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UCC Office Here
Office Here'll#* Delhrere4
$233,tM^.To JobleM
^ Smee 1938
Raleigh.—The North Wllkee-
boto Emplorment Service otftce,
■erring the area embraced in
Wilkes, Watauga, Ashe, Alle
ghany and Alexander conntlea,
has delivered 36,609 checks for
1233,164.23 to unemployed or
unemployed workers In
area In the two years and
uw. montha of benefit payments
tiilesgh May, figures compiled in
the Central office of the N. C.
‘^iMaiptoyment Compen s a t i o n
CMsntseion show.
TTie 46 white offices, with 10
, colored branches in as many cities
with large colored populations,
disrtrlbuted 2,186,866 checks for
$14,154,197.59 in the same 29
months, in addition to 22,994
checks for $258,260.82 sent from
the Central UCC office to resi
dents outside the State who had
previously accumulated reserves
by work in the State. April dis
tributions were 82,995 checks for
3417,426.27, as compared with
--j^Jlay distributions of 87,689
'""^fchocks for $438,712.05, both sets
ot' ngures including out-of-state
chocks. The April out-of-state
^^cfchcks numbered 1,584 for $15,-
,«.^Pg80.39 and the May out-of-state
checks reached 1,364 for $12,-
396.50.
The North Wllkesboro Employ
ment office In the month of April
delivered 1,008 checks for $5,-
043,83, as compared with the
May distribution of 1,297 checks
for $5,957.24. it is reported by B.
B. Gentr>-, office manager.
The ten colored branch offices
serve colored claimants in their
Immediate area only, the 46 white
offices serving white claimants in
the immediate area, in addition
to both white and colored claim
ants at about 125 “service” points
and now about 175 “spot points,
through itinerant service to these
points. The “service” points are
regular weekly points of call of a
representative from the local of
fice for registering unemployed
workers, taking claims and deliv
ering checks. The “spot” points
are temporary points of call, to
or plants in the rural areas,
or in suburban areas, where it is
more convenient for represents,-
» tlves of the Employment Office to
visit the plants thafi it is for the
unemployed or partially unem
ployed workers to visit the Em
ployment Office.
VOL. xxxrai Nib 26 iPubUahed Hoftdaya md Thored*)^ NORTE
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ContribiitiQiis Rottsseau And
War ReHef Fund^®
Total Near $700
Large Amount Given By The
Wilkes Hosiery Mill Em
ployes and Company
A total of $282 contributed by
employes of the Wilkes Hosiery
Mills and a gift of $50 from the
Wilkes Hosiery Mills company
aided greatly in boosting the to
tal of war relief contributions to
the Wilkes chapter of the Red
Cross to $695.66 from $235.16 in
the last published report Thurs
day.
It was also learned today from
Red Cross chapter officials that
drives are being made in other
industries here to secure Red
Cross donations to aid war suf
ferers in Europe.
In addition to the liberal con
tributions from Wilkes Hosiery
Mills employes and the company,
there was a big incret se In con
tributions of indivlc.uals and
small groups during the latter
part of the vreek, .’j shown by
the following list of contributions
released today by W. Blair Gwyn,
treasurer of the chapter:
'•'W
"Ski':
■ . ,s
*4nien€aii of 1940’
'Mi
Remain As Heads Of
Democratic
Invaders From Sky
Previously reported $235.16
J. H. Rector
J. B. Carter
R. Don Laws
J. P. Horton
Leon Lerner
Ralph Duncan —
Lunda Hendren _
J. L. Hauser
McEiwee Succeeds
Inscore, C^urman
Board Of Sections
W. A. Lucas, State Elections
Board Chairman, To Meet
With The Registrars
Oofenuueitf
German's
After Armisdilr:
T,.M
British Detaraimed To
ry Om War *
Hitler’s Armies
Crushed under the I3-day-ol8'
Nszl blitskrleg, France has asko#
Germany for an armistice and h«0'
laid down her arms, it was
ported today, while the Britidl
reaction voiced a grim tint^rniino ~i
tion to "fight on until the end.'' '
Wllkesboro Girl
Leading Now In
Queen's Contest
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gibbs
Call Hotel
Crest Stores -
P. P. Blair, Jr.,
Wilkes Laundiy ,
Relns-Stnrdlvant
R. M. Brame & Sons
The Ismicliiiig of an sttsok by >
NssI psrsohiite troops. The psra-
ehuters are bailed out at one-aeoond
Intervals, their chutes blossoming
oat as they dive for their objeettve.
At a meeting of the Wilkes
County Democratic executive com
mittee held Saturday afternoon,
J. R. Rousseau and C. 0. McNlel
were re-instated in their respec
tive positions as chairman and
secretary of-the committee.
The committee had been called
to meet earlier than formerly an
nounced on account of certain
rumors current in the county, ac
cording to a statement made by
Rousseau and McNlel in letters
sent to committeemen.
Their letters asking the com
mittee to meet and reinstate them
stated that the rumor tended to
injure the Democratic party in
Wilkes county and that they did
not want to relinquish their posi-
1 tions under fire.
The rumor, according to re
ports, was “that two prominent
Democrats o f Wilkes county
would do their voting from At
lanta this fall.’’
''Ameticnn Hotbw rf IMO” wm die title bestowed upon Mrs.
Edith Oralutm Mnyo, widow of the Into Charles Mayo, Rochester,
.Hina., sorgeoB, alhor Tneson, Aria., whiter home. Award was made
by the Americas methero committae at the Golden Role fonndatios
of Now York city. Mrs. Mayo la the mother of eight children.
Mainmoth Parade On
Celebration Program
Reins Brothers ....— 5.00
J. C. Penney Co 5.00
Yadkin Valley Motor Co, 10.00
Carter-Hubbard Publish
ing Co. .. —
Walter Reavis and family
Home Chair Co
E. E. and F. P. Eller
Mrs. Mazle J. Church —
Ed P. Caudill -
W. J. Bason
Ruth Colvard
W. A. Lucas_of Wll
tions. was in the county thft'^wwk
n A D *a! ^ I investigating alleged Irregularl-
1 OStOlIlCC 1 OSlUOU'tles which occurred in the prl-
tmary held On May 25, and while
A mammoth parade will be
a feature of North WUkeoboro’s
50th anniveraary celebration
July 1, 2, 3, and 4.
'Efforts are now being made
to organize the parade to make
it aa irapreesive aa poeelMe and
it wtU contain a number of
floats.
Civic organizations and oth
ers who desire to have a float
in the parade, which whl be led
J>y the “qoeea’Mor tho’ awd-
veraary celebration, are asked
to contact aaniversary hettd-
qnarten at once.
AcoMtUng to present prelim
inary plans, Governor Clyde R.
Hoey will be in the parade on
Toly 4.
Arrangements for all phases
of the anniversary celebration
event ate well under way and
record crowds are expected
each day and nl|^t , of the
The capitulation of Franco-—
the ninth nation to succumb to
the smashing onslaughts of Hlt-^
ler’s Nazi armies in little moro '
than two years—was annonneed
In a broadcast attributed to tho>,
new French premier. Marshal ^
Henri Petain, the World War,f
hero of Verdun.”
“It is with a heavy heart that
t tell you today that we moat '
stop the fight,” Petain was quot
ed as saying.
“I sent a message to the en
emy yesterday to ask him if ha
would meet with me, as between
one soldier and another, after tha
fight, and honorably, to seek a
way to put an end to hostilities.’*
Edward Taylor, a Columbia
Broadcasting System correspon
dent, speaking from the same stu
dio in Bordeaux where Premier
Petain sp9ke, declared:
“The French intermediary ia
expected to be the ambassador at
Spain. What the Gera|an terma
will be, if they wlH 'gly».-t$nn^ t.
none ot us know u ;
NAM
tnylor addaA;,tt^'
Democratic Chairman For, received the resignation of
1E. P. Inscore, recently elected
$20,000 Verdict
First Tabulation Shows Four
teen Girls Very Much
In The Race
On the basis ot the first tabula
tion of votes in the contest to
elect a “queen" to reign during
North Wllkesboro’s 50th anni
versary celebration the first four
days in July. Miss Peggy Church,
an attractive Wllkesboro girl,
held a slight lead over any other
girl nominated for the high hon-
r.
However, the exact number of
oles for each girl nominated
ras not released for publication
lUt the committee disclosed that
here are at least fourteen young
aUes whe are running fairly
lose and that any one of them
las an opportunity to forge into
he lead this week.
The “queen” Is being selected
ly votes which are obtained with
he sale of tickets. General admis-
taa tickets to “On Wings Of
are being sold three for
m dollar and patrons’ ticket at
«e dollar each. Each dollars
rorth of tickets has 1.000 votes
ad the purchaser may cast them
or any young lady nominated
or "queen.”
For the convenience of the pub
ic ballot boxes for deposit of
Ctee have been placed in each
f the drug stores in this city and
M drug store in Wllkesboro.
■he coupons appearing in the lo-
al newspapers, each of which is
ood for ten votes, may also be
eposited in the boxes.
The contest will close at noon
n June 27, the votes will be
Minted and the one having the
^Mt votes will be declared
queen” to reign during four
'lartous days and nights of the
elebration July 1, 2, 3 und 4.
•nie young ladles who are in
he thick of the contest are as
ellows but are not named here in
rder of their standing: Betty
kVtodes. Alene Greene, Helen
iinips, Betty Half acre, Nell
loutseau, Mildred Williams, Ell*-
beth Cashlon. Holt Hudson,
aaie McDlarmld, Jean Moore,
l^becca Brame. Mary Parker
telly Aud Gwendolyn Hubbard.
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
1.00
2.00
5.00
i.eo
1.00
1.00
5.00
10.00
2.00
5.0C
M. F. Bumgarner; McEi
wee For David Wright
Mrs. J. D. Shafer
Ray Hendren
Key City Furniture Co
W. H. H. Waugh
Mrs. Margaret G. Coffey ..
C. D. Coffey
Wilkes Hosiery Employes 278.00
($4.00 in previous report)
Wilkes Hosiery Mills Co. 50.00
TOTAL $695.66
Some canvass work has been
done by volunteer workers but a
greater part of the contributions
were made voluntarily. In an ef
fort to boost the tOital nearer to
the chapter’s quota ot $1,600, R.
O. Finley, Red Cross disaster re
lief chairman, mailed out many
letters a few days ago.
W. Blair Gwyn is receiving do
nations for the chapter at the
Bank of North Wllkesboro and
those who do not find it conven
ient to see him there may send
contributions by mail.
J. R. Rousseau, chairman ot
the Wilhes County Democ »tlc
Executive Committee, has given
his endorsement to M. P. Bum
garner tor postmaster at Wllkes-
(Continued on page five)
Eller Family To
Have A Reimon
MATTRF^BES
Approximately 450 low-income
farm families ot Union county
have made application for mat
tresses under the Federal-State
cotton surplus removal program,
says Assistant Farm Agent T. M.
Mayfield.
WUl Be Held At Boiling
chairii-an of the county board of
elections. Inscore’s vacancy as a
memLer of the board has been
filled by the appointment of W.
H. McEiwee, well known attorney
of this city.
Lucas will return to the county
Thursday, at which time a meet
ing of registrars will be held at
the city hall at 11 a. m. the reg
istrars will receive at that time
the tickets for the primary race
between W. O. Burgin and C. B.
Deane, candidates for Congress
which wlU take place on Satur
day, June 22.
State Highway Commiuion
Appeals From Verdict
Awarded In Court
For Fair Here
Will Be Issued
Afiect Saving By
“Worry is the Interest paid by
those who borrow trouble.”—
—George W. Lyon | to attend the reunion.
A large crowd is expected to
gather at Bolling Springs church
about three miles west of Pur-
lear near highway 421 on Sunday.
June 23, for the reunion of the
Eller family, one of the most
widely known families in north
western North Carolina.
The day’s program will begin
with services in the church at
ten a. m. and there will be a ser
mon by R“V. G. W. Sebastian. At
noon a dinner will be spread pic
nic style and all are asked to have
baskets well filled with good eats
to add to that enjoyable feature
of the day.
At two o’clock in the afte.-
noon Judge Johnson J. Hayes, of
Wllkesboro, will deliver an ad
dress.
Sponsors of the occasion cor
dially invited everybody, and es
pecially all members of the Eller
family, their relatives and friends,
Work Under Way On Spedal Edition
For The Fiftieth Anniversary Of Cityi.'
Editors and advertising men have been working for
the past few weeks in preparation for the publication of
a special edition of The Journal-Patriot to be issued
during the week of June 24 in connection with North
Wilkesboro’s 50th anniversary celebration the following
week.
As work on the anniversary edition continues it be
comes increasingly evident that members of the news
paper statff will be unable to personally call on every
firm or individual who may wish to use advertising
space in the edition, and it is respectfully asked that any
who have not been contacted and who wish to purchase
space in the paper call The Journal-Patriot office this
week.
Early preparation of advertising copy will enable the
paper to make faster progress on the special edition and
will greatly facilitate the work in all departments.
BuyingTicketNow
For Celebration
Cheapest Seats To Be On
Sale At Box Office Per
formance Nights 55c
This week marks the beginning
of an intensive drive on advance
sale of tickets to the historical
spectacle to be presented as a
feature of North Wilkesboro’s
50th anniversary celebration July
1, 2. 3 and 4, celebration head
quarters announced today.
The tickets now being sold will
admit the purchaser to the apec-
tacle, “On Wings of Time,” for
any one performance at the fair
grounds, beginning each night at
eight o’clock.
The tickets are being sold three
for one dollar and will be taken
off sale about June 25. After that
date the only other tickets which
will be offered for advance sale
will be patrons' tickets (box
seats) at one dollar each.
However, there will be some
seats scaled as low as 55 cents
each at the fairgrounds box of
fice on performance nights.
Complimentary tickets to be
issued will be given to actual
participants and musicians only,
according to word from celebra
tion headquarters.
'The advance sale of tickets is
a big feature of the contest to
select a “queen” for the celebra
tion and each dollar’s worth of
tickets sold counts 1,000 votes
in the contest.
The celebration, which will
have many other interesting fea
tures in Edition to the compre
hensive, historical spectacle, is
^onsored by North Wllltesboro’s
j^mmeree Bareaus - 
The state highway and public
works commission has filed notice
of appeal to the supreme court
from a judgment granted In
Wilkes court last week, allowing
F. J. Hartley, of Wllkesboro, the
sum of $20,000 for Blue Ridge
Parkway purposes.
The lands involved in the suit
are located on Tompkins Knob
near Deep Gap, on top of which
is the corner of Wilkes, Ashe and
Watauga counties. Tompkins
Knob is the highest point on the
Blue Ridge north of Grandfather
mountain, having an elevation of
more than 4,000 feet.
The Highway Commission ver
sus Hartley case was the case of
most interest disposed of during
the term, over which Judge W.
H. Bobbitt, of Charlotte, presided.
Two years’ separation was the
grounds for granting of eight di
vorcee during the term in the
following cases: Elthel Somers
versus Mack Somers, Vania An
derson Revelle versus B. H. Re-
velle, Jr., Lucille K. Boyden ver
sus Donald J. Boyden, Marjorie
Walker Spicer versus Kermit
Spicer, Mrs. Viola Merrick versus
L. A. Merrick, Bonnie Stewart
Carter versus Charles Robert Car
ter, M. B. Blankenship versus Es
telle Blankenship, J. P. Gamblll
versus Mary GamblU.
Catalogue Offers Liberal
Premhnns To Be Mailed
Out In Few Days
The committee has announced
that the standing of the contest
ants for the place of “queen”
will be posted at regular intervals
In Horton’s Drug Store.
Premium catalogues offering
thousands of dollars in premiums
for the best in exhibits of farm
and home products at the Great
Northwestern Fair to be held
here the week of September 9-14
will be placed in the mails this
week, fair officials said today.
Because the 1940 exposition
will be the last for the Northwest
ern Fair, officials are making su
preme efforts to have it .be the
biggest and btest fair ever held
here. After the fair this year the
fairgrounds will be converted into
a municipal playground park.
Fair officials said that con
tracts have already been signed
for a galaxy of grandstand acts,
mlcPway attractions, fireworks
and other entertainment features.
Persons interested in placing
exhibits at the fair In competi
tion for the liberal cash prizes
and who do not receive a prem
ium list by mall are asked to see
or write J. C. Wallace, acting
secretary, at his office on C
street opposite the postoffice in
North Wllkesboro.
tba iTench ntio te now opMvt-
Ing.
"When and if the Germane will
arrive In Bordeaux, the present
capital of France, none of oa
know at the present moment.”
Bordeaux is in the far south
western region of Prance, neaf
the Bay of Biscay.
The reported capitulation cama
at France’s itreat Maginot tine—
built at a cost of $600,000,009
and supposedly impregnable—
was abandoned except for a
skeleton defense force and Qeiw
many’s armored legions smashag
through and around the vast
steel-and-concrete system of for
tifications.
Reports from London said tha
first British reaction to the
French collapse was a grim de
termination to fight on—as al
ready voiced by Prime Minister
Churchill—even If England Itself
falls to the Nazi invaders.
With onrushlng German armies
already having cut off France’s
“lost provinces’’ of Alsace and
Lorraine by thundering down to
the Swiss border at Pontarller—
while other Nazi columns report
edly, captured Orleans on the riv
er Loire, where Joan of Arc won
her great victory — the new
French cabinet met at Bordeaux
t o “await developments” o n
France’s capitulation offer.
WOULD SURPRISE EVERYONE
“Your methods of cultivation
are hopelessly out of date,” said
the AAA crop adviser to the old
fanner. "Why I’d be astonished if
you got even 10 pounds of apples
from that tree.”
"So would I.” replied the farm
er, “it’s a peach tree.’’
V. F.W. Endorses
FDR's War Policy
Stand Stated In Telegram
From Post To Presi
dent On Saturday
Celebration Spectacle Great Aid In
Defeatii^ Tiltli Column' Movment
“With the existing world conditions, patriotism
ism are very much in order,’’ agreed North Wilkesroro
niveraary Cieletemtion officials today. There is no finer
liver such a message than with a Pageant-Spectade, such as
Wings Of ’Time,” This massive outdoor productitm is built on
history and delivers its message in an imprMail*, interest
mniinnr that cenoot b« accomplished in any otiirt wV* « w a
living historical,jmtriotic, document of NorthjWjW^too, and
Wilkes county. The community’s oro p^ide, fiii'MHrmet and
everj) man, woman and child, in this region, sht
one opportunity in a lifetime to witness ftrat-hi
cavalcade of human progreaa,.in this particular
America we love. In order to produce a snper-entei
this mi^tttde, in a dty of this sise, almost everyoim will
ed upon to do his Mt, eithar as a conunittee wonw, or n ...
of the cast. ‘*There must be no slackers or draft dodnrs, m
to insure the utmost success,” said Director Keith Gingles, who is
conducting the rdheateals. _
Blue Ridge Post number 1142
of Veterans of Foreign Wars
here on Saturday expressed its
sentiment favoring President
Roosevelt’s policy toward the war
jin by a telegram to the
! president himself. The text of
the telegram follows:
“With the great European war
threatening the civilization of th»
world, we regard it of chief con-
to you, as head of our gov-
t, to have an expression of
[cm from every section of our
No matter how remote
we are, the Veterans of Foreign
Wars and the men from north
western North Carolina o.'fer you
our endorsement of your policy
toward the war In Europe. Today,
we the veterans, deeply mindful
the record, of our forefathers
Mountain, wish to assuro
Miili mold ahtU sot bo
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•neete'Oir dgrvte-
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