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Workers Coimcil
Formed Today In
Wilkesboro Meet
Food and Feed Organization
To Be Extended Thru-
out The Couhty
Representative* of eight agen
cies met gt the courthouse today
and organized a County Workers
Council, duty of which will be to
promote the food and feea pro
gram among rural people In
Wilkes.
J. B. Snipes, county agent, was
elected chairman; P. W. Ed
wards, of the soil conservation
service, vice chairman; and J. B.
HVghsjnith, of the Farm Security
administration, secretary.
Agencies represented were ex
tension service, soil con»»ervation
service. Farm Security adminis
tration, Triple A, welfare depart
ment, health department, W'PA
school lunchroom and garden pro
ject, and the Grange.
The chairman has called a
. meeting of the heads of all these
kala and connecting with Lansa, , . . ki= «’=♦
... ... . , 1 agencies to meet at his office Sat-
Athens and the mam Greek rail „i„ns will
War News
Deep Penetration In
Center Is Admitted
■•^y Greek Command
While heavy fighting raged on
several sectors of the allied line
in Greece, a Greek high com
mand communique early today
disclosed a German penetration
deep Into the Greek-Brltlsh cen
tral front, declaring that the
nazls are In action in the Grevena
region and trying to advance to
ward Kalabaka.
Grevena is 60 miles south of
the Yugoslav frontier and a.bout
25 miles southwest of Kozane,
which the Germans already have
occupied. Kalabaka is another 30
miles south from Grevena.
The Greek command attributed
the advance to the German forces
which penetrated the upper val
ley of the Aliakmon river on the
west.
Kalabaka is the northern rail
head of a line running to Trik.
kala and connecting with Larisa,
AVIATION
network.
Most Destructive
Air Raid Of War
Made On London
London, .\pril 17—(Thursday)
—Nazi dive-bombers swooped on
London for hours overnight in
a seemingly endless chain tor the
JA noisiest and apparently most de-
structive raid launched by the
luftwafte.
The whistle and crash of bombs
mingled with furious anti-aircraft
fire was stick after stick of ex
plosives smashed down on the
sleepless capital.
Seasoned observers agreed that
L this w^ the heavl*^ blow yet
^ loosed on London. - ' s
i A curtain of anti-aircraft fire
arched across the starlit skies
and bagged at lea.?t one bomber,
which burst with an errie fla-sh
and fell in bits.
Cafualties were not announced
but it wiis feared they might be
heavy.
urday morning, when plans will
be made to extend the organiza-
lion into the county by townships
o r communities. A chairman,
[Whose duty it will be to organize
his township or community, will
be appointed.
The aim is to secure produc
tion of tl.ree-fourths of essential
foods and feeds on each farm
and each farmer who does that
will receive a certificate signed
by the governor next fall.
Principal'speakers at today's
meeting were Mr. Melvin, of the
Bureau of Agricultural Econom
ics, and Miss Anaraerle Arant,
Northwestern district home a-
gent.
hi'
British Navy, Land
Units Strike At
. Axis In Africa
' Cairo. Egypt, .\pril 16.—A
lightning-like British blow at the
German-Itallan rear in Ft. Capuz-
zo and hand-to-hand • fighting
just across the border in the
Egyptian viil.age of Saliim. both
backed up by guns of the royal
navy, were announced by the
British today with Intimations
that these desert outpo-ts might
have been wrested from the axis.
Military circles expressed the
view that the nazi-fascist blitz
krieg along the narrow strip be
tween the desert and the sea has
about spent its force- «t lea.st
..for the moment.
Lo]s4!i:Qsiiiecrats
Publishing Paper
In Wilkes County
This camera study shows plainly that Lindolph^ Parks is North
Wilkesboro’s number 1 aviation enthusiast. This picture was taken
Sunday afternoon at the North Wilkesboro airport as * Lindy” sat
in the plane owned 'by Woodruff Wallace, Charles Day, Jr., and Ce
cil Bumgarner. “Lindy” studies planes night and day and emphati
cally insists that he could fly one if someone would let him have the
controls. Blissful happiness shines all oven his face as he fondles
the controls in the plane shown here. When told that he was being
photographed for publicity a sthe city’s number 1 aviation enthu
siast he said not to forget to say in the paper that he had been up
60 times. And he wanted a plug for his kite business. “Tell ’em I
make airplane kits, of modernistic design according to latest ap
proved plans of aviation engineers.” (Photo by Kerlyaugh).
Farmer - Business Kincheloe Named
Man Banquet Will Roll Call Head For
Be Held April 25tli Red Cross Chapter
1 N
John W. Goodman To Ad- Dr. C
drefh banquet to Bif Weltf
WHY
In Mayor Race
Is
At Roaring River
Stokes Assistant
CairCtiavrman;
By W. M. OOOrEB
(Pastor North Wlikqsboro Pres-^
byteriaa Chsrslt)
Why go to church? An answer
to this question is not hard to
find. We go to'chdfdh for one
main purpose—to -^rshlp^ Hie
whole church service i^wslully
planned to create a reverent at.
mosphere and to enhance the ex
perlence of worship. The prayers
the hymns, the Slorlptnre read,-
Ings, the sermon, and the rever-,
ent attitude of fellow worship
pers—all contribute to the wor
ship experience. Tl^ church
the easiest place to 'W?”***P
cau.se it is there that we have the
supporting fellowship of other
Christians and this in Itself is a
powerful phychological factor. It
is possible to worship in the priv
acy of one’s own home or in the
quietness of a lonely countryside
but it is much more difficult, and
few of us are r.ble, alone, to reach
the greatest heights of religious
experience. When one attempts to
substitute private worship for at
tendance at church he is sure to
come to a point of diminishing
spiritual returns. If we desire to
worship, and if we want to gain
the greatest benefits from the
worship experience, we will cul
tivate the habit of going to
church. . ,
What is -worship? Discerning
students of the Bible have point
ed out that there are four
in the process of worship, "he
first is the sense of the presence
of God. The second i» a sense of
conviction for sin. The third is
the experience of divine forgive
ness. The last is a sense of re-
n,.'rb"
i;. J. Prarier, who filed Tues-
dya as a candidate for mayor
of North Wilkesboro, thus
making an election contest. He
will be opposed by 5Iayor R. T.
McN’lcl, who had previously
filed for re-election.
Jim Davis Killinf
Justifiable Homicide Is Ver
dict; Rites For Davis
Held Wednesday
Funeral service for James P.
Davis. 55, resident of the Brushy
Mountain community who was
fatally shot in Wilke'^boro Mon
day at noon, was held at Bethel
Into the House of Wednesday, 11 o'clock,
soul eager and ^ ^oai, Hayes condugHw;
Budget Discussed
Title; Aim Is To Make
Wilkes Democratic
Annual Farmer-Business Mrn
banquet for Wilkes will be held
, on Friday, April 25, J. B. Snipes,
tT" *.*» I- county agent, and Lawrence Mill-
“Tbe Wilkes Democrat Is ^^e Triple A. said
today. The banquet will be held
at Roaring River school
room.
John W. Goodman, fssistant
director of the North Carolina
extension service, will be the
principal speaker and E. Y. Floyd.
State Triple A executive* is also
expected to have a part on the
program. Special entertainment
feature.s are also being planned,
the county agent said.
It is expected that more than
Newest entry into the journal
istic field in Wilkes county is The
Wilkes Democrat, a three-column,
four-page paper termed the "of
ficial publication of the Wilkes
county Democratic organization.
Volumn one. number one of the
new publication says it will be is
sued monthly. Decision to publish
an official newspaper for the
be followed will be for each
farmer who attends to invite one
fusiness man. Tickets are now
on sale at the county rgent's of
fice and farmers are asked to
secure them there.
British Naval Guns
Blast 3 Destroyers
And 5 Cargo Vessels
London. -April 16.—-An entire
convoy of three axis destroyers
and five cargo ships bound for
Africa with troops, munitions and
mechanized equipment was blown
up and sunk between Sicily and
Tripoli by a British Mediterran
ean squadron last night at the
cost of one Britlsn destroyer, the
admiralty announced tonight.
Disclosure of the cnnlhllation
80 described — followed an
nouncement that the Medlterran.
ean fleet is continually bombard
ing the German and Italian
troops, airports and forts along
the Libyrn shore in support of
the hard-fighting imperial desert
armies.
Speaking Contest
At School Tuesday;
Will Present Medals
au 1.-W. -w. -- , 1_ 1 *
county Democratic organization. 1100 will attend and the plan to
the initial issue said, was reached
in a meeting of the Wilkes coun
ty Democratic Executive commit
tee held on March 22. An editor
ial board for the paper was
named, composed of C. B. Eller,
W. H. McElwee, W. A. McNiel.
Grady Miller, C. O. McNiel. J. R.
Rousseau and Miss Zelle Harris.
.A statement of the publication
under the heading of “Wilkes
Democrat to BoaH Party Work in
County’’ said: “The Democrat, as
its name implies, is Democratic in
body and soul. It is to be devoted
entirely to the interest of the loy
al Democrats in . Wilkes county in
the hope that it will aid in build
ing up the party and making the
party the strongest political or
ganization in the county, as the
party is in practically all North
Carolina counties.’’
Hmshaw Boy Is
Chaiapioa Speller
Mulberry Seventh Grader
Will Represent Wilkes In
Northwest Competition
Wilkes chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross in meeting here on
Wednesday afternoon elected Dr.
John W. Kincheloe. Jr., pastor of
the First Baptist church, as roll
call chairman. Dr. J. C. Stokes,
lunch- pasrtor of Wilkesboro Methodist
church, wa^ named assistant
chpirman.
Miss Catherine Stewart, field
representative of the National
Red Cross, was present and led
in discussion of Red Cross work.
Budget for local Red Cross work
was dij^cussed at length, although
funds are low at present.
Attorney J. H. Whicker is
chainn: n of the chapter and W.
Blair Gwyn is treasurer.
holy, is the
that His Spirit is
present. But this is /one
rnfITs"his sins and must
mu.st confes cleansing
power. He mus labor
was Iselah. ^ord. Onlv
for the „cie can M
as one completes the eye.
be said that he has truly woi-
shlpped. It is this complete eye'e
that the church seeks to bmg
about. It seeks to bring eveo
member to the point where he is
willing to say—"Here am I.
Lord, send me.”
We need the church today, we
need the exiperience of worship.
Man reaches his greatest heights
along the paths of religion.
Dwight Bradley, wriUng of
■with Noah Hayes condufti^
the last rites. *
Davis died In the hospital here
Monday afternoon three hours
after he was shot through the
head, neck and chest by a 32-
calibre revolver in the hands of
John T. Irvin, prominent Wilkes
boro livestock dealer. A jury em-
pannelled by Coroner I. M. My
ers late Monday rendered a ver
dict of justifiable homicide after
hearing evidence of a number of
witnesses, including Irvin, who
said Davis was advancing on him
with a knife when he began
shooting.
Davis had been at Irvin’s live
stock barn on Sunday and was
said. There
TrJ. Frazier b
A Candidate For
Mayor In TUs CHy
Filed On Tuesday In Oppoob-
tion To Mayor R. T. Mo ,
Neil; Nosers File
Aa election oontert for
Wilkeaborft: developed Tu.-j—^
night, last date for candidates to
file, when T. J, Frazier entered
the race for mayor.
He will be opiiosed by Mayor
R. T. McNiel, who filed a fe-w
weeks ago as a candidate for an
other two-year term.
Mr. Frazier for several years
has been prominent in business
affairs here and at other points,
having bleen engaged in the bar
ber shop ibusiness, beauty shoppe
business, construction contractor
and more recently as a jobber for
beauty culture products.
No opposition filed for any of
the candidates for commissioner
or for member of the city board
of education. Candidates for com
missioner are Ralph Duncan an!?.
Hoyle Hutchens, Incumbents, J.
R. Hix, A. F. Kilby and R. G.
Finley, new candidates. The two
who filed for membership on the
school board are Dr. J. S. Deans
and B. C. Johnson. ,
Wilkes board of elections plans
a meeting to decide whether the
mayoralty race will be decided In
a primary on Monday, April 21,
or the election on May 6. The
meeting had not been held today.
Ronda Candidates File
One candidate for mayor. R. I*.
Hickerson, and five for commis
sioners of the town of Ronda
filed with Chairman McElwee for
the Ronda offices. The candidates
for the live places' on the Ron
town board are L. E. Dobbins,
H. Blackburn, O. D. Bentley, F.
T. Moore and M. C. Jones.
tense
Class Under Way
Fourteen Young Men Receiv
ing Training In Machine
Tool Operation Here
Second defeu=e class in ma
chine operation is now well under
way in North Wilkesboro. Four
teen young men are In the class
under direction of E. C. Johnson,
instructor. Mr. Johnson is plant
superintendent at Meadows Mill
company, where the class meets
drilling, Irvin said. There was
some rrg'Uing relative to a settle- afternoon, four o’clock, for
ment of wages which Irvin owed , _
A^rS. ^V<Cr B* Cole Dwight Braaiey, jj,gy went inio me uii»in>==o v..
Dies at Portsmouth need for the church has defined „p their business trans-
■ • _ I — a Aa A r £Z1*T71R . - ,*a1 Assciiiori ill
Davis but he was able to get
Davis away without trouble that
day, Irvin said. North Wilkesboro;
On Monday Davis returned and
they went into the business of
A speaking and declametlon
contest will be held at North -Wll-
keaboro high school on Tuesday.
April 22, to select q. boy and a
rlrl to represent the school In the spelling bee. He is a son of Mr
torenvic tournament to bte held and Mrs. T. W. Hinshaw, of
at Lwiolr-Rhyn© college on April North Wilkesboro route one, and
Tommy Hinshaw, a seventh
grader in Mulberry Elementary
school, won the Wilkes county
spelling championship Saturday
and will represent 'Wilkes in the
Journal - Sentinel’s northwest
spelling bee in Wlnston-Sr.lem
Saturday.
Tommy won over 15 other
school champions in the county
Moose Lodge To
Hold Imtiation
Banquet and Other Features
Planned For Class On
Sunday, April 20th
Final plans have been made
by North Wilkesboro Lodge 24 3.
Loyal Order of Moose, for their
public initiation and brnquet at
which time a large class of can
didates will join the defending
circle under direction of A. Jack
Mount, membership director.
Starting with a banquet at one
o’clock at the 'Women’s Club
House on Sunday, April 20th. all
Moose and their wives, all candi
dates and their wives, are Invited
to be guests.
Exemplification of the Ritual
will be put on by North Wilkes
boro Lodge 243 degree team in
fine style.
Among the principal speakers
will be Pilgrim. Chas. Ricker,
Judge. Sam M. Cathye. of Ashe
ville, N. C., Moose from many out
of town Lodges will be present.
Moose don’t forget; Sunday.
April 20th. is Moose church dry,
so all Moose go to church.
Daughter Of Mrs. D. S. Melville,
Of Wilke boro; Punei-al
TomotTow Slomlng
getions when a quarrel ensued in
office. Irvin said that
ini with
true worship in these terms:
"Worship for men is what^.song .
is for a thrush or physical beau y started to attack
for a tiger or speed for a race .. . ..
horse.
•Worship lifts men
to
titles their existence as men.
“Worship is Nfcn expressing his
entire personality.
S6
his home room teacher is Mrs
Medals donated by Mrs. R. G. Margaret Barker. Principal of
ley will be presented by Mrs. Mulberry school is Grady Miller.
IKley to the winning boy and
jj^i In the school here Tuesday
$ttmrnowi.
Mr. Tom Lenderman
friends in Boone Sunday.
Severrl members of the North
Wilkesboro Dokies club are ex
pecting to attend the ceremonial
in Wlnaton-Salem Friday, April
22, beginning at seven p. m. at
Twentieth Century Area opposite
Centenary church. A merry oe-
visited casion is assured all who will at
tend.
cept a low rating as a man
•To neglect worship is pshchl-
cal suicide.
“Ignorant worship is better
than intelligent non-worship.
■Intelligent worship is me
News of the sudden death of
Mrs. Walter B. Cole, the former
Miss Louise Melville, of Wilkes
boro. wrs received here yester
day afternoon. Mrs. Cole died in
Portsmouth, 'Va., at 6 o’clock yes
terday morning, according to the
message received by the family.
Mrs. Cole was the daughter of
Mrs. D. S. Melville, of w{lke.v
boro, and was 31 years of age. In
fddltlon to her mother she is sur
vived by an infant child, her hus
band. one brother, Mr. Donald
Melville, and a sister, Miss Gladys
Melville.
Mrs. Cole was a graduate of
the Wilkesboro high school, and
finished her four-year course of
study at Guilford College in
1931. She wrs a member of the
'Wilkesboro school faculty for six
years, and taught one year just
prior to her marriage at Sumner
in Guilford County.
In June, 1940. the deceased MmA-
was married to Mr. Cole, and ConitituUon Adored,. »1©«
lived for sometime at Brooklyn,
N. Y.
Mrs. Cole was a devoted Chris
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the knife when he picked up his
. gun and fired. The first two
shots, he said, did not stop Davis
“Worsnip snots, ne saiu, uiu uw».
next level of experience ?nd jUs- firing until he fell.
• — AM *T?on — . -.SI —J
Ifvln then called Ckironer My-
who went to the scene of
ire persoimwi^• the shooting and found Davis on ■ Springs.
To neglect worship is to ac- floor. In his right hand was i
twelve weeks.
Members of the clas.s are as
follows: Harold R. Blackburn,
Mack Brock,
Pores Knob; Allen Hall. North
Wilkesboro; Dachie Marlow, Gll-
reath; Rufus Miller. North Wil
kesboro route one; James Parker,
North Wilkesboro route three;
Bracket Parsons, Cricket; Jamea
Rash, Millers Creek: Claude Wat
son, Wilbar; Homer Whittington,
Reddift’ River; Ralph Williams,
North Wilkesboro; Guy Wright,
North Wilkesboro route three;
EMgar Miller and Dean Miller,
large pocketknife.
In the inquest other evidence I
came out supporting Irvin’.? self j
defense plea. “Shorty” Elliot tes-j
titled that Davis spent Sunday,
night at his place, where he left I
• • • he
Seven of the members of the
class are high school graduates.
Charles Foster
Spelling Champ
tlan young lady, and her sudden
death was a distinct ahock to
her tanhlly anff her many frfeftd*-
here and elsewhere in the state.
The funeral service will be
held tomorrow morning at II o’
clock at the hoiqe, after which
Interment will he made in Moun
tain Park cemetery.
Approximately 15,000 pounds
of leepedeza seed have been pur
chased through the farm agent’s
office tor Northampton ooanty
begin now uuu
selves the church going habit.
Junior Chamber
Commerce Mrats
ing Dates Set? To Spon
sor Softball League
“Intelngeui. wuioh.k — nigni at ms
mast remarkable rchlevement o suitcase and told that .
which a human being Is capable, back for it rtter “kilL!
There is no worship so inte John Irvin.’’ j Charles Foster, a seventh
ligent as that which Is experienc- q Clary, a clerk at Jenkins the spelling cham-
ed in the House of God. Let’s. Hardware store, told the coroner ^ p[Q„gtjjp „f North Wilkesboro
begin now and cultivate for jj^^jg pj^me into that store represent the
Monday morning and , gebools in the Journal-Sentinel
a pocketknife. He first picked out nprthwest spelling bee in Wins-
r. medium sized knife, saying that to^.g^iem Saturday.
“It would cut as .deep as any,’’| He is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
hut later exchanged it for a I*"’®'' Q.jincy Foster. His f-ther .and
er one, which was Identified : mother and his teacher. T. R.
the-one found in his hand by the gune „iil accompany him ta
coroner. Winston-Salem.
John Dancy told at the inquest i certificates of award were pre-
that he saw Dr vis enter Irvin's ge„ted all the grade winners in
office with the knife in bis hand, j^ggmbly program this week. The
The coroner’s jury was com- grade winners and runners-ap
Junior Chamber of
here held its first meeting Th^-
day night since it was
After sdo.ptlon of a constitution
and by-laws a .mambershlp l^t
was compiled conUlnlng 3 0
young business and professional ^
men fo North Wllkeaboro and vl- wua
cinity. The llet wa* composed of
thoae who hai expressed their
desire to be members and Vho
oased of J. C. Miller, E. R. Eller, ;^gre as follows: fourth, Mary
M. H. MONelll, J. B. Snyder, J.' johnston and Robert Lee PowoU;
-B. Williams and C. P. Walter. jjtth, Cafttea Billler and Ray
desire to be mem^ aou athel Kerioy, Kannapolis
had bsen contacted by the mem- ■panda Campbell, Union
Mfdilii oommlttd* { ami otherw
(Contliraed 'oft Pflin* ,
whose wife died several
formerly lived on the
Brushiw but for some time had
"■ ■ with relatives in the
^Ukesloros. His surviving chil
dren ere t'#^o sons and two daugh
ters: Clate Davis. Kannaipolls;
dUnttm Darls. North ’Wilkesboro:
Bowman; sixth, Annie Ruth Jar
vis and BlUle Moore; eighth,
Mary Elmore Finley, Harriett
Crutchfield and Pearl Lockhart.
Since the Anson county terrae-
Ing unit started operations iK
1934, 08 mUes of terracaa ha*a
been constructed aa weif as 9asw
roads, outlet channels, and
age ditches, a,