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CaO'For Bids For
Construction of 3
St^U Buildings
oment Placed Today
Tor Propo^ on Three
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BIDS^OSE SEPT 24TH
Kuulklmg Program Will .Be
Financed by Bond Issue
and PWA Grant
Wilkes county board of com-
: missioners and board of educa-
' tion today called for bids for
kfrection of three badly needed
Bol plants in the county—
Millers Creek high school, Mul
berry and Benham elementary
schools. Bids will be received by
the board of education until ten
o’clock, a. m., September 24.
The building program is to be
[ financed by a county bond issue
' of $65,000, to be supplemented
by a Public Works administration
grant of $49,090.
The Millers Creek building is
the largest of the three to be
'constructed and will contain fif
teen classrooms, principal’s of
fice, teachers’ room and auditor
ium. The new building will be
on the cre.st of the hill directly in
front of the present elementary
building, according to present
plans.
Mulberry elementary school
building will be constructed seven
miles north of this city on high-
w|^’ 18 and will contain nine
^^trooms, auditorium, teachers’
room and principal’s office.
Benham school 'Wull be located
at the Intersectifh of Traphill
and Greenhorne .roads and will
Agricultural Building Addition
Above is pictured the agricultural building addition to the court
house in Wilkesboro. The building addition is a WPA project with the
county furnishing $3,400 and WPA $9,000. Splendid co-operation has
been extended, WPA officials say, and the project may be completed
by October 1st. The first floor will be used for county offices and the
second floor for agricultural offices. All materials and workmanship
are in accordance with regulations prescribed by the federal govern
ment. This picture was taken several days ago and since that time
the walls of the building have been completed.
ThrM Girls Shot
By Trap Gun
b Melon Patch
Girls of Call Connntinity
Treated forWounds at
Hospital Here
Proposal to Spend $3,000 For City
Playground Is Rejected hy Board
m
gonlain for classrooms, audltor-
B, *pflTiclpars office and teach
ers’ room.
Each building will be equipped
,*1 with plumbing and heating sys-
for
terns and all conveniences
modern school plants.
The advertisement, which calls
for bids and gives instructions to
Prospective .bidders, appears on
p£ge fwo of tho third section of
this newspaper.
Good Revival At
Liberty Grove
Matter Taken Before Board
Tuesday Night by Council
of Social Agencies
A very successful revival clos
ed on Sunday, August 31, at
Liberty Grove Baptist church.
The pastor. Rev. H. A. Bullis,
was iii charge of the revival,
which w’as considered one of the
mo.st successful in several years
at the church. Several were add
ed to the church by baptism and
the church was greatly revived.
By a vote of 4 to 1 the city
board of commissioners in a call
meeting yesterday afternoon re-
^ .1. tlon the string was stretch
• O AAA AS 4->ia annnanr*a ;
Three girls were painfully
injured Monday when a trap
gun set in a watermelon patch
in the Call community went
off.
Misses Jane Glass, Epsie Lou
Glass and Elsie Williams, all
of Call, were the Innocent vic
tims of the trap supposedly set
for watermelon thieves. The
shotgun discharged as they
were walking through the mel
on patch and eac'n were hit by
a number of shot, which were
removed at the Wilkes hospital.
None of the girls, however,
were critically injured and
they returned home after re
ceiving treatment.
According to reports receiv
ed here, the girls were several
yards from the muzzle of the
*gun and received only a sprink
ling of shot of the small game
variety.
The trap gun was fastened
to a tree at the edge of a wat
ermelon patch said to belong
to Hardin Benton and Henry
Shew. The gun was nailed to
a tree and a string ran from
the trigger to within about four
inches of the ground.
The string stretched across
the patch in such a manner
that anyone walking through
hit it with their feet and pull
the trigger of the gun, which
was aimed In the same direc
tion the string was stretched
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M. W. Lenderman
Dies In Yakima,
Washington, 9th
Commissioners
Draw Jury For
October Court
M. W. Lenderman, age 70, who
left this county 31 years ago
and made his home in Yakima.
Washington, died yesterday, ac
cording to a message received by
his brothers. P. L. and C. E.
Lenderman, in tVilkesboro.
He was a son of the late J. W.
and Diana Lenderman. of Wilkes
county, and in addition to his
brothers in Wilkesboro there is
one surviving sister, Mrs. J. R.
Bullis, of Baltimore, Md.
Routine Matters Attended to
in September Meeting
Held Monday
Banker To Speak
At Kiwani* Meet
Wi. H. Neal, vice president of
Wachovia Bank and Trust com
pany, of Winston-Salem, will ad
dress the North Wilkesboro Kl-
wanis Club in meeting Friday
noon. P. W. Eshelman will have
^large of the program.
4tfr. Neal is an outstanding
huslaess leader and no doubt will
have an interesting message.
Research Work
Decision to ca’.ry their fight
lor a fruit test farm and experi
ment station to the legislature in
order that funds may be made
available for this purpose was
formed in a meeting of the
Brushy Mountain Fruit Growers
Association held at Hotel Wilkes
Tuesday night.
The fruft growers are asking
additional research work In con
nection with fruit growing by
SUte College and the extension
aervlce. D r.R. Y. Winters, head
of the research department of
State College, recently outlined
the proposed work at the annual
picnic meeting of the association,
at which time It was explained
that funds are not now available
for a test farm or research work
’ on a broader scale.
^ The fruit growing industry In
Brushy mountains of Wilkes
and Alexander counties, as well
as In other mountain areas In
this part of the state, has grown
tratnenduously during the past
^ tea years.
Wilkes county board of com
missioners in September session
Monday drew jurors tor the two-
weeks term of Wilkes superior
court, v'hich will convene on
Monday, October 5, with Judge
J. H. Clement presiding. The
term will be for trial of civil
cases.
The full board, composed of
D. B. Swaringen, chairman, M.
F. Absher and Ralph Duncan,
were present for the meeting.
The full day was devoted to
transaction of routine matters,
including reports of county offi
cials, auditing of claims, hearing
petitions, etc.
The jurors drawn for the Oc
tober term of court were as fol
lows;
First Week
T. C. Caudill. North Wilkes
boro: R. L. Jones, Wilkesboro;
J. T. Wood, Elk; Raymond Wy
att. Union; J. U. Laws, Moravian
Falls; R. F. Stone, Rock Creek;
J. S. Steelman, Moravian Falls;
E. A. Rhoades, Rock Creek;
Phinn Eller. Reddies River; G.
F. Adams, .Mulberry; T. G. Mil
am, North Wilkesboro; Luther
Hinshaw, Edwards: L. O. El-
ledge, Mulberry; J. A. Blevins,
Rock Creek; Roe Wyatt, Union:
George Kennedy, Wilkesboro: A.
M. Holbrook, Walnut Grove;
Caleb A. Lowe, Moravian Fal's;
J. R. Tucker, Edwards: A. B.
Hayes, Rock Creek; W. L.
Sparks, Walnut Grove; E. R. El
ler, Reddies River: H. A. Adams,
Rock Creek; Press Day, New
Castle.
Second Week
Spurgeon Haynes, New Castle;
Crom Johnson, Rock Creek; W.
B. Huffman, Rock Creek; C. N.
Ward, Rock Creek; J. P. Bar
nett, Brushy Mountain; L. D.
Whittington, Lewis Fork; G. H.
Walker, Beaver Creek; W. L.
Moravian Falls; J. C. Par-
Aoni, Stanton: W. H. Eller, Red-
diea River; W. A. Haynes, Rock
Cra^i^ L. C. Wall, Elk; R. L.
Wlisatiey, Rock^Creek; Barney
Caudill, Edwards; J. W. Alex
ander, Edwards; T. W. Land,
(Continued on page eight)
furnish $3,000 as the sponsor’s
contribution toward a Works Pro
gress administration project call
ing for construction of a city
playground and purchase and de
velopment of a municipal sv, im-
ming pool.
In turning down the proposal,
which was presented in a meet
ing Tuesday night by the Wilkes
County Council of Social Agen
cies, a ceniral civic organization,
members of the board stated
their regrets at not being able
to see their way clear to add thii
sum to the city’s expenditures
and cause an ultimate increase in
the city tax rate, which they said
was being kept at the lowest pos
sible figure for the benefit of
taxpayers, at the same time meet
ing all the city’s obligations on
current expenses and the bonded
debt and appropriating a consid
erable sum this year for improve
ment of the streets, which they
described as badly in need of re
pair and threatened with ruin.
At the meeting Tuesday night
only three of the board members
were present and after the pro
posal was presented by Mrs. W.
R. Absher, council chairman, and
discussed at length by a number
of interested citizens, the matter
was deferred to the call meeting
Wednesday afternoon, at which
time the decision rejecting the
proposal was handed down.
The proposed project would
have called for the purchase and
development of the Riverside
Swimming pool near the Yadkin
between the Wilkesboros and de
velopment of a recreation park at
that place. It also Included de
velopment of about a three-acre
tract between D and E streets
into a municipal playground.
Mrs. Absher stated today that
she wished to express, in behalf
of the council, appreciation to
all who so earnestly favored the
project and that the council to
date had done everything pos
sible toward securing the play
ground. She also said that tho
council deeply appreciates the
support given the proposal by the
Kiwanis Club and every civic or
ganization to which it bad been
presented.
The proposal was presented to
the board on Tuesday night in the
form of a petition bearing over
1,200 names, including between
500 and 600 citixena of the city
and over 600 younger residents.
The petition asked that the board
use $3,000 In city funds provided
the WPA project would be ap
proved.
Amdng those who spoke before
the board In favor of the propos
al were W, p. Halfacre, Rev.
Eugene Olive, Dr. R. B. Temple
ton, Attorney J, H. Whicker, W.
(Continued on back page)
The three girls who were in
jured, It Is said, were on their
way to work in a nearby field
111 response to a petition sign
ed by about 200 residents of the
city asking that an ordinance be
pas.sed prohibiting the promiscu
ous use of rifles and other fire
arms within the city limits, R. T.
McNiel, mayor of North Wilkes
boro, today called attention to a
town ordinance passed many
years ago and which deals direct
ly with the'subject.
Several citizens had complain
ed that boys, and adults, had
been using rifles promiscuously
and in such a manner that dang
er to the public had j resulted.
They asked that an ordinance
be passed prohibiting such use
but were doubtless unaware that
such an ordinance already exists
and. in part, reads as follows:
“It is ordained that no person
or persons shall shoot any gun,
pistol, firecrackers, sky rocket,
match pistol or any other explos-
ize material upon the streets,
sidewalks or lots within the town
(except in defense of person or
property) without ipermlsslon
first obtained from the mayor In
writing” . . . section 8 of chap
ter two of public ordinances.
This clearly covers the situ
ation, Mayor. McNiel said, and
urged that persons knowing this
ordinance to be violated report
such violations to him or any
member of the pollc© force.
Bar Association
Makes Calendar
^St Pad’s ^iscopal Chindi
Four Valuable '
Prizes Will Be
Given At Fair
Exhibits Expected to Be
Much Better Than at
Previous Fairs
On the left is
pictured the
historic S t.
Paul’s Epis
copal church
1 n Wilkes
boro, where
o n Sunday,
Sept. 13, spe
cial services
will be held
celeb rating
the centen
nial o f the
first Episco
pal service in
the town.
THRILLING FREE ACTS
Marks Shows on Midway;
AutO/ Races Saturday;
Many Other Features
Ilian S,ervice Sunday Celebratii^
Centennial of Episcopal Services
Tuesday, September 15, is
opening date of the 11th annual
exposition of the Great Wilkes
fair at the fairgrounds in North
Wilkesboro and the exposition
will continue through Saturday
night, five big days and five big
nights of thrilling entertainment
for the people of Wilkes and ad
joining counties and any visitors
from distant points who wish to
attend.
The Great Wilkes fair has
grown into an amusement insti
tution that tar surpasses the usu
al county fair and compares fav
orably with the largest exposi
tions in North Carolina.
W. A. McNiel, president and
general manager of the fair, has
spent much of his time in mak
ing arrangements for the exposi
tion and he said today that all
Indications point clearly to the
largest and most successful fair
In the history of the institution
In North Wilkesboro. Every ar-
Sundiiy kt St Paul’s Epi«-
copal Church
Rifle Shooting in
North Wilkesboro
Is Law Violation
Mayor Calls Attention to
Ordinance Prohibiting
Use of Firearms
A centennial celebration of
the beginning of church services
of the Protestant Episcopal
church in Wilkesboro will be
held at St. Paul’s Church on Sun
day. September 13.
Exactly one hundred years
ago, Sunday, September 13, 1836,
the fii^t Episcopal service was
held in, .the town.
Dr.' Robert E. Gribbin, bishop
of the diocese, will be present to
administer the rite of confirma
tion preach at the eleven o’-
clbcjk/aarvlce. At this service
the^4Vrtll also be a consecration
of an altar cross given by the
Batb* family in memory of
Wjllliam Wainwright Barber and
Mrs. Mariana Wilcox Barber. At
one o’clock there will be a pic
nic dinner on the lawn at the
home of 'Miss Elizabeth Barber.
In the afternoon there will be
another service at four o’clock,
at which time a history of St.
Paul’s parish will be given. There
will also be a baptismal service
and' special music by a vested
choir.
Invitation is extended to mem
bers of other denominations to
attend these services end the pic
nic dinner.
•lEolioWlng is the detailed pro-
gikw pl tbe services:
m. Celebration cf the
H6iy Corniminion and Sermon by
the Rt. R'-v. Robert E>. Gribbin.
D. 'Di’JBiebop of the Diocese.
ration of Altar Cross —
icriam.
ilnlstration of the Rite of
Confirmation.
1:00 p. m. Picnic dinner
(bring well-filled baskets),
j .4^0 jk. m. Prayer of Praise
anff'Ti^ksgiving.
Hilary of St. Paul’s Parish.
BB^smal Service.
Gioria iiu Excelsis with vested
Ciloir. w - *
In G«4inty Tuesday
H. R. Niswonger and Dr. Shaw,
of the horticulture department of
State College and the extension
service, were in Wilkes county
Tuesday visiting a number of
orchards to view results of prun
ing and spraying demonstrations.
The fruit growers. Interested
in any helpful suggestion, wel
come these timely visits by ex
tension service specialists.
How Prizes Are
To Be Awarded
At Wilkes Fair
Each Peraon Paying Adnjix-
aion Price Has Equal.
Chance at Prizes
in'
Wilkes County Bar Association
in meeting with the clerk of
court Tuesday afternoon made
out the calendar for the October
term of court for trial of civil
cases.
Judge J- H. «lei*ent, of Win
ston-Salem, will preside over the
term, which will convene on
Monday, October 5, and continue
for two weeks.
Several hundred civil cases are
now on the docket pending trial,
some of which date iback about
four years. Except for a few cas
es set for trial on a certain d«^
by court order the;'case#
taken In chronological ordw -*’;
Walker Family
’''Heunion Sept. 20
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Fourth annual reunion of the
Walker family will be held at
Dennyvllle BapUst church Sun
day, September 20. Everybody is
cordfally invited to attend and
Uke part In the activities of the
dAy. The. program will begin with
a ‘'•social hour 'from 10:30 ' to
11:80, followed by a spedal ■wor
ship period of sacred music and
an addfOM hy » “°ted speaker.
Ittpher will be spread at one
o’clock. This hour was set In or
der to allow people to attend
se^oes e4 their respective
dqjrollj^ eud then attend the re
union. ’ rae afternoon . program
wjfr,^h8lst of short addressee
8«feto«ilal music. • ^
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Each person who buys an ad
mission ticket to the Great
Wilkes fair will have an equal
chance at the four valuable priz
es to be given away on Wednes
day, Thursday. Friday and Sat
urday nights.
The prizes to be given are a
1936 Ford tudor sedan, a Philco
radio, an electric refrigerator and
a bedroom suite. These prizes
will be on display at the fair and
' >ach night one will be selected
i in be given away following the
i free act program in front of the
I gra'.idstand.
Eaoh person buying an admis-
• sion ticket will be given a ticket
to bo deposited in a box near the
gate and the box of tickets will
be taken to the free act platform
for the drawing, which will be
under the supervision of the three
judges, A. S. Cassel, J. B. Wil
liams and Dudley Hill, who will
award the prize to the person
whose ticket is drawn provided
that person is present. If he or
she is not present another ticket
will be drawn. Tickets not drawn
will remain in the box for chanc
es at the other prises.
W. A. McNiel, president and
general manager of the fair, em
phasized that each one attending
the fair will have a chance at
the prises to be given.
possible for the five-day exposl-
tlon.
Monday will be the big day of
.preparation for the opening of
the event and on that day exhib
its will be placed in the large
exhibit hall. Marks Greater Shows
will arrive and establish them
selves on the midway with a
galaxy of attractions nemr be
fore assembled for the hilr here.
Marks Shows have been at the
fair here for two years and
played to large crowds but this
year are double their former size
due to a purchase of the Vir
ginia Amusement company.
OrandtUand Attractions
Grandstand attractions should
prove to be the most thrilling
ever presented and the cash out
lay tor these attractions is dou
ble the amount spent for the un
usually thrilling acts last year.
George Hamid, World famous
showman of New York city, is
head of the firm from which at
tractions here were purchased.
He also furnishes the grandstand
acts at the North Carolina state
fair and many other lar.ge expo
sitions. In the troupes of actors
here this year will be some who
for the first time are on the road
after several years of performing
in New York city.
The grandstand free act pro
gram will be presented each aft
ernoon and night of the fair.
Fireworks will be furnished by
the Ohio Fireworks Display com
pany, which has a nation-wide
reputation of furnishing the best
to be had. The fireworks program
will be carried out each night
with a brilliant and dazzling dis
play, although eaoh night’s fire
works program will vary from the
others. There will be fireworks
on Saturday night as well as the
other four nights. In fact the full
program of the
(Continued on page eight)
ftSHAB. CLIENT GETS
ON LIFE
’ ■Maniirail 0. Gra'ndy, rehabilita
tion client of the Resettlement
Administration in Ourrltnck coun
ty, NorA Carolina, recently sold
hla Irish potato crop for $1,100.
This him to pay back
$561 a^aiiced blm by tho gov
ernment this year and to return
three checks totaling $60.80 nn-
ased. Ho sUU has bis sratormolon
and swoet potato erope to market.
Extension Class
To Be Organized
Meeting of Intei'eated Teq^i-'
ers Called for Saturday
in Wilkesboro
"Kie extension class of I^nolr-
Rhyne College, which has operatr
ed successfully for several years
in Wilkesboro, will be reorwal** *
ed Saturday, accordtog'’lw IhiarE-At i
mation given out by Prof. O. (
Patterson, who will be in charga -?» ■
of the class. - .
Those who are . Interested i-ta. .
becoming members of tto, claaa
are asked to attend- the mca|Uii|) \ - "i
to be hold on Saturday
September 18. at thgT^U^ ,a, _ .
huttflag "la ^
meeting 'will begta at ten o’eloel$j^
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