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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-07
H. I'D. Clubs Plan
Achievement Day
For November 3
New Officers Named; Mrs
Ward Ray Is County Coun-
Gil President

At a meeting of the county
council of home demonstration
clubs last Thursday the group de-
cided to hold achievement day for
the farm groups on Nov. 3. In
addition to the H. D. clubs this is
to include the All clubs and other
farm groups, it was explained.
Details of the program are to be
worked out later.
The following new officers were
named for the county federation
at the meeting, Thursday: Mrs.
Ward Ray, president; Mrs. R. E.
Phillips, vice-president; Mrs.
Dewey Cox, secretary and treas
urer; Mrs. John Knox, pianist;
Mrs. R. c .Vaught, program chair
man.
Mrs. John Luke opened the
meeting with devotionals and
prior to the election, Mrs. Ed M.
Anderson spoke briefly on the
duties of officers and the oppor-
tunities of service. Ten of the
Is clubs of the county were rep
resented with Glendale Springs
and Baldwin leading with seven
: members each. It was announced
that the next county council meet
ing would be held some time in
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-07
Obids Man Tells OF Fighting
And Being Wounded At Saipan

u. S. Naval Hospital, San Die
60, Calif.-'Those Japs are get
ting just too darned handy with
mortars-so handy they can al
most drop them in a tin cup" said
Marine Private First Class Ken
meth B. Miller, 20-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel A. Miller,
Obids.
Miller has arrived at this hos
pital for treatment of shrapnel
wounds he received in the battle
for the powerful japanese bastion
of Saipan.
The North Carolina Marine
knows plenty about the Jap ac-
curacy with mortars, for he and
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-07
4H Clubs
Are To Sponsor
Sale OF Walnuts
Will Be Pooled And Sold In
Shells, County Agent
Announces

Announcement was made this
week by R. H. Grouse, county
agent of Ashe county, that he had
made arrangements to sell black
walnuts in the shell from Ashe
county this fall.
This project will be kponsored
by the All clubs Of the county,
but will not be limited to All
club members. Mr.. Grouse sta
ted that he thought this project
would offer an opportunity to
sell a product that has for, in
many cases, been allowed to 60
to waste and at the same time
will aid in the war food produc-
ton. It is estimated that approx
imately IS per cent to 80 per cent
of the black walnuts that grow
are not gathered.
Mr.. Grouse stated that the wal
nuts should be gathered as soon as
they fall and the hull removed
while it is still green. It is easier
to remove while green and will
not discolor the nut meats. At
ter the walnuts are allowed to
dry about week they are ready
to be sacked and taken to mark
ct.
Several central points in the
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-07
Americans Reach
NaZis' WestWall:
37Jap Ships Struck
WPB Will Scrap Most All
Controls When Germans
Surrender

American armored spearheads
were reported probing into two
and perhaps three keystones of
Germany's westwall yesterday as
the governments of Holland and
Luxembourg proclaimed the en-
try of allied armies of liberation
into their countries.
Unconfirmed dispatches from
the French-Swiss frontier said the
Berlin-headed Yanks had cap
tured Aachen and ,Saarbrucken
inside the reich's borders, but for
the fourth day. supreme head
quarters continued to cloak op-
erations in this sector with silence,
and field reports from correspon-
dents with U. S. troops told of
stiffening German resistance
along the Moselle river, we'll back
on the French side of the border.
The fury of relentless allied
aerial smashes against Japanese
shipping was reported by Gen.
Douglas Macarthur yesterday to
fsava resulted in the sinking or
IT ling of 81 additional Nip
pon surface craft including
fleet of barges and small vessels
loaded with troops.
About "a hours earlier, he and
admiral Chetser Nimitz officially
listed Sc japanese cargo ships,
barges and other craft as sent to
he bottom or seriously damaged
by Yank naval gunners and filters.
The War Production board an
nounced yesterday a decision to
scrap virtually all controls over
Continued On Page Fourl
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-07
Rationing Guide
MEATS, FATS, ETC.

MEATS, FATS, ETC.
Book Four red stamps AS
through rs and AS through G5
valid indefinitely and are
worth 10 points each. Thirty
meat and fat stamps are avail
able to each consumer every
four weeks. Red tokens are
good for change indefinitely.
PROGRESSED FOODS
Book Four blue stamps AS
through Z8 and AS through Is
valid indefinitely. All blue
tokens may be used for making
change indefinitely.
SUGAR
Book four stamps 30, 81, 81
and 80 valid indefinitely for
five pounds; stamp 40 good for
five pounds for home canning
through Feb. %, 1945.
eSHOES
Airplane stamps I and 2 in
Book Three valid indefinitely.
Good for one pair each.
GASOLINE
liza coupons valid for three
gallons through Nov. 8. B-3,
3D., C-3 and CA coupons are
valid for five gallons indefin-
itely.
FUEL OIL
Period Four and Five cOu-
p0ns are valid in all areas
through Sept. 80; new Period
One coupons good everywhere.
One-unit coupon worth 10 gal
Ions each. and five-unit ecu
pons worth 50 gallons each.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-07
Three Ashe Men Are
Killed In ActiOn;
More Are Wounded
Richard Black, Ford Greer
And Gale Davis Are Among
Casualties

The war casualty list for this
county continues to mount. Three
Ashe men, Walter Black, Ford
Greer and Gale Davis, are among
those reported killed in action
during the past few days, while
others are reported injured.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Black, OF
Glendale Springs, have received
word that their son, Pvt. Richard
10, was iSil1ed in action in
France on August 2. Pvt. Black
had previously been reported
He attended Jefferson
high school and entered service
in June, 1913. He had been over
seas for six weeks. Two brothers.
Odell and Ebert Black, and two
sisters, also survive.
Pfc. Ford E. Greer, son of Mrs
Ethel G. Weaver, of Husk, died
on July 80, in France, as a re-
suit of wounds received in &C
ton, according to a message re-
ceived by his mother from the
War Department. He is survived
by his mother, three sisters and
four brothers.
Pfc. Gale M. Davis, only son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ounce Davis, of
Apple Grove, was killed in &C
ton on July II, in France, &C
cording to a message from the
War Department. He had been
in service for three years.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Scott, of
Todd, have been notified that their
Continued on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-07
mt For State
ounty Gets liz

Ashe county, along with some
others in Northwestern North
Carolina, will have an increase
over last year. This coun-
ty has been allotted 172 white
teachers and four colored teach
ers giving a total of 176 as COM
pared to 172 last year.
citing on the recommendation
Rep. John Umstead of Chapel
/, the board also adopted four
.nanges in present regulations to
provide for the increase in allot-
ments. They included:
I. Fixing the elementary allot-
ment att six teachers for each It's
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-07
Revival AT w. J.
Baptist Church
Rev. George M. Reeves Is
Preaching; Services Each
Evening At 8 O'Clock

A revival service was started
on Tuesday at the West Jeffer-
son Baptist church with the Rev.
George M. Reeves, of Spartanburg,
as the visiting minister.
Mr.. Reeves, a native of this
county, is we'll known here and
many are looking forward to hear
ing him. Rev. E. w. Powers, pas
tor of the church, announced that
the revival would continue
through September II with serv-
ices each evening at 800 o'clock.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
Mr.. Powers announced that
there would also be special mu-
sic and singing each evening.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-07
Lift Polio Band

The county board of health
met Monday afternoon and de-
cided to lift the ban against
children attending public
gatherings. This was put in
force several weeks ago when
the infantile paralysis epidem-
ic first broke out i'm the county.
1t was explained that there
had been no new cases report
ed in the county for the past
three weeks and the board felt
safe in lifting the ban.
Parents were warned, how
ever, to use care and not to al
low children to attend any un-
necessary gatherings.
Children appeared on the
streets as if by magic and the
picture show once again be-
came a popular gathering place
for them when the ban was
lifted.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-07
Land Sales Here
Next Mon., Tues.

Two valuable tracts of land will
be sold at auction near Jefferson
next Monday and Tuesday.
Mrs. Eula J. Meals farm will
be sold at auction on Monday,
Sept. II by the Cumbow Land
Company.
And on Tuesday, Sept. II, the
Colonel George Reeves farm,
owned by Mrs. Beulah Park Ham
ilton, will be sold at auction by
the Catron Land Company. Both
tracts are considered valuable
land.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-07
Teacher AllOt,.
Announced:


Raleigh-North Cardinals pit
lie school teacher allotment
the coming year has been set d
"a, 493 by the State Board of E.
ucation, which said total sala.
needs would amount to $29, &C.
$50, or an average of 1910 pc
teacher.
The board, holding a spec
meeting, said the allotment "
an increase of 437 over last !.
and that 23,9O1 of the 1944-4s
lotment had been assigned te
various administrative units. /
board set aside 125 teachers
take care Of opening day incr
es in teacher loads.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-07

members of his rifle platoon ad-
vanced inland for three consecu-
tive days under heavy and almost
constant barrages of mortar fire
as they approached Garapan, main
city of the island.
It was mortar fire that put Mil
Ter out of action after three full
days of fighting. A blast caught
him while he was on guard in his
foxhole the third night of fight
ing. Four pieces of shrapnel
struck him in the head.
Several waves had gone in
ahead of u.s." he said, sand we
had little trouble landing when
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-07
Senter Baptist
Assn Will Meet
To Convene At Beaver Creek
Primitive Baptist Church
This Week End

The ninety-first annual session
of the Senter District Primitive
Association, will convene at the
Beaver Creek Primitive Baptist
church on Friday, Saturday and
Sunday.
The moderator, Elder Ed Davis,
is expected to preach the opening
sermon and a number of visiting
preachers are expected to take
part on the program of the three
day session. G. E. Kilby is clerk
of the association.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-07
Mt. Union Baptist
Association Met
large Crowd Attended Meet
ing Last Week End At
White Oak Church

A large crowd attended the
seventy-seventh annual session
of the Mountain Union Baptist
association, which met at White
Oak Baptist church near Lansing,
last week end.
The Introductory sermon was
preached by Elder Earl Richard
son, of Brandon.
Elder James Barker, of Trout
ale, Va, is moderator of this as
.ociation and E. w. Stansberry,
f Lansing, is clerk.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-07
Are
Named By Farmers

During the past week farmers
of Ashe and Allegheny counties
cast their votes for three super
visors to represent the New Riv-
er Soil Conservation District.
J. w. Gambill, of West Jefferson
and J. c. Little, of Clifton,
were reelected to represent Ashe
and Dillon Edwards, of AL
leghany county, to represent Al
leghany. These men have serv-
ed in this capacity for three years
and are elected for another three
year term.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-07
Much Interest In
Waste Paper Drive
Here This Week
Drive To Continue For Several
Days; Cooperation OF
Public Asked

The waste paper drive, spon-
sored by the Ashe Post of the
American Legion, got underway
this week, when around ton was
collected on Monday, w. w. Ter
ry, commander of the legion, said.
Collections were made at the
residences of the Jeffersons yes
terday afternoon with a good re-
spouse. Weights were not avail
able for publication, however.
Continued on Page Four}
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-07
Blue Ridge Coop
To Have Election
Directors Will Be Named At
Annual Meeting On Sat-
urday AT Lenoir

Notices were received here yes
terday afternoon that the eighth
annual meeting of the Blue Ridge
Electric membership corporation
would be held at Lenoir on Sat-
urday, September 9, at the Cald-
well county courthouse for the
purpose of electing fifteen direc-
tors and the transaction of other
business.
The notice announced that the
following had been named by the
nominating pemmittee,
g Iaehs emf ID F..
Mooney Granite Falls; g. w. s
livaa, Yadkin valley,AGAC. Poov-
ey, Granite Falls; Clyde Jerry,
Sugar Grove; Bert Mast, Mabel;
R. E. L. Plummer, Crumpler; c.
B. GRAPHICAL, West Jefferson; A.
B. Hurt, Nathan's Creek; r. c.
Halsey, Sparta; c. G Collins,
Sparta; A. w. Greene, Boone;
J. c. Goodman, West Jefferson;
D. M. Edwards. Ennice; Clarence
Newton, Skulls Mills.
The notice further explained
that other nominations could be
Continued On Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-07
County Teachers
Are To Meet Here
Next Thursday
District Meetings On Follow
ing Friday; Attendance
Is Urged

1t was announced this week by
A. B. Hurt, superintendent Of
schools, that there would "a
countrywide teachers meeting
the West Jefferson high sch
next Thursday, September L.
when a number of importan
problems relative to the coming
school year will be discussed.
On Friday there will be dis
IContinued on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-07
J. F. YATES OBSERVING
BUSINESS ANNIVERSARY

j. F. Yates, popular Warrens-
vile merchant, is observing his
twenty-third anniversary in the
business and his
second anniversary at his present
location in Warrensville.
Mr.. Yates points out that he is
happy to serve the public and
welcomes suggestions and criti-
cism from his customers.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-07
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
HOLD MEETING MONDAY

Ashe county commissioners ms
on Monday and named Roy r..
Badger as coroner to fill out the
unexpired term of the late DR.. E.
E. Reeves.
Routine claims were paid ar.
the commissioners authorized tn,
tax collector to advertise all un
paid 1943 taxes.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-07
Schedule Given
For Book Room
Schools Asked To Secure Ne
eded Books According To Sch
edule Announced Here

A. B. Hurt, superintendent of
Ashe county schools announced
yesterday that the schedule for
distribution of books from the
book room at jefferson, had been
completed and asked that the
schools get their books at, the
times scheduled to avoid confu-
sion. ss-- ~.
The schedule is as follow:
Thursday, September IA, River
view district schools, Ashland,
800 p. M; Green Valley, 3:15 p.
M; Hemlock, $3.50 p. M; Mill
!, Creek, $40 p. M; Rash, $50 p. m. /;
Rich Hill, 400 p. M; Roaring
Fork, 4:1O p. M; Rock Creek,
4:2O p. m; Rye Cove, 4:30 p. M;
Parker, 40 p. M; Sutherland,
4::50 p. M; Trout, 500 p. m.
Thursday, September IA, Elk
land district schools, Mill Creek,
500 p. M; Toliver, $40 p. m.
Saturday, September Is, Fleet
wood district schools, lakewood,
$3.50 a. M; Oval, 8:45 a. m. Healing
Springs, district schools, Land
mark, 900 a. M; Silas Creek, 9:15
a. m. Jefferson, district schools,
Big Ridge, $50 a. m; Buffalo,
9:45 a. M; Glendale Springs, 1000
a. m; Orion, 1920 a. M; Wagner,
1890 am. Lansing, district schools,
Continued on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-07
ASHE LEGION POST
WILL MEET SATURDAY

w. w. Terry, commander of the
Ashe Post of the American Lee
gion, announced that this group
would meet at the community
building on Saturday night at
$3.50 and urged members to at
tend.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-09-07

Not all of the discussions of the postwar security confer
take place around formal conference tables Above in
informal chat from left to right seated Peter Loey
(Britan); Sir Alexander Cadogan Britan); Edward Ste
tnius U S.; A. A. Gromyko (USSR) Arkadi A. Soboev
USSR) and Valentine Berezhkov USSR) Rear James
Dunn e and Leo Pascosky both of the u S. delegation
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30

fcsSed that she had planted the pearl
10 scare Remy into a confession.
Marietta, the cook, and her son
Alexander are the murderers" she
sobbed to the confused police.
Marietta and Alexander hurled
oaths at Marguerite, denouncing her
and proved an alibi.,-7--
ASK her why she sent the dog,
Turc. away that night Marietta
screamed. ASK her why she sent
her little daughter, Marthe. away.
Ask her about her country villa, Ask
her about her mysterious Aunt Lii"
Hamard did ask, and learned that
her villa had been the gift Of a rich
NJ Borderel Other men had provided
gowns, jewels, landaulet. To cover
these tokens of friendship, Margue.
rite had invented a mythical Aunt
Lii"
When this news spread, the boule-
wards began to call Marguerite the
Red Widow"
She could not explain her daugh-
ter'S absence nor why she sent away
the watchdog.
On November Goth she was accused
of the double murder.
Her lawyers stalled the trial for a
year, and during this time a strange
story was whispered
This tale went back nine years
to a night in February 1900
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30

Valentines Day) Nine Steinhcil went
out in an hour. she returned in
Mysteries, her gown torn. her pom.
padour a tangled mass, and from one
side trcSses had been shorn away
Steinheil ran 10 his .Wifes room.
Marguerite" he cried Then ne
backed from the room without a
word
The maid never forgot the episode.
The date was the same night the
nation went into mourning for the
sudden death of Felix Faure, Presi.
dent of France.
The Red Widow" had been a fro.
qucnt visitor at the Presidential
Palace
Crowds stormed the courtroom,
offering as high as $3.50 for seats,
when Marguerite's trial opened No.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30

when l was awakened by a hand
over my mouth. Three black bearded
IieH-aIlu q woman were around my
bed They wore long black cloaks
and queer, conical hats.
"One of the men said:
Give US the Jewels and the
papers or we will kill you, your hus.
band and your mother
tainted and when I came TO
hours later / did not know what had
happened until Remy found me-"
Remy had heard nothing. Neither
mad the cook, nor her son.
no one IN the neighborhood had
seen weird cloaked figures
s whoever they were, they had rum.
mayed through Marguerite's bureau.
falSdeked desk, and she said, stolen
pearls worth 100000.
We're the pearls registered? No
they were the gift{of a friend"
And the papers? They were docu.
mentS of a private nature.
The officers found no rope burns
on her wrists or ankles, no mark of
violence from the gag. The boule.
wards rocked with the sensation.
Then something must have shut
ttamaTd's mouth. Politics? The in.
quest returned a verdict of Crime
OF debauchery; killers unknown"
Madame Steinheil left Paris.
Then five months after the murder.
she telephoned newspaper.
Il have just learned of a clue"
Widow Steinheil declared. "The night
before the tragedy, a costume shop
on the Left Bank rented three black
robes and false boards"
The costume shop
proprietor recalled the
incident clearly. q
But Chief Inspector Il b
Hamard scented trick. !,
cry. He sent Margue. -
rite a photograph of a NXHH -
bearded A erican M {
ma m d Burlington.
Marguerite identified NN
the man as one of the ~
assassinS. Burlington
furnished an alibi. Y
On November 10th she told a
reporter she believed Remy Couil.
lard guilty and suggested they search
the Wallets room.
In floor crack under the Wallets
bed they found a pearl!
Then Marguerite Ste!nheil con.
IB January 10. 1911
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30

the rage, laughter and tears OF the
crowd
They applauded when Antony
Aubin for the defense, asked how a
weak woman could strange two
people-"And why would she want TO
XII her mother"
They wildly cheered the verdict OF
"Not guilty"
Marguerite went into seclusion
year later 10 publish her Memoirs"
After her daughter was born, she
wrote she needed a holiday in the
Alps, and at Thermgnon she met
Felix Faure.
Back in Paris, the President called
at her home.
Faure made her his conftdante, she
wrote and asked her To keep his
secret documents. And finally. on
St Valentines Day, 1899. he gave her
the 100000 string of pearls. Two
nights later he was dead
And il was these pearls, these
papers, that the cloaked assassins
were after nine years later.
Shortly after the World Wardrobe
out, she married an impoverished
British peer, and faded from the
picture.
IN 1870, appeared a boOk-' ne
- Story OF Secret Service" contain
ing a curious echo 20
! !: $. ): Z: !. /. !: J: !.
the Red Widow" case.
The statement is
n made concerning Mata
Hari caught by the
o. French in 1916 "She
IBS%< was removed TO the
prison of Saint LaZare
and assigned to a cell
which formerly had
been occupied by Nine.
Steinheil. whose pistol eXtinguished
President of the Republic"
A footnote 10 that revealing chap
ter gives the Presidents name as "Fe.
Gx Faure."
EHE AMERICAN WEEKLY
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-30
By THEODORE ROSCOE

-AE~AA1L4A1-1A - SAa-Si -A-AGt+I+A-
man might say, the ex.
49, treme frightfulness
which shocked Paris during
the night of May 30, 1908, in
the studio of Adolphe Stein.
he'll, popular portrait painter
and nephew of the great
MeisSonier, on the Impasse
R0nsiu.
Remy Couillard, NJ. Stein.
hcils valet, found the artist
Ia the bathroom, strangled.
In the next room lay his
mother-in-law, Madame Japy,
garToted.
In a nearby bedroom was
the artists beautiful wife.
Marguerite, bound hand and
foot. a gag tied tightly be.
tween her teeth.
To Chief Inspector Octave
llamard of the Bureau Su.
rete Marguerite Steinheil re.
lated an astounding story.
"The clock was striking
midnight" she told him.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-14
Coon Dog Saved;
Trapped 10 Days

Monterey. Mo. July 14-Follow-
ing ten days Imprisonment in n
crevice, 30 feet below the surface
Of the ground. Old Drive. the best
durn coon dog in Southeastern Mis-
souri," was safe Thursday regaining
his strength. When the hill folk
learned OF the dogs plight, the
whole countryside turned out to
aid in the rescue. II was necessary
to blast a hole through 80 feet Of
limestone to reach the imprisoned
dog. which had fallen in the crew
ice. Attempts to blast the crevice
open, were abandoned. for fear the
falling rocks would crush the dog
The rescue workers were more
than repaid for their trouble, when
they saw Drive leap on his master.
Jake Light, and joyfully lick his
face.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-14
Men Becoming
Nurses Aides

Chicago, July 14-AP- There's
a new corps OF volunteer aids for
men patients at Presbyterian Hos
pital-they're not pretty or petite
just 26 men, including a packing
company president, who have won
praise from the hospital for their
efficient" service.
A couple of months ago the hos
pital officials reminded Edward F.
Wilson, president OF Wilson & CO.,
and member of the hospital
board OF managers. that it was
time to proceed with his sugges-
ton that men might help fill hos
pital help shortages.
The packing company president
proved as good as his proposal
and with rs men, including 81 from
his firms plant, reported for in
struction. The men attended lee
lures. watched demonstration ny
experts in taking temperatures.
changing beds and other hospital
duties normally assigned to girl
and women aids.
Three weeks ago the % men
volunteers reported for duty.