The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-01-27

How long is your memory of
people?
Last week we had the oppor-
tunity of attending the Institute
of Newspaper Publishers and
Editors at Chapel Hill. When we
checked in the hotel, the bell boy,
who carried in the luggage said
to Mr.. Anderson, aren't you Ed
Anderson" When he answered
in the affirmative, the genial col
ored boy said, "You don't remem-
Der me, I know. I was just lit
tie shaver when I knew you, but
I was the janitor of your fraterni-
ty house when you were here in
school," That seemed pretty
good to us that he would remem-
Der him after II or Is years.
Something Smells!
Yes, something smells, but this
time it is not the onions, but
rather the price of the onions
down in Winston-Salem, we are
told.
This week, the OPA launched
an investigation over the prices
reported far above the ceiling.
We have smelled them so strong
that we felt like hitting the cell
ing, but the price has never wor-
ried us, since we are in that class
unable to partake of this highly
favored tuber. Altho' we can
say we have often envied those
more fortunate who take mus
tard, a healthy slice of onion and
consume with vigor a sandwich
thereof!
How Good Are Women?
And we mean by the above
question, how good are they at
filling mems places in supply
lines of industry. We are inform
ed by the Industrial Hygiene
Foundation that a thorough sur
vey reveals that women can do
about 80 percent of the war
plant jobs performed by men.
The study was made by the
foundation by DR.. G, o. Sapping-
ton, of Chicago, industrial health
specialist, who visited 81 war
plants in the ten Eastern, South
east and midwest states. The
plants employ about a million
persons, $4,000 of them women.
The report shows that the chief
loss of time in women is caused
by their inability to do two jobs,
the one in the home and the 9TH
er in the factory.
Travel In January
Back in the good old days, we
imagine travel was limited in
many sections of North Carolina
in January, but it was important
to railroad travel. On January
Is, 1849, Calvin Graves broke the
tie vote to pass the bill for the
N. c. Railroads. On Jan. q of |
the same year, the Fayetteville
and Western Plank Road was
On Jan. 80, 1856, the
Eastern and Western sections of !
North Carolina Railroad linked
at Jamestown.
Hunting A Hunter
Last week a long-distance tele-
phone call came through to this
paper, hunting someone who
hunts with Ed M. Anderson" no
particular person was mentioned,
however.
In the absence of Mr.. Ander-
son, the call was turned over to
DR.. J. K Hunter, who is a ia
nous hunter. We are happy to
say Doc recovered from the fade
out and did not quite reach the
Happy Hunting Ground in the
ball game last Friday night. 1t
was close call, however, accord
ing to reports. Could there have
been any connections in the calls?
Making A Point!
We have noticed, from our ex-
perience, that most lawyers US
ually make a point of carrying
their point and Mr.. Ira T. John
ston, skilled Jefferson lawyer
and veteran Of the legislature, is
no exception. But last Friday
night, when the Rotarians met
the Odd Fellows was an excep-
ton, for even him. He made a
point and also made a point of
about it, but Referee
James Story would not concede
it to him!
Vans What Am!
A California publication re-
Gently carried an interesting ar
ticle on Fielden Doughton (Bob)
Osborne, formerly of this section.
(Fieldon is named for Congress
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