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North Wilkesboro has a
trading radius of 50 miles,
serving 100,000 people in
Northwestern Carolina.
'ol. 43. No. 71. Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., Monday, December 20, 1948 Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center
[ugh A. Cranor
aken By Death;
iFuneral Is Today
rer 46 Years, Former
Legislature; Mayor Of
f? Wilkesboro 26 Years
ugh Armfield Cranor, 73,
of the Wilkes bar and for
lYeral decades one of this beo
n's best known citizens, died
ly after midnight Sunday
rning in a Statesville hospital,
ere he had been a patient since
onday. I
In ill health for the past two
years, Mr., Cranor became criti
cally ill a week ago.
Hugh A. Cranor was born on
November 20, 1875. His father
was John S. Cranor, prominent
lawyer and one time' state sena
tor, and his mother was Mrs. Sa
rah Taylor Cranor, of Wilkes
boro.. With early education in
the public and private schools in
Wilkes county, Mr. Cranor stud
ied at the University of North
Carolina and was licensed to
npactice law in February, 1902.
Wr six years he was with his
father in his law office and since
that time practiced alone.
In addition to his law practice,
Mr. Cranor was prominent in
public life. He was elected may
of Wilkesboro 12 times, and serv
ed in that capacity a total of 26
years. In 1930 he was elected to
the legislature, being the first
Democrat elected to that office
since 1900. He wsa chairman
of the Democratic executive com
mittee in Wilkes, and had also
served as secretary of the county
Democratic organization. He was
also a member of other Democrat
ic committees in the state.
For years Mr. Cranor was a
member of the board of trustees
of Appalachian State Teachers'
College at Boone.
In early life he joined the Wil
kesboro Methodist church, re
maining a member there through
out his life. He was also promi
nent in the Masonic lodge and
had held office of master of Lib
erty lodge in Wilkesboro, one of
the oldest in the state. He also
was a member of the Junior Ord
er and Knights of i^thias lodges
in North Wilkesboro over a per
iod of many years.
On June 26, 1907, Mr. Cranor
was married to Miss Jennie Hack
ett, daughter of the late Fi ank
D and Alice Hackett. Surviving
are Mrs. Hackett and four sons:
Hugh A. Cranor, Jr., Wilkesboro;
Robert H. Cranor, Winston-Sa
lem; John Cranor, of Wilkesboro;
and Carroll Cranor, Dayton, O.
There are six grandchildren.
Hugh Armfield Cranor, III, Rob
ert Walker, Thomas Franklin,
Betty Lou, Robert Hackett and
Fred Taylor Cranor. Also surviv
ing are two brothers and three
. sisters: Frank T. Cranor, of Wil
Afesboro; 'John Cranor, Cumber
land, Mr., Miss Catherine Cranor,
Ames, Iowa; Miss Edith Cranor,
Los Angeles, California; Mrs.
Bessie Mc-Elwee, Statesville.
Mr. Cranor was preceded in
death by two sons and one daugh
ter; also two brothers, and one
sister, William T.,' Charles M.
and Fannie Cranor.
Funeral service was held Mon
day, 2:30, at Wilkesboro Metho
dist church with the pastor, Rev^
C. J. Winslow, in charge, and
burial was in Mountain Park
cemetery. Members of the Mason
ic lodge conducted the burial
rltpall bearers were J. F.
Harold Burke, Wm. G. Mitchell,
W. B. Somers, Ralph Martin,
and C. P. Walter.
Rhodes-Day Having
Big Sale; Prizes
To Be Given 24th
Pre-Christmas furniture sale is
now going full blast at Rhodes
Day Furniture company with re
ductions from ten to fifty per
cent throughout the large store.
Every customer during this
event has a chance to win the
$400 Estate home freezer, or
Strom berg-Carlson combination
radio to be given away at Rhodee
Day Friday, December 24, four
p. m. It is not necessary to be
present to win, but the firm, will
be happy to have their customers
as guests for tEe presentation
event.
Christmas Program
fFor Kiwanis Club
.^North Wilkesboro Kiwanis
tfjb will have a Christmas pro
gram at the luncheon meeting on
Friday noon at Hotel Wilkes.
Joe McCoy, program chairman,
has anounced program assign
ments for January as follows:
January 7, R. Q. Finley; January
14, Dr. O. T. Mitchell; January
21, Rev. W. N. Brookshire; Jan
uary IS, Dr. W. K. Newton.
Work In Progress
On Office Register
Deeds Wilkes County
Work la now in progress on
i the Interior of the vault addition
I to the office of the register of
deeds In the Wilkes courthouse.
While this work Is In progress
It Is necessary to remove many
records from thejr usual places
and records are located with dif
ficulty. Troy ' S. Foster, register
of deeds, said service to the pub
lic is hampered 'while the work
1 i^ in progress, but that every ef
fort would be made to complete
the work as early as possible.
Four Injured In
Anto Accident On
Route 16 Sunday
Four were injured an<| an ?u-j
toraobile was completely demol
ished in an auto accident be
tween Moravian Falls and Pores
Knob Sunday afternoon.
According to report of the ac
cident by Highway Patrolman R.
H. Dillard, Billie Dean Transou
was driving a 1936 Ford tow
ard Taylorsville on highway 16.
With him were his wife, Mrs.
Maude Transou, Miss Annie Chil
dress and Arthur Gentle, all of
the Oakwoods community.
Driver of the car said he was
sideswiped by another oar on a
curve, and that his car was
thrown out of control. The car
went a distance of 95 yards on
the highway, going sideways part
of the time, crsahed off to the
right through a barbed wire fence
and overturned in a field. All oc
cupants of the car were thrown
out except the driver.
Both meii were only slightly
injured. Mrs. Transou sustained
cuts and bruises on her leg and
Miss Childress head injuries.
Miss Childress remained as a pa
tient at the Wilkes hospital and
the others returned to their
homes after first aid treatment.
Hospital Births
The following births were re
ported at The Wilkes Hospital
since December 9: Daughter,
Oarissa Ann, December 10, to!
Mr. and Mrs. John Beckley James
of North Wilkesboro; son, Frank
Martin, Jr., December 11, to Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Martin Tharpe,
of Rorida; twin daughters, Re
becca Jane and Regina Ann, De
cember 10, to Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Hardin Owens, of Halls
Mills; son, Gary Edwin, Decem
ber 11, to Mr., and Mrs. James
Edgar Smith, of Ronda; son,
Harold Dennis, December 11, to
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Coolidge
Shumate, of North Wilkesboro
route two; son, Thomas Earl, en
December 11, to Mr. and Mrs.
John Marshall Craven, of Glen
dale Springs; son, Robert Gray,
December 12, to Mr. and Mrs.
Don P. Phillips, of Boomer; dau
ghter, Judith Marie, December 9,
to Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Letcher
Dillard, of North Wilkesboro;
daughter, December 15 to Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Junior Johnson,
of Wilkesboro; son, December
15 to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Daniel
Anderson, of North Wilkesboro.
T5 Troy Shaffner
Funeral On Sunday
Funeral service wor T-5 Troy
Shaffner, "who was killed in ac
tion in Germany April 26, 1945,
was held Sunday, 11 a. m., at
Dennyville church near Cycle and
burial witb military rites was at
Island Ford church cemetery in
Yadkin county. Rev. L. T. Young
er conducted the service.
T5 Shaffner is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Emma Shaffner,
who recently moved from the
Cycle community to near Mocks
ville in Davie county, and the fol
lowing .brothers and sisters: Mrs.
Arlie Gray, Cycle; Mrs. Paul
Cheek, Jonesville; Barbara Ann,
Hubert, Richard, James, Billie
and Jerry Shaffner, all of Cycle.
Last Rites Sunday
For Pvt. D. W. Wyatt
Funeral service for Pvt. Dew
ey W. "Wyatt, who died December
27, 1945, while in army service
in the Pacific area, was held Sun
day, 3:30 p. m., at Rock Springs
church north of this city. Burial
with military rites was In Mount
Lawn Memorial Park.
I Pvt. Wyatt is survived by
his father, W. A. Wyatt, and the
following brothers and sisters:
Mrs. Belva Bowlin, George, Ho
bert, Foy, Van, Ray, Maude, Paul
and Juanita Wyatt, all of Halls
j Mills.
Miss Muriel Coykendall Receives Award
Miss Muriel Coykendall, left, is shown here receiving
a $250 cash award from Dr. Richard L. Weaver, of
Chapel Hill, representing the Resources-Use Educa
tion commission. Miss Coykendall received second a
ward in a national contest for writing material to be
usde in Resource-Use Education. (Photo by Lane's
Studio).
LOCAL TEACHER RECEIVES1 $250 i
PRIZE IN A NATIONAL CONTEST
Miss Muriel Coykendall, a first
grade teacher in North Wilkes
bor0 city schools, was presented
with a $2 50 cash award from the
project in applied economics
i sponsored by the American As
sociation of Colleges for Teacher
Education.
The presentation was made at
the meeting of the North Wil
kesboro Kiwanis club Friday
noon by Dr. Richard L. Weaver,
of Chapel Hill, director of the
North Carolina Resource - Use
Commission, who addressed the
club.
The program was in charge of
C. Arthur Yenable, chairman of
the Education committee of the
Wilkes Chamber of Commerce.
He presented J. Floyd Woodward,
superintendent of North Wilkes
boro schools, who introduced Dr.
Weaver.
Dr. Weaver explained that the
commission of which he is pro
gram director is a part of a na
tional organization which has as
its purpose the promotion of a
more functional type of public
education, especially in the train
ing of teachers to go beyond
mere textbooks and teach chil
dren how to better their homes
and communities.
He spoke very interestingly a
bout many economic factors in
North Carolina, stating that full
development and use of resourc
es in the state could raise the ag
j gregate income from three to
fifteen billion dollars annually.
Teachers, he said, should know
! more of the needs of their re
spective localities. He explained
how projects were carried out
through schools in Kentucky
hills that had resulted in better
and more satisfactory standards
of living for homes, and that
such projects were being used as
the basis for study and expansion.
Subject of the prize winning
paper by Miss Coykendall was
pigeon raising. With the aid of
some elementary school boys Miss
Coykendall carried out a pigeon
raising project with great suc
cess.
The contest was carried out
on a nation-wide basis, with a
total of $1,000 in cash prizes.
Miss Coykendall spoke briefly be
fore the Kiwanis club, telling
ing some information about her
project which inspired the paper
she wrote in the contest, and
which will be distributed in pam
phlet form for use in Resource
Use education throughout the
country, .
Also on the program at the
club meeting was Professor J. C.
Yoder, geography teacher who is
chairman of the Resource-Use
committee at Appalachian State
Teachers College at Boone. He
explained the work of his com
mittee, especially in Watauga
county where schools* are engag
ed in a county history arid re
search into possibilities for fur
ther economic development. He
stated that Mulberry school in
Wilkes is participating and that
cattle raising is the project there.
Guests at the meeting Friday
were: Rufus Church with Ira
Payne; Dwight Nichols with Tom
Jenrette; J. Floyd Woodward;
Miss Muriel Coykendall, Dr. Rich
ard L. Weaver and J. C. Yoder
with C. Arthur Yenable.
Wilkes Farmer
Dies In Field
Funeral service was held to
day at 11 a. m., at Oak Ridge
BaptlBt church for Chralie Har
rison Byrd, 59, who died Satur
day while working on his farm
near Hays.
' Coroner 1. M. Myers said that
I death was probably due to a
heart attack, since it was known
that Mr. Byrd had been suffering
with a heart disease. He and his
son were working in a field when
he walked off to rest briefly and
did not return. When he was
found by his son a short time
later he was dead.
Surviving Mr. Byrd are his
wife, Mrs. Bertha Walker Byrd.
and the following sons and dau
ghters: Lytle Byrd, Hays; Troy
Byrd, North Wilkesboro route
one; Wilmer Byrd, Hays; Mrs. R.
P. Homer, Greensboro; Mrs. J.
W. Burchette, Winston-Salem;
Mrs. W. K. Shumate, Anawalt,
W. Va.; Mrs. Jake Wiles, Dock
ery.
P
The average corn yield for the
nation from 1937 to 1946 was
31.4 bushels per acre.
Mrs. Nancy Sebastian
Funeral On Sunday
Funeral service was held Sun
day at Zion Church for Mrs. Nan
cy Lodemia Sebastian, 73, who
died early Saturday at her home
In Mulberry township. Rev. Mon
roe Dillard and Rev. Clarence
Miller conducted the service.
Mrs. Sebastian, widow of the
late George Sebastian, leaves 3
daughters: Mrs. Millie Pendry,
Mrs. Mae Felts, Mrs. Emma Felts
and one son by a former mar
riage Elbert "Walker, all of Hays.
Wanted, Sixth Team
For Basketball League
Recreation committee of the
Wilkes Chamber of Commerce
wants one more entry in the
county basketball league, which
will start play January 5. Ronda
or Roaring River, or a combina
tion 0f the two, Wilkesboro or
North Wilkesboro, or a combina
tion, have been snggested. Five
teams have entered and the sixth
is wanted by Wednesday in order
to complete the schedule.
Betan That Book to the Uhrary
OUTSTANDING YOUNG MAN OF
COMMUNITY WILL BE SELECTED
The Wilkes Junior Chamber of
' Commerce is sponsoring the se
lection of the outstanding young
men of the community for 1948.
A committee of local citizens ov
>er the age of 36 have has been
] appointed to select this young
man.
| Any person may nominate any
young man which they feel should
be considered for the award by
filling out a nomination blank
which can be secured at the
I
Chamber of Commerce office in
the Call Hotel building. Pill in!
the blank and return it to Tom j
Jenj-ette, secretary-manager of
the Chamber of Commerce, and
will see that the selection com-1
mittee gets them.
Presentation of the distin
guished service award will be
made al the end of national "Jay- 1
cee" week which begins January
14th. i
Lions Club Aids
50 Families With
Christmas Cheer
Names Given Out At Meet
? ing Friday; Other Organ
izations Helping
North. Wllkesboro Lions club
will provide Christmas cheer
packages to 50 needy families in
Wilkes county this Christmas sea
son.
In order to - prevent duplica
tions and make sure that - some
needy cases will not be neglected,
all names this year were cleared
through the Wilkes county wel
fare department, who furnished a
description list to all organiza
tions which wanted to help in the
task of providing something at
Christmas to those less fortu
nate.
Members of the Lions club ,in
meeting Friday evening were as
signed names of families, and the
members themselves will deliver
the Christmas cheer provisions by
Christmas eve.
Several other organizations are
assisting in helping needy fami
lies. At the Kiwanis club meet
ing Friday noon names of nine
families were given members who
wished to help in this work, and
the welfare office reports many
other organizations and individu
also assisting to make sure that
Santa can get around to all.
Dr. John T. Wayland, pastor
of the First Baptist church here,
delivered an inspirational mes
sage to the Lions club on the true
meaning of Christmas. His ad
dress was received with much in
terest. Another feature of the
program was three numbers by
the sons of Harmony Quartet,
which were very much enjoyed
by the club.
Investiture Service
New Troop Of Scouts
An impressive investiture serv
ice was held for troop No. 3 of
Girl Scouts Wednesday afternoon
at the North Wilkesboro Little
House. Thhs is a new troop with.
Mrs. Cecil Adam son and Mrs. J.
H. McNeill leaders, and the fol
lowing ten girls make up the
membership, and were present
for this service: . Mary Hall,
Madge Hall, Ruth Combs, Jeral
dine Combs, Ruby Steele, Shirley
Royal, Nancy Jane Queen, Lena
Grimes, Betty Joe Griffin, Lou
ise Lambert.
Rev. Watt Cooper assisted in
the service. Talks were made by
Mrs. J. H. Winkler, Mrs. Thos.
Finley, Mrs. R. S. Gibbs, and
Mrs. G. T. Mitchell led in the
group singing. %
Refreshments and games were
enjoyed at the conclusion of the
program.
Wilkes Youth Will
Sing Opera Lead At
Mars Hill College
Rev; Dean Minton ministerial
student at Mars Hill College, will
sing the lead role of Brack Weav
er in a folk opera to be staged |
at Mhrs Hill January 8.
"Down In The Valley" is hte
title of the opera' written by Kurt
Wiell and was first presented by
the University of Michigan and
broadcast over a coast-tocoast
hookup last summer. Mars Hill is
in the heart of the Mountain reg
ion treated in the opera, which is
adapted from an old folk tale
concerning the unjust hanging of
Brack Weaver for the self-defense
slaying of a wealthy land owner
in a fight over a young moun
tain girl. Many folk songs are
woven into the opera.
Christmas Program
Everybody is Invited to the
Christmas program to be held on
Thursday night, December 23, at
Rock Creek Baptist church.
u
Rev. and Mrs. C. M. Caudill
today riBited Mrs. Caudlll's sis
ter, Mrs. Old Wiles, and family.
They hare been visiting their
sons, Dr. R. Paul Caudill, in
Memphis, Tenn., and Mr. J. V. .
Caudill, at West Jefferson. Rev.
and Mrs. Caudill returned today '
to West Jefferson before pro-;
ceeding to Crewe, Va., where
they are now making tneir home.
Eight students from Wilkes!
county were listed on the honor
roll at Appalachian State Teach
ers' College at Boone for the first
quarter. The Wilkes honor stu
dents were Miss Hope Brown, of
Moravian Falls; Miss Anne Broy
hill, of Pores Knob;? Mr. William
Russell Craig, Mr. James A. Den
nis, Mr. Noah James, Miss Eliza
beth Pharr, and Miss Faye
Rhodes, of Wilkesboro; and Miss
Mary Sue Hendren, of Moravian
Falls.
County Offices To
Close For Holidoys
Wilkes county offices of regis
ter of deeds, sheriff, clerk of
court and county accountant will
close Friday noon for the holidays
and will re-open Tuesday morn
ing. ?
Wefare department, county ag
ent, health department and board
of education offices will be clos
ed all day Friday, Saturday and
Monday and will re-open Tues
day morning.
Marriage Settles
Non-Support Case
In WHkes Court
Indictments for non-support, a
suspended sentence and a sug
gestion from Judge J. H. Clement
in Wilkes court Friday resulted
in a marriage, which removed
one case from the criminal court
docket.
Coy Prevette, of Lomax, was in
court on charge of failure t^ sup
port a child. Rosie Holloway was
the prosecuting witness and she
testified that she had three chil- .
dren by Coy Prevette, who was
not supporting them. Judge Clem
ent asked if she wanted to mar
ry the defendant and she replied
in the affirmative. When ques
tioned Prevette gave the same
answer and Judge Clement gave
him four months on the roads,
suspended on condition that he
marry Rosie Holloway. The nec
essary health certificates were
obtained and the conditions of
the court judgment were com
plied with Friday.
The longest sentence meted out
in the term, which closed Friday
after a week's work on many
cases, was four years for John
Teviepaugh, who was convicted
of robbing Temple "S. Poe of $340
at her home in Union township
October 24. The aged lady said
she was alone at her home when
Teviepaugh forced his way in
the house, overpowered her and
took her life's savings.
Bobble JjoweU, James Alexand
er, and Coy Burchette were sen
tenced to two years each on the
roads for theft of tires and other
articles from. Zack Higglns.
Charlie Guy McGlamery for as
sault on his wife in a cafe here
several weeks ago was sentenced
to four months labor at the
Wilkes county home. Evidence
revealed that he struck her,
knocked her down and that she
retaliated by smashing some
chinaware on his face and in
flicting painful cuts.
Other cases in which judg
ments were meted out since the
last published report follow:
Paul Melvin Bowlin, non-support,
18 months suspended on pay
ment $15 weekly for family;
Paul Hemric, violating prohibi
tion law, judgment suspended on
payment of costs; Ernest Brown
and Clara Call, fornication and
adultery, 12 months each; Ber
tha Call, keeping disorderly
house, 12 months in prison; Hu
bert Edison Winters, reckless
driving, four months suspended
on payment $100 and costs;
Parks Lovette, operating car
while intoxicated, four months on
roads.
Dan Graham, violating slot ma
chine law, four months suspend
ed on payment $200 fine and
costs; Tommie Hendren, reck
less driving, six months on roads;
Hubert Edison Winters, reckless
driving, four months suspended
on payment $100 and costs; Char
lie Bauguss, reckless driving,
four months suspended on pay
ment $100 fine and costs, not to
operate motor vehicle for six
months; Luke Rhodes, Catherine
Jones, Bonnie Hall, keeping dis
orderly house, 12 months each;
Viola Mlnton, vagrancy, 12
months in prison; Lon Roberts,
30 dayB suspended sentence pat
into effect for failure to pay
cost in case in December, 1947.
Don Warren Walsh, Rom Ab
sher, Freeland Reeves and Mack
Eller (colored) received sent
ences of four months suspended
on payment of $100 fine and
costs, and bad their driver lic
ense revoked 12 months for driv
ing while intoxicated.
Although court adjourned for
the term Friday, about 75 cases
on the docket were continued un
til the next term.
O: a '
Eleven-Pound Turnip
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Canter, of
the Purlear community, brought
to The Journal-Patriot office
Saturday a turnip which tipped
the scales at eleven ahd one
half pounds, which was six
pounds larger than any turnip
shown here this year. The turnip
came from a five-acre field of
turnips produced toy W. S. Bridg
es, father of Mrs. Eddje Canter, j
Stores Here Will
Be Open Ob Three
Evenings 'Til 8
Stocks Plentiful; Excellent
Selections Await Shop
pers This Week
According to schedule made
some time ago by the Trade Pro
motion committee of the Wilkes
Chamber of Commerce, stores in
the Wilkesboros will remain open
until eight o'clock at night Wed
nesday, Thursday and Friday, De
cember 22, 23, and 24.
The stores will be open eve
nings on those dates for the con
venience of Christmas shoppers
who work throughout the day
and have little opportunity to
shop during regular store hours.
Although holiday . buying
picked up" tremenduously during
the latter part of the week, the
large volume was anticipated by
merchants in the Wilkesboros,
who have large stocks and can
offer splendid selections to shop
pers this week.
Mrs. Alice Stafford
Dies In Greensboro
Greensboroj?Funeral was held
at 4 p. m. Friday at Hanes Chap
el for Mrs. Alice Meyers Stafford,
44, of 249 North Edge worth
Street, who died at 4:30 a. m.
Thursday at Wesley Long Hos
pital where she had been a pa
tient for one week. She had been
in declining health for 6 months.
A native of Cincinnati, Ohio,
Mrs. Stafford spent the past 25
years in Greeneiboro and North
Wilkesboro. She was employed by
the Southern iBell Telephone
Company. She was a member of
Rebekah Lodge here and the
First Baptist church of North
Wilkesboro. Mrs. Stafford for
merly was chief operator for the
Central Telephone company in
North Wilkesboro.
She is survived by one daugh
ter, Mildred Elizabeth Stafford,
and a Bister, Mrs. J. C. Rogers,
both of Greensboro.
Free Movie For
Children Tuesday
(As part of the holiday season
observance here, the Liberty
Theatre will give a free movie for
children Tuesday morning. Doore
will open at 9:15 and the show
will start at 9:30.
The show is planned especial
ly for underprivileged .children,
but all children in Wilkes schools
who wish to see the movie will
be admitted until all seats are
filled. The picture to be shown
will be "Return of Rin Tin Tin",
a famous movie of special interest
to children.
White Christmas
First Methodist
The annual White Christmas
service of the North Wilkes bo ro
First Methodist church will be
held Wednesday evening, De
cember 22, at 7:30 o'clock. Fol
lowing the presentation of gifts,
wrapping in white, a pageant
"the Christmas Story" will be
given, closing with a candlelight
dedication service. The public is
cordially invited.
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Optometrists Meet
The Catawba Valley Cytome
tric Society held their monthly
meeting for Decenfber at the
Carlhelm Hotel, Lenoir, on the
15th.
The meeting was given over
primarily to social activities in
the form of a Christmas party
preceded by a delightful banquet.
Optometrists of the district,
their wives and assistants were
in attendance. Attending from
North Wilkesboro were Dr. and
Mrs. J. H. Sowder.
Lost Any Packages?
Four packages placed in the
wrong car here were fonnd and
turned over to the North Wilkee
| boro police department. Owner
may get the packages by calling
' at the police department in the
| town hall and giving satisfactory
identification.
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Captain and Mrs. T. R. Smith
ey anounce the birth of their
' daughter, Deborah Key, born on
November 27, at the 130th sta
tion hospital, Heidelberg, Germ
lany. Grandparents of the infant
' are: Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Smith
Iey, of Roaring River, and Mrs.
T. W. Walker, of Reidsville.