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VOL. 40. NO. 83
Published Mondays and Thursdays. NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., THURSDAY, FEB. 21, 1946
Make North Wilkeabore Your Shopping Center
I0T06RAVURE EDITION WILL BE
BEST PUBLICITY EVER PRINTED
FOR WILKES TOWNS AND COUNTY
Additional Time Being Given In Order To
Make Edition More Complete; Already
Far More Successful Than Anticipated
As work progresses on the ro
togravure edition soon to be is
sued by The Journal-Patriot, it
becomes more evident that It
will be the flnest publicity effort
ever undertaken for North Wll-
kesboro and Wilkes county.
Already the materia! support
given the forthcoming edition has
surpassed original aims and plans
a^id the publishers have extended
the time in preparing the edi
tion to make It possible to make
It into a most complete and high
ly attractive edition.
The edition Is tabloid size and
stitched for permanency, will be
printed In beautiful rotogravure
and will contain numerous pic
tures. It will portray effectively
the imdustrlal, commercial, agri
cultural and Institutional phases
of activity, not only In the WIl-
kesboros, but other parts of
Wilkes as well.
Although much time has been
spent on the edition, many who
would like to be Included have
not been reached. Those who have
not arranged for space In the ro
togravure edltiojn are urged to
call The Journal-Patriot office.
School Building
Needs Listed For
Remainder Area
Supt. Eller Completes Sum
mary Of Needs For Build
ings And Additions
SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A.
Mrs. Clarence Call
Claimed By Death
Going Overseas
Funeral Service For Well
Known Local Woman To
Be Held Friday, 3 P.M.
Mrs. Clarence Call, member of
one of northwestern North Caro
lina’s best known families, died
at 8 a. m. this morning at Wilkes
hospital.
Mrs. Call, who had beein mak
ing her home in North Wilkes-
boro and in Greensboro, was
spending the winter at Hotel
Wilkes here. Several days ago
she became 111 and yesterday her
condition became serious and she
was taken to the Wilkes hospital,
where she died this morning.
Mrs. Call, who before her mar
riage was Miss Sallle Cook, was
born in Guilford coupty, a daugh
ter of the late Thomas A. Cook
and Mrs Gozeal Rhodes Cook, of
Friendship. She was married to
Clarence Call, who for many
years w'as ome of North Carolina’s
outstanding business men and who
held the office of sheriff of Wilkes
county. He died several years
ago.
Surviving Mrs. Call are three
daughters: Mrs. John E. Justice,
Jr., of North Wllkesboro; Mrs.
Orten Boran, of Greensboro: and
Mrs. J. B. Carter, of North Wll
kesboro. Also surviving are two
sisters, Mrs. G. S. Boren and Mrs.
W. M. Hunt, of Greensboro.
Funeral service will be held
Friday afternoon, 3 o’clock, at
the home of Mrs. J. B. Carter, i
on Ninth street. Dr. Gilbert R. I
Combs, pastor of the North Wll-1
kesboro First Methodist church,
of which Mrs. Call was a member,
and Rev. J. H. Armbrust, a for
mer pastor, now superlntendant
of the StatesviUe district of the
Methodist church, will conduct
the service. Burial will be in the
family plot in Mountain Park
cemetery In Wllkesboro.
Pvt. William Marcus Johnson
recently spent a 16-day, de
layed orders furlough with his
parents, Mr, and Mrs. A. O
Johnson, of North Wllkesboro,
route one. Pvt. Jolvison has
been at Little Rock, Arlt., since
September. On February 10 ho
reported to Camp Pickett, Vn.,
for overseas assignment.
Veterans Foreign
Wars In Meeting
Legion to Meet
At Mtn. View
Wilkes Post of the American!
Legion, emphasizing that It Is a
county-wide organization, will |
hold a series of monthly meetings
in central rural communities.
The first of these will be held
at the Mountaim View school
building on Friday, March 1, 8
p. m., at which time a most in
teresting program will be car
ried out. Dr. J. Sam Holbrook,
native oi W’llkes and now at Da
vis hospital In Statesville, will be
the feature speaker. Dr. Holbrook
recently returned from serving
In the army medical corps In Eu
rope.
The Legion especially desires
that all veterans In the coumty
attend the Legion meetings, which
are held on the first Friday night
In each month. Attention has
been called to the fact that a
number of veterans. Legion mem
bers and toon-members, have not
returned the cards recently
mailed to them. They are asked
to return them as soon as possi
ble.
Veterans who will attend the
meeting Friday night at Moun-{
tain View and do not have means i
of transportation are Informed
that cars will be at London's and
Motor Sales Service Company on
Ninth street a short time before
the meeling Friday night, March
1, and will carry them to Moun
tain View.
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The local Veteran Foreign
Wars Post held their regular
meeting lust 'Phursday night at
the city hall in Wllkesboro. To
date this was the best meeting
of the Post. In attendance and in
terest shown it gave some idea
as to what the Post has in the
future. Much business was at
tended to, after Comrade S. L.
Whitaker, former commainder of
the High Point Post, had obliga
ted a class of eight new recruits.
Mr. Whitaker stated, in the course
of his remarks that the attend
ance was the largest that he had
ever seen at a regular meeting of
any veterans organization and
that it was the finest group of
young servicemen in point of ap-
peara«nc6 that he had been privi
leged to meet.
After the ceremony was fin
ished Ray Barnes made a very
interesting talk Then other men
from the different branches of
service and theatres of action
made very fine talks, which were
very much enjoyed After the oth
er business of the night was fin
ished the Post commander an
nounced that the Post had been
asked for a donation for *he In
fantile paralysis fund and the
sum of $25 was authorized and
paid.
The next regular meeting will
be held the fourth Thursday
night In this month. As soon as
more application blanks can be
obtained applications for mem
bership will be taken. These
should be available by the mid
dle of the week. Any man with
foreign service, of good character
is urged to join at once. Appli
cations can be made to J. F. Jor
dan at Wllkesboro, Ray Barnes,
at the Day Electric Co., the Al
leyn boys at the Allen Theatre, S.
L. Whitaker, lumber dealer, or N.
W. Bumgarner at the North Wll
kesboro post office.
In this article, the last of a
series of three articles op needs
for new and enlarged school
buildings In Wilkes county Is be
ing published. These articles were
written by C. B. Eller, county
schools superintendent, and be
wilt also supply articles dealing
with needs for school buses and
for vocational departmepts In the
county high schools.
DISTRICT NO. SEVEN
Ronda School
The Ronda school needs a 12-
room elementary building with
cafeteria and large auditorium
for use by the entire school.
The present building should
be remodeled to house the high
school and eighth grade.
Benham School
This school needs an addition
of two toilets, plumbing and sew
age disposal system.
Cllngman School
Cllngman school needs addi
tional class rooms to take care
of the students of that district
and bennyvllle. There should bo
added two toilets, plumbing, cen
tral heating and sewage disposal
system.
Pleasant Hill School
The school needs a new build
ing containing eight class rooms,
library, cafeteria and audito
rium. Four rooms of the present
building could be used for some
time, but it Is not desirable.
The school needs central heat
ing, plumbing and sewage dis
posal system.
Pleasant Ridge School
This would be an outright new
unit to house the students now In
Pleasant Ridge and Mine Ridge
schools and also the students
now living In the district but at
tending school In Surry county.
This building should have at
least five rooms, library, cafete
ria and aadltoriam..It ahoulA bo.
equipped with new fnmltnre, wa
ter system, central heating, plumb-
in.g and sewage disposal system.
DISTRICT NO. EIGHT
Roaring River School
The Roaring River school
should have a building to house
the elementary school. It would
take a building with 12 class
rooms, cafeteria, and large audi
torium.
The present building should
be remodeled and used to house
the high school.
The school needs a new water
and sewage disposal system.
COLORED SCHOOL
Lincoln Heights School
The Lincoln Heights school
needs a building with 10 class
rooms and auditorium to house
the elementary grades and the
students now In Ronda and Trap-
hill colored schools. This build
ing should be a complete unit
with central heat, water and
plumbing.
The present building should be
renovated to house the high
school. It should have added cen
tral heating, plumbing and sew
age disposal system.
Tliankfnl School
There should be built at Thank
ful an elementary building large
enough to house the students In
that section. This building should
contain modern conveniences.
RED GROSS CHAPTER HAS RUSY YEAR
Coming Home
Wilkes Men Sent
For Examinations
Miss Barbara Ogilvie
In Piano Recital At
Flora McDonald
For the Service
Hubert K. Farrington, seanun
first class (yeoman), son of
Rev. aind Mrs. K. B. Farrington,
of McGcady. la now serving on
a LST doing transport duty
between Pelelln and Japan. In
a recent letter home he statedi
that he is training a low point
man to do his Job and that he
will be eligible for discharge
on March IB. Farrington Is a
mail clerk. His ship has re
cently carriect many Japanese
civilians i^d prisoners from
Pelelln to Japan.
Recently the two Selective
Service Boards In Wilkes for-
! warded the following men to Fort
Bragg for pre-induction examina^
tions:
Board Number One
Max Edward Osborne.
Charlie James Duncan.
Ralph Eugene Yates.
Ulysses Grant Souther.
Arviih Leon West.
Joe Field Melton.
Wesley Wayne Garmblll.
Bill Lael.
Everette Lltele Potent.
Board Number Two
Ford Dwight ■ Roten.
Veldon Millard Bauguess.
Willie Walker.
Robert Donald Kilby.
Linville Mayford Barker.
Mack Allen Eller.
Richard Sheets.
Dewey Bauguss.
Donald Herald Huffman.
Solomon Carey Williams.
Isaac Hoover Parsons.
Mitchell Clifford Higgins.
Wayne Edsll Davis.
Aaron Rhemus Riddle.
Daniel Alexander Shumate.
Bob Alvin Baldwin.
Ernest Wayne Buster Johnson.
Joe Clate Adams.
Timber Thinning
Demonstrations
Feb. 25th-26th
Committees Were
In Many Activities
During Past Year
Schools Enrolled 100 Per
Cent In Junior Red Cross;
Chairmen Appointed
Cravens, Parents
Of 14, Married
50 Years Feb. 19
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Craven, who
reared 14 sons and daughters, on
On February 26 and 26 Carl Tuesday observed their fiftieth
W. Strauss, of the U. S. Forest
Service, and R. W. Graeber, State
Lxtenslon Forester, will he In
Wilkes county to conduct demon
strations in thinnljig Umber and
wedding anniversary.
Mr. Craven and Miss Myrtle
Sloope were married In North
Wllkesboro on February 19, 1896,
in . timber stand Improrement."
The first demonstration to be
held In this county will be In the
afternoon of Monday, February
25, at 2 p. m. This demonstraUon,
show’f.ig the correct way to thin
pine timber, will be conducted In
the woodlands of Miss Nina Sales,
on U. S. Highway 421, about 11
miles east of Wllkesboro. Timber
growing In thick stands tends to
stagnate and, unless properly
thinned, the owner loses a great
deal of wood growth. By properly
thintiing such a stand the growth
and wHh the escepUon of abont
Two years spent in Elkin have’
made their home here since that
time. For the past 28 years he
has been |n charge of the pnmp
station for the North Wllkesboro
water supply system.
Mr. and Mrs. Craven reared all
their 14 sons and daughters to
adulthood, and the only two
deaths were by accidental means.
Joe Craven died of burns here
several years ago, 4nd Sgt. Don
Craven, In the Marjne Corps on
Okinawa, was killed when a gun
Miss Barbara Ogllvle, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Ogllvle, of
Oakwoods, will be presented In
graduation piano recital by the
Conservatory of Music, Flora
MacDonald College, Monday eve
ning, February 25. Miss Ogllvle
has made an enviable record In
all of her work In college for the
past four years, being an honor
student, and outstanding In the
musical and religious life of the
college. She majored In piano and
public school music, and has also
studied voice and organ. She is
a graduate of Wllkesboro high
school, and a former piano pupil
of Mrs. R. E. Prevette.
Among those from here attend
ing the recital Momday evening
will be Mr. and Mrs. Ogilvie and
daughter, Caroline, Mrs. R. E.
Prevette and Miss Kate Ogilvie.
A reception in the college parlors
will follow the recital. Miss Caro
line Ogllvle will be one of the
marshals for her sister’s recital.
.^OD Speaking
Contest March 15
of timber Is greatly stimulated
and considerably more wood can
be grown to the acre. All owners
of young timber should attend
this demonstration.
The second demonstration is bo
be held at Mr. Coy Eller’s farm.
accldejntally discharged In the
hands of a comrade. Names of Mr.
and Mrs. Craven’s 12 children
are: Will Craven, Asheboro; Paul
Craven, North Wllkesboro; Jack
Craven, Portsmouth, Va.; Henry
Cravdn, Chicago: Ted Craven,
North Wllkesboro; Mrs. Mack
“The Privileges And Re
sponsibilities Of An Am
erican Citizen” Subject
which Is on U. S. Highway 421, Brock, Greensboro; Misses Louise,
abont 16 miles west of North Wll- Lorene and Edith Craven, and
kesboro. This demonstration la to ^ tije twin daughters. Misses Marlon
be on timber stand Improvement, and Marie Craven, of North Wll-
Large areas In this county are In^esboro; and Ralph Craven, In
need of this type of Improvement service In the Marine Corps In
before good high quality timber
can be grown. Woodlands contain
ing a large amount of “culled”
trees interfering with the young
er growth trying to grow under
neath needs this type of atten
tion before the young growth U
Japan.
For their fiftieth wedding aln-
nlversary Mr. and Mrs. Craven
spent a quiet day at home. They
did not care for a celebration of
the event without their children,
some of whom are at distant
Girl Scout Poster
Contest Deadline
Date March 5th
Homestead Planning
Meeting at Cricket
TWINS AT HOSPITAL
Twin sons, John Frederick and:
William Edgar, were born Satur-!
day at the Wilkes hospital to Mr.'
and Mrs. John Henry Lenderman,
of Wllkesboro. Mother and sons
are getting along fine.
Cricket Home Demonstration
Club will meet at Union Metho
dist church on Tuesday .night,
February 26. Present for the
meeting will be County Agent R.
D. Smith, Mrs. Annie H. Greene
and Mrs. Helen P White,, home
agent and assistant. “Homestead
Planning” will be the subjoct for
the meeting aind men and women
are asked to attend.
Girl Scouts making the Juliette
Lowe posters for the poster con
test are asked to turn them In to
their respective leaders by March
5. The leaders will deliver the
posters to Mrs. Joe Barber in
Wllkesboro, and the names of the
three girls making the best post
ers will be announced during the
week of March 12'. Each of the
three winners will receive a prize
of five dollars. Each wljnnlng post
er must have sufficient merit to
killed out or grows Into crooked | would not have been
trees. All owners of this type of'
woodlands are urged to attend-
Wilkes Post of the American
Legion has announced plans for
the annual oratorical contest
sponsored by the Legion for high
school students.
The subject for discussion by
the high school orators in the
contest this year will be “The
Privileges and Responsibilities of
An American Citizen.”
Any high school boy or girl
• may enter the contest. School
winners In Wilkes will compete
for the county title on Friday,
March 15, 4; 30, In the North Wll
kesboro high school auditorium.
The county winner will receive a
silver medal s|nd have the privi
lege of competing in the district
contest to be held at Statesville.
District winners will compete for
state honors and the winner in
the state will compete for the
national prize, which will be a
$4,000 scholarshipp.
this demonstration, which will j
StraLlOIly WuiCU W111 |
be held the morning of February ^‘ICtUrC rrOpOSed
North Wllkesboro
26, at 10 o’clock
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Funeral Is Held For
Dr. Julius I. Foust
be classed as a winner.
Local Cage Team
Is In Tournament
North Wllkesboro hoys’ bas
ketball team h.as entered the
northwest North Carolina Class
C basketball tournament now un
der way at Boone. The local team
win play Cool Springs from Ire
dell county in their first game
th’s evening.
The tournament will run through
Saturday night, when the finals
in Class B and Class C will oe
played.
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SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A.
Funeral service for Dr. Julius
' Isaac Foust, for many years one
of North Carolina’s leading edu-
cator^, was held In the Virginia
Dare room of Woman’s College
AIumAiae house at noon Monday
In Greensboro.
I Dr. John A. Redhead, pastor of
First Presbyterian church, con-
: ducted the solemn service as the
I body lay In a casket blanketed
j with red roses and white garde
nias. Burial was at 1 p. m. In
Green Hill cemetery.
' The 80-year-old teacher and
scholar died early Friday morn-
I Ing in Lakeland, Fla., after sever
al months of 111 health. He was
president-emeritus of Woman’s
College, having resigned In 1924
after 27 years as active head of
I the institution, which until 19.31
was kinown as North Carolina Col
lege for Women.
Dr. Frank P. Graham, Univer
sity of North Carolina president,
was among the many persons at
tending the service.
Dr. Foust's wife was the for
mer Miss Clora McNeill, of North
Wllkesboro. She is a sister of I.
H. McNeill,'Sr.
First Baptist On
Biblical Recorder
Reproduction of the architect’s
drawing of the proposed First
Baptist church building ajnd edu
cational plant In North Wilkes-
boro was carried as the front
cover feature of the Biblical Re
corder, official journal of the
North Carolina State Baptist Con
vention published at Raleigh and
which has a large circulation
amcpig Baptists throughout the
state.
The picture was accompanied
by an Interesting sketch about
plans for the new church plant.
Clerk’s Report Was
Published Monday
The annual report of Clerk of
Superior Court C. C. Hayes was
published in The Journal-Patriot
In the issue of Monday, February
18.
The report listed the funds be
ing held by the clerk for many
people. Those who can call for
their funds as listed should give
the judgment number and case
number as publlshid. Those who
desire to look over the clerk’s re
port a}nd do not have an issue of
i the paper may examine one at
I The Journal-Patriot office.
Boys Beat Sparta
At the annual meeting of the
Wilkes County Chapter of the
American Red Cross on February
11, 1946, the various standing
committees gave Interesting re
ports of their work during 1946.
Mrs. Richard Finley, chalrmagi
of the Camp and Hospital Com
mittee, reported that the local
chapter is a member of the Pied
mont Camp and Hospital Council,
convalescent hospital at Camp
Butner and the hospital at over
seas replacement depot being es
pecially assigned to this chapter
for service. From time to time the
chapter is asked to provide arti
cles not furnished by the army
which add to the comfort and
morale of patients. For their Hal
lowe’en parties the committee
sdnt 100 false faces, 100 favora,
and 26 fancy hats. Articles fur
nished for Christmas included
one lot of Christmas tree decora
tions, Christmas wrappings, poln-
settia plants, wreaths, 12 yards
satin ribbon, four boxes playing
cards, 10-pound fruit cake, five
boxes candy, 100 tray favors and
one lot presents. Through this
committee many private Individ
uals donated 102 Christmas gifts
and one radio; the North Wllkee-
boro Woman’s Club, 100 home
made cookies: while the Ameri
can Legion and Auxiliary gave
six new radios for use on wards.
During February 5 new Vlctrola
records were also sent.
The Junior Red Cross member
ship drive was conducted In No
vember and every school In Wll-
jees. county was earoUed, the Ju
niors pa^ng from their own
funds the enrollment fees for the
few small schools which did not
enroll voluntarily. Total amount
contributed by the school chil
dren was $452.23. One of the big
activities during the year was the
filling of 154 Christmas gift
boxes to he distributed to chil
dren In war-toiVi areas. Other ar
ticles produced by Junior Red
Cross members fncliides 28 Christ
mas monu covers for the navy,
150 tray favors for hospitalized
patients, 51 crossword puzzles.
In addition Juniors contributed
14 pocket-size novels, $10 worth
of Christmas gifts to the Camp
and Hospital Council coleclion,
and 80 pairs of sox for the N. C.
polio hospital. Junior Red Cross
financial report follows:
Balance In treasury from
1944 $239.20
Contributed 1945 drive.. 452.2S
Total receipts $791.43
Enrollment fees sent Na
tional $124.00
Dofnation national chil
dren’s fund .... 26.00
Spent activities and pro
duction .. - - 60.00
North Wllkesboro high school
basketball team jumped back
into the win column Tuesday
night with a decisive 33 to 19 vic
tory over Sparta on Sparta’s
court, but North Wllkesboro girls
lost 51 to 8.
' The boys’ game was close for
three quarters and North Wll
kesboro put on a scoring spree of
14 points. In final period while
holding Sparta to 2. It was the
rebound catches of Johjnson and
Ballard that paid oft for North
Wllkesboro. Ballard took scor
ing honors with 11 while the oth
er points were about evenly dis
tributed Royall led for Sparta
with 8. The lineups and scores:
GIRLS’ GAME
Total spent .. $209.00
Balance on hand January
31, 1946 $582.43
The Junior Red Cross Council
composed of representatives from
each school will vote on how
largo a part of the remaining
funds may be spetnt for the pro
motion of educational and health
I projects for Wilkes county
schools. In submitting her re
port Mrs. Carl Van Deman, Ju
nior Red Cross chairman, said:
‘‘The success of the Junior Red
Cross program In Wilkes county
was due to the excellent coopera
tion of both teachers and pupils.”
Jjn the absence of J. B. McCoy,
Home Service chairman, the
See RED CROSS—Page Pour
N. Wllkesboro 8.
Hayes
Sparta 51
Osborne 26
Felts 1 Bennett 14
Motley 11
Wells 7
Cragan Royall
Bare — Holloway
Johnson — Jones
BOYS’ GAME
N. Wllkesboro 83. Sparta 10
Ballard 11 Irwin 4
Johnson 6 — Royall 8
Caudill 6 Edwards 4
Hudsojn 4 Holloway 3
McGhinnls 3
Turner 5 —
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SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A.
All Stars to Play
Saturday Night
North Wllkesboro all star bas
ketball team will play the strong
team of the Winston-Salem Ju
nior Chamber of Commerce Sat
urday night, 8 o’clock. In the
North Wllkesboro high school
gymnasium.
This will be one of the last op
portunities for local fans to see
the fine all star team here In com
petition with another outstaindlng
team, and It Is expected that a
large crowd will be on hand to
witness a thrilling contest.
The local all star team partici
pated In the A A. U. tournament
this week at the Wtnston-Salem
Y. M. C. A., but lost the opener
to a fast Beeker Shell five.