Christmas Shopping Season Opens In West Jefferson and Ashe County - Santa Is Coming
SANTA IS
COMING
HERE
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VOLUME 15, NO. 48
Local Merchants Now Ready For Christmas Business
Increase In Sale Os
Victory Bonds Next
Week Being Planned
Ashe Red Cross
Chapter Will Be
Saluted Tuesday
Special Radio Broadcast Will
Call Attention To Excellent
Work Os County Chapter
The Ashe County Chapter,
American Red Cross, will be salu
ted Tuesday evening, Dec. 4, at
1:15 p. m., in the first of a series
of five broadcasts on the role
played by North Carolina chap
ters in the Red Cross program at
home and overseas. The broad
cast will come from Station WSJS
at Winston-Salem.
This honor will be rendered to
the Ashe County Chapter in rec
ognition of its outstanding work
in Claims. The salute to the
Ashe County Chapter will come
at the end of an interview on Red
Cross services to veterans, in
which two other chapters will al
so be cited.
In referring to the forthcoming
broadcast, Mrs. W. G. Vannoy,
county chairman, emphasized the
need of greater numbers of work
ers in the chapters to carry on
the ever-expanding services to
veterans.
“Every day more of our men
are out of uniform and coming
back home,” said Mrs. Vannoy,
“and it is the pleasure and priv
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Army Recruiter
Coming To W. J.
Wi 11 Be Here To Seek Enlist
ments Tuesday; Cites
Regulations
The- ” .* ■-miter will
be in West Jefferson Tuesday,
December 4, from 8 a. m. to
sp. m. Men between the ages of
17 through 34, who are interest
ed in the regular army, are urged
to contact him in the post office
building then.
Men enlisting for the three
year “hitch” now have their pick
of the branch of service and the
overseas theater that they want.
There is also an eighteen months
and two-year period of enlist
ment.
It was also pointed out that
men who have been discharged
from the service only have twen
ty days to re-enlist to receive full
benefits that the army offers.
. The recruiting station in Le
noir is located in the post office
building and is open six days a
week, from 8 a. m. and 5 p. m., it
was explained.
POST GIVING FREE
THEATER TICKETS
Again The Skyland Post is
conducting its annual Christ
mas gift plan when dozens of
tickets to the Parkway Theater
are to be given away absolute
ly free.
In practically all of the ad
vertisements except those of
national products in The Post
today will be found the names
of Ashe county people. Read
all of the advertise munis care
fully and v hen yon discover
your name bring the adver
tisement in it appears,
into the ofMjf The Post and
you will i ticket to
the ParkwayTjfimter. • *
The names in the ad
partially frol| offices
on the mailing list of The Post.
The tickets musphe called for
and used by December 15.
Read all of the advertise
ments, it may mean a free
ticket for you, as well as the
solution to your shopping
problems.
m jftnLiraft Post
$2.00 a Year in Ashe County
County Still Below Half-way
Mark Os E Bond Quota
Os $127,000.00
According to reports received
yesterday afternoon, only $60,-
881.25 worth of E bonds have
been sold to date in the Victory
Loan toward the quota of $127,-
000.00.
Due to the fact that next week
marks the anniversary of the
Pearl Harbor bombing, all town
ship chairmen are urged to make
a special effort to raise their quo
tas. Where it is possible, special
programs are suggested. Person
al contacts are also urged for the
entire week.
On Thursday, retail merchants
j are asked to observe Merchant’s
| Victory Bond Day, with each
sales person contacting every
customer relatively to buying
bonds.
As the tobacco market opens
next week, farmers are urged to
invest this extra cash in Victory
Bonds.
i On Friday evening, a special
Victory Ball will be held at the
West Jefferson community build
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i
Miss Jennie Todd
) Died Last Night
Miss Jennie Todd, well-known'
Jefferson woman, died shortly
after seven o’clock last night at
i the Ashe Hospital, after a* long
j period of serious illness.
I Funeral service will be held at
the Jefferson Methodist church!
Friday morning at 11 o’clock. I
l Miss Todd had been ill for more
than two years and prior to that
time she had long been identified
with Appalachian State Teachers
College, where she served as
dean for many years.
She is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. W. M. Transou, of Greens
boro, Miss Billie Todd, of Jeffer- 1
son, and one brother, Donald B.
Todd, of Etowah, Term.
She was the daughter of the late
Captain J. W. Todd, who served
in the War Between the States.
Baptist Ass’n Is
To Hold Meeting
D. C. Severt, associational B. T.
,U. director, has announced this
week that a meeting of all repre
sentatives of the 53 churches of
the Ashe Association will be held
December 7 at the West Jefferson
Baptist church. All pastors of
the various churches in the asso
ciation have been asked to meet
j with the directors.
| A well planned program has
i been prepared and all members
\ are urged to attend. One of the
1 main features of the program will
be a short play.
Will Speak On Youth Rally Program
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Among the speakers for the district rally of young people
of Winston-Salem Presbytery to be held at Jefferson, Wed
nesday, are: Dr. William Rule, left, and the Rev. John Vinson,
right.
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Junior Red Cross
Opens Drive In
Schools, Monday
Cooperation Os Teachers Is
Urged By Chairman, Mrs.
Herman Haire
Mrs. Herman Haire, chairman
of the Junior Red Cross work in
the county, announced this week
that the drive would officially
open in the schools next Monday.
School children will be asked to
contribute funds and to make ar
ticles as well.
She pointed out that informa
tion kits were being sent out to
the school principals and that she
hoped that each room teacher
would raise her quota. The min
imum quota for each room in the
elementary grades is 50 cents and
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AAA Committee
Election Friday
Ashe farmers are again re
minded to go to their announced
voting places and cast their bal
j lots for the communty AAA com
imitteemen on Friday.
These, in turn, will elect the
county committeemen. A com
plete list of the voting places was
published last week.
Sparta Lions To
Meet Rotarians
In Game Friday
Will Be Played At W. Jeffer
son Gym; Benefit Os The
United War Fund
Sports fans will have an op
portunity of seeing some former
basketball stars in action here on
Friday night at 7:30, when the
Sparta Lions Club meets the Jef
fersons Rotarians. Another fea
ture of the evening will be the
girls’ all-star game between the
West Jefferson All-Stars and the
Lansing All-Stars.
The Sparta Lions not only nave
a reputation for roaring, but skul
on the basketball court as well,
and are expected to play the Ro
tarians a close game.
Sharpe S. Shoemaker says it
[is his ambition to guard Robert
j Allison, of Sparta. It has also
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Burley Sales To
Open Mon., Dec. 3
Tobacco growers of this section
have been busy getting their
crop ready for market and many
of them have already placed
theirs in warehouses to be ready
when the sales open on Monday,
December 3.
The majority of growers in this
section sell on the Boone market
and according to announcement
by officials there, everything is in
readiness for the opening of sales
Monday morning.
Chester Bowles, price adminis
trator, has announced that ceil
ings have been continued on the
same level as of the 1944 crop.
, Few Roosevelt
Pictures Left
There are still a few copies
i of the last portrait of the late
! President Franklin D. Roose
! velt left for those buying
I Roosevelt memorial bonds.
Those wanting to secure one
j of these pictures should come
i by the office of this paper on
Friday or Saturday of this
I week before the supply is ex
! hausted.
$2.50 a Year Out of County
Special Victory Bond Day
Will Be Observed By Ashe
Merchants Next Thursday
Victory Ball Is
Planned Here For i
Next Fri., Dec. 7
Will Be Held At Community
Building; Victory Bonds
Admission Price
- !
The anniversary of the Pearl
Harbor attack, December 7, will
be celebrated with a Victory Ball!
at the community building next
Friday, when the purchase of a
Victory Bond will be the admis-,
sion requirement, it was an- j
nounced yesterday.
Bonds or applications for same;
will be written in the foyer of the
community building as a pre
requisite for attending. Special
music will be arranged for, it wasj
i announced, and a good attendance j
i is expected.
On the committee for arrange
ments are Miss Margaret Phillips,
J. G. Rhodes, Mrs. J. B. Hensley,
L. P. Colvard, L. B. Tyson, A. B.
| Hurt and Mrs. P. G. Wright. Oth
ers will be asked to assist, it wasj
announced.
Missionaries Will Speak On
Youth Rally Program, Wed.
Internationally known repre
sentatives in the field of missions
are scheduled to speak at the dis
trict rally of young people of the
Winston-Salem Presbytery to be
held at the Jefferson Presbyterian
Church, next Wednesday after
noon and evening, the pastor,
| William P. Boyle, announced to
day.
“Appearing with Candidate
Secretary Richard T. Gillespie,
of Nashville, Tennessee, popular
young minister known all through
the South, will be young men
and women whose names are al
ready bywords in many lan
guages,” Mr. Boyle said.
Dr. William Rule, M. D., of the
Congo Mission, Southern Presby
terian Church, will tell the large
crowd of young people expected
Every Sales Person Asked To
Take Part; Prize Will Be
Offered
It was announced this week by
members of the committee, that
next Thursday, December 6, has
been designated as special Vic
tory Bond Day for all retail mer
chants. At this time, every sales
person in all stores throughout
the county is asked to contact all
customers and sell them bonds if
possible. Stores needing bond
applications may secure them
from post offices.
Store managers or owners are
asked to give credit to their re
! spective township chairman for
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Dec. 1 Time For
Essay Entries
Ashe county schools are again
reminded that December 1 is the
deadline for entering the news
paper contest.
All essays should be turned in
to the office of The Skyland Post
on or before that date in order to
j compete for prizes, it was ex
| plained.
to attend of his experiences in the
heart of Equatorial Africa and of
the need for medical missionaries.
Dr. Rule and one other missionary
doctor were entrusted with the en
tire medical care of over two mil
lion people, and all during the
war have been the only doctors
available to staff eight hospitals.
A native of Knoxville, Tenn., Dr.
Rule graduated from Davidson
College in 1932, U. P. Medical
School in 1936, and after intern
ship at Bryn Mawr Hospital and
Pennsylvania State Hospital has
been stationed at Lubondai, Con
go Beige since 1940.
Also from the Congo will be
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Moore, a suc
■ cessful principal and teacher from
I Olanta, South Carolina, who to-
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SANTA IS
HERE
FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY
Thousands Os
Gifts Are Being
Featured Here
Everyone Invited To Shop
Here And See Santa Fri
day And Saturday
Hundreds of people are ex
pected to shop here Friday and
Saturday, when the Christmas
shopping season for West Jeffer
son and Ashe county will be of
ficially opened with the arrival
of Santa Claus.
An unusually large assortment
of practical as well as special gift
merchandise is now on sale here
and the store windows as well as
the attractive interior displays re
flect the gay spirit of Christmas.
The town will have Christmas
street lights for the first time
since the Pearl Harbor attack.
Evergreen roping will also add
to the decorations.
Santa is expected to be here
most of Friday and Saturday and
will visit the various stores, shak
ing hands with the children, find
ing out their desires and giving
them candy or peanuts. Every
child in this entire section is in
vited here to see him. His visit
is sponsored by the merchants of
West Jefferson.
While the selection of gift mer
chandise is varied, merchants
point out that many items cannot
be replaced and urge everyone
to shop early while stocks are
complete.
Today, The Skyland Post is
sues its annual Christmas shop-
J ping edition officially ushering
lin the Christmas shopping season
here. Throughout this paper will
be found hundreds of advertised
values which are proof that West
Jefferson is the place to shop.
Nation-wide surveys show that
this year, more than ever, peo
jple are turning to practical gifts.
Season Opens
I For Basketball
Much Interest Shown In Ini
tial Games Played Tues
day Night
The basketball season officially
got underway in Ashe county on
Tuesday night with the opening
games being well attended.
Virginia-Carolina girls and
boys won a double-header on
their home court from the visit
ing Riverview teams. The V-C
boys led by a score of 30-18 and
jthe girls, 30-11. Reedy, of V-C,
was high scorer with 13 points,
while Graybeal led the River
view quintet with 5 points in the
I girls’ game. Boys with the same
names were the top scorers in the
| boys’ game. Reedy chalked up
117 of his team’s 30 points and J.
Graybeal, with 8 points, led the
■ Riverview Wildcats,
j At Nathan’s Creek, the home
team defeated Healing Springs
girls, 30 to 20. And the Nathan’s
Creek boys likewise ran away
with the opening game, defeating
Healing Springs, 56-9.
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WINDOW CONTEST
TO BE HELD HERE
In order to stimulate interest
in the Christmas window dec
orations of the business houses
here, this paper is again con
ducting a contest.
A first prize of $3, a second
of $2, and third prize of $1
will be awarded to the business
houses having the most at
tractive windows.
The windows will he judged
on Monday by a board of local
professional men and women
not connected with the busi
ness firms and prizes will be
announced in this paper.
Many of the stores now have
in attractive Christmas win
dow displays and the attention
of the public is called to them.
Due to the fact there is a
shortage in many items as well
as some decorating material,
local stores are using much
originality along with some
substitutions in their displays.