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L Ji' Y«MiiC> A. baMtac fm4 is a eontfaiul «n- ^ •••^w BBtO a Biiffideat amount • ■•■•y la raiaod for oroetion of • avMM T. M. C. MMing conditiona poimlt. Lond a to aoo It tkroa(k. THE JOURNAL- 54e .-A THE JOURNAL-PATRIOT HAS BLAZED THE TRAIL OF PROGRESS IN THE “STATE OF WILKES" FOR OVER 88 YEARS If the date on pink label ia 5*46, renew BEFORE the find day of May. If yon wish to eon^ne aendiac the paper to atmtmm !■ aerrioe, eee that the subsufidoa la paid in odranoe. VOL. 40, NO. 94 Pobliaiied Momday. nmd Tkm*4myu NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C, MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1946 Make North Wilkeabero Yow Shepyinf Ceaiter Grand Total War Bond Sales Post Commander lnWilkesWas$14,749,676.75 Splendid Record Made By Wilkes ‘Drives’ In Eight Total of Quotaa In All Cam- ' paigna Almost Doubled in Bond Purchases War and Victory bonds pur chased In Wilkes county from 1941 through 1945 toUled $14,- 749.678.75, a report received here from the Treasury Depart ment by W. D. Halfacre, war loan chairman, showed. Included In the total were E bonds In the amount of $2,874,- 178.75. The report also showed that Wilkes had far exceeded all quo- ta.ss. Including E bond quotas, in the seven war loan and the vic tory loan campaigns. The total of all war and vic tory loan quotas was $5,797,- 325, while the total sales a- mounted to $13,223,070.75, or almost double the total for the quotas as set by the treasury de partment for the county. The difference between the total sales of $14,749,676.75 and $13,223,070.75 represented sales between the war loan campaigns. E bond quotas, which many counties failed to meet, were al ways exceeded In Wilkes. and the margin for the Victory loan was $44,000 In excess of the $160,000 goal. A margin of $22,000 was the smallest over quota for any of the E bond drives during the war loan cam paigns. The record of war financing in Wilkes county is one in which every citizen of the county can feel a pardonable pride. Wilkes, rwched its cUmu in •war beiiiflf'buying In ths'ssventli war loan campaign In 1945, when the total sales amounted to $2,- 823,427.00, compared to a quota of $986,000. o Board Equalization Will Meet Monday Wilkes county board of equa lization, which is composed of the board of commissioners and J. C. Grayson, tax supervisor, will meet at the courthouse In Wll- kesboro on Monday, April 8, nine a. m., for the purpose of hearing any citizens relative to adjust ments in assessed valuation of property for taxation. o Dr. McNeill Named Commander Post Foreign Veterans Officers Elected in Meeting Thursday Night; Din ner Meeting Held Directors Wilkes Y.M.C.A. to Meet Tuesday, 4 P, M. List of Officers and 24 Di rectors of Y. M. C. A. Given For Year Garbage Truck In Use For City Directors of the Wilkes Y. M. C. A. will meet Tuesday after noon, 4:30, at Hotel Wilkes. Im portant matters will be discuss ed by the board and all members are asked to attend. The Y. M. C. A. board of di rectors has 24 members. The eight whose terms will expire this year are J. B. Carter, Mrs. Carl Coffey, P. W. Eshelman, R. G. Finley, E. P. Gardner, Dr. F. C. Hubbard, C. J. Swofford and Eu gene Trlvette. Eight members of the board are serving terms which will ex pire In 1947. They are W. F. Absher, J. M. Anderson, Vernon Deal. J. R. Hlx, A. F. Kilby, Mrs. R. T. McXlel, W. K. Sturdivant and J. B. Williams. The eight new members whose terms will expire In 19^5 are W. Blair Gwyn, Dr. G. T. Mitchell, W. H. McElwee, Mrs. C. T. Doughton, Deans, Fraak Osow, Boyd Stout and Richard John ston. Dr. F. C. Hubbard is presi dent of the Y. M. C. A., W. K. Sturdivant Is vice president. J. B. Carter is treasurer and Mrs. C. T. Doughton. is recording sec retary. o A new and specially built garbage truck put into use here last week may greatly Improve local conditions, A. F. Kilby, chairman of the sanitation com mittee on the North Wllkesboro board of commissioners, said to day. Morris Hendren, who has con tract to haul garbage, purchased a new truck from Yadkin Valley Motor company and the town purchased for the truck a, closed steel body, especially made to pick up and dump garbage. Mr. Kilby stated that Mr. Hen dren has been under contract to haul the garbage for a number of years and has done a good job with facilities available. The contract with Mr. Hendren by the town states that Mr. Hen dren Is to pick up and haul garbage which Is in cans or bar rels, and he Is not required to clean up loose garbage not in containers. Cooperation of the public Is asked in keeping garb age In closed cans and at points where the garbage collector can reach It. District Meeting Of Employment Officials Is Held Draft Violations Still Work FDI hlngton, March 24.—Di- J. Edgar Hoover disclosed :hat the FBI since V-J day restlgated reports of more 6.000 draft violations, rting ‘‘the draft dodger Is 1th us,” the Federal Bu- if Investigation chief said Interview that 3,055 new re service cases were open- February alone. Additional ire being reported daily. > V-J day. Hoover said. 1.000 draft violators have sentences, the majority persons between 26 and rs of age whose violations >d prior to V-J day. Slm- of the 12,30.0 pending In FBI files on February 146 the majority were prior to V-J day and In- reglstrants over 26. • o killed 607,000 Amerl- veen Pearl Harbor and -more than twice as were slain by the Ger- ; the Japs. Asheville, March 31. — The western district meeting of the North Carolina chapter of the International Association of Pub lic Employment services was held yesterday at the Langren hotel, with Mrs. Katheryn Lott, of North Wllkesboro, western dis trict vice-president, presiding. R. Mayne Albright, director of I'. S. Employment service for N'orlli Carolina, spoke to the group, as did A. I.. Fletcher, chariman of the Unemployment Compensation commission. P. Lane Gaston, manager of the Asheville USES office and president of the state chapter, made the address of welcome. Panel discussions were led by Mark Edwards, Wayne Woodard, and Miss DeBrayda Fisher, all of Asheville, and R. L. Winchester, of Lenoir. Committee reports were heard, and Guy Bessette, of Hendersonville, was elected new vice-president of tho western dis trict. His opponent was Mr. Ed wards. The meeting ended with a ban- quent in the hotel last night, with Bran_don P. Hodges, county at torney, dellver^g the principal Dr. J. H. McNeill, who served as a commander in the navy’s medical corps during World War II, was elected commander of Wilkes post of Veterans of For eign Wars In the meeting of the post held Thursday night In this city. Other officers of the Wilkes post, which has a rapidly grow ing membership, were elected as follows: Frank Allen, senior vice commander; W. J. Kilby, Jr., second vice commander; Harry Kerley, historian; Clint Foster, sergeant at arms; Clinton Eller, service officer; Gilbert Wend- land. surgeon officer; N. W. Bumgarner, J. A. Johnson and J. F. Jordan, trustees; Ray Barnes, adjutant. On Friday night veterans of foreign service, their wives and friends enjoyed a banquet meet ing at Millers Creek. Ladles of the community served a splendid dinner and a program of enter tainment was carried out. Red Cross Over Goal Commissioners, Story and Casey Are Candidates Representative T. EL Story Seeks Fourth Term In —• State'Lenislatnra Attorney T. B. Story, who represented Wilkes In the house of representatives of the state legislature during the past three terms, has filed his notice of candidacy for the Republican nomination for representative, E. R. Eller, secretary of the Wilkes board of elections, said today. The board of county commis sioners, composed of M. F. Ab sher, C. C. Bidden and I. J. Broy- hill, have filed their notices of candidacy for ronomination for commissioner on the Republican ticket. Tyre Casey, county sur veyor, has also filed for renomi nation. ■0 — Hat School Here Is Well Attended Large Number of Ladies Watch Demonstration on How to Make Hats address. Those from North Wllkesboro attending were Mrs. Kathryn Lott, Mrs. Frances Underwood, Miss Helen Caldwell and Mark Bennett. Legion Auxiliary District Meeting American Ijeglon Auxiliary of the 15 th district will meet Fri day, April 5, two p. m., at the clubhouse of the Wilkes Legion and Auxiliary. Local Auxiliary leaders are asking for a largo attendance of iqemhers and a most successful district meeting Is anticipated. The 15 th district includes Statesville, Mooresville, Taylors ville, West Jefferson and North Wllkesboro units. V- On Friday, March 22, Miss Willie Hunter, Clothing Spec ialist, State College, Raleigh, conducted a hat school. Miss Hunter showed In this demon stration how to restyle and re- trim old hats and make them wearable this year for new East er bonnets. She also showed tho women present a number of ways in which they can make new hats for their spring wardrobes. Thi.s demonstration proved to be most worthwhile as well as enjoyable to those present. They felt that It was a very timely demonstration and one that would prove to be most beneficial to them in planning their ward robe for the spring. Miss Hunter is a charming person and she won the confidence of the women in the beginning of the demon stration as it was very evident that she possessed the ability to make bat making a real pleasure to the housewives. There were around 90 people present for this demonstration, and these women left with the determination to put some of the things that they had learned Into practice in the immediate future. Girl Scout Leaders Course To Be Given SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A. Mrs. R. S. Gibbs will teach a Girl Scout leaders course on sum mer actlyities and safety In the Duke Power office beginning Monday night, April 1, 7:30. The course Is for new leaders, old leaders, committee leaders and any one who Is Interested In the Girl Scout organization. The need for more girl scout leaders is urgent! Thanks! Shonns, Tenii. March 21, 1946. Dear Sir: Inclosed yon will find fl.OO to renew the Patriot lor 4 months. Listen at this: I take the Knoxville Journal, The John son City Press and the Bristol pB{)er and I think yours is the best of all. Yours truly, R. a. LEPPORD. DR. J. H. McNEILL SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A. REPUBUCAN CONVENTION TO BE HELD ON APRIL 8TH Many From Wilkes At N.C.E.A. Meet Wilkes County and North Wll kesboro school systems were well represented at the annual con vention of the North Carolina Education Association held in Asheville Thursday through Sat urday. North Wllkesboro schools were represented by Supt. Paul S. Cragan, Miss Myrtle Tuttle and Miss Marie Halgwood, of the fac ulty. and those from the county system attending were: Supt. and Mrs. C. B. Eller, E. R. Spru ill, G. A. Johnson, B. M. White, Fred Gilreath, Mrs. 0. K. Stev ens, Wm. T. Long, Miss Anne McNeill, Miss Laura Pennell. Charles Phillips, of Greens boro, was elected president of the N. C. B. A. for the ensuing year. Precinct Meetings Will De Held On Saturday, April 6 Office Of Veterans Administration Is Open In This CHy R. E. Goodale in Charge Of New Office Opened In Bank Building Here $500 Margin Over Quota Is Reported Dy Chapter Today A contact office of the Veter ans Administration has been opened in North Wllkesboro. R. E. Qoodale, who recently returned from 40 months service In the army and who prior to en tering service held a position Convention Call Issued By N. B. Smithey and T. E. Story, Chmn., Secy. Another Slip*cWer Demonstration to Be Conducted April 5 By MRS. ANNIE H. GREENE Home Agent We have good news for all of the housewives who are Interest ed in learning to make slip cov ers for their furniture. Miss Rose Ellwood Bryan, Specialist from State College, Raleigh, will be at the Town Hall in North Wllkesboro on Friday, April 5 to conduct a slip cover demon stration. This meeting will begin promptly at 10 a. m. and will continue until 12 o’clock. F^om 12 o’clock to 1 o’clock will be devoted to the lunch hour. The meeting In the afternoon will be gin at 1 o’clock and continue un til 3 o'clock. This will give all the women In the county an op portunity to catch a bus In the afternoon for their respective homes. Many of you will remember Miss Bryan as she was In our county in October and conducted this same demonstration. The women were so much Interested in this demonstration that they requested Miss Bryan to return to the county and give it again so that a larger number of women could have the opportunity of gaining this valuable informa tion. I would like to urge all of you that are planning to attend the above demonstration to be pres ent at 10 o’clock. In the morning session Miss Bryan will show various materials suitable for slip covers, how to measure In order to know how much mater ial to buy and also how to cut a pattern for making the slip cov ers. All of this will be discussed before the lunch hour so it Is Im portant that you make your plans to be present at the beginning of the demonstration. The last dem onstration that Miss Bryan con ducted many of the women came In after lunch thinking that they might be benefited by attending half of the day’s session. These women were disappointed and remembered that It was Import ant to be at the beginning of the demonstration In order to know how to make slip covers. Start planning to arrange your work so that you can attend this dem onstration. Remember the place; Town Hall, Date: Friday, April 5. Time: 10 o’clock. The symptoms of cancer are varied. Any sore that does not heal within ten days, may be one of the danger signals. In such cases, consult a competent physi cian. Wilkes county Republican con vention will be held at the court house In Wllkesboro on Monday, April 8, ten a. m. Call for the convention has been Issued by N. B. Smithey, chairman, and T. E. Story, sec retary, of the Wilkes County Republican Executive committee. Precinct meetings will be held throughout the county at the various polling places on Satur day, April 6, four p. m., to elect precinct chairmen, committees On Friday morning, March 22, in the Town Hall In North Wll kesboro a leaders’ school was held for the Clothing Leaders of the Home Demonstration clubs arid'name delegates to the county. -rAt that Ume ty convention. A member and as sociate member of the county executive committee will be chos en at each precinct meeting. At the county convention' a county chairman, secretary and assistant secretary will be chos en and delegates will be named for the senatorial and state con ventions. \(Hnt80«f \mm-vmCOUf(S. PPG. EVERETT BODOHELLE H.'IS RECEIVED DISCHARGE Pfc. Everett Bouchelle. son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Bouchelle, of Wllkesboro, recently received his discharge from the army after two years and eight months of service and has returned home. Pfc. Bouchelle served in Europe and patricipated In the Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Germany campaigns. with the War department In Washington, D. C., Is In charge of the office, which Is located on the second floor of the Bank of North Wllkesboro building. The office here, which will be open Monday through Friday from 8:30 to 4:30 and on Sat urday from 8:30 to 3:00, will serve to give Information to vet erans and their dependents on applying for any benefits and services provided by laws per taining to the Veterans Admin istration, and the office will be prepared to give any information desired. Mr. Goodale’s home was in Camden, S. C., before he went to Washington, D. C. His wife and son, Michael Everett, now In Winston-Salem, plan to join him here as soon as living quarters can be located. Chapter Officials Today Ex pressed Appreciation To People For Gifts Clothing Leaders School Held Here CIA'DE W. GOLDEN RECEIVES PROMOTION Pearl Harbor, T. H.—Clyde W. Golden, seaman, first class. North Wilkesboro, N. C., has been ad vanced to his present rate at the navy staging center here. The center receives high-polnt vet erans and places them In groups bound for separation centers In the States. cleaning and adjusting the sew ing machine was demonstrated and disenssed. Miss Willie Hunter, clothing specialist from Raleigh, conduct ed the. demonstration, assisted by the Horae Agents. Miss Hunter showed the clothing leaders how the sewing machine should be taken apart and thoroughly cleaned and put In No. 1 condi tion. She emphasized the fact that a sewing machine is a neces sity in practically all homes. It is a simple piece of machinery and will last for lifetime if given good care. She urged the women to take care of their sewing ma chines, keep them properly clean ed, oiled and adjusted and they will always be ready when they are needed to do the sewing for the family. All clubs in the county were represented by the president and clothing leader of the club, ex cept Mountain View, Champion, and Mulberry. Keeping a perfect record by surpassing all Red Cross quotas, Wilkes’ total In the Red Cross Fund campaign today had reach ed $11,000, which Is $600 In ex cess of the $10,600 quota assign ed the county. Miss Rebecca Moseley, execu tive secretary of the chapter, said today that a number of reports from rural workers Saturday added substantially to other lands received during the latter part of the week. Any other con tributions or reports which were not turned In will be gladly ac cepted, Miss Moseley said. A. P. Kilby, chapter chairman, Major W. H. McElwee, fund chairman, and Miss Moseley, sec retary, joined today In a state ment of appreciation to the peo ple of Wilkes county for their many and liberal contributions which enabled the county to reach the quota and will enable the chapter to carry on its great work In the county. All divisions of the campaign made good rec ords in the drive. Legion To Plan Housing Project Regular Meeting Will Be Held at Town Hall On Friday Night, 7:30 Wilkes post of tho American Legion will meet on Frid^ , 7:36 p.'‘ifl^;’fri'4he'Troriffl Mrs. Metla Love Is Claimed By Death Mrs. Metta Love, age 59, resi dent of North Wllkesboro route one, died today at the Wilkes hospital. Funeral service will be held Tuesday, two p. m., at Union Methodist church with the pas tor, Rev. H. M. Wellman, In charge. Surviving Mrs. Love are six sons and daughters: Herman Love, Mrs. Abraham Cornett, O. Q. Ix)ve, Daniel Love, Mrs. S. C. Johnson and Peerless Love. NOHTH WILKESDOHO KIWANIS CLOD TO SPONSOR SPEAKING CONTEST ON SOIL CONSERVATION THIS COUNTY The North Wllkesboro Klwanls Club, through the chairman of Its farm committee, Carl VanDeman, announces that It will sponsor the Wilkes county public speak ing contest on soil conservation for high gchool boys and girls to be held at the courthouse in Wil kesboro on Thursday, April 18, at 10:00 a. m. Tho Klwanls Club is offering In war bonds a $25 first prize, a $16 second prize, and a $10 third prize. The win ner of the Wilkes county contest will be eligible to represent Wilkes county In the area con test to be held In Elkin April 25, which is sponsored by tbe Elkin Klwanls Club and the North Carolina Banker's Associ ation. The Wllkee county USDA Council wishes to offer Its ser vices to any entrant or to any school requesting It In prepara tion and other means of assist ance to entrants In the contest. In the next two weeks, some member of the Council will visit every school In the county to dis cuss the contest with possible ap plicants. Students wishing to enter the contest may get In touch with either county agent Bob Smith, soli conservationists R. E. Dunn and Homer T. Boling at Wllkesboro, and Paul Church at the PSA office In North Wll kesboro, or any other member of the council. An announcement of the num ber of entrants and other Infor mation about the Wilkes County contest will be in Thursday’s paper. April 5, Wllkesboro town hall. Commander Henry Landon, commenting on the forthcoming meeting, stated that plans are being made for a veterans hous ing project and that a number of land owners have been interview ed with the aim in view of ob taining several acres of land. The tentative plans are for a co operative, non-profit project to be carried out by veterans and which would result in the erec tion of many new homes. In addition to the housing pro ject, there will be other matters of much interest at the meeting and a large attendance of vet erans is asked. Commander I.,andon also stated that another dinner meeting Is planned for a rural community. Class Tournament Was Great Success Coach Charlie Manship reports that the Junior High School Class Basketball tournament turned out to be one of the most exciting events of the local school year so far. All three of the last games were decided by only one point. The tournament began with play between the two sixth grades. This game was won by Miss Young's grade by a score of 22 to 5 over Miss Sale’s grade. The seventh grade was won by Miss Tuttle’s grade over Miss Hendren’s 15 to 7. Tho eighth grade began a struggle which ended with Miss Gordon’s grade 19. Miss Haigwood’s 18. In the semi-finals Miss Tuttle’s 7 th grade won an overtime game from Miss Young’s 6th grade 15 to 14. Miss Gordon’s 9th grade drew a bye. The final game played at 12:30 Friday was real ly what one would expect a final game to be. The score was at half-time. Miss Tuttle’s seventh grade 6, Miss Gordon’s eighth grade 5. The game ended In a 9 to 8 victory for the 8th grade. The lead changed hands twice in the last three minutes of play The winning team was coached by Charles Winters and Paul Mc Ginnis of tbe Varsity Squad. Ar rangements are being made by Coach Manship now for a similar tournament for the high school boys. o Money contributed to the American Cancer Society helps fight America’s most dangerous disease. Guard those you love— give to conquer cancer. Yankee military occupants of Japan have taught the Nips to keep fish In irrigated rice pad dles, raising two crops where one once grew.