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Outstanding Valued Are Offered During Dollar Days our cm THE JOURNAL-PATRIOT North Wilkeaboro has a radius of 60 nflea I'M),000 people it western Carolina _ Journol-Potriot Hos Blcjzed the Trail of Progress In the "'State of Wilkes" For Over 43 Years SECTION ONE 16 PAGES Vol. No. 43. No. 86 Published Mondays and Thursday NORTH WILKESBORO. N. C.. Thursday. February ifi. 1950 Make North Wilkesboro Your ShooDino Center STORES READY WITH EXCITING VALBES FOR DOLLAR DAYS ON | FRIDAY AND SATURDAY HERE Merchants ot the Wilkesboros today were patting the finishing touches on preparations for Dol lar Days, aeml-annnal event here, which will be staged Friday and Saturday this week. Sponsored by the Trade Promo tion committee of the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce, Dollar Days this time will be an event that can mean substantial sav ings to people of northwestern North Carolina. Dollar Days are a community wide event, with many stores representing various lines of mer chandise participating. For Dollar Days merchants are offering many special values for onlvone dollar. In numerous in gfajpfeee groups of small items are OTfered for one dollar, and for larger items there are reductions of many dollars. Buying power of the dollar will hare a phenomlnal Increase Fri day and Saturday of this week and the Dollar Days are expected to attract many people to the Wilkeaboros from all parts of Wilkes and from adjacent coun ties in northwestern North Caro lina. First Dollar Days events spon sored by the Trade Promotion committee was held last August, and was very successful in that customers were more than pleas ed with the values offered. For Dollar Days Friday and Saturday of this week merchants of this community are offering greater values than in the event last August. Quality of merchan dise offered is very definitely su perior and prices are lower. HCEA Leadership Conference Held Here On Tuesday A Leadership Conference of the North Carolina Education Asso ciation was held In the North Wilkesboro school auditorium on Tuesday, February 14. Miss Rosa lee Andrews, th? NCEA field rep resentative from Raleigh, was in troduced by Mrs. Floyd Wood ward, president of the North Wilkesboro unit. Miss Andrews led the discus sions on such topics as "Federal Aid to Education'', "Social Secu rity Legislation", "Constitutional Amendments", "Prbfessional Ser vices" and '.Public Relations". ! This was the 14th meeting of this kind to be held in North Carolina of which two were spec ial ease for Jackson Training school and the school for the blind at Morgan ton. Out of these 14 meetings, 119 NCEA units have been invited and 113 have been represented, or about 95 per cent. Of the eight units invited to this meeting, all were represented except Alleghany due to heavy fog in the mountains. The units represented were as follows: Ap palachian State Teachers College, Ashe county, Caldwell county, Watauga county, Wilkes county, Lenoir and North Wilkesboro units. A delicious meal was served by the junior class of North Wilkes 4* the school cafeteria at v o'cMlt. Everyone introduced himself at this time and stated the school represented. o 7 .Hospital Births During the past week the fol lowing births were recorded at the Wilkes hospital: son, Freddie Dean. February 8, to Mr. and Mrs. Asbury Cornelius Ballard, of North Wilkesboro; son, James Alfred, February 9, to Mr. and Mrs. C. Arthur Vtmable, of North tyilkeeboro^ son, Tracy Monroe, February 9? to Mr, and Mrs. Vir gil Ray Handy, of Halls Mills; daughter, Nancy Carolyn, Febru ary 10, to Mr, and Mrs. Lester V. Lowe; of Pores Knob; daughter, Elizabeth Ann, February 11, to Mr. and Mrs. Hardin Monroe Pierce, of Roaring River; son, William Lloyd, February 11, to Mr. and Mrs. Jonny Everett Ab sher, of Lorn ax. Twin sons, L. C., Jr., and Lee Roy, February 11, to Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Church, of North Wilkes boro route two; son, Jerry Mich ael, February 11, to Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hampton Hincher, North Wilkesboro; son, James Michael, February 1?, Mr. and Mrs. James Lee Frazler, of Pores Knob; son, Robert Dale, February 12. to Mr. and Mrs. Hubert E. Long, of North Wilkesboro; daughter,! Doris Ann, February 12, to Mr. I and Mrs. David Arthur Scar borough, of North Wilkesboro; son, ^Fsltsell Dean, February 12, to Mr. and Mrs. Clint Roy Child ress, of Taylorsvtlle; son, Febru ary 14, to Mr. and Mrs. Blair Owyn, of North Wilkesboro. o Billy Jo Zimmerman, stu dent at Appalachian State Teach ers College At Boone, was here for the week-end with her pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. J. 8. Zimmer man, and had as her guest. Miss Pat Hemphill, of Clinton, also a! itudent at the college. Sister Of Mrs. Edd Gardner Died Feb. 11 Funeral and burial services were held at the Ward Street Methodist church in High Point Sunday afternoon, 3 o'clock, for Mrs. J. M. Harris, sister of Mrs. Edd F. Gardner, of this city, who died early Saturday morning. Mr. Gardner, Bill Gardner and Don Culler went down for the services, but Mrs. Gardner was unable to attend. Mrs. Harris, whose husband died about 20 years . ago, had' been an invalid for three years. Prior to her illness she was very active in church work, having taught the Woman's Bible class for a number of years. She also took a great interest in various civic organisations, especially the P.-T. A., and since she was the mother of 11 children, all of whom are married, gave much of her time to the youth work of the community. At the funeral many and beau tiful flowers were fitting tokens of respect for the life of Mrs. Harris. o Highland Tourney Is Now Under Way] Good Games On Card of Highland Cage Tourney In Wilkesboro Highland Conference basket ball tournament began with four games in Wilkesboro Wednesday, icilrj" defeated Wilkesboro boys in a closely contested game Wednesday afternoon at Wilkesboro, 48 to 88. Elkin jumped into an early lead and was ahead 24 to 16 at half- j time. At end of the third per iod it was Elkin 82 and Wilkes boro 23. A final period rally by the Ramblers fell short but the score in late minutes was 80 to 88 when Elkin started the final rally. In opening game of the tour nament Cove Creek girls elimi nated Granite Falls girls, 51 to ST The Watauga county team led all the way. Today's schedule is as follows: 1:00 ? Wilkesboro sod Boone girls. 2:00 ? Sparta and Boone boys. 7:30 ? Elkin and Valdesej girls. 8:30 ? Granite Falls and Hud son boys. Four games of semi-finals will be played Friday night, with the first game starting at 6 o'slock. Baptist Pastors To Most Monday! The Wilkes County Baptis Pastors' Conference will meei next Monday morning, February 20 at 10, In the Relns-Sturdivam Chapel. -- The program will be on <h< theme of "The Meaning of Churct Membership," and will featuri talks by Rev. ,W. N. Brookshlrt and Rev. L. T. Younger. An in spirational message will be de Hvered by Rev. 8. I. Watts. Tht program has tpen arranged bj Rev. C. M. Cope. The weekly aeesioa of th< Preachers' School, sponsored b] the Pastore' Conference, will meet on Monday afternoon, at 1:30, a< Wilkesboro Baptist chureh. WILL REn3er"c6nCERT^"TUESDAY - ? iiiiMUHiHIHHHii Teitschiks Concert Attraction Here Tijesday Wight, February 21 Final in the series o ity Concert attractions current season will tx Bchiks, plan0 concert the Liberty Theater o i night, February 21, 8 " 'T' for Two" couU the musical signature brothers, Alfred and Teltschik ? "The from Texas" as they called. Born respectively 30 and 31 years ago in Floresvil e, Texas, of Austrian parents, le Tett scbiks began their mus ?l train ing at an early age und r the tu telage of their father, an old world musician. After : loving to Houston, they contln led their studies under Aldrlge 1 idd ? a musical education that :ontinued for a decade. Later, tl ey went to New York where the: attended the JuiUiard School c f Music, studying under such em nent per sonalities as Sascha G rodnitzki and the late Mme, Olga Samaroff Stokowski. Upon gradui tion from Juilliard, they returned to Hous ton, married, and settle down to teach piano in the cit r's public schools and in their owi studio. -To satisfy their own love of making music for audie ices, they began giving two-piar > recital; on the side. They soon encounter ed the usual occupational hazard in their field, the problem of find ing two evenly matched pianos in out-of-the-way places. They solv ed this difficulty neatly with what their friends term "Operation Trailer." To their car, they have attached a trailer rigged for storing and transporting two pi anos. They also know how to re pair and tune their own pianos, thus achieving further logistic in dependence. Called to active duty at the be ginning of the -war, they were as signed t0 Military orchestras, but their special talents were recog nized and they gave numerous two-piano recitals ffor the armed forces, thus gaining rich experi ence for the career ithey were tc pursue. TJie 1949-50 season finds them wits their second completely sold-out tour! The Teltschiks and their "Op eration Trailer" are a young, brilliant, American-trained, self contained team, embodying in their playing and interpretations the rich quality, vision, and un limited wealth of expression that is native to Texas, yet tempered with the great musical traditions of an old Austria ? the Austria of Mozart and Strauss. Brushy Mountain S. S. Rally 19th At Walnut Grove A Sunday School rally, spon sored by the Brushy Mountain Baptist Association, will be held next Sunday afternoon, February 19, at 2:30, at the Walnut Grove Baptist church located' on the Taylorsville road and in the Pores Knob community. The rally will be under the leadership of J. F. Jordan, asso ciational superintendent, who an nounces that a profitable pro gram will be presented, and that all Sunday schools are urged to send good groups. Visiters are encouraged to attend. The Walnut Grovl Baptifft church has made much progress in past months, and plans are un derway for the completion of the educational plant now being con structed adjoining the present building. Joel Bentley is superin tendent of the Sunday school, and Rev. Charles J. Poole is pastor. The church is on the highway and can be reached easily and re gardless of weather conditions. o : Race Relations Day At First Methodist Race Relations Day will be ob served in the North Wilkeeboro First Methodist church, Sunday, and featuring the evening service at 7:30 cCclock, will be a pro gram of songs presented by the First Baptist church colored choir. The public is cordially in vited to attend. The MYF, at their evening meeting, will have a Race Rela tions speaker. o Trade At Home and Save! Scout1 Leaders At Training Course Held In Raleigh A number of Girl Scout lead ers and workers from this com-| munity attended a Training In stitute held Thursday and Friday in Raleigh at the Sir Walter ho tel. Instructors for the Institute,! which was state-wide, were from national headquarters. Mrs. W. K. Sturdivant and Mrs. Ira Payne attended the meeting! Thursday, and going down for the Friday session were Mrs. 0. T. Mitchell, Mrs. R. S. Gibbs and Mrs. J. H. Winkler. attending in the interest of thd troops at Woodlawn and Lincoln Heights schools were Belle Thomad, Nellie Davenport, Maude Jeff erg,- Ella Riley, and Ruby In graftf,- w"ho went down on Thurs day. a Finance Firm To Open Here Soon Charter Granted Blue Ridge Finance Company Of North Wilkesboro Blue Ridge Finance company is the name of a now corporation to enter into business in North Wilkesboro within the next few days. Tal J. Pearson is president of the new corporation, with Russell Pearson secretary - treasurer. Other stockholders listed in the charter include Larry S. Moore and Forrest Church. Mr. Pearson and Mr. Church are already en gaged in finance business in Mount Airy and in Galax. Va. The new firm, which will an nounce office location soon, will be engaged in various types of financing. W. G. Gabriel Red Cross Find Chairman In '50 Again this year the Kiwanis club is sponsoring the Red Cross Fund Campaign in Wilkes coun ty with Kiwanian W. G. Gabriel is 1950 fund chairman. Mr. Gab riel and R. R. Church, chapter chairman, are now working on plans for the 1950 Red Cross drive which will take place in March with the special advance gifts section beginning the latter part of February. The 1950. quota for Wilkes county is $7,800 of which $4,895 is necessary to carry on the Red Cross work in the county. The remaining portion of the total will- be used for the National budget for services to the armed forces, veterans, disaster pre paredness and relief, national blood program, nursing services, safety services and many other activities. To Head Fund Drive W. G. GABRIEL Mr. Forrest* Church, of Mount Airy, spent the week-end in Wilkesboro with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Church. MR. AND MRS. A. T.JONES CELEBRATE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Jones, of StatesTllle Route four, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary, Sunday, February 12, 1950. Mr. and Mrs. Jones were married in Wilkes county by Rev. Parks Gwaltney, February 11, 1900. Mrs. Jones, the former Miss An nette Ellis, is the daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. John Ellis of near Wllkesboro. Mr. Jones is 73 years old; and Mrs. Jones is 76 years old. They are the parents of four living children, two sons; Mr. Lee Jones of Harmony, Mr. Sam Jones, of Harmony Route one; and two daughters, Mrs. S. G. Wallace of Winston-Salem, and Mrs. Coyte York, of Harmony Route 1. There are Mffen grandchildren. Their children with their husbands and wives received with Mr. and Mrs. Jones. Among the immediate familyj members attending were Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Kilby, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Kilby, and Mrs. K. M. Allen, of this city; Mr. John Al len, of Kannapolis; Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Bovender, and Mr. and Mrs. A C. Bovender, Jr., of Hickory; Mr. R. L. Jones, and Mr. and Mrs. W A. Ellis, of Oakwoods. More than 100 friends and relatives called between the hours of one to five. Yellow roses made a bouquet for the dining room table, spread with a white cloth, and through out the home were attractive ar rangements of yellow and white flowers. The huge, white wedding cake, square shaped, was decorat ed in gold letters reading as fol lows: "Happy Fiftieth Anniver sary to Abe and Anne." 18 Examined In Cancer Center On Tuesday Morning On Tuesday, February 14, the Wilkes-Alleghany County Cancer Center held its weekly clinic., Eighteen appeared for examina tion, eight white women, and 10 white men. No colored women or colored men. Mrs. Albert Garwood served as chairman of receptionists, and as sisting her were Mrs. M. M. Brame and Mrs. O. K.Whitting-j ton. Those who presided in the ex amining-rooms were Mrs. George Parlier, Mrs. Presley Myers, Mrs. Charles Ziliak, and Mrs. C. C. McNeill. Seventeen examinations were completed, and 14 patients were referred to their personal physi cians for medical attention. The Center ie gtattqg bj mem bers ot thd Wilkes-Alleghany County Medic&i Society. Five priorities were given to those ttho arrived too late for examination. There were several from out of town: 4 came from West Jef ferson, 1 from Sparta, 1 from Thurmond, 1 from McGrady. and 1 from Ennice. Examinations are free to all women 35 or over, all men 40 or over, and to anyone with a symp tom or a "danger signal", regard less of age. The Clinics are held every Tuesday morning in the Wilkes' county courthouse. Registration' is from 9 to 10. ? Frequently there are more ap- j plicants for examination than can, be accommodated. Therefore, in order that those who lire at a distance may be sure of an ex amination and thus not make a trip in vain, priorities will be sent, on request, to all who live 20 miles or more from WTlkes boro. Address your request to Cancer Center Clerk, Court bowse. Wilkesboro, N. C., Mrs. Silas Spears Funeral On Thursday Funeral service will be held Thursday, 2 p. m., at Congo Holi ness church for Mrs. Silas Spears, 65, wh0 died Monday at her home in the Congo community. Rev Glenn Huffman will conduct the service and burial will be held in Minton Arbor cemetery. Surviving Mrs. Spears are three Bons and seven daughters: Claude Spears, of Mooresville; Harley Spears, of Delbarton, W. Va.: George Spears, of Inglewood, Calif.; Mrs. Geneva McBrlde, of Charleston, W. Va.; Mrs. Nora [Jestes, of Banner Elk; Mrs. Faye ^JBentley, of Lenoir; Mrs. Doshie \ Adams, Mrs. Jettie Huffman, Misses Marie and Irene Spears, of Wilkesboro. Mrs. Spears was a daughter of the late Spencer and Laura Min ton Crane. She was preceded in death by her husband, John W, Spears. ? ?; 0 111 Lfeo Ki Pritchett Will Speak Sunday Leo & PriteKett will lead the morning wOfrihiji service at the Presbyterian ditttcb, Sunday, February 19. Mr. fritehett is Professor of History ?t Appa lachian State Teacher's College, Boone, N. C. Visitors will be wel comed at this service. o ST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH Rev. B. M. Lackey, Rector Vesper services will be held in St. Paul's Episcopal church Sun day afternoon, February 19, at 5 o'clock. A cordial invitation is ex tended to everyone to attend this service. Mrs. E. S. Zimmerman recently returned to her home here after staying two weeks in Winston Salem with her foster daughter. Mrs Norman Harvel, who has been quite ill, but is now much better. Mrs. Zimmerman was ac companied home by Little Miss Linda Harvel, who is spending the week here in the Zimmerman home. POLIO TOTAL ?8,228.67 Polio fund total In Wilkes :ounty climbed to $8,228.57 on ,he eve of closing of the cam paign, Campaign Chairman Ed vard Bell reported today. Scattered reports are yet to be received and the total may be (omewhat larger when all reports ire in. Campaign leaders especially praised schools for their part in the successful campaign. Paul Cashion, chairman of the schools division, reported that $2,914.97 was raised by the school children In the county. The commerce and industry di vision also did an excellent Job, raising $2,861.60. I. H. McNeil, Jr., was chairman of that divis ion. T. V. Hackney headed the mail donations committee, which did much work in the campaign and netted donations totaling $1,702. 01. Late returns from some of the letters are yet expected and all who have not mailed their gifts are asked to send them in now. Dime boards and coin boxes ac counted for $644.99. Ben Marsh was chairman of that division. A radio program conducted by Roland Potter over station WKBO netted $105. Chairman Bell and all division chairmen of the campaign are members of the North Wilkesboro Lions club, which annually spon sors the polio campaign in Wilkes county. Among the schools North Wilkesboro took first place, rais ing $577.47. Wilkesboro was sec ond with $457.60 and Millers Creek was third with $332.87 raised in the campaign. Following are totals for other schools participating: Mulberry ? $08.44 Roaring River ; 206.25 Mtn. View ... 187.46 Cricket ? 150.46 Ronda 100.40 Lincoln Heights . ... 89.75 Pleasant Ridge 87.15 Mt. Pleasant 81.17 Moravian Falls 53.00 Pleasant Hill _ 4 2.99 Clingman __ 40.00 Ferguson High 37.90 Boomer 34.79 Benham 30.72 Maple Springs ? 27.35 Hendrix .... 25.75 Flint Hill __ 16.95 Thankful .... 14.00 Rock Springs 9.50 Friendship 3.00 James A. White Talks to Optimists James A. White, of Charlotte, a former governor of the eigh teenth Optimist district, delivered an inspirational address before the members of the North Wilkes^ boro Optimist club Tuesday nook at Hotel Wilkes. Optimist White told of the splendid work accom? plished with boys of the NortU Charlotte area, and bjr various other clubs of the district, and urged the local club to start a boys' V'ork project at once. Opti mist White praised the local club for its activity the ptoce it ? to the community. was presented by Optimist Julius C. Hubbard, program chairman for the luncheon. Two new members were induct ed into office by Optimist White. They were W. C. Vannoy, of the Vannoy Upholstering company, and Ray Blevins, who is associat ed with the Tadkin Valley Motor company. Bill Thomas, assistant North Wilkesboro postmaster, was welcomed back into the club. During the business session of the meeting, Maurice E. Walsh, who la general chairman of the Optimist County Basketball Tour nament, stated that plans were complete for handling the sports event, and that all indications pointed to a successful tourney. A nominating committee, com posed of A. L. Ftncannon, John- - son Sanders, Julius C. Hubbard. Louis Jenkins, Maurice Walsh, and J. B. Brookshire, was ap pointed by President Eller to nominate officers for the ensuing year. Bill Johnson, who is associated with the Western Auto Associate store, was a guest of the club.