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Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-01-06
lNadaljevanje)

tNadaljevanje)
Gospod de Marelle je zago-
drnjal $ pritajeno nestrpnos-|
ito: "Ti cikas vedno ma vse mo-
goce reci, XII jih JAZZ ne maram.
Nikar sc ne vtikajmo tuje po-
sic. Ravnajmo Sc pc svoji vesti,
pa mir besedi Pc tenn pravilu
bi morali delati vsi ljudje."
Dnroy je odsel z nemirnim
srcem in v glavi Sc mu je plelo
vse polno nejasnih nacrtov.
Drugi dan je obiskal Fores-
tierjeve; ravno so pospravljali
svojo prtljago. Charles, zlek-
lnjen ma kanapeju, je dihal Sc
Iteze, nego je bilo treba, in je
ponavljal: "ze pred enim me-
secem bi bill moral oditi" - po-
tenn je dal Duroyu Sc cello vrsto
navodil "a list, ceprav je bilo
re vse- urejeno in zgovorjeno 2
gospodom Walterjem.
Ko je Georges odhajal, je
krepko stisnil svojemu tovari-
su roko: "Torej, dragi moi, da
Sc v kratkem vidiva!" - Ko pa
ga je pospremila gospa Fores-
tier do vrat, il je rekel zivah-
no: "Najinega dogovora niste
pozabili? Midva sva prijatelja
in zaveznika, ali ne? Torej, ako
bi me potrebovali "a karkoli,
ne odlasajte. Brzojav ali pismo,
in ubogal bom."
Zamrmrala je: "Hvala, ne
pozabim." Tudi memo oko
mu je reklo: "Hvala," Sc glob.
lie in mileje.
Ma stopnicah je srecal Du.
roy gospoda de Vaudrec, XII je
stopal pocasi navzgor. Grof je
!; bill videti otozen - nemara rad
tega odhoda?
journalist Sc je hotel pokaza
tt olikanega cloveka in ga j
vljudno pozdravil.
Oni je odzdravil priljudno, ;
malice viska.
, Forestierjevi so odpotovali :
cetrtek zvecer.
VII.
Po Charlesovem' odhodu j.
incl Duroy vec veljave ured
nistvu "Vie francaise." Podpi
sal sc je pod par uvodnih clan
kov, a tudi pod dnevne vesti Sc
je podpisoval, zakaj ravnateli
!, je hotel, maj bo vsak sam odgo
voren "a svoje spise. Incl je
nekaj polemik, il katerih Sc jf
duhovito izvil in z neprestani
mi zvezami z drzavniki sc je
polagoma usposabljal, da po.
stane kedaj sam spreten in raz.
bort pOliticni urednik.
En- edini oblak je videl mad
svojim obzorjem. Ia je izhaja
cd zakotnega lista, XII Sc je V
vse vtikal, in ga je venomer ma.
padal, ali bolje receno, XII je
napadal v MEM urednika dnev.
nih vesti "Vie franchise; ured.
nika dnevnih vesteh po milost
!gospoda Walterja, je rekel ano-
mimi urednik tega lista, XII Sc
je imenoval LA Plume" Vsak
dan ,je bilo naperjenih roper
Duroya par nesramnosti, zbad.
ljivk, vsakovrstnih podtikanj.
Jaques Rival je rekel nekega
dne Duroyu: "Potrpezljivi ste.'
Duroy je zajecljal: "Kaj no.
cete, direktnega napada pa le
ni.'
Mexico popoldne pa, ko je sto-
pill v urednisko sobo, mu pomo-
Ii Boisrenard stevilko Plume y
"Poglejte, zopet neprijetna
notica Ia vas"
"A, in radi cesar"
"Radi nicesar; cato, ker je
nravstvena policija aretirala
neko damo Aubert."
/ Georges mu je wei list IL ro-
ke in je citaI pod naslovom::
"Duroy Sc zabava" sledece::
! "Slavni reporter Vie fran
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-01-06

Cez dan je prisel nekdo in za-|
hteval, mai izrocim vso obleko,
XII sem 10 incl ma sebi usodni
veeer, v svrho temeljite preis-
kave.
Oh peti uri me je poklical
preiskovalni sodnik k zaslisa-
nju. Moral sem mu natanko
razloziti vse, kar sem izpovedal
ze pri policiji. Vitka gospodie'
ma v crnem predpasniku je spro'
ii pisala' ma stroj, kar j je "a
menoj narekoval sodnik. Zapis'
nix smo zaceli izjavo: Ne Gu
tim Sc krivega, nisem v noben'
zvezi smrtjo Franciske Pet
. kovskove.
Zaslisevanje je trajalo do tri.
Getrt ma osem. Ko sem bill To-
pet v celici, sem nasel notri pr
vi vtihotapljeni casopis z dine
6. aprila. Paznik je prizgal luc
da bi Sc videl razpraviti, in sc
odstranil. Medtem sem razgrni
list in cital porocilo o dogodkr
ma Vodovodni cesti pod zaglav'
kom "Zavozena preiskava", k:
ga priobcujem dobesedno:
"Umor nesrecne Fanike Pet
kovskove Sc je izvrsil noci cd
ponedeljka ma torek. Osumljen
Jerancic je bill aretiran v torek
dopoldne, sodiscu izrocen pa Sc
) le soboto 5. t. m. Zakaj take
pozno?
Po dolocbah kazensko pray
mega reda sc sme aretacija o
sumljenca praviloma izvrsiti Il
ma ukaz preiskovalnega sodni
ka. Pc porogrofu III k. p. r
smejo organi varnostnih obla
sti izjemoma brez pismenega u
kaza osumljenea zacasno pri
preti, da Sc privede pred preis
kovalnega sodnika, v slucaj
par. 175 stew. IA k. p. r. akt
zaradi nevarnosti v odlogu n
mogo6e poprej dobiti sodnikove
ga. Priprtega mora policijskt
oblastvo nemudoma zaslisati
&c Sc pri tenn pokaze, da n
vzroka "a njegov nadaljni pri
por, ga mora policija brez cd
]oga izpustiti, nasprotnen
slucaju pa tekom "a ur izrocit
preiskovalnemu sodniku.
Ker govori par. ITS, Stew. 1
slucaju, da je storilec zasacel
ma zlem cinu ali pa, &c ga ia
koj po dejanju ljudski glas osu
mi nj dvoma, da je policija SINE
la v Jerancicevem slucaju izvr
siti aretacijo tudi brez ukaz:
preiskovalnega sodnika. Popol
no nezakonito je pa memo po
stopanje, da je drzala osumljen
ca skoraj pet dni v svojih "a
porih in ga je sele soboto pre-
dala sodiscu. Policija Sc je 0
cividno trudila, da bi pripravi
la osumljenca do priznanja. T.
njena dobra VOLTA je pa ne j
p~avicuje, da je krsila zakon.
S5edai pa pridemo do povsen
Mel~mestne uprizoritve. Kdo j
dal policiji pravico, da aranzir;
neke vrste teatralicno konfron
tacijo osumljenca z mrlicem, il
da operira S sugestivnimi vpra
sanji, ces, ali more osumljene'
izjaviti, da nj kriv. Osumljen
cev molk ne more sluziti v do
kaz in niti indie "a krivdo. Ce
10 ev. priznanje pred policijo j
lie relativne vrednosti, brez vred
nosti pa je, &c Sc doseze ne
primernimi ali cello nedovolje
mimi sredstvi, z dusevnimi mu.
kami, ker Sc bo taksno prizna.
ME takoj preklicalo, CHM odpa.
de pritisk.
Naloga policije sploh nj, da
pridobi priznanje osumljencevo
Njena naloga je v prvi vrsti;
da z najvecjo natancnostjo zbe-
re in ugotovi dosegljivi materi-
jail, t. j. dejanske okolnosti, ka-
tere je mogoce zbrati v te m
-1..xn:. %,.l; hr,nr oe,,ypo iov,Hox,o
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-01-06

Lieut. Harold Miller left strafed
German Field Marshal
from fighter
fatal shot
wreck fatal led
The death officially
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-01-06

James G. Byrnes, above. War Mo
Dihzation director, who recently h.
sued 2 call for drafting Of ali z6 % 81
year-eld non-defense workers. War
work or war, he demands.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-15

of Mrs. F. S. Clevenger of Columbus
Grove, in organizing an Ohio State
Mothers Chapter of Allen and Put
nam counties in Lima, Tuesday after
noon.
Misses Matilda and Susan Basing-
er entertained the Au Revoir club and
a number of guests at their home,
Thursday.
Earl Grismore, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lennis Grismore, north west of Pan
dora, is employed by a laundry firm
in Lima. Earl was member of the
submarine crew who were noted for
performing an appendectomy on one
of its crew members, thus saving his
life.
Miss Margaret Hilty was home
from Findlay over the week end.
Donald Etter and Richard Schu-
macher both home from camp, will
be sent to camp near Richmond,
Virginia.
Mrs. Albert Schultz Funeral
Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. Albert
Schultz, 81, will be held in the Grace
Mennonite church, Thursday after
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-15

noon at 2:30 o'clock with Rev. Forrest
Musser,. the pastor, officiating.
Mrs. Schultz died Monday evening
at Gas O'Clock in Bluffton hospital.
A child was born to her three hours
before, also died.
Mrs. Schultz was the former Irene
Agnes Cherry, daughter of Harry and
Chloie (Radabaugh) Cherry. On
November 21, 1888 she was married
to Albert Schultz who survives.
Also surviving are her mather and
seven children, Beverly, Mildred, JAN
ice, Virginia, Agnes, Julia and Albert
James all at home. Also surviving
are sister Mrs. Mildred Todd and
brother, Robert Cherry both of near
Pandora.
Burial will be in Pleasant Ridge
cemetery.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-15
To Pay Bounty For
Foxes

A bounty of s. will be paid
Putnam county residents who kill
red or gray fox, the board of county
commissioners announced Sunday.
At the same time, the board re-
ported it is attempting to arrange
with officials of surrounding coun-
ties to set up uniform bounty for
killing crows to encourage a drive
to kill off these pests.
The board appropriated $500 for
fox bounties. The commissioners
explained anyone killing a fox must
sign an affidavit that he is resi-
dent of this county and the fox was
killed in this county. The forepaws
of the animal must be taken to
Sheriff Arnold Potts who will give
the citizen certificate to present
to County Auditor Harry Corkwell
who in turn will issue a warrant
for S5 to the citizen.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-15
Hitch-hiker RObs
Truck Driver

A man whom L. w. Turner, truck
driver of independence, Mo-, be-
friended, robbed him of $40 at a
Findlay tourist camp, the victim re-
ported to police.
Turner, driving for a large truck
ing firm, said he gave the stranger
a lift out of Chicago. He described
him as a merchant marine. He said
he bought him things to eat and
intended to pay for the room in a
cabin at the rear of the filling
station.
They retired early, he said, and
about IL o'clock that night he a
wakened to find the stranger gone.
He had taken with him Turner's
billfold and operators license. Later
the billfold and license were found
near the cabin, but $40 was missing
from the billfold.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-15
Four Escape AS Auto
Overturns

Four Ohio Northern university
students escaped serious injury
Thursday evening when the car in
which they were riding overturned
in traffic collision at Ada.
Ada Police Chief William Tietie,
who Investigated the accident, said
that car driven by Russell L.
Leuthold, of Ada, with Faye Moore,
Jean Thomas and Joseph Burnetto,
all of Ada, as passengers, collided at
the intersection with car driven
by Bert Pickering, of Spencerville.
The Leuthold car was thrown across
the street and came to rest on its
top on the lawn at the Mrs. j. G.
Park home.
Leuthold sustained minor head
injuries.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-15
ALLEN COUNTY
Flips Of Coin Decide
Election Contests

Six tie votes in Allen County elec-
tions were decided at the board of
elections Friday by tossing coins.
Successful candidates after the
tosses were Irwin l. Sawrniller,
named mayor of Beaverdam; w. A.
Davis, named councilman at
Eilda; William Eichenhorst, named
a constable in Marion Township;
John Blymeyer, named a constable
in Amanda Township; c. C. Long,
named a constable in Jackson Town
ship and John T. Morgan, named
justice of the peace in Sugar Greek
Township.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-15
PUTNAM COUNTY
Ask New Trial For
Convicted Slayer

Hearing on the motion for a new
trial filed by counsel for Loody L.
Redd, 68, Ottoville carpenter convict
ed of the Staying of Edward P.
Mihlbaugh of Lima, was held We'd
nesday in the Putnam county COM
mon pleas court.
Redd was found guilty of second
degree murder by a jury in common
pleas court Nov. 2. He had been
tried during four preceding days on
first-degree murder count return
ed by the Putnam county grand jury
after Mihlbaugh died Aug. 8 in
Lima from bullet wound inflicted
by Redd at Ottoville, July %.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-15
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES

about to get its cap on.
The stack has a weight of 1000
tons. Because of this immense
weight it was necessary to excavate
to the rock and place it on solid
foundation. Six carloads of brick
have gone into the building of the
stack. 1t is IS feet across at its
base and nine feet at the top. 1t
has been built for the new boiler,
already set, around which a boiler
room will be constructed. The unit
will furnish processed steam for
vulcanizing and heating and will
more than double the present boiler
capacity.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-15
Findlay Soldier West
Point Alternate

Pfc. Robert E. Wilson of Findlay,
has been selected as first alternate
for entry to West Point, direct from
the army ranks. Wilson, who is
stationed in Germany with the 1st
Engineers was one of ten recon-
mended out of $4,000 men in the
First division.
He was sent to Paris, France, for
his physical check-up and is expect
ed to be flown home where he will
be sent, by the army to a prepara-
tory school at Amherst, Mass.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-15

Appointment of Thomas F. Gal
lagher, Lima, as service officer of
the Allen County Soldiers Relief
Commission was announced Friday.
George w. Wood, Lima, was named
president of the commission. Oliver
G. Schneider, Delphos is vice presi-
dent and Robert ]. Kuhn, Lima,
secretary.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-15
Lausche Urges Aid To
Scout Movement

Continued, possibly increased CO.
operation between parents and Boy
Scout leaders will be needed to
combat juvenile delinquency which,
he said, will result as an aftermath
of war conditions, according to
Gov. Frank J. Lausche in a talk
before scout leaders of the Shawnee
area at Lima.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-15
Leipsic Man Ends Life
By Hanging

Ernest i. Kratzer, so, ended his
life by hanging at his farm east of
Leipsic officials reported. They said
he had been i'll.
Kratzer is survived by his wife,
two daughters and two sons, Sgt.
Serge Kratzer and Pfc. Herbert
Kratzer, both overseas.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-15
Train Injuries Two

Conditions of John Hermiller, A,
of near Ottawa, and Amos Jones,
81, of near Vaughnsville were re-
ported fair at st. Rita's Hospital in
Lima. The men were injured Thurs
day when a truck in which they
were riding was demolished near OF
tawa by freight train.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-15

Cessna township near McGuffey was
razed by fire early Thursday morn
ing.
The house, which was built about
10 years ago, was partially covered
by insurance. Marling estimated his
loss at $4,000.
A strong wind swept the flames
away from other farm structures in
cluding a newly-painted barn and a
recently erected poultry house.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-15
Ballot On Soil District
January 10

Hancock county land owners will
vote January 10 on the establish
ment of soil conservation district
in this county. This was revealed
at a meeting of the district sponsor
ing committee in the office of Forest
G. Hall, county agent, Thursday
evening.
The action followed the approval
last week of petitions filed by the
sponsoring committee with the state
committee in Columbus.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-15

be sold soon at considerably less
than cost, the RFC announced
yesterday in Washington. The firm
was reported interested in obtaining
the two foundries.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-15
HARDIN COUNTY
Fire Destroys McGuf-
fey Landmark

The 13-room brick farm house oc-
cupied by Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Marl-
ing on the Ralph Marling farm in
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-15
Lima Plants Offered
For Sale

Federally owned facilities at the
Ohio Steel Foundry Co. at Lima will
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-15
HANCOCK COUNTY
New It's Foot Stack
At Findlay

The new 175-foot stack at the
Cooper Tire plant at Findlay is
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-15
Former Leipsic Men To
Be Ordained

Rev. Richard Powell and Rev.
Warren Powell of Columbus, sons of
Mrs. M. l. Powell and the late DIR.
Powell, former pastor of the
Leipsic Lutheran parish will be
ordained at the Indianola Lutheran
church, Columbus, Sunday at 7:3O
p. m.
The Powell brothers graduated
from HANNA Divinity school on
Nov. II. On Nov. 25, Rev. Warren
Powell will go to Milan, Ind, where
he has accepted a call.
Rev. Richard will serve the Brook
vile parish beginning Dec. 1. An
other brother, Burdette Powell lives
at Brookville.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-15

Accurate production records for
dairy cows permitted members of
Ohio dairy herd improvement as
sociations to Gull out "a low produc-
ers in August.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-15
The following property:

Thrapp & Warren, Auctioneers
D. w. Bixler & Clarence Diller, Clerks
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-11-15
PUBLIC SALE

The undersigned will sell at public So
miles east of Bluffton on State Route 103 OF
of Routes SO and 103
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-10

son, Whit Cooper, of the U. S.
Army; also Is grandchildren and
six great-grandchildren to mourn
his loss, which is his eternal gain.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-10
SEVERAL PATIENTS
IN ASHE HOSPITAL

The following are patients at
the Ashe county hospital this
week:
Mr.. Arthur GRAPHICAL, West JEFF
ferson; Mrs. T. J. Bauguess, Bran
don; Mrs. Flossie Fields, Hem
lock; Mrs. Sylvesta Holman,
Warrensville; Mrs. Carolyn Goss,
Lansing; Mrs. Glenn Kilby, Stur-
gills; Mrs. w. w. Terry, West
jefferson; Baby Quincy Roland
Ashley, Warrensville; Mrs. Vina
Barker, Lansing and Mrs. J. F.
Scott, Jefferson, each receiving
treatment.
James WEIGH, Lansing; Bynum
Sexton, Helton; Melvin Campbell,
West Jefferson; Mrs. Maude Dill
lard, Idlewild; Mrs. Reggie Mil
Ter, Lansing; Mrs. Minnie Poole,
Oxford, Pa; Mrs. c. E. DeBoard,
Grassy Creek, and Sharpe S.
Shoemaker, West Jefferson, each
for surgery.
Mrs. J. L. Swoffard and son,
West Jefferson; Mrs. Claude East
ridge and daughter, Sturgills;
Mrs. Edward Hart and son, Lam
sing; and Mrs. Wave Miller and
son, HuSk.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-10
e. EN ~
Personals

Mr.. B. w. Jones is spending this
week at his home at jefferson.
He will leave next week for Hen
derson where he is working.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. GRAPHICAL, OF
Kannapolis, visited Mr.. B. F.
Church, of Todd, several days last
week.
Miss Catherine Arnold visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn B. GRAPHICAL
at their home here over the week
end.
Misses Elizabeth and Mary Es-
Their GRAPHICAL and Evelyn Dare
Vannoy spent the past week end
visiting Miss Myrtle Dean Gray
beal, at the Woman's College, in
Greensboro.
Mrs. Music Hart, of Nathan's
Creek, is now making her home
in Baltimore, Md.
Misses Erma Hart and Zeffa
Lyle spent the past week end Wis
iting Mr.. and Mrs. Delmer Rose,
at Glendale Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Little left
Monday for Beach Haven Crest,
N. j., where Mr.. Little is employ
ed.
Mrs. Lee Lambert, of Jefferson,
who has been very i'll, is now i'm
proving, her friends and relatives
will be glad to learn.
Mrs. Hoyle Stringer and Mrs.
Sam Davis and son, Sammy, spent
several days last week with rela-
tives at Kingsport, Tenn.
Miss Rachel RAIDER, a student at
Brevard college, spent the past
week end here with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jennings RAIDER.
Mr.. c. B. Houck, of Roanoke,
Va, visited relatives in the coun-
ty last week.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-10
Miss Stanley, Mr..
LOckhart Marry

The marriage of Miss Ruth
Stanley, of Glendale Springs, and
North Wilkesboro, to Herman H.
Lockhart, Petty Officer, second
class, has been announced by Mr..
and Mrs. Robert L. Stanley, par
ents of the bride. The wedding
was solemnized on Thursday af-
ternoon, April 10, at York, S. c.,
with Judge E. Gettys Mum, Of
ficiating, using the ring cere-
mony.
The BRIDE. for her nuptials,
wore a light blue gabardine suit,
with white accessories. Her cor
sage was of orchids and lilies of
the valley.
Mrs. Lockhart is graduate of
Jefferson high school and has
been employed for sometime
with the Parkway Bus Co.
The bridegroom is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Lockhart, of
North Wilkesboro, and is a gradu-
ate of North Wilkesboro high
school. He is now stationed with
the Naval Air Corps in Norfolk,
Va, having enlisted in the navy
in December, 1912.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-10
Scruggs = Miller

Of much interest here is the an
nouncement of the marriage of
Miss Pricilla Lavania Miller, for
merly of this county, to John E.
Scruggs, Jr., M. o. M. M. sc, of
the U. S. Navy, on December %,
1914, at the Methodist Parsonage
in Petersburg, Virginia, with the
Rev. James w. Brown, officiating.
Mrs. Scruggs is the attractive
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. c. J.
Miller, of Petersburg, who former
ly made their home at Wagner.
She is a graduate of Petersburg
High School.
Mr.. Scruggs is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. J. E. Scruggs. also of
Petersburg. He entered service
over two years ago and has been
overseas for % months, having
participated in four major battles.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-05-10

Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Thomas, of
Kannapolis, visited Mrs. Thorn:
as parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Wilcox, over the week end. They
were accompanied home by her
sister. Miss Geneva Wilcox.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Wilcox
and daughter, and Mr.. and Mrs.
w. F. Thomas visited relatives and
friends at Mill Creek, Sunday.
Mrs. Virginia Gentry, OF Mari
on, Va, spent several days here
@ last week.
Miss Elizabeth Oliver, of Ar
lington, Va, is spending this
week with Mr.. and Mrs. George
Oliver.
Mr.. L. E. McQuinn, of Lincoln
ton, spent Sunday here as the
guest of the Rev. and Mrs. John
S. Jordan.
MIR. Gwyn Gambill, of North
Wilkesboro, visited here on We'd
nesday.
Mr.. Horton Doughton, of States
vile, was a visitor here on We'd
nesday.
Mr.. w. B. Austin was in Boone
on business, Tuesday.
Misses Bill Young, Bessie and
Lucy Sturgill, formerly of Cliff
ton, visited Mr.. and Mrs. NJ.
Smith and Mr.. and Mrs. r. Swain,
at Winston-Salem, over the week
end.
Mrs. A. M. Bencheff, Jr., and
little daughter, Linda, of Annap-
oils, Md, have returned to their
home, after a weeks visit with
Mrs. Bencheff's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. R. Jackson, of Jefferson
Mrs. Herman E. Hare and son,
Phil, of Caretta, w. Va, are spend
ing sometime with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. R. Jackson, of
Jefferson.
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Mrs. Eldreth, 20
Buried Sunday

Funeral service was held on
Sunday morning at 11:OO o'clock
for Cordelia Eldreth, 70, of Tree
top, who died on Friday, May 4,
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Ernest Woodland, after several
days illness. The Rev. S. S..
GRAPHICAL conducted the service at
the home and burial followed at
the Eldreth cemetery.
Mrs. Eldreth, who was a native
of this county, is survived by the
following children: Mrs. Wright
Perkins, Marion, Va; Mrs, Ernest
sWeodard, ." Mrs. - Gwyn Lewis,
Spencer, Chester and Edward Ell
dreth. .5 n ~.
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Obituary
JAMES CALVIN COOPER

James Calvin Cooper was bosr
May Is, 1865, and departed this
life April Is, 1945, making his
stay on earth 70 years, II months
and ten days. He was the son OF
the late Enoch and Caroline
Cooper, of Wilkes county. He
was married to Martha Ellen
Brown, January Is, 1889. To this
union were born ten children, six
boys and four girls, all of which
are still living, but one son, who
died in infancy.
He professed faith in Christ
in early life and lived christian
life until God called him away.
He leaves behind his wife and
the following children: f. L..
Cooper, of Johnson City, Tenn;
Mrs. Chall Royal, of Othello; j..
W., Eliza, Willie, Belle and Ella
Cooper, and Mrs. Carl Hardin, OF
West Jefferson and the youngest
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Mrs. HOuck Has
Birthday Dinner

Mrs. S. Lee Houck, of Todd,
celebrated her eightieth birthday
with dinner at her home last
Thursday, May 3, when several
members of the family were pres
ent.
Among those present were her
son, c. B. Houck, Of Roanoke, Va;
Mrs. Oscar Houck and small son,
Oscar, Jr., whose father is with
the U. S. Army in Germany; Mr..
and Mrs. Lawson Houck and fami-
1y.
A number of other friends and
relatives called during the day
to. wish her many happy. returns
of the occasion.