Two CORINTH 187 Attend Church; Boy Scout Troop Meets on Friday By Miss Shelby Fowler Attendance at Corinth Baptist Church for Sunday School, July 19th was 187. The Local Boy Scout meeting will be held Friday night at 8:00 o’clock at Corinth Church. Regular third Saturday preach ing service was held at Corinth Baptist Church Saturday, July 18 at 11:00 o’clock. Weekly Prayer Services are held on Thursday evenings at 8:00 o’- clock at Corinth Baptist Church. Miss Linda Atkinson visited Miss Carolyn Creech in Raleigh Sat urday. The Freeman Thomassons vis ited Mrs. Goldie Pope Saturday afternoon. Mr. Ray Hocutt spent Saturday night in Raleigh with Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Hocutt. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Wilder and children visited one of their daugh ters, Mrs. Louis Douglas in Raleigh Tuesday night. Miss Gretchen Hocutt of Wen dell visited Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ho cutt last Monday night. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Richardson and girls visited Mr. and Mrs. A1 Smith Richardson of Earpsboro last Tuesday night. Mrs. Hugh Hocutt visited Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fowler Tuesday night. Miss Betsy Ann Douglas of Ral eigh has been visiting her grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Wilder for the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Proctor Johnson of Durham spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Richard son. Mrs. M. G. Crowder and Mr. and Mrs. Noel Fowler and boys of Zebulon were the Wednesday evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fowler. Miss Betty Mae Freeman is va cationing with her cousin, Miss Ann Morton, in South Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Eric Creech of Ral eigh visited Mr. and Mrs. Dewitt Creech Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Orlin Wilder and Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Driver of Ral eigh visited Mr. and Mrs. Vester Wilder Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Esker Corbett and children visited Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Corbett, Jr., Saturday night. Mr. Timothy Thomasson is spending some time with Mrs. Alice Wall. Mr. Doyt Hinton, Mr. Percy Dwight Strickland, Mr. Raylon SAND YOUR FLOORS yourself with a Rented Floor Sander Our powerful HILCO SAND ERS make anybody an expert in refinishing floors. Hundreds of homeowners have used these ma chines with enthusiastic success and at very low cost. Do your own work easily, quick ly, and satisfactorily. We have everything you need for the com plete job. JOHNSON COTTON COMPANY WENDELL. N. C. Richardson, Mr. Otha O’Neal and Mr. F. L. Wilder attended a sup per Friday evening in Winterville, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. John Garner of Raleigh visited Mr. and Mrs. Lem on Hocutt Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Jenkins of Zebulon visited Mr. and Mrs. Otis Freeman Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hamilton visited Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Tom Davis Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Herbert Glover and chil dren of Erwin, N. C., visited Mr. and Mrs. Payton Glover Sunday. Mrs. John Thomasson has .re turned home from the hospital and is getting along fine from her serious operation. Mrs. B. B. Edwards and grand son Jerry visited the M. D. John sons Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Nellie O’Neal spent Sun day with Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ho cutt. Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Rosenna and CAN YOUR TOWN SHOW IMPROVEMENTS LIKE THESE DURING 1953? The growth and prosperity of a community is limited by lack of imagination far more than by natural hindrances. Imagine your town as it could be, with all the improvements necessary for happier, more prosperous living and work. Then let your effort equal your imagination. Invest your thought and time in community improvements and see the result: better living conditions and more profitable business. Align your efforts with the progressive, civic-minded folks on your local Finer Carolina committee. Add your imagination and enthusiasm to theirs. Read the following examples of community improvements, then remember: "Building a Finer Carolina i" is YOUR job too. jfT'' NEV BUILDINGS at Manning, S. C., rose where old "eyesores" once stood. To progressive merchants like these will go the increased business to repay their investment. It’s just plain "horse sense” that 1953 merchandise sells better in 1953-model stores. If : || ,/ *. • - ¥ • I ’• ' J cj vs • Mb' i , t < . . ~j? ■ , >■■■ ■. _i.fi % ■\ . ■ V ' - • i'v'.'ri V. ■ ” . THE TOWN PARK at Griftmm, N. C.. Is started. Protect children from delinquency, adults from boredoai with a safe, coastrnctive recreation area. The National Recreation Assn, recommends at least one acre per thousand persons. What about your town? flaBBBBB&T FIRE leaves charred buildings and lonely chimneys as monuments to inadequate fire protection. Wallace, North Carolina, recognized that smaller towns and rural areas are especially vulnerable. Can your town afford NOT to have fire protection? to lui U.J jnbdr Ca ro Cina ! The Zebulon Reeord children of Trenton, New Jersey, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Richardson. Miss Doris Johnson and Mrs. Jimmy Johnson of Smithfield vis ited Mr. and Mrs. Battle Creech Sunday. Miss Norma Lee Hocutt of Tar boro visited Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ho cutt over the weekend. Miss Shirley Corbett of Raleigh visited Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Corbett, Sr., over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Bill- Buffaloe and boys of Raleigh visited Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Davis Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Pulley and son Larry visited Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Pulley of Zebulon Sunday afternoon. Miss Faye Hocutt of Raleigh visited her father Mr. E. S. Ho cutt over the weekend. Miss Janie Frances Wilder and Miss Shelby Fowler visited Misses Katie Duke Hocutt, Lunell Wilder, Helen Edwards and Phylis Price in Raleigh Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. Otha O’Neal vis ited Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Richard son Sunday afternoon. Miss Lunell Wilder of Raleigh visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Wilder over the weekend. Mr. Charles Creech is spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. Eric Creech and daughter Carolyn of Raleigh. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Johnson and daughter Sandra visited the M. D. Johnsons Saturday night. Miss Patricia Thomasson is vis iting Mr. and Mrs. Melvin John son. Miss Katie Duke Hocutt is vis | iting Mr 1 , and Mrs. J. E. Hocutt over the weekend. Miss Faye Thomasson is staying some time with Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Ellis of Rolesville visited Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Ellis Sunday afternoon. Miss Brenda Joyce Richardson ABOUT ISO DAYS ''i’ * * > to win your town’s part maamammm of $ 6 , 75 0 i„ the THOUSANDS OF TREES will soon add beauty and shade to many towns, like Richlands, North Carolina (above). Flowers, shrubs and trees on every yard, street and approach road could make your town the breath-taking garden spot among local towns. |HMMRRN| ****** '■ *■*< . ■- * % . ' r 8 .... •• •• '2 —. j' ” ... ' — * am s*’ r ? ♦ . y -.i ■ * f ' *• * • f %, OFF-STREET PARKING Is worth annually $1 ( 00l per car space In crowded towns/' said one prosperous merchant with figures to prove It! This is one of the two new lots recently opened in Rockingham; more shippers can park closer to the stores. * j&Bm : S> H^ C SI!U Y Hr DIMG ,S i, , T r l"" well Wt * fr,e " d| T »*w>. At Swannanoa, North Carolina, citizens realized the need, raised the money for materials, and built this one with volunteer labor. Every town needs a social and civic center. mrr N fev fe . ’ ■ m ■ m/. .... - • ;:# : W , . : f;S ' >yji-y ii 41? !T»r SZlTtt. 5". Mill, pi.nt .111 Nk k M >«•