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A surprise birthday party was
tlren Mr, Monroe Foster Sunday
Kt In honor of hie fifty-fifth Wrth-
Y- day anniversary. -Mr. Foster is
one amonsT our most respected
cltlsens and this, writer was proud
to be a guest at this party.
Those of the family were Mr.
Mrs, Troy Foster and family,
Wem, Doretta, Bileen. Tom Dan- i
^ard and J. C. Foster, of Wilkes-1
fK>ro; Mr, and Mrs. Richard j
iiUggs, Argel, Wanda, Ruby and |
Bnckey Rlgigs, of Millers Creek: !■
Mr. and Mrs, Oarley Foster, of
Taylorsville; Mr. and Mrs, Jake
Eller and Master Forrest Eller, ,
of Champion; Mr. and Mrs, Venv-
er Foster and children, Clyde and,
Kate, of Lewis Fork; Miss Clara |i
Sue Foster, and a few special I!
fimte irlio happened to he there
The dinner was too wonderful 11
to describe, and was an honor to ,
Mr, F\)ster’8 children, showing
their love and respect for father :
and mother.
«
Mr. Earl Stocks will soon have
his nice new home completed
and ready to occupy. We would {
like to see many other young ’
married couples building homes.
They are a sign of prosperity. '
Mr. and Mrs, Kaeslng Foster,
of Winston^alem, and Miss Ver-
atf Triplett were week-end vlsi-
with Miss Triplett’s parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Triplett,
Mr. and Mrs. Claud WTiitting-
ton, Mr. and Mrs. Travis Eller,
and Mrs. Charles McNiel
nt Sunday with Mrs. Miller
Proffit.
Mrs. J. M. . jnes spent Sunday
afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Ruff
Triplett.
Mr. Cora Elledge has complet
ed his new house and is ready to
move in. Ho has bought a ^ine
farm, built a nice house and we
are glad to welcome Mr. and Mr.:.
Elledge to our community.
Only one of Ite kind In the world U the United Stote. bonrd of tM tmote^
ered in an eastern sampHng session which may be their last owln* to m
appropriations committee. The board, established in 1897, gnarantees
hishest tea standard In the world. Left: Expert Bobert A. Lewis appar«tly dldn t reUsh thb^st^
pie. Right: Board members. left to right: Bobert Lewis, Boston; George MlteheU Chaf>“
Hntchinson, New York; A. P. Irwin, PhUadelphla; Walter HeUyer, Chicago; J. G, Lnltrell, Baltimore, and
Edward Bransien, San Francisco. .. ... - -
Model Hubbie ! Mae West Wins Suit, Winks, Cbirps
Never ‘Kicks’
The word “news” is com
pounded of the initial letters of
the four points of the compass—
North, East, West, and South.
SAMPSON’S
S. C. R.
FOR DISCOMFORTS DUE TO
COLDS — COUGHS
Kansas City.—Artist Thonia.s
Hart Benton, rated by the Di
vorce Reform League as one of
the nation’s five he.st husiba*»ds,
spills ashes on the rugs, never
helps his wife with the cooking,
and was a failure at handling
their baby's diapers.
He tried to pin on a diaper
once and stuck ^ pin in his son,
T. P., now 12 years old.
“It was the last time 1 let him
try,’* Mrs. Benton declared.
But, said the artist. ‘T've got a
system.
‘I leave niy wife alone and she
leave^i me alone, and I always
eat what she puts in front of me.
Never kick about your wife's
cooking.”
“What kick have you go?”
Mrs. Bemon inquired.
“That's what I say, never
kick,” he replied.
‘Come Up and Sue Me Some Time’
Los Angeles, Feb. 20.—Mae for publication—her age and her
West won a $1,000,000 lawsuit
today without having to put up
a defense.
Superior Judge William S.
Baird threw out of court the
income.
An actor’s agent, testifying a-
bout an accounting of receipts
from “She Done Him Wrong,” In
dicated her income for the 1933-
34-35 period was near $1,000,-
claim of Mark Linder, co-author • 000.
with Miss West of the stage sue- | Anent Mae’s age, Linder testi-
cess, "Diamond Lil,” that the ac-! fied he met her "30 years ago,
tress had made millions "on the ; when she Tvas on a bill with me
side'’ from the sale of their play
to a movie studio which filmed if
as "She Done Him Wrong.’'
The judge sustained a defense
motion for dismissal.
Linder had complained that
Mi.ss West, in violation of a 1932
contract to give him half of the
income form the play, earned $2,-
000,000 from the movie version.
He said he got only $2,000.
Earlier today testimony touch
ed upon two subjects about which
Miss "West never, never speaks
and Frank Wallace.” Wallace is
her former husband.
A Mil’waukee marriage license
for 1911 gave Miss West’s age
then as 18, which would make
her 48 now.
"Why I was just a kid In
1911,” she said once. But she ad
mitted then she was "past 30’'.
Asked to comment on the out
come of the trial. Miss West wink
ed, then chirped:
"Come up and sue me some
time.’*
^ Ha$9Sch.—^It WiM
mak^ fr quaitd, .but it
t^e two motor velifol^
s fatal accident V >
In fact, onothird of the fatal
accidents on North Carolina high
ways last year involved only one
antomohlle, truck, , or other ve
hicle, according to records of the
Higdiway €'afetrt Division.'^ And if
pedestrian fatalities are left out
of the picture, over baU the 1939
highway fatalities in this w/fiXe
Involved only one ‘nMJCbf v^iisfe.
No. it doesn't take twid^ni^ to
make a serkras road mifihait.
Take,, for instance, liibkk^llis-
ioa type accidents^ iHiid .bf
accident, which indludee os
ourrences as' losing eostrot of a
i|car on a curve and tnniliig serer-
al flips before limdlng hottom-
side up in a com field, aeooudfed
for 238 deaths and 1,298 Injuries
in the state last year.
Non-collision accidents, or that
type of accident in which the one
vehicle Involved does not strike
another vehicle, a pedestrian or
a fixed object adjacent to the
roadway, generally result from
speeding or reckless driving. In
other words, this type of accident
which took a toll of 23 8 lives In
North Carolina last year and 229
lives in 1938, Is one of the most
easily preventable and least ex
cusable of all types of accidents.
Except in the relatively few cas
es wherein a car gets out of con
trol because of a broken steering
knuckle or some other mechani
cal defect, or when the driver
swerves to avoid striking a pe
destrian, animal or other obstruc
tion in the road, non-collision ac
cidents can be attributed general
ly to human negligence or reck
lessness.
A kindred type of accident, col
lision with a fixed object, snuffed
out the lives of 75 North Caro-
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Sas^onMiy
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Gains On Health
Fronts Last Year
4-H Calendar For
Year Is Announced
on
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SHERIFF OF WILKES COUNTY
Raleigh.—Last year witnessed
gains on several important fronts
in the battle against disease in
Xortb Carolina.
Information that is both inter
esting and encouraging is found
in the 1939 provisional report of
the State Board of Health'.s Divis
ion of Vital Stuti.stics. of which
Dr. H. T. Stimpson is the Direc
tor. C>n the other hand, certain
weaknesses also are revealed. Any
report tha simply gives figures,
uninterprei 1. carries little
weight and s soon forgotten.
We must ar in mind that a
year’s comp lion is merely fac
tual: that u an, at best, reflect
only a "trend.” encouraging or
discouraging as the case may be.
To get the true picture, we must
follow the "trend” through a
series of years.
Vital statistics figures in North
Carolina for last year, which
have just been compiled, do. in
some instances, reflect a very de
cided and encouraging "trend.”
The 80.4 21 birth.S) reported during
the year outnumbered the 31,928
deaths that occurred during the
same period by 48,493, and there
were 1.636 fewer deaths than
were reported the previous year,
•bringing the rate down from^ 9.5
to 9.0 from 1938 to 1939. If the
1938 rate had remained unchang
ed in 1939, the total number of
deiths would have been 33,839,
instead of 31,928, which means
that, on this basis, the number of
lives saved was, in reality, 1,911
instead of 1,636. Please bear in
mind and recall in your future
reading that an increase or re
duction of one point represents
the saving or loss of 3,500 lives
within a year.
GOOD GROUNDS
Judge: "On what grounds are
you applying for a divorce?’’
Mr. Brown: "Extravagance,
your honor.’'
Judge: "Extravagance, how’s
that?”
Mr. Brown: "She kept on buy
ing ice after I had installed a re
frigerator.”
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Dates of events important
the North Carolina 4-H Club cal
endar for 1940 have been an
nounced by I... R. Harrill, State
4-H leader of the Extension Serv
ice. The list begins with the per
iod from April 27 to May 4, which
has been designated as Boys' and
Girls' Week.
Harrill has called upon the 4-H
leaders in the counties- to coope
rate w'ith civic clubs and other
organizations in presenting pro-
pranis on 4-H work during that
week.
Leaders’ schools ■will be held
during ihe month of May. The
first w^ill be at the Millstone 4-H
cam«p from May 7 to 11, the next
nt a place yet to be selected for
Eastern Carolina from May 14 to
18, and the third at the Swanna-
noa 4-H camp from May 21 to 24.
The State Older Youth Confer
ence. for Service Club members,
will be held at N. C. State Col
lege June 4 to 8. The Nationj.l
4-H (Hub camp in Washiington,
D. €. will be froir: June 12 to
19. North Caroina wil send a dele
gation of two boys and two girls.
The No. 1 event of the year
on the 4-H calendar is next on the
list. It is the annual 4-H Club
Short Course to be held at State
College July 22-27. Following
this w'ill be the State Wildlife
Conservation Conference, to be
held at a camp not yet chosen,
from August 27 to 31.
The State 4-H Dres.s Review at
State College i.s set for October 4,
and the N. C. State Fair in Ra
leigh will be held Octobei* 8 to 12.
The National Dairy Show is sche
duled October 12 to 18, and the
State contest at the short course
will determine the North Carolina
representatives. Concluding the
calendar are the National 4-H
Achievement Day radio program
on November 2, and the Interna
tional Livestock Show and Na
tional Club Congress* at Chicago
December 1 to 8.
BEST WAY
Director: In this scene, my
dear, the young man rushes into
your room, binds you with rope
from head to foot and then
smothers you with hugs and
kisses.
Actress: Is the young man tall,
dark and handsome?
Director: Yes., why?
Actress: Then he won’t need
any rope.
wmm
,6b-
most br ^>eediiog reek^-
leae for failure to take
road« irealb^ and light condi
tions Ihio consideiatioQ.
^'en, are two easily pre-
venUBlUe typc« of accidents, two
kinds of accident for which there
generally is little or no excuse,
which last year killed 323^ per
sons in this state and InjuiW 1,-
747 others.
• "Those statistics point a crying
need for education of North Car
olina drlTers wHh'regard to safe
Idling practices,” said Ronald
Hoentt, Director of the Highway
Sitfety Dirislon, in coihAiOnting
on the mounting toil of deia£h, in
jury and prt^rty damage at
tributable to theee two types of
aMldents.
Taking cognisance of this need,
the Highway Bsfety Dirlston has
set as one of Its major objecfires
the proTlrion of facllitta for in
creased tralnlfig ahd education of
drivers in N^h Carolina.
Formdr Kaiser WBfaelm, of
Germany, had a uniform for every
regiment of the German army.
^
movnt do^yo^«j^h'to depoeS^T/
; Bride^^(siiitilng): ”Oh, I
a regular charge account such aa
I have at the department stores.’*’
liRTS FIND IT
Inebriate: "Believe it or not,
officer, I’lm hunting f’r a parkW
picwhe!”
Officer: "But you haven't sa
automcybile.”
Inebriate: "Oh, yesh, 1 have.
It’sh in the parking plaahe Vm
huntdnL for.”
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No matter bow many medicines ym|
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