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fn recognition of the valuable contribution lU
newspaper hai made to the notion’s war io-
gram b/ its efforts to increase the produ^
of puipwood.
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WAI PBODUCTION BOABO
tii'iiii
t'wweeeeiiiitw^^
f?*,
•.'v
Funei^ For Local Business
Leader' Will Be Held
Fndajr Afternoon
CHARLRS B. JENKINS
OOKSOKf
WITH TNI
tWOHSi
lit Of County
Ktin Will Open
J#yr'ftn>-*7tli
tr provement Report-
Conditioii Of Coun-
»c;hool Bus Lines
:ounty schools, closed
K-tuher 13 because of
li t ions, will reopen on
J m iiary 7. unless weath-
tuns again make the
|!i routes impassable, 0.
I county superintendent.
Commended
iany Marriases
In Wilkes County
~ Ottriitglldlidays
JOE CLEMBJrre SPENDS
HOLIDAYS WITH MOTHJ^
Joe Clements, gunner’j mate
third class, has returned b Lido
Beach, Long Island, N. V, after
spending the holidays hee with
his mother, Mrs. J. L. Clments.
I 'S'S, sleet and rains of
tew weeks have put the
s in the worst condition
and the weather has
ch that the highway
!ve not been able to ef-
h Improvement. Three
I week without rain or
'o helped, but the tcni-
ihas been so low that
j have not dried out tn
Wilkesboro city school-i
erry of the county sys-
lened. Monday of this
Dwiiig the holidays and
B has beeu excellent
y fi w absences were re-
icaiise of sickness tnd
e was much higher ihan
^thools closed for the
• li.ilidays.
few of the smalh-r
ho'ls which do not tiave
t*i>rtatlon have been in
/
Cupid Sets New Record
During The Christmas
And New Year Holidays
HILL OABI/TON, JB.
RETURNS TO SCHOOL
Hill Carlton, Jr., cai^ In the
navy’s V-13 tiding pitgram at
Wiorchestcr
■Vforchester, Mass.. Hnt the holi
days here with hij^rents, Mr.
and Mrs. D. Hill ^Iton.
('pi. David 15. Wright. Ir.,
son of Mr. aud 'ii'-s. David U.
W'riglil, of Wllkesboro, route
two, entered thi- army Ik-rem-
iH'r lit, 1!M2. and receivrd liis
discharge December 1, nflcr 30
montli- verviCc In (he South
I’acitir aiea a.s an alrpllne ar-
iiuuvr and operations clerk.
Me reieived tlio followiig com
mendation from Ills coS'tnand-
ing olVieer, .Alajor I’erry Ueir-
son:
Number of marriage licensee
issued in Wilkes county during
the Christmas and New Year hol
iday season set a new high rec
ord
Records in the office of Troy
C. Foster, Wilkes register of
deeds, showed 29 couples were
granted license to wed from De
cember 19 through January 1, as
follows: Thomas Pardue and Fu-
shia Pardue, both of Cycle: Rich
ard G. Johnson and Betty Mc-
iLain, both of Wllkesboro; Ed-
I ward Jones and Heloise Billings,
both of North Wllkesboro: Earl
Ic. Brown and Cathlene Mathis,
I both of Hays: Edison Testerman,
Helton, and Ethel Barker, Silas
Creek: William Von Byrd, North
Wllkesboro, route two, and Ha
LT. X)L. EDWAfc 8. FINLEY
returned fw china I
Lt. Col. Bd« 8. Finley, who
had been in mice In the army
rna, arrived Tues-
le of his parents,
. G. Finley.
IB la
;D W. JONES
air corps In,
day at the ■
Mr. and Mi'
T-.'S RICI
fUVE HOME
tard William Jones has
Irded the Purple Heart
received in action on
1945, at Legaspl, P. I.
158th Regiment Com
■ba^m, was commended by his
cafianding general for exera-
pjP conduct against the enemy
16 same battle. He also has
Good Conduct Medal, Com-
ebecca Wyatt
ral Wednesday
“l. 1 wish to comment you and
express my d- epest aiyreciation
for the sust.Tiiied exi-fllence of
ymii- iHTformiiiiee of duly as an
air operations clerk ami airplane
ariiooe- of ll ’s or^aiiitation dur
ing the past _*9 months.
I Vonr vork waf in direct
sup’iort of I ur air ’-pvvs. aiul
Infantryman Badge, arrow
and two bronze battle stars.
,, Jones entered the service on
zel Virginia Cox, Traphil!|^ Sne 14, 1944, and had his basic
ici ....r ane it, laa^, anu naa ms
Anderson and Myrtle ^®®*'^^training at Camp Hood, Texas,
both of Elkin: Peerless Love ^ Ord, California, before
Rachel Huffman, both of N^ going overseas December 30,
1944. His wife, the former Miss
Alta Sebastian, of North Wilkes
boro, route two, and small daugh
ter are expecting him home from
Utsunomyi, Japan, in late Janu
ary.
V
Wllkesboro; James Ward, Mh
Wilkesboro, and Estelle ack-
burn. Roaring River; Ison
service was held to-
a. m. at Cross Rp.-ids
• Mrs. Rebecca M. Dan-
ige 87, resident of
township, who died
y at her home. Rev 8.
IS conducted the last
Gryder and Nannie Bla
both of North tVilkesbor
Harrcld Lulfman nnd
Mae Swaim, both of Ron
ir. Patterson and Cordle
both of Hays; Clftford La,
High Point, and VirginiaUbb,
State Road; Marvin L. E?igs.
sup mri oi (ur an irwr*. .*1-1* , .. . .
whtiunt youi splendid efforts, it Lomax, and Naomi Orene ICK.
..... .n • T-> . T y-vy-v TartTI
woM.d have been impossible for
otir airmen to have di livered the
litKil' knockout hl« ws which
cjip.nl the .lai>:mcse Mmpire to
liipiiulate; thus you made a ma-
ii r til emit'thntioii I the acqui
sition of the cherished peace
\vl ich is now ours.
Yon at all tines did your
jc'> and did it well, thus reflect-
ii..'; credit upon yourself and the
military s -rvice of .vour country.
‘4. I was pleased to have had
g Mrs. Wyatt are three
p. B. Dancy, North
j: a. C. Dancy, Sco'.t'i-
F. A. Dancy, Haj.. . ^ under my command.
'■
ay Johnson
imoi By Death
I
service was held Tues-
leasant Grove church,
gman, for Eric Clay
.g© S2, citizen of Lovc-
[Up, who died Sunday
Parks conducted the
Hr, Johnson are his
following sons and
ric Clay, GUber’-;
Johnson, all of
pro, route three.
-o
srate farm reoor^a
Veeolntlon
^make
Clinic For Cripples
Thursday, Jan. 10th
Roaring River; Lee J^oh
Hutchison, North Wilke\‘o,
and Margaret Melvina Hu
Purlear; Theodore V. Wal
Ahshers, and Minerva Brew
\
wA
W. R. Harmon In
Job Department
Carter - Hubbard
.•VII5I1C.O, w.... ^ W. R. Harmon, a printer of
Hays; Garvey Billings, Lomax^any years’ experience, has ac-
and Louise Warren. Traphlll;' ted a position In the oommer-
Mack Triplett and Louise Trip- printing department of the
lett, both of Purlear: Garland ♦.er-Hubbard Publishing Co.,
yieeves and Mary Johnston, botl^li entered upon his new duties
of Wllkesboro, route one; Port^nday.
Stallings, Lenoir, and WlnifrW Mr. Harmon is not new to the
Carlton, Wllkesboro; Paul B«ty. Some years ago he was a
gene Rhoades, Hays, and Al^ember of the mechanical force
Rof the Carter Printing Co., which
was operated by the late L. J.
Since leaving North
Charles pdward Jenkins,- 67,
one of northwestern North Caro
lina’s outstanding business lead
ers, died Wednesday night. 9:45,
at the Wilkes hospital.
He had been in failing health
for the past ten years but had
been seriously ill for only a few
days. Last week ho entered the
hospital here and on Sunday aft
ernoon he suffered a stroke of
apoplexy, from which h4 never
rallied.
Mr. Jenkins was horn in Rich
mond county on October 17,
1878, a son of the late Israel and
Pattle Jenkins. He received his
early education in the schools of
Richmond county and graduated
from Buie’s Creek Academy—
now Campbell’s College.
Mr. Jenkins became affiliated
with Odell Hardware Company-
in (ircensboro and was a sales
man for that firm when he and
associates purchased the E. L.
Hart Company in North Wllkes
boro in September, 1913, and or
ganized the Jenkins Hardware
Company, of which Mr. Jenkins
later became solo o-wner. In his
operation of the large firm here
Mr. Jenkins became known as
one of the outstanding hardware
merchants of the state and he
was selected as receiver of the
Odell Hardware Company in
Greensboro, which he successful
ly operated as receiver from
19,14 to 1937,
In addition to the hardware
and furniture boslnees which he
owned and operated, Mr, Jenkins
was connected with various oth
er local bnslness firms and for
many years was a meinber of the
board of directors of the North
Wllkesboro Building and Loan
Association, which position he
held at the time of his death,
Mr, Jenkins united with the
Baptist church at Buie’s Creek in
early life and when he came to
North Wllkesboro he moved his
membership to the First Baptist
church here In 1913. For many
years he was active In church
work and taught a Sunday school
class until bis health failed. He
contributed liberally to the
church and Its activities.
In addition to his support of
the First Baptist church where
he was an active member, Mr.
Jenkins made liberal donations
to scores of churches In Wilkes
county and to a number of min
isters and evangelists. Always in
terested in providing opportuni
ties for young people, Mr. -ieii-
kins by liberal donations financed
the college education of six boys
and helped others to educational
opportunities.
On December 18, 1912, Mr.
.Tenkins was married to Miss Sal-
lie Virginia Vannoy, of Reddies
River. Mrs. Jenkins and two sons,
Charles Edward Jenkins, Jr., and
Lewis Hill Jenkins, survive. Also
surviving are three sisters: Mis.s
Nancy Jenkins, Rock Hill, S. C.:
Mrs. H. T. Hurley, Blscoe; ajid
Mrs. Jack Corley, Tohoka, Texas:
and a number of nieces and neph
ews, including Paul Jenkins, who
was reared in Mr. Jenkins’ home.
Funeral services will be held
Friday afternoon, 2:30, at the
First Baptist church in this city..
In the absence '>f the pastor. Dr.
David E. Brosuing, who is ill.
Dr. Marshall Mott, pastor of Ard
more Baptist church in Winston-
Salem, will conduct the service,
assisted by Rev. Watt M. Cooper,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church here. Burial will be in
Mount Lawn Memorial Park,
north of this city.
The body will He in state at
the church one hour before the
service. ,,
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Headb^ l^lio l^i^e
m
Mi
W. D. JESTER
rax Listing Is To
Get Under Way In
County Jan. 14th
Quota
Appeal Madi iTtbi AD TW'
pie Of tW Cbeiillfa -
W. D. Jester. (it #tllM|f>ro.
who has been very aetfga jUt^lvIc
I undertakings, will taOfd Hkf
nual campaign for fntlde tot the
I InfantU'e Paralysis Fomi&ailon in
Wilkes. ‘
Mr. Jester said todey that a
, complete, county-wide organiza-
! tlon is being arranged to carry
j the campaign to all the P'-ttple of
the county, and expreesed- the
[ opinion that the people would
I respond liberally and meet the
■ county’s goal of $6,000 this year.
I Asking the people Of the coun-
! ty not to forget the gr»-at help of
i tbe National Foundation in ciir-
Ung for and treating the 35 polio
- patients from Wilkes in the 1944
epidemic. Mr. Jester has appealed
for a maximum of cooperation In
the forthcoming campaign.
Work is expected to get under
way January 15 and the cam
paign should be completed by De
cember 31. Hr- Jester said that
many'ways will be used to reach,
for the year 1946 wtll get under, ^ J j
way on Monday, January 14. J. I : ; , ia* ^ w * ™
n rivov , for special gifts from buslneM
C. Grayson, county accountant^
, . .j J firms, canvass of the people of
and tax supervisor, said today. Li. * j «
1 the towns and.comraunitlee, alme
With but few exceptions, iiSt ■ i)oard8 on the streets and spe*
takers for the various townships
have been appointed, and sup-
cial appeals through schools and
— churches.
plies are being distributed in or- half of the funds collected
der that there be no delay when, ^.j,, Vemain in the county to be
the listing date arrives. J yggj jjy the local chapter In re-
All taxable property as of Jan- habilitating victims of infantile
uary 1 must be listed and those
required to pay poll tax must also
paralysis and in caring for fu
ture victims. The other half will
auHua*X/U vv yxjit t*iov/ LUIO VILilUJO- 1 uait rr ill
appear before the list takers, Mr. go to the National Foundation
Grayson said. | for use in researen work and In
The listing for the town of j treating future victims of the die-
North Wllkesboro will also beglu ease in recurrent epidemics and
on January 14, W. P. Kelly, clerk I jsolated cases,
and list taker, said today. For
convenience of the public, listing Xo IWcftt
for both the county and town of
North Wllkesboro may be done
at the same time.
Tax listing notices will be
posted In all townships and the
names of list takers and their ap
pointments will be published in a
later edition of The Journal-
Patriot.
On Friday Night
Wilkes Post No. 12.5 of the
American Legion will meet Fri
day night, S o’clock, at the North.
Wllkesboro town hall. A large
attendance of members is espe
cially desired and all veterans
are urged to attend
t
Work Resumed On Rotogravure
Edition Of The Journal-Patriot
The work of making the photo-j possible that some have been
graphs for pictorial rotogravure overlooked up to this time. How-
edition of The Journal-Patriot, ever, an earnest effort wli^be
necessarily held in abeyance dur- made to see these during the
Ing the extreme bad weather of few days, while photograp
the holidays, will be resumed complete work of making llie pi
this week and pushed to a speedy
completion.
This pictorial edition of Norlli
Wllkesboro and Wilkes county
will be one of the most interest-
ing, complete and attractive
pieces of county-wide publicity
Uires. Every business concern ii?
the city and county that has not
already arranged for representa
tion in this work and desires to
l,p is invited to tidephono The
Journal-Patrloat office and a rep-
reseniatve will be sent to arrange
yicCca ui wuxaej vv xxxk* jt,.. .y ..... ^
ever issued in this section. The'for the desired inclusion In this
business interests of the city and
county have been very generous
in their support of the undertak
ing, and practically all the major
factors in the community's in
dustrial, business and commer
cial life will be represented by
iiuiTortant publication.
Besides a largely increased lo-
ral circiilalioii, an adequate num-
lier of copies will he printed for
Slate and national distribution.
It is also planned to have this
comprehensive aud attractive edi
tion used as a mailing piece by
individual features.
It has been Impossl^ble for our commerce
reposentatives to contact e^^ry'
concern in the county, and it is during the next several years.
Next clinic for crippled chil
dren will be held Thursday morn
ing, January 10, at the ^Wilkes
hospital. An orthopedic specialist
will be on hand to make exami
nations. without cost to the pa
tients. Cooperation of the public
in getting crippled and deformed
sons to the clinic will be uppre-
olBted by the .North Wilkfjdboro
Stwanti'^^nb and the 'Wilkes
Clounty Department, co-
8ponsoTs'‘bf: ife clinic. '■''‘'jv
o "■ —
Brown, Hays; iHarry Bruce
ton and Gertie Alice Hayes,
of North Wllkesboro; Wi
Watkins and Garrett Jolnea
of North Wllkesboro; Anclfn-
roe Couch and Mozelle *r,
both of Elkin: William Je,
North Wllkesboro, and Vw
McDuffie, Wllkesboro; JatfH.
Young, Melbourne, MoJnd
Lena McNeill, North WilWro;
Rona Davis Mathis, RoarlalT-
er, and Navesta Hayes, ofrth
Wllkesboro.
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SUPPORTfTHE Y.
f'
Farmers may soon
get telephone service o
electric Un«. if tests’
tactoruy worked out.
o
- ^'W ; •xwx.'W'jr
Carter. .,
Wllkesboro he operated his own
printing plant at Siler City for
eight years and was also connect-
■ed with the mechanical depart
ments of several of the daily pa
pers of the state. Mr. Harmon
came here from Nerw Bern, where
he held a position with the Owen
G. Dunn printing plant, one of
the largest in the state.
The Carter-Huhbard Co.' feels
that it is indeed fortunate in se
curing the services pf Hr. Har
mon, and he ud Hrs. Harmon,
irtio hre both nativea of BHkln,
Aspect totstart ho|se^plns in
l-IBA dity.aa B(>on a£wtable Uyinr
■
Dorman T. Payne !
Moves His Office
Dorman T. Payne, local
agent for the Jefferson Standard
Life Insurance Company, has'
moved his office from the Poin
dexter building across the street
to an office over Tomlinson’s De
partment Store. Hr. Payne’s cus
tomers and friends are Invited
to visit him in his new locattop.
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0r. Brownixis HI
p, XHtM a Browning, pastor
Flrsl SaptlM chnrch, un-
t An opAiwttuir Wednesday
he’Wilkes hoepliai. Friendf
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