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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-04-04
OF
Public Asked By
Town Officials
Special Effort Will Be Made.
To Clean Streets And
Alleys

Mayor G.. O. Parsons announc-,
ed that official cleanup weeks
for West Jefferson would be OBJ
served from April IS through
April 80 and asked that every.
one cooperate to make this a
success. t'llE.
All property owners are asked
to cooperate by cleaning up
their own property, both in the
business and residential sections.
Owners of vacant lots are par
ticularly urged to clear SUCH
property Of rubbish and trash.
He announced that the town
truck would be available for
hauling waste and rubbish to tina.
dump yard. Services Of this
truck may be obtained by phon-
ing the town office or by writing
a card to Town Manager, atten-
ton trash department.
IF everyone will cooperate
we can make this a real success
and improve the looks and sani-
tary conditions of our town" tina
Mayor concluded.
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C.. Scott Denny
Home From Navy

George Scott Denny, SK-1C
was honorably discharged from
the navy at the Separation Cen
ter, Memphis, Tenn, on April 3,
after serving with the navy for
38 months. ,-s
He entered service on Janu-
airy 26, 1913, and spent 80 months
service overseas. He served on
LISTS and PAS in the European,
South Pacific and African thea
tres. He was awarded the Euro
pean, Asiatic-Pacific, American,
Good conduct and Victory rib
bonS.
Scott is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Guy Denny.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-04-04
E. W. Phipps Is
Presented Award
Receives Medal PoSthumOus~
ly Awarded His Son,
William H. Phipps

E. w. Phipps, of Grassy Creek
was presented the Bronze Star
Medal, posthumously awarded
his son, Staff Sergeant William
H. Phipps, last Saturday at a spe~
,cial presentation service az
Moore General hospital in Swan
nanoa.
The medal was awarded Sxe.
Phipps, for heroic achievements
in military operations against
the enemy on July h.. 1914. R&.
served as a member of the 18th
Infantry division.
Presentation was made by
Capt. Dan Kadrovack, adjutank ee
Moore General Hospital
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-04-04

EMULATION BOARD TO STUDY ATOMIC BOMB Presi-
newly appointed atomic bomb committee to
study damage right, Rep Walter
Cd, N. W; Rep Andrew J. May a., Ky); Sen Carl A.
Hatch 3D.. NJ M; Leverett Saltonsan (R MassO;
standings Seares, New York: DR.. Carl A. Compton,
M. l. T.; Admir-. W. I'll. p. Blandy; william A. Newell,
Bath Mane Robert Oppenhemer University Of Cali
fornia.
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Enlisted Men
To Organize
Next Wednesday
Much Interest Shown In Ini-
tial Meeting Held AT
Courthouse

A large number of veterans
gathered at the courthouse in
Jefferson on Saturday afternoon,
when practically all sections of
the county were represented.
Many branches of service were
represented and voiced the wish
to form an ex-enlisted mems or
ganization.
It was decided that the group
would again meet next Wednes-
day, April II, at 8 o'clock at the
courthouse for the purpose of
perfecting the organization and
electing officers.
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Attention, Veterans of Foreign Wars

LEWIS POST 65 MEETS EVERY FIRST AND THIRD
HOUSE. WEST JEFFER
NJ qualified
and
until
oourco
in and
Join Now!
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Public Asked To
Save More Food
County Committee Asks That
Conservation Be Used That
Europe May Be Fed

At a meeting of the USDA of
Ashe county, last week, a COM
mittee composed of Misses Aims
lee Alexander, Doris Whitesides
and Dorothy Fennell, was named
to place special emphasis on the
food conservation program, par
ticularly of fats and breads in or
der that starving people in the
war-torn areas may have more.
At special meeting of the
committee, the following sug-
gestions were made:
For housewives, we simply ask
that you reduce your purchases
of wheat products by 400 and
fats by 300. In order that there
might be an ample supply Of all
other foodstuffs, we ask that
there be no waste. America still
throws away the richest garbage
in the world.
''The following are several
WAYS in which the housewife may
conserve wheat products and fats
and oils!
l. Serve cornbread more often.
2. Use potatoes, macaroni, and
rice instead of bread.
3. Serve bread, cakes, and
cookies, made from oatmeal.
4. Use and use again fats and
grease.
ITO prevent starvation, we can
not fail to meet this call! If we
fail, we shall see a world of dis
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-04-04
Robert Mcneil
Home From AAC,

Robert D. McNeill received his
honorable discharge from the
Army Air Force at Fort Bragg,
last week and returned to his
home here, after 80 months of
service, five of which were spent
in the European theatre of opera
tons.
McNeill volunteered in jan
uary, 1913, and served with
the weather service of the Air
Continued on Page ~
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Nav Secure Data
About Building

The local OPA office this week
called attention to the fact that
veterans or others interested in
building should contact the Fed
eral Housing Authority, Green's
boro, N. c., for desired informa-
ton.
It was also pointed out that in
formation concerning surplus
goods now available could be Sc
cured from the War Assets Cor
poration, Law Building, Char
lotte.
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Distance means little in travel
this day and age, what with fly
ing about here and there, one
can literally be ''here today ana
there tomorrow" But when GOOD
wishes come long way, the dis
lance makes us doubly apprecl-
ate them.
From Kelso, Washington, comes
a letter with a renewal of sub
scription to this paper from Mrs.
M. Letsinger, who writes: i
enjoy the Post so much as it
gives me news from my home
State, that I would not otherwise
get, so here's wishing you and all
my Ashe county friends good
luck!"
Thanks, Mrs. Letsinger, you
also have our best wishes.
Ashe County Beauty!
To us, there are so many beau
tiful things about Ashe county,
we are always in accord with
similar statements made by 9TH
ers. Jefferson's well-known
young man, Mr.. A. R. Vale, sent
the following note, which we be-
lieve1 will be of interest to many
readers:
"Im sending you a fine adver-
tisement for sthe beauty Of Ashe
county: Mrs. Vail and I7receiv-
ed a letter from Mrs. r. H. Stone
and she wrote, Charlotte is real
" dressed up and the flowers
are beautiful-tulips, wisteria,
dogwood, Towering shrubs, Jap
cherries and as pretty as it is, ]
know it will not be a drop in the
bucket to the beauty you all will
see up there in few weeks. 1t
is at this time of year that my
minds eye can see Negro, Paddy
and Phoenix, and the spring haze
and white glory on the trees:
will not mind going to heaven il
it is as pretty as Ashe county"
Grandeur Supreme!
And if you are looking for the
heights of beauty and have not
seen High Haven" the beauti-
full home of Rev. and Mrs. L. J.
Yelanjian, you have missed
something, the home itself, from
which can be seen dozens OF
mountainous, is worth the trip
to Glendale Springs at any time
but particularly in the Spring
time. Soon the dogwood will be
in all it's glory, then the rhodo-
dendron and azalea. High Ha-
ven'' is surrounded by much
more natural beauty than one
often sees.
And, of course, a part of the
charm of the place are the Rev
and Mrs. Yelanjian, who have
won for themselves, hundreds OF
friends, since coming to Ashe
county.
"Bell- Bottom TrOusers!"
We like to watch the younger
fry enjoying themselves this fine
spring weather. The other day
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orders which will paralyze ev-
cry effort of recovery and peace.
We shall see the death of mil
lions of fellow human beings.
"Guns speak the first word Of
victory but only food can speak
the last word"
Evening star., 1946-02-03

Edward Everett, Secretary of State and
nominated for Vice President by the
Constitutional Union Party in 1860 and
who assisted the women in their first
efforts to buy and preserve Mount YER
non; Roscoe Conklin, who nominated
U. S. Grant for third term as Presi-
dent; John Sherman, Julia Ward Howe,
who wrote here the Battle Hymn of the
Republic; Dion Boucicault, Simon
Cameron, sJohn A. Logan, John Nor
rissey, celebrated pugilist and Congress
man, who perhaps might fit in well in
Congress today, and Jenny Lind, the
Swedish nightingale. S. F. B. Morse,
the inventor, when trying to finance and
put over his patent of the telegraph.
frequently occupied a chair on the side
walk, the better to hail the influential
members of Congress as they passed his
way. The tree he leaned his chair
against on the Avenue side near the
corner went down into history as the
Morse Elm. 1t died few years ago and
was removed for safety.
Lincoln at the Willard
The Civil War period made much his
tory for this hotel. Mr.. Lincoln arrived
here on the morning of February %,
1861, and in the evening Mrs. Lincoln
and the three boys followed the Presi-
dent-elect.
The late Henry Kellogg Willard has
told story of Lincoln to the effect that
he was quite tired out when he arrived
at the hotel, and since he had mislaid
his grip in which he had placed his
slippers, he asked his father, Henry A..
Willard, the proprietor, to try to borrow
a pair for him. This Mr.. Willard did,
but Old Abe's feet were SO large none
could be found in the house that would
fit him. In desperation, the proprietor
sought out young Willard's great-grand-
father, William c. Bradley, who lived
opposite the hotel on the Fourteenth
street side, and who was also noted for
the largeness of his pedal extremities.
Fortunately his shoes fit Mr.. Lincoln
and caused the great President to
breathe a real sigh of relief. The Will
lard family still possesses the slippers.
Hotel Fires
The fire of 1922 is not the only one
the Willard has suffered, though none
could be considered disastrous. During
the period Of 1861 to 1865, when troops
were passing through the city at all
hours of the day and night, many being
fed here by the proprietor at his own
expense, slight fires were of so frequent
occurrence, that Mr.. Willard got rather
used to hearing the statement made that
the place was on fire. His son, Henry K,
once related that upon one occasion
when one of the guests rushed into his
fathers Office, exclaiming, "Mr Willard,
the hotel is on firel Where Is it-where
is it?" That his father in a very calm
Evening star., 1946-02-03

upon which the New Willard stands be-
longed to one of the best known of all,
namely, David Burnes. Burnes had his
cottage-a very humble home even for
that period-at B and Seventeenth
streets NV, where is now the building
of the Bureau of American Republics,
and he farmed the surrounding land,
including the Willard site until 1897,
and quit doing so only when he was
notified to cease by the Commissioners
in charge of local affairs at that time.
Upon the death of Burnes and his
wife, their holdings went to their only
daughter, Marcia, who became the wife
of Gen. John P. Van Ness.
The city was still quite young in 1916,
men of his day, erected here as an in
vestm ent, six two-story- -and-attic
houses, the corner one of which when
completed was occupied as a hotel by
Joshua Tennison, at least as early as
1918. 1t was then known as Joshua Ten
nisons Hotel.
Associated with Tennison in conduct
ing the business was John Strother. who
in few years took over the business
and was conducting it in 1924 when he
was succeeded by Basil Williamson, who
called it Williamsons Mansion Hotel,
but 1t was more commonly spoken of as
Williamson's Tavern. Frederick Barn.
ard followed Williamson for a short
while, when Azariah Fuller, in 1888,
opened the place as the American House,
the name later being changed to City
Hotel.
Leased by Willard Brothers
It's present name, Willard, began in
1847 when it was leased from Benjamin
Ogle Tayloe by the Willard brothers
Henry A. and Edwin D.. After two
years time, the latter withdrew and the
former had it under his sole superin-
tendence. In a short while, Henry A.
Willard took another brother-JoSeph
C.-into partnership, and this firm pur-
chased the property, in 1858, from the
Tayloe heirs, and extended the building
along Fourteenth street on the ground
of the widow of DIR. John A. Kearney,
United States Navy, whose residence
stood where is now the northeast corner
of the hotel, and whose beautiful gar
dens surrounded their home, erected
about 1900. This ground they also pur-
chased in 1858.
After severing his connection with the
Willard Hotel, E. D. Willard went into
the hotel business elsewhere in the
city. though historically he is particu-
larry recalled as the first one to have
cooked with gas in Washington. For
the stove which he designed and used
he applied for patent in 1855.
1t is but natural that many great and
prominent people should visit the Ma
tion's Capital, and it is also most natu-
sal that the Willard and its predecessors
Evening star., 1946-02-03
Willard Hotel Is Historic
Landmark of WASHINGTON
BY John Clagett Proctor

Many well-known hotels have faded
from the Washington scene since the
failure of the Union Pacific Hotel, begun
by Samuel Blodgett in 1893, the first
hotel of any consequence east of Rock
Greek. But even among the hotels
which were successful, and have lasted
through the years, only a few remained
in the same family for any considerable
period. Exceptions among these owners
are the Calverts, owners of the old
National Hotel, the Browns, who con-
Quoted the Metropolitan, and the Willard
family, who have operated the hotel of
this name ever since Henry Augustus
Willard came to this city in October,
l847, first leasing the hotel property
at Fourteenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue, then owned by Benjamin Ogle
Tayloe, and afterward purchasing it.
Now after nearly ninety-nine years,
the Willard interest is to step out, and
in the future the hotel will be con-
Quoted by Louis Berry of Detroit, Mich,
who it is said, contemplates no early
changes and will continue to conduct
the place exactly as it has been in the
past.
How Willard Started
The pioneer Willard became interested
Ain the Washington hotel business in an
unusual way-that is while he was on
fthe steamer Niagara of the New York
& Troy Hudson River Line, when he
met Miss Phoebe Warren, a very pretty
daughter of one of Troys most exclusive
and best families. She was the fiancee
OF Benjamin Ogle Tayloe, whose father
built the Octagon house in Washington,
a. Eighteenth street and New York
avenue, and one of the wealthiest men
OF his day. The son. Benjamin, was
the owner of the old City Hotel, site
cot the present Willard, then in a very
rundown condition, and which he had
great trouble in getting some one to
properly manage. And SO it happened
that he chanced to tell Miss Warren
of his troubles, when she recommended
MIR. Willard, then the steward on the
boat upon which they were travelling,
and the latter accepted the offer and
soon came to Washington.
Of course, the Willard Hotel of today
is not very old building, indeed, the
Avenue corner only dates from 1901,
and the F street portion at a more
recent date, though the ground upon
which it stands is an old hotel site
and quite historic, and its development
is always worth repeating.
The Burnes Property
When the Congress of the United
States, in 1890, decided to locate the
Nations Capitol between the Conoco-
cheague and the Eastern Branch of
the Potomac River, what is now WASH
ington City, with the exception of
Georgetown, was then mostly farm land,
owned by persons known to us today as
Original Proprietors, and the ground
Evening star., 1946-02-03

would be almost gueSSWork, or mere
matter of opinion, so very many i'm
portant functions having taken place
here. But undoubtedly one of the
largest dinners ever given at the Will
lard was the one rendered to Lord and
Lady Napier when they were leaving
Washington. Lord Napier, the then
British Minister, was being relieved by
his government and assigned to duty
elsewhere.
This distinguished diplomat had
made host of warm friends during
the few years he was stationed in
Washington. And although President
Buchanan was actually the moving
spirit in his transfer, the people,
through Senator Seward of New York,
thought they would like to give him
farewell party, at least to show their
own high regard and esteem for his
services, and especially for the uniform
courtesy shown by him to each one
with whom he came in contact.
That the high public officials and
the citizens of Washington made a good
job of it there is ample printed evi-
dence; The press tells us that it was
the largest such entertainment ever
given in Washington, except on the
occasion of the Inauguration of Pres
ident," and no doubt it was, for in all
there are said to have been present to
enjoy the dinner and the dancing
around 1900 ladies and gentlemen Just
how they ever managed to get SO many
people into the old Willard is a ques-
ton, no doubt, many of us would ask.
However, it must have been a mar
velous affair, for even outside news
papers sent their representatives on to
cover what is still commonly known as
the Napier ball.
Evening star., 1946-02-03

EUery year for the past 10
gears more than 10000 per-
sons haze been killed and over
100000 injured by accidents
in the home, according to the
National Safety Council. These
pictures illustrate some of
the common hazards in the
Average home. -AP Photos.
the medicine cabinet One small boy
stuck bean in his ear. 1t stayed
there long enough for warmth and
moisture to start it sprouting. His ear
drum was ruptured.
Double Tragedy
One of the most tragic and unusual of
the nonfatal accidents happened when a
girl bumped into the door of refriger-
ator. She lost an eye. About three
years before she had lost the other eye
when struck by door.
In factories and shops great stress
laid upon good housekeeping
ing things in their proper place and keep
ing passageways clear-has done much
to eliminate accidents. Yet in the home
lack of this factor was responsible for
a great many serious mishaps. Contrib
uting were objects left on steps, tools
and toys laid down carelessly, misplaced
furniture, low hanging clotheslines,
grease or liquids on floors, extension
cords left in hazardous positions and
scatter rugs unsecured at the top or
bottom of stairs.
Falls Top the List
All told there were 5,09S home ac-
cident cases in Washington last year
serious enough to require hospital care.
Evening star., 1946-02-03

should have received liberal amount
OF their patronage, and we find this to
have been true from the beginning, for
during the first year of its existence
we find such men living here as Mr..
Greuhm, the Prussian Minister, and Mr..
Ten Cate, Charge d'Affaires from the
Netherlands. In 1920, p. Peterson, Min
lister from Denmark, was making this
his home.
Many Presidents Were Guests
The tablet on the building erected in
1927 by the Permanent Committee on
Marking Points Of Historic Interest for
the District of Columbia, states that
Presidents Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce,
Buchanan, Lincoln, Grant, Harding and
Coolidge resided here, as did Vice Presi-
dents Hendricks, Marshall and Dawes.
Indeed, Mr. Coolidge not only lived here
while Vice President, but after being
sworn in as President, took up his old
quarters here on the third floor where
he conducted the Nations affairs from
Evening star., 1946-02-03
Many Presidents Were Guests

August to 81, 1923. During Mr. Cool
idges stay here as Vice President, he
was entertained with fire of consider
able proportions, when the top floor
burned off on April %, 1922.
Other prominent residents here in
cluded John Howard Payne, author of
Home, Sweet Home; Charles Dickens,
Lord and Lady Napier, Lloyd George,
The midland journal., 1946-10-25
Erosion Raids Take High Toll

vigilance is must if our greatest
farm asset-soil fertility-is to be
preserved" DR.. Bennett insists.
"The recent wartime burden on
farm land to produce record
yields to speed victory has been
succeeded by an equally heavy
peacetime load to produce crops to
meet the worldwide food crisis"
the soil improvement group de-
clares, adding that "the only rem
edy that will rescue overworked
farm land from eventual fertility
exhaustion is program of effec-
tive soil rebuilding"
Pointing out that any soil rehabili-
tating plan should be well-rounded,
the committee says it should include
the raising of legumes to improve
soil tilth and to increase its re-
sources Of organic matter, regular
crop rotation, steady use Of mixed
fertilizer containing nitrogen, phos-
phorus and potash, and pasture
improvement.
The midland journal., 1946-10-25
In Picturesque Country.

CHICAGO. - Erosion's raids on
soil fertility are costing the United
States nearly four billion dollars an
nually, according to the Middle West
Soil Improvement committee.
"The extent of this yearly DAM
age is indicated by recent U. S.
Soil Conservation service estimates
that wind and water erosion re-
moves 81 times as much plant food
from the nations farm soil each
year as is taken out by crops
sold off that land," the committee
reports.
DR.. H. H. Bennett, chief of the
conservation service, places the an
nual loss as a result of uncontrolled
erosion and water runoff at 1884,
00,000. He estimates that nearly
one billion acres of the nations
farm lands need soil conservation
treatment to protect them from ero-
sion and to maintain their produc-
tivity.
1t is clearly evident that eternal
The midland journal., 1946-10-25

al capacity; their dispensaries an
nually give approximately 100000
free or low cost treatments; all Of
the maternity homes for unwed
mothers are chest supported; insti-
tutional care of LIPS Cleveland or
phans is given only by chest agen-
cies, and 672 children are under fos-
ter home care through chest aus
pices.
A high degree of cooperation is
essential to success of the Commu-
nifty Chest drive. That sort Of
cooperation is characteristic of
Cleveland's annual fund raising
event. Solicitation of chest pledges
is carried out by corps of $4,000
volunteer workers. City officials au-
thorize decoration of downtown
thoroughfares; the transit system
and railroads permit campaign ad-
vertising; stores feature window
displays stressing the work of chest
agencies; radio stations, newspa-
pers and theaters tell the story of
the Red Feather organizations.
For the sick and troubled of Cleve-
land, as well as those of 849 other
cities in the United States, the Red
Feather this year means hope. For
the greater number of persons who
wear the Red Feather as Commu-
nifty Chest contributors, the brighter
the outlook for those who need
"helping hand"
The midland journal., 1946-10-25
NO LONGER G. |.
Vet Students Replace Navy Boots

FARRAGUT, IDAHO.-In an at
tempt to crack the national bottle
neck in educational facilities, par
ticularly for ex-G.I.s, education-hun-
cry veterans have opened their own
college here.
At the site of the sprawling naval
training station here, the veterans
opened a privately operated, non
profit, co-educational college and
technical institute this month.
When the navy declared the huge
training station surplus, veterans
organizations went into immediate
action. They saw the stations vast
dormitories, apartments, class
rooms, laboratories, machine shops
and recreational facilities as the an
swer to two major veterans prob
lens: Lack of educational facili-
ties and housing accommodations
while attending school.
Raise $3.50, 900 Fund.
Backed by local business men, en-
couraged by the United States de-
partment of education and other
federal agencies, veterans organi-
cations in north Idaho and eastern
Washington formed private nom
profit corporation. They called it
Farragut College and Technical In
stitute, Inc, and set out to raise an
initial operating fund Of $3.50, 1000.
Veterans groups plunked down
sums like $40, 900 and $4,000 to start
the ball rolling. Private clubs and
individual citizens came across. The
veterans hired college president,
DR.. Joseph H. Kusner, formerly of
Florida, who is a veteran. He
rounded up a faculty.