Weekly Memory Sketches Of Prominent Men Of Ramseur - .By V. CL MABMSY ----- . JOHN WESLEY ALLRED Brick-Muon, Farmer, Methodist “John Wes” Allred was one of the plainest men I ever knew. I think that is on reason why I liked him so well. He carried his own burdens, paid his own way, spoke his sentiments and allowed others to do the same. He was a small man in statue but he did n’t worry about how big the other fellow was to whom' he was talking. He was no respecter of persons. His policy was pretty much the same as that of Jim Purvis who said; “No dam man is any better than another, and sometimes not as good.” John Wes Allred was a factor in building up Ramseur in that he was a staunch upright citizen who ’’Set tled” here, built a splendid home, reared a large family and encouraged his children to build homes here, three of whom did in north Ramseur. I mention this to suggest that any man who helps to establish good homes in the community is a builder indeed. Many are the monuments built by this good man that will endure time. Stone and brick structures, the old passenger station at Greensboro among them, stone walls, chimneys, concrete work and other masonry here and there over the State, He was a workman who took pride in 4n.ing the best work possible. His masonry had to be right. Reared near Giles Chapel, he was ■3 member there for a long time, later moving to Ramseur Methodist church. I loved to hear this good man lead in prayer. ... ... Asa friend I valued him very high ly He was interesting, cheerful and true. He had little respect for a ‘ dead beat”, and didn’t want to waste his time with them. He was industrious .and wanted others to be. One of his quaint sayings was: "I like these com-ers & go-ers, but can t stand these com-ers and stay-ers . Mr. Allred didn’t brag on his piety, but he had great respect for the right, for honesty and faithfulness. He told me once that he just didn’t about a fellow who wouldn’t go to church. Yes—John Wes Allred is today a part of Ramaeur. Citizens like him become foundation stones in the com munity structure. JOHN B. DIXON Christian, Teacher, Miller John B. Dixon was my first Sunday School teacher when I enrolled m his /■lqga in 1904. Like most young fel lows, when we assembled for class we knew very little about the lesson, but when brother Dixon finished the study we knew some good truth of the Bible. Although he was not an educated man, he knew his Lord and The Book, and after all that is most important. Mr. Dixon had lived at Coleridge (or {Enterprise then) in the old “Dixon bouse”, but later became miller at Ramseur in the nineties. He held this place I believe until the old mill was discarded, and work ed some in the new roller mill. While Mr. Dixon rated his work as a miller highly, his first concern was to be a good Christian man. He was a great church man and loved to sing in the choirs and pray with his brethem. He reared a large family and tried to lead them as a good father should. An example like this will bear fruit in others, for a life spent in trying to do good is never lived in vain. John B. Dixon had a place in the life of Ramseur, a life that endures to the end. FITZHUGH LEONARD Young Business Man, A Friendly Fellow Now a few words about a young man. A short sketch, because this was a brief 'life, however, he lived great because he lived well. From one of our 'best homes, a son of Christian parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Leonard, of whom I will write lat er, Fitzhugh had the qualities of a good citizen built into his character as he grew from a bright school boy into manhood. After high school days he entered one of the leading mercantile businesses of the town and in this work he came in contact with a great number of people of this section. These contacts became friendships, for a sunny, spirited young man like always makes friends. As we part the curtains of the past in our mem ory we see the smiling face of Fitz hugh Leonard. Always cheerful, always jovial and cm-iiing as he went about his duties as clerk, he served well in the task assigned him. This fine young life was suddenly cut off in the influenza epidemic, leaving his home, the church and Sun day school he faithfully attended, the community and all Ramseur life poorer by his going, but the sunshine he scattered among his fellows still glows in their memory and makes the way brighter for us all. | Health Dept. fl —^„_____————— By A* D. (GBEGGi M. D-* Health Officer The Service And What It Coat . The People 2 , Hvery ..a&tSafeliC -vice has its specie) duties which may lx termed the objects and aims of that department. The primary ob ject of a Health Department is to prevent illness and its effects upon ■the human body. By rendering a person immune to certain diseases, -we often prevent other diseases, which come as a complication, of the preventable disease. This objective of prevention is mainly accomplished through three channels: vaccination, sanitation and quarantine measures. No one is effective in itself to con trol communicable diseases in a -community. The Health Department is not an agency for treating the sick. If you are sick, consult a regular practicing physician. They are bet ter equipped than is the Health De partment to treat you when you are ill. Even in contagious diseases the health department prefers that you have your regular physician treat you, and also give you the vaccina tions. We only treat cases referred to us by a physician, or on order -of the county welfare officer. Your doctors are the most chari table self sacrificing, and for the quality of service rendered, poorest paid public servants of the people. They deserve your full confidence and support. If they had the time to do the immunisations, the _ health -officer would have little to do, but your doctors are so busy treating the sick that they do not have time t« look up and search out the ones needing vaccines, etc. Some doctors do not keep all the necessary vac cines and materials to do this work, ao this part of medicine is the specialty of the health department. Our personnel have special training, and are equipped to do this work. We will do, our best not to divert from specialty. , • There is an abundance of work for the health department to do in the prevention and the sanitation. The good we may accomplish de pends on the response from the peo ple. Will they take advantage of the health program offered them •SSSfSfiKWBA •«■■■* advertised later on, Th«ee hfTO psper sore to acquaint you with cor department “**5* J* thinking health so strongly that you witt go to see your doctor Pfc Wttt CtoT. year for a check up." That is another form pf prevention ana Ik health service. So we appeal to you to us© your health department while you may. perwu whu NOTICE TO MID-WIVES OF RANDOLPH COUNTY Every person who practice mid wifery _ _. .. - . hereby notified to register their names and address with the County Health Department at Asheboro, within the next thirty days. We prefer that you present yourselves personnally to this of fice and get your permit to work in the county. BOARD OF HEALTH OF RANDOLPH CO. A. D. Gregg, M. Dn County Health Officer. Mileage Hints By J. F. Winchester, S.A.E. Supervisor of Motor Vehicle Equipment, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey TyrOW that the shortest days of ^ ' the year are here the thinking motorist will give some attention to his headlights. This is Che sea* son of the year when they are used the most, and they should be In good order* The first thing you should do is check your heaalightp to be sure they conform with your state lawn Information on how to do this may be obtained in complete detail from your state motor vehicle authorities or flrom garages and service sta tions designated as official checking station. Dirt or dust on the reflector or Irene Rich Gives Pointers On Eating For Health And Beauty By Mabel Love TRBNB RICH, the well-known star ot the stage and screen, is an actress who is regarded as one of the real marvels ot her profession, tor although she is the mother of two grown-up daughters she still manages to preserve the face and figure of a *lrl of twenty. Much of the credit for this, she says, must be given to the fact that her diet has always been carefully planned—but this does not mean that she subsists on the unappetiz ing combinations of foods that the diet faddists sometimes prescribe. One of her secrets is that she has learned to adapt the serving of tasty dishes to the principles of a healthful diet. Her two underlying principles of eating for health and beauty, Miss Rich says, are to select the foods which provide the system with the means of creating new cells and supporting life, and those which aid the system in carrying off all body waste through the normal channels. Below is a delicious ginger cake recipe which she furnishes with the assurance that it is healthful as well as delicious, for the bran sup plies the “bulk" which normal peo* pie need in order to live up to the second of the two principles which this charming celebrity includes in her. dietary credo. Irene shows a professional chef how she makes her bran ginger cake. Bran Ginger Cake 1/3 cup shortening 11/2 teaspoons ginger 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 egg (well beaten) 1 teaspoon baking 1/2 cup molasses powder 1 cup all-bran 1/3 teaspoon Soda 1 1/2 cups flour 1/3 cup buttermilk, or 1/2 teaspoon salt sour milk Cream shortening and sugar. Add egg, molasses and all-bran. Sift dry Ingredients and add alternately with the milk. Bake in a moderate oven (376° F.) for about 30 to 40 minutes. Makes one cake 8 by 8 Inches. Chevrolet Makers Announce Numerous 1935 Improvements Changes In Engines And In Bodies Of All Types Of Their Products. Improved commercial car models having more power, higher torque or pulling ability, greatly increased braking efficiency, and numerous im provements in engine and chassis, have been announced by the Chevro let Motor Company. In addition to the 1/2-ton trucks of 112-inch wheel base and the 114-ton trucks of either 131-inch or 167-inch wheelbase, Chev rolet this year features a new unit, the standard sedan delivery, intended for the fast dispatch of light merch andise. A wide variety of factory built bodies, designed to meet the special requirements of different in dustries and trades, is available. Prices remain at the low levels esta blished last year, when Chevrolet led the industry in truck registrations. The chassis prices, according to the Chevrolet announcement, are the low est in the world. The Chevrolet models for 1935 re tain the general characteristics of the previous line in layout and design; mechanically, however, the incorpor ate many refinements and added features. Changes in the engines include im proved counterweighting and harmon ic balancer, selective balancing of rot ating parts, high pressure oil stream lubrication to connecting rod bear ings, increased oil pump capacity, electro-plated pistons, greater water pump capacity, and improved cylin der-head temperature distribution. Brakes and braking have been greatly increased in efficiency and ease of operation. As a result, the new trucks can be stopped in half the distance formerly required. Improvements in manifolding, car buretion, timing and valves, through the adoption of the Chevrolet blue flame design of the master engine for this year’s truck engine has re sulted in a horsepower capacity of 70 in the 1936 trucks, a gain of 10 horsepower over last year. Maximum pulling power is developed, with 150 foot pounds torque, at low engine speeds, corresponding to 17 to 24 m. p. h. speed range. A new system of lubrication serves the crank-pin bearings of the con necting rods. The oil pump forces high-pressure jet® of oil to flow sonstantly from six nozzles, one in Bach oil trough, directed upward so that the streams are in the paths of the connecting rod dippers as they approach and pass bottom dead cen ter. These dippers thus receive oil luring a prolonged period of each revolution. The high velocity of the Upper against the stream of oil, ad led to the volicity of the oil jets, builds up a tremendous pressure that insures a copious supply of oil to the bearing.. The new sedan delivery on the new standard chassis, having a Fisher body of the same size and appear ance as the standard sedan, with no iraft ventilation, is announced by Chevrolet as the lowest priced en closed commercial car on the market. It was designed especially to pro tide economical fast delivery service for merchants and businesses hand ling light merchandise. gradually through evolution — and that when we attempt to apeed natural forces with the spur of legislation, Hunsucker’s Column Yes, times are better, more busi ness is being done, better prices for farm products and the farmers are better off, money is more plentiful and easier to get—prosperity has come. —H— In reading over the good letters of The Courier correspondents last week, we notice that besides being good reporters, in every instance, some of them are real philosophers. —H— C. C. Cranford has recently made a lot of improvements around his various manufacturing plants in Asheboro. He believes in letting money circulate and has done his part in putting Asheboro on the map. —H— A man down in the Seagrove sec tion says nothing in the world has put as many men on their feet as the alarm clock. —H— There is a shortage of horses and mules in Randolph county. If you don’t believe this ask John McDowell and Walter Presnell about it. —H— The, talk aboufodid age pensions has Brought on a greet detnand for walking canes. —H— Sheriff King has completed his first round collecting taxes. Hope he found the folks, and if he did not, Carl is behind that thing and the tax es must come. —H— Why, what in the world is the matter? “Nothing—we just can’t hear from the people in Randolph county who claimed that they were kin to Hoover right after he was elected president.” —H— Asheboro merchants are selling merchandise as cheap as you can buy anywhere. Give Asheboro a trial. —H— The best way to get ahead is to begin systematic savings now—not tomorrow. —H— J. S. Lucas, a good farmer who lives about two miles west of Sea greve, says he reads everything in The Courier every week. —H— We are for every reasonable re lief activity but the government can not take care of all the people all the time. Where attention is given the trees and the fruit is canned or preserved, figs pay well. At least it pays to have enough trees to supply the home demands and even a small town lot furnishes room for that. Every home should have a few fig trees. —H*— “So you go to school now, Billy?” “Yes Uncle,” “Let me hear you spell puppy.” “I'm too big a boy to spell puppy. Try me on dog.” —H— Even if your job is soft that is no excuse to lay down on it. —H— You don’t really catch cold. You just stand still while an acquaintance infects you with his. —H— Announcement reaches this column from Raadleman that there up in business and the town on the map bigger than ever. Of all sad words “Another note due on your car. . , —H— Spring soon be here and good last week. —H— C. EL Kearns, a good fanner of Asheboro, route two, was in Ashe boro on business a few days ago. —H— Correct this sentence: “I simply re fuse to borrow my neighbor’s news- : paper; it is my pleasure to pay my own subscription and support the fr publisher.” —H— J. K. Upton, of Richland town ship, spent a short while in Ashe boro on. Saturday. Cream route stations established in Stanly county several months ago are handling a large volume of cream, reports County Agent William N. Wood. Approximately three-fourths of the cotton parity checks for Cumber land county have been delivered. The peanut sign-up campaign la getting results in Gates county, ac cording to R. R. Rich, farm agent. Some cause happiness wherever they go, others whenever they go. TV I Ben Franklin wrote that over two hundred years ago. If he were alive today, and could see how many changes have been made in life as he knew it, he would undoubtedly be amazed to find that people are again and again turning to his teachings and studying them with the new viewpoints fostered by adverse condi tions. Seeing clearly, as we do, the wisdom of those words, we should be able to be benefited by them immeasurably. SAVING MONEY I. EASY. If You GET THE HABIT! And the building and loan method of saving makes it easy for you to acquire the habit. Hundreds of men and women in Randolph County learned how to save money through this association, and the saving habit has enabled them to build and pay for homes of their own. The 25th SERIES Opens Friday, February 1st L. P. Phone 305 ? U. KEARNS, Sec.—Trea* JUheboro, N. G Founded Upon 1 m«wmuw. i I.■ ■■■HU. ■ .

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