Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, W. C.. Monday, Oct. 13, 1947
Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center
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a building fund for the
erection of a modern Y. M
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North Wilkesboro has a
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Vol. 42, No. 48
JAYCEES GIVE TO MEMORIAL PARK
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Thw picture shows Blair Gwyn, left, treasurer of
tfr^memorial Park fund, receiving from Wayne Foster,
taght, treasurer of the Wilkes Junior Chamber of Com
merce, a check in the amount of $250 representing
one-half the profits from the beauty contest staged by
the Jaycee*. The Jaycees have aided the park pro
ject in other ways, including volunteer labor on erec
tion of bleacher seats.—(Photo by Lane Atkinson, Jr.)
DALE CARNEGIE
MEET TUESDAY
The Dale Carnegie course spon
sored by the Wilkes Junior
Chamber of Commerce will get
tinder way with organization
meeting Tuesday night, 7:30, at
the new Carolina Restaurant.
Everybody is invited to the
Tuesday night • meeting, and
those who attend will be under
no obligation to take the course.
Lucky Break For
Yadkin Valley h
Rain Distribution
Rains Thursday Night Slack
ed Just In Time to Pre
vent Disastrous Flood
For the second time this year
the Yadkin valley was spared a
disastrous flood by a kind provi
dence in rain/all distribution.
Rainfall had beefi steady but
not heavy throughout this sec
tion Wednesday and Thursday
and late Thursday afternoon sr
[ rainstorm brought a serious
flood threat to the Yadkin val
ley.
Had the heavy rains which fell
in and east of the Wilkesboros
extended over the Yadkin water
shed on the Blue Ridge a high
ly damaging flood would have
been the result.
Cub creek at Wilkesboro was
over its valley for the second
time this year, but rain on the
Rloe Ridge slopes from Blowing
north to Roaring Gap was
not so heavy.
Streams in the vicinity of
Mount Airy were flooded Thurs
day night.
William Carrigan
Probation Officer
William Carrigan, son of Mrs.
J. H. Carrigan, r>f Wllkesboro,
has been appointed by Judge
Johnson J. Hayes as a probation
officer in the Middle North Car
olina district of federal court.
Mr. Carrigan for the past sev
eral years has been chief clerk in
the probation office and is well
trained and highly qualified for
probation officer duties in the
district^ As probation officer he
succeeds Joseph T. Allen, who
resigned.
Mr. Carrigan "will work with
J. Lb. Osteen, chief probation of
ficer for the district, and the
other probation officers with
central office in Greensboro. In
addition to his official capacities,
Mr. Carrigan is well known as
a tennis player and is singles
champion in North Carolina.
He was sworn _ in Saturday
night as probation officer, tak
ing the oath of office before J.
T. Jordan in Wllkesboro.
Somers Reunion To
* Held October 19
Reunion of the widely known
flomers family will be held Sun
day, October It, at Union
i church six miles from Clingman.
All members of the Somers fam
ily and friends are invited.
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Further details are contained
in an article appearing elsewhere
in this newspaper, which gives
a sketch of Dr. A. P. Wilson,
widely known instructor who will
conduct the course.
Those desiring additional ad
vance information are asked to
call J. C. Allen at Sentinel In
surance Agency.
P.-T. A. Will Have
Motion Picture On
Regular meeting of the North
Wilkesboro Pareni-Teacher Asso
ciation will be held Thursday
evening, October 16, 7:30,Jn the
school auditorium.
Main feature of the program
will be a motion picture entitled
"Pop Rings The Bell." This pic
ture comes highlj recommended
and it is hoped that a large
crowd of school parents and pa
trons will be present. "Parents,
make a note of the date and be
on hand to help enlarge the per
jentage of attendance in your
child's grade," the announcement
said.
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Navy Recruiter To
Spend 2 Days Here.
Chief R. L. Hogard, of the lo
cal Navy recruiting office, V. F.
W. Hall, In North Wilkesboro,
announced today that a navy re
cruiter will be in North Wilkea
boro only Monday and Tuesday
of each week from 8 a. m. to 5
p. m.
Chief Hogard stated that en
listments are needed to fill the
vacancy of those being discharg
ed due to the expiration of their
enlistments. If this need is not
fulfilled the manpower of the
navy will be greatly reduced.
Ex-service men wishing to re
enlist with the. rate of discharge
may do so, if they re-enlist be
fore the 31st of October, provid
ing the rate is one of those listed
as open. Contact the navy re
cruiter in the V. F. W. Hall in
North Wilkesboro, every Monday
and Tuesday.
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House Moved When
Hit By o Speedster
Elkin. Oct. 9.—The home of
Bill Swift at State Road was re
portedly struck by a hit-and-run
driver early Sunday morning and
was moved several inches on its
foundation by the impact.
The car evidently entered the
highway from a side road and
the driver made a getaway be
fore his identity could be deter
mined.
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Carl B. Bauguss
Rites On Thursday
Last rites were held Thursday
at Round Hill Church for Carl
Blaine Bauguss, 56, resident of
Traphill township who died Tues
day. Rev. Levi Sparks was in
charge of the funeral service.
Surviving Mr. Bauguss are five
daughters and one son: Mrs. Des
sie Richardson, Mrs. Cora Bil
lings, Mrs. Becky Gruibb, Mrs.
Phoebe Brown, Mrs. Tessle
Brown and John D. Bauguss.
Highway No. 421
Now Closed West
Of Millers Creek
Highway Offices Now In
Permanent Location In
New Building Here
U. S. Highway 421 is now
closed from Millers Creek west
to Deep Gap and traffic to Boone
Is being detoured over other
highways.
The highway was closed Sat
urday because surface treatment
applied prior to the heavy rains
was coming off in sheets.
The surface treatment was ap
plied and the heavy rains did not
allow the new surface time to
become firmly established.
Highway officials said today
that with favorable weather the
damage may be Repaired by the
middle of the week and the high
way can ibe re-opened.
Highway Office Here
The Eighth Division highway
office is now located in1 the new
brick building recently erected
on the State Highway Commis
sion property near the highway
division garage here. The high
way commission several months
ago voted to establish permanent
offices here and to erect the
nineyoom building.
Zeb V. Stewart, division engi
neer, is living in Lenoir, former
location of the office, until he
csfii find living quarters here.
Paul Dupre, office engineer,
will move to North Wllkesborp
within the next few days. Steno
graphic help has already moved
here, as well as some of the other
division personnel who have been
here for some time.
The office ' was originally es
tablished here when J. G. Hack
ett, of North Wilkesiboro, was
commissioner for the division
and was later moved to Lenoir
with V. D. Guire "as commis
sioner. The office was not moved
to Mount Airy when Raymond
K. Smith became commissioner.
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Gardner s Father
Dies In Virginia
D. M. Gardner, father of Edd
F. Gardner, prominent North
Wilkesboro industrialist, died
Friday night at his home at
Hillsville, Va. Funeral service
was held Sunday afternoon near
Hillsville.
Those from here attending the
funeral gervice included Mr. and
Mrs. Edd F. Gardner and son
and daughter, Bill and Mary Lee
Gardner, R. W. Gwyn, J. R. Hix,
W. D. Halfacre, W. C. Marlow,
Paul Osborne, W. K» Sturdivant,
A. F. "Kilby.
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Chamber Commerce
Committees to Meet
Today and tomorrow meetings
of important committees of the
Wilkes Chamber of Commerce
will be held at the office on
Ninth street.
Today at five p. m. the Recre
ation committee, headed b y
Glenn Andrews, and the Civic Af
fairs committee, chairmaned by
Joe McCoy, are in meeting to
plan a number of important pro
jects.
On Tuesday afternoon at 4:30
the Agricultural committee,
headed by W. K. Sturdivant, will
meet to plan the year's refores
tation program.
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Mrs. Delia Combs
Funeral Tuesday
Last rites were held Tuesday
at Rock Creek church for Mrs.
Leila Combs, 88, who died Mon
day at her home near Jonesville.
Surviving Mrs. Combs are the
following sons and daughters:
Thomas Combs, High Point; Will
Combs, North Wilkes bo ro; Her
bert Combs, Elkin; Dana and
Dewey Combs, North Wilkesboro
route two; Mrs. Will Combs,
West Virginia; Mrs. Maade
Parker, Jonesville.
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Union Lodge Meetings
Union lodge number 331, I. O.
O. F., will meet every Saturday
night, 7:30, at the lodge hall at
Mulberry. All members are asked
to attend the meetings.
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MASONIC NOTICE
There will be a Special Com
munication of North Wilkesboro
Lodge No. 407 A. P. & A. M.
Wednesday, October 16th, 1»47
at 8:30 p. m. Work in the Sec
ond Degree. All members urged
to attend. Visitors welcome.
MAURICE B. WALSH, Master,
PRANK H. CROW, Secretary.
Holbrook Funeral
Is Held Wednesday
Funeral service was held Wed
nesday at Round Hill church for
Daniel Roe Holbrook, 25-year-old
resident of the Dockery commun
ity who was killed when his car
crashed off the highway near
Stuart, Va., on Monday. Rev. L.
E. Sparks was in charge of the
service. .
Mr. Holbrook was a son of
John L. and Fannie Triplett Hol
brook, of Dockery. In addition to
his parents he lg survived by one
sisten Miss Naomi Holbrook,
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Apple Festival And
Pie Supper To Be At
Pores Knob Oct. 18
The Pores Knob Home Dem
onstration club in cooperation
with the Apple Growers &f the
Pores Knob section will sponsor
an Apple Festival and a p4e sup
per at the Pores Knob commun
ity house Saturday, Oct. 18, at
7:30 p. m. to pay tribute to the
Apple industry and to raise
funds for the community house.
An interesting program on ap
ples has been planned, including
an apple exhibit. The main fea
tures of the program will be the
crowning of the Apple Queen and
an auction sale of,different kinds
of pies. " »
The public has a cordial invi
tation to attend and an enjoy
able evening is promised to
everyone.
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Home Demonstration
Schedules For a Week
Wednesday, October 15—Mo
ravian Falls Home Demonstration
club; place of meeting, Com
munity House, 2:30 o'clock.
Thursday, October 16—^Millers
Creek Home Demonstration club;
place of meeting, Mrs. Percy
Bumgarner, 1:30 o'clock.
Friday, October 17—Roaring
Ri>vr Home Demonstration club;
place of meeting, Mrs. A. C. Sta
Home Demonsaration club; place
of meeting, Mrs. Atwell German;
2 o'clock.
Tuesday, October 21—Mulber
ry Home Demonstration club;
place of meeting, Mrs. Claude
Huie, ;1:30 o'clock.
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Mrs. Dan Johnson
Claimed By Death
Funeral service was held Sat
urday at Liberty church In Davie
county for Mr*. Maude Johnson,
60, wife of Dan Johnson, of Mul
berry township. She died at
home Thursday.
Surviving Mrs. Johnson are
her husband and the following
sons and daughters: Mrs. Cleo
Arnold, Lynchburg, Va.; Ray
Johnson, StateBvllle; Bell John
on, Yadkinville; and Clay John
on, Oakwoods.
Rev. W. N. Hayeg and Rev.
Commie Johnson conducted the
last rites.
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Ramblers to Play
Boonville Here
Thursday Night
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Excellent Game Assured ,Lo
cal Fans At Memorial
Park Thursday
WilkeBboro Ramblers and
Boonville's state class B cham
pions will provide the football
thrills for fans in this commun
ity this week when they meet
on Memorial Park field under the
lights Thursday night, eight o'
clock.
It will be the only game here
this week. The North Wilkeaboro
Mountain Lions will be playing
at Thomasville Friday. ^
Local fans will be able to
guage the surprising Ramblers'
strength. They have had little
trouble with early season foes,
but Boonville will be the strong
est team thus far on their sche
dule.
Wilkesboro should be near
full strength for the Boonville
clash Thursday night. The team
is light and has ibeen outweighed
by all opponents to date. But the
hard charging line of Wilkesboro
tand the fleet backfield have
more than made up the differ
ence in weight.
The Wilkesboro - Boonville
gamq^ should draw one of the
largest crowds of the season.
Kickoff will b® at eight p. m.
and gates to the park will be
open an hour before the game to
accommodate the large crowd of
football fans expected.
SCOUT ORGANIZATION
BENEFITS OUTLINED
Girl Scoots Are
Very Active Now
lo This Coooty
Girls Get Citizenship Train
ing In Girl Scout Organ
ization In County
Girl Scouts
The Wilkes County Girl Scout
Association operates under the
Girl Scout National Hrodquart
ers of New York City,, and is
part of Julfette Low Region 6,
which covers North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida.
The Wilkes Association has
120 adults—composed of a Board
of Directors, Leaders, Assistant
Leaders, Committee Members
and one salaried assistant, Mrs.
R. S Gibbs. Miss Lucy Stroupe
and Miss Katherine Park of the
Atlanta, Ga., office are advisors
for Region 6. The Board of Di
rectors of the local Association
is as follows:
President, Mrs. G. T. Mitchell;
Treasurer, Mrs. Jay Jones; Pro
gram Chairman, Mrs. C. T.
Dough ton; Training Chairman,
Mrs. W. K. Sturdivant; Little
House, North Wilkesboro, Mrs.
J. \B. Carter; Little House, Wil
kesboro, Mrs. Wm. Barber; Pub
licity, Mrs. D. J. Carter; Regis
trar, Mrs. Hight Helms; Secre
tary, Mrs. H. B. Smith; Juliette
Low Committee, Mrs. Joe Bar
ber; Membership and Nominat
ing Committee,. Mrs. T. A. Pin
ley.
At present there are fourteen
troops in the county, with a mem
bership of 200 girls, including
one colored troop.
Training courses for leaders
are regularly taught by Mrs.
Gibbs and under the head of
camping activities last July a
most successful Day Camp was
held for one week at Moravian
Falls, with a registration of 60
girls, an average attendance of
54 girls, and 14 adult workers.
The Association also gave $25.00
to the colored troop who spent
a week-end at Camp Jo Harris,
and troop received $10.00 for
supplies.
Girl Scouting in Wilkes de
pends entirely upon the gifts
from the annual finance drive for
the operation of the program—
and receives no money from
churches or other orgnaization.
While character building and
finest possible development of
girls must be accomplished by
personal interest and leadership
there is considerable expense at
tached. So often there is objec
tion to gifts being sent out of
the immediate section when the
need is so great here. This can
not be brought against the Girl
Scout Association as less than
$50.00 per year is sent to Na
tional headquarters. The paid
assistant receives $600.00 per
year for a scheduled amount of
service and all other work is
voluntary. t
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Committee Setup
Of Boy Scouts In
County Is Given
Troop Expansion Planned
During Year; Budget
For Year Explained
(Thifl article Is presented by
the Wilkes District Committees
to better aqualnt our citizens on
the value of Scouting).
Boy Scouts
The Boy Scouts' organization
in Wilkes county Is a part of the
Old Hickory Council which serv
es the counties of Alleghany,
Ashe, Forsyth, Stokes, Surry,
Watauga, Wilkes and Yadkin.
The executive board governs the
operation of the council with the
following men as members of the
board: Messrs. J. B. Carter, Gor
don Pinley and L. M. Nelson.
The council office is maintain
ed in Winston-Salem. The rec
ords and programs of over 4000
active Scouts and Scouters of
this council are maintained by
an office staff of one manager
and two assistants.
The training and developing of
scouting throughout the council
are handled by a force of four
salaried personnel who devote
their entire time to the Boy
Scout movement. Mr. W. E.
Vaughn-Lloyd is exe c u t i v e,
Jacques Phelps, Sr., and Ralph
Harbinson are white field ex
ecutives and R. P. Smith is col
ored field executive for the coun
cil.
The Wilkes District receives
at least 10 days full time service
each month from the field execu
tives. These field men work
throughout Wilkes county pro
moting training and. developing
'all phases of the Boy Scout move
ment. They are doing a tremen
dous amount of good in our coun
ty towards developing character
and training our boys for good
citizenship and leadership.
To take care of the operating;
expenses of the Old Hickory
council for the coming year the
budget is set at $30,'500.00. The
responsibility for raising the a
mount of this (budget is assumed
approximately as follows:
Forsyth District ,$20,000.00
Surry District 3,000.00
Elkin District 2,000.00
Wilkes District,( Stokes,
Ashe and Watauga#dis
incis , OjUUU.vU |
The district committee feels
that our part of this cost is a fair
share and that the training our
boy8 in Wilkes county receive
cannot be estimated in dollars.
After all, the only thing you can
make a man out of is a boy, and
certainly all of us want our men
to be outstanding citizens. The
Wilkes district committee is com
posed of the following men:
I.. M. Nelson, Chairman
J. M. Anderson, Vice Chairman
Gordon Pinley, Commissioner
Robert S. Glbbe
C. B. Eller
G. R. Andrews
Cecil Adamson
T. E. Story
' W. D. Halfacre
John Leyshon
Dr. H. B. Smith
John Walker
A. F. Kilby
Paul Osborne ,
J. B. McCoy
J. B. Carter
E. G. Finley
W. C. McNeil
R. M. Brame, Jr.
Rev. H. M. Wellman
Dr. G. R. Combs
Richard Johnston
W. F. Absher
R. I. Moore
Jack SVofford
R. E. Glbbs
P. W. Eshelman
W. K. Sturdivant
Julius C. Hubbard
Carl Bullis
E. F. Gardner
L. G. Critcher
J. A. Johnson
Dr. J. H. McNeill
C. J. Jones
W. Craft
Forrest Jones
P. W. Gregory
Carl VanDteman
Richard Cranar
Shoun Kerbaugh
E. P. Bell.
The finance drive for raising
$4,000.00 to cover the expenses
of the Boy and Girl Scouts ac
tivities in Wilkes county will
start the week of October JOth.
We feel the citizens of our coun
ty will support these most worth
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Blind Case Worker
MISS MILDRED AI/TICB
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New Special Case
Worker For The
Blind Is In Wilkes
Charles C. McNeill, superinten
dent of the Wilkes County Wel
fare Department, announced to
day the appointment of Miss
Mildred Altice, of Rocky Mount,
Virginia, as special case worker
for the blind in Wilkes and ad
joining counties. Miss Altice,
who will have her headquarters
in North Wilkesboro, , replaces
Mrs. Hazel Triplett, who resign
ed October 1, to go to New York
City. Miss Altice will devote two :
days out of each week working |
with the blind and visually han
dicapped in Wilkes county and I
the remainder of her time will]
be spent In Watauga^ Ashe, Attest
ghany, Alexander, and Avery and j
Catawba counties.
Mr. McNeill stated that- Miss;
Altice was well qualified for
work with the blind and visual-!
ly handicapped. To start with, I
she has been blind herself since
she was around seven years of
age and for this reason can bet
ter understand the needs and
problems of the visually handi
capped. She is also well quali
fied from the standpoint of edu
cation and training. She is a
graduate of the Virginia School
for the Blind and received an A.
B. degree from the State Teach
ers College at Farmville, Vir
gniia, in 1946. She has also com
pleted nine months of training in
the School of Social Work at the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. She had several
months work as ^special case
worker ni Cherokee County prior
to assuming her duties here.
Miss Altice is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Altice, of
Rocky Mount, Virginia.
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Musical Programs
Over Station WILX
J. Jay Anderson, musical di
rector of radio station "WILX,
announces the beginning of two
new musical programs to be
broadcast weekly from Station
WILX. "Music of the Masters,"
a half-hour program, featuring
the. music of great musicians,
performed by artists who are at
the top In the musical world,
will be heard each Tuesday eve
ning al 8:30 p. m* On next Tues
day evening, "Music of the Mas
ters" will present the music of
Frederick Chopin.
Thursday night at 8:30 p. m.
the first in a series of programs
built around some central theme
was presented by WILX. The pro
gram to be heard Thursday night
will center around girl's names
as the theme.
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Presbyterians At
Synodical Meeting
First Presbyterian church of
North • Wilkesboro will be well j
represented in the North Caro
Una Synodical in meeting this
week at Durham. .Attending from
here are Mesdames L. M. Nelson,
C. D. Coffey, W. C. Grier and
W. M. Cooper. ,
while causes 100 per cent.
In a later article we will give
you a list tf the various Scout
units in our county with the
namess, of the Scouters and the
[Scout activities.
SUPPORT THE Y. K C. A.
John W.Clay Talks
At Kiwanis Meeting
John W. Clay, widely known
writer and printer, of Winston
Salem, addressed the North Wil
kesboro Klwanls club Friday
noon at Hotel Wilkes.
Dr. E. N. Phillipg was pro
gram chairman and presented
Mr. Clay,, who spoke on "The
Spirit of Adventure." Text of his
interesting address will be pub
lished in a later issue of. The
Journal-Patriot.
President G. T. Mitchell, who
had been absent because of Ill
ness, was back with the club
and presided. He read to the club
an announcement of Fire Pre
vention Week activities ag out
lined by Tom S. Jenrette, secre
tary/manager of the Wilkes
Chamber of Commerce.
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Chicken Supper For
Lewis Fork Baptist
A chicken supper for the ben
efit of the Lewis Fork Baptist
church will be held Friday aft
ernoon and night at Mount Pleas
ant school lunchroom. In addi
tion to the chicken supper there
will be other program features,
including .singing by the North
western Gospel Singers and a
talk by Dr. John T. Wayland,
North Wilkesboro First
pastor. Bveryibody is Invited.
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