Make Nordi im«riion> Ycmr CaarirtaMM Skoppirng’
Cntata SnRdty,
Eight P. M., At
the First Baptisf
Gets' Promotion
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Courthouse Offices
Bb Closed 3 Days
Ck(w Of 45 Voices To Ren
der Matthews’ “The
Story Of Christmas.”
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A choir of 45 Tolces will pre
sent “The Storr of Christmas,” a
cantata b7 H. Alexander Mat
thews, In a candlelight service
Sunday night, December 23, 8:00
o’clock, at the First Baptist
church.
The cantata will be presented
under direction ot Mrs. A. F.
Kilby with Miss Lois Scroggs a:
|auest organist and Miss Elsie
"ichols as pianist.
A crowd'e^ttai to the 750 who
the cantata at the First
raptlst church last year is an
ticipated. Those who are to take
part have worked diligently in
preparation tor the cantata,
which is expected to be a most
inspiring presentation.
A silver offering will be taken
V ft the service.
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Offices In ‘the, Wilkes county
court house will close for the
Christmas holidays at ijoon on
Saturday, December 22, and will
not be open until Thursday, De-'
cember 27.
In the evMit of any emer-
.gency, the public may get In
touch with the official needed to
carry on the county business.
Groaps Of Mei Are
Snt Fron WiikM
F 0 r Exammations
STORES WILL BE
CLOSED 2 DAYS
FOR CHRISTMAS
Both Selective Service Boards
In Wllkee on Tuesday forwarded
groups of men to P\>rt Bragg for
pre-induction examination for
service In the army and navy
Lists of men sent by the two
Two Local Boys Are
On Virgrinia State
Championship Team
Football team ot Woodberry
Forest School at Orange, Va.. won
the state high school football
dhampionship during the pas'*
season, winning every game and
allowing the opposing team-s
only three touchdowns.
Two North Wllkesboro boys
were on the Woodberry Forest
team. Bucky Horton, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Palmer Horton, was a
halfback, and Tom Eshelman.
son of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Eshel
man, played left tackle.
Glenn K. Golliher, pharma
cist’s mate, 3rd class, son f
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn K. Gollih
of Ronda, has notified his p... -
ents that he has been promo
ter! to his present rating. He
entered service June 5, 1044,
and Is now stationed on Okina
wa.
BRRR!, COLDEST
WEATHER HERE
IN PAST 5 YEARS
Father Of 19 Is
Takea By Death
F*uiieral lerTlca was held to-
at BuptM Rotte church tor
Tvid Hart, age 70, local citizen,
bo died Tuesday.
Hart Is survived by his
.Yeand IS sons and daughters:
Mrs. N. C. Shepherd, Walter and
William Hart, of Laurel Springs;
Mrs. Otto Wilcox, Glendale
Springs; Mra. Earl Miller and
Mrs. W. E. Lockhart, of Hickory;
Fred Hart, Laurel Springs; Miss
Nellie Hart, Raleigh; Mrs. W. W.
Phillips, Boomer; Mrs. A. A.
Ritchie, China Grove; Mrs. Z. C.
Higgs, Lenoir; Mrs. W. E. Bar
ringer, Kannapolis; G. L. Hart,
Landis; Ford Hart, Lenoir: Er-
merson Hart, Mrs. Monroe Brown
Miss Blanche Hart and Miss En-
ola Hart, of North Wllkesboro;
. Joe Hart, of Lenoir.
%^DR BOYS
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JACK ANDERSON HERE
FOR SEVERAL DAYS
Jack Anderson, who is in na
vel officer!' training, returned to
Great Lakes. HI., today after
spending a few days here with
bis parents, Mr. and Mrs. James
Anderson.
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S.-SGT. BILL OREW.S
HERE ON FURLOUGH
Staff Sergeant Bill Crews, of
Louisville. Ky.. has arrived to
spend the holidays h're with his
mother, Mrs. W. H. Crews.
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Wilkes today had the coldest
weather in five years.
Thermometer readings (unof
ficial) early today were from
three to five above zero and the
weather man promised no imme
diate relief.
This morning was the coldest
weather here since January.
1940, when the mercury sank be
low zero on two or three consecu
tive mornings.
Practically all of the four-inch
snowfall of Tuesday afternoon re
mained on the ground today and
highways were slippery with
snow and Ice, making travel haz
ardous throughout northwestern
North Cgrollna.
Highway forces have worked
diligently since Tuesday after
noon to clear the snow from the
highways, but the rapidly fall
ing flakes were packed on the
pavement by traffic as it fell.
Dr. Combs Addresses
Woman's Club Here
Ninety per cent of the mistle
toe on Christmas markets comes
from Oklahoma where this green
grows abundantly.
Legion Commander
Er. Gilbert R. Combs, pastor
of the North Wllkesboro First
Methodist church, addressed the
Woman’s Club of this city In its
monthly meeting held Monday
afternoon at the club house on
Trogdon street. Dr. Combs, who
spoke on "Christian Living In
.An American Home,” was pre
sented by Mrs. C. E. Jenkins,
program chairman. Mrs. Joe E.
Johnson, the president, presided
for the usual business session.
Mrs. J. Q. Adams was named as
recording secretary to succeed
Mrs. J. D. Sohaefer, who is leaving
soon to live at Marlinton, W. Va.,
and Mrs, T. H. Waller as corre
sponding secretary to succeed
the late Mrs. A. B. Johnston.
During the afternoon the group
sang Christmas carols, accompa
nied at the piano by Mrs. William
Marlow. The hostesses, Mrs. R.
T. McNiel, Mrs R. J. Hlnshaw
and Mrs. R. E. Gibbs, served re
freshments.
According to a plan adopted
by local merchants several
montbis ago, stores In North
Wllkesboro will be closed two
days for Christmas, Tuesday
and Wednesday, December SS5
and 26.
In addition to the stores, a
number of other bnslness of
fices, inclndlng both banks,
will be closed on Tuesday and
Wednesday.
The /stores will be open on
Monday, December 24, and
will reopen on Thursday morn
ing, December 27. '
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Journal-Patriot
For Monday Will
Be Printed 22nd
In order to allow the force a
brief holiday vacation, The
Journal-Patriot for Monday,
December 24, will be printed
on Saturday, December 22, and
all who have any mateiflal,
news or advertising, for pub
lication In the Monday, De
cember 24 Issue, are asked to
have It in this office Friday
afternoon.
No paper will be published
for Thnrsday, Decembee 27,
and the next issue after ChrisG
mas will appear Mondi^, De>
oemsber 81.
boards follow:
Board Number One
Allen Watson.
Frederick E. Rhymer.
Paul Cecil Marley.
June Sidney Price.
Jesse Ray Wiles.
Hugh Calvin Hayes.
Tommie Junior Church.
Guilford Clint Johnson.
Isaac Richard Shoun.
Frank Jajnes Prevette.
Dewey Berl Johnson.
Ralph Hardin Simpson.
Hugh Harold Franklin.
Dean Daniel N. Mathis.
Board Number Two
James Caster Carson.
Walter A. Holbrook.
Jessie Ward Hodge.
WUliam Lee Daye.
William Roscoe McNeill.
Talmadge Spicer.
Rufus Collins.
Ted Junior Ellis.
Charles M. Coffey.
John R. Poplin.
Ernest Bowers.
James Doughton Thylor.
Lester Ray Wagoner.
John Freel Miller (transfer).
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Coming
Three WeebCpirt
Ml Conm Jn.
14tk U Mkesboro
Judge Allen H. Gwyn Will
Preside Over Term For
Trial Of Cnril Cases
Holiday Schedule
For Draft Boards
Holiday MaHii;
Sets ^ Record
At the Postoffice
Selective Service offices here
and in Wllkesboro will be closed
for Christmas on Monday and
Tnesday, December 24 and 25.
The offices will be closed for New
Tear on December 31 and Janu
ary 1, but will be open on two
Saturdays, Dec. 29 and Janu
ary 5. This schedule of holidays
Is in accord with orders received
from SelastlVe Service headlfsar-
ters.
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Hi-Y ChiirtBuis
Dance On Friday
Total Of More Than 18,000
Cards And Letters Mailed
Here On Monday
Annnal Christmas dance spon
sored by the JH-Y Club In North
Wllkeeboro high school will be
held at the Woman’s Club Friday
night, 9 o’clock. In addition to
those who have received Invita
tions, former students of the
school are invited. It will be a
formal dance.
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LOCAL SCHOOLS DO GOOD JOB WITH
CHRISTMAS SEALS; RETURNS SHOW
OTHER PHASES OF CAMPAIGH SLOW
No.rtb Wllkesboro high school
made an excellent record In sales
of Christmas seals to aid In the
fight on tuberculosis but returns
from other phases of the cani-
;palgn in Wilkes are lagging, It
.was learned today from Mrs. C.
1.-figkofford, Mhl mle ebUnnen.
guard a^lnst tuberculosis. De
termined efforts will be contin
ued to reach the Christmas seal
sale goal of |286,000, It was an
nounced by Frank W. Webster,
executive secretory of the North
Carolina ’Tuberculosis Aseocla-
tlon.
Pre-holiday mall at the North
Wllkesboro post office Is by far
the heaviest in the history of the
office. It was learned today from
Postmaster J. C. Reins.
Monday was one of the heav
iest days for outgoing mall andi
more than 18,000 cards and let-| gouthslde Singing Association
ters went through the cancelling ^ ^ regular fifth Sun-
machine. “Tills did not Include „ .
. , day session on Sunday, Decem-
parcels and packages too large ■'
for the machine and which were lier 31, at Zion Hill Baptist
Singing Dec. 31st
Zion Hill Church
processed by hand and not count
ed.
Since Monday the Incoming
mall has reached greater propor
tions than ever before and the
church at Boomer. Attorney F.
J. McDuffie, chairman, announced
the singing and invited all gos
pel singers to attend and take
part. The day’s program will
short-handed post office person-1 open at the Sunday school hour
Important Notice
To Subscribers
Journal-Patriot
nel has worked night and day
trying to keep up with the flood
of holiday mail. Even at wartime
peak the post office did not han
dle nearly so much mall as dur
ing this Christmas season.
Miss Barnes Soloist
At Wake Forest
and continue through the day
with dinner at the church at.
noon.
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Race horses are being sold In
Eire at record high prices.
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On January 1, 1946, several
hundred subscriptions to The
Journal-Patriot will expire.
Those who have the date of
1-4 6 on their address labels are
asked to please renew their sub
scriptions before January 1 in
order that their subscription will
not be discontinued.
The Journal-Patriot appreci
ates the loyal support of thou
sands of subscribers. During the
past four years the paper has op
erated under wartime handicans
of shortage ot material* and 1*^
bor, and it has not always been
possible to render the type of
service desjred.
It has been impossible to per
sonally notify subscribers before
subscriptions expire, and that la
why we ask subscribers to watch
the date on the pink address la
bels.
Subscribers are also reminded
to always state the old address
In making requests tor changes
of address.
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The Eire government has been
petitioned to subsMlze hot boos
es for the growing ot tomatoes.
Wake Forest, Dec. 18.—The
Wake Forest Glee Club last night
presented its annual Christmas
program under the direction of
Miss Albertine Lefler.
The program consisted of two
organ numbers by Miss Lefler as
prelude, a cantata "The Adora
tion" (George Nevln), and the
hallelujah chorus from "The
Messiah” (G. F. Handel). Miss
Lucy Rawlings, of Conway, was
pianist, and Dr. H. M. Poteat, of
Wake Forest, was organist
Soloists were: Billie Barnes, of
North Wllkesboro: William T.
Roberson, of Candler; Bettye Al
exander, of Kannapolis; and Os
car P. Campbell, Jr., of St. Louis,
Mo.
Auto Dealers Will
Be Closed Monday,
Tuesday, Dec. 24-25
Yadkin Valley Motor Company,
Gaddy Motor Company, Wilkes
Auto Sales Company and Motor
Service Sales Company and Mid
way Pontiac Co. will be closed
on Monday and ’Tuesday, Decem
ber 24 and 26. All fonr of the es-
tabllsbmento will reopen on Wed
nesday, December 26.
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■'a No. t postwar tronMe
BUY MOEE WAE BONDS
'ftuusand dollars,
repprt showed * total of only
26S0. Those who have not paid
for their seals are asked to send
their remittances to Mrs. B. N.
Phillips, treasurer, North Wllkes
boro.
A total of $104.20 was raised
in North Wllkesboro school,
where the campaign was con
ducted under the direction of
Miss Myrtle Tuttle, faculty mem
ber. ’This was a new record for
the school and a much higher
figure than last year. The three
highest ranking rooms in the re
turns were: Miss Tuttle s,
$14.85; Mrs. Thos. C. Price’s
$14.78; Miss Lucille Young’s,
$11.45.
Following Is a release from
the state headquarters of the
campaign:
Early reports on the 1945
Christmas seal sale Indicate a lag
in returns In spite of the fact
that during the Immediae post
war years the American public
should be strengthening its
latest WOTS have been -followed consist
ently ihy Increases In tuberculo
sis, althongh It is too early to
predict in the United States the
effect of World War II In this re
port. ’There have been sharp In
creases In tuberculosis, however.
In Europe and Asia, where this
long-term disease has had a num
ber of years to make Its destruc
tion known.
’The state and oommnnlty goals
In the 1945 Christmas seal sale
should and must be met, Web
ster said, In order that the "rol-
untary tuberculosis organiza
tions may continue and even aug
ment their programs of health
education and case-finding in
bringing In check the greatest
killer of youth In our nation. The
appeal for funds to fight tuber
culosis Is made only once a year,
Webster continued, but the Im
portance of the seal sale as a
means of controlling tuberculo
sis .through education cannot be
minimized.
FRANK SOUTHER KILLED BY HIS
BROTHER, JAMES, ON MONDAY
Robert Franklin Souther, 42-
year-old veteran of World War
II, was Instantly killed by his
.brother, James; Souther, at
James Souther’s home In Love
lace township Monday evening,
six o'clock.
Coroner I. M. Myers, who in
vestigated the death, stated that
Souther was killed by a shotgun
charge fired at close range into
his face.
James Souther was apprehend
ed a short time later by Depu
ties Sheriff A. H. Holbrook and
Bob Edwards and Is being held
in jail" at Wllkesboro pending a
coroner’s hearing.
Coroner Myers stated that the
evidence he obtained from mem
bers of the family was to the
effect that J. Franklin Souther,
single, had been making his
home with his brother, James
Souther, and family. On Monday
evening iboth were drinking, ac
cording to the statement of Mrs.
Jamed Souther, and they were
quarreling a short time before
she heard a shot and saw J.
Franklin Souther fall as he
started toward her husband, w,.o
was in the honse. James Souther
later admitted to officers that he
fired the sliot.
Souther Is survived by the fol
lowing brothers and sisters: W.
W. Sontber, WUkeaboro, route 2;
Carl Souther, North Wllkesboro,
route 8; Mrs. Roosevelt Johnson,'
Mrs. Ruby Pendorgrasa .aad Mrs.
Elsie Hendren, 'WilkesboM, rente
2; Mrs. LilUe 0*11, North Wllkes
boro, route 3; and Mrs. Vertle
Smlthey. Oakwoods.
Funeral service for Souther
was held today at Mt. Sinai
church.
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Gland extracts, like fire, may
cause much harm to farm ani
mals, says Dr. C. D. Grinnells,
veterinarian of the Agricultural
Experiment Station at State Col
lege.
Heads Legion Women
Mn. WalUti «. OraVM, Ghach^
1ft* was sftrtii fsHMift
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Wilkes Superior Court for
trial of civil cases will convene in
Wllkesboro on Monday, January
14.
Judge Allen H. Gwyn, of
Reldsville, will preside over the
term.
Many cases have been placed
on the calendar, which was ar
ranged by the Wilkes Bar Asso
ciation.
Jurors for the term have been
drawn as follows;
First Week
B. J. Tucker, Edwards; Ed
mund E. Mayberry, Somers: W.
B. Prevette, Somers; A. T. Jones,
Wllfceeboro; Howard L. Martin,
Mulberry; W. M. Sparks, Ed
wards; Arthur L. Marlow, Love
lace; W. F. Alexander, Mulber
ry; Ambrose Shumate, Union; B.
C. Hayes, Reddies River; B. L.
Call, Wllkesboro; Clifton Byrd,
Mulberry: Natt Carter, Edwards;
Luther Staley. Antioch; Richard
N. Nichols, Reddles River; T. B.
Lewis, New Castle: F. C. Nichols,
Reddles River; C. C. Pardue,
Traphill; W. H. Francis, Walnut
Grove; Freddie Marlow, Brushy
Mountain; Chester I. Church,
Jobs Cabin; Major Combs. Rock
Creek; C. E. Andereon, Wllkes
boro; T. S. Huffman, Sam .4.nder-
eon, Joe R. Shew and A. G. Fin
ley. North Wllkesboro: James H.
Johnson, Rock Creek; A. D.
Treadway, Moravian Falls: A. G.
Adams, Walnut Grove; F. C.
Smith, Edwards; J. F. Taylor,
Elk; Leroy Eller, Moravian
Falls;: A. M. Holbrook, Walnnt
Grove; Callle Greene, Elk; Pete
Ashley, Union.
Second Week
Gene Brooks, Walnut Grove;
S. T. Eskridge, New Castle; V. 1.
Minton, Reddles River; C. W. Bl-
rr ltoe* GreftK W. It fftin-
son, Edwards; O. M. Alexander.
Rock Creek; T. C. Calloway. Now
Castle; Clarence Darnell, Ed
wards; W. T. Transeau. Wllkes
boro; Van Lankford. Reddle*
River; George M. Minton, North
Wllkesboro; Spurgeon O. Go
forth, Somers; T. C. Poplin, Ed
wards; Vester L. Nichols, Som
ers: J. M. Mathis, Edwards; E.
R. Dancy, Union; C. W. Harrold.
Rock Creek; Napier M. Osborne,
Traphill: Alvin Minton. North
Wllkesboro: Shack Couch, Ed
wards; W. R. Dejournette. Trap-
hill; J. A. Hayes, Reddies River;
Noah Walker, New Castle; T. W.
Boyd, Edwards; H. H. Scott,
Lewis Fork; Jesse Alexander,
Edwards: E. C. Higgins, Rock
Creek: Otto E. Shumate, Union;
Ambrose Whittington, Mulberry;
W. A. Church, Elk; R. H. Elliott,
Reddies River; C. O. Parsons.
Stanton; Austin H. Lovette,
North Wllkesboro; M. V. Sebas
tian, Rock Creek; D. D. Queen,
Brushy Mountain; Glenn Eller,
Mulberry.
Third Week
R. D. Cooper. Reddles River;
Fltzhu Richardson, North Wllkes
boro; J. R. Byrd, Antioch; Mc
Kinley Eller, Lewis Fork; Major
Higgins, Walnut Grove; N. M.
Johnson, Mulberry; H. W. Cox,
Traphill; Edd B. Hendren, Brushy
Mountain; Everett Beshears,
North Wllkesboro; Ralph Wat
son, Jobs Cabin; W. F. Waters.
Jobs Cabin; T. A. Eller. Reddies
River; A. F. Walsh, Beaver
Creek; C. G. Williams, Boomer;
T. L. Byrd, Edwards: I. C. John
son, Walnut Grove; R. D. Min
ton, Lewis Fork; R. L. Pennell,
Boomer; Charlie Lyon, Trap-
hill; J. T. Woods, Elk; G. B.
Kemp, Somers: C. M. Pardue,
Wllkesboro; P. H. Blankenship,
Elk; Carlyle Ingle, North
Wllkesboro; Gurney Prevette,
Lovelace; J. C. Whittington, Red
dles River; Parks Roberts,
Somers; Fred Pardue, New Cas
tle; Arthur Brooks, Wllkes
boro; Dean Jolnes, Walnnt
Grove.
Marriasre License
Since December 6 Wilkes Reg
ister of Deeds “Troy C. Foster ha*
issued marriage licenses to the
following couples: William
Thomaa Pulley, Henderson, and
Margaret Jnrell Brewer, North
Wllkesboro; Alonzo Andersoa
and Lola Pike, both of McOrady;
Thomas W. Johnson, Jefferson,
and Broa Miller, West Jaffer-
sen: Thomas Greer, Lenoir, and
Evelyn Broyhlll, Boomer; Rob
ert CardiftU and'Asni* Webls
both of North Wllkesboro; Don
Ray Orsgonr. Bays, *nd Blaneli*
ndl. North WOkaftore; In 0.
Bluings, TraphUl. 'and Henrtetto
Rose, Mnsksgoa, iUeUgen.
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