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Twenty automobile drivers In
Wilkes county had ^heir drivers’
license revoked during the first
six months of 1940. according to
figures released this week by the
Highway Safety Division.
Ronald Hocutt, director of the
division, said a total of 2,774
drivers’ licenses were revoked in
the state from January 1. 1940,
through June 80, 1940. Since the
Driver’s License Act went into
effect November 1, 1935, a total
of 28,867 drivers have had their
licenses revoked by the State.
Drunken driving, by Itself and
in contblnatlon with other offens
es, accounted for 95 per cent of
the revocations, and the remaind
er followed convictions on miscel
laneous offenses, including man
slaughter, larceny of automobile
and repeated offenses of reckless
driving.
Revocations, under the 1935
Uniform Driver’s License Act, are
mandatory upon conviction of:
(1) Manslaughter or negligent
homicide resulting from the ope
ration of a motor vehicle; (2)
driving a motor vehicle while
under the Influence of Intoxicat
ing liquor or a narcotic drug:
(8) any felony In the commission
of which a motor vehicle is used;
(4) failure to stop and render
aid in the event of a motor ve
hicle accident; (5) perjury or
the making of a false affidavit or
statement under oath under the
Driver’s License .A.ct or any other
law relating to the ownership of
motor vehicles; (6) two charges
of reckless driving committed
within a period of twelve months:
and (7) one charge of reckless
driving while engaged in the il
legal transportation of liquor.
“A driver’s license is a privi
lege granted by the State on the
assumption that the licensee is
qualified to drive with due re
gard for the rights and safety of
other users of the highway, and
when a driver wantonly abuses
this privilege, disregarding and
Jeopardizing the safety of fellow
travellers, the state takes away
lia driving privllegea,” said Saf-
^n the revocatlons-
"Don’t abuse your driving priv
ilege if you don’t want to lose
It.”
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NYATtfEm^oy ICoUIltV
About 125 Young ^
People Of Wilkes
Project* Fuknuli Training
And Experience Needed
For Private Employment
National Youth Administration
projects In Wilkes county, at a
standstill during the past two
weeks pending official approval
of the work program, resumed
activities today, It was learned
from Mrs. Lawrence Miller, head
of the NYA program for the coun
ty-
The Home Practice Center.
Clerical Project and Woodwork
ing Shop resumed work today,
employing 70 young men and
women between the ages of 18
and 25 who had been unable to
secure private employment be
cause of lack of experlspce.
These projects, sponsored by
the Wilkes county board of com
missioners and the county board
of education, furnish the work
experience and training needed
before Wilkes youths can take
their places in the county as self-
supporting citizens.
Immediate approval is expected
for the Construction and Garden
projects, which will bring the
total number employed by NYA
In Wilkes to approximately 125.
1,400,000 Volts
J. B. Sn^, Of
Persim Couidy,
Elected ^ent
Appointment Made By The
County CommUuoners
and Approved By State
Main generator, voltage divid
er stack and tube housing of Gen
eral Electric’s powerful new
1,400,000-voIt X-ray machine at
^henectady, N. Y. Its X-radia
tion will equal that of 14 pounds
($150,000,000 worth) of radinm.
Robt.H.McNeiUSaysHeWiUBe
Second Wilkes Man To Be Governor
McNeill, widely Montford Stokes,
and Republican | McNeill, a. son of the late Rev.
Robert H.
J known lawyer
candidate for governor of North! Milton Mf^etlLot.
I Carolina, here to attend the
I,. B. Dnla. of Wilkes-
going to be the second native son | boro, waded the Yadkin River to
of Wilkes county to hecoin® vov-see first train oome in to
ernor, the first being Governor! (Continued on page eight)
Wilkes county, one of the pio
neer counties in North Carolina
in extension work but which has
been without the services of a
county agent for the past few
months, will have a couuty agent
again on July 15, It was learned
today from authoritative sources.
J. B. Snipe, of Person county,
has been appointed county agent
by the Wilkes county board of
commissioners and approved by
extension service authorities and
will begin his duties on the 15th.
Mr. Snipe, who Is about 35
years of age and has been affil
iated with the extension service
as assistant county agent in east
ern counties, Is said to be well
qualified by training and eiper-
lience to carry on the work.
Wilkes has been without a
county agent since Jesse Giles,
assistant county agent in Wilkes
who served as acting agent fol
lowing the resignation of County
Agent Dan Holler to accept a job
with the extension service In Ra
leigh, went to Jackson county as
assistant agent.
The county board of commls-
lionwis kpd Ui^ _^tate extension
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FfM’Afieiish '
No Alieu RefUiar OHiem
Of WIllBw'Coimty
Clerk of Coart
Wilkes county Is apparently
free from aliens and to date bas
never had an alien registration
under the Bolich act. Clerk of
Court C. C. Hayes revealed tbday.;^
Under tenhs^Of ih* 1927 act of
the legislature, all aliens are re
quired to register with the clerk
of superior court and a large alien
registration book Is provided for
that purpose.
However, to date not a single
alien has registered within Wilkes
coun^ and as far as local officials
know, not a single alien resides
in the county.
A few foreign-born citizens re
side In North WUkesboro and
Wilkes county, but all have their
naturalization papers.
The old Bolick act, which was
passed before “fifth columnists”
were ever heard of, has come out
of Us dormant'state In recent
weeks due to the present Europe
an war and the activities of so-
called “fifth columnists.”
Under the provisions of the law
all aliens who have not become
naturalized or have not made ap
plication for American citizenship
are required to register within 90
days after taking up residence In
any North Carolina county in a
special registration book kept by
the clerk of superior court of the
county and to furnish information
concerning themselves as speci
fied in the law. Failure of an
Mtu»c Box
# %
Miss Evdyn BlrreB of Wsshlii*-
ton, D. C., with a model of the llrot
hsad-drlTca victroU, vtatage of
1898. The vlctroU was displayed In
u exhibition marking the ISOth an-
nivcrsary ol the first patent leglala-
tlon. By way of contrast. Hiss Blr-
roll Is seated on the latest model
radli^ylotrola combination.
St
Mrs. Horton k
Taken By Death
Mrs. W. P. Horton One Of
City’s First ud Most In
fluential Citizens
On Friday evening, July 6, the
■tline^ . -
It was learned from Jllss Har
riet MoGoogan, home demonstra-
(Continued on page four)
alien to register is an of Nyrtfa .Rrmysbojo wyjs
Igo alien book and certlff«»te8’*occurred at her home on 6th
• ready for registrations, but thus street at 7:40 o’cloc’r sftp- »n ill-
(Continued cm page eight) (Continued on page eight)
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At Fan^oonds
Tbe Pageant Presented Foant
Nights Snbj^ Of Mneh
Favorable Comment '
North Wilkeeboro combined Ite
50th anniversary ceiebiratioa
Thursday with a fourth of July
festival and a crowd estimated at
more than 20,000 cheered the
proceedings, which were featured
by a rousing “Americanism*'
speech by Governor Clyde R.
Hoey.
Speaking before a packed
grandstand and with hundred*
standing on the ground nearby.
Governor Hoey’s eloquence waa
greeted with many rounds of
applause as he upheld “American
ism” as the only "Ism” to he
tolerated in America and pledged
the “undimluished support of
North Carolina In every endeavor
for the preservation of freedom.’'
Governor Hoey was In the an
niversary celebration parade,
I which formed on the cv rner of
I Tenth and D streets and was a-
1 bout two miles in length. The
head of the parade had reached
the fairgrounds before the par
ticipants in the rear had begun
their trek over the streets. Crowds
packed the sidewalks on both
sides for eight blocks as they
witnessed the celebration “Parade
of progress’’ which had character
izations of Daniel Boone and
many other pioneers, and all th*
way to the most modern Imple
ments of present-day civilization.
In the parade were the Nortli
WUkesboro high school band, city
band, several v e r y be^ttfq
Booin, (jMiersf
Wellborn, 'Dr. Tyre ‘ 'fts-
drawn covered wagon, Veteraa
(Continued on page 8)
Interesting Pictures Of Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration
Spac docs not permit repro
duction of many f the pictures
taken of North Wllkcslmro's 50th
anniversary eelehration last week
hut these scenes are typicjil of
tl..e proceedings of tlie event. On
(Tie left is Norlli \Vilko^boro's
float in the parade, ciiiplia.sl/.lng
-Vortli Wilkeslatro’s strategic lo
cation as “Key to lic Blue Ridge
I’arkway.” On tlie riglit ar>
.shown, left to right, Governor
Clyde B. Hoey; Captain Howell
J. Hatcher, of Company B, N'a-
fiomil (itiard, .Morgaiifon; J. G.
Hackett, highway commi.ssion-
er; KepresentJttlve H. L. I>ough-
lon; Mayor K. T. McN’iel; and
.John R. rrevette, executive
ehaimian of the anniversarj' cele-
hrution; as they appeared on the
siteaker’s platform preceding; the
address of Governor Hoey Thurs
day.
On the left is a view of a
portion of the parade Thurs
day on Main street. In the
forefiTOund are veterans of
World War, fol'owed by Com
pany B and Company A of
the National guard. Thous
ands who lined the streets
cheered as the veterans of the
last war and men to whom
the nation looks for defense
now paraded by. In the center
are shown (iovemor Qyde R.
Hoey as he greets Miss Re
becca Brame, Queen of the
50th anniversary celebration,
on the speakers’ p'atform at
the fairgrounds Thursday
afternoon. The picture at the
right is one of Miss Peggy
Church, who was “Miss Co
lumbia” and was escort to the
Queen in the anniversary cel
ebration pageant. Miss
(Jhurch was secMid to Miss
Brame in the Queen’s contest
held preceding the anniver.'i-
ary celebration. (Photos by
Paul Harvel, Jr., and Dwight
Nidiols, news editor of The
Journal-Patriot).