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• SOCIAL NEWS*
Clubs, Parties, Cnurch Activities, Etc.
MISS MAMIE 'SOCKWELL — EDITOR
Mrs. W. J. Bason
Entertains Her Club
Mrs. W. J. Bason was hostess
to the members of the Wednes
day Sewing club and ojie addi
tional guest, her mother, Mrs.. J.
E. Spalnhour, it her home on B
Street Wednesday afternoon. Fol
lowing an informal hour the hos
tess served tempting refresh
ments.
Mrs. W. F. Blair
Bridge Club Hostess
Mrs. W. F. Blair was hostess
to the members of the Friday
bridge club at her home on Fifth
Street Friday afternoon. A spec
ial guest of the club was Mrs. A.
W. Horton, of Carpenteria, Cali
fornia, who was here-' #isiting
with relatives. Mrs. Horton, a
former member of the club, was
remembered with a gift. Table
priies went to Mrs. P. W. Eshel
man and Mrs. Hill Carlton. The
guests on arrival were served re
freshments.
D. A. R. Chapter Met
On Tuesday Afternoon
The May meeting of the Ren
dezvous Mountain Chapter of the
Daughters of the American Rev
olution was held Tuesday after
noon at the home of Mrs. Gordon
Finley with Miss Lucy Finley and
Mrs. Harvey Church, of Ronda,
as associate liostesses. Mrs. Pin
ley, the regent, presided, and for
the program the large number of
members attending gave some
current events of interest.
The four girls, Misses Anita
Brown, Clarine Frances, Betty
Jean McNeill, and Rachel Scroggs(
who made entries for the D.
A. R. Homemakers at the State
Conference held In Asheville this
spring, were invited to attend the
meeting. Miss Brown, who won
second place in the contest, mod
eled her dress at the meeting and
was presented with a D. A. R.
Homemaker pin by the local
chapter. The girls are students
of Miss Ruby Dancy's Home Eco
nomics class in the North Wil
kesboro high school.
During the social hour the
guests were, invited into the din
ing room for refreshments, where
Mrs. Finley presided at the punch
bowl.
Mrs. C. D. Coffey, Sr.,
Book Club Hostess
Mrs. C. D. Coffey, Sr. enter
tained for the members of the
Friday Book club Friday after
noon, and had as'extra guests
Mrs. Harvey Church, of Ronda
Mrs. Harold Riley, of St. Louis',
Mo., and Mrs. Riley's mother,
Mrs. Rosa Reeves, of this city.
For entertainment Mrs. Gordon
Finley gave a clever reading apd
Mrs. Rllej rendered several pi
ano numbers. In serving refresh
ments In two-courses at the close
of the afternoon Mrs. Coffey wag]
assisted hy her granddaughter,
Blair Coffey Yale.
Millers Creek Club
Food Demonstration
$he Millers Creek Home Dem
onstration club held its regular
monthly meeting at the homelof
Mrs. A. S. Clark with Mrs. T. w.
Hayes co-hostess, Thursday aft
ernoon, May 21, with 23 members
and one visitor present.
Mrs. M. F. Bumgarner, presi
dent of the club, and Mrs. W. El.
Qalther had charge of the 'devo
tion als and business session.
Our club is making an all-out
drive for the cancer fund.
Mrs. C. H, M. Tulburt was win
ner in the roll call contest, ' of
the most embarrassing situation
you had got Into lately."
. Mrs. Annie H. Greene, home
agent, was assisted by Miss
Tompflen, assistant agent, in an
interesting demonstration of the
preparation of food, the con
tainers to use, the hows, wheres
and when, In storing foods In
Freezer lockers, deep freezers
and so on. A number of our
members use freezer locker or
have deep freezers and was In all
a great help and interesting pro
gram. We were sorry a number
of our members were absent.
Our regrets especially to Mrs.
Clate Bumgarner who had been
present every meeting for six
years.
The hostesses served delicio is
refreshments during the social
hour.—Reported by Mrs. W. V.
Bumgarner.
Food Subject For
Boomer Home Club
The Boomer Home Demonstra
tion club met with Mrs. Atwell
German, with 18 members pres
ent.
The meeting was opened by
singing and reading the club col
lect.
The roll call was answered by
each member telling what they
like to do best.
Mrs. John Andrews, Mrs.
Everett Griffin, Mrs. Atwell Ger
man and Mrs. Earl German gave
a report of the Spring Federa
tion meeting at Elkin.
Mrs. Earl German gave a re
port of the chicken supper that
was given for the church, making
the sum o( $127.00. Every one
enjoyed the supper very much.
The demonstration was in
charge of Miss Thompson, our
new assistant home agent, who
very ably discussed the seven
basic foods and the Importance of
a balanced diet.
Delicious refreshments of
cake, nuts( coffee, and punch
were served by Mrs. Atwell Ger
man and Mrs. J. E. German.—
Reported.
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Now is a good time to buy
broilers in North Carolina, since
supplies are abundant and prices
are low, says C. F. Parrish, in
charge of poultry extension at
State College.
Centennial Quartet In Series Appearances
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The Centennial Quartet of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Lat
tre-Day Saints (Mormon) is in
North Wilkesboro for a series of
appearances this week.
Composed of four young Eld
ers of the church, the quartet is
currently on tour giving pro
grams commemorating the west
ward movement of American pi
oneers 100 years ago.
In the picture, left to right
are: front row—Hugh Erwin,
Phoenix, Arizona; Serge Huff
(director) > Springville, Utah;
Bernard Tanner, Salt Lake City.
Utah; back row—Robert Owens,
Phoenix, Arizona; Kenneth No
ble, Phoenix, Arizona.
The group is managed and di
rected by Elder Serge Huff, of
Springville, Utah.
All ot them left school work
and employment to pledge two
years to assigned church duties.
They are among some 5,000
members of the faith represent
ing it in missionary > work
throughout the world.
The quartet Is appearing here
over station WKBC, and is alsp
appearing before the public ad
mission free in the City Hall Sat
urday, June 4th at 7 p. m. and
the Ballroom of the Carolina
Restaurant June 3rd at 8 p. m.
and several other groups featur
ing religious, patriotic, novel and
humorous programs.
Formed last September, the
quartet is touring in Virginia
and North Carolina until June
9th.
The quartet sings without any
monetary consideration, anyone]
interested In securing their aery
ices are requested to c^ll Elders
Bassettl and Gambles, 675-R.
Tar Heel wheat yields are||*
pected to' be good this year^Mn
areas which escaped freeze dam
age.
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kesboro School Grounds in Wilkesboro,
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day, June 6th, 1949
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Supt. Wikes County Schools.
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