LfcfCAJ. Mrs. Dora Sherman and Mrs. Laura Johnson, of Wilkesboro, were recent visitors with relatives# in Boone. Mrs. M E. Randolph is visiting relatives in Portsmouth, Va., and Portsmouth, Ohio. Mrs. Louise Watson, of Lenoir, I spent the week-end with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Norris, of Boone Doute 2. Mrs. G. W. Robbins, of Shulls Mills, is a patient at the Watauga Hospital, where she was brought Tuesday for treatment. Mr. A. M. Mast and daughter, Audry, of Euclid, Ohio are spend ing ten days at the home of Mr. Mast's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W H. Mast, of Sugar Grove. Miss Sallie Ray has retyirned from Portsmouth, Ohio, whei^Hyhe visit ed her sister, Mrs. J. Robbins, who was very ill. At latest reports Mrs. Robbins was improving. Mr. B. H. Henson, of Sherwood, is a patient at the Banner Elk hos pital where he underwent a serious operation. His condition is said to be critical. Mr. J. Watt Henson, of Sherwood who suffered a stroke of paralysis some time ago, has been helpless since the attack. There is no im provement in his condition. Miss Velma McGhee of Washing ton, D. C., is visiting at the home of an uncle, Rob Rivers and Mrs. Rivers, and with a sister, Mrs. R. C. Coleman, Jr., and Mr. Coleman. Mr. J. F. Johnson, of Farmington, returned home Saturday after spending two weeks with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Greene, who were patients in Watauga Hospital. Mr. Greene went home on Sunday, but Mrs. Greene is still in the hos pital. Cpl. George Bingham, marine corps, and Mrs. Bingham, of Eliza bethton, Tenn.; Mrs. R. N. Brooks Mrs. Myrtle Bingham and son, Herbert, of Sherwood, spent the week-end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Taylor in Boone. Cpl. Bingham recently returned from 23 months service overseas and has re turned to Camp Lejeune, N. C. Greer Hodges has been discharg ed from the army and he, Mrs. Hr-\ges and small daughter, Olivia, /n are now at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Russell D. Hodges, in Boone. Mr. Hodges, who was a corporal in the army, was in the service for three years, more than two of which were spent in the Aleutian Islands. During his time outside the states, his family resid ?t>. ed at Oakland Calif. They expect to establish permanent residence in -.V Boone. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Payne have if had as guests in their home for the past week, their daughter, Mrs. John ..)* J. Houbec and Mrs. Houbec, who ? has just recently received his dis charge from the army. They have returned to his home in New York where they will probably make their home for some time. Also their son, Pvt. Earl B. Payne of the army air corps, is spending some time in Boone, en route to Greens boro from his last station at Ama rillo. Texas. Mr. Fred A. Norris of New Delta, Alberta, Canada, is spending some time with relatives in the county. Mr. Norris left Watauga 32 years ago, spent some time in Oregon and has been growing wheat in Canada for the past 28 years. Since North Carolina had no highway system when Mr. Norris left the state he is astonished at the fine thoroughfares which now lead in all directions from Boone, and marvels at the rapid growth of his home town, which during his residence here, was only a small village, with no semblance of modern improvement. Thanksgiving dinner was enjoyed by everyone at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Murray Greene of Boone Route 1, Thanksgiving day. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Eu banks and son, Ronald Wayne; Mrs. S. D. Eubaonk, all of Durham; Miss" Leannis Greene of Washington, D. C.; Mr. and Mrs. Dale D. Adams and son; Dale Jr., Cove Creek; Mr. and Mrs. Greene Dansom and John Frak, all of the home. Ransom returned from overseas duty July 1, and Mr. Eubanks returned Nov. 14. both having served in the European the atre. .They received their discharges the 5th and 18th of November. Wimbarycr- Ftetchu _ A marriage of interest to their ? friends in the Mabel section of the county was solemnized at the office of Edw. N. Hahn Tuesday, Dec. 11, when Miss Nancy Winebarger be came the bride of of Ernest Walter Fletcher. The bride is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Winebarger of Mabel, while the groom is the son of the late Walter and Mrs. Lou ise Fletcher, also of Mable. The ceremony was performed by Mag istrate Hahn. Society Notes Mix* June South Given Party in Lakeland. Fla. Mies June South, daughter of Mrs. Eunice South of Vilas, and who will be married to Capt. Herbert A. Johnson, Dec. 28, was honored at a dessert fifty party given by Mrs. Floyd Nelson and Mrs. Wilbur Stokes at the home of Mrs. W. E. Nelson, Lakieand, 11a., Thursday night. Mrs. Sam Clark Mrs. Ralph Crutchfield and Mrs. Webb Wilson assisted in the hospitalities. The living room was decorated with white gladioli and poinsettas. The small tables, covered with cloths in Santa Claus design, were center ed with miniature Christmas trees. The dining room was decorated with red and white chrysanthe mums. The table, covered with a lace cloth, was centered with a two tiered wedding cake surrounded by chrysanthemums and fern. The cake \fras Hanked by crystal candelabra holding white tapers. Miss South cut the first slice of cake. The des sert course in addition to cake con sisted of lime sherbet and coffee. The honoree was presented silver bonbon dishes, a set of irridescent earbobs and necklace and crystal clear candle holders. Women's Club to Hold Combination meeting The Women's Worthwhile Club will hold a combination meeting of the departments and a general club meeting on Thursday evening, Dec. 13, at 7:30 at the home of Mrs. A. E. South. Assistant hostesses will be Mrs. Mae Miller, Mrs. Maude lAgle, Mrs. G. P. Eggers and Mrs. T. E. Bingham. This will be the Christ mas meeting and each member is re quested, to bring a gift. Miss Mary Bingham is Bride of Ralph McCoy Morels Portsmouth, Va. ? A wedding of interest was solemnized on Satur day afternoon, D?c. 8, at 4:30 in the David Adams Memorial Chapel at N.O.B., Norfolk, Va., when Miss Mary Ringlwm,, daughter of -the late T. E. Bingham and Mrs. Bing ham of Boone, became the bride of Ralph McCoy Moretz, Jr., navy, son on Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Moretz, of Boone. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Ross Trowers, Lutheran chap lain. The altar was arranged in white chrysanthemums and lighted candles. The bride wore a suit of soldier blue, white blouse and black hat and accessories. Her corsage was of white gardenias. Miss Mary Alice Moretz, cousin of the groom, was maid of honor, and wore an aqua suit with corsage of white Camillas. The groom had as best man Oscar Latt, of the navy. Only a few close friends and rela tives attended the wedding. Imme diately following the wedding, Mr. and Mrs. Vilas J. Moretz entertain ed at an informal reception at their home on Charleston avenue, Ports mouth. Mr. and Mrs. Moretz then left on a short wedding trip. Both bride and groom are gradu ates of Appalachian high school in Boone. Mrs. Moretz is now employ ed in the bookkeeping department of the Norfolk Navy Yard. Mr. Moretz is now stationed at the naval base, Norfolk, Va. Sloul-Rominger A marriage of interest in the Vilas section was solemnized at tne office of Edw. N. Hahn Saturday morning when Charlotte Stout be came the bride of Donley Rominger. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Stout, while the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Millard Rominger, both of Vilas. Magistrate Hahn performed the ceremony. Guy-Harmon ? Miss Gladys Guy of Elizabeth ton, Tenn., became the bride of Ervin C. Harmon, also of Elizabethton, Tenn., Saturday evening at the home of Edw. N. Hahn on Howard street. Magistrate Hahn officiated. Aldridge- Byrd Marriage Announced On Saturday, November 24, the wedding of Howard Byrd and the former Miss Blanche Aldridge was solemnized in Boone. Mr. Byrd is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Byrd of Valle Crucis. Mrs. Byrd is the daughter of Mr. and Mrr. Ray Aldridge of Banner Elk. Guests were Miss Verlean Aldridge of Hickory Miss Essie Aldridge and others. Supfter was served at the home of Mr. Aldridge. An advance rinse in clear, cold water will save time and trouble in washing dishes and glasses that have held milk. 1 TO CET PROMPT RELIEF from distress of those nagging colds that cause coughing and make you feel all stuffed up ? put a good spoonful of Vidcs VapoRub in a bowl of boiling water. Then feel relief come as you breathe in the steaming, medi cated vapors. These medicated vapors penetrate to Lie cold-con gested upper breathing passages. They soothe irritation, quiet coughing, help dear the head and bring such grand comfort. FOR ADDED RELIEF ... On throat, chest and back at bed' time rub Vicks VapoRub. It works for hours ? even while you sleep ? to bring relief. Now try this home- * tested treat- J yment, tonight. VAPORUB r? feel Upfflth a Gold? GIANT X-RAY! THE 130-TON u BETATRON "-DE5JGWE0 AND BUILT BV GENERAL ELECTRIC SCIENTISTS -PRODUCES X-RAYS OF 100 MILLION ELECTRON VOLTS ! THESE SUPER X-RAYS MAY BE USEFUL IN MEDICAL AND ATOMIC RESEARCH . EVERY 15 MINUTES A FARM BUILD/NG GOES UP IN FLAMES. ONE CHIEF CAUSE -SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION OF HAY- CAW BE AVOIDED BV NEW ELECTRICAL HAV-0RVING SVSTEM WfTW UNiqUE CONTROL DEVELOPED BV &.E. QUICK BREADS! RESEARCH BV NUTRITION EXPERTS OF GENERAL ELECTRJC CONSUMER INSTITUTE RANSS5 FROM QUICKLY MADE BREADS TO SAVIN6 VITAMINS. THEIR DISCOVERIES ARE MADE PUBLIC FOR EVERY BODY'S BENEFfT. More Goods (or More People at Lea* Cott. GENERAL ELECTRIC Save Greeting CSu'dsofqf Making Different Unique Gift Decorations Here'* a suggestion that will make your friends wish they had thought of it first. Don't throw away the lovely greet ing cards you have received and saved during the year. Keep them as ornaments for packages, or to decorate an otherwise plain wall. Hie next time you wrap a gift for someone, glance through the greet ing cards you have saved and pick out on^1||th a colorful or appropri ate picture on it. Cut the picture ait neatly, glue or pasta it on your gift yrpfping. That's all there is to It. There are any number of objects about the house that' cutouts from greeting cards might brighten: cloa et doors, furniture, waste paper bas kets, screen and cigarette boxes. Pasted on and coated with a pre servative of clear shellac, greeting cards can serve a variety of decora tive purposes. Inexpensive and distinctive gift novelties can be made from the EGG PRICES TO DECLINE Although farmers are now receiv ing ceiling prices for eggs and handlers are not able to purchase enough to meet the demands of the trade, a surplus in eggs and a re sulting decline in prices may be ex pected within the next four to six greeting cards. Book ends, jelly Jar* for flower vase?, bookmark*, match books, handblottera, tally cards and score pads can b? made to look quite impressive by the simple addi tion of a design cut out from greet ing cards and pasted on these ob jects. The lovely etchings and reproduc tions of famous masters and the flow er prints that appear on so many greeting cards are well worth the price of a small frame. These pint sized pictures are "just the thing" to brighten a dark corner of some room or entrance hall. Some rainy afternoon when the , children are looking for something 1 to do, give them the greeting cards ' you have saved during the year. | Especially will they like to make gay blotters from the cutout designs. | Have them make small-sized ones for checkbooks, a good-sized one for j Dad's desk, and a pretty feminine j one for Mother's correspondence, or , ?elected ones for friends. weeks, according to poultry and egg marketing specialists with the state department of agriculture. As to food supplies for 1946, only sugar and some fats and oils are ex pected to be short when summer comes along. Tiey tell me two microbes once met each other and started up a conversation. After a time, the first microbe said: "Say. haven't I seen you some place before?" "You probably have," the second . microbe replied. "I've been there lota of times." A* the story points out, there's hardly a "someplace" that bac teria ever miss. And unclean milk utensils offer a choice "someplace" for bacteria to gather and multiply. Particu larly, if you allow milk to stick to the sides of your pails and other utensils. So it will pay you to follow the standard recom mendations for cleaning your milk utensils that have been set up by all the colleges and dairy plants. Here they are: Immediately after using, the utensils should be rinsed in clean cold water. Then scrub the utensils thoroughly with a brush, using clean hot water and a good soapless wash ing powder. After scrubbing, rinse them in clean hot water, then drain and store them in a sanitary place. Just before the next milking, steril ize the utensils with a hot chlorine solution. The standard sterilizing solution can be made by following the manu facturer's directions. For a good pamphlet on this subject, write for Purdue Leaflet No. 260 on "Cleaning and Sterilizing Dairy Utensils", Extension Service. Purdue Univer sity, Lafayette, Ind.* Or write me at 500 Peshtigo Ct.. Chicago 90, 111., and ask for "Care of Milk on the Farm." It will be sent to you without charge. I used to have a nice head of hair. Then something knocked *he "h" out of It and now I have a nice head of air. Allj^f which is neither hair nor there ^except that it gives me an opportunity to say that your dairy utensils need air more than I need hair. And that's saying a lot. So one of the best things you can get for the proper storing of your dairy utensils, unless you have a milk house, is an airing rack. This will permit the air to circulate freely in and around your dairy utensils while they are waiting to be used. One of the stmplest plana for building a rack of this type comes from Alabama Polytechnic Insti tute. It does not require much lumber and calls for wire cloth which permits the free circula tion of air and is also easy to clean. I suggest you write Exten sion Service, Alabama Polytech nic Institute, Auburn, Alabama, for a copy of the leaflet telling how to build a "Sanitary Airing Rack for Qfilry Utensils."* life ywu have watched a blacksmith " shoeing horses. And you probably remember that he cooled the red hot shoes from the forge by plunging them into water. Even in the middle of the winter, with the temperature far below freezing, he never allowed the shoes to cool in the air. That's because the shoes had to be cooled quickly to be of good quality. Milk has to be cooled quickly, too, if it Is to lie of good quality. Even In the middle of winter, air-cooling is not fast enough. Water or an electrical cooler, if you have one, will always do the job much better. Coolinu fresh milk down to 50 degrees as quickly as possible is an important part of your quality pro gram. Milk that is not cooled quickly enough offers a fine opportunity for bacteria to breed and multiply in a hurry. And, as you know, milk with a high bacteria count does not produce high quality dairy products. *MOTIl Thor* tmwly la a 5c dwrg* for pamphlets mollxJ to wow mldwili ?( a xtat** but poulbty yovr own itato Im a froofKW?pM*tonft>*Kim?iubtoc1-Ajliyour (AmxJIjL, 18o($r I imagine that sometime ii in your PUBLISHED NOW AND THEN BY THE KRAFT FOODS COMPANY A quarter-inch frog, the smallest in the world, is found in Cuba, which boasts also the world's small est bird. APPALACHIAN THEATRE Boonk. Noktm Cajiouna .. "ALWAYS A GOOD SHOW" Shows at 2-i-7-? \