Happening About Pinegrove
Mrs. Audrey Dills Staff Correspondent
Residents are working nights
putting windows in the commun
ity building. The wiring has been
finished and lights are in.
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A collection coming to $10 was
taken at the last community meet
ing for the cancer drive.
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Family improvements reported
for points include: Mr. and Mrs.
Adrian Peek have remodeled and
painted the interior of their house
and have purchased a new couch;
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Holland have
installed a new range and water
heater and an oil heater.
A group of women from Pine
grove attended the W. M. U. meet
ing of the Macon Baptist Associa
tion at Rldgecrest yesterday (Wed
nesday).
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Instead of holding a special of
fering, the church has voted to
send a donation from the church
treasury for home missionary
work.
Ernest Dills, Jr., made a busi
ness trip to Ashevllle Wednesday
of last week. He has arranged a
partnership in the Macon Traotor
and Equipment Company in Frank
lin.
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PHONE 117
FRANKLIN, N. C.
NOTICE
TO ALL VOTERS
IN THE OLD FRANKLIN
PRECINCT
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This precinct has been divided into four
precincts.
All voters must be registered in their cor
irect voting precinct to vote in the coming pri
maries (both Qemocrat and Republican) to
be held on Saturday, May 31.
The new precincts and correct polling places
are:
East Franklin ?
East Franklin School
lotla ? Iotla School
Union ? Union School
Franklin ? Agricultural Building
Registrars will be at the above named poll
ing places on
May 3, 10, 17
CHALLENGE DAY WILL BE
May 24th
Be sure to Register if you want to vote.
J. LEE BARNARD,
Chm. Macon County
Board of Elections
These people are deciding
your child's future
What happens when the school board
meets in your town? Chances are that
nine out of ten citizens don't know? they
weren't there. Yet the school board, in
a very real sense, is making decisions
that affect the future of every child in
your town. Make a note right now to
go to the next meeting ? to help these
good citizens serving on the school board
in making their decisions. Ask your
neighbors if they'd like to go, too.
Remember, Better Schools come from
the personal interest of people like you!
And if you'd like to learn more about
how to get Better Schools, write today
for free booklet and other helpful in
formation: Better Schools, 9 East 40th
Street, New York 16, N. Y.
In cooperation with tho National Citizens Council for
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How Are Things
Around Holly Springs?
Mrs. Dorothy Seagle Staff Correspondent
Telephone 225-J-4
The Rev. Doyle Miller, pastor
of the Holly Springs Baptist
Church, is away this week con
ducting a revival at the Califor
nia Creek Baptist Church near
Mrs. Hill.
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Members of the Holly Springs !
church volunteered to furnish a
night's lodging for 12 of the young
people attending the Training
Union meeting at the First Bap
tist Church. The women also
have decided to make 50 sand
wiches for the meeting Saturday.
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The 4-H club officers met Wed
nesday night at the home of Eliza
beth Ann Ammons to practice the
program they will give at the dis
trict meeting to be held in Ashe
ville Saturday. W. G. Crawford
will drive the group to Asheville
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Mr. and Mrs. Parker Gregory
visited friends and relatives on
Savannah in Jackson County
Sunday.
Visiting relatives in the com
munity Sunday were Mr. and Mrs
Charles Medford, of Asheville.
Mrs. Medford also visited her
father, W. L. Deal, who is a pati
ent in a local hospital.
Dr. and Mrs. C. G. Walker, oi
Parris Island. S. C., spent the
week end visiting their mothers,
Mrs. Ruth Landrum and Mrs
Gladys Walker, of Franklin. 1
Mr. and Mrs. Walter West have
moved to Marshall. Mrs. West has
been with her parents. Mr. and
Mrs. J. R. Franklin, for the win
ter, while Mr. West was away on
construction work.
Mrs. Henry Corbin has moved
into the Dick Sloan house on
Maple Street in Franklin. Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Deal have moved into
her former home here.
Over The Countryside
In Patton Community
Mrs. Pearl M. Stewart Staff Correspondent
Telephone 274-J-l
Sunday was a "family affair" |
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Hannah. Members of the family
gathered for a family picnic on
the lawn. Besides immediate mem
bers of the family, present were
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Miller, of
Taylor, S. C? and Mrs. Ernest
Wright and son. "Dinky", of Alex
andria. Va.
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Following Qp the custom of
using laymen in the church for
services. Porter Duncan gave th6
devotional at Patton Methodist
Church Sunday. The beginners'
class is scheduled to give It next
Sunday.
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Kenneth Orasty. of Brevard,
visited Mr. and Mrs. Shermaif
Ledford Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Stewart
and Mrs. Harley Stewart went
to Wiley. Oa? last Thursday to
attend graveside services for Mrs.
Gordon Taylor, Mrs. Wayne Stew
art's aunt.
Mrs. Cecil Burnette, of Ashe
vllle visited her parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Mashburn. over the
week end.
Hoyt Ledford, who has been vis
iting his brother, Jerry Ledford.
in Coca. Fla.. has returned home
Miss Helen Cochran and friend,
Mike Carter, students at Western
Carolina College, visited Mr. and
Mrs. Homer Cochran Sunday.
Mrs. Jimmy Martin and son.
Tony, of Hayesvllle, are spending
th* week with Mrs. Martin's par
State College
Answers Timely
Farm Questions
slightly less susceptibility to lodg
ing. Also, the ears are about six
inches lower on the stalk then
are those of Dixie 82. Weevil re
sistance is about the same.
Q. How do you apply seed treat
ment to the seed?
A. When treating beans, peas:
and other large package seed. 1
place the seed In a jar (never fill
the jar more than half full > . !
spread the required amount of ma
terial on them and shake or ro
tate the jar until seed are thinlv
coated. To treat small packets of
seed, tear one corner of the pack
et arid place a pinch of material
(about twice as much as can be
picked up on the first half inch
of a flattened end of a tooth
pick i in the packet with the seed j
Shake until seed are thinly coat
ed.
Q What can be used in place
of grass on steep banks or in ex
tremely shady places?
A. Grass substitutes that are
low growing and often used on
such places are: English Ivy, an
evergreen vine that Will grow
throughout the state in dense
shade; Common Periwinkle, a
trailing vine with small evergreen
leaves and blue flowers; Poney
ioot. a short native creeping vine
found along banks and roadsides:
and Lilyturf or Mondo gj-ass.
grows in a bunch from 4 to 12
inches high with leaves like grass
and purple to white flowers.
Q. What type of soil is best
suited for the production of alfal- 1
fa?
A. Alfalfa grows best on well
drained clay soils. However, it
will grow satisfactorily on light
sandy soils, especially if the sandy
soil has a clay subsoil. Alfalfa is
extremely senitive to poor drain
age and will not live long if plant
ed on a soil that has a high
water table or poor drainage. It
cannot stand "wet feet."
Q. Are there any new hybrid
corn varieties available -to North
Carolina farmers this year?
A. Farmers of the Piedmont and
Coastal Plain have a new hybrid
available for the first time. It's
N. C. 288, a new yellow hybrid.
N. C. 288 is a full season corn,
quite similar to Dixie 82. However,
it has slightly larger ears and
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Coch
ran.
Husband Of
Local Woman
Dies In City
A. F. Cook, husband of Mrt
Annie Byrd Bradley Cook, uf thi*
county, died Saturday in Winston
Salem from leukemia. He had
been seriously ill for a week.
A native of Winston-Salem. Mr
Cook served in the U. S. Army is
World War II. He worked as chief
repairman for the R J. Reynolds
Tobacco Company.
Funeral services were helu Mon
day afternoon at the Cits Vk>
Baptist Church in Wlnstop-HrtMti
He and his wife were niarried
April 20. 1947.
In addition to Mrs. Cook, sur
viving are a son. Lanny Ross; his
father and mother. Mr. and Mrs
Arthur M. Cook. Sr , of Winston
Salem; a brother, A. M. Cook. Jr..
of Winston-Salem; and five sif
ters, Mrs. R. P. Fordham, Mrs. Z
H. Cranfille, Mrs G. L. W'-lborn.
and Mrs. J. H. Stowe. all of Win
ston-Salem, and Mrs G. H. Phil
lips, of Goldston.
Want To Grow
Peppers For
Florida Man?
Anyone Interested in growing
sweet peppers on contract -hould
get in touch with County Agent
T. H. Fagg before tomorrow 'Fri
day!.
Mr. Pagg said a Florida vege
table contract man is interested
in obtaining growers here
B 1 RTHS
Born to:
(Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Henry
Lenoir, of Franklin, Route 1, a
daughter, April 15 at Angel Hos
pital.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Neville
Cabe, of Dillard. Ga , Route 1, a
daughter, April 22 at Anael Hos
pital: ??
Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas Vin
son, of Franklin, Route 1, a daugh
ter, April 9 at Angel Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Grover
Browning, of Franklin, Route 4.
a son, April 11 at Angel Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. Edward R.
Mashburn, of Knoxville, Tenn
formerly of this county, a son.
i Michael Andrew, March 2?.
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For A-l Work oi
Reasonable Rate?
CALL
W. G. HALL
Phone 397
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To the Juniors and Seniors . . .
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