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Published Mondays and Thursdays kes Y. M. C. A. is raisa building ftind for the ion of a modern Y. M . plant. Support it owcnr ! v North ^%ilkesboro has m y " trading radius of 50 miles, (.|. -a, , ric^.A- f WIS- vJ i serving 100,000 people in The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 41 Years Northw«tern Carolina. : — i—__ _ NORTH WU-KESB0R0, N. C„ Thursday, Nov. 27, 1947 Makt North Wilkesboro Your Shmmhio By P. B. HAVERGAL Thanks be to God! to whom earth owes The heath-clad hill, the vale's repose, Streamlet and seas. The snowdrop and the summer rose, The many-voiced trees, _ ' i 1 Thanks for the darkness that.reveals Night's starry dower; And tor the sable cloud that heals •ed flower; less and Thy power. Thanks for the sweetly-lingering Local Churches Planning Services For Thanksgiving Special Thanksgiving services are planned for churches in North Wilkeeboro and many churches of rural communities in Wilkas on Thanksgiving Day. The First Baptist and First Methodist congregations will unite In a Thanksgiving service to be held In the First Methodist church Thursday morning, ten o'clock. Dr. John T. Wayland, pastor of the First Baptist, will deliver the Thanksgiving message and there will be music by the combined choirs of both churches. The First Presbyterian church here will also have a service at ten a. m. Thursday. The pastor, Rev. Watt M. Cooper, will speak on the subject of "Our Spiritual Harvest." The annual offering for Barium Springs Orphanage will be received at the service. Stewardship Revival For Boiling Springs Rev. A. W. Eller, pastor, has announced that a stewardship revival will be held at Boiling Springs Baptist church, beginning Sunday night, November 30, and - continuing with services at seven p. m. throughout the week. Rev. J. C. Pipes, a Baptist state missionary, will lead the services. All are cordially invited to attend. Sunshine and breeze. rushing storm that o might In music's tone; For pathB of knowledge, -whose calm light Is all thine own; For thoughts that at the Infinite Fold their bright wings alone. Yet thanks that silence oft may flow In dewlike tore; Thanks for the mysteries that show , How small oar lore; Thanks that we here so little know And truBt Thee all the more! Thanks tor the gladness that entwines v Our path below; Bach sunrise that incarnadines Flood Control Men In Winston-Salem John E. Justice, Jr., chairman af the Yadkin Valley Flood Control committee; Tom 8. Jenrette, secretary-manager of the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce; end Marton Allen, SI kin attorney and member of the Flood Control committee, were in Winston-dalem today in a conference with Chamber of Commerce officials Bind their agricultural committee. The Flood Control committee is expanding membership to include all who want a complete program of flood control in the Yadkin valley from headwaters jf the river to Georgetown, S. 3. _ 0 Tomlinson Rites Held at Summit - .--rFuneral service was held Tueslay at Yellow Hill ftaptlst church lor Mrs. Mary Jane Owens Tomlinson, 73, resident of the Summit community who died Moniay. Rev. Levi Green conducted :he last rites. Surviving Mrs. Tomlinson are one son, Frank Tomlinson, of Summit, and one daughter, Mrs. W. J. Miller, of Cedar Springs, V'a. . ■ O Southern Echo 4 At Fairplains Baptist The Southern Echo Quartet will sing at Fairplains Baptist shurch Sunday night, November 30, 7:30 o'clock. Everybody is Invited. THE PEOTLE OF WILKES COMITY b, ARE THE SUIT OF THE EARTH By JOHN R. JONES On Monday afternoon, November 17, 1947, the home of Glenn • Eller, together with all its contents, was completely destroyed by fire. The only thing, he has left is a wife and baby, both seriously ill, and six other children ' and a few acres of poor land. Mrs. Eller was ill in bed and she ) ran out of the house without time to even get her shoes, carrying her sick baby. Mr. Eller has had to spend considerable 1, money having his wife treated and he too has to have an operation on his back by reason of some complication. These people are among the ; very best people in Wilkes county. They have worked hard all their slives. Before Mrs. Eller became*M she was constantly ads'" ministering to the sick and needy and those in distress, notwithx standing she had seven children to care for. She was President of the Ladies Aid of Baptist Home church for a number of years. r The community would not IV have been forced to call for outI side help, but recently we have ■ had to repair our lodge hall and | community house and a number K of our good peopla have pledged i considerable amounts to the ■| building of a new church, but ■' the Church, the Ladles Aid 80■ ctety and the Odd Fellowg will I' do all in their power to relieve R the distressing situation. M I have approached a number II 4#fcople for oontrlbuatlons and I wnft the exception of one inI • stance not a single man has hesiI tated a moment to make a donation. I wish I could relate the [' good thing! the people have said jt1 when making a contribution. i One man said it was a pleasure | and another said it Wae a Joy, and still another said it was a' privilege. One woman who is Just recovering from an operation called in her Sunday school class and they contributed generously. The little children are anxious to help. It is trne we have a few people in Wilkes county who do not obey the law, 'but the greater majority of the people are the salt of the earth and I am glad I live here. iMr. Eller lost fc good home and it ig our intention to help him build - another home. >He and his wife are good citizens and we cannot^afford to I retard the fine services they are rendering to our community. | Mr. EUler wanted me to write and thank the people who .have contributed, but we do not know all the people and I am taking this opportunity to extend to you our deepest appreciation. I am proud of the people of Wilkes oounty, I am proud Of the progress they are making, bnt the most of all I am proud that we have men and women with great hearts, souls and minds who are generous and ever ready to help those in distress and need. There has 'been a great many uncomplimentary things said about Wilkes county in the press and otherwise, but this is by reason, of the fact that they do not recognise that ninety per cent of our people are the very best and finest people you will find anywhere. I want to asure each of yon who haye contributed in any way, that Mr. and Mrs. Eller are deeply gratefrfl for your generosity and kindness in this their hour of distress. The cold, still snow; Thanks for the light of love which Bhlnes With brightest earthly glow. Thanks for Thine own thriceblessed Word, And Sabbath rest; \ Tfranks for the hope of. glory stored In mansions blest; Thanks for the Spirit's comfort _ poured , Into the trembling breast. Thanks, more thanks, to Him ascend, Who died to win Our life, and ©very trophy rend Prom Death and Sin;. Till, when the thanks of earth : shaJl end, The thanks of Heaven begin. Boys Selected To Attend Forestry Field Day Dec. 5 By JOHN E. FORD (Farm Forester) This past -week five boys from each of the ten high schools in Wilkes County were elected to attend a Forestry field day sponsored jointly by the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce and the Agricultural Extension Service. The !boys were selected by means of a forestry quiz held in the various schools. By means of this quiz those boys who were most interested in Forestry and were in a position to practice forestry in their own woods were chosen. Any boy 14 yeara and older who wished to take the quiz did so. The Forestry field day will be held in a local woodlands Friday/ December 5, where the boys will have an opportunity to learn something of timber scaling and estimating, thinning and improving stands of timber, planting forest trees and managing various types of timber. The boys will also receive instructions in filing and using the Swedish iboy saw by Mr. Ralph Elliot of the Sandvik Saw Company. Mr. Elliot was with us at last year's field day. New features added to this years program will be Mr. Ed Mecks of the AtSins Saw Company who will demonstrate the use and care of the crosg cut saw and we also expect to have a representative of the Plumb Ax Company who will give the boys instructions in the correct safe use of the ax. Forestry Instructions will be given the boys by foresters from the North Carolina Extension Service and from the United States Forest Service. The boys selected to attend this Forestry field day and the schools from which they have been selected are as follows: Ferguson School: Rufus Barlow, Billy Church, Billy Brookshire, Arnell West, Edward Triplets and Billy Edminston. Millers Greek School: Hobert Osborne, Ronald Englebert, Beechel Snider, Tommy Church, and George S. Bumgarner. Mountain View School: Kenneth Blevlns, Glenn Wiles, Milo Whitley, Bobby Blevins, and Tommy Chipman. Mount Pleasant School: Fredrick C. Jones, Edwin McGee, Clyde Foster, Jim MoGee', Paige Foster, and Alvin Elledge. Mulberry SchooT: Iredell Brown, Clyde Wagoner, Dale Jennings, Ardale Sheets and Paul Norman. North Wilkesboro: Fred Finley, Jr., Paul Stamper, Junior Haynes, B.. G. Wyatt, and Lewis Nelson, Jr. Roaring River: Bill Sparks, Carl Howard, Earl K. Wiles, Claudfc Shew, and Clarence Byrd. Ronda School: Ray W. Johneon, Robert B. Webster, Charles iA.. Gilliam, Shirley Blackburn, and Ralph Gray. Traphill School: Junior Spicer, Baxter Gentry, Gilbert Wagoner, iHadley Cothren and Buford ,Billings. Wilkesboro School: Marvin Ashley, P. M. Curry, Olate Mathis, Jimmy Bentley and Dean Edwards. • AU Day Service An all-day service will be held at Fairplains Church of God Sunday, November 80, 'beginning at ten a. » H. C. Peek will direct the service and everybody is invited to attend. Double Funeral Bowers Cousins Set For Sunday Rites Fop Two War Dead To Be Held At Piney Grove Church Sunday Funeral service for Pfc. Kimp Odelt Bowers and Pfc. Edgar D. Bowers, double first cousins who resided in the Moxley community and who were killed in action in* Germany, will be held Sunday, 11 a,, m., at Piney Grove church. Rev. L. E. Sparks, Rev. Arthur Gaillfeill and Rev. Troy Blevins will conduct the double service. ' A military detachment will conduct military rites at the graves. Pfc. Kiirip Qdell Bowers was born in Wilkes oounty April 5, 1925, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Millard L. Bowers. He entered the army January, 26, 1944, trained at Fort MoClellan, Ala., and Fort George G. Meade, Md., and went overseas in July, 1944. He was killed by enemy shell fire in western Germany November 18, 1944, while serving with the first infantry division. Surviving in addition to his parents are six brotherB and four sisters: Old Bowers, Statesville; Lester Bowers, Hays; Johnsle Bowers, Baltimore, Md.; Van Bowers, Winston-Salem; M. L. Bowers, North Wilkesboro; BunBowers, Moxley; Mrs. S. V. Walkjer, North Wilkesboro; Mrs. WllI lie Freeman, Winston-Salem; ' Mrs. Edward Scheneider, Baltimore, Md.; Mrs. Dale Gambill, Moxley. | Pfc. Edgar D. Bowers was a I son of Mrs. Fannie Bowers, and I the late Tyra Bowers, of Moxley. He entered the army in November, 1943, was assigned to the 18th infantry and was killed January iiyJJtAS, at , But genBach, Germany; Sttnbers of his family surviving are his mother and the following brothers and sisters; Ray and Earl Bowers and Mrs. H. "M. Wad dell, of Moxley; Mrs. J. T. Walker, Lomax. The cousins were boyhood pals and had spent much time 1 together. O Walter Frankoff Is Navy Recruiter Chief Walter Frankoff i8 the navy recruiter for the North Wilkesboro area, succeeding Chief R. L. Hogard, who has been transferred to the Winston-Salem office. Chief Frankoff will be at the V. F. W. hall on C street each Monday and Tuesday to interview young men interested in enlisting In the navy. During the remainder of the week he will be in Elkin and Yadkinvllle. o Singing On Sunday At Welcome-Home The Blue Ridge Singing convention will convene at Welcome Home Baptist church four miles west of this city on Sunday, November 30, beginning at one p. m., according to announcement by T. A. Bller, chairman. All singers are Invited to participate. I o Miss Dicie Roberts 7 Funerol On Friday Elkln.—(Funeral services for Miss Dicle Roberts, 70,"who died Wednesday night at her suburban home were held at 11 a. m. Friday at Pleasant Hill Bpatist church by Rev. David W. Daye and Rev. Howard J. Ford. Burial was in the church cemetery. She waB a daughter of' Thomas and Sallie Riddle, Roberts, who died many year9 ago. She was a member of the First Baptist church of Elkln. Surviving a're two sisters and four brothers, Mrs. Nelia Holbrook, Elkln, Mrs. James, faolbrook, Asheboro, George Roberts, Dobson, Willie Roberts, Boonville, Randall Roberts, Lexington, and 54 nieces and nephews. »r? —O ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH Rev. B. M. LACKEY, Rector There will ibe a celebration of the Holy Communion and sermon in St. Paul's Episcopal church Sunday morning, Nov. 30th, at 11 o'clock, at which time the Rev. J. Norton Atkins, of Shulls Mills, will preach In absence of the rector. A cordial invitation Is extended to everyone to attend. ~ Funeral Thursday runenu service iur nc. Warren P. McHone, of North Wllkesboro, who was killed In action In Europe, will be held Thursday, two1 p. m., at Hinshaw Street Baptist church In North Wllkesboro. Interment will be In Mount Lawn Memorial Parte. Pfc. McHone died March . 3, 1945, of wounds received two days earlier. He Is survived by his father, Roby McHone, of Wllkesboro, - his wife and a number of brothers abd sisters. Lerch, Vardell Concert In City Well Received On Tuesday evening, November 18, the Music Lovers of North Wllkesboro were given a rare treat when the Junior Woman's Cl^b presented James Leroh and Charles Vardell' In a violin and piano recital. Mr. Lerch Is a fine violinist, and delighted his audience with his beautiful playing. Mr. Vardell has ibeen heard often by many of our people always with genuine pleasure. He is an accomplished pianist, and organist, and one of North Carolina's foremost composers. The splendid musicianship of both artists was evident throughout the program, particularly so in the first number, The Mozart Sonota in C Major, which they played with clarity, delicacy and beautiful phrasing. The second movement of this sonotos, the Andante Sostenuto, was played most artistically, Mr. Vardell's tone quality being especially beautiful. Mr. Lerch's violin solo, the brilliant Campanella by Paganini, gave ample proof of his technical ability, and ,wa8 thoroughly enjoyed 'by the audience, as was Mr. Vardell's solo, the lovely 1 Ohopin Ballade in A Flat Major. His fine piano technique and artistic interpretation of this beautiful number gave great pleasure to all who heard him. Contrasting sharply with the classic Mozart Sonata, was the last number on the program, the Cesar Frauck Sonata, whioh wag given a brilliant performance by both musicians and brought the program to . a magnificent climax. The people of out community are truly Indebted to the Junior Woman's Club for bringing these splendid musicians here, and all thank them for this beautiful recital. Directors 'Teen ' Center to Meet Directors of the Wilkes 'Teen Age Center will meet Monday, seven p. m., In the office of the Wilkes ChAmber of Commerce to plan early re-opening of the center. • Questionnaires were filled out by 700 high school students of the Wllkesboros relative too what type of recreation is needed and desired by youth and the information gained trom the papers by the students will be the basis for activities when the center is re-opened. "" ir '——— Legion Sponsoring B.ig Square Dance Wilkes poet of the American Legion will sponsor another square dance at the Legion clubhouse Saturday night, eight o'clock, for the Legion Junior baseball fund. Jim Golden and his Carolina PalB will furnish music. All are Invited. - . ■ „ - ORDER OF PARADE AND PROGRAM OF EVENTS PLANNED FOR FRIDAY « SANTA CLATJ8 ARRIVAL—Santa Claus will arrive by plane and will be carried from airport to parade formation on E street between Tenth, and Ninth streets at tena. m. ASSEMBLY OF PARADE-»-All who are to take part in parade are asked to report at parade formation block on E street at ten a. m. Carlyle Ingle will'be parade marshall. ORDER OF PARADE!—Color bearers, men on horseback, North Wilkesboro and Wilkesboro officials, county commissioners, high school band, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, 4-H club members, veterans, sound car, fire truck carrying Santa Claus and beauty queen from each high school in county. LINE OF MARCH—E to D over Ninth jstreet; Ninth to Tenth over D street; D to B over Tenth street; Tenth to Sixth over B street; via Memorial Park to Midway and through Wilkesboro to Cherry street. PARADE STOPS—Parade will stop at North Wilkesboro city hall where Santa will get key to homes and speak to children, distributing free candy; second stop at courthouse in Wilkesboro, where Santa will get another key and give more free candy. FREE MOVIE TO PARTICIPANTS—The Liberty Theatre will present each participant of high school age in thp parade with a free movie ticket. STREETS CLEARED OF CARS—No parking will be allowed on Tenth street between B and D and on B street between Seventh and Tenth Friday morning until after the parade. _ FREE PARKING—Parking meters will not be in use in North Wilkesboro from nine a. m. until 12 noon Friday. Mrs. Eddinger Is Back From Europe Mrs. Alice Eddinger has returned to her home here from a most enjoyable tour in France, Switzerland and Italy, during which she spent some time with h#r aons, Maurice Eddinger, administrative assistant to the XL S. Embassy in Moscow, and Phm2c Charles Eddinger, whom she visited while he had five dayB shore leave in Naples. Mrs. Eddinger was met in Paris by Maurice, who was on vacation and he accompanied her to Geneva and Bern, Switzerland, Rome, Vatican City, Naples and many other points of lnter&t. o Jos. Walter Parsons Rites Held Sunday Funeral service was held Sunday at Pleaant Grove Baptist church for James Walter Parsons, 67, well known citizen of Reddles River township who died Friday. Rev. Ed Hayes ana Rev. L. B. Murray conducted the last rites. Mr. Parsons is survived by his wife, Mrs. AnniQ Parsons, and the following sons and daughters: Rhudy, Ocie, George, Jay, Hazel and Ina Parsons, Buck; Mrs. Dave Summerlin, Purlear; Mrs. Frank Gam bill, Cricket; Mrs. Warren Staley, North Wilkesboro. o Support the Y. M. C. A. P.-T. A. Has Good | Meeting Thursday Featured by a large attendance and a good program, the North Wllkesboro Parent-Teacher Asso- * ciation held a successful meeting Thursday night. ■ Subject of the open forum was "The Parent, Teacher and Student Look at Each Other." Representing parents was Mrs. T. A. Flnley. Robert Oibbs was the student and Miss Mary Speer the teacher. Attendance prizes went to Miss Myra Sale's and Mrs. Pearson's roams. Following the program there was an inspection of the school library and the newly furnished teachers' lounge. All firms who contributed to this project, which was handled by a committee headed by Mrs. C. B. Lomax, were thanked for their help. Mrs. C. A. Venable, president, presided. It was reported that P.T. A. enrollment ihas reached 433, which Ifl more than 100 over last year's figure. o Circle to Have Bazaar Dec. 5th The Pearl White Circle of the Wllkesboro Methodist church Is sponsoring a bazaar and food sale at the Community House In Wllkesboro on Friday afternoon, December the fifth. Many attractive and useful articles will be on sale and the public is cordially invited to attend.