Thursday, August IS, 1940
ffiIQCAK
Mr. and Mrs. Felix Layne spent
last week in Durham, the guests
qf friends.
Roy Collins, of Salisbury, form
erly of this city, was the guest of
friends here Friday.
Mrs. Z. H. Dixon is spending
this week in Guilford College, the
guest of Mrs. E. T. Edwards.
Miss Betsy Richardson spent
the week-end in Statesville, with
her aunt, Mrs. C. O. Hadley.
Pete Collins has returned from
a visit to his sister, Mrs. Bill
Shore, in Bel Air, Maryland.
Mrs. Ralph Reich left Monday
for a visit of a week with her
mother, Mrs. Combs, at Spurgeon.
Sam Gambill and Dick Shugart
left Saturday for a vacation trip
to Newbern, Kinston and Wilson.
Mrs. J. W. L. Benson is spend
ing sometime in Atlanta, the
guest of her mother, Mrs. Frankie
Andrews.
Misses Eleanor Hayes and Peg
gy Royall spent Friday in North
Wilkesboro, the guests of Miss
Nell Rousseau.
Misses Ruth and Ruby Lyons
of Thomasville, are the guests
this week of Mrs. Lester Hollo
way, at her home here.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Allen left
Tuesday for North Wilkesboro,
for a visit of a week with Miss
Lula Hester Brame.
Miss Anne Simmons, of Pilot
Mountain, is the guest this week
of Miss Jane Boyles, at her home
on West Main street.
Miss Agnes Gray is spending
this week at Blowing Rock, the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gray,
the former her brother.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Lewis an
nounce the birth of a daughter at
Hugh Chatham Memorial hospi
tal, August 11, 1940.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. CJpx spent
the week-end with Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Parsons, of Galax, at their
camp near Independence, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. June Miller and
family and Mrs. Henry Davis
spent Sunday on Skyland Drive.
They also visited in Mount Airy.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Windsor and
daughter, Miss Mary Windsor,
left Monday for a vacation trip of
several days to Washington, D. C.
Miss Dorothy McAdams return
ed to her home in Graham Mon
day following a visit with Miss
Ailene Shamel, at her home here.
Miss Lucy Myers and Dewey
Myers, of Mullins, S. C., spent
the week-end in Jonesville, with
their mother, Mrs. R. G. Myers.
Misses Oleen Norman and
Lesbia Graham had as their
guests last week Misses Dorothy
and Jennie Sewell Marks of Til
lery.
Mesdames Lorene Snow Whit
aker and Grace Snow James
spent the latter part of last week
on a vacation trip to New York
City.
I Water Damaged
I Feed and Other
I Items
I For Sale at
I Give Away Prices!
CASH & CARRY STORES
I WM ELKIN, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Myers, of
Lexington, spent the week-end
here with their daughters, Mrs.
Parks Hampton, and Mrs. Byron
Lopp.
Miss Ruth Hadley, of States
vllle, was the week-end guest of
her aunt, Mrs. Lucille Snow Rich
ardson, at her home on Gwyn
avenue.
Mrs. I. W. Pritchard of Chapel
Hill, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
A. B. Somers, the latter her
daughter, at their home on Cedar
street.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. McDaniel
are spending this week in New
York, buying fall merchandise
for the McDaniel Department
store here.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fletcher
spent the week-end in Siler City,
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Harmon, the latter a sister of
Mrs. Fletcher.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Somers and
children, Emily and A. 8., Jr.,
returned Monday from a vacation
of ten days to Myrtle Beach and
Georgetown, S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Chat
ham will leave today for Bur
lington, Vermont, where they will
spend two weeks on a business
and pleasure trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Woodruff
and son, Richard, of Winston-Sa
lem, are the guests of Mr. Wood
ruff's parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.
D. Woodruff, this week.
LeGrand Johnson, Oliver Cald
well and Jack May, all of Win
ston-Salem, were week-end guests
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. H.
P. Graham, on Gwyn Avenue.
Mrs. J. R. Poindexter left Wed
nesday for Richmond, Va., for a
visit with her sister, Miss Julia
Ashburn. She will also visit at
her native home at Callao. Va.
Misses Emily and Anne Joyce
and Frank Joyce, Jr., of Sanford,
were guests last week of their
grandmother, Mrs. J. H. Ball, at
her home on West Main street.
James Gilleland, who is station
ed with the U. S. S. Charleston in
Balboa, Panama, is a guest this
week in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
C. I. Boger, on West Main street.
Mr. and Mrs. C. I. Boger and
family and Mrs. Boger's niece,
Billie Sue McLean, attended the
annual Kirkman-Alley reunion at
Valley View Park, near Statesville,
Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Hayes and
sons, James, Jr., and Harold, of
Winston-Salem, were the Sunday
guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Mc-
Neill, the latter a sister of Mr.
Hayes, at their home on Bridge
street. *
Mrs. Minnie B. Marshall and
Robert Marshall, of Greensboro,
Mrs. S. E. Marshall, of Mountain
Park, Mrs. R. A. Frye, of Pilot
Mountain, and Mrs. J. Matt Tut
tle, of Winston-Salem, were
week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs.
W. W. Whitaker, on Church
street.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA
Friends of Mrs. R. P. Bamett
will be glad to know that she >has
recovered sufficiently from a re
cent Illness to be removed to her
home from Hugh Chatham Me
morial hospital.
Mrs. I. A. Eldridge and Mrs. H.
L. Hoppers and little son, E2-
dridge Lee, spent last week in
Dobson, with Mrs. Eldridge's
brother and sister, W. B. Norman
and Miss Lillie Norman.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Holton,
of Tallahassee, Fla., and Mr. and
Mrs. Turner Apperson, of near
East Bend, were the guests last
week of Mrs. W. M. Cundlff, at
her home on Bridge street.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Leon
ard, of Mount Airy and Elkin,
will leave Sunday for Philadel
phia and New York, where they
will buy fall and Christmas mer
chandise for their gift sfcops.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Mills and
son, Bobby, of this city, accom
panied by Mrs. Mills' brother,
Jack Wilson, of Chattanooga,
Tenn., are spending this week at
Statesvllle.
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Lax ton had
as their guests last week at their
home on Elk Spur street, Mr.
Laxton's mother and sister, Mrs.
W. A. Laxton, of Moravian Falls,
and Miss Ruth Laxton, of Knox
ville, Tenn.
Miss Louise Grier and Mrs.
Harry Barker, Jr., left Wednes
day for Greensboro, where they
will spend several days with Miss
Grier's sister, Mrs. E. C. Voss,
and with Mrs. Barker's sister,
Mrs. Mose Kiser.
Mr. and Mrs. James Feimster,
of Allenwood, N. J., and Mr. and
Mrs. Zeb Johnson, of Greenville,
Va., were the guests the latter
part of last week of Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Finney, at their home on
West Main street.
Friends of Dr. W. R. Wellborn
will be glad to know that he has
recovered sufficiently from a re
cent illness to resume his prac
tice. His office has been moved
from the business district to his
home on Bridge street.
Miss Florence Eldridge return
ed Monday from Norfolk, Va.,
where she was the guest of her
aunt, Mrs. Jennie McDaniel. She
was accompahied by Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Eldridge, the former her
brother, of Lexington.
Mrs. Clifford Pugh, of Louis
ville, Ky., and Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Reinhardt and children, of Char
lotte, who spent the week-end
here with Mr. and Mrs. Leslie
Reinhardt, are spending this
week with relatives at Brooks
Cross Roads.
Miss Helen Finney returned
Friday from Mars Hill, where she
attended the western division of
the Wake Forest -Meredith sum
mer school. She will spend the
remainder of her vacation here
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Finney, on West Main
street.
Lieut. Bill Jones returned
Thursday from a stay of two
months at Fort McLellan, Ala.
En route home he visited friends
and relatives in Rockwood and
Chattanooga, Tenn. He will
spend the remainder of his vaca
tion here with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Jones, on West
Main street.
DEATH STRUGGLE DESCRIBED
Wade Gilbert, shown below on his hospital bed in Yadkin
ville, relates the nightmare of his struggle to save his
bride-to-be from death in the rising backwaters of the
Yadkin, near Wilkesboro.—(Yadkin Ripple photo by Bill
Rutledge.)
LOW QUALITY
DOWNS PRICES
Slump on Floors of Four To
bacco Warehouses in
Georgia Market
Adel, Ga.—Appearance of lower
quality tobacco leaf on the ware
house floors caused prices to
slump on at least four markets
yesterday.
Only Nashville and Adel mar
kets held prices above 20 cents a
pound on Tuesday's trade.
Tifton warehousemen attrib
uted a two-cent-a-pound drop in
prices Tuesday in comparison
with Monday's market to poor
grades including leaf from high
on the stalk. Tuesday's average
was 18.43 cents a pound, which
Roy Jackson of Baltimore, Md.,
is the guest of his sister, Mrs. R.
L. Burch, at her home here.
Dick Cummings of this city, is
spending two weeks with Bill Mc-
Elwain of Baltimore, at the home
of his parents' in Marlinton, W.
Va.
Rev. L. B. Abernethy, who has
been ill in the local hospital for
several days, is improving, his
many friends here and elsewhere
in the State, will be glad to learn.
Mrs. Gilbert Meed, of Wheel
ing, W. Va., arrived Sunday for
a visit with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. D. N. Masten, and Mr.
Meed's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.
G. Meed.
Mrs. E. C. Grier is expected to
return today from a vacation of
a week at Myrtle Beach, with
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Parks, Mrs.
C. E. Holcomb and Herman Hol
comb, of Raleigh, and Mr. and
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Williams,
of Greensboro.
Mrs. C. B. Clegg, of Greens
boro, Mrs. Dallas Kirby, of Dan
bury, Mrs. Henry Wolfe and Miss
Rosa Marshall, of Mountain
Park, and Mrs. William H. War
ing, of New York, were the week
end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Eirol
Hayes at their home on Church
street.
Mrs. Hartlay Lord left Tuesday
for her hQme in Wellesley Hills,
Mass., following a visit of two
weeks with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Neaves, on Bridge
street. She was accompanied
home by her sister, Miss Rosa
mond Neaves, who will be her
guest for some time. They will
spend a few days in New York en
route to Wellesley Hills.
Fred Norman, Eugene Aldridge,
Bobby Harris, Joe Harris, Gayle
Graham .and Charles Colhard,
members of the local Boy Scout
troop, accompanied by their
scoutmaster, J. Mark McAdams,
attended a. picnic supper at
Camp Laster, near Winston-Sa
lem, Sunday evening for mem
bers of the Order of the Arrow,
honorary scout organization.
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Folger
returned Monday from a vacation
trip of a week through southwest
Virginia. They visited in Marion,
Abingdon, Mouth of Wilson and
other places. In Abingdon they
attended a Barter Theatre play
and at Mouth of Wilson they
were the guests of Mrs. Folger's
grandfather, Charles E. Cox, and
Of MT. and Mrs. Cam Fields. En
route home they upent several
days at Shatley Springs. >
on 794,894 pounds, brought $146,-
425.
Prices at Nashville fluctuated
yesterday between 4 cents and 28
cents, with most trading within
16 and 25 cents. Frank Park,
sales supervisor, said Wednes
day's market average 20.17 cents
on sale of 795,972 pounds, good
for $160,549.67.
Tuesday was Adel's biggest day
of the season. Sale of 386,932
pounds for $19,557.21 averaged
20.56 cents. The market yester
day opened firm.
DANCE AT GYMNASIUM
HAS BEEN POSTPONED
A dance scheduled to have
been given at the gymnasium
Friday evening by the T. C. U.
club, for the benefit of the club
welfare fund, has been indef
initely postponed, according to
an announcement this morning.
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SOCIETY
Milee-Fewell Announcement
Miss Arbie Fewell and Mr. N.
A. Miles were married Saturday
evening, August 10. 1940.
Mrs. Miles is the daughter of
Mrs. Helen Fewell, of Murray,
Ky. She has taught school in
Wilkes and Yadkin counties for
the past several years and at
present is home economics teach
er in the East Bend high school.
Mr. Miles is the son of Mrs. W.
E. Miles, of Murray, Ky. He holds
a position with the Chatham
Manufacturing company.
Mr. and Mrs. Miles will make
their home at East Bend.
Miss Venable Is Bride of
Mr. Calhoun
The wedding of Miss Mary Lee
Venable, of Joynes, N. C., and
Norfolk, Va., to Allston DuPre
Calhoun, Jr., of Greenwood, S. C.,
was solemnized at high noon
Tuesday in the chapel of Lime
stone College, Gaffney, S. C. The
Rev. R. C. Cranberry, D. D.,
president of Limestone College,
officiated, the ring ceremony be
ing used.
Mrs. Calhoun, is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Luther G. Ven
able, of Joynes, Wilkes county, N.
C., where the family is promi
nently known. She is a grand
daughter of the late Stephen
Venable, of Dobson, who took a
leading part in the political life
of Surry county. Mrs. Calhoun
was educated in the schools of
Wilkes county and at the Norfolk
College of Busines Administra
tion, Norfolk, Va. She is a tal
ented musician and had charge
of a department of music of the
Park Place Methodist church, of
Norfolk.
Mr. Calhoun is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. DuPre Calhoun, of
Greenwood, S. C. He attended
Davidson College and was grad
uated from the United States
Naval Academy at Annapolis,
Md. He took post graduate work
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at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and the Georgetown
Law School. For several years,
he was engaged In publicity work
with the Democratic National
Committee and for the last four *
years has been engaged in news
paper promotion work through
out the Southeast.
First Class Mail
And Papers
Coming Through
In spite of the flood waters, all
first class mail and newspapers
have been delivered to FflHn as
usual, with the exception of the
mid-morning and afternoon mall
which comes by train. However,
no parcel post or other types of
mall have been received since
Tuesday. P. W. Graham, post
master, contacted postal officials
by telegram from Statesville
Thursday morning requesting
that a temporary arrangement be
made with Winston-Elkin Motor
Express to deliver all mail to
Elkin until regular service could
be resumed by railroad. It Is be
lieved that the postal authorities
will agree to this arrangement
and that normal service will be
restored by Friday and at the
latest by Saturday of this week.
It was also requested that the lo
cal office be permitted to dis
patch registered mail by this
route, this class of mail hereto
fore being handled only by train.
First class outgoing mail is dis
patched twice daily.
Mattie Mae Powell
NOTARY PUBLIC
Building & Loan Office
Main Street