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-i -n.ir* v’-r V -"!' • ~^x--^i}T~ ' * 5 V^-«->», g twrf Ib • cMtfual «• fcgtBg • KCfidiBt UBMUlt «( iiMWty ic i«Im4 for wcU— *t • BflMrild T. ML C. boiUlBf I «».■>*>— garvit. L«b4 a to MB il Iknagk. I*'-. If'^tlia date oaptok label fa l-dC'i rcMw BBFOIB tMi Aral #r . -. *j f . THE JOUKNAll-PATBIOT HAS BLAZED THE TRAIL OF PROGRESS IN THE "STATE OF WILKES" FOR OVER 88 YBiiJB Jaaaary, = If yea wiah to MBdtag tba pager to aai serriee, aee ttou tbe aah is paM ta adriiea. 40. NO. 67 Make North Wilkesboro Yoor Chriatinaa Shopping Center ImElwee Spraker At Kiwaiis Meet Here Friday Noon "The Road To Peace” Sub ject of Addreaa By For mer Major In Army North Wilkesboro Klwanis Club had a most enjoyable pro gram. Friday noon, featured by an address by Attorney W. H. McElwee, who recently returned from service In the array in Eu rope. Prior to the program presents j from the club were presented to' pilss Lola Scroggs, pianist, and t^yrotary T. E. Story. I ■ Program Chairgj^j) S. V. Tom- M^on presjp^rSfi* Major McElwee, an Interesting talk on Ke subject, ‘‘The Road to Peace.’’ Mr. McElwee cautioned the mem bers to understand that whatever ho might say in the talk was purely the ideas or opinions of himself and not those of the army or any other group of persons. » ^le compared the road to peace farmer who prepares to plant 1 crop. He must cultivate and prfc,'’are his field. Ho must fertilize it and then continue to cultivate It in order to keep out the weeds. He Indicated that the seeds of peace must be sown in n field properly prepared. And now it appears there are I many pits and gullies in the field. These are filled with filth and mud and must be cleaned out. Two of these pits are: 1. Tar iffs and duties; and. (2i the character and attitudes of the peoples of the world. Mr. McElwee argued that na tions must trade with each other and that the present tariff walls are a block to peace. We cannot pursue the policy of isolation or the llve-at-home policy. In order to take care of the tremendous debt of more than 275 billloB doilara we shall have to do it by inflation or by taxation. Inflation wlU eventually bring stagnation "■chaos. That loaves as the plan taxation. Our national le must bo 150 to 160 bll- _ liars from consumer pro- r in order that our taxes be 'icient to meet our debt obli gations. We all want new goods and our home trade will be for a time sufficient to take care of the pro ducers products, but In a year or 00 it will not bo and then we must go into the world market. In that case our trade barriers must not be such as to curb this trade. In further support of this argument the speaker contended that cur assistance to the other countries In their great hour of need should be prefaced with the Toquirement that they elevate the H^dard of living of their work- luests were as follows: Bill Gardner with his father, Edd Gardner, John E. Justice, III, with his father, John E. Justice. Jr., Bill Combs with U. E. Gibbs, Fred Hubbard, Jr., with Pat Wil liams, G. C. .Smith, of Salisbury, was a visiting Kiwanian. Mrs. L. M. Nelson, pianist for tbe day, was a guest of tbe club. Stores Will Be Closed Tuesday And Wednesday in North Wilkesboro closed two days for ,s, Tuesday and Wednes- embor 2 5 and 2 6. dltion to the stores, a of other places of busi- tluding both banks, will i on Tuesday and Wed- Business will be re- as usual on Thursday morning. ^OUR I * • e BOYS B51T 8CHAEFBIR t HOIilDAYS lobert Schaefer, who ivy and la stationed In ind, has arrived to lolidays here with his [r. and Mrs. J. L- - Cl. Mm m X -i. ... * * X - (l)CITr CMitlMS Pageant In Bethlehem There was*nothing spectacular, nothing new about their entrance into Bethlehem—Mary on a donkey, Joseph on foot, the halter in his hand. No one noticed; no one cared. They were poor, ordinary, lowly Nazarenes, common peasants come to sign the census rolls, footsore and weary, typical of others who had come for days in steady streams to the city they called their own. Bethlehem, tiny village, lay prostrate on a Judean hill. Swollen with strangers, aching with activ ity, moaning aloud in drunken music and lustful laughter this was the village through which Joseph and Mary picked their way, searching for a room. From inn to inn they went in desperation . . . but always there was no room, not a single bed, even for Mary, heavy with child. At last, alone in the quiet outskirts, they chanced upon a rude shed built for cows, and there beneath the breath of beasts Mary brought forth her son, wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. Somehow nature went wild that night, the world turned topsy-turvy—all Creation shook for joy and bowed toward the stable. Angels appeared to shepherds on the hillside and sang the news that He had come. He of whom the prophets spoke, for whom the world had waited. A giant star fell from its orbit and traced a route across the midnight sky. Wise men saw the star and set out on camels to adore. Nature re joiced and laughed for joy for He had come, this Child of Mary, on Christmas Day—He, the Christ, the Saviour of the world. And prophets, centuries before, had told about His com ing—^holy men with bushy beards, on .speaking terms with God. For God had told them Adam’s crime would one day be reversed; that He would send His only Son to ransom Adam’s children. God had promised, and now His Word was Flesh; Christ had come to save tbe world from sin. Strange birthplace for so great a birth—a stable filled with cows! Strange place to cuddle at Mary’s breast, to feel the touch of gentle hands, to listen to her lullabies! Strange birthday for the Son of God! But that is what He chose—a strange beginning for a strange career. For thirty years he would live unknown, as Joseph’s son in Nazareth, earning His bread with labor and sweat, a lowly Nazarene. And then one day He would leave His home and foot His way through Palestine, raising the dead, curing the sick, giving sight to the blind, His heart on fire to do the work for which He had come. People would follow Him', praise His name, on Sunday try to make Him King, and on Friday nail Him to a cross. Strange career for the Son of God, nestled now in Mary’s arms. Stange, indeed, that this little Child should come to earth that all men might be saved. Wondrous, that this Child who suckles should be the God who made us. Strange, but true. And breathless, we adore! JBNS H.AS discharge Burnfl, storekeeper n the navy, has re- discharge at Baln- and has returned to ; North Wilkesboro. u — llnstrated edition of Decameron sold to- aby’s auction house The Journal-Patriot I Will Not Be Issued i Thursdf^y, Dec. 27th I E Bond Sales Total 76% of State Quota The Journs j-Patrlot -will not be; Issued on ‘1/hursday. December 27. This la In accord with a regu-, lar custom which allows the newspaper personnel ■•brief holl-i day vacation. The next issue will be Monday, Deceirber 31, in which we shall give the cov- erage of the local holiday news. I E bond sales in North Caro lina reported to the Federal Re-| serve System Wednesday totaled $300,000, State War Finance Chairman Clarence T. Lelnbach said last night. These figures brought to $22,- 900,000 the E bond sales in the state during the current Victory Loan Campaign. The total is 76 per cent of the state’s quota. During the remaining seven sell ing days the remaining $7,100.- 000 wKJiJh of B bonds must be sold to reach the quota, Leln bach said. WM. CLAY SEBASTIAN receives discharge WiUiam Clay Sebastian, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ell Sebastian, of North Wllkeaboro, route two, received his discharge from the navy ‘Thursday at Charleston, B. C. Clay spent 94 months in the navy and for a long period was a member of the crew of the En terprise, taking part in the fol lowing major engagements: Pearl Harbor-Midway, Philip pine campaign in 1941, Pacific raids, Coral Sea, Midway. Guad-, alcanal, Eastern Solomons, Buln- Raisl-Tonolal and Santa Cruz. More recently he was stationed iwlth the fleet In Pearl Harbor. | Delay In Transport Veterans Be Probed For Cllaito Of Conneree Here More Than $5,000 In Mem berships Paid And Many Reports To Be Made. BUY VICTORY BONOS! Washington. — An Investiga tion of- delays In homeward transportation for veterans land ing at West Coalt ports was or dered yesterday by the Senate’s War Investigating Committee. It called public meetings for today and asked Col. J. Monroe Johnson, director of Defense TranniortaUon, to appear aa tba first witness. The movament to organize a Chamber of Commerce In North Wilkesboro Is progressing splen didly. More than $5,000 for paid memberships has been received by the organization committee, of which Richard Johnston la treasurer. A number of member ships solicitors have not made their reports and returns as yet have no been received from many firms which have already indi cated their willingness to liber ally back the organization with paid memberships. According to the organization plan, each membership Is priced at $25, but any firm is invited to take as many memberships as possible. Some firms have taken as hiih as ten memberships each. Realizing the need of North Wilkesboro and vicinity being represented in the fields of In dustry and business by a live Chamber of Commerce, the move ment for organization was start ed several weeks ago and gained impetus with a mass meeting of interested citizens at the town hall, at which time an organiza tion committee was formed. Aft er the membership campaign is completed a meeting will be called to form the organization and elect officers. | The tentative plan calls for e budget of approximately $12,000 annually, which would pay a ca pable full time secretary and other expenses. The organization committee is hopeful that the membership campaign may be completed within the very near future. All solicitors are asked to complete their contacts aa early as possible and make their reports. County to Reopen Monday, Dec. 31st Wilkes county schools, which closed earlier for the holidays because of the flu epidemic and bad road conditions, will reopen on December 31. North Wilkesboro schools, scheduled to run through Thurs day of last week before closing for Christmas, closed at noon Wednesday because of weather conditions, and will reopen on the morning of December 31. Ml. R. Spainhonr Dies In Hkkon' W. R. Spalnhour, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Spalnhour. of this city, died about 5 a. m. today at his home in Hickory. Mr. Spalnhour had been in ill health and recently underwent a major operation, from which he apparently was recovering. How ever, his death was attributed to a stroke. Mr. Spalnhour was an execu tive of the Spalnhour Stores and was manager of the largo Spain- hour store In Hickory. He was one of the best known merchants in weetern North Carolina. Funeral will be held Sunday in Hickory. Nellie Gabriel In College Who’s Who A. S. T. C., Boone, Dec. 20. •Betty Gabriel, president of the Student Council, annpunced the uaroes of the students who were recently elected to Who’s Who in American universities and col-* leges. They are as foilows; Seniors: Nellie Gabriel, North Wilkesboro; Curtis Murray, Boone; Freda Grubbs Cline, Winston-Salem; Inez Connor, Shelby; Dorothy Moore, Galax, Va.; Mary Smith, Charlotte: A. J. Smith, Whlteville; and Peg gy Rogers, Fair Bluff. Juniors: Rebecca Rivers, Mountain City, Tenn.; Patsy Rose Smith, Mooresvllle; Joyce Brookshire, Taylorsville; and Kathleen Moore, Galax, Va. These students have been elec ted because of good academic work, outstanding participation in extra cnrricular actlvlUes, qualitlee of leadership, and all- around good citizenship. Bay More Boids! . -5- 'i Oin
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