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Mr. and Mrs. Carl Steele of
North Wilkesboro, spent Monday
here the guests of friends..
Miss Janie Hall spent the week
end in Mount Pleasant, the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Hoy Moose.
Miss Evelyn Carter spent the
week-end in Winston-Salem, vis
iting her mother, Mrs. Sam Car
ter,
Mrs. C. L. Haywood, Jr. spent
the latter part of last week -H1
Durham, where she was the guest
of friends. '■
Robert Windsor, of Galax, Va;,
spent the week-end here the
guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. R. Windsor. *■
Robert Kirkman spent the
week-end in Charlotte, the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson L. Strat
ton, the latter his sister.
Jack Day and family and Mr.
and Mrs. Ike Nance spent Sunday
with Mrs. Elizabeth Wilcox, at
her home in Mount Airy.
Miss Margaret Greenwood will
leave Friday for Chapel Hill to
attend the mid-winter dances at
the University of North Carolian-.
Mrs. B. F. Palmer and Mrs. W.
C. Thomas of Rockingham were
the guests Monday of Mrs. W. A.
Shores, at her home on Bridge
street.
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Hudgins
have as their guest at their home
on Gwyn Avenue, Mrs. Hudgin's
sister, Mrs. M. C. Comer, of Ral
eigh. _
Mrs. Munsey Slack of Bristol,
Tenn., is the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. James Boober, the latter her
daughter, at their home on Gwyn
Avenue.
Mrs. John Ross of Jacksonville,
Florida, has been spending sever
al days here the guest of Mrs. R.
L. Poindexter, at her home on
West Main street.
Mr. and Mrs. Parks Hampton
and little son, Johnny, spent the
week-end in Lexington, the guests
of Mrs. Hampton's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. P. A. Myers.
Mrs. B. F. Miller of Sedgfield
spent the week-end here the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Mc-
Neer, the latter her sister, at their
home on Church street.
Alexander Smith, a student at
North Carolina State College, Ral
eigh, spent the week-end here
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.
G. Smith, on Gwyn Avenue.
Miss Chessie Edmisten of Cham
pion spent the latter part of the
week here the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. H. F. Laffoon, the latter her
sister, at their home on Church
street.
Sam Neaves, a Student at the
University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, spent the week-end
here with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Neaves, on Bridge
street. He had as his guest, Fred
Parrish, of Winston-Salem.
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Mr. and Mrs. Clay Church an
nounce the birth of a son at the
Baptist Hospital in Winston- Sa
lem, February 9, 1937. Mrs.
Church was formerly Miss Louise
Phillips.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Woodruff
and children of Winston-Salem
and Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Harmon
and son, Billy, of Guilford Col
lege, were the week-end guests of
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Woodruff.
Sam Neaves, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Neaves of this city,
and a student at the University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill, has
just been elected president of the
Kappa Sigma chapter of the fra
ternity at the college.
Miss Olivia Abernethy, a stu
dent at the University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, spent the
week-end here the guest of her
parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. G. Aber
nethy, at their home on West
Main street.
Mrs. Chas. Ashby, Mrs. Frank
lin Folger, Mrs, Errol Hayes, Mrs.
Ruohs Pyron, Mrs. Paul Gwyn,
Mrs. Raymond Chatham and Mrs.
R. C. Freeman attended a bridge
luncheon given Friday by Mrs. A.
D. Folger at her home in Mount
Airy.
Miss Sarah Atkinson of this
city, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
S. Atkinson and a sophomore at
N. C. C. W., Greensboro, was a
member of the committee of the
Sophomore Prom held at the col
lege Saturday evening and took
a part in the figure.
Phyllis and Harry Johnson, Jr.,
of Hickory spent the week-end
here the guests of Mary Elizabeth
and Cynthia Allen at their home
on Church street. Their mother,
Mrs. H. L. Johnson, and Mrs. M.
Theobald, came over Sunday for
the day and to accompany them
home.
W. S. Reich, chairman of the
dry forces in this district, accom
panied by Rev. Eph Whisenhunt,
Z. tl. Dixon, R. G. Smith, Dr. J.
G. Abernethy, C. N. Myers and A.
L. Griffeth, are spending today in
Raleigh, attending a hearing be
fore the senate committee on the
state liquor question.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Carpenter
and children, Sarah and Mary
Anne, of Monroe, and Mr. and
Mrs. Gwyn Poindexter and chil
dren, Tommy and Anne, of
Statesville, were the Sunday
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bivins,
at their home on Gwyn Avenue.
During their visit Mr. and Mrs.
Carpenter were called to Char
lotte on account of the illness of
Mr. Carpenter's mother, Mrs. J.
A. Carpenter, Sr.
Galloway Memorial Mission,
Episcopal Church,
Elkin, N. C.
Services—Tuesday nights at 7:30
Holy Communion Tuesday
night following Ist Sunday of
each month.
Special days—As announced.
Public cordially invited to these
services. Pastor Rev. John F.
Hamaker. Residence Mt.
Airy, N. C.
' G. O. P. Propaganda?
Teacher: "Harold, where is the
elephant foum}?"
"But teacher, the elephant is so
big that it couldn't get lost?"
Tills Mi.MJ'h KLdKIN» CAROLINA
BIRDS a study
Of all the forms of animal life
which I see around my country
home, birds always interest me
most. There is something fasci
nating in the facility with which
they do what humans can do only
with the aid of costly machines—
that is to fly. And even the best
airplane ever built can't light on
lihe limb pi a tree!
The trees around my house are
populated by a great variety of
birds, varying according to season.
Just now the blue-jays are the
principal tenants. They are not
only beautiful to look at, but alone
among the birds I know they seem
to have a sense of humor. At least,
they always seem to be laughing,
as if at a good joke.
I have a friend, Dr. Casey Wood,
a famous oculist now retired
from practice, whose hobby is the
study of bird vision. He tells me
the blue-jay has keener sight
than any other American bird
except hawks.
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HAWKS . . . . . .and owls
Wild-life experts are saying now
that .farmers make a mistake
when they shoot hawks. The oc
casional chicken which a hawk
may snatch when there is no
other food in sight is small pay
for his services' in keeping down
the field mice and other pests
which fatten on crops.
The popular notion that owls
are especially wise birds la} also
false, according to Col. H. P. Shel
don of the U. S. Biological Sur
vey. Owls are actually rather
stupid, he says. They sit still and
say nothing because they don't
know enough tq do anything else.
"The owl is a fool, and you can
quote me as saying so," says Col.
Sheldon.
I don't imagine that owls are
any more foolish than most other
birds, however, in the presence of
unfamiliar surroundings. A swal
low flew in the open window of
my bedroom not long ago and
didn't have sense enough to go
out the same way. He broke his
neck trying to fly through the
glass of a closed window.
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PESTS two named
There are two kinds of birds I
don't like—nor does anyone else
that I know of. "They are the
English sparrows and the starl
ings. also an importation from
England. Unlike most of our
American birds, neither starlings
nor English sparrows migrate in
Winter, and perhaps because their
ancestors have lived for a thou
sand generations in a densely
populated countiy, they seem ,to
like to stay close to houses.
If they were musical that might
not be so bad, but the only bird
noise I know which is more an
noying than the chattering of
English sparrows is the loud,
raucous squawking of a flock of
starlings.
The worst thing about these
imported birds, however, is not so
much their noise as the fact that
they drive our native birds away
wherever they decide to congre
gate.
♦ • •
SWANS fresh water
If not the most beautiful of all
birds, the swan comes pretty close
to being the most graceful when
afloat, On land a swan waddles
like a duck, and I have never seen
one in flight, but I like to watch
them swimming.
One of my Pennsylvania neigh
bors has a swan farm at Yardley.
where he not only raises swans
but takes them to board in winter.
A curious fact about swans is
that they are such strictly fresh
water birds that even a few min
utes of swimming in salt water
makes them ill, and sometimes
kills them. A theatrical producer
who did not know that put on a
shpw on a raft off Jones' Beach
on Long Island last Summer. He
borrowed or rented a number of
swans, for scenic effect, including
some of the rare and valuable
black swans. He had to pay the
owners from SSO to S2OO each for
the dead and disabled swans
which he had tethered to the raft
out in the ocean.
SQUIRRELS winter
Next to the birds, the most
friendly and interesting tenants
of the trees around my house are
the gray squirrels. They are fat
and thick-furred just now, which
some of my country friends say
is a forecast of a hard, cold win
ter. I have been watching squir
rels for a good many years, and
it is my belief that their fatness
and the thickness of their fur de
pends entirely on whether they
get enough to eat or not.
Since moving from Massachu
setts to Pennsylvania I have not
seen any of our familiar New
England red squirrels. I don't
miss them much; they are noisy
and quarrelsome. I do, however. |
miss the little striped ground j
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women in Washington official life
who are holding positions of key
importance, is Mrs. Lucile Foster
, McMillin (above), United States
I Civil Service Commissioner.
I Photo is a recent picture of Mrs.
I McMillin at her desk here.
squirrels, or chipmunks, who have
to have stone-piles and sandy
Siil to live in, and which do not
ourish in the smooth, clay-loam
soil of Bucks County.
| WITH THE SICK
' The following patients have
been admitted to the local hos
pital during the past week:
Reeves Collins, Glade Valley; Loyd
Pardue, Elkin; Mrs. Edna Church,
Yadkinville; J. B. Collins, Olade
Valley; Elmer Harris, State Road;
Ruby Powers, Elkin; Mrs. Inez
Goss, Doughton; Mrs. Lillian
Hutchlns, Jonesville; Julia Bryan,
Elkin; Mrs. Sena Wall, Elkin; Al
bert Burch, Jonesville; Mrs.
Nancy Burcham, Elkin; Blanche
McCarter, Elkin; Mrs. Sue Lamb,
Hot Springs; Mrs. Vergie Hemric,
Jonesville and Mrs. Rachel
Brooks, Hamptonville.
Patients discharged during the
week were; Rose Sheets, Warrens
ville; Lorraine Lineberry, Jones
ville; Sam Maines, Sparta; Mrs.
Jessie Joyner, Jonesville; Mrs.
Silas Nichols, Elkin; Mrs. Vernie
Pruitt, Jonesville; Nellie Lassiter,
Ronda; Morgan Hanks. Elkin;
Mrs. Emma Miller, Jonesville;
Everette Lawrence, Elkin; Mary
Jane Stroud, Jonesville; Mrs.
Pearly Southard, Mountain Park;
Mrs. Nannie Banner, Dobson; Mrs.
Minnie Myers, Yadkinville; Mrs.
Catherine Redmon, Sparta; Mrs.
Ellen Hicks, Sherwood; Mrs.
Joyce Hemric, Jonesville; Elmer
Harris, state Road: Mrs. Julia
Wagoner, Jonesville and Mrs. Lil
lian Hutchins, Jonesville.
| MOUNTAIN PARK
Rev. Scales. Draughn is due to
fill his regular appointment at
Mountain Park Baptist church
Sunday, Feb. 14.
Mrs. R. C. Wood visited her
aunt, Miss Alice Johnson at
North Wilkesboro the past week
end.
Mr. and Mrs. Odell Cockerham
and daughter visited relatives in
Wilkes last Monday.
Mrs. Gertrude Whitehead, a
member of our high school facul
ty, has been unable to teach the
past week due to an appendix op
eration. We hope she will be back
with us soon.
Mr. and Mrs. Free Calloway
and family and Miss Geneva Cal
loway were the Sunday guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Avery Swift and
family.
Miss Lillian Swift was a guest
at a party given by Misses Thel
ma and Versie Swift at Zephyr.
W. M WALL NOW HAS
POPULAR SHEET MUSIC
W. M. Wall, Jeweler, has re
cently added a line of sheet mu
sic which includes all of the new
est and most popular song hits of
the day. In an advertisement in
this issue it is pointed out that it
is now no longer necessary to go
, to distant towns for sheet music,
and that the firm will be glad to
make special orders for any want
ed numbers that are out of date,
or for old favorite songs that are
not carried In stock;.
It is also announced that prices
on both Gibson and Kalamazoo
musical instruments, including
banjos and guitars, have gone up,
but that the present stock will be
sold at the same old price provid
ed prospective purchasers act
quickly. ■
CAROLINA ICE & FUEL
CO. IS ON CASH BASIS
In a large advertisement in this
issue of The Tribune, the Caro
lina Ice & Fuel Co., is announcing
that, effective now, all coal will
be sold on a cash basis to all with
no exceptions.
L. G. Meed, manager of the
firm, stated that three years' ex
perience in the credit coal busi
ness has shown him thai the
company cannot make a profit in
that fashion, pointing out that a
NEW PUBLICATION
6 OFF IKE PRESS
"The Hillside Views" is School
Paper of West Yadkin
High School
OFFICIALS ARE LISTED
The initial issue of "The Hill
side Views," student newspaper
published by the-. West Yadkin
high school, has just come from
the presses of the Elk Printing
company.
Of five-column page size and
printed on regular newsprint, the
new publication has four pages
carrying considerable advertising
and news matter, and is a credit
to its editorial staff.
Joe Thomasson is editor-in
chief of the paper with other offi
cials as follows: Earl King, man
aging editor; Pearl Steelman, copy
editor; Delphine Casstevens, as
sistant copy editor; Mary Esther
Totten, Bill Johnson and Buford
Steelman, advertising committee;
Ralph Arnold, circulation mana
ger; Ralph Dobbins, Edith Steel
man, Graham Vanhoy and Pau
line Arnold, assistant managers;
Doris Ashby, society editor; Lucy
Denny, news editor; Bill Long,
sports editor; Troy Proctor, edi
tor of scholastic news; William
Thomasson, Scout scribe, and Al
lan Reavis and William Wells,
columnists.
J. W. SHERMER, 53,
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Mr. Jasper W, Shermer, 53,
passed away early Friday morning
at his home, Yadkinville, route 2,
near Forbush Baptist church. He
had been in declining health for
the past year and critically ill for
7 months.
Mr. Shermer was born in Yad
kin county near Deep Creek Bap
tist church, a son of the late
Perry and Louisa Hoots Shermer.
He had spent his entire life in the
county except a few years spent in
the West in early manhood. He
profit is a necessary adjunct if
one is to stay in business.
In making the cash ruliiT, he
stated that the coal must be paid
for before it is unloaded.
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was married In November 1909 to
Miss Sam E. Baton of the Bap
tist Forbush section, who survives
him together with three daugh
ters, Hazel, Cleo and Ethel Sher
mer, all of the home.
He Is also survived by one sister,
Mrs. Jonah Williams of Yadkin
ville, route 2, and five brothers,
Wiley C., William, Edward and
Sidney of Yadkinville, route 2,
and Dayton of Atlanta, Oa.
In early boyhood Mr. Shermer
joined Deep Creek Baptist church
and several years later moved his
membership to Forbush church,
where he remained a faithful and
devoted member until death. He
loved his chinch and hardly ever
missed a service. At the time of
his death he was a trustee, dea
con and financial secretary of
Forbush church.
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at
Forbush Baptist church, in charge
of the pastor, Rev. B. K. Mason,
assisted by Rev. S. F. Morton of
Winston-Salem. The body lay in
state at the chinch from 2:00 to
2:30 o'clock. Interment was in
the church cemetery. Pallbearers
were the deacons of the church,
Gwyn Shermer, Claud Mackic,
Paul Davis and Roy Nichols, Clif
ford Shermer and Neal Dinkins.
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Having qualified as administra
trix of the estate of W. D. Tinner,
late of Surry County, this is to
notify an persons holding claims
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