The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-05-06

son, IhOmaS, nave returned from a
trip through the eastern part of this
state and Virginia. While in Eliza
beth City, Mr.. Johnston delivered
the literary address at Newland
High School. While in Virginia, the
Johnstons visited Virginia Beach
and Williamsburg.
Claude Faw, of North Wilkesboro,
was in the Jeffersons on business
Tuesday.
Miss Blanche Pugh and Mrs. Ed
ward Pugh, of Laurel Springs, were
in the city Tuesday.
The carnival here is drawing
crowds from all over the county.
The rry-go-round, the ferris
wheel, and the chair-plane attract
old and young.
Misses Annie Reeves, of Sparta,
and Gethyne Greene, of Boone, Wis
tied Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Reeves
during the week end.
An issue of the Charlotte Observ-
er last week carried a picture of
Betty Sue Martin, aged five, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Martin, of
Trade, Tenn, who is living in the
Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore
by the help of an "iron lung. She
is still able to smile after spending
IS days in the iron lung" Her
respiratory system was paralyzed
after an attack of diphtheria and
only the mechanism, which induces
her breathing, stands between her
and death.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. Stansberry
spent Sunday visiting their daugh-
ter, Mrs. Retha Edmondson, on
Horse Creek. Mrs. Edmondson has
recovered from a serious illness suf-
fered during the winter.
J. J. Thomas, of Grassy Creek,
was in the city Monday.
Miss Vera Rackley, of Warrens-
vile, student at A. S. T. c., was one
of the winners in the contest spon-
sored by State College held in Ra-
leigh last week. The contest pro-
vides for entries of dresses made by
college students from goods made
in the textile department of State
College. Miss Rackley's dress won a
prize for A. S. T. C..
Mesdames T. C. Bowie, c. w. Ray,
and Ruth Rowland and Miss Eliza
beth Bowie spent Friday in Win
ston-Salem.
Howard Tucker, of Washington,
D. c., is visiting here this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Cline, of Hunt
ington, w. Va, are visiting relatives
in the county. Mrs. Huntington was
formerly Miss Freeze Sturgill, of
Grassy Creek.
Rev. T. M. Hayes announces that
he will preach at the Glendale Bap-
fist Church on Sunday morning,
May 9th at eleven o'clock. He
preached at Palestine, near Abing-
don, Va, last Sunday,
Miss Hubbard, nurse from Wilkes
Hospital who has been waiting on
Miss Ruth Tugman, returned to
North Wilkesboro this week follow
ing a decided improvement in Miss
Tugman's condition.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Harrell, of
Fries, Va, spent the week end with
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Dancy.
The Tuesday Afternoon Sewing
Circle met this week with Mrs. B. E.
Reeves. About twenty members
were present.
The home of R. G. Barr came near
suffering from disastrous fire the
first of the week when someone
took a stick of burning wood out Of
the cook-stove and put it back in the
wood box. 1t failed to 60 out but
continued to burn and did some
damage before it was discovered.
Dinner guests of MIR. and Mrs.
Roat Stanley, Sunday, were Mr.. and
Mrs. Page Smith, Mrs. J. B. Miller,
and sons, Edison Bare and Master
C1ayborn Sheets.
Miss Annie Black was in town
Saturday shopping.
Jim Miller is improving in the
Wilkes Hospital.
Miss Vena Stanley and Ashley
Hardy were Sunday dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Frazier, of
North Wilkesboro.
Mrs. Margaret Woods has planted
two dogwood trees in front of her
restaurant, The Green Lantern,
which are expected to add much to