The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-05-18

This week, several former resi-
dents have called by the office.
Among these are Mr.. and Mrs. l..
B. Tyson, known to their friends
as Lawrence and Louise. They
are spending sometime in Jeffer-
son and their many friends are as
glad to see them, as they are to be
back. They have been spending
several months in Florida. The
Tysons both said that The Sky
land Post had followed them
around and was a welcome re-
minder of home. Thanks for the
appreciative remarks.
Sgt. Oscar Houck, now at Camp
Davis, also came by to say how
much he enjoyed The Post. A
former teacher and basketball
coach, Oscar has many friends
who are always glad to see him.
Many letters come from men in
service saying how much they
look forward to their home paper
and of course, some of them look
in vain and register complaints
about it. While we make every
effort to do so, it is a little hard
to keep up with the army. Some
weeks we get as many as $50
changes of addresses of men in
service and of course there is
some delay in this. But we keep
the papers going and proud of the
fact that we can keep SO many
-Ashe county boys posted through
The Post"
An Early Start!
When asked, the other day,
what she was doing since school
had closed, Wanda Lee Weaver re-
piled that she was rushing getting
ready to go to college early next
month. All of which means that
she isn't going to lose much time.
Wanda Lee wants to be doctor
and says she is anxious to get
started. But if the story we heard
about her and Joe Cutri removing
the appendix from a cat is true,
she is already on her way. We
did not hear whether the cat lived
or died. But after all, cat has
nine lives, according to fiction!
A Fitting Tribute
Sunday, James Allen, of Dan
vile, Va, formerly of West JEFF
ferson, sent beautiful red roses to
the West Jefferson Methodist
church in honor of Mrs. Allen, de-
ceased.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Allen were
charter members of this church
and have many friends here. 1t
was particularly fitting that Mrs.
Allen be honored in the church
she loved so well and in which
he worked so earnestly.
A Sugar Tree
This week, Ashe county people
have had canning sugar on their
minds and should, for canning
time is near. And in thinking
about sugar, I am reminded of a
humorous incident, which occur
red during the recent press meet
ing in Morganton.
In inspecting the grounds of the
State Hospital, we approached the
nurses home land 'enroute there
saw a large spreading spruce tree
bearing an impressive sign. 1.-THE
Sugar Tree" When we asked the
doctor in charge of the tour about
this, he explained that it was Of
ficially the sugar tree and added
that when the young men escorted
the nurses home, this was the
goodbye point! 'This sugar isn't
rationed, either" he declared.
How does your garden grow?
Many gardens in Ashe county
got off to a late start, but so did
the warm weather and in many
cases the slightly late gardens are
about as good as those that were
chilled.
We have heard however, of two
families already reaping some
benefits from their early veget-
ables, Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Jones,
of West Jefferson and Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam Campbell. They are to
be congratulated on their efforts
as well as results achieved consi-
dering the late frost.
According to an unofficial sur
vey we believe there are more
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