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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-27
Club Announces
Health Project

It was announced this week by
Mrs. Dean Mcmillan, president of
the Ashe County Woman's Club,
that this organization was plan
ming health project in the county
schools this year in cooperation
with the North Carolina Tuber-
cular Association. Reports show
there is a total of over $4,000
accumulated in the county Tu-
bercular seal fund, realized from
the annual sales of Christmas
Seals.
Mrs. Mcmillan has announced
the following committees in con-
nection with the proposed project:
Wade E. Vannoy, chairman Of the
county board of health, DR.. Dean
Jones, DR.. L. L. Long, Miss Ruth
Tugman, welfare superintendent,
Miss Helen Ghormley, county
nurse, Mrs. Burman Hurt. seal
sale chairman, Zeb Dickson, Mrs.
j m es Barlow, Mrs. Gertrude
Vaught and Herbert GRAPHICAL.
Mrs. Mcmillan announced that
the PROJECT would include dona-
ton of health books to the GEN.
trail school libraries as we'll as
Improvement Of health among
Schools. under points suggested
and approved by the State T. B.
Association. Details of plans are
being mailed to all schools, it was
stated.
Near the end of the school year
a county wide field day will be
held with prizes in various athletic
contests, she explained.
Prizes will be given to the
|school district making the most
points in the health contest as we'll
as prizes to Individual schools, it
was stated.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-27

gate principal amount of $780,
1882 designated Interest Fund
ing Bonds dated December l,
1887, payable Derember 1, 1869,
pursuant to a bond order adopted
by said Board of Commissioners
on October 2, 1889, and (3) said
Road and Bridge Refunding Bonds
were duly issued in exchange for
valid outstanding bonds of said
County of like principal amoulst
previously issued to finance pur-
poses which were a necessary ex-
pense of said County within the
meaning of Section 7 of Article
VII of the constitution of North
Carolina and also special purposes
within the meaning of Section 6
of Article V of said Constitution,
and az said Interest Funding
Bonds were duly issued to fund
interest on said outstanding bonds
which had become due and pay
able, and (5) no part of the prin-
cipal Of said outstanding Road
and Bridge Refunding Bonds and
said outstanding Interest Funding
Bonds has been paid and all of
said bonds are now valid and le-
gally binding obligations of said
County, and (6) each of said out
standing bonds is redeemable, at
the option of said County, at par
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-27
Cain In Building
Activity Here Is
Expected Soon

Inspite of labor shortages, cost
of materials as we'll as shortages
in many cases, building activity
is expected to show an increase
here next month since restrictions
will be lifted as of October 10 by
an order of the government.
Despite the fears of OPA and
other agencies of skyrocketing
home prices, reconversion Direc-
tor John w. Snyder has thrown
out the price ceiling on new dwell
ings along with the other wartime
curbs on civilian construction.
Snyder said swift expansion OF
building activity offered 9TH e
greatest single additional source
of jobs in our entire economy, ="
he announced a six-point program
to spur the expansion.
Those who have waited for per-
mits will have to wait no longer
for these. However, hard-to-get
materials and labor shortages will
still be handicaps to some. A num-
Der of residences as well as some
business buildings are expected to
60 forward.
Among those in the Jeffersons
who have delayed work on resi-
dences are Mr.. and Mrs. L. B.
Tyson and Mr.. and Mrs. w. B.
Todd.
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and accrued interest, on December
l, 1945, and the Board of Com
missioners proposes to redeem all
of said bonds on December l, 1945
in the event that said County
issues the bonds authorized by
this bond order, and CD the mon
eys which will be on hand and
available for the payment of said
outstanding bonds on December
Il, 1945, will not be sufficient to
pay $1,094,00 of the principal of
said outstanding bonds.
Section 2. For the purpose of
refunding the principal of the
debt evidenced by said outstand-
ing bonds, of the aggregate
amount of $1,O94,OOO, there shall
be issued, pursuant to the County
Finance Act, as amended, bonds
of the County of Ashe of an ag-
gregate principal amount which
shall not exceed One Million
Ninety four Thousand Dollars
($1,O94,OOO).
Section 3. A tax sufficient to
pay the principal of and interest
on said bonds, when due, shall be
annually levied and collected.
Section 4. A statement of the
County debt of Ashe County has
been filed with the Clerk of the
Board of Commissioners of said
County, and is open to public
inspection.
Section 5. This order shall take
effect upon its passage, and shall
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-27
Mrs. S. .DeBOard
Buried Sunday

Funeral service for Mrs. Stella
M. DeBoard, Sc, of Grassy Creek,
who died at her home Friday,
was held Sunday at 2 o'clock at
the Baptist Chapel. Burial fol-
lowed in the Chapel cemetery.
Officiating were the Revs. Roe
Paisley, Estel Eller and Daniel
Blevins, of Grassy Creek.
Survivors are Mrs. Arbelle
Grace, Oxford, Penn, C. R. De-
Board, Lewisburg, Penn, Mrs. Ina
Sumpter, Grassy Creek, Ed De-
Board, Grassy Creek, and Cling
man DeBoard, Edge Hill, Tenn,
forty grandchildren and thirty
four great-grandchildren.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-27

BE 1T ORDERED by the Board
of Commissioners of the County
of Ashe as follows:
Section l. The Board of Com
missioners of the County of Ashe
has ascertained and hereby de-
termines that CD said County has
heretofore issued bonds of the
aggregate principal amount of
$1,028,000 designated "Road and
Bridge Refunding Bonds" dated
December l, 1887, payable Deem
Der l, 1869, pursuant to bond
order adopted by said Board of
Commissioners on October 2, 1889,
and (2) said County has hereto
fore issued bonds of the aggre-
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Silas Creek News

On account of rain, there were
very few present at the decora-
ton at the Dickson graveyard,
No services were held.
Miss Evon Dickson, daughter of
Mr.. w. W. Dickson and the late
Mrs. Dickson, became the bride
of Mr.. Lowell Smithey, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Smithey, of JEFF
ferson, at the home Of the brides
father, Monday, Sept. II at two
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not be submitted to the voters.
The foregoing order was finally
passed on the 25th day of Septem-
Der, l945, and was first published
on the 9th day of September,
1915. Any action or proceeding
questioning the validity of said
order must be commenced within
thirty days after its first publica-
ton.
J. D. sTANsBERRY,
Clerk of the Board of
Commissioners of Ashe
County, North Carolina
9-27-2t
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-27
Lost or Stolen

Believed to have been
picked up on highway near
1.-The home of Woodrow Bur-
CESS a two months old solid
white Phist dog, beginning
to answer to the name of
Mac. Anyone having infor-
matiOn as to the where
)abouts of this dog please
notify Woodrow Burgess,
West Jefferson, N. c., and
receive reward.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-27
BARD JOINS
STAFF OF SKYLAND POST

Herbert Bard. young Jefferson
business man, who has been as
sociated with the Kraft cheese
plant for a number of years, this
week became connected with the
department of The
Skyland Post.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-27

Ashby states that he is in Yoko-
homa now. He is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. R. J. Ashby, of this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. V. Eller have
moved from Jefferson to their
home near WarrensVille.
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Notice

AN ORDER AUTHORIZING
THE ISSUANCE OF $1,O94,OO0
ROAD AND BRIDGE REFUND
ING BONDS OF THE COUNTY
OF ASHE TO REFUND GER
TAIN OUTSTANDING BONDS.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-27
Classified Ads

WANTED-Six men to work on
the w. J. Tie and Lumber Yard.
Starting next Monday. See J. c..
West jefferson, N. c.
9-27-1tp
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-27

RADIO BATTERIES-I have a
fair stock of ABB packs, B Battery,
G and A batteries this week and
next as long as they last. Huddler
Radio Service. 9-27-1tp
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-27

WE can get you a new type
writer. We repair all makes and
models of typeWriters and adding
machines. Lenoir Office Equip
ment Co. Lenoir, N. c. (Phone
419) 9-27-4tp
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-27

FOR SALE-12-ft. size refrig-
orator counter, complete with
compressor and motor. T. E. Park
er, West Jefferson, N. c. 9-27-1tp
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-09-27

FOR ALE-A fine breed
Guernsey hefer, bred to registered
bull. See or write Tom Penning-
ton, Wagner, N. c. 9-27-2tp
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-29
YOUR OPINION =

The habit of thinking you
are the chief object of other peo-
pies thoughts. This is a form
of what ! have recently spoken
of as projection" The shy per-
son sees others talking and
smiling. and is sure he is the OBJ
ject of their derision. He pro-
jects his feeling of madequacy
The sole cure of bashfulness is
ridding yourself of this absurd
notion that other people give a
darn how you feel!
2-Yes. Tests have been de-
vised for auto drivers, with mo-
ton pictures which give the
drivers the feeling they are driv-
ing at high speed along the
highway with dogs. chickens,
pedestrians, etc, running across,
the line Of vision. These tests
show that younger drivers OBJ
serve more objects and observe
them more quickly than older
drivers.
3-Far harder because the
patterns of life have become
more complicated The husband
today has a vastly more COM
plex life 20 live. especially II he
be a city man. He is. as a rule,
away from home far more. His
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-29
WASHINGTON Scene
BY George Dixon

THERE was nothing hanging
l. fire around 1900 Pennsyl-
vanis avenue, so the regular
White House correspondent for
one Of the major wire services
begged the evening off. A relief
man, new 10 Washington, was
sent 10 cover for him.
He found the place denuded
OF other reporters-which many
consider very pleasant denuding
and began strolling through the
corridors Of the executive wing
looking for some one TO talk to-
He got into the short hallway
leading 10 President Truman's
sanctum when he bumped into
a secret service man. He
thought the secret service man
was another reporter and hailed
him accordingly.
I'm new around here" he
said what am I supposed to
do"
"I'll show you" said the
White House guardian. The
first thing to do In take you
around the place 90 you'll have
an idea where everything Is"
The reporter thought this
trif1e strange but fol lowed
meekly.
The secret serviceman led
him through the labyrinthine
vindings of the mansion. He
showed him the various bed
rooms, told him who slept in
which. paraded him through the
great reception rooms. ballroom,
the kitchen and finally down
into the basement.
WAY down in the neither re-
gions he unlocked a door and
said:
This IL the secret bomb
shelter. Nobody knows Of Its
existence but the people In the
White House, 80 you mustn't
talk about II. II has never been
used"
THE reporter, realizing he had
Il been let in on the great Sc
cret only because the secret
serviceman thought he was
another agent, hurried back and
told his office. HIS superiors
naturally got all excited and
started calling White House
spokesmen all over town to get
the story released.
There must have been a fast
huddle because, shortly there
after, the White House sent out
an announcement - alack and
alas for a scoop!-thst a piece
OF news was TO be released to
all papers simultaneously.
Because. OF q relaxation Of
the censorship code" began the
release, at IL now permissible
% reveal -"
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-29
One Word Led tn Another
By Arthur Bugs" Baer


English diplomats and businessmen have been ad-
vsed to learn the conga in order to capture South
American trade
This form of terpischorean warfare is well advanced
in North America where the dancing dowages wear shin
guards under their evening gowns.
The conga, tango and samba three epleptc mani
festatons of involuntary muscular reaction to pungent
drumbeats.
would describe the conga hypnotsm by concus-
sion and percussion There is one labor that Hercules
would have subeased
Under the purge of sales resistance, the brisk
alert clerk who reports fresh and early each dawn for
work is of the picture like bum at picnic. What
the corporation wants is yglmmed fuzzy agent
who reports for work at the crack of twilight to take
the fatfoot foogies for a new record for June.
/ have not yet gandered Sir Lampwck Bnge OF
Frsbyon-t Loose hoofng the spasmodic fantastic to
Ravels boero However when he scaters the diagonal
hope he is wearing sash-weights on his kits
It's the way of capturing the foreign trade and
American businessmen must meet the emergency with
new brake Innings in their
Competition is getting to that shril pitch where the
board of directors must throw cateleptc shouetes
the festive linoleum
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-29

: By DR.. Herman Bundesen-

DHEtMATTC fever is a dis
IL order which recurs and
each time new attack de-
velops there is further danger
of permanent damage TO the
heart II Is for this reason
that great efforts have been
made 10 find some method OF
preventing these recurrent at
tacks
II has been we'll known for
years Thai infections OF The
nose and threat especially sore
throat and ,onsilitis. frequently
occur just before an attack OF
rheumatic fever. Because OF
this, tt has been common prse-
tlce 10 remove the tonsils and
adenolds IN. patients with rheu-
matte fever during the period
when the disease is not active.
In the hope OF decreasing the
number of attacks Of sore
throat and tonsilitis, and thus
keeping the rheumatic fever
from faring up
THE exact cause of rheumatic
i fever is not known. There
are some who have the idea
that II is produced by a strep-
tococcus germ.
In rheumatic fever there Is
fever. often pain and swelling
OF the Joints. and damage TO
the heart due 10 Inflammation
OF the valves and heart muscle.
In tropical and sub-troplcal
areas Of the world. that is, IN
hot and very warm countries,
the streptococcus germs do not
thrive. Hence, rheumatic fever
does not occur very often in
Dlese areas. II is for tins rea-
that physicians, in order
~ keep attacks from occurring.
sometimes send their patients
10 tropical areas. This method
OF prevention has been found
fairly effective but. N course,
II is limited. due 10 the expense
involved
A different type OF preven-
ton has been made by means
of the use OF the sulfonamide
drugs. II is known that small
doses of these drugs given
regularly are helpful in pre-
venting nose and throat in
fections. Tests have been made
on large groups of men in the
army and navy, and il has
been found that the giving Of
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-29

NEATLESS days are no great
1Vl hardship TO me because /
have no great fancy for meat.
I can take il or let it alone.
You can seldom get il well done,
so what good is it?
However. / know that many
persons, especially New York
ers, a carnivorous tribe. crave
steaks and roasts and chops as
an alcoholic Graves his rum.
l have observed them in res
taurants on days when there
was no legal or moral restraint
on their passion for the flesh Of
animals and have been alarmed
by the ferocity with which they
tear into a sirloin or a filet
mignon.
We have two meatless days
in New York City. Tuesdays and
Fridays. one running for Mayor
LaGuardia and the other for
the guvinment II a person SIM
ply must have meat on those
days he or she has to patronize
a black market
T SUPPOSE meat is an abso-
L lutte necessity 10 industrial
workers who are accustomed TO
it. though I do not scoff at the
possibility Of clerk in store
falling over from sheer weak
ness for recent lack of a T-bone,
and never mind about the Chi
nese marching all night and
fighting all day on rice.
I am in favor OF every one
having all the meat they can
eat IL they can get il, but will
stick to my herring. And yet |
feel that the meat shortage has
produced one tremendous boon,
temporary I fear, but which We
should all labor and make per-
manent. | refer TO the ellmina-
ton of the barbecue enthusiast.
or nut
He is the fellow who put on
chefs high white cap and an
apron and cooked steak over an
open CRATE constructed outdoors
on his own premises and called
a barbecue. and who insisted on
the presence of his friends at
this infamy 10 eat the steak
while seated at tables exposed
to drafts and chills and all kinds
of inclemencies of the weather
and 10 creeping, crawling in
sectivora. Often he made his
guests Join him in his folly by
also donning white aprons.
THIS weird rite is probably
Il unknown TO the inmates of
New York City proper, though
they had pre-meat famine
practice almost as unpleasant,
known as a beefsteak and con-
sisting of a gathering, also often
in aprons. devoted 10 devourine
chunks of steak. But the gath
ering was usually in cellars OF
back rooms free from ants
scorpions. lizards and Other
creatures of the wild.
I am quite unable 10 explair
the impulse TO cook steak tha'
develops in men otherwise ap
parently normal.
They invariably make a poin
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-29

VOU probably read the other
L day about the hitherto
secret air raid shelter under the
White House which was con-
structed within a few hours
after Pearl Harbor TO protect
President Roosevelt from ex-
pected enemy bombs
The newspaper gentlemen who
reported the great disclosure
prefaced all their pieces-and
stirring offerings they were. too!
with careful explanations
that the secret could be di-
vulged now only because the
censorship code had been re-
laXed 10 permit H.
Don't swallow that stun kid
dies its hogwash!
Publication was permitted
only because the daffiest case
of mistaken identity in many
years of White House history
made further attempts 10 guard
the secret ridiculous.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-29
MAIL

Am I justified in wanting 10
see my mother? Or should I
stay away from them entirely?
8. G.
DEAR S. c.:
YOUR stepfather's attitude is
Il wrong
II backflres 10 cheat him OF
the very thing he wants most,
namely, TO rate ace-high with
your mother. u
Certainly II j. a proper senti-
ment for grown children 10
want TO sec worthy parents oc-
casionally.
And IL is commendable indeed
when the two generations can
associate on the adult level as
firm friends. and seek mod
crate amount Of each others
company in that spirit.
But IL is contrary 10 natare,
and likewise contrary 10 the In
dividual sotil's manifold special
obligations 10 life. for parents
and children 10 try TO stay
physically close 10 each other
always.
Now. about your mother: IT
you are truly devoted 10 her, /
am sure YOU VIII want 10 follow
the course of action that allows
her most peace OF mind in this
difficult situations ce she
must bear, at close range. the
brunt OF your stepfathers sullen
displeasure every time you stir
up his bootless jealousy, think
YOU should insist, TO her. that
her feelings and welfare be
made the determining factor in
deciding whether 10 seek her
company or stay away.
Get together, you two. in con-
fidential agreement that the So
cisl policy most acceptable 10
her is the one you'll carry out.
VI. H..
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-29

light can shine from out a deep
abyss =. That man can live
with honor and with pride -.
So. in castle built from
dreams that stay A girl
sings out Her man comes
home today!
MEMOS of a Midnighter-
i'A Mervyn Leroy's next bride
twhen Doris Warmers decree
Is final1 is expected 10 be the
former Mrs. Ernie Byheld OF
Chis famed Pump Room.
Carlos Molina, whose big
time orchestra is a click at the
Troc, won first. second and
third prizes AT an amateur
photography exhibit with cam
dds OF Mira Stephens. former
model. Her recent elopement
with Buzz Berkeley has been
annulled.
p. s. Pully has been loaned
out by Twentieth TO GoIdwyn
for Danny Hayes next flicker,
The Kid From B'kiyn.
Ham Fish. who once said
Hitler couldn't lose, now says
he'll run for Senator in n. Y.
State Hmf
Robert Sherwood, the hit
playwright twho is still fight
ing the war;, is nearly broke
because he had no time 10
watch his investments, etc.
SALLIES in Our Alley-Ben-
- nett Cert tells about LHd-
wig BemelmanS and another
famed author. who have been
in a relentless feud in Holly
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-29
On the
Side

than types of blondes. In any
event, the No. 1 blonde is still
the brown eyed honey blonde
and the No. / clam chowder is
Coney Island clam chowder.
MRS. ]. WARREN HAS
vi TINGS, weil-known expert
on life among the married says:
when married couples declare
they've never had a cross word,
they either have short memories,
are Indifferent or one does all
the talking.
A sergeant in the British 14th
Army, now in Burma. has a
1O-foot python for a pet. Ever
read George Moore's "Confes-
sions of a Young Man, You
should. When a young fellow in
Paris, Moore had a roommate
who had a boa constructor for
a pet.
4 DID members MNIAP Club:
IA Delphine Jean -Cevene, San
Francisco. Miss Cevene is a
triple threat MNIAP member
same Floyd EioyA Boyd
of Brooklyn.
Next 10 Paris, France there
Is more French spoken in Mont
real, Quebec, than in any other
city in the world. So states a
contemporary.
Quite so. But the French
spoken in Montreal is much diff
ferent from that spoken in Paris.
In fact / have had Parisians tell
me they can hardly understand
the French spoken in Quebec.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-29
DDuruuTu>up &unE BY Damon
ADAeADAA EAe SAAE Runyon

of boasting Of their skill in
cooking steak. too. though l
have learned that this boasting
is just cunning device on
their part to finally raise a
challenge among their friends
which furnishes an excuse for
the barbecue.
"AlI right, I'll show you,"
the barbecue witch says.
Now / claim there is nothing
to cooking a steak. You just
slap il on the fire and let 'er
cook-long or short. according
TO your taste. A baby can do
il. But these barbecue bugs
make a thing out of it. A great
big thing. You just ought to see
the way some of them carry on.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-29

wood. They were guests at a
dinner party. The air was cleo
trio with thinly suppressed emo
tions.
81 understand" said one of
them, that you are doing
book on Hollywood--am In
it,"
"Yes," said Ludwig in silken
tones.
hope" said the other visit
fully. "you were kind Ia me.
Bemelmans beamed and re-
piled:
VI always write well Of the
dead"
Overheard at the Blue News
room:
Trouble with the conference
is too much statesmanship.
too little showmanship"
EOR the Choosey: Phil Britos
L platter of you're Not Fool
ing" II rates torchids.
Morton Gould's music-magic
via his new album. After
Dark" columbia Records).
Woody Herman's disc of
Laura, gold mine.
The Mills brothers version OF
Put Another Chair at the
Table"
King Cole Trio and ChuChu
Martinez al The Trocadero.
Carmen Cavallero's "Voodoo
Drums" at Ciro's.
Alan Hynd's new thriller.
THE Giant Killers Mcbride
is publisher). II is exciting
melodrama about l.. S, intelli-
gence agents.