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JiT. R. F. OrwBn,' of Boone, was
In the city Tuesday looking after
businees matters. ^
Miss Helen Bnmgamer has as
'ber guest, Mlse tiUclHe Bethea,
of DlHon, S. C.
Mrs. R.^ S. Cavenaugh, of Wal
lace, Is here Tlsitlng her sister,
Mrs. Cody Moore.
Mr. W. B. Parsons, of Buck
postoffice, was a North Wilkes-
boro visitor Monday.
Mr. John W. Church, of Walsh
poetoffice, was a business visitor
to the city Saturday.
June 21st is recorded as the
longest day of the year—fourteen
hours and 31 minutes.
Mrs. Nan Wiles and children,
of WUkesboro, route 2, visited
Mrs. Belle Warren, of WUkesboro,
Sunday.
Miss Myrtle Venable, of Spar
tanburg, S. O.. is a guest of Dr.
and Mrs. G. T. Mitchell in Wll-
keoboro.
Mrs- J. S. Harris, of Stony
Point, has been visiting
brothers, Messrs. C. S. and D.
Hudson.
Mr. Deon DeBit, who has been
here on a visit with relaUves. re
turned to his home in California
Monday.
Miss Elizabeth Finley was In
Boone last week attending a State
Elementary Education Conference
at the Appalachian State Teach
ers College.
Mrs. D. S. Tryon, of Carthage,
Missouri, is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Sherlman T. Colvard, in
WUkesboro.
Miss Mable Jeanne Griffin, of
Kings Mountain, is spending this
week here with her cousin. Miss
Margaret Jones.
Little Miss Doris Wiles, of this
city, spent the week-end at Pores
Knob with her cousin. Master
Bobby Meadows.
Mr. J. D. Moore, who has been
111 at his home here for sometime,
was carried to Charlotte Tuesday
for treatment. We hope for his
speedy recovery.
Mrs. W. A. Ellis and two chil
dren. of Raleigh, are here visit
ing In the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon Forester.
Mr. I. R. (Reid) Elledge and
family, of Erwin. Tenn.. are vis
iting relatives and friends in the
county this week.
Miss Lucille Bethea, of Dillon.
S. C.. was a housegueet of Miss
Helen Bumgarner last week. They
were classmates at W. C. U. N.
C. in Greensboro.
Mr and Mrs. W. W. Bowen and
daughter, Roselyn. returned this
week froguPly™a?‘’‘’
spent sevffal weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Jones and
son and daughter, Walter and
Margaret, spent the week-end at
Clemmons with Mr. Jones’ moth
er, Mrs. F. A. Jones.
We are glad to state that Mr.
J. C. Reins, our congenial post
master, is improving from a re
cent attack of asthma.
Dr Carolyn Taylor and Mrs.
Russell Cook, of High Point, were
in Asheville and Sylvia from Sat
urday until Wednesday.
Mrs. C. C. Kilby and children.
Mack and Joyce, spent the week
end at Sylvia and in Smoky
Mountains National Park.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Jeffers and
Mrs. Troy Shoars, all of Durham,
visited in the home of Mrs. L. C.
Warren, of WUkesboro. Sunday.
Mr. Henry Leckie and son, of
Whiteville, N. C., visited Mr.
Leckie’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. Leckie, in WUkesboro. Sun-
d&y*
Mrs. Maston Walsh and infant
son, Calvin Gordon, returned
home Saturday from Davis Hos
pital, Statesville, where they have
been patients.
Mr. Arthur Nichols returned
to his home near Purlear several
days ago after undergoing an ope
ration tor appendicitis at the
Wilkes Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Warren and
children and Miss Mae Cain, all
of North WUkesboro. visited Mr.
Warren’s aunt. Mrs. Belle War
ren, of WUkesboro, Sunday after-
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Jeffers and
Mrs. Troy Shoars, all of Durham,
and Misses Lois and Eulala War
ren. of WUkesboro, motored to
Sparta, Jefferson and Boone.
Sunday. •
Mrs. Lucille Farmer, who nas
been a patient at the Wilkes Hos
pital for a couple of weeks, is ex
pected to be able to return to her
home sometime the latter part of
the week.
Mr. Horace Sisk and daugh
ter, Miss Virginia Sisk, of Fay-
lettvllle. visited friends in this
city Monday. Mr. Sisk is a former
superintendent of North Wilkes-
boro schools.
.Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Cowles.
Mrs. J. C. Mott and little son. J.
C Jr., attended the Rhododen
dron FesUval at Asheville and
the Mimosa Festival at Morgan-
ton last week.
- Mrs. Lawrence Miller and son,
Haywood, Mrs. Alene G. Ui>-
church and Mr. S. T. Walsh at
tended the NYA Exhibit in con
nection a 1th the Rhododendron
at Asheville Thursday.
Conjgreeaman Robert L. Dough-
ton. ot the Blghth Diatrlct, -WM
herb a tbw hours liueeday. Mr.
Doughton is payln* a brief vlaft
to the state this week while Con
gress la in reeese,
Mr. R. W. Gwyn. daughter,
Mrs. Carl Coffey and son, Carl
Gwyn Coffey, have returned to
the city after enjoying a motor
trip to Roanoke, ChariottesTllle,
and Williamsburg, Va.
Mrs. G. S. Winters, of Laurln-
hurg, has been spending a few
days in this city with her another,
Mrs. D. G. Wiles. Mr. Winters
and little daughter. Dottle, have
also arrived to spend a few days
here.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Grist, of
New Haven, Conn., and Mr. and
Mrs. Earl McFadden, of Sidney,
Novla Scotia, are here on a visit
with relatives and friends. Mr.
Grist Is a brother to Mr. A. A.
Cashion.
We are glad to state that much
improvement is now noted in the
condition of Mr. Charles Leckie,
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Leckie,
of WUkesboro. Mr. Leckie has
been 111 tor sometime with rheu
matism.
Dr. and Mrs. Leland Ransom,
of Baltimore, Md., and Mrs. J. E.
Plummer, of Crumpler, visited in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Bowles, Sunday. Mrs. Ransom Is
a niece of Mrs. Bowles and Mrs.
Plummer Is a sister.
Mrs. Sherman T. Colvard re
turned Saturday from Carthage,
Missouri, whefe she visited her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Try-
on, for several weeks. Mr. Col
vard went to Missouri for her,
spending a week in that state.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Britt and
daughter, Peggy Anne, of Silver
Springs, Md., are here on a visit
to Mrs. Britt’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. C. A. Forester.
Mr. David Mink, well known
resident of Route 2, WUkesboro,
has. returned to his home after
spending several days last week
at S’ alley Springs in Ashe coun-
ty.
Mr. and Mrs. Watson Brame
and little daughter, Linda, are
now occupying the Butner resi
dence on Fifth Street. They
moved to the Butner home Mon
day. f
Mrs. William F. Blair left
Tuesday for Washington, D. C.,
where she was Joined iWy her sis
ter. Mrs. W. R. Scott, of Rich
mond, Va. Mrs. Blair and Mrs.
Scott left Washington on a sev
eral weeks’ trip to California.
Attention is called to the fact
that the North WUkesboro office
of the Unemployment Compensa
tion Commission will be closed
on Thursday. July 4, and that
claimants supposed to report on
that date may report on the fol
lowing Thursday, July 11.
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Crook and
children, Lomax, Mary Evelyn,
and Charles, spent last week vis
iting In Washington, D. C. with
Mrs. Crook’s sister, Mrs. P. P-
Cridlebaugh. They also went up
to Baltimore. On their return
they came by High Point and left
Mary Evelyn and Charles with
their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
L. C. Lomax, for a visit there.
Mr. and Mrs. David Clary and
two children, Margie and Bar
bara, of Kannapolis, spent the
week-end in the Reddies River
community with Mr. Clary's mo
ther, Mrs. N. L. Clary. They were
accompanied by Rev. J. J. Brooks,
of Kannapolis, who preached at
Riverside Brethern church at
Reddies River Saturday night and
Sunday.
A splendid vacation Bible
school is now in progress at the
Millers Creek MethotUst church.
Mr Warren Sherk, of Duke Uni
versity. and Miss Hester Tulhurt.
of Millers Creek, ste conducting
the school. Eighteen are enrolled
In the mission class, and sixteen
in the children’s division.
Mrs. Teague Hlpps, daughter,
Carolyn, and eons, Herbert and
Carolyn, of Salisbury, are guests
this week of Mrs. Hipps’ sister.
Miss Gray Greene in Wilkesboro.
Mrs. Hipps is the daughter ot Mr.
and Mrs. F. L. Parks, of Roaring
River, and is also a sister to Me^
dames Stacey Alexander and W.
M. Alexander, of Wilkesboro.
Mr and Mrs. John Hall and
daughter. Nell, motored to Win
ston-Salem, Sunday to accompany
Miss Blanche Hall home. She was
the guest ot Miss Christine Hall
the past week. She also visited
Mr. Hall’s sister, Mrs. Minnie
Johnson, In Lexington, and at
tended the State American I^g on
and Auxiliary convention in Hign
Point. ,
Miss Zell Jarvis, daughter ot
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Jarvis,, of
Roaring River route 2, left Sat
urday for Greensboro where she
will enter Kings Business College,
having attended Paynters Busi
ness College In Salisbury, Mary
land, last year. She expects to
complete the secretarial course in
a few months. Miss Jarvis had
been employed as telephone ope
rator In North Wilkesboro for
sometime.
Madiy Liberal Contrftvtku
Darinf Past Week Swell .
War Ralief
Contrlhattoo* 'to the ^
county Red Orow chapter for re
lief of war sntferera in Burope to»
day had passed 11,000, according
to a report today from W. Blair
Gwyn, chapter treasurer.
The exact total as reported by
Mr. Gwyn was 31,01'2.28.
Donations since the last pub
lished report a week, ago were as
follows:
Previously reported 2907.78
Brantford Brooks — 1.00
Mrsi. Kathleen, Mary and
Peter Morehouse 4.00
Albert Garwood
•Mr. and Mrs. N. O. Smoak
Wilkes Auto Sales Co. —
Wilkesboro Manufacturing
Company -
Miss Nonl© Gordon —.....
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. More
house
A Friend
A Friend __
Miss Elizabeth Barber
Mrs’. Maude S. Miller
Mrs. Inez A. Bowles
Ira W. Day
Mrs. B. F. Foster —
Miss Eleanor Smoak
R. G. Vannoy
J. R, Prevette
W. J. Allen -
Jean’s Shop
Bank ot North Wilkesboro
TOTAL — *!•
1.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
10.00
2.00
1.00
1.00
2.00
6.00
3.00
1.00
2.00
5.00
2.50
26.00
012.28
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Old timers will recognize this acene'aa being a picture of the original Forest Fumitnre company
plant, which was located don a part of the lot now covered by the company’s factory on the comer of
Main and Sixth streets.
Large Crowd At
Reunion Ellere
Held At Boiling Springs On
Sunday; Orgnnizatitwi
Eller Clan Formed
A crowd estimated at more
than 600 attended tjie first re
union of the widely known Eller
family at Bolling Springs Baptist
church Sunday.
The morning program consisted
of a church service, during which
Rev. G. W. Sebastian occupied
the pulpH and delivered an in
spiring message. At noon a boun
teous picnic dinner was spread on
long tables.
In the afternoon there were in
teresting talks by Rev. A. W.
Eller, of Wilkesboro route 1, Ci
cero Eller and Gus Eller, of
Ashe county. Gus Eller read a
comprehensive history of the El
ler family.
An organization with Rev. A.
W. Eller as chairman and Charlie
Eller as secretary was /ormed
and it was decided to make the
reunion an annual affair to be
held each fourth Sunday in June.
LOCpS
Mr. E. F. Duncan, well known
resident of Oakwoods. was a
North Wilkesboro visitor today.
Mr. L. W. Smlthey, of Roaring
River, was among those looking
after business matters here yes
terday.
We are glad to announce that
Mr. Paul Lenderman, well known
groceryiman of Wilkesboro,^ is
better, following a tew days’ ill-
n0ss
Miss Jean Horton returned
Tuesday to her home in Flint,
Mich., after a visit here with
relatives. She Is the daughter of
Mrs. Steele Horton.
Miss Rowland Is
Here For Pageant
Technical Director Of John
B. Rogers Company As
sisting Gingles
Miss Dorothy Rowland, one of
the most talented sUff members
of the John B. Rogers Producmg
company of Fostoria, Ohio, has ar
rived here to assist in directing
and production of “On Wings Of
Time,” historical spectacle-page
ant to be staged at the fair
grounds on the nights of July 1, 2,
3 and 4, as the highlights of North
Wilkesboro’s B(Hh anniversary
celebration.
Keith Giugles, promotional di
rector and pageant master, has
been here for several weeks and
has supervised promotional work
and rehearsals for the pageant,
which has a cast of over 500 local
people-
Miss Rowland, woh has suc
cessfully directed a. number of
highly successful amateur pro
ductions, will have charge of the
technical parts of the production
here and her services are expect
ed to add greatly to the pageant.
Miss Rowland’s latest produc
tion in this state was the staging
of a pageant two years ago in
High Point, which was widely ac
claimed as an outstanding suc
cess. Since that time she has stag
ed many other productions in all
parts of the country.
Store Owner
Jesse C. Church, owner of
Church Hardware store on Tenth
street, which has become a very
popular store among hardware
customers.
Church Hardware
Is Popular Store
Jesse C. Church Proprietor
Of Hardware Store On'
Tenth Street
Church Hardware Store was es
tablished on Tenth street near E.
E. Eller Produce company sev
eral years ago and has experi
enced good business.
Jesse C. Church is owner of
Church Hardware store. Mr.
Church, a public spirited citizen
of this city, has an understanding
of what farmers need in the way
of hardware and what they can
afford to pay for the merchandise.
Perhaps that and the fact that
every customer is assured of a
square deal accounts for the grow
ing popularity of the store as a
place to purchase hardware.
Mr. Church invites your visit
during the 60th anniversary cele
bration of North Wilkesboro next
week and at any other time.
Series Of Services
at Wilkesboro Church
A series, of services is in pro-
gre.ss this week at T’ne Wilkes
boro Methodist church, the pastor,
Dr. W. J. Flint, being assisted by
Rev. C. W. Kirby, of Winston-
Salem.
Services are being held at 9
o’clock in the morning and 8 o’
clock in the evening. The morning
services Is being featured as a
children's service.
As the meeting progresses,
larger congregations are attend
ing, and interest is increasing.
The public Is cordially Invited to
attend any and all services.
Bason 03 Co.
Is Progressiye
Established Here Only Few
Years Ago But Many
Are Using Sinclair
Bason Oil company was estab
lished in this city only a few years
ago and the quality of its products
has aided greatly in its growth as
a part of the business life of North
Wilkesboro.
Bason Oil company is distribu
tor in this territory for Sind- t
H C gasoline and motor oils man
ufactured to the highest point of
precision by the internationally
famous Sinclair Refining com
pany. ' Many service stations,
now dealers for Sinclair products
are finding that they meet with
.the unqualified approval of mo
torists.
W. J. (Dick) Bason is head of
Bason Oil company. Mr. Bason
needs no introduction, to the peo
ple of North Wilkesboro and sur
rounding communities. They know
him as one of the city’s most pro
gressive citizens, ever willing and
ready .to aid in any movement to
make North Wilkesboro airf
Wilkes county better places in
which to live. Mr. Bason is a
World War veteran and for many
years has been very active in help
ing to carry»out many of the ser
vice activities of the Wilkes post
of the American Legion.
Heads Schools
Deadline Soon
For Applications
For Winter Peas
Lawrence Miller, chief clerk of
the Triple A in Wilkes, said today
that July 4 has been set as the
deadline for receiving applica
tions for winter peas to be seed
ed this year.
Austrian winter peas may be
purchased at government con-
ti ,--'t price and ' payment deduct
ed from the farm payment If ap-
plic').tiOD is made before July 4.
It Is hoped that Wilkes farmers
will use the peas liberally this
yea’’.
Paul S. Cragan Is superinten
dent of -North WUkesboro
schools, one of the highest
ranking city school sj'stenzs in
the state of North Carolina
and a member of the Southern
Association of Accredited
schools since 1923.
Store Manager
Smoak Furniture
Is A Pioneer Firm
Owned By C. E. Jenkins; C.
E. Jenkins, Jr., Is Man
ager Of Store
It takes the older residents of
North Wilkesboro to remember
when Smoak Furniture company
was established here.
It has become one of the best
known furniture stores in wes
tern North Carolina and is one of
the largest.
The business was operated for
many years by D. E. Smoak and
was purchased several years ago
by C. E. Jenkins, prominent local
business man, who has not only
continued the business but has ex
panded it materially.
Smoak Furniture company is lo
cated in the large three-story
building on the comer of Main
and Tenth street sand every floor
is literally filled with furniture,
home furnishings and there is a
portion devoted to hardware.
The store is under the manage
ment of C. E. Jenkins, Jr., a prom
inent young business man of the
city, and there is a splendid store
personnel well qualified by years
of experience and a comprehen
sive knowledge of f umiture to
serve the many customers of the
firm in Wilkes and adjoining
counties.
Mr. Jenkins, Jr., takes an active
part in civic affairs, being alliliat-
ed with the Lions club and other
service organizations. He is gfad
to have a part in the business and
civic life of North Wilkesboro, his
native community, and is always
willing to work towai-d its con
tinued progress.
Smoak Furniture company in
vites your visit, whether it be to
biiy furniture or just look around.
Lions Here^
H^OnFrkkrCvwi^
ta HiIs Clly » i
W. BUlr Gwyn, who has bsMi
active In the affain of the LhNMl'
Club and other civfc endeavour,
was elected president of the Norik
WilkestxH'o Lions Clnb in tha
meeting held Friday evening ag
Hotel Wllkee.
Other officers elected for tkm
coining year are as follows: W. Ol
Absher, O. T. Keeling and Jotaa
K Blsckbum, vice prestdeate;^
Phillip Brame, lion tamer; Had
ley Hayes, tall twister; Gordon
Forester, gecret&ry-tf|msarer; J.
M. Anderson, Grady ^hurch and
Frank Allen, directohs.
Mr. Gwyn, who will be Install
ed at the first meeting In July,
succeeds Rlcharu Johnston as
president. During the past few
years the club has been very ao-
ttve and has carried out several
civic activities to successful com
pletion.
The program Friday evening
consisted of piano numbers by
Keith Gingles, director of the
anniversary pageant to be staged
here next week, and a talk by
Rev. Timothy Sikes.
Committees made good reports
relative to the Lions tennis tour
ney to begin July 9 and the open
ing of the Lions Cluib swimming
pool.
Personnel Duke
Power Co. Branch
Feted At Supper
As a token of appreciation for
the extension of electric lines into
their community, Mr. and Mrs.
(Jharles Coleman and neighbors of
the Hamptonville community in.
in the extreme eastern part of
Wilkes county entertained several
members of the personnel of the
North Wilkesboro branch of the
Duke Power company and other
guests at a supper at their
home Friday night.
The guests were as follower
Harold Hartley, Otis Barker,
Charles B. Hulcher, J. Mack Rea
vis, T. H. Waller, Tom Story, Jr.,
J. G. Forester, C. Wesley Hob
son, Richard V/. Bowles, Tom
Bumgarner, Robert Maher, Quin
cy Brooks and E. C. Nichols, of
Duke Power company, J. Winfield
Nichols, W- J- Csroon, F. D. For
ester, of North Wilkesboro, H. B.
Steven^ of .RglMgh,. Jfsfc •
due, H. W. Pardae, C. L. Callo
way, T. R. Nicholson, Hugfaie
Nicholson, Trop Niebolson and
Roger Johnson, of Hamptonsville.
undivided loyalty In the days ot
uncertainty that lie ahead, and I
know the people of the Eighth
District well enough to be assured
that they are patriotic Americans
above all other considerations.
‘T am confident the Eighth
District will turn In a great Dem
ocratic majority in November,”
concluded Mr. Burgin.
Deane’s Statement
To my friends in Wilkes county
who gave me, as a candidate for
Congress, such loyal support dur
ing the recent Democratic primar
ies. I desire to express my feel
ings of sincere appreciation.
I’ew candidates for public of
fice ever had such faithful friends
and tireless workers. You realize
that our organization was carried
on by friendship and faith, and
we have no alibi to offer. We can
he justly proud of the fact that
we carried six of the strong Dem
ocratic counties: Union, Anson.
Richmond, Scotland, Moore and
Lee and received a splendid vote
in the other six counties.
You will, I am sure, join me in
pledging support to the nominee
Mr. Burgin, and faithful allegi
ance to our great Democratic par
ty—a party we all love, and for
which many of us have made
great sacrifices.
Representative Burgin Winner By
Large Ma jorify In Second Primary
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. McKeneie,
of Winston-Salem spent Sunday
here with Mrs. McKlnzie’s par-
©nte, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Forester.
FOR RENT—niree-rtwm apart
ment; close in; hath and other
modern conveniences: ideal for
couple.— Abaher Real Estate
Co., Telephone 252. S-27-lt
Representative W. O. Burgin, j
of Lexington, won the Democratic
nomination for congress In the
eighth district Saturday in the
run-off primary, receiving a ma
jority of near 5,000 over C. B.
Deane, of Rockingham, who was
second high in the first primary
held on May 25.
The official vote in Wilkes
county was 2,552 for Burgin and
722 for Deane.
Burgin had a majority of about
6,000 in Davidson county and
Carrie 1 all the counties in the
western end of the district. Deane
carried Union, Anson, Richmond,
Scotland, Moore and Lee cmintles.
The candidates Issued the fol
lowing expreeslons of apprecia
tion for support in the primaries:
Bnrgin’s Statenzent
Lexington, June 24.—"I am
naturally very much gratified by
the splendid majority given me
in the primary of last Saturday.”
said Representative W. O. Burgin
a{ his home here, where he is en
joying the brief recess taken by
Congress.
"I am very thankful for the
very loyal work done on my be
half by so many friends in all of
the twelve counties of the Dis
trict, and I deeply appreciate the
confidence in me as expressed by
the '^more than 20,000 who cast
their votes in my behalf Satur
day. I feel that this was also an
expression of confidence In the
Democratic national administra
tion and In our great President,
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
“But I would not for a mo
ment question the Democratic loy
alty of the thousands of splendid
citizens who gave their votee to
my opponent, and I hasten to as
sure them that I shall continue
to seek to be their Representative
at Washington just as fnlly as I
would serve any others.
•T cannot find it in n>y heart
to cherish resentment a^nst
snyone. Let the dead past be bur
lap. now. Our country needs an
Edward G.
pears iii'*VioUi«
lug to Ths
Sid Tnlidsy.