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Thursday, August 31, 1939 ffiloCAlC Miss Julia Abrams is spending her vacation with 'relatives in Rutherford ton. Howard Hatch left Thursday for Lawrence, Mass., for a visit with his mother, Mrs. Mae Hatch. Miss Louise Bailey of Statesville, is the guest this week of Mrs. Earl York, at her home of West Main Street. Miss Ruth Fowler, of Winston- Salem, is spending this week in Arlington, the guest of Miss Mil dred Odom. Mrs. Earl York has returned to her home here following a visit of two weeks with relatives in Statesville. C. J. Hyslup spent several days last week jcv a vacation trip to Ashe ville. He returned to Elkin Sunday. Miss Lou Esther Lowery, of Moores ville, is spending this week here the guest of Mrs. Cor tez Lowery. • T. E. Burgiss spent the week end in Greensboro, the guest of Rev. and Mrs. L. Grady Burgiss, the former his son. Miss Helen Finney will leave the early part of next week for Greensboro, to resume her studies at Greensboro College. Miss Grace Laffoon is spending several days in Champion, the guest of her grandparetns, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Edmisten. Mr. and Mrs. John Gilliam are spending this week in Boone, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clint Gil liam, the former their son. Mrs. E. C. Kirkman has re turned from a visit of three weeks with her daughter. Mrs. L. L. Hendrix, in Jamestown. Mrs. Fred McNeely has as her guest at her home on West Main street, Mrs. B. F. Pollard, of Ma rion, and Miss Ruth Finley, of Spartanburg, S. C. Jimmy Black, of York, S. , C. who has been spending the sum mer here with Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Smith, the latter his aunt, left Tuesday for .his home. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Windsor had as their guests Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Roger Thomasson and daughters, Rebecca, Mary Ruth and June, of Winston-Salem. Mr. and Mrs. Alden Hunt, of Hamptonville, spent the week end here with Mrs. Hunt's father, W. S. Reich, at his home on Vine street. Misses Betty Lou Evans and Dorothy Masten will leave Mon day for Winston-Salem, where HANES UNDERWEAR Belk-Doughton Co. Elkin, N. C. • The girl friend told me that. Matter of fact, it's no fun for me to feel like a damp seal —with my top-Bhirt all clammy from perspiration. That's why I wear a HANES Undershirt 1 Gentlemen, you need a blotter when it's hotter. A HANES Undershirt soaks up perspiration with its soft, absorbent knit Evaporation is even and rapid. You actually feel cooler all over ... and your top-shirt keeps neater and fresher 1 See your HANES Dealer today. P. H. Hanes Knitting Co.. Winston- Salem. N. C. itfSSN SHIRTS AND BROADCLOTH SHORTS ||? 35', 3 for *1 IS® Tft FOR MEN AND ROYS / 1 FOR EVERY SEASON I J Drop in at Our Friendly Store for HANES UNDERWEAR Sydnor-Spainhour Elkin, N. C. they will enter Draughn's busi-j ness school. Dr. R. B. Harrell and son,' 1 Jimmy, Dr. Seth M. Beale and Dicky Shugart left Sunday for a ! fishing trip of several days to Morehead City. Mrs. Powell Neely, of Winston- Salem, spent several days last , week with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dobson, at their home on Bridge! street. Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Chat-' ham spent the week-end in Galax, Va.. the guests of Mrs. Chatham's parents, Mr. and Mrs.] Gordon Felts. Mrs. J. Mark McAdams andi daughter, Mary Vance, returned i Friday from a visit of several' weeks with relatives at Elon Col- ] lege and Greensboro. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Chatham and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gwyn and! children, Owen and Paul. Jr.,j spent the week-end at Marion, 1 Va. Mrs. Cora King and Mr. and Mrs. Dick Williams, of Moores-! ville, were the week-end guests of Dr. and Mrs. W. R. Wellborn, J at their home on Bridge street. Robert Snow, of Elkin, R.F.D.,! is leaving Tuesday for Appalach ian State Teachers College, I Boone, where he will be a fresh-j man the coming term. Andrew Guyer left Friday for! his home in Detroit, Mich., fol- j lowing a visit of two weeks with i his mother, Mrs. Fannie Guyer,; and his brothers, D. G. and J. H. Guyer, at their homes here. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. James and sons spent the early part of the week in Raleigh and Apex. In, Apex they visited Mrs. James' \ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sexton j Lawrence. Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Guyer, of I Hastings, lowa, are spending some time here with Mr. Guyer's mother, Mrs. Fannie Guyer, and j his brothers. J. H. and D. G. j Guyer. Dr. and Mrs. E. G. Click and daughters. Misses Sarah and 1 Gene, and their guest, Miss Annie! Yancey Gwyn, of Washington, I spent the week-end in Abingdon,' Va. Miss Selma Guyer returned Monday to the City Memorial ! School of Nursing in Winston-! Saleei, following a vacation of two weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Guyer. Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Cooley had as their week-end guests at their home at Klondike Farm. Keitt Purcell and Tom Davis, of New berry, S. C., nephews of Mrs. Cooley. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Chatham, of Stanleytown, Va., are expect ed this week-end for a brief visit with Mr. Chatham's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rich Chatham, on East Main street. Mr. and Mrs. Max Boyles and little daughter, Sarah Glenn, left Wednesday for Mocksville, where they will spend several days with Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Bailey, the former an uncle of Mrs. Boyles. W. S. Reich returned the latter part of the week from a visit of ten days with his daughters, Mrs. R. G. and Mrs. R. L. Wilmoth, and son, Graham Reich, in Win ston-Salem. Mrs. Dwight Bailey, of Bassett, Va„ and her sister, Miss Cath erine Amerson, of Sumter, S. C., are guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Bailey, on Gwyn avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Hoy Moose and children, Hoy. Jr., and William Whitaker, of Mount Pleasant,) were the guests a few days last week of Mrs. Moose's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Whitaker, at their home on Church street. Mrs. Wilson L. Stratton and Ben Kirkman, of Charlotte, and Robert Kirkman, of Winston-Sa-! lem, spent the week-end here with their mother, Mrs. R. L.j Kirkman, at her home on West i Main street. Mr. and Mrs. Errol Hayes and children. Miss Eleanor and Errol, Jr., returned Wednesday from a brief visit with Mr. and Mrs. Hoy Moose, the latter a sister of Mrs. Hayes, at their home in Mount Pleasant. Miss Frances Alexander re turned Sunday from a visit of two weeks with friends in Wei-1 come and Lexington. She was I accompanied home by Miss Lu- j cille Masten, of Winston-Salem, j who will be her guest this week.; Miss Jane Hopkins returned to her home in Titusville, Pa., Fri-1 day, following a visit of ten days with Mrs. Richard G. Chatham, at her home on Elk Spur street. Miss Hopkins was accorded many social courtesies during her visit. Rev. and Mrs. Eph Whisenhunt and daughter, Edith Adair, and Misses Effie Crater and Emma Cooke, spent Tuesday in Raleigh, where Rev. Whisenhunt attend ed a meeting of the board of trustees of Meredith College. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Wolfe left Monday for Marine City, Mich., to make their home. Mr. Wolfe has been associated with Klon dike Farm here for several years • THR RT.ITIN TRIBUNE. ELKIN. NORTH CAROLINA and he will be manager of a similar farm in Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Carter, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Butner, Mrs. Bernard Hall, Miss Sarah Kelley i Lillard, Miss Emalene Neaves, Sam Atkinson, Moir Hall and Reg Harris composed a week-end house party at Carolina Beach, i | Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cockerham and children, Michael and Shelia, i of Winston-Salem, were the Sim day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Barbour, the latter a sister of Mr. Cockerham, at their hdme on Elk Spur street. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Hall are expected to return Saturday from Charlotte, where Mr. Hall has been taking treatment in a Char lotte hospital for the past three ! weeks. Friends of Mr. Hall will be glad to know tnat his condi tion is improved. Miss Lesbia Graham returned {Sunday from a visit to Smith j field, Carolina Beach, Seaboard land White Lake. She was ac companied home by Misses Mad eline Keene and Carolyn Howell, lof Smithfield, who will be her guests during this week. | Mr. and Mrs. David Brendle and sons, Harold, Douglas and I Floyd, and Mr. and Mrs. C. A. i McNeill and daughters. Misses Minnie Ruth and Elizabeth, and son, Bobby, left Sunday for a va cation of a week at Carolina '| Beach. i Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Upchurch 'and daughter, Shirley, of Dur ham, and Mr. and Mrs. M. E. ; Luther and daughters, Elizabeth ! and Dickey, of Winston-Salem, j were the Sunday guests of Mr. l and Mrs. I. C. Yates, at their jhome on Church street. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Winkler left Wednesday for North Wilkesboro to make their home, where Mr. Winkler was recently transferred by the State highway commis sion. During their residence here ; they have made a host of friends Jwho regret to see them go else- I where to reside. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Dowell, of j Arlington, have returned from a ten-day vacation trip. They vis ited points of interest in the Shenandoah Valley, in Washing ton, Philadelphia, and the New | York World's Fair, and relatives ;in Beach Haven and Asbury Park. N. J. Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Hadley and i daughter and son, Miss Ruth and i Charles, of Statesville, spent the week-end here with Mrs. Had ley's father, W. J. Snow, at his home on Gwyn avenue. They jvt ere accompanied home by Bet jsy Richardson, who will spend | this week as their guest. Dr. and Mrs. Roland A. Glenn j have as their guests at their I home on Gwyn avenue, Mrs. Glenn's sister, Mrs. Eugene Cox, ! and two children, of Atlanta. Mr. Cox and another daughter will | join them Friday for a week-end j visit and« will accompany them j home. Mr. and Mrs. Q. L. Bernhardt, of Durham, are spending several days here the guests of Mr. and j Mrs. J. Walter Darnell, at their I home on Gwyn avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Darnell also had as their guests on Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Esley Barnhardt and Mrs. O. K. Davis, of Charlotte. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sale and family, Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Dock ery and family of this city, and Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Williams and family and Mrs. Ettye Parks and family of Mountain Park, enjoyed an all-day picnic Sunday at the , Williams picnic ground near Mountain Park. Miss Annie Yancey Gwyn, of | Washington, D. C., arrived Fri iday for a visit with Dr. and Mrs. IE. G. Click, the latter her sister, at their home on Circle Court. Admiral Day, of Washington, was 1 also a guest in the Click home Friday and Saturday. Mrs. Gwyn will also visit another sister, Mrs. Hugh Parks. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Zimmerman, of Welcome, were the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Al ' exander, at their home on Surry i j avenue. They were accompanied' home by their daughter. Miss! I Elizabeth Zimmerman, who spent; j two weeks here in the Alexander home and by Miss Lucille Alex ander, who will be their guest for . the week. Mr. and Mrs. John Reich and children, Patricia and Joan, of Statesville, were the week-end' guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Mc- | Neer, at their home on Church j street. Mrs. Tom Ring and | daughter, Judy, of Washington,! ;lwho have been visiting in the j McNeer home, have gone to High ,j Point for a visit. . Miss Hazel Byrd, who has been i studying in a business school in (High Point during the summer,, i has returned here and resumed , her place in the law office of . Allen and Henderson. Miss Ruby ' Norman, of Mountain Park, who • has been supplying for Miss Byrd ■Jin her absence, has accepted a II position with Hugh Chatham i J Memorial hospital. , | Miss Idelia Benson returned - Thursday of last week from Camp f Jtfnaluska, where she has been ! spending the summer. Monday t Miss Benson left for Niles, Mich., . where she will attend the wedding i of her room mate at Duke Univer sity. FRom Niles she will go to s Canton, Ohio, for. a visit with friends. She will be away about three weeks. Dr. and Mrs. R. T. Bryan, of Shanghai, China, will arrive to day for a visit with Rev. and Mrs. Eph Whisenhunt at their home on Church street. Dr. Bryan, who has been a missionary to China for the past 52 years, will speak at the morning hour of worship at the First Baptist church. Mrs. Bryan will speak at the Sunday evening service. Mr. and Mrs. N. M. Steele and son, Bobby, Mr. and Mrs. Tyre Cockerham and son, Charles, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Laffoon spent the week-end in Slater, S. C., the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Hol comb. The party returned to Gastonia Sunday and were the overnight guests of Mr. and Mrs. Worth Giimore, returning to Elk in Monday. Mrs. Fletcher Harris attended a bridge-luncheon Tuesday given by Mrs. Trent Harkrader at the White Sulphur Springs hotel in Mt. Airy, to announce the ap proaching marriage of Mrs. Har ris' sister, Miss Margaret Hark rader, of Dobson, to William Henry Harris, 111, of Roxboro. The marriage will be solemnized in a private church ceremony to day. Mr. and Mrs. Ovid T. Black burn had as dinner guests last Thursday at their home on Bridge street, Mrs. Blackburn's mother, Mrs. W. T. Whiteley, of Greensboro, and her brother, Dr. C. D. Whiteley, Mrs. Whiteley and two sons, Charles, Jr., and Donnld of Albemarle. Dr. White ley ij pastor of the First Presby terian church at Albemarle. °SOCi ETY. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Young Enter tain Thursday Evening Mr. and Mrs. Carl Young en tertained at an enjoyable bridge party at their home on Elk Spur street Thursday evening. Three tables were placed for bridge in the living room. Roses and other garden flowers were artistically arranged throughout the home. In the bridge games scoring honors went to Mrs. Jake Jones and Jimmy Campbell. Mrs. Gil bert Meed won the honor prize. Mrs. Meed was also presented a lovely gift, the occasion being her birthday anniversary. guest list included: Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Meed, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Campbell and Mr. and Mrs. Ted Brown. A beautifully appointed salad course was served at the conclu sion of the play. WITH THE SICK The following patients have been admitted to the local hos pital during the past week: Ray mond Norman, State Road; Rich ard Blackburn, Elkin; R. S. Spann, Mooresville; James Hem ric, Elkin; Mrs. Lillie Holloway, Traphill; Mrs. Lexie Byrd, State Road; Evelyn Blackburn, Elkin; Mrs. Clevie Farmer, Dobson; Curtis Couch, Elkin; Eloise Tuck er, Elkin; Mrs. Dora Tucker, Si loam; James Frye, Jonesville; Mrs. Lula Hastings, Bessemer City; Mrs. S. A. Foster, Elkin; Margaret Boger, Elkin; Mrs. Wesley Cheek, Elkin; Mrs. Mattie Bell, Jonesville; Mrs. Florence Culler, East Bend; Mrs. Pearl Tilley, Thurmond; Mrs. Mamie White, High Point; Josephine Laffoon, Elkin; Raymond L. Mil ler, Elkin; Darel Wiles, Elkin; Pansy Farmer, Dobson; Mrs. Joe Irwin, Cherry Lane; Quincy Johnson, Jonesville; Mrs. Roy Chipman, Elkin; Mary Sue Chip man, Elkin; Mrs. Bessie Byrd, Elkin; Betty Lou Key, State Road; Roman Marion, Rusk; Mrs. Ethel Carter, Elkin; Fem Senirly, Maryville, Tenn. Patients discharged during the week were: Mrs. Ida Mae Glenn, Lumberton; Mrs. Moncie Grav ley, Mt. Airy; Bobbie Combs, Ga lax, Va.; Mrs. Nellie Walls, Jonesville; Helen Couch, Elkin; Mrs. Hugh Royall, Elkin; Clif ford White, Dobson; Mrs. Julia West Roe, Sparta; Mrs. Minnie Lyons, Elkin; Mrs. Pearl Crutch field; Ray Gentry, Elkin; Mrs. Kate Key, Boonville; James Charles Madison, Jonesville;, Les ter Luffman, State Road; Doris Douglass, Elkin; Raymond Nor man, State Road; Richard Black burn, Elkin; James Hemric, Elk in; Evelyn Blackburn, Elkin; Curtis Couch, Elkin; James Frye, Jonesville; Mrs. S. A. Foster, Elk in; Margaret Boger, Elkin; Mrs. Wesley Cheek, Elkin; Mrs. Flor ence Culler, East Bend; Mrs. Pearl Tilley, Thurmond; Jose phine Laffoon, Elkin; Raymond L. Miller, Elkin; Darel Wiles, Elkin. PROFITABLE Prom a recently completed pro ject begun with 200 baby chicks, James Lee, a 4-H Club member of Pour Oaks in Johnston coun ty, made a net profit of nearly S3O. LOCAL MERCHANT WINS AWARD FOR , YEARS OF SELLING With It Receives Letter of Appreciation from Good year President In recognition of 10 years of pleasant dealings with the Good year Tire & Rubber Company, A. O. Bryan, local dealer for the big rubber company, has just receiv ed a very attractive plaque, which now hangs in a conspic uous place in the dealer's office. Accompanying the plaque was p personal letter from P. W. Litchfield, president of Good year, expressing the company's appreciation of the loyalty main tained by the dealer through the years, along with the hope that the pleasant relations may con tinue indefinitely. Naturally, the local represent ative of Goodyear feels very pi-oud of the plaque and the let ter. The plaque is a work of art, done in bronze, with, the name of the dealer and that of Goodyear appearing in raised letters on the lower portion, while in the background are portrayed various modes of transportation—auto mobile, bus, truck, railway, train, steamship, airplane and airship. In the center foreground of the plaque are shown the main plant of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and the huge Good year-Zeppelin Airship Dock, the latter being the largest building in the world without interior supports. There also appears in a n attractive arrangement a Goodyear All-Weather Tread tire encircling the Goodyear house flag. North School Is To Open S North Elkin school will open for the 1939-40 term Monday. September 4. The building has been repaired and repainted and all necessary preparations have been made for the opening. Par ents are urged to send their chil dren for registration on the open ing day of the school. The faculty list is as follows: first grade, Miss Dorothy Hal sey; second grade. Miss Mary E. Thompson; third .grade, Mrs. Leslie Reinhardt; fourth grade, Mrs. Mary Douglass; fifth grade, Miss Mary Bet Haymore; sixth grade, Charlie R. Byrd; seventh grade and principal, Paul G. Lewis, and piano. Miss Effie Crater. PLAN MEETING TO ORGANIZE CLUB A meeting will be held in the office of Mrs. Grace Pope Brown, home demonstration agent, in Dobson, Friday evening at 7:30, at which time an older youth group will be organized. All girls and boys between the ages of 18 and 25 are invited to attend. L. R. Harrell, state extension club leader, will be present to as sist in organizing the club. GIRL SCOUTS PLAN ELKIN FAIR EXHIBIT Troop 1 of the local Girl Scouts I met Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. Mark McAdams, captain. Plans were completed for an exhibit at the Elkin Fair. .It was also decided that weekly meetings will be held each Wed nesday afternoon at 3:30 in the , Methodist church. I Election of new officers will be held next Wednesday. Like Monkey She: "I declare, Jim, you haven't the intelligence of a monkey." He: "I feel Inclined to resent that remark." "Very well, then, you have the intelligence of a monkey." "All right, I accept your apol ogy." CHANGE TIME OF CHURCH SERVICE Services at the Presbyterian church will be changed from Sunday morning at 11 o'clock to Sunday evening at 7:30, accord ing to an announcement by the pastor, Rev. O. V. Caudill. Rev. Caudill preaches at the Yadkin ville Presbyterian church on the first Sunday morning of each ; month and each first Sunday, until further announcement, ser j vices will be held in the evening at the church here. Rev. Caudill will leave Monday for Dan River church in Stokes county, where he will conduct a revival. There were 281 college grad uates among enrollees of CCC in June. Draughon Business College WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. Fall Term Begins Sept. 4 WE TEACH YOU BUSINESS ONLY Make Your Plans to Enroll ' MONDAY OR TUESDAY \ Sept. 4, or Sept. 5 WELCOME I TEACHERS AND C QW \|p| STUDENTS! £Hb\ _■N? Make our store your E',«\ . J> headquarters for school fyrP\\ and personal needs You'll find a warm wel ' come awaiting you al- Parker and Sheaffer Fountain Pens THERMOS BOTTLES - LUNCH BOXES Rulers - Crayons - Filler Paper Loose Leaf Fillers - Pencils FOUNTAIN PENS, special $1.25] Turner Drug Co. Geo. E. Royall Phone 64 When You Build v QUAIITY mSlih MATERIALS THAT'S THE KIND WE SELL! Call Us For: LEHIGH CEMENT PINEHALL AND STATESVILLE BRICK JOHNS-MANVILLE COMPOSITION AND ASBESTOS ROOFING, ASBESTOS / SIDING, TILE BOARD AND INSULATING BOARD, STAG PAINT ALL KINDS OF LUMBER We Also Have a Few Choice Lots Left SURRY HARDWARE COMPANY The Place to Get It Elkin, N. C. IMPROVER W. S. Richardson, of Bellair in Craven county, believes there is nothing that improves land so much as a crop of velvet beans plowed under, says Assistant Farm Agent Paul Cox. THREE Anson county nas only three cotton growers who knowingly overplanted their acrease in 1938. reports J. W. Cameron, farm agent of the State College Ex tension Service. It Was Suspense Insky: When you proposed to her, I suppose she said: "This is so sudden?" Outsky: No, she was honest about it and said: "The suspense has been terrible."
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