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

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