forth Wilkesboro has a
iding radius of 50 miles,
100,000 people in
iwestern Carolina.
I. 44 No. 31
The Journal-Patriot Hos Blazed the Trail of Progress in the ' State of Wilkes" For Over 44 Years
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NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C, Monday, July 31, 1950
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NAVY READIES 'MOTH BALL' AIR FLEET IN ARIZONA
Pa!*6 Na n°° PLANES to.e u ®- Nav7 has ordered re-activated immediately are shown at the Litchfield
°ear.^°?nix'-Ariz- The "moth bal1" pictured here consists mainly of PB4Y2
s' most of wWch have been parked at the field since the end of World War II. (International)
Mrs. Winkler
Is Secretary Of
Red Cross Here
Miss Rebecca Moseley Re
turns To Faculty Of City
Schools Here
R. R. Church, chairman of the
* Wilkes county chapter of The
American Red Cross, announces
changes in the operation of the
local office.
Miss "Rebecca Moseley, who has
been executive secretary since July
15, 1945j has resigned to accept a
position in the North Wilkesboro
schools, where she had been em
ployed several years before her
enlistment in the Army in 1943.
Mrs. J. H. Winkler, who was
m» •itjr nnaa ynrfrar in .Uia Mflrf,h
Wilkesboro schools during the
past year, has been elected by the
Red Cross board as successor to
Miss Moseley.
The Red Cross Office, which is
now located on the second floor
of the Deans Building, will be open
from 8:30 a. m. until 1:00 p. m.
After 2:00 p. m. emergencies will
be handled by Mrs. Winkler at her
home, 1001 E Street, which is on
the corner of 10th and E Streets.
Residence phone number is 451.
Office phone number is 307.
^C. P. Huffman, 77,
Funeral On Friday
Last rites were held Friday at
Boiling Springs Baptist church
near Purlear for Calvin Plylar
^Huffman, 77-year-old resident of
that community who died Thurs
day. Rev. A. W. Eller and Rev.
Ed Hayes conducted the funeral
service.
a **■ * member of a -well known
Wilkes family, Mr. Huffman was
a son of the late Stephen and
Susie Cardwell Huffman. Surviv
ing are two brothers, Cleve and
Vance Huffman of Purlear; four
sisters, Mrs. Lillie McNeill of Pur
lear, Mrs. Elzora Huffman Of Mil
lers Creek, Mrs. Rosa Welch of
Purlear, and Mrs. Jane Church of
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Edgar M. Spears
Claimed By Death
Funeral service wag held Sun-1
day, two p. m., at_Arbor Grove
Methodist church near Millers
Creek for Edgar Madison Spears,
27, well known resident of that
community who died Thursday in
a Statesville hospital following a
brief illness.
Mr. Spears was born December
4, 1922, a son of Lewis and Bertha
Cornett Spears, who survive. Also
surviving are his wife, Mrs. Violet
Eller Spears, and two children,
Eddie and Rita Spears. •
Mr. Spears was a member of
the Junior Order, which conducted
burial rites. .
Birthday Dinner
Mrs. M. B. Bauguss, of Cherry
Point, North Carolina, a former
resident of this city, was given a
surprise birthday dinner by mem
bers of the family at Planners
Beach, Croatan, N. C. The event
took place on Sunday, July 23,
1950.
fk. Quests from North Wilkesboro
included Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Por
ter and son, Tommle, Ray Bauguss
and Miss Bonnie Nichols.
Mrs. Bauguess received many
nice gifts. After the dinner, every
one enjoyed a delightful after
noon at Atlantic Beach.
LOCALS
Mrs. J. E. Pierce has returned
to her home at Reddies River fol
lowing a week's stay in a States
ville hospital. She remains very
ill. Her son, Mr. Marvin Pierce
and family, of Detroit, Mich., visit
ed her last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry BaugOss
and children, of this city, and Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Bauguss, of Morgan
ton, left Sunday to spend a week at
Cherry Point with Mrs. M. E. Bau
guss, mother of the Messrs. Bau
guss.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Well
man, North Wilkesboro, recently
visited Moody Bible Institute,
Chicago. The fifth annual Summer
School of radio will be held Au
gust 14-25, under one joint spon
sorship of the Institute and The
World Missionary Fellowship
which operates station HCJB,
-QwMOt—Bouad»«. , laaiUtia*.
of Moody's stations WMBI and
WMBI-FM will be available for
class use and demonstration.
Mrs. John D. Hines and daugh
ters, Beth and Martha, arrived last
week from Arlington, Va., and are
visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Claude
C. Caudill and Mr. L. T. Barnard,
sister and father of Mrs. Hines.
Colonel Hines, who has been sta
tioned in Washington for the past
three years, will join the family |
in a few days. Later the family
will go to Fort Leavenworth, Kan
sas, where Colonel. Hines will
enter the War College.
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Baptist Church At
Moravian Falls To
Buy Pastor A Car
Moravian Falls Baptist church
has started an offering to pur
chase a car for Rev. Dean Min
ton, pastor of the church. A sub
stantial amount was received when
the fund started Friday and others
who wish to contribute may con
tact Perry Lowe at Moravian
Falls. Anyone with an exception
ally good used car for sale at
a reasonable price may also con
tact Mr. Lowe.
Lightning Bolt Hits
HomeOf Chatham
Elkin, July 28. — Roundabout,
historic Ronda home owned by
Thurmond Chatham was damaged
during a thunderstorm Wednes
day. Lightning ran in on a circuit,
striking a lamp in a bedroom,
turning it over on a bed, and set
ting it on fire.
Furnishings of one room, in
cluding valuable antiques, were
burned. The walls of the hall and
second-floor rooms were blacken
ed by smoke. The home is occup
ied, only occasionally, during
Chatham's absence in Washing
ton.
The. smoke was discovered by a
resident of Roundabout farm. No
estimate of loss was reported.
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Visiting Ministers
At First Baptist
Former ministers will fill the
pulpit of the First Baptist church
while the pastor, Dr. John T. Way
land, is on vacation during Au
gust.
The schedule of visiting minis
ters at the First Baptist is as
follows: August 6, Rev. W. R.
Wagoner; August 13, morning and
evening. Rev. T. Sloane Guy, Jr.;
August 20 and 27, Dr. David E.
Browning.
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In North Carolina, experiments
were conducted where pastures
have yielded the equivalent of 60
or 80 bushels of corn per acre.
Rate Increase
Granted Central
Telephone Firm
Rate Increase In North Wil
kesboro And 13 Other
• N. C. Towns
Raleigh, July 27 -— The Cen
tral Telephone Company was au
horized by the State Utilities Com
mission today to increase rates in
most of the. towns it serves.
The increases will boost the
company's gross revenues by ap-j
proximately $118,200 a year.
The commission said that the
company had shown "an urgent
and definite need for additional
gross revenue." It pointed out that
the company's earnings last year
were at a rate of 3.29 per cent
and" tha{ if tfce"new rates had
been in effect earnings would have
been about 5.87 per cent.
The new rates will be effec
tive with the next billing for ex
changes at Boonville, Dobson,
West End, Biscoe, Ramseur, Yad
kinville, Mocksville, Elkin, Leaks
ville, Mt. Airy, North Wilkesboro,
Star, Franklinville, and Draper.
New rates at Asheboro will not
become effective until the ex
change there is converted to dial
operation.
The company did not seek in
creases for exchanges at Seagrove,
Troy, West Jefferson-Jefferson,
Candor, ML Gilead, Pilot foun
tain, and Sparta. •'
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Flashers Beat
- Radford 8 to 2
Play Radford Here Tonight
Mt. Airy Friday, Elkin
Saturday, Sunday
Hitting the ball when hits coun
ted, the North Wilkesboro Flash
ers slugged out an 8 to 2 victory
over Radford at Radford Sun
day afternoon.
North Wilkesboro scored two
in the first and four in the big
third to cinch the game while
Gary Thornburg held Radford to
nine scattered bingles. Bob Wright
was the big gun for North Wilkes
boro, batting in three runs with
a triple and double. Two-base hits
were also scored for Dave Daven
port, Charlie Morant and Wayne
Davis.
Manager "Flash" Loman played
third base.. Griffith and Staab hur
led for Radford and both were hit
hard.
At Galax Saturday night North
Wilkesboro lost 10 to 2 and the
Flashers were rained out at Galax
Friday night. At Mt. Airy Thurs
day night Mt. Airy won 10 to 6"
in a free hitting game.
Radford plays here tonight,
eight o'clock. Wytheville was
scheduled to play here Tuesday
night but with Wytheville out of
the league it will be an open date
unless Bassett or Martinsville
gets a team in the league in time
to play here.
This week-end will see a full
slate Of good games here. Mt. Airy
will be here Friday night and El
kin will be here Saturday night
and Sunday.
It is imperative that fans torn
our for these games in large
numbers if the team is to con
tinue in operation here.
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Fruit prunes, especially those
preserved by freezing, are com
ing into the importance they have
long deserved, according to spec
ialists of the U. S. Department
of Agriculture.
Critcher Firm
Is Low Bidder
On Traphill Road
Bids Received For Building
Remainder'T>f Highway
To Route No. 21
Low bids were received Thurs
day by the State Highway and
Public Works Commission for
completing the Traphill road from
Dockery to Doughton on high
way 21 south of Roaring Gap.
This link completes the road
project all the way from North
Wilkesboro through the north
eastern part of Wilkes county to
highway 21, and makes ,a paved
road accessible to a large and well
populated area heretofore with
out an all weather road.
The project from Dockery to
highway 21 was divided into two
sections, of 4.65 miles from Doc
kery to Traphill, and 4.63 miles
from Traphill to highway 21.
J. C. Critcher, Inc., of North
Wilkesboro and Asheville, was low
and successful bidder on both pro
jects. From Dockery to Traphill
the low bid for grading and pav
ing was $98,297 and from Trap
hill to Doughton $112,008. John
H. Brinkley, of Thomasville, was
low bidder for structures on both
links for a total of $50,791.90.
The J. C. Critcher, Inc., firm is
headed by J. C. Critcher, native
of Moravian Falls and who enter
ed business at Asheville a few
years ago. The firm also has of
fices in North Wilkesboro and has
other road work under way in
Wilkes cottnty.
The Traphill road will rate as a
number 2 highway and may qual
ify for a state number. In addi
tion to serving a big part of
Wilkes county, the Traphill road
will serve as a direct high.va.
from the Wilkesboros to Roaring
Gap and other points in Allegh
any, Surry and adjacent counties.
Kiwanians Meet
And EnUnClubs
Thirty-nine members of the
North Wilkesboro Kiwanis club
thoroughly enjoyed an inter-club
meeting with Kiwanians of Elkin
and Mt. Airy at the Y. M. C. A.
in Elkin Thursday evening.
Total attendance from the three I
clubs was 118. An appetizing lunch
was served by the Elkin Y. M.
C. A. under direction of T. C.}
McKnight.
The program consisted of brief |
talks by presidents ot the three [
clubs, with President E. N. Phil-1
lips speaking for North Wilkes
boro. The meeting was described |
as being highly successful.
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Cemetery* Working
All who have relatives or
friends buried at Bethel church at
Hays are asked to meet at the
church Saturday morning, Au
gust 5, 7:30 o'clock, to work on
cleaning off and improving the
cemetery.
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Makes Novelties
Fred Earp, resident of Fergu
son and Beaver Creek section
of Wilkes county, is an expert
in carving and he has designed
and manufactured by means of
a simple pocket knife numerous
novelties and puzzles that some
times bewilder and baffle the
imagination. Mr. Earp is a very
deserving young man about
twenty-four years of age. He
has recently opened up a busi
ness half way between Wil^es
boro and Moravian Falls on
highway no. 18 and has on dis
play and for sale a number of
novelties, the products of his
ingenuity.
SUPPORT THE CANCER FUND
PERSHING TANK FIRES ON REDS .
IN THE HILL COUNTRY east of Yongdong, where American forces have
been facing the most massive North Korean drive of the war, a General.
Pershing tank lets go at enemy positions. These powerful monsters
arrived but recently in shipments of new equipment now in action on
the Korean fronts. (Newt of The Day Newsreel from International)
WILKES SCHOOLS
WILL NOT OPEN
BEFORE SEPT. 4
Wilkes county schools will
not open before September 4, it
was learned today from the of
fice of C. B. Eller, county sup
perintendent.
Supt. Eller said a definite an
nouncement will be made early
next week.
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Miss Hutchens Is
In Welfare Dept.
As Junior Stenog.
Charles C. McNeill announced
today the appointment of Miss
Margaret Anne Hutchens as junior
§teaogra#her clerk with the
Wilkes County welfare depart-^
tnent. Miss Hutchens began her
work with the Welfare depart
ment on July 17. She fills a new
position which was provided for
in the new budget for 1950-51.
Mr. McNeill stated that Miss
Hutchens is well qaulified for the
position of junior stenographer
clerk. She received her education
in North Wilkesboro city schools,
where she graduated in 194 8.
After her graduation from North
Wilkesboro she enrolled in Saint
Mary's school and Junior College
in Raleigh, where she took regu
lar college work the first year.
In her second year at Saint Mary's
she took a course in secretarial
work and received a diploma in
stenographic work the latter part
of May this year. While at Saint
Mary's Miss Hutchens was active
in various activities on the cam
pus, being a member of the Honor
Council and member of Y.W.C.A.
Miss Hutchens is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Hoyle M. Hutch
ens, of North Wilkesboro.
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Johnson Manager
Family Shoe Store
O. F. Johnson, formerly of At
lanta, Ga., has accepted the posi
tion ag manager of Family Shoe
store in North Wilkesboro.
Mr. Johnson has 25 years ex
perience in the merchantile busi
ness. Over a period of 18 years
he was associated with Pollock's
naton-wide chain of shoe stores,
and more recently was with Re
genstein Peachtree store in At
lanta.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson will make
their homes in this city.
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Mrs. Sanford Cowles
Dies In Greensboro
Mrs. Sanford Cowles, 54, of 424
North Elm Street, Greensboro,
died at 10 a. m. Friday at St.
Leo's Hospital following an ill
ness of 10 days.
A registered nurse and a mem
ber of St. Leo's Hospital nursing
class of 1915, she was a native of
Halifax, Va., and had been a resi
dent Of Greensboro for 39 years.
She is survived by her husband.
Funeral was held at 2 p. m.
Saturday at Forbis and Murray
Chapel.
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Mrs. Wanda Kerley Miller was a
visitor in Marion, Virginia from
Friday until Sunday. She went
over to attend the wedding, in
which she was soloist, of Miss
Norma Wyatt and Mr. Edwin Has
tings, which took place in the
Lutheran church of Konnarocks,
Virginia, at 4:30 Saturday after
noon. Mrs. Miller is a cousin of
the bridegroom. His mother is the
former Miss Nonnie McNeil, dau
ghter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. McNeil of thfei city.
Four Injured In
Auto Accident On
Highway No. 421
Four young men were critically
injured Sunday morning in an
auto accident on highway 421
eight miles east of this city.
A 1947 model Ford said to
hare been traveling at a very high
rate Of speed left highway 421,
traveled 138 steps on the left
shoulder and about 150 off the
highway on the left side, where
it turned over a number of times
end-over-end.
The four occupants of the car
sustained serious injuries and
were listed aa toUow» at the
\VIik5s Tkbsfritat, where they are
patients: Gwyn Chambers, 27, bro
ken back; Hoover Combs, 2 2,
broken shoulder and possible in
ternal injuries; Harley Gray, 22,
cuts on head and arms and many
places on body; Clay Parker, 26,
concussion, severe shock and
other injuries.
Patrolman R. H. Garland said
the men all were critically in
jured and early today it had not
been ascertain which of the four
was driving. However, it was un
officially reported that Parker
was driving shortly before the ac
cident occured.
All the accident victims are re
sidents of the Wilkesboro route
two and North Wilkesboro route
three communities.
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American Supply
Lines Threatened
Tokyo (Monday) — North Ko
rean Reds crashed through Ko
chang on the western front, knifed
into the defensive anchor of Ham
chang on the north and launched
an all-out drive on Chinju in a
wide flanking move in the south
today.
The Communists were raining
hammer blows on the front before
the vital communications center
of Taegu, through which supplies
funnel on the main highway and
rail routes from Pusan. The south
ern drive increased the threat to
Pusan itself. v
Associated Press Corespondent
Don Whitehead reported that a
Communist power drive had car
ried through Kochang to a point
within 30 miles southwest of
Taegue. This threatened to flank
the supply lines.
GIs Pulling Out
So did the Red thrust on Chin
ju, 55 miles west of Pusan and
the same distance southwest
Taegu. Associated Press Co
spondent Haf Boyle said the Ji
took off from Hadong on th •
mile push to Chinju with ?
and armored cars leading t.
tack. American aerial ob
said U. S. troops were pull
of Chinju ,and digging ir
East.
The Reds closed in tow-*'
gu from the north by in.Jr
into Hamchang, key basti^
center of the American-8<
rean line. The fall Of R»*
was not confirmed offii d
Associated Press Corel y
Tom Lambert said it wa
and "set afire by Allief*
planes. f
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Blevi -
returned to their home at
after a visit at New Bern
and Mrs. R. B. Hendren.
Hendren is Mr. BleTlns' si
George E. Smith
District Principal
Wilkesboro School
Former Head Cornelius And
Cooleemee School*; Gettys
High School Head
George E. Smith has been elec
ted principal of Wilkesboro dis
trict schools, Paul J. Vestal, chair
man Of the Wilkesboro district
board announced today.
Mr. Smith is a graduate of Le
noir-Rhyne College at Hickory
and holds a master's degree from
the University of North Carolina.
He has been in school work many
years and has an«enviable repu
tation as principal and school
man. He was principal over a
period of several years at Coolee
mee and later at Cornelius and
at both places was highly recom
mened.
Mr. Smith's family consists of
his wife and two sons. They will
make tfteir home in Wilkesboro
within the next few weeks.
As district principal Mr. Sbiith
will succeed Wm. T. Long, who
resigned last spring after twelve
years as head of the Wilkesboro
schools.
Joe T. Gettys, of Rock Hill, S.
C., has been employed as Wilkes
boro high school principal to suc
ceed Zeb. V. K. Dickson, who re
signed to become principal of
Central high school north of
Statesvllle in Jredell county. Mr.
Gettys is a graduate of Erskine
College with master's degree from
the University Of South Carolina.
He has also engaged in post grad
uate study at Duke University.
His teaching experience has been
at Irmo, Supipter and Blacksburg,
S. C.
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14 Patients At
Cancer Center On
Tuesday Morning
On Tuesday, July 25th the
Wilkes-Alleghany County Cancer
Center held its weekly clinic.
Fourteen appeared for examina
tion, 13 white women, 1 white
man.
Mrs. J. T. Cashion served as
Chairman of Receptionists, and
assisting her were Mrs. Edward
Day, Mrs. Edward Finley, and
Mrs. J. M. Derr.
Those who presided
amining rooms were Mrs. Ralph
Frazier, Mrs. T. R. Jones, Mrs.
James Ford, and Mrs. Charles Zil
iak.
Fourteen examinations were
completed, and 14 patients were
referred to their personal physic
ians for medical attention. *
The Center is staffed by mem
bers of the Wilkes-Allghany Coun
ty Medical Society.
Two priorities were given to
those who arrived too late for
examination.
There were several from out of
town. Three came from Thurmond
one from Elkin, one from Jeffer
son, and one from Granite Falls.
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
jless of age.
The Clinics are held every Tues
day morning in the Wilkes County
Court House. Registration is from
9:00 to 10:00 a. m.
Frequently there are more ap
plicants for examination than can
be accomodated. Therefore, in or
der that those who live at a dis
tance may be sure of an examina
tion and thus not make a trip
in vain, priorities will be sent, on
request to all who live twenty
miles or more from Wilkesboro.
Address your request to Cancer
Center Clerk, Wilkesboro, N. C.
and indicate two dates on which
yo."'- 'jQU^L.com.Q for examination.