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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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