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Vol. 42, No. 1 ' Published Mondays and Thursdays 5 NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., Thursday, May 1, 1947 Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center
Jurors Drawu For
May Term Federal
Court Or May 19
May term ot federal court fJr
the circuit composed of Wilkes,
Watauga, Ashe and Alleghany
counties will convene In Wilkes
boro on Monday, May 19, with
Judge Johnson J. Hayes presid
ing
The following jurors have been
drawn to serve during the court:
Alleghany County: Mrs. Att
lee Thompson, Glade Valley;
Hugh Choate, Sparta; Robert Lee
Niehols, Sparta; Letcher Crouse,
Sparta; George Crouse, Sparta.
Ashe County: Blan Blevins,
Crumpler; E. R. Sturdlvant,
West Jefferson; W. H. Wayman,
'Jefferson; Hege Parsons,
ds; J., E. Parker, Creston;
, Ed. Davis, White Top, Route,
Virgin! J^L. H. Miller, Idlewild;
Mack Horton, colored, Jefferson;
Victor Goss, Lansing; J. T. Mc
Coy, Hemlock; W. B. Reevee,
West Jefferson; J. W. Paw,
Amy; E. E. Trivette, West Jef
ferson; Raymond Johnson, Idle
wild; Preston Wilson, Apple
GrOve.
Watauga County: Grover C.
Rob bins, Blowing Rock; Dudley
F. Greene, Sugar Grove; James
Lewis, Todd; R. W. McGuire,
Boone; H. O. Aldrldge, Shulls
Mills; Owen Little, Zionvllle; M.
W. Beach, Boone; Dick Hollars,
Blowing Rock; Wayne Miller,
Deep Gap; Walter H. Greene,
Boone.
Wilkes: Walter Brown, Trap
hill; Mrs. N. O. Smoak, Wilkes
bo ro; Tom Calloway, Ronda
route 2; Joe M. Pearson, Mora
vian Falls; Ray Stroud, Wilkes
boro; Tom Huffman, Purlear;
A. R. Miller, Vannoy; I. G. Faw,
North Wilkesboro; J. A. Caudill,
North Wilkesboro, route 1; Paul
Holbrook, Traphill; Pat M. Wil
liams, North Wilkesboro; Har
rison Miller, Wilbar; N. C. Mich
ael, Summit; Charles R. Darnell,
^Elkin; Fred C. Dobbins, colored,
Ronda; J. W. Church, Summit;
R. Don Nichols, Purlear; W. B.
"Seaman, North" Wllkesbbro; Xfc
Cager Alexander, North Wilkes
boro; Gordon Flnley, North Wil
kesboro; 1H. H. Beshears, Walsh;
C. A. Sparks, Roaring River; G.
A. Bumgarner, Millers Creek; R.
C. Harris, Benham; Treeley Har
rold, North Wilkesboro.
N. H. Waugh Rites
Held On Wednesday
Funeral service was held at
the First Baptist church Wednes
day morning for Nathan Harris
Waugh, well known local citizen
who died Monday afternoon.
Mr. Waugh was iborn in Jef
ferson September 18, 1874, a
son of the late Nathan H.
Waugh, pioneer merchant of Jef
ferson, and Mrs. Charlotte Ro
minger Waugh. They later mov
ed to Fleetwood, where young
Mr. Waugh married Miss Iona
Howell.
Mr. Waugh came to North Wil
kesboro 41 years ago and work
ed for A. M. Church and Sons.
j^Kdater entered lumber business
himself here and went to
Georgia, where he was in the
lumber business at LaGrange,
Ga. Returning here in 1926, he |
accepted a position with Ameri
can Furniture Co.
Mr. Waugh was a member of
the First Baptist church here.
Surviving Mr. Waugh are his
wife, Mrs. Iona Howell Waugh,
one son, Bruce Waugh, and one
daughter, Miss Hallie Waugh, of
this city. Also surviving are one
sister, Mra. George Martin, of
Gilliam, W. Va., and two broth
erIUlD. V. Waugh, of Fleetwood,
anflpC. W. Waugh, of LaGrange,
Ga.
Rev. J. H. Armbrust, of States
ville, and Dr. Gilbert R. Combs,
First Methodist pastor, conduct
ed the funeral service. Burial
was in Mount Lawn Memorial
Park. Pall bearers were neph
ews: W. H. H. Waugh, Kendrick
Waugh, H. H., Van and Gentry
Lemley, Bob and Bill Bledsoe,
and Clyde Waugh. Many beauti
ful flowers were evidence of the
esteem and respect for Mr.
Waugh.
Squlare Dance Friday
Night- Millers Creek
Everybody is invited to the
square dance to be held Friday
night, eight o'clock, in the Mil
lers Creek school gymnasium,
witWPf profits from admission
charges going into the play
ground fund.
Wanderers of the Wasteland
will furnish music and a most
is assured.
Winners In Recent Baby Contest
Kay McEntire, above, and Billie Prevette, lower
photo, won first and second places, respestively, in the
highly successful baby contest held recently at Wil
kesboro school for the benefit of the school gymnasium
fund. Kay, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward McEntire,
won the gold cup with 43,899 votes. Billie, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Prevette, had 32,285 votes and was
awarded the silver cup. The contest netted $1,554.30
for the gymnasium fund.
Eighth Division
Highway Office
Be Moved Here
The State Highway and Pub
lic Works Commission in meet
ing in Raleigh last week vot
ed to move the office of the
Eighth Division of the high
way commission from Lenoir
to North Wilkesboro.
According to news reports
from Raleigh, the office will
be located cm State Highway
Commission property near the
prison camp and the highway
division garage.
The Eighth Division office
was originally established here
when J. Gordon Hackett was
highway commissioner for the
division on the first commis
sion under the present set-up
in the state. The office was
moved to Lenoir when V. D.
Gu ire became commissioner
and was not moved to Mt.
Airy, residence of Raymond
Smith, present member of the
commission in the Eighth di
vision.
The changq in location of
the division office will prob
ably mean that a number of
engineers and other adminis
trative personnel will make
their home here.
Baseball Game At
Purlear Saturday
Millers Greek-Parlear and
Mountain View baseball teams,
.both newly organized community,
teams, will play Saturday after
noon, 2:30, on Purlear's field.
The public Is cordially Invited to
witness the contest.
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For Baccalaureate
Right Reverend Robert E.
Gribbin, bishop of the Western
Diocese of the Episcopal
church, will' deliver the bac
calaureate sermon Sunday,
8:80, before the graduating
class of Wilkesboro high school
in the school auditorium. For
mer Governor J. Melville
Broughton will deliver the
commencement address Thurs
day night, May 8.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Burgesi
and eons, Bill and Roy, of SanU
Monica, California, are here thli
week visiting in the home of Mr
and Mrs. R. B. Damschroder
They are former North Wilkes
boro residents and this Is theto
first visit to the city in sevei
years. While in North Carolina
Mr. Burgess and family will visi
relatives and friends In Winston
Salem, Statesville, and othei
places in the state.
5880.65 In Prizes
For Variety Show
Benefit Gym Fund
Will Be Given At Seniors
Program At Wilketboro
On Tuesday Night
In addition to a splendid va
riety show program, merchan
dise totaling 1880.65 will be
givOn away free at Wilkesboro
high school on Tuesday night,
May 6, eight o'clock.
The program has been arrang
ed by the senior class as their
part of the campaign now on to
raise $12,000 to erect a gymnas
ium at Wilkesboro school. Songs,
dances, blackface comedy acts
and other features are on the
program.
Tickets for the show are on
sale at $1.00 each, and those
who purchase tickets do not have
! to attend the program * to be a
! mong those who are awarded
the many valuable prizes which
have been donated by business
firms and individuals of the
Wllkesboros and the community.
Following is the list of prizes,
the price of each and the name of
the firm or person donating the
prize:
Grand prize, Complete Bed
room Suit, $200.00, Forest Fur
niture Co. Distributors in Wil
kesboro Gray Bros. Furniture
Company.
Second Prize, Ladies' Bulova
wrist Watch, $70.00, Steele's
Jewelry.
Third Prize, Boy's Bicycle,
$62.00, Motor Market, Inc.
Fourth Prifce, Living Room
Rocker, $59.50, Gray Bros. Fur
niture Co.
Fifth Prize, Vacuum Cleaner,
$50.00, Goodwill Store.
Sixth Prize, Trade Certificate,
$50.00, Belk's Department Store.
Seventh Prize, Trade Certifi
cate, $50.00, W. W. Miller &
Sons Grocery.
Eighth Prize: E-lectric Radio,
$35,00, Anderson Electric Co.
cihire
Mathis.
Tenth Prize, ' Lawn Mower,
$28.00, Somers-Story Hardware.
Eleventh Prize, Electric Fan,
$27.45, Parker-Triplet Electric
Co.
Twelfth Prize: Electric Mix
Master, $25.00, Dick's Service
Station.
Thirteenth Prize, Repair Cer
tificate, $25.00, Midway Pontiac.
Fourteenth Prize, Electric Ra
dio, $25.00, Day Electric Co.
Fifteenth Prize, Trade Certifi
cate, $25.00, Henderson Flower
Shop.
Sixteenth Prize, Goodyear Tire
and Tube, $22.00, Wilkes Tire
Store.
Seventeenth Prize, Cold Wave
Permanent, $20.00, Wilkes Beati
ty Shop.
Eighteenth Prize, Set Living
Room Table Lamps, $,15.00,
Markdown Furniture Co.
Nineteenth Prize, Livingroom
Floor Lamp, $15.00, Rhodes-Day
Furniture Co.
Twentieth Prize, General Elec
tric Clock, $15.00, Red Cross
Pharmacy.
Twenty-First Prize, Coaster
Wagon, $14.95, Firestone Store.
Twenty^Second Prize, Ever
sharp Pen and Pencil Set, $14.75,
Carter-Hubbard Publishing Co.
Twenty - Third Prize, One
Year's Rent on Freezer Locker,
$12.00, Carolina Refrigeration
Cooperative Association.
Twenty-Fourth Prize, 2-Burn
er Electric Hot Plate, $10.00,
Forester Furniture Co.
Bell Brothers Are
Held For Robbery
And Impersonation
Alleged To Have Posed As
i Officers, Collecting
From Motorists
Glenn' and Millard Bell, of
Roaring River, are being held
by State Highway Patrolmen
here on charges of . highway
robbery with firearms, posing
as officers, forgery and other
counts.
Sgt. A. H. Clark and Sidney
Carter, of the highway patrol,
said that they had knowledge
of at least four instances dur
ing the past several days where
motorists in Wilkes and Yad
kin counties at late hours of
the night had been stopped and
robbed or had been forced to
pay $25 or more in cash on
threat of being taken to Jail
by the two men who said
they were
In two
One Killed, Three Hurt In This Auto
Here is a picture of Buster Staley's coupe where
it wrecked on highway 421 three miles east of Wilkes
boro Sunday. The car traveled on the bank 50 yards,
overturned twice on the highway and stopped in an
upright position but headed west. Mr. Staley and two
other occupants were thrown from the car, which re
tained its shape through the crash. Walter Sparks,
Eugene Parks and Norwood Segraves, in the car with
Staley, were not seriously hurt. Staley was killed in
stantly. (Staff photo by Dwight Nichols).
Wilkes Schools Will Close
Term Next Week; Graduation
Programs Schools Announced
Wilkes county high schools,
getting ready to graduate their
first 12 th grade classes, have
planned commencement pro
grams.
Supt. C. B. Eller, of the coun
ty school system, said today that
figures for the 7 th month show
ed a total enrollment of 8,855,
of which 1,272 were high school
pupils. Total enrollment of the
North Wilkesboro schools would
make tlje grand total in Wilkes
county over 10,000.
At WilkesboTO, larfeest of the
unty schools, Rt. Rev. Robert
ity
era North Carolina diocese of the
Episcopal church, will deliver
the baccalauraate sermon Sun
day, May 4, 3:30 p. m. The sen
ior class will present a variety
show on Tuesday night and
Former Governor J. Melville
BToughton will deliver the com
mencement address Thursday
night, May 8. There are 38 sen
iors.
Rev. C. C. Holland, pastor of
Front Street Baptist church in
Statesville, will preach the com
mencement sermon at Millers
Creek Sunday, May 4, at 2:30.
Graduation exercises will be on
Friday night, May 9.
Baccalaureate sermon at Ron
da will ibe on Sunday, May 4,
with graduation on Thursday
night, May 8.
At Roaring River Rev. Watt
M. iQooper, First Presbyterian
pastor here, will tfreach the
commencement sermon on Sun
day, May 4. T. C. McKnight, sec
retary of the Elkln Y. M. C. A.,
will be the finals speaker on
Thursday, May 8.
Dr. P. E. Monroe, president of
Lenoir-Rhyne College, Hickory,
Will be the commencement speak
er at Mountain View on Monday,
Traphill will close on May 14
with graduation exercises. The
commencement sermon will be
on May 11.
Commencement sermon at
Mount Pleasant will be on Sun
day, May 4, with graduation ex
ercises on Friday, May 9.
At Ferguson D r. Wallace
Smith, of A. S. T. C., Boone, will
be the commencement speaker on
Friday night, May 2, eight p. m.
The high school play will be pre
sented on Thursday night. On
Saturday night will be another of
a series of enjoyable recreation
parties at the school for the ben
efit of the gymnasium fund.
North Wiikesboro Baseball Team
Will Open Season With Boonville
said, motorists had been stopp
ed and accused of speeding.
The men had demanded $25
In cash to settle the charges
and were paid.
The highway patrolmen
have asked that any others
who were stopped and robbed
get In touch with Sgt. A. H.
Clark at North Wllkesboro, or
Yadkin county jail, where the
Bell brothers are being held.
Allen Theatre Will
Be Closed Mon.-Tues.
The Allen Theatre will be
closed Monday and Tuesday, May
5th and 6th.
During this time new seats will
be installed and the theatre re
decorated. The theatre will re
open on Wednesday, May 7th
with the mightiest of western
epics since "Cimarron" and "The
j Covered Wagon"?"The Trail
Street," starring Randolph Soott
j and George "Gabby" Hayes.
North Wilkesboro
Will Plby Elkin
North Wilkesboro high school
baseball team will meet their
arch rivals from Elkin in a base
!ball game Friday, 3:30, on the
fairgrounds field. Sturdivant
' will be on the mound for North
| Wilkesboro.
1 North Wilkesboro lost t o
Statesville 12-0 at Statesville
' Wednesday.
Coll Child Dies
Funeral will toe conducted Fri
day, two p. m., at Hunting Creek
church for Genie Louise Call;
age 6, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Willam Richard Call, of North
Wilkesboro route three. The
child died Wednesday. Surviving
are the father and mother, three
brothers and three sisters.
First Game In Yadkin Val
ley League Slated For
3 o'Clock Saturday
North Wilkeaboro's entry In
the Yadkin Valley semi-pro
league will open the season on
the fairgrounds field here Sat
urday, three o'clock, against
Boonville, reputed to he one of
the strongest teams in this sec
tion of the state.
Merrill Wiles, business man
ager, Joe Johnson and Ernest
Eller, player managers, announc
ed the following pTobably line
up for Saturday's game: Buck
Icenhour, catcher; Felix Holder
and Leslie Rhoades, pitchers;
Bill Ernest, first base; Voyce
Cheatwood, second base; Boyce
Cheatwood, shortstop; Craig,
third base; Hugh Reavis, Arthur
Wood and Ernest Eller, outfield.
A screen has been erected back
of the plate and bleacher seats
will be erectd by game time Sat
urday. Admission price to the lo
cal games will be 25 and 50
cents.
Teams in the Yadkin Valley
league are North Wllkesboro,
Clingman, Eikin, Boonville, Sha
dy Grove, Hamptonville, Cope
land and Jonesville. The sche
dule calls for games on Wed
nesday and Saturday afternoons.
Community Singing
At Second Baptist
A community singing will, be
held Sunday, one p. m., at the
Seoonjd Baptist church in this
city. All singers are invited tp
take part in the singing.
An emergency allocation of
two million .pounds of flour has
been made to Braxil, for use in
schools and state Institutions of
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rails Foreign
Wars To Sponsor
An Air Show Here
Decision Reached In Meet
ing of Blue Ridge Post
Held Tuesday Night
Blue Ridge Mountain post of
Veterans of Foreign Wars will
sponsor an air show to be held
in the near future on the North'
Wilke8boro airfield, it was de
cided in the meeting of the post
Tuesday night.
No date was set for the air
show, but committees are work
ing on preliminary arrangements-,
8. L. Whitaker,' commander of
the post, said.
In the V. F. W. meeting to
be held Tuesday night next week
Army Recruiter Sgt. Earl Trip
lett will show some special re
cruiting and Pacific war films.
A large attendance of veterans
is desired. 1
School Children
Given Movie For
Clean Up Work
As a special reward for their
splendid work in the Clean Up
Paint Up Campaign sponsored by
the Wilkes Chamber of Com
merce, school children of North
Wilkesboro and Wilkes b o r o
schools were given a free show
today.
Both theatres here were used
to entertain the many school
children, which included the en
tire student body here and the
Wilkesboro high school. -
The Clean Up campaign is pro
gressing well with many worth
while projects being carried out
under direction of Jerry Derr,
general chariman.
F. D. Meserve, health day
chairman, has made some worth
9 Stills Raided
During The Week
During the past week Alcohol
Tax Unit agents In Wilkes de
stroyed nine stills with a total
capacity of 965 gallons, C. S.
Felts, in charge of the ATU of
fice, said today.
They seized 50 gallons of whis
ky and 7,750 gallons of mash.
The 8tills had a total capacity
of 11,950 gallons of mash.
Ted Johnson was arrested on
manufacturing charges and plac
ed under bond for trial in the
May term of federal court.
Bishop Gribbin At
St. Paul s Sunday
On next Sunday morning, May
4th, at eleven o'clock, the Right
Reverend Robert E. Grlhbin, D.
D., Bishop of the Diocese of
Western North Carolina, will
visit St. Paul's Episcopal Church
in Wilkesboro. At this service
he will preach and administer
the Rite of Confirmation. A
cordial invitation is extended to
all to attend this service.
Community House
Sale at Pores Knob
On Saturday evening, May 3,
beginning at 7:30 there will b?
a sale of hand made articles,
canned foods, home made cakes,
pies, candies, etc. at the Pores
Knob community house. The pro
ceeds of this sale will go into the
building fund of the community
house. Everybody is urged to at
tend, with something to sell and
buy the things they need and
want.
Gate City Shows To
Move to Jonesville
Gate City Shows, which had
been showing on Fairplains ball
park for two weeks, moved this
week' to Jonesville, where they
will operate Friday and Saturday
this week and all next week un
der auspices of the Jonesville
fire department.
Included In the attractions are
a number of thrilling rides,
shows and amusement conces
sions. Gate City Shows are ope*
rated by Mr. Baxter. v.
License Examiner
Not Coming Friday
J. C. Spencer, driver license
examiner, will not Ibe || at the
town hall (here Friday but will
be back on regular schedule next
week.