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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-06-28
Glendale Springs
News

Mr.. Fillmore Miller, Mrs. Lee
Miller and Teller Miller are visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Miller's father,
Mr.. Bert Miller, who is seriously
i'll at his home in Ohio. Mr.. Mil
Ter is a former resident of Ashe
county.
Mrs. John E. Rivers, of Kan
napolis. spent the week end with
her mother, Mrs. Fillmore Mil
Ter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Mash have
announced the birth of son, on
June 81. Both mother and son
are getting along fine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Lambert
have announced the birth of a
daughter, Ethelene, on June 20.
Misses Connie Mash and Paul
inc Miller visited Miss Mary
Mash, Sunday.
Mr.. Robert Miller, who is en-
ployed at Akron, Ohio, is expect
ed home soon.
Mr.. Edd Miller who was taken
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-06-28
Youth Conservation

Emphasis is now being placed on
youth conservation by large number of
Influential groups as we'll as organiza-
tons and it good that it should be, for in
youth lies our greatest natural resource
The youth of today will be the citizenry of
tomorrow and it is vitality important that
youth be prepared for the future. Health,
welfare, education, moral and religious
training are the inalienable rights of all
children and we are highly in accord with
all we'll directed efforts to make these pos
We are happy to learn that immediate
expansion of health, welfare, education,
and other services offered to children in
rural areas is called for in plans now under
President Truman's consideration, Kath-
arine F. Lenroot, Chief of the Children's
Bureau Of the u. S. Department of Labor,
reports. These plans are included in
report titled, Building the Future for
Children and Youth, prepared by the Ma
tional Commission on Children in War
time, which outlines the steps which should
be taken now to bring adequate services
within reach of the nations children.
Federal grants to State departments of
health should be increased by $5O,OO0000
for maternal and child health work; to
State crippled children's agencies, by $685.
100000 for their work with handicapped
children; and grants for child-welfare pro-
grams of State welfare departments should
also be stepped up, the Commission recon-
mended. Much of the additional funds
would be used to extend and expand these
protective services to children in rural
areas. "Our first responsibility in building
the peace is toward our children to whom
the future belongs" Miss Lenroot COM
mented. "Provision of health and welfare
services and educational opportunities for
every single child in the United States is
the keystone upon which our security as
Nation rests"
Pointing out that rural areas are least
adequately served by public-health de-
partments, health and hospital centers,
maternal and child-health facilities, and
welfare programs the report urges imme-
diate action and postwar expansion until
all political subdivisions of all States are
adequately covered.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-06-28
Crumpler News

A large crowd from Crumpler
attended the opening of the air
port at West Jefferson, Sunday
afternoon.
Miss Thelma Shepherd is visit
ing her brother, 1t. Leonard
Shepherd, who is undergoing
treatment in a government hospi-
tai in Pennsylvania.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Shepherd,
of Havelock, have been visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Gaultney and
other relatives the past week.
Miss Arlene Handy, of Abing-
don, Md, visited her grandpar-
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. n. Gaultney
and other relatives, recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Barton
and son, Max, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul Cearley, of North
Wilkesboro, Saturday.
Mr.. Hampton Blevins, who has
been spending sometime with
friends here, has returned to
New York.
Mr.. H. C. Owen and two chill
dren, Delano and Iris, spent few
days recently with his parents
and other relatives and friends,
Mrs. Everett Fender has re-
turned home from a visit with
her daughter, Mrs. Surgin Par
lier, of Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. Duvall, Mrs.
Thelma Hash and son, Miss Grace
Duvall, Mrs. Ralph ,Duvall and
son, of Pennsylvania, visited Pvt.
Ralph Duvall, who is a patient in
hospital in Ashevil1e, recently,
Pvt. Duvall was wounded in &C.
ton in Italy. He is now getting
along fine.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-06-28
SGT. ALBERT POE
HAS LONG MARCHES

CONTINUED tror1 Page One)
came to a halt. Civilians kept
telling us that the U. S., England
and the Russians were at war and
that we were allied with Ger
many. We didn't believe them.
1--WE walked 80 more kilometers,
and they put us up in an old hotel
and fed us bread and little cof-
fee. It was the first food we
had had since we left the camp.
''The Germans told us the Rus
slams weren't coming, but their
artillery shells found the town
the next morning, and the prison.
ers and guards scattered like
pigeons when two landed near us.
The lieutenant rounded us up,
and told us again that
we were being returned to the
my knee began to bother me,
and another fellow and I slipped
off, attempting to reach the
American lines by ourselves.
Hundreds of others did the same
thing. We slipped into a barn
that night, and the next morning
five SIS men found us. There was
no violence. They just turned
us over to German Army units.
They took us to Stalag liza. We
stayed there until liberated on
May g." he said.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-06-28
A Wise Appointment

The announcement made by Governor
R. Gregg Cherry of the re-appointment of
Colonel A. L. Fletcher as Chairman of the
North Carolina Unemployment Compen-
sation Commission was a pleasant one to
the people of this, his native section, as we'll
as his many other friends throughout the
state For sometime it had been rumored
that the Governor did not intend to reap
point Colonel Fletcher. We are happy for
both the Governor and for North Carolina
that he decided to re-appoint Fletcher be-
cause of his long and efficient service, rath
er than to be governed by politics.
We know of no man more deserving of
this appointment in the State or who could
better serve North Carolina in this capacity
than Colonel Fletcher. He is veteran of
several wars and understands the returning
veterans problems as well as other prob
lens of unemployment and labor.
He made a record for himself on the
battlefields of Europe in World War I.
And it was soon after his return to civilian
life that he became associated officially
with this State in 1921 as chief deputy in
the Insurance Department. In 1882 he ran
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-06-28
WILSON - SKILLINGS

OF interest to their friends here
and elsewhere is the announce
ment of the marriage of Thomas
Earl Wilson, formerly of Ashe
county, and Miss Winnie Skillings
of WalloWa, Oregon.
The, marriage took place at En-
terprise, Oregon, on May 81, 1945.
Mr.. Wilson is the youngest son
Of Mfr. and Mrs. T. Conley Will
son, of Trade, Tenn. He is a
graduate of Cove Creek high
school and for the past several
years has been employed in Con-
don, Oregon.
The couple are making their
home at Whitney, Oregon, for the
summer.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-06-28
A Job Well Done

This week, A. B. Hurt completes his
two-year term as superintendent of Ashe
county schools. And while he has served
in this position only comparatively short
time he has made an outstanding record
for which teachers, pupils, parents and all
those interested in educational progress
of this county should be grateful
In this period of emergency, Mr.. Hurt
has gone ahead and has seen to it that
Ashe county schools have received all pos
sible available aid. In spite of necessary
shortages new Materials that were avail
able, have been added to schools, every eff
fort has been made to keep the county sup
piled with the best possible Teachers the
schools have been coordinated with the
war effort and through this the pupils have
been benefited as we'll as aid given in the
fight for freedom. Wise spending has also
characterized Mr.. Hurts administration.
And he goes out of office leaving a good
surplus in school funds for postwar work.
The same record of safety for which the
school system has long been known was
kept up during the past two years. This
too, was maintained with shortage of bus
drivers, tires and school buses, in many
cases, average.
Among the other features of the edu-
cational program in the county toward Mr..
Hurt worked was the improvement of
standards and along with this, expansion
of libraries. Through his efforts, hundreds
of additional books were made available
to school children of the county,
Mr.. Hurt has long been recognized for
his ability as school man. The Nathan's
Creek high school stands as monument to
his efforts. Here for many years he op-
Grated the only standard graded school in
the county. During his term as superin-
tendent, two other graded schools have
become standardized, jefferson and West
Jefferson
Holding NJ A. Degree from the Uni
versity of North Carolina, Mr. Hurt is one
of the best trained school men in this Sec
ton of the State. We hope that he will re-
main in the county. His leaving would
mean a loss to the educational system.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-06-28
IN MEMORY OF
OUR LOVING MOTHER.
MRS. SALITE SAUNDERS.

who passed away six years ago
June q:
Oh! dear mother, how we miss
you.
Since dear Jesus called you
home;
Sir years we've lived in sadness
Thought of you where ere we
roamed.
We often go, dear mother,
And lay flowers on the mound
Where your body's peacefully
sleeping
In the cold and silent ground
Many times we wish, dear mo-
Their,
That with us you could have
stayed;
Then we think of this cruel war
And the heartaches it has made.
We know your tolls are over;
That your race has been run;
And that now you're up in Hea-
ven,
With God the Father and His
Son.
Oft times we wonder, mother,
Why should we in anguish
weep;
You're not dead-no not forever,
But in Jesus fell asleep.
We often speak your name, dear
mother,
And your deeds we oft recall,
And so many times we mention,
Your dear picture on the wall.
Since the family circles broken
There's no other could take
your place;
In our hearts you're living with
us,
Tho we cannot see your face.
Our daily prayer, dear mother,
Is we'll meet you upon High
Where trouble never enters,
And where mothers never die
Written by her daughters
Grace Saunders
Mrs. C. b. Shatley.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-06-28
HOME DEMONSTRATION
MEETINGS PLANNED

The Riverview Home Demon
stration club will meet on Tues
day, July 8, at 2:30 p. m. at the
home of Miss Essie Jones.
The Warrensville H. D. club
will meet on Wednesday, July 4,
at the home of Mrs. G. G. Howell
The Nathan's Creek H. D. club
will meet on Thursday, July 5,
at 2::30 p. m. at the home of Mrs.
J. E. Gentry.
The Brandon H. D. club will
meet on Friday, July 6, at 2:3O
p. M, at the home of Mrs. How
1rd Blevins.
The topic this month will be
"You and Your Appearance"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-06-28
FORMER ASHE MAN
DIES IN COLORADO

(Continued from PAGE One)
he had continued active associa-
ton until his retirement few
years ago.
William Payton Wilbar was
born on March 10, 1854 at Jeffer-
son, North Carolina, and came
west in 1889. In those first years
in Colorado he worked in the
Virginia mines above Ourav for
a few years, during which time
he was married to Mss Laura Ma.
tilda Sayler. He was a member
of the Presbyterian church and
of Fremont Lodge 81, A. F. & A
M.
He took an active part in COM
munity affairs, and was known
as the Father of Newlan Creek
since he was the instigator and
principal worker in getting the
creeks mountain water used by
the City of Florence.
In addition to his wife he is
survived by one son, William Pay
ton Wilbar, Jr., one granddaugh-
ter, Virginia Van Buskirk; two
grandsons, William Payton VIII
bar Ill, and John Francis Wilbar;
one brother, A. P. Wilbar, of Cor
don, Texas; and one sister, Mrs.
M. J. futile of Albuquerque, N.
M.
His many friends and relatives
in Ashe county regret to hear of
his death.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-06-28
Grassy Creek News

Mr.. c. F. Spencer is i'll in the
Veterans Hospital, Johnson City,
Tenn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Blevins and
daughter, Dianah, Detroit, Mich,
are visiting relatives and friends
here.
Paul Williams, South Carolina,
is spending a few days with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Will
liams.
Mrs. Mack Blevins returned
Saturday from a weeks visit with
relatives In Roanoke, Va.
Mr.. Paul GRAPHICAL is confined
to his home with humps.
Mrs. w. c. Larue and daughter,
Violet, Raleigh, arrived Monday
for visit with her mother, Mrs.
Florence Porter.
Mr.. John Davis, Detroit, Mich,
are visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Morgan Davis.
Mrs. Lula Huddler had as her
dinner guests, Sunday, the Rev.
and Mrs. w. c. Eastridge, Mrs. w.
J. Pugh, Mrs. Cessie Thomas, Miss
Myrtle Pugh and Miss Blossom
Reeves, of Fries, Va.
Mrs. Donald Denny, who is at
tending the summer session at
ASTC, spent the week end at her
home here.
Mrs. Carl Young continues i'll
at her home here.
Mrs. David Spencer, Winston
Salem, was a recent visitor in the
home of relatives here.
Mrs. S. F. Jones is attending the
summer session at Duke Univer-
sity, Durham N. c.
The condition Of Mr.. E. L. Rob-
bins, who has been i'll for some
time, remains about the same
Mr.. and Mrs. Darwin Walker
have returned from a visit with
relatives in Maryland. They
were accompanied home by Miss
Billie Dickson, who had spent the
past two weeks with relatives
there.
Mrs. Helen Stump Waddell, of
Baltimore, Md, is visiting her par
ents, Mr.. AMID Mrs. Walter Stump.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Lane,
Mrs. Viola Lane and Sonny"
Lane returned to their homes in
Athens, w. Va, Monday, after
having been guests in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Wages.
Mrs. Cora Reeves is home from
Wilkesboro, where she spent the
winter with her son-in-laW and
daughter Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Gambill and family.
Mr.. John Parsons, Beckley, W.
Va, spent the week end with his
sister, Mrs. Charlie Spencer and
family.
The members of the Baptist
church and Sunday School enjoy
ed a picnic at Back Bone Rock.
near Damascus, Va, Sunday.
Mrs. B. Pendry, of Rugby, Va,
is visiting her brother, T. c. Han
dy, of Grassy Creek.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. Taylor, of
Crumpler, visited Mr. and Mrs.
Lester Young, of Grassy Creek,
Mrs. c. c. Phipps visited at the
home of T. c. Handy, Sunday.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-06-28
w. j. BEAN MARTS
WILL OPEN SOON

Continued from Page One)
green beans.
West Jefferson has two separ-
ate markets, the Farmers Bean
and Vegetable Market, which was
opened more than two years ago,
and the Ashe Bean Market, which
began operations last summer.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-06-28
SINGING SCHOOL

Mr.. Ben V. Watson will con-
duct a singing school at the Obids
Baptist church beginning Mon
day, July 2, it has been announced
by the pastor, the Rev. S. S. Gray
beal.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-06-28

The average yield of alfalfa is
about 2 tons per acre. Alamance
growers have obtained this yield
at the first two cuttings and hope
to get two additional cuttings.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-06-28
Rising Sun, Md.
June %, 1915

June "a, 1871
Skyland Post,
West Jefferson, N. c.
Dear Sirs,
Enclosed please find a money
order for $3.50 for my renewal
for The Skyland Post. I am very
sorry I did not think of this soon
er, because I would not want to
miss a copy, as I send it to my
son, who is in the U. S. Navy.
am expecting him home on leave
any day now.
There are many Ashe county
people around here and we like
to read the Post.
Thanking you very much, I am,
Yours truly,
Mrs. James Goss,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-06-28
TRIED BY MAYOR

Edward Houck. of West Jeffer-
son, was tried in Mayors court
here Monday for public drunken
ness and was given a fine of $50.
and costs.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-06-28

seriously ill while at work Mon
day, is a patient at the Ashe Hos
pital. Last reports from him
were that he is improving nicely.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-06-28
Classified Ads

FOR SALE or TRADE - Two
bee comb foundation mills. One
good guard gun. F. E. Wilson,
Rt. 2, Trade, Tenn. 6-z8-ltp
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-06-28

Pvt. Carl Davis, son of Mr.. Ed
Davis, of Tuckerdale, has return
ed from service overseas and is
now at the Army Ground and
Service Forces Redistribution
Station in Miami Beach, where he
will be assigned to further duty.
Pvt. Davis served "a months as
a rifleman in the European thea
ter of operations. He was award
ed the European campaign rib
bon with two battle stars. Pvt.
Davis entered service in Janu-
airy, 1941.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-06-28

NOTICE-For floor sanding
and finishing, write w. L. Cole,
Sherwood N. c. 6-28-4tp
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-06-28
More News OF
Men In Service

Posy Owen, SIC, of Crumpler,
has been patient at the Brooklyn
Naval Hospital for the past three
months and is now hoping to be
able to be out again soon.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-06-28

Pfc. Todd S. Eller, son of Chas.
Eller, of Milan, is now in Aus
tria. He has been in service four
years, having served q months
in Northwest India, Spain, and
Trinidad before going to Germany
last January. He hopes to return
home soon.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-06-28

Pfc. Ennis p. Latham, son OF
MIR. T. T. Latham and the late
Mrs. Latham, of Milan, recently
returned to the States, after
spending Ii months overseas. He
is now at Fort Bragg but is ex-
'pected home soon. Pfc. Latham
served with the First, Third and
Seventh Armies. He wears the
Infantryman Combat Badge, the
Bronze Star, the Purple Heart and
three other medals. He has been
in service for four years.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-06-14

&oc ,. And he it further enacted
That this Act is hereby declared to
be an emergency law and necessary
The sub., 1945-08-23

In that period, accidental deathsr at home aggregated 296,0OO, com pared with 250,000 in the Army and Navy. Persons injured in the States reached the enormous fig ure of 30,OO0,000, as against 817,000 wounded, missing and taken pris- oners during the war.
 Among industrial workers alone last year, over 15,900 were killed on the job, and many thousands of others of the job. Also 2,230,000 were injured on the job in 1914, thousands of them sustaining per- manent disabilities, the O. w. I. explained.
 Actual work days lost by these employees amounted to 43,500,000, but if the cumulative loss of work ing power by those who were killed is taken into account, the total would be 223,000,000 man. days for 1914, the o. w. I. pointed out. Similar deaths and injuries off the job would raise the loss among industrial workers during the year to 365, 1000, ,OOO-more than 40 times the idleness caused by all strikes.
 Much of this tOll-which has made the home front more dam gerOus than the fighting fronts could have been avoided had in-
 H conditions and had workers been more careful, the o. w. I. con- tended.
The sub., 1945-08-23
Highlights Of
 Jap Peace Bid

Emperor Admits HumiIiatins Defeat; President Truman
 Lauds "F. D."
 President Truman announces unconditional Jap surrender. pays tribute to his old chief, Roosevelt.
 First radio broadcast by any Jap emperor admits humiliat- ing defeat, planes it on atomic bomb.
 Emperor stays on throne, but General MacArthur is his boss. This pleaseS some and dis pleaSeS others.
 For the first time in history, a powerful army Surrenders to an enemy hundreds of miles away.
 False surrender news again causes premature celebrations.
 Three powerful nations were defeated at the cost of 260,000 American lives.
 Moscow announces a tremen- dously important Russian-Chi- nese friendship pact" It may divide Manchuria and settle fate of Chinese Reds"
 Will Jap generals and armies go home and cultivate farms, or join forces of Chinese, RuS~ sians, or war lords?"
 French court finds 89-year- old Petain guilty of treason, prescribes death penalty, but asks de Gaulle to show mercy.
The sub., 1945-08-23
AMERICAN INDUSTRY

poured endless supplies to the Pacific. Trucktractor shown here, powered by fa- nous Continental Red Seal engine, speeded movement of equipment on the invasion beaches. After war, same modern equipment will go to work to rebuild the world.
The sub., 1945-08-23
Casualties On Home Front
 Top Those Among Soldiers

Though America suffered heavy losses the fighting fronts during the three years and nine months since Pearl Harbor toll of casualties arising from accidents the home front was greater the Office of War Information disclosed this week.
The sub., 1945-08-23
TURNING POINT
N REVEALED

The powerful Cycloron (atom smashing) machine used by American scientists in development of our great est weapon, the atomic bomb.
 (Soundphoto)
Evening star., 1945-07-26
After Dark
News and Comment of the Night Clubs.
BY the Spectator
Trade Mark Registered q. o. Patent once

Paris. the pretty thing, can have
its sidewalk cafes. The Spectator
will take the Shoreham terrace. II
is a place where countless thou
sands of Washington's softest ro-
mantle memories have been born.
1t is a place to watch the moon rise
and to watch 1t light the wonderful
wide stage of Rock Greek Park lying
below.
Washington has become a strange
place in the war years, but old
Washingtonians can feel at home
still on the Shoreham terrace. Ma
ture still sets the stage there, and
for all its reputed passion for va
riety 1t refuses to let the scene
change. New Washingtonians and
the throng just passing through are
also happy there. In fact, one of the
enveloping aspects of the atmos-
phere is that here, If nowhere else,
all three groups mingle smicably.
The rancor that sometimes engulfs
them in the confined areas of four
walls-however far apart the walls
lis absent. Factionalism falls be-
fore the simple facts of nature, the
fresh air with an edge on it, the
moonlight and the open area of the
park beyond.
The faces are familiar on the
terrace, not all of them, but enough
to keep the old spirit of neighborli-
ness alive. Barnee and his band are
there. Barnee, who must be written
down as Washington institution
that outlived the New Deal without
alteration. And Robert, Ernest,
Evening star., 1945-07-26

Our Desk TO Dote" blouse is cool and
oIonorous and very black or pristine
white, hehiohted with cleaning royon
sotin stripes Winged short sleeves and
sophisticated bow moke this noturoI
for suit or separate skirt Sizes 10 TO
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