the elkin tribune (elkin, n.c.) 1940-01-04 [p...

Thursday, January 4, 1940

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Mrs. D. O. Smith was called toYork, S. C., Sunday on accountof the serious illness of her mother.

Miss Barbara Weedon, of De-troit, Mich., is thfe guest of Mr.and Mrs. Edwin Harris, at theirhome on Circle Court.

Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Wilmoth,L. I. Isaacs and Miss Mary Isaacsspent the past week in Dover,Del., visiting relatives.

Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Wellborn,of State Road, announce thebirth of a son, Jimmy Glenn, onDecember 23, 1939.

John James returned to WeldonMonday, following a holiday visitwith his father, E. C. James, onWest Main Street.

Hugh Chatham, of Winston-Salem, spent Thursday here theguest of Charles Neaves, at hishome on Bridge street.

Misses Emily and Anne Joyce,

3NQtßo9}ford, were the guests dur-ing the holidays of their grand-

mother, Mrs. J. H. Ball, on WestMain street.

W. S. Reich left Sunday forWinston-Salem, where he is theguest this week of his daughters,Mesdames R. L. and R. G. Wil-moth.

Miss Mary Elizabeth Sanders,

of Roxboro, was the guest last

week of Mr. and Mrs. SamNeaves, at their home on Gwyn

avenue.

Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Whitaker,Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Hayes and Mr.and Mrs. E. C. James attendedthe funeral of Mrs. P. A. Martinin Winston-Salem, Sunday.

Joe Gwyn Bivins, Dicky Smithand Dick Graham left Tuesday

for Davidson College, to resumetheir studies, following a holiday

visit with their parents here.

Lester Halsey, Jr., and HardinHalsey, of Mouth of Wilson, Va.,were the week-end guests of BillGraham, at his home on Gwynavenue.

Miss Sally Greene left Tues-day for Long Meadow, Mass., fol-

lowing a holiday visit with her

parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. M.Greene, at Hotel Elkin.

Miss Kathleen and GravesWampler, of Galax, Va., were the

week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs.

Joe Bivins, at their home onGwyn avenue.

Mr. and Mrs. George Chatham,

Jr., and daughter, Peggy, and Mr.and Mrs. D. T. Calloway spent

the week-end in Galax, Va., theguests of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Key.

Mrs. L. E. Aldridge and daugh-

ter ana son, Kaiss IviJtAiiicr ? andDale, spent the latter part of last

week in Greensboro and GuilfordCollege, the guests of relatives.

Misses Idelia and Frances Ben-

son left Tuesday to resume their

studies at Duke. University, Dur-ham, following a holiday visit withtheir parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.

L. Benson, on Hospital Road.

Misses Margie and ReginaMeed

left Monday to resume theirstudies at Western College, Ox-ford, Ohio, following a holiday

visit with their parents, Mr. andMrs. L. G. Meed, on West Mainstreet.

Miss Mae Myers, of Charlotte,spent the latter part of last weekhere the guest of her sister andbrother, Mrs. Beatrice MyersPhillips, and C. N. Myers.

Miss Ruth Elliot and C. L. Wallof Princeton, West Va? were gueststhe latter part of last week of Mr.and Mrs. L. M. Stewart, at theirhome here.

Mr. and Mrs. Thompson Green-wood, of Edenton, announce thebirth of a son, Martin Nixon, onDecember 29, 1939. Mr. Green-wood is a native of Jonesville.

Phillip Burch has returned toN. C. State College, Raleigh, to

resume his studies, following aholiday visit with his parents, Mr.and Mrs. Paul Burch, at Moun-tain Park.

M. A. and Alex Biggs and M. R.Bailey will leave Friday for Chica-go, to attend the Fruniture Mart.C. O. Garland will also attend theMart but left Sunday to visit re-latives en route.

Miss Nettie Hinshaw of the Syd-nor-Spainhour company will leaveSunday for New York City, to buyspring ready-to-wear for the firm.She will be accompanied by buyersfrom the North Wilkesboro store.

Mr. and Mrs. C. A. McNeill, anddaughter and sons, Miss MinnieRuth, Claude and Bobby, spentSunday at North Wilkesboro, theguests of Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Mc-Neill.

Claude McNeill, Frank Walkerand Bill Reece left Monday forWake Forest College, Wake Forest, to resume their studies fol-lowing a visit with their parentsduring the holidays.

Hunter Maguire, Lon Dillon,McNeer Field, Sam Gray and

Robert Nicks left Monday for N.C. State College, Raleigh, follow-ing a holiday visit with theirfamilies here.

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sale anddaughter, Pamela, of Lexington,

S. C., and Miss Myra Sale, of Ra-leigh, were the holiday guests oftheir parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E.Sale, at their home near Ronda.

The many friends of Jesse B.Glenn here will regret to know

that he is critically ill at his homein Winston-Salem. His wife isthe former Miss Mary Reece ofElkin.

H. L. Hoppers of New YorkCity, spent last week here withMrs. Hoppers and little son. Eld-ridge Lee, at the home of hermother, Mrs. I. A. Eldridge onWest Main Street.

Charles Gwyn Chatham ofCampbellsville, Ky., and Earl Hat-field; W Louiwiilt, Ky., were theguests during the holidays of theformer's father, Alex Chatham,at his home on East Main street.

Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Hadley anddaughter and son, Miss Ruth andCharles, of Statesville, were theSunday guests of Mrs. Hadley'sfather, W. J. Snow, on Gwyn Ave-nue.

Miss Mary Greenwood, a stu-dent at Norfolk Business College,

who spent the holidays with herparents at West Yadkin, spentWednesday and Thursday inJonesville, the guest of her sister,Mrs. N. E. Porter.

NOTICE!The Mayor and Board of Commis-sioners of the City of Elkin haveordered that every passenger carand truck owner in the city limits

i of Elkin be required to buy a city

license tag, and display same.

It is hoped itwillnot be necessary

to resort to law in order to sellthese license plates, but ifneces-sary warrants will be issued toenforce compliance.

DIXIE GRAHAMCity Tax CollectorCity of Elkin

Mrs. H. C. Wlshon and Mrs. P.C. Wlshon of Winston-Salem, werethe guest last week of their sisters,Mrs T. V. Cockerham and D. Ch

Reece.Miss Frances Benson spent the

week-end in Winston-Salem theguest of Miss Margaret Hines and

was a guest at a dinner partygiven by Miss Hines Saturday

evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Smith, of

i Pittman, N. J., and Mrs. R. C.Smith, of Guilford College, werethe Sunday guests of MesdamesJane Smith and L. E. Aldridge,

at Home Hotel.Miss Rosamond Neaves left

Tuesday for Duke University,

Durham, to resume her studies,

following a holiday visit with herparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A.Neaves.

Mr. and Mrs. H. G. York hadas their guests during the holi-days at their home on Gwyn

avenue, Mrs. York's sister, MissOdessa Snow, of Bluefield, W.Va., and Misses Beatrice andRuth Hedrick, of Lexington.

Edwin Royall, Dick Shugart,

Hoke Cockerham, Bill and SamGambill, Charles Neaves andHenry Dillon left the early partof the week for the University ofNorth Carolina, Chapel Hill, toresume their studies, following aholiday visit with their familieshere.

Dr. John W. Jolly, who hasbeen associated with the localhospital for the past severalmonths, and Mrs. Jolly and son,Jimmy, left Monday for Daytona

Beach, Fla., where they will maketheir home. They were accom-panied to Florida by Mrs. Seth M.Beale and little son, Johnny, whowill spend some time there.

Those from here attending theception following the rehearsal

of the wedding of Miss Julia Fin-ley and the Rev. Chalmers Era-ser McCutcheon at North Wilkes-boro Thursday evening were: Mr.and Mrs. R. G. Smith, Miss Har-vison Smith, Dicky and AlexanderSmith, Mrs. Raymond Chatham,

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gwyn, Ray-

mond Chatham, Alex Chatham,Jr., and Charles Gwyn Chatham,the latter of Campbellsville, Ky.

Miss Etta Green Is Bride ofOdell Lawrence

Announcement - was made lastWednesday of the marriage onThanksgiving Day of Miss EttaEva Green and William OdellLawrence, both of this city. Thewedding was solemnized at theMethodist parsonage in Hillsville,Va., with Rev. E. B. Randall,pastor of the church, officiating.

For her wedding the bride worea costume suit of brown wool

with accessories in the sameshade.

Mrs. Lawrence is the daughter

of James Green, of Ronda, andthe late Mrs. Green. She has re-sided here for a number of years,where she operates the IdealBauty Shoppe.

Mr. Lawrence is the son of Mrs.Thomas F. Lawrence and the lateMr. Lawrence, of Elkin, and isprominently identified with thebusiness and religious life of thetown. He is associated with Law-rence Dry Cleaners.

After January 15 Mr. and Mrs.Lawrence will be at home intheir new home which is nearingcompletion on North Bridgestreet. /

Shumate-Castevens Wedding IsSolemnized Thursday

Miss Pauline Shumate andHoward Welborn Castevens, bothof this city, were married Thurs-day afternoon at the home ofRev. J. L. Powers, on Elk Spurstreet, with Rev. Powers officiat-ing, using the ring ritual of theBaptist church. The ceremonywas attended only by a few inti-mate friends of the couple.

For her wedding the bride worean advance spring costume ofgray with harmonizing acces-sories.

Mrs. Castevens is the daughter

of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Shumate,of Crumpler. She is a graduate

of Grace Hospital School ofNursing, Banner Elk, and for thepast several months has been amember of the staff of registerednurses at Hugh Chatham Mem-orial hospital.

Mr. Castevens is the son of Mr.and Mrs. Montgomery Castevens,of Jonesville, and is associatedwith the Lyric Theatre here.

Mr. and Mrs. Castevens will beat home at an apartment in thehome of Mr. and Mrs. W. F.Reece on Bridge street.

POPLAR SPRINGMr. and Mrs. W. H. Hayes had

as their guests last week Mr. andMrs. C. C. Hayes and family, ofGreenville, S. C., and Mr. andMrs. W. W. Hayes and littledaughter, Lucille, of Big StoneGap. They also had as theirguests over the week-end Mr. andMrs. Ed Bowman and family, of

Mt. Airy.

Mr. and Mis. Thurmond Steeleand family were the Sunday

guests of Mr. and Mrs. AveryWhite, of Dobson.

Mr. and Mrs. Herman Welbornannounce the birth of a son,Jimmie Glenn, December 24.

Miss Fonzie Key, of Siloam,spent last week visiting friends inthis community.

Miss Lucille Sprinkle, of NorthElkin, was the overnight guest ofMiss Connie Hinson Sunday.

Miss Essie Hayes honored her

niece and nephew, Helen andClyde Hayes, of Greenville, S. C.,with a delightful party, Saturday

night. A large number of youngpeople attended the party and re-ported a nice time.

Games were enjoyed and at alate hour the twenty-eight guests

were invited into the dining roomwhere refreshments were served.

MOUNTAIN VIEWMiss Lois Shore is spending

some time at Louisville, the guest

of her uncle and aunt, Mr. andMrs. Walter Mcßride.

Mr. Jay Stokes returned homeSaturday after spending the' pastweek with his sister, Mrs. JodyRiley, and Mr. Riley, of Winston-Salem.

Among the sick of this com-munity are Mr. Lester Riley, Mr.

Joe Harris, seriously ill with dou-ble pneumonia, Mrs. Viola Wil-kins, Mr. Zeno Tucker, Mr. J. P.Collins, Mr. Lee Mathis and lit-tle Doris Procter. We wish tdrthem a speedy recovery,

Misses Eloise Stokes spent thepast week with ? her sister, Mrs.Joe Cheek, and family.

Mr. Will Hall, of Princeton, W.Va., visited his brothers, Mr.

Richard Hall and Mr. CharlieHall, during the Christmas holi-days.

Master Carl Durham Powers, ofElkin, was the Friday dinnerguest of Curtis Lee Stoke 3.

Mr. Taft Wilkins, of Colorado,is spending some time here withhis mother, Mrs. Viola Wilkins.

We welcome Mr. and Mrs.White and children, who movedfrom Center to their newly pur-chased farm here the past week.

Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Cooper, ofElkin, were the Sunday guests ofMrs. Cooper's mother, Mrs. VallieShore.

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Mrs. Willard Honored at ShowerMrs. Dewey Mounce and Miss

Opal McCormick entertained anumber of guests last Wednesday

afternoon from 2 to 4 o'clock atMrs. Mounce's home near Boon-ville when a miscellaneous showerwas given for Mrs. Fred Williard,recent bride.

Games and contests were en-joyed during the afternoon, prizesbeing awarded to Mrs. Arvil DaviscLiiOt Misccc IDsssis ».nriMyrtle Davis.

The honoree received many giftsfrom the guests, which were car-ried into the livingroom by littleMiss Mary Jane Mounce, niece ofthe bride, on a small wagon dur-ing the contests and opened.

Refreshments of sandwiches,cake, and hot chocolate were ser-ved to the following:

Mrs. Fred Williard, honoree;Mrs. A. B. Mounce, Mrs. J. W. Mc-Cormick, Mrs. John Hobson, Mrs.Tom Murphy, Mrs. Dewey Hobson,Mrs. Ralph Davis, Mrs. RomieHinshaw, Mrs. Arvil Davis, Mrs.Robert Reece, Misses Myrtle, Ruth,Mae and Ila Davis, Dessie Pendry,Velma and Reba Kate Hobson, andGoldie Lineberry.

BOONVILLEBoonville, January 3. The

Boonville school opened yesterdaymorning, with a fairly good at-tendance. Several students werereported to be absent due to sick-ness.

Mr. Prank Woodhouse made abusiness trip to North WilkesboroTuesday.

TLose college students return-ing to the various colleges whichthey are attending after spendingthe past several days with theirparents here are: Hugh Transou,Billy and Dwight Brendle andEverett Gwyn of Mars Hill; MissVirginia Anne Craver of Meredith;Miss Annette Woodhouse ofGreensboro College; Misses Joyand Jean Riden of W.C.U.N.C.;Misses Edith Spencer and Kath-leen Bestal of Applachain; JamesReece of V. P. I. and Dan Williamsof Georgia Tech.

Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Shore andfamily of Pilot Mountain were theweekend euests of his brother,Clifford Snore, and sisters, Vallieand Mrs. Nova Reece.

Dr. T. W. Shore remains ill athis home. He is suffering from asevere case of flu.

Mr. and Mrs. Grover Brown ofSandy Ridge were the week-endguests of Mr. Brown's parents, Mr.and Mrs. V. B. Brown.

Dr. and Mrs. Amos A. Abrams ofBoone were the guests Sunday ofMr. and Mrs. Ralph Coram.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Ben Martin

THE ELKIN TRIBUNE. ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA

have returned to their home inOrlando,. Flordia, after spendingseveral days here and in Eat.t Bendvisiting their parents.

a£r. Wade Williams, «,'hc holdsa position with R. J. Reynolds To-bacco Company In Greenville, 8.C., has returned there after avisit of several days with his pa-rents, Mr. and Mrs. Grover S.Williams.

Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Gentryhave recently traded for the resi-dence belonging to Joseph Flem-ing of the Elkin road. They havealready moved into their newhome.

Miss Cornelia Speas visited MissMildred Barger at Mooresville thepast week-end.

Miss Sadie Fleming spent a feWdays visiting relatives and friendsin Zebulon.

Capt. E. E. Hood has returnedto his post at Wortburg, Tennesseeafter spending the Christmas holi-days with his family here.

WITH THE SICKThe following patients have

been admitted to the local hos-pital during the past, week: Rich-ard Spencer, Elkin; Mrs. LouiseMartin, Ronda; Mary Lee Layell,State Road; Everette Jester, EastBend; Robert Lee Eidson, Har-mony; Sidney choplin, Boonville;Mrs. Roxie Sprinkle, Elkin; Rev.L. C. Comwell, Rutherford Col-lege; Mary Wolfe, Thurmond;Kent Combs, Thurmond > ?CarolDerry, Elkin; Harvey Carter,State Road; Frances Childress,Elkin; Mrs. Elizabeth Walsh,Elkin; Mrs. Pauline Marshall,Elkin; Rev. D. A. Lewis, Old Fort;Robey Nixon, Mountain Park;Margie Baughman, Elkin; Brax-ter Owen, Elkin; Beauford Nich-ols, Dobson; Mrs. Eva Walker,Elkin; Cassie Comer, Dobson.

Patients dismissed during theweek were: Floyd Summers, EastBend; John Marshall, Mt. Airy;Mrs. Flossie Freeman, Elkin;Graham Hanes, State Road; Mrs.Ella Mock, Boonville; TerrellBledsoe, Dobson; Mrs. BessieBeulin, Elkin; Andrew Smoot,Danville, Va.; Lonzie B. Layell,State Road; Richard Spencer,Elkin; Mary Lee Layell, StateRoad; Mrs. Joyce Hemric, Jones-ville; Foy Shugart, Boonville;Mrs. Stella Pardue, Boonville;Mrs. Tom H. Shugart, Elkin; Mrs.John Jones, Elkin; Tommy New-man, Jonesville; Mrs. Delia Har-ris, Jonesville; Richard Woodruff,Boonville; Robert Lee Eidson,Harmony; Mrs. J. A. Booher, Elk-

in; Ohna Bates, EUdn; Mrs. Ber-tie CM*en. Yadkinville; RuthHlatt, Elkin.

MRS. AMANDA PRUITTIS TAKEN BY DEATH

Baptist church. The ritesin charge of the pastor. Rev.Clete Bunmons, assisted by «?v.R. L. apser. Interment was inthe family plot in the churchcemetery.

NEW CAFE OPENS HEREON NORTH BRIDGE ST.

Mrs. Amanda Jane Pruitt, 74,passed away at her home nearJonesville Tuesday. She was thedaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.John Macemore.

A new cafe, known as The BigNickel Lunch, has recently beenopened here on North Bridgestreet in the building oppositeF-W Chevrolet company, former-ly occupied by the W. V. Hol-comb grocery store.

The new eating place will fea-ture five-cent sandwiches of allkinds, in addition to other foods.It will also handle all kinds ofwines, beers, tobaccos, magazinesand newspapers. Beer on tapmay also be had there.

An advertisement in this issuegives complete details and listsmenu and prices.

For the past sixty years shehad been a member of Swaim'sBaptist church.

She is survived by five children,Richard Pruitt, State Road; Mrs.Richard Draughn, Jonesville;Mrs. Richard Moxley, Boonville;Mrs. Noah Marshall and JohnnyPruitt, of Jonesville; and threebrothers, John and Eli Macemore,of Cycle, and David Macemore, ofWinston-Salem.

Funeral services were heldWednesday afternoon at Swaim's

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