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Thursday, August 29, 1940 #IOC "A I s Mrs. C. C. Fulp left Friday for an extended visit with relatives in Sarasota, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Beeson spent Friday in Raleigh, attend ing to business matters. Dr. Hugh Parks is spending some time in Lexington, Va., vis iting his sister, Mrs. O. R. Tharpe. P. A. Greenwood and Jake Brown left Monday for a brief stay at Atlantic, on the Carolina coast, on a fishing trip. Elbert Howard, of Bowling Green, Ky., formerly of Elkin, was the week-end guest of friends here. Miss Anna Atkinson left Thurs day for Wellesley Hills, Mass., for a visit of ten days with Mrs. Hartley Lord. Mrs. C. M. Wall of Princeton, West Va., is the guest this week of Mrs. L. M. Stewart, at her home in West Elkin. Mrs. L. J. Bray left Sunday for a visit of three weeks with Mrs. Watson Chaney and family in Southerland, Va. George Grier will leave Satur day for Boone to resume his studies a t Appalachian State Teachers College. Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Myers spent Sunday in Raleigh, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde W. Rudd, the latter their daughter. Mr. and Mrs. J. Walter Darnell spent Sunday in Durham, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Q. L. Barahardt. Mr. and Mrs. June Miller and Mrs. Henry Davis spent last week in Washington, D. C., and other places of interest en route. Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Shugart spent last week in Mount Airy, the guests of friends and rela tives. Miss Helen Sharpe, of Win ston-Salem, was the guest last week of Miss Nelda Fulp, at her home on Elk Spur street. Parks G. Hampton, of this city, spent the early part of the week in Raleigh, attending to business matters. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Beeson and son, John Edward, spent the week-end with Mr. Beeson's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Beeson, near High Point. Mrs. Parks Hampton and son, Johnny, spent the early part of the week in Lexington, the guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Myers. Dr. E. G. Click plans to leave on September 8 for Cleveland, Ohio, to attend the annual con vention of the American Dental Association. Mr. and Mrs. Marion C. Whit tener spent the week-end in Hick ory, the guests of Mr. Whitener's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Avery Whitener. Mr. and Mrs. Numa Causey, of Lincolnton, were the week-end guests of Mrs. R. G. Franklin and Mrs. Fred McNeely, at their home on West Main street. Mrs. Henry Ratliff, Jr., left Wednesday for her home in Jour donton, Texas, following a visit with her mother, Mrs. W. S. Sale, at her home on Bridge street. Howard Hatch, Robert Lank ford, E. T. Shamel, Stauber Flynt, Raymond Harris and Charles Dixon spent the week-end in Moorehead City, on a fishing trip. Mrs. H. C. Salmon and daugh ter and son, Miss Dorothy Jean and Joe, returned Monday from Kernersville, where they spent two weeks with her father, M. C. Michael. They were accompanied home by Mrs. Salmons' sister, Miss Pearl Michael, who will spend several days with them. HURRY! ' ■ v' 4t X ' If you need any of the flooded build- V ing materials and want to save some \ money, you had better act quick! Metal roofing, composition shingles, ceiling, flooring, weather boarding, sheeting, framing, doors and many other items. Bring your truck and cash! Surry Hardware Co. ELKIN, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Barbour re turned Thursday from a vacation of a week to Front Royal, Na tural Bridge and other places in Virginia. S. G. Holcomb returned Wed nesday from Raleigh, where he had been since Monday attending to business matters and visiting friends and relatives. , \ Mr. and Mrs. T. V. Cockerham spent the week-end in Winston- Salem, the guests of Mrs. E. P. McDaniel and daughter, Miss Agnes McDaniel. Dr. and Mrs. Fraser Lapsley, of Badin, were guests the latter part of last week of Mrs. Lapsley's mother, Mrs. J. L. Hall, on West Main street. Miss Mary Marshall Harrell, of Baltimore, is the guest of Dr. and Mrs. R. B. Harrell, the latter her uncle, at their home on West Main street. Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Alex ander left Saturday for a vaca tion trip to Washington, D. C. They will return via Norfolk, Va., for a brief visit. Miss Dorothy Colhard spent the week-end in Mount Airy, where she attended a house party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baughn. Mrs. W. B. Lankford was call ed to Spring Mills, Pa., Saturday, due to the death of her grand father. She expects to be away about ten days. Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Mitchell and sons, Hugh and Gene, of Charlotte, were the guests Sun day of Mr. and Mrs. T. V. Cock erham, at their home here. George Royall, of this city, ac companied by a party of friends from Greensboro and Danville, spent the latter part of last week on a fishing trip to Norfolk. Mrs. C. L. Nance of Charlotte, was the guest the early part of the week of her sister, Mrs. Beat rice Myers Phillips, at her home on Bridge street. Mr. and Mrs. George Long, of Burlington, were, the guests Thursday of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Neaves and Mr. and Mrs. Frank lin Polger. Miss Mary Hendren left last week for Oxford, for a visit of several days with Mr. and Mrs. Garland Talton, Jr., the latter her sister. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Schuler, of Bethlehem, Pa., were the guests the latter part of last week of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Lankford, at their home on Hospital Road. Ted Brown, chief of Elkin's fire department, Thomas Phillips and Fletcher Harris left Monday for Salisbury, to attend the annual convention of the North Caro lina Firemen's association. Mr. and Mrs. Coy Bates and sons, Benny and Charles, of Spartanburg, S. C., are the guests of Mr. Bates' grandmother, Mrs. John Blackburn, and other rela tives here. James Carter will leave within a few days for his home at St. Lawrence, South Dakota, follow ing a visit with his mother, Mrs. T. W. Billings, and his sister, Mrs. Ruby Hamby, at State Road. Mr. and Mrs. K. G. Phillips, of Winston-Salem, were the guests last week of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Phillips, at their home on Gwyn avenue. The Messrs. Phillips are brothers. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Long, of Raleigh, were the week-end guests of Mrs. Long's mother, Mrs. W. E. Bohannon, at her home on Elk Spur street. They were accompanied home by Mrs. Bohannon and little granddaugh ter, Patty Rue Young, who will be their guests for a week or ten d^ys. THE KLKIJ§RmTNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA Rev. said Mrs. O. V. Caudill and daughters, Misses. Helen and Rachel, are expected to return Friday from Bemardston, Mass., where they have been for some time with Mrs. CaudlU's mother. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Poole, of Roanoke, Va., and Mrs. Eugene Carlco, of Galax, Va'., were the guests Saturday of Mr. and Mrs. J. Walter Darnell, at their home on Gwyn avenue. Misses Hilda and Neva Mark ham returned to their home in Mocksville Sunday, following a visit of a week with Misses Kay Lee and Dorothy Mae Walker, at their home on Church street. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Neaves and Leonard Shepherd, of Crumpler, and Steve Paisley, of Detroit, were the guests Monday of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Neaves, at their home on Bridge street. Miss Constance Greenwood, who had been spending the sum mer in several western states, is on an extended visit with Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Jones, the latter her aunt, in Oglesby, Texas, at present. Charles Neaves returned Wed nesday from Chapel Hill, where he has been attending summer school at-the University of North Carolina, to spend the remainder of his vacation here with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Neaves. Mr. and Mrs. John E. Kelley, of Dayton, Ohio, are expected to ar rive Friday to spend the week end with Rev. and Mrs. Stephen Morrisett, the latter their daugh ter, at their home on Church street. Mrs. R. L. Kirkman returned Wednesday from a visit of two weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Wilson L. Stratton, and Mr. Stratton, in Charlotte. Mrs. Stratton accompanied her home for a brief visit. Mr. and Mrs. Hoy Moose and sons, Hoy, Jr., and William Whit aker, of Mount Pleasant, spent the latter part of last week here the guests of Mrs. Moose's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Whit aker, on Church street. The many friends of Will Wil lard will regret to know that he was taken to a Statesville hospi tal Wednesday for treatment for a serious illness. Mr. Willard has been ill for several days and his condition is unimproved. Mr. and Mrs. John Gilliam and daughters, Louise and Janice, ar rived Sunday from Long Beach, Calif., for a visit with Mr. Gil liam's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gilliam, in Jonesville, and other relatives in this section. Mrs. S. L. Payne and daughter and sons, Eleanor and Joe and Paul, of Galax, Va., were the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Neaves, on Bridge street. Joe Payne remained for a visit of a week. Mrs. Ralph Parks and daugh ter, Dorothy Bee, of Raleigh, ar rived Thursday for a visit with Mrs. E. C. Grier, at her home on Bridge street. Mr. Parks will join them for the week-end and ac company them home. Misses Mildred and Constance Hock returned to their home in Greensboro Tuesday following a visit with Miss Betty Chatham, at her home on Ekst Main street. They were accompanied home by Miss Chatham, who will spend several days with them. Mrs. E. C. Voss and little son, Chris, of Greensboro, were the guests the latter part of last week of Mrs. Voss' mother, Mrs. E. C. Grier, at her home on Bridge street. Mr. Voss came up for the week-end and to accom pany them home. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hunter, of Lebanon, Tenn., Miss Rosalee Bartlett, of Independence, V a., and Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Allred and family, of Mount Airy, were the guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Snow, at their home on North Bridge street. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hendren, of Tucson, Arizona, who have been spending the summer here with Mr. Hendren's mother, Mrs. J. F. Hfcndren, and with Mrs. Hen dren's family in Virginia, plan to leave the latter part of next week for?their home. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Chilton and daughters, Patty Lou and Nancy Lee, of Ararat, are the guests this week of Mrs. Gtorge Chatham, Jr., at her homa on Bridge street. Mrs. Chatham also had;its her guest over the week end, Miss Pauline Boles, of Hampton ville. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Messenger and> (laughter and son, Miss Bet ty and Dicky, of Hartford, Conn., who have been visiting Mrs. Mes seftfer'4 sisters and brother, Mes dames Alex and Raymond Chat ham and iPaul Gwyn, here for some time, will leave Sunday for their home. Mr. and, Mrs. Shelley Under wood and ion, of Greensboro. Mr. and Mp, R. c. Smith, of Guil ford College, and Mr. and Mrs. Wesley;Angle and children, of Winstofc-Salem, were the Sunday guests of Meidames L. E. Aldridge and Ja#e Smith, at Home Hotel. To Aid in Meet Rev. Vera Stmms, of Glen coe, Ohio, who, with Janet Smith, will aid in a revival to begin at the Pilgrim church here Sunday, September 1. Revival Begins At Pilgrim Church A series of revival services will begin Sunday, September 1, at the Pilgrim church here, and will continue through September 15, it has been announced by the pastor, Rev. W. B. Walker. Services will be held each week day at 7:45 p.m. Sunday services will be held at 11:00 a.m. and 7:45 pjn. Rev. Vera Simms and Janet Smith, of Glencoe, Ohio, are the engaged workers, it was an nounced. These young ladies are said to be excellent speakers as well as accomplished musicians and will render special music at each service. The public is extended a cor dial invitation to attend each ser vice. Carl Ring, of Columbus, Ohio, and West Virginia, spent the week-end here with his mother, Mrs. J. W. Ring, at her home on Terrace avenue. Mrs. Ring has been confined to her bed for some time due to a fall at her home in which she sustained sev eral fractured ribs. Due to her advanced age of almost 89 years, her recovery has been slow. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Whitaker and granddaughter, Miss Eleanor Hayes, attended the opening ses sion of the North Carolina Fire men's Convention in Salisbury Tuesday. Mr. Whitaker, who re signed last year after 25 years as head of Elkin's volunteer fire department, is honorary chief of the local fire department. Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Howard and daughters, Misses Catherine and Mymie, of Farmington, were the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Walker, at their home on Church street. The Misses Howard remained for a visit of a week. Mr. and Mrs. Walker also had as their guests Sunday, Mr. Walker's brother, Rex Walker, and family, of Winston-Salem. Send Them Back To School With A PARKER or SHEAFFER FOUNTAIN PEN AND PENCIL PARKER AND SHEAFFER PENS $2.75 - $3.50 - $5.00 - $7.50 $9.00 SIO.OO PENCILS TO MATCH 75 c "■ $3.50 Parkette Fountain Pens M to TI 7C and Pencils 9*• • Leads and Erasers for Parker and Sheaffer Fine Line and Regular Pencils W. M. WALL Elkin's Leading Jeweler Phone 56 Mrs. Nettie Wilkins spent the week-end In Yadkinville, the guest of relatives. She was accompani ed home by Mr. Loyd Mason and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mason. Lieut, and Mrs. Owen Huff and little daughter, Julia, plan to leave' Friday to spend the Labor Day holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Berry and Mr. and Mrs. Wood Huff, in Knox ville, Tenn. They will be ac companied by Mrs. Huff's aunt, Miss Cora Yarnell, of Knoxville, who has been visiting them for some time. Mrs. P. H. Bobbitt will return today to her home in Inverness, Fla., following a visit of several months with her sister, Mrs. R. G. Franklin, on West Main street. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Thomas, of- Inverness, the latter her daughter, who have been vaca tioning in Western North Caro lina, will spend the day here to day and accompany her home. Mrs. J. Ralph Reece and sons, Charles and Bobby, have return ed to their home in Greenville, S. C., following a visit with her par ents, Dr. and Mrs. W. R. Well born, at their home on Bridge street. Dr. and Mrs. Wellborn had as their guests on Tuesday their daughter, Mrs. Edwin Dun can, of Sparta, and Miss Rose Wellborn, of Independence, Va. Mrs. W. M. Gray and Miss Mary Virginia Barker left Sun day for Providence, N. C., where they were called on account of the death of the former's nephew, Michael Hudson Grier. Mr. Grier was killed in an automobile acci dent Saturday night. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Grier, of Providence. Funeral services were held Monday morning. Sugar Haywood, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Haywood, Jr., has returned to her home after spending the month of August at Silver Pines camp at Roaring Gap. In the camp horse show held recently, Sugar won second place in the junior champion ship, intermediate and pair classes. In riflery she complet ed the pro-marksman test. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gwyn and their guests, Mr. and Mrs. Har ol d Messenger, of Hartford, Conn., spent the latter part of last week in the Smoky Moun tain National Park. They also visited in Asheville and Waynes ville. They were accompanied home by the Gwyns' little sons, Owen, who has been in Camp Mount Mitchell at Burnsville, during the summer. Boy Scouts Gayle Graham, Clifton Bog er, Bobby Harris, Charles Dockery, Bob Park, Mark Reece, Jack Park, Bill Myers, Er rol Hayes, Jr., Jimmy Lillard and Parker Duncan returned Wednes day from Camp Laster, near Winston-Salem, where they had since Monday on a camping trip. They were accompanied by Scoutmaster J. Mark McAdams and Rev. Herman F. Duncan. Miss Margaret Abernethy, who has been spending the summer in Cedartown, Mtine, will arrive Monday for a brief visit with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. G. Aber nethy, on West Main street. She will go to Kannapolis on Friday, where she will teach in the city schools this year. Miss Abernethy will visit her sister, Dr. Olivia Abernethy, at Pottsville, Pa., en route home. Mrs. John W. Reich and daughters, Patricia and Joan, re turned to their home in States ville Sunday, following a visit with Mr. and Mrs. E. P. McNeer, on Church street. They were ac companied by Mrs. Reich's sister, Mrs. Tom Ring, and daughter, Judy, of Washington, who were also guests last week of Mr. and Mrs. McNeer. Mr. Ring, husband of Mrs. Ring, was here for the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Neer. SEVERAL COUPLES OBTAIN LICENSE The following couples obtained marriage license during the past week from the office of the reg ister of deeds to Dobson: Grover Faulk, Sablette, 111., to Ruby Dav enport, Mt. Airy; A. P. Cook to Eleanor Parris, both of West field; Eugene Burnside, Maple wood, N. J., to Helen Tedisco, Orange, N. J.; H. V. Carpenter, Mt. Airy, to Velma Mae Creed, Ararat; Prank Sherwood to Min nie Ward, both of Marion, Va.; and Jesse P. Jones, Greensboro, to Mary Swanson Simmons, Pilot Mountain. NEW CABINETS AT FLOOD PRICES 1 'IB.O0 up « These cabinets were not damaged by the flood, all having been moved to an upper floor before the flood waters reached our basement floor. However, due to the fact that our basment floor is still too wet in which to store them, and because we do not have sufficient space elsewhere, we have reduced prices to sell them quick. If you want a good kitchen cabinet at a bar gain price hurry now to The Eagle! » i tKmmmmmmmmmmiKMm .m 11 "mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmZ CARD OF THANKS Your sympathy and kindness to lis to our bereavement was more deeply appreciated than words of thanks can express. We also appreciate the beautiful flowers sent us. MRS. JOE OSBORNE ltc AND CHILDREN The term "Mugwump" was first used to describe revolt to a political party to 1884 when James G. Blaine was the regular candidate for President. Tailoring Dress Malting All Kinds of Sewing Mrs. C. W. Laffoon Phone 249-W Elk Spar St. Mattie Mae Powell NOTARY PUBLIC Building A Loan Office Main Street
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