The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-12-20

Christmastime is here again
and again we are wishing happy
landings for Santa. And to every
child we want to say that we
hope your stocking will be filled
with everything that you want.
Speaking of happy landings or
perhaps three-point landings, we
learned of one the other day that
was, at least, a different approach.
Lionel Killen, popular young To-
cal man, was travelling along
from Elizabethton, Tenn, when
he was forced to land on a house
TOP and subsequently into the
kitchen. No, he was travelling IN
a car and not a plane, as you
might be thinking. 1t all hap
pened this way: A car stopped oil
rectlv in front of Lionel without
giving a signal and to avoid hit
ting the car, he took the less OF
two risks and left the road. 1t
occurred on high enbankment
and after travelling several feet
through the air, the car lit on the
too of a house and crashed the
pantry and kitchen in time for
supper. AS a matter of fact, 1t
was a little ahead of time and
the lady was much disturbed by
the interruption. None of the sew
eral occupants eff the car~or the
house were injured. Of course,
the house was damaged as was the
car but not beyond repair. The
lady Of the house admitted that
never before had guests made
such s-Gden appearance from
the air. There was no mud, but
Lionel reported they made a
sticky landing; for a 5-gallon jar
of mo-asses was broken, and
large bag of beans was bursted,
scattering them far and wide.
~ Some AS sc i've some dents as
did some furniture. And in the
flight of the car, the bees really
received a Christmas present, for
Lionel had bought much honey,
which also sailed through the air
and the jar was too broken up for
anyone to pick up except the bees!
The end of the story is that
now that the damage has been
repaired they are all living happy
and if you want to give it a
Christmas close, we might say
that Santa came ahead of time
and brought them all lot of luck.
Speaking Of The Weather
J. L. Segraves, cashier of the
First National Bank, gave us a |
thought the other day when we
were talking about the weather.
He says there is no use to worry
about things we can do nothing
about, the weather being one of
them. So we say, isn't it love-
ly day." We would think less
about the weather if we had a |
little more coal or a little less
cold, however.
The Good Old Days
West Jefferson is growing by
leaps and bounds; new buildings
are making their appearances.
Among them is the new Firestone
store which will probably be
opened early in the year. Some
of the buildings, not so new, are
getting their faces lifted and be-
ing improved. Among these is
the Jackson Building, which
houses B. F. Cooks and Black
burns Dept. Store.
And talking about the changes,
]. P. Farmer, of Bel Air, Md, was
In the office the other day and
told of West Jefferson in the good
old days when there was very lit
tie here. He recalled coming
through the town 26 years ago
and driving herd of purebred
cattle which he had bought from
Will Price. 1T was the coolest,
windiest day I believe I ever
felt" he said. He admitted that
the town had changed a great
deal, but that the weather had
not. We can agree with him
about the weather! Mr.. Farmer,
who IS a brother of Rev. Tom
Farmer and Dave Farmer, will
be remembered by many even