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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-10-04
R,on,otea

SGT. JAMES c. SMITH. II,
has been promoted to the grade
of first sergeant, his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs, A. B. Smith, 98ha
Lincoln avenue, have learned. A
Mount Clemens High school
graduate of 1912, he has been in
service since February. 1912.
and overseas with the infantry
for 10 months. He has two
brothers in uniform, Robert,
machinist's mate &c, and George
seaman 1/c.
IRVING c. KERNER, fire
man l/c. has been promoted to
the grade of electricians mate
sc. After spending ID months
overseas, he is now stationed in
the Samar Islands. He is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Kerner.
FIRST 1T. JAMES w. WRAY,
husband of the former Florence
Mary Miller of So Smith street,
has arrived at the San Antonio,
Tex, AAF Redistribution Com
mand for discharge or reasSign-
ment. 1t. Wray. %. has been in
service since 1899, and was for
merly stationed at Selfridge
Field. He has recently returned
from 80 months overseas with
the 18th Air Force in the Medi-
terranean Theatre. He holds
eight battle stars. Mrs. Wray is
in Texas with him.
PFC. THERON POMEROY,
SO, is with an advance group
of amphibious engineers at the
port city Of Jinsen, Korea, pre-
pairing for the Army of Occupa-
ton. Overseas Is months, Pvt.
Pomeroy has been in service %
months. His wife and family live
at 1865 Harper avenue.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-10-04
Wh the Colon,

S/STG. GEORGE w. PAR
ROTT. %. has arrived home
with his honorable discharge re-
ceived at Fort Lewis, Wash,
after 81 months in the Army Air
Forces. Sgt. PARROT served as a
tail-gunner on a Bit with the
483rd Bomb Group. based at
Foggia. Italy. He earned the Air
Medal with three oak leaf clust-
ers, a unit citation and seven
battle stars on his ETC ribbon.
for the following action: Rome
Arno. North Apprentices, Pc Val
ley, Rhineland, Balkans. South
ern France and Air Offensive
Europe. Son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam PARROT of Detroit, he is
with his wife and daughter, San
dra Kay. at % Englewood,
Mount Clemens.
EARL Liebzeit. water tender
sc. a veteran Of 20 months in
the Pacific aboard an LIST, was
released from service this week
at Great Lakes. after being as
signed to the Midway. He has
arrived home, with his honor
able discharge after 81 months
in uniform, during which he
earned three battle stars. He IS
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Lie
beet Of 1873 Clinton street, and
lives with his wife at Ill North
Rose street.
PFC. LESLIE RICK and Pfc.
Richard Rick had the rare privi-
lege of meeting in Reckenhous-
ing, Germany and coming home
together aboard the Queen Mary.
for 30-day furloughs. They are
both veterans of more than a
year in Europe. Both are sons
of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Rick of
,58 Beyne street. Mrs. Leslie
Rick is the former Evelyn Ker-
ner and Mrs. Richard Rick the
former Helen Coumans. Both
servicemen report to Camp
Grant. H.. at the conclusion of
their furloughs for reassignment.
It's Gwendolyn Pease arrived
Tuesday night from Camp Car
son, Colo, for an 11-day delay
en- route to Camp Atterbury,
Ind, where she will be stationed
as a medical technician. She is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Waldo Pease. 2573 Croker
boulevard, who also are expect
ing their youngest son, Wayne
f. Pease, soundman 1/c, now in
San Francisco, home during her
visit.
RICHARD M. MILLER, 10,
seaman &c, has been hospitaliz-
ed at Port Hueneme, Calf, for
the past six weeks with q sew
erely injured left hand which
became gangrenous. He is the
son of Mrs. Louise Miller, 81 Ma
comb street.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-10-04
List
New Officers

NEW OFFICERS of the Junior
Hostesses of the USO Club were
elected last evening at the execu-
tive board meeting at the club.
Lillian Balmes of Rosevil!e
was named president, succeeding
Marie Ryan, who leaves next
week for college. Elaine Kupfer-
err, also of Roseville, is the new
secretary, while Barbara Pfeifer
was reelected treasurer.
A special costume party -
planned for Halloween.
GLORIA HAMMOND, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey
Hammond Of rs Gallup avenue.
has left for Valparaiso, Ind, to
enter Valparaiso University as
a freshman on . scholarship
awarded to her by the Lutheran
Ladies' Aid. Gloria was a June
1945 graduate Of Mount Glenn
ems High school.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-10-04
Sigma Gamma Pupils
Enjoy Entertainment

CHILDREN at the Sigma
Gamma Hospital School were
entertained by the Selfridge
Field orchestra Tuesday after
noon, with group singing also
included in the program.
Painting of the murals con-
tinued with Edward and Marie
Czarnecki and Germaine Del
becki of Detroit assisted by
Charles v. Titus and some Of
the talented students.
Arthur Murphy. USO director,
served refreshments to the chill
dren with the aid of Pvt. William
Beach and Pvt. William Hamil.
ton.
1T. AND MRS. WILLIAM J.
DOPP arrived Tuesday from
Clovis, N. NJ, on leave until the
18th. They are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Martin Baarck of Madison
avenue and Mrs. Mabel Dopp Of
Market street.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-10-04

MIR. AND MRS. TRUFANT
SHOEMAKER and Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Kracht heard the opera.
"Aida," by Verdi, In Masonic
Temple. Detroit, last evening.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-08-02
School Principals Will Meet
AUG. Is To Make Final Plans

There will be meeting of the
principals of the high schools of
Ashe county at the courthouse on
Monday, August Is, at 1000 a..
M, to make some final plans be-
fore the opening of the county
schools, August q, B. H. Duncan,
superintendent, said.
1t was also announced that there
would be an administrative con-
ference at ASTC, on August IS
for school officials and all Ashe
school principals are urged to at
tend. This meeting will include
representatives of Ashe, Watau-
ga and Avery, it is understood.
Mr.. Duncan said that he wished
also to again remind the princi-
pals that they would officially
begin work on August Is, or two
weeks in advance of the formal
of the schools.
With the naming of James
at Elkland, all high
school principals positions in the
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-08-02
CCC Payments To
Sheep Growers
Are Announced
Government Action Is Design.
ed To Increase Supply OF
Lamb And Mutton

Government action designed to
increase the stlpply of lamb and
mutton by helping producers meet
increased costs through Commodi-
ty Credit Corporation payments
to sheep raisers and lamb feeders
was announced this week by the
Secretary of Agriculture, Clinton
P. Anderson. The payment will
become effective on sheep and
lambs marketed on or after Aug
ust S, 1915, and through June 80,
1916.
The Commodity Credit Corp
Grafton payments to the seller
of lambs and sheep to legally
authorized slaughters for slaught-
err will range from $3.50 to $3.50
per hundred-weight for lambs
weighing IS to 80 pounds; from
$2.15 to $3.15 per hundredweight
for lambs weighing over 80
pounds; and they will be $1.OO
per hundredweight for all other
(Contlnued on Page ~
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-08-02
Sgt. G. I. Shatley
Gets Purple Heart

Atlanta, Ga.-Sgt. Guy T. Shat
ley, a native of Jefferson, was
decorated with the Purple Heart
medal here at Lawson General
Hospital. The award was pre-
sented by 1t. Col. A. H. Miller,
hospital executive officer, in a
ceremony honoring veterans who
fought the Nazis.
Sgt. Shatley, squad leader
with the 18th Infantry Division,
participated in the Battles Of
France, Belgium and Germany.
He was leading his squad into an
attack on German positions in
April when a Nazi sniper's bullet
foundits mark in his right leg.
Shatley was given first aid at
battalion medical station and eva
cuated to rear area hospital. AS
soon as his condition allowed, he
was returned to Lawson General
Hospital for recovery.
Sgt. Shatley will remain at
Lawson until he is restored to ex-
cellent physical condition. He is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Shatley, of Jefferson.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-08-02
Melvin Campbell
Has Been Named
Il Chief ,AAA Clerk
Some Other Changes In Local
Office Are Announced
By Committee

Melvin Campbell, well-known
local man, who has been associa-
ted with AAA here for sometime,
has been named chief clerk of the
organization, it was announced
by the committee this week.
Campbell, who fills the position
left vacant by the recent resigna-
ton of Edgar Green, has been as
sistant to Green for the past 10
months and previous to that was
a field worker with AAA.
Miss Edna May, who has also
been with the organization for
sometime, is treasurer.
S. w. James will work part
time in the organization and Miss
Mary Frances Dickson, will as
sist in the office.
Members of the AAA commit
tee are T. J. GRAPHICAL, chairman;
V. c. Lillard and J. w. Gambill.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-08-02
W. J. Fire Dept.
To Sponsor Show
Midway And Carnival Will Be
Held Here; To Open On
Monday

The West Jefferson Fire De-
partment is sponsoring a Jubilee
Festival the week of August Gil
at which time the Williams Shows
will appear. Williams South
ern Show has many novel and
modern riding devices, a midway
of good clean fun, bingo and many
other concessions of all kinds.
There will be no admission fee
and the public is cordially in
vited to attend, it was announced.
The show will be located across
the street from Reins-Sturdivant
funeral home.
'The benefits derived from the
festival will go to the fire de-
partment," Chief B.. B. GRAPHICAL
said.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-08-02
Conference OF Big Three Is
Expected To Be Ended Today

The Big Three made a great
deal of progress in a fruitful"
312-hour session yesterday, it
was announced officially and OBJ
servers predicted the history
making conference would end by
today at the latest.
President Truman will fly to
Plymouth, England, and meet
King George vi and Queen Eliza
beth there on his way home, the
American delegation disclosed.
Premier Stain was apparently
fully recovered from a slight in
disposition which had forced a
two-day interruption Sunday and
Monday in his session with Tru-
man and Prime Minister Clement
Attlee.
While all signs indicated the
conference was drawing to a
close, it was announced officially
that the three leaders would meet
again tomorrow.
President Truman will fly di-
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-08-02
Volume Is Still
Running i. Heavy;
Prices, Are Good
Farmers Well Pleased With
Prices Received On Local
Auction Markets

West Jefferson continues to
earn the title of a "bean CENTER"
as thousands of bushels of this
vital war food pour in daily to be
sold on the auction markets and
then to be sent on to consumers.
On Monday and Tuesday, APP
proximately $4,000 busels were
sold on the two local markets for
an average of $1.79, bringing
farmers approximately $39,927.74>
Reports for the season show that
local markets are far ahead of
last year in volume and price.
While the price was slightly
lower, it was pointed out that due
to the increase in volume as we'll
as the decrease in quality in some
cases, this average price is con-
sidered very good.
Due to continued rains, some
beans have become slightly too
full to be of top quality and 9TH
ers have become slightly sandy.
Beans grown in this section are
being shipped out by rail and mo-
tor express over wide area.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-08-02

county were filled. The untime-
ly death of F. c. Nye leaves West
Jefferson vacant. Members of
the board said every effort would
be made to fill this soon.
Mr.. Duncan pointed out that
most of the teaching positions had
been filled, and that complete
list would be announced in the
near future.
Repair and painting work is
being carried on in a number of
schools in order to have them
ready for the opening.
Immunization clinics are also
being held throughout the coun-
ty. Mr.. Duncan and health au-
thorities pointed out that parents
should have their children vac
cinated before school starts.
Those who have failed to take
advantage of the clinics are urg-
ed to come to the office of the
health department on Friday or
Saturday morning.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-08-02

rectly from the Potsdam area air
port to Plymouth for the meeting
with the British royal family.
Then he will board the cruiser
Augusta, waiting for him there,
and sail directly for the United
States.
The chief executives meeting
with the king and queen is ex-
pected to be brief, cordial affair,
and Truman probably will not
spend the night in England, it was
said.
These arrangements will permit
the president to fulfill his desire
to visit England and meet the
British leaders, but also, because
of the urgency of making a for
NAL report to the United States
on the conference, will avoid the
time involved in the formalities
Of trip to London His voyage
from Plymouth will take less time
than the trip from the United
States to Antwerp did.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-08-02
l,O35 Enemy Vessels Are
Destroyed Or Damaged In
FL Days OF Special Raids
Warned In Advance Of Fur
Their Assaults To Be Car
ried Out By Allies

Adm. Halsey's third fleet car
rier planes destroyed or damaged
68 surface craft and 227 planes
over the Honshu naval base of
Maizuru, Monday-a day in which
Tokyo radio said more than g.
900 allied aircraft hammered the
homeland.
Adm. Nimitz' revised assess
ment of destruction, announced
added eight sh;s.. and 80 planes
to previous reports Of the one
day assault-and gave the vast
allied fleet credit for a total of
1,035 japanese surface craft and
1878 airplanes destroyed or dam
aged in it's Fl days of activity in
Honshu waters since July 10.
Driven from the Tokyo targets
Monday morning by thickening
weather, American pilots from
Halsey's 1,500-plane carrier force
damaged a light cruiser and a
CONTINUED on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-08-02
Bean Sales And Prices Far Ahead OF Last Season
F. C. Nye, 20, To
Be Buried Here
This Afternoon
Principal Of West Jefferson
High School Died Sudden
ly On Tuesday

Funeral service will be held
this afternoon at two o'clock at
the West Jefferson Baptist Church
for F. c. Nye, 70, prominent edu-
Gator, who died suddenly at his
home, here, on Tuesday after
noon around five o'clock, after
being stricken with a heart at
tack.
Rev. E. w. Powers, pastor of
the church, will be in charge of
the service and he will be assist
ed by Revs. John S. Jordan, John
w. Luke, and B. A. Meeks. Burr
al will follow in the town ceme-
terry. The body will be taken to
the church at one o'clock.
Professor Nye, who was prin-
cipal of West Jefferson high
school at the time of his death,
had been in declining health for
sometime, but apparently had
been feeling as good as usual I'M
til a few minutes before his
death, when he was stricken with
a heart attack. Earlier in the
day he had done some school
Continued on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-08-02
School For Bus
Drivers Will Be
Held August IL
Principals Are Urged To Send
All Prospective School
Bus Drivers

B. H. Duncan, superintendent
of schools, announced this week,
a training school for drivers Of
school buses, as well as prospec-
tive drivers, would be held at the
courthouse in Jefferson August
II, and urged that principals of
schools see to it that their respec-
tive schools are represented.
E. r. Simpson, of the Highway
Safety Division of North Carroll
ma, will be in charge of the
school. He will give the neces-
sary tests to the drivers.
1t was pointed out that Ashe
county has an excellent safety
record in the transportation Of
students and that part of this is
due to the well-trained response
BILE bus drivers.
Buses are now being recon-
Continued on Page ~
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-08-02
New Serial Story
Starts This Week
Rusty Rowland, Heroine, Is
Maro0ned On Desert With
Stranger

Rusty Rowland, the attractive
young cowgirl of the Double r
Ranch, lets herself in for a lot of
trouble in the opening chapter of
the exciting new serial, 'The
Girl From The Double r Ranch"
beginning today in this paper.
Rusty, caught in a storm on the
desert fifty miles from her ranch,
is marooned for the night in her
car with a handsome red-headed
stranger.
Returning from taking her
brother to the depot some hum
dred miles away, the warnings
her brother had given her about
being too friendly to strangers,
came into her mind as an I'M
familiar car swerved into view.
Several escaped gangsters.
wanted by the police, had been
hiding in the desert, but this
stranger, as he came near her,
looked so different. Was Herb,
the handsome stranger, to be the
man who she had always dream
ed would come along-someone
who would take the place of La
due Decker? Or was he man
who would change the course of
her life far differently from the
way she expected?
The readers won't want to miss
this exciting new story which
will appear weekly in the Post.
Each reader will want to follow
Rusty in her exciting adventures
on the desert. f-.' !.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-08-02
The Skyland Post Has Been
Elected To Membership In
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
One OF Few Weekly Newspa-
pers In Country To Be Ac-
cepted By A. b. C..

The Skyland Post has been
elected to membership in the
Audit Bureau of Calculations, a
bulletin released a few days ago
from the A. B. c. office in Chi
cago announced.
In making the announcement,
Bureau officials explained that
the A. B. c. is a national, coop
erative organization of 1900 pub
fishers, advertisers and advertis-
ing agencies which, for the past
80 years, has set up and main
tanned high standards for mea-
surfing circulation of newspapers
and periodicals.
The Post is one of the few
weekly papers in the South and
nation to be accepted for men,
bership by the Bureau.
1--WE are proud of our large
circulation which covers this
community and are elated that
our paper has been accepted for
membership in this outstanding
organization" Publisher Ed An
derson said.
For 30 years the A. B. c. has
stood as the hallmark of circula-
ton value, a dependable guide in
the selection and use of newspa-
pers and periodicals for advertis-
Continued on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-08-02
TOO LATE TO APPLY
FOR CANNING SUGAR

Mrs. Ruby B. Mcmillan, chief
clerk of the local war price and
rationing board, said this week
that the people of the county
were sending in for applications
for canning sugar who had al
ready received their years allot-
ment. ''The expiration date an
nounced last week for these ap-
plications to be filed only meant
that persons who had not applied
for canning sugar should do so at
once, and did not mean that a sec
ond application could be made"
she explained.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-08-02
New Ration Books
Coming In Dec

War Ration Book Five, "smal-
Ter than dollar bill'' and con-
tanning just half as many stamps
as the last book issued, will be
distributed through the public
schools in December, Chester
Bowles, Administrator of OPA
announced. At the same time,
the new "a" gasoline ration book
will be issued.
Distribution will take place at
school houses or other public
buildings throughout the nation
from December 3 through Deem
Der Is. OPA district offices will
fix the exact time for each local
area. The new "a" gasoline
books will 60 into use December
%, and War Ration Five will be
used after the first Of the year
for food rationing and for ration
ing shoes.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-08-02
Funeral Today
For Mrs. Barker

Funeral service will be held
this morning at HOO o'clock fol
Mrs. Vina Barker, 80, of Lansing
who died suddenly on Tuesday,
July 81, after suffering a heart
attack The funeral service will
be held at the Sabbath Home
Church with the Rev. Tom Farm
er and the Rev. G. M. Shepherd
in charge. Burial will follow at
the Goss cemetery.
Mrs. Barker, native of this
county, the daughter of Joshua
Ham and Meloina Kilby Ham, was
preceded in death by her hus-
band, Jessie Barker, some time
ago. She is survived by two
daughters, Ada and Helen Bark
er, of Lansing.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-08-02
Rev. K. J. Foreman
Installed Sunday

The Rev. K. J. Foreman, Jr.
was officially installed as pastor
of the Lansing, Foster Memorial
and Gillespie Presbyterian
Churches last Sunday, at
which time Ashe county was host
to the Winston-Salem Presbyte-
RVS formal commission for ordin-
alton and installation. The Rev
John w. Luke was chairman and
moderator of the commission.
The first of the three services
was held at Lansing at HOO a. m
at which time the Rev. c. H. Will
liams, pastor of tie Beulah Pres
byterian Church, of North Wilkes
boro, delivered the sermon.
Following luncheon at the Lam
sing church the commission met
at the Foster Memorial Church at
two o'clock, and the Rev. o. V.
Caudill, the Presbytery's execu-
tive secretary of Home Missions,
delivered the sermon.
Services at the Gillespie church
were held at four o'clock and DR..
K. J. Foreman, ST., professor of
Bible at Davidson College, and
father of the Rev. Mr.. Foreman,
delivered the sermon.
The services were we'll attend
ed.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-08-02
Dedication Held
At Peak Valley
Rev. w. T. Wilmington And
Others Address Group;
Graybeal Is Pastor

A dedication service which
continued throughout the day,
was held Sunday at the Peak
Valley Missionary Baptist Church.
A large crowd attended, - !
The Rev. w. T. Wilmington, Of
Damascus, Va, and the Rev. H.
M. W::nkler we're the pastors in
charge. Other speakers were:
Prof. e H. Duncan, Roy Dotson,
Miss Virginia Bare league and
others. Special singing was rem
dered by the home choir, Peak
Valley quartet, Lewis quartet and
the Doe quartet.
Rev. S. S. GRAPHICAL is pastor.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-08-02
Baptists To Hold
Training Union

During the week of August r.
II the Ashe county Baptist Train
ing Union will hold a little Ridge
Crest" assembly under a tent in
West Jefferson, it has been an
nounced. This meeting will be a
duplication of the larger assembly
held annually, which was cancel
led this year. All Baptist churches
in the county are requested to
send representatives, as a good
program is being planned.
B. T. U. representatives are also
asked to attend, it was announced.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-08-02
Bible School To
Begin Here Aug. 6

The annual Daily Vacation BIZ
BILE School opens at the West JEFF
ferson Methodist Church, August
6, the Rev. John Jordan announc-
ed. Mr.. Jordan pointed out that
a we'll graded program had been
planned for the children.
Those conducting the different
classes are: Mrs. James B. Hens
ley, the beginners class; Mrs.
John Duvall, the primary; Mrs.
John Jordan, the juniors and Mr..
Jordan will conduct the inter-
mediate class.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-08-02
Stanley To Head
Elkland School

B. H. Duncan, superintendent
of schools, said yesterday that
James Stanley had been named
principal of Elkland High School.
Mr. Stanley, who has success
fully engaged in school work for
a number of years, was principal
at Fleetwood at one time. He has
been out of the county for the
past two years.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-08-02
Union Service
Is Planned Here

The Baptist, Methodist and
Presbyterian churches in West
Jefferson, will cooperate in a
series of revival services to be
held under a tent some time in
August, it has been announced.
1--WE expect to have some fine
evangelists and hope that every
one will watch for the announce
ment about the date" one of the
ministers said.