Thursday, August 22, 1940
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Louis Mitchell Is spending this
week in New York, attending the
World's Pair.
Andrew Greenwood returned
last week from a vacation trip to
New York and Detroit.
Miss Josephine Paul returned
Saturday from a visit of several
weeks in Wilmington and Greens
bore.
Mrs. Ruth Gwyn Parks return
ed Monday from a visit with her
mother, Mrs. J. P. Gwyn, in Yan
oeyville.
Mrs. O. T. Blackburn spent
last week in Greensboro, the
guest of her mother, Mrs. W. T.
Whiteley.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Briggs re
turned Saturday from a vacation
trip of two weeks to Carolina
Beach.
B. C. Brown, of Greensboro,
spent the week-end in Jonesville
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
J. Brown.
Mrs. P. M. Greene left Monday
for a visit of several weeks with
relatives and friends in New
England.
Mrs. L. E. Whitfield, of Ashe
boro, was the guest the early part
of the week of her son, Louis
Whitfield.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sale spent
the week-end in Statesville, the
guests of Mrs. Sale's mother. Mrs.
J. C. Morrison.
Mrs. William Andrews, of Shel
by, is spending this week here
with her mother, Mrs. E. E. Har
ris, on West Main street.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Sears an
nounce the birth of a daughter
at Hugh Chatham Memorial hos
pital, August 15, 1940.
Misses Jo and Jerry Barker are
spending this week in Sanford,
the guests of Misses Anne and
Emily Joyce.
Miss Annie Yancey Gwyn, of
Washington, D. C., is the guest
this week of her sisters, Mrs. E.
G. Click and Mrs. Ruth Gwyn
Parks.
Ed R. Carter, of Eustis. Fla., is
spending this week here visiting
his sons, Wilbur, Jack and Roger
Carter, and attending to business
matters.
Miss Una Norman, of Winston-
Salem, is spending a vacation of
two weeks here with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Norman, on
Gwyn avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Greene, of
Statesville, were here Saturday,
the guests of Misses Jennie and
Auba Gray, at their home on
Vine street.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Crews of
Henderson, spent the week-end
here with Mrs. Crews' mother,
Mrs. W. E. Paul, on Terrace Ave
nue. Mr. Crews left Monday for
Georgia, where he will buy to
bacco on the markets there, and
Mrs. Crews will remain here for a
visit of several weeks.
NOTICE!
Owing to damage sustain
ed in the flood we are now
temporarily located at
West End Grocery, West
Elkin.
PHONE 203-J
We expect to be back in
old location by September
Ist.
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Mr. and Mrs. Henry Butner, of
this city, announce the birth of
a daughter, Margaret, at the
Pinehurst hospital in Pinhurst,
on August 13, 1940.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Brannon, of
this city, announce the birth of
a son, William Eugene, in the
City Memorial hospital, Winston-
Salem, August 13, 1940.
Miss Margaret Wiley Boren, of
Greensboro, arrived Sunday for a
visit of several days with her
grandfather, W. S. Reich, at his
home on Vine street.
Miss Nan Johnson, of this city,
accompanied by her aunt, Mrs.
Delia Walker, of Winston-Salem,
left Tuesday for New York, where
they will spend a week.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bivins are
expected to return tomorrow
from a visit with Mr. and Mrs. J.
A. Carpenter, the latter a sister
of Mr. Bivins, in Concord.
Misses Hilda and Neva Mark
ham, of Mocksville, are the guests
this week of Misses Dorothy Mae
and Kay Lee Walker, at their
home on church street.
W. M. Wall and son, Edwin, are
spending this week attending the
gift shows at New York and
Philadelphia, and buying mer
chandise for their store here.
Miss Ha Lyon, Miss Perel Ed
wards, Miss Evelyn Arnold, Gen
Hampton, Jim Greenwood and
Ralph Greenwood spent Sunday
in Sparta, the guests of friends.
Mrs. Julius Hall arrived Satur
day from Hartford, Conn., to
join Mr. Hall here where they
will make their home. Mr. and
Mrs. Hall were married this sum
mer.
Mrs. Bess Hamlin Tuttle and
sons, Jim and Bill, of Raleigh,
were the guests Monday and
Tuesday of Mr. and Mrs. Errol
Hayes, at their home on Church
street.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Rollins
and little daughter, Betsy Jean, of
New Bern, were the week-end
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Stockton, at their home on West
Main street.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Marion Speas,
of Boonville, are spending this
week on the Carolina coast on a
vacation trip. They were accom
panied by a party of friends from
Nashville.
Mrs. J. S. Worth of this city,
with Dr. and Mrs P. W. Greene
and family of Mount Airy, are va
cationing this week at Yorktown,
Va. Mis. Worth is the mother of
Mrs. Greene.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Armfield
and daughter, Phyllis, and Mr.
Armfield's mother, all of Win
ston-Salem, were the Sunday
guests of W. S. Reich at his home
on Vine street.
Mrs. H. G. York and nephew,
Milton Snow, returned Friday
from Bluefield, W. Va., where
they visited the former's sister,
Miss Odessa Snow, and the lat-
father, R. B. Snow.
Mrs. L. E. Cockerham and
daughter, Mrs. Bays Bryant,
spent a few days last week in
Winston-Salem, the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Reece Cockerham
and Mrs. Neal Spainhour.
Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Ferry, of
Wichita, Kans., and Mr. and Mrs.
A. L. Monfort-Bebb, of Asheville,
were the guests Tuesday of Dr.
and Mrs. E. G. Click, at their
home on circle Court.
Mrs. R. B. Boren, Jr., and son,
R. B. Boren, m, of Greensboro,
are expected to arrive today for
a visit with her father and sister,
W. S. Reich, and Mrs. Alden
Hunt, on Vine street.
Rev. and Mrs. Eph Whisenhunt
and daughter, Edith Adair, of
Norton, Va., were the guests of
friends here a short time Mon
day, en route to their home from
a week-end visit in Lincolnton.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA
Richard Stockton of Kerners
vllle, returned Sunday to his
home, following a visit of two
weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Stockton, the formes his uncle,
at their home on West Main
street.
Mrs. I. A. Eldrldge, Miss Flor
ence Eldrldge, Mrs. H. L. Hop
pers and little son, Eldrldge Lee,
spent the latter part of last week
In Glade Valley, the guests of the
former's son, E. B. Eldrldge, and
Mrs. Eldrldge.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Young, of
this city, accompanied by Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Long, of Raleigh,
the latter a sister of Mrs. Young,
spent the week-end in Manteo,
where they attended a presenta
tion of "The Lost Colony."
A message was received here
last week of the death of R. G.
Bradley at Littleton. Mr. Brad
ley was formerly associated with
the Modern Pood store here, he
and his family having left here
in October of last year.
Mrs. Thomas Haynes returned
to her home in Bristol, Tenn.,
Sunday, following a visit of two
weeks with her mother, Mrs. C.
S. Morrison, on Market street.
Mr. Haynes came down for the
week-end and to accompany her
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Atkinson
and family, of Charlotte, spent
Sunday here with the former's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. At
kinson, on West Main street.
Three of the children, Patsy,
Russell and Clara Mae, remained
for a visit of a week.
Mrs. William H. Waring re
turned to New York Friday, fol
lowing a visit of three weeks with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Wolfe, at Mountain Park. She
was accompanied by Miss Rosa
Marshall, of Mountain Park, who
will be her guest for two weeks.
Mrs. E B. Lawrence and daugh
ters, Misses Virginia and Edwina
Lawrence, and her neice, Miss
Frances Tower, and Carl Pardue,
are spending this week in New
York, attending the World's Fair.
They will also visit with relatives
while they are away.
Mrs. Tom Ring and little
daughter, Judy, of Washington,
arrived Monday for a visit of sev
eral days with Mr. and Mrs. E. F.
McNeer, on Church street. Mrs.
John Reich and children, Patricia
and Joan, of Statesville, arrived
Wednesday to visit Mr. and Mrs.
McNeer.
Henry Cathey, who has been
residing in Jonesville for the past
year, left Sunday for Leaksville,
where he has accepted a position.
Mrs. Cathey and little son will
join him in two weeks. They
have made numerous friends dur
ing their residence here, who re
gret to see them go elsewhere to
reside.
Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Forester,
Jr., and little daughter, Joan, of
North Wilkesboro, Mr. and Mrs,
Prince Forester, of Washington,
D. C., and Mr. and Mrs. Robert
A. Smith and little son, Bobby, of
Greensboro, were the Sunday
guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Church, at their home on Gwyn
avenue.
Mrs. T. G. Harris, Miss Fannie
Sue Harris and Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Harris of this city, and Miss Zelle
Harris of Roaring River, returned
Tuesday from a visit with the
former's sister, Mrs. J. W. Arm
strong, in Sparks, Nevada. They
also attended the San Francisco,
Cal,. World's Fair while they were
away and visited other places of
interest on the Pacific coast.
The many friends of Mrs. Fan
nie Salmons will be glad to know
that she has recovered suffi
ciently from a broken hip, suffer
ed some time ago, to be removed
to her home on Gwyn avenue
from Hugh Chatham Memorial
hospital. It will also be gratify
ing to her friends to know that
in spite of her advanced age she
is able to walk about her home
with the aid of crutches.
BAPTIST SERVICES
ANNOUNCED HERE
Rev. Stephen Morrisett, pastor
of the First Baptist church, an
nounces the following services for
Sunday: Bible school at 9:45, and
the morning hour of worship at
11 o'clock. The sermon subject
Sunday morning will be "The
Majesty of God," and the anthem
for the service will be "The Lord
Is My ShejJherd."
Sunday evening the young peo
ple's meeting will be held at 7:00
o'clock and at the 8 o'clock ser
vice the pastor will use as his
sermon subject, "What Is
Prayer?". The choir will sing as
a special anthem at the evening
service "Ye Watchers and Ye
Holy Ones."
The public is extended a cordial
invitation to attend.
Bate 'em
"I hate those impromptu com
plexions, don't you?"
i "What do you mean?"
"Those who make up as they go
along."
There is only one "lake" in
Scotland. AH of the others are
j called "lochs."
Has Collection
Of Almanacs for
Past 50 Years
W. W. Whltaker, of this
city, who Is a collector of
various types of antiques and
curios, has in his possession a
collection of Blum's Almanacs
for the past 50 years. Mr.
Whltaker, who is EWn's old
est merchant, has been dis
tributor for Blum's Almanacs
for a number of years and he
says that equally interesting
with the data in the almanacs
is the dealers' names stamped
on the fronts, many of whom
are dead or have been away
from Eikln for many years.
Not one year of the past SO Is
missing from Mr. Whitaker's
collection and he is endeavor
ing to get them even farther
back, but he says that so far
he has been unable to secure
oldef- copies, with the excep
tion of one which has been
promised him.
ELKIN WOMAN
TREATED FOR BURNS
Mrs. John Powers, 18, of East
Elkin, was given first aid treat
ment at the local hospital Tues
day for superficial burns suffer
ed when she fell down while car
rying a pall of boiling water.
It was first thought that Mrs.
Powers was dangerously burned
and she was rushed to the hospi
tal in an ambulance.
WITH THE SICK
The following patients have
been admitted to the local hospi
tal during the past week: A. L.
Butler, Elkin; Ralph Martin, Elk
in; Dorothy Nichols, Dobson;
Mrs. Susie Cockerham, Elkin;
Mrs. Johnny Sears, Elkin; Mary
Lee Day, Elkin; Earl Queen, Elk
in; Dorothy Hodges, Elkin; Chas.
R. Darnell, Elkin; Margaret
Fletcher, Elkin; Mrs. Emma
Thompson, Mountain Park;
Stuart Maynard, Elkin; Dickie
Pruitt, Traphill; Larry Miller,
Hamptonville; Mrs. Pearl Luff
man, State Road; C. R. Burgiss,
Winston-Salem; Mrs. Ada Fran
cis, Helton; Tommy Hamby, Elk
in; Nelson Collins, Yadkinville;
Pansy Stoker, Glade Valley;
Robey Nixon, Mountain Park;
! Forest Morrow, Troutman; Mrs.
Maggie Duncan, Jonesville; Reid
Redding, Ronda; Flora Jean Ves
tal, Elkin; Buddy James Vestal,
Elkin; Jack Higgins, State Road;
Albert Howell, Ronda; Leff Hol
loway, Traphill; Paul Holloway,
Traphill; Irene Dezern, Boonville;
Mrs. Evan Smith,. Rusk; Mrs.
Ruth Edwards, Whitehead; Clif
ford Adams, Vernon Johnson,
Ronda; Mattie Bell Freeman,
Jonesville; Mary Betty Norman,
Jonesville; Hilda Hanks, Ben
; ham; Bessie Lee Hanks, Benham;
Mrs. Ethel Wellborn, State Road.
Patients discharged during the
past two weeks were: Arthur
Southard, State Road; Mrs. Fan
nie Salmons, Elkin; Mrs. Ruby
Anderson, Ronda; Franklin East
'er, Mt. Airy; Mrs. Wilda White,
Elkin; Mrs. Eva Carter, Yadkin
ville; Mrs. Ruby Pardue, Ronda;
Dean Scott, Elkin; Doris Collins,
Elkin; Mrs. Juanita Teague, Elk
in; Mrs. Mae Finney, Elkin; Mrs.
Lula Lawson, Ronda; Mrs. Nancy
Norris, Fleetwood; Julia Bell
Hemric, Ronda; Hiram Westley
Scott, East Bend; Mrs. Roscoe
James, Mt. Airy; Mrs. Jack Car
ter, Elkin; C. C. Tiller, Coolee
mee; Mrs. Lottie Creasy, Mount
Airy; Mrs. Virginia Marion, San
Antonio, Tex.; Mrs. Ethel John
son, Jonesville; Mrs. Necie Cau
dill, State Road; Mrs. Nettie Bar
nett, Elkin; Mrs. Clevie Farmer,
Dobson; Mrs. Sam Neaves, Elkin;
Mrs. Myrtle Bledsoe, Dobson;
Alma Jean Sneed, Elkin; Charlie
Butner, Boonville; Roger Hutch
ins, Yadkinville; Annie Lee Pop
lin, Benham; Harold Cook, Elkin;
Mrs. Mary Frances Reece, Boon
ville; Daniel Travis, Elkin; Claude
Wilmoth, Elkin; Adrian L. Buie,
Winston-Salem; Rev. Ralph
Reid, Monroe; C. E. Mathis,
Jonesville; Louis Porter, Jones
ville; Minnie Miles, Yadkinville;
Ishmael Elrod, Elkin; Mrs. Hat
tie Pardue, Elkin; E. R. Brown,
Traphill; Luther Hurt, Ronda;
Mrs. Lydia Caudill, State Road;
Pansy Stoker, Glade Valley; Mrs.
Lizzie Glaspie, Dobson; Pierce
Hare, Yadkinville; . Betty Jean
Roberson, Jonesville; Jesse Wolfe,
Mountain Park; John B. Jones,
Jr., Elkin; Mrs. Jose Carico, Yad
kinville; Walter E. Hayes, Yad
kinville; Mrs. Margie Stonstreet,
Elkin; Robert Swaim, Benham;
Rev. L. B. Abemethy, Elkin; Bin.
Mamie Apperson, Elkin; Reeves
Wilmoth, State Road; Mrs. Cath
erine Day, Elkin; Peggy Haynes,
Jonesville; A. L. Butler, Elkin;
Mary Lee Day, Elkin; Earl Queen,
Elkin; Dorothy Hodges, Elkin;
Margaret Fletcher, Elkin; Stuart
Maynard, Elkin; Dickie Pruitt,
Elkin; Mrs. Pearl Luff man, Elkin.
Sir Walter Raleigh, the famous
Englishman of Queen Elizabeth's
day, always wore a corset even
when he glept. ...
SLOT MACHINES
SCOREDBY JURY
Yadkin County Body Takes
Up Matter in Its Report
to Judge
REMOVAL IS SOUGHT
Yadkinville, Aug. 21. — (Special)
—The superior court grand jury
adjourned yesterday after a two
day session. Roger Bunt, of East
Bend, was foreman, and D. B.
Groce, Yadkinville, route 2, sec
retary.
The usual inspections were
made, with a special recom
mendation regarding slot ma
chines, asking that all illegal slot
machines be removed from the
county, and went so far as to ask
the next grand jury to investigate
and see if their recommendations
have been carried out. The report
is as follows:
To His Honor, Allen H. Owyn,
Judge Presiding:
The Grand Jury respectfully
reports its proceedings as follows:
Number of Bills Acted on 13
Number of True Bills Pound.. 7
Number Not True Bills 3
Number of Bills continued .... 3
Presentments 1
We visited the County Home in
a body and found the same well
kept and inmates told us they
were well cared for and well fed.
We found that the pumps in the
well were in need of immediate
repair and we recommend that
these pumps be repaired at once;
also the floor around the well
needs repairing.
We visited the County Jail in
a body and found the same in ex
cellent condition.
We visited the following Coun
ty Offices in a body: Clerk of the
Superior Court, Register of Deeds,
County Accountant, and Sheriff,
and found them to be in good
condition and well kept.
We have made an investigation
with reference to Your Honor's
charge on illegal slot machines,
and we find that there have been
operated in Yadkin county num
bers of illegal slot machines and
gambling devices, but we did not
make any presentments for the
reason that we understand that
the Yadkin County Criminal
Court has jurisdiction, and we,
therefore, recommend that the
Sheriff of Yadkin County seize
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all illegal slot machines and
gambling devices in Yadkin
County and swear out warrants
for the owners and operators of
said machines and devices. We
further recommend that the
Judge and the Solicitor of the
Yadkin County Criminal Court
cooperate with the Sheriff of
Yadkin County in ridding Yadkin
County of all illegal slot machines
and gambling devices. We further
recommend that the next suc
ceeding Grand Jury make an in
vestigation as to- whether these!
recommendations have been car-4
ried out.
We wish to commend HI« Hon
or, Allen H. Gwyn, for the busi
ness-like and impartial manner
in which he has conducted this
term of Court, and his fine sense
of justice displayed in all cases.
ROGER HUNT, Foreman
D. R. GROCE, Secretary
UNION CROSS
Rev. c. 11. caudlll will fill lit*
appointment at Union Cross Bap
tist church next Saturday and
Sunday morning.
The B. Y. P. U. is going to pre
sent a play, "The Heroine of
Ana," next Sunday night. Ev
eryone is cordially invited to at
tend.
Mrs. C. W. Dockery is spending
this week in Morgan ton, visiting
her sister.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd A. Stanley
and family were the Sunday
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Layne.
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.
Mr. and Mrs. Winnie Edgar
Norman and family, of Winston-
Salem, were the Sunday after
noon guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Gomery Dobbins.
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Norman
and children, and Mr. and Mrs.
Oliver Dockery and children, of
Winston-Salem, were the week
end guests of relatives in the
community.
Several from this community
attended the funeral of Dr. Shore
in Boonville Sunday.
Would Stoop
Mrs. Youngbride Would you
stoop to go through your hus
band's pockets at night?
Mrs. Oldhand—Only when Ar
thur comes home late and throws
his clothes on the floor.
Former Wilkes
County Woman
Passes
Mrs. Marshall Anderson, 391, of
Greensboro, formerly Miss Emma
Walker, of Denneysville, Wilkes
county, died at her home in
Greensboro Friday night. Mrs.
Anderson suffered from a
heart ailmept for the past ten
years and ffcr the past five years
she had been an invalid.
She was a daughter of Rev.
Marcus Walker, of Denneysville,
well known retired Baptist min
ister, and the late Mrs. Walker,
and was a sister of L. F. Walker,
of this city.
She is survived by her husband,
three children, her father and
several brothers and sisters.
Funeral rites were held Sun
day afternoon at 2:30 from the
Denneysville Baptist church. The
rites were in charge of Rev. Mr.
Parker, of Greensboro, pastor of
the deceased, assisted by Rev.
Stephen Morrlsett, pastor of tha
First Baptist church in this city,
interment was in the church
cemetery.
Costly Photos
Patron (posing for photo)
What will these pictures cost me?
I Photographer They're S3O a
dozen. Now look pleasant!
The flamingo eats the egg from
which it was hatched.
Tailoring Dress Making
All Kinds of Sewing .
Mrs. C. W. Laffooit
Phone 249-W Elk Spur St.
Rogers Electric Shoe Shop