JULIUS C. HUBBARD—MRS. D. J. CABPIBR
Publishers
1932—DANIEL J. GARTERr-1945
Entered at the postoffice at North Wilkes
boro, North Carolina, at Second-Class matter
under Act of Much 4, 1897.
Published Mondays and Thursdays at
North Wllkesboro, North Carolina
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One Year $2.00
(In Wilkes and Adjoining Counties)
One Year $3.00
(Outside Wilkes and Adjoining Counties)
Rates to Tffose in Service:
One Year (anywhere) $2.00
Recent contact lettings by the Wilkes
county board of education and bids to be
recieived April 20 will provide classroom
construction at a number of Wilkes coun
ty schools.
Funds for these projects will be provid
ed by state aid money appropriated by the
1949 legislature and from proceeds of the
$25,000,000 state bond issue voted by the
people, along with 200 millions for roads.
County authorities are apportioning the
money to the schools to relieve crowded
conditions that make it near impossible
to teach. There are not enough funds on
hand to do the building job that should be
done at every school, but many desperately
needed classrooms can and will be con
structed. Heating and plumbing will also
be installed at a number of points to pro
vide comfort and sanitary conditions for
the schools. These factors must have at
tention along with the need for classrooms.
The county's financial condition is such
that funds can be levied to continue the
school building program and at least pro
vide classrooms sufficient to house the
children according to the teacher allot
ment. This year schools have been deprived
of teachers due them on the basis of •at
tendance because there were no class
rooms.
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Monday, April 10, 1950
Crowded Schools To
Get Classrooms
Hospitality Plant
Made For Community
Hospitality committtee of the Wilkes
Chamber of Commerce plans to live up to
its name during the coming year.
The committee will endeavor to wel
come every new comer to North Wilkes
boro during the year by a letter of wel
come and assembling data as to former
and present residence of family, occupa
tion, number in family and church af-,
filation or preference. The committee will
assist such families in every way possible
by giving them desired information about
the community. •
Such services by the chamber of com
merce will be appreciated by new com
ers. Unless you have moved into a com
munity that you knew little about you
could not understand just how much such
welcoming, gestures and information would
be appreciated.
The committee also plans to maintain
a calendar of community events for use
by the public. This would be placed in the
chamber of commerce office. Any organ
ization planning an event to which the
general public would be invited could re
fer to the calendar in setting dates in ord
er to avoid conflicts with dates of other
events.
This calendar will be very helpful, pro
vided that all organizations give full co
operation and report the dates of their
planned events well in advance, so the
dates can be posted for all to see. If organ
izations do not give the committee their
full cooperation in reporting dates of com
ing events the calendar cannot function
as H should.
A community calendar is something that
should have been here and maintained
long ago. Many public events have suffer
ed' because of conflicting dates and poor
planning. , . fj
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The census also enables the government
to know just what it can count on.
Greensboro Daily News. k) * 4
Sometimes we think that God put dogs
into the World just to be friends. Friends to
those who have no other friends. Friends to
those who just need an extra friend.
Friends to those who have many friends
and can always use another.
We* hate to hear anyone say "as drunk
as a dog.". Never saw a drunken dog yet
and never eipect to see one. A dog just
has too much sense to get drunk_If he is
caught around a drunken man, he Will
slink away as though he is terribly embar
rassed to be found in such company. That
Is, unless the drunk is his master, in which
case he looks ashamed and pathetic-—but
he doesnt slink away; he stands by. He
seems to say, "I know it's awful but he's
my friend and I'm going to stay right here
and do what I can for him until he comes
to his senses!" " *
Human beings almost always think they j
have more sense than dogs but we doubt
it. They have more human, sense but not
nearly so much dog sense. A human can
do a human's job better than a dog can
but a dog can do a dog's job infinitely bet
ter than a human can. So it is a dog-fall, so
to speak — fifty here and fifty there. .
Did you ever sit by the fire on a beauti
ful Fall day and have a thought of the out
of-doors come creeping into your mind. "I
believe I'll get a breath of fresh air," you
say. 'TH just take a turn thru the park."
You glance up and find Rover, who has
been lying contentedly on the rug, looking
up alertly. "Aha," he is saying to himself;
"we are going to the park. Maybe I can
catch that squirrel who always beats me
to the big oak." Or perhaps you are de
pressed and find a cold nose being pushed
into your hand or a head laid on your
knee. Yes, dogs have the understanding
which surpasses all human wisdom — the
understanding which makes them perfect
friepds to Man. Never again say that you
haven't a friend in the world. All you need
to do is to buy him but be sure he has
four legs. Trying to buy two-legged friends
doesn't work. — Exchange.
Virginians must love animals. In Rich
mond they have a lion cub for "a neigh
borhood pet," and in the U. S. Senate they
have a Byrd representing them. — Greens
boro Daily News.
•LIFE'S BETTER WAY:
WALTER E. ISENHOUR
High Point, N. C., Route 4
HE CROWNS HIMSELF
He crowns himself with laurels rare
Who crowns his fellowman,
By helping him in life to bear
His cross the best he can,
And lives to bless the world about
With faith and hope and love,
And cast the gloom and shadows out
And please our God above.
He crowns himself who gives his best
In thought and word and deed,
And bravely stands each acid test
Without a selfish creed,
And builds a character that's grand
By helping others climb,
And for the sacred right to stand
And show themselves sublime. -
He crowns himself who loves the truth
And hates the false of earth, , •
Who gives himself to lead our youth
To lives of noble worth;
Who wields the powers of his mind,
His spirit and his soul,
To help his fellows here to find
The pathway to the goal.
He crowns himself whose aim is high
Above the low and vile,
Whose purpose is to live and die '
A life and death worth while;
Who will not sell himself to wrong
For money, wealth nor fame;
Who will not act to please the throng
If that would hurt his name.
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He crowns himself with jewels rare
That never fade away,
Who lives a blessed life of prayer
And walks with Christ each day;
Who gives his royal gems of truth,
And thoughts of mighty worth,
To bless'the aged and the youth
And brighten up the earth.
He croons himself who seeks no crown,
But only God and right;
Who seek* no fame and great renown,
Noivda^lifig earthly height;
Howe'er, his deeds on history's page
Will be recorded there,
While he with patriarch and sage
Shall Heaven's glories share.
By R. B. DUNN Mid
JAfiPBR CHIPMiN
Mr. Fred McNeil, who lives on
Elk Greek, has a ladlno clover
and orchard grass pasture that Is
la fine shape although it has car
ried sixteen head of cattle all
winter. Mr. McNeil states that he
did feed the cattle some in the
very worst weather but he feels
nure that they would have come
through the winter fine without
any feed at all.
Billy Dean Oothren, who lives
on R. F. D. 2 North Wilkesboro,
Is doing an excellent Job of ter
racing and contour drilling on
his father's farm.
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Paul Myers, a boy who goes to
school at Mountain View, has re
cently had the personnel of the
Tri-Creek Soil Conservation Dis
trict assist him in making a con
servation plan on his father's
farm. For the last few years Paul
has done a good job of getting
conservation on the land.
Mr. Frank Weatherman, of the
Somers Cross Road Community,
has a fine crop of Kentucky
Fescue SI and ladino clover on
three fields he seeded early last
fall.
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Facts About Polio
Given In Booklet
Chapel Hill, — "A Message
About Polio/' a booklet compil
ed by the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis for distri
bution in the schools throughout
the country, has been highly en
dorsed by Dr. Earl James Mc
Grath, U. 8. Commissioner of
Education, Jack McGhee, State
Representative, said at head
Quarters here today.
"The threat of infantile para
lysis as each summer approaches
lar concern to the
of this nation. "Dr. Mc
Grath said In a statement just
received by MeQfcee.
"Educators, as well as parents,
want more tactual knowledge
about disease and the procedures
-to follow when it occurs. Such
information's contained in 'A
Message About Polio,' which has
the hearty approval of school ad
ministrators.
The reliable data in the leaflet,
the common-senye precautions,
the assurance of medical care will
bolster morale should epidemics
occur. Fear can be as infectious
as polio itself and as harmful,
unless people are given the gui
dance and reassurance they need,
iff the National Fondatlon's leaf
let is given every pupil to take
home," concluded Dr. McGrath,
"I believe there will be far less
anxiety and confusion about this
disease."
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Approximately 1.5 billion board
feet of timber cut from North
Carolina's forests each year.
Thrilling new Super-Flex Wave now
being given at the. . . .
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