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i ■ l(i!iil!l THE:: To- '.ly^Jyr-:!^ IrC. i ft-' Lll ot -the Natteno! Piric la ehoi«a ot vvft dew«t- , Uu» Rtdfo tn1tfo4b CMjiitina owirviM)^ kMMii » G*- Ux. -vlU t%igtOM(|^.lior» ia. th« §1^' few 4iij» j^ilMSed r*f- ttclent office aoMe la..provided. It waa leenied unotficiallT today. ■' Ablation for removal of the office from Oalax to North WU- kaehoro has heen arowin? since U "was learned oniy a few weeks a^o that landowners In the 7,- 'O00*acre Bluff Park in northern Wtlkee and All^hany had not heen paid for their lands althougih they had signed binding options nearly two years ago. The options, 'according to re- perte from the landowners them selves, did not allow them to cultivate the land 'this-year and they now face a winter without e usual 8ua>ply of winter food ind feed harvested from their mountain lands. They do not diave any money with which to negotiate for homes elsewhere. A group of attorneys employ ed by the government worked In Wllkesboro f»w several months In an effort to abstract titles to the many tracts In the Bluff Park area in Wilkes and the landown ers say that their complaints to the Galax office have been an swered and the delay has been explained as being due to the ti tles being In such bad shape that tihe required abstracts could not be>, furnished. The park service has now resorted, to condemna tion proceedings In order to speed np transactions. Produce Posts and Put Idle Land To Work, Page Says % By R, H. PAGE, Jr. (Assistant Extension Forester) Fence posts are an unneces sary item of expense to many farmers In Wilkes county each •yo^Y, for much Idle land not pay- ^ing taxes will grow Black Locust, dual purpose trss. I^ust, a ae, will Ihcpeeso nitrogen VOL^ N6,^J>®0 Published Mondial W aifd Thursdays. 'NOirt'H nTc., THURSDAY, sliT. 80. 1987 m THE STAT8--42J)^QtJ^ WPA h^ject For WiO(Mi)oiro Fails To Get Office OK State Office Reportedly Balking at Project Until Funds Assured SOME MONEY ON HAND Had Planned to Begin Build ing With Funds on Hand At Present Time Reminiscent of days described by State Superintendent Clyde A. Erwin when school children sat on benches made of split logs, children in Wllkeeboro school, largest in Wilkes county with the exception of North Wllkesboro city schools, sre actually using soap boxes for desks in some of the badly crowded rooms. And while the crowded condi tion at the large school becomea more acute as the enrollment nears 800 It was learned unof ficially here today that the state office of the Works Progress ad ministration has held up approv al of the project calling for con struction ot a ten-room building as additional school housirg fa cilities for Wllkeaboro. TMie proposed building would •031 approximately $35,000 and the county now has available ap proximately $10,000, which would he about half of the mount required in the WPA pro ject. When the remainder of the required amout was omitted from the county budget for the current year it was planned to go ahead with the funds available and WPA aid as far as possible and erect the walls of the building, hoping to work out some means of financing Its completion. However, it developed that the WPA officials are wary of begin ning a project without assurance tdiat the sponsor will have funds jtor Its coim$tl^lo&. BTOwd for many years without noticeable signs, of decay. Black locust seedlings grown by the State Forest Nursery at Clayton, N. C.. are available for Fall planting through the County Farm Agent’s office. A thousand seedlings, sufficient to set an acre of land, can be purchased I ^fcior two dollars plus twenty-five '-TPeents for postage. 'These trees are - aet six by seven feet apart and under normal conditions when planted in soil which Is not too thin nor compact, make excel lent growth, producing several durable posts per tree in from eight to twelve years’ time. These trees, set from twenty-five, to fifty feet apart in pastures, en- cosirage the growth of blue grass ■wMle furnishing only light shade. Seedlings come packed in peat moss and should be kept in a «Ool, moist place until set. When ready to plant, the roote should be placed ill a bucket of sloppy mud and the seedlings removed one at a time as set. Holes 'arge enough to accomodate the root without crowding can be dug with a gru'b-boe or mattock. Seedlings should, he placed in these holes at the same depth as they were grown in the nursery and hbe soil replaced and firmly ■ pgcked about the roots, g^i, one digging and the other netting, should plant an acre to lAnst in one day’s time. ’’•Wilkes county farmers are Qfged to Uke Urreirtory ef all Idle and eroding land, and to place orders for snfUclent locust to bring unprofitable areas on the farm back Into production. W. E. Fletcher • Dies At Pitflear Was County Surveyor For Several Years; Funeral Friday at New Hope . E Fletcher. 70. a promi- ottiien of Ws eoanmunity aad_ tor msoy yesrs Wilkes coun- SSurveJojTdled St midnight last " l^t St Ws home ^r. FlelchW la survived by hla Mrs. Frances Fletcher, and ven children. t Funeral aerrlce wUl be held At gyr Hope Baptist church near afternoon, one o'clock. In a few days to confer ■with county officials and local WPA engineers relative to the project. Patrons of the school and oth ers Interested often express the hope that work can be started immediately on the building. Lions Meet Marion Here Friday, 3:40 Coach Ralph Barker and assist ants have been putting the boys through stiff workouts and scrimmage this week in antici pation of tihe opening game of the season here Friday afternoon against Marion, reputedly one of the strongest teams in the West ern conference. The boys, about 30 in number, have shown an active interest and have worked hard in prac tice. Fans a?e urged to attend thei game lud show their appre ciation of the determination on the part of the boys and Coach Barker to ivut North Wilkesboro high school back on the winning side In football. The kickoff will be promptly at 3:40 and it will be interesting to see how the Lions stack up against the strong Marion eleven in the initial gridiron contest of the season. Comnditeemen Turkey Queen Portland, Ore. . . . Miss Helen Wetle of Deschutes county, Ore gon, is dressed in an interesting costume of feathers representing the Queen of the Champions of' the Thanksgiving Dinner Tables. Cost $350,000 Modernizf^ System In Credle Tells How l tem Would Pro^ Oppor IS WELL ATTE! . „ State Superintendeatj Continued School Syst Limbering Up Judge Clement To Preside At Term Of Wilkes Court October Term For Trial Of Civil Cases To Convine^, On October 4 ' ston-Salem, witl presite ov^T t term of Wllkea superior , court beginning MOinday, October 4. The term will be for two weeks and will be for trial of civil cases. The Wilkes bar association in a recent meeting made out a lengthy calendar for the term. Several hundred civil actions are pending trial, including many which were instituted several years ago but have not been tried on account of the conges tion on the docket. It is expected that the docket of civil cases will be materially reduced during the term. W. C. T. U. Meeting The Woman’s Ohristian Tem perance Union will meet Friday evening, 7:30, at the home of Mrs. Ed Gardner. All members are urged to attend. An expendltttfsr of , would provide adequate^ for a modern vohool 'Waikes county Vh« child would have the op to attend a school witli, for each grade, W. Tdi state director of sol planning, told a confs Wilkes school commltte other intereeted pooplo- berry school’Wednesdayj Other speakers on gram of th^ conferenc C. B. Eller, county' dent of schools, to dlsct problems were Clyde state superintendent of;_ struction, C. 0. McNlrflj of the Wilkes county education, R. G. FlnleTK of the Wilkes county^ commissioners, a n dj Teague, principal of View high school, The meeting wii ol Supt, Eller, who state pose as ^ng, a^' *at. school jcomneStipefliM*,’^ ac4 IntereatpdSiPab franlf ieo |ifn Westtvood, Calif. . . . “Bill” Williams, U. C. L. A. fnllback (kicking), and Ernest Hill, tackle, pictured In bhelr first days of practice of the 1937 foot ball seasj^ KiwaniansWiD Name Officers In Meeting Friday I A. H. Casey Nominated For President; Splendid Pro gram Furnished Oditi)er2And3 Be Lofalty Ikys In Clnnrches Is Movement Sponsored By North CarolW Council Of durchee North ttnp chiirchcs are planning to co^^^iate In a na tion movement to observe Octob er 2 and 3 as "Loyalty Days,’’ It was learned here today. ’The North Carolina Connell of Churches, acting In co-operation with the ‘ nation-wide church movement. Is asking churches throughout the state to . observe the progiiim. The pospose Is to affect a spir itual revival throughout the na tion, It is stated. Protestants, CethoUoa and Jews are co-operat ing In the movement. President Roosevelt rertently Issued a proclamation eoncom- ing the .observance of bhe days In •which ihe eald. “I gladly recom mend to the people of the United States the observance of Loyalty Days and ^ them to repair on theM days to their houses of worship. Thus shall we rebuild the sspirltnal fires and strengthen the abiding foundations of our nation.’’ Governor Hoey has sent out the following statement: “I am glad to give my hearty approval of the observance of Loyalty Days, and to urge the people of this state to join In this nation al movement looking to tho con centration of the religious and moral force of our nation In a great spiritual undertaking." Reemve Security F For Present ' O Another Batch of Appik*' tions Pawed by WWte# Board of Welfare' ^ MANY HAVE APPUEI> Case Workers Busily Enipii^ ed Checking Information ' In Applicatlepe’ Square Dance At Legion Meeting Interesting Program Plann ed For Visit of Depart ment Commander Commander F. C- Fields, of the North Carolina department ot the American Legion, will be in North Wilkesboro Friday evening to install Legion officers at a joint meeting of the Wilkes Le gion post and local unit of the Auxiliary at the Legion and Auxiliary clubhouse. It will be a joint meeting of the Legion and Auxiliary begin ning at 7:30. Mrs. Fields will install officers of tho Auxiliary. Fc^Iowing the business session refreebments will ho served and then there will be a square dance. All mejubers ot tho Legion and Auxiliary are urged to be present. tist oh,nnlh conducted d«v The first" sp McNeill, count: chairman, who recent Impron school system an of the pressing ent time. He was follow ley, chairman of commissioners, W county finances ties Involved quate school plained that issue for erectiw buildings will 1 double that and Interest bef Because of the co: ty finances the maximum interest cent, he said. He said that 1 that the county goes In constri buildings and should he added each year sufft th® most press ever, be expla! meets with Imnl' once It becomea increase Is pri pay-as-you-go plhi most economical^ 1 Is eliminated from;- L. W. Teague,. ‘ .Mountain View spoke on “Wliat Principal B Committeemen,” with the school were stressed. (Continued on' C. O. ol board Ihriefly of In the i$ned somh the ptes- R. G. 51n- ■board ..of told aboMt dlfflcttl- lihg ad^ He- «t- 00 .bond '60' school taxpayers principal Tt ls retlrkl. m of coun- hoar the I* of six per his belief pay as it of school ^iin amount le tax levy finance 3. How- system ■ opposition [that a tax though the far the interest budget. DCipal of sdseol, lier or a or Her contact operation eight) North Wilkesboro Klwanls I club will elect officers for the oomlng year In the luncheon pieeting Friday 9>u» bt THoted WHkWb i- IwHie mMiUic rrltef ot laat Olsetlon but other noTnin^Oftis can be made at the next mheting if anyone so desires. The nominating committee suggested the following ticket: A. H. Oasey, president:-’ J. C. Reins, vice president: T. B. Story, secretary-treasurer; J. B. Carter, A. F. Kilby, R. W. Gwyn, E. G. Finley and W. B. Jones, direc tors. An excellent program fur nished Friday under direction of A. A. Cashlon, program chairman for the day. He presented Mrs. Gordon Finley, who delightfully rendered two vocal umu'bi^, "M'y Task’’ and “Brighten the Comer Where You Are.’’ R»v. R. H. Stone, of Jefferson, "^ade the principal address,''tiling of re ligious progress In Asbe county. He related blow Missionary Bap tists, Methodists and Presbyter ians had progressed In member ship, church property and benev olences during the past two de cades. Ih a short business session J. B. McCoy reported that a man ufacturer has begun making pic torial postcards with an apple blossom scene and a rhododen- dren scene and that the cards will be on sale In a short time. W. J. Caroon, cashier of the Northweatera Bank, was a new member and A. S. Cassel was a guest of Mr. Cashion at FWday'B meeting. Gold itt “panned" on San Francisco s 1939 iS^ition site, miners explaining as to a pocket at the site. One Tree Yields 3,120 Lbs. Bark Mt. Zion Citia«» Sails Bark From Chastnut OsJc Trea For $17.l«,Hara Applications for old age aasli^-^ ance passed in a meetlhg oP-tlta''' Wilkes county ’board of welfare this week ibrougAit the. total her of Wllkea aged people celve checks for the month of September to 109. ‘v Now applications approved.-tor aid to dependent children brings the total to receive cheeks to 18 famillee with 71 children. Due to the fact that ther* are many more appllcatlona for. pid age aslstance under the state no dal security act than was antici pated, the average monthly chock in Wilkes Is lower than the state average, 'being about eight dol lars. The welfare board Is hold ing down the amounts as much as possible in order to use tho available funds to the best ad vantage and spread the benefits as far as possible among the needy aged. The total number of person# over 65 years of age who have called at the welfare office to make application has almoat reached the thousand .mark and applications are 'being filed as rapidly as possible. However, It often develops ear ly in the required Investigation of each case that many cases are for various reasons not eligible for assistance and the caso work ers then turn their attention to other cases. Some time may elapsp hrfore all *pplicatloaa are W. M. Mlhtbn, a cltlaen ot the isveg^^ed and paased. " * — 'i.irua»latlve ah aimirnal yield oi from a Otaostnnt Oak ^ Mr. .Minton has been marketing bark or many years but th© tree mentioned herd exceeded any he had ever seen for yield of bark, he said. A total of 3,120 pounds of bark sold for $17.16 at the plant of the International Shoe com pany here was taken from the tree In a few hours by Mr. Min ton and one helper. Find Large Still At Pattons Ridge Officers Were Too Late To Make Capture; Fire Was Still In Furnace Deputies Sheriff Odell Whit tington and Winfield Nichols re port the destruction of a large still in Pattons Ridge section of Wilkes county Saturday. -1%© still was of about 125-gal lon capacity and there was evi dence that it had been operated extensively, ^ Mr. 'Whittington said. The officers reached the still a few minutes too late to make a capture. The still was hot and there were coals under the furnace, indicating that the ope rators had just completed opera tions for the day. Horticultural experts of the 1939 'Worid't F^ir at San Pran^co have been watching their WPte and from these preirt 193^9 styles for women will be m long flowings lines with longer skirts. A new typeofBMfetr ???£?***** Wilkes oonnty. A epec- (ope ouljr in caae of lau er ^ cancellation stamp Air Mail Plane Will Pick Uobliail Are On October 12 By J. B. WILLIAMS Our genial postmaster, Mr. Jim Reins, having seen fit to appoint me as County Chairman for Air Mail Week, October 11th to 16th, I wish to make the following comments and trust that all of the good people of 'WSikes coun ty, and especially the business bouses, will arrange to prepare a letter to be mailed to their friends and business associates and 'have It ready and in the post office On the morning of Oc tober 12th, whkib; Is the day that a mall plane will b© here to pick up North Wllkesboro mail. Speci al air mail envelopes can be ae- cored at the post office for this purpose. It will be a great ad- vartlaement for North Wilkee- t>^' and Wilkes oonnty. A w«o- Is 'being prepared which will read “North Wllkesboro—Key to the Blue Ridge.’’ Since the week of October 11- 16 has been designated as Air Mall Week for North Carolina and our Second Assistant Post master General, Harllee Branch, has selected this week for a great experiment. It will be a real test for North .Carolina citi zens to show thrtr interest In air mail and the expansion of the air .mail service. “Mr. Branch has named Post master Paul R, Younts, of Char lotte, aa the General Director of this preparation for a great North CarollM event, and, in co operation with tihls program, Governor Hoey baa issued a proctamatim ' oalliag ' upon alt' North Carolinians to join heartily and realistically That proclamatlol displayed at each, post offices. Fur mayors of nume towns soon will. local commltte their local actlvlt ordlnated with program. You see. In toUl plan, .whluh I da^ tlcipatloh of yonr| am endeavoring you with sincer I am tremendos about the-poBsfl)* Week bringing the future, as w4 >nt, a great ma Ant heeetita. ** ■Has#--Mie;' think you will . program, will .bo r state’s ore, the iclties , and nee their which be co- ■ state-wide 1^00 of this ).eagw an- aUon, I across to f idea that nthnslastic Air Mail ollna In I the pree- import- , do not Ing prse^iaptlous when I urge you, everyono of you, to read thla article and thereafter co-operate: Five to eight special airplanes will fly especially arranged routes over our state, visiting ci ties and towns, on October 12. Not only, will these planes . pick up the dir mall, but also they will be the center of ceromoniee which wUl be arranged In each community by the local commi^ tee. While the hnslness men and Industrial wtecutlves will be glad of th© opportunity of giving wings to' their letters, the en thusiasts over aviation develop- m«it will bo delighted to have. 08 visitors in their munidpalltlee some of the jiation’e most fam ous avlatora. In thla group of le as be- ohisf pBot ot the Bastera Lines, A1 Williams, famous for mer naval speed plane pilot and several others. ’WAUe the pick-up planes wUl fly these special North Carolina routOT only on that one day, Oc tober 12, the entire week will be observed as air mall week and on other days the other regular divisions of the postal servee will concentrate the air mail In the central.distributing and dispateb- ing points at Charlotte and Ra leigh. ’The great mall and pas senger planes of the Eastern Air Lines will bring into and take away air maii at those two cities. ’Hhie Air Mail Week is ot par- ticnlar Interest to people not on_ the regular air mail linea, demongbnUion, of the air Mirrm. i* * t4t-etat foh , (-Coatinned on page «i^) ^ cblldreB,'the«« family in Wilkes being about $12. Six applications for aid • blind have been approved. Mountain View Stunt Night On Friday, Oct. 1st' The stunt-night program at 'Mountain ’View high school orig inally scheduled for last week was postponed because of the death of Rev. I. C. Woodruff and will be held In the school audi torium Friday, October 1, at 8 p. m. The school committee, the faculty and each grade have stunts which should make thla the funniest, nuttiest show ever given at Mountain 'View. The p«- formance is being sponsored by the Iboys; and girls Athletic Asso- ciatlons and the proceeds from the 10c and 20c admission fees will be used to buy athletle equipment. Jones B. Darnell Funeral Service Held Wednesday Pnileral service was held Wed nesday morning at Pleasant HBI Baptist ohrtirch for Jones IB.. nell, sg© 69, who died Mondiwr afternoon at his home _ Pleasant Hill secUon of ’Wilkes county. . ^ Mr. Darnell was aii estii&M# citizen of his community aaa . leaves many friends. Us hgtejS** In 111 health for ahoat Surviving are his wife, . Mfi. Julia Day Damril, aqd' el^ (bildren; Charles P.; jdlamgll* Mrs. Lillie Lyon, 01arwne«".+4)sift- nell, Mrs. Mary Philips, Braafitef* Wado, Everett and Jr* Darnell, all of'Elkin, -rr. 26 Froni WifliiM In A.S.T,G» T«rm. A report from the registrar at Appalachian State Teaohen CM- lege, ^oue, eltowt ti|at JS Wilkes county petel® are, enrolls ed for the titil tenm at that lastf- - tntion. > : . Watauga has the lacgeet. her of students with IHaad !*•* dMl la seoood Wfih’4L The ttuteni tio^ lB safly fmHi^ jirl^ *? - - .. atadlB^ fma’ CaiuHaa.’'BSiieJ[ -the:
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