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Local Merchants Now Ready For Christmas Business
Santa To Arrive
Saturday; Many
Gifts Featured
Christmas Lights To Be Turn
ed On; Other Spe
cial Decorations
Hundreds of people are expect
ted to begin their Christmas buy
ing here in earnest this week
end when the holiday shopping
season is officially opened with
the appearance of Santa Claus,
the turning on of the Christ
mas lights and the completion of
the street decorations.
Santa will arrive in time lor
the parade at 11:00 o'clock and
will spend the rest of the day in
town, in the various stores
and on the streets contacting as
many children as possible. Ev
eryone is invited to see Santa and
to shop here.
In cooperation with open
ing of the Christmas shopping
season, town officials said that
the parking meters would be
closed all day Saturday. West
Jefferson citizens are asked to
leave all available space for out
of-town shoppers.
Local merchants report an un
usually large assortment of gifts
as well as much practical mer
chandise. In fact, there are many
items back this year that have
not been available since before
the war. Windows and interior
display all reflect the gay holi
day spirit and everything is in
readiness in all of the stores to
assist the public with Christmas
shopping. ,
Today this paper, in coopera
tion with the merchants, issues
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County NCEA To
Meet Wednesday
Majority Of Teachers Attend
ed Annual Banquet
Friday Night
Dr. John Barden, ASTC, will
speak to the Ashe county unit
of the NCEA at a county-wide
teachers meeting at the Jefferson
school, re xt Wednesday at 1:45
p. n... Mrs. Gertrude Vaught,
pie-!:' ', announced yesterday.
.Mr Vaught stati d that Dr.
Ban ion would speak on the leg
islativi program of the NCEA
and ; cu.-s it for the teachers.
"All tea hers in the county are
urge-1 to oe present at tins meet
ing." a id.
<>•• • • oik md: of t' e teachers
in i. snty at' cul d the an
nua! I anti III t meet l> ” of the
NCE \ at the community budd
ing a. W t J offer -oil. Friday
nigtit. t which tune Dr. .1. II.
11a" eperintendent of the El
kin lev ; j t a 1. spoke to the an nip.
Craps Williams. ASTC. and
Mar: ,e Jones, Lansing, sang
.several selections.
Tin miner was served by the
River', new home economics de
partment.
WINDOW CONTEST
TO HE HELD HERE
In order to stimulate inter
est in the Christmas window
decorations of the business
houM-s here, this paper is
again conducting a contest.
A first prize of S7 a sec
ond of S5 and third prize of S3
will be awarded to the busi
ness houses having the most
attractive windows.
The windows will be judged
on Friday, December 3 by a
board of local professional
men and women not connect
ed with the business firms
and \v inners will be anonunc
ed in this paper.
Many of the stores now have
in attractive Christmas win
dow' displays and the attention
of the public is called to them
Due to the fact that there
are many new gift items this
year as well as a greater
abundance of others and more
decorating material, many of
the stores are planning to
display holiday gifts.
Tobacco Market Is
i Ready For Opening
! Sales On Monday
I
!
COMING SATURDAY
D. S. Coltrane. N. C. Com-!
missioner of Agriculture, will!
attend the tobacco festival:
here on Saturday.
Turkey Crop Is
Short In County; |
Prices \reGood
- i
Prices Averaged 46 Cents
Per Pound As Compared t
To 35 Last Year 1
Ashe county, one of the lead-'
ers in North Carolina in the pro
duction of turkeys, this year fell
short in the usual number pro
duced, according to the number
marketed for Thanksgiving.
Produce buyers attributed the
shortage to the fact that feed has
been unusually high and the
price of turkeys comparatively
low in recent years.
One official estimated the num
ber sold on the Thanksgiving
market at around 4.000. These
turkeys averaged around 14
pounds and brought an average
price of 40 cents per pound, mak -
ing a total income to growers of
around Silo.TOO.
Last year far more turkeys
were sild. F<>r the Tlla.ik- 11 'ring
market, buy. rs handled around
7 Hi : - i a t tie-1 • i11 : - f, iw .- an
the average price paid for them
was ;jf) cents.
ui;y:ya; kkkvh k at
(iLLMLAi.l i Si’KINGS
Announcement was made this
week of a revival service now
in progress at the Glendale
Springs Pentecostal church. Rev.
II. N. Watts, evangelist, from
Dexter. Ga„ is preaching at the
services each night, which will|
continue for two more weeks.
Davidson’s Moves
To New Loeation
Davidson’s store, which has
been located next door to The
Sk.vland Post, is now open for!
business in their spacious new
headquarters, the building for
merly occupied by Belk’s.
Friday and Saturday are
“House - Warming Days” in the
new location and officials of Da
vidson’s said they wanted to ex
tend to everyone a cordial invita
tion to attend.
"We are happy to be able to be
in large quarters and to better
serve our customers,” Mr. and
Mrs. Davidson said.
The building has been newly
painted and remodeh 1. In addi
tion to the regular merchandise,
many specials are to be featured
for the opening with gifts for
children, Mrs. Davidson said.
The store is conducting a spe
cial contest for children in which
valuable prizes are to be award
ed. The prizes are now on display
in a window of the store.
Full Sol Of Buyers. Graders;
Additional Warehouse
Completed
All indications are that the to
bacco market season, which gets
underway here on Monday morn
ing with tin- opening sales at
nine o'clock, will be a very suc
cessful one since the demand for
tobacco is strong and the qual
ity much, better than average.
In addition to the original Tri
State warehouse, the second one
has been completed and will be
operated as number II. giving
the combined total of more than
86,000 feet of floor space, on
which 1,000.000 pounds of tobac
co can be taken care of. Addi
tional prize and storage rooms
have also been constructed for
the various companies.
Tobacco is being brought into
the West Jefferson market from
North Carolina, Virginia and
Tennessee and all indications are
that the quality is much better
this year than it was last season.
H. L. Clayton, a circuit rider
for Reynolds, who was here for
the opening last year, was here
this week and said that he was
pleased with the quality of the
tobacco. Government graders are
also he: e and both buyers and
grader-. n said they w-nted
to remind the farmers not to
bring in their tobacco wet.
C. C. Taylor, of the Tri-State
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X-Ray Clinic To
Be Held Friday
At Health Dept.
Men And Women Over 45
Years Of Age Should
Have X-Itay Made
The public is again reminded
I hat it will have an opportunity
lo have a free chest X ray made
t imoinr.v at the County Health
Department at the Ashe Memorial
hospital. A mobile unit of the
North Carolina Sanitoruun will
make the X-rays.
In a o d let in released hv the
Tuberculosis Associat ion. the tol
!. .wing oe ole w- re i iste l as
1 lo S' oho ill ild iuo. e a ■ best
X-rav .i -.do:
An- i no wh" has liv-d or wmv:
ed v. . i a i.i'g- -on who has art ive
T. 11.. medical and nursing stu
l.-nts. physicians and nursi -. hos
pital atti niiants. working men
mil women, men and women nv
■r 45 years of age. young women
in industry, mothers and teach
ers, boys and girls in their late
teens and early twenties.
A large number of high school
boys and girls are expected to
lake advantage of this opportuni
Santa Is Coming For Parade Sat.
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NORTH POLE NOV. 24, 1948
WEST JEFFERSON MERCHANTS
WEST JEFFERSON. N. CAR.
WILL ARRIVE IN WEST JEFFERSON ON SATURDAY IN
TIME FOR TOBACCO FESTIVAL AND PARADE HOPE
TO SEE ALL CHILDREN.
SANTA CLAUS
Thanksgiving Is
r “
Quietly Observed
In Ashe County
Hunters Take To Fields To
day For Short Open
Quail Season
Ashe county is again observ
ing another peacetime Thanks
giving today in peace and quiet
ness with mild winter weather.
Several of the churches are
holding services today while
others had services last night.
Seine of the sc1*- >’s in th°
county are closed and
some will be closed tomorrow in
observance of Thanksgiving.
Stores, banks, county offices and
other business houses are also
closed today.
As the hunting season opens,
several will take to the fields
to engage in this favorite sport.
Roland Koontz, fish and game
protector, announced that the
open season for quail has been
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\o Arrests Made
In Aslie Motor
(loin pan v T h e f l
Officers stated yesterday that
no arrests had yet been made in
connection with the robbing oi
the Ashe M >!or Co. safe, which
occurred last Wednesday night.
Every effo ts is b<- made by
ic.oa! ■ iff ,.a,K; 1,, ccr ‘•bend tk"
criminals in this case.
ii. i;. Ora s' sii ■ ■ ■ of t:i*>
owners, stated that there was
a iirnvit • telv Sa it” in the
safe, when it w.i- robbed.
Patrolman Pave Houston said
that drills from the shop had
been used to go into the safe
from the bottom, and that one
of the drills was .so large, that
it would take a good size man
to handle it.
Guy Scott. S. B. I. agent from
Winston-Salem, was here. Thurs
day, and helped local officials
in the investigation of the case.
Name \ oting Places For PMA
r?
Election Scheduled To Be
Held On Thursday, Dec. 2
Farmers Still
| Have Time To
l Enter Contesl
A Number Of Cash Prizes Tc
j Be Awarded In Festival
Tobacco Contests
i H. D. Quessenberry, countj
i agent, in charge of the tobaccc
! show and grading contest, beinp
held Saturday in connection wit!
j the festival, said yesterday tha'
J farmers still have time to entei
these and urged all that have
not done so, to get ready imme
diately.
Quessenberry pointed out tha'
the time to enter would be Fri
day afternoon or Saturday, noi
later than 10:S0. since the entries
are judged in the afternoon. I
was again explained that then
would be no entry fees and tha
a number of cash prizes would In
awarded. Sam Cartner. tobacc<
specialist, will assist Agon
Quessenberry with tins phase o
the listival.
The show and contest are ti
be held in the new prize rooms
above the warehouse in tin
budding formerly used by tin
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i vvo Kin ks Sho*
15v Ashe Himlcr."
It was reported yesterday tha!
Jake Caudill and Robert Col
vard shot tw-> bucks on a fleet
hunting trio to the Daniel Boom
National Park near Edgemon'
this week. Mr. Caudill got an
eight peint buck early Monda>
and then Tuesday Mr. Colvan
shot a small burl;.
Others on the hunting trip
were Gale McMillan and Lawson
Houck.
Coming
Into West Jefferson For Opening Sales Monday
Tobacco is coming into the Tri-State Warehouse from North Carolina, Virginia
and Tennessee, ready for the opening sales Monday morning at nine o’clock.
1 Farmers Urged To Take Part;
Program Is Important
For County
Ashe county farmers will go
to the polls, Thursday, Decem
ber 2, to vote for their commun
ity P. M. A. committeemen and
also for a delegate to the county
; convention, which will be held
Friday, December 3, at which
time the county committee will
( be elected.
Nominating meetings will be
held in each township Thursday
morning, December 2, at 9:00
o’clock and voting will start im
mediately after this meeting.
"Farmers should attend this
meeting and have a choice in
nominating the men they wish
to see elected," J. W. Gambili.
county chairman said.
"It is to the interest of every
farmer in Ashe county that they
go out on December 2. and vote
for the men they wish to assist
in administering the P M A
program in their township. Ask
your neighbor to go with you."
■ he continued.
The polls will be open all day.
Listed here is the voting place
for each township:
Chestnut Hill. Chestnut Hill
voting place; Clifton. Warrens
viHo post office: Crest,.n, Robui
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Two (lonvicls Art*
Kuoaplnrud! FrS.
The two convicts, Boy Younts
and .Jack F. Brown, who escaped
from the Ashe cmmtv prison
camp last week, were recaptured
in Winston-Salem, Friday night.
Of the nine est apes from the
Ashe camp, all men have been
recaptured, as Douuhton Greene
was picked up in Cleveland,
Ohio, this week. E. II. Heshcars.
superintendent of the camp, re
. ported yesterday.
Draftees May Be
Inducted Early
Edward Osborne, chairman of
' the Ashe County Draft Board,
j announced this week that the
'local board now has authority to;
send men for induction ahead of
the regular schedule. He stated
that several registrants had asked
to be inducted early.
"Registrants who make the re
quest in writing to the draft
board, will be allowed to go for
the pre-induction examination in
the next quota from the county,”
Mr. Osborne said.
He pointed out that he did not
want to leave the impression that
the draft board wanted anyone
to go ahead of schedule but that
the board was only offering this
service to those men who wish
to go into the service earlier.
Fourteen men left Monday for
their pre-induction physical ex
aminations at Charlotte.
Opens With Big
P a r a cl e; Record \
7 t
Crowd Expected 1
Commissioner Of Agriculture
And Otner Noted Lead
ers Will Attend
A record crowd is expected
here on Saturday for West Jef
ferson’s first annual Tobacco
Festival, which will be opened
with the gigantic parade at 11:00
o'clock in the morning and con
tinue throughout the day, end
ing with the ball in the evening.
The selection of the festival
queen, tobacco judging contest,
band concert by the North Wil
kesboro fifty-piece band, which
will also lead the parade, fire
works and tobacco ball are among
the features that have been
planned for the day, James A.
Graham, general chairman said.
Among the many other attrac
tions of the parade, in which the
queens, representing the nine
high schools in the county, will
ride, will be Santa Claus. In ad
dition to a number of commer
cial floats, several civic groups
will also be represented.
Coming for the big event are
a number of state and national
officials and other tobacco au
thorities, including N. C. Com
missioner of Agriculture D. S.
Coltrane, Claude T. Hall, a mem
ber of the N. C. agriculture com
mission; W. P. Hedrick, tobacco
specialist of the N. C. Depart
ment of Agriculture; R. W. Shoff
ner, district supervisor of the
N. C. extension division; R. R.
Bennett, extension tobacco spe
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Special Traffic
Regulations, Sat.
Parking Meters To Be Discon
tinued All Day For
Tobacco Festival
Ralph Campbell, town clerk,
announced yesterday that tem
porary traffic regulations will be
enforced Saturday in cooperation
with the tobacco festival.
The parking meters will be
discontinued all day Saturday, it
was pointed out. but the meters
will be in effect again on Mon
day.
lie stated that Jefferson Ave.,
\v1'i ■ blocked tv) all parking
from early Saturday morning un
til after th > parade and that
proper signs and other directions
'rill he i)iLed m all other re
stricted are .. n town lie asked
t at a I i riterens cooperate with
the mumeionl officers by obey
ing the gus.
"Detour sif'ets will be estab
lished and properly identified
for persons coming into West
Jefferson for the event and on
these detour stheels there will
be unrestrietod narking, ox opt
for a few areas, where it is. ira
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POST GIVING FREE
T II i; A T R E TICKETS
Again The Skyland Post is
conducting its annual Christ
mas gift plan when dozens of
tickets to the Parkway Theatre
are to he given away abso
lutely free.
In practically all of the ad
vertisements except those of
national products in The Post
today will be found the names
of Ashe county people. Read
all of the advertisements-carc
fully and when you discover
your name bring the adver
tisement in which it appears,
into the office of The Post and
you will be given a ticket to
the Parkway Theatre.
The names printed in the ad
vertisements were chosen im
partially from the post offices
of the mailing list of The Post.
The tickets must be called for
and used by December 10.
Read all of the advertise
ments, it may mean a free
ticket for you, as well as the
solution to your shopping
problems.