North Wilkesboro Has •
trading radius of 50 mflea.
serving |l*0,000 people to
Northwestern Carolina.
The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress in the "State of Wilkes" For Over 44 Yeors
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I Monday* and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., Monday. June 12.1950 Make North Wilkesboro Your Shoooino Cmtw
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Highway 268 To
Be Constructed To
The Caldwell Line
Project May Be Ready For
Letting In August Or
September This Year
Good news for the people ol
the western part of Wilkes county
is the statement by Highway Com
missioner Mark Goforth, of Le
noir, that highway 268 will be
constructed all the way to the
Caldwell county line.
W. B. Horton, well known Fer
guson citizen, here Saturday gave
The Journal-Patriot the follow
ing letter he had received from
Commissioner Goforth:
"As pertaining to our conver
sation concerning N. C. No. 2 68,
I wish to state that after a pro
longed session with Major Hoop
er, Federal Roads; Bill Rogers,
State Engineer; Dr. Jordan, Chair
man; Mr. Browning, Mr. Payne,
and others, Mr. Stewart and I
worked out a project to include
in our next project for No. 268 the
complete road from Warrior Creek
to the Caldwell County line with
^the exception of the bridge over
TElk Creek.
"I cannot say just the date this
will be ready to let the contract,
bat hope and expect it to be in
August or September. This makes
me very happy that this long and
needed road looks as though now
in the near future will be com
plete. This required a lot of work
to arrange finances to cover this
large a project on Federal Aid
for any one county."
This decision on the part of
highway officials means that at
an early date highway 268 will
be a paved highway all the way
from Wilkesboro to highway 221
in the Patterson community north
of Lenoir.
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Optimist Club To
Meet Tuesday Noon
All members of the Optimist
Club of North Wilkesboro are
urged to be present for the club
meeting to be held Tuesday noon
at Hotel Wilkes.
Optimist Bill Thomas will have
charge of the program, and will
present a travelogue movie.
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Jaycees To Hear
Hoover Report
The Commission on the Re-or
ganizing of the Federal Govern
uifcent's executive branch, headed
by former President Hoover, has
found among other things that:
thirty-eight government agencies
lend money, sixteen government
agencies are engaged in wildlife
preservation; the VA requires an
average of 73 4ays to pay death
L claims on government life insur
ance, whereas private companies
pay 80 per cent of their claims
within fifteen days.
Your federal government is en
gaged in everything from baby
care to dam building. The Hoover
commission has endeavored to find
ways of administering this pro
gram so that it can be done with
the least expense and waste, but
it is up to the citizens who have
the votes to study the report and
insist upon its adoption.
The Wilkes Junior Chamber of
Commerce is particularly interest
ed in helping the people under
stand the Hoover Report and have
secured Mr. Joseph L,. Miller, of
the original commission, to speak
to the civic clubs of the Wilkes
boros at a dinner meeting at 7.
o'clock on Thursday, June 22nd,
at the VFW hall. Everyone inter
ested is invited to contact Wayne
Poster, Roland Potter, or George
Childress before the 15 th for re
servations.
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Bloodshed
oxscore
Killed June 6 through June 8,
5.
Injured June. 6 through June
8, 76.
Killed through June 8 this
IJ&d through June 8, 1949,
Injured through June 8 this
year, 4,823.
Injured through June 8, 1949,
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The lee cream cone originated
a half century ago at the St. Louis
World's Fair.
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I RIVAL RED GROUPS CLASH IN PARIS
INFILTRATING A MEETING of 250 member* of a Titolat organization in
Paris, 100 pro-Russian Communists attempt to "work over" their rival
group with a few chain and whatever else comes to hand. The sortie
ended with the Titoists ejecting the blood-smeared pro-Moscow,.Com
munists before the police arrived. Fourteen of the rioters were injured
and ten others were taken into custody. (International Madiophoto)
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Movie As Program
i Feature Friday
"North Wilkesboro Kiwanis club
held an interesting meeting Fri
day noon.
President E. N. Phillips presid
ed and invocation was by W. C.
Grier.
Secretary T. E. Story read a
letter from Miss June Royal,
thanking the club membere for
their assistance in carrying her
to school. Miss Royal is a crippled
polio victim of the epidemic of
1944..
The secretary read a letter from
Wayne Foster, of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce, asking the'
club to join them in a meeting
June 22 at the V.F.W. Hall to
hear a discussion of the froover
Commission Report. Forty-two
members of the club voted to at
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L. M. Nelson, program chair
man for the day, and chairman
of the Business Affairs Commit
tee, began his program by giving
a brief discussion of the require
ments of his committee. He then
presented Matthew Meade, who
showed a sound picture, "Historic
Virginia." It was an excellent pic
ture setting forth ,the discovery,
colonization and development of
the Commonwealth of Virginia,
Many of the historic buildings,
monuments and the later develop
ed places of beauty were shown.
Heroes of the early days and
statesmen of recent times were
presented.
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R. G. Taylor, 62,
Taken By Death
Robert Glenn Taylor, 62, a
prominent citizen of the Laurel
Springs community of Alleghany
county, died early Sunday at. the
hospital here.
Born July 18, 1887, Mr. Taylor
was a son of the late D. P. and
Ellen Edwards Taylor, of Alle
ghany county. Surviving are his
wife, Mrs. Ardie Taylor, of Laurel
Springs; one son, Dr. Robert G.
Taylor, Jr., a dentist at North
Wilkesboro, and one daughter,
Mrs. Roy Spalnhour of North Wil
kesboro.
Funeral service was held to
day, two p. m., at Cranberry
church in Alleghany county with
the Rev. C.. W. Ervin in charge.
Mr. Taylor was a member of the
Sparta Masonic lodge and Masons
conducted burial rites at the
grave.
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Resigi
abbcd
Entirely False
HSgbway Division Commis
sioner Says He Expects
To Continue In Office
A rumor that Mark Goforth, of
Lenoir,' has resigned as highway
commissioner for the eighth divi
sion was branded today as false
and absolately without founda
tion. , >/:"
. Jim Council, assistant division
engineer, quoted Commissioner
Goforth as saying: "There Is ab
solutely no foundation to the rum
or that I have resigned as high
way commissioner. I expect to
continue in my present capacity
in service to the people of the
division."
Rumors were circulated here
last week that the Lenoir attor
ney was leaving the highway coin
mission.
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Dick Underwood
Takes Position With
Rocky Mount Paper
Dick Underwood, who received
his degree last week at the Univer
sity of North Carolina, where he
majored in journalism, has ac
cepted a position as telegraph edi
tor of the Rocky Mount Evening
Telegram.
Dick is the son Of Mr. and Mrs.
B. R. Underwood, of Wllkesboro.
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Thurmond Man
Dies Suddenly
Larkijn Franklin Brooks, 63
year-old farmer Of the Thurmond
community, died unexpectedly of
a heart attack at his home early
Saturday hight.
Wilkes Coroner I. M. Myers
said Mr. Brooks fell dead while
walking near his home. *He had
been in apparently normal health.
Funeral service was held to
day, two p. m., at Old Roaring
River church near Traphill. Rev.
Charlie Miles and Rev. L. E.
Sparks conducted the last rites.
Born September 18, 1886, Mr.
Brooks was a son of the late Lar
kin and Sarah Jane Brooks, of
Wilkes county. Surviving are his
wife, Mrs. Leota Brooks, four sons
Paul, Earl, Jamea and John
Brooks, of Thurmond and four
daughters, Mrs. Annie Holbrook of
Traphill, Mrs. Janle Burchette of
New Jersey, Mrs. Edna Caadill
and Miss Issie Brooks eft Thur
mond.
Recreation Group
To Meet Thursday
C. Of C. Office
Much Work Under Way At
Smoot Park; Facilities
Are Installed
Community Recreation Council
which is composed of many civic
organizations, will meet Thurs
day afternoon, 4:30 o'clock, at
the chamber of commerce office
on Ninth street.
The meeting will be in connec
tion with the recreation work now
under way at Smoot Park.
Many of the recreation facilities
provided by the Community Rec
reation Council in cooperation
with the town of North Wilkes
boro have already been installed
at tlfe park and are now in use.
The town is ' furnishing Tom
Boyette, recreation director, and
Lott Mayberry, assistant! as sup
ervisors and they now have facili
ties in the park for recreation for
all ages. Parents are urged to en
courage their children to use the
park facilities morning and after
noon.
Plans are also underway to
form a softball league. Any inter
ested players are urged to get in
touch jvith Mr. Boyette or Mr.
Mayberry at once in order that tho
teams can be formed and a
schedule of play arranged. There
are also facilities for baseball,
basketball and football practice
as well as games for many minor
sports.
Work is now under way on
two tennis courts, which will be
ready for use in a few days. Volley
ball court is now ready.
A new concession stand build
ing and storage room for equip
ment has been erected in the park.
Facilities foV play by Bmall child
ren are also ready for Immediate
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Naraon McLean Rites
Tuesday, Two- P. M.
Funeral service will be held
Tuesday, two p. m., at Union
Methodist church near Cricket
for Namon McLean, 64, former
Wilkes resident who died in Bill
ings, Montana. Re^. C. Jay Win
slow, pastor, will conduct the ser
vice and burial will be in Mt.
Lawn cemetery.
Mr. McLean was a son of the
late John A. and Luellen Bowlin
McLean of Wilkes county. He left,
Wilkes many years ago and spent
a great part of his life iir west
ern states. He was a brother of
John D. and Carl McLean, Miss
es Winnie and Bessie McLean, and
Mrs. J. M. Nichols, of the Cricket
community.
Ladies Night Of
Dokies, K. Of P.
Enjoyable Event
Officers For Year Elected;
George Wells Is Presi
dent Dokies Club
Members of the North Wilkes
boro Dokies club, Knights of
Pythias lodge members their wives
and lady friends enjoyed a ladies
night banquet Friday evening at
the V.P.W. Hall.
Program feature of the evening
was an address by Gus Travis,
celebrated columnist of the Char
lotte Observed. Gus told numerous
funny stories and kept the large
crowd in an uproar of laughter.
Presidnet Carlyle Ingle opened
the meeting and officers of the
Dokies club were elected for the
coming year. George Wells was
elected president, W. K. Sturdi
vant vice president, Howard Os
borne secretary-treasurer, and
^Charlie Day bozooka.
Following the election Presi
dent Wells was inducted and acted
as toastmaster.
The members and guests, were
served a splendid dinner by the
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxi
liary. Invocation was spoke by T.
E. Story.
Paul Osborne Intrdouced Mr.
Travis, who held the rapt attention
Of the crowd with his Accounts of
one funny yarn after another.
The occasion was one of the
most enjoyable events In the his
tory of the Knights of Pythias
lodge and Dokies dub here.
Aromatic or Turkish tobacco is
being grown this year in 34 coun
ties of the Piedmont tad mountain
sections of North Carolina.
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WATCH KING'S PARADE IN LONDON
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THESfi INFORMAL POSES were taken In London as members of the British
Royal Family watched the trooping of the colors ceremony in celebra
tion of King George VI's birthday. Top, Prince Charles, son of Princess
Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh, takes in the colorful parade. He
is aciwrpanied by a governess. Below, Dowager Queen Mary and Prince
Miahaei tier grandson, and the nephew of England's monwh, are
photographed on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. (International)
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LARGE POPULATION GROWTH
IN COMMUNITY; LITTLE HERE
Wilkes Teachers
At Summer School
A number of Wilkes school
principals and teachers are en
rolled at summer school at Appar
lachian College at* Boone.
Those from Wilkes now in
school at Boone include the fol
lowing: Fred Gilreath, Traphill
principal; R. O*Poplin, Jr., Ronda
principal; O. M. Prof fit, Mount
Pleafiant principal; Hal Edmisten,
Ferguson principal; Mr. and Mrs.
Thornton Staley, John Idol, Mrs.
Q. A. McNeill and Thomas Edmis
ten.
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Marine Corps Is
Taking Recruits
Dispelling a current erroneous
belief on the part of the general
public, Master Sergeant J. L. Bar
nes, non-commissioned office in
charge of recruiting in this area,
announced that the Marine Corps
is accepting applicants for imme-'
diate enlistment. Sergeant Barnes
further stated, that as far as is
known this policy will remain In
effect for an indefinite period.
To qualify for enlistment in the
Marines, a young man must be
between the ages of 17 and 28,
must be o; good moral character,
and meet the required mental and
physical standards.
The current enlistment period
is four years. Accepted applicants
are sent to the Marine Corps Re
cruit Depot at Parris Island, S. C.,
for the weeks of training. On com
pletion of this training they will
receive a ten-day leave prior to
assignment to a duty station.
Wide opportunities for further
ing their education are offered all
Marines through a number Of ser
vice schools as well as through the
famed Marine Corps Institute,
which for the past 28 years has
offered free courses in nearly 200
fields of knowledge, including col
lege courses.
Interested young men may se
cure full details about the Mar
ines by writing or visiting the Mar
ine Corp* Recruiting Station, Post
Office Building, Winston-Salem.
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Prices of milk for (laid con
sumption continue to decline slow
ly from the postwar peak. On the
other hand manufacturing milk,
which dr&pped sharply la late
steady ***? 1949' remalM
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Census preliminary figures have
not been released for North Wil
kesboro and Wilkesboro, but pre
liminary estimates will show a
large growth of the entire com
munity and small growth in the
urban limits.
According to estimates follow
ing completion of work by enum
erators, the population of North
Wilkesboro will be under 5,000.
One reason for the small growth
ia the fact that since North Wil
kesboro was formed there has
been no substanial increase in the
town's corporate limits.
Meanwhile, much of the former
residential area has been absorb
ed by the growth of business sec
tions of the town.
The figure for the immediate
community* will tell a different
story. Census officials have esti
mated for preliminary figures
that the area between North Wil
kesboro and Millers Creek and the
Fair plains community have more
people than the coroprate limits of
North Wilkesboro. There has been
a corresponding growth in some
areas adjacent to the town of Wil
kesboro.
While there has been no great
increase in population within the
corporate limits of the Wilkes
boros, the increase in population
of the immediately adjacent areas
has been in large numbers during
the past decade.
Without exception, the towns in
this part of the state which have
recorded large increase in popu
lation have expanded their cor
porate limits during the past 20
years.
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P.-T. A. Executive
Committee Meeting;
1$ Held On Taesday
Executive committee of the
North Wllkesboro Parent-Teacher
Association met Tuesday with Dr.
J. H. Sowder, president-elect
Officers studied an outline of
their duties and laid plans for
the coming year. Committee chair
men were selected and will be
announced following their accept
ance.
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Demand for flue-cured and hur
ley thU year is expected to be
fairly strong. Prices received by
growers probably will be In line
with those of recent yean. Sup
port levels probably will exceed
•ho.. season.
County Boards h
Joint Session In
Wilkesboro Today
Plans WU1 Be Drawn Imme
diately For High School
Building
Wilkes-county board of com
missioners and Wilkes county
board of education in joint meet
ing today took action to pur
chase the C. T. Doughton home
and land for school purposes.
G. B. Eller, county superinten
dent of schools and secretary to
the board of "education, said the
Doughton property was ordered
purchased for the sum of $29,000.
The site, he said, is to be used
for erection of a Wilkesboro high
school building.
School building funds now al
loted to the Wilkesboro school to
tal $65,000.
An architect has been contacted
to make a topographical survey of
the Doughton lands and to draw
plans for a high school building.
However, funds now are not
available for construction Of a
large high school building. Avail
able funds are to be used imme
diately in construction of whatever
part of the plant can be built
now. v
It was estimated by school and
county authorities that the $65,
000 now available will construct
nine rooms. Any funds that could
be added to the total would in
crease the size of the building that
can be constructed.
Construction of the Somers
township school unit has been de
ferred this year until a later data
because of a controversy over
site for the school. County au
thorities said that part of the
funds allotted for the Somers
school unit would be used to pur
chase the Doughton property.
Present for the joint meeting
today were M. F. Absher, chair
man, C. C. Bidden and I. J. Broy
hill, composing the county board
of commissioners, C. O. McNiel.
chairman, and D. P. Shepherd, of
the county board of education.
Voting for the motion to purchase
the Doughton property were
Messrs. Absher, Sidden, McNiel
and Shepherd. No vote was cast
in opposition.
Motion was made for the county
board of education by D. F. Shep
herd and for the board of county
commissioners by C. C- Sidden.
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Superior Court
lu Second Week
Wilkes Superior court today
entered on the second week and
will be in progress for the next
two weeks.
Judge George D. Pat ton is pre
siding over the court, which is for
trial of civil cases.
A number of' cases were heard
during the court last week. Com
plete results of judgments enter
ed will be carried in this news
paper Thursday.
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York-Sisk Reunion
The York-Sisk reunion will b«
held June 25th at the Guilford
Battleground, located 5 miles
North of Greensbgro on Route
220. Picnic lunch at 1 o'clock at
shelter No. 13. There will be
swimming and boating facilities
available. Each one will furnish
his own cups, plates and spoons
along with lunch.
Contact Club To
Meet Tuesday 4:30
Contact Club of the Wilkes
Chamber of Commerce will meet
Tuesday afternoon, 4:30, in th«
chamber of commerce office.
Maurice E. Walsh is chairman
of the club, which performs the
duties of maintaining member
ship in the chamber and securing
new members.
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Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Finley,
Miss Mary Elmore Finley, and
Miss Grace Finley attended th«
commencement exercises at Leee
McRae College at Banner Elk from
June 3-5th, where Mr. Gordon
Finley, Jr., was a member of the
graduating class, Gordon, Jr., a
member of the Council of Christiam
Education, was rerf active in
religious work in the school, the
church, and the community. Be
also was a member and rice-presi
dent of the choir, cross country
and monogram club, and received
the Hall Bible award tor doing the
best Bible work during his senior
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