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Thursday, February 9, 1939 (ftIQTAI I J* Herman Sale spent the week end with friends at North Caro lina State College, Raleigh. Miss Hazel Harris spent Sun-v day with her grandmother, Mrs. C. M. Durham, in Hamptonville. Mrs. D. O. Smith returned Thursday from a visit of two weeks with relatives in York, S. Miss Ruth Waddell spent the week-end in Ronda, the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Waddell. W. A. Neaves returned Satur day from Philadelphia, where he spent several days attending to business matters. Miss Mary Sale spent the week end in Greensboro, the guest of Miss Helen Finney, a student at Woman's College. Paige Gregory, son of Mr. and Mrs. Turner Gregory, has return ed from a stay of two years in Florida and California. B. H. Guyer of Malvin, lowa, is spending several weeks here with his mother, Mrs. E. S. Guyer, and his brother, D. G. Guyer. Misses Mary Holland, Rosa mond Neaves and Betty Lou Ev ans spent Saturday in Greens boro, the guests of friends. Friends of Mrs. Smith William son will regret to know that she has been confined to her home by illness for the past week. Walter Neaves, of Grassy Creek, was the guest Saturday of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Neaves, at their home, on Bridge street. Walter Worth, Leonard Shep herd and Lowell Smithey spent the week-end with their respect ive families in West Jefferson. Miss Lillie Norman, of Dobson, spent last week here the guest of her sister, Mrs. I. A. Eldridge, at her home on West Main street. Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Nuckolls of Galax, Va., were the week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Meed, at their home on Bridge street. Miss Minnie Ruth McNeill spent the week-end with friends at Meredith College, Raleigh, and attended the Founders Day pro-. gram. Miss Maurice Guyer, a student at Jones Business College, High Point, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Guyer. Mrs. Jenkins-Smith of Win ston-Salem, spent Saturday here the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frank lin Folger, at their home on Gwyn Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. J. Mark McAdams and daughter, Mary Vance, spent Sunday in Greensboro, with Mrs. McAdams' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Z. V. Strader. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. James and Rev. and Mrs. Eph Whisenhunt are spending today the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Price Davis, near Yadkinville. Mrs. Alice Mayo returned to her home in Danville, Va., Wed nesday, following a visit to Mrs. R H. Stuckey, at her home on Elk spur street. C. M. Byrd arrived here Sun day from Tulsa Okla., to spend a few days before returning there to make his home permanently. He was accompanied by his daughter, Miss Jane Byrd, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. A. R. Cheek, in Bristol, Va., for several weeks. FINAL CLEARANCE MEN'S WINTER SUITS Not so many left, bo hurry if you would get the color and fabric you want. Big HIT values at their regular price, they're give a ways at our low clearance price! r||l|p|pjjpi WERE $19.75 $1650 m REVERSIBLE TOP COATS BB REDUCED! ljjj| Two serviceable coats in £\f\ mWM one! A warm top coat one |L IB 111 1 f Wr* way, a waterproof rain coat # |lrl rfl| ml the other! y v#vv ** The Men's Shop Herman Guyer Phone 199 Barreti Lankford Mrs. W. W. McConnell of Statesville, was the week-end guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. James, at their home on West Main street. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Fitzgerald and little daughter, Becky, of Winston-Salem, were week-end guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Byrd. Miss Susan Biggs left Wednes day for an extended stay in Florida. She will stop first in Tampa and will visit both the east and west coasts. Mrs. O. C. Holcomb of North Wilkesboro, arrived Monday for a visit of several days to her sons, H. B. and Marshall Holcomb, at their homes here. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Poindexter spent the week-end in Greens boro, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Edgerton, the former a brother of Mrs. Poindexter. Mrs. W. A. Johannes and little son, W. A. Jr., of Sparta, were guests Monday and Tuesday of Mesdames L. E. Aldridge and Janie Smith at Home Hotel. Claude McNeill, Jr., a student at Wake Forest College, Wake Forest, spent the week-end here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. McNeill, on Bridge street. Mrs. A. M. Smith returned Thursday from Duke Hospital, Durham, where she had been a patient for a month. Her many friends will be glad to know that she is much improve^!. Mrs. N. E. Melton returned the early part of the wek to her home in Hendersonville, following a visit to Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Shugart, at their home near Jonesville. Mrs. Roger Carter, Mrs. Ber nard Hall and Miss Emmailne Neaves spent the week-end in Badin, the gtiests of Dr. and Mrs. Praser Lapsley, the latter a sister of Mrs. Carter. Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Warren and daughter, Johan, and Miss Irene Swift of Winston-Salem, were the Sunday guests of Miss Swift's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Swift, of State Road. Rev. James M. Hayes, of Win ston-Salem and Raleigh, was the overnight guest Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. McNeill, the latter his sister, at their home on Bridge street. Mrs. W. S. Smedick returned .to her home in Statesville Sunday, following a visit of two weeks to Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Poplin, the latter her sister, at their home on West Miain street. Mrs. Enoch Harris and child ren, Joe and Pat, Mrs. J. B. Parks and Miss Mattie Mae Pow ell spent Sunday in Statesville, the guests of Mrs. Harris' sister, Mrs. Gale White. C. Roy West returned the early part of the week from Port Dodge, lowa, where he was called on ac count of the illness of his mother. It was his first visit to his native state in 22 years. ' Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Moore and L. E. Moore, of Mount Airy, were the guests Sunday of Mrs. Moore's mother, Mrs. D. J. Cockerham. Mrs. Moore remain ed for a visit of several days. Miss Adeline Wilkins, who has been confined to her home by ill ness for the past several months, entered the Baptist . ~~ital in Winston-Salem Sunday for an operation, her friends will regret to know. THE KIAIA TlUbtiiia, SLnuur-?, NGRIn CqwSlJwA Welcomes Radio Hero of Doomed Plane . WSF mBBm nmgtWi ~ H&flB HfIEHK' - «p«Bi PMW: . lB»> | NEW YORK CITY.—Mrs. Patrick Chapman lights a cigarette for her husband, radio open tor of the flying boat Cavalier, which went dt "**% In the Atlantic, as she welcomes him back to New York. British Freighter Destroyed By Fire BROOKLYN. —The British freighter Silverash setting by the stern as firemen sought to put out a fire that raged for almost ten hours aboard her. Finally she was ordered sunk -to protect her pier. Fire men were hindered in their work by ice and the peril of gas, for the ■hip had on board a shipment of 300 tons of cyanide poisonous gas. Mr. and Mrs. George Royall and daughter, Peggy, spent Sun day in Chapel Hill with their son, Edwin Royall, a student at the University of North Carolina. Miss Ruth Atkinson of the Ma rion school faculty, spent the week-end here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Atkinson, at their home on West Main street. Dr. and Mrs. Randolph Jones, of Duke University, Durham, spent the early part of the week here the guests of Dr. and Mrs. Charles L. Haywood, Jr., at their home on Ho&pital Road. Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Martin and little daughter, Sylvia, spent Sim day in Winston-Salem, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Sullivan, the latter a sister of Mrs. Martin. They also visited in High Point during the day. Miss Ethel Gilliam spent the early part of the week in States ville, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gilliam, the former her uncle. She also took a series of treatments at a Statesville hos pital for a head ailment. According to latest reports the condition of W. S. Gough, aged Elkin resident, who has been a patient in the City Memorial Hospital in Winston-Salem for the past six weeks, is not so fav orable: Little hope is held for Mr. Gough's recovery, due to his extreme age of 88 years. Visiters during the week-end of Rev. and Mrs. O. V, Caudill at the Presbyterian Ipse were: Mrs. W. T. Comer an son, W. T., Jr., of Stony. Point; Jack Pass more, Jack Swisher, Gene Moore and Sam Collins of Whitesburg, Ky.; Miss Corrinne Faw of North Wilkesboro and Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Young and Mrs. B. H. Griffith of Marion, Va. Van W. Dillon and daughter, Edna White, and Mrs. Mary Las iter will leave tomorrow for La- Grange, where they will spend several days. Little Miss Dillon will be ring bearer in the wed ding of Miss Mary Emma Ken nedy in a formal ceremony on Sunday. Miss Kennedy is well known here, having frequently visited in the Dillon home. Paul C. Reich of Greensboro, spent Monday here visiting his father, W. 8. Reich, who has been quite ill, suffering from an in fected throat. Friends of Mr. Reich will be glad to know that he is much improved and that he was able to return to his home Wednesday from Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient for several days. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Speas, Mr. and Mrs. John Speas and Frank Woodhouse, all of Boon ville, spent the week-end in Nashville, N. C., where they at tended the wedding on Saturday evening of Miss Marion Coppedge, neice of the Messrs. Speas, to Clem Patterson of Rocky Mount. The marriage was solemnized in a formal ceremony at the Nash ville Baptist church. Mrs. Pat terson is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. T. O. Coppedge. Mrs. Cop pedge, mother of the bride, wat before her marriage, Miss Anna Speas of Eoonviile. Read Tribune Advertisements 1 0SOC! ETY. Mrs. Freeman Elected President of Woman's Club; Mrs. Lott Reads "Idiot's Delight" Members of the Woman's Club were privileged to hear Mrs. H. Stokes Lott of Winston-Salem, read Bob Sherwood's Pulitzer prize play, "Idiot's Delight," at the open meeting Tuesday after noon at Hotel Elkin. Mrs. P. M. Greene, chairman of the Depart ment of Literature of the club, was in charge of the program and introduced Mrs. Lott. The play, which is a strong attack on war, is in keeping with the Peace program outlined by the club for the year's study. Other features of the program were vocal solos by Mrs. Parks Hampton and Miss Josephine Paul and a piano solo by Miss Carolyn Lillard. During the business session the following officers were presented by the nomniating committee to serve during the 1939-40 term: President, Mrs. R. C. Freeman.; vice-president, Mrs. Mason Lil lard; secretary, Mrs. H. C. Sal mons; treasurer, Mrs. Howard Hatch. officers were unan imously eleqiM. Other rotitine matters and re ports were heard. Prior to the meeting Mrs. Paul Gwyn, president of the Flub, and local chairman of the Tax Consumers League, held a meet ing for. interested parties in hid den taxes. Papers were pre sented by Mesdames - Joe Bivins, C. H. Brewer and R. C. Freeman regarding these taxes. Similar meetings will be held before each open meeting with the hope of bringing to light va rious hfdden taxes and their ul timate repeal. The meeting was well attended Tuesday and a number of visit ors were present. Baptist Circles Meet Monday in Regular Session The circles of the Woman's Missionary Union of the First Baptist church met Monday in the following homes: The Emma Leechman circle met with Mrs. W. P. Reece on Bridge street, with 15 members and one visitor present. One new member was enrolled. > Mrs. H. T. Moore, of Mount Airy, a former member of the cir cle, led the devotional period. The mission study was in charge of Mrs. F. M. Norman and Mrs. F. A. Brendle offered ' the closing prayer. The Neai Young circle met with Mrs. I. C. Yates on Church street with 13 members present. Mrs. T. W. Church conducted the devotionals and the mission study was in charge of Mrs. E. C. James. The Naomi Shell circle met with Mrs. C. A. McNeill on Bridge street with 11 members and one visitor present. Mrs. C. R. Alex ander led the devotionals and the mission study was in charge of Miss Estelle Cockerham. The Pearl Johnson circle met with Mrs. sheffie Graham on Gwyn avenue, with Miss Mary Holland associate hostess, with 12 members present. Mrs. Roy wra>:, led the devotionals and the pro- gram was in charge of Mrs. Mary Lasiter, agisted by Miss Mattie Mae Powell and Mrs. Jake Jones. The new night circle, which was named the Appleby circle, met with Miss Effie Crater on Gwyn avenue, with 5 members and 5 new members present. Miss Lee Mae Lowery conducted the devotionals and the program was presented by Mrs. Garland John son, Mrs. Ora Vanhoy and Mrs. Herbert Madison. The Elsie Clore G. A. met with the leader, Mrs. Fred Eidson, on Elk Spur street, with 8 members present. Mrs, EM son directed the program. A social hour was enjoyed at the close of the programs. Each hostess served tempting refresh ments. WITH THE SICK ——————.—______ The following patients h&7« been admitted to the local hospi tal during the past week: Mrs. Annie Calloway, Dobeon; J. E. Abernethy, Valdese; Mrs. Made Shore, Yadkinville; James A. Sprinkle, El kin; Walter Hanks, El kin; Mrs. Mlttie Marsh, Dob son; Mrs. Edith Steelman, Boon ville; Mrs. Opal Marsh, Elkin; W. S. Reich, Elkin; Richard Day, Benahm; Fannie Daniels, Wilson; R. W. Cheek, Traphill; Evelyn Transou, Elkin; W. E. Whitting ton, Concord; Mrs. John R. Ham il, Greensboro; John R> Hamil, Greensboro; Mrs. Ruth Frye, Elk in; Mrs. H. C. Graham, Elkin; Felix Swaim, Cycle; Vera Wood, Roaring Gap; Mrs. Florence Pet tyjohn, Boonville; George Marion, Dobson; Joe Holyfield, Dobson; Rich Chatliam, Jr., Elkin; Mrs. Ruby Hayes, Dobson; DeWitt Royall, state Road; Bobby Lee Fender, Edwards Cross Roads; Arthur Freed, Roanoke, Va. Patients dismissed during the week were: Grady Finney, Jones ville; Louise Allen, Yadkinville; Joe Draughan, Boonvflle; Mrs. Fannie Jenkins, Jonesville; Bar bara Ann Boles, Jonesville; Mat tie Bell Freeman, Jonesville; W. S. Reich, Elkin; Mrs. Opal Marsh, $50,000,000.00 CONGRATULATIONS cnvTn?!?!? Victory Dinner for bUNtHiKfi , E. C. COLLINS THANKS ' eir ° uts taiidingr FOR the YEAR accomplish- iqqq To the ever growing , , tooQ host of policyholders ment 38 > IMI- * or *" e y e ® r 1938 and friends who have . More New Business made possible the out- derwriters. More New Policyholders standing growth as re- —More Assets More vealed by the following Increase in Policyholders record of the Security Surplus More Insur- Life and Trust Com- ancc in Force More pany. Premium Income than ever before in the Com- ,j pany's history. ASSETS TEAR INSURANCE IN FORCE $3,501,316 1933 $22,641,236 $3,689,261 • 1934 $26,724,959 $3,990,932 1935 $31,486,851 $4,466,482 1936 $36,716,876 $5,076,647 1937 $43,398,111 $5,788,239 1938 $50,184,394 SECURITY LIFE and TRUST COMPANY Home Office Winston-Salem, N. C. Blue Ridge Insurance Agency fl v Mount Airy, N. C. R. P. Jones and E. C. Collins, District Managers Elkin; Fannie Daniels. Wilson; B. W. Cheek, Traphlll; Evelyn Transou, Elkln; Mrs. Florence Pettyjohn, Boonvllle; Mrs. H. C. Graham, Elkin; Becky Lou Trip lett, Jonesvllle; Paul Wood, Ronda. BENJIAM - COOL SPRINGS HONOR ROLL sth MONTH The following is the honor roll for Benham-Cool Springs school for the fifth month: First grade: Mildred Carter, Verna Lee Byrd, Willene Luff man, Gilbert Wagoner, Buddy Durham. Second grade: Mildred Casey. Louise Collins, Betty Lou Tucker, Herman Smoot, Bobby Black burn. Third grade: Vallie Brown, Betty Jean Newman, Eloise Tuck- T, Maxine Carter, Conrad Hem ric. Fourth grade: Alma Burcham, BELIEVE IT OR NOT We Guys Appreciate Your Business, and Do Our Best to Serve You Right! ELHN LUMBER & MFG. CO. "Everything to Build Anything" Phone 68 Elkin. N C. Clara Bell Couch, Joyce Byrd. Filth grade: Paul Inman, War ren Blackburn, Mildred Walker, Leatrice Phillips, Helen Holbrook. Sixth grade: Walsie Holbrook, Virginia Ross, Junior Casey. Seventh grade: Bessie Lee Hanks, Lois Byrd, Flora Mae Hanks, Velna Gentry, , . Every mintita the Mississippi river carries into the Gulf of Mexico the amount of silt that would cover an acre one foot thick;. This is the fertile top soil from a hundred acre farm every hour and forty minutes. Get Up Nights? It's Nature's Danger Signal This 4-day test must help elim inate excess acids and other waste due to functional kidney disor ders or your 26c back. Must thereby soothe the irritation that may cause getting up nights, fre quent or scanty flow, burning, or backache or your 25c tack. Say Bukets (25c) to any druggist. Lo cally at Turner Drug Company. - - • / • ' • A %
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