expecting air
mail!
What Do We Eat?
The old answer in the rhyme,
white bread and meat, has
been proven wrong. Appetites
have changed and seem to be
taking stranger turn than ever.
1t was reported to us this week
that Jim McLaurin almost ate
toad frog on a bet! We like
bull frog legs but bet we would
have to be starving to even taste
toad! Jim Story got the fever
of the times and was on the verge
of consuming a gold fish, but fl
nally decided that he did not
want to have gold-plated insides,
and changed his mind about his
taste in fish.
Speaking of fish stories, Jim
Hensley and Rex Morton caught
catfish the other night that
was really some fish! It was 33
inches long and weighed between
twenty and thirty pounds. If
this sounds unbelievable, we I'M
derstand that the head has been
embalmed and can be seen at
Reins-Sturdivant funeral home
here
Hitler's Children Hit Farm!
We received an interesting let
ter recently from Nena Bell Barr,
who is deep in the heart of Texas.
Nena sent an article and some
pictures of veterans of Hitler's
Afrika Korps at work in the
fields and other places in and
around Huntsville "They didn't
seem as curious about my pres
ence as l was about theirs and to
me they looked quite content,
she writes.
The article points out that the
Germans make good farm help
and are glad the Americans and
not the Russians captured them.
Twin Cucumber Pickles!
Now, in the days of rationing,
we seldom expect to get an over
dose of anything, but Stephen
Mullis, of West Jefferson, had
such luck. He brought in a pair
of twin cucumbers. With a little
vinegar and other proper ingre-
dients, there would be a pair of
pickles for you.
Who Owns The Birds?
Some birds are a big help and
others a nuisance, but did you
ever stop to think who owns the
birds? Rev. John S. Jordan re-
ports some Sparrows decided that
his window would be an apt
place in which to build nest and
raise their young. Mr.. Jordan
left them unmolested but just be-
fore the young were able to fly
a neighbor came and destroyed
them.
Now the neighbor must have
thought the birds were a pest.
But SO are some neighbors' dogs
and children!
Clothes and Character
Dorothy Dix recently wrote an
article stating that one could US
ually judge woman's character
by her clothes. She admitted that
there were sonme exceptions, but