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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^