The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-09-16

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another wedding anniversary and
with some friends, made reServa-
tons at the Black Bear Inn.
Some how, there was slight
misunderstanding and when we
arrived on Saturday evening, we
found that we were expected on
ISunday. But Saturday was the
anniversary and we were there
so they obligingly served us din
ner. Mrs. Fred Ray made an ex-
PLANTATION ahead of time that since
dinner was over and no prepara-
tons had been made, that she
would not be able to serve a very
good meal.
But you should have seen the
meal and tasted it, too! In all of
the years we have been married
and the different places we have
eaten, we have never had a better
meal. If that was as she had pre-
dicted mot such a very good
meal, 1 wonder where and what
a real good meal would be like?
Meals like they serve at the
Black Bear cannot be beaten.
This place is real asset to Ashe
county and we take our hats off
to Mr.. and Mrs. Ray.
Old School Days
Ed Jones, popular merchant,
was reminded of his old school
days the other day when his 81
year-old teacher, Saunders Rob-
inson, of Clifton, paid him visit.
Mr.. Robinson taught Mr.. Jones
at Clifton, when he was quite a
youngster and remarked the 9TH
er day that he felt like he had
done a pretty good job, with the
assistance of Mr. Jones' father
He will be pleasantly recalled
by many as one of their favorite
school teachers.
A Generous Gift!
DR.. J. L. Ballou, of Grassy
Creek, who has shown much in
terest in Ashe county since his
return here, made a voluntary
gift of $4,000 to the Ashe county
hospital the other day. DR.. Bal
lou has been interested in the
hospital for some time and his
gift is greatly appreciated. There
is still much equipment the hos
pital could use to increase its
usefulness to the people of this
section. And this can be made
possible through gifts.
Buy War Bonds Now!
We have said it before and we
are going to keep on saying it un-
til the final drives to Tokyo and
Berlin are won. And if there is
a reader who has not bought
bond during this current drive,
we urge you to do SO.
We received this letter in con-
nection with the drive and are
passing it on to the readers for
what it is worth: >
Dear Editor:
For the past few days 1 have
been worried with school chill
dren who report that they have
heard that l bought a stable
amount of bonds, or am planning
to, and they want to have credit
for this.
Contests are all right, but when
they reach a point where children
want to take credit for something
they have not done anything
about, think they should be
discouraged. One student went
so far as to say that a teacher
told him to see if he could not
get credit for some bonds already
purchased. Isn't that going a
little too far?
IL seems to me that the teach
erS should encourage the chill
dren to actually sell bonds, that
is what is needed instead of try
ing to get credit for something
which they do not deserve by
their own efforts to have any
credit for.
| Ashe county is still a long way
from its goal. Let's stop worry
ing about who is going to get
credit. for what has been bought
or sold. Let's get to work and
sell more. That is what will
count in winning the war and
raising our quota.
A READER
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