The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-08-30

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ReconVerslon days are here.
Jack Rhodes and Tom Duncan,
two enterprising young business
men have been working on a
secret invention, or so we have
heard. No, it was not a sequel to
the atomic bomb. Being of an
inquiring mind we went to the
Duncan Motor company to in
vestigate. We found them level
ing a cement floor in front of a
new door to the show room,
where automobiles are expected
to be featured when they come
in! But as to the secret invention,
which they are supposed to be
perfecting, it is an electric lawn
mower. And it really keeps the
grass from growing under your
feet! We have seen it in opera
ton.
The Real Thing
Speaking of the bomb, Carl w.
Brown, of Ashe county, was one
of the many employees at Oak
Ridge who worked on the atomic
bomb. Mr.. Brown was in the Of
flee the other day and when ques-
toned about the bomb, said he
learned more about it after it
was put into use and given such
wide publicity than ever before.
1--WE knew no more about it at
the time than people in no ways
remotely connected with it's de-
velopment, he declared. He is
still working at the Oak Ridge
plant, but expects to get back to
Ashe county sometime.
Near And Far!
Emory Sturgill, of Elkton, Md,
was in the office this week and
pointed out that the more places
he moved to the more definitely
he decided that Ashe county was
the best place in the world in
which to live. eff l had my
choice from here to Jerusalem, I
would still pick Ashe county,"
he said.
School Days
They are here again and again
H. @f oh Of
this county are taking up where
they left off a short time ago.
But there are new faces, too, new
teachers and, of course, many
new students, that are making
their appearance for the first
time.
At the West Jefferson school
we noticed Joan Hardin, Carl
Goswick, Nancy Parker, Frank
Coward, Billy Jim McEwen, Sa-
ra Henry McLaurin and others
who were starting for the first
time.
Many parents were also pres
ent for the opening exercises.
Among these familiar faces was
Mrs. Bernard B. GRAPHICAL, who
has not missed school opening
since her daughter, Myrtle Dean,
member of the rising Junior
Class at the Woman's College OF
the University of North Carolina,
first started. If Mrs. GRAPHICAL
keeps this up until her youngest
child, Bernard Junior, finishes,
we believe she ought to be award
ed an attendance certificate.
In The Mail Bag
An Ashe county man writes a
letter about his paper and as an
afterthought in the Post Script
he adds this:
"One thing l don't agree on was
Heroes of the air in your July
II issue. l am sure the air force
did a good job but when it comes
to bloody fighting and the larg-
est group VI 1llS1l A1AASSA cAA>~
wounded, it's the infantry. l am
an artilleryman myself, but we
all praise the infantry, when 1t
comes to courage and hard fight
ing"
We agree with him about the
infantry. And when we praised
the air force it did not mean that
we were under rating the infan-
try, artillery or any other group.
Mrs. r. H. Stone, known and
loved by hundreds in this county,
writes that she enjoys reading
about men in service, many OF
whom she has taught in Sunday
School as we'll as Daily Vacation
Bible School. Mrs. Stone Is
spending sometime with her par
ents in Greycourt, S. c., now.