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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-14

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whom Mr. Winkle had seen at the
station taking pictures, followed
them UP the walk. Listen Mr..
Onward asked rather humbly, how
about an interview"
No. said Mr.. Winkle, no inter-
view
But" Mr.. Onward began to
plead.
use the same one you printed
before, /" Mr.. Winkle suggested.
THAT was good one. :"
Alone together in their house, Mrs.
Winkle dabbed at her eyes with her
handkerchief, touched his medal
with one finger, dabbed some more,
and asked, Whoever would have
thought"
Not me-" said Mr.. Wrinkle.
mot l." she corrected. She spoke
a little sharply, as If trying to hide
her emotions or expressing a desire
to bring him down peg in case his
popularity might have gone to his
head.
In trying to determine which il
was, Mr.. Winkle saw the answer to
his speculation on whether or not
Amy would continue in her new re-
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gard for him, or revert to the old.
He found number of things to
support his belief that war had
changed her as permanently as it
had him.
She would not find it comfortable
to henpeck a national hero.
Finally, there was Amy's own in
nate goodness, which she had desert
ed only temporarily, and which was
great enough for her to embrace
for the rest of their lives.
Amy had great many questions
to ask. Because she was still fius-
tered by everything that had hap
pened, she began with a somewhat
irrelevant inquiry. did you ever
get TO see any. cannibals?" she
asked.
"Oh," said Mr.. Wrinkle offhanded-
ly, they'd all taken to the hills.
There wasn't one of them around.
They couldn't stand it."
AS soon as the words were out of
his mouth, Mr.. Wrinkle realized their
significance. He had found the thing
to express what he felt about war,
but hadn't recognized it at the time.
Cannibals merely killed and ate
each other, or what human beings
they could find for their meals. When
civilized mans war came among
them, they were revolted and re
tired from the scene.
"Whyl" said Mrs. Winkle.
"Whyi" She looked startled.
The commentary on human affairs
didn't strike Mr.. Winkle as being
grim. He had been through enough
to appreciate its overtones in quite
equitable fashion.
Some day the cannibals on Talizo
would be left alone again to go about
eating each other in peace.
At this thought he began to laugh.
Mrs. Wrinkle believed he had gone
crazy because of the operations on
his head, but between his bursts Of
laughter Mr.. Wrinkle informed her
that this wasn't SO.
The sounds coming from him
brought Penelope, who trotted in to
take a single sniff at him and then
begin to lick and jump and bark in
joyous welcome. She, too, noticed
the difference in a man who had
been to the wars and proved him.
self a warrior and who at last had
found what meaning there was to it
all.
THE ENDl
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-14
APPRECIATED

Having moved to Lima recently, af-
ter living in this community for the
past 10 years, wish to take this OPP
portunity to thank my many neighbors
and friends for the cooperation and
kindnesses shown me during this time.
will be delighted to hear from my
many friends in the future. Ny new
address is: liza Rice Ave, Lima, @.
Mrs. Samuel Kohler.
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Ma49rA
pe1Ac>soI

Dreaming OF white Christmas :.
well, we have it 8. !. and while you
were dreaming Tuesday, it would have
been appropriate to read Whittier's
Snowbound s. and before someone
objects, we hasten to admit that our
white Christmas came two weeks early
=. but everything else about Christ
mas has been early this year.
mailed boxes to the boys overseas way
back in October when Christmas look
that swirled in Monday night was the
real thing oldtimers knew it was
coming for the almanac said so
and to think it was the first snow of
the season. :. that's why some of the
youngbloods showed lack of fire
control in SNOWFALL battle in the
downtown section Monday night and
window glass was shattered :.
anyway it's an i'll wind that blows no
good and there wasn't any school
Tuesday and Christmas buying
stepped up with shoppers taking sub
stitutes in their stride-all except n.y.
Ions and cigarettes-and to think that
grandma lived eighty years, happily,
we trust, without either /. sugar for
holiday candy making will be scarce
and bacon was off the market here
over the week end /. congratulations
/, to Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Biery who OBJ
served their seth wedding anniver-
sary Wednesday.
Bluffton will welcome a former
hometown girl Sunday night when Ola
Luginbuhl Moser of Chicago appears
as one of the soloists in the annual
Messiah concert. The wife of Virgil
Moser and daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Cal Luginbuhl, she recently made her
debut in the Chicago Civic Opera. The
start of her musical career goes back
to singing in church choir and study
ing at the Bluffton college conserva-
tory under G. A. dad" Lehman.
1t. Gerald "Willie" Tipllehorn is
currently reported with the American
forces battling the Japs on Leyte
island in the Philippines.
Among the late garden products at
tracing attention in the News window
was a large turnip raised by N. w.
Hochstettler, six miles north on the
College road.
Pfc. George Duffman who was sta
toned in the Southwest Pacific where
the days get really hot, is now getting
taste of cold weather in his new To-
cation at the Army Air Field in Os-
coda, Mich, on Lake Huron, where he
is refueling planes. George says that
up there the only certain way of get
ting out of that place during the
winter is by air, as there is no bus
service and altho there are two trains
scheduled into Oscoda daily, it's never
certain whether they will run when
the weather is bad.
- y
A former Bfuffton man, Dale "Jer-
ry" Owens, who operates gasoline
filling station in Lima was awarded
third prize by the county war finance
committee in the window display con-
test held in that city for the promotion
of war bond sales. The prize carried
with it a $25 War Savings Bond.
1t looked like old times, Tuesday
afternoon when a bobsled drawn by
team of farm horses went down Main
street thru the business section.
Meanwhile many rural residents were
snowbound and rural route carriers
were unable to make their rounds be-
cause of drifted roads.
1t was big days work that Wood
row Little, mail carrier on Bluffton
rural route No. l, put in Tuesday.
With east and west roads choked with
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He didn't know when he left the
fox hole and with the others ran
upon the beach with a rifle in his
hands. He was astounded, once, to
note the bayonet on the end of the
rifle, and that he had plunged it
into Jap soldier and was having
difficulty in getting it out. Twist, he
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-12-14

Most of the produce handled at the
farmers sections of the regional
markets has usually been sold dur
ing the first two or three hours of
trading.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-01-06
Ashe Praised By
Charles N. Jones
Native of County Visits Here
After Being Away For
Al Years

ssWe have had the time of our
lives" Mr.. and Mrs. Charles N.
Jones said as they left for their
home in .Heppner, Oregon, via
Louisville, KY, where they will
visit their son, who is stationed at
Fort Knox.
Mr.. Jones, who is native of
the county and the son of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Jones,
had been away from the county
for Al. years. 'Ashe is not the
same county. as it was when I
left here, he declared and COM
mented on how much progress
had been made. Mr.. Jones cal
led special attention to the de-
velopment Of the schools, roads
and improvements in the farms.
'eWest Jefferson was not even
in existence when I left here, he
declared and pointed out that he
liked the town very much.
Mrs. Jones is a native Of Ore
eon and this was her first visit
here. She, too, said she liked the
place very much. Mr.. and Mrs.
CONTINUED on Page ~
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-01-06
Announce List
OF Men Indicted
Two Groups Of Ashe Men
Left For Induction Centers
Thursday, Friday

Around 100 Ashe men left for
induction centers last Thursday
and Friday, when for the first
time, a large number of married
men were included.
Around 1O7 white men left on
Thursday and a small group of
colored men on Friday.
Most of them returned here
over the week end with a num-
Der being turned down. An Of
fetal list of those accepted will
be published soon.
Those who left last week to be
examined were as follows:
Claude T. Goodman, James 0.
Weaver; Mack w. Greer, trans
ferred to Lenoir.
Charlie A. Stanley, James By
ron Greer, Rufus H. Surber,
Vaughn Eller, Howard R. Eldreth,
Glenn Bare, Spencer B. Lewis,
Earl Lee Davidson, Ralph E,
Continued on Page ~
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-01-06
Sidney Cambin
To Change Posts
AShe Man Leaves WASHINGTON
For Important Position In
New York

Sidney Gambill, formerly Of
Ashe county, who has been in
Washington for some time, is
leaving his position in the offices
of the department of general
counsel of the Internal Revenue,
in Washington, for a more re-
sponsible position in New York
City.
He left this week for New
York, where he will become as
sistant division counsel of the
revenue bureaus office in charge
of excess profits tax cases.
, The Gambills have announced
they are selling their residence
at 4197 Sherrier Place, N. w., to
make their home permanently in
New York. Mrs. Gambill is the
former Miss Myrtle Reeves. Of
Volney, Va. She was editor of
the Allegheny News at Sparta,
until her husband came to Wash
ington seven years ago. They
have one child, a daughter, Bill
Continued On Page Four)
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Boone Market
Making Record

The Boone hurley tobacco mar
ket, which resumed sales again
on Monday, following the holt
days, opened stronger than ever,
with increases in both prices and
grades, Roscoe Coleman, proprie-
tor of the Mount Burley Tobacco
Warehouses, said yesterday.
S. c. Eggers, supervisor OF
sales, said that a large load from
Ashe county sold yesterday for
$500 per hundred as. did load
coming in from Yancey county.
"Hardrock" Shouns, of Mt. City,
Tenn, sold load for little over
$50 per hundred, Mr.. Eggers said.
He explained that these were on
ly few of the good sales since
the re-opening of the market.
eve want. to particularly urge
all of the tobacco growers in Ashe
and Allegheny to bring the rest
of their crop to Boone.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-01-06
To Organize WCTU
Here Next Week
Meeting To Be Held AT Com
munity Building, Thurs
day, January IL

It was announced this week by
Mrs. B. E. Reeves that there
would be a meeting next Thurs
day evening, Jan. 10, at the COM
munity building at 8:15, for or
ganizing a county unit of the
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union.
All women interested are urg-
ed to attend. A cordial invita-
bers of the Rotary club to remain
ton is also extended to the mem
for the meeting.
The organization is nationwide
in scope and has done much in
the field of temperance. The To-
cal unit, when organized, will be
affiliated with the state and ma
tional units.
A state organizer is expected
to be present at the meeting here
next week.
In speaking of the WTCU, Mrs.
Reeves said, 'This is an organi-
zation of Christian women work
ing for the abolition of liquor
traffic and the promotion of So
cial morality. All women willing
to work for the cause of Christ
are invited to unit with Woman'S
Christian Temperance Union"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-01-06
Battle Awaits Congressman
When Session Opens, Mon.

Washington - A challenging
backlog of controversial topics
will confront Congress next Mon
day to begin a session expected
to develop a sharp political slant
in reflection of the impending
presidential election next Fall.
Some disputed issues will mere
ly be picked up where they were
left off when the Legislators
started their three-week holiday
on December 81. Taxes, food
subsidies and the soldier vote fall
into this category.
But there will be pressing new
questions. Soon after work is
resumed President Roosevelt will
present his annual budget re-
quests which this year are anti
cipated at $95, 1000, 100000, about
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-01-06
Lodge To Install
Officers, Tuesday
State Officials Are To Be
Here For Ceremony; Will
Hold Banquet

State officials, including Grand
Master Charles Payne, of Sails
bury; District Deputy Grand
Master Nichols, of the thirtieth
Masonic district and District Dep
uty Grand Master Charles Pugh
will be among the officials who
will attend the installation of Of
ficers of the Ashe Lodge GIL of
A. F. and A. NJ, at a meeting
here, Tuesday evening.
Prior to the meeting the guests
will be feted at banquet at the
community building, R. H. Holt,
secretary, announced.
The new officers who are to be
installed are as follows: DR.. J. K.
Hunter, worshipful master; Gwyn
P. Little. senior warden; Sharpe
Shoemaker, junior warden: w.
D. Mcmillan, treasurer; and Ira
T. Johnston, secretary.
All masons are Cordially invit-
ed to attend the meeting.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-01-06
Ashe Tax Listers
Are Now At Work;
Ask Cooperation
Meeting Held At Courthouse
On Monday; HI. HI. Burgess
Explains Work

II. H. Burgess, county tax SUI
pervisor, met with the newly ap-
pointed listers, on Monday, where
they were given instructions and
officially sworn in to begin work
Immediately.
Some of the listers failed to
show up, but are being replaced
this week, Mr.. Burgess said.
Most, of those named are expert
enced in tax listing. There were,
however, two new ones in the
list, James M. Little, of Jeffer-
son township and Howard Reeves,
of Piney Creek township.
Oscar Elliott, proposed lister
for Creston, did not attend the
meeting, nor did A. A. Perry, of
Hurricane. They are expected
to serve as listers, however, and
will be contacted by Supervisor
Burgess, this week. Listers for
Chestnut Hill and Pine Swamp
are to be named this week.
Other listers already at work
include the following: Clifton, S.
w. James; Elk, E. E. Houck;
Grassy Creek, A. J. Blevins; Hell
ton, B L. Waddell; Horse Creek,
E. w. Stansberry; Jefferson,
James M. Little; Laurel, T. j.
GRAPHICAL; North Fork, Oscar Will
son; Obids, Delmer Rose; Old
Fields, J. r. Grub; Peak Creek,
Worth Shepherd; Piney Creek,
Howard Reeves; Pond Mountain,
c. G. Robinson; Walnut Hill,
Roscoe Oliver and West Jeffer-
son, S. w. James.
This year, as in the past, the
listers will visit each home and
the cooperation of all property
owners is asked. Mr.. Burgess
urges that all property owners
take care to list all property to
avoid confusion, delay and fur
Their check-ups.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-01-06

The new year began in Ashe
county with what will possibly be
the biggest wreck of the year, in
size, but with no lives lost, when
a large transport truck left the
road nearly two miles beyond
jefferson and imprisoned the
three occupants in for some time
without injuring them, Saturday
afternoon.
rs odd as it may seem, after
being released from the battered
chassis of the truck, they were
soon locked up again.. this time
in the county Jail.
The driver, William Frank
WEIGH, was jailed for driving
without license and was re-
leased Monday on bond. The
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-01-06
r.. L. Doughton,
Rotary Speaker,
Here Last Week
Distinguished Honorary Mem
Der Paid Surprise Visit To
Club

Congressman r. L. Doughton,
who spoke briefly to Jeffersons
Rotary club last Thursday, stress
ed the fact that the governments
aim in the war effort was not
only to win victory as early as
possible, but with as small cost
in lives as possible.
He pointed out that while CIV
ilians are laboring under high
taxes, shortages and rationing,
that this is indeed small in COM
parison to what the men on the
battlefront are enduring.
Congressman Doughton, who is
an honorary member of the JEFF
Persons Rotary club, pointed out
that he was present as a guest
Continued on Page ~
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Can Drive Is
Now Underway;
Plan Explained
Drive Being Carried On By
Rotary Club; Grouse Is
Chmn. Or Collection

Roy H. Grouse, chairman of the
tin can collection, sponsored by
the Rotary club, announced this
week that plans had been made
to transport the cans to a collec-
ton center and ask that all
housewives cooperate in the
phase of the salvage drive.
T. C. Miller, local merchant,
has agreed to haul the collected
cans to Winston-Sa1em, Mr..
Grouse said.
All housewives are asked to
bring their prepared empty cans
to. their grocery stores where
they will be picked up and as
sembled for being shipped to
Winston-Sa1em.
1T is important that the cans
be properly prepared before they
are brought in,' Mr.. Grouse ex-
planned. Posters explaining the
preparation for collection, are
placed in the grocery stores.
There are four steps outlined on
the posters. First, the can is to
be rinsed out and paper label re-
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-01-06
J. p. Goodman, u,
Died Wednesday

]. P. Goodman, II, well-known
Ashe county man, died sat his
home near West Jefferson, yes
terday afternoon, after a period
of serious illness.
Plans for burial were incom-
plete at time for publication, but
it is expected that the funeral
will be held on Friday.
The deceased is survived by
several sons and daughters: Clin-
ton Goodman and Del Goodman,
of West Jefferson; Mrs. Ralph
Parsons, of the home place; Park
er Goodman, of Knoxville, Tenn.
Lloyd Goodman, of Newport
News, Va; and Mrs. Jerald, of
Aynor, S. G.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-01-06
Three Men Escape Injury
In Wreck, But Land In Jail

other two occupants who gave
their names as Harlan limerick
and Daniel Babbidge, overdue at
Fort Bragg, were also jailed until
they were taken to Charlotte,
where they were turned over to
army officers.
Officers said they believed the
driver, who was returning from
New York, fell asleep at the time
of the accident. The two SOL
diers said they were riding with
their eyes closed. The transport
truck went for some several feet
along the shoulder of the road
before it dropped over a bank
around thirty feet high. The
truck was. carrying pipe blocks
Continued on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-01-06

$4,000, 100000 beneath last years
goal. And recent labor strife on
the steel and rail fronts have
aroused clamor for tougher anti
strike legislation.
Whatever the results of it's
present contact with constituents,
Congress seems sure to assert it's
own will strongly on pending
problems in the coming political
ly-surcharged months. The 1913
session demonstrated conclusive
ly that the powerful Republican
House minority plus conservative
Democratic elements could carry
the day on virtually any closely
fought issue.
There may be a congressional
backdown on subsidies. The
Continued on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-01-06
Russians In Poland;
Berlin Given Heavy
Bombings; JaPs Hit
Leaflets Urging Germans To
Surrender Are Dumped
During Bombing Raids

This week saw fresh allied at
tacks from the air, both in the
Pacific and in Europe, described
as softening-up pre-invasion at
tacks, as well as much ground
fighting. The Russians marched
into old Poland and in spite of
rough winter weather, the allies
marched toward Rome.
Soviet tank columns swept in
to old Poland yesterday, topping
Novograd-Volynski and the pre-
war border town of Olevsk en-
route, and a Moscow bulletin
said the Red army killed 5000
Germans in its unchecked often
sive over territory which had
been lost in the first month Of
the conflict.
Hundreds of Germans were
surrendering, throwing down
their arms and going ''over to
the side of the Red army by en-
tire company lots, said a mid
night communique describing one
of the worst Nazi debacles since
the Stalingrad disaster.
Berlin was ripped and scared
by another 1000 tons of explo-
sives and incendiaries early yes
terday in a second successive as
sault by Raj bombers splitting
doom from the skies.
Hitler's proud chancellery was
made a shambles by block-bust-
ers with hundreds of persons be-
Continued on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-01-06
Father And Son
Returned To Jail
Difference In Opinion Arose
At Hearing Held Yester-
day Afternoon

At a preliminary hearing be-
fore Judge H. c. Tucker, yester-
day afternoon for Dewitt Francis,
Ashe farmer and his 17-year-old
son, Ira, held in Jail in connec-
ton with the death of Clarence
Dent Baldwin, no decision was
reached over the bond and the
two were returned to Jail.
It was agreed to take the mat
ter up with the solicitor of the
district to determine whether or
not the two may be released on
bond, and at what amount the
bond will be set.
Ira T. Johnston and Floyd
Grouse were the attorneys for
the defendants, while T. C.. Bow
lie represented the interest of the
victim.
There was disagreement as
to whether or not the case was
first degree murder, according to
the evidence, or whether or not
the defendants would be allowed
bonds.
Baldwin died on December 20
as a result of a blow he received
on the head on the previous Sun
day, from either Dewitt Francis
or his son, over some tobacco
which they were loading, accord
ing to reports.
Grady Eastridge, driver of the
tobacco truck, was the chief wit
ness. According to information,
which he revealed at the hearing
yesterday, Baldin was struck by
Dewitt Frances.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-01-06
Ashe Hospital May
. Build Nurses Home:
Reports Good Year
Stockholders And Directors
Meet; Hospital Had Few
Deaths, Many Patients

Tentative plans for the build
ing of a nurses home were dis
cussed at the annual meeting of
the stockholders of the Ashe
county hospital on Tuesday, xsEep
a large number were reese
A committee consisting Of M.
B. Austin, R. R. Badger, E. VI.
Anderson and L. P. Coward was
named to work out possible de-
tails before any further action is
taken.
The need of the nurses home
was pointed out at the meeting,
when it was explained that the
room was needed in the hospital
and that a separate building
would also be more satisfactory.
The annual report of the hos
pital for the past year showed
the institution to be in good fl
nancial condition as we'll as rem
dering hospital service to a
large number of people in this
area.
The report showed that of the
312 operative cases, there were
only two deaths. There were
131 newborn babies during the
year. There were 1894 bed pa
tients and a total of 1869 who
were given examinations.
The stockholders elected the
same trustees with the exception
Continued on Page ~.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-01-06
T. E. Parker Will
Head Polio Fund
Drive In County

T. E. Parker, popular retired
West Jefferson merchant, has
been named Ashe county chair
man of the drive to raise funds
to fight infantile paralysis, this
year.
Mr.. Parker said yesterday that
Mrs. P. G. Wright had been ap-
pointed county chairman of the
women's division and that other
committees would be. named in
the near future.
He explained that a ball had
not been planned, but that other
ways would be used to raise
funds and the cooperation of
Continued on Page ~
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-01-06
TO DEMONSTRATE MEAT
CANNING HERE, FRIDAY

Miss Myran Clinard, of the
Ball Jar Company, will give a
meat canning demonstration at
the community building tomor-
row at HOO o'clock. ''The hour
has been set for the demonstra-
ton so that housewives can come
and return by bus" Miss Lenna
Gambill, associate FSA supervi-
sor, explained, and urged that all
who can, to attend.