Elkin
"The Best Little Town
in North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXIX. No. 49
NEWS OF RONDA
Mrs. P. T. Moore, Mrs. R R.
Crater, Mrs.' O. D. Bentley, Mrs.
Hobson Blackburn, Mrs. Harvey
Church, Mrs. J. T. Martin, Mrs.
C. C. Tharpe and Mrs. R. C. Mar
tin attended a meeting of the
Wilkesboro division of the W. M.
U. at North WilkeslJbro Baptist
church on Tuesday of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Colin Pardue and
Mrs. John Pardue, of Clingman,
were visitors Sunday in the home
of Mrs. Colin Pardue's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Burchette.
Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Moore spent
Sunday in Mount Ulla visiting
Mr. Moore's mother, Mrs. R. L.
Moore, and other relatives.
Mrs. Prances Thomas, of High
Springs, Fla., and Lenoir, visited
her cousin, Mrs. E. D. Byrd, Sim
day.
Mrs. Graham Myers, of Elkin,
spent Monday night with Mr. and
Mrs. O. D. Bentley.
Mr. and Mrs. Carson York, of
Winston-Salem, were visitors in
the home of Mrs. York's mother,
Mrs. R. L. Church, Sunday.
Miss Oleen Tucker spent the
week-end here with Miss Sarah
Dell Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Blackwood,
Jr., of Winston-Salem, spent the
week-end with Mr. Blackwood's
mother, Mrs. Ellen Blackwood,
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ELKIN, N. C.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
and his sister, Mrs. A. C. Hen
drix, and Mr. Hendrix, here.
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Copple, Jr.,
and little daughter, Dorothy Ann,
left on Wednesday of last week
for their home in Astoria, L. 1.,
after spending some time with
relatives here and In Winston-
Salem.
Rev. R. R. Crater filled his
regular appointment at Denny
ville Baptist church Sunday at 11
a.m.
Rev. and Mrs. R. R. Crater and
son, Jimmy, were the dinner
guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs.
James Gray.
Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Bentley and
daughter, Grace Dean, made a
trip to North Wilkesboro Sunday
afternoon and stopped on their
way back in Roaring River to see
Mrs. Bentley's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Green.
Miss Agnes Byrd returned
home Sunday from Baltimore,
Md.
Mr. and Mrs. Everet Dobbins
and Miss Nona Lee Mathis were
the dinner guests Sunday of Mr.
and Mrs. Hobson Blackburn and
their daughter, Vivian Mae.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Rob
bins, of Lenoir, spent Sunday
with Mrs. Robbins* sister, Mrs. J.
H. Burchette, and Mr. Burchette. j
Rev. and Mrs. D. J. White
spent Sunday afternoon and
night with their daughter, Mrs.
G. C. Green, and Mr. Green, at
Clingman.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Pardue and
family, of Winston-Salem, spent
the week-end with Mr. Pardue's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Par
due.
Mr. and Mrs. BUI Harte and
daughter, Peggy Jane, of Smith
field, spent the week-end visiting
Mrs. Harte's mother, Mrs. W. A.
Hendrix, and other relatives here
and at North Wilkesboro.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Swaim
and family, of Cooleemee, spent
the week-end visiting Mrs.
Swaim's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
M. C. Jones, and other relatives
here.
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Sale and
little daughter, Barbara Jean,
were the dinner guests of Mr.
Sale's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Worth Sale, Sunday.
The Ronda Home Demonstra
tion club held its October meet
ing Monday at 2:00 p.m. in the
home economics room. The coun
ty home demonstration agent,
Miss Elizabeth Williams, also
fourteen members and one vis
itor were present. Mrs. Everet
Dobbins, club president, presided
over the meeting. An interesting
program was given, after which
Miss Williams gave an interesting
talk and demonstration on ade
quate storage space for canned
ELKIN. N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1940
The Suicide Squad
LONDON, Eng. ... Six men of
the "Suicide Squad", bomb disposal
unit of the Royal Engineers, are
shown lifting a heavy German time
bomb from the crater it caused
when It plunged to a West London
Street.
goods and other farm products.
At the close of the meeting de
licious refreshments were served
by Mrs. Harvey Green and
daughter, Agnes, and Mrs. Everet
Dobbins.
On Thursday evening of last
week at the Ronda gym a com
munity picnic was held honoring
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Moore and
family and the business staff and
their families of the Home Chair
company, of North Wilkesboro,
who are at present moving their
plant to Ronda. Everyone, even
the invited guests, brought well
filled baskets. There was also
plenty of hot coffee and delicious
barbecue. After the picnic games
were played and songs were sung.
Misses Louise Eury and Lillian
Linney, two of the local teachers,
were the leaders. Before leaving
for our respective homes many
interesting talks were made which
we all enjoyed.
The Cash and Carry Stores,
Inc., of Elkin, have opened a
store in the M. C. Jones building
here under the management of
Mr. W. W. Darnell.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Mathis
and family, of Winston-Salem,
spent the week-end here visiting
Mrs. Mathis' parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Martin, also Mr.
Mathis' mother, Mrs. D. C.
Mathis, and other relatives.
Mrs. Mary Wooten returned
home Sunday from Winston-Sa
lem.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Walter
Hanks and Miss Edna Hanks
made a business trip to North
Wilkesboro Saturday.
Rev. Dwight B. Mullis, of
Jonesville, is expected to fill his
regular appointment at Ronda
Methodist church Sunday at 10
a.m. Come and hear him. We
are sure if you do you will want
to hear him again. This will be
our last service before annual
conference, but we are hoping
that Mr. Mullis will be sent back
to be our pastor for another year.
LONGTOWN
Mr. Harold King, of State Col
lege, Raleigh, spent the week-end
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John King.
Mrs. Thad Shore spent the
latter part of last week with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clay
Johnson, of Marler.
Misses Lillian and Ruth Hob
son spent the week-end with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Hobson.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Long
had as their Sunday visitors Mrs.
Bertha Hanes and small child
ren, Lowell and Gerald, Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Key and son, Ray
and Mr. and Mrs. Dale Beamer.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bunting of
High Point, spent Sunday with
Mrs. Bunting's mother, Mrs.
Jeanie Key.
Misses Lillian Reinhardt and
Magdalene Long, of Winston-Sa
lem, spent the week-end with
their parents here.
Mrs. Raymond Harpe and
daughter, Dixie, spent the week
end with relatives in Winston-
Salem.
G. O. P. CANDIDATES
ARE TO SPEAK HERE
Robert H. McNeill, of States
vllle. Republican nominee for
governor, and Ottis J. Reynolds,
of this city, candidate for Con
gress from the fifth district, will
address a meeting of interested
citizens at the elementary school
auditorium on Thursday evening,
October 24, at 7 o'clock. Mr. Mc-
Neill will speak -at 7 o'clock and
will go from here to Yadkinville,
to fill a speaking engagement.
Mr. Reynolds' talk will follow im
mediately.
A cordial invitation is extended
the public, including both politi
cal parties, to attend.
MANY CHECKS
DISTRIBUTED
$16,370,462.19 Received by
Unemployed in State in
33 Months
$236,058.75 IN COUNTY
Raleigh, Oct. 15—In the distri
bution of $16,462.19 to unemploy
ed and partially unemployed
workers of North Carolina in the
33 months of benefit payments
through September, the 46 white
employment offices and 10 color
ed branches distributed 2,595,147
checks, Chairman Charles G.
Powell, of the State Unemploy-
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ment Compensation Commission,
states.
This distribution included 30,-
516 checks for $325,473.68 going
to out-of-state workers who had
previously established wage cred
its by work in North Carolina.
During the month of Septem
ber, 1940, the distribution of job
less benefits amounted to $413,-
506.75, included in 79,795 checks,
of which 2,211 checks for $19,-
551.36 went to out-of-state claim
ants with wage credits in North
Carolina.
The Mount Airy Employment
office distributed $236,058.75, em
braced in 36,210 checks, in the
33 months of payments in the
area served by the office, through
September. In the month of
September, this office distributed
1,310 checks for $6,867.28 to the
unemployed in the area.
Elkin
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
CAFE RATINGS ARE
ANNOUNCED BY DEPT.
Ratings for Surry cafes and
other eating places have been re
leased by the Surry county health
department.
Ratings of interest locally, in
the order in which they appear
on the report, are as follows:
Abemethy's, 81.5, grade B; At
lantic, 77.0, grade C; Big Nickel
Lunch, 70.0, grade C; Bon Ton
Grill, 94.5, grade A; Hotel Elkin,
93.5, grade A; Eat Quick, 89.5,
grade B; Greenwood, 77.5, grade
C; Palace, 92.0, grade A
Smithey's, 87.5, grade B.
Dobson: Hot Lunch, 82.5, grade
C; Kenlin Hotel, 86, grade C.
Salespeople were placed in 11,-
898 jobs by local public employ
ment offices in three and one
half years in North Carolina.