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THERE GOES CHRISTMAS—AND HERE IT IS AGAIN!
To folks engaged in newspaper work, and in keeping
store, Christmas conies awful fast. For such folks have to
figure a long time ahead, and while you may be thinking of
Christmas as being away off in the future, they are up to
their necks in it.
Thus, for us, Christmas has been here several weeks at
this writing, or from the time our newspaper advertising
service arrived in October for the month of November. It
was full of Santa Clauses and*
holly wreaths and things, and so ciaus and chase any member of
from then on, as far as we are the force all over town. For as
concerned, it has been Christmas, much as all of us love the old
gentleman, living and eating and
And this edition, as far as you sleeping with him for a matter of
are concerned, is what has been weeks, figuratively speaking, sort
concerning us here at the office of takes the edge off.
for some time. After several ■
weeks of Christmas advertising, And then, hardly before one
you can take the picture of Santa Christmas edition is gone another;
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THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA
looms upon the horizon. How
time flies!
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GHOST STORIES
Two or three of our nine able
bodied readers have commented
upon the comment we had here
last week concerning ghosts.
Some had heard of the lady who
went hitch-hiking on rainy nights
from the scene of her death.
Others mentioned ghost stories
that they had heard about, like
the chair in the haunted house at
Randleman which always starts
rocking at midnight, just because
some old lady was murdered in it
at the witching hour.
How about your pet ghost
story? We would like to print it
here if you'd be kind enough to
.write in and give us the facts. We
l rather like ghost stories and so do
other folks. The last one to send
us their pet ghost story is a rot
ten egg!
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SPEEDING AND SPEEDING
We are not one to belittle the
activity of the Junior Department
of the Elkin Woman's club in
their sponsoring of Safety Week
here last week, but we know and
they know (and unfortunately
none of seem to be able to do
anything about it), that the only
effective curb to speeding and
reckless driving will be unrelent
ing vigilance on the part of police
in arresting those who are guilty
of it.
Corbett Wall has arrested quite
a number of speeders, but one
man can't cope with the situation
here. The state highway patrol
could be especially useful in aid
ing, too, but thus far has not
concerned itself with this local
problem.
And all we can do is talk, which
we do too much of, some folks
say.
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THIS AND THAT
Several people have remarked,
since seeing construction started
on Marion Allen's new building:
"Well, I see Marion got his loan."
We've been running quite a
I number of pictures of farmers in
the free ticket series which ap
pears each week in The Tribune.
And it's a pleasure, because the
farmers seem to appreciate the
tickets, while there are many
other folks who just take it as a
matter of course.
But farmers are like that.
Without meaning any disrespect,
farmers as a rule are not like
folks who live in town. When
ever a farmer invites you out to
dinner you can bet your bbots
that he means it. But town folks,
when they ask you to stay for
dinner, are just trying to be po
lite and hoping that you won't
take them up on it.
When we were a kid many,
many long years ago, we used to
go out into the country on Sun
day with the Methodist preacher
and his two boys. The preacher
went to hold services at his
charge and we went along be
cause we knew we would all get
invited out to dinner at the home
of some farmer-member of the
church. And we still remember
that one gets far more to eat
when one is invited to a farm
home than when one is invited to
a town or city home.
Farmers are good folks.
PLEASANT HILL
The Sunday night service was
well attended. The pastor brought
a very inspiring message from the
subject "Straight Ahead," using
Exodus 14:15 as a text.
A stewardship school is now in
progress at our church. Classes
are being taught both morning
and evening by the pastor.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the services next Sun
day and Sunday night. The pas
tor will use for his subject "The
Flagship of the Fleet," at the 11
o'clock service.
The evening service will be
held in honor of the three char
ter members who are now living.
They are Mrs. J. B. Darnell, Mrs.
G. F. Couch and Mrs. A. G.
Shore. Gifts will be presented to
them at this service.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Day and
son, John R., were the dinner
guests of Mr, and Mrs. Dallas
Carter Sunday.
Rev. D. W. Day and Mr. Clyde
Couch visited the Mills Heme Or
phanage in Thomasville Monday.
Frankie Transou, small son of
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Transou,
i had the misfortune to break an
arm in a fall.
Mrs. Luther Day and Mr. E. S.
Couch are recovering from a
week's illness.
We are glad to welcome Mrs.
Etta Settle to our community.
She is sharing an apartment with
Mr. and Mrs. Welborn Settle.
We also welcome Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Newman and family, and
his mother, Mrs. Delia Newman,
from Biloam, to our community.
Mr. Newan and Mrs. Delia New
man are the brother and mother
of Mr. Claude Newman.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryce Teague
have recently moved into their
new home which is located near
the church.
His pet homing pigeon follow
ed a West Virginia boy 105 miles
to a hospital.
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KNOX HATS
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How many times are there during the year when you'd like to let him know
HO k° w swe H you think he is—but just don't do anything about it? Well—
now it's Christmas and now's your chance to make him happy, and perhaps
a little bit, too. Just select his Christmas gifts of quality from
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GOOD TASTE
"Do you know, George admires
everything about me. My eyes,
my hair, my fingers, my—"
"And what do you admire about
him?"
"Why, his taste."
STAMPS
More than 2,000,000 members of
public assistance families re
ceived surplus food products thru
the Food Stamp Plan in Sep
tember, says the Surplus Mark
eting Administration.
Thursday. November 28. 1940
URBANIZED
Hie Extension Service, says
Bernard DeVoto in November
Harper's, has played an import
ant part in bridging the gap be
tween city and country in the
past twenty years.