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HMSE SHOW GOMMinEE HEMS mm ARRMHiEMEIITS WOMt WAYF0RU0R$SH0W0RJILT|4 All faidieajtioas Pcmt to Ont- ■t>irfing ETent, TWo . Pay and Two Niglite 1 Aaso«1 horM sltov to b« tUg- •d bg the North Wllkwhoro Li ras Cl«b July 8 end 4 on the ’WHkeeboro eehool ethletlc field ahonld he the ontstendlng enm- ner sport* erent of Northwestern North CsroUns, sceordlng to re ports of horse show committee ohslrmen gtren *t the Lions dob meettag Friday enrenlng. Committee chairmen making their reports Inclnded: Dr. J. W. WllUs, stsbles and gronnds; Wm. T. Long, entries; Dwight Nich ols, publicity; W. D. Jester, sea- soir ttokets and other arrange- snents; Clyde Pearson, refresh ments; Bill Marlow, adrertlslng \ tor program. ■?: Sntries recelred to date In- alado some of the finest horses In''North Carolina, with sereral from other states. There are 45 In the show, which will held at two and eight p. m. on ly S and 4. Other business before the Li ons club inclnded the installation of the following officers for the coming year; W. O. Absher, pres ident; Bill Marlow, J. H. Whick er, Jr., and W. D. Jester, first, second and third rice presidents; Dick Gwyn, lion tamer; J. D. Moore, tall twister; Wm. A. I Hardlster, Local Peoptle Have Ringtid^ at Fi(^ Mr. and Mrs. W. B. tOB and Mr. and Mrs.,' 'llsrMll Wiles hare returned from Nsw York City, where they woro rtag- sid* spectators at the Lewis-Conn ehamptonshlp fight Wednesday night. On Tnesday before the fight, which Lewis won by knockout In the eighth, the local people rlslt- ed Conn’s training camp In New Jersey and watched th« challeng er work out for four rounds. —— o Roy Foster Speaks To Kiwanis CInb MeetiasOo Friday Former Wilkes Citizen Now Mayor of Wadsley, Ga.; Talk Enjoyed Featnred by an address by a former Wllkee citizen, the North Wllkesboro Klwanla club on PW- day noon held an enjoyable meet ing at Hotel Wllkee. Preceding the program Paul Osborne made a fine report on the International Convention re cently held at Atlantic City sum- secretary - treasurer; ] marlzlng the events of the four Vetersuis of Foreign Wan Amdliary WIU SeU Pop- pies On Streets Here • Veterans of Forslgn Wars will sell memorial popples hers on Saturday, June St. The sale srlll be conducted on the streets by members of the F. W. auxiliary. Asking the public to cooperate in this effort, the V. F. W. lists the following causes tor which the proceeds of the poppy sale will be used: For the aid, relief and com fort of needy veter^ and of men serving with the armed forc es, their dependents, widows or orphans; WHcfisSoMItrls HoaoredatRriis GMMtil lospHai LargMt Carrien Safl at Eighth Fleet Maoeinwrt Holder of Broese St«r And Purple Heart, Pfc. Dnla Is Highly Pknised Pfc. Conrad F. Dnla, formerly of Hendrix, N. C., was recently featured aa patient Of the week In The Mountain Beho, weekly publication of Bmns general hos- M 1 i Santa Fsi N. Mexico. Maintenance and expansion of | h> .n the V.F.W. National Home tor G. T. Bare, G. R. Andrews, Paul Cashion and Edward 8. Finley, directors. The officers were Installed day convention. He called es pecial attention to the fine enter tainment furnished by the con vention and a number of the with appropriate ceremony led' strong addresses given by men by Dr. J. S. Deans, retiring pres-1 of outstanding ability, ident, who thanked the club for j Program Chairman J. B. Wll- cooperatlon during the year. Hams introduced and presented which has been a most successful as his speaker Roy Foster, Mayor year for the club. (of the City of Wadsley, Ga., and Forrest E. Jones, who recent- ^ former citizen of WUkes conn- ly begun his duties as executive ty aecretary of the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce, was a guest of pres- Jdmt Deans Friday. Jack Ander- toe guest of his father, Aadsnon. Mr. Foster made a very inter esting remeniscing talk, particul arly giving attention to the pro gress mada by WUke* oonnty and fremrwnkeahoro iu"ww’tmrty years. He recalled the Camp-Lot days of North Wllkesboro and the times when two horse wagons Millers Buy Interest . ¥vr*ll C** umes wa«9u lwo uuibo wasuus In WllKCSDOrO r irm ; were stalled In ti% mud in front . 1, J of the North Wllkesboro Bank. w W. filer has since then much and far reach- the interest of D. R^ Parker In progress has been made. He Parker-MIller Grocery In, ... . the Wllkesboro, and will have as- stated that this community Is now known far and wide for Its aoclatf with good works. Mr. Foster also paid — Jr. and Frederick C > ^ VJ'tribute to his own town, of which Miller. The name of the firm Is, „ x. : now W. W. Miller & Sons. The grocery firm carries a very complete line of groceries, fruits, vegetables and package meats. For the present, Frederick C. Miller will not be associated with the grocery store. He now holds a positon at the Southern railway depot. o High Wilkesboro ^ Plans Vocational r/ Agricnlture Soon C. B. Jarvis has been employed to teach Vocational Agriculture in the Wilkesboro high school and will begin his work July 1. Mr. Jarvis Is a*natlve of Mars Hill, and a graduate of Berea College in the school of Agricul ture. For the past five years he has taught Agriculture in the Stony Point high school In Alsas- ander county. Mr. Jarvis la married and has one child. They will move here when a house or apartment can be secured. Any one knowing of a vacant house or apartment is asked to please notify Mr. Jar vis or C. B. Eller. The Agriculture Department la being made available by an ap propriation from County funds to match State and Federal funds for Vocational Work. By secur ing the Vocational Department the county will 'be able to coope- nt* with the Veterans Admin istration in offering farm train ing for the World War Veterans. The Veterans Farm Program la anperrlsed by the Vocational Agriculture Department, there fore, the program haa not been availahle for veterans In this county. The program will he or- aa early as possible after July If and. all veterans Interest- e4/ should make application M) Veterans Administration for e program and then contact Mr. __ or Supt. C. B. Bller. Ad- ^nal teachera or workers will ' he mnployod to work directly with the veterans under the sup- ervtaton of Mr. Jarvis. These worlton wffl he paid by the Vrtr - erana Administration and will work tnll time with the veterans. ■ {, he Is the Mayor. It was a good talk and the fellows enjoyed having Roy back home again for a day. Guests Friday were as follows: Rev. W. N. Brookshire and Rev. C. W. Bullard with Dr. G. T. Mitchell: G. C. Smith, of Lenoir, with E. P. Gardner; L. L. Mor gan, Mrs. G. B. Motley, Mrs. C. K. Hinton and Mrs. TlUle Q. Mayberry with D. E. Elledgc; Major B. Harris with W. F. Gad dy; James M. Anderson with W. J. Caroon; H. L. Mechem with R. D. Smith; 'P. E. Brown with S. V, Tomlinson; J. G. Hackett and Roy Poster with J. B. Wil liams. V Carolina Linen Loses Twin Bill To Local Team North Wilkesboro softball team won a double header here Sun day over Carolina Linen, of the Winston-Salem Softball League. Behind the effective pitching of Bill Crews, the North Wll kesboro team took the first game 6 to 1. The game was tied at 1-1 in the second inning and remanied all tied up until the North Wllkesboro team opened up with a barrage In the sixth. The second game was a mn- away for the North Wilkesboro team, ending In a IS to 3 score. On a combination of two hits and four errors, the visitors scored three runs in the first frame of the second game but there the defense tightened rad scoring ceased. Forehand hurled the sec ond game for North Wllkesboro. The North Wllkesboro team, which Is leading the Mountain Softball League by a big margin, will play Wllkesboro at Smoot Park Wednesday afternoon. The WUkeeboro team has taken the place of Plney Creek, of Alle ghany county, in the league, and It la expected that a large crowd will be on band to see the game here Wedneeday. V. F. W. Will Meet There will be a regular meet ing of Blue Ridge Monntaia Poet No. 1142, V. F. W„ at the City Hall In North WOkesIwro, Tnea- day nlgl|t, June 2Sth, 1946, at 7:80 0‘doek. orphans of veterana: Hospital or Individual assist ance and entertainment for needy veteran and servlc* patients and or their dependents; Rehabilitation, welfare and ser vice work, including Veterans Ad ministration liaison service; Necessary expenses for mili tary funerals for deceased ex- service men; Acquisition, improvement and maInte.Xrace of bnrlal plots, and decoration of graves of veterans and service men. President Harry S. Truman wrote the following message to the V. F. W. commander In chief: “The Increasing Importance of veterans affairs particularly com mends the VFW sale of Buddy Popples this year. ' "In supporting the V.F.W. National Home at Eaton Rapids, Michigan, this poppy sale gives the orphaned children of veter- Interviewed by an Beho reports er In his ward D-7 Dnla told of his lengthy expeiianee with the V. S. army, begtonlng on Jan- nary 2, 1989 when he was only 16 years of According to tha Intarvlaw which appeared with his picture on the front page of the hospital newspaper, Dnla has seen action In the Pacific and In the BTO.'^ His first enlistment was at Fort Jackson, S. C„ and from there he wept to Fort Lewis, Wash., where he Joined an en gineer battalion and worked for eight months on the construction of the Alcan highway. In late September 1939, bis engineering a^slgnmmit took him to Schofield. Barracks, Hawaii, where more than two years later he experienced the arrival of Ibe Japanese ibomblng mission. With a loss at the hands of the Nippons of 88 men from the battalion, the engineers departed a week later for Attii, In the antf an opportunity life ^ual to that enJoy«i by the average engineers American child. "These are both splendid pur poses which recommend to all the wearing of a Baddy Poppy this year." Johi HI. Dila Is Taken By Death Funeral Service For Widely Known Wilkesboro Citi zen Held Today found their work accented by hand to hand fighting. the Japanese. Three after their lamUng the ^shipped Bpatbpr*^ tough eagteeerlng under fire clt maxed the exxilrsUon of Dula’s enlistment. t Upon his arrival in the United States Hay 20, 1942, the tough ened soldier of the early days of Funeral service for John W. Dula, prominent Wllkesboro citi zen who died Sunday, 1:17 a. m., at the Wilkes hospital, was held this afternoon at the Wllkesboro Presbyterian church. Mr. Dula was stricken with a heart, attack on June 9. Appar ently, he had Improved until he suffered a second attack a short time before his death. John Witherspoon Dula was born in Wllkesboro on April 20, 1877, a son of the late Col. Thomas J. Dula and Mrs. Mary B. Howell Dnla. In early life he attended Wilkesboro Academy and Oak Ridge Institute. With the exception of three years in a government position In Washington, D. C., Mr. Dula spent his entire life In Wilkee- boro, becoming one of the town’s best known and most highly re spected citizens. For more than 40 years Mr. Dula served with efficiency as United States Commissioner In Wllkesboro, which position he held at the time of his death. Many years ago he was In the produce business and later es tablished a grocery business In Wllkesboro, which he operated for more than a quarter of a century. When the Selective Swvlce system was set np in 1940 Mr. Dnla was appointed as a member of Wilkes Selective Service poard number 1, on which be served falthfnlly and efficiently until his death. . Mr. Dula many years ago Joiu- e d Wllkesboro Presbyterian, church. He was also a member of Liberty lodge number 45, A. F. and A. M., and the Royal Arch Masons. Mr. Dnla was married to Miss Nettie Lowe Smoak, of Wllkes boro, who dled_many years ago. Surviving are one daughter, Mias Mary Dnla, of Wllkesboro, and three brothers, L. B. Dnla, of Wllkesboro, T. E. Dula, of Calll- ente, Nevada, and W. H. Dnla, of Charlotte. Dr. Joe H. Carter, of Newton, a former pastor, and Rev. Watt M. Cooper, pastor .of the First Presbyterian ehorch of North Wllkesboro, condscted the funer al service for Mr. Dnla this aft ernoon. Bnrlal was in Itonntaln Park cemetery, where members of the ICasonle lodgg held bn- PUWiys gs«4» litas. Httqt lMMlf Woild War II, was discharged at Fort Lewis, Wash. There follow ed a brief civilian period at hla home In Hendrix before the draft put him back In service In No vember 1942, at Fort Jackson. S. C. Following a year of . Infantry training and maneuvers In Ari zona and at Camp Barkeley, Tex., Dula embarked from Camp Kil mer, N. J. for D Day prepara tions In England. As an Infantry messenger with a rifle company, Dula’s assignment through Nor mandie, St. Lo, Brest and the Moselle river region was really "rough going.” Wounds received In the Battle of the Bulge, In February 1946, eulmlnated In hospitalization In Paris. Snbsednently, two months of medical technician training In Paris led to assignment with the 366th station hospital from Au gust 15, 1946 until January 23, 1946. As a patient again, Dula re turned to the United States by air, via Mitchell field, N. Y., and arrived at Bruns February 23, 1946. Private Dula wears the Bronze star medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Purple heart award ed by Col. Charles L. Gandy, MC, commanding, the Good Conduct medal, Distinguished unit badge, the American defense service medal, and the Buropean-Africanc Middle Eastern campaign medu rad the Victory medaL Dnla plans to retnm soon to his home to do clerical work with the Bell telephone company. o Associatioial B. T. U. Meet Will Be Held Tuesday Eve ning, 7:30, at Moravian F^ls Church Baptist Tralring UWon of the Brushy Mountain Baptist associ ation will hold a mass meeting at Moravian Falls Baptist church Tnesday evening, 7:80 o’clock. A p.-ogram of special Interest haa been planned for th® ntaet- Ing and members from all chwcb- 08 In the association are urged to attend. . * tltnl flowers were fltttng tokens of the sstasm hi$d for Mr. Oola by maxiy CrlenUg heii* sad ftoBi tK* Ihe^SS Franklin D. Booserdt (ftatgnnmd) and theaUBS lOdvay! (astern) take part In maneuvers of the U. S. Eighth Fleet, which Is imder the oommand of Admiral Margnd. Mltseher, USN. Both 45,000-tonners they are two of the three largeet ofiekn In the world, tho other one belog IM STORE READY; OPENIIIG THDRSDAY Manager B. B. Gibbs, manager of the J. 0. Penney company strKO In North WUkeeboro, which will celebrate opening in the new ly remodeled and enlarged store nrarsday. New Canning Sugar Stamp On July 1st Raleigh.—^Honsewtrea .will get more canning tngar July 1 when spare stamp 10 become* valid for five poniida, Theodore S. John son, Btata OPA Director, said today. Johnson eixplained that this is tha final stamp of the year for ramiing sugar, as no easing of the sugar situation Is expected before, 1947. Althoogh it Is expected that 750,000 tons of sugar will be avaUidde this ysar for home can ning mgar. compared with 600,- 000 tons during 1946, Johnson urged honeewtre# not to use spare’stamp 10 nnless the sugar is actually nseded for home can ning. A rserat report was etrcnlated that ooffee stamp 49 had become valid for Mgar pnrehasas, bat this -. Is eojnPl«l«lF erroneons, Johnson tald. Spare stamp 49 1w- came good on May 1, and the next recnUr gtatap, foiT^bls angar will iSt® “4w5\nnta toptomber 1, hsMld,^^: Formal opening of the J. C. Penney Company store Thursday will disclose extensive remodeling and Improvements—^including an entire new second floor, base ment and balcony store—for the benefit of the shopping public, Richard E. Gibbs, manager an nounced today. "The new second floor, base ment and balcony area, doubling our former selling space, have been modernized to give Penney customers the advantages of the latest display techniques,” Mr. Gibbs said. "These together with new equipment will itermlt the fullest possible display of merch andise for examination and com parison.” . New-type headers—large wood en cut-outs against a lighted background—will make It easy for Penney shoppers to find the departments they want without loss of time searching for them. "Customers of our new second floor departments and the bal cony store will find complete lines of ready-to-wear merchan- disa for women and children In new open-type fixtures designed to save time and speed service, as well as improving appearanc es,’’ Mr. Gibbs revealed. In addition, be said, a base ment store has been opened for toys and home waree. First floor departments In clude: men’s hats, clothing, fur nishings, work clothes, curtains and draperies, oil cloth, paftema, notions, domestics, piece goods, hosiery, slips, lingerie. Jewelry and aceeesories rad shoes. *1710 balcony store Inclndes: a Jim Pen&ey boys’ shop and de partments for Infants' wear and furniture. Second floor departments in clude: millinery, sportswear, fonndatlons, girls’ wear, cotton shop, dresses, ooats and snita and layaways. Basement: with new fixtures included: houseware and year- round toy department. The Penney manager said the declaioa to expand gsd modemlM the store wa* in aoobrdanoe with the Company’s postwiu’ aims*In thia ar^ adding, "Penneyls now will be even bettak ah4 than be- fore to serve the pee«le ot North Wllkesboro and snyronhdlsg LomI People To t lFt«onlle 9ii ijm Aefioi Vallejr People Preponder- authr In Favor of Flood Control Dams Now Interested citlsens from vari- ena forto «i tho Tadkta YoHip are In Washington this week to appear In hearings on tbs flood oontnol proposal for the Tadkia river valley., John B. Jnstlce, Jr., chairman of; the .Yadkin valley flood oon- M eomalttae, J. B. WlUtams, prealdeat of the WUkes Chamber of Commerce, and B. F. Owd- ner, local' mannfacturer, aU ot tUs elty, irin present North WU- kesboro’s urgent request for im mediate favorable action by the Senate Committee on Commerce for approval of tltO army engi neers’ flood control proposal. The project now before the senate committee and which was submitted by the War Depart ment engineers calls for two dams on the Yadkin above Wll kesboro and two dams on the Reddles River, which enters the Yadkin between the Wllkesboros. The dams would be dry dams pu^ly for flood control and would be of sufficient size to im pound up to six inches of flood rnn-off. Citizens of the Yadkin valley In this vicinity and for many miles downstream, including the town of Elkin, are preponderant ly in favor of the project and realize that flood control Is es sential for protection of the val ley, Industrially and agricultural ly. Some opposition haa develop- upper* 1 In Wilkes and Caldwell conntlea. The opposition will be represent ed by Attorney W. H. Strickland, of Lenoir. Local civic organizations have unanimously urged that the sen ate Committee on Commerce giv» prompt approval of the flood control plan and have It included In the flood control bill now be fore congress and which has al ready passed the house. If the Yadkin valley project Is added to the bUl appropriation will be made for the project. First cost of the four dams to protect the Yadkin valley Is esti mated at slightly over seven mil lion dollars with $25,000 annu ally for upkeep and maintenance. Proponents ot flood control are expected to point out to the committee that the dams, which would be dry dams and would require a minimum loss of lands to production, would protect a great distance of the valley be low from repetition of the disas trous floods of 1916 and 1940 proportions and would also pro tect crops In the valley from the smaller floods which do much damage almoet every year. o League Standing Is Unchanged Dy Thursday Games . nr' The store le one of tl In thg Penney ehOa In thin Btata. lA’.. Otbhe^. Joined the dompeny In 1994 ns .« Wllkesboro Baptists added to their string of victories Thurs day afternoon by a forfeit over the Preabyterians, who did not have a sufficient number of play- ers on hand for the game. First Baptist 1 defeated First Baptist 2 in an overtime game 10 to 9. The Wllkesboro Methodists got on the winning side for the first time In weeks by defeating North WOkasboro Methodists 4 to 1. The leagne standing: TEAM W. L. Pet. Wllkesboro Baptist ..12 2 867 First Baptist . - —.10 N. W. Methodist 7 First Baptist 2 6 N. W. Presbyterian .. 4 WUketboro M. B. ■ ' . -II . o - 8 12 647 638 4S9. 8SS SIO LAET OF nVB TROnSriB IMBGHAIHaiD Beaman Robert Triplett, who ted teen Ja emrlee la the PaMfle, received hie dtMharge laat week wad hee retained home, Robert VM tte ted of fire tone of Mr. •ad Mte, qiateee |b m- eette koBoriitte diedtarcse from wmr •ad'naty. SM - ppnoBTBir Ftee JldlSUPrORT THE Y.H. C A.