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Y.M.C.A. wakes Y. M. C. A. U rais ing a building fund for the erection of a modern Y. M "C. A. plant. Suppert it s E jpsH ! The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 40 Years " * V* North WHkoaboro haa trading radio* of 80 100,000 Vol. 41, No. 97 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBOBO, N. C., Monday, April 7, 1947 Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center ? ^mWW*W?WMi?H?WWWWWWHI%?HW? Church iraintng School Instructors Wiwwmwmr Mrs. Willie Joe Berger, left, and Rev. James A. dimmer, right, will be instructors for the annual church training school to be held April 20-24 at the First Methodist church in North Wilkesboro. ANNUAL TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NUMBER METHOOIST CHURCHES TO BEGIN ON SUNDAY, APRIL 20 Annual training school for the Methodist churchps in the Wil kesboros and other communities will begin at the First Methodist church in North Wilkesboro on Sunday night, April 20, and will continue with sessions each night ht 7?30 through Thursday, April 24. ~ ?-?_ Two courses of study will be offered. "Teaching Children in the Ohuroh School" will be taught by Mrs. Willie Joe Berg er, of Roanoke, Va., and is for workers with nursery, kinder garten, primary and junior chil dren and their parents. "The Church Worker With Young Adults'' will be taught by Rev. James A; dimmer, of Thomas _#lle, and is for. members .a^tL leaders of young adult groups. Churches which will partici pate, with names of ministers and church school superinten dents, will ibe as follows: North Wilkesboro, Dr. Gilbert R'. Combs, W. C. Marlow; Wilkes boro, Rev. H. M. Wellman, John son Sanders; Moravian Falls, Rev. S. N. Bumgarner, W. R. [Hubbard; Millers Creek, Rev. J. , L. A, Bumgarner, Van Caudill; Union, Rev. H. M. .Wellman, Mrs. Ruth Warren; Dunkirk, Rev. J. | L. A. Bumgarner, Mathey Trip ' lett; Arbor Grove, Rev. J* L. A. Bumgarner, Wiley Carroll; Char ity, Rev. J. L. A; Bumgarner, G. C. McGlamery; Friendship, Rev. J. L. A. Bumgarner, Newton Bumgarner. Also participating will be Rev. Joe H. Armbrust, of Statesville, district superintend -dent, affd 'TWm- Jff" LfcMltri1, TS-" ligious education director of the First Methodist church. Cancer Campaign Now Under Way In Wilkes County Campaign to raise a goal of $1,500 in Wilkes county for the American Cancer Society's can cer research and education work will get under way Tuesday. Attorney W. H. McElwee is chairman, Mrs. R. J. Hinshaw is field chairman and W. Blair Gwyn is treasurer of the cam paign, which is being sponsored by the Woman's Cluibs of North Wilkeeboro and Wilkesboro. The money will be raised by canvass of homes in the Wilkes boros, canvass of rural communi ties by Home Demonstration clutbs, and by coin boxes in bus iness houses. Millers Creek To Raise $1,500 For Grading Grounds The parents and teachers of the Millers Creek school district met Thursday evening, April S, in the school auditorium. A most delightful and enter taining musical program was rendered by the Glee dab led by Mrs. Troy Church and accom panied at the piano by Mrs. Ro bert Johnson. ' During the 'business session that followed a financial report of the basketball season was giv en by Gwyn Vannoy. Prof. P. W. Greer gave a financial report of the school as a whole. After these reports Van Caudill gave a very interesting talk on the needs of the school. This was followed by a discussion of these needs by the parents. It was decided that the grading for a playground was one of the greatest of these needs. The following committee was <U?osen: Van Candlll, Rev. A. W. filler, Clate Bumgarner, Hubert Canter, Plnley Church, Charley Bishop and Hensley Hilar with Paul Delp acting as Secretary and Treasurer tor the project. They were to make the plans and lead the community in rais ing approximately $1,500.00 to ^ this project with. T The meeting was closed with prayer by Rev. A. W. filler. Support the Y. M. C. A. Sales Institute I Will Begin Here Tuesday, Apr 15 All Sales People In City To Be Given Advantage Of Sessions By Chamber Wilkes Chamber of Commerce has arranged schedule of a-Sales Institute to be held in North Wilkesboro for the benefit of all sales personnel in Wilkes county. Beginning Tuesday, April 15, and continuing through Tuesday, May 6, two sessions will >be held each Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 and 3:30 p. m., in order that all sales people may have opportun ity to hear each session. Well qualified speakers who are authoritative in the selling field will conduct the sessions, which will be held in the North Wilkesboro town hall. Forrest E. Jones, executive secretary of the Wilkes Cham ber of Commerce, said a full schedule of speakers will Ibe an nounced soon and urged all merchants to take advantage of the institute by having their em ployees to attend. Blanks have been sent merchants asking them to list personnel who will attend each session. The institute is open to all merchants and sales people, re gardless of whether or not they are members of the Chamber of Commerce, but those who are not members and who will at tend are asked to-register at the Chamber of Commerce office in the Call Hotel building on Ninth street. Local Men Buy I Foundry Here Lineberry Foundry and Ma chine company in North Wilkes boro has been purchased by Paul W. Harvel, Jr., James Harvel and Albert Garwood, it was learned there today. The new owners took charge of the plant today, which was purchased from Henry and Ro bert OgilYie. u : MASONIC NOTICE Special Communication Liber ty Lodge No. 45, A. F. and A. M. Tuesday, April 8th, at 7:30 p. m. for work in first degree. Members urged to be present; visitors welcome. 7 lllJitiAMl P"L I Aaaiironai door Station Are Set Up By the Library Total Of 18 Branches Now Serving People In Rural Parts Of County Spreading to all parts of Wilkes county, the Wilkes Coun ty Public Library has announced the establishment of seven ad ditional book stations in rural communities. i The latest seven stations add ed, with names of persons in charge, were: Roaring River, Ward's Place; Hunting Creek, Inscore's store on highway 116; Somers township, R. C. Jarvis' store; Union Grove, Mrs. S. L. Sparks; Cycle, R. P. Gregory's service station, Miss Emma Lee Gregory; Clingman, Harry Green's store; Vannoy postoffice, Mrs. Faye Shepherd. Book stations previously had been established at Hays postof fice, Traphill postoffice, Hol brook's store at Abshers. Spring field postoffice, Osborne's store at McGrady, Lackey's store at Boomer, Moravian Falls postof fice, Pores Knob postoffice, Pur-j lear postoffice, Church and Delp store at Millers Creole, Reeves* store at Pleasant Home. Miss Kate Finley, who had much experience in library work in New York City, is in charge of the rural expansion program of the Wilkes Public Library this summer. 4-H Club Contest Wednesday Night To Be Interesting Mr. and Miss 4-H Club Of Wilkes County Will Be Chosen at Wilkesboro Wednesday, April 9, will be a big day for the 4-H club mem bers and their families and friends in Wilkes county, be cause on Wednesday evening, 7:30, Mr. and Miss 4-H Club of Wilkes county will be chosen in a public program to be held at Wilkesboro school auditorium. Speaking of the coming event, Dwight D. Williamson, assistant county agent, said: "We have a very interesting program plan ed, which should be educational as well as entertaining. We hope that a large crowd will at tend this program, the first of* its kind to be put on by 4-H club members. Ten girl con testants and the same number of boys are entered from which to select Mr. and Miss 4-H Club of Wilkes county. Wilkes County Music Makers will perform, and there will be stunts, playlets, readings and other good program features. Admission charges will be only 15 and 25 cents." o : More than fifty million bushels of United States grain and grain products were exported in Feb ruary. Send In the News The Journal-Patriot would like to carry all the personal news items of interest daring the holiday. season. It has been Impossible to in clude any great number of Faster news items in today's edition, and the editor wih ap preciate any items send by mag or called in for the issue on Thursday this week. Four Sisters Are Color Bearers For V. F. W. Auxiliary Four Misses Craven Are Among Officers of Local Unit Installed Four sisters, Misses Louise, Marion, Florine and Edith Crav en, are color bearers for the La dies Auxiliary of Blue Ridge Mountain poBt of Veterans of Foreign Wars. Mrs. Grace Williams, state V. F. W. Auxiliary president who assisted in installation officers here, stated that the Auxiliary here was the first in the state to have four sisters as color bear ers. The Craven sisters are daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Craven, of North Wilkeaboro. A brother lost his life while in service in the marine corps on Okinawa. The complete list of newly in stalled officers of the V, F. W. post here is as follows: Mrs. Mae Johnson, president; ifrs. Mar garet Church, senior vice presi dent; Mrs. Mary Thomas, Junior vice president; Mrs. Margaret Foster, treasurer; Mrs. Erby Kennedy, chaplain; Mrs. Mayme Baxter, secretary; Mrs. Lillie Miller, guard; Miss Erie Gil liam, trustee; Mrs. Lola Sho maker, delegate; Mrs. Rosalyn Sturdivant, alternate delegate; Miseee Lewies, Marion, Florine and Edith Craven, color bearers ;v Mrs. Virginia Thomas, banner bearer; Miss Hazel Bumgarner, flag bearer; Miss Erie Gilliam, patriotic instructor; Miss Mary Brewer, musician; Mrs. Lola Shomaker, historian; Mrs. John nie McNeill, reporter. Mrs. Mae Cook, of Winston Salem, staff assistant, helped in installation of the officers. Mrs. Williams delivered an interesting talk about National Auxiliary work. . The campaign for new mem bers of the Auxiliary is still open and membership is increasing. The Auxiliary will meet in regu lar meeting this week and a large attendance is urged. Fire Alarm Sunday The Wilkesboro fire depart ment was called Sunday after noon to put out a small fire in a garage compartment at City Sales company. Damage was neg ligible. Support the Y. M. C. A. NEWSPRINT SITUATION IS ACUTE Due to unprecedented demand for advertising space, it has been neccessary from time to time for The Journal-Patriot to omit advertising which had been scheduled to appear in current issues, this be ing due mainly to an insufficient supply of newsprint. The Journal-Patriot has contracted for its quota of newsprint for 1947, (contract being the same as year 1946) and this quota has been passed on to the paper mills. An effort was made last Week to get an increased allotment of paper for this year. The answer was: "Not a chance." A check-up of consumption of newspaper for the first quarter of this year revealed figures showing that we had exceeded our newsprint allotment for the first quarter, this being done in order to take care of the needs of our local advertisers to the full est extent. The Journal-Patriot regrets that its newsprint supply is not sufficient to give every advertiser space when wanted, and hopes that in the near future re lief will be given to a situation that at the present time is very acute. - In the meantime, the publishers of The Journal Patriot will do everything in their power to distribute advertising in an equitable manner, and the con tinued splendid co-operation and patience of our ad vertisers is solicited, and will be greatly appreciated. Early orders for space and early preparation of copy will enable us to render a better service to our advertisers during the present emergency. Relatives Seeking Vermont Man, War Victim of Amnesia, In Wilkes bo You Know Him? Chairman Gives Reminder Easter Sale Campaign On Those WHo Have Not Sent In Checks Urged to Act This Week if Possible The Wilkes county goal for the local Easter Seal sale is falling short of its goal, according to an anouncement made today by Forrest E. Jones, Chairman of the KIwanis club Easter Seal committee. The amount of $300.00 has thus far been raised. Money ac quired through sale of Easter Seals goes to drefray expenses of the North Carolina League for Crippled Children through it's Wilkes County chapter. It Is only through the sale of the seals that funds are raised to continue the work of rehabilitating the crip pled and handicapped child. Persons who have received sheets of Easter Seals through the mail and have not yet made their contributions are urged by Mr. Jones to make their checks payable to Mr. R. S. Gibbs, sec retary, and send them to Mr. Gibbs at the Duke Power Com pany. "The services the crippled child requires, such as medical and surgical, educational and re habilitation are expensive,'* Mr. Jones said. "iAnd the heed for such services today is critical. Every adult can aid in this great work. The need is urgent, your dollars can help some child walk. Would you want a dollar to do any more for you?" o Junior Order News A meeting of special Interest will be held by the North Wil kesboro council of the Junior Or der Tuesday, 7:30 p. m. In ad dition to Important 'business, the council will have an entertain ment period with bingo, other games and refreshments. All members are asked to attend. The following letter addressed to the manager of the North Wil kesboro airport is self explana tory, and anyone having any in formation on the subject is asked to write the address given at the end of the letter: Richmond, Vermont March 24, 1947. Manager of Wilkedboro Airport, Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Dear Sir: I have which beems on the ear fate a rather unusual request to make of .you. Enclosed is a snapshot of one Richard Prentiss, veteran of World War II, served in the Air Corp, active duty, for a long period of time, bombing missions over Germany at which time he was injured. He was shipped here into U. S. on British Hospital ship At lanta '45 in May, suffering from leg injury and amnesia. I am acting in the interests of the boy's parents, and thru ef forts have traced him to the vi cinity of Wilkesboro but more; predominantly Champion, North Carolina. We are considering the possibility that due to his abil ity and interest in airplanes and having served in that capacity as pilot, that he might have been in the past year or so either been employed at your airport as me-! chanic or as pilot. The name Ainsworth seems to | be the alias in the state of am nesia, he assumes, Possibly Vic tor Ainsworth. If you would be so kind as to help us, if you have either employed anyone resembling this boy, or would know of his existence in that vicinity, your efforts toward this will fully be rewarded, you can be assured of this, as there is a reasonable a mount of wealth which the par ents are willing to spend if re covery of the boy is successful. Would you also please send in formation about Champion. Some mape list it and so we are of the opinion that it must be very small place. This boys parents are winter ing in Florida and are prepared to fly to Wilkesboro immediate ly if you feel that there is any possibility of having seen this boy. Please find stamped enclosed envelop and please return the snapshot as it is very precious to thev parents, and also any charge for your services as re quested in this matter. Sincerely, MRS. LEON F. MacGinnis, Richmond, Vermont. ? o Local Senior Is To Miss First Day Of School On Tuesday For the first time since he en tered school in the first grade, Albert Poteat, North Wilkesboro senior, will be absent from school Tuesday morning. Albert, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Poteat, of this city, had been perfect in attendance throughout his school career until he became ill during the past week. He is to be admitted in a few days to Baptist hospital in Winston-Salem for treatment of Bright's Disease. Albert has been an A grade student and active in athletics and was expecting to receive his diploma in May. Horton Executed In Gas Chamber For Baker Death Negro Pays Supreme Pen alty For Robbery Mur der of Taxi Driver Richard Horton, 24-year-old negro of the Ferguson commun ity, paid with his life on Good Friday for the robbery murder of Francis Baker, local taxi driver, 15 miles west of this city last November. Horton was executed in the gas chamber of North Carolina state prison at Raleigh Friday morning. The asphyxiation took 12 1-2 minutes. The negro was convicted in the December term of Wilkes court and the supreme court failed to grant a new trial. In a written confession Horton stated that he employed Baker to carry him 15 miles west of this city on highway 421 and that there he killed the taxi driver with two shotgun shots, took his money and taxi and fled into Ohio, where he was apprehended and returned for trial. Motor Traffic Up Bat Accktarts Are Few Locally Easter Services Writ At tended; Weather Per. feet During Holidays Easter week-end in this com munity wss featured by church services, motor trips and very de lightful weather. Although the calendar may have heralded spring on March 21, the weather did not arrive until Easter Sunday. Marred by slight rain early in the day, the weather cleared up and was beautiful and warm in the afternoon, and today. Easter sunrise services held Sunday morning at St. Paul's Episcopal church in Wilkesboro, at Moravian Falls cemetery, at Mount Lawn Memorial Park and other places in Wilkes were well attended. Easter bonnets this year were colorful and the weather Sunday afternoon was perfect for their display. Motor traffic reached a new high in post war density on the highways in this part of the state. However, no serious accidents | were reported. Highway Patrol Sergeant A. H, Clark said a num ber of minor mishaps were re ported but no accidents in which I serious injury resulted. A mule ' strayed onto highway 115 sev eral miles south of this city and i was killed when it was hit by a ' vehicle driven by an Iredell coun | ty man. Today was a holiday in North Wilkesboro, with practically all I business houses closed through ? out the day. Carolina Movie Enjoyed By Clubs Here Oirfridiy Esso Marketers Film Splen did Travelogue of Inter esting Parts of State A beautiful technicolor motion picture, complete with sound, and entitled "Meet North Caro lina" was shown Friday noon to the North Wilkesboro Kiwanis Club and on Friday evening to the Lions club. The picture, in the form of a travelogue, was made and shown by the Standard Oil company. Two representatives of the com pany, Robert Taylor and J. M. Quicke, and L. M. Nelson, local j regional field man, explained I that the movie was five months in the making and will be shown to more than a million people. In excellent color photography the film showed many places 6f interest in North Carolina. The first scene was the majestio Grandfather Mountain. Other j scenes from this part of the state jwere taken at Blowing Rock, the Ice Rock near Laurel Springs and a number of Blue Ridge Parkway panoramas. Also shown were the principal cities and in dustries in the state, seashore re sorts, fishing, places of histori cal interest and realistic farm photos. The Lions program was in charge of Ed Koonce, William Gray and Fred Henderson. The Lions nominating commit tee nominated the following to be voted on at the next meeting: W. C. Marlow, president; J. & Whicker, Jr., W. D. Jester and Jack Swofford, vice presidents;, Wm. A. Hardister, secretary treasurer; Edward S. Finley, Paul Cashion, Dr. J. W. Willis and Larry Moore, directors; Ed Dancy, Hon Tamer; Jim Som ers, tail twister. Officers will be elected early this year so they may attend the state convention; in Asheville May 25, 26 and 27* Ladies night, voted to be in formal, will .be held the flint meeting in May. At the meeting Friday Danny Church was a guest of bis fath er, Rufus Church, and L. M. Nel son was a guBfet of William Gray. Kiwanis guests were as fol lows; John E. Justice, IH, with John E, Justice, Jr.; W. T. Chai lingsworth with H. H. Mom house; Tom Eshelman with P. W. Eshelman; A. B. Johnston with J. R. Hlx; Mary and Peter More bouse with R. L Morehouse: Tommy Whicker with J.' H. Whicker, Sr.; "W. C. Grier, Mrs. L. M. Nelson and Mrs. Margaret Coffey with L. M. Nelson. o ?
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