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baOding fund is ■ continnal en
deavor until a sufficient amount
of money is raised for erection of
a splendid Y. M. C. \. building
irhen conditions permit. Lend a
^,kand to see it through.
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VOL. 40, NO. 96
Published Moodaya and Thursdays. NORTH WlLKESBORO» N. C., MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1946
Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center
WILKES 4-H CLUB LEADERS AT ACHIEVEMENT DAY
The above picture was taken at the annual
Achievement Day for 4-H club members in Wilkes
county, which was held in this city recently. Those in
the picture, left to right, are as follows: first row—
Mrs. J. P. Crysel, Mrs. Ted Carpenter, P. W. Greer and
Grady F. Miller, neighborhood leaders; second row-—
Mary Ann Peimell, song leader, and Royce Mathis,
Achievement Day usher; third row—R. D. Smith, coun
ty agent, Mrs. Annie H. Greene, home agent, Rolemd
Inglebert, song leader, Sammy Greer, reporter. Buddy
Mathis, president 4-H council, Ruth Long and I. T.
Mathis, ushers, Linda Bumgarner, cheer leader, Char
lie Blackburn, secretary-treasurer of council, Peggy
Henderson, vice president of council, Dwight William
son, assistant county agent.
MOUNT PLEASANT COMMUNITY
* PLANS $25,000 PROGRAM FOR A
CHURCH; PLAN OTHER PROJECTS
Mount Pleasant community,
ir> miles wt*st of this dty. has
plans for a mimher of major im
provements. including a $2').00o
building program for Mount
Pleasant liaptist church and the
erection of a Masonic Temple.
Mount i’lea.sant fiaptist church
will go on a full time pastorate
In .lunc of this year. Rev. Latt
Beshears. who will complete hi.s
studies at Mars Hill College in
May, will he the full time pastor.
Rev. A. W. Eller, pastor for the
past fottr years, will supply un
til Rev. Mr. Beshears begins his
duties.
Rev. and Mrs. Beshears, who
before her marriage was Miss
Rose Waters, completed their
high school education at Mount
Pleasant in 19.24. For their home
the church has purchased the W.
E. Blackburn farm, consisting of
residence, outbuildings and 30
acres of land near the church, at
a cost of $5,S00. Most of the
farm has been planted in grass
for hay and permanent pasture.
Rev. and Mrs. Beshears have two
small daughters, Peggy and Bel-
very.
A very substantial gift to the
Mount Pleasant building fund
has been received from Roy Fos
ter, native of the community and
now mayor of Wadsley, Ga. Mr.
Foster, whose father, the late
W. Hayes F'oster. was a member
of the Mount Pleasant church
before moving to Wilkesboro, has
given $5,000 on the fund.
In addition to the churcli
building program, the commun
ity will erect a splendid Masonic
temple for Mount Pleasant lodge.
Dr. .lames W. llavis, of Staies-
ville, wtio lias retained his .Ma
sonic memiiership at Mount
Pleasant, is chief sponsor of tlie
Masonic Imilding fund, which has
already reached a very sulistan-
tinl amount.
Accepts Call
School Banquet At
Ferguson April 12
There will be a banquet dinner
and enlertaininent at Fergusoti
school on Friday, April 12, sev-
(‘II p. m. The public is cordially
invited to attend. Tickets are
now on sale at the Ferguson
school at $1.50 each. Proceeds
will go for the benefit of the
school.
Women’s Auxiliary
ToVeterans Foreign
Wars to Be Formed
•A woman’s auxiliary to the
Blue Ridge post of Veterans of
Foreign Wars will be organized'
in a meeting to be held Thursday '
night, April 11, 7:30 o’clock, in
tHe^Reins-Sturfllvailt chapel In
North Wilkesboro. j
Ladies are asked to attend the
meeting, at which time an auxil
iary will be formed and officers
will be elected.
Rov. Latt Beshears, now a
student at Mars Hill College,
ha.s accepted the full time pas
torate of Mount Pleasant Bap
tist church. Ho will begin his
duties ill June.
Full Program For
Pre-School Clinic
A full program has been ar-
anged for Pre-School Children
t North Wilkesboro elementary
chool tomorrow. -Vll children
,ho will be six years old on or
efore October 1, 194 6 are invit-
d to attend.
Dr. A. J. Eller and his assist-
nts from the Wilkes County
lealth Department will be pres-
nt and every child will be given
physical examination some time
uring the day.
Special class work has been ar-
anged for the visiting children,
hey will be guests in the first
rade rooms. At noon the chil-
ren and their parents will have
inch in the school cafeteria.
An extra treat has been added
a the form of “Little Jackies’’
rho will present a special Pup-
et Show in the school audiior-
im at eleven o’clock.
Letters inviting the children
nd their parents have been sent
p many of the homes of the
own. However, parents are
rged to have their children pre.s-
nt on Tuesday, April 9, even If
,0 letter was received.
Teachers of the first grades
fill be assisted during the day
,y girls from the Home Econom-
cs classes and boys and girls
rom the eighth grade.
Legion Discusses
Veterans Housing
At Meet Friday
Wilkes post of the American
Legion in meeting Friday evening
discussed plans for a liotising
project for veterans.
The la gion post has been en-
lieavoiin.g to locate .several
acfi's of land close in which
could he sold to veterans for
le.'iilf'niia! building purposes and
some progress has been made on
the plan.
It wa.s pointed out that vet-
■ raiis litivc first priority on
building materials ttvailable and
that vitertin labor would be
available tor llie eoiislruction
Further develoiunents on the pro-
po»al are expected in a short
time.
J. T. Miles, 76,
Taken By Death
.lames Thomas Wiles, 76, well
known citizen of the Rock Creek
community, died Saturday in the
Baptist hospital in Winston-Sal
em following an Illness of two
weeks.
Mr. Wiles was a member of a
well known Wilkes family, be
ing a son of the late W’ellborn
and Emmaline Wiles. He is sur
vived by his wife, Mrs. Jeanette
Lambert Wiles, and the follow
ing sons and daughters: Earl
and J. S. Wiles, North Wilkes
boro route two; Mrs. G. M. Byrd.
North Wilkesboro route one;
Mrs. Vestal Wiles, Dockery; Mrs,
E. C. Roope, North Wilkesboro
route two; and Mrs. J. G. Wiles,
Dockery.
Funeral service was held to
day, 11 a. m., at Round Hill
church. Rev. Jimmie Bryant and
Rev. L. E. Sparks conducted the
last rites.
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SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A.
Fire Department
Gives School ^350
Will be Used to Buy Bleach
ers For Athletic Fields
On Fairgrounds
The North Wilkesboro Fire
Department has presented $350 ^
,to the North Wilkesboro high;
school athletic fund. This giftj
will be used to purchase two sec
tions of bleacher seats for use at
high school athletic contests.
These bleachers will have a seat
ing capacity of 264 persons.
Thi.s latest gift brings the total
amount donated to the Athletic
Fund by the firemen to $500.00
for the current school year. A
gift of $150 received last fall
was used for the purchase of
football equipment.
In the letter which accompan
ied the gift, E. A. .Shook, Secre
tary of the Fire Department stat-
(‘d that "The members of the j
Fire Department are all in favor 1
of this donation. We have never
had any money before for this
kind of work but we are all in-
j terested in training the youth of
our town so they will make bet
ter citizens. By accepting our as
sistance now we hope they will
grow up into citizens who will
always be willing to aid and
support our department and ali
other agencies of our community
which are doing their best in
line of duty.’’
Supt. Paul S. Cragan, who ac
cepted the gift on behalf of the
Board of Education and the
high school students, expressed
appreciation to the members of
the Fire Department for their
generosity. “The North Wilkes
boro Fire Department is to be
highly commended’’, stated Supt.
Cragan, “not only for their con
tinued efforts to afford the best
possible fire protection to the
community but also for their
eagerness to cooperate with other
a.gencies which are struggling to
produce a finer future citizenship
out of the present generation of
boys and girls.”
Masonic Notice
The Golden Hunch
Subject Address
Kiwanis Meeting
Statesville Minister Delivers
Inspiring Address Be
fore Local Group
An inspiring address featured
the Nortli Wilkesboro Kiwanis
clul) meeting Friday noon at Ho
tel Wilkes.
Program Chairman John Pre-
vette asked Rev. H. M. Wellman
to present the speaker. Rev.
Charles Bowles, of Statesville,
who made a forceful talk to the
club on the subject, “The Gold
en Hunch.’’
The speaker related four in
stances he had recently seen In
a picture, wherein scientists had
at unexpected times met with a
new phenomenon and had seized
the opportunity and had become
famous themselves and at tlie
same time brought a great bless
ing to mankind. One discovered
the X-Ray; another the value of
Colodion: another the value of
antiseptics and cleanliness; and
still another sulphanilamlde.
Each was a “Golden Hunch” and
was appropriated in its turn.
Then, said the speaker, life is
serious matter. Golden Hunches
come to every one: to Individu
als, to communities and to na
tions. So often the opportunity
is muffed and every day some
one of some community or some
nation fails to avail itself of the
opportunity of achieving , great
immortality.
A thousand years with the
Lord is but a day and conversly
a day is but a thoustind years
and as our daily problems come
to us they may be but the o))-
portunities to forget one’s self
into the immortal. Said the
speaker, "we are now in a time
when for ns as Individuals and
as a nation the ongoing of the
world may depend on how we
react to the opportunity.”
'Phe attendance prize Friday
consisted of cutlery and was giv
en by Dudley S. Hill to Carl K.
VanDeman.
Guests were as follows: Har
old Riley, of St. Louis, with J.
R. Hix; George Robb with Edd
Gardner. Z. V. Stewart, of Le
noir, was. a visiting Kiwanian.
Mrs. L. M. Nelson substituted tor
Miss Lois Scroggs as pianist.
Clyde Watts Is Shot
To Death Saturday
Night Injiis City
Claude Absher Held On
First Degree Murder
Charge
Claude Absher, 30, of North
Wilkesboro, is being held in
Wilkes jail on a first degree mur
der charge for the shotgun slay
ing of Clyde Watts, 23, of North
Wilkesboro, on Ninth street near
tho corner of Main and Ninth
streets Saturday night, nine o’
clock.
Watts, who received the shot
gun load at close range into his
abdomen, was carried by ambu
lance to the Wilkes hospital,
where blood plasma was used In
a last minute effort to save his
life. He died In about 30 minutes.
Policeman Keller Eller, who
was near the scene of the shoot
ing, grappled with Absher ?.nd
handcuffed him. Police Chief J.
E. Walker and Highway Patrol
Sgt. A. H. Clark assisted in the
arrest.
Officers quoted witnesses as
saying that Absher and Watts
previously in the evening had
.some trouble, reportedly concern
ing Mrs. Josle Church Watts,
estranged wife of Clyde Watts.
-Absher engaged a taxi and went
to his home, returning downtown
with, a 12-guage shotgun. As
Altsher alighted from the taxi.
Clyde Watts was walking along
the sidewalk and Absher fired,
officers quoted witnesses as say
ing.
Clyde Watts was a son of John
and Fannie Lovette Watts, of
North Wilkesboro. In addition to
his parents he is survived by
four brothers and one sister:
Earl Watts. North Wilkesboro;
Dwight Watts, Roaring River;
Charlie Watts, North Wilkes
boro; Guy Watts, in the army;
and Miss Clara Watts, North Wil
kesboro.
Funeral service will be held
Tuesday, 11 a. m., at Pleasant
Smithey Re-Elected
G. 0. P.'Chairmaii
lers Creek.
Taylorsville Club
Puts On Program
At Lions Meeting
Interesting Meeting of Local
Club Held Friday; Mem
bership Totals 71
A group of members from the
Taylorsville Lions Club enter
tained the North WilkeslKtro Li
ons with a program Friday eve
ning at Hotel Wilkes.
Henkel Mills was program
chairman for the Taylorsville
group and he presented the fol
lowing program: Carl Madison,
who gave Interesting accounts of
humorous incidents about Alex
ander county people; Earl Cur
rent, who gave historical facts
about Alexander and Wilkes
counties: Rev. Garland Stafford,
who sang, and Mrs. Howard Gry- j tary.
der, piano accompanist; Howard
Gryder, who talked on “Why 1
Am A Lion”; and Tommy Gard
ner, Taylorsville Lions president,
who talked briefly. The program
was well received.
Prior to the program president
J. S. Deans stated that the
clothing collection in the recent
clothing campaign totaled 5,000
pounds and that the clotlies had
been packed and shipped by
members of the club. He also re
ported that Larry Moore, J. H.
Whicker, Jr., Allie Hayes, Pres
ley Myers, Maurice O’Sullivan
and J. D. Moore had put on a
splendid program recently at a
meeting of the Sparta club.
A nominating committee com
posed of Vernon Deal, chairman,
Paul Cashlon, W. O. Absher,
Convention Held
Today; Delegates
Are Selected
Republicans Hold Harmoni
ous Gathering; Story Re-
Elected Secretary
Republicans of Wilkes county
in convention today at Wilkes
boro re-elected N. B. Smithey,
prominent local merchant and
business leader, as chairman of
the Wilkes Republican executive
committee.
Chairman Smithey was drafted
! for another term as chairman
over his protest and was unani
mously re-elected. T. E. Story,
who has represented Wilkes for
the past three terms in the house
of representatives of the state
legislature, was re-elected secre-
Richard Johnston, J. W. Willis
Home Baptist church near Mil- .and B. B. Broome was named to
nominate officers of the club for
the coming year.
The club Friday evening was
delighted with the return of
three members from the army
Benefit Party For
Cominiinity Work iiuree mcmucia nuiii c,.../
At Pores Knob I and navy. Those returning to the
club were T. R. Grayson, Frank
Allen and Shoun Kerbaugh. The
A benefit party will be given
by the Pores Knob Home Demon
stration Club on Saturday eve
ning, beginning at seven o’clock,
April 13, at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. P. R. Lowe. The pro
ceeds will go for the baseball
team and the community club
house. All service boys return
ing home since the last conimuii-
ity party will be honor guests on
this ocassion. Everybody is asked
to bring along something to be
served for refreshments. It is
hoped that everybody interested
in these worthwhile projects will
get to.gether on this occasion and
have, a good time. The only
charges will be a penny an inch
for your height. There will be
things to soli and games and con
tests during the evening.
SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A.
Lions club membership totals 71
Bob Barrett was a guest of W.
Blair Gwyn at the meeting Fri
day.
0
Cemetery Working
At Moravian Falls
All persons interested in main
taining Moravian Falls cemetery
are requested to meet at the
cemetery on Friday and Saturday
of this week to work on the ceme
tery and get it in condition for
the Sunrise service to be held
Easter Sunday morning. Atten
tion is also called to the fact that
some have not paid their dues to
the cemetery association and are
asked to send their dues to Miss
Thelma Laws, secretary-treasur
er.
COMMITTEES NAMED BY LIONS
FOR ANNUAL HORSE SHOW TO BE
HELD JULY 3-4 IN WILKESBORO
Special communication Liberty
Lodge number 45, A. F. & A. M.,
on Tuesday night, 7:30. Work In
the first degree.
JOHNSON SANDERS, Master,
J. R. PREVETTE, Secretary. | SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A.
Cemetery Improved
At Walnut Grove
A project of improving the
Walnut Grove cemetery, which
was started two years ago, has
been completed recently. This
cemetery, which Is one of the
largest in the county, has taken
considerable amount of hard
work on the part of those inter
ested In it. The ground has been
dug and the turf all removed.
Excavating has been done and
the soil has been treated and
sowed in grass. There have been
500 man hours of labor given on
this job this spring alone which
would amount to $300.00 at the
present wage rate. The fertilizer
and seed for this spring’s sowing
was almost $50.00. These figures
do not Include what had been
done the two years previous.
It is hoped that by Easter t.he
entire cemetery will be a beauti
ful green.
The committee for this project
wish to thank all who have help
ed in any way.
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Plans now being made by the
North Wilkesboro Lions Club tor
the organization’s annual horse
show July 3 and 4 indicate that
the show wPl be one of the most
outstanding horse show events
in western North Carolina.
Directors of the club In recent
meeting appointed the entire
membership of 71 Lions to serve
on committees for the two-day
horse show, which will be staged
on Wilkesboro school’s athletic
field. Facilities there are being
enlarged to accomodate numer
ous horse show entries and the
large crowds expected to attend
the show on both afternoons and
nights.
Committees to serve for the
horse show follow:
Stables and Grounds
J. W. Willis, chairman, W. T.
Long, Sherman Anderson, Joe
Zimmerman, Arlle Foster, Wil
liam Gray, W. D. Jester, Darwin
Smithey, Rex Handy, Paul Cash-
ion, Bryan Collins, Boyd Stout,
J. S. Deans, H. B. Smith, G. R.
.^Vndrews, G. T. Bare, Gordon
Forester, Homer Boling, Ed
Koontz.
Advertisements
Maurice O’Sullivan, chairman,
W. C. Marlow, M. B. McNeil, C.
J. Swofford, Charles Jenkins, 0.
K. Pope, Jimmie Anderson, Ed
ward McEntire, Dorman Payne,
I William Gray, Larry Moore, Fred
I Henderson, Oliver Absher, Dick
iowyn, W. P. Absher, Charles
I Day, Flake Cook, Edward Finley.
Richard Johnston.
Entries, Events, Judges
Wm. T. Long, chairman, J. B.
Carter, Worth Tomlinson, D. V.
Deal, Terry Burke, Mrs. Dorothy
Cranor, James Cranor, L. S.
Spalnhour, W. D. Jester, Frank
Blair, A. A. Sturdivant, Rufus
Church, J. H. Whicker, Jr.
Publicity
Dwight Nichols, chairman.
Sam Ogllvie, Paul Harvel, Eu
gene Trivette.
Refreshment Stand
B. B. Broome and Clyde Pear
son, co-chairmen, Presley Myers.
Claude Key, W. F. Absher, Sta
ton Mclver, J. D. Moore, C. C.
Faw, Jr., N. S. Forester, J. Allle
Hayes, Roby McNeil, Bill Har-
(lister. Bill Marlow, Blair Gwyn.
Car Parking
Carlyle Ingle, chairman, Arlle
Foster, John Kerbaugh, Thur
mond Kenerly, Harry Klutz, E.
D. Dancy.
Tickets
Paul Green, chairman, Bill
Lee. O. K. Pope, Flake Cook,
Paul Harvel, Ed Dancy, Homer
Boling, Roy Forehand, PatiL
Knight, Bob Johnson, Edward |
McEntire, Dorman Payne, Tam
Shumaker, Bob Huffman, Frank |
Allen. I
Delegates and alternates were
elected to the state eoiivention to
be held in Winston-Salem Wed
nesday and to the 24 th district
senatorial convention to lie held
in Yadkinvillc Tuesday after
noon. two p. m.
The convention was opened by
Chairman Smithey, who called
Dwight Nichols to serve as assist
ant to Secretary Story for the
convention. J. H. Wliicker, Sr.,
who was recently nominated by
Republicans of the eighth district
for congress, was appointed con
vention chairman.
Roll call of precincts was an
swered by credentials handed In
by delegates from all but three
of the 29 precincts. There were
no contests and the credentials
committee composed of F. J. Mc
Duffie, J. W. Robbins and I. M.
Myers had no tasks to perform.
The committee appointed to'nom-
Inate delegates lo the conven
tions was composed of P. E.
Brown, W. W. Gambill and S.
M. Shumate.
Those who addressed the con
vention included the convention
chairman. Chairman Smithey.
Secretary T. E. Story and Ex-
Sheriff P. E. Brown. The speak
ers expressed satisfaction with
tlie harmony and enthusiasm pre
vailing in tho party and predict
ed sweeping victories in the fall
election in Wilkes.
P. E. Brown and Mrs. W. B.
Somers were re-elected to mem
bership on the state Republican
executive committee. The county
Republican executive committee
members were elected as recom
mended by the various precincts.
Following are the lists of con
vention delegates and alternates
named by the convention:
(’onventioii
Delegates and alternates to the
Republican State Convention,
Winston-Salem, N. (', .\pril 10,
1946.
Delegates: N. II. Smithey, T.
E. Story, W. II. Somers, 1‘. E.
Brown, C. C. Hayes, C. G. Poin
dexter, Troy Foster. .M. F. Ab
sher, C. C. Sidden, I. J. Itroyiiill,
I. M. Myers, T. G. Casey, T. II.
Settle, E. U. Eller, Ed Eller,
John Culler, P. W, Eshelman. T.
R. Bryan, J. II. Whicker, Sr., R.
Staley, R. F. Eller, Alonzo An
derson. J. K. Tharpe, Clifton
' Prevetle, C. U. Lewis, Daner
Tripletto, Coy Marley, L. M. EIl-
' er, W. A. Payne, Virgil M.
Church, E. C. Foster, Vaughn
Pendergrass, R. C. .Meadows, F.
S. Farrington, W. V. Caudill, C.
H. Welborn, Max Foster, M. M.
Bumgarner, L. W. Wood, Henry
Johnson, J. H. Davis, D. B. Swar-
ingen, H. Y. Warren, A. R. .Mil
ler, W. W. Gambill, H. M. Ander
son, M. W. Green, Clyde Hayes,
Ralph Davis.
Alternates: McKinley Hanks,
T. J. Frazier, John Joines, Jim
Somers, Paul Osborne, R. C. Se-
graves, Mrs. Arthur Caudill.
Cama Robinson, Clyde Hlnshaw,
Boss Blackburn, Jack Hoots, W.
O. Blackburn, J. W. Cheek, Tom
Joines, McKinley Burcham, E.
W. Smith, Oliver Holbrook, Char
lie Darnell, H. P. Eller, S. U.
Reynolds, Winfield Fletcher,
Clarence Davis, Mrs. C. G. Poin
dexter, Mrs. I. E. Pearson, O.
M. Watson, Willie Waters, Lake
.Messick, Will Porter, W. O.
Blackburn, Colon Foster, L. P.
Johnson, R. Don Laws, John R.
Jones, J. H. Stamper, H. H. Jen
nings, Don Gray, Richard John
ston, Allie Hayes, J. A. Sebas-
tin, J. W. Robbins, D. C. Castev-
ens, McKinley Blackburn, J. B.
Sheets, J. G. Billings, Kyle
Hayes.
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