The Jural - Patriot
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Published Mondays and Thursdays at
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina
JULIUS C. HUBBAJLD?MRS. D. J.
tOM?DANEBL^!l^ OAJLMl iUO
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Thursday, Feb. 20, 1947
Wilkesboro School
Needs Gymnasium*
It was very fitting that the junior class
of the Wilkesboro high school give to
the school as the beginning of a gymnas
ium fund a greater part of the more than
$900 raised in the Valentine party and
beauty contest.
The Valentine affair was well planned
and well staged, and netted a record
breaking sum of $983.85. The junior class
will use some of the money for the junior
senior banquet, ^nd the remainder will go
into -the gymnasium fund.
Wilkesboro school is the only one a
mong the county schools with an athletic
field, but on the other hand Wilkesboro
?
is the only large school without a gym
nasium.
A poll among the girls of the schools
recently revealed that over 60 wanted to
play basketball, and there is no gymnas
ium. Their play is necessarily limited to
a dirt court in outdoor weather, and there
are few days suitable for girls playing
basketball outdoors.
Physical education is certainly an im
portant part of education, and no school
can do the job without a gymnasium.
And turning briefly from the immediate
subject, let us point out that no school can
have an adequate physical education pro
gram without an athletic field for out
door play as well as a gymnasium.
In the final analysis, people have just
about what they want, provided they are
willing to work for it and pay for it.
School patrons in Wilkes county should
certainly be more alert to the needs of the
schools, particularly in school plants and
facilities. , n
Wildlife Change
Entirely Justified
Sportsmen in North Carolina, through
the Wildlife Clubs, are asking a change
in administration of the game and fish
laws in North Carolina. They are asking a
commission solely for game and fish and
divorced from the Department of Con
servation and Development.
The Wildlife Clubs wete organized be
cause game and fish are rapidly dwind
ling to nothing in North Carolina and
Sportsmen are getting next to nothing for
their license fees. As a result, fewer and
fewer are buying license.
Opponents to the measure advocated
by the Wildlife Clubs say that game and
fish are naturally diminishing. The clubs
come back with the argument that Penn
sylvania and Michigan have 'far more peo
ple than North Carolina, several times
more hunters and several times more
game in the forest and more fish in the
streams. That defeats the opponents' ar
gument that increase in population has
accounted for the decrease in game.
Western North Carolina should be a
game paradise. With the millions and
millions of acres of forest lands, there
should be ample game. And the streams
are ideal for fish.
The Wildlife plan should be adopted,
because it can hardly be worse than what
we have.
Men of today are doing as much win
dow shopping as women?must be those
pretty sleeping shorts they are advertis
ing
Red Cross Continues
to Aid Service Men,
Services to Army and Navy personnel,
veterans and their families, will represent
more than 50 per cent of the estimated
American Red Gross' operating expenses
during the 1947-48 fiscal year, Red
Cross national headquarters has announc
ed. During the current year, approximate
ly 75 per cent of Red Cross funds are al
located for this purpose. >
< Although, drastic reductions have been
made in operating costs since the annual
wartime peak of $200,000,000, the pro
gram for servicemen, veterans and their
families still stands out as the biggest in
dividual Red Cross task.
More than 2,000,000 men and women
are still in uniform. Many are x>n occupa
tional or garrison duty in far flung corners
of the globe. To all of them Red Cross
services are continuing?in camps, in
overseas clubs, in hospitals, and in home
communities. Nearly 6,000 Red Cross men
and women are still serving with the
armed forces.
In addition to services in behalf of vet-'
erans and their families, Red Cross will
spend an estimated $25,000,000 fdr ser-|
vicemen at home and abroad in the next
fiscal year. This does not include the ad
ditional cost of the vast Home Service pro
gram conducted by chapters throughout
the country for service personnel, veter
an's and their families.
Emphasis is also placed by the Red
Cross on its recreational programs. Near
ly 300 clubs and other recreation facilities
are staffed hy trained Red Cross workers
abroad. Trained recreation workers are
also stationed in Army and Navy hos
pitals where they conduct medicaHy ap
proved programs for convalescents. Red
Cross fi^ld directors in military and naval
establishments for able-bodied personnel
were recently authorized to provide rec
reation activities in addition to carrying
on their welfare and other duties.
T H F
EVERYDAY
COUNSELOR
. By. Rev. Herbert
Spaugh, D. D.
"No precious gem has ever been polish
ed without friction. Success has never
been attained without reverses." This lit-,
tie motto on the wall of the office of a
business friend captured my attention the
othef day. It is a good one for all of us
to remember, especially when we are in
trouble. t
The diamond; which we consider our
most precious jewel, is a very hard stone.
Before it takes its place in a ring or in ex
pensive jewelry, it has been ground and
polished many times by the lapidary.
There should be deep significance in
the fact that the diamond is the accepted
stone for the engagement ring. Its sym
bolism should never be forgotten by men
and women who marry. It should remind
us that marriage only grows into rich
companionship and happiness as a result
of daily polishing by the difficult circum
stances which always arise in marriage.
A happy marriage does not come easily.
It comes al a result of constant adjust
ment due to the pressure of change and
accommodation. No two people, reared in
different environments, can expect to ad
just themselves easily to one another. The
rising divorce rate and the increasing
number of broken homes is sad indication
of the fact that men and women do not
understand the true nature of marriage.
The nearest we come to perfection in
marriage is- a perfect willingness to give
and take. We must learn to adjust our
selves to one another, and above all to
the will and guidance of Almighty God.
No marriage can be truly successful
unless it is God-centered, because we live
in a God-centered universe. The God-cen
tered home is the only truly happy home.
Selfish desire has no place there, except
as a polishing agent.
It is as a man's and woman's desires are
polished by the friction of .the one against
the other, and against the' hard circum
stances of life, that the'true beauty of a
happy marriage emerges. This polishing
produces adjustment and cooperation
which brings out the true beauty of per
sonality. Let every wife remember that,
as she looks at the engagement ring on
her finger, and let every husband recall
it as he gazes upOn? that symbol which he
presented to the woman of his choice. I
ABNORMAL
By
DWIGHT
NICHOLS
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COFFEE CLUB RIVAL?
When we" started the Coffee
Club, which has no purpose and
no high which we don't lire
up to, we thought we had some
thing different, but we hare
learned of a counterpart In Dal
las, Texas.
There they have the Bonehead
Club, whose motto Is ''to learn
more and more about less and
less until, eventually, we shall
know everything about nothing."
If the Bonehead Club was
started after the Coffee Club, we
shall contend It has been copying.
If we started after they did, we're
not guilty.
. The Bohehead Club has a pres
ident (Big Chief) and 66 vice
presidents, meaning that all are
officials. In our Coffee Club we
have" no officials.
In case a' Bonehead is ill, the
club sends "the undertaker" to
cheer him up. This somberly
garbed individual carries his
catalogue and price lists. After
hih visit the ill member gets well
and gets back to the next meet
ing so's not to miss out on any
thing.
Sometimes when a political
secret Is spilled the club drama
tizes the event by getting an al
ley cat, putting it in a bag and
letting it out. Recently the club
has. voted to pool their brains
(?) for a brain ibank for trans
fusions in Washington official
dom. But we hardly expect that
anyone would propose a brain
bank for the Coffee Club.
SPRING FEVER JIBES?
Some men prove they know all
the ropes, by smoking-them . . .
?I've lost another pupil," said
the professor as his glass eye
rolled down the sink . . . Head
line in New York paper said:
"Father of ten Shot?Mistaken
for Rabbit."
SUPERSTITIOUS??
In case you live by supersti
tion, here it is put to rhyme as
contributed to this column by
Rev. James T. Nichols, of Wll
kesboro rout? one:
To have good luck as every one
should, never burn apple tree
or sasafrass wood
If you burn wood of a lightning
struck tref, your home will i
burn, you'll see.
If your rooster crows in the eve
ning late, the news of a death
he's sure to state.
If the crowing is done by some
old hen, ithe's surely telling
of some bad end.
If you leave home and then turn'
back, bad luck will be lurking
on your track.
If a black cat crosses your road
'tis said you'd better turn back
there's danger ahead. ?
If you kill a toad, it matters not.
how, you'll get bloody milkl
from your old oow.
If over your shoulder you see
the new moon, troubles are
coming, and that very soon,
If your ear burns, it Is a sure
sign, that someone is talking
about you at the time.
If your feet itch, you'll surely
understand, that you'll bp
walking on some strange land.
An itching moee 1b telling you
true, that company is soon
coming to you.
If the right eye itches you're
sure to get mad, if its the left
eye, you're sure to (be glad.
If you drop your dish rag, the 6
company will be "bad, if you
- walk under a ladder an acci
dent will be had.
If the right hand Itches, with
a stranger you'll shake,
If it's the left hand, some money
you'll take.
For your family to hare good
health they say,
Have no smoke before sunrise
the first day of May.
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Support the Y. M. C. A.
NOTICE SERVING SUMMONS
BY PUBLICATION
North Carolina, Wilkes County.
In the Saperior Court
Dolores Hall Townssnd
Vs. Loyd Townsend
The defendant, Loyd Townsend,
will take notice that an action en
titled as aboVe has been com
menced in the Superior Court of
Wilkes county, North Carolina, to
secure an absolute dirorce on
ground of two (2) years separa
tion; and the said defendant will
further take notice that he is re
quired to appear at the office of
the Clerk of the Superior Court of
said county in the courthouse in
Wilkesboro, N. C., within thirty
(30) days after the 7th day of
January, 1947, and answer or de
mur to the complaint in said ac
tion, or the plaintiff will apply to
the court for the relief demanded
in said complaint.
This 30th day of January, 1947.
C. C. HAYES,
Clerk Superior Coqyt of Wilkes
County, N. C. 2-24-4t-M
Here is a letter from a i
about an experience he bad
with natural soda on his
corn. It is offered here in
the hope- that you willfc
find his suggestion helpful
arid profitable.
Ihe Farmer's Hwm
from Uncle Natchel's
Book of Experionco
"On a field of corn where I had a good stand,
I sidedressed it with 250 lbs. per acre of Chil
ean Nitrate when the corn was knee high. Just
to see what would happen, I doubled the side
dressing on a few rows and on the next rows
left it off altogether. When we checked up on
the results, I found that the corn that haa not
gotten any soda had fired above the ears; that
which got the 250 pounds showed a little fir
ing, while the corn that got double, had not
fired at all. I used to think that firing was
caused by dry weather but now I believe it
really is hunger for nitrate."
CHILEAN
NITRATE of SODA
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