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WBARLY.EEAOY
S’^IUWgh. 'FM>. i;-^^-6pWifng of
tile new tlir^i&Uft 1>rlige acroea
4U>eiBarle aoiaA cAetna schedul-
f M for July 4, ^ i.. Crayen, sen-
tor bridge engtoeer of the' state
Jilgbwajr anf^'iia^le worlts com
missionr said: today.
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SBfAU. FRY HEARD .
Washington, Feb. 1.— Hun
drcds ,oilmen ,who *draw their
liyelUio^ from rocb “little busl-
Inesses” .^s laundries', bakeries,
brickyards, retail establishments
and small factories gathered in
Washington tonight, ready to tell
^e sorsrnment what they think
should do about the business
fecesslon.
NEW CONSTRUCTION
- Kew York, Peb. 1.—-United
States Steel corporation announc
ed today'it had 'borrowed |60,
000,000 payable in one two an'd
'•O' thiwn years ^om banks in New
York, Chicago and Pittsburgh.
1^0 coivoration arranged for
these loans. It was said, in an-
tletpatlon of substantial outlays
for new construction work now
lyundw way.
FAOjWt starvation
Lf^doa, Frt). ”1.—The 200 In-
habttaata of Rathlin island in
the north cbaapel between'North-
era Irsiiaad and '^Scotland were
threaten^ with starvation today
T being cutoff'TTom the out
ride %W**--b/three weeks
of
continual stornu. Plight of the
inhabitants became alarming as
gales .and high seas continued to
$te British Isles prevent
ing'&od ships from reaching
then.
HCK POWELL FATHER
Angeles, Feb. 1.—Singing
Eck Powell of the movies be-
'came a father today. Superior
Judge Robert H. Scott approved
Powell’s adoption of Norman
Bamee, three-year-old son of his
. .wife, Joan Blondell, film actress,
* end. her former husband, George
''Barnss, oameraman. “This action
makes raegupremely happy,” said
Powell, taking the boy in his
arms and patting bis cheeks,
jwhlle Kiss Blondell beamed ap-
sr;
..'f
. negroes burn
*1 Hertford, Fab. 1.—Coroner R.
ty in curbing communicable di-
'«lgv»e^«>es perished last night in ^
-.a^Y'ihil community In Gates coun
ty when their dwelling burned
Pe^’ . WSfes
In State;
No EfllAniiics (Ki
Disease Hiis Year
Scattered C*oes, of Whoop-
ing Covgh Scarlet
Fewer Prove Threats
PREVENT DISEASE
Efforts of Health Depart
ment Ower Period of
Years Beneficial
Few cases ot soaimunicable di
seases have been reported to the
county health office recently and
those Interested ih public health
have reached the conclusion that
people of Wilkes county are hale,
hearty and healthy.
While'it is generally known
that there has been about the. us
ual amount of Utness of an or-
giMc natuVe and that the people
of the county hkVfe found no
cure-all or fountain of youth,
they feel fortunate in that no
epidemics of contagious disease
have occured during the present
school term.
The biggest threat of an epi
demic was during the latter
months of 1937 when scattered
cases of whooping cough were
reported. By quarantine the di-
se€ise was somewhat Isolated
and the number of new cases has
been declining with subsequent
reports.
Earlier In the year several
cases of scarlet fever were locat
ed In the eastern part of the
county but this disease Is like
wise on the wane, reports of the
health officer. Dr. A. J. Eller,
show.
For many years a health serv
ice with full time health officer
and nurse has been maintained
In Wilkes county and during the
past few years a sanitarian was
added. Those interested in pub
lic health express the opinion
ttri this i^ctMties .»t
the health department an: health
education has proved to be ‘ben
eficial to the people ot the coun-
Hollywood . . . Guess which
perennial Yankee first baseman
roams, a local movie lot'in this
cowboy regalia! Yore right, Pard,
’tain't none other than Buck Geh
rig, otherwise known as Larrupin’
Liou, portraying a regular two-
fistedi gun-totin’ cowboy hot on
the trail of a gang of rustlers.
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By ClpKh Vo
MeaMire"!
it^'PasMs Condemnation
h
-Easier^ -Build
LONG TEiai FINANCE
Many Ua«M|^ived Diaap-
p^te^ at Fiuiure of the
Che^a to Arri^ Here
Washington, Feb.> l.-^Admln-
istration leaders, beating off a
senate rebaOloh by the close vote
of 42 to 40, passed , along to
President Roosevelt today the
bill designed to stimulate a vast
home-building boom.
Mr. Rodsfevelt is expected to
sign tbne bill quickly. Its 'sponsors
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coroner said Hattie Hoffler
aan, 45, and her four chll-
dim were burned, to death in
the small house and that Jane
Bother, Hattie’s 73-year-old step-
ker, died today of burns. He
a detective flue probably
the fire.
G.O.P. Dinner at
Greensboro 12th
/WITHDRAW $34.-500.000
Washington, Feb. 1.—Twenty-'
two states and the District of Co-
flnmW Withdrew 334,500,000 ot
Ithrir ■'''unemployment trust funds
Ifrom'ljthe treasury in January to
.begin, the,payments of ji^employ-
: ' meat benefits. January was the
ttpit ili^Bth that any st^te, except
Wisconsin "was eligible to begin
'suck payments under the social
act, and all of the ellgi-
Je' states withdrew amounts
' $75,000 to $10,000,000
^ea^.
Wilkes County Expected to
Send Large Delegaticm to
Lincoln Day Dinner
FOREST FIRES
Feb. 1.—Fewer forest
f- were reported In North Car-
^ during 1937 than during
pr^e^in-g year, W. C. Mc-
,■*111^; alsslstant state forester,
A^ total of 3,404 fires
l^^ia A®27, compared with
,ln~lk30, he said. An aver-
t'44 aCfM was burned by
~tei .last year, compared
^ieres in 1936, he added.
it AGE 104
bary,~ Feb. 1. — Rowan
^a^jttst lost probably her
jcldien,'^. Ale»*Ib® Bing
on, Tvlio died this week,
s after she had celebrated
t,.:,jAunt Alex,”
■ 'lgy>wn,,came
■; with her
ared in an In-
She was half
Dish, her
9' Busha-
^ _>hlef in Texas,
t 'cl'her husband,
on AndMson, a
-yas /the meth-
s^'d.aa a ihid-
i.fhat she had
: babies Into
-'‘c
Wilkes county Is expected to
furnish a large delegation at the
Lincoln Day dinner to be held in
Greensboro on the night of Sat
urday. February 12. Republican
party leaders said here today.
The state Republican execu
tive committee and the Young
Republicans organization, joint
sponsors of the dinner, are com
pleting arrangements for one of
the biggest Lincoln Day dinners
in the history of the state.
Representative Hamilton Fish,
of New York state, a prominent
Republican in congress and a po
tential candidate for president In
1940, will be the keynote speak
er.
Prior to the Lincoln Day din
ner Y'oung Republicans will have
a senes of meetings during the
day and it is expected that
Wilkes people will take part in
those meetings.
- Arrangements have been made
by local leaders to furnish trans
portation to Wilkes Republicans
who wish to attend the Lincoln
Day dinner meeting. Republicans
from all parte of the county are
asked to attend and to notify N.
B. Smlthey, chairman, S. B.
Richardson or Kyle Hayes at the
eatHest possible'date.
The price of tickets in former
"years' 'Kas been $2.00 each but
It was said here today that any
Wilkee Republicans who desire to
attend may be able to secure a
ticket at substantially lower pric
es if a large number from the
county will attend.
Groundhosr Day
Is No Test Case
For Superstition
'The peculiar mixture of weath
er Wednesday, February 2, and
close observation of one ground
hog caused more argument con
cerning groundhog weather pro
phecy.
A pet groundhog at the home
Of Mias Carrie Powell in Wilkes-
boro got out too Thte to see his
shadow during the few minutes
of sunshine about 7:30 yesterday
morning. Miss Powell said. Bon
nie (that’s the grounij^pg’a.
naaip)
*hpw^ Tli dl^KMdtlOft tb'-
brate her day.
At one o’clock yesterday after
noon the sun began to shine dim
ly through clouds which appear
ed to be the forerunner of snow
hut the groundhog, if she saw
her shadow, paid no attention to
it and did not hurry back in for
the six weeks more of winter,
weather which are sure to come,
according to groundhog weather
prophets.
Instead of establishing a test
caae of the groundhog’s ability to
foretell the remainder of the
weather this winter and early
spring, groundhog day in this vi
cinity gave cause for more argu
ment. Some old timers insist that
the sunshine or its absence at
nine o’clock is the determining
factor, while others claim that
noon is the time the fuzzy ani
mal Is supposed to get scared and
hole up for six weeks if the sun
peeps out.
Not wanting to get mixed up
In the argument about the
groundhog’s ability to forecast
the weather we prefer td follow
the course of the scientist who
was doubtful of the theory
that the sun in a million more
years will diminish In .brilliance
•we’ll wait and see.
ime
Internal Rev(^
-Information received .today bx
The Journal-Patriot from* Q. H.'
•RobertsoH, wrftector of re'semue,
)ina to the effect that #, repre-
aeotative of hie office-kt Ore^^
'Will/spend Mar^. Ab
Jobless On Time;
Checks Are Late
Newly App
Specialist
M
Miss Han
recently assls
t«d Agent and
Hold Three
Soon
McOoogan. until
dietician at W.
C. U. N. Ck Greeneboro, on
Tuesday begl^ her duties as
home demoBiStotlon agent for
Wilkes oouuft;/' ^
The first dity as ihome,;demon-
stration agen^was epeot^ com
pany with vap^ Aiuwaeria. Arant.
district agMt/and they-wlted a
number of people in vaHOas com
munities throughout ■ ^ large
county. Mite McOooewt sald^ the
was very f-favoraWy' tpiprcased
with JJ$e senial
was added to the extension serv
ice In Wilkes: through an agree
ment whereby the state and fed
eral governments will pay the en
tire cost until July 1, 1938, pro
vided the county appropriates
OiMiSoim
Procoedinga
[ THEBTAX&7r92.00 Oj
-- '-'-be
a
In Fed«rnljtCpi^ Are
Near Completiott
5,000 acr£s involved
Few Tracts Whare Interests
Undetermined Tempor
arily HHd Up
Checks ,for payment for ap
proximately 6,000 acres of land
in the Bluff Park area'ln'WUlDSB
and Alleghany conirtlee are ex
pected to arrive this week, it was
learned today from the office of
the national park service la 'Wil-
kesboro. ' ,
The owners will receive pay-
otont tHrough condemnation pro-.
ceedingS inriituted 'in federal
court at Wtlkesboro in order to
facilitate payment.
The lands were optioned about
two years ago by the goyern-
mwt for the purpose if estab
lishing an outstanding wayside
park on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Parh service attorneys immedi
ately began their duties on ab
stracting, the titles fo fhe moun
tain land but were unable to es
tablish titles satisfactory to the
government.
Weanwhile the landowners
were restricted In the use of the
lands for cultivation and many
found themselvea unable to lo
cate elsewhere because they had
not been paid the amount of the
options they had given.
In order to expedite payment
the park service' instituted con
demnation pfocSedings against
all the lands with the few excep
tions of the tracts for which
creditable titles were established.
These, 'were obtained by direct
purchase.
Oo^ a'few contests arose epn-
Q14
tormiaed in federal court. Checks
for the tracts where no contests
arose will 'be distributed as soon
as eertiflcatlon of county tax psy-
nipnts are obtained, It Is under
stood. X ''
’i%IS'y4r, Miss McOoogah-falg,
wM be‘'devoted principally 1 tq
“Home Management and Hodse
Fnrntthlngs.” Mias Pauline (Jofj
don, hoiitte management and 'homq
furnishings specialist of the exj-
tension service, will spend three
days next week in Wilkes and
she’and Miss McGoogan will con;
dnctjthfee meetings—at Ronda,
Mouht^n View and Ferguson.
Some time will, also 'be devoted to
planning work for the year.
A home demonstration agent Local Man Re-elected to Im-
Vestal Is Director
PCA In This Area
Napa, dalif,,. . One of the old
est, if not'the oldest, of living 'yersity at GreMiebora, wM.'tbw'
Golden SbUq pioneers Is Mrs. keynote of the Social Studiwiit
at .tha
Mary Harris Steckter who cole- conference held today
bnaea 'her I0|nd birthday this North Wllkesboro high school. ’
month/ Mrs. Steckter came to
uu/uvu. w -AUliuuee *»»» lue luowv wi
C^oriMa. la a prairie schooner the conference, the 'ttrst project
■ nwTMn fiat* nallva xa.^ V.* ^
Laem :c6untry from her native of Itu kind ever attempted by .
MfSilbtirl in . ,1862. Criebratlnt high school In this section of tha
wltbr her are Mve children rang
ing In age from 82 to 62 years
Trade Days Event
Is Proposed Here
By Bunness Men
A Trade Days event, which
would be staged some time in
February, has been mentioned a-
moag local business men.
It .baSsbeea^’imlnted out that
other cities have successful trade
events and that it has been some
time since one was staged here.
’The opinion' has -been express
ed that “Trade Days” would be
more fitting than the traditional
,ibMtuise .Trade
loTill Biwtf
of mercantile business.
The general belief Is to the
effect that such an event would
be advantageous to the people of
this section of the state! as well
as serving as a business stimu
lant.
Arrangement have not been
confpleted for such an event but
announcement will 'be made if
plans materialize.
portant Post in Stock
holders Meeting
Reports submitted by officers
tiucu w—vj directors of the Winston-
Je'oo* ag”*U8 Fart of the cMt for Salem Production Credit Assocl-
the next fiscal year. atlon at the annual stockholders’
Miss McGoogan’B announce- meeting in Winston-Salem on
ment of the meetings next week January 29, 1938, Indicated that
follows: t***® farmers’ cooperative credit
We are delighted to announce organization had another success-
that Miss Pauline Gordon, State lul year In 1937. The reports
Specialist in Home Management showed an Increa
and House Furnishings, will ar- business done and, not
rive here on Monday, February 7. standing crop failures, a
Miss Gordon is the first of a se- collection record,
rles of specialists whom we plan Complete and detailed reports
to bring to the women ot Wilkee were given to the stockholders at
county. She Is widely known In the meeUng, which was well at-
the state and nation for her work tended by farmers from Alle-
volumo of
wlth-
good
in home management and It is a gbaney, Caldwell, Davidson, For-
Unemployed who filed claims
for.Job Insurance were on time
this week In reporting at the
employment service office here
but the checks were delayed.
According to dispatches sent
out from the state office of the
Unemployment ■ Compe n s a t i o n
CosinUssion the checks due for
the week ending January 22 were
to have been delivered this week
on regular report days of the
claimtoits.,
Checks, were delivered at sev-
•raPofttc* Injhe m^ings "^T/wlsh to do so.;,^
to be delivered here did not ar- °
rive on time.
The checks for those who
have been reporting on Tuesdays
Wednesday but -will not
be given- out until next Tuesday.
-ft "is useless for aa applicant'to
eaU tWtlis or her check on any
ex^t the'days' on which
thoy-.-^ve been reporting to the
empt^inent serviea. ofHce.
*Mr, Barnes Larkin - Pearson, of
Bpomer, -Attended the lecture of
WUilam ■Rdee'^BeAet, one of the
Vest kdpwn poeta and erjtlcsltili
01 Sal*
.Wlimtoni^SBtiim ^
2.-* * „
JS^:-
t'O -SKi
real opportunity to have her vis
it our county.
Since home demonstration
clubs have not been organised
throughout the county, meetings
have been called in three com
munities so that the opportunity
of hearing Miss (Jordon will be
made available to as many wot-
en as possible. Miss Gordon will
discuss some of the problems of
home management! and will also
give a demonstration which will
make her discussion both-inter
esting and practical. Since the
successful management of .the
home iv of vital concern-to eve
ry home-maker, every woman
who will find it in any way pos
able to attend one ;t these
The meetings will be;held as
follows:
Ronda—Ronda school „ bnUd-
Ing, Tuesday, February' 8,, at' 2
o’clock. , r ,
Mountain View — Mountain
View,. Teacherage, Wedneeday,
February 9, at 2 p’clock.,.
Ferguson — Ferguaoo.AjlohdoIf
■raursday, February
clock. . ' - X, A.
1 am looking forward
■hrg many of.youj'^at these/iojb^
logs. , ..J.,
syth, Stokes, Surry, Watauga,
Wilkes, and Yadkin counties,
which are served by the Associ
ation. The financial statement of
the association was displayed on
a big chart and other interestlng-
data showing cost of operation,
etc,, were likewise displayed on
charts.
Reports were made to the
meeting by B. S. Welborn, Pres
ident, L. E. Francis, secretary-
treasurer, and Paul 3. Vestal and
W. H. Hardy, members of the
board of directors. A. B. Hobson
was re-elected to serve on the
board of directors. Other dlrec-
tora Whose terms did not expire
thle year are W. H. Hardy, B. S.
Welbo:^ J.'R. Forrest, afld Paul
iK'^^ssial. .
ThA r®Ik>rt* revealed that the
Association made 687 loans for a
total of illLOOO.OO In 19$r.
Sam 3, Overstreet, ReprS((rater
r
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Uve of the Produ«itlou Cfwlt 1!^r“
poration of ^ ColumMa.'-^alSBlFessad
the' stockholders 'aS/ the^*bi^_l«$-
ton of the buslassq. sesston. 'iCti
Overstreet strassed thsti,
the produeti4>^ 9t»dit — 1
.is -a -
t^iyahlaetl';6n A e
Ha
N. W. A. A. Team
Beats Jefferson
North Wllkesboro Athletic as
sociation basketball team dis
played good form Tuesday night
to defeat Jefferson all stars 46
to 26 on Jefferson’s court. B.
Jones led the Wilk^ tecun with
26 points while Sonny Garwood
played a n outstanding floor
game. Other players were H.
Jones. Reavls, McNeill, Eller,
Lankford, Wendland.
Jefferson will, come here for a
game at the high school gymnas
ium on Friday night, eight o’
clock. A good game Is e;Xpected
and all basketball fans are invit
ed.
Singing Is Held
h. Traphill 31st
The mokt successful singing in
15 years was the way visitors
described the fifth Sunday sing
ing held at Traphill Sunday.
Slnglpg classes and quartets
were pifeaent from Wilkes, Surry
and Yadklu counties. Classes in
cluded Traphill, Plney Grove,
Shoaly Branch, Roaring River
and Pleasant HilK
Quartets ■-were Granite- City
F\>ur from Mountl .Airy, Nightin
gale, Bethel) Happy Day, Cool
Springs; .Sunshine and East EI-
i 's^th'-Bethel church, near
1
jCoD^ren^
Held'^at Ndktfk ;
Hiffb saiooiriMNfWMPr-'' -
tatives Othbrk
STUDENTS
Local .Ovie
Fart'and .
sions at Grottp Mert
An'address by'C. W^*
director of publfic .r^iltit^- at
the Woman's Ooliega qf„th«
“Attltudee” was the theme of
state. The address ot Mr. PhlUtpa
was on '"Attitudes Tloward Llfd'
and he held the rapt interest of
the student body aa.d visitors
with his inspiring message. The
conference was planned by W. D.
Halfacre, city schools sn-perln-
tendent, and was sponsored by
the Parent-Teacher assoclatieu
and the North Wllkesboro Ki-
wanls club.
Included among the guests
were a faculty member, president
of the student body and president
ot the junior class of all the high
schools In the county.
The conference opened -with
the general meeting at wblck
time Mr. Phillips spoke. The stu
dent 'body organization of Um
city high school was Immediate^
sponsor and President Ralph
Bowman prerided at the gensnd .
Mcetlty tfcia nerniqg. fg'thw a*K-
efp^Qii. Vice Prealdent '* - Ma^.
Frances Pardue presided at an
other general meeting, at which
time Rev. Watt Cooper, Presby
terian pastor, spoke on "Atti
tudes Toward Courtship and Mar
riage.”
Twelve group conferences were
held during the day with a stu
dent chairman to preside, a lead
er from civic or church organiza
tions to lead the discussloo, a
faculty sponsor and a P.-T. A.
sponsor.
One meeting was held for ail
the girls; at which time Mrs.
Bess Rosa, of the home econom
ics department of W. C. U. N.
C., lead the discussion of "Atti
tudes Toward Boys.” Mr. Phillip*
discussed “Attitudes Toward
Girls” at a meeting of all the
hoys.
Attitudes toward vocations, to
ward the home, social attitudes,
attitudes toward the spiritual, the
community and the home were
some of the subjects discussed at
the group conferences. TTte atu-
den- chairmen were Joe McCoy,
Margle'Gabrlel, Paul Haigwood,
Alice Wells, Carl Gwyu Cqttey,
Gwendolyn Hubbard, FVank Cra-
nor. Bob- McCoy, Thomas Temple
ton, Vivian Kerbaugh, Dorothy
Jennings and Betty Hill.
Leaders who led the discus
sions of the group subjects in
cluded Mr. Phillips, Mrs. Rosa.
John Kermit Blackburn, W^llliam
Marlow, Mrs. W. M. Cooper, ReF.
Watt Cooper, Edaaxd Fiuley.
Miss Elizabeth Paw and Mrs. W.
K. Stqrdlvant. . . ;
The ■’P.-T. A. members acUw
as sponsors were B. G. OdkltT,
Mrs. C. C. Faw; J. D. ■SebaetCar,
Mrs. Tal Barnes. Mrs. P, V-
Eshelman, Mrs. Grace KUbjr, RT-
E. Jones, W. K. Sturdivant, J-
B. McCoy, Mrs.’- J. M. Crawteld.
Mrs. J. D, Schaeffer, and^. Mr«.
Gozeal Justice. , ■
The InUar effort to hold' a so-;
>1
■i
kin. . - _
kt sMsiom of the 3tM6 it‘Q" ejg;^'ltan
hinging association will iiShted «ent with
cial 8tandairdA> conference r waa
eucaeesfujL from ,ev^/siAodpobt
^ J IX 4a ain .
« 4
Elfis^opal'SerYiee
Vespeg service will be beid at
8t Paul’s Rpisco^ chuiieh 8ak-
day ^
toftf
aut^ly ahUcfpated OTent with
repreMot^ires frooT ail hlji^
schools in' ^e..coBnty Utklng virt. ..,
The conferAote end^. this aft- '
erhoiiAt' a briSteW^l gainV
bqt»f4^aftmy^^gkest>bro and
time the -
opportun-^^
loa'soma /
Western
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