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VOL. 40, NO. 71
Pabliahed Mondaya and Thnradaya.
NORTH WILKESBORO. N. C.. THURSDAY, JAN. 10,1946
Make North WOkeaboro Your Sboppbif Center
• Likens Dimes Drive to War on Axis
Victory Bond Total $1,850,^2
Dr.Doughertyls
Elected President
NorthwesternBank
Back From Japan
' Stockholders In Annual
i Meeting Here Given Re-
I port Of Bank’s Progress
General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower endorses tl;.
>T!trch of Dimes, conducted January 14-31 by the National Foiinu;
lion for Infantile Paralysis as a “fitting tribute’’ to the memory *.
Franklin D. Roosevelt. General Eisenhower said:
“There will be no question of the response from every .Ameri
can who understands the urgency of the appeal. In our country
infantile paralysis remains as one of the scourges that we must strive
to eliminate, and 1 am certain that the fighting services and all
veterans and civilians will unite in helping to defeat this enemy
just as they did in gaining the victory over the Axis in the field.”
BOZO DAVIS LEADS OFFICERS
TO CAPTURE OF TWO OF TRIO
WHO ROBBED AND BOUND HIM
Clayton C. (Boro) Davis, local
tail owner and operator, played
the leading role In a real-Ufe
drama Meaday night which
western tbrlUora tame fey
coniparlson.
Mr. Darla, after being held np,
robbed of his car and $55, and
tied securely to a tree, made his
escape and led officers to capture
two of the trio of two men and a
woman, who not only robbed him
but also a tail man In Kingsport,
Tenn.
On Monday night at T o’clock
Mr. Davis was approached here
by two men and a woman, who
were later Identified as Millard
Greer, formerly of Deep Gap, but
who recently escaped from a pris
on at Richmond, Va.. where he
was serving a sentence of 16
years: his sister, Virginia Greer
Watkins, and Albert Bradley,
both of Johnson City, Tenn.
They asked Mr. Davis to carry
them to a point near Deep Gap,
25 miles west of the city. He car
ried them to Deep Gap and they
directed him to proceed on a dirt
road in the direction of Fleet-
wood. After leaving the highway,
Greer, In the back seat, pressed
the muzzle of a gun in the hack
of Mr. Davis’ head and ordered
him to stop the car, which he did.
tVhile still under the steering
wheel the trio of hi.ghway rob
bers taped his hands together
tightly. They then took him out
of the car and took from him
$55 and a watch, but they missed
$20 in currency in the inner fold
of a purse on his belt. Mr. Davis
who was then tied and his mouth
taped together, was put into the
back seat, where Bradley held a
gun on him as they proceeded
about four miles on the country
road. There the car stuck in the
mud and they turned around.
After some distance they stopped,
took Mr. Davis from his car.
marched him away from the road,
backed him in a tree, tied him
round the ankles to the tree,
and also bound him around his
neck to the tree. They used his
belt to tie his, legs.
The robbers left and after a
few minutes Mr. Davis began to
try to extricate himself. He first
broke his feet loose from the belt
and later was able to get his head
loose, but hlB hands were etUl
taped together. He walked In the
rain three-quarters of a mile to
the home of Joe Cole, who cut
the tape from his hands and car
ried him to Boone to Inform of
ficers of what had hajvpened.
They reached Boone about 10
p. m
At a service station there
Mr. Davis was Informing Hlgh-
■way Patrolman C. M. Jones of
the robbery when a Boone taxi
drove up to the station with two
men and a woman in the back
seat. The service station attend-
and quietly Informed the Boone
taxi driver of what had happened
and the taxi driver went into the
station and talked to Mr. Davis,
who described to him the three
who had held him np. The
deapriptioa flUad-thf ^4hre» mtom
the Boone taxi man had la his
taxi. Patrolman Jones went to
the tali to capture the two men
and woman, bnt Greer turned
and ran as the officer was en
gaged with taking Bradley and
the woman. Continued search by
the patrolman and Boone and
Watauga connty officers failed to
locate Greer and it is believed
that he stole another car In Boone
and made his getaway.
From Bradley and Mrs. Wat-
kiii.s the officers learned some
thing of what had happened.
They abandoned Mr. Davis’ car
east of Boone when something
went wrong and walked into
town. It later developed that
Greer, his sister and Bradley had
help up and robbed Clarence
John Ely. taxi operator in Kings
port, Tenn., and tied him to a
tree in Virginia In the same man
ner as they had treated Mr. Da
vis, and had come to North
Wilkesboro by Lenoir in his car.
Here they stayed in Hotel Wilkes
from 3 a. m. until 7 p. m. Mon
day.
Mr. Ely came here to recover
his car Tuesday evening. He
stated that Greer, Mrs. Watkins
and Bradley had taken $35 from
him and had bound him tightly
to a tree in Virginia. It took him
one hour to get loose, which he
stated was possible only because
he was able to break his belt
which they had used to tie his
legs to the tree.
Efforts to date to locate Greer
have not been successful.
Dr. B. B. Dougherty, of Boone,
widely known educator and pres
ident of Appalachian State Teach
ers College, was elected president
of the Northwestern Bank fol
lowing the annual stockholders’
meeting held at the bank’s home
office hero 'I’liesday
.As president of the bank,
which has branches in 11 north
western Carolina cities and towns.
Dr, Dougherty succeeds John C.
McBee, who filled the unexpired
form of the late R. A. Doughton.
Edwin Duncan, executive vice-
president, reported to the stock
holders that the bank had en
joyed a prosperous year and that
t)i> year ended with a new high
in resources of more than $27,-
000-000. The stockholders re-
oiceted the following directors:
N- B. Smithoy, Ralph Duncan and
C. O- McNeill, of North Wilkes
boro; R. L. Doughton, of Laurel
Springs; D. C. Duncan, of Spar
ta; W. A. Higgins, of Eunice;
M. E. Reeves, of Laurel Springs;
W. D. Farthing and Gordon Win
kler, of Boone; W. W. Mast, of
Valle Crucls; W. C. Berry and
W. F. Hughes, of Bakersvllle;
Harry Bailey, of Penland; J. D.
Brinkley, of Valdeee
In addition to Dr. Dougherty
as president, the directors named
the following officers: W. B.-
Greene, of Kingsport, Tenn., vice-
president; Edwin Duncan, of
Sparta and North Wilkesboro, ex
ecutive vice-president; D. V.
Deal, of North Wilkesboro, sec
retary. All other officers and em
ployee of the bank ware re-elect
ed to.thflir preeant poattfama.
Branchee of the Northwestern
Bank are now located at Sparta,
Jefferson, Boone, Blowing Rock,
Bakersvllle. Burnsville, Spruce
Pine, Black Mountain. Old Fort,
Valdese and Taylorsville.
Shell Is New Head
Knights of Pythias
Officers Of Local Lodge For
Coming Year Installed
On Monday Night
North Wilkesboro Knights of
Pj'thlas Lodge on Monday night
installed the following officers
for 1946;
R. H. Shell, chancellor com
mander; R. G. Hodges, vice-chan
cellor; Max Foster, prelate;
Frank Crow, master of works;
J. Q. Adams, keeper records and
seals; Clifford Moore, master of
finance; W. E. Jones, master of
exchequer; Lewis Vickery, mas
ter at arms; W. D. Jester, outer
guard; R. P. Kite, inner guard.
The installation service was
performed wjth J. B. Gilreath as
grand chancellor, J. B. Carter as
prelate. and Paul Osborne,
grand master at arms. After the
ceremony each officer thanked
the lodge for the honor con
ferred and expressed a desire to
liclp carry on the work of the
ledge with the best of their ef
forts.
County Council
Meeting Is Held
By ANNIE H. GREENE, Home
Demonstration Agent: Helen
P, White, Asslsfant.
The Wilkes County Council of
Home Demonstration Clubs met
Monday, January 7, at 10:30. at
the town hall in North Wilkes
boro, with 25 members present.
In the absence of the president,
Mrs. C. P. Bretholl, Mrs. Avery
Whittington, first vice-president,
called the meeting to order, aft
er which devotional was given by
Mrs. J. P. Crysel.
At this particular meeting time
was taken to look back over 1945
to see what had been accom
plished and how much more
needs to be done to attain our
goal which is to reach 90 per
cent of the farm families In
Wilkes county. The 1946 plan of
w'ork was presented at this time
and the women were very much
pleased with the different topics
that will be taken up with them
this coming year.
Millers Creek Team
Plays In Tennessee
Millers Creek high school bas
ketball team, widely recognized
as one of the outstanding teams
in northwestern North Carolina,
is playing two games In Tennes
see today. Coach Eller today car
ried his boys to play Mountain
City at 3 o’clock and Unlca,
Tenn., at 7:30.
Miss Smith Is Hurt
In Auto Collision
Miss Betty Smith, a member of
the North Wilkesboro school fac
ulty, was badly hurt Wednesday
in a collision of automobiles on
the co’mer of D and Fourth
streets.
A car driven by Dan Hudson,
Jr., and another driven by Mrs.
O. C. Trlvette collided on the In
tersection. Miss Smith was thrown
from the car driven by Mrs.
Trlvette and suffered a broken
collar bone and other injuries.
She is a patient at the Wilkes
hospital. Mrs. Trlvette suffered
minor injuries. Both cars were
badly damaged.
^ Aided by Dimes
03S
S. SGT. JAY ANDER.SON
RETURNS TO KENNING
Staff Sergeant Jay Anderson
has returned to Fort Bonning,
Ga., after spending a week here
with his mother, Mrs. Annie An
derson.
Seaman First Glass Robert G.
(lUgl) Davis spent the holi
days at home with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Davis, in
this city. "Red” has just re
turned from Japan. He Ls now
j»emianently stationed at
Charleston, 8. C.
W. Blair Gwyn Is
Member of City
Board Education
W. Blair Gwyn has been ap
pointed to membership on the
North Wilkesboro Board of Edu
cation to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of D. J. Carter, who
was chairman of the board.
Appointment of Mr. Gwyn to
membership on the local Board
of Education was made Tuesday
night by the North Wilkesboro
City Council. Mr. Gwyn, who re
cently returned from service In
the army, has been active in busi
ness, civic and .church aetlvl-
tier here To'r Shvemi yuan.’ 116 U
a graduate of Davidson College,
member of the First Presbyte
rian church, member of the
North Wilkesboro Lions Club, as
sistant cashier of the Bank of
North Wilkesboro, and is a mem
ber of the Sentinel Insurance
-Agency, Inc.
Joe B. McCoy was recently
elected as chairman of the City
Board of Education.
PVT. JES.SE G. W.lIiKER
RECEIVES DISCHARGE
■ Greensboro, Jan. k, Pvt.
Jesse 0. Walker, husband of Mrs.
Francis E. Walker, North Wilkes-
Ixiro, was awarded his honorable
discharge here today at impress
ive ceremonies officially separat
ing hini from the army air for
ces.
This post, one of the network
of the AAF Personnel Distribu
tion Command, is designed to ex
pedite a speedy return to civilian
life for the veteran.
While at this post Pvt. Walker
was Invited to enjoy the many
recreational facilities available
for his entertainment during the
short period of his stay prior to
receiving his honorable dis
charge.
E Bond Sales In
Wilkes Totaled
Over $204,000
Wilkes’ Record In War Fi
nancing Perfect With Ev
ery Quota Exceeded
WILKESBORO G.I. ENLISTS
IN REGULAR ARMY
Marseille, Prance, Dec. 11.—
Pfc. Harlie C. Shepherd, North
Wilkesboro, N. C., who recently
enlisted in regular army for three
years, Is due to return soon to
the States on a 90-day furlough.
Entering the army and receiv
ing battle training In July, 1944,
at Camp Croft, N. C., Pfc. Shep
herd has served overseas sine*
JaattarTr 1040; He -mia On aetive
duty with the 80th Tank Battal
ion as a scout in France.
Pfc. Shepherd, who wears two
battle participation stars on his
ETC Ribbon, Is the husband of
Mrs. DolHe Shepherd.
Five-year-olu Henry Holland
of Memphis, Tennessee, has re
covered from the attack of In
fantile paralysis that crippled his.
legs. He was aided by yonr eon-j
tributions to a previous March of.
Dimes, and is now doing fine. ;
How about the thousands
other youngsters who were strick
en with the disease last snnuner?
For their sakes, will you • ^
JOIN THE MARCH OP DlBlBB.
JANUAKT 14-11
All Stars Win Over
Millers Creek By 1
North Wilkesboro all-star bas
ketball team defeated Millers
Creek all stars 30 to 29 in their
first game of the season here
Tuesday night.
Jones paced the score for North
Wilkesboro with ten points,
while Williams, Wiles and Sink
were cutstanding on offense.
Clark led Millers Creek with 12.
The North Wilkesboro all stars
are composed of former high
school and college players who
are interested in reviving sports
in North Wilkesboro. They will
play a regularly scheduled sea-
.son, and the next game will be at
Millers Creek on Wednesday
night, January 16, 7:30.
Members of the local team at
present Include J. C. Williams,
Bill Lee, Sonny Garwood, Odell
Jones, Buford Jones, Buster
Bush, Larry Wiles, Charles Sink,
Jay Hudson and Buddy Brooks.
Others interested in playing bas
ketball are urged to get In touch
with any of the above named for
information about practice dates.
Line-ups and individual scores
of the game Tuesday night fol
low:
N. Wilkesboro 80. M. Creek 29.
Williams, 7 Eller, 8
Hudson Parsons
Jones, 10 Church, 9
Ijee, 2 Clark, 12
Sink, 7 Miller
Bush
B. Jones, 4
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PFC. JAMES MINTON
RECEIVES DISCHARGE
Pfc. James Minton, who has
been in the army In the Pacific
area for many months, has re
ceived his discharge and has re
turned to the home of his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Spurgeon Min
ton, of this city. Pfc. Minton’s
' wife, who had been making her
' home In Shelby, is spending some
I time here with him.
I Vto ^
I CHARLES B. BROWN
RECEIVES DISOHARG]^
j Charlie Burgess Brown, Jr.,
I seaman, first class, has received
I his discharge from the navy aft-
I er 14 months service and haa re-
I turned to his home on North
Wilkesboro, route one.
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FHeAppTicaitioiis
Now For Weed
Allotment In ’46
victory bonds totaling $1,850,-
502.75 were sold In Wilkes coun
ty during the recent Victory
Loan campaign.
W. D. Halfacre, who success
fully headed all war bond drives
and led Wilkes to a perfect rec
ord in war financing, said tnat
E bonds in the Victory Loan
campaign totaled $204,108.75,
which was far In excess of the
quot-a of $160,000 assigned the
county. A wave of buying during
the la Her days of the campaign
sent Wilkes far over Hie goal.
The overall quota for Wilkes
was $654,000, which was but a
little more than one-third of the
total purchases of bonds for the
campaign.
In closing this final campaign,
Mr. Halfacre expressed apprecia
tion to every bond purchaser in
Wilkes county and to all workers
who gave so much assistance in
making Wilkes’ record among the
best In the state. He also urged
that those who have purchased
bonds keep them until maturity
date as a safeguard against dis
astrous Inflation and as a splen
did financial Investment with
worthwhile Interest returns.
P. J. Brame, Jr.
Taken By Death
IDEAL FURNITURE
CO. FORMED HERE
New Firm Begins Business
In McNeill Furniture Co.
Location Here
Local Men See The
Rose Bowl Game 1st
Merrill Wiles, Of this city, and
Don Wiles, of Hays, were among
the 93,000 who saw Alabama de
feat Southern California in New
Year’s Rose Bowl football game
In Pasadena, California.
Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Wiles
and Mr. and Mrs. Don Wiles and
: the Messrs Wiles’ mother, Mrs.
I C. W. Wiles, were In California
I visiting their brothers and sons,
! Frazier and Herman Wiles, in
! Los Angeles during the New
j Year holidays. They returned to
' this city Tuesday.
Ideal Furniture Company is
i the latest addition to North
Wilkesboro’s business district.
Ideal Furniture Company was
formed by Millard Rhoades, Mor
gan Roope and John D. Haynes,
all of whom are well experienced
in the furniture business. Until
recently Mr. Rhoades was mana
ger of Markdown Furniture Com
pany.
The new firm has purchased
the stock and other assets of Mc
Neill Furniture Company here
and Is now occupying the Mc
Neill Furniture Company loca
tion next door to Horton Drug
Company. The stock of used fur
niture purchased from the Mc
Neill Furniture Company Is be
ing disposed of rapidly at low
prices in order to make room for
the completely new stock of fur
niture assembled by the Ideal
Furniture Company, which is
now open for business.
Purchase of the McNeill Fur
niture Company IJicluded ac
counts receivable of that firm
and payments due McNeill Fur
niture Company will be made to
the Ideal 'Furniture Company.
The Ideal Furniture Company
cordially Invites the people of
northeastern North Carolina to
visit their store.
All eligible producers interest
ed in applying for a new grow-'
er's tobbacco allotment should
file an application at the Wilkes
AAA office prior to February 1,
194 6, H. O. Roberts, chairman of
the County AAA Committee said
here today.
He pointed out that in order to
be eligible for a new tobacco al-
lotmnt, the following conditions
must be met: (1) The farm oper
ator shall have had experience In
growing the kind of tobacco for
which an allotment is requested
either as a shareholder, tenant or
as a farm oprator during the past
five years, or If the farm operator
has been In the armed services of
the United States within 5 years
prior to his entry into the armed
services: (2) the farm operator
shall be living on the farm and
largely dependent on this farm
for his livelihood; (3) the farm
covered by the application shall be
the only farm owned Or operated
by the farm operator on which
any tobacco is produced: and (4)
no kind of tobacco other than the
kind for which application for an
allotment is made will be grown
on such farm in 1946.
He emphasized that the only
exception that would be made in
the date tor filing applications
would be in the case of a farm
operator being in the armed for
ces on that date. Under this con
dition, application may be filed
not later than the time the tobac
co Is substantially all planted in
the county, or within 30 days fol
lowing his discharge from the
armed forces, which ever is ear
lier.
Peter Joyner Brame, Jr., age
47, died Wednesday morning, 10
o’clock, at the homo of his par
ents, Dr. and Mrs. P. J. Brame,
in this city, after a lingering 111-
neea.”"" “
Funeral service was held at
the residence here this afternoon,
1:30, and the body was taken to
Vogler’s Chapel in Wliuton-Se-
lem for a brief service at 8:80.
Burial was in Winston-Salem.
Peter Joyner Brame, Jr., waa
born In Winston-Salem Septem
ber 3, 1895, a son of P. J. and
Mary Gertrude Watson Brame,
who lived in Winston-Salem be
fore coming to North Wilkes
boro.
He was married to Miss Grace
Price, of Charlotte, on June 20,
1922. One daughter. Miss Nancy
Anne Brame, is a student of
Woman’s College, Greensboro.
Other surviving members of the
family are his father and mother,
four brothers and t#o sisters:
Watson, J. T., Joe W., and Wm.
A. Brame, of North Wilkesboro;
Miss Ella Brame, Winston-Sa
lem; and Dr. Dorothy Brame,
Orlando, Fla.
Mr. Brame spent his early life
in Winston-Salem. He was a grad
uate of the school of pharmacy
of the University of North Caro
lina and In recent years was af
filiated with his father In opera
tion of Wilkes Drug Store in
North Wilkesboro until his
health failed several months ago.
He was a member of the First
Methodist church of North
Wilkesboro.
Support Y. M. C. A.
Cease-Fire Orders
In China War 0. K.
Chunking. — Cease-fire orders
for both Bides In the Chinese civil
war have been approved with the
exception of minor details and
are expected to be issued to the
fighting fronU within two or
three days. It was reported last
night.
Central government and Com
munist representative.? will meet
again today with Gen. George C.
Marshall to dispose of final de
tails and take up the task of cre
ating an organization to “super
vise the execution of the cease
fire orders,” an authoritative
government source said today.
Quincy Brooks Is
HeadofJuniors
Quincy Brooks was elected
councilor of North Wilkesboro
Council of the Junior Order In
the meeting of the council held
Monday night.
Other officers elected for the
next six months were as follows:
A. C. Parker, vice-councilor; C.
A. Canter, recording secretary;
R. C. Goodwin, assistant record
ing secretary; Johnson Sanders,
financial secretary; Northwestern
Bank, treasurer; Carl Anderson,
conductor; A. G. Johnson, war
den; W. S. Wilkins, Inside senti
nel; J. P. Shore, outside sentinel;
Charles Leckle, Junior past coun
cilor; B. F. Bentley, A. A. Cash-
Ion and Wade Wallace, trustees;
R. B. Church and Clay Pardue,
representative to state council;
Charles Leckle and B. P. Bentley,
alternate representatives to state
council; H. L. Mechem, chaplain;
R. B. Church, assistant chaplain.
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RECEIVES DLSCHARGE
James Robert Smoot, gunner’s
mate, second class, has received
his discharge from the navy aft
er 29 months service and has re
turned to his home at Hays.