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VOL. 40. NO. 70
PublUhed Mondaya and Thuradaya NORTH WIDKESBORO. N. C..MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1946
Make North WayMwro Toor Christmaa Shoppfaif Center
Endorses March of Dimes
SCHOOLS MAY NOT RE-OPEN UNTIL MONDAY
District Meeting
Of Masons Held In
This City Jan. 3rd
Mr. Bullis Retires
Officers Of Lodges In Dis
trict Installed By Deputy
Grand Master
* President Harrv S. Truman (above), in a letter to Basil O’Con
nor, President of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis,
pledged full cooperation in the Foundation’s 1946 March of Dimes.
President Truman said;
“There can be no slow-down in the fight against disease. Our
victories abroad must be followed by a victory on the home front
against this common enemy of all mankind. 1 am certain that no
American can fail to respond to such a challenge.’’
iwanis Begins
Year; Officers
Are Installed
Edd Gardner President For
1946; Splendid Achieve
ment Report Read
I North Wllkeoboro Kiwanis
“ Club began the new year Friday
I with the reading of a splendid
achievement report and testalla-
tlon of officers for 1946.
President Paul Osborne, who
rwy BuccessfulUy headed the
9 atob throngh the past year, asked
Jki^nt»TT T. E. Story to read the.
•I annual report of the club's
adtlerements, which enumerated
many commendable accomplish
ments during the year.
The outgoing president ended
his year's work by compliment-
t Ing the membership for the fine
'support given him during the
year. He then presented the
president’s button and gavel to
Edd Gardner, who assured the
club of his Intentions to have
1946 to be an outstanding year
for the club, and asked for full
support of every member.
Following the luncheon meet
ing President Gardner met with
officers and committee chairmen.
At this meeting it was decided to
hold the club’s training course
on Thursday evening 5 o’clock,
^wlth a dinner to follow the
^Wmeeting.
Jf A feature of the program Fri
day was two vocal numbers by
Miss Jackie Frazier, who sang
“Let A Song Fill Your Heart’’
and "With A Song in My Heart.”
Guests Friday were as fol
lows; Mrs. A. F. Kilby with A. F.
Kilby, Bill Gabriel with his fath
er, W, G. Gabriel, Charles
Whicker with his father, J. H.
Whicker. Edward S. Finley with
his father. E. G. Finley. Edward
P. Bell with Dudley S. Hill. T. J.
Frazier with C, A. Venable. Ralph
Harbison with J. B. Carter.
Address By Lions
Governor, Movie
Program Features
Lions Club Holds Interest
ing Meeting Friday Eve
ning At Hotel Wilkes
C. E. Jenkins’
Funeral Friday
A splendid program, featured
by an address and a sound moT-
le, was carried out Friday eve
ning at the North Wllkeaboro
Uons Club meefi'ng at Hotel
Wilkes.
Allle Hayee and Sam Ogllvle
were in charge of the program,
.which opened' by presentetiefi -of
Bob Wood, of Hickory, deputy
district governor, D. C. Whlten-
er, of Boone, zone chairman, and
Edward H, McMahan, of Bre
vard, district governor.
Mr. McMahan complimented
the North Wllkesboro club on Its
fine record of outstanding
achievements during the year.
He briefly reviewed the history of
the Lions Club from the begin
ning in 1917 to the present day.
when he said that Lions are now
the largest and strongest civic
organization. The real strength,
he said, lies in the service ren
dered by clubs to their commu
nities and to the nation.
The second feature of the pro
gram was a sound movie show
ing the work on the National
Foundation for Infantile Paraly
sis. Basil O’Connor, national
chairman for the Foundation,
was the narrator. Much of the
movie was filmed at the emer
gency hospital at Hickory in 1944
and was of much interest to the
club.
The club Friday evening wel
comed ihe return of two mem
bers from service: Lt. Col. Ed
ward S. Finley and Ensign Fred
Hubbard, Jr. Mrs. James M. An-
derson was a guest of Mr. An
derson, J. J. Turner was a guest
of Harry Klutz, and Rill Young
was a guest of Vernon Deal.
More than 100 Masons and
guests attended the S.’ird district
meeting held Thursday night at I
the North Wilkesboro lodge hall)
with Liberty I.,odge No. 4 5 of,
Wilkesboro as host. I
Principal features of the'
meeting were in.stallation of offi
cers of the lodges in the district
and an address by Wm. J. Bundy,
of Greenville. Deputy Grand
Master of the Grand Lodge of
North Carolina.
Johnson Sanders^-^f Wilkes
boro. was toastmaster. The Pro
gram opened with invocation by
Rev. H. M. Wellman, welcome
address tiy T. E. Story, 'of Wilkes
boro, and response by Rev. John
Wells, of North Wilkesboro. Dr.
Gilbert R. Combs presented the
speaker.
Mr. Bundy delivered an in
spiring address and installed of
ficers as follows:
Liberty No. 4 5—Johnson San
ders, Master: J. F. Jordan, Senior
Warden; Arlie Foster, Junior
Warden; John R. Prevette, Sec
retary: C. W. Bullis, Treasurer;
Owen Stephens, Senior Deacon;
S. T. Anderson, Junior Deacon;
Presley Jolnes, Senior Steward;
Paige Choate, Junior Steward;
Ed Crysel, Tyler; Rev. W. N.
Hayes, Chaplain.
North Wilkesboro No. 407.—
D. E. Elledge, Master; Maurice
Walsh, Senior Warden; Q. B.
Huffman. Junior Warden; E. M.
Blackburn, Treasurer; Frank H.
Crow, Secretary; Tam L. Shoe
maker, Senior Deacon: J. C.
Dyer, Junior Deacon; Eddie For
ester and Haggle Flaw, Stewards:
Dick Wellborn, Tyler; Rev. John
Ellis, Chaplain.
TraiAllI No. &. Hol-
hrook. Master; D B. Swarlngen,
Jr., Senior Warden; Kermit
Pruitt, Junior Warden; C. C. Mc
Cann. Treasurer: D. R. Swarin-
gen. Sr., Secretary; D, H. Well
born, Senior Deacon; Guy Spicer, j
Junior Deacon: H. R. Moran and
H. L, Brinkley, Stewaids: 1). C.
Brown. Tyler; D. C. Castevens,
Chaplain.
Mount Pleasant No. 575.—O.
M. Proffit, Master; Lewis Trip
lett, Senior Warden: Howard
Walker, Junior Wai'den: V. C.
Elledge, Treasurer: C. W. Proffit,
Secretary; A. M. McGee, Senior
Deacon; Claude WTiittington, Ju
nior Deacon; Vernon Foster and
Howard Jones, Stewards; T. P.
Elledge, Tyler: Rev. A. W. Eller,
Chaplain.
Prior to the program a ban
quet dinner was served. Rev. W.
N. Hayes closed the meeting
with benediction.
Wm. ,4. Bullis, active in busi
ness and public life here for
the past 48 years, has retired
from the Sentinel Insurance
.Vgeney, Inc, Mr. BuUls came
to Nortli Wilkesboro from the
Moravian Palls communit.v in
18i)7, and with the exception
of six years, when he was in
the milling business at Quarry,
he ha.s been a continuous eiti-
zen of North Wilkesboro. For
IS years he was clerk and
treasurer of the town of North
Wilkesboro and served three
terms as mayor of the city,
from I02R to 1031. He lias
been in the insurance busi
ness since 1008, being agent
for the Mutual Benefit Idfe In
surance Oompany, and nntil
1035 was affiliated with the
North Wilkesboro Insurance
Agency. In 1985 be and asso
ciates organized the Sentinel
Insormice Agency and he was
secretair-treasnrer of the firm
until he sold his Interest to W.
Blair Gwyn on January 1. Mr.
Bullis will remain ia the Sen
tinel Insurance Agency office
for a short time. He is still an
a|:ent IW
Idfe Inanraiide CkHnaaiQt-
Mrs. Robert Gibbs’
Father Succumbs
John B. Gamlile. father of Mrs.
Robert .S. Gibl)s. died Wednesday
night at his home in Athens, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs left early
Thursday for Athens to attend
funeral services and will return
to this city today or tomorrow.
ral service was held Frl-
ernoon at. the First Rap-
irch for Charles E. Jen-
7, widely known tuisi-
an, who died Wednesday
; the Wilkes hospital.
Vlarshall Mott, pastor of
e Baptist church in Win-
em, and lifelong friend
Jenkins, conducted the
assisted by Rev. Watt
per, pastor of the First
Brian church here, and
alter Whittington, of Da-
Va.
1 was In Mouht Lawn
il Park north of this city,
e service Miss Ellen Rob-
lang “Beautiful Isle of
ere,”’ and the choir sang
With Me” and “Rock of
pallbearers were J- B.
J. S. Caudill. Eugene
[..eonard Michael, Judge
J. Hayes and J. H.
IS and beautiful flow-
1 to the esteem for the
Jenkins by a wide cir-
ids. A large crowd, In-
iny from distant points
he last rites.
Pfe, Mathis Dies
In a Truck Crash
Returns to States
Wilkes Soldier Killed On
Jan. 1 at Camp Robinson;
Funeral Sunday
Pfc. John Sherman Mathis, Jr.,
,ion of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman
.Mathis, of North Wilkesboro.
route three, was killed In an au
tomobile accident at Camp Rob
inson, Ark.
Funeral service was held Sun
day afternoon at Cranberry
church, near his home. He was
killed on January 1. receiving a
fatal skull fracture in a crash of
an array vehicle. Few details
concerning the accident were re
ceived here.
Veterans Foreign
Wars Will Meet
Thursday Night
Northwestern Bank
Stockholders Meet
At Bank Tuesday
Stockholders of the North
western Bank, which has home
office here and branches in many
other northwestern North Caro
lina cities and towns, will meet
in annual meeting In the direc
tors’ room at the bank tomoi.-ow,
Tuesday, January 8, 11 a. m.
. -c. uuuii w. Liloyd, son of
Mr. and Mrs. O. V. Lloyd, ar
rived In New York January 3
with the 82nd airborne divis
ion after a year of service in
Enghind, FYance, Italy, Bel
gium and Germany. The first
day after his arrival in New
Y'ork was his birthday, which
was perhaps his happiest. His
division will stage a gigantic
military parade in New York
City and on January 16 he will
arrive home on a 80-day fur
lough.
There will be a regular meet
ing of Post No. 1142, Veterans
Foreign Wars at the t'Own hall in
Wilkesboro, Thursday night, Jan.
10, at 7:30 o’clock. There are
several applications for member
ship that have paid their dues
but have not been obligated. It is
necessary that these applicants
be at this meeting in order to be
obligated and their names for
warded to national headquarters.
Many others have asked for appli
cation for membershlip. If they
will complete their cards at this
meeting their names also can be
included in the list to be for
warded this week.
Many men, just back from
overseas, are anxious to get in
touch with the local post. If they
will contact J. P. Jordan, at the
town hall in Wilkesboro, or New
ton Bumgarner at the post office
in North Wilkesboro, they will
be glad to give any Information
required and also furnish appli
cation blanks. Also Joe Gallen,
V. F. W. representative of the
veterans administration at Fay
etteville, is in North Wilkesboro
one day each week and any serv
ice man interested in veterans ap
prenticeship work can see either
of the two above men and ar
range to see Mr. Gallen when he
is in North Wilkesboro..
At the last regular meeting on
December 27, it was decided to
hold two regular meetings each
month until reorganization is
complete, and the membership
will take notice that uatil further
notice the second and fourth
Thursday night of each month
was designated as the meeting
nights. Until further arrange
ments are made meetings will be
at the town hall in Wilkesboro.
Efforts are being made to rent
other quarters but have not been
Interesting: Talks
Feature Meeting
American Legion
Dr. McNeill, Rev. Watt M.
Cooper And Attorney Mc-
Elwee Address Meeting.
Wilkes Post, American Legion,
which is growing into one of the
largest and most influential civic
groups in this section of the
state, held a very successful
meeting Friday night at the
North Wilkesboro town hall.
Henry I^andon, who succeeded
Carl Buchan as commander of
the Post, following Mr. Buchan’s
resignation, presided, and
most Interesting talks were made
hy Dr. J. H. McNeill, recently
commander In the navy’s medical
corps; Attorney W. H. McElwee,
a former major n the army; and
Rev.'Watt M. Cooper, for throe
yeais a naval chaplain.
Dr. McNeill discussed 'the pro
posal of more Interesting pro
grams and promoting larger at
tendance at Legion meetings. At
torney McElwee pointed out that
veterans in the Legion can co-
oiperate together for mutual aid
and to promote better conditions
in the community, state and na
tion, and Rev. Mr. Cooper also
talked most interestingly.
Ten new members were re
ceived Into the Post, and it was
emphasized that the Post is a
county-wide organization open to
all veterans of World Wars I and
II. A plan' is under consideration
to have meetings in central com
munities in the rural areas later,
but meetings during the remain
ing winter months will 'be held at
the North Wilkesboro town hall
on the first Friday night in each
month.
Veterans interested in mem
bership in the Legion are urged
to discufz the matter with any
Legion mempber at jdieir earliest
convenlcDee. i'
Boilding & Loan
In Wilke^oro In
Annual Meeting
Wilkesboro Building and Loan
Association experienced a suc
cessful year In 1945 despite war
time restrictions on building con
struction, the report of Wm. A.
Stroud, secretary-treasurer, to
the stockholders in annual meet
ing showed.
Mr. ■ Stroud said today that
there is renewed activity in home
construction since restrictions
have been lifted and that the as
sociation has received many ap
plications in the past few weeks.
In the annual meeting of stock
holders the board of directors
was re-elected, as follows: J. H.
Johnson, Wm. A. Stroud, B. J.
Kennedy, R. B. Pharr. O. K.
Whittington, George Kennedy,
Charl'ie Howard, Dr. M. O. Ed
wards, Edward Mclntlre, Charles
€. McNeill and Wm. T. Ig)ng
William Gray was named direc
tor to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of J. H. Leckie.
The directors re-elected offi
cers as follows; J. H. Johnsou,
president; Dr. M, G. Edwards,
vice-president; Wm. A. Stroud,
secretary-treasurer; Mrs. Wm. A.
Stroud, assistant secretary-treas
urer; J. R. Henderson, attorney.
The meeeing was held in
Wilkesboro, December 21.
completed.
Federal Court In
Special Session
A special term of Federal
Court for completion of the dock
et of criminal cases opened in
Wilkesboro today with Judge
Johnson J. Hayes presiding.
At the regular November term
several cases were not reached
and court was adjourned until
today.
Brothers and Dad
Apart 3 Years, In
Town Same Day;
None Knew Of It
Two brothers and their father,
who had not seen each other for
years, were on the same block
here last week for some time and
neither knew that either of the
others was near.
R. J. Spears, Jr., who had been
in the navy, arrived one night
from Boston, and because of the
condition of the roads he did not
try to reach his father’s home in
a rural community west of here
that night. On the following
morning Emeet Spears, who had
been overseas in the army air
corps, arrived here and because
of the weather and bad roads he
also registered at Hotel Wilkes,
not knowing that his brother was
there.
On the same day their father
came to iown and was overjoyed
when, a mutual acquaintance In
formed him that his sons were
at the hotel. After so long a time,
they all located each other.
Decorated
1ST SGT. PALMER I>. liOVETTE
Sgt. Lovette Is
Awarded Bronze
Star For Heroism
Continued Rain
Makes Dirt Roads
Near Impassable
Schools May Reopen Wed
nesday If Roads Improve
Very Rapidly
First Sergeant Palmer Lee
Lovette, of North Wilkesboro,
has been awarded the bronze star
for heroic achievement on Iwo
Jima. The citation follows:
"For heroic achievement in
connection with operations
against the enemy while serving
with a marine Infantry battalion
on Iwo Jima, Voicano Islands.
On the morning of 21 February,
1945, the battalion, of which Sgt.
Lovette was a member, was re
ceiving heavy and accurate ar
tillery and mortar firs which ob
viously was observed fire. Sgt.
Lovette at the time was in the 81
millimeter mortar platoon ob
servation post and, with com
plete disregard for his personal
safety, conatantly and bravely ex
pos^ htaifnlf to the enemy fire
ia asUttUimpt to spot the obser
vation i)08t from which the ene
my fire was being directed. He de
tected the enemy installation and
personally directed the fire of the
mortar platoon in knocking out
this Observation post. The loss of
this observation post immediate
ly resulted In a tremendous de
crease in the accuracy of the ene
my lire. He gained his battle ex
perience at 'Vella Lavella and
Bougainville. His Initiative, de
votion to duty, and personal
bravery were at all times in keep
ing with the highest traditions of
the United States naval service.”
Sgt. Lovette sent to his sister,
Mrs, W. E. Snow, with whom he
made his home, a large Jap flag,
one of the largest found on Iwo
Jima and which was captured by
his battalion after a bloody bat
tle. He also sent some fur-lined
Jap flying suits which were also
captured. Sgt. Lovette Is a son of
Mrs. Florence Dancy, of States
ville. He is now in China.
If weather conditions continue
unfavorable, schools of the
Wilkes county school system
which have bus transportation
will not reopen before Monday.
January 14, C. B. Eller, county
superintendent said today.
It there Is a great Improve-
mefft In the weather, schools may
reopen Wednesday, but this was
considered doubtful this after
noon as the rains continued and
roads became worse.
Steady rain through the week
end turned the dirt roads into a
mass of mud, after some im
provement was reported during
the latter part of last week.
With exception of Mulberry,
Wilkes schools which have trans
portation have been closed since
December 13 because of bad con
dition of roads over which school
buses must travel. North Wilkes
boro city schools and Mulberry
reopened a week ago.
Snow, sleet and heavy rainfall
during the past four weeks have
rendered many of the dirt roads
practically impassable for heavy
traffic. Many observers say the
county roads are in the worst
condition in many years.
Col. Chalmers Hall
Dies la Washington
Washington, Jan. 4. — Col.
Chalmers 0. Hall. 70, a pioneer
In mlllUry arlatVon and a survi
vor of the in-fateil airship Shen
andoah, died of a heart attack
yesterday at Walter Reed hoepl-
tal.
A native of North Wilkesboro^
N. C., he resided with his family
here. He retired from the army
about six years ago.
Surviving are his widow, Mar
garet McNeely Hall; a daughter,
Mrs. A. L. Walker, Jr., of New
York: and a son, Chalmers G.
Hall, Jr., of that city.
Funeral services will he in the
Fort Myer chapel tomorrow. Bur
ial will be in Arlington ceme
tery.
Sam Ogilvie With
I. S. & C. Corp.
Juniors to Elect
Officers Tuesday
North Wilkesboro Council of
the Junior Oder will have an im
portant meeting Tuesday night,
7:30, in the lodge hall. Officers
will be elected and there will be
degree work. A large attendance
is earnestly requested.
Sam Ogilvie. son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. R. Ogilvie, of Oakwoods,
has accepted a position with the
Insurance Service and Credit
Corporation In this city. Mr.
Ogilvie, who has been clerk of
the Selective Service Board No.
2 for the past few years, will de
vote his full time to his new po
sition as soon as he is relieved of
his duties as Selective Service
Board clerk.
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PFC. GAITHER L. MATHIS
RECEIVES DISCHARGE
Pfc. Gaither L. Mathis, son of
Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Mathis, has
received his discharge from the
army and has returned home
after two years service overseas.
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SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A.
MARCH OF DIMES
JANUARY 14-31