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rXLYis KFJlfTORD,. N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1936.
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1 IV.i1 Tticher oa Soot:
II It Af-i::iou to Be I :
, Parachute Jumper. "
New Torkv To look at ho'i lust thft
tusua! "haWjgo-luck bojMJiaop of
, - jenflr Mir. pink, chubby iaceVin
v 'overwhelming vdeslre ''to Jump?, eve.
? , 'things stand; ou his head and take
V' ; But Jackla ' llerkle.' i aged ittli
i . more than the average boy.SHe Is one
;. of the most amaslnf mind reader.
"mental marvels or whatever word
Jackie, reads ' minds no one who
" has witnessed his work can doubt that
,Ht slips op now; and then, of course,-
when reading dlreetiythe mind of his
"subject" $ut ho 'JHfttfZ slips op.
,when the subject's" thought is first
,glven to Jackie's papa, Jacques Mer-
'We, former circus acrobat; .
Too Much Truth.
, "Code. Of course there's .a code,'
said the skeptics when Jackie and papa
visited a newspaper office. But the
skeptics were convinced, often to their
embarrassment, for Jackie has a way
or Diurang out the simple truth when
-a "subject?-would4nuch prefer a little
wmce ue.
The. t reporter, who" brought Jackie;.
to the office doesttt beUeve in any'
thing. Ho was going to catch Jackie,
all right, all right
"Did Lever have, an accident r
"Tou were wounded in the World
War at St Pol" Jackie said BromDtly.
That took the feet right from under
the reporter, but be made another
.attempt - . v...,, ,
"Shall I marry eooar
"No," said Jackie, "you're married
ana you've got a child."
Whereupon the reporter, who is and
nas, admitted defeat.
rrom reporter Jackie skipped to
managing editor, and wasn't a bit over
awed. He told the editor his name.
told him he bad visited Germany last
summer, even named the towns, what
is more, pronounced iheni correctly.
although , be probably never heard of
them before.
He "read" without seeing it an In
vitation to a banquet
Professors bold that he has the
vocabulary ofsa college graduate, and
his IQ is that of a boy of twelve. He's
always staggering his-tutor, - Miss
Beula Anderson, .He studies second
grade lessons, and they are a snap.
PA!
ISVILLS Kl,r3
Teacher en (pot.
It was suggested that if Jacky felt
buy, he might read the answers in his
teacher's mlad.;i " '
Tm afraid of that" said Hiss An
derson, in a baffled way.
irow and then Jackie dabbles In
the future,-hut -they keep him away
from that unless It. results in reading
a person's thoughts as to future. One
incident, as related, by Papa Merkle,
makes good reading, anyway. ,
Seems that Jackie was talking with
Melvin Purvis, Department of Justice
ace, who asked what Dllllnger was do
ing that, day..''..- .
. "He's robbing a . bank In Indiana,"
said Jackie. ,
. "Well, what bankr
."Oh, that's too personal I dont
want to get bumped off." .;
"And the papers carried a story that
.ulghySeOncluded' Papa Uerkie,' that
'Dliunger bad robbed a South Bend
hank." -.
"?y ' '".
Jackie .Jjke$r movies And. : girls-
pretty onea He . hates to. read. He
likes to eat' as Ms chubby form In
dicates. He likes -mechanical toys
best, and wouldn't -bother with an In
terview until he bad had S set-to with
his toy airplane. C :'" , , -
s "1 have . a 'psychological Impulse,"
he salcLVHpoestly; that's what he
said. "It'sfeasy, the answers'. are
flashed to me. j l can always see clear
ly what is in other 'people's mlnda"
His future T .. -if announced: Jackie,
"am going to be a parachute jumper."
Ambulance) Kill One,
. ' Injures Four Others
... Cincinnati. The siren of a Cincin
nati UfO InsuraiJ.ee ambulance aounded
a death knell as it roared through a
downtown street to the aid of a. woman
reported to, have attempted suiddeT : '
As It passed a busy intersection, It
struck an automobile containing five
negroea All Ave were Injured, one:
fvally.,,, ; 'tyMSZttut'
llce finished the call the ambu
lance bad started to. answer and found
Mrs. Irene Mace, thirty-five, recovering
from the -effects of Inhaling a small
, amount of gaa .-' v" ' ? f v
War-EIinded Diiprove
Theory Absct Tcbiccp
London. The belief' that -smoking
holds little charm for the smoker la
the dark that a rvit doesn't enjoy
his ."weed" w: :3 ti f ..a sse the smoke
ii d'-rrovej tj a srry at Tt
DunUu's Came for tie LuuJ, H,e
nearly 2,?M) war-blinded 1 men re
ho-ied. i five per, cent
J ;r vf pipes and cig: g
- Rev. W. M. Maon'.u filled his ap
'pbrAJaenf at Parkville Church,-Sun-
dav evenine. - v .' "
. Mr. and Mrs. WilUe FerreU hid as
their guests Sunday Mr, ana Mrs.
Sam JUarrell and children, of Chapa
nokei Mr. and Mrs.. Charlie Lane and
children, Mrs. Joshua Lane and two
children, Mary Spurgeon and Willis;
Mrs4.Mary' E, Hobbs, Mrs, S Louis
Lamb and baby; Maxie Edward; Mr.
aad Mrs. Melvin Bright and children;
Mrs. John Higgins and .children,
Ralph arid Bemrie;?,VaA5(f $
f JLonia .Lamb -and children, :. Alice,
Louis Ray Blildred arid Naomi,' and
TonyeBrotiiers attended the birthday
surprise given in honor of Mr. Lamb's
mother at .the home , of JMr and MrH
Tom Chappell, near Snow .Bill, Sua
little Carol Lamb spent the week
end wjth his grandmother, Mrs. O. D.
FerreU. v - . - '- -i
g.L4,l. "lJmil and Willie Ferrell,were
in Hertford Wednesday on business.
Funeral services for Alexander
Smith were held Saturday afternoon
by Rev. Ray Smith at the Parkville
M. E. Church, and interment was
made in the family burying ground
near Parkville. Mr. Smith is surviv
ed by his wife, Mrs. Louise Smith;
four sons, Edward Smith, of Hert
ford; Franklin Smith, George Smith,
and Alden Smith;, two, daughters,
Mrs.. Henry Riddick, of Parkville, and
Mat. Jim Key of Portsmouth, Va,;
and fourteen, grandchildren, -MANY
ATTEND CONFERENCE
A large number of women of the
various Missionary Societies of the
Hertford M. E. Church attended the
Annual Conference of the Woman's
Missionary Society held in Elisabeth
City this week.
BELVIDERE NEWS
Miss Mary Elisabeth White, of
Winfall spent Wednesday night with
her aunt, Mrs. J. A. Chappell.
Ruth Winslow, of Hertford, spent
the week-end with Julia Miller Chap
pell.
Mr. and Mrs. Ansie White and faro
ily, of Hertford; Mr. and Mrs. Leon
ard Winslow and son, Leonard, Jr.,
of Winfall, spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. S. M. Winslow.
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Chappell
spent Sunday with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Z. Bunch, of Hobbsville.
Mrs. F. G White is very 111.
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Missionary Society Meets
The Minnie Coston White Mission
ary Society of New Hope Church
held its regular monthly meeting at
the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Davis on
Thursday, April 11, with Mrs. Davis
as hostess. The meeting was con
ducted by the president, Mrs. C. W.
Griffin.' Prayer was offered by Mrs.
S. D. Banks, followed, by roll call and
minutes of the previous meeting. The
Standard of Excellence was presented
by the president Mrs. W. W. Spen
der presented Social Relationship,
and read the Lord's Measure of Wil
liam Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. Dimmette
were most welcome visitors. The de
votional was conducted by Mrs. Mat-
tie Robbins. - How the Church Can
Help was given by MrSf'.W. C Bax-
clift and Mrs.. W. X Barclift At the
conclusion of the meeting, Mrs. Davis
served candy. v ; ' ' ' .'
PINEY WOODS
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Miss Mattie Hendren spent Monday
night With Mrs. W- P.? Chappell.
Miss Edna ' Phthisic and Mr. Nur-
hey Chappell ivisited Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Jordan . Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Lane and two
children, of Ryland, and : Mrs. Mary
Phthisic, spent Saturday afternoon in
Hertford.
Mrs. Laura Ward is visiting her
son, Mr. Carson Ward, of Elizabeth
City.
Those who visited at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Chappell Sunday
were: Mr. and Mrs, Dewey Perry and
son, of Bethel; Mr. and Mrs. Nereus
Chappell and children, Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence ChappelL -
Mr. and Mra J, R. Chappell visited
Mr. and) Mrs. E. N. Chappell Sunday
afternoon... j.
, Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Ward and chil
dren visited Mr. and Mrs. Carson
Ward, of Elizabeth City, Sunday.
Mrs. Louis Winslow, Mrs. Shelton
Chappell and Mrs.- J. - R. Channell
visited Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jordan
Monday afternoon.. f, t .
jar Haywood Phthisic, spent Sun
day afternoon) ' with Mrs. Mary
Phthisic. , ' '',
Mr. and Mrs f Herbert Chappell
visited Mr. and Mrs.W. W. .Chappell
bunday evening; ,YV
SUNBEAMS HOLD MEETING
The Sunbeams of WhiteyiUe Grove
Church held their regular monthly
meeting. Saturday, afternoon at the
home of Lois and Mae Edla Asbell.
The resident, , Syble JUydpn,, had
c' ) of the meeting. , After"; the
r m was given, an tzi hunt was
1 by all, and iooany interesting
... i were played. Three prizes
wert Gwarded by the leader, Mrs, T.
P. Layden. Blanche Chappell won a
prize for not finding any eggs; Jas
per Layden for finding the most, and
Julian - CliPfpell, Jr., for finding the
seco-.I lrr -t nuxer. After the
ZZ vrcrs J, a f:aet of boiled I
r cr- ' 3 8'i r' V.os was en
1 ' " r' ' T" -'t were:
P3, ' r''asper and "Syble" Lavdenrj dude1! aemma Winalew, Madge Laaer": Mrs. Llndsey Winslow was "caDedi aunt, M
Lerbert'Kay'ChappJ,' Vethon Lay-1 Leslie Winslow;- Harold Lassiter and' to the bedside of her mother, Mrs', h h J. T.
den, Marjorie Perry, Mattie Lou and
Eunice Mae Turner, Eva Lee Nixon,
Lois and Mae Edla Asbell, and Mra
T. P Layden, and a visitor,- Ruth
Winslow, of Hertford. '
MISSIONARY UNION JIEETS
i The Woman's Missionary Union of
Piney Woods Church met at the home
of Mrs. . Veland Winslow . Saturday
afternoon at 2 :30 o'clock, . with Miss
Maggie Chappell as assistant host
esa The president, Miss' Lucy White,
had charge of 4he meetmg. " After
the : business session,. . the .following
program was given: Hymn, "The
Morning Light is Breaking;" devo
tional was given by Mrs. E. L. Chap
pelL . At roll call each member ans
wered with A, B, C of Missions. The
lesson, from , the book, "Japanese
Women Speak," was then presented.'
The meeting closed by repeating the
Lord's Prayer. The hostesses served
delicious refreshments.
WHITESTON NEWS
Miss Lorna Brothers and Miss Win
nie Winslow were the dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Eason recently.
Mrs. Alvah Jordan, of Hertford,
spent a few days recently with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Winslow.
Mr. and Mrs. B. L. White and
children, of Sunbury, visited Mr.
White's parents Mr. and Mrs. J. F.
White, recently.
Miss Lorna Brothers graciously
entertained the members of her
seventh grade graduating class at. her
apartment in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Baker on Tuesday after
noon and evening. At 6:80 o'clock
Miss Brothers served a very appe
tizing supper consisting of sand
wiches, salads, iced tea and cakes.
After supper, Miss Brothers accom
panied by Miss Winnie Winslow,
took the children to Hertford to the
Rex theatre for the show. This is an
annual affair, Miss Brothers having
commenced it with her first seventh
grade graduates about five or six
years ago. It is quite a treat for the
children and they look forward to it
the whole school year. The members
of this year's graduating class in-
Wmfred Winslow. Miss Winslow
also took her niece, Barbara Winslow.
-Mr. and Mrs. Linwood Winslow and
son, Clinton, of Belvidere, were din
ner guests of his parents, Mr. - and
Mrs. A. N. Winslow, recently.
t Mrs. Walter Winslow entertained
at "an all-day quilting party at her
home on Wednesday. Mrs. Winslow,
assisted by Mrs. Mercer Winslow and
Mrs. Beatrice Jordan served an ela
borate dinner to the following guests:
Mrs, G. W. Chappell and children;
Mrs. Percy Chappell and son; Mrs.
Otho Winslow and daughter; Mrs.
Claude Winslow and baby, of Belvi
dere; Mrs. Alvah Jordan, of Hert
ford; Mr. and Mra Hubert Winslow
arid daughter, of near Winfall; and
Mra Mercer Winslow.
. Miss Alma Leggett, of Winfall,
was the week-end guest of Miss
Lorna Brothers.
-; Mis Burnetts Winslow and Miss
Lucy Grant Flythe visited Miss
Flythe's grandmother in Conway on
Sunday afternoon. '
Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. White and
children, of Elizabeth City; Mr. and
Mn. Ralph White and children, of
Norfolk, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. B. L.
White and children, of Sunbury were
week-end guests of their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. F. White.
Mrs. Linford Winslow and daugh
ter, Mary Leland, of Hertford, spent
a part of last week with Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. T. Winslow.
Adelia Winslow, of Hertford, spent
the week-end with Doris Lane.
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Winslow and
daughter, Jean, of Norfolk, Va.,
spent the week-end with his parents,
Mr, and Mrs. A. N. Winslow.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Winslow and
baby, of Elizabeth City, visited rela
tives here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Adrien Smith and
sons, of Bagley Swamp; Mr. and Mrs.
Cecil Winslow and children, of Hert
ford, visited their parents, Mr. and
Mra A. N. Winslow, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Winslow and
daughter, Gloria, of Belvidere, spent
Sunday with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Lett Winslow.
J. F. White, who is suffering with
rheumatism, is not much improved.
Miss Winnie Winslow."; .
Winslow. wha hu timi ?Mr
C White, in Belvidere, Saturday (for several days, is imnrovinr. ...
night ;. Mrs. White is seriously ill. Several from here attended the
Betty Jean and Barbara Winslow Guilfordian meeting at Piney Woods
are spending sometime with their Friends Church Saturday evening.
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