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bate Carnegie 5-Minute Biographies Author of "How to Win Friends and Influence People." AIMEE SEMPLE McPHERSON She Drove a Battered Old Car Into Los An geles and Made a Million in 18 Months Aimee Semple McPherson has probably received more front page newspaper publicity than lias any other woman in the his tory of the world. Even an un important newspaper story about her has sent countless thousands rushing to the newstands. A few years ago, a Los An geles paper came out with the re port that she had changed the color of her hair; and the circula tion of that paper jumped three hundred per cent, in one day. , The story of her life reads like a tale out of The Arabian Nights. Legally, her name is Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton; but to her faithful followers she is affectionately known as "Sister Aimee." Born in a tiny farmhouse near the village of Ingersoll, in On tario, Canada, Sister Aimee when only seventeen, married a boiler maker evangelist named Robert Semple and sailed away to China with him to convert the heathen. Two years later, her husband died and left her penniless in China, with a child to support— and she was not yet twenty years old. She took up a collection, re- TAKE A TIP r-i . • i from Electrical Gifts /™*\ ' Coffee ~ Makers fepfe/ ~ n RCA-VICTOR gmTe' gtg. ™ RADIOS 3 «p4."5 lip ■»!*;, I a gift of music, of entertainment IIW jjjjr and pleasure for the entire fam- Toasters HPr fj Uy. Why not plan now to sur i _ .„ WjL SSgEZg! v prise the family with a new RCA- I Every housewife will ■n v x SksaXraSi ,«»«.„» *ui„ ™ i ' appreciate an electric W, / g*M%flS Victor thLs Christmas. Electric «I | ' toaster. 811(1 battery models in table and T|h ___ '"" 1? ojoi Fft nn ''cabinet styles. Come in today ,i)U U " TmLP' " «** and see and hear them. Electric Irons ZT7T r ' q,v « hera »«» dM Think of the P!easure a a^up ~ FRIGID AIRE Waffle Irons Will Bring:! '^ ese lror il mak ® de ' No other electric refrigerator has as many added yW *—r Ucious waffles. Beau- , ° . ~ , tfuiiy styled. conveniences as has Fngidaire. Buy now and $4.95 up I save over spring prices. It will be the gift of I WV Vacuum &m Harris Electric Co ir OX ers - What a gift of A l , nl#l „ % . • convenience for her! Electrical Gift Headquarters $39.95 Elkin, N. C. turned to New York, and married a young grocery salesman, Robert McPherson, whom she met at a Salvation Army meeting. Six years later, she divorced him, loaded her two children into a shabby car, and started West stopping in almost every town she passed and calling on sinners to repent. One evening, just at twilight, this amazing woman drove into Los Angeles, the City of the An gels, and started on her incredi ble career. She had no friends no influence—nothing but two hungry children, a battered old car and less than a hundred, dol iars in cash; yet within eighteen months, she was probably the most famous woman in California and she had a million dollars' worth of property. She started preaching her gos pel of joy, declaring the kingdom Df heaven was at hand; and huge crowds followed to hear her. Los Angeles went wild. The City of the Angels had never known such a sensation. In a lit tle more than a year, her shout ng followers had built her the huge Angelus Temple, costing one and a half million dollars, and they had given it to her as her own property to do with as she wished. This great temple is packed with humanity an hour before the service starts; the doors are clos ed and hundreds are turned away, under the magic spell of her mystic personality, sinners forsake their ways and the lame and the halt throw away their crutches and declare that they have been made whole. On May 18, 1926, she went out to Ocean Park, put on her pea-green bathing suit, swam out into the Pacific Ocean and dis appeared completely. Southern California was rocked by the news. It was a tremendous sen sation. After being missing thirty-two days, she suddenly appeared at a lonely, little cabin on the edge of a tiny village in Mexico. Where had she been? She de clared that she had been held a prisoner during all that time. Many people refused to believe her sensational tale. She was dragged Into court; and the best legal minds in Cali J fomia examined her and cross examined her. She was baited, Investigated, grilled, and de nounced; but no one could ever shake her story. » Some people ridicule Sister Aimee; some adore her. But friend and foe alike all admit that she has accomplished an amazing amount of good, and that she is one of the most amazing women of the twentieth century. Need of Education A University of Chicago pro fessor, invited to address a club meeting, chose as his subject, "The Need of Education." The following day a newspaper headline reported: "Professor's Speech Shows Need of Educa tion." Patronize Tribune advertisers. #jg w in/cMfed Stranger Than Fiction An elderly lady died last week and left almost a million dollars to an usher who worked at the Roxy Theatre. The reason he was named her heir—his polite ness. Because she was slightly infirm this usher allowed her to come into the theatre before the doors were opened and helped her to a seat. For these courtesies he will receive a fortune. Ironical ly, the last picture she attended was "You Can't Take It With You." Modern Miracle Last Friday evening we stopped in the Amsterdam to hear a radio broadcast. Our companion was an old Broadwayfarer. In a rem iniscent mood, he spoke of forty | years ago. Gas footlights, buxom chorus girls (twelve was a big revue), a solitary male or female star who sang the hits of the day. Either airy American lilts, as "In the Merry Month of May" or heart rending ballads like "Just Break the News to Mother." The oldtimer stopped talking as the broadcast began. We thought of you folks sitting contentedly in your living room. By a simple twist of a little dial you were en joying the same entertainment, though in some cases you were three thousand miles away. A far cry from the oldster's soliloquy. Odds and Ends The "snotty" St. Regis, bills the red hot colored band playing there "A Nubian Swing Band" . . . Despite rumors to the con trary, class cafes prefer "nice people" with short bankrolls to those who spend prodigiously but are otherwise objectionable . . . Aimee Semple McPherson filed a $1,500,000 libel suit against a mag. Aimee's answer to an ar ticle about her called "I Am God's Best Publicity Agent" . . . Warn ing to Sally Rand, Faith Bacon, et al: the New York's World's Fair will not allow "the exploita tion of the youthful feminine form" . . . Pittsburgh hotel and night club owners lost approxi mately $500,000 because of the failure of the Pirates to win the National League pennant. So confident were they that elab orate preparations had been made for augmented floor shows, con ventions had been cancelled and the town in general was prepared for the biggest spending "bender" in years ... All these plans were thrown out the window by the sturdy right arm of "Big" Bill Lee. Signs Frank Novak, the bandleader, is always on the lookout for odd signs in New York. He saw "No Dancing Without Moving the Feet" in a dance hall; "Button Don't Bell, Bump" on a door of a 52nd street house; "Beer Free . . . Parking Space 10 Cents a Glass" in a mid-town tavern. Human Fly Your reporter had occasion to be knocking out this column high up on the 49th floor of one of New York's big skyscrapers when a man came into the room and said simply, "Window washer." He then swung himself out the window into space 49 floors above the sidewalk where the people be low in the streets looked like in sects. He hooked a thin leather belt to a hook on the wall and leaned back as you or I might in our easy chair at home. Curious about such a man, I asked him questions. He was a bachelor, liked his work, was afraid to ride in air planes, collected stamps, had a little car—which he didn't wash l hinuelf. GRASS FIRE PROVES THREAT TO HOUSES A grass fire in North Elkin Wednesday afternoon endangered several homes in that section when it began, to spread rapidly after being caused from a fire under a wash pot near the home of Clyde Tolbert. The Elkin fire department, called to the scene, quickly ex-, tinguiahed the blaze. The oldest trees in the world are the Macrozamia Denizons of Australia. They are estimated to be 12,000 years old and never grow to a height of more than 20 feet. L»rgi assortment of wines and cocktails, including the famous Tom Collins brand. Also Wld mer's white port wine. Better than brandy for fruit cake. The Rendezvous. 12-8 c STAINS FLOORS WITH WALNUTS Surry Woman Uses Mixture Made from Walnut Hulls With Fine Success PROCESS IS EXPLAINED Muscle power is cheap and walnut hulls are plentiful at the home of Mrs. J. W. Martin in the Little Richmond community of Surry county. By adding a little initiative to the aforementioned ingredients, Mrs. Martin stained four floors in her home with a homemade mixture at absolutely no cost. Mrs. Grace P. Brown, home demonstration agent of the State College Extension Service, report ed this achievement and also told how Mrs. Martin waxed the four floors at a cost of only 70 cents. Mrs. Martin had an ample sup ply of beeswax on the farm, and by mixing it prcperly with par affin, raw linseed oil and turpen tine, a fine grade of paste floor wax was concocted. Mrs. Brown reported that Mrs. Martin followed directions con tained in Extension Miscellan eous Pamphlet No. 14 in making both preparations. She first used .her muscle power to clean and sand the floors. She then soaked a bushel of green, matured wal nut hulls in four gallons of wa ter for 48 hours. After straining the mixture, it was ready for ap plication and produced a beauti ful walnut stain. To make the paste floor wax Mrs. Martin used cne-fourth pounds of beeswax to one pound of paraffin, one-half cup of raw linseed oil and two and one-half cups of turpentine. After heat ing the beeswax and paraffin to melt it, the mixture was removed from the fire and the linseed oil and turpentine added. The preparation was stirred vigorous ly, with care taken to keep it away from the flames because of the inflammable nature of the turpentine, Mrs. Martin Is a member of the Little Richmond Home Demon stration Club and other members of the club are expected to fol low her example in staining and waxing their floors, Mrs. Brown said. LOCAL MEN ARE HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT R. w. Davis and Clarence Macy, both local barbers, escap ed serious injury Monday even ing when the car of Davis, in which the two men were riding on the Elkin-Ronda highway ov erturned. Davis, owner and op erator of the car, said that thef undimmed lights of an approach ing car blinded him and in order to avert a collision he swerved his car into a ditch, the machine crashing into a bank. Minor injuries were sustained by the men and their clothing was badly torn. The Davis car was extensively damaged, Gift Supreme! | r ' DELIGHT THE FAMILY WITH A % NEW CHEVROLET f CHRISTMAS MORNING i If you have been plan- i I JESL ning to trade in your • jW present car, why not do ur\CCCSSOriCS fft so now and surprise Will Make Ideal Gifts UK your family with a We SlMMPest- M beautiful new Chevrolet * for Christmas A new HEATERS - DEFROSTERS - RADIOS ior tnrmiraas, A new SEAT COVERS - FOG LIGHTS Chevrolet, with its many NO ROLL DEVICE - SAFETY LIGHTS JS? advanced features for E^SOTJ^ A WTEEL I^C| S 1939, will prove the CHROMIUM WHEEL MOUNTINGS J® most wonderful gift of , MANY OTHERS A F-W CHEVROLET CO. $ Elkin, N. C. Many Desirable Gift Offerings Await Shoppers (Continued from page one) candy which he will distribute among the children who are at the depot to meet him. Following his arrival, Santa will make a tour of the business streets and visit local stores dur ing the afternoon. Everyone, young and old, is urged to be at the depot to meet him. There are many thrilling sights awaiting the shopper in Elkln this year in form of gift goods to be found at every store which has advertised in this special Christ mas edition of The Tribune. By reading each advertisement care fully, one can decide just which store he or she wishes to visit first—for everyone will want to visit them all. An advance tour of the stores l SANTA j| MEN LIKE £ 1 PRACTICAL GIFTS 1 1 BEST! J And a practical gift, to a man, is something Hk to wear . . . something that will prove of use * after the bright lights and tinsel of Christ- A* ) mas have gone. ..Being a men's store, we $3 | know what men like. ..That's why we suggest { you visit us and select his gifts from our stock of Men's and Boy's wearing apparel. TI !SN O W I | CLOTHING COMPANY f j Elkin, N. C. Jg Thursday, December 1, 1938 has revealed many new and at tractive gifts this season. It has been noted that there are practi cal gifts galore; odd gifts, un usual gifts, gifts that more than likely wouldn't be thought of by the average person, and for that reason, all the more desirable. It's impossible to list all the gift items here. Needless to say, one must come and see for him self. Every store department store, hardware store, drug store, furniture store, five and ten cent store, electrical store—is jammed and packed with the very things everyone wants and at prices to please every purse. You won't want to let anything keep you away from Elkin's big Christmas Opening Friday. All Elkln merchants are cooperating to give you a real preview of Christmas. In 1897 bananas were such a novelty that they were wrapped in tinfoil and sold for a dime each.
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