North Carolina Newspapers

Born to Hr. and Htb. Harvey M. WllUanu, ot thla city, a eon on Jnne 28 at the WUkes hospital. Hr. and Hrs. Joe King Bates, of this city, are parents of a son born June 88 at the Wilkes hsopital. Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hagaman, of Hays, a son on JUne 87 at the Wilkes hospital. A son was bora on June 22 at the Wilkes hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Mathis Blledge, of Pnrlear. A son was born June 27 at the Wilkes hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Howard, of Cricket. A son was born at the Wllk3s hospital on June 25 to Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Pierce, of this city. Bora to Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Somers, of Cycle, a son on June 28 at the Wilkes hospital. Master Jimmy Shook, son ot Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Shook, is visiting relatives In Ashe county. Born to Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Cain, of Moravian Palls, a daugh- ter- Joyce Loretta, on June 24. to Mr. and Mrs. Emory !coe Bowyer, ot this city, a son June 24 at the Wilkes hospi- ,1. M^. Dean McMillian and child ren are visiting relatives in North WUkesboro this week.—Skyland Post, June 29. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur llmore Nichols, Jr., ot Deep tGap, a son on June 26 at the ilkes hospital. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Smithey, ot North WUkesboro, were dinner guests ot Mrs. C. H. Smithey, on Sunday.—Skyland Post. June 29, Mrs. C. C. Paw, Jr., left Thurs day for Port Myers, Florida, af ter several weeks visit here with her mother. Mrs. I. E. Pearson. Mrs. Paw’s husband. Staff Sgt. Paw, is stationed at Fort Myers. TO CHECK vKh ^ Liquid fo take Liquid for Malarial Symptoms. now you can paint an average room for One gallon of Kem-Tone Miracle Wall Finish (at $2.98 per gal) is all you need to decorate an average room. Use it ri^t oyer wallpaper and most interior surfaces. Covers with one coat. Dries in one hour. No offensive paint odor. And it’s washable! See a demonstration! Sherwin-Williams SEMI-LUSTRE Ideal for kitchen and bath room walls and ceilings also woodwork. Amazingly wash- 9 J fill able. Beautiful ^ ^ colors. GALLON ' Sherwin-Williams SWP HOUSE PAINT home it liggest and $3.60 investment. - - ‘ctifmth gallon louse paint. _ Sherwin-Williams ENAMELOID ' QUICK-DRYING ENAMEL 5righten-np fur- OCa liture, woodwork MwW t)ys with titisi lue-coat enamel. PINT CARLTON’S Hardware Mrs. C. L. Sockwell returned her borne here last week after a month’s visit at Glbsonvllle with her sister, Mrs. L. O. Loy. Mr. and Mrs. Ward Phillips, of North Wllkeeboro, visited here this week.—Skyland Post, June 29. Mr. Bichard Sloop, of Lenox, Mass., Is here on a visit with his grandparents. Dr. and Mrs. R. M. Brame, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. John Foster and children, Thomas and Kay, ot Durham, are visiting Mr. and Mrs Plato Hendren at Pores Knob. Mr. Paul Billings returned to his home in this city Wednesday from the Wilkes hospital, where he received treatment for a few days. Mr. A. H. McNeill and family, who have been residing at Clay ton, Washington, for the past ten years, are nack In Wilkes county for an extended stay. Mrs. Gay Iddings, of Moravian Falls, has been visiting relatives and friends in Salisbury. She was accompanied by her son, Robert M. Iddings, BM 3-c. Mrs. J. Q. Hutchison and son. Travis Lee. returned Wednesday from Beckley, W. Va., where they spent a week with Mrs. Hutchi son's sister, Miss Ina Blevins. Misses Margaret and Joan Phil lips, of North WUkesboro, visited Misses Evelyn Dare and Katrina Vannoy several days last week.— Skyland Post, June 29. Mrs. F. D. Forester, Sr., of Winston-Salem, Mrs. George Forester and two sons, George, Jr., and Lenoir, left Friday for a week’s stay at Shatley Springs. Mrs. J. C. Smoot and Miss Liz zie Hisle went to the Smoot cot tage on the Brushy Mountains last week to spend the remainder of the summer. Mr. John White, of Lexington, Ky., is visiting his mother, Mrs. J. W. White, ot WUkesboro. -Mr. White is division manager of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. Mrs. W. T. Johnson and son. Tommie. Jr., have returned from Virginia where they spent at few days with W. T. Johnson, s2c, at Camp Peary. Coroner I. M. Myers returned Saturday to the city after spend ing several days at the Bromide- Arsenic Springs Hotel at Crump- ler, Ashe county. Miss Lola Proffit, who is a member of the Lumberton high school faculty, is spending the summer at Goshen with her par- leuts, -Mr. and Mrs. R. 1-. Proffit. j Mrs. A. .A. Phifer left Saturday I evening to spend a short time with (her husband, who i.s in the navy and is temporary stationed at Norfolk, Va. Mr. G. S. Winters, of Laurin- burg, spent a few days in this city j last week looking after business matters and visited his mother-in- law, Mrs. D. G. Wiles. Mrs. D. J. Carter and daughter. Miss Jane Carter, Mrs. H. 13. Smith and daughter, Anne, have returned home from spending a week at Myrtle Beach, S. C. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Meadows, of Martinsville, Va., are spending their vacation with Mr. Meadows’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Meadows, at Pores Knob. Mr. Tom Nelson, who is at tending summer school at Boone, spent the week-end here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Nel son. Mrs. Robert W. Edwards re turned to her home at Wilkesboro Wednesday after a visit with her husband. Seaman Second Class Robert W. Edwards, at Ports mouth, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pruitt and two children, Don and Delores, of Baltimore. Md., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Pruitt, in this city. They will return to Baltimore Tuesday. Mrs. H. G. Tucker, of Knoxville, Tenn., was a guest here last week in the home of Dr. and Mrs. A. C. Chamberlain. Mrs. Tucker i formerly lived in North Wilkes- I boro. I Mr. Paul Hubbard, who has a position In Kentucky with the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., arrived Saturday and is visiting his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Hub^ bard, at Moravian Falls. Mrs. W. F. Absher and two sons. Bill and Michael, Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Forester and young son, P. D.. III. left today for a week’s visit at Myrtle Beach. They will be at the Patrician Manor. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Culler and children are returning to their home at Bluefleld, West Virginia, tomrrrow after a visit of a week here with Mr. Culler’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Culler. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Proffit and children, Don, Douglas and Joyce, have returned to their home In Alexandria, Va., after spending a week at Goshen with Mr. Proffit’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. 1>. Prof fit. Second Class Seaman Garfield Sheets returned to Norfolk, Va., today after a short visit here with his sister, Mrs. Johnsie Woods, and bis parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sheets, of Peak Creek town ship la Ashe comity. Miss Martha Beabeara and Mrs. B. A. Keys, of Roanoke, Va., Mrs. Ina Fairchild and Hra. Nancy Walsh, of Baltimore. Md., are rle- Uing their fatber, Mr. Henry L. Besheors, at Boone, and relatives in WUkea this week. L. Mrs. A. D. Edwards, of Walker- town, is visiting her brothers, Messrs. R. B. and W. B. Pharr, In WUkesboro. Mrs. Edwards will be remembered by many people of the county as the former Miss Maude Pharr. ‘ Mrs.' R. W. Gwyn had as her guests last week at the Gwyn cot tage on the Brushy Mountain, Nell Gwyn Brame, Bobby Brame, and Blair Coffey, three of her grand children, and Carolyn Deans. Jane Cragan, and Jimmy Carter. Mr. Arthur Finley, of Charlotte, returned today after a week-end visit In the city with his sisters, Misses Lucy and Grace Finley, and brother, Mr. Gordon Finley. Mr. Finley is connected with the Sac- co-Lowell Company. Mrs. W. R. Absher, who holds a position in the Wilkes county welfare office, left Saturday to spend two weeks at the summer Institute for social workers, which is being held at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Mrs. C. H. Fowler, of Boomer, has received a message that her mother-in-law, Mrs. Fannie Stok er, died in a Spartanburg, S. C., hospital on June 13. Mrs. Stoker formerly made her home with her son, the late Charlie Fowler, when he lived in Wilkesboro. Miss Elizabeth Fisher, of Atlan ta, Ga., has returned to her home after spending the past week with her grandmother, Mrs. J. W. Shook. Miss Fisher was accom panied home by her nephew, Eddie Shook, who will remain in Atlanta for two weeks. Mr. Everett Parsons, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Parsons and family. Mrs. Florence Nichols and daughter, Claudine of Wilkesboro and En sign Irene Parsons of Washington, D. C., were the Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. I.ong. —Taylorsville Times, June 29. Mrs. Hubert Gamhill and daughter, Barbara, and Little Miss Mary Ann Reid, have returned to their homes in Asheville after a visit with Prof, and Mrs. T. E. Story. Mrs. Gamblll is Mrs. Story’s sister, and Mary Ann is her niece. Mrs. G. T. Proffit and son, of Dunn, are visiting Mr. Proffit’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Prof fit, of Goshen. Mr. Proffit came to Wilkes with them but had to return to Dunn to look after busi ness matters after spending the week-end with his parents. Mrs. Bill Drum and daughter, Mary Dawn, of GreenviRe, and Mr. and Mrs. John E. Rltze and two children, Georgia Jane and Jack, of Charlottesville, Va., have returned to their respective homes after visiting for a week here with Mrs. E. W. Trogdon, mother of Mrs. Drum and Mrs. Ritze. Miss Beatrice Pearson, of Hick ory, is spending a few days here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rom H. Pearson. Miss Pearson, member of the Hickory school faculty, had been a playground director in Hickory until the play ground was closed because of the infantile paralysis epidemic. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Vannoy and children, Marolyn and Loret ta, will return to Baltimore to morrow after a few days’ visit here with Mrs. Vannoy’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Baker, and Mr. Vannoy’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John T. Vannoy, who res’de in Stanton township. Lt. Col. and Mrs. A. L. Fletcher spent several hours here Thurs day with Lt. Col. Fletcher’s par ents, Rev. and Mrs. J. P. Fletcher, and sister, Mrs. W. R. Absher. Lt. Col. Fletcher, who had been on the national Selective Service appeals board in Washington, D. J., has returned to Raleigh to re sume his position as director of the employment service in North Carolina. During the past two eeks he and Mrs. Fletcher had been vacationing at their summer home at Jefferson. Deputy Marshal and Mrs. Wal ter M. Irwin, and Mrs. Paige Choate, of Wilkesboro, had as dinner guests Wednesday evening the following: T.Sgt. 'Woodrow Richardson, of Fort Knox, Ky.; Pfc. Arzie Richardson, of Laredo, Texas; Dr. Odell Richardson, of Elkin; Mrs. Robert Andrews, of Kingsport, Tenn.; Misses Lucile Wingate and Elizabeth Ward, of Independence, Va.; and Miss Wan da Kerley, of this city. Mrs. Ir win and Mrs. Choate are sisters T.Sgt. and Pfc. Richardson, Dr. Richardson and Mrs. Andrews. Mrs. Walter Moss and daugh ter, Julianna, left today for Mt. Airy after a week's visit here with friends. While In North Wilkesboro they were houseguests of Miss Sue Morlng Clements, of Charlotte, who was here visiting with her mother^ Mrs. J. L. Clem ents, and of Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. VanDeman. Major Walter Moss „ now stationed at Arlington, Va., and Mrs. Moss is spending several weeks this summer with her moth er, Mrs. J. P. Poy, at Mt. Airy. The Mosses are former residents of North WUkesboro. Ml II 11^ ji I pny "“This is Ai Perturbed is Donald O’Connor (R) to find Patnc KnowlM em bracing Susanna Foster in this scene from Universal comedy r^ mance “This Is the Life”. Louise Allbritton appears merely amused. Showing Thursday and Friday at the Alien Theatre. Holloway Youth Claimed By Death Funeral service was held Satur day at Pleasant Hill church for Walter Clay Holloway, age 15, who died Wednesday in the hospi tal in Elkin. Surviving are the father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. J. Walter Holloway, and two brothers, who reside on Elkin star route. Banks Pay Seim- Annual Dividends Both banking Institutions of North Wilkesboro last week mail ed out dividends checks to stock holders, representing semi-annual dividend paymenla. The Bank of North WUkesboro issued a semi-annual dividend of 5 per cent to Us stockholders, and The Northwestern Bank issued semi-annual dividend of 3 per cent to Its stockholders. The dividends were payable as of June 30th, 1944, and additional dividends will be paid by both banking Institutions as of Decem ber 31st. 1944. V Sgt. D. H. Jurney Returns To Camp Sibert Sgt. D. H. Jurney, who has been visiting his wife, the former Miss Ruby Wood, of this city, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Jnr- n6y, of Olln, 'has returaea Camp Sibert, Ala. Sgt. Jurney has been in the armed service for four and one-half years. Jack Anderson Home Jack Anderson will return to Carson Newman College, Jeffer son City, Tenn., tomorrow after spending ten days here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Anderson. Jack Is enrolled in the navy’s V-5 aviation training pro gram. ' A A m Capt. McElwee Here Capt. W. H. McElwee, of Wash ington, D. C., is spending several days leave here and in Statesville. Capt. McElwee, who completed a course In Judge Advocate’s Train ing school, was recently promoted to his present rauK. AAA Jay Joines Home Jay Joines, seaman first class, arrived Friday to spend a 21-day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Joines. Jay has been In the navy over a year and has been on sea duty a greater part of the time. AAA. Hurley Brothers Home Sgt. Wm. H. Hurley, Jr., now home on furlough, is visiting his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hurley In their home near Millers Creek. Sgt. Hurley’s wife and daughter, Jeanette, are with him at the present time. His brother, Hugh Hurley, who Is In the United States Navy and who has been in several of the larger invasions, Is home visiting also. Both boys just recently returned from overseas service. Sgt.' Hur ley Is now stationd In Arizona. Hughes Is now stationed In San Diego, California. f in sear Lhmax on xyidATt July, 7, si fm. All fomws vidi famt- ^ ‘iowss well as larg^ livestock prodneen In that section of the Wtinty gnl urged to he present for this meeting. ’’ The Interest tn better livestock Is Increasing from year to year and onr farmers are anxtons to learn the best methods of produc ing milk as economically as pos Bible. I was asked* by a fanner in that section ot the county to come and discuss the livestock Industry with them, which Invitation I gladly ac cept and will be glad to hold other meetings of this nature anywhere In the county, ^ •V Reeves Child Dies Funeral service was held Sun day at Relns-Sturdlvant chapel for David Melvin Reoves, flv' - year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Andrew Reeves, of thte city. The child died Friday In the Baptist hospital In Winston-Salem. i Ta die Public ■v’- —From—. ■ Yotfl* Permanent ' WeittPrd Sl3kH®*taa*e‘fit' being able to keep an ade quate supply of new motors for all maker of Dodge and PlymoQth passenger cars, and Dodge titKks. Our serv ice department is - working full time repairing, replac ing or rebniloing tout car or truck. Call ns for an ap pointment for any repair or replacement job. We Can and Will Save Yon Money !■( Wilkes Auto Sales, Ine. 'Phone 51 i'i-j Farm and Personal Property AT AUCTION! 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