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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-06-12

Messrs. John LittleWood and
Raymond Francis made a trip
to Bel Air, Md, Monday and
were accompanied home by Anne
and Bill Francis and Sue Little
wood, who have been spending
sometime visiting relatives, there.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Hurt and
Mrs. Mack Absher, of Nathan's
Creek, have returned after a
four-day visit in Northern Geor-
gia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Doughton Os-
borne, of San Diego, Calf, and
Mrs. E. M. Osborne, of High
Point, are spending this week
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Van
noy here, and relatives at Grassy
Creek. This is Mr.. Osborne's first
visit to North Carolina for II
years.
Among those from the West
jefferson Baptist church who at
tended the Southern Baptist AS
sembly at Ridge Crest were
Misses Jackie Wo die anc
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Personals

Mrs. Jim Gambill accompanied
MI. and Mrs. Ben Reeves, of
sparta, to Myrtle Beach, S. c.,
where She will spend two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Laffoon
and Miss Grace Laffoon, of Elkin,
visited Mrs. Ed M. Anderson,
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Grayson
and children, of Lexington, visi-
ted Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Tucker
Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Campbell were also dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Tucker, Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Misenhei-
mer, of Salisbury, were week
end guests of Mrs. Misenheimer's
brother, Rev. Hoyt Wood and
Mrs. Wood.
Rev. w. T. Wilmington, of
Damascus, Va, was visitor here
Tuesday.
Mr.. Amos Wagner, Jr., is at
tending a meeting in Columbia,
5. c., this week.
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Report OF State Convention
Given At Woman's Club, Mon.

Mrs. Gale Mcmillan was hos
tess to the women of the West
jefferson Woman's Club at her
home, Monday night when the
group heard a report on the
state convention, held at Wrights-
vile Beach.
Presiding at the meeting was
Mrs. j. Bruce Porter, incoming
vice president who was in charge
in the absence of the president,
Mrs. ]. A. Reeves. Mrs. Ed NJ.
Anderson, program chairman,
gave a brief report of the con-
vention in general and introduce
ed the speakers, Mrs. Porter and
Mrs. P. C. Wright, who were de-
legates from the club at the con-
vention.
Mrs. Bruce Porter gave a brief
biographical sketch of Mdme.
Linn, former president of Philip
pine Federation of Women's clubs
and wife of late Gen. Linn, hero
of Bataan, and Mrs. Wright spoke
on the social aspects of the pro-
gram.
During the program, the mem
bers were shown scrap book
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concerning the activities of the
convention as well as unusual at
tractive favors given to delegates
at the meeting.
During the business session,
plans for the picnic meeting in
July were discussed. Miss Ruth
Tugman, welfare superintendent,
was commended for the work she
had done on the playground pro-
ject.
During the social hour, the
hostess served delicious refresh
ments of a salad and sweet
course. The home of the hostess
was attractively decorated with
beautiful arrangements of mix
ed summer flowers.
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Katrina Vannoy and Mr.. D. c.
SeVert.
Misses Edith Pierce an d
Blanche Pugh and Mrs. Lola
Porter, will leave Saturday by
motor for the West Coast. They
expect to be gone for three weeks
on the trip
Mr.. Roy Price. Of Shreveport.
La. and Miss Mary Price Nc
Carol. Of Florida, are expected
to arrive this week for a visit
with relatives.
Mrs Edgar Jones mad brief
trip to Florida last week and her
grandson. Master Brett Taylor
Summary. returned with her and
Will visit she and Dr.. Jones for
some time. Brett Taylor, who
formerly made his home here,
has many friends who will wei
come him back.
Mrs. B. E. Reeves. who spent
several days last week with her
daughter, Mrs. Samuel P Will
son, in Cascade, Va, returned
home and was accompanied by
Mrs. Wilson and two children,
who remained here until Sun
day.
Miss Effie Lowe Gambill. of
Columbia, S. c., spent the week
end visiting her mother, Mrs. j.
c. Gambill. She had as her house
guest. Mr.. Al Burts, also Of Co.
lumbia.
Misses Betsy and Jane Miller,
Of Columbia. S. c., are visiting
their grandmother, Mrs. J. c.
Gambill, here.
Mrs. J. c. Gambill. Mrs. Paul
Perkins and Miss Lenna Gambill
attended the graduation Of Miss
Nadcne Cox in Bristol last week.
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was maid of honor She wore a
mist of blue dawn gown of net
and lace, which was fashioned
with round neckline, cape slee-
YES, fitted bodice and full skirt.
Her headdress and gloves were
of matching lace and she carried
a nosegay of carnations, pink
roses and blue delphinium, with
pink streamers.
Bridesmaids were Misses Olene
Sturgill, Jennie Clyde Worth,
Marjorie Young and Betty Sex
ton. They wore dresses of pastel
coEors similar to that of the
maid of honor, and carried nose
gays of spring flowers, tied with
contrasting ribbons.
Flower girls were Linda Kay
Cline, of Boone, and Joyce Ann
Osborne, of Grassy Creek. They
both wore dresses made similar
to that of the bride and carried
white satin baskets of rose pet
ais.
Mr.. Coward had as his best
man, his father. Serving as US
hers were Harold B. Coward,
brother of the groom, and Jack
Davidson, of Bristol, Va, cou-
sin of the groom.
The step-mother of the bride
wore dress Of pink crepe, with
white accessories and corsage
of Talisman roses. Mrs. Coward,
mother of the groom, also wore
dress of pink crepe with black
accessories and a corsage of gar
denias.
Following the ceremony, a re-
ception was held at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. C. D. Sturgill
grandparents of the bride, hon
oring the bridal party, members
of the families and invited guests
A three-tiered wedding cake a.
round which were placed decora-
tons of IOrange blossoms and
candle holders centered the ia
BILE. In the receiving line were
the bridal party and parents OF
the bride and groom. Assisting
in serving were Mrs. ]. c. Cline
Mrs. Oscar Osborne, Mrs. w. C
Little and Mrs. B. E. Sturgill
The bride is a graduate of Vir-
/ ginia-Carolina high school where
she was an outstanding student
and won several awards.
TIL groom, a graduate Of JEFF
ferson high school, attended Max
ton Junior College. William anC
Mary and the University OF
North Carolina. IIe was formerly
EMPLOYED by the civil service
commission in Norfolk. Va, anC
the n. c. State highway division
in Greensboro. He served fol
four years in the army, and was
awarded the Distinguished Fly
ing Cross and completed sc
bombing missions in the Euro
pean theatre Of operations.
For her going-aWay costume
the bride wore a suit of light
blue gabardine, with both pink
and navy matching accessories
and a corsage of pink roses.
After an unannOunced we'd
ding trip, the couple is making
their home in Christiansburg. Va.
where Mr. Coward is the man
ager of the Western Auto Asso,
ciate Store.
Out-of- town guests included
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley w. Stafford
and Miss Gladys Chambers, OF
Radford. Va: Mr.. and Mrs. Toby
Stafford of Salem, Va; Mr.. anc
Mrs. Carl COWan. Of Bristol, We.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Reins, Of NortF
WilkesborO. and Mr.. and Mrs
Lloyd Parsons, of GalaX. Va,
Prior to the ceremony. on Tues
day night, the bridal party was
entertained at the home OF Mrs
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Miss Cleta Sturggill, Mr. VIM.
Parks Coward Are Married

Miss Clsta Frances Sturgill,
daughter Of C. French Sturgill,
and the late Mrs. Sturgill, Of
Grassy Creek, became the bride
of William Parks Coward, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. P. Coward
of Jefferson, in a ceremony at the
Grassy Creek Methodist church,
on Wednesday, June 4, at 4:3O
p. m. Officiating was Rev. Claude
Eastridge, using the double ring
ceremony.
The chancel of the church was
banked with native evergreen in
terspersed with tall baskets of
white gladioli, peonies and dou-
BILE orange blossoms. Seven
branched candelabra, holding
long white tapers, were used on
either side.
Prior to the ceremony, Mrs
Matthew Reynolds, pianist and
soloist, and Mrs. J. Bruce Porter
soloist, and Miss Clara Perkins.
pianist, presented a program OF
! wedding music. Mrs. Reynolds
sang because" and "The Lord
Prayer" and Mrs. Porter sang
The Sweetest Story Ever Told,
and THE Sunshine of Your
Smile" The traditional wedding
march by Mendelssohn and Wag'
ner's bridal chorus were used as
was Liebestraum, which was
played during the ceremony.
The bride, who was given II
marriage by her father, wore
white satin gown with deer
yoke and full gathered Skin
which ended in a train. The
sleeves of the gown were long
ending in points at the wrist. The
dress was fashioned by the
brides grandmother. Her two
tered fingertip veil of illusion
| fell from a cornet of seed pearls
Her only ornament was a stranc
of pearls, a gift of the groom
Her bouquet was of Gala lilies
interspersed with lilies of tn
valley and white rosebuds.
Miss Glenna Colleen Little
of Jefferson, cousin Of the bride
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party. Mrs. Osborne was sassis-
ted by Mrs. w. C. Little.
Evening star., 1947-03-01

Continued buying of United States
Savings Bonds can 30 far to prevent
q boom and bust.
Evening star., 1947-03-01
Mary G.. Dawson
Heard in Song Recital

The song recital by Mary Card
we'll Dawson, soprano, drew a large
audience to the Metropolitan A,
M. E. Church last night. Presented
by combined church clubs and ac-
companied by John r. Hoskins at
the piano, the singer gave a varied
program which included two arias
and four groups of songs.
Opening her program with Ma
lotte's "The Lords Prayer Mrs
Dawson was heard in Bach,s aDraw
Near Me-; Care Selve,n from Han
del's "Atalanta";; Schubert's ave
Maria and a group of four songs
in English. These included Camp
bell -Tipton's "A Spirit Flower, .
Marks IF Love Hath Entered Thy
Heart" and Salter's "Cry of Rachel, !"
the latter, dramatic in contents,
finding an immediate response from
the audience.
"Vissi d,Arte," from Puccini's la
Tosca." sung in Italian, suited the
sopranos tessitura better than
some of the other numbers
which preceded it. Densmore's "a
Spring Fancy" Kramer's express
sive The Last Hour" and Liszt S
Evening star., 1947-03-01

all barriers Of race, creed, or color,
which concerns itself only with
human needs.
This narrative deals not with
nameless millions, but with the boy
who will no longer deliver papers
down the street because he's lying
paralyzed in hospital. with the
athlete whose mind was wiped clean
of memory, with little girl In
France whose bare feet were frozen
in the snow. 1t deals too, with q
Red Cross disaster worker who toiled
with the injured throughout the
night while his wife and only child
lay among the dead.
| Record Is Recalled.
"This is an inspiring record OF
hope relit and comfort given. 1t is
story from the hearts of the mill
lions who helped and were helped
by the Red Cross during one L.
month period.
"As the Nations official disaster
relief agency and as an auxiliary to
our armed forces, the Red Cross
must maintain direct access to the
American people in order to render
maximum service under its con-
gressional charter. It can best serve
the national interest and retain nee
essary freedom of action when
emergency strikes by conducting an
independent appeal for membership
and financial support once a year.
THE 1947 Red Cross campaign
begins tomorrow. Nearly three mil
lion volunteers have enlisted to help
carry its message to the entire
citizenship. I fervently hope these
unselfish workers will be welcomed
in every home and business estab-
lishment in the land.
Let us remind ourselves that
many times a year the people turn
to the Red Cross-once a year the
Red Cross turns to the people. That
time is now at hand.
Every dollar contributed will be
multiplied in usefulness. Let us
keep the Red Cross at full strength.
Let us all respond proudly to this
call"
Evening star., 1947-03-01
| Schnopps Takes
To Liquor Agar,
Gets IS Days

A man named Schnapps, who
spent ITO days in jail last year for
drunkenness, today started his sec
ond To-day Jail term for 1947 on the
same charge.
Making his second appearance OF
the month before Judge John P.
Mcmahon, Paul L. Schnapps, As, of
no fixed address, yesterday admitted
being drunk Thursday in the hall
way of rooming house in the 900
block of New York avenue NV.
The Judge took note that Schnapps
had made 81 trips to Municipal
Court in the last five years for in
toxication.
Evening star., 1947-03-01
Parents Leoping in Icy Severn
Soyed With Son, Youth browns

difficulties, Mrs. Starkweather, de-
scribed by neighbors as an expert
swimmer, jumped in. The three
managed to hold on to each other
until sthey were pulled aboard q
rowboat.
All three were brought to Annap-
oils Emergency Hospital, where the
parents we're. released and the boy
held for observation. His condition
was described as good
William told authorities "I skated
out to the hole and jumped in, but
I couldn't find Ivan"
The boys body was recovered from
the river by members of the Arnold
Volunteer Fire Department last
night.
Evening star., 1947-03-01
Truman Opens Drive
For S6o,OOO,OOO
RedCross Fund

A $50, ,000, 900 drive for funds was
opened today by the American Red
Cross, after President Truman called
on the American people to respond
proudly" with donations.
The Washington area quota fol-
the campaign, which will extend
through March 81, is $787, $50
Joseph c. Grew, former Ambassador
to Japan, is chairman of the local
drive.
Meanwhile, Randolph G. Bishop
director of the 1947 fund for this
area, said that nearly 10000 workers
are ready today to begin the local
drive.
First general report meeting for
the drive will be held at a luncheon
at 1890 pm. Tuesday at the United
States Chamber of Commerce audi
torium. Marine Gen. A. A. Vande-
grift will be principal speaker at the
meeting. ..-....
Text of Message.
Mr.. Truman's Red Cross message,
delivered in a radio broadcast last
night, follows:
MY fellow citizens:
Recently there came to my desk
a small pamphlet with q four-word
title: This Is Our Glory" !
opened 1t to find inside one Of the
really great stories Of our time. Its
pages unfolded a simple and moving
story of the American Red Cross,
geared now to peacetime require
ments, yet remaining at the side of
our occupation troops and in hos
pital wards with our servicemen
and veterans.
"The far-reaching work Of the
Red Gross is, indeed, our story. 1t
is Story in which all of us can
take deep pride. For we the people
have built the Red Cross-an Or
ganization which translates dollars
into helpful deeds, which transcends
Evening star., 1947-03-01
BY the Asseeio,ed Press

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 1.-The hero
ism OF his parents saved 16-year-old
William Starkweather from death in
the Severn River yesterday after his
own attempt to rescue a 13-year-old
companion proved futile.
The boys had been skating on the
thin ice of the river when Ivan
Lamb, jr.. of Pines Severn, broke
through. His chum leaped after him.
Williams father and mother, Mr..
and Mrs. Starkweather, were drawn
to the scene by shouts of witnesses,
and the father, though unable to
swim, promptly plunged into the icy
water to save his son.
When she saw that both were in
Evening star., 1947-03-01
Truman Asks so Million
To Reconvert Burrucks

President Truman asked Con-
gress yesterday to appropriate $780,
100000 more for the reconversion OF
Army barracks and other military
and civilian wartime structures fol
veterans housing.
The President said this money
would provide for the completion OF
approximately $4,000 units on which
work has been held up by shortage
of funds.
Evening star., 1947-03-01

"Liebestralm," arranged by schipa,
together with Negro spirituals by
Handy, Burleigh. and johnson con-
stituted the singers offering after
the intermission. climaxed by "Ai1
/ Would Linger," from Gounod's
Romeo and Juliet" E. de S.
Evening star., 1947-03-01
Six Drown in Ship Collision

MADRID, Mar. l (P).-Six persons
were known to have drowned yes.
terday when small boat carrying
SO passengers sank in Ell Ferrol Bay
after collision with the Spanish
Navy destroyer Sanchez Barcaizte-
mi.
Evening star., 1947-03-01
Rev. T. c. Innes to Speak

The Rev. T. Christie Innes, author
and general secretary of the Ameri-
can Tract Society, will speak at 7:30
O'Clock tonight at the Central Union
Mission, GLIB G street NV.
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-09

Say you Saw it ADVERTISED in The
Omaha Guide
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-09
U. S. OUTPUT HALF OF TOTAL

industrial output in the United
States has jumped from % to so
per cent of the world total dur
ing the past rs years. This isr e.
ported by Worlds Business and
Guide, the export business pub
LEGATION.
The formula responsible for
this sharp increase is more pro-
ductive power, more tools and
machinery, plus technical know
how.
An American factory worker
now uses six thousand dollars
worth of equipment and four
horsepower of electrical and
mechanical energy several times
that of the world average.
Showing how the formula pays
off in higher living standards.
these statistics are given:
The United States, with Z per
cent of the worlds population
has 80 per cent of the automo-
oiles in the world and so per cent
of the telephones. 1t has "a per
cent of the refrigerators and AZ
per cent of the radios. Current
factory wage rates in the United
States are almost double thos
Of Canda, the next highest, and
approximately five times that of
Czechoslovakia and Russia.
One Of the immediate causes Of
current economic ills. the publ
cation says, is war damage to in
dustrial facilities. But a more
basic reason is the failure Of
world manufacturing to keep
pace with advances in tool and
machine efficiency.
AS a result, machinery has
moved into the No. / spot among
United States exports and de-
mand for American technical
know-how is equally high.
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-09
CAN WE GET o
WITH RUSSIA?

Zerita Thrower peace Caravan
Since we are now living in an
atomic age millions of people
know how too tragic another war
would be. When the Town Meet
ing of the Air asked it's vast
radio audience Does our foreign
policy lead us toward peace or
war;" Every z out of 10 repons-
es de clared that the United
States policy was leading toward
war. The question in everyone's
mind now is-How can we keen
the peace?
Although Russia entered the
war very late it was she that
helped to end the war quicker
than it would have been. It was
she that broke through the Ger
man lines. The entire world re-
Joiced then and praised Russia.
all Of a sudden bangi the tables
turned and we have turned a.
gainst our former allies. If we
can get along with her during
a war We can surely get along
with her in the peace.
Russia is without doubt a great
power. She emerged from the
war as one of the victor nations.
Although she has been denied
the atomic bomb and warm
water outlets, she is ANNOYED
with many fears. Russia knows
what war is. Her fear grows out
OF anguish and suffering. Dur
ing this war she lost Is, 600, 900
men. The United States only lost
a quarter Of a million of men
Much Of Russia's soil was de-
vastated and her people left
homeless and helpless due to the
Nazis invasions.
Now Russia is seeking to OBJ
tain control of the Straits of
Dardanelles which is the gateway
to the Black Sea. We can take
for granted that Russia, feeling
more than ever that it is a great
power will ask for the prere-
quistites of great power on a
basis Of equality with Britain and
the United States. If Britain and
the United States show an iner-
est in the internal affairs of Rus
sia's neighbors bulgaria and
Rumania) Russia sees no reason
why he shouldn't show some in
terest in the affairs of Latil
America or Greece.
This sort Of game Of tag could
go on forever with growing
danger to the World Peace. The
only way to stop this is to have
all nations conform to the prin-
ciples of the United Nations.
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-09

carrying communicable diseases
and of being undesirable to the
area.
Watts wired state o fficials:
Urged you back up original de-
cision of local school board to re-
sist discrimination against these
children"
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-09
Woods -
Continued From Page ].

attorney, and Carlos Ramos, x
ecutive secretary Of the Philip
pine Lawyers Guild who uncover
ed most of the on-the-spot
evidence beng presented at the
trial and who flew back to this
country from the International
Lawyers Conference in Brussels
to lie on hand when the proceed
ings opened.
FORMER star witness for the
prosecution, John Hicks, was so
vague about the events which
took place on the morning of the
shooting that the prosecutor was
forced to impeach his own wit
ness. Hick told a story at vari-
ance to the talk he had only
several days previously with the
prosecutor. 1t was Hicks who
testified that he had seer Woods
lift Patterson, heard him say
wake up = and then saw Woods
shoot his terminate. Hicks, at the
time of the shooting, was in his
tent 100 yards away lying down.
The stories Of two star witness
es for the prosecution were torn
apart in examination by
Goodman with regard to the
confession Woods had allegedly
made. Two Criminal Investiga-
ton Dept. agents who claimed
they took the confession several
days after the shooting could not
agree to whether Woods had US
ed the word murder" one re-
calling that he hadn't paid much
attention to the conversation and
wasn't quite sure what Woods
had said. There was no such
testimony by him in the trans
Grip of the court martial.
Important in determining wheth-
er the shooting was accidental or
murder, as ~contended by the pro
secution. would be the distance
from which the shot was fired
However, DR.. Bray 0. Hawk, who
performed the autopsy upon Pat
terson and whose testimony was
accepted without question at the
Manila trial, under questioning
admitted that he knew very little
about the highly specialized
field of ballistics and other relat-
ed matters, that he could not
qualify as an expert in medico-
legal matters as were involved in
this case.
Identified by Jack Waddy, an
exsergeant who served with
Woods company, was the bullet
tornnet which covered the cot of
Patterson at the time of he shoot
ing. The holes in the net refute
the testimony of Hicks who had
stated that Woods lifted the net
before shooting the sleeping CT.
The trial is expected to last for
another week. Confidence was x
pressed by the Lemas Woods De-
fnse Committee Of the Civil
Rights Congress-, that on the
basis of the proceedings so far.
the soldier would surely be freed.
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-09

Say you saw it advertised in The
Omaha Guide
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-09
The total is 81 400, 900.
GARBAGE MAIN FARE

Skulky's country cousins are
even more destructive, DR.. Faith
erree said. They eat grain, willy
Skulky dimes largely on garbage.
DR.. Fatherree urged prompt &C.
ton to stamp out Skulky and his
Kin. Omaha's rat problem "can
continue to row unless something
is done about it." he said.
Omahans don't bother Skulky
much. In fact, they often give him
food and lodging by leaving the
covers off garbage cans and al
lowing trash to accumulate in thu
back yard or the basement.
He is free to gnaw on food
stuffs, destroy property, spread
disease and produce more rats,
MAY MENACE HEALTH
DR.. Fatheree says skulky and
MS relatives are a potential
health menace" They spread
polio, typhuginfectious jaundice
and other sewage and filth-borne
diseases.
How can Oralians make things
tough for Skulky and his brood?
DR.. Fatherree says it will take
a well organized communitv-
wide program devoted entirely to
rat control He wishes some civic
group, strong enough to tackle
a tough job and stick with it,
would volunteer.
To control rats, you have to be
smarter and better organized than
they are, DR.. Fatherree said.
People aren't always able to meet
those qualifications.
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-09

This is the only way for a strong
world government which has got
to come in the very near future.
If not there are two alternatives
war or peace. Which will you
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