State of Wilkes" For Ovef-43
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To Be At Mount
v Lawn Cemetery
National Guard And Many
/ Sponsoring Organiza
tion* Will Participate
Third annual Memorial Day ser
vice at Mount Lawn Memorial
Park north oI this ctty on high
way IS will be held Tuesday, May
SO, six p. m.
The service, instituted to honor
fallen heroes from Wilkes in all
wa^s for the cause of liberty and
justice, will be sponsored by Bat
C, 112th FA Bn. of the Na
Guard here, Major Roy W.
and, batallion executive of
ficer, announced.
I The program will open by
| jfe)awn Patrol" by the North Wil
Wesboro high school' band. Major
Forehand will Introduce the pro
gram participants. Prayer will be
by Rev. Russell L. Young, pastor
of the First Methodist chur h
here, and Dr. John T. Wayland,
ffrst Baptist pastor and former
armed services chaplain, will deliv
er the Memorial address. After
the firing squad salute by Battery
C taps will be sounded by the
high school band. x
The entire program will be less
than one-half hour. Last year at
tendance was estimated at 1,500
people. This year an even larger
attendance is anticipated. An
nouncements are being made in
churches throughout the county
urging all to attend this memorial i
with
are the following sponsor
big -organizations: Veterans of
Foreign Wars and Auxiliary, Am
erican Legion and Auxiliary, North
Wilkesboro high school band, Boy
Scouts, Girl Scouts, Daughters of
the Confederacy, Daughters of the
American Revolution, churches of
Wilkes county, Radio station
WKBC, The Journal-Patriot, city
and county schools, Reins-Sturdi
vant Funeral Home, city councils
and boards of commissioners of
Wilkes county. North Wilkesboro
and Wilkesboro, police of towns
and county and highway patrol,
veterans of Spanish-American
War, Wilkes Chamber Of Com
merce.
'Dr. J. S. Hiatt
Speaks To Club
mcc^uiK nun A
Large Attendance
The Optimist Club of North
Wilkesboro held a splendid lunch
eon meeting Tuesday noon at Hotel
Wilkes with Albert Garwood, pre
sident, presiding:. There was a
large attendance. ^
The club members and guests
had the privilege of hearing Dr.
J. S. Hiatt, of E<lkin, who is sup
erintendent of the Hugh Chat
ham Memorial Hospital, and
known far and wide as one of the
most entertaining after-dinner
speakers in the state. While Dr.
Hiatt told the usual number of
humorous stories, the more ser
ious rein of thbught was centered
around the subject of "Health."
His address was enthusiastically
received by everyone present/
The club was happy to receive
Into membership A new member—
Hal Church — who was inducted
Into the club by Optimist Maurice
Walsh.
A report on the progress be
ing made for organization of a
Junior Optimist Club was made
by Optimist JuMus C. Hubbard,
committee chairman; and Optim
ist Maurice Welsh gave a report
on the proposed Wilkes Farm
Tour, and urged members to make
the tour; Optimist O. K. Whltting
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•Etefi • .
Clarence Duncan
Home Destroyed
The home of Clarence Duncan in
the Oakwoode community was tot
ally destroyed by tire which start
ed Wednesday morning about nine
o'clock.
North Wllkesboro fire depart
ment rushed a truck to the fire
and saved an automobile and
smoke house. The car, which was
parked near the house and be
tween the house and smoke house,
was burning when firemen arriv
ed.
Ail furnishings of the home
were destroyed in the fire.
$900Taken In
Daring; Robbery
During Week-End
Pickup Truck And Two Safes
Taken, From Wilkes
Furniture Exchange
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About $20^) from a daring safe
robbery of $900 here Sunday
night has been recovered. Police
Chief J. B. Walker said today.
During the early part of Sun
day night theives entered Wilkes
Furniture Exchange store from the
back loaded two safes on the
firm's pickup and escaped with
pickup and both safes.
Police learned that the stolen
»l«hav Uasfc »«■*
ten miles, turned liorth on the"
Parsonrille road and later left
that road over a county road iiito
the. White Oak community be
tween Rendezvous mountain and
the Blue Ridge.
'On that county road officers
found one burtrted safe, which con
tained 1200 in cash, some checks
and papers. A short distance fur
ther they found the abondoned
pickup, which contained the other
safe. That safe had been pried
open and was loofed of all con
tents.
One safe, the one found aban
doned and containing $200, be-_
longed to Wilkes Furniture Ex
change. The other s&fe, which
contained between 4500 and $600,
belonged to Morgan Roope, who
operated Ideal Furniture Com
pany here and was using the safe
in closing out accounts of that
firm.
Officers said thjs thieves ap
parently were frightened away
while looting the Wilkes Furni
ture Exchange Company safe and
did not take all the money.
Mrs. Annie Sherrill
Is Claimed By Death
Funeral service was held Wed
nesday at Mount Garmel .Church
for Mrs. Annie F. Sherrill, 82, who
died Tuesday at the home of a
cousin, Mrs. I. J. Lovette, with
whom she made her home at Mora
vian Falls. Rev. Iredell Osborne
conducted the service.
Mrs. Sherrill was the wife of
the late James Sherrill, surviving
is one brother, John Pearson.
ton reported on plans for a sum
mer recreational program for the
Wilkesboros.
Optimist Albert Garwood and
E. R'. Eller gave reports of the
eighteenth district'convention in
Charlotte,' which they attended
last week. ^ x
Guests at the luncheon includ
ed: M. B. McNeil with Optimist
Johnson Sanders; Julius C. Hub
bard, Jr. afcd John W. Hubbard
with their father, Optimist Julius
O. Hubbard; W. G. Gabriel with
Optimist Maurice Walsh; John
Daniels, of Salisbury, J. R. Priest
er, this city, and Jack Daniels, of
Burlington, with Optimist Lewis
Jenkins.
Gus Tra-ris, famed , Charlotte
Observer colnmnist and one of the
Moat entertaining after-dinner
i in the fonth, will address
banquet of
, lodge and
Jane 9, 7:S«
dlaner will be serr
promises to be
throughout,
any out
or any
North Wilkesboro
Hi School Finals
Here Or Jne 1st
Dr. Glenn Blackburn Will
Deliver Baccalaureate
Sermon Sunday
Graduation program for North
Wilkesboro high school will be
held Thursday night, June 1, eight
o'clock.
The baccalaureate sermon will
be preached Sunday night, May
28, in a service to be held at eight
p; m. in the .First Baptist church.
Uhe speaker will be Dr. Glenn
Blackburn, pastor of Wake For
est Baptist church and chaplain
of Wake Forest College.
Dr. Blackburn is a native of
western North Carolina, a grad
uate of W^ke Forest and received
his doctor's degree from the South
ern Baptist Theological Seminary
at Louisville, Ky. Prior to going
to Wake Forest as pastor and
chaplain he was pastor of the First
Baptist church in Lumberton.
The senior class will carry out
the graduation program on June
1. "Mid-Century, Wilkes County"
will be presented by members
of the graduating class. Review of
the past half century and predic
tions for the next fifty years will
be portrayed in the program.
Presentation of awards and
To Deliver Sermon
BXV. OLKNN BLACKBURIf*
Round table Scouters
Here Friday Night |
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Rountable for Scouters of the
Wilkes district will be held Fri
day night, May 26, 7,:30, at Duke
Power company office on Ninth
street. Eevery Scoutmaster is
especially urged to attend.
WILKES POULTRYMEN W Y.
REMOVAL PRICE SUPPORT
FROM GRAIN PRODUCTION
Poultry division Of the Agri
cultural committee of the Wilkes
Chamber of Commerce in meeting
here went/on record asking that
government subsidies (price sup
ports) be removed from grain,
which is the principal ingredient
of poultry feed, and the principal
cost item of poultry.
This action followed a recent 1
conference with Representative C.
B. Deane, at which time the)
representative asked for a state- ]
ment of policy representing poul
trymen in Wilkes. At the policy
forming meeting invitations went
out to all members of the poultry
committee and others interested.
Those who attended the last
meeting included John Leyshon,
chairman, Vernon Church, Glenn
Dancy, Tam Hutchinson, E. P.
Hettiger, Hlght Helms and W. A.
McLendon. Others who took part
In earlier discussions included
Z. O. Eller, Harry Hettiger, Mt.
Montgomery, Isadore Hendricks, I
J. H. Somen.
The Btand for removal of sub
sides for grain was started in the
following statement in a letter to
Representative Deane: "Poultry
growers, hatcherymen and others
find themselves In a disadvant
ageous position because of the
fact that the price of grain is
under federal subsidy, thus mak
ing feed prices higher; where
as, locally grown, poultry is sold >
In the open market without the
aid of such subsidy, according to
the law of supply and demand.
Our group feels that the best
solution to the problems is re
moval of subsidy from grain. If
consideration were given to subsi
dizing poultry, then the problems
would arise as to what is a fair
price for poultry In comparison
to the present subsidy for grain:
Our people feel that it is false |
economy to put price supports
under all phases of an Industry.'
The stand of Wilkes poultry
men has been forwarded to chair
men of Agriculture committees In
the House and Senate and to
North Carolina representatives
and senators.
Representative Deane was in
formed that commercial produc
tion of poultry in Wilkes county
| is a 2 5-million dollaran
grand total about $35jgK>0,000.
Last year twelve and one-halt
million eggs were set by commerc
ial hatcheries in the Wilkes area
and hatcheries paid lot, these eggs
(781,250. About ten option broil
ers were produced, of .Which nine
million were sold for approximate
ly six million dollars. 'About one
million hens were produced in
Wilkes county with .ft value of a
i million and one-halt dollars. Pro
duction of eggs for market was
sstimated at four and onfrhalf mil
lion dollars. The feed business had
i volume of approximately ten mil
Bon dollars in the Wilkes area dur
ing 1949.
Poultrymen in the Wilkes area
also sent copies of their recom
mendations and stand on the sub
sidies question to the other poul
try producing centers, particular
ly the Chatham county area in
North Carolina and poultry pro
ducing centers in hte Middle At
lantic $ates.
Following several weeks of pre
paration, during which time there
have ,been speeches each Sunday
from representatives of the var
ious groups in the First Metho
dist church, presenting the need
for a new sanctuary and recrea
tion room, Sunday, May 21st, saw
the opening of a campaign to raise
$100,000. The purpose of this
fund is to liquidate the debt on
the Educational Building and to
build a new church.
Excellent talks In the interest
of the building project were
by the Directors of Religious
cation, Miss Rebecca Raper
Andrews Farm And
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Tomlinson Fern To
Be Steps On Tear
Farmers And Business Men
To View Results Of
Modern Practices
Plans have been completed for
the annual Wilkes farm toar to
be held on Friday, June 2, under
auspices of the General Agricul
ture committee of the Wilkes
Chamber of Commerce and co
operating farm agencies.
Firmer* of Wilkes county will
be invited guests of chamber
members on the tour, which has
fa dual purpose of education about
approved farm practices and to
promote goodwill and public rela
tions between farmers and busi-,
ness men.
Announcements have been mall-1
ed farmers by County Agent Paul
Choplin. Those who can attend
are asked to send in their reply
carda immediately in order that
proper preparations may be made
for lunch and «that arrangements
can be completed to care"for all
on the touf.
Starting place of the tour will
be Wilkes implement company|
at North Wilkesboro at nine a. i
m. Those who find'it more con
venient- may join the tour at
Andrews' fawn near Boomer
Morning demonstrations and
discussions will be at the Andrews
farm. Lunch will be served at
noon at the V. F. W. hall in
North Wilkesboro and afternoon
demonstrations and discussions
will be on the Tomlinson farm'
five miles west of North Wilkes-1
boro on highway 421.
TUe morning program will open
with distribution of land use
mapg on the Andrews farm by
Staton Mclver, district Soil Con
servationist. Subjects and dis
cussion leaders will include:
Fescue Seed Production, Dr. E. R. |
Oollins, agronomist of the Exten
sion Service; Pastures and winter
Grazing, Norman Wilson, state
PMA official, and Dr. Collins,
consultant; Strip Cropping, Ter
racing and Road Bank Improve
ment, R. E. Dunn, soil conser
vationist; Beef Cattle, J. S. Buch
anan, animal husbandry specialist
of Extension Service; summary
by John Andrews, farm owner*
At the Tomllnson farm the sub- \
jects and discussion leaders are
scheduled as follows: Small Grain,
Dr. Collins; Artificially Bred
Calves, John F. Brown and F. R.
Farnham, extension diarymen,
and Avery Gaston, extension field
man of Southeastern Breeders As
sociation; Dairy Barns and Silos,
John F. Brown and F. R. Farn
ham; Production of Quality Milk,
W. A. McLendon, of Coble Dairy
Products company.
At the end of the program will
be a period open for questions and
discussions from framers and
chamber ot commerce members.
Replies from chamber members
relative to the number who will
go on the tour are expected in the
chamber office by May 2D.
• A number of interesting pic
tures Of projects to be visited on
the farm tour are contained in!
section 3, pages six and seven
of this newspaper.
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Rummage Sole
The rummage sale to be held
Saturday, May 27th, by the Wo
man's Auxiliary of St. Paul's Epis
copal Church, will begin at one
p. m., in the building across street
from Reins Market on "B" Street.
Bargains in all kinds of clothing.
Banks Will Bs
Closed On Tuesday
Both banks will be closed on
Tuesday, May $0, which will be
Memorial Day and a national hoH
the goal for 19ol will be In sight.
Through the generosity of
^^^^^^^^^Johnston and
attractive fin
is sanctuary
I the full financial
RUMMAGE SALE
ON SATURDAY
The Senior Woman's dab of
North Wilkesboro and the Wo
man's Society of the First Method
ist church will hold a rummage
sale on Saturday, ' beginning at
nine o'clock, at the vacant house
on the corned of Tenth and D
Street, diagonally across from the
Goodwill Store. Mrs. Z. O. Eller
will be in charge for the club,,
and Mrs. W. P. Gaddy for the So
ciety. t
Selections Wilkes
Concert Series Are
Made Known Here
Soprano, PianUt And Boys
Choir Are Chosen For
The Next Season
Following close of another suc
cessful membership campaign the
Wilkes Community Concerts As
sociation has announced selections
tor the ld50-51 season.
Three concerts will be render
sd, and after careful survey the
:ommittee chose three represent
ing varied tastes of concert audi
jnces. The selections are:
Mezzo-Sporano Janes Hobson,
>ne of the bright young stars of
the concert world. ,
.SfarR-TTrag-giott, pianist of in
ternational reputation.
Apollo Boys Choir, .of Dallas,
rexas, enthusiastically acclaimed
vhere ever heard. ,
As in the past, selections were i
nade by the committee to pro- :
ride as wide variety as possible. :
Plans are to present the series ]
if concerts again in the Liberty j
heatre, which will sea^ the en- i
ire membership in comfort and ■
enable the artists to perform at i
heir best with modern facilities, s
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Business Club
Supports Band
Club Also Endorses Recre
ational Program For
The Summer
With President Robert M. Gam- ,
'ill presiding, the Wilkesboro
Business and Professional Men's ,
31ub Tuesday night voted to con
tinue its support to the Wilkes* i
>oro band, and also participate
n the recreational program which
s being planned for "the Wilkes
joros during the'summer months.
The club meeting opened with
Invocation being spoken by Zeb V.
K. Dickson.
Albert Somers gave a very
:omplete report on plans for carry
ng out the recreational program
»nd efforts will be made to obtain
i supervisor for the summer
nohths. The club voted to help
finance the program, and a com.
nittee composed of Albert Som
?rs, Edward McEntire and James
Bean was appointed to work out
further details.
Dr. G. T. Mitchell gave a brief
report. fi# the prdgrwig made by
the Wilkesboro high school band,
and told of the need of funds for
carrying on the work. The club
voted unanmiously to give flnan
Spirited Races
For State, Conty
Nomhatioas Seen
Interesting Contests In Both
Major Parties To Attract'
Large Vote
All records for primary voting
in Wilkes county may be shattered
Saturday, May 27.
1 Spirited county races by both
parties add to the keen interest In
senatorial and congressional con
tests for nominations and there
is also a contest of much local
interest for the Republican nomi
nation for solicitor of the 17 th
judicial district.
J. Allie Hayes, North Wilkes
boro attorney, is seeking Republi
can nomination for solicitor in
opposition to Avakm E. Hall, Yad
kin Republican, in the counties of
Wilkes, Yadkin, Davie, Avery and
Mitchell.
In county races the principal
interest is centered around the
nomination for sheriff in both
parties.
Three Republicans are seeking
he nomination for the sheriff's
ob now held by C. G. Poindex
ter, who is not a candidate. They
»re: Claude Billings, Jr., Fred
Myers and Walter w. Gambia
rhis contest i8 attracting much
Interest.
This year the Democratic party
las four candidates in a spirited
face for nomination for sheriff
rhey are Dave Hall. Freel c! "
Johnson, Genio Walsh and Carlyle
Candidates ynd thoir sup
jorters have been, very aet$Vw
luring the past month and will
ittract a record vote.
In the Republican primary is
i three-way contest for nomination
or clerk of court, the position
low held by C. C. Hayes, who is
lot a candidate. This primary race
las the first woman contestant
n Wilkes jounty. She is Miss Cora
Haudill, who for the past several
rears has been deputy clerk. The
>ther candidates are M. W. Green
md W. S. Fletcher.
Polls will open at 6:30 a. m.
md close at 6:30 p. m.
State Ticket
Two races on . the state prim
ary ticket hold major interest in
democratic circles. U. S. Senator
5*rank Graham has opposition
'rom three candidates: Willis
Smith, Robert R. Reynolds and
511a ,Ray Boyd.
There is also a spirited contest
■or the Democratic npminatlon for
congress in the eighth district,
Representative C. B. Deane has
>pposition from W. S. (Bill) Hor
ler, Sanford publisher who lost
;o Deane by a narrow margin two
rears a£o.
For l|he first time in history
roters in the primary will choose
letwefen a Justice of the Supreme
:ouft and his opponent. Justice
Emery B. Denny has as his oppon
ent Oscar O. Efird, of Winston
Salem.
The other contests on the .state ,
primary ticket finds Insurance
Commissioner Waldo C. Cheek op
sosed for repomination by Hoke
El. Bostian.
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Peiping orders Tibet to send a
mission to negotiate status.
:ial assistance' and to purchase a
iew bass drum.
With A. R. Gray as chairman
i band drive is to be conducted,
md all persons desiring to make
jontributions to the band are re
luested to send them te Mr. Gray.
PRESIDENT THUMAN HAY ATTEND
President Truman said last,
week In Washington that he plans j
to attend the formal opening of j
the Bine Ridge Parkway In August'
if he oaa make arrangement to do j
BO.
The opening ceremonies will
take place on the Virginia-North
Carolina line, at the top of Low
gap. V
According to wire reports Presi
« -d senator Pran^
JD'.), that he
" 10 attenti
parkway ftom Ashevlll«, N. C., to
the James river, nortk Roa
noke.
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