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find la • continual en-
dauTor unto a aufflcieBt amount
ti mmmtj ia raised for erection of
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THE JOURNAL-PATRIOT
THE JOURNAL-PATRIOT HAS BLAZED THE TRAIL OF PROGRESS IN THE “STATE OF WH.KES” FOR OVER 38 YEARS
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OL. 40, NO. 90
Published MoMlays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C, MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1946
Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center
RONDA GIRLS WILKES GIRLS CHAMPIONS
The girls Basketball team of
|iHla came through with anoth
er successful year.
This team has won by decisive
scores over all the Wilkes teams
and by virtue of this fact lays
claim to the Championship.
The Wilkes County schedule of
Ronda girls:
Ronda 49, Millers Creek 11;
Ronda 36, Mountain View 22;
Ronda 34, Mt. Pleasant IT: Ron
da 20, Millers Creek 8; Ronda
38, Traphill 30; Ronda 26, Northj
Wilkesboro 9; Ronda 34, Trap-
hill 18.
Total points: Ronda 237, Op-
[jonents US.
In the season play this team
has won 9 games, lost &. The
players left to right are: kneel
ing—Hazel Barker, Betty Key,
Peggy Hemric, Virginia Mathis,
Xona Bee Dobbins, Walsie Cock-
erham; standing—^Betty Alex
ander, Wilma Edwards. Dorothy
Walker, Mildred Rumple.
The Ronda Boys have had a
fine team this year. Even though
they did not win many games
they showed much Improvement
as the year moved on. They were
all inexperienced when the sea
son started and will all be back
next year with high hopes.
The team consists of: Conard
Tharpe, Marion Pardue, Charlie
Blackburn, Henry McCann, Billy
Durham, Hazel Key, Kenneth
Jordon, Shirley Blackburn, Ja
cob Hoots and Arthur Parks.
LIONS CLUB WILL PURCHASE
BLEACHERS TO SEAT 1,500 AT
HORSE SHOW AND FOR SCHOOL
PLANS NOW BEING MADE BY LIONS CLUB FOR AN-
NUAL HORSE SHOW AT WILKESBORO ON JULY
~ 3 AND 4; PRIZES BOOSTED
North Wilkesboro Lions Club
in meeting Friday night voted to
purchase bleachers with a seat
ing capacity of 1,500 to be used
at the annual Lions Club horse
show on July 4 and for athletic
engagements by North Wilkes
boro and Wilkesboro schools.
On July 4 last year the Lions
Club staged it.s first horse show,
which was held on tho Wilkes
boro school athletic field, and it
was a most successful event. The
club decided to make it an an
nual affair and this ye,ar it will
be held on July 3 and 4 and will
be much expanded over the initi
al efforts.
Directors of the club in recent
meeting made arrangements to
show field and the purchase o?
the bleacher .seats will assure
greater seating capacity for spec
tators.
In the discussion relative to
the purchase of bleachers, which
will i)e of the knock-down, port-
,ahle type, it was brought oul tnat
the bleachers can be used at the
alhletic field being constructed
on the North Wilkesboro fair
grounds, .and can also be used for
footliall ganioo on the Wilkes
boro field. The bleachers will also
tie rented out for other otttside
events which require seating ca-
liacity.
mhe prizes for the horse show
will be greatly increased this
year and one of the outstanding
horse shows in the state is an-
double the stable capacity at the ticipated.
k
exall Store Now |Li|,jrty THeatfe
o, r „ p o.„.,oh Will Be Enlarged
of the Rexall Store, one of the
city’s oldest drug firms, announc
ed today that his store was open
for business again, following
Interruption due to water dam
age.
“Every patron will be render
ed the best service possible und
er our present emergency condi
tions”, Dr. Johnson said.
Hat Demonstration
Will Be Conducted
On Friday, March 22 begin
ning at 1:30 o’clock in the Town
Hall In North Wilkesboro, Mlsa
Wllle Hunter. Clothing Specialist,
State College Station, Raleigh,
North Carolina, will conduct a
demonstration on the making of
hats, bags and glove.s. Miss Hunt
er will have a wonderful demon
stration to give at this time. It
■will consist of the making of new
hats as well as the making over
of old ones. This demonstration
will be very timely as it will give
all of U9 suggestions to re-style
or make our Easter bonnets. You
have no idea just what changing
an ornament on a hat, or chang
ing a band or ribbon can do to
make it one that we enjoy wear
ing again. Miss Hunter has sB
the answers to our hat, bag and
;love questions so be sure and
ike yo“^ plans to be present
lor this demonstration. I am
sure you will not regret the tirao
♦hat you spend at this meeting.
please announce this to all of
TOur friends as Miss Hunter will
♦e delighted to have you with
11 a at this time.
MRS. ANNIE H. GREENE
Home Demonstration Agent
MRS. HELEN P. WHITE
_^ast Homo Domonstratlon Agt.
And Modernized
Will Be Rebuilt of Fireproof
Construction; plan 1,000
Seating Capacity
The Liberty theatre, which was
destroyed in the Poindexter
building fire March 5, will be
rebui'l much larger and bettor,
Ivan D. -Ander.son, manager, said
today.
The .Northwestern Construction
company, of this city, has con
tract for rebuilding the Poindex
ter building, which will be of
much bettor construction than
formerly. Work got under way
today in clearing the debris of
the fire from the building.
Mr. -Anderson stated that the
theatre portion of the building
will be extended through a por
tion of the present garage build
ing to the alley, making it one
of the largest theatres In this
part of tho state, and that the
seating capacity will be 1,000,
an increase of 400 over the
former size of the theatre.
The latest and most modern
type of machines and equipment
have already been secured for
the theatre and will be ready for
installation as soon as the build
ing is constructed. The seats will
bo of the ultra modern type es
pecially designed for the maxi
mum in comfort.
■The building for the theatre
will be of concrete and sU»el.
The plans, drawn by Benton and
Benton, architects, call for a
theatre equal in size and qualltv
to the best known theatres in the
state.
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SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A.
W. E. Colvard Is
Taken By Death
Prominent Business Leader
Dies Suddenly; Funeral
Held Saturday
W. E. Colvard, 62, member of
one of northwestern North Car
olina’s beet known families and
for several decades prominent in
business In this section of the
state, died Thursday evening, six
o’clock, at his home in Wilkes
boro.
Mr. Colvard had been enjoy
ing apparently good health and
attenled to his seiwice station
business in North Wilkesboro all
day Thursday. Shortly after ar
riving at home he was stricken
with a heart attack and died in
a few minutes.
Funeral service was held Sat
urday afternoon, three o’clock,
at the First Methodist church in
North Wilkesboro with the Pau-
tor Dr. Gilbert R. Combs, in
charge. 'The body lay in state for
one hour at the church before the
set vice. Interment was in Mount
Lawn Memorial Park north of
this city.
Mr. Colvard was born January
24, 18 84, and reared In tho Wil-
bar community of Wilkes county.
His father was the late Rufus
W Colvard, who was chairman
of the Wilkes county board of
commissioners, and his mother
was the former Miss Nancy Whit
tington.
In early life Mr. Colvard at
tended a business college in Rich
mond, Va., and for a number of
years was a member of the Gwyn-
Colvard Insurance Agency firm
in North Wilkesboro. After leav
ing the Insurance business he
operated a large farm on the
Yadkin east of this city for some
time and later returned to the
insurance business here. Later
he was cashier of the Deposit &
Savings Bank In North Wilkes
boro for a number of years.
Alter retiring from his position
at the bank Mr. Colvard was for
a nhmber of years in the auto
mobile busnless here in the firm
of C. & C. Chevrolet company
and later he and his son, Rufus
W. Colvard formed the Colvard
Oil company, distributors for
Shell products in this part of the
state, and with headquarters at
West Jefferson, where his son
lives.
Throughout his life Mr. Col
vard had taken an active inter
est in public and civic life and
his wide experience in business
life resulted in the formation of
many lasting friendships with
people in all walks of life.
Mr. Colvard was married to
the former Miss Sue Taylor, of
Laurel Springs. She and one son
and one daughter, Rufus W. Col
vard and Mrs. Dean McMillan,
both of West Jefferson, survive.
o
Mrs. J. E. Culler and son, Mr.
Clegg Culler, left Friday to spend
several days at Bluefleld, W. Va.,
with Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Culler.
The Messrs. Callers are brothers.
Large Moniber Of
Cases Are Tried
Final Days Court
Lewis Faw Sentenced to 3
Years for Death of Fath-
er-in-Law, J. T. Wagner
Lewis Faw, convicted of man
slaughter for the death of J. T.
Wagner near Millers Creek re
cently, was sentenced in Wilkes
court by Judge Julius A. Rous
seau to three years on the reads.
He was convicted of inflicting
fatal Injuries on Mr. Wagner fol
lowing a quarrel which ensued
when he and his brother, Howard
F.'iw, were hunting on the lands
of Mr. Wagner, father-in-law of
Lewis Faw. Howard Faw con-
victe-1 with his brother but who
lid not actively engage In the
al'creation, was given a sentence
of eight if.cnths suspended ou
hood behazi: r.
During the two weeks term,
which adjourned Friday, a large
majority of the 150 cases pend
ing were removed from the crim
inal cases docket. Other cases in
which judgment wjs rendered
follow:
Grace Henderson versus Ro
bert Henderson, divorce gnanted.
*RobIe J. Mitchell manslaugh
ter and operating oar while in
toxicated, 18 months suspended
on condition he pay $1,000 for
Aaron M. Collins and wife, pay
ments to be made $23 monthly.
Rights of citizenship were re
stored by court order to .Ambrose
Shepherd.
On charges of larceny and re
ceiving the following sentences
were meied out: James Russell
Jones. 12 months suspended;
Neal Ferguson, 12 months sus
pended; James Wesley Hall, two
years suspended; Ralph Fergu
son. 12 months on roads
Albert Byrd, Indecent expos
ure, 30 days suspended.
Sam Cothren, non support, six
months suspended on imymeut of
$20 mcnlhiy for family.
Herman Hayes, abandonment,,
six months suspended on pay
ment of $27.60 monthly for fam
ily.
Walter Sparks, assault and
non support, six mouths sus
pended on payment of $25
monthly for family.
Alfred Barber, operating car
while intoxicated, four months
suspended on payment of $50
and costs.
Peter Glenn Sales, colored, and
Gay Davis, fornication and adult-
ry, 20 months In jail assigned
to labor.
Conner Davis and Alma Ladd,
fornication and adultry; Davis,
six months suspended; Ladd, 18
months In jail assigned to labor.
Walter Jack Davis, carrying
concealed weapon. Judgment sus
pended on $50 fine and costs
J. W. Martin, assault with
deadly weapon, six months sus
pended.
Johnny Wood, receiving stolen
property, 12 months at county
home farm.
Zeno Absher, assault, 30 days
suspended.
Lufina Martin, colored, using
profane and indecent language,
30 days suspended on payment of
costs.
Cases against the following
defendants were nol pressed:
James Elledge, Paul Cleary, Rich
ard Laws, Leroy Patrick, Robert
Wyatt, Mozelle Wyatt, Joe Bow
lin, Weldon Royal, Nathan Byers,
Fred Byers, Carl Prevette, Inez
Crabb, Roger Dean Mathis, Ar
thur Hamilton, Iradore Harris.
Pat Williams’ Dogs
Bring Back the Cups
T'wo lieagles laken by Pat M.
Williams to the Tarheel Jleagle
Club field trials at Taylorsville
Wednesday and Thursday
brought back two trophy cups
after competing with a Held of
114 beagles.
Brownwood Ginger and Brushy
Mountain Forefinger won second
and third in the 13-lnch bitch
class and the 15-lnch dog class.
Wilkesboro P.-T. A.
Will Meet Thursday
Wilkesboro Parent-Teacher As
sociation will meet Thursday
night, 7:30, in the Wilkesboro
school auditorium.
A splendid program has been
arranged and officers of the P.-
T. A. will be .installed. All pa
trons of the school are Invited
to attend.
8E.\MAN EVERETT DAV18
HOME FOR TWO WEEKS
Everett Davis, seaman second
class, of Camp Peary, Va., is
spending two weeks with his par
ents Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Davis,
of Pores Knob.
Child Loses Five
Fingers In a Mill
Carolyn Brock, five-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E.‘
Brock, of this city, lost four
fingers and part of her right
hand Wednesday when her hand
was accidently caught and crush
ed in a sausage grinder. She re
ceived treatment at the Wilkes
hospital.
Lions Asking For
Vocational Work
In Count^chools
Vocational Agriculture and
Home Economics Asked
For The Schools
North Wilkesboro Lions Club
in meeting Friday evening unan
imously passed a resolution ask
ing the Wilkes county board of
commissioners to provide for vo
cational agriculture and vocation
al home economics training In
Wilkes county high schools.
The action of the club follow
ed a most enthusiastic address by
B. B Broome, a former agricul
tural teacher and now field rep
resentative of Coble Dairy Pro
ducts Co., on the subject of the
value of vocational agriculture
departments In schools.
The program was in charge of
Wm. .V. Hardlster, who presented
Mr. Broome.
Mr. Broome, who is a member
of the Lions Club, explained the
financing of vocational depart
ments in high schools and the
benefits to be derived. He stated
that salaries of vocational agri
culture, home economics and bus
iness teachers are paid one-third
each by the federal, state and
county governments and that the
counties furnish housing and
equipment for the departments.
Speaking mainly of vocational
agriculture, he explained the
many benefits to be derived by
a community which has such ad
vantages. He also related that
Wilkes county is 90 per cent
rorai and has only one vocational
agriculture department.
President J. S. Deans announc
ed that a group from the local
club will put on a program be
fore the Sparta club on Tuesday
night. Attorney J. H. Whicker,
Jr., will have charge of the pro
gram.
Guests Friday evening were as
follows: W. A. Ford with Dick
Gwyn, M. K. Holjes with S. T.
Anderson, Max Deal with Vernon
Deal.
Red Cross Drive Is
Lagging In Wilkes
Mrs. David Lowe
Is Highly Honored
The Director of Selective Ser
vice, Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey,
has awarded a certificate of ap
preciation to the compensated
personnel of the Selective Service
who have completed five years
of loyal and faithful service in
administering the many activities
Of the Selective Service Boards
which they served.
Mrs. David Lowe, Clerk of Lo
cal Board No. I, Is the only em
ployee of the Selective Service
Boards of Wilkes County to re
ceive the certificate. Mrs. Lowe
was appointed as assistant clerk
In Oct. 1940, and was promoted
to chief clerk lb October 1944.
Mrs. Lowe expresses her sin
cere appreciation to the general
public for the cooperation thej
have given during these long and
trying years.
Miss Miller Wins
Legion Speaking
Award In Wilkes
Finals In Contest Held Fri
day Afternoon With Lo-
,cal Student Winner
Miss Agnes Miller, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon T. Miller,
of North Wilkesboro, won first
place in the American Legion’s
oratorical contest in Wilkes coun
ty.
The finals among school win
ners were held Friday afternoon
in the North Wilkesboro school
auditorium with all partipants
delivering splendid orations.
Miss Miller was presented a
silver medal by L. M. Nelson, the
Legion’s contest chairman in
Wilkes. Other contestants were:
Miss Norma Jane Darnell, of
Ronda: Miss Maiiverene Gentry,
of Roaring River; and Miss Wan
da Wood, of Mountain View.
Miss Miller will represent
Wilkes in the 15th district con
test to be held Thursday, March
21, 5:30 p. m„ In the office of J.
Wade Hendricks, district Legion
commander, at the Piedmont test
farm near Statesville on the Tay
lorsville highway. The contest
will be followed by a dutch sup
per at Vance Hotel in Statesville.
Lions Appreciate
Journal-Patriot Aid
March 15, 1946.
The Journal-Patriot,
North Wilkesboro, N. C.
Gentlemen:
Recently the Lions Club spon
sored a Bingo game In the In
fantile Paralysis Drive, and with
your cooperaAIon the enterprise
was a success. We made a nice
profit, netting $621.00.
We should like to take this op
portunity to thank yon for yonr
splendid cooperation. Without it
we could not have succeeded.
Very truly yours.
North Wilkesboro Lions Club,
P L. Cashlon, Secretary.
Kiwanians Ask
For Vocational
Work In Schools
Group from High Point Col
lege Puts on Inspiring
Program Here
The North Wilkesboro Kiwanis
club In meeting Friday went on
record for vocational instruction
in county schools and enjoyed a
splendid program.
Paul Church, of the Agricul
ture Committee, submitted a
resolution addressed to the coun
ty board of commissioners and
the county board of education,
asking that these boards under
take 10 provide the county’s part
of the cosf and the equipment
necessary for the teaching of
vocational agriculture and vo
cational home economics in the
high schools of the county. By
motion duly seconded the resolu
tion was approved and the com
mittee authorized to submit it to
the county boards.
Attendance prize, a
guage Nylon hose, was given by
W. D. Halfacre to Forest Me-
serve.
Program: H. H. Morehouse
presented Dr. Nat Harrison of
High Point College, who spoke
briefly on the subject: "The Im
portance of Our Relationships as
Churchmen,’ and then he Intro
duced a group of young people
from the College, as follows, who
gave the fine vocal program fol
lowing; Miss Donnie Lee Bryson,
Miss Charlotte Churchill, Mr.
John Mickey, Mr. Sam Taylor,
Miss Kel Emi, accompanist.
Program: 1, “Savior Thy Chil
dren Keep’’, 2. “I Will Lift Gp
Mine Eyes’’, 3. “Just For Today”,
solo by Sam Taylor, 4. “God so
Loved The World,” 5. “Going To
Calvary,” solo by Miss Donnie
Lee Bryson, 6. “The Lord’s Pray
er.”
Guests at the meeting were as
follows; Z. V. Stewart with L.
M. Nelson, M. K. Holjes with
Carl VanDeman, J. W. Griffeth
with Forest Meserve, Wood Pow
ers with W. D. Halfacre.
Somers, Storys Buy
Hardwar^Business
Morrison Hardware Store
Bought by W. B. Somers,
Don and Tom Story
A major business transaction
was completed Saturday after
noon when W. B. Somers, Don
and Tom Story purchased the
Morrison Hardware store in Wil-
kesbOTo.
The property was sold last
week by Mr. and Mrs. Waverly
Morrison to Walter Anderson,
who later sold it to the new own
ers.
Messrs. Somers and Story took
over the business today and the
name of the firm has been
changed to Somers and Story
Hardware Co., which will be
under the management of W. B.
Somers and Don Story,
The store contains a large
stock of hardware, to which the
new owners will add additional
stock as rapidly as possible and
will expand the firm’s business
In this part of the state. A cor
dial Invitation la extended to all
to visit the store.
SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A.
Liberal Response
Needed to Reach
Quota For Wilkes
An Workers Asked to Com
plete Task and Make Re
port This Week
Wilkes is lagging in the Red
Cross fund campaign now under
way, chapter officials said today.
With slightly less than half
the $10,500 quota raised, work
ers today ■were urged to greater
effort to contact the people and
complete the campaign this week
if possible.
Some good reports have been
received from the special gifts
committee and from a number of
local canvassers. However, many
reports are yet to be received.
To date, only a very small
number of rural workers have re
ported their collections. A re
view of the report of the Wilkes
chapter (or 1945 shows that 3,-
117 homo service cases wore
handled last year, affecting men
In service, veterans and their
families. Of that number, 95 per
cent were rural. In view of tho
great service rendered by the
chapter, mainly to rural people,
it is felt that the people In rural
communities wlil gladly give
their portion of the quota if con
tacted.
Miss Rebecca Moseley. Red
Cross secretary, stated that the
office of the chapter will remain
open through Saturday afternoon
to receive feporls. Canvassers in
North Wilkesboro and Wilkes
boro, and every rural worker are
especially asked to contact the
people in their respective terri
tories this week in order that
Wilkes may reach the Red Cross
quota.'“'Tjf every previous cam
paign Wilkes has exceeded the
Red Cross quota and Major W.
H. McElwee, Red Cross fund
chairman, today urged that the
people respond liberally and keep
Wilkes’ record clear.
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ounsm
WITH TM CCMRS,
MARtJARET HLX RETURNS
TO PfXST IN W.YVES
Margaret K. Hix, who was ro-
ccntly promoted to rank of store
keeper first clas.s In the WAVES,
returned today to the naval air
station at Jacksonville, Florida,
after spending a few days with
her mother. Mrs. W. R. Hix, at
Moravian Falls. She had as her
guest Ruth Bennett, storekeeper
first class, of Detroit, Michigan.
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RECEIVES PIWMOTION
Atlanta Ordnance Depot. At
lanta, Ga.—James W. Johnson,
son of Mr. and Mrs. James A.
Johnson, North Wilkesboro,
North Carolina, has been promot
ed from Corporal to Sergeant at
this station.
Sgt. Johnson entered the array
in May 1944 at Fort Benjamin
Harrison, Indiana. Prior to that
time he was employed at the
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co.,
Baltimore, Md.
His wife is the former Miss
Belle White of Bloomville, Ohio.
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.SOTS. NICHOLS AND
RANSDELL VISIT HERE
Sgt. Wm. Arthur Nichols, of
Parris Island, S. C.. visited rela
tives here during the week-end
He was accompanied by Sgt. Eu
gene Ransdell, of Kearny, Ne
braska. Sgt. Nichols and Rans
dell are members of the Parris
Island marine base postoffice
personnel.
Cemetery Meeting
At Walnut Grove
An aJl-day meeting will be held
at Walnut Grove Baptist church
near Pores Knob on Thursday,
March 21, for the purpose of pre
paring the sod in the cemetery
for sowing grass. All who are
Interested in Improving the ceme
tery are asked to be present.
Support the Y.M.C. A.