Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-05-10
Trezevant News Notes
BIZ OUR REGULAR coRREsPoNDENT


!. Mrs. E. M. Norman and daugh.
ter, Miss Ernestine, accompanied
by Miss Bertha Edwards and
| Messrs. Moody and Doherty, Wis.
tied Mrs. Ruth Holiday last Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Hunter, OF
McTyeire college, and Mr.. Hines,
of the Mckenzie high school,
spent Thursday evening here and
acted as judges in the defamation
contest.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. l.. PinSon and
little son, James Louis, Misses
Estelle Carlton, Willie Mai Sing
Teton and Opal Green motored to
Oak Hill Sunday and spent the
day.
The Boy Scouts have been very
successful in selling thrift and war
savings stamps. Joe Wheeler
White having sold the most. He
has enough to his credit to entitle
him to medal with six palms.
The pupils of THIS. have now
finished their final examinations.
The commencement sermon will
be preached Sunday morning, May
~, by DR.. Rufus w. Weaver, of
Nashville. The class address will
be delivered by DR., Harry Clark.
Wednesday, May /, was retail
merchants war savings stamp day.
l. g. Hurts quota was $50. He
went far over the top, selling
$1,000 worth. J. V. Walkers
quota was $50. He also went far
over the top. The JEFF J. Blanks
Co. was apportioned 5000, and
they sold over $500 worth.
John Albert Pearman has ac-
copied position as bookkeeper
in the Brownsville Cotton, Oil &
lee Co. He has just completed a
S geographic and bookkeeping
course under the instruction of
Mrs. Nellie Grizzard, teacher in
the commercial department of the
t. HIS.
The exercises at I. HIS. on Mon
day and Tuesday evenings we're
both very successful. The pupils
showed marked talent and careful
training. Miss Jane Hillsman re-
celved the prize in the contest be-
tween the first and second grades;
Miss Mabel Riley won in the third
and fourth grade defamation;
Miss Sarah Green received honors
in the fifth and sixth, and Miss
Willard Pratt in the seventh and
eighth grades contest.
Thursday, May 2, was one of
the greatest days in the history of
Irrelevant. The 1870 train brought
into our midst Lieut.. Donald Ross,
a Canadian officer, who is at home
on furlough. Immediately after
his arrival, Lieut.. Ross addressed
the public from a car in front of
the postoffice building. He was
in the Vimy Ridge campaign, and
gave some wonderful experiences
of his army life at the front. After
the address was ended, the ladies
of the Red Cross served luncheon
cafeteria style, in the Montgomery
building. 1t was an excellent meal
and brought in about $l35. Most
of the food was contributed by
Irrelevant and surrounding COM
munities. An auction sale occurred
after dinner. The liberal patron
age and patriotism Of these good
citizens was highly appreciated A
crate of strawberries, contributed
by the people of the Oak Grove
community, brought $40; a hen,
given by Mrs. Ruth Holladay, was
sold. returned to the Red Cross.
and resold, until she brought
$l2I.25 A small pig sold for $25.
Other sales were in proportion, and
the receipts of the day amounted
to something like $3.50. Later in
the day Attorney-G General Hills
man Taylor, of Trenton, and ex-
Representative Alvia Hassell, of
Cades. delivered patriotic speeches.
Two thousand eight hundred dol
lars worth of Liberty bonds were
sold quickly on that day.