iY'jmrtXU, 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. 4. ' ^ 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. Afthlatie AMOsiEtioBf'.Oi' . ' rbcfort Ar» irttb tgterdrt tb«>«g^^ ;b«ul •f'-C Brian AhetlM, RositKnd Ruaiell, Virginia. Rraen m ' Hor- v 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. -J »■ Ads. get attentlcsi—and 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! them ln’.,The' Hl'u8trated‘''‘Fbat jUj. nine wgk ji.d)rt,,8vind^y pgf) ton TfmeSrRpMd, npw o^ ' 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. ‘'LEAVES OF LETHARGY”'. TRVE MYSTERY STORy. As-^ toiinding revelations about ‘a’ 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 Bedspreads $2-55 ONLY 20 OF THESE • Here is value you’ll go far to equal! Gay colored flowers dee^* tufted against *a cre«B ground, ... or two* tone flowers on a soUd color grptmd. . -•'4': These spreads will fit into any bedroom, and at Penneyift thrift price you can have one on e»- ery bed! SEE OUR WINDOWS HURRY FOR YOURS! IPENNfEY^g Atlanta Heaters- Have ash door! Have thermostat adjustable to severa^ positions! new in design! A sou was lorn Friday night to Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Whicker, Jr. Mrs. Whicker and son are spending some time with her par ents at Greenwood, Mississippi. Have heavy cast iron bottom that will not cra.’k under fire! Have 6” reversible collar! Come equipped with cast iron stove pipe connection, shovel, heavy poker, 6” stove pie, 12” in length with damper in joint and 6" stove pipe 6” in length crimped at both ends! Do not require sand on bottom of heaters! .Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Phillips and Mr. Presley Myers spent Sun day in Hendersonville and Ashe ville. At Hendersonville they vis ited Mr. Phillips brother, Mr. Ernest Phillips. k By far the heaviest heater of ' fyP* ®>* market. Come 5 7'the heater that will con- Jkace yon beyond all doubt '■^1 WILKES 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,'! Xb SpnOlLmiM. Model Illustrated: De Luxe "Torpide^ Six Two-Door Sedan $S74*,( VThite sidewall tires optimal at extra ( Just arrived-aiid now on Special Display-the Value Leader of Three Great New Lines of 'Torpedo” Sixes and Eights ms IS WHA1 ran m wasa ion m amt aommi JUST arrived! I»ontiac’s new 1941 made this year’s Ponriacs such sensational sales 1 uBy De Luxe "Torpedo” Six that any new successes. It will pay you to be amo^ the first car buyer can affordl to see this new.low-priced Pontiac "Torpedo.” ' BiMity ■ • new MiiMewR -SHIW •warns ■ Z BKIOSD tUWMtlO aoAaoi ovOMUHNem' car buyer Not only is it longer, lower, wider, and big- 8AS > ECONOMY ^ in every way; but it offeraPontiac’a daringly ^ Pontiac, Micb. State tax, optional HitErrvnr “TAniedo atvline. heietCMore'avail- ' t ------ n— different ‘‘Torpedo" ftyling, hemt^re'avail able only on'PoiK^a higher-priced cars! AW ion can tab* jonr cMco e^aSix^orjn is^t engme in any model jor a cm lA ttaenty-five OollaTsl . and accessorUit—extra- Pri^ subject ■en/itbentnotice. AGeperalMotorsValne. 9. MMcno ‘ tuownr. 10. CHOKE OS J m enfinea ara.- mt^pjowrinlAsmooiiteiv more rekponsive,mt% ► . i*- both offar that. auna record economy wfai^-’ djii* eil ■i ■'J

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