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VOL. 40, NO. 88
Published Mondays and Thursdays. NORTH VfILKESBORO, N. C., Monday, M&rch 11, 1946
Make North Wilkesboro Your Sharping Center
Many Cases Are
Tried In Superior
Court Past Week
Two Murder Cases Are On
Calendar for Trial In
Court on Tuesday
During the latter part of the
week a large number of cases
were disposed of in Wilkes su-
trior court, over which judge
ulius A. Rousseau, of this city,
is presiding. Following are cases
In which judgment was» render
ed:
Freeman Garris, rape, not guil-
C. C. Combs and R. C. Whit
ley. assault, 60 days suspended.
Abe Hage, colored, larceny,
not guilty.
Clyde Curry, violation prohi
bition law 12. months suspended
on payment of $25 fine and
costs.
William Brantley Walker,
reckless driving, four months su
spended on payment of $25 and
costs.
Connie Shepherd. operating
car w'hile intoxicated and reck
less driving, four months .sus
pended on $75 fnie and costs
. Xoah Randall Shatley. Jr.,
operating car while intoxicated,
four months suspended on $50
fine and costs.
Edward Johnson, larceny, 90
days suspended on payment of
$200 for J. S. .Minton, and costs.
Bud Millsaps, non-support, six
raonth.s suspended on payment
$20 per month for wife.
Fred Manning, operating car
whil eintoxicated, 30 days sus
pended on payment $50 and
costs.
Walter Wood, reckless driving,
judgment suspended on payment
$165 for 7. C. Owens.
Thomas H. Mathis, Calvin
Wells, Bob Damschroder, Well
born Adams and Della Wiles,
operating slot machines, judg
ment suspended on payment of
costs. Court ordered machines
destroyed.
Dock C. Kerley and Homer
'bdell Miller, forgery; Kerley
sentenced to county home labor;
Miller given eight months sen
tence suspended.
Eudaily Billings and Roby Dar
Kilby, attempt to commit crime
against nature; Billings four
years on roads; Kilby two years
on roads.
Allen Christian, larceny of
$2,500 from Charlie Love, seven
to ten years in state prison.
William R. Johnson, reckless
driving, 90 days suspended on
payment $25 and costs.
Thomas R. Pope, operatin.g
car while Intoxicated, judgment
suspended on payment $50 fine
and costs.
Vestal Holloway, operating car
while intoxicated and man
slaughter, 15 months on roads.
The case of James Souther,
charged with the death of his
brother. Frank Souther, on De
cember 17, has been set for Tues
day. Also on the Tuesday calen
dar is the case of Lewis Faw and
Howard Faw, charged with the
death of J. T. Wagner near Mil
lers Creek a few months ago.
Gives Organ Concert
,1. ,I.\Y .ANDERSON
St. Sgt. J. J. Anderson, son
of Mrs. .Annie .Andeison, was
hojud Bust night in a tH>ncert
given at the Wilkesimro .Motli-
odist church on the new Hain-
inond organ which wa.s recent
ly installiMl. SI. Sgt. Ander
son was guest organist at the
morning si-rvice at the eliureh
• yestcriiay. He is a talented or
ganist.
V. F. W. Will Elect
Officers Thursday
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
post will hold their regular meet
ing in the "Moose Hall” over
Frank Crow's candy store, oppo
site the North W'llkeshoro post-
office, Thursday night, March
14th, at- 7:30 o’clock.
At this meeting officers for the
next year will be elected and In
stalled. It is very important that
every member attend this meet
ing, and take part in the selec
tion of officers. The interest Is
very good, and the attendance
large, and as soon as a staff of
officers can be installed, the
membership Is expected to grow
even faster.
The ladies of the Millers Cieek
community club are planning to
prepare a Chicken supper for, the
local post, and their gues'ta the
28th of March. Cards will be
mailed to the members and oth
ers this week.
A number of veterans have
application cards filled out, but
have not handed them In, They
are requested to do this at the
meeting Thursday night, so that
Ithey can take part in the selec
tion of the officers.
O. E. S. Meeting
Vilkes Chapter No. 42, Order
the Eastern Star, will hold its
ular meeting Thursday eve-
g, March 14, at 7:30,
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'artime savings of most rural
illefl are In bank deposits. .
S.Sgt. J. Anderson
Is Heard In Recital
Talented Organist Gave
Concert Last Night In
Wilkesboro
St. Sgt. J. Jay Anderson, son
of Mrs. Annie Anderson, of this
city, was heard In a Hammond
organ concert last night at the
Wilkesboro Methodist church by
a congrt^gation which filled the
large church auditorium to ca
pacity.
St. Sgt. Anderson rendered a
splendid program which was well
received. It was as follows:
Hymn 228, (Cokesbury), "A-
merica. the Beautiful’,, Congrega
tion; invocation. Rev. H. M.
Wellman, the pastor; choral,
Boellmann; Evening Star, Wag
ner: Plzzlcati, Delibes: Largo
‘‘New World Symphony”, Dvor
ak.
Pilgrims’ Chorus, Wagner;
The Last Spring, Grieg: Chorale
in E .Minor, Franck.
Offering.
Andante Cantahile, Tschalko-
wsky; Pale Moon, Logan; Lon
donderry Air, Arranged; -Ave
.Maria, Schubert.
Hymn Tunes—A Mighty For
tress is Our God, Luther; Fair
est Lord Jesus, Traditional:
When I Survey the Wondrous
Cross. Mason; Choral from “Fin
landia”, Sibelius.
Benediction.
Britt Steelman Has
Practice Accident
Britt Steelman, student at
.\STC. suffered a fraciurod skull
while participating in Spring
football practice. Britt was ope
rated on late Thursday afternoon
at the Wilkes Hospital, and is
now recovering speedily. He ex
pects to be back in school in the
near future.
•Among the Wilkes students at
ASTC, Britt has distinguished
himself in many ways. Ho was a
member of the varsity football
team last fall, plugging an im
portant Imckfield position. He is
majoring in Physical-Ed. Britt
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S.
Steelman of Moravian Falls.
Ministers School
For Baptist Group
March 18 to 22
Program Arranged For An
nual School of Baptist
Ministers in This City
Annual Ministers’ School for
preachers of the Brushy Moun
tain Baptist association will be
held at North Wilkesboro March
18 through 22.
Morning features each day will
be messages by Rev. J. C. Ca-
nipe, pastor of the First Baptist
church at Boone, and Rev. E. N.
Johnson, whose subject will be
‘‘Jesus In Our World.” Rev. J.
R. Moseley will be on the pro
gram each afternoon.
Devotional will bo conducted
on each day as follows: Rev. L.
T. Younger, Monday; Rev. John
Wells, Tuesday; Rev. J. G. Huff
man, Wednesday; Rev. Charlie
Poole, Thursday; Rev. Isaac
Watts. Friday.
Messages will bo delivered
each day as follows: Rev. W. S.
Luck, Monday; Rev. E. C. Shoe,
Tuesday: Rev. A. B. Hayes, Wed
nesday; Rev. Howard J. Ford.
Thursday.
Participating ministers will
conduct services each night in
various churches of the associa
tion is desired, and Rev. J. C.
Pipes will speak each night at
Honda Baptist church during the
time of the Ministers’ School.
Interest In Athletic
Park PlanIncreases
Returns Home
Cousins Together
First Time After
55 Years Apart
Mrs. I. M. Myers, of this city,
and Eugene Capp, of Mount
Airy, are first cousins. They went
to school together at the old
Traphill academy. That was 55
years ago and the last time they
had seen each other until yes
terday, although they have lived
only 60 miles apart through all
the years.
Mr. Capp, accompanied by his
wife and some friends from
Mount Airy, called on Mrs. My-
«rs Sunday and they sbent a most
enjoyable day together and visi
ted another cousin. Miss Janie
t Spicer, of Ferguson.
Democrats Plan
Precinct Meets
and Cenventiens
County Convention April
27 and Precinct Meet
ings Saturday, 20
According to the plan adopted
by the State Democratic execu
tive committee, precinct meetings
for the party will be held on
Saturday, April 20, for the pur
pose of perfecting precinct or
ganizations and naming dele
gates to the county conventions,
which will be held on April 27.
The state convention will be
held Thursday noon. May 2.
The dates for the party meet
ings were set in a meeting of
the State Executive committee
held last week in Raleigh. Mr.
J. R. Rousseau is the member of
the committee from Wilkes coun
ty.
W. T. Crabb Rites
Conducted Sunday
Funeral service was held Sun
day at Pleasant Grove Baptist
church for W. T. Crabb, age 70,
resident of the Millers Creek
community who died Friday.
Revs. Woodrow Smith, Iredell
Osborne and J. E. Hayes con
ducted the last rites.
.Mr. Crabb is survived by his
wife, Mrs Ida Crabb, one son and
one daughter, Jesse Crabb and
Mrs. W-. P. Curtis, of Moores-
ville.
Work of Grading
Fairgrounds Now
Well Under Way
Pfc. Howard Banguss, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Ban
guss, of North WUkesboro, re
ceived his discharge from the
army Saturday after a long
period of overseas service in
New Guinea, the PWUpplnes
and Japan.
Veterans Forum
To Be Held Here
Monday, Mar. 18
All Veterans Asked to At
tend Meeting at Town
Hall Next Monday
A veterans’ forum will bo con
ducted in the North Wilkesboro
town hall on Monday night,
March 18.
The forum, arranged as an
information benefit feature for
veterans, will open at 7:30 p.
m. and every war veteran within
reach is urged to attend.
Participating In the forum
will be a representative from the
Veteran’s Administration, a rep
resentative of Rate headquarters
of the United States Employment
service, a representative from the
Red Cross and all other agen
cies and organizations concern
ed with aiding veterans.
Further details relative to ar
rangements for the forum will
be announced next week.
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SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A.
Athletic Teams
Wilkesboro High
BeinjFormed
Basketball Team Wins All
Four Games Played;
Baseball Planned
Wilkesboro high school bas
ketball team. handicapped by
lack of a gymnasium and by in
clement weather which prevent
ed outside play for several weeks,
won all games during the season,
which closed Friday.
'I’he Wilkesboro team defeated
Honda at Honda 33 to 3, and
won over Traphill twice by scores
of 53 to 23 and 32 to 14. They
also defeated the Wilkesboro all
stars 20 to 27. The eighth grade
team of Wilkeslmro lost to Trap
hill 13 to 6.
Coach R. E. Caldwell said the
hoys worked hard and would
have had a very successful season
if they had gymnasium facilities.
Members of the high school
team were Robert Triplett, BUI
Craig, Billy Whittington, Tom
Foster, Perry Lowe, Jr., Jack
Croce, T. R. Bryan, Jr., Ray
Triplett and Hubert Dancy.
Two weeks of spring practice
are in s'ore for the boys who
plan to play football next fall.
Coach Caldwell returned from
the army late in the fall and was
able to get in some practice be
fore the end of the season, al
though no garner were played.
He stated that several of the
boys show promise of becoming
good high school players and a
schedule will be made with other
schools In this section of the
state for next fall at which time
It Is hoped that the Wilkesboro-
North Wilkesboro classic can be
renewed.
Plans are also under way for
baseball practice and Coach
Caldwell has a large roster of
prospective baseball players in
the high school. Considerable
work must be done on the ath
letic field before play begins.
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert
Adams, of North Wilkesboro
route one, a daughter on March
8 at the Wilkes hospital.
A daughter was born March 6
at the Wilkes hospital to Mr. and
Mrs. Allie McOlamery, of Wilkes
boro ronte ono..
Mrs. Carlyle Ingle and son,
Archibald Tomlinson Ingle, born
March 1 at the Wilkes hospital,
will return to their home In this
city tomorrow.
A son was born at the Wilkes
hospital today to Mr. and Mrs.
Jl. J. Marley, of Ferguson.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. David
Neaves, of this city, a daughter
on March 5 at the Wilkes hos
pital. Mrs. Neaves is the former
Miss Elsie Faye Foster.
A son was born Saturday at
the Wilkes hospital to Mr. and
Mrs. Melvin G. Stahl, of Pores
Knob. Mrs. Stahl is the former
Miss Elizabeth Jennings.
A daughter was born Thurs
day at the Wilkes hospital to
Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Walsh, of
Cricket.
Number of Substantial Do
nations Would Make Pos
sible Splendid Project
Greater interest Is being shown
here in the plans to develop the
fairgrounds into athletic fields
for use by the school and com
munity.
Those interested In the local
plans'have pointed out that El
kin is to have a splendid athletic
park, which was recently made
possible by a gift of $10,000
from Chatham Manufacturing
company for that purpose. Park
funds of $5,400 had already been
contributed by other business
firms and individuals, making a
total of $15,400 available for
the athletic park development.
In North Wilkesboro the work
for athletic fields recently got
under way with a plan to make
a football field, baseball field
and softball diamonds on the
fairgrounds. The town of North
Wilkesboro appropriated $500
toward the cost of grading the
fields.
Further plans call for erection
of removable bleachers and for
lighting the football field, which,
of course, call for a much greater
expenditure of funds.
It is also known that several
towns In Virginia and North Car
olina are interested in organiz
ing a professional baseball league
and plan to locate a team here
In the 1947 season. This may call
for further development of the
baseball field porUon of the pfi^jjj^ J oj the time
llghtlng-ei-tlu h—gitott
Wilkes Motor Supply
Temoprarily Located
Wilkes Motor Supply, well
known local firm which was lo
cated in the Poindexter building
before the fire Tuesday night, is
now open in temporary quarter.s
next to Towiie Cleaners on Gor
don Avenue.
Much of the Wilkes Motor
Supply stock was destroyed in
the Poindexter building fire, but
orders will be promptly filled at
the temporary location, which
can obtain the desired merchan
dise from other branches of the
company.
field.
Night football would mean a
far greater attendance at high
school games here and the dif
ference In gate receipts would
pay for the lighting over a per
iod of time.
In order that development of
the fairgrounds as an athletic
park may go forward, donations
for that purpose will be highly
acceptable. Several substantial
donations can make possible an
athletic park here equal to any
in the smaller cities of the state.
Support Y. M. C> A.
Gen. Miles A. Cowles
Princeton Instructor
Brig. Gen. Miles A. Cowles,
native of Wilkesboro, N. C., one
of the Army’s outstanding field
artillerymen and artillery com
mander of the 36th Infantry di
vision during the Salerno land
ings in 1943, has been named
professor of military science and
tactics at Princeton university,
it was announced by President
Harold Willis Dodds. Succeeding
Lt. Col. Elliott N. Baldwin, of
Auburn, N. Y., as Princeton’s
R O T C commandant. General
Cowles, a member of the class
of 1917 at West Point and a
former student at Davidson col
lege, has assumed his new post.
Gen. Cowles is a brother of
Mrs. T. B. Finley, of North Wil
kesboro.
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SEAMAN CARL COFFEY
HOME DURING WEEK-END
Carl Coffey, seaman first class,
who is stationed at the naval air
station at Brunswick, Ga., spent
the week-end with his mother,
Mrs. Margaret Coffey.
Dr. H. R. Bird is a poultry
scientist with the U. S. Depart
ment of Agricalture.
Poindexters Plan
To Rebuild Burned
Property In City
Work Will Get Under Way
On Modem Structure at
An Early Date
The Poindexter building prop
erty, which was virtually destroy
ed In the disastrous fire here
Tuesday night, will be rebuilt.
Sheriff and Mrs. C. G. Poin
dexter, owners of the building,
said today that work of recon
struction will be begun as early
as possible and that a modern
structure will be built. Fireproof
construction Is planned for the
Liberty Theatre portion of the
building, which may be enlarged.
Occupants of the building at
the time of the fire were the
Liberty Theatre, Rexall Drug
store, pool room, Wilkes Motor
Supply, Vannoy’s Studio, and of
fices of Dr. C. S. Sink and Dr.
W. F. Jones.
Deane Is Seeking
Seat In Congress
From 8th District
Rockingham Man Announc
es His Candidacy to Suc
ceed W. O. Burgin
Rockingham, March 10.—C. B.
Dean, Rockingham lawyer and
business leader, today formally
announced his candidacy for the
Democratic nomination for the
eighth district congressional seat
to succeed W. 0. Burgin, of Lex
ington, who on February 22 stat
ed he would not be a candidate
to succeed himself.
Deane also today tendered his
resignation as chairman of the
Richmond county Democratic
executive committee, which post
WilliamMR New
Assistant County
Agent for Wilkes
Native of Mississippi As
sumes Duties in Wilkes
as Aide to Smith
Dwight D. Williamson, former
ly of Mississippi, is now assist
ant county agent for Wilkes
county.
Mr. Williamson is a native of
Duffee, Miss. He graduated from
Mississippi State College in 1942
and for 14 months taught voca
tional agriculture at Puckett,
Miss., before going into the
navy, in which he served two ,
years and four months as a phar
macist mate.
Mr. Williamson comes to
Wilkes highly recommended as
an agricultural authority and it
is expected that his work will be
highly beneficial to the farmers
of the county. Wilkes has been
without the services of an as
sistant county agent for almost
two years. H. C. Colvard held
that position before becoming
county agent of Alexander coun- ^
ty in 1944.
Mr. Williamson’s family con
sists of his wife and one daugh
ter, Sandra Gail. They plan to
move here from Mississipiri as
soon as living quarters can be
made available.
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K.YLPH CHURCH IS
PROMOTED TO PhM. .I-C
Ralph Church, son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. B. Church, of this city,
has recently been promoted to
naval pharmacist mate, third
class. Ralph, who Is now station
ed at Portsmouth, Va., was home
tor the week-end, being accom
panied by his wife who will re
main In the city for a two-weeks’
vi.sil with his parents.
The gentleman from Richmond
said the announcement of Con
gressman Burgin came as a sur
prise to him and that he would
not have been a candidate for
Congress had Burgin offered for
re-election. For several days
Deane has been advising with
many Democratic leaders in the
district.
W. E. Horner, Sanford pub
lisher and member of the state
house of representatives from
Lee county, previously announc
ed he was In the race for the
eighth district congressional seat.
Auto Parts to Open
New Store In Boone
Auto Parts Company, which
operates stores in i'lorth Wilkes
boro and a number of other
northwestern North Carolina
towns, will open an Auto Parts
store in Boone within the next
week.
Thomas Locke Kenerly, t. this
city, who has been associated
with the Auto Parts store here,
will be manager of the new
store in Boone.
SEAMAN 8HOUN KERBAUGH
RECEIVES DISCHARGE
.Shoun L. Kerbaugh, seaman
first class, has received his dis
charge at Charleston, S. C., and
has returned home. Shoun Is a
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Ker^-
baugh and husband of the form
er Miss Bessie Chloe Rhodes, of
this city, who had been with him
in Charleston for the past few
months. He plans to return to his
former iwsltion in the office of
Relns-SturdIvant funeral home.
Miss Cora Smoot Is
Claimed By Death
Miss Cora Smoot, sister of the
late J. Clinton Smoot and the
last member of that well known
family, died Friday in Alexan
dria, Va., where she made her
home.
Funeral service was held to
day in Alexandria.
Lt. Col. and Mrs. Edward S.
Finley, of this city, attended the
funeral service in Alexandria to
day.
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ROBERT CASR’EI.L DAMERON
TO RECEIVE DISCHARGE
Robert Caswell Dameron, wat
er tender, .second class, USNR,
son of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Dam
eron of Traphill, left the USS
Natrona recently to be processed
for discharge.
The Natrona, an attack trans
port, participated in the Okinawa
and Kerama Retto landings and
brought the initial occupational
force to Nagoya, Japan
No Forms Needed
In Canning Sugar
County Officials
In Raleigh Talk
School Buildings
Commissioners and School
Authorities Confer With
State Officials
Wilkes county officials in Ra
leigh Thursday discussed ways
and means of erecting school
buildings in Wilkes county.
Those in Raleigh for a con
ference wth state officials were
M. F. Absher, chairman, and C.
C. Bidden, of the. Wilkes county
board of commissioners, C. O.
McNlel, chairman of the county
board of education, and C. B.
Eller, Wilkes superintendent of
schools.
State officials contacted In
cluded W. B. Easterling, of the
Local Government commission,
and W. F. Credle, director of
school house planning of the
State Department of Education.
Raleigh.' March 11. — This
year’s home canners will not
have to fill out application forms
for canning sugar, OPA State Di
rector Theodore S. Johnson re-
mindeJ North Carolina house
wives today. OPA District Offi
ces, which now handle sug.ir ra
tioning, are not equipped to pro
cess the millions of requests that
would result if users were re
quired to make formal applica
tion for canning sugar, as wms
formerly the case, he said.
Canning sugar this season will
be obtained through use of sjiare
stamps contained either in R,a-
tion Book Four or on the sugar
ration sheet now being issued in
lieu of a complete ration book,
according to the OPA announce
ment.
First spare stamp to he used
especially for canning sugar Is
No. 9, which became v.illd Mon
day, March 11, for five pounds
and remains good through Octob
er 31, Johnson pointed out. This
and another stamp to be validat
ed sometime iii June or July will
provide this year’s allocation for
home canning sugar, he said.
“Our national sugar supply is
still extremely tight, with no
signs of immedi.ate Improve
ment,” .Tohnson s;iiil. "It Ls still
iincertaiii how much of tlio Cu
ban sugar crop will he available
to us; and this, along with the re
quirements of war-stricken areas,
makes It impossible (o ho very
opiimistir about the' outlook on
sugar,” ne explained.
Those who customarily sell
home-canned fruit butters, jams,
jellies and other foods, however,
may file an application with the
State OPA Office for the neces
sary canning sugar, Johnson said.
The amount granted will be eith
er the amount requested, or t'le
total used by the family ic.v this
purpose in 1945, whichever a-
mount' is smaller, Johnson said,
adding that the previous limlta-
tatlon of a total issuance of 250
pounds to a family unit will still
apply. A record of the amount
and kind of foods put up with
this sugar must be kept bj' per
sons doing home canning for
sale, he said.
The use of spare stamps for
canning sugar makes no change
in the regular consumer sugar
rations, which remain at five
pounds for each four-menth per
iod. The next regular stamp be-
come.s valid on May 1, Johnson
pointed out.
“The critical state of our sup
ply makes It necessary for every
housewife to budget hsr use of
sugar carefully,’’ Johnson said,
and appealed to homemakers to
see that their, canning sugar la
used only for the purposes for
which It is Intended.
Support the Y.M.C.A.