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VOL. 41, NO. 28
VaHiiW Motato Jiiid v THURSDAY, AUG, s; IQ«^
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WiUlmm Marlow, chairman othhert Barn, -members;“.a Decorsi-
the Trad* Promotion committee
of the Wilkes Chamber of Com
merce, annoofnced today that bis
committee Is planning to bold a
"P^armerB’ Day” In North Wll-
kesboro on October 2.
"The merchants will hare an
> ^Ub-dv prognm entirely free to
tb* farmers and their faml}^:
This is the first time we &*t«
been able fo sbow our appiwK.
H. aUon for their business dnHn^
the war years, and we intend to
V make it a bis day,” Marro#
} stated. “The merchants of Jft*
Chamber hare already started
plannlns window decorations
street decorations for this tig
program.”
Committees appointed by Mkr-
low on this “Farmers’ Day” pro-
gram Include: Adrertising copi-
1 mlttee, Richard Gibbs, chairman;
^■vith Julius G. Hubbard and QU-
tlon edm^tiee,,^ ^ohp ' Prerette,
chairman^ wlth^'-PVed H^derson
and Carl-^. Steele,” nmmbiwe; .a
program and actlTKiu Commit
tee, R. D. Smith, chairman, and
Mrs. Paul Green' and W. G. Ga
briel, members.
It is planned to bare a musical
program sometlm© during this
apeoizU day on the streets of
North Wilkesboro. Other details
of the complete program will be
,Announced ,ln The Joumal-Pa^
trlot.
Members pt the Trsrfe Pro
motion Committee of the Wilkes
Clw&iber of Opmmeroe' ^Ihde;
-WUllam Marlow, chairman; John
PreTette, ylen AalAisar;’ R. B;
Gibbs, Fred Henderson, Carl W,
Steele, Link Spalnhour, Palmer
Horton, Ira Payne, and Carl
Bnchan.
Over Half Total
Estimated Town
Taxes Here Paid
Farm-Home Week
August 19th-23rd
Board of Commissioners Ih
Session Here Tuesday;
Budget is Adopted
More than half of the estimat
ed total of 1946 taxes due to
town of North Wilkesboro were
paid before August 1, according
to a report given the board of
©ommtseloners Tuesday night by
W. P. Kelly, town clerk and
treasurer.
Through July 31, J41,531,37
In property taxes had been paid
the town tor the year .946 In
prepayments. The estimated total
tb be raised by taxes for the
{*477.009. la addition. |S,-
tfr
taxee.
The amount paid represents
the greatest amount of tax pie-
payments In the history of the
town and many taxpayers took
advantage of the discounts al
lowed by law. The tax payments
were accepted on the estimated
rate of 61.50 per hundred In as-
eeesed valuation, which rate was
finally adopted by the city coun
cil on Tuesday night. The rate
represen tb an Increase of 30
cents over the rate of J1.20 for
1945.
Mayor R. T. McNlel was ab
sent from the meeting Tuesday
night and Ralph Duncan was
mayor pro-tem. All other com
missioners, H. M. Hutchens, A.
F, Kilby, R. G. Finley and .1. R.
Hlx, were present for the meet
ing.
The clerk was ordered to ad
vertise real estate for unpaid
1945 taxes on August 13.
H. P. Eller, owner of the
likes Transportation company,
asked the town for permission
to make a change In location of
bus stops to lessen traffic con
gestion, which was granted.
When the change is mads buses
will have their stops In 'ront of
Call Hotel on Ninth street and
in front of Crest store on Main
street.
By order of the board Carlisle
Staley was employed as a police
man.
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By ANNIE H. GRBBNB
Home Agent
Farm and Home , Week will
be held In’ Raleigh during the
week of August 19th through
33rd. We are very anxious to
have a good delegation to go
from our county. Yon who are
a member of a Homo Demon
stration Club are eligible of at
tending this series of education
al claesee. It you are interested
in attending and have not sent
in your .^registration fee, you
may remit by the following:
RoOm . resen%Uon x D»*y be
made at^hy time by , aanitog
$2.00 r^stratidn tor ea^^ "per
son. Ch^ibAr money
should “
slon Service, State College Sta
tion, Raleigh, N. C.
Give the following information
regarding each person:
Mr.
Mrs.
Mlse — —
name
County — -
Boacd Electiolu
;p£i5ce; ftswiiii For
n AiMentcfe BiJlott
J. 'Jones, chA^man of the
wakes wuAty hMU%:'of "elections,
edld'’today thkt' «£e -idfldd of the
board of elections’ is - now open
in the Texepangh..buUdifig south
of JbeTsilnad in this city for the
purpose of accepting, apj^lcations
for absentOe jMUPtO .men and
women lif fhe mllitatY forcee.
—If
Many Cases Tried
In Three Days Of
Court Term Here
Judge Pl^Hpa Presiding;
Hall I^xiseiouting; Minton
Jury Foreman
You TeU What It It
And Whnt 'Il Eat*
The Wise guys wko say: "Yon
tell. m« what it eats and I’U teU
you what It is," or Tice versa, are
flabbwgasted now.
Today G. A. Bumgarner, of
MUlers Creek, brought to The
Journal-Patriot office something
we can’t Identify, so we hare
placed it In the show window
and will let the public try their
turn at guessing.
The bodr of the animal has
the shape of a frog, but It has
the tail of a lizard. In addition.
It has short, but sharp, horns at
many places on Its head and
body.
Take It away, Oscar!
Appalachian Beats
Local Team 5 to 4
A. S. T. C. softball team de
feated North Wilkesboro here
Wednesday afternoon in a thrill
ing softball game 5 to 4. North
Wilkesboro was handicapped by
the absence of a number of first
string players but ^ most Inter
esting contest was provided for
fane present.
On Sunday North Wilkesboro
lost to High Point Weavers at
High Point 6 to 1. ,
Revival Services
At Bethel Church
RevlvaJ services will begin at
Bethel Baptist church near Hays,
Sunday, Aug. 11, at 11:00 a. m.
fiervleea will he held each day
at 11:00 a. m. and 7:30 p. m..
The pastor. Rev. Emeet Blevins,
will be assisted by Rev. A. H.
The public Is cordially
fiftei.
»Game Here Sunday
Itorth Wllkeeboro baseb*!!
team will play GUngman here
gwiday, S:t0. on Hie fairgrounds
tMd. An ioterwtlag game la an-
.Addrees . -
Choice of roommate
All rooms at State College
have three beds—one single and
one double-deck. Rooms at Mere
dith have two single beds with
connecting bath for each two
rooms. We plan to house mar
ried couples, who have cars, at
Meredith.
The classes for the wometi
which will be taught are:
Home Management and House
Furnlshingrs:
Tuesday and Wednesday, “Ide
as on Home Decoration” by Mrs.
Stella R. Cuslck.
Tuesday, “Making Comforts
from Feathers” by Rose Ellwood
Bryan.
Wednesday, Tour of the attrac
tive home of Mrs. J. C. Castle-
bury.
Friday, “Selection and use of
Electrical EijUlpment Available
to Make Wati Day Easy” by
Marguerite G. Surles.
Family Life Program: (1)
Learn to understand our children
better; (2) development of per
sonality and character from Ut-
tle every day experiences. (3)
understanding what it is to make
family members enjoy home life.
Clothing;
Miss Alice Sundqulst will hold
classes on Tuesday and Wednes
day on “Clothing Buymanshlp.
On Friday she will give a dem
onstration on ‘‘Care of Hats”
and “Make a New Hat from an
Old One."
Other classes which will be
held are: Speech Class, (Mrs.
John B. Martin, Jr.); The Nice
ties of Every Day Living, (Mrs.
Hazel E. Wheeler and Mrs. MU-
dred Seahor), Health, (Dr. G.
Howard Satterfield); Freeze In
the Goodness, and also—From
Rags to Rugs.
These classes will be very In
teresting to all woman who at
tend and the time and money
will be well ■ spent.
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Muc^ process has been made
on the lArge criminal
cases in tiie Au^st term of
'Wilkes superior court, which
open^ Monday with Judge F.
Donald Phillips, of Rockingham,
on the bench.
At opening of court Monday
morning grand jurors were
drawn and Dewey L. Minton, of
North Wilkesboro, wm named
foreman and C. W. Hanes grand
jory officer. Solicitor Avalon B.
IMl, of YsdklnvUle, Is prosecut
ing the docket.
Following are cases In which
judgment has been rendered;
Reece Johnson, manslaughter
and hit and run, not guilty.
George Parks, larceny, judg
ment suspended 12 months.
Paul Gentry, abandonment,
two years on roads.
Dal Parks, colored, operating
slot machine, prayer for judg
ment continued.
Thomas J. Mathis, Violation
motor vehicle law, prayer for
judgment continued.
George S. Wlleon, resisting ar
rest, four months on roads.
Martin Pylce, operating car
#hlle ti^xlcated, .$$0 fine and
months.
mortgaged property, six months] _
on roads.
Howard Blackwelder, non-sup
port, prayer for judgment con
tinued.
Frank Smlthey, abandonment,
prayer tor judgment continued.
Cornelius Adams, affray, six
months suspended.
Herbert Durham, drunkenness
WHkes County
School System
To Open Aug. 19
Many Teacher Vacancies
Remain in Schools; Some
New Buses Ready
All schools In • the Wilkes
County system will open Monday,
August 19, except Mulberry. It
will open Monday, September 2
“Many of the schools have
and violation motor vehicle laws,
$50 and cost In two cases.
John R. Hayes, drunkenness,
30 days suspended; Ella Wyatt,
driving without license. 60 days
suspended'on payment of costs.
Parks Edtep, manslaughter,
placed on probation.
Jim Church, three charges be
ing drunk, 90 days euspenided.
William Mack Joines, larceny
of automobile, two cases, 2' to 4
years In state prison, each case;
sentences consecutively.
Julius Raymond Rogers, ope
rating car while intoxicated, four
months suspended on payment
$50 fine and costs; license re
voked 12 months.
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Lightning Kills
Cow and Horse;
Strikes Buildings
Revival Under Way
At Antioch Church
Revival services are now In
progress at Antioch Baptist
church. Rev. Mr. Icenhonr, of
Alexander county, is asststlng tbs
paator, Rev. ^oab Hayes, and
the asrricee are Selng wMI at
tended. The public hae » most
cordial Invltatloa to attend. ^ •
During the storm whl jh hi* the
Wllkeeboros Tuesday afternoon
lightning did much damage.
A two-year-old colt belonging
to Warner Miller was killed In
stantly when lightning hit some
trees In the pasture In the west
end of the town.
Near the same time lightning
hit and killed a cow belonging
to Claude Kennedy.
On the same afternoon lightn
ing hit the home of the late W.
E. iHarris In Wilkesboro. Damage
to the building was light.
On Tneeday afternoon lightn
ing also hit the S. V. Tomlinson
wholesale warehouse building on
A street. Damage was negligible.
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Marriage License
Marriage license were Issued
during the P“t week by Register
of Deeds Troy C. Foster to the
following: Grady Harris, Ben-
ham, and Florence Cheek, Ron
ds; James Robert Eller, Fnrlear,
and Nancy Lee Yates, WUkes-
boro; Norman K. Hege, Jr., and
Kathlepn Woodle, both of West
Jefferson; Hubert Johnson, and
Mary Nell Richardson, both of
•H«ra; Fred HoU, North
Wilkesboro, and Grace Dean
Wood, Ronda; Fred Hiller and
Pauline Teagne, both of H*ye;
Arnold Ottbert Johnson, Kan-
4AP^,' and ‘ Faye Boaigaraer,
''Vnibar.
vacancies which we have been
unable to fill. It Is more difficult
to find certified teachers tbls
year than ever before. Many of
the vacancies will have to be
filled with non-standard certifi
cate teachers. It is estimated
that the state will be short 3,000
certified teachers this year,” C.
B. Eller, county superintendent,
said today.
The county has only received
a small pert of the new school
buses expected but most of the
present fleet has been condi
tioned and ready for use.
C. Kuykendall, a member of
the state highway safety Pa
trol, will be at the Wilkesboro
school Hob^,^ 4^
ers that have not teen certified
The schools wfll operate on
a short schedule for the first
week so that the older students
may have a chance to work at
home and the teachers more time
to distribute books, arrange their
instructional equipment and sup
plies, and complete their plans
of work for the year.
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BIRTHS
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Rhoades, of North Wilkesboro
route two, a daughter on August
1 at the Wilkes hospital.
A daughter was bora August
1 at the Wilkee hospital to Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Richard Coth-
ren, of Roaring River.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Edsel
Minton, of North Wilkesboro star
route, a daughter on August 1
at the Wilkes hospital.
A daughter was born at the
Wilkes hospital August 2 to Mr.
and Mrs. John Oscar Robinson,
of Wllkeeboro.
Mr. and Mrs. Brady C. Byrd,
of North Wilkesboro route three,
are parents of a daughter born
August 2 at the Wilkee hospital.
Born to Mr. emd Mrs. John
nie Edwards of Lomax, a son
On August 4 at the Wilkee hos
pital.
A daughter was born August
5 at the Wilkes hospital to Mr.
and Mrs. John Boll, of North
Wilkesboro route two.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Quincy
Brown, of Lenoir, a son on Au
gust 6 at the Wilkes hospital.
A daughter was born Wednes
day at the Wilkes hospital to Mr.
and Mrs. Raleigh W. (Bill)
Nichols, of Wilkesboro route one.
A son was born Wednesday at
the Wilkes hospital to Mr. and
Mrs. John Crawford, of North
Wilkesboro route one,
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Revival to l^gin
At Mount Pleasant
Revival services | will begin
Sunday, August 11, at Mount
Pleasant cbnreh and continue to
August 21. Serrlces wUl .be held
at 11 a. m., end eight p. m.
dally. Rev. T. W. Hearn*, of
Valdese, will be risltlng evange
list.
The pastor, Rev. Lett Bo-
shears, Issued the foUowIng on-
nouncemsmt: "Come, hear the
Gospel of duist, idain, almple,
yet with the power of Christ
Come, hear him and you will
want to oome again. , All the
chnrdi m«nbers ain expected to
attend. It you can’t come you
can have a part by. praying tor
us that many •oob will ooin« to
know OhrM aa ttiertar
Wift Joint Rtgiilor lii Fortisn Thootor
ClHtetteHlan
KudDnS^nian
Are Held In Jail
SpillmaBy AUeged Aceomp*
lice. Taken In Davidson
County By SBI
Among the lint group of dep*ii4«ift of Army personnel to join loved
ones in a postwar reunion is Mrs. Jon* M. IVliite, wife of Stoff Sergeant
Charles White, who recently orrived at Honolulu. Sergeant White is serving
in the Howetien Islands.
Troop No. 34 Enjoy#
Week-End Camping
Troop No. 84 of the Boy
Scouts, together with the Scout
Executiv* Committee, Patrol
most enjoyabl* earn:
Taylorstlllo Beach over the past
week-end. The group ,spent the
time fishing, hiking, swimming
and eating. The boys prepared
the delicious meals. ^
In fishing Kent Sturdivant
proved star fisherman.
Those going were Isaac Dun
can, Scout Master, W. O. John
son, Troop Leader, G. R. An
drews and G. Q. Foster, of the
Executive Committee, and Pete
Pardue, Kent Sturdivant, Bobby
Wells, Bill Justus and B. G.
Wyatt, members of the troop.
Future plans call for an out
ing In the early fall at Bluff
Park, where It Is hoped that the
entire troop may ibe able to go.
Singing School At
Hinthaw Church
To Start Monday
Paul B. Collins, of Uncolnton,
who has conducted a aumber of
successful singing schools In
Wilkes, will begin a singing
school Monday, August 12, at
Hinshaw Street Baptist church In
this city. The school will con
tinue for two weeks and the pub
lic is cordially Invited to all ses
sions.
On Sunday morning, August
11, Mr. Collins and his quartet
will sing at Sunday school at
Falrplalns Baptist church and at
11 o'clock at Hinshaw Street
Baptist church.
Five Under Bond
After Hearings
Federal Charges
or vtoiowoii
to Theft Act; Other* On
Liquor Count*
Five men were placed under
bond In federal court here this
week in hearings held before U.
S. Commissioner Ralph Davis.
Geojge Lee Miller, West Jef
ferson youth who Is In the .army,
was placed under 'bond of $2,000
on a charge of violating the fed
eral motor theft act. Miller was
arrested by Highway Patrol Ser
geant A. H. Clark after the car
he was driving, and which had
been stolen In Macon, Ga,,
crashed Into a car driven by a
Mr. Rlchardeon, of Roanoke, Va.,
on highway 16.
Guy L. Johnson and William
Wesley Souther were given a
hearing before Commissioner
Davis on charge of manufactur
ing liquor and were placed under
$500 bond for appearance in the
November term of court.
Jesse James Absher and Wil
lie Call, in separate cases, were
also given hearing on charges of
making Illicit liquor and were
placed under bonds of $500 each.
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Arrest of Calvin M. (Bo) Spill
man, of Cooleemee, as the sec
ond suspect taken la the $28,-
000 poker game robbery caa*
was disclosed today by C. Q.
Polndsxter, afaeritf of WUlm
county.
On Monday Wilkes depntlea
Jack Hoots and P. E. Dancy ar
rested Cala M. Keaton, of Char
lotte, as a suspect.
Sheriff Poindexter Is now
holding both Keaton and Spill
man In Wilkes jail for $15,000
appearance bond on charges of
'being implicated in the robbery
of about $28,000 from Jim Fos
ter and three others In a poker
game at the home of Poster three
miles south of ihls city at one a.
m. on Jnly 6.
Declining to comment fully on
the developments of the investi
gation which led to the arrest of
Spillman and Keaton. Sheriff
Poindexter did say that Keaton
was arrested on identification of
Charlie Combe, on* of the four
victims of the hold-up. The oth
ers were Foster, who lost $17,-
000 from a small safe and other
sums at the poker table, Joe
Holland and Doub Powell.
At the time Keaton was arrest
ed In a Charlotte courtroom, he
was being exonerated on a
charged of attempting to steal an
automobile in Charlotte several
walked in, led him from the
courtroom, handcuffed him and
brought him back to Wilkes.
Spillman, according to reports
here, was present at the home of
Foster when the holdup occurred,
having arrived there only a short
time before the two masked rob
bers with tommy gun and auto
matic entered through the
screen door from the back porch.
Spillman is not alleged to have
■been one of the stlck-up men,
but supposedly is alleged to have
been a member of their party.
Spillman was arrested Wed
nesday In Davidson county by an
sgent of the State Bnreau of In
vestigation, which Is assisting
Sheriff Poindexter in the Investi
gation.
Marine Recruiter
Captain Elier Is
Public Rdations
Chief In the Navy
Tent Mee ting On
At Millers Creek
Former North Wilkesboro
Citizen Elevated to High
Post In Navy
The tent meeting at Millers
Creek, conducted by Rev. H. Q.
Clayton, of Greensboro, and Coy
Crowe, of Annapolis, Is going
fine. Large crowds are attending
the services. The singing of the
children conducted by Coy
Crowe Is a special featura "Come
and hear the gospel preached In
the old time way. Services each
evening at 8:00, The public Is
invited to these services,” the
announcement said.
Hinshaw Sunday
School Has a Picnk
I Captain Erneet M. Eller has
> been appointed director of the
United States Navy’s department
of public information.
Captain Eller, whose home is
in Winston-Salem, Is a son of
Mr. and Mrs. B. B.. Eller, of
North Wilkesboro, and Is a
graduate of the United States
naval Academy at Annapolis In
the class of 1925.
During the war he served as
both a line and staff officer, be
ing on the etaff of Admiral
Nlmitz In the Pacific for many
months. Ho has also served as
commander of various types of
ships.
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On July 21 the Suhday school
of Hinshaw Street Baptist church
enjoyed a plcnlc at Bluff Park.
Fifty people went by bns and
oars and spent the day. At noon
honntlfal dinner was spread
and prayer wa* led iby Charlid
Dancy, superintendent.
'After hmch th* party looked
over the iKuffe and leiurnad thd
UMory i« OsraraJ pk«e» of 1»-
tsirsst ■ wsam.eor
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Revival at Mountain
View September l#t
The members of Mountain
View Baptist diurch of Hays,
North Carolina, wish to'take this
means of extending invitations
to all nelghborttk churches and
the general pnbUc to a weekly
.'meeting which will he held In
their church the first ^we*k In
SeptAmher. The. p**tor,
Qlsoo 5«ffman. will coadnet the
Here Saturdays
Platoon Sergeant James W.
Hargis, representative of the
United States Marine Recruiting
Office in Winston-Salem, has an
nounced that the Marine Corps
■is continuing to accept enlist
ments for periods of either, 2, 3,
or 4 years.
However the enlistments for
"Duty In Aviation Units” will
be accepted only for 3 and 4
years. Men whose applications
were on file prior to 1 August,
1946 may still enlist for 2 years,
provided they do so before 15
August, 1946.
Enlistment for ’’General Duty”
Is open to ell qualified men bo-
tween the agee at 17 and 30 for
either 2, 3 or 4 year periods.
It Is also announced that the
new Marine Corps uniforms will
be issued to all Marines In Sep-
tembm* of this year. Changes In
the familiar dress blupe provide
for the addition of four pockets
on the tunics. Hip pock^ will
also be added to the enlisted
mens blues.
The service uniform will con-
elst of trousers, battle jacket and
oyer-seas or garrison cap. The
battle Jacket which vrlli replace
the blouse. Is cut full In the
chest and will fit snugly around
the waist. The trousers will be
cut In such a way to allow free
dom in the knee and thigh. They
vrill Include hip pockets also.
The Marine Reqruiting Ser
geant will be in the kxjal Post
Office each Saturday to provide
Information to ^1 men, interest
ed In becoming one of tb*
World’s Ftnest Men. Serve Tour
Country Now.
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