The Journol-PotriotjHos Blozed the Troil of Progress In the "State of Wilkes'
For Over 40 Years
Y. M. C. A.
Y. M. C. A. U raif
ing a building fund for the
?ruction of o modern Y. M
C. A. plant. Support it.
North WOkesboro ku ?
trading radius of 50 mfles,
serving 100,000 people ??
Northwestern Carolina.
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Vol. 41, No. 94 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., Thursday, March 27, 1947 Make North Wilkeebore Xmr Shoppina Center
Opeiwwd Closed
Seasois On Foxes
Set li New Law
Fox Chase Legal Any Time;
No Trapping, Shooting
Fox Legal Season
Local sportsman Interpreted
today that the new law passed In
the legislature pertaining to fox
es in Wtikes county should (ire
some satisfaction to champions of
the fox and the fast animal's
eaemifl
Under a local law passed in
19S1, foxes had been totally pro
tected in Alices' except it was
lawful to chase foxes'with dogs.
Vpjnder the new law Introduced
by Representative T. E. Story
foxes m*m,be chaeed the year a
round wim dogs and are protect
ed from trapping with steel traps
the year around.
Also, there is a closed season
against killing foxes from March
1 to September 1, but during the
open season killing foxes will be
permitted. But it will be unlaw
ful for the next two years to re
lease any foxes imported into
Wilkes county.
A controversy has been raging
among those who enjoy the mus
ic of the hounds and those who
are interested in a bigger popula
tion of small game, particularly |
rabbits and quail. Some claim
that foxes destroy many rabbits
and qnail, while those who cham
pion the canse of the fox say that
foxes are not- to blame for the
decline in 'birds and rabbits.
Baseball Assured
Moravian Falls
Citizens of the Moravian Falls
and Pores Knob communities in
meeting last week at Moravian
Falls formed an organization for
?e promotion and maintenance
a com in unity baseball team at
busi
ness jrtfnager and treasurer and
Fell* Holder team captain.
Additional grading and im
provement of the baseball field
will be done within the next few
days and practice will get under
way. All in the Moravian Falls
and Pores Knob communities in
terested in playing baseball are
asked to report for practice regu
larly.
Crediting Vets I
Insurance Slow
Veterans who receive "lapse
notices" of their National Service
Life Insurance when they are
confident that they have made
all of their premium payments,
should immediately bring any
evidence of payment to the at
tention of the nearest Veterans
Administration contact Repre
sentative, the North Wilkesboro
VA office said today.
Delay in crediting of payments
with premium accounts occurred
jP some cases because of the
heavy volume of work at VA's
Richmond Branch Office, inci
dent to decentralization of in
surance accounts to that office
from New Tork. As a result,
some veterans have received
lapsed notices although they have
made their payments on time.
The Richmond branch office
serves N&LI policyholders in
North Carolina.
When a discrepancy appears
between a veteran's personal rec
ords of his payments and VA ac
cmjhnts, the veteran should visit
hte nearest VA office at once and
list dates, amounts and methods
of payment, in addition to all
numbers appearing on cancelled
cheeks or money order receipts.
If payment was - made by cash,
dates an? receipt numbers should
be furnished.
In all correspondence with the
Veterans Administration relative
to NSLI policies,, veterans should
always include their "N" or "V"
numbers, and if they have more
tfcaw one policy, their "FN" or
"FV" numbers. There are NSLI
policy or certificate numbers, not
serial numbers.
Pie Supper April
2nd at Boomer
A pie sapper for the benefit of
the community baseball team will
b^Jield at Boomer school on
''^R&fsday, April 2, 7:30 p. m.
'Boy Scout troop number 118, of
which Atwell Greer is Scoutmas
ter, will sponsor the pie supper
??nd the public is cordially Inrit- ,
ed to attend.
WINTER WITH WINDS, BLIZZARD,
LOW TEMPERATURES, PLENTY OF
SNOW MAKES A BELATED VISIT
"Shortest summer I ever saw
?came on Sunday- this time",
was the remarks from dne local
observer shiwering in the delay
ed winter blasts which blew
spring away Into the tutors after
a one-day stand this week.
The weather threw everything
in the .book at us this ireek. Sun
day was all that spring Is sup
posed to be. and was followed by
a mild Monday. On Tuesday win
ter decided to hare another fling
and arrived on a WS-mile-per
hour gale with gobs of snow.
High winds Tuesday and Tues
day night did much damage.
Pour large bark sheds on the
International Shoe company prop
erty here were blown down.
Many trees that had stood for
centuries toppled; sign boards
near this city and between the
Wilkesboros were flattened; all
kinds of brush, trash and papers
were scattered over the town.
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Wilkesboro Gym
Fund Campaign
Well Under Way
Plans Adopted For $12,000
Gymnasium Building; All
Asked To Contribute
Citizens in the Wilkesboro
school district, largest of the
Wilkes schools, have begun ' a
campaign to raise a $12,000 fund
for erection of a school gymnas
ium before the next school term
opens.
Joe Pearson, prominent Wil
kesboro citizen, heads the com
mittee made up of patrons from
all parts of the school district.
The committee has tentatively
adopted plans for a gymnasium
building 75 by 9<
cap^
000 around the court.
The gymnasluta, to be located
on or adjacent present school
property, will be of cinder block
construction.
The entire student body of
more than 1,000 are solicitors
for the fund, and the students
turn in donations to their re
spective teachers.
Much interest Is being shown
in the campaign and a thermome
ter indicator has been erected op
the school grounds to show pro
gress in the raising of the fund.
Today the thermometer registers
about $1,500 with greater pro-'
greas expected when some of the
larger donations are received in
the very near future. The com
mittee is asking that every pa
tron of the large school have a
part in making the gymnasium
possible so that students will no
longer be handicapped with lack
of physical education facilities
which a gymrasium would pro- ]
vide.
Recreation Party
Ferguson School
Another enjoyable recreation
party has been planned for Sat
urday night, eight o'clock, at
Ferguson school for the benefit
of the school gymnasium fund.
Wanderers of the Wasteland,
popular string band, will per
form and a most enjoyable oc
casion is promised those who at
tend.
Ministerial Association of the
Wilkesboros will again carry out
a series of pre-Easter services in
North Wilkes bo ro and Wilkes
boro.
In previous years these servic
es have been well attended and
are anticipated by the Congrega
tions of all the participating
churches.
The schedule is as follows:
with ellr services at 7:30 p. m.;
Sunday, March 30, Rev. W. N.
Brookshlre at First Methodist.
Monday, .March 31, Rev. H. M.
Wellman at First Baptist
Tuesday, April 1, Rev. B. M.
Lackey at First Presbyterian.
Wednesday, April 2, at First
Methodist with minister to be
supplied by First Baptist
Thursday, April 3, Rev. Watt
M. Cooper at 'First Baptist.
Friday, April 4, Dr. Gilbert R.
Combs at St. Paul's Episcopal.
Offerings at the union servic
es, except for incidental expenses,
will be sent to the Church Com
mittee on overseas relief.
One colored man remarked
Wednesday that he had thought
he had 'a good house until he
a*oke with the sun shining
through where the roof had been
and into his face. A number of
downtown awnings were torn to
shred by the high winds.
Snow flurries of ibllxz&rd pro*
portions arrived intermittently
Tuesday afternoon. For several
minutes the high winds would be
full of snow, sometimes in bright
sunshine. Snow in the mountain
sections ^Tuesday afternoon and
Wednesday reached an average
depth of three Inches and was
constantly in motion in the high
winds.
Return of winter reached a
climax today with a beautiful
snowfall that was more than a
few flying flakes. A regular
eastern snow began falling at ten
a. m. today and by oile o'clock
this afternoon had reached a
depth of two inches.
ATTORNEY'S JOB
TO GO TO HOLT
Bryce R. Holt has been recom
mended to the Department jot
Justice as successor to Carlisle
W. Higgins as United States dis
trict attorney for the Middle Dis
trict of North Carolina, Senator
William B. Umstead announced
last night in Washington.
Senator Clyde Hoey concurred
in the recommendation of the
Greensboro lawyer who has been
acting attorney here since No
vember, 1945, the announcement
stated.
Umstead's statement, announc
ing the recommendation of Holt,
stated further that "Honorable
Carlisle Higgins whose third
term expired on September 6,
1946, and who recently returned
from Japan advised me this week
that he was not interested in be-.
neys in the Middle District office
include Robert S. McNeill, Mocks
ville, John W. MoConnell, Pine
hurst, and Miss Edith Hayworth,
Greensboro.
The appointment must be pro
posed by the justice department
and confirmed by the senate.*
McElwee To Head
Cancer Campaign
In Wilkes County
Sponsored B y Woman's
Clubs; Mrs. R. J. Hin
shaw Field Chairman
W. H. McElwee, a prominent
member of the Wilhfes Bar, has
: accepted chairmanship of the
American Cancer Society's an
nual campaign in Wilkes county.
Mrs. R. J. Hinshaw, of North
Wilkesboro, will be field chair
man in the campaign, which will
be Jointly sponsored by the North
Wilkesbdro and Wilkesboro Wo
man's clubs.
The American Cancer Society
raises funds for cancer research
and for public education rela
tive to the dangers of cancer and
importance of early diagnosis
and treatment of cancer symp
toms. '
SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A.
SERIES OF PRE-EASTER SERVICES
TO BE HELD IN LOCAL CHURCHES
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Cemetery Working
At Moravian FallsI
Saturday, March 29, and Sat
urday, April 5, have been desig
nated aa work days at the Mo
ravian Falls cemetery In prepara
tion for the 12th annual sunrise
service to be held there Blaster
morning, April 6. All who are In
terested In . maintenance of the
cemetery are asked to be on hand
both Saturdays for Improvement
work on the cemetery. Those who
are upable to come In the morn
ings are asked to come In the
afternoons.
ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL
Rev. B. M. Lackey, Rector. ,
Vesper service will be held In
St. Paul's Episcopal church Sun
day afternoon, March 30th, at!
four o'clock. This being Palm
8unday, the altar will be decorat
ed with palms and palm crosses
will be distributed at the door.
The public Is cordially Invited to
attend this service.
AMNESIA
VICTIM
IN CITY
Miss Agnes Miller Suf
fers Total Loss Of
Memory
Little change was reported to
day in the condition of Miss Ag
nes Miller, 18, attractive and tal-j
ented North Wilkesboro high'
school senior who has foeen suf
fering with amnesia since she
totally lost her memory Monday j
night.
Physicians attending Miss Mill
er, who is a patient at the Wilkes
hospital, and members of her
family have yet found no cause
for the sudden amnesia attack
which on Monday night blanked
out the girl's memory so com
pletely that she didn't know her
own name.
About seven p. m. Miss Miller
left the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon Miller, near
Hinshaw street to walk to the
Knights of Pythias speaking con
test at the lodge hall, where she
was to represent North Wilkes
boro school in the county finals.
She didn't reach the place of the
contest.
At 11 p. m. she was standing
before the North Wilkesboro
town hall, and was observed !by
a policeman as she gazed toward
the lighted window of the po
lice department on the second
floor. She approached the police
man with the question: "Can you
tell me who I am?" "He didn't
know her and he accompanied
her into the police department,
where other officers were unable
to identify her.
Miss Miller said she remem
bered nothing, except there was
a hazy memory of walking by a
church, and that she had been
in a theatre here and saw part of
a movie. There were no papers
about her person to identify her.
girl, she was carried to the home
of Charlie Finley, who for thir
ty years served the public at the
stamp window of the North Wil
kesboro postoffice. He didn't
know her. She mentioned that
she had a headache and police
carried her to the Wilkes hos
pital.
Tuesday aboftt noon members
of Miss Miller's family notified
police that she was missing and
that they had no trace. of her
whereabouts since she left home
to speak in the contest. Police
directed them to the hospital.
Her brother walked into her
room but she didn't know him.
Miss Miller's school record has
been excellent. In addition to
making A grades she last year
won the county speaking contest
sponsored by the American Le
gion and was also winner in the
Soil Conservation speaking 'con
test in Wilkes county. School au
thorities said her character as a
student has been above reproach.
Physicians found no evidence
of any head injury which could
have caused the amnesia. Miss
Miller's memory has not return
ed but she appears quite willing
to accept facts told her iby mem
bers of her family.
A
Crawford's Will
Open On Friday
Crawford's, Inc., newest addi
tion to North Wilkesboro's busi
ness district, will open for busi
ness Friday in the building for
merly occupied by Right-Way
Shoe shop, located between Prin
cess Cafe and City Barber Shop.
Crawford's will carry a full
line of clothing and accessories
tor men and women and will en
ter business here with a com
pletely new stock of merchan
dise. Thos. C. Hanrllle, vice pres
ident and treasurer of the firm,
will be in charge of the store
here, and will he assisted in the
opening by 0. H. Larklna, of
Kinston, president. Crawford's
operate 14 stores in principal
North Carolina cities. "Exten
sive buying power will enable us
to maintain ample stocks in
ladies' and men's departments at
all times at lowest possible pric
es,'' Mr. Harville said.
The building has been attrac
tively remodeled, renovated end
decorated tor the new store.
Many free prises will be given
Friday and the public is cordial
ly invited to visit the store and
register tor the prises.
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in World War II. the Third
Army captured in battle 958,000
enemy soldiers and killed or
wonnded 500,000 more.
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FREEZER LOCKER PLANT WILL
HAVE FORMAL PUBLIC OPENING
ON SATURDAY; A GOOD PROJECT
Freezer locker plant of the
Carolina Refrigeration Coopera
tive, located near Wilkeeboro on
the Oakwoode road, will open to
the public Saturday, March 29.
Opening of the plant will rep
resent the successful culmination
of a long series ot efforts on the
part of interested citizens to pro
vide cold storage and freezer
locker service in this Immediate
section of the state.
The movement was begun with j
organization of a local ooopera-1
tive with stock sold to numerous
, citizens in this community. The
plant is one of the most modern
in the state and 1b well equipped.'
The tower floor of the plant is
equipped especially for storage of
apples and has a capacity of a
jbout 35,000 bushels.
On the street level floor are
the offices, processing rooms,
chilling rooms, vegetable room,
ageing room and other facilities.
Also on the main floor is the
large space equipped with indi
vidual, family-size lockers. Over
500 of these lockers have been
V. F. W. Discusses
Number Projects
Carnival Planned Latter
Part Of April; Air Show
Plans Discussed
Blue Ridge Mountain post of
Veterans of Foreign Wars ' met
Tuesday night with fair attend
ance of members.
Commander S. L. Whitaker
presided and a number of pro
jects were discussed.
The post will sponsor a carni
val to be held the latter part of
April on the Fairplains ball park
north of this city and all are
asked to make plans now to at
cussed and interesting and fav
orable reports were given (by the
Air Show committee.
A 90-day membership drive
for the V. F.' W. started March
25 th. There are two teams and
the losing side will feed the win
ners at a banquet. Commander
Whitaker will present a Stetson
hat to the member getting the
most new members. Overseas vet
erans are invited to join and eat
at the expense of the losers.
The straw poll began as an
intermittent practice of U. S.
journalism in 1824, according to
the Encyclopaedia Britannica. In
that year the Harrisburg Penn
sylvania sent out reporters to in
1 quire among citizens whether
they were going to vote for Hen
ry Clay, Andrew Jqckson, John
Quincy Adams or William H.
Crawford for President.
installed and the number can be
doubled as the demand is snre to
justify. Individuals may store
meats vegetables and other foods
.in their lockers, which they may
visit at any time. The lockers
rent for a small yearly fee.
Perhaps of greatest value will
be the facilities and services af
forded by the plant. Hogs and
cattle may be slaughtered and
I carried to the plant for process
ing as the patron desires and
then stored. A schedule of fees
for all types of services is avail
able at the plant.
Carl VanDeman, formerly with
the apple research station, is gen
eral manager of the cooperative.
Gordon Ogllvie heads the apple
division and is maintenance en
gineer. Robert IHogan and Don
Hogan will be in charge of meat
cutting, curing and ' processing.
All of these men are adequate
ly trained for their respective du
ties and can 'render efficient ser
vice.
The public is cordially invited
to visit the plant.
Annual Baptist
Preachers School
Very Successful
The annual preachers' school
sponsored by the Wilkes County
Ministers' Conference was h?ld
last week at Reins-Sturdivant
Chapel. This school was well at
tended by the ministers of this
county, and visiting ministers
from adjoining counties. At the
close of the session on Friday,
those present voted unanimously
to express appreciation as fol
lows:
To the conference speakers:
Rev. J. C. Pipes, Asheville; Rev.
ri"3 _____
Dr. George W. Bond, Boone.
To Mrs. Joines' Cafe for pre
paring the meals, and to Wilkes
boro Baptist church, First Bap
tist church North Wilkeeboro,
and Mr. R. M. Brame, Jr., for
paying for the meals.
To Mr. J. E. Spainhour for a
gift of 20 copies of Preaching
From the Bible by Andrew W.
Blackwood for the ministers at
tending the school.
To the Reins-Sturdivant Fu
neral Home for the use of their
Chapel during the week.
To Rev. A. W. Eller, assistant
moderator who had charge ol
the conference in the absence ol
Rev. S. I. Watts, moderator, who
has been sick for some time.
Those present expressed regret
that Brother Watts was unable
to attend the school, and their
hope that he may soon recover
his health.
MANY BOYS REPORT FOR PRACTICE
ON HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL TEAMS
Baseball has returned to North
Wllkeaboro high school and 35
boys have reported Cor practice
and are eager to play the nation
al pastime, which has been ab
sent from school activities for
several years.
Late basketball games and a
return of winter weather has (pre
vented any field practice for the
boys, who have (been working out
in the gynasium and learning a
bout baseball from Ooach How
ard Bowers. In the entire squad
are only two boys who have
played baseball, but there are
several who have played softball
here.
To date Coach Bowers knows
litle about who will play any of
the positions or who will be on
the starting lineup when the
team takes the field against Kan
napolis in the . first game April
11. Dan Hudson, Jr., Joe Church
and Alvln Sturdivant, Jr., are the
candidates for pitchers, while
Jones Wood, Jack Badgett and
Roy Stoker are catchers.
The schedule, with open dates
to (be filled* is as follows:
April 11?Kannapolis there.
April II?-Boone here.
April 18!?Stateeville here.
April 21?-Kannapolis here.
April 25?Open.
April 30?Stateeville there.
May 2?Elkin hare.
May 7?Boone there.
May 9?Open.
May 13?Mt. Airy here.
May II?Open.
May 20?Mt Airy there. -r
May 21?Elkin there.
SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A.
Although no championships are
anticipated, pre-season practices
indicate that Wilkesboro high
school will return to the national
pastime this spring with a very
creditable baseball team.
Ooach R. E. Caldwell has 25
boys working out, from which he
expects to assemble & starting
lineup that has power at the
plate and a tight defense on the
field.
it will 'be the first baseball at
Wilkesboro in five years and the
boys and the whole town are all
agog over the opportunity to a
gain hear crack of bat and ball.
Weather has hampered early
practice but Coach Caldwell has
seen enough of the boys to know
that some of them hare good
possibilities. Those looking for
the diamond 'positions now in
clude: Hubert Cancy and Tom
Foster, catchers; Jack Oroce and
T. R. Bryan, pitchers and out
fields; Jay Parker, first base;
Robert Trlplett on the keystone
sack; Bill Craig at short; Ray
Triplett at the hot oorner; Ver
non Broyhill, Perry Lowe and
one of the pitchers in the outer
There are other boys out for
baseball who may dislodge some
of the first stringers and compe
tition will be keen for every po
sition.
Work has been in progress to
get the field in oondition for
play. A schedule is yet to be ar
ranged and will Include some ol
the nearby high schools. Plane
are also being made to continue
baseball in Wilkesboro through
out the summer.
WHkesboro Girl h
County Winner In
Speaking Contert
Six Hifh School Students
Awarded Prizes In Coun
ty K. of P. Final.
Miss Nancy Beesent, student of
Wilkeeboro high school, won first
place and prise of $25 Monday
night in the county oratorical
contest put on toy the North WH
kesboro Knights o f Pythla#
lodge.
Second prise of $15 went to
Hubert Dancy of Wilkeeboro
school; third of $10 to Miss
Betty Gray Billings, of Mountain
View; and three $5 prizes to
Miss Lillian Brooks, of Millers
Creek, Miss Maxine Brookshlre,
of Wilkeeboro and Miss Mauv
reen Gentry,' of Roaring River.
The first place winner will rep
resent Wilkes* in the state con
test to be held soon.
Max Foster presided at the
speaking contest, which was well
attended toy lodge members and
visitors. Judges were three law
yers, Eugene Trivette, J. H.
Whicker, Sr., and Larry Moore.
.Subject for the oration was
"Juvenile Delinquency, Its Cause
and Cure." National prlzee in the
contest will be college scholar
ships ranging from $750 down to
$250, and wHl toe given at Bean
Mont, Texas on August 14.
Much interest was shown In
the contest in Wilkes and lodge
leaders expressed the opinion
that the subject matter given In
the orations by the high school
students will toe greatly bene
ficial in preventing juvenile de
linquency.
Fire Department
Has Four Calls
On Monday afternoon firemen
by prompt action extinguished a
Main and Slxtl) streets.
The fire, of undetermined orig
in, was discovered aboib the up
stairs rooms and under the roof.
It was put ont and damage was
negligible.
On Tuesday morning firemen
were called to the home of Clar
ence Golden near Sixth street,
where soot burning in the chim
ney had created a fire threat.
No damage was done.
On Tuesday afternoon firemen
answered a call to the former A.
U. Billings residence on E street,
where a short circuit had caused
a small blaze. Damage was slight.
On Wednesday morning a fire
in the home of Claude McLean
in the Woodlawn section was
promptly put out by firemen,
who removed a burning mantle
from the home. There was some
damage to the building, which is
owned by J. E. Caudlil.
Marriage License
Since March 12' license to wed
were issued by Troy C. Poster,
Wilkes register of deeds, to the
following: Robert F. Jones and
Shirley Barker, both of Grassy
Creek; Glenn Owen, Sturgills,
and Dorothy Louise Davis, Rug
by, Va.; Fred L. Colvard, Wor
land, Wyo., and Lanier Farring
ton, Wagoner; Gove Key, Mertie,
and Bertha Shumate, Reddiea
River; Eugene R, Combs, Cycle,
and Bernice Crabb, Traphill;
Claude Harrison Anderson, and
Bessie Lunsford, (both of ? Ben
ham; Harvey iH. Golden, Elkln,
and Selma Jean Bauguas, Trap
thill; James Vickers and Louise
! Money, both of Wilkes bo ro route
two; James W. Blackburn, Pur
lear, and Rita Prevette, Hays;;
William H. Tevepaugh, Gilreath,
and Mary Lou Hauser, Winston
Salem; Alton Reeves Owen, Jef
ferson, and Zollie Mae Spencer,
Rugby, Va.
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James H. Porter
Rites Wednesday
I . Funeral service was held Wed- 1
| nesday at Rock Creek church for
| James H. Porter, 77, resident of
the Rock Creek community who
died Monday. Rev. Charlie Rich
ardson and Rev. Jlmmie Bryant
1 conducted the last rites.
' i Surviving Mr. Porter are the
' ( following sons and daughters:
Alonso Porter, Wilkeaboro; Mrs.
W. R. Miles, Cycle; Mtb. Miles
King, Boonville; Mrs. Hubert
Johnson, Hays; Mrs. Arthur
Crimes, Butter and V. R. Porter,
North WilkeAboro. it-'
Support the Y. M. C. A.
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