i’ AS^LAZED THE TRAIL' OF PK tfSTATE OF' lail And Tin PxAafet Se- •nd Write AidreM cnr^ PUinlyy It Advice M m VOL. XX^, Published Monatys and Thursdays. "KQB^H-jVlhSBSBQEO* N. C., THURSDAY, DEiC. Mliiiwafiai 7/ 1989 |1.6( ==ris •^mm For mo> : do your Wi coitar nt Kerihwi North Carolf)^’' - S53 lii m THE STATSr^fiOO OUfT OF TH8 ^T4 't S' Cliriatmw mall la exacted-to Mt aev racorda this 7«ar and for tbat reason It Is lanportant to mail earlr. la tbe adrice given out l>y fwetal authorities. Postmaster J. C. Reins said to day that notices have been posted In the postoffice here urging ear ly mailing of Christmas packages, letters and cards, to insure deliv ery before Christmas and coope ration on the part of the public is nrged. It is also advised that pack ages ibe vrapped and tied secure ly and have addresses written plainly In order that postal work ers can handle the large volume Of holiday mall efficiently. Postal authorities will make ^ry effort to handle the unpre volume of mull but In Red Cross Rdl Call May Reach $1,000 iW Year Supports Allies Annual Meeting Of Chapter Called For Tuesday Ni^st At The City HaU ordSr mj be on the safe side, ear- ly sianing Is Important. Former Resident Of Wilkes KiUed William Gregory Was Killed Near Kannapolis Sunday —Funeral Tuesday and Coroner Tataum. Police said that^pebber admitted shooting Finding an ott feud, Charlie Bobber of Blrikwell Park near Kannapolis shuk’ and killed Wil- j Mam (Tommie) Gregory, 29, of Landis, Shnday morning at about 1 o’clock. The shooting occurred at a small log cabin stor^Opsrac- , ed by E. M. Moore, t#0'-'mlles north of Kannapolis. Bebber Is being held prisoner In Rowan count/ jail at Salisbury without bond. Coroner W. L. Tatum of t Salisbury conduct^ an Inquest at i Rorwan courthouse Monday at 3 : p. m. ^ After the shooting uregory was taken to Cabarrus hospital, where /he lived for only a few minutes. ber was found at his home by North Kannapolis Officers Howard Bamhardt, and Watts With more than $900 already in, Wilkes Red Cross officials are antiolpatlng a total of $1,000 when all reports of the annual roll call are in, it was learned today. Should the chapter reach $1,- 000 for the roll call, which is indicated by the number of schools which have not reported, a new record will ibe set In the county. J. H. Whicker, chaipter chair^ man, announced today that the annual meeting of the members of the Wilkes county chapter will be held on Tuesday night, De cember 12, at the city hall. The meeting will begin at 7:30. The purpose of the meeting, Chadrman Whicker said, will be election of officers, fixing the budget for the coming year and trantaeting any' other business which may come before the meet ing. Every member of the chap ter is asked to be present. Rev. Eugene Olive, roll call chairman, said that a final report on the roll call will be made at the meeting. 1,84S Po^tf Porfc From OnV^Mo^ j A. R. 'Miller, well known merchant and farmer of the Van>> noy community, can lay claim to retention of the pork producing title in Wilkes County. For several years he has pro- iduced porkers not over one year I old and tipping the scale at over ' 600 pounds dressed and this year was no exception. A few days ago he butchered three hogs dressing a total of 1,846 pounds. Their In dividual weights were 620, 616 and 610. They were the big type Ohio Im'proved Chester and lacked a .few days of being one year old, ' Mr. Miller said. IRfA Frojkt for Ro^ii^ Rhrw 1$ NattioMil Yon& AdminAtra* tion To Ered Boflfinff With Two ClaMrooma It. Ersatzin England jWPA Prol^^O^i improYeiiiiil^j Streets France-BriUsh prestige in the Bal- .kaos was strengthened when Bu- manls’s King Carol named George Tstarescn to the premiership, suc ceeding Constantine Argetolann, whose cabinet resigned after refus ing Germany concessions on oil and (oodstoBs. Tataresca, former Bu- manian ambassador to France, if strongly pro-ally. I Births Exceeded I Deaths 3 To 1 , Totals For Ten Months In I Wilkes Show 645 Births To Only 218 Deaths Home Clubbers To Meet December 12 Prizes Holiday Lighting Contest Here Announced First Prize $10, Second $5, Third $3, and Fourth $2; Entries To Close ISth Orecory with a 18-gauge shotgun when the two n ot at the store and revived an old quarrel. He said, however, that Gregory shot at him twice with a pistol. He then went to his home and got the shotgun and returned to the store, where he killed Gregory, he said. Gregory was shot in the chest. Surviving Gregory are his wife, Mra. Bertha Bufnton Gregory; two children, Mary. Irene and Ce cil Odell: his parents, Mr. and J. H. Gregory, of North ilkesboro route 3; five broth- Odell. Wayne, Charles, Ches ter, and Walter Gregory, all of Wilkes county; four sisters, Mrs. Roy Mullis. Mrs. J. C. Johnson, Mrs. Watt Colley, Mrs. Doc Con nelly. Funeral service was held Tues day morning at 11 o’clock at Lewis Baptist church in Wilkes county. Burial was In the church cemetery. A County-Wide Meeting Of Home Demonstration Clubs Announced (.jJWystery at Midnight ^ Is Splendid Play “Mystery at Midnight’’, thrilling epic comedy drama, spon sored by the Junior and Senior Woman’s Clubs for the benefit of clubhouse fund, is to be pro duced sf fft* Wilkesboro school aodltorlum tonight and tomorrow £ chL The cast has been working day i night In order to give two 1 jmprts of thrills and excitement will ibe'remembered for many a-tey. Sides will be aching from laughter at some scenes of the Mtstsnding characters such as Zeb Dtekson as the absent mind ed Professor Rockbottom, who is siysght after by Carol Mott as Elvire Nosegay, a spinster of nther days; Paul Osborne as 'fudge Rollins, who has retired Utter serving 40 years on the tench; Jewel Emerson, as Sally tesnt, who tries in her giddy way to take care of the Judge: Richard Caldwell, as Detective Rriggs, Is very much the modem detective, even if he does miss his . eines and speeches. PfDtbla Prevette, as the weal- __y Mrs. Halloways and her maid; Joyce Pearson as Sarah, who Is tmm tte Indies and talks to the ®dlth Crater, as Bonnie who Is eloping with Jack Howard M Ralph Norris; Warner ^ Jr,, as Jack Marph, the ^ driver end who is blamed for 1 'the queer happenings; while er Onvie ae Tom Foster urges to leave while they are Chariee Hnldier, as ■Btrmnger, adds hie hU to the make It more mfeter" A county-wide meeting of all home demonstrations club mem bers and their fsmilles has been called to be held at the conrt- boase in Wilkesboro os-Tuesday night, December 12, beginning at 7:30 o’clock. At the meeting a summary of the year’s work will be given and officers for the next r^ar will he Installed. Following the business session there will be plenty of fun and refreshments for all. Miss Harriet McGoogan, home demon stration agent, said in making the announcentent. Committees for me meeting have been named as follows: Refreshments — Mrs. R. A. Greer, Moravian Falls; Mrs. J. O. Bentley, Pores Knob; Mrs. J. M. German, Boomer: Mrs. B. M. Par- due and Mrs. G. V,'. Scroggu, of Moravian Falla. Decorations—Mrs. T. W. Fer guson, Ferguson; Mrs. A. J. Prof- fit, Purlear; Mrs. H. H. Rhoades, Purlear; Miss Flossie Hendren, Gllreath; Mrs. Jun^ Crltcher, Mo ravian Falls; Mrs. Charles. Woods, Mountain View. Entertainment — Mra. Maude Dobbins, Ronda; Mrs. F. T. Moore, Ronda: Mrs. J. D. Thomp son, Thurmond;' Mrs. W. R. De- 'Journette, Thurmond, the I Because officers of the county council of clubs are to be Install ed, it Is especially asked that eve ry officer of all the clubs In the county be 'present. Ten dollars will be the first prize in the Christmas home and lawn decorations contest which is being sponsored .by The Journal- Patriot and the North Wllkes- iboro Woman’s Club. The other 'Prizes will be five, three and two dollars each, mak ing a total of twenty dollars for the four cash prizes to go to the homes Judged to have the most artistic outside holiday decora tions. A committee of judges will be named by the Woman’s Club to judge the homes and the contest is open to all homes in the Wil- keaboros and along the highways leading into the two towns. It is expected that 'many lawns and grounds "will aglow with Christmas cheer and that many will enter the contest ror the cash prizes. All who wish to enter must notify The Journal-Patriot not later than December 15 and it Is asked that all decorations be lighted not later than Decem ber 16. Births exceeded deaths by al most three to one so far this year in Wilkes, according to statistics compiled by the Wilkes county health department. Through October births in the county over a ten-month period totaled 645 while there were on ly 218 deaths. During October there were 65 white births and three colored while 18 whites and one colored died. Reports of communicable di seases for that month showed that there were 22 cases of scar let fever and two of diphtheria. The health department syphilis clinic j.o far during the year has had a total of 546 cases, of which 334 were white and 212 colored. A total'of 4,076 syphilis treat ments were given In the clinic over the ten-months period cov ered by tils’report. •Hrs. Lawrence Miller, snpeivls- or of National Tonth admlnlrtr^ tlon work in Wilkes county, ssld today that approval has been granted for a project calling for the erection of an education building at Roaring River. ’The total estimated ezpendi- tnre as set up in the project is $3,634 with the county furnishing, materials as the sponsor. The NY4 will pay cost of labor, tools and supervision. The project will get under way early In January, Mrs. Miller said, and will be under direction of Seth Walsh, NYA construction foreman in Wilkes. 'The building, to contain two classrooms, will be used as an addition to the school plant and will be of frame construction. Roaring River school has been badly crowded for a number of years and additional classroom has been sorely needed, county school officials said. J To Grad« North Street; Other IttpFortA'' menu Ate A WPA project whicb proyUeii for a number of lapoitMB stre.jt 1 mprovemeHts. > in ■ .NrtHk Wilkesboro commenced, today,> Gt. M. Crutchfield, area WPA engW neer, said. ' 4 The project, to be sponqorM by the city government, baJtS'fbr grading and crushed stone saefao- ing of Tenth street a distance of about two blocks north of the present end of the pavement at the intersection on Tenth and # streets. Also included in iltB will be improvement of the alley back of the city hall between Seventh and Ninth Street and > special "g4e protocer” converie low rtedi'Coal into gas to drive Lon don’s trucks and bnases. Honnted on a trailer in trent^cf the vehicle, this “producer” supplies fuel for a j » huge doubliHJeck bus. This “crsati” j f campaign of using sobstltiites con- serves the empire's resources. K. Of P. Lodge Elecb Officers Fanners Can File Applications Now For Lime Supply Lawrence Miller Headr. The Lodge Next Six Months; Others Elected Deliveries At Government Contract Price To Be gin On January 1 ComsMssioners In Session On Monday Schoolmasters To Meet December 14 Dinner Meeting To Be Held At Legion and Auxili ary Clubhouse Wilkes county board of com missioners In regular session Monday passed on routine mat ters and had little business of public Interest before the board. All members of the board, com posed of M. P. Absher, chairman. Dr. W. R. Triplett and C. C. Bidden, were present for the meeting. North Wllkeaboro Knights of Pythias lodge In meeting this week elected Lawrence Miller chancellor commander and other 1 officers for the next six-months period beginning January 1. T.'-.e complete list of newly elected officers follows: Law rence Miller, chMMoHoF com mander; Dewey Minton, vice com mander; Dr. A. C. Chamberlain, prelate: Bill Marlow, master of works; George Kennedy, keeper of records and seals; Paul Os borne. master of finance; Vaughn Jennings, master of excheoker; Jesse Giles, master of arms; Paul Church, Inside guard; Presley Myers, outside guard. The lodge is widely recognized as one of the largest and most active units of- Knights of Pythias in the state. Plans Completed for Cooking School December 14 and 15 'alive; Children’s T. B. Clinic Scheduled! B ?_ AA 1 Next meeting of the Wilkes county schoolmasters’ club will be held at the American Legion and Auxiliary clubhouse in this city on Thursday, December 14, 6:30 p. m., It was announced today. It will he a dinner meeting with a three-course dinner to be served'by the Wilkesboro Wom an’s Club. A prominent speaker will be secured to address the meeting and a prognm of enter tainment and recreation will, fol low the meeting. - Plates will be I served for 75 cents each and all To Begui Monday In Schoola together with any Of 'Hie County; Examin- guests they wish to have along, ations Without Cost I are Invited. I R. V. Day, of Millers C; ^ek, Is School children 12 years of age j president of the club, L. W. and older will be examined dur-, Teague, of Mountain View, Is Ing the tubercular clinic to begin j vie-’ .president, and Wm. T. Long, in Wilkes county on December of wilkesboro, is secret iry-treas- 11. Dr. A. J. Eller, county health jurer. officer, said today. Dr. G. C. Godwin, of the st^’e sanitorlum, will read the culln tests and make examlnaf >n of all reactors without charge. The clinic will start In the North Wilkesboro school on Mm- day, December 11 and other schools to be visited will include Wilkesboro, Ferguson, Mount Pleasant. Millers Creek, Mountain View, Traphill, Ronda and Roar ing River. Teachers in the smaller schools are urged to send any students aiiparently In need of an exami nation to their respective central schools. Dokies Will Attend Greensboro Meeting On Friday Night The time draws near when Miss Florence Rogers, noted home economist and lecturer, will pre sent to the women of North Wil kesboro, Wllkeaboro and rural communities new ideas, tested recipes and time saving methods on the practical art of cookery. The cooking school, sponsored by The Journal-Patriot, local 'merchants, the Duke Power com pany, and Lever Brothers, of Cambridge, Mass., will be held at the 'Woman’s Clubhouse In this city on 'Thursday and Friday aft ernoon, Decemiber 14 and 16, be ginning each afternoon st two o’clock. Annonneement of tbe^ school, made several days'ago, 'has al- every woman within traveling distance of this city is urgently requested to attend .both days If possible and Is asked- by_ all means not to miss one of the sessions conducted by Miss Rog ers. Miss Rogers, a widely recog nized authority on home subjects. will conduct demonstrations be- ran to attend. fore the audience and each and every one present will have the unusual opportunity of gaining first hand knowledge of the art of cooking from one whose lec tures and demonstrations have been enthusiastically received in many of the larger metropolitan centers and smaller cities of the country. Miss Rogers nas arranged Wilkes county farmers may place orders now for limestone to use In accordance with the 1940 farm program. It was learned to day from the office of Dan Hol ler, Wilkes county agent. It was also learned that the government contract price for limestone delivered In North WIl- kesboro will he-'‘rt;46''Ifw ton, a reduction of 20 cents under the 1939 price, and that payment will be deducted from the farmer’s government payment for the year as has already been in effect. The lime will be a good grade of Mascot limestone and agricul tural authorities are urging that it be used liberally In growing of legumes and grasses next year. First deliveries will be made jshortly after January 1 but ord ers may be filed now for delivery at that time. Any farmer may or der lime in amount from one ton to a carload or more. city hall and A street. A number of dirt streets In the eastern part of the cKy will te surfaced with crushed stone from the quarry which has been re* opened near the lower YadUx bridge. Mr. Crutchfield said that 35 t# 40 WPA workmen will be used on the project. Condition* Stabbed Man About Same Jim Johnson Holds Own Al though Badly Wounded; Moore Is Under Bond Special Term Of Court Begins 11th Condition o f Jim Johnson, Hunting Creek resident badly wounded lin an altercation hers on Saturday evening, was report ed today at the Wilkes hospital as good as can be expected. Hubert Moore, Brushy Moun tain youth who officers said ad mitted the stabbing, surrendered Sunday morning and on Monday was released under bond of $1,- 000. Johnson received four deep knife wounds, two In the abdo men, one in the hip and one in the right shoulder. One stab puno- tured the liver. He suffered greai- ly from lose of blood but rallied following the operation and blood transfusion at the hoepitaL The altercation occured at the corner of Tenth and ,'daln streets about five o’clock Saturday. Dy» witnesses told officers they did not know what caused the stabi>- ing and Moore has made little comiment other than to admit the ! assault, officers said. To Clear P®**'™* Court' gjjg ChlistlliaS Docket During Extra w Term Called By Judge | PrOgTeSSCS Federal court will convene a-1 gain In Wilkesboro 'Monday, De cember 11, to try criminal cases iwhich were not reached during a ' the regular term a hlch closed well planned program for the two-day event here. Not only does she have new recipes to present but some splendid time saving and efflclency-qiromotlng methods on the old ones. She wlH not only show bow she can- ■carry out the practices but will show each and every one how to get eqnelly good results In their J. Good Reaponae Expected From Tubercular S^a Which Are Mailed Friday. Judge Johnson J. Hayes an nounced when court adjourned last week that a special term would 'begin on the 11th In an general chairman, effort to clear the docket of the committee is Sale of Chrlsbmas seals' .in Wilkes to raise funds for preven tion of tuberculosis la progresaliigf’' Splendidly, Mrs. R. T. McNiel,' said today, and expecting gen- ready attracted mneh Interert and. own kltchena. Elacb one will be presented with a printed folder of tested recipes. An additional inducement for attendance will be the awarding of valuable prizes at both ses sions. -- This newspaper does not hesi tate In highly recommending the school and Inviting every worn- liquor cases pending and to try response from* -the sehls a number of civil actions which iirhich have been mailed out" to have been Instituted. 'in'onpecUve customers. Trial of civil cases will begin. discussing the drive for followtrt completion of the crim- ^i,e seals, which begair' Inal docket, which was one of the Thanksgiving Day and will blggesf b: the history of the ^nue until Christmas, Mrs. Court when the regular term con vened on November 20. s Biggest Hog Weight 7M lbs. Nlel called attenUon to the that 76 per cent of the-* futl(te'' raised will be used in WGlte county to finance meaaarea Ah#-' activities designed to present tn- barculosls and for treatment oC Messrs. J. C. Reins, Spencer Richardson, W. H. H. 'Waagh, J. B. Walker and Dr. W. F. Jones enjoyed a deer hunt In Plsgab National FV>reet last week. About 400 members of the North Wilkesboro Dokles club are planning to attend a ceremon ial of Blrjand Temple In Greens boro icrfday night. The North Wilkesboro delega tion will offer strong support for J. B. Carter, of this city, for the office of Royal Vizier of the tem ple and will also have candidates for some of the, other, officers.. One of the most active of the organizatron here. Hr. Carter”at present is district deputy of dis trict number eight. Mr. J. F. Miller, well known citizen of the Daylo community, was A business yisitor in thisdty yesterday. - Lions Club and W&rtboro RamUers (t-OTieIn GiuneOn Play A. E. Warren Butchera Giant Porker; Mang Guess At Weight patients. The North Wllkeaboro Lions club, football team and Wilkes boro Ramblers played all over 100 or more yards of the fair grounds field Wednesday after noon and when It was all over the score was just the same as It was at the beginning—nuthln’-nuth- ■in’. . - s » * It wasn’t the expected Injuries which caused the Lions Club team of former high school and. col lege stars to fare so badly in the first half—It was an acute and prolonged attack of.'Whit coach es coll “fumWltls,” THe jHlnclpal danugA being its ablUty to keep *^a team in hot wat«r. _ | The Lions were hard throughout the first half to keep the Ramblers from 'WSIkesiboro high and other stars from across the Yadkin crossing the goal line but keep them from doing It they did—somehow. Ihe'Lions had a lot of ibeet in the line and when the knmMon rambled too fat the Tecsottlb backs of the N^h WUtesboro team nailed them short of tea goal. Once the Lions’ safety man came from way ibehlnd to nait a Rambler behind hls’bwn.Mn’e of’ serimmngp but, hs was : nailed hayerteetesa and anyway the Li- (Oontlbusd pH page eight) ^rippooete A. B. Warren, who lives be tween PalrplalnS- and Mountain pressed View, has Jtist butchered Wilkes county’s largest porker this year. Ths hog, a foup-yeop-old Poland Chlnn-Berkshlre crow, had the neighbors' .gueislng about It# w^ht and Hr. Warren hfansslf wsaHossst with hts guess of 860 poan^,'which was ton pounds 'liort thiar aotugl weight of -tPO. Other gneosies iraagsd upward to Improvements At., Duke Power/G Station An additional, teak of tianie- fonasrs is bela^/Installed at the Duke Power ^mpany sub-statibn to take cal^ of greater ‘ electite needs of tee local system, it'was^ lenmed today from Robert 8. Olbte. manager of the Nofte ,, Wllkeaboro branch of the '* eom pw- * In addltlen to providing graat- er papacMy, the tmprovemsnta bs- 1 see pounds ii*d no on^ gueeor. kW mndp will assure ,s«y1cs ^^Ite . Installntlon of' a/jt $ om n^ svltehes tb be controHod by tele* ed under 860. The giant porker .was 87 tach- 38'in, he^ht and s^en.and one •uOt fi^t In lenrtb. “We haTs.s 'WD*taars' pork supply,”^ Mr. War ^ ^ ., ren said after starting the curint jSj te eUminatlne d^y hi ••^[y*** phoM Is.planned for the near fn- tnriS and'this, win also aid'‘!ig^&rt> irinn itoxMa artses 'ea any lia^

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