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5^ 4.9Ltk. bail4ist fund ig a continual en- deaTor until a sufficieiit aanunt 9t MMT ia raised for eractian af a ■»len*1i T. M. C. A. koDding a baa naditiiM permit. Land a kaad ta see it tluaasli. JOURNAL-PATRIOT THE JOURNAL-PATBIOT HAS BLAZED THE TRAIL OF PROGRESS IN THE “STATE OF WILKES” FOR OVER 38 YEARS 4-46 If the date on pink label is 4-4d, rmum HVMtl the ftst dlv of April. If you wish to con^ne saadhg the papar ta aaaieana in serwe, see tKt the soWKriptkm IS paid in adaanae. VOL. 40, NO. 92 PnUished an4 Tkarsdaya. NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., MONDAY, MARCH 2S, 1946 Make Nertk WUkeekere Yew Ceater STORES WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON CLOSING APRIL 3RD; HOLIDAY SCHEDULE IS ADOPTED I Stores in North Wllkesboro will be closed each Wednesday afternoon beginning Wednesday, April 3, and continuing through September 25. The participating stores also agreed upon a calendar of holi days for the year. Holidays on ' which stores will be closed will be Easter Monday, April 22, July 4th. Thanksgiving November 1 28th, and two days for Christ mas, December 25 and 26. Department and grocery stores which will close on Wednesdays beginning April 3 follow: Dixie Home store, G. P. Store, Belk’s, Harris Brothers, Hackney’s Dept, store, Moore’s Market, Carl W. Steele, Marlow’s Men’s Shop, The Hub, Crest Store, The Goodwill, Burke’s Jewelry Shop, Western Auto Associate store, Tomlin son’s Dept, store, Spainhour’s, Prevette’s, Penney’s, Wiles Jew elry, Payne Clothing Co., Bare’s, Souther Bargain store, Kash and Karry, R. & O. Grocery, I. F. Foster Grocery, Reins Market. The above named firms will close at one p. m. on Wednesdays. Furniture stores will also be closed on Wednesday afternoons but will close at 12 o’clock noon instead of one p. m. The furni ture stores participating in the half holiday plan are: Better Homes Furniture Co., Rhodes- Day, Ideal, Markdown, Forester, Wilkes Furniture Exchange and Gray Brothers. No Opposition To Solicitor Hall In Primary, Election Yadkinville.—Friends of So licitor Avalon E. Hall are con- pgratulatlng him on the fact that he will not have any opposition in the coming primary or elec tion, to the office of Solicitor a- gain. No Republican has filed a- gainst him in the primary and the Democrats did not file a candidate to run against him in the general election. This leaves the field clear for his nomina tion and election. He has served 8 years and another term will give him 12 years. His district is composed of Yadkin, Davie, Wilkes, Avery and Mitchell counties. S. S. Convention At Little Rock Church Sunday school convention of the Brushy Mountain Baptist as sociation will be held Friday, March 29, 7:30 p. m., at Little Rock Baptist church near Boom er. 'The program will open with a discussion by Mrs. Bernice Greer on the subject of “Present Vaca tion Bible School Emphasis’’, and “Training Emphasis’’ will be discussed by T. E. Story. Mrs. James E. Spicer will talk on "Importance of Building Up Young People’s Classes’’ and Miss Madge Lewis’ subject will be "Why Teach Baptist Distlnc- tlves In Every Church.’’ The public is cordially invited. Pre-School Clinics Now Under Way Wilkes County Health Depart ment has announced a schedule of pre-school clinics. Parents are asked to send children who are to enter school next year to the clinics, which will be held at the following places: Moravian Falls March 27: Ferguson March 26: Ronda April 2; Roaring River April 3; North Wllkesboro April 9; Wilkeshoro April 16: Mountain View April 30; Mulberry May 1; Millers Creek May 7: .Mount Pleasant May 8. Jobs Available The D. S. E. S. can make ap pointments for the Bureau of Jensus lu Washington tor the lollowlng positions: statistical ;lerk; clerk typist and stenogra pher. Openings have been listed with the U. S. E. S. for skilled jccupations with the bignal Jorps Hdqrs. in Japan and Ko- •ea. Surveyors, engineers and igronomists. at high salaries are leeded by the Royal .Afgan Gov- jrnment. The U. S. E. S. also has >pening3 with The Panama Ca- lal. Locally, since the construction ndustry is opening up, the U. S. 3. S. has orders for carpenters ind construction laborers. Also leeded are lumber handlers. Benzene heiachloride, which iffectlvely combats the boll weev- 1, cotton aphid and other In lets at the same time, is not yet ivallable In sufficient quantity or agricultural use. — o As of March 1, 1948, ti® iorth Carolina farmer’s working lay had been decreased by 18 alnutes. A year ago he worked .1 hours a day; now he works ,0 hours and 42 minutes. No Increase Seen In Grants to Old, And For Children Welfare Board in RegBilAr Monthly Meeting Dis cusses Assistance The Wilkes county welfare board met in regular session in the Welfare Office on the eve ning of March 4. All three mem bers of the board, composed of P. J. Bramo, chairman, C. C. Bid den, and F. C. Johnson, were present. Charles C. McNeill, secretary to the board, advised them that “We were now using all our al lotment for Old Age Assistance and Aid to Dependent Children and that we faced the prospect and Aid to Dependent Children of having to reduce our allot ment for both Old Age Assistance beginning July 1 in case the al lotments were exceeded for the remainder of this year." The sec retary discussed with the board correspondence which had been received from K. Eugene Brown, director of the division of Public Assistance, in which he stated that in all probability there would be no additional state money available beginning with July 1. Under the circumstances, the Board was of the opinion that they should proceed cau tiously relative to exceeding the monthly allotment for Old Age -Assistance and Aid to Dependent Children , for the remainder of this year in view of the fact that in all probability they would have to reduce the regular monthly allotment beginning Ju ly 1. The hoard does not wish to be in the position of having to cut down on the allotment since this would cause considerable confusion among the cases who might be affected by such a rul ing. With this in mind, the board was advised that they would not likely be able to continue to give immediate assistance to new cas es that were approved from time to time and neither would they l)p able to increase grants for those who are already receiving assistance except to the extent of using money available as a re sult of cases terminated by death, etc. .Mr. McNeill also gave the board lignres on the expenditures of the department tor the month of Feliruary, which indicated a total expenditure of $12,538.40. .A breakdown of these figures ' reveals that 644 persons receiv ed Old Age Assistance in the a- mount of $7,667, making an average OAA grant of $11.91 per month; 141 families received Aid to Dependent Children in the amount of $3,668, giving an average grant per family of $26.01 per month; 34 persons received Aid to the Blind in the amount of $594, making an aver age monthly grant of $17.47; other expenditures consisting of general relief, hospitalization, medical care, boarding home care, etc., amounted to $609.40. The remainder of the meeting was devoted to hearing reports from the case workers, Mrs. Vera Casey, Mrs. Kate Ahsher, and Mrs. Inez Bowles, who presented a number of cases for approval, revision, rejection, and termina tion. o SGT. FRANK McNELLL RECEIVED DISCHARGE Sgt. Frank McNeill, who serv ed in the army over a long period and was recently in Europe, has received his discharge. Last week j he and his wife, who make their home now in Granite Palls, vislt- I ed bis uncle and aunt, Mr. and j Mrs. E. E. Eller. SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A. Most Popular Miss Nellie Gabriel, daught er of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Ga briel, of North Wllkesboro, was recently chosen as the most popular student at Ap palachian College at Boone by tile student body and was vot ed the most versatile student in the senior class. Comment ing on the election, the “Ap- palaclUan”, school newspaper, carried the following com ment: “With her pleasing person ality and .sweet smile, Nellie Gabriel won the place of the most popular student on the campus. Nellie, coming from North Wllkesboro, has spent three years yelling and pranc ing as one of our best idieer- icaders. Besides this major ac tivity, she Is active in the YWCA and other clubs and has served competcatly as The Ap- palacliian business manager. Nellie defeated Mildred Martin and Tennyson Jones for this honor. Good Report Made On T. B. Seal Sale And Work for Year Mrs. C. J. Swofford, chairman of the Tuberculosis Seal cam paign in Wilkes county, has com pleted her annual report of re ceipts and disbursements and fi nancial record of work for the year. The local tuberculosis fund as of March 18 had a balance of $1,466.26. The report extended back .to January 25, 1945, at which time the balance was $1,651.24. Add ed to that was the receipt of the seal sales for the year. In the amount of $1,029.02, making a total of $2,680.26. Expenditures for the year were listed as follows: paid out to Wilkes county welfare depart ment for use in keeping patients at state sanltorium, $600; X-rays at Wilkes hospital, $255; ex penses tor getting out seals, $21.70; paid to state office for 25 per cent of seal sale and 50 per cent of supplies, $276.36. Commenting on the seal cam paign, Mrs. Swofford expressed appreciation to the public for purchase of seals and to ’The Journal-Patriot for cooperation in the appeal to the public. She also thanked members of the ('hristmas seal committee of the Woman’s Club, composed of Mrs. Hyde Waller, Mrs. Thurmond Kenerly, Mrs. O. K. Pope and Mrs. E. N. Phillips. Appreciation was also expressed for the efforts put forth by Paul S. Cragan, sup erintendent of North Wllkesboro schools, C. B. Eller, superinten dent of the Wilkes schools, and the principals and teachers of all the schools In the city and county. Charlie Shumate Last Rit^ Today Funeral service was held to day at Baptist Home church for Charlie Shumate, well known Wilkes citizen who died Satur day in a Winston-Salem hospital. Mr. Shumate for many years lived in the Mulberry community and more recently in this city. He had been in ill health for some time. Surviving Mr. Shumate are his wife, Mrs. Julia Rhodes Shumate, and the following sons and daughters: Tom Shumate, Win ston-Salem; Ivery Shumate, Mar tinsville, Va.; Rom Shumate, Burlington: Wayne and Ira Shu mate, North Wllkesboro: Clifford Shumate, In the army: Mrs. Grace Sloope, North Wllkesboro; Mrs. L. R. Sikes, Burlington; Mrs. H. M. Hancock, Winston- Salem. Red Crims Drive Is Progressing; Reports Wanted Wilkes Several Hundred Dollars Short; Liberal Gifts Requested Continued progress was re ported today In the annual red Cross Fund campaign now under way. However, Wilkes county is still several hundred dollars short of the goal of $10,600 and all work ers who have not made their re ports are asked to do so this week if possible. Meanwhile, those who have noL been contacted and who wish to help put Wilkes over the top and keep a perfect record in support ing the wonderful work of the Red Cross are asked to mail or carry their contributions to the Red Cross office, which Is located over Tomlinson’s Department store. Workers who have not made their reports are asked this week to contact the Red Cross office. Now In Berlin 367 Cases Liquor Seized Near City Junior Order Will Plan District Meet At Camp Crowder Pvt. O. Hayes, son of Mr. and If». Led tec S^yee., «f North Wllkesboro, Route 3, entered serrioe January 22nd, 1946. He is taking his train ing at Camp Crowder, Mis- sonri. V. F. W. Meeting Thursday Night Regular meeting of the Vet erans of Foreign Wars post will be held on Thursday night, March 28, 7:30, In the Moose hall on C street. Officers will be installed and a large attendance is desired. Trout Season To Open April 15th Game Protector Says Large Number of Trout Plant ed In Streams R. S. Johnson, Wilkes county game protector, said today that the trout season will open at sunrise on April 15 in Wilkes county. Commenting on the fish situ ation, Mr. Johnson issued the fol lowing statement: “There are fourteen designat ed Trout streams in Wilkes coun ty with other streams which are tributaries to these, and as of this date, there have been 1050 Rainbow and Brook T'-out plant ed in the best sections of these streams in the last week, by District No. 8 Game Protector R. S. Johnson and Luther Skaggs from Marion Fish Hatchery, Marlon, N. C. We have several more loads coming to us from Marlon Hatchery and Roaring Gap hatchery, which will be dis tributed In other streams in Wilkes county within the next three or four weeks. “This will offer some good trout fishing for the lover of our natural out doors fishing sports man, along with some 2000 trout planted in these streams by Game Protector Johnson the last two seasons, and by this time there should be some nice size trout stored away In our trout streams. “For the benefit of the public, our Bass season is open the year around now; in other words, there Is no closed season on bass in Western North Carolina in all lakes as was the custom for several years. Streams are closed to bass fishing April 16 to June 10. “If we can be of any service to any fishing sportsman, please call phone no: 441-J, Wllkesboro, N. 0. and your Inquiry will have our careful attention." Miss Nancy A. Green, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Claude Green, of Wllkesboro route one, is now employed in Berlin, Germany, as a ste nographer for the War depart ment In the office of military government. Miss Green is a graduate of Appalachian high school and Draughon’s Busi ness college. She has held a position with the War Depart ment since 1942. W. S. Fletcher Is A Candidate For OfficeClerk Court Purlear Citizen Has Filed Notice of Candidacy with Board of Elections Winfield 3. Fletcher, a promi nent citizen of the Purlear com munity, has filed his notice of candidacy for the Republican nomination for the office of clerk of superior court of Wilkes county. Mr. Fletcher, who delivered his filing notice and fee to C. J. Jones, chairman of the Wilkes board of elections, was the first of either party to file notice of candidacy for any Wilkes county office. Mr. Fletcher recently retired from postal service, -havlttg-serTed many years as a railway mail clerk, and is now operating his farm near Purlear postoffice. Office of clerk of court Is now filled by C. C. Hayes, who will have completed his third four- year term in December this year. He has not stated whether or not he will be a candidate to suc ceed himself. North Wllkesboro council of the Junior Order In meeting Tuesday night, 7:30, will lay plans for the district meeting which will be held with the lo cal council on April 10. There will also be degree work and a large attendance is desired. Writes From China J. S. (Buck) Reins Claimed By Death J. S. Reins, prominent citizen of Wllkesboro, died Wednesday. James Sydney Reins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jethero Reins, was born April 26, 1856. If he had lived until April 26th he would have been ninety years of age. Mr. Reins was married July 8, 1885 to Martha Adams, and to this union were born eight chil dren, two sons and six daught ers. Mrs. Reins and two of the children, Chester and May, died several years ago. Surviving are five daughters; Mrs. Adam Sta ley, Mrs. Paul Walker, Mrs. Edd Staley, Mrs. Richard Higgins, of Wllkesboro, Mrs. Wade Gilbert of Ferguson, and one son, Jessie V. Reins of Wllkesboro. Also sur viving are 28 grandchildren and I great grandchild. “Uncle Buck,” as Mr. Reins was affectionately called by his friends and neighbors, was a good man, loved and respected by all who knew him. His happy disposition and ready wit en deared him to all who came In contact with him. He will he greatly missed in this commun ity. Mr. Reins professed faith in Christ a number of years ago, and became a member of the Wllkesboro Baptist church. Funeral service was held Sat urday afternoon, three o'clock, at the Wllkesboro Baptist church. Rev. Howard J. Ford, Rev. A. W. Eller and Rev. Lee Minton con ducted the last rites. Burial was in the Mountain Park cemetery in Wilkeshoro. Pall bearers were J. F. Jordan, George Kennedy, Bill Higgins, J. B. Culler, Marcus Blackburn and Frank Walker. All Star Games At Millers Creek Millers Creek all star basket ball team will play two games this week. On Tuesday night, 7:30, they will play Rivervlew team and on Thursday night, 7:30, the strong team from West Jefferson. Basketball fans are Invited. i*fc. Eugene R. Blevins, ' who has served in the marine corps for the past year, is now in Clilna. Following Is a let ter recej^tly received by Ills mother, Mrs. Rebecca BIevin.s, of Ihirlear: Peiping, China February 16th, 1946. Dear Mom: This past week made me feel particularly lonesome for home, because it you made good use of .yonr. imagination you. .could, iael the coming of spring since the weather was so beautiful with clear, sunny days. Those who were In the hills outside the city said they saw tiny new buds on the trees. But I am reminded that it is still winter when I realize that the Chinese are still celebrating their New Year with days of rest, amusement, worship and of pay ing calls. Here in Peiping there are many fairs, which give the peo ple an opportunity to spend their money freely and to Idle away their time. A number of tours were sent out to the Llu Li Ch’ ang bazaar, which is one of the most prominent, and some of us fellows went on one. This bazaar, is divided into two distinct parts. The one in the Temple of the Fire God is frequented by the better classes of people, and the other, located in a bigger temple, with more spacious courtyards further down the street, caters to the common people. The Tem ple of the Fire God is turned Into a curio exhibition, where art dealers keep stalls, displaying their pearls, jades. Ivory, cnrlos and porcelain. The temple was so crowded with these stalls so closely packed together that the pious could scarcely find room to worship. I, for one, was so fas cinated with the display of such costly stones that I would have passed by this God of the Tem ple had not one of my friends brought my attention to it. Outside, along the narrow street leading to the two temples were peddlers crying their wares. Booths were set up selling all sorts of knick-knocks and stalls, with protection aganist the sun and snow, sold dumplings and nien kao, (a very sticky fritter, made from rice powder)—'both steaming hot. Hawkers sold can- died fruits, shuttle-cocks, heads of cats and rats made out of mud, pill-wheels, miniature furniture and above all noise makers in geniously made of paper and weeds, all at a very cheap price. Occasionally a fortune teller or a medical quack occupies a cor ner of the fair. 1 came away from the bazaar with only one pur chase, a cigarette holder, but it was great fun bargaining with the merchants, in an attempt to get them to lower their prices. The official ending of New Year holdidays is marked by the lantern festival which started taking place the fifteenth of the month. If I get liberty I might go see the Ice lanterns, and the Fire God tomorrow night, and will write about them if they prove Interesting. So till then. Love, GENE. Truck Load Had Retail Value Of $26,000^Locally A, Y. Williams Driver Of Queen Trucking Co. Truck With Liquor Sgt. A. H. Clark, of the high way patrol, accompanied by Si las Reynolds, Wilkes deputy sheriff, captured 367 cases of tax-paid liquor on a truck Sun day afternoon. The liquor haul, second largest of tax-paid liquor ever seized in Wilkes, was made at Queen Trucking Co. terminal east of this city on highway 268. The liquor was packed on a truck belonging to Queen Truck ing Co. and was driven into the terminal by A. Y. Williams, who was arrested for transporting. Williams was quoted by offi cers as saying that he picked up the trailer on a parking lot In West Virginia, with instructions that it contained a load of glass and was going to the mirror fac tory here. Sgt. Clark a-sked Williams to see his load and was refused per mission. A search warrant was then executed and the liquor was found. The officers delivered the liqu or to Wilkes Sheriff C. G. Poin dexter to be held for sale by the county. At bootleg, retail black market prices now prevailing, the load of liquor was estimated to have a value of more than $26,000. However, the county must sell the liquor to legal liquor stores at the wholesale celling price, less a discount for cash, and the proceeds to be derived from the sale irilt be mneh less than the retail value in illegal channels. Miss Nellie Gabriel Member A. S. T. C. Playcrafters, Boone Professor Antonios Antonakos with the Playcrafters of Appa lachian State Teachers College returned on Friday, March 16th, from Asheville where they had gone to take part in the Koch Memorial Productions presented at the Lee Edwards High School. Two plays were presented, “Gammer Onrtona Nedle,’’ a comedy, and “The Third Blow,” a new play by Elizabeth Welch, a teacher in the Lee Edwards High School. Those taking part in the plays were: Nellie Gabriel, North Wll kesboro; William Christensen, Boone; Catherine Stokes, Sngar Grove; Bonita Rominger, Romin- ger; Deva Wilcox, Oriental; Jim my Siske, Pleasant Garden; Rog ers Whitener, Spindale; Hugh Campbell, Union Grove: Angelo D’Amato, West Haven, Connecti cut; Conrad Puckett. Hunters ville; Betty Lou Brown, Rock well; Beruita Hughes, Bakers- ville; Rhea Farthing, Boone; Alta Louise Ponder, Mars Hill; Stanley South, Boone; Betsy Webster, Murphy: George Watts, Shelby. New Hudson Car Agency Is Formed It was learned today from Charles C. McNeill that he had secured the Hudson Car Agency for Wilkes County and adjoining territory. It was also learned that the agency would operate under the name of The Wilkes Hudson Company of Wilkeshoro, N. C. and that for the present the company would be located in the building formerly occupied by the McNeill Pontiac Company which is located about three miles west on highway 421. One new Hudson car has already been received and two more are ex pected this week. A total of ten new Hudson cars have been promised to the dealer here dur ing the next thirty days. It was suggested that those Interested watch this paper for Hudson car advertisements which will fol low In the next few days. Mr. McNeill stated that or ganization of the company had not been completed bnt that he expected to continue in his pres ent position as superintendent of the Wilkes County Welfare De partment, at least, for the pres ent.