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YADKIN FREEZES OVER FOR FIRST TIME IN YEARS (Continued frirn page one) lines were frozen In the ground, outside homes and business buildings, making it necessary to the earth in order to thaw them. The cold wave began to break Monday, although the mercury was down to low figures Monday night. Tuesday dawned cloudy and some snow fell, but by mid afternoon the sun had burst through to dispel the clouds and start melting the snow and ice. Wednesday the snow was melting fast as the sun shone warmly. Although many local streets were sheeted by Ice up until Tuesday, few accidents occurred here of serious nature, due to the fact that motorists drove cau tiously. The most serious acci dent occurred about 2:00 ajn. Sunday morning when the car driven by French W. Graham, Elkln postmaster, skidded on North Bridge street and crashed into two automobiles which were parked at the curb. Mr. Graham was not badly in jured, although he received num erous bruises and injury to one leg in the crash. His skidding car slightly damaged a truck be longing to the Eagle Furniture company, and the car belonging to W. M. Wall. The Graham car was said badly damaged. Mr. Graham was returning from the scene of the fire which destroyed the home of the J. S. Russell family and severely damaged the nearby home of Mr. Graham's mother, Mrs. Anna Graham, when the accident occurred. FIDDLERS' CONVENTION AT NORTH ELKIN SCHOOL On Friday night, February 16, at 7:30 p.m. an old time fiddlers' convention will be held at North Elkin school. First and second cash prizes will be given the win ning contestants In violin, banjo, guitar, and band. The convention was scheduled for February 2, but was postponed due to the extreme weather con ditions. Many musicians and their bands from Surry, Wilkes, Yad kin, Rockingham and other coun ties are expected to attend. This attraction, with a popularity con test for the girls, is drawing much interest. All musicians and lovers of string music are especially in vited. A small admission will be charged. POSTPONE PROGRAM UNTIL NEXT MONDAY Noah Edwards, Claude Kidd, Leslie Myers, Sadie Drauglin and Delia Long of the Dobson 4-H club will broadcast over WAIR, Win ston-Salem, Saturday, February 3, at 12:30 p. m. The subject of the broadcast is "Selection and Care of Baby Chicks." * *• * NOTICE! Elkin Masonic Lodge No. 454, meets every 2nd and 4th Tuesday nights at 7:30. All members re quested to be present. Signed: Secretary of Lodge. tfc COLDS Cause Discomfort For quick relief from the misery R H R of ooids, take 666 Liquid - Tablets - Salve Nose Drops Mattie Mae I^owell NOTARY PUBLIC Building A Loan Office Main Street ELKIN NEEDS MOREfHOMES! IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO .BUILD SEE US FOR AT T, YOUR NEEDS Elkin Lumber & Mfg. Co. "Everything to Build Anything" Phone 68 Elkin, N. C. ifajiaLii 11 i i r,, Yadkin River Freezes Over for First Time in 23 Years The severe cold wave which followed the snow storm of Tuesday of last week, froze the Yadkin river from bank to bank for the first time since 1917. The picture above, made from thte South Bridge street bridge looking west, shows how the cold turned the water to ice, even at a point where the water runs swift. Lowest unofficial temperature here during: the cold spell was said to be 9 below zero. Thickness of the ice on the river was five inches.— (Tribune Photo.) ®SOCi ETY. Mission Circle to Meet This Evening Circle number four of the Wo man's Society of Christian Ser vice of the Methodist church will meet this evening, (Thursday) at 7:45 at the home of Mrs. John Sagar on Hospital Road, with Misses Carolyn and Sarah Kelley Lillard, associate hostesses. All members are cordially in vited to attend. Circles of Woman's Society of Christian Service to Meet The circles of the Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist church will meet Monday afternoon, February 5, at 3:30 in the following homes: Circle number one will meet with Mrs. G. T. Roth on Surry avenue; number two with Mrs. E. G. Click on Circle Court and number three with Mrs. Charles G. Ashby on Bridge street. All members are cordially in vited to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Spainhour Enter % t»ln at PAnr.tr Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Spainhour entertained at a delightful din ner party Wednesday evening at their home on West Main street, having as guests members of the office and sales staff of the Sydnor-Spainhour store here. Covers were placed for eighteen. Red carnations and candles were effectively arranged throughout the home and in the appoint ments of the table. Junior Club to Present One-Act Play at Open Meeting The open meeting of the Elkin Woman's club will be held at the elementary school auditorium Tuesday afternoon, February 6, at 3:30. The program will be in charge of Mrs. Thomas Roth and Miss Josephine Paul, and will fea ture a one-act play, which is be ing directed by Mrs. P. M. Greene. The public is extended a cor dial invitation to attend. THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA Mrs. Sagar and Misses Lillard Entertain Saturday One of the loveliest parties of the winter was the afternoon bridge given Saturday by Mrs. John Sagar and Misses Carolyn and Sarah Kelley Lillard at the home of the former on Hospital Road. Six tables were placed for the games. The home was ar tistically arranged throughout with potted plants and ever greens. In the games the high score award went to Mrs. Thomas Roth and runner-up prize went to Mrs. Hubert Parker. A dessert course was served at the conclusion of the play. Mrs. Somers Hostess to Thursday Morning Club Mrs. A. B. Somers entertained members of the Thursday Morn ing Bridge club at an enjoyable bridge-luncheon Thursday at Hotel Elkin. Bridge was played in the Torenoon. Carnations and pussywillow were used effectively in the decorations. Two tables WERE JOT the g»mes.- Al> the close of the progressions the high score award went to Mrs. Errol Hayes. Luncheon was served at one o'clock to the following guests: Mesdames Raymond Chatham, Paul Gwyn, J. R. Poindexter, Errol Hayes, R. C. Freeman, Charles G. Ashby and Marion Allen. Dorcas Class Meets Tuesday Evening The Dorcas Class of the Sun day school of the First Baptist church met Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Carl Myers on Gwyn avenue, with group num ber five associate hostess, with 19 members present. The meeting opened with a hymn, followed by the devotion als period in charge of Mrs. Carl Myers. Mrs. T. L. Pamell, class president, presided over the busi ness session, which featured rou tine reports. During a pleasant social hour a number of games and contests were enjoyed, under the direction of Mrs. Silas Nichols. Delicious refreshments were served. Mrs. Allen Is Study Club Hostess Wednesday Mrs. Marlon Allen was hostess to members of the Wednesday Afternon Study club at an enjoy able meeting at her home on Church street Wednesday after noon. Mrs. R. c. Freeman direct ed the program, using as her sub ject Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. Mrs. Marion Allen, president, presided over the business session, which featured routine reports and the distribution of new club books for the year. The club will have varied programs this year, having just completed a year of study of famous American cities. A salad course was served dur ing the afternoon to the follow ing members: Mesdames R. C. Freeman, A. B. Somers. D. Q. Smith, Errol Hayes, Hugh Roy all, R. B. Harrell and Oarland John son. Mr. and Mrs. Evans Entertain Bridge Club Thursday Mr. and Mrs. Dick Evans enter tained members of their bridge club at the fortnightly meeting Thursday evening at their home on West Main street. Three ta bles were "placed for the games in the living room, which was ar ranged with greenery and potted plants. In the games the high score wards went to Mrs. Jimmy Camp bell and Ted Brown and honor prizes went to Mr. and Mrs. Gil bert Meed. A salad course was served at the conclusion of the play to Mr. and Mrs. Ted Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Young, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Meed, Mr. and Mrs. Jake JOhes, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Campbell and Mr. and Mrs. Evans. Baptist Circles to Meet Next Week The following announcements are made for the group meetings of the Woman's Missionary soci ety of the First Baptist church. Circles scheduled to meet Mon day afternoon at 3:30 and their respective meeting places are: The Emma Leechman circle .with Mrs. C. A. McNeill on Bridge street; the Naomi Shell circle with Mrs. H. Q. York on Gwyn ayeTvue, and the Yuirt.g cir cle with Mrs. David Brendle on Bridge street. Circles meeting Monday even ing at 7:30 will be the Rosalee Appleby circle with Mrs. G. L. Hill on Bridge street; the Pearl Johnson circle with Mrs. E. B. Lawrence on Gwyn avenue and the Intermediate G. A. with Miss Elizabeth McNeill on Bridge street. The Edith Adair circle will meet Tuesday evening at 7:30 with Miss Minnie Ruth McNeill on Bridge street and the newly organized Pauline Moore circle will meet Tuesday morning at 10:30 with Mrs. Charles Young on Elk Spur street. All members are cordially in vited to attend. 1939 Highway Deaths Are Up Six Over 1938 Raleigh, Jan. 26—The highway safety division reported today that 943 persons died and 7,190 were injured in North Carolina traffic accidents during 1939. In 1938 there were 937 fatali ties and 7,633 injuries in automo bile mishaps. There were 238 adult pedes trians killed by motor cars last year, the same number as in 1938, but the number of children killed while playing on streets and highways or walking beside drop ped to 93 last year from 98 in 1938. Ronald Hocutt, director, urged a redoubling of safety efforts during 1940. He pointed to "a bright spot" in that fatal acci dents ir-reased only slightly while automobile registrations jumped 32,259 and motor travel was estimated to have increased 426,400,000 miles. Speeders caused 188 deaths, reckless drivers 151, hit-and-run drivers 58 and wrong-side-of-the road drivers 36. 1 Patronize Tribune Advertisers. They Offer Real Values. DOCTOR JaMmeSfo Jy (^WEAUGHUVMUGHm FOOD POISONING A recent epidemic resulting from eating contaminated food, in which several hundred persons were more or less incapacitated for several days, suggests the ad visability of a few words on this subject. Competent and experienced doctors and health officers were unable to locate the cause of the trouble. Every establishment pre paring food for consumption was found to be scruplously clean, the qualities of the articles used were of the very best and the methods of cooking them most modern. Numerous printed reports re ferred to outbreak as "ptomain poisoning"—but medicine looks Engraved or Printed Wedding Announcements Invitations and Calling Cards Or Anything in the Engraving or Printing Line When you need beautiful, attractively designed engraved or printed wedding announcements, in vitations or calling cards, you will find we can supply you with exactly what you want. We have the agency for one of the finest engraving firms in the nation and can give you the best * service and lowest prices on high class engraving. We can also fill your needs promptly on printed announcements, cards, etc. No need to go out of town—just call 96 or visit our office. Elk * « i Printing Company Phone 96 EUdn, N. C. upon "ptomain poisoning" as a sort of myth and prefers to call such sickness "food poisoning." Food poisoning is not due to decomposed foods, which are usually rejected by the person to whom they are offered on ac count of their disagreeable taste and smell, but usually is caused by natural poisons found Jn vege tables, fruits, berries, melons, fish and meats and frequently results from parasites depositing their eggs on such materials. Some times it may be a deliberate act on the part of some disgruntled restaurant employee, or it may follow the accidental use of insect powders, arsenic, caustic alkalies and plant insecticides, which should never be kept in a kitchen. The chief culprit is botulism— a food poison caused by the ba cillus botulinis. In Dayton, Ohio, many deaths resulted after a bapquet in which suspicion point ed to the chef, but which after wards was scientifically traced to ripe olives, which came direct from high grade manufacturers in bottles. Botulism is serious and the mortality rate high. Any food containing protein Thursday, February 1. 1940 may cause this disease. the germ grows and produces Its own poison in protein foods of either animal or plant origin. Sausages, hams, fish, corn, beans, asparagus, olives, spinach and cottage cheese frequently are re sponsible for food poisoning. Bot ulism never comes from freshly cooked foods, but generally from canned goods. In recent years canners have done much scien tific reesarch to overcome this situation and today such illness is becoming rare. Pood idiosyncrasies should not be confused with botulism, for many persons are made sick by eating fresh, clean shell fish, ber r ries, tomatoes, cereals, eggs, milk and even honey. Indeed I have seen cases where even the sight or smell of certain foods would cause nausea and other distress ing symptoms. QUALITY Harvest of the 1939 corn crop brought in grain of the best qual ity in many years, the Agricul tural Marketing Service of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, re ports.
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