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Mnrphr, April 1^-
Jfrs. J. D. Malloneo '^iit
tere announced the
«( their daughter, Mjas.
Social Calendar
’King' Mallonee, to John Cdt^A
epainhonr, ol North Wilkeaborb.
The announcement was made
ot a bridge-luncheon given Satur
day by the mother of the hrlde-
rtx>-b9 at their home here.
American beauty rose buds,
mnd a profusion of early flowers
decorated the house. Guests were
jiresented tallies which concealed
yninlature fans half open. When
.spread, the fans revealed the
■words, “Engaged: Mary King j
and Jack, June 3, 1940.’’ •
Prizes were awarded to Mrs.
W. B. Studstill for high score;
Mrs. James B. Ward for second
high. A guest prize was presented
Miss Juanita Vestal, a bride-;elect
of the spring.
The guest list of 30 persons in
cluded members of ’the Murphy
school faculty and other friends
oi the bride-to-be.
Miss Mallonee is a graduate of
Woman’s College of the Cnivers-
iiy of North Carolina, and is a
member of the Murphy high
school faculty.
Mr. Spainhour, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Spainhour of North
Wilkesboro, Is a graduate of
North Carolina State college. He
is engaged in business at Hick-
The Woman’s Bible class of
the North Wilkesboro Metho
dist church will meet Tuesday
afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at
the home Mrs. J. R. Hix.
The Rendezvous Mouutalu
chapter of the Daughters of
the .-tmerican Bevoluflon will
meet Tuesday afternoon at 4
o’clock at the home of Mrs. W.
C. Grier with Mrs. H. T. Brown
as co-hostess.
Union P.-T. A. SociaJ
Held Wednesday Night
The members of Union ele
mentary school P.-T. A. enjoyed
Plenty of seed oats, potatoes,
beans, lespedeza, grasses, and a
full line of garden seeds at PE.\R-
80N BROTHERS. 2-30-tf
AVERY CORN PLANT-
ERS^Buy one now for
$22.50. A few left at this
low price.
Carlton’s Hdw.
'The Wilkeshtwo Baptist Mis
sionary Society will meet 'Tues
day afternoon at 2.30 o’clock
at the home of Mrs. R. h. Well
born.
a social Wednesday night, April
26. at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
D. B. Turner. The following musi
cal numbers and readings were
given:
Piano solo. “Our New Car’’,
Clara Pay .A.shley; reading, “Tri
als of School Life,” Clay Sebas
tian; piano duet. “Dance of the
Fairy Queen,’’ Josephine and
Betty Jean Kendall; piano solo,
solo, “Soldiers Song.’’ Helen El
liott; reading. “Jenny Entertains
Sister’s Beau." Imogene Wil
liams: vocal duet, “The Alphabet
Song,’’ Josephine and Betty Jean
Kendall, with Georgia Lankford
at the piano.
Superintendent C. B. Eller was
present and made a very interest
ing talk. Following this, everyone
present participated in contests
and Chinese checkjrs.
Mrs. C, B. Eller, Mrs. Ural Se-
ba.stian. Miss I.anra Pennell, Miss
-Mozelle Turner, and Clara Fay
.4shley received prizes for being
the winners in the different
games and contests. The hostess
served tempting refrishments.
Fo.ster-McGlamery
Miss Rachel Virginia Foster
and Mr. Glenn T. -McGlamery took
Healtli Contest
Health Officer Examining
Boys and Girls to Select
the County Winners
Girls of the 4-H clubs In
Wilkes county will meet as usual
in May, Miss Harriet McGoogan,
home demonstration agent, said
today.
A demonstration on “Groom
ing’’ will he given at each club
and a demonstration on “Refln-
Ishing Furniture” will be given
in the ciubs which have requested
it.
Preparations will also be made
for the health contest, which will
be conducted with the cooperation
of ‘.be county health department.
Boys and girls will be examined
and the county winners will com
pete in the northwestern district
contest to be held in Greensboro.
Legion Will Aid In
Employment Week
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Raleigh.—.\11 of the active
ISO American Legion posts in
North Carolina will join posts ail
over the nation in observance of
“National Employment Week,”
May 1-8. and “National Employ
ment Sunday, -May 5.
■ President Roosevelt and Gov
ernor Hoey are expected to join
National Commander Raymond J.
Kelly and State Commander June
H. Rose, of the American Legion,
in Issuing proclamations calling
upon the citizens of nation and
State to join in the observance,
to be further .promoted by the
mayors of many cities and towns
in the State.
Veterans’ Placements Repre
sentative R. C. Godwin, of the
State Employment Service Divis
ion of the North Carolina Unem
ployment Compensation Commis
sion. has the assurance from R.
M a y n e ,‘Ubright, Employment
Service Director, that managers
of all the 4 6 Employment offices
in North Carolina will cooperate
fully in observing the week.
Churches, chambers of commerce,
industry, labor, the press, the
radio and citizens generally will
be a.sked to join in making the
observance a success.
Stress will be laid during the
week on finding jobb for men
and women over 40 years of age,
calling attention to the value of
matured skills of this older group
of workers, most of whom have
family responsibilities and are in
greatest need of work to rear
and educate their children. Atten-
:ion is called to the 244,275
World War veterans seeking em
ployment, and to many thousands
of other.s in the "over 4 0’’ group.
■ iiany of whom are passed over in
employment because of their age.
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Meeting Held in City Hell on
Friday Afternoon; Elec
tion Law Is Explained
Rtitoies Nnmbeir
Of Illiterates
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Bud changed commadltise.
Practically every registrar In
the county met at the city hall
In this city Friday afternoon to
get their various supplies, such as
a copy of the new election law,
primary books .used In the last
election, and the new 'primary
and general election books.
Members of the county^ board
of elections, E. P. Inscore, chair
man, J. C. Grayson, secretary,
and C. C. Staley, were present for
the meeting.
At the request of Chairman
Inscore, the election law was ful
ly explained by W. H. McBlwee.
local attorney, the meeting later
becoming a round-table discus
sion of the high spots In the law
governing the primary and elec
tion.
It was pointed out that the reg
istration hooks will 'We open at
the various voting places In the
county from 9 a. m. to sunset on
the two next S’aturdays, May
4th and May 11th. The registrars
will register any qualified voter
at anytime prior to sunset on
Saturday, May 11th, at his home
or place of business.
NorthfdkSo
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Ronda Home Club
In April Meeting
Engineers Find
Jobs Are Waiting
Raleigh. — Empioyment pros-
nocts for engineering seniors
.graduating from State College in
June were described today as “ex
cellent’’ by Dean Blake R. Van
Leer of the School of Engineer
ing.
Dean Van Leer said jobs will
be secured before graduation by
all seniors in architecture, civil
engineering, ceramic engineering,
geological engineering, industrial
engineering and In mechanical
engineering with the aeronautical
option.
their marriage vows in Mountain
City, Tennessee, Sunaay, April
21, 1940.
Mrs. McGlamery is the da'igh-
ter of the late Mrs. E. C. Fo.ster
and Mr. McGlamery is the .son of
the late Charlie McGlamery and
Mrs. McGlamery Briggs.
'The young couple will make
their home on Wilkesboro route
1.
A monthly meeting of the Ron
da Home Demonstration club was
called to order at two o’clock on
April 9th, 1940, at the school-
house, by the president, Mrs. Dob-
btins.
The meeting opened with In
vocation hy all. A poem, "When I
Have Time,’’ was read by Alene
Greene; poem by Mrs. H. A.
Hanks, written hy Edgar A.
Guest.
A picture study on “Spring,”
was given 'by Mrs. E. T. Edwards.
Eleven members were present at
this meeting.
Demonstration on refinishing
old furniture was topic for the
month. A lye paste recipe was
given to the members by Miss
MoGoogan. home agent.
Miss iMcGoogan pointed out it
is necessary to first remove all
old paint or varnish before re-
finishing if the grain of wood Is
to be admired afterwards.
A demonstration on refinishing
an old chest of drawers was part
ly observed by the members at
this meeting. Taking from three
to four days to finish a piece of
furniture it was impossible to
see this demonstration on this
particular pb'Ce through.
Miss Whisnant. of Raleigh, an
extension specialist of home man
agement, gave a Sipecial demon
stration on removing old finishes
at North Wilkesboro in the office
of the Home Agent. Mrs. G. H.
Sale, project leader of house fur
nishings, attended this meeting
The regular quarterly meeting
of the county council was held on
•March 2 0th, at the courthouse.
Those attending from Ronda were
Mrs. F. T. Moore, Mrs. J. B. Bell,
and Mrs. Everette Dobbl-ns. The
purpose of this meeting was to
make plans for the third Federa
tion meeting to be held May 30th.
Project leaders for 1940 are as
follows: Home poultry, Mrs. Hob
son Blackburn: Hone Gardens
Mrs. H. A. Pardue; Home Beau
tification, Mrs. J. B. Bell; Cloth
ing, Mrs. Ralph Martin; House
Furnishings, Mrs. G. H. Sale;
Food Nutrition. Mrs. M. S. Par-
due; Recreation, Mrs R. R. Cra
ter; Education, Mrs. E. T. Ed
wards.
Recreation for this month was
guessing the name of flowers. The
prizes going to Alene Greene,
Mrs. F. T. Moore, and Mrs. E. D.
Byrd. The meeting adjourned ’till
next month.
Ml’S, A. B. Johnston
Entertains Her Cub
Mrs. A. B. Johnston entertained
■the members of the Tea and Top
ics club and a few extra visitors
at her home on B street 'Thursday
evening. The guests were served
a dessert course at the beginning
of the evening, after which rook
was played for so.metime, win
ners of high and low score prizes
being Mrs. Frank Tomlinson and
Mrs. Ralph Duncan.
'■ Wilkesboro Bridge Qub Met
With Mrs. W. K. Sturdivant
With Mrs. W. K. Sturdivant as
hostess the members of the Wil
kesboro bridge club were delight
fully entertained at her home on
Ninth Street Thursday evening.
The top score prize in the game,
•vhich was played at two tables
ent to Mrs. Jay Jones. Tempting
refreshments were served by the
hostess at the conclusion of play.
PRIMARY MAT 25
Giles Y. Newton
FOR CONGRESS
Register—Tote Year Jodgmoit
People Moravian
Falls Community
To Have Meeting
People of the Moravian Falls
community will meet at the new
Community House on Wednesday
night. May 1. 7:45, for the pur
pose of electing trustees for the
new building and fc.' transaction
of any other community business
matters.
Those who attend are asked
to carry at least one chair each
to the meeting, to be donated lor
use in the community house.
Some response has been recelv-'
ed to the recent appeal lor com
munity bouse donations from
former residents ol the commun
ity. The last donation from a
former resident was ?10 from A.
N. Crltcher, publisher of the Ox
ford Public Ledger in Oxford.
Use the advertising columns o*
this paper as your ahoppina ouide
SAMPSON’S
S. C. R.
FOR P1SC0MF0BI8 npR TO
Hundreds of people who for
one reason or another failed In
their youth to gain some knowl
edge of the four "R8”/In educa
tion, have been tanght to read
and write in the adult education
program in Wilkes county.
The classes In the adilt edu-
^ioh 'project, a dl-vlslo-a of
WPA program, enrolled 764 Jfer-
sons In Wilkes county during the
paat-year. Of this number many
were Illiterate and otheis were
barely able to regd or sign their
names. •
The work of the adult educa
tion program is more aptly des
cribed by the following prepared
article dealing with the subject:
iSo far as appears, the term
Adult Education came to this
country from England, just after
the Wprld War. To the British
people, Adult Education was an
effort to even up, in a measure,
the education of the underprlvi-
ledged. To us here In the great
United States and in Wilkes
County, It appears to have the
same meaning, to make the work
ers better content with the sta
tion in life in which they were
born.
We have in this country our
underprlvlledged also. But we are
increasingly seeing that it Is a
state of affairs we cannot afford.
Illiteracy is an economic handi
cap not simply to the illiterates
themselves, but also to our pro
duction system. The illiterate are
by that very fact not as economi
cally productive as a 'better edu
cation would make them.
In the past we have thought
that only children could learn,
but that idee has to an extent
been wiped out. We have found
today that you can teach people
of advanced years new thHlgs.
Adults, we have found, learn
quite readily when once the in
terest is aroused. We have also
had the Idea that only children
have time to study and go to
school. That adults must assume
the responsibility of making a
living and have no time to further
their education. In the last few
years the hours of labor have
been greatly reduced leaving con
siderable time on ^ their hands
which they can spend In limprov-
ing themselves and In learning.
Therefore, it is imperative that
w-e try to teach them how to
spend their leisure time profitab
ly. One of the slogans of the In
ternational Rotary is, “Helping
Blot Out Illiteracy.’’ The Lions
want the blind taugh, church
groups want every one to read
the Bible. Parent-Teacher groups
soon learn that when Father and
mother go to school the children’s
interest in school, improve as
does Parent - Teacher relation
ships. *
The reduction of illiteracy in
North Carolina is o-ur most urgent
problem, looking toward the
194 0 census. When we stop to
consider that North Carolina now
stands seventh from the bottom
in ail forty-eight states, in the
percentage of illiteracy, and that
other states are making much
rapid progress in eradicating il
literacy, we realize that It is a
stupendous undertaking for us to
keep North Carolina from being
at the very bottom.
Since 1930, some 85,000 have
been taught to read and write. In
Wilkes County in 1930, there
were 3,141 or 12.4 per cent of
the population who were X mark
ers, just how many we have
taught to'write their name since
then, we do not know. Last year
we had an enrollment of 754.
Wilkes County, as you may
know, was selected last year out
of this district, to try out our
home and school cooperation
work. Each teacher gave one day
a week to visiting the school pa
trons who had problem children.
As you know, there is not a
friendly attitude between the
school and the home, when par
ents are forced to send their chil
dren to school. But, when they
ai-e visited by teachers and home
contacts are made, the attitudes
are often changed and there is
cooperation between the home
and school, which is what we are
working tor. Through the Home
and School Cooperation phase of
Adult Education, 1,008 children
in Wilkes County remained in
school last year.
Our teachers not only teach
people to read and write they
teach Parent Education, Home
making, First Aid. and whatever
their students ask for. Teaching
Health is a very important phase
of their work. As you know, pov
erty, disease, and Ignorance, are
oft times closely related. Doctors
will tell yo]f that 111 health tends
to poverty, that poverty tends to
iboth. So, in attacking Ignorance
we are attacking both disease and
poverty.
Our Adult Education Teachers
In Wilkes county have a hard Job.
It calls for enthnsissm, it calls
for wor4, it calls for faith,
esila tpr jiatlanee, and above
calls" ror aa nadentatiaf^
Hits and runs were a dime a
dozen Friday afternoon when
North Wilkesboro high school
baseball team overwhelmed and
shutout Wltkesboro high 2‘0 to
0 on the fairgrounds’ Reid.
■While North Wilkesboro bat
ters from one end of the hatting
order to the other were poundiog
out 17 hits off three Wilkesboro
hurlers, Brookshire, cagey post-,
alder, held Wilkesboro to two
bingles and no runs. Except for
three errors he received excellent
support in the field. Eight Wll-
keshoro errors aided In the North
Wilkesboro scoring.
The Wilkesboro team was de
cidedly off form Friday while the
North Wilkesboro players seem-
ed*to have a habit of doing every
thing right. The defensive play
of Rhodes on first and Brown on
second was decidedly good and
Robinett made a sensational stab
of a liner to atone for a double
play ball he muffed a few minutes
before.
Leading North Wilkesboro hit
ters was Haigwood, who poled a
long homer in the first inning
and added a triple and a double
to his collection of bingles before
the game ended.
Colored Woman Dies
Carrie Parks, age 63, well
known colored resident of Ed
wards township, died Thursday.
Funeral service was held Satur
day at Orange ■Chapel.
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Wilkes
May meeting of the" _
County Baptist Pastor^ * Confer:
ence will be held on ’rharsday,-:^.;,r;^'
May 2, at Relns-Sturdivant chap-,
el In this city.
■ The program will open at ten
B.-m. with devotional by Rev. J.
.Py'Huffmu, followei^ ^-^'Bible
study hy Rev. E. 'V. Buinginier,
Jlev.- Eugene Olive will deliver a
sermon at 11:15.
TOe afternoon program . will
opea at 1:15 with devotional by
RfeV. Noah Hayes. Rev. J. M.
Wright urill discuss “Ordaining
Ministers” and the topic to be
discussed by Rev. A. E. Watts will
be “Calling A Pastor.” Judge
Johnson J. Hayes will address the
meeting as the closing number
on the program.
Mr. J. J. Hendren, well known
citizen of Brushy Mountain town-
sihlp, was a business visitor in
this city Thursday.
BEjeOME PAWNS. An illustrated
story telling how- gigantic fort
resses which defenders of the
Cross built in their war with the
Moslem have become pawns in
the game of world politics. One
of the many features in the May
5th issue of The American Week
ly the big magazine distributed
with the Baltimore American, On
Sale at All Newsstands.
P*‘lARSON BROTHERS—Head,
quarters for Seeds of all kinds—
’otatoes, oats, onion sets, lespe-
eza, beans, etc. Lowest prices.
CHANGING
H. L. Baleum, Watha, is turn
ing from cotton and tobacco to
fruit trees, poultry, and Improved
forests in his revised farm pro
gram, says R. R.
county farm agent.
Rich, Pender
When drivers lo.se
doctors gain patients.
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