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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-05-09
Phillips Death
Now Confirmed
Phillips, Missing In Action
Since April 10, Reported
Dead By War Dept.

News has been received here
in letter from the War Depart
ment confirming the death OF
Richard Phillips, Is, who was re-
ported missing in action since
April 10, 1945. The son of MIR. and
Mrs. R. E. Phillips, of Idlewild,
he entered military service on
April %, 1914, and had served
only one year before he was re-
ported missing.
Phillips served as a sergeant
in the Army Air Corps as a gun
ner on a Bit. He was last re-
ported seen while on bombing
mission over Assig, Czechoslo-
vakia and Dresden, Germany,
when his plane encountered en-
envy aircraft and exploded about
midway between the two cities.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-05-09
Farmers TOGet
Irvine For Wool

Sheep growers interested in OBJ
tanning paper Irvine for tying
wool are asked to contact H. D.
Quessenberry, county agent, at
the agents office in the court
house.
Mr.. Quessenberry pointed out
that several good offers had been
made concerning the wool pool
and suggested that wool be prop
erly treated so that the sheep
growers will be able to net as
much as before.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-05-09
Local Firms Urged To Give
Vets Opportunity To Work
Under Training Program
Only 81 Now Employed In
Program; Skyland Post First
Firm To Be Approved

In connection with the observ-
ance of Veterans Opportunity
Week, survey made by this pa
per reveals that at the present
there are only "a veterans en-
ployed in the county getting an
on-the-job training course and
that only Is firms have been ap-
proved for such training work.
A representative of the USES
pointed out that there should be
far more establishments approved
and that more veterans should be
employed i'm this manner. Bust
ness firms are nxged 10 get in
touch with the esefans Admin
istration office and make all bust
ness houses possible available for
veteran to learn a new job
Beach Keller, representative OF
the USES, pointed out that he
would be glad to visit the firms
and secure information for their
approval for on-the-job training
A check-up of the USES office
reveals that there are at present
around 400 veterans registered. II
was further revealed that most
of these veterans would like tC
stay in the county if possible, if
any suitable type Of employment
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-05-09
Last Rites Held
For Osborne, q

Funeral service for Fred Os-
borne, %, Sic, who was drown
ed Easter morning near Balti-.
more, Nd, was held Tuesday aft
ternoon at the Creston Methodist
church. Rev. S. S. GRAPHICAL Of
ficiated and interment was in the.
Osborne cemetery.
Osborne, who had served in the
Coast Guard for the past three
years, was scheduled to receive
his discharge soon. The body was
accompanied here by military.
escort.
He was the son of Mrs. Miller
Conner and the late Adolphus OS-
borne, of Creston.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-05-09
Three Arrested
In Connection
With Rape Case
Held In Jail Without Bond
Pending Hearing Set For
Friday Morning

Three men of the Chestnut Hill
section of the county, Bud Gam
bill, Fieldon Petty, Jr., and Earl
Severt are being held in the Ashe
county Jail without bond pending
hearing set for Friday morning,
in connection with the alleged
raping of a young Grassy Greek
woman.
They were arrested Monday
morning and lodged in Jail fol-
lowing events which the girl said
took place Sunday night. Ac-
cording to information reported
by officers the woman was rid
ing home from services which she
had attended at the New River
church, but thai the men refused
to let her out at her home.
Officers reported that one of the
three men, Severt, is married.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-05-09
Wide Variety Of Entries In
Hobby Show; Awards Will Be
Presented On Friday Night
Sponsored By Rotary Club
For Youth; Public Is
Invited To Attend

Hobby fans, already such en-
tries as model airplanes and ships,
coin collections, foreign currency,
and even a pair of goats for the
livestock and pet display have
been sent in as entries in the
show.
Those who failed to do so may
still enter by contracting members
of the committee, Mrs. Jim Bar
low, chairman, said. Entries are
to be brought to the community
building on Friday, morning in
order to be displayed and judged.
The doors of the community
building will be opened to the
public at l o'clock tomorrow af-
ternoon, after the judging has
taken place. Contestants, how
ever, are asked to have their dis
plays at the community building
1t 70 o'clock a. M, in order that
ample time VIII be allowed for
completing display arrangements.
The program will begin at 7:30
tomorrow night when music will
be furnished by the w. J. high
>c!?ool band. Ira T. Johnston
.1-aster Of ceremonies, will be in
charge of the presentation OF
awards. A movie will also be
~ocWn at this time.
The Jeffersons Rotary club
soonsor of the hobby show, is
giving away cash prizes valued
up to $4,000.
Contestants are asked to leave
their hobbies on display until the
.Cpntinueu on rage A.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-05-09
Winter Weather
Is Here Again

Ashe county again expert
enced some cool weather this
week, which was described by
one old timer as Blackberry
winter" Cold rains and winds
sent thermometers below forty.
The same man that labeled
this cold weather as "black-
berry winter" described the
previous one, ten days ago as
"dOgwOOd winter" Snow fur
ries were seen throughout the
county then.
Another party remarked that
the first guaranteed warm
weather would be the arrival
OF the cat birds. eve win not
have any cool weather after
the cat birds arrive," he de-
clared. As to date no cat birds
have been reported here.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-05-09
Minter vi. Blevins
Passes AT Home
Services For Well Known
Educator Held At Mount
Pleasant Chapel, Friday

Funeral services for Minter M.
Blevins, 90, well known educator
in this county, was held Friday at
2 o'clock at the Mt. Pleasant
Chapel. Interment was in the
Scott cemetery with the Revs.
w. E. Denny and w. F. Parker
officiating, .
Mr.. Blew cchmbedsst i
home near Shat1ey Springs We'd
nesday after having been in. i'll
health for come time.
Well known throughout the
countv. he served as one of the
courtv's first superintendent
having taught in the schools here
He also fnrraPrlv served as secre-
tarv ard treasurer of the Ashe
Dentist Association. He also did
work as county surveyor at one
time.
Seven Children. in edition to
one sister Mrs. Sarah J. Thomp-
son Of Fnr'~a~dv. Tenn, sur
vive. They are Clifton L. Blew
ms. of Crunpler: L. c. Blevins
of Washington, D. c.; Mrs. Nellie
B. Phipps, of Crumpler; Ezekiel
Blevins. of Washington, D. c.:
Cwyn Blevins, of Newcastle, Ind;
Thomas w. Blevins, Washington
D. c.; Blan Blevirs, of Crumpler
Also surviving are 81 grand
children and five great-grand
children.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-05-09

morning; Parker School, at River
view, Wednesday, June 5, after
noon; Hemlock, at Riverview
Thursday, June 6, morning. and
Rye Cove, at Riverview, Thurs
day, June 6, afternoon.
Lansing District
FlatWoods School, at Lansing,
Friday morning, June 7; Thaxton
School, at Lansing, Friday after
noon, June z; Stages Creek, at
Lansing all day Monday. June 10;
Warrensville, at Lansing, Tues
day, June II. all day; White Oak,
at Lansing, Wednesday morning,
June IL; Osborne, at Lansing,
Wednesday afternoon, June II;
Meadow View, Thursday, June
ID, all day; Sugar Grove, at Lans-
ing, Friday morning, June IA;
Graham, at Lansing, Monday,
June l8, all day; Hurricane, at
Lansing, Tuesday, June Is, all
day; and New Hope, at Lansing,
Wednesday. June 10, all day.
HeItOn District
Helton School, at Helton, Thurs
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-05-09
County Boards
Meet Together
On School Bldg.
Board OF Education And
County Commission Con-
slider Building Problem

The Ashe county board of edu-
cation called. a special meeting to
convene with the county commits
sioners on Monday to consider
ways and means of securing funds
for the Nathan's Creek school
building. After discussing the
plans thoroughly special prelim-
mary proceedings were started to
enable the county to secure the
necessary funds.
At separate session, the board
Of education passed a motion to
sell a part of the Graham school
building not now in use. Seal
ed bids will be received until May
Is for this, Mr.. Duncan said.
In a separate session the coun-
ty commissioners paid routine
claims. An application for IL
cense to sell beer was turned
down.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-05-09
Industry Making
A Labor Survey

Officials of clothing industry
were here the past weekend CIV
ing serious consideration to To-
eating here. When contacted yes
terday by this paper representa-
tive said that nothing definite had
been decided upon but that the
company was interested provided
a building can be obtained and
labor is available. A survey of
the labor situation is now being
made.
It is understood that the prop
erty located between the Austin
Jones residence and that of the
Lyles has been purchased from
Willie Griffith for proposed site.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-05-09
Fire Destroys
Ray Residence

The home of Roy Ray, located
near the w. J. Airport was total
ly destroyed by fire around 1880
o'clock last night.
The fire department was called
but the flames; reported to have
caught from the stove in the
kitchen, were too far underway
to be extinguished. Very few
pieces of furniture were saved.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-05-09
Rites For Grace
TOBe Held TODAY


Funeral service for Curtis
Grace, rs, who died as result of
a heart attack at his home at
Crumpler. Tuesday, will be held
this morning at II o'clock at the
Crumpler Baptist church. Rev.
w. E. Denny will officiate and
burial will be held in the church
cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs
Victoria Grace, one son, C. E.
Grace, of West Grove, Pa, and
three daughters, Mrs. w. H. Eller,
Rockwell; Mrs. Lester Weiss, Ga
lax, Va; and Mrs. Clyde Brown,
of West Grove, Pa.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-05-09
,Jr. Red Gross Is
Active In County

Mrs. Herman Hare, Chairman
# the Junior Red Cross of the
county, announced today that the
Ashe unit had made 200 Mothers
Day cards for veterans to send
heir mothers. These were sent
to Oteen this week. Birthday
cards are also being made. Mrs.
Hare said that around $50 of
these would be finished in the
near future. Games are being
made by some of the schools as
are afghans.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-05-09
Enlisted Men To
Meet Wednesday

1t was announced that there
would be meeting of enlisted
men at the courthouse on We'd
nesday, May Is. All ex-service
men who were. enlisted in World
War II are urged to attend.
Further plans of the county's
organization are to be discussed,
it was announced.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-05-09
Apron Sale Nets
$ll2For Church

AS a result of the apron sale,
sponsored by the ladies of the
Woman's Society of Christian
Service, on Tuesday night, $1,000
was raised for repairs for the
jefferson Methodist church.
Following the covered dish sup
per, Ira T. Johnston, acting as
auctioneer, sold the aprons to the
highest bidders.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-05-09
MISS TAYLOR TO
HOLD SERVICE, SUN.

Miss Hannah Taylor, who has
been active in missionary work
in New York City for over 80
years, will conduct the services at
the Baptist church, Sunday, May
IL at 8 o'clock.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-05-09

More and more cattle raisers are
discovering increased income
through raising their cattle on i'm
proved pasture and protecting their
woodlands for timber crops. Pro-
tected from fire and grazing, trees.
will furnish reproduction for con-
stantly growing Understand.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-11-21

Most powerful atom smasher is
on Coast.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-11-21

UNRRA investigators deny Tito
misuses funds.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-11-21
Mrs. Hugh Butler
Writes A Book

Homemakers of the county who
were in tie classes of Mrs. Hugh
Butler at the University of Mary
land before the war, will be inter-
ested to know that she has written
a book entitled "Time To Speak
Up"
Clubwomen who realize the i'm
portance and value of knowing
how to speak properly before the
public should find constructive ad-
vice in the book which is just off
the press. 1t also gives valuable
information on how to conduct
meetings, introduce guest speakers
Row to present and receive gifts.
The book also has advice on
how to dress while standing be-
fore the public. Dresses should
be of solid color, touched up
with light trimmings, colorful ac-
cessories or jewelry, provided the
jewelry does not rattle or dangle
conspicuously - certainly there
should he no large lowered prints
to conflict with the personality of
the speaker" says Mrs. Butler.
The foreword for the interest
ing, illustrated book is by the vi
countess Astor LADY Nancy.
A resident of Washington, Mrs.
Butler has traiE,ed more than 200
congressional and diplomatic wives
and club leaders in her public
speaking classes. She taught the
subject at Rural Short Course at
Maryland University several
years.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-11-21
County Health
Department News

Now that rabbit hunting season
Is here, hunters and housewives
are warned of the dangers of
tularemia, which is common among
rabbits and is easily transmitted
to man. A hunter may be infected
by picking up a rabbit in his bare
hands and the housewife may
easily become infected when skin
ming the animal. Rubber gloves
are the only safe precaution.
A slow rabbit is more apt to
have the disease. There is no
danger of tularemia from eating
well cooked rabbits.
The new Director of Tubercu-
losis, DR.. Karl Welte, is now furn-
ishing pneumothorax service for
patients referred by their own
physicians. Pnermothorax consists
of introduction of air by means of
a needle through the chest wall
into the pleural space around the
lungs. 1t thus puts the lung to
rest and heals tuberculous lesion.
Pneumothorax is usually begun at
sanatorium and may be continued
after the patient leaves.
The orthopedic clinic will be
held at Montgomery County Gen
eral Hospital on December 5, with
DR.. Robert ohnson, Jr., Cliniciam.
Appointments may be made
through the Health Department.
Miss Alverta Zehner, R.N., Miss
Elizabeth B. Jones, R.N., and
Miss Betty Pickett, R.N., Mont
gomery County Health Depart
ment nurses, attended the annual
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-11-21
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HOME AND CLUB ACTIVITIES !.

dinner meeting of the Planned
Parenthood League of Maryland,
in Baltimore on November IL.
DR.. c. r. Naples discussed dis
eases of the eye at the nurses
taft meeting on November 20. DIR.
Naples acts as clinician i'll ME eye
clinics held by the Health De-
partment.
Miss Helen V. T. Carman, Physi-
cal Therapist, gave a talk on pos
ture to the home nursing class at
Sherwood High School on Novem-
Der Is.
Mr.. Forte H. Sandison resigned
his position as Sanitary Inspector
with the Health Department on
November Is. Mr.. Sandison, who
had been with the Department
since July of 1914, will resume his
practice Of pharmacy.
Miss Sadie Gladwin, R.N., Di-
rector, Nursing Service; Mrs.
Katherine Johnson, R.N., Super
visor of Nurses and Miss Helen
V. T. Carman, Physical Therapist,
attended the dinner meeting of the
Social Health Workers of Mont
gomery County on November ID
at the Anchorage Inn.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-11-21

Shoe dealers say prices will not
skyrocket despite decontrol.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-11-21
Sandy Sfaslts9 Nsi9Aloahood

pational Therapist at the Vete-
rams Administration Hospital in
Northampton, Mass. During the
war years Miss Farquhar served
as lieutenant in the WAVES,
and was stationed at Newport,
Great Lakes and San Diego. She
spent part of the summer in Ash
ton with Miss Alice V. Farquhar
and her brother, R. Brooke Far
quhar and his family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Brigham
entertained as their house guests
at Glyndon last week Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Gannt and Mr.. R. A. Gosse
from the University of Hawaii,
and Major j. w. Firor of the
University of Georgia. Mr.. and
Mrs. Francis Brigham, who are
living near Roanoke, Va, were also
recent guests at the home of their
parents.
Miss Elsie Brooke Snowden was
hostess Saturday at a shower in
honor of Miss Betty Bonifant,
whose marriage to Mr.. Henry
Hyde will take place on Novem-
BERG.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Kinsey Metz
ger and their son, David, returned
Sunday from New York City,
where they spent the weekend and
attended the Lafayette-C Columbia
football game.
Mrs. Everett H. Pierson re-
turned recently from a visit to
her daughters, Pat and Polly, lat
Woman's College of the University
of North Carolina.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Gilpin
and their two children, Rosanne
and Lee, went on a weekend mo-
tor trip through Virginia.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-11-21

Government grants retroactive
vacation pay to miners.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-11-21
Mrs. Jack Boyd
Boz Sc, Ashton, Maryland

A surprise birthday party was
o;ven Saturday for Mrs. Robert
n. Miller, ST., at the Highlands
by Mrs. Robert H. Miller, Jr., and
Miss Mary Moore Miller, in cele-
bration of her eightieth birthday.
CHESTS for luncheon included Mrs.
Miller's sister, Miss Elizabeth
Stabler, Mrs. Ulrich Hutton, Sr.,
Mrs. John JanEsy, Mrs. Robert
Coulter, Miss Sallie P. Brooke,
Mrs. Norman Smith, Miss Mary
+. Brooke, Mrs. William Iddings,
Mrs. Herbert S. Adams and Mrs.
Herbert Stabler.
Dinner guests at Plainfield on
Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. William
w. Moore were Mrs. Morris Leeds
of Germantown, who is a house
guest of the Moore's, and Mrs.
Howard X. Ramey and her two
daughters, Mrs. Miles Watkins and
Miss Betsy Ramey of Arlington,
Va.
The Misses Caroline and Louise
Kricker are visiting at The High
land while their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Kricker, are travel
ing in New York and Connecticut.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Rice returned
recently from several weeks stay
in Florida.
Miss Caroline H. Farquhar, the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Roger
Brooke Farquhar, is Chief Occu-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-11-21

Fabulous EvalyD walsh Mclean
shown above. swept aside U. 5
Army red tape when she decided to
bring bedside entertainment to bed.
ridden war veterans in the Walter
Reed Hospital in Washington. ID. C..
according to an article in the No.
vember issue of Cosmopolitan mag
azine. Accompanied by a three.
piece band and servants bearing
plenty of beer. candy and cookies.
Mrs. Mclean. for the last three
wears has been entertaining the vet.
Grams on lavish scale. One of the
many features OF her visits TO the
veterans Is the careless handling OF
the famous Hope diamond and other
Jewels which she losses to the vet
Grams on her arrival. AS she leaves
the jeweIry is returned To her. Hope
diamond. for which Mrs Mclean
refused 81 10000. is shown in center
as a hair ornament.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-11-21

president, and it was less than four
years after the first telegraphic
message had been flashed over
the wires.
"Queen Victoria had worn her
crown but a short time, and that
was the year when France, Ger
many and Austria Hungary were
he scene of revolutions. The B.
md ORR. was not built west of
Cumberland until 1849, and in
348 there was not a mile of rail
coad in Montgomery County. The
esapeake and Ohio canal was q
clip to those living near the Po-
nae River.
"Grass was then moved with
the scythe and wheat cut with
cradle, though a few venturesome
spirits had experimental with the
newly invented Hussey, Dorsey or
Mccormick reapers. Methods of
farming differed from those of
the present day as much as female
garments, with their pinched
waists and dust sweeping trains,
differ from the dress designers
creations of today. Allan Bowie
Davis had not yet secured the
Charter for the building of the
turnpike from Brookeville to
Washington and most roads were
nearly impossible at some seasons
of the year, says Mr.. Farquhar,
who concludes thus: "Those were
the good old days when whiskey
was so cents gallon and there
were no bathtubs."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-11-21
MONTGOMERY SIDELIGHTS
Bu ELSIE WHITE HAINEs

1t seems that we skipped right
over a courthouse last week, wher
we wrote that "the old court
house" was built in 1910. Mrs
Lee Offutt, who is 80 years OF
age, reminded us that the court
house built in 1910 was torn down
to make way for the present one
along about 1890 so the sole
courthouse" is product of tn
Gay Nineties.' Mrs. Offutt sti
has a watch her husband bougE
for himself with money he earne
! by hiring out horses and cart t
help with the work.
She also recalled that d.
Charles j. Maddox, who lived in
the house where the Goodwill
store now is located, was chair
man of the building committee.
One day, in his efforts to check on
every angie, he inadvertently
walked right through the floor,
and was so badly injured that he
spent the rest of his days in a
wheel chair.
The 1910 courthouse was of
course very much smaller build
ing andeadjoining it, when it was
torn ".dowh, was another still
smaller building which housed the
Register of Wills office. Accord
ing to Mrs. Maddox, Francis p
Chopper, was the architect of the
1910 building. Like our dear Miss
Maggie Fields, Mrs. Maddox re-
members many of the traditions
and facts told her by her father.
Miss Fields, who last week at
tanned the ripe old age of 95, re-
members being told that the old
Georgetown road once came into the
town just about where the Fire
house now stands, went up J'effer-
son Street and turned towards
Gaithersburg about a block higher
than Washington Street. Judge
Ed Peters house, she said, stands
right in the old roadway, which
evidently did not join the present
240 until near Gaithersburg. 1t
was explained to Mrs. Maddox,
when she was girl, that the rea-
son her fathers house 1.-THE old
brick "Fulk's place" now owned
by Gene Casey had it's back to
the road (240) was that at the
time it was built the road passed
to the other side of it.
We were reminded this week
that The Montgomery County Ag-
ricultural Society which once held
it's Fairs where the High School is
now located, would have been one
hundred years old this year had it
been continued.
1t is really bewildering when
on thinks of the changes the past
hundred years have brought. An
article we recently read recalled
that 1848 was an important time
in the history Of America. The ar
ticle was written by the late Allan
Farquhar at the time the Mutual
Fire Insurance Co. celebrated it's
80th birthday.
Says Mr.. Farquhar, flames X.
Polk was President and the sue
cessful war with Mexico had just
ended, giving to the United States
vast domain reaching fro m
Louisiana to the Pacific Ocean /;
the nugget had just been found at
Suffers saw mill which forecast
the gold rush Of the Forty-Niners /;
General Zachary Taylor the victor
of the war, was soon to be elected