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Harry B. Caldwell, retiring State Grange Master, is
shown above handing the gavel over to Mrs. Caldwell,
who was recently elected to succeed her husband in
this position. The former State Grange leader is now
associated with the National Plant Food Council. Mrs.
Caldwell is the first woman to become Master of the
North Carolina Grange.
^me Board Will
Be On Street For
Two Saturdays
Lions, Legion And Kiwanis
Club Operating Board For
Benefit Polio Fund
Civic organizations In North
Wllkesboro are operating March
of Dimes boards on the streets
for the benefit of the polio fund.
The dime board was put out
Saturday for the first time, and
was operated by the North
Wllkesboro Lions Club. Despite
the fact that the board was not
completed and put on the streets
noon, a total of J85 was
donated to the fund.
The American Legion will have
the board out Saturday, January
19, and the North Wllkesboro
Klwunis Club on the following
Saturday. All gifts will be appre
ciated by those who are endeav
oring to raise Wilkes’ quota of
15,000 for the fund this year.
The dime board will be near
the corner of Main and Ninth
streets.
Youth Center Will
Be Open On Friday
and Saturday Nights
The Youth Center in the for
mer Moose Hall on C street will
be open on Friday and Saturday
nights each weok until further
notice. It was announced today
by the local Junior Order Coun
cil, sponsor of the Center. Young
people are invited to use the rec
reation facilities provided.
J. B. Henderson,
Letter Carrier 41
Years, To Retire
j. Blaine Henderson, for more
than 41 years rural letter carrier
from the Wllkesboro post office,
will retire on February 1.
Mr. Henderson began carrying
the mail on Wllkesboro, route
one in November. 1904, later he
started Wilke.sboro. route two.
on a part time basis and then
went back to route one full time.
When Mr. Henderson began
carrying Wllkesboro, route one,
mail he had only a handful daily
and the main task was to make
the round by horse and buggy or
horseback. Now the mail on
Wllkesboro, route one, goes as
high as 40.000 pieces monthly,
even for the lighter months.
After retiring from the mall
route Mr. Henderson will devote
his full time to the Henderson
Flower Shop, which Is owned by
his son, Fred Henderson, and
will devote much time to the
growth and culture of flowers.
0
John C. Fortner
Taken By Death
John O. Fortner, ago 65, prom
inent citizen of the Pores Knob,
route two. community, died Wed
nesday night at the Wilkes hos
pital.
Mr. Fortner for many years
was engaged in the federal reve
nue service in this section of the
state and was well and favorably
known.
Funeral service will be held
Friday, 2 P- m., at Mount Olive
Baptist church.
Surviving Mr. Fortner are four
sons and three daughters: John,
Woodrow, Ernest, Austin, Gladys,
Margaret and Dottle Fortner, all
of Poree Knob, route two.
.SE.AMAV nU'KfK SLOOPE
HOME niTRING WEEK-END
SeaTpan Dicl-ie Sloope. who ia
Lat-tioneJ at Camp Peary, Va..
spent the week-end here at the
homo of his grandparents. Dr.
and Mrs. B M. Brame, Sr.
Farmers Mutual
Names Officers
Wilkes and Yadkin branch of
the Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insur-
asce Association recently met In
annual meeting In Wllkesboro.
Directors elected for the year
were: J. M. German, Frank Hob
son, A. S. Spears. R. F. Eller,
Clarence Hendren, Ernest Ed
wards and D. M. Brendle.
The directors elected W. M.
.Absher, president; G. B. Bell,
vice-president: and J. F. Jordan,
secretary-treasurer.
The association had a good
year and no losses occurred dur
ing the ypar. The organization Is
maintaining a splendid financial
condition.
Child Hit E Car
Jerry McNeil, son of Mrs. Alma
McNeil, of this city, was injured
Monday afternoon when he was
struck by a car driven on Sixth
street by Clifford Mitchell, lo
cal colored man.
Jerry was taken to the Wilkes
hospital, where it was found that
he had suffered severe bruises.
He has returned home and is im
proving. However, he Is still un
able to walk. Mitchell was placed
under arrest.
W.ADE HAMP'rON ABSHER
SERVES ON CltnSER
On the USS Canberra.—Wade
Hampton Absher. fireman, second
class. rSNR. Halls Mills, N. C..
served in ilie Pacific on this
heavy cruiser. .After nearly 11
months on the other aide of the
continent, the Canberra has
again joined tlie Pacilic Fleet
for duty.
During tlie war the ship w'as
attached to Tank Force 58, and
participated in attacks on Eniwo-
tok. Yap, Palau, Hoilandia, Sata-
wan, the Mariannas, the Bonins,
the Philippines and the Ryukyus.
In October, 1944, off Formosa,
the Canlierra was put out of ac
tion hy a crippling torpedo hit by
an enemy plane.
F.S.A. Is Locating
Farms For People
In Wilkes County
Recognizing that the farm-
minded veteran’s biggest prob-
'em these days Is finding a suit
able farm for sale at a reason
able price, or one for rent or
lease on a sound arrangement,
piul E. Church, FSA supervisor
for Wilkes county, has announced
a plan for helping qualified vet
erans to get started on the road
to farm ownership.
There’s plenty of help avail
able to a farm-experienced veter
an in the way of sound advice
and adequate financing, but it is
of little value in getting him
started if he can find a farm.
It’s like having plenty of gas and
oil but no car to use it in, he
says.
“In some areas farm owners
who wanted to help have con
tacted FSA offices and offered to
sbil their farms to qualified vet
erans on the basis of impartial
appraisals. This is a way that
farmers who are planning to re
tire, and non-resident farm own
ers can help make farm owner
ship possible for some of the
veteran applicants,’’ Mr. Church
said. “The same applies to own
ers of large estates who will sell
enough land to make a good fam
ily type farm. There Is no better
way to create an opportunity for
a veteran to attain farm owner
ship.”
In appropriating 150,000,000
for FSA’s farm ownership pro
gram this fiscal year congress
earmarked half of it for veter
ans, hut few of the farms for sale
are priced on the basis of their
long-time earning capacity, the
supervisor pointed out. Loans are
made on the basis of long-time
average appraised values. They
are repayable over a period of 40
years and bear three per cent In
terest. Similar loans are avail
able to qualified tenants, share
croppers and farm laborers.
FSA operating loans are also
available to veterans with suf-
flclenl farm uperlenee who can
obtain equitable lease or share
agreements on good farms. 'These
loans are made for almost all
farm and home needs that will
increase yields, improve the farm
and result In a better living
standard. They are repayable in
one to five years at five per cent
interest.
Mr. Church said that in addi
tion to being priced on the basis
of long-time values, veterans
want farms that are convenient
to churches and schools, and
preferably equipped with build
ings. Veterans are not interested
in attempting to readjust them
selves on worn-out and inacces
sible farms that are priced too
high just because of temporarily
Inflated land values.
Anyone who has information
about a good family typo farm
for sale at a reasonable price or
for lease over a period of years
can help by notifying the FSA
office, which will put the seller
or leaser in touch with one or
more qualified veterans.
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SOT. RAY SHOMAJKKR
RE'TURNS HOME
Sgt. Ray Shomaker returned
to his home in the city last week
after three years of army serv
ice ir the ordnance department.
Ray was in the European Theatre
for about two years. Prior to en
tering the army, he held a posi
tion with the Motor Market. He
is a son of Mr. and Mrs. H. I.
Shomaker, and his wife is the for
mer Miss Lola Foster.
M
T4 GAITHER BRETHOLL
RECEIVES DISCHARGE
T4 Gaither Bretholl has re
ceived his discharge after two
years in the army, during which
time he served in New Guinea,
the Philippines and Japan. Gaith-
Sunday School
Meetins 22ii-
People Urged To
List Property Now
Tax listing began in Wilkes
county Monday.
Reports from a numbeT of
places indicate that at the pres
ent rate tax listers will not be
able to complete the tax listing
job in the time designated.
All who have property and
must list for payment of poll tax
are urged to attend to the mat
ter on the earliest date possible
to avoid a rush in the latter days
of listing. Tax listing for North
Wilkesboro township and for
North Wilkesboro is at the North
Wilkesboro town hail through the
remainder of this month. Brad
ley Dancy is the county list taker
and W. P. Kelly ia li.sting for the
town of North Wllkesboro.
Special Meeting Of Brushy
Mountain Sunday School
Association Is Called
Next meeting of the Brushy
Mountain Sunday School Associa
tion will be held with Mount
Pleasant Baptist church on Tues
day. January 22, 7:30 p. m.
J. F. Jordan, chairman, has an-
►oiinoed the program for the
meeting, which will open with
song, prayer. Scripture and dis
tribution of the guide booklet,
‘‘T^aunching A Century In Bap
tist Sunday School Work.” There
will be a brief study of the eight
items contained in the Baptist
Sunday school program and three
minute talks by superintendents
on "Making 'This Program Avail
able To Every Church.”
There will be a discussion of
special Sunday school meetings
to be held in the churches dur
ing the month of February un
der direction of the assoclational
officers. Teams will be appointed
and schedules will be made fur
the meetings. An address will
close the meeting.
er Is now visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. F. Bretholl, near Mo- j
ravlan Falls, and will soon join ,
his wife and daughter, Martha ^
Ellen, In Seattle, Wash. He hasj
never seen his daughter, who is
11 months of age.
rPL. CLARENCE WILES
HAS RECEIVED DISCHARGE
Cpl. Clarence Dock Wiles, son
of Mrs. D. G. Wiles, of this city,
has received his discharge from
the army after many months
service In England. Before enter
ing the army Dock held a posi
tion at the North Wllkesboro
post office and while in England
was In army postal service. He
wife nad son have been making
their home with her parents near
Boone while he was In the army.
JAY W. BENTLEY
RECEIVES DISCHARGE
Naval Staging Center, Pearl
Harbor, T. H.—Jay W, Bentley,
seaman, first class, of Fergnson,
N. C., is getting ready to rejoin
tho ranks of e^vlllaas, together
with thousands df^'others gelnf
throngh this naval demo>billsa-
tlon renter headed for the States.
At this staging center the pros
pective dischargees ere grouped
according to what separation cen
ter they will report to for their
final papers. They are placed
aboard cargo ships headed for
tho States as soon as shipping
space is available.
few
SGT. HOKE H. STEELMAN
IS NOW IN JAPAN
Sgt, Hoke H. Steelman, who
has been In the service since
Tune, 1943, took his boot train
ing at Shepherd FTeld, Texas, his
ASTP training at Denver, Colo.
From there he was sent to Onta
rio, Calif., where he served as
airplane dispatcher until near the
end of the European war. He
was scheduled to go to Germany,
and while waiting In Camp
Meade, Md., to ship out, their or
der was cancelled. Then he was
returned to California to ship out
to Japan. News of the eurrender
reached their company before
they were landed and their crew
embarked on Leyte. Next he was
assigned to tho 77th division as
clerk in the Judge Advocate
Court and went to Sapporo, Ja
pan, last October. He writes that
they have plenty of snow and
file entire division plans to re
turn to the States in early spring.
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n r. JULn's h. call
IIA.S RETURNED HOME
Pfc. Julius H. Call, who served
in a military police company in
France and Belgium for nineteen
months, has received his dis
charge and has returned to the
home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. B. W. Call, of Wllkesboro,
route two.
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GENIO CARDWELL KOONCE
ON LEAVE FOR TEN DAYS
Seaman Genlo Cardwell
Koonce, of Camp Peary, Va., has
been spending a ten-day leave
with his mother, Mrs. Fred
Hemphill. He has completed his
boot training.
Thirteen Bivorces
Granted In Wilkes
Conrt This Week
Court In Midst First Week
Of Three-Weeks Term;
Judge Gwyn Presiding
Thirteen divorces have been
granted In the Wilkes term of
Superior Court, which convened
Monday in Wilkesbokx), with
Judge Allen H. Gwyn, of Relds-
ville, presiding.
The divorces granted to date
were In the following cases:
Virgil R. Whitley vs. Ruth
Sexton Whitley; Lena Phipps vs.
Edward G. Phipps; Savannah
Henderson vs. William Hender
son; Edna Marie Willey vs. Rob
ert Lee Willey; Albert Wood
ward vs. Mary Gray Woodwajd;
Roscoe C. House vs. Juanita
House; C. F. Wlnecoff vs. Sarah
B. Wlnecoff; Mary Jarvis vs. Ev-
erette Jarvis; Theodore R. Pre-
guson vs. Ploretta Minton Fer
guson: .Max Kilby vs. Anne Kil
by; George P. Dancy vs. Thel-
rona Dancy; Yuna Dixon vs.
Woodrow Dixon; George V.
Blevins vs. Louise Blevins.
In the case of Everett Parsons
vs. John Long and T. George
Long judgment in the amount of
$15,000 was awarded for the
death of a child in an auto acci
dent. Judgment was by default,
because the defendant did not
answer the complaint.
Another default judgment was
rendered in the case of Charlie
Bumgarner, minor, va. Bernaul
lyong. Tho judgment was for
$4,000.
In the case of Zollle Eller vs.
J. E. Minton, the plaintiff was
awarded a judgment of $1,156.
The present term of court Is
scheduled for three weeks and
many civil cases are calendared.
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V. F. W. to Sponsor
A Special Featnre
Advert^ Mre
The local post. Veterans of
Foreign Wars will sponsor one of
the 'biggest advertising cam
paigns, featuring the two Wllkes-
boros and Wilkes county, ever to
be undertaken. Because of the
fact that so many highways lead
through North Wilkesboro-
Wilkesboro, and in anticipation
of the army of tourists that will
be on the move as tlree become
more plentiful. Pictorial America
Magazine has selected this sec
tion as one to be covered in their
"Know America,” coming out
soon.
A photographer-reporter will
be in North Wllkesboro the week
of January 28, and during that
week will be interviewing as
many of the business men of the
county as possible. As many pic
tures, showing the many advan
tages and up to the minute pro
jects In operation here, as well
as the many historic and scenic
places of note.
A member of the local post
will, act as guide, and during
these five days they will cover
tho county if possible.
Interest and membership in
Post No. 1142, V. F. W., is pro
gressing in a very satisfactory
manner. Plans are under way to
organize a woman’s auxiliary.
Mrs. Cook, state chairman, will
be invited to North Wilkesboro
in the near future to attend to
this. The post hopes that In the
not too distant future to start
the construction of a post club
house. The meetings will be the
second and fourth Tuesday
nights in each month.
Now In Germany
Red Cross Here To
Be Represeoted At
Hickory Meeting
Plans Will Be Laid Tuesday
For 1946 Fund Campaign
In The Nesu- Future
Pfc. Bill PhllUps Ls stationed
In Kassel, Germany with the
Army of Occupation. He ha.s
been in the army 13 months ;
and has been overseas eight ;
months. Pfc. Phillips is the i
husband of the former Miss I
Ruby Jones. He is tlie. son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Pliillips,
of Wllkesboro.
Ester Child Dies
Funeral service will be held
Friday, 11 a. m., at Rock Creek
church for Barbara Anne Ester,
age three months, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ester, of the
Rock Creek community. She died
Tuesday.
W. M. U. Meeting
Woman’s Missionary Union'
Ijeadershlp Conference will be
held Monday, January 28, 7 p. m.,
at Relns-Sturdlvant chapel In
this city. i
PIONEER MANUFACTURER LAUDS
ROTOGRAVURE EDITION OF PAPER
January IS, 1946.
Mr. Julius C. Hubbard, Co-Publisher,
The Journal-Patriot, North Wilkesboro, N, C.
Dear Mr. Hubbard: Your plan to publicize North
Wilkesboro and Wilkes county in an attractive pictorial
rotogravure edition is commendable and timely. I feel that
much good will result from the undertaking.
The Forest Furniture Company takes pleasure in giv
ing this movement its material support, and wishing you
ail manner of success in the work. Very truly yours,
J. R. FINLEY, Secretary-Treasurer.
Many Valuable
Prizes Donated
For Polio Bingo
Bingo Game Will Be Oper
ated Here Saturday Aft
ernoon And Night
Numerous valuable prizes. In
cluding highly desirable articles
difficult to obtain on the open
market, will be given In the
bingo games to be operated Sat
urday afternoon and night In
this city for the benefit of the
Infantile Paralysis Fund.
W. D. Jester, chairman of the
campaign to raise $5,000 for the
polio fund in Wilkes, said that
the bingo stand will be In the
building between City Barber
Shop' ttiia Jean's, and that tBe
game will start about noon and
continue until late Saturday
night.
Prizes, a majority of which
have been donated by business
firms and individuals, will in
clude a case of rock candy, large
quantities of Spry and Bake-Rlte
shortening, kleenex, many quarts
of salad oil, numerous boxes of
Ivory Flakes, waste baskets, bath
powder, billfolds, military sets,
chlnaware, statuettes, shotgun
shells, candy mints, chewing gum
and 22 cartridges
Any of the merchandise which
is not given as bingo prizes will
be sold at auction following the_
bingo and all proceeds will go,
into the polio fund. |
J.C^Niel,7t
Claimed By Deatir
John Calvin McNiel, age 72,
well known merchant and lum
berman of North Wllkesboro,
passed away Wednesday morning
at the Wilkes hospital after an
illness of one week.
Surviving Mr. McNiel are his
wife, Mrs. Margaret Susan Mc
Niel. and the following sons and
daughters: R. H. McNiel, Win
ston-Salem; .\rchie J. and J.
Glenn McNiel, North Wilkes
boro: Mrs. Nell Kerley, North
WilkeslKiro; Mrs. E. W. Hast
ings, Marion, Va; also 14 grand
children and one great-grand
child. He was preceded in death
by a son, Robert E. McNiel, and
an Infant daughter. Ruby G. Mc
Niel.
Funeral service was held at
Mr. McNlel’s residence this aft
ernoon, 3:30, and was conducted
by Rev. Watt M. Cooper, assisted
by Rev. A, W. Eller. Burial was
in the family plot in Greenwood
cemetery In this city.
A delegation from the Wilkee
County Chapter of the America*
Red Cross will be In Hickory on
January 22 to attend a regional
conference * with the Southeast
ern Area officials on plans for
the 1946 fund campaign which
is to be held in March, Andrew
P. Kilhy, chapter chairman, an
nounced.
'The meeting is scheduled to be
gin at 9:30 a. m. at First Pres
byterian church, with Francis P.
Slmervllle leading the discussion
of campaign plans. Afte*- lunch
eon the group will hear Lucy B.
Darter, Red Cross hospital work
er, in a talk on her experiences
in serving hospitalized service
men. Miss Darter is the Red
Cross field director at the U. S.
Naval hospital in Pensacola, Fla.
The local delegation will con
sist of A. F. Kilby, W. H. McEl-
wee, Mrs. Gordon Finley and
Miss Rebecca Moseley. Represen
tatives of the area headquarters
who are expected to be present
include John C. Wilson, are*
manager; Velma 'Tinsley, chief
of radio; and Mrs. Marlon Rlt-
zert, general field representa
tive.
Goal of the 1946 national cam
paign has been set at $100,000,-
000. Red Cross post-war serv
ices are vital to the nation’s well
being. Chairman Kilby pointed
out. Our armed forces are still
deployed all over the world, and
our wounded are entitled to th«
same grateful service as ever.
The campalgfn slogan, ‘‘Your Red
Cross Must Carry On.” Is partlo-
ularly appropriate, he added.
Other chapters of the region
which are to send representative*
to the meeting are: Alexander,
Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke,
Caldwell. Catawba, Davie, Ire
dell, Sallsbury-Rowan, South Ire
dell, Spencer, Stoke*, Sorry, Wln-
tauga, Yadkin.
Baptist Pastors
To Meet Monday
January session of the Wilkes
Baptist Pastors’ Conference will
be held Monday, Jan. 21, at
Relns-Sturdivant chapel.
The program will open at 10
a. m. with devotional by Rev. J.
G. Huffman. Rev. C. J. Poole will
discuss “Church Organization;”
Rev. A. W. Eller, “Ministerial
Application;” and Rev. W. N.
Hayes, "Church Services;” Rev.
Howard J. Ford, former pastor of
the Wllkesboro Baptist church,
now in Elkin, "Guest Messen
ger.”
In the afternoon will he a bus
iness session and address by Rev
Mr. Ford.
Ray Vance Rhodes
Is Victim of Mine
Accident Jan. 8th
Ray Vance Rhodes, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Wiley Rhodes, of De
hart, died at Grace hospital at
Welch, W. Va., January 8, at
2:50 a. m., after receiving a se
rious Injury while working in the
coal mines at Gary, W. Va. He
died at the age of 31 years.
Mr. Rhodes spent his early life
at Dehart with hl.s father and
mother. He was married to Miss
Della Rhodes, of Hays. N. C., De
cember 1, 1934. They later moved
to West Virginia, and ho has
been employed there for the past
ten years.
The funeral service was held
at Dehart Baptist church Thurs
day at 2 o’clock. The service was
conducted by Rev. Monroe Dil
lard, Rev. Hilary Blevins and
Rev. Ernest Blevins, ife is sur
vived hy his wife, Mrs. Della
Rhodes, of Switchl)ack, W. Va.;
two sons and one daughter; E. C.
Rhodes, Pauline Rhodes and
Jackie I.eo Rhodes: his father and
motlifr. Mr. and Mrs. Wiley
Khodes, of Deliait: three Inoth-
ers and four sisters: Flay lUiodes,
Anawalt, \V. Va.; Cortez Rhodes,
Pageton, W. Va.; Mrs. Pearl El-
ledge, Flint, Mich.: Mrs. Carmen
Hayes, North Wilkeiooro; Mrs.
Haze! Jersyzt, Baltimore, Md.;
Miss Norma Rhodes, Winston-Sa
lem, N. C.; Clint Rhodes, Dehart,
N. C.; also mai;y friends and rel
atives.
Pallbearers were Harry La-
hraskl, Fred Lester. Sherman
Watkins, Della Bradley, Glenn
Byrd and Connie Taylor. TTie
flowei beaicrs were his cousins.
Dick!s Recapping
In New Location
Dick’s Recapping Service, also
the electrical appliance division
Of Dick’s Service, have moved
from the Coffey building on 9th
stkeet to the ' Hutchens building
on Gordon Avenue.
The business Is now in opera
tion at the new location. Machin
ery and equipment have been In
stalled and the high type service
typical of the firm Is being con
tinued. The new location affords
a better display of the electrical
appliances and also provides am
ple space for tire recapping and
repairing of all sizes and makes
of antomobile and truck tires.