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msinir numbers of dairy n are finding U pays to te«t ocnn aatd *•*!► records of :tion, feed edit, and income. , o ORT THE CANCER FUND 'mM| T On Contact dab of the Chamber of Commerce, which 1b lfi effect a committee which works for new members' and renewal memberships, in meeting here reported very satisfactory progress since beginning, of the year. Maurice ^alsh is chairman ef the clnb and others attending the meeting were Gilbert Foster, Q. A. McNdlll, A. F. Kilby, Paul Osborne, Jack Swofford, C. Arthur Venable and W. G. Gabriel. Within the next two weeks the committee will contact every member whose renewal for 1950 has not been received. The chairman has arged that members send in their renewals in order that contact may not be nepessary. Chairman Walsh Also thanked members of the clab for their very excellent work oa membership daring the past fonr months. WHkes Hatchery Hatchers Of "fancy's Dandies" IHPMH1 MLT-FftlMIMai WALL-WIX 1 Ml 08?1 •^Tcv-u it • 4***^ rA \\eO^°^^eXS Boone — Herman 'Joseph, famous clown, will be an outstanding feature at^the "Circus Jamboree" to be staged by the Echoes of the Blue Ridge, Inc., when It holds a celebration in Boone June SO through July 4. Joseph was featured clown with Rlngling Brothers and Barnum Bailey Circus for over twenty years. During that time he was dean of clowns. While still a teenage boy, he ran away and Joined Buffalo Bill's Circus. He has appeared on many famous radio programs, including the Fred Allen show, Jimmy Durante's show, and others with a ooast-to-coast hook-up. Recently he was Invited by the management to appear in Madison Square Garden at the opneing performance of the Greatest Show on Earth. Herman Joseph has retired from professional life and is a cigar salesman in eastern North Carolina. He makes occasional appearances, as he says, to sort of keep in practice. During the "Circus Jamboree" to be staged ■iMMimmimiiiniiimiiiiM Meat production under Federal inspection for the . week ended April 29 totaled 319 million pounds. « Wool is one of the leading agricultural raw materials imported into the United States. Through March, 1950, farmers had put 315,320,557 bushels of 1949-crop corn under-Commodity Credit Corporation price support. NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed proposals will be received by the Wilkes County Board ef Education in its x office,' Wilkes County Court House, WHkesboro, North Carolina, up to 2:00 P. M. Monday, May 15, I960, and immediately thereafter publicly opened and read for the furnishing of labor, material, and .equipment entering into the construction of the following: Addition To Trap HOI School, • Complete plana, specifications, and eontracfc documents will be open for inspection ia the office of the Wilkes County Superintendent of Schools, Wilkesboro, North Carolina and in the office of the Associated Contractors ef America, Builders Building, Charlotte, North Carolina or may be obtained from the office of Coffey and Olson, Architects, Lenoir, North Carolina by qualified bidders who will submit bonafide proposals opon deposit of Tweoty-Frre f>ollars <$flftOO)-for each set of plans and specifications of each division of work for each building. The full deposit will be refunded upon return to the Architects in good condition of plans and specifications within 5 days after date set for receiving bids from contractors who submit a bonafide proposal. All Contractors are Hereby notified that they must have proper license under the State laws governing their respective trades. General Contractors are notified that "An Act to Regulate the Practice of General Contracting," ratified by the General Assembly of North Carolina on March 10, 1925, and as subsequently amended (Public Laws of 1937 ratified March 23rd, Public Laws of 1949, ratified May 23) will be observed in receiving bids and awarding general contracts. Plumbing and Heating Contractors are notified that Public Laws of 1931, Chapter 52 as amended by Public Laws of 1933, Chapter 57, will be observed in receiving bids and awarding plumbing and heating contracts. Electrical Costractors are notified that provisions of Chapter 87, Public Laws of 1937, ratified March 23rd, will be observed in receiving bids and awarding electrical contracts. Each proposal shall be accompanied by a cash deposit or a certified check drawn on some beak or trust company insured by the Federal Deposit- Insurance Corporation, of an amount equal not less than 5 per cent of the proposal or in lieu thereof a bidder may offer a certified check or 2 per cent of the bid plus a bid bond of 3 per cent of the bid, said deposit to be retained tor the Owner aa liquidated dsnagw hi event of failure of the successful bidder to execute the contract within ten days after the award or to give satisfactory rarety as required by law. (Public Laws 1933, Section 1, Chapter 440, General Statutes of North Carolina, 1943, C. 143, Art. 8, a 1», as amended .by Public Laws 1949.) All proposals must be autoafttsd on the prescribed form aa rapplied by the Architects. ■ Perfotjmance Bond will be required for one hundred per cent (100%): of the contract price. Payment will be made on the basis of eighty-five per eent (86%) of monthly estimate and final payment nude upon completion nad acceptance the In addition to a fall evening of clowning, a»d special stunts, the Junior Qdeen will be selected and crowned. The Junior Queen must come from the elementary school age. The audience will help select the Queen op the basis of applause. The other queen entries will be the attendants of the Queen for the evening. Other features of the "Circus Jamboree" will be the "HighHatters," six boys and a girl with a novel act; the "Side Show" with _oth who twist and turn, mids, and what-have-you; artists that swing and swiy w: the audience hQlds its breath; baton twirlers, marching in formation; acrobatic clowns with a whirl and a swiri. This evening of .entertainment is only one of four that will be offered when the fechoes of the Blue Ridge, Inc., stages a series mt events at Boone, Jun^ 80 through July 4. Pat Alderman of Mountain City, Tennessee, an experienced director, is In chargb of the pageant and the other productions. UDE BILLINGS, JR. .i ■*» 4 « j '--.i 5' ";;- .. . . _ .< > _ Utter of Claide Billings, Jr., to Isaac Eller, Jr. * Wilkesboro, N. C. « T ™, T 5 May 9, 1950. • * Mr. Isaac Eller, Jr., / . - V North Wilkesboro, N. C. Dear Isaac:— 00, Xou remember that a group of veterans and others called a meeting to select a candidate for the Republican nomination for the Sheriff of Wilkes fh a v machudi8Cu18sion I was chosen as the one veteran to make the race. You remember also that my chief opponent, Fred Myers, was tot^rtSied2Ti*hli?e meet™«that he had been over the county ^ ^ V i ve want®<1 to be a candidate himself and had reached the me"T A ?ot offe£ himseIf for the nomination, but wanted ml *5?. \e w0^d sUPPort me. You remember he handed me some information which would assist me in starting my campaign *£!V0 ***? actively seeking the nomination since that time and feel m n ft ^mUCT1 Proffp?ff* The time has come when an organization Sv LmrSii ^ so I am writing you to insist upon you to take charge of * iw Tme 88 wel1 nay friends in perfecting a real orn»n«ow^'inii felt that I wanted an ex-service man to be my campaign vet^ that was asked to run. If you will accept ^W' effort ^ wiU be glad to ret®. first opportunity With best wishes to you, I remain Yours very truly, CLAUDE BILLINGS, JR. Letter of Acceptance by Isaac Eller, Jr. North Wilkesboro, N. C. May 10, 1950. Mr. Claude Billings, Wilkesboro, N. C. / Dear Claude:— ^L?TVed.your *n you have asked me to accept yourapCfeSff m your race for the Rep(,blican mmia*It is a pleasure and I consider it an honor to accept this position and ? Vete^n1of World War No. 2 for Sheriff of Wilkes county. You know that I served also in World War No. 2 and feel that the younir men who sacnficed for the welfare of our country should have a great deal to say m handling the affairs at home. * * iL*lfVe "fSM?1 inv«»tigation of your record as a Republican. I find that Z™ fcTJf aI1 y°u^ life and have voted in every election that ,, , , ,, Wiffies county smce you were 21, except the one election that was held when you were fighting for our country in the Pacific Your Rpn^WiP»T,or0v day of Abraham Lincoln on all sides have been loyal iVi fho lS^' g??Fa$er'Joe P- Elled?e- was one of the large leaders l&tinw p m® t?® ^Presented Wilkes county once in the Legisfi^}7w Republican Tracing your ancestry back to the beginning I that your great-great-grandmother was a sister of George H Brown of States ville, who was elected Clerk of the Court of Wilkes county on the Republican.ticket; at the close of the Civil War. Your father and youJ S eriff and have such a rich nolitieAl record as wdl as a fine military tPW)gHF s^rdwm the cow ■ such a t this job our lead V. honestly belief that the Republicans --*»toate you for this high every duty that involves upon you. ... 14 if with great hope that I undertake this job. I shall call upon Succeed enU*F° warfare for victory, with full hope that * With best wishes, I remain • . | -• < j. Yours very truly, ISAAC ELLER, JR.
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