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RIISF^ LOCAL NEWS ITEMS AB^TT.
People
MUa Lola Kemp Is attendlnsr
the fair In'Greensboro this week.
Dr. nn4 aHtb. 'G. W. Tajloc
spent Itoniisr night with Dr. and
Mrs. W. A. Taylor.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Faw, Sr.,
ot this elty, were visitors to
Boone Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Harry Dunn, of 'Washing
ton, N. C., is visiting her daugh
ter, Mrs. William Cranor.
Miss Mildred Love is spending
a month with relatives at Mon
roe, Michigan, and i» C&nada.
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^ Charles I«e IQsinp-,'nnderwent
a tonsil operation at the Wilkes
Hospital, October 7.
Mr. T. H; Brijohshi^ atjAih®®*
Haywood, of Boomer, were visi
tors in this city Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Myers, of
Elkin, visited relatives In the city j
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Carter and
daughter, Jane, attended a re
union of the Carter family at
Mars Hill College, Sunday.
A son was born today to Mr.
and Mrs. Wake Eller at the
Wilkes Hosrpltal.
A son was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Vance Eller at the Wilkes
hospital Sunday.
A son was born October 9th to
Mr. and Mrs. John Cashion at
the Wilkes hospital.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. A. A.
Crysel at the Wilkes hospital on
October 1, a son.
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Spainhour,
of Elkin, visited relatives here
Sunday.
4bsc
_ Sorn to Mr and Mrs. Harvel
Howell a tine baby girl at the
J^ilkes hospital Monday morning.
Mrs. Lula Weir, of Elkin, was
in this city looking after busi
ness matters today.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Caudill left
Sunday to spend a week at Hot
Springs, Arkansas.
Mr. C. M. Finley is spending a
few weeks at Hot Springs, Ar
kansas.
Mrs. S. L. Smoot, of Elkin, is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. A. L.
Love.
New ATLANTA
AUTOMATIC
WOOD-BURNING
HEATERS
Mrs. C. D. Coffey, Jr, and
daughter. Miss Lura Coffey, are
spending sometime in New York
City.
Mrs. Caswell Yates returned to
her home Sund^ In Wllkesboro
after undergoing An operation at
the Wilkes Hospital.
Mr and Mrs. Clarence Sebas
tian are the parents of a son,
born Saturday morning at the
Wilkes hospital.
Mrs. Bryant Shell and son,
born on October 2 at the Wilkes
hos.pltal, have returned to their
home at Hendrix.
Mrs. Bud Watts and son, born
on September 28 at the Wilkes
hospital, have returned to their
home.
Messrs. I. M. Myers and C. L.
Gibson, of this city, spent Friday
and Saturday with relatives and
friends in Asheville.
SOB, Bill, of Charlotte,visited
re)aMm‘ bard' SundayiritTAeir stm,
ipi^^ds^itktBg Bib |ome with
hts grandmother, Mrs. W. B,
/ liffi hfe' Mrs. H. A. Wend-
land and daughter, MUs Esther
Wendland, and Miss Will.ard
Payite, of this city, spent Sunday
in ickoryi., wtth iT’Mr. Gilbert
WeMland, who'ls B student of
Lenolr-Rhyne College.
Mr.i Jeter Crysel,; of hear this
city^ {b^patipDt at, the hospital
here, where he Is receiving treat
ment for a fractured neck verte
brae received in a motor acci
dent Sunday. ^
Mr. and Mrs. Rush Collins, of
Lincoln. Nebraska, ate visiting
Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Taylor. Mrs.
Collins and Mrs. Taylor are sis
ters. Until this visit they had not
met for 43 years.
Miss Mamie Sockwell spent
the week-end in Glbsonvllle with
her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs.
John D. Sockwell. She was joined
there also for the week-end by
her sister. Miss Ella Sockwell, of
Raleigh.
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ed Wife'* cowing "to Orpheum Thuradny and
Among those from the North
Wilkesboro school attending the
district meeting of the Parent-
Teacher Association in Belmont
last week were Mrs.iJ. B. McCoy,
Mrs. C C. Faw, Mrs. T. A. Fin
ley, Mrs. Gordon Finley, and
Mrs. L. M. Nelson.
—SOCIAL CALENDAR—
Mr. Jesse T. Nichols, well
known citizen of the Purlear sec
tion, was a business visitor to
North Wilkesbord Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Somers,
of Georgetown, S. C., spent a
short while here last week with
relatives and friends.
Mrs. W. H. Church, of Ronda,
spent a few days last week vis
iting Mrs. E. F. Stafford and
family.
Miss Jane Perry, a student of
Salem College, spent the week
end with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. T. G. Perry.
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Church
and. daughter, Peggy, ylaitod Mr.
S. S. Church and family at Trout
man, Sunday.
Mr. Bin Marlow, well known
young clothing mctcbant otr this
city,, Is recovering from a tonsil
operation performed at The
Wilkes Hospital, Saturday,
Mr. and Mrs. Dudley S. Hill
and children, Betty and Sloan,
spent Sunday In Greensboro vis
iting their cousins, Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Egerfon.
Mr. and Mrs. Hap Ahernethy,
Miss Mary Robinson, and Mrs.
Alice Robinson, of Lincolnton,
spent Sunday afternoon with Miss
Jessica Davis in Wilkesboro.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
McCoy at the Wilkes Hotel last
'week were -Mrs. A. M. Aiken and
Miss Em Sherrer, of Chester, S.
Friends 'will be glad to learn
that Mrs. Edith Church Well
born. a former resident of Wilkes,
has recovered from a major ope
ration at a Lenoir hospital and
Is now recuperating at her home,
138 N. Mulberry street. Lenoir.
Rev. Green 'Wlngler, Rev. Dav
id Cleary, Mr and Mrs. Chester
Greer and family and Miss Beu
lah Wayne! all of Kannapolis,
spent the week-end with relatives
and friends in Wilkes and attend
ed communion services at Blue
Ridge Church of the Brethren.
Mrs. E. 'V. Myers, of this city,
is reported today as being im
proved following a bad attack
over the week-end. Mrs. Myers Is
a patient of the Baptist Hospital
in Winston-Salem where she has
been undergoing treatment for
several weeks.
Miss Kathryn Hendren, who
has a position in .Raleigh, spent
the week-en'd in Wilkesboro with
her mother, Mrs. P. B. Hendren.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Forester
motored to Winston-Salem the
Utter part ot the week to ac
company her from that city to
Wilkesboro.
Misses Helen Bostic, Margaret
Hansel. Mary Kemp Bunn, and
Lucile Bumgarner and Mr. Har
ry Boling, teachers in the high
school at Jamestown, attended
services at the Wilkesboro Meth
odist church Sunday morning.
Misses Bostic and Hansel are
former members of the Wilkes
boro school faculty.
.Mr. Jeter M. Blackburn, who
has been traveling for sometime
with headquarters in Chicago, is
here on a visit with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Blackburn.
Just Think ...
Start a fire only one lime dur
ing the winter season. This
g.ves you thermostatically con-
t-olled heat the entire season.
Refuel heater once or twice
daily, depending on the weather.
Remove the ashes only once each
two weeks. Burn either green
or dry wood. Save money!
Save time! And be comfortable
without any trouble. Complete
ly installed.
I Dr. A. S. Ca-ssel, of Ralei.gh,
jwho has a position as druggist
j with the state highway commis-
I sion, spent the week-end here
iwith his family.
Mr. and Mrs. William Cranor,
of this city, attended the gradu
ation of Mrs. Cranor’s sister, Mrs.
Gladys Williams, from the Bap
tist Hospital at Winston-Salem
Friday night. Miss Williams had
been taking training at the hos
pital for sometime, completing
her course of study this fall.
M'ss Alice Cassel, who is at
tending Greensboro College at
Greensboro, spent the week-end
with her parents, Dr. and -Mrs.
A. S Cassel.
The entire family of Mr. and
Mrs. M. F. Bumgarner, of Millers
Creek, were together Saturday
night, October 12. Mr. and Mrs.
J. K. Prevfeite and little daugh
ter, Mary Frances, of Salisbury,
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Friend, of
Winston-Salem, Mr. and Mrs. H.
L. Cannon, Jr., and little son,
'Billy, of Richmond, 'Va., Miss
. Botinie Bunigai ner, ab o of Rich-
|mond. who is a student nurse in
the Medical College of Virginia,
and Iris, M. F. Jr., and George,
of Wilkesboro Route 1.
Ha Holnuui Bible cUtes of
WUke«iboro Baptist';^nnHh will
meet Mrlth Mnt diartie How
ard on 'nmrsday afternoon,
2:80.
Fidelia claas ot the First
Baptist chnrch will meet Tues
day evening, ZrSP^ at the home
of Sira. R. T. McHlel^ with Mlw
Manie Brewer and Mrs. A. M.t
Chnrch oo-hoteeasea.
Tobacco Grading
Demonstrations 17tb
Tobacco grading demonstra
tions will be held at the homes
of V. Bland Martin, near Mace
donia church, and H. C. Roberts,
of Cycle, on Thursday, October
17.
on
J. B. Snipes, Wilkes county
farm agent, said today.
W. L. Bradsher, a specialist
from the federal grading service,
will be in charge and ail tobacco
farmers are invited to attend the
demonstration most convenient,
Mr. Snipes said.
Fiddlers’ Convention
To Be Held Oct. 26th
A fiddlers’ convention will he
bold at' Roartug River high
school, nine miles east of . North
Wilkesboro, beginning at ■ 7:30
o’clock in the evening of Octob
er 26, according to annonneement
received here yesterday.
Prizes will be given for the
best violinist, banjo player, band
and tap dancer.
Minnesota Pastor
Will Not Resists
For Draft He Saijrf
Austin, Minn.'—Rev. 'W'lndlovr''
Wilson, 28, pastor of Methodist
churches at Brownsdale and Dex
ter villages, said yes-terday be
will tell his eongregatiot/iT Son-
day that be intends to refuse t'6
register for conscrlptibnl‘
tips Mslet^ ssaufM
^he,.pewjy'(ibmed,
iralAilh. f'slley Fo^iuC^haty Atbr,*
iS^siAoohriB 'Wilkes, ABefhair.
ItbriT and Yadkin eonnty. f
.. AV .Xa/Un, of Boonvine, fa
jprMdenV of the newly' formed
.i jsontbrehee and E R. Spruill, ot
Honda, is secretary. The execu
tive power is vested in a board
of eight directors—three from
Surry, two from Yadkin, two
from Wilkes and one from Alle
ghany. ’ '
Acbording to conference rnlea,
the baskebball seuon for each
school is limited to 20 games. '
The 16 ' teams with the highest
perdehta^e of games won will be
eligible to participate in the four- j
county conference tonmament to.
d^lde the championship. I
The members of the board of
directors from Wilkes are B. R.,
Slinilir, of Ronda, and Cecil Van-
noy, of Millers Creek.
Limestone ‘ Notice
Limestone secured at ^dffera-^
ment contract price as a grant of'
aid in the 1940 farm pro^ain
must be applied by November ,1
or no credit will be given and a
double chafge for the lime will
be made, Lawrence Miller, Trip
le A secretary, said today.
He also announced that orders
are now being teh^n for .lime in,
the 1941 program. ,
.Willkie To Speak
Wendell Willkie, Repnbllcan
candidate for president, will
speak on ’Thursday, October 17,.
10:30 to 41:00 p. m., over the
Columbia broadcasting system,
according to an announcement
by local Republican leaders, who
invite everybody to listen in.
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Strange Discoveries About
’Twins and Their Prablems. One
set had 23 cayltles ii^ their teeth,
each in the efn^e place,
pair acted, thought and'dr^ed’
alike ,thoijghj, separated; the ^Id,
’Twip ^ist«s ^ho saw and heaW^
fpr bach oft?T. ,in^. tli.e ^In traf-’
fjc .cops Wiip nearly drote 4h'e
motorists .prezy. , Read all'^itlmvi!
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nine wgk ji.d)rt,,8vind^y pgf)
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Poultry-improvement work un
der the National Poultry Im
provement Plan has expanded
steadily since the launching of
the cooperative Federal - State I Sunday American, On Sale at All
program in 1935. j Newsstands.
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TRVE MYSTERY STORy. As-^
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criminal who combined science
and witchcraft in searching for
an elixir of eternal' life. Another
of H. Ashton-Wolfe’s thrilling de
tective stories. Look for it in the
October 27 th issue of The Ameri
can Weekly, the big magazine
distributed with the Baltimore
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.Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Phillips
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Cyrus Faw has accepted a high
school position at Collettsville
in Caldwell county. Cyrus is a re
cent graduate of the Appalachian
State Teachers College at Boone,
and is well qualified for his work.
Miss Louise McLain and Ruth
Adams, who are attending the
Ellerbe Training Center at Eller-
be, N. C., spent the week-end in
the county with relatives and
friends.
FURNITURE
EXCHANGE
IWh Street
North Wilkeoboro. N. C.
Captain E. P. Robinson, In
command of Company A of the
National Guard at Fort Jackson,
S. C., has been sent to Fort Bel-
voir, near Washington, D. C., for
a month In an engineering
school. Several other officers
from Fort Jackson will also take
the special training. Lieut. R. R.
Woodson and Lieut. Fred M. Wy
att will be in command of the
company at Fort Jackaon until
pWpUls, Kpb^ntoa^niJWi.. '
Ronda High To
Have Fair 30th
Miniature Fair With Many
Features To Replace
Hallowe’en Festival
Students of Ronda high school
are thrilled over plans for their
fir^t fair, which will be held on
the evening of October 30 instead
of a Hallowe’en carnlvai.
Eight students have been elect
ed as a board of directors and
they will run the miniature ex
position. ’The officers elected by
the directors are George Greene,
.president, and Ruty Roberts, sec- '
retary. j
A very attractive premium |
booklet, listing .prizes in so-^n i
departments, has been published
and distributed. \
E. R. Snr’.'in, principal of thei
school, ,>ald today that much in
terest already has been shown In
election of the "Fair Queen”,
who will be crowned on the eve- .
ning of the fair In the Ronda
school gymnasium. ^
If weather permits a .parade [
will precede the fair and prises
will be awarded for the best cos
tumes and floats. A gala occasion.'
is assured all who will attend,'!
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