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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-04
BY RUTH COWAN.

ON THE NORMANDY BEACH.
uEAD-Why anyone who is scared
~ the dark and scared of firearms
over got themselves into the mess
7 did, I'll never understand.
p,t there 1 was at midnight, try
no TO get a little shuteye in tent
in field which I wouldn't dare
walk across in daylight because of
mines.
7 had said I wanted to 60 to
var-and brother, I had it, as the
British say.
It started out very simply.
Rena Dillingham;, former N e w
York newspaperwoman now with
reuters, and I asked military per-
Mission to cross the channel in an
LIST.
II was to be short trip. I didn't
bother to bring a clean shirt-nei-
Their did Rena. When we get back
10 London we will have spent at
least seven days and seven nights
in the same shirts.
The suggestion was made that we
% over on liberty ship-no wom-
en- war correspondents had before.
We Jumped at the chance.
The skipper was Capt. William
wilson, of Brooklyn, N. Y, a for
mer exhibition parachute jumper.
Calamity he offered us his cabin
these ships are equipped to take
tanks, trucks and troops, but not
women war correspondents.
We declined because the skipper
of ship navigating dangerous
waters needs his rest. We wanted
to get here SAFE and dry, and bed
ded dowa in his office instead. I
cat mapped on the floor with life
preservers for a mattress.
We could see and hear flashes
of gunfire as the ship lay a tam
Choir on the eve Of going ashore.
Came dawn. Arrangements were
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-04
ELIZABETHTOWN

EL1ZABETHTOWN, Aug. g.
Mrs. N. G. Wade, Jr., of jackson.
Vile, Fla, is spending few days
with her brother, Willie Mcdowell
DR.. and Mrs. James Howell and
Mr.. and Mrs. T.. ]. Kemp left
Tuesday to spend a few weeks in
Hendersonville. a
Mrs. Clyde Clark OF Wilmington
visited her mother, Mrs. C.. R.
Jordan this week. 80
1t. Edward Clark returned to the
hospital at Swannanoah Sunday at
ter spending a convalescent leave
of a few weeks with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Clark. He was
accompanied by his wife who will
be with him while he is stationed
there. 80 =
VIM. Corbett, Jr., who has been
stationed in California for some
time was called home this week on
account of the serious illness of his
father.
Billie Kay left Wednesday to visit
his grandmother in Red Springs
for a while.
Hemen Robinson left last week
to enter service in the U. S. Navy,
He is stationed at Fort Jackson
at this time.
Mrs. Lillian Davis and family
Of Richmond, Va, are spending a
while with Mrs. Irene Davis at
White Lake.
Dr.. D. N. West returned to his
home in Washington on Monday.
Mrs. West and daughter, Judy, re-
manned for longer visit.
Postmaster J. K Clark returned
home Wednesday from Florida
where he visited his brother, Rev.
Fitzhugh Clark, for several days.
Jimmy Atkinson of the U. S.
Navy is visiting his mother, Mrs.
w. A. Atkinson.
Sgt. and Mrs. Carl Devane Of
Greensboro, visited relatives here
last week.
David McCullech, Merchant Ma
rines, is visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. D. C. McCulloch.
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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-04

proved two loans of So, 600. each
for the Chatham. county school sys.
tenn for school lunch rooms; ap-
pointed Charles C. Bell asa mem.
Der of the Buncombe board Of edu-
cation to fill vacancy; and adj
journed in memory OF, Dr.. Henry
Dwire member of the board who
died several weeks ago. and 'whe
was replaced today by A. S. Brow.
err of Durham. - - 3
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-04
U.S.C0AST GUARD
HAS ANNIVERSARY

The name U. S. Coast Guard
might have been interpreted liter
ally, for today Coast ,Guardsmen
are celebrating the 154th anniver-
sary of their service on seven seas.
To many Americans the Coast
Guard still means lighthouses,
lookout towers and small white
surf boats that 60 out in summer
squalls and rescue capsized sail
boats. But in this war Coast Guard
Ships and men have seen such
places as Tulagi, Guadalcanal, at
tn, Salerno, Normandy and Saipan.
The Coast Guard was established
August 4, 1890, under the guidance
of Alexander Hamilton, the first
Secretary of the Treasury. It now
celebrates it's 154th anniversary,
proud of its expansion to a power
full combat force of 1896 officers
and men s. e..
In Wilmington the anniversary
will be commemorated by drive
for the enlistment of women in the
Spars, the Womens Reserve of the
Coast Guard. The recruiters from
the Raleigh office will be in town
to play host to a group of young
women between the ages of 20 and
SO, on a boat ride aboard a Coast
Guard cutter. A picnic supper will
be served while the ship is under
way. ..
After trip to sea, the group
will return to the city and attend
the show Cobra Woman'' as the
guests of Bailey Theatre. A special
preview of the new SPAR film,
Battle Stations will be shown
following the feature.
The group will. meet at 6 pm.
today at the U. S. O., Orange and
Secord streets. Young women be-
tween the ages of 20 and SO in
terested in the SPARS are invited
to attend They may make reser'-a-
tons by calling the Captain of the
Ports office; telephone 2-227S.
t f - -V-
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-04

SPAR Virginia F. Clark, Y. &c.
Of the Raleigh Recruiting office,
who will be here today to celebrate
the 154th anniversary Of the Coast
Guard on boat trip being given
for prospective SPARS. Recruiter
Clark, a graduate Of Delta State
Teachers College, is from Charles
ton, Miss. She will remain in Will
mington through August H. with
headquarters at the post office, to
enlist women between the ages of
20 and SO for service in the
Women's Reserve of the Coast
Guard.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-04
Miss Rebecca Brown,
Sgt. Umstead Will
Marry This Evening

BURGAW, Aug. 3 Sheriff and
Mrs. J. T. Brown request the honor
Iof your presence at the marriage
of their daughter, Rebecca, to Ser
geant James E. Umstead, United
Ctates Army, Friday, August 4, at
2 o'clock at the Burgaw Methodist
church, Burgaw.
No invitations are being issued
but friends and relatives are cord
tally invited to attend.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-04
PARTY MEET PosTPoNEDs

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Aug.f3.vA
"A convention of the AmericantDe.
mocratic party scheduled to beheld
here tomorrow has been postponed
until August II, officials Of the new
anti Roosevelt organization an-
nounced today. Ig.es
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-01-13
Victory, Income
Tax Forms Out

Greensboro - Charles Fl. Rob-
ertson, collector of internal rev.
enue, announced this week that
he has begun to mail copies of the
1913 individual income and VIC
tory tax return to the estimated
$4,000 federal income taxpayers
in the district of North Carolina.
Although the 1943 individual
income and victory tax returns
are not required by law to be
filed until March Is, the collector
said IT cannot urge too strongly
that everyone prepare and file
his return as early as possible"
''There are" he stated, two
major points that are vital for
everyone to understand. First,
many persons will owe a substan-
tial tax and should start immedi-
ately to find out how much they
will owe and to make plans for
meeting the obligation.
Second, although many tax
payers will find that they are
substantially paid up on their
1943 taxes-some of them, in fact,
entitled to refunds-it is still nee
essary for them to file a return.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-01-13

fashion, and like Tom Tom, the
Piper's. son, of Mother Goose
fame, away he rum" Both
teams ran after him and he was
soon tackled and brought down,
but not before the crowd was in
an uproar. There were many
funny sights in the game, but one
of the funniest, since it repeated
itself so often, was the way Rex
Morton fell for John Jordan.
Wonder if John did not have
something to do with it?
In The Mail Bag
There are many times we want
to say thanks to our readers,
particularly those who take time
to write and tell how much they
enjoy The Skyland Post. Miss
Billie Miller, daughter of Mrs.
Elizabeth Miller and a student at
CeciPs Business College in Ashe-
vile, wrote us such a note dur
ing the holidays. Thanks, Billie,
and good luck.
Harold B. Stike, of Nottingham,
Pa, writes II enjoy reading the
news of Ashe county and would
hate to miss a single copy of The
Post.
w. Parks Coward writes the
following from Harrington, Texas:
II have been receiving The
Skyland Post for nearly two
years and can't tell you how
much it means to me. I receiv-
ed few issues while was in AZ
RIGA and I always read them from
cover to cover. I think the part
for servicemen is particularly
good.
II am flying B-24 liberators
now as gunnery instructor, try
ing to help train future gun
nerS
Parks, the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
L. P. Coward, of jefferson, is an
Ashe county youth, who, though
young in years, has made a rec
ord any old war veteran should
be justly proud of. He was re-
Gently awarded a DISTINGUISHED
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]. P.CoOdnan, "
Buried On Friday
Funeral Service And Burial
Held AT Bethel Church
Near West Jefferson

Funeral service for Jethro
Patterson Goodman, ", was held
Friday afternoon at Bethel
church, when a large crowd of
friends and relatives were pres
ent. Revs. Levi Green, Carol
Burkett and H. Gentry were in
charge of the service. Burial
followed in the church cemetery.
The deceased, who was a native
of this county, lived and died
where he was born. He was the
son of the late Jerden and Mrs.
Goodman. His death came last
Wednesday, following heart at
tack.
Mr.. Goodman was well-known
and well-liked by all who knew
him. For many years he was en-
gagged in farming, but had become
Inactive in recent years because
of ill health.
He is survived by the following
sons and daughters: Clinton
Goodman and Del Goodman, of
West Jefferson; Mrs. Ralph Par
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group will sponsor this, if scrap
paper is needed. Like her, we
have quite bit we would like to
scrap into the junk pile and get
out of the way, if it is not needed.
Still we dare not destroy it, since
it might be needed.
An Egg-beater!
We are not talking about the
handy kitchen gadget, used to
whip the whites to a filmy froth
for the top dressing of pies, but
rather an egg, that beat all others
we have ever seen.
It was produced by a pullet
raised by J. c.. Rhodes, popular
furniture merchant. This one
egg had the average weight Of
three, so, in weight, it would
have only taken four to equal
dozen. But since eggs are sold
by the piece, rather than the
pound, the purchaser would have
been three times the gamer and
Jack the loser. But it was some
egg and we have several witness
ses to prove it's size!
In And Out Of Habits
Ed Brown, genial farmer, of Ma
than's Creek, was in the office
the other day and told the fol-
lowing, when, during the course
of conversation, tobacco was
mentioned. "The best thing that
ever happened to me, in this re-
spect, was using tobacco when I
was too young for it. It made
me sick and that was the begin
ming and the end of the habit for
me-" he declared, and pointed
out that this illness had saved
him time, trouble and money, in
the long run.
Wrong Way Terry!
In the basketball game between
the Rotarians and the Odd Eel
lows, Bill Terry, manager of
Faucette's, stole the show by
stealing the ball! He also stole
a march with it; for he did not
risk passing it, but simply tuck
ed it under his arm in football
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-01-13
Total Income lis
$92,924.78 For
Year; M% Cain
Stamps, AS Well AS Money
Orders, Show Large In
crease Over 1912

Postal receipts in the West
Jefferson postoffice showed big
gain of $28,574.91 during the past
year, according to information
released by Acting Postmaster,
Mrs. ]. B. Hensley.
The total receipts for 1912 were
$64, 349.87, while they climbed to
a total of $92,92478 this year,
making a gain of around A per-
cent for the year.
Money orders showed the big
gest gain, probably due to the
fact that the AAA office handled
feed wheat and other items
through the office, officials ex-
planned; but stamps also showed
a substantial gain for the year,
with some gains in each quarter.
In spite of Christmas mails,
stamp sales were higher in the
third quarter, ending September
80, the reports showed.
In addition to the routine work,
this post office made an excep-
tionally good record in the sale
of bonds and stamps for the year
which just ended.
Mrs. Hensley, who has served
as acting postmaster since Cap
tain Basil D. Barr left to enter
the army, is assisted by Quincy
r. Campbell.
The West Jefferson post office
is a first class third class post Of
flee and has five routes operating
from it.
Reports from other post offices
in the county were not available
for publication this week, but
unofficial reports show some OF
these also made substantial gains
in addition to their fine work in
the sale of war bonds and
stamps.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-01-13

1914 is here and again we re-
solve to listen more and talk less,
all of which gives us more to
pass along in this column, which,
after all, is off the record, or at
least, off of the front page, or
ssbetween u.s., meaning the writer
and readers, "if more than one,
as our favorite columnist, Troy
T Jones, used to write in this pa
per. So we are not making any
definite promises for 1914 in re-
gard to this column. It appears
when the writer has time for it
and the paper space, both con-
nive to stop it some weeks, when
there are some several points we
would like to pass on to the
readers.
"The Same To You"
DIR. J. L. Ballou, of Grassy
Creek, came by to extend his
best wishes for a Happy New
Year to every member of the staff
of this paper. He reported that
he came by to do the same thing
Christmas, but found the office
closed. So, on behalf of the staff,
we extend the same to you, DR..
Ballou.
If space. permitted we would
like to comment on some of the
new and different Christmas and
New Years cards received. We
will say we appreciated every
one of them, particularly those
from men in service. To them
we say, ga Victorious New
Year!"
Scrap Paper Collection
Miss Virginia Eller, Of Bina,
who gives splendid cooperation
to all worthwhile drives, was in
town this week and was again
inuuiring about the collection of
scrap paper. Miss Eller points
out that other places are collect
inc. this and asks, ''Why can't
WEI" We agree with Miss Eller
heartily, and hope that some
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Mrs. Denney, SO,
Buried Sunday

Funeral service was held on
Sunday at HOO o'clock for Mrs.
Lizzie Denney, 80, of Apple
Grove, who died on Friday, Jan
uary Z. The service was held at
the Burnt Hill School house with
Rev. H. N. Bennett in charge.
The deceased is survived by
the following children: Jack Den
ney, Apple Grove; Mrs. Jack
Stanley, Damascus, Va; L. Mrs
George Coldiron, Apple Grove;
Mrs. Margaret Denney, Apple
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-01-13
ELLER INFANT BURIED

Funeral service was held on
Sunday at HOO a. M, for Fred
Delmer Eller, three-months-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Eller,
of Treetop, who died on Friday,
January 7. The service was held
at the home and was conducted
by Rev. H. M. Winkler and Rev.
D. L. Shepherd.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-01-13

Flying Cross.
We will sign off this time by
saying a Victorious New Year to
everyone except Hirohito and
Hitler and to them, an early and
total defeat!
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-01-13

sons, of the home place; Park.
er Goodman, of Knoxville, Tenn!
Lloyd Goodman, of Clinton,
Tenn; and Mrs. w. M. Gerald, Of
Aynor, S. C.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-01-13

Grove; Mrs. Dancy Stanley, of
Sturgills, and Mrs. Eli Phillips,
of Apple Grove.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-10
when buying
dresses
(WiII huIges and edge Lines show when
those days Of the month" arrive?)

DERISH the thought that those
L days OF the month" should ever
cross your mind when you're select
ing a smoothly fitted dressl True,
you may hesitate to wear such a
costume and risk its slim lines over
the external pad with belt. Then
why don't you adopt Tampax?
Millions OF other women now wear
this form Of monthly sanitary pro-
lection without any outside bulk at
all.
TampaG is made OF pure surgical
cotton compressed in applicators and
perfected by a doctor for this special
monthly use by women. You wear
TampaE irierndHV-sn you're free
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-10

from such hampering contraptions as
pins. belts and external pads. :.
Then. too. there is no chatting and
odor cannot form. Tampax is easy to
change and dispose OF and so COM
pact that it is very convenient 10
carry.
Why don't you make your dis
coyery OF Tampax this month?
Buy it now and have 1t ready when
you need it. Tampax comes in three
dbsorbencies Regular, Super, Junior
to suit both early and waning days.
A whole months supply will go into
your purse. Economy box contains 4
months supply (average). Tampax
Incorporated, Palmer, Mass.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-10
Nominated Chief Moron

HE cares nothing for edues-
ton in spite of his bluff about
II. In school he will not study.
He will cheat his way through
any examination and bride q
teacher to pass him In a course.
All Of which sounds In the ears
OF people who still hold to old
cultures a. II l were cursing
the Oaf. How wrong"
Yes, Prof. how wrong! For
you have taken some mere de-
tails OF our national character
and, to make a Pitkin holiday.
applied those details TO the
whole national character.
As we, therefore, are all mo-
rons. l nominate Prof. Pitkin
as our chief.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-10
Can Build Mansions

What liked best in the book
Is The exposition Through his
sound track, Sebastian Bar
uacI1 of Mr.. Huxley's realiza-
ton Of the Eternal. You will
fund it all in the "ghostly life
of Thomas a Kempis' limitation
OF Christ" and in the sub specie
ctrrnitatus of the great Spineza.
But why, oh why, does Mr..
Huxley construct gingerbread
houses when he can build man
slons in the skies, or, at least,
Alhambras of philosophic and
literary beauty?
The solemn guild of college
professors have their comedians
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-10

aud essays built around men
aud wemen of shadowy sub
stance. and his dialogue is the
kind of ''modernistic" bric-a-
brac that is so plainly manu-
featured by an ivory tower
dreamer (Mr. Huxley, l mean
that his fiction is, in the main,
a libel on Mr.. HuXley's own
great abilities. He hides his
genius behind his brilliance.
In a word, while there is the
accent of eternity in the essays.
there is not i'm the novels and
stores. They are dated
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-10

cor should / say clowns p.
There's HooteR,- the Harvard
anthropologiSt, who has more
brains than common sense and
there's Walter 3. Pitkin, pro
fcSSor of journalism" (sic) at
Columbia University who, if l
may Judge by his autobiography,
"On My Own" (Scribners), de-
lights in having no brains, no
culture and not much of any
thing else, all of which he has
scrubbed down in $40 pages.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-10
Labor Baron's Portrait

Like him or not. John L.
Lewis is real personality.
And probably the best portrait
OF this curious. and maybe dam
gerouS, fellow has been done by
James A. Wechsler in Labor
Baron morrow. Mr.. Wech-
sler "a left-winger himSelf) calls
Lewis labor baron" because.
he says. ne has adopted the
technique of the very men that
he deSpiScS, the old coal
baronS' of Pennsylvania.
Mr.. WechSler surveys Lewis
from all angles, personal. po-
litieal and social. SeH-esteem
and will-to-power, il seems. are
the dyuamoS that govern Lewis
actions. He even believes he is
a kind Of messiah, :" as, form,
stance:
an interviews he Ostenta-
tiOusiy turns aside questions
about his personal motivatiOns.
There are rare recorded In
stances In which he has ac-
knOwiedged the possible mys-
terry OF mems impulses. One
was a late afternoon session in
his Office when he Is said TO
have turned to some Of his de-
vOut lieutenantS and asked, half
IeSfinpIV. sWhaf rnakea me tick
IL II pOwer I'm after or am
Saint Francis I'm disguise, or
what g"
An interesting book. from
which you will rise if you are
JefferSonian democrat with the
exclamation:
Thank heaven. John l.. Lewis
can never be elected to a public
office In the L. :. A."
ADVERTISEMENT
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-10

mental story 10 tell. This is the
way this HEX Diogenes rails at
Americans.
"TOday's American - and 1
speak OF the common man and
his own chosen leaders, not OF
a handful OF learned fOlks-ls so
thoroughly cultureless that he
lacks all morals, all religion, all
political sense and even sound
business judgment. He lacks
artistic taste, too, to a degree
that staggers the sensitive. He
il a monumental liar and hypO-
critic a well as a yellow dog at
times. He has no manners and
wants none.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-10
rs False; Laboreo

And that is the reason l do
nol most vigorously do not
like his latest book, Time Must
Have a Stop tIIarper1. It's as
false as dicers' oathS, as con-
S,ructively artificial as the mus
tlche on the Pirate King in Gil
bert & Sullivan's The Pirates
OF Penzance" and as laborcd
and hammered as seif-coH-
Sciods hangover from the nine
Wilde, Beardsleyr, Beer
bohm. Whistler, Saltus & Go.
All these implied juvenile.
secret. monStrous vices, this
wholesale dumping into our ears
OF all that Mr.. Huxley knows
aboutRrt. literature, philosophy
and religion land he does know
eVcrything), the vacuity of the
men and women who epigram
their way through these pages,
the libidinouS literary winkS
and philosophical under table
knee rubbing-all these things
caused me to open Mr.. HuXlcy's
Texts and PTeteXtS" and "Mu-
sic at Night" so that l would
not lose my admiration and
falth in this fine mind.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-10
The Book tkk Shelf
By BENJAMIN DeCasserGS
Aldous HuxIey's Essays Expound
Eternity, but Novels Are Dated

TIE real Aldous Huxley for the Huxley of the pro-
/ found brilliant stimulating essays liked Brave New
World and Point CounteTpoiHt But neither as full
novelist short story teller is he, to me- in
ruunngnot by saishotwith the great fiction writer's
get the of reality Cor of artistic rreaity
his fiction His characters not awake They
merely epgrams. His novels asocratc wisecracks
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-10
Calls Self 'Misfit'

He goes through all the Incl
dents OF his undressing life
from the time he was born. He
calls himself a social misfit.
a man without a culture" But
what Prof. Pitkin lacks is a
soul that's, there is no kerr
mel. no core, no great enthu-
siaSm, no great hate in his in
nardS. He has no spiritual or
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-10
c1c0ll1z1MM M1uu,Muu

EXPECT NE The FIFTEENTH" your wire said.
Oh, darling, you'd been away so longl
So much to do to have things ready for
you. almost forgot about my hands Until
/ suddenly saw them, grimy and rough.
"Watery" jobs do take the natural
softeners from the skin.
How l ran for my Jergens Lotion. Used
my Jergens faithfully. And my hands
well-you kissed my hands, darling.
in the way I'll always love.
Keep your hands SO soft for me.
Sweet," you said. And indeed, dear, l
always will. I'll keep on using
Jergens Lotion.