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News CAW. ERWIN Staff Correspondent 'Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Sanders mad daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John son Sanders and children, of" N. Wdkesboro, spent Sunday with 'their father, C. M. Sanders, who iRas been very sick for several days. Pvt Earl Richardson spent a while with friends here Sunday afternoon. Curtis Horton, who has em ployment in Knoxville, Tenn., ^called on friends here Sunday. Among those enjoying a fish iry given by Earl Farmer at Bhrmer’s Fishing Camp, Tuesday night, were: Hort Doughton, Amos 'Whgoner, Claude Miles, Ross Richardson, Wayne Waddell, Mr. and Mrs. Sy O. Gambill, Mr. and Mrs. Mack Atwood, Mr. and Mrs. leiuBe Gambill, Frank Atwood, Lea Farmer, Misses Ruth and •Jahicie Gambill. Brice Richardson, Harold Reed, Wade Irwin and Junior Gentry, who have been working in Lang Iqp Field, Va., for the past two months, returned home Satur-j day. J- L Bare, who is in the lumber hmsiness in Morganton, spent last I 'week with his family, here. , Gene Crouse, Coot Lovelace,! 'diiit Landreth, Hardin Bell, Blaine McMeans and family, who •'are employed in Gary, W. Va., spent the week end with home folks, here. Miss Carrie Andrews returned ' to her home Sunday, after spend ing several days with Mr. and Mrs. Brady Farmer. Mrs. Gene Irwin, Mrs. Robert Reynolds and Wade Irwin made •a bumness trip to Wytheville, on -Monday. •Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Handy, of Eunice, were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rose at “Twin Soda Fountain In the Jungle Mar itu Corps Photo Tills looks like the soda shop in the corner drug store but its locatior is on an island in the Pacific where our boys are making it hotter fo: the Japs. It takes a lot of pulpwood to keep one of these fountain^ going because evejry cup and dish is made of paper. Note sign. Oaks” farm, Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Grady Irwin and children spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Bert Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Williams returned to their home in Chino, Calif., Thursday, after spending three weeks with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edd Williams, and her mother, Mrs. Garfield Warden, of Stratford. They were accompan ied to California by her brother, Buddy Warden. The Congress has appropriated $50,000,000 for a continuation of the national school lunch pro gram. Farmers may obtain lumber for essential maintenance and repair work on preference ratings. Comfortable Mattresses! Fine Felt Mattresses Built to give you the relaxation you need for refreshing sleep! Filled with resilient layer felt; heavy anven striped cov et. *13 ® to *34 ® Cotton Mattresses 50c lb. Comfortable, durable mattresses filled with buoyant, selected cotton. Heavy roll edge; covered in sturdy striped ticking. Pless Electric & Furniture Company VIRGINIA WANTED! IVY and LAUREL BURLS HIGHEST MARKET PRICE PAID! JMse boundaries of Ivy and Laurel Burls Bought OFFICE AND SAW MILL Sf JEFFERSON, NORTH CAROLINA Purchasing Agents: TODD DRUG CO ' West Jefferson, N. C. BROWNWOOD W. H. Brown Fleetwood, N. C. aurM..'; f&ifc Carolina Briar Corp. BUT WAR BONDS! SPARTA SPECTACLES BY EMORYETTA REEVES ■ ■ . '' Rev. R. L. Berry turned over his duties as chairman of the Price Panel Board for Alleghany County recently, and when he did, he gave the new chairman, Joe Bill Reed, a little friendly advice or perhaps one might call it a word of warning. Rev. Mr. Ber ry presented Joe with a tiny la pel pin with the letters OPA on it and with the pin, he gave this encouragement: “Joe, I don’t want you to sail under false col ors. I want you to take this lit tle badge and let the people know where you stand, that you have the courage of your convictions. As I present this badge to you, may I extend to you by sincere sympathy and with it goes my wish to you for a long and happy and peaceful career. Although this yfish may seem a little ironic in face of the hazardous tasks that you will have to perform as you assume the duties of your new office, I assure you my wish is a sincere one.” We haven’t heard Joe’s answer to that one but we notice that he is wearing the badge. We also heard that Joe was confining his insurance sales strictly to town since he considers it rather dan gerous to venture into the country since he has become the new price chief* We heard someone lamenting the other day that Rev. Mr. Ber ry and Joe would not have an other opportunity to “tell a few” on each other at the Chamber of Commerce meetings and then someone suggested that we invite Rev. Mr. Berry back as a guest speaker. Not a bad ideal S. C. Richardson found a potato top recently that had grown in his basement to a length of seven feet, with roots that measured 29 inches. The potato had slip ped under a shelf and had grown to this length on a cement floor. Some potato that was. Mrs. Newt Holcomb, of Cherry Lane, tells us that she has a guinea’ hen that lays eggs with a perfect V on them. Guinea eggs are a soft, tan color and the V is dis tinctly white; Mrs. Holcomb ex plains. Let’s hope that guinea knows what she is doing when she prophecies Victory. “Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant time. Life does not cease .when you are old, it only suffers a rich change. You go on loving, only your love, instead of a burning, fiery furnace, is the mellow glow of an autumn sun”, one writer has said. So must Mr. Joe Blackburn, of the Cher ry Lane section believe, for de spite his 85 years of living, he is still able to take an active part in the work going on on his farm. He recently put up hay from his meadow and has engaged in numerous other tasks about this farm. Ever find yourself embarrassed by a horse? Fortunately (for you) the poor creature doesn’t know you’re embarrassed and if he does he wisely keeps it to him self. Well, we walked through the yard the other night, when everything was quite dark, in fact it was possible to see only in front of you. tag too much Tak h by thing look They’re still doing it! Coming into the News office and thinking they are in the ration board. The other day a man came up to the desk and asked us, “Aren’t you the sugar girl?” We told him no and directed him to the ration board office down the street. We haven’t asked Mrs. Fleetwood but we assume he got there all right. What we were interested in is her answer to such a question. She has probably gotten used to them by this time, however, and promptly answers “yes” and fills out the necessary applications. With every housewife busily canning these days, we’re sure that cellars and basements will be overflowing this winter. The fastest canner we’ve heard about to date, however, is Mrs. M. A. Goodman. Mrs. Goodman re cently moved to Morganton where her husband is in the lumber bu siness there but she keeps her house in Sparta open. Last week( she came up, spent a few days and canned over 200 cans. An excel lent record, to say the least. Miss Elwanda Madison, a mem ber of the nursing staff at the Baptist hospital, Winston-Salem, visited Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Tem pleton, recently. Miss Jean Absher left recently for Washington, D. C., where she has accepted a position. Mrs. Dora Douglas and neiee, Miss Jean Pugh, visited Mrs. S. j:,. Smith one afternoon last week. Lester Pugh spent Saturday with his brother, George Pugh. Mrs. Carrie Smith and J. Roy Cox spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Shepherd. Guy Pugh spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Pugh, of Topia. Decoration and memorial serv ice will be held at the Mt. Zion cemetery on the first Sunday, August 6. 1 Maple Shade News | Rev. C. R. Allison filled his reg ular appointment here Sunday and delivered an interesting ser mon. Mr. Cone Cox, of Elkin, visited his father, C. E. Cox, last week. Mr. Sam Gentry, of Thurmond, visited the Newt Phipps home last week. Mr. Loyd Delp and children spent Sunday with their aunt, Mra. Myrtle Halsey, of Piney Creek. ^ Mrs. Mattie Cox is spending her vacation here this week. Miss Grace Kirk spent the week end with her pai'ents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Kirk. Mrs. Jincy Spencer, of Florida, is spending sometime with her sister, Mrs. G. W. Kirk. Mrs. Nellie Delp spent a few days last week with her grand daughter, Mrs. Zack Ward. Mr. and Mrs. V. B. Phipps vis ited the Loyd Delp home, Sunday. Wanted To Buy Dogwood Sticks 5 inches and top diameter. Highest price and spot cash delivered to our mill at WEST JEFFERSON, N. C« For specification and price, call at mill or write, Medgentra, Ltd. Asheville, N. 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