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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-06-19
Record Crowd At
Big June, Sunday

A crows of several thousand
people from aear and far gather
ed at the historic Senter Baptist
church, Saturday and Sunday, at
Nathan Creek TOR the Big June
meeting, which has been held
mere tor nearly a century.
The crowd there this year re-
yaIod that Of some of the pre-
war years. In addition to the
county and community many
came from distant points and
several states. An unofficial es-
timats placed the total atten-
dance at nearly 5000 people.
Elder Ed Davis, moderator took
)art in the s5rVIces as did sew
nal visiting elders.
The pleasant weather, made it
possible for many to come, who
would have otherwise had to re-
main away. For many people it
Vas real Homecoming. w. Pey-
ON Coward, of Seattle, Washing
Ion, former resident of Ashe
who had not been to a Big June
in Is years was among those,
who came from a distance to the
services this year.
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Rites Held Eues.
For P. E. Watts
Former West jefferson Ne
sident Dies; In Oak Ridge,
Te1Eo.;; Saturday

Funeral ser5c Il for Park E.
Watts, 81, former West jefferson
citizen, was held At She West
Jefferson Presbyterian, Church on
Tuesday morning at II 30 o'clock.
Intefment was in the Jefferson
GENET nv with ReVs. j. ". Luke
and ". P. Boyle, officiating The
body lay in state at the church
from NINE until eleven o'clock
Mr.. Watts, who was engaged
in road construction work here
lor several years, died at his
home in Oak Ridge, Tennessee,
Early Saturday morning.
Through his work here and his
friendly Disposition, he had humid
reds Of friends in tlais section who
regretted to learn Of his death.
The deceased is survived by
lis wife, Mrs. Lena RuSS@l II Watts.
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Farmers Urged
ToPlant Tobacco

Roscoe Colman. operator of the
Mountain Burley and Farmers
Burley tobacco warehouses in
Boone said this week that he
was very anxious for all farmers
N this section to get out tobacco
plants on their full allotment of
acreage this season, as indica-
lions are that the better types Of
smoking tobacco will bring as
much or more than they did last
year.
He explained that there would
be forty dollar government
flooring and he felt that with this,
no other money crop in this sec
tons could bring the returns to-
bacco does. 'Set out your full
crop, even if it is to be little
later than usual" he advised.
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Sparta Lions To
Have Horse Show
On Fri. And Sat.
Hundreds OF People Expect
ed; Nationally Known
Horses Entered

Sparta fFunareds of people
are expected f3 attend the sec
ond annual hor&5: Show to be held
at the local show s%ounds Friday
and Saturday, under Sf.p sponsor
ship Of the Sparta L1OlTS Club.
Already approximately 100
horses some of them natioii=lly
known, have been entered and
will be Shown in the three show :
which have been planned.
The first event will get under
way at eight o'clock Friday eve
ming when eleven classes will be
shown. Glasses include open
three gated ponies, IL hands and
under; open pleasure horses;
open jumpers; open three gated;
local five gifted; JUNO: walk
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Ask Farmers To
a.,HOld Wool Until
Prices Settle
Uncertainty Of Government
Subsidy Has Market In I'm
sa.tled Condition -<

: Farmers of this area are ask
ed by the wool pool committee
to hold their wool until prices
become more stabilized. A meet
ing was held last Friday of the
wool pool committees from five
northwest counties to discuss the
possibilities of sales. ~
1t was pointed out that there
is actually not a wool market at
t.ne present time due to the gov
eminent support program still
being unsettled. The support is
still in the hands of Congress and
it is felt sure by sheep men all
over the country that a govern
men support program will e.
ventually be passed with ap-
proximately last years support
ON wool.
~ Since it is not fair for some
sheep producers in the United
States to sell their wool under
the support program that went
out of effect April Is, We fee
sure that farmers should hoo
their wool for the pool and not
sacrifice it at the present time
due to no satisfactory market.
a member of the committee said
The wool pool committees plan
to meet again as soon as definite
action is taken by the govern
ment ON the support program.
I'm the meantime, store your
wool carefully and hold on to it, .
committee members concluded.
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PROPERTY Valuation In Ashe County Shows Increase
Climbs To Around
100000. Beyond
Total For 1916
Commissioners Will Meet On
Monday To Work Out
Budget Plans

Ashe county estimated va1ua-
ton of taxable property this year
shows an increase over that of
last year of around $300,00000
according to figures recently
completed, from the various tax
istings, by H. H. Burgess, tax
supervisor,
Without the corporations,
which are estimated to run a.
round $100,00o.0U the total Of
other estimated taxable property
as compiled from the tax listers
DOCKS this year reached $5,429.~
411,00 as compared to $780,
$4,000 last year. ~.~-->.
It was pointed out that some
Of the increase IN valuation was
due to RullQlngs and otner I'M
provements made in property
curing the past year as well
as the purchasing OF automobiles
and otner equipment by a num-
Der of individuals and concerns
Due to delay in some Of the
departments IN submitting their
proposed budgets for the coma
ing fiscal year, the county bud
get mas not been completed as
yet. The county commissioners
VIII meet on MONDAY to coasts
der TINS, 1t was ANNOUNCED.
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y. E.. Merchants
Pied &c Efforts
y. To Hold Prices
JudsOn BI0unt Is Electtd Pre-.
sident: Other Officers
Are Chosen

Raleigh - A Resolution thai
I'VE will do everything Within
our power to hold prices in linz
was unanimously adopted by thu
North Carolina Merchants ASSo-
ci4nctt at it's 49, annual coo,
ven am here this week.
The resolution says fu3thrr that
the merchants will pass 81 to
our customers the benetl} IF
every reduction in the price II
goods at the supply level and
that I'VE will continue to mark
all goods sold by us at the Lowest
possible price consistent with a
reasonable profit"
Judson H. Blount. of Green
vile, first vice-president, was e.
lected president succeeding, O.
P. Matthews of Gastonia. The
two-day meeting ended Tuesday
night with the annual banquet.
AS usual, the merchants passed
a resolution condemning the sales
tax and asking the States law
makers to <repea1 the tax in its
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I2-YF,AR OLD BOY
TO HOLD SERVICES
~ - -

Rev. J6a5%}Tfiie ppnojnt, I2-yeaf
old boy preacher: II ChiIlicothe,
Ohio. will condu9t services here
in the county. Rev. FH7vd Deity,
announced this week.
Services will be held it the
Mt. Paddy Church of Christ, Fhre
1922; Baldwin church, June &3-
June 25: Silas Creek Green 5
Chapel. June 26-June %. The pu-
bic is cordially invited to at
t44rid
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Pastor Assumes
Summer Duties

Rev. Marion Fisher, of De
fiance. Ohio, has assumed his
position here as pastor of the
jefferson Methodist charge for
the summer. He plans to enroll
at Duke Divinity school this fall
Daily vacation Bible school ha'
been announced this week b!
Rev. Mr.. Fisher to begin at tn
Jefferson Methodist church or
Monday at 900 a. m. Reglstra-
ton of children will be at 8:4S
and classes will begin immedla-
tely afterwards. All children are
invited to attend this school for q
time of fellowship, study and
recreation.
The following schedule of
church services has also been an
nounced for Sunday: Orion, H.
90 a. M, Jefferson, 300 p. m.
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TEE ~ AGE PARTY
WILL BE HELD SAT.

A party h.'r teen-agers will b
held at thss community building
Saturday night beginning at 7:3C
o'clock and continuing until 1926
o'clock. The party is being spon-
sored by the A~he County Wo-
mans Club, and all teen-agers
are invited to attend.
Several of the teen-age group
njoyed a picnic at Hung
~ Mother Park last Friday. Other
events have been planned mem
bers of the club stated.
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Measure follower
Income Taxes Is
Killed By House
Body Votes To Sustain Veto
OF President Truman By
a Slight Margin

Washington-The House Tues
day upheld President Truman's
veto by a hair breadth margin
and killed the Republicans $4,-
O00,000,000 income tax-Slashing
bill. The tax reduction issue
thereby was thrown into the 1948
presidential campaign.
So close was the vote in the
tense, strained House that Repub-
lican Leader Halleck, of Indiana,
demanded a recapitulation. How
ever, the recount confirmed the
original tally.
A shout went up from the DEM
ocratic side when the final vote
was announced.
It all sums up to this:
Some 48,000,000 income taxpay-
ers will 60 right ahead paying the
same Federal taxes for the time
being.
The Republicans and Mr.. TTu-
mans clashing ideas on whether
this is right Or wrong will go be-
fore the people in the next cleo
ton. b..
Even if Congress passes a tax
cut bill early in the new session
starting in January, the result OF
Democratic and Republican atti-
tudes On a 1947 cut would never
theless surely be carried over into
tn campaign. -It-'~> 4 s~a!
Representative KnutS e.
Mimi told reporters the HOUSE
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NATHAN'S CREEK TO
HAVE SERVICE SUN.

Preaching service will be held
at the Nathan's Creek Methodist
church at 1900 o'clock, it WAS an
nounced this week by Rev. w.
c. Crummett, pastor.
Rev. Mr.. Crummett will also
hold a service at Chestnut Hill
at 800 p. m.
The public is cordially invited
to attend thsee services.
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liking Summer
Courses At ASTC

Six from tA.v4le county are at
t,>4ding the sl.msner session at
Al ta1achian Stats Teachers Col
lege which got ,-H+arway last
Thur Adav
Tho@ ,5roro here to sHnoi] IN
cludeo Sob Davis, ChaI ~ Cock
erham, Kenneth Jacks, Gale
Lemly, W iliam Austin, Tl-ft't'S
Johnston am Dale Atwood.
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Sturgills Is To
Have A Revival

A tent revival will begin on
Sunday night at 7:3O p m. near
the Sturgills Baptist church, and
will continue for two weeks, it
was announced here.
Rev. E. w. Powers, pastor of
the West Jefferson B pit t
church, will preach at the SER
vices.
All persons of all denomina-
tons are cordially invited to at
tend these services.
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The schedule for the week enc
games is as follows: Sas Tday-
HILTON at East Jefferson, Lan4ine
at Scottville; West jefferson At
Laurel Springs. Sunday-Eaot
jefferson at Helton: ScottviIle at
W.T. jefferson; Laurel Springs
at t-rnsing.
Evening star., 1947-01-26
Broadway:
Leprechaun Gets
Good Notices
in Musical

There's pot of gold at the foot
of "Finian's Rainbow" the stems
new success. This is the first good
notice leprechaun has received in
New York this season. Show was
sold out for its first matinee, the
day after opening. :. The Okla
l1oma lied Street Scene" also salts
fed most of the critics and got off
to good start. :. But "The Big
Two" boy (Russian) gets girl (Amer-
ican) received mixed notices-mixed
mostly, with vitriol. ;. There doesn't
seem to be much doubt that ''Toplit-
zky' fumbled for dear old Notre
Dame. .. Strange Journey" should
have been called There Went Mr..
Jordan" While Bert Lahr is
delighting his "Burlesque" audiences,
one Bert Jahr has just given New
York recital of Lieder and arias. No
relation. Broadway business
seems back-at least, there were
standees all over town Saturday
night. Strangest title switch of
an upcoming production: "The First
Hundred Years" to Darling, Darling,
Darling"
Picture more people want to-
catch at a preview than -any =
other: 1.-THE Beginning or the End. :"
I. :. New York visitor who knows all
about Hollywood: MGM's Ralph
WheelwMght, who wrote Blossoms
in the Dust" and produced 1.-TWO
Smart People" Best (and big
gestD movie ads of the week: Al
most-full-pages for tits Won
derful Life" Latest title change
from Hollywood tentative): ITO
Kiss and to Keep" switched to
Living in Big Way" This is the
year of titles with "life" or living"
in them. . Most unusual sd ap-
proach: MGM's copy on THE Year
ling" Our-prize- for -the-fun-
niest preview comment of the =
week: Middle-aged husband in a
British pic started tangoing with his
bride, said, Darling, what's wrong?"
Said ST 'Seadler, the expert: ''The
tango, for one thing!"
People are talking about: The
vacant spaces at the Airlines Term
inal, with more travellers joining the
group who don't fly in winter. . .
The fact that the Herald. Tribune,
now that it has raised its price to
5 cents, is selling more copies. .
The passing of the Fifth avenue
buses with the fringe Of fresh-air
lovers on top (they'll be missed even
more in May).
Evening star., 1947-01-26

rected her in "The Strange Woman"
Rosalind Russell now is producing
her own pictures. She is in business
with her husband, Fred Brisson.
Their company, Independent Artists,
is said to be backed by the Duke
millions. First picture on Roz's pro-
ducing schedule is Mourning Be-,
comes Electra" with Dudley Nichols,
another member of the firm who
writes and directs. ROE plans to
make four pictures q year, but she
will not appear in more than two OF
them. The gal has tremendous
energy and I predict success for
Independent Artists.
Dorothy Also Has Plans.
Joan Bennett chose the easy way
as producer. She's in partnership
with her husband, Walter Wanger,
and vice president of his Diana
Productions (named after her oldest
daughteD. Joan's next as producer
and star is The Secret Behind the
Door," Sister Connie produces her
own pictures. but only when the
mood takes her-about once year.
She prefers smaller epics, probably
because she feels that she makes
more and loses less with a smaller
production.
Dorothy Lamour has about an
other year to 60 on her contract with
Paramount. After that I have to
do one picture a year for RKO for
five years" Q'm told that Dottie is
getting 100000 picture) And
I'll probably form my own pro-
ducing company as well" she told
me recently.
When a star says probably" 1t
usually means definitely" It will
be interesting to see how the former
lady of the sarong makes out as
hard headed business woman.
Rita Hayworth has three more
years to go on her Columbia con-
tract. But Harry Cohn, who wants
to keep her in the family, has signed
q deal with Rita, who will produce
her own pictures If he is allowed
the privilege of financing and re-
leasing them! Somehow, cannot
see Rita as a producer. She seems
Evening star., 1947-01-26
Man Here's Having Fun
The Egg and + Isn't Called Work by Farmer
Fred MacMurray
By HoroId Heffernon

cows line up outside 70 wait their
turn, insisting on keeping their re-
spective places so that If one tries
to crowd in ahead she gets butted
out Of the way by her indignant sis
tiers. "You don't believe it?" de-
manded Fred. Come out and see
for yourself some time. My COWS
are no different than any Others:
They're all like that-full OF intelli-
gence."
Proudly, Fred said he has de-
veloped a championship herd OF 80
head. BY mid-February nature
will have taken its course and ne
expects to have 100 prize specimens
in the flock. He also breeds prize
Romedale sheep and now has about
TOO ewes and fine lot of new lambs.
In addition he is breeding quarter
horses and owns the finest team OF
Belgians in California.
An Old Yearning.
As for the land, Fred owns close
to 1000 acres. There are pastures
and grazing grounds, fields Of grain
and hay, apple and prune orchards
and timbered crests. He bought the
original property in 194l and has
increased it by six more parcels
since. There are 10 houses and
dormitory for transient hands on
the place. The houses are occu-
pied by the families of permanent
employees. When the MacMurrays
20 UP, which is growing more often
these days, they live in the FORE
mans house. Some day Fred says
he will build the kind OF a ranch
house he wants and some day ne
plans to retire to it to live out the
rest of his days.
From the time I was a kid I've
always wanted to be farmer, SAID
Fred as he chucked a stone playfully
at a flock of chickens >pecking away
at some transplanted ground nearby.
But everything was against 1t. l
had no land and no money to buy
land. I used to sing and play In
orchestras to earn my school tuition
and all the time I knew only want
ed to accumulate enough money to
buy some land. When I hit Holly
wood and got into pictures I knew
I had discovered the real formula
for doing that. I've made close to
so feature pictures and I've worked
pretty hard in doing lot OF them.
rye got a little money put away, SO
why shouldn't I take it easy and
try to get by 'doin' what comes
naturally" ...
Unlike so many other big-tims
stars who look upon approaching
maturity with fear and announce
plans for becoming producers or di-
rectors, Fred insists he'll step out
of the pictures suddenlike, leaving
the fans when's on top of the star
heap, as he is today.
And close friends say they won't
be a bit surprised if THE Egg and
I" turns out to be Fred's movie
swan song. If that is true he
couldn't chose better farewell We
hicle. He would be leaving the
screen strictly in characterize
farmer.
(Releaseds by North American Newspaper
Alliance)
Evening star., 1947-01-26
HOLLYWOOD.

The women stars have new bee
in their bonnets-nearly all want to
produce their own pictures. And
star in them as well, of course. 1t
seems they want the profits as well
as the headaches. And they should
have plenty of both.
Ginger Rogers, like most of the
new lady producers, is smart enough
to include her husband in the deal.
Jack Briggs is big part of Gingers
new independent setup. He is now
at Enterprise working on Ginger's
pictures, wild Calendar" and
"Maggi July" Ginger has dream
of a deal at the studio. She gets
$175,00 plus a profit percentage for
the privilege of producing her own
pictures.
"And when the time comes for me
to retire as an actress" Ginger told
me. "IIl have built up my company
to where I'll have steady job as
a producer. I want to stay in this
business forever"
The first thing Maria Montez did,
after hanging out her producers
shingle with Seymour Nebenzal, was
to hire her husband, Jean Pierre
Aumont, at the nice salary of $75, 900
to co-star with her in Atlantis"
In the script Maria was supposed
to crack Jean Pierre across the face
with whip. This she refused to
do. Then, as co-producer of the
picture, she ordered the offending
scene omitted. Marias deals as a
producer stipulate 100000 and 10
per cent of the gross profits. AS
Maria says, "Not bad, hey?"
First Try Success.
Hedy Lamar is so beautiful to
look at that it almost hurts, but I
wouldn't try and cross her up in a
business deal. Hedy was one OF the
first women stars to go into business
on her own as a producer. She's
been at it now for nearly two years.
Her first film with Hunt Strom-
berg as co-producer, Strange Wom-
an" is cleaning up at the box office.
Hedy never has acted so we'll in her
life and as Gene Tierney said when
we were discussing Producer Lamar,
cit was obvious that she had an
incentive to work"
In Hedy's second picture with
Stromberg, "Dishonored Lady" she
employed her husband, John Loder,
for an important role. Hedy's a
pretty nice boss and she's not afraid
to take a chance on newcomer.
She gave Edgar Ulmer his first
crack at an "A" picture. He di-
Evening star., 1947-01-26

NEW YORK.
The world OF Sonny Terry, son OF
. Negro sharecropper, narrowed
when he lost the sight OF one eye
At the age Of IL, and he turned to
the harmonica for solace. Now 50
wears old and all but totally blind,
he's a virtuoso of folk music on the
harmonica, with some OF his records
In the Library of Congress and with
a big-time job in the big-time musi-
cal, "Finian's Rainbow" now play
ing here.
sonny (christened Sandos) plays
twice in the musical, opening the
show, and as accompanist for a
dance he cannot see, both times
getting his cues by special ear
phone system that runs from the
stage to the orchestra pit.
When the curtain goes up, Sonny
is alone on the stage, a pair OF ear
phones under his sharecropper S
straw hat. Into small microphone,
the musical director, Milton Rosen-
stock, says: 20. K, Sonny" That's
the signal for Sonny to go into a
haunting 2-minute harmonica per-
formance, interspersed with melodic
cries which he calls "Hoopin'." Ro-
senstock tells him again when to
end the number.
His second stint is from the wings,
an eerie and rhythmic accompani-
ment for a dance by Anita Alvarez,
who plays mute in the show.
Sonny created the music he plays,
and he calls the two numbers
"Hoopin' the Blues" and "Har-
monica Swing"
His late father. Reuben, was an
amateur harmonica player, but
Sonny didn't take it up until a WOOD
chip lodged in his left eye and de-
stroyed its sight. His activities cur
tailed after the accident, he spent
more and more time with the only
available harmonica, his fathers.
HE didn't like me using it at
Evening star., 1947-01-26
Thev Want the Profits With the Headaches
So Feminine Stars Now Are Becoming Producers OF
the Films in Which They Appear
Sheloh

too gentle a person for that sort
of tough work. But she's going to
do it and without Orson's help, ex-
cept possibly as her director.
Ingrid Plays Percentages.
Joan Fontaine has to do her cur
rent "Ivy" as the last of her pic
lures for David SelznickAhe loaned
her to the Sam Wood Productions.
But when this is finished, Joan goes
in business with her husband, Will
liam Dozier. Their company is
Rampant Productions.
"We'll make one picture year
for ourselves" says Dozier, but
when jean makes picture for an
other company, it will be as loan
out from Rampant Productions"
Which means that the money above
her salary sticks to the pockets OF
her company. Nice going, Joan.
Ingrid Bergman Is not actually
listed as a producer on her future
pictures, but Ingrid's share of the
take is higher than most producers
receive. She is supposed to be get
ting $175,000 and 1878 per cent OF
the profits on arch of Triumph" !"
It's the same sort of deal with Will
lie Wyler for the movie version OF
Joan of Lorraine"
Bette Davis already has produced
a couple of her movies. The last
one, "A Stolen Life" was almost
too much for Bette, because, in adj
dition to producing the picture, she
played twins and was in almost
every scene. You can bet that when
Bette retires as an actress, she will
stay in Hollywood as producer be-
cause she knows the business OF
making pictures better than any
other star actress in Hollywood.
I can see the day-and it's not too
far off-where there will be more
women producers in Hollywood than
men. I thought I'd warn the boys.
(Released BY North American Newspaper
Alliance)
Evening star., 1947-01-26
Today's Schedules

NATTONAL-"Blossom Time"
$3.50 pm.
CAPITOL-"Two Smart Peo-
ple," 2, 4:45, 7:35 and 1920
pm. Stage shows, l, $50,
6:35 and 9:25 pm.
COLUMBIA-"Till the Clouds
Roll By" 1::25, 4:10, 6::55 and
. 9:35 pm.
EARLE+"Blue Skies" 12:45,
2:55, sos, 7:15 and 9:40 pm.
HIPPODROME-"M i ] d r e d
Pierce" 2, 4:05, Sis, 1925
and 1925 pm.
KEITH'S-'1T h Magnificent
Doll" 1915, 2:l0, 4, 5:55, 7:50
and GAS pm.
LITTLE-"Henry the Fifth"
2:30 and $50 pm.
METROPOLITAN-'The Time,
the Place and the Girl" l,
3:05, $40, 7:30 and $40 pm.
PALACE-"The Razor's Edge"
los, $50. $40 and 9:25 pm.
PIx-"These Three" l, 4:10,
7:20 and 1910 pm.
TRANS-LUX-News and shorts.
Continuous from pm.