Rambling Sketch** Of
Oak Grove News
By Mr*. William Wright
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Allen of
Henderson spent Sunday with
Mr. Allen's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
R O. Allen and Mr. and Mrs.
Riley Allen and family. Other
visitors in the Allen home were
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Blackwell
and son of Chesnee, S. C.
Mr, and Mrs. Monroe Lovelace
spent several days the P??t week
with Mr; and Mrs. William
Wright.
Mr. and Mrs. WllLard Boyles of
Kings Mountain were Sunday
guests in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Horace Bell and daughters.
Mr. and Mrs. Stokes Wiight
and sons, Charles and Bill, were
visitors In Llncolnton Sunday af
ternoon.
William and Essie Wright,
their guest, Mra. Ahn McSwain,
spent awhile at Long.Creek Sun
day evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ware had
as their Sunday evening dhiner
guests Mr, and Mrs. Menzell Phi
fer and daughter, Paulette of
Kings Mountain, Mr. and Mrs.
W. F. Stone, Jr., and son Billy of
El-Bethel, Mr. ?nd Mrs. Beau
ford Ware of Kings Mountain,
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ware and
daughter Dona Lynn, and Mrs.
Ware's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
M?nroe Lovelace.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bell and
children spent the weekend with
Mrs. Bell's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Alex McMillian of Bessemer
City.
Mrs. Etta Costner ? and son,
? Deannie of Pen ley's Chapel were
Sunday dinner, guests of Mrs.
Costner's daughter, Mr.s. Walter
Ware and Dona Lynn.
Pvt. D. C. Allen of Fort Jack
son, spent the weekend with Mrs.
D. C. Allen and his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Riley Alien.
The Adult Sunday School clas
ses of the local church, their
teachers Mrs. Frank Ware and
Mr. Lester Canlpe, our pastor,
Rev. C. C. Crow of Shelby, and a
few invited guests went on a pic
nic trip to Crawford's Lake and
picnic ground Saturday evening,
where we enjoyed a delicious
Supper and fellowship together,
Mrs. Theodore Thornburg and
children of Charlotte were visit
ors in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
R. S. Thornburg Tuesday.
Homecoming and memorial
services will be Held at the local
church Sunday. Rev. C. C. Grow
will deliver the memorial ad
dress at eleven o'clock. We are
expecting a number of good
singers. The public is cordially
invited to attend with well
filled baskets, and enjoy the day.
Dr. T. L. Cashwell, pastor of the
First Baptist church of Kings
Mountain will be the guest
speaker in the afternoon at two
o'clock. He's little, but really
good.
About 16,20 acres of commer
cial early Irish potatoes are be-'
ing grown in North Carolina this
season.
TWIN CITY STAB? Bated as on*
of Winston-Salem'* top driven
for the three North Carolina race
programi thl? weekend Is Ted
Swain. Ted wil take part in the
races at Southern States fair
grounds in Charlotte Friday
night, then at Bowman Gray
stadium In Winston-Salem Sat
urday night and then the double
feature sportsmen's program at
Swain- Ted will take part in the
day afternoon.
VA Develops
Cancer Test
A simple and Inexpensive
method of blood serum testing
for the diagnosis of cancer has
been developed by doctors in the
| Veterans Administration Hospi
tal at Los Angeles.
Using a synthetic substance,
which they substituted for an
antigen obtained from human
I cancerous liver tissue, the doc
! tors obtained almost identical re
| suits when the material came
| into contact with the blood ser
| um of a person afflicted with
i cancer. The tests were more than
I IK) per cent correct in confirming
positive cancer diagnoses.
Tests using the synthetic ma
terial on more than 900 patients
were described in papers read
before the annual meeting of the
American Association for Cancer
Research in Cleveland, Ohio, by
Dr. Claude S. Mumma, chief of
the eye, ear, nose and throat de
partment, and Dr. F. X. Byron,
chief of thoracic silrgery, In Los
Angeles VA Hospital. The work
described was done in conjunc
tion with a group of medical sci
entists from the University of
California at Los Angeles work
ing in the VA Hospital the past
four yearA
Known In medical circles as
the "sero flocculation reaction,"
the blood serum method of test
ing is expected to lead to earlier
discovery of cancerous lesions In
the lungs and other chest areas.
In his paper evaluating the
blood serum test, Dr. Byron said
that the nature of the broncho
genic carcinoma (cancer of the
chest or lungs) made diagnosis
"potentially difficult." He point
ed out that such cancer often
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Garden lime
I. Robert Schmidt "I
It seems out of place to talk
about Irrigation when we are
having plenty of rain. It reminds
me ot the story of the man who
wouldn't fix the roof of his house
In fair weather because it wasn't
necessary, and then when it
simulates other types of pulmon
ary lesions and often leads to
late diagnosis even when the pa
tient presents himself to a phy
sician early in the course of the
disease.
rained he wasn't able to fix It.
Rain or not, it to timely to dis
cuss irrigation and prepare for
it against the time when we will
need It
Many vegetables attain high
quality when they make rapid
growth and this is made possible
by plenty of moisture. Good ex
amples are the green crops and
[other leafy crops. Two or three
weeks of dry weather can check
the growth of some vegetables
so they will never recover and
the result will be a tough, stringy
and fibrous product It has been
my experience that you cannot
depend on natural rainfall if you
expect to grow high quality veg
etables.
You should have an Inch of
rainfall each week or 10 days.
When the rain fails you the nine
?mount of water should be ap
plied from other sources ? a
pond, well, stream, or city water
supply. If the garden area is flat,
Aurface or furrow irrigation may
be used. If not, one of the
overhead sprinkler systems may
be used. Tlie most popular and
effective type is the one having
a short standpipe with a rotating
nozzle at the top. The water Is
usually brought to it gy pipe or
rubber hose.
Expensive, you say? Perhaps,
if you think in terms of one year,
but you wil use the equipment
over a number of years, and
think of the vegetables and berr
ries you win save by Its use! A
friend who has been selling ir
Negio News
By Mrs. Cannie Gordon
109 Carpenter Street
Kings Mountain, N. C.
Turn in News Items
at above address ?
A birthday party was given at
the home of Mrs. Sylva Thomp
rigation systems for commercial
operations in this State said that
last year he more eqquip
ment for. irrigating postures than
for any other purpose. If it. is
not too expensive for pastures,
it certainly is not too expensive
for the vegetable garden which
sh9uki furnish your 'table with
the best to be had.
py to know that sveryone en
Joyed the play "Getting Grade
Graduated." She wishes to thank
everyone who cooperated
helping the play to be a success
ful one.
On Friday night May 18th, at
8 p, m. in the Davidson School
auditorium, the High School play
"May All The Lights Be Green"
wil be presented by members
from the high school with Miss
M. L. Pope as director. The play"
presented test year was A very
enjoyable one and this oite is to
be even -more enjoyable. Don't
miss this comedy In two acts.
The annual farm income of
Forsyth County is about $7,000,
000.
son in honor of her Httle daugh
ter, Elizabeth Ann on her fourth
birthuay. Many gifts were re
ceived. Everyone had ap enjoy
able time. Ice cream and cake
were served.
Good Hope Lodge of the F. A.
Society will hold their annual
service Sunday, May 20 at Good
Hope Presbyterian Oiurch at 2:30
p. m. Everyone is cordially invit
ed to attend this service.
A spring revival will begin
Monday night. May 21 at St. Paul
Methodist church. Rev. C. E.
Strickland pastor of 'Durham
Chapel Methodist church, Shelby
wil be the guest speaker of the
week. All churches are Invited to
attend.
Mrs, V. P. Wiggins Is very hap
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