Thursday, October 15. 1936

Charles Neaves returned to Mrs. Fred McNeely, MissesWood berry Forest, Wood berry, Va? Sadie Franklin, Mary VirginiaSunday to resume his studies. Barker, Jo and Jerry Barker and

Betty McNeely spent Saturday inWinston-Salem.Mrs. H. C. Graham spent last

week In Winston-Salem, the guestof Mrs. Charles Vance. Miss Helen Harris of Seaboard

spent the week-end here, theguest of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gwyn,the latter her sister, at theirhome on Qwyn Avenue.

J. M. Neaves returned to hishome in Crumpler Monday, fol-lowing a visit to his son, W. A.Neaves, and Mrs. Neaves, at theirhome on Bridge Street.

Miss Pauline Gibson,, labora-tory technician at Hugh ChathamHospital, spent the week-end inGreensboro, the guest of her par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. Allyn Gibson.

Miss Ruth Atkinson of the Mar-ion, N. C., school faculty, spentthe week-end here the guestof her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.S. Atkinson, on West Main Street.

Miss Elizabeth Shores, a stu-dent at Greensboro College forWomen, Greensboro, spent theweek-end here, the geust of hermother, Mrs. W. A. Shores, onBridge Street.

Friends of Mrs. Annie Graywill be glad to know that she isresting comfortably at HughChatham Hospital, where she Un-derwent a goitre operation Tues-day morning.

Miss Catherine Cragan, a stu-dent at the Woman's College ofthe University of North Carolina,spent the week-end here theguest of her sister, Miss MargaretCragan.

Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Haywood, Jr.,have as their guests at their homeon Hospital Road, Dr. Haywood'sather and brother, C. L. Haywood,

Sr., and Bert Haywood, both ofDurham.

E. L. Byrd of this city, accom-panied by his daughter Miss DixieByrd, of Winston-Salem attendedthe wedding of his niece, MissPamelia Byrd, to Alvin Schwab, \u25a0in Greensboro Thursday.

Miss Elizabeth Harris, MissHoyland Harris, Lawrence Walland Jack Terrell spent Wednes-day and Thursday In Raleigh,where they attended the N. C.State Pair, and visited Mrs. Har-low Mimms.

Mrs. T. L. Hayes of Boonvillewas the guest Thursday of Mr.and Mrs. E. E. Hayes, at their

\ home on Church Street.~

Mrs. W. A. Neaves left Tuesdayfor Mouth of Wilson, Va., for abrief visit to her parents, Mr. andMrs. Chas. E. Cox.

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Reich spentthe week-end in Winston-Salem,the guests of Mrs. Reich's sister,Mrs. S. B. Fulton.

Wilbur Carter left the latterpart of the week for Eustis,Florida, for a visit with his fath-er, Ed. R. Carter,

James Larkin Pearson, of Mo-ravian Falls, unofficial poet lau-reate of North Carolina, was abusiness visitor in Elkin Tuesday.

Dr. Seth M. Beal of the staffof Hugh Chatham Hospital, isspending this week in Atlanta, at-tending to business matters.

Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Harris re-turned Monday from New YorkCity, where they spent a week ona business and pleasure trip.

Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Blackwoodof Mayodan, were the week-endguests of Mr. and Mrs. HaroldLewis, at their home on WestMain street.

Mrs. James Poindexter returnedTuesday from a week's stay in Cal-lao, Virginia, where she visitedher mother, and in Richmond,where she visited her sister.

Mrs. J. Ralph Reece and littleson have returned to their homein Albany, Ga., following a visitto her parents. Dr. and Mrs. W.R. Welborn, on Bridge Street.

Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Graham re-turned Wednesday Prom Texas,where they visited relatives andattended the Centennial celebra-tion.

W. A. Johannes, Sr., of Balti-more, spent the week-end herethe guest of Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Johannes, Jr., the former hiason, at their home on MainStreet,

Announcing the Opening of

Somers &Company's

BARGAINBASEMENTIN ORDER TO BETTER SERVE OUR PATRONS WITH

LARGER AND MORE VARIED STOCKS

In order to better serve our hundreds of customers; in order to have moreroom and a larger and more varied stock of merchandise, we are openingour new BARGAIN BASEMENT to the public Saturday. Completelystocked with many desirable items at prices that have long made Somer's& Co. popular, this new department will be the answer to your every needin our line. We cordially invite you to be the first to inspect it Saturdaymorning. Whether you come to buy, or merely to look around, you willfind a warm welcome;

Due to lack of space, it is impossible to} list all the many items containedin our new Bargain Basement, but below you willfind listed a few itemsto be obtained here.

Aluminum Ware Enamel Ware Tin Ware Table andGlass Ware Stone Ware Lamps and Chimneys Oven-Proof Baking Ware Shoe Polishes, Soles and Nails Win-dow Shades, Curtains and Curtain Poles Flower Pots Nov-elties Hosery and other items too Numerous to Mention

BE SURI TO VISIT OUR BARGAINBASEMENT SATURDAY!

Somers ]& Co.L. F. Walker, Manager

. Elkin, N. C.

THE ELKINTRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINAThe Rev. and Mrs. Pat Boyles

left last week for Lake City. Flor-id, where the Rev. Mr. Boyles ac-cepted a call to the Presbyterianchurch there. For several yearsthe Rev. Boyles served as pastor

of the local Presbyterian church.

Mr. and Mrs. Ruohs Pyron leftthe latter part of the week forRichmond, to attend the VirginiaCattle Show. Prom there theywent to Atlantic City, to attenda Dairy Show. They are eypectedto return today.

, Mrs. George Pulton and Mrs.C. G. Armfleld of Roanoke, Va.,

! spent Thursday here. Mrs. Pul-ton visited her parents, Mr. andMrs. W. J. Snow, and Mrs. Arm-field visited her mother, Mrs. W.E. Paul.

Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Walker andfamily spent Sunday in Greens-boro and Randleman. In Greens-boro they were the guests of Mr.Walker's sister, Mrs. Marshall An-derson, and in Randleman theyvisited his brother, Gwyn Walker.

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Young,Miss Bettie Mae Masten andGilbert Meed spent the earlypart of the week in Raleigh,

where they attended the NorthCarolina State Pair and visitedMrs. Young's sister' Mrs. J. B.Long and Mr. Long.

Mrs. Thomas Roth returnedSunday from Jackson, Tenn.,where she has been for sometimewith her mother, Mrs. W. L. Caw-thorn, who was painfully injuredin an automobile accident. Friendsof Mrs. Cawthorn here will beglad to know that she is muchimproved.

) Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Reece andson, Billy, spent the week-end inBurlington and Raleigh. Theywere the guests Saturday of Mr.and Mrs. W. G. Brown, the lattera sister of Mrs. Reece, in Burling-ton, and Mr. Reece attended theCarolina - Maryland game atChapel Hill. Sunday they motoredto Raleigh, where they visitedtheir daughters, Misses Kathleen (and Hannah Reece, students atMeredith College.

Among the out-of-town guests ]here for the funeral of Mrs.Thomas Shugart Sunday were:Mrs. Emmett Sumner, Mrs. J. T.Burrus and Mr. and Mrs. JesseBrown of High Point, Mr. and Mrs. iWill Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Fred ]Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. jWoodruff, Miss Loretta Woodruff ]and Miss Lillian Johnson, all of ;Mt. Airy, and Mr. and Mrs. .Charles Woodruff, Misses Janie ]Woodruff and Miss Jane Wiggins,all of Mocksville. <

SURVEY OF BLINDTO BE CONDUCTEDWPA Funds Amounting to

$14,484 Have Been Al-lotted For the Work

TO ASSEMBLE RECORDS

Mrs. Fred Colhard spent Sun*day In Greensboro, the guest of!her daughter, Miss Dorothy Col-hard, a student at the Woman'sCollege of the TTnlversity of North iCarolina.

Members of the local Parent-Teacher Association attending thedistrict meeting of the associationin North Wilkesboro today are:

' Mesdames E. C. James, MasonLlllard, George Royall, RichardChatham, and W. W. Whitaker.Among the outstanding leaderswho will appear on the programare Mrs. J. Buren Bidbury of Wil-mington, state president; Mrs. D.S. Coletrane, district president,and Mrs. C. E. Roe, nationalfield worker, and many others.

®SOCi ETY.Young Matrons Class MeetsThe Young Matrons class of the

Sunday school of the First Bap-tist church met at the home ofMrs. T. L. Parneli on Surry Ave-nue Tuesday evening, with sixteenmembers present. Routine busi-ness was transacted during themeeting.

A tempting refreshment coursewas served during a pleasant so-cial hour.

Homemalters Class MeetsTlie Homemakers Class of the

Sunday school of the First Bap-tist church met at the home ofMrs. John Nelson Tuesday even-ing, with nine members present.Mrs. Ira Yates read the devo-tional, after which a round tablediscussion of matters of import-nce to the class was held.

Refreshments were served dur-ing a social hour.

WITH THE SICKThe following patients have

been admitted to the local hospi-tal during the past week Mrs. Min-nie Martin, Elkin; Mrs. Elva Set-tle, Elkin; Walter Transou, Elkin;Mrs. Mary Crockerham, Jonesville;Mrs. Hallie Mae Carter, StateRoad; Jack Freeman, Jr., Elkin;Guy Myers, Jonesville; Mrs. RubyParks, Jonesville; Grace Ashley,

Clifton; Mrs. Annie Gray, Elkin;Lillie Norman, Elkin; Dollie Mace-more, Cycle; Reece Couch, Elkin;Mrs. Delia Pardue, Elkin; LoreneLong, Elkin; Haskie Rose, Jones-ville; G. R. Burchette, Elkin andMonica Day? Elkin.

Patients dismissed during theweek were: Mrs. Grace Reynolds,North Wilkesboro; Bonnie Billings,Elkin; Mrs. Ellen Tilley, RoaringRiver; Harold Simmons, Jones-ville; Leonard Wallace, Charlotte;Calvin Jones, Clifton; Mrs. Vernie

Pruitt, Jonesville; Mrs. Ruby Fran-cis, Elkin; Mrs. Edna Talley,Jonesville; Mrs. Minnie Martin,Elkin; Mrs. Elva Settle, Elkin;Walter Transou, Elkin; Mrs. Hal-lie Mae Carter, State Road; LillieNorman, Elkin; Reece Couch, El-kin, and Mrs. Delia Pardue Elkin.

The state WPA has put Into op-eration in the various districts ofthe state, a survey for the blindfor North Crolin,a sponsored bythe State Commission for theBlind.

LOCAL BOYS HONOREDAT STATE COLLEGE

Federal funds in the sum of$14,484 hve been alloted for thework in the state. Dr. Roma S.Cheek, executive secretary of thecommission, is supervising theproject and William C. Smithsonis directing the field supervisionand tabulation.

The study Itself will assemble inunit form all records which arefiled with the public and privateagents within the county of per-sons with defective sight. Fromthese records future follow upwork rey be continued by rehabili-tation workers for the Commis-sion of the Bilnd.

The project has gotten under-way in District Six in the pasttwo weeks, and is making rapidprogress. R. P. Apperson, Jr., of834 Jersey Avenue. Winston-Sa-lem, is directing the work in Dis-trict Six. This project falls underthe supervision of the Women'sand Professional projects..

There are 13 field workers, onein each county, in this districtwho are endeavoring to do athorough piece of work for theWPA and for the state.

Included in the list of the staffsof various publications at NorthCarolina State College, Raleigh,are the following local boys: TheTechnician, R. M. Chatham, fresh-man, business staff; The Wautau-gan, J. R. Burcham, sophomore,short story editor, and The Agro-meck, college year book, A. M.Smith, m, editorial staff.

Another Elkin boy who has beenaccorded many honors at the col-lege is Charles Dunnagan, who inaddition to being cheer leader, RedMasquer, and assistant businessmanager of The Technician, hasreceived a bid to the Blue Key,State College leadership fraternity.To be eligible to membership inthe fraternity, an average of 80must be made on all subjects, butbids are extended only to thopewho are outstanding in leadership.

BOOKS ARE NOW OPENFOR REGISTRATION

Registration books, which mustcontain the names of everyonewho expects to vote In the Novem-ber election, will be at the BakerTruck and Implement Co., In Mc-Neer's warehouse, each Saturdayfor the next several weeks, C. A.McNeill, registrar for Elkin Pre-cinct, pointed out Wednesday.

In case it is inconvenient foranyone to see Mr. McNeill on Sat-urday, he will be glad to registerthem at his office at the ElkinBottling Co., on South Bridgestreet, during other days of theweek.

CRAWFORD REPORTSTOBACCO SIGN-UP

According to a statement madeby J. W. Crawford, county farmagent, Wednesday, more than$150,000 will be paid to the farm-ers of Surry county this year intobacco crop reduction and soilimpoving benefits.

This payment is based upon atobacco crop reduction of at least20 per cent, and of devoting landtaken from tobacco to soil im-proving crops. More than 80 percent of the tobacco land of thecounty, an exact total of 9,505acres, being signed up for thesoil improvement benefits.

LOCAL WOMAN AGENTFOR FLOWER SHOPPE

Mrs. Grady Cockerham, of thiscity, has been appointed localagent for Cockerham's FlowerShop in Mount Airy. A completeline of flowers for any occa-sion will be available at alltimes, also a skilled decoratorfor weddings, parties, etc.

An annoucement of the open-ing appears elsewhere in thisissue.

Uncle Sam takes In 46 cents forevery dollar spent. He is losingmoney as fast as If he were op-erating a railroad."

Announcement!I am pleased to announce that I have been selectedas a representative of Cockerham's Flower Shop,of Mount Airy, N. C., for Elkin and vicinity.

I will appreciate your orders for funeral flowers,cut flowers, bouquets or anything in the flowerline.

Cockerham's Flower Shop have their own green-houses and grow their flowers and you will besure of fresh flowers at all times.

Mrs. GradyBeeson Apartment Telephone 22

Elkin, N. C.»

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I The political orators should re-member that they might be calledupon after the election to eattheir baloney.