Thursday, March 29, 1934
OSQCi ETY.
Engagement of Miss Miller and Mr.
Ring Announced at Party by Mrs.
McNeer
Decidedly the lovllest event on the
social calendar last week was the
dinner party given by Mr. and Mrs.
E. F. McNeer at their home on
Church street Thursday evening, at
vwhich time the engagement of Miss
Oonothy Patricia Miller, of Sedge
field, niece of Mr. and Mrs. McNeer
and Thomas English Ring, of High
Point was announced. The an
nouncement is of particular interest
to friends here and elsewhere
throughout the state. Miss Miller
is the eldest daughter of Mrs. Beu
lah Fields Miller of Sedgefield and
the late Samuel Benton Miller. Mr.
Ring is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Clifton A. Ring, of High Point, and
a grandson of Mrs. J. W Ring and
the late Dr. Ring of Elkin.
Upon the arrival of the guests
they were invited into the sun room,
where the young ladies were pre
sented lovely corsages of old fash
ioned flowers and the gentlemen
were given boutonnieres.
In the dining room a color scheme
of pink and green was carried out
in detail. The lovely table, with
covers placed for sixteen, was cen
tered with a huge mirror plaque, on
which was placed a large green
swan, filled with pink snapdragons
and roses. Small swans in alternate
colors of pink and green were used
as nut cups at the place of each
guest. Tall candelabras with pink
and green tapers were used on either
end of the table.
An elaborate course dinner was
served. The announcements were
attached to small white satin bags
of rice which ornamented the dessert
plates. On the plates, in addition
to the announcements were ices
moulded in the shape of wedding
bells and slippers and individual
decorated cakes. Immediately after
the announcement Miss Sarah Click
offered a clever toast to the bride
and bridegroom elect.
The wedding is set for Saturday,
June 2, 1934, and will be solemnized
in the afternoon at the First Meth
odist church in this city. Miss Miller
will have as her only attendant, her
sister, Mrs. John W. Reich, nee Miss
Virginia Miller, of Washington, D.
C., and Mr. Ring will be attended by
his brother, Clifton Ring, Jr., of
High Point, as best man. Miss Miller
is popular in the younger social cir
cles of Elkin, Greensboro and High
Point. She attended Converse Col
lege at Spartanburg, South Carolina -
and the Woman's College of the Uni- ]
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versity of North Carolina, Greens
boro. Mr. Ring is connected with
the Troxler Furniture company of
High Point.
Guests for the dinner were: Miss
• Miller and Mr. Ring, Miss Elizabeth
■ Motsinger, Alex Motsinger and
Charles Hanes, of Winston-Salem,
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Smith and David
Wellborn of High Point; Jack Bay
liss of Harrisonburg, Pa.; Miss Ruth
Gwyn, Miss Josephine Paul, Miss
Sarah Click, Miss Edith Neaves, John
Sagar and Dr. Hugh Parks, of Elkin.
Engagemest of Miss Lawresce and
E. C. James Announced
Announcement was made publicly j
on last Friday evening at a party
for the members of the Adult Union
of the B. Y. P. U. of the First Bap
tist church, of the engagement and
approaching marriage of Miss Alva
Lawrence of Raleigh to Earl C.
James of this city. The wedding will
be solemnized at highSioon Monday,
April 2, at the home of the bride
in Raleigh. The "cat was let out of
the bag" by little Miss Anne Ipock,
who entered with a cat in a bag
with the announcement tied around
the cat's neck. The "Wedding
March" was played during the an
nouncement.
Miss Lawrence is well-known in
Elkin, having visited in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Eph Whisenhunt on
many occasions and has spoken and
taught classes at the First Baptist
church at different times. She is one
of the most beloved young women in
the state, having been a leader of
the Young Peoples Missionary Work
of the State Baptist convention for
five years. Prior to this she was as
sociated with the Baptist Orphanage
at Thomasville. She holds an A. B.
degree from Meredith College and is
also a graduate of the W. M. U.
Training school at Louisville, Ken
tucky, and has taken post-graduate
work at the University of North
Carolina. Miss Lawrence has also
travelled extensively, both in Amer
ica and abroad. With her charm,
talent and ability she will be a great
contribution to the religious and
cultural life of Elkin and the com
munity.
Mr. James is a member of a prom
inent Surry county family and is a
graduate of Wake Forest College
and is a successful attorney. He is
chairman of the board of deacons
of the First Baptist church in this
city and a teacher of the James Bi
ble Class and his ability as a teach
er and lawyer is reqognized through
out the state.
Amone those from here who will
attend the wedding are Rev. and
Mrs. Eph Whisenhunt. Mrs. Whis
enhunt will play the violin accom
paniment to the wedding music and
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA
"Caught-'Em- Alive"
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NEW YORK ... Away back when
McKinky, Teddy Boooevett and Tift
were presidents, Jack '' Cateh-em
ali*e" Aberaathy (above), waa tot
ing U. ft. marshal gens in Oklahoma
aad waa «m ef the meet eolorfel
flgweo ta the old wait Be got Ma
title by ratehing woWee with kia
hue heads. Photo above waa takea
aa he visited here last week
Bock "histdf' Beer
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NEW YORK ... An out of
towner came down the river from
Hastings, N. Y. to win the title
"Mr Manhattan" and pose as the
symbol for the first legal bock beer
season in some fifteen year*. Hit
name was "Pretzel"
Rev. Whisenhunt will assist in the
ceremony, which will be performed
by Dr. Charles E. Maddry, of the
Baptist Foreign Mission Board, of
Richmond, Va.
Timely Farm Questions
Answered At N. C. State
Question: What temperatures
should be maintained in an electric
brooder for baby chicks?
Answer: Any artificial brooding
requires the same temperature. For
the first week the brooder should be
regulated to 98 degrees at the outer
edge or the canopy on the level with
the chick's head. The temperature
should be reduced five degrees each
week for six weeks. In cold weather
the temperature should be checked
at frequent intervals. If this sche
dule is followed carefully it will re
duce crowding and a larger number
of healthy chicks will be raised.
Question: What variety of lespe
deza is best for hay production?
Answer: Tests run on 22 farms
show the Kobe variety leading in hay
production with 2,868 pounds. This
was closely followed by the Tennes
see 76 with a production of 2,806
pounds. Similar results were se
cured on tests run at the Branch
Experiment Station at Statesville.
The common variety produced 2,342
pounds of hay but the stems and
leaves are finer than the Kobe and
it has the added feature of reseed
ing itself much better than the oth
er varieties.
Question: Is it safe to grow corn
between rows of trees in a young
apple orchard?
Answer: While this practice is
followed by some growers it is haz
ardous as the corn will use moisture
and fertility required by the grow
ing trees. Where corn is planted
the rows should be four or five feet
from the tree rows and the tree rows
should be cultivated or sown to soy
beans. It is necessary, however to
grow corn for a year or two to
smother out weeds and grass when
newly cleared land is planted to trees,
but the tree rows should always be
cultivated and corn planted far
enough away from trees to keep from
shading them.
Cattle Grazing
Hurts Woodlands
Orazing on woodlands is harmful
to both the cattle and the timber,
warns R. W. Graeber, extension for
ester at N. C. State College.
Ir. wooded tracts, cattle waste
their energy and reduce their body
weight roving in endless searches for
grass. And at the same time they
prevent young saplings from grow
ing up to renew the older trees that
either die out or are cut off for
wood or lumber.
Unrestricted grazing also damages
timber already standing and is bad
on the soil. Timber is slowed, the
Quality of the timber lowered. Tops
die, roots and butts rot, and much
timber that would otherwise be good
has to be discarded when the trees
are cut for market.
Cattle relish the foliage of white
ash, sugar maple, yellow poplar, elm,
basswood, white oak, red oak, shell
bark hickory, and other of the more
valuable timbers. The result is that
the animals browse off the saplings
before they can grow to any appre
ciable size. Other saplings that are
not eaten are liable to be trampled
down.
Generally, Graeber said, the bet
ter quality woods are preferred by
the cattle, while the poorer woods
are left to grow, thereby lowering
the quality of the timber in the
stand.
Cattle also cut off the leaf litter,
pack the soil, expose the roots and
start little gullies. The result *s
that little rain water is absorbed.
It runs off quickly in rivulets which
start erosion. With less water in
the soil- and the fertile elements
washed away, timber growth is
stunted.
Next to fire, grazing is the most
detrimental agent to woodlands,
Graeber declared.
CABMEN RENEW STRIKE
Striking taxicab drivers renewed
their assaults on working hackmen
in the theatrical district of New
York Sunday night after voting to
reject a peace program worked out
at city hall Saturday with Mayor F.
H. LaGuardia.
Atlanta Constitution: The very
man who knows the various combi
nation shots on a billard ball is the
one who has to get help to decipher
a time-table.
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Black Rat Carrier of Plague
The black rat is the carrier and
propagating agent of bubonic plague.
It was this plague which under the
name of the "Black Death" ravaged
Bnrope throughout the Middle ages
and reached its climax in that country
with the Great Plague of London in
1065.
Ancient Skull Found in Brazil
A huge sknll, 12.500 years old,
throws light on the ancient Brazilian
race It is three times normal thick
ness.
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Australian Tr«e 260 F««t High
What Is probably the largest tree ID
the world outside of California, whlcb
was found near Healesrllle in Victoria,
Australia, is nearly 290 feet high, and
ita girth of 62 feet can only be spanned
by 15 persona with outstretched arms
and clasped hands.
Reward Given for Stray*
Stray cattle and horses so annoyed
the citizens of Tombstone, Ariz., for
mer roaring mining camp of early
western days, that the city council
posted a reward of 50 cents a head
for each animal taken to the pound.