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Northwe^rn Fair . Will OpatHid
Fw Will Be Carried Out With All
Attractions Originally Schedule
‘ For Five-Day Event Sept. 10-I4th
Tents Erected For Exhibits
and “Free Acts” Will Be
Without Extra Charge
$2,000 IN PREMIUMS
This Is ‘The Nuts’
Marks Shows To Occupy
lidway; Fireworks Each
ight; Ford Auto Free
Mid
The Great Northwestern Fair,
djjuSanh'Ual gala event ffr nprth-
ISktern North Carolina, will open
' here on Tuesday. September 10,
and continue through Saturday,
September 14.
School Clilldren’s Day
To give the fair an auspicious
opening and to provide enter
tainment for school children, all
Bchpol children will be admitted
free on Tuesday, opening day of
the fair, anl a record crowd is
anticipated.
Despite destruction of the
grandstand and armor> hall
building used for an exhibit hall,
the fair will operate without any
features being curtailed and the
entire program of features will
be carried out throughout the five
day exposition.
.Space For Exhibits
Tents will be erected to house
the exhibits, which will be placed
on the grounds Monday, and the
absenrr of a grandgSaad will en-
* • to
Shotgun Wound
Proves Fatal To
Hobert Wingler
Died Wednesday Morning;
Two Jailed Following Al
tercation Saturday
BeHel
Say
Cromie Hobert Wingler, 21-
■ year-old son of M. C. Wingler, of
North Wilkesboro route two, died
in the Wilkes Hospital here early
Wednesday, death resulting from
a shotgun wound in his right
thigh.
Wingler was wounded In what^t
off'-.ers described as ,s "A-ee for'*’
all.’’ which occured near the
home of Wingler on Saturday!
nighi. The full load took effect'
In the young man’s thigh and 1
little hope was ever held for his
recovery, although a number of
blood transfusions were given. |
• Early yesterday morning!
Wilkes officers again arrested
Fred Kilby and Clint Elledge and
placed them in jail. The*y had
been out under bond since their
arrest Saturday night.
A hearing on the matter will he
held Saturday afternoon, two o’
clock, before Magistrate R. C.
Jennings in Wilkesboro, before
whom warrants were sworn out.
The boy’s father told officers
that some trouble had arisen
Saturday night over attentions
U 1 I Wf 'pal(f his- daughters by some young
Dntisn in imr men following a church service;
I that some young men were act-
II « ’"S disorderly In the road In
U. 5. Should Kundor ^
wentwn:
lere
Wm. H. Dyjiiig
Named President
Carolina Moose
:es Edr^Industrial Planb Witf
Be Made AMie Above Flood |
Danger IJne; ^kbig ConteiJ Dam
Airdream Realized
Dressed for sultry weather, seveih
month-old Carole of
ccols oT r'^ r ■' w •
Physicians Here
Advocate Aid For
W’m. M. Duhllng,’
man of this city wh»;«l .Mon
day was elected piwiM|p4 of
Carolina Mooee .\awMjhm of
Loyal Order of will
preside at the 1941 |i^P**®*^®**
of Moose to be hel^pp Hoith
Wilkesboro. /j
aee'tfirnur
Jite nil the thrilling acts orig
inally scheduled for presentation
before the grandstand.
$2,000 In Premiums
Ample space will be provided
for exhibits and keen competition
la expected for the $2,000 in
cash premiums to be given to
farmers, orcharuists housewives,
home club and 4-H club mem-
tJil|kof Wilkes and every adjoin-
l^county. J. B. Snipes, Wilkes
county agent, said today that
prospects for an excellent collec-
of exhibits are bright and
\nkt deparli.'ont of the fair is ex-
'^V^ted to be outstanding.
Liberal premiums are offered
in every department, the largest
being a $100 prize for the best
commercial exhibit of apples.
There are numerous other prizes
IV ranging from fifty dollars down.
l\ >Iidway .Attract ioa-a
On the midway will be John
Marks' large aggregation o f |
shows and rides, including some
former attra-nons at the World's
Fair and som- unigue rides in
addition to the old 'standbys of
regular carnivals. Representatives
of the shows have already been
here laying plans for the five-day
event and expressed satisfaction
over ccnditlon of the grounds,
'ntrilllncf P-ee Acts
Free acts for the fair were a-
eain secured through George A.
Hathid. of New York City, world
famous showman and promoter.
An excellent two-hour ^ow with
■several of IFe" world’s best acro
batic acts has been secured and
the acts may be seen without
_ iii fij’Th#
road. Giving a further account of
Wilkes County Medical Society,the affair. Wingler saJd that he
in its September meeting went on j ran after hla son and grabbed the
record as pledging support of its . gun for fear there would be trou-
members to the government’s re- ] ble. After he took the gun from
ij
Maurice Walsh Elected Sec-j
retary; 1940 Convention |
Closed On Monday j
North Wilkesboro received j
three high honors In the closing ;
session of the 15th annual con- |
clkve of the Carolina Moose As- I
soclatlon in Wilmington Monday,
when North Wilkesboro was se-1
lected as the 1941 convention
city, Wm. H. Duhllng, of
city, was elected president, and
Maurice Walsh, also of this city,
was elected secretary.
A. Jack Mount, membership
director here and who was ac
corded the Fellowship degree,
and. Mr. Duhllng very aptly pre
sented the Invitation for the as
sociation to meet here next year.
Already discussing plans for
the big event here next year, Mr.
Mount said today that between
500 and 1,000 people would visit
North Wilkesboro for the con
vention. ,
One circumstance which favor
ed North WJlkeabbro as the con-
rentlon city la the organization of
a«veraL tn towns in eeat-
Tonnnyaoii hnd many dele-
r
luon • Sikorsky, aircraft designer,
this ' success for bis airdream to
rise and descend vertically. It looks
ancient, but here It Is—1940 model
—hovering over the airport. Mr.
Sikorsky is at the controls.
armament program, agreed
Great Britain’s navy is
strongest defense and that the
United States should give Great
Britain and her allies all possible
support, short of sending men
that' his son, one of the others knock-
our ed him down, took the gun and'
shot his son. he said.
Various additional reports
were given. Including conflicting
claims^ of what happened in the
X., V V»» I X/ • — • — ~, - *
The ixooietv not only took that ' altercation and one reported that
stand but urged that all organl-, a blackjack was used. The elder
■wv I -- _1 1. 1 rx rwvvX01/iar_
zations and groups in the com
munity who feel the same way
should make it known by openly
declaring themselves and urging
congressmen and their presiden
tial candidates to use their in
fluence. "By so doing, the people
of the United States, who have
unwittingly assumed the role of
the sleeping prospective victim of
the dictator nations, may arouse
from their slumbor and -prepare
the United States for a defense
against any threat which may
come.” a statement issued and
signed by eleven members of the
Society said.
In making known their stand,
eleven memt'ers of the Society
sent the following telegram to —
senators Josiah W« Bailey and l\|o IWor0 x OUltTy
I Robert R. Reynolds and Repr^ Entries Needed At
Wingler shows signs of consider
able abuse and he said he was
hit over the head with some hard
object.
Others at the scene of the fight
in addition to the victim, his
father. Fred Kilby and Clint El
ledge were: Claude Elledge. Clif
ford Vickers. Nannie Wingler,
Rosa Lee Wingler, L. T. Mitchell
and Guy Call.
The slain man is survived by
his father, four brothers and
three sisters.
Funeral service was held at
Liberty Grove Baptist church to-
I day, four o’clock, with Rev. A.
iB. Hayes in charge, assisted by
; itev. Lloyd Pardue.
Yeaf UT ti
Mobilization Of 30th Dm-
sion For Training' At Caa^
Jackson On Sept. 16tb
(Continued on page eight)
Not Trying To
Escape Draft By
Marriage Route
No Increase In Number Of
grandstand charge.
Oeorgeoos Fireworks
C wilT^i^r^S T‘’'g^rgeous| Marriages In County Since
shw as the finale of each night’s ; Draft Measure Passed
D©rforiDM^c©. I
New Ford Car Free j With only six license to wed
The "fair officials have an- jgaaed In Wilkes since August 16,
ounced that a new 1940 model jg □(, indication that young
Ford Automobile, purchased of the county will seek to
from Yadkin Valley Motor com-| ^vold the proposed draft by ven-
^ local Ford dealer, will be jures into the sea of matrimony,
given away absolutely tree at the has been no increase in
: the number of cupid’s victims In
“I'jje fair next week will be the | w-Ukes since the first proposal
last one on the falrgrounus here | f^ conscription was announced.
_ the fair association has, -pj,e couples obtaining license
‘tTTndnrcd lU lease in order'to wed since August 15 were as
the city might have the ^ follows: Earl Caudill and Wilma
^ for development into a stockner, both ol North Wilkes-
{^.inW-loal Dlaygronnd park and ,boro: Dewey Redding, Ronda,
effort is 'being made to and Pansy Sale, Cycle; Claude E.
this laot fair the best and Klledge and Geneva Porter, both
‘ ■ ■ ■ ■" of North Wilkesboro; William
Pegram, North Wilkesboro, and
Toy C6x, Purlear; T. L. Well
born, Wilkesboro, and Marie Kil
by, Millers Cree’t; Vance Maurice
MeBrlde and Nina Alma Jones,
iffit
-jnjoyable In the history of
fair aasociatlon h©r6.
Approximately half a million
•erkera in North CaroUna are
rl^tected by the State XJHemploy-
ment Compensation Iaw-
j Wllkesbwo.
Northwestern Fair
Officials- of the Great North
western Fair said today that suf-
i ficient entries have been made on
.poultry to occupy all available
I space for that department of the
I fair next week.
I However, there w.ill be ample
space for an unlimited number of
exhibits in all other departments,
fair officials said.
Exhibits will be housed in
tents this year due to the fact
that the armory ibuILdlng prev
iously used for an eidii-hlt hall
was destroyed In the recent flood.
Monthly Clinic
For Cripplss On
September 12th
Wilkes county health depart
ment today announced that the
September clinic for free exami
nation of crippled and deformed
will be held at the Wllkea hoa-
pltal In this city on Thursday,
September 12.
The clinic, which is sponsored
by the North Wilkesboro Klwan-
is Club In cooperation with tho
health dopartmant, wlU he con
ducted by an orthopedic special
ist and no charge will he made
*or examination m* adrice reiatlre
Ko treatment. . ,_.i
Major Ralph R. Reins and
Lieut. E. P. Robinson are making
plans for a year’s training of;
Company A of the National Guard
to begin about September 18.
Company A of the 105th En
gineers is a part of the 30th di
vision, which has been called out
for a year’s training by President
Roosevelt. The training will be
at Camp Jackson, S. C.
Orders received so far by the
officers here have not stated
whether Company A shall haye
peace time strength of 90 or war
time strength of 106 men. The
present strength is 69 men and
it is expected that there will be
a few discharges of married men
before the company leaves for
camp.
However, local officers do not
(eel that it will be necessary to
resort to draft to secure the num
ber needed for Company A bo-
cause of the'^tact that there are
already 30 applicants without any
call being made-for men.
Lieut. Robinson, who succeed
ed Reins in command of Company
A when Reins was promoted to
the rank of Mayor' over three
companies a few weeks ago, said
the company does need two men
experienced in cooking for a large
number and also listed as neede.d
some carpenters, electricians, pipe
fitters, truck and tractor drivers..
Reconstruction
Fei^|ason Bri^e
Is Started To^y
Many Bridge Crews Making
Rapid'Progress Replac
ing Highway Bridges
i^blelio, attiitf Ika •
^ortK WllkeebOfO wln> ■would find
fit dlfflcuK to make a longer -trip.
In addition to the election of
Mr. Duhling as president and Mr.
Walsh as secretary, five rice pres
idents were named as follows: J.
H. Fullerton, Charlotte: Hugh
Sh^herd, Wilson; H. Way Rus
sel, Thomasvllle; W. P. Trout
man. Wilmington: John Ross,
Spartanburg, S. C.; C.harlee C.
Ricker, of Asheville, is secretary-
'treasurer.
The executive committee mem
bers are Charles A. Kirby. Ashe
ville; Ben Hill Brown, Spartan
burg, S. C.; Charles A. Ricker,
Asheville; and C. Rich, Ra-
l^h. Walter C. York, ol High
P^nt, is district deputy supreme
goternor.
A very successful convention
was held at Wilmington with an
attendance of about 500. Repre
sentatives of the Supreme Lodge
were Paul D. Schmitz and Roy
Sandburg, of Mooseheart, 111.
James J. Davis and Robert R.
Reynolds high officials in the
Supreme lodge, were unable to
be present on account of pressing
govern.ni'^nt affairs-
Headquarters of the Carolina
Moose Association of Loyal Order
of Moose will be established In
this city under direction of
Messrs. Duhling and Walsh In the
near future.
Leaders in the Moose lodge
here express satisfaction over the
increased interest being shown
in activities of the order and pre
dict a large Increase In member
ship In this section.
With bridge crews from several
dtylalons called-here to help, the
lift ol'.r^daclag nuiaeroua.brldj^-
dii'in Wilkes and adlolnlug coun
ties following the flood of Au
gust 14 Is progressing as rapidly
as possible, highway division en
gineers said today.
Walkway crossings are being
placed across the Yadkin at Roar
ing River and Ronda this week
in order that children may reach
those two schools and bridges for
regular traffic will be construct
ed as soon as they can be reach
ed, highway officials said today.
Construction of a bridge a- uiccu, oui
cross the Yadkin on highway 268 tendent of the sole leather
to the school and village of Fer- -
guson, which have been practical
ly isolated since the flood, was
begun today and will be rushed
to completion.
Highway Commissioner J. G.
Mach laterest Expressed In
Meetkig Of Pfficials end
Biuineu Men Here
COMMITTEES NAMED
To Inspect Proposed Routes
For Railroad Extension
To Higher Ground
Definite action toward indus
trial rehabilitation in-North Wil
kesboro following the recent
flood was taken at a meeting of
county and city officials. North
WlIkesboro’B Commerce Bureaus
and other business and profes
sional men at the.city hail Wed
nesday afternoon.
The spotlight of attention in
the meeting was focused bn a
proposal for the construction of
a sipur of tfie railroad to avail
able industrial sites above flood
danger on the Yadkin and the
question of making the sites im
mediately available in order that
industrialists may rebuild after
the flood disaster and additional
industrial plants may have site*
available at any time.
Many talks were made by of
ficials and others Interested and
every reasonable assurance was
given that a railroad spur could
be constructed and ample indns-
trial territory made available.
Joint Meeting Friday
Wilkes county commissioner*
and the commissioners of Nbrtb
Wilkesboro will meet jointly Fri
day morning, nine o’clock, to
make definite proposals.
Indnstrlal loeeee' in the flood
here Anguet 14 inelnded total
deetAwfloa'of the Husa . Chair.,
company plant by fire In the
flood, burning of the main plant
of International Shoe company's
tannery In the flood, heavy loeeee
to American Furniture company.
Oak Furniture company, P. E.
Brown lumber plant and smaller
industries In the flood zone.
Indhiatrlallets Speak
J. D. Moore, president of Home
Chair company, expressed a de
sire to rebuild here provided a
suitable site was available.
T. M. Green, assistant euperln-
..ndent of the sole leather di
vision of International Shoe com
pany, said the com,pany’s future
plans for business In North Wil
kesboro may be decided in a
meeting of the board of dlrectw*
of the company in St. Louis Sep-
Hackett said that bridges on jtember 7
main routes are being replaced j The meeting was well attended
first and that all bridges washed and all voiced a wlllingnese for
away in the flood will be replaced unanimous cooperation in endeav-
as fast as pi^sslble throughout i oj-iag to attain its objectives. A-
this division. J mong those speaking were S. V.
Meanwhile, four shovels and Tomlinson, chairman of the board
other equipment are working eve
ry daylight .hour on reconstruc
tion of parts of highway 421 in
western Wilkes, which was the
worst damaged piece of highway .. -.
In the division. Although several | prevette, local merchant; A.
more weeks will be required to - • * ■
reconstruct parts of the road
washed away and destroyed y
slides, much progro'- his
been made. The road remains
closed to traffic and traffic be- |
tween North Wilkesboro and |
Boone Is detoured by way of |
Blowing Rock and Lenoir or by i
the Jeffersona. ]
of the Commerce Bureaus, who
presided; J. G. Hackett, member
of the state highway commission:
C. C. Sidden, county commission
er; Mayor R. T. McNiel; J. T.
B.
Johnston, manufacturer; W. E.
Jones, station agent for tho
Southern Railway company here;
J. C. Reins, postmaster; J. R.
(Continued on pa.ge 8)
Judge T. C. Bowie, of West
Jefferson, was a professional bus
iness visitor to this city today.
Civic Clubs Askhig Ban On All Illegal
Gaines And bdecrat Shows b County
The North Wilkesboro Llc^jor close upon opening, any and
Club and the North WUXesborp all gambling booths and booths
Kiwanis cinb have paajd a rash- containing illegal games of
lutlon asking that any "lUegl^ | chance and being run hSr soUcl-
gamea” or “indecent shows” h«
prohibited at any fair, carnIVKiJ
or circus which may be In ttie
county.
“Due-to the devairtathig eff^dt
of the recent-flood and the we^
ened condition of the .people Of
Wilkes'County ■both physlcaflr
financially: Be it reaoMtd
that the North WllkeOboro Lions
tors for each booths; all shows
of questionable nature and in
decency; and all other forma of
eateriaiiL.iaent in any fair, show,
carnival, eireua, etc;, -wfaicli tends
to exert bad' lnflnence uDon the
citiienry of North Vrtlkeeboro
and Wilkes connty.
“Bt it resolved further that a
copy of this reet^Mon he pre-
P.-T.A. Picnic Supper
On Friday Afternoon
The North Wilkesboro Parent-
Teacher Association Is having a
picnic supper late Friday after
noon as a courtesy to all of the
faculty member#. The plans are
to leave the city about 5:30 and
motor out to the Pine Ridge pic
nic grounds on the Moravian
Falls highway, should It be rain
ing the picnic wlU be held at the
I^efion bnt.^All members ol the
p.-T. A., including parents and
the teacjkai's, are urged to at
tend. t
McGee Reunion -
September 12tb
Announeemenit haa been made
that tne worin wuxeeDoro uiuiiB.copy oi uu» lUBinuMTO vB of the MeOee tani^
01nl» go on re.*rd this the ^-Isented to
-V'
tyjttlird day of Angnst I#4®,
reeomniendingi to the Nor^
kesboro board of commissi,
and the aSerttf of Wilkes
ttit .fh#y ^venl
V’;:-
Jrtondx of North WSgedhoro: thie
fll-|8h«iff of WUka* connty: tb*
_ oh Sunday,
lifT^A.^day’s prograsn
S^temher
has been
11- Shwiff Of wuw* connty: . . .
Its' Jonmid-Patrlot; iS* Vorthxwni;-'fHlndlhg h
iem Ppr» and’ th* Witter
If, ’ boro Hnstler.” .-^55
at Doc^ and''everybody
Loans Available
For Persons Who
Lost b Flood
J. E. Wiilson, Of Diaaater
L>>an Corporation, Senr-
ing This Territory
Disaster Loan Corporation
loans are available for people in
Wilkes. and adjoining counties
who suffered losses in the recent
flood.
The DLC wJlP loan money for
reconstructloft and repair of
homes, to purchase furntahings
and tor replacement of other
flood loseae.
J. B. Willson, a repreeentatlvfi
o the DLiC, has headqnartM* at
the city clerk’s Office la the el^
hall and will be glad to dlenan
the sobject of loans with *«r ^
person, in need of ftnaiMtrjtll ih>
place flood iosees ef hdmes, ite>-
ffifhinga or materiato. The .leans
offered on Jfli^ Urns
low Interest fsite* nad. nHonM
prove to b* v*t»
ssftsMt loeenl -III the
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