davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-04-21
Jak zachazet s gumovymi
krouzky pro konservy.

Move gumove krouzky pro
sklenice ma zavaTovan1 jsou
jake byli loni, z pouzit6 a syn
teticke gumy. Proto sc dopru-
cuje toto zachazen1 S mimi:
Ably Sc odstranil jejich "a
pach, a necistota ma Mich, u
myjte krouzky kartacem v
horke mydlinove vode. PAX
vaTte 10 minut We vaT1c1 vod6
s kuchynskou sodou, pri cemz
ma kazdy tucet krouzku, dejte
kvart vody a cajovou lzicku
sody. PAX dobre vyplachnete,
a ma kazdou skupinu krouzku
pouzijte cerstvou vodu.
Temto valecnym krouzkGm
nedavejte zkousku pruznosti.
Nektere totiz Sc mohou pretrh-
nout a zadny neskace zpet
jake krouzky z pr1rozene gu
my.
Krouzky jsou We dvou dru-
zich, mensl a vets1. Ty mensi
nepfetahujte pres zahyby lah-
We jinak prasknou.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-04-21
ka slOzena z Americana.

3. Zvysena a stale zdoko-
nalovana ochrana del americ-
keno lodstva a letouny prGvod
clch materskych letadlovych
lodi.
4. Plat je 5000 do $3.50 me
sicne pro proste namorn1ky, cd
$3.50 mesfcne pro inzenyry -
potrava, lekarska a zubnl ose-
trent zdarma. PTilezitost Stat
Sc dGstojn1kem S vysslm pla-
tenn.
Namornfci kteTf mali pr1slus-
ne pap1ry, inzenyri s diplomem
A. B. budou pTijmuti. Kazdy
radiotelegrafista prve a druhe
tffdy taktez. Poslete hned te-
legram (collect) ma adresu
Merchant Marine, Washington
D. C. kdyz mystic, re jste kva-
lifikovani s udan1m jmena, a.
dresy, hodnosti, a dolby kdy
mGzete nastoupit. Dostanete
obratem informace kdy a kan
Sc dostaviti.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-04-21
Valecny material.

DR.. G.. R. Bailey v Oklahoma
City potfeboval move auto, pro-
toze stare bylo uz ma rozsypa-
nj a hlasil Sc tedy O povolenf,
ably 81 mohl nejak6 koupiti. Phi
hlaska byla pTijata, lee PAM v
OPA jsou ma takove veci ma
ramne pf1snf. Vysv6tlili, re po-
VIOLENT mohou dostati pouze Ii
de, ktef1 jsou nejak cinf We va
lecnem prGmyslu a kdyz mu
vsechno vylozili, tazali Sc:
"Jste nejak cinnym v produkci
Valencia materialu?" "To
rozhodn6 jsem," odpovfda dok
tor, "pTinas1m ma sv6t deti".
OPA n~epochybne uznala, re
deti jsou valecnym materialem
a povolenf vydala.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-04-21
Opet nedostatek uhli?

Trad pro pevna paliva, So
lid Fuel Administration, zno-
va hlasil, re t6zba m6kkeho
uhli letosnfho roku Dude O TO-
100000 tun nizs1 proti $780,
OOO, 100000 tun, ktere potre-
bujeme, ably valecna produkce
byla udrzena ma dosazene W.
81.
Ovsem Cd vladnf agencie lie
tezko ocekavati nejakou lepsl
pfepoved, nebot ty stale sledu-
il jenom politiku nedostatku a
pri delovanf. Proto take We
rejnost zT1dka kdy cd mich sly
81 O planech, jestlize vubec ne
jakych mali, ma zvysenou pro-
dukci a odstranen1 nedostatku.
V pTfpade uhl1 uhelnf teza-
Fl neustale poukazovali, re by
nemusilo byti nedostatku uhll,
kdyby nebylo stavek a kdyby
federalnf vlada vmesovanfm Sc
do tohoto oboru tento nedo-
statek vlastne nevytvafela.
Dvacet milion1 tun uhl1 IDA
Sc mnoho, avsak v pomeru Ike
kapacite uhelneho prdmyslu
lie to jen O malo vice neil kap-
ka vody do celeho sudu. Mali
tele dol1 prohlasili, re toto
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-04-21
Chytry napad, spatny vysledek

V rGznych vladnich depart
mentech We Washingtone trp1
velkym nedostatkem d1vek,
hlavne klerkyn, stenografek a
sekretafek, protoze vlada Jim
plat1 meme nez dostanou We va
lecnem prdmyslu. Ale pred
nosta jednoho odboru ma to Wy
zral. Dosel 81 ma nadraz1, kdyz
mel pTij1zdeti Wax a vyptaval
Sc prijfzdejfcfch dfvek, zda-li
by pTijaly vladnf praci. Vysle-
dek jeho napadu byl tento:
Dive mt pofadne vynadaly, je-
dina mu dala facku a jedna
chtela zavolati policajta, a il
sc uz neptal.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-04-21
Stavebni ruch pc valce.

OIdVODn1 rucn PO VaIce.
PredpOved o rekordnim staveb
MIN ruchu pc nyn6jsf valce, je-
hoz dcelem Dude hlavn6 stav-
ba obydl1 a ktery potrva cd pc
ii do 10 rokG, pronesl Morton
Bodfish, 1raduj1cf mfsto pred
soda Ligy vypomocnych spoil
XII Omitted States Savings and
Loan League) minute pondeli V
Chicago.
Bodfish pravil, re cd 2,OOO,-
600 do 1000, 900 muzG a zen z
ozbrojenych Short pouzije W.
body zakona Veterans Bill
bud ably 81 koupili novy dun a.
nebo sn1zili zadluzenf ma sta
rem obydlf, kter6 jiz vIastnf.
Mluvll ma sevro-centralnf kon-
ferenci Ligy v hotelu Drake.
"Vsichni budou z1castneni
ma budovanf nejakych 5000
600 novych malych obydlf,"
prohlasil Bodfish, klada pri
tom dGraz ma 1cast, kterou prTi
tonic zvelebovacfm programu
Dude mlti organisovana prace.
"Kazdy navrh ma zlepsenf
bytov6 ~situace, ktery Dude
vazny promyslen a Dude pod
porovan nekterou velkou del
nickou organisacf v nasf zemi
Dude velice dGlezity Organise
vana prace Dude v budoucno-
sti mluviti nejenom sauna "a Sc
be, nybrz i "a zakazn1ky jake
celek," vysvetloval recnlk da-
lie.
Zakon Veterans Bill, ktery
uz byl schvalen senatem We
Washingtone, ma povzbuditi a
dopomoci k vlastnictvf obydli,
farem a obchodG vsem navra-
tivS1m sc voj1nGm a zenam z
naSich ozbrojenych Short.
Ma zm1nen6 conference po-
dflelo sc asi 800 delegate spo-
Titeln1ch a zalozenskych sdru-
zen1, zvanych kratce vypomoc-
nymi spolky, a jednalo Sc ma
nj o problemech povalecnych
obchodnfch operacf, koupi
vladn1ch bondG a povalecnem
planovanf.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-04-21
Trinerovo HoTke Vino a Ia
klad zdravi.

Zakladem zdravf je cistota
zazivac1ho 1stroj1. My kazdou
chv1li hovoffme O tom, jak by
politicke pomery m6ly byti els
te, starame Sc O cistotu sveho
automobile, = ale ma vysoce
dGlezitou cistotu zapominame:
ma cistotu zazivaclho systemu.
Nasledky necistoty jsou: ne
chut k j1dlu, spatn6 traveni,
bolen1 hlavy, plyny v zaludku,
zacpa, pferyvany spanek. A
co nejlepe vycistf mas zazfvacf
system ? Trinerovo HoTke Vi
no S Vitaminem B.. Pres pGl
stolet1 Trinerovo HoTke Vino
poziva zaslouzenou pov6st spo-
lehliveho zaludecniho prostTed
ku a pfi tom lahodn6ho a ne
pGsob1c1ho zadne uj1manf. u
zlvejte je die navodu ma lahvi.
Vas lekarnik je ma, ale kdyby-
ste "a dnesnfch valecnych dob
nemohli je dostati v nejblizsim
sousedstvi, piste: JOS. Triner
Corp, 1888 S. Ashland Ave-,
Chicago : 8, Ill. Advt.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-04-21
Nemci hrozf csl. narodu.
PTinutili prazskou vladu k pro-
'hlaseni prot Londynu a
Moskve.

Londyn (CTK) = Mluvcf
ceskoslovenske vlady v Londy-
ne zaujal V sobotu stanovisko
k prohlaseni prazske vlady,jez
bylo vys1lano rozhlasem v pa
tex, IA. dubna. V tonic pro-
hlasen1, jez prazska vlada Wy
dala ma rozkaz Nemc1, byl &C.
sky narod varovan, re "naTize-
nj rfsskeho protektora z 3. GER
vence 1912, poole n6hoz trest
smrti hroz1 kazdemu, kdo ma
pomaha nepTateldm rise, stale
jeste je v platnosti." Prohla-
Semi dale pravilo, re "cesky ma
rod by 81 mel pripomenout, ia
Ike nestest1 jej potkalo pred
dvema Lefty, kdy S pomoc1 ces-
kych emigrantG najati vrahove
podnikli 1tok ma Heydricha."
Mluvc1 ceskoslovenske vlady
V Londyne doprovodil toto pro-
hlasen1 prazske vlady tfmto
komentaTem:
"Prohlasenf tax zvane vlady
V Praze prot londynskym a
moskevskym vyzvan k odporu
pTekvapilo ceskoslovenske VIA
dnf kruhy v Londyne svym te-
m6T zoufale divokym tonem.
Uvazfme-li. re tem6f tvtez
hrozby pronasf vlada Lavalo-
va We Francii, m1zeme predpo-
kladat S nejvetsi pravdepodob
nost1, re hrozby, jez pTipomf-
naj1 obyvatelstvu hromadne
vrazd6n1 pc Heydrichove po-
prave, byly proneseny ma roz-
kaz NemcG.
Ami We strasnych dnech pc
Heydrichove poprave nehrozi-
la prazska vlada We svych pro-
ievech prot londynskemu a
moskevskemu rozhlasu obyva-
telstvu. LIE proto pfedpokla-
dat, re nynejs1 rozhlasov6 W.
ivy Londyna a Moskvy mely v
Ceskoslovensku velky ohlas a
byly uvedeny We skutek narod-
nj vyroby, jez byly vytvofeny
pro organisaci narodn1ho Cd
poru a nynf zahajily aktivn1
boj.
Pocet vrazd "a ukryvan1 We
znG a ~vlastnen1 zbran1 stale
stoupa. V ~posledn1ch ctrnacti
dnech zavrazdili Nemci takto
dvacet osob, mezi mimi ctyri
zeny. Tyto vrazdy dokazujf,
re aktivnf odpor v Ceskosloven
sku vzrostl. Poole informacl,
jez dosly do Londyna, je kaz-
dy ctvrtek provadeno ma dvore
pankracke Venice ma padesat
techto vrazd, aniz predchazelo
jakekoli l1cen1 pred tax IVA
nymi soudy.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-04-21
Zvlastnf pridsl benzinu pro
zahradkare.

Poole ornament OPA "a
hradkari mali letos Ease narok
ma zvlastnf pTfdel benzinu ably
mohli doj1zd6t k praci ma
svych zahradkach.
Zahradkari mohou dostat
mimoradny pffdel benzinu az
ma 800 mil jestlize spln1 tyto
podmlnky:
L. Must p~ravidelne obdela-
vati plodinu nejmen6 1900 Give
recnfch stop venovanou pesto-
vani zelenin a jeho prace must
byti nutna k oSetTovan1 zahra-
dy.
2. Must ~prokazat, re vozi
jine zahradkaTe S sebou a ne
DO, re mu proste nenf mono to
provost.
3. Zahradka must byti dost
blizko jeho domova, ably "a Sc
zony mohl il tydne navst1viti
nejmene dvakrat aniz pri tom
spotreboval vice nez 800 mil
jfzdy autem plus normalnf dav
ku A.
Trad pro Valecne Zasobo-
vanf op6tne zdGraznil, re letos
je tTeba o 2 miliony zahradek
v1tezstvf vice, neil jsme nell
loni - kdy jsme jich NELL 20
milionu.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-04-21

mnozstvf by mohlo byti vyte-
zeno v kratke dobe. Vzdor to-
mu vsak je mnoho lid1, kteri
necekaji, re by vlada dovoli-
la, ably tento nedostatek Cd
stranili.
Patrne chronicky nedosta-
tex uhlf je stale drzan mad hla-
vami naroda jake pr1cina k w.
mluve, proc uhelne dolly jsou
stale drzany We stavu "sociali-
sace". A pax k ospravedlneni
kfiku byrokratG S poukazova-
MIN ma nedostatek, ably Sc otev-
Tela costa k bitve O socialisaci
jinych prdmyslovych oborG.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-04-21
WPB uvolnuje nerezavejici o.
eel pro jidelni nacini.

War Production Board opet-
ne uvolnil nerezavej1ci ocel
pro vyrobu jfdelnfch pr1bord.
Tato ocel je nyn1 dana k dispo-
sici vyrobcGm kteTf jsou vsak
omezeni predpisy jake IVORY
nacinf sm6jf vyrabeti.
Upozornuje Sc vsak, re to
potrva ash tTi az ctyTi mes1ce
neil tyto pTfbory Sc objev1 u
obchodnfkG. Ocel k vyrobe
byla uvolnena tento tyden.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-04-21
DOMACf FRONTA.
Office Of War Information
Washington, d. c..
Zames tnani pro valecne
vyslouzilce.

Poole ornament reditele ko-
mise pro pracovnf silly, Pavla
kazdy valecny wy
slouzilec hledaj1ci zamestnani
najde kazde federalni pro-
stTedkovatelne prace seaman
uvolnenych mist We vsech hlav-
mich prGmyslovych strediskach
s vice nez 100000 obyvateli a
We vSech hlavnlch mestech jed
notlivych stat1 Unie. Seaman
je zalozen ma informacich do
davanych zamestnavateli a
kazdych ctrnact dnf je revido-
van.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-04-21
Zadne zvyseni cen kukurice.

Administrator OPA Chester
Bowles oznamil, re jeho Trad
nepomysl1 ma zadne ~zvysovani
cen kukufice. Toto prohlaseni
platf proto, ably Sc zabranilo
r1znym neopravnenym poves-
tenn ktere udavaly, re dojde k
zvysen1 cen kukuTice. Ia n.y.
nejs1ch cen krmiva a cen do
bytka nenf dGvodu k zvyseni
cen kukuTice.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-04-21
Sluzebni vlajky pro rodiny OBJ
chodnich namornikIE.

Urad pro valecnou lodnf do
pravu oznamil tento tyden, re
rodiny obchodnfch namorn1kG
by mely v~yvesovati sluzebn1
vlajky. Sluzebn1 vlajka ma BIZ
lou hvezdu nebo hvezdy Poole
poctu pr1slusnfk1 rodiny slou-
z1c1ch v obchodnlm americkem
lodstvu, a ma modrem site je
silueta lodi typu Liberty.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-04-21
skoro osm biiiona vydano ma
valku zamesic brezen.

Vlada vydala v bTeznu ma
waikiki z bilionG 948 milionG do
larG, coz jest wrist o 1870
mad poslednim rekordn1m me-
sfcem, kterym byl 1nor t. r. Cd
zacatku programu ma obranu
dine L. cervence 1910 bylo Wy
dano jiz 176 bilion1 500 Milo
nj, jak oznamila rada pro va
lecnou produkci.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-04-21
Poor ma pridelove knizky
kuponH.

OPA upozornuje vsechny no
spodyn6, ably dobre opatrovaly
sve pfldelove kuponove kniz-
ky. Poprve cd zavedeni pride
III Sc pouz1va jenom jedna kn1z
ka kuponG, ktera Dude v plat
nosti tfikrat tolik jake pTedcha
Zej1c1 kn1zky.
Knlzka {. 3 sc pouzfva pro
kupony ma odber obuvi a even
tuelne ma jine veci, ktere ne
jsou opatfeny kupony z kniz-
ky {. 4.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-04-21
Jednoduche ukladani vajec.

Vzhledem ma rekordn1 pro-
dukci vajec name nyn1 ctyfi
jednoducha pravidla pro do
macf uskladnenf vajec: /.
zmrazen1m, 2. namocenim do
mineralnfho oleje, 3. namoce-
MIN do vodn1ho skla, prodava
Sc V grocerii anebo 4. ulozen1m
do utesnenych nadob kan
jsme dali suchy led caribou
dioxide.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-04-21
Hrdina.

"Kdybych byla v6dela, ze's
tax zbabely, nebyla bych 81 te
nikdy vzala. ia myslila, re isl
hrdina."
"T1m jsem take tenkrat byl,
kdyz jsem 81 tebe brali"
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-04-21

When war broke out, Marine Sgt Maier J. Rohschld of New York City
vas studying journalism at night, selling stocks in Wall Street daytmes. On
December 81, l94l, "a days after Pearl .Hrbor he enlisted. He's been awarded
the Purple Heart for wounds received in hand to hand bayonet combat and
the Navy Gross for fighting off and killing 95 out Of $50 of the enemys torming
a machinegum emplacement. He's OF giving up until We win. And you? Are
you still buying tate extra War Bond! u Treasury Department
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-04-21

A weekly Bohemian journal
devoted to material, education
al and political Interests of
Bohemians in the United States
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-10-12

time.
Mrs. A. w. Painter, of Wythe-
vile, Va, is visiting her sister
Mrs. E. r. Sturdivant, here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mont Jones ano
family and Miss Helen Shatley
visited friends in Elkin, Sunday
Miss Ruth Shepherd and Miss
Ruth Roland spent Sunday with
Miss Shepherds parents, Mr.. anc
Mrs. Arthur Shepherd, of Lam
sing.
Mrs. Grace McSwain and Miss
Ruth Roland spent yesterday in
North Wilkesboro.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Hol1a-
way, of Beng, had as their guests
Sunday, Mr.. J. A. Campbell, OF
Bina, and daughter, Miss Essie
Campbell, of Baltimore, Md.
Misses Gage and Lola Woodie
who are employed in Baltimore
are visiting their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. w. Woodie, of Nathan's
Creek.
Misses Retha Hart, Levia and
Bly, Wiles, spent the week end
with their parents, at Husk. They
are employed at Marion, Va.
Misses Norma Roland and Eve
Ign Dare Vannoy spent the past
week end as the guests of Miss
Helen Roland, who is a student at
Lees McRae College, Banner Elk
w. w. Terry, Mr.. and Mrs. P.
C. Wright and Mr.. L. P. Coward
attended an American Legion
meeting in Statesville, Tuesday
night.
Miss Doris Whitesides attended
a dress revue of All clubs, in
Asheville, on Friday, and spent
the week end at her home.
Miss Rachel RAIDER spent the
week end with her parents here
She is attending Brevard College
at Brevard, this year.
Miss Clara Cockerham spen
the week end with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. T. J .Cockerham, a
Nathan's Creek.
Misses Wynona Roland anc
Maude James spent last Friday il
Bristol, Va, on business.
Mr.. Cicero Neaves, of Warrens
vile, is suffering from an injury
to his eye, received some time ago
Misses Norma Jones and Kate
GRAPHICAL, students at Lees-McRa'
College, were home over tn
week end.
Mrs. E. w. Mcdaniel, of Elkin
is visiting her mother, Mrs. c. D
| Neal, who remains ill at her home
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-10-12
ASHE HOSPITAL HAS
SEVERAL PATIENTS

Patients at the Ashe hospital
this week are as follows: Miss
Jennie Todd, Jefferson, treatment;
Mrs. LESSEE Bare, Wagner, op-
erative; Mrs. J. B. Mathews and
daughter, of Lansing; Mrs. Ida
Cornett, Grant, Va, operative;
Mrs. Jack Davis, Whitetop, Va,
treatment; w. R. Goodman, Todd,
treatment; Mrs. Arvel Bare, of
Kingsport, Tenn, treatment; Mrs.
Iredell Sheets and son, Glendale
Springs; Mrs. Bashie Miller, Tuck
erdale, treatment; Mrs. Laura
Goss, West Jefferson, operative;
Terry Stuart, Creston, treatment;
Mrs. Brantley Burkett and daugh-
ter, Jefferson; Mrs. Oscar L. Blew
ms, Rugby, Va, treatment; Lii
liam Grubb, West jefferson, treat
ment; and Ruth Elliott, Fig, treat
ment.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-10-12
Methodist Group
Met Wednesday

The Woman's Society OF Chris
tan Service of the West Jefferson
methodist church met in its regu-
lar monthly meeting in the home
of Mrs. H. R. Vannoy, with Mrs.
Dewey Sells as joint hostess, on
Wednesday afternoon, of last
week, with a very good attend
ance.
Two new members, Mrs. Mum
Gle Parker and Mrs. Norman Du-
vail, were added to the roll of the
society. One visitor, Mrs. T. J.
Burkett, was present. Two for
mer members, Mrs. w. B. Todd
and Miss Lillian Grub were well
coined again into the society.
Called According To Purpose
was the subject for October. The
program began with a hymn sung
by the society, followed with the
call to worship and the scripture
lesson, led by the president, Mrs.
Sharpe Shoemaker. Mrs. Earl
GRAPHICAL spoke on the topic en-
dia." Mrs. B. B. GRAPHICAL closed
the program with prayer.
The hostess served a delicious
course of refreshments during the
social hour which followed the
program.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-10-12

here.
Mr.. Rocco Cutri is in New York
on business this week.
Mr.. B. B. GRAPHICAL was in Char
lotte on business, Tuesday.
Mrs. W. B. Austin and children,
w. B., Jr., and Mary Gordon, ac-
companied MIR. Austin to Orange,
Va, last week. On their return
trip they visited Misses Polly and
Roberta Austin, who are students
at the Woman's College, Green's
boro, and other Ashe students in
Greensboro.
Mrs. Eva Goodman and Miss
Frances Wilcox were shopping in
West jefferson, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reeves Burkett
and children spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Goodman.
Mrs. Clyde Faw, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lee Faw, Miss Lizzie Faw and
Mr.. Manley Faw, of North Wilkes
boro, visited Mrs. Matte Hall,
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Hardin and
son, Arthur, of Lincolnton, visit
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Ed D. Barr, on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Francis and
two children, of Baltimore, Md,
were visitors here this week.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-10-12
Personals

Mrs. John Donnelly, of States
vile, spent the week end with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Gam
bill, here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Perkins, and
Mrs. Sam Davis, accompanied Mr.
Sam Davis, to New River, Sun
day, where he is stationed with
the Marine Corps, after spending
the week end here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Goodman
and daughter, who have been max
ing their home in Sunnyside
Wash, have returned to their
home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. STAFFORD
and son, Jimmy, of Bishopville,
S. c., visited relatives here over
the past week end.
Mrs. Guy E. Carter, of Elkton,
Md, has returned after visiting
her parents, Rev. and Mrs. G. w.
Sexton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Sexton have
recently moved to Doublin, Va,
where they plan to make their
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Gilley,
and sons, Edison and Dean, were
week end guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Virgil Surber, of Green Cove.
Mrs. Lola Shatley, and daughter,
Dotty and Nancy, spent last week
in Bristol, Va, visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. G. B. Skaggs, Mr.. and Mrs.
Clark Houck, Mr.. and Mrs. G. c.
Skaggs, Jr., and Mrs. c. P. Hutson.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. c. Skaggs, and
Peggy, of Pennington, Gap, Va,
and S &c Lena Skaggs, of Wash
ington, D. c., also visited there.
The Skaggs family are former re-
sidents of West Jefferson, and fri
ends will be glad to learn that Mr..
Skaggs is getting along nicely
after being in i'll realth for some
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Mrs. Nye Spoke
To Baptist Group
Missionary Society Held Meet
ing In Church Last
Thursday

The Women's Missionary Soc
iety, of the West Jefferson Bap-
fist Church met at the Church,
Thursday evening. The opening
song, Faith of Our Fathers" was
sung, followed by prayer by Mrs.
F. c. Nye. Mrs. Nye also conducted
the program on the subject ''Mak-
ing Known His Mighty Acts and
The Glorious Majesty of His King
DOM, in which all members took
part.
The president of the society,
Mrs. c.. G. Green, took over the
business session, when plans were
made to serve dinner at the minis
tiers conference, on Saturday, Oct
ober %, and also on the following
day, Sunday, October %, at which
time every member of the church
is urged to help serve dinner to
the ministers and those from a
distance who will be present, for
the dedication of the church,
which will be held on that day.
The dinner will be served in the
basement of the church.
A collection of $3.50 was taken
for the orphanage at Thomasville.
The next meeting will be held
at the home of Mrs. B. E. Reeves,
All members are urged to attend.
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Oval News

Mr.. and Mrs. James Vannoy, of
Husk, visited Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
Vannoy over the week end.
Miss Vera Vannoy spent Thurs
day with Mrs. G.. w. Spaulding.
Mr.. and Mrs. Freeman Sheets
and children, spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Winebarger.
The guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
Vannoy, Sunday, were Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. Spaulding, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clyde Ham and children,
Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Surber and
Mrs. M. Phillips.
The revival meeting at Bethel
started Sunday night with Rev.
Levi Green and Rev. Mr.. Cald-
wall in charge of the services.
Everyone is cordially invited to
attend.
Mrs. Charlie Woodruff and
daughters, Mrs. Russell Combs
and Miss Ruth Woodruff, visited
her sister, Mrs. Tishie Taylor, on
Sunday.
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JACK PRUITT IN ACTION ON
BATTLESHIP "ARKANSAS''

Jack Pruitt, brother of Mrs.
Clinton Goodman, has seen plenty
of action recently on the battle
ship Arkansas. He visited his
sister here on Sunday. He has
been in three major battles recent
ly including action on D-Day, as
we'll as the later invasion of
southern France.
The worst luck we had on D.
Day was that a member of the
crew had to be operated on for
appendicitis" he declared. A ma
tive of Bluefield, West Va, young
Pruitt was accompanied here by
his mother, Mrs. Sam Pruitt.
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Baptist Circle
Met On Tuesday

Mrs. Thomas H. Sears was hos
tess to the Mable Vannoy Circle
of the West Jefferson Baptist
church at her home last Tuesday,
when a number were present.
Mrs. Louis J. Yelanjian was the
speaker of the evening and ably
discussed Home Missions" She
pointed out what had been done
and the opportunities for service
at the present time.
Following the program, the
group enjoyed an informal social
hour when delicious refreshments
were served by the hostess. At
tractive autumn flowers added to
the setting for the occasion.
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Brown Fox

Announcement has been receiv-
ed here of the marriage of Miss
Anna E. Brown, of Drumore, Pa,
to Mr.. Lawrence S. Fox, of Elk
view, Pa, on August 8, at the
Union Presbyterian Manse, with
DR.. U. H Chopper, officiating.
Mrs. Fox is the daughter of Mrs.
Vida Brown, formerly of Ian
sing, but has been making her
home in Pennsylvania for some
time.
The young couple spent short
honeymoon in the Pachona Noun
tains, and are now making their
home at Elkview, Pa.
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SEVERAL ARE TRIED
BY MAYOR PARSONS


The following were tried by
Mayor Charles o. Parsons at May
or's Court here, for public drunk
enness: Clarence Wilcox, of Lam
sing, fined $500 and cost; Fred
Hoffman, West Jefferson, fined
$4,000 and cost; Fons Greer, Lam
sing, fined $4,000 and cost; and
Claude Spencer, of Virginia, fin
ed $4,000 and cost.
Claude Medley, who was arrest
ed for operating an automobile
while under the influence of Ii
quor, was fined $4,000 and cost