Wheat harvesting is under way and much of the crop will be cut this week. The crop looks fairly good.
Summer hasn’t officially arrived until you see a small boy with a lemonade stand at the side of the street.
There will be a meeting of the local post of the American Legion at their rooms tonight at 8 o’clock. Every member is urged to be present.
Light rains fell in this section this morning. The rain fall was fairly heavy several miles south of Reidsville. All crops are needing rain badly.
All Chautauqua guarantors are requested to meet at the C. & A. hall Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock. Every guarantor is requested and urged to be present.
Chautauqua tickets are now on sale at the following places: Tucker’s Drug Store, Gardner’s Drug Store, Bookers and C. & A. Hall. Also the guarantors have tickets and will be glad to supply your needs. Adult tickets $2.50 each; children’s tickets $1. Buy a season ticket.
The swimming pool at Guerrant Springs was opened Saturday afternoon and quite a large crowd visited the place Saturday and Sunday. The pool has recently been made deeper.
Citizens are cordially invited to attend the membership meeting tonight at 8 o’clock, meet the new secretary, and join in the discussion of matters of vital interest to this community.
The local chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy will meet with Mrs. P.W. Glidewell on Tuesday afternoon, the 12th inst., at 4 o’clock. Every member is requested to be present.
Mrs. W.B. Keys died at her home on Montgomery street this morning at 10 o’clock, aged about 36 years. She is survived by her husband and several small children. Funeral and burial will take place tomorrow afternoon.
The fire department responded to a fire alarm this morning about 2:30 o’clock, caused by the burning of Mr. Blount’s private garage at his home, corner East Market and Ridge streets. The garage and wood shed were consumed; also a goat lost its life in the fire.
S.B. Bugher and Miss Jesse E. Livengood, two popular young people of the city, were united in marriage Sunday morning at 10 o’clock, Rev. Henry C. Mayhew performing the ceremony which was witnessed by only a few intimate friends and relatives of the contracting parties.
Monday night, June 11th, is the time for the quarterly membership meeting of the citizens of the C. & A. Association. The meeting will be held at 8 p.m. a number of important matters are to come up for consideration at this meeting and all citizens are invited and urged to be present.
A colored local of the Cooperative Marketing Association was recently organized at Hay’s Chapel in the western part of the county. Wiley Law is president; Tom Hayes vice-president; and W.M. Searcy secretary. The executive committee is composed of Robt. Hays, Burley Hays and James Settle.
The Rockingham county playground was reopened for the summer season yesterday. A large number of persons visited the place during the day and participated in the activities offered at this popular resort. This is the only thing of its kind in the United States, in that it is a countywide proposition and enjoyed by the county’s entire population in every walk of life. The playground, opened last summer for the first time, had a wonderfully successful season, and indications point to an even better season this year.
Reidsville “bit the dust” at Schoolfield Saturday in a 10-3 contest. Gentry seemed to have the “dose” but his teammates simply failed to deliver, some dozen or more errors being chalked up against them. Lack of practice was evident on the part of the locals, while Schoolfield was able to put up a good fight.
Next Wednesday night, June 13th, will mark the formal opening of Guerrant Springs. The Garber Davis Melodians have been engaged for a dance that night from 9 to 2. This is the last time this orchestra will appear here this summer as they go from here to Wrightsville Beach for the remainder of the season.
A new local of the Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association was formed one day last week at Case school, near Madison. The officers are Jas. A. Cardwell chairman; Sam F. Gann vice chairman, and R.E. Alley, secretary. The executive committee is composed of C.P. Young, W.J. Manuel and W.H. Frazier. About 50 members were enrolled. Regular meetings will be held on the second and fourth Fridays of each month at 8:30 p.m.
We are asked to publish the following route as to the best way to go to Guerrant Springs while the Danville-Reidsville highway is under construction: Straight down the railroad on the new concrete highway, turning to the left at Palmer’s, going by Wolf Island church and the Reidsville Granite Company’s quarry out to Carmel church and thence to Oregon Hill and proceed on the county road as usual. This is a good soil road all the way and is about the same distance as the route via Sadler, and nearer than the one via Harrison cross roads.
A simple but pretty wedding was performed in Danville on Friday at noon when the charming daughter of Captain and Mrs. R.E. Pearce was married to David P. Delancy at the residence of the Rev. T.A. Smoot. Owing to recent illness in the bride’s family, the wedding was very quiet, only the immediate families being present. Mrs. Delancy wore a three-piece costume of blue poiret twill, handsomely embroidered, with accessories. She is a young woman of lovable disposition and Christian character and possesses many friends. For the past year she has held a position in the register of deeds’ office. Mr. Delancy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Delancy of Reidsville, but has been a resident of Danville for some time. He is a promising young business man being associated with O.U. Bliss, landscape architect. After an extended trip, Mr. and Mrs. Delancy will be at home to their friends at 416 Summit avenue, Danville.
Promptly at 1 o’clock Saturday the Ellington Drug Co. in the C.A. Whitsett building opened its up-to-date drug store. The day was ideal for the occasion and the store was beautiful in all of its appointments. Lovely baskets of roses, larkspur and nasturtiums adorned the place. A large crowd was in attendance throughout the opening hours, and the success of the day was most gratifying to all concerned. As souvenirs of the occasion hundreds of pink carnations and candy were given each lady and the men were remembered with cigars.
Lewis Armistead Womack, better known as “Dan” Womack, was married last Monday by the Methodist minister of Yanceyville, to Miss Frances Lloyd of Little Rock, Arkansas. J.C. Womack, father of the youth, admitted yesterday that the marriage had taken them by surprise but that paternal blessings had been bestowed following their return from the North Carolina town with the news. Mrs. Womack has been a student at Mary Baldwin Seminary at Staunton and several months ago she met Mr. Womack. Mrs. Womack left Tuesday for her home in Arkansas for a two week’s visit, after which she will return to Danville where she will make her home.
A jury in the corporation court this morning found a verdict for the defendant in the caser of C.B. Smith, farmer, of near Danville, against Jas. A. Stone. Smith sued for $20,000 damages alleging that Stone had slandered him in a letter written to W.J. Pettigrew of Reidsville. Pettigrew, the evidence revealed, interested in a land sale advertisement, wrote to Stone and asked him his opinion about the title to the land and Smith’s character, whereon Stone wrote a replay, this falling into Smith’s hands. Smith claimed that the letter reflected on his honesty and he filed suit. The jury taxed all of the costs, heaving in this case, on Smith. –Danville Cor.
Wm. B. Wray and Miss Mary Elizabeth Walker were united in marriage at the home of the bride’s sister, Mrs. Bayard S. Cummings, Hamilton street, High Point, Saturday night at 9 o’clock. Pastor Coble of the High Point Presbyterian church, performed the ceremony. The wedding was a quiet one and was attended by only a few relatives. The newlyweds left at once for an extensive northern tour after which they will make their home at the Wray residence on Lawsonville avenue. Mr. Wray is one of the town’s best known citizens, is a member of the board of town commissioners, one of the proprietors of the Reidsville Flour Mills, and actively identified with several other interests. The bride is the attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Walker of Lawsonville avenue, and is a very popular and charming young lady.
A new local composed of 23 members of the Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association was formed at Joyce school house, near Madison, recently. J.H. Martin was elected chairman; R.L. Joyce vice-chairman, and B.C. Robertson secretary. B.C. Robertson, R.E. Alley and D.H. Smith compose the executive committee. The date of the regular meetings will be the first and third Saturdays in each month at 8:30 p.m.
From page 5 of The Reidsville Review, Monday, June 11, 1923
No comments:
Post a Comment