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40. no. 45.
Publiahed Mondaya mid Thuradaya. WORTH WIDKESBORO, N. C., THURSDAY, OCT. 11, 1945.
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NORTH WILKESBORO AND WILKES
OOBNTY TO BE FEATURED IN NEW
PICTORIAL ROTOGRAVURE ISSUE
Scout Executive
Thia Section’a Leaderahip In Induatry, Farming And Role
In Post-War Period To Be Portrayed In
Graphic Manner.
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The city of North Wilkesboro,
together with all Wilkes county,
will be featured In a pictorial ro-
tograrare edition to be issued by
The Journal-Patriot in the near
future.
Special attention will be giv
en to the opportunities existing
in the terriofy for almost unlim
ited development and growth in
the post-war period Just ahead.
Jth no war industry to recon-
and with our local manufac-
Fers planning for greatly in-
eased production and employ-
'.nent, with new industries and
businesses projected, no other
community in the state has a
brighter future than Wilkes
county.
_The epochal work a graphic
^ presentation of the pres-
^y development of the city
and cdunty, will be a new and
modern method of county-wide
publicity, of a character and
quality never undertaken locally
before, it will be issued in a per
manent form 80 it may be pre
served as a historical record of
the community during these stir
ring times, but will be rounded
oul and made complete by in
cluding all phases of activity
here, financial, educational, civic
and social consciousness, that are
equally marked and significant,
and which play an important part
in the future growth and prog
ress of the community. All these
will be Included In the deluxe
special number.
This edition will be Issued in
the modern tabloid form, stitched
to give permanency, for it is the
purpose of the publishers to have
It serve as an attractive and ef
fective piece of state and national
publicity for the community dur
ing the next several years. A
large number of extra copies will
be printed for this purpose, as
well as to provide an increased
circulation locally.
No display advertising will be
included, the story of present day
North Wilkesboro and Wilkes
county being told in individual
features of the respective indus
tries, enterprises and institutions
in the news pictorial form. It is
expected that all of these will be
represented in this attractive and
Important publication.
RALPH H.'^RBINSON.
Ralph Harbinson
New Field Scout
Executive Here
S.SgLDoi Craven
Killed By Aeeident
On Okinawa 28th
Now On Louzon
Veteran Of Several Cam
paigns Ready To Come
Home When Killed.
Mansfield Huffman
Funeral Wednesday
Funeral service for Mansfield
Huffman. 65, Purlear citizen,
who died early Tuesday at his
home, was held Wednesday, 2:30.
at Pilgrim Baptist Church.
Mr. Huffman is survived by his
wife, .Mrs. Ethel McNeill Huff
man; and nine sons and daugh
ters. Lucy, Ursel, Chelcle, Clif
ford. Agnes and Mary Huffman
and Mrs. James Huffman, all of
Purlear; his mother, Mrs. Bar
bara Huffman; five brothers and
.alsten.
Welfare Board
Meeting Reviews
Work For Month
by Rev. A. W. Bller and
lenn Huffman.
10 Couples Wed
Ten couples obtained license to
wed from Wilkes Register of
Deeds Troy C. Foster during the
past two 'weeks. They were:
Charlie Stamper and LllHan
Taylor, both of McGrady; Her
man Vestal Hutchison and Ora
Zenith Teague, both of Hays; Jes-
Lie Luffman, State Road, and El
sie Luffraan, Ronda; Woodrow
Bain Wood and Flora Woods,
both of North Wilkesboro; Chas,
T. Brooks, Radical, and Callie
Walker, Hays; Buster Privette,
North Wilkesboro, route three,
.and Winnie Mahaffey, T^nlon
AA^vo; Washington Van Wyatt
imd Annie Ruth Hall, both of
Halls Mills; Roy Prevette and
Jaunice Bauguss, both of Trap-
hill; John B. Crum, Greenup. Ky..
and Ix)uise Wood, North Wilkes
boro, route one; W. Rich How
ard, Lenoir, and Margaret Austin,
Wilkesboro.
Dokies Ceremonial
Is Planned Here
Friday, October 12
Blrjand Temple of the Dokies
is anticipating a gala occasion
when the cermonlal is held in
North Wilkesboro Friday night.
^ Candidates from several cities
and towjis, including Winston-
Salem, North Wilkesboro, San
ford and others will be Included
in the large class.
Registration will take place at
the American Legion and Auxll-
/ lary club house at 6 p. m., and
the banquet will be held there at
seven. At eight o'clock will be
eighth order work one hour later.
The Wilkes County Welfare
Board held its regular October
meeting in the Welfare office on
Wednesday. October ,3. All three
members of the board, composed
of P. J. Brame. chairman; F. C.
Johnston and C. C. Sidden were
Charles C. McNeill, secretary
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to the board, discussed with them
a letter which had been received
from Dr. Ellen Winston, Com
missioner of Public Welfare, In
which she had commended the
department for the publicity giv
en to the welfare program
through the press in Wilkes
county. The board was also ad
vised that Dr. Winston was sched
uled to speak to the Kiwanis
Club at their luncheon meeting
on November 23. Mr. C. C. Bid
den, who is a member of the Ki
wanis Club, extended an invita
tion to the members of the Wel
fare Board, the Board of County
Commissioners, and the members
of the Welfare staff to be his
guests at this meeting.
Mr. McNeill also discussed with
the Welfare Board the expendi
tures of the department for the
month of September, which indi
cated the largest expenditures for
the month amounted to $11,042.-
2 3. There were 637 cases receiv
ing old age assistance in the
amount of $7,092.50. mak'ng an
average monthly payment of
$11.13; 125 families represent
ing 345 children received aid to
dependent children in the amount
of $22.59; 39 cases received aid
to the blind In the amount of
$601, giving an average monthly
payment per case of $15.41; oth
er expenditures, including gen
eral relief, hospitalization, and
mental care which were spent on
behalf of 4 6 persons, amounted
to $524.73. The board was ad
vised that there was a noticeable
increase in the number of new
applications for old age assist
ance ai.d aid to dependent chil
dren.
The board discussed the matter
of the time for future meetings,
it was pointed out that the pres
ent plan of meeting in the after
noon was not very convenient
with the members of the board,
since ail of them were business
men and could not conveniently
be away from their respective of
fices during office hours. It was
decided that the future meetings
would be held In the evening
preferably the first or the latter
par; of the week. The secretary
was requested to ^discuss the
matter with the members of the
Welfare staff and find out what
evening would be most conven
ient for all concerned. It was the
wish of the Welfare Board that
the next meeting be held in the
evening.
o-
Mr. Ralph Harbinson. who has
server as Field Scout Executive
of the Twharrie Council, with
headquarters at iHIgh Point for
the past two years, has accepted
the post of Field Scout Executive
of the Old Hickory Council. Mr.
Harbinson will take up his duties
in the Old Hickory Council on
November 1. He will specialize in
Cubbing throughout the Council
and will serve particularly the
Wilkes, Watauga and Ashe dis
tricts, succeeding Mr. J. H. C.
Thomas who resigned recently to
become Assistant Scout Executive
of the Coastal Plains Area Coun
cil with headquarters at Charles
ton. S. C.
Mr. W. E. Vaughan-Lloyd,
Scout Executive of the Old Hick
ory Council, stated that he felt
we were fortunate In p/ocuring
the services of Mr. Harbinson be
cause of his rich background In
Bor .Soo«t kBd his IntsBse
Interest in boys and their needs.
He has done an outstanding job
in the Uwharrle Council and in
releasing him Scout Executive B,
W. Hackney, of that Council,
praised Mr. Harbinson’s work
highly.
Mr. Harbinson was a Boy Scout
himself, later serving as Scout
Master of the Troop of which he
was a member. Immediately prior
to entering Scouting profession
ally he was Scout Master of
Troop 13 of Emmanuel Lutheran
Church, High Point. He attended
the 86 th National Training
School for Scout Executive, mak
ing a commendable record. Mr.
Harbinson is a Lutheran by
faith, having served a term as
president of the Lutheran Broth
erhood of the Emmanual Luther
an Church in High Point. He is a
member of the Clvltan Club. Mr.
Harbinson has one son, Charles
Harbinson, who at the present is
a Star Scout.
Mr. Harbinson made his first
appearance in the Wilkes district
at their regular meeting on Octo
ber 2. The Scouts of the district
extend a welcoming hand to Mr.
Harbinson.
Mrs. A.B. Johnston
Funeral OnTuesday
The Poultry Department at
State College has a turkey fam
ily of eight daughters that shows
no b'.'oodlness. The average num
ber of eggs per bird up to Sep
tember 1 was 140.4 eggs, and five
hens were laying.
Funeral service was held at
the First Methodist Church here
Tuesday afternoon for Mrs. Ger
trude Hunt Johnston, wife of A.
B. Johnston, prominent local in
dustrialist.
Mrs. Johnston, age 59, died at
her home here Monday, 11 a. m.,
tollowing a lingering illness. She
was a member of a well known
family, being a daughter of the
late Charles Hunt and Minnie
Stokes Hunt, of this city, and
was well and favorably known.
Surviving Mrs. Johnston are
her husband and one son. Major
Richard B. Johnston, who recent
ly received his discharge from
the army air corps after three
years service. Also surviving are
her mother, Mrs. Minnie Stokes
Hunt, of this city; three broth
ers and three’ sisters, Murphy,
Stokes and Charlie Hunt, of
North Wilkesboro; Mrs. B. T.
Steele, of Leaksville; Mrs. R. L.
Lovelace, of Elkin; Miss Myrtle
Hunt, of Detroit, Michigan.
The funeral service, which was
largely attended, was conducted
by Mrs. Johnston’s pastor. Rev.
A. C. Waggoner, and burial was
In Mount Lawn Memorial Park,
near this city.
o —^
Staff Sergeant Don Craven, 25,
son of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Craven,
of North Wilkesboro, wag acci
dentally killed on Okinawa Sep
tember 28, according to a letter
from Chaplain R. S. Slllars to
bis "parents under date of Sep
tember 28.
The chaplain’s letter, which is
the only news of S-Sgt. Craven’s
death received here, stated that
a gun being cleaned by another
man In the tent occupied by Staff
Sergeant Craven accidentally dis
charged and the bullet went
through S.-Sgt. Craven’s abdo
men. He died within a few min
utes.
S.-Sgt. Craven entered the ma
rine corps in 1941 and served
with the marine air corps on
Giiadacanal and a number of oth
er Pacific campaigns. He was
home on leave during the early
part of 1943 and returned to the
Pacific area. He was a graduate
of North Wilkesboro high school,
where he was a member of the
football team and was popular
and highly respected among the
people of this city.
He is survived by his father
and mother and the tollowing
brothers and sisters: W. A. Cra
ven, Asheboro; Paul Craven,
North Wilkesboro; Jeff Craven.
Portsmouth, Va.; Henry Craven,
Chicago; Ted Craven, North
Wilkesboro; Pvt. Ralph Craven,
in the marine corps in Japan;
Misses Louise, Marion and Marie
Craven. T. M. Brock. Misses
Florlne and Edith Craven, all of
North Wilkesboro.
Chaplain Sillars’ letter stated
that S.-Sfi Craven was slated
to come home In the near future.
A letter dated only three days be
fore his death said he was wait
ing for good weather and would
leave by plane for Pearl Harbor,
Ilrdsumabtr' on
Fred Henderson
New Fire Warden
Wilkesboro Citizen Recom
mended To Fill Out Unex
pired Bumgarner Term.
Fred Henderson, well known
Wilkesboro citizen, has been rec
ommended by the Wilkes Board
of Commissioners for the position
of Fire Warden for Wilkes coun
ty.
If his appointment is confirmed
by state authorities, which Is ex
pected as a matter of routine,
Mr. Henderson will fill the unex
pired term of Mr. J. L. Bumgar
ner, who held the position as fire
warden at the time of his death
several days ago.
Last Class In Girl
Scout Training 15
All Girl Scout leaders are
urged to attend the final class of
the training course for Girl Scout
leaders to be held Monday night,
October 15, 8 o’clock, in the re
ligious education building ol the
First Presbyterian Church, All
who have any interest in Girl
Scouting in the Wllkesboros are
urged to attend.
Check on tobacco diseases in
the field. Know the best seed for
your particular coadlfloiui.
Centennial At
Walnut Grove
Baptist Church
lOOth Anniversary of The
Church Will Be Observed
With Services Oct. 12.
Walnut Grove Baptist Church
at Pores Knob, one of the larg
est and most Infiuentlal rural
churches In this section ol the
State, wlirobseive its 100th an
niversary on Sunday, October 21,
with an all-day home-coming
service.
The centennial service will be
gin -with Sunday school at the
regular hour, followed by morn
ing worship with a sermon by
Rev. Ernest Bumgarner, pastor.
An Informal program will be
carried out in the afternoon with
talks by former pastors, former
members and others who return
to the community for the service.
’The public has a most cordial In-
Tlta^n to attend.
T-®
BUY M(«£ WAR BONDS
Sgt. Gumie Paw, son of Mrs.
Etta Paw, of Wilkesboro, route
one, has been a most active sol
dier sine:© he entered the army
In September, 1942. He went
overseas in October, 1944,
went from England to F'ranee
and was assigned to the 85th
DiWsion of the Ninth Army.
He proceeded to Berlin and
was in five European countries
before going to the Philippines.
Me is now on Luzon.
Rev. Howard Ford
Accepts Call By
Baptist In Elkin
Wilkesboro Pastor Will Take
Up Duties In Elkin About
November 15.
Rev. Howard J. Ford, for four
years pastor of the Wilkesboro
Baptist Church, has accepted the
call to be pastor of the First
Baptist Church In Elkin and
plans to enter upon his duties
there about November 15.
Decision of Rev. Mr. Ford to
accept the Elkin call was made
known to the Wilkesboro board
of deacons In meeting Monday
lliglit.' “ —■ ’ ■ ■■ ■
Rev. Mr. Ford, whose homo
was In Taylorsville, came to
Wilkesboro from >6parta, where
he was Baptist pastor, and after
one year in Wilkesboro attended
the Southwestern Baptist Semi
nary at Port Worth, Texas. He
returned to Wilkesboro three
years ago. In addition to being a
successful and beloved pastor, he
was very active in civic and com
munity affairs, was Red Cross
War Fund chairman, president of
the Ministers’ Alliance and an
active member of the North
Wilkesboro Kiwanis Club.
Erecting Building
For Gray Brothers
A spacious and modern build
ing is being erected in Wllkes-
bor for Gray Brothers Furniture
Store.
The new building, which will
be located between C. E. Lender-
man’s grocery store and Minton’s
Esso Service Station, will be of
brick construction, 50 by 90 feet
and with two floors.
It is expected that the build
ing will be ready for occupancy
by January 1. The structure will
enable Gray Brothers to en
large their stock of f.imlture and
will provide additional facilities
for operating a modem furniture
Store.
Three Auction Land
Sales On October 13
Ferris and Johnson Land Auc
tion Company will conduct three
sales of valuable real estate on
Saturday, October 13.
The first sale will be at 2 p. m„
when a new home and 30 bean-
tiful homesltes on highway 268,
midway between North Wilkes
boro and Elkin will he sold.
At 4 o’clock the Hanks home,
opposite the Ronda high school,
on 268 will be sold.
The final sale will be at 4:30,
when the Bauguss home on the
old 'Traphlll road, opposite the
Ronda cotton mill property, w^ll
go to the highest bidder.
Free Victory bond will he given
and band music will furnish en
tertainment. Everybody Is In
vited.
Jack Johnson, who has recov
ered from a recent Injury, will
conduct the sale.
.0.
MT SOT WARREN
RETOHNS TO BASE
MT Sgt. Paul M. Warren has
returned to kis marine base at
Cherry Point after spending a
15-day furlough with his moth
er and family.
CommerGe Meeting
Demonstration On
Slip Covers Oct. 19
Miss Rose Elwood Bryan, of
North Carolina State College, will
conduct a slip cover demonstra
tion In the North Wilkesboro
town hall on Friday, October 19,
beginning at 10 a. m. and con
tinuing through the afternoon.
Mrs. Annie H. Greene, Wilkes
home agent, said that many home
club members In the county had
asked that the demonstsration
be held and a large attendance is
expected.
Few Cases Tried
In October Term
Of Wilkes Court
Seven Divorces Granted;
Number Of Non-Suits;
One Damage Judgment.
With exception of seven di
vorce cases, very few cases have
been tried in the Wilkes term of
Superior Court which opened on
Monday, October 1.
A number of cases have gone
off the docket by the non-suit
route, but there have been few
jury trials. A. U. Billings was
awarded $1,000 damages in a
suit against A. A. Cashion for In
juries sustained by the negli
gence of Jack Reynolds, an em
ploye of Mr. Cashion at the time
the suit was Instituted.
Divorces were granted the fol
lowing: Edna Marie Willey vs.
IMHert Lee ■- WHley; George
Shew vs. Virginia Irene Shew;
Ijawrence Walsh vs. Nell Walsh;
Jessie Walker vs. Thurmond
Walker; A. C. Wolf vs. Gladys
Wolf; Ruby Ballard vs. George
Ballard; Verdle Ellis vs. Rufus
Ellis.
Judge William H. Bobbitt, of
Charlotte, Is presiding over the
term .which will end this week.
Meeting Friday
Night, 7:30, At
Town Nall Here
Clarence O. Kuester To Help
Organize Chamber Of
Commerce Here.
Mrs. Gilreath Is
Taken By Death
Funeral service for Mrs. Venle
Hendren Gilreath, wife of the
late M. L. Gilreath, of this city,
was held Wednesday, 11 a. m., at
the First Baptist Church.
Mrs. Gilreath, age 73, died at
her home, here Monday about
noon following a lingering Ill
ness.
Surviving Mrs. Gilreath are
two daughters and one son, Mrs.
John Rhodes and Bryan Gil
reath, of North Wilkesboro; and
Mrs. T. K. Thomas, of Wood-
haven, Long Island, N. Y.
Mrs. Gilreath was a member of
a well known family. She was a
daughter of the late Enza and
Matilda Hendren.
Last rites were conducted by
her pastor. Dr. David E. Brown
ing. Interment was In the Baptist
cemetery.
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Picnic, Camping
Parkway Areas
To Close Oct. 15
Bluff Park and Cumberland
Knob recreation areas on the
Blue Ridge Parkway will be
closed to picnlcing »nd camplng
on October 16, G. B. Liles, chief
ranger on the parkway, said here
today.
The closing affects only the
recreation areas for plchlcs and
camping and the Parkway will
remain open all winter on e
"travel at your own risk’’ basis.
Liles was accompanied here by
R. H. Griggs, of Hlllsvllle, Va.,
who is also connected with the
park Service. Ho is a son of
R. R. Griggs, of Jefferson.
Ranger Liles stated that per
sons who desire further infor
mation about Parkway travel
and facilities may write Sam P.
Weems, at Roanoke, Va.
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Clean np the bams and have
workstook vaccinated when ont-
breaks «t sleeping siokness oc
cur.
BY J. B. WILLIAMS.
To the People of North Wilkes
boro and Wilkes County;
As one who Is Intereeted in the
welfare of our county, I wish to
make the final appeal to our
citizens to attend the mass meet
ing which has been called by our
Mayor to be held lu our city hall
on Friday evening of this week
at 7:30 o’clock -This meeting
must not be a failnre, but it will
be unless each of us take time to
attend and give our services in
organizing a real Chamber of
Commerce. I personally feel that
this proposed organization will
benefit not only the people of our
two towns, but also onr farmers
and other rural citizens. We read
in our papers daily where other
towns and communities are com
ing forward by getting new in
dustries and new businesses
which bring more payrolls, more
people to trade in our stores,
more people to buy our farm pro
ducts, more people to help pay
taxes, more people to influence
our lawmakers and many other
important projects that our town
and county need.
Mr. Merchant, you should at
tend and give your services In the
organization and operation of a
llv^CTiamber of Commerce. Mr.
lja^er,'ifr. Doctor, yon should
do so, and you, Mr. Banker, and
you, Mr. Garageman, Filling Sta
tion Operator, Insurance Man.
Restaurant Man. and you, too.
Mr. other man In whatever busi
ness yon are in, need a greater
and more prosperous community
in which to conduct your busi
ness. We must unite in putting
over a Chamber of Comtoerce. It
is an old saying that in unity
there is strength, and we cannot
hope to operate a Chamber of
Commerce unless it is strong and
properly and adequately financed.
If you and I will do our bit and
pay our pro rata part of the cost
of this proposed institution it
will not hurt any of us. I do not
have to tell any of you of the
good that a Chamber of Com
merce will do, and even If It wa.s
necessary, space would not per
mit us to do so in this issue of
the Journal-Patriot.
Following this world conflict
there may be federal appropria
tions made in which our com
munity should share, but unless
we have an organization we may
not secure our part. New factor
ies and other industries can be
secured, packing houses, canning
plants, and we all know that
Wlkes county has the climate and
soil to grow the finest vegetaoles
on earth, and if this is shown to
our national food processors they
will gladly bring one of their
plants to North Wilkesboro, nut
without an organization they will
never hear of us. Let us then,
people of Wilkes county, join
hands and give of our time and
means sufficiently to put over
this most important project. It
cannot be done without money.
We must hire a trained secre
tary. North Wilkesboro nor
Wilkes county, so far as I know,
does not have a man today that
See O. of O. Page 8
Baby Beeves On
Exhibit In City
Two baby beeves whlgh won
highest places from the calves
from Wilkes shown at the Fat
Stock Show In Elkin Tuesday
were purchased by the North
Wilkesboro KlwaVils and Lions
Clubs and will be on exhibition
Friday in the Yadkin Valley Mo
tor Company used car lot on 9th
street. The pubUc is invited to
see these two exselleot calves
grown by Robert Hutchison, of
Abshers, who is now in the army.
’Twenty-seTen eatves from
Wilkes were shown at BIIcIb. A
full report of Wilkes’ part tn the
Miow will appear in thli news
paper Monday.
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