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Published l^ondays and Thuradaya. NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., THURSDAY, JAN. 24, 1946
Make North Wilkeaboro Your Shopphig Center
LUMBER MANUFACTURER GIVES
SUPPORT TO SPECIAL EOITION
• January 21, 1946.
Mr. Julius C. Hubbard, Co-Publisher,
The Journal-Patriot, North Wilkeshwo, N. C.
Dear Mr. Hubbard: Permit me to congratulate you
upon your enterprise in getting out at this time a pictorial
rotogravure edition, presenting every phase of life and
activity in our city and county.
Such a work should prove of grMt value to the com
munity at this time when we are laying our plans for the
post-war era, a period which will see a great development
in North Wilkesboro and all this great northwestern ter
ritory.
This company takes pleasurs in giving you its ma
terial support, smd wishing the greatest success for the
movement. Very truly yours,
PRESLEY E. BROWN.
Accident Victim
LT. CECTl. O. VANXOY I
BECEI\T5S DISCHARGE I
jif Charleston. S. C.. Jan. 15.— i
Lt. (jg) Cecil C. Vannoy. 29. of;
1214 Trogdon street. North!
Wilkesboro. was one of the offi
cers released today at the D. S. I
Nayy Separation Center. Charles
ton. j
Graduating from Appalachian!
State Teachers College in 1936. i
he married the former Miss Rebaj
Campbell, of North Wilkesboro,
and is the father of two chil
dren, Kenneth Cecil, 4, and
Brenda Carol, 15 months. |
Lt. Vannoy entered the naval
service in February, 1943, and
will be connected with the De
partment of Justice, Immigration
Service section, at Laredo. Tex.
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PFO. SAMUEL HARRIS
RECEIVES DISCHARGE
. PXc. Samuel Harris who en-
" Tfe^ aridiy '117
1942, has received his discharge
and returned home Monday. Sam
went overseas in March, 1944,
and served first in North Africa
and Italy. Later he was trans
ferred to South America and then
was sent to the Philippines,
where he served in the transpor
tation corps. He went Into Japan
with occupation forces before re
turning home. He is a son of Sam
Harris and wife, well known col
ored residents of Wilkesboro.
Pto
CPI.^ LLOYDE ROTEN
ARRmes FROM JAPAN
Cpl. Lloyde Roten has re
ceived his discharge from the
army after three years, four
months and 18 days service. In
cluding 2214 months overseas.
^ Lloyde received the following
''decorations: American Theatre
Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon
with two bronze stars, Philippine
Liberation Ribbon with one
bronze star, and the Good Con
duct Medal. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. M. Roten, of Glen
dale Springs.
Cpl. Roten was one of the first
Americans to set foot on Okina
wa Island. I
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J.AbfES R. BARKER
RECEIVES DISCHARGE
James R. Barker, seaman, first
class, rSNR, Roaring River, N.
C., attached to ‘the Naval Am-,
phlbloiis Base, Little Creek, Va„
is being discharged from the
navy after 23 months of duty.
Barker was employed by the N. |
C. Shipbuilding Co., Wilmington,!
N. C.. before entering the serv
ice.
He served aboard the ICI for'
19 months and participated in
the invasion of Normandy.
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Forester and Absher
See the 1946 Dodge
Messrs. F. D. Forester and W.
O. Absher were in Greensboro
Monday to view the new 194 6
Dodge automobile, for which the
Wilkes Auto Sales, Inc., is local
distributor. The local Dodge
Company hopes to have an early
showing of the new Dodge, and
the public is asked to watch for
announcement of the date of
showing.
The Wilkes Auto Sales recent
ly employed Mr. Paul Irwin, a
returned veteran, as manager of
the parts department. Mr. Irwin,
son of Deputy Marshal and Mrs.
Walter Irwin, of Wilkesboro. is
an experienced man, having held
a position with the Wilkes Motor
j Supply prior to entering the army.
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Support Y. M. C. A.
Jeanette Marie Byrd, two-
year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Jvan Byrd, of State Road,
was killed Frid »y when slic fell
from the door of a car and was
run over. Funeral service was
hold Sunday at Bcnhaui Bap
tist clmrch.
Local High Teams
ivntiiiYmwrng
Rock Friday Eve
North Wilkesboro high school
girls and boys vvlll play Blowing
Rock teams in basketball games
at the North Wilkesboro high
* school gymnasium on Friday
night. The girls’ game will begin
at 7'0’clock and the boys’ game
will follow Immediately.
Blowing Rock Is reputed to
have two of the best teams In
Watauga county. The boys there
defeated North Wilkesboro 32 to
25 In the season’s opening game
for North Wilke-sboro. and the
game hero Friday night should
be very clo.se and oxciting. North
Wilkesboro girls are also expect
ed to give the Blowing Rock las
sies plenty of competition.
At Boone last night North
Wilkesboro boys dropped a thrill
er by a 21 to 18 score and Boone
girls won 43 to 7. In the boys’
game North Wilkesboro led until
a late rally gave Boone the final
edge in the score.
Lineups and individual scores
for the boys game follow:
Boone (21) N. Wilkesboro (18)
Calloway Caudill (2)
Edminston (10) .... Ballard (6)
Caudill Hudson (4)
Hodges (4) Johnson (6)
Blackburn (2) Badgett
Siibstilutps: Boone, Greene
(4); Clay. York (1). North
Wilkesboro. Winters.
North Wilkesboro boys will
use the same starting lineup for
the game Friday night. The
games are expected to be some
of the best of the season and all
basketball fans are urged to be
on hand..
Associational
W.M.U. Meeting:
Monday Night
! Woman’s Missionary Union
' leadership conferences of the
Brushy Mountain Baptist Associ
ation will be held at Relns-Stur-
dlvant chapel on Monday evening,
January 28, 7 o’clock.
All Associational officers, socle-
I ty officers and leaders, commit
tee chairmen, young people’s
leaders, directors and pastors are
' urged to attend. Closing message
' of the conference will be deliv
ered by Rev. Isaac Watts
Sugar allocations for the first
quarter of 194 6 are slightly low
er than for the past quarter, but
civilian rationing can be main
tained at current levels.
Kyle Hayes Will
Be Toastmaster
At Lincoln Dinner
Local Attorney Will Preside
At AnnusJ G. O. P> Meet
At Winston-Salem 16th
Winston-Salem, January 23.
—Kyle Hayes, North Wilkesboro,
will be toastmaster for the Lin
coln Day Dinner here Saturday
night, February 16, when Con
gressman Harold Knutson, ’ of
Minnesota, will deliver the an
nual address, it was decided at a
meeting here last night.
Ray Jennings, Taylorsville,
president of the Young Republi
cans of the State, and Sim De-
Lapp, Lexington, chairman of the
State Republican Executive (^m-
mittee, were in charge of the
meeting, which was attended by a
dozen or more leading Republi
cans from this section of the
State.
Lieut. Col. Charles R. Jonas, of
Lincolnton, will Introduce Con
gressman Knutson, who, Inci
dentally, is the ranking Republt-
cari on the Ways and Means Com
mittee In Congress.
Mrs. E. P. Gilley, Winston-Sa
lem, will be general chairman
of ticket sales and will have serv
ing with her E. R. Mclver and;
Mrs. Roy D. Peeler, Winston-Sa
lem; Mrs. Walter Zachary, Yad-
kinville, and Mrs. Louise Dicker-
son, Lexington.
J. M. Bailey, Jr., Marshal, for
mer member of the House of
Representatives, will be principal
speaker at the Young Republi
cans' convention, which will be
held here on the afternoon, of the
gathering. The committee to nom
inate officers for the coming year
will be headed by Fate Beal, of
Lenoir.
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Motor Market Has
Studebaker Agency
Local Firm Now Haa 1946
'- Model Stndebdter -Oir- ■
Duplay Here
Motor Market, Inc., has ob
tained the agency for Studebaker
automobiles In this territory and
now has a 1946 model Studebak
er on display in the company’s
show room in the Coffey building
on Ninth street.
Motor Market, Inc., was or
ganized here by C. D. Coffey, C.
D. Coffey, Jr„ Gilbert Foster and
Wayne Foster. All members of j
the firm are well and favorably 1
known here and are well experi
enced In the automobile busi
ness.
Gilbert Foster for 13 years
was affiliated with the Yadkin
Valley Motor Co. here, for four
years with the Gaddy Motor Co.,
and two years with Motor Service
Sales Co, Chrysler dealer. Wayne
Foster was formerly affiliated
with Motor Market before going
into war work.
All are invited to see the new
model Studebaker Champion now
on display. The car has many
new features which are sure to
become popular with the motor
ing public.
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J. R. Windsor Is
Taken By Death
Elkin.—J. R. Windsor, for.
many years superintendent of the
, Elkin Water Department until
I about a year ago when he pur-
i chased a home at Honda and
moved his family there, and a
highly resiiected citizen, passed
away Wednesday afternoon be-
tween 2 and ,3 o’clock in the
Wilkes hospital at North Wilkes
boro. Mr. Windsor entered the
hospital there about two weeks
ago, but his condition was not
considered serious at the time.
However, he grew progressively
worse, and succumbed after a
blood clot was said to have
blocked an artery leading to the
heart.
Surviving in his Immediate
family. In addition to his wife,
are onb daughter, Mary, and five
Joe, and Charles, who is a mem
ber of the U. S. Army, Is now in
Germany.
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Girl Scout Workers
Will Meet Monday
An important meeting of all
Girl Scout workers has been
called for Monday night, 7:30, In
the religious education building
of the First Presbyterian church.
Council members, leaders and
committee members are earnest
ly requested to be present.
Support the Y.M.C. A
G.O.P. Toastmaster
KYT.,E H.4YES
W. N. Brookshire
Accepts Call To
WilkesboroChurch
Minister Now Studying In
Seminary To Assume Du
ties At Wilkesboro Baptist
Rev. W. N. Brookshire, at
present a student at the South
ern Baptist Seminary at Louis
ville, Ky., has accepted the call
to become pastor of Wilkesboro
Baptist church.
Call to Rev. Mr. Brookshire,
who will complete his course at
the seminary May 3, was extend
ed by the congregation of the
church on January 6. His accept
ance has been received by the
pulpit committee. In his accept
ance he stated that he would as
sume his duties on May 12.
Rev. Mr. Brookshire is a for
mer resident of the Three Forks
community of Alexander county.
His wife is a former Miss Hamil
ton, of Union county, and they
hare a sob.
WakBSfcyp EsgUat'^ebiwh hto
been'wiyiout tfie senicee of a
pastor since Rev. ^oyrard J. Ford
accepted the call tq the First Bap
tist church in Elkin In Decem
ber.
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Mrs. Ocie Holbrook
Is Taken By Death
Funeral service will be held
Friday. 11 a. m., at Plney Grove
church for Ocie Holbrook, age
80, resident of the Traphlll com
munity, who died Wednesday.
Rev. L. E. Sparks will conduct
^he last rltee.
Mrs. Holbrook is survived by
live daughters and one son: Mrs.
Martha Brown, Mrs. Effle Casey,
Mrs. Delia Bowers, Mrs. Bessie
Cleary and Conley Holbrook, all
of Traphlll, and Mrs. Mary Wad
dell, of Moxley.
W. W. (gJs) Shew
Funeral On Friday
2,000 Placed Oa
Jobs By the Local
U.S.E.S. Office
5,472 Veterans Contacted
Local Employment Offices
For Services During Year
North Wilkesboro office of the
United States Ehnployment Serv
ice placed a total of 2,000 people
on Jobs during the .past year,
Mrs. Kathryn Lott, manager,
said today.
During the year a total of more
than 19,000 persons contacted
the office. This included 6,472
veterans, of whom 3,736 called
since V-J Day. The veterans
sought work, help in securing ed
ucational benefits or training in
! some trade as provided under the
G.I. Bill of Rights.
Discussing activities of the of
fice, Mrs. Lott said: “The Em-j
ployment office, now as in the
past, is eager and ready to serve
all employers and those seeking
work. We desire to place all our
qualified veterans on jobs, or help
■them is securing further educa
tion or trade training. We will
appreciate our employers utilizing
these boys, or sending them to us
for assistance, so that in this area
we can reach full employment as
rapidity as possible.’’
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Local Men Enlist
In Regular Army
With the swelling tide of en
listments in the regular army,
Lt. Lindsay, commander of the
U. S. army recruiting station In
Lenoir, announced that men
from this section were following
the trend and enlisting and re-
enlisting. "In the past week or
so,” said the lieutenant, "three
men from North Wilkesboro were
accepted for enlistment and sent
to Fort Bragg." "Two of the
men," the lieutenant added, were
former service men, veterans of
World War II, coming hack to
the regular army to do a ‘good
Job."* -
Both George T. Wyatt and
Earl I. Miller had served with
our armed forces, and both de
cided that the army held a good
future for them, hence they re-
enlisted. Erneet W. Johnson en
listed for the first time and ex
pected to learn a lot more about
trucks. He had been driving
light trucks, and since the army
offered such a good opportunity
to learn more about them, both
in driving and in the mechanics
he decided there was no better
place In which to learn ail of It,
and still get paid.
Lt. Lindsay also announced
that each Monday and Tuesday
of the week there will be a re
cruiter at the post office building
in North Wilkesboro. Anyone in
terested can drop in at that time,
or come to the station at Lenoir,
which is open each day from 8
a. m. to 5 p. m. All questions
will be answered by the staff of
competent recruiting personnel
and perhaps they might be able
to acquaint men with the many
the regular
Returns Home
SeboobMayRnn
On Saturdays To
Make Lost Time
County Schools Far Behind
Schedule Because Of Long
Winter Vacation
Sgt. Fred Baugnss. son of Mr-
an:l Mrs. M.‘ E. Ranguss, of
this city, iius received his die-
rhai'ge from (he army after
four years' service. He served
with tlie infantry of the 96th
division and participated in the
I’hilippines and Okinawa cam
paigns.
Timber Resources
Decline Rapidly
In Wilkes County
If patrons desire and stndente
will attend, Wilkes schools may
operate on some Saturdays in or
der to make up part of the time
lost when schools were closed on
acco.U’nt of roads and weather
conditions, C. B. Eller, superin
tendent, said today.
Wilkes schools closed earlier
than scheduled on December 13
for the Christmas holidays, the
closing being due to road condi
tions. Roads became progressive
ly worse and schools could not
reopen until this week.
Discussing the situation, Supt.
Eller Issued the following state-
1 ment:
i “The weather and road condi
tions have caused a long vacation
for the schools of the county.
This is causing all of us concern
in%hat schools will close later In
the spring, and in many cases
effect the larger boys needed on
the farms.
“The following plan will be
followed when weather gets bet
ter and road conditions improve:
i When parents desire and students
will attend the schools will oper
ate on some Saturdays to make
up part of the time lost.
“Our experience with teaching
on Saturdays has not been satis
factory, due to poor attendance.
"The school people of the
In the past the forest resources
of this county have been an Im
portant item for the woodland |
owner and for the entire county
in general However from the I
present viewpoint the future
prospects do not look too en
couraging. In 1937 the United
States Forest Service made a sur
vey of the forest resources of
North Carolina. Recently the
American Forestry Association
made a reappraisal of the state.
A summary of the results indi
cate the total saw timber stand
to be seven and a half per cent
below what it was seven and
one-half years ago. For the Pied
mont section the totals are ten
per cent less for the same period.
This means we definitely bays
been cutting onr saw timber fas
ter than it has been growing.
Present trends indicate that
the proportion of pine in the
if patrons prefer it and attend
ance will Justify Saturday teach
ing.’’
Lions Club Sponsor
Eye Clinic Jan. 29
At Dept. Of Health
The North Wilkesboro Lions
Club, in cooperation with the
Wilkes County Welfare Depart
ment, the Health Department and
the State Commission for the
Blind, Is sponsoring another eye
Plldmonrs^tion wlir be l^“s and
County Health Office on Jan. 29.
less in the composition of our
forests. Heavy cutting of pine
hastens the natural trend to bq
hardwoods. Trees under sawlog
size, from six to eight inches in
diameter, are made up of 68 per
cent pine. In the next smaller
class of timber under five inches
in diameter only 28 per cent ofj
the stand is pine. This shows I
that unless something Is done to |
alter the trend, forests in this i
This is the third eye clinic which
the Lions Club has sponsored in
Wilkes county. At the time the
last clinic was held on May 2,
1945, a number of cases had to
be turned arway because the doc
tor could not see them. A need
for this clinic has been felt since
that time; however, plans have
Just now been completed for an
other clinic. Dr. John Wllsey,
, opthalmologist, of Winston-Salem,
section are going to contain less,^*;^ connected with the Bow-
and less yellow pines and more Medicine,
and more hardwoods. One way to
help assure retaining a higher Commission
per centage of pine in our woods
for the Blind, will conduct the
Funeral service will be held
Friday, 11 a. m., at Shady Grove|
church for Wesley William (Gus)
Shew, age 75, well known citizen
of North Wilkesboro, route three,
community, who died Wednes
day.
Surviving Mr. Shew are three
daughters: Mrs. Eula Andrews,
North Wilkesboro, route three;
Mrs. Gordon Inscore, Statesville:
■Mrs. Victoria Pendergrass, Cycle.
Returns Home
i*fc. Claude Anderson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Anderson, of
North Wilkesboro, loute one,
and the husband of the former
Miss Ada Bumgarner, was hon
orably discharged from Camp
Butner General Hospital Jan.
10, 1946. He served with the
30th Division, formerly known
as “The Old Hickory Division,”
in Germany.
-^OUR BOYS
FPL. ARTHUR NICHOLS
IS VISTING HERE
Cpl. Wm. Arthur Nichols, who
is in the Marine Corps and is a
member of the Parris Island, S.
C.. postoffice personnel, arrived
today o spend a few days with
relatives and friends here. He
wa.s accompanied by Sgt. Eugene
Ransdell, of Kearney, Neb., who
is stationed at Parris Island.
PFC. M. C. NICHOLSON
RECEIVES DISCHARGE
Pfc. iM. C. Nicholson, who was
dn the army 37 months and
served for 18 months overseas,
has received his discharge and
has returned to the home of his
grandfather, C. M. Wellborn, of
Cycle, with whom he makes his
home. Pfc. Nicholson served in
the Fifth Army in Italy and later
in the Philippines.
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SGT. JAMES G. ANDERSON
HAS RECEIVED DISCHARGE
Sgt. James Garfield Anderson
has received his discharge from
the army after 39 months service
II of which he spent in the Pacif
ic area. He is the husband of the
former Miss Blanche Marlow.
She and their son, Jimmy, make
their home with her parents.
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WILLIAM M. PRUITT, JR.
RECEIVES DISCHARGE
William -M. Pruitt, Jr., P-lc
(nn) was recently discharged
from Camp Shelton, Va., after
seeing service in the middle east
and Asiatic-Pacific areas.
is to plant pine seedlings now.,
This, of course is not he com- ^
plete answer but along with prop- Departments,
er management it offers a definite j g president of
possibility of Influencing what we Wilkesboro Lions
will have in our woodlands of the organization
future..
Members of Draff
Boards Receive
Service Med a Is
Members of Selective Service
boards in Wilkes were among the
100 in northwestern North Car
olina who were awarded service
medals and certificates In Win
ston-Salem yesterday by Gover
nor R. Gregg Cherry and Brig.
Gen. J. Vann B. Metts.
From Wilkes Board No. 1
present for the presentation cere-
months were T. O. Minton and O.
K. Whittington. The third mem
ber, J. W. Dula, also received the
award but was not present.
J. R. Hix, R. G. Finley and J.
B. Williams, composing the
membership of Board No. 2 in
Wilkes, attended the ceremonies
and received their medals and
certificates.
A medal was also awarded for
the late J. T. Prevette, who
served on the district appeals
board, and was presented to his
son, John R. Prevette.
Governor Cherry highly lauded
the draft board member^ for their
valuable service during the war
period.
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Scout Court Of
Honor Will Meet
A very Important meeting of
the Boy Scout Court of Honor
will be held tonight, 7:30, In the
religious educational building of
the First Presbyterian church.
All who are Interested in Scout
ing are asked to attend.
was very glad 1o sponsor this
clinic. Tie pointed out that one of
the major Interests of the Lions
Club was giving assistance and
service to the visually handi-
cappod in the county.
Millers Creek Club
I In January Meeting
' The Millers Creek Home Dem-
! onstration Club met in regular
monthly meeting January 17,
i with Mrs. Haggle Faw. The new
I officers to begin the year are;
President, Mrs. M. F. Bumgar
ner; vice-president, Mrs. P. %V.
Greer; secretar.v-treasurer, Mrs.
Paul Delp.
Much business wa.s discussed.
It was decided to tak.) a silver
offering each month, also to sell
at auction a well-filled co u'orter
made by the club. The next meet
ing of the club will be with Mrs.
Howard McNeill, February 21, at
1:30 o’clock.
The demonstrations were given
by Mrs. Greene on “The Impor
tance of Growing Foods for
Health.” Iron In the diet and
molasses especially. Mrs. Greene
served delicious molasses nut
bars which she had made. Mrs.
Faw and Mrs. Johnnie Giles
served coffee. The ten members
present adjourned, all agreeing it
was a good meeting and went
home determined to make this
the best year in our club work.
—Reported.
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H. L. Newell, of Maury, in
Greene county, has large Stu
art pecan trees around his home
that have paid all taxes on the
farm fOr the last twenty yeftrs.
He will get about 600 pounds
this year.