General Office
Miss Mae Terry, who has been absent for a few days on account of illness, is missed very much by the office force and we hope she will soon recover.
Miss Ethel DeHart and her mother, Mrs. F.D. DeHart, spent last Wednesday n Danville shopping.
Mr. Earl Walker motored to Greensboro Wednesday afternoon to have his beauty struck. He is going to present it to the office force and it will occupy a very conspicuous place in the Auditing Department.
Miss Ruth Ferguson is absent from the office on account of illness and we hope she will soon be able to come back to work.
Miss Annie Millner spent last Saturday in Greensboro shopping.
Misses Lillian and Marguerite Barksdale were the dinner guests of Misses Gloria and Iva Hailey Wednesday.
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AMERICAN WAREHOUSE
Packing
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brown and little son Joe have returned from Randleman, N.C., and report Mr. Brown’s mother much improved.
Miss Gladys Adkins and mother were visiting Mrs. R.J. Adkins in Carolina Heights Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Adeline Quesenbury is spending a few weeks with Mr. and Mrs. J.S. Quesenbury in North Spray.
Mr. Albert Hardy and a Mr. Davis of Martinsville, Va., were calling on Misses Hannah Harmon and Annie Bell Dillon Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Dock Burroughs were visiting Mr. Burroughs’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Burroughs, Sunday.
Mrs. Polly Jones and Miss Kathleen Thomas spent the week-end in Ridgeway with Mr. and Mrs. S.M. Roberts.
Mrs. F.H. Gallimore is absent from work this week with a severe cold.
Mr. A.E. Harris and Miss Elizabeth Wade, both of this city, were quietly married at the home of Mr. Hall in Reidsville, Rev. Husks officiating. The bride was very tastefully dressed in gray, the costume being gray canton crepe trimmed in blue with hat to match. The groom was handsomely dressed in dark gray.
Those attending this wedding from Spray were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Joyce and Miss Nannie Parker. This county couple is well known and has many friends who wish for them a long and happy life.
Wonder what’s the trouble with Cloa’s Ford. She walked to work this morning through the snow.
Say, Minnie E., you’d better watch, Beverly might get jealous.
Don’t cry Florence. Maybe that roadster won’t pass on by the next time.
Belle looks awful disappointed this week. She took a trip to Greensboro Sunday instead of Rocky Mount.
Miss Loreander Martin says Spray has no attraction for her on Sundays, but Aiken Summit does as sure as the trains run from Roanoke.
Mr. Ed Hopkins is back at work this week. He reports his mother is much improved.
Mr. Albert Dunn returned to work Monday after spending a week in the country. He reports a fine time killing rabbits.
Mr. and Mrs. F.H. Gallimore motored to Low Gap, N.C., Sunday and report the roads as being in good shape.
Mr. Beverly Hodges was a caller at Carolina Heights Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Homer Boyd likes to answer the telephone very much, especially if Iva is the one who calls.
Blanket
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Orrell and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Gillispie motored to Martinsville Tuesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Tilley and Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Tilley of Danville spent Sunday at Spencer.
We are very sorry to learn that Mr. Jim Massey is sick, but we hope he will soon be well again.
Mr. Jesse Dalton of Draper was visiting Miss Georgia Shockley Sunday.
Miss Manie Rodgers says she wishes “Austin” wasn’t so tall or she wasn’t so low. So they wouldn’t look so much like Mutt and Jeff walking around.
Messrs. Alton Fuqua and Warner Massey were the dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Massey Sunday.
Mrs. Georgia Bryant and Mr. Leonard Hopkins are very much in love. Watch for the announcement.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Johnson spent Saturday in Winston-Salem.
Messrs. Frank and Swanson Moore of Stokes spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Shockley.
Miss Lenora Gillispie has exchanged her curls for bobbed hair, we are sorry to say.
Dr. David Lindsay of Fieldale was visiting in the Blanket Dept. Saturday.
Misses Mabel and Hettie Shockley, Messrs. Frank and Swanson Moore and Oscar Shockley were visiting in Draper Sunday afternoon.
Misses Minnie Annie and Alice Bryant have purchased a Ford touring car. And Minnie is the chauffeur.
Mr. Dave Goode of Schoolfield spent Sunday here; better stay at home next time Lucy.
Mr. Howard Sheffield has gone to the hospital but we hope he will be able to be back in a few days, well and strong.
Mr. and Mrs. A.D. Pratt and little son Myron attended the funeral of Mr. William Fretwell Sunday at Mount Hermon Church.
Miss Lucy Shumate delightfully entertained a number of her friends Wednesday evening at her home on Patterson Ave., the occasion being her birthday. Various games were played throughout the evening after which delicious refreshments were served the following guests: Misses Airy Sawyers, Kate Cook, Ruth Young, Clara Cox, Allie Fulcher, Murriel Robertson and Trudy Roberts, Messrs. Smith Fulcher, Floyd Voss, Leonard Harmon, Bonnie Robertson, Bill Fields, Harvey Purdy, Tommy Patterson and John Stovall. At a late hour they all departed hoping Miss Shumate will have another birthday soon.
Mrs. Nannie Amos entertained Monday, March 10, in honor of her mother Mrs. Greene Burgess’ 93rd birthday. A sumptuous dinner was served to about 30 guests, four of them being preachers. Mrs. Burgess is in fairly good health and enjoyed the occasion very much. She also received several nice presents.
Mr. Jim Hankins says it’s no wonder so many girls in the Packing Dept. marry, for they propose to every boy they see. Why some of them have proposed to him; don’t know whether he accepted or not.
Gingham Finishing
Mr. Jack Massey and Mr. Kempter Adkins spent last Friday in Gastonia, N.C.
Elwood Stevens is absent from work this A.M. (Monday) as usual.
Mrs. Polly Jones and Kathaline Thomas were isiting Mr. Sanford Roberts near Ridgeway, Va., Saturday afternoon and Sunday. They report a nice time.
No old bachelor is safe under 100 years old, especially on leap year in this town, so watch (out) old men, somebody has got you spotted.
Mrs. Mollie Boyles spent the week-end with her son, Frank Nance, in Carolina Heights.
Mr. David left for Greensboro Monday to undergo an operation. We wish for him a successful operation and a speedy recovery.
Mr. Forrest Gillie attended services at the Spray Methodist Church Sunday.
For nice dress shirts for spring and summer, see Claude Taylor. He has a nice line of samples at popular prices.
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LILY MILL
Weaving
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Franklin and children, Mr. Eddie Franklin and Dorsey Eads motored to Stoneville, also Draper Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Buck Eggleston, Miss Effie Alderman and Jimmy Eggleston of Danville, Va., motored to Draper and Carolina Heights Sunday afternoon.
Miss Effie Alderman was seen in a fine coupe the other evening with some good looking guy. We are all wondering who it could be.
We guess Miss Lena Franklin has a good looking fellow in Winston-Salem as she hasn’t returned home yet.
Mr. S.M. Suttenfield spent the week-end with home folks.
Mr. Smith Fulcher and Murle Robison motored to Stoneville and other nearby cities Sunday.
Miss Grace and Bessie Joyce of Leaksville and Griggs Fulcher spent the week-end near Critz, Va., with Mr. and Mrs. E.T. Fulcher.
Mr. Robin Fulcher of Critz, Va., was the week-end guest of Smith Fulcher of Carolina Heights.
Seems like we have the whole Nantuck employment working with us today.
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RHODE ISLAND MILL
Weaving Room
Mr. Brice Atkins of Fieldale spent Sunday in Spray and Draper visiting friends and relatives.
Mr. Slaughter is learning to keep house. I notice he is sweeping overhead this morning.
Mr. Harry Hopper was out sick last week but has returned to work.
Mr. Lee Owen Thomasson says we are having wonderful weather and if it gets any colder he’s going home and sit by the fire. Whose home, Lee Owen?
Misses Cloa and Ruby Huff left Saturday for Alta Vista, Va., where they will spend some time with their sister, Mrs. J.F. Eastridge.
Alvin, the 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shelor, cut his right arm Wednesday night. He was running and playing with his brother Billy and stumbled and fell against the door, breaking out one of the glass panels, and cut several of the leaders in his wrist.
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BLANKET MILL
Jack Spinning B.
We see Mr. J.S. Carter is back at work this week.
We were very sorry tohear of Mr. Charlie Adkins falling and getting his back hurt Sunday. He came in Monday and asked Mr. Shorpshire to let him do something besides running doffers as he fell and hurt his back.
Mr. Rob Hiler is out today (Monday) with his brother of Cascade, Va., who got shot Sunday morning. Mr. Hiler and some friends were hunting, and it was said that the gun went off and Mr. Hiler was shot in the back. The case is very sad, and it is doubtful of his recovery, but we hope it isn’t as bad as reported.
Mrs. Annie Dalton got off sick Monday morning.
The best run last week was C.W. Chambers, head doffer, Fred Hall, Luther Hall, Curry Howell, and H.W. Poindexter as doffers, the total hanks being 223. Walter Chambers ran the same amount of hanks on his set. Henry Scott, James Mason, Jack Hall and Eldridge Radford as doffers, the total hanks being 223.
the best run on one frame of spinning was Mrs. Pearl Clifton, Mrs. Florida Prichard, Miss Addie Parrish, 46 hanks each. Miss Mary Gentry, 45 hanks. The best run on 3 sides spinning Mrs. Sallie Shropshire, Miss Macie Dodson, 67 hanks each. Who will it be this week? Are you honest in your work, are you a four-square man or woman or girl or boy? Make it right and you can sleep good at night.
From page 2 of The Arrow, Spray, N.C., March 13, 1924
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