Dellaplane News Services were held Sunday i afternoon at Antloch, and Sunday morning at the Roaring RItot Methodist church. Mrs. Ida Call, who ?will be 90 in September, has been quite ill and feeble. Miss. Lottie Class has been staying with her. Mrs. Call's daughters, Mesdames Cora Fos ter, Thomas Call, and Frank Sparks, apd her granddaughter, . Mrs. Mastin Bouchelle, have been much at her bedside. Mrs. Everett Wheeler ; and family, of Kannapolis, spent the Fourth "with other kin and her parents, Mr. end Mrs. B. Frank Sparks. The children had been to Camp Elliott. Miss Leola Woodly, missionary to China, will speak at Cranber ry Wednesday evening, August 9, at 7:30 o'clock. Everyone is cor dially urged to hear Miss Wood ly. "Pee-Wee" and "Toodler" Ma this (Veona and Glenda Sue) spent one day last week with Sibjtl Smlthey. A singing will begin at Cran berry August 7. It will be taught by Mr. Hamp Jones, of the Bethel community near Ron da, able and experienced singer and instructor. Mrs. Emma Linney Clenden ning, of near Taylorsyille, re turned to North Wilkesboro Mon day after visiting ten days with her niece, Miss Ruth Linney. Mrs. Clendenning is the widow of T. D. Clendenning and a sister of the late Jim C. Linney and the late Rer. W. E. Linney. Mre. P. G. Walker and young daughters, Gwendolyne and Janet, all of Elkln, spent one day recently with Mrs. Walker's fa ther, Rev. N. T. Jarris. Mrs. Walker end daughters and Mrs. Lois Roberts and little Phyllis Anne Jarvis, also spent part of the afternoon with their cousin, Miss Ruth Linney, at the old Til ley place. Mrs. Walker and Miss Linney are "bof twins," as the old darkle said of himself and President "Teddy" Roosevelt. Farms on Brier Creek were damaged as much as any on* any of the tributaries of the Yadkin, and possibly the worst damaged. Monroe Smithey said his bottoms were the least damaged of any he had seen and those at the old Tilley place, where great trenches fit to hide a regiment and big holes were washed in the bottoms and there was dangerous caving, was the worst damaged. Mr. Julius S. Pardue stated he had 20 acres of corn, which he had almost finished working the third time, and a good to bacco crop, which was all so 1 nearly ruined by the flood he hardly knew whether to give it up or continue cultivating it. Many other river farmers are in similar plight. Mr. Pardue lives at the old Col. James and Capt. G u s Martin place, having bought the house and 100 acres of the farm several years ago. Before that he was for many years renter and manager of the 495-acre farm of his cousin, Mrs. I>. J. Salmbh. The Pleasant Grove choir sang for Rev. Noah Jarvis, helpless invalid and former pastor, the first Sunday after the flood. They did some fine singing. Be sides the choir and others from the church, Mr. Jarvis* company included the pastor, Rev. R'. R. Crater, and Mrs. Crater, of Ron da; Mrs. Leona Mathis, of the Brier Creek community; Mr. and Mrs. Jim P. Jarvis, of Winston Salem, and other visitors. Mrs. Noah Jarvis, Jr., hae not been very well. She was suffer ing from neuritis in her shoulder. Billy Henderson, colored, hus band of the former Savannah Walker, was buried at Union Grove, the colored folks' church, Wednesday p. m. Mrs. Emma L. Clendenning visited Mrs. Roxie Love and Mrs. Prank Sparks two afternoons while here from Alexander coun ty. Many from here attended the horse show Friday and Saturday. It is nice to see the fine horses. But a disgustingly large throng appear to attend the Sunday au tomobile races. While this hum ble "country contributor" is known, and not undeservedly, ad something of an "outbreaking sinner," the races appear to such a bucolic writer as danger ous and unfitting to the Sabbath, which is to be "kept holy." Mrs. W. K. Sturdivant, North Wilkesboro, recently spent part of a morning with her cousin, Miss Ruth Linney. She brought their aunt, Mrs. T. D. Clenden ning, who had visited with Mrs. W. E. Linney and Mrs. Sturdi vant nearly 2 weeks. Mrs. J. L. Mathis; Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Mathis, and children; ii Mr. and Mrs. Earl Caudill; Jim Mathls and Sibyl Smithey came to see Miss Ruth Linney and her aunt, Mrs. Emma L. Clenden ning, at the old Tilley place last Sunday. Law officers created some alarm by being in this section cutting stills last week. Consider able sugar was found. Monroe Smithey went Friday afternoon to see his .mother, Mrs. Rachel Smithey near Oakwoods. It was reported she was quite ill. He found her better than he ex pected. Bees invaded a kitchen at Mount Airy. Millions of some kind of bees, but not honeybees, invaded the upstairs at the old Tilley place but are mostly in the Walls. ' Mr. Frank SparkB,' a Church boy, Robert Sparks, Everett Wheeler, and several others went to New River to fish for mud turtles July 4. It was reported Mr. Lonnle Johnston and Miss Lottie Glass would be married the past Sat urday. Rev. Mr. Yale preached at Anttoch Sdnday in the absence of the pastor, Rev. Noah Hayes. Franklin "Mathis, of* WinBton Salem, spent last week visiting friends and relatives in the Cran berry section. Jim Frank Roberts spent the Fourth and the week-end with home-folks. He is attending an electrical engineering school in Salisbury and working in the mornings. Mrs. Ida Call was much better Sunday. Jim Mathis was not with his mother and others when they vis ited the old Tilley place. Mr. and Mrs. Millard Foster, Ronda, attended church at Anti och Sunday. Mrs. Emma L. Clendenning, ! Taylorsvllle, Miss Ruth Linney and Mr. Monroe Smithey visited Miss Linney's uncle, Rev. N. T. Jarvis, and cousin, Mrs. Lois Roberts, and enjoyed supper with them last Saturday evening. Mr. Jarvis was a friend of Mrs. Clendenning's brothers, the late i Rev. W. E. Linney and the late Jim Linney. Mr. Monroe Smithey, Mrs. Em ma Linney Clendenning, of near Taylorsville, and Mrs. Clenden ning's niece, Miss Ruth Linney, went to see Mr. Smithey's moth er, Mrs. Rachel Smithey, neat Oakwoods, a few minutes Sunday To Cash In Bonds Washington, j*? The House unanimously passed and sent to the Senate yesterday a bill per mitting 9,000,000 holders of G. Ir.m terminal leave pay bonds to cash them after next Sept. 1. The vote was 386 to 0. Passage came after brief de bate in which Republican Leader Hallecfe of Indiana speculated that "we may meet another veto" from President Truman. The Treasury Department has oppos morning and found her worse. 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