The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-13

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Ashe county? There are so many
things one could enumerate that
it would be impossible to say. OF
course, the people make the coun-
ty and next to the people come
the scenery, the altitude and, too,
one must think of the food.
The writer had an opportunity
of taking some people to the Black
Bear Inn recently and it goes
without saying they had never
eaten 'such delicious food be-
fore"
Speaking of the beauties of the
county, we have never seen or
heard of so many picnics before.
And as a matter of fact we know
of no better form of entertain
ment at this time of the year. The
Blue Ridge. Parkway and parti-
cularly Bluff Park seem to be
the choice spots for these. Even
the rains fail to daunt many.
Youth Sets The Stage
Members of the Youth Fellow
|ship of the West jefferson Meth
odist Church, presented play,
"Old Maids Club" the other
might, which was unusually good.
Some of the young men became
Iold maids overnight. Among
these was Bernard GRAPHICAL, Jr.,
lin effective black and what is
more he carried cat! All of the
characters were good, but Anita
iWeaver proved to be a striking
example of how an old maids
change of heart and attitude
could also change her looks.
Much of the credit goes to Myrtle
Dean GRAPHICAL, the director.
And Myrtle Dean, who is mem
Der of the rising Junior Class at
the Woman's College, is also ac-
tive in dramatics there.
Singing For Fun
There is nothing like getting
together with group singing for
real enjoyment. At the conclu-
sion of the very successful meet
ing of the American Legion and
Auxiliary asst week, number of
the group really outdid them
selves. John Littlewood, of Hell
ton, made up no little part of the
fun. And, of course, there were
Norman Hege, Ira T. Johnston, A.
B. Hurt and Commander L. B.
Tyson in addition to some femin-
inc voices that really chimed in.
One of the factors making the
singing a success was Jim Story
at the piano, who was in his usual
good form.
Time And Change!
Among the people heard from
at the meeting was Upton Blew
ms. And Upton, who has seen
service in three wars, pointed out
the fact that when he was in the
navy 40 years ago, there were no
radios, no submarines and no air
planes used in service! Imagine
the changes that have taken place.
Because of his age, Upton was
not admitted to the regular
branches of service, but through
his knowledge and skill, was ad-
united to the Merchant Marines.
Il did not have an opportunity of
shooting at the Japs, but l did
help to transport ammunition to
our boys and they in turn helped
to defeat them," he said. Few
people in this county have seen
service covering such long peri
cd of time.
In The Mail Bag
J. A. Philips, of KirkWoOd, Pa,
sends in his renewal to this paper
and writes that he ''does not want
to miss a single copy" He also
registers a complaint about the
slowness of service. We can't
blame him for that and hope that
Uncle Sam will soon be doing
better now that the war is over.
Robert Morphis, former popu-
lar basketball coach, writes from
ILynchburg that he receives the
paper and is much interested in
the Postwar detectives by this
paper and would like to see them
carried out"
| An Elongated Egg
There are egges and eggs. This
year we have had some unusually
big ones, but the strangest one OF
all which is an elongated affair,
was brought in this week Py
Ambrose Hopkins. 1t is around
3 inches long and not more than
one half inch in thickness.
A. G. Black, of West Jefferson,
brought in a squash that really
would squash most people if they
tried to handle it. Both the egg
and squash are on display in the
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