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Evening star., 1946-02-17

and Omega OF art. It Is only the
track on which runs the train of
thought and feeling. AS important
as is the track itself. it is what 1t
carries that really counts and in
art this is the comprehension Of
humanity, its joys and sorrows, and
the spiritual light that lifts it onto
a higher sphere.
Today we have gotten away from
original thinking. Most of 1t is
done for us by means of specialists
who hand out predigested opinions
that are widely accepted. The same
is found in art. The photograph
and radio make it easy for any one
to hear the great artists in their
interpretations Of the masters. They
are initiated with fidelity by other
performers yet, skillful as it is, 1t
remains an imitation. What Is
needed is more thought, the delying
into ones self, the searching of the
soul. the application of experience.
The quieter times OF the past en-
couraged contemplation, the busy
tempo Of the present prohibits it.
The art that has grown out of the
last years has an emptiness in it
that will shorten its life. In paint
ing, sculpture, literature. as well as
In music, what is rife with thought
and sentiment has endured through
the centuries. What can the pres
ent approach to art add to the
great Storehouse unless the line of
communication with the past is kept
unbroken. This line is sentiment
and as much as people may decry
its value, it is the one thing that
brings about Towering of the arts.
one thing all peoples understand
whether admitted or not.
Much of the old art was born in
travail and the artists who kept it
alive cultivated a special approach
to it. 1t Is the duty Of all those
concerned with music to demand
that its very essence be preserved,
to see that time be found for
thought, that the standard be kept
high. Mere skill in the trade of
music Is not enough on which to
base an artistic future In its per-
fecting, the greater aims have been
lost sight of and herein lies the
danger. This is what we must keep
in mind, now that normal living has
been resumed, If music to 60 for
ward in manner to inSp pire genera
tions to come.
Evening star., 1946-02-17
Idea of Art Must Be Clarified
Present Trends Considered
AS Against Those of the Past
By Alice Eversmon

Among the many things that have
undergone changes within the re-
cent years is the conception of what
Is art. The change has been grad
ual and the consciousness of it's
seriousness has not yet sunk in
deeply, but it can be seen on every
side and in every branch Of the
esthetic occupations. 1t is time now
to stop and consider whether the
present trend is an advance or a
deterioration and whether what has
been classed as art In the past is
outmoded.
The elements that combine in q
great art remain the same no mat
ter what the era and it is only the
inability to live up to the standard
that causes lessening OF ideals
Last week the recital given by Lotte
Lehman brought vividly to mind
that hers is a vanishing art. The
week before Maggie Teyte demon
strated the same thing in a short
group Of numbers she gave in the
French Embassy. These two artists
are singers, but the same can be
said Of instrumentalists of whom
only a few such as Kreisler, Rubin
stein, Schnabel and Segovia can bs
said to keep the torch lighted.
Nine. Lehman and Miss Teyts
have carried over their art from 6
former period to the present and st
also have done the others men.
toned. But they have few follower.
and no equals. What is worse, there
Is not even the desire to emulat.
their style or to devote any time tx
reasoning why they are superior tt
the younger stars before the public
But the unlearned as we'll as tn,
learned will admit that they brins
something to their public perform.
ances that is different. finer, deeper
in meaning and more rewarding.
While technique is, Of course, al
absolute necessity. it is not the Alph;
Evening star., 1946-02-17
WEDNESDAY.

eenfrsss ae1 $50 S5ssn lefsa pss sFaTs
Ss.na. e4stpS a vsnt c1sramssuI,s s.na. .1s
hHsae uaes Uaes.a Hssas Ms5or GeoTaie three Ts
movements from widors Symphony
Y" Tournemire,s 'Circumcisio Dom
a symphony MS ny shsT7s M ciars from ae vsnnss tuns
from Vierne's pieces de Fantaisie";
Dupre's prelude ct Fusue III"
MARINE BAND SYMPHONY ORCHES-
IRA, Capt. william F. santelmann.
Peonsse TPs BsTsasks Aretta seS pm aaaess
liza; saint-saen's lie Rouet d'omp-
anf and tn. DsS5ik' Wo strauss Psom Psssa
the Vienna Woods" "Polonaise,"
from Tschaikowsky's Eugene One
cEoRGETowN PLAYERS; aE r., cox ana 4
Nancy Poore tufts, director. George
town Presbyterian Church. SIS pm.
ALBA MARTINEZ PRADO. piano re-
cital, Pan American Union, pm.
THURSDAY.
LOUIS POTTER, cello recital, Arts
gsoesheTinis Sonata MajsT": g.
ssfs ssFhqss visnsiis sSnffs Hahdss masH. Mea- pa
uett": Sgambati's "Serenata Ma
poletana": Peppers "Chanson VII
lageoise."
SOLDIERS HOME SYMPHONETTE,
Stanley Hall. $50 pm.
GEORGETOWN PLAYERS, "cox and
Box Grand Opera Up to Date"
Nancy Poore Tufts. director, George
town Presbyterian Church, SIS pm.
FRIDAY.
NAVY BAND. Chief Warrant ofacer
Richard Townsend, leader: Carmen
Parlante; stdnIn, trumpet, solsoist; DepsTt-
zart's The Magic Flute overture;
Parlante: March to the sca1oidj
from Berlioz' symphonic Fantas-
Franck's symphony Minor; Lu-
5hsr-sseh o,1 Bach 4 h,ds Mighty Fortress less Is
Mans Desiring. "FusSe 9 Minor:
phony No. -; "Guarscha" from
Gould's Latin American sympho-
nette"; Walters 'Stratoswing":
"Siesfried's Rhine Journey from
Wagner's Goetterdaemmerung."
NATIONAL SYMPHONY FORUM, Rich
ard Bales, guest speaker, Phillips
Gallery, s pm.
MARINE BAND. Marine Barracks.
SATURDAY.
SOLDIERS HOME SYMPHONETTE,
Stanley Hall, $40 pm
MARINE BAND, Marine Barracks, 2
pm.
Evening star., 1946-02-17
Series Continued

Continuing the series of organ re-
cltals in the Library of Congress,
Virgil Fox will be heard Wednesday
evening at $3.50 o'clock in his second
program under the auspices of Eliz-
abeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation.
Evening star., 1946-02-17
Varied 4 ctivihes
OF Local Interest

Due to hand injury the concert
by George Ricci, cellist, scheduled
for this afternoon in the Phillips
Gallery has had to be postponed.
Announcement of the recital date
will be made in the near future.
Evening star., 1946-02-17
TOMORROW.
TUESDAY.

PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA. Eugene
Ormandy, conductor, Constitution
Suite Minor" Dvoraks symphony
No g." Debussy's Prelude . FApres-
midi dun Faun," Suite from Stra-
vinsky's The Fire Bird"
SOLDIERS HOME sYMPHoNETTE,
Stanley Hall. $50 pm.
Evening star., 1946-02-17

CHURCH OF THE PILGRIMS
22nd and p SITS. NV.
1880 O'CLOCK
Capriccio Gustav Mehner
May Night Selim Palmrren
Evening star., 1946-02-17
TODAY.

TODAY.
HERNANDO LOPEZ, violin recital. Pan
American Union, $40 pm. Works
by villa Lobos, Orrego, Soto. Carrillo.
made and Philippine Dance.
JAsCHA HEIFETZ. violin recital. Con-
stitution Hall, Pm. Baeh's Par
certo A Minor" Howard Ferguson's
psSlene's ss "Ppssto.s RscSmsninor,. M Ss.i
cDsisesn ccstsie,,., and aa Oriental Sketch;
Of ,Figaro' from The Barber of
% meazo. SOPRANO Soprano, ie' Music Hoar. & BAKER jesi
Hal: YWcA. 40 pm. Piano seiee-
Kiemm, Charles and sseeo.
SHANNON BoLN; contral.o: Milton
Aasu. fas D Masor safes PrsneEs .saes Pfeads sHo
Snorae S60 vesT snd Mt FAM Ram ps
aettrs Anna Boiena," searisttis S
."Asnus Del from Mass Minor"
"stabat Mater" Miss Bolin: Goulds $
"sonatine, Mr.. Kaye; schuberts
Muth:" Rastlose Liebe." Brahms
I'm Wal dese / n samkeit," Der
sehnied;. sded,. Miss Miss Bo,in Chopin Lisz.
eolonaise aGsn Misf IN p M Ny Kaye sGSs Wade sse
IN de Water" II You Can't Come;
Milkin' Her Cow" Charlie Is Ny
Darlin'," Miss Bolin.
TOMORROW.
THOMAS H. KERR, piano recital. How
ard University, $50 pm schobert-
eerto in tn. Italian style,5 nansf's
prelude, Aria and Finale" Phillips
"Scherzo," Gebharo's voices in the
Valley" Barbers EMeursion." Ru-
binstein's "Whirlig," Kerr's .'Capric-
Goose-step'; chopin's "scherzo B
WASHINGTON ALUMNAE CHAPTER.
Mu Phi Epsilon meeting, Gertrude
Parsons, organist; Ruth Morgan. So
sprano, soloists, Emory Methodist
sase eaRe'h suisss n Rfilmfsf Ths seis S9'ae of Sc
Ann de Beaupre," Woodman's Il Am
Thy Harp" Watts Wings of Night"
Charles And So Good-by."
TUESDAY.
PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA. Eugene
RsPl Gao '0PGn.'0i P'm. H.nssi.sEtitSn
Suite e Minor" Dvoraks symphony
No. g." Debussy's Prelude q FApres-
midi dun Faun," Suite from Stra-
vinsky's The Fire-Bird."
Evening star., 1946-02-17

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Evening star., 1946-02-17
TODAY's NEIGHBORHOOD MOVIES

All Time Schedules Given IN Warner
Bros Ads Indicate Time Feature II
Evening star., 1946-02-17

Beatrice Pinkney Jones, piano
diseuse, will be heard in the fourth
program of her series In Pierce Hall
this afternoon at $50 o'clock. The
subject of hef talk is Nineteenth
Century Etudes."
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-03-28
Ashe Students On
ASTC Honor Roll

Three members of the student
body of Appalachian St a e
Teachers College from Ashe
County have scored honor grades
in the winter term. They are:
Miss Martha Miller, senior, the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam T. Miller, of Crumpler and
graduate of the Nathan's Creek
high school. She has selected as
her major, Mathematics and
Science. -,
Allen Miller, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. A. Miller, West Jeffer-
son, and a graduate of West JEFF
ferson high school. He has Sc
lected as his major Primary Edu-
cation and English.
Miss Marilyn WEIGH, sopho-
more, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
c. E. Welch, of Lansing, and a
graduate of Lansing high school.
She has selected as her major,
Mathematics and Science.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-03-28
Former Ashe Men
In Va. Legislature

Three former Ashe county res
idents, T. M. Calhoun, Quincy
Calhoun and Hugh Calhoun, are
now serving in the Virginia
House of Delegates.
T. M. Calhoun, rs, former
resident in the Rich Hill section,
is a farmer and banker. Quin-
cy, so, one of his sons, conducts
an automobile and oil business in
southwest Virginia and is also a
farmer. Hugh, 48, is merchant.
Hugh ran twice before he was
elected to the house. The first
time he ran, in 1943, he was de-
feated by DR.. Robert c. Bowie
by only IA votes. This time he
won by a majority of 1872.
AS Republicans, they have
played no great role in legisla-
ton, but have gone along with
the Democrats when they con-
sidered them right and have
gone against them when they
thought otherwise.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-03-28
Early Practices OF Soil
Conservation Are Reviewed
By J. T. McLaurin

Prior to 1910, Edward A.
Goss, of Little Horse Creek COM
munity, was visiting his uncle in
Pennsylvania. His uncle was
practicing and following strip
farming on his farm. Mr.. Goss
states that: ''This type of farm
ing impressed me, and I decided
it was what the farmers of Ashe
county needed on their rolling
land, especially me on my land;
so, I decided to try it. was so
we'll pleased with the results that,
today, I would not think of plow-
ing up field solid"
I am glad to see more and more
farmers each year realize the
value of strip farming and come
to it, Mr.. Goss continues.
When asked how he hit on a
$3.50 pattern when laying off
his first strips, Mr.. Goss said he
decided it would give more pro-
lection to have plowed and sod
strips of equal width than to
have wide plowed strips and
narrow sod strips. Also he
would have the same amount OF
land to plow next year as he had
this year.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-03-28
VFW Group To
: Meet Saturday
For Organizing
Post To Be Named For First
Ashe Veteran Who Fell
On Foreign Soil

It was announced Monday that
the Veterans of Foreign Wars
would meet Saturday, March 80,
at 2 p. m, in the community
house for the purpose of organic
ing and installing officers for
the new post which has been as
sured by enough pledged mem
bers for charter.
After this meeting, the new
post will probably meet twice
a month on the first and second
Tuesday nights, it was explained
The new post will be named
the Albert F. Lewis Post, for the
first Ashe county man to fall in
World War II, according to the
present plans. The number OF
the post will be announced later
All veterans who have been
signed up are urged to be present
at this meeting. All other veter-
ans who are eligible by reason of
service outside of continental
United States are urged to attend
and join, since the Charter is
still open for a few days.
Pfc. Lewis, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Roby Lewis, of West Jefferson,
was first reported missing in &C
ton on February 2, 1943, in
North Africa. He was later re-
ported killed.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-03-28

Veterans May Now Secure
Farm Vocational Training
BY Staff Writer

Veterans who wish to secure
training on the farm may now do
so both under Public Law No. Is
for disabled veterans, and Pub
lie Law No. 346 for non-disabled
veterans. The same subsistence
is allowed as for other types of
on-the-job training, $4,000 per
month for single veterans, and
$4,000 per month for married
veterans.
This training may be set up
under the following:
1. Training on the farm under
employer-trainer program.
2. Training on the farm under
self-proprietorship program.
In the case of the employer
trainer program, a veteran who
lacks the experience and skill to
do adequately the usual and Or
binary farm work or who for
other reasons is not ready to
start farming for himself, may
be put in training on a farm I'M
der the employer-trainer. His
training program will be carried
out as follows:
l. The employer-trainer will
train him to do the usual and or
binary farm work under guild
ance and direction. The en-
ployer-trainer will also be under
agreement to carry out the in
tent of paragraphs numbered 2
and 3 below.
2. The veteran will receive
from a vocational agriculture
teacher Irregular or specially a
minimum of 200 hours per year
of organized instruction in re-
lated subject matter in the class
room, laboratory, shop or other
facility at a nearby Department
of Vocational Agriculture or 9TH
er satisfactory location.
8. The vocational agriculture
teacher will visit the trainee and
employer trainer on the farm at
regular intervals for a minimum
of 48 hours per year and not less
than one visit per month for the
purpose of coordinating the re-
lated instruction and it's applica-
ton with the training the veter-
an is receiving from the employ.
er-trainer in doing farm jobs. He
Continued On Page p
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-03-28

Spring prospects for most all
North Carolina crops are good.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-03-28
Department AT
% Jefferson School
May Offer Work
Plan To Secure Teacher As
Early AS Possible; OppOr-
tunitieS Are Varied

According to plans now under
way, Ashe county veterans of
World War II will have an OPP
portunity to take vocational agri-
culture along with their farming
work and receive job training
substinence from the govern
ment.
Tai Stafford, supervisor of vo-
cational agriculture in this dis
trict, has been spending some
time in the county in connection
with this and it is hoped that the
vocational agriculture depart
ment of Jefferson school can be.
re-opened. This department was
closed because of teacher short
age in this field but with more
and more teachers returning
from service, it is believed that
an agricultural instructor can be
secured for this work.
When the department is re-
opened there is a possibility that
it may be enlarged provided that
the number of veterans taking
the course will make this neces-
sary.
The substinence allowed by
the government is the same as
allowed by the government as
for other types of on-the-iob
training. $500 per month for
single veterans and $4,000 per
month for married veterans. De-
tails of the program are outlin-
ed in a separate story on this
page.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-03-28

ing. His car was parked out
front, and during the night some
thieves broke into the car CHS
brothers carr and stole all of
Morris new shirts-eight, to be
exact. With the shirts went a
new Silvertone radio, which he
had never heard play, a new
suit, a new overcoat and all the
clothes his sister had bought in
Pennsylvania to show off to her
North Carolina friends.
Before Sergeant Lewis left
Pennsylvania, someone had sto-
len his auto license plate. On his
way to Washington, the police
arrested him, but he finally man
aged to get them to let him 60
I made him a pasteboard tag.
and l hope he got home to Cres-
ton, n. c., without further diff
Guilty.
''To tell the truth, the Ser
geant was slightly discouraged
about the whole business. He
said he thought he'd return to
Japan, because at least they don't
steal all your possessions. And
the worst part of it to him was
the fact that it all took place
practically in the very shadow of
the nations capitol. Of course
the police were notified, but
there were no clues for them to
follow, and up to the present
time, no trace has been found of
the articles that were stolen
from the car"
A Child'S Poem
This week we received an an
nouncement from the Gene
Houcks, in the form of a poem,
which we pass on to the readers:
My name is Sandra Jeanne and
tho
You may not think that this is
Since March the third I've been
C.. O.
Of the parent Houcks I have in
tow.
A commanding officers usually
male
But the shortage of mems an
old, old tale
So I'm the new skipper and ]
won't fail
To steer us straight when we
sail.
4 weigh seven pounds, my eyes
are blue,
! My hair is dark with a brown
ish hue;
The Gene Houcks love me cause
all do
Is keep them delighted and
happy. too.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-03-28
Reelistment For
Army Extended
Veterans Out Of Service For
More Than 80 Days May
Re-enlist With Rating

According to an announcement
made by 1t. John L. Lindsay,
commanding officer of the U. S.
Army Recruiting Sub-Station, in
Lenoir, new Army Regulations
have been received from the War
Department allowing veterans
who have been separated for
more than 80 days, the oppor-
tunity to re-enlist and receive
grades in accordance with their
military service, training and ex-
perience.
Men who have been honorably
discharged from active service
on or after IL May 1945, may,
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-03-28
FARMERS URGED TO
PLANT TOBACCO BEDS

Roscoe Coleman, operator OF
the Mountain Burley Tobacco
warehouses at Boone, was visi-
tor in the county last week, urg-
ing farmers to assure themselves
of a sufficient amount of plants
this year.
He also pointed out the advis-
ability of using tobacco fertilizer.
Farmers should make every eff
fort to improve the grade of the
tobacco grown, as the better
grades bring the better prices, -
he said.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-03-28
SPECIAL SERVICE TO
BE HELD MARCH SO

It was announced this week by
the Rev. E. z. Sexton, that there
will be special meeting at Orion
Baptist church on March 80. The
service will be dedicated to serv-
icemen at home and overseas.
The Revs. D. M. Hart and S. S.
GRAPHICAL will speak. There will
also be singing by a quartet from
Winston-Salem, and a choir from
Tuckerdale. Service will start
at 10 o'clock.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-03-28
ASHLEY is SPENDING
FURLOUGH IN ASHE

Cpl. Carl F. Ashley, son of the
Rev. and Mrs. A. c. Ashley, OF
Warrensville, is spending a 20
day furlough with his parents. He
has Been overseas for the past
four years and recently re-en-
listed in the air corps for another
three years. He states that ne
will probably spend several more
years in the army.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-03-28

There is always something fas-
cinating about the mail. OF
course, around the first Of the
month it is not so pleasant as
at other times. But even then,
bills are not a surprise to most OF
us.
Last week we received a note
from Bernice Hamm, who is at
the Western North Carolina
Sanatorium at Black Mountain.
She sent in her renewal to the
paper and wrote:
Il enjoy reading the paper and
really could not do without it.
I get so much news from home
and as l am a shut-in, just
can't do without the paper"
Thanks, Bernice. We are glad
you enjoy the paper and hope
you will soon be completely well
and out again.
Annie Miller, of Fleetwood,
writes: Enclosed find $500 for
the renewal of my subscription
to The Skyland Post. I enjoy
reading it very much for through
it I hear from a lot of our folks
and friends. l seldom ever see
some of them any more and I
would not know when they are
in the hospital except through
the Post" u
From Bina, Andy Rose sends
his renewal and writes, II sure
ly do enjoy reading the Post and
do not want to miss a single CO.
Ply.
Thanks to both of them. We
will endeaVor to keep them
posted Through the POST
A Medal for Bravery!
We felt like pinning a medal
for bravery on Little Sammy Da-
Wis the other day, when we heard
about him falling off Of a horse,
breaking MS arm. going to the
hospital TO have it set, all without
crying aloud.
We know it hurt him; for we
have had broken arms. Sammy
who is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sam Davis, is surely no cry-baby.
Stepping To Music.
Speaking of small fry, we
were recently amazed at the
early age some of them acquire
a definite taste for music and
rhythm. Young George Koen,
Jr., who has been spending
some time with his grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Coward, has
yen for boogie-woogie and can
really get off some fast steps,
when it comes to dancing.
Another still younger one, who
likes to dance is Caroline Reeves
Wilson, youngest daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel P. Wilson, who
has been visiting her grandma
Their. Mrs. B. E. Reeves.
Believe In Luck!
Some people believe in good
luck and others are forced to be-
lieve in bad luck when they have
it forced upon them. We read an
account in State Magazine, re-
Gently, of some extra i'll fortune
that befell an Ashe county man,
which we pass on to our readers
of this column (if more than
oneD:
envy reason for writing you is
to tell you about Sgt. Morris F.
Lewis, who recently was releas-
ed from Woodrow Wilson Hospi-
tai, Staunton, Virginia.
''He was a prisoner of war in
japan for three years and sur
vived the Bataan death march.
His home is in Creston, North
Carolina, and I met him recent
~ in Washington, D. c., where
he visited Mrs. Stella 0. Miller,
secretary to Congressman Dough-
ton.
;. sergeant Lewis came back to
Washington last Wednesday and
| saw him again. He had just
left Pennsylvania, where he had
been visiting a sister. Another
sister was accompanying him
back home. I got him room in
a tourist home on New Jersey
Avenue, about two blocks from
the capitol: in fact, two doors be-
low the New House Office Build
-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-20

Announcements
MAJ 2-s644 FOR FREE DELIVERY
anvwhere in city. We feature fresh
eeafoods. H. g. H. Seafood Market, 9Th
and orange.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-20
Italy's New Monarch
Trying To Save Job

ROME. May 1e.-(P-Italy's new
king, Umberto II, is taking to the
hust,ngs in an effort to save his
job. .
In the face of many predictions
that a republic will win over the
monarchy at the June plebiscite,
the 42-year-old King flew yester-
day to Sardinia. Dispatches to the
Royalist press said his visits to
locust-ravagcd are elected .spon-
taneous demonstrations of support.
Sunday he went by plane to Nap
les, visited hospitals and appeared
four times on a balcony in response
to cheers Of a throng of perhaps
so, 0G0 gathered to honor the city's
% winners CT gold medals for war
heroism.