BHJFYK-tT-OR-NOT ' The Skyland hat is the only paper in North Carolina having an audited circulation of over three times the total population of the town in which it is pub lished. VOLUME 10, NO. 24 German Troops Nearing Paris As They Advance On Allies Austin Is Chosen New Commander Os Legion Post Election of Officers Held Sat urday Night. Plan Box ing On July 4. DELEGATES CHOSEN Hon. W. B. Austin was chosen as commander of the Ashe coun ty post of the American Legion, to succeed J. G. Rhodes, at the annual election of officers held at the regular meeting, Satur day night. Others elected to serve with Commander Austin are as fol lows: first vice-commander S. N. Baldwin; second vice-command er, C. H. Ireson; adjutant, P. G. Wright; sergt-at arms, B. W. Jones. Delegates to the depart ment convention at High pcint are J. G. Rhodes, W. B. Austin and L. P. Colvard. The alter nates chosen were Ed D. Barr, C. H. Ireson and S. N. Baldwin. Reports from the various com mittees revealed that the work of the Legion is going forward. Plans are now being worked out for the boxing to be staged here on July 4. C. H. Ireson an nounced that a number of pro minent boxers had been» secured and that others were being con tacted for the event. Larry P. Colvard reported that progress was being made toward the plans for a road to be built to the proposed boys’ camp site. He staged that the consent of most of the land owners had been secured for right of way. In connection with the Boy State Movement, the post voted appropriate sls in order to spon sor the attendance of one or more boys for this meeting at Chapel Hill. W. B. Austin and Larry P. Colvard were appointed to supervise 'the detection in this case. Plans were discussed for the entertainment of the State Com mander Junius Rose who speaks here tonight, and Cecil Pate, Grande Chef de Gare of the Forty and Eight. 3,500 Pounds Os Wool Pooled For 39 Cents Per Lb. Production and Quality Good. To Pool Lambs Early In July, Rich Says. Nearly 3.500 pounds of wool were pooled here yesterday after noon by 48 Ashe county farmers, at 39 cents per pound. The pooling was sponsored by the farm agent’s office. Three other counties, Alleghany, Gray son and Carroll, co-operated in the pool. The wool was bought by C. M. Osborne, of Grayson county and was shipped to Balti more. Local farmers received over $1,200.00. The quality of the wool was said to be exceptionally good and production reports were good. B. W. Austin pooled 151 pounds which came off of 20 sheep, or in other words over pounds to the animal. Others reported production as high as high as 8 pounds per animal. A lamb pooling will be hi Id in the county the first part of July, Mr. Rich announces. All farmers are invited to enter. Gets Sentence For Cattle Stealing Pioneer days of the Old West were recalled here Monday, when James McKinley Roark, young West Jefferson man was ar raigned before the court for the stealing of a young heifer. According to reports the hei fer was stolen from George Sheets several days ago, and young Roark attempted to trade it in to’a local motor company. He was found guilty of the theft and was sentenced to 12 months on the roads by Mayor H. C. Tucker. Hildred Bare, of Wagoner, was tried before the Mayor for pub lic drunkenness and was fined $5 and the cost. $1.50 a Year Out us County Hitler’s Flame Throwers Ln Action FRANCE . . . The first jets of fire from the type of tank leading the attack against French positions. Flame-throwers like these blasted the Nazi army to the Channel ports and now are threatening all of France. Ashe County Fail* Will Be Held Week Os September 16 DIED SUDDENLY IL hr- Til < Oh- i John F. Jchnson, father of Le vern Johnson, manager of the cheese plant here, passed away unexpectedly last Thursday af ternoon. John F. Johnson Funeral Saturtlay Died Suddenly From Heart Attack. Body Taken To Wisconsin For Burial Funeral service was held at the West Jefferson Methodist church, on Saturday for John F. Johnson, well-known West Jefferson man who died suddenly on Thursday evening at the home of his son here, following a heart attack. The Odd Fellows’ lodge of which Mr. Johnson was a mem ber was in charge of the service, and Rev. Hoyte Wood, pastor of the church, spoke briefly. Following the service, the body accompanied by members of the lodge and others was taken to Witheville where it was sent by train to Wisconsin for burial. Members of the Johnson family drove there for the burial ser vice, held on Monday. Mr. Johnson, who was 77 years old at the time of his death was a native of Scandanavia. He came to America when he was nine years old and made his home in Wisconsin, for many years before coming here six years ago with Mrs. Johnson to make is home with his son, Levern. Mr. Johnson had made many friends here, and was well known for his genial, friendly disposi tion and his active mind. In spite of his advanced years he was in terested in youth and numbered many of his friends among the younger generation. His sudden death came as a shock to all. He is survived by his wife, two sons, Levern, of West Jefferson, manager of the Kraft Cheese plant, and Harry, of Pulaski Wis consin. Several grandchildren al so survive. Members of the Odd Fellows Lodge who accompanied the body to Wytheville were: T. E. Parker, G. P. Little, L. P. Colvard, Rev. Hoyte Wood, Glenn Taylor, Charlie Mullis, Charlie Hodge, Walter Lewis, B. H. Rich ards, Ed Waddell, Emmit Stan ley, Reid Sturdivant, Guy Hud dler and Earl Scott. •1 ~ >• / , 4 • * « ■ • ®iw wniih post WEST JEFFERSON, N. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1948 SI.OO a Year In Ashe County Midway Attractions Will Be Provided by The Bullock Amusement Co. The ’4O presentation of the Ashe County Fair will be held here the week of September 16, open ing on Wednesday 18 and clos ing on Saturday, 21, it was de cided at a meeting of the execu tive committee held Monday night. Midway attractions will be fur nished by the Bullock Amuse ment Company and will include four rides, fourteen concessions and fireworks. Offers from other amusement companies were presented but the executive committee voted to have Bullock again because of the clean and wholesome attrac tions provided by the Bullock or ganization which has appeared here a number of times in the past. Committees are now busy re vising the prize and premium lists, selecting township execu tive committee members, depart ment superintendents and var ious other things. The prizes and awards are expected to be about the same as last year, however. The executive committee will meet again Monday night at 8 o’clock and final arrangements to get out the fair catalogues in the near future will be made at that time. The.week of September 16 was chosen because the Elkin and North Wilkesboro fairs will be held the week of the 9th and the 23rd was thought to be a little too late. Carl Colvard has replaced Les ter Segraves on the executive committee as a representative of the West Jefferson board of ai dermen. To Discuss County Defense Plans At Meeting Saturday In line with the national de fense program that is being pushed forward rapidly, and with a firm conviction that the United States will be actively engaged in war with the Allies against the dictator nations with in less than three months’ time, Upton Blevins, well known citi zen of the Crumpler community who is an ex-marine and ex sailor, this week proposed that extensive plans for defense and for possible entrance into the war be made immediately right here at home. In proposing this new and unique idea for preparedness, Mr. Blevins, who is also quite a student of world affairs, gave a summary of the world war out look as he sees it and predicted that Russia and Japan will join Germany and Italy in the war to defeat the Democracies, which of course includes the United States. To formulate local plans for preparedness, he announced that a meeting of all those who are interested will be held at the courthouse Saturday afternoon at one’oclock. “There is no use to become alarmed, that time has passed,” he said. “We should go about getting ready just as we would Supervisors To Start Checking Farms Next Wk. Twelce Compliance Checkers To Be Chosen at Conclu sion of School Today. 23 ATTEND SCHOOL After attending a two-day ses sion of classes directed by J. H. Enloe, junior AAA field officer for this district and G. E. Tester, state AAA supervisor, 12 com pliance checkers will be selec ted this afternoon out of the 23 Ashe county young men present at the triple A conservation pro gram school being held at Jef ferson high school, announced Clark Houck, county supervisor, yesterday afternoon. “The purpose of the school is to instruct those present in me thods of checking the farms in the conservation program,” Houck said, “and when the class es are over, an examination will be given. The 12 having the best rating on the exam and their field work, will be the 12 chosen to aid in the county’s conserva tion work. They will begin work next week.” G. B. Price and Selma Dick son will be responsible for the reports of the supervisors as they come in. They are attending the school as representatives of the county office. The group from which the 12 compliance checkers or field sup ervisors will be chosen is: Bob Baker, Leonard Bare, Howard Blevins, J. T. Brown, G. M. Campbell, Woodrow Davis, Tom Dent, Wade E. Eller, Jr., Chas. F. Francis, Zeb Graybeal, Joe Grubb, Claude Houck, A. B. Hurt, Jr., Herman Little, Fred Oliver, Ralph L. Perry, J. B. Pierce, Tom Price, Ralph Tom linson, Everett Trivette, J. G. Welch, Ray Wiles and Edwin Young. Pennington Boy Struck By Auto Robert Pennington sustained a cut on the back of his head last Friday night when he, rid ing a bicycle, collided with a car driven by Walter Miller, of Glendale Springs, who was said to be bringing Mrs. Cleve Long and her daughter to see Dr. Reeves. R. W. Banta, of Minnesota, and his wife narrowly escaped ser ious injury Tuesday when their car skidded on a curve this side cf Warrensville and plunged down an embankment. Mrs. Ban ta was slightly hurt and the au tomobile was badly damaged. Dr. and Mrs. Frank Gambill, of Lincolnton visited relatives here Sunday. go about any other disagreeable task. It will not be as easy as it was in 1916. Ashe county can probably furnish half as many soldiers between the ages of 21 and 31 as she did in the World War. I believe the same condi tion prevails throughout the na tion. “The task we must face is much greater than it was then. It will require every able-bodied man, single or married, from 16 to 60, in the field. It will require the efforts of every other man, wo man and child to support the armed forces. It may last for years. The only sensible thing is to get ready as fast as we can. Why should Ashe county wait for some other county or city to start. We should meet and talk things over. We could take stock of our man-power, and our sup port. We could start preliminary training. “Time and space do not per mit us to go into details. We should know how many and who would be in the first, sec ond and last drafts. We should know the best marksmen. We should know who would make good plane pilots. We should know our expert truck drivers. We should know how many ar (Continued on Page Eight) To Speak At Bancjuet Here Tonight yJKksS* 5 ’ - wR a ■> x"' i UK Department Commander June Rose who will deliver an address tonight at the Legion-Rotary banquet at the Com munity Building. American Legion Department Commander To Speak Tonight At A Legion-Rotary Banquet ON PROGRAM TONIGHT ; fill Wil Cecil Pate, of Charlotte, Grande Chef de Gare, who will be one of the speakers on the program tonight at a joint meeting of the Legion and Rotaiy club. A SSO Reward Is Offered In Ashe Public Asked to Protect Deer Now In Several Sections Os This County. Game Warden Harvey T. Good man announced yesterday that steps were being taken to protect the deer now in the county and that to assure them from harm a SSO reward was offered for in formation leading to the arrest of any person killing one. There is also a reward of $lO offered for information leading to the ar rest of a person dogging or an noying the deer in any way. Mr. Goodman pointed out that there were several deer in the county now and that if they were protected it might enable this section to get a good start with these animals. “There is no open season for deer in Ashe,” he said and urged everyone to protect rather than molest them. Recently deer have been seen in the Helton, Chest nut Hill, Todd and Jefferson communities. He also cautioned the public not to violate any of the fish or game laws. Head • f 40 and 8 in State To ; Speak Also. To Meet At I Community Bldg. 1 Hon. Junius H. Rose, of Green ville, Department Commander of the American Legion, will be liver an address tonight at 7:30 o’clock before a joint meeting of the Ashe county post number 171, of the Legion and the Jeffersons Rotary Club, at the Community building here. Commander Rose is expected to speak on the present world v*a.r crisis and plans for national defense in this country. P. G. Wright, vice department com mander, will be in charge of the program. Cecil Pate, of Charlotte, Grande Chef de Gare of the For ty and Eight, will also be present and will appear on the program. The banquet will be prepared and served by members of the Legion Auxiliary, with Mrs. Wright in charge. Mr. Rose, who is superinten dent of the Greenville city schools, has made an outstanding record as department commander this year and members of the Le gion post and Rotary club are urged to attend the meeting to night, to hear him. Ashe Received $98,826 From Social Security Nearly Half of Amount Went to Old Age. State Total Over 29 Million. Ashe county received nearly SIOO,OOO of the $29,143,262.12 dis tributed in the 100 counties in North Carolina in aid, assist ance, insurance and services pro vided in the 10 divisions of the National Social Security Act, through last year, generally, it is estimated from official sources by Charles G. Powell, chairman of the N. C. Unemployment Com pensation Commission. The exact figure for Ashe coun ty’s receipts from the 10 divisions is $98,826.93. Os this amount, payments to old age assistance totalled $43,153.50, or nearly one half. Aid to dependent children came next, amounting to $11,181,- (Continued on Page Eight) ASHE COUNTY 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 Italy’s Entrance In War Criticized By Roosevelt Practically All Civilians Have Evacuated French Capi tol. City Quiet. MANY ARE KILLED With Italy’s entrance into the war alongside Germany and the Nazi forces gradually creeping up on Paris in the battle of France, the defeat of this nation appears to be definitely near. The Germans reported yester day that they had reached the Marne river, the valley of which is a natural »entrance to the French capitcl, and that the city was within their reach. The allies 26 years ago de cisively halted the legions of im perial Germany there in the first battle of the Marne, with the augmenting “taxicab army” from Paris battering down the kaiser’s men into their eventually disas trous trench warfare. In a vast enveloping advance, the Germans claimed yesterday, 400,000 to 500,000 French in two armies were taken prisoners or killed and others were “pock eted”, as in Flanders, with low skimming planes bombing and straffing columns on the move and blasting bridges from the Marne and loxfrer Oise to cut off retreat. Residents in the outer parts of the city reported hearing the roar of the night battle and seeing the gun flashes on the northwestern horizon. Although the Germans were trying to encircle the city, com munication by highway and wire still was open to the nerve cen ter where the government had moved in central France. Most people who had transpor tation already had left .the one time capital of the Republic of France. As to 50 persons crowded ab ;ut available taxicabs x and it was almost impossible to i board one of the infrequent sub way trains. , Automobiles still were leaving i the city, but many were without I gasoline. Others there expected train service to be restored that would enable them to leave. Frenchmen of the central ar mies took their stand behind the Marne, where their fathers died to stop the German advance on Paris of 1914. Italy struck her first blows at Tunis and Malta. British air for ces raided Italian Libra and the British navy began to clamp down on Italian ships, immedia tely. Italy’s entrance into the war at this time received severe criti cism from President Roosevelt who in his address at the Uni versity of Virginia, on Tuesday, declared that “the nation which held the dagger stuck it into the back of its neighbor.” He pledged material support to the Allies whom he declared were giving their life blood for democracy. Italy openly admitted that she was entering the war for terri torial expansion. President Roosevelt’s public championship of their cause gave the Allies confidence ac cording to reports from both Eng land and France. Hailing his assurance as insur ing victory for the Allies, Clem ent R. Attlee, lord privy seal, of England told the house that Ita ly’s entrance into the war “does not cause us dismay.” — HI flir 18111 WOULD BE LOST VERY THING COULD BE FOUND QU/CKLy AS |