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WOfeW wiftKESBOROV N. C., MONDAY, MAY 22, 1933 \ fLOO;)^
Uniqiie
(d^B^ Ladies
At IQwi^ Meet
Assumed Charge of Meeting
Without Previous Notice
To Kiwanians
MRS. HUSiARD PRESIDES
Mrs. W. R. AMher In Charge
of Regular Program;
Gives Readings
V ■ Kiwanians were delightfully
'entertained at the luncheon of the
NEW AUDITORIUM AT JUNIOR ORDER HOME-
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IlGss McKittrick
Gives Coarse &
Scout Work Here
Girl Scout Leaders From
Three Different Places
Attended Sessions
SCOUT LEADERS LAUDED
Course In
club Friday at Hotel Wilkes when
their wives came unannounced and
took charge of the meeting for the |
day.
The meeting started off regular
enough. Dr. Fred C. Hubbard,
president of the club, called the
meeting to order and J. R. Finley
spoke the invocation. But with
that done, nothing was regular
thereafter until the special pro
gram got under way- The ladies
rushed In and by the time Kiwan
ians were ready to sit down, they
found their seats filled. J. B. Me-1
coy then had to get busy and se-
Above is pictured the beautiful new Sam F. Vance auditorium, of
the National Junior Order Home at Lexington, N. C., which will be
formally presented to the National Council by North Carolina Juniors
on May 30th.
Juniors To Present Vance
Auditorium At Lexington
Week's Training
September Is Planned By
Local Cmnmittee
Exercises At National Junior Order Home Will Be Held On
Tuesday, May 30; Plans Made For All-North Carolina
Day; Lieutenant Governor Graham To Speak
Lexington, .May 18.—Juniors land, so far as possible, Carolina
cure chairs and plates for the K>-Lf xonh Carolina will on Toes-1 material,
wanians. ! 30,1,. formally present I B. .C. Sisk, of Warsaw, state
Dr. Hubbard, thinking he was the haniisoine new Saui F. Vance ' vice-councilor, will preside at the
Still president, arose to Proceed building j exercise. The building will be
In tbe usual manner, but receiv-. gymnasium, recently com-1 presented to the National Conn
ed a sharp rebuke from Mrs. Hub-i^j^^^J' .lunior Order Na-!cil by Lewis P. Hamlin, of Brev-
bard, who then announced t^'*^'ti„„al Orphans Home here, to ! ard. state councilor. It will be ac-
she would ask reports from tbe National Council of the Or- cepted on behalf of the National!
various committee chairmen. ' expected to be one,Council by Dr. Charles K. Brew-
When R. G. Finley, program biggest events in Junior-'er. president of .Meredith College.!
ism in the"^ Stale in many years. ' Raleigh, who is national conn-1
Plans for the in’esentalion ami cilor of the Order, Chief address j
acceptance of the structure will of the day will be made by A. H. ;
make It an All-North Carolina Graham, of Hillsboro, lieutenant |
chairman of the day. began to an
nounce his program, Mrs. Finley
instructed him to be (|Uiet. She
called upon Kiwanians to sing;
“Liza Jane,” and then .Mi.ss Chris
tina Indn -furnished a real treat j
by singing a rhyme to the same,
tune about practically all the Ki-
i day. The building was paid for governor of North Carolina, who
! by Juniors of North Carolina i will be presented by Gurney P.
j through small assessments over a , Hood, state commissioner of
! period of three years: it was de-1 hanks, who is also State treasiir-
North Carolina archi-ier of the Order. The exercises
lations committee, thouaht be, _ _ _ u^ing Carolina labor! (Continued on page eight)
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wftTiiftris. I
J. C. Rems of the luter-club re-,-'’'sned b>^ ^ Carolina 1 will .begin at eleven o’clock in
would report when his committee fnntrartor
was callect. upon, but he was silenc
ed by Mrs. Reins, who did the job
^ splendid style. Mrs. C. O- Mc
Neill, Mrs. Genio Cardwell, .Mrs.
J. B. McCoy. Mrs. Henry Reynolds
and Mrs. J. D. Moore all reported
for their husbands- Miss Lucy
Finley gave the report for the for
estry committee for her father,
Mr. A. A. Finley.
Mrs. R. G- Finley then gave a
talk and a poem on “Smiles.”
The regular scheduled program
was given by Mrs. W. R. Ab.sher,
who gave as her first feature Robt.
W. Service’s “Young Fellow, My
Lad.” Mrs. Absher, who is ‘Poppy
Day” chairman, gave this to call
attention to the. World war heroes.
Mrs. Absher then called upon
Mrs. Lucile Farmer and Miss Ellen
Robinson, who sang “Keep the
Home Fires Burning." Kiwanians
joining in singing tlie chorus- “In
School Days” by John Greenleaf
Whittier, was read by Mrs. .Absher.
Mrs. Farmer and Miss Robinson
again entertained by singing
“School Days.”
The song was followed by anoth
er reading, Kipling’s “If,” by Mrs-
Absher. As an encore, she gave.
“Oh, North Carolina "
Another duet by Mrs. Farmer
and Miss Robinson brought the
program to a close.
W. E. Sparger, of Charlott“s-
ville. was the guest of George
Kennedy.
Guests of the club were Mes-
dames R. G. Finley, J. D. .Moore,
W. E. Jones, Henry Reynolds, J-
Tax Listing Is
Begun in City
Towit'ihip and City Listers To
Be At City Hall During
the Week
Funeral Is Held
For Miss Eller
Conducted Thursday After
noon At First I^tist
Church In City
The work of listing North Wil-
kesboro property for city and
county taxation was begun
this
Funeral service for Miss Mattye
Eller, who died last Wednesday
evening was conducted from the
morning. The listers are at the pj^gj Baptist church Thursday aft-
the
be
Community Store today, but
remainder of the week will
spent at the city hall.
Rev. D. 0. Cleary is township
lister, while,W. P. Kelly, city clerk,
will list for the city.
Taxpayers ar^ urged to list dur
ing the week as they will avoid
great inconvenience by so doing.
There will b» no changes in the
present valuation of property aft
er the listers and board of as.ses-
sors have completed their work.
Mrs. W. D. Gaither
Claimed By Death
ernoon at 4 o’clock by Rev. C. W.
Robinson and Rev. J. H. Armbrust-
The floral offerings were beau
tiful and profuse, attesting to the
high esteem in which Miss Eller
was held.
Following the service, interment
was made in Greenwood cemetery.
Pallbearers were: E. M- Black
burn, A. H. Casey, W. D. Half-
acre, J. M. Crawford, A. F. Kilby
and C. 0. McNeill.
Members of the city school fac
ulty and members of the Fidelis
Sunday school class of the First
Baptist church, of which Miss Eller
j was a member, were flower bear-
i ers- They were:
A Girl Scout training course,
preliminary to increased activity
in the county, was conducted at
the “Little House” the latter part
of last week by Miss Grace Mc-
Kittrick, a representative of the
national headquarters , training
staff.
Lectures were given by Miss
.McKittrick fThursday evening.
Friday morning and Friday eve
ning and Saturday morning. The
lectures were attended by various
numbers from North- Wilkesboro,
Wilkesboro and .Moravian Falls.
Miss iMcKittrick praised the
Girl Scout “Little House” at.d
comimended the Woman’s G’ ib
tor this contribution to S out
life. She said the three cr stains
of the local Scouts were as effi
cient as any she had come in
contact with anywhere. The cap-
/tains are Mrs. H. V. Overcash,
i.Miss Mabel Topping and Miss
Gertrude Gilliam.
The course last week was pre
liminary to the week’s training
course which will be conducted
in September. At that time new
leaders will be trained and a
drive for new members will be
uiade.
During the summer months,
the community comimtloe plans
to carry on a number of activi
ties, these including day camp
ing, swimming and tennis. Only
registered Scouts will be invited
to participate in these activities.
It was felt that Miss McKit-
trick’s visit was very profitable
and will mean much toward cre
ating greater euthnslasm in the
work.
Federal Court
Ended Friday
Many Cases Were Disposed
of In Five Days It Was
In Session
Misses Pitta Turner, Wilhelmina
Funeral Held Sunday At Oak! l^'^aney, Rebecca Moseley, Sam
Grove Methodist Church
At 4 P. M.
I Johnson, Ruby Blackburn. Eliza
beth Finley, Ossie M. Clayton,
I Nora Ellis. Lillian Stafford, Manie
Mrs. Fannie Alice Gaither, ^ Brewer, Lura Reynolds. Mesdames
who resided near .Millers Creek
was claimed liy death about 1 a
' J. B. Williams, E. M. Blackburn,
D. T. Deish, R. P Casey, Nell Hefi-
m. Sunday
of several years.
followin ; an illness
She had been
kR Hix, Fred C. Hubbard, J. B.
McCoy. W. K. Sturdivant. M. ('.. practically helpless for ten years
Butner, H. H. Morehouse, S. V.
Tomlinson, L. M. Nelson, .1. R.
Finley, C- 0. McNeill, J. C. Reins, "f 'ate I
E. E. Eller, W. R. Absher, Lucile
Farmer, Miss Christine Ervin, Miss
Ellen Robinson and Miss Lucy
Finley.
Taken To Clinic
Nine
Wilke.s Peoplel Taken
Lenoir On Thursda;«?i
To
Nine Wilkes people wei^arried
to the rehabilitation cliniL^ft Le-
noir Thursday. TheS^.Jwere:
Lloyd Church, Tom John
Holland, Hazel Church, She^
herd. Travis Nichols, j Connie
Owens, Bettie Jane Coltrane, Sa
mantha Brown and Bill Osborne.
They were examined and advised
of the correction steps that should t
be taken.
Miss Bertie Rose, of the county i „ , ^ j u
he3Jh office, accompanied them! sPooted lady and her passing
I brought ,
dron, E. .M- Long, R. T. McNeill,
Jack Quinnj.A. H. Casey, Clyde
Dimmette, Ralph Duncan, Cyrus
or more i McNeill, J. N. Shockey. W. J.
.Mrs. Gaither was the daughter j®od C. 0. McNeill.
Huffman Buiiis. wa^'?^ I MinstrcI Presented
vears and 11 months of age, be-1
• ‘ Group From Wilkesboro Gives
ing born June 21. IsbO.
The funeral service was con
ducted Sunday afternoon at 4
o’clock from Oak Grove Metho-1 group of young people of Wilkej-
dist (‘hiiroh. of which she was a boro was presented to a splendid
member, by Rev. E. P. Greene, i audience in the .school auditorium j
pastor. A large number of sor-i here Thursday evening. The stunts |
rowing friends and relatives at- j and jokes furnished plenty of en-
tended the service. ' tertainment for everyone «nd the
j Group From
! Performance In City
After being In session five
days, the May term of federal
court at Wilkesboro ended Fri
day afternoon. Earlier adjourn
ment was anticipated, but the
court ran Into a number of jury
trials in the closing two days
which required much longer
than the submissions of the first
part of the week.
Gases disposed of were:
J. B. Wilmoth, fine of $150 and
probation for 18 months.
Reece Stone and Bryant Stone,
temporary probation.
Will Spicer, prayer for judgment
continued.
Former Supemtendent of North
I* ■?
Member New Sdwol Commisdm
W.G. Gaston of!
Roaring River Famture
Corpotation Is Employing
104 Men; Outlook Bright
Employees Are Being Given Full-Time Work, Five and Half
Days Per Week; Corporation Assumed Control of Fac
tory January 15; Production Greatly Increased
The Roaring: River Furniture
corporation which assumed con
trol of the factory formerly
known as the Roaring River Fur
niture company on January 15
of this year, is now employing
104 men full time, or five and a
half days per iveek. The corpo
ration purchased the plant after
the old company had paid its
way out during a receivership
ally increased.
'The production now is two-
thirds greater than formerly
and the outlook is very bright
for still better business- The
furniture outlook is better than
in several months, it is stated.
Principal stockholders in the
furniture corporation at Roaring
River are C. J. Lambeth and L.
J. Salmon heirs. J. C. Grayson,
of this city, is in charge of the
and production has been gradu- | corporation’s office.
Gastonia, Once
Taugkt In City
Appointment Announced In
Raleigh Yesterday By
Gov. Ehringhaus
DOUGHERTY STAYS ON
Six Members of State Equali
zation Board Retained On
New Board
Wilson Angel To Sing At Local
Methodist Church Sunday N^ht
Alon^ With the Centenary Choir
Captain Wallers
Makes Largest
Catch of Season
Winner of National Atwater-
Kent Contest To Be Solo
ist of Evening
Captain R- E- Walters, North
Wilkesboro postmaster, is in
line for a $7-50 prize which is
to be awarded to the person
who catches the largest rainr
bow trout in the waters of Elk
Creek near Banner Elk this sea
son.
Postmaster Walters landed
the largest trout to date on last
Tuesday and an official record
was made of the catch. The
trout measured 20 1-2 inches
and weighed two pounds and
nine ounces-
Postmaster Walters was ac
companied on the fishing trip
by Mr. N. W. Bumgarner, a
member of the local postoffice
force.
PUBLIC IS INVITED
Concert At Local
Church May 24th
The choir of the Centenary
Methodist church, Winston-Sal
em, numbering fifty-five voices,
will be in the city next Sunday; j,oard.”
night in connection with the
night service of the Methodist
church. Dr. Harry Parker, noted
choir director, who was brought
to Winston-Salem from Detroit,
.Mich., will direct the program.
Wilson Angel, recent winner of
$5,000 National Atwater Kent
contest, will be the soloist of the
evening. Charles G. Vardell, Jr.,
will lead in one of his own com
positions. The choir will sing
two 'numbers composed by Dr.
Parller. Two choruses of ladles
voices and two of men’s voices
will also be a feature of the pro-
W. Gray Gaston, of Gastonia,
a former superintendent of the
North Wilkesboro schools, was
one of the eleven men who were
appointed by Governor J. 0. B.
Ehringhaus as members of the
new state .school commission.
Mr. Gaston was head of the local
school system Immediuiely prior
to the outbreak of the World
War. He is pleasantly remember
ed here by many acquaintances
who are pleased to learn of the
new honor that has come to him.
The appointment of the men
who will compose the powerful
i state body was announced yes-
terdhy at Raleigh.
I Six of the memltcr.s of the new
■group have served on the board
of equalization, which adminis
tered the state’s six months
school term, and five are new ap
pointees.
Governor Ehringhaus said hs
thought the commission “is a
very strong school administrative
gram. *
The choir will arrive in the
! city about 6 p. m. and gp to tbe
I Legion Auxiliary Hut for a light
then to the church for
Earl Slocum and Five Other i ^he public is in-
Artists To Be At Meth- i yited to the concert.
odist Church Tne concert is free to all but a
A concert of stringe'. instru-| «"ver offering will be received to
cover the expenses of the choirs
ments will be given at the Meth- jj.j^ygj
odist church on Wednesday
at 8 p. m. Prof. Earl Slocum, Igram:
head of the Department of Music j Opening
unlimited power in reaching de-
Foiiowing is the tentative pro- clsions involving operation of the-
I eight months school term.
(Parker):
Sentence
of the Greensboro schools.
_ . , , five artists will be here. The In-
Tom Sprinkle, Vernon Sprinkle, gtruments will be three violins,
viola, cello, flute, stringed bass
Connie Sprinkle and Zonie Sprin-
kl?, two years in Chillicothe as piano.
The minstrel show .staged by a
Surviving are her husband. W. ‘ audience was well pleased with the
daughter, Mrs.! performance.
Millers Creek, | The proceeds were divided be
tween the local high school athletic
association and the Wilkesboro
high school athletic association.
; D. Gaither, one
; Ila Hurley, of
three sons. W. B. Gaither, of
! Greensboro: M. M. Gaither, of
Guilford College, and M. D.
Gaither, of Frederick, Md. One
|.brother. A. B, Buiiis, of Wilkes-
1 boro, Route 1, also survives.
.Mrs. Gaither was a highly re-
Brame Drug Company To
Be Open Every Sunday
To Elect Officers
With the idea of rendering the
very best possible service to their
brought widespread grief to her j customers, the Brame Drug corn-
friends and relatives. ; pany announces that their drug
store will be open Sunday for short
Juniors To Name Officers
Meeting Tomor
Garden Department Of
Woman’s Club To Meet
The Garden Department of tbe
periods. During the hours the
store is open, every department ex-
I cept the soda fountain service will
Tom and Vernon; temporary pro
bation as to Zonnie and Connie.
J. A. Collins and Lloyd Bare,
prayer for judgment continued.
Filmore Adams and Coy Foster,
15 months in Chillicothe-
Jim Holbrook, 18 months in
Chillicothe, sentence to run con
currently with sentence in other
care.
Joe Lane, 15 months in Chilli
cothe. sentence to begin June 9,
1933.
Chess Cook and Radford Cook
(Yadkin) nol pros as to Chess;
18 months as to Radford.
Clyde Benton, prayer for judg
ment continued.
Arlie Brooks and George Man-
ess, temporary probation.
Johnnie Foster, probation.
Charley Lane and Fred Younce,
temporary probation.
Lloyd Porter, 4 months ip jail,
sentence to begin November 15,
1933.
Theodore C. Pessel, 16 months in
Chillicothe.
Robert Odell Snyder, 4 months in
jail.
Leonard Dobbin, year and a day
in Atlanta penitentiary.
Mr.
C. 'C. Faw Suffers
Painful Injury To Foot
ibhrs of North
IO.-W, Jr.
IScw"'
lilkesboro
A. M.;
tlieir
North Wilkesboro Woman s Club j available to their customers.
will hold its spring meeting
Thursday afternoon, May 25, at
4 o’clock in the flower garden of
Ail member
ar« presdBi:,'
The stofe will be open from 8:30
a. m. to 9;00 a. m.; from 12 noon,
to 1 p. m., and from 3 p- m. to 6
lit-
.in
, While engaged' in moving some
sills 'at his home on Sixth street
Saturday morning, Mr. C. C. Faw
suffered painful Injury when one
of the sills fell on his left toot,
crushing several of the toes.
Mr. Faw Is. a well known In-
IProf. Slocum has trained and
and Prayer; Lord's Prayer, (Holden-
Parker) chanted by the choir.
The Shadows of Evening are
Failing, (Dickinson); O Loving
Saviour, Slain For Us, (Aubet-j
Dickinson); Gloria, (Mozart)—
Local Furniture
Men Attend Meet
led a prize winning orchestra of The Choir.
the schools of the state. Two
years ago he was here with his
orchestra and played in the
school auditorium.
Music lovers of the city will
be pleased at this announcement
and the public is invited to hear
the program.
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H. J. Byrd Died
Last Saturday
Funeral Service Held On Sun-;
day Afternoon At Bap- '
tist Home
Abide With Me. (Parker);
Christmas Lullaby, (Arr by
Parker)—Ladles Chorus.
Hear, Lord uur God, Have
.Mercy, (Tschalkowsky); The
Heavens are Telling, (Haydn);
A Christmas Elvocation, (Var-
dell)—The Choir.
All In the April Evening, (Di-
ack)—Mr. Harry E. Parker.
Guide. Me, O Thou Great Je- i
hovah, Avery; Near the Cross
jwas Mary Weeping, (Protheroe)
—Male Chorus.
I Crossing the Bar, (Parker);^
The Souls of the Righteous,
(Noble); Hallelujah Chorus, |
Meeting Held Thursday and
Friday At Sedgefield;
Much Optimism
surance man of the city, being
eoiuiecten vrith the 'Ppt'rtter-Pjp-;
vette/^Insurance Agapcy,4^and] Sur i „ .
frij^dg wlH' b? leotrr te learn.- ofi PeIHe
^ though’ amHi K
Funeral service was conducted
Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock
from Baptist Home church for H.
J. Byrd, well known citizen of the |
Fairplalns community, who died
Saturday. Rev. Troy Blevins was
assisted in conducting the serv
ice by other ministers of the com
munity.
The service was largely attend
ed, many people coming from
various sections of the county to
be present.
Mr. Byrd died from a stroke
of paralysis suffered' a few days
ago. He had been In failing
health for some time, having suf
fered a stroke seveijpl ^ njonths
ago.
He had been % member of the
church since early* maffhbod and
Uted a faithful Christian life.
jpars of age.
SurviriSi are -Mrs.
(Handel)—The Choir.
Benediction.
Benediction Sentence
er).
(Park-
Sessions of the Southern Fur--
nitiire Manufacturers' Associ
ation at Sedgefield, near Greens
boro, Thursday and Friday were
attended by several local furni
ture men.
Furniture men are very opti
mistic over prospects for better
business and this feeling was evi-
i dent at the Sedgefield meet,
j Among those going from here
I were: A. B. Johnston, of the
I .American Furniture company:
John E. Justice, of the Oak Fur
niture company: J. D. Moore, of
the Home Chair company: J. R. ,
Finley, of the Forest Furniture
company. Mrs. Finley accom
panied Mr. Finley on the trip. ’
Tax Listing Going
Along Very Nicely
W. C. T. U. To Meet
Tax Supervisor Walls Is Well
Pleased With Reports
From Listers
Will Give Program Thareday
Afternoon For Mother
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The eleven members, one from
each congressional district, are:
First district, T. B. Atmore of
Washington: second, George C,
Green of Weldon; third, A. McL.
Graham of Clinton; fourth, F. P.
Spruill of Rocky Mount; fifth,.
John H. Folger of Mt. Airy;
sixth, H. R. Dwire of Durham;
seventh, J. 0. Carr of Wilming
ton; eighth, Edwin Fait of Laur-
inburg; ninth. Dr. B. B. Dough
erty of Boone; tenth, W. Gray
Gaston of Gastonia, and eleventh
O.; J. Holler of Union Mills.
The six members of the equa
lization group named to serve on
the powerful new school commis
sion are Atmore, Graham, Spru- -
ill, Folger, Dwire and Dougherty. -
Under the 1933 school law the-
school commission of which the*
governor is ex-offlclo c)iairman,.
is the most powerful school ad
ministrative body ever created in
the state. It will have practically
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Tax listing is proceeding in a
very satisfactory manner, A. C.
Walls, county tax supervisor, stat
ed Saturday, Taxpayers are mat
ing listers and assessors and list
ing their property,' thus avoiding
some of the inconvenience which
later listing entails/
Reports received by Mr. Walls
were t^ the effect the taxpaym
as a whole are-well jdeased'^i^'
the adjustmfflita thatard SeinK
The Woman's Christian Tem
perance Union will meet Thurs
day afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at
the home of Mrs. R. B. Faw, A
program in memory of mother '
will' be given and members 'ara
Invited' to take a poem>or soitte' :
other contribution on mother to ■ (I!
the meeting. All interested ladies f
tend.
wpi^ of ;lis
Mrs. ’ Cdrl -‘Mstbeaon. ’^o^
lorsviile, hUS' -patient %t>«-
Wilkes HospitaL
of Jthe mf^