The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-02-09
Cupid Tied 235
Heart Strings,
Records Reveal
Next Highest In Recent Years
Was 2O5 In 1886. In 1887,
Total Was 185.
LIST is GIVEN

IN AShe county last year!
Breaking all former records
the mythical "god of love-, with
or without his bow and arrow
tied the heart strings of grand
total of 235 couples in Ashe in
1888, it was revealed this week
when Miss Edna May, popular
and efficient secretary of L. P
Coward register of deeds, made
a complete list of those sailing
forth on the sea of matrimony
last year.
A check up on the number OF
people married in recent years
showed that last years total ex-
ceeded the next highest by 80
In 1886 total of 205 marriage Ii
censes were issued at the court
house. The totals for other years
are: 1887, 1876; 1885, 1872; 1884, l81.
With the exception of only two
couples who insisted that their
names not be revealed for 60
days or more, the complete list
of Cupid's victims in '38 is as
follows:
F. w. Shepherd and Goldie ELL
err, Chester J. Rose and Fora E,
Shoaf, Lester Baldwin and Min
ME Baker, w. A. Brooks and SUI
sic Blevins, Kelly Cozort and
Pearl Wyatt, J. F. Brown and
Lura Jones, Billy Davis and Stel-
la Tucker, Johnnie Grogan and
Stella Rash, Way Blevins and
Cora Greer, Jesse Benge and
Gladys Parsons, Cecil R. Miller
and yOrpha Williamson, Banner E.
Miller and Lillian Little, Worth
Mcclure and Zollie FISHERMAN,
Odell Rotten and Zenna Royal,
Worth Gentry and Lillis Houck,
Edward E. Roop and Beulah
Hash.
Arthur L. Lang and Elizabeth
McEwen. J. o. Stansberry and
Alice (WesD Goss, Bruce Hen
derson and Mae Barnes, Dale
Miller and Beatrice Shatley,
Glenn Baldwin and Thelma Blew
ms. Kyle Baldwin and Rebecca
HOWELL. KylesAnderson and Lo-
la Neaves, Calvin E. Segraves and
Iva Lea Hartsog, Coy Mahaffey
and Lizzie (Stanley) Corum,
Fielden Miller and Virginia Do
linger. John L. Atwood, Jr., and
Helen Baker, Roy Roark and Gay
Wood. Willard Parsons and An
ME Lee Seatz, Lonnie johnson
and Pauline NeaVes, John YOunce
and Clyde Osborne, Hamp Miller
and Blanche Hartzog, Ollen Price
and Ella Potter, Edgar Sturglll
and Ava Roark, F. L. Osborne
and Mary Farmer. Elmer Camp
bell and Rettie Denny, Vester
Miller and Letha Sheets, Harley
Campbell and Ola Rec Coldlron,
Earnest Bare and Bernice Bare,
Munsey F. Cox and Dorothy
Wooten, Lee Gentry and Paralea
Brown. Larmer Sheets and Fay
Bare. j. w. Duncan and Fannie
Williams, Ernest D. Bare and Iii
fie Jane Hartzog, Woodrow F.
Burgess and Edna Miller, Harold
Goss and Faye Brooks, Worth
Miller and Aisle Stidams, Eugene
EIdreth and Veladia Smith, Cha
ME Calhoun and Blanch Poe,
Howard Miller and Flossie Mill
err, Robert Roland and Marie
Blevins. Don L Francis and Min
ME Belle Miller Carl Mahaffey
and Ruby Jones, Elmer F. Farm
er and Lantie Queen GRAPHICAL.
John Rotten and Nora Stanley,
Ambrose Haynes and Hazel Ro-
ten. Dave Howell and Lemary
Walton, ]. w. Howell and Ola
Pennington, Tom Barber and Ru-
bv Neaves, Robert Jones and
Irene Sanders, Jonas H. Russell
and Mary Clifford Blankenbeck-
Ter, John Edgar Prince and Vlr-
ginia Ruthe Holman; Everette
. Billings and Nellie Staley; Thorn
as H. Morrison and Ethel H. Wy
att; Edgard Billy Johnson and
Blanch Eldreth; Call South and
Comellia Parsons, Arthur STAN
lev and Vada Pennington, James
O. Weaver and Nina johnson, H.
S. Woodie and Irene Pope, Ralph
Powell and Mildred Boone, Ire
dell w. Sheets and Eula Earring
ton, Clyde R. Duvall and Louise
Sturdivant, Jefferson F. Greer
and Ruth Wright, Floyd Wingler
and Genie Brackens, Chester
Mellinger and Virginia Grace
Miller, Claude Hincher and Car
RE Belle Dillars, Whit Cooper
and Grace Hardin, Lloyd Yates
and Josephine Wyatt, Ray Wad-
dell and Hattie PowersS Claude
w. Payne and Oma Gene Cox.
Howard Little and Louise Rye,
Leon B. Blackwell and Juanita
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