^Y.M.C.A. haOdinf fond ia a continaal en- daaTor unHl a sufficient amount af money ia rataad for erection of ■ splendid Y. M. C. building vken conditioM permit. Lend a kaiid to see it tkawgh. THE JOURNAL-PATRIOT 34& THE JOURNAL-PATRIOT HAS BLAZED THE TRAIL OF PROGRESS IN THE “STATE OF WILKES” FOR OVER 88 YEARS If the date on pink IsM ia 3-44^ renew BEFOKE the first day of March. If you wish to continne sending' the paper to someone is service, see that the subscription is paid in advance. VOL. 40. NO. 84 PubHahed Mondays and Thursdays. NORTH WILKESBORO. N. C., MONDAY, FEB. 25, 1046 Make North Wilkesbore Your Shopping Center Eller Tells of School Bus Needs In County Lists Number Of Buses Needed To Carry Student^ Jane Allen Heard On Munich Station Each District Receives At tention In Survey By Coun ty Supt. Of Schools two re- and In the fourth of a series of ar ticles dealing with the needs of tho school system in Wilkes coun ty, C. B. Eller, county superin tendent of schools, lists the needs of additional school buses which are needed to do an adequate aud satisfactory job of transporting students to schools. In recent articles Supt. Eller outlined the needs for new sct.ooI building.s and additions. A later arlicle will deal with esliniated costs of buildings, equipment and school buses. Following is the survey of the school transportation system as written I)y Supt. Eller; SCHOOL BUSES District Xo. 1 AVilkesboro school needs additional school buses to lieve crowded conditions second trips. One bus to replace contract line and one bus for ad ditional consolidation. Boomer school needs one more bus to adequately transport the studeiits and one bus to replace contract. Brushy Mountain needs a regu lar school bus In place of a small contract bus now used. Ferguson school needs one ad ditional bus to relieve crowded conditions and a long second trip. They need buses to replace con tract lines. SoD.srs school. When the build ing Is built in Somers township it will take four buses to ade quately transport the students. District Xo 2 Mt. Pleasant school needs one additional bus to relieve second trips and overloading, two buses to replace contract lines and one bus for other consolidation. •Maple Springs school needs one bus to replace contract line. District Xo. 3 Millers Creek school needs two buses to relieve second and third trips; two buses to replace con tract Uhies. Cricket school needs one addi tional hu.s. Union township school will need three additional buses when building is built. Di.strict X'o. 4 Mulberry school needs one bus to relieve a third trip and over loading. Fairplains school will need OTie bus when project is completed. Di.strict ,Vo. .5 Mt.n. View school needs two buses to relieve second trips and crowded conditions, two buses to replace contract lines. The school will need one bus for additional consolidation when that is made. District Xo. 0 Traphill school meeds one bus to relieve long second trips; two buses to replace contract lines and one bus for additional con solidation. Laws EITcrting School Transpor tation Chapter 115. Section 376, Bus Routes; In establishing tho route to be followed by each school bus op erated as a part of the state school transportation system, i.ti all schools where transportation Is now or may hereafter be provided, the state board of education shall, In cooperation with the district principal, unless road or other conditions make It Inadvisable, route the buses so as to get with in one mile of all children who live more than one and one-half miles to the school to which they are assigned: Provided, that all routes so established shall be subject to the approval of the county board of education and with a view to the needs of the students to the end that the ne cessity of students waiting on the road for buses In Inclement weather be eliminated; Provided, further, that no children shall be transported except to the school to which said child Is assigned by the county board of education, or by the State Board of Educa tion under the provisions of Sec tion one hundred and fifteen- three hundred and fifty-two. The state shall not be required to pro vide transportation for children living within one and one-half miles of the school In which pro- See BCHOOIS—Page 8 Margaret Jane Allen, daughter of -Mr. and .Mrs. J. W. Allen, of North Wilkesboro, and who Is serving in the WAC in Germany, was recently heard in a radio broadcast over the Munich sta- tio.li in Germany. Sgt. George Ogilvie, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Ogilvie, of Oak- woods, and who is In Germany, recently commented on the broad cast -os follows In a letter to his .-iisler. Miss Kate Ogilvie: • "The other day a boy said to me he heard a North Wilkesboro girl talk over the Munich radio station. He said her name was Allen—Margie Allen or some thing like that and that she was lalkiiig or being Hjitervlewed on a sports broadcast because she ! was playing on a basketball team I for the WAC championship of j Europe. I immediately thought it ! must bo Jane Allen—Johnnie’s : sister. The boy who heard it was not sure of the name, it is a small OORBOVS WITH TIM fiBtORSl world.’ Burgin Ou! of Race As Representative Washington, Feb. 22. — Rep. ' William Olfn Burgin, of Lexing- ' ton, today announced his Inten tion t oretlre next January from his post as representative In Con gress from North Carolina's eighth district. I ‘T have decided not to be a ' camdidate for renomination In the Democratic primary to succeed myself in Congress from the eighth district,” Burgin said In a 50-word announcement. “I am making this statement now 1ft "oraiSr'nrat' those In the district who desire to run will have ample time inasmuch as the I filing date Is March 16 agid the primary May 24.” 1 Rounds Out Eight Tears With the beginning of the 80th Congress next January, Burgin will have rounded out eight years ns a house member, retiring with participation in the administra tion's world peace program as hls crowning legislative achievement. He Is now the seventh ranking member of the house foreign af fairs committee, headed by Rep. -kol Bloom, Democrat, New York. During his entire career in Congress, he has been a staunch administration supporter. He Is given credit by his Democratic colleagues with havijng contribu ted substantially not only to leg islation assisting in bringing an allied victory during tho recent war. l)ut also in the achievement of a united nations orga[nization, designed to "win tho peace.” ' -Supported Defense Burgiu’s support of measures to strengthen America’s defenses dates back to his first terra in Congress, when he fought for for tification of Guam during a pe riod when support of armamejut was not altogether popular in America. He subsequently supported lend-leaso legislation, and sided with the lato President Roosevelt 'and former Secretary of State j Cordell Hull in a foreign policy (le.signated to place the United Slate;s in a position of world leadership among (nations. I Burgin made no announcement witti regard to his future plans. ,ST. SGT. JASIES HEMPHILL HOME FROM PACIFIC St. Sgt. James Hemphill ar rived home this week from Fort Bragg, where he was redeployed after serving for nine months in the South Pacific war area. He served for periods of ^ie on Leyte, Mindarao, and in Japajh. He had been in the army for sev eral years, during which time he served for periods of time o*b Leyte, Mindanao, and in Japan, chemical warfare. St. Sgt. Hemp hill is the son of Mrs. E. L. Hemp- , hill, of Wilkesboro, and the late ' E. L. Hemphill. ! liT. COL. CECIL ADAMSON : RETURNS TO THIS CITT I Lt. Col. and Mrs. Cecil F. Ad amson have returned to their home in North Wilkesboro, and Col. Adamson has resumed his duties at the Wilkes Hosiery Mills Co., from which he has been on military leave of absence. I Col. Adamson was deputy dl- i rector of procurem^t for con- I tract readjustment at the Chi., go quartermaster depot upon his ! release from active duty. He re- 1 ported for duty in November, 19 4 2, and was stationed at Wash- I ington, D. C., and New York City in addition to Chicago during hls I tour of duty. 1^^ PFC. PRESLEY BLE^S RECEIVES DISCHARGE Rev. Howard Ford Tells Kiwanians About Great Man BATTLE OF LONDON . . . CvL Irving Ruben, Brooklyn, wean 1 British bobby’s helmet, which be a» qnlred daring the battle of Loadoa, Bnben recently arrived la New York aboard the snper tro9 ear rler, IJSS Wasblngtoa. Pfc. R. Presley Blevins has re ceived his discharge from the army and has returned to the home of his grandmother, Mrs. 0. P. Blevins, in Wilkesboro, where he makes his home. Pfc. Blevins served for a lotig j period with the air transport command in the Mediterranean theatre and was stationed In Rome, Italy. He Is now visiting hls mother, Mrs. H. A. Prevette, in West Palm Beach, Fla. S. SGT. T H. GRAYSON HAS RETURNED HOME Official of 0. P. A. Gives Requirement In Advertising Cars 1 J. R. Henderson, in charge of I the price control division of OPA I in Wilkes, stated here today that many have not been complying with OPA requiremeftt in adver- I Using used automobiles for sale. Commenting on the subject, Mr. Henderson issues the foliow- ' ing statement; “It has been no- I ticed that some people in this j area have been advertising used I cars and falling to meet the rn- ' quirements as prescribed by ; maximum price regulation 540, 'which states: ‘It shall be a viola- tioln of this regulation for any I per.son to offer to sell a used car : by advertising in any publication unless there is stated in the ad- vertisenient the make, model, year, body type of the used car. the seller’s offering price and a I notice containing the words, with in the OPA celling.’ ” Staff Sergeant T. R. Grayson, who served for two years in Aus tralia, New Guinea and the Phil ippines with the army, has re ceived his discharge from the army and returned home Tues day. S. Sgt. Grayson, who held a responsible position with the Wilkes Hosiery Mills Company before entering service, is the husbind of the former Miss Es telle Watson and is a son of J. C. Grayson and Mrs. Bessie R. Grayson. ^ l«m T. SGT. RALPH DAVIS RECEIVES DISCHARGE Technical Sergeant Ralph Da vis, who served 28 months in the army and served in the army service forces at Camp Leo, Va., arrived home Sunday after re ceiving his discharge at Fort George G. Meade, Md. T. Sgt. Davis is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Davis, of Purlear. He and his wife and son, Eric, make their home west of this city on North Wilkesboro, route one. He plans to reopen his law office L; North Wilkesboro in the very near future. ^ ta I’FC. COXXIE L. JOHNSON RE-EXLSTS IX ARMY Pfc. Connie L. Johnson, son of Mrs. Connie Johnson, Wilkesboro, route two, has left for a furlough to the United States after re-en listing in tho regular army for 18 months. Pfc. Johnson was Inducted at j Port Bragg, N. C., on March 23, 1944. After basic training he joined the 66th "Black Panther” I Division and fought on the Saint ' Nazaire, France, front until V-H ' Day. He was tra.nsferred to Saint : Victoret, Prance, in May and helped operate the staging for the Pacific-bound troops. Then Pfc. Johnson was transferred to the 232nd Infantry of the 42d Divis ion in Saint Johann fm Pongau, in Austria, where he has been do ing occupational work. I Pfc. Johnson bolds the Combat ■ Infantryman Badge, the Good Conduct Medal and the Europe- Africa-Middle East Theatre rib bon with one battle participating star. His former organization, the 42nd Division, is assigned to Gen. Mark Clark’s U. S, forces in Aus tria. W. E. Horner Is A Candidate For Seat In Congress Sanford Editor And Publish er Seeks Seal Now Held By Rep. Burgin Sanford, Feb. 23.—W. E. (Bill) Horner, editor and publisher of the §anford Herald, formally an nounced last might that he would be a candidate to succeed Rep resentative W. O. Burgin in Con gress from the Eighth district. Burgin announced in Washing ton yesterday that he would not be a candidate to succeed him self. $72,137.68 Paid To Veterans Here in Jobless Sums .R'6t. Howard J. Ford, former pastor of the Wllkeeboro Baptist church, |now pastor of the Elkin First Baptist church, addressed the 'North Wllkeeboro Kiwanis Club Friday, February 22, which was the anniversary of the birth of George Washington. J. C. Reins was program chair man and he presented Rev. Mr. I Ford, who used as his subject, “Washington.” Rev. Mr. Ford pointed out the characteristics of Washington’s life that seemed to have deter mined his greatness, as follows: 1. He associated with men of ability and character; he worked for a^d with Lord Fairfax. 2. He read the best books to be be found. 3. His courtship and marriage was a fine success. 4. As a leader, he was chosen in a compromise agreement. 5. He did not seek public of fice; it sought him. 6. He identified himself with the oppressed and undertook at any cost to better their condition. 7. In spite of losing many bat tles, he didn’t give up. 8. He was not jthe brilliant but possessed amazing com mon sense; a slow thinker but a sure thinker. 9. He was a man of not many words, but a man of action. 10. He was a man of faith in G«d. Said the speaker: “We need men like him today: men of com mon sense who can adjust them selves to change ahid new ideas, and yet men of such ability that they can act righteously and sen sibly to the change and the new ideas.” The attendance prize Friday, two dozen eggs, was given by T. 0. Minton and was presented to J. R. Finley. Guests were as fol lows: John L. Ferguson and John L. Ferguson, Jr., with J. R. Hli; Mrs. Robert S. Gibbs and McT. Miller with Robert S. Olhbs; G. J. Earp with C. C. Bidden; Rich ard B. Johnston with W. J. Ca- roon; Gordon Ogilvie with Carl B. VanDeman. Veterans in this area received $72,137.68 in readjustment al lowance payments during 1945, according to a report Just issued by the Unemployment Compensation Commission. This amount was paid to job-hunting veterans covering 4,122 weeks they were without employment last year. Throughout the state the total of 1945 readjustment allowances paid was $1,707,688.00 covering 95,732 jobless weeks for North Carolina veterans. The program of readjustment allowances was set up by the 01 bill to help veterans get estab lished or become reestablished In employment In North Carolina^ the Unemployment Compensation Commission handles these pay ments for the Veterans Adminis tration. Veterans make applica tions to the unemployment com pensation claims agents located in the U. S. Employment Service offices. While a veteran is looking for a job_ or he Is going to get hls old job back but has to wait a few weeks to get on the payroll and can’t find temporary employ ment meanwhile, or he finds a job and loses it, he is entitled to an allowance of $20 a week. He can apply for this any time within two years after hls dis charge or two years after the end of the war, whichever Is the later date (but not more than five years after the war has been de clared over). The number of weeks for which a veteran may claim an allow ance depends on the length of his active service. If he saw service for more than nine and a half months he would be eligible for allowances for the maximum number of 52 weeks. Tho important differences be tween readjustment allowances and unemployment insurance are tl) that It doesn’t matter In the least whether the veteran ever worked before or not, hls eligibil ity Is based on hls military serv ice; and (2) allowances are paid at the uniform rate of $20 a week, whereas the amount of an unemployment benefit, depending on a worlier’s past earnings, will be something between $4 and $20. Warbride Comingf To Wilkes County $5,214.38 Is Total In Polio Campaign James Lunsford Is Injured Saturday James Lunsford, a resident of the Union Grove section of Ire dell coujnty, was painfully in jured here Saturday in an alter cation with Policeman L. L. Par sons after he had resisted arrest. Lunsford, according to the ac count of the affair by police, was being taken to the police station by Parsons when he assaulted the officer on Main street. Parsons used hls 'blackjack and inflicted cuts qin Lunsford’s head, which required hospital treatment. Lunsford gave his name to police and at the hospital Saturday as Jesse Anderson, but it was learned today that his name was Luns ford. Disposition of the case in city court today was postponed until next Monday. County Goes Over $5,000 Goal For The Annual Drive Special Gifts, Schools, Bingo, Dime Board And Theatres Help In Drive Legion to Meet ’ At Mtn. View Wilkes Post of the American Legion will meet on Friday night, 8 o’clock, at Mountain View school. It will 'be a dinner meeting and Dr. J. Sam Holbrook, of States ville, native of the Traphill com munity, who served in the medi cal corps in Europe, will be the speaker. Those who have not returned their cards giving their notice that they will attend are urged to mall them now to Kyle Hayes, adjutant of the post. North Wil kesboro. Cars will he available at Lan- don’s and Motor Service Sales Co., on Ninth street Friday evening, 7 o’clock, for those wishing to go from here to the meeting. All veterans are invited to attend, re gardless of whether or not they are Legion members. Wilkes county exceeded the $5,000 goal in the infantile pa ralysis campaign, W. D. Jester, campaign chairman, reported to day. The total funds collected was $5,214.38, Mr. Jester said. Heading the division totals in the campaign was $2,643.25 from special gifts. Next in order of amount raised were the schools, which collected a total of $1,- 120.07. The bingo game spon sored by the Lions Club netted $621, the dime board operated by civic orgamizations brought in $432 and the two theatres col lected a total of $361.38. Half of the funds collected will remain in Wilkes to bo tused by the local chapter of the National Foundation for rehabilitation of polio victims and for caring for future victims of the disease. The remaining half will go into the National Foundation fund. Mr. Jester stated today that he wishes to thaJik the people of Wilkes tor their co'.ntributlons and all groups and individuals whose work was so valuable in making the campaign a success and putting the county over the quota. Wave of Thefts Mrs. Call Rites Held On Friday Reported Here Mrs. Florence Church, former ly of Englqlnd, wife of Wayne Church, of Purlear, will arrive in New York City on the Queen Mary March 1, according to a message received by the Wilkes Chapter of the American Red Cross. Mr. and Mrs. Church were married while he was in service in Eng land. o Kaiser-Frazer Dealership Here T. J. Frazier, Ralph Frazier And B. L. Johnson Form New Company Here Johnson-Frazier Motor Com pany has been organized here to become dealer for the Kaiser- Frazer automobiles, tractors and farm Implements. 1 Included In the partnership formijng the company are T. J. i Frazier, Ralph Frazier and B. L. | Johnson. | In process of construction Is a' building 60 by 100 feet, on the corner of Fifth and B streets In this city. This building will he used as a show room, offices, gar age and service department. Members of the newly organ ized firm said here today that the first tractors and rototlllers are expected about the first of March and that the automobiles will ar rive the latter part of April or the first of May. Temporary quarters will be se cured for the firm until the new building is completed. Further an nouncement will appear later. Osborne Funeral To Be On Tuesday O E. S. MEETING Wilkes Chapter No. 42, Order of the Eastern Star, will hold Its regular meeting Thursday eye ing, February 28, 7:30. V. F. W. Meeting Thursday Evening Regular meeting of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post will be at the city hall in Wilkesboro Thursday night, February 28, 7:30 o’clock. SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A. Funeral service will be held Tuesday, 2 p. m„ at Peak Creek church In Ashe county for J. P. Osborne, 74, well known Mul berry resident, who died today. Surviving Mr. Osborne are hls wife and the following sons and daughters: W. M. Osborne, Mc- Grady; Mrs. Mertle Vannoy; Va,n- npy; Mrs. Gordie Farrington, Lan dis; Mrs. Mary Stone, High Point: Mrs. Kenneth, China Grove: Mrs. J. W. Malcolm, Landis: John E. Osborne, Alex andria, Va.: D. S. Osborne, Mc- Grady: Harrold Osborne, Mc- Grady. Impressive funeral rites were conducted Friday afternoon at the home of a daughter, Mrs. J. B. Carter, on Ninth street, for Mrs. Clarence Call, well known local lady, who died Thursday morning at the Wilkes Hotel. Mrs. Call, wife of the late Clar ence Call, prominent local busi- ne.ss man, former .sheriff and for mer state senator, had made her home here and in Greensboro tor the past several years. The funeral service was con ducted by Dr. Gilbert R. Combs, pastor of the First Methodist church here, and Rev. J. H. Arm- brust, of Statesville, a former pastor. Burial was in Mountain Park cemetery in Wilkesboro. Pallbearers were John' R. Pre vette, William J. Brame, G. S. Boren, Jr., Joe Brame, James M. Anderson, Dr. A. C. Chamberlain, F. P. Blair, and C. E. Jenkins, Jr. Many beautiful flowers attest ed to the esteem held for Mrs. Call by a wide circle of friends here and in other part.s of the state. Among those here from out of town for the funeral were the following: John Ellis Justice, III, a grandson, of Woodbury Forest, Va.; Miss Clarence Boren, a granddaughter, of Stratford Col lege, Danville, Va.; Mrs. W. M. Huftt and Mrs. G. S. Boren, sis ters, of Greensboro; Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Boren, Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Boren, Jr., Thomas Hunt, Mrs. Gozeal Andrews, Mr. and Mrs. Gray Hlx, Mrs. Norman Boren, Mrs. John Boren, Mrs. J. P. Tur ner, Mrs. Mary T. Gorrell, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Sykes, Mrs. C. E. Leak, Mrs. Clarence Leak. Mrs. J. W. Coleman, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lindley, Mrs. Paul C. Lindley, Mrs. J. C. Cowan, Mrs. Reuben Arthur, all of Greensboro; Wil liam Hunt, of Chapel Hill; Doug las Hunt, of Rocky Mount; J. R. and Tom Carter, of Asheville; Lea Myers, of Chester, S. C.; and Mrs. S. Q. Myers, of Lenoir. o Local police have been busily engaged in solving a number at thefts in North Wilkesboro. Two cars were broken into a week ago Saturday and two shot guns and one rifle were taken. Police have arrested three boys of juvenile age on those counts. I A 1940 model Ford tudor be longing to John Albert Gamhill ai;d which was stolen in Wilkes- tioro several days ago has not been locatC'l - A Ford car belonging to H. P. Eller which was stolen several I days ago here was fou'pd in bloyd, Va. it had been wricked and badly damaged. Mrs. Roy C. Mason Dies In Washington LT. S. T. COl.VARD IS GOING OVERSEAS Lt. and Mrs. S. T. Colvard are spending this week with relatives and friends in Wilkes. Lt. Col vard has been in service at a num ber of points in the States and will report within a few days to Greensboro, where he will re ceive hls assignment for over seas service with occupational forces. Mrs. Colvard will make her home In Carthage, Mo. VVin.ston-Salem. — Funeral ar- raagements for .Mrs. Hoy 0. Ma- so.., 27, the former Mi.ss Myrtle Yates, of tills city, who died early Friday night in Seal tie. Wash., after an illness of two mitnhs, have not been completed pending the arrival of the body in Win ston-Salem. With her at the time of bar I death were her mother, Mrs. M. X. Vales, 2HI South I’road street, j Winston-Salem, and her husband, iiiow a government ladio techni- |cal supervisor but formerly in the I hardware business at Vadkin- ! ville. ' Survivors in addition to tho husband and parents are a daugh ter, Jerrie; a sister. Mrs. R. E. Bailey; and two brothers, Burnes and Everette Yates, all of Win ston-Salem. Mrs. Mason was well known here. She was a former resident of Wilkesboro, where she gradu ated from Wilkesboro high school before going to Winston-Salem. WING TALK Mr. and Mrs John Francis flew to the local airport Sunday to visit Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Blair. Jr. Messrs. Charles Day, Jr., C. S. Sink, Jr., Clay Pardue and John Wallace flew to Hickory Sunday to visit with the Canpon aviation boys. Luther M. Gaither and Canter Johnston flew in from Statesville Sunday afternoon. Messrs Woodruff Wallace and H. P (Hot Pilot) Eller were visi tors to the Danville, Va„ airport Monday. The local airport now has on display the new Aeronca Cham pion trailer and a new Cub J3 trainer. The public Is cordially in vited to visit the local “air yard” and see these new 194 6 versions of the light plane.