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Thursday, October 31, 1940
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Miss Julia Abrams spent the
week-end in Rutherfordton, the
guest of relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Harris and
children, Anne and Abe, and Mrs.
Ruth Gwyn Parks spent Sunday
at Blowing Rock.
J. D. Bowman, cf High Point,
was a week-end guest in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Chap
pell, on Bridge street.
Miss Jean Chappell had as her
week-end guest at her home on
Bridge street, Miss Pat Amburn,
of Boonville.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Bell and
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Hamby spent
the week-end at Fayetteville and
Fort Bragg.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Neaves
spent Monday at Mouth of Wil
son, Va., and Crumpler, the
guests of relatives.
Mrs. O. R. Tharpe, of Lexing
ton, Va., arrived Tuesday for a
visit with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Parks, on Bridge street.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Glover
have as their guest this week the
latter's sister, Mrs. John Pierce
Hamer, of Tatum, S. C.
Mrs. Parks Hampton and son,
Johnny, spent the week-end in
, Lexington with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. P. A. Myers.
Joe Wolfe, of Atlanta, Ga.,
spent the week-end in Jonesville,
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Hubert K. Wolfe.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Neaves and
J. S. Bumgarner attended the
Wake Forest-Duke game at Wake
Forest Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Boyles and
little daughter, Sarah Glenn,
spent Sunday in Greensboro, the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ryan
Kornegay.
Mr. and Mrs. Turner Apperson
and Mrs. W. A. Martin of East
Bend, were guests during the
week-end of Mrs. W. M. Cundiff,
at her home on Bridge street.
Miss Dorothy Chappell, a mem
ber of the Pinnacle school facul
ty, spent the week-end here with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Chappell, on Bridge street.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Bayes,
of Dobson, left Wednesday for
a visit of a week with the form
er's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F.
Bayes, and other relatives.
Mrs. Fred Colhard, Miss Dor
othy Colhard, Charles Colhard
and Dothan Reece spent Sunday
in High Point, the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. I. A. Teague and family.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Poole, of
Roanoke, Va., were the week-end
guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. Walter.
Darnell, at their home on Gwyn
avenue.
M. A. Biggs, general manager
of Elkin Furniture company, left
Saturday for Chicago, where he
will spend this week attending to
business matters.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Neaves and
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Poindexter at
tended the wedding of Miss
Martha Anne Glenn and William
Butler, which was solemnized in
a formal ceremony Wednesday
afternoon at 5:30 at the Centen
ary Methodist church in Win
ston-Salem.
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Mr. and Mrs. Grady White and
Mr. and Mrs. Reece Bowers, of
Kannapolis, were the week-end
guests of Mr. and Mrs. John
Bowers, at Zephyr.
Mrs. O. V. Caudill attended a
conference in Durham Monday
and Tuesday for religious educa
tional workers in the Presby
terian Synod of North Carolina.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson L. Strat
ton, of Charlotte, spent the early
part of the week here with Mrs.
Stratton's mother, Mrs. R. L.
Kirk man, on West Main street.
Mrs. Ed Gray and little son,
Jimmy, of Blowing Rock, are the
guests this week of Mrs. Annie
Gray, at her home on Franklin
street.
John Gambill and Sam Gentry
spent the week-end at the Uni
versity of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill, with the former's brothers,
Bill and Sam Gambill, and at
tended the Carolina-Tulane game.
Mrs. E. W. McDaniel has re
turned —West Jefferson,
where she was called last week on
account of the serious illness of
her father, Frank Neal. His con
dition is improved slightly.
Mr. and Mrs. John Reich and
children, Patricia and Joan, of
Statesville, spent the week-end
here with Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Mc-
Neer, at their home on Church
street.
Dr. Hugh Parks, of this city,
who has been taking treatment in
a Charlotte hospital for the past
two weeks, returned here Tues
day. His condition shows very
little change.
Miss Jane Doub, Miss Margaret
Holcomb, Miss Helen Doub, Miss
Volia Norman, Walter Worth and
Bill Pardue, attended the Wake
Forest-Duke game at Wake Forest
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. CarV Young and
daughter, Patty Rue, and Mrs.
young's mother, Mrs. W. E. Bo
hannon, spent Sunday in Shelby
with the latter's daughter, Mrs.
Edward Wells, and Mr. Wells.
Mrs. Hal Burrows and little
daughter, Nancy, of / Asheboro,
and Mrs. Corrinna Hendrix, of
Jamestown, were the guests the
Jitter part of last week of Mrs.
Hendrix's mother, Mrs. E. C.
Kirkman, on West Main street.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Eldridge, of
Lexington, were the guests the
latter part of the week of iJlr. El
dridge's mother, Mrs. I. A. El
dridge, on West Main street.
They were accompanied home by
Miss Florence Eldridge, who was
their guest over the week-end.
Mrs. George Royall, Mrs. Her
man F. Duncan, Mrs. J. S. Hiatt
and Mrs. Mason Lillard attended
an organization meeting of the
Woman's Society of Christian
Service of the Methodist church
at North Wilkesboro Wednesday.
Charles E. Cox, of Mouth of
Wilson, Va., spent Monday here
with his sister, Mrs. Anna Gra
ham, at her home on Gwyn ave
nue. Mrs. Graham, who has
been confined to her bed for sev
eral weeks suffering from a brok
en hip, is improving, her many
friends will be glad to know.
Mrs. C. A. McNeill and son,
Bobby, Mrs. Stephen Morrisett,
Miss Mary Holland and Miss
Mary Virginia Barker attended
the Wake Forest-Duke game at
Wake Forest Saturday. They
went via Raleigh, and were ac
companied to Wake Forest from
there by Mrs. McNeill's daughter,
Miss Elizabeth McNeill, a student
at Meredith College.
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THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELK3N. NORTH CAROLINA
Miss Nell Rousseau, of North
Wukesboro, spent the week-end
here the guest of Miss Peggy
Royal], at her home on Church
street.
Mrs. J. Ralph Reece and son,
Bobby, of Greenville, 6. C., are
the guests of Dr. and Mrs. W. R.
Wellborn, at their home on
Bridge street. Dr. and Mrs. Well
born also have as their guests,
Dr. Wellborn's sisters, Mrs. A. V.
Foote, of Chicago, and Mrs. John
T. Hoyle, of West Jefferson.
Mrs. Beatrice Myers Phillips,
who underwent a major opera
tion in a Charlotte hospital sev
eral weeks ago, Is convalescing at
the home of her sister, Mrs. C.
L. Nance, in Charlotte, and is ex
pected to return to her home
here within a short time, her
many friends will be glad to
know.
L. C. Couch, Jr., whq is in the
U. S. Air Corps and stationed at
Boiling Field, Washington, D. C.,
is spending a few days here with
his parents, Dr. and Mrs. L. C.
Couch, on Bridge street. He will
leave Washington within a few
weeks for Boston, Mass., for six
months training at New England
School of Airplane Mechanics.
Among those from here at
tending the Carolina-Tulane
game at Chapel Hill Saturday
were: Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Coth
ren, Miss Sadie Hobson, Dwight
Smitherman, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
worth Harris, Bobby Harris, Mr.
and Mrs. George Royall, Miss
Peggy Royall, Miss Eleanor
Hayes, Sam Atkinson and Alex
Chatham.
BOONVILLE
Miss Sadie Fleming spent the
week-end in Greensboro visiting
friends.
Mrs. G. H. Hudler was carried
to Chatham hospital Saturday to
undergo treatment for pleurisy.
Mr. and Mrs. Brewer Hutchins,
of East Bend, and Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Woodruff and children, of
Winston-Salem, visited Mr. and
Mrs. W. W. Wodruff and family
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Amburn,
Mrs. C. W. Riden and Mr. Oscar
Fleming attended the Methodist
Conference at High Point the
past week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Greer and
son, T. R., returned Sunday from
a visit with relatives in Ashe
county.
Posie Lyon left a few days ago
for Fredericksburg, Va., where he
is employed by the Bowers Con
struction company in the building
of a bridge across the Rappahan
nock river.
Miss Aileen Johnson, of Win
ston-Salem, spent the week-end
with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tran
sou.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Speas at
tended the Duke-Wake Forest
football game at Wake Forest
Saturday, and visited relatives
near Raleigh during the week
end.
Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Hin
shaw, of Oak Ridge, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Kennedy and Mr. Fred
Williams were the Sunday guests
of Mr. and Mrs. John Brendle.
Mr. and Mrs. Watt Deal and
daughter, Frances, visited Mr.
Deal's mother at Statesville Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Gray Poindexter,
of North Wilkesboro, were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Adolphus
Brendle.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Martin
and Miss Annette Woodhouse at
tended the Duke-Wake % Forest
football game at Wake Forest
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Coram
and Mrs. J. J. Coram visited Mrs.
Ralph Coram's parents at Pine
Tops during the past week-end.
Mr. Gray Shore, of Winston-
Salem, spent the week-end at his
home here.
Miss Mary Speer, of James
town, and Mr. and Mrs. Kim
Speer, of Winston-Salem, and
Mr. James Joyner, of Lake Waca
maw, and Miss Eunice Huff, of
Henderson, were the week-end
guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. S.
Speer and family.
Misses Dorothy Coram and
Elizabeth Bohannon and Messrs.
Alvis Hobson and Paul Mathis
visited Fred Coram and Curtis
Hobson at State College Sunday,
i Miss Ruth Fletcher, of Raleigh,
is spending a few days with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Fletcher.
LAWRENCE SPEAKER
BEFORE T.C.U. CLUB
Rev. statton Lawrence, newly
chosen rector of the Galloway*
Memorial church here and of the
Episcopal churches at Mount
Airy and Walnut Cove, was guest
speaker at the weekly meeting of
the Thurmond Chatham Unity
Club at the clubhouse. Rev. Mr.
Lawrence was presented by Clyde
Cothren, program chairman, and
he talked from the theme "My
Country."
During the business session the
president, Russell Burcham, pre
sided. It was voted that the club
attend the Duke-Georgia Tech
game Saturday. It was also de
cided to have a Hallowe'en party
on Thursday evening, this to re
place the usual study program.
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I VMRS PODS' I
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WEATHER beliefs
After a winter of heavy snow
up in my country, we've had a
summer of unusually heavy rains.
As usual, the country folk have
their own explanation for the un
usual extremes of weathqr. The
most interesting one I have Jieard
was given by an old lady, whose
age is a bit of a mystery but who
is certainly close to a hundred
years old.
It's the airplanes that cause the
snows and rains. They climb up
through the clouds and make
holes in them, which let the snow
and rain come down, that other
wise would be held up in the sky I
The amazing thing about that
theory is that my wife has heard
several other old people give the
same reason for the weather of
the past year.
I imagine that it has always
been the case that old people
blame any uncommon phenomena
upon whatever is new and un
familiar to them. When gunpow
der first began to be used in Eu
ropean wars, the old records in
dicate that people blamed the
cannon fire for bad weather. In
the Napoleonic warp English
country folks said the gunfire
ruined their crops. Probably some
still believe that.
FROST damage
I haven't yet heard any ama
teur weather sharp try to explain
the cause of the killing frost we
had up here in the hills in late
August, but I've heard old folks
speak of the tales their grand
fathers used to tell of the year
"Eighteen hundred and froze-to
death." That was 1816, when
there was frost every month in
the year all over New England. I
used to hear my grandparents
talk about it when I was a boy.
The greatest damage this Au
gust's frost did was, curiously
enough, to the vegetable gardens
which had been planted to pro
vide food for war sufferers in
Europe. Every town in the coun
ty had its patch of several acres,
tended by volunteer workers, and
the women began, as soon as the!
first vegetables were ready, toi
can them for eventual shipment
to Europe.
Our town's quota was five
thousand cans. Some set their
goal at ten thousand. None of
them will make their quotas, for
I understand every garden in the
county was hit by the frost. Some
of us had been wondering, any
way, how the ladies were going to
get their canned goods to Bel
gium, France and other places.
ROADS unsafe
Except on level praries and
desert lands, the roads built by
our ancestors followed cowpaths
or Indian trails, or ran along the
banks of streams and lakes. The
easiest grades, where it took least
power to haul a load, were pre
ferred by the early railroad build
ers. Curves didn't make so much
difference when speeds were
slower.
When we began to build motor
roads most states and counties
followed the old highways, with
all their twists and curves. It is
only within the past ten years
that the systematic elimination of
highway curves has begun. Not
until they are all straightened
out will traffic in modern high
speed cars begin to be safe.
Speeding around curves causes
moye deaths than any other traf
fic hazard.
The same is true of railroads.
The only great railroad accident
in more than a year occurred be
cause an engineer took a curve at
too high speed. The late E. H.
Harriman once told me that if he
could spend eight billion dollars
he could make all railroads safe
and double their capacity. We
are spending fifteen billions in
war preparations. That sum
would make every motor road
safe.
DRIVERS careless
After all, no highway is any
safer than the drivers who run
their cars over it. The smoother
the road the greater the tempta
tion to speed and to get careless.
Within five miles of my house in
the past week three people have
died and five have been sent to
hospitals because the people who
drove their cars were careless.
The nearest to a foolproof road
that has yet been built is the new
Pennsylvania Turnpike, stretching
halfway across the state. It fol
lows the line of an abandoned
railroad for a good part of its
length, and utilizes the railroad
tunnels through mountains to
eliminate grades. No other road
crosses it except by a high bridge.
I haven't heard of an accident
yet on this new road, but the
speed limit is so high as to tempt
the reckless, and It wouldn't sur
prise me any day to near of some
fool driver swerving off the pave-
ment and tangling up traffic
with fatal results.
SAFETY ...... nowhere
Thinking about all the ways In
which people get busted up or
killed, I've about come to the
conclusion that there's no abso
lutely safe way for anybody to
move out of his own hotise. A few
nights ago an elderly neighbor,
82, went out to mail a letter at
the mailbox across the street.
He'd barely stepped off the curb
when he was struck and killed by
a car.
Another neighbor slipped in
front of the Post Office and
bumped his head. He died two
days later. Talking about that
sort of accidents with my doctor,
he showed me some insurance
statistics indicating that more
people are killed or injured in
their own homes, by falling down
stairs, slipping in the bathtub,
handling electric wires carelessly
or forgetting to turn out the gas,
than by accidents outside the
house.
"More people die to bed than
anywhere else," he said. So I
think 111 continue to take the
chance of flying, riding on the
railroad, driving a car or walking
on the street. I'm about as safe
one place as another.
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ACHIEVEMENT
DAYONNOV.2
I
To Be Held at Beulah School
by Home Demonstration
Clubs
PROGRAM IS GIVEN
The County Achievement Day
program of the Home Demon
stration Clubs will be held Sat
urday, November 9th, at 10:30 a.
m., in the Beulah School building,
with the Beulah club as hostess.
The invocation will be given
by Rev. D. D. Hodges and the
welcome by Mr. R. W. Parker,
teacher n the Beulah high school.
Mrs. Paul Brown of Devotion,
president of the Home Demon
stration clubs in the county, will
preside. Mr. George Cornog, su
perintendent of R. E. A. will
speak on Rural Electrification
and Mr. R. R. Burrus will discuss
the Soil Conservation program.
Short skits will be given by the
Mountain Park and Pilot Moun
tain Clubs. Mrs. J. W. Thore of
Rockford, will give a musical
reading and "God Bless America"
will be sung by Mrs. Glade Lov
ingood, of White Plains.
Two steam pressure cookers
will be awarded the clubs having
done the most outstanding work
during the year and the women
who have completed the two
year's study of foods as outlined
by the State Extension depart
ment will be awarded certificates
in Food and Nutrition.
Mrs. Gaston Christian and
Madge Badgett will be in charge
of the music. Lunch will be
served in the school lunch room.
Sunday School
Convention Nov. 10
The Yadkin county Sunday
school convention will be held at
Boonville Baptist church Sunday,
Nov. 10, beginning at 1 lo'elock.
Dr. I. a. Greer, superintendent
of Mills Home, Thomasvllle, will
be the principal speaker of the
day. The convention ■ will con
tinue through the day.
Soft Coal
Wife: "John, you should make
that poor dog a house. He's still
sleeping in the coal-bin."
Hubby: "Oh, well, it's full of
soft coal."