QUEBEC NEWS
W. B. Henderson attended the
three days’ session of the State Asso
eiation of County Commissioners at
Asheville last week.
Mrs. J. H. Reid is spending a few J
.lays at Lake Toxaway with, her!
daughter, Mrs. Ada Sanders.
Miss Louise Owen entertained a
large number of her friends at a
birthday party Saturday evening. The
occasion was greatly enjoyed by all
who were present. The refreshments
were watermellon slices and ice
cream.
Broadus Henderson of (IreenviUe
spent Wednesday of last week at his;
home here.
Mrs. Nancy Fisher and Mrs. Ida
Whitmire were business visitors in
Brevard last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Owen and
daughter. Emma Josephine, spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Rufus
Owen. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Whitmire and
children visited Mr. and Mrs. John
Robinson Sun lay afternoon.
Mrs. Elizabeth Reece and Mrs.
H. T. Whitmire were Brevard visitors
Friday. , ,,
Mrs. Corsey Brown ot Vvoil Moun
tain spent Saturday and Sunday with
Airs. Anderson Smith.
\iiss Marjorie Hamilton of Bre
vard spent tl'.e week-end with MisS|
Is 10 inveii. 1
:-s. Mark Whitmire called on
Mi W D. H ark Saturday.
M ,. Gideon Miller celebrated her
Tat birthday with a birthday dinner
las' Sunday. \ large crowd of her
Ini,hen grandchildren and great
grandchildren and a few other special
friends were present.
Mary ihaigin spent Friday night
with Boobio" Whitmire.
Mr, and Mrs. Clyde Met all and
■ unity i,m Sunday in Gloucester.
Mi. I Mrs. G ne Moore and
child:m aii ^pending thi week with
teluti'cs m Spa •ai-huig and Inman,
S. C.
Mi • • |!c 1 Iciiderson and Oao
ne 6wen . -sired Mrs. J hn Robinson
on Wedno-lav of last week. Mrs.
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Robinson is slowly recovering from
the effects of a broken hip which has
kept her down for the past few
months. She is not yet able to walk.
Miss Ailene Owen spent the week
end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred Owen.
Miss Louise Owen, Miss Bernice
Reid and Miss Marjorie Hamilton
were dinner guests of Mrs. B. T.
Whitmire Sunday evening.
John McCall spent Saturday night
with Tommy Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin McCall and
hildren of Brevard spent Sunday
with Mr. McCall's parents, Mr. ar.d
Mrs. T. C. McCall.
Miss Rebecca Smith spent Friday
night with her grandmother, Mrs.
John Robinson.
Oscar Henderson spent Sunday
night with Henry Miller.
Miss Mildred McCall spent Sunday
with Miss Faye Brooks.
Mrs. C. W. Henderson called on
Mrs. T. C. Henderson Thursday af
ternoon.
Mrs. Henry Chapman and son J. H.
•ailed on Mrs. M. O. McCall Saturday
afternoon.
L. C. Fisher of Lake Toxaway
,i-ited his grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Gideon Miller one day last
wevk. _ , .
.Miss Bernice Reiil spent Saturday
night with Miss Louise Owen.
Samuel Reid who has employment
at Landrum. S. C.. spent the week
end with Mr. and Mrs. Willie Reid.
Roy Robinson visited Prof. M. D
Hardin one day last week.
(' \\ . Henderson called on John W.
Robinson Sunday afternoon.
TaImage Brooks spent Friday nigi.t
with Oscar Henderson.
The annual Henderson-Peek re.
union was held last Saturday at T ine
Grove church ah; ut eight mil.s from;
Franklin on Highway 28 between;
Franklin and Highland. A large
; crowd of the two families from this j
and other states was present; and the j
ccasion was conceded by all pres.nl
■o be a great day in the history t I
hose two families. Those attending
the reunion from this county wore
W. B. Henderson, Mrs. L. E. Reece.
T Henderson, James Henderson,
M" aril Mrs. C. W. Henderson and
jMv. aid Mrs. .John Rul'ty. This ic
j union is held every year on Ratuiday
•before the third Sunday in August.
j/.Y MEMORY OF MRS. AU.ISOX
! Mi>. .lam Mackey Allison, who
: would have wn s<; years old had she
• t:\cil until August 14, died at the
11-. f In r daughter, Mrs. Ill nest
W-i h. Monday morning, did;, do,
foil wing a stroke of apoplexy on the
I' ;r ' f July. Interment we- in n«k
i.i .ve cemetery, following simple
vice • at the residence.
: Mrs. Allison was born on August
j : I. 1 S IS, at the old English place,
. aow know: as English (’ha p e 1.
i I;..ugh h o ii and raised in Transyl
j ..uia > unty. -till she lived in three
J Hi feiei’t counties. Transylvania,
i h mlersi n-miu Buncombe. since .a
I ,( : ..iv 1 ion made three vountivs ■> .
j ‘ ’.lie original one r unity, il 1
itlo-r. Homy Mackey, i "gilt in tin
i. it War and was sir by bu -
'.-hackers at what is now known a
lu Did Red House, and wa-- lirought
. iiis home to die Two ..f her or -
In rs wore wom.dfd in the war, dying
at i from the injuries. Mrs. Aili-en’
a hand, I-lin 1 . Allison, also . uignt
j tin Civil War at the age of 16 He
j ,a .-lie of the victims of the. widc
ipi-ad epidemic of flu ill HU'.i, which
• ulicii in his death in that year.
I Mis. Allison hud many interesting
ti .'ics to relate of her experiences
.a k in the war day-, and of the
:• at differences in living between
hose times and present days. She
■ njoyo.l the advantages of im dern
i i'o,.. o’f living over the f • l let
a - of candle light and other cr nie
c. des .,f life.
ties. Allison was imuricd at the
go of 21 to .1 l'li 1 . Allison, and tiny
egan their married life in the <n 'gi
:ai Si|tiire Allison home on the
I roperty that now belongs to Wtn.
MeK. Fetxct and C'ump Sapphire. A
also family of children was born to
In in at this l<l homestead, the oldest
'or whom is Jim Allison, new living m
‘laine-ville, Ala. An interesting fact
n the life of this eldest son is that
vi ry yt ar he gave his mother a dol
or for as many years old as he was
• • (k time of his birthdays.
1 i 1020 Mrs. Allison and her
a. 'gluer. then .Miss Virginia Allison,
moved fvi m the old home place to the
armor Brecse property in Brevard,
where she lived until the time of her
b»nth.
Mis. Allison was always known
-.or lie1 many charitable acts and
d ads of kindness to the poor and
distressed. She was never too tiled or
• ■ busy to help some one else in
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Conductors: ERNEST KNOCH—Dr. KARL RIEDEL
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GEORGE COGGINS, Phone 4466, Asheville
FIRST GRANDDAUGHTER
OF MR. AND MRS. VERNER
Mr. anil Mrs. S. P. Verner are the
proud grandparents of their first
grandchild, in the person of a daugh
ter born to Mr. and Mrs. William ¥■
Allston at their home in Miami, Fla.,
on Friday, August 17. The little miss
has been named Laura Beatrice All
Mrs. Allston is remembered here us
Miss Mary Verner. Mr. Allston was
formerly from Flat Rock.
CIRCLE NO. Ill MEETS
WITH MRS. WEST
Circle No. 3 of the Methodist
church met Thursday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. C. B. West at the
parsonage for the regular meeting.
Mrs. Ernest Norwood conducted
the Bible lesson, and Mrs. Cordia
King, chairman, presided over the
metting. Mrs. Oliver Orr, president
of the missionary society, was guest
of this circle. Seven members were
present and one visitor.
Refreshments were served st cor.-!
elusion of the meeting.
regular meeting
or CIRCLE NO. I ,!
Regular meeting of Circle No. 1 »t
the Methodist chinch was held Thurs-!
dav afternoon at the home ot Mi;*,
Alma Trowbridge, the circle chau
man Mrs. Lula Miller, presiding.
Mrs. L. K. Rutchford was elected
treasurer, filling the vacancy left bv'
resignation. It was voted to contn*
liutc the circle’s quota on the scholar
ship fund for two girls at Brevard
10Miss’ Florence Kern led the Bibb
stud>’ lesson, giving an interesting
discussion of the creeds of the Metho
dist church. Seven numbers and
three visitors weie present.
The meeting concluded with toe
erving of light refreshments and a
short social period.
e.enefit fridge to fe
EVENT OF THE DSD AY ME
A benefit bridge party will be held
! tonight (Thursday) in the -bines
! Motor company building, sponsored
h,y the 1). A. R. The event wi" begin
jat s o’ci >ek. '
: Included in the thirty-five cen •"
i admission fee will be rei resnmenls
land valuable prizes for the winner.-.
Those attending are a-kod t,» hrinu
’ anv game they desire to play, v
mg to pims of the ;d;gan.znucu, an
! enjoyable evening will be -pent .
I the large lu mber of people osportm
| to attend the event.
1 I'OOK TEA IS
ENJOYAFLE AFI All. :
The book tea held at the r,et”i\
i Fridav afternoon and sponsored l>>
cjuild of St. Philip? Kpiscopin
, hiircb proved an. enjoyable and
■ l-ofitabi” affair. . ,
Many visitors attended during
' lua.i - d i to li. scl”< t<d a bank her
■ dadee and were sewed dauity v
' freshmetds by the ■ ommittee m
charge. Fancy ni trile- made by m-m
lim-s of the iiuild were also on sale.
■ Yisiroiis iinxoi;i:i>
11/77/ /.7i7/h;K 1‘AliTY
Ylis-es Until*Pickolsimer a.: \ Enumi
I leaver wen- hostesses Wiuiiesdav
• aI'tenemii from I t" iH three moles
,.f bridge, i ntortaiiiing at the n '"-e "
: Mis- I leaver on West Main -'reel,
complimentary t" MK< Jane Pearce
■ and Miss May Jenkins, wht are home
their vacation from Xew irk
hospital, where tin y are in training.
The tables for plav were at ranged
!on the pot rit. where sherbet and eake
were served at c n< fusion ■ i the
g.anu-s. High .core prize wa- won by
'MF- l-’iaiiir s .Morris and eoiisolatmn
),y Miss Ellen Jean Canf. Guest prizes
were given the two honorees.
Th -a plaving were: Misses Pearce
'and Jenkins'. Mis. tlpal Atwater, ami
Sarah H-lcn Smith, ot l"»t
1 a u d e r i a e, Florida. M t s *
Frames Morris. Eake City, S. < ••
Miss Ellen Jean Cuff. St. Petersburg,
Ela.. Mis- Margaret Parnell. Kikcrs
villr. Until Perry Alberta Jenkins,
Kate Mel.end and Misses 1 leaver and
Piekelsimet.
ci:i,h:i;i;ATi:s tnesr
murUDA) 1‘AIITY
Kiltie Marx A nr- Fortune, dangh
tei oi Mr. and Mrs Albert Fortune,
celebrated her first birthday with a
party at hei lv Monday utlev
noen. . ,
Several little m.-ms and trttnds
were invited p'.ie'ts. Alter opening
t|,e birtluK.y i e..tombranees, daii.tj
refreshments wee served to the,
children enjoyinj the i evasion with
Mary Ann.
need or suflering. Even during her
Inst days when not physically able to
b- about, she continually wanted to
do something to help others. She had
many friends, all ol' whom loved and
regarded hoi very highly.
There is only one survivor in too
immediate Mackey family. Huso
.Mackey of Davidson River, a brothet
of Mrs. Allison.
In charge of fb wers at the funeral
of Mrs. Allison were her grand
children living in Brevard, including
Annie, Christine and Jane Yongue,
Mark and Elizabeth AMison. and
Richard and 1'at‘v Grimshawe. .As
sisting- with the flowers also was
Elsie Wilson, who so faithfully and
■efficiently cared,for Mrs. Allison dur
ing the last 10 months of her life.
Surviving children are .Mrs, K. U.
Webb. Mrs. C. C. Yoiigu-. Mrs. T. D.
Grun-hawe, .T. Mack Allbon, all of
Brevard, Mrs. John Weatherford, of
Austin. Texas, Mrs. M. G. Garth and
Jim Allison of Gainesville. A1 ... and
Mr-. J. I Aiken, of Ocala. Fla.
Ball board's were' H. Oir. Bob
Ycill. Win. MoK. Betzer, 1?. L. Gush.
W. E. Breese rml Bred Johnson.
Rombs 'Explode In Havana
Havana — Two bombs exploded
early Saturday night in Havana’s
largest department store at a busy
fct ;r. killing cne person and weund
ing twelve.
BETTY JEAN DUCLOS
HAS BIRTHDAY PARTY
A happy occasion for a number of
little folks was the birthday party of
Betty Jean Duclos given Thursday
afternoon at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs, 0. Duclos, in celebra
tion of her seventh birthday anniver
sary.
Games were played on the lawn and
much fun was had by the children in
opening the birthday gifts. Mrs. Ches
ter Fenwick assisted Mrs. Duclos in
entertaining and serving ice cream,
cake and candy and cold drinks to the
jolly group of boys and girls.
Those present to celebrate the day
with Betty were: Margaret Scruggs,
Frances Hendrix, Ann Piekelsimor,
Jeane Bagwell, Nancy Ann Nicholson,
Betty Mull, Billy and Lois Heath,
Kenneth Wyatt , Bruce Glazener,
Douglas Brown, June, Jack and Dick
Fenwick. Taylor and Lee Norton.
LITTLE GIRL HAS HAPPY
BIRTH DA J' CELEBRATION
Little Doris Jean Scruggs cele
brated her fourth birthday with a
party at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Hampton Scruggs, in
Forest Hills, Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Scruggs was assisted in enter
taining the children by Mrs. !>. F.
Moore. Refreshments of ice cream
and cake were served on the lawn.
Little guests enjoying the happy
event with Doris Jean were: Ruth
Games. Lenore Ann Barnett, Peggy
Loftis. Dorothy Jean Loftis, Frances
Loftis, Mary Alice Hollifield, Betty
McCall, Irene Loftis, Mary Jane Wai
ktr, Sarah Jane McLean, Hicks
Sciuggs, Betty Ann Orr, Jo Ann
Poole, Janet Banks, Annie Lee Mull,
Jlc Poole, Thomas King McCrary,
Charles and Billy Hampton, Bobby
l.oftis, Richard Tinsley, Fred McCall,
Roy Garrtn Orr, Walter Banks Jr.,
and Spaulding McIntosh.
CIRCLE VO. U MEETS
WITH MRS. VARNER
Circle No. 2 of the Methodist
church held its regular meeting
Thursday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. S. E. Varner, with the chair
man, Mrs. J. F. Zachary, presiding.
Mrs. J. B. Pickelsimer conducted
the Bible study lessor., and matters
of business pertaining to the work
of the circle were discussed Seven
members were present.
Refreshments served by the hostess
concluded the meeting.
MISS MoGEHEE RETURNS
FROM TRIP AERO AD
Miss Fannie McGehee is scheduled
to return to Brevard on Saturday,
I ijfter a tour of two and a half months
'in many foreign countries and expel
I fencing many things of interest, and
' wonder. She will spend the remainder
of the season in Brevard at the nim
jmer home of her parents, Mr. and
\ Mrs. J. T. McGehee of Macon, Ga.
Miss McGehee, among the many
! other interesting cities and countries
visited, spent one week in Paris and
two weeks touring Italy. She sailed on
Friday, the 17th, from Cherbourg, on
the S. S. Albert Ballin, of the Ham
burg-Anierican line. She is to arrive
in New York on Friday and in A-he
viile Saturday afternoon. She will be
met in Asheville by her mother. Mrs.
J. T. McGehee, and her aunt, Mrs.
Cola Spears, of Atlanta, and other
members of her family here.
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WE INVITE
All oar custornersHa n d
friends to make our store
their headquarters.
We Have A Nice Line Of
Fresh Vegetables
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The Very Best Cuts
meat!
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STAPLE AND FANCY
GROCERIES
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CITY MARKET
S. F. Allison, Prop.
Phone 47 We Deliver
WHEN SPENT FOP ELECTRICITY
A PENNY—one penny—a small copper penny—what cao you
buy with it? A stick of gum? A tiny piece of chocolate?.
•But when it's spent for electricity, the purchasing power of ft
penny is mightily increased. In fact, one cent becomes quite a bift,
robust coin. That’s because electricity is so cheap. Look: • -- ’
Alter the consumption of 30 K. W. hours, which is less than the average
family’s ivijuiremenfs for lighting alone,
A SINGLE PENNY WILL
MAKE 37 pieces of golden brown toast.
KEEP a 25-watt light burning from dark ’til daylight (12 1-2
BRING in more than six half-hour programs on the average radio.
FAN you for six hours.
KEEP foods fresh and make ice cubes five hours.
OPERATE electric iron for half an hour.
VACUUM clean eight room-size rugs (two hours, five minutes).
OPERATE food mixer five hours.
WASH all dishes for a full week (22 1-2 meals).
WASH 3 3-4 tubs full of ciothes.
GIVE over six hours relief from pain with a heating pad.
Southern Public Utilities Co.
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