North Carolina Newspapers

iateN^Of State - Nation Told Briefly ‘ WANT PENSION FUND Raleigh, Dec. 21.—Retirement pensions for all state employes ' were urged today in a report to • Governor Hoesy and the general assembly by a legislative com- mission studying the feasibility t of teachers’ pensions. BUSINESS TO IMPROVE Washington, Dec. 21.—Daniel C. Roper, holding his final press conference as secretary of com merce today, predicted that busi- i*ees would continue to improve through 1939. The white-haired, 71-year-old secretary said, "there are several elements of strength in the outlook for 193P that cre- _.t.e a much more hopeful frame of mind than exi.sted at this time last year.’’ HOLD COUNTERFEITERS Henderson, De-, 21. — Three men ,tlvlng their names as C. W. TaylOi, 30. of Goldsboro: F. S. Mansour. 39. and David Halen, both of New Bern, were arrested here this afternoon by police and are in jail, charged with pos session of counterfeit money. Chief of Police J. H. Langston said $1,170 in $10 bills, all counterfeit, wa.s recovered from an automobile the men were traveling in. W.P.A. FUNDS LOW NOW Washington, Dec. 21.—Con gressional leaders put an emer gency relief appropriation at the top of the list of prospective le.g- Islatlon today after Aubrey Wil liams. deputy WP,\ administra tor announced that the WPA would be out of funds February 7. Williams told a delegation of relief workers from Pennsylvania that unless Congress appropriates more money, the WPA must be gin trimming its rolls January 2 6 and shut dow completely 12 days later. VOL. XXXII, NO, 18 Published Mondays and ThursdayUTNOKTH WILKESBORO, N. C„ THURSDAY. DEC. 22, 1988 $1.50 IN THE STATE-$2.00 OUT OFTBaff^ ^ Jewish Children Await Adoption by Families Dokies Christmas ^ Cheer Project Is Near Completiop. Wilkes Schools Now At Half-Term Mark Business Houses Will Be Closed Monday, Dec. 26 .Attention Is called to the fact that banks, stores and other bnslness offices in North AVilkesboro wUl be closed all day Monday, Decenilier 2«, which is being observed throughout the nation as a national holiday for Ohri.st- inas, which this year will l>e on Sunday, Dcceinber 25. Enrollfflent For Year Now 10,000 Practically All Schools Wili Begin Fifth Month Of Term on January 2 Local Residents Are Neglecting To Secure Tags Last Day Rush Predicted If Many Do Not Buy Their License Plates Soon CONFERENCE SNAG Lima, Peru. Dec. 21.—Argen tina threw the Pan-American con ference into an uproar tonight by ta^Bctlng a oompleited draft of a ^wntlnental soU- U^ontBflr 4b ’^yldoro Ruls Mo- ,_reno, Argentine delegation head. bn the basis of instructions re ceived from President Roberto Argentina, said the rejected draft constituted a military alliance and was therefore unacceptable to Argentina. CHILD CREMATED Jarvisburg. Dec. 21.—Eliza beth Sears, .six-months-old daugh ter of Mr, and Mrs. Herman Sears, was burned to death to day when fire razed her grand mother’s home near this .-Ulie- marle Sound town. The infant'.s charred body was found in a twisted steel bed which was dragged from the home with a long hook Two other children, Lois Sears, aged two. and Ralph, agt'd three, were thought to have perished with their sister but later were found huddled behind the burning house. .Ml the adnlt.s of the hou-'e. including the grandmother. Mrs. Pearl Jones, were either at work or Christmas shopping. With only seven selling days before cars must >, display the 1939 state license tigs, thousands of plates must be sold here before January 1. J. C. McDiarmid, manager of the license bureau of the Carolina Motor club branch office located at the Western Au to Associate store in Hotel Wilkes building, said today. He pointed out that approxi mately 1.900 sets of plates havo been sold here to date, hut ex plained that the heavy early -sales were mainly to people of the rur al sections of Wilkes and from adjoining counties and that at least 4 00 automobile owners in this city have yet to buy their new tags. ; Bo it would appear that those wji^in a few mlhutes drive those wl^ he in the last day rush and have to stand in line for long waits to buy their tags. The bureau also sells North W^llke^ro city tags, which for 1938 nnmibeVed more than 600. City tags sold to date barely ex ceed the 200 mark. Mr. McDiar- niid said He urged that motorists pur- cha.se tags during tlie remainder of this week and the first part of nii.xt week in order to lessen llie last days’ rush. The office will l)(> clo.'-ed on Monday. December 2 6. Projects Are Filed For School Gyms Mounv Pleasant and Lincoln Heights Seek Physical Education Buildings .3 CHnDREN PERISH Mt. Airy, Dec, 21, — Three small children of Mr. and Mrs. Foy H. Mtdkiff, w,l;o reside two and one^half miles east of Mt. Airy In the Oak Grove commun ity. near Bonnertown. met a hor rible death about f0:30 o'clock this morning when a fire of un known origin destroyed the Mid- klff home and burned the chil dren beyond recognition. The three small children, all under six years of age. were Ronald Kent Midkitf. 1-2; Bonnie Faye Mldkiff. three, and Donald Foy Midkiff. two years of age. 'pjjey were alone in the home at the time of the fire, their mother having gone hurriedly to the home of her mother, Mrs. Sey mour Coe. about 20P yards away, to borrow a kettle. H M. Woodie Is Claimed By Death H. M. Woodie, age 46, well known citizen who operated a store at the Jumping Oft place on new highway 16 near the * Wilkes-Ashe line, died today at the Wilkes hospital, k He is survived by his wife, l^rs. Martha Woodie, and five C Children: Odell, Marie, Elsie, Ed- ^-'dle and Virgle Woodie. Also sur- ylvlng are the following brothers and sisters: P. M. Woodie: Mrs. Alexander Sh^dierd, of Daylo; ^vCs-ambos Woodie, of Millers IV Creok. Va-; Mrs. Neal Marsh, of I 'Oblds; Jacob Woodie and Mn. ' Tthn Aik^. WUbar; Mrs. BlUs of OWds. InS coiitploted today. Community financed projects which will provide gymna-siiims at Mount Pleasant high school, and also at Lincoln Heights, col ored school, have been filed with the Works Progress administra tion office here and forwarded to the state office for approval, it was learned from area WP.A of- fitdals today. While the projects are filed in the name of Wilkes county, the schools and communities will put up the sponsors’ share of the cost. Identical projects calling for construction of frame structures 50 by SO feet were filed for both Mount Pleasant and Lincoln Heights. The total cost of each project is estimated at $11,- 07.5 3.5. of which $7.421,8.5 would be federal funds and *3.- 6,53.50 the sponsor’s contributiofi. MeanwMle Wilkesboro school is laying plans for a gyimnasium and if the three under considera tion are constructed there will he seven high school gymnasiums in W'ilkes. North Wilkesboro school ha'- one, new ones were built at Millers Creek and Moun tain View during the past year, and Ronda has a physical educa tion building. Five Voted For Burley Control A grand total of five votes were cast in the hurley tobacco control election held in Wilkes Saturday. Although the quotas w»re de feated throughout the hurley belt in thel referendum, the five who voted In Wllkee were unanlmons In fATor of control. One voted at the voting place In Wllkeeboro and four voted at Springfield. .All of the units of the Wilke: county school system have com pleted four of the eight months of the school term and have ad journed for the holiday season, it was learned today from the of fice of g. B. Eller, county super intendent. Practically all of the school; will begin the second half of the term on the same date, Januai.v 2, and will also have uniform closings at commencement time in April. This year the enrollment in the county system las reached a now high of about 10,000 and the school system has functioned smoothly during the first half of the term. Continuing progress in provid ing school facilities, the Wilkns- boro school is occupying an ad dition to the school plant for the fii-st time. The same is true of Boomer elementary school and a new building is under construc tion for Clingman elcmen'ary school and may he ready for n.se before the end of the term. The school transportation sys tem has worked well this year. There have been no accidents and buses have been able to travel on all the lines on schedule and without serious road handicap-, a situation vastly improved from two years ago when practically all the transportation, system was tied up because of roads—or the lacks of roads. Many of the secondaiy roads in the. county have received a surf- ?kce bf cruAhed%»ne during the past two years. The work is done mainly by WPA employes in co operation with state highway forces and with state highway machinery. Chapman Not to Audit Accounts Local Government Commis sion Fails to Approve His Appointment Frank Chapman, of Charlotte, appointed by the Wilkes county board of commi.ssioners several days ago to audit accounls of \V. P. Kelly, county accountant, has not completed the task becanse the Local Government Commis sion at Raleigh failed to approve the contract for the job and or dered that ounty voucher pay ing him for the work not be hon ored. As low bidder he was given the contract to audit the acoonnts of the county accountant anti to check the tax settlements of the sheriff with the board. The audit became necessary because of the cliange in eou’ity accountants. C. G. Poindexter having succeeded Air. Kelly a few days ago. Making Drive On Bad Auto Lights Patrol Warns That Motor ists With Bad Lights May Be Arrested Checking li.ghts, a duty that ha.s been somewhat neglected in the rush of other officii! ■nat ters. i.s now in full sway in this section. Carlyle Ingle, highway patrol corpgral stationed here, said today. He warned all motorists to have the proper lights on their vehicles and have them in good working order at all times. Tick ets will 'be issued to motorists who drive with deficient or oth erwise improper lights. The officer stated that many people interested in public saf ety have called attention of the patrol to the number of vehicles being operated with improper lights, especially autos with on ly one headlight or without tall light. He said that it is not the de sire of the patrol to cause trou ble for motorists but that in Uie Interest of safety on the highways it is Imperative that the law latlve to lights on motor vehlclM be e^oroed. Full Truck Load of Toy§ Is';, Ready For DistribntiiAt^'i as to Underprivileg^ ^ LOCAL LADIES HELF, Junior Woman’s Club TalMS Task of Distribution to the Needy Two hundred German-Jewish refugee children are as happy as they can be under (he present circum stances. Fictnred at the Uovercourt bay holiday camp, Harwich, England, shortly after their recent arrival from Germany, they await adoption by British families. They range in age from 12 to 17 years. Ask People To Help Milk Fund Lions Club Milk Fund Drive Will Close on December 31; Appeal Is Made Having taken the responsibil ity of providing funds for the purchase of milk for underprivi leged children In the nutrition classes in North Wilkesboro city schools, the Lions club has made considerable headway on the pro ject and to date tia.s collected many donations. In connection with: the holiday season L. L. Carpenter, president of the club, today made the fol lowing announcement concerning the milk fund: “We hope that during the holi day buying rugh Jhat you will think to pufTiledteis.-tliittes, q-uart- ers or dollars in the jars placed in the business houses of North Wilkesboro for your convenience. Ten more days and your oppor tunity to give to this fund will close for this year. Tlie Lions club deeply appreciates your co operation in this work and wish es for everyone a very merry Christmas and a liappy and pros perous New Year. Watch next week's paper for total given to date.’’ Dr. W. A. Trivette Is Fatally Stricken V/idely Known Physician Is Dead Following Illness; Funeral Today Harmony. Dec. 20.—Dr. W. A. Trivette, 50. one of Western North Carolina’s best known phy sicians. died this afternoon at 5:4 0 o'clock at a Statesville hos- liital. He had been ill of pneu monia tor the past two weeks. | Dr. Trivette, served in France) with ll'e medical corps during the World War. He had operated the Trivette Clinic at his home seven miles north of Iiere near Union Grove for a number of years. Surviving are the widow, who was Mi.ss Gwendolyn Hartley of Salisbury prior to marriage; four brothers, Eugene Trivette. of North Wilkesboro; Dr. Parks Trivette, of Mooresville; D. A. Trivette, of Greensboro; and Syl- vanus Trivette, of Winston-Sal em; and four sisters, Mrs. Emma S'ale, of Union Grove; Mrs. John Johnson and Mrs. J. N. Binkley, of Union Grove; and Mrs. Donald Moorefield, of Harmony. Funeral service will be held Thursday. il o’clock, at Union Grove chiurch. To Play At Rose Bowl Controversy Over Case Worker Jobs Right to Employ Is Disputed Between Commissioners and Welfare Officer Eric (Tlie Red) TIttton, cele brated backfiold star and mem ber of Duke UnteersityV) Devil.** who wlU play Houthern California in (he Rose Bowl y game January 2. The Duke team is now en route to Cali fornia from Durham, X. C. Fire Department Answers 2 Calls Truck Afire Monday Night; Leaves On Vacant Lot On Fire Wednesday Service Christmas Day At St. Paul’s A Candle Light Service will be held at 'St. Paul’s Episcopal church, Wllkeeboro, on Christmas Day at five o’clock p. m. This service is gro'ivlng more popular throughout the church, symboliz ing as it doesi, Christ, the light of the world. Christmas carols will be sung by vested choir and con gregation. There will be prayers and a short talk by the rector. A violin and Gute duet, "0 Holy Night’’ by Adaan, will be played aa an offertory by BUI Moore and Boston lackey, of Lenoir. A cordial wrfeoine Is bartend^ all. . The anodera vay tbIiSt* t ildld to do a to to ten him nob to do.lt. , The fire department here an swered two unique calls this week. Wednesday afternoon the truck responded to a call to the corner of Sixth and F street. .Accumulat ed leave.'* near the stree' were Inirning raiiidly but the fire was quickly extinguished and liiere wa.s no damage. On Monday niglil a call to Tenth street was an.swered. wl ere firemen found a parked truck in flames. The truck, which appar ently belon.ged to a constructio" company, bad started throngu the city when the drive.r discover ed the fire- pulled into the curb and .gave the alarm. The flames were put out and there was lit tle damage to the truck. John B. Fraley, 39, Dies In Statesville Uroiiiinent. Merchant Was Former Resident of Wilkesboro; Had Many Friends Here Statesville, Dec. 21.—John B. Fraley, 39, outstanding local bus iness man, died today at a local hospital following a few days ill ness with a stomach ailment. Fti- neral will be held Thurs^v aftei^ noon at 3:30 o’clock ' fromthe residence on East Broad street and bu,rial will follow in Oak- wood cemetery. Mr. Fraley, a son of the late James B. Fraley, was horn in north Iredell. In early boyhood his parents moved to Moravian Falls and later to Wilkesboro where they Hived for several years before coming to Statesville 23 years ago. In 1937 Mr. Ftaley and his brother, Eugene, bought the Interests of the family In the mercantile business established ■by their father and since that time the two brothers had the sole owners and operator#. In 1923, Mr. Fraley married Miss Marg^et McAuloy, of Hunt- ersvllle. She died In 1»8« leav ing a son, James , FYaley leaves his mother, B. Fraley, of ^teovffle, . . er, and. five ■*■*•••• The right to employ case work ers tor the Wilkes county welfare department has become a disput ed question between the board of county commissioners and the county superintendent of public welfare. ’The board of commissioners which too'k office on December 5, composed of three Republicans, a few days ago employed Mrs. Ruby Pendley, resident of this city who has been engaged in rec reation supervision work for the city of High Point during the past two years. It was understood that she was to replace Miss Mary MCNeal, 'who came here from South Carolina to accept -the case worker’s job under the form er board of commissioners, com posed of two Democrats and one Republican. Mrs. Pendley reported for work Monday and the controversy de veloped. it being contended that Charles McNeill, welfare officer, had the right to employ case workers. On Thursday of last week the lioard of commissioners passed an order to the effect that services of Miss Mary McNeal and Mrs. Inez Absber Bowles as case work ers was no longer needed and they were notified of the order Saturday. However, on the strength of the contention that the welfare officer las the right to employ the case workers. Miss McNeal and Mrs. Bowles are continuing ill the employment as case work ers. il was learned today from the welfare office. A full truck load of toys, mor* than 500 in uuimber. have beea collected in a Christmas cheer project conducted by the Norik Wilkesboro Dokies club and irlH ' add holiday cheer In homes of underprivileged in the Wllkee- boros this Christmas season. ' The project has been broad In scope and is reaching a succeu- f u 1 climax. Lawrence Miller, chairman of the Christmas cheer committee for the club, said to day. Canvass of the homes in North Wilkesboro and Wilkesboro ttm made by the Boy Scouts, collect ing toys from homes where the children had tired of their use or had been discarded because of need of repair. The toys thus collected consist ed of coaster wagons, tricycles, scooters, toy guns, mechanical trains, big and little dolls, vari ous small mechanical toys and many articles associated with Yuletido among the children. Youths employed by the Na tional Youth administration at their workshop in Wllkeeboro set to work on making over the toys to look and perform like new and they really have accomplish ed a masterful job which tflford- ed them some valuable training. Every toy collected was given a thorough examination and it It ) did not work the boys took it apart to find the reason why. Each article was reflnisbed and painted and will sparkle with Christmas colors on Christmas trees or in bulging stockings at the Mantlaon Sunday morning. The task of making up the list of underprivileged families to be visited was divided among the police department, the welfare de-' partment and the Junior Wom an’s club. The Junior Woman’s club members have graciously consented to deliver the toys te the designated homes. Full House For School Program Large Audience Delighted With Performance Given By Students In City Pleads For Sane Behavior In City Police Chief Again WariJS Against Frlcracker Use; Some Confiscated A crowd which filled the srJiool auditorium gaUierel Tuesday (night to hear a Christmas pro- gmm given by students of the ■11 mentary grades and the hi^h I school glee cliih. The program, which. wa.s very well rendered, coiLsi.sted of short performances by elementary grades and Christ mas music by the glee club under direction of Miss Hazel Sherill. No admission wa.s charged and the program represented the Clyistmafi gift of the school ta the patrons in appreciation for their cooperation and goodwlM this year. Knowing that excitement of holiday celebration sometimes reaches a high pitch where rea son is momentarily tossed to the winds by irresponsible parties, Police Chief J. E. Walker today in an interview 'with a represen tative of The Journal-Pa’rlot pleaded for a safe and sane hol iday observance. He also added a second warn ing about firecrackers. He said that des.pite the fact that the people had been informed through the press and by other means that firing of firecrack ers within the city limits is a violation of the law, that so^me early celebrators have been firing the dangbrous nohf makers and on one occasion an exploded fire cracker set fire to grass in a cemetery here. Some firecrackers have been taken away from chil dren, he said. With traffic expected to be heaviest in the history of North Wilkesboro here during the latter part of this week. Chief Walker is asking that every person prac tice safety and do all In their power to avdd accidents, which, at best are not appropriate holl- ^ gifts. Th«, police force, he sold. Trill strive to preront trajt Grayson Has Job With Accountant , _ raWbed kto fgm fie congwttoa and to pr«wedt «de« eUleolft [if-: J. C. Grayson, who for the past several years has beld a positloM as bookkeeper for Forester's N»- Way Service, lias accepted a posi tion in the office of C. G. Poin dexter, Wilkes county accountant. The appointment of Mr. Poin dexter as county accountant stip ulated that he was to receive $2,400 ner year as salary’ but that he was to make the tax books, for which $400 has 6ee* paid annually, without extra pay. The sum allowed for clerical as sistance Is $1,000 per year. The commissioners In their meeting last week appointed Dav^ ■ Mink, P. V. Turner ahd L.. A',. Harris ai, a committee to make an‘ 5-; Inventory of county home prop erty. A. ^L. Prevette was appointed constable of Wllkeaboio toiVv ship. Familiar Touch - i Outside the s^orm raged. Ther thunder rolled and the Ughtaln’^ fitted almost continnonalT. sfeUr. .a .bolt.struck Mr. JoM* i knocked Idto ot J^e i -T ..Ai- y ■ ■ V .; jr .MM