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The Bee from Danville, Virginia • 16

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The Beei
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Danville, Virginia
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The Bee: Danville Va Wednesday October 14 1953 our To Direct Band Carty Bryant Is Speaker of of living in American society ALL DRESSES ALL COATS SUITS OR Beu ALL $2450 di and regular business ident will preside tea Velours or all Sep 198 298 Children's School Misses' Children's lat Heel Dress OXORDS SLIPPERS SLIPPERS were VERY SPECIAL PRICES ON THIS VERY NICE $198 BEDROOM GROUP ulithout OCTAGON LAUNDRY advertisihg Regular Prices 25655 Limit 10 Per Customer LINOLEUM RUGS KITCHEN CHAIRS $98 CHENILLE BEDSPREADS MEN'S SWEAT SHIRTS $129 Efird's EASY TERMS Shoe Repair STORE 326 Main Street Phone 137 I BSwwy 4 United States Army returns to Danville Whistling is unladylike in public but around the house a good Extra heavy fleeced lined slightly irregular regular 179 White and rundown in in lor present Lemma name of Withers The condition of John Pruitt who underwent an operation at Me morial Hospital on Monday was described today as satisfactory Mrs Nannie Ellis Strickland is a patient at Memorial Hospital WINS DIVORCE SANTA MONICA Calif Actress Julia Adams testified in winning a divorce jesterday that her husband told her she OAKHURST NYLONS Kitchen chairs heavy oak Regular 350 value Ready to paint tan plain toe and moc toe oxford blucher ox ford flexible composition sole good quality leather uppers All sizes 816 12 and J2V6 3 Harvest Sale Price and W'ilkesboro In 1942 he entered the Navy as a chaplain and served until 1945 or the past four years he has been pastor of College Place Meth odist Church in Greensboro Dr Stokes is married to the former Evelyn Kilby of Bath They have two children and are now residing at the parsonage of the Main Street Methodist Church Reidsville Great savings in new fall coats during our Harvest Sale The smartest styles in the new fabrics for fall specially priced at WANTED A BEER DUBOIS Idaho When a sheepman saw a saddled horse tethered in the Deep Creek Moun tains area he feared the herder who owned the animal was lost or dead He notified the sheriff's office and a posse searched the area in vain Tired and thirsty members of the posse stopped at a Dubois tavern There seated on a stool and sipping a cold beer was the missing herder He said he left his horse and hitchhiked 30 miles to Dubois for i a drink An extra large selection of dresses for fall assorted rayon both plain and prints assorted colors More than four tons of raw terials are required to make ton of steel city pro? with soft Many Handsome Presentations ine quality sheen ra yon gabardine suits for fall in the smartest styles New fall colors Harvest Sale Price Nine hours after a fire started equipment was called out yester day to extinguish the flames The loss was placed at $36000 but al least $1000 worth of property was saved The unusual delay resulted from the fact the fire w'as eight miles cast of Danville on Highway 58 and no one was authorized to call out Danville equipment until a company representative acted ire broke out after a large trailer truck loaded with bottle caps and yeast overturned into a fill at 5:30 a in It was the prop erty of Cooper Motor Lines of Greenville and was operated by Willie Warren of Macon Ga When a fire breaks out outside the city limits someone has to stand good for the cost of sending out city equipment The driver didn't and the investigating state trooper was not authorized After the cargo burned for hours a company representative arrived studied the situation and decided it would be worthwhile to try to save eight tires still unharmed on the rear of the burning trailer body The equipment was called out at 2:30 and saved the tires valued at $1000 iher $200000 legs The dark haired starlet whose legs were insured by Universal In ternational for that amount divorced Writer Leonard Stern They were married here in Decem ber 1950 Miss Adams 26 born Betty May Adams in Waterloo Iowa WCTU WILL MEET The North Danville WCTU will meet' with Mrs Carson Walton 227 Clement Ave on Thursday night at 7:30 Women's' and suits for fall in rayon gabardines Rayon stripes and checks Smartest fall styles and colors Single double Reg ular 398 Pageant and highlights both grave and gay of Commencement week eatured also was a visit to the new gymnasium building where he process of concreting the floor unrhr W2V Thic U'2 followed Dr Stokes Assumes Duties ed and a play suitable for children to be given by the Dramatics De partment of I Stratford under the direction of Mrs Walter Parker Announcement also was made that the fall planting on the com pus will be a memorial to Mrs A Starling Mrs Bruce James and Miss Bessie van Wa genen whom the alumnae associa tion has lost by death since the spring A rising vote of thanks was ten dered Mrs rances Gregory Adams for her invaluable advice and as sistance in the redecorating and other artistic projects at Stratford Is Held In Patrick Co A score of members of the West with Miss Katharyne Buckner previously announced ire Equipment Called 9 Hours After ire Starts Over 7000 more persons parti cipated in various organized activi ties of the City Recreation Depart ment during September than the same month of last year Director Chet Smoral today list ed 17839 participants during the month as against 10654 in 1952 Principal activity included league football playground grams and kindergardens such season end activity as ball and baseball also included A breakdown shows that parti cipants included 8882 boys 5567 girls and 2390 adults An esti mated 3885 spectators at various events is below the 5666 last Sep tember The difference is largely accounted for by the fact that no count of spectators at the Nature Center is listed while 1728 listed in September 1952 When the ield Band for a free concert at the city auditorium tomorrow night at 815 it will again be un der tjie direction of Major Ches ter Whiting above He or ganized the 100 piece band which has travelled some 200 000 miles Danville residents have been seeking its return since hit here on Easter weekend last year The band is coming here in connection with the Community Chest drive Harry Taylor is an operative patient at Memorial Hospital" Large Chest On Chest Vanity Dresser Vanity Bench Nite Table Medium Poster Beu and growing girls low heel dress slippers Black smooth leather Black suede leather new novelty styles Sizes 4 9 "Values to 500 Harvest Sale Price Lovely new fairdresses in the most flat tering styles New fall fabrics and colors spe cially priced for our Harvest Sale at This Coupon Good for $100 On $500 Worth of Shoe Repairs THIS WEEK ONLY! Coil Spring 2 Pillows 2 Vanity Lamps 1 Spring Cover 1 Plastic Hassock 1 Innerspring Mattress styles ast price Misses' and patent leather new style ankle strap dress sljpper Sizes 816 12 and lilte 3 Harvest Sale Price The plastic bags that vegetables come in make fine containers for soiled diapers when you take your I baby visiting Misses Children's Misses' and tan moccasin toe two strap loafer style ine quality elk leath er composition sole All sizes 8V6 12 and 1216 3 Regular 350 value Harvest Sale Price Stratford's Alumnae View New Bequests CLASS TO MEET The Sunshine Class of Glenwood Baptist Church will meet riday night it 8 clock with Mrs lah Holley Starling Ave TEEN AGERS TO MEET The Go Getter Teens will meet at the A Thursday at 7:30 The program will include in stallation of officers a social hour New cotton dresses for fall in a large selection of color and washable Harvest bale A complete showing of all that 5 is new for fall including all 4 the newest shapes materialsJ trims and colors John Keeling At the close of the meeting was served by the hostesses TO ATTEND CONVENTION ive members of the Harry Wooding Garden Club will go to Lynchburg tomorrow to attend the meeting of the South District Garden Clubs of the Virginia ed eration Those named as delegates are: Mesdames Mary Robertson Rus sell Davts Ramey Garnett and Perkinson City Recreation Activity Shows Marked Increase New electric utliitv nlants to be Jarrett Randolph Ave instead of built in the United States by 1956 REIDSVILLE Dr Stokes new minister of the Main Street Methodist Church began his pastorate in Reidsville this week replacing the Rev Armbrust retiring pastor Dr Stokes whose parents are missionaries was born in Korea where he has spent fifteen of hislj first 18 years He entered Asbury jj College in Kentucky in 1928 Aft er graduation there he entered Duke University Divinity School in 5 Durham He received his Batahelor 5 of Divinity degree at Duke After receiving his degree at Duke Dr Stokes was assigned as pastor of the Hudson Methodist Church in Lenior where he spent if i been developed ADVECT A LE CHANGE MEETING PLACfe Beta Chapter Pi Omicron Na and Stern 30 separated last June tionai boronty will meet this eve ning at 7:45 clock with Mrs MISSIONARY TO SPEAK The Woman's Prayer Circle a' non denominational group which'have the acting ability to go with nas met regularly for the past fifty years will hold a meeting tomorrow at 3 at the home of Mrs Hancock on Claiborne Street where Mrs Allen Royce a returned Missionary from Cuba will speak Garden Club Meeting Wheatley To Talk To WC Members Before DAR Group Stuart Wheatley Danville attorney will be guest speaker HANDBAGS New fall handbags in th semartest shapes and colors New materials 198 295 soaring eagle with the shield of the stars and stripes surmounting the globe below Also claiming the admiration of tht alumnae was one of Stratford's rarest treasures recently placed over the mantel in the East draw ing room a Byzantine painting from the early Christian era of the Madonna and Child The paint ing was purchased by Mrs Kerr Morehead Harris during the Rus sian revolution when the churches were dismantled of all works of art Mrs Harris presented the painting to Randolph Macon Insti tution predecessor in 1918 Despite a search for a suit able mounting none was found until Sir Kennedy recently dis covered in Asia Minor a bordered panel of antique red cut velvet With this rich background the ra diance of the sacred painting is enhanced by the upward glow of! soft mantel lights Also in the West drawing rooms were seen two recent prized recent additions One a painting by the late Judge Sammuel Kingan of Tucson Arizona of the Ponte Vec chio over the Arno River ence This painting was ed to Stratford by Mrs Starling Robertson in the her mother Mrs Mary Starling The other' addition is a large painting of general Robert Lee a gift to Stratford from Miss Bessie Van Wagernen before her death Refreshments were served in the West drawing rooms with Mrs Norman pouring coffee and as sisted in serving by Mrs Arch uller Jr and Mrs Earl Elliott i During the business session of the alumnae meeting the president Mrs Robert Wiseman announced that among the projects to be sponsored by the Danville alumnae are a bridge canasta benefit with Miss Carol Edmunds chairman on the evening or October 26 in the recreation room of Kennedy Hall a food sale with Mrs Penn Gant chairman on a date to be announc 'practice for toning the lips tesses ter Yale and studied two years Mrs Peers regent pre there He received his Doctor of sided The invocation was led bytTheology Degree at Boston Univer Mrs Beverly salute to the'gity flag by Mrs Wellington McMann He has held pastorates at and the Creed by Mrsdchurches in Dellwood Oak Ridge SEE GROUP IN OUR WINDOW We are told often by our many cus tomers how much they appreciate' the many wonderful bargains they have purchased from us and we are still striving to offer more These pieces listed are one of our very best specials and we advise you to come in early Tn rayon Gabardines Tweeds and Meltons Lovely styles for women and New A fall colors 1 vU irst quality Oakhurst ny Ion hose 51 gauge 15 de I'nicr New fall shades Continues through the entire month of October There are bumper crops of exciting values during this sale You can save by buying now! BLEDSOE URNITURE CO INC The well attended meeting lhe Danville Chanter of Stratford Alumnae Association at Kennedy End Garden Club drove yesterday Hall on Tuesday afternoon was fea to the Meadows of Dan in atrick'fOr the annual Public Affairs din thrt ehrttmntf hv IJnnOn nnlri a inDfllincf ut IhA IIHIU 4JV 41 iC 1VVUUIJ Jlvvviif Wyatt Jr of color films ot se home of Mrs George Robertsoni lected scenes from the Centennialjand Miss Rachel Schwab located 1 rolesslonal omen in the neari oi me tsiue rtiage After a short business meeting the hostesses served luncheon and after a social hour the members of the club returned Thev naused at the famous tion of the schools which is to in duct the young into culture Ac tually schools serve continuously as an agency to help children and youth to know to understand and to adjust to relationships charac teristic of culture He told some of the issues and problems facing public education today One of these is buildings and adequate facilities much is being done in Danville and in Vir ginia to meet this need The most serious problem as he sees it is the shortage of qualified teachers This is not the only problem Al most equally important is the fact that teachers now in service must continue to raise their professional sights and even seek to do a bet ter job of meeting the needs of children in this modern and com plex society In closing Mr Bryant said be effective we must teach them more than the traditional Some one has said that at least the new ones be Responsibility Rights and Re lationships To do this we must continue to face up to the various problems facing education be alert to new techniques that help to do the job better and join hands more closely with parents and cit izen groups to plan together the very best that is possible for the greatest asset that we have our children The meeting was held in the home of Mrs Carter in or est Hills with Mrs George Snead and Mrs Miles as joint hos W0 years He left Lenoir to en tesses ter yaie and studied two years Stratford Students To Hear amous Hong Kong Reporter David Keith Hardy former rector of Radio Hongkong and spe Jeannette Davis has charge of cial correspondent assigned by the the program Johnsie Choate pres antisn tsroaacasung corporation to cover relations with Red China ormosa Japan and the gambling and smuggling cen ter of Macao will discuss the trou bled state of Asia at Stratford ri day at 10 a in the college audi torium Mr Hardy now associate editor of Life and Time was also a for mer correspondent for the London Times He has lived in the Orient for many years His travels have taken him from Palestine the Arab lands right across the conti nent to Japan and Korea 6x9 linoleum rugs QQ tile patterns Regular 398 value All Thirteen (13) Pieces 1 QQ95 EASY I TERMS Suite made of solid wood beautiful maple finish Water and alcohol resistant Special Value! MEN'S OXORDS You will be surprised to find these outstand ing values at this low prices wine moc St toe bluchcr oxford Also tan lexible HlMl Goodyear stitched sole loafer Speaking on the subject Schools A Twofold Responsibil Mr TJ Drvcnt rinnriM ULJ' U1 Al 44 xnjaui I 4 av 4 aw I 411a I jILLTlUllil U1 imu ULUUH 1U1 L'dll V444C 1 per meeting of the Business and nId mpmhpr nnrnthPL WV Aa A A A KJ AAA A A uiuo inurs Henry chapter Daughters of I day evening at 6:30 clock at theAmerican Revolution that this: Country Club Inn work of education must contribute! Mr Wheatley Democratic candi iust the preservation of date for the House of Delegates way of life but must! will have as his topic Citi even seek to improve the quality was unoer way inu was phwcu at me imuuud i uv zensnip in uuuai uuveriHuciH Ui nui4iwn wwuij by open house in the college build vantage point overlook will be introduced by Mrs Aj Mr Bryant spoke of the func jing mitn itiver vaney iianxea ny matneny president ot tne Virginia ederation of Clubs The program is being presented by the Public Affairs Committee of which Miss Sarah Powell is chairman She is being assisted by the following committee mem bers: Mrs Beverley Miss Doris Bousman Miss Myrtle Lee Mrs Gurdine Moore Miss Caro line Musselman Mrs Sallie Watson and Miss Jerrine Patterson The meeting one of the high lights of the club year coincides itional Business Week which is being sponsored locally by the Danville Club Births Announced Mr and Mrs James A Gosney announce the birth of a daughter Pamela Dean on October 4 at Memorial Hospital as will consume 46 million tons of 5 coal annually The Isle of Man about half 5 ma way between England and Ireland 'JJ oneboasts Norse Irish Celtic Spanish anu rmgiisn population strains inc Of special interest to the alum Mountain and enjoyed the nac were the new entrance doorS5'11 flaming maples gum to Alumnae Hall the Centennial trees oaks and poplars now in gift of Ruth Phillips Kugler of their full autumn dress of yellows Lexington Massachusetts Class of rcds an browns '33 The doorway was designed by Henry Hoffman Kennedy brother Personals of Dean Mabel Kennedy me doors constructed of old walnut paneling bear 16th century bronze door rings a note tne I Mr and Mrs rank Ach and cornice spreads a lunette which Is daughter Margaret of Buffalo a 1 are visiting Mrs mother the annual obs'ervance of Na (Mrs trnma crowaer rasi iames United States and considered bystreet many competent observers to be the most beautiful of the designs! JrSi Mat kins left Monday offered The design was procured jQr ew York to sail for Germany from Philadelphia and depicts the )o jojn bcr husband SC Edward Matkins now with the occupa tional forces Costume Jewelry New costume jewelry for all featuring the new hoop ear rings New styles in pins necklaces bracelets and pearls Values up to 195 Harvest Sale Prcie 100 Plus Tax 7 I i IB Sr $595 1 $495 1 $29M 2 I JEMS $595 Ji JK 1 W' 1 WAi i I SOAP I 5 Cake SH98 BJ 1 1 0 A A a a 1 fl 9 I7 I ft IB 1 if rrnAOTMNT Danville JB UV (1.

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