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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-09-05
A Servicernen's
Reunion

Three friends were sitting around
q bar.
Each one smoking a big cigar.
Each one guiding down a beer,
Each ones eyes wide with fear.
Each had decided to 60 to war,
To keep the Japs from his back
door.
But each by some earthly chance,
Had joined up in a different
branch.
The Marine arose on steady feet,
His eyes were filled with much
conceit,
"When this is over, we'll meet
again,
And I'll tell you stories of real
men,"
The sailor smiled: "You will
learn,
And you will hear of my return"
The soldier didn't say a word,
He looked as though he hadn't
heard.
''I'll neither brag or boast my
men,
Until I'm sure I'm back again."
And they made a farewell bet,
A bet they never would forget.
The one whose story was the best,
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HUNDPFRS ATTEND
BAPTIST MEETING
Continued from Page u

Continued from Page II
first visit to the Ashe association,
also spoke. Mr.. MCGEE is also
the head of the RELIGIOUS depart
ment of the orphanage.
Rev. J. c. Pipes. representative
of the cooperative program also
spoke, his topic being ''The Hun
cry World" and he pointed out
the duty of the Christians toward
helping the world.
During the business session. J.
G. Goodman. was reelected mod
orator for the 32nd consecutive
time and Rev w. E. Denny was
named vice-moderator to replace
the late H. A. Eller. c. L. Blew
ms was again named clerk and
treasurer.
Reelected members of the ex-
ecutive board include Wiley Har-
less, Ira T. Johnston, Revs. S. S.
GRAPHICAL and Frank Tucker.
Also during the session, COM
mittee was appointed to write
resolutions for the new minutes
concerning Revs. J. F. Fletcher
and P. H. Hare, H. A. Eller and
M. M. Blevins, all late members
of the association who served it
during their lifetimes.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-09-05
Farming News
BY H. D. QUESSENBERRY

Provide Supplementary Graz
ing For Fall and Winter.
Your snap bean land can be
put to good advantage by seed
ing to fall and winter grazing
crops and any other land that you
have available to seed at this
time. Many seeding combinations
are being used-would suggest
one of the following:
1. Rye, IL bu., Winter oats
2 bu., Barley-1Rbu.
2. Rye-3 to 4 bu.
3. Rye bu., crimson clover
Is to 20 pounds.
4. Barley-2 bu., hairy vetch-
20 bis.
S. Ryegrass-15 to 20 lbs, GRIM
son clover-15 to 20 lbs.
Fertilization: 400 to 600 lbs. of a
we'll balanced fertilizer applied
at seeding time. Then apply 10O
to 200 lbs. of nitrate of soda in
early spring.
Seeding date: Seed as soon as
possible or not later than Sept
ember Is.
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Furches News

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas c. Church,
Of Winston-Salem, spent last
week end with his mother and
grandmother here.
Miss Mary Tucker is home
from Aberdeen Md. where she
has held a position for sometime.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Tulbert,
Mrs. Ruby Griffath Williams, of
West Jefferson, and friend, Mrs.
Ethel Kapps Long, called on
friends here last Sunday.
Mrs. Lenoir Willer, of Missouri,
who has been here all summer is
still visiting her sisters Mrs. c. E..
Jones, Mrs. G.. B. Shepherd and
Mrs. Izetta Rosendahl
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Jones Of
Nathan's Creek spent this week
end with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. Joins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dent Sturgill and
sons, of Bel Air. Md. Mr. Mack
Woodie, and sister, Mrs. Ethel
Douglas, of Piney Creek, called
on friends here Monday.
Mrs. E. V. Richardson who has
been visiting relatives and fri
ends in Va. Md, and Pa. since
July, returned recently.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-09-05
The Everyday
Counselor
Rev. Herbert Spaugh, D. D.

bell made from coins and trinkets
was destroyed. Pensioners miss
ed its pleasant call. So, when
the Church was restored, a search
was made for a bell of the same
pure tone.
But it couldn't be found. Then
a member of the church, Frank T.
Miller, recalled the beautiful
tones of some of the locomotives
of his boyhood days. He wrote
a letter to the Southern Railway
System and now, a mellow
toned old bell from a Southern
Railway locomotive hangs in the
belfry of the Bethania church"
Those who think they are of
no use any more might think
about this old bell. 1t reminds
me of those who, like the old To-
connective from which this !bell was
taken, no 1onger have place in
the vigorous activities of life. But
there is still much that they can
do if they are ripe in the Chris
tan faith.
This old bell now hangs in the
belfry of the Bethania church,
sounding a sweet invitation to
come to God. Those shut in by
age or infirmity can do the same.
They can share their rich Chris
tan experience with others.
Theirs can be the ministry of
prayer and Christian witnessing.
They can encourage and pray for
those out on the active ways of
life. Let them make a prayer
list, put on it the names of help
and encouragement to others
struggling along the way. Like
the old bell, they can continue
to sound the call of Jesus, Come
unto me all we that labor, and
are heavy laden, and 1 will give
you rest"
Let no one say or even think,
There is nothing can do" .
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-09-05
UpIn Smoke

If the news was flashed over the nation
that one of our principal cities was de-
stroyed by fire, with a loss of 10000 lives,
everyone would be running for an extra
edition of their newspaper to read of the
disaster. And yet such death and destruc-
ton happens every year in the amount of
property and the number of lives lost by
fire, and most persons think nothing of it
in fact, they help create the holocaust
by their carelessness.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-09-05

One of the most tragic pictures
in life is that of a man or woman
who thinks he has reached the
end of his usefulness. We find
this usually in older people, but
it is not limited to them. Just
now on my desk is letter from
a man in his seventies who thinks
there is nothing further for him
TO do. He no longer is active in
business, his children are grown
and married, his wife is dead,
most of his friends are likewise
dead. He sees no use to continue
to live There are others like
him, and some Of them have by
no means reached the age of sew
enty.
All such should read the story
recently sent out of Washington
by President Norris Of the South
ern Railway System as a display
poster:
This is the story of two bells.
One hung in the belfry of the
little Moravian church in Beth
ania, N. C. 1t was made 105 years
ago from coins and treasured
trinkets donated by the parish
toner's.
"The other bell had travelled
hundreds of thousands of miles on
a Southern Railway locomotive.
After many years of service it
was bound for the scrap pile.
when fire swept the Bethania
church in 1912. the sWeet-toned
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The beer would be paid for by
the rest.
The war was over and they were
back,
Drinking beer in the same old
shack.
The sailor with ribbons on his
chest,
Stood up before all the rest.
The marine rose with a great
smile,
And laughed at the sailor for
awhile.
Friends, l really saw the fight,
In Italy, Germany, and the Reich.
I saw action in the far South Seas,
I shot down Japs right out of
trees.
Drowned them like a bunch of
fleas,
Now try to beat that if you
please"
81 killed Germans to my delight,
Far more than / could recite,
But you would lose your appetite,
If I told you of my every sight"
The soldier didn't say a word,
He looked as though he hadn't
heard
Then said, 81 was in Korea by
damn" ..
The marine jumped up, the sailor
too,
Brother we owe the drinks to
you"
For each had heard and each
knew well,
There sat man who just return
ed from HELL.
This poem was submitted by
T-5 Clifford F. Pendry
U. S. Army.
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INTEREST IN COUNTY
POLITICS INCREASES
CONTINUED from Page II

CONTINUED from Page -
can, chairman of the executive
committee, announced. The town.
ship meets are set for three P. M.
on Friday while the county con-
vention will open at one o'clock
on Saturday.
The Republican convention has
been announced for Saturday,
September IA, at 100 o'clock for
the purpose of naming the party's
ticket. Township meetings will
be held on Friday afternoon, Sep
TENDER Is, at three o'clock, Chair
man B. B. GRAPHICAL said.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-09-05
Doughton Scores Again

CONGRESSMAN R. L. Doughton is always
on the lob. The people of this district state
and nation always have reason to be proud
of the fact that he is not only on the JOB,
but carving it out in the best possible man
ner for the good of all people.
Many congressman have absentee rec
ords. But this is never true of R. l.. Dough-
ton. The following editorial from the
Greensboro News gives his record IN which
the figures speak for themselves, as well
as that of others from N. c.:
"a compilation of roll-call votes for
the second session of the 18TH Congress
shows that the North Carolina delegation
had an absenteeism which was nothing
to write home about
'The house delegation had an average
of 90 votes out of $50 roll-calls. That rep
resents 70 per cent average for stand
ing of 3Oth among all state delegations.
In the senate, Senator Bailey, confined to
his home by protracted illness, cast IA
votes out of the recorded 142 senate votes
for the session. Senator Hoey was well
to the top, however, with 1876 votes out
of 142 roll-calls
"Where the house vote is concerned,
the palm goes to Representative Bob
Doughton who voted 113 times, was pair
ed 10 times and had only seven absences
recorded against him. That is record
worthy of commentator, for certainly it
testifies that age is no cause of absentee
ism and it was set amidst all the outside
duties devolving upon Farmer Bob and
the drain upon his time as result OF
his craftsmanship of the all-important
ways and means committee. It is realiza-
ton of responsibility and the inbred
mountain training for man to be where
he's supposed to be in line of duty of the
ninth district representative which must
20 far towards explaining Farmer Bob's
presence when the measures and issues
were actually called. That the heat or
political exaction of campaign does not.
necessarily interfere with the roll-call
voting is attested by Representative Fol-
gers fine showing Despite the two hot
fights in his district, his voting record is
sharply to the forefront as he is credited
with 112 votes, IA pairs and seven alb
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-09-05
DIR. WADDELL, II
BURIED ON SUNDAY

Continued from Page ~
extreme weather and unpaved
roads made travel hardship in
many cases.
He is survived by his wife and
one brother, Jones Waddell, of
Scottville.
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FARMING PROGRESS
CITED BY LEADERS

Continued from Page ~
At the end of the meeting, a
barbecue dinner was served. MIR.
Graham also had charge of it.
James Graham, superintendent
of the Test Farm, and w. B. Aus
tin worked with other officials
on the arrangements for the
meeting.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-09-05
ATTENDANCE LAWS
TO BE ENFORCED
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Continued from Page y
to her.
School attendance and the i'm
portance of keeping children in
school is to be emphasized by all
school leaders in the county this
year.
Physically handicapped child
rem of school age, needing special
trainin0 are also to be reported to
Miss Tugman.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-09-05

A toll of 1880 killed and 54O,-
900 injured in traffic accidents in
the first six months of this year,
is reported by the National Safe
ty Council.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-09-05

Accidental deaths to workers
on the job totalled 10000 in 1915.
Accidents to workers away from
their jobs totalled $4,000, almost
twice the on-job total, the Ma
tional Safety Council reports.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-09-05

Accidents have jumped to
fourth place as a cause of death,
according to the National Safety
Council. Topping accidents are
heart disease, cancer and cerebral
hemorrhage.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-09-05

Careless driving may wreck {
family!
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Laurel outlook., 1946-03-13
|NTERCLASS TOURNEY
OF THREE NIGHTS DUE

Lanrel basketball fans will be adj
mited free to the high school inter-
class tournament which will open
Monday night, March IS, at 1880
p m. with the seniors playing the
sophomores. Tuesday night the
juniors will play the freshmen, with
the final game Wednesday night
between the winners of first round
games.
Both the seniors and juniors will
be able to put strong teams into
the tournament. The seniors will
have Jim Sherrow, Leo Fink, Leo
Wagner and Dick Moran of this
years high school squad. The jun
Tors will have Bervyl Kimberley,
Joel Roth, Bill Speare and Blythe
Meyers, all letter winners from the
1916 team.
The sophomores may turn out to
be the tourney dark horse with two
lettermen, Sonny Void and Jim
K~iedrowski, ably supported by Mike
Zahn, Jim Wilcox, Jerry Early, John
Smith and Eugene Bice.
The freshmen will rely upon Bill
Sorg, letter winner and spark plug
for the Locomotives in several
games this season. Helping Sorg
will be Jim Phillips, Jim Wilson,
Ralph Hodges, Clyde Cromwell, Leo
Yeager and other B squad players.
Laurel outlook., 1946-03-13

Of C|TY'S SEWAGE
PLANT IN SPRING
Some Concrete Work Yet To Be
Done On Plant Halted By War
Machinery Now Here

When weather permits, the city
of Laurel expects to resume con-
struction work on the sewage dis
posal plant that was halted early
in the war by lack of critical ma
terials and machinery. Chester
Eyer, city engineer, said this week
that when frost goes out of the
ground and there is no further
danger from freezing temperatures
the concrete cover of the digester
unit of the disposal plant will be
poured. He said he thought the
work would probably be done in
May.
The digester cover is the prin-
ciple item of construction remain
ing to be done. All necessary
machinery for operating the plant
is here and will be installed after
the last of the concrete work has
been completed,
The sewage disposal plant, APP
proved by the state health depart
ment, was authorized before the
by special election at which
the necessary bond issue was voted
by taxpayers. It's purpose is to
city sewage water before
the water is returned to the Yel-
lowstone river.
Laurel outlook., 1946-03-13
Commercial Club Elects
ysdonNewPreside
ing Wednesday Evening At
tention Given To Solving Housing Problem

Laurel Commercial club at its an
nual meeting Wednesday evening
elected Glen Roysdon president for
the ensuing year, chose John Laird
for vice president and reelected r.
B. Packard as its secretary-treas-
urer. Both Roysdon and Laird are
recently discharged veterans.
Occupying most of the period de-
voted to general discussion was an
airing of the housing situation, de-
scribed by one member as being
more acute in Laurel than in the
majority of towns of similar size.
Leading in the discussion were Paul
Void, Marvin Hoppel, Ira Rodgers
and C. L. Morris.
Void is a city council committee
man appointed some time ago to
work with a similar committee from
the Commercial club to promote re-
lief from the housing shortage.
Hoppel represented building mater
ial dealers, while Rodgers as a
councilman called attention to the
need for plumbing by South Laurel
residents now attempting to on
meet their properties with a new
sewer. Morris, who arrived home
last week from a winter in Califor-
MIA, claimed the state or community
the most yelping got the most
attention and materials. Plenty
flows into California, he said.
C. W. Laird reported on the city's
position in accepting the Laurel
cemetery, and mentioned the diff
Guilty connected with records in
volved in the transfer. A water
system for the cemetery is planned
for this year, together with con
Laurel outlook., 1946-03-13
MRS.MM|LLAN DIES
Of HEART ATTACK
Miles City Woman, Mother Of
Mrs. F. w. Graft, Succumbs
Here Thursday Night

Mrs. Mary Evelyn Mcmillan, "a,
died here Thursday, March z, at
the home of her s~on-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. F. w.
Graft, of a heart attack. Mrs. Nc
Milan, a resident of Miles City,
had been visiting in Laurel since
December.
She was born Oct. 81, 1871, at
Montreal, Canada, a daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan Mcmillan. She
went to Miles City in 1894 follow
ing her marriage in Canada to
Simon Mcmillan who had moved to
Miles City a short time before. He
died in Miles City in 1928.
Mrs. Mcmillan was a member of
the Presbyterian church at Miles
City.
Besides Mrs. Graft, survivors in
clude four other daughters, Mrs.
John Owen, Jr., Great Falls; Mrs.
E. J.. Pyle, Santa Ana, Calf; Mrs.
James X. Egan and Mrs. D. j.
Elder, both of Miles City, and a
son, John S. Mcmillan, proprietor of
the Mcmillan Drug company of Kali
ispell.
Funeral services were held at the
Presbyterian church in Miles CITY
Monday and burial was in the Miles
CITY cemetery.
Laurel outlook., 1946-03-13

The way ocean surface waves be-
have, and the direction currents fol
low, have been found by scientists
to indicate the geography of the
hidden ocean bed. AS a result, AL
lied invasions of enemy shores the
world over were set up during the
recent war on formulas based on
such observations. The shores at
La Jolla, Calf, were used as the
training station for many score of
American and British army and
navy men who aided in estimating
conditions for the high command
when setting D days and H hours
from Sicily to Okinawa.
DIR. Harald Ulrich Sverdrup, di-
rector of Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, University of Cali
fornia, at La Jolla, and his associ-
ates were released recently from
the secret departments of the army
and navy, and the story of what
they did in laboring to meet daily
headlines in preparing reports that
promoted success of Allied landings
and undoubtedly saved thousands of
American lives has since been told.
The Laurel angle of the story is
that DR.. Sverdrup's father, Edward
S. Sverdrup, was the teacher of
Vordahl, a resident of Laurel
the past. 35 years, when Vordahl
as a young man in Norway attended
the elder Sverdrup's classes in the
A newspaper story concerning the
work of Prof. Sverdrup at La Jolla
aroused Vordahl's curiosity and a
letter of inquiry was written the
professor. That was last October.
Recently a reply came, saying:
"Thank you very much for your
etter of Oct. 16. 1 am sorry
hat 1 have been too busy with
var work to reply Immediately.
"You are quite right. Edward
5. who was your teacher in Sogudal
Laurel outlook., 1946-03-13
STATE INCOME TAX
DEADL|NE APRIL IS
Auditor Here March 81 To Aid
Taxpayers In Preparing
Annual Returns

Taxpayers must file their returns
with the state board of equaliza-
ton by April Is, if penalties are to
be avoided. Taxpayers who have
not filed their returns are urged to
complete them and mail them to the
Helena office at once, together with
a remittance covering the tax due.
There is no change in the state
income tax law. The rate of tax
is one per cent on the first $4,000,
2 per cent on the second $4,000, 3
per CEN on the third $4,000 and
4 per cent on the balance if any.
The credits for personal exemp-
ton have not changed in 10 years.
The credit for husband and wife
or head of the family is $4,000.
The credit for a single person is
S $1,000. A credit of $500 may also
be claimed for a dependent who is
under Is years of age.
Blank forms have been supplied
to all banks and county clerks and
recorders or they may be obtained
upon request from the state board
of equalization at Helena. Blank
forms have been mailed to all
taxpayers who filed returns last
year.
Ten income tax auditors have
been dispatched to all parts of the
to assist in the preparation
of returns. They are authorized to
issue receipts for all cash payments.
Remittances should be made pay
able to the state treasurer and
with the return to the state
board of equalization.
Edwin Felman, state income tax
auditor, vii be in Laurel at the city.
hall on March 27 to 80, inclusive.
Laurel outlook., 1946-03-13
Aided War Invasions By
~Forecastins Wave, Weather Behavior

in 1887 or 1888 was my father.
He died in Oslo in 1922, as pro-
fessor of history of church. l was
born in Sogndal on Nov. Is, 1888.
&" How l came here in 1886 is a
long story. If you can get hold of
a copy of Who's Who in America
one of the last editions, you'll find
a brief review of my career. l
studied meterology and oceanano-
graphy in Oslo, spent four and a
half years in Germany as assistant
to Prof. V. Bjerknes, was in charge
of scientific work on Amundsen's
MAUD" expedition from 1918 to
1925, was professor in Bergen and
other places.
81 came here with leave of alb
sence from Bergen, for five years,
but the war came, l expect to
remain here permanently.
"When Norway was invaded I
was not happy being here. l could
not have accomplished anything in
Norway, but I felt that in time
of disaster my place had been there.
GAS things have developed / am
here. In my field there have been
numerous important applications to
war problems and 1 consider my
self fortunate to have had oppor-
to work intensely for the
First called to help on war prob
lens early in 1912, Sverdrup and
his associates used the lore of cent
to perfect formulas and meth
DDS of predicting surf conditions
the weather. They used aerial
photographs to determine underwat-
er topography. Wave patterns pho
on the La Jolla shores
used later as a basis to de-
,ermine conditions thousands of
away months afterward.
The first tryout was at the in
1asion of Sicily. The fleet was
midway between Tunisia and
is destination in a heavy storm.
oostponment seemed imminent. Me-
biologists predicted a ~lessening of
he storm and also fairly quiet surf
conditions the next morning. The
l%ecision was made to continue. The
INVASION was successful.
Sverdrup later commented: "This
'articular forecast stands out as
ne of the most brilliant weather
predictions made during the war.
n the first place, it was an eX-
wind forecast. but il is also
f Importance that conclusions as
o the rapid decrease of the surf
ould be made and were made cor
1t was on information of this
ature that the invasion of Nor
handy was planned. Though
Teather was unsettled at invasion
the forecasts were reliable
nd there were no mishaps because
f Incorrect estimate of weather
nd surf conditions.