Thursday. January 11.
WIo'CALS
Miss Rosa Tatum, of Coolee
mee, is the guest this week of her
sister, Mrs. A. O. Click, at her
home on West Main street.
Mrs. C. P. James, of Mt. Airy,
is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. C.
James, the former her son, at
their home on West Main street.
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. W. S. Bedding
field spent several days last week
In Charlottsville, Va., attending
to business matters.
Mrs. M. E. Hopkins has re
turned to her home in Martins
ville, Va., following a stay of two
weeks here.
Cameron Murcheson of Alex
ander, La., was the overnight guest
Thursday of his uncle, Van W. Dil
lon, at his home on West Main
Street.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Wright Powell,
of this city, were called to North
Wilkesboro Sunday on account of
the death o'f Mrs. Powell's moth
er, Mrs. W. V. Williams.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. McDaniel
have as their guest ar, their home
on Bridge street, Mr. McDaniel's
sister, Mrs. Luther Edens, of
Lumberton.
George Grier, a student at Ap
palachian State Teachers Col
lege, Boone, spent the week-end
here the guest of his mother, Mrs.
E. C. Grier, on Bridge street.
W. E. Jones, of North Wilkes
boro, formerly of this city, was
installed as president of the
North Wilkesboro Kiwanis club
for 1940 at a special installation
service of the club last week.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Holcomb
and daughter and son, Sarah and
Hugh, spent Sunday in Mount
Airy, the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Ashby and Mr. and Mrs.
W. S. Wolfe.
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DRASTIC
REDUCTIONS
ON ALL
OVERCOATS
Leather and Wool
SWEATERS ■
Men, save now on winter clothes
during our money-saving clear
ance of suits, overcoats, jackets |Hjll
and sweaters. Hurry in today qjS | m&
and select yours while stocks M WW
are complete. All drastically \W Wm
reduced for quick clearance.
A special representative from Brighton Custom Tailors will
be at our store Monday and Tuesday, January 15-16. You
are cordially Invited to inspect his samples and find out
what's new for 1940.
Let him take your measurements now, either for immediate
or future delivery.
The Men's Shop
Herman Guyer Elkin, N. C. Barrett Lankford
Mr. and Mrs. John Evans and
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Glenn spent
the week-end in Winston-Salem,
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. B.
Fitzgerald and Mr. and Mrs. M.
B. Thomas.
Friends of H. D. Transou and
T. E. Eidson will be glad to know
that they have recovered suf
ficiently to return to their respec
tive places of business after being
confined to their homes by illness,
since before the Christmas holi
days.
Among the local oil dealers who
will attend the state meeting of
the N. C. Petroleum Industries
Commission in a luncheon session
at the Robert E. Lee Hotel in
Winston-Salem today are: H. P.
Graham, E. Carl Boyles, R. L.
Church and C. F. Lineberry.
Mrs. E. G. Click and Mrs. Hugh
Parks attended the funeral of
their cousin, Miss Mary Johnston,
in Reidsville Tuesday. Miss John
son, who was a member of the
nursing staff at St. Luke's Hospi
tal, Richmond, died Sunday after
noon from injuries sustained late
Saturday in an explosion in an
apartment house in Richmond,
where she resided.
Mrs. Thomas Haynes,, of Bris
tol, Va., and J. D. Morrison, of
Lynchburg, returned to their
homes the latter part of last
week, having been called here on
account of the serious illness of
their mother, Mrii. C. S. Morrison,
at her home on Market street.
The many friends of Mrs. Morri
son will be glad to know that she
is able to be up, although she is
still confined to her room.
BELK-DOUGHTON IS
STAGING CLEARANCE
Belk-Doughton Co., Elkin de
partment store, is in this issue of
The Tribune announcing its Jan
uary Clearance Sale.
It was pointed out by R. L. Mills,
manager, that although prices on
merchandise have been steadily
advancing, Belk's are giving their
customers the benefit of the same
old low prices due to 'the com
pany's policy in buying in large
quantities prior to current price
advances. These savings, he said
are passed on to the customer.
Many unusual clearance values
are awaiting the people of this
section during the clearance. Full
details may be found in the ad
vertisement.
DEVOTION CHILD
DIES WEDNESDAY
Ruth Wood, 4 year old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wood of De
votion, passed away at her home
early Wednesday morning. She
is survived by her parents, two sis
ters, Pauline and Maxine Wood,
and one brother, Leff Wood.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed this afternoon at Rocky Ford
Baptist church. The rites will be
in charge of Rev. Ford Walker.
Interment will be in the church
cemetery.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE. ELKIN. NORTH CAROLINA
President's Christmas
WASHINGTON, D. C. Photo
shows President Roosevelt in a
happy mood as he played with his
grandchildren during the Roose
velt family reunion at the Execu
tive Mansion. Left to right:
Franklin D. Roosevelt 3rd, Presi
dent Roosevelt and John Boet
tiger, Jr.
Mercury
Car PaysElkin
Visit Frid
The offical 1940 Mercury 8
economy test run car visited Elkin
last Friday morning, coming here
from North Wilkesboro, and going
on to Mount Airy after a brief
stop in its 2,400 miles run to test
gasoline economy.
A member of The Tribune staff
met the car at North Wilkesboro
and rode back to Elkin as official
observer. The car was met at the
Elkin city limits by officials of the
Elkin Motor Car Company, local
dealers, and by J. R. Poindexter,
mayor of Elkin, and Corbett Wall,
Elkin police officer.
Although the test car, an ordi
nary Mercury stock car equipped
with a simple testing device, had
covered several hundred miles in
its test run when it reached Elkin,
its average gas mileage to date
has been 20.6 miles per gallon.
The run thus far has been under
all kinds of road and weather
conditions, the trip to Elkin from
i North Wilkesboro having been in
| the snow.
| The test run is being conducted
under the supervision of J. L.
Payne, retail manager of the
I Charlotte branch of the Ford
I Motor Co.
WITH THE SICK
The following patients have
been admitted to the local hos
pital during the past week: C. H.
Stiers, Hamptonville; Junior
Reece, Elkin; Mrs. Mary Darnell,
Elkin; Mrs. Jettie Adams, Boon
ville; Thomas Lewis, Jonesville;
Mrs. Hoke Henderson, Elkin;
Howard Castevens, Elkin; Mrs.
Marie Collins, Elkin; Mrs. Ida
Peggy Alberty, Dobson; Charles
Mcßride, Jonesville; Mrs. Clarina
Key, Elkin; Berta Draughn, Dob
son; Bill Muskgrove, Sparta; Mrs.
Mamie Sue Collins, Yadkinville;
W. Edward Eidson, Harmony;
Jack Park, Elkin; Lavinia Kiger,
Jonesville; Mrs. Lucille Hooper,
Elkin; Gilmer Boles, Jonesville;
Mrs. Nettie Rogers, Jonesville;
Ruff Stanley, Dobson; Joseph
Champion, Elkin; Richard Har
vey Wishon, Boonville; Mrs. Mol
lie Johnson, Dobson; Alex Chat
ham, Sr., Elkin Luther Stewart,
Elkin; Mrs. Ethel SI. John, Ron
da; Ernest Brown, Elkin.
Patients dismissed during the
week were: Mrs. Gene Lewis, Elk
in; Mrs. Joyce Hemric, Jones
ville; Mrs. Minnie Nance, State
Road; Mrs. Louise Martin, Ron
da; Everette Jester, East Bend;
Sydney Choplin, Boonville; Mrs.
Roxie Sprinkle, Elkin; Mary
Wolfe, Thurmond; Kent Combs,
Thurmond; Carroll Derry, Elkin;
Frances Childress, Elkin; Neil
Axsom, Dobson; Robey Nixon,
Mountain Park; Baxter Owens,
Elkin; Beauford Nichols, Dobson;
Joe Wolfe, Elkin; Eva Adams,
Ronda; C. H. Stiers, Hampton
ville; Junior Reece, Elkin; Mrs.
Mary Darnell, Elkin; Mrs. Bessie
Parsons, Lenoir; Mrs. Elizabeth
Walsh, Elkin; Chloe Dell Byrd,
Ronda; Mrs. Pauline Marshall,
Elkin; Margie Baughman, Elkin;
Bill Muskgrove, Sparta.
ELKIN ELECTRIC RATES
LOWER SINCE JUNE, '39
Due to the fact The Tribune's
Washington Bureau was quoting
from rates in effect prior to June,
1939, the figures presented in last
week's Tribune in connection with
local electric rates were incor
rect, D. G. Smith, manager of the
local branch of the Duke Power
Co., said Monday.
Under the new rate which went
into effect in June, 1939, the
Elkin rate for 25 kwh per month
is $1.23 and not $1.40 as the
story said. For 100 kwh the cor
rect Elkin rate is now $3.20, Mr.
Smith said, while the rate for 250
kwh is $6.20. Hie rates as, quot
ed last week were $3.85 and ss-80.
respectively.
Shipment
Ford Tractors
Received
The first Ford
tractors wheelless
SSC&S distribution
have ar.jfiSS a£ tbC SSkin Motor
Car Coi|pby. appointed
dealer SM fIRKtS V'Wa Stokes coun
ties.
OfficttH dp-ffie El kin Motor
Car CajfigMT optimistic re
gardingfjjßfcyplpossibilities with
this farm
equipmeak that it is de
signed the requirements
of the rffffjoriCy of farmers and
that it is so simple, effective and
economical in operation that it
should sell readily. i
Arrangements are under way
for demonstrations of the new
tractor and implements on local
farms, it was said. Farmers will
be invited to attend these dem
onstrations where they can gain
first hand knowledge of this dif
ferent kind of power farming.
• "The most revolutionary fea
ture of the new Ford tractor is
the power and traction it develops
although it weighs only about 2,-
000 pounds. The hydraulic con
trol and special coupling makes
it possible to use this lightweight
tractor for heavy jobs such as
plowing with two bottoms. Be
cause dead weight is not needed
for traction such work can be
done on one gallon of fuel an
hour even under difficult soil
conditions," it was said.
The tractor and implements are
now on display at the Elkin Mo
tor Car company.
JONESVILLE, R. 1
The young people of this com
munity enjoyed a party at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Bryant Saturday evening.
Mrs. L. R. Hutchens and daugh
ter, Miss Margaret returned to
their home here Friday after
spending ten days visiting rela
tives in Richmond Va., and East
Leak, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Moran and
son spent Christmas with Mrs.
Moran's aunt, Mrs. Mary Hut
chens.
Miss Opal Maulden was right
sick the past week but is better
we are glad to say.
We were sorry to hear of the
death of Aunt Jane Wagoner. She
will be greatly missed for she was
!the oldest member of our church
jat Swaim's, being 93. No one ever
• knew Aunt Jane but to love her.
MRS. T. E. SIDDEN
PASSES SATURDAY
Mrs. Nina Hope Siddon, 22,
wife of T. E. Siddon, of State
Road, died early Saturday morn
ing at the local hospital follow
ing a critical illness from a
throat infection.
She is survived by her hus
band, a small daughter, Jerry
Dale, her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John H. Norman, of State Road;
two brothers, H. C. Norman, of
State Road, and Reece Norman,
Salisbury, and two sisters, Mrs.
Carl Luffman and Miss Emma
Norman, of State Road.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Sunday morning at 11 o'clock
from Mountain Park Baptist
church. The rites were in charge
of Rev. L. B. Murray. Interment
was in the church cemetery.
FARMERS!
AVOID RISK!
Pay By Check
Money kept in the home is
subject to the hazards of
fire or theft. Why risk
having your money swept
away overnight? Place it
in a checking account and
enjoy the safety and con
venience of paying by
check. We'll be glad to
open a checking account
for you if you will call at
this bank.
THE BANK OF
ELKIN
R. C. LemUyn, Pica.
Garland Johnson, Vice-Pres.
1 Franklin Folcer, Cockier
Gable's Ex-Wife
COLUMBIA, Mo. Mrs. Jose
phine Dillon Gable, former wile
of Clark Gable, film star, has
just taken over the post of drama
instructor at Christian College
here. She will instruct in courses
covering the stage, motion pic
tures, television, and radio.
J. C. Penne
Announces Its
Re-opening
The J. C. Penney Company store
here, badly damaged shortly before
Christmas by fire, smoke and
water, is announcing its formal re
opening for Friday morning.
The store, completely repaired,
remodeled and repainted, has been
fully restocked with new merchan
dise and is now ready for business
on an even larger scale than be
fore the fire.
Although the store has been
open for business for the past few
weeks, workmen had not complet
ed their tasks, and it was decided
to hold the formal opening only
when everything was completed.
The store is combining its semi
annual white goods event with
the re-opening, and is offering
many unusual values to its cus
tomers.
Everyone is invited by G. L. Hill,
manager, to visit the store. Many
new fixtures and a new arrange
ment of merchandise makes it
one of the most attractive stores
in Elkin.
No damaged merchandise will
be on sale, Mr. Hill said, pointing
out that the entire stock in every
department is brand new.
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Watchmaker
Takes Positio
With Leonard's
George W. Isenhour has arriv
ed in Elkin from Reidsville to
accept a position with Leonard's,
local jewelry store, as watch
maker.
Mr. Isenhour is thoroughly
trained in his profession, having
studied watch making and jewel
ry repairing at the Philadelphia
College of Horology.
Originally from Charlotte, Mr.
Isenhour has been connected
with a number of good jewelry
firms in this state, having at one
time been connected with Leon
ard's Mount Airy store.
Mr. and Mrs. Isenhour are
making their home in the rock
house wi Church street formerly
occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Ted
Brown.
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Mother—Robert, if you are al
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playmates, what will they think
of you?
Robert—Some of them would
think they could lick me.
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