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Thursday, July 18, 1940 (alp) OCAIA John Ratledge, Jr., and Bill Gambill spent last week at Myrtle Beach, S. C. Miss Eileen Shamel is spending this week in Winston-Salem, the guest of friends. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Jones plan to leave Saturday for a vacation of a week at Myrtle Beach, S. C. J. W. L. Benson and W. A. Neaves returned Monday from a business trip of several days to N Ros&ville, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Barker left Monday for a vacation trip of a week to Virginia Beach and Nor folk. ✓ Miss Josephine Paul is spend ing some time in Wilmington, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. James Paul, the former her mother. Harry L. Johnson, Jr., of Greensboro, is a guest this week in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Allen, on Church street. Mr. and Mrs. Owen Huff an nounce the birth of a daughter, Julia Tapley, at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital, July 11, 1940. Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Weaver and children of Jonesville, are spend ing several days at Manteo and other places on the Carolina coast. Miss Libby Ann Royall has as her guest this week at her home on West Main street, Miss Mary Charlotte Hunt, of Pleasant Gar den. Mr. and Mrs. C. I. Boger are spending several days with rela tives and friends in Norton and Big Stone Gap, Va., and with Mrs. Boger's parents at Lenoir. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Armstrong and children, of Greensboro, were the week-end guests of Miss Mary Virginia Barker, at her home on West Main street. Miss Dorothy Harrell returned to her home here the latter part of the week from Winston-Salem where she spent two weeks the guest of friends. Miss Rebecca Wearn returned to her home in Charlote Monday, following a visit of a week with Miss Eleanor Hayes, at her home on Church street. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Whitaker spent Sunday in Pilot Mountain, the guests of Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Frye, the latter a sister of Mrs. Whitaker. Walter Bell, of Winston-Salem, brother of Mrs. George Royall, of this city, is in the local hospital for a series of treatments. Mr. Bell is suffering from diabetes. Mrs. W. A. Neaves and daugh ter and son, Miss Rosamond and Charles, spent Friday with Mrs. Neaves' father, Charles E. Cox, at Mouth of Wilson, Va. Miss Jean Walker, of Winston- Salem, is the guest this week of her cousin, Miss Dorothy Mae Walker, at her home on Church street. Mrs. R. H. Davis and little son, Joe, returned Sunday from a visit of several days with her sisters, Mrs. T. G. Williams, Mrs. R. D. Stuart and Mrs. J. W. Callahan, in Raleigh. All Kinds Lumber I Elkin Lbr. & Mfg. Co. I "Everything to Build I ■ Anything" g Omit Worry! We ll do it for yoxt. Insure with HUGH ROYALL ALL FORMS OF INSURANCE PHONE 111 ' Mrs. C. A. James and Mrs. C. E. Tucker, of South Boston, Va., were the week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Beddingfield at their home on West Main street. Mrs. Clay Church and sons, Lynn and Bobby, of Marion, Va., spent the week-end here with her mother, Mrs. Beatrice Myers Phillips, at her home on Bridge street. Mrs. R. L. Bostain and chil dren returned to their home In Wilmington Sunday, following a visit with her parents, Prof, and Mrs. Z. H. Dixon, at their home on Gwyn avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Garland Johnson have as their guest at their home on Church street, Mr. Johnson's sister, Miss Mae Ellen Johnson, of Benson. Miss Johnson will be here ten days. Miss Delphine Crump, of Win ston-Salem, is the guest of Mrs. James Baldwin, of Medina, Ohio, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Chatham, on East Main street. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Hough and son, and Miss Mary Lou Stewart, of Dunn, were the guests last week of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Barker, Jr. v at their home on West Main street. Miss Ola Angell, of the local school faculty, accompanied by Mrs. Joe Haynes, of Mount Airy, left the latter part of the week for a vacation trip to California and places of interest en route. Mrs. Byron Lopp left Saturday for a brief visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Myers,' of Lexington. She will also spend several days at Carolina Beach while she is away. Miss Ruth Craig Bell, who is a student nurse in Norfolk, Va.,has returned to Norfolk to resume her studies, following a vacation of two weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bell. Mrs. T. A. Redmon had as her luncheon guests Thursday at her home on Church street, Mrs. Catherine Gilts, Mrs. William Vogler and Mrs. George Walston, all of Winston-Salem. Rev. George Seaman and his daughter, Mrs. Paul Faith, of German town, Pa., are spending the summer with Mrs. R. L. Hub bard, of this city, at her summer home at Roaring Gap. Friends of R. G. Smith will re gret to know that he is seriously ill in a Charlotte hospital. Slight improvement was noted in his condition in the latest report from the hospital. Miss Minnie Ruth McNeill re turned Saturday from a tour of New England, Canada, and a trip to the New York World's Fair, which was included in a summer school course at Eastern Carolina Teacher's College, Greenville. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mead, of St. Petersburg, Fla., were the guests Monday and Tuesday of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Poindexter, at their on Gwyn avenue. Mrs. Mead is a sister of Mrs. Poindexter. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Marshall and daughter, Anne, of Johnson City, Tenn., are expected to ar rive today for a brief visit with Mr. Marshall's sister, Mrs. Fred Colhard, at her home on Church street. Rufus Crater, of Winston-Sa lem, is spending this week here with his mother, Mrs. R. P. Cra ter, at her home on Gwyn ave nue. Mr. Crater, who is on a two weeks' vacation, spent last week in Washington, D. C. Misses Mary Virginia and Jo and Jerry Barker and Nan John son will leave the latter part of the week for a stay of ten days at Myrtle Beach, S. C. They will be accompanied by a party of friends from Greensboro. Prof, and Mrs. Z. H. Dixon had as their guests at their home on Gwyn avenue Friday, Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Goodwin, of Phila delphia, and Mrs. John White and children, Mary and Bavbara, of Guilford College. Mr. and Mrs. R A. Siceloff, of High Point, and Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Allen and granddaughter, Miss Pamelia Allen, of New London, were the guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Allen, at their home on Church street. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. McDaniel, of this city, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bradford, of Winston-Salem, returned Tues day from a week-end - visit to Asheville and other places of in terest in western North Carolina. Mrs. T. G. Harris and daughter, Fannie Sue, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Harris, of this city, and Miss Zell Harris, of Roaring River, left Monday for Sparks, Nev., where they will visit the former's sister, Mrs. J. W. Armstrong. They will also visit in California while they are away. They plan to be gone for about six weeks. THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA Mr. and Mrs. Coy Mays and : children, Paye and Thomas, and i Mr. Mays' mother, Mrs. Floyd Mays, of Stanton, Dela., are spending a week with relatives in the Zephyr community. The Mays family are natives of the i Zephyr section. Mrs. Joe Cockerham and chil dren, Sheila and Michael, return ed to their home in Danville, Va., Sunday, following a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Dan Barbour, at their home on Elk Spur street. They were accompanied home by Mr. and Mrs. Barbour who spent the day there. Mrs. O. R. Tharpe and daugh ter, Mary Blanche, left Sunday for their home in Lexington, Va., following a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Park£, on Bridge street. They were accom panied home by Mrs. Parks and Patricia Harris, who will spend several days with them. Miss Mary Crater spent several days last week in Charlotte, the guest of Miss Lorraine Billingsly. She was accompanied home Sun day by Miss Billingsly and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Bill ingsly, and their two sons, Audell and Billy, who were guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Byrd for the day. Mr. and Mrs. John Ratledge and son, Bud, attended the fun eral of Mrs. Ratledge's nephew, Joe Craven, in North Wilkesboro Monday afternoon. Mr. Craven was fatally burned when his home was destroyed by fire. He was an employee of Duke Power company and was well known here. Mrs. May Bodenheimer Green wood of Chapel Hill, who was in jured in an automobile accident near Winston-Salem several days ago, and who spent sometime in a Winston-Salem hospital, has recovered and has arrived here to spend the remainder of the sum mer with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Bodenheimer, and her daughter, Mrs. Sam Neaves. Among the out-of-town guests here Friday for the Lillard-Harris wedding were: Mr. and Mrs. John Ogburn, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Watson, Miss Ella Jordon Og burn, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Harris, Sr., and Gam Bates, of Winston- Salem; Mrs. Wyman Poore, of New York City; Mrs. Jack Wil kinson, of Newbern; E. W. Smith, of Dunn; Sterling Kelly and Miss Janet Kelly, of Irwin; Mrs. J. H. Townsend and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Campen, Jr., of Red Springs; Walter Worth and Misses Ruth Allen and Emily Worth, of Jef ferson; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hflb son, of Yadkinville; Mrs. M&tt Bernhardt, Miss Elizabeth Bern hardt, Miss Elise Kennedy and | Lynn Bernhardt, of Lenoir; Mr. and Mrs. Louis M. Nelson, of North Wilkesboro, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stough, Miss Jean Stough and Barry Caldwell, of Cornelius. WITH THE SICK The following patients have been admitted to the local hos pital during the past week: Glenn Sills, Harmony; H. E. Brooks, State Road; Mrs. Owen Huff, Elkin; Mrs. Myrtle Bledsoe, Ararat; Mrs. Louise Hauss, Ram seur; Mrs. Fannie Benge, Jones ville; Mrs. Beulah Swaim, Elkin; James Pardue, Elkin; David Martin, Jonesville; Mrs. Marie Darnell, Ronda; Ruby Cocker ham, Roaring River; Albert Draughan, Mt. Airy; Mrs. Stella Norman, Boonville; Dr. M. O. Fox, Elkin; Mrs. Pearl Duncan, Wilkesboro; Walter B. Bell, Win ston-Salem; Mrs. Paul Gwyn, Elkin; J_B. Self, Jr., Winston- Salem; C. E. McCann, Elkin; Sa rah Webb, Savannah, Ga.; Ar thur Brendle, Dobson; Benny Martin, Jonesville; C. B. Chip man, Elkin; Robey Cockerham, Elkin; Dorothy Shoffner, Jones ville; Mrs. R. C. Freeman, Elkin; Edwin Harris, Elkin; Mable Fol ger, Dobson; Mrs. Claudia John son, Warrensville; Carl Black burn, Thurmond; Mrs. Genevieve Johnson, Boonville; Miss Annie Chatham, Elkin; Irwin Jester, Jonesville. Patients dismissed during the week were: Mrs. Alva Snow, Boonville; Margaret Day, Elkin; Nancy Dobbins, Yadkinville; Hu bert Collins, Elkin; Mrs. Lessie Soots, Ronda; Mrs. Myrtle Cau dle, Elkin; William Harrison Jones, Clifton; Burton Kennedy, Mouth of Wilson, Va.; Edward Mook, Jr., Jonesville; Mrs. Lily Duncan, Wilkesboro; Mrs. Alice Keye, Traphill; Mrs. Clara South ard, Elkin; Mrs. Meta Mae Aber nethy, Elkin; Junior Hayes, Jonesville; Mrs. Mary Alice Mc- Kellar, Mt. Airy; Vestal Hender son, Elkin; Glenn Sills, Harmony; Franny Benge, Jonesville; James Purdue, Yadkinville; Dr. M. O. Fox, Elkin; J. B. Self, Jr., Win ston-Salem; Mable Folger, Dob son; Sarah Webb, Savannah, Ga.; Mrs R. C. Freeman, Elkin; Mary Lyles Freeman, Elkin; C. B. Chipman, Elkin. A driver or a pedestrian who had been drinking was involved in ape out of every 4 fatal acci dents during 1939. : , i ' Millionth 1940 Chevrolet to be Contest Award HUM jHHi lllMßfff 141 :'l i 1 il— mm Some conception of the demand for the 1940 Chevrolet may be gained from the fact that the one-millionth model of this year's production left the assembly line at Flint, Mich., on Jnly 12. In celebration of the public appre ciation reflected by this tremendous production record, M. E. Coyle, general manager of Chevrolet, shown (left) above with W. E. Holler, general sales manager, announced that the one-millionth 1940 car, together with a trip to the New York World's Fair, would be awarded in a contest which Is open now and will close Aug. 31. Details are obtainable at any of the company's dealers. SOCIETY Miss Grier Fetes Bride-Elect at Dinner Party Honoring Miss Sara Kelly Lil lard, who was married on Friday of last week to Robert Hibbard Harris, Miss Louise Grier enter tained at a delightful dinner party Wednesday evening at her home on Bridge street. Covers were placed for 18 at tables cen tered with bouquets of garden flowers in delicate pastel colors. A nosegay of old fashioned flow ers marked the place of the hon oree. Miss Lillard was presened a shower of gifts from the guests. Out-of-town guests were: Mrs. Raymond Hunt Chatham, Jr., of Chicago; Mrs. James Baldwin, of Medina, Ohio, and Miss Frances Stough, of Cornelius. Mrs. Chat ham, who is a bride of June, was presented a lovely gift by the hostess. On the same evening of Miss Grier's dinner friends of Mr. Har ris entertained for him at a stag supper at the Rendezvous. Briles-Mann Engagement Is Announced Of interest here is ttie an nouncement of the engagement of Miss Marguerite Briles, of Asheboro, to Offie Wilson Mann, of Albemarle and El kin. The announcement was made last week by the bride-elect's mother, Mrs. A. L. Briles. The marriage will be solemnized in a private ceremony on July 25 at 5 o'clock in the afternoon at the First Methodist church in Asheboro. Miss Briles is a graduate of Lenoir-Rhyne college and for the past two years has been a mem ber of the faculty of the Candor schools. Mr. Mann, who is widely known as "Bill" Mann, was a star ath lete both at New London, where he graduated from high school, and at North Carolina State Col lege, Raleigh, where he was a member of the graduating class of 1939. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Mann, of Albemarle. He has played on outstanding TODAY! Your faithful watch deserve* a thorough inapectioa at leaat once a yaw. Such a going-over may aava costly repair*. 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The place cards were in scribed with small Epworth League insignias, and bowls of yellow garden flowers ♦ere used as centerpieces for the tables. The guest list included Miss Connie Cope, Miss Dorothy Stev ens, Bob Arbaugh and Howard Wilkinson, all members of the Youth Caravan group, Rev. and Mrs. Herman F. Duncan, Mrs. Fred Colhard, Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Ashby, Mr. and Mrs. Van Dillon, Jr., Misses Peggy Royall, Louise Laffoon, Lena MM SUMMER MBMIUS REAL VALUE OFFER ALL SEVEN McCall's Magazine l2 issues \ FOR ONLY Woman's Home Companion 12 issues I American Poultry Journal , 12 issues \ y| f™^ Farm Journal-Farmer's Wife ..... 12 issues I Jk U Breeder's Gazette l2 issues j W Progressive Farmer 24 issues Hmh ZHSJZ The Elkin Tribune —52 issues HIGH QUALITY OFFER ALL FIVE !FOR ONLY % I l%il In K Ull The Elkin Tribune 52 issues YOU WILL GET ALL SEVEN OR FIVE publications, and if you ajre already a sub scriber to ANY of these publications, your present subscription will be extended. 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Bivins, of Hillsboro, a former furniture manufacturer. The store will be managed by W. G. Peele, of Mount Airy, and will carry a complete line of home furnishings, it was announced. UNION CROSS Rev. C. M. Caudill filled his regular appointment at the Union Cross Baptist church Sat urday evening and Sunday morn ing. The communion service was held at the regular preaching hour Sunday morning with a very large crowd in attendance. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Stanley and family had as their Sunday guests Rev. and Mrs. C. M. Cau dill, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Slade and family, of Winston-Salem, and Mr. Slade's mother, of Georgia. Mrs. Albert White and chil dren, of High Point, spent last week with her mother, Mrs. Lily Holy field. Miss Leanna Stanley is spend ing this week in Winston-Salem with her sister, Mrs. T. H. Slade. Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Stanley and children, of Winston-Salem, spent the week-end with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Stanley. Mrs. Mozelle White and daugh ter, Estalene, of Winston-Salem, were the week-end guests of rel atives in the community. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Dockery and children, of Winston-Salem, spent the week-end in the com munity visiting relatives. SPECIAL P. O. S. of A. MEETING TO BE HELD A special meeting of the P. O. S. of A. will be held Monday ev ening, July 22, at 8 o'clock at the Junior hall on Bridge street. The meeting will— feature a talk on "Patriotism" by Rev. Herman P. Duncan, pastor of the Methodist church here, and a lecture on "Citizenship" by a state officer of the organization. All members are urged to at tend the meeting. Mattie Mae Powell NOTARY PUBLIC Building & Loan Office Main Street ALL BUILDING MATERIAL Handled By Us Is of the HIGHEST QUALITY! PRICES ARE RIGHT! SURRY HARDWARE CO. The Best Place to Gef It Elkin, N. C.
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