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— '■ MERRY XMAS TO 0 ALL! VOLUME 15, NO. 51 I r County Shivers Under Blanket Os Snow; Coal Shortage Acute Here Bitter Cold Weather And Lack Os Fuel Makes Winter Keenly Felt Tuesday, Ashe county was doubly assured of a white Christ mas unless there is considerable rise in the temperature before next week, since from five to nine inches of snow fell through out the county where much of two recent snows still remained. During the past week end, light snow, high winds and low tem perature, which dropped to two above zero in some sections, made the weather particularly uncom fortable. The acute coal shortage here has added to the discomfort of many. Travel and weather con ditions have also made it prac tically impossible to secure any additional wood. Coal dealers report that under the present system of allotment, there appears little relief in sight unless fuel officials can allot more to this county. Travel conditions have also been greatly impaired because of the snow and ice-covered high ways. Travelling without chains has been virtually impossible during the past few days. There has been comparatively no trav el on the highways and to date, no serious accidents have been reported. Highway conditions made it necessary to close down most of the schools on Tuesday. Annual Rotary Party Tonight Rotaryanns Will Be Special Guests, Cl Velmas Program - Is Planned The Jeffersons Rotary Club will hold its annual Christmas party tonight when Rotaryanns will be special guests. There will be gifts, a tree, and the regular Christmas banquet mcel. as an entertaining program. In spite of the severe winter weather, a good attend ance is n’-noef-'d. John S. Joi dan, Cale McMillan and Levern Johnson will be in charge of the program. In addi tion to regular Christmas fea tures, there will also be humorous parts, the committee members said. In the absence of the scheduled speaker, last week, a report was heard from Wade E. Eller in re gard to the proposed hotel site. A number of possible locations have been referred to the finance committee, it was stated., Roy Badger also reported of the possibilities of securing a hosiery mill, which he, W. G. Vannoy and Glenn Graybeal are investigating. COMMUNION TO BE AT ST. MARY’S SUNDAY It was announced this week that Christmas communion would be held Sunday, December 23, at 11:00 a. m., at the St. Mary’s Episcopal church at Beaver Creek. The Rev. W. C. Leach will be in charge of the services. POST TO BE CLOSED MON., TUES., WED. A. M. The office of The Skyland Post will be closed on Monday, Tuesday and on Wednesday until noon in the observance of Christmas. This paper will be published as usual next week but will be a day later than usual. This paper takes this occa sion to again wish all of the readers a “Merry Christmas.” This is also the message of the advertisers in this issue. Throughout this paper will be found many greetings sent to the readers as a personal mes sage from merchants, other firms and.individuals. These greetings are being sent to more than 3,900 sub scribers and to around 19,500 readers. To all of them, along with merchants, we again say, “Merry Christmas.” The Skyland Post $2.00 a Year in Ashe County WEST JEFFERSON, N. C., THURSDAY, DEC. 20, 1945 $2.50 a Year Out of County Wounded Vets Are Sent Gifts For Christmas Legion And Auxiliary And Other Groups Send Gift Packages To Hospitals Wounded veterans, who will spend Christmas in hospitals, are to be remembered by Ashe coun ty people this year. Members of the local American Legion Post and Auxiliary have packed 60 boxes that are to be distributed to them on Christmas. The packages include assorted gifts such as toilet articles, books, games and other gifts that can be used and enjoyed. These pack ages were completed some time ago and have already been sent to a distributing center. The West Jefferson Woman’s club has sent a nuipber of cartons of cigarettes to Moore General Hospital to be given to veterans. Nathan’s Creek School To Reopen After Holidays Will Use Gymnasium And Churches For Remainder Os Session Plans are now being made to re-open Nathan’s Creek high school along with the others after I the Christmas holidays. Since ! the building was totally destroyed. by fire last week, plans are now ( underway to convert the large; gymnasium into class rooms and 'there is a possibility that the nearby Methodist church, as well as the Senter Baptist church may ibe used, if needed. | A. B. Hurt, principal of the school, said that both of the churches had been offered for, use and that he deeply apprecia- ‘ ted the interest and cooperation jof everyone in the face of the disaster, which the community experienced. Mr. Hurt also said that he. wanted to express his apprecia tion to members of the West Jef ferson fire department as well as ; to all others who made every ef fort possible to save the building. “The help we had enabled us to save much of our equipment,” he declared. i He also pointed out that he had received a number of letters from friends of the school and the com-; munity, expressing regret over the loss, a well as a hope that a new building could be erected soon. Jack D. Miller Is Given Promotion Jack D. Miller, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, has recently been promoted to the rank of Chief Petty Officer. Jack, who has been in the navy for sometime, is spending a few days here with his mother and his wife. Veterans To Get Claims On Mon. Beach Keller, Supervising In terviewer of the USES, states that owing to the heavy unem ployed Claims load in Ashe coun ty, that an office will be main tained at the Courthouse, Mon day and Tuesday of each week. Monday’s schedule: Registra tion-of both new veterans and new U. C. claimants, job refer rals, information and counseling service to veterans pertaining to on job training, trade schools, college, information concerning the G. I. Bill of Rights, Civil Serv ice openings, and other jobs. All new veterans and new U. C. claimants should contact the USES on this day as no new claims will be taken on Tuesday. Tuesday’s schedule: Taking of continued claims for veterans and U. C. claimants, and job referrals. Sincere Christmas Greetings To Everyone ... Everywhere! F.Oh ■ KMi ■< 'W ' \ //J / - Zzz // ,•' TitsHf * z? Sale Os Victory Bonds In County Short Os Quota Urged As Christmas Gifts; Around $20,000 Still Is Needed To Reach Goal While the sale of E bonds in the Victory Loan Drive has shown a slight increase in the past few days, latest reports show that the county is still around $20,000 short of the quota of $127,000.00. j This .month Will officially end the drive and for that reason it is important for the remainder of the quota to be raised at once. Parents and others are urged to give bonds for Christmas and those receiving money are urged to invest it in bonds before the month ends. This is the first time Ashe has fallen this far behind on the quo ta and it is hoped that individuals as well as special workers will make an extra effort to raise the quota during the closing days. Tobacco farmers are again ask ed to invest the returns of their crops in Victory Bonds. Needy Are To Be Remembered While there are fewer needy families in this county than there have been in times past, according to reports, many of those less for tunate ones are to be remembered at Christmas. A number of individuals are preparing boxes as are church groups and other organizations. It is understood that the welfare department will furnish the names of needy families to groups and individuals wishing to re member them at Christmas. $50,000.00 School Building Is Destroyed By Fire ; ' F/ < jHM - JW I|h| mfr lAI v' h «K* $ ''■ W* * <> * > <A< : - S F< • '' jW W g *> ' " ’ MMWwwHMmIMWBMwWwWmIWMWwM %*&_ ■*■ «. raHHil - Nathan’s Creek High School, which was completely destroyed by fire last week. Much of the movable equipment was saved. The loss, estimated at $50,000.00, was without any insurance coverage. (Staff Photo) Ashe Turkeys Sold On Christmas Mart Bring Record Price Extensions For Bus Routes Are Approved In Ashe Inspected By Representative Os Highway Division Last Week A number of proposed exten sions for school bus routes in Ashe county, previously turned down because of the unsafe con dition of the roads, were approv ed last week by D. J. Dark, rep resentative of the Highway Safe ty Division, who, together with i superintendent of schools, B. H. Duncan, made the inspections. The approval of these exten sions will cut down the distance a number of children were pre viously forced to walk, which (Continued ®n Pag-? Four) Draft Board To Close Dec. 22-25 Mrs. Louis J. Yelanjian, chief clerk of the local draft board, has announced this week that the draft board will remain closed December 22 through December 25 Although usually closed on Saturday, the board will be open on Saturday, December 29, to make up the day lost in the holi days. Around 5,000 Turkeys Are Sold For Approximately $27,000.00 Ashe county farmers who rais ed turkeys for the Christmas ’market this year were well re warded for their efforts as these top-flight holiday fowls brought an average of thirty-four cents per pound. This was an average of two cents higher than the Thanksgiving market. While the Christmas market was lighter than usual, it is es timated that around 5,000 turkeys were sold in the county for an in come of around $27,000.00. Tur keys were reported to be unus ually fat and of high quality. i (Continued trn Page Four) Snow Is General In Western N. C. Snow, which blanketed Ashe county Tuesday, was general throughout western North Caro i lina as well as in other sections of I the state and nation. Dean Colvard, in charge of State Test Farms in this area, drove from Waynesville to West Jeffer son yesterday and reported a snow-covered highway through out his trip. He pointed out that there was very little difference in temperature or the depth of snow in any section through which he! came. Graham Named Supervisor For State Test Farm Dean Colvard Resigns As As sistant Director In Charge Os Farms W. Kerr Scott, Commissioner of Agriculture, yesterday, an nounced the appointment of James .A. Graham to the position of superintendent of the Upper Mountain. Experiment Station,. Transou, ■ Mr. Graham wag reared on a farm in Rowan "county* and is a graduate of N. C. State College. At present he is teacher of voca tional agriculture at the Celeste Henkel High School, Route 3, Statesville. Mr. Graham has specialized in livestock farming and is well qualified to superin tend the Upper Mountain Station. W. Kerr Scott also announced the resignation of Dean W. Col vard, assistant director in charge of the Mountain Experiment Sta tions located at Waynesville and Transou, the resignation to be come effective February 1, 1946. He will be succeeded by How ard Clapp, of Waynesville. Scott said that Colvard is re signing his present position to • ake a year of graduate study at Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, after which he will be < Continued on Page 8) Col. Glenn Nye Completes Work Colonel Glenn C. Nye, of the , U. S. Army Air Forces, who has I been spending a few days here I with his mother, Mrs. F. C. Nye, i has recently completed the course at the Naval War College, New port, R. I. He will report to his new as signment at Headquarters First Air Force, Mitchell Field, N. Y. He accompanied his mother to Sheiby this week, where she will spend sometime with her daugh ter, Mrs. Ben Suttle and Mr. Sut tle. Record Prices \ On Boone Mart Sales at the Mountain Burley Warehouses, in Boone, will close at the end of tomorrow’s business, until after the holiday season, of ficials announced. It was also announced that the warehouses would re-open to receive tobacco on Monday, December 31, in or der to have it there when the sales re-open. So far, Boone has made an out standing record for sales and top market prices. Officials said that the sales would probably pass the three-million poundage mark this week. The many farmers of Ashe and Alleghany that have sold their’ tobacco have been pleased with prices, according to all reports. | MERRY XMAS TO I _ ALLI PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Quiet Christmas Expected To Be Observed Here Stores, Banks And Offices To Be Closed; Record Business Is Reported Ashe county is expected to cele brate its first peace-time Christ mas in five years, quietly, Tues day, with family reunions and the cessation of business. And accord ing to the amount of gifts pur chased, this Yuletide should be a generous one. The severe winter weather, which this section has experienc ed, leaving the highways cover ed in ice and snow, should keep most people at home for an old fashioned Christmas. And the re turn of many veterans from the far-flung battle fields of the world will make family reunions something like the realization of dreams. Retail stores are expected to close on Tuesday and on Wednes day as well, according to an an nouncement made sometime ago. Both the Northwestern and the First National Banks will also be closed for two days as will a num ber of other business establish ments. As far as it could be learned, most of the county of fices will only observe Christmas D »y- In spite of hampered travel con ditions, because of the weather and shortages in many lines of merchandise, local merchants re (Continued on Page Four) Uncle Sam Has Extra Business Many Post Offices Os The County Report Record Breaking Days Due to the fact that many peo ple are still away from home this year and will receive their Christ ■maa aa wfoUnas gifts, by <na»L post offices of the ®OTTlty*®pelv b^si ness this week has reached a jiew high peak. Both Jefferson and West Jeffer son reported some of the biggest days in history on both Monday and Tuesday, as did some of the other post offices of the county. “I never knew there could be so many Christmas cards,” one postal worker declared. Packages are also on the in crease this year, both incoming ;as well as outgoing. And in spite 'of warnings of early Christmas mailing to assure delivery, many packages are still being mailed here. Packages have been sent from Ashe to all parts of the world, where men in service are stationed. “Uncle Sam is going to have to cover a lot of territory for Santa,” someone remarked. Miss Waddell, 88, Died On Monday Funeral service, was held yes terday morning at 11:00 o’clock for Miss Melvina Waddell, 88, of Grassy Creek who died on Mon day. Rev. Claude Eastridge was in charge of the service. Burial followed in the family cemetery. The deceased is survived by three brothers: Joseph, Robert, and Eugene, and one sister, Mrs. Trv in Graham, of Grassy Creek. SCHOOLS OBSERVING EXTRA HOLIDAYS The weather man, dealing out heavy snow, is giving Ashe county schools extra holidays this year since most of them are getting nearly two weeks Instead of one, as it was ori ginally announced. Nathan’s Creek school was closed last week because the building was destroyed by fire “ and Grassy Creek was aleo closed because of sickness. The others were scheduled to op erate this week, however, and only be closed all next week for the Christmas holidays. Because of travel conditions, Riverview closed on Monday and most of the others did likewise on Tuesday with a few exceptions and these clos ed yesterday. All schools, including Na than’s Creek, are scheduled to reopen on Monday, December 31, provided weather makes travel conditions safe.
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