Chauncy, Jordan has returned
to Alabama, after a visit here
with his mother, Mrs. Arthur Jor
dan.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Barr, of
West Jefferson, were dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Reeves, Sunday.
Miss Helen Truitt spent the
week end with her parents at
Vox.
Mrs. James Doughton spent the
week end with her mother, Mrs.
Bess Spicer.
Mr .and Mrs. Howard Rector
have returned from a visit with
his parents near Lenoir.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Irwin have
returned to Kingsport, after
spending a few days at their
home here.
Harold Bates, of South Caro
lina, visited Mrs. Bates here, re
cently. She and her small son
returned home with him, after an
extended visit with her mother,
Mrs. Bert Settle.
Miss Sally Bledsoe has been
ill with flu for the past week.
Misses Marye Kennedy and
Pauline Osborne spent the week
end in Nashville, Tenn.
Ralph Evans is confined to his
hbme with mumps.
Thomas Smith, who was form
erly employed by the REA, here,
has returned to his home in
Boone.
Mrs. Coy Richardson; who has
been seriously ill with pneumon
ia, is somewhat improved.
Mrs. Richardson
Hostess To Group
The Lucille Ford Circle of the
W. M. S. of the Sparta Baptist
church met with Mrs. Clennel
Richardson, Tuesday night at 7
o’clock.
Mrs. Hugh Choate, program
leader, gave an interesting pro
^*»gram, assisted by Mrs. Ben
T Reeves, Mrs. J. B. Reed and Mrs.
'* Bruce Wagoner.
After the program, refresh
ments were served by the hostess
to the twelve members present.
The next meeting will be held
with Mrs. D. C. Bledsoe.
Points On Darning
And Mending
By Miss Frances Capel -
Most mending is either patch
ing or darning.
Patches:
1. Cut patch on straight of ma
terial.
2. If material has pattern,
match each detail.
3. If garment to be mailed is
old and faded, try to get a patch
to match it from the hem or
some other place.
4. Always shrink material to
be used to mend a washed gar
ment.
Darning:
1. Plain darns are suitable for
mending small holes, snags and
worn places.
2. Use thread that blends with
material.
3. Work for flatness.
4. Usually it is better to darn
on right side of material.
Planting small Irish potatoes in
Louisiana gave better stands and
larger yields than where hole
tubers were cut into pieces.
IF YOUR NOSE
"CLOSES IIP"
TONIGHT
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Here's mighty
good news . . . fl
your nose "closes
i up” tonight and
difficult, put 3-pur
rnair— breathing
pose Vicks Va-tro-nol up each nostril.
Va-tro-nol does 3 important things.
It (1) shrinks swollen membranes, (2)
soothes irritation, (3) relieves tran
sient nasal congestion. It brings more
comfort, »waiwM breathing easier, thus
invites sleep... And remember, it helps
rSdef^0” to VA-TRO-NOL
Meetings Held
By H. D. Groups
ZION
The Zion home demonstration
club, of Edwards Cross Roads,
met at the'home of Mrs. Lee A.
Andrews last Thursday with five
members and two visitors pres
ent. The president opened the
meeting with the singing of
“America, the Beautiful” and the
collect reading of the club women
of America.
Miss Frances Capel, H. D.
agent, gave an interesting dis
cussion on team work making
homemaker’s work lighter and
producing more food in 1944.
Some of the' members began
knitting sweaters for the Ameri
can Red Cross.
The next meeting will be held
with Mrs. E. C. Truitt, Feb. 3, at
2 p. m.
ELK CREEK
The Elk Creek home demon
stration club met with Miss Pearl
Fields, Friday, when officers for
the coming year were elected.
They were: Mrs. S. O. Gambill,
president; Mrs. Jesse Me Osborne,
vice-president; and Mrs. Jim Mc
Knight, secretary and treasurer.
Miss Frances Capel, home dem
onstration agent, discussed “Time
for Teamwork”, after which, Miss
Fields served delicious refresh
ments.
The next meeting will be held
Feb. 4 with Mrs. J. T. Finney.
BLEVINS CROSS ROADS
The Blevins Cross Roads home
demonstration club met with Mrs.
W. C. Evans, Ennice, Saturday
afternoon.
Mrs. Haswell Rector, president,
was in charge of the meeting.
Except for ’a few discussions rel
ative to club work, the election
of officers for the coming year,
constituted the chief part of the
program. Mrs. Rector, president,
and Mrs. Kyle Edwards, secre
tary and treasurer, had given
such splendid service during 1943
that they were unanimously re
elected to serve for 1944. Mrs.
Gwyn Truitt was elected vice
president and Mrs. Elizabeth Mc
Millan Easterling was elected
club reporter.
Mrs. Evans, assisted by Mrs.
Paul Crouse, served a delicious
sweet course with coffee.
Mrs. Haswell Rector will be
Zl Xrenjqa^ qnp aqi o; ssajsoq
West Coast packers have been
authorized to release 142 million
pounds of drie'd raisins and
prunes for sale to civilians
through regular trade channels,
reports the War Food Adminis
tration.
Attention
Tobacco Growers!
Buy Your Covers NOW!
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This can also be used for wallpaper canvas.
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A Winter Season Shortcake
NO need for passing up that all
time family favorite, the short
cake, just because strawberry sea
son has passed. Readily available
in every market are apples and
cranberries, which combine to
make a delectable shortcake—yes,
one as colorful and as good to eat
as any of your old summertime
varieties.
Serve this spicy ' seasonable
sauce on double decker biscuit
type shortcakes for a new family
thrill, and lop It with a bit of hard
sauce—the brown sugar variety.
Of course, fruit alone doesn’t
make a shortcake. It’s the light
ness, flakiness, tenderness of the
shortcake' biscuits that’s real
“proof of this pudding.” To be
sure of the best results, use a good
shortening, like the new blended
shortening, scientifically prepared
and home tested to assure the best
In performance. Blended shorten
ing is good In that brown sugar
hard sauce, mentioned, too.
Apple and Cranberry Shortcake
Te prepare the Sauce:
Boil, together for 3 minutes %
cup sugar and % cup water. Add 1
cup diced apple, cook about 5 min
utes. Add 1 cup washed cranber
ries, and a stick of cinnamon. Cook
until cranberries pop, about 5 min
utes.
Shortcake Biscuits
M cup blended shortening
2 cups sifted flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
3s cup milk
1 tablespoon blended shortening
Make a biscuit dough by cutting
the '/s cup blended shortening into
the sifted flour, baking powder and
salt. Add milk, stirring quickly but
thoroughly. Turn dough onto a
floured board. Knead gently. Roll
out about Ms inch thick. Cut into
eight 3-inch rounds. Brush tups of
four rounds with melted shorten
ing and place second sound on top.
Bake in a hot oven i450°F.) about
15 minutes.
Separate the rounds. Cover the
bottom with apple cranberry sauce.
Place top round pn and cover it
generously with the sauce. Top
with hard sauce, if desired
Maple Shade News
Rev. C. R. Allison visited sev
eral people who were ill in this
community last week.
J. M. Anderson is improving
from a two weeks’ illness of flu.
Mr. and Mrs. Loyd McMeans,
of Kenneth Square, Pa., visited
his mother, Mrs. Lelia McMeans,
recently.
Miss Maxine Parsons spent Fri
day night with Mrs. V. B. Phipps.
Lloyd Delp spent Tuesday with
his aunt, Mrs. Myrtle Halsey, of
Piney Creek.
V. B. Phipps was a business
visitor in Sparta, Monday.
Mrs. Greek Parsons and daugh
ter, Aileen, returned home Mon
day, from a ten-day visit with
her daughter at Baltimore, Md.
Topia News
ljilrs. Carey D. Blevins and chil
dren, Morris and Vesta Grace, of
Piney Creek, visited Mrs. Belle
Blevins, Sunday.
Thurmond Fitzgerald and fam
ily have moved to Morganton,
where he has accepted a job cut
ting timber.
Pvt. John R. Fields, of Camp
Maxey, Texas, was a dinner guest
of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Pugh, Mon
day night.
Miss Lorene Moxley has re
turned home, after spending the
past week end with her aunt,
Mrs. Charlie Williams in Mount
Airy.
Mrs. Lena Black visited Mr.
and Mrs. W. I. Caudill, Sunday.
ENGAGEMENT MADE
Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Smith, of
Farmville, N. C., announce the
engagement of their daughter,
Yvonne Lee, to Allen Ray Drake,
gon of Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Drake,
of Carthage, Term. Miss Smith
is the granddaughter of Mr. and
Mrs. B. F. Wagoner, of Sparta.
The wedding will take place in
February.
Stocks of wheat in interior
mills, elevators and warehouses
are about 22 percent lower than
the holdings of last year.
Stratford News
(Mrs. Thelma Mabe)
(Stall Correspondent)
Mrs. Fannie Reeves visited her
mother, Mrs. S. U. Atwood, Sun
day. Mrs. Atwood remains very
ill.
Alva Joines has recently re
covered from a case of mumps.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Rector
and family have moved to the A.
O. Joines farm, here.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rector
visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Wiley Shores, Sunday.
Little Barry Kay, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Dorman Atwood, who
has been ill, is improving.
Mrs. J. E. Irwin recently visit
ed Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Williams,
who are confined to their home
by illness.
LITTLE PINE 4-H CLUB
HAS GOOD PROGRAM
_
Little Pine 4-H club met Jan
uary 10 at Little Pine school.
Four of the 4-H club members
gave a very interesting program
on “It’s Time For Teamwork.”
They pointed out ways that work
ing with their families as a team
can be of service to our nation in
the production and conservation
program, ways of sharing farm
and home work and better fi
nance management. The club
members decided that they
would keep a list of things they
were doing at home to help their
parents for one ..month, also a
record of what they spend.
The meeting was then turned
over to the Home Agent, Miss
Frances Capel, who discussed the
importance of teamwork and dis
cussed with each member the
project they had chosen for 1944,
after which the club stood and
repeated their pledge, with this
the second meeting was adjourn
ed.
The USDA has announced a
1944 program for winter cover
crop seed which will support
prices on hairy vetch, common
vetch, crimson clover, and rye
grass seeds at levels from 5 to 40
percent higher than last year.
Algerian Briar Has Arrived! More Coming!
You Must Get Your Burls In This Winter If You
Want The Top Price For Them.
Phone or Write:
D. & P. Pipe Works
SAM PORTER, Gen. Mgr.
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Timely Hints
By RUTH CURRENT
State Hone Demonstration Agent
Small scratches on furniture
often disappear if they are rub
bed with nut meats. The oil in
the nuts darkens and conceals
the scratch. An oily nut like a
pecan or butternut is best. Cut
the kernel with a knife and rub
the cut side into the scratch.
Then polish the surface of the
wood with a- soft dry cloth. A
mixture of two-thirds linseed oil
and one-third turpentine is also
good for rubbing scratches out
of sight, as is a reliable commer
cial furniture polish.
Serve shopped, leftover poul
try meat, creamed and hot on
toast as a pie, topped with bis
cuit rounds, or with mashed po
tato, rice, noodles, or spaghetti.
To make it turkey or chicken a
la king, give it richer sauce with
egg yolks added, and perhaps
mushrooms and some leftover
peas or string beans.
Or, mix bits of poultry meat
with mashed potatoes. Shape in
to cakes and brown in a little fat
for a tasty lunchtime dish.
Mix leftover stuffing with bits
of poultry meat or gravy and
brown to make well-flavored
hash. Or, mix stuffing, leftover
meat, and gravy, all three, and
brown in the oven for a scallop.
Try frozen custards as a nu
tritious and delicious wartime ice
cream. Whole egg and egg yolks
combined with cream, top milk,
half and half, whole milk or eva
porated milk make delightful and
economical frozen custard des
serts for use in the home.
This method of making cus
tards is simple. The procedure
is to, beat the eggs slightly and
then add the sugar or sweetening
and stir until blended. Add
liquid and blend thoroughly. If
the liquid is heated and then
poured gradually over the beaten
eggs, with constant stirring, the
time of cooking is shortened.
For frozen custards, cook tc
desired consistency; cool; poui
into pan; and place in the freez
ing unit. In three hours time
you will have a grand wartime
ice cream.
Consumers will use their pro
cessed food stamps to buy fruil
spreads. These include the
greet! stamps in Book Four.
BOONE MARKET IS
TO CLOSE ON JAN. 20
(Continued from Page One)
tire crop averaging 51c per
pound.
Also outstanding was the to
bacco sale made by Jack Napier,
a tenant farmer with Charlie
Delp. Mr. Napier sold 1,470
pounds of Burley tobacco which
brought $776.30 net. This was an
average of more than 52c per
pound.
These, as well as many other
farmers of the county, sold their
crop on the Boone market.
OBITUARY
SANDERS A. STEWART
Sanders A. Stewart was born
July 6, 1864. He was married to
Bettie A. Lyons, May 25, 1898
and to this union was born one
daughter, “Pearlie”, who depart
ed this life at an early age.
He was a kind and affectionate
husband, father and friend, be
ing ever-ready to administer any
little deed of kindness to his
j family and friends; as much as
to say in his every-day walks and
! talks that “I am not living for
myself alone.”
Christ has promised, “If I go
away, I will come again and re
ceive you unto myself. That
where I am there ye may be al
so”. :
He died January 1, 1944, mak
ing his stay on earth 79 years, S
months and 25 days.
He leaves a companion and on&
grandson, William Pearl Bedt
saul, who was reared by hi^
grandparents and is now serving
his country in the U. S. Air Foro
es. Many neices, nephews and ft.
host of friends are left to mourft
his death.
Funeral services were held in
the home of the deceased and
conducted by Rev. Mack Brooks
and Rev. Tyre Brooks. Many
friends, relatives and neighbors
attended. Interment was in thfc
Mountain View cemetery.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express,
sincere thanks for the sympathy
and help of our friends and
neighbors during the recent ili~
ness and death of our hei-ewed
husband and grandfather..
Mrs. S. A. Stewart and
family.
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collar. $10.00 reward. Pleaeses
notify Glenn Smith-. 1-13-Jtp*
WANTED — Fresli gathered
Balm Giliad Buds at 40c pest
pound. Send by parcel past.
Cash or money order sent on «£•
rival. Joseph Powell, 71& IParta
mouth Ave., Bristol, Va.
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Clearance Sale
Began
Friday, Jan. 7th
of
Fall and Winter
Coats
Suits
Dresses
Check on your wardrobe, then
check with us . . . for the oppor
tunity to have the most beautiful,
long-wearing coats you need!
“Winter coat weather” stretches
months ahead, so take advantage
of this end-of-the-season clearance!
All Hats
Drastically
Reduced!