ANDREWS
News and Advertisements
Pauline Hicks, Editor Phone 335
Improvements Are
Made At Schools
ANDREWS ? Considerable im
provements have already been |
made and are in progress in the
schoo! plant of the Andrews
schools.
Materia; is on hand and workmen
are expected to arrive soon to
install weatherstripping on all
north rooms of the brick element
iry building.
A stoker has arrived and will
be installed in the high school
building. This same heating unit
also supplies heat to the White
BuiMinK. This equipment is be
ing purchased through S. E. Cover.
R H Reece, local plumber, has
spent about three weeks on the
school's phimbing so that when
school begins the school will have
the best plumbing ever. Seven
new toilets have replaced worn
cut units in the various buildings.
A teachers' toilet room has been
made in the White Building for
the teachers of that building.
A ilassroom which was used
last year by Mrs. Enloe's section
of the fifth grade has been en- 1
larged. and a closet put in.
New desks have teen installed
in Mrs Ruth Pullium's second
grade room.
The porch on the North side
of the White building which was i
in a rotting and dangerous condi
tion has been torn down, and a
less pretentious porch has been '
made, due to the fact that this
building will be replaced as soon
as it is feasible to do so.
Mrs. I. B. Hudson has had the
girl scouts and John Christy, Jr ,
and I. B. Hudson, Jr.. painting
rnd renovating the high school
building.
The office of Principal Boyd
B. Robinson has been enlarged.
School Custodian John G. Tat
ham has been on the job all sum
mer. All broken window panes
have been replaced, and where
ever possible broken desks have
been mended. Classroom furni
ture in some instance has been
painted.
The school children should have
plenty of heat the following year.
Three cars of coal has already
been placed in the school s bins.
Pvt. Hugh Jones
Is Wounded
ANDREWS ? Pvt. Hugh Jones,
who is in service in Italy and was
in active combat, recently receiv
ed a wound in his leg. He kept
on fighting until the battle was
ever then was transferred to a
hospital wfaere he is recovering
from injury and shock. Pvt. Jones
is the son of Mrs. W. C. Jones of
Andrews.
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PA RT OF
WASHING CLOTHES UNDER
DIFFICULTIES
wvcisccis aoing me taunury ccin uc a
hazardous job, but soldiers do it just the
same ? sometimes under the protective eye
of a watchful gunner. No such problem is
present on the homefront, but the burden of
laundry still remains. It need not trouble
you though if you take advantage of our
laundry service. We will call for you wash
on a convenient schedule and return it
ready to wear.
MURPHY LAUNDRY
Phone 159
Phone 159 Murphy, N. C.
Funeral Held For
Lt. Christenbury,
Who Was Killed In;
Port Chicago Blast
ANDREWS ? E. S. Christen
bury. principal education officer
of the Tennessee Valley Authority,
has received word that the body
o 1 his brother, Lt. J. B. Christen
bury, who was killed in the Port
Chicago blast on July 17, has been
receovered. Discovery of the
body was reported to E S. Christ
enbury on August 3.
The widow of Lt. Christenbury.
and her small child, Mariana,
age 2. reached Andrews several
days ago from the Pacific coast.
The body of Lt. Christenbury
was shipped to Statesville where
a brief funeral service was held
the past Wednesday.
The widow of Lt. Christenbury
is the former Miss Mariana Cecil
of Mississippi. Lt. Christenbury
was a native of North Carolina.
Andrews Schools
To Open Aug. 24
ANDREWS postponement of
the opening date of the Andrews
city schools from August 10 to
August 24 has teen made accord
ing to an announcement by Supt.
I. B. Hudson. It is hoped that
tihe polio epidemic in the state
may have so abated by that time
that it will be practical to open
school on the new date. Should
any changes be made in the op
ening date, a notice will be posted
in the Andrews post office as soon
as a decision has been reached.
Two Teachers Are
Added To Faculty
ANDREWS - Two new teach
ers have recently been added to
the faculty list of the Andrews
schools. Mrs. Hazel W. Abernathy
will teach elementary work in the
Andrews Elemental school.
Mrs. Abernathy has been re
siding in Arlington for the past
two years. She taught several
years in the Cherokee and Gra
ham county schools. She, with
her seven year old son. Jake How
ard: and her mother. Mrs. Cora
Watkins. cxpect to arrive in An
drews about August 20. They
will live for the present at the
Neil Hay's in Valleytown.
Dorothy M. Jones of New Bern
has accepted the vacancy in the
colored school reated by the resig
nation recently of last year's
teacher, Dorothy M. Slade, of
Rocky Mount.
Club Girls Have
Camping Trip
ANDREWS ? About twenty
girls of the Girls Home Ec. club
enjoyed a camping trip near Rob
binsville last week. They spent
three days learning how to camp.
The girls were divided into groups
and each group had certain
tasks to perform. They were di
vided into: cooking group, house
keeping group, and recreational
group. Vesper services were held
each night. The last night was
a candle light service which was
planned by the club.
Games, swimming, baseball,
dodge ball, and hiking were en
joyed.
Six different vegetables from
home gardens were taken by the
girls.
Mrs. Ruthie Bristol. Home Ec.
teacher, and Miss Jean Christy
were chaperones.
Market Moves To
New Quarters
ANDREWS ? The Caldwell
Market owned and operated by
Mrs. Lucy Caldwell has just moved
to its new quarters in the Hol
land building and is now loeated
next door to the Andrews Cafe.
Mrs. Caldwell has been run
ning this market and grocery since
the death of her late husband, L.
I O. Caldwell, several years ago.
Arnold Derre berry has charge
of the meat department of this
store.
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Rotarians Hear Address On Work
Of N. C. League For Crippled Children
ANDREWS Following in
stallation of officers of Andrews
Rotary club for next year at the
club's regular luncheon here
Thursday, Miss Ethel Honeycutt,
executive secretary for the N. C |
League for Crippled Children |
made and address For a long
time the local club lias interested
itself in the crippled children's
work. Miss Honeycutt explain
ed how her organization was able
to take up cases needing atten
tion which did not normally come
within the scope of other eleemos
nary agencies. The term "crip
pled children" in the view of her
organization does not necessarily
mean that the child must have
some defect of the limbs, but it
may extend to mal nutrition, or
even to the poverty or ignorance '
of a mother.
Miss Honeycutt expressed a de
sire to have both an adult and a
school local organization to spon
sor her work. Half of all the
funds collected remain in the
county where collecred. and may
te used for the benefit of any
r.eedy cases.
Visiting the club with Miss
Honeycutt was Mrs Louise P.
East, nurse with the State Board
of Health.
Konnaheeta Club Council Makes
Plan Fo Full Program Of Work
ANDREWS ? The Konnaheeta^
Woman's Club Council and exe
cutives met Thursday at a lunch
eon meeting in the home of Mrs.
Ruth Starr Pullium. with Mrs.
Paul Jordan and Mrs. Bruce
Bristol .assistant hostesses.
After the luncheon, plans were
made for the year's work. The
program for the year was discuss
ed; dates were set for the first
two meetings; plans were made
to work, through the War Service
committee, with the Local Red
Cross chapter.
Miss Mary Prances Cover, war
service chairman, made a report
on the club's work in the 5th War
Loan.
Those attending and their re
spective offices ore committees
were: Mrs. Ruth Starr Pullium.
president; Miss Jean Christy, vice
president; Mrs. Boyd B. Robin
son, treasurer; Mrs. E. S. Christ
enbury, recording secretary, Miss
Vivian Moore, corresponding secre
tary; Miss Gladys Christy, and
Mrs. Luke Ellis, co-chairmen of
ways and means committee: Mrs. |
Paul Jordan, chairman welfare i
committee; Mrs. I. B. Hudson. |
chairman of music committee: j
Mrs. Maiy F. Brauer, art com
mittee: Mrs. A B Chandler, chair- j
man literature committee; Miss j
Vivian Moore, chairman, citizen
ship committee; Mrs. Ruth Clark
Pullium. chairman American home
commiittee; Miss Ada Comwell.
chairman international relations
committee: Miss Mary Prances
Cover, chairman war service com
mittee.
Mrs. Montine Stansel. Allenton
sister of Mrs. I. B. Hudson, was
a special guest.
Seaman Jack Long left last
week after a visit of several days
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Homer Long.
Tom Stansel. chemist, with the
American Zinc Company of Alcoa
Tenn., spent the past week-end
in the home of ti'e I. B. Hudsons.
Andrews Locals
John A. Tatham, who has been
very ill for several days, is now
able to be out again. I
Mrs. Ocia Scroggs, Richmond, j
Va., is visiting ner sister, Mrs. j
Alice Barnard. Mrs. Scroggs, j
Mrs. Barnard, and Mrs. C. C. Rob- 1
inson Tuesday went on Clay coun
ty, where they will visit for a few
cays.
J. P. Matheson and son, Carly
le, spent the first of last week in
Charlotte on business
Mrs. Leila G. Axley, Marion, j
and John, have returned home '
after a visit of several days with
friends in Hendei sonvile.
Miss Hettie K. Aiken. Lumber
ton visited Mrs. Leila Axley sev
eral days of last week.
Seaman Mitchell Ammon.s
spent a few days' furlough the
past week with his wife and chil
dren.
Mrs. Clay Ford. Akron, Ohio,
is visiting her father. Bill Mc
Guire. Mrs. Ford is the former
Miss Bertie Jo McGuire.
Bert Dills, New Orleans, La., is j
visiting friends and relatives. Mi
Dills formerly lived here with his
parents.
Mrs. Emma Vegas. San Francis
co, California, and .small daugh
ter. are visiting Mrs. Vegas' moth
er Mrs. Lyman Dills.
Mrs. Martin Nichols. Mrs. Ran
d> Wetzel and Mrs. Frank Hild
erbrand, Atlanta. Ga., spent last
week with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Lush Waldroup.
Bill Hornsby and Ray Truett
visited in Lenoir City, Tenn., the
past week.
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Nichols left
Monday for Atlanta. Ga.. where
they spent several days.
Lee Miller of Cullowhee visited
his friend. Miss Vivian Moore sev
eral days last week. While in
Andrews they enjoyed a fishing
trip to Ha.vesville.
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Captain L. Clinton Luther has |
returned to Alliance, Nebraska
after spending a fifteen day fur
lough with his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. J. W Lutner of Andrews.
Miss Hilma Garrett of Rox
boro spent last week wkh Miss
Blondine Lather.
John Henry Davis left Tuesday
o! last week for State College
where he will be in training in
Aim; Specialized Training Re
serve P.ogram.
Historical Valley Kiver Church
Holding Successful Revival Meeting
ANDREWS ? A revival meet
ing which has been arousing wick
interest has been in progress a:
the Valley River Baptist church
for two weeks and was still in
progress on Monday of this week
The preaching has been done by
t -e Rev. Algie West, the pastor,
and Rev. T D. Denny.
As a result of the meeting bap- I
tismal services were held at the
Hay's pool Sunday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock at which the rites
of baptism were administered to
upwards of 40 candidates.
During recently weeks consid
erable improvements have been 1
made to the Valley River church
Five new Sunday School rooms
have been made and a balcony a r
iangement has teen made so as
to accomodate the large congrega
tion which attends this church.
Also the church has been reroof
ed with tin and painted outside
and inside.
Valley River Church is one of
the oldest churches in this sec
tion and a few years ago celebrat
ed its centennial. It is often re
ferred to as the Whi taker Church
since members of the Whi taker
family have been connected with
it since its founding in pioneer
clays. For a great number of years
the late Rev. Clay Whi taker was
its pastor.
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Andrews, North Carolina