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T kaiUiBK fn4 is a continnal en- 4«aTor Mtil a sufficient amount •f Boney is raised for eroction of a aplen4M T. M. C. buildine •Then cunriitiong permit. Lend i land to soe it through. THE JOURNAL-PATRIOT TUp JOURNAL-PATIiKiT HAS BLAZED THE TRAIL OF PROGRESS IN THE “STATE OF WILKES” FOR OVER 38 YEARS If tha data an pink laM is 2-4$, renav BBFOBE the firat day of Febmary. If yon wish to ooatiMio sending tha papar to aonMona to service, see that the snhociiptioo is paid fai advance. IVoL. 40. NO. 76 Published Mondavs and lhur-.iov» NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., MONDAY, JAN. 28, 1946 Moke North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center GEN. GEORGE C. MARSHALL ENDS CIVIL WAR IN CHINA omaow WITH TNI .M.AJOU BUMGARNER .,\OW AT SWANNANOA “Major John R'. Bumgarner, son of Rev. and Mrs. J. L,. A. Bum garner, of Wilkesboro, has been admitted to Moore General hos pital in Swannanoa for treat ment. He entered the service Decem ber 7, 1940, as a first lieutenant in the Medical Corps and has served In the Philippines and Ba taan. He wears the Asiatic-Pacif ic Theatre Ribbon with four bat tle stars, the Pre-Pearl Harbor I •'■“ck Church and Clayton Bum- Hibhon, the American Defense'garner, safety; R. L. Bouchelle, Ribbon, the American Theatre'and Edgar Terrell, wood- Kibbon, and the Victory Ribbon, "'ork. These merit badges will be For three years he was a prisoner' Presented at the next Court of in Japan. I meeting. Major Butngarner received his ' explained at the Court Boy Scout Court Of Honor Holds Succi^hl Meet Many Scouts Attend; Num ber Are Advanced And Merit Badges Awarded Wilkesboro District Boy Scont Court of honor In January ses sion Thursday night held a most Interesting session with many Scouts in attendance. The meet ing was held In the religious edu cation building of the First Pres byterian church. Jim Moore was advanced to first class rank while Malcolm Oamblll and Charlie Vaught at tained second class rating. Mer its were passed as follows: R'. L. Bouchelle, Jr.. Jack Glass and Dean Edwards, home repairs: ttUMDAL BNDDra CTHL WAR I* OBINA . . . Startta* iueAiateiy apea Ms arrival In Ear East Qaam O. w.>rfi»n, former W. ■. ahlrf at atair and newly-appoiiilad ambasaader to China, confenvd with . f!i.laog Kai-fMft, right, and Mme. Chlaag, eeater. In a ohart time he had the promise of aU wCHMaa fn-Ht-i ta aaaaa totog nad alt dowa with Oeaeral Marshall ta work out sound basis of peaee. T. J. FRAZIEH ENDCRSES SPECIAL ROTOGRAVURE EDITION OF PAPER January 28, 1946. Mr. Julius C. Hubbard, Co-Publisher, The Journal-Patriot, North Wilkesboro, N. C. Dear Mr. Hubbard: Wilkes county, and cratigious territory, is the most favored section of all America. We have here the basic elements of the factors that combine to make life pleasant, clunate, fertility of soil, scenery, overnight proximity to the markets of the nation, and, most of all, a citizenship that is one hundred per cent Anglo- Saxon. Lately, in incresuing volume, the north and eart are coming to us for lumber, poultry, ^irs, furniture, and the other necessities of modem life. -*fo"p^|iyfefiV^'lto'Xdver&e,'tte ImSfless' oppdrtifrities wiiA advantages we have for the homeseeker and indus trialist, is the obvious thing to do. And your ^autiful, at tractive and comprehensive pictorial rotogravure edition will do this as no other medum could. For this reason wo are privileged to give our support to the movment, and to wish yon all manner of success in this laudable undertak ing. Very truly yours, T. J. FRAZIER, Lumber Dealer. MAN TRIES TO CALL A TAXI, GETS FIRE DEPARTMENT, LANDS IN JAIL .\rno'.d Wesley Eller, who lives in the Little Briishies commu- nty, was only wanting a taxi to parry him home Sunday night, but he got two fire trucks, all ■the volunteer firemen, the cops ,\nd a night in Jail. Eller was at Forester's Nu- Way Service Station when he de cided to call a taxi and go home. Me secured the numbers of two local cab stands—400 and 91- When the operator answered, according to his story, he told her he wanted 4 00 or 91. He got 491, which Is the North Wilkes boro fire department. When the fire department answered he said; “Come to Forester’s Nu- Way.” Eller left the phone and await- Pd his taxf. .Almost instantly Widely th"re was a soref'ehing of sirens. the hig and little fire trucks and plenty of members of the fire de partment arriving—all because of a misunderstanding over a man wanting to be carried home in a taxi. Eller was placed under arrest and jailed on a charge of turn ing in a false fire alarm, but he still can’t understand all the commotion and his being thrown in jail because he tried to call a taxi and wanted to go home. Two Men Arrested On Liquor Count: Charges of illicitly handling whisky were preferred against two men in arrests reported Wed nesday by the office of Marshal Edney Ridge. Tom Woodrow Bumgarner, of Watauga county, was taken on a capias for removing and conceal ing non-taxed whisky. Arrested at Boone, he was released on $500 bond for the May term of District Court at Wilkesboro. Also bound to the May term was Clyde Canter, of Wilkes Vjxo tyw charesd Rlth manufacturing and possession whisky and possesion of an non- registered distillery. He was re leased on $500 bond. P. W. Harvel, Sr., Is Taken By Death Subscribers Urged To Renew Before Expiration Dates Known Machinist Died Suddenly During Night At Home Here (Tt.ANOR BROTHERS RKOEIVT^ DISCHARGE Coxswain Frederick C. Cranor, who served three and one-half years in the navy, received his discharge on December 9. While in the navy he served in the per- .sonnel assault division and par ticipated in landings in Sicily, .Marshalls, Guam. Pelellu, Leyte, Luzon and Iwo Jima, receiving a citation for his participation in the Pacific landings, f'pl. John W. Cranor received his discharge from the army Fri day and has returned home. He served in a cavalry batallion in Burma and India and was in service three years. The Cranor brothers are sons of Attorney and Mrs. H. A. Cranor, of Wilkes boro. te PfXb. tTilPPORD VICKERS RETURNS TO STATES Pearl Harbor. T. H.—Pfc. Clif ford Vickers, of Wilkesboro, N. C.. is one of the 1,490 high- point army veterans whom B.S. degree from North Carolina State College, and his M.D. de gree from the Medical College of Virginia. Before entering the service he was a physician In North wilkesboro. ^ h n COOLIDGE CODES REAVIS SEl.V'ES ON MINESWEEPER On the USS Vigilance In the Pacific.—Coolldge Coles Reavis, electrician's mate, third class, route one, Gilreath, N. C., is serving on this minesweeper as she steams to San Francisco after leaving Pearl Harbor January 9. A veteran of 18 months of con- tinuons war and peacetime op erations in the Paclflc, the Vigi lance has a record of destroying three and helping destroy three other Jap suicide planes; sinking two midget submarines, and twice aiding destroyer escorts crippled by suicide planes. She won the navy nnlt com mendation for her aid to the stricken ships. She also swept mines from coastet waters at Okt- U. S. E. S. Office To Be Closed Saturdays Beginning February 2, the U. S. Employment Service will be closed on Saturdays, due to the fact that the federal work week has been cut to forty hours. Ap plicants tor work, employers wanting workers. Information on giving training on Job to veter ans, or other matters, veterans desiring work. Information on education, training on job, filing for readjustment allowance, or other assistance are invited to come to the U. S. B. S. office Mondays through Fridays from S a. m. to 4:30 p. m. o Lt. Col. Edward S. Finley Speaks At Kiwanis Meet Former Officer In Army Re lates His Experiences In China of Honor meeting that the Lions Club award in memory of Capt. Robert Wood Finley, who was killed in Europe, will be given each year on a merit basis. The award which will be two weeks at Camp Lasater for one Scout from Wilkes will go to a Scout se lected on the basis of attendance at Scout meetings, participation in Seoul activities, advancement and conduct. James A. Gilliam Retired From U. S. Post^Senrice Rural Letter Carrier At Hays Quits After Carrying Mail Since 1919 James A. Gilliam, rural let ter carrier on Hays, rente one, for 26 years, has retired from the route and will derote his en- a«d the MtolMd.'nf-3ftp»B.- tlm tluig’ eD 'Hiaiiapk-farmlnir Hi pT' his large farm near Hays. ST. SOT. THOMA8 L. CAITDILL HOME ' St. Sgt. Thomas Lee baudill, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Caudill, of this city, was recently rede ployed after serving in the army 39 months. He saw oversea serv ice in the Pacific area. St. Sgt. Caudill served in the Infantry for some time, later being trans ferred to the personnel depart is wife I A’olande Kerbaugh, and they have one son, Thomas L., Jr., o Local Teams Split Two Games Friday Mr. Gilliam began carrying the mail on Hays, route one, on June 23. 1919. At that time he trav- Featured by a most interest ing address, the North Wilkes boro Kiwanis Club held an en joyable meeting Friday noon at Hotel Wilkes. Program Chairman Edward Finley presented his son, Lt. Col. Edward S. Finley, who made an interesting talk on the subject, “China.’’ Lt. Ool. Finley spent considerable time during the last two years of the war in east Chi na and was in charge of a number of the large air bases in that territory. He Indicated that Chi na was a large country, being about the size of the United ■States. Or with some three mil lion S4]uare miles of territory. He was based in the following cit ies and towns during his stay there; Kumming, Changtu, An- kang and Sion. His talk was a resume of the ex periences had in these places, en countering the natives with their R. I. Moore Named Vice Chairman Of N.C.Wijd{ife Clubs Local Man Named Vice- Chairman; Placed On Board Of Directors crude ways of travel, their modes of living, etc., and likewise the eddress stated that R. Ivey Moore, of North Wll- kesboro, president of the Wllkes- Wildlife Club, was named vice- chairman for district 7 and plac ed on the state board of directors at the first annual meeting of the North Carolina Wildlife Federa tion held Wednesday and Thurs day in Greensboro. ^ For organization purposes the state was divided into nine dis tricts. In district 7 are the fol lowing coiinlies: Davie, Yadkin, Surry, Iredell, Alexander. Wilkes, Alleghany. Ashe, Watauga, For syth and Stokes. In district seven Hort Dough- ton, of Statesville, was named as chairman; R. Ivey Moore, vice chairman: and J. O. Lewis, of Statesville, secretary - treasurer. The chairman and vice chairman of each of the nine districts com pose the state board of directors. The directors elected P. JC- Grav- eley, of Rocky Mount, as state chairman; Wayne Brlmlet, of Asheville, A. C. Davis, of Greens boro, and S. B. Coley, of Raleigh, vice chairmen: Ross Stevens, ex ecutive secretary. Mr. Moore, who attended the convention, said highlights of the two-day meeting were an address on Wednesday by Dr. H.S. Swing le, fish culturlstt at Alabama Poly technic Institute, and address on Thursday evening by Fred A. Westerman, In charge of the fish program In Michigan, and Seth Gordon, executive director of the Pennsylvania game commission. The aim of the Wildlife Feder ation is to Inaugurate an effec tive game and fish program in North Carolina similar to the pro grams In effect in Michigan and Pennsylvania. Mr. Gordon in his in Pennsyl- want caused by the press of the enemy, who was skirted all np and do#n the ettfgfn portioh of China. Before the program opened Secretary T. E. Story gave a re port of the directors meeting held eled a 22-mIle route and had, evening, at which time several hun- I’aiil \V Unrvol Sr., was found (loiiil in Ills bed at his home on B S leet in this city early this morn ing. He had been in apparently iionii!il health and his death was ■vlinlly unexpected. Xtr, Harvet was liorn and reared in Win.ston-Salem, a son navy is returning to the States for discharge aboard the USS Herald of the Morning, which left Yokohama, Japan, January 9, and is scheduled to arrive In Seattle about January 25. The USS Herald of the Morn ing is one of the U. S. Navy’s many attack transports and car- eo .ships which supplied sea, air and land forces throughout the North Wilkesboro high school basketball teams divided a doa ble header here Friday night with Blowing Rock teams. Blowing Rock girls, showing the benefit of longer experience, defeated the North Wilkesboro girls 34 to 10. The visitors took an early lead, which was not threatened. D. Coffey was the ' star for Blowing Rock, and tfie showed uncanny accuracy to score 15 pcints. The North Wilkesboro girls showed much improvement over their first game, when they were defeated by a large score by Blowing Rock. The North Wilkesboro boys turned the tables on Blowing Hock and won 22 to 17, revers ing the margin by which they lost to Blowing Rock In the sea- only 600 to 700 patrons. At the time of his retirement he had a 32-mile route with more than 1,600 people getting their mall on hfs route. It Is Interesting to note the different modes of carrying the illlam’s and useful career on the route. He used 7 horses, wore out two buggies and used 22 automobiles, the first of which was a 1918 model T Ford. Patrons miss Mr. Gilliam’s cheerful greetings each day. He knew every one of them by name and they anticipated his daily passing. On his farm Mr. Gilliam plans to raise Hereford cattle and hogs. It was decided the club will send three past presidents as dele- vania 70,000 deer are killed an nually and that deer Is so plenti ful that/wty eoaiitx law tar op en season. The same applies to other game animals and game birds. It was pointed out that North Carolina Is less populated and has better opportunities for more game than Pennsylvania, provided an adequate program of to Kiwanis International I game and fish gates Convention In Atlantic City June i ^°''aorvation can and maintained free of political development and be inaugurated 8-14. The attendance prize Friday | patronage and the policy of mak- was Presented by Joe Barber to j 'f>g frequent changes and placing Dr. A. C. Chamberlain. untrained men in responsible po- Ciuests were as follows; Capt.»sition.s. G. S. Dixon with Dr. F. C. Hub- Mr. Moore stated that the next bard, Robert S. Curtis with R. D. meeting of the Wilke., Wildlife Smith. Zeb Stewart, of Lenoir, district highway engineer, was a guest of the club. 0 I’VT. WILLLdM A. GANT RETITINS TO CAMP Pvt. William A. Gant has re- Club will bo held on Saturday, February 2, seven p. m., at the North Wilkesboro town hall, at which time he will reimrt on the slate convention and plans will I he outlined for a membership I drive in Wilkes. Every Wildlife ' club member and others Interest- turned to Camp Blandlng, Fla., ■ , . , . , ,, » , 1. . ' ed in o.btalnlng a more effective after sipending a furlough at his 7,^,., j , . MACK KERLEY HOME ; home in North FROM BAINBRIDGE, MD. | While here he visited friends and Mack Kerley, pharmacist’s relatives at Winston-Salem mate, third class, has returned to Guilford College. Balnbridge, Md„ after being' “ called home on account of thd Argentina s cattle population illness and death of his grand-' increased 2,500,000 during the father, J. C. McNeil. ' war years. Wilkesboro ! ■Program of wildlife development ''and conservation are urgently re quested to attend. and 1 The combined borough tele phone directories for New York City’s five boroughs total alwiit 3,100 pages. WINTER SPORTS EVIDENE IN ALL KINDS OF CLIMATES j Pacific as the U. S. offensive son’s first game. North Wilkes- moved westward to the shores of Japan before the close of the war. On February 1 dred siih.scription.s to The Jour-' ot tip '.aie .Mr. and Mrs. A. B. nal-Patriot will expire, and the, Harvel. llo was married to the names must necessarily be'former Mis.s Cladie Jones. In dropped from the list unless the 1929 they moved from Winston- suhscrlplions are renewed, | Salem to North Wilkesboro, and The splendid cooperation of the thousands of Journal-Patriot subscribers is greatly appreciated ■ by the publishers. We realize that I sained a wide reputation as one V is a great inconvenience to «'f 'he most able machinists In of your paper, and sec,ion, and his advice was wish to discontinue'ef'en soii.ght in solving problems However, it Is his trade. Games Salem to since that time Mr. Harvel had been connected with Lineberry Foundry here as machinist. He On Tuesday Night North Wilkesboro high school basketball iteams will play the i Ronda boys and girls Tuesday' night in the North Wilkesboro Blow. Rock 8^ N, high .school gymnasium. The first Goulds 13 ...1 ■boro led throughout the game and Blowing Rock did not threat en until the final quarter, when they scored six points to narrow the margin. Both the local teams showed great improvement over previous performances. Attendance was good, and many local fans were In the cheering section. The lineups and scores follow: Girls’ Game Wilkesboro 10 ,1 -iirviviiig -Mr. Harvel are his game will begin at 7 p. m. i The games are expected to be among the best of the season. a miss copies we do not any subscription. recessary v.-ife7t\v^^^ f am '"I I**® be paid in accordance with postal^ W., h ® regulations. | Charlotte Har- It has not been possi) e vnl, all of North Wilkesboro. Adams 4 sonally notify subscribers of their expiration dates, and we ask that you refer to the pink label on the front of your paper, which gives your expiration date. If the date on the pink label is 2-46, that means that your subscription will expire February 1, 1946. If the ’ date Is y°“'‘ subscription will expire on March 1, and should be renewed date; Funeral service will be hold Tuesday, 3 p. m., at the First P.aplist church in this city, with the pastor, Dr. David E. Brown ing, conducting the service. Bur ial will be in Mount Lawn Memo rial Park north of this city. o high. D. Coffey 15 - - Wells 1 Klutz 6 Pelts 1 Pitts Williams E. Coffey Johnson Greene . Phillips Substitutes: Blowing Rock— Banner, Hartley, G. Coffey, Because of a fuel shortage, new before that corn is being burned as a substl- taken may show a population of tute in Argentina. | 19,000,000. North Wilkesboro boys will be Story; North Wilkesboro—Moore, shooting for their third victory, Coffey (3), Hayes (1), Bare, having defeated Sparta and Blow-' Boys’ Game ing Rock here, ijloyd Turner, one Blow. Bock 17 N. Wilkesboro 22 of the North Wilkesboro for- Joe Clawson 4 Ballard 7 wards, and who has been out Jas. Clawson Hudson 3 with an arm injury, is expected l^entz 4 — Caudill 2 to return to action this week. j Ford 2 Johnson 6 o Greene 5 — Badgett 4 Turkey’s census now being | Substitutes; Blowing Rock— Justice (2). Williams; North Wilkeaboro—^Winters MAKINa HAY .WHILK THE SUN SHINES . . . Whether It be Miami Beach, fla., or mp to the ooM ctateii. winter sports are beta* enjoyed by alL In Miami, winter sports liMind# naff swimming. Children sn right modeled the newest In bathing suits. Left to right, ■anzb Elaine Brenner. Top row, Joy Berkstresser and Beverly Cromer. At left, S^or Fr^ Toms, ieissnilllr. N. Ot after having saOed the neven seas, tries his lock at skiing with Pat ArsenaoH. I