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The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 40 Yeal
OUR CITY
North Wilkesboro hat a
trading radius of 50 mflti,
?erring 100,000 people in
Northwestern Carolina.)
Vol. 41, No. 84
Published Mondays and Thursdays
NORTH W1LKESBORO, N. C., Thursday, Feb. 20, 1947
Make North Wilkesboro Yeur Shopping Center
Name Committees
Work Groups For
Coming Yoar Are
Announced Today
Groups Will Steer Enlarged j
Program of Work Dur
ing Year 1947
yjfcommitteee which will handle j
the ti
the varied projects of the Wilkes
Chamber of . Commerce for the
coming year have been announc
ed by J. B. Williams, president,
and Forrest E. Jones, secretary
manager of the chamber.
The chamber this year has an
increased membership. At pres
ent there are 316 members with
many additional membership? ex
pected within the next few
weeks,-and an enlarged program
Of work is being launched for the
year.
Following are the committee
organizations for the year:
Agriculture: W. K. Sturdivant,
Chairman, W. D. Jester, Tarn
Hutchinson, R., D. Smith, John
Leyshon, B. Et Broome, Perry
Lowe, W. H. H. Waugh and E.
O; Finley.
Housing: W. D. Halfacre,
Chairman, Paul Osborne, Paul
Green, W. J. Caroon, Bryce Cau
dill, Don Coffey, Jr., C. E. Jen
kins, James L. Lowe, Darwin
Smithey and A. A. Cashion.
Industrial Development: J. R.
Hix, Chairman, Vernon Deal,
Edd F. Gardner, R. S. Gibbs, J.
B. Carter, R. T. McNeil and A.
F. Kilby.
Education: Cecil Adamson,
Chairman, Paul S. Cragan, Rus
sell Gray, C. B. Eller, Dr. J. S.
Blair Gwyn, Dr. H. B.
Lth.
Ic Activities: tbo- -McCoy,
Chairman, W. F. Absher, W. J.
Bason. C. J. Swofford, W. R.
Newton, Dr. H. B. Smith and
Arthur Venable.
v Aviation: Executive Commit
tee.
Community Recreation: G. R.
Andrews, Chairman, Richard
Finley, Beyd Stout, Ivey Moore,
W. O. Absher, W. B. So mors, R.
M. Brame, Jr., and James C. Wil
liams, Jr.
Safety and Fire Prevention:
Thurmond Kenerly, Chairman, J.
B. Williams, C. C. Faw, Jr., Sgt.
A. H. Clark, J. C. Allen and
Dwight Nichols.
Governmental Affars: Larry
Moore, Chairman, Richard John
ston, Eugene Trivette, P. W.
Eshelman, Julius Hubbard, Arch
ie Osborne, Tom Story, Jr., and
Paul Cashion.
Trade Promotion: R. E. Gibbs,
Chairman, Fred Henderson, W. i
B. Somers, Carl Steele, Link {?
Spainhour, Palmer Horton, Ira
Payne, Hubert Canter, R. M.
Brame, Jr., Gilbert Bare, E. T.
Hackney, Presley Myers, W. G.
Gabriel, W. C. Marlow and Wal
ter Day.
Public Health: F. D. Meeerve,
Chairman, (Committee personnel
to be chosen by Mr. Meserve).
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AAA Campaign
Begun In County
It was announced today from
the local AAA office that to date
about 1700 farmers had signed
on the 1947 AAA Program In
thmCounty Office. Lawrence Mil
l^jWSecretary of the Association
announced that the county com
mittee had called a meeting of all
community committeemen in the
county, which was held In the
Courthouse Saturday, February
15.
Arrangements were made at
that time to hare the community
committeemen contact all of the
remaining farmers in the county
who care to sign up on the 1947
program. Numbers of new ad
vantages are offered to the farm
ers in 1947 including Italian
Ryegrass, which will be available
at the County Office March 1,
and Korean Lespedeza, which
will be available in amounts up
to 100 pounds, to all farmers
in the county.
Farmers who have not signed
on the 1947 Program should
contact their community com
mitteeman at once.
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|dow glass was developed
r the third century A. D.,
ig to the Bncyclopoedia
micai and was cast on
flat stones.
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Thirty-Five Answers
To One Advertisement
Ralph Duncan Electrical store
advertised for two young men
who wished to learn the electric
al trade.
Within a few hours after the
paper was issued suitable young
men had applied and were given
tbte Jobs. The total of applica
tions to date is 36, Isaac Duncan
said today.
Junior Chamber
Meeting Planned
For Friday Might
Young Men 21 to 36 Will
Meet On Friday Night
At Town Hall
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Forrest E. Jones, Secretary of
the Wilkes Chamber of Com
merce announced today that in
vitations had been mailed to
over sixty young men to help or
ganize a Wilkes County Junior
ChamJ^pr of Commerce. The or
ganization meeting will be held
on Friday, 21 February at the
North Wllkesboro City Hall.
Sam Dorsett, President of the
Winston-Salem Junior Chamber
of Commerce, with about four
members of the Winston-Shlem
Jr. Chamber Board of Directors,
will be present at this meeting
to explain the general operation
of a Junior Chamber and to an
swer any questions about the or
ganization.
Composed of young business
men between the ages of twenty
one and thirty-six, a Junior
Chamber of Commerce is able to
successfully complete a large
number of civic projects- requir
ing a lot of manpower and en
ergy. ?
It is hoped that there will he
a large turn-out at the first
meeting on Friday night and
Jones pointed out that anyone
within the proper age brackets
might become a member of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce
and he hoped that anyone inter
ested would make a special effort
to attend the meeting.
Auto Accident Injures
Man From State Road
Elkin, Feb. 17.?Ray Russell
Bauguess, 23, of State Road is
in Elkin Hospital seriously In
jured as result of a wreck. He
was driving alone toward Elkin
early Saturday evening and it is
believed that he lost control of
the machine and turned over.
The Impact is thought to have
hurled.him into the rear seat.
A piece from the top of the car
pierced his leg, holding him
pressed until he was released by
use of a saw.
Colonel Wm. Walker
Funeral Wednesday
Last rites -were held Wednes
day at Haymeadow church for
Colonel William Walker, 80-year
old resident of Mulberry town
ship who died Monday. Rev.'
Monroe Dillard conducted the
service. I
Mr. Walker is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Muriel Walker, and
the following sons and daugh-,
ters: Misses Iona and Oma Walk
er, Mrs. Dosha Wyatt, Mrs. Dora
Carpenter, Miss Rebecca Walker,
Billie Walker, Mrs. Martha Day
and Mrs. Mary Lou Tharpe.
Franklin Prevette
Last Rites Tuesday j
Funeral service was held Tues
day , at Mt. Pisg&h church for:
Franklin, M. Prevette age TO,'
North Wilkesboro route three
citizen who died Monday.
Mr. Prevette leaves the fol
lowing brothers and sisters: Mrs. >
Mollie Combs, J. C. Prevette,
Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson, Miss
Elizabeth Prevette, Mrs. Laura
Prevette and P. M. Prevette, all
of North Wilkesboro route three,
and G. R. Prevette, of Woodleaf.
Community Sing
Round Mountain
A community singing will be!
held Sunday night February 23,'
seven o'clock, at Round Moun-'
tain church. All singers are in
vited to attend and take part.
Reece Martin is chairman and
Mrs. L. W. Wood is secretary of
the singing.
BLIND PATIENTS "SEE" BALL GAME
THROUGH FREE TICKETS made available by the Saa Francisco 'Red
Cross chapter, blind patients at Army's Dibble General Hospital follow
a league game in Seals Stadinm from the running commentary given
by members of the San Francisco team. (American Red Cross Photo)
Darid L. Tinsley
Claimed By Death
David L. Tinsley, 61, of North
Wilkesboro route one, died Shin
day.
Funeral service was held Tues
day at Baptist Home church with
Rev. Ed Hayes, Rev. A. B. Hayes
and Rev. Monroe Dillard con
ducting the last rites.
Mr. Tinslfey is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Myria Tinsley, two
sons and two daughters: Wake
Tinsley, Lebanon, Tenn.; Olyde
Tinsley, in California; Verlie
Tinsley, Horton, Va.; Mrs. Floyd
Coffey, North Wilkesboro.
County Schoolboys
Practice Forestry
By JOHN E. FORD
(Farm Forester)
Too often our timber is re
garded as something that Just
grows like weeds. Left to them
selves ? our woodlands do, . in a
way, grow Uke weeds In that aft
er taking too long a time to ma
ture they end up filled with weed
trees and cull trees that are of
little or no value?like weeds.
Twenty sehool boys in Wilkes
County, realizing that our tim
ber crop needs weeding, culling,
and thinning the same as any
other farm crop have, entered a
timber thining and timber stand
improvement contest sponsored
jointly by the Wilkes Chamber
of Commerce and the State Ex
tension Service. These boys are
thinning or otherwise improv
ing one acre of woodlands with
a view of speeding up the growth
of their crop trees by removing
the poorer trees. In this way, the
best trees will be favored and
their growth will be increased.
Sometime in April these thin
nings will be inspected by the
State Extension Forester and the
local Farm Forester, and ' the
boys doing the ten best jobs of
improving their acre will be
awarded prizes by the Chamber
of Commerce.
The boys who have entered the
contest and are already thinning
their acre are:
From Ronda high school:
Charlie Blackburn, Folger West,
Robert Dimmette, Thomas Hurt,
Rex Key, J. P. Welborn, Ralph
Gray, Gwyn Redding, Marvin Lee
Cockerham, Dennis Barker, Bob
by Gilliam, Duel Jones, Charles
Gilliam, Ray Johnson, C. A. Bur
chette, and H. C. Roberts.
From Wilkesboro high school:
W. F. Wellborn and Shelton Ed
wards, and Edwin MeGee of
Mount Pleasant high sehool and
Charles Higgins from Mountain
View school.
B. T. U. Group
Meets Planned
The associational Baptist
Training Union will hold simul
taneous group meetings next
Tuesday, 7:30, using as theme
"The Word of the Lord Aibldeth
Forever."
Meeting places for the various
groups is as follows:.
Group 1, New Hope Church;
Group 2, Lewis Fork Church;
Group 3, Little Rock Church;
Group 5, Hinshaw Street Church;
Group 6,' Wilkesboro Church;
Group 7, Reins-Sturdivant Chap
el, North Wilkesboro.
It is hoped that every Baptist
church in Brushy Mountain As
sociation will be represented in
one of the various meetings men
tioned above. Anyone interested
is invited.
Support the Y. M. C. A.
Appeal Of Doomed
Colored Man Will
Be Heard Mar. 3
North Carolina supreme court
will hear the case on appeal of
Richard Horton, colored, on
March 3.
Horton was convicted in the
December term of court for the
robbery slaying of Francis Bak
er, local taxi driver, and was sen
tenced to die in the gas chamber
January 31. Notice of appeal au
tomatically stayed the execution
date.
F. J. McDuffie, appointed by
the court to defend Horton, has
prepared the case on appeal. It
is expected that the supreme
court will han?j down decision
in the case within a few'weeks
after the date of the hearing
March 3.
In the event that the Judgment
of the lower court is sustained,
Horton's new execution dr.te wi
be two
of the supremi
Better Homes
Store To Move
Better Homes Furniture com
pany, which is owned and operat
ed by Quincy and Avery Whit
tington, will move in the near
future from the firm's present
location between Crest Store and
Dixie Home store on Main street
to the company's aew building
now under construction on the1
Blair Block.
The new building now under
construction will be located adja- :
cent to Reins Market and will ]
provide commodious quarters for
the firm. f iyf'l
At the present time Better
Homes Furniture company has a
removal sale in progress with all
furniture in the store drastical
ly reduced for quiek clearance.
Mrs. Casey Funeral
Is Conducted Today;
Last rites were held today at j
Union church for Mrs. Fannie J.
Hanks Casey, age 80, who died |
Wednesday at her home in the j
Traphill community. Rev. Con-1
rad Sidden and Rev. Charlie
Milee conducted the service.
Mrs. Casey is survived by her
husband, one son and one daugh
ter, Charles W. Casey, Traphill,
and Mrs. Ethel Tucker, Benham.
Many From Here *
Attend National
Symphony Concert
Many local people were in
Stafesville Monday afternoon and
evening to attend concerts by
the national symphony orchestra.
For the afternoon concert the
North Wilkesboro Parents-Teach
er Association financed transpor
tation for three ibns loads of band
and music pupils in North Wil
kesboro school, who heard the
concert.
In the evening many other
people from here were in the
large crowd present for the con
cert.
A total of 103 students, includ
ing the band and music classes,
attended the afternoon concert.
Chaperons were Mrs. Arthur
Venable, Mrs. Robert Gibbs,, Mrs.
Dermotot Smith, Mrs. Watt Coop
er, Mrs. J. G. Chipman, Miss
Ellen Robinson, Mrs. Joe Pe?r
Bon, Mrs. Bra Bingham, Mrs.
Andrew,F. Kilby.
Thanks People For
Polio Contributions
To the Good People of Wilkes:
Since It will not be possible
for me to thank each one of you
In person for your contributions
and oo-operation in making the
1947 Infantile Paralysis Drive
such a marked success, I would
like to take this opportunity of
thanking each and every one of
you for your co-operation in this
drive.
Our quota, as set by the State
Headquarters,, was' $4,500.00,
but through your generosity we
exceeded this quota by almost
$2,000.00. The total to date is
$6,300.00, and we expect it-to
reach $6,500.00. When all the
contributions are in and my re
port filed, the total amount will
be published in The Journal
Patriot.
Gratefully yours,
LARRY S. MOORE,
Director, Wilkes County March
of Dimes Campaign for 1947.
License
During the nast week marriage
license were issued by Register
of Deeds Troy C. Foster to the
following: William H. Key and
Golda Eller, both of North Wil
kesboro route one; Carl Gllley,
Warrensville, and Mary Shew,
Wilkesboro route two; Gilbert
Johnson, North Wilkesboro route
three, and Minnie Lunsford, Cy
cle; Roby Greene and Texie
Greene, both of Mt. Zion; Paul
M. Irvin, Wilkesboro, and Mar
ianna Burton, Newark, N. J.;
Ronald EdwaTds and Joy Webb,
both of Roaring River; Howard
Roope and Georgianna Johnson,
I both of Hays; Charlie Guy Crouse
j and Edna Hill Day, both of El
i kin.
N.C.H.S.A.A. Cage
Tourney Cancelled
The North Wilkesboro High
School Athletic Association bas
ketball tournament scheduled to
be held here beginning February
25th has been cancelled by C. E.
Molntosh, executive state secre
tary, it was learned today.
The nine-copnty tournament
conflicted with dates of other
tournaments in which many of
the teams in the area had al
ready signed as participants.
SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A.
4V, vs.',} t
Head Red Cross Drive
CECIL F. ADAMSON
Missionary To
Africa To Speak
Monday Evening
Miss Lorena Kelly To De
liver Address at First
Methodist Church
Miss Lorena Kelly, of Moores
ville, a missionary to Africa and
who is now home on furloufh,
will speak at the North Wilkes
boro First Methodist church
Monday evening, 7:30 o'clock,
under the sponsorship of , the
Woman's Society of Christian
Service. Miss Kelly, a graduate
of the North Wtlkesboro high
school, has many interested
friends in the city, who will hear
her with much pleasure on Mon
day evening. While attending the
local high school Miss Kelly
i stayed in the home of her uncle,
the late J. C. Henry, a prominent
North Wilkesboro citizen.
All members of the Woman's
Society are expected to attend
this meeting, other members of
the chureh are urged to be pres
ent, and a cordial invitation is ex
tended to the other churches in
the community to hear Miss Kel
ly, who is a sister of Rev. W.
R. Kelly, pastor of College Place
Methodist church, Greensboro.
Miss Kelly will come to North
Wilkesboro from Elkln, - where
she will speak in the afternoon,
and will be overnight guest of
Mrs. Lane Atkinson, one of her
class mates.
Adamson Lists
Chairmen For
Dhrisioiis Drive
Actual Solicitation Will Get
Un4er Way March 3;
Quota Is $7,600
Cecil F. Adamson, chairman ot
the 1947 Red Cross Fund cam
paign in Wilkes county, has com
pleted the organization to raise
the county's quota: of $7,500.
Active solicitation will begin
on March 3 and plans are to
complete the campaign as early
as possible and keep the coun
ty's record perfect in raising
Red Cross quotas.
The Special Gifts committee,
which has already begun work, is
composed of P. W. Eshelman, J.
R. Hix and R. G. Finley. F. D.
Meserre is Industrial committee
chairman. , ?
On the publicity committee
are Dwight Nichols for the press,
Harvel Howell, Mrs. W. A. Conn
er, Miss Grace Frank Kilby am.
Miss Ruby Dancy for window dis
plays.
Ira D. Payne is chairman for
the North Wilkesboro business
district, Mrs. Cecil F. Adamson
for North Wilkesboro residential,
Warner Miller, Jr., for Wilken
boro business and Mrs. Fred C.
Hubbard, Sr., for the Wilkesboro
residential district.
The rural committee is com
posed of Rev. W. N. Brookshire,
C. B. Eller, R. D. Smith and Rev.
H. M. Wellman.
J. R. Edelin is chairman of the
colored division.
A. F. Kilby is chairman of the
Wilkes chapter of the Red Cross
end . Miss Rebecca Moeeley to
executive se.retary.
Mr. Adamson, secretary and
assistant treasurer of the Wilkes
Hosiery Mills company, is well
fitted by training and experience
to head the campaign. Before
coming to this city in 1940 Mr.
Adamson was a certified public.
accountant for Ernst and Ernst..
He began service in the army i?
November, 1942, and left the
service with the rank of lieuten
ant colonel in February, 1946.
He served in the quartermaster
corps and was awarded the Le
gion of Merit with citation for
outstanding results, particularly
in organization.
Mr. Adamson has been very
active in civic affairs. He is a
member, and director of the
North Wilkesboro Kiwanis club, L
jjiairman of the Education com- [1
mittee of the Wilkes Chamber of '
Commerce and has been actively
affiliated with other civic groups.
Various chairmen in the divis
ions of the Red Cross drive wlM
name their own workers, Mr. .
Adamson said, and the rural cam
paign will be built on an or
ganization selected by C. B. Eller,
superintendent of .schools, and
R. D. Smith, county'agent. Many
of those who served so well in
previous campaigns will a?ain
take part in the solicitation thia
year.
Quartet To Sing At
Clingman School
The Piedmont Quartet ? and
''Johnnie" Miller, of Radio Sta
tion WSJS, Winston-Salem, will
he at Clingman school Saturday
night, Feb. 22nd, 7:30. "Every
body come and enjoy an hour
and one half of fun and singing.
This is being sponsored by the
W. O. W., of Cycle, so tell your
friends and bring all the family.
Don't fail to attend this pro
gram. This school is three miles
sojith of Ronda."
HUNTERS BRING HOME TWO DEER
This photo shows a happy group of local men at the
end of a deer hunt during the past season in the east
ern part of the state. Left to right are: Commie Hayes,
Joe Lane, Harold Blankenship, Paul Jenkins and Paul
Clontz. The hunters, amazingly modest, failed to tell
which ones killed the two deer displayed in the picture.
Citizens Meeting
At Moravian Fails
Will Be Held Monday Eve
ning To Discuss School
Building Plans
All citizens of the Moravian
Falls school district are asked to
meet at the school building on
'Monday night, February 24, 7:30
o'clock, at which time school
building plans for Moravian
Falls will be discussed.
C. B.. Eller, superintendent of
schools, will be present to outline
the proposed plans, which ball for
construction of an auditorium,
two additional clasB rooms and a
lunchroom, with heating and
plumbing for the entire school
plant.
Every patron of Moravian
Falls school is earnestly request
ed to be present.
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Individual steers entered in
the 1947 International Livestock
Exposition will be classified by
age rather than by weight, as
heretofore.
Local Teams To
Play Mount Airy
North Wilkes boro basketball
teams will face their strongest
teams of the season Friday
night when they play Mount Airy
here.
The girls' game will begin at
seven and the iboys at eight. The
contest should draw the largest
crowds of the year.
On Tuesday night North Wil
kesboro boys defeated Mocksvllle
at Mocksvllle 31 to 27, while the
Norht Wilkesboro girts lost. On
Friday night the local teams both
lost close contests to Mill^ Home
boys and girls at Thomasvllle.
On Monday night Boone teams
will play here, the first game
beginning at seven o'clock.
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Hawkins Child Is
Claimed By Death
Funeral service was held today
at Covenant Church for Polly
Anne Hawkins, eight-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Hawkins, of Hays. She died Wed
nesday.
Surviving are the father and
mother, on* brother and two sis
ters.