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Fishing Contest
Now Open To All
Western Auto Associate Store
Resumes Contest Curtail
ed By War
After a five year lapse due to
the war, Western Auto Supply
Company of Missouri, is again
sponsoring its well-known and
popular Big Base Contest. This
year the contest is bigger than
ever before. Prizes totaling $lO,-
657.50 in list value will be award
e d the winning contestants
throughout the country. This
contest, which has proved so
popular in the past is limited to
fresh water large and small
mouth bass taken from waters
open to the general public. It
is open to all men, women, boys
and girls in the thirty-five states
in which a Western Auto Store
or Western Auto Associate Store
is located.
To make the contest as fair
as possible and eliminate any
disadvantages one state would
have over another in such wide
spread contest, Western Auto
gives a separate set of awards in
each of the thirty-five states. In
this way the fish caught in any
state are competing only with
other fish caught in the same
state, giving all contestants an
equal chance at winning one of
the valuable prizes. Past records
show that bass weighing as lit
tle as I¥2 pounds have taken
first prize in some states.
First prize winner in each of
the thirty-five states this year
will receive a big six horse
power Wizard Outboard motor
with a list value of $159.50. Sec
ond prize will be a Heddon rod
and Coxe reel with a list value
of $75.00: third prize a rod and
reel with a list value of $40.00;
fourth prize will be assorted
tackle valued at $20.00 and fifth
prize assorted tackle valued at
SIO.OO.
This contest is free and open
to all. There are no obligations
or purchases necessary. Free en
try blanks with complete in
structions are available at all
Western Auto Stores or Western
Auto Associate Stores. Official
opening date of the contest was
May 15 (subject to local or state
laws). Entries are eligible from
now until September 30. when
the contest closes. All entries
must be sworn to before a rotary
public or verified by a Western
Auto Store manager of Western
Auto Associate Store owner.
Lansing News
Miss Meryln Welch is spending
her vacation with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Welch.
Mr. Edgar Farmer, of Charlotte,
sp nt the week end with his wife i
and daughter, here.
Mrs. Maude Goss is spending
this week with her daughter.
Mrs. Burgwin Carter.
Among those visiting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton
Simpson, Thursday, were: Mr. |
and Mrs. Wise Baldwin, of Rad- ;
ford, Va., Mrs. Alice Brown, of
Whitetop. Va.; Mrs. Ella Goss.
Mrs. Claude Gambill and Mrs. (
Burgwm Carter, of Lansing.
Mr. Charles Christian spent
the past week end with his bro
ther, Mr. Sam Christian, of
Mount Airy.
Mr. Jay Rodgers and Mr. P.
W. Ratliff, of Asheville, spent
Friday night in Lansing.
The word “tobacco” is thought
to have originated either from
a reed called tobacco that the
Caribbean Indians used as a pipe
m which to smoke a weed from,
a province now referred to as '
Yucatan, where tobacco was first
gfown. •
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GROCER'S
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RECENT BRIDE
Mrs. Spencer Brown, who
was before her recent mar
riage the former Miss Vir
ginia Delp, of Piney Creek.
It takes approximately one
hundred years to add one ’ inch
of top soil to one acre of land.
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“ Daddy, when will
I . jOSh. it be tomorrow?
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fl IB' “ Well Sonny, tomorrow
kW TJlßnk never really comes. When
■ Mfail ie tl,ne ca^e d tomorrow
comes, it will be today."
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yZ VVe on the Norfolk and Western believe that answer warehouses and a supporting yard at the Port of Norfolk,
makes sense . . . for the railroad does things today. in order to handle foreign freight and intercoastal traffic
Tomorrow isn t soon enough. with the greatest possible speed and efficiency. Cost
’ Today, the N. & W. is working on a 512,000,000 improve- about Sb 000 000
f ment and modernization track and tunnel project on ~ , , .. x , 0 . . £I . * « .
‘ Today, the N. & V\. has on order a fleet of the latest
one of the busiest districts of its main line in West Vir- ....
streamlined luxury passenger coaches and the newest
,4 ginia, which will increase operating efficiency, improve
type roomette sleeping cars, w hich involves an expenditure
safety, and enable the railroad to handle more traffic.
of several millions of dollars.
Today, the N. & W. is making important changes in
" These additions and improvements are some of the
grades and track, and installing Centralized traffic
..... r» . .1 1z- - principal things the Norfolk and Western is doing todav
Control on its line between Portsmouth and Cincinnati,
Ohio, at a cost of about $3,000,000, which will provide to l’ ro ' ide better rail "» servicc ' And there are man >
speedier, safer and more efficient movement of traffic on other things not so big, but important.
that district. I n short, this railroad and the Norfolk and Western
Today, the N. & W. is expanding its ocean terminal Family are working tooth and nail to improve their
facilities by constructing one of the largest and most service to, and their relations with, the public . . . to-
modern merchandise freight piers ever built, with new rf a y an< j every day.
RAILWAY
PRECISION TRANSPORTATION
Miss Delp, Mr.
Brown Are Wed
M. and Mrs. Herbert Osborne,
of Piney Creek, announce the
marriage of her sister, Virginia
Delp, to Spencer Brown, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Brown, of
Crumpler, on May 2 at the home
of the bride. Officiating was
Rev. E. B. Barton, using the sin
gle ring ceremony.
For her nuptials the bride
wore a suit of light blue with
white accessories and a corsage
of red roses.
She is a graduate of Piney
Creek high school.
The groom who is a graduate
of Nathan’s Creek high school,
served in the U. S. Army for two
years, nine months of which
were spent overseas.
After returning for a wedding
trip through Tennessee, the
couple is making their home at
Crumpler.
A wedding supper was held at
the home of the groom’s parents,
after their return when a num
ber of specially invited guests
SKYLAND POST, WEST JEFFERSON, N. C.
MARRIED AT TODD
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Mr. and Mrs. Melville G.
Greer, who were married on
January 4. Mrs. Greer was be
fore her marriage, the former
Miss Ola Mae Goodman.
from Crumpler and elsewhere
were present.
Jliss Goodman,
Mr. Greer Marry
Announcement is made of the
marriage of Miss Ola Mae Good
man, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Goodman, of West Jefferson,
to Mr. Melville G. Greer, son of
Mrs. Ruth Greer and the late Mr.
Greer, of Todd.
The vows were spoken at Todd
on January 4 with Rev. H. M.
Winkler officiating, using the
ring ceremony.
The bride wore a tunic suit
of deep rose with full push up
sleeves, with black accessories.
She had a corsage of white car
nations.
Mr. Green received his dis
charge from the army in March,
1946, after spending 30 months in
service, 18 of which were spent
overseas in the Pacific theatre.
The couple is now making their
home in Lenoir.
Timely Hints
Flour and feed bags have long
been used by thrifty rural house-
wives for making house dresses,
aprons, and children’s clothes,
bedspreads, draperies, luncheon
cloths and towels. The first step
in using one of these bags is to
! remove the black printed letters
that labeled it, and textile spec
ialists of the U. S. Department
of Agriculture list the following
directions:
1. Scrub bags with hot water
and laundry soap. This often re
moves nearly all the ink. The
rest usually desappears if bags
are boiled in soapy water for
half an hour and rinsed. A chlor
ine bleach may be used to take
Refrigeration Service
Gwyn Yates will be in West Jefferson each Wed
nesday to Service Refrigerators. During the week if
you have work to be done
Phone 230 - Boone
We also handle General Electric Appliances
Home Electric Supply
Boone, N. C.
THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1947
out the last traces of black.
2. Wet a bar of laundry soap
and rub on the dry bak until it
is entirely covered with a thick
layer of soap. Roll up the bag and
let it stand several hours. Then
wash and boil if necessary.
3. Soak the bag in kerosene
overnight. Then wash —first in
lukewarm water, then in soapy
water—and rinse thoroughly.
4. Cover the black print with
lard or soft petroleum jelly,
rubbing the grease into the fabric
thoroughly. Leave overnight to
loosen the black, then wash in
soapy lukewarm water and rinse.