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A Items About Comers and Goers ... From Here and There ^odIc You Kr.ow Who Move About Mr. and Mrs. Jack Church left today on a business trip to Washington. D. C. Mr. Prank Cranor is a patient at the Wilkes hospital, where he is taking treatment for a nose infection. Mr. Archie McNeill attended a meeting of Curtiss Candy Company representatives in WinstonSalem Thursday night. Mr. and Mrs. L. Paul Clary, of Asheboro, were visiting with friends and relatives in this city over the week-end. Mrs. C. C. Smoot, of Blowing Rock, is spending a few weeks here in the home of Mrs. J. C. Smoot. Miss Blanche Dixon, of Elkin, - was a guest during the weekend in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Jones. Mr. Jay Jones has been a patient at the Wilkes Hospital since Thursday. Friends are glad to learn that he is getting aong fine. Miss Margaret Cassel, who holds a position in the Baptist hospital in Winston-Salem, spent the week-end in Wll^esboro with her mother, Mrs. A. S. Cassel. Mrs. Tom Harris and Mrs. Clara Smith, of Clingman, are spending this week with their sister, Mrs. Will Finley, on the Brushles. Miss Margaret Hutchens, students of St. Mary's college in Raleigh, sent the week-end here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hoyle M. Hutchens. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan D. Anderson returned Thursday from Corinth, Miss., where they visited Mrs. Anderson's father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Klyce. Friends will be glad to learn tha4 Mr. N. B. Smithey is improving. He has been ill for a faw days with an attack of pneumonia. Mr. Ray Landsberger was called Friday to Birmingham, Ala., because of the serious illness of his mother, Mrs. Eva Landsber! ger, age 81. Mr. Landsberger may return here Thursday. Mr. and, Mrs. Dave Hall, of Wilkesboro, and Mrs. Hall's sister, Mrs. Jessie Dickerson> of Troy, Pa., returned Thursday 1 night from a vacation trip to ! Miami and other points of inter' est in Florida. ( Nurse's Aide Helps PoliQ Victim Red Cross volunteer mine's aides ak» sped*! training to qualify them to assist physiotherapists in polio treatment. Last year these workers served in 674 hospitals and other agencies. Condition of Mrs. Lottie Johnson today was described as critical and h^r passing is expected momentarily. She has been a patient at Davis hospital in Statesville for several weeks. Mrs. R. S. Shoaf, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Greene and son, Robert, and Mrs. Russell Bessent spent Sunday in Charlotte. They went especially to see "The Train of Tomorrow", and to visit Mr. C. C. Duncan> who has been ill for several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Harmon, of this city, were among those attending a ibirthday dinner on Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Wright at Brooks Cross Roads for Mr. H. D. Woodruf, of Elkin, father of Mrs. Harmon and Mrs. Wright. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Daddino i and small daughter, Lorraine, j are spending this week with relatives in Delanco, N. J. Mr. Daddino, manager of the North Wilkesboro baseball team for 1949, went especially to confer with some baseball ■prospects in New Jersey. 1/ Red Cross Reports Heavy Disaster Relief Two Years During the last two years American Red Cross chapters gave assistance in more domestic disaster operations than in any comparable period in the orgapization's 67-year history, chapter officials here ipointed out in reviewing the agency's primary service. In 61 Red Cross disaster operations during the 24-month period a total of $16^852,309 was spent for relief and rehabilitation. In the 1947-48 fiscal year $12171,022 was expended in 303 disaster relief operations while in the previous year 316 relief operations cost the Red Cross $4,681,287, the chapter reported. Since the American Red Cross was founded in 1881 it has spent $139,000,000 in 3,954 domestic disaster operations, it was added. The Red Cross today is better able than ever before to cope with catastrophe and subsequent rehabilitation, chapter officials said. The country is covered by a network of chapters with programs of disaster preparedness and relief. With cooperation of community leaders they are ready to act quickly and effectively in warning, rescue, and evacuation; in providing medical and nursing aid, food, shelter and clothing) the spokesman said. Also cited was development of a growing blood reserve; a system of amateur radio communications soon to be in operation: aijd ability of the organization to mobilize large numbers of nurses quickly. ( NOTICE North Carolina, Wilkes County. In the Superior Court. James A. Elmore, Plaintiff vs. PRICES REDUCED On Window and Door Screens, ! Kitchen Cabinets, Cedar Chest 1 and Wardrobes, Waltnnt and Cherry Corner Cupboards, Solid Cherry Poster Beds, Bed-side Tables and Vanitys. KERLEY'S CABINET SHOP 320 Maple Street Why Work Overtime? See the new line of time saving Monroe Calculating, Adding and Bookkeeping machines. W. T. Hammer, Jr. Representative Monroe Calculating Machine Co. P. O. Box BRISTOL 917 VIRGINIA Funeral Is Today For Mrs. Roark, 58 Funeral service was held today, 11. a. m. at Flint Hill church near this city for Mrs. Phoebe Delia Clonch Roark, 58, local resident wjio died Friday in a Statesville hospital. Rev. Ed Hayes and Rev. Jesse Adams conducted the last rites. Surviving Mrs. Clonch are four daughters and three sons: Mrs. Nora Lee, Mrs. Spencer Harold, North Wilkesboro; Mrs. Pansy Wilson, Baltimore, Md.; Mrs. Vir-j gil Jordan, Vernon, Quincy and; Edgar Olonch of North Wilkesboro. SUPPORT THE V. M.~C. A Colleen H. Elmore, Defendant, The defendant, Colleen H. Elwore, will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Wilkes County, N. C. to secure an absolute divorce and the custody of a child in behalf of the plaintiff; and The said defendant will further take notice that she is required to ' appear at the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of said County in the Courthouse in Wilkes County, at Wilkesboro, North Carolina, on the 25th day of March,1 A. D. 1949, and answer or demur to the complaint in said action, or the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said comlaint. This the 2nd day of Feb., 1949. C. C. HAYES, Clerk of the Superior Court. 2-28-4t-M FOR HEALTH SAKE ROLLER SKATE MULBERRY ROLLER RINK Will Open WEDNESDAY, MAR. 16, 1949 at 7 P. M. Roller skating is the most healthful exercise and recreation known oday, and is fast becoming one of the most popular sports. Bring your friends and come out to Mulberry Roller Rink for an evening of real enjoyment. Mulberry Rink- located on Sparta Highway 4 miles out North Wilkesboro, will be open WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY and SUNDAY EVENINGS The Northwestern Bank Takes Pled |ure In Announcing The Opening Of A Bank In WILKESBORO. N. C. FOR THE THE DE BORO A THE BH CONVENIENCE OF AND TO BETTER SERVE lOSITORS AND CUSTOMERS OF WILKESD WILKES COUNTY. NK WILL BE UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. RUSSELL PEARSON CHECKING A SAVINGS AC XOUNTS OUNTS PERSONAL LOANS MORTGAGE LOANS I'll MEMBER OF R DERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION The Northwestern Bank Opposite The Courthouse pprving Northwestern North Carolina Telephone 703 Wilkesboro, N. C.
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