IvWUke* Y. M. C. A. 8 rais*
faif a building fund for the
arecti» of a modem Y. M.
C. A. plant. Support it.
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JOURNAL-
THE JOUWIAL-PA'nUOT HAS KJLZW -nil THAIL OF PHOGMK IN THE “STATE OF WILHB” fOK OVBR 40 YEARS
North Wilkeaboro has a
trading radiua of SO milea,
aenring 100,000 people in
Northweatem Carolina.
VOL. 40, NO. 97
Publiahed Mondaya and Thuradaya. NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1946
Make North Wilkeaboro Your Shopping Center
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE READY TO FUNCTION
Democrats Discuss
County Candidates
Caucas Meeting
On Monday Night
ts Well Attended
Candidatea Endoraed B y
Meeting State Intention
To File
Many Democrats, representing
a majority of the precincts In
Wllk^ -county, gathered at the
North Wllkesboro town hall Mon
day night for a planning meeting
to discuss candidates tor county
offices and to lay preliminary
Iplaus for the fall election cam-
^paign.
W. A. McNlel, chairman of the
county Democratic executive
committee, issued the call for the
meeting.
Attorney Eugene Trivette pre
sided over the meeting and At
torney J. H. Whicker, Jr., served
as secretary. A committee which
had been previously appointed
to suggest names of candidates
for county offices made its re
ports through Dr. M. G. Edwards,
Baptist Studies
At Pleasant Home
There will be a study of dis
tinctive Baptist beliefs at the
Pleasant Home Baptist church,
beginning April 14. The group
will meet Sunday, Monday, Wed
nesday, Thursday, and Friday
evenings at 7:30. All persons in
terested in learning more about
the Baptist communion are cor
dially invited to attend the class.
Four Club members are urged
to be present. Miss Madge Lewis,
the missionary for the Brushy
Mountain Baptists, will lead the
discussions.
Wilkes County
Spelling Bee To
Be Held Apr. 13
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WILKESBORO GIRL SCOUTS HOLD OPEN HOUSE UKuAMliA I lUA UC19 EMrCLLM I
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School Winners to Compete
For County Champion
ship and Prizes
The County Spelling Bee will
be held In the Wllkesboro school
auditorium Saturday, April 13,
chairman. Other members of the 1945^ at 10:30 a. m.
committee were J. R. Rousseau,
' Major W. H. McEIwee, E. P. In-
^ score. Irving Key, J. E. Walker
and Grady Miller. The committee
reported that the matter of sug
gesting candidates had been left
up to the meeting.
} Former Sheriff C. T. Dough-
f ton suggested the following can-
j|^ 4^ates: Rufqs B. Church, sher-
Clerk trt court;
' Orady Miller, George Forester
and Paul J. Vestal, commlsslon-
C. C. Faw placed the name of
Attorney Larry Moore before the
meeting as a candidate for the
legislature. S. P. Mitchell was
proposed for county surveyor and
Dr. Seth Beale, of Elkin, was ad
vanced as the candidate for coro
ner.
All school champions will com
pete in the County Spelling Bee
to determine the county cham
pion, who will represent the
county in the state spelling bee
at Winston-Salem on April 27.
Dr. Gilbert R. Combs, Dr.
David E. Browning, Mrs. Robert
Morehouse and Mrs. N. O. Smoak,
will serve as judges of the coun
ty contest
Other candidates were suggest
ed for the nomination for sher
iff, Including Homer \V. Brook
shire, Joel Bentley and J. Mack
Reavis.
The assembly went on record
as favoring the candidates pro
posed by Mr. Doughton. adding
Larry Moore for representative.
S. P. Mitchell for surveyor and
Dr, Beale for coroner.
However, it was pointed out
that the action was merely a
proposal and that any Democrat
may file for nomination tor any
county office prior to Saturday
evening, six o’clock, and that the
suggestions of the meeting were
In no way barring or discourag
ing anyone who wished to be
come a candidate for any of the
county offices to be filled in the
fall election.
At the close of the meeting W
Business firms in North Wil-
kesboro have been very gener
ous in donating prizes for the
county contest. The following do
nations have been made for priz
es: Prevette’s Stores, $10.00
merchandise: Bank of North
Wilkesboro, $10.00 cash; North
western Bank, $10.00 cash:
Spalnhour’s, $10.00 merchandise;
Belk’s, $8.00 cash or merchan
dise: Jenkins Hardware Co.,
$0.00 merchandise; Payne Cloth
ing Co., $5.00 cash or merchan
dise; Deans Jewelry, $5.00 foun
tain pen; Brame Drug Co.. $4.00
merchandise.
Anderson Child
Drowns Sunday
In Water Cistern
Last week the Girl Scouts of Wilkeaboro troop number 6 were hoateasea to 68
guests on the re-opening of the Girl Scout house, and the above picture shows part
of the crowd on that occasion. The “Little House” has been redecor^ed and is
very useful and beautiful for the Wilkesboro Girl Scout meetings,
afternoon delicious refreshments were served to the guests v^ich mcluded Moth
ers of the Scouts, Committee Members, and members of the Girl Scout Council.
SUPPORT FROM BUSINESS FIRMS
AND INDIVIDUALS OVER COUNTY
Veterans Foreign
Wars In a Meeting
The regular bi-monthly meet
ing of the Blue Ridge Mountain
Post No. 1142 of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars was held Tuesday
evening, April 9th, at 7:30 at the
North Wllkesboro City Hall with
Dr. J. H. McNeill, commander,
presiding.
Several matters of interest
were taken up In the busnless ses
sion and plans were made for In
creased membership of the post.
All overseas veterans, of Wilkes
county are urged to contact the
post for membership. The next
regular meeting will be Tuesday
night, April 23rd, at the Town
Hall In North’ Wilkesboro.
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Board of Directors Meets
Tonight to Consider Em
ployment of Secretary
Band Concert To
Be Tuesday Night
The North Wilkesboro High
School Band will give a concert
in the school auditorium at 8 p.
m. next Tuesday night. The pub
lic Is Invited to attend the con
cert. There will be no admission
charge.
The band, which is directed by
Miss Eva Bingham, will present
a varied program of solos, group
numbers, as well as numerous
selections by the full band.
Muy Histminsntg have b^n
~ taaed to'tfo'm’d'tids >saf:*i
Funeral service was held Mon
day at Edgewood Baptist church
tor Robert Warner .Anderson, 18-
months-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Reid Warner Anderson.
The child drowned Sunday aft
ernoon in a water reservoir atj
a tenant home on the farm of J
larger selection of musical num
bers will be heard than at any
previous concert. Members of the
band who ■will appear in the
concert are: Lewis Nelson, Jane
Cragan, Bill Bason, Frances Har
ris, Carolyn Deans, Doris Wiles,
Tommy Turner, Jane Carter,
John Gibbs, Clate Duncan, Betty
Jean Wells, Patsy Hawkins, Suz
anne Johnson, Carl Swofford,
Paul McGinnis, Peggy Harris,
Betty Whicker. Jimmie Carter,
Jim Moore, David Browning,
Bobby Eller, Gordon Finley,
Tony Marlow, Gordon Forester,
G. L. Adams, Tommy Johnson,
Doris Godby, Billie Moore, Doro
thy Winters, Charles Tevepaugh,
Tyre Sidden.
Beginning band members who
will aid in making arrangements
are; Betty J. ReavIs, Norma Ga
briel, Kent Sturdivant, Hubert
Emerson, Smith Hudson, Ann
Lott, Robert Wells, and Alvin
Rhodes.
V.
Many From Wilkes
At Republican Meet
Harold Stassen
Speaker; DeLapp
Three From Wilkes Serve
On Important Commit
tees at Ctmvention
Bingo Party to Be
Given April 16th
In Moose Hall
E. Horner, of Sanford, a candi- B, Greer near Moravian Falls.
date for the Democratic nomi
nation for congress in the eighth
district, delivered a brief address.
Legion Sponsor
Grand Ole Opry
Show April 26
I Wilkes post of the American
Legion will sponsor a Grand Ole
Opry show from WSM, Nashville,
Tenn., on Friday night, April 26,
at the county courthouse in Wil
kesboro. There will be two shows,
at 7:30 and 9:00 p. m.
I Charles and Danny Bailey and
L the Happy Valley Boys will ap
pear In the show, which will be
t replete with music and fun for
|i all. A part of the proceeds from
f the admission charges will go
r' Into the Legion post fund to help
carry out some of the many
i worthy avtlvltles of the post.
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! Mrs. Fred Hethcock’s
piFather Dies April 6th
* Mr and Mi^. Pred B. Heth-
cock'and family have returned
from Richmond, Virginia, where
thev were called upon the death
of Mrs. Hethcock’s father, Mr.
George Richard Rice, who died
et his home Saturday, April 6th.
Funeral services were held Mon-
Jay at the Dan River Baptist
church at Ruffin, N. C.
The child was playing with
other children when he sudden
ly disappeared and a search of
the neighborhood failed to locate
him.* Later another child found
his lifeless body in five feet of
water in the reservoir.
Surviving are the father and
mother and one brother, Billy
Ray.
Rev. J. P. Robinson conducted
the funeral service.
Hearing Waved
In Claude Absher
Case; Now In Jail
Mathis Child Is
Victim Accident
Carl Phillip Mathis, six-year-
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Mathis, of the Clingman com
munity, died Monday night at
the hospital In Elkin as the re
sult of Injuries received Sunday
afternoon when he was struck
by an automobile while crossing
the highway near his home.
The car reportedly was operat
ed hv Floyd Wilson R'andleman,
of Hamptonvllle. No charges
have been preferred, according
to Information available here.
Surviving the child are his
father and mother, Caril and Ag
nes B. Greene Mathis, one sister
and one brother, Doris and Rex
Mathis.
Funeral was held Wednesday,
2:30 p. m., at Pleasant Grove
Local Man Charged With
First Degree Murder For
Death of Clyde Watts
Claude Absher, through his
counsel, Eugene Trivette, on
Wednesday waived preliminary
hearing before Mayor R. T. Mc-
Niel here and was remanded to
jail in Wilkesboro on the charge
of first degree murder for the
death of Clyde Watts, 23, here
Saturday night.
Absher is charged with shoot
ing Watts with a shotgun about
nine o’clock Saturday night as
Watts was walking on the side
walk on Ninth street near the
corner of Main and Ninth. Watts
died 30 minutes later at the
Wilkes hospital.
Police quoted witnesses as say
ing that Absher engaged a taxi
and went to his home, where he
got his shotgun and returned
downtown. As he alighted from
the taxi Watts walked along the
sidewalk and he shot him in the
abdomen.
SGT ARTHUR LOWE
HAS RETURNED HOME
First Sergeant Arthur Lowe,
son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Lowe
and husband of the former Miss
Elizabeth Neal, has received bis
discharge from the army and he
returned home Thursday. Sgt.
Lowe was In the army for more
Baptist church with Rev. R. R.' than two years, serving In the
Crater and Rev. J. L. A. Bnm- j Pacific theatre. He was last sta-
garner conducting the Berries. tloned In Korea.
Republican party In Wilkes
was represented by a large dele
gation at the state Republican
convention held Wednesday aft
ernoon in Winston-Salem and to
hear Harold Stassen, former gov
ernor of Minnesota and recogniz
ed candidate tor president, speak
Wednesday night.
Republicans from Wilkes were
prominent In the convention. At
torney T. E. Story was chairman
of the Resolutions committee and
a member of the Platform com
mittee. Attorney T. R. Bryan
served on the Credentials com
mittee and H. P. Eller was a
member of the Arrangements
committee.
Sim A. DeLapp, of Lexington,
was re-elected state chairman
and he appointed J. M. Baley and
A. L. Butler as assistants. Mrs.
Walter Zachary, of Yadkinville,
was elected vice chairman.
Among those from Wilkes at
tending the convention and hear
ing the address of Stassen were;
N. b' Smithey, T. E. Story. P. E.
Brown, W. B. Somers, Jim Som
ers. Paul Osborne, Tom Story,
Jr., Troy Foster, T. R. Bryan,
H. P. Eller, S. M. Shumate, L. B.
Dula, J. H. Whicker, Sr., C. G.
Polnde>xter, I— W. Greene, C. C.
Hayes, W. S. Fletcher, Will
Fletcher, Kyle Hayes, R. Staley,
Hayden Hayes, Allie Hayes,
Granville Billings, Billie Hayes,
and Presley Myers.
The Cricket Home Demonstra
tion club win sponsor a bingo
psrty^ Tuesday, eiyealng. H.
beginMng at 7:30 o’cloctln the
former Moose Hall on C Street
i opposite the Postoffice. The pub
lic Is cordially Invited.
A main feature of the evening
is to be the giving away of a
hand made quilt to the person
holding the lucky number, the
quilt Is now on display in the
show window at Jenkins Furni
ture Company.
Prizes to be awarded In bingo
will be articles made by the club
women, and donations by the
business firms of North Wilkes
boro including nylon hose, rinso.
lard and butter.
Cake walks will be enjoyed,
and candy, drinks, and popcorn
will be on sale.
Barber Shops Will
Close On Saturday
Night Eight o’Clock
K. of P. Planning
Public Speaking
Conteat In Schools
“Five Milestones In The
Progress of My Country”
Topic For Contest
Six local barber shops an
nounced this week that they will
close on Saturday nights at eight
o’clock and that they will close
each Wednesday at 12 o’clock
noon.
Barber shops making the an
nouncement were Wilkes Barber
The North Wllkesboro Lodge
Knights of Pythias is sponsoring
a public speaking contest among
the high schools of Wilkes Coun
ty. This contest will take place
in the Lodge Hall at 7:30 p. m.
next Monday night, April 15.
Schools already entered in the
contest include Mountain View,
Roaring River, Wllkesboro, and
North Wllkesboro. Other entries
are wpeeted before Monday.
This' pJfMtc speaWBg ■ "Suiiteit
which Is being sponsored by the
North Wllkesboro Pytblans for
the first time. Is part of a nation
wide contest sponsored by the
Supreme Lodge. The finals will
be held at the Supreme Lodge
Convention next summer In Tul
sa, Oklahoma at which time the
top four winners will receive
college scholarships.
Prizes for the Wilkes County
contest have been donated by
the North Wllkesboro Lodge and
the Dokie Club. First, second,
and third place winners will re
ceive prizes of $25, $15, and
$10. The winner of the contest
Monday night will represent this
district in the State contest which
will be held before April 30.
A large attendance of the
members of the Tx)dge is expect
ed and visitors to the Lodge will
be welcomed.
The topic chosen for the
speeches is "Five Milestones In
the Progress of My Country.”
Each speaker Is allowed ten min
utes for the presentation of his
speech.
Barber shop. Commercial Barber
shop; Dixie Barber shop, and
shop. Key City Barber shop. City'Tenth Street Barber shop.
PRE-EASTER SERVICES ARRANGED
FOR CHURCHES OF WILKESBOROS
Wilkes Chamber of Commerce,
recently organized here with
election of officers and a board
of 27 directors, is making ready
to function in promoting progress
and welfare of the Wilkesboros
and all Wilkes county.
J. B. Williams, president of
the Wilkes Chamber of Com
merce and who led the movement
for Its organization, said today
that the board of directors will
meet tonight for the purpose of
considering the employment of
a full time secretary.
A number of applications have
been received, but the board has
been giving the matter serious at
tention in order to employ the
best possible man for the posi
tion.
Office for the Chamber of Com
merce has been secured. The
quarters formerly used as the
lobby of Call Hotel fronting on
Ninth street hkve been leased
and will be adequately furnish
ed.
The movement to organize the
Wilkes Chamber of Commerce
received enHiuslastic support in
the membership campaign and
it has already been assured that
the revenue from memberships
will be adequate to finance a
highly active organization.
Mr. Williams, with other mem
bers of the Chamber of Com
merce, has already been very ac
tive In Chamber of Commerce ac
tivities. One project in which the
organisation has assisted was
the promotion of the need of a
•Ranl^« pcoceasing plant.to be
located here and which will be
undertaken by seven local hatch
eries and feed stores and one In
Statesville. Numerous inquiries
relative to the many opportuni
ties here for industry and busi
ness have been answered and
there have been a number of In
terviews.
With continued cooperation
and wholehearted support, it is
evident that the Chamber of
Commerce is destined to have a
major part In furthering indus
trial, agricultural, and commer
cial progress In this section of
the state.
Easter Seals On
Sale For Benefit
Yonng Crippled
Liberal Response from Pub
lic Urged to Support Hu
manitarian EEffort
Pledging ‘‘a rebirth of Ameri
can liberty, initiative and enter
prise,” and prophesying a nation
al Republican sweep at the polls,
delegates to the State Republican
convention concluded their one-
day session, marked chiefly by a
short—but heated—^floor fight
on a platform plank opposing
universal peacetime military con
scription.
Overwhelmingly, the conven
tion met with applause a plank
favoring submission of an amend
ment to the Federal Constitution
lim'itlng presidential tenure to
one term of six years, and deny
ing the right ot succession.
upon whom 1948 G. O. P. hopes
may rest blamed Democratic Ad
ministration bungling since V-J
Day for a five-blllion-dollar drop
in the American standard of liv
ing for 1946.
The crippling strikes In steel
and other fundamental Industries
would never have happened it
there had been an early facing
of basic economic problems, he
declared.
Introduced by Greer
The former governor of Minne
sota and navy commander was
introduced aS a "fearless patriot”
by I. G. Greer of ThomasvUle,
and proceeded to expound a pol
icy of full production and «
pandlng markets for postwar
America.
0
Harold E. Stassen told a cheer
ing audlenc© that the United
States must adopt a new labor
policy based, not upon socializa
tion of Industry, but upon safe
guarding the rights of the Indi
vidual worker and enthusiastic
support of the American system
of enterprise.
Speaking to an estimated 6,000
people assembled In Liberty
Warehouse for the climatic ses
sion of the convention, the man
Girl Scouts Meets
For Monday Night
Training course for Girl Scout
leaders will be held Monday,
7:30 p. m.. In the religious edu
cation building of the First Pres
byterian church. Following the
course, a meeting ot the Girl
Scout Council will be held at
eight o’clock.
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SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A.
Series of Services Planned
For Sunday, April 14,
Through April 18
Once again the Ministerial Al
liance invites the people of the
Wilkesboros to worship together
in a series of Lenten services.
The people are asked to come
together during these days of
public worship to seek strength
for the soul and to discover fresh
revelations for the meaning and
purpose of life.
The services will begin each
night at 7:45 o’clock. There will
be special music arranged for
the worship hours. The offerings
will go to World Relief.
In Wllkesboro
Sunday, April 14, at First
Methodist, Rev. Watt Cooper,
preacher.
Monday, April 16, at First
Baptist, (Preacher to be suppli
ed).
In North Wllkesboro
Tuesday, April 16, at First
Presbyterian, Rev. H. M. Well
man, preacher.
Wednesday, April 17, at First
Methodist, Dr. David E. Brown
ing, preacher.
Thursday, April 18, at First
Baptist, Dr. Gilbert R. Combs,
preacher.
The Easter Seals which have
been mailed to citizens of Wilkes
In an appeal for funds to aid
crippled children are ot special
Interest because ot the twenty-
fifth annivessary ot the National
Society for crippled Children and
Adults with which the local or
ganization Is affiliated through
the State Society.
The 1946 issue ot the Easter
Seal symbolizes the silver anni
versary in work for crippled chil
dren by a border of silver sur
rounding a design in blue and
magenta which shows a crippled
child gazing at a blue bird. At
the top of the design are the
words "crippled children” letter
ed in blue. The seals come one
hundred to a sheet.
This year’s winning design,
based on national competition
open' to high school boys and
girls, is the work of Mary Snyder,
a student at Tech High School,
Memphis, Tennessee. She receiv
ed the Michael J. Itowllng Me
morial Award presented annual
ly by the National Society for the
best Easter Seal design.
From twenty-two million In
the first Easter Seal sale, 1934,
the annual national distribution
has risen to well over one billion
seals. In the same period the
the number of hospital beds a-
vailable for crippled children,
the number of hospital admis
sions, orthopedic surgeons, physi
cal and occupational therapists,
and other professional and lay
persons in the work for crippled
children throughout the country
has nearly doubled.
SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A.