Alexander L. Aycock, a^e Pastor of the MocksTllle list chnrcl^ «nd a former >of the North Wilkesboro Jjodist church, died sud- thls city Tneeday morn- o’clock. Jr, Aycock came to North bhoro Tuesday raomlng to 1^^ the Elkin pistrict Wo- fs Society of the Methodisr, ■wcb In session here. I After arrlTlnp in town he step- 4 Into City Barber Shop and Ok a;,seat in a chair, saying that , WW not feeling well. He said ether that before leaving home I had experienced motor trouble his automobile and that he poshed it off to get the motor At that time he said he and was blinded, but i Iplt better soon and drove .. v^,' here... ~W1ien he made those remarks .Has soddwrly ,^ricken while at ip the berher chair. An aace'^M coiled and he was the 'Wilkes hospital ^ dead before arriving Heart attack was eonsider- I cause of his death,' Mr. Aycock was bom In . os coonty. a sea of the late aad Sara Perry Aycock. riAg his minfsterlal eareer he red several of the well known iai, the 'Western North Itaa conference. Por four he wss psstor of the First aist eharoh here, going from '^f^gksdboro to OlhionTllle M ef IMl and last year CfJUe, Immediately prior _ is# ti» -Harti WHkertoro llr. Ayeock was pastor of street church In Statesvine ^ofe that time served Main iekareb la HUdi Point. _/rtrlng Ear. Mr. Aycock are . WlfS, Mrs. Peart Aycock, and hters; Mrs. W. A. Biles. .-Salem, end Miss Helen ifoelSTllle. ‘hpfy remained at Reins- I imtfl on# i>. m. Wed- I It was takmi to »i»>tldcksTllle. Funeral ' sihtf hartal Farm Agencies Plan To Pool Efforts For Maximum Food Production Representatives of farm agen cies of five counties held a plan ning conference in this city Tues day. Representatives of the extension service. Soil Conservation service, Farm Security administration and others interested in farming spent several hours in the meeting, which was held at the town hall. Counties represented were Wilkes, Surry, Yadkin. Alenan- der end Caldwell counties. i’urpose of the conferences which are being held throughout the state, is to work out plans to correlate activities in behalf 'Of maximum ft'Od production 1944. OpinioiKs were expressed in the conference that the food situation may he more critical next year than in 1943 and that all agencies working for the benefit of agri culture must pool their efforts for maximum production. Election Results Csmttihr ««» niore All present officers of North ■Wilkesboro were re-elected In the municipal election held Tuesday. There was no opposition and only one ticket in the field, the lone contest for nomination tor nmyor having been decided in a primary when Mayor R. T. McNIel defeated T. J. Frasier by an over- 'whehnlng majority. Here 72 voters cast ballots Tuesday with the results being as follows; Mayor R. T McNiel 72 votea Commissioners—Hoyle M. Hut chins 71; J. R. Hlx 71: Ral^h Duncan 70; R. G. Finley 70; A. F. Kilby 71. School Trustees—D. J. Carter, 71; J. B. McOoy, 71. WHJCBSBORO H. A. Cranor polled 30 out of 30 votes Tuesday for re-election as mayor. The following candidates for town commissioners hlso went in to office by nntnlraous vote: C. H. Londerman, W, H Smitkny, James Imws and Pul Osbmme^ BUY MORE stores of' ^M»':on Wednesdays , during May. June. .'fiJfy sst- The banks will begin cfdslng on Wednesdays one o'clock on May 12. IIITtM BONDS ’will. Wilkeshom council of'the Junft»r^selh«t a-ohtcl^'dP8W»',"i|^.t>eri Order wlU be held at thS lodtre f,mny tii*©Jhef»^ wl*«». swettheortaj hall on ’Tuesday evening, Mey 11, *nd friends ■as' gdMty. They aiv' 6:.30 o’clock. lask^ to notify C. A. Canter, seor i Rev. J. C. Canipc, pastor of thelretary, of the namber of guests Boone Baptist church, will be the they expect to ta.ke to the principal speaker. louet. as errly as po.S8ib!e, Elkin.—A stolen oirplane ride ended fatally for Jack Freeman, 16, son of Mrs. James Freeman, of Jonesville, Tuesday afternoon about 3 o’clock when the plane crashed near Rondo, The youth, who had had slight ly more than six hours of dual training, hrd never flown alone before, officials of the Elkin Air port said. , According to available informa-j tion. young Freeman wes at the airport and .slipped out to the 4U- horsepower Cnb plane belonging to George Pardiip and took off without Pardup’s knowledge or consent. The youth was flying about 4M feet high and was waving to some friends on the ground below when the ."ijplane stalled and crashed on the farm of Jesse JoneS. The youth was instantly killed and the plane was badly dtmaged. In addition to his mother. Free man is survived by five brothers. Bill, Carson, James and Frank Freeman of Elkin, and Robert Freeman, in thesrmed forces; aUd six sisters. Mrs. Guy Myers, Mrs. Mick Brown, Mrs. Roy Rogers. Mrs. Ralph Byrd, and Miss Cath erine Freeman of Jonesville. and another stater In 'Virginia. IVe-Sckot^ Clnk Here Tuesday I L-ChUdraui WKo Are To Enter Sclwol Wai Be EMamikked By Heahk Officer ' Annual pre-school clinic will he conducted Tuesday, Mey 11. at NorUi Wilkesboro ackool. Efforts era being made to have all children wlm are to enter school for the first tinie next fall examined during the elinie. Dr. 4. A Kller, county health offleer. and county nmrses ^01 give eechi '^114 • phjn^^i ggiiBiifaetka epd WlJI reOoMiiMn'YWr^Mt^ of oiy feigid'bMKre the-H11d en-’^~ ^neiikaoL ' •. 71^ wiU nod ■ dipkthefln vnoeiiNttkiilA./e- .Apiirai. .JKnvw.

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