iOBU- 'Z.iL.,.
:ed the
^ '^yr .
for tkfense
I» Ml «ddr«M b^tore • Joiiit
MMloa ot ooacreoa this after-
MOB PresideBt Hooaerrtt asked
tMoediate appropriation of
' $8M,000,000 to strengthen na-
Uopal defenses.
He ontUned three essentials:
equipment far a larger army;
re^neement of old equipment
with new and modem war ma
chines; Increase in production
faculties for war machines and
materials.
He stressed the Importance
Of speed and the importance of
being prepared to defend any
i fart of the American hemls-
idMre.
i’tfe stated that he would like
^ to see America able to produce
^ OOflMtO war planes per year.
^ \ Meanwhile in Belgium today
i- mi war had apparently drifted
,i«tp a terrific battle along a
^ aSO-mlle front with no major
gstus reported by either the
Allies or German armies.
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VOL. XXXin, No. 44 Published Mondays and Thursdays.
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City SchotJs To
Ck»e Term Here
Tuesday, May 28
BAPTIST PASTOR PSK^S
All-Studeot Program Will
Feature Comnluicement
ExcveUe At School
WPA Projects
or Women In
Wilkes County
ollowlng Is a prepared article
dealing with W. P. A. projects for
wiuaen in Wilkes county:
;^;Wbat Is more pathetic than a
WYiiMn with children to support
with no means of supporting
thein? That is the type of women
which WPA employs throughout
the United States. WPA does not
employ women if there is an able-
bodied man in th^ family. We
hear the cry that WP.A is no good
hut if you will go to see what
these women are doing on WP-A
projects we believe that you will
not utter such a cry. These wom
en not only earn their living by
this employment but they also
make their own contribution to
the communities in the type and
quality of the work which they
do. Let’s check up on the pro
jects In our county.
Sewing Rooms
' Id 40 women
tiiuB WPA aewlng
,.Tb»li«» cya-
arikfwnt'
JaetorlM^-to & the sewing
North* WUkesboro city schools'
will 'depart from the cut-and
dried tradition of commencement
exercises and speeches and give
the seniors a day In court on
commencement night.
Plans for the final commence
ment program on the night , of
Tnesdayi May 28. do not include
a commencement speaker and the
seniors will carry out their own
program on the stage. The glee
clubi will assist in the program.
The commencement season at
the city schools opens on Friday
night of this week with a recital
by ,Miss Ellen Robinson’s music
pupils, beginning at eight o’clock.
On Sunday night, May 26, eight
o’clock, in the First Baptist
church Dr. R.iymond Smith, di
rector of religious education at
Greensboro College, will deliver
the commencement sermon.
North Wilkesboro schools' are
now nearing the end of another
very successful term. The schools
recently received their certificate
of membership for another year
in the Southern Association of
Colleges and Secondary schools,
attesting to the fact that high
standards have been maintained
in every department of school ac
tivity and administration.
Tenant Purchase
Loans Avaflable
'rooms. They are not sewing cir
cle* or quitting parties. On enter
ing one of these rooms you are
Immediately aware of a busy bus-
Inese-like work room. The gar
ments made are made from orders
received from the Welfare De
partment. Often when a wc-man is
first assigned to a sewing room
ate has to even be taught to ped-
^ a machine. There are dozens
of women who came to the sew-
room with no knowledge of
sewing and who are now- expert
•Mmstresses. Think of the excel-
'%«t training these women are
getting! If they can’t learn to sew
an attenvpt is made to place them
on a project which requires less
skill. The garments made in the
sewing room are released to the
Welfare Department for distribu
tion to needy families.
Honsekeeping Aid
What ir a Housekeeping Aid
Project? 1’he project reads that
“free home assistance may be
given to homes referred to the
WPA by the Welfare Depart
ments, where the normal house-
kew>er is incapacitated.’’ Often
times the mother in a family be
comes ill and the older children
have to stay out of school to car
ry on the housework. Since the
county has access to this house-
keaping aid project, the WPA
sands a woman into such homes
to-'carry on the mother’s' work
she Is again able to do it
hegcelf-
Before these aides are sent in
to a home they are given a two
weeks training course in general
honsework, care of the sick, care
of a new baby, preparation of
^od for a’sick person, washing,
^^^^ng, etc. In addition to this
two weeks training, each aide
^QMiids at least one day a month
In the training center for further
tntlking under the direction of
the' supervisor of the project.
No aide is allowed to go into a
home where there Is a communl-
>,c»Me disease unless she goes
there under the supervision of the
connty Health department. Each
aide must have health certlfi-
*cate. Conditions under which
aides are placed in homes are:
Illness of normal housekeeper,
of some other member of
the family which demands all of
|Whe Normal housekeepers time,
where the mother of small
Chi'dren Is deceased. An aide may
1 stay In a home as long as two
H^Btbs time If It is necessary for
to do so.
l^trtlkes County has a WPA 11-
{)rsr7 project which has had a
^ ad In estabUshing the county
^lilHrary. Even though this library
(Contlnaed on page six)
Farm Security Administration
is reoeixing applications from
farm tenants who want to pur-
ettsH fam» nwt year.
■1: - CBffltrty Bap-
ervlsor for Wilkes County, an
nounced today that applications
may be filed now in the FSA of
fice In the Central Electric &
Telephone Building in North Wil
kesboro.
Congress has authorized a fund
which tenants may borrow for
not to exceed $50,000,000 from
the purchase of farms although
the money has not (been actually
appropriated and made available.
The loan funds were set up under
the Bankhead-Jones Farm Ten
ant Act.
REV. EUGENE OLIVE
Rev. Ei^ene Olive Res^[ns To
Accept Wake Forest Pastorate
Resignation Submitted To Board Of*Deacons Tuesday
Night and Will Be Placed Before The
Congregation On Sunday
Rev. Eugene Olive, pastor of
the First Baptist church here
since January. 1933, submitted
his resignation to the board of
deacons Tuesday night In order
to accept a aU as pastor
Wake Forest'Baptist church and
chaplain of Wake Forest College.
before
will lay “his resignation
the church Sunday.
Rev. Mr. Olive graduated from
Wake Forest College In 1910
and since that time has seired
churches at Dunn. Mount Airy
and Chapel Hill. He came to
North Wilkesboro from Chapel
Hill.
Since coming to North Wilkes
boro he has been one of the most
active citizens of the city in
church and civic work. In addi
tion to hie duties as pastor he
has served the Baptist denomina
tion in several executive positions
and has been tor some time a
member of the .board of trustees
of Wake Forest College.
He has been very active In
jvork of the Brashy Mountain
Baptist association, of which the
North Wilkesboro church is a
t;.Mti.. Joi>a-:ALf!
Fletcher, Mrs. C. L. Nance, Dr.
Alonzo Myerm, Miss Mya«
I« te MW|fted..ihat ,the ember, and hniM
'■'* '^'mental in several church move
ments. including organizations of He was later married to Miss
Admiral Foote Declares
Preparedness Essential
Says Navy Is Not
Strong Enough To
Defend Continents
Distinguished Wilkes Native
Address Kiwanis Club
Here Wednesday
Percy W. Foote, whose naval
career grew all the way from pad
dling a canoe across the Yadkin
in Wilkes to command of every
type ship in the United States
Navy and retirement with the
rang of Rear Admiral, said in an
address here yesterday that this
nation may have ‘to bo turned into
a war machine’’ for protection In
face of a great world crisis.
His address was delivered at
noon .before the North Wilkes
boro Kiwanis Clu.b and a large
number of guests.
He is a native of Wilkes. He
was born and spent his youth in
the Roaring River community,
which he left In 1896 to enter the
naval academy at Annapolis.
Admi.ral Foote was introduced
here by J. R. Finley, who had
charge of the program.
He explained in the opening
remarks of his address that the
opinions he would express would
be his and were not to be con
structed as being representative
of the navy.
Admiral Foote said that In his
opinion this country today Is fac
ing what is probably the greatest
crisis in its history. He emphatic
ally stated his desire and hope for
continued peace and said “It
makes me very s '.d to look at the
faces of our yor j men today and
to think that ijey may have to
suffer the perils of war . . . but
if the safety of our nation is
threatened I know that the young
men of today will perform their
duties with the courage and loy-
aly which was characteristic of
their fathers in 1917.’’
Departing from his prepared
address because of rapidly chang
ing world situations, he said that
many nations are locked in the
deadly throes of war. “The very
groundworks of civilization are
at stake and human liberty and
the Christian faith hang In the
balance, threatened by ruthless
foes seeming drunk with selfish
ambitions for conquest of the
world . . . We cannot ignore the
fact that the safety of oiir own
country may soon be imperilled,
regardless of our earnest desire
to remain at peace with all na
tions.”
Because of the great wealth of
this nation it would naturally be
one of the greatest objectives for
military conquest of all time and
national interests extend far be
yond continental boundaries, he
said.
He explained major policies
covering relations with other na
tions, important among them be
ing the Monroe Doctrine which
makes this nation protector of all
North and South America against
foreign colonization or invasion
as a major defense policy. He also
discussed briefly the policy of
“the o.pen door in China,” which
he said was Important and should
be protected. Another major pol
icy, he said. Is "freedom of the
seas,” from which the nation has
departed to some extent by the
neutrality act barring American
ships irom war zones.
“The navy is not only the na
tion’^ first line of defense, but It
musU be an impregnable Wulwark
(Cojitinaad oa pig* eight)
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ministers and pastors.
He has taken a most active part
in other organizaions and sue- Also sunrivlng are one .brother.
cessfully headed a number of Red
tary of the Wilkes chapter.
He lias also been actively af
filiated with the North Wilkes
boro Kiwanis club* and other civic
groups.
His resignation here does not
become effective until September
1.
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Eyi^riiligs ^ S^ven
J. I. Myers INes
In Cify Tfxbiy;
Funeral Fii^y
Saccumbs Today
Wai Pioneer Merchant And
Real Estate Dealer In
North Wilkesboro
J. I. Myers, one of northwest
ern North Carolina’s best known
citizens, died at nOon today at
the Wilkes hospital, where he
has been a patient since Sunday.
Mr. Myers, who enjoyed vigor
ous health until about a year ago,
was 82 years of age. He was ser
iously 111 a few months ago hut
his condition improved for several
weeks. He went to the hospital
Sunday for a few days rest and
apparently was improTlng until
he was suddenly taken desper
ately ill about one hour before
his death.
He was born in the Walnut
Grove community and came to
North Wilkesboro to become one
of the town's pioneer business
men. He spent many years in the
mercantile business and later con
ducted a real estate business un
til his health failed recently.
He was very active In church
work, serving on the hoard of
deacons of the First Baptist
church here for .many years. He
was an honorary member at the
time of his death. He was also
a member and active in the Ma
sonic lodge.
He was first married to Miss
Cornelia Church Myers, who pre
ceded him In death. Surviving
children of his first marriage are
Mrb
Mrs. Beatrice Rhlllftl
Retta Billings, who with two chil
dren. John I. and Ina, survives^
S. Q. Myers, v>f Lenoir, and one
«* iTlJfClOs %/S- tedivi* »
Cross roll calls. He is now secre- sister, Mrs. Mattie Darlington, of
fovvv i\f TAflllroa pVia.ntor .»!*«#
this city,
Funeral service will be held at
the Bifst Baptist church Friday,
three p. m., and burial will be In
the Baptist cemetery.
Federal Court
J. I. MYERS
Farmer-Business
Man Banquet To
Be Held May 29
Purpose To Create Better
Understanding; Floyd
To Be Speaker
f"our Firemen At
Firemen’s School
Four members of the North
Wilkesboro fire department have
beet! attending the state-wide
firemen’s school which has teen
in progress in Charlotte this
week and closed today.
The North Wilkesboro firemen
at the school were Wm. H. Coop
er, Hub Hutchison, Clay Pardue
and Conrad Kitby.
Approved methods' of fire fight
ing are taught those who attend
the courses.
May term of federal court for
the Wilkesboro circuit will open
in Wilkesboro on Monday, May
20, with Judge Johnson J. Hayes,
of Wilkesboro. presiding.
A large docket of alleged liquor
law violations is ready for trial
and it is expected that the court
will be in session two weeks.
Carlyle Higgins, of Sparta,
district attorney, and his assist
ant will prosecute the docket of
criminal cases. The WUkesboro
circuit of the middle district is
composed of Wilkes, Watauga,
Ashe and Alleghany counties.
A farmer-ibusiness man banquet
will be held In North Wilkesboro
on Wednesday, May 29, accord
ing to an announcement today
'frb^ the' WTtkw County AgrlcnT-
tural Conservation association.
A. .T. Floyd, state execuUve of
ficer of the Triple A mjl^nization,
will be t)« principal
the banquet will be h^9 for the
purpose of creating a better un
derstanding 'between business
men farmers.
According to the plan to be
followed, farmers are being asked
to play the part of hosts and In
vite 'business men of their own
choosing. Tickets at 50 cents
eax:h, which will cover costs of
the banquet, are available at the
Triple A office in the courthouse.
The banquet will begin at 7:30
p. m. and wil! !;“ held in the
American Legion and Auxiliary
clubrooms north of this city.
A total attendance of about
150 is expected.
Many From Wilkes
Expect To Attend
Democratic Meet
Iwns AnBonnee
Earlier Cosing
Hour Salvday
To Bofin Ob Saturday Etou*
ing Of Hiu Week; Co
operation Asked
In accordance with an agree
ment among a majority of merck-
ants as expressed in a recent
meeting, 22 mercantile firms In
North Wilkesboro will, beginning
Saturday of this week, close their
doors on Saturday evenings at
seven o’clock instead of nine.
As set forth 'by expreaelona
from the management of many of
the firms, the earlier closing hour
will enable the personnel of tk*
various firms to complete their
work in time for a reasonable n-
mount of rest on Saturday nights
and will eliminate long working
hours for store sales ladles and
clerks.
The firms joining in the decis
ion to close at seven o’clock re
spectfully solicit the cooperation
of the public In order that no In
convenience to anyone may re
sult.
The signed statement by the 19
firms as It appears on page elgkt
of this newspaper Is as follows:
“As agreement among tb* m*-
jorlty of stores of Nortlf Wilkee-
boro as expressed In recent meet-
ng—^we, the undersigned, will
close Saturday nights at seven
clock. '
Belk’s Department Store.
Spalnhour’s.
Jean’s Dress Shoppe.
Ir ~ —
Steele Jewelry Store.
Blackbom’a Clotktng Store. ■
Peyne Clethiag. |Po. -.
Lerner’s Departiaeftt SWfe."
Western Auto Aaaoclate Store.
Marlow’s Men’s Shop.
Hadley Hardware Co.
Mlller-Jones Co.
Hayes Hardware Co.
Church Hardware Co.
Day Electric Co.
Yale Department Store.
Smoak Furniture Co.
Jenkins Hardware Co.
Crest Stores Co.
Rhodes-Day Furniture Co.
North Wilkesboro Hardwarw
Co.
Markdown Furniture Co.
“In view of the progressive
spirit among our populace, and'
for the benefit of our employe*
that they might have the benefit
of a longer week-end and a more
rested Sabbath, we ask your co
operation."
It is expected that Wilkes conn
ty will be well represented at the
state Democratic convention
which will meet in Raleigh Fri
day.
Congreslonal district meetings
will be held in the morning and
the convention w-ill meet at noon.
Summer Session
Of School Planned
Summer Session At NorA
Wilkesboro School To
Begin On May 30
GADDY MOTOR COMPANY BANQUET
The Summer Session of North
Wilkesboro public schools will be
gin this year on Thursday, May
30th, and will close on Saturday,
June 29th. Classes will run dai
ly from 8:00 a. m. until noon, six
days each week.
The summer school this year
will 'be under the direction of
Robert G. Taylor, of the hlgk
school faculty. As many teacher*
as are nece-ssary be employed
to teach all subp^^.^l^Or which
there is a demand.
A special feature of the school
will be Instruction In band In
struments, which will be availabl*
to beginners as well as advanced
students. Courses will also b»
available In commercial subject*.
These classes are open to adult*
and to out-of-school persons, as
well as to pupils enrolled in th*
regular school term.
An excellent opportunity is oP-
fered to all persons who desire to
pursue the regular school suk-
Jects. Pupils who have weaknesses
in certain subjects can obtain
cial instruction. Often a snbjs
failure of the prevlotH year
eliminated during the sums
Celebrattng a sn«»e8sfnl sales canapaigB the entire peiabmelrfGjMyM^
of invited guests aijoyed • banquet Monday night of Iwt w^lc «t Hotel^s
Tf^^i^ MtheTunSr present the gala ocesrion. L. L. Carpenter. s.l«
and a program with many entertainiiig airf Ikt^ting ^«Jtw«^aa c^ed «it ^o^ atan^, 1*«
to rlghL^; E. B. Ham, of Cherrolet Motw Compact, J^rlottei^._L.U 'pu-penter. L. L. Larpen
ter. W. F. Gaddy, Mra W. F. Gaddy, of this city, and H. H. Day, of Charlotte.
tarunna desiring further infor-r,..
~ in concerning • tbe aumiMg
may consult the director te
Inquire at the high school offi^ ’
Eleven pedestrians were
In this state last year when thqy ^
stepped, from behind parked
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