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!70 Rrv^ RmM ^ Ror. N. T. JarriB It satd to b« reoorertnf as rairtdiy —'—rrnt reports woold Indicate. 8to daughter sayB he has Impror «A. • little but she cannot see he M NKSdnlng nse of himself or can 4rik better. He bed been Tory low aMiw than tonr; oiotiths. Bet ~ esw reported he ifhs now able about his home, with help, mA n>oke much more Intelligibly. 'Vhe degree of this Improrement ■Mans to hs\e been exaggerated Rewerer. Preaching serrlces were held dhe pest Saturday and ^nday Oak F(H^t, Cranberry, and also «t the colored people’s^ church, Onion Grore, by the reepectire pMtors, Rer. J. P. Roberson SisT. L. T. Younger, and a colored ■sinister named DobMns. Rev. C M. Call also preached at Oak For- ■■t Saturday night. It was the Ante for communion at Cranberry aw well as Mother’s Day. 'Mr. Robert Edmlnston took Alnner with Mr. and Mrs. Greene Brown, Sunday and they all en joyed a chicken stew made from •‘Old Coo Coo.” a domlnecker hen Clmn Winston-Salem. Mr. Edmln- ■ten bought at the old Tilley piaee. , Mr. Clifton Waddell, Wllkee- horo Route 2, has ibeen preparing ■ome wood this week he bought on the old Tilley place. . Mr. Frank Sparks has gone a- wrny to ent some timber for Mr. Robert N. Holland, who has ■tored his mill, and taken his ■Mle with him. Mr. Sparks is the foreman In tlmber-outtdng. Seweral in this precinct regis tered belatedly Saturday; but It it though many failed to register at all. The polling place Is changed so often In Antioch no ase can keep np with It, though it was kept at Antioch church ■early 150 years. Some people do not know where Tom Mathis' fllUng station Is, and are not able to walk that far. If FDR or ••Racket-Buster” Dewey miss a lew rotes U may be more from what "Coy Strychnine” called “tmconrenience” than lack of In terest. Mr. Glenn MathU, of the Brier !(«ek section. Is said to be getting •Song good, after being ill some time ago. Mrs. Hrira Johnston Is in quite gwor health, according to her htuband. The celebrated calf trial was postponed again. There is some talk of a compromise. Mrs. Laura Llnney, who has ■ot been as well for the past few weeks, seemed a little better since Friday. People are planting com pret ty unanimously now, though some ■aid they would wait until May 20, or June 1. because of the ex ceesire cold this spring. We have hjis 3 or 4 unbearably hot days sandwiched between the wintry ■winds. When the census was taken this spring, it was taken at the old Tilley place for the first time In 30 years. The late Mr. Simon Cnrry took it in 1910. but census- takers skipiped it in 1920 and 1930, and many persons will ar- gne there Is no such place as the old Tilley place. Mrs. -Anna Lee Salmon I.ara- belh, Hi.sh Point, is said by some not to have confirmed the sale of her farm here, the old Martin home. It was reported to have been sold at *17.00 an acre and that Mr. R. C. Miller bought a part of it adjoining his old Foote /arm. Cool weather made the dog wood, lilacs, and white jonquils tinusually beautiful this month. Rev. J. P. Roberson, of Gil- roath. visited in the home of Mrs. B, L. Johnson while here to preach at Oak Forest. Mrs. Greene Brown returned home last week after spending a tew days near Wilkesboro with her grandmother, Mrs. Pllkinton, ■who was seriously 111 with pneu- wionia. Everything Ready For Dance Revue Eirerything is in readiness for the Fifth Annual Revue of the ' Finley Studio of dance. The pro gram will start at 7:30 at the Liberty Theatre. Short cartoons and news reel will be shown be fore the dance program and a full length picture, “Son of the Na'vy” with Gene Parker and Martin Bpeltanan •will bo shown, directly ■fterward. A fine evenings enter tainment. Beantlful girls dressed in evening dresses will act as wahers and Mr. Grier’s orchestra irtll play several selections while the scenes ere 'being changed; wot a dull inlnnte throughout the •rffitlag. - " Ve* aU kteds of fresli a^ fbrtai ■esde at our ail eg loseeet prices. Seed FHABSON Merle Oberon and .George Brent m “ ’Til Again", which will he shown at the New Orpheum Theatre Thursday and Friday^ P.T.A. Activities Here Are Set Out Following Is the annual report of the president of the North Wllkeaboro Parent-Teachers As sociation, Mrs. C. C. Fnw, given at the last meeting for the year: "As president of the North tVllkesboro Parent-Teacher Asso ciation, I beg leave to submit Its yearly report. Again this year’s report is to be a summary of the reports of the different chairmen and officers, Including thedr most outstanding achievements during this fiscal year. Our membership chairman re ported 264 members Dues were sent in to the state treeasurer for 260 members. The theme for our programs has been "Leisure and Living.” Nine Interesting programs have been given, which were full of In formation. Thirteen suibscrlptlons to “The National Parent-Teacher Magar zine’’ were obtained. During the past year, we have conducted our Study Group in two classes. One leader for the high school mothers and teachers, and one for the elementary grades mothers and teachers. In this way we have been able to use twelve of the excellent outlines found in the "National Parent- Teacher Magazine,” using each time the article given In the reg ular study course and one other article from the magazine. By so doing, we ■were able to give each group of mothers a study applica ble to their particular need a-d problems. Shrubbery was pruned, shaped, and fertilized In the fall by the committee on grounds. Then, the grounds were fertilized again in the spring. The Chairman of Juvenile Pro tection has worked, and Is still working on securing a playground for the children of our town. A special committee, which was appointed, reiported serving soup to 415 children over a period of a month. The Summer Round-up Co.m- mittee helped with the Pre-school Clinic held May 7. 1940, at which time forty-five children were examined The Student -^id Committee reported giving aid to eighty-sev en children. Six dollars was spent on socks and sweaters. Forty dollars was spent on materials which the NYA girls used in the summer and fall by making dresses and garments for chil dren. The sum of *40.00 was do nated by the City Welfare Depart ment and the Red Cross Fund. An interesting program was given for Founders Day in Feb ruary. A collection was taken at that time and *6.41 was sent to the State Treasurer. Elgbty-one dollars was pledged biy the members of the association and all of the plfedges were paid up. TTirongh the work of the Fi nance Chairman the local theaters allowed our organization to spon sor two moving pictures and *38.25 was realized. A sov^ial was given for the par ents and teachers at the Woman’s Club House, September 8, 1939. Refreshments were served by So da! Committee, with the aid of the girls from the Home Econom ics Department. Six members attended the Dlsi- triot meeting which was held In MooresviUe in Ocober. Mrs. Ivey Moore attended the North Carolina ■Congress of Par- year. As these reports have been made, it seems that the work Is moving forward with renewed In terest and enthusiasm, but let u» bear in mind, that It Is through the untiring efforts of the par ents and teachers that these re ports are made possible. Your president feels deeply grateful to the Executive Board members, parents, teachers, and our Su^perlntendent, Mr. Paul S. Cragan for their faithful and loy al service. It has indeed been a pleasrare to work with you. Last, your president beseeches you, for her successor, the same loyalty and co-operation as you have bestowed on her.” BOP odatkimas ttMi, Ftsda^ tw' SB brief as possible. J. AHie Hayes Not > Gonvention Alternate May 20, 1»40. The Jounial-^atriot, North WlUtsSbbro, N. C. ' Dear Mr. Editor; Toiur newspaper, someUme ago, carried a Ust of Delegates and Al ternates to the Democratic Con vention to be held in Ralrigh, North Carolina. The ■writer of this letter, name appeared as an Alternate to the said Convention. Please allow me space In your paper in order that I may clearUy my position. My name was placed in the. list of Alternates «n-be- knowlng to me and was published without my knowledge or con sent. I do not know who caused said list to >be made out and who authorUsd the publication of same. “iTils Is for the express pur pose of denying that I at any time gave my consent or had any knowledge that my name was to be so used. Thanking yon for this space, I am as ever, J. ALUE HATES. Asks Vdunteers For Poppy Sales Organization Of Workers For Poppy Day May 25 Proceeding Rapidly Call for volunteers, to serve In the American Legion Auxiliary’s Poppy Day forces Is being en- thusiaatically answered by the young women of North Wllkes- boro and Wilkesboro, Mra An drew Kilby, poppy chairman of the Wilkes'. County Auxiliary . Unit, announced today. Organization of the workers who will dlstri'biuto the memorial popples throughout the city on Poppy Day, May 25. Is proceeding rapidly. The women who are of fering their services are being as signed to teams, each of which has a definite part of the city to supply with the little red flow ers. Working In relays, they will be on the streets throughout the day. “The response to the call for Poppy Day workers le very grati fying,” said Mrs. Kilby. “It shows that the spirit of patriotism is very m’uch alive in the women of Wilkes county today. All will serve as unpaid volunteers, eve ry penny of the imoney contribut ed for the popples going to the Legion and Auxiliary activities for the disabled veterans and de pendent families of veterans. “It is a real sacrifice for many of these women to serve on Poppy Day. They must leave their homes and put in hours of hard, unac customed work. Their only re ward will be to sec the poppiee blooming on every coat in tribute to the nation's heroic dead and to feel their coin boxes grow hea vy with contributions for the war’s living victims. I am sure everyone in North Wilkeeboro and Wilkesboro will appreciate what they are doing and will re spond gladly to their appeal to wear a poppy.” Funeral Is Held For W. C. Brown Funeral bcrvice was held Sun day afternoon at Mountain Val ley church for W. C. Bro^wn, age 78, member of a well known fam ily of Mulberry township who died Thursday at his home. .Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Clemoy Brown, and four children, P. A. and W. L. Brown, Mrs. Effie Higgins and Mrs. Belle Flynn., 4ala .Aietsnd«t Rakeri' Pleasants,^ 67, 134 Sbitiy avenue, died unex pectedly 'kt his home at 7;4i ^ clock laat night Oa6>tain Pleasants, an employee of the Southern Railway Cg(Dr. pany for the past 60 years, dnetor on the run between Wlhr, ston-Saleni and North WMkee- boro, completed his run late yes terday and left his train 111. He did not rally upon his arrival at home, but grew consistehtly worse until the end came. Captain Pleasants was born In Wake county, April 14, 1873, the son ot James R. and Annie Jones Pleasants. He spent the pm oO years in Winston-Salem' He was a mem ber of Ardmore Baptist church, a member of Salem Lodge No. 289, A. F. and A. M., a member of Damon Lodge No. 41, Knights of Pythian, and a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Train men. He was an active church worker. Survivors Include the widow, who before marriage was Miss Elizabeth Lyon Tocce; one foster ?on, L. L. Tocce: one brother, A. E. Pleasants, Guilford College; one sister, Mrs. George Core, Gastonia; and numerous nieces, nephews, grand nieces and grand nephews. FREE LOVE. Famous British artist’s demand for It raises the interesting question of whether genius can kick over the moral code. Read the full-page feature on the Painter’s Divorce, What His Sweetheart Model Told, and the Acid Remarks ot the Judge, in 'The American Weekly Maga zine with next Sunday’s Washing ton Ttmes-Herald, now on sale. SHOWING TODAY THRU WEDNESDAY- 117 1 f T SECOND FEATURE- WALl Ulant 1 J *-EWGTH CARTOON pmoccHio ‘YOUR ENTERTAINMENT CENTER” New Orpkeam Theatre Spruill Expects Nomination 25th C. Wayland Spruill, candidate for Commlseloner of Agriculture, finished campaigning every coun ty In the state this week and an nounced his confidence In his election In the primary Saturday. He said, “There has at no time •been a denial freun the present Commissioner of the charges I have made concerning the way he has used his office for person al gain.” The Bertie Senator stat ed that In every apeech of his campaign he gave figures to prove that Scott was trying to get re elected by using the state’s money to oauM>aign with. This, he said was done by seedmen and Insipec- tors who travelled the state and — campaigned for Scott at the ex eats and Teachers at High Point, pense of the tax payer. April 17-19, 1940. Announcements and accounts all meetings have been kept in the local papers by your Publicity Chairman. Notes of thanks were written to the managers of the local theaters for allowing us to sponsor the pictures. Also, one our meetings was written up and sent to the “North Carolina Parent-’Teacher Bulletin.” Our orgaaizailon received a certificate stating that Wa were standard rasodation ag^n this of Spruill also pointed out that there has never been any coope ration 'between the extension forc es of the state and the Depart ment of Agrioulture. "This lack of cooperation has caused a duplication of work and a waste of money that must be stopped,’’ he said. Spruill is a Ufe long farmer and merchant who has served in the General Assembly dace 1938. Hq Is a Atama, 8hrlnw,''ni^ilM of the Juidor Order and 'RiptSic Thank You Mf:aiiil Mrs. Public For Your Speeded- Up Saturday Shopping In making the announcement that 22 stores in North Wilkesboro would be closed after 7 P. M. Saturday nights, we felt that the public J be in sympathy with the movement to afford shorter working hours for store employees. Response to the announcement through speeded-up shopping and words oP^favorable comment fromi the public confirms our belief that the public IS sympathetic with the movement and will co-operate with the local firms who are attempting to fai^ their employees, all of whom are friends and relatives of a large part Your support of the movement of the shopping public of this section. 4 * will be a direct favor to these^ people. We brieve that a major part of the shopping pnblic can and will do their Saturday shopping before 7 P. M. Thu systian U behig carried out in practically all surrounding towns and cities, and is a step in the direction of progress through changed conditions during past years. To show' your co-operation it is only necessary that yosi anticipate your needs and do your shopping before 7 P, M. Saturday nights. NO MAT TER WHERE YOU TRADE, COMPLETE ALL SHOPPING BEFORE THAT HOUR. Drug stores, grocery stores and cafe* have not been asked to cloae because of the nature of tiieir business. The business houses of North WUkesboro are always glad to co-operw ate ■with the buying public in any way possible,'and now we are askmg YOU "Bl^e it possible for onr EMPLOYEES to enjoy the advan tage, of a shorter work day on Saturdays. We beUeve we can count on you . . J as one of their fnwids. ■' . f ‘ Merchants Committee
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