Y. M. C. A. is rais
building fund for fke
on of a modern Y. M
GfA. plant. Support ft. journa|_patrj0t Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 41 Years Northwestern Carolina.
North Wilkesboro has a
trading radius of 50 miles,
serring 100,000 people in
Vol. 42, No. 38 Published Mondays ?*nd Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., Monday, Sept. 8, 1947 Mate niorfli Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center
150,000 JUNIOR TRAFFIC SAFETY CLUB IS COMING TO WILKES
More than 150,000 school children in North Carolina have receded this cer
tificate of membership in Officer Pressley's Junior Traffic Safety Club, sponsor
ed in North Carolina by the North Carolina State Automobile Association. Picture
shows Officer Pressley, of the Charlotte Police Department, and his four famous
dogs, Lassie, Elmer, Susie and Lady, who entertain as they make safety import
ant. The Pressley show is coming to Wilkes Schools on Sept. 29-Oct. 3, and will
( show at Farmers' Day here October 1.
Patrolmen Get
4 Loads Liquor
During the Week
State highway patrolmen in
this vicinity captured four loads
of moonshine liquor during the
past several days.
Joe McQueen, of Butler, Tenn.,
was taken in this city with 4S
gallons of white liquor in a car,
In which William Farthing Lowe,
of Maryland, and Camilla Kates,
of Chester, l^a., were also pas
sengers. McQueen took off on
foot and gave Patrolman Carter
a lively chase but was later tak
en and he filled bond for appear
ance in court.
On Thursday night Gwyn
Chambers was taken with 4 8
gallons of liquor. He was stopped
on highway 18 after a chase.
His car was confiscated and he
filled bond for trial.
Several days before Patrolmen
stopped a car on the Champion
road and 14 cases of liquor were
taken but both occupants escap
ed on foot. Sgt. A. H. Clark cap
tured a car and driver in Iredell
county. The car had eight cases
of white liquor.
Firestone Opening
Wednesday Night |
The Eller, Kllby and Brown
jjprestone store will hold their
Review opening on Wednesday
night, seven until nine o'clock. I
Free souvenirs will hp given
all who attend the opening and
it will be explained how the
prizes are to 'be given.
The new store, located on the
corner of Tenth and O streets,
will be open for business Thurs
day morning with a complete
line of Firestone products, auto
accessories, home appliances and
other merchandise.
lew Meat Market
Opens Wednesday
The Northwestern Meat Mar
* will open Wednesday next
rto Manship'B Sea Food Cen
Just off Tenth Street, under
e management of Jack Phll
?s, an experienced butcher. Mr.
illlips, a local man, has been
nployed by the Dixie Home
pper Market for nearly two
ars before returning to his
>me here.
The new market will be open
L day Wednesday, the manage
snt states, and meats pf high
t quality will be on sale at I
e new market..
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dr. Dean Minton, son of Mr.
I Mrs. Dewey Minton,. Miss
ty Gray Church,, daughter of
and Mrs. Rufus Church,
Miss Nancy Felts, daughter
Iff J and Mrs. Charlie Felts,
of North Wllkesboro, leave to
and tomorrow for Mars mil
age. Others from Wilkes
will attend Mars mil this
Include Mr. Dwlght Black
end 'Mr. William Castev
f Traphlll, and Mr. Cecil
. of Hays.
I. R. Livingston
Funeral September
2 At Lewis Church
Funeral service was held Tues
day, September 2, at Lewis Bap
tist church for I. R. Livingston,
who died at his home west of
this city. Mr. Livingston wa8 a
member of Lewis church.
Mr. Livingston is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Ettie Bell Living
ston, and the following children:
Luther Livingston, Statesville;
Mrs. H. D. Lenderman, Wilkes
boro; Mrs. E>. L. Kerley,. Moravi
an Falls; Hugh, I. R., Jr., Hazel
and Sylvia Livingston, MilleTs
Creek; M. J. Livingston, North
Wilkesboro; also one brother
and two sisters, John Livingston,
Mrs. John Johnston and Mrs.
Henry Souther.
Pall hearers at the funeral
were "Worth Tomlinson, Ernest
Gaither, Fred Gaither, Clay John
ston, Ralph Wooten and Reno
Tulburt. Honorary' pall bearers
were W. A. Bumgarner, John
Oaudill, Calvin Mahaffey, Guy
Tulburt, Cecil Bumgarner, Frank
Tomlinson, W. E. Jpnes, John
Prevette, G. Gilbert Bare, P. W.
Greer, Richard Lankford, C. E.
Lenderman, Harvey Mahaffey,
Dr. Sam Holbrook, Dr. J. W.
Davis, Gordon Hackett, J. R
Rousseau, John Tomlinson, Bill
Tomlinson, James Tomlinson,
Harold Burke, Carlyle Ingle,
John Hall, John Davis, David Mc
Lean, E. O. Woo die, M. C. Wood
ie, J. F. Jordan, J. L. Davis.
Many beautiful flowers were
carried by the following: Misses
Vivian, Doris, Hester and Norma
Jean TulbUTt, Mesdames Vilas
Glass, Reno Tulburt, Archie
Smith, Effie Franklin, Thelma
Smith, Hazel Smith, Arvin Fos
ter, C. W. Mahaffey, Cecil Bum
garner, Madeline Kemp, Gilbert
Bare, Richard Brookshire, W. A.
Bumgarner, Ed Gaither, Clarence
Pruitt, Ralph Carter, Ruby Fos
ter, Shirley Souther, Ernest Gai
ther, Dewey Turner, Misses Vir
ginia Mahaffey, Charlotte, Kay
and Clara Lenderman, Patty Liv
ingston, Marean Roupe, Bessie
McLean, Winnie McLean, Peg
gy Carter, Norma Thompson.
Relatives from a distance at
tending the funeral were: Jess
Livingston, Kentucky; John
Livingston, Loyd Johnston^.Mr.
and Mrs. John Anderson, <Maw
ley Anderson, Mrs. Ralph Carter
and Peggy, Mrs. K. F. Foster,
Mr. and Mrs. William Foster, Mr.
and Mrs. Archie Smith, Hazel
and Thelma Smith, of Winston
Salem; Homer Anderson, Ra
leigh ; Lawrence Anderson, 1 > V
odan;' Hester Tulbert, Windy-m
Salem; Vivian Tulbert, WaUi
ington, D. C.; Doris Tulbert,
Hickory; Mr. and Mrs.Jloward
Thompson and daughtev*, Mrs.
Baxter Btevenson, Mr. ana\ Mrs. |
Shriley Souther, Statesv^e;
Clay Johntfton, Kanrapolis; Newt
Somers, Statesville.
Tablets of penicillin were de-,i
veloped last year which could t
taken by mouth in doses of 5<
000 and 100,000 units, accordU
to the Encyclopaedia BritannVca
1947 Book of the Year. About
three times the dosage is requir
ed when the drug is taken by
mouth rather than by injection.
To Honor Rev.
Grant Cothren
Rev. Grant Cothren, who is
retiring from active pastor work
after more than 50 years as a
Baptist minister, will be honored
by people of the various churches
he has served at an all-day ser
vice to be held at Roaring Gap
church Sunday, September. 14.
It will also be the birthday of
Rev. Mr. .Cothren and all will be
gtrexk qjawrtuaity to. remember
the minister with a birthday gift.
Rev. David W. Day will preach
at 11 a. m. Basket dinner will
be spread at noon and there will
be a special appreciation offer
ing for Rev. Mr. Cothren.
Wilkes Implement
Co. Has Opening
More than 500 people attended
the very successful formal ope
ning of Wilkes Implement com
pany's new building on highway
115 just outside of this city Fri
day night.
Barbecue, cold drinks and
cakes were enjoyed by all who
attended.
Four officials from Interna
tional Harvester company were
among the out-of-town guests.
They were J. 1* Lassiter, assist
ant branch manager, E. S. Tyler,
Elmer Kemp and Bob Caldwell,
all of Charlotte. Others included
W. W. Winters and J. M. Samp
les, partners in the business with
G. Sam Winters, manager of the
local company; also G. L. Win
ters, Mr. and Mrs. L. El Pickens
and daughter, Beatrice Ann
PiokemU of Claremont.
The Wilkes Implement com
pany now has a very modern
plant for all departments of
their International Harvester
company dealership.
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R. C. Miller Sole
To Be Wednesday!
R. C. Miller, well known local
citizen, will conduct a sale ol
personal property four miles east
of North Wilkesboro on Highway
421, (near North Wilkesboro
Speedway) on Wednesday, Sept.
lC-tb, at 2 p. m., sharp. The sale
will consist of household furni
ture, farming tools, etc. Mr. Mil
ler states he iB leaving the state,
therefore selling out his persona]
property to the highest, bidder
The public is urged to ritend the
>le.
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Meat production under Feder
al inspection for the week end
ed August 16 totaled 286 millioi
pounds, accordipg to * TJSIXA
This production was 1 per cen
above the 280 million pound
Xroduced during the precedinj
eei and 15 per cent above th
?-47 million pounds recorded to
the corresponding week of las
year.
Many Navy enlisted men art
appointed to the United State
Naval Academy at Annapoll
each year.
Man Wanting Wife
Gets 11 Replies To
Journal-Patriot Ad.
"Bachelor," who placed a
want ad In The Journal-Patriot
for a wife, has eleven ladles to
choose from.
A man Inserted the following
want ad . In The Journal-Patriot
for two Issues:
Wanted: Wife, age 40 to 50,
must be able to cook a decent
meal and wash my dirty socks,
widow preferred. Muet own a
farm large enough to make a
living. I am 40, sober, good
worker, steady, kind and con
siderate. Your letter will be held
confidential. Write "Bachelor"
care this newspaper.
He came in Saturday and was
thrilled to find 11 letters In an
swer to his advertisement. The
answers were from several dif
ferent communiti.es In Wilkes
and adjoining counties and one
from Baltimore, Md.
All of which goes to show that
Journal-Patriot want ads can get
you in touch with almost any
thing you want. \
Stores To Begin
Open Wednesdays
First Day October
Half Holiday To End With
Last Wednesday In Sept.
Farmers' Day 1st
North Wilkes bo ro stores will
end the half holiday closing this
month and will be open on
Wednesday afternoons beginning
Wednesday, October 1, which
will be annual Farmers' Day In
North Wilkeeboro.
In the original schedule of
half holidays it was agreed that
the stores would not re-open on
Wednesday afternoons until De
cember 1 but recently a demand
for earlier ending of the half
holiday prompted a poll conduct
ed by the Wilkes Chamber of
Commerce. Tabulation of the an
ew ess to the
rsrw
ed to begin being open all day
Wednesday on October 1 instead
of December 1.
Par! of Tannery
Property Is Sold
Rain Prevented Complete
Sale 33-Acre Plot
and Plant Saturday
Although delayed 'by rain and
Interrupted by rain, sale of the
tannery property here Saturday
was partially successful and part
of the property was sold.
Charles and Lewis Hill Jen
kins, owners, said today that be
tween $18,000 and $25,000 of
the property was sold and will
he confirmed. The property sold
did not Include the tannin ex
tract plant and machinery and
did not include the two blocks
of lots north of the railroad sid
ing. The sale was conducted by
Penney Brothers through P. E.
Dancy and M. C. Woodie, selling
agents.
Mr. Jenkins said today that
additional property will be sold
by private sale or at another
auction to be held at a future
date. A corporation in Richmond,
Va., purchased the machine shop
and a block of lots on Vance
street was purchased by Lowe
Brothers. V. M. Church and a
Mr. Whitener, from ' Hickory,
purchased a block of lots each
on the south side of the rail
road siding.
Had the weather beep, favor
able it ig very probable that all
the property would have been
sold at the sale Saturday.
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Cemetery Working
New Hope Church
All who have relatives burled
in New Hope Baptist cemetery
near Purlear are asked to meet
there Wednesday, one p. m., to
work on the cemetery. Those
who cannot go are asked to send
workers.
Near a certain monastery in
Tibet, where "gold is worked by
the monks, large gold nuggets
are immediate^ Replaced in the
earth when found. According to
the Encyclopaedia Britannica,
people there reputedly believe
that the large nuggets germinate
in time and produce the small
lumps for which they are privi
leged to search.
Woodward Speaker
At Meeting of Lions
On Friday Evening,
School Superintendent Uses]
As Subject Of Address,
. "Trui Greatness"
J. Floyd Woodward, who re
cently assumed his duties as sup
erintendent of North Wllkesboro
schools,^ delivered an Inspiring
address Friday evening before
the North Wllkesboro Lions club.
The program was In charge of
Jack Swofford, T. K.' Grayson;
and Dwight Nichols, who present
ed the speaker.
Prof. Woodward used as his
subject "True Greatness." He
mentioned the fact that people
crave to be remembered and it
is only through unselfish service
that true greatness is attained.
He cited the following examples:
Jesus Christ?unselfish in eve
ry respect, with his deep concern
In others perpetual; Socrates?
eminent phll-sopher of t h 6
Greeks who refused to sacrifice
convictions for personal secur
ity; Alexander, the Great?un
selfishly carried Greek civiliza
tion to all parts of the known
world; Will Rogers?humane
ness and happiness caused him
to be remembered; Columbus?
refused to sacrifice personal con
victions for personal safety; Ab
raham Lincoln?universally re
spected and loved for patience,
self control and unselfish service.
"Some men forget themselves.
They refuse to consider personal
ambition; they think and act ln
terms of others. They willingly
sacrifice all for an idedl, for the
truth, or for something most
precious. They follow the gleam
(the ideal) which causes them to
denounce selfishness, to face
danger,; and to sacrifice them
selves. 7 Thus they attain true
greatnsls and achieve immortal
ity ammig their fellow men," the
speahp? said.
Afr added feature of the pro
gram dfwhich was well enjoyed,
was ijko solo numbers by Dean
^ jpftattAsiAiK
and by Miss Patsy Hawkins.
New members of the club are
Roland Potter, who was induct
ed, Jim Sanges, high school prin
cipal who transferred from
Statesville, and J. Floyd Wood
ward, who was president of
Mount Pleasant club before com
ing to North Wllkesboro.
President Bill Marlow gave an
interesting report on the Lions
International convention which
he recently attended in San
Francisco, which was attended
by 1,000 Lions. An immediate
objective of the organization, he
said, is organization of clubs on
the European continent in the
interest of world peace and un
derstanding.
Next meeting of the Lions on
September 19 will be a picnic.
Clyde Pearson, Ralph Buchan
and O. K. Pope were named on
the arrangements committee.
President Marlow also announc
ed the zone meeting to be held
at Boone September 16.
Guests Friday were: Lindsay
Cashion with his father, Paul
Cashion; Bob Morrow with W.
O. Absher. Mr. Absher, past pres
ident, gave to the club an attrac
tive stand to be used by speak
ers.
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District Meeting
Of Woman's Clubs
To Be Here 18th
The North Wilkeaboro Wom
apjp Club, aided by the newly
df&anized Junior Woman's cluo,
will be hoBteee Thursday, Sept.
18, at the Annual meeting of
Woman's Clubs of District No.
3. The meeting will be held in
the Woman's Clubhouse in
North Wilkeaboro at 10 o'clock
a. m., followed by a luncheon at
Hotel Wilkee.
Mrs. Edwin Ramsey, of States
vllle, District President, will
present an interesting program.
The State president, Mrs. James
A. Gupton, of Charlotte, and sev
eral other state officers will be
present.
Members of tbe local clubs
are completing plans which
promise to make the occasion In
teresting and enjoyable for all.
The North Wilkeaboro club
extends a cordial lnvltat.ion to
all woman's club memberg In the
district.
Clinic Sept. 11th
Cripple clinic will be held
Thursday, September 11, at the
Wilkes hospital. Free examinv
tlon will be given all crippled
i children at the clinic.
.Will Head Kiwanis
RICHARD R. GIBBS
HeavyExpenditures
Foreseen In County
For New Buildings
Farm families in Wilkes coun
ty will spend more than $2,500,
0Q0 for now housing in the next
three to fire years, according to
a forecast released by the Tile
Council of America.
"As a result of high incomes
during the last few years, farm
ers in every part o$ the nation
are prepared to invest record a
mounts in new home construc
tion and in general farm im
provements," said F. B. Ortman,
chairman of the Council's resi
dential construction committee.
Pointing out that the comforts
and conveniences of urban living
are now available to farm fami
lies, Ortman said that many new
rural homes will incorporate
such features as central heating,
tiled bathrooms and modern
kitchen facilities.
Rapid electrification of rural
areas of North Carolina is mak
ing possible the incorporation in
new homes of many labor-saving
**6 -r^emtortvpnmfflng
undreamed of a generation ago,
according to Ortman. More than
45 per cent of all farms in the
state now receive central station
electric service. Refrigerators,
electric washing machines and
deep freezing plants, as well as
plumbing systems, will go into
many new homes as a conse
quence.
Negro Is Hurt In
Resisting Arrest
Paul McConniehead, local ne
gro' with a court record, came
out second best last week in an
encounter with two cops.
Sgt. W. C. Bentley and Car
lyle Staley, of the police force,
answered a call, to the eastern
part of town where there had
been a fight. McConniehead re
sisted arrest, kicked Staley in
the stomach and started for
Bentley when the officer shot
McConniehead, Inflicting a alight
flesh wound in his left leg.
McConniehead was tried in
city court today and was sentenc
ed to a year on the rdads.
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Mrs. HortoR Is
Taken By Death
Funeral services was held Sun
day afternoon at the First Bap
tist church here for Mrs. Alice
Virginia Bullis Horton, 65, wife
of C. G. Horton, well known res
ident of North Wilkesboro.
Mrs. Horton died Thureday
afternoon in the Baptist hospital
in Winston-Salem. She had 'been
ill for some time.
Mrs. Horton was a member of
a \ndely known Wilkes family,
being a daughter of the late
James and Eliza BulliB, of the
Millers Creek community. She
was married June 17, 1911.
Surviving are the husband;
two daughters, Miss Alma Hor
ton, North Wilkesboro; and Mrs.
Don Mleville, Wilkesboro; one
son, Dwight Horton, Asheville;
two grandchildren; three broth
ers, W. A. Bullis, North Wilkes
boro; and Walter and J. R. Bul
lis of Washington, D. C.; and
three sisters, Mrs. R. F. Parker
and Mrs. J. C. Wallace, both of
North Wilkesboro; and Mrs.
Dora Smiht, Winston-Salem.
Dr. John T. Wayland, pastor,
conducted the funeral service
and . burial was in Mount Lawn
Memorial Park. Pail 'bearers
were J. B. Williams, Wade Wal
lace, Maurice Walsh, Conrad Kil
by, John Walker, Bill Johnson
and Harvel Howell. Many beau
tiful flowers were carried by
friends of the family.
Richard E. Gibbs
Elected President
Of Kiwinis Club
[ R**- Watt Cooper, Program
Chairman, Delivers Ad
dress To Club Here
Richard B. Gibbs, manager of
the J. C. Penney company store
here and prominent in civie and
church affairs in thi8 city for
the past several years, on Fri
day was elected as the next pres
ident of the North Wilkesboro
Kiwants club.
In the Kiwanls club Mr. Gibbs
has been very active, being a
member of the hoard of directors
and chairman of the music com
mittee. He has a perfect attend
ance record at Kiwanls meetings
for the past six years.
Mr. Gibbs, with other officers
elected Friday, will take office
January 1. The election is held
early in order that officers-elect
may be delegates to coming con
ventions.
Other officers elected were:
Paul Oeborne, vice president; T.
E. Story, treasurer; G. T. Mitch
ell, past president; G. fiait;
Winters, Dr. J. H. McNeill,
C. Arthur Venable, Joe Barber
and D. E. Elledge, directors.
Dr. G. T. Mitchell is now pres
ident of the club.
In the business session the
club approved a plan for solici
tation of merchants; business
firms and individuals for prises
for the agricultural fair to be
held October 1, 2 and 3.
The club voted to appropriate
funds to pay for transportation
of June Royal, fifth grade pupil
crippled by infantile paralysis,
to Wilkesboro school.
Rev. Watt Cooper stated he
had been unable to secure a
speaker and would therefore
have to make his own speech. The
Club wa8 delighted to have him
do so. He brought a most
thought provoking talk on the
subject; "When A Man Retires
Then What?" We are living in
a time when most of us will be
iforfiftrt tf\ ratira..hy. -the Hm0 we
65. What ehall Veljar pfEJ"
gram then? How shall we spend
our Retirement? To what are we
going to retire?
''It our plans are properly
made the twilight of our lives
can be a glorious time. If we
know how we can make those
days happy days."
Some things we can do to
make ready for retirement:
1. We can prepare by storing
in our minds golden memories of
good and lovely, acts perform
ed.
2. We can learn to listen.
3. We can cultivate a wide
variety of interests. Learn to ap
preciate music. Learn the art of
reading. Have a hobby.
4. Cultivate a great Religious
Faith.
His talk was well appreciated.
Guests Friday were: Leonard
Smith, of Jacksonville, Fla., with
H. H. Morehouse; Bill Combs
with Dr.. Gilbert R. Combs; Dr.
James C. Stokes with Rev. H.
M. Wellman; Miss Mary More
house with John EV, Justice; W.
B. Oliver with Paul E. Church;
W. R. Harkness with W. E.
Jones.
Sebastian Reunion*
Sunday, Sept. 21st
All relatives and friends of the
family of the late Samnel and
Polly Blackburn Sebastian are
invited to attend the reunion to
be held Sonday, September 21,
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eli
Sebastian, North Wilkeeboro
route two.
Announcement of the reunion
was made by Eli Sebastian, chair
man and Erie Gilliam, secretary
of the family association. Those
attending are aaked to carry
lunch and spend the day.
Wellborn Reunion
Sunday, Sept. 14th
Annual reunion of the Well
bom family will be held Sunday,
September 14, at Temple Hill
church on highway 421, near R.
D. Mathls' store. ,
It will be an all-day service.
Rev. Seldon Wellborn will preach
at 11 a. m. Dinner will be spread
at noon. Music by quartets and
other special features will make
up the afternoon program. Eve
rybody is invited.
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WHO WAS ORA58T?
Patient?Why stick me in the
ward with that craiy guy?"
Doctor?Hospital's crowded?
is he troublesome?"
Patient ? He's nuts. Keeps
looking around, saying "No lions,
no tigers, no elephants?and all
the time the room's full of 'em.