MEETING CALLED FOR FRIDAY
NIGHT; CONGRESSMEN ASKED TO
MEET WITH VICTIMS OF FLOOD
Drusby Mountain
Association Has
Successful Meet
Liberated
P«ople from the Yadkin river valley in several north
ern North Carolina counties will Rather at the North
cesboro town hall on Friday, September 21, 7 p. m.,
plan ways and means of expediting efforts to secure
control on the Yadkin.
On Monday night and Tuesday the most disastrous flood
August, 1940, swept away hundreds of thousands of
worth of agricultural crops in the fertile valley of
Yadkin and threatened many homes apd places of
business with damage or destructuHi.
Senator Josiah W. Bailey, Sen-
ator Clyde R. Hoey, Representa
tives Robert L. Doughton, W. O.
Thirty-Two Churches Repre
sented In Session Held
Tuesday, Wednesday.
Burgin. and John H. Fogler, of
the three congressional districts
In which much flood damage re
sulted this week, have been urged
to attend the meeting. Col. Carl
R. Shaw, district engineer of the
War Department, also has been
Invited.
A telegram dispatched to them
by John E. Justice, Jr., of North
Wllkesboro, chairman of the Yad
kin flood control committee, was
as follows:
"You are ugently reqi'ested to
attend a meeting of Yadkin val
ley citizens to be held in the city
hall at North Wllkesboro, at 7
p. m. on bh-lday, September 21."
The meeting to be held here
Friday evening was called by R.
T. McNlel,, mayor of North
Wllkesboro, and will be attended
, Caldwell, Surry, Yad-
perhaps Forsyth and
XUlfm counties.
We flood control committee.
Is composed of members
from the affected counties, earn
estly asks the attendance of all
1 people Interested In controlling
( the waters of the Yadkin and pre
venting further disastrous floods.
Mount Pleasant
Baptist to Have A
Gathering 30th
Bunt Pleasant Baptist church,
;ed In the Champion commu-
15 miles west of this vdty,
tiave a home coming celehra-
on Sunday, September 30.
le day’s progrram will open
0 a. m. with Sunday school
r direction of Albert McGee,
lintendent, and during the
ling session will be the fol-
Bg: congregational singing;
tlonal by Rev. A. W. Eller,
>r: special music by Lenoir
tet; address of welcome by
1. Profit, principal of Mount
sant high school; response by
McNeill; piano and accor-
duet by Bettle Jo and Bob-
lean Miller; sermon by Rev.
at O. Ward.
12:25 the congregation will
arn for lunch. Everybody is
ed with well filled baskets
he dinner, to be spread pic-
afternoon program will
I 1:25, and devotional will
Rev. Grady Hamby, fol-
)y the history of the church
McNeill, and the l.enoir
will again be heard. Rev.
fVatts win deliver the aft-
sermon, followed by spe-
islc by the McGee trio and
er duet. Remarks by for-
lembers and others will
he program.
-V.
, G. Grier and
lascus Choir At
[Ikesboro Church
Greer, superintendent
SSkwWWa w —
G. Greer, superintendent
Home, Thomaaville, will
nday morning, 11 o’clock
’Ilkesboro Baptist church.
^ is one of the best
speakers and educators
tate, and it la expected
jge congregntlon wiU be
evMitng servleo at the
ro Baptlat tdinrcli the
1 choir win render a pro-
Mcred music. This choir
ired many programs and
^ely atMdalmed.
ftUc la cordially Invited
vleee.
with 32 of the 33 member
churches represented. Brushy
Mountain Baptist Association
held a very successful annual ses
sion Tuesday and Wednesday at
Mt. Carmel church.
Reports from the churches In
dicated an active year with
growth in membership and church
activities.
T. E. Story, moderator, was re
elected, and the other officers
are as follows: Rer. C. J. Poole,
vico-modorator; J. F. Jordan,
clerk and treasurer; Dr. H. G.
Duncan, historian; Miss Madge
Lewis, chairman of promotion.
The nominating committee was
composed of Rev. A. W. Eller,
Rev. Isaac Watts and Arthur
Bumgarner.
The committee on time and
place and preacher for tho next
session was composed of Rev.
Howard J. Ford, Rev. John L.
Wells, Jr., and R. Don Nichols.
The 194 6 session will be held
Tuesday and Wednesday before
the fourth Sunday In September
at Pleasant Grove church. Dr.
David R. Browning was selected
to deliver the Introductory sermon
with Rev. A. W. Eller as alter-
Gnnnery Ser^eMit Tommie
Lee Lovette, a marine corps
veteran, who enlisted In 1940,
Is now on hls second overseas
period of service with the ma
rines In the Pacific and Is now
« member of the Fifth Division.
Sgt. Ijovette has a record of
nine years In military service,
having been In the army prlM"
to hls enlistment with the ma
rines in 1940. Before entering
service he made hls home her©
with hls sister, Mrs. W. E.
Snow. Hh Is a .son of Mrs. Flor
ence Dancy, who now makes
her home In Statesville, and Is
a brother of FYed Ijovette, of
this city.
Alfred O. Elledge
Claimed By Death
at ’Tu^
day’s session included Dr. H. G.
Duncan, Rev. C. J. Poole, M. H.
Kendall, W. P. Payne, Rev. S. I.
Watts, Rev. A. W. Eller, Rev. W.
S. Luck, Dr. David E. Browning,
Mrs. R. N. Holland, W. R. Griggs,
Rev. John L. Wells. Jr., and Rev.
Howard J. Ford.
Taking part on the program
Wednesday were Rev. Glenn
Huffman, Mrs. Andew Casey, J. A.
McMillan, MIss Lundy Hendren,
Miss Florence Miller, Dr. E. L.
Spivey, Rev. J. C. Canipe, Rev.
Ralph Miller, Mrs. George John
son, Rev. C. C. Holland, Miss
Madge Lewis and I. J. Lovette.
Funeral service for Alfred O.
Elledge, age 44, well known citi
zen of North Wllkesboro, route
one. who died Tuesday, was held
today at 11 a. m., at Center
church, with Rev. J. M. Dillard
and Rev. J. B. Hayes conducting
the service.
Mr. Elledge Is survived by hls
wife, Mrs. Lessie Eliedge; one
son, Wade Elledge, of North
Wllkesboro; hls mother, Mrs.
Gertie A. Jennings; and the fol
lowing brothers and sisters: Coyd
M. Elledge, North Wllkesboro,
route one; H. O. Elledge. Win-
son-Salem: C. R. Elledge, North
Wllkesboro: Mrs. C. A. Jackson,
Fort Bragg; Mrs. C. B. Hayes
and Mrs, David Miller, Norfolk.
Va.; Miss Nannie Eledge, North
Wllkesboro.
American Legnn
Planning to Help
Returning ‘Vets’
Gifts Made To Hi
School Football
Team Welcomed
HUNDREDS OF THODSANDS OF
DOLLARS WORTH OF CROPS ARE
DESTROYED IN FLOOD TDESDAY
Several Individuals And
Firms Make Substantial
Contributions To Team.
Oapt. John R. Bumgarner,
army medical corps officer, who
was a idiysldan in North
Wllkesboro before entering ser
vice in 1940, has been libera
ted from a war prison camp in
Japan. His parents. Rev. and
Mrs. J. li. A. Bumgarner, of
Millers Creek, received the fol
lowing telegram this week
from the War Department:
“The Secretary of War has
asked me to inform yon that
your son, Capt, John R. Bom-
gamer has been returned to
military control September 12
and Is being returned to the
United Btstos in .the near fn-
wltb yon on arrivaL” Oapt.
Bumgarner had been s prlstm-
er of war since the fall of Ba
taan, and no message had been
received later than a card
dated last Christmas Day.
Lee’s Riding Devices
At Wilkesboro School
All Discharged Men Are
Asked To Register With
H. Landon Or I. Moore.
District Meeting
Juniors Tuesday
In N. Wilkesboro
District meeting of the Junior
Order will be held with the
North Wilkesboro Council on
’Tuesday, September 25, 7:30
p. m.
The district inclndes the coun
ties of Wilkes, Ashe, Alleghany,
Surry and Yadkin, and there are
14 councils, all of which are ex
pected to be well repesented.
State Councilor Clyde R. Green,
of Boone, and State Secretary
Forrest G. Sherrin, of Scotland
Neck, with other prominent Jun
ior Order officials, will he on the
program. A class initiation will
be carried ont by the North
Wllkesboro degree team.
A new home of Seaman First
Class and Mrs. W. T. Johnson has
been completed at Moravian
Fallal Seaman Johnson Is now in
fSTTlM lA the Padfle.
Wllkea Post of the American
Legion Is now In readiness to as
sist returning veterans of World
War 11 with their problems, an
official of the Post said today.
On the subject of aid to veter
ans, the Legion Post here issued
the following statement:
"There will be many problems
confronting the returning veter
an, auJ It is the wish of the
Wilkes Post of the American Le
gion to help and assist you In ev
ery way possible. As there is no
organized veterans’ bureau in
town, the American Legion Is as
suming the responsibility of do
ing the job for you.
“It is our desire that all re
turning veterans register with the
local post 80 that their names will
be on record and on our mailing
list. You are requested to regis
ter your name with Henry Lan
don at Landon Motor Company
In North Wllkesboro, or with R.
Ivey Moore at the Home Chair
Company at Honda.
“There will be a meeting that
will be of Interest to all return
ing veterans at the American Le
gion club house on Friday, Octo
ber 5, 8 p. m. You are urgently
requested to be present. The
American Legion has big plans
for yon and we need your coop
eration."
R. C. Lee’s riding devices, con
sisting of five modem rides, opens
sj^onsorship of the Wllkesboro
school grounds tonight.
The rides are under the joint
sponsorship of the Wlkesboro
high school and the North
Wllkesboro Lions Club. All of
the sponsors’ share of the money
will be used for the purchase of
athletic and playground equip
ment for V’llkesboro school.
Plans have been made for the
purchase of equipment for each
room in the school, and funds are
badly needed.
The rides will open tonight and
continue through Wednesday,
September 26.
Here On Leave
The interior of qarlton’s
Hardware Store has been bright
ened np with new coats of paint
and the work adds much to the
appearance of the store. Mr. D.
Hill Carlton is proprietor of the
store and has as his assistant Mr.
Elisha Edmlston.
Seaman First Clas.s Archie
Harrison, who has been in the
navy two years and has been
engaged in transport duty, is
spending a 20-day leave here
with his wife, the former Miss
Hazel Loyd. Seaman Harri-
son’e home Is in Lenoir.
RATION
NEWS
MEIATS AND FATS: Red
stamps: V2, W2, X2, T2, Z2,
now valid; expire September
30; Al, Bl, Cl, Dl, Bl, now
-alld; expire October SI; FI,
Ol, HI, Jl, Kl, now valid; ex
pire November 80; LI, Ml, Nl,
PI, Ql, now valid; expire De
cember 31.
6UOAR: Sugar stamp No. 38
expiree December 81.
SHOB8: Alrplaae atampe
Mos. 1, 8, 8, 4, Aow.goei. .
The Home-Chair Co., the North
Wllkesboro Ufemen and Payne
Clothing Co., have recently sent
checks to the North Wllkesboro
Board of Education to be used
for the purchase of uniforms and
equipment for the North Wllkes
boro high school football team.
Speaking for himself and the
members of his organization.
President H. L. Moore, of the
Home Chair Co., stated:
“We are Indeed proud to learn
that North Wllkesboro high
school has secured the use of a
full-time coach for Its athletic
program. We wish to donate the
amount of this check for the pur
chase of such athletic equipment
as you deem necessary.’’
Speaking for the firemen, Chief
Thurmond Kenery said that all of
the members of hls organization
were enthusiastic over the splen
did work being done in promotion
of the athletic program in North
Wllkesboro high school and that
the firemen desire to help with
the purchase of equipment at
present and that they would glad
ly support an expansion of the
athletic work in the future.
Mr. Ira D. Payne,' of Payne
who
ber. of the Board of Bducatlan,
praised the progress being made
by the football team under the
direction of Coach Charles N.
Manshlp, and further stated that
he felt sure that there are many
other business men in North
Wilkesboro Who would be glad
to make contributions just as he
has done. "i*>
When Superintendent Paul S.
Cragan infomed the Journal-Pa
triot today of the receipt of these
gifts, he also spoke of the large
amount of money which will be
necessary to equip the high school
students properly for the playing
of football, basketball and base
ball during the present school
term and of the need which will
arise for fnqds to purchase ad
ditional equipment as the pro
gram expands.
Mr. Charles N. Manship has
been employed as full-time direc
tor of athletics and recreation,
and salary is paid from funds
prorioed by the town boarfl of
commissioners and the Board of
Education.
The equipment necessary to
carry on a program of athletics
and recreation will be purchased
with funds raised by high school
students and through donations
and business firms. Persons de
siring to make such gifts should
send their checks to Supt. Paul
S. Cragan or to any member of
the Board of Education in the
very near future In order that
equipment now in use or on order
can be paid for.
The first football game to be
played since yie 1942 season is
scheduled to take place on the
fair ground field at 2:31) p. m.,
Friday, September 28, 1945,
North Wllkesboro high school
will play Sparta high school on
that d^te.
The number of persons visiting
Smoot Park to watch football
practice grows dally. Much inter
est Is being sjiown by these peo
ple In the Improvement shown by
the squad from day to day. Heavy
rains and the flood waters which
covered the field early In the
week have hampered the prac
tice season somewhat, but CpRch
Manship expects to have the team
and the field ready for the coming
game on September 28.
Reaidenta of the Yedkin river valley in this part of
the sta.te today surveyed thw flood ruined crops and
resolved to press their demands for flood control in the
valley.
Heavy rains from Saturday evening un|tfl late Mon
day night swelled the Yadkin out of its banks and over
the fertile acres of the valley from Patterson in Caldwdl
county on down the river through Wilkes and by Yadkin
and Surry counties.
In the vicinity of North Wilkesboro the com crop,
bfl^ud..iiul and ready for harvest, was almost a total
loss.
f'armers in the valley, who had
Writes From Tokyo
David 8. Yale, seaman second
class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jnd-
son Yale, of Hays, is now In
Tokyo, according to a recent
letter received by hls parents.
Seaman Yale has been In the
navy more than two years. He
received his boot training at
B2dnbrilge, Md., and was
transferred to Shoemaker,
Oalif., before beginning sea
duty.
Mrs. H 0. Parsons
Is Taken By Death
Girl Scout Officers
Meeting Monday
An Important meeting of conn-
cil members, leaders, conunittee
members and all who are taking
the Girl Scout training course,
will be held Monday night, 8:00
o'clock, in the Presbyterian Adn-
catlonal bnllding. Mrs. 0. T.
Donghton and Mrs. iR. S. Gibbs
request the presence of every of
ficer.
Mrs. Anna Colvard Parsons,
age 74. wife of H. Odell Parsons,
died at 10:40 a. m. Wednesday
at her home at Cricket, after an
Illness'of about two weeks.
Funeral service will be held
Friday, 11:00 a. m. at Union
Methodist church, and burial will
be In the church cemetery. The
pastor. Rev. J. 0. Ervin, will be
assisted by Rev. J. L. A. Bum-
gamer, Rev. A. -C. Waggoner, of
North Wllkesboro, and Rev. Al
fred N. Smith, of Winston-Sa
lem.
Mrs. Parsons was a member of
a prominent northwestern North
Carolina family, being a daugh
ter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Rufus Colvard. Since her marri
age to Mr. Parsons, the greater
part of her life was spent In the
Parsonvllle community until re
cently when they moved to Crick
et, near this city.
Surviving Mrs. Parsons are
her husband: five daughters, Mrs.
M.*E. Eller and Mrs. J. L. Crews,
of Winston-Salem; Mrs. Walter
Eller and Mrs. M. B. McNeill, of
North Wllkesboro: and Miss
Pearl Parsons, of Cricket. Also
surviving are one brother and two
sisters, W. E. Colvard and Mrs.
T. R. Colvard, of North Wllkes
boro: and Mrs. Jennie Vannoy, of
Reddles River.
Mrs. Parsons was well and fav
orably known by a wide circle of
friends and acquaintanoes to
wkom the news of her death Is an
occasion of sadness. She was a
member of the Millers Creek
Methodist church.
excellent crops but who were
hopeless to save them as the mud
dy waters of the Yadkin swept
them toward the sea, estimated
I that the damage may exceed
8200,000.
It was the highest flood on
the Yadkin since the August,
1940, dlstaster, when the flooded
Yadkin swept away millions of
dollars worth of property and
took a number of lives.
Following the 1940 flood, citi
zens of North Wllkesboro and
other stricken communities in the
valley pressed their requests for
a flood control program, which
was followed up by a comprehen
sive survey by engineers of the
War Department.
The ^ei^neers recommended
icubn rf a tetf'mll^nn^
lar combination power'uad flood
control dam a fsir milee vreet of
Wilkesboro. ^Thjji prejq^ was
eliminated, by efforts of Senator
JoBlah W. Bailey from the flood
anthorlzat^/ktU In oongruus last
year on the grounds that It would
Inundate too much land and that
too much priority was given gen
eration of power over flood con
trol.
Recently Senator Bailey was
quoted as saying that he had
asked the War Department tor
recommendations and estimates
relative to construction of tribu
tary dams and a smaller dam on
the Yadkin exclusively for flood
control, and has promised hls ef
forts to secure adequate flood
control program for the valley.
Principal damage from flood
Monday night and Tuesday was
to crops in the valley. The water
did not reach sufficient heights
Monday night and Tuesday was
to destroy homes or industries.
However, it was a narrow escape
and many had moved materials
and personal possessions from
places of business and homes in
the valley.
V
Valuable Property
Is to Be Sold At
Anction Saturday
Miss Tynes Speaker
For Kiwanu Meetiiig
Miss Harriet Tyhes, of Greens
boro, executive of the Children's
Home Society of North, Carolina,
will be the guest spehker at the
Kiwanis meeting Friday, noon.
The program will be in charge of
p. wi Eshelman, who ii a mem-
iper of the Children’s Hobm So
ciety Board of Direotors jitt’v"
■X.r-
si A--“
Penny Brothers, auctioneers,
will conduct a sale of valuable
business property in and near
North Wllkesboro on Saturday,
September 22, 2 p. m.
A part of the former Barber
farm, now owned by M. C. and E.
O. Woodle, and which Is located
on tilghway 115 across the river
from North Wllkesboro, has been
divided into 75 business and resi
dential lots for the sale. This
property fronts on highway 115
opposite the Parkway Bus Com
pany garage, and is near the state
highway division shops. There are
excellent locations suitable for
commercial and industrial shops
and there are also good residen
tial locations.
A wa,r bond and free cash
prizes win be given away at the
sale, which is expected to be well
attended. Penny Brothers band
will fuiiilsh entertainment.
In addition to the valuable
property on highway 115, now
called “B Street Extension,”
some valnable lots in the Blair
block wni also be included in the
sale.
IftM Mur 8b« Heaflra^ who la
a student at A. S. T. C„ at Boone,
Mwnt the week-end with, her par-
Man, Mr. ud Hn. w. d, fien-
dren, of Morariaa FaUa.
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