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North H vVittTeshoro trading radios df 60 milea* ^ervtap 1*0.000 people tot '? " ?jgfg:- - ' ' ?* ?'? " ? ? ?? ? ~ ~IT?T unoTu wil KESB0R0, N. (X, Monday, January 2, 1950 Vol. ?, No. 75 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKbSBunu, " *? !_ aewshauU of the Wilkeeboros through a you conducted by the Trade Promotion committee of the Wilkes Chamber of Com merce 'here adopted the sche dule of store holidays for 1850. Result of the vote as received by the committee shows that stores will begin Wednesday aft ernoon closing this week, Jan uary 4, and will continue Wed ueeday afternoon closing through Resrember 15. The vote on this plan was 33 "yes" and nine "bo'-', with five expressing pre ference for Wednesday afternoon posing through a shorter period of the year. The vote for closing on Easter Monday was 52 for and nine a gainst. For closing July 4 the vote was 65 fmr to two against. By votfe of 67 to 0 stores and Nlitt business houses will be eMfed on Thanksgiving Day. ? ? . i trn i r? ? % ! Merchants rejected Labor Day closing by TOtf of ?1 to I a gainst closing en that holiday. Closing on New Tear's Day was rejected with 67 against and only nine for closing. Automobile dealers and gar ages will continue their schedule of being open on Wednesday afternoon and closing Saturday afternoon. Wholesalers will be open on Wednesday afternoon, along with feed stores. For the present dry cleaners [will be open on Wednesday aft ernoon but may arrange a half holiday plan later in the year. By vote of 61 to 2 merchants prefer to be closed two days next Christmas, December 25 and 26, which will be Monday and Tuesday. A number of ballot cards mailed out by the committee were not returned. Prominent Business And Leader Died Here Wednesday Night An impressive funeral service waabeld Friday, two p. m., at the First Baptist church here for J. Caroon, 54, who died .Wednesday night following a Wednesday afternoon. ??r. Caroon, active in business life of this community since he esflle here in 1937, had been in I normal health until he was Striken Wednesday, f The service was conducted by the pastor, Rev. Russell L. yFoung assisted by Dr. Gilbert Combs, a former pastor. Bur was in Mount Lawn Memor !? Park north of this city. Active pall bearers were J. P- /H*ttiger, J. Wtr Jk?ft\~ Jr., Franfe Blair, Arthur Venable, F. D. Forester, George Forester and W. F. Ab aher. Honorary pall bearers were: 3. B. Williams, John F. Justice. Vernon Deal, Edwin Duncan, W. D. Halfacre, J. R. Hix, W O. Abrher, L. p. McKinney. A B. Johnston. A. F. Kilby. Glenn Andrews, Q. a. McNeil, James L. Lowe, Carl Buchan, W P Billings, J. R. Barber, R. r Landsberger, J. H. Whicker, W. F. Gaddy,- J. p. Horton, James Piperia, H. L. Moore, W. H H I Waugh, N. S. Forester, Jr., 3am i Ogilvie. Sam Winters, S. L. ^1*' W' B* ?wyn- Dudley HH1, P. L. Cash ion, Watson Brame, J, L. Hauser, W. A. 3r?mvW J. Brame, Maurice , I O. McNiel, J. E. Walk It. T. McNiel, C. C. Faw, 'C. 3r., J. R. Prevette, C\ B. Eller, Bdd F. Gardner, Arlon TrtpIett,.Heo. McT. Miller, G. g. Foster, Hubert Billings, R. M. 'rB' Eshelman, ~ F. Jones. Teogue FuWerol On Friday Lest rttes were held Friday afternoon for Mrs. Mona Wil liams Teegue, wife of Ralph Teague and daughter of E. V ' Williams, of this city. I Mrs, Teague died Thursday morning at the Wilkes hospital. SlH^ had been ill for several days. Mrs. Teague was bom July 14,' 1MI, a daughter of E. V ' WlBiams and the lat' Mrs. Nan cy Osborne Williams. Surviving are. her husband, father, one brother and one sister, T. H Williams, of North Wilkesboro!1 and Mm W. P. Holder, of Char I The funeral service was held' at IWaM^Stnrdlvant chapel with' Hot, Gflhert Osborne and Rev. Clatd BnOwn in charge. Burial ' Bethel Church cemetery Mrs. Shumate Is Claimed By Death; Funeral Tuesday Funeral service will be held Tuesday, two p. m., at Flint Hill church near this city for Mrs. Lola S Shumate, 28, wife of Clifford Shumate. She died Sun day afternoon at the hospital here. Surviving Mrs. Shumate are her husband, two sons, Frank and Fred Shumate; father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. L. H Stone; six sisters and four broth ers: Mrs. W. W. Rhodes. Mrs. Jones Church, Mrs. Clarence An derson, Mrs. Olen Rhodes, all of North Wilkesboro; Mrs. John Smith, of Winston-Salem; Mrs. Paul Murphy, of Fayettvllle; Paul, "Walter, Shirley and Claude Stone, all of North Wilkesboro. Rev. A- B. Hayes. Rev. Ernest Blevins and Rev. Charlie Rich ardson will conduct the service. Patty Carter Winner Grange Essay Contest Patty Carter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Carter, of Route 1, Lenoir, N. C., was re cently selected first place win ner of the annual North Car olina Grange essay contest. Patty competed in the con test for children between ten and fourteen years of age and wrote about the subject "My Home, Benefits Received and Benefits Desired." Shelley Wal ston, member of the Gardners Juvenile Grnage was winner of the five through ten age group. Patty, age twelve, is a mem ber of the Ferguson Juvenile Grange of Wilkes county. New Chrysler To Be Shown Jan. 5 The beautiful new Chrysler automobiles for 1950 will be on display Thursday, January 5, at Motor Services Sales company on Ninth street in North Wil kesboro. "Excitingly, dramatically and differently new" is the descrip jtion fitted to the 1950 Chrysler models to go on display Thus day and they are termed "The Beauty Surprise of the year." From front to rear the new Chrysler models were styled to [ give new long, low streamlined look. The cars have newly mod eled Interiors featuring nylon fabrics and maximum comfort. Nineteen new body styles are available. Fifteen standard body colors and four special colors are available, nine of them en tirely new. | The new models have so many new features that space does not permit listing them all, but Motor Service Sales company cordially invites the public to see the new cars here Thursday and get first hand information. ANNOUNCED IK I HOME DECORATION CONTEST Junior Chamber of today announced win ners of the Christmas Home Decoration Contest. annually sponsored in Wilkes by the Jay The Judging committee re ported that Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Prevtette, aii tm ? WS*ttnt prise of fifteen dollars; _ m Dwononz, 01 iron second iprize of ten dollars; and third prize of fire dollars went to Mrs. Dewey Turner, of Cricket. The committee also reported that judging was a difficult task, because of the many and varied displays is the WUkeeboros and along highways leading into the towns. There were mere and prettier displays than daring any previous holiday season. Pardue Brothers Buy MiH?r Property Hubert and ^Ray Pardue pur chased the D. W. Miller property opposite the Wilkes Hosiery Mills company at the recent sale of the property. Ray Pardue purchased the cafe builStng, in which he has been operating a cafe for some time, and Hubert bought the store building. The sale was conducted by Williams and Clark Land Auction company, of which P. E. Dancy is local selling agent. Blue Ridge Loop To Meet January 8th The 1950 status of the Blue Ridge League will probably be determined on January S when members of the loop will con vene at a special meeting called by President John Spiers. The Bluemont Hotel in Galax, '? Va., will be the scene of the meeting. All of the clubs are expected to announce their intentions to-1 wards fielding a club this season at this meeting and other rou tine business will be attended to. The league will also determine the brand bfweball it will use this season. January 15 Is Closing Date Of PMA Application It was announced today by Lawrence Miller, chairman of the "Wilkes County PMA com mittee, that information has been received from the state PMA committee at Raleigh that January 15, 1950, would be the last day to sign performance re ports for cash payments on the 1949 program. G. T. Scott, state PMA direc tor, says in regard to this mat ter that "Each county should take the required action to see that public notice of the January 15th, closing date is given." Mr. Miller further stated that there are about 25 farmers in Wilkes county who have not made their reports and that this matter should be attended to immediately. New Oldsmobiles To Be Shown 4th B. & L. Motors, local Oldsmo bile and Cadillac dealers, will show the new 19 50 Oldsmobiles at their showrooms on D street Wednesday, January 4. ''? * ? Oldsmobile manufacturers 4e* "scribe fKeir new * models a?' "Rocketing into the Futuramlc! Fifties" with three excitingly! new cars, 98, 88 and 76. New styling, wider, roomier,: increased visability and cushion-! ed comfort of the airborne ride are included in the new features, j With the showing of the new j models Oldsmobile announces] new lower prices on the new rocket engine 8 8, made possible! by growing popularity and in creased volume of sales. B. & Ij. Motors cordially in vites everyone to see the new Oldsmobiles Thursday or at their earliest convenience. _ ? i SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A.; 1949 Good Year For Wilkesboro Building;, Loan Wilkesboro Building and Loan Association in 1949 enjoyed one of its most prosperous years, re port of Wm. A. Stroud, secre tary-treasurer, to the stockhold ers in annual meeting showed. The association ended the year with assets well over the half million mark, which is a substan tial increase over former years. During the year the association had a heavy volume of business in loans, providing capital for building, purchase and remodel ing of many homes. All directors of the association were re-elected as follows: Wil liam C. Gray, Charles McNeill. B. J. Kennedy, Charlie Howard, William C. Preya^e, Wm. A. Stroud, George D. Kennedy, Wm. T. Long, Tyre Bumgarner, R. B. Pharr, 0. K. Whittington, Edward Mclntire. Directors in meeting following the stockholders meeting re elected all officers: Charles Mc Neill, president; George Ken nedy, vice president; Wm. A. Stroud, secretary-treasurer; ,1. R. Henderson, attorney. Mr. McNeill, who is superin tendent of the Wilkes Welfare Department and active in civic life of the community, became president-jOfYiwsfcriailtm-5 fbl^ 1-oWing the death pf J. H. John son in the latter part of the year 1 947. o "Emphasis on the absolute truth in the business world is necessary at all time," Averell Broughton, of New York, pre3i-| dent of the Public Relation So ciety of America, told delegates to the Mid-South Institute of Public Relations which met re cently in Memphis. "A quality of moral integrity must be as sociated with public relations if public relations is going to have j stature and weight. The thing that distresses me today is to run into business men who are tricky, grasping and shifty. JAYCEES SPONSOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD YOUNG MAN YEAR Wilkes Junior Chamber of j Commerce is again sponsoring the distinguished service award for the "outstanding young man of 1949." Selection will be made from entries made by anyone wishing to make a nomination. For the convenience of the public a com plete nomination blank is pro duced below, or additional copies j may be secured from Tom Jen rette at the Wilkes Chamber of ? Commerce office, which is also serving as the receiving point, for all entries. " 1. Name of Nominee Date of ? Birth 2. Address 3. Sponsor ? 4. Achievements and Nature of Service: (List and explain in | detail the achievements, nature of service, nature of participa tion and leadership of nominee, [bearing In mind that judging! will be on the following basis: contribution to community and state welfare and betterment; participation in all-around com munity and state activities and civic enterprises; evidence of lasting contribution to commun ity and state welfare; evidence of leadership ability; success in own vocation and personal and business progress; cooperation with individuals and civic or ganizations. Signed ? _ Address Rules 1. Award will be conferred for achievements, leadership and service to community during calendar year of 1949. The a ward la for direct,, outstanding service and has no relation to Junior Chamber of Commerce membership. Nominee need not be a member at a Junior Cham ber of Commerce. % ? ? > >" -jf > ~t 2. Nominee must be at least 21 years of age, and muat not have attained his 36th birthday before January 1, 1950. 3. All nominations must be received by Jaycee DSA Com mittee prior to midnight, Jan uary 15. 1951). Address nomina ' tions to: jm Tom Jenrette, Wilkes Chamber of Commerce, North Wilkesboro, N. C. 1 4. lite Judging Committee , will be composed of citlsens of the community or state who are now over the age of 35. . . ...... Rev. Sam Moss Speaker Friday Kiwanis Meeting Club Has Interesting Meet ing Friday Noon at Ho tel Wilkes Here North Wilkesboro Kiwanis club held an Interesting meet ing, which was featured by an inspiring program, Friday noon at Hotel Wilkes. In the business session pre-1 ceding the program President W. H. McElwee appointed a com mittee composed of J. B. Wil liams, A. C. Venable and Dr. John T. Wayland to write reso lution relative to the death of W. J. Caroon, who died Wed nesday. Because of the request that no flowers he sent to the Caroon funeral, the club voted to send a donation to the Orphanage maintained by the Shriners, of which Kiwanian Caroon was a member. Sam Winters made a report of the trip he made to the In ternational Convention and lef* with the secretary literature he received there. Dr. J. H. .McNeill made a brief oral report concerning the re cent seal sale, which was in charge of Mrs. McNeill, and ex pressed appreciation to the mem bers for their loyal support of the sale and also for the support that has been given to the fur ther progress of the Tubercu losis Hospital here. Program Chairman Robert Gibbs asked Joe Edwards, Scout Executive, to introduce h i s Sam Moss, pastor or file First Methodist church, of Boone. Rev. Mr. Moss made a fine talk on the subject, "The Present Challenge.'' He says It is a human challenge. It is the challenge to win our youth to high and worthy ends. It is ever a new challenge because there is a new crop of youth each year. Religion is its motivation; our example sets it forth. Its val ues are simple, few, hut ever im portant. It is moral. Man is the geatest created value. There is a place in life for every young person and in his chosen place he should be challenged to attain the best. Life is a continuous gowing ex perience. Our job as adults is to challenge the youth to find out those things which have not yet been discovered o: to do those things that are known bet ter. Guests Friday were: John E. Justice, III, and Mr. Sutton with John E. Justice, Jr.; Dick Cham berlain with Dr. A. C. Cham berlain; W. R. Laxton with Paul Vestal; W. E. Moore and E. C. Wallenboyer with E. G. Finley; Dr. Gilbert R. Combs with W. D. Halfacre. Mother Of Rev. W A. Eichelberger Posses Mrs. Lila A. Eichelberger, mother of Rev. W. A. Eichel berger of the Brushy Mountains, died at the Albemarle Hospital Dec. 2 6th. She had come from her home at Jacksonville, Fla., for the Christmas season. She was burled at Portsmouth, Ohio. The following children survive, W. A^ Eichelberger, Mrs. Ged die B. Strickland, of Albemarle, and Miss Pearl V. Eichelberger. of Jacksonville, Fla. o SUPPORT THE Y. M C. A Ralph Edmiston To Head Ferguson Grange Youth 1950 Ralph Edmiston, of Boomer, was elected president of the Fer guson Grange Youth Organisa tion in a meeting Dec. 6. The other officers elected were: vice president, Doyle Walsh: secre tary, Betty Ferguson; teasurer, Irene Hayes: Executive Commit tee, chairman, Hill Carter, Sue Walsh and John Andrew Shep herd. The group named Miss Martha Miller as advisor. Members from the Ferguson Grange Youth organization who attended the North Carolina Grange Youth Conference in Hillsboro, Dec. 31-Jan. 1, were Hill Carter, Patty Carter, Ralph Edmiston, Betty Ferguson, Edith Marie Ferguson, Carolina Fergu son, Betty Minton, John Andrew Shepherd, and Sponsors Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Ferguson. Many To Attend Dairy, Poultry Schools In City Dairy School Wednesday And Poultry School Thursday, City Hall By J. P. CHOPLTN (County Agent) Dairy and poultry schools will be conducted at the North Wil 1 kesboro Town Hall on Wednes j day and Thursday, January 4 and 5 for the benefit of all farm j ers in Wilkes county who are interested in getting the latest and v best- information available on these two farm enterprises. Both meetings will start at ,10:00 a. m., and will continu* until 3:00 p. m. : The daiiy school will be held on Wednesday. John A. Arey, head of the Dairy Extension De partment at N. C. State College , will lead the staff of instructors i for this school. C. E. Clark will I give the "Agricultural Outlook 'for 1950'': J. F. Brown. "Pro duction of Quality Milk"; N. S Carlton, will discuss the "Care I of Milking Machines," and other dairy equipment; S. H. Dobson will discuss the "Production of \ Hay and Pastures"; and Mr 1 Arey will discuss "Dairy Herd Management." The poultry school will he held on Thursday. C. F. Par rish. head of the Poulty Exten I sion Department at N. C. State ! College, will lead the poultry I staff and discuss "Trends in | Broiler production." W. G. An drews will discuss "Laving Flock J Management''; T. B. Morris will : discuss the "Production and Handling of High Quality Eggs". | Dr. R. S. Dearstyne will discuss 1 the "Prevention of Poultry Di J seases" and Dr. E. R. Collins I will discuss the "poduction of | Corn and Small Grain for Poul try Feeding." The Farm Agents have plann ed this meeting with the State College staff mentioned above for the benefit of the farmers in Wilkes county who are-inter ! ested in these two main sources I of income. The Home Demon stration Agents are inviting all Home Demonstration Club mem-j bers who are interested to at-j tend these two schools. Lester Eller and Emory Tuck er, both of Tuckerdale, Ashe county, have decided to go into the purebred sheep business. They will raise Southdowns. Wingler Case Is Going To Snpreisie Court; Test Case if Appeal Being Made On Judge's Action In Turn ing Woman Loose Question of the legality of North Wilkesboro mayor's court is headed for the North Carolina Supreme Court as an outgrowth of the Grace Hayes Wingler case, it was learned here today. Mrs Wingler was convicted In city court here on charges of operating a disorderly house where prostitution was practic ed, She was sentenced by Mayor R. T. McNiel to two years In jail Her case was heard before Mayor McNiel without a jury. She gave notice of appeal and was at liberty under bond pend ing trial in the superior court. Later she was surrendered by her bondsman to the Wilkes county jail. Simultaneously Mrs. Wingler, through her attorney, W. H McElwee, obtained a writ of habeas corpus and the hearing was held before Judge Justice C. Rudisill at Newton. The petition asked that the writ be granted and that she go at liberty on the grounds that she was imprisoned unlawfully. The petition set out that Mayor McNiel under the present law is without power tc preside over the court and that the trial, con viction and sentence of Mrs. Wingler were not lawful. Judge Rudisill granted the writ of habeas corpus and Mrs. Wingler was released from jail and from bond. However, she ha? slaw been indicted in the ~ superior court of Wilkes coun ty on the same charges. The North "Wilkesboro may or's court was created by legis lative act in 1913. But the act was amended by the legislature In 1949 session, when a new act was passed, set ting forth that the mayor could | not he judge of the court and that the judge, who could not hold any elecive office, was to be appointed by the city board of commissioners. The 1949 act also stipulated that the judge and other offi cials of the court be paid salaries and were not to receive fees. The mayor's court salaries und er the old act had consisted or fees collected when costs were paid by convicted defendants. The 1949 act provided that the court under the new law he set up in May. 194 9 Acting on advice that the 1949 act may be unconstitution al. the board of city commission ers and mayor here chose not to operate the court as provided in the 1949 act. legality of which has never been decided by the Supreme court Attorney General Harry Mc Mullan has said he will join with local officials in requesting an early hearing of the Wingler case before the Supreme court on a writ of certiorari, which would send all records in the case, with an agreed statement of facts, to the high court. The agreed statements of fact gives the present status of the court, and also provisions of the 1949 act. This statement sets out that the mayor draws compen sation as judge from court costs paid only if the defendant is con victed and taxed with costs. In the Wingler case no costs were paid because the judgment was a prison sentence. As of December 1 this year the clerk of the mayor's court. W. P. Kelly, was placed on a salary as city clerk and treas urer and as clerk of the court. Previously he had been paid a salary as city clerk and had re ceived compensaiton aa clerk of mayor's eourt from court costa taxed defendants by the court. Coon Hunters To Meet Friday Ni9lit Wilkes Coon Hunters ~club j will meet Friday, January 9, eight p. m? at the Wilkes court house. All ptembers interested in securing coons for stocking pur poses are urged to attend. MS Sup? IMPORTANT NOTICE TO THE -PATRIOT SUBSCRIBERS : ? On January 1 many subscriptions to The Journ al-Patriot expired. During the December rush it was not practical to mail out letters to subscribers whose subscriptions were to expire January 1, and this notice is being printed to remind fll whose subscrip tions expired January 1 to renew now. Subscriptions which expired January 1 will be discontinued on Friday, January 6, at which time all subscriptions with date of 1-50 will be removed from the mailing list. Payment of renewal before that date wfll assure subscribers that they will not which atriot. Prompt
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