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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-03
ASN Enrolment
Shows Increase

HcOne - "A study of the 1914
$summ9 school enrolment ait APP
palachian State Teachers College
reveals at least four interesting
features, the most outstanding of
which is that the enrolment has
Increased steadily for the past
three years, starting with 795 in
IS42 and standing at 885 for the
E944 session. Reasons for this in
crease seem to be the return of
former teachers to places in the
profession vacated by those who
ehave gone into government SER
w1ce. the desire of teachers in
service to improve their own eff
f1zsrigncy, and the emphasis now
sheing placed on additional train
ing by school officials everywhere.
In looking over the student body
one is bound to observe the very
great age range. The youngest
student a recent high school
AG%AOAAC, 10 JOSI PaoI S4AISS4A SoA .
Of age, while the oldest, a writer
: and an authority on parliament
9tary procedure, is eighty-six. The
average for the summer school
student body is about thirty-five
years, while that of the regular
. year student body is eighteen
:, years.
Various levels of scholastic at
Gaannnent are likewise reflected in
the group. There are teachers who
were certified when not even high
school graduation was needed.
There are also 232 holders of
bachelors degrees, 81 of whom
AGad Masters degrees, with one
AGAfNng the Doctor of Philosophy
degree.
One expects to find fewer men
than usual in any group, and the
summer school is no exception.
In 1S41 one student in every five
was a man; in 1914 fewer than
4nne in every ten is a man.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-03
Neifle Knob News

Rev. Levi Green, pastor of the
Bethel Baptist Church, delivered
zn interesting sermon, last Sun
day
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Walt
~ers, of Norfolk, Va, visited his
father, Mr.. w. H. Walters, last
week.
Mr. R. o. Mikeal, of West Vir-
gInia, was the guest of Mr.. and
elk<s, Ira Phillips, last week. He
/ r:sSurned home Saturday.
Mrs. W. NJ. Phillips, of North
A1Takesboro, spent several days at
E1er kZnme here last week.,
MIR. and Mrs. G. o. Yates visited
Mr. Jack -McGinnis, last Sunday.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-03
Crunnpler

Mr.. James Taylor and daughter.
Irene, of Rising Sun, Md, are Wis
iting his brother-in-law, Mr..
Booker Baker and other relatives
this week.
Mr.. Joe Cearley, who injured
his back recently, is now improv-
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Goings were
visitors in West Jefferson Thurs
day.
Mr.. Jones Phipps visited Mr..
and Mrs. M. Gaultney, Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. John Goings were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Webb
Huddler, Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Barton
were visitors in West Jefferson,
Friday.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-03

Demonstration Club. At this
meeting the agent will give
demonstration on the making of
liquid yeast and yeast breads, as
was requested by the women.
The demonstration will start
promptly at 200 p, m. All ladies
interested in the demonstration
and the organizing of a regular
home demonstration club are well
come to attend.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-03
CHARLES DAY, s.
DIED ON SUNDAY

Funeral service was held on
Tuesday for Charles Windell
Day, eight-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Clyde Day, of Fleet
wood, who died on Sunday, July
80. Rev. B. A. Meeks conducted
the service and burial was held at
the Glendale Springs Episcopal
church cemetery.
The deceased is survived by his
parents and one brother and sis
ter, Quinton and Evon Day.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-03
MILLER CHILD DIES

Funeral service was held last
week at the Glendale Springs
Episcopal cemetery for Lois Ell
lien MiIBer, one-year-old daughter
sof Mr. and Mrs. Allen Miller, of
sGEendale Springs Rev. J. w.
Lake conducted the service.
The deceased is survived by her
parents.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-03
DECORATION AT
ORION ON SUNDAY

Rev.7E. z. Sexton, pastor of the
Orion Baptist church, announced
that a decoration would be held
IN the church cemetery on Sun
<fsy, A111ai1st 8 and urged that the
= ulkn1ic sattend.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-03

will be held with Mrs. w. L. Nc
MILAN.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-07-13

81 think these WACs must really
lead charmed lives" Major Jane
way chuckled. ''Their sick rate has
been exceedingly low and it's sig
nifcant, I think, that in the last
three months of 1943, the COM
panies which had the lowest sick
rate were the companies which had
been there the longest.
''There are ample facilities in AL
giers now to keep up woman
soldiers morale, though the morale
was high when there were none.
They do find good French hair
dressers now. The shops are open
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-07-13

G. I. Joes-$50 month plus 10 per
cent of the base pay for overseas
duty. The hours were IL a day,
seven days a week. Since curfew
was at p. M, and the Algerian
shops were closed at that time,
there was no point in time off.
During this whole period, despite
hardships - or what most of us
would consider hardships - there
were no serious illnesses and very
little filters, Major Janeway said.
A three-bed dispensary had been set
up in what was described as "a
large closet in the convent. This
was used only as an isolation ward
for those with colds-and as a
room for an occasional rest of "a
hours for the very weary. Major
Janeway said that after such treat
ment most Of them were ready to
60 back to their jobs. Despite all
the dire warnings, not one WAC con-
tracted any Of the diseases they had
been told very carefully to guard
against.
When more WACs arrived in AL
giers in May, the entire WAC colony
took over an apartment house which
provided more comforts, and
much more warmth. The number of
beds in the dispensary was in
creased to IL.
Of the 68 women who came with
this contingent, only three had to be
returned to the States. The reason
given was excessive nervousness"
The three women were aged 30, IS
and 40 respectively, and had back
grounds of nervous instability. What
had been potential inability to adj
just at home under secure routine
now became complete maladjust-
ment. Major Janeway said they
just Couldn't take it,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-07-13
Hamdressers, Cosmetics and More Free
Time Keep Up the Morale of Girls

again, so that they can buy Moroc-
can leather goods and jewelry. They
can get their laundry done, and
there's no longer the strict o'clock
curfew. They have $3.50 passes every
night and two or three II o'clock
passes each week.
'They can invite their dates to
dinner one night a week in their
own mess halls-and the dates are
lucky. The WAC mess halls are the
best in North Africa. They can even
stick cloves in piece of SPAN and
bake it to look and taste like ham.
WAC cooks are in charge, but civil
ian KPs do the cleanup work. The
hours the WACs work, they have no
time to stand KIP.
''The WACs, even those in Italy.
manage to keep neat-looking and
freshly Numbered. If they've had
any time in Algiers at all, they have
a good new permanent. They can
get powder and lipstick and other
toilet essentials at the Post Ex-
changes. They like to get soap and
kleenex from home though. Good
soap is rare over there. What they
don't like to get from horne is hard
candy. The PIX is full of hard
candy"
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-07-13

PVT. MARION DeGRAY of Mil
waukee, Wis, brings an armload of
homemade bread into the messhall.
Excellent food is credited to large
extent for the splendid health rec
ord of the WACs overseas.
Of the weaaen hadn't ever been to
sea before. They landed at Oran on
January Is, and took train for
Algiers. They discovered their quar-
tiers to be an old French convent
with no heat and no water. They
used their helmets for carrying
water from an old well in the court
yard and for wash basins. It was
bitterly cold. Major Janeway said:
''It was May before we thawed
out, ana 1t was May before we could
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-07-13

LETTERS FROM home are the
best morale boosters. Sgt. Betty
Jane O'Leary of Pittsburgh, Pa,
sounds the welcome Email call"
time to spend in frivolous activi-
ties"
There is no special training for
keeping the WACs in trim. In WIN
ter they don't have much oppor-
tunity for exercise, but in summer
they swim. In North Africa, a pro-
gram has been set up which, pro-
vides each woman, after so long a
time, four-day rest period. A rest
camp has been established 20 miles
up the coast from Algiers. It was
opened first for those earliest WACs
who were beginning to look a little
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-07-13

Washington. ''The Fifth army WACs
have had an amazing health record
from the beginning"
Of 1900 women soldiers who
landed in North Africa since Janu-
airy, 1913, only IL have been sent
home for medical reasons. DR..
Janeway believes that this record
may prove one thing-that the more
primitive the circumstances, the
better a woman thrives.
'They take hardships in spirit
of fun," Major Janeway said.
When the first contingent went
over in January, 1913, it found cir
cumstances definitely primitive.
The trip over wasn't exactly sum-
mer cruise especially since most
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-07-13

fatigued after their 12-hours- a-day,
seven-days-a-week grind with no
passes from January to June.
No similar arrangement has been
made in Italy as yet, but Major
Janeway believes that one soon will
be.
In IA months, there have only
been six marriages Of WACs in the
Mediterranean area. It is possible
that a three-month waiting period
known as the ''cooling-off" period
after announcing marriage inten-
lions to the commanding officer is
the reason. This is an army regula-
ton and applies to both men and
women.
In regard to the unhappy stories
that have been circulating about the
morals of the WACs, DR.. Janeway
cited medical statistics which
showed definitely these rumors to be
Pigments of somebody's ina gination.
The women were homesick at
times, but mot too badly" Major
Janeway said. Six weeks after the
first group arrived in Algiers, how
ever, there was no mail from home,
which resulted in many fearful
night. But the regular arrival of
mail after that, and the strict
regimen took care of inconsistencies
pretty thoroughly.
There have been no battle casual
ties among the WACs. One woman
was injured, and one killed in
jeep accident. There was plenty of
bombing, but the bombs fell "just
across the street. from the Algiers
barracks. The bombs would hit the
same spot night after night. During
the day the damage would be re-
paired, and that night it would be
undone. Yet none of the WACs was
hit.
A piece of shrapnel hit the bed
in which a WAC was sleeping, but
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-07-13
DontWonyAbout Your WAC Oversee; She Healthier
AndHappier Than When at Home, Says Medical Officer

No diet deficiencies were discov-
cred. Army food was more than ade-
quate, and in addition, the WACs
were the friendly concern Of army
and navy men. They received
oranges, eggs that cost So a dozen,
and general supply of mice spoil
ing" The navy men-who We'd with
the tradition of their marine broth
ers for having this situation well in
hand-even obtained pillows for the
WAC hunks.
every time girl got a letter
from home," Major Janeway said,
Mama wanted to know If she was
getting her vitamins. She was, but
she didn't know it. Fortunately.
their folks started sending them
vitamin pills and that settled the
problem for us. They ate their pills
and felt better"
Too Much Sun Tan.
The power of the North African
sun was an unknown quantity to the
WACs. Anxious to get smooth TAM.
they discovered, to their dismay.
that it could very easily be over
done. After a few painful burns,
which kept the victims away from
work, sunburn was classified mot
line Of duty" That meant that any
WAC who was not sensible enough
to get her sun gradually, would
have her pay locked for any time
she was off work. They soon learned
how to do it gradually.
BY November, three more WAC
companies had reported for duty in
Algiers. In December, one company
fresh from the States went direct
ly to Italy.
The healthiest women in the
whole Mediterranean area, Major
Janeway found, were the Fifth army
WACs living in tents very close be-
hind the fighting lines in Italy. They
were part of communications
platoon based at Naples and half
up toward the front, living in tents.
working the command post mes
sage center. They were with the
Fifth army in North Africa and fol-
lowed when American troops took
Naples.
Major Janeway said that the
WACs at the front and those in
North Africa, for that matter, are
so healthy because they do not have
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-07-13

A WAC i'm North Africa hangs up
some personal laundry in the back
yard Of the convent which serves
as barracks, giving homelike
touch to the grim business Of war.
way replied: '"They certainly dol"
She continued:
lit takes a 1evel-headed and very
well-balanced woman to stand up
against that pressure and maintain
her own good sense. It takes level
headed woman to keep rested and
to maintain her sense of humor."
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-07-13

MAJ. MARGARET JANEWAY, who has the re-
sponsiby for the health of the WACs in North Africa
is shown in her Office examining Pvt. Jane Strauss of
Chicago. Before Major Janeway entered the Women's
corps she practiced medicine in New York City.
In August 1912, she became a contract surgeon at
the WAC camp in Fort Des Moines Iowa. By the time
unit ready to sail, she had become first lieutenant
She remained a WAC medical officer until August
1S4s, when by change in regulations, she able
to obtain commission in the army medical depart
ment. Until she returned to the United States ON
rotation Through after IA months abroad, she was in
charge Of 25-bed hospital
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-07-13

she was unframed. There was some
dispute between her and the occu-
pant of the next bunk as to whom
the piece Of shrapnel belonged.
Major Janeway said that the
jobs which the WACs perform, and
about which 'they are very keen"
are those of stenographers, tele-
phone operators, drivers, cooks and
all kinds of communications jobs.
Asked if the WACs overseas feel
that girls at home are lackadaisical
about not joining up, Major Jane
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-07-13
Major Janeway Tells of IA Months With
North African Contingent :
BY GERTRUDE BACHMAN
Released hv Western Newspaner Union

WASHINGTON, D. C.-If
your daughter, sister or wife
is a WAC and stationed in the
Mediterranean area, you are
probably worrying a lot more
about her than she is about
herself. Maj. Margaret Jane
way, Medical corps, U. S.
army, gives a report that
should put to route all unnec-
essary fears.
''They are never SICK" Major
Janeway told press conference in
ONE OF THE MANY jobs that
WACs are doing is driving army
trucks and staff cars. An army off,
Ger is showing a WAC the route he
wants followed.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-07-13

get an occasional good nights
Sleep"
The women slept IL in room on
straw mattresses placed on double
decker hunks, wore all their wooden
clothes and wrapped themselves in
three blankets when they went to
bed. Those on the night shift were
envied because they slept during the
daytime when there were no air
raids.
Such were the conditions of their
employment. The wages Of WAC
privates are the same as those Of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-02

ice cream. For the variety
made at home in the auto
matte refrigerator or in a
freezer, there are many
recipes. And there is a
new ready mixed product
which results in good ice
cream with nothing but
water added to the mix.
Chocolate Ice Cream
Here are recipes we've
found especially good.
1 cup sugar
4 tablespoons flour
* teaspoon salt
2 cups milk
3 squares unsweetened
chocolate
2 eggs, slightly beaten
4 cups light cream
2 tablespoons vanilla
Combine the sugar, flour
and salt in the upper part
of a double boiler, mixing
thoroughly. Add the milk
gradually, stirring well. Add
the chocolate. Place this
pan over the lower part of
the boiler containing boil
ing water, and cook and
stir until it is thickened.
Then continue the cooking
ten minutes, stirring occa-
Sionally. Pour a small
amount of the mixture over
the beaten eggs, stirring
vigorously. Add this to the
chocolate mixture in the
double boiler and cook two
minutes longer. Let it cool.
Mix the cream and vanilla
In.
Freeze it till stiff in a
freezer. Use eight parts of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-02
BY FLORENCE BROBECK
WOmen's Editor

IF there is one time In the
] summer when ice cream
and cake can not be omitted
from the menu, it is on the
Fourth of July.
In so many parts of the
country, for more years
than even the oldest inhabi-
tant can remember, this
midsummer holiday has
been the occasion for a
family picnic, or a COM
munity festival in some
local park or nearby woods.
Usually with speeches and
flags and fireworks. Ger
tainly with the good food
of gifted cooks-the wo-
men who mothered the big,
noisy, lovable families of
the community.
The Joneses brought a
huge crock of potato salad.
The Smiths filled a big pan
with crisp, fried chicken. A
good many baskets came
laden with sandwiches, and
pickles and stuffed hard
boiled eggs. The prize cake
makers of the neighborhood
brought big delectable
cakes topped with thick
frosting.
But the ice cream was
made in freezers by men
and boys right at the picnic
grounds. And it was
scooped out in those days
in big cone-shaped affairs
not the small, round bulbs
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-02
PosfeI Jelly Frosting
= cup Jelly

- up Jthg
l egg white, unbeaten
4 tablespoons sugar
i teaspoon salt
Combine jelly, egg white
sugar and salt in the top of
a double boiler, beating with
a wheel egg beaten till thor
oughly mixed. Place over
rapidly boiling water. Beat
constantly with the egg
beaten and cook three min
utes. or until the frosting
will stand in peaks. Remove
from the boiling water and
let ii stand till cool enough
TO spread. Makes three and
one-half cups froSting.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-02

49, SO precious you shouldn't
waste single morSel!
How TO guard their crisp
garden freshness? . their fine
Aavor?. their vitamins so
necessary to good health? just
follow these rules:
FIRST-clean vegetables
imme diately, and discard with
cred. discolored leaves.
SECOND-wrap tightly in
Cut Rite Waxed Paper and
store at once in refrigerator
until used.
Because it's aoz6ie-tOased and
sNber-caiendered, you'll find Cut
Rite a blessing, a sure way to cut
food costs, reduce food waste
and make Foods Fight for Free
dom" AT your groCer's, in the
big, blue and white carton.
Avlomasie Popes Moehloesy Co., Inc.
hebeken, New Jersey
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-02
Euvorite Cup cakes


2lt cups sifted cake flour
pa teaspoons baking
powder
Il teaspoon salt
y cup butter or other
shortening
1 cup sugar
2 eggs, well beaten
q cup milk
l teaspoon vanilla
Sift the flour once, mea.
sure it, add the double.act.
ing baking powder and salt.
and sift together three
times. Cream the shorten
ing, add sugar gradually
and beat together until light
and fluffy. Add the eggs
and beat well. Add the
flour, alternately with the
milk, a small amount at a
time, beating after each ad.
dition until smooth.
vanilla. Bake this in greas. -
cup cake pans in a mod.
crate oven (375 degrees F.
twenty to twenty-five min.
utes, or until done. Frost
with your favorite frosting
and decorate with nuts or
grated chocolate. Nal es
two and one-half dozen me-
dunn, or one and one half
dozen large, cup cakes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-02
Happy Day Coke

pa cups sifted cake flour
pa teaspoons baking
powder
l teaspoon salt
IL cups sugar
y cup Shortening
l cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
Measure into the sitter
the flour, double-acting bak-
ing powder. salt and sugar.
Have the shortening at room
temperature for at least
half an hour before mixing;
then add the Sifted dry in.
gradients to it, mix, then
add half of the liquid, and
the unbeaten eggs. Beat all
for one minute. Add the re.
naming liquid, blend, and
beat two minutes longer.
Bake either in one pan
measuring thirteen-by-nine.
by.twO inches; or in two
ninc-inCh Ia yer pans,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-02

ice to one part of salt.
When the dasher turns
hard" carefully remove ice
from the top OF the freezer.
Wipe off the can with a
clean cloth and remove
the dasher. Cover the can
with a piece of waxed
paper, and then with its
own lid. Repack the freezer
with four parts of ice to
one part of salt. This
makes two quarts Of cream.
Twelve to sixteen servings.
Butterseoteh Ice Cream
1 teaspoon gelatin
Il cup milk
1 package prepared
butterscotch pudding
Il cup sugar
IL cups milk
Ia cups light cream
Combine the gelatin and
one-fourth cup milk. Place
the pudding powder in a
saucepan. Add the sugar
and one and one-fourth
cups milk gradually, stir
ring constantly. Cook and
stir over heat till the mix
ture comes to boiling and
is thickened. Remove from
the heat. Add the gelatin
milk mixture Immediately
and stir. Add the cream
and mix thoroughly. Place
in the freezing -tray-ef the
automatic refrigerator, Set
ting the control for the
coolest freezing tempera-
ture. When almost frozen
remove it to a cold bowl,
and beat with a wheel egg
beaten.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-02

creased, the bottom lined
with waxed paper and
creased again. Bake in a
moderate oven (375 degrees
F., about twenty-five mir
utes for the layers, or Il
ty-five minutes for 49,
sheet cake
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-02
Lemon Ice Cream

2 eggs
Il cup sugar
u cup light corn syrup
2 cups top milk Cor l cup
light cream)
Il cup lemon juice
2 teaspoons grated lemon
peel
Beat the eggs till lemon
colored; add the sugar and
beat to a thick, custard-like
consistency. Stir the syrup
into this, then the milk.
then the lemon juice and
peel. Mix well. Freeze IL
in a refrigerator tray with
the control set for the low
est temperature. When Il
is frozen, remove this TO a
bowl and whip with an cleo
trio or hand beaten until 1t
is light and creamy. Re-
turn it quickly TO the freez-
ing tray. Finish the freez-
ing. Makes one quart,
which is six to eight serv-
ings. II not served at once,
hold it at the middle tenn
perature control of the re-
frigerator.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-04-08
Ruth Vincent Wed
CONTINUED from PAGE One)

Continued from Page One)
uShers were Mr.. Henry Amory
and Mr. Justin Williams.
Miss Vincent is a graduate Of
Boston Teachers College and
has taken graduate courses at
Boston University and Emerson
College, Sh els a teacher in the
Boston public school system and
is an accomplished celliSt; she
was a member of the Boston
Civic Symphony Orchestra. She
is an A. K. A. 1t. Williams is a
graduate of Wilberforce Univer-
Sity and had entered Meharry
when called to the Armed forces.
He is member of the Kappa
fraternity. The 0y couple
left for Indianai IS, Indiana
shortly after the ceremony.
The out of town guests were
Mrs. I. S. Williams of Savannah.
mother of the groom, and Mrs.
Frederick Swift of New York.
aunt of the bride.