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Santa Claus Will Be In West Jefferson Friday & Saturday ferson. The streets will be . gaily lighted* and decorated, firn* stores stocked full of- Christ mas merchandise and sifts. VOLUME VH, NUMBER 49 Seek Bids For Constuction Os 2 Parkway Links Open Bids On Two N. C. Pro jects. Construction In Coun ty Nearly Finished. MORE FUNDS SOUGHT tThe bureau -of public roads in Washington Monday said it was advertising for bids to be opened early in Januairy oh the construc tion of section 2-J and 2-K of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Car olina. Contracts for work on these projects, which the national forest service approved last week, will be let as soon as possible after bids are opened. Bids on section 2-J, running from Beacon -Heights. - to Linville Falls, will be opened Jan uary 6; and oh section 2-K, extend ing from Linville Falls to McKin ney Gap, January 11. . - A bridge project on section 2-J and a viaduct on 2-K will be ad vertised along with the road con ' struction bids. Bids for hard-sur facing will be asked for within a weeks, although this work cannot be started until after the winter months. . t With the exception of bride and viaducts, actual construction work on the Parkway in Ashe and Alle ghany coUnties is nearing comple tion, and the park service estimat ed that the construction of the four projects mentioned aNove will practically exhaust the entire $4,- 500,000 (less 10 percent) appropri ated for the Parkway at the last session of Congress. Meanwhile plans are going forward for section 1-W, running from North Carolina state line to Piper Gap in Virginia and section 1-U, from Volunteer Gap to the Pinnacles of the Dan. The President’s recent economy speech may have some effect on the appropriations for the Parkway, but it is generally r l>alieyed that congress will provide sufficient funds to keep the construction work going. Congress, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1938 and 1939, authorized the expenditure of .$10,000,000 for the Parkway. Actual appropriations was consi derably out last session and it was largely through the efforts of Con gressman Doughton that it was re stored to $4,500.00. The park ser vice is now asking for appropria tion of the balance of the $10,000,- 000. M. E. Ministers To Meet Monday All Day Meeting At Jefferson Church. Young People’s Program At Night. Rev. W. L. Hutchins, director of the Aldersgate Commemoration for the Western North Carolina Con ference, will meet with the Metho dist preachers of Ashe and Alle gheny counties next Monday at the Jefferson Methodist church in an all day meeting. The meeting is to begin at ten-thirty. That night Rev. Mr. Hutchins will speak to the meeting of the Ashe County Young People’s Union to be held at Grassy Creek Methodist church. A dramatic Christmas ser vice entitled, “Thank God for Songj”, will also be a feature of the program. A large attendance of young people and their adult friends is anticipated for this spec ial Christmas program. | Uncle Jim Sags | On an average, 95 tons of good American soil are lost every sec ern through erosion. We need to keep our soil on the farms of the men who paid for it. a'IUJIQIIv ,11001 As Cleveland Fights Auto Toll k >• • . • 1’ 1 IF YOU MUST 4 JAY WA'K ; HMM ■ USE THIS RED -EM t k o= “ dfe■■ SB feAQy' ■ 'A- Jaywalkers on the public square in Cleveland were politely reminded by police that using a rod flag placed there for their convenience “might” help them in darting across the streets when the traffic lights were against them. Neaves Killed And Eight Others Were Injured In Wrecks Record Number Os Automobile Accidents Occurred In Coun , ty Last Week End. NEAVES DIED TUES. AH previous Ashe county auto mobile accident records were ap parently shattered last week end when one. person was killed and eight others injured in five differ ent wrecks, mqpt of which were caused by heavy and rain. Earl Neaves, 24-year-old farmer of the North Fork community, died in the hospital at North Wilkesboro late Tuesday afternoon, from in juries sustained in an accident near Jefferson early Sunday morning. Neaves’ head was cut nearly in to and physicians expressed much sur prise that he lived as long as he did. His two companions in the car, Miller Johnson and Willie Dix on, both of the same community, were also badly hurt, but their con dition is said to be improving. The six other accident victims are like wise on the road to recovery. The trio had attended the fiddlers cnnvention and were returning home around 3 o’clock in the morn ing when the driver, Miller John son, ran off of the hard surface on a straight-away about a mile from Jefferson on the Jefferson-Grassy Creek highway and after trying to pull back on the road for a dis tance of around 100 feet, the car crashed into a large locust tree in front of Mrs. Sisk’s home. Neaves, sitting on the front seat with the driver, was thrown through the windshield and his head struck the hood of the car as it flew up as a result of the impact and cut a deep gash across the front of his head, shattering the left eye. Johnson’s chest was injured and he was rush ed to the hospital when it was thought that he had pneumonia. Dixon was also severely cut and bruised. Sunday morning en route to North Wilkesboro, Charles Mc- Neill, Jr., of West Jefferson, ran off of the highway 16, a few miles be yond Jumping-£)ff Place and the car plunged down a long embank ment for perhaps 75 feet and final ly came to rest against a large rock and tree. Fortunately Charles was not very seriously injured, but he was given treatment in the hospital for a day or two. Ford Bare, of Jefferson, who was with him, was also hurt rather badly. He was thrown from the car. Rex Morton, of West Jefferson, who was taking Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Neaves to see their son, Earl, at the hospital, picked the two boys up shortly af ter the accident occurred. Charles said the fog on the mountains was so dense that it was difficult to see. Roger King and Herbert Gentry, of Lansing, were hurt and narrow (Continued On Page Eight) THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1937 WEST JEFFERSON, N. C. .. . ?. -4.. r.-i• ....... .. .. "e/j.z Legion To Play Santa Claus To Needy Families * Public Asked To Co-operate By Giving Old Clothing And V Other Items. SCOUTS TO HELP Members of the Ashe county post of the American Legion and the Auxiliary are going to play Santa Claus to as many needy families in the county this year as they pos sibly can and they are soliciting the co-operation of the public in this worthy and commendable under taking. “According to reliable reports, there are a large number of un fortunate families in the county who are in dire need of food and clothing and we are going to do our best to help make Christmas a hap py occasion for a lot of them,” L. P. Colvard, chairman of the special' committee, stated yesterday. i If you have some old clothes, blankets, shoes, or some food com modities, fruits, or toys, that you would like to contribute, please send them to one of four stations— Mr. Colvard’s office in the court house, Central Radio shop, N. & W. office or The Skyland Post. The boy scouts of the West Jeffer son troup will also be invited to co-operate in this activity. Santa Claus’ Official Schedule Friday and Saturday 9 to 9:10 Dollar Service Station 9:10 to 9:25 Vannoy Produce Co. 9:25 to 9:40 Goodman Bros. 9:40 to 9:55 Gulf Station 9:55 to 10:10 Rhodes Fum. Co. 10:10 to 10:25 Graybeal Drug Store 10:25 to 10:40 Faucettes Five & Ten 10:40 to 10:50 City Recreation 10:50 to 11:00 The Skyland Post 11 to 11:15 E. E. Jones 11:15 to 11:30 Carl Miller’s Store 11:30 to 11:45 Roten’s Store 11:45 to 12 Parker’s Store 12:00 to 12:10 I. M. Cook 12:10 to 12:20 B. F. Cook 12:20 to 12:35 Central Hdw. Co. 12:35 to 12:50 J. F. Scott & Son 12:50 to 1:05 Ray Drug Co. 1:05 to 1:20 City Case 1:20 to 1:30 Max’s Case County Health Nurse Has Been Extremely Busy November Report Shows She Examined 1176 Children. Other Activities. GIVES CERTIFICATES Miss Pearl Weaver, county,heal th nurses has been extremely busy and has been rendering an ex cellent service, according to the re port of her activities during the month of November which was sent to the state department a few days ago. ; JJast month, the report shows, Miss Weaver and her vi sited 29 schools in the county and inspected 1176 children. -A. large percentage <of the children, it was explsdned, have various defects. 126 of them have something wrong with their vision, 666 have diseas ed or enlarged tonsils that need to be removed and 690 need dental work. “The school buildings on a whole are clean and attractive, showing interest of both teachers and children,” Miss Weaver said. “The water supply and facilities for washing hands are poor. Twenty of the twenty-nine schools visited carry water from a neighbor’s spring, or in bottles from the home* ~fbr drinking. Only seven have bubble fountains or water coolers and individual cups.” Under the heading of “general public health nursing”, the report showed that 243 children had been immunized against diptheria; many group meetings were held with the parents in different and so on. • Grade A certificates were issued last month to 16 midwives in the county; 9 grade B certificates were issued. She visited 5 new prenatal fc , , , _ Christmas Seal Sale Is Now On Fight tuberculosis! Protect your home from this dreaded disease by buying Christmas seals! In North Carolina last year were 2,096 people who died as a result of 'this disease. You can help re duce this death toll by buying seals. Mrs. Blanche Pless, chairman of the sales campaign in Ashe coun ty, is in hopes of selling 10,000 of the penny greeting stamps this year. A supply of the stamps have been mailed to various teachers in the county and the seals are being sold here by several school girls. BURLEY TOBACCO SALES COMMENCED YESTERDAY The burley tobacco markets in Asheville and Virginia opened yes terday and many of Ashe county farmers sold some of their golden weed on the opening day of sales. Prices paid for the tobacco were fairly high and local farmers were said to have been rather well pleased. From now until Christ mas all of the tobacco farmers will be busy marketing their crops. 1:30 to 1:45 Comer Cash Store 1:45 to 1:55 Bare’s Fair Store 1:55 to 2:10 Smithey’s Store 2:10 to 2:15 West 1 Jefferson Hotel 2:15 to 2:30 Ashe Motor Co. 2:30 to 2:45 Cash Wholesale Grocery 2:45 to 3:00 Parkway Theatre 3:00 to 3:15 Central Radio Co. - 3:15 to 3:30 McNeill Store 3:30 to 3:45 W. J. Parts Co. 3:45 to 4:00 Belk’s Dept. Store 4:00 to 4:10 Richardson’s Five & Ten 4:10 to 4:25 Bare-Little & Co. 4:25 to 4:40 Burgess Fum. Store 4:40 to 5:10 Farmer’s Hdw. Co. 5:10 to 5:25 Parkway Motor Co. 5:25 to 5:30 Ideal Laundry 5:35 to 5:50 Shell Service Sta. & Case 5:50 to 6:05 Duncan Motor Co. SI.OO a Year in Ashe County X ' ... ■■■ I » I , ......... >■ ; 7 11. 1 , ,I | W Christmas Shopping Season Here To Open Friday And Saturday AGED CITIZEN PASSES Samuel Duvall, who died re cently at his home in the Hel ton community, was one of the county’s best and most promi nent farmers. Osborne, Age 69, Found Dead In Bed Last Sunday Aged Bachelor-Farmer Os Oval Community Apparently - Died From Stroke. BURIED ON MONDAY Roby Osborne, a 69-year-old bachelor-farmer who lived alone in the Oval community for a number of years, was found dead in bed in his small home Sunday night by two of his neighbors, Granville Phillips and Fim Houck. Mr. Phillips said that no one had seen him since Friday and that when he heard the cows and lambs yelling, he became alarmed. Upon entering Osborne’s home, he and Mr. Houck found the body lying in bed and evidently he had died dur ing sleep from a stroke of paraly sis. Others investigating stated that he probably died on Friday night. Dr. B. E. Reeves, county coroner, declared that an inquest would not be necessary. About 35 years ago, members of the family stated Mr. Osborne had a stroke of paralysis and that he never fully recovered from ill ef fects of -that stroke. Funeral services were held Mon day afternoon at the home of Mrs. Arthur Phillips, a sister of the de ceased and interment followed in the community cemetery. Rev. W. J. Huneycutt, pastor of the West Jefferson Methodist church, con (Continued On Page Eight) ASHE COUNTY • is the air - conditioned section of North Caro lina whose (altitude ranges from 3,000 to 5,- 600 feet above sea level. 25 miles of the PARK - "WAY run through the . county. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Santa Claus Will Be Present To Make An Official Shop ping Tour.. BEAUTIFUL DECORATIONS Friday and Saturday old Santa Claus himself will be in West Jeff erson to open officially the Christ mas shopping season and to distrib ute candy and other' small favors to the children. In honor of his Visit and to wel come and take care of the Christmas shopping needs of every person in Ashe and surrounding counties, the merchants of West Jefferson have made elaborate ■ and extensive plans. Multi-colored street lights and other attractive Christmas decora tions, consisting of various ever greens, are being erected and these gay Christmas lights will be turned on Friday night and will re main on every night until after Christmas. The stores here are filled with a large variety of attractive gifts and Christmas merchandise, their win dows and interiors are beautifully decorated and everything is in readiness to greet Santa on his offi cial shopping tour and to welcome the great host of shoppers that is expected to come here tomorrow and Saturday. Santa will arrive early Friday morning and will start his visit to the stores at nine o’clock. Accord ing to advance information, he will visit all of the co-operating stores Friday and Saturday, too. There are many thrilling sights awaiting the shoppers this year. As clearly shown by the many differ ent advertisements in this special Christmas edition, West Jefferson has a number of real toylands and a large number of stores featuring ideal Christmas gifts. Read everyone of the advertise ments carefully, make up your shopping list and don’t let anything keep you away from West Jeffer son Friday and Saturday. You’ll be delighted with the gay decor ations, the friendly spirit, the fas cinating array of gifts and old San ta Claus in person. And also remember, it’s only a short time until Christmas day. Don’t delay your Christmas shop ping. Do it tomorrow and Friday and do it in WEST JEFFERSON, Ashe county’s big trading center. Inspection Os Cases And Hotels Postponed Tues. “It’s simply too cold to make in spections today,” M. M. Melvin, district sanitarian of the State Board of Health Tuesday lafternopn a short time after he arrived in West Jefferson; Mr. Melvin came up with the in tention of making a careful inspec tion of local cases and hotels, but’ after getting here he decided that it would not be fair to these estab lishments to inspect and grade them when the thermometer was hovering around 15 to 20 dgrees. He did, however, inspect the Rich Hill Farm, the county’s only grade A dairy, belonging to G. B. Price, and stated that he gave it the un usually high rating of 99 percent. “The farmers of Ashe county cer tainly have an excellent opportuni ty to go into the dairy business” now and make some real money, Mr. Melvin said. “Besides the local cheese plant, they could sell thou sands of gallons of milk daily to other sections of the state.”
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