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NORTH WILKE8BORO. N. C. THURSDAY, DEC. 13, 1946
: Make North WUkeaboro Ypnr. GbfbliiMa Shoppinf Center
Golf Players Will
Plan ConstricHon
ConrseWIth Elkin
Dr. McNeill Heads Local
Group; Executive Com-
mittiee Is Appointed.
Lman Second Class Glenn Vickers, left, is now
on a 30-day leave kfter taking three months
training at San Diego, Calif. He will report back De
cember 20. Pfc. James Vickers is now with the 32nd Di
vision in Japan. He took his training at Little Rock,
Aric., and San Francisco, Calif. They are sons of Mr.
and Mrs. Odell Vickers, of Wilkesbce-o, route two.
^tball Letters
i Stores To Be Closed
Are Presented to
23 Plavers Here
Presentation Made At Chap
el Period In North 'Wilkes-
boro School Today
Two Days Christmas
Football letters were presented
^ at the North Wilkesboro chapel
period today to 25 members of
the 1945 football squad.
The letters were presented by
Charlie Manship. coach and ath-
, letic director of the school, to
'the following backs: Lloyd Tur
ner, Dwight Pardue. Paul Mc
Ginnis, Julius Rousseau, Jr., Chip
Caudill, Dan Hudson, Jr., and
BUI Byers; center. Charles Por-
I ter; guards, Jack Badgett, D. M.
I Stoker, Jimmie Day, Bobby El
ler, Joe Church; tackles. Charles
-■ * Bill Ah-
\
vs. Eddie Shook,
Don Kilby; ends, Woodrow
Albert Poteat, G. L, Ad-
m Bradley; managers.
Winters and Bobby Ker-
lley.
With the exception of Dwight
Pardue. halfback, who graduates
;hls year, all the letter men are
slated to return to school next
^ear.
\ The North Wilkesboro team,
nade up entirely this year of
>oys who had never played foot
ball, made a creditable showing
the schedule. The team lost to
iparta, Boonvllle and Elkin, tied
Sparta and defeated Boone and
Mocksville.
o
I wfoLd Home
filled Tuesday
M. Crawford,
destroyed by
' The home of J.
Ion E street, was
«re Tuesday night.
The family had been gone from
(home abou^ 20 minutes when
neighbors saw the flames, which
Jiad already enveloped much of
the residence. Firemen were able
to get the Are under sufficient
control to save nearby homes,
■ibut the Crawford residence and
all furnishings in the home were
totally destroyed.
'' Origin of the fire was not de-
Wtennined.
' The loss
was only
covered by insurance.
o
partially
. R. Miller Kills
2 Large Porkers
. A. R. Miller, Vannox. commu
nity merchant and farmer,-has
killed his year-old porkers for
'this season, and that makes
news.
This time he butchered only
5 two. One tipped the scales at a
''mere 700 pounds, while the oth
er went to 710. They were the
largest hogs ever produced on
Mr. MlUer’s farm.
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K Bas«omb W. Benge
^fees Held Today
Kn
I ^neral service for Bascomb
MW Benab, 61, ^ycle cltlsen, who
Sidled «flUay at his home, was
^held today, 11 a. m„ at Oak
^Lorove church.
i' Mr. Benge Is surrlred by his
I wife and 15 sons and daughters:
lllra. Bd Vestal, Jonesville;
I Worth Benge, Lenoir; Claude,
James Wellborn and Grover
^wnge, of Cycle; Walter Benge,
Thurmond; Hlllery, Tilda Jane,
■ yary Lou, Bufus, Ruth, Pauline,
jjfargle, Jimmie. and Bascomb
Beags, Jt.. aU of Cycle.
Acconllng to the plan of holi
days agreed upon earlier in the
year by North Wilkesboro
merchants, local stores will be
closed on Christmas Day, De
cember 25, and the following
day, December 26.
-^OUR BOYS
• • a • •
WILLIAM .M.^RTIN RHODES
ON CARRIER TRANSPORT
William Martin Rhodes, 20.
seaman, second class, DSNR,
North Wilkesboro, N. C., de-
baiked at Guam with more than
750 other navy men from this
carrier transport for further as
signment in the western Pacific
to replace higher point men
bound lor home. .
Now a- part , of--the navy’s
‘‘Magic Carpet” fleet, this big,
new carrier was to pick up 3,200
discharge-eligible soldiers at
Saipan for transportation to the
West Coast.
BU IM m
SEAMAN CONRAD CARDWELL
RECEIVES DISCHARGE
Coniad Cardwell, seaman, first
class, has been honofably dis
charged from the navy and has
arrived home after 30 months
service. He received eight battle
stars for action in the Pacific and
the Purple Heart for wounds re
ceived on December 15. 1944. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. G.
Cardwell, of Wilkesboro, route
two.
Is IIS
HI’BERT VVTNKLER AT
DICKS SERVICE STATION
Hubert Winkler, who served
with the navy on the Atlantic
and Pacific as a shipfltter, second
class, recently received his dis
charge and returned to his fam
ily here. He is now employed at
Dirk's Service Station.
Mr. Winkler is a son of Mrs.
J. E. Winkler, of North Wilkes
boro. •
o
Golf players of the Wllkes-
boros In meeting Tuesday night
formed an organization instruct
ed to work with a similar organ
ization in Elkin with the aim of
constructing a golf course for
the two towns.
With about 35 local golf enthu
siasts and a delegation from El
kin present, the meeting was
held at the North Wilkesboro
town hall.
Dr. J. H. McNeill, who was in
strumental In starting th# golf
course movement and calling the
meeting, was elected chairman.
The assembly voted to form a
permanent organization with Dr.
McNeill as chairman and he ap
pointed an executive committee,
as follows; J. R. Hlx, chairman;
R. G. Finley, Edd F. Gardner,
Henry Moore and Hoyle M.
Hutchens. R. W. Gwyn, Jr., was
elected secretary-treasurer.
John Sagar headed a delega
tion from Elkin. He stated that
Elkin golfers would welcome the
formation of a club with the
North Wilkesboro organization
and construction of a course be
tween the two towns.
The executive committee was
Instructed to ascertain the lo
cation and approximate price of
any available and suitable land
for a golf course and to get cost
estimates on construction, up
keep and operation.
It was also decided that the
executive committee will meet
with the Elkin organization at an
early date for further study of
the proposal.
$11,549 Is Total
Expenditures By
Ceirofy ttfeKare
Speeds Discharge Of
The Navy Personnel
Washington, Dec. 10.—The
navy relaxed its rules today with
the intention of speeeding up re
turn of men and women home for
Christmas.
Effective today, the navy said,
men and women on duty within
the United States continental lim
its who will become eligible for
separation on or before Decem
ber 31 may be released immedi
ately.
The authority includes person
nel serving on ships now In Uni
ted States ports.
V
R. A. M. Chapter
Officers Elected
North Wilkesboro Chapter No.
78, of Royal Arch Masons have
elected officers for the ensuing
year, as follows: H. T. Clark,
high priest; Johnson Sanders,
king; Maurice Walsh, scribe: C.
P. Walter, treasurer; J. C. Gray
son, secretary; ‘Troy A. %erry,
captain of the host; O. M. Prof-
fit, principal sojourner; Tam
Shoemaker, royal arch captain;
Ed Crysel, first veil; Bruce Phil
lips, second veil; ‘Thos. E. For
ester, third veil; John Wells, Jr.,
chaplain; Sherman T. Anderson,
guard.
The local chapter has experi
enced a sncceegfnl year and sev
eral new members have recently
been added.
The Wilkes County Welfare
Board met In regular session at
the Welfare office at 7 p. m. on
Thursday, December 6. All three
members of the board, composed
of P. J. Brame, chairman; F. C.
Johnson and C. C. Bidden, were
present.
Charles C, McNeill, secretary
to the board, read a letter which
had been received from R. Eu
gene Brown, director of Public
Assistance. Raleigh, in which he
stated that the monthly allot
ment for old age assistance was
being reduced $80 per month ef
fective the first of the year due to
the fact that we were not using
the money In Wilkes county. Mr.
Brown stated that this money
was being allotted to other coun
ties who wished to exceed their
allotments. The secretary pointed
out to the board that he felt the
money was needed by recipients
in Wilkes county and he hoped
that the board would authorize
him to write Mr. Brown and re
quest that the allotment not be
reduced any more. Plans were
also discussed whereby the un
expended monthly allotment
might be used for the benefit of
the needy of Wilkes county. The
board indicated that at the rate
we had been increasing grants
during the past few months that
we would be using all of our al
lotment by the first of the year.
Upon the recommendation of the
secretary, the board approved an
educational leave of absence of
Mrs. W. R. Absher, who plans to
take further training in social
work.
The secretary gave the board
figures on the expenditures of
the department for the month of
November. This report indicated
a total expenditure of $11,549.-
96 for all purposes. A breakdown
of these figures revealed tkat 646
persons received old age assist
ance in the amount of $7,305.50
which gives an average monthly
payment of $11.33; 131 families
received aid to dependent chil
dren to the extent of $3,085,
making an average monthly pay
ment per family of $23.56; 37
persons received aid to the blind
in the amount of $608, which
gives an average monthly pay
ment of $16.43;- othw expendi
tures. including general relief,
hospitalization and medical care,
boarding homes, etc., amounted
to $551.46.
V
Caveh Bronze Star
PFC. BMlBOLD McGRADY
Harold McGrady
Gets Bronze Star
Pfc. Harold McGrady, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Spencer McGrady.
of North Wilkesboro, route one,
has been awarded the bronze star
medal for heroic achievement in
action.
The citation accompanying
the medal awarded Pfc. McGrady,
who has been In service since
1941, was as follows:
“Pfc. Harold E. McGrady,
399th infantry regiment, for he
roic achievement in action on
16 April, 1945, In the vicinity of
Talheim, Germany. When his
platoon was subjected to such
Intensf, enemy artillery and small
arms fire while crossing an open
field that they were forced to
withdraw, leaving their heavy
equipment and a wounded rifle
man behind them, Pfc. McGrady,
a jeep driver, courageously vol
unteered to return and rescue
the wounded man and the aban
doned equipment. A|though di
rect_hOBMi»
ted upon him, PreTl^fifady per
sisted in his mission until he
evacuated the casualty and load
ed the unit’s equipment into his
jeep, whereupon he retired to a
position of safety. The heroic ac
tion of this soldier saved a man’s
life and salvaged a large quan
tity of equipment. Entered mili
tary service from North Wilkes
boro, N. C.”
Memorial Senrice
For Pfc. Y a t e s
LomI Stideits
Gatherifijl Toys
k
3tudenta In Athletic Depart
ment Of School Active In
Chriatma Cheer
Students of North Wilkesboro
high school, led by boys who are
participating in the school’s ath
letic department, are .collecting
and repairing toys to be distribu
ted to underprivileged children
In North Wilkesboro.
Students have already taken
from their homes- many toys,
which are being repaired and re
conditioned. They will be assist
ed ill the distribution by Mrs. J.
L. Clements, city welfare officer.
People In homes which are not
represented by the participating
students and who wish to donate
toys to the worthy cause are
asked to contact Charlie Man- \
ship, school athletic director, orj
any participating student.
Taken By Deatli
APioMeCitizei,
DM 0i Taesdiy
Was Pioneer Citizen Of
City; Prominent In The
BiuineM World.
FLOYD C. FORESTER
Couple Married In
Liberty Theatre
While the newsreel flashed on
the screen, Robert Cardwell and
Annie Webb said their marriage
vows in the Liberty theatre Mon
day afternoon as the news com
mentator’s voice droned In the
background.
The bride and groom, residents
of near this city, had their marri
age license and were looking for
a justice of the peace when they
remembered that Magistrate C.
J. Jones spends his afternoons
taking tickets at the Liberty the
atre, and they proceeded to look
up ‘Squire Jones.
He didn’t have any one to re
lieve him at ticket snatching
while he went to his office, so the
bride and groom stood In the lob
by for the ceremony
To make sure that the couple
will have some honeymoon en
tertainment, Ivan D. Anderson,
theatre manager, presented them
First Basketball
Game Of Season
On Friday Night
Varsity And B Teams Will
Play Ronda Boys Here
Friday Night
the squad after more practice.
Harley Jolly Heads
A. S. T. C. Frosh
The election of freshman class
officers at Appalachian State
Teachers College, scheduled for
Tuesday, December 4, turned out
to be a spirited event covering
several days and ending on Sat
urday.
The voting was by secret bal
lot and resulted finally in the
election of Harley Jolly, of Boom
er, president: Carl Fidler, of
Cornelius, vice-president; Roger
Hiatt, of Mt. Airy, secretary; and
Lee Mast, of Sugar Grove, treas
urer. Half of the officers of the
class are veterans of World War
II, Mr. Jolly and Mr. Fidler.
By virtue of this election, the
president and secretary automat
ically become members of the
Student Council.
Nortl^ Wilkesboro high school
boys will open their basketball
season here Friday night with
the varsity and B teams playing
Ronda boys.
Coach Charlie Manship said
today that practice had been
badly handicapped because of the
current flu epidemic, but that
the boys are showing much inter
est and prospects are good for
development of a fast team after
more practice.
Some of the boys who have
been showing up well in practice
include Lloyd Turner, Chip Cau
dill, Woodrow Ballard, Dan Hud
son, Jr., Gene Foster, Buddy
Bowman, Dwight Pardue, Jack
Badgett, Bill Byers, Bobby Ker-
ley, Joe Eller and Pjaul McGinnis.
The first game Friday night
will begin at 7 o’clock, and all
basketball fans are Invited.
Under direction of Miss Mary
Spoer the high school girls are
progressing well In basketball
practice and much interest has
already been shown in the intra
mural games. Games will be ar
ranged with teams of other
schools, and the first girls’ game
will be shortly after January 1.
Mrs. Mary Cain Is
Claimed By Death
Lois Rainwater, home agent of
the Extension Service in Wilson
county has been elected secretary-
treasurer of the National Home
Demonstration Agents’ Associa
tion.
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PPG. ROBY PAUL YA'TES
Memorial service for Pfc. Roby
Paul Yates, who was killed In ac
tion in France November 13,
1941, will be held at New Hope
Baptist church near Purlear on
Sunday, December 12, 2 p. m
Rev. George Cooper, of Hickory,
and Rev. A. W. Eller will con
duct the service.
Pfc. Yates, 'son of Mrs. Clear-
sle Yates Robinson, of Purlear,
and the late Conrad Yates, en
tered the army October 28, 1942,
went overseas March 1, 1943, was
wounded In FYanoe July 9, 1944,
recovered In a hospital In Eng
land and returned to his outfit
September 21, 1944. He returned
to the front October 15 and
fought bravely until he was
Mrs. Mary H. Cain, age 67,
resident of the Moravian Palls
community, died Monday and
funeral was held today, 2 p. m..
at the new church near her home.
Rev. J. A. Miller and Rev. S. M.
Fox conducted .the service.
Mrs. Cain leaves two sons and
one daughter, Walter and W. H.
Cain, and Mrs. G. B. Rogers, all
of Moravian Falls.
December Term
Superior Court
Now Under Way
Heads Triple A
killed.
Stone Mountain
Sinfing Dee. 20
stone ’ Mountain union singing
will be held on Sunday, Decem
ber SO, in the Mountain . View
school auditorium.
J. A. Gilliam, chairman, an^
nounced that the program will
open at 1 p. m. and all singers
are invited to attmid and take
part.
H. O. Roberts, isromlnent far
mer of the Cycle conunnnlty,
has again been elected chair
man of the, YTOkes Gooaty
Tri|de A Committee, which
administers the goyermneat’s
farm program in Wflkes.
December term of Wilkes Sut
perior Court is in session in
Wilkesboro with Judge Wm. H.
Bobbitt, of Charlotte, presiding.
The term opened Monday with
about 150 cases on the criminal
docket. J. C. McNeill was named
foreman of the grand jury.
Divorces were granted in the
following cases: Lucy V. Hadley
vs. A. M. Hadley; Cuius A) Rob
erts vs. Alta Souther Roberts:
Sylvia Rector vs. Durwoofi Rec
tor; Robert Cardwell vs. Alice
Cardwell: James Higgins vs. Ma
rie Higgins; Lucille Johnson vs.
Robert Johnson; George S. Wil
son vs. Sue Sprinkle Wilson; P.
H. Parsons vs. Carrie Parsons;
Ray Sparks vs. Ruby Sparks;
Arlyss Eller vs. Arlee Eller;
Daisy McNeill Coffey vs. Clyde
Coffey. '
James. Queen was sentenced to
12 montfib on the roads after he'
had entered a plea to house
breaking, larceny and receiving.
Carl Mitchell, colored, was
fined $50 and drew a 60-day sus-
tence snspended on charge of op
erating a car while Intoxicated.
Accounts of cases tried since
Monday will appear in the next
issue of this newspaper.
rioyd C. (Tom) Forester. 64.
a pioneer citizen of this city, and
for many years active in busi-
"ness and'A political circles of this
northwest section of North Car
olina, died about noon on Tues
day at Davis Hospital in States
ville, to which hospital he had
been rushed early In the morn
ing. His death removes one of
the best known personages of
Wilkes and adjoining counties.
Mr. Forester was born near the
city on June 2, 1881, the son of
the late Albert and Sarah 'Virgin
ia Forester, and with the excep
tion of several years he resided
In Wilkesboro, he made his home
in this city.
Mr. Forester, known as "Tom”
to his numerous friends here and
throughout the state, saw North
Wllkeaboro grow from an unin
corporated village to the thriv
ing, bustling city of today. Dur
ing his earlier life he promoted '
many civic Improvements which
had much to do with the devel
opment of North Wilkesboro.
For many years Mr. Forester
was active in political affairs of
the county and state. He was a
staunch Democrat, and believed
firmly In the principles of his
party. During his active political
life he served his party on vari
ous committees. For a number
of years he was chairman of the
Wilkes County Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee and also the
State Executive Committee. ' In
1932 he served as a delegate
from this congressional district
at the National Democratic Con
vention, at which time the late
President Rcwsevelt was nomi
nated as the standard bearer of
his party. Mr. Forester also
served as a member of the Board
of Commissioners of the Town
otHorth 'WUkssboro.. .
Mr. Forester was one’
city’s outstanding business men
He was one of the originators of
the local Coca-Cola Bottling Co.,
operated a wholesale grocery
business in the city, and for a
number of years operated the
Forester Canning Company, one
of the largest companies of Its
kind in the South. I.ater he
withdrew from the canning busi
ness and entered the wholesale
and retail oil business, which ex
panded to large proportions un
der his personal management.
In early life Mr. Forester was
united in marriage with Miss
Mary Lina McLain, of this city,
who survives him. To this union
were born three children, Floyd
C., Jr., deceased; Mrs. F. P.
Blair, Jr, and Mrs. Watson
Brame. Five grandchildren are
also among the close surviving
/relatives. Mr. Forester was a
brother of the late Fidell For
ester, who was one of the best
known wholesale dry goods and
grocery merchants In this north
west section of the state.
A very impressive funeral serv
ice was held at the First Presby
terian church this morning at 11
o’clock, the service being con
ducted by the pastor, Rev. Watt
M. Cooper. Interment followed
in Greenwood cemetery.
Pallbearers were nephews and
cousins of the deceased, as fol
lows: George S. Forester, F. D.
Forester, Jr., N. S. Forester,
Gordon Forester, Eddie Forester,
Claude C. Faw, Jr., Cpl. Thomas
M. Faw, Warner Miller, Jr., and
Foy Raymer.
■The many floral tributes to the
life of Mr. Forester were most
beautiful.
Rajnnond Cleary, of
Wilkesboro, Not On
Calendar of Court
The name of Raymond Cleary
appeared on the court calendar
as publish'ed in this newspaper
Monday.
This is to inform the public
that the Raymond Cleary whose
name appeared in the calendar
for a nnmiber of cases is not the
Raymond, Cleary who lives in
Wilkesboro and who is employed
by Quality Cleaners in this city.
Raymond Cleary, who has a num
ber of cases in court,. lives north
of the city on highway 18.
BUY ^^ORT BC^l
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Land Sale Here
To Be Dec. 19fh
■Valuable real estate, includ
ing the land In the triangle at
the Intersection of highways 268
and 18, at the northern limits of
North Wilkesboro, will he sold at
auction on Wednesday, Decem
ber 19, by Penny Brothers, wide
ly known auctioneers.
'The property was recently
purchased from Col. Henry Blair
by T. J. Frazier and Ralph Fra
zier, who hare engaged Penny
Brothers to conduct the sale.
Included in the property are
many desirable huslness sites on
the intersecting highways and
residential sites on Reynolds
road. Persons who desire to in
spect the property and sub-dlTla-
ion plans prior to the sale may
contact J. R. Ronssean, local
agent for Penny Brothers.
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