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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-10-11
Clubs Attended
District Meeting

Members of both the Ashe
County and the West Jefferson
Woman's Clubs attended the dis
trict meeting held in Statesville
last week.
Mrs. Dean Mcmillan gave the
report from the Ashe County
Club and Mrs. Jennings RAIDER,
from the West Jefferson Club.
The West Jefferson Club had the
distinction of being the only one
in the district and one of the few
in the state to have it's three-year
endowment fund completed. The
Ashe County Club won the at
tendance prize at the meeting.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-10-11

When. you do find sheets for
sale, don't be stampeded by the
mere sight of them and snatch
them up, regardless. Look for a
label giving size, and remember
that torn size" means the size
before hemmIng. Too short sheets
like too short blankets are I'M
comfortable and necessarily SUBJ
ject to more strain than those
which are ong enough to tuck in
firmly and, for the top sheet, turn
back far enough to protect the
blankets or other bedclothes.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-10-11

Keep insecticides, lye, ammonia
and poisonous or injurious clean
ing compounds out of children's
reach, preferably in locked cup
board.
Teach your family not to leave
the laundry hamper, waste bas-
kets, brooms and the like on stairs.
Do not allow children to play on
stairs.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-10-11

Pfc. Bryant F. Miller, husband
of the former Miss Georgia Jones
and SOD of Mrs. Teller Miller, of
Jefferson, is now serving in Ger
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-10-11
Timely Hints
BY RUTH CURRENT

Do not throw away cuffs from
mems discarded shirts. They are
very useful in making shoulder
pads for washable blouses and
dresses. They retain stiffness bet
ter than other material and do not
Wad as those stuffed with cotton.
One cuff will make two narrow
pads which are suited to the short
sleeves we are now using. Lay
three small darts in the side of
the cuff and sew to the top of the
armhole seam so that the pad will
extend into the sleeve or follow
pattern for shaping the pad and
finishing.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-10-11

FOR SALE or TRADE-Two
bay mares, one brown horse, ages
6 to 8 years. Good workers, one
good combination mare. Weights
1900 to 1900 lbs. Will trade any
or all for good pickup truck or
automobile. See me at West
Jefferson, N. c. L. M. Faw.
10-11-2tp
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-10-11

can take a permanent place in the
sewing room. A transparent ruler,
6 inches long, with one-eighth inch
marks on sides and ends is a great
help in measuring hens, seams,
and spaces between buttons. A
triangle is useful to square such
pattern corners as yokes.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-10-11

FOR SALE-14 acres, two miles
out from West Jefferson, "a mile
from airport, 300 yards off high
way leading to Boone. Good
land, no buildings, beautiful site
for home. Write, Box 81, Ian
sing, N. {. 10-11-1tp
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-10-11

Sgt Ashley Howell, sont.co Mrs.
GAate Howell, of Mill Greek, has
gecenSiy been promoted to his
1pEeSenf rank.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-10-11

Who is an "Intelligent buyer?"
An intelligent buyer is one who
gets the best possible value in
goods or services for every dol
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-10-11

many. He has been in the serv-
ice three years, Is months of
which have been spent overseas.
He is getting along fine, he
writes, but hopes to be able to re-
turn home soon.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-10-11

Sgt Harris J. Greer, of Gray
s0n. was one of the 200 men who
zre-eaiisted in the Regular Army
at Fort Bragg last week.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-10-11

Pic. Mack A. Trivette, husband
@s1f the former Miss LESSEE Houck,
Hof Todd, is now back in the
SSsafss, after serving on Okinawa.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-10-11
HOWARD PARSONS ALSO
A WAR CASUALTY

Pfc. Howard O. Parsons, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Hege Parsons, Of
Obids, was killed in action on
December II, 1914. He previous
ly was reported missing in &C
ton on that date. His name was
not published in the list of Ashe
county's war dead previously
published by this paper.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-10-11

James E. Scott, Sic, of the u.
S. Navy, nowastationed soh Oki-
naawz. has been promoted to his
present rank. He is the son of
MIR and Mrs, L. S. Scott, of Todd.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-10-11

Cps. Clifford E. Perry, husband
of Beatrice Perry, of Hemlock,
has been honorably discharged
druEn &he army with a total of SO
points He entered service in
April, 1871, an deserved as rifle
.n1aa in the American theater of
operations.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-10-11

For gifts, novelties, souvenirs,
China pitchers for collectors and
watch repairing, come to The
Corner Shop, Gill Phillips and
Grady c. Moretz, Boone, N. c.
10-11-5tp
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-10-11

WANTED-Man to work on
dairy farm where milking ma
chimes are used. Good pay. See
j. r. Phipps, Silas Creek.
1O-11-2tp
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-10-11

FOR SALE-170 acres of good
grazing boundry on Big Phoenix
Mountain. See or write J. E.
Foster, 2706 Rosedale Ave-, Ra-
leigh, N. c. lO-l1-1tp
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-10-11
Classified Ads

Have your piano expertly tun-
ed. See Leo V. BagIey, certified
tuner and technician. Phone 7,
Burgess Furniture Co. 1O-11-4tp
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-10-11

LOST-New re-capped tire,
mounted on rim, between Jeffer-
son and North Wilkesboro, o.
toher 5. Reward if returned to L.
B. Tyson, Jefferson. 10-11-1tp
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-10-11

WANTED-Boarders, men and
women, 1st and End shifts. Good
wages can be made at our rates.
Apply Immediately. Call by
phone, write, or come in person,
Telephone 1903, Hickory. K. T.
Williams, Supt. Duke Hosiery
Corp, Hickory, N. c. 10-11-2tp
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-10-11

S-Sgt. Ray A. Gentry, hus-
band of Mrs. Mary Virginia
Gentry, of West Jefferson, has
been declared officially dead
by the War Department. He
was previously reported miss
ing in action on April 8, 1914.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-10-11

COOK WANTED-Apply in
person at the News Stand, next
door to Post Office, West Jeffer-
son, N. G. 1O-11-1tc
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-10-11

Home economists say that such
freshly harvested Irish potatoes as
those now on the market offer
more vitamin c than those coming
on the markets from winter stor-
age. Serve potatoes any way you
wish but cook them with care be-
case this saves vitamin c as we'll
as B vitanins and minerals which
this vegetable offers. Do not cook
large and small ones together. The
small ones will be overlooked.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-10-11

ginia, recently visited his mother,
Mrs. Reno Sawyers, and other
relatives in Crumpler.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-10-11

tura1 Chemical COMPANY
Greensboro, at the time he en-
tered service.
In addition to his widow and
parents, he is survived by one
sister, Miss Hazel Lee Taylor, of
North Wilkesboro, and one broth
er, Sgt. Robert C. Taylor, Jr.,
USAAD, Greenville Army Air
Base, Greenville, S. c.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-10-11

A triangle and transparent ruler,
which high school members of the
family used in geometry classes,
Laurel outlook., 1945-06-20
Monkey May Take Dogs
Title as Mans Friend

WITH THE MARINES. - The
dog, which has long held undisputed
title as mans best friend, may have
a serious challenger in the Rhesus
monkey, at least as far as men who
have served in the Pacific are con-
cerned.
The experience of End 1t. Walter
D. Bean, a marine airman, is an
indication Of why monkeys may re-
place dogs as fireplace companions
and slipper toters.
Lieutenant Bean, his plane GRIP
pied by enemy fire, vas forced to
bail out over the Philippines. For
days he waded through swamps and
battled the jungle, having several
close calls with Jap patrols. But
the worst things of all were the in
sects that attacked him.
Coming across a baby Rhesus,
Lieutenant Bean initiated an old ma
tive custom and tied the little fellow
around his neck, letting it roam at
will about his head and shoulders,
picking out and eating the annoying
insects. Lieutenant Bean arrived
back at his base safe and untor-
mented. The monkey greeted new
marines with a satisfied, well-fed
expression on his plump little face.
Laurel outlook., 1945-06-20
Asthma Abb Saves His
Life, Captive Says

CHICAGO. - An asthmatic con-
dition, aggravated Intentionally each
time the Japanese doctors examined
American prisoners to select work
r to be sent to Japan, was cred
tied by Cpl. Marvin (Buster) Lay
cock, 80, with saving his life. Cor
poral Laycock, n of 511 prisoners
liberated from Cabanatuan, arrived
recently to visit his daughter, Janet
Elizabeth, 8; his sister, Mrs. Ben
jamin G. Nickoley of 1913 Lincoln
avenue, Libertyville, and his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. James Laycock,
Fox Lake.
Corporal Laycock explained that
each time the doctors came to ex-
anime the prisoners, he would
subject himself to dust and corn pol
len to escape the work draft. The
%corporars continued illness, plus the
lack of food, cost him Ga pounds dur
ing his Imprisonment, he said. One
week after his liberation, he gained
10 pounds and now weighs IT'S
pounds Is more than when he n
listed in January, l941.
The c%orporal's daughter, whom he
last had seen on her fourth birthday
anniversary, December Is, 1910,
prayed nightly for her fathers re-
turn, she told him. She told him
that she always asked, "Take care
of all the boys and please bring
my daddy home safely"
Laurel outlook., 1945-06-20
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE OF SALE OF DELIN-
QUENT TAXES FOR THE
YEAR 1914

First and/or Second I~nstallments
Office of the County Treasurer OF
Yellowstone County, Billings,
Montana.
Notice is hereby given that on
the 9th day of July, 1945, between
the hours of 1000 o'clock a. m. ana
800 o'clock D. m, or on such other
dates and times to which sale may
be postponed, within the limits fixed
by law. ,. =
I will sell at public auction IN
front of the County Treasurer's OF,
flee at the Court House of SAID
County, in Billings, Montana, all the
real property in said county upon
which delinquent taxes first and/or
second installments. for the year
1914 are a lien, unless prior to the
time of said sale. said delinquent
taxes, together with all interest,
penalties and costs thereon are paid.
A complete delinquent list of all
persons and propertv in Yellowstone
county, now owing taxes, including
all city and town property, as to
which taxes. or taxes and assess
ments are delinquent. is on file in
the office of the County Treasurer
and is subject to public inspection
and examination. -.
Dated at billings. Montana, this
18th day of June. A. D. 1919:
ORVJTJE G.. BERRY.
Treasurer of Yellowstone County.
date First Pub. June 20, 1945-3t)
Laurel outlook., 1945-06-20
Lock-Picker Discovers
An Easy Road to Success

SALT LAKE CITY. - Glen Hick-
enlooper can pick just about any
lock-and he does it with the full
approval of the law enforcement au-
thorities.
He took up the lock-picking bust
ness some 20 years ago when he
locked an automobile with an old
fashioned tire dump" then found
he had lost his key. He fashioned
another himself when locksmiths
quoted prices he figured were too
high.
Since then he's been opening
locks and making keys as his bust
ness.
A customer recently offered him
$50 if he could open a safe that
had been locked for 10 years, defy
ing all other experts. Hickenlooper
had it open in 10 minutes.
Laurel outlook., 1945-06-20
Doughboys Pay Extra 10
Bucks to Own Aid Men

WITH THE UNITED STATES
NINTH ARMORED DIVISION IN
GERMANY.-The first doughboys to
cross the Rhine are not waiting
for congress to vote extra combat
pay for frontline medical men. They
are dividing up among themselves
to take care of their own aid men.
"They take care of US so well
take care of them," say doughboys
of the 9th armored battalion.
Wearers of the combat infantry
mans blue badge get $40 a month
more pay than soldiers in rear
areas, but it does not include the
medics, who take equal risks.
Doughboys of the 9th battalion
pool enough money so that every
aid man in the medical detachment
gets an extra 10 bucks.
Laurel outlook., 1945-06-20
New Discovery Aid
To Food Gamers
Cracks and FIaws Detected
By PhOtoeIectric Cell.

NEW YORK. - A benefit to food
professors and consumers alike
was seen in an announcement by
General Electric of the develop
ment OF a photoelectric crack de-
tector that inspects glass jars and
bottles as they pass on a rotary
turntable, automatically singing out
and rejecting those that contain
minute cracks or surface Irregular.
ties.
Such flaws, if they were to pass
unnoticed, might prevent alright
sealing and result in spoilage of the
contents.
More accurate than a human in
spector in uncovering defects in
glass containers, this crack de-
tector is also much more rapid. It
inspects bottles as fast as they are
made on a bottle-making machine,
which may be one or more every
second, and it detects even those
flaws which are barely visible to
the naked eye. In one food packag-
ing plant it was previously found
that, on the average, 2 out of ev-
cry 100 glass containers with flaws
escaped detection by human inspec-
tors.
In operation the detector rejects
faulty containers without interrupt
ing the continuous bottle-making
process. AS the containers automat-
ically move in front Of a sensitive
photoelectric tube, they are whirled
rapidly while a strong light Is d.
rected on the part to be inspected.
Since the phototube Is not affected
by a steady light, the light re-
Elected by a perfect glass produces
no effect. A rapidly spinning bottle
with even the slightest imperfection
on the sealing edge, however,
causes the light beam to flicker, and
this quick change in the intensity Of
the beam is sufficient to eject the
imperfect container while the per-
feet ones are allowed to continue on
their way.
Laurel outlook., 1945-06-20
Bluejacket's Nap Results
In Catnap Catastrophe

WASHINGTON. - The navy tells
this story on one of its own blue
jackets:
A gunner's mate, home ON leave,
was sitting with his cat before an
old-fashioned stove. His wife had
to go out and visit some relatives,
and warned him to keep his eye on
the fire. She went out. The gunner's
mate fell asleep. The fire in the
stove died out. The wife returned.
She took one look at her husband
snoring before the dead fire and
screamed "Firei"
The husband leapt to attention,
tore open the door of the stove,
rammed in the cat, slammed the
door and cried: Number one gun
readyl"
Laurel outlook., 1945-06-20

Estate of Conrad Lenhardt, Jr., de-
ceased, to the creditors of and all
persons having claims against the
said deceased, to exhibit them, with
the necessary vouchers, within four
months after the first publication
of this notice, to the said Admins
tratrix at RID. No. 8, Billings,
Montana or Law Office of Melvin
N. Holiness, Court House., Billings,
Montana in the County of Yellow
stone, State of Montana.
Dated at Billings, Montana, June
20, 1915.
MARGARET LENHARDT,
Administrative of the Estate of
Conrad Lenhardt, Jr., Deceased.
Melvin N. Holiness
Court House
Billings, Montana
Attorney for Administrative.
date First Pub. June 20, 1945-4t)
Laurel outlook., 1945-06-20
Indian Beaver Family
Joins Up to Fight Japs

WASHINGTON.-The Beaver fam
lily of Oklahoma Indians have de-
clared their own personal war
against the Japanese.
The navy reported that three Of
the Beaver boys are in action in the
Pacific, and two of the Beaver girls
are enlisted WAVES at the Norman,
Okla, naval air station. They are
all children of Mr.. and Mrs. Jones
Beaver, whose farm is lear Binger,
Okla.
One of the sons, Hubert Dennis
Beaver, fireman first class, has been
awarded the Purple Hearth for wounds
received at his battle station aboard
a ~battleship in the Pacific.
Laurel outlook., 1945-06-20

NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of CONRAD LENHARDT,
JR., Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned Administrative of the
Laurel outlook., 1945-06-20
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of FRED KAUTZ, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned Administrator of the
Estate of Fred Kautz, deceased, to
the creditors of and all persons
having claims against the said de-
ceased, to exhibit them, with the
necessary vouchers, within four
months after the first publication OF
this notice, to the said Administrator
at Silesia, Montana or at Law Of
flee of Melvin N. Holiness, Court
House, Billings, in the County of
Yellowstone, State of Montana
Dated at Billings, Montana, June
20, 1915. -
HERMAN KAUTZ,
Administrator of the Estate
of Fred Kautz, Deceased.
Melvin N. Holiness
Court House
Billings, Montana
Attorney for Administrator.
(Date First Pub. June 20, 1945-4t)
Laurel outlook., 1945-06-20
COMMISSIONER
PROCEEDINGS
Continued from Page Six)

Fenton Agency, premium. 24.40
DIR. E. c. Hall, services. 5000
Frank Frana, services 500
County Auditor, petty cash 1926
R. l.. Polk G. Co., supplies. 800
]. B. Lippincott G. Co.,
supplies 1.57
Laurel outlook., 1945-06-20
German Prisoners to Eat
Only Livers, Hearts Now

NEW YORK. - Capt. Robert
McFadden of the food service
branch of the quartermaster GEN.
erals office said recently that fresh
meat for enemy prisoners OF wal
henceforth would be restricted to
hearts, livers and kidneys. Speaking
at a conference of army post food
supervisors, McFadden said there
also would be more extensive 8
Of substitutes for foods now scarce
to Americans.
Laurel outlook., 1945-06-20
Officer Calls Cop When
Robbed at Police Meet

DENVER, COLO. - r. George
Woods, executive secretary of
the Colorado Sheriffs and Peace
Officers association, was presid-
ing at a meeting of the Police
Protective association. He laid
his watch On the table to time
speakers. When he returned
from a recess, the watch was
gone. Woods complained to the
police.
Laurel outlook., 1945-06-20
Surprise in Greetings
From Mysterious East

SEATTLE. - A tall, dark and
handsome gentleman, weighted with
gold braid of an Indian official, APP
preached 1t. Gertrude A. Hunting,
an army nurse home from a tour of
duty in the Orient.
Atwitter, she waited for him to
request the honor of the dance in a
soft and deliciously accented voice.
He said:
''Hi-ya, babe! l used to be a bell
hop in America"
Laurel outlook., 1945-06-20
Potted Palm Is Listed
AS Stolen by Hotel

SEATTLE. Seattle's biggest
hotel has its worries.
Closing the books on 1914, the
management has written off as pur-
Joined by guests:
Five hundred dozen teaspoons; $50
dozen forks; $50 dozen knives; 200
dozen bouillon spoons; $50 dozen oys-
ter forks; SIT dozen napkins; 500
phone books and l potted palm.
Laurel outlook., 1945-06-20
Jailed German Mayor
Leaps to His Death

SCHWEINFURT, GERMANY.
- The oberburgomeister who
was also the chief S. S. elite
guard official in the city, killed
himself by jumping out of a win
dow of a schoolhouse where he
was held under guard. His name
was not disclosed.
S. S. troops had hanged II SOL
diers caught trying to surrender.
Evening star., 1945-11-11
By Colt Hendley, I.

The treatment of the Negro in
American fiction, since 1t parallels
his treatment in American life, is
matter with which Richard
Wright, author of best sellers ma
tive Son" and BLACK Boy" is deeply
concerned as the racial question Is
blood and bone of his writing.
Most American writer's have re-
fused to treat the Negro as human
being-but caricature him and type
him until the majority of the white
population. can conceive of him as
nothing else" Mr.. Wright said in
an interview while on visit here.
This tipping of the Negro In Amer
|ican fiction to which Mr.. Wright
objects had its beginning as far
back as. Washington Irving, who,
in his "Salmagundi" d80D de-
scribes dance in Haiti falling upon
descriptions of physical features for
humor. This first comic Negro has
survived and grown in fiction right
to octavus Roy Cohen's Florian
Slappey.
"It is the Florian Slappeys that
T protest against most" Mr.. Wrigh
stated emphatically. Mr.. Cohen is
a widely read writer in the popula,
magazines and he sticks to the
Oldest and most dishonest tricks o.
the writing trade when he type.
Negros-and does the most damage
Evening star., 1945-11-11

to the woods when she married a
tall, handsome insurance salesman
who always dreamed of raising
chickens.
To say the book is amusing is put
ting it mildly. It's a riot of laughs.
The author, equipped with witty
style and a robust sense of humor,
tells of her troubling experiences
with baby chicks, Indians, bears,
stoves, and, most amusing of all,
with her country neighbors-slovenly
but ikable Mrs. Kettle, who has Is
kids and several stomachs; Paw
Kettle, who uses all his energy
borrowing from his neighbors;
CRAZY clean" Mrs. Hicks and her
eccentric mother; pathetic Mrs.
Weatherby, who attempts to bring
culture" to the mountainfolk, and
many other colorful souls wou1l
take to your heart, including the
Corset and Housedress Ladies who
come to the lonely mountainside
selling their sleazy wares.
Life is far from easy for the 18-
year-old bride who forsakeS all the
comforts of Seattle for the rugged
Olympic Mountains of the Pacific
Northwest. There was no radio,
telephone, bathtub, oil burner, elec-
trio lights, vacuum cleaner or rum
ming water, and the nearest movie
was rs miles away. Entertainment
consisted chiefly of gossip with the
neighbors at a basket social or at
an occasional countryside dance 27
miles away to which you were ad-
mitted after having had Paid
stamped on the back of your hand
in purple ink.
AS Betty Macdonald pictures 1t,
life on her chicken ranch is a
4-am.- .-to-7-p.m. job. Her days were
exhausing ones of scrubbing floors
cleaning the chickenhouse. baking
homemade bread with homemade
yeast, feeding the chickens, gather
ing eggs-and many other back
breaking tasks which a person with
out her sense of humor would find
pretty dull indeed.
"The Egg and T. is book you
can't lay down once you're under
its charming spell. If any book de-
serves to hit the best-seller lists
this is it.