bkuevr-it-or-not
The Skyland Post is the only
paper in North Carolina having
an audited circulation of over i
three times the total population
of the, town in which it is pub
lished.
VOLUME 10, NO. 23
Ashe Baptist
Sunday School
Meeting, 16-17
Two-Day Session To Be Held
At The West Jefferson
Baptist Church
GOOD PROGRAM
The Ashe County Baptist Sun
day School Conference will be
held at the West Jefferson Baptist
church June 16-17 when sn in
teresting program relating to the
work of the various departments
will be carried out. The theme
for the opening session is, “The
Why and How of My Depart
ment.”
Saturday evening administra
tion will be discussed by R. R.
Campbell; adult departments, by
Hon. Ira T. Johnston; young peo
ple, by Prof. A. Dell Goodman;
intermediates, by Miss Minnie
Haire; juniors, by Mrs. R. V v
Parsons; primaries, by Miss Viv
ian Parsons; beginners and cra
dle roll, by Mrs. W. T. Whitting
ton. Miss Gertrude Graybeal will
give a summarizing talk.
v Assembly reports will be heard
and following some special music,
Professor J. C. Goodman will ad
dress the entire group.
Sunday morning the regular
-Sabbath school and preaching ser
vice will be carried out. In the af
ternoon departmental conferences
will be held and reports and plans
for the coming year will be given
before the closing address.
Representatives from various
schools of the county
have been invited and a good at
tendance is expected.
To Hold Meeting
For All Midwives
Full Schedule Announced. Dr.
King Will Be In Charge.
Must Register.
Midwife meetings will be held
from Juhe lOth to June 21st in
various communities -in the
county/Dr. Robert King announc
ed yesterday, and all midwives'
are urged to attend any meetipg
convenient to them.
Dr. King stated that the meet
ings are held for the purpose of
securing 1940 practice papers,
which the law requires, for regis
tration of nevz widwives and for
inspection of the equipment used.
Schedule of meetings:
June 10, Lansing school build;
ing at 10: A. M.
June 11, Crumpler school build
ing .at 10: A. M.
June 13, Fig, Riverview school
at 10: A. M.
June 17, Todd school building
at 10: A. M.
June 18, Idlewild school build
ing at 10: A. M.
June 21, Jefferson health de
partment at 10: A. M.
To Hold Crippled
Children’s Clinic
In Ashe June 20
Dr. J. S. Gaul, of Charlotte, will
conduct a regular crippled child
ren’s clinic in the office of the
county health department on
Thursday, June 20, starting at 2
o’clock, it was announced today.
The clinic will be sponsored by
the Rotary Club and all cripples
in the county are invited to at
tend the free clinic.
MAYOR TUCKER HAS
NEW COURT ROOM
—i—— 4
West Jefferson’s court room
was moved this week by May
or H. C. Tucker, to the John
Weaver building on the corner
of Jeffersonian Avenue and
Church Street. All those ar
raigned before the Mayor were
tried there on Monday, instead
of in the building where the
town’s office has been located
for the past three years.
Mayor Tucker stated that he
changed his court room be
cause of lack of space, and
other inconveniences.
Members of the town board
stated that the matter of
change had not been brought
before them for action, but
would probably be discussed
at the regular meeting, on Fri
day night F. B. Jones, the
town clerk, has not moved his
office.
Mtonß fast
$1.50 a Year Out of County
And The Nazi Machine Rolls On
> -' Tfr--
ON THE WESTERN FRONT—German motorcycle troops
passing a big tank as they move along, on the way to the
front. In the distance smoke indicates that houses are burn
ing—the result of the Nazi air bombs. /
Funds To Build REA
Extension Lines To
Be Allocated July 1
Communities, Desiring Electri
city Must Submit Appli
cations At Once.
REQUIREMENTS GIVEN
An allocation of funds to the
Caldwell Mutual Corporation to
build 125 miles of approved REA
extension lines in Ashe, Alleg
hany, Watauga and Caldwell
counties wij} be made July 1, and
all other communities interested
in securing electric lines should
get busy at once and submit ap
plications, Supt. G. F. Messick an
nounced yesterday.
“We have been assured that all
additional applications from com
munities that meet the REA re
quirements will be approved in
connection with this allocation,”
Mr. Messick stated. ’ >
“If you want electricity and if
your community’s application has
not been submitted and approved,
now it the time for every farmer
in the community to get busy,
make a survey, secure rights-of
ways, membership applications
and have everything in readiness
to turn over to our engineer who
will be in the Ashe county farm
agent’s office on Friday and Sat
urday, June 14 and 15,” he ex
plained.
Mr. Messick said right-of-.way
forms and application blanks
could be secured from the Gray
beal Drug Store or from any of
the four Caldwell directors in the
county.
It was specifically pointed out
that this offer expires on June
15, as the Caldwell Mutual must
have all applications in Washing
ton by June 20.
To jpaeet requirements, an ave
rage of five farmers per mile
must sign applications and secure
all rights-of-way.
Os the 125 miles of extension
lines already approved, approxi
mately 40 miles will be construct
ed in Ashe. These extensions in
clude the Big and Little Laurel
sections.
“It will probably be a year be
fore your community has a simi
lar opportunity to get electricity.
If you , want it, please get busy
now,” he urged.
The corporation is now serving
around 3,000 members.
Membership Certificates In
Ashe County Hospital Ass’n.
Being Issued To Those Paid
Stock certificates of member
ship in the Ashe County Memorial
Hospital Association, Inc., are
now being issued to all members
or stock subscribers whose sub
scriptions have been paid in full,
Wade Eller, secretary, announced
yesterday.
The certificates are standard
size, beautiful in design and long
lasting. It is felt that every one
will be proud of them and espe
cially proud of the fine humanit
arian service which these certifi
cates represent.
“No certificates will be issued
until payments have been made
in full,” Mr. Eller stated. “There
are a number of subscribers who
have not made any payments on
their pledges or who have made
only partial payments. They are
urged to pay up at once and get
WEST JEFFERSON, N. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1940 SI.OO a Year In Ashe County
CHANGES POSITION
1 18-' • *
Rex Morton, popular young
West Jefferson business man, has
resigned as manager of Reins-
Sturdivant and accepted a posi
tion with tije Parker Tie Compa
ny. (Photo by Parkway Photo
Shop.)
*
County Welfare
Dept. Announces
A New Schedule
All applications for any type of
assistance through the county
welfare department can be turned
in only on Mondays, Tuesdays
and Wednesdays, Miss Ruth Tug
man said yesterday.
Heretofore, WPA, surplus com
modity, NYA, Old Age, and other
applications have been accepted
six days a week, but after today
applications can only be taken the
first three days of the week.
Miss Tugman urgently requests
that all persons seeking aid
through the welfare department
comply with the new schedule.
The portable dipping vat, pur
chased by the directors of the
Ashe Sheep Growers Association,
arrived yesterday and will start
out on the rounds today, with
Barlow in charge of operations.
their certificates.”
More Funds Needed
Work on the handsome hospital
building is now rapidly nearing
completion. In order to purchase
lighting, plumbing and heating
fixtures, however, money funds
on the part of the sponsor will be
needed and every one in the
county who has not made a con
tribution or taken one or more
memberships in the Association,
are urged to do so at once.
Members of the finance com
mittee, under the leadership of
Mr. Eller, are now making a drive
to raise enough money to pur
chase these essential fixtures. In
cluded on the committee are Lem
Hafer, Bill Austin, Reid Sturdi
vant, L. P. Colvard, John Little
wood and Roy Badger. “Send or
(Continued on Page Eight)
Continuance Os
County’s Health •
Dept. Is Assured
Dr. King Discusses Matter
With Commissioners. Dis
cuss Proposed Budget.
JURY LIST DRAWN
The county bosrd of commis
sioners virtually assured Dr. Ro
bert R. King that the county
would provide funds for the con
tinuance of the health depart
ment during the ensuing year.
In connection with this discus
sion, the commissioners also
talked about the proposed budget
estimate for the coming year,
which starts July 1.
L. P. Cclvard was instructed to
draw up a suggested budget esti
mate for consideration at the
July meeting.
It was indicated that the levy
for 1940-41 will be about the
same as of the current year.
A large number of routine busi-'
ness matters were disposed of and
a jury list for the July-August
term of court was drawn.
Work Started On
A New Home For
Segraves Motor
Modern New Brick Building
To Be Erected Around
Welch’s Store
An extensive building program
has been started at Lansing by
Cal Segraves, owner and man
ager oflhe Segraves Motor Com
pany.
Mr. Segraves , has bought the
Campbell store building, located
back of Welch’s store on the Hel
ton road and two other old frame
bpildings on the upper side of
Welch’s store that belonged to
Lester Sturgill, Grant and Paul
Miller and Mrs. C. R. Latham.
These old buildings are being
torn down and around the Welch
store Mr. Segraves plans to erect
a modern brick buying that 7 Hl
house three showrooms or busi
nesses, and at the back of each
of them will be a large garage
40x90 feet. The total cost of these
buildings will be approximately
SIO,OOO, he states.
Tom Gcss is also planning to
tear down his old building and
construct a new, fireproof struc
ture on the same lot.
Mr. Segraves said he might
rent one of the store spaces on
the Helton road, but that he plans
to use the others for display and
sale of automobiles, accessories,
parts and electrical appliances.
His company has recently been
appointed as dealer for Chrysler-
Plymouth. He also intends to use
his present location.
Jones Has Bought
McNeill’s Stock
Opens Store in Building Next
to Smithey’s To Sell Out
All Merchandise
F. B. Jones announced this
week that he had taken charge of
the complete stock of the Mc-
Neill store and is now offering it
for sale.
The stock which consists of
shoes, men’s, women’s and child
ren’s ready to wear, piece goods,
and other merchandise usually
found in a complete department
store has been moved to the
building next to Smithey’s, across
the street from the West Jefferson
Hotel, where it is now being of
fered for
All the stock had been grouped
and arranged for display purposes
for the advantage of the custo
mers, Mr. Jones said. He pointed
out that due to the fact that he
wanted to move the stock; un
usually low prices would be of
fered on quality merchandise.
TO GET WATER AND
SEWERAGE PROJECT
FOR ASHE HOSPITAL
Plans for getting a supplemen
tary WPA water and sewerage
project for the Ashe Memorial
Hospital Association are now be
ing formulated.
The committee working on this
project is composed of Wade El
ler, B. D. Barr, Roy and Guy
Badger and L. P. Colyard.
It was announced this week
that the annual communion ser
vice of the” Blue Ridge Baptist
church would be held June 9, all
members are urged to attend.
As Nazis Pour Through “The Bulge”
■■■ml w t
FRANCE . . . Light German anti-aircraft troops have settled
down in the ruins of an unidentified town, waiting to fire
on the enemy. Great destruction is everywhere in evidence
as a result of bombing raids and shell fire.
Allies And Nazis Stage Huge
Destructive Bombing Raids
SENATE NOMINEE
J
... r 7a* ' • •
Eugene Transou, of Sparta, pro
minent ABM am county cattle
dealer defeated Attorney Robert
Gambill for the Democratic nom
ination for state senate from this
district (Staff Photo.)
Red Cross Needs
More Funds Now
Many Have Responded to Re
quest. Ashe County Still
Short Os Quota.
A number of people have been
responding to the Ashe county
Red Cross war relief fund, ac
cording to reports from the treas
urer, Gale McMillan and the
chairman, L. P. Colvard.
The county’s quota has not been
raised yet, and due to the ever
increasing needs in the war zones,
those who have not contributed
are asked to do so at once.
The following incomplete list
shows a number who have made
contributions during the past few
days:
$1 contributions include those
of W. D. McMillan, Wick Van
noy, Robert Barr, Mrs. W. L.
Dent, W. E. McNeill, Swan
son Edwards,' Northwest Caro
lina Utilities company, T. E.
Parker, J. H. Joines, Gladys Stur
gill, J. D. Sturgill, Dr. J. K. Hun
ter, Grant Dollar, Quincy Camp
bell, I. M. Cook, Lenna Gambill,
(Continued on Page Eight)
Lansing And Riverview Show
Keen Interest In Proposal
For Rural Telephone System
Promotional meetings of the
proposed Ashe county rural tele
phone system at Lansing and
Riverview Tuesday and Wedns
day night respectively, were
termed a big success by C. J.
Rich, county ageht, last night.
“Much interest was shown by
those attending,” Mr. Rich said,
“and it seems highly possible that
a telephone system can be or
ganized. Three members of a pro
posed committee were elected at
each meeting, who will represent
their community -at a representa
tive meeting in Jefferson at a la
ter date.”
There will be a public meeting
at the school building Friday
night in Warrensville. Plans
and possibilities of organizing a
communicative system in connec
tion with the West Jefferson sys-
Hitler Claims Victory is Near.
Italy Expected To Enter
Any Moment
The European war has, been
concentrated in the air during the
past few days and with the aban
donment of Dunkerque by the
allies, the main battle front shifts
to the Sommie-Aisne line defend
ing Paris.
' With most of their troops out
of the besieged channel port, the
French announced the end of the
northern campaign and turned
swiftly to the task of replying to
the German air forays which con
tinued Wednesday with new as
saults on the Rhone valley and
the port of Le Havre.
Less than 12 hours after the
Germans loosed 1,000 bombs on
Paris and vicinity yesterday, the
war ministry announced that al
lied bombers had started striking
back “with great success” in
raids on airports and factories at
’Munich, Frankfort and railway
stations and oil refineries in the
rich industrial Ruhr basin.
“One of the most important air
plane motor factories of the reich
was hit; numerous explosions
could be observed,” the French
war ministry announced in detail
ing the results of the combined
British and French air raids. All
i the planes returned safely.
While the allied airmen were on
their retaliatory missions, Pari
' sians digging into the ruins left
after yesterday’s raid found ad
' ditional casualties, bringing the
I toll in the French capital area to
254 dead and 652 wounded.
Announcing the abandonment
of Dunkerque, the allied high
command paid fervent tribute to
the rearguard of soldiers and ma
rines who resisted to the end, per
mitting 335,000 British and
French troops to escape.
Adolf Hitler’s high command
announced Tuesday the conclu
sion of “the greatest destructive
battle of all times”, with the cap
ture of hard-held Dunkerque
along with 40,000 prisoners, and
then threatened the French and
British with “total destruction”.
It told the German people that
they could be certain “that final
victory is ours”, now that Flan
ders is won.
The Germans claim to have
' cannons which they can bombard
i London from the French port, Ca-
I (Continued on Page Eight)
tern will be discussed, and all in
terested citizens are urged tO' at
tend. Three members to represent
the Warrensville community will
also be elected.
Any community which desires
to have a meeting and is inter
ested in a telephone system, is re
quested to, make application
through the office of C. J. Rich,
who will be glad to assist in
scheduling,meetings and perfect
ing organizations.
“Ashe county, because of its
size and numerous communities,
would benefit greatly from a tele
phone system,” Mr. Rich stated,
“and the quicker each communi
ty does its part in having a meet
ing to discuss the cummunicative
possibilities in that section, the
quicker Ashe will get a telephone
system.”
ASHE county
■v- ’ 'z
r is the air-conditioned section of
North Carolina whose altitude
ranges from 3,000 to 5,500 feet
above sea level. Twenty-five miles
of the PARKWAY run through
the county.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Doctors Pledge
To Co-Operate
With Hospital
Agree to Work With Trustees
In Securing Surgical Staff
And Equipment.
SEVERAL APPLY
At a joint meeting of physicians
of the county and trustees of the
Ashe Memorial Hospital Associa
tion, held last Saturday afternoon
at the community building here,
plans for equipping and securing
a surgical staff for the hospital
were discussed.
The trustees pointed out that
the success of the county hospital
would depend entirely upon the
co-operation of the local doctors,
and that they wanted the doctors
to help work out detail plans of
operation and assist in securing
the surgical staff.
President W. B. Austin ex
plained that a number of good
surgeons have already applied
and that consideration to this im
portant feature will be given in
the near future.
Secretary Wade Eller was di
rected to write Dr. W. S. Rankin,
of the Duke Endowment, and so
licit his aid and co-operation in
this part of the hospital program.
Dr. Fred Hubbard, of the
Wilkes hospital and Dr. Haywood,
of the Elkin hospital, have vol
untarily pledged their co-opera
tion.
Physicians present at the meet
ing assured the trustees of their
interest in the hospital and said
they would co-operate in any way
to make it a success.
The doctors pledging such co
operation so far include Dr. Dean
Jones, Dr. B. E. Reeves, Dr. J. W.
Robinson, Dr. L. L. Long, Dr. R.
C. Eller, Dr. B. C. Waddell.
k • *
“We are going to have the fin
est surgical staff in the state,”
Mr. Eller declared.
Superior Court
Ended Thursday
The Ashe superior court came
to a rather abrupt close last
Thursday at noon when it was de
cided that a number of ases
would be continued.
In the suit involving the will
of Adelaide Proctor, the jury held
that the will was valid and that
the executor of the estate should
pay Maude Wallace the sum of
$500.00.
Ruth Williams was awarded a
judgment against W. E. Williams,
providing that she be paid S3O per
month alimony and giving her a
lien on some property in the
Obids township, for support of
children,
Annual Audit Os
County Books Is
Now Being Made
Mr. Smith, of Lenior, certified
public accountant, started work
this week on the annual audit of
the county’s books.
Old bonds, totalling $727,000 of
the county’s $1,079,000 outstand
ing road and bridge bond debt,
have been redeemed and new re
funding bonds isued to the hold
ers, Mr. Smith’s report shows.
“By this time the Local Govern
ment Commission probably has a
number of other bonds for ex
change,” he said.
A
I 1 I—l1 —I
IM
KI
diplomacy a poor
CXCHAN6B f&W
I OF