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J ' . - - ^ -\ '^>>-- -■ •■ ,..,,.'^r. , ^-, ■*;•■ . , -'i>-• .M.C.A. MNiac twmd 1m m aMtiBuI mm- iiTtr mM ■ mMWm* sM»aBt •i WMMtr ti raM tm trnmeHmm af a mUmmrn T. H. C. A. MMfaiK vlMa wadM«M permit. Lend a taad t* ■•• M thiiart THE JOURNAL-PATRIOT 34& If the d^^ piMk UM ia .“S THB JOUBNAL-PAHIIOT HAS BLAZHD THE TRAIL OF PROGRESS IN THE “STATE OF WHJLB8” FOR OVER 38 YEARS renew BBP0IUB the firat 4ar Mareli. If yoa wish to contibuw MoAiif the paper la aemeeae fai aarriee, see that the aiiheetipBea ia paM ia adiTaoee. VOL 40. NO. 80 Publuhed Mohdaya and Thoradaya. NORTH WlLKESBORO> N. C, MONDAY, FEB. 11, 1946 Make Nor th Wilkoaboro Yonr Shopping CMiter Red Cross Fund Receives Discharge artfi/ifr*>i^****************^^**i^ Goal Is $10,500. Major McElwee Is Named Red Cross FundChairman “Your Red Cross Must Car ry On” Is Slogan For 1946 Campaign V. F. W. to Meet Thursday Night Regular meeting of Veterans of Foreign Wars will be at the city hall In Wllkesboro on Thurs day night, February 14, at 7:30 o’clock. Major W. H, McElwee, recently discharged from the army after serving at home and overseas for a period of over three years as a' member of the Judge Advocate | General's Department, has accept Variety Subjects Discussed Friday At Kiwanis Meet \orth Wllkesboro Klwanls Club ed chairmanship of the 1946 fund enjoyed a program on varied sub campaign In Wilkes county. I jects Friday noon. The Wilkes county quota for Rev. II. M. Wellman was in 1946 Is $10,500. Of the total charge of the program. He asked amount 59.5 per cent of funds P. W. Eshelman to direct the first collected will be retained in part of the program, which con- Wllkes county for local work, sisted of group singing led by while the remaining 40.5 per Paul S. Cragan and J. C. Reins, qent will be remitted to national Paul S. Cragan spoke briefly headquarters. ^ concerning the project to develop Mr. McElwee announced that the fair grounds Into a football the 1946 fund campaign will field, baseball park and softball open In Wilkes county on March grounds. He outlined plans for 1 and last through March 15. the development, and the city Sidden Sells The Model Upholstery Local Men Buy Plant And Organize Model Chair Company, Inc. J. M. Derr, Jr., and F. B. Heth- cock have purchased the Model Upholstery Company from C. C. Sidden and have organized the! Model Chair Co.. Inc. Clothing Collection Sunday, Feb. 17th Rep. Doughton’s Wife Dies; Age 75 Dr. Gilbert Combs At Duke This Week .John Huston Jolnes, ,Tr., M.\M, husband o7 the former Mtat Job's of-h.; wlfV oT-armo'st Washington, Feb. President Truman on down, all walks of life In official Washing ton extended sympathy to the dean of the North Carolina dele gation in Congress, Representa tive Robert L. Doughton, In the Dr. Gilbert R. Combs, pastor of the First Methodist church In , this city is attending a series of 9—From lectures this week at Duke Uni versity, and no prayer service will be held on Wednesday night. "Your Red Cross Must Carry On" has been selected as the slo gan for the 1946 fund campaign. It was pointed out by Mr. Mc- Blwee that the funds raised by council was enthusiastically thanked for appropriating money for grading the grounds. Athletic Coach Charlie Manshlp, a guest at the meeting, spoke briefly tlnue to operate the plant, which is located just north of the city; i limits on highway 18, and the, same type of furniture as .Tiade by Mr. Sidden is being maniil.-- tured. Mr. Derr, husband of the for mer Miss Gwendolyn Hubbard, and Mr. Hethcock, who had been associated with local manufac turers, are well known here. Mr. Sidden will devote his time to the Sidden Bus Lines, recently purchased in Winston-Salem, but will continue to make his h ::ne In this city. o 60 AVllbesboro. received his dls- I yB^rs, who died unexpectedly the American Red Cross In this about the athletic program now campaign will be used by the na- developing In the school and toional organisation and by local chapters to meet the primary and fundamental Red Cross respon sibilities to the American armed community. Rev. Mr. Wellman then pre sented Eagle Scout Phil Mitchell, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Mltch- forces at home and abroad and' ell, who made a splendid talk and their families; ' thanked the club for its interest and expansion and support of Boy Scout actlvl- to veterans and for maintenance of regular Red Cross services for ^ ties. He also related the Inter- cirlliBn welfare; and to deal with i eating story of the founding of situations which have developed I Boy Scouts of America. Phil was or may derelop m th« result of presented to the club by J. B. war. A large portion of these' Carter. funds will be used In services to Dr. Gilbert R. Combs con- disablcd veterans. eluded the program with an In- Mr. McEIweo further states teresting talk centered on the that the services rendered by the'subject of Scouting and the val- Wllkes County Chapter have been ue of Boy Seout organizations to on a 8te.ady increase since April, , youth. 1945. During the past month of j J. B. Williams reported on January, 1946, the Wilkes Coun- progress In the Chamber of Com- ty Chapter handled a total of 291|merce recently organized and cases. Services were rendered to stated that a movement was now 198 active servicemen or their families, and 82 ex-servicemen were assisted In their claims and other problems. Red Cross serv- Leadlng anthropologists regard Eskimos as merely one kind of North American Indian, both In blood and language. charge from the navy on Janu ary 21. He entered the navy January 18, 1948, serving 31 months; first on the Atlantic on the USS Booth 170 and on the I’arlflc on the DSS Boric. The Boric, which was hit by a Jap suicide plane a few days be fore the Jap surrender, was one of the first .American ships to enter Tokyo Bay. He has the following decorations; .-\merican Victory World War 11, Asiatic-Pacific with three bronze stars. Philippines Lib eration. Before entering serv ice he owned and operated Jay Jolnes grocery on Tenth street In this city. Eller Cites Need School Buildings Superintendent Giving Summary Building Needs School Building Needs Will Be Told In Series Of Three Articles under consideration to make North Wllkesboro a marketing center for varied products from a wide area in northwestern North ices were rendered to all civil-' Carolina. ians during January. A'olunteer The program was well received workers gave many hours as nur-; by the members of the club, ses aides. In knitting garments' Guests Friday were as follows: for the armed forces and the pro-| Mrs. Sam Mitchell with her fath- duction committee cut 100 kltler, J. R. Finley: Dr. James C.. . , , bags which are now ready to be I Mills with Dr. G. T. Mitchell;^ summary o e sewed. The nutrition committee. , Dwight Nichols with J. B. Wll- ’’bb^b for new sc oo u ngs with the cooperation of the libra-j liams; Sam Vickery with Dr. F. ; B-fid additions In a e arcs rian, has arranged a center for C. Hubbard; J. B. Snlnes and the county system, display and distribution of Red; John L. Ferguson with J R. Hix; Cross materials on nutrition, I’hil Mitchell with J. P Carter; and recipes for saving fats and Charlie Manshlp with .aul S. sugar. . Cragan. C. B. Eller, superintendent of Wilkes schools, has made an in tensive suryey of the school building needs for the Wilkes county school system. In order that the public may he Informed of the needs of the schools, Supt. Eller has prepared for publication in The Journal- GREER BROTHERS CAUGHT ON FRIDAY IN WELCH, W. VIRGINIA, AFTER AN EXCHANGE OF SHOTS Milliard Greer, desperado, want-1 A number of local men went ed for a series of robberies, theft, | lb Welch to identify the Greers. Tho.^e going from here were Her man Johnson, Claude Abshor, kidnaping and jail breaks, was captured by Welch, W. Va., offi cers Friday evening on a moun tainside near Welch after an ex change of shots. ■ Captured with Greer was his brother. Bstel Greer, who es caped with him from the Cald well county jail at Lenoir a week ago. Milliard Greer was arrested by local police here on February 2. On charges of robbing Clayton C. (Bozo) Davis, local taxi driver, who was left tied to a tree in Ashe county after he was relieved of his car and cash, for holdup of a taxi driver in Lenoir, for for holdup and tying up of a taxi driver in Johnson City, Tenn., and for breaking ont of the Vir ginia state prison. Greer was held and taken to Lenoir, where he es caped two days later by overpow- erliig the jailor. Following Is Supt. Eller’s statement, followed by his recom mendations for a part of the schools. The remainder will be carried In two succeeding issues of The Journal-Patriot; I plan to give the local papers an article each week on the build ing and equipment needs of the Wayco Smithey, Jay Blankenship, Claude Roope and James John son. Sam Church Home Burned On Friday Fire which apparently started from a flue almost completey de stroyed the home of Sam Church and family on Seventh street Fri day afternoon. The building, which was the former John Cashion residence, was burning rapidly when the Are was discovered but the fire de partment was able to put out the flames before the entire building burned. However, practically all the furnisnings belonging to Mr. At Lenoir the Greer .brothersi j;j,urch’8 family were destroyed, stole a 1941 Ford, which they [ their loss was not covered by were trying to sell in Welch. Va., insurance. Friday when police became sus plclous and tried to make the ar rest. Greer and his brother ran along the railroad, exchanging shots with the police, when Greer’s gun jammed- They then ran Into a nearby mountain with police trailing and after some search they were located and sur rendered to the officers without further resistance. EnnrE r. morbison UECEIVTSS DISCHAKGL Eddie C. Morrison, radar mate, second class, has received his discharge from -the navy after 20 months' service. He served In Oki nawa, the Phllppines, in Japan and in China. Eddie is a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Morrison, of Roaring River. schools of Wilkes county. These articles will deal with the schools by district starting with district one and continuing throughout the county. The articles will be based on a county-wide survey made of the school needs. I hope you will take the time to look over the facts given, visit the school your child attends and give me the benefit of your ob servation. C. B. ELLER. DLSTBIOT NO. ONE Wllkesboro School The district needs a separate high school building containing 12 class rooms, a large audito rium for use by the entire school and community. The building should also include room for li brary, science laboratories, home economics laboratory, vocational agriculture department and cafe teria. The present high school build ing should be -partially remod eled to house the grammar grade students. The present library buildings should have a small- assembly or music room added. Boomer School The building is adequate to house the present enrollment. The school needs an addition of two toilet rooms and a holier room. A central heating system, plumbing and sewage disposal should be installed. Brushy Mountain The present plan calls for an elementary building to house all the students In Brushy Mountain township. The building to coa- audltorium, water aya- tain an tern, central kteaUng, plaiabl^, and Bew&g* SBOdlld ayatent. The enrollment In the sdboola In the township have dropped to a point where It may be advis able to consolidate all the schools with Wllkesboro when roads nra improved. Fergnson School The Ferguson school needs the addition of two class rooms, a science laboratory, home econom ics laboratory, library, and cafe teria. The school needs an im proved water system, central heating, plumbing and sewage disposal system. Provision has been made to .idd two class rooms, install plumbing equipment and sewage disposal system this spring. Moravian Palls School The school needs an addition of two class rooms, library, cafe teria and auditorium. There should be installed central heat ing, more plumbing fixtures and a new sewage disposal system. More land should be added to thi school lot. Somers Towashtf A new school to house the stu dents from eight one and two- teacher schools in Somers and Lovelace township. It Is figured that it will take a building with nine class rooms, library, cafeteria and auditorium to house the students of the fol lowing schools: Windy Gap, Shady Grove, Lovelace, Lewis. Spurgeon, Som- ersville, Osbornvllle and Mt Pis- gah. This school should have wa ter system, central heating, plumbing and sewage disposal system. yesterday morning in Washing ton’s Casualty Hospital. Grief-stricken by the greatest blow of his life, the stalwart 81- year-old Doughton walked back into his office In the new House Office Building shortly after noon to sit in his private office, his head bowed, as fellow members of the North Carolina delegation, scores of other members of the House. Senate and other friends and admirers passed through to express their sympathies. Farmer Bob said: “It was nev er possible for a man to have a better wife and mother. She was a wonderful woman." Stayed In Background Mrs. Doughton chose co remain in the background during her 35 years of residence in official Washington with her husband, sharing with him the various ho tels, homes or apartments in I which they have lived, staying ' busy making a home and enter taining only to a small extent in the social life of the nation's capi tal. She seemed to hare the same physical strength and strength of character for which her hns- bihiTlhas beifi^fibnons. iSe' Knutson Speaker For Lincoln Day Dinner Feb. 16th Downpour of Rain Yesterday Caused Postponement Collection Here Sponsored By The Lions Club With Aid Of Boy Scouts Kyle Hayes Will Be Toast master For Annual Repub lican Rally In State showed her 76 years, was quick witted and witty, and enjoyed dis cussing her husband’s career. Mrs. Doughton always referred to him as “Robert,’ and she scrupu lously refrained from ever try ing to influence any decisions af fecting his public life. Seated at his desk. Farmer Bob recalled how both he and his wife had been married before, their first mates haying died. There are three children surviv ing Mrs. Doughton by her union with the Congressman — Miss Reba Doughton, of Washington, and Laurel Springs; J. Horton Doughton, Statesville; and for mer Sheriff Claude Doughton, of North Wllkesboro. President Truman dispatched to Farmer Bob the following let ter; "My heart goes out to you In the sorrow which has come to you with such sudden and crush ing force. "To you and to all who mourn with you, 'I offer this assurance of heartfelt sympathy, In which Mrs. Truman joins." The House, meanwhile, paused til pay tribute to Mrs. Doughton, being informed of her death by Major A. Iv. Bnlwlnkle, of Gas tonia, who stated that “every member of the House grieves with Mr. Doughton.” See DOUGHTON—Pago 8 o Attorney Kyle Hayes, of this city, widely recognized as a lead er In the Republican party In North Carolina, will be toastmas ter for the annual Lincoln Day dinner to be held at Robert E. Lee hotel in Winston-Salem Sat urday evening, February 16, 6:30. Annual convention of Young Republicans of North Carolina and a statewide declamation con test will be held in the afternoon preceding the dinner. iRep. Harold Knutson, veteran Republican member from Minne sota, the top-ranking minority member of the House Ways and Means Committee, who tor some years was the "whip’’ in the House, and who began his long service In Congress In 1917, will be the principal speaker for the dinner. In case Rei contr31'*iY ^iTHouMi' Victory clothing collection In the WilkesboroB, scheduled for Sunday afternoon, February 10, but postponed because of a down pour of rain, will be carried out on Sunday afternoon, February 17, beginning at 2:80. The Victory clothing collect ion here is sponsored by the North Wllkesboro Lions Club with the aid of the Boy Scouts, and Paul Green Is chairman for the collection. Trucks will tour the two Wllkesboros Sunday aft ernoon and Scouts will pick up the bundles from the front porch es of the residences. The people are asked to gather all types of usable clothing which they can give, tie It In bundles or place It In cardboard boxes, and put the bundles and boxes In plain view so that the Scouts with the trucks can see them. Shoes In pairs should be tied together. For oonvenlence of people out side of the Wllkesboros who have clothing they wish to contribute, boxes have been placed at the fire departments In North Wll- keflboro and Wllkesboro, where the clothing may be deposited. iln addition to clothing and shoes, the collection will include timt Serves In Navy Life Saving Squad May Be Organized For N. Wllkesboro the November elections, Knutson will succeed Rep. Robert L. Doughton as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. Pleasing Program Arranged Committees hare been at work on the details of the dinner affair and report a pleasing program has been arranged. There will be a musical program directed by H. Grady Miller, minister of music at the First Baptist church, with Miss Inobel Shaffer, of radio sta tion WSJS, featuring with her large organ. Mrs. Mary Mills Dyer, who was confined for three years In a Japanese concentration camp just outside Manila, will be heard In a quartette, singing the solo for a patriotic specialty num ber. Kyle Hayes, of North Wllkes boro, will bo toastmaster. In the afternoon the annual convention of North Carolina Young Republicans will be held with J. Ray Jennings, of Taylors ville, president, in charge. The keynote address of this session will be delivered by J. M. Bailey, Jr., of Marshall, with Fate Beal, of Lenoir, as chairman of the nominating committee to select officers tor next year. It is expect ed that Jennings will be named to succeed himself for a second term. An added featnrfi expected to types of bedding. The materials collected will go for the relief of the destitute peo ple in war ravaged countries of the world. Father and Son Scout Banquet Is Successful Event Indicative of the high inter est in Scouting, more than 160 Scouts and their dads gathered at the Legion club house Thursday evening for the father and son banquet, a highlight of Boy Scout Week observance in the Wllkoe district. A count of those attending re vealed more than 60 adults and 110 Scouts, representing all ex cept two of the Scout units In the county. The supper consisted of hot dogs, slaw and drinks and was thoroughly enjoyed by the crowd. I,. M. Nel.son, chairman of the Scout Advancement Committee, was toastmaster for the occasion, and he presented J. B. Carter, chairman of the Wilkes district, who spoke briefly and introduced Ralph Harbinson, assistant Scout executive of the Old Hickory Organizer From Roanoke, Va., To Meet With Local People February 21 Ted H. Hamby has returned to Camp Peary, Va,, where he recently completed his boot training In the navy, after spending a ten-day leave wltii his parenta, Mr. and Mm. R. W. Hamby, of Puriear, A Life Saving Squad may be organized in North Wllkesboro. Julius S. Wise, director of the medical and safety division of the Southern Oxygen Company, of Roanoke, Va., who was a leader in organizing the squad which be came nationally famous in Roan oke, will meet with local citizens at Relns-^Sturdlvant chapel on February 21, 7 p. m., to explain the form of organization and re quirements for a unit of the fa mous organization here. Life Savings Squads are volun teer organizations of people who train themselves to save lives In any type of emergency and who have and maintain equipment for that purpose. Members of the North Wllkes boro fire department will be in cluded among those who will meet with Mr. Wise and all oth ers who are Interested In a Life help swell the crowd is the first | Council, who gave an inspiring statewide declamation contest message on Scouting. Mr. Carter among high school boys and | also presented the chairmen of girls on the subject, “The Repub- the various committees, who In lican Party and the Future." The turn presented the members of county winners will contest there their committees for the district. during the afternoon with the two winners meeting at the dinner for first place prize of $100 in cash and a second prize of $50. The $100 offered first place winner comes from well known Winston- Salem citizen who plans, if it be comes successful, to leave a trust fund to the party In order that The contests may go on through the years to come. Seats at special tables will Oe reserved for state Republican leaders, members of the general assembly and officials in the va rious counties. Robert Hayes Mc Neill, of Washington, D. 0., who ran for governor In the 1940 cam paign, will attend with Mrs. Mc Neill. V All Stars Will Play Boonville Tuesday North Wllkesboro all stars, men and boys, will play the Boon- vile all star teams on the North Wilkeaboro high school gymna sium court Tuesday night. The first game will begin at 7:30. Boonville has perhaps the most outstanding all star teams In western North Carolina, and It is expected that there will be a Saving Squad here are Invited large attendance of local cage and urged to be preront. Jfans to witness the games. Ivey Moore performed a num ber of magician's tricks, which were thoroughly enjoyed. The father and son banquet was arranged by a Camping and Activities Committee, which Is composed of Bill Absher, Ivey Moore, William A. Brame and George Forester, who were given a vote of thanks for the very suc cessful event which they staged for the Scouts and Scouters of the district. A splendid spirit of Interest prevailed at the banquet, and the opinion was expressed that Scout ing Is entering upon a new era of advancement and progress lo Wilkes county. It was one of the most successful Scout assemblies ever held In the county. At the banquet troop 36 led in attendance with 18 boys and sev en adults present. Other atend- ance figures follow: Troop 32, 15 boys and two adults; Troop 34, 11 boys and four adults; Troop 35, 12 boys and five adnlts; Troop 77, Moravian Falls, seven boys and three adults: Troop 95, at Mountain View, one boy and one adult; Troop 99, at Millers Creek, 14 boys and one adult; Cub Troop 32, 15 boys and seven adnlts; Cub Troop 36; 36 boys and ten adults.
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