BOONVILLE
Miss Myrtle Bolick, of Win
ston-Salem, was the Sunday
guest of Miss Sadie Fleming.
Mr. and M*s. J. R. Walker
were called to Mr. Walker's home
at Cove Creek due to the death
of his brother, Robert's, wife.
Mrs. Walker was before her mar
riage Miss Ella Reece.
Mr. Carroll Transou, who has
been with the united States Navy
for four years, located at San
Diego, Calif., is expected to ar
rive home some time this week
for a visit with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. R. Transou.
Mrs. C. R. Transou spent sev
eral days this week in Winston-
Salem where she was at the bed
side of a brother who Is ill in
Baptist hospital.
Miss Carmen Frye, a teacher In
Cherryville high school, spent the
past week with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. R. Frye.
Mr. A. C. Stinson and Mr.
Howard Reece made a business
trip to Greensboro Tuesday.
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NOTICE
THE BOARD OF COMMIS
SIONERS HAVE CONTIN
UED FOR 30 DAYS LONG
ER THE ADVERTISING OF
REAL ESTATE FOR 1939
TAXES. THIS GIVES DE
LINQUENT TAXPAYERS
A MONTH LONGER IN
WHICH TO PAY THEIR
1939 TAX.
N /
WHEN LAND IS ADVER
TISED ALL TAX COLLEC
TORS WILL BEGIN MAK
ING TAXES OUT OF PER
SONAL PROPERTY. THE
SEVERAL TOWNSHIP
COLLECTORS WILL STILL
HAVE THEIR BOOKS
THROUGH MARCH.
B. F. Folger
TAX COLLECTOR
SORRY COUNTY
A number of Boonvllle people
attended the finals of the Yad
kin County Tournament at Yad
kin vllle Saturday night.
The Boonvllle boys' basketball
team played Rural Hall boys in
the Journal Tournament Wednes
day night.
Mr. Dan Williams, who is a
student at Cfeorgia Tech, spent a
few days recently with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Grover Wil
liams.
Miss Helen Doub, of Winston-
Salem, visited relatives here re
cently.
Miss Gaye Shore, of New York
City, spent a few days recently
with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. T.
W. Shore.
Misses Ruby Winkler and
Louise Dean, of East Bend, spent
the past week-end in Boone.
Mrs. Robert Gaither visited her
husband at Cool Springs last
week-end.
Miss Frances Thomas was the
week-end guest of her parents at
Summerfield.
Baptist Missionary Society
Meets
The Boonvllle Baptist Mission
ary Society met Tuesday night at
the home of Mrs. J. Marlon Speas
to observe the special Week of
Prayer for March. A home mis
sion program was given. The
program opened with the song,
"How Firm a Foundation." Mrs.
J. L. Motsinger, Mrs. J. J. Cor
am and Mrs. C. R. Transou gave
the Bible study. Reading and
Appeal from the Home Mission
Board was given by Mrs. Marion
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THE ELKIN TRIBUNE. ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA
Speas. Mrs. O. C. Motsinger gave
a talk on "The CaU of the City."
The hymn, "Must Jesus Bear the
Cross Alone" was sung by the
group. Mrs. J. Wade Shore gave
"Current Events." A special song,
"Help Somebody Today," was
rendered by Mrs. J. A. Speas and
Mrs. E. D. Mock. Miss Annie
Hogue led a prayer for home mis
sion work.
Boonvllle Y. W. A Meets with
Mrs. Robert Transou
The Y. W. A. of the Boonvllle.
Baptist church met Tuesday
night at the home of Mrs. Robert
Transou in a special meeting to
observe the March Week of
Prayer. A special missionary pro
gram ww given. In this program
all parts of the missionary work
were discussed. Among the topics
discussed were the Jews, "The
Deaf," and\ "Missionary Work
Among the Cubans." Mrs. Ralph
Coram, special program leader,
was in charge of the meeting.
The meeting opened with the
song, "I Love to Tell the Story."
Miss Bertha Hines rendered a
piano solo.
Those taking part on the pro
gram were: Mrs. Watt Deal,
whose topic was "Jews;" Mrs.
Vera Jessup whose topic was
"Cuba"; and Marie Finney who
discussed "The Deaf."
The president read a letter
from Mrs. D. H. Craver who is at
present in Florida due to her
health. Mrs. Craver gave com
ments on the work of the past
year and the goals to be reached
for the present year. Mrs. Ray
mond Connell was welcomed as a
visitor.
The hostess, Mrs. Transou,
served refreshments to the fol
lowing: Mrs. Raymond Connell,
Miss Dorothy Coram, Mrs. Allan
Jessup, Mrs. Watt Deal, Miss
Margaret Pardue, Mrs. Ralph
Coram, Mrs. Edith Steelman, Miss
Katherine Jones, Miss Marie
Hicks, Miss Erma Hicks, Mrs.
Elizabeth Reece, Miss Bertha
Hine, Mrs. Jones Todd, and Miss
Ruby Hinshaw.
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F. A. BRENDLE
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Elkin, N. C.
Has Birthday
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Prof. Zeno H. Dixon, above, one
of Elkin's most respected citi
zen s, celebrated his "18th
birthday" last Thursday at his
home here as 50 or 60 friends,
many his former pupils, drop
ped in to wish him happy re
turns of the day. Really 76
years old, Prof. Dixon was born
on February 29, and as a re
sult his birthday comes only
once in four years. That he is
remembered by his out-of-town
friends was attested by the
hundreds of greeting cards and
telegrams he received.
4-H Clubs Stage
Achievement
Program
More than 700 Surry county
farm boys and girls packed every
inch of the county courtroom at
Dobson Monday morning for the
annual "Achievement Day" of the
Surry county 4-H clubs, which
was featured by an address by L.
R. Harill, of Raleigh, state direct
or of the 4-H Club movement.
A series of demonstrations were
offered by four of the county's
leading 4-H clubs during the early
part of the meeting, which opened
with Hazel Key, of Copeland, pre
siding. The demonstrations were
by Mountain Park on "Table
Courtesies," Dobson on "Tobacco
Seed Treatment," White Plains on
"First Aid" a».d Copeland on
"Procedure in Conducting a Meet
ing."
The demonstrations were fol
lowed by the address of Harill,
who praised the club boys and
girls of Surry county highly for
their excellent work and urged
them on to greater efforts in the
future. The final feature of the
program was the presentation of
awards by A. P. Cobb, who directs
the boys' 4-H Club work in Surry.
Hazel Key, of Copeland, who is
president of the ourry county
council and also president of her
own club at Copeland, was pre
sented with the achievement med
al for the most out-standing work
done by any club member in the
county. It was the second straight
year that she had won this award,
highest given in the county each
year.
The Copeland club as a unit also
won two high awards. For the
second straight year the Copeland
club was given the achievement
banner and designated as the
"Honor Club" of the year in the
county. The Copeland group also
won the banner for presenting the
best demonstration for the
achievement day program.
Arlene Johnson, of Beulah High
School, was given the award for
the clothing project. She was cited
for having made 71 articles of
clothing during the year, includ
ing 42 dresses and numerous ar
ticles of fancy work. She also
earned a total of sl3 during the
year for sewing for other people
and in fair prizes.
Awards were given to Ruth
Morris, of Franklin; Ruth Wood,
of Copeland; and Versie Collins,
of Mountain Park, as the winners
in the annual Surry 4-H style
show. Miss Morris also received a
special award as the Surry repre
sentative at the state style show
at Raleigh. Joyce Atkinson, ten
year-old Siloam girl, was given
the award as the junior style show
leader.
Josephine Dockery, of'Dobsoh,
was presented with the canning
award, for her work in canning
808 cans of fruit, meats and vege
tables. The award for room im
provement went to Peggy Taylor,
of White Plains, for having work
ed a great transformation in her
room at home. May Ola Posey,
of Copeland, received the food
preparation award.
Allen Jarvis, 12-year-old Beulah
youth, won Jhe corn club prize
for having grown 79 bushels of
corn on one acre, as compared
with the Surry average of 20
, bushels per acre. He earned
$48.96 on his acre of corn. Claude
Kldd, of Dobson, received the
poultry project award for his
work with a group of 200 chlck&
that earned him $47.25 last spring.
Harold Hodges, of Beulah, was
given the pig club prize for earn
ing $15.09 on one pig; and Noah
Edwards, of Dobson, received the
calf club prize for earning $24.67
on one calf that he raised.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our appre
ciation to our friends and neigh
bors for their kindness and sym
pathy shown us during the sick
ness and death of our loving wife
&nd mother.
E. W. HANES
AND FAMILY.
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Bridge Street
Thursdav. March 7. 1940