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CTHB JOURNAL*PATO;OTi NORTP WELpSEORO,.?^, :C.
Mr. 0. V. Dockery .'‘of Tllklu,
I HAS a businees rlsitor to the city
IWday. i>
Mr. and Mrs. Talmadge Moore,
I ot North Wilkesboro route 3,
were rteitors in this city Satar-
df5-
Mr. W. T. Billings, of Lynch,
Ky., has been Tisltlng bis par
ents Mr. and Mrs. EUl Billings,
of Hays.
Messrs. Ralph and Isaac Dun
can were in Charlotte today at
tending an adrance showing of
1941 model Philco radios.
Mr. and- Mrs. Homer Carlton,
who reside at Goshen, spent Sun
day in Greenyllle, S. C., as guests
of Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Park.
Mrs. C. B. Lomax and son, Phil-
I Up, are spending this week with
Mrs. Lomax’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Phillips, at Ingalls.
Mr. Bill Ritchie, of Rahway, N.
J., arrlyed Saturday to spend the
I summer with his uncle, Mr.
James Ritchie, at Pores Knob.
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Tulbert and
daughter. Ruby, of West Jeffer
son, visited in the home of Mr.
.i^^Irs. R. L. Wellborn last
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kennedy
and two children, of Winston-Sal-
ejj^Wisited Mr. Kennedy's fath-
B. J. Kennedy, in Wilkes
boro, Friday.
Mr. Robert Settle, who is sta
tioned on the U. S. S. Tuscaloosa
at Norfolk, spent the week-end
here with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. T. H. Settle.
Mtts Nell ‘Ronssean and Misa
Billie Barnes will be in Greens
boro this week attending the
Girls State at Woman’s College.,-
Which is being sponsored by the
Legion Auxiliary. The local aux
iliary here is sending the girls.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Absher,
Mrs. Kathrine Lott, Little Miss
Anne Lott and Bill Absher, Jr.,
of this city, Major A. L. Fletcher
and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Fletcher
Daniels, of Charlotte, Tl8lts4..JleT-
J. F. Fletcher at Kendrick, Va.,
Sunday.
Mr. C G. Day returned ^o Jits
home in this city yesterday alter
undergoing treatment at the
Baptist Hospital for several days.
We are pleased to state that im
provement is noted in his condi
tion, and that he will soon be
able to be out again.
Miss Hassle Wall has returned
to her home at Boomer after a
visit of several days to Ashe
ville, Sylva, Robbinsville, Mur
phy, Franklin and other points
of interest in Western North Car
olina. Miss Wall made the trip
with a party from Charlotte.
At the parachute school of the Lakdmrst, N. J.. naval air station, "grtdnation” exer^ We a
wactical turn. Before students are awarded a diploma they must make a mass parachute Jump with » ,
^ked by themselves. Left: Members of a cUss boarding a plane ready to take their last l^n. Wght:
With breftth-UktoR speed the ground comes up to meet the student jnmper. He hss finished the rernlAtlon
training period. The Jump Is his final lesson—and he knows that he has packed his parachute oorreeUy.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Ulrich spent
today here enroute from Fort
Lauderdale, Fla., to Rutherford,
N. J., where they will visit their
daughters, Mesdames Mamie
Warnke, and Mrs. Robert Ross.
Mr. and Mrs. Ulrich resided in
this city for a number of yesrs.
Chamberlain To
Head Dokie Club
17-Year Locust
Horde In County
Mr. James Ritchie, Jr., life
guard at Hollywood Lake at
Pores Knob, is taking a two-
weeks life saving course given
by the Red Cross at Brevard.
Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Carlton, of
North Wilkesboro, announce the
birth of a nine-pound son, Mil
lard Fillmore, Jr., on June 10 at
the Wilkes Hospital. Mrs. Carl
ton is the former Miss Clara
Meekie Warren and the grand
daughter of Mr. D. D. Anderson,
of Wilkesboro.
Officers For Coining Year
Elected fn Meeting Held
On Friday Night
Peculiar Insects Making
Merry In Msmy Sections
Of Wilkes This Year
Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Klyce,
of Corinth. Miss., are here on a
visit with Mr. and Mrs. Ivan D.
Anderson. Mr. and Mrs. Kl>ce
are Mrs. Anderson’s parents.
Mrs. J. I. Myers and son^^So^n
I., and daughter, Ina. of this
city, visited relatives in Char
lotte Sunday. John I. remained to
have his infected foot treated for
a ,^’eek.
Mr. Prince E. Forester will re
turn to Washington, U. C., tomor-
r*w after spending a few days
with his sister, Mrs. Warner Mill
er, and other relatives in the Wii-
kesboros.
Mr. Turner Inscore, of Antioch
township, under went an opera
tion at the Davis Hospital in
Statesville two weeks ago. He re
turned to his home much im
proved, but grew worse and had
to be carried back to the hos
pital yesterday. His frtende w-ish
tor him a speedy recovery.
TWO ENDORSED FOR
POSTOFFICE POSITION
(Continued From Page One)
Miss Doris Rhodes and Mis^
Mary Dix, of West Jefferson, were
here visiting last week in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Mc
Neil. Miss Rhodes is a niece of
Mrs* McNeil.
Ir. and Mrs. Owen E. Dun
can and Mr. and Mrs. Charles
SpriEkle, all of Winston-Salem,
re guests here Sunday for the
'of Mrs. J. E. Duncan, mother
oT”Mr. DuTican.
Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Williams
and son. Dale, of Beckenridge.
Texas, visited Mr. and Mrs. R.
L Wellborn the latter part of
last week. Mrs. Williams is a
niece of Mr. Wellborn.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Koontz
and daughter. Marion, of Lovell,
Wyoming, visited -Mr. and Mrs.
John Tull here last week. They
are now with relative.s in the east
ern part of the state.
Mr. aud Mrs. Rupert Gilette,
son. Jack, and daughter, Mary
Jane, of Charlotte, visited Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. Wellborn the latter
part of last week. Mrs. Gilette is
a niece of Mr. Wellborn.
boro, and E. L. Hemphill as rur
al letter carrier on Route 2, Wil
kesboro, it was learned Saturday.
The Wilkesboro postmaster sit
uation is one with quite a long
history. Mrs. Savannah B. Smoak
had served a four-year term and
was getting ready to fill out her
non-competitive examination pa
pers and had been finger-printed
for another four year term, when
the Wilkesboro district high
school matter suddenly de
veloped. Congressman W. 0. Bur-
gin had also written Mrs. Smoak
that he would recommend her
for re-appointment, it is said.
But within a short time after the
split which took place netweer
N. 0. Smoak, (Mrs. Smoak’s hus
band), the then chairman of the
district school board, and Carl A.
Lowe, the then secretary of said
board, and J. T. Prevette, D. J.
Brookshire, and T. M. Foster,
members of the district school
committee, over the
of Prof. T. E. Story and
Officers for the ensuing year
were elected by the North Wilkes
boro Dokies club at its June meet
ing held Friday night at the
community house at Roaring Riv
er.
Dr. A. C. Chamberlain was
elected president and the other
newly elected officers to be in
stalled in the July meeting, which
will also be held at Roaring Riv
er, are: S. S. Hunt, vice presi
dent; Bud Reynolds, secretary:
P. B. Church, treasurer; Clifford
Moore,-Baaoeka.
The slate ot officers was pre
sented to the club by the nomi
nating committee compo.sed of
Paul Osborne, chairman, Presley
Myers and Bill Marlow, and w-as
unanimously approved.
A. S. Cassel, president, presided
at the meeting and reports were
heard from J. B. Gilreath and S:
S. Hunt On arrangements for the
Dokies ceremonial to he held in
North Wilkesboro on June 28. A
gala occasion, in which Dokies
from several cities and towns will
participate, is expected.
The program Friday night was
in charge of Dr. A. C. Chamber
lain, who called attention to the
fact 'that June 14 was flag day
and after reading an account of
the origin of the flag the club
stood in silent tribute, facing a
United States flag in the center
of the room.
The program chairman then
presented Rev. Timothy Sikes,
veteran K. of P. and Dokie mem
ber, who spoke in an inspiring
manner on "The Principles of
Pythianism."
After he related a number of
humorous anecdotes directed at
A winged army of seventeen-
year locusts has invaded many
sections of Wilkes county.
Only parts of the county have
been affected by the ' invasion.
One peculiarity of the locusts be
ing that they have well defined
territories for each appearance.
According to information given
out by the United Statee depart
ment of agriculture, the locusts
now singing their monotonous
tones entered the ground as grubs
in 1923. They appeared this year
frH-Of a___8udden, riddling the
ground'with oyer-
night.
Soon after theii’*' _ e,
bodies of the insects harde#%._i
turn black. Legs and veins of
their nearly transparent wings
are bright orange in color. Deei>
er pigmentation near the outer
end-of the front wings produces
a distinct "W,” the Department
said.
While the male makes all the
noise, the female, though mute,
does the damage to vegetation,
which, however, is said to be re
latively light. Damage usually is
greatest on fruit trees and nurs*
ery stock.
After about a month above
ground, the cicades will die, lit
tering the ground with wings snd
dismembered hodiee. Innumer
able larvae, hatching from eggs
laid on branches, twigs and stems,
will fall to the ground, burrow in
and attach their mouths to a
nourishing root. There'they will
remain until 1957.
New Manager Miller-
Jones Company Store
Thomas W. Blackmon, of Ra
leigh, is the new manager of the
local Miller-Jones Company store,
haying succeeded W. M. Reece as
manager last week. Mr. Reece has
gone to Statesville where he will
be in the shoe department of the
J. C. Penney Company store.
Mr. Blackmon has been con
nected with the Miller-Jones
Company for seven years and is
an experienced shoe man.
In connection with the change
of managers here, Miller-Jones
Company also announces that L.
G. Caldwell, who has had fourteen
years’ experience in the shoe bus
iness, has been employed by the
store and will be cn the Job regu
larly in the future to help solve
the shoe problems of his many
friends in this section.
f pb Sale Of
It was announced today that
special reserved seats for the per
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matching ^ i QQ
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i several members present he dis-
re-election : “Friendship, Charity and
j Ckinfidence’’ as being fundament-
members of the school faculty, |^j principles of the order.
Mrs. Smoak was Informed by Con- j Woman’s Home demon-
gressman Burgin that r.e ' gtration club of Soaring River
withdrawing his recommendation highly praised for the grepar-
for her re-appointment, and that | serving oLthe excellent
a competitive examination would
Mrs. Louise Collier and chil
dren, Bobby and Sara-Willie,
have returned to ihe.r home in
Winston - Salem after spending
t,everal days with -Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Miller. Mrs. Collier and
Mrs. Miller are sisters.
Mrs. Newland Campbell and
little daughter. Lina Lee, have
. to Wal;e Forest to live. Mr.
C^pbell. who came up for them
the latter part of last week, has
a position at that place with the
Standard Oil Company.
.Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bullis and
daughter. Miss Edna Bullis. and
Mr. and Mrs. William O. Johnson
«ill leave Tuesday for Sperry-
ville Front Royal, Madison and
other points in Virginia, where
-key will spend the remainder of
^8 week visiting relatives
friends.
■ Mr T. E. Cain, well known lo
cal* barber, has leased the Pine
,«i4ge Service Station and picnic
•3^^nds near Moravian FaUs^ Mr.
be held. -At the same time, Chair
man Rousseau withdrew h i s
recommendation of Mrs. Smoak,
and Congressman Burgin acted
in accordance with the county
chairman’s' recommendation.
An examination was held aud
a number of patrons of the office
took the examination. When the
eligible list was announced David
Wright, son of C. C. Wright, for
many years county superintm-
dent of schools, was the highest
on the list. M. F. Bumgarner was
second, and Mrs. Smoak was
third. Since the announcement of
the eligible list Mrs. Smoaa has
been serving as acting postmaster.
W. H. McElwe«, chairman of
the Wilkesboro No. 1 precinct
committee, has endorsed the ap
pointment of Mr. Wright for the
position. No meeting as yet of the
township committee has been held
to endorse any of the three eligi-
bles, and the members of the
committee have not expressed any
choice, officially, from the list of
eligtbles.
The eligibles for the rural let
ter carrier Job, as announced by
the civil service commission,
were David Wright, E. L. Hemp
hill. and E. R. Spruill. The exact
standing of the eligibres was not
dinner.
SOCIETY
Wanted: A Girl |
With Everything
To PUy Part Of Indian
Princess Who Can Sibg
Loudly; Ride A Horse
Dinner Party Honors
Bride-Elect In Elkin
Elkin. June 15.—Miss Amy
Kathryn Myers, bride-elect of the
summer was honoree at a pro
gressive dinner party on Tue sday
evening, hostesses having been
members of the Young Woman’s
auxiliary of the First Baptist
church.
The guests were entertained
first at the home of Mrs. Gar
land Johnson on Church street
where frozen fruit cocktail was
served. At the home of Mrs. T.
G. Harris on West Main street the
main dinner course was served
buffet style. Dessert was served
later at the home of the bride’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles N.
Myers.
After the gueets heard vocal
numbers by Miss Elizabeth Bed-
dingfield and Miss Kay Lee Walk
er, the bride-elect was given a
shower.
Keith Gingles, director of “On,
Wings of Time,’*' historical spec- ^
tacle to he staged at the fair-.
grounds here as a feature of:
North Wilkeshoro’s 50th anniver-1
sary celebration July 1. 2, 3 and
4, today publicly appealed for a
certain type character in , the i
pageant. i
_ stanaing oi lue cusiuico ««,.
invites the public to pay his announced locally. W. B. James
- •' you don t carrying the mail on Wil-
plaof a visit, and if you don t carrying the mail on Wil-
kaJP' what you want to eat with Route 2, as the substi-
To^ou can buy It on the grounds Iredell Anderson, recently
JVU jr V TTlAflta
The reason the appeal was
made was because of the many
things the person must ibe able
to do.
It is the part of an Indian prin
cess who is young and pretty,
can ride a horse, sing beautifully
and with a voice strong enough
that she can be heard from tho
baseball diamond to the top of
the grandstand; and she must
also fit a certain size costume.
An amplifier could be used for
her singing but the director wants
to get around having an Indian
brave poke a michrophone before
her when she starts to sing be
cause that would not be entirely
in keeping with the age that part
of the pageant is to portray.
Girls interested please see Di
rector Gingles.
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-he carries a line of fresh mea retired,
gwcerlea. Mr. Cain states
there will be -
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