a
plant. Support H.
North Wilkesboro has a
trading radio# ef 50 mile#,
serving 100,000 people in
The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of ProggMfV^Hf of Wilkes" For Over 40 Years
vol. 41, No. 82 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C? Thursday, Feb. 13,1947 Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center
Sr., Instantly
In Accident At
Millers Creek
Cain Mlnton, Sr., 55-year-old
citizen, of the Wllbar community,
killed and three.others were
?ed Just after midnight Mon
night when two cars crash
on highway 421 at Millers
Patrolman Sidney Carter, who
investigated the accident, report
ed that Mlnton was in a car driv
en by Weldon A. Royal, .of Red
Ajae River. Also in that eST-'Was
Miss PaVe
f Miss Faye Minton, daughter of
the accident victim.
( The car driven by Royal back
ed into highway 421 from the
road leading to Millers Creek
school, into the path of a car
traveling west and driven by
Isaac Stanley Church, who was
g ) meeting another vehicle.'
The car driven by Church
struck the right front side of the
car driven by Royal. Mr. Minton
was thrown from the car to the
pavement and died instantly of
head injuries. Faye Minton and
Royal sustained minor injuries.
Pauline Knight, with Church in
the other car, received a cut on
her leg. Both vehicles were bad
ly damaged.
Officers said that Royal fled
from the scene of the crash and
was arrested the following day
and was charged with reckless
driving, hit and run and man
slaughter. He told Patrolman
Carter that his car stalled on the
highway and that he was trying
to start it when it was struck by
the car driven by Church.
Church was charged with reck
less driving. He told officers
that because of the lights from
an approaching car he did
not see the car driven by Royal
until too late to avoid a crash.
Funeral service tor Mr. Min
L^fon, who is survived by his wife,
I ?.Wis. Mar tie Minton, and .14 chil
was held Wednesday after
I noon at Union church.
V. F. W. Supports
Good Health Plan
Favorable Replies To Tele
Grams Received From
Local Legislators
The Veterans Foreign Wars in
their semi-monthly meeting on
Feb. 11, at 8:00 p. m. at V. F.
W. hall were unanimous in their
support of the N. C. Health Pro
gram. Telegrams had been for
warded previously to Represen
tative Story and State Senator
Williams urging them to do all
in their power to support this
program. Replies were receiv
ed as follows:
Representative Story?"I have
gone on record as being 100 per
it in favor of IT. C. Health
Rrogram"
Reply from Senator Williams
-"Will give it my sincere and
S earnest consideration."
The Baptist Scout Troop was
given permission to nse the V.
*F. W. Hall temporarily for their
, weekly meetings until they can
obtain a suitable meeting place.,
The restriction of fairgrounds
athletic -purposes only was
Since the Veterans of
i Wars are planning a
Festival this matter was
great interest to' the post. The
will in all probability be
from North Wilkesboro to
ro because of the re
ion. '
nominating committee was
ited and met immediately"
sleet nominees for 1947 of
to be elected at the next
ig on February 26. All
are urged to attend this
and support their can
Veterans of Foreign Wars
program is now in full
All troop, members and
v.jwctive members are urged
attend the first regular meet
on Monday, February 17, at
p. m. at V. F. W. Hall, .'j .'i
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tisement Todoy
tmuon of readers is called
most interesting advertise
on page 11 today by Tad
Valley Motor company, Ford
in this territory.
the advertisement,
will find unique
"You Can't
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Service, Youth Will Try Armyi
Lloyd . Wingler, 19-year-old
youth of the Reddles River com
munity, sajd today he was ready
"to try anything once" and is
taking a fling at army life aftfer
having seen service in the merch- j
ant marine and the navy.
Yonng Wingler, son' of Mr*.
Ila Wingler, of Reddiee River,
enlisted in the navy July 1, 1943,
4nd served until May 1, 1944.
During that time he saw action
as a member of the crew of the
cruiser Honolulu In the South
Pacific theatre, v
He began service in the merch
ant marine in January, 1945,
and oontlnued until September,
1946. During that time he made
trips to England and to Japan.
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Support the Y.M.C.A.
mmenetm
IiLOT* WINGLBR
Ashe Youth Wins
In Soil Oratory
Contest In City'
District Finals Held This
Afternoon at North Wil
kesboro Town Hall
Alton Weaver, student o f
West Jefferson high school, won
first place here today in the dis
trict finals for the soil conserva
tion service, speaking contest
sponsored by the North Carolina
Bankers' Association. Winners
from five counties participated.
Cash prizes ranging from $25
down to five dollars were pro
vided in the district contest by
the North Wilkesboro Lions and
Kiwanis Clubs. The prizes were
presented by Forrest E. Jones,
secretary-manager of the Wilkes
Chamber of Commerce, to the
winners in the following order:
First, Alton Weaver, son of
Wiley Weaver, West Jefferson,
$25; second, Margaret
ter of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Wish
on, $20; Ed Swanson, Pilot
Mountain hlgtf school, son j
Mrs. Wilma Swansop, $15; J?l-(
ian Hyde, Glade Valley high j
school, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Hyde, $10; Ramona
Sloope, North Wilkesboro high
school, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Arlie Sloope, $5.
Paul Church, chairman of the
Wilkes Agricultural Council,
presided at the contest, which
was well attended. Judges were
from Agricultural Councils out
side of the five-county district
participating.
Weaver, first place winner
here today, will represent the
district of Wilkee, Ashe, Allegh
any, Yadkin and Surry at the
state finals at Elkin on Febru
ary 20.
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Coble Dairy Plant
At Sugar Grove Burns j
The milk receiving plant own-1
ed and operated by Coble Dairy
Products company and located at
Sugar Grove in Watauga county
was totally destroyed by fire
Wednesday of last wyek. Com
pany officials said here that a
modern plant will be erected near
the site of the building that
burned. At present the milk from
Watauga is being collected at
Boone and is being hauled di
rectly to the Wilkesboro plant.
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Ask Wider N. C.
Forest Guard!
Raleigh, Feb. 12'.?An increase
of $766,107 in its operating
budget for the next biennium'?
including $608,960 to extend
forest Ore protection to the en
tire state?was requested of the
General Assembly'ai joint appro
priations committee today (by the
State Department of Conserva
tion and Development.
In addition, the Conservation
department made a plea for a
$2,623,264 program of perma
nent Improvements a t State
parks.
The Advisory Budget commis
sion has recommended a biennial
budget of $1,549,861 for the con
servation and development, but
this included only $50,000 for
additions and betterments at the
State parks.
? ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL
Rev." B. M. Lackey, Rector.
Vesper service will be held in
St. Paul's Episcopal Church Sun
day afternoon, February 16th,
are Invited to
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Income Tax Men To
Assist Taxpayers
[ Deputy collectors of Internal
revenue will assist taxpayers In
this vicinity in filing income tax
returns tor 1946. The itinerary
is as follows: February 17-21 at I
Boone postoffice nine a. m. to J
five p. m.; February 24-26 at |
West Jefferson nine a. m. to five
p. m.; March 1-15 in room 12,
Bank of North Wilkeeboro build
ing, North Wilkeeboro. Deputy
Collectors James R. Kenerly and
Robert H. Cranor will assist tax
payers with their returns.
Public Library
Circulation Up
Circulation of the Wilkes
County Public library located in
the North Wilkesboro town hall
for the month of January was
2,108, according to a report of
Miss Lizzette Stone, librarian, to
the library board in regular
46 new members were added to
the library association during the
month.
A plan was adopted whereby
the Home Demonstration clubs in
the county will handle books in
the rural areas and that book J
stations may ibe established In
rural postofflces. It was also de
cided {hat an effort will be made
to obtain a certified librarian
for the summer months.
C. B. Eller is chairman and
Mrs. J. C. Reins is secretary of I
the library board.
Millers Creek And
West Yadkin Split
Millers Creek and West Yad
kin high school basketball teams 1
split a double header ^Tuesday
night at Millers Creek.
The West Yadkin girls won 45
to 10 and the Millers Creek boys |
played one of their best games
of the season to win 31 to 23.
Lineups and summaries:
Girls' Game
W. Yadkin 45 M. Creek 10
Casstevens 19 Mitchell 2
Church 5 Parsons 7
Shore 7 ; Brooks
Van Hoy D. Cooper
rShaw M. Cooper
Groce Rlggs
Substitute: West, Yadkin ?
Weatherman 4, Brown 4, Bran
no n 6, Johnson. Millers Creek?
McGlammery 1, Snyder, Canter,
Sebastian.
Boys' Game
W. Yadkin 22 M. Greek 31
Ray 4 Caudill 3
Burgess Church 10
Pinnix Watson 2
Crow 4 Eller 14
Waggoner 9 Oliver 2
Substitutes: ' West Yadkin?
Hemrlc 4, Myers 2. Millers Creek
?Foster, Vannoy, O. Church,
Jennings.
C. E. Wilson Dies
. In Winston-Salem!
Winston-Salem, Feb. 12.
son ?. Wilson, pharmacist at
Swaney Drug Store, died from
heart attack about 8:30 a. m.
today.
Stricken while walking 1 n
front of the Nlssen Building on
West Fourth Street, Mr. Wilson
was hurried in an ambulance to
City Hospital. He was pronounc
ed dead upon arrival there.
His address was given as 131 ?
North Poplar Street.
Mr. Wilson several years ago
was associated with drug stores
in North
s
Plan Organization
Commerce In City
Mass Meeting of Young Men
WO! be Held Next Week
To Discuss Plans
J. B. Williams, President of
the Wilkes Chamber of- Com
merce, announced today that
the Wilkes Chamfber is going to
sponsor a Junior chamber of
commerce organisation" for
Wilkes County.
This Junior chamber of com
merce will be affiliated with the
U. S. Junior Chamber, and will
be composed of young men of
Wilkes county between the ages
of 16 and 36 inclusive.
This organization 1 g being
planned by the Wilkes Chamber
of Commerce to undertake a
large number of county-wide
civic projects which will take a
lot of manpower to complete.
A special committee, meeting
at the chamber of commerce of
fice this week, decided to send
out invitations for a mass meet
ing of the young men on Thurs
day or Friday of next week. The
President and some of the board
members of the Winston-Salem
Junior Chamber of Commerce
will be present at this meeting to
discuss possible activities of the
organization and organizational
procedures.
Further information about this
mass meeting will be found in
next week'B issues of The Journ
al-Patriot.
Bond And Music
Students To Hear
Symphony Monday
Wilkes boro school will
to StatesvSle Monday aftadnoon
to hear the National Symphony
orchestra.
Buses carrying the children to
Statesvllle will return to North
Wilkesboro school between 6:30
and 7:00 p. m., and parents are
asked to meet their children at
the school and be responsible for
their reaching their homes.
Marriage License
License to wed were issued
during the past week by Reg
ister of Deeds Troy C. Foster to
the following: Wade B. Caudlll,
Tuckerdale, and Thelma Sawyer,
Crumpler; David Burkett and
Leila Denny, both of Jefferson;
Lester Lyon, Traphill, and Mar
gie Barker, Roaring River; John
Ashley, Oakwoods, and Blanche
Call, North Wllkeaboro; Worth
Royal, North Wllkeaboro, and
Inez Huffman, Purlear; Ken
neth B. Clay, North Wllkesboro,
and Helen Caudlll, West Jeffer
son; Angus Chambers, North
Wllkesboro, and Louise Mahaf
fey, Cricket; Beldon Richardson
and Leora Bowers, both of Lo
max; Virgil Oflborne, Stnrgills,
and Myrl Caudlll, Tuckerdale.
Mrs. Ed Anderson To
Address Woman's
Club Monday
The February meeting of the
North Wllkeaboro "Woman's ciQb
will be held Monday evening,
7:30 o'clock, at the Woman's
clubhouse on Trogdon Street
with the following as hostesses;
Mesdames Thurmond Kenerly, O.
K. Pope, B. N. Phillips, F. D.
Meserve, O. E. Triplett, and Ru
fus Church. Mrs. Ed Anderson,
of West Jefferson, will be the
speaker for the evening, a' special
invitation is extended to the
members of the Wllkesboro
Woman'8 club to attend, and all
members of the local club are
urged to be present.
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Lincoln Heights
Teams Win Easily
The Lincoln Heights basket
ball teams simply outclassed the
Jones High School of Mount Airy
here Tuesday night. The Lincoln
Heights girls gained an easy lead
in the first quarter and held their
opponents almost scoreless dur
ing the whole game to beat them
by a score of 31-3.
The Lincoln Heights boys first
team ran the scores up so fast
in the first quarter that the sec
ond and third teams played the
other three quarters and easily
beat the Mount Airy boys 57-6.
Miss Mountain View
Miss Jewel Key, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. OL R. Key, of
Hays, was elected "Miss Moun
tain View" at a Box Sapper
given by the senior^ in the
Mountain View school audi
torium with 4,118 Votes. She
was crowned as Queen by Ruth
Rhodes and Helen Welch, who
also presented her with a box
of Whitman's Chocolates. The
Queen chose as King for the
Evening, Ralph Pendry, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Pendry, of
Hays.
All Republicans
May Hear Martin,
Luce On Saturday
Lincoln Day Dinner Tickets
Limited But All May
Hear The Speakers
ie Rot
Lee Hotel In Winston-Salem.
Repreeentative Joseph Martin*
speaker of the house of Repre
sentatives in congress, and For
mer Representative Clara Booth
Luce, both nationally known par
ty leaders, will speak at the din
ner.
Because of the limited number
who can be accomodated, tickets
have been allocated to counties
and 25 tickets were alloted
Wilkes.
However, arrangements have
been made that all Republicans
may hear the speake^. Th.e ad
dress from the dinner at the ho
tel will be beard by radio at 7:30
In the Forsyth county courthouse.
Following the dinner Martin and
Mrs. Luce will speak In person
at the courthouse.
Mrs. Luce will address the
Young Republicans convention to
be held in the afternoon. It is
expected that many Republicans
from Wilkes will attend the aft
ernoon, dinner and night meet
ings.
Baptist Pastors
To Meet Monday
Wilkes Baptist Pastors Confer
ence will bare an all-day session
Monday, February 17, at Reins
Sturdivant cbapel.
The day's program will open
;by devotional by Rev. John
Wells, followed by a business ses
sion and discussion of the 13 th
chapter of John. Rer. A. B. Hayes
will deliver the morning sermon.
In the afternoon Rev. Lett Be
shears will discuss "The Plan
and Purpose of the Worship
Service." . ?
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Edward Eller, of this city, a son
on February 9 at the Wilkes hos
pital.
A daughter was born Febru
ary 7th at the Wilkes hospital
to Mr. and Mrs. Horace A. Rus
sell, of Pores Knob.
A eon was born Wednesday at
the Wilkes hospital to Mr. and
Mrs. Wesley F. Sloope, of North
Wilkesboro.
A method of tattooing hogs,
developed by the Bureau of Ani
mal Industry of the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, has many
practical uses, especially in con
nection with marketing, disease
control, and scientific research.
The method is simple, rapid, and
inexpensive, and appears to
cause no material discomfort to
the animal.
Vernon Rogers Held
For Shooting Negro
- Vernon Rogers, of Moravian
Falls, has been arrested and
placed under |750 bond on
charge of assaulting James Fer
guson, colored man, at Moravian
Falle Friday night.
Rogers is alleged to have shot
Ferguson in a leg with a 8 2-cali
bre pistol. Hearing is scheduled
to be held Saturday, February
22, two p. m., before magistrate
?. Q. Glass in the courthouse at
Wllkesboro,
Driven Would Be
Made Responsible
For Many Claims
Following is a digest of a pro
posed vehicle safety and respon
sibility act which has been intro
duced In the North Carolina leg
islature:
This is a bill to promote saf
ety upon the highways and to
provide for the giving of proof
of financial responsibility and se
curity by certain owners opera
tors of motor vehicles.
This bill is identified as H. B.
No. 63, and was introduced by
Representative Shuford of Bun
combe County and Representa
tive Uzzell of Rowan County,
who are members of a Commis
sion appointed by Governor Cher
ry to study and propose legisla
tion of this type.
What It Is
The purposes of the Act are
to promote greater safety in the
operation.of motor vehicles in
this State and to require finan
cial responsibility of reckless, in
efficient and Irresponsible opera
tors of motor vehicles, and of
and owners of motor
that this Act be liberally coi
ed so as to effectuate these pur
poses, as far as legally and prac
tically possible.
How It Works
This law provides that not lees
than thirty nor more than ninety
days after the Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles, has received no
tice of an automobile accident
which involves Injury to a per
son or damage to property a
mounting to more than $50.00
he must suspend the. license and
registration plates of every au
tomobile and every automobile
driver involved in the accident, j
except that this provision does
not apply if the owner or opera
tor of the automobile has, prior
to the accident, purchased insur
ance against claims for bodily
ii^ury and property damage. The
insurance required 1b a standard
automobile liability policy with
bodily Injury limits of $5,000 for
injuries to one person and $10,
000 for injuries to more than
one person and $1,000 property
damage coverage. The law pro
vides for the installment pay
ment of settlements made out of
court or Jthe installment payment
of judgments if the case is set
tled after trial.
Suspension of license and reg
istration shall continue until the
owner or operator shall have fur
nished security,' in such form and
amount as the Comlssioner shall
prescribe, to satisfy any judg
ments for damages resulting
from such accident and furnish
and thereafter maintain proof of
financial responsibility in the
future.
The provisions of the act do
not apply to an owner whose au
tomobile at the time of the acci
dent was being operated without
his permission, nor does it apply
to the owner of an automobile if
the automobile was properly
parked at the time of the acci
dent. Neither does this act apply
In the event of an accident in
which# no Injury results except to
the person or property of the
automobile operator.
- Report of Accidents
The driver of any automobile
involved in an accident resulting
In injury to or death of any per
son shall immediately give no
tice of the accident to a law en
forcement officer. The driver of
the motor vehicle involved in an
accident resulting in injury to a
person or in damage to property
in excess of $50.00 shall within
twenty-four hours after the, ac
cident make a written report to
the Department of Motor Ve
hicles. Failure to report an acci
dent as provided in the law is
Se e DRIVERS?Page 12
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Support the Y. M. C.
Wjpter I. IMS
4,300 Services Rendered By
Chapter To Veterans
During Past Year
Over 2,000 veterans and 1,100
active servicemen or their fami
lies were given some type of
Red Cross service daring 1940
according to reports made at the
quarterly meeting of the Board
ef Directors of the Wilkqp Coun
ty Red Cross chapter i>n Monday,
Feb. 10th. For active servicemen
and their families the report
shows that 400 inquiries and
messages were handled, such as
welfare reports, verifications for
emergency 'furloughs, etc. Fami
lies of 100 active servicemen re
ceived assistance with applica
tions for family allowances and
allotments. Over 1500 veterans
were assisted with their applica
tions Cor Terminal Leave Pay;
300 veterans or their families
were assisted with claims for dis
ability or death pension; while
another 300 were rendered as
sistance with applications tor
hospital care or vocational re
habilitation program. Many re
ceived assistance with govern
ment life Insurance claims or re
instatement of policies. During
the month of January 1947 a to
tal of 221 veterans and 04 active
servicemen's cases were acted on.
This was an increase of 40 ess
es over December 1946.
Chapter volunteer committees
most active during the year were
those oh Nutrition, Home Nurs
ing, and Disaster Preparedness
Four nutrition classes were
taught and a total of 48 certifi
cates issued. Four Red Gross
Home Nursing classes were
WF
five additional classes to be eon
ducted in March. A detailed Dis
aster Preparedness and Relief
Program has been worked out for
Wilkes County with committees
ready to go immediately into ac
tion.
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Junior Red Cross
Has Active Year
The report from the Wilkes
County Junior Red Cross can-led
on through the sponsorship of the
county schools under the direc
tion of Mrs. Carl VanDeman,
chairman, is most commendable.
During April and November
Wilkes children filled and shipp
ed over 500 gift boxes for relief
of children in devastated areas.
The amount contributed during
the Junior Red Cross member
ship Drive in November was
$397.08. Of this amount $133.50
was used for membership fees
and subscriptions to the Junior
Red Cross Magazine which every
school receives. $50.00 has been
contributed to the National Chil
dren's Fund. A balance in the
treasury amounting to $284.01
will be used to finance the pro
gram during 1947.
Wilkesboro Splits
MHKiiew
Mountain View and Wilkesboro
high schools split a double-head
er on Tuesday night of last week
at Mountain View. Notwithstand
ing the severe cold weather a
number of people from Wilkes
boro and Mountain View attend
ed the games.
The first game of the evening
was played between the "B"
teams and this resulted in the
score of 19 to 12 in favor ot
Mountain View.
The second game between the
first teams of the two schools
started out rather slow, but as
the game advanced both teams
played more spirited basketball.
The last few minutes saw the
Mountain View team making the
margin of score much narrower,
and when the final whistle was
blown my Rereree Dwight Wil
liamson the score stood 28 to
26 in favor of Wilkesboro high.
Dokies To Meet
North Wilkesboro Doklee club
will meet Friday, seven p. m*. at
the home of John
highway 421.