The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-02
DANA

! loving g00d singers 1ioih
Jacksonville and Flat Rock out to
their home last Wednesday even
ING to sing: Mr.. and Mrs. Max
veil Mr. Anders and a brother,
Mr.. Pritchard Jones, Mr.; Mont
| Ward. Mr.. Brown, and MRS;
Mitchell Stepp.. Mrs. Maxwell i
accompanied at the piano, ana
also helped with the singing; A
few friends from here and Hen
dersonville were also invited IN TO
hear the delightful music, ana
Mr.. Everett Bailey, blind muslci-
ian. rendered number OF piano
selections and vocal SOLO,
Miss Matte Britton of this
Mace left Friday afternoon for
Washington, D. c., where she IS
going into training to become a
nurse.
Mr., and Mrs. Orrin Waters
snent Sunday in HenderSonville
with relatives.
TheDana high school closed
Friday afternoon for two weeks
on account of the many cases of
measles and whooping cough in
this section.
Mr.. Burton Hill and children
Mrs. Abbie Hill. and Mrs. Willie
Alexander, of Asheville, visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Hill, and
family of this place last Wednes-
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Gibbs,
the former a high school teacher
in the school here, left Sunday
to spend a few days with the
formers parents while school IS
closed.
Everyone here is very glad to
learn that little Larry Thomas
Justus. 20-months old son of Mr.:
and Mrs. Brownlow Justus of
Gambler, former residents of this
place, is beginning to recover
from a serious attack of flu. fol-
lowed by pneumonia, at the home
of his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
T. D. Stepp, Of Lake Saconon.
The following members of the
VIVA. of the Refuge Baptist
church assembled at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Pace on
Sunday afternoon to hold a pro-
gram: Misses Mile Pace, Annie
Jackson, Joyce Hill and Mrs.
Harold Watterson and Mr.. Harold
WattersOn and Miss Rella Will
liams attended as guests. Cook
les and lemonade were served
after the program by the hostess.
Word has been received from
Elder J. II. Anderson of Michi-
gantown, Ind. that he will not
come back to Dana to give Bible
lectures at theAdvent Christian
church until sometime in April,
the exact date to be announced
later. He had planned to come
the latter part of January but on
account of the severe cold wealth
er. ice and snow in the northern
states. he thought it best to post
pone the trip until the weather
was safer for motOr-travel.
Miss Myrtle Pace, primary
teacher in the Dana school, is
spending the enforced holidays
with her mother. Mrs. Elizabeth
Pace, of Fishtop.
Mr.. Walter Hyder, who is still
at the Mountain Sanitorium for
treatment, underwent an opera
ton there last Friday, and is re-
ported to be feeling little bet
ter at this time.
On last Tuesday afternoon the
home of Mrs. Martha A. Steppe
caught fire about l 90 o'clock
and on account of strong winds
gained so much Roadway before
it was discovered, that only a
few pieces Of furniture was saw
ed by the neirhborS who went to
the aid Of Mrs. Steppe. In a
very short time the house was
burned 10 the ground, and as
there was no insurance on it or
the furniture. the loss amounted
TO quite Il sum. Her many friends
and ncighborS here sympathize
with her in losing her home
where she had lived for so many
years. She and her grandchild-
rem, Lawrence and Claude. Jr.
Steppe are at present staying
with Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Strong
while another house she owns in
this community is being repaired
for her to occupy. Mrs. Minta
Harris, a sister who was staying
with her this winter. has return
ed to her home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Britton
and little son, and his mother
and sister who were living in one
of the houses owned here by T.
D. Stepp have removed to their
home at Edneyville. The people
of this community are very sorry
to have lost such fine neighbors.
Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd Edney were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Jones, last Friday evening at
their home in Druid Hills to
an oyster supper. other guests
invited were Mr.. and Mrs. Dick
Allen and little daughter, Betty
Jean of Hendersonville.
Last Friday evening, the an