Thursday, April 28, 1938
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Fred Colhard spent the week
end In Bryson City, the guest of
friends.
Mrs. D. H. Morrison spent Man
day in Mount Airy, attending to
business matters.
Miss Ned Ball returned Tuesday
from a visit of two weeks to Kan
sas City and St. Louis.
Mrs. George Fulton of Roanoke,
Va., spent Wednesday and Thurs
day here the guest of her father.
W. J. Snow, at his home on Gwyn
Avenue.
Mrs. J. S. Worth returned
Tuesday from High Point, where
she has been for the past several
weeks with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bivins spent
Sunday in Wilkesboro, the guests
of Mrs. Bivens' parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Van Poindexter.
Mrs. L. E. Cocker ham, Mrs.
Glenn Hamby and Miss Roette
Cockerham spent Wednesday in
Greensboro, the guests of friends.
Graham Reich of Winston -
Salem, is spending this week here
the guest of his father, W. S.
Reich, at his home on Vine street.
Mr. and Mrs. Baxter Moore of
Winston-Salem, were the Sunday
guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. r. Poin
dexter, at their home on Bridge
street.
Miss Carrie Mae Sawyer of
Mount Airy, spent the week-end
here the guest of Miss Dorothy
Colhard, at her home on Church
street.
Mrs. Jane Smith and Mrs. L. E.
Aldridge and son, Dale, spent
Sunday in Guilford College, the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. C.
Smith,
Claude Parrell of the Graham
and Click company, left Monday
for New York, where he will spend
this week attending to business
matters.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Masten
announce the birth of a daughter.
Ruby Jean, April 25, 1938. Mrs.
Masten was formerly Miss Ruby
Transou.
Miss Jane Hopkins, a student
at Sweetbriar college, Virginia,
was the week-end guest of Mrs.
Richard Gwyn Chatham, at .Ho
tel Elkin.
Mrs. Prank Stough and Mrs.
Chester Proctor of Cornelius, were
the guests Tuesday of Mrs. H. B.
Holcomb, at her home on West
Main street.
Mrs. L. L. Hendrix of James
town, is spending some time here
the guest of her mother, Mrs. E.
C. Kirkman, at her home on West
Main street.
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Whitner
moved Saturday to the apartment
in the home of Mrs. Raymond
Chatham, vacated by Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Rash.
Mrs. R. L. Hubbard returned
last week from a visit* of eight
months to her daughters, Mrs. O.
K. Merritt in Mount Airy, and
Mrs. Raymond Harris in Win
ston-Salem, and has reopened her
home on Surry Avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Haynes of
Mounty Airy, were the guests
Sunday of Mesdames R. G. Frank
lin and Fred McNeely, at their
home on West Main street.
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ELKIN, JONESVILLE AND ALL
THE SCHOOLS OF THIS SESTION
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Robert Kirkman of Winston-
Salem, spent the week-end here
the guest of his mother, Mrs. R.
L. Kirkman, on West Main street.,
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Hall of
Washington, D. C., arrived Wed
nesday for a visit to Mr. Hall's
mother, Mrs. J. L. Hall, at her
home on West Main street.
Friends of Mrs. A. O. Laffoon
will be glad to know that she is
recovering nicely from a major
operation at Hugh Chatham Me
morial Hospital on Thursday of
last week.
Dr. and Mrs. Harry L. Johnson
and children. Sonny and Phyllis,
of Hickory, were the week-end
guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Lankford, at their home on Hos
pital road.
Mrs. Ivan Johnson of Tarpon
Springs, Fla., spent Wednesday
here the guest of friends. Mrs.
Johnson will be pleasantly re
membered here, having lived here
for a number of years.
Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Boyd of
Dixon, 111.; Miss Emily Boyd of
Kenosha, Wis., and Leonard Boyd
of Earlsville, 111., were the week
end guests of Mrs. J. H. Tharpe,
at her home on Gwyn avenufc.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Fitzgerald
and little daughter, Becky, of
Winston-Salem, and Major Jack
D. Thompson of Washington, D.
C„ were week-end guests in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Byrd.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gwyn and
little daughter, Mary Lee, of
Roanoke, Va., were week-end
guests of Dr. and Mrs. Hugh
Parks, on Circle Court. Mrs. Gwyn
and little daughter remained for
a visit of a week.
Mrs. Hugh Roy all, (Mrs. H. P.
Graham, Mrs. I. C. Yates, Mrs. J.
Mark McAdams, Mrs. Paul Gwyn
and Mrs. C. L. Haywood, Jr., at
tended the state meeting of the
Parent-Teacher Congress in Win
ston-Salem l%st week.
William Roth of New York,
spent the week-end here with his
sister, Mrs. A. O. Bryan, and Mr.
Bryan, at their home on West
Main street. He was accompanied
by his little daughter, Louisa, who
will spend the summer in Ronda
with her grandmother, Mrs. Rob
ert Hickerson.
Mrs. Seth Beale and little son,
Johnny, and Mrs. Earl Hodel and
little son, Richard Earl, left Wed
nesday for Minnesota, where they
will spend six or eight weeks. Mrs.
Beale will visit in Rochester and
Mrs. Hodel in Minneapolis. They
will be accompanied to Newport,
Tenn, by Dr. Beale and Mr.
Hodel, who will return to Elkin.
D. O. Totten and daughter and
son, Catherine and David, ol
Beckley, Va., spent the week-end
here the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
W. P. Reece, at their home on
Bridge street. On Sunday Mr.
and Mrs. Reece and family and
their guests visited Dr. and Mrs.
J. P. Reece in Lenoir.
Dr. Chas. L. Haywood, Jr., and
Dr. M. A. Royall attended a
meeting of the Eigthth District
Medical Society at the King Cot
ton Hotel in Greensboro Tuesday
evening. At the meeting Dr.
Haywood was elected vice-presi
dent of the district. He also con
tributed to the program a paper
on the acute abdomen.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA
Miss Harvlson Smith, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Smith, of
this city, and a student at Mon
treat college, will serve as maid of
honor to the May queen at the
May Day fete to be held at the
college on May 7. In addition to
this honor, Miss Smith is presi
dent of the high school graduat
ing class of the college and has
been active in other collegiate ac
tivities.
WITH THE SICK
The following patients have
been admitted to the local hos
pital during the past week: Del
bert Caudle, Yadkinville; Rich
arde Mickles, East Bend; Ray
Lindsay. Yadkinville; Hope Brown,
jonesvllle; Dallas Bauguss, State
Road; James Hemrlc, Elkin; Mrs.
Minnie Seagraves, Jonesvllle; Lee
Ray Brown, Hamptonville; Lucille
Dorsett, Elkin; Jack Pardue, Ron
da; C. M. Royall, Thurmond;
Mrs. Etta Flynn, Ronda; Will
Johnson, Mount Airy; Raymond
Crouse, Thurmond; Grady Day.
Elkin; J. A. dough, Cycle.
Patients dismissed during the
week were: Lee Ray Brown.
Hamptonville; Luther Garris,
Jonesvllle; Mrs. Sallie Freeman,
Mount Airy; Mrs. Reana Myers,
Yadkinville; Mrs. Josie Bell,
Couch, Elkin; Mrs. Mattie Bren
dle, Boon ville; Mrs. Lelia Greer;
Ball; Mrs. Dora Smith, Ennis;
Mrs. Sarah Pendry, Yadkinville;
Raymond Crouse, Thurmond;
Grady Day, Elkin; Mrs. Vera
Johnson, Boonville.
PLAN PROGRAM FOR
SURRY S. S. MEETING
The following program has been
planned for the Surry County
Sunday school associational meet
ing to be held with the Bean
Shoals church the first Sunday in
May:
2:10 p.m.: Devotional, Rev. E.
C. Norman, East Bend, N. C.
2:10 p.m.: Reports of group su
perintendents.
2:30 p.m.: "Getting Ready for
Daily Vacation Bible School,"
Mrs. I. O. Wallace, Mountain
Park, N. C.
2:40 p.m.: Congregational song.
2:45 p.m.: "How to Arrange for
a Training Course in My Church,"
Mr. David T. Mashburn, Mount
Airy, N. C.
2:55 pjn.: Special music, Elkin
Baptist church.
3:00 p.m.: "Group Superinten
dents Preparing for the Training
Schools," Dr. W. L. Johnon,
Mount Airy, N. C.
3:10 pjn.: "How to Use Our
New Sunday School Helps," Rev.
Eph Whisenhunt, Elkin, N. C.
3:20 pjn.: Business session.
3:30 p.m.: Adjournment.
FASHION SHOW TO BE
HELD THIS AFTERNOON
The county-wide home econom
ics fashion show will be held at
the Elkin elementary school au
ditorium this afternoon (Thurs
day) at 2 o'clock. The following
schools of the county will have
representatives: Pilot Mountain,
Dobson, Mount Airy, Mountain
Park, Copeland, Franklin and El
kin.
Different garments made in the
home conomics classes of the va
rious schools will feature the
show.
Representing the local - school
will be Misses Rosamond Neaves,
Edwina Lawrence, Louise Laffoon,
Helen Finney, Edna Billings,
Louise Hudson. Lestine Lawrence,
Margaret Daye, Geraldine Couch
and Betty Lou Evans.
A cordial invitation is extended
the public to attend.
MANY VISIT MODEL
HOME ON ELK SPUR
Approximately 500 people vis
ited the new home of Mr. and
Mrs. Siig Holcomb on Elk Spur
street last Saturday and Sunday.
Furnished by various stores
here, the new house was convert
ed into a model home, showing
how a small home can be built
and furnished without a large
outlay of money.
A highlight of the home was
the electric kitchen, which in
cluded electric stove, electric sink
and electric hot water heater.
Bedrooms were furnished by local
furniture stores in a very attrac
tive manner, with drapes and
bedspreads by an Elkin depart
ment store.
ANNOUNCE OPENING
OF BON - TON GRILL
The Bon-Ton cafe has an
nounced its opening Tuesday,
May 3, in a modern new location
on East Main street in the new
building replacing the structure
recently destroyed by fire.
The name of the business will
be changed to Bon-Ton Grill upon
the opening date of its opening,
and the public is invited to visit
the new home and make a com
plete Inspection.
• The Bon-Ton grill will be thor
oughly modern and up-to-date in
every way and will provide Elkln
with an excellent eating establish
ment.
Stores Arc to
Observe New
Hours Locally
Beginning on Monday, May
2, 10 Elk in store* will observe
new opening and closing horn*.
This move is being made to
comply with state labor laws .
At the present time these
stores are opening at l:tt am.
and closing at 5:30 pjn. eaeh
day exoept Saturday, when
they close at 7:00 p.m. Under
the new hours, they will open
at 8:30 a.m. and close at 5:30
p.m. On Saturdays they will
open at 8:30 a.m. and close at
7:00 p.m.
Stores which will observe
these hours are the following:
J. C. Penney company, A. & Z.
store, Belb-Doughton company,
Sydnor-Spainhottr, Mc Daniels
Department store, Graham and
Click company, Somen? and
company, United Variety store,
Smithey's Department store,
and the Men's shop.
SHOALS COMMENCEMENT
IS TO BEGIN SATURDAY
The Shoals High school com
mencement will get under way
Saturday night, April 30, when
the seniors present their annual
play. The schedule for the finals
is as follows: Saturday, April 30,
at 8. o'clock, the senior play will
be presented. Tuesday, May 3,
at 8 o'clock, the program by the
grades, and awarding of seventh
grade diplomas. Thursday, May 5,
at 8 o'clock, the class day exer
cise by the graduating class. Sat
urday, May 7, at 8 o'clock, the
closing exercise, which includes
the address by Attorney John H.
Polger of Mount Airy, N. C., and
the awarding of diplomas by Su
perintendent John W. Comer.
SWAN CREEK
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Harris and
family spent Sunday in High
Point, the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Cliff Millikan.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Swaim
and son, Delano, of Dobson, were
the week-end guests of Mrs. Vina
Swaim.
Miss DeEtte Swaim will leave
Friday for Taylorsville, where she
will be the guest for several days
jof Mr. and Mrs. V. K. Bentley.
Miss Pansy Bell, Harold Bell
and Gwyn Martin spent Sunday
in High Point.
Miss Anna Lee Swaim of
Ronda, was the dinner guest Sim
day of Miss DeEtte Swaim.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Foster, Mrs.
J. M. Myers and Mrs. W. T. My
ers and liittle daughter, Tommye
Ann, were the dinner guests Sun
day of Mrs. Olenn Swaim, at her
home in Ronda.
D. C. Swaim of Winston-Sa
lem, spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Swaim, the former his
brother.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Cook had
as their guests Sunday Mrs. Car
rie Swaim of Elkin, Mrs. Lizzie
Stokes of Mountain Grove and
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Sale of
Cycle.
Kicked by Mule
J. A. Gough, 46, of Cycle, is in
Hugh Chatham Memorial hos
pital, suffering from a broken
jaw sustained when he was kicked
by a mule on Tuesday. He is
resting as well as could be ex
pected.
Congratulations
to the
GRADUATES
To all the graduates of this
section we want to extend
our wholehearted congrat
ulations and to express the
wish that your future may
be as happy as the high
school days you are leaving
behind.
THE BANK OF
ELKIN
R. C. Lewellyn, Pres.
Garland Johnson, Vice-Prc*.
Franklin Folrer, Cashier
W.YADKIN FINALS
TO BEGIN TODAY
Music Recital Will Open Com
mencement This Eve
ning: at 8 o'clock
FOLGER IS TO SPEAK
The West Yadkin school finals
will begin Thursday evening
with a music recital at 8 o'clock.
Saturday evening the seventh
grade graduating exercises-will be
held. A play entitled "Tbmmy
Tomorrow," will be presented.
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock
Rev. James M. Hayes of Mere
dith College, Raleigh, will deliver
the baccalaureate sermon. -
Monday evening the senior
class day exercises will be held
at 8 o'clock. A play, "Parting
of the Braves," will be given.
The final programs will be
on Wednesday, May 4. In the
morning at 11 o'clock Hon. John
H. Polger of Mount Airy, will ad
dress the thirty members of the
graduating class and Wednesday
evening at 8 o'clock the com
mencement play, "Antics of An
drew," will be given.
Wednesday afternoon at 3
o'clock a baseball game between
West Yadkin and Boonville is
scheduled.
A cordial invivation is extend
ed, the public to attend all of the
programs.
NEW MEN'S SHOP TO
OPEN FRIDAY A. M.
The Men's Shop, owned and
operated by Herman Ouyer and
Dock Holleman, which was forced
out of business here several
months ago by fire, will open in
a new location on West Main
street, next to Eagle Furniture
Co., Friday morning at 8:30
o'clock.
The new Men's Shop will offer
Elkin and this section a thor
oughly modern and up-to-date
store handling men's furnishings
ALL STAR
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REALLY GOOD I
CHEESE WISCONSIN DAISYS __ POUND 19 C
Gerbers Baby Food 4 CANS J9£
Corn Flakes khmot 3 pkg. m
FLOOR WAX LB. CAN 39c
Taylor's Inn. Af
GRAPE JUICE, Qt - 23 c 1 1 ISSUe Waldorf U'ROLLS ZOC
Household Gelfand's
Amonia QT. 15c Mayonnaise^2sc
Del Monte I Campbell
PINEAPPLE JUICE, 46 33' TOMATO JUICE, 3 14k,z 20 c
' can I cans
Grape Fruit Juice SUNSHINE 46-OZ. CAN 23c|
Hams SWIFrS Tenderized, Whole or Half . POUND 28c
Peaches CHOICE CALIFORNIA, Cans CI
FLIT KILLS FLIES QT. CAN M
No. I—ELKIN No. 2—JONESVILLE
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Joe Bivins Foley Norman
exclusively. Attractive fixtures
make the interior pleasing to the
eye and conveneint for the best
display of merchandise.
The Men's Bhop will handle
men's furnishings of well known
and nationally advertised make.
JONESVILLE REVIVAL
IS STILL UNDER WAY
The revlvial meeting now in
progress at the town hall in
Jonesvilile will continue through
this week.
Everyone is invited to attend
each evening's service, which be
gins at 7:30 o'clock. Rev.,M. H.
Lamb, of Thomasville, is conduct
ing the meeting.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to sincerely thank each
of our friends for their many acts
of kindness in our tragic bereave
ment.
CARL DAVIS AND FAMILY.
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HIGH POINT MINISTER IS
AT MT. HERMAN CHURCH
Rev. George Cooper of High
Point, well known minister and
radio speaker, will preach at Mt.
Hermon Baptist church the third
Sunday evening in May.
A cordial invitation is extended
the public to hear him.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to express my apprecia
tion and sincere gratitude to the
Kiwanis club and citizens of El
kin for the splendid token of their
good wis in the beautiful silver
service presented me Thursday
evening.
L. B. ABERNETHY.
Mattie Mae Powell
NOTARY PUBLIC
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