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JOEL McCREA
EDWARD G. ROBINSON
MIRIAM HOPKINS
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N. Wilkesboro P.-T. A. , ,
Met Thursday Afternoon
• ■TOe April meeting of 'the
North Wilkesboro P.-T. A. waa
held in the school auditorium
Thursday afternoon with Mrs.
Palmer Horton presiding In the
absence of the president, Mrs. C.
C. Faw. Mrs. Gordon Finley led
the devotional period after which
the usual business session was
held. j| A
An interesting, ^wogram was
given by the high school glee
club, and ,the'C»#i8 from the
sixth and ses-enth grades, under
the direction of Mlsu Hasel 3het-
rill, with Mrs. Frank Johnson as
accompanist. Miss Harriett Mc-
Googan, home demonstration
agent, made a talk on the pro
posed curb market.
Attendance awards went to
Miss Kathryn Troutman’s room
in the elementary building, and it
was a fie in the high school be
tween Miss Nonie Gordon’s room
and Miss .‘Svelyn Sharpe’s.
Wilkesboro Juniors
Entertain Seniors
The Juniors of the Wilkesboro
high school delightfully enter
tain^! the members of the Senior
class at their annual banquet on
Friday evening, April 14, in the
home economic’s room of the
school building. The room was
artistically decorated with the
senior class colors, blue and gold.
Blue iris, white spirea, and for-
sythia, were attractively arranged
in howls, while the tables were
lighted by means of blue and yel
low candles.
Programs, in bookie’ form,
were yellow with a dark blue iris
[ printed >n the front, and tied to-
I gether ,vith a blue cellophane rib-
(bon. Entertainment for the eve-
I ntng wa.s presented in the form
I of .T Mav Day exerci.se,
1 Immediatelv following the in-
! vocaMon, which was given by Rev.
i .T I, A. Bumgarner, the May
i.iueeii. Margaret Vestal, anired
■e grsee ihe occ.ssioii. and was
.-repted by the Queen’s Courier.
Mary Charles .Mexander. after
which the following program was
given:
.A dance for the queen, ".A
Wanderer of the Woods.’’ by
' Billie Barnes: Jnmes Hemphill
j cave a toast to royalty, which was
I followed by several musical num-
I hers, given by a group of stroll-
I iug musicians, a snecial feature
I .if which was a duet. "Sweet-
i hearls” by Peggy Somers and Bob
iU-iw., Flake Steelman extolled
the beauty and loveliness of
' "Woodland Flowers,’’ and Mr. T.
! E. Story spoke on the ‘‘Merry
Social Calendar
lla. Holman Bible class of the
Wilkesboro Baptist chnrcli will
meit with Mrs. Cola Pwlcer
with Mrs. J. B. Douijhton as
a-SHOciate hostess on Friday
afte^oon at 2:80.
'The North Wilkesboro Meth
odist Auxiliary will meet at the
church hut ’Tuesday afternoon
at 3:80 o'clock. The Franklin
circle will have charge of the
proffram.
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Due to the meeting of the
Presbyterial at the Firs* Pres
byterian church in Winston-
Salem the 17 and 18, the Pres
byterian Auxiliary will not
meet until Tuesday afternoon,
the 25.
Month of May.’’
One of the outstanding events
of the evening was a jazz wed
ding given by Joel Bentley, the
Queen’s jester, and others, ^eggy
Church gni'p a Tnpst to the
Qneen’.s council, to which council
man N. O. Smoak resnonded.
Judge Johnson J^^ayes acted as
King of the festival.
The entire junior class joined
in chorus to bid farewell to the
seniors, who would soon he leav
ing the Queen’s court.
After the court disbanded, the
group engaged in various forms
of amusement, the most popular
of which was partaking of re
freshments. which consisted of
nectar of the fairies, woodland
fowl, 'brown gravy, goblin's fav
orite, cif greens, butter oun beets,
queen roils, to-ipei'-to iiasket sal
ad. May baskets. May apples and
morning dew.
lAM-vjMUrdj
O. M.^. P»rk®rl
OhiaM® checkers i^.trodli
TW'Tfao
the knmt to J.’
MlM ffep^'.’ .SUlk.: 1* tli#'
Chlhese Chec’vpre went to Mr*.
Claud Miller,"while Mrs,. John
son took.the low score prize.. At
the close of the play the hostess
es eerl^:'a delicious salad and
rweet easrM-.^
Mrs. Harrji Pearson
Entertais^ For Houseguest
Mrs.’’Harry Pearson was hos
tess at a.lpve^ partjjkt her home
on Rediiclikatoa • ttuv*- 'Saturday
evening to honor her houseguest.
Miss Elisabeth Campbell, of Hick
ory.’ Two tahles of bridge and one
of rook were In play. The high
score prise in bridge went to
"^'B'ianche HilK was hosthss to
Intermediate. O. Ai^* No. 2 Thun-
night at 7:gO; Ten
, JrjpPiiiMt'lSMi t»wo‘gtjie^*%ia
2 W. W,v Ha»' aBd-.Mlee NtMT" a*fi.
^iltke program was 'on Ptt^-
Xmerican Cdnfereitee.”y^ TtaoM
participating wefe Mildred' Caaip-
bell, R»by Wanda Pardue, Allw
Wells, Mary Poster, Mable kithr,
Oselle A.ndrows, Clara Porter,
and Mary Lois Frasier,-Mrs. ,W.
P. Jones led the ddrotionele. Aft
er the 'hnslnesa seeslon the hos-
tea8,'8wfsted Mrs. J. .W. Tialli
and Nell .Ttail, -served delicious
refreshments.,
Mot^
Co.
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Pfxtv-Sixth Wedding
Anniversary Celebrated
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Whitting
ton, of Reddles River, celebrated
their 8Sth wedding anniversary
Mies Mamie” McNeil and In rook 19. 1939, of their
to Mrs. B. S. Cooper.
A corsage of red roses j p ^ ^ p g
honor^glft for Mis^Ct.mpbell and j Whittington. Millers Creek. Mrs.
” “ A. M. Whittington and Mr. W. H.
'Whittington, of Reddles River. A
number of the thirty-one grand-
' • ■■ iff?*’
The removel of the Ser
vice Selee' cotapadr; fMaa tin
buiidtag tlMp have ^..tteealdM- for
eeT'eral years to. lerget a^ feet^
guarters o« the 'dpipeYeit^
and O streets, which wes fprpEs^
occupied by- the ^’United Supply 
Co., was announced today. £1;.
The companyl * which neiis
Chrysler and Plymontb aiUomo-
bilc.s and GMC trucks, has added
I new Mnbrieattng equipment and
modern equipment for a radiator
repair department. '
’The new location provides am
ple space for display of new care
In the building and used cars di
rectly across the street and on the
second floor of the building.
The change *n location was
made In order that a more com
plete and better service could be
rendered the firm’s many patrons
Hof tbe'iiiid n
seven children only four were in Wilkes and adjoining counties,
present, Mrs. J. C. Crysel, Wll-
39 LAWN MOWERS
sold last aea.son. We save
you money!
CARLTON’S Hardware
Mrs. A. P. Cosey T.s
Hostess To Her Club
Mrs. A. H. Ca.aey was hostess
to the members of the Current
Topic club and a number of visi
tors at her home last Wednesday
afternoon. Mrs. Hoyle Hutchens
rresided for current events and
the exchange of books after which
rook was played at fiv® tables.
The high score prize in the
game was won by Mrs. Johnson
J. Haye.s while the low score a-
ward went to Mrs. J. Q. Adams.
Mr*- Dp” Cartp-r Ts
BrM«r* Club Hostess
Mrs, Dan Carter entertained
the members of her bridge club
at her home on Kensington Drive
Wednesday afternoon. Following
play table prizes were awarde.1 to
Mrs. John E. Justice and Mrs.
Palmer Horton. Refreshments
were served by the hostess at the
close of the afternoon.
Ads get attefithioB —aiut
Millpr, Mrs. Parker
DeliehtfnUv Entertfiin
A party of special interest was
the one given at the home of Mrs.
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(f)filtjrcpn Otnifj Stni'C
Mrs. W. H. Droy, who is going to
Lexington for residence, was re
membered with a gift.
A color note of pink and white
was emphasized in the decora
tions while the Easter idea was
predominant in tally cards and
the two courses of refreshments
served at close of game.
Presbyterial to Meet
In Winston-Salem
The Winston-Salem Presbyter-
ial will meet on Tuesday and
Wednesday, April lS-19 at the
First Presbyterian church 1 n
Winston-Salem. The meeting on
Tuesday will begin at 2 p. m.,
and on Wednesday will start at
9:15 a. m.
The executive committee will
meet at 11 a. m. on Tuesday.
A number of ladies of the lo
cal T’reshyterian church, some of
whom are Presbyterial officials,
will attend the meetings.
FAIR ATTENDANTS
VISIT THIS CITY
fCniitinued from page one)
mrnt of this fruit.
“In the famous apple section
of the Brushy Mountain, a few
years ago, one acre, in a large
orchard, produced over one
thousand bushels of "Stark's De
licious” apples, that were sold
and measured in the orchard for
$1.50 per bushel, total over six
teen hundred dollars for the ap
ples on one acre in one year! This
wa'. a rare price and a rare yield
but shows possiollities under
proper culture and treatment.
"Nearly everythin„ ’hat i s
canned for food c.an be raised *
successfully in Wilkes county,
therefore, this is a fine location
for a large cannery, with a popu
lation of over one million and
five hundred thousand people in
a radius of 125 miles to consume
the products. This would include
the ponnlation of Winston-Salem.
Greensboro. High Point, Lexing
ton. Salisbury, Kannapolis, Con
cord. Charlotte. Gastonia. Lln-
colnton. Statesville. Hickory.
Merranton. Marion and t.enolr. in
addition to the rural sections in
this radius.
"I.adies a n d Gentlemen. I
might tell yon of many other
Reductions Bus
Fares Announced
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Stomach Specialist of UiMil#’' ^
bojio, N. C., will be at^Pr-.^lt
M. Hutchen’s office, Nortji
Wilkesboro, N. C—
ON MONDAYS ONLY
Beginning Monday, May letr
19.39, nnd on each Hondey
thereafter until further notiee.
children and twenty-nine great
grandchildren were present. Also
several relatives and friends. Mrs.
j Whittington is 87 years old and
Is very feeble, while on the oth
er hand Mr, 'Whittington Is quite
active to be 87 years old.—Re
ported.
Mrs. Edirar Hambv
Died On Thursday
Mrs. Edgar Hamby, age 42
years, died at Merdltbville, ’Va.,
last Thursday, and funeral and
burial services took place there
Friday.
Mrs. Hamby was the daughter
of Mrs. MoIIie Jolncs, of Wilbar.
and a sister to Mr. John Jolnes,
of this city. Mr. S. R. Joines, of
Franklin. Mr. Dock Joines. of
Wilbar. and Mrs. Carl Jones, of
Wilkesboro route 1, Also surviv
ing are the husband and five
children.
Those attending the ^funeral
and burial services from this
county were Mr. and .Mrs. John
Joines. Mr. Dock Joines. and .Mrs.
Mary Haraly.
The Greyhound bus station lo
cated here has announced that
substantial reductions in long
distance bus fares are going into
effect.
Certain fares were reduced to- j
day and othenr have been an-i
nounced to go into effect Mon
day of next week. Many reduc
tions apply to fares within the
state as well as long distance and
will mean worthwhile savings to
people using bus tragsportation.
“DynamiteDah”
Kills Itch Gems in 30 Mthiten
50c $1.00
L, -
Red Cross
PHARMACY
tOth Ft. North Wilkesboro
Reading the ads. get you more
for lee money, Trf It!
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for lee money. Ti'y it! •
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l^unpkit /for
PILLS
SHAVING CREAMI
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Bottle /for'
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' ICE CREAM
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5 WAX
2i PAPER
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NAPKINS
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Tek Tooth Brush 2 for 51c
' Woodbury's Soap 2 for 11c
i4f0c Aut?ooptic 2 for 51c
I.oo Lucky Ti#er Hoir J«n^ 2 for $1.01
Bmr Towo^r —: “ *
CASTtll OIL
d-GS. Sft« . . .
OGntel PerbGrat*
OrFif, 5*gz. . .
UNIMIprr
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CLCAMING FLUID
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30c Vatitlfa ffull pint) .
25c LJ^rinb Shaving Cream
60c Coldz Talcum Powder ....
20e Silvtt Nip - -
Sbc'l^il^ 'Juioe
fsrm prnrtiict.s of ’his county but;
time is too limited—
"We also have m.snv manufac
turing establishments prosnering
in our littlo city and community,
including in nart. a large Tann
ery. Chair factories. Ho«i-rv Mill,
Claas Factory. Corn Mills and
cnu-mills—Casket Facto/y. sever
al Furniture Factories. Budding
V.a’crial Factories and Cotton
M’ll. Cheese Factory and seyerai
other manufacturing enterprises
—a'l causing this place to grow
rapidly and with hard surfaced
roads centering here from the
eight adjoining counties this is
one of the finest trading points
in this section of the state. Over
100.000 people can reach hero in
an hour’s drive and many of them
come and trade "with and thereby
increase the fast growing trade
of our merchants.
"With free stone water, fine
air and a health record iinsur-
ppesed. Wilkes county offers
many'attractions to investors and
to new citizenji—and we ask you
to convey this message to the
public as our representatives at
the World’s Fair in New York.”
- The following attendants se
lected to man the Nbrth Carolina
Fyiiibi’ at the New York World’s
Fair which officially opens on
April 30 and closes November 1
were in this city on an Educa-
-iiiSnar To'iTr of North Onroliha.
wh*ch tour started in Charlotte
.Anr’l 10 and which will be con
cluded oh April 20;
Miss Miriam Converse .lohn-
'on. Chief Hostess. Aberdeen. N.
C.
Miss "lA n n a Corinne Tones.
Nashville; N.-G.
Miss Anna Bellamv tVilliara-
son. WilmT.gtoa, N. C.
Paul Leroy Lambert. Cherokee.
N. C.
C-rtre-' rjsrence Courtney, Jr.,
I Lenoir, N. C.
I voit Gilmore. Winston-Salem, I
2 for 26c jq (1 . , . 1
2 for 61c f ' U. Benton Blalock, Jr., Wades-
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2 for 31c
2 for 2fc
2 for
boro, "N. C.,
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priced to be a .sen.sation
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Scarfs .31.00
ih
lO'-i Maderia
Linen Xapkin.s
6 for
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X 14 Finger Tb’p
Towels
6 for .SI.on
3 piece Bufiet Sets $1.00
3 piece Chair Backs -$1.00
34 in. Tuscany Centerpieces $1.00
•5 piece IJnen Bridge Sets $100
Applique Guest Towels 3 for $1.00
0 piece Bridge Sets $1.00
3 piece Applique Buffet Sets $100
16 X 53 Applique Scarfs $1.00
■3 pc. Mosaic Chair Backs 25c to $l
Embroidered Pillow Cases, pr. $1
5 piece Applique Bridge Sets $.1.00
Petit Point Guest Towels 2 for $1
3 piece Chaii' Sets 2 setg $1.00
Embroidered P. Ca,ses, each $1.00
7 piece Luncheon Sets $1 00
1C X 45 Tuscany Scarfs $1-00
Cutwork Guest Towels $1.00
16.« 54 Tuscany Scarfs $?-.00
Elmbroidered P. Cases, pair $1.00
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13 inch Napkins ® ^or $1.00
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