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5,021 People Welcome Tea to
Asheboro, “Center of
North CaroUim”
ISSUED WEEKLY
VOLUME. LIX
Most People In Asheboro and
Randolph Connty Read The
COURIER^—It Leads
$2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
NUMBER 10.
Grade Parents Of Asheboro
Render A Valuable Service
Several Road Plans
^ Consume Attention
/Amendment To Establishment
Plan For County Court la
A Board Resolution.
The grade parents of the Asheboro
city schools are a group of wide
awake men and women, who are
quietly rendering muih service to
the children of the town. The stu
dents themselves elect) their grade
parents, under the supervision of the
home room teachers. There are two
for each room, and these were until
this year women. An innovation
last fall was the election of some
grade fathers, as well as grade
mothers.
Among valuable contributions of
the grade parents this year are the
following: Supplementary readers
costing $62.00, placed in elementary
grades; nearly a hundred garments,
collected and distributed to needy
school children; and window shades,
furnished for one room.
The chairman of the grade parents
is Mrs. Henry Ingram; vice-chair
> gk man, Cleveland Thayer; secretary
“ treasurer, Mrs. N. M. Harrison.
Following is a complete list of the
grade parents:
Grade Parents
1st grade—Mitt Moffitt: Mo
Byron Strayhor*, Mrs. C. Fletcher
Steed; Mias Cockrell: Mrs. James
Neely, Mrs. N. M. Harrison; Miss
Lovett: Mrs. John Kemp, Mrs. D. W.
Bulla.
2nd grade—Miss Cagle: Mrs. J. A.
Willis, Mrs. J. M. Trogdon; Miss E.
Presnell: Mrs. Fess Newsom, Mrs.
Herbert Bray; Mrs. Ypw: Mxjfc Sam
Story, Mrs. Russell Parks.
Srd grade—Mitt fifths: Mrs. Tom
Wood, Mrs. T. J. Riemon; Miss Fox:
Mr. Robert Lloyd, Mr.’ C. Thayer;
Mrs. Rice: Mrs. Grant Trexler, Mrs.
W. C. MeRae.
4th grade—Min Loflin: Mrs. Lacy
Lewis, Mrs. G. C. White; M*m Ross:
Mrs. R. E. Nance, Mrs. Charles Cole;
Miss Wright: Mrs. Clifford Hall, Mr.
Gurney Nantt; Min Hunt: Mrs. Roy
Reaves, Mrs. Sam Story. 'I
6th grador-Mitt JSadfih MM. D. A.
Henley, Mrs. K D. fxogdon; MM.
Moffitt: Mrs. A. B./Com Mi* G C.
Walter Betts; Mbs Hamilton: Mrs.
W. A. Bunch, Mm H. V. Anderson.
7th grade—Mitt Morgan: Mrs. M,
H. Birkhead, Mrs. Bsrriette Ham
mer Walker; Miss Wood: Mrs. A. B.
Burkhead, Mrs. G. S. Suggs; Miss
B. Presnell: Mrs. John Hurley, Mrs.
Ben Morgan.
Grade Parents High School
8th grade—Mias Robertson: Mrs.
Ed. Cranford, Mrs. M. I. Ellis; Miss
Gill: Mrs. C M. Pritchard; Mr. San
derson: Mrs. fitedman, Mrs. Her
man Cranford; Mm. Prevette: Mrs.
Lacy Lewis, Mrs. Gelback.
9th grade—Miss Taylor: Mrs. Earl
Bulla, Mrs. C. Hughes; Mr. Johnson:
Mrs. S. C. Frasier, Mrs. Hedrick.
10th* grade—Mr. Campbell: Mrs.
C. C. Richardson, Mm. C. C. Steed;
Miss Ayers: Mrs. L. E. Milkes, Mrs.
Alexander. v • «? •
11th grade—Miss Lambert: Mrs.
B. F. Brittain, Dr. Truesdale.
Would Organize The
Parents & Teachers
Of Asheboro Friday
In the interest of the organization
of a parent-teacher group for the
town of Asheboro, all who are in
terested are asked to attend a din
ner meeting to be held at the Ashe
boro Baptist church on Friday even
ing, March /8th, at 7:00 o’clock. The
object of this organization is to bring
into closer relation the home and the
school and that the parents of the
children may cooperate better with
department .of the Asheboro woman’s
club, although. this work is in no
way affiliated with the dub, accord
ing to those who are leading the or
ganisation of the K-T. A. They
further st»te that no other group
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isneooro Church To
Observe World Day
Of Prayer Friday
The people of Asbeboro will oh
Friday, March 8th, participate
in the World Day of Prayer. On
thia day, people all over the
world will pause for a moment
of prayer, preferably in some
church. The Method! at Protes
tant church in Aeheboro will be
open on thia day between the
hours of 9:00 a. m. and 5:00 p.
m. Soft music will be played in
the church dp ring the entire
day and people of all denomina
tions are invited to come in for
prayer. There will be no for
mal service, however.
The general topic, “Bear Ye
One Another’s Burdens,” has
been translated in fifty different
languages no that people of all
nations may understand and join
in the unison prayer on this oc
casion.
Housing Plan Launched
IThe Better Housing Campaign,
suggested sometime ago but delayed,
is now about to be launched with a
house-to-house canvass to determine
what improvements the property
owners plan to make this spring and
to acquaint them with the benefits
now available as a result of the
National Housing plan.
Popular Couple Are
Feted In Celebration
55th Anniversary
Mr. And Mrs. Virgil M. Cox,
Useful Citizens, Celebrate
With Friends.
Ramseur Teams Win
On Saturday the Masons of Ram
«eur were honored by the presence
of several members from Franklin
villa and an interesting program was
enjoyed by all. Special music was
furnished during a recess ky Law
rence Kivett and John Woodle, Jr.
(He school is astir with ideas of
the closing months of the year be
ginning to form in the minds of the
pupils and faculty. The Seniors
will be “Lookin’ Lovely” a little
later in the spring season, for that’s
the title of their play. The cast'
of characters have their roles in
hand and will soon be prepared to
rehearse.
The pfiat week end was such lovely
spring weather that lots of the folks
left town, however attendance at the
churches proved to 'be excellent and
a number of out of town pesple wor
shipped with us.
Misses Laura, Marlette and Con
nor Winningham, of Graham, spent
the past week end with Mr. and Mrs.
C. E. Baldwin.
Mrs. Walter Allen, of route i, who
was taken sick here last week and
spent some time with her daughter,
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Asheboro Proves
Again To IBe The
N. C. Bargain Spot
Asheboro is not«nly the most cen
trally located towdHu the State. It
is also the bargain center of North
Carolina! as was shown Monday when
a restaurant owner from West Vir
ginia drove l^s truck here and bought
a load of' provisions from ah Ashe
boro merchant He told the merchant
ace in price here more
the expense and trouble
drive from West Vir
Ohly a few days ago an Asheboro
'imdbchant sold a targe order of
U> a Greensboro dairyman. We
1 go on and on giving instances
ire local merchants have drawn
le from distant towns but our
advertising ethics do not permit us
to do so. We can add thia however—
no one from Asheboro or its sur
rounding communities can go wrong
by trading here. . .
Nesro Murdered
Sunday night around midnight,
le the white cemetery in
Howard Cottrane, colored, ji
and fatally wounded Robert
Lee Stubbs, also colored, as an out
come of a pool bet over a five cent
"
The above cut of the Whitaker
Lovett class of the Methodist Pro
testant church was made from a
picture of the members on Sunday,
March 3rd. This class was organis
ed during 1926 by the late Will A.
Lovett and named for Dr. '€. L.
Whitaker, a former pastor of the
church.
After the death of Mr. Lovett in
1927, R. T. Lloyd was assigned as
teacher of the class and the name,
Lovett, added to the class name in
honor of their beloved teacher
friend. The class has rocked alonjf
in very good shape, as is a habit of
men’s classes, from that time until
November 1st when the membership
totaled 22 active members.
Asheboro’s Newest
Clothing Store Is
To Be Called “Kay’s”
Asheboro’s latest mercantile! es
tablishment located on Depot street,
the town’s chief business and shop
ping area, is called “Kay’s.”* This
is a department store opened within
the week by H. Karesh and son,
Melvin Karesh, merchants of experi
ence. The elder Mr. Karesh has had
forty-five years esqpetience ;ih the
mercantile business in the north and
in South Carolina, coming to Ashe
boro from. Ehrhardt, S. 'C. . . (
Kay’s has a full line of regular
department store goods, including
men’s furnishings and women’s and
children’^ equipment. They ptym to
add to the present stock as the mana
gement of the store becomes
qua in ted with the needs Of the peo
ple of this section.
Asheboro Kiwanis
Inaugurate A New
Type Of Program
Oub Is Enthusiastically Behind
Getting Fox Hunters To
Meet Here Hi September.
The Kiwanis club of this fcity are
beginning: a series of programs from
various members who will give in
teresting phases of their respective
business. In the last meeting, Tues
day evening, Lester Monroe and "Hin
ton Pierce explained the silk indus
try and exhibited the product in its
various stages of production.
President E. H. Morris presented
the opportunities for Asheboro to
get the Fox Hunters Convention ill
September and the club is enthusias
tically behind this undertaking. This
convention will bring probably more
than a thousand people here for
three or four days and will be a
good advertisement for the town. The
Kiwanis club' is joining with other
organizations in sending a delega
ton to Concord to make a bid for
this convention.
Rufus Hill reported on the Boy
Scout meeting last Friday night and
brought to the attention of the club
the great importance of getting the
parents of these boys to keep in
closer touch with their meetings. He
urged that special effort be made to
get both parents and Kiwanians to
attend the meetings and see that
proper encouragement and coopera
don are given this important work.
Hinton Pierte reported on the
kork of the scouts during the five
nonths period wlven the boys compo
sed for the awards the Kiwanis club
tffered for efficiency and advance
ment in scout work. Bud Hedrick
nade Hie greatest progress in pass
ng off work and won a suit Two
nuts were offered and Bill and Boy
Hired tied for second place. The
dab felt that each should be proper
y rewarded for their leadership and
t was voted to give each a suit.
Pruitt Frazier won the scout hatchet
ind Thad Moser won the scout knife.
These will be provided for the win
ters immediately. Many other boys
nade excellent, advancement in scout
vork and the club feels that the ef
orfcs have been amply rewarded by
results being obtained in this
The club was delighted over the
report that the new scout troop is
to start in their new meeting place
next Friday night and the interest
has been beyond the expectations of
the committee in charge of tljat
work. Hds new troop is to meet
at the Presbyte
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Livestock
67 head
weighing a total of 13,836
On this;Sate, ho
of the members ai
ed boiling point ai
bership drive wai
vious results and
126 active men a
class. Unlike moa
large membership
mounted with th<
the work of the e
the Sunday mom
study, has also b
growth of enrolb
Lynn Kennedy is president of the
group with Lestes Rich active sec
retary. Reitzel Smith is assistant
secretary aad Rm nond Allred is
class treasurer. S- T. Lloyd re
gains teacher aitffis not only the
rver, the interest
teacher register
an active mem
ttaged with ob
1 achievement of
members of the
organisations of
fhe interest has
|nembership and
k, in addition to
i hour of Bible
sdened with the
'WOMAN’S CLU1
i CLEAN UP
[OUNCES
l, MARCH 11
Mrs. E. L.
k the Asheboro
£■ nounces clean
chairman of
ban’s club an
week for the
Lth. On Mon
sh wagon will
K north Ashe
✓fh east Ashe
4ay in south
fipday in west
||M»ple of the
^cooperate in
If' give" Ashe
sreek of March
day, the town 1
collect rubbish
boro; on Tuesd
boro; bn Weth
Asheboro and 1
Asheboro. Tbs
town are asked
this movement
boro b spring 4
Funeral Serv
lehem Met!
At Beth
itestant
After killing his friend in a scuf
fle over a pistol, JuliUa Garner, aged
34, kissed his two small children and
his mother goodbye,.-’walked into the
yard of his home near Randleman,
Sunday, it- is alleged, and fired a
bullet from the same pistol into his
head, death resulting*in a few minut
es, according to officers, who in
vestigated the case.
The friend who met death, with a
bullet through his Heart was Aaron
Routh, aged 58, a resident of the
same neighborhood.'
Both of the men"* were described
by officers as being “odd job men.”
Gamer is survived -by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Gamer, and his
two children, Blanche Virginia, aged
7 years, and Clarence, 5 years old.
Aaron Itouth is survived by four
daughters: Mrs. Maddie Okley, Mrs.
Louise Staughan, and Misses Mar
garet and Martha Routh, all of Burl
ington; one son, Paul Routh, of near
Climax; three brothers, Alvis, Jesse,
and John, of Julian; three sigters,
Mrs. Nancy Coble, and Misses Ida
and Louise Farmers, all of Julian.
The funeral service was conducted
for Mr. Routh at the Bethlehem M.
P. church at 2:30 Tuesday. Mr. Gar
ner was buried at the same church
on Monday afternoon at 3:00.
Kearns Home Object
Of Destructive Fire
On Saturday Night
Uwharrie Avenue, waa completely de
molished by fire about nine o’clock
Saturday night. Tha fire, seemingly
to have started before anyone was
aware a# it, had dona its destructive
work before the fire department was
able to save the structure. Practi
cally everything in the house went
Tip in smoke before it could be taken
to a safe place.
At the time of the fire, the mem
bers of the Keama family were
away, the fire being discovered by
neighbors who saw flames jutting
from the two-story frame structure.
The fire department was immediately
notified, but even though they reach
ed the building very quickly, nothing
could be done but to try to stop the
fire from spreading.' The fire fight
ers werl aided in doing this by a
north wind, which carried the flames
The home of Ben L. Kearns, on
Mrs; Tfcurber
towards an open fi<
To -Greensboro
Photo By BELTON.
teacher of these 126 men, but a per
sonal friend of each, as was the
case of the former teacher, Mr.
Lovett. Talton Lowdeftnilk is as
sistant teacher and is also efficient
and interesting in his task.
A large part of the credit for the
rapid growth of the class is due the
chairman of the membership com
mittee, Henry Rich, who has served
faithfully and efficiently as the re
sults disclose. Mr. Rich bespeaks
the sentiments of the entire class
memberhip in welcoming additional
members into the class rolL
The class roll will be published ip
next week’s issue.
Brothers Brought
To Asheboro Jail
Following Robbery
Early Tuesday morning, thieves
entered the Franklinville Store Com
pany and .made away with goods
valued at approximately $150. The
loot was mainly groceries, shoes and
dry goods. Sheriff King, and de
puties Barnes and Morgan were call
ed in and put on the case.
By tracking, they apprehended
Lacey and Pete Thornburg in a
wooded section near Franklinville.
Nearby was found a cache of the
stolen goods. According to Mr. Mar
tin, owner of the store, it is thought
that the two men caught, did the
entering alone. They were brought
beta and hedged, in the Asheboro jail.
it is estimated roughly that the
89&fi2S£$&^i!3!«
teoKagtde aajctf. The men will pro
The Capitol Theatre re-opens
Thursday night after being closed |
for a long time. The building has
been completely remodeled and com
pares favorably with any other pic
ture house in the state. The open
ing picture will b»e Barrie’s Little
Minister, staring Katharine Hep
bum.
It is under the same management
as the Sunset Theatre and prices
will be the same.
The Elliotts Are
Welcomed Back To
Their Former Home
Farmer, March 5.—E. W. Elliott,
of High Point, a former citizen of
Farmer community, is expecting to
move to his farm on highway 62 in
the near future. He has been having
repair work done on his house dur
ing the past week. Farmer folks
are glad to have ^im and his family
come back home. „
Work is going forward on the new
church, and it is ^expected that it
will be finished if the near future.
Mrs. Carl Garn#r has been ill for
the past week, and shows only slight
improvement.
Mrs. Roxana Dorsett is in Ashe
boro visiting her daughter, Mrs. I.
■S. Kearns.
Walser Pierce, young son of Mr.
and Mrs. Will Pierce, has been ill
for a few days, but is mucl\ im
proved.
The Thursday Afternoon club was
charmingly entertained at its last
meeting by Mrs. Paul Skeen and
Miss Inez Trogdon at the Skeen
home. After sometime spent in sew
ing and in pleasant gamps a salad
course was served with coffee.
Fiddler’s Convention
And Varied Musicale
In Asheboro 9th
There will be an old-time fiddler’s
convention held in the court house
in Asheboro oh Saturday evening,
March 9th at S:00 o’clock. This
will not only be a fiddler’s conven
tion, but will have varied interest
ing musical features, as well. There
will be single instrumental music as
well as band music and band con
tests with prizes offered for the
most skilled musicians.
Dancing and singing will also vary
the program which promises to be
one of the best ever presented in
the county. Musicians from far and
near are arranging to attend the
convention and participate .in the
program of the evening.
L. H. Curtiss, of Ramsejir, a mem
ber of the firm of Curtiss and Mer
ritt, well lfiiown musicians of that
place, was in Asheboro during the
week arranging for the entertain
Randolph Commissioners
Memorialize Late Member
Another Advertiser
Gets Results
Appearing: below is a letter
from a satisfied advertiser who
has written a voluntary letter
concerning his advertisement ap
pearing in The Courier recently.
This is one of many such letters
received by the management of
this newspaper. The letter:
Editor of THE COURIER,
Asheboro, N. C.
Dear Editor:
I want to say a word by way
of commendation for the effec
tiveness of The Courier as a
medium of advertising, having
recently gotten the best results
from a Spring Opening adver
tisement, that we have had for
some time. We were highly
gratified at the response your
readers gave to our efforts to
let them know we had something
worthwhile to show them. As our
allowance will permit, we shall
use The Courier from time to
time to keep Randolph folks in
formed of our offers, and will
advise others to use this medium
of advertising regularly.
Sincerely your,
MARLEY BROS.
—V. C. Marley.
Ramseur, N. C„ March 3, 1935.
Interesting Plan
Open To Readers
Of The Courier
Any Reader Of The Courier Is
Eligible To Enter The Con
test By Writing Letter
Rules Are Stated
AS Awards WeU Worth While
Competing For; Details Stat
ed In Advertisement.
Through the cooperation of several
of the leading firms off Asheboro
we are ahie^to award fjf our readers
.pumy valuable prised" to ,be given
for onjy a few moments effort. All
you h»ve to do is to write a letter
I'lCooriar tell why you like to
Turn to- this page
your letter in telling what you
best about them. Everyone is eligi
ble. There are no strings of any
kind and no entrance fee. This is
open to every citizen of Asheboro
and Randolph county.
Rules and full list of the prizes
on the same page with the adver
tisements. Turn to it now and fami
liarize yourself with the subjects.
The following firms made this
feature possible:
Fox Laundry & Dry Cleaning Co.,
Coffin & Scarboro, Cinderella Beauty
Shop, Dreamland Mattress Company,
Garner’s Economy Auto Supply,
Grimes Jewelry Company.
Due to the fact that time was
limited several advertisements had
to be left out. Copy had to be in
the office Tuesday in time to make
the edition. We regret that others
who desired to cooperate with us
were unable to do so for this reason.
Leo Cetwick Fund
Practical Memorial
For Local School
Mrs. W. L. Lambert, secretary of
the Leo Cetwick Memorial Fund,
states that the most recent report of
thh fund has a number of names
added as memorials. The fund, as
will be recalled by the people oft
Asheboro, was established as a me
morial to the late Leo Cetwick,
manufacturer of this place. The fund
was started .by his sisters, Miss Min
nie Cetwick and Miss Clara Cetwick,
of Asheboro and Bradford, Pa.
The local school library reaps the
benefit from this benevolent memori
al by the purchase of books with the
funds. As will also be recalled, no
large amounts have been reported
and those who care to give small
amounts may not hestitate to do,
for the original plan provided that
it would be more advisable to have
a number of people participate with
smaller amounts than a few giving
large sums. The money is to Jbe
spent for books to reinforce the
rather small stock at the local school.
The list of these in whose memory
the fund has been increased as re
ported to Mrs. Lambert this week by
the Misses Cetwick include: Dewey
Thompson, E. W. Carr, Hal Cranford,
Adolph Greenburg, Andrew O’Laugh
lin, John C. Mullins, Mrs. H. L.
Stoner, C. Stuart Dennison, William
Fizzell, Claud Slocum, Mrs. Margaret
Logue, Leopold Weiss, Mrs. Harriet
Dorn, Mrs. Belle Mclntire Crawford,
Arthur Thompson, Gertrude Pollock,
Charles Coffin, Mrs. Rindemeck,
Mrs. Edna Begin, A. J. Bond, Wm. C.
Hammer, M. C.
Any contributions may be handed
to Mrs. Lambert who plans to pre
sent the matter actively to the peo
ple of Asheboro immediately and per
haps supplement the school library
with a set of reference books in the
near future.
List Of Grade Parents Printed
Herewith For Information
Of Citizenship.
Selected Early In The
School Year By Grades
Mrs. Henry Ingram, Chairman
Of Group, With Mrs. Cleve
land Thayer, Secretary.
The first item of business trans
acted by the Randolph county com
missioners on Monday at the regu
lar March meeting was to draw up
a resolution of respect as a memori
al to Ed. Frazier, a member of the
board who died during the past week.
A copy was ordered spread upon the
records of the county also one sent
to Mrs. Frazier and the surviving
son and daughter. Several fitting
tributes were paid to this sturdy
member of the board who has serv
ed his county both faithfully and
conscientiously.
Road work consumed considerable
time of this meeting and petitions
were heard from Franklinville town
ship and New Market, then referred
to the state highway commission.
Citizens of New Market petitioned
the .board to request the highway de
partment for the placement of the
discontinued link of the old Salis
bury road from the cross road near
the Frank ©avis farm to the public
road, a distance of about a quarter
mile. It was decided to turn this
request over to the local highway
engineer for investigation.
It was ordered by the board in
this session that the clerk be in
structed to notify R. D. Trogdon
that he will be required to finish the
work on the plot book according to
the contract recorded in the minutes
of August 13th, 1984, book 6, page
56.
R. T. Lloyd, county superintendent
of welfare was authorized to place
any children that are now, or may
become county charges, in suitable
homes without incurring any expense
to the county.
C. M, Hayworth was requested to
make put a project under the ERA
for painting both the inside and
outside of the court house and county
3P
Home.
As to the supervisor of tax col
lections for Randolph, the unanhgous
consent «f group ■was that *R. C.
Johnson be placed in this posltionjfbr
year. ... *•'
• - -«—
taxes is *94,148j&Ofortt»
year 1984. . * • * ■
The : following resolution was
adopted:
That the Representatives and
Senators representing this county of
Randolph in the General Assembly
of North Carolina be requested to
ask the General Assembly for, and
obtain if possible, an amendment to
chapter 27, sub-chapter VII, section
1608 (21), of the North Carolina
Code of 1933, as follows:
By striking out from said section
the word “Randolph.”
The purpose of said amendment
being to make it possible for the
county commissioners of said Ran
dolph county to act under section
1608 (2), above styled chapter and
subchapter of the North Carolina
code of 1933, and established a
county criminal court for the county
of Randolph, in their opinion the
public interest will be best promoted
by so doing.
That, further, the clerk of this
board be instructed to send to the
representative and both senators re
presenting this county in the General
Assembly of North Carolina, a copy
of this resolution,, and furthermore
a copy of the recommendations as
outlined by the Grand Jury acting
at the December, 1934, criminal term
of superior court for Randolph coun
ty.
This the 4th day of March, 1936.
Randleman Is Scene
Of Much Visiting
The Past Week-End
Randleman, rt. 1, March 4.—Rev.
John Allred preached here in the
absence of Rev. Joel B. Trogdon, who
was called away to conduct the fun
eral of a friend.
Mrs. Jane Underwood spent several
days during the past week visiting
her brother, T. F. Pugh, in Ashe*
boro.
Frank Dorsett is ill at . his home
Them are now 236 living formed
members of cabinets in France.
This is because of the frequency
with which French cabinets are
here.
Miss Mary FarloW' is visiting her
brother Clarence, in High Point
Mr. and iMrs. S. A. Pugh were
visitors here Sunday.
Mrs. C. A. Pugh is ill with in
fluenza.
Mr.' and Mrs. L. L. Dorsette gave
their daughter Virginia, a surprise
birthday dinner, Sunday, in honor of
her 15th birthday.
Little Edward Hinshaw is ill.
Miss Claudia Tooms, of Level
Cross, was a week end guest of Miss
Mada Agnes Trogdon.
Miss Myra Lee Tooms was a week
end guest of Miss Virginia Dorsett.
Mrs aqd Mrs. Charles Hinshaw
visited Sunday with . Mrs. Jane
Doctor. .