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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-04-17
Contact Office
In n. WilkesbOrO

The attention of all Ashe coun-
ty veterans is called to the fact
that John E. Maddox, contact
representative Of the Veterans
Administration, will make no
more visits here until further no.
tice is given, it was announced
this week.
Mr.. Maddox has been available
at the welfare office here each
Tuesday to aid veterans with
their problems.
Veterans with problems are
asked to write directly to the
Winston Salem Regional Office
or visit the nearest contact office
which is located on the second
floor of the North Wilkesboro
Bank building, it was stated.
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Classified Ads

FOR SALE-15,OOO #. low
grade lumber air dried, near
Blna, N. c., suitable for Barns,
Sheetlngs, etc. R. c. Barr, West
Jefferson, N. G. 4-17-2tc
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Card Party Nets
$3.50 Fri. Night

Proceeds from the benefit card
party, sponsored by the West JEFF
ferson Parent Teachers associa-
ton, last Friday night netted
$3.50. This money will be used
for the benefit of the West JEFF
ferson school, it was stated.
The party was we'll attended
and number of prizes given by
the business houses of the town
were awarded.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-04-17

LEO V. BAGLEY, PIANO
TUNING AND REPAIRING, IS
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Miss Buena Lea Jenkins,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas L. Jenkins, of Fig,
has written a song entitled
"The Broken Promise" Words
have been written for the
song, test recording of which
has been sent the writer. She
has received praise from COM
pOsers and her song is to be
offered for screen, stage and
radio, as we'll as sheet music.
Buena has several other songs
which she has composed and
hopes to have published soon.
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HARRY PATTON NOW
HOME ON 3O-DAY LEAVE

Harry Patton, of Lansing, ar
rived home Sunday to spend a
3O-day leave with his father,
John Patton.
Harry, who has served four
years in the Merchant Marines,
arrived home after docking in
San Francisco. He will return
to New Orleans, he stated, at the
termination of his leave.
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NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
NORTH CAROLINA
ASHE COUNTY

Having qualified as Admins
traitor of the estate Of Nathan
Richardson, deceased, late of
Ashe County, North Carolina,
this is to notify all persons hav-
ing claims against said estate to
present them to the undersigned
for payment at West Jefferson,
North Carolina, on or before the
oath day of March, 1948, or this
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notice will be plead in bar o
their recovery,
All persons indebted to sait
estate will please make imme
diate payment to the undersign
ed.
This March "a, 1947.
r. A. JONES,
Administrators of
Nathan Richardson,
Deceased.
4-17-6t.
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CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our graft
tude to our many friends for the
help and kindness shown us dur
ing the illness and death of our
mother and grandmother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emory H.
Parsons and daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. V. Walk
er and family.
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Hybrid corn research, which
has cost the states and the Fed
eral government about ten mil
lion dollars over a period Of thir-
ty years, last year paid a diVi-
dend Of at least three-fOurths Of
a billion dollars.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-04-17

WE SPECIALIZE IN SAND
AND GRAVEL BUSINESS for
laying blocks or brick. With or
without gravel in it, for concrete
work. $500 per yard delivered
most anywhere. Call Operator,
Independence, Va, or write S. c.
Roberts, Laurel Springs, N. C.
4-17-tkc
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III. And F. Parts
Co. Is Now Open

The H. and F. Parts Company,
located in the Coward Oil COM
panv back of the C. and H. Serv-
ice Station, is now open for bust
ness. The new company, owned
by ]. B. Hensley and Bill Fran
els, will be wholesale dealers in
automobile parts and accessories.
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drunk were continued in Mayors
court by Mayor T. E. Parker,
here Monday.
There will be no Mayors court
here next week, it was stated.
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The new company will also
carry complete stock of Kelly
tires. The public is invited to
visit the news parts company in
the near future, the owners stat
ed.
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FOR SALE-Sand and gravel
pump, 4 inch, complete with float
ing barge, pipe and power unit.
See S. C. Roberts, Laurel Springs,
N. G.. 4-17-1tc
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years experience as graduate
tuner. Expert work guaranteed.
Call Burgess Furniture Store,
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FOR SALE-1 iron gray mare,
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MAYORS COURT TO
CONTINUE 3 CASES

Three cases for public drunk
ennesS and one for driving while
Evening star., 1947-11-16
OM1;k MENTH0lATuM

. Mother, when coughing spasms
wrack your child's body and leave
his chest muscles so sore it hurts
him to breathe-quick! call
Comfy" and "Minty" to the
rescue. Comforting Camphor and
Evening star., 1947-11-16
YOU CAN ONLY SLIP ONCE
Continued from page ten

traps. Just a few weeks ago
Cedric Whitenack, one of Joyce's
men, was doing a routine repair
job high up on the facade of a
History apartment house.
When l got to the top of the
ladder" he said, Il found | was
an easy three feet from the roof
top so grabbed the coping to
boost myself up. As soon as
put my weight on it a piece
broke off,"
Whitenack crashed to the set
back with the piece of coping.
He began slipping to the edge.
One arm was broken in three
places. With the other he des-
perately held the coping to pre-
vent it from falling to the street.
Joyce arrived in time to grab
Whitenack before he and the
coping could slip over the edge.
Joyce likes to pretend he is a
cautious man when he is at home
with his wife and five-year-old
daughter, Janet. But he doesn't
fool Mrs. Joyce.
Right after we were mar
ried," she says, Il saw George
climb a steeple for the first time.
The weather was freezing and
the steeple was icy. George acted
as if he were climbing a ladder to
pick an apple. l almost tainted"
They DON'T Talk
LIKE their boss, most of Joyce's
men are married and say little
about their work at home. Few
of the wives have ever seen their
husbands climb.
when they do happen to see
them," says Joyce, "the boys
always insist it wasn't them on
top of that flag pole or steeple.
1t was a couple of other guys"
Steeple jacks generally make
from $l1 to SIG a day. And de-
spite the fact they appear to be
utterly absorbed in their work,
they are keenly aware of specta-
tor reaction.
InNew Yorkupturned faces
are interested, non-commu-
NEGATIVE and most mouths
are closed. Chicago spectators
gaze with mouths open. Pitts
burghcrowds reaudiblyappreci-
ative. Atlanta spectators are So
cial, enjoyasnack whilewatching.
Joyce and his men are often
called in for emergency climbs
that the police or fire depart
ment can't handle. Not long
ago they performed an emer-
gency splinting operation on an
Evening star., 1947-11-16

iron flag pole on top of a New
York hotel.
Windy nights are sure to bring
emergencies for Joyce. He takes
this in stride. What upsets him
are the long-term hazards about
which little is being done. He is
particularly alarmed about flag
pole ornaments.
The ball at the end of an
average pole weighs from thirty
to forty pounds. Many poles
are weak or rotted where wood
and iron are joined. Solid flag
pole ornaments should be banned
by law. There are a lot of cor
nices, copings, rails and rain gut
tiers which should be looked
over, too"
Good Pay and Adventure
How does a man become a
steeple jack? Some, like Dean,
drift into the trade, attracted by
good pay and adventurous life.
Some, like Whitenack, who
was formerly a rigger, enter
from allied occupations. Ex-
sailors are common.
Joyce himself graduated from
radio. He set up roof-top aerials,
kept right on climbing and
branching out until he formed a
company.
Joyce is still a versatile climb
er, has to be. No jack of his will
ever say: I'D like to see the boss
tackle this climbing job him
SELF" and get away with it.
One youngster, a former sailor,
tried it 10 years ago. On his first
day Joyce took him on an emer-
gency job. A dummy had to be
cut down from the top of a 60
foot flag pole on a steamship
office. During the night some
daring prankster had hoisted it
there, climbed up, tied it Sc
curely and cut the halyards.
Joyce Showed Him.
JoYcE's new employee refused
to 60 up. He said that he didn't
think the boss would either.
Joyce promptly went up, cut the
dummy down and restored the
halyards.
Lose your nerve, kid?" Joyce
asked understandingly.
mot exactly" answered the
new employee just before Joyce
fired him. This is where used
to work. couldn't see myself
cutting down that dummy after
all the trouble had tying it up
there last night" The End
Evening star., 1947-11-16

minty Menthol. the two famous
Mentholatum ingredients, are
gentle to a child delicate normal
skin-but they work fast to help
loosen congestion, ease soreness,
and lessen coughing.
ALSO RELIEVES MEAD .c0lD STUFFiNEsS.
NASAL IRRITATION AND CRAPPiMe
Evening star., 1947-06-17
Joe Jones Sug,
By Lewis F. Atchison

Joe Jones, who handled the
City of Washington so capabiy,
thinks 1t high time tennis fans
and players banded together and
worked for better playing condi-
tions in the District. AT Rock
Creek, Sixteenth and Kennedy
streets, for example, men had to
dress in a public lavatory.
Joe thinks Government Serv-
ices, Inc, could profltably rent
lockers at all public tennis
courts, and could set aside two
courts in Potomac Park for ex-
hibitions, local tournament cham
pionship matches, etc, with
seating accommodations for pay
ing customers. Lockers are pro-
vided public park golfers, he
points out, and tennis players
should receive equal considera-
ton.
Jones also thinks it would be
wise to advance topnotch players
a round Or two in future tourna-
ments. giving lesser lights a
chance to play couple Of tour
nament matches before meeting
bombardiers they don't figure to
beat. One early round opponent
of Barney Welsh. finding he was
matched with the champ, didn't
even bother to report In the
City of Washington, and his entry
fee was paid, too.
We were rif1iing through
1888 Army-Navy football pro-
gram when I'D turned the smiling
Evening star., 1947-06-17
Boudreau Pins Tribe 5
Hopes on Gordon
And Mound Staff
By the Assoeiatsd Press

HARRISBURG, Pa, June H.
Lou Boudreau figures that pitching
and Joe Gordon give the Cleve-
land Indians a. good chance" for
their first pennant In n years.
But to win, the youthful Tribe
manager pointed out. the Indians
will have to beat out the New York
Yankees and Boston Red Sox, the
clubs which Boudreau give Slight
edge"
However, Boudreau went on, "any
team that can win or 10 games in
a row will be right up there at the
top of the heap"
He backed up his statement by
noting that the Yanks won mere
three consecutive games to take
over the American League leader
ship, and that the Bosox vaulted
into a second-place tie with a
three-game victory skein.
Tribe Four Games Back.
''If we had swept three games
from the Athletics we would be
right on the heels Of the leaders" !"
Boudreau declared, "but we are
still only four games back and
very much In that fight"
The Indians were in Harrisburg
last night to play their class B
Interstate League farm club in an
exhibition game. The Tribe won,
1913.
Boudreau said he rated the Yanks
and Red Sox as having an edge
because Of break in the schedule,
whereby the loops Eastern clubs
play almost the entire month of
September at home, while Cleve-
land and Detroit, the Western con-
tenders, must finish the campaign
on the road.
Ordinarily this would be too
much of a handicap to overcome" !"
Boudreau added, "but while the
two Eastern contenders must be
given big edge we are not a bad
road club. and figure to stay right
In there to the finish If our pitch
ing holds up"
Likes Mound Staff.
With Bob Feller, Mel Harder, Ed
Klieman, Al Gettel and the unpre-
dictable Steve Gromek topping a
strong mound staff, Boudreau fig
ures to be able to withstand the
avalanche of late season double
headers better than most other
American League clubs.
And then there's Gordon-"the
greatest second baseman in the
game today" in Boudreau's opinion.
But Lou didn't say anything about
his own league-leading batting mark
of .350-nor of his own worth to
the nlIlh
Evening star., 1947-06-17
Closest Foes Invade Chicago,
Threatening Grimm S Smile

Boston" Boston looked good to
me every time I saw 'em this year.
ANY time you beat Southworth' s
team you know you've been In a
fight. Bob Elliott gave him the
punch he needed, and they have
speed"
New York-"That club will out
slug any other team in the league.
They don't depend on one or two
fellows. Everybody hits. II they
had our pitchers you might as well
call off the race right now
Brooklyn-"Th got some good
ball players, young and old. A cou-
pie of the youngsters are getting
better right along, that Jack Rob-
inson for one. They'll be tough
ball club, because they battle you
all the time"
Injuries have hurt the Cubs some
this season. 1--WE seldom have the
same lineup for two games in sue
cession,' Grimm said. Today Andy
Pafko was expected back in the line
up after being out since May 26
with a kidney infection.
Zone of these days." says Grimm,
zone of three or four clubs is going
to break loose and win string OF
games in row. If this doesn't
happen We'll all be nuts by Sep
tember."
Evening star., 1947-06-17
Nv the Assoeiated Press

CHICAGO, June H.-The National
League pennant parade is starting a
trek through Wrigley Field and even
Charley Grimm, the Chicago Cubs
jovial manager, may lose his smile
before it's all over.
AS of today, Boston, New York,
Chicago and Brooklyn are in a tight
battle for first place, with only IA
games separating the first place
Braves and fourth place Dodgers.
The Cubs, in third, now are enter
tanning the Dodgers in Wrigley Field
After the Dodgers move out, Boston
comes here for four games, to be
followed by the second place Giants
for three contests.
A long home stand near midseason
usually is just what most teams
want, but the Cubs have won only
10 games at home while losing IL,
and all the closest rivals have a
victory edge over the Bruins. Brook
lyn holds So advantage, Boston
80 margin and New York a So
lead.
That's why Grimm may be hard
pressed to keep that grin in place
on the third base coaching line.
Here's how Grimm sizes up his
rivals:
Evening star., 1947-06-17
By the Assoeiotsd Press

PITTSBURGH, Pa, June III
Honus Wagner, venerable baseball
immortal now coaching the Pitts
burgh Pirates, stands ready to pay
out $25 to phlegmatic Culley Rikard
any time the quiet Mississippian
gets himself thrown out of a game
for giving lip to an umpire.
The offer was made back in 1912.
But Honus doesn't bother to keep
the $25 handy in uniform pocket
in case he should have to pay off.
Rikard rarely talks at length to
any one, let alone jumps.
Teammates say the 32-year-old
Pirate centerfielder usually opens his
mouth only for feeding and for
insertion of oversize chewing tobacco
wads.
Rikafd picked cotton on his
fathers farm near Olive Branch,
Miss, until 1885, then joined local
semipro team. From then to now
Culley never has failed to bat 300
each season.
Right now he's hitting well for the
Pirates and his batwork was on the
solid side during the Pirates recent
disastrous Eastern trip. In one six
Evening star., 1947-06-17
5nead' 66 Makes Him
No. Challenger for
Hogan sPGA Title
By tho Associated Press

DETROIT, June 17.-Slammin'
Sammy Snead, the Hot Springs,
Va, hot -shot who muffed a 30s-
inch putt last Sunday to blow away
his chance to add the National
Open golf crown to his British
Open championship, doesn't intend
to let his newest heartbreak defeat
get the best of him.
Dropping seven brides in his first
round of golf since losing to Lew
Worsham in a playoff for the Ma
tional Open title at st. Louis, Snead
turned in 6-under-par 33-33-66
here yesterday in the best practice
round to date for the National PGA
scramble which opens tomorrow at
Plum Hollow Golf Club.
Snead, whose long game is ideally
fitted to the 6,907-yard Plum Hol-
low layout, plunked in three straight
brides going out and blaZed home
with three more brides in the
last four holes to come within two
strokes of the competitive course
record of "a, established in 1945
by home pro Sam Byrd.
Galleryites were quick to install
Snead, who won the 1942 National
PGA tournament at Atlantic City
as the No. | challenger to Defending
Champion Ben Hogan, who was to
get his first look at Plum Hollow's
gaping gulches and touchy greens
today.
Other subpar practice scores fol
the gruelling week-long test which
opens tomorrow with the first Of
two 18-hole qualifying rounds have
been few and far between.
Clarence Doser of Hartsdale, N. Y.
counted six brides and an eagle in
carding 1866, a 4-under -par
mark equaled by Art Bell of Colma,
Calf, and Clayton Heafner OF
Charlotte, N. G.
On the other side of the picture
were II by Open Champion Wor-
sham, who admittedly was awful, .
and IS by Jimmy Demaret, the ex-
Plum Hollow pro who currently
leads the 1947 money winners.
Evening star., 1947-06-17
Net Champion Riggs
Meets Lloyd Bulge
By the AsseeIeted Press

FOREST HILLS, N. Y, June IT.
Bobby Riggs, after routine con-
quest beginning the defense Of his
title, today meets Lloyd Bulge,
brother of the former world cham
pion, in a second-round match fea-
turing the goth National Profess
sional Tennis championships pro-
gram.
The little Californian. whose dis
placement Of Donald Bulge at the
top marked the triumph of defense
over offense, defeated Igor De
Nissoff of Stratford, Conn, 81,
6-1, 60, in yesterdays opening
round.
Welby Van Horn Of Chattanooga,
Tenn, 1945 champion, was the only
other member of the heavyweight
group to go into action the first day.
He won by the same score as Riggs
in eliminating Harry Kenney of
Hartford, Conn.
All of the top contenders were
carded for singles matches today.
In addition to Riggs, they include
Donald Bulge, frankie Kovacs and
Fred Perry. Riggs, Donald Bulge
and Welby Van Horn also are listed
on the doubles program.
Evening star., 1947-06-17
Kramer, Osborne Top
Wimbledon SEEDLINGS
BY the Assoeioted Press

LONDON. June 17.-Jack Kramer
OF Los Angeles and Margaret Os-
borne OF San Francisco were seeded
first today for the All-England
Lawn Tennis Championships ut
Wimbledon starting Monday.
No British players were seeded In
the mems singles division headed by
Kramer, who led the United States
team to victory in the Davis Cup
finals last winter, but Kay Stammers
Menzies and Mrs. Jean Nicol Bostock
were rated sixth and seventh, re-
spectively, in the women's cham
pionships.
The first four spots in the women's
draw went to players from the
United States. Margaret Osborne
was followed by Louise Brough of
Beverly Hills, Calf; Doris Hart of
Miami, Fla, and Patricia Canning
Todd of Hidden Valley, Calf.
Evening star., 1947-06-17
Average D. {. Turnout
Is Slightly Better
Than Last Season
BY Joe ReichIer
pr.x. Sn.rtx Nrifa.


Those who have been predicting
that major league baseball attend
ance never again would approach
the altitudinous figures reached last
season may be forced to eat their
words.
Weather has forced a near record
number of postponements, but big
league attendance Is running almost
even with last years record fig
ures, and with the prospect OF a
neck and meek race right down to
the wire in both leagues, a new
mark may be set. In 1916, a total
of 1862, ,7o4 fans paid to watch
major league baseball.
Including games played = last
night, the two leagues have drawn
6, ,798, ,795 fans, only 101 $50 cash
customers behind the correspond
ing period a year ago on games
through June is. However, they
have utilized only 355 playing dates
as compared to 1863 playing dates
last year.
Drop in American League.
Having been hurt more than the
senior loop in the matter OF post
ponements, the American League
shows corresponding decrease
from last year.
The National League shows an
increase with 3,503, 1897 fans for 181
playing dates as against 3,o27, ,485
for 173 engagements in 1916.
National League clubs showing
increases are New York, Boston,
Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh
and st. Louis.
In the American League, Chicago,
Cleveland and Detroit show in
creases.
Washington average attendance
for the current season, roughly IT,
900 game for 10 appearances at
home, is better than last year when
the Mats drew an average of 16,459
in % games over the same period.
Comparative Figures.
Here are the comparative attend
ance figures for games, including
those of June 16 Figures in paren-
| theses indicate number of play
ing dates at home):
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Evening star., 1947-06-17
MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS
BY the Associofed Press
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

gatting-,:Boudreau Cleveland, $50;
Runs-Williams, Boston, Al; Di
Maggio and Heinrich. New York, 81.
sso R4ss New ostsss Yefe. iakellsF se and Di Mas
Hits@Mcoainn. Nsv York, SO: pi
Maggio, New York, 65
Doubles-Mullin, Detroit, II: Di
Magic. New York, Is.
phiIsgl Flps'hHsass chIsaEs .ns New lehns4. xsat &
Home runs-Keller. New York. Is:
Williams, Boston, IL.
Stolen basssEDillinser, st Louis,
Newhouser, Detroit. s..
iespie, Chicago, AL 500.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
-slaushter, st. Louis, .s62;
Runs-Mize. New York, 81; Robin
son. Brooklyn, 40.
Runs batsed 4 in. in-Mi5e' Idle New New York
Hits-Baumholtz,. Cincinnati. SO:
Slaughter, st. Louis. 81.
Doubies-Ennis, Philadeiphia; Baum
holtz, Cincinnati, and siaushter' st.
Tripies-slauahter. St Louis: Ed
wards, BROOKLYN. and Cooper New
Home runs--Mize. New York. II;
Miller. Cincinnati. and Kiner. Pitts
stolen Robinson. BROOKLYN.
9: Haas, Cincinnati. and Torseson.
ssTikeonts = Blackwell. Cincinnati
s5: s~-~e-. BROOKLYN, SO.
ewe. PhiladeIphia,. s.i.
$50. N, Boston. 1o-2. 1888.
Evening star., 1947-06-17
Better Conditions for Net Players Demanded
Joe Jones Suggests Changes Soldiers Spun Tonic for General

done with the old shoes he liked
to stroll around in?
"If I ever see it like this again
I'm going to report YOU he con-
cluded with mock severity.
Blondy perked UP noticeably.
You could see he felt better and
Thomas wondered why. until
Saunders turned to him and said:
There's kid with CUTS for
YOU. He's stone blind"
Commodore Joe Buscher, cut
ting up a few old touches at the
Washington Canoe Clubs Satur-
day night dance, recalled the
wear he played basket ball with
the National Press Building team
and in a game with the Montrose
uuint stopped Jimmy Thompson
cold. Thompson, who starred at
Duke, was hot package on local
courts at the time.
"Then we caught them again
in the AAU tournament, Joe
laughed, "and they walloped up
bv something like 80 to IL as
Jimmy ran wild"