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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-16
Housewives Sign Protest
On 0PA Weakening

Housewives OF the Macarthur
boulevard area yesterday protested
weakening of price control by Con-
gress.
In a telegram to President Tru-
man, they urged that he veto the
bill which removes the ceilings on
essential foods and other products,
and that emergency legislation be
enacted to continue the present price
control act another year.
The signature campaign was
organized by the Macarthur boule-
ward branch of the Congress of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-16

Womens Auxiliaries, CLIO, and the
Washington League of Women
Shoppers. 1t was estimated by a
spokesman that about 500 women,
or 80 per cent Of shoppers at a
grocery store where the signatures
were obtained, signed the telegram
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-16
Ellen Mussey Tent to Meet

Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent, No. /,
Daughters of Union Veterans OF the
Civil War, will meet at 8 pm. to-
morrow at its headquarters, 20l5
Massachusetts avenue NV, with
Mrs. Laura Kane president, presid-
ing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-16

trips will be taken to Cuernavaca
Taxco, Xochimilco, Toluca, the
Pyramids at San Juan Teotihuatan
and the monastery of Eel Desierto,' .
built more than 800 years ago by
lCarmelite monks.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-08-08
Poultrymen To
Meet Aug 2
Ashe Farmers Expected To
Attend Meeting In
StateSVille

Ashe county pcultrymen are
urged to atto7d the three-day
poultry trair; 2 school which be-
gan il Statesville yesterday and
which will continue through to-
morrow.
t. pu~nosa If 'niS school is
to train and qualify hatchery per
sonoeI fer flcck-tosting and blood
testing work a. to discuss with
them their poultry problems,
esnecia1lv in correction with the
eradication of pullorum disease,
L. ]. Fourie. Of the Veterinary
Division of the n. c. Department
of Agriculture, stated.
If hatcherymen or their en-
ployees plan to do their own
blood-testing work, they must at
tend the school and pass the writ
ten examination in order to quail
ify and obtain a permit as flock
testing and pullorum testing
agent, Mr.. Fourie pointed out.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-08-08
Outlook Bright For Future
OF Dairy Industry In Ashe,
W. W. Fitzpatrick Declares
Importance Of Breeding And
Feeding Program Stressed
By Dairy Leaders,

Farmers and business and pro-
fess;Onal men were assured of
Continued prosperity in the dairy
Industry, by w. W. Fitzpatrick,
manager of the famous Quail
Roost Farm, at a meeting of the
.otarN club here last week when
I lumber Of dairy specialists, far
mers and others were guests on
the eve Of the purebred-register-
4 Guernsey sale held at the
tat Test Farm at Transou.
Eit-pG tt. -. presented by H. H.
-'2rrun1, Dairy Specialist Of the
.x-orsioo Division of State Col
lege, pointed out some of the re-
cuiremants in making a success of
lie derry business. He stressed
~cod breeding, continued i'm
pTovement of herds, proper hand
ling ard feeding. In the feeding
program he explained the value
ii alfalfa and the new Ladino
CONTINUED on Page a
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-08-08
County Democratic
Convention Not To
Be Held This Week
Was Scheduled For Saturday;
Township Primaries Also
To Be Held Later

The Democratic Convention of
Ashe county, scheduled to be held
at the courthouse on Saturday af-
ternoon, has been postponed until
a later date, according to an an
nouncement made by B. H. Dun
can, chairman of the executive
committee.
The township primaries, sched-
uled for Friday of this week, have
also been postponed. Definite
dates for holding both of these
will be announced later, Chair
man Duncan explained.
'The postponement is being
made in order to secure speak
er whom we desire to have" Mr..
Duncan said. He pointed out that
the speaker planned for Satur-
lay was unable to come at this
time but could be secured later.
It was also explained that the
convention was set little earlier
this year than usual and that the
postponement would probably
make it about the usual time.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-08-08
Former Ashe Man
Dies In Montana

News was received here this
week of the death of Gilbert STRAIT
Bower, IS, former Ashe county
.esident, who succumbed at
local hospital in Poison, Mon
tana on July %. Funeral service
vas held at the Retz chapel there.
Mr.. Bower was born in Ashe
county October %, 1880 and had
ived in Montana since his youth
md for the past IS years had
been a resident of the Flathead-
Polson-Dayton vicinity.
He is survived by his widow,
Ella; one daughter, Mrs. Billings
Adams, of Proctor, Montana; two
,tep-daughters, Mrs. Paul Bower,
f Poison, Montana; and Mrs. H.
:. Treece, of Hamilton, Montana;
two brothers, Paul C. Bower, of
Poison, Montana; John c. Bower,
of Lexington; three sisters, Mrs.
Maude Baker, of Creston; Mrs.
edith Schmuck, of New York
City; and Mrs. Robert Vinson, of
Sig Arm, Montana. He was the
uncle of Mrs. J. A. Reeves.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-08-08
Schedule Is Announced For
Distribution OF School Books

B. H. Duncan, superintendent
of schools, announced this week
the schedule for the distribution
Of text books. School principals
and teachers are asked to make
note of the dates and the time
they will be given out from the
book room at Jefferson.
The schedule is as follows:
Wednesday, August IA - High
schools-Lansing, 1000 to 10:45;
Fleetwood, 10:45 to 1900: West
Jefferson, loo to 1:45; Jefferson,
las to 2:15; Nathan's Creek, 2:15
to 2:45; Riverview, 3:15 to 3:45;
Elkland, 3:45 to AIS; Va.-Caro-
lima, Ais to AIS; Healing Springs,
4:45 to SIS.
Thursday, August 15-Lansing
district schools-Fairview, $3.50
to 8:45; Thaxton, 8:45 to 900;
Graham, 900 to 9:2O; Hurricane,
9:20 to 9:45; Meadow View, 9:45
to 1905; Osborne, 1905 to 1920;
Sugar Grove, 1920 to 10:40;
Stages Creek, 10:40 to 11:OO; Flat
woods, HOO to Ills; Warrens-
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-08-08
Lamb Pool Will
Be Held Friday:
anTwoOthers
Farmers Are Asked To Bring
Lambs In Early; Animals
May Be Exchanged

1t was announced this week, by
County Agent H. D. Quessen-
berry, that another cooperative
-amb pool would be held at the
West jefferson Livestock Market
.. Friday, for farmers of this
COUNTY.
e explained that weighing and
grading would start around 800
a. H., and urged that all farm
$ arrange to bring their animals
5 early as possible.
We have tentatively planned
to have two other pools this year
August 50 and September 20,
However, we will notify you later
as to the exact date" he said.
IF you have a ram to exchange
or wish to purchase one, you may
10 SO at the pool Friday or if you
lave ram lambs or yearlings for
ale, l think it would be a good
place to sell them" he concluded.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-08-08
Midwestem Press Assn To Meet At Shatley Sat.
DIR. Dougherty,
Educator, Will
Speak ToCroup
Harvey Laffoon, President OF
State Press Association
Will Attend

More than SO members of the
MidWestern Press Association,
together with their families and
other guests are expected to at
tend the summer meeting of the
group at Shatley Springs on Sat-
urday night at 7:3O, when DR..
B. B. Dougherty, president Of APP
palachian State Teachers College,
will be the principal speaker.
DR.. Dougherty, pioneer North
Carolina educator, will discuss
the press in its relation to educa-
ton. He will be introduced by
Publisher Ed M. Anderson.
Special music by Jean Ken
nickel will also be a part of the
program.
Harvey Laffoon, president of
the North Carolina Press Asso-
citation, Miss Beatrice Cobb, Sec
rotary, and a number of other
officials are expected to attend.
A number of other special
guests including Congressman R..
l.. Doughton have been invited to
attend.
Several members of the press
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vile, Ills to 11:40; Whiteoak
11:40 to 1900.
Thursday, August 15-River-
view district schools-Ashland
100 to 1:2O; Green Valley, 100
to lao; Hemlock, 1:40 to 1:55;
Mill Creek, 1:55 to 2:10; Rash,
2:1O to 2:30; Rich Hill, 2:30 to
2::45; Roaring Fork, 2:45 to 800;
Rock Creek, 800 to 3:20; Rye
Cove, 800 to $40; Parker, $40
to 400; Sutherland, 400 to 4:20;
Trout, 4:2O to AS.
Friday, Aueust 16-Jefferson
district schools-Big Ridge, $50
to S:45; Buffalo, 8:45 to 9:O5; Glen
dale Springs. 9:O5 to 9:35; Orion,
9:35 to 1000.
Friday, August 16-West JEFF
ferson district schools-Baldwin,
1000 to 1920; Boggs, 1920 to
10:45; Duncan, 1O:45 to lilo;
Obids, lilo to 11:30; Othello,
1870 to 1900.
Friday, August Is - Nathan's
Creek district schools - Burnt
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-08-08
Merchants Want
BetterTelephone
Service In Ashe
Will Investigate The POssibil-
tiles For Improved Service
And Line Extensions

The necessity of better tele-
phone service for this area was
discussed at the meeting of the
board of directors of the West
Jefferson Merchants association
on Monday night.
Wade E. Eller was named chair
man of a committee to confer
with the N. c. Utilities Commits
sion, Central Telephone company
and the Bell System relative to
the possibilities not only for i'm
proved service, but for the ex-
tension of lines.
President Amos Wagner, Jr.,
was in charge of the meeting and
a number of other matters in
Guiding the sales tax were dis
cussed by the group. Most of
The group remained for the meet
ing of the New Hotel committee
ard pledged support of this pro-
ject.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-08-08
Attendance Is
To Be Stressed;
Will Open Aug. 10
Principals Met Yesterday AT.
ternOOn With Superintend-
ent b. III. Duncan

At a meeting of the principals
OF the Ashe county high schools
in the office of the county super
intendent, B. H. Duncan yester-
day afternoon, special emphasis
was put on attendance and plans.
were formulated to have all chill,
dren of school age, in school. At
tention is called to the fact that
the compulsory age this year is
from to Is.
For special study this year the
teachers will again emphasize
health and physical education and
in addition, science. "Since we
are living in a scientific age we
believe it important that children
of all ages be given an opportun-
ity to know more about SCIENCE"
Mr.. Duncan deduced. In connec-
ton with this program additional
library books will be purchased
for the schools.
Except for a shortage of some
high school teachers the schools
are now ready to open on August
l9, it was announced. 1t was ex-
planned that this date would not
apply to Virginia-Carolina as this
is operated in connection with
Virginia and will not open until
September 5.
All principals went to work on
Monday of this week, and will
hold district meetings of all of
their teachers next week.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-08-08
New Church AT
Bald Mountain
Is Being Erected
Basement Already Completed;
Concrete Blocks Ready
To Be Laid

Construction work is now well
U'o| r.--oT q the new church at
Bald AIou4.tai-} EeV. M. D. Hart,
pastor. an ounccd this week. The
pa 23y been com
pletcd a d Cot-crete blocks will
be laid this week for the founda-
ton. Sunday school rooms will
Dc located in the basement of the
church, it was pointed out.
The new building will be COM
posed mostly Of concrete blocks
AID the windows will be trimmed
18th brick, it was pointed out.
Friends of Bald Mountain Bap-
fist church who wish to make
contributions are asked to con-
tact Fred Lawrence, superintend-
ent of the building program or
members of the building or fl
ance committee.
Members of the finance COM
mittee are R. S. Carman; Mrs.
Walter Houck, Rev. Willard Hol-
man; Mrs. Tom Hopkins; Mrs.
Frank Scott, Mrs. Elizzie Camp
bell, Mrs. C. Lewis, w. M. Hop
kins, ard Miss Jean Stevens.
The building committee is COM
posed of Floyd Gentry, Otto Wag-
(Continued on Page ~
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-08-08
Homecoming At
Lansing Set For
August II And LIZ
Several Visiting Ministers To
Speak; Record Crowd
Expected

A record crowd is expected to
~ather IN Lansing on Saturday
and Sunday, August II and 10,
FOR the tWertiath anniversary
Homecoming of Lansing Presby-
terrain church. Friends and mem
bers from far and near have ar
.anged to be present, some COM
i2g from as far away as Penn
sylvania and South Carolina for
the occasion, Rev. K. J. Foreman
announced this week.
One of the biggest events in
the life of the Lansing Presby-
terrain Church, the homecoming
will be highlighted with preach
ing by three former pastors, in
tContinued on Page ~
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-08-08
Age OF Entering
School Is Cited

Attention was called to the fact
at the principals meeting yester-
day that before a child is eligible
to enter school, he or she must
be six years of age on or before
Oct. l, and must be vaccinated
or diphtheria, smallpox and
hopping cough.
Parents that have not had their
children vaccinated are urged to
do so Immediately so that they
will be ready fCr the school OPEN
20, August 10.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-08-08
New Ball League
Now Organized
';~ev Creek, Landmark And
HeItcn jain With Teams
From Virginia

The Notwithstanding League,
composed of three Ashe county
teams and three from Virginia,
has been organized, it was learn
q here this week.
The teams composing the league
are Piney Greek, Landmark, Hell
ton, Whitetop, Green Cove and
Komarock.
The opening game of the league
was played last Saturday when
Piney Creek defeated Landmark
by a score of 22-17. A home run
was hit in the third inning by
Bruce Sexton. Walter Sexton
nit a triple in the sixth and a
home run in the seventh, driving
in three runs. Russ Spencer
pitched the entire game for Piney
Creek while Kent Dickson and
Ed Lambert each pitched for
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-08-08
Rev. J. M. Hayes
Here For Revival

Revival services began Sunday
at the West jefferson Baptist
church with Rev. James M. Hayes,
pastor of the N. WiGston-Salem
Baptist church conducting. Ser
vices are being held each even
ing at 8 o'clock and will continue
through Sunday, August Is.
Rev. Mr.. Hayes will also speak
to the young people at o'clock
tonight in the church auditorium.
All young people are especially
invited to attend.
Today and tomorrow, the bust
ness men of West Jefferson will
hear Rev. Hayes at a special SER
vice at 1890.
The speaker will also be heard
by the ladies of the societies of
the church Saturday at l o'clock.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-08-08
Davis Principal
At w. Jefferson

Professor Robert Davis has been
named principal of West Jeffer-
son high school to succeed Zeb
Dickson who resigned last Satur-
day in order to make his home in
Wilkesboro, where he has other
interests. He will teach mathe-
mates in the high school there.
Mr.. Davis has recently returned
from service and has taught for
a number of years in the county
and previous to entering military
service successfully served as
principal of Fleetwood high
school.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-08-08
Water Rent Fees
To Be Enforced

The people of the town of West
Jefferson are again reminded
that delinquent water and SAN
itation fees are past due and that
final notices will be sent out this
week. Fees will also be charged
for reinstating water privileges,
Ralph Campbell, town clerk,
pointed out.
Those who have been negligent
about putting waste in the alley
ways or streets are again asked
to cooperate and place garbage
and trash in containers in the.
proper places.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-08-08
Many Guernsey
Cattle Bought
By Ashe Farmers
Prrebrcd- Registered Animals
From Some OF Best n. G.
Herds Sold

Ashe county dairymen got
their share of the prize purebred-
.ngistared Guernsey cattle offer
ed at a ctiol in the sale ct the
Stat Test Farm, at TTansou, last
Friday. These animals came
from some OF The best herds in
North Carolina ard were consign-
1 to t'e sale IN order to increase
2tsrast il the dairy business and
70 enable farmers of this area to
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Young People To
Meet Tonight

The young people of the West
Jefferson Presbyterian church
will meet tonight, August 8, at
1880 p. m. in the church. This
meeting will be the first that the
Young people have had in several
months, and plans have been
made to hold the meeting regu-
larly in the future.
1t is hoped that not only those
who attended formerly but any
young people in the community
who are interested will be there
tonight.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-08-08
Price, Volume
OF Beans Good

Officials report that the vol
ume of beans sold on the two
markets for the past week has
been unusually heavy and the
prices good. More than 10000
bushels were reported to have
been sold on both the Farmers
Bean and Vegetable and the New
Ashe Bean markets. Beans sold
at well over an average of $500
a bushel.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-08-08
Vets To Secure
Lost Discharges

Veterans who have lost their
may apply at the local
board for blanks to replace them,
Sam L. Davis, clerk of the local
board, stated this week.
Mr.. Davis pointed out that this
s merely an ''in lieu of" dis
charge form,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-08-08
GET VACCINATIONS ON
FRIDAY AND SAT. A. M

Parents are again reminded that
,hildren needing vaccination since
hey missed the regular clinic
are to be brought to
he office on Friday or Saturday
corning. At this time the county
nurse will be there to give the
ecessary vaccinations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-11
Old Thoughts, New Weapon

It is bad enough to have the terrible but indefinite rocket weapons travelling unheardof speed But it is something else to learn that Army today could build giant rocket with atomic warhead capable of being fired with reasonable accuracy at any target on the face of the earth.
 Potentially, then the age of rocket warfare is here. And there little reason to think that other major far behind in these developments indeed they tagging at all.
 True, have temporary monopoly of atomic weapons, but the rocket free game Britain already is at work
 large national center for aeronautca research The last time Americans permitted to Russias research salations, in 1938 planning on much larger scale than ours according to spokesman of the National Advs pry Committee for Aeronaucs It is unlikely that Russia has been standing still.
 Thus the international armament race continues if only @ the laboratory stage today Meanwhile the nations talk of though they delay appointing members the
 international body for controlling the of atomic Meanwhile the American searches the countys caves where factories and workers be safely hidden in ease of
 The actuality and threatened imminence of this new type of to have had little effect the of whose duty it is prevent the The Big Four foreign ministers still wrang bases rtores and usteeshps which, while not made meaningless by new weapons at least greatly reduced in importance
 Britain may feel that the British lives sacrificed to drive the enemy out of Africa give her just claim to Italian ter rtoy here Russia may feel the way about eastern Germany and the United States may have the same feel ing about the former Jap-held islands in the Pacific.
 But do these territories have enough military inn portance to justify the tension which their disposition has created? Another might we'll be fought from the heart o opposing homeands with poectes that circle the globe at perhaps 10 times the speed of sound.
 The soldiers who died to berate these disputed lands would be better honored by to turn them to United Nations rusteeshp The United States has pro- posed this in the Ialys African colonies but old ways of thinking have thus far prevailed Now realism as well justice would seem to make it worth while to press more earnestly for such soution Africa elsewhere
 It might develop, of course that Britain and Russia want outlying bases primarily for political rather than mi tay reasons American efforts to put them under LIN thorty might be rebued just Mr. Byrnes proposal dsarmed Germany has been rebuffed for the same apparent cause.
 In that this country would at Least be on record having led the way toward reasonable solution and as conforming with the obvious intent of the United Nations Charter Such position might in s end turn out to be more than q consolation prize.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-11
RELIGION IN A LIBERAL
 EDUCATION
(New Haven Journal-courier)

NNCW k1dVcu JOuTIlal.COur1eF)
 The announcement by President
 Seymour of the creation of new
 department of religion at Yale
 which will offer courses on both graduate and undergraduate levels, is one of many signs of a return in American education to @ whole some balance between secular and religious ' studies. President-elect Blanding of VaSSar is another lead- CT who has recently called for a spiritual rejuvenation" of student life. Such emphaSeS do not mean a new set of watertight compart- mentS, with religious studies set over against secular. All aspects of truth have profound religious implications to the reverent mind.
 But the new plan at Yale recog- nizes that there has been in prac- tlce, if not by intent, over emphasis on the physical, social and mathe- nautical sciences and possibly on the humanlties, to the relative neglect of religion as subject which can be taught as well as caught. By correlating existing and prospec- tive new courses in such subjects as comparative religions, the his- tory of Christianity, Christian ethics, the history and chief sys- tems of philosohy and other cours- es in allied fields in a major de- partment. the university calls at- tention to the possibility of stu dents majoring in economics, his- tory or Romance languages.
 Weekday classes in religion edu- cation in the public schools, in which churches of various faiths cooperate, have sought in recent years to meet valid criticism that our educational system, by teaching everything but religion = which was ignored or left to brief hour in a church school-implied that religion was of minor importance in life. The new Stirrings of in- terest in this field on the higher levels are in part education's re- sponSe to returning veterans ex- pectation that the thinkers and seers will help them to interpret their war experiences in spiritual terms. In still larger sense, they mean 8 new emphasis by our edu- cational leaders and counsellors on the old fact that man cannot live on bread alone, and that democ- racy, especially, must have a sur vival a profound religious insight and motivation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-11
Mothers Day

Mothers Day appropriately the second Sunday May the month devoted to the Blessed Mother of God Special observance of this day marked throughout the community many ways. While the commercial aspect is accentuated in suggestions for gifts for mothers the churches also call attention to the day in of special significance.
 Many of the ceremonies known Mary's Day evens and they follow pattern that honors the Mother of God who is the topic along with earthly mothers of sermons and addresses
 Mothers Day is especially appealing custom. It has what is called the popular appeal but minus the customary ghness raery that usually accompany special days The majority of people take their mothers living and dead very seriously they love them life and their mem ories in death. So Sunday they will flower for her, living dead and will pray for her, also living dead
 Perhaps this Mothers Day there is peace in the hearts of many mothers to compensate for the that the lot of mothers during the past few The preciousness of mothers might be summed this very short sentence anonymous Jewish proverb God could be everywhere and therefore he made mothers