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Mrs. Poindexter Hostess at Luncheon
Mrs. Carl Poindexter entertained
delightfully at a small informal
luncheon at her home on Gwyn Ave
nue Wednesday, with covers placed
for eight. Following the luncheon
bridge was played at two tables.
Miss Arnold Entertains Members of
Jr. B. Y. P. U.
Miss Oleen Arnold delightfully en
tertained the members of the Junior
B. Y. P. U.. of the Jonesville Bap
tist church at her home in Jones
ville, during the holidays.
Following a medley of old fash
ioned games the nineteen guests
were Berved delicious punch and
sandwiches.
Miss Cooke Host«ss to O. B. H. Club
Miss Emma Cooke was a charm
ing hostess on Tusday evening, when
she entertained the members of the
O. B. H. club at her home on Gwyn
Avenue.
Delightful games and contests
were enjoyed, after which the host
ess served fruit cake, coffee, nuts
and fruits to' the thirteen members
present.
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,'Aiss Cox Hostess at Dance
f' Miss Lucille Cox entertained at a
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masonry work, see or write M. H.
Helton. Elkin, N. C. l-19p.
"Extra Special" this week—lo quart
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Roofing. Doors and Windows. Surry
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Special prices on Heaters. Surry
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one-half mile hardsurface high
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minutes drive from Elkin. Would
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town.
For Sale—2o-arre farm, 8-room
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barn and tobacco barn, 6 acres in
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most enjoyable dance at the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Cox, on Gwyn Avenue Friday even
ing, having as her guests about
thirty members of the college and
high school set.
During intermission punch and
wafers were served.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Honor Neice
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Allen enter
tained at a lovely Christmas party
at their home near Hamptonville re
cently, honoring their neice. Miss
Ruth Cooke, of Winston-Salem. The
home was artistically arranged with
suggestions of the Yuletide season.
Following several delightful
games the guests were invited into
the dining room where delicious re
freshments were served.
Lucy Han ON Chatham Club Gives
> Christmas Program
The Lucy Hanes Chatham club
gave a beautiful Christmas program
on Thursday evening, in the Ep
worth League room of the Methodist
church, with a large attendance. The
program consisted of songs and
readings and a play "Little Town of
Bethlehem".
Following the program a lovely
gift was presented each member by
Mrs. Lucy Hanes Chatham of Wins
ton-Salem, for whom the club was
named.
Methodist. W. M. U. to >leet Friday
The circles of the Woman's Mis
sionary Society of the Methodist
church will meet Friday afternoon
at 3:30, in the following homes:
Circle No. 1 will meet at the' home
of Mrs. Errol Hayes, on Church
street.
Circle No. 2 will meet at the home
of Mrs. C. C. Poindexter, on Gwyn
Avenue.
Circle No. 3 will meet at the home
of Mrs. Harry L. Johnson.
Circle No. 4 will meet at the home
of Mrs. J. A. Carpenter on West
Main street Thursday evening at
7:30, with Mrs. W. B. Dentz as as
sociate hostess.
All members are requested to at
tend.
Johnson-Davis Wedding Announced
Interesting to friends here is the
announcement of the wedding of
Miss Cora Carolyn Johnson to Floyd
Davis, which was solemnized in In
dependence, Virginia on December
29, 1932. Rev. W. C. Evans, pastor
of the Methodist church at Inde
pendence, officiated, using the ring
ceremony.
Mrs. Davis is the daughter of A.
R. Johnson of Galax, Virginia, and
has made her home in Elkin for the
past several months. The bride
groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
E. D. Davis of Piper's Gap, Virginia
and holds a position with Klondike
Farm.
The young couple are making
their home at the Walker apart
ments on Church street, following a
brief honeymoon.
South East Public Service Employees
Honored at Party
The members of the North Caro
lina and Virginia branches of the
South East Public Service were de
lightfully honored at a New Year
party at South Boston, Va., on Sat
urday evening.
At midnight the president, Frank
Milhollan of Omaha, and general
manager, L. D. Densmore, of Char-
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA
i lottsville, extended greetings to the
employees via telephone, with a loud
speaker attached.
Following a dinner, dancing was
j enjoyed.
Local members of the company at
tending were: Mrs. Helen Davis,
Elkin, Mrs. Paul Spear, of Boonville,
Dan Earber, Elkin, and Pete Barber,
Yadkinville.
Row Marlowe Circle Guest* of Miss
Bertha Adamn
The Rose Marlowe circle of the
Woman's Missionary Society of the
Jonesville Baptist church, met at
the home of Miss Bertha Adams in
Jonesville on Tuesday evening with
ten members present.
The devotlonals were in charge of
Mrs. Gurney Wagoner and Mrs. M.
A. Holcomb directed a most inspir
ing program, using as her subject
"Lord Send a Revival". She was
assisted by different members of the
circle. A vocal duqf., "Take Time to
be Holy", by Misses Emma Eller and
Lepn Martin, added greatly to the
program.
During the business hour the fol
lowing officers were elected for the
new year: president, Mrs. D. R.
Castevens; vice-president, Miss Ber
tha secretary and treasurer,
Mrs. W. V. Holcomb: chairman pro
gram committee, Mrs. M. A. Hol
comb; and corresponding secretary,
Mrs. Odell Holcomb.
During a pleasant social hour
tempting refreshments were served.
Panic Party
The Young Peoples Division of the
( Jonesville Methodist church celebra
; ted the passing of the old year,
1932, with a Panic Party Saturday
night, Dec. 31, at the parsonage. As
the guests entered they registered
with the "employment agency" giv
ing their fornrer positions and the
positions they desired. Games which
featured the depression were played
during the evening. At eleven-fif
teen a "bread line" was formed to
; the "relief station" where coffee and
sandwiches were served in good de
pression style from an oilcloth cov
ered table.
Following an old Methodist cus
tom dating back to 174 0 a watch
night devotional service was held
from eleven-thirty until 1933 ap
;peared.
The "unemployed" enjoying the
party were: Misses Eloise Green
wood, Catherine Boles, Iris Minish,
Mae Triplette, Cleo Hemric, Maxine
Mathis, Elizabeth Freeman, Mildred
Ingram, and Mrs. W. E. Triplett;
i Messrs. Baltus Holbrook, Theodore
| Brown, George Emerson, A. J. Eller,
i Pete Mcßride, Balinson Greenwood,
1 Ed Boles, G. R. Stafford, John Trip
lett, Bill Triplett. C. A. Boles, Rus
sell Minish and Elmer Spann.
College Folk Honored at Party
Mrs. Marvin Holcomb and Miss
Bertha Adams entertained at a de
lightful party at the home of Mrs.
Holcomb's mother, Mrs. M. C. May
berry, in Jonesville, Friday evening,
honoring the college folk who wer>
home for the holidays, and the mem
bers of the Senior B. Y. P. U. of the
Jonesville Baptist church.
Holiday decorations were used in
the living room and dining room.
The dining room table was particu
larly attractive, with its cover of
real lace, centered with a silver
bowl of fruit and surrounded by tall
red tapers. Tempting refreshments
were served buffet style during the
evening.
Each guest was requested to wear
some garment suggestive of their
natal month, these were grouped in
to months to put on stunts and acts
for the entertainment of the other
guests. This afforded much merri
ment.
The honor guests were: Misses
I Catherine Boles, Iris Minish and
Maxine Mathis; Amel Eller, Baltus
Holbrook and Bahnson Greenwood,
all of A. S. T. C., Boone: Thompson
Greenwood, Wake Forest; Dan Mar
tin, Mars Hill; Ed Boles and John
Triplett, Rutherford College, and
Weynjouth Vestal, Harmony.
Baptist Missionary Circles Meet
The circles of the Womans' Mis
sionary Society of the First Baptist
church met on Monday afternoon,
in the following homes:
The Lou Bray Circle met at the
home of Mrs. E. B. Lawrence on
Gwyn Avenue, with eleven members
present. The devotionals were In
charge of Mrs. L. F. Walker and
the program for the afternoon was
dispensed with by each circle, the
meeting being devoted to the elec
tion of officers. Mrs. E. B. Law
rence was nam«d circle chairman;
vice chairman, Mrs. W. F. Reece;
secretary and chairman of public
ity, Mrs. Roy West; treasurer, Mrs.
W. J. Thurman; personal service,
Mrs. W. W. Byrd; enlistment, Mrs.
S. O. Maguire. flowers, Mrß. L. F.
Walker; social. Mrs. John Gilliam,
and literature, Mrs. C. I. Boger.
The Lottie Moon Circle met at
the home of Mrs. W. G. Church on
Elk Spur street, with the devotion
als in charge of Mrs. T. V. Cocker
ham and Mrs. F. M. Norman.
Mrs. T. V. Cockerhftm was elect
ed circle chairman; Mrs. W. G.
Church, vice-chairman; secretary,
Mrs. I. S. Gambill: treasurer, Mrs.
Ida Cockerham; enlistment, Mrs. F.
M. Norman; literature, Mrs. Eph
Whiseirtiunt. personal service, Mrs.
R. L. Poindexter. social, Mrs. J. M.
Tilley, and flowers, Mrs. Lula Weir.
The Fannie Heck Circle met with
Mrs. F. A. Brendle at her home on
Elk Spur street with nine members
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present. Mrs. J. P. Mosley was in
charge of the devjtionals. Mrs.
Mosley was elected leader of this
circle and the following chairmen
were also appointed: vice-chairman,
Mrs. H. F. Laffoon; secretary and
treasurer, Mrs. George Chatham,
personal service and literature/* Miss
Ella Cockerham; powers, Mfe. T.
H. Eidson, enlistment, Mrs. H. G.
Harris; social, Mrs. Gurney Hamp
ton, and publicity, Mrs. C. A. Mc-
Neil.
The Pearl Johnson circle met at
the home of Mrs. David Gilliam on
Tuesday evening, with twelve mem
bers and two visitors present. Miss
Mattie Mae Powell, circle chairman,
presided over the business meeting.
The program and devotlonals were
under the direction of Miss Effie
Crater. Using the subject "Re
vivals", Miss Crater, assisted by
Mrs. Eph Whisenhunt, Mrs. Fred
Eidson, Mrs. E. A. Harris and Miss
Madge Russell, presented a most in
teresting study.
During the social hour at the con
clusion of each meeting, refresh
ments were served.
Gold hoardings in India are such
that no one can accurately estimate
the amount. The common estimate
however, sets it at more than $5,-
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Benham News
Owing to the bad roads and
weather the people of this communi
ty did not have many visitors during
the holidays.
Luther Brown, of Detroit, Mich.,
spent the holidays here visiting
friends and relatives. He was form
erly of this community. Everyone
seemed glad to see him. He re
turned Monday to Detroit where he
holds a position with a florist of
that city.'
Mr. and Mrs. Qulncy Brown, of
Winston-Salem, visited Mr. Brown's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John O. A.
Brown during the holidays, going
from there to Ashe county to visit
Mrs. Brown's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Seavers
There is quite a lot of sickness
throughout the community, but we
are glad to note that in most cases
there are signs of improvement.
We are under the impression that
times are picking up. We under
stand that Walter Brown is install
ing a large water mill and water
system. Walter now thinks the only
drawback will be having to climb a
forty-foot pole to crank her up, but
we wish him success in his work
and hope that he will not have to
Thursday, January 5, 1933
! wear out his trousers climbing %
pole.
Lonnie Ledbetter visited Millard
Browa Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Tyra Gentry had as
their guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs.
John Thomas, of Winston-Saiem, al
so Ernest Myers and Lonnle Ledbet
ter, of Benham.
M. L. Myers, Sr., who fell Christ
mas day Injuring his hip, is improv
ing and hopes it will not be many
days before he will be able to get
out again.
A device that counts grains of
sand for analysis of sediments has
been perfected by J. E. Appel, Uni
versity of Chicago geologist.
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