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RAMBLING REPORTER

Continued from Page u
tain case en- tap at the FL Centre
police department.
i No one knows whose shoe it is.
All Les will say is that 1T belongs
to the one who got away"
Les must think he is Prince
Charming and is waiting for Gin
derella to show up.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-10

Fashion Note
Have you noticed that some of
the boys are wearing neckties these
days? Summer must be over.
And have you noticed the natty
neckties blazing away around some
of the masculine Adams Apples?
When the boys break out in loud
neckties they really break out. 9th
erwiSe they are subdued little fell
lows.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-10
Soyiets Scored
At Peace Meet

Continued from Page i
armed forces more or less covered
ALLEGATION of air forces.
X M STIp.,-~
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-04
insfdHlf Yourself or
q Phone Call Brings
Our Skilled Workmen

F,bcr Way YOU can depend Nron 72-year-old
Montgomery Ward for complete guaranteed
au>tacuon Make your heme warmer NOW,
and cooler Tor next summer
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-04
Leads Widow
To Shoot Self

Thewidow of a ficr killed Sept
- n ,be crash of a Civilian Air
Patrol planets IN critical cohdi-
zion today mi Receiving Hospital
after she shot herself in grief for
her husband
Mrs Fnlly Franz rs. who. with
-har- -iSter-tH-l4w Mrs Ida Splitter,
llved AZ 65l W0Eucld, yesterday
fired TWO shots from a IS cahber
'rcyollcr that had belonged 10 her
husband n an attempt 70 take
her life The first shot missed,
passing through the wall of her
bedroom and bringing Mrs. Splitter
to the scene Before Mrs Splitter
reached her however tho widow
fired again, shooting herself IN
the head
Relatives said Mrs Franz had
mo- financial Worries She was the
owner Of the apartment who're she
frvr1 and her husband had been
the owner Of the Vincent Franz
Tool Co 40 f. Fort
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-04
Try This Old Home-Mixed
Cough Relief. Surprising!

any druggist. This Is a special COM
pound OF proven ingredients. IN con-
centrated form, Well known for
prompt action IN throat and bron-
Chlal irritationS.
Put the t'mUx into n PINT hottiA,
and add your syrup. Thus you make
a full pint OF really splendid cough
syrup and YOU get about tour tlmesHg
much FOR your money. II never spolls.
and children love its pleasant taste.
And for quick relief, lt's "a wonder.
II loosens the phleCm sootheS the irri-
tated membrane. eases the sorencss,
and makes breathing easy. II not
pleased. your money Will be refunded.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-04
Service Notes;

-Four DetrHlters have received
medals recently for nwritor.ous
performance Of their dg'les They
are
Pvt Philip Cook, o952 " phila-
dclphla, lhr Purple Heart for
wounds received ln The tluo1e
thoater; Pfc. Daniel Semenuk 30 Is
Medbury, Soldier Modal of Hero
lsm. for reSculng drowning sol
dlerS IN the Celia. Sicily battle
and the African campaign 1t
James l.. Laing. 3026 Mcrrlck
Oak Leaf Cluster 10 The An
Medal for bravery IN fylnc "A PAT
Tbundcrbolt plane IN raids over
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-04
ADVERTIsEMENT
Child Could Make 1t.
No Cooking. Big Saving

You may not know II. but, in your
own kitchen. you can easily prepare
a realty surprising relief for coughs
due 10 colds. It's observation-disclosures
mother probably used it-but for
real results, II can't he beaten.
First. make a syrup by stirring
cups granulated sugar and one cup
Of water a few moments, until dis
solved. Or you can use corn syrup or
liquld honey, instead OF sugar syrlp.
No cooking needed It's no trouble.
Then get "a ounces OF Pinex from
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-04
NrA'N2 KiIMrK


ST. ~totf san 90 htihth
win the IT, s. Rangers. Two
brothers are in the service, Law
renee n an engineering corps and
EWald -tE-t4aa az corps. -
Awarded Good Conduct medals
y. sgt Hugh c. Ferns, Detroit;
sgt. Gilbert H. Brunette. l7l3
Baldwin North Camp Hood, Tex
Sgt George T. Condor. Detroit
Mediterranean thc7tor.
Pie. N0rmun park, le23t Steel
-r-7y tr0u Cft7-rt II Fort Jackson.
s. c. for exceptional accomplish
mcrl in the divisions December
battle
ARMY PROMOTIONS
To Gr~t loutcn7nts 2d Its.
Monroe Marcus and John !. Glee-
son. Fort Wayne William T,
Hogg, 1870 CedaIEroye. Eighth
s AZ r=f7FfT.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-04
Four DeGF0iters Win Hero Awards

ton in Italy whore he servedl
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-04

, To student second beutsnant
Caesar J.. Bertulia, '4547 Mont
clair.
To technical sergeant: s. Sgt
Reginald II. Trietch. 1907 Ameri-
can, Southwest Pacific.
To staff sergeants: Sgts. Ed
win G. Yuehrs, 222 Fairmont
River Rouge, Eighth AAF, Eng
land, George Rolling, 6S Sturte-
want. Highland Park. Love Field,
Tex; Tech. Peter Guidicelli, 1894
Maine, Fifth Army, Italy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-04
War Warehouse Burns

TOLEDO O-IaH ! -ffNS) -
Loss Of 100000 10 S250000 was
caused by a fire which destroyed
warehouse a. the Harvester
War Depot 10 miles south Of
Toledo YESTERDAY.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-04

MONTGOMERY WARDS 4 STORES
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-10
Allies Now Moving
: Toward arts; Reds
Planning New Drive
Allied Troops In Italy Make
Progress Against Germans
On ArnO

The Canadians in their first
great offensive in France smash
ed five miles yesterday into some
of the strongest enemy lines be-
fore Paris, whose defenses ITO
miles to the southwest were i'm
periled by onrushing Americans
pounding at the gateway of LIE
Mans. <-
More than 1000 U. S. heavy
Misunderstanding flax as intense
as any met over Europe-shat-
tered bristling strong points be-
low Caen on the shortest route to
Paris. Canadian tanks and infan-
try poured through the breaches
and fought down the road to about
ITO miles from the capital.
The Germans are launching des-
perate counter-attacks along vir-
tually all of the 1,000-mile eastern
front but are being ''bled white"
Moscow reported as it appeared
that the Nazis had managed to
stem the Red army advances by
drawing heavily on their dwindl-
ing central reserves.
An early-morning supplement
to the Soviet war bulletin under
scored the German counter-blowS
in nearly every sector but assert
ed fatty that all were repulsed
and added, "our troops are stub
bornly advancing" :
Allied troops, battled yesterday
to eliminate the last strong Ger
man position south of the Arno
1s-square-npi1e area in
tie ri9ef loop near besieged Flor
warlike Gurkha rifle
men, welding their sfearsome
half-moon Kukri knives, charged
enemy strongholds 70 the south
east.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-10
J. M. Weaver, g.,
Buried Monday

Funeral service was held on
Monday for James Marvin Wea-
yer, 81, of West Jefferson, who
died at his home on Saturday,
August 5, after being ill for some
time. The service was conducted
by Elder Dewey Rotten and Ed
er Ed Davis. Burial followed at
the Miller cemetery.
The deceased, who was a we'll
known farmer, a native of this
county, the son of Issac Weaver
and Mary Ann Miller Weaver. is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Rebec-
ca Jane Weaver, and the follow
ing children: Elmer Weaver. of
Mayberry, w. Va; Mrs. Alma
Johnson, of West Jefferson; Hen
ry Weaver, Bluefield. w. Va;
Mrs. Maggie Johnson, West JEFF
ferson; Carl Weaver, Kennett
Square, Pa; Benjamin Weaver,
West Jefferson; Mrs. Maye Jones,
Mayberry, w. Va. He was pre-
coded in death by two children.
Twenty-six grandchildren also
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-10
Polio Clinic To
Be Held Here On
Wed, August l6
Those Who Have Been Dis
missed From Hospitals
Urged To See DIR. Gaul

Miss Ruth Tugman, welfare
superintendent of Ashe county,
announced yesterday that DR.. J.
S. Gaul, specialist, of Charlotte,
would hold an infantile, paralysis
clinic at the health department in
the Ashe county. hospital next
Wednesday, August 16.
At this time, all patients who
have been dismissed from the
hospital and are recuperating at
home, are asked to come in to see
DR.. Gaul. Patients, who have
been treated at home rather than
in hospital, are urged to take
this opportunity to have a special
list give them an examination.
Patients not having any other
means of transportation to the
clinic, are asked to get in touch
with Miss Tugman or the county
nurse, Miss Helen Ghormley.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-10

contributions not included, last
week:
Friendship Baptist Church Cad
ditionaD $500; Mrs. Leslie Jones,
$1.OO; Mrs. Clarence Griffitts,
$1.OO; L. H. Logan, $500; Joe F.
Neal, $500; Mrs. Ruth r Neal,
$500; Mrs w. H. Worth, $1.00;
Ruth Stanley, $1.0O; J. D. STAINS
berry, $500; Mrs. Elizabeth Miller,
$500; Mrs. Ralph Marsh, $1.00;
Robert Davis, $500; w. B. Oliver,
$500; Thomas H. Sears, $500; Van
Miller, $1.13; miscellaneous, $500.
Lester M. Sturgill, c. E. WEIGH,
$500 each; Mrs. Ed Eller, Burg
win Carter, Mr.. and Mrs. J. o.
Blevins, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray H.
Clark, $500 each; Mrs. Fred Lit
tie, $3.50; Mrs. Gladys Phipps,
SIPS; miscellaneous, $3.50.
Mrs. Monte Owens. F. L. Bark
er, Carson Thompson; A Friend,
Akron, Ohio; Mrs. Maude Goss,
Mrs. Charity Ann Weaver, Mrs.
CONTINUED on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-10

$1.35 to $500, averaging $1.89,
with the price of Gamers ranging
generally from $1.35 to $1.90 and
market quality ranging from $1.9O
to $500. The $1.89 average for
the first month is in contrast to
an average of approximately $1.58
per pkg. for the. total sales last
year.
"The early crop was lessened
considerably because of severe
dry weather during the latter part
of June and first of July. How
ever, for the past week or two the
weather has been fairly satisfac-
tory with only a few sections of
the county still having insufficient
rainfall. In addition to beans be-
ing sold on this market by Ashe
county farmers, they have been
receiving from farmers in Allie
ghany and Watauga counties and
also from Virginia and Tennessee.
Beans were received from Vir-
ginia as distant as go miles from
the Market" Mr.. Sechler said.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-10
ROtaria1ls Hear
About Test Farm
Dean Coward, Discussed the
Many; Advantages This
Offers To Farmers

- Z
Dean Coward, supervisor of test
farms in Western North Carolina,
spoke to the Jeffersons Rotary
Club last Thursday night. He gave
an outline and history of the re-
search program for farmers car
ried out by the federal and state
government, and discussed the
many ways that the test farm,
which is located in Ashe county,
would be of help to farmers Of
this section.
He stated that the federal
government had appropriated
money and secured a full time
man to work with farmers and
help to promote the growing Of
hurley tobacco in North Carolina.
Mr.. Coward, native of Ashe
county, was introduced to the
club by w. B. Austin, program
w. w. Terry, chairman of the
Boys and Youths committee, had
present, as the first Junior Ro-
tartan, Bill Austin, Jr. He will
attend the regular meetings for
one month and then some other
boy will be chosen to attend four
meetings. o.se
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-10
Grange Official
Now In County

A. C. Jones, Grange Deputy
from the State Grange, is spend
ing few days in Ashe county
this week for the purpose of as
sisting the local Grange in get
ting recognized. Mr.. Jones is
offering his services to any other
communities in the county where
sufficient interest is shown in get
ting a Grange organized.
1.-THE Grange is one of the leading
State and National Farm Organ
izations which has consistently
gone to the bat for the farmer in
getting higher. prices for farm
commodities and in many other
ways of direct aid to the farmer"
County Agent Roy Grouse said,
and urged cooperation with the
movement.
Farmers can get more aid
from a State or National stand
point if they are organized" he
declared.
A meeting will be held at Ma
than's Creek high school on Sat-
urday night at $3.50 o'clock.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-10
Ashe Far Surpasses
Quota In War Bonds,
Final Reports Show
Total OF 1907, $3.50 Sold.
Quota For Fifth War Loan
Set AT $197, 100000

Final reports from the Treasury
Department reveal tn &c
county sold $307,55s.5O 6fl III
bonds during the Fifth / I6sfi
! Drive when the quota y
$1s7,0000O. ~
The ''E" bond quota for the
drive was $3.50, Oo0.O0 and this
was surpassed by $11,581.00. A
total of $161, 581.00 worth of "E"
bonds was sold during the drive,
the final official report shows.
Individual sales of E, F, and G.
bonds totaled $216,799.5O during
the drive.
The final totals include bonds
bought by men in service, corpor-
ations which allotted their sales
to the county, as well as those
bought in the county.
Continued On Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-10
Record Made By Bean Market
For First Month OF Season

West Jefferson is rapidly be-
coming a bean center with more
farmers marketing beans here
and with prices showing an in
crease over last year, according
to a statistical report recently
compiled by w. r. Sechler, of the
N. c. Department of Marketing
division, who is assisting on the
Farmers Bean and Vegetable
Market, here this year.
A report on this market for the
month of July shows that there
was a good increase over the
amount of beans sold and the
prices paid for the corresponding
month, last year.
Sechler's report reveals that
during July this year, 1894
hampers were sold, which is
three-fourths Of the total amount
of 100000 sold in a three-months'
period last year.
The report further shows that
during the first month this year,
the price generally ranged from
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-10
Finds Old List
OF Servicenen
Clifton Woman Has List Of
Men Called To Colors In
World WarI

Since there is so much interest
now in the publication of men
entering service, Mrs. r. @.
Jones, Of Clifton, sends in a list
published during World War /.
Some of these on the list are
dead and others are still active in
county life, while still some 9TH
ers have moved away.
The story which is headed
Called To Military Service" is
as follows:
The, following are the young
men that left last Wednesday for
training at Camp Jackson, S. c.:
John Henry c. Graham, Quincy
Davis, Joe S. Stump, Arthur
Clark, Ralph Richardson, Charles
James Galloway, Davie Penning-
ton, Bower Handy, Ira Shumate,
Thomas Brooks, Drewry Ronda
Roark, William Church, Curtis
Earl Reeves, David James Walton,
Edward Rufus Mcclure, Frank
lin Lane, Rufus Fulton Rotten,
William Left Sheets, David Wal
ter WEIGH, Troy Worley, Elijah
Blackburn, Wayne A. Weaver, Wi
ley Webb Blackburn, Coy Miller,
Fields Lonzo Sheets, Troy Tread
away, Wesley Thompson, Hubert
Continued on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-10
J. Ell. Snithey, u,
Buried On Friday

Funeral service was held on
Friday at the Chestnut Hill
church for James H. Smithey, 70,
of Grassy Creek, who died on
Wednesday, Aug. 2. Prof. r. E.
q Plummer conducted the serv-
ice.
Mr.. Smithey, who was native
of this county, well known farm
er and cattleman, is survived by
one brother, Charles H. Smithey,
of Jefferson, and one sister, Miss
Mamie Smithey, of Crumpler.
Mr.. Smithey had been critically
i'll for sometime.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-10
Excellent Response To Polio
Fund Drive; Thanks Is Given

The emergency infantile paraly-
sis fund being raised in .Ashe
county for assistance to the Hick-
Dry center, where so many Ashe
patients are being treated has
reached a total of $4,000, with
contributions still coming. in.
The following letter was re-
ceived this week by this paper
expressing thanks for the contri-
buttons:
eve wish to take this occasion
to thank the citizens of Ashe coun-
ty for their generous donation
-. Everyone has been very kind
and it is deeply appreciated. You
can rest assured that your gifts
will be used to- the best of adj
vantage and has helped when the
need was great"
The letter was written by DR..
Gather Hahn, chairman of the
Catawba county chapter, Nation
al Foundation for Infantile Pa
ralysis.
Published here are a number of
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-10
Polio Epidemic
Is Still Showing
A Decline Here
Total Of 80 Cases Reported I'm
County Since Epidemic
Started

The total of infantile paralysis
cases in the county since the cpl
demic started, reached a total of
38 last Thursday, but with no
cases reported since that time, the
epidemic appears to be slightly on
the decrease.
The ban against children under
sixteen is still in effect, however,
health authorities pointed out and
asked that parents be mindful of
it.
The one case reported last
Thursday was from Sturgills, the
welfare department revealed.
Several patients were carried
to Hickory yesterday for. the
special clinics being held there on
Wednesdays.
No official decision has been
made regarding the delay of the
opening of the county schools
They are not expected to open,
however, until in September.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-10
Mcneil Awarded
A ssPurple Heart

Pvt. Claude H. McNeill, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Clint Mcneil, OF
West Jefferson, who was wound
ed in action on June 80, has been
awarded the Purple Heart decora-
ton.
Pvt. Mcneil, who entered serv-
ice November 18, 1943, left for
overseas duty in April, 1914. He
was in action for "a days before
being wounded. He took part in
the battle of Anzio Beachhead, the
capture of Rome, and was wound
ed in the town of Canio.
Pvt. McNeill is now receiving
treatment in hospital in Naples.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-10
Men Examined For
Military Service
Group Of 40 Went To Camp
Croft For Pre-inductiOn
Exams, This Week

A group of 40 Ashe county men
left here on Monday morning for
Camp Croft, S. c., to take pre-in-
duction examinations, the first
step before entering military serv-
ice. They are as follows:
Raymond w. Shelton, Carl Cal
loway, Isaac Sidney Cooper,
Harold Bryan Coward, Claude
Swanson Roupe, Harry Ray Cox,
Cecil Coolidge Lewis, James Ro-
bert Little, Walter B. Patrick,
Hobert Joseph Jones, Gerald w.
Kimberlin. Herman G. Bauguess,
, Joseph Wayne Pennington, Aron
B. Sexton, Glenn Elwood Gilley,
Paul C.. Mcclure, Bernard M.
Wyatt, Thomas Kyle Krider,
Charles Burl c. Sharp, Edgar
Earl Clark, Joseph Glen Johnson,
billiard Wayne Jones.
David Gwyn Rotten, Charles C..
Perry, Claude Morgan Perry,
Earl Leonard Lewis, Clifford C..
Phipps, Ernest Rotten, Robert B.
Cearley, Jr., John c. McGrady,
Roy Odel Pope, Webb Wiley
Howell, Glen Ray billiard, Bob
w. Cornett, Bernie Bruce Ham,
Albert K. Williams, Fred l..
Blackburn, Ford Lee Davis, Les
ter Osborne and Clarence Pow
ers.
The following were transferred
to another board: B. Harper Bare,
Winford Gene Brooks, Daniel w.
Wyrick and Jones Burl Handy.
One man, David Elihu w. Gray
heal, called at this time, did not
report.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-10
Gilbert F. Beaver
Gets Purple Heart

Mrs. Gilbert Beaver, of Joppa,
Md, formerly of this county, has
been notified that her husband,
PFC. Gilbert F. Beaver, has been
wounded in France and has been
awarded the Purple Heart decora-
ton.
Pfc. Beaver was with the infan-
try and has been in service since
January, 1943. He left for over
seas duty in May.
Mrs. Beaver is the former Miss
Louise Day, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. F. Day, of Fleetwood.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-10
Typhoid Clinics
Will Open Aug. IL
In Health Dept.
Some Cases OF Typhoid Are
Reported In An Adjoining
County

It was announced this week by
Miss Helen Ghormley, public
health nurse for this county, that
a typhoid clinic would be held at
the health office in the Ashe
Memorial hospital, in Jefferson,
beginning Saturday, August IL,
from 900 a. M, to 1900 noon,
through August rs. All adults
are urged to take advantage of
this.
''The new system now recon-
mended by the State Health De-
partment, gives smaller amounts
of the vaccine into the skin and
eliminates any danger of un-
pleasant reaction or sore arms"
Miss Ghormley stated.
'There have been some typhoid
cases reported in the adjoining
counties. Let's not have this hap
pen in Ashe county," she said.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-10
Mrs. jill. Myers
Dies AT Radford


News has been received here Of
the death of Mrs. J. H. Myers, at
her home in Radford, Virginia.
on Monday, August z. Details of
the funeral service have not been
received here.
Mrs. Myers, who had been i'll for
several years, recently moved to
Radford because of her health.
She had formerly made her home
in West Jefferson, where Mr..
Myers is in the lumber business.
Survivors include her husband
and five children, Ruth, Virginia
Mae, Harrison, and two sons in
service.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-10
Urge Farmers To
Make Plans Now
For Winter Crops
Special AAA Payments May
Be Earned, Plans Explained !
ByT. J. GRAPHICAL

Farmers of Ashe county may
earn a practice payment of $3.50
per acre under the 1915 AAA
farm program for establishing
winter cover from seedlings this
fall of wheat, oats, barley, rye, or
mixtures of these grains, it was
announced today by T. J. Gray
beal,. chairman of the county
AAA committee.
To qualify for this payment,
Mr.. GRAPHICAL said, a protective
white cover must be provided and
the crop must not be harvested
for grain. However, it may be
pastured, cut for hay, turned I'M
der as a green manure crop, or
Continued on Page ~
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-10
Absentee Ballots
Are Now Available

H. H. Lemly, chairman of the
Ashe county board of elections,
announced this week that tickets
and applications for members of
the armed forces in the coming
general election, were now ready.
Applications for absentee bal
lots for men in service, both in the
states and overseas, must be
made by some immediate mem
Der of the family, he pointed out.
Mr.. Lemly explained that ap-
plications for absentee ballots for
civilians cannot be made before
October 8.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-10
Meeting At Test
Farm Postponed

It was announced this week that
the all-day meeting planned to
be held at the new state test
farm at Laurel Springs, had been
postponed because of the infan-
tile paralysis epidemic.
Governor Broughton was sched-
uled to speak and a number of
other officials were also planning
to attend. It was announced that
the meeting might be held later
in the season.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-10
NAME POSTMASTER
FOR WARRENSVILLE

. Mrs. Roy Ashley has been ap-
pointed postmaster for Warrens-
vile.
She replaces Bill Johnson, who
recently resigned from this Of
flee.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-10
OF MRS. PRICE
is KILLED IN FRANCE

Mrs. Gwyn B. Price was notified
this week that her brother, S.-Sgt.
Robert Shoaf, of Bristol, Tenn,
was killed in action in France on
July Is.
Mrs. Price was visiting relatives
in Bristol when the message came.