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Mrs. W. M. Cundiff and Mrs.
Carl Poindexter spent Tuesday in
Statesville, the guests of friends
Miss Eleanor Hayes is spending
two weeks in Mount Pleasant,
with her aunt, Mrs. Hoy Moose.
Miss Willie Young left Satur
day for a visit to Miss Nancy Lou
Wells, in Shelby.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Chappell
spent several days last week in
Ramseur, the guests of relatives.
Miss Jo Barker spent the week
end in Winston-Salem, the guest
of Miss Sarah Froeber.
Mrs. D. K. Cooley of Lexington,
S. C., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
T. F. Cooley, the former her son,
at their home at Klondike Farm.
Everette Myers, of Mayodan,
was the guest Monday of his
aunt, Mrs. C. N. Bodenheimer, at
her home on Elk Spur street.
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Greene, of
Statesville, are the guests of
Misses Jennie and Auba Gray, at
their home on Vine street.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Walls, of
Princeton, W. Va., were the week
end guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. M.
Stewart, at their home here.
Peyton Smith has as his guest
this week at his home on Gwyn
aveune, Neal O'Neal, of Winston-
Salem.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Baker
and son, Harvey, Jr., will leave
today for a vacation of several
days at Virginia Beach.
Mrs. Earl M. Hodel and little
son left Friday for Cleveland,
Ohio, for a visit with friends and
relatives.
Miss Zelle Harris, of Roaring
River, is the guest this week of
Miss Betty Harris, at her home
on West Main street.
Miss Nancy O'Neal, of Win
ston-Salem, was the guest last
week of Miss Harvison Smith, at
her home on Gwyn avenue.
Santford Martin, Jr., Bill Sal
mons and Bill Watson, all of
Winston-Salem, were the guests
of friends here Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. McDaniel
spent the week-end in Winston-
Salem, the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Bradford.
Dr. and Mrs. Seth M. Beale
announce the birth of a daughter,
Judith Carroll, at Hugh Chat
ham Memorial hospital, June 27,
1940.
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Mrs. Gavin Dortch, Misses
Dorothy and Mary Ellen Harrell
and Jo and Jerry Barker spent
Friday in High Point.
Bill Poteat, of Wake Forest,
spent the week-end here with
Claude McNeill, Jr., at his home
on Bridge street.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cochrane,
of Fairmont, are the guests of
Mr. Cochrane's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Cochrane.
Miss Elizabeth McNeill spent
Monday in Wilkesboro, the guest
of Miss Carol Hayes, daughter of
Judge and Mrs. Johnson J. Hayes.
Mrs. Annie Pauls spent the
week-end in Rockingham, the
guest of Mrs. Y. H. Jones and
Miss Eliabeth Jones.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Whitaker
spent Sunday in Winston-Salem,
the guests of Mrs. A. B. Harrell
and Mr. and Mrs. J. Matt Tuttle.
Hugh Chatham, of Winston-
Salem and Roaring Gap, spent
the week-end here the guest of
Charles Neaves, at his home on
Bridge street.
Mrs. J. H. Beeson and son,
John Edward, returned the latter
part of the week from a stay of
a month with relatives in Georgia
and Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Laffoon
spent the latter part of last week
in Hendersonville, attending the
annual meeting of the North
Carolina Press Association.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Noe and
little son, Bobby, of Norfolk, Va.,
are the guests this week of Mrs.
Noe's father, H. H. Barker, at his
home on West Main street.
Mr. and Mrs. Ottis Reynolds
have returned from a visit with
relatives in Roanoke Rapids, and
a stay of several days at Carolina
Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Eldridge, of
Lexington, spent the week-end
here with Mr. Eldridge's mother,
Mrs. I. A. Eldridge, on West
Main street.
Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Cheek, of
North Wilkesboro, were the Sun
day guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Byrd, at their home on Elk Spur
street.
Miss Ruth Bell, who is a stu
dent nurse at General Hospital,
Norfolk, is spending two weeks
here with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Bell.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hasley and
children and Miss Margaret Shep
pard of Greensboro, were the Sun
day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Alden
Hunt, at their home on Vine
Street.
Dr. W. H. Strowd and son, of
Nashville, Tenn., were guests the
latter part of last week of his sis
ter, Mrs. Charles' G. Ashby, and
Mr. Ashby, at their home on
Bridge street.
Mrs. Glenn stone and little
daughter, Glenda, and Mrs. Joyce
Patterson and son, Bobby, of
Pilot Mountain, were the guests
Wednesday of Mrs. E. Carl Boyles
at her home on West Main street.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Cochrane
and little daughters, Ann Rita
and Barbara Jean, of Athens, Ga.,
are visiting Mrs. Cochrane's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Miller,
and Mr. Cochrane's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John Cochrane.
Miss Elizabeth Beddingfield left
Wednesday for a visit with Miss
Margaret James in South Boston,
Va. She will also visit her broth
er, William R. Beddingfield, and
Mrs. Beddingfield, in Timmons
ville, S. C., while she is away.
Bobby Harris, Gayle Graham,
Joe Harris, Errol Hayes, Jr., Bob
by McNeill, Bill Myers, Jimmy
Hanks, Charles Colhard and Gra
ham Johnson left Wednesday for
a stay of two weeks at Camp
Laster, Boy Scout camp near
Winston-Salem.
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The task of grading the right-of-way for the new western approach to Elkin of route 268, is
showing fast progress as huge scoops, capable of moving 12 yards of dirt at a load, bite into the hills.
Top photo, made on the new roadway, facing west toward the intersection of 268 with the Traphill
road, shows the work of grading in progress. Bottom photo is view of bridge being constructed
across Big Elkin creek near the old shoe factory.—(Tribune Photos.)
Mr. and Mrs. Ivy Lyons and
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lyons, of
California, are visiting their
father, C. R. Lyons, and other
friends and relatives in this sec
tion.
Mrs. Walter Bohannon arrived
Wednesday from Los Angeles,
Calif., to join Mr. Bohannon, who
has been here for several weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Bohannon will
make their home here.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Pettyjohn,
of Lynchburg, Va., are visiting
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. P, W.
Pettyjohn, at State Road, and
Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Tulbert, of
Elkin.
Mrs. Henry C. Dobson and
daughters, Anna Kathryn and
Alice Blake, returned the latter
part of the week from a visit with
her mother, Mrs. Alice Blake, in
Richmond, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Walker and
family and Miss Nancy Moseley
spent Sunday in Wake Forest,
the guests of Frank Walker, a
student at Wake Forest College
summer school.
Mrs. R. C. Smith and Mrs. W. A.
Johannes and little son, Billy, of
Guilford College, were the guests
Wednesday of Mrs. Jane Smith
and Mrs. L. E. Aldridge, at Home
Hotel.
Mrs. E. B. Lawrence, Miss Mat
tie Mae Powell, Miss Effie Crater
and Miss Nancy Journey spent
Sunday in Norton, Va., the guests
of Rev. and Mrs. Eph Whisen
hunt.
Mr. and Mrs. R. T. McNeill and
children, Patsy Ruth and Dick, of
North Wilkesboro, were the Sun
day guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
McNeill, at their home on Bridge
street.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. L. Benson
and daughters, Misses Frances,
Idelia and Barbara Ann, left
Wednesday for a visit with rela
tives in Knoxville, Tenn., Atlanta
and New Orleans.
Mrs. Annie Barbour returned
to her home in Greensboro Sun
day, following a visit with Mr.
and Mrs. Dan Barbour, the form
er her son, at their home on Elk
Spur street.
Mrs. J. T. Hoyle, of West Jef
ferson, was the guest the early
part of the week of Dr. and Mrs.
W. R. Wellborn, the former her
brother, at their home on Bridge
street.
Charles Gwyn Chatham will
leave today for his home in
Campbellsvllle, Ky., following a
visit with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Alex Chatham, on Bast Main
street. He will be accompanied
home by his little daughter, Alice,
who has been spending some time
with Mr. and Mrs. Chatham.
Owen Gwyn left Monday for
Camp Mount Mitchell, Burnsville,
where he will spend two months.
He was accompanied by his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gwyn,
who were there for the day.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Boyles and
Mrs. David Brendle have recent
ly moved into their new homes.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyles' home is on
Gwyn avenue and Mr. and Mrs.
Brendle's home is on North
Bridge street.
The many friends of W. I. Shu
gart will be glad to know that he
continues to improve from a ma
jor operation in a Statesville hos
pitai, and that he is expected to
return to his home in Jonesville
within a few days.
Miss Dorothy Chappell, a stu
dent at Guilford College, spent
the week-end here with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Chap
pell. She had as her guest, Miss
Dolly White, also of Guilford
College.
Mrs. Grace Snow James left
Monday for Greensboro, to at
tend a summer institute for su
pervisors and teachers of adult
education, which is being held at
W. C. U. N. C. She will be away
two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Maguire and
son, Samuel Fiske, of Augusta,
Ga., arrived Wednesday for a
visit of several weeks with Mr.
Maguire's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
S. O. Maguire, on West Main
street.
Dr. Olivia Abernethy, who re
ceived her M. D. degree in June
from Virginia Medical College In
Richmond, Va., left Saturday for
Fottsville, Pa., to begin an in
tern eship at the Pottsville hospi
tal.
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Bed
dingfield of Timmonsville, S. C.,
were the guests from Saturday
until Wednesday of Mr. Bedding
field's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
S. Beddingfield, on West Main
street.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Neaves left
Tuesday for Wellesley Hills, Mass.,
for a visit of a week with Mr. and
Mrs. Hartley Lord, the latter
their daughter. Mrs. Lord was
before her marriage last month,
Miss Emalene Neaves, of this
city.
M. A. Biggs, M. R. Bailey and
Alex Biggs left Friday for Chi
cago, to attend the summer Fur
niture. Mart. Mr. Bailey is ex
pected to return the latter part
of the week and the Messrs. Biggs
will remain until the close of the
show.
Among those from here attend
ing the funeral of W. Frank
Swanson, mayor of Pilot Moun
tain, which -was held on Monday
in Pilot Mountain, were Mr. and
Mrs. E. Carl Boyles, E. C. James
and son, 08. C.. Jr., and Mrs. J.
Coke Marion.
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Spainhour
had as their dinner guests Tues
day evening at their home on
West Main street, Mr. and Mrs.
John White, of Lexington, Ky.,
Miss Bert Holman, of Phoenix,
Ariz., Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln
Spainhour, Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Bason, Miss Ua Holman and Ray
Spainhour, all of North Wilkes
boro.
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Mrs. Garland Talton, Jr., of Ox
ford, arrived Tuesday for a visit
with her mother, Mrs. J. P. Hen
dren, at her home on West Main
Street. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hen
dren of Tuscon, Arizon, who are
visiting Mrs. Hendren, and who
have been spending sometime in
Richmond, Va., with relatives,
have returned here and will be
with Mrs. Hendren for sometime.
At a meeting of the Senior
Methodist Young Peoples' Youth
Crusade Rally held last week at
Lake Jtihaluska, and which was
attended by Mrs. Van W. Dillon,
Jr., and Misses Peggy Roy all, Mary
Elizabeth Allen, Carolyn Evans,
Faye Hiatt and Lena Sale of this
city, Miss Royall was elected as
sociate secretary of the Young
Peoples' Association of the Western
North Carolina Conference of the
Methodist church.
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Rev. and Mrs. Stephen Morri
sett and little son have arrived
here to make their home, Rev.
Morrisett having accepted a call
as pastor of the First Baptist
church. They are now at home
at the Baptist pastorium 'on
Church street. Aa a courtesy to
Rev. and Mrs. Morrisett and in
order that the people of the
town may meet them, a reception
Is being held at the church on
the evening of July 5. All peo
ple ui the town are Invited to at
tend.
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