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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-11-28
Car Wreck Fatal
To Warrensville
Man Mon. Night
Funeral Service For William
johnson Was Held Yes
terday Afternoon

William Ambrose johnson, So,
Of Warrensville, was instantly
killed Monday evening about
seven o'clock when the truck in
which he was riding with Johnny
Baker hit a parked truck on the
Glendale Springs road just be-
yond the Jumping Off Place in
Wilkes county.
Mason Dollar, owner of the
truck, had parked partially on
the highway and was assisting
a man a short distance away to
change a tire when the truck
driven by Baker passed and hit
Dollars parked truck.
The accident was investigated
by Wilkes county authorities.
Baker was charged with man
slaughter and driving drunk.
Funeral service was held We'd
nesday afternoon at the Warrens-
vile Methodist church. Officiat-
ing were Elder I'D Davis and
Rev. r. c. Ashley. Interment
Wa8 In the Cranberry cemetery.
He Is, survived by two SOM,
E. B. johnson, George johnson,
Of Warrensville; two daughters,
Mrs. c. d. Koontz, OF Warresas-
(Continued On Page ~
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-11-28

Walter Bare led the Jefferson
boys to victory Tuesday night as
he rang up 81 of the Sc points
against Riverview's Is on the
Riverview court. The Jefferson
girls also scored a victory over
the home girls, defeating them
34-14. Thompson was high scor-
er for the girls with a, total of
10 points.
The Ellkland boys and girls won
a double-header over Nathan's
Creek, the boys defeating the
home team 1919 and the girls de-
feating them 40-33.
Healing Springs and West JET
ferson divided honors on the
court at Healing Springs. The
home girls defeated the visiting
lassies by score of 17-9 and the
boys lost to West Jefferson, 23-15.
Va.-Carolina won a double
header at Fleetwood, the girls
winning "a to II and the boys,
41-20. Sturgill, Reedy and Woods
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-11-28
Local Merchants Now Ready For Christmas Business
.ThousandsOf
Gifts Are Being
Featured Here
Everyone Invited To Shop
Here And See Santa
On Saturday

Hundreds of people are ex-
pected to shop here Friday and
Saturday, when the Christmas
shopping season for West Jeffer-
son and Ashe county will be Of
ficially opened with the arrival
of Santa Claus.
An unusually large assortment
of practical as well as special gift
merchandise is now on sale here
and the store windows as well as
the attractive interior displays re-
fleet the gay spirit of Christmas.
The town will again have
Christmas street lights and ever
green roping to add to the hoh-
day spirit.
Santa Is expected to be here
most of Saturday and will visit
the various stores, shaking hands
with the children, finding out
their desires and giving them
candy or peanuts. Every child in
this entire section is invited IA
see him. His visit is sponsored
by the. West Jefferson Merchants
Association.
While the selection of gift mer-
chandise IS varied, merchants
point out that some items cannot
be replaced and urge everyone
to shop early while stocks are
complete.
Today, The Slyland Post is.
sues It's annual Christmas shop
ping edition officially ushering
in the Christmas shopping season
bore Fhroughent this paper win
be kehnd la.lnsveds Of advertised
values which are proof that west
Jefferson is the place to shop.
Nation-widessary show that
this year, more than ever, people
are turning to practical gifts.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-11-28
Boy Scout Fund
Drive Will Be
Closed Saturday
All Workers Asked To Com.
plete Their Canvass And
Report To Chairman

The public as well as all work
ers are reminded by the Boy
Scout Fund Drive chairman, P.
G. Wright, that this drive is
scheduled to close on Saturday
when all contributions are to be
reported. The county's quota has
been set at $2O55.O0.
This total quota was broken
down in individual quotas for
the various communities and
workers as follows:
Rocco Cutri, West Jefferson,
$4,000; Mrs. j. B. Porter, Jeffer-
son, $4,000; James Stanley,
Fleetwood, $4,000; james ]. Mill
er, Todd, $4,000; Dale Atwood,
Nathan's Creek, $4,000; c. B. r.
Hartzog, Idlewild, $1,000; Win Ed
wards, RID /, West Jefferson,
5000; John Litt1ewood, Helton,
5000; Nelson Baldwin, Lansing,
$4,000; J. w. Luke, Glendale
Springs, $4,000; A. D. Good
man, Crumpler, $500; Squire
Graybeal, creston, $500; C.
w. Eastridge, Sturgills, $4,000;
Mrs. Ward Ray. Baldwin, $4,000;
B. E. Sturgill, Grassy Creek,
SIS. o. -. @.<. -
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-11-28
Us0 e Lagos
Con ib6tions To
Be Sent ToCh1nn
List OF Contributors To Be
Published; Lowell Smithey
Is Chairman

Lowell Smithey, chairman OF
the USO Fund Drive, said yes
terday that few contributions
had been mailed in, in response
to the letters sent out, but that
the list of these would not be
published until next week in or
der to give more people an OPP
portunity to send theirs in.
Chairman Smithey urged that
all, who have not contributed to
do so now, in order to raise the
county's quota of 100000.
He pointed out that there are
still many men in service, others
in training and still others in hos
pitals who need the help given
them by USO.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-11-28
POST GIVING FREE
THEATRE TICKETS

Again The Skyland Post b
conducting its annual Christ
mas gift plan when dozens Of
tickets to the Parkway Theatre
are to be given away absolute
ly free.
In practically all Of the ad-
yertisements except those Of
national products In The Post
today will be found the names
Of Ashe county people. Read
all Of the advertisements care
fully and when you discover
your name bring the advcr-
tisement In which il appears,
into the office Of The Post and
you viii be given a ticket to
the Parkway Theatre.
The names printed in the adj
vertisements were chosen i'm
partially from the post offices
ON the mailing list Of The Post.
The tickets must be called for
and used BY December 10.
Read AL Of the advertise
ments g may mean q free
ticket for you, as well as the
solution to your shoppine
problems
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-11-28
Riverview Will
Present Comedy
To Be Given December 4 BY
10th Grade Class; ALL
Girl Cast

A play entitled the 'Perils of
Pearl Ella" will be given at River
view High School on Wednesday
night, December 4, at 700 o'clock,
by members of the Tenth grade
class. It is a comedy in three acts
and has an all-girl cast.
The characters are as follows:
Portulaca White, a lady Of col
or, Sue Norris; Deborah Perkins,
Ivy's Aunt Debbie, Georgia Lea
Eller; Mrs. Abner Slocun, an
inquisitive neighbor, Buena Jen-
kins; Ivy Perkins, Deborah's
niece, Virginia Ruth Price; Liz
zie Vow, the Perkins ':hired
help" Wylene Rotten; Dolly De-
we're, q hitch hiker, Ruby Lewis;
Pearl Ella Parkinson, in deadly
perl Mary Elizabeth Latham;
MIS- Brink, a governess, Iva
Dean Lewis; Helga, a Swedish
maid. Mae Hartsoe; Bernice Blake,
tourist from Texas, Ocie Far
mef; Fay Reeves, Also from Texas,
Ella Pennington; and Mrs. Emily
Parkinson, Pearl Elias mother,
Willa Deane- Sapp.
ne public IS cordially invited
to attend. =. &
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-11-28
WINDOW CONTEST
TO BE HELD HERE

I'm order to stimulate inter-
est a the Christmas window
decorations of the business
houses here, this paper Is again
conducting a contest.
A first prize Of, $5, . second
of s., and third prize Of 50
VIII be awarded 30 the busi-
ness houses having the most
attractive windows.
The windows will be judged
On Monday by q board Of local
professional men and women
not connected with the busi-
ness firms and prizes viii be
announced I'm this paper.
Many Of the stores now have
In attractive Christmas win
dow displays and the attention
Of the pmblic Is called TO them.
Due 30 the fact there is q
shortage in some items as well
40 some decorating material,
local stores are using much
originality along with some
substitutions in their displays.
W.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-11-28
Over 5000 Turkeys
Sold In County For
Around $5O,95O.O0
Many Are Shipped To Distant
Points To Grace Tables
On Thanksgiving

Thousands of Ashe county tur-
keys are playing an important
role in the observance of another
peacetime Thanksgiving today as
they form the centerpiece of
feast tables along the Atlantic
Seaboard.
Unofficial estimates placed the
number of these prize Thanks
giving fowls, bought and sent out
of the county at around 5000.
The turkeys were shipped out by
motor and by rail to distant
points in many cases. Many went
to New York, Philadelphia and
Baltimore.
These fowls averaged slightly
more than IA pounds weight and
brought an average of thirty-two
and one-half cents per pound.
The total estimated income re-
allied by growers, who placed
theirs on the pre-Thanksgiving
market is figured at around $780,
$4,000.
w. G. Vannoy, one Of the 1arg-
est buyers in this section pur-
chased around 5000 turkeys dur
ing the past week. One truck
load Of these almost met its
doom ahead Of time, when a truck
loaded to go belonging to Ed
wards. Of Allegheny county, was
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-11-28
Three County Teams Capture
Double-Headers Others Split

scored 10, 9 and 8 points respec-
lively with the intercepting
guards showing much skill.
The boys rang up an easy vic
tory led by Reedy who scored IL
points.
The schedule for December 3
is as follows: Nathan's Creek at
Lansing; Jefferson at Virginia.
Carolina; Fleetwood at Healing
Springs and Riverview at West
Jefferson.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-11-28
Coal Shortage.
Felt S c'hoOls
Have Supplies
School Authorities Are Asked
To Conserve Supplies
During Mild Weather

The shortage of coal resulting
from the strike is already be-
ginning to be felt here, both by
individuals as well as business
firms, and dealers report that they
have none on hand to be rationed
to customers.
B. H. Duncan, superintendent
of schools said that all schools of
the county had their full supplies
for the year. He urged, how
ever, that schools conserve. all
fuel possible during the mild
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-11-28
Schools Are To
Close Dec. 2O-3O

B. H. Duncan, superintendent
of schools announced this week
that the schools of the county
would close on Friday, December
20 for the Christmas holidays and
would reopen on Monday, De-
cember 30.
with Christmas coming on
Wednesday, this win give both
teachers and students ample Holt
days both before and after Christ
mas" Mr.. Duncan said.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-11-28
REP. BLEVINS GOES
TO RALEIGH MEETING

j. o. Blevins, Ashe county's
newly elected representative to
the State Legislature attended the
meeting of the North Carolina
Citizens Association in Raleigh
on Tuesday when Governor r.
Gregg Cherry outlined some Of
the measures that viii be bro
ught before the 1947 Assembly.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-11-28
Special Service
Held AT Gillespie

A Thanksgiving worship ser
vice was held at the Gillespie
Presbyterian church by the
young people of the church. A
special offering was taken and
will be used 10 send Bibles e
foreign countries, it was pointed
out. ~ ~
Following the service, refresh
ments were served.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-10
In The Same Pattern

The ending of the strike in anthra-
cite coal fields On terms substantially
the same as those closing the soft coal
miners strike represents another VIC
tory for John L. Lewis and another
surrender by the government. The men
are TO get eighteen and one-half cents
an hour more and the union gets a five
cent levy on all anthracite production
for a welfare fund, to be administered
by three trustees two of whom will be
Lewis men and only one named by the
operators.
A spokesman for the operators saws
the pay increase and welfare levy will
amount to some $50, 000, 900 yearly
which, as in all labor victories, will
nave to be borne by the consumers.
Its an old story now, this matter
OF raising workers pay, and to be &C.
cepted as a matter of course It has
happened so often, with such little con-
slderation of the people and such bow.
ing and scraping to labor's leaders. if
causes little, if any, surprise. The only
question with which the people are con-
cerned is when it will stop-if ever.
Certainly it cannot be stopped with.
out legislation, and with President Tru.
man publicly emphasizing that he is 8
friend of labor there is reason enough
to doubt that corrective legislation will
be forthcoming while he occupies the
White House.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-10
MI. Moore Tells OF Pender County
Being Carried From New Hanover Parts

spired with a desire to humiliate
as much as they could, the in
trepid people of New Hanover,
who had been a part of the de-
feated but nbowed Southern Con-
federacy. There were Is Town
ships in all.
LAS specified in the report, the
first four were designated as Will
mington, Masonboro, Harnett, and
Cape Fear. These remain in ex-
istence until the present time, to-
gether with one other. The bat
ter, while carrying a supposedly
Northern name, as later explaina-
ton will disclose, came from post
Revolutionary times. This fifth
name was Federal Point.
Then came the four names
which undoubtedly caused the
loyal Southern people of New Han
over county to writhe and groan
under the hand Of the iron mill
tary government which was still
in authority. These next ones were
denominated GRANT, LINCOLN,
UNION, AND HOLDEN townships.
The last one was named for the
then Governor w. w. Holden, of
Carpetbag scent and ~disrepute in
North Carolina. Later he had to
undergo the humiliation of being
the only Governor of the State to
be impeached and driven from Of
flee when the Democrats gained
gradual control in 1870. Franklin,
Columbia, Caswell, and Holly
townships completed the number
Of Is as originally mapped by the
Carpetbag Board of Commission
ers.
THE distasteful and abhorrent
names of the Townships as thrust
upon a helpless Southern %populace
however, were not to continue for
many years. In 1875, Fender coun-
ey (named for a gallant North
Carolina Confederate generaD was
formed. 1t was practically carved
from New Hanover county. With
the exception Of the first five
Townships mentioned above, which
now constitute New Hanover, the
territory represented by the eight
remaining Townships named, was
allocated to Pender.
Evidently the people of the new
county were thoroughly gorged
from having to swallow ~unaccept-
able and Objectionable names
while they were in New Hanover.
Therefore all eight townships
which they inherited seem to have
had their names erased, with the
single exception of Union Town
ship. This one is still to be found
in the northern part Of Fender
county"
In tomorrow's Star we will con-
clude Mr.. Moore's story on the
naming Of the townships in New
Hanover.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-10

"Wheresoever thou leaveth I will 60"
His appointment as Treasurer OF
the United States, succeeding Mr.. Vim
son marks the third time in little over
a year that he has taken an office
vacated by Mr.. Vinson.
In April last year he vas recalled
from private life to become Federal
Loan Administrator, vice Mr.. Vinson.
When Mr.. Vinson stepped out of the
War Mobilization and Reconversion Ad-
ministration three months later, Presi-
dent Truman placed him in the post Mr..
Vinson had held. Now Mr.. Vinson be-
comes Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court and Mr.. Truman again calls on
his fellow-Missourian to take the Treas
ury portfolio.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-10
Whole Nation Shamed.

Not only the Army but the whole
American people are shamed bv the
theft of the Hessian crown jewels and
miscellaneous treasure from a castle in
Germany by Colonel j. W. Durant and
WAC Captain Kathleen B. Nash Du-
rant. The loot, valued at $1,000, 900,
has been recovered in this country and
the two confederates of the principals
located. Naturally it will be restored to
the owners, members of the Hesse
family, but restitution cannot remove
TIE blot these members Of the Uni+ /:
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-10
BY JOHN SKIES

Let us continue with Mr.. Louis
Moore's report on the naming OF
the townships in New Hanover
county, along with his righteous
expose of the carpetbag and seal.
awag tactics of the postwar
Between the States days:
Carrying out the mandate Of
the Constitution as adopted late in
the fall Of 1853, the Carpetbag
Board of Commissioners in New
Hanover county appointed two Of
their number to bring in a report
as to the formation of townships.
Prior to the year mentioned the
subdivisions of the county were
in the school districts. 1t was the
objective to have township lines
correspond as nearly as possible
with those Of the former school dis
tricts.
Hidden away in the time-beat-
en- volume above referred to, and
stumbled upon by the writer while
investigating the 8o-year-olo min
uteS or the county commissioners,
is the original report Of the sub
committee. This is addressed To
the Honorable Board of Commits
sioners of New Hanover county.
The undersigned having been
appointed by your honorable body
as a committee 1 propose a Re
port in Accordance with Article
Seventh. Section Third of the Con-
stitution Of the State of North Car.
DINA, do hereby report the fol-
lowing Boundaries for the Town
ships of New Hanover county, to-
gether with the Names Of said
Townships. They would econ
mend that the Townships be the
School districts of the County. The
Committee have also to state as
regards The Township Of Whining
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-10

tom, embraced in this report that
they are unable to determine
whether the City of Wilmington
can be embodied in a Township,
it having by it's Charter certain
Corporate Powers and Jurisdic-
tons not belonging to the County
of New Hanover. Signed, James
Wilson, and E. M. Shoemaker,
Committee, Dec. 80, 1863.
Then there followed in the re-
port the names of Townships and
Boundaries, which really constitute
the milk of this storied cocoanut.
For the sake of Brevity, the Bound
aries are omitted, although these
give in exhaustive detail the areas
of the various Townships.
Nov for the names of the Town
ships. The reader is again asked
to remember that these designa-
tons were given by a Cacpetbag
Board Of Commissioners then in
power. Evidently they were in
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-10
STAR Dust
Explains All

Explains All
A motorcycle cop strobe back
to the sedan he had tagged. Hey"
he beloved to the cringing figure
at the wheel, TN arresting O
On four counts"
"In the first place, you drove
through a red light back on Central
Avenue. In the second place, YOU
are going the wrong way on a one
way street. In the third place you've
oeen tearing through the center of
town at fifty miles an hour. And in
the fourth place you didn't pay anv
attention to my siren for fully ten
blocks"
The drivers wife leaned across
her 81 snt husband and gave the o
nNe ANeetest smile. "You really
mind him, officer" she
cooed, hes dead drunk.-Clipped.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-10
Religion

BY L T. ELLIS
AN EXPLORERS EQ1PMENT

AN EAE n . EQA1 MEN1
MY old friend, Sir Hubert Will
kins, has been spending a month
at Swarthmore. College, giving
public lectures and counselling
with the students. He is a many
faceted man. He has Travelled in
seventy-four countries, and COW
cred more of the Arctic and Ant.
arctic zones than any other man.
He is a scientist, meteorologist,
inventor, aviator, and journalist.
It was as the last that I first came
into fellowship with him in Egypt,
during the i%nsurrection of 1919.
wilkins best known achieve
ment was his journey under the
Arctic ice in a submarine, in pur-
suit of meteorological data; for he
was first in envisaging the part
that worldwide weather forecast
ing would have in the affairs of
nations.
Wide views and accurate knowl-
edge are primary characteristics
Of this hero from Australia, His
lectures are thrilling because he
imparts SO much first-hand and
important information.
Nor could I miss the significance
Of the fact that this famous hero
and adventurer is a sincerely
reverent Christian man. He has
a Companion with him, as he
traverses the lonely skies, the dan.
gerous jungles and the depths Of
the sea.
For all stout souls, who are
strong and do exploits, we thank
Thee, o Infinite Father, who hast
set In our hearts . passion to thiuI
Thy thoughts after Thee. ArnaA :,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-10
Doctor Says
DIVIDENDS PAID
BY DENTAL CARR.

A set of teeth in good renai.
a fine graduation present for vo,.S -
men and women who finished b-
school this year. If all the prs S'
yates teeth are in good order ~,
none have been lost, it is an jndia .'
ton that his parents have s,ta
guarded his tooth structure dnrin,
his developmental years.
Cavities develop in the teeth
a result of a disease, dental car;.,
When the cavities are small w..
can be repaired with ease. bn. ,
the condition is allowed to oroor..'
until vital tooth structure in iTvss
ed, sooner or later it will be naco.
sary to remove the diseased too.s
Selection Of a competent de,,i.
is Of great importance in the c.r,
Of the teeth of children. Decav Ias
under filings progresses and IN
vades the pulp, often resulting
an abscess at the root of the toni,
Delay in consulting a dentist n.,
permit the carries to progress to M,
point where the tooth must be- sy
tracted.
The most serious problem in ma.
serving children's teeth at the ~,
sent time is presented by II.
large number of adults who log
their teeth as a result of childbo5
neglect and who now monopol7s
the dentists time in having ami.
fetal dentures made, Some wav
dividing the dentists time betwep,
preventive and restorative den,
tistry will have to be put into prsc.
tice if we are to give Children he
dental assistance they deserve.
Children should make their first
visit to the dentist between IL.
ages of 2 and 8, for an examination
aimed at discovering beginning
dental carries. Dentists RECOMMEND
filling all cavities after they have
been properly prepared, 1t is idea.
if all the deciduous (milk) teeth
are kept in place until the perma'
nent set appears.
The first teeth of the permanent
set are the 6-year molars, which
often appear before the child be.
gins school. These teeth are tTe-
quently neglected because they are
thought to be baby teeth, but they
are the most important teeth in the
permanent set, as all the otaes
teeth take their places in the
mouth in a definite relationship 10
the position of the Swear molarS.
Decay results from the action
of acids, which originate in bacteE'
ial decomposition of food, on the
enamel. (The acid finds a small
crevice or weak spot IN the enaneI
and breaks througl.) After erosion
occurs, the softer dentine is a:
tackled. When this takes place, die,
and cleanliness will not save the
tooth, and the dentist must clean
the decayed portion back into
healthy tooth structure and fill the
opening with an impervious ma
terial.
Children should visit the DENTS
at regular intervals of three, SIX
nine or IL months, depending upon
the character OF their teeth and
upon their susceptibility to decay'
If all small cavities are Tiled as
soon as they appear, the teeth CAL
be preserved.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-10
QUOTATIONS.

Neither a controlled economy. nor . con.
t!nulns war economy nor a perfectly CONNIE
1tve c,onUn are practical possibilities
Ewsn w,asue, director Of Employment Sec,,r;.
ty BUREAU Social Security Board.
. settlsn,a Is a test If nations cannot work o,,t
sible to s u, mere, now for instance, is it DOS
especiallv 80 a multitude Of other problems,
Premier 1slcide de caspsri Of Itsly' ''sen?