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Local Affairs
Mrs. A. R. Smith, who was ser
iously injured in a fall at her
home last Friday, was admitted
to Watauga Hospital Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Winkler,
Jr., are spending two weeks in
Miami, Florida, with Mrs. W. R.
Winkler, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Rogers and
Mrs. Paul, Edmisten were dinner
guests of Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Shaf
fer Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gragg and
daughter, Margaret, were dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy
Rogers Monday evening.
Mrs. C. C. Farthing returned
home last Wednesday after
spending a week with her moth
er, Mrs. U. B. Jones in Raleigh.
Mrs. T. L. Mast of Lovill, who
was seriously injured in a fall at
her home last Wednesday, is a
patient at Watauga Hospital.
Mrs. J. D. Councill is on an ex
tended visit with her daughter,
Mrs. R H. DeVault, and Mr. De
Vault in Bristol, Tennessee.
Mr. W R. Winkler returned
home Sunday after spending a
month with Mrs. Winkler in
Miami, Florida.
Mr. Robert Perry of Silverstone
is spending the week with his
daughter, Mrs. Vance Calloway
and family.
Mrs. R. B. Porter, who is teach
ing school in Cherryville, spent
the week end with Mr. Porter
and Mrs. E. S. Coffey.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jenkins,
Jr. of North Wilkesboro were
week end guests of Major and
Mrs. John H. Thomas.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. McCracken
and son, Jerry, spent the week
end in Forest City with Mr. and
Mrs. James Blanton.
Mr. Leonard Eury spent the
week end in Bessemer City with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Eury.
Vee Fulbright and Paul Shook
of Stony Point and Taylorsville
were week end guests of Mrs. J.
A. Idol of Boone, RFD 2.
Mr. Vilas Moody of Sherwood
has returned home from Duke
Hospital, much improved in
health.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ward and
daughter, Mary, of Cleveland,
Ohio, recently visited Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Adams at Sherwood.
Miss Peggy Lou Watson of
Deep Gap spent Monday night
with her aunt, Mrs. J. A. Idol, of
Boone.
Miss Gladys Julia Brown has
returned home from Providence,
Rhode Island, after completing
post graduate work in obstetrics
at 'the Lying In Hospital.
Mrs. L. L. Bingham is recover
ing satisfactorily at her home in
Boone after a minor operation and
weekly treatments at a Johnson
City, Tenn., hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Byron Farthing
accompanied Mrs. Farthing's un
cle, Mr. Tom Hermon, of Valle
Crucis to Duke Hospital last Wed
nesday for examinations.
Mr. Edgar Cooke, who under
went surgery at Watauga Hospi
tal last week, is now recuperat
ing at the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe C. Cooke.
Miss Ruth Farthing, teacher in
the Shelby Junior High School
in Shelby, spent the week end
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. C. Farthing.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul DuPre and
son, John, of North Wilkesboro
spent Sunday with Mrs. M. P.
Critcher and Mrs. M. B. Black
burn.
Mrs. Dean Carroll and Mr. and
Mrs. George Browning of Rapid
Dan, Virginia were week end
viiitors with Mrs. Carroll's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. McGuire
of Todd. ?
Miss Louise Taylor and Miss
Marie Hart of Gaston Memorial
Hospital in Gastonia spent the
week end with Mr. and Mrs. J.
Bynum Taylor and Mrs. J. W.
Whitehead.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Cook and
children, Patricia and Mike, of
Bristol an<j| Mr. and Mrs. Lyle
(Cook of iJRioir were week end
visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Earl
D. Cook.
Born to Rev. and Mrs. S. B.
Moss of Fletcher, N. C.. Sunday,
a ton. Walter Samuel Moss. Rev.
and Mrs. Moss formerly lived in
Boone, where he was pastor of
the Methodist Church.
Sgt. Claude H. Ragan, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ragan. is now
stationed at the air force base.
West Palm Beach, Fla. He reen
licted. after having been discharg
ed last October.
Mr. and Mn. R. E. Agle and
children. Mollie, Bobby, Jimmy,
Richard and Bill, and Miaa Billie
Ann Hodges were in Gastonia
Sunday for the funeral of Mrs
fAgle's grandmother, Mrs. Mar
Jearet Louise Douglas, who died
Friday at the home of Mr. and
?In. J. W. Eury in Bessemer City.
M. T. Culbreth. director of Wes
ley Fellowship of ASTC. and Bob
Nelson, student president of the
group, attended a committee
meeting of the state Methodist
student movement in Greens
boro Sunday. Purpose of the
meeting was to complete plans for
the state Methodist Student Con
ference to be held February 13-15.
Mr. Ed Sherwood, who has
been critically ill at Watauga Hos
pital for three weeks, is improv
ing and he returned to his home
at Vilas Tuesday. Mr. Glenn
Sherwood of Cleveland, Ohio,
Mrs. John Yount and son, John,
of Columbia. Tennessee, Mrs.
Homer Stalcup of Mountain City,
Tennessee, and Mrs. Sherwood's
sister, Mrs. Vera Bingham of Ab
ingdon, Virginia, were called
here because of his illness.
Sgt. 1-c James V. Hall, Mrs.
Hall, and their daughter, Lynn,
who have been located at Macon,
Ga., left Tuesday, after spending
a week visiting with Mrs. Lillian
Hopkins. From Boone, they went
to Detroit, Mich., to visit Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Hall, Mrs. Roy John
son, and Mr. Virgil Hall. Sgt.
Hall will leave for Europe Feb
ruary 10. Mrs. Hall and Lynn
plan to join him in the near fu
ture.
Miss Jones Wed
To S. M. Wiles, Jr.
In Johnson City
In a candlelight ceremony per
formed at 7:00 p. m? December
27, at the First Methodist Church,
Johnson City. Tenn., by Dr. M. S.
Kincheloe, Miss Joan Jones be
came the bride of Samuel M.
Wiles, Jr.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. M. K. Jones, 1220
Powell street, and a granddaugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Jones
and Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Christian
of Boone.
The groom is the son of Mrs.
S. M. Wiles, 711 Hamilton street.
A program of nuptial music
was presented by Mrs. Clarence
Ring, organist and Frank Lee, Jr.,
vocalist. Mrs. Ring played "Al
ways," "Intermezzo," "Clair de
Lune" and "Liebcstraum." Vocal
selections used were "I Love You
Truly," "Because" and "The
Lord's Prayer."
Given in marriage by her fa
ther, the bride wore a bridal
gown of white satin and nylon
tulle. The satin bodice was de
signed with a sweetheart neck
line. Her veil of French illusion
extended from a sweetheart cap
of lace.
sne carried a wnue 1'rayer
Book topped with a white or
chid.
Mrs. Russell Grubbs was the
bride's maid of honor. She wore
a ballerina length dress of prom
blue, nylon tulle and a matching
head dress. She carried a nose
gay bouquet of mixed flowers to
match her dress.
Bridesmaids were Misses Jean
Johnson and Frances Jones. Their
dresses were fashioned like that
of the honor attendant in melon
nylon tulle.
Stewart Cannon was the
groom's best man. Ushers were
Robert Hughes and Robert Fields.
The mother of the bride was
attired in a dress of dusty rose
crepe with navy accessories and
a corsage of white rosebud' Mrs.
Wiles, mother of the groom, was
attired in a dress of light crepe
with black accessories and a cor
sage of pink rosebuds.
Following the ceremony a re
ception was held at the home of
the bride's parents.
The bride's table was covered
with a white linen cloth, over
laid with white lace. A four tired
wedding cake was the central
decoration.
For her wedding trip Mrs.
Wiles was wearing a three pelce
suit of royal blue with gray ac
cessories, and a corsage of white
orchids.
The bride is a graduate of
Science Hill High .School and
Steed College.
The groom was graduated from
East Tennessee State College and
is now a student at the Univer
sity of Tennessee School of Den
tistry, Memphis.
Out of town guests attending
the wedding included Mr. and
Mrs. Stewart Cannon of Knox
vllle. Bob Hughes, Greenville,
Mr. and Mrs. Austin Bird, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Christian and
Libby and Carol of Bristol, Mr.
and Mr*. W. K Christian of Bris
tol, Mr. and Mrs W. S. Christian,
Boone. N. C , Mr and Mrs. Henry
A. Christian, and Misa Francos
Jones, Boone, .N. C.
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MR. AND MRS. W. R GRAHAM
Mr. And Mrs. W. R. Graham Honored
At Golden Wedding Anniversary
Westlake, Idaho ? Mr. and Mrs.
W. R. Graham, long-time resi
dents of the Westlake community
enjoyed an event Sunday, Dec.
28, that comes to few people, the
occasion being their fiftieth wed
ding anniversary.
Members of their family hon
ored Mr. and Mrs. Graham with
an open-house reception conduct
ed at the Graham home at West
lake. Many relatives and friends
were present for the occosion and
the honored couple received many
lovely gifts and remembrances of
their golden wedding annivers
ary.
Mr. and Mrs. Graham are both
hale and hearty and few people
would guess that they have spent
50 years of married life together
? ? many of these years in a fron
tier home without modern con
veniences that are deemed nec
esities today.
Commentin on their 50th anni
versary the jubilarians reported
that Miss Lela McGuire and W.
R. Graham were united in mar
riage at Todd, North Carolina on
December 28, 1902, the veremony
taking place on a Sunday even
ing. Incidentally their 50th an
niversary also was celebrated on
a Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Graham came to
Idaho in the spring1 of 1913 and
settled on a homestead on the
banks of Salmon river where
they made their home for several
years. During that time they re
ceived their mail through the
Keuterville post office. Later the
family moved to a farm near
Westlake, which has been their
home continuously since that
time.
Seven children were born to
Mr. and Mrs. Graham. Their six
living children are Bruce Gra
ham, Craigmont; Mrs. Wallace
Dearing, Clarkston, Wash.; Mrs.
Floyd Roseborough, K a m i a h;
Cecil Graham, Kamiah; Mrs. A1
Johnston, Ferdinand; and Glenn
Graham, of Grangeville. Mr. and
Mrs. Graham also have 22 grand
children and two great-grand
children.
AU members of the family
were present for the golden wed
ding celebration of their parents.
The many friends who visited
at the Graham home Sunday
joined in extending best wishes
and congratulations to the jubi
larians, and expressed the hope
that they may enjoy many more
years of married life together.
Garden Club
Hears Dr. Derrick
The Blue Ridge Garden Club
held a luncheon meeting at the
Daniel Boone Hotel January 14th.
The club collect and poem
"Trees" were t-ead by Mrs. R. W.
Watkins. The club voted to offer
a $100 prize this year to the per
son doing the most attractive
planting, emphasizing the use of
dogwood, along the model mile.
On account of its spectacular
beauty in the spring and its red
berries and varicolored leaves in
the fall, dogwood is very popular,
so much so that the General As
sembly of 1941 adopted it as the
"official flower of the state of
North Carolina." Small trees are
much more likely to live than
larger ones. They grow faster and
adapt themselves to the site more
readily. Planting should be done
when the soil is fairly dry .and
friable, so that it will sift down
among the roots. It is quite im
portant to make sure your tree is
no deeper or shallower in the
ground than it formerly grew. A
mulch of partly rotted forest
leaves should be placed around
it.
Mrs. Frank 'Payne was appoint
ed chairman of a committee t<?
see that favors are furnished for
the hospital trays on Sundays
during February.
The president, Mrs B. W. Stal
lings, introduced Dr. Ray Der
rick who spoke on "The Conserva
tion of Native Shrubs and Trees."
He pointed out how important it
is from both an economic and
esthetic standpoint to preserve
and propagate the beautiful
Catawba or purple rhododendron,
the carolinium or punktatum and
the balsam which are threatened
with extinction. The carolinium
which, except for a few traces in
Tennessee, is native only to North
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Carolina should have special
rare and protection. The white
pine, which has been called the
"Queen of the Mountains," should
be preserved and cultivated as a
thing of beauty and a protection
to our water sheds and soil. Dr.
Derrick quoted the following
from the general statutes of
North Carolina: "No person, firm
or corporation shall dig up, pull
up or take from the land of
another or from any public do
main, the whole or any part of
any trailing arbutus, American
holly, white pine, red cedar, hem
lock or other coniferous trees, or
any flowering dogwood, any
mountain laurel, any rhododen
dron. or any ground pine, or any
Christmas greens, or any Judas
tree, or any leucothea, or any
agalea, without having in his
possession a permit tu dig up,
pull up or take such plants, sign
ed by the owner of such land or
by his duly authorized agent.
Any person convicted of violat
ing the promisions of this section
shall be fined not less than ten
dollars nor more than fifty dol
lars for each offense."
This problem may be approach
ed in the following ways:
Through the influence of clubs
and organizations, by propoga
tion and cultivation, by legisla
tion and by education through
the press and public schools.
White pine seedlings may be
secured through the T. V. A.
In conclusion Mr. Howard Wil
liams, Watauga County Soil Con
servation Supervisor, made some
additional remarks in regard to
soil conservation.
Mr. and Mrs. Reece Arledge of
Mill Spring spent the week end
with Mrs. Arledge's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. T. Lynn Cook, who have
been ill with flu. Miss Mildred
Tunnell ot Winston-Salem, also
visited with them.
Miss Kennedy Is
Bride Mr. Bingham
ttoomasville. ? Miss Carolyn
Kennedy became the bride of Mr.
Sherman A. Bingham in a candle
light ceremony at the First Meth
odist church parsonage on De
cember 24 at 7:00 o'clock p. m.
The Rev. H. Glenn Lanier offici
ated using the double ring cere
mony.
The brick' is the only daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Kennedy
of Thomasville and the bride
groom is the son of Mrs. W. H.
Bingham and the late Mr. Bing-?
ham of Vilas.
The bride was attired in a pale
blue dress with navy shoes and
bag and white hat with a white
orchid corsage.
Mrs. Bingham is a graduate of
Thomasville High School and
Ashmore Business College and is
employed by Southern Oil Co., of
High Point.
Mr. Bingham is a graduate of
Cove Creek Hifh School and is
now with the U. S. Army station
ed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
Yellow fever kills 41 in two
Brazilian states.
An Eastern North C ? r o 1 i a a
farmer was the State'* official^
corn champion in 1952 with a
yield of 126.2 bushels on one acre.
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