October 26,1946
Alumni Are Surprised
At Radical Changes
To those who are returning to
the campus after an absence of sev
eral years the new buildings and
changes in the community will come
as a shock. Several hundred yards
down the road from the college a
new furniture factory is almost
ready to open for business. The
home comers, let us say from the
class of 1910 have hardly recovered j
from this when they arrive at the j
center of town and see a new white
building. The post otHce has moved !
down the road beside Talbert's. The
new building has modern lighting
shiny new boxes and a fresh smell
of paint.
These changes so unnerve the
couple that they are hardly pre
pared for the fresh coat of white j
paint which covers the old Peacock
store. Insteud of the feed sacks and i
side of porks lining the shelves they
see a startling array of college sup
plies in all the latest colors, sizes
and creeds. This is the Bee Hive.
Dr. l'urdom's political protege has
moved down the road apiece.
Humming "Annie Doesn't Live
Here Any More" and munching a
stick of licorce to fortify them
selves, they move on, prepared for
any changes. Being a rather senti
mental couple they next head for
Hollowell's. Here the only change
is heard on the juke box. They sit
down and as in the days of yore,
gaze soulfully at each other over an
ice cream cone, with a wide expanse
of cracked marble table top between
them, and listen to 'Lil Kugie is a
Natural Man" instead of "Let Me
Call You Sweetheart." Hand in
hand they go forth to see what fur
ther changes time hath wrought.
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Next door to Hollowell's is a mod
ern dry cleaning establishment, the
secret dream of the hero of 1910.
The Guilford student of today can
impress instead of depress his fel
low students. And most remarkable
of all is a sandwich shop, complete
with booths, and individual juke
boxes. The bewildered coupqle stand
outside in awed silence till friendly
j Mr. Bryant, the manager, urges
j them in.
Social Lectures Will
Be Given On New Book
On the date of her new publica
j tion. Toil of the Brave, Inglis
] Fletcher will give a social lecture
j Wednesday, October 30, at 8 o'clock
in Memorial Hall, which will be
open to the public.
Inglis Fletcher, who in real life
is Mrs. John Fletcher, was born and
reared in Illinois, but later studied
at. Stanford University in Califor
nia where she became interested
in history. This encouraged her to
trace her own family history, and
brought her to Kdenton, North
Carolina. There she and her hus
band, a civil engineer, bought Ban
don plantation, which is on Chowan
Itiver, 1(5 miles beyond Edenton.
They have begun to restore the
home, which dates back 100 years.
The Toll of the Brave, Mrs. Fletch
er's fourth novel, has a historical
North Carolina background. In this
hook she mentions Charlotte, Salis
bury, and Kdenton, and then ends
with the battle of King's Mountain.
To quote Mrs. Lyda F. Hervis, man
ager of Wills Book and Stationery
Company, "This is the most excit
ing book she has written."
Mrs. Fletcher's other three novels
are Raleigh's Eden, Men of Albe
marle and Lusty Wind For Caro
lina. As a student of history, she
has always been proud of the his
torical accuracy of her books.
Tuesday, October 29, from 8 to 11,
j Wills Book Company is holding a
j reeption in honor of Mrs. Fletcher,
to which the public is invited. First
copies of Toil of the Brave, in a
limited autographed King's Moun
| tain Edition, designed especially for
the state of North Carolina, will be
sold.
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The Store of
Fine Stationeries
Novelties
Gifts
Many Household Needs
'The Bee Hive'
JOHN PLEDGER, Manager
THE GUILFORDIAN
You Are Invited
to a
RECEPTION
to meet
INGLIS FLETCHER
in person
Tuesday, October 29
8 to 11 p.nu
WILLS
Book and Stationery Co.
107 S. Greene Greensboro
ORDERS TAKEN NOW!
for
Limited, Autographed Edition
$3.00
By Mail $3.19
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