North Carolina Newspapers

~ 7 -,? 'i-j '" ,v!i|'; * ^ r *% '?J.";'j.V "* C -1" ; j * + "" ' " ^ ' '^v^* .- "> ^ ^ ^ A? ^ ^p; The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 40 Years Wilkes Y. M. C. A. is rais ^ a building fund for the erection of a modern Y. M C. ^ plant. Support it. North Wilkesboro hat a trading radint of 50 miles, serving 100,000 people la Northwestern Carolina. Vol. 41, No. 93 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C.f Monday, March 24, 1947 Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center ?.? ?ifiidMeaaaiiP ? ? ? n?m uonmissioRers May Appropriate Part Yearly Cost Successful Meeting Held Here Friday Night; Com mittee Is Formed Wilkes county board of com missioners In meeting Saturday -with a delegation of the Wilkes County Tuberculosis Association ^frnmittrn tentatively agreed to make a substantial appropriation for the imxt year to re-open and operate 'the Wilkes County Tu berculosis hospital. Because of the Increase In tuberculosis In Wilkes county a movement was launched here re cently to re-open the Institution, which was closed a few years ago i because there were only two pa-, tlents, who were at that time transferred to state Institutions. | M. F. Aibsher, chairman, and C. C. Sidden, commissioners, were present at the meeting. I. J. Broyhill was absent and the board deferred definite action un til such time as the full member ship of the hoard is In session. Appearing before the board were Dr. J. H. McNeill, Dr. E. N. Phillips, Mrs. Lvey Moore, Mrs. Mary Moore Hix and Dwight Nichols. i The delegation expressed the opinion that Christmas Seal sale funds can be used to renovate the building and purchase needed items of equipment. It was also estimated that the amount which the county may appropriate will not maintain the institution and that funds by private donations may be asked. It was also stated that efforts will be made to %aiae a much greater amount 'through the seal sale next fall ^ and thai much o' the 76 percent j retained here will be used in the county tuberculosis hospital. The commissioners pledged their cooperation in the tubercu- i losis campaign for prevention by! isolation and foT treatment of: tuberculosis victims. A meeting of citizens Interest-! fed in re-opening the county tu-j berculosis hospital was held Fri-! day night at the town hall. Mrs. Ivey Moore, representing the j Woman's Club, presided. Mrs. j Moore stated the purpose of the ' meeting and called on Dr. J. H.j McNeill to explain the tubercu-j losis situation in the county. Dr. McNeill stated that the state sanatoria are filled and that many patients are on wait-' Ihg lists. He stated that the coun ty institution would be particul-) lary valuable to house patients who cannot get into the state j sanatoria, as well as those whose condition is such that they will! not be accepted there. , Dr. McNeill and Mrs. Bertha' Bell, of the county health de partment, reported that there are now 30 from Wilkes in state in stitutions and many waiting to be admitted.' In addition, there are Scores of known cases not hos pitalized and the danger of con tinued spread of tuberculosis is acute. Mrs. Wesley Espy, a field worker of the North Carolina Tuberculosis Association, was present and explained how pro ceeds from the sale of Christmas seals may be used. She outlined four objectives of the local group: education relative to pre vention of tuberculosis, re-open ing of the county tubercular hos jjtn| x-rays of known contacts, a$ti local organization. It was pointed out in the meet FIVE SI A HUNS HJK WILKES PUBLIC LIBRARY ARE SET UP IN THE RURAL COMMUNITIES The following stations of the Wilkes County Public Library hare already been established. Moravian Falls, Post Office, Mrs. Carrie B. Hix. Pores Knob, Post Office, Miss Dorothy Jennings. Purlear, Post Office, Mrs. 'Vanghn Church. Millers Creek, Church and Delp Store. Pleasant Home, Reeve's Store, Ambrose Reeves, Jr., proprietor. Wilkes County Public Library lSf^V^king up. By having employ ad an additional librarian and arranging for better circulation the state fund becomes available, and this amounts to enough to purchase a (bookmobile, new books and periodicals. Book stations are being estab lished at central points over the county. People are invited to stop and look, take home books for all members of the family and return along with special re uests so that exchanges can be made to please every reader. Seeing that all this valuable improvement coming to our li brary depends on wider circula tion of books, it Is up to us, as citizens, to do our part of the reading. Ask for a station fn your com munity. T. B. HOSPITAL O BE OPENED ing that Dr. J. H. McNeill, a spec ialist in internal* medicine, has offered his services to the coun ty tubercular hospital at a frac tion of regular charges for ad ministering modern methods of treatment. C. C. Hidden, a member of the county board of commissioners, was present and explained that the county tuberculosis hospital was closed a few years ago be cause there were only two pa tients and no suitable help to run the institution at that time. He further stated that the board of commissioners would cooperate to the fullest possible extent with efforts to re-open the county in stitution for care of tubercular patients. At his suggestion Mrs. Ivey Moore, Mrs. fc^ary Moore Hix, Dr. McNeill and Dr. E. N. Phillips were designated to ap pear before the board Saturday. Mrs. Moore named a nominat ing committee composed of Mrs. Mary Moore Hix, Mrs. Palmer Horton and Mrs. P. W. Eshelman to nominate officers for a Wilkes tuberculosis committee. Mrs. J. D. Moore was elected chairman, Mrs. J. M. Crawford secretary, W. J. Bason, treas urer, of the committee. Mrs. Moore will appoint other mem bers of the committee, which will be the governing board of the county tuberculosis hospital. I o Winner of Soil Contest Speaker At Lions Meet Agricultural Program Well Received By North Wil kesboro Lions Alton Wearer, a West Jeffer son high school student who won the district soil conservation speaking contest here recently, used the North Wilkeeboro Li ons Club Friday evening to good advantage for practice for the state contest to be held soon in Elkin. Young Weaver told the Lions more about soil conservation than they had ever heard and his address was received with in terest. He pointed out in his splendid oration that a nation's physical strength must come from the soil and if the soil is destroyed nations fall and be come poor and dependent. The program Friday evening was presented by Richard John ston, program chairman, who in troduced R. D. Smith, Wilkes county agent. Mr. Smith gave an outline of extension work for farmers throughout the country and explained some of the work in Wilkes. He explained as an example of extension work the ef fort being made in Wilkes, through use of hybrid corn and better practices, to raise the aver age yield of corn from 19 to 40 bushels per acre. At the meeting Friday evening Dwight D. Williamson was a guest of Dr. J. W. Willie, Con rad Kilby was with Charles Day and Jim McLaurin, of West Jef ferson, with Staton Mclver. Pearson Withdraws Prom Sidden-Canter H. B. Pearson, who recently joined the Bidden and Canter contracting firm, has withdrawn from the company, which will hereafter .be known as Sidden and Canter, Contractors. A, C. Sidden and Carl Canter are own ers of the company^ . _ ill? Southside Singing At Bearer Creek On Sunday, Marcfi 30 iSautheide Singing Association will convene on Sunday, March 30,- at Beaver Creek Baptist church. F. J. MoDuffie, chaia^nan, has asked all singers to attend and take part and for "Everybody to bring their books and baskets and enjoy the day." Singing will begin following Sunday school and oontlnue through the after noon. Dinner will be spread pic nic style at noon. Call Is Issued For The Primary And Election In City Primary For Nominations On April 21 and Munici pal Election May 6 Wilkes county board of elec tions has issued call for the North Wilkesboro -primary to be held April 21 and election on1 May ?. The primary will be for nomi nations for mayor, five commis sioners and three places on the city board of education. The call issued by the board j of elections and published today i stated that all candidates for town offices and school trustees ! must file notice of candidacy, a long with two dollars fee, at least fire days before the date of the primary. L?. B. Pierce was appointed city registrar, with H. P. Eller and Carlyle Ingle judges for the pri mary and election. Registration books will be open at the town hall March 29, April 5 and April 12, with April 19 designated as challenge day. The town hall will be the voting place for both primary and election. Call for the primary and elec tion by the board of elections is published elsewhere in thiB news paper. ftA?nny CMABHAt JTI UattvCi guujcUl Program Friday At Kiwanis Meet Mrs. George E. Marshall, state commander of the North Caro lina division of the American cancer society, delivered a most instructive address Friday be fore the North Wilkesboro Ki kanis club. Mrs. Marshall was presented by E. F. Gardner for the Public Affairs committee. Opening her address, she stated that every three minutes someone in the United tSates dies of cancer, which is second only to heart di sease as the greatest killer and that one in every eight may ex pect to die of cancer at the pres ent rate. She explained that the money raised by the American Cancer Society is for the following pur poses: 1. Broadcast the Information of danger signals and urge peo ple to consult a doctor immedi ately at any sign of cancer. 2. Provide better facilities for prevention, diagnosis and treat ment of cancer. Cancer treatment requires radium?X-ray equip ment?skilled personnell. 3. Expand the scientific re search now being conducted by the National Research Council in 90 scientific centers in the U. S. alone. Before the' program President G. T. Mitchell called attention to the forthcoming Kiwanis Inter national convention and asked those who could attend to notify him. The attendance prize was given by Dr. J. H. McNeill to John Leyshon. Guests were Saf follows: J. E. Spainhour with H. H. Morehouse; Lomax Kilby with A. F. Kilby; G. C. Smith, G. W. Co an and Mrs. R. J. Hin shaw with E. F. Gardner. Albert Weaver, of Statesvllle, was a vis iting Klwanlan. 40,000 Pounds I Sugar Is Seized Alcohol Tax Unit investigators from the Wilkesboro office seiz ed 40,400 pounds of sugar Sat urday in Lester Prevette's store building at Roaring River. Officers who made the arrest could givex no definite informa tion relative to the seizure, other than that the sugar was in 100 pound bags and 60 pound bags. They did not disclose the iden tity of the owner of the sugar, and stated that no arrests had been made today. Mr. ud Miss 4-H Club of Wilkes To Be Chosen Mar. 28 Public Program Will Cli-! f. max Popularity Contest; Prizes To Be Given By D. D. WILIIAMSON (Assistant County 'Agent) The twelve 4-H Clubs of Wilkes county, under the guid ance of Miss Margaret Morrison and Dwight D. Williamson, as sistant home agent and assistant county agent, are sponsoring a contest in which Mr. and Miss 4-iH Club of Wilkes County will be selected. Each club is spon soring one boy and girl contest ant, and are charging a penny a vote for each vote received. The boy and girl that receives the largest number of votes will be J crowned Mr. and Miss 4-H Club j of Wilkes, and will receive a free! trip to 4-H Club camp or 4-H| Club week, which ever they pre- j fer. The contestants are as follows: Roaring River Club, Faye Lytton and Jimmie Alexander; Ronda ?Club, Patsy Myers and Charlie Blackburn; Wilkesboro Club, Mary Elizabeth Mathis and Bud die Mathis; Mt. Pleasant Club, Madeline Church and Gwln TMp lette; Millers Creek Cltib, Linda Bumgarner and Rex Lovette; Traphlll Club, Mary Hutchinson and Charlie Gamble; Clingman Cluib, Lillie Myers and Jimmie Calloway; North Wilkesboro Cluib, Dare Beamon and Kent Sturdivant; Ferguson Club, Eliz abeth Edminston and Kenneth Walsh; Moravian Falls Club, Audery Pennell and Bobby Mea dows; Mountain View Club; Gwinith Haynes and Dewitt Rhodes; Mulberry Club, Julia Felts and Richard Absher. The contest will end with a program on Friday, March 28, at 7:30 p. m. The program will con sist of music, Bongs, 4-H Play let, stunts and fun all through the entire, program. ?nr~ ~ - - - ~ ert"and program will go' fnto tie 4-H County Club treasury. Lawrence Miller will be mas ter of ceremonies at the county contest finale on Friday, March 28, at the Wilkesboro school au ditorium. Miss Margaret Morri son, assistant home agent, will present the girl contestants and Dwight iD. Williamson, assistant county agent, will present the boys. The program, which promises to be highly entertaining, will be as follows: Musical selection, Wilkes County Music Makers; The Four H's (a playlet), Moravian Falls 4-H Club; Songs, Moravian Falls 4-H Club; Musical selection,! Wilkes County Music Makers; j Country Girl's Creed, Jewel Dean Elledge; Country Boy's Creed, Charlie (Blackburn; Musical Se lection, Wilkes County Music Makers; Stunts, Millers Creek 4 H Club; Poem (Our Hired Girl), Linda Ferguson; Musical Selec tion, Wilkes County Music Mak ers; Crowning of Mr. and Miss 4-H Club of Wilkes County. Sunday Schoul Rally Mar. 29 J. F. Jordan, chairman, has announced the following pro* gram to be given Saturday, March 29, for the Brushy Moun tain Baptist Sunday schools, at Fishing Creek church: 10 a. m. Song scripture and prayer, 10:15 a, m'. Aims of the Sun day school, (Bach speaker to use not more than 16 minutee). 1. Reaching the people, j. C. Mdtfeill. 2. Winning the people, Ray Parsons. 3. Enlisting the people, in Service, Rev. Latt Beshears. 4. Teaching the people. Rev. W. bT, Brookshire. 11: it, Song. 11:20 a. m. S. S. Lesson for March-30,-by Smith Hagaman. 12:00 Dinner. 1:15 p. m. Song, scripture, prayer, toy Rev. C. J. Poole. 1:30 p. m. Vacation Bible Schools, Mrs. Bernice Greer. 1: f 5 p. m. Song. 1:.50 p. m. Sermon by Rev. C. C. Holland. 2:30 p. m. Adjourn. V. F. W. to Meet Tuesday Night Blue Ridge Mountain poet of Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet Tuesday night. Committees will be appointed and all mem bers are asked to attend. Army Recruiter's Brother, Almost In Navy, Now In Army 8gt. Earl Triplett, army re cruiter In this vicinity, walked into the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Triplett, of Purlear, after a hard day of trying to talk youths into en listing in the army. It had been a hard day with no tangible results to report, and his mother greeted him with the news that his ldd brother, Eugene, age 17, was leaving to enlist in the navy. "And what's the matter with the army," exclaimed the re cruiting sergeant. A conversa tion with his brother almost in the navy revealed that Eu gene did not know that 17 year-olds could enlist in the army and he was in a hurry to get into military service. Sgt. Triplett had little trou ble in convincing his brother that the army would he glad to have him. Pvt. Eugene Triplett is now taking his basic training at an Army air base at San Antonio, Texas. < Scouters Training Course Will Begin Here March 27th The District Leadership and Training Committee announces the Scoutmaster's Basic Training Course will ibe given March 27th, April 3rd and April 10th, 7:30 p. m., at the Duke Power office. This is a practical course des ignated to give Scoutmasters, Assistant Scoutmasters, Troop Committeeman, Commissions r 8 and District Committee members an advantage, for the benefit of the boys, they can acquire in no other manner. It is important thjat every Soouter in the Dis trict take advantage of this course. Subjects to be discussed in Closing ceremonies, Troop pro gram, Patrol and Troop organi zation, Advancement, Troop rec ords, Budget plan, Hiking and Camping, Where and How to find Program material, Health and Safety, Uniforming and others. Men who are trained in the technique of the Boy Scout pro gram and in Troop Leadership [not Only use the program to bet ter advantage in their troops but make possible for the boys to get more pleasure from their scout ing experiences and to absorb in their daily, living more of the spirit of the underlying principle of Scouting. J. Floyd Parlier Rites Saturday James Floyd Parleir, well known citizen of the Pores Knob community, died March 20, 1947, at the Baptist Hospital, Win ston-Salem, after a weeks illness. Mr. Parleir was a son of the late WHHam and Jennie Smith Parleir aiid horn Jan. 21, 1880. He wa? fnarried to Miss Sallie Bentley, Nd?/ i?, 1908. To this union were born 2 sons and 2 daughters: Bentley, fWy and Margaret Parleir, and Mrs. Jen nie Parsons, all of Pores KndO. He is also survived by one grand daughter, one brother and four sisters. In addition to farming Mr. Parleir Was engaged in the lumber business. Funeral Services were con ducted at Walnut Grove aptist church Saturday, 11 a. m., by Rev. John Wells, pastor of the deceased, Rev. E. V. Bumgarner, and Rev. E. C. Shew, former pas tors. , t * The beautiful floral offering waS a tribute of the esteem in which' Mr. Parleir Wis held by his marfy friends. They were car ried by nieces and friends. The pall bearers were nephews, and the honorary pall bearers were close friends of the family. Active pall bearers .were: Lee Parleir, Lee Johnson, Glenn Reavis, Smith Hester, Jim Rea vis and Claude Bentley. Honor ary pall bearers were R. "C. Mea dows, R, C. Jennings, J. M. Blev ins, Ancel Church, Dr. J. G. Bentley, Vaughn Broyhill, Bob Wallace, Fred .Jennings, Arthur Eduel and Bruce Pearson. Mr. Parleir will be eadly miss ed in his home and community for he was a good neighbor and friend to all he knew. He was a most devoted husband and fath er. SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A. Wilkes Chapter O. E. S. Will Hold A Public Meeting ?1 ? ? ? Wilkes Chapter No. 42, Order of the Eastern Star, will have a public installation of officers on Saturday evening, March 29, at 7:30, at the Masonic Hall. The Worthy Matron, Mrs. Em ma Day, and Worthy Patron, Kyle Hayes, together with all other officers and .members, ex tend a special invitation to all Masons, their wives, mothers, sisters, daughters, widows' of Maeons and to 'all others who might wish to'attend. Mrs. Maurice Walsh, North Wilkesboro, will be installed as Worthy Matron, and Mr. Genio Walsh, of Mt. Pleasant Masonic Lodge, as Worthy Patron. W. M. U. Meeting For April Fourth Been Postponed The Associational W. M. U. meeting scheduled for Friday, April 4 th and the young peoples' rally planned for the Saturday following have been postponed until the first week in June when Miss T.ath Provence, execu tive secretary, will be able to at tend the meetings. P.-T. A. Meeting Has flood Reports The Parent-Teacher Associ ation of North Wilkesboro held its regular meeting Thursday evening at 7:30 in the school au ditorium. The play "The Tale of Three Letters" was presented under the direction of Mrs. Richard Finley. Mrs. Palmer Horton was the nar in any school community. Those taking part in the production were Mrs. C. B. Lomax, Mrs. A* H. Clark, Miss Lois Wilson, Mrs. J. W. Baity and Mrs, U, F. Bauknight, Those present showed their appreciation and enthusiasm with hearty applause. Mrs. C. A. Venable, P.-T. A. president, called the meeting in to a business session. A letter was read from the high school faculty expressing their thanks for the banquet given them by the P.-T. A. The legislative committee re ported their efforts on the teach er-salary bill that was recently before the legislature. The pres ident appointed this committee to take action concerning the hill on State aid for school build ings. ? < | Mrs. Robert Gibbs, music chairman, reported that the band drive for $3,500 was almost1 reached and that with' little more effort it could be finished. The Kiwanis club refunded the cost Of tickets for those students who attended the National Orchestra Concert in Statesvllle. Charred Body Of Jas. Floyd Daiey Falls From Barn Death of Young Man In Union Township Term ed Accident Funeral service was held this afternoon at Dancy cemetery near Wilbar for James Floyd Dancy, 23, who was burned to death in a barn at two a. m. Sunday. Charred remains of Dancy's body tumbled from the loft of the burning barn on the premis es of W. F. Wingler as shocked onlookers watched the blase without knowledge that anyone was in the building. According to information gain ed by Sheriff C. G. Poindexter, who investigated the death, Dan cy had been visiting at the Wing ler home about 100 yards from the barn and had left to go to his home about three-fourths o? a mile away. A short time after Dancy left the Wingler residence, persons there saw the barn was burning. Livestock was removed from the barh and the burned re mains of a man's body fell from what had been the barn loft. The body was so badly burned that identification was very'dif ficult. A search was made for Dancy and it was found that he had not reached his home and was not at other homes in . the neighborhood. More positive identification was gained when the young man's family identi fied his watch chain and a frag ment of his pants as part of his clothing, it was presumed Dancy walked into the barn; smoking and that he fell Dancy, a navy service about or half years. He was single survived by his father and moth er, James Edward and Mattie Kilby Dancy, one brother and. six sisters, all of Wilbar. Bowling Parlor J Open Near City Wilkes Bowling Parlor has opened for business on highway 421 and 115 near the E. & S store. Four regular alleys are equipp ed with rubber and hard duck pins and new equipment was installed throughout. J. C. Jarris is manager and Otha Johnson and T. R. Bryan are owners of the new establish ment. They assure a place of clean sport, wholesome and healthful recreation and ladies aTe especially invited. The bowl ing parlor will be open from 12 noon to midnight. Support the Y. M. C. A. Northwest Carolina Purebred Hog Sale Averaged $89.00 Per Head i iHog fancier^ from thd Tide Wfcter to the other side of iii? Blue ilidge assembled here Thursday afternoon and planked down an aferage of $89.12 a head for registered porkers in the first Northwest Carolina Purebred Hog Sale. Bred gilts were naturally In greatest demand and 10 select animals in this classification av eraged $123.30. Three open gilts went at an average of $38.60. Nine boars were sold at an average of $67.90 R. D. Smith, Wilkes County agent, who, with Swine Special ist Jack Keljey and co-operative agents of seveqpl surrounding | counties, engineered the sale, ex pressed satisfaction at the re sults obtained. It was the first pure-bred sale of swine ever conducted in this part of the State. Runner-up for high price in the sale, after Claude F. Peele's bred Berkshire gilt from Pike ville, was a bred Hampshire gilt consigned by Long Creek Farm, Devotion, which went to R. E. Faw, Hickory, for $156. A bred Tamworth gilt, con signed by Karl Linville, Kerners vflle, was purchased by Elbert Hunter, Route 1, Winston-Salem, for an even $150 for third place in the sale. ?. U Ballance, St. Pauls, Robe son County, bad a notable con sigiiSent in three bred spotted Polana China gilts and a tour months-old spotted Poland China boar. He received 1129, $132 and |112 for the gilts and $60 for the little boar. Of these, Barnard Dougherty, Appalachian 1 State Teachers College official, bought two gilts and Clyde Waller of Cleveland, Rowan County, bought a gilt and the boar. Only one nonsale was entered up on the books. Long Creek Farm, represented by Farm Man ager W. M. Redfeam, made a bid of $126 on an outstanding boar consigned by White Farms, Salis bury. Since no other bid was made, the. animal was recalled, according to. the rules of the auc tion. A list of consignors follows: Claude F. Peele, Pikeville; C. L. Ballance, St. Pauls; Long Creek Farm (Mrs. Dillard Rey nolds), Devotion; R. R. Clinard, Harmony; Joe W. Watkins, Route 6, Winston-Salem; Karl M. Linville, Route 1, Kerners rille; E. V. Vestal, Kernersville; White Farms, Salisbury; and G. R. Sprouse, Boomer. Harvey Ireland of Cllngman, Yadkin County, conducted the auction. iiiKi