The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-07-08

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merely loaf, yet others do some
real constructive work.
Mrs. Earl Davidson, "Inez" to
her many friends, has the best
garden she has had in years, by
her own admission and that of
her neighbors, and she works in
it practically every Wednesday
afternoon.
Mrs. Arthur Frazier, "Cora",
to her many friends, recently
went strawberry picking on her
Wednesday afternoon off and
picked enough wild strawberries
for % pints of preserves, which
she completed in the same af-
ternoon and night.
Glenn Little, popular owner of
the Western Auto Associate store
has spent his time building q val
liable trout pool in the rear of
his home. Mr.. Little admits that
he enjoys sitting in the shade &C.
caslonally looking at his pool
Dean Mcmillan says he enjoys
croquet on Wednesday afternoon.
This is a popular form of recrea-
ton and, of course, it has long
been admitted even by the eff
cheney experts that some recrea-
ton is essential to everyone.
On Parade At Fort Jackson
The writer had the opportunity
of being at Fort jackson on July
and seeing a special parade Of
representatives of the various
branches of the service. Guess
who was right up in front of the
WAC? (They are no longer
'Waacy") 1t was Ashe county's
own Mamie Miller Carlan. She
was doing herself proud, too! We
had a few minutes to chat with
her afterwards and, of course,
she was thrilled over being a
part of the armed forces"
Know the COMMANDMENTS Chief?
While in Columbia, we also
had an opportunity r" caring
Gov. DIN Johnson, a g with
the national commando. of the
American Legion and a number
OF other prominent speakers on
an American Legion program.
The legion commander is a Ten
nessee Republican and in the
course of his remarks, he low
rated the President of the United
States and some other high Off
Gals IN no uncertain terms.
There were thousands, and we
mean thousands, of South Caro-
lima soldiers in the audience and
one just back of me, after hearing
the speaker criticize Roosevelt
for sometime, finally said in
characteristic drawl, "Aint he
talking about the Comander-in-
Chief of the army" It had
daWned on the soldier that ac-
cording to his training, such a
practice is not quite cricket in
times of war.
Names and Imagination!
Billie Anderson was on the
trip with us and, as usual. we
played a game asking her to
identify objects which she was
not so familiar with. A motor
cycle passed and when she was
asked what that was, she looked
1t over carefully and replied 1T
looks like big noisy bicycle to
mel"
Calling Pipe Collectors
Ed D. Barr was in the office
this week and was smoking one
OF the new Kistin pipes. Some
pipe it was, too, the envy of col
lectors.
incidentally, Ed, who spent
short time here, while enroute to
Florida, is with the Army Signal
Corps and has recently had a nice
promotion. He was at Belmar.
N. j., before being transferred to
Clermont, Florida.
Greetings to Small Visitors
We have had several small Wis
itors in the office recently, among
which was David Bauguess, of
Washington, D. c. David, who has
reached the advanced age of six
months, is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Bauguess. Mrs.
Bauguess was the former Alber-
tine Hurt.
Another attractive member of
the young set who paid us a call
this week, was Mary Ennis Camp
bell, the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sam Campbell. Mrs. Campbell
was before her marriage, Miss
Kate Kilby.
Somewhere I'm the Pacific
From somewhere in the Pacific
comes the following letter, which
we believe will be Of interest on
the home front: +,