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NORTH WILKESBOaO, N. C., MONDAY, MAY 14, 1984
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SCENIC ROAD
SURVEY WILL
BEGIN FRIDAY
Expect To Complete Survey
and ‘Bofiii Actual Con-
stroetion Soon
FAVORN.cT ROUTE
Delay In Survey Improves
Chances For North Caro
lina Route
S^uei InsuU’s Return
75
■Washington, May 12,—A. E.
Demaray, assistant director ot
the National Park Service, said
today that plans for another sur
vey ot the proposed routes for
the parkway connecting the
Great Smoky and Shenandoah
'National Parks are now being
made. The survey is scheduled to
begin next Friday, May 18.
A fate winter has delayed the
park service from completing the
survey tjork necessary to locate
the route of the parkway. But
now with fair and warm weath
er prevailing Demarary is hop
ing that the surveys can be com
pleted at an early date and some
of $16,000,000 allocated by th
PWA for the parkway can be put
to work In providing Jobs for the
unemployed.
frhe survey party which will
be slated to begin work next
Friday will be composed of
Thomas H. MacDonald, chief of
the United States Bureau of
Public Roads, Thomas C. Vent,
chief landscape architect of the
park service, Stanley Abbott, as | f,y the fact that only four j program chairman.
Above is a recent {>ictttre of Samuel Insult, who w«nt ^ffway
around the world to dodje the law only to be returned to Chicago to
face charges of fraud and corruption in connection with the utilities
empire of which he wss head. He was released from a Chicago
jail under bond of $260>000.
CONFEDERATE VETERANS IN
ANNUAL REUNION THURSDAY
Ranks of the soldiers who wore| A short program, consisting
th’ grey in the War Between the]mainly of music, was arranged for
States are thinning rapidly, as | the occasion by Mrs. C. H- Cowles,
I program chairman. A recitation
sistant to Gilmore Clarke, noted | thirteen Confederate vet-' and datice were given by members
landscape architect, who is nowjgj.^jjg AVilkes county were able] of Mrs. R. G. Finley’s exprsssion
employed by the park service, of-j^g attend the annual reunion held | class and two numbers were ren-
flcials of the Virginia, North. jj, wilkesboro Thursday. dered by the toy orchestra, com-
Carolina and Tennessee High- >pjjg who met again to tell I posed) of second grade students of
way Commission, and others. 1 their stories of the great conflict IWilkesboro school under the direc-
Demaray said it has not been ^g^g j. j. Bentley. Harvey Van-jtion of Mrs. Grace Edwards. One
decided whether Clarke will bej^gy, Joseph T. Edwards and J. H. song was rendered by a quartet
In the party. i Sheets. No regular program was ! compos’d of Miss Ellen Robinson.
The more time that is given to ; rendered and the veterans talked in 1 Mrs. L. M. Nelson, Mrs. W. C.
surveying the proposed routes la,, informal way. Rev. Seymour Grier and Mrs. Gordon Finley,
for the parkway the better thejxaylor. Rev. C. W. Robinson and,The program closed with a duet,
chances are for adopting the 'Rev. Avery Church met with them'“Dixie,” by Miss Robinson and
^oute proposed by the North Car-j Jn the office of the board of edu-iMrs. Gordon Finley.
Yblina Highway Department I cation, for a short wh+le.-j Mr. Bentley, 94, is the oldest of
which takes in the famous seen-! A.t noon members of the Wilkes'the four veterans who were pres-
ery of Western North Carolina, j Valley Guards chapter of U. D. C- i ent. The other three are his
North Carolinians interested in I entertained the veterans at lunch-i juniors by only a few years,
the project are confident that if' eon at th’ rr.fe on the courthouse! Mr- Bentley was a member of
the parkway is to be a real square. The cafe was attractive I Company G, 37th North Carolina
ly decorated for the occasion with'r giment. He was present at the
a large Confederate flag, small j Surrender of General Robert E.
(Continued on page eight)
scenic highway then it must fol
low the route proposed by the
North Carolina Highway Depart- j flags and flowers in rod and white. |
mem. |
They believe the more lime |
the park service gives to making -
the surveys of tl 'V various pro-1
posed routes the more they
will be impressed with the seen- j
ery. of Western North Carolina. '
Junior Service At Ferguson Sunday
James McNeill
Is Badly Hurt
Sustains Injury To Brain In
Accident Near Moravian
Falls Thursday
James McNeill, well known
^citizen of the Boomer communi-
* ty, was seriously injured Thurs-
pveniiig in *a most unusual
ent.
was steering a woodsaw
, tJ^ler. which was being towed
I by a truck, when he lost control
M , .of the trailer and waa thrown in-
to a ditch. He was picked up by
the driver of the truck and car
ried to the hospital here.
Examination showed that he
had sustained an injury to the
’ brain and that his condition is
Mrlous. There were also minor
bruises about his body.
Educators In
y'' Meeting Here
.^^W^l^nty schools superinten-
relief directors of
B. C. ^iske, of Greensboro,
slate counselor of the Jr. O. U.
A. M.. will be the principal
with
unty
dents and
Wilkes and several adjoining
counties met at Hotel Wilkes
Wednesday to , discuss ways and
means of arranging the payroll
for teachers for the eighth
niontb.
John L. Hathcock.
new building was erected
eWA funds.
The program will include the
address of the state counselor,
presentation of a flag and Bible
to the school and a picnic din
ner. All Juniors are requested to
take along their wives and bas
kets well filled with good eats.
An effort is being made to
room, brick veneer school build-'have all Junior Order chapters
ing, which replaces the old' in the county attend in a body,
frame building destroyed by fire ' The general public is also invited
about four months a,go. The 1 to attend.
speaker at the
Junior
Order
service to be held
at the
new
Ferguson school
day at 11a. m.
building
Sun-
The service will mark
the
completion of the
new
seven-
TBr CLINIC
WILL BEGIN
ON JUNE 18
Will Be Condacted In Wilkes-
boro by County and State
Health Departments
WILL LAST'TWb WEEKS
All Adult Tubercular Suspects
Will Be Examined By
Specialists
A tuberculosis clinic for adults
will be conducted In Wilkesboro
June 18 through June 30, It was
announced this morning by Dr.
A. J. Eller, county health offic
er.
The clinic, which Is held an
nually, Is free of charge, the
county and state health depart
ments cooperating in paying the
expenses of the examinations.
A specialist from the state
santtorium will make the exam
inations and a thorough diagnos
is of each patient. Dr. Eller
points out that an early diagnos
is is essential to treatment and
possible cure. For this reason he
asks all adults who have reason
to suspect they hare contacted
the disease and that they are
afflicted with the early symp
toms to take the examination.
Due to,the fact that the spec
ialist will be in Wilkesboro for
only two weeks to hold the
clinic, advance notice is given
and attention is called particul
arly to the fact that an appoint
ment must be made with the
county health department for an
examination during the clinic.
$1.00 IN THE STATE—$1.60 OUT OF THE STATl
IT Jim *' f itBi’f.mi
Program Cotton Carnival. Week'
Methodists Will
Observe Sunday
School Day Here
.Simcial Program Sunday To Cole-
' hratc Se.sifuiccntenniai
Methodistlsm
Sunday School Day will be ob
served with appropriate exercises
at the North Wilkesboro Metho
dist church Sunday morning.
May 20, at the Sunday school
hour. The occasion will be a cele
bration of the Sesquicentennial
of American Methodism and also
to emphasize the work of Chris
tian education in the Sunday
school.
A special prografn "Challenges
From the Past” is being arrang
ed under the direction of Mrs.
H. V. Wagoner and all members
of I he Sunday school are urged
to a-isemble promptly at 9:45
o’clock. The public is cordially
invited to attend.
MONDAY EVENING
4 to S—Babies in baby show
to l« examinetj at Hotel
Wilkos ballroom.
6:80—Ooronatiqn of J.'B. ,
Williams and Miss Viixlnia
Tomlinson as King and Queen
of Cotton Barg)ain Carnival
Week at Memorial Marker at
comer of Ninth and D Streets.
6:4fV-nH«(le-> leaves inter-
section of Ninth and D streets
for fairgronnds.’Order'of pa
rade: IQdA Engineem Band;
Company A of lOSth Engi-
neers; eprps of Janpies C. C.
Camp; Cotton We^. floats of
number of business firms;
children who enter parade to
get free ticket to show at
Liberty Theatre Saturday
morning at nine o’clock.
7:86—Concert,of 105th En
gl neVs' Band at fairgrounds.
8:80 — Anaoupce winner
baby contest at Annory.
8;4fi—Beauty Show at Arm-
on’.
0:00 to ia:OJ>-r-Free street
dance on Ninth street between
C and D streets.
TUESDAY NIGHT
8:80 — Fashion Show at
Armory. Merchants to show
new styles and patterns In
cotton merehandtoe.
FRlDAtl NIGHT
9:00—Cllmaxtng the week
will be the Cottbn Ball at the
Armory. f.’
SATTIRDAY MORNING
9:00—First of two free
shows for children who take
part in the parade. Free show
will be at Liberty Thchtre.
Spanish War Veterans To Hold
Memorial Service On May 30th
Camp Wilkesboro, No. 13 U.
S. W. V., held a very interesting
and profitable meeting Saturday
afternoon at the courthouse.
Plans and . arrangements were
made to hold Memorial Service
and a Basket Picnic on May 30.
The exercise will begin at 10
o’clock, a. m. The following
committees were appointed: pro
gram, U. A. Miller; dinner, P.
E. Dancy. W. O. Barnet and
James F. Mastin. All Spanish
War 'Veterans, whether members
of Camp No. 13 or not and wi
dows of Spanish War Veterans
are invited and urged to take
part iif the exercise and dinner
and to bring a well filled basket.
Mrs. U. A. Miller was a wel
come visitor of the camp. She
J. F. Barrett Speaks To Workers Here
More than 500 people gather
ed at the fairgrounds here Sat
urday to listen to an address by
J. P. Barnett, editor of the Hen
dersonville Tribune. The speak
ing was sponsored by the local
labor union in cooperation with
the Labor Voters League.
The mass meeting opened with
remarks by W. H. Lovette, pres
ident of the local anion. He in
troduced Attorney B. T. Hen
derson. who presented Mr. Bar
nett.
Mr. Barnett’s address was
along the' lines of "Cooperation
^etween Employee and Employ
er.” He deplored Conununism
but upheld the principles of or
ganized labor. " '*■
Following the speaking the
local union of Carpenters and
Joiners paraded over the streets
of the business district here to
their hall over the Deposit &
Savings Bank where E. L. San-
defur, secretary of the North
Carolina Labor Voters League,
outlined plans tor that organi
zation.
The Labor Voters League has
prepared a questionnaire for
each man or woman seeking any
office In North Carolina.
Primary In Wilkesboro
Township Will Be Held
In Old Store Building
The June primary in Wilkes
boro township will' be held in the
old Rheubin White store build
ing across the street in front of
the courthouse, according to a
statement issued by ' Robert M.
Brame, Jr., chairman of the
county board of elections.
made an interesting talk on the
Ladles Auxiliary and the neces
sity of organizing one for the
camp. A round table discusslotf
followed and the following
names were quickly secured as
charter members: viz. Blanche
Biller, Louise Miller, Maude Mil
ler, Maggie Cowles Bryant, Bet-
tie Barnette, Dellie Dancy, Mary
Crysel, Ira F. Carlton, Leathe
Lean Minton, Frances ,Kerley...|.show
Elizabeth Mastin, Mary Barnette,
Ruby Carlton, and J. Alma Mil
ler. The above ladies will meet,
organize, and elect the necessary
officers from among their num
ber, after which, Mrs. Delia C.
Garrett of Greensboro will pub-
lically Install the officers elect
ed.
Vaccination Dates Are Announced
Dr. A. J. Eller, county health
officer, and Mrs. Bertha Bell,
county nurse, have announced
appointments for giving diph
theria, smallpox and typhoid vac
cinations. This year particular
stress is being placed on diph
theria prevention, due to the
tact that there was quite an epi
demic last year. All children over
six months of age should be vac
cinated.
Following are- the vaccina
tions appointments:
Monday, May 21
Moravian Falls, 9:30; Brock-
town old school, 10:30; Pores
Knob postoffice, 11:30; Mt.
Carmel church. 2:00; Boomer
postoffice, 3:00; Little Rock
church, 3:30 p. m.
Wednesday, May 23
Adleys Old School, 10:00 a.
m.; Goshen School, 11:00 a. m.;
Ferguson School, 1:00 p. m.;
Darby, 2:00 p. m.
Thursday, May 24
Oakwoods, 9:30 a. m.: Mt.
Crest, 10:30 a. m.; Gilreath
School, 11:00 a. ra.; Cherry
Grove School. 1:00 p. m.; Bark
er School, 2:00 p. m.; Piney
Grove, 3:00 p. m.
COnON BALL
FRIDAY NIGHT
Extra Added Attractioiw
Arranged For FasUoit
Show Tuesday Ni^
As this newspaper goes to
press Cotton Bargain CarniTSl
Week Is being ushered In in
North Wilkesboro. .
' I
The event, which Is sponsor
ed by the North Wilkesboro
Lions Club, begins this aftemooB
with the baby show Judging at
Hotel Wilkes, the coronation of
J. B. Williams and Miss Virginia
Tomlinson as King and Queen of
Cotton Week, the parade to the
fairgrounds and concert 1» T
106th Engineers band, the an
nouncement of the winners in
the baby show at 8:30 at ithe
armory, the beauty contest' at '
tho armory at 8:45 and the
street dance on Ninth Street
from 9 o’clock until 12 o’clock.
Fa-shion Show
Tuesday night at 8:30 at the
armory will be the fashion show,
which will be one of the out
standing events of the week.
Practically all of the leading
mercantile firms of the city are
participating in this event and
will display the newest creations
in cotton goods on real live mod
els on the younger people of
both sexes of the town and
county.
In addition to the fashion
a varied program of en
tertainment has been arranged
for the evening. Tickets to the
fashion show will be given by
all business firms participating
in Cotton Bargain Carnival
Week with each purchase of fif
ty cents or more. Those who do
not have the tickets will bo
charged an admission of ten
cents at the Armory door, the
proceeds to be used by the Lions
Club In Its program of civic and
charity activity this year.
Cotton Ball Friday
On Friday night, beginning at
nine o’clock, will be the great
Cotton Ball at the Armory, com
ing as a climax to the week of
activity and observance of Na
tional Cotton Week.
state
di
rector of schools accounts, was
present and dlst’issed financial
matters with the school and re
lief authorities.
Nftrale For
Boys Arrives
Corn Qub Boy» Given
Pomds of Arcadfan Nitrate
For Crop
County Agent *A. G. Hendren
received a ton and a half of Ar
cadian Nitrate Ifmt week to be
dlstrlbated among the com clnb
members in Wilkes County.
There are thirty active mem-
for the coming season and
Mr. Hendren Is ailottintl one hun
dred pounds iot «eh member,
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D. C. Dettor Will Direct Child
Welfare Survey In Wilkes County
D. C. Dettoi, of Wilkesboro,
will direct the Child Welfare
Survey In Wilkes county, it was
announced In this city Saturday
by Miss Rachel Payne Suggs,
state supervisor of the FERA
project sponsored uy the North
Carolina American L.eglon Auxil
iary.
A worker for each county In
the state Is paid from relief
funds and the workers must be
eligible for relief. The Legion
and Auxiliary unit In each coun
ty submit a list of workers to
the relief authorities and they
pass upon whether or not the
worker Is eligible.
Actoal work of making a sur
vey of all the children of veter
ans, all orphans of veterans and
all physicially handicapped chil
dren in the state 'wiir 'uegln on
Friday of this week, according
to information given out by Miss
Suggs
The project was originated by
Mrs. W. R. Absber, of this city,
North Carolina Department pres
ident of the Auxiliary and will
be sponsored by the state Legion
and Auxiliary, but cooperation of
all civic and welfare organiza
tions is very essential to the suc
cess of the project.
For this reason all who know
cf any children In Wilkes coun
ty who should be included in the
child welfare survey are asked
to get in touch with Mr. Dettor.
He is a World War veteran and
a former federal prohibition
agent.
A decided ingrease In the use
of dolomitic limestone as a filler
for fertilizers is noted In the
state this season by extension
workers
■ ag
Stone Mountain
S. S. Convention
Will Be Held At Maple Grove
Church On May 26th
and 27th
Following is the program out
lined for the Stone Mountain
Sunday school convention to be
held at Maple Grove Church on
Saturday and Sunday, May 26
and 27:
Saturday, 10 a. m. Songs by
Maple Grove choir.
Devotional exercise by pastor.
10:30 a. m. Introductory
sermon by Rev. L. E. Sparks.
11 a. m. Organization.
11:15 a. m. .Welcome address
by C. C. Gambill.
11:30 a. m. Our Sunday
school, by some one representing
each school.
12:00 Upon whom will the suc
cess and responsibilities of the
church and Sunday school of the
future rest?
12:15 Dinner.
1:15 p. m. Qaery: Would reg
ular attendance at church and
Sunday school hfelp to decrease
crime? Give prootr
1:46 p. m. Query: What oan
the Sunday school do to increase
the attendance of the church
members in the Sunday school?
Miscellaneous.
Saturday night sermon.
Sunday MpridiiE
10 a. m. Devotional exercise.^
10:15 Sunday sebool lesson
Miss Beatrice Holbrook.
10:45 whajt are the best meth
ods of maintllning a choir in alt
churches, byllobn ilfcQrady.
Saturday Is Last Day To Register
Saturday, May 19, will be the istration books must register if
last day tor registration tor the they vote in the June primary.
Home Cbair Co.
^ain Winner
Local Baseiball Aggregatioo
Keeps Perfect Record Of
Undefeated Team-
primary to be held on June 2,
according to rules laid down by
state and county election boards.
Registrars in the 27 precincts
in the county will be at the poll
ing places all day for the purpose
of registering voters. All voters
whose names are not on the reg-
Frank Stafford, registrar for
North Wilkesboro township, will
be at the city hall Saturday from
nine a. m. until sundown.
Saturday, May 26, will be
challenge day at all the polling j
places.
Teachers’ Pay
Expected Soon
Payroll For Eighth Month
Forwarded For FERA Ap
proval In Raleigh
Payroll for the eighth month
for the teachers In Wilkes coun
ty who are eligible to receive pay
from federal f.unds has been .for
warded to the state auditor of
the FERA, states Mrs. O. G. Fos
ter, relief director for Wilkes
county.
It Is expected that the checks
will arrive within two or three
weeks. Distribution of the checks
will be made by C. B. Blfer,
county superintendent of schools.
FIRE NEAR VANNOY
A ^sastrows forest fire which
started mysterionsly near Vannoy
postoffice'- WedneMay morning,
bunied over about 800 acres before
it was finely btbught under con
trol, Members 4>f the G, C, Camp,
at Purlear aided citlxeoa of the
community In surrounding the
flames.
Tal J. Pearson Is
Not a Candidate
Business Interests Cause Lo
cal Bnsiness Man To With
draw From Race
Tal J. Pearson, prominent lo
cal business man who filed for
the office of county commis
sioner on the Republican ticket,
stated today that he would not
be a candidate and that his name
has been withdrawn from the
ticket.
Mr., Pearson states that bus
iness Interests consume his en
tire time and is 'withdrawing for
this reason. He is prominently
connected In business here, being
a son of Mr. and Mrs. R. H.
Pearson.
Home Chair Company’s base
ball team kept its undefeated
record so far this season by tak
ing a game from Lenoir Chair
Company at Lenoir Saturday 14
to 5.
The North Wilkesboro team
garnered 11 hits off the three
Lenoir pitchers. Coupled with six
errors the 11 bits accounted for
the 14 runs while the Lenoir
team took their five runs from 7
hits and one error by the team
from this city.
Carmichael went the entire
route for the North Wilkesboro
team, aided by splendid support
and sensational work in the
field by Crook and Meade. Le
noir's three pitchers were Rober
son, Sebastian and McGee.
The adjustment of cotton con
tracts should be completed soon.
Early payments of cotton ibene-
flts are expected.
Ha* Finger Amputated
C. W. Culler, well known ree-
ident of Wilkesboro route 2, lost
the little finger of his left hand
Tlmrsday becaJiae of an infec
tion which up from a splinter
In March. finger was ampu-
tatedP'at thf Wilkes Hospital.
'V' .
lions Plan For
rnHiiiiriirniwiI
Qnb I«78 liIRto In
llHunsdajt Erening^to^ '4
»f By«t Herff
T b e regular semi • nseatbtg ^
meeting of tbe North Wilkesboro
Lions Club was held at Hotel ^
Wilkes Thursday evenl^ with a
good attendance of members.
The principal program for the
meeting was a general discussion
of plans for Cotton Bargain
Carnival Week, which tho dub t»~
sponaoring here. The '
iUklng^h active int^r^ Jmfth
proje^ ,? ■