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.M.C.A. WUtaw fmd b • eurtbiul •■- 4MT«r wrtil a Mifficieat uuMuit •* ■•■•y im nbed for oroctioa of • itImM T. M. C. \. taiMing vfcM coadiHoM poraU. Lend a kand to see it tkrongh. THE JOURNAL-PATRIOT THE JOURNAL-PATRIOT HAS BLAZED THE TRAIL OF PROGRESS IN THE “STATE OF WILKES” FOR OVER 88 YEARS 3-46' If tin date on piiA laM ia MIL renew HKKOitE the firat day of If yoa aieh te ooatbMM ia aabiiilpdloa Harcb. sending aorricc, aee Hat the is paid in advance. VOL. 40. NO. 79 Publiahed Mo-day. and Thur«iay.. NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., THURSDAY, FEB. 7, 1946 Make Nor th Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center SI,500 NEEDEO TO REACH POLIO COAL Promoted Extra Work Asked To Reach Quota In the Rext Few Days Special Aid Of Churches And Sunday Schools On Next Sunday Requested The amount raised In the in- fantile paralysis compalgn in ' Wilkes is now about $1,500 short of the $5,000 goal for the county. W. D. Jester, campaign chairman. said today. Calling attention to the fact that three new cases of polio were reported in North Carolina last ■week, one in Caldwell county ?nd two in Wayne, Mr. Jester has asked for renewed effort to raise Wilkes’ quota. The National Foundation. Mr. Jester said, spent $315,000 In North Caro lina since January 1, 1945, in addition to the great sums spent, ... during the 1944 epidemic when! n-nty promoted to his present ■Master Sergeant tleorge C. .sln*\v, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Shew, of this city, was rc- there were 37 cases In Wilkes and! numerous others in other parts of the state. A total of $26,000 .was spent to treat the patients from Wilkes who were hospitalized during the epidemic. Some have not yet responded to the letters sent out by Mr. Jester. They are urged to make their contributions as liberal as possible and to mail them at their earliest convenience. The work of collecting funds in ru ral communities has been ham pered by bad weather and closed schools. • Ask Help Of Churches rank. M.Sgt. Shew, who was reociilly home on a 80-day fur lough. returned to his post in Colorado before receiving his new overseas assignment Violation of Law To Put Trash and Rubbish on Street North Wilkesboro city council la meeting Tuesday night received — complaints from the street de- Churchee and Sunday schools | p^^tment that local people, In in Wilkes have been asked to car-i those at some places of ry the polio campaign Into their, bj,gjness, are sweeping and oth- reapactive communltlas on San- placing rnbblsh in the - •« A 1 ^9. Rev. Watt Cooper To Be Installed AsPast^Sunday Sunday, February 10, at Ves per services, at 5 o’clock, Rev. Watt M. Cooper will be Installed as pastor of the North Wilkes boro Presbyterian church, with a number of visiting ministers and elders of the Presbytery taking part in the impressive service. Rev. Kenneth J. Foreman will preside and propound the con stitutional questions. Rev. O. V., Caudill will charge the pastor^ I and Elder L. N. Cashlon will charge the congregation. Dr. E. N. Caldwell, of Graham, will de liver the sermon. Dr. Caldwell, i who was pastor of the Graham Preshyterlan church when Rev. Mr. Cooper was in high school, was largely responsible for his decision to enter the ministry, and is always a welcome guest in the local church. Rev. Lewis J. Yelanjlan is a member of the commission, and also will be pres ent. Mr. John Cashlon, son of Elder L. N. Cashlon, will render a special musical number during the service. The public is cordial ly invited to be present. I 100 Years Old Local Resident Is Hit - Run Victim H. W. Huggins, resident of near this city, was critically In jured Tuesday night when hit by a hit-and-run driver. Huggins was found some time after the accident on the road leading from highway 421 to Grier Mills west of this city. He was carried to the Wilkes hospital, where examination disclosed he had a broken leg and other seri ous injuries. Fairgrounds Will Be Graded For Sports Fields, Playground Crop Loans Are Now Available Emergency crop and feed loans are now available to farmers of Wilkes county for seed, feed and fertilizer and other necessary farm expenses. Farmers interested in obtain ing these loans may contact Miss Elsie Foster at the clerk of court’s office in Wilkesboro and make application. .Mrs. Catherine Alexander, old- owt resident of Wilkes count.v, celebrated her lOOth birthday anniversary on Jnnonry 80th at the home of her son, W. F. Alexander, with whom she makes lier home In the Hays eoBununlty. Despite her ad- vnnc’d ago, Mrs. Alexander Is in good health except for the fact lliat a fractured tiiigh sometime ago has made her un- al>le to walk. She was recently presented an orchid by Tom Hretinlmann on Ids “Breakfast in Hollytvood’’ program. On her lOOth birthday Mrs. Alexander was feted at a dinner given by her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The cen ter of attraction on the table was a huge birthday cake ont- lined with 100 candles. In ad dition to those of the family In the Immediate neighborhood^ those present for the dinner In- eJnded Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Al exander and Ix>nnle Holbrook, of Abshers. MISS EMILY McCOY IS NOW IN CHARGE RED CROSS STATION IN SEOUL, KOREA; LIKES WORK SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A. day. February 10, by special of ferings and other means they may care to use to help Wllkee streets. In regard to the matter the ' board cited a section of the city to have a part In the campaign. o Local Boys Winners Over Taylorsville Boys ^V^n 39 To 25 ^Vhile Girls Drop 37 To 7 Game At Taylorsville - - . LKJaj U, — » reach the $5,000 goal In the cara-L„.(j)nances and requested publl- palgn. Many rural churches and'nation. The section cited is as fol- Sunday schools have already done much In the drive and those whO| Section 8. Trash not to be have not participated are urged thrown on the streets.—It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm or corporation, to throw or sweep into the street or alley of the town, any paper, hay, straw, tin cans of any description, any other rubbish, refuse or trash, decaying vegetable matter of any knd, or scatter any such articles on any vacant lot of his own or that of another. The oc cupants of all business houses or residences shall be required to North Wilkesboro high school keep x barrel or box at some con- boys hit their stride Tuesday veuient place on the back of his, night to win over Taylorsville 39 her or their lots in which to de- to 25, but the North Wilkesboro I posit all such rubbish as above girls, still lacking much in ex-1 mentioned, so that the same may perience, lost to Taylorsville 37 i he gathered up by the town gar- to 7. The games were played a.tl bage wagon and hauled off. Taylorsville. The North Wilkesboro boys took an early lead and held a substan tial margin throughout the game. The ball handling and accurate shooting soon developed into a 21 to 7 'e-d ard Tiylor^ville came back with a stronger offense in the last half to score IS imints and North Wilkesboro kept pace with the same number, McGhln- nis made an excelb'nt showing, scoring ten points and holding his opponent scoreless. Caudill was high scorer for North Wilkesboro with 11. The North Wllktsbo'-o girls showed improvement over former games, but were out classed by the Taylorsville lassies in scoring. J. Baker was the big threat for Taylorsville with 17 points. The lineups and scores follow: Boys' Game N. Wilkesboro 89. Taylorsville 25 Ballard 4 Moretz Johnson 6 fo* 5 McGhinnls 10 Teague 3 Turner 8 Baker 8 Caudill 11 .- Grant 9 Girls’ Game N. Wilkesboro 7. Taylorsville 87. Powel' 2 Icenhour 7 wpiis 1 - Walker 4 Hayes 2 Wilson 4 Adams 2 J. Baker 17 Johnson - Baker 6 Claimants Warned Against Making False Statements GREER BROTHERS ESCAPE JAIL AT LENOIR; BIG-SCALE SEARCH ;jragan Phillips Sara — Teague Fox Poole .. Hunt highly in I:»rrls - Coach Manshlp was deased with improvements he teams and hopes to show the ocal fans a sp’ lother working ©am when thej meet Mocksvllle lere Friday night. The end of World War II has lad litte effect to date upon the! continuing high prlc© of farm It has come to the attention I of the U. C. Claim Takers In the U. S. Employment Service that some of the veterans who are fil ing claims for readjustment al lowance are doing so in violation of tlie law, Mrs. Katliryn Lott, manager, said today. “We have learned that three veterans are working and earning more than 820 a week, yet not reporting any earnings when they sign their claim.s." said Mrs. Ix)tt. In order to be eligible to draw readjust ment allowance, or unemploy ment comprensatlon, a claimant must be unemployed, able to work and willing to accept suitable em ployment. In only one instance can an employed veteran file a claim, and that is when he is self- employed and files a self-em ployed claim. o Major Forehand t At Liberty Here Major Roy Forehand, who re cently received his discharge from service after a long period in the Pacific Theatre, is now as sociated with his father-in-law, Ivan D. Anderson, in management of the Liberty Theatre. Major Forehand served in the Solomons, New Guinea and in the Philip pine liberation campaign. Major Forehand’s wife, the for mer Miss Vania Anderson, and children make their home in this city. Greer, Held For Kidnap ing Cab Driver, Has A Long Record Lenoir, Feb. 4.—The elusive Milliard Greer once more is the object of an extensive manhunt in northwest North Carolina. Greer, whose list of crime ac complishments reads like an en cyclopedia^ walked off from the Caldwell county jail tonight with his brother, Estol Greer, both disappearing into the night. Sheriff J. F. Parlier said the e.scape occurred about 7 p. ra. He .said he Jflieved the two men ob tained en I ranee to the iall cirrl- dor by sawing through their cell bars ai.d then sec etmi themselves behind a door. When Jailer Wash Littlejohn entered the corridor with two ne groes he was to lock up, he was attacked and pushed into a cell and locked in. The Greers then rode the elevator to the basement and made their e.scape. The base ment door is about 20 feet from the elevator, and th© escapees had to pass the offices of both the sheriff and the Lenoir chief of police. Sheriff Parlier said the escape was discovered within 20 minutes but no trace of the men had been found late tonight. Kidnaping Charge Milliard Greer was brought to the Caldwell jail Saturday from North Wilkesboro. where he had been held by Wilkes county au- thorties in connection with the holdup and kidnaping of a North Wilkesboro taxi cab driver sev eral weeks ago. He was wanted here for the holdup December 30 of Keener Bell, Lenoir taxi driv er, on Blowing Rock road. Parlier said Milliard Greer also was wanted iu Virgil.ia and Ten nessee. He said Greer had es caped from tho Virginia state penitentiary in Richmond where he was serving a 16-year term for breaking and entering, lar ceny and arson. Estel Greer was arrested here two weeks ago, and he also faced a number of charges including larceny and burglary, but the brothers had not been connected definitely with a specific crime. o CPL. .TAMES ALLEN KECEIVE8 DISCHARGE Cpl. James Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Allen, of this city, I has received his dlscliarge from the army and has returned home after three years’ service. 30 months of which was spent in North Africa, Sicily and Italy with a combat military police unit. Cpl. Allen has returned to his former position at the Allen Theatre, of which his father is owner and manager. SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A. Calling A1HSWF-- Scouts; a Contest A contest is on for all Girl Scouts for a poster that will best express the spirit of Scouts de picted In the life of Juliette Low and her Influence in Scouting. The poster must be made on ten-cent size poster paper. It must be handed to the Scout lead er not later than March S. Prizes will be $5 to the best Brownie poster, $5 to the Intermediate troops and $5 to the senior troop. Parents may help by helping the girl Scout find out all she can about Juliette Low. The contest is on! Do your best, Girl Scouts! “? Seoul, Korea.—A 7-year-old' Okinawan boy, named ‘‘Jimmy,’’ has become the ward of two American Red Cross workers here. He was brought to Korea by a Japanese officer, It Is ru mored, after he lost his entire family in the fighting on Okinawa. In the meantime Jimmy has attached himself to the Red Cross, sleeping snugly in a cor ner of the “Lanyard Club,’’ which was established for Seventh Di vision artillerymen. In charge of this Red Cross club here are Miss Emily McCoy, of North Wilkes boro^ N. C., and Miss Beth Daily, of o’skosh, Wls. Jimmy is a favorite of the serv icemen coming to the club. When they ask him which of the girls he likes best for his ‘‘mother,’’ he points to them Impartially: “One mommy good, two mommy better.’* Miss McCoy Is a graduate of Salem College, at Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She taught In the schools of Asheboro, N. C., and prior to her Red Cross appoint ment was employed by the War Department in Washington. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. McCoy, North Wilkesboro. Miss McCoy entered Red Cross tr|j|ining.at Waahlaften, Now In Korea Work Authorized In Meeting City Conncil Tuesday Football Field, Baseball Field And Softball Dia mond To Be Provided MISS EMILY McOOY she received Red Cross extension work at Fort George G. Meade, Md. After proceeding to the west coast she sailed from San Fran cisco on October 31, on the Sea Corporal. She landed in the Phil ippines and proceeded from Ma- Local Merchant Endorses Issue Mr. Julius G. Hubbard. Co-Pub lisher, The Journal-Patriot, North Wilkesboro, N. C. Dear Mr. Hubbard: This company deems it a priv ilege to give its support to your pictorial rotogravure undertak ing. This Is a movement of vital concern to the city and county at this particular time, and every patriotic and forward looking citizen should do everything pos sible to contribute to its success. Very truly yours, BARE’S DEPARTMENT STORE, G. T. Bare. Owner. Two Shoplifters Are T^n Here Local police have nabbhd two shoplifters here with a varied as sortment of stolen merchandise. Police Chief J. E. Walker said today. George Price, of Winston-Sa lem, and his sister, Evezell Price, of Cricket, were arrested Monday on chargee of taking merchan dise from Bare’s, Crest and Tom linson’s Department stores. Chief Walker said the pair had a shop ping bag filled with dresses, scarfs, shoe laces, socks and oth er articles of clothing, including two pairs of women’s hose. Bond was filed for appearance later In court. Federal Tax Men Here March 4-15 Those who desire assistance In filling out income tax returns for 1945 will be interested ip the an nouncement that a deputy collec tor of revenue will be in room 12 of the Bank of North Wilkesboro building from March 4 to 16 for that purpose. All Stars Divide With Cohle Teams Local Men Win 39 To 33 While Girls Drop Game To Visitors 21 To 14 North Wilkesboro all star teams divided a double header here Tuesday nljht with Coble Dairies teams from Lexington, the local men winning a 39 to 33 thriller and Coble’s girls taking the long end of a 21 to 14 count. In the men’s game the visitors took an early lead and at half time were ahead 21 to 15. At the end of the third period the score was knotted 27-27 and the North Wilkesboro men pulled out in front throughout the final quarter. B. Jones was the high scorer for North Wilkesboro with 12, but Wiles was the outstand ing player on the court, especial ly in defense. Myers, a former Wake Forest player, led the visi tors with 12 points. North Wilkesboro girls showed much improvement over their first game and gave the Coble stars real competition. Some of the local players were in their first game. Lineups and scores follow: Men’s Game N. Wilkesboro 89. Coble’s 83. B. Jones 12 Henson 1 Crews 5 — Grayson 6 Sink 7 Everhart 4 Wiliams 2 Myers 12 ■Wiles 7 - Swlcegood 4 Gentry C. Everhart 4 Hudson Girl’s Game N. Wilkesboro 14. Coble’s 21 Foster 2 Owens 13 ' Templeton 3 McCurdy 4 W. Dancy 6 Bowers Ellis Pendry 1 - Black Sldden • Richardson Substitutes — North Wilkes boro, Eller, Alexander, Johnson 2, I P. Dancy, Wagoner, Triplett, Wll- j Haras: Coble’s—Plnckie and Beck. I Following tho games, which I were played in the North Wll- j kesboro gymnasium, the four teams were gueats at a fish fry provided by Coble Dairy Pro ducts Company and the occasion at the I/eglon club house was most enjoyable. North Wilkesboro men all stars will play the fast team from Boonvllle Tuesday night. 7:30, on the North Wilkesboro court In what should be one of the best games of the year. Annual Meeting Wilkes Red Cross Chapter Monday Chapter Meeting Called For Monday Afternoon, Four O’clock, Town Hall Annual meeting of the Wilkes Chapter of the American Red Cross will be held Monday, Feb ruary 11, 4 p. m., in the North Wilkesboro town hall. A. F. Kilby, chapter chairman, announced the meeting and asked that all committeemen be pre pared to submit their annual re ports. The chapter ha-s experi enced its most active year and a most interesting meeting is an ticipated. Officers for the ensuing year will be elected and plans for chapter activities during the year will be outlined at the an nual meeting. North Wilkesboro board of commissioners in session Tues day night, with Mayor R. T. McNiel, transacted many Items of public interest, including appro priation of money for grading the fairgrounds into athletic fields and the authorization of the pur chase of a street fiusher. Paul S. Cragan, school super intendent, with W. Blair Gwyn, Ira D. Payne and Hufus Church, of the school board, presented the fair grounds project to the city council, asking that the town ap propriate funds for grading the fair grounds to provide for a foot ball field, baseball field and soft- ball grounds. The sum of $500 was appropriated toward the cost of the work, which was estimated at $891. The plans call for a sen ate football and baseball field and for softball diamonds. The plan as submited to the board was for grading, drainage and fence repairs. A long range plan under consideration would light the football and baseball fields. Mayor McNiel was authorized by the board to purchase a flush- er for cleaning the streets. Rep resentatives of firms who can furnish the needed equipment said they could assure delivery within a few months. L. D. Saylors and Robert J. Gettman were granted permits to ' ' Tracking' Company for digging a ditch for an efght-lnch water main from the city limits to the Carolina Mirror factory now un der construction. The price of the ditch will be 30 cents per lin eal foot. Leonard L. Parsons was hired as a policeman at a salary of $110 per month. He fills the va cancy caused by the resignation of Carlyle Staley. Carl Prevette had been preVlousy placed on the force, succeeding R. L. Page. The board authorized Clerk W. P. Kelly to advertise for bids for the timber on the North Wilkes boro water shed near the water plant. The advertisement will ap pear later In Th© Journal-Patriot. Small, nonfarm owners pre sent the toughest problem now facing foresters working to pre serve the nation’s woodlands. Hightower, Negro, Loses Appeal; Will Die February 15th Raleigh, Jan. 31.—The State Supreme Court today found no error In the appeal of Walter Hightower, negro, of Wilkes county, convicted last August of murder. The decision automatically sets his death date for February 15. Twenty-four opinions were handed down at the final session of the fall term of court. Hightower was convicted of stabbing to death with a hand made knife Wiliam Bunker in a Wilkes county prison camp, where both men were Inmates. In writ ing the opinion, Associate Justice M. V. Barnhill said. In part: “Counsel assigned to defend this prisoner have presented his cause with that degree of dili gence and fidelity the public has come to expect from the members of the legal prfesslon of this state. They have pointed out and sought review of every possible criticism of the charge. These exceptive as signments of error as well as the case as a whole have received consideration commensurate with the gravity of the case. No cause for disturbing the verdict Is made to appear." Dr. James C. Mills I Opens Office Here t ~ Native Of Henderson, Dr. I Mills Has Been In Service I In Army Three Years Dr. James C. Mills, formerly of Henderson and more recently In service as a medical corps officer in the army, has opened an office for the practice of medicine in North Wilkesboro. Dr. Mills Is a graduate of Wake Forest College, where he received his B.S. degree. Later he gradu ated from the school of medicine at Tulane University with his I M.D. degree and served in the anny for three years. For two .years he was with army hospitals in England and with the 84th di vision In Germany. Dr. Mills and his wife and two children, Jim and Beth, will make their home in North Wilkesboro. Dr. Mills’ office is located over Brame Drug Company in the of fices formerly occupied by the late Dr. E. M. Hr.lct.ens. Support Y.M.C. A. Sosnik Owner Of Jean’s Shop Jean’s, a widely known local dress and hat shop, has keen sold by Mrs. Zella Culpepper to Nat Sosnik. Winston-Salem merchant. The deal has already been com pleted and Mrs. Culpepper, who has been In business here for sev eral years, plans to go to Jack sonville. Fla., where she will be engaged in the same type of busi ness. Mr. Sosnik has assumed management of the local store, which will continue to be oper ated as a ladles’ ready-to-wear store. SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A.
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