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01.41, No. 103 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., Monday, April 28, 1947 Make North Wilkesboro Your Shoppini Center
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Accident Sunday
luster Staley Killed When
His Car Overturns On
Highway 421
Theodore (Buster) Staley, 37,
oaring River resident, was in
tly killed on highway 421,
ee miles east of Wilkesboro
nday, 11 a. m., when his coupe
erturned a number of times
the highway.
Highway Patrolman Sidney
,rter, who' investigated the ac
ent, said that Walter Sparks,
5, of Wilkesboro route two;
rwood Segraves, 29, of Roar
River, and Eugene Parkst 25,
lkesboro route two, we^e
!th Staley and that all three re
ived ^Rfcnful injuries but are
ted to recover. They are
tients at the Wilkes Hospital.
Staley's car was traveling east
ithen it left the highway on a
urve at the Carl Miller home,
ter traveling on the bank about
yards, the car got iback into
e highway and overturned on
Clie highway at least twice, stop
ing right,, side up and bfeaded
vest on the highway. Staley and
?wo others were thrown from the
jar, which was almost totally
lemolished. Officers said the car!
parently had been traveling at
very high rate of speed.
Staley was a member of a well
nown Wilkes family, being a
n of Mr. and Mrs. Ransom O.
Staley, of Roaring River. In ad
dition to his parents he leaves
the following brothers and sis
ters:
Enoch Staley, North Wilkes
boro route three; Coy Staley,
Roaring River; Gwyn Staley,
^Wilkesboro; Mrs. Claude Mathis
md Mrs. Noah Jarvis, Roaring
.iver route two; Mrs. George
Sales, Cricket; Mrs. Jack Howard
nd Mrs. Gaither Childress, Win
ston-Salem; Mrs. Marvin Bell,
'oaring River.
Funeral service will be held
lesday, two ir- at *s?oeh
church. Rev. Noah Hayes will
conduct the service.
Rites Thursday
For Mr. Hawkins
Funeral service was held
Thursday in Nitro, W. Va., for
Thomas ?. Hawkins, 29, who was
.killed on Wednesday, April 16,
In the Texas City explosion dis
aster.
!j He was a nephew of Mrs.
'Claude Gentry and Mrs. Wade
Wallace, of this city. Mrs. Gen
try attended the funeral service,
traveling from here to Nitro and
back by plane.
Mr. iHawkins, son of the late
Rev. O. L. Hawkins and Mrs.
Dessie Broyhill Hawkins, former
, residents of Wilkes, had been at
the Texas City nitro plant since
1942, having been transferred
there from Nitro, W. Va.
He was graduated from Nitro
high school and attended Kana
wha college and was graduated
;m West Virginia university in
1941, with a B. S. degree
lemical engineering.
Mr. Hawkins was a member of
Tan "Beta Pi, Phi Lambda Epsi
lon, Sigma Epsilon and the West
Virginia Society of Professional
Engineers. While in high school
and college he was active in ath
letics and participated in foot
ball, basketball and tennis.
Surviving besides his mother
are his wife, the former Miss
Ocie Whittington of ^itro, two
daughters, and a brother, Oliver
of Pittsburgh, Pa.
from
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H^h School Teams
5 Games This Week
North Wilkesbaro and WiIkes
bo ro high school baseball teams
have a total i>f five baseball
games this week.
Today Wilkesboro is playing
at Boone. On Tuesday Taylors
vllle will play Wilkesboro at
Wilkes bo ro and Boone will play
at Wilkesboro Friday.
On Wednesday North ~ Wilkes
boro goes to Statesvllle and on
Friday Elkin will play North
Wilkesboro here.
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Huffman Child Dies
Lenoir.?'Funeral wan held
Saturday, April 12th, for Dannie
Ray, Infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
Vonlax Huffman.
1 Mr child died Thursday. He
is surVived by mother, father
and two brothers. Jerry Thomas
and Wesley Lee Huffman.
Support the Y. M. C. A.
WHICH ROAD DO WE TAKE
60 RIGHT
WITH THE
CLEAN-UP
PAINT-UP
FIX-UP
CAMPAIGN
CITIZENSHIP AWARDS GIVEN BY
KIWANIS CLUB TO OUTSTANDING
SCHOOL STUDENTS OF COUNTY
Good Citizenship Day, an an
nual event, was observed by the
North Wilkesboro Kiwanis Club
Friday when citizenship certifl-1
cates were presented to one out
standing student from each of
the schools in the county.
J. C. Reins was program chair
man and he called on O. Arthur
Venaible to take charge. C. B. |
Eller, county superintendent of
schools, presented the school
principals, who were guests of ]
the club, as follows: Wm. T.
Long, Wilkesboro; D. C. Red
mon, Ferguson; E. R. Settle,
Mount Pleasant; P. W. Greer,
Millers iQreek; E. M. White,
Mountain View; Fred Gilreath,
Traphill; G. A. Johnson, Roaring
River; Paul Oragan, superinten
dent of North Wilkesboro schools.
Ronda school principal could not
be present for the program.
Mr. Venable then presented to
the club the honor guests, the
students from each school to
whom he presented the Good
Citizenship 'certificates, as fol
lows: William Russell Craig,
Wilkesboro; Christine Dula, Fer
guson; Fred C. Jones, Mount
Pleasant; Jimmy Canter, Millers
Creek; Wanda Wood, Mountain
View; Freda Holbrook, Traphill;
James Melton, Ronda; Dorothy
Blackburn, Roaring River; Agnes
Kenerly, North Wilkesboro.
T. C. McKnight, general sec
AAA OFFERS
FERTILIZER
It was announced from the
County AAA office today by
Lawrence Miller, executive sec
retary of the Wilkes County AAA,
that the county committee is ex
pecting a carload of 0-14-7 fer
tilizer. This material is recom
mended by County Agent R. D.
Smith-for use for seeding with
alfalfa and ladino clover. This
fertilizer should reach here May
1 and orders for limited amounts
will be issued to producers who
need phosphate-potash combina
tion for use in connection with
biennial and perennial legumes
and grasses. It may he used tor
credit on summer legumes or
cover crops. The cost to the farm
er will be about 66c per cwt.
and the balance of the cost will
be borne by the Government.
Producers who expect to share
in this phosphate should call by
the county office on Thursday,
May 1.
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N. H. Waugh Dies
N. H. Waugh, well known
citizen of this city, died today.
Funeral arrangements are in
complete.
When some people say?"111
think it over"?they flatter
themselves.
retary of the Elkin Y. M. C. A.,
made a most timely talk, com
plimenting the Kiwanis eluh for
and then addressed himself to
the honor students on the topic
of "What We Are Looking For
In You."
He discussed this subject un
der the following five points:
1. Physicaly fit and physically
alert.
2. Mentally alert.
3. The ability to get along
with people.
4. Know the fair value of Time
and Money.
5. Possessed with a moral and
spiritual foundation.
It was a good talk and well
appreciated.
Other guests present were: W.
J. Caroon had Jones Holcomb
and Sig Holcomb of Elkin; H.
H. Morehouse had Dr. A. D.
Morehouse and Hal B. Cooper.
Attendance prize was given by
Dr. W. K. Newton to W. K.
Sturdivant.
J. B. Williams, president of
the Chamber of Commerce, made
a fine talk on Clean Up Week
which starts today and is spon
sored by the chamber. He called
attention to the newly painted
and decorated banquet hall of
Hotel Wilkes, in which the club
meets, and asked the cooperation
?f all toward making Clean Up
week a success.
Valuable Property
Auction April 30th
Seventy-five beautiful home
sites, including some of the most
desirable property in the county,
will go on sale Wednesday, 1:30
p. m., when P. B. Ftorester's
lands at Cricket will Ibe sold by
Penny Brothers, famous auction
eers.
The property is located on and
near highway 421 at Cricket,
three miles west of this city. The
lands will be sold at the pur
chaser's own prices and on eaey
terms.
A band will furnish music and
free prizes, including government
bonds, will be given. All are in
vited to attend.
Operetta Tuesday
At Millers Creek
Blue Boy, an operetta with *
galaxy of costumes, will be pre
sented Tuesday night, eight o'
clock, -at Millers Creek school
by children of the elementary
grades.
The cast has 44 children, in
cluding Marvin Brown as Boy
Blue; Linda Sue Burmgarner as
Mollie, Marjorie Joines and Mar
garet Nichols as Katies, boys and
girls of the hayfield, four musi-.
cal frogs, fireflies and elbes.
The public is cordially invited.
WATCH FOR LATER DEVELOPMFwt?'*~
Here is a picture of the colored First Baptist church
as of today. This week as a special event of the Clean
Up?Paint Up campaign Roy Harris and R. C. Cundiff,
colored contractors, will paint the church and a later
picture will show how great a difference a couple of
coats of paint will make. The church is located on
East Main street in North Wilkesboro. D. T. Trivette is
paint up chairman for the campaign. The public is in
vited to witness the transformation of the church Tues
day afternoon. (Photo by courtesy of S. Lane Atkinson,
Jr.)
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR THE
CLEAN UP - PAIHT UP CAMPAIGN
April
April 30?School and Vacant Lot Clean Up Day.
May 1?Fire Prevention and Better Health Day.
May 2?Plant Up Day.
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American Legion Is
To Meet Thursday
Wilkes Post 125, of the Ameri
can Legion will meet, Thursday,
May 1, at The American Legion
Hut, at 7:30. All members and
prospective members urged to be
present.
"The American Legion has
grown into the world's largest
veterans' organization because it
Is enrolling annually a majority
cf the servicemen and women of
World Wars I and II. There is a
good reason for fhat. The Amer
ican Legion offers the ideal ve
hicle to every war veteran for
making his, continued service to
community, state and nation
count the most," the announce
ment said.
District Camporee
Boy Scouts to Be
Saturday, Sunday
Many Events Planned For
Camporee To Be Held
In Finley Park Area
Boy Scout Camping and Ac
tivities committee met with the
District Commissioner and made
plans for the district camporee to
be held May 3rd and 4th in Fin
ley Park. An interesting program
starting at eight a. m. Saturday
and lasting through Sunday at
3 o'clock, has ibeen arranged, in
cluding a church service Sunday
from 2 until 2:30. Visitors will
be welcome.
The following judges have
been appointed to assist in the
program and will please meet at
the office of the Chamber of
Commerce Thursday evening at
7:30 with the district commis
ioner, Gordon Finley, and Bill
Absher, chairman of Camping
and activities committee.
Stanton Mclver, John Ford,
Frank Crow, Blair Owyn, Shoun
Kerbaugh, Paul Cragan, Bill
Brame, Glenn Andrews, Jim Car
ter, Paul Osborne, George Wells,
O. K. Pope, Bill Absher, Carl
Bullis, Robert Gihbs, Richard
Johnston, Dick Gibbs, Jimmie
Anderson, Edd Bell, Lewis Nel
son, Bill Lee, Bill Jester, Carl
VanDeman, Paul Oashion, Bill
Hardister, Forrest Jones, Boyd
Stout, iHarvel Howell, Frank Al
len, "Doc" Wiles, W. P. Greer,
Howard Bowers, Arthur Venable.
Costume Party
' At High School
Over 300 students and family
members attended a costume
party in the North Wilkeaboro
High Sahool Gym Friday night.
The party was sponsored by the
student council. *
Arrangements- were in charge
of Dot Powell, Student Presi
dent, and iCouncil members head
ed the various committees. Mem
bers of the council are: Delmos
EHedge, Chip Caudlll, Sue Ab
sher, Frances .Harris, Katherine
Johnson, Gordon Finley, Bill Ab
sher, D. M. Stoker, Julias Rous
seau, Patsy Hawkins, Jimmy
Carter, Adeline Shatley.
Prizes were awarded to Betty
E Hedge and Tommy Turner for
the best Individual costumes.
Both the winners are members
of the freshman class.
Each of the four classes pre
sented an entertainment skit.
The skit voted 'best was present
ed by the sophomore class. It
consisted of a showing of the lat
est ladles fashions with sopho
more boys appearing as fashion
models.
Mrs. Reece Martin
Rites On Saturday
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Mrs. Mable Bryan Martin, 40,
wife of Reece Martin, of ;Traphill,
died Thursday evennig at the
Wilkes hospital.
A daughter of the late Mor
gan Bryan and Mrs. Myrtle Splc
er Bryan, of Traphill, Mrs. Mar
tin was a member of one of
Wilkes county's best known fam
ilies. She Is survived by her
mother, her husband; two broth
ers, S. Byron Bryan and Carl
Bryan, and one sister,? Mrs. D. B.
Swarlngen, of Traphlll.
Funeral service was held Sat
urday, two .p.. m., at Charity
church. Rev. Bret Cothren, Rev.
Charlie Mires and Rev. Marvin
Boggs conducted the service.
Library Station In
Ferguson Section
Only one new station was es
tablished by the Wilkes County
Public Library in the past week
?at Ferguson in the home of
Miss Janie Splcer.
A month has passed since the
first stations were opened and
many, have already exchanged
their collection of books.
Ilection
Superior Rating
Won By Students
In Music Contest
' Nancy Sturdivant and Sylvia
ECenerly, pupils of Miss Ellen
Rotoineon's music classes at
North Wilkesboro school, won
superior rating in the recent dis
trict competitive circle of the
lunlor Federation of Music dabs
it Blon College. Superior is the
liighest rating accorded a partici
pating pupil.
The children were accompan
ied to Elon by Miss Robinson'
md Mrs. W. K. Sturdivant.
Variety Show To
Raise Money For
i
Gymnasium Fund
Over $500 Worth of Mer
chandise To Be Given
Away At Show
Senior class of Wilkeaboro
high school will put on a big
variety show Tuesday night, May
6, to raise funds for the school
gymnasium fund. The show will
take the . place of regular class
day exercises.
The show will include a full
evening's program of songs,
dances and comedy acts, includ
ing two black face comedies.
In addition to the program, a
total of more than $500 worth of
prizes will toe given away. Read
ing the list will be a $200 bed
room suite, a $62.50 bicycle, a
$59.50 living room rocker, ra
dioe, vacuum cleaners and many
other desirable i!
forth Wilkesboros merchants.
The great array of prizes will
ie on display at Gray Brothers
urniture store in Wilkeaboro.
School officials said that those
mrchasing tickets for thp show
lo not have to be present in or
ler to win a free prize.
A complete list of prizes and
hose donating them will toe jmb
iahed later. Meanwhile, tickets
i.re already on sale.
North Wilkesboro
To Have Baseball
Team This Season
First Game In Yadkin Val
ley League Will Be Play
ed Here Saturday
North Wilkesboro will hare a
baseball team in the Yadkin Val
ley semi-pro league this summer.
In a recent meeting an eight
team league was formed with the
following teams and managers:
Elkin, Jim Hemminge; Cling
man, Frank JohnsOn; Copeland,
R. W. Rurrus; Hamptonville,
Paul Martin; Jonesville, Ed
Boles; North Wilkesboro, Joe
Johnson; Boonville, "Speedy"
Brown; and Shady Grove.
Merrill Wiles, local jewelryman
and sports fan, is business man
ager of the North Wilkesboro
team with Frank Allen as his as
sistant. Ernest Eller will be field
manager. The fairgrounds field
will be used for local games and
the team plans some improve
ments for the field, including a
screen back of the plate and
bleacher seats for fans.
Local baseball fans believe
that the semi-pro team here this
summer will be the forerunner
to professional baseball next
year if the field can be lighted
and a grandstand is* bnilt before
next spring.
North Wilkesboro will open
the season here Saturday, May
3, against Boonville, which is ex
pected to be one of the strongest
of the eight teams. The league
schedule calls for games on Wed
nesday and Saturday afternoons.
C. E. Burchett, of Ronda, was
elected president of the newly
formed league at a meeting in
the YMCA in Elkin last week.
Watt Deal, of Jonesville, was
named vice president, and Jim
Hemmings, of Elkin, was elected
secretary.
? Allan Jessup>, of Boonville, A.
C. Dickerson, of Hamptonville,
and R. C. Burrus, of Rockford,
were appointed to serve with the
officers on the board of directors.
SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A.
Opportunity Now
Given Others To
Donate Clothing
First Event 6f Clean Up
Campaign Carried Out,
Auspices Churches
Clothing Collection carried out
here Sunday afternoon by the
ohurches of the Wilkesboros for
relief of destitute in war-ravaged
countries was a successful event
and a great amount of usable
clothing was collected by the
trucks, which were accompanied
by Boy Scouts.
The clothing collection in the
Wilkesboros was the first event
of the Clean Up Paint Up cam
paign being conducted this week
in Wilkes county by the Wilkee
Chamber of Commerce.
The following statement was
issued here today by the church
es committee in charge of the
clothing collection:
"If any person who had a
bundle ready for the clothing and
supplies collection yesterday was
overlooked, or if you were de
layed in getting your bundle
ready, iplease bring it this week
either to the fire station or the
First Presbyterian church of
North Wilkesboro. In such an ef
fort it is perhaps inevitable that
some errors and oversights shall
occur. But we are anxious that
everybody have a part in this col
lection of supplies for the mil
lions of innocent war victims who
are suffering beyond the imagi
nation of those of us who live
in this favored land.
"So be sure to get your bundl^
to either the fire house or the
First Presbyterian Church of
North Wilkesboro."
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Fire Here Thursday;
Truck Is In Accident
The fire department on Thurs
day afternoon answered a call
to A street, wihere fire was rag
ing in rooms over Glenn's bar
ber shop. The fire did much
damage to household goods of
Mrs. Maude Parker, but was put
out before the building was dam
aged extensively.
While going to the fire the
chemical truck was hit by a taxi
driven by Sim Bullis at the cor
ner of B and Ninth streets. Har
ry Summers, driving the truck,
said the siren was sounding at
the time of the accident. Bullis
was held for reckless driving and
in court today was given a sen
tence suspended on payment of
$25 fine and damage to the truck.
Musical Comedy '
At Millers Creek
Thursday, May 1
The Seniors of Millers Creek
school will present a three-act
musical comedy, Thursday, May
1, at 7:45 p. m. Admission will
be 25c and 50c.
Characters are: Rose Higgins,
(Linda Rumgarner); Alayne Hig
gins, (Marie Hayes); Hiram
Higgins (Duane Church); Cas
sie Higgins, (Mary Nell Par*
sons); Bob Shannon, (Wayne
Church); Ted Shannon (Gilbert
Eller); Angelina Hobba, (Sue '
Bumgarner); Mrs. Hobbs, (Lil
lian Brooks); Genevieve Suen
son, (Sarah Lou Adams); Sam
my Simms, (Blaine Oliver);
The Ice Man, (Frank Oaudill);
and a chorus of boys and girls.
The setting is a, romantic
Southern garden in a small col
lege town, Rose longs for vthe
glamorous life that her cousin
Alayne leads as queen of the
campus. She is also thwarted by
the overbearing attitude of her
guardians and the menial work
in the tea shop. How she over
throws the tyranny of her foster
parents and transforms herself
from a meek and homespun girl
into a sparkling and vivacious
personality, brings a satisfying
climax to a charming story, toll
o f laugh-provoking incidents
brought about by Uncle Hiram,
Aunt Cassie (who thinks she can
sing) and Sammy Blmms (a rah
rah freshman), Angelina (an aw
ful pest), and Geneviene (the
Swedish oook). Ted Shannon,
the campus football hero, over
shadows his brother, Bob, until
the end, when Bob puts Ted in
his place and wins