Unemployed
ihitToWoiitOn
C.WA Project)
a
That Was Total For Last
Week; New Projects Are
Bdng Started
APPROVE SEVERAL JOBS
Work On Some Of Them To
Be Held Up Until Infor-
matkin Arrives
veil.
The nnentployment situation
1b Wllkoe has been relieved con-
' Ot^ezablr by the civil works ad-
minlatratlon, according to in-
foziaatlOB obtained late yester
day from Mrs. G. G. Foster, ad
ministrator.
iiast week’s payroll shows that
404 Mrsons are at- work on CWA
' ttof^ In Rilkes. Of this num
ber, S4S are listed as “relief cas-
aa,**, while the remaining 60 were
recruited from those who have
^ registered with the re-employ-
w ment office here. Eight of the 60
not OB relief eases are women
# Wko have been given work.
. The payroll for last week
T fiBwntiteil to 14,393.85, placing!
^ this large sum of money in the'
hands of many who have been
supported out of relief funds for
some time.
The payroll for this week has
not been completed and although
It is. known that several other
other people have been put to
work this week, the exact figures
were not available. | Councilor
Wilkes county’s quota will be
filled just as soon as preliminary
details on several projects can be
worked out. Several projects
•were returned approved yester
day, but none of them will be
started until some information
regarding other projects Is re
ceived from the state administra
tor.
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Reinstatement Of
Local Trains?k
Sought By Lions
Petitions Are Forwaid^ To
Railway Company Officials
At Winston-Salem
NEED IS EMPHASIZED
The reinstatement of Southern
j'Rallway Trains Nos. 3 and 4 oper-
‘ ating between Winston-Salem
! and North Wilkesboro was urged'
In petitions forwarded to South
ern Railway company officials
at Winston-Salem yesterday by
the North Wilkesboro Lions Club,
j The petitions contained the
Joseph H. Choate, of New. names of hundreds of interested
York, chairman of the «o^ern-j ^nd along [
ment’s Alcohol Control Admlnis-j
tration 18 now one j jnuiative in securing the slgna-
Sams busiest executes Le was communl-
appointed by President Roose-! ^
i cation with the company regard-
of the
' ing the reinstatement
'trains for some time,
i Citing the need for these
1 trains, the petitions asked that
j the railway company give the
! matter full consideration.
I Trains Nos. 3 and 4 w«.re dis
continued several months ago
I and since that time North Wll-
— (kesboro has had only one incom-
All Officers Elected At Meet-, lag and one out-going train dally,
ing Of Council On Tues- | The late evening and early
day Evening morning train was of great serv-
RECEIVE NEW MEMBERSjScL'servlcf ;,n mall" express
Chas. G. Horton was elected I and freight than is now provld-
C. G. Horton Is
Elected To Head
Juniors Of City|
Here are Empress Marla Loui
sa’s jewels given to her by Na
poleon Bonaparte upon the birth
of the long hoped for heir to the
Emperor’s throne. They are be
ing worn here by our own Mary
Plckford at Hollywood. They are
owned by New York jewelers and
valued at 6600,000.
Local Druggists
On New ^hedule
of North Wilkesboro 1®*^
Council No. 51, J. O. U. A. M„
at the annual election of officers
Tuesday evening.
Other officers were elected as
follows: Paul Swanson. vice
councilor: C. A. Canter, record
ing secretary; C. O. McNeill, as
sistant recording secretary; Bank
of North Wilkesboro, treasurer:
H. L. Mechem, chaplain; A. G.
Hendren, warden; C. O. McNeill, j
Wilkesboro And
Moravian Falls
Schools Closed
—' ' ' — •* • ■ ‘fa -
Many Values OMefed By
Merchants^^r Holiday
Many InqiortaiP
Christmas Cheer
Getting Program
Well Under Way
Peo|rie Asked To Notify Head-
qnartcTS Or Committee of
Needy Families
GET STORE ROOM MAN
The Christmas Cheer Commit
tee, working under the slogan,
"Sharing Is Caring," is getting
plans for spreading Christmas
cheer among the children and
needy families of the city well
under way.
Headquarters were opened in
the Call Hotel store room Mon
day and Mrs. 0, O. Foster, CWA
The benefit that the reinstate
ment of these trains will be to
hotels, business houses and the
public generally is sufficient to > Ar*TW tawtttadV 9
justify the efforts of everybody j OPEN AGAIN JANUARY «
toward that end.
Measles Epidemic Results In
Many Absences; 165 Out
At Wilkesboro
Veteran Minister
Is Seriously
111
Rev. W. C. Meadows, Of Pmres
Knob, Is PatlMit At Tlie
WUkes Hospital
Wilkesboro high school and
Moravian Falls elementary school
closed Tuesday afternoon until
after the Christmas holidays on
account of the measles epidemic.
In the Wilkesboro school alone,
135 grade children and 30 high
Drug Stores Will Be Opeai
From 8 A. M. To 10 P. M.;
Oosed Sunday
i Clay Pardue and J. B. Williams,
McDuffie -B- Eller ' W- C^M^ows, of Pores | school students -were absent this.
t. J. .icDuiiie, J. venerable Baptist minister, week because of measles. The
George A. Hart and B. r. Bent- „ _
In order to conform to the new
code for druggists, local drug
gists announced Tuesday that a
new schedule of hours has been
put into effect. The four local
drug stores, namely Wilkes Drug
company. North Wilkesboro Drug
company, Horton Drug company
and Brame Drug company, will
open at 8 a. m. and close at 10
pi m.
Under the new code, all of the
drug stores will be closed on Sun
day.' In the past an arrangement
whereby the druggists alternated
in remaining open on Sundays.
This will be discontinued and all
LTeorge a. nan aiiu x>. c. oein.- , jit a *1. tt--
lev were received Into the coun-; seriously 111 at the WUkes Hos-
ley were received into tne coun regret to learn.
ell as new members. ,
Rev. Mr. Meadows’
. . , V , *. I nev. 'jur. meauowo condition.
A. A. (Dick) Cashion won tne;
J 1 I was slightly Improved yesterday
attendance prize which was do- ^
. J V n n and a speedy recovery for the
nated by C. G. Day. The attend- ... , , j
.... , „ 1 aged minister Is anxiously hoped
ance prize for the next meeting^
ance prize lor lae uexi. uiccuuf. i
will be given by Gilbert Pardue. i*®-- his many acquaintances.
Dr. Moore Heard i In l^noir Friday
At Local Church
situation at Moravian Falls was
proportionately unfavorable and
director, has assigned Jesse Par-
lier to take charge of the store
room. A lady assistant will also
be assigned by Mts. Foster to
morrow.
The Christmas Cheer work is
primarily to see that Santa Claus
visits even the humblest homes
this year and the committee re
quests that those who know of
needy families who should re
ceive the attention of the com-
'mlttee to report them to W. A.
Bnliis or Christmas Cheer head
quarters at once.
Chairman W. D. Halfacre stat
ed yesterday afternoon that the
committee had estimated that the
need will be fully as great this
year as it was last.
Anyone having old clothes,
second-hand toys or other things
suitable for the Christmas Cheer
work are requested to get In
touch with headquarters.
The Presbyterian troop of the
Boy Scouts will repair toys for
the committee, Mr.
stated.
Janet Snowden, 19, wealthy
American oil heiress and recent
bride of five days,, now has mov
ie-screen ambitions and is will
ing to take "extra” parts at only
660 per week.
AU^oolsTo
Close December
21 For Holidays
Superintendent C. B. Eller
Announces Hiat 7-Day
Holiday Is ADowed
TO REOPEN JANUARY 2
WUkes
Cage Tournament
Continues Today
county schools will
close for the Christmas holidays
on Thursday afternoon, Decem
ber 21, Prof. C. B. Eller, county
superintendent. Indicated in an
Interview Tuesday afternoon.
The re-openlng date 'has been
set for Tuesday, January 2.
The superintendent said this
Halfacre was a compromise of the views of
the two groups, one group haring
favored the two weeks period,
while another group preferred a
one-week holiday.
Two full week-ends with New
vav/tsMvua, v w. - 1 WU mil WWIl-CUUO WllU JllCW
school authorities held a confer- j g|^ Quints And Six Sextets To j Year’s Day for the ont-of-county
ai.. ww- ci M A4- ^ founhorn t.fl TAtlirTl tO theif
Providence, R. I. Minister
Will Preach To Presbyter
ians Again Soon
Dr. R. S. Moore, of Providence,
R. I., delivered a most inspiring
sermon at the North Wilkesboro
Presbyterian church Sunday.
Dr. Moore is here on a visit
! Wilkesboro Principal To Ad-
, drees Caldwell County
, Teachers’ Meeting
I Prof. T. E. Story, principal of
' Wilkesboro high school, will ad
dress the teachers of Caldwell
of them will be closed.
It was pointed out, however,
that the druggists will be per
mitted to respond to emergency
calls for their services.
Play To Be Given At
Mountain View School
I with his daughter, Mrs. Robert
I Morehouse, of Oakwoods, and
will again occupy the pulpit of
the local church on the Sunday
before Christmas. He has been
heard on several occasions at the
local church and has made many
friends In the Wllkesboros.
A p4ay entitled. “The Right
Anawer." will be given In the
Mountain View high school audi
torium on Weaiiesuay evening of
next week at 7:30 o’clock. The
ndmlsslon will be only 15 and
SO cents.
"The Right Answer" promises
be jpne of the most delightful
of the current season.
Union Singing At
Baptist Home Soon
Choirs and Quartets ’To Partlci-
4>ate In Regular Program
On December 31st
uicaa me me.-......, .... F. D. Fotester, secretary-treas-
coun- at a county-wide meeting in „fer of Wilkes Auto Sales, Inc.,
T t?,.i.tair ovATiincr At 7:80 o’- n n. Hjr/.'NrAlU l^tf vAotoritAV
Lenoir Friday evening at 7:30 o'
clock.
The subject of Prof. Story’s ad
dress will be “Language Objectives
and Materials,’’ a phase of the sub
ject which Caldwell teachers selec
ted as the theme of their teachers
meeting programs.
Gymnasium To Be
Completed Soon
Hope To Have It Ready 'To Be
Used Next Month; It Is '
CWA Project
NEWS BITS
Teachers Meet Saturday
All white teachers of the
eonnty will meet in Wilkesboro
'The regular fifth Sunday union
singing will be held at Baptist
Home church five miles from the
city on Highway No. 18, Mr. J.
A. Gilliam, chairman, announced
yesterday.
The singing association will
The city high school gymnas
ium, located opposite the ele
mentary school building, will
probably be completea and ready
for use by the middle of January,
It was stated yesterday.
The completion of the gymnas
ium Is a CWA project and six
men are now at work on the Job.
convene on the morning of De- When finished, the local gym-
cember 31 at 10 o’clock and will | — — --
be In session throughout the day. | this section and late season bas-
haiium will be one of the best in
leHboI auditorium Saturday j-j-hose who attend
lorning at 10:30 o’clock forj^j, take their
their third county-wide meeting; ^jj
mv- —rill ;
of the year. The program will be
pweented b y principals and
linehers.
are requested j ketball games will be played In
lunch and remain [it. The high school teams have
been greatly handicapped in their
Meets Today
Tke Wilkesboro Parent-Teach-
W AMOCiatlon meets this after
noon at 3:15 o’clock. An excel
lent program has been arranged.
Play At Roaring River
’‘Her Honor^ the Mayor" Is the
of a delightful comedy
rhlek will be presented at Roar
ing River high school auditorium
Jatnrday evening at 7:30 o’clock.
> proceeds will be used for the
git of the school.
I4>cal P.-T. A. To Meet
by a playlet, the
lb Wllkeeborp Parenb-Teach-
i^ociaUon meeting for this
(tb Be held In the school
■dKorfnm this agtemoon at
A number of choirs and quar- [ early season practice by the lack
tets are expected to participate, 'of indoor courts.
W3kes County White Com Is
Winner At Interaatioiial %ow
Fammis Variety Developed By D. V. Nichols And His Sons
Scores At Chicago Show; Same Variety Took B4ir
Honors At State Fair This Year
the standard
County White as
variety.
Wilkes County White has had.
a colorful and interesting ex
istence. Developed out of no par- Belk’s
Wilkes County White, a va
riety of corn deyeloped by the
late D. V. Nichols and his sons
in the Purlear community, took
high honors at the International,
Grain and Hay Show at ChlMgo I ttcular variety Jby the Niehtds B»4k’8
for the sixth consecutive year, family, it is now recognized
It was dlscloeed this week by I one of the flneet varieties in the Moore’s Market
some of those who entered ex-,state. At the State Fair this year, Tomlinson’s
It won eight out of ten first plac- Rexall St®re
es and has won honors at several '
hlbiU in the world’s largest grain
eriifbUion.
Entries were made, by several
monnm t — .r . .a _
l|T o’clock. Parents and patrons persons In the Puripar comdiun-
r^ested to attend. ,lty who have adapted Wilkes
shows.
ence in which the decision was
reached to close the schools un
til after the holidays. ’The schools
will re-open along with other
schools of the county on January
2.
Wilkesboro teachere who re
side outside the county have al
ready left for their respective
homes.
Be Seen In Action At
This Afternoon
teachers to return to
schools are thus allowed.
Leave To Purchaae New
Dodge And Plymouth Cars
and R. T. McNeill left yesterday
for Detroit, Mich., where they
will visit Dodge and Plymouth
automobile factories. They will
bring back two Dodge trucks,
one Dodge automobile and one
Plymouth automobile for the
Wilkes Auto Sales, local Dodge
and Plymouth dealers.
Index To Today’s
Advertisers
First Section
Advertiser Page
J. T. Prevette's n - 5
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. 5
Vick’s —- »
Carl A. Lowe 4
Wisteria Beanty Salon — 4
Reins-Stnrdlvant Burial Ass’n. 4
Lyon Hectrlc Co. —» 4
Radio Sales Co — 4
Bine Ridge Hatchery 8
Christmas Cards
.HaMr dievrolet Co.
Motor Service Oo. —^—
Druggists’ Code ...
Shop in North Wilkesboro
Smlthey-Henderson
Church Hardware Oo
Mayflower Beanty Shoppe 6
Atlantic Greyhound Bus Unee 0
Vylley View Nursery ....^ *
Ford •
«fy Auto Plates —.— »
Second Section
Goodwill Store 1
R. M. Brame & Son X
Hanes Unctorwear *
Wilkes Electric Oo. 8
SUndard OU Oompany ... *
jMIph Ihmcaa — •
Southern Public Utilities Oo. _ 8
4
E. M. Blackburn & Sons
Bine Ridge Studio —
fairs in this sUte, South -Qaro-j Jfluklns Hardware Co.
Una, and the international grain Yadkin Valley Motor. ft Ing that the
Oarter-Hubbord PnMlshlng Oo. 8 '
The county basketball tourna
ment which got under way last
week is continued today with
Roaring River at Traphlll, Mil
lers Creek at Wilkesboro and
Mount Pleasant at Mountain
View. The games start at 2
o'clock.
An Interesting observation of
last Thursday’s results was that
in every Instance the double bill
was divided, with the boys team
of one school winning after the
girls team had gone down In de
feat. The standing among the
girls’ team was just the reverse
of the standing for the boys.
City Schools To
Close Wednesday
Superintendent Halfacre An
nounces Holiday Period
For Schools Here
The city 'schools will close next
Wednesday for the Christmas
holidays and will re-open on Jan
uary 3, it was learned this morn
ing from Super>nenoent W. D.
Halfacre.
Teachers from out of the city
are expected to leave Wednes
day afternoon for their homes.
their
Pastors, Deacons
Meeting Dec. 30th
stone Mountain Group To
Meet At Walnut Grove
> On That Date
Announcement was made yes
terday that the pastors’ and dea
cons’ meeting of the Stone Moun
tain Association will be held on
Saturday evening, December 30,
at Walnut Grove Baptist church
near New Life. The meeting will
begin at 7 o’clock.
Rev. H. A. Bullls and Rev. T.
E. Blevins will lead the discus
sions. Rev. Mr. Bullls will intro
duce the discussion of the theme,
"Do we as Baptists protect and
execute justly the stewardship
entrusted by God to us?” Rev.
Mr. Blevins will lead the discus
sion on the subject, “What sym
bols protrayed In Solomon’s Tem
ple represent the church of today
and how sho'uld 'they best be
exercised by the church?”
Attend District Meet
Of Chevrolet Dealers
Marriage License
Two couples were issued mar
riage licenses by Register of
Deeds T. H. Settle since the last
Issue of The Jonmal-Patriot:
Dexter Caudill, of North Wllkes-
boro, and Pearl Wood, of Wilkes
boro: Crom Wadklns and Elmo
Bentley, both of North Wilkes
boro.'
Messrs. U. L, Hafer, J. H.
Alexander and R. R. Church, of
,the Hafer Chevrolet company, lo-
|cal Chevrolet dealers, attended a
meeting of dealers and salesmen
of district No. 2 of the Charlotte
zone in Hickory Monday after
noon.
Information regarding the new
1984 Chevrolet truck which was
announced Monday was furnish
ed Chevrolet dealers
men at the meeting.
Wilkes Cou^ Poultry Takes
Prizes At Big Charlotte Show
Poultry Entered By Blue Ridge Hatchery Tafces Eight Fiat way in tte
.. ^ M A J—A 4 /vP ilM d«1n1lT fffi tllA Ti
Places In Southwn Poid^ Assodathm Show At
Chariette; Wins 5 Secimd Places
Wilkes county poultry won
eight first prises for Barred
Rocks and Leghorns in the an-
nual poultry Show of the South
ern Poultry Association at Char
lotte this week.
.John W. Nichola, manager of
ftithe Blue Ridge Hatchery, recelv-
8 ed a telegram late yesterday stat-
thirteen ' entries
made by the local firm had taken
elftht first' places and five „
ond places. The telegram was baskettmll ganid Thu
from James Pennell who attend- Tuesday on aoooont of tits
ed rite show as the representaUve mas holidays. AH gaaiM *
of the hatchery. played two days, earikv.
Bine Ridge Hatchery poultry .decided
has estidiliBhed an enviable repna:
tation and has scored In some of .
the largest poultry shows in the third Monday in Uttt aonth.
south. The honors won at the au rural lugq , ncuwia »
CharlolhB show this week speak county were
so&iw Moudxv enolBB. '
well for the hatchery.
Messages Foani
In Paper Todaf 1
Local Stores Adrertiae "‘1
oeBent Varidy Of Yi^.
tidfrfiferchandiaft'
GIFT OFFERINGS '
iak
Stores AU Dressed
Holiday Attira For
Christmas
with only eight 'mofe
ping days after today
Christmas, North Wilke
merchants are presenting
nlfieent array of merchand
the holiday season.
Stores of the dty are‘-alr
dressed up in their holiday atUn
with their attractive Yuletlfts
stocks displayed in a most efl^
tlve manner. ^
A tour of the stores vthoaa aA^
rertisements appear in toiUj^*-
issne of The Journal-Patriot nia-
closes hundreds of att^ttva sad
worthwhile r
ment stores are showing many
new Items in gift merchandiftfh tn
addition to the regular stpeks.
Other stores are offering ioAtlin-
erable gift suggestions In their
windows and on the dlaplsr
counters.
North Wilkeeboro, famed aa
the “Christmas City," often R
shopping center this year such
will meet the approval of
most careful buyer and from now
until Saturday night before
Christmas, thousands of people
from Wilkes and. adjoining coun
ties are expected to crowd tie
city and take advantage of the
many values which the stores
have obtained for the 'lioHifay
trade.
Many of the Christmas gift
suggestions were obtained by the
managements of the local stbrw
especially for the Christmas sea
son and the most discriminating
shopper will find ample variety
of merchandise.
The merchants whose advei^
tisements appear today remind
the buying public that prices are
as low here as to be found any
where and they Invite an inspec
tion of their stocks.
Additional help assures prompt
and courteous service to those
who do their shopping in the
city during the next eight days.
OKve Speaks At
School Glib Meet
Urges Schoolmasters To Car
ry Forward Their Prograat
of Character Teaching
Speaking from the subject,
"Change the Desires of Those
Whom You Teach,” Rev. Elugmp
Olive, pastor of the PHrst Bapim
church, advocated greater emphaifi
upon diaracter education in arr ad
dress to the WiUces County SchoqV-
masters’ Club Monday evening.
The local minister addressed^Ae
schoolmasters following a
ful dinner which was served
home economics rooms of the Wil
kes boro higfh school building. He
was presented by E R- Spruffl,
principal of Mountain View U|A
school, who is club program chair
man.
Introducing his excellent address
with a brief diesussion of songs.
Rev. Mr. Olive said a recent survey-
had revealed that the most populw
songs in recent days have.^hMBl
“Blue Heaven.” “Among My’Soh-
^ and “Singing In. The Rain.”
’The popularity of songs expresshig
and s^to- ***® sentiments that these do is evi
dence that the yonth Ame^ ip
not steeled against the finer ni&gs
of life so much as it mayfa9*''t9
appear at timea the speaker stat
ed.
Rev. Mr. Olive urged the sdm^-
masters to help hfthe program of
character education and to lead the
desires of the chfld Hi
channel
The dub votaij to
4pte of next 1 ■sieek’p
The next meeting of the school-
wnTb^bdd on January 15,
AU rural higb schooln,
leet^ Monday «Tiiiin|9^