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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-10-21
J. W. Wayman, 90,
Buried Saturday
Well Known Jefferson Citizen
Passes After Critical
Illness

Funeral service was held Satur-
day afternoon at two o'clock for
Jacob w. Wayman, 80, one of
Jefferson's oldest and best known
citizens, who died Thursday night,
following a period of serious ILL
ness.
Service was held at the Jeffer-
son Methodist church of which
the deceased had been a member
for more than so years. Rev. H. D.
Jessup, Rev. B. A. Meeks and Rev.
John S. Jordan were in charge.
Burial followed in the jefferson
cemetery.
The service was attended by a
large crowd.
The deceased, who was a native
of this county, had a fine memory
and could relate much of the
early history of this section. For
many years he was an active and
successful farmer.
He is survived by his wife, two
sons, William H. Wayman, of JEFF
ferson, and Joseph A. Wayman,
of Morristown, Tenn, and one
daughter, Mrs. Langdon L. Scott.
Near neighbors served as pail
bearers.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-10-21

October 80 has been set as the
peak rally day in the big victory
scrap campaign, Chairman Roy H.
Grouse announced this week. Citi-
zens throughout the county are
urged to begin now to assemble
all scrap metal in order that it
may be picked up and hauled into
West Jefferson on that day.
Mont Jones, of the j. and ].
Store, has agreed that the lot in
the back of his store can be used
as dumping ground and a buyer
will be there all day, Oct. 80, to
weigh and buy scrap. Truck loads
will be weighed on the scales of
the Carolina Briar Corporation.
The All Clubs, Boy Scouts,
schools, churches, home demon
stration clubs, AAA committee
men and neighborhood leaders
are urged to canvass their neigh
borhood for all available scrap
metal. All junked cars, discarded
farm machinery and miscellane-
GUS scrap that is no longer in use.
All truck owners are asked to
assist in the drive and are re-
quested to pick up all scrap in
their respective neighborhoods
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-10-21
Two Murder Cases Scheduled For Trial Next Week
Coal For County
Is Set At $4,000;
Need Help OF ALL
Initial Gifts Are Being
Sought; w. B. Austin Is
County Chairman

Plans are now being perfected
for the opening of Ashe county's
United War Fund Drive on Mon
day, when the goal has been set
for $4,000, w. B. Austin, chairman
for the county, announced yester-
day.
This drive includes seventeen
different war agencies, as we'll as
the local Boy Scout organization,
and the cooperation of every citi-
zen is asked to help raise the
county's quota.
Included in the seventeen agen-
cies are service to the armed
forces, aid to prisoners of war,
relief to citizens of occupied coun-
tries and many others for which
separate drives were formerly
held.
The initial gift committee is
this week mailing out letters from
which a good response it expect
ed. Several have already replied
with contributions and list of
these will be published next
week.
Schools, Boy Scouts, clubs and
other groups and individuals are
being asked to work in the drive
in order that the quota may be
raised at once.
At a meeting of the executive
committee, held Thursday night,
it was decided to send speaker
to each of the schools early next
week to discuss the drive.
It was also decided to include
the local Boy Scout fund in the
Continued on Page ~
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-10-21
Davis Resigns AS
Clerk To Board

Sam Davis, who has efficiently
served as clerk to the local board
since the present military service
law went into effect, has resigned
to accept a position elsewhere, &C.
cording to reliable information re-
ceived by this paper.
1t is understood, however, that
Mr.. Davis resignation has not
been accepted as yet and that no
one has been chosen to fill his
place, as clerk to the board. A
member of the board, contacted
late yesterday afternoon, said that
he had no official announcement,
as yet, to make on the matter.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-10-21
So Ashe Men Are
Classified In Ia
By Local Board
List Of These, Together With
Other Recent Classified
tons Is Published

In their last meeting for classifl-
cation of men for military service,
the local draft board announced
the classification of 80 in Ia.
These and other classifications are
published today.
IA: Julius c.. Black, William
B. Noblett, Paul E. Segraves, Will
liam F. Greene, Hamp V. o.
borne, Onley P. Bower, Jesse A.
Turner, Robert w. Faw, Burman
M. Hayes, Hermon F. Little, Basil
R. Reeves, MILFORD C. Cox, Wiley
B. Allen, Franklin B. Barton,
Joseph C. Porter, Guy T. Badger,
Jr., Jessie H. Latham, Elmer R.
Stewart, Joseph H. Blackburn, R.
H. Stanley, Wayne Eldreth, Rob
ert T. GRAPHICAL, Elmer E. Perry,
Ray H. Phipps, Joe H. Blackburn,
George R. billiard, Harry L. Mil
Ter, Bruce B. Norris, Joseph E.
Weaver, William J. Wyrick, Nor
vel F. Houck, Carl L. Johnson,
Kennith E. Roark, c. E. Toliver,
John w. Goodman, Ralph Barker
and Albert c.. Brown.
David Combs, Noel c. Houck,
CONTINUED on Page ~
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-10-21
Methodist Meet
In Statesville
Ashe Churches Are Repre-
scented At The Annual
Conference There

Methodist ministers of Ashe
together with several lay dele
gates are attending the annual
Methodist conference in States
vile this week.
The conference opened Monday
night with Bishop Clare Purcell,
of Charlotte, presiding.
More than 800 clergymen and
lay leaders of churches in the
conference are attending.
The session opened with the
Sacrament of the Lords Supper,
administered by Bishop Purcell,
and organization of the confer
ence. This was followed by obser-
vance of the anniversary of the
conference historical society. DR..
C. I. Humphreys, president of
High Point college, was the speak
er.
The conference program of de-
votional services and business ses-
sions will continue through Fri
day.
A highlight will be reading OF
the ministerial appointments,
made by Bishop Purcell with the
assistance of his cabinet composed
of superintendent of the II dis
tricts in the conference.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-10-21
Miller Rites Are
To Be Held Today

Funeral service will be held
this morning at 1000 o'clock for
Winfield Miller, 81, of Clifton,
who died at his home on Tuesday,
October 10. The service will be
held at the North Fork Baptist
Church, with Elders Ed Davis,
Dewey Rotten, and Clayton in
charge. Burial will follow at the
WEIGH cemetery.
Mr.. Miller, who was native of
this county, was a we'll known
farmer throughout this section.
He is survived by the following
children: Bernard Miller, Birlia
Miller, D. w. Miller, w. w. Miller
and Mrs. Bertha May.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-10-21
HOyt Woods Are
Coming Here, Sun.

1t. Hoyt Wood and Mrs. Wood
are expected here on Sunday,
their many friends will be glad
to learn.
1t. Wood, who is a chaplain in
the U. S. Army, formerly served
as pastor of the West jefferson
Methodist church until he resign
ed to join the army.
He and Mrs. Wood are attend
ing the annual conference in
Statesville this week. It is under
stood that Mr.. Wood has been
invited to fill his former pulpit
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-10-21
HEMLOCK HOME is
DESTROYED BY FIRE

The home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. L..
Davis, at Hemlock, was complete
ly destroyed by fire on Monday
afternoon, when the house and
everything in it were lost. No
canned food or clothing was
saved and around $4,000 in
cash, along with other valuables,
was burned. 1t was not reported
as to how the fire was started.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-10-21
BAPTIST MEETING

Women of the Baptist churches
of Ashe county have been invited
to attend divisional meeting of
Baptist Women at tn First
Church, Lenoir, on Thursday.
October %.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13
Rail Unions und
Management
Aqree on Increase

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.-(FP)
Fifteen cooperating ailr o a {
unions and railroad arrangements
have reached an understanding
for settlement of wage dispute
which presumably now goes to the
President for consideration under
the Railway Labor Act.
The increase repeatedly agreed
on was around 8 cents an hour,
which was the amount recommend
ed by an emergency board and re-
jected by Economic Stabilzer Fred
NJ. Vinson. No mention was made
in the agreement of overtime pay
which the more than one million
employees affected now obtain only
after 48 hours. The President in
dicated at one time he thought they
should get time and one-half for
all over a 40-hour week. 1t is un-
derstood that will be pressed for
later.
Before departing for the AFL
Executive Council meeting in Chi
cago, President George M. Harri-
son of the Brotherhood of Railway
Clerks (AFL) asked reporters not
to speculate on details of the wage
increase arrangement. The confer
ees, he said, faced "a national stu
alton, with the Government at war,
in an effort to make contribution
to a solution of the problem"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13
Brown Gives
BowIes Authority

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10-(FP)
-OPA Chief Prentiss Brown, who
was attacked for failure to hold
the line in food prices recently by
the combined Labor Victory Com
mittee as it conferred with the
President Aug. 7 issued an order
granting authority over nearly all
operations of OPA to his new gen
eral manager, Chestep Bowles.
An ominous part of the order
prevents any OPA employe from
making a public statement or radio
address or giving a press inter
view on any subject involving of
fical business" without clearance
of the top official in the informa-
tion bureau.
That official is Elliot Marple,
who was assistant to the former
information bureau head, Lou
Maxon. How far Msrple was
moulded along MaXon lines re-
mains to be seen, but the new
order is not calculated to cheer the
hearts of some of OPA's most
militant anti-inflationists who be-
Iieved in OPA self-criticism.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13
Hunters
Diqesfs Ready

COLUMBUS, Aug. 10-Digests
of the new hunting regulations for
this fall and winter are now avail
able according to Ohio Division Of
Conservation and Natural Re-
sources.
Distribution of the hunting
digests will be handled by license
dealers who will pass out pamph-
lets with hunting licenses. The
regulations become effective Sept.
/. Information contained in the
phamphlet include all the prin-
cipal regulations, seasons and bag
limits on all the game species and
all regulations covering trapping.
The new hunting licenses are
now being printed and will be dis
tributed to the license agents
throughout the state within a short
time, according to conservation Of
ficials.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13
Trout Season
Best i'm Years

LANSING, Mich, Aug. D.
Michigan trout fishermen are be,
ginning the last month of what
conservation department field men
declare has been the best trout
season in the past II years. The
season closes on Labor Day, Sep
tember 6.
The excellent catches reported
BY trout fishermen are undoubt-
edly directly the result of the
fewer numbers of fishermen who
have been able 10 reach the
streams this year due to wartime
travel restrictions and gasoline ra-
tioning. The departments fish di-
vision also attributes the excellence
of the trout fishing this season 10
the high water levels resulting
from heavy spring and early sum-
mer rains. They point out that the
high water by increasing the living
space of the fish also increases
the numbers of the fish.
Department officials are advis-
ing anglers to confine their efforts
in the last month of the season to
the headwaters Of the springfield
streams. They remind fishermen
that as the temperature of the
water rises, the fish move TO the
head Of the stream, where the tenn
perature is lower.
Department field men are tip
ping fishermen off that they may
expect the best luck with trout bv
using live grasshoppers or dry
flies.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13

Set jars to cool, after process
ing on several thicknesses of towel
or newspaper, away from drafts.
Let cool for "a hours. If using a
selfsealing lid with screw band,
remove screw band and use it
over again. Test the jars b ytap-
ping gently on lid. If you get a
high ringing note, the jar is sealed
and may be stored.
Reasons for Spoilage
Spoilage reasons are many and
may be traced to any part of the
canning procedure. Sometimes it is
easier to avoid failures if you know
what causes certain types of spoil
age.
If fruit or vegetables are over
ripe, sterilization is difficult as
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13
OhioSecond
In Fishing
Licenses

COLUMBUS, Aug. 9-For
the first time in history Ohio
is in second place in the num-
ber of fishing licenses and in
third place in the number of
hunting licenses issued.
In the total number of licenses
issued TO anglers; but not in dol
lars since Ohio's fee is one of the
lowest in the country; Michigan
led with 843, 1858; Ohio, 672,sl7;
Minnesota, 1,449; Indiana, 4lO,-
6O4; California, 458,177; Illinois;
446,992; New York, 44l, ,l23, and
Wisconsin, 411,762.
Michigan also leads in hunting
licenses with S46,S69, Pennsyl-
vania was second with 651l53,
Ohio third with 614,l06. Other
high states were Indiana, 400, 1896;
Illinois, $4,000, and California,
329, SAB.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13
Women Sifdowners Join
JAW and Vote Strike

DETROIT, Aug. l0-(FP)-
After staging a sitdown strike in
the plant Of the Essex Wire Corp.
a week earlier for several hours,
women employees switched from
the company union to Local 351,
United Auto Workers (CIO) and
voted to give a 30-day strike no
tice under the new Smith Connally
labor disputes act. This is the first
UAW union TO take advantage of
the strike procedure under the
new law.
Over 1900 of the 100 employees
are women, Despite state law and
federal orders against wage dis
elimination the women get only IS
cents an hour for the same Jobs
for which the Essex firm pays men
$l.03. Another complaint is dis
charge Of 80 workers for union
activity.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13
Vegetable Canning Guide

when they're submerged, do dot
count processing time until the
water boils.
It's especially important to make
certain there's plenty of water in
the boiling water bath. There
should be enough to come two inch
es above the jars. If water boils
out during processing, add some
boiling water from a teakettle on
the range.
Gaming Procedure
Use the table given at the head
of this column for guiding you in
precooking and processing vege-
tables. The ideal way of proceed
ing with your canning is as fol-
lows:
First, before you even start
canning, get jars ready by wash
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13
Michigon's
Fish Take
Decreases

LANSING, Aug. IA drop Of
100000 pounds in production of
Michigan's commercial fishing IN
dustry during 1912 was revealed in
figures announced today by the
state conservation department.
Department officials attribute
the slump partly to the civilian la
Dor shortage and partly to the ex-
pected, customary shift in the an
nual species composition of the
catch.
Despite draft-depleted fishing
crews, Michigan's commercial fish
ermen, however, were able to main
tain production during 1912 at al
most the average production level,
established for the past p years.
Production in 1912 was totaled
at 26,278, 1898 pounds, while the
haul in 1941 reached 28,117621
pounds. The average yearly take
over 22-year period is computed
at 26,419, ,955 pounds.
Biggest decline was in waters
of Lake Michigan where fishermen
brought in 1,O92,120 pounds less
than in 1871. Production in Lake
Superior dropped 6S3,182 pounds.
In only one lake did production in
crease over 1941. A slight increase
of 1920 pounds was recorded in
Michigan waters of Lake Erie.
In Michigan waters as whole,
the haul of lake herring dropped
1,626,946 pounds in 1912, and the
harvest Of smelt was 809,330
pounds less than in 1941. Increase
in production was shown by yellow
pike, whitefish, yellow perch, cat
fish, sheepshead, bullheads, rock
bass, Menominee whitefish and
saugers.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13
Lynn Says:

What To Do: Make ration
ing work by using fresh
fruits and vegetables for
canned whenever possible. To
save money, use seasonal
produce generously.
In main dishes that call for
tomatoes or tomato juice, use
fresh tomatoes when in sea-
son, put up home canned
foods, or substitute brown
gravy.
Save and store excess water
from vegetables in a covered
container and use for flavor
ing soups, stews and gravies.
Omit chill sauce and catsup
in recipes unless you have
the homecanned varie ty.
Chopped green pepper and
relishes add pep to salads and
sandwiches Filings without
taking ration points.
Cooked dressings or sour
dressings will help sale your
using too much oil for salad
dressings.
Save every ounce of extra
fat from meat. Use it for bak-
ing or frying, or give it to
the butcher.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13
IckeS Announces
CooI Amendments

ASHIN G TON - (FP) =
Amendment to Coal Mines Ad-
ministrations regulations for gov
ernment control of the nations
coal mines necessitated by the
Smith h-Connally war labor disputes
act were announced August by
Administrator Harold L. Ickes.
Each mine operating manager is
required to advise the administra-
tor when he thinks his mine should
be turned back to the operator
under the law. He will have to
specify, under the regulations, at
what date his mine achieved "re-
storation of productive efficiency"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13
Sales I ak
Chorus
SweNs

WASHINGTON, Aug. g.
(FP)-A new crew Of sales
tax advocates, who are work
ing away busily in the Wash
ington heat, possibly because
the atmosphere is healthier here
than at home when they're ad-
vocating a sales tax, spoke up
Aug. 4.
The administration has opposed
a sales tax in any form whatso-
ever. The President has asked for
$4,000, 100000 in new taxes. Reed
and Disney dismissed the $12,000,-
900, 900 request lightly with state
ments they didn't think congress
would meet that goal.
Chairman Robert Doughton d.,
n. c. says, Wen raise what
revenue we reasonably can with
out breaking anybody's back OF
shattering industry"
Taft Is At II
Senator Robert A. Taft (R.
Ohio, who, instead Of going home
is getting his pro-sales tax propa-
ganda in the papers here almost
daily, doesn't like his proposal tC
be called a sales tax. People would
pay a 1919 tax when they bought
things, but they'd get back
stamps, so he calls it enforced
savings"
When asked what about tho
people in the low income brackets
who Just couldn't save that 10et
if they were to eat nourishing
food, he said, "They could sell the
stamps, or the bonds they'd buy
with them. No, they wouldn't de.
preciate in value necessarily-un-
less it was arranged that way
They could be fixed so they
wouldn't"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13


Rolling.
Leading the Local II team by
a score of 7 to l until the ninth
inning, the Red Cabs got a scare
in the closing minutes of the game
when the Auto Workers staged d
three run rally that fell three runs
short of making it an overtime
game. Final score was Red Cabs
Z, Local 12-4.
Eloff and B. Rolling did the
pitching for the UAW, with wager
doing a good job of hurting for
the Red Cabs.
Spicers won from Milford, to
2 holding their first place position
in the league while the Krantz Old
Dutch team won by lop-sided
score Of Is to z over the Zeidlitz
Meats.
Following is the score by in
nings:
R. H. E.
u. A. W. 100 900 OO3-4 7 2
Red Cabs O20 101 O3x-7 9 2
Eloff, B. Rolling and J. Rolling;
Yager and Mesteller.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13
How About Rolling
Back Hog Prices?

WASHINGTON-( FP) Feed
supplies for 1943-44 will be the
smallest since 1896 in relation TO
the livestock on farms, the depart
ment Of agriculture announced
Aug. 6. High prices Of hogs in re-
lation to corn have resulted in the
holding of feed in the Corn Belt.
IF large quantities Of corn con-
tinue to go to hog production in
the Corn Belt, this may be re-
Elected in smaller production If
dairy and poultry products IN
other areas" says the report.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13

tables IN the non-acId class, to
which most of them belong. Mr..
Botulinus is hard to destroy ex-
cept by extreme heat-which the
pressure cooker can give as most
vegetables are processed at an
above-boiling point, 240 degrees
Fahrenheit.
Let me go on record as saying
use the pressure cooker if you pos
sibly can. Chances Of your being
able to buy one are slim, but per-
haps there's a neighbor or friend
or a local canning center which
will give you the means of having
one.
If it's absolutely impossible to
obtain pressure cooker, do nom
acid vegetables by the boiling water
bath. 1t takes much longer to proc
ess the vegetables, but don't skimp
minute of it, if you would be
successful.
Processing Foods
Processing times have been care
fully tested and cannot be short
ened. Follow them to the letter to
get results. Processing may be
done in various ways, and it is inn
portant to select the one best
suited to the food you are putting
up.
A pressure cooker gives you the
greatest degree of safety in can
ming non-acid vegetables for it per-
mits the greatest degree of heat to
penetrate the jar and thus destroy
botulinus. To use the pressure
cooker, prepare the product, pre-
cook it and pack carefully in ster-
pressure cooker b ypouring hot
ilized jars. Adjust cap, Prepare
water into the bottom of the cook
er up to the level of the rack.
Place filled jars on rack, allowing
for sufficient circulation of water
around them. Be sure jars do not
touch.
Place top on pressure cooker and
clam pon tightly. Leave pet cock
open 7-10 minutes to exhaust all
steam in cooker, otherwise you will
not get correct pressure. After all
steam is exhausted, close pet-cock
and let pressure mount to desired
degree, then turn down heat, and
maintain pressure exactly or liquid
will be drained from jars if press
ure is allowed to fluctuate.
When processing time is up, re-
move cooker from heat, let press
ure reach zero, then remove lid, so
steam does not hit you when cook
err is opened. Set jars on several
thickness of cloth or paper, and
let cool, without inverting.
Hot Water Bath
A large, deep vessel with tight
fitting cover is best for making
this type of Gamer. Use a big
kettle, lard can, deep well cook
er with galvanized wire or rack
at the bottom fit to hold the
Jars one-half inch from the bottom
of the Gamer. Before putting jars
in canner, have water boiling
briskly, If the jars lower the
temperature and it stops boiling
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-13

MONTEAGLE, Tenn.-(FP)-
A 40-page booklet, You Can Make
A Leaflet, edited by President
Emil Willemetz of the Knoxville
CIO Council, is recommended as
standard union office equipment"
by Highlander Folk School, Mont
eagle, Tenn, which is selling it at
so cents postpaid.
In the booklet are q sample
leaflett actually used by unions.
leaflets actually used by unions.