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THEGLEANEK' GRAHAM, N. C., JULY 4, 1946 Local News ?Today, the Fourth of July, being a holiday, f ii<da everything quite on the business front ex cept * few very essential services. ?The Graham chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy meeting has been postponed a week, due to the fact that the regular day of the meeting fell on today, July 4th. ?E. Z. Jones, manager of the Burlington radio station, has been appointed general chairman for the 1946 Christmas Seal Sale to be sponsored again this year by the Alamance County Tuberculo sis Association. ?The Lost Coloijy pageant at Manteo, one of North Carolina's most outstanding attractions, opened .Sunday right before a crowd of 2,000 spectators. It was considered a great success by the i critics. i ?William Stokes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Durward Stokes. South Main street, entertained a group of his young friends June 25th. celebrating his sixth birthday anniversary. The party was giv en on- the back lawn of Mrs. R. N. Cook, director of the Happy Hours Kindergarten. ?S. Fitch Hensley, a former deputy sheriff and World War II veteran, has been appointed to fill the unexpired term of Alex Davis, who resigned about two months ago when he was a can didate for the Democratic nomi nation for sheriff. Hensley will replace Otis Massey who has held the position temporarily. ?Miss Elizabeth Pomeroy who relinquishing her duties as li brarian' of the L. Banks Hotfc, li brary, announces that the chil dren's story hour, which she has been conducting on Monjday and Tuesday afternoons at 3:00 o' clock, will be continued by Miss Jessie Boone, who is taking over the duties of librarian during the summer months. ?J. Griffin McClure has been appointed to the Alamance Coun ty Welfare Board to succeed W. C. Sartin who resigned recently after serving on the board four years. The appointment was made by the county board of commis sioners. The commissioners havte also re-appoinited A. M. Carroll as judge of general county court for two years, and named Solici tor Walter D. Barrett to con tinue at his post for another two year term. 1 Births Mr. and Mrs. Parke Herbert. 308 North Main street, a son, Fri 3 T--~ - OQ CS+ T /irt'o Vieonifol uay t ?iuiic ?to? at ow uw ? w?, Dr. Johnson's Hospital Mr. and Mrs. A. 0. Powell, of Burlington, a son, John Ray. June 8th. Mr. and Mrs. B". C. Lee. a daughter, Baily Ann, ;Jt?e 19. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Watkins, a daughter, Janice Renee June 10. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Wilson, a son, Douglas Sngle, June 8. Mr. and Mrs. J. A, Flood, a son, Roy Clymouth, June 8. Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Martin, a son, Jimmie Wayne, June 26. Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Poe of Me bane, a daughter, June 29. Mr. and Mrs. James Webster of Leeaburg. a son. James Hurdle, Jr., June 29. j Mr. and Mrs. H. Wilson, a daughter, Linda Louise, June 27. Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. James Bow man of Chapel Hill, a son, James Edward, July 2. Dr. Troxler's Hospital Mr. and Mrs. Ralph N. Roney. Route 1, Burlington, a daughter, June 22. At St. Leo's Hospital Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bivens of Burlington, a son. Kenneth Alton, June 22. I Strengthens Blood Vessels Buckwheat plants contain rutin, a material which strengthens weak ened blood vessels. Plans are now being mads to commercially extract the substance for medicinal use. Craft Bailt for Pacific Dsa Mora than SO different kinds of landing ships and craft have been developed by the United States for use in the Pacific. I PERSONAL Mrs. John J. Henderson an* Mrs. Harper Barnes spent Mon day ill Greensboro. Mrs. Frances JasHek returnee home yesterday from a visit witt her sister, Mrs. J. T. Dillehay, ir New York. Attending Cherokee Scout cam] last week were Charlie Scott Alex Goley. Jerry Holt, Don Holl and Floyd Phillips. \ Miss Betty Scott has returnee home from a two weeks visit witl her brother, Dr. H. W. Scott, anc Mrs. Scott in Baltimore. Mrs. H. W. James of Atlanta Ga., spent from Thursday unti Sunday as the guest of Mrs Kathleen B. Thompson. Mrs. Cleo Owens and small son Johnny, left Monday to jaito Mr OweEB in North Wilkesboro where they will make their home Mike Flanagan, small son 01 Mr. and Mrs. Leon Flanagan, lef Saturday for Darlington,. S. C., ti vis.t his aunt, Mrs. R. D. I>e Maurxe. I Mrs. Hal MeAdams and son Mac. returned Monday af ter t visit of several days in Fayette ville with her sister, Mrs. A, J Ellington. ^ | Miss Carolyn Moon returnee Friday from Charleston, W. Va. where she spent the past iwieek at the guest of Miss Polly Harrop fnrmOrlw n-f Vmwv XV* IJ VA uv&e* Mrs. E. P. McChire and grand daughter, Martha McClure. ant Mrs. Durward Stokes and son William, left Tuesday for Mon treat to spend ten days. Miss Margaret Walker lefl Monday, last week for Moijitreat She will spend the rest of th* summer until August 29th. Ai present she is a guest aft. Gaithei Hall but <will be In a cottage later Mr. and Mrs. Turner Harder and children, Betty and APn, ol Danville. Va.. spent the iweek-enc with Mrs. Harden's parents, Mr and Mrs. Jack Roney on Soutt Main street. Mrs. Banks Craven and son Carroll, left Monday for Water bury, N. J., to visit her daughter Mrs. Charles Franco. They wen accompanied to Pittsburgh, Pa. by Mrs. M. A. Rich and Mrs Kendall Rich and daughter, Jan ice, where they will visit th< former's daughter, Mrs. Marii Magrini. Ensign"jHCk S. Thompson ar rived home Sunday night to b with his mother, Mrs. Kathleei B. Thompson, West Elm street Ensign Thompson returned to th Sltates on June 18th after thre< years of service of which he ha spent 13 months overseas, beinj stationed at Shanghai lately. H receeved his separation paper from the navy at New Orlean before coming home. Mr. and Mrs. James H. Moor spent several days recently wjtl Mr. Moore's sisters and brother in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Mots and Miss Lola Moore Ob Bank street, en route to their home ii Spartanburg. S. C. They were re turning from a honeymoon tri following! their marriage on Jun 19 at Trinity Methodist church i Spartanburg. Mrs. Moore was th former Camille Richardson. Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Jam< Stevens Simmons of Washingto) D. C., were recent gueats of Mri Simmons' sister, Mrs. lone Scot Thompson. They were en rout to their home from Charlotb where they visited their daugl ter. Mrs. David Moffafct McCoi nell. General Simmons, chief < the preventive medicine aervio attached to the surgeon general office in Washington, has bee in the army Medital Corps fc 30 years and will retire this fal He and Mrs. Simmons iwill go t Boston the first of July to mak thoir home and General Simmor will become dean of the School < Public Health at Harvard unive sity. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN NATURE RUNS AMOK Even the power of the atomic bom la nothing compared with the tld wave earthquake, ear ?dantlata, Rea what happen* When Mother Natti goee benaeTk. One of many tntereatu HPuetrated article# In the July 141 lsaue of THE AMERICAN WEEKLY Nation'* Favorite Magaatne With T1 Baltimore Sunday American , Order From Tonr local Newadeak Ivey-Foust Wedding Miss Colleen Grey Ivey, daugh j ter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Loy Ivey, was married on Saturday, June 29, at the home of her parents, to Thomas Howell Foust. son of Mr. 1 and Mrs. James A. Foust. Rev. 1 Guy S. Cain, pastor of the bride, 1 performed the ring ceremony be fore members of the family and p'a few friends. , Nuptial music was rendered by t Mrs. Julius Thompson, pianist, ar.d Misses Theo and Drucilla ? Braxton, soloists. Mr. and Mrs. E. Loy Ivey ?*? | tertained members of the wed 1 ding parity, out-of-town guests and ir\fimate friends &t their ? home last Friday night iinmedi 1 ately following the rehearsal. Miss Elizabeth Long Hotiored \ At the home of Miss Mary . Cooper, the place of meeting for ? Circle No. 5 of the Presbyterian . church, a lovely party arid mic l cellaneous shower was given at I the conclusion of the business 5 session, to honor Miss Elizabeth . Long, daughter of Dr. ar^d Mrs. j Will S.. Long. Jr., whose marriage to Talmadge Nelson; son of the ' late Mr. and Mrs. Shubal Nelson, 1 will take place at an early date. A bridal program was given, ? beginning with a most interest ing reading by Mrs. E. N. Cald 1 well. A program of wedding rau , sic was given by Mrs. Lucy Tally, i Miss Geneva Cooper and Miss . Christine Young followed by a pantomine wedding service played by a group of small children; As ? the wedding party left the room. Johnny Thompson rolled m a tea \ wagon, heavily loaded with at tractive packages, and placed it before Miss Long, who shared 1 the pleasure of opening them , with those present, s Refreshments of ice cream, t green frosted cup cakes an|d nufts ? were served.. Beat Rush Wedding ' An 8 o'clock ceremony in the I Swepsonville Baptist church unit ,, ed in marriage Miss Helen Fran i ces Beal, daughter of Mr and , Mrs. Charles Anderson Beal of Swepsonville, with Charles An > drew Rush, Jr., son of Mr. and * Mrs. Charles A. Rush of Burling ? ton. The nuptial vows were heard 5 by Rev. Ben W. Cox on Saturday, ? June 22. The bride, a graduate of Alex l ander Wilson high school, holds i a position with the Virginia Mills. 0 The groom is a graduate of Burlington High school. He was - honorably discharged last Sep 8 tember after serving three and 1 one-half yeprs in the army. He Is ?. employed by Burlington" Mills. e The couple are making their ' home in BurlTngtonw 3 * Among The Sick s Mr. Harvey White has returned s to his home from Alamance Gen eral hospital where he has been a patient since June 20. iwhen he B was carried there for treatment 1 after being struck down) by a pas ^ senger car on W. Harden street. s Ruth Lupton, small daughter a of Dr. and Mrs. E. S. Lupton u had her tonsils removed on Wed p nesday of last week at McPher e son's hospital in Durham, and is a reported doing nicely. e Mrs. John Cook has returned to her home on Mill street after being an operative patient at Ala mance General hospital for the j" past two weeks. it ? Rationing News SUGAR 1_ Spare stamp 49, in family ra tion books, which became valid (I May 1 for five pounds of sugar, ,e* expires August 31. * OPA said that on the basis of ,r latest surveys it expects the pree i ent sugar ration of five pounds ' every four months can be main tained. In that case, another sugar stamp will be validated September 1. t r_ Spare stamp 49 is in ration book four, as well as in the spe cial sugar ration books issued tc veterans and as replacements. Spare Stamp No. 9 good for ? . pounds of sugar for CANNING ^ Expires October 31,1946. c+flmn No. 10 (rood for f * pounds of sugar for CANNING. !? Make ration applications bj mail?save time and effort. Wars and Waft D?M * Warp thraada ara thoaa which run lengthwise of the fabric. Waft * threads ran transversa)?. New Chemical Halts Potato Blight ?prayed plant on left contratta aharply with eoppar traated plant on right. Florida growora report 150 buehel per eere Inoreaee with new eynthetlc fungicide. Blight, one of the chief dee troy era of potato crops, is the moet treacherous enemy potato-growers have to fight Sneaking Into fields, the fungus attacks unprotected plants, spreading with devastating rapidity from field to field. Pro moted by dampness, the Infection makes Its most serious Inroads during rainy weather when field work cannot be done. The results are poor yields of Inferior potatoes or, when conditions are particu larly severe, complete destruction of crops. Growers In major potato areas are reporting spectacular success fighting blight with a synthetic fungicide known as Dlthane and developed by the Rohm & Haas Company. After an extensive test ing program, the material, com bined with zinc sulfate and lime, was first Introduced commercially In the Homestead potato-growing area of Florida In the fall of 1944. In 1944-46 Homestead growers re ported field* (prayed with the for mula averaged more than >00 buihels per acre, outyleldlng the older copper fungicide* by more than 100 buahela par acre In many lnstanoee. Thla year, with sever* blight condition*, the fungicide waa uaed on more than 00% of the 1946 46 crop In the Homestead area, and yield* from theee acreage* again averaged over >00 buahela per acre ?contracting dramatically with the 11-year average of lit buahela per acre prior to 1945, daring which time copper fungicide* were uaed exclualvely. One grower reported the ontatanding yield of 519 buah ela per acre. - The fungicide la rapidly proving equally aucceaaful In controlling blight on tomatoea and celery. It baa booated celery yielda by aa much aa 100 packed crates an acre, and In the Bradenton area of Flor ida, the only tomato crops which survived the blight this season were protected by the material. ? DEATHS William Henry Thomasu 54'. of Route 1, Gibsonville, died sud denly Sunday morning ait his home. He had been ja failing health nine months. Funeral services were conduct ed Monday afternoon from the home of his brother. M. M. Thom as, route 1, Graham, by Rev. Guy S. Cain. Burial was i? Linwocd cemetery. ,! | Surviving are two brothers, and two sisters. Thomas Lance McPherson, 42, was found dead iq bed at his home in Burlington, Tuesday af ternoon. Dr. L. F. Smith, coroned. attributed the death to natural causes. Mr. McPherson had been in declining health since he was irjjured in an accident on the West coas?t about a year ago. Funeral services we'll be held at Rich and Thompson chapel this afternoon aft 4. o'clock. Burial will be in Pile Hill cemetery. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Minnie J. McPherson of three l listers. Oscar H. Johnson, 75. of near Elon College, died alt his home Monday morning after a critical illness of two weeks which fid lowed three years of failing health. I Funeral services were co :c act ed at Fail-view Methodist church Tuesday afternoon. Burial was in the Fairview cemetery. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Sarah Low Johnson; two daugh ters. two sons, two brothers, a sister, four grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. Ivan Davis Martin, 20. died at his home in Gfbsonville Tuesday afternoon. He had been critically ill for six weeks. Funeral services were conduct ad this afternoon at Gibsonville Baptist church by Rev. BenBie Fore. Burial was in Friederts :hurch cemetery. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Srace Cook Martin and three arothers. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE GLEANER INSURANCE To Fit You. Need. F1RE AUTOMOBILE casualty GRAHAM UNDERWRITERS AGENCY, INC. ALTON UTLEY MRS. GENEVA FOU3T 121 No*tl? Main Street Phooe 593 Beside Grahea Taeatre Graham, N. C. f 1 $11 yy/7/z y// Ouitlaam: I ncloM 91.80. PImm wad m Tim Imum f with a yaar'a aubacnption to you papal. NAME STREET OR fLTD . ? poeTorncE ' a =ALMANAC= "The cat in glovet catchet iu> mic*m JULY ?-Au*tralia node Com Pa monwealth. 190a ?? ty-10?Sort*! Ruula adopt* ? i wrttlee constitution. 1916. ?Wyoml^ goto* Siat* VW^WMrf IS?Pan-American eoniSr illTwr *no* ?P*n> <* Buono* AJr**. 1910. 3&l|? 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HAPPILY MARRIED FOUR TIMES TO EACH OTHER In their fourteen on-and-off-*a* hi year* the husband had to woo hi* wit* again each time they separated. Bead the wife'* side of this unusual romance, written by herself In the duly 14th is sue of THE AMERICAN WEEKLY Nilkm Ferortte Magazine With The Baltimore Sunday American Order From Your Newsdealer r INSURE I ICANNINOI ^SUCCBSS!^ US Egg JARS CAPS. UN SMNHM - u tto MM l?> T? IN yvm MMr MlltiaM f*N HW M4 rilMitM CHURCH BPLLETOT GRAHAM FRIENDS MEETING Rev. Rcb?r: O. Crow. Pastor 1:01 a. am: Bud day School. Daniel Allan, superintendent. 11:00 a. m.: Momlns worship, O.lt p m.: Touns 7.00 p. m.: Evening Worahlp. 7:00 p. m. Wednesday: Prayer mast lap. GRAHAM METHODIST CHURCH Rar. 1. i. Boone. Pastor. 0:01 a. m.: Church School. W, M. Thompson, superintendent. 11:00 a. m.: Momlns worahlp. Ser mon by the pastor. 0:00 p. m.: Toons People's Mast lns- Dorothy Foust. Leader. 7:00 p. m.: Evening Worship Psr mon by tha pastor. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Rar. 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Paatar 0:01 a. am: Sunday School. 1* M Qlenn. superintendent. 11:10 a- m. Mornlns Worship 7:10 p. m.: Toons Paopla'a Vospat Rgnrici 7:10 p. am: Wednesday. Prayer Mas tins I ? 1 | Mft (Ct EXCITED rsJnt ! BUDDY SOX rssouai w pari | AGENTS WANTED Life, Hosprtaltxetioa, Health and Accident -Part ar FaU Ttee Wortfi L. Thompson Agency For Al Yom kmuct Nee* rtmTM ? r.aiuM GUUH, S. C. RBKSIBI FOB THE OLUXD Drink |||[J| Regularly ?for Good Health be sure to set your Daily Quota of our Pure. Creamy-Rich MILK. Have a glass at meal time ?an other with your in-between meal snack. Once you form the habit, you'll never give it up. Melville Dairy Phone 1600 Burlington. N. C. . will
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