me. A.
kalMiiic fund is s oontinaal en-
4wTor nntil s sufficient amount
^ money is rnlsii for erection of
n splendid T. M. C. building
irhen conditions permit. Lend a
tend to see it Uirougrli.
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THE JOURNAL-PATRIOT
THE JOUKNAL-PATRIOT HAS BLAZED THE TRAIL OF PROGRESS IN THE “STATE OF WH.KES” FOR OVER 38 YEARS
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renew BEbXlRE the flrat dsy df
March. If yon wish to eonthme
sending the paper to someone in
serrice, see that the subscriptioa
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rOL. 40. NO. 85
Published Mondays and Thursdays. NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., THURSDAY. FEB. 28, 1946
Make North Wilkesboro Your Shipping Center
G. I.*8 CELEBRATE IN SHANGAI
Red Cross Drive Will Open Friihy
O.LS HOLD DESSy DAI IN SHANGHAI . . . The contestants In the^
Bbanghai derby were specially trained coolies and the riders were pretty
girU seated In their rickshaws. Each entrant was sponsored by a dll-,
ferent branch of the D. S. armed forces. ,
ADVERTISING PENCIL GIVEN BY
. DICK’S SERVICE STATION SEEN
BYPFC.NEILCASHIONONGDAM
Neil Cashion agrees with the
many others who have comment
ed on this being a small world.
Several weeks ago Neil Cash-
Ion, at that time a private first
class in the Marine Corps, was
strolling along the beach on
Guam, way over near the other
side of the Pacitic.
He walked up to another ma
rine who sat leaning back against
a coconut tree, writing a letter.
What attracted Neil’s atten
tion was a gold colored pencil the
other marine was using. He
stepped closer to get a better
look. Yes, sure enough It was a
pencil his father, A. A. Cashion,
had given away as a favor at his
Dick's Service Station some eight
or nine thousand miles back emt
in his home town of North Wil
kesboro, N. C.
He remarked to the marine
who was writing the letter that
he had his dad’s pencil. The ma
rine under the tree begged to dif
fer with him. He said he was
from Missouri and that a few
days before he was drafted he
had picked up the pencil on the
street of a small Missouri town.
But the pencil carried the words,
"Dick’s Service Station. North
Wilkesboro,” and was Nell glad to
see it!
Marriage License
Many license to wed were Is
sued during the past week by
Register of Deeds Troy C. Foster.
Those applying for license were;
James W. South and Marie Roten,
both of Wilbar; Council Pennell,
Lenoir, and Alleen Greer. Cricket;
.Tohn D. Hall. Elkin, and Thelma
L. Waddell. Wllkesooro. route
one: John Hendren, Wilkesboro,
and Vergia Wyatt. North Wilkes
boro; Barney Pierre. North Wil
kesboro. and Georgia Lankford.
Wilkesboro. route one; Jake
Hamby. Winston-Salem, route .I,
and Ruth Minton. T.enoir; Hu
bert W. Pierce, North Wilkesboro,
route oine, and Mae Miller. Wil
kesboro. route one: Ralph Tester-
man and Chloe Mullis, both of
Jefferson; Dalmas Brown. North
WilLesboro, route one. and Ella
.Mae Gambill Elkin; Percy Blll-
Jlngs. Hays, and Sybil Deal. North
>Wilkesl)Oro, route one; Crystal
S. Williams and Carolyn Taylor,
both of North Wilkesboro.
Silas W. Jobflson
Claimed By Death
Funeral service for Silas Wash
ington Johnson, member of a
widely known Wilkes family, who
died Tuesday at his home near
Wilkesboro. will be held Friday,
2 p. m., at Oak Forest church.
Rev. J. B. Ray and Rev. Noah
Hayes will conduct the service.
Mr. Johnson for mahiy years
was one of the leading heekeepors
in the state and was considered
an authority on bee culture, hav
ing devoted much time to the bee
keeping industry.
Surviving Mr. Johnson are his
wife and the following sons and
daughters: Herman, Tommie, Ar-
vil, Willie, Silas, Jr., and Coley
Johnson: Mrs, Rosalie Triplett,
Mrs. Magdallne Bynum and Mrs.
Edith Jarvis.
John T. Baity Is
Manager Rose’s
Mary Elizabeth Wood
Is Claimed By Death
Funeral service was held yes
terday at the Rock Creek Baptist
church for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth
Wood, age (15, resident of the
Rock Creek community, who died
Monday.
Surviving Mrs. Wood are one
; dar.ghter and throe sons: Mrs.
Nancy Wood, Bassett, 'Va.; Zeb,
Will and Roosevelt Wood, of
North Wilkesboro, route two.
John T. Baity, who had been
manager of Rose’s Store In Kin
ston for the past several years, is
now manager of Rose’s Store in
North Wilkesboro, succeeding R.
F. Kite, who has Ptntered business
[n the Carolina Home and .Auto
Supply Store here.
Mr. Baity, a native of Thomas-1 ■ »| ■
ville, has 18 years experience fljirriPI'C Mampfl
with the Rose’s chain of stores. WflIIlCiO ZV0IIICU
His family, which consists of his
wife and two sons, John T. Baity,
Jr., and Oliver Baity, are now
making their home In Kinston,
but plan to move to North Wil
kesboro as soon as living quar-
;ers can be obtained.
Homestead Plans
Meeting Will Be
Held March 5-6th
Community Gatherings An
nounced For Moravian
Fall^ And Fairplains
R. D. Smith, county agent, Mrs.
Anmie H. Greene and Mrs. Helen
P. White, home agent and assist
ant, have announced that meet
ings on tho important subject of
"Homestead Planning" will be held
Tuesday, 7:30 p. m., at the Mo
ravian Palls community build
ing and oin Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.,
at Fairplains community church.
The home agents and farm
agents at these meetings will dis
cuss the Importance of "Home
stead Planning.” This will In
clude suggested ideas on now
buildings or improving the exlst-
iing homesteads.
With such a large building pro
gram In progress and with so
many people expecting to remodel
their homel, this meeting will be
of interest to a large group of
people.
There will be movie slides to
show how the grounds (includ
ing the planning of shrubbery,
driveways, etc.) as well as farm
I)uildings, can be planned to make
the homestead more attractive as
well as convenient. There will be
slides to show how the kitchens
can be made convenient as well
as attractive for the homemaker.
A free motion picture will be
shown to this group on "North
Carolina Variety Vacationland.”
This picture is sound and also In
technicolor. It shows the various
industries, as well as scenery,
from the east coast to the mouln-
tains in the state of North Caro
lina. This picture Is very Inter
esting, amusing and edncatlonal.
AH of us need to'lMdtV' iiiore'of
the "Old North State,’’ and after
having seen this picture will have
a more vivid and lasting impres
sion of the state.
“We are invltijig all men, wom
en and children to come to these
community meetings, and we sin
cerely hope that a large group
will be present. Remember the
date, time and place,” the an
nouncement said.
omsoKf
WITH TfM fOtORS.
Moravian Falls
Cemetery Meet
A^nnounceraent has been made
that the Moravian Falls Ceme
tery Association will meet Sun
day afternoon, 1:30, at the Mo
ravian Falls community house.
All interested persons are asked
to attend. It was also announced
that a group will meet at the
cemetery Saturday morning to
do some work on the cemetery
^nd that all who cam and who
wish to help are asked to be pres-
For Wilkesboro
Jesse Staley And Mack Rea
vis Temporary Carriers
Wilkesboro RFD’s
j. V. Caudill, who has
manager of the Reins-Stur-
t Funeral Home at Boone
veral years, is leaving Boone
e a similar position at West
3on for Relns-Sturdlvant.
audill will be succeeded at
f by Mr. Richard Kelley.
Temporary carriers have been
appointed to serve the rural mall
routes from the Wilkesboro post
office, pending exaralnatioas and
permanent appoljntraents.
Jesso Staley, a son of B. F. Sta
ley, of Reddles River, has re
ceived the temporary appoint
ment to serve rural route number
one. J. B. Henderson, the car
rier for many years, recently re
tired.
Mack Reavis, who recently re
ceived his discharge from the
navy, has received the appoint
ment as temporary carrier on
W’ilkesboro, route two. which
was served by Lee Hemphill un
til his death.
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SEAIvr.AN ALBERT WELLBORN
HA.S RECEIVED DISCHARGE
Albert H. Wellborn, seaman,
first class, received his discharge
from the navy Monday at Charles-
toin, S. C., and has returned home.
Kidnaper of Baby
May Be a Fanatic
Charlotte. — A state-wide
search w-as under way last night
for a nurse whom police feared
was a religious fanatic and might
".sacrifice to idols” four-year-old
Terry Taylor, missing daughter
of a prominent Charlotte physi
cian.
A kidnaping warrant was
sworn out for blonde, chunky
Rosemary Johnson, 19-year-old
child’s nurse, who disappeared
Tuesday with Little Terry, daugh
ter of Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Tay
lor.
Miss Johnson left behind her
Bible, with the notations "da”
and "r” scrawled between the
ISth and 19th verses of the tenth
chapter, First Corinthians.
The verses read:
“Behold Israel, after the flesh
are they not which eat oft the
.sacrifice partakers of the altar?
“What say I then? That the
idol is anything or that which Is
offered in sacrifice to idols Is any
thing.”
(’hild Feared In Datnger
Chief of Detectives Frank Lit
tlejohn said he feared the child
was in grave danger and that In
vestigation led him to believe
Miss Johnson was a religious fa
natic.
Miss Johnson, who told Mrs.
Taylor she recently had been em
ployed in the psychopathic ward
of a Shreveport, La., hospital,
was hired a week ago. She was
regarded as a new member of
the family and was paid $10 a
week in addition to her room and
hoard.
Described by Mrs. Taylor as a
shy, timid but Intelligent young
girl. Miss Johnson was well re
ceived by the children and seemed
to enjoy their company.
Took Children for Walk
Tuesday Miss Johnson took Lit
tle Terry and her sister, Tonda,
6, for a walk. Tonda said Miss
Johnson told her to stand in a
certain place while she took Ter
ry to a drugstore to buy some
candy. Tonda waited two hours,
and when Miss Johnson failed to
return, she went home.
SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A.
SEAM.AN PRANK A. LOWE
RECEIVES DHSCHARGE
Frank A. Lowe, seaman, first
class, who served aboard the USS
Straub in the Atlantic and Pa
cific, received his discharge from
the navy on February 18 and is
now at the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Lowe, of
Pores I^oib.
A A h
SEAMAN EDWIN GILREATH
HAS RECEIVED DISCHARGE
Edwin M. GUreath, seaman,
first class, received his discharge
from the navy Monday at Charles
ton, S. C., and has returned home.
Seaman GUreath, son of Attor
ney C. G. Gilreath, of Wilkes
boro, entered the navy June 9,
1943, and had 22 months of over
seas duty. He received four mat-
seas duty. He received four bat
tle stars and wears the American
Defense, Asiatic and Victory Rib
bons.
M h m
T4 CHARLIE L. 8HATLET
HAS RECEIVED DISCHARGE
T4 Charlie L. Shatley, who was
in the army 18 months and served
as tax consultant and auditor at
Camp Croft, S. C., has received
his discharge and has returned
to his home here.
M n M
I'l-Xl. BAUODSS WILL
RECEIVE DISCHARGE
Pearl Harbor, T. H.—Pfc.
Marshall H. Bauguss. of D street.
North- Witte^wej Up. C., la -one
of 893 army veterans returning
to the States for discharge aboard
the SS Marshall Victory, which
left Yokohama, Japan, February
10, and was scheduled to arrive
in Seattle about February 22. The
SS Marshall Victory is one of the
Merchant Marine ships which
supplemented the navy’s fleet of
cargo ships and transports In
maintaining supply lines to is
land bases seized by U. S. forces
throughout the Pacific.
A l!%
JOHN T. JONES HAS
RECEIVED DISCHARGE
John T. Jones, coxswain In the
navy, received his discharge Jan
uary 13 after 22 months service.
He served with a Seahee battalion
in the South Pacific. Mr. Jones Is
the husbalnd of Mrs. Nancy A.
Jones and son of Mr. and Mrs. R.
L. Jones, of Oakwoods.
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PVT THOMAS L. WELLBORN
GOING OVERSEAS SOON
Pvt. and Mrs. Thomas L. Well
born and two children. Tommy
and Nancy, returned to Baltimore,
Md., Sunday after a visit hero
with Pvt. Wellborn’s father, Mr.
Guy Wellborn, and Mrs. Well
born’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Quincy Kilby, of Millers Creek.
They were accompanied to Bal
timore by Mr. Roger Wellborn,
brother of Pvt. Wellborn, who
will remain with them until Pvt.
Wellborn leaves some time dur
ing March for overseas duty In
Europe, after which Mrs. Well
born and children will return to
the county with Mr. Roger Well
born.
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ENSIGN HILL CARLTON, JR.,
HAS RECEIVED COMMISSION
Ensign Hill Carlton, Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. Hill Carlton, of
this city, is now at home on a
short leave following his gradu
ation at Worcester, Mass., where
he received his B.S. degree In civil
engineering and commission as
ensign In the navy following a
course of more than two years at
Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Ensign Carlton has been assigned
to the naval supply department
and will report to Harvard Uni
versity within a few days for a
short course dealing with his as
signment in the .navy.
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CHAS. G. (BILL) STROUD
H.AS RECEIVED DISCHARGE
Charles G. (Bill) Stroud, ra
dar mate, third class, has received
his discharge from the navy and
has returned to his home on Wil
kesboro, route two, after 19
months service. He served on the
USS Croatan op the Atlantic. Mr.
Stroud is the husband of the for
mer Miss Margaret Miller, and a
son of Mr .and Mrs. Walter
Stroud, of Wilkesboro, route two.
March Term Df
Superior Court
To Open Monday
Judge Alien H. Gwyn Will
Preside; About 150 Cases
Are Awaiting Trial
March term of Wilkes Superior
Court will convene in Wilkesboro
c?n Monday, March 4.
The term Is scheduled for three
weeks, with the first two weeks to
be devoted to trial of cases on the
criminal court docket.
Judge Allen H. Gwyn, of Relds-
vjlle, will preside over the court
and Solicitor Avalon E. Hall, of
Yadkinville, will prosecute the
cases.
It was learned today from the
office of C. C. Hayes, clerk of
Superior Court, that about 160
cases have been calendared for
trial. This is a normal size docket
and it is expected that all cases
ready for trial will be disposed of
during the two weeks designated
for trial of criminal cases.
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Hold On to Ration
Book No. 4; More
Sugar Stamps In It
Badge of Honor
This emblem, sewed on uni
form or worn in the form of
lapel buttons, deserves the ut
most respect from all the Amer-
ican people. It tells that the
wearer has honorably served
his country in the armed serv
ices and has been honorably
discharged.
Thieves Failed To
Make Sugar Haul
300 Pounds Of Sugar Taken
From Wilkes Bakery Fri
day Night Recovered
Thieves broke Into Wilkes
Bakery Friday night and took
300 pounds of sugar, which they
were unable to get away with.
Police saw a man carrying a
100-pound bag of sugar and gave
chase. He immediately dropped
the bag and made his getaway.
Search later In the neighbor
hood below the bakery revealed
the other two missing bags of
which had apparently
been hidden at separate points.
No arrests bad been made to
date.
Raleigh.—Housewives were ad
vised today by the Office of Price
Administration to retain Ijn their
possession War Ration Book 4, sugar,
now used to Oibtaln sugar.
Although the currently valid
sugar stamp 39 is the last ration
stamp in War Ration Book 4,
that Is specifically 'labeled for
purchases of sugar, spare stamps
in that book will be designated as
sugar stamps from time to
Fortliiirrmon. "War iftreKm
4 should be retained even after
sugar stamp 39 has besin used, Washington.—Yleldbog to the
Dougbton Will Run
Again fw Cougrew
OPA emphasized.
Sugar Stamp 40 was used for
the 1944 home canning program,
OPA explained.
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New Firm Is To
Open On Friday
Carolina Home And Auto
Supply, B. F. Goodrich
Store, Opens Friday
The Carolina Home and Auto
Supply, which will also be known
as the B. F. Goodrich Store, will
open Friday, March 1, In the
building betweep Jean’s and City
Barber Shop, opposite Hotel
Wilkes on Main street.
The new firm is owned by R. F.
(Bob) Kite and Flake Cooke,
well known young business men
here. Mr. Kite had been with
Rose’s stores 17 years and spent
the last eight years as manager
of Rose’s here. Mr. Cooke for the
past two years held a responsi
ble position with the Sta(ndard
Oil Company here.
Mr. Kite and Mr .Cooke have
been very busily engaged during
the past month in renovating the
building and acquiring a large
stock for the opening. The store
will handle Goodrich tires, tubes,
and automobile accessories S(nd
other Items In the Goodrich line.
They will also sell the Monitor
line of electrical appliances, In
cluding ranges, refrigerators and
radios. Many other Items will be
added to the lines carried as they
become available ^nd a complete
line of sporting goods will be
stocked for the people of north
western North Carolina.
The new store invites a visit
from all the people In this part of
the state.
North Wilkesboro
And Millers Creek
Will P|^ Friday
Biggest event of the local bas
ketball season will he on Friday
night, 7:30, when North Wilkes
boro will play Millers Creek boys
and ^glrls, in the North Wilkes
boro gymnasium. The first game
will open at 7 and there will be a
cake walk between games.
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Mrs. J. H. Williams and soin,
Mr. Llde Williams, have returned
to their home at Georgetown, 8.
C., after spending a week in Wil
kesboro with their daughter and
sister, Mrs. C. Q. Yates.
demands of the public In general
and the people of the Ninth Dis
trict in particular, Representative
Robert Lee Doughton, 82-year-
old dean of the North Carolina
delegation in Congress and chair
man of the House Ways a,nd
Means Committee longer than any
other man In U. S. history, an
nounced that he would seek re
nomination for bis 19th consecu
tive House term in the May 25
Democratic primary.
AnnoU|pcement Brief
Farmer Bob’s announcement
was brief and to the point. He
said:
“I am today filing with the
chairman of the State Board of
Elections notice of my candidacy
for renoralnatlon as Representa
tive Ijn Congress from the Ninth
Congressional District, subject to
the Democratic primary on May
25."
There was more of it, of course,
than the mere' text of the an
nouncement. Mrs. Doughton, his
wife of 48 years, died recently
and was burled in Alleghany
county while his surviving family
received messages of condolence
from thousiynds of people in all
parts of the country. Grief strick
en by the blow. Farmer Bob has
had his many congressional du
ties to keep him occupied and he
and his friends for him, have al
ways feared that retirement would
be the wrong thing for him to do.
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Improvements Made
At Call Hotel Here
Several improvements are un
der way at Call Hotel here, which
Is now being operated by Walter
Myers. A new office and lobby at
the Ninth street entrance has beeoi
constructed and the exterior of
the hotel is being repainted.
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Mrs. Mason’s Funeral
Is To Be On Saturday
Funeral service for Mrs. Roy
C. Mason, who died In Seattle,
Washlngtqgi, will be held Satur
day, 2 p. m., at the Methodist
church at Yadkinville. The body
arrived today In Winston-Salem
and was taken to the funeral
home In Yadkinville. Mrs. Mason
was the former Miss Myrtle Yates,
a former resident of Wilkesboro.
Many friends here regret to learn
of her death.
Goal For Wilkes
$10,500; Liberal
Support Sought
Maj, W. H. McElwee Chair
man Of Annual Red Cross
^ Fund Campaign
Annual Red Cross fund cam
paign In Wilkes county will open
on Friday, March 1, Major W. H.
McElwee, campaign chairman,
said today.
Although the quota assigned
the county Is much less than In
the war years, a goat of $10,500
has been set for the Wilkes Chap
ter to raise funds to carry on the
Red Cross Work.
“Your Red Cross Must Carry
On” is the slogan for the 1946
campaign. Funds to continue the
work of the Red Cross with serv
icemen, especially those overseas,
and for local chapters to continue
their valuable work with service
men, veterans and their families
are urgently needed, and it is ex
pected that tho Red Cross appeal
will be received gratefully by the
people of Wilkes.
The appeal for funds in Wilkes
will reach the people by various
means. A special gifts committee
composed of P. W. Eshelmain, R.
G. Finley and J. R. Hlx will con
tact the larger contributors for
advance gifts.
Divisional chairmen and their
many workers will carry out the
personal solicitation work in
North Wilkesboro, Wilkesboro
and throughout all Wilkes coun
ty.
The Red Cross in Wilkes has
been very active during the past
year a)nd has served the people
well In every capacity for which
it was organized.
with many veterans returning.
It is exip^ted that the ensulnx
yesrwill W effnanras- full ofliS-
tlvftles here. In order that your
Red Cross may continue to func
tion with great efficiency, the
people of Wll^B are asked To be
as liberal as possible In their Red
Cross contributions agaijh this
year.
Girl Scout Leaders
To Meet Monday
The Girl Scout Leaders’ Asso
ciation will meet Monday, 7:30
p. m.,' at the Duke Power office.'
Every leader Is expected to be „
present. SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A.
North Wilkesboro
Beats Mccksville
North Wilkesboro boys, show
ing much improvement in their
last few games, turned back the
Mocksville Rams in a hard-fought
game at Mocksville Tuesday
night, 31-28. Holding a 15 to 7
margin at the end of the first
half, the Mountain Lions saw the
Mocksville boys come Itack strong
in the last half to tie the score,
26 all, with only three minutes to
play. Determined to wl^n from
Mocksville, who had won the first
game early in the season, the
timely field goals by Ballard and
Hudson proved the difference.
The rebound work played an im
portant part In the local victory.
Ballard, with 13 points. V'as high,
Johnson, with 9, runucr-np, and
Hiidsojii 4, Turner 3, Caudill 2.
Maysh proved best for Mocksville
with 11.
The lineup:
N. Wilkesboro 31. Mocksville 2H
Ballard 13 Groce 7
Johnson 9 Bodwen 2
Hudson 4 Greer 4
Turner 3 Pennington 4
Caudill 2 . Muysh 11
~b]rYhs“
Homer Woodrow Brookshire,
Jr., was born this morning at the
Wilkes hospital to Mr. and Mrs.
Homer W. Brookshire, of this
city.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Hohert
Delp, of Sparta, a daughter on
February 22 at the Wilkes hos
pital.
Brenda Raye Church was born
Wednesday at the Wilkes hospital
to Mr. and Mrs. Duane Chtirch,
of this city. Mrs. Church Is the
former Miss Raye Miller.
A son was born February 22
at the Wilkes hospital to Mr. and
Mrs. J. P. Eller, of North Wilkes
boro.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Tomfflle
Faw, of this city, a son on Wed
nesday at the Wilkes hosnifal.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kirk, of
North Wilkesboro, are parents of
a son, born Monday at Wilkes
hospital.
A son was born Wednesday at
the Wilkes hospital to Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Rose, of North Wilkes-