at Avon Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Ward Jones, of Altavista, spent the week end at their home near Scottsville and visited Mrs. Mary Fenwick on Mt. Alto. Mr. and Mrs Edd Mattock, and children, of Alexandria, spent the week end with Mr and Mrs. Russell Bragg. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Taylor, of Alexandria, spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Ripley at Social Hall Robert Lewis Baber, of Fort Lee. spent the week end with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Snead. Hubert Carroll, of West Virginia, spent the week end with relatives here. FARM PRICES The level of prices received by! farmers in mid-January was re ported at 238 per cent of the 1910-14 base average compared with 237 per cent in mid-December, 226 per cent in mid-January last year and the record high of 313 per cent set in February, 1951. Prices paid by farm ers in mid-January were reported at 292 per cent of the 1910-14 base average compared with 290 per cent a month before and 218 per cent a year ago.

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