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Jtn. Ve«ta Porter, of Radical.
» boBlnoae '^Tlsltar In North
'WIHteeboro icrlday.
Zelle Harris, of Roaring
Ir, was a week-end guest of
Manie Brewer.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Roberts, of
Roaring River route two, were
kWtors In this city Friday.
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Miss Jean Moore, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Moore, left
Sunday to take a position at Ar-
Uniton. Va.
Miss Mamie Sockwell, society
editor of The Journal-Patriot, Is
able to be out after being confin
ed to her home by illness for a
week.
Mrs. 0. C. Holcomb, of this
city, left yesterday to spend sev
eral weeks In Elkin with her
sons, Messrs. Hugh and Marshal
Holcomb.
Mr. Woodrow Pielmer, a citizen
of the Wilbar community, was in
this city looking after business
matters Friday.
Miss Helen Roberts, student of
A. S.'^, T. C.. fioone, spent last
week-emff'wlth^ hir parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. H. Roberts, of Roar
ing River route two.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Reeves, of Martinsville, Via., a
son on January 23. Mrs. Reeves
before her marrlnge was Miss Nell
Miss Lena. Culler, of Farner,
Tenn., is here for a few days vis- Gllreath, of this city,
itlng with her parents, Mr. and
. Mrs. J. B. Culler.
Mr, D. B. Swarlngen, a proniin-
at farmer of the Traphlll com
munity, was a business visitor in
the Wilkesboros Friday.
Mr. George Coble, of Lexing
ton, head of the Coble Dairy Pro
ducts plants, was a visitor to the
Wllkeshoro plant today.
Mrs. Fred Henderson and little
daughter. Sue. left today to mkke
their home In Baltimore where
Mr. Henderson has a war Job.
Mr. Eftner Eller returned Fri-
Mr.s. R. F. Collins and .Mrs.
Matt Hines, of Mt. Airy, were Augusta. Ga.. where he
guests for the day last Tuesday brother.
Mrs. Chalmer Dyer spent a few
hours Sunday in Winston Salem
with her husband, who is station
ed at Arlington, Va.. and who met
her in Winston-Salem.
Mrs. M. M. Darlington, who h:«
been ill for several days. Is
now a patient at the Wilkes hos
pital. Some improvement is re
ported in her condition.
Mr. and Mrs. Gorman Johnson
and little daughter. Dorothy, of
Roaring River, spent the week
end here with Mrs. Johnson's
mother, Mrs. R. S. Shoaf.
of Mr. and .Mrs. Edd F. Oordner.
spent a week with his brother,
Rev. Eugene Eller, well known
Baptist pastor In that city.
Mr. R. E. Stewart, who is in
school at Charlotte, was here Sun
day to attend the memorial ser
vice conducted at the First Bap
tist B. T. XT. for Pfc. Jesse Farris,
a friend of Mr. Stewart’s who wes
killed in action in New Guinea on
! December 29.
returned from New BwAi
he waa engaged to war work. Mr.
Pardue la the son of Mr. and Mrs.
C M. Pardue, of 'Wllkeaboro.
Mrs. Clarence Gall has return
ed W North Wllkeaboro after
spending several weeks In Greens
boro with her daughter, Mrs. Or-
ten Boren, and other relatives.
Mrs. B. B. Pearson, tax lister
for Moravian Falls township, will
list property for taxes on Friday,
February 6, at Grover Hlx’s ser
vice station at Moravian Falls.
Mrs. G. B. Dearman will leave
Thursday 'to make her home at
Camp Carson, Colo., with her
husband, who is in the army and
is stationed there.
Misses Reva Tugman and Fay
Elledge of North Wllkeshoro.
went on a bicycle trip Sunday to
visit Miss Theda Young, of Halls
Mills. The entire trip consisted
of 20 miles.
Born to Mr, and Mrs. Harold
Blankenship, of this city, Satur
day night at The Wilkes Hospital,
a son, Radford Harold. Mrs
Blankenship is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Mack Church, of the
Purlear community, being the for-
miss Miss Opal Church.
Wllkeaboro. »P .
at home. "VMn
dent of Salem
located IB
Mrs. J. E. Slgmoii reartied tii
her home at Newton today after
a several ^sys’visit In the libme
of Mr. and Mrs. J. B.^Bendergoil
In Wllkeshoro. Mrs. Sigmon is
the mother of Mrs. Fred Hender
son. 1
Miss Bettye Hudson, daughter
i,;sr?
Mf. d-O.
has' rented
the Ffoyd 0.- Foreeter building on
Tenth. Street, formerly occupied,
by the Champion Feed A Hatch-:
ery.
Mr. Lovette states that he will
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of Mr. and Ixbb Hudson, and j gontjjjna ^uy prodnee at his
Miss Elsie residence and that all routes now
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Hudson, left
Thur.sday to begin work at Glenn.
L. Martin’* aircraft plants in Bal
timore, Md.
News was received today that
little hope of recovery Is held for
Mr. Hoyt Hendren, who is criti
cally 111 in a Charlotte hospital.
He was taken 111 while working in
Baltimore e few weeks ago. Mrs.
Hendren Is with him In Charlotte.
Mrs. A. E. Morgan returned re
cently from the Davis Hospital in
Statesville where she underwent
a major operation. She Is re
covering nicely. Mrs. Morgan Is
the former Miss Vena Maye Glass,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. H.
Glass, of North Wllkeshoro route
three. '
Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Mastln, well
known residents of Wllkeshoro
route two, were North Wilkes-
boro visitors Saturday. While
here Mr. and Mrs. Mastln visited
The Journal-Patriot office and or
dered the paper continued to
come to their home. Mr. Mastln
stated that he had been a regular
subscriber of the paper since Its
beginning thirty six years ago.
Mr. Mastln has been a teacher in
the county schools for over 30
year.s.
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are famii
re farmers
dangerous
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r for the
are overh
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work with
so i*ry far
ost tombed/
bec^se thf‘
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pur cropj
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to
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live
odds
There = is another
Kason to buying Bom
yelping ^ win this w;
pal investment bac|
rongep government
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ver 4|preciate in vj
in aliAys cash thi
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the P^1(1-
re thin irou
Miss Billie Waugh Johnson,
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. H.
Johnson, of this city, spent Satur
day and yesterday at her home.
Miss Johnson Is e junior In the
School of Pharmacy of the Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
Mr. Thomas B. Smith, who
holds a position with Carter-Huh-
bard Publishing company, has
been 111 for the past week and
since Friday has been a patient at
the Wilkes hospital. Some Im
provement was noted In his con
dition today.
The new officers of the Wo
man’s Society for Christian Ser
vice of the "Wllkesboro Methodist
church were Installed In an Im
pressive service held at the
church last night. Mrs. Oscar
Elliott la the Incoming president
of the society.
Dr. John W. Klncheloe, Jr., Mr.
D. E. Elledge, Mr. T. J. Frazier,
Rev. B. F. Livingston, and Mrs.
C. E. Jenkins attended the Bap
tist State Sunday School Conven
tion hold at Greensboro Wednes
day In the First Baptist church.
Mrs. Jenkins remained In Greens-
bor the remainder of the week.
Mr. John T. , Irvin, who has
been 111 for sometime at his home
in Wllkeshoro, Is now improving
and is able to sit up in his room
part of the time. Mr. Irvin, ac
companied by Mrs. Irvin, went to
Statesville yesterday for examina
tion, and his physicians stated
that he was getting along fine.
Miss 'Tudle Hix. one of seven
North Wllkeshoro high school
studTints -who saeceMfnlly passed
the 3tate College entrance exami
nation prescribed In the war time
speed-up educational program
several days ago. will leave Tues
day to enter Woman’s College of
the University of North Carolina.
In Greensboro. Miss Hlx, who
was president of the Student
Council in the local high school,
will be accompanied to Greensboro
by her mother, Mrs. Mary Moore
Hlx.
Withers Leads
A Busy Life As
A Fihn Sub-Deb
rears.
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“OLDEST HaVcSI^Y EN 'raEUX)l]^TY" ^
^Nordi WlUttlibQro, N» C-
Being n member of Filmdom’s
■ub-deb set means leading a pret
ty life. That i.s why Withers re
jected a contract at her old stu
dio, Twentieth Century-Fox, and
signed with Republic, which agreed
to use her services for only three
pictures a year. The first of
these pictures, “Johnny Dongh-
hny,’’ reUccts the freshnes.s, viva
city ond spontaneity which comes
from ample leisure time for rest
and recreation.
Much of Jane’s leisure time is
occupied with war activities. She
is chairman of the Junior Divisimi
of the American Women’s Volun
tary Services in Westwood. Once
a week .she picks up, washes and
delivers thermos bottles, dishes
and baskets from the senior divi
sion of the AWVS canteen serv
ice. She regularly entertains sol
diers from the camp across the
.street from her home.
She studies dontinually, all the
year round, with a tutor, and she
has become one of the most pop
ular party-goers of the younger
set, her roster of escorts including
Pat Brook, Fred Bartholomew, Bob
Cornell, Buddy Pepper, Joe Brown
.. and Bill Shirley, all actors;
... C. Lyles, Jr., publicist, Dick
aayton of the U. S. Navy, Jackie
Searles of the U. S. Signal Corps,
and Ray Dixon of the Marines.
“Johnny Doughboy” cornea to
the Liberty Theatre for a run of
two day-, starting Monday.
In operation will be continued as
qstmL
The new store on Tenth Street
is an .addition to the bnainess. Mr.
Lovetta states, and will give the
farmers of this section another
outlet for their produce.
Mr. Lovette operates three
trucks to carry produce gathered
here to New York and other large
cities In the, northeast, and to the
larger centers In this state.
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Film “Star Spangled
Rhythm” Is Coming
Every Paramount star you can
think of, and more than that, is
In the long-heralded musical
comedy, “Star Spangled Rhythm,”
which comes soon to the Liberty
Theatre.
And by ‘‘every Paramount star
you can think of’’ we mean such
outstanding favorites as Bing
Crosby, Bob Hope, Fred MacMur-
ray, Franchot Tone, Ray Milland,
Victor Moore, Dorothy Lamour,
Paulette Goddard, Vera Zorina,
Mary Martin, Dick Powall, Betty
Hutton, Eddie Bracken, Veronica
Lake, Alan Ladd, Rochester and
many, many others.
The story tells of the dilemma
of the Paramount studio gateman.
Victor Moore, who has been pre
tending to his sailor son, Eddie
Bracken, that he runs the studio.
When Eddie shows up on shore
leave, the old man is on the spot.
Betty Hutton helps him off via a
series of hilarious deceptions, !n
which more than 48 stars and di
rectors actually appear, and do
their stuff.
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Names Postmaster
‘ 'Washington. — Representative
William O. Burgin announced he
had recommended Ralph E. Mar
tin for appointment as postmaster
at Ronda, Wilkes County, to suc
ceed Eli Byrd.
The Ronda post office was rais
ed from fourth to third-class last
July 1, and Martin passed the
competitive examination given
candidates for the job.
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Before its defeat, the Belgian
army contained one person out of
every 16 in the total population.
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The riekahaw wAa invented by
a U. S. marine w1|p visited Japan
in 1854
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JVc will appred||tte a call from ^11 oi^ old
iFriends, and iiuw all who have pro^^ce to
sell to see us ^c^et quotations ^
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LS usual, and ^y at our former lowidii at i nr resi
dence. Give |is a call when you havuroduce )o sell.
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