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spent the week-end with her sister
Mrs. A. 6. Miller, of Roberta.
There will be preaching at the Ro
berta Methodist Church Sunday morn
ing at 11 o’clock.
Miss Bertha Lefler spent Sunda;
night with her grandparents of Con
e cord.
1 There will be preaching at Pat
r terson Presbyterian Church Sunday
. afternoon at 3 o'clock. Everybod:
is cordially invited to come.
' HAPPY FARM GIRL.
CENTER GROVE.
i Mrs. D. B. Castor returned Satur
day night from Liberty, after liiivinj
> spent over a week. with relatives.
> We are delighted to note that Edd
> M. Cook is at home after having un
. j dergone an operation in the Char
: lotte Sanatorium. He is doing nice
• ly-
Mrs. Grady Ross, of Kannapoliss,
spent last Thursday with her mother,
Mrs. C. H. Castor, of Center Grove.
Miss Vertie Castor, of Hileman s
Mill, spent Sunday with Miss Re
becca Castor, of Center Grove.
Rev. and Mrs. E. F. K. Roof and
little Edwin, of China Grove, spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. M
Castor near Hileman's Mill. *
We were so glad to have tfie fine
rain which fell on us Saturday and
Sunday. It refreshed our crops so
very much after the long dry spell.
We were almost drowned by the dust.
There will be preaching at Center
Grove E. L. Church Sunday after
noon at 3 o'clock, June 27th. Sun
day school will be at 2 o’clock.
Jeff Norris, the field secretary of
1 the Luther League, will be with us
at this time and will speak to the
: young people after service. Every
| young person is asked to be there.
Mr. Roof will preach to the chain
gang over on the Bethpage road at 4
o'clock Sunday afternoon. June 27th.
Mrs. H. F. Eddleman has moved
into her new home which has just
been built.
The Woman’s Community Club will
meet on July 2nd with J. H. Earn
hardt. We have heard that Miss
Cooley will leave us pretty soon and
that Miss Barker will take her phuwj
We hate to see Miss Cooley leave tot
she has been a great heip Ho us.
Friday night at 7:30 o'clock the
teacher training class of Center Grove
will niee to begin a new study. As
many as will are urged to attend
these studies for they surely are
helpful to every one. LEIDY*.
WATTS CROSS ROADS.
The much needed rain came at
last. •; -
Mr. and Mrs. E, L. Rost, of Spen
cer. spent a few hours at Watts Cross
Roads Sunday evening.
Mrs. A. D. Wilson, who has .been
sick for a long time, is still improv
ing.
Miss Laura Briggman, of Kannapo
lis. spent the week-end with home
folks.
Miss Gladys Watts spent a few
days last week with her friend, Miss
Brown, at Bethpage.
The Mission Band of Roger Re
formed Church at Watts Cross Roads
will have an ice cream supper Satur
day evening, beginning .at 4 o'clock.
June 26th. Everybody invited.
OLD PAL.
ENOCH VILLE.
Miss Louanna Overcash has .re
turned home from Greenville College
and is working on the clerical force
at Efird's Store in -Kannapolis.
M iss Ethel Black spent a few hours I
last Friday evening at Mrs. C. D.
(Jvercash’s.
Miss Anna Weddington spent a
short while Saturday evening at Airs.
C. D. Overcash’s. ’ •
The Luther League is to give a
program at St. Enoch Church next
Sunday evening at 3 o'clock, June
27th.
Little Miss Bebh Overcash spent
last week with relatives above States
ville.
Francis, the little daughter of Air.
and Airs. T. M. Wideuhouse. has been
sick the past week.
Airs. W. B. Brown is able to be
out again after being confined to her
room for the past three months.
* Airs. C. A. Weddington and chil
dren spent Thursday with Airs. C.
I*. Weddington.
J. W. Petrea has purchased a Ford
coupe. Look out girls.
Say, Carolina Kid, have you had
any ripe tomatoes yet? Tulip has
been eating ripe tomatoes for the last
week.
Walter Weddington, of Troutnhan,
spent Sunday evening evening at Mrs.
C. A. Weddington’s.
Air. and Arrs. H. L. and children
spent Friday at H. V. Karriker's.
Aliss Alinnie Smith is expected to
return home this week from the Sal
isbury hospital.
Airs. C. A. Weddington and fam
ily and AValter Balcher spent last
Sunday with Mr. and Airs. Oscar
of Statesville. 1
Aliss Jennie Overcash is spending
some time with her sister, Airs. E.
L. Deal, of Statesville.
G. AI. Goodman 'has pur<?hased a
new Ford.
Alisses Alary Esther Wright, Cath
! erine Smith and Alary Smith spent
a few hours last Sunday evening
with Aliss Lula Goodman.
Aliss Rena Carter, of Kannapolis,
spent last Saturday night and Sun-
I day with Aliss Annie Weddingt,on.
j Carolina Kid seems as if there is
not much news for the correspondent
to write just now. I guess it is
because it has been dry so long and
everybody had the blues.
The community .through here has
been blessed with some nice showers
which were badly needed.
We know a lady that sent seven
i teen dogs through parcel post in a
j box one inch high iyid five inches
, wide and seven inches long. This is
( no riddle —it is pluin truth.
TULIP.
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CONCORD ROUTE ONE. <
We are glad to see the nice rains
that we have been having.
Miss Alatronia Furr of Roberta,
was the week-end guest of Mrs. Will
Hudson.
Mr. and Airs. H. W. Stancill, Mr.
Bill Stancill and Aliss Beatrice Stan
cill were Sunday visitors at the home
of Mr. Doll Little.
Miss Minnie Stowe spent last Fri
day night with her sister, Mrs. Auc
Dover, of Concord. „
There was a goodly number attend
ed the pound party at Mrs. Gray’t
last Saturday night.
The condition of Mrs. Aud Dover
who has been sick, is somewhat im
proved.
Come on. “Red Bird,” we enjoy
reading your items.
FORGET-ME-NOT.
RIMER.
The Children’s Day exercise at
Prosperity E. L. Church was post
poned on account of the bad weather
until Sunday, June 27, at 11 a. m,
Sunday school as usual, at 10 a. m.
Everybody is cordially invited to at
tend these services.
Mr. J. L. Norris will be present at
Prosperity Church, Friday night, Ju
ly 3rd, at 8 o’clock, to make an address
to the Luther League. All members
are urged to be present. • Everybody
is invited to come out and hear Air.
Norris speaks.
Mr. Clarence Buckwell, of Kannap
olis,- visited lids brother, N. B. Buck
well, over the week-end.
There will be an ice cream supper
at O. O. Cruse’s. Saturday night, June
26th. Everybody is invited to come
and enjoy themselves. PALS.
BOSTIAN CROSS ROADS.
The health of this community is
pretty good at this writing.
Mr. and Mrs. John Wilson, of East
Spencer, had a soeiay party Tuesday
night, June 15th. There they had
some real good music by some of the
Spencer boys and Happy Trexler. We
hope they will have another one
soon.
Happy and several others attend
the district meeting of the P. O. S.
of A. 'at Winston-Salem. June 16th,
There was a large crowd there, and
lots of good business dll through the
the meeting. There were several good
talks made by different speakers. S.
(>, Sapp, of Winston-Salem, sure did
make a splendid talk. There was a
fine looking young lady that pulled off
several good stunts for the good of
Tfce meeting. There were two bands
present to furnish music, the Lexing
ton baud and the Winston-Salem
string band. Happy Trexler helped
them out. *
The ice cream supper at Ben Mere
dith's Saturday was a good one. A
large crowd was present. The young
people played all kinds of funny
games. Happy Trexler was there and
gave them some music. C- F. Cauble
was there and bfleped llnpjiy to play.
Air. Meredith. bureJy ,Hid treat us
right. If anyone wants to be tregt
ode right, go to visit Air. and Airs.
Meredith's home. Happy will never
forget them for time to come. We all
hope that he will have another one
soon.
We were glad to see such a good
rain fall Saturday night and Sunday.
It will help the crops out considerably.
The Rev. G. O. R : tchie, of the Faith
Lutheran Church, preachhcd a splen
did sermon • Sunday. Juno 20th. His
text was Acts 3:6. “Such as I huve
give I thee.”
There are several around in this
community haring their wheat
tliredhed in the field but since the rain
came it will stop them for several
days.
The Brown and Fisher reunion will
be held at Granite Quarry, N. C. on
Tuesday. July 20. It always has been
on the last Thursday in July, so take
notice to the Brown and Fisher rela
tives why this has been changed is on
account of the Lutheran Brotherhood
picnic at the Concord fair ground, on
that day. July 20th. so do not get the
date mixed up. It will be July 20.
Exerybod.v is invited to attend and
help make the social feature of the
reunion a happy and pleasant one.
The Happy Trexler String band will
bo present and furnish the music af
ter the picnic dinner has been served.
Do not forget the date and bring your
baskets filled with plenty of good
things to eat and bring a friend with
you and help to make it a bigger re
union than ever before.
HAPPY.
Child Conservation League.
The Concord Circle of the C. C. L.
met at the home of Mrs. A. R. Black
welder Wednesday afternoon, June
23rd. Mrs. Blackwelder and Airs. A.
M. Shinn as joint hostesses. The
meeting was well attended and the
program was .interesting and instruc
tive.
The subject being “Play—The Story
Hour,” the program was opened by a
quotation from James Whitcomb Ri
ley :
“An’ all us other children, when the
supper things is done,
We set around the kitchen fire an' hfis
the mostest fun.
A-listenin’ to the witches tales ’at
Annie tells about,
An’ the gobble-uus ’at gits you, es you
don't watch out!”
The circle was tlien favored with a
song “Little Orphant Annie,” played
and sung by Frances and Ellis Wed
dington.
The first paper was “What the
Story Hour Aleans to the Ch, : ld,” and
.was read by Mrs. C. V. Krider.
The second paper, “Types of Stories
that Influence Character,” w'as read
by Mrs. F. €. Niblock. The third pa
per “Development of the Modern Story
Teller,” was read by Airs. J. G. Parks.
It is hoped that in the near future a
Story Hour for the children can be es
tablished in the different neighbor
hoods of the city, thus affording the
children this source of entertainment
anti instruction during the summer
months.
At the cl(ve of the program de
licious refreshments were served by
the hostesses.
Visitors in Concord.
Judge an* Mrs. John AI. Oglesby
spent last night at their home here,
en route from Murphy, vriiere Judge
i Oglesby has been holding court, to
Raleigh.
They were accompanied by Mr. and
j Mrs. D. IT Hudgins, of Marion, par
; ents of Mrs. Oglesby. Judge Ofelesby
j and Mr. Hudgins are members of the
' Judicial Conference and they were en
route to a meeting of the conference
when they stopped here for the nig&t
THE CONCORD TIMES
| LOCAL MENTION |
The County Council will meet in
the Home Demonstration office in the
County Building on Church Street
Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock.
G. M. Ridenhour, state san'tary in
spector, spent yesterday checking up
the sewer systems of the rural schools
of Cabarrus County.
Improvement is reported today in
the condition of Miss Alary Dorton,
who had her tonsils removed here yes
terday.
The members of the Gibson Alill
baseball team wull have a box supper
and lawn party tomorrow 7 night at
Gibson park, following the game to
morrow afternoon w T ith Kannapolis.
The board of stewards of the Aletli
odist Protestant Church will meet at
the church tonight at 7:30. The
meeting will be an important one and
all members are urged to be present.
On Friday morning, June 25th, at
J) o’clock when the store opens the
Browns-Cannon Co. will give to each
adult that enters the store and makes
a purchase of $5 or more a one dol
lar bill. This applies to the first 25
doing this.
Another bus will leave from the
offices of the Hartsell Realty Company
for the Happy Valley Lake Estates
tomorrow morning at nine o’clock.
Aluch enthusiasm was shown by the
members of the party that made the
trip yesterday.
Denial is made that Aliss Cole, who
committed suicide in Newton several
days ago, w r as at one time superin
tendent of the Concord Hospital. The
report that she was formerly w 7 ith
the local hospital was made by a
former official of the hospital.
A telegram from “Y” Eastern
party, received by H. W. Blanks this
morning, said that the party had ar
rived safely in Washington on the
way back to Concord and w r ere hav
ing the time of their lives. They ex
pect to rea’ch Concord tomorrow night.
The Board of Water, and Light
Commissioners of Concord, in
co-operating with the County High
way Commission is going out this af
ternoon to make preparations for the
building of the road through the pro
posed impounding lake.
'•The fire alarm was turned in this
mornirig at 7:05 o’clock when an
electric irqn - in the home of Joe
plass, on , Alafsh street at Spring,
Caught on fire. ;The blaze was quick
ly put out and no damage resulted
from it.
An intensive program of games,
contests and the like have been ar
ranged by Air. Blanks, secretary of the
Y. M. C. A. to take place during his
absence this summer. “Waller” BrovCn
lias been added to the secretaries who
will be in charge of the “Y” during
the summer mouths.
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Dr. P. Y. Adams, state dentist,
will arrive in Concord promptly Alon
lay morning to begin the dental clin
ic at the health department in the
County Building on Church street.
Yll Children betw 7 een the ages of six
and twelve are requested to make ap
[>ointments as early as possible.
A special movie has been secured
for the regjrtar Friday night program
in the law 7 n of the Y. AI. C. A. This
will be the last time the program will
t>e arranged by Air. Blanks this sum
mer. The benches, donated by the,
American Legion, will provide a larg
er and more—comfortable searing ca
[>aeity.
The “Sunday Gang” will meet en
masse at the Y. AI. C. A. Sunday af
ternoon and from there will go to
the station to give their originator. H.
W. Blanks, a rousing send-off. Air.
Blanks, accompanied by his wife and
laughter, will go to New York on the
Piedmont Limited to make the final
irrangements for the Concord “Y”
rour to Europe.
Children Enjoy Music Recital.
The second of a series of music re
citals bring given by the younger mu
sicians of Concord was given Wednes
lay morning by Alinnie Hill Davis
it her home on North iron street.
A number or selections were play
ed on the piano, and violin, with a
music contest as a feature of the
morning. A Charleston contest was
enjoyed also.
A delicious ice, with cake, was serv
ed the following guests:
Elizabeth Odell, Esther Brown,
Betty; Gay Coltrane, Alary AlcKay,
Mary Louise Aleans. Mariam Coltrane. j
Ida Patterson, Claudia Moore, Lena
Jones, of Lancaster, S. C., Lucy How
ard, Jane Moore, Louise Hartsell, El
len White, Victor Means, Alex Mac-
Fkdyen and “Gooly” Odell.
Luncheon"*! Hotel Concord.
Aliss Margaret Hartsell will give a
luncheon Friday at 1 o’clock at the
Hotel Concord in honor of Miss
Rachel Phillips and Airs. C. H. Tim
berlake, of Lexington. ALiss Jennie
Wolfe, of Charlotte, Alisses-Penelope
Cannon and Frances Jarratt, who
will leave soon for a trip abroad.
Misses Phillips. Wolfe and Jarratt
are classmates of Aliss Hartsell at
Salem College. Airs. Timberlake, who
was before her marriage Aliss Ella Ka
per, was a classmate also.
Winecoff Wins Game.
Saturday afternoon the Winecoff
baseball team defeated the Poplar
Tent all stars 7-6 ; n a hectic battle
that went for ten innings.
“Woman” Misouheimer pitched a
good game for Winecoff, allowing only,
five scattered hits and striking out
eight batters. This made his tenth
victory in eleven starts, two of them
being shut-outs.
Any team v xyftj.ring gaines., "4th
.Winecoff. see Renhetti Burriige. 'Rodte
8 Concord. CASY.
C. Clinton James, president “trf the
United States League of Local Build
ing and Loan Associations, returned
last night to his home in‘Washington
after attending the state convention
here.
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Farewell Party For Mr. and Mrs. Ris- ]
ley.
* Mrs. N. K. Reid and Mrs. F. M./
Youngblood entertained in Mrs. Reid’s
home, at a farewell party in honor of
Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Risley, who are
leaving Friday for Greenwood, S. C.
Bowls of summer flowers Were at
tractively arranged in the living room
and dining room, where bridge was
played.
Mrs. Risley was presented with a
brass fruit basket, and Mrs. Maude
Risley, of Seattle, Wash,, a brass card
tray. Mrs. George Fisher received
the high score, a wall vase, while A.
B. Pounds won the consolation gift,
an ash tray,
Mrs. Youngblood and Mrs. Reid
served an ice course to the_ following:
Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Sherbondy, Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Hendrix, Mr. and Mrs.
John Inman, Mr. and Mrs. A. B.
Pounds, Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Risley,
Mrs. Maude Risley, Mr. and Mrs.
George Fisher, Mr. Reid and Mr.
Youngblood.
Enjoyable Outing.
Miss Lillian Simpson was the de- ;
lightful hostess at an enjoyable out
ing Tuesday evening at Bost Mill. !
After various amusements were en
joyed, refreshments were served to: .
Misses Lena Widenhouse, Stella Ben
field, Mary Virginia and Peggy Simp- ,
son, Ollie, Bert and Beatrice Sides '
and Gertha Kannapo
lis. and Heath Harrison, Horace Wid- I
enhouse, Clifford Brantley, Eugene ;
Robinson, Bud Wilson, Sam Dry and
1 Jake Widenhouse, all of Kannapolis.
* 1
Three Deeds Recorded Here Yesterday H
Three deeds were recorded ut the
coArt house here yesterday.
The following real estate deals
were made in the deeds:
F. W r . and J. Y. Pharr to C. R.
Honeycutt for $355 property in No.
IT township.
C. H. Forney to Annie Murphy for
$750 property in Ward 4, this city.
H. E. Grass to Fred Barnhardt for
$675, property in No. 4 township.,
Former Concord Woman HI.
Messages 'have been received in
Concord, seating that Mrs.< W. C. j
Alexander, of Nashville. Tenn., is
critically ill with bronchial pneumon- f
ia. Dr. Alexander is a former pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church of
this city, and friends here will regret
to learn of Mrs . Alexander’s serious
illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Risley Entertained.
Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Sherbondy enV ’
tertained eighteen members of the staff
of the J. C. Penney Company Store, "
in honor of Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Ris
ley, Who leave Concord Friday, for
tlu*ir jiohie in Greenwood.. S., Oil
As V* sodvenir of tWtC
and Mrs. Sherbondy presented the I
honorees with a beautiful silk- bed
i spread.
A refreshing ice course was served.
Miss Lena Jones, of Lancaster, S."
C.. is the guest of Miss Claudia
Moore, for several days. ♦
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