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THURSDAY, DEC. 10, 1942 President Endorses Dec. 13 As Universal Bible Sunday Washington “I am happy to give my endorsement to the set ting aside of December 13 as Uni versal Bible Sunday, writes Pres ident Franklin D. Roosevelt to the American Bible Society in his annual endorsement of this obser vance which is sponsored by the Bible Society and will be cele brated in tens of thousands of churches throughout the country. “These days of crisis have brought strain and anguish to American homes, but they have brought also a quickened sense of the strength which religion a lone can give to our people. “The crisis of the world today is a moral crisis. The essential war is a war of values, and the stake for which mankind is con tending is the right to be free. The Christian conception of man created in the image of God, that tradition of human freedom and dignity which over many cen turies has gradually achieved democracy as its secular expres sion, is challenged today by the Nazi conception of man created Bring US Your Raw Furs WE WILL PAY YOU HIGH PRICES FOR YOUR FURS. We Also Want IVY and LAUREL Burls Todd Drug Co. West Jefferson, N. C. Charles Jones, Oval OUR STORE IS FILLED WITH HUNDREDS OF GIFTS, ALL MODERATELY PRICED. ONLY A FEW ARE SUGGESTED HERE. VISIT OUR STORE! Men’s Lounging Robes $7.50 Choice of colors and sizes. Very Special! "T • House Slippers • Town Topic Dress wl Priced at $2.75 SllirtS at $ 2 ’ 25 • Novelty Gifts $1 * Travel Sets Tie holders, pipe stands, SI.OO to $7.75 and other plastic novelties. Comp lete with Military * •Pajamas $2.00 B ™ h^ v T<L^ C ’*” Handkerchiefs Ties Socks R. L. Houck, Othello Ladies’ Toilet Sets 25c to $12.75 (Including the new plastic types) * ew Ghenille • Bedroom |l 11 ) jjwA Housecoats ? 5- 75 Slippers .Wk \ | jJ %UJ/1 * n P as * e l shades —from W lOi . Housecoats ”■ ’ $7 ‘ 75 69c to $2.75 MST rOWIIS • SILK PANTIES 25c, up V\ Uy Slips • NEW rayon $1.50 to $2.25 Hose $1.25 Chatham Blankets - Gift Linens - Sweaters - Blouses Dolls and Toys Dozens of Beautiful Dolls 25c to $4.00 • Stuffed Animals • Lawn Mowers > • Games, Books, • Rubber Toys • Tool Sets • Tractors ~ • Trucks, Tops, and many other toys mJ®! a • Christmas Cards Gift Wrappings Ribbon. Ox Vfiy GOODMAN BROTHERS West Jefferson, “Next Door To Graybeal’s” North Carolina in the image of beasts of the field. We are defending humani ty against systematic and calcu lated brutalization. We are fight ing to make the future safe for decency and brotherhood. “More than any single work, the Bible is the repository of the moral and religious teachings of our western tradition. It is a book not for a day or a week but for eternity. In the great moral crisis of ancient Isreal the pro phet Isaiah cried out, “They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles: they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” “In that spirit we shall fortify our souls for the uncertainties of the future. With that spirit sus taining us, we shall not falter and we shall not fall.” For over two decades the A merican Bible Society has spon sored the annual observance of a Sunday in December as Univer sal Bile Sunday, supplying ma terial to over 100.000 pastors to Permits, Fees Not Required For Hog Killing Farmers can kill their hogs just like they have slaughtered them at home for years—despite some rumors that are going a round about permits and fee re quirements—l. O. Schaub, direc tor of the co-operative extension work in agriculture and home e conomics in North Carolina, said. Home and Farm Agents are urg ed to do everything possible to spike the rumors. “Reports from the field indi cate that much misinformation and gossip is going around as re gards the share-the-meat pro gram,” Schaub said in his letter. The letter said: “Reports from a number of counties indicate that many peo ple believe they will need a per mit before thy can kill any ani mal. Some reports say these per mits cost from $3 to $5 —or more. Others are to the effect that farmers will have to have their hogs weighed before killing them. “Such reports are entirely er roneous and I hope that you will do everything possible to stop such rumors. There is a possi bility that they are being cir culated deliberately. If you can get track of any definite sources of such rumors, I hope you will advise. “The share-the-meat program is purely a voluntary one at the present time, and while the farmers will be asked to limit their consumption to an allow ance set up for the country as a whole, I doubt if it will affect but very few on the basis of av erage yearly consumption. "Comparatively few of our farmers average more than the consumption allotment requested for all of the people.” DECEMBER 7 “Let us have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.” —Abraham Lincoln. aid in this celebration. The theme chosen this year is Watch Your Scripture Reading." THE SKYLAND POST, WEST JEFFERSON, N. C. Ashe Gas w Sr fi <VI if/ *- By Stella W. Anderson Santa is on the way and how the children are talking about him! His ears are surely burning. West Jefferson stores have plentiful stocks for his selections. It is probably more of a girls’ Christmas than a boys’ this year, as there is some shortage of wheel goods, but no rationing on dolls. What beautiful dolls are here, large ones, small ones in fact every kind you can think of. And some of them are walking and talking. Gwyn Little, who was looking at some at Parker’s the other day remarked that one had to use his imagination however to tell when the dolls said “Ma ma and Pa-pa,” isn’t that what we have to do with very young babies too? Hog Killing Weather There is always a lot of satis faction in killing your own hog and knowing that you have a sufficient amount of meat to last through the winter. And this year with the meat about to be ration ed there is more satisfaction than ever. J. E. Johnson, of Oval, was by the office Saturday and reported than on Dec. 3, he killed a little pig which lacked one day be ing nine months old, but that it weighed 520 pounds. Mr. Johnson said that it was an I. O. C pig and that he fed it on milk all of the summer. He not only has plenty of meat, but a good supply of shortening from the hog. Mrs. Johnson rendered around 10 gal lons of lard from it. Santa Claus’ Sweetheart The other day a group of chil dren were playing that age-old game “Ring Around The Roses” and when it came her turn of having to tell who her sweetheart was, who do you think Mary Joe Blackburn said? “Santa Claus.” This I believe is a very wise selection for this season of the year, particularly for seven year olds. Several children who have al ready been window-shopping in order to make suggestions for St. Nicholas, have among the other things been fascinated by the giant felt mule in the window of McNeills. Hunting Here and There A number of the champion hunters of West Jefferson includ ing Gale McMillan, Dr. Hunter, Reid Sturdivant, T. E. Parker, and Don Blackburn report an abundance of rabbits and some On Every Front . . . General Electric equ’pment if fighting with America’s land army. From the rolling kitchen to the front line, electricity works for victory. r \ :W. feu v> ■■ - ! '—J-' 1.0 1. In the factory electricity 2. In induction center and stitches the seams of tank field hospital, the X ray helps armor, and on the battlefield it safeguard the health of our controls the operation of these fighting men. aiding in the diag- spearheads of modern combat. nosis and treatment of disease eSSHIb 3. Far from the usual power < 4. Blitz war requires swift sources, mobile power plants communications! On the soldier’s supply electricity for 800,000,000 back, in field and sky, radio candlepower searchlights by co-ordinates the striking force which a newspaper can be read of American army planes, guns. 12 miles away. and tanks. General Electric believe* that it* first duty a* a good citizen i* to be a good soldier. General Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y. , G. E. Develops Memory Machine Schenectady A memory de vice, which will retain the image of an electric flash for 1-25 of a second, loqg enough to open au tomatically the lens of a camera and make a picture of it, has been developed in General Electric’s laborartory. This electronic roUpt consists few quail. Mr. Parker reports that among the other things they kill, is time, which, after all is not such a bad idea since it is open-air recreation for most of those who spend many of their working hours indoors. Hunting in the cool mountain air is pleas ant compared to fighting mosqui toes and using “furniture polish” as some of the local hunters were forced to during a recent trip to the coast Small Christmas Shoppers There is no limit to age when it comes to Christmas shopping, particularly window shopping. Recently we noticed Tommy Lit tle, who has just passed his first birthday, looking at some of the toys with much interest. Ronnie Goodman is only two, but he is not too little to be particularly attracted by the gay bells in Graybeals. We saw some small first-graders tracing the shiny V’s with their finger tips in Ray’s the other day and one of them remarked “This means we will have victory at Christmas.” Certainly was a nice thought, and of course we all hope how soon it may come! Tell It To The Marines It is an old. old saying, but perhaps there are more reasons than one for it. Paul Hopkins, who has been in the Marines for several months was home during the past week end. Paul appeared to have lost some surplus weight and gained some in height. Some one told him he looked different ... the answer was he had been in the Marines.” Stop AMERICA’S TALLEST HOTEL MORRISON HOTEL CHICAGO LEONARD HICKS Managing Director Duplicate Names In Army Making Numbers Vital Atlanta, Ga., Dec. B—You?’re in the Army now, Mr. Jores. But . . . which Mr. Jones?, For there of a cathode raytube on which a small beam of electrons contin uously paint on. the thin coating of a fluorescent mineral a pic ture of what is happening. When there is a flash, this device picks up the picture, retains the image long enough for a thyratron tube automatically to trip the camera for 1-50 second exposure. “Just as the human eye re.- tains the image of what it sees for a fraction of a second, until the nerve system relays it to the brain, so this memory oscillo graph holds the image long e nough to be photographed,” Dr. A. W. Hull, assistant director of General Electric’s research lab oratory, who developed the de vice, explained. The device will be used in the study of unpredictable flashes or surges on electrical equipment. igS®, THINK OF This Chris tm a s And SAVE MORE At BURGESS FURN. CO. Here are only a FEW of the MANY hundreds of values ”re have to offer. 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WE STILL HAVE A FEW HEATING STOVES At Low Prices USED BEDROOM SUITES VERY LOW GOOD DINING ROOM SUITES, as low as $39.50 ODD DINING TABLES, as low as $ 4.00 ODD DRESSERS, as low as $ 7.50 MATTRESSES, as low as $ 8.50 SEE US FOR BEDS AND SPRINGS OF ALL KINDS Trunks and Suitcases Give Antiques This Year Gifts that grow in value with the years. - HERE IS A BEAUTIFUL SELECTION OF GLASS CHINA Mirrors, Odd Tables, Pictures and Pic ture Frames and many other valuable antique pieces. N. C. Shepherd, Laurel Springs We Sell On Easy Terms Burgess Furniture Co. Across from First NatT. Bank WEST JEFFERSON, NORTH CAROLINA PAGE THREE were only 28.050 Mr. Jones’ in the last war, so, who knows how many in this one? John Jones dosen’t help too much, for there were thousands of Johns, and hundreds of those Johns had wives named Mary, which wasn’t much of a help when the War Department tried tracing down a Jones. If you think there were a lot of Jones’, consider then the'John stons, 53,200 strong, 2,00 of whom were named William. And the Smiths with 51,900, among whom were 3,412 Willies; the Browns with 48,000; the Williams, 47,000; the Andersons, 22,000; the Walk ers, 18,500 and the "2,500. What’s in a name? Not Much,, according to the Army records,, if it isn’t accompanied by a serial number. And the War Depart ment continues to stress the im portance of remembering those serial numbers. When you think of that man in the service, think of his serial number, too, for without it he might not get his mail and you might not get your allotment, according to Colonel John H. Bush, Army Emergency Relief Officer, headquarters, Fourth Service Command.
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