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ireebjar^h ilUeideit Siiday ' Are Aeceivmeg Held For Mr*. Wel- born; Identity Hit'And- Ron Driver Unknown ,Tht*e 70nn$ l*die* who were ;avrerel7 Injored Sunday night in the entomobile accident In which K*. l%omas L. Wellborn, of iniera Creeh, was killed on hlghwa7 2S8 near Ronda were r^orted tod*7 as improving. Miss Bett7 Jean Kilb7, sister of Mrs. Wellborn, sustained se- rere head injuries, skull fracture Utd many cuts and bruises. Her I eondltlon was consliftred critical hnt has iniproved. She la a pa- I .ttent at the hospital in Elkin. Mabel Kllb7 Pearson, an other sister of Mrs. Wellborn, received many cuts and bruises * it has improved. She has been oved from the hospital in Elkin I* the Wilkee hospital in North ■ Wllkesboro. Miss Peggy Bumgarner, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lin Bum garner, was also badly hurt, with a broken shonlder, cuts and se vere bruises. Her condition has Improved. She remains a patient K at the hospital in Elkin, r Gene Phillips and Henry Pear son, other occupants of the car, had only minor injuries. No clue has been found which would lead officers in their •earch for driver of a car which Mdeswlped Mrs. Wellborn’s car, which was driven by Gene Phil lips. Officers said they found a trace of grey paint on the left roar fonder of Mrs. Wellborn's oar, where the hit-and-run car was presumed to have struck. Pnneral service for Mrs. Well born was held Wednesday afier- Jhiandsh^ Mskhodiat dbnreh near Millers Creek, and th* body was returned to Reins- Sturdivant Funeral Home here to await word from her husband, who Is in the army in Germany. She is survived by her husband, two children, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Q. O. Kilby, of Millers Creek, four sisters and one broth- Home Coming June 30 at Lewis Church A home coming will be held on the Fifth Sunday In June at Lew is Baptist church. It will be an all-day program with preaching at 11 and picnic dinner at noon. Everybody is urged to attend, and with well filled baskets for the dinner. Every church has a cor dial invitation to send a choir to take part in the singing. 0 . ‘ Acc»3«iit Vlpfo i Mrs. Marie Kilby Wellborn, wife of Tbonuw L. Wellborn, was killed Sunday night when th« car in which she was rid ing was hit by a hit-and-mn driver near Ronda on highway 26S. Mrs. Wellborn on Satnr- day had ordered portraits from the above picture, along with pictures of her two children, which she was going to send to her husband, who is in the army In Germany. Mrs. Well born was,a dan^^tOT of Hr. and Mrs. Quincy O. Kilby, of Millers Creek. Yadkin Valley Flood Control Plan Is Talked ^OHN THOMAS WHITLEY ^HAS RECETTED DISOHARGB John Thomas Whitley, seaman first class, received his discharge May 20 at San Pedro, California. Seaman Whitley, whose home Is on North Wllkesboro route two, enlisted In the navy in October, 1942, and had two years sea duty, during which time he received two battle stars for action In the Philippines campaign. Finals Saturday At MHIors Crook One High School Graduate; Number of Awards Made To Student* Friday At the final assembly program t the Millers Creek high school eld on May 31st, a number of mdenta received awnrds. The >Uowlng students were award- 1 medals by P. W. Greer, prin- [pal of the school; Scholarship, tmmle Canter; Cltlsenshlp, Bob- f Jean Eller; Beet girl athlete, orothy Cooper; Best boy ath- ga. Clyde Watkins. Eight-year nfect attendance medals were naented to Mary Lee Jennings, [flltm Deans Bll«, Jake Jonea, lid Rayborn Nichols. EMen McNeil was the only stn- Ktt to graduate and receive a tgh School diploma this year, oaose of the tact that the pres- eleventh grade will be re- to finish the twelfth grads graduating. Mae Osborne and Blaine Mch received a medal for iding work aocomiMlri»d oommeretal departmont I msdala wars presented to _ hy Mr*. Wlanle M. Chnreh, o taaiTti'^ ooBasrctal sahje^ Washington.—Moving to bring to a head preliminaries leading to consideration of the Yadkin River Valley flood control pro ject by Gengreaa et this veasiBi- fonr members of the State Floed Control Committee, conferred here Tuesday with Rural Elec trification Administration offici als and Senator Clyde R. Hoey and Representative Robert L. Doughton. • The group planned to leave Washlngrton in time for a meet ing this afternoon at Lenoir with Mark W. Bennett, head of West ern North Carolina Electric Mem bership Corporation, and half a dozen other representatives of the area’s electric membership units. The latter group has pro tested immediate approval of army-recommended plans for Yadkin development and request ed hearings before the hoard of army engineers to opiwse devel opment along purely flood con trol lines to the exclusion of elec tric power production. Members of the delegation, headed by J. E. Justice Jr., chair man, of North Wllkesboro, In cluded W. M. Allen and J. W. L. Benson, Elkin, and George F. Wiess, Lenoir. Meantime, Representative John Folger of the ilfth District yes terday added his support to se curing action on the project at this session. Recognizing indi vidual complaints are bound to arise from any large-scale dam building program and expressing interest in possible modifications that might lend themselves to fn- ture power development, he em phasized his Interest lay In re solving the dlfflenltles of inter ested parties and getting action. He pointed out the Yadkin de velopment has been under con sideration several years. In both Its power and flood control as pects, and said he was “very much surprised” any objection had developed. *'I am Interested in getting the project considered this session and decided one way or another without a year’s delay,” he de clared. "I don’t see why there mnst be delay In bringing It to a conclusion.” Representative Folger said al so he intended to check into the Yadkin matter with Lieut. Gen. R. A. Wheeler, chief of army en gineers, and Col. Wayne S. Moore, resident member of the board of engineers for rivers and harbors. DAIRY MONTH PROCLAIMED Designating the Month of Jane, 1946, a* DAIRY MOimi in North WiUtesboro, N. C. WHEREAS, the prosecuting and dist^utton of dairy products is one of Wilkes County’s loading in dustries, and , WHEREAS, North Wilkesborol is fortunate in beW able to obtein its regular supply of pWe, whole- he dairy fanns in the some fresh milk daily from the nearby areas, and , WHEREAS, the quality of mUk and dairy pro ducts constantly is being improved by advances in the technology of its production, proceasmg and dis tribution, and , . , , . WHiaiEAS, the dairy indjistry is labonng mightily to meet demand for its produ^s so that the public will be provided with a pleptiful supply of wholesome, tasty and nutritious dairy foods, and WHEIREAS, Wilkes County has 9200 cows, two years old or over, with an annual milk production Df 86,800,000 pounds, and has an approximate an nual income from milk produced of $1,360,000.00, and, WHEREAS, the d^ industry throughout the nation has set aside the month of June to direct pub lic attention to the value and desirability of dairy foo(&, NOW, THEREFORE, as Mayor of North Wil- kesboro, I designate the month of June 1946, DAmy MONTH in North Wllkesboro, N. C. R. T. McNIEL, Mayor. as *meiTY1ll»|L0BEST0P^0H tHEPDOPO^DUREMSntLE TO NEW 0^ OTHER POOni tismiM NEXD or iwoirr APPARa EltT; AIR tRANSPQRTATlOff CONSIDERED DEFINITE OPPOmmiTY FOR AREA CMI Asroasatics examinscs this vriMk recoiftijimided a vssOy improTSd air trnsportation ser vice for tbs soathesst. Important Meetii^ Legmn Port Friday WQkes post of the American Legion wfil rieci offloers and delegates to the state conven- tioh in n meeting to be held Mdsy nJ^t, June T, ei^t o'* clock, at the Legion and Anx- Ulary riabhonse. Every mem ber of the post is asked to at tend. Of partloslar tatorort here . _ _ OM North mHuriwro be served on a rente from LtmlsviUe, Ky., to New Bern, K. 0. Marriage License During the past week license to wed were issued by Wilkes' Reg ister of Deeds Troy C. Foster to the following: Talmadge Hodg son and JuanlU Weaver, both of West Jefferson; Dewey Warren Mitchell and Josephine Higgins, both of HamptonvUle; Warren Johnson and Pauline Holbrook, both of Hays; Clyde Wood, El kin, and Ola Brown, Jonosvllle; John Nichols, Buck, and Lonlso Chnreh, Wllkeaboro route one; ^ ^ Md Tuna TJfiaJh, Rusk; Robert Parks smd Nancy Martin, both of Ronda; William M. Pru itt. Jr., and Inez Triplett, both of North Wllkesboro; Worth Miller, Millers Creek, and Pansy Byrd, Hays; Earl James Johnson, Statesville, and Helen Shew, WU- keeboro route two. BIRTHS A son was born Tuesday at the Wilkes hospital lo Mr. and Mrs. Paul William Blevins, of Spring- field. Born to Mr. and Mrs. James W. Earp, of Boomer, a son on Monday at the WUkes hospital. A daughter was born Sunday at the Wilkes hospital to Mr. and Mrs. John C. Owens, of Halls Mills. Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Shep herd, of North Wllkesboro route one, are parents of a daughter born June 1 at the Wilkes hos pital. Born to Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Taylor, of Ferguson, a daughter on June 1 at the 'Rilkes hospital. A son was horn May 29 at the Wilkes hospital to Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Tedder, of Pores Knob. Born on May 27 to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey E. Williams, of North Wllkesboro route one, a daughter at the Wilkes hospital. (Born to Mr. and Mrs. Glen Pierce, of this city, a daughter. Calorie Anne, on Monday, June 3, at the Davis hospital in States ville. The mother and daughter are getting along fine. _ Mr. and Mrs. Homer .Carlton, Jr., annonnce the birth of a son, James Robert, on Jnne first at the Blaekwelder Hospital in Le noir. Prfflclpals Of All Wilkes Schools Are Re-Elected Principals of all district schools In Wilkes county have been re elected, C. B. Eller, Connty sup erintendent of schools, said to day. The principals are as foDowa: JTred Qilreg^k. 'irfpliin; 9. .B . Btvsr;* 'tmngsne _ White, Honhti^ 'Vi^vf: T. Leng, Wllkesboro; L. C. Hollar, iFerguson; Grady F. Iflller, Mul berry; P. W. Greer, Millers Creek; O. M. Prof fit. Mount Pleasant. Although all principals have been elected, one or mere have indicated they may resign. How ever, no formal resignations have been received, Snpt. Eller said, o Softball League Is Planned For Boys Cdach Manship To Make Announcement Soon Re lative to Meeting LT. PAUL BULIGWOOD IS HERB OK la&Vl lit and Mrs. Paul Haigwood are visiting Lt Haigwood’s' par ents Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Haig wood. lit Haigwood. who' is sarv- ing in the nmln* wrgt, is itlt» ti^ed at Camp Lajeane. Mrs. Halcwood’s home la at Tadkls- Tllla. Sha gradnatai last weak at W.G.nJT.C.. Graansboro. With The CHURCHES FIRST'BIETHODIBT CHURCH Dr. Gilbert R. Combs, Minister 9:45 a.. m. Church School, W. C. Marlow, Superintendent 11:00 a. m. Morning Worship, theme, "Afraid of Pentecost" 7:00 p. m. Yonth Fellowship Meeting. 8:00 p. m. Evening Service, theme, ’’Road Signs.” WTLKEBBORO BAPTIST OHCBCH Rev. W. N. Brookshire, KOalster. Sunday School 9:46. Morning Worship, 11:00: The Forward Look. Evening Worship, 8:00: God’s Plan Kingdom Progress. Training Unnion, 7:00. Plans are being worked ont for the organization of a softball league for boys under 16 years of ago, Charles N. Manship, North Wllkesboro recreational director, said today. Commenting on the plan. Coach Manship said: The league’s success will depend upon men who are willing to spend time working with a team of boys they wish to enter. Different sections of the city, or certain streets may wish to enter a team. Announce ment will be made later for the first meeting of the boys’ league. Until such announcements are made you boys who are Interest ed should be looking for a man to manage your teams.” -o Leaders Win In Softball Gaines Played Tnesday No changes were made standing of the tlsams In the Churches’ Softball league as the result of Tuesday’s games. Wllkesboro Baptist retained top. place blasting the Pres byterians 18 to 7 in a free hit ting contest. First Baptist nnmber 1 remain ed in second place by defeating Baptist nnmber 2, 7 to 5. In Wllkeaboro the North Wll kesboro Methodists defeated the Wllkesboro Methodists 8 to 8 in a fast gams. The league standing: team I* Wkesboro Baptist _ 7 3 777 First Baptist 1 7 8 709 N. W. Methodist — 5 8 SFS ■First Bapaiat 8 —. 4 6 444 N, W. Presbyterian . 8 1 »76 Wilkasbore M. a _ I 9 l»l Pvt, Warren Eller was in-. dneted into tbe amny Angnat 99, 1949, and after two wedm at Fort Kagg was sent to Keeeler Field, Miasisalppl, for basic training. Aftre a 10-day fnrlongb at home he qient some time at Oleger Field, Washlngtmu From there he went to Utah for ahont two weeks and Hien sailed for over seas April 18 and is now In the Aleutian Islamds. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. B. H. EBer, of Purl ear. His wife and two smaO BOBS, Tommy and Tony, Mafca their home In the Back oommnnlty. Sales Of Vehicle* To VeU Be Made Henry Landon, Legion post commander, announces that there will be a sale of all types of motor vehicles at Fort Bragg on Jnne 19, with inspection allowed dur ing the week previouB to the sale. In Atlanta on June 18 there will be a salQ of 8,742 jeeps. These sales are for veterans only. Those wishing farther Information may contact Legion post headquarters. o Seek Information On 14-Year-Old Cirl Now Missing Relatives and officers are seatog Information ahont a 14- yeai^Id girl here who disappear ed on the nlglifot KtesAI' Noilb Wllkesboro City Coumll Has Smhm Taesday No Action On Request For Snndny Movies; Tut Rate The rsoommendations were made hy Ross I. Newman and Cnrtis G. Henderson, snd are ex pected to be adopted by the Civil Aeronantlca Board. The actloii on the part of the OAB examdaers again hrlngz to the Umeligfat the desperate need of an airpemt for North Wllkesboro, a project which has norived attentton from pnbllc spirited sad .progressive eitiaeiui bers fOr the past sev eral months and wUdi is oon- ■Idered one of the tint objec tive* for the wakes Chamber of Ommeroe. The recommended air route which would inejnde North Wll kesboro would be from Lonls- vllle, Ky., by way of Hazard, Ky., Bristol, Va., North Wllkeaboro, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Dur ham, Raleigh, where Its line would fork in two directions to New Bern by way of Wilson and Greenville, Goldsboro and Kin ston. ' Other recommendations affect ing Piedmont North Carolina were ontllnsd by the examiners Adams Breyiltfi, was last wen on May 87 when she got Into a 1935 Ford near her home here. She is described as haring black hair, brown eyes, weight 130, height five feet, six Inches, and has two crooked npper front teeth. Anyone with any information about her present location is asked to contact Wl A. Adams, 511 J street. North Wllkesboro, or C. G. Poindexter, sheriff of Wilkes county. Service Officer Of Legion Is Coining State service officer of the American Legion will be at the U. S. Employment Service office here on Tuesday, June 11th, to assist veterans in filing any type of claims which they may have In connection with their service record. This service will also be provided dependents of veterans and veterans and their depen dents are' invited to avail them selves of his services while he Is here Tuesday. Superior Court Now In Session June term of Wilkes superior court for trial of clvU cases Is In progress with Judge Allen H. Owyn, of ReldBVille, presiding. Divorces yrere grtmted in thrM cases as follows: Victoria Carter Bailey versus Roby Bailey: E^th- leen Calhonn versus Clyde Cal houn; Bryan Smith versns Mamie Wallace Smith. A nnmber of other cases have been before the court. In which cases were settled by agreement or non-snlt. Many cases have also been continued. Firm Changes Name To Eller Brothers Back Up the Y. Mv C. Otiy! The management and ovnor- shlp of tbe Wilkes Tie and Feed Store annonneea to the pnbllc to day the change of its name to Eller Brothers. The firm deals in wholesale groceries sad feedSk and Is located on Foraslpr At»- nne. Tha VkWe. Is invited to note th* chgiis* Jil'itsme of bnslneas. ' . oqiaa^enr sracoRo A commnn% 'atoftaw, srlU h* held Sonday, Ju»' 9. nnlfl fonrj j, au «t FUMiwirtSI Holl- nsss'Ohnreh oa’Stftti jiMst tn city. QnarMa, sol^t* tad ’other afngsn ar* nrgsi^to tsfe* night, SNuoaeted a nniB>6w of bnsUess Items of pnbllc In terest Air members of the board were present with Mayor R. T. McNlel and Clerk W. P. Kelly. The board members are J. R. Hlx, R. G. Finley, A. F. KUby, Hoyle M. Hntchens and Ralph Duncan. The board deferred action on the tentative tax rate for the coming year and will meet again on Tuesday, June 11, 7:30 p. m., at which time it Is expected that a tentative rate and budget will bo adopted. Pre-payment of 1946 taxes will be accepted later this month, possibly by June 16, Clerk Kelly said. A committee from the Blue Ridge Post of Veterans of For eign Wars, composed of Raymond Barnes, J. D. Moore and H. D. Candlll, appeared before the board asking permission for the Allen theatre to run movlep on Sunday afternoon for the bene fit of the V. F. W., American Le gion or any charitable organiza tion. No action was taken on the request. Crystal Williams, street super intendent, was authorized to buy and Install a gasoline tank to furnish town vehicles with gas oline. Tbe board passed an order that the office of the town clerk be closed on Wednesday afternoons throngh June, July, Angust and Septenvber. The privilege taxes were levied in snbstantlally the same form and rates as last year with the exception that no license to ope rate pool rooms or bowling al leys wUl be Issned for the com ing year. North WHkesfcoro North Wllkesboro softball team took a double header Wed nesday afternoon over Elkin on the iattw’s field, thus extending North Wllkesboro’s lead in the Monntain Bptthan League. Both were dose gapsee. North WUkesboro took the first game 6 to S with Crews pitching and Bill Lee driving in three rnas on two hits. . ' The nightcap, sekfltoited for llva Innliiis,* irint’* ' tenr extra fraaea with, tte score tlad 8-8. Mike Williams wwtt to third In Ih* 9th on an InhsM hit whm tha catcher threw iafld. at first, and aeorad on an onMeld fly. FOrebMid and dews did the jgUhliig for Norih: WUhsriKHKK- ' Sparta will lt*th“Wll- katboro a donUt tsate'lwre on hazt Wedneoday altaraoon- brUP tri^HKSCHtl a period of three years from th* terminal point Winston-Satem via the Intermediate points Greens- boro-HIgh Point sad R'eldsvlUo, N. C., Danville, Martinsville and Roanoke, Va., end beyond Roa noke via Lynchburg, Charlottea- vllle, Richmond, and Petersburg, Va., to Norfolk, and via Coving- ton-Cllfton Forge, Lexington, Staunton, Harrisonburg and Win chester, Va., and Martinsburg, W. Va., to Washington. State Airlines, Incorporated, be authorized to operate for three years from the terminal point Louisville, Ky., via Lexington and Hazard, Ky., and Bristol, Va.- Tenn., and beyond Bristol via (1) Asheville, Hickory, Statesville, Charlotte, Rockingham - Hamlet and Fayetteville, N. C„ to the terminal point Wilmington, N. C., and (2) from North WUkesboro via Winston-Salem, Greensboro- High Point, Burlington and Ra- leigb-Durbam, N. C., and beyond Ralelgh-Durham via (a) Wilson and Greenville, N. C., to the ter minal point New Bern, N. C., and via (b) Goldsboro and Kinston, N. C„ to the terminal point New Bern, N. C., and beyond New Bern, a seasonal operation to Morehead City, N. C.; (c) be tween the terminal points, Ra lelgh-Durham, N. C., and Colnm- bla, S. C., via the Intermediate points Fayetteville and Lumber- ton, N. C., and Florence and Sumter, S. C., and a seasonal operation to inclnde Myrtle Beach, S. C„ as an intermediate point between Lnmberton, N. C., and Florence, S. C., and (d) be tween the terminal points Ra lelgh-Durham, N. C„ and Colum bia, S. C., via the intermediate points Bnrliagton, Grsanaboro- Hlgh Point, Winston-Salem, Sells- bnry and Charlotte, N. C.,' and Rock Hill, Chester and Camden, S. C. That the certificate of Eastern Air lines, ioonrporated, tar route No. 6, be amended to inclnde Rocky Monnt and Goldsboro as intermediate pointo alternate to Raleigh, between Richmond, Va., and Chakleston, 8. O., and to in* cinderFaysttevlUs as «n tetar* mediate jtolnt between Rkleigli and Charieeton,’ 8.‘ C. Other roeommendationa' with raSMOt to Bsstern would gfr* Ompphoro better connections to CNwpiiit *a& Florida points hy Inclndlng Sonth- ern Plnes-Plnehnrst - Aberdeen are* u an Intormedlato otop b«* tw^aa Bidaigh and Golnmhla. ' BteoiriThnnffittnin* tor dHogw cattttoM* on PsnnMJtB* trai dan wwdd ftre OnenifeiiPo sajniMi to Htokocy Daaifa*, Va., with conneetloiit at Asks* vlE* to* ClhAttwoof* u4 ■m
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