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The Washington times., 1939-01-12
Montreal Trains Run
To Laurentian Inns

MONTREAL, Quebec, Jan. IL.
Special one-way train fares and
frequent service will make Satur-
days particularly popular for ski.
ing jaunts to the Laurentian
Mountains, north of Montreal,
this season.
While the rates announced by
the railway serving such popular
resorts as st. Jovite, Ste. Mar
guerite and Shawbridge are es-
pecially designed for school
groups and students, they are
also available to other enthusiasts
who have Saturdays free.
The Washington times., 1939-01-12
New Ski Tow Ready
AT Quebec VILLAGE

ST. JOVITE, Quebec, Jan. IL.
The new ski tow on Sugar Peak,
close to Gray Rocks Inn in this
French-Canadian village, is now
ready. The tow, electrically oper-
ated, is midway between the
slalom course and the 35-meter
jump and will serve the triple
purpose of taking up skiers who
want to try the slalom, those who
attempt the jump, and those who
merely want the thrill of the
downhill on the Sugar Peak trail.
Hans Falkner and Herman Cad
ner are the famous ski instructors
at Gray Rocks with the Falkner
Ski School.
The Washington times., 1939-01-12
Fast City Of Denver
Adds AII-Room Cal

Constantly-growing demand for
private room space on the stream
lined City of Denver has led to the
construction of an all-rocm car on
the popular Chicago-Denver over
night train, according to R..
Thomson, passenger traffic man
ager of the N orthwestern Line.
The car will more than double
the present room spacI on the
train and will contain me draw
ing-room, three compartments,
four double bedroom and four
roomettes. The streamliner, aver
aging 81 miles an hour eastbound,
is the worlds fastest train for
distances above 1000 m, -.
The Washington times., 1939-01-12
VIVID MEMORIES
LEFT BY CRUISE
TO WEST INDIES
First Trip to Tropics Is.
UnforgettdbIe |

People who have never been
on a West Indies cruise" said
Sigmund Dattner, "are prone to
think that all that the cruise pas
sengers think about is the girls
Cor the boys. as the case may be-
planters punch, buying duty
free foreign perfumes and all the
other frivolities.
of course said Dattner,
who is the cruise director on
the Gdynia. America Lines
fiesta cruise liner PilSudSkl,
I'm not setting up a contention
that such things aren't elements
in the Caribbean interlude. But
I know the average vacation Wis
itor brings back a lot more than
some sentimental memories
and a few bottles of genuine
this-and-that.
My experience of the Ameri-
can abroad is that he somehow
manages to become an authority
on local customs, the climate,
national history, Shipboard life
and foreign cuisine and liquors,
all in one voyage.
VIVID MEMORIES
I'm the West Indies anyone
with a receptive mind and soul
will find impressions, colorS. new
sensations, and bizarre oddities
croWding in so fast that an
eightday cruise provides vivid
memories for cycle of time in
which to SAVIOR ones experiences
and talk about them.
Take West Indian history,
for instance: Most holiday tray
elers looking forward to a real
fiesta cruise among tropic is
lands and ports would say off
hand that whoever prescribed it
could take history, and they
themselves would prefer Barba-
dos green sWizzle. However,
the story of any one of the Carib-
bean islands or cities isn't his
tory at all.
The Washington times., 1939-01-12

Why were there so many peculiar
divorce complaints in 1888? Could it
he that too many wives omitted the
promise to "Obey" and too many hus-
bands resented it: Sociological invPs-
mite an opinion on that point. but they
have collected the years most absurd
allegations, under the title Love,
Honor. and-OH YENH"" and they
present them. along with striking color
illustrations by Ben JOre Harris, in
The American Weekly. the magazine
distributed with next Sundays WASH
ingcon HeraId-Times. Tel. RE. 1884
for Home Delivery Service.
The Washington times., 1939-01-12
Office Here
Opened by
Railroad

The Chicago & >'-'Orth West
ern Railway has opened an
office in the Woodward Build
ing here, with c. A. Miller as
general agent, to handle
travel to the national parks,
California, Sun Valley end
other points in the West.
The Washington times., 1939-01-12
FABULOUS TALE

SIT is a fabulous. super-roman-
tic yarn about pirates, raffish ad-
venturers, gold, Jewels, murder,
Cock-hatted admirals, lovely mu-
latto girls who became French
queens, naughty patrician girls
who turned into buccaneer
queens, gambling, fortunes made
on great slave estates, revolt,
wassails, plots, carnage, passion,
witchcraft, carnival, sea battles
"a novel of love, blood, and
comedy in a hectic tropical
tempo.
Il defy anyone who can read
to take a little time off in a
deck chair with one of the
better books about the West
Indies and not be intrigued into
reading it through.
People find out lots of things
they never knew before on a
first tropical cruise. and it's
gratifying to watch them thaw
out and relax and be educated"
The Washington times., 1939-01-12
MIAMI BEACH, FLA.

Why were there so many peculiar
divorce complaints in 1898? Could it
be that too many wives omitted the
promise to "Obey" and too many hus-
bands resented it? Sociological inves-
tigatOrs are lOath to express too defi-
have collected the years most absurd
allegations, under the title Love,
Honor, and-OH YEAH?" and they
present them, along with striking color
illustrations by Ben JOrg Harris, in
distributed with next Sundays WASH
ingtOn Herald-Times. Tel. RE. 1894
for Home Delivery Service.
The Washington times., 1939-01-12
Sample Reduced ono-Wsy Fsrss
GREYHOUND TERMINAL

L4OS New York Avenue n w.. Phone Ma. 5000
GREYHOUND DEPOT-ALEXANDR
los n. washington Street Phone Alexandra 350
The Washington times., 1939-01-12
And Many Southeastern Points
Effective January IS

Greyhound travel to all parts of America always
costs less than trips by other types of Transports
ton. And now-right at the peak of the winter
season-fares to the Sunshine Zone are cut still
further. Go South-go soon-go Greyhound, the
extra economical way.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-11-17
KRfzKOVE ZAPASY.

V 1tery, dine Fl. listopadu V
kffzkovych zapasech porada-
nych v Carlins Park Jim Casey
22O Id. utka Sc S Joe Coxem,
.225 ID. V hlavnfm zapase ktery
urcen ma dobu jedne porazky.
V nasleduj1cfch 4 zapasech
ktere urceny ma dobu 80 minut
aneb l porazky 1cinkujf:
Bibber Mccoy, 235 ID. VS..
Rudy S~tromberg, 218 Id.
Maurice LaChappelle, 1877
10. VS.. Ralph Garibaldi, 215 ID.
Hans Kampfer, 23O Id. VS..
Allen Eustace, 218 ID.
George Lanahan, 220 ID. VS..
Wendy Black, 218 lb.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-11-17
PREDBEzNY KALENDAR
PODNIKU
A ZARAV.

Posvlcenskou Veceri po-
fadaj1 Fanny osady sv. Vacla-
va We prospech chramu Pane
v 1tery a We stredu, %. a 20.
listopadu. Zacatek V 6 hodin.
Pf1st1 divadla Odboru So
kolske Jed. Blesk jsou stano-
veny ma Novy Rok 1. ledna
1910, pevohra: "Podzimni pf-
sen lasky".
Nedele, 20. ledna-Lidova hra
Nedele, "a. 1nora- Veselohra
Nedele, 25. bTezna - "V ma
Sem malem kostel1cku, = zpe-
vohra.
= Csl. Dem. Klub Curtis
Bay Dude mfti Velke Ustricove
Hody v Sokolovne, 1927 Cher
ry ul., Curtis Bay v ned6li, dine
3. prosince Cd l do 6 hod. We
Ger. Danny 75c, PAM $1.25.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-11-17
Hluboka bvla brazda

Hluboka byla brazda, KITE
rou svym zivotem vyoral ma
narodni roll, velka byla jeho
prace, kterou vykonal pro ma
81 jednotu a jsme mu "a nj
vdecni. Zachovame pamatku
zvecneleho pristim generacfm
jake pffklad vzacneho porozu-
menl a obetave prace.
Loucfm Sc S Tebou brare CT
hlari jmenem Sokola Kolfn-
skeho, dekuji Ii "a Tvou vel
kou praci, "a Tvou lasku k ma
81 veci a bud ujisten, re nikdy
n-ezapomeneme re stall isl v pr
vych fadach prdkopnikd So
kolstv1 v Koline.
Bud Ii zeme lehkou, odpo-
c1vej v pokoji.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-11-17

1923 Dundalk Ave- svetnic.
-koupelna, topen1, v popl.
1705 Lansing st. = 6 svetnic,
koupelna, topenf, $1O5O.OO
1920 S. Kenwood Avenue
Z svetnic, topeni horkou vo-
dou, garaz, v poplatcfch
S33 n. Linwood Avenue
pfedn1 veranda, krasny dun
402 S. Bonsal Street
2 apts., tvrde podlahy
1917 E. Lafayette Avenue
6 svetnic, koupelna, topenf
1904 E. Federal st. - rob
We vybornem stavu
Is N. Curley Street
6 svetnic, koupelna, topenf
1853 N. Potomac Street
2 apts., m1sto ma garaz
1921 Hudson Street
Z %svetnic, top. horkou vodou
1889 Gorsuch Avenue
pfedn1 veranda
|2235 Lamley ST. - 4 svetnice
1924 E. Hoffman St.
zavdavek $3.50
3OO6 DuBoise Ave. - krasny
1927 N. Montford Avenue
Zavdavek $3.50
PELCZAR
Real Estate & Insurance
1888 EASTERN AVENUE
WOLFE $3.50
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-11-17
Starosta polskeho mssta
pOpraven.

Byvaly starosta polskehC
mesta Rydhoste (Brombergu)
Leon Baroiszewski, byl odsou-
zen k smrti nemeckym valec-
nym soudem a zastrelen. Byl
cinen zodpoveden "a masakr
nemeckych obyvatel1. Kdyz
nemecka armada byla ma po-
stupu do Polska, zavinil pry
smrt nekolika Nemc1 a dale
pry pred prichodem nemecke-
no vojska do Bydhoste odcizil
mestske fondy.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-11-17

Oznamuje Sc clenGm spolku
sv. Vojtecha, re Sc Dude odby-
vat radna a mimoradna sch1ze
pr1st1 nedeli, 10. listopadu ur-
cite We 2 hodiny odpoledne.
Velmi dGlezite jednani VIVA
duje pfftomnost vsech clenG.
Vaclav Kozlovsky, preds.
Joseph F. Viktor, tai.
Evening star., 1939-10-13
PrestOns Hosts
At Anniversary
Celebration

Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Caperton
Preston, jr., were at home in
formally last evening at their
home at 1882 Twenty-first street
in celebration of their twenty
third wedding anniversary. The
occasion also honored Mrs. Pres
tons birthday anniversary.
Autumn flowers were used to
decorate the charming little
house of Mr.. and Mrs. Preston
and placed about the rooms were
the many basket of flowers sent
to the couple.
Mrs. Preston wore a becoming
gown of gray velvet, the high
neckline edged with crystal or
naments and the skirt falling
into slight train.
Generally assisting were Mrs.
Harold j. Wright and Miss
Catherine Cahill of Norfolk, Va,
sisters of Mrs Preston, and Mr..
Hugh Caperton Preston, Sd, son
of the hosts.
After cocktails at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston the guests
went to the Carlton for dancing.
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Suburban Social Notes
Miss Clara Saunders Entertains
In Honor of Miss Constance Etz

Miss Clara Saunders entertained
at small reception yesterday after
noon in honor of Miss Constance Etz,
whose marriage to Mr.. Edward Nell
son Ferdon, jr., will take place to-
morrow.
Miss Saunders asked between so
and IS guests to the tea, most of
whom were close friends of Miss Etz
and her mother Mrs Edwin H. Etz.
She was assisted in entertaining by
her sister, Miss Marie Saunders.
Miss Etz was also honor guest at a
luncheon given Tuesday by Mrs.
Wells Warren Spence of New York
City who will be matron of honor
at the wedding. Mrs. Spence, who
entertained her guests at the home
OF her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. w.
Starratt, in Somerset, Md, had as
her guests in addition to Mrs. Star
ratt and Mrs Etz and the guest of
honor Mrs. j. Russell Verbrycke and
her daughter, Mrs. Norman Morgan,
who is the former Miss Helen Ver-
brycke; Miss Katharine Donner of
Ohio and Mrs j. w. Blum, who lived
IN Somerset some years ago and who
has come to Washington with Mr..
Blum to spend the winter.
Mrs. Edward Manning of Silver
Spring. Md. entertained at luncheon
and bridge Wednesday at the Blue
Willow Inn.
Miss Sara Smoot of the faculty of
Fairfax tVaD High School will en-
tertain this evening at an al fresco
supper at the home of DR.. F. M,
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Notes From the Social Calendar of Washington
By the Way
Beth Blaine

Margo arrived in WASHINGTON and
Margos family George Garrett for tho
being young as lovely a.
America
yesterday
looked particularly chic black taeur with
exactly matched her blue suede hat the
jacket done emerads sapphreswe
dering might uda-
ing the her success there The zuebhers will 20
Mddebug the end with Ethel and
of New York to hunt an apartment for the remainder the winter
the Argentine treasury which will necesae their
remaining in the metropolis for months
Meyer the youngest of the Eugene Meyers pretty daueh
ters will make her debut at the ball which
give December g. which anticipated by WASH
nsons elite And speaking Of Dances Horton schoekopf
host tonight the home Of his
parents, schoelkopf on Macomb street
Keith Officer will beforehand
Wednesday evening been unusually gay for thi,
unusually quiet fall two interesting
included Mr. Mrs Arthur Longworh tho
Minister from Sweden and Nine
Glover Mrs Hare Lppincot Senator Frank Kent
honor of Mrs. warner DAUGHTER Of A smith e The parry h was ] IN
that Henderson to honor their house
guest Mrs. Walter Dillingham; of
Mrs Reginald Barker who is visiting her sonnaw daughter
Mr. and Mrs Robert Pel the party
Georgetown being asked about tho
Accompanying Neil Martin also house
guest of the Pel Mr. Martin done
decoration of the Pe
family We found him in interested George
Maurice Morris asking her for all the details
pnhed in bringing her lovely house down
England Also present George Howe
ABOUT OLD houses himself
old houses this vicinity Charming
Rhode Island looking peier full of plans
for the house which the Howes have bought
Mr. and Mrs Charles Yo have for a
autumn vacation with Mr.
be to start into the Hawthorne
have just leased
The chlian Minister Paris
be terminating Washington
will
by the
Senor Gonzales for number
Speaker of the House
too for European travels
politics to diplomacy he is delighted land
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Weddings of Interest
Miss Doris Ray Becomes Bride
OF Mr.. Earle Wyatt Winters

The Francis Asbury Methodist
Church was the scene last evening
of a charming autumn wedding
when Miss Doris Elizabeth Ray,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
German Ray of Takoma Park, Md,
became the bride of Mr.. Earle Wyatt
Winters, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Seldom
Robert Winters of Washington.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. Robin Gould. AS the guests
were assembling in the church Mrs.
Louie Thomson gave an organ re-
cital.
The church was decorated with
large baskets of flowers in pastel
shades, ferns and palms and there
were tall candelabra holding ca
thedral candles on the altar.
The bride was escorted to the
altar and given in marriage by
her father. She wore a white
duchess satin gown made on prin-
cess lines with sweetheart neck
line edged with seed pearls. The
bodice was pointed in front and
back and had long sleeves full at
the shoulder line. The skirt of
the dress dropped into a graceful
train and her tulle veil fell from
coronet of seed pearls held at the
sides by clusters of orange bios
Evening star., 1939-10-13

SONS. A circular waist-length veil
was worn by the bride before the
ceremony and she carried a bou-
quet of white roses and lilies of the
valley.
Miss Bette Patrick of Takoma
Park was the maid of honor. She
wore a dusty pink moire taffeta
gown with hustle back. She wore
a shirred bolero to match her dress
carried bouquet of Johanna Hill
roses and button chrysanthemums
and wore bandeau of flowers
similar to those used in her bouquet
The bridesmaids were Miss Jane
Ackermad of Takoma Park and
Miss Frances Ray, sister of the
bride. They wore dresses like that
of the maid of honor, Miss Acker-
mad in marine color and Miss Ray
in rose shade. Their headdresses
and bouquets were like Miss Pat
rick's
Barbara Jane Dade, 5-year- old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Dade of Takoma Park, was the
flower girl. She wore a pale pink
taffeta dress and q bandeau of
tiny rose buds with a pink rib
'~-' h"nd and rosettes on the sides.
The little girl carried a basket
l..-,d Win lose buds and petals
which she dropped in the path of
Continued on Page B-4.)
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Two Outstanding Teas
Given by Mrs. Roosevelt
And Miss Boardman
Former Entertains for
Goodwill Delegates and
Latter for Red Cross Workers

Mrs Roosevelt will attending
the luncheon of the mai Birth will
time address before
tonight will Mass speak
the dinner arranged by
Augusta r. Dee chairman Sunday
Yesterday afternoon the entertained at tea the
goodwill delegates from Latin American representing
Peoples Mandate to End War representatives
American republics
with entertainments and meetings the yesterday
closing their brief visit
Miss Mabel T. Boardman
Entertains Tea.
Another outstanding tea
man. who entertained
members of the Red Cross Booth
Drive.
Miss Boardman wife
OF the chairman OF the Roll Call green
velvet trimmed with touches old
Morris was one of the few at the reception
promptu reception
him to hear reports of how the drive S going
Alternating the table
prominent in official life the Capital Charles Evans
Hughes wife of the Justice Woodrow
thau T Mrs Harry H Woodring
Fish, Mrs Lawrence D. Goner Mrs William
bora Mrs James j. Davis Mrs Mard Tydngs Sheridan
Mrs William Breese Garrett Others assisting were
Miss Pauletta Guey Mrs Charles Warren and Mrs
Wallace H. Wahite
The Secretary of War Harry Woodrng entertained
dinner honor of Mr. and Mrs
James Harris of Charlotte,
The director general of the Union Dr. Rowe
accompanied by the counselor
atenong th meeting OF the ministers of foreign
Republics at Panama.
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Miss Wakeman
Will Be Married
To Mr.. Carlo

Mr.. and Mrs. Tyndall Wells
Wakeman of 4817 Forty sixth
street announce the engagement
of their daughter. Miss Mary
Lesta Wakeman, to Mr.. Joseph
Philip Carlo of Antes Fort, Pa,
and Washington. The wedding
will take place Thursday, Novem-
ber %, at pm. in Metropoli-
tan Memorial Methodist Church,
the Rev. William Andrew Reese
officiating.
Both Miss Wakeman and Mr..
Carlo are graduates of the Ameri-
can University. Mr.. Carlo re-
Gently received his master of SCI
ence degree in health and physi-
cal education from PENNSYLVANIA
State College He is now with
the District of Columbia Recrea-
ton Center.
Evening star., 1939-10-13

Continued on Page B-4.)
Evening star., 1939-10-13

first of series of monthly broad
casts to be given by the federation
during the coming season. Mrs.
Edgar B. Merritt is. chairman of
radio.
Mrs. Ernest Humphrey Daniel,
president of the District Federation,
introduced Mrs. Howard, who talked
on The Last Word"
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Miss Doris Raw
Becomes Bride
OF Mr.. Winters

Among the out-of-town guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Harrell of
Arlington, Va, Mrs. Harry Baugh-
man. Mrs. Evelyn Warfield and Mr..
Caleb Richardson. all of Baltimore:
Mr.. and Mrs. Malvern Ferwell of
Atlanta, Ga: Mr.. and Mrs. Connie
Winters, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Stanley
BagWel, Miss Jessie Suggs and Mr..
and Mrs. " T. Andrews of Durham,
N. c.: Mr.. and Mrs. Elijah Daniel,
Mr. and Mrs. w. c. Chappell of
Petersburg, Va; the Rev. and Mrs.
4. w. Cunningham of Richmond,
Va; Mrs. Marie Madert OF Be-
thesda, Md; Mr.. and Mrs. John
Mckay of Arlington, Va, and Miss
Lillian Tllley of Greensboro, N. C.
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Betrothed Couple
Will Be HOnOred

Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Block will
entertain at buffet supper this eve
ming in compliment to Miss Florence
Harris and Mr.. Donald Downs, whose
marriage will take place Tuesday.
Last evening Miss Harris and Mr..
Downs were honor guests at dinner
dance which Mrs. Thomas Richard
Cowell gave at the 1925 F Street
Club.
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Miss Agnes Bryan
To Wed Mr.. Wright

Mrs. Charles Clark Bryan an
nounces the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Agnes Bartlett
Bryan, to Mr.. j. Eliot Wright, jr.,
son of Mr.. j. Eliot Wright and the
late Mrs. Wright. The wedding will
take place in Novembe~.
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Miss Frances ROwzee
To Wed Mr.. Wa6ner

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank H. Rowzee OF
Shepherd Park announce the ap-
preaching marriage of their daugh-
ter, Miss Frances Lorraine RoWzee
to Mr.. Merle j. Wagner of this city
The wedding will take place Satur-
day. October %, at o'clock in the
Keller Memorial Church.
Evening star., 1939-10-13

Brooks in compliment to faculty
members.
Miss Clara Piggott of Herndon,
Va, accompanied by her sister, Mrs.
Ogden Miller of Clarendon. Va, left
yesterday for a weeks visit to the
New York Worlds Fair.
Mrs. Russell Gillette entertained
Is guests at bridge last evening in
her home in Herndon, Va.
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Mrs. Howard Speaks

Mrs. Georgette Ross Howard, lee
turer on current topics, was the
guest speaker on the radio program
of the District Federation o1
Women's Clubs over Station WMAI
this morning. The program was the
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-31
PEANUT CROP MUCH
ABOVE LATE YEARS

College Station, Raleigh, July 81.
Excellent growing weather has
placed the 1889 peanut crop we'll
above those of the past several years,
Dr. |. 0. Schaub, director of the
State College Extension Service,
said today.
Following ample rains in most
producing areas" the director said,
the crop is looking unusually good.
IL mas been a number Of years since
The crop appeared to be in as good
shape
Quoting a report of the U. S
bureau of Agricultural Economics
DR. Schaub said the market for pea
nuts in the southeast has strength
ehed, due partly to the delayed har-
Ee3tng in the southwest Should hat
cry weather continue, it is probably
mat digging will became general in
loi ida and Georgia within the next
lew days. So far, no new crop south
eastern peanuts have been Offered
l'r Shipment before September l.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-31
GRANVILLE ADOPTS
BUDGET OF $266,140
Tax Rate Will Remain at
$1.32-Fiscal Years APP !
preparations Listed

Oxford, July 31.-Granville coun-
ty commissioners at a meeting lost
week adopted a budget for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 1899, and END
ing June 80, 1910, which calls for an
expenditure of $266, l40.89, The tax
rate was set at $1.3z, the same as it
was last year.
The tax levy as outlined by the
commissioners is general fund, II
cents; court and jail, cents, well
fare department, cents; health fun1
cents; poor fund, 5 cents; old age
fund, cents; aid to dependent chill
dren, cents; county library, cents;
school vocational, cents; school cur
rent expense, cents; school capital
outlay, 10 cents; school debt sew IRE,
81 cents; and other debt service, 1Sc.
Appropriations and expenditures
for the fiscal year are listed as fol-
lows: board of commissioners, ST.
040 listing and assessing property,
$1,810; sheriff's department, 2,245!
election and primaries, $500; county
auditors office, $3,865; courthous e
and public buildings, $3,85O; reg':,t er
of deeds office, $3.50; county CO, ~.
er, $780, farm agents office, So, J5r:
clerk Of superior courts office, $fj43O
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-31
Oxford Mules
Set A Record

Raleigh, July Shifting 16O
pounds more than their combined
weight, 4 pair Of grey, Granville
county mules were certified rs the
top-ranKing WorkstOck team in the
State wide pulling contest conducted
bv the State Department Of .Agri-
culture.
The mules, owned by Bodie M.
Currin. of oxford, route 2, were
officially recorded as pulling $500
pounds dead weight regulation
distance of 81 and one-half feet, or
the equivalent of 1872 tons pull on
wagon. breaking the State record
Of 1895 tons pulled by a horse team
owned by B. H Davis of Mecklen-
burg county last year.
Currin's mules weighed 2,610
pounds and Davis horses topped the
scales at 3,065 pounds.
The oxford Tobacco Station team
Of mules, although ineligible to
compete in the championship. also
broke the state record pull by 19
tons at the same time the Currin
team set a record at the Station
field day July 27.
Incidentally, pair of steers,
weighing 1915 pounds, owned by
Sam Goddard of GAINESVILLE, also
hold 4 record Of having lifted $500
pounds and pulled the equivalent
1872 tons the regulation distance at
the Blacklands Station field day re-
Gently.
Paul L. Fletcher, livestock mar
keting specialist of the State De-
partment of Agriculture, said that
only one or two mules or horses in
a thousand ever lift more than
their weight"
The first record of a team lifting
ing is weight in this State was mt
kernersville on July 4, when the
mule team of Gilmer Smith, For
syth county farmer, pulled 1900
pounds, the same as the combined
weight Of the pair.
Champion Workstock pullers will
be crowned at the North Carolina
State Fair to be held October 1O-14
A "dynamometer' official weight
lifting and pulling recorder, will be
used.