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Mr. and Mrs. Spainhour Enter
tain Fortnightly Clnb
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Spainhour
entertained members of the Fort
nightly Bridge club Friday even
ing at their home cm West Main
street. The guests were invited
for dinner at seven o'clock. The
dining room table was centered
with a centerpiece of evergreens
and crimson berries, surrounded
by crimson candles, suggestive of
the Christmas season.
In the bridge progressions dur
ing the evening the high score
award went to Mr. and Mrs.
Franklin Folger.
Mrs. Whi taker Is Hostess to
Junior Garden Club
Mrs. W. W. Whi taker was host
ess to the Junior Garden club
Thursday afternoon at her home
on Church street, with twelve
members present. The program
consisted of Christmas decora
tions by the members of a console
table, a tea table, a mantel and a
luncheon table.
The home was arranged
throughout with Christmas dec
orations, centering, around a
lighted Christmas tree.
Refreshments in keeping with
the season were served during a
pleasant social hour.
Mrs. Holcomb Is Hostess to
Round Dozen Club
Mrs. H. B. Holcomb entertain
ed members of the Round Dozen
Book club at the - fortnightly
meeting Saturday evening at her
home on West Main street at a
dessert-rook. Bowls of narcissi
were used in the living room,
where three tables were placed
for the games.
In the games the high score
and runner-up awards went to
Mrs. H. F. Laffoon and Mrs. J. P.
Ipock.
Club books were exchanged and
discussed and other routine busi
ness dispatched during the busi
ness session.
Mr. and Mrs. Hodel, Mr. and Mrs.
Hatch Entertain
The most elaborate and widely,
attended party of the week was
the dinner-bridge given Saturday
evening at Hotel Elkin by Mr.
and Mrs. Earl M. Hodel and Mr.
and Mrs. Howard .Hatch. Holly
and red candles were used in the
decorations of the dining room,
where dinner was served at 7:30.
Fifty-six guests were invited for
bridge and several additional
friends were invited for dinner.
In the bridge progressions dur
ing the evening the high score
awards went to Mr. and Mrs.
Franklin Folger and the consola
tion prizes to Mrs. J. W. L. Ben
son and Charles Dixon.
Miss Eleanor Taylor, of Win
ston-Salem, was the only out
of-town guest.
Announcement!
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AT THE A. & P. FOOD STORE
AND AM READY TO SERVE
• YOU WITH A COMPLETE
LINE OF
NATIVE
WESTERN
BEEF
PORK, POULTRY, ETC.
AT MONEY-SAVING PRICES
J. T. Triplett
MARKET
Located at A & P Food Store
Elkin, N. C.
Miss Durham Is Bride of
Frank Parker Curtis
Announcement is made today
of the marriage of Miss Doris
Mozelle Durham and Frank
Parker Curtis, both of this city.
The marriage was solemnized
September 15, at Independence,
Va., with Rev. Mr. Mayberry,
pastor of the Independence Meth
odist church, officiating, using
the ring ceremony.
For her wedding the bride wore
a dress of navy, with touches of
white, and her accessories were
also of navy. She is a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Dur
ham, of Swan Creek, and is as
sociated with Hotel El kin.
The bridegroom is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. P. Curtis, of Murphy,
formerly of Elkin, and is asso
ciated with the Western Auto
Store here.
Miss Paul and Mrs. Page Are
Honored by Mrs. Graham
Miss Josephine Paul, bride
elect of the month, and Mrs. Fred
Page, Jr., the former Miss Bar
bara Weedon, of Detroit, were
honored at a luncheon Wednes
day by Mrs. H. C. Graham at her
home on Terrace avenue. Shar
ing honors with Miss Paul and
Mrs. Page was Mrs. Charles
Hanes, a bride of the summer, the
former Miss Delphine Crump, of
Winston-Salem.
The luncheon table was beau
tiful in all white appointments.
Wedding bells were used as place
cards. The living room was dec
orated in the Christmas colors of
red and green. The luncheon
was served buffet style and Mrs.
Thomas Roth assisted the host
ess.
The honorees were each pre
sented a floral print.
Samples Entertain at Dinner-
Bridge; Mrs. Sample Is
Luncheon Hostess
Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Sample,
who left Tuesday for a vacation
of a month before going to Baton
Rouge, La., to reside, entertained
at a delightful dinner-bridge
Wednesday evening at Hotel
Elkin. Christmas decorations
were used in the table appoint
ments for the dinner, where cov
ers were laid for twenty-four.
In the bridge games during the
evening the high score awards
went to Mrs. Thomas Roth and
A. O. Bryan. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Hanes, who were married
during the summer, were present
ed a lovely gift.
Mrs. Sample was hostess again
on Friday at a bridge-luncheon.
Christmas decorations were again
used. Twenty guests were invit
ed for bridge, and one additional
guest, Mrs. W. W. Whi taker, was
invited for luncheon. In the
bridge games scoring honors went
to Mrs. Van W. Dillon, Jr. Mrs.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE. ET>KIN. NORTH CAROLINA
Robert H. Harris, Mrs. Van W.
Dillon, Jr., and Mrs. Charles
Hanes, brides of the summer,
were presented gifts, 'and Mrs.
Whitaker was given a remem
brance.
Miss Paul, Bride-Elect, Feted by
Students, Grade Mothers
Miss Josephine Paul, seventh
grade teacher in the city schools,
whose marriage to James Scales
Irvin, of Reidsville, will be sol
emnized late in the month and
whose resignation from the school
faculty was effective Tuesday of
this week, was honored on Tues
day morning by students of both
sections of the seventh grade of
elementary school and her asso
ciate teacher, Miss Emma Cooke,
and grade mothers of the classes,
Mrs. W. M. Maxwell, Mrs. H. G.
York, Mrs. C. O. Garland, Mrs.
G. P. Dockery, Mrs. W. M. Wall
and Mrs. C. I. Boger.
A refreshment table was placed
in the hall adjoining the class
room and refreshments consisting
of hot chocolate, wafers and
mints were served. Miss Paul was
presented a shower of miscel
laneous gifts.
Mrs. Clyde Eller Is Hostess at
Two Parties
Mrs. Clyde Eller was hostess at
two parties during the week at
her home on Bridge street. On
Friday she was hostess at a
luncheon-bridge to honor Mrs.
Fred Page, Jr., a bride of the
summer, the former Miss Barbara
Weedon, of Detroit. Decorations
of holly, suggestive of the ap
proaching Christmas season, were
.used throughout the home. Place
cards were needle cases made of
felt and cut in the shape of holly
leaves. Twelve guests were in
; vited for luncheon. In the bridge
progressions the high score award
went to Mrs. Rich Chatham. Mrs.
Page was presented a lovely gift.
Mrs. Eller was hostess again on
Saturday at a luncheon-bridge to
honor Miss Josephine Paul, whose
marriage to James Scales Irvin,
of Reidsville, will be solemnized
this month. Twelve guests were
again invited. The decorations
were identical with the previous
day.
Mrs. Grace Snow James won
the high score award in the
bridge games which were enjoy
:ed during the afternoon. Miss
jPaul was presented a gift of
crystal in her wedding pattern.
Wcddlc-Nicholson Wedding: Is
Solemnized Friday
Miss Hassie June Weddle, of
The Hollow, Va., and Elkin, and
Basil Meredith Nicholson, of Pi
lot Mountain, were married Fri
day evening at 6 o'clock at the
home of Rev. and Mrs. L. B. Ab
ernethy on Hospital Road, with
Rev. Abernethy officiating, using
the ring ceremony of the Meth
odist church. Only a close
friends were present for the
ceremony. *
The bride wore a suit of blue,
edged in mink, with harmonizing
accessories. Her bouquet was of
gardenias.
Mrs. Nicholson is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Weddle, of
The Hollow, Va., and is a grad
uate of Bethel high school and
also of the City Memorial Hospi
tal School of Nursing in Winston-
Salem. She is a member of the
nursing staff of Hugh Chatham
Memorial hospital.
Mr. Nicholson is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. B. G. Nicholson, of Pi
lot Mountain, and is associated
with the Nicholson Casket com
pany in Pilot Mountain.
Immediately following the
ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson
left for a wedding trip to Florida.
Legion Auxiliary Enjoys Annual
Christmas Party
The annual Christmas party of
the American Legion Auxiliary
was held at the home of Mrs. R.
L. Harris on West Main street
Monday evening, with Mrs. P. W.
Graham associate hostess, with
twenty-one members present. The
home was decorated throughout
with crimson berries, evergreens
and candles, appropriate to the
Christmas season.
The meeting opened with
prayer by the chaplain, Mrs. Fred
Colhard. Mrs. Joe Bivins, presi
dent, presided over the meeting.
Plans were made for the annual
Christmas remembrances to vet
erans of the World War at Oteen
and for families of veterans lo
cally. it was announced that
American flags, bought jointly by
the American Legion, the Legion
Auxiliary and the Daughters of
the American Revolution, had ar
rived and would be installed
within a short time in each of
the class rooms of the city
schools. Other routine business
was dispatched.
The program was in charge of
Mrs. J. H. Beeson, who presented
ai> interesting paper on the
Christmas celebration at Bethle
hem, Pa. She was assisted by
Mrs. George Royall. The conclud
ing feature was a medley of
Christmas carols sung by the
group.
During a delightful social hour
the hostesses served delectable
refreshments of ices, fruit cake,
• mints and coffee. The plates
j were adorned with sprays of
spruce to which were attached
brilliantly colored Christmas or*
naments. The exchange of
Christmas gifts between the
members, as is the annual cus
tom, afforded much pleasure.
Miss Elizabeth Chnrch Is Bride
of Mr. Lankford
A marriage of widespread in
terest is that of Miss Mary Eliza
beth Church, of Roaring River, to
Robert Hamilton Lankford, Jr.,
of Elkin, which was solemnized
Saturday in York, S. C., with
Judge E. Oattis Nunn officiating.
The young couple' were accom
panied to South Carolina by
Richard O. Chatham, of this city.
Mrs. Lankford is the youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Church, of Roaring River, and is
a beautiful and accomplished
young woman. She was graduat
ed with the class of 1940 from the
Woman's College of the Univer
sity of North ' Carolina, Greens
boro. At the time of her mar
riage she was a member of the
faculty of the Forbush school in
Yadkin county.
Mr. Lankford is a native of
Harmony, and the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Hamilton Lankford,
Sr., of Asheville. He was edu
cated the university of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, and for
several years has been associat
ed with Chatham Manufacturing
company here in the capacity of
production manager.
Mrs. Lankford will continue
with her school work until the
close of the school for the Christ
mas holidays. After that Mr. and
Mrs. Lankford will reside at the
Lewis Apartments on Church
street in this city.
VEGETABLES
An early severe frost in the
deep South in mid-November ma
terially reduced the prospects for
fall planted tender vegetables, re
ports the U. S. Bureau of Agricul
tural Economics.
Malays gather their bread from
trees, the loaves ranging in
weight from 10 to 75 pounds.
Relief At Last
For Your Cough
Creomulsion relieves promptly be
cause It goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature
to soothe and heal raw, tender, in
flamed bronchial mucoug mem
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
a bottle of Creomulsion with the un
derstanding you must like the way it
quickly allays the cough or you are
to have your money back.
CREOMULSION
for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis
J? Happiness Christmas!
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sure he'll be tickled pink.
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-&;! all know hell like ... a serves the best. Let's see
(B|| beautiful robe to lounge .. . there's a new Knox
or smoke in. Then, too, hat, and that new pair of
Wg the new Interwoven suspenders he's been put
socks of all patterns are ting off buying. And a { * t'XJ
Wm here. We'll bet he's been new muffler to keep him
«All of the fellows are the Boy Friend. So, hop
wearing snappy sweaters, ing to make the right
such as we carry right impression, we'll suggest
along. And then, too, how a lounging robe, zipper
about a smart new tie sport jacket, a fine shirt VH^H
and a pair of warm dress along with a half dozen
gloves. Sure, you can of smart linen handker- pHf
The Men's Shop
Herman Guyer Barrett Lankford
Thursday, December 12, 1940