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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-22

The need of future mission
work in China was brought be-
fore Baptist women of the county
last Thursday when Miss Ola Lea,
a returned missionary, was the
guest speaker at the annual asso-
ciational meeting of the Women's
Missionary Unions.
Miss Lea spoke of the present
and future needs of China and re-
lated many interesting occurrences
in connection with her work
there. She also displayed some
native costumes, toys and other
objects typical of China.
The all-day meeting, which was
held at the West Jefferson Bap-
fist church was opened with a de-
votional program conferred around
'Love, Vision, Courage and
Faith" This was led by Mrs.
Jennings RAIDER.
Following the morning program
the group adjourned for picnic
lunch in the church basement.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-22
Lamb Pool To
Be Held Here
On We'd, July 5
All Farmers Are Invited To
Take Part; Expect Plenty
Of Buyers

Roy H. Grouse, county agent
announced yesterday, that the CO.
operative pool for selling lambs,
would be held on Wednesday,
July 5, at the West Jefferson
livestock market.
In addition to local buyers, buy
ers from the larger packing hous-
es are expected to attend, Mr..
Grouse said. The lambs will be
received and weighed from 800
a. m. until 1900 noon, and sales
will start promptly at 1900 o.
clock.
While this pool is being held
at the local stock market it is I'M
der the sponsorship of the county
agents office and is not on the
regular stock sale day, which is
each Thursday, it was explained.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-22
Japanese Fleet Now Moving
From Philippines Toward
Invades Isles; Action Expected
Tokyo Says Great Sea Fight
Is Near; U. S. Is Ready To
Meet Enemy

A japanese naval armada" pos-
sibly the entire japanese fleet"
has moved out between the
Philippines and the invaded Mar
ianas, Adm. Chester w. Nimitz
announced yesterday, limiting dra-
matically that a historymaking
battle with the American fifth
fleet already may be under way.
Already it is possible that dam
age has been inflicted on the Jap
anese warships, the admiral said.
American forces invaded the
Marianas, 1900 miles from Tokyo,
along Japan's inner defence line
of islands, ION the assumption the
Japanese would bring out every
thing they possibly COULD" he ad-
ded.
eve put enough muscle in the
fifth fleet to take care of every
thing he (the Jap) could muster"
Nimitz said there was a posi-
bility that major naval engage
ment might result.
Continued on Page Fnur)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-22
Services Sat. Sun,
At Beaver Greek

The Primitive Baptist Church,
of Beaver Creek, will hold the
annual communion services on
Saturday and Sunday, June "a
and Is. The regular time for
this service is the fourth Saturday
and Sunday in August, but due to
the Senter association which will
be held at this Church early in
September the date was changed
to the fourth Saturday and Sun
day in June, it was explained.
Preaching service will be held
on Sunday morning and after
noon, and lunch will be served on
the ground, it was announced.
The church at Beaver Creek is
the oldest Primitive Baptist
Church established in Ashe coun-
ty, in about 1875. A new brick
building has just been completed
there.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-22
Making Plans To
Open Bean Mart
Here On July 3
Building Greatly Enlarged;
Demand For Beans Ex-
pected To Be Good t.

Plans are now underway for
the official opening of the Farm
ers' Bean and Vegetable Market,
here, on Monday July 8, and a
good season is predicted.
Both the bean shed and the Of
flee space have been enlarged in
order to be able to handle increas-
ed business. ''We are looking
forward to a bigger season than
we enjoyed last year and present
indications are that the demand
for beans will be greater" ]. E.
Roland, secretary and treasurer,
declared.
Details of the opening will be
announced next week. While Of
ficial sales will start at four o.
clock in the afternoon on Mon
day, July 3, it was announced that
any farmers having beans ready
for sale before this time should
contact market officials. These
beans can be disposed of through
the market, by telephone, it was
pointed out.
w. G. Vannoy, Mr.. Roland, and
other officials of the market
pointed out that they wish to
thank all farmers for their CO.
operation last year and that they
were looking forward to serving
them this season.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-22
Allies Are Now Near
Cherbourg; Germans
Are Caught In Trap
Germans Blast French Port
To Destroy 1t Before Be-
ing Captured By Allies

American troops stOrmed to the
top of the last ridge barrier to
Cherbourg Tuesday night, and
were within sight of the great
port less than four miles away
where the explosions of hasty
German demolition threw smoke
shrouds over the city and thund-
cred the collapse of any Nazi
hopes of successful stand.
GA NBC broadcast from Lond-
on said that American troops were
within two miles of Cherbourg's
city limits and that the fall of the
port Seems imminent" The cor
respondent said allied warships
were pounding the Germans
around Cherbourg and also in the
Cap de la Hague area at the north
west tip of the peninsula Is miles
above Cherbourg).
An allied spokesman called up
on the tens of thousands of trap
ped Germans to surrender
There was no other choice, he
said-except death.
American long-range artillery
laid a powerful drum fire on the
Germans around the city, and al
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-22
1t. Colonel A. L.
Fletcher Is Here
Will Return To Raleigh AS
Chmn. Unemployment 4
Commission


1t. Colon6l "A: 4. rIeichnr. q
Washington and Raleigh IS s
ing short time at his Summer
home at Jefferson before return
ing to Raleigh, where he will
again take up his work as chair
man on the Unemployment Com
pensation Commission of North
Carolina.
He has been on leave of alb
Sence for the past two years and
has been serving as a member of
the appeals board of the Selective
Service Commission, in Washing
ton, under General L. B. Hershey.
When Mr.. Fletcher began his
work with the selective service
commission, he was a major, hav-
ing served in World War I. He
later received the commission of
Lt.-Colonel
During his leave of absence,
DIR. w. R. Carly has served as
acting chairman of the N. c. I'm
employment Compensation Com
mission.
Lt.-Colonel Fletcher pointed
out that the work on the appeals
board of Selective Service was
greatly reduced and while he was
glad to render service to the gov
eminent in this capacity, he was
also happy to be back in his ma
tive state of North Carolina, again.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-22
IOOF To Remodel
Hall; To Sponsor
Show On June 70
Walter Turner, Of Lenoir, Is
Coming; String Music To
Be Featured

It was announced this week
that the Odd Fellows were max
ing plans to remodel the hall at
jefferson and in order to raise
funds for this, would sponsor a
special show at the courthouse on
June %.
The show, which will be in the
form of entertainment, will fea-
ture Walter Turner, of Lenoir, a
magician, who is well-known to
many merchants here. While the
"whiffle dust" is only side line
with Mr.. Turner, he has attracted
many by his magic tricks and is
expected to draw a large crowd
here.
Continued on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-22
Parents Warned
Of Polio Cases
Two Cases Reported In Ashe
County; Many Other Cases
Elsewhere

Two cases of infantile paraly-
sis, Bard child of Jefferson and
a Massey child of the Nathan's
Creek section, have been report
ed in this county. Both cases are
now in Charlotte, where they are
undergoing treatment.
Miss Ruth Tugman, welfare SUI
perintendent, said that while the
situation was not alarming, she
thought parents of children
should be informed of this.
A number of cases have been
reported in Caldwell, CASTOR and
other counties further down the
state, many of which are being
treated in Charlotte.
The National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis has sent an
apidemiologist to Charlotte to
study the q cases of poliomyelitis
which are being treated at Char
lotte Memorial hospital, said DR..
J. S. Gaul, Charlotte orthopedic
surgeon.
DR.. Gaul also said he had in
vited the research division of
Yale university to send some one
here but that he does not know
yet whether the university will do
so. In the meantime, c. H. Crab
tree of Raleigh, a representative
of the National Foundation, arriv-
ed in the city and was in confer
ence with Miss Josephine Kerr,
superintendent of nurses at the
hospital, to learn, if there is any
way in which the Foundation can
serve the hospital or the patients.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-22
Freak Weather
Here This Week

Ashe county people, who
swarmed the river banks in bath
ing suits on Sunday, when the
temperature officially registered
80 degrees, had to hunt up sweat
ers Tuesday and Wednesday when
it fell to the low forties.
The U. S. Weather Bureau Their
mometer at Jefferson, recorded
80 as the high peak Sunday, and
40 as the low level on Tuesday;
however, thermometers in other
sections of the county dropped to
as low as 40 degrees.
Never saw anything like the
weather or the war either" an
old-timer said.
Low temperature Tuesday and
Wednesday was accompanied by
strong winds.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-22
County Bond Sales Are Climbing Slowly
Only $25,OOO.OO
Reported Sold
On Drive Quota
Merchants And Other Groups
Working; Cooperation OF
Everyone Is Asked

The sale of war bonds during
the Fifth War Loan Drive are
moving slowly in Ashe county,
with sources of sales reporting
only $25, O32.25 through yesterday.
This was not complete, however,
and the remaining sources not
reporting, are estimated to swell
the total around 100000, leav-
ing more than 100000 yet to
be sold if the county's quota of
$197 100000 is to be raised.
''This is everyone's drive and
we must have the cooperation of
everyone if we are to put the
drive across" one official said.
The drive officially ends on July
8 and all who can purchase bonds
are asked to do so before that
time" a leader stated.
1t was pointed out that Ashe
county now has a large number
of men on the fighting fronts and
these, as we'll as other Americans,
deserve the support of every cit
izen in the bond drive.
Teachers Of the county, this
week, received some extra pay
and are urged by officials to put
this money into bonds.
Merchants of the county are al
so selling bonds and have a quo
Continued On Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-22
Public Urged To
Cooperate With
Town Officials
Plans For Collection OF Gar
bage Explained; Water
Supply Low Y

T. E. Parker, town clerk and
supervisor of streets and water,
pointed out this week that it was
important for the public to CO.
operate in order to take care of
the low water supply and also in
keeping the streets clean.
Due to the fact that the. water
supply is unusually low at this
time, residents are asked to check
all leaking faucets and have them
fixed and not to use water on
lawns and gardens.
Garbage is being collected in
the business section daily and in
the residential sections each Fri
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-22
Big Shortage In
Paper Bags Here
Public Asked To Conserve
BAGS And Return Them To
Merchants n ossible

West Jefferson Merchants,
along with others, are feeling the
shortage of paper bags. The buy
ing public is asked to help out in
this by doing without bags when
it is possible. And where bags
can be returned to stores, they
can be used again, it was explain
ed.
Most of the merchants have
some bags, but not all of them
have all sizes. 1--WE realize it is
a slight inconvenience, brought
about by paper shortage and we
are doing the best we can about
it," one merchant said.
It was pointed out that in some
towns, many customers bring
shopping bags in which to carry
their groceries home.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-22
Draws Sentence
In Larceny Case

Mayor Chas. o. Parsons sem
fenced Ralph Holman, of West
Jefferson, twelve months on the
road for larceny, at Mayors
court, here, Monday. Holman
was arrested shortly after stealing
numerous articles and papers
from the car belonging to Levern
Johnson, on Thursday night,
June 16. The car was parked in
front of Parker's store.
Fred Sheets, who was arrested
for public drunkenness, was fin
ed $4,000 and costs.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-22
ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY
FOR N. C.. LEGISLATURE

Rev. M. D. Hart, Baptist minis
ter, of Tuckerdale, this week an
nounced his candidacy for the
Republican nomination of repre-
sentative in the state legislature
Hart is the first candidate OF
either party to make a public an
nouncement through this paper
IF nominated and elected, I will
to the best of my ability, try tt
carry out the wishes of the people
of the county," he said.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-22
A. ]. TOlliver
Rites Tomorrow

Funeral service will be held
tomorrow morning at HOO o.
clock, for Andrew Jackson Tolli-
yer, 80, prominent farmer of Tree
top, who died Wednesday. The
service will be held at the Valley
Home Baptist church and Rev.
Tom Farmer will be in charge.
The deceased is survived by the
following children: Mrs. Leila
Stansberry, Creston; Mrs. Alice
Perkins, Treetop; Mrs. Emma
Greer, of Wilmington, Del, and
Roby Tolliver, of the state of
Washington.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-22
Soldier, Who Was
AWOL, Is Caught

Chief Deputy Sheriff c. B.
GRAPHICAL, announced that he had
recently picked up Ray Lewis, of
Grayson, a soldier who had over
stayed his leave since April 6.
Lewis was taken to Charlotte,
where he was turned over to mil
itary authorities.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-22
Holmes Held For
Stealing Horse

Most people are worrying about
not having enough gas to travel;
but Jackson Holmes worries are
about a horse he rode without
permission. Holmes, who was
working for H. F. Cook, was ar
rested and charged with steal
ing a horse belonging to Cook,
when he rode it without permits
sion.
Holmes was tried and bound
over to court and because of fail
ure to make bond, he is still in the
Ashe county Jail.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-22
CrestOn Youth
Is Commended
Especial to The Post)

An Eighth AAF Fighter Wing,
England: Along with other mem
bers of his unit Private First Class
Francis L. Roark of Creston, N. c.
has earned the commentator of
his commanding general for dill
igence and attention to duty dur
ing March and April.
In the commentator, which
was issued to the units of his figh-
ter wing headquarters Brigadier
General Jesse Anton of Covington,
KY, pointed out the Importance
of every job including such rou-
tine duties as guard, clerk, and
KIP in the destruction of the enc
my.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-22
Local People Go
To Legion Meet

Mr.. and Mrs. P. C. Wright and
w. w. Terry were among the To-
cal people who attended the an
nual convention of the North Car
DINA Department of the American
Legion, held in Asheville, this
week.
P. G. Wright was named a
Grand Cheminot in the election
of state officers of the 40 and 8
fun and honor society of the LIE.
gion.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-22
Democrats Will
Meet Sat. Night

A good attendance is expected
at the meeting of the Democratic
executive committee and other
members of the party, which is to
be held at the courthouse at nine
o'clock, Saturday night.
The meeting was announced
last week by chairman, B. II.
Duncan.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-22
COUNTY BOOKS ARE
NOW BEING AUDITED

E. w. Smith, certified public
accountant, of Lenoir, is making
an annual audit of the Ashe coun-
ty tax books before the fiscal
year ends.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-07-07

my leaders thought we could not cope
with problems and vast distances, unique
in military history With the help of our
English and Australian allies, we have
solved them. We have built up great
strength and have combined it with great
versatility Of strategy and tactics.
In Europe we have fought from street
to street, and from house to house. In
the Pacific we have attacked in great
leaps of hundreds of miles. American
arms and American brains are playing
major part in successful European oper-
alton which combined inevitability of at
tack with utter secrecy of time and place.
Our recent operations against the Japs
have reversed that procedure. Time and
again American forces have caught the
JapS flat-footed with sudden, unpredic-
table thruSts. Now we have come to the
point where Navy Secretary ForreStal can
confidently inform this country land its
enemies) that Borneo, the Philippines,
FormoSa and Japan are next. Japan has
good reason to heed this warning, and to
fear it. Thus far Japanese industry has
escaped the devastating force that Allied
planes have brought against Germany.
The IT'S or more Jap planes destroyed by
our forces in the last 20 days Of June
represent not more than weeks output,
perhaps, of Japan'S aircraft production.
But at this stage of the Pacific war,
planes are of little use against us without
carriers. And against Japan's carriers
we have recently dealt most Gripping
blows. Japan still holds great slice
of China. But it is not beyond possibility
that our forces might be able to deliver
paralyzing attacks on her industry and
transportation without the springboard
of Chinese port And while the Japa-
nese homeland awaits the blow, thous-
ands of Tojo'S soldiers lie dead and tens
of thousands are hopelessly isolated in
the islands of his brief and too-far-flung
ocean empire.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-07-07
Culinary Obituary

No longer will G. I. Joe pause in the
midst of combat to dine on hash from a
tin Hash has been taken off the Army'S
Grafton list, by popular demand. Meat,
whole and recognizable, in combination
with potatoes, beans, rice, noodles and
such has taken it's place.
1t is good to know that taste as well as
nourishment enters into the planning of
our soldiers meals, even when they are
of the most urgent emergency variety. 1t
is good to know that even when at grips
with the enemy, G. I. Joe retains dis
eliminating palate.
And yet, we'd like to say good word
for hash. It is an ancient and honorable
concoction, worthy of respectable place
in anybody's cuisine. The trouble, we
suspect, is that Americans developed an
unconscious prejudice against it.
Vaudeville may be dead, but the ghost
of those gags must be haunting the
United States Army.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-07-07
Circus Catastrophe

The show must 60 on, regardless. That
Is the rule of the circus. But yesterday
afternoon in Hartford when small blaze
suddenly set the entire main tent into a
blazing mass the show came to an abrupt
end. It was the end, too, for the many
who lost their lives attending the ma
tinee performance of our greatest form OF
entertainment.
There is no accounting for or explana-
tons Of such catastrophe as that which
stirred the entire country, you might say,
Yesterday in the middle of one Of sum-
mer's hottest days. Huge throngS at
tended the circus in the states capitol
city. CircuSes are always eXcellently con-
trolled and managed affairs. Things go
along with the performance and handling
of crowds without hitch Then, sup
posedly, a match is carelesSly thrown.
No one knows. The fire might have been
put out in minute. But it was not.
The fire was to be, so it seemed.
The circus fire at Hartford is just a
day old. Prayers are being offered for
the dead and dying. Explanations and
causes are not yet decided. Press opinion
will 60 on for many days. The Ringing
Brothers, a gigantic circus organization
has experienced its major catastrophe in
all history. It was horrible affair to
view, and horrible to think about No
clown in the circus could soften the blow
or mitigate by his art the awfulnesS OF
perishing by fire.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-07-07

The solemn warning which the top
military leaders, Generals Marshall and
Arnold and Admiral King, issued to the
home front on their return from the
French front was obviously heartfelt.
They had seen the theater of bitter fight
ing and heavy casualties. They had seen
q tremendous expenditure of war mater
ials which American workers must re-
place. They had come back from an at
lnOSphere of intense struggle to what
seemed to them an attitude of complete
optimism. The war is not won, they
declared, though recent successes seem to
have persuaded "some people" that they
can now throw up their war jobs and go
back to civilian life. DeSertion on the
home front has the same effect as deser-
ton on the battle front. Such statements
from such high authority demand serious
consideration and will receive it. But at
the same time it might be suggested that
If we are complacent, there are other
reasons for it than lazineSS or selfish
ness, If that is what the military leaders
suspect. IN
Much of such complacency as exists
surely arises from an understandable
confusion. For example, the Marshall
King-Arnold report came on the eve of
control of hiring and job changing. It
might beWilder many war workers to read
the reports stern exhortation not to walk
out on a war job when regulation to
prevent that very thing was about to go
into effect Other inconsistencies come
to mind which, stirred together, produce
q brew that can set the ordinary head to
spinning. A few months ago General
Eisenhower predicted that the war in
Europe would be won in 1914. Prime Min
lister Churchill implied as much in a re-
cent optimistic statement. But the chief
Of the Philadelphia ordnance divisions
said last week that General Eisenhower
ard the high command do not think the
war will end as soon as the wishful-think-
Ing public believes" and that the next
six months will be the most critical pro-
ductiop period this country has ever
faced"
Then, too, the involved WPB plans for
reconversion have been presented with
such completely and with such confu'
sion Of metal SURPRISES here and falling
steel production there that only Phil
adelphia lawyer can tell whether washing
machines or trench moftars are under dis
eussloD, Civilians have been accused OF
Wishful thinking before. And each time
II has been possible TO see that the att,
tude was partly reflection OF confusing
or misleading statements IN higher cir.
eles, Unity OF policy at the top would
stu seem best able TO cure the false OPP
tlmlsm Tor which the ordinary public Is
regularly blamed,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-07-07

platform takes a fine, high-sound-
ing position, which from prac-
teal viewpoint means next to
nothing.
CAPITAL CHAFF
The Federal Communications
Commission licensed new radio
station in Houston, Texas, to
Judge Roy Hofheinz, after he had
shown that Jesse Jones domin-
ated all the radio stations in
Houston and that they carried an
amazing minimum of patriotic
war appeals. But now Judge Hof-
heienz is encountering obstacles
all along the line :. Latest is
demand by the Greater Houston
Broadcasting Corporation for a
rehearing Of his license. Inter-
esting fact is that the secretary
and treasurer of this firm are
Forrest L. Andrews and Thomas D.
Anderson, the lawyers who handle
most of the Texas business for
Jesse Jones' RFC :. The weather
has a lot to do with elections.
Record breaking rains, wiping out
culyerts and bridges in North Da-
kota, blocked many farmers from
voting in the recent Nye primary.
Most of them would have OPP
posed Senator Nye >. When some
people expected D-Day to be in
May, an Army crony of General
wild Bill" Donovan remarked
that this was impossible. "Dono-