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m M. C. A.- bail ding fund ia ■ continnal en deavor until a sufficient amount of money is raised for erection of a splendid T. M. C. K. bnildinK vhen conditions permit. Lend a ^^kmd to see it through. THE JOURNAL-PATRIOT 4-46 THE JOURNAL-PATRIOT HAS BLAZED THE TRAIL OF PROGRESS IN THE "STATE OF WILKES” FOR OVER 88 YEARS If the date on pink label is 4-4C, renew BEFORE the first day of April. If you wish to continue sending the paper to someone in service, see that the subscription IS paid in advance. VOL. 40, NO. 91 Published Mondays and Thursdays. NORTH WlLKESBORO> N. C., THURSDAY, MAR. 21, 1946 Make North WUkeaboro Your Shopping Center Election Boards Members Named For All Counties Spring Begins With Snow On Blue Ridge C. J. Jones, M. B. McNeill and E. R. Eller Appoint ed For Wilkes County Boards of Elections ■were appointed in Raleigh Sat urday by the State Board of elec tions. For Wilkes the newly appoint ed board of elections is composed of C. J. Jones, chairman. >1. B. McNeill and E. R. Eller. Messrs. Jones and McNeill are the Dem ocratic members and Mr. Eller is the Republican member. The boards appointed for oth er counties in this Immediate vicinity follow; Ashe—H. H. Lemly. Oscar Houck and B. F. Cook; Alleghany — G. Glenn Nichols, Elmer Edwards and E. Estel Bedsaul: Alexander—R. L. Snow, Charles R. Watts and Rom Moose; Caldwell, -Marcus Greer. Robert Bradley and Frank L. Smith; Iredell—Miss Floy t\il- kenson, H.W. Hartness and Fred Ixiwrance; Surry—-A. P. Fulk, R. C. Ehreeman and Warren F. Al- berty. Yadkin—Fred J. Brandon, J. S. Reavis and T. R. Eaton; Watauga—R. T. Greer. John K. Perry and Russell D. Hodges. Welfare Meeting For 5 Counties Is Held In This City March 20 is usually consid ered the first day of spring. On Wednesday morning, March 20, snow capped the Blue Ridge north and west of tills city and breezes from the snow had people here shlwering in their overcoats. Sixteen years ago on March 20 there was a Ifl-inch snow here, which blocked traffic on the highways. In the central part of tho state the snow on that date reached a deptli of two feet. 2 Boys Arrested for Theft Many Artieles In City Clint Johnson and Shelton Edwards Held for Thefts From Automobiles Charles C. McNeill, Superinten dent of the Wilkes county wel fare department, announced to day that a welfare meeting for five western counties was held at the city hall in North Wilkesboro on March 15, 1946. Miss Ada McRackan. director field social ■work service with the state board of public welfare, was present at the meeting, at which time she discussed interpretaticu and ap plication of policies dealing with public assistance. The meeting was presided over by Mrs. Nellie G. Lonon, field social work rep resentative for this territory. Approximately 15 po.sons were present for the meeting repre senting the following counties. Wilkes. Alleghany. Ashe, Yadkin, and Surry. Mr. McNeill stated that in all probability there would he additional meetings of this nature held from time to time at which time various rep resentatives from the Slate De partment o f Public tVelfare would be present to discuss vari ous aspects of the welfare pro gram. f. Applications For Cotton Insurance Now Under Way Theft of many articles ‘from automobiles parked in North Wilkesboro. along with theft of several bicycles, has been solved by the arrests of two boys. Po lice Chief J. E. Walker said to day. Clint Johnson, 13, and Shelton Edwards, 16, whose homes are in the Edgewood community, have confessed to tho thefts of two bicycles, three rifles, one shotgun, a spotlight, leather jacket and a camera in North W Ikesboro. They also had two clocks, two pencil sharpeners and a typewriter which were taken from Wilkesboro high school. The arrests were made on in formation gathered by Chief Walker, Arlle Poster. Wilkesboro policeman, and Wm. T. Long, Wilkesboro school principal. Practically all of the articles list ed above have been recovered and returned to their owners. Edwards was tried in court here and given 60 days on the roads in a number of cases, with tile road sentence suspended on good behavior and on condition he coutiuue-ln school. Johuaon, will be tried before C. C. Hayes, judge of juvenile court in Wilkes. Farm Practices To Be Approved Farmers in Wilkes County were urged today not to let the time slip up on them in filing applications for cotton crop in surance. The closing date tor ac cepting apiilications is April 10, or seeding time, which ever is earlier, aecording to H. C. Rob erts, Chairman of tho A.A.A Coun ty Committee. There’s a doutile reason for farmers to set their applications in early, he explained. One rea son is for each farmer individual ly to have protection against all unavoidable natural hazards, w'hich only Federal Crop Insur ance can give him. Insurance protection starts when the cotton is planted. The other reason is much the same, only broader—to make sure that the county has the re quired number of growers coope rating In the insurance program. Before crop insurance is avail able in any county, applications must be filed which cover at least 50 farms (or one-third of the farms growing insurance crops). Any landlord, owner, tenant, or sharecropper may insure his en- terost in a cotton crop up to 75 per cent of the average yield. Parmer-S are urged to drop In at the AAA office and file iheir application before the closing Farmers must have farm prac tices approved before carrying them out to be eligible for AAA assistance under the 194 6 Agri cultural Conservation Program, W. M. Absher, Vice-chairman, Wilkes County AAA Committee, reminded farmers today. “In previous years, farmers could earn a payment simply tjy completing a practice approved generally for the area, but this year, counties have received an allocation of funds to carry out the AAA program. In order to keep expenditures within the county budget, practices must re ceive prior approval by the coun ty committee.’’ "We don’t want any disap pointed farmers at tho end of the year, it would he too bad for farmers to go ahead and complete practices, thinking that they were going to get some AAA as sistance and then find out that the practices were not eli.gible.” •'Earmers should chock first with tho AAA community and county committees, .'-o that prac tices they need to carry out on their farms can be included In the county’s budget,’’ Vice-Chair Blue Ridge Singing At Purlear Mar. 31 Regular session of the Blue Ridge Fifth Sunday Singing As sociation will be held Sunday, March 31, at Purlear Baptist church. The program will open at one p. m. and all singers are In vited to attend and take part. Veterans’ Forum Held Here Proved Very Successful Large Number Veterans Se cure Information On Many Topics Under the auspices of the local employment office, a Forum for Veterans was held at the City Hall Monday, March 18 at 7; 30 p. m. Mrs. Kathryn A. Lott, Man ager of the local office, presided and Introduced the following rep resentatives who told briefly what their organizations do for the benefit of veterans: J. V. Gallen, Training Officer of the Veterans Administration, W. A. Goodall, Contact Representative of the Veterans Administration who will be located permanent ly ia North Wilkesboro by the 1st of April; T. J. Greenlee, Vet erans Administration Represen tative of the Farm Training Pro gram; Eugene Caldwell, State Service Officer; Troy I. Perry, Veterans Employment Represen tative of the U. S. E. S. and Miss Rebecca Moseley, Scretary of the local chapter of the American Red Cross. In the dlscnssious which fol lowed, much interest was evinced ■not only by the veterans present bat also by the employers. Ques tions were answered on the con version of insurance, assistance on which is given by the Red Cross and V. A.; on training on the job. assistance on which is given the disabled by tho V. A.; and on abled bodied, by both the U. S. "E. S. and V. A.; on the certification of employers to glVA training on the job, assistance on which is given by the U. S. E. S.; on Readjustment Allowance, claims for which are filed through tho U. S. E. S. Since requests for another such forum have been forthcom ing, it is proposed to hold one each month for the benefit of veterans and those Interested In the welfare of the veterans. o Kiwanians Ask For Vocational School Training Letter and Resolutions Sent From Civic Club to Both County Boards Following a recent action by the membership of the club, the North Wilkesboro Klwanis club has forwarded the following let ter and resolutions to the Wilkes county board of commissioners and the Wilkes county board of education: Letter Fields H. Baker Now With Dixie Home Co. man .-Vbsher emphasized. Bids Approved For Construction Part Of Highway No. 18 Highway From McGrady to Laurel Springs to be Re built Soon date. , Revival In Progress Revival services are now in 'Ogress at Fairplains Oommiiu- f church near this city. Rev. arvey Phillips is the evangelist id Rev. Noah Beshears is doing 0 preaching. There will be two angelistic services Saturday ght, to be conducted by Rev. arvey Phillips and Rev. date ■own. The State Highway and Public Works Commission yesterday ap proved bid.s ou a project calling for construction of highway 18 from McGrady to Laurel Springs, a distance of about 15 miles. H. R. Stewart and company, of Asheville, was low bidder on grading for $346,012.80 and con tract for structures went to Rowan Construction company, of Salisbury, for $16,971.50. It is understood that the high way will be relocated on a sur vey made some time ago and the new highway will be a vast im provement over the present crooked road. Two of India’s foremost tobac co scientists are in the state to study flue-cured tobacco market ing and production methods. Fields H. Baker, formerly of Granite Falls, is the new man ager of the produce department at the Dixie Home store in North Wilkesboro. Mr. Fields recently returned from 33 months in service over seas and attended a produce school in Greenville, S. C., where he specialized In study of proper produce merchandising. Com menting on Mr. Fields, J. C.> Wil liams, store manager, said; “We feel that the addition of Mr. Fields to our per^nnel will give our customers something new and different in fresh fruits and vegetables merchandising.” J. R. Barrett Now With The Sentinel Insurance Agency J. R. Barrett, who recently received his discharge from the navy after a long period of serv ice as a lieutenant in the Pacific theatre, has accepted a position with the Sentinel Insurance Agency in this city. Mr. Barrett is a graduate of the University of North Carolina and is well known here, having been a member of the North Wll- kesboro high school faculty be fore entering service. He and his ■wife and son are now making their home with Mrs. Barrett’s sister. Miss Norma Stevenson. “The Agriculture and Voca tional Guidance Committees of the North Wilkesboro Kiwanls Club have made a thorough study of the merits and needs for the teaching of Vocational Agricul ture and Vocational Home Eco nomics in the Wilkes County Schools. At a joint meeting oi the two committees the member ship unanimously agreed that the need of good teaching in prac- rural iboys and girls are In dire and requested that the matter be tical farming and home making, discussed at the Board of Direc tor’s meeting, February 28, 1946. “The Director’s discussed the matter of teaching Vocational Agriculture and Home Economics and decided that this is a most essential undertaking. The en closed resolution was presented to the entire membership of.the Kiwanis Club on Friday, March 15, 1946 and was passed unani mously.” Resolutions To: Board of County Commis sioners of Wilkes County and Board of Education of Wilkes County. From: North Wilkesboro Kl wanis Club. Gentlemen: Whereas, Wilkes County is u rural county depending to a large extent on farming; and Whereas, one of the chief ways of improving the farm family Whereas, the vocational agri culture and vocational home eco nomics programs in' the high schools have proved successful in other sections of the state; and Whereas, many boys and girls leave school before graduation because they see no relation be tween the school courses and their life’s work; and Whereas, Federal and State funds are available to pay two- thirds of the salaries of teachers of vocational . agriculture and economics, which funds are not being used now in Wilkes County because the county has not yet appropriated its share of the to tal cost: I Therefore, Be It Resolved, by the North Wilkesboro Kiwanis Club in session Friday, March 15, 1946, that the Board of County Commissioners of Wilkes County be urged to make ade quate appropriations to cover thetcost for the next school year 1946-47. Be It Further Resolved that the Board of Education of Wilkes County be urged to make neces sary arrangements to add this work to the high school program of the county for the next school year. o — Processing Plant For Poultry Here Now Virtually Assured College Quartette Will Sing Sunday At First Methodist The High Point College Quar tette will appear in a concert of sacred music at tho First Metho dist church, this city, Sunday morning, March 24, according to Dr. Gilbert R. Combs, the min ister. The High Point singers have appeared in a number of the larger churches In the state In recent months and have received praise for their exceptional work. Among the numbers they will use at First Church are; “Savior, Thy Children Keep”, Sullivan; "I Waited for the Lord’’, Men delssohn; and “The Lord’s Pray er”, by Malotte. The Quartette is trained by Professor A. Stanley Douglas, head of the music department of the High Point Institute, and is composed of the following stu dents: Misses Charlotte Church ill and Denny Lee Bryson, Messrs Sam Taylor and John Mickey. They are accompanied by Miss Kei Imai. Dr. N. M. Harrison, vice presi dent of the college, will be pres ent, and will deliver a brief ad dress on Christian Education at the close of the program of sac red music. o Marriage License With the high rate of mar riages continuing. Register of Deeds Troy C. Foster issued ten license to wed during the past week. The ooupleS were: Evren Billings, Street, Md., and Vergle Teague, McGrady; Clarence E. Elledge, North Wilkesboro, and Lola Williams, North Wilkesboro route one; Hughes G. Robinson and Edith Cardwell, both of Pur lear; Kyle R. Harris, Jefferson, and Clyde Sheets, Tuckerdale; Clifford Church, Jefferson, and Fannie Rebecca McClure, Jeffer son: Frank Hall, North Wilkes boro, and Vera Felts, McGrady; Arnold Wlngler and Annie Bell Brooks, both of Hays; James Ivey Lutz, Jr., and Gladys Tem pleton, both of Statesville: Bax ter Bryce Durham, North Wilkes boro, and Virginia Dare Church, Purlear; Archie F. McNiel, North Wilkesboro, and Johnnie Mae Sebastian, North Wilkeslmro. o Basketball Banquet To Be Tuesday Eve 40 M.P.H. Speed Limited Fixed For Highway Sectors Ne'w Speed Limit on 421 and 115 West ud East of North Wilkesboro The State Highway and Public Works Commission has set 40 miles per hour as the maximum speed for travel on highway 421 a distance of 1.2 miles west of the city limits of North Wilkes boro. The same limit has been fixed for highway 115 southeast to the intersection of highway 421 and on 4 21 and 115 to the intersec tion leading to Statesville. o To Begin Revival At Holiness Church Revival services will begin Sunday, March 24, at Zion Hill Pentecostal church west of this city on the Congo Road. Rev. Woodrow Smith, of Marion, for merly of this city, will conduct the revival and the public is cor dially invited to attend. o — Boy Scout Court Of Honor Tonight The Boy Scout Court of Honor will meet tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the educational building of the Presbyterian church. SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A. I'FC. RICHARD KANUPP HOME ON FURLOUGH Pfc. Richard Kanupp has re turned to Fort Jackson, S. C., after spending a 30-day furlough with his wife, the former Miss Magdalene Johnson, and other relatives. W « PVT. BAUGUSS HOME DITUNG WEEK-END Pvt. James Robert Bauguess, of Fort Jackson, S. C.. visited his sister, Mrs. Everette Lyall, and friends here during the week end. He is the son of Mrs. E. E. Bauguess and the late E. E. Bauguess of North Wilkesboro, N. C. Route 1. Coach Charlie Manshlp an nounces the closing of a suc cessful basketball season a t North Wilkesboro high school. The local boys played about a 50 per cent season as for wins and loses and all material is due for at least one more year of play. With most of the squad young, the future points to some good seasons. The girls made much progress and ended the season with a win over the strong All Star team. The teams will be given a ban quet Tuesday evening, March 26, 7:00 .o’clock, at the Princess Cafe, in what is hoped to be in the future an annual affair. o Local Boys With Woodberry Team In College Tourney Bucky Horton, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Horton, and Tom Eshelman, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Eshelman, of North Wil kesboro, will go with the Wood- berry Forest school basketball team to Glen Falls, N. Y., to participate in a basketball tour nament which will take place March 28-30. The school is one of eight selected from leading preparatory schools In the coun try to take part In the tourna ment. Horton and Eshelman, stu dents a t Woodberry Forest School, will leave Richmond on March 26, accompanied by Sam uel B. McLaughlin, coach of the team. Ten members of the stu dent body of the school comprise the team making the trip. They will go to New York whence they ■will proceed by boat to Albany and from there to Glen Falls. They will return to the school at the end of the Spring Vacation period on April 2. o Eight Hatcheries Join In Movement To Erect a Plant Tentative Plans Call For Complete Processing; and Packing of Poultry Seven Hatcheries in this vi cinity and one In Statesville have organized a company tor the erection and operation of a poul try processing plant In or near North Wilkesboro. Recognizing the fact that Wilkes is the center ot poultry production in western North Car olina and is one of the leading poultry producing counties in the entire south, the hatcheries have taken the lead by providing a large amount of capital for the erection of a plant, which would greatly stabilize the poultry mar ket. Tentative plans call for a modern processing plant, 1 n which poultry for tho market would be dressed, viscerated, cut, packed and frozen. The capacity of the plant would assure poul- trymen a ready market at high est prevailing prices for all the poultry produced. Local hatcheries supporting the movement by subscribing capital are Champion Poultry Farm, Blue Ridge Hatchery, El ler’s Hatchery, Red Top Poultry Farm, Holly Mountain Farms Co., Tuxedo Feed Store, and Wilkes Hatchery. Also joining In the movement is Bunch Hatch ery, of Statesville. The movement to obtain a processing plant here has been gaining momentum for some time. Recently representatives of the leading poultry producers, members of the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce and marketing specialists of the federal and state departments of agriculture held conferences here relative to the poultry processing plant proposal. o Wilkes Schools In Spelling Bee Clonch Child Dies W. F. Abshers In Furniture Company At West Jefferson A charter was granted in Ra leigh Wednesday for the Jeffer son Furniture company, of West Jefferson, which will deal in fur niture. The incorporating stock holders were Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Absher, of North Wilkesboro, and Clyde J. Barr, of West Jefferson. Authorized capital stock was set at $100,000 with $12,000 sub scribed. o Relief from the current short age of onions on the market will begin in April with the harvest of the early Texas crop. “CAPTAIN” R. V. FORD HAS QUIT TRAIN SERVICE AFTER 42 YEARS FAITHFUL CONDUCTOR SERVICE “Captain” R. V. Ford, genial conductor on Southern Railway lines for several decades, made his last run from Winston-Salem to North, Wilkesboro and return on Friday, March 14. “Captain” Ford has retired under provisions of the railway retirement policy after being In the service of the Southern Rail way company since 1902. In 1902 Ford was brokeman on the line from Winston-Salem to North Wilkesboro and in 1904 became conductor on the line. At that time North Wilkesboro was a sprawling village which had sprung up on the hills at the railroad terminal. Not all of the time since 1902 was spent by “Captain’’ Ford ou the North Wilkesboro line. For several years he was on the Goldsboro run and for some time on the main line of the Southern between Danville and Spencer. He has made his home for several years in Winston-Salem but for ten years lived in North Wilkes boro. He has numerous friends at both ends of the line and at points between. Now that railroading Is over, “Captain” Ford and his wife are going to California to bask Im the sun and to visit three daughters- Mrs. Shelton Brewer, San Diego, Cajif.; Mrs. Fred Burgess, West- wood, Calif.; and Mrs. Ruth Phil- pot, Santa Monica, Calif. His three air-minded sons have been In service in the air corps. Bill Ford is now with the Civil Aero nautics Authority, Washington, D. C.; Major Robert V. Ford la at State College, Raleigh; and Ellsworth Ford Is at home In Winston-Salem. Helen Louise Clonch. age two months and 14 days, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Clonch, of near this city, died Wednesday and funeral service was held to day at Flint Hill church. Surviv ing are the father and mother and four brothers. o Mrs. Salina Rhodes Claimed By Death The Wilkes County School sys tem has entered the National Spelling Bee. The Spelling Beo is sponsored in this state liy The Winston-Salem Journal and Sen tinel. Dates for the different con tests follow: 1. Each school will select the school champion by April 10. 2. Each school champion will compete in the County Contest in the 'Wilkesboro school auditor ium Saturday, April 13, at 10:30 a. m. 3. The county winner will com pete in the State Spelling Bee in Winston-Salem April 27. 4. The State Champion will compete in the National Spelling Bee in Washington. D C. May 23-26, 1946. Any pupil who has not passed beyond the eighth grade at the time of the holding of the hoe in his school shall be eligible, except that no child who will reach the age of 16 years old be fore the last Tuesday of May In the current school year shall be eligible. o Mrs. Salina Rhodes, age 67, died Tuesday at the Wilkes coun ty home. Funeral service was held today at Dehart church. Surviving are two sons and one daughter: A. E. Rhodes, Wilkesboro; Coyd Rhodes, Hays; .and Mrs. Lula Jones, Oakwoods. o BIRTHS A son was born March ISth at the Wilkes hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Bowers, of this city. Born to Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Pennell, of Pores Knob, a son on March 15 at the Wilkes hos pital. Born to Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Tharpe, of Greensboro, a so® on March 16 at the Wilkes hospital. A son, William Alexander, was City Sales Co. Is New Local Firm Charter Granted for Corp oration Which Has Jeep Agency in This Area A charter was granted this week by the Secretary of State to the City Sales Co., Inc., newest local business firm. Paul W. Billings, A. H. Lovette and Odell Whittington, Jr,, are members of the firm, which had the dealership in this territory for the famous Jeep manufactur ed by the Willis corporation. ■The firm is now open for bus iness I5 the Odell 'Whittington, Jr., repair and welding shop be tween the Wilkeaboros and a complete service department Is being operated for all makes of cars and trucks and for general repair work. If rains are favorable, snb- born March 15 at a Statesville terranean clover will make snf- hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Frank j ficlent fall growth to provide Blair, of this city. j good winter grazing.
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