Miss Ruth Tugman was the
week end guest of Miss Mildred
Sedberry. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Lindsey Wagoner]
of Winston-Salem, were week end
guests of Mr. and'Mrs. R. C. Hal
sey.
Mfs. Daisy Dew, of Monroe, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Horton.
Mr. W. F. Doughton was a dinner
guest, Sunday, at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Hdrton Doughton.
Mr. and Mrs. Van Landingham,
of Wilmington, are summer guests
in one of the Halsey apartments.
Cadet Harrell Joines, who has
been in the Naval Air Corps since
April 14th, has moved from Uni
versity of Virginia in Charlottes
ville, to the University of Penn
sylvania. He volunteered in
January 1942 from Portsmouth,
Va., where he had a position.
Tom Burgiss is away at camp.
Howard Joines, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Joines, has joined the
Navy, and left by bus Monday,
for Bainbridge, Md., to enter
training.
Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Cheek and
Mrs. Evelyn Davis, of Winston
Salem, were holiday guests at
the home of Mr. Cheek’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Cheek.
Mrs. Myrtle I. Joines was a
guest of Mrs. L. C. Joines, Thurs
day night.
Miss Ruby Higgins, of Bel Air,
Md., and Mr. Howard Gallagher,
of Coatsville, Pa., have been
guests this week of Miss Higgins’
father, W. C. Higgins, of Ennice.
Miss Lorraine Reeves, of Wins
ton-Salem, spent Sunday and
Monday with her mother, Mrs.
Bess Reeves.
Mr. and Mrs. John Lynch San
ders and children, of Marion, Va.,
visited Dr. and Mrs. H. K. Boyer
and Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Cheek last
week end.
Miss Jean Carson and Mr.
Stokes King, of Charlotte, were
week end guests of Mrs. Ellen
Parks.
Mrs. S. J. Thomas and Miss
Emaline Hawthorne visited in
Bristol, Tenn., this week.
Miss Ruth Bell spent the week
end in Northfork, W. Va., with
her father.
Mr. and Mrs. James Smith and
children, Leonard and Marilyn,
of Greensboro, visited Mr. and
Mrs. Oscar Joines, Tuesdays
Mr. C. M. Sanders was in town
Saturday.
Mr. ana Mrs. jscjc rnompson,
of Baltimore, and Mr. Glenn
Richardson, of Washington, D. C.,
spent the week end with Mrs.
Richardson, here.
“Uncle” Andy Burchett's broth
ers from Winston-Salem and Ron
da, visited him recently. “Uncle”
Andy has been indisposed for
several days.
Mrs. W. F. Hoppers has return
ed from Roanoke, where she vis
ited her son and daughter-in-law
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hoppers, for
several weeks.
Mr. • and Mrs. Ralph Cheek
have as theif guests this week,
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar York, Mrs.
Stella York and Mrs. Newton E.
Robertson and daughter, Sharon,
of Washington, D. C.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Edwards
spent Sunday with Mrs. Edwards’
sister, Mrs. Ernest B. Gentry and
Mr. Gentry, Statesville. They
were accompanied home by Mrs.
Edwards’ niece, Miss Doris Gen
try, who will spend the week
here.
Miss Doris Gentry, of States
ville, visited her grandmother,
Mrs. W. A. Gentry and her grand
mother, Mrs. Etta Lyons, of Glade
Valley, Sunday afternoon.
Miss Nina Sparks was the guest
of Miss Doris- Gentry at the home
of her aunt, Mrs. J. R. Edwards,
Monday.
Mr. J. R. Edwards attended the
stock sale in Wilkesboro, Monday.
’ Mrs. Albert Strauss, of Wil
mington, Pel., is visiting her pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Vance Choate,
this week.
Miss Maybelline Richardson
visited Claribel and Betty Jean
Fender last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edwards
.. *.- -.. ..
•ntertained Mr. and Mrs. Lon
Mack Reevefe, Elder and Mrs. C.
B. Kilby, Jack Reeves and son,
Frank, Mrs. Maude I. Richardson
and daughter, Miss Maybelline,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cleary and
tons, Eugene, Wayne and Robert
Dean, last Sunday at dinner.
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Hoppers
had as dinner guests, Sunday, T.
A,. Fender, W. P. Irwin, Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Rector, Mr. and Mrs.
Clarehce Hall hnd Son Mr. mil’s
mother, and Mrs. Myrtle Joines.
Mrs. Bertha Edwards was a
guest of Mrs. Maude I. Richard
son Tuesday night.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F.< Jones have
bought the Odell Edwards home
in Sparta.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Reeves mov
ed to Mrs. May Edwards’ home,
recently.
Mrs. J. W. Hawthorne has been
visiting in town for a few days.
Mrs. Omnia Fowler and son,
Freddie, of Winston-Salem, have
returned home after spending a
few days here.
Mrs. Dalton Warren and daugh
ter, Miss Sarah, have returned
from a visit to Valdese.
Miss Emaline Hawthorne, of
Charlotte, is spending her vaca
tion here with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J'. R. Hawthorne.
Sgt. and Mrs. Guy Duncan, of
Morganton, are visiting relatives
here this week. Sgt. Duncan is
with the State Highway Patrol.
Miss Clarice Thompson leaves
today to resume her work at Mil
lingport School, near Albemarle.
She will visit relatives and
friends in Salisbury and Ashe
ville this week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Evans will
return to Aberdeen, Md., after
spending several days here with
relatives.
Page Choate and Beryn Brine
gar left Sparta Wednesday for
Baltimore, from where they will
move Mr. Choate’s household ef
fects to North Wilkesboro. Mr.
Choate will work with Coble’s
Dairy, there.
Mrs. Vera Edwards and daugh
ter, Norma Jean, have returned
home, following a visit to Bel
Air, Md. Another daughter, Pa
tricia Ann, remained to visit rel
atives there for the summer.
Mrs. L. F. Busic and children,
Bobby, Betty Lou and Barbara
oue, oi Joppa, Md., are visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Everett
Fender, near Glade Valley.
Mrs. O. M. Caudill and children,
Paul and Dean, who have been
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Everett
Fender, returned to their home
at Bel Air, Md., last week. Mrs.
Caudill is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Fender.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Mart
Bennett during the holidays were
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grey and
Mr. Eli Grey, of Greensboro, Mrs.
J. B. Stewart and Rose Bennett,
of High Point, Mr. and Mrs. Omar
Edwards and children, of Sparta,
and Mr. Thurmond Bennett and
son. June, of Sparta.
Mr. A. L. Coomes and daugh
ter, Anna Jean, made a business
trip to Pulaski. Va., a few days
ago.
Miss Anna Jean Coomes under
went a tonsil operation at Galax,
Va.. the latter part of last week.
Mrs. L. C. Joines and son, Alva,
and Mrs. Homer Cox and daugh
ter, Lois, spent Thursday after
noon with Mrs. Myrtle I. Joines.
Guests in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Homer Cox, Sunday, were
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Gillam and
children, Eugene Osborne, Tom
Cook, Mrs. Ida Choate and J. R.
Richardson.
Sheriff and Mrs. John Good
man, of Ashe county, and Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Goodman, were
guests Sunday, of Mr. and Mrs.
M. A. Goodman at their home,
here.
Misses Mildred Sedberry and
her house guest, Miss Ruth Tug
man, of West Jefferson; Miss
Rubie Hampton and her guest,
I Miss Pauline Banner, of Banner
I Elk, were guests, Sunday, of Miss
Helen Truitt, at her home at Vox.
Alleghany News
SPECIALISTS ALL* OVER* THE WORLD EXPAND
„ GM 'WAR EFFORT BEYOND PRODUCTION I,vc
VTEW YORK —Far-flung .war
•1’ time activities of General Mo
tors over and above its large-scale
war production, through which it
has made available the services of
technicians, developed training
facilities and utilized overseas
plants and personnel in coopera
tion with United States and Allied
military leaders all over the
world, were revealed in detail to
day for the first time in a special
message by Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.,
chairman, to the more than 400,
v 000 General Motors stockholders.
Highlights of the war products
field service program, launched
shortly after Pearl Harbor at the
request of military authorities and
since greatly expanded, which
has the one prime objective of as
suring that GM-built .war equip
ment is kept at top operating ef
ficiency and available for action
at the front the maximum of
time, are:
“Technical centers” have been
been established in England,
Egypt, India, Australia, New
Zealand and elsewhere;
More than 200 technicians are
assigned to combat areas as
field observers, service or parts
specialists on GM war products.
A constant flow of perform
ance reports on GM equipment
at the front is forwarded
through military channels to
the research laboratories and
the engineering staffs, forming
the basis for joint action with
military technicians in steadily
increasing the technical excel
lence of the products.
Management and other services
were provided in procuring and
operating' three emergency as
sembly plants for military vehi
cles in the Middle East;
Assistance was provided to the
Army in setting up truck recon
ditioning plants in specific com
bat areas, and to the Navy in
establishing overseas service
points for GM Diesel engines;
Manufacturing and assembly
- plants in England, India, Aus
tralia, New Zealand and South
Africa have been converted to
war production or assembly;
Engineering facilities and per
sonnel in the United States have
been made available for exper
imental and development work;
The General Motors Proving
Ground has become an Army
testing field for war products;
Peacetime experience in ware
housing and distribution of
service parts has been made
available to the Army and
Navy;
There are 22 GM training
schools in the U. S. which grad
uated 11,000 Army and Navy
technicians in 1942 and are
equipped to train 40,000 in 1943.
In concluding his report on
these widespread activities, both
on the home front and in far-flung
combat areas, all at the request of
and in cooperation with military
authorities, Mr. Sloan said:
“Thus, in all phases of the war
production effort, in volume out
Top—Military trucks for the Russian Army were assembled in
the open desert in Iran while a special plant was being constructed
for the Army Ordnance Department. These facilities, operated by
General Motors, assemble several makes of military vehicles, in
cluding Chevrolet and GMC trucks. Center—As in other combat
areas, service facilities must often be improvised. Here, in China,
the guns of an Allison-powered Curtiss P-40 are being repaired by
an American “armament section." Below—Typical of maintenance
in the field is /v;s Army outdoor repair shop set up in a United
States A. my 'ilitary truck convoy of supplies to Allied troops.
T^e routo V—j convoy is through the most difficult terrain in
Australia.
put nseii, in tecnnoiogicai ae
velopment, tfnd in furthering the
essential services from the time
the product leaves the factory
until it has served its fu" -"••nose
on the battle fronts, General
Motors has made available its en
tire resources of skill and exper
ience to one common purpose—’
Vic*'‘tv.”
Stratford News
(Mrs. Thelma Mabe)
(Stall Correspondent)
Born to Mr .and Mrs. Este!
Caudill, Stratford, a baby girl,
July 6.
Mrs. L. C. Joines and Mrs. Ho
mer Cox spent last Wednesday
afternoon with Mrs. Myrtle Joines
of Sparta. Mrs. Joines accompan
ied them home and spent Wed
nesday night with Mrs. Joines.
Miss Jessie Rash expects to re
turn to her work in Edgewood,
Md., this week, after spending a
few days with her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Estep and oth
er relatives here. She spent the
week end with Miss Beulah Es
tep.
Mr. and Mrs. James Sturgill
and daughter, Geraldine, were
visiting Mrs. Sturgill’s mother,
Mrs. E. L. Spurlin, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sanders
and children spent Saturday
night with Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Rector.
Several persons gathered at the
Irwin cemetery near the Irwin
school house, on July 5 and clean
ed off the grounds. A picnic
dinner was served.
Mrs. L. C. Joines and son, Alva,
Mrs. Myrtle Joines, recently vis
ited at A. A. Ayers’, Lon Brooks’
and Gwyn Blevins’ homes near
Glade Valley.
Asa Caudill, Whitehead, has
'returned home after spending a
few days with J. R. Richardson
and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ellison,
here.
Mrs. Dorothy Bowie, of Greens
boro, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Vester Horton and Mr. Horton.
R. G. Warden spent last week
with relatives in Beckley, W. Va.
He and Mrs. Warden visited at
the home of S. M. Mitchell, Sun
rents, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. San
ders and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Cook.
Mr. Sanders assisted his father in
making the quarterly report of
the post office here.
Guests of H. L. Estep’, Saturday
night, were Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Rector, Mr. and Mrs. Robert San
ders and children, Mr. and Mrs.
Edgar Mabe and family, Boyden
and Patsy Atwood and Miss Jes
sie Rash.
Mrs. J. R. McLeod is progres
siftg nicely with her training for
music. She is also giving piano
lessons to Mrs. Joe Caldwell and
Georgia Wagoner. Mrs. McLeod
has her singing class each Mon
day and Saturday at three o’clock
in the afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Kilby Atwood
and son, Larry, of Twin Oaks,
visited Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Mabe,
Sunday. Their children: Boy
den and Patsy, returned home
with them, after spending the
week end with Edwin and Chris
tine Mabe. Mrs. L. C. Joines and
son, Alva, were visiting there,
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Irwin spdnt
the week end with home folks
here and at Sparta. They were
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. I.
B. Richardson, Sunday, returning
to their work in Kingsport, Tenn.,
on Sunday.
Charles Franklin Warden, who
has held a position in Pennsyl
vania for several months, is vis
iting his parents here, Mr. and
Mrs. Rex Warden.
Mrs. Alice Bennett and Mrs.
Nannie Caudill, of Fries and Ga
lax, Va., returned to their homes
Saturday, after spending several
days with their brother and sis
ter, Alex Mabe and Mrs. W. E.
Joines and other relatives here
and at Spartai
Those visiting at J. E. Irwin’s,
Sunday, were: Mr. and Mrs. W.
C. Irwin and little grandson, Carl
Wilson, Twin . Oaks; Mrs. Stella
York, Mrs. Newton Robertson and
little daughter, Sharon, Mr. and
Mrs. Edwin York, Washington:
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cheek and
3KW.‘. ’Mrs. M. E.
Cicero Pet
and Betty Lou
fM l&tgf
Laurel Springs
News
' “Aunt” Mary Bauguess, who
has been ill, is improving.
William T. Miles, of Kapps
Mills in Surry county, attended
services’at Laurel Glenn church,
Sunday.
Mr. J. C. Blevins, ot the Vox
community, Mrs. Mabel Preast,
Miss Elizabeth Absher, of Na
than’s Creek in Ashe county,
spent the week end at the home
of Rev. and Mrs. W. Q. Higgins.
Elders S. C. Ramey and Glen
Killon assisted by Rev. Isom
Richardson, of Galax, Va., W. Q.
Higgins, of Sparta, R-l, conducted
communion services at Laurel
Glenn church, Sunday. A large
congregation attended.
Miss Nannie Lou Higgins, who
has been employed with Glenn L.
Martin company, of Baltimore,
is spending her vacation with
homefolks, Rev. and Mrs. W. Q.
Higgins.
Miss Irwin Weds
In Washington
Washington, N. C. — In the
presence of a few friends and
relatives, Miss Rose Irene Irwin
became the bride of Staff Sgt.
Robert J. Reynolds, on June 19,
1943.
Rev. Purcell Story performed
the ceremony in Mount Vernon
Church in Washington, D. C.
A party was given . honoring
the young couple at the home of
her brother and sister-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Gene Irwin, in Washing
ton.
Shortly after the wedding, Sgt.
and Mrs, Reynolds left by train
for their native home in Sparta,
N. C., where they spent a few
days with friends and relatives in
Sparta and Winston-Salem.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. Carl Irwin, of
Sparta, and is a graduate of Spar-i
ta high school with the class of
1941. She attended Draughon’s
Business College in 1941 and has
been employed as chief file clerk'
in the District of Columbia Po
lice Court since January, 1943.
Sgt. Reynolds is the son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Jesse E. Rey
nolds, of Sparta, attended Sparta
high school and for a number of
years held a position with Chatr
ham Mfg. Co., Elkin. Since en
tering the military service, he has
Miss Bowman, Mix
Collins Are Wedl
Miss Helen Bowman, of Peters
burg, W. Va., and Roscoe Collins*,
ion of P. C. Collins, of Glades
Galley, were married on Sunday*
fuly 4, in the Glade Valley Pres
byterian church, with Rev..C. W..\
Ervin performing the ceremony*
Hie church was decorated in _
Eerns and rock lilies.,
Entering the church together
to the strains of a wedding march .
played by Miss Clarice Thompson*
the bride carried a bouquet of;
white lilies. During the ceremony ■
Miss Eva Sue Wagoner softly
sang. “I Love You Tryly.”
After a short wedding trip to
Virginia, Mr. and Mrs. Collins
are at home at Glade Valley.
Miss Clarice Thompson, of
Glade Valley, was hostess Wed
nesday night at a miscellaneous
shqw.er honoring Mrs. Roscoe Col-.
lins, who was married at Glade
Valley on Sunday, July 4. Mrs*:
Collins received many charming
arid useful gifts.
made a good record for himself*;
He is now stationed at Camp.
Polk, La., where he returned af
ter spending a week in Washing
ton.
Mrs. Reynolds resumed her
work in police court after her re
turn from North Carolina.
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