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SOCIETY Triplett-Batchman Wedding Is Announced Announcement has been re ceived here of the wedding of W. Charles Triplett, of Aneheim, Calif., a native of Yadkin coun ty, and a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Triplett, of Jonesville. to Miss Minerva E. Batchman, also of Aneheim. Cheek-Newman Of interest to a wide circle of friends is the marriage of Mr. Frank Newman to Miss Anza Cheek. The wedding was sol emnized Saturday evening, June 22, 1940, at Independence, Va., with the Rev. L. F. FMnk officiat ing. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cheek, of Swan Creek, and the bridegroom is the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Newman, of State Road. Mrs. Smith Honors Bride-Elect and Bride at Party Mrs. R. G. Smith entertained at a lovely luncheon at her home on Gwyn avenue to honor Miss Sara Kelly Lillard, bride-elect of the month, and Mrs. Raymond Chatham, Jr., of Chicago, a re cent bride, who is visiting here. The dining room table held as a centerpiece an exquisite mound of white rhododendron, and the bridal colors of green and white were accentuated in all of the table appointments. Covers were laid for twelve. Miss Lillard and Mrs. Chatham were each presented a beautiful gift. 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. Parks Hampton | Wanted Glasses To I Suit Her Personality | BUT it was only a matter of choosing J | from our complete I assortment of I frames and mounts. I She actually excited U over the fine quality I and style. I |OfflgH*fc£|J( THEATRE«fIUe3oj| Elkin's Leading Jeweler I on Surry avenue, with 18 mem bers and three visitors present. Mrs. T. L. Parnell, class president, presided over the business session and Miss Roxie Bowen conducted the devotlonals. During the meet ing Miss Roxie Bowen was elect ed class teacher to succeed Miss Estelle Cockerham, who recently left for Chicago to reside. During a pleasant social hour a number of games and contests were enjoyed with prizes going to Mrs. Byron Lopp ancf Mrs. Pete Calloway. The hostess, assisted by group number one, of which Mrs. Turner Carter is chairman, [ served a delicious refreshment course. Late News from the State and Nation (Continued from Page One) WASHINGTON, July 2 President Roosevelt established strict control over the export of numerous vital war mate rials today to guard against a shortage in this country- Im mediately after signing a bill which gave him authority to do so, he issued a proclama tion banning the export after July 5, except upon specific licenses, of rubber, sift, wool, hides, aluminum, asbestos and other materials and metals; and certain chemicals, aicraft parts and machine tools. The proclamation enjoined "all of ficers" to exercise "the utmost diligence" in enforcing the re strictions and warned that vio lations "will be rigorously prosecuted." INTERNATIONAL LONDON, July 3 (Wednes day)— German bombs caused at least 135 casualties in raids on three northeastern coastal towns and in the open coun try of the southwest last night. Early today, it was reported that at least 12 persons had been killed and 123 injured. It was not immediately known whether this represented the casualties of all three north eastern towns which were at tacked, or only in one of them. The southwest apparently es caped casualties. Many of the injured were cut by flying glass splinters. RERUN, July 2—Germany reckoned her total casualties in the western offensive which crushed the lowlands and France at 156,492 tonight. Fig ures issued by the high com mand in a report on "the greatest military victory of all times" said 27,074 German sol diers had been killed since May 10, 111,034 wounded and 18,384 missing. (General Charles de Gaulle, the die hard French leader in London, figures allied dead, wounded and missing up to the final surrender at 1,318,000. How ever, private estimates have placed dead, wounded and miming of France alone at 1,- 500,000 in the last month of the war. SEEK CIVIL SERVICE APPLICANTS FOR JOB The United States Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive examination for the position of Classified Laborer (Highway Construction and Main tenance) for filling vancancies in the Public Roads Administration, the usual entrance salary being $ .30 an hour, when actually em ployed. Applications for this position must be on file with the Secretary, Board of U. S. Civil Service Exam iners, Public Roads Administra tion, 1523 L Street, Northwest, Washington, D. C., not later than July 18, 1940. Competitors will not be required to report for written examina tion, but will be rated on their training and experience. Full information and applica tion blanks may be obtained from the Secretary, Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners, Post Office, Elkin. NEW EXCISE TAX TO BOOST TIRE PRICES "Everyone who drives an auto mobile will be interested in the fact that Pederal excise taxes re cently authorized by Congress go into effect July 1, this year. Na turally these increased taxes will affect the price of tires and tubes and there will be a compensat ing upward move in prices, since most taxes are ultimately paid by the consumer," said Ed Snyder, of Ed Snyder's Tire Store, local Goodyear tire dealer, today. "Because of our current lead ership tire sale, which we planned prior to this increase, we will continue to offer tires to the mo toring public at sale prices up to and including July 6, five days after the tax goes into effect. "This means that, within the few days remaining, • there will be opportunity not only for car owners to buy tires at our prices, but in addition to save the excise tax," declared Mr. Snyder. I Read Tribune Advertisements! THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA CHANGE IN RATE HERE IS NOTED (Continued from page one) which has been mailed to all sub scribers. This letter follows: "On November 1, 1939 our Company filed an application with the North Carolina Utilities Commission for an adjustment of telephone rates' at Elkin, N. C. On the same date we issued a statement in letter form to all of our patrons setting forth our rea son for filing such an applica tion. "On May 31, 1940 the North Carolina Utilities Commission, af ter duly advertised public hear ing, issued a modified order which permits an adjustment of our business, residence and rural tel ephone rates to become effective July 1, 1940. The revised rates are generally less than the rates requested. There Is no increase in the two and four party resi dence rates. The twenty-five (25c) cents per month additional charge for handset equipment has been eliminated and In lieu thereof a flat charge of one dol lar and fifty cents ($1.50) will be made only when handset equip me nt Is installed. Grounded (one-wire) rural line service will be abolished and the metallic (two-wire) service installed. This will eliminate excessive noise from rural electric lines. "In the past all telephone rental at Elkin has been billed one month in arrears. In order to comply with our rate schedule which provides for billing rental in advance, it becomes necessary to make a double billing as of July first. That is—the June rental will be shown on your bill at the old rate and the July rental will be at the new rate. The long distance charges will cover the period May 16th to June 15th, inclusive. "We hope this will not be a hardship on anyone. In the fu ture you will be able to pay your telephone rental in advance but your long distance charges will always be in arrears. "Mr. W. S. Beddingfield, Group Manager, or any of his Elkin em ployees will be glad to assist you in clarifying any items you do not understand." NEW BOOKS RECEIVED FOR LOCAL LIBRARY Miss Virginia Price, librarian at the public library here, an nounces that a total of 144 books have been received this week from the state library commission in Raleigh. Of this number 100 are books for children and the re mainder are for adults. The local library, which is sponsored by the WPA, was visit ed last week by Miss Marjorie Beale, of Raleigh, secretary and director of the state library com mission, and Miss Beale was highly pleased with the project, and was lavish in her praise of the work being done locally. ELKIN KIWANIS CLUB IS ENTERTAINED BY CLASS A program of singing and black-face comedy, presented by a group of 13 children fom the Odd Fellows Orphanage at Goldsboro, featured the weekly dinner meeting of the Kiwanis club at Hotel Elkin Thursday ev ening. The program was in charge of D. G. Smith. A dona tion of SIO.OO was voted by the club to defray the expense of the children of the orphanage on the concert tour which they are mak ing over the state. ' • AUCTION! M C BEE PROPERTY RONDA, N. C. Highway No. 268, Between Elkin and Wilkesboro SAT., JULYfith AT 2:00 P. M. U 30 Wooded , Homesites RONDOLA TAVERN New Fully Equipped Fill ing Station, Dance Hall and Living Quarters, All under One Roof. Easy Terms - Band Concert - Prizes New Defense Tax Boosts Price of Theatre Tickets The European war has come home to citizens of EDdn, as well as to all parts of the state and nation, in form of new de fense taxes which wr-at Into effect Monday, July 1. Due to this tax, theatre goers here will have to pay higher admission prices to Elkin's two theatres, new ad mission schedules, to take care of the tax, having been an nounced as now in effect. Both theatres, the Lyric and the Elk, have announced their admissions as 10 cents for chil dren and 30 cents for adults for all shows with the excep tion of the Wednesday family shows. This admission, here tofore a flat 10 cents for ev eryone, has been set at 10 cents for children and 15 cents for adults. BOOKMOBILE IS TO ARRIVE JULY 15th The WPA Bookmobile Is ex pected to arrive in Dobson July 15 for a stay of three months in the county, during which time periodic visits will be made to all rural sections of the county. The bookmobile, which has been in Forsyth county for the past three months, has a total of 2,000 books on hand, and these will be supplemented by approximately the same number which are now in the county. It is planned that all sections of the county will be visited every two weeks. The bookmobile is being spon sored by the Surry county Board of Education and the WPA li brary project. RABIES INSPECTOR IS MAKING CHECK J. A. Eads, county rabies in spector, is making a county-wide house to house check to ascertain if all dogs in the county have been vaccinated for rabies, ac cording to a statement made Monday. According to law, each dog in the county must be vacci nated against rabies, and all dogs found running loose without tags to certify tliat they have been vaccinated against rabies, will be killed. The cooperation of all dog owners in the county is solicited. 95 Per Cent Of All Business Failures Are Non-Advertisers, According to Bradstreet. Your Local Newspaper Is Your Best Advertising Medium. START Advertising NOW in ThejElkin Tribune { ■■ • . ■. ' : ■" ' ' ..' '■ ■' ' ■ DEFENSE TAX IS IN EFFECT (Continued from Page One) brands of beer for 10 cents were charging 11 and 12 cents. Fifteen cent beer still was telling for 15 cents in some places, and for 16 cents in others. Prices in all state-controlled, liquor stores were increased 10 per cent. Dollar-a-pint whiskey was selling for sl.lO. Toilet preparations, automo biles, radios, mechanical refrig erators, matches, playing cards and electric energy were other items affected by the federal de fense taxes. Large electric companies in the state apparently were preparing to absorb the new levy. As far as the general public was concerned, the taxes had this effect: it cost more to have a good time. As an example of how prices varied popular brands of cigar ettes in Raleigh yesterday rang ed from 14 to 17 cents. "I sell my cigarettes for 15 cents," one merchant said, "and then I add one cent for sales tax and one cent for the new federal tax. That's 17 cents." A customer pointed out that the new tax was only half a cent. "I know that, but unless I want to pay that half-cent myself, I have to charge you the whole cent," the merchant replied. Owners of cigarette vending machines said they had not de cided whether they would raise their prices. The 10-cent beer situation was equally unsettled. Some cafe proprietors said they had been charging 10 cents a bottle, and absorbing the state beer tax. In the future, they said, they will charge 11 cents. Other operators said they planned to jump prices to 12 cents. Manufacturers of three brands of cigarettes—which usually sell for 15 cents straight—said they would absorb the new tax. MEAT MARKET GRADES FOR ELKIN ANNOUNCED Meat market grades for Surry county have been announced by Charles A. Butler, Surry inspec tor. Grades for Elkin and Dobson follow in the order given in the report: Elkin: Basketeria 93.5; Modern Food Store '92.0; Cash & Carry 91.0; Smithey's 87.0. Dobson: The Cash Store 80.0; Reid's Market 89.5. WITH THE SICK The following patients have been admitted to the local hos pital during the past week: Mar garet Day, 'Elkin: Mrs. Lizzie Collins, Elkin; Mrs. Beulah Rog ers, Elkin; Mrs. Annie Landreth, Sparta; Mrs. Grace Royall, Roar ing Gap; Mrs. Seth M. Beale, Elkin; Peggy Jean Sparks, Boon ville; James Kingsbury, Mount Airy; Gaither Swaim, Jonesville; Arlene Osborne, Jonesville; Marie Newman, Elkin; D. C- Starr, Mt. Airy; Luther Day, Elkin; Lee Jennings, state Road; Nancy Dobbins, Yadkin ville; Percy Mintor, Elkin; Hubert Collins, Elkin; W. A. Moxley, Boonville; Doris Lee Nicks, Boonville; Bet ty Nolan, Elkin; Mrs. Beulah Dockery, Elkin; Mrs. Myrtle Cau dle, Elkin; Mrs. Lorraine Helton, Jonesville; Mrs. Lessie Soots, Ronda; Ruby Pardue, Jonesville. Patients dismissed during the week were: James Kingsbury, Mt. Airy; Arlene Osborne, Jonesville; Mrs. Annie Landreth, Sparta; Mrs. Seth M. Beale, Elkin; W. A. Moxley, Boonville; Mrs. Meleta Stinson, Boonville; Elizabeth Mc- Chessny, Bristol, Va.; Mrs. Wan za Carter, Roaring River; D. Ed gar Haynes, Elkin; Leona Greg ory, Elkin; Mrs. Hattie Bell Eid son, Elkin; Mrs. Fannie Salmons, Elkin; Jo Ann Myers, Jonesville; Bert Saunders, Traphill; Mrs. Esther Mae O'Neal, Dobson; Mrs. Mary Lee Kelley, Jonesville; Peg gy Jean Sparks, Boonville; Marie Newman, Elkin; Mrs. Pansy Felts, Elkin; Henry Shores, State Road; Gaither Swaim, Jonesville; Lee Jennings, State Road. YOUTH CARAVAN TO BE AT METHODIST CHURCH Plans are being made for the Youth* Caravan to be at the Methodist church in this city from July 13 through July 20. The caravan will be composed of two college girls, two college boys and one adult counsellor, and in teresting programs are being ar ranged. All young people of the community, regardless of religious affiliations, are extended a cor dial invitation to attend. Adults of the community are also urged to attend the adult forum to be held each evening during the rally. Details of the plans will be announced in The Tribune next week. Every publicity seeker knows exactly how the newspaper ought to print the particular propa ganda. Thursday, July 4, 1940 PATIENT IN HOSPITAL WELL-KNOWN ARTIST Mrs. B. E. Fernow, of Clemson College, who is in the hospital here suffering from injuries sus tained in an automobile accident several weeks ago, is an Interna tionally known artist, it has just been learned. Mrs. Fernow, who is known professionally as Ber nice P. A. Fernow, is a disting uished painter of portraits and miniatures and her work has been in exhibitions and art galleries, museums and collections through out the United States and Can ada. A miniature of her daugh ter, who was married here last week, the wedding having been solemnized here instead of in New York as was planned before her mother's accident, hangs in the permanent collection of mod ern miniatures in the Metropoli tan Museum, of New York. Her work has'also been shown abroad, including the International Ex position in Rome, Italy. CABINETS ALL KINDS Elkin Lbr. & Mfg. Co. ptoittCYl WILL HCUP JYOU J SIMPLY* KNOCK>4 OUT SUMMER \ PISCOMFORTS f A Incorporated
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