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MERRY XMAS TO ALL THURSDAY, DEC. 23, 1948 $3.00 a Year Out of County 20 PAGES TODAY Most Stores To Close S a t u r <1 ay And On Monday Banks. County Offices Are To Be Closed Two Days Since Christmas comes on Sat urday. it will bring three holi days to most business houses and establishments, Saturday. Sunday and Monday. It has been the cus tom for the stores to close the day after Christmas, but since this falls on Sunday, this year, most of them have decided to close on Monday. Some of them will be open, however. The Northwestern and the First National banks will also observe both Saturday and Mon day as will the county offices in the courthouse, it was announced. Sharpe S. Shoemaker, presi dent of the West Jefferson Merchant's Association, said that a canvass revealed that the fol lowing stores would be closed both on Saturday and Monday: Ashe Hardware. Rhodes Furni ture Co.. W. J. Hardware. Smith ey’s Stoic. McNeills. The Fash ion s. op. Frazier's Store. Fire stont Store. Ray Hardware. B. F. C ’ok. Blackburn's Depart ment Store. Faucette's, Cash Hardware. The Fabric Shop. Have- Hardware. Parker’s Store. Wiles Jewelry Store. Parker Tie Company and Belk s Dept. Store. Mr- Yvonne Owen, public health nurse, announced yester day tliat the Ashe county health department would be closed from today through TiV-'sday, for Christmas holidays. Cold W ave Sweeps Midwestern Area ^Manv Counted Dead In Wake Of Heavy Snow Storm In Canada — Chi ‘ — A . .Id wave ; .-op ed into the Midwest ..from the Canadian border this week as 51 persons were counted dead in the wake of the heavy week end snow storms. Weather forecasters said the mercury would plunge as much as 30 degrees to 15 degrees be low zero in some sections of Min nesota and the Dakotas. Snow flurries and colder weath er were forecast for parts of Wisconsin and Michigan, and Ill inois and Indiana. Heavy winds warned of the new cold wave Tuesday but forecasters said the front was moving slower than expected. Snow was expected on the east ern seaboard, hut the weather bureau said the fall would he light. New York still was recov ering from the effects of the third ^ worst snowstorm in the city’s history. John F. Ban To Rr Buried Todav The funeral service for John F. B, ■ . 71. Jefferson, will be held this afternoon at 2:00 at the Orion church. Revs. E. Z. Sex ton and C. C. Murray will offi ciate at the service. Mr Bare died at the Duke hospital. Durham, Tuesday af ternoon. where he had under gone an operation. He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Edwin Por ter and three sisters, Mrs. Bax ter Bowers, Mrs. Myrtle Bare and Mrs. Pressly Bare. 4 Thousands Saw Old Santa Here Thousands of children have been able to see and talk with Santa Claus here when he has appeared on the streets and in the stores during the Christ mas season. Santa told a representative of this paper that he had nev er seen as many children in West Jefferson as he had an opportunity to talk to during the holiday shopping season. “They had all been good children, too.” he concluded and told of some of their wish es. “Most of the little girls wanted dolls, of course and the choice of little boys was tricycles.” His visits here have been sponsored by a group of West Jefferson merchants. SINCERE CHRISTMAS CREETINCS....TO EVERYONE EVERYWHERE! Record Christmas Business Enjoyed By Local Merchants Uncle Sam Breaks Records For Incoming And Out going Mails After setting a record for vol ume of holiday business, all West Jefferson stores will be closed on Saturday and some of them on Monday. According to information received here, the majority of the stores sot a new high record for Christmas busi ness. with much of it coming earlier in the month than usual. Gift merchandise as well as practical items has been much in demand. Merchants report that the majority of customers want quality merchandise this year. Wearable gifts have been in much demand, while a number of peo ple have purchased gifts for the home including electrical ap pliances and furniture. “Considering the amount of candy on the market and the volume sold every sweet tooth (Continued on page 4) II. II. Burgess To Start Listing Of laves Soon Listers I'er Townships Are Now iSeiit” Secured: To Me Announced H. II. Rurgess. who has again been named tax supervisor by the Ashe County Commissioners is now making plans to start the listing of taxes early next year. Mr. Burgess who lias efficient ly filled this position for the past several years is now securing listers for the various townships, who will be announced at an early date. Blanks for listing have been prepared as well as additional i blanks for the purpose of re valuation. Appraisers will work with the listers in an equliza tion plan suggested for county taxes it was explained. Marshall Plan May Be Used | To End Dutch Shooting War Washington — Government officials are studying the idea of | using Marshall plan millions as a wedge to settle the shooting war 1 in Indonesia. These officials indicated that if The Netherlands should defy a cease-fire order, which may be j forthcoming from the United Na j tions, then the United States might pigeon-hole Dutch requests | for further American dollar cre ' dits. , Possible resort to this line of action was under study at both the State Department and at Ec 1 onomic Co-operation Adminis I tration headquarters, although ' officially there was no stated j threat to use it. | American officials have ex ] pressed stern disapproval of the new Dutch-launched war against the Indonesian republic in Java! and Sumatra. In. Paris, am American spokesman said latei , Tuesday the U. S. Government | intends to insist before the U. N. , Security Council that the fight ing halt at once and that Dutch troops return to their former positions. | The Dutch army announced a , new landing on the northeast | coast of Sumatra and the capture I of several more towns in Java, Tuesday. ' A spokesman emphatically de i nied the claims of Indonesian ; spokesmen in Paris and else where that Republican forces , had captured Jogjakarta, the Re [ publican captital in South Java, j The Dutch army was still broad casting at 5:10 Tuesday night from | (Continued on page 4) i S a it t a. S t r e e t Fight Fund Is Far Below Quota Merchants Who Have Not Made A Contribution Are Asked To Do So Sharpie E. Shoemaker, presi dent of the West Jefferson Mer chants' Association said yester day that not all of the merchants had contributed to the Santa Claus and street lights funds and that the bills could not be met without the cooperation of ev i ryone. "Both the lights and the visits from Santa tire for the benefit of everyone ami we cannot hope t* put anything across without tin cooperation of everyone." he said. "I do not think it is fair for some few merchants to pay for something which benefits ev eryone," he said. A list of contributions received so far are as follows: Those contributing $10.00 were (Continued on page 8) Will Remember Needy People A number of less fortunate people will have their Christmas made merrier here this week because of the generosity ol groups and individuals. Several clubs, church groups and individuals as well as the American Legion Auxiliary will distribute baskets of food as well as some toys, to less fortunate families for Christmas. PUBLIC ASKED TO • DRIVE CAREFULLY Because of the usual heavy traffic prevalent on holidays and the uivf»rtain winter weather, local highway patrol men join with others through out the State to urge the pub lie to exercise greater care during Christmas in driving safely. “Don’t let death take yout holiday,” is the national safe ty slogan. Attention has been called to the fact that almost all accidents can be avoided with a little extra caution. T o I) a c c o M a r k e l | Sets Record F o r Pounds And Price Turkrvs 15 r i n ** Rrconl P r i <* <*; (1 r o |) Is S h o r l Prices Higher And \mnl*er Smaller Than liver 15c i'nro Known Here Ashe county growers, who sold their turkeys on the local market for Christmas, received a higher price than ever before here, as j the average w as between 52 and 53 cents per pound, but the in come as a whole was far less than usual since there were far j fewer turkeys grown. Unofficial estimates placed the number of turkeys sold by Ashe county growers at around 1800. The turkeys had an average weight of 14 pounds and netted the growers around $25,000.00 “There were some unusually (Continued on page 4) To He Open During The Iloli days To Receive Tobacco: Opening Sales Jan. 10 The West JeP'frson tobacci market continues to set a ivcori in pounds and prices on qualit' tobacco, having sold more tliai ll.iiaO.i 11 h i pounds for a room Sl.-3d.000 dollars, when tile sale clos I Tuesdav for the hol'd ivs Prices have been unusual 1,' good on quality tobacco will mam lots of it selling as lugl as Slid.ltd per hundri'd. Prices ui wet tobacco and lower grade: have been good, considering tin quality, officials point out. Tin average so far is around .$47.01 per hundred. Sales are scheduled to be re sumed after the holidays, or January 10, officials announced The Tri-State Warehouses, bott one and two, will be open ever} day, except Christmas day dur ing the holidays to receive to (Continued on page 8) W. Jefferson Man Honored For Unusual Safety Record When the editors of Holiday Magazine wanted to run a story about a bus driver, they selected John D. Jones, formerly of West Jefferson, who’s driven more than a million miles in 16 years without an accident. The story appeared in the magazine recently and was re printed in the current number of | the Atlantic Greyhound Lines i house organ, Atlantic Courier. Don Wharton wrote the piece, basing it on Mr. Jones’ perfect driving record and a trip taken in his Greyhound bus on one 10-hour run over the -67 miles of mountain road from W.-Salem j to Charleston, W. Va. Monthly I magazines having deadlines long | ahead of publication date, the I writer made his trip in July, 11946. Mr. Jones* record then was j 1,093,000 perfect miles (or 25, j 000,000 passenger miles), and since then he’s added thousands | more, still without mishap. • Mr. Jones, a native of West I Jefferson, now lives in Winston Salem. He has two boys, Jackie and Jerry Norman and one daughter, Nancy Ann. His wife is the former Miss Anna Mae Shaw, of Des Moines, Iowa. Now 30, he’s been driving for Grey hound since he was 20. Though he drives 68,000 miles a year, according to the article, when vacation time arrives, he takes his family on a motor trip into the mountains. The run with the writer aboard began here at 10:45 a. m. The route took the bus through King, (Continued on page 4) y ii i e t. W li i t e Christmas Is Kx|><‘cU‘<l Here Special Church Services Held; Colder Weather Is Predicted An old-fashioned, quiet, white Christmas is expected here on Saturday as business ceases and I many family groups are united. ' According to the amount of gifts purchased, Santa should be gen erous to everyone and if the weatherman’s predictions come true, there should tie some cold er weather with snow. Santa has already promised many sleighs and there are a number of youngsters expecting to use theirs, however, the wea ther has dealt many surprises lately and there is a possibility they might have to wait a while longer for sleigh riding. The fall weather has been un usually mild with only a few cold days and only light snow flurries on two or three occasions, so far. Many of the churches have al ready held their special Christ mas services as well as pageants, plays and other features depart ing the birth of Christ, Others are to be held this week end. De tails of these are announced else where m the paper. Schools have been closed this entire week, hut will re-open again on Monday, unless the wea ther makes this impossible, of ficials said. A large number of college stu dents and others who are em ployed away from home are here for the holidavs and there are expected to he many family re unions as well as informal parties. Jan. Drafl Ouola Sol For Two Mon 3 Quest ionn Hue Dec. 1!) Have vot i>r''ii lie turned To Hoard Ashe county received its sec ond quota this week for men to be inducted into the armed ser , vices under the selective service ! svstem. The second call was for two men to report January 13, j to Charlotte, for induction, i John Paul Jones, Grumpier. I who was the first man inducted into service from this county, I was discharged from the army ! December JO. after serving 22 1 days. Miss Winona Roland, draft board clerk, stated yesterday that there were lit questionnaires due December 10, that have not I been returned to the local board. She said that if these question naires were not returned, the reg istrants Would be listed as de linquent from this eounty. "All men must fill out the question naires anti return them within ten davs." Miss Roland stated. Jefferson <* i r 1 Passes Board Mrs. Kuln A. Austin Kennedy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs W. B. Austin, of Jefferson, was among the graduates of the Baptist i hospital, who passed the State I Board of Examiners last week and has been registered as a pro 1 fessional nurse. There were -173 taking the ex aminations at this time. Mrs. Kennedy completed her training ' | at the hospital last summer and was married in the early fall, Post To Close On Fri. And Sat. The office of The Skyland Post will be closed Friday and Saturday In observance of the Christmas holidays. The office will be open on Monday and will follow the regular sche dule next week. The Post takes this occas ion to again wish all oi the readers a “Merry Christ mas.” This is also the message of the advertisers in this issue. Throughout this paper will be found many greetings sent to the readers as a personal mes ! sage from merchants, other firms and individuals. These greetings are being sent to around 19,800 readers. To all of them, along with merchants, we again say, “Merry Christmas.”
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