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GradHate At
Mount IHeasant
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VOL. XXXIL NO. 72 FftlMlI^^
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I^Djplomas and Awards Pre-
aealed ta Proiprain on Sstt-
urday Afternoon
Wilkesboro Higti
Finals Tueidl^;
50 In ThoGlass
Diplomas of hi|fh school gr*du-
ation were presented ’.o a cla:« of
29 ssnio.v^in the .Mouivi^Pkasant
;higb sdiool coniaifeneement finals
held on Satprday afternoon-
'The commeacement ad^ss was
delivered by Frank. Jtdinsoa, for
mer commander of th* Wilket Le-
. irioa post, who abo presented the
l^iLsi^oo citizenship medal, the win-
a of the award beirig Paul Be-
S. E. Matthews, principal, pre
sented the diplomas and Charles
Elledge, a faculty member^ pre
sented the medals to the following
students for outstanding perform
ance: Ruth Matthews, Iris Hamby
and Sylvania Triplett, for eleven
years perfect attendance; Veronica
Green and Earle Wolf, seven years
perfect attendance; Rena Ruth Mc-
and Sam Church, dramatics;
Matthews, Citizenship and
scholarship; Arvil Foster and Ruth
Matthews, athletics.
The speaker was introduced by
C- B. ESler, Wilkes superintendent
of schools. The valedictory was by
Ruth Matthew'S.
The school enjoyed a .successful
year with the enrollment totaling
almost 500.
Rev. A. L. Aycock tJfettkers
Sermon; Gwyn l|lt#|>e*k
Tuesday Night
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IrAoWtWRSTAI
A RUG OF GLASS
WilktsSoro high school finals
will take place on 'ftwSday night
when a class of 50 smors-rgrad-
uate. TTie address will ^w'mBtver-
«d by Dr. P, H. Gwyiui^a^ of edu
cation at Davidson Coltege.
Rev. A. L. Aycock, pastor of the
North Wilkesboro Sldtllodist
church, delivered the, ^commence-
ment sermon on Sunday night and
class night exercises wore present
ed last night- Large crowds were
in attendance at both programs.
The school has enjo^a a very
successful year with attendance
the largest in its history.
Masbns-Eastern
Star To Banquet
Judge Hayes Will Be Speak
er At Banquet at Legion
Hut Friday NighC
The yoiuig lady can roll this
"riass ru:" because it really is a
broken sheet of the new safety plate
glass for automobUes. A new type
of solvent has been placed between
two thin layers of plate glass. The
broken fragments cling to the sol
vent.
25 Graduate At
Ronda Hi School
North Wilke.sboro lodge No. 407,
A.. F. and A. M.. will entertain
with a banquet at the American
T.eg-ion Hut, next Fridav night,
..\piil 28, at 7 o’clock, when all
Mason.s and their wives and all
members of the Eastern Star arc
cordially invited to attend. The ban-
Wilkesboro Team
To Semi-Finals
w4'^
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Pm ft
i
J. B. Brookshire and Baxter
Davis Defeated by Team
Winning the Cuo
Wilkesboro high school’s debat-
1 ouet'will be prepared by the ladies i ing teams again acquitted Ihem-
Awards Made in Final Com-Iyi- the Eastern Star and a charge i selves well in the state-wid
mencement Program Held d^mty cents per plate will ^^d^rC^
Friday Night ^ affirmative team composed
. V 1 t , be Judge Johnson J. Hayes, who land J. R. Brookshire. Jr., and
Ronda h'gh school clo.sed a sue- J ,
the
Ronda h=gh school clo.sed a sue-, Vn^rsubject thaVWill be | Baxter Davis advanr^ed to _
cessful year on Fi iday night with I intcr»st to all who attend. | semi-finals in the debating and |
eraduation exercises and presentaj expect to attend I were finally eliminated by a High ,
tion of diplomas to 25 notify Mrs. Howard Clark, I Point team which won the Aycock j
grade graduates. I Worthy Matron of th^JPast^f? Star; cup. Before losing to High Point j
E. R. Spruill, principal, Prese"*'I jy^dge. or Ira D. Payne','secretary the Wilkesboro team ' Tiad
fd the diplomas and the followingjjagenic Lodge not later over Chowan. Thomasboro
.,1... 'than Wednesday of this week. Ruffin. | ~- - — —^ . ,
The regular meeting of the Ma-j Black Mountain eliminated Wil-j
sonic Lodge which is .scheduled keshoro’s negative coranosed of gg Died On Saturday
for Friday night, has been called Joel Bentley and Flake Steelman. »
off so that the full evening may
Mayor today proctaimlid GleAn-Up
Week ip N(jfftj^Wj|^orQ, befirinning today and
conDinuing thrbdi® l^turdiay, May •
Clean-Up Week in NoatJi'Wilkesbjoro is an annu
al springtbne event in .which all citizens are asked
to cooperate and' civic organizations are aske^ to
use their combined influence toward making the
event a success. '
Emphadiri^ the importance of the • |occaaion,
Mayor McNiel today issued the following proclama
tion :
“Whereas, iH has been fitting each year that one
week be set aside in North Wilkesboro for the pur
pose of beautifying our city and eliminating condi
tions which are not attractive snd which are not
conducive to good health, I hereby proclaim the
week of April 24 to’29 as Clean-Up Week and re
spectfully ask the cooperation of all public spirited
citizens and residents of the city.
During the week it is suggested that every resident
and property owner make special efforts to clean up
about the homes, places of business and vacanti lots.
The sanitary department of the city government
will cooperate in every way possible and the people
of the city are asked to place rubbish in places
where the city employes can haul it away promptly.
Impressions our city will make upon visitiors will
be determined largely by the appearance of the
homos, business establishments, vacant lots and
streets. One of the best advertisements we can have
is attractiveness and cleanliness.
Let us all work together to make Clean-Up Week
such a success that the importance of keeping the
city clean and attractive will be a part of our daily
habits throughout the years.
Yours for an attractive city,
R. T. McNIEL, Mayor.
fii New
WHEOIUIULV TAME
lost(^e
htintiQiis Fm
Throughout Wilke* Cptife- '
Next Week
won
and
awards were made:
Best school bus driver, Thomas
JIumple; athletic.s medals, Frances
Tharpe and Thomas Rumple; Bal
four achievement medal, Carl Par-
due; Spelling, Elizabe,th Burchette;
Anaericgn Legion Award, Clinton
Jordan.
Wilkesboro School Board Postpones
Ejection Tfeacbeiii Fdr Thirty Days
_ m
25 Graduate At
Millers Creek
Graduation Exercises Held
Friday Night; Ira T.
Johnston Speaks
be devoted to the banquet and pro
gram, at the American Legion Hut.
Legion Planning
Variety Program
Diplomas of high sibool itrailii-
ation were presented to a class of
25 seniors at the commencement at| 8:20 o’clock.
Millers Creek school Friday night. | Mrs. H. E.
The speaker for the evening w'as
Attorney Ira T. Johnston, of Jef-|
ferson, who delivered an address
dealing with the subject of educa
tion in North Carolina. He told of
how the state appropriation for
schools had increased from a begin
ning of $100,000 per year to more
than $26,000,000 yearly
The Wilkes County Post of the
American Legion will pre.sent a
variety program consisting of
Beauty Pageant, fashion Review,
musical numbers and baby popu-
birity contest on Tue.sday evening, vice president.
Mav 2. at the Liberty Theatre at
Three Members Pass Post
ponement Resolution Over
Smoak And Lowe
Officials of the Wilkes Countjr
Agricultural Conservation apso-
•WtipA today announced that eve
ry farmer who plans to take part
in the soil program in WHkn
this year and receive a govern
ment payment for such partidpa*
tiOB nmst sign a form which con
sists of a statement of his inten
tions relative to compliance this
year. i
In making the announcement
offieiaie’of the association I said
that it is of much Importcuice
that the blanks he signed anf an
itinerary of meetings will be held
throughout the county next week
for the purpose of assembling to
sign the foims and also to report
farm improvements practices
which have already been done thia
year.
Each farmer will be notified
by .mail of the meeting to be held
for his town-ship and it is very
important that each one attend
his respective township meeting,
it was explained. ,
It was also pointed out Ithat
thei-e is nothing binding about
the blank to be filled out and
signed but it is mefely a sur ,
of what may be expected in the
way of compliance with the sail
aanaawwiWoa -pasgram thie-
stantial evidence here this after-' However, aignatare on a blank is
noon in Ashe Superior court and the first step in the year’s pra-
sentenced by Judge J. H. gra»-
First quadrupeds to be bom in the
San Diego loo, these young dlngos
(AnstrsUan wild dogs) will soon bo-
oome as' Ticions ms their parents
who wer^A^ported from Australis
two yeanr’dgo.
Blackburn Given
Long Prison Term
Escapee Convicted of ShooL
ing Enoch Church, Of
Ashe County
West Jefferson, April 17.—
Wade Blackburn, an escaped con
Ttet, was eonvleted -:-oi>- clreniw-’
was
W. C. T. U. EHstrict
Elects Mrs. Pearson
Oreensborr. April 22.—Mrs.
Harry Pears.in, of North Wilkes
boro, was re-elected president of
the northwestern district of the
Wom.sn’s rhrisfian Temperance
union of this state yesterday at
the meeting at West Market
Street Methodist, church. Elected
to serve with Mr?. Pearson are
Mrs. R. E. Dean, of Sfonevtlle,
and ;Mrs. Fred Fox.
of r.exington. secretary.
Chief address of the day was
Whitesell, of Elon the insnirational message from
College, a member of the Walter *he national or-raniTalion hv Miss
B. Elii.s’ Po.st No. 68, American Ix?- Roena Shaner. Evanston. 111., who
;rion Auxilian.-, is directing the pro- said that John Bartevcorn had
-ran. and is here low making ar- been buried face up and scratch-
rar-ements for the affair. jed his way out hv taking advant-
Sponsors for the baby contesttl^e dperesalon-.-the resnit
are girls from 8 to sixteen years
who will sell votes for the babies
at 1 penny each for the baby she
He stated his opinion that the | j^presents. The wanning baby will
'repeal. 'This time she predicted
fhp W. C. T. H. will hiiry John
Mrs. Mandy P. Shepherd, wife of
the late Isaac E. Shepherd ‘ and
member of one of Wilkes best
known families, died Saturday
morning at the home of a daugh
ter, Mrs. Dora B. Foster,' in the
Purlear route 1 community.
Mrs. Shepherd, who had ceached
the age of 96 years, six months
and 29 days, had been in good
health until she was stricken ill a-
bout two weeks ago. She was one
of the oldest residents of ,the coun
ty. She united with the church in
early youth and lived an exemplar
Christian life, being a member of
I.K'wis Fork Baptist church near
her home.
Surviving are four children: Mr.$
R. L. Andrews, Purlear; J. R.
Shepherd, Clayton, Wash.; D. F.
and J. M. Shepherd, and Mrs. Dora
B. Foster, all of Purlear. Also .sur
viving arc 30 grandchildren, 64
grcat-grandchihlren and 14 great
great-grandchildren. She was pre
Meeting for the fourth time over
the matter of electing a faculty
for the Wilkesboro high school,
three members of the district school
committee, namely J- T. Prevette,
D. J. Brookshire and T. M. Foster,
passed a resolution postponing the
election of the teachers until Tue.s-
day, May 23, at 5 p. m., although
the new state law requires tliat
Clement to serve 20 years on the | The farmers will be rcqiiirei
state prison farm for .shooting j at the meetings to be held jiext
and seriously wounding Enoch j week to report all practices tar-
Chiirch at his home in the Fleet- ri^d out so far in which mater-
wood community on the night of were purchased for use, in
cluding lime purchased from ooni-
Fehruary 23
The 27-year-old ex-prisoner,
who siiccessfnlly made his get
away from the state prison farm
panics or individuals and a bill
from the person from whom th*
lime or other nvatcri.als was pur-
last July, where he had served | chased is required. They will also
three years of his 25-tn-30-year 1 be asked to report any crop turn-
sentence,.'’fir shooting and kid-|ed under for soil improvement;,
napinr an officer in Catawba.
-- countv. pleaded not guilty to thej
teachers be notified of their re-j pj,arj,pg |,pre today of assault
election or dismissal before thei^ytth a deadly weapon w.th intent |
present term of school comes tojt^ pjn and of robbery with fire-|
an end. The Wilkesboro high
school officially closes tomorrow
inp W. \ . 1. will ifiiiv uvfiin.o*'' —-r*-— «.*ii
face down so that the harder he , ceded in death by three children,
, A KT t? QkiAnViorrl ailQ
bourse of study of the schools may
need to be revised in order to bet
ter prepare high school graduates
for the task of earning a living,
receive a Silver loving cup and the
sponsor a diamond ring. Mrs.
Whitesell states those wishing to
enter a baby may get in touch with
citing graduates of orphanage; ber Belk’s store each afternoon
schools, school for the blind and
schoot-’for the deaf as examples of
institations which prepare gr^u-
jiteA-Aer yming a living as well as
giving them academic knowledge.
The commencement program
opened with processional with the
audience standing and invocation
was by M. F. Bumg^er. The wlu-
tatorian’s address was by h'em
at 5 o’clock.
Business firms are sponsoring
beautifu'i local girls to select Miss
North Wilkesboro of 1939. Also
these girls will model merchandise
for those who wish to do so.
A window display is being ar
ranged at Belk’s store with pic
tures of contestants in the baby
contest and a chart will be changed
Brooks, senior class president. M. growing the standing of ba
F. Baingamer presented medals ..
perfect attendance
for seven yeam i proceeds of this program
in school to several students- j ^.jj ^ ^g^j j,y the American Le-
W. D. Halfacre, m behalf of ^iikcs County Junior
W. D. Halfacre, m oenaii gjpn for the Wi
Wilkes post of the American ^'jj^g^ball league,
gion,
zenship medal to ’HinshlkW
V Day, school principal, presented
the high school diplomas and the
valedictorian’s address was by
Wiimie Sue McLean. .
The speaker was introduced by
r c- Faw, of this city, a former
i'sident of the ^reek com
munity and former chairman of tae
«®ty board of education He
spoltain commendation of the
sAool, reviewing its Wstory from
S time the first high
idinta were taught in one
teacher in 1921 t®
‘ with 300 high s^l
jSfcntT^nd a facul^. high
^Sool and elementary, of 20-
Street
Church Revival
Cicero and N- F. Shepherd
Mrs. Emma J. Atkins.
The resolution, signed by J. T.
Prevette, and presented by him,
was pas.sed over the protest of N.
0. Smoak. Chairman, and C- A.|
Lowe. I
A full slate of teachers pre.sent
arms.
Ho did not take the witness
stand .and h.ad no lepal eouneil.
Sheriff Ed Miller and the chief
of police of M’vtheville. \a.. told
al'ont the mvsterious shonline of
Clinreh and nhont Blacklitirn
stonnine at Wvtheville on the
Judge Cummings
Addresses Club
“What Do We Mean by Lib
erty” Is Subject of Speedh
At Kiwanis Meet
.luflge Theoiiore F. Cumming.s, of
onnine at wvrnevine m. ..-.-o-
ed'by Brookshire. Foster and Pre-j,ame nU-ht with a severe cunshot Hickory, was the -speaker at ^i-
vette was elected at a meeting of | wound ahont his face and neck, day’s meeting of the North W.lkes-
acratehes the further down he
win go.
Mrs. Raymond Smith is a
speech on 'Tnternational Rela-jis Fork church Sunday attemoon, • ^as at-
lions and reviewed ev©nfs;2t30. with Rov.-Levi Green, t-ended by a number of patrons of
at*A ! in ftSSlStcd bV ReVS* xiam
Church stated that two men boro Kiwanis club, delivering an in-
whom he did not recognize be- teresting address on the subject of
- . .cause of darkness came to a win- “What Do We Mean By Liberty?”
faculty, and was rejected in en-1 dow at his home a short time aft- ^ The program was in cha^e rf
tirety by the county board of edu- er dark at.d shot him twice Judge T. B. I mley, who introduced
the school board held on Friday,
April 14th. This list omitted the
names of six teachers of the pre.s-
.... cation, leaving no teacher hired or
Funeral service was held at Lew-1 Another meeting was called
Fni'if church Buiidav afternoon,', ru...: cm/xoL- \irhi/»h was at-
of today, declared people are I in charge, a.ssisted by Revs- Ham
placing profit above peace, asked | by, Ashley and Watts,
her listeners to learn facts from
unbiased sources, pied for strict
neutrality and Inpiated eo-onera-
tion among nations is essential to
peace.
In a gold medal essay contest
Rachel Lambeth af Wlnaton-Sat-
em was winner. Others paitlclnet-
ing were May Brindle. Mt.
Airy, Mary Breyrer. of Wilkes
boro. and Rndltar Hiatt, of Mt.
Airy. : , ' • -
Mrs. Ellen j. .’if. Preyer relat
ed the eentannial qtallrtraypns.,
which are taking place in this
Commissioners
Pass Resolution
About School!
the school who protested the oust
ing of the six teachers, but Foster,
window with a nis- j the speaker- Judge Cummings
ex-
Prevette and Brookshire failed to
throueh the - | —-- -
tol He said he reached for his j plained that without law there ia
shotgun and fired hack through i no liberty and that liberty is at-
the same window at bis iin-|tained wPh laws which guanantee
known assailants. | liberty. ’Die best man lives above
Sheriff Miller testified that | the law' and those who live under
County Board Aaka All To
Work Tofifethcr for Cause
Of Education
The Wilkes county board of com-
I attend this meeting. ’Then another
meeting of the board was called to
meet with a committee represent
ing the patron^ of the school ami
the committee was unable to agree
at this meeting on a faculty-
All members of the present fac
ulty have signed a written appli
cation. along with Superintendent
T. E. Story, head of the school for
It years, requesting the school
board to re-elect them as teachers
for next year.
WDlCn «r© Ill llflO , , _ ^ ' —J _ __ *11 ^
state ift konpt of Frances Willard. , Franklin Child
Claimed By Death
A revival will begin at Hinshaw
Street Baptist church on Sunday
night, April 30 and continue
through May 9 with services each
evenincr at 7t30. ' :
Rev. R* F. Day, pastor, will beiident; Mrs. Fred.Cox
in charge, assisted by Rev. J- C.
Pruitt. The public is cordially in
vited to every service.
She announced a drinking fonn-
tain haaibeen erected in Black
Mountain and peonies planted In
Greenshoro. Special irulsie was hv
.T. Elwood Mitchell. Mrs. Ralph
Sykes and Mrs. Ellis B. Snyder.
During a panel discussion the
following took, part; Mrs. J. S.
PlemmoBs. of Raleigh, state pres-
of Lexlng-
Misses Dorris Brooks,
lx>we and Edna BoUi* sjient Son-
Mrs. J. C. McDiarroid returned
home Thursday from a visit with
relatives at Fayetteville. She was
accompanied home by Mrs. E-^A.
Johnston and Miss Eloise Mc-
Diarmid, both of Foyette’ville, who
ton; Mrs. W- H. Causey, of Win
ston-Salem; Mrs. G. C. Welch:
Mrs. R. E. Dean, of Stoneville;
Mrs. R. M- Brume, of North Wil
kesboro, and Mrs. James Butler
Fleet, of Greensboro. Eight un-
nus answered roll call. Mrs.
Vlemmons made a brief address.
Hr. T. H-: WHUaiae,'
were- overnight guests of the Mf- ipade a” bnainess
DialinidB-^ ” ■ ' Greensboro today.
of .. Ithis.
trip to
a resolution concerning the schools
of Wilkes county.
The resolutions follows r
Wheiers, it has come to the
tention of -the Board of Commis
sioners of Wilkes County that gen
eral dissatisfaction and unrest ex
ists in Wilkes county because of
the prejudiced acts of some of the
school conomitteemen in firing cer
tain school teachers because of
their failure to cooperate in politi
cal campaigns; and, in- other in
stances, Uachers have been fired
without reasonable excuse or justi
fication but at the instance of po-
liticar leaders and those bavii^
personal feelings towards certain
teachers; and,
: Whereas, we believe this practice
is detriapental tOi.the prog^ of
(OoottaVed oh pace •>>$)
Jimmy Franklin, nme-^rear-old
son of G. S. and Ora Miller Fra^-
lin, of,Wilkesboro route 1, died
Saturday mormng. Funeral service
was held at,the home Sunday with
Rev. Ed Hayes in charge, assist^
by Rev. A. W. Eller, «id burial
was at Welcome Home.
Surviving are the fafiier and
mother and one brother, Charles
Franklin. v- '
Mr. and ‘.Mrs; Homer
and children, and Mr. and Mrs, T
M. Croi»«U, '*'» «
spent Sunday
witti Mr.
«nd(
tai, of'
■ ‘.f - '. ’r . V .*■'*
SUtaaviUa,.
’!oati»-Salein
B. (MrHbn^
John
njVi.P'-
uneriii :nin>-i . , .. _
they trailed the unknown parties . the law arc those who are in pins-
. •  _ „ — 4 _ a — w* a I ft 1 _ a Ik - ,«KiKr Ikx t;
fi^m Church’s home to the main j on, was the essence of hi.s address,
highway by blood stains. He and ' Announcement was made by -A.
Virginia offleers told the anpear- j H. Casey, division Kiwanis presi-
ance of a young man in Wythe-' rfent, that the division meeting will
ville late that same night who had ^ be held at Sedgefield on May 18
been shot in the face with a shot- j urged that the membership
gun and who refused to give of-^ ,f the North/Wilkesboro club make
fleers there any detailed informs- plans to attend. Announcement was
tion as to how he was shot.
-'Ptiey presented shots that had
been removed from the man’s
face showed that they had been
battered before tbev struck him.
'The jury deliberated only 30 min
utes before rendering a verdict of
guilty Glenn Farrington w*s also
Mven a 12 months’ sententf thU
afternoon for manufaeturlng
whisky.
also made of the directors meeting
to be held on Thursday evening
this week at Hotel Wilkes with
f}dd Gardner as host.
Preaching Appointnwht
Lloyd Hendrix It
Superintendent Of
Cherokee Schools
Lloyd Hendrhc, a member of the
Mount Pleasant high school fac--
■_ I ulty, has been elected superinten-
T L. Webb, of Little dent of Cherokee county schools, it
Ark will pr,.ch « Brf. ^ .
Rock, Arx., H Jjj, jjgndruc, patrons of Moaak
dies River church Tue»‘*“y, I pie»»ant schotd say, has been ah
April 2&th, at 7;M o’clock. £i^The| |jp0 heea
public is cordially invited to at- active in church and commiauty af-
. , ‘ 'fairs, being superintendent of
Mount Pleasant' Birptfet
.The Thomas (yBdrry cup for
beat civic wmrk, was awarded the
North Wilkesboro yWomaa'a «h*
at the State Pederati^,
en’P'clubs'held in
school. He and his wife, the former
Miae iMarie'Mi^eill, will move ta
Murphy soon. ^ .
* Utete ebhi«ieVis .nAte«l in^ tlia
eondt^A of *^.f®W*!**^
prho. itexiU at'Jir—
Mr
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