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Piibiklied MoMkyi and Thmodayi NORTH WlLKESBCMtO, N. C, MONDAY, JULY >8,4046
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McKinley Church, 25, World War II hero, and Isaac Eller, 22, another army
veteran of the Wilbar community, were killed Thursday aftemoOT when Church s,
car, shown above, crashed off highway 16 after hitting bus. ThousMds ot peo
ple have viewed the wreck since it was h auled into this city and placed on the cor
ner at Motor Service Sales company. (Photo by Harvel).
2 Veterans Killed In Accident
Wilkes County’s
Most Decorated
Soldier Is Victim
McKinley Church and Isaac
Eller, of Wilbar, Dead;
Two Others Hurt
Music Club May
Be Organized; To
Meet On Thursday
McKinley Church, 25, World
War II hero, and Isaac £Uer, 22,
-liospltal Thursday night of Injur
ies received In an automobile ac
cident which occured late Thurs
day afternoon on highway 16 at
Wilbar.
Roy McGuire sustained serious
Injuries and Jay Dancy, fourth
occupant of the car driven by
Church, received minor Injuries
Highway Patrol Sergeaift A
H. Clark, who Investigated the
accident, said that the car be
longed to Church, who was driv
ing, and that it was traveling to
ward North Wilkesboro and was
passing other cars on the high
way on the last grade and curve
coming off the Mountain. While
passing others cars, the car driv
en by Church met a Carolina and
Tennessee Coach company bus
operated by Alonzo Groves, of
North Wilkesboro. Apparently
not able to get back to his right
aide of the road, Church swerv
ed to the outside of the bus on
rliia left, struck the front and
*aide of thg bus and overturned
a number of times off the high
way Into a stream. The car, a
1937 model Bulck, was totally
demolished. The bus was not
badly damaged and none on the
bus were hurt.
Church died at ten p. m.
Thursday and Eller died at one
o’clock Friday morning. Both
were badly crushed.
Church was a son of Mrs.
Tealer Wyatt Church, of Wilbar.
and the late Bud Church. He is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Faye
Church, and several brothers and
slaters. Funeral service was held
Sunday at Reddles River church,
three p. m.
Isaac Eller was a son of Mrs.
Annie Staley Eller and thg late
Phillip Eller, of Wilbar. The on
ly surviving member of his Im
mediate family Is his mother.
Funeral service was held Satur
day, three p. m., at Union church.
Church received his discharge
from the army one year ago as
a technical sergeant after five
years service. His feats In the
army had won for him the dis
tinction of being the most deco
rated soldier from WJlkes county
In the army. He received the sil
ver star, the bronze star and was
wounded twice, receiving the pur
ple heart with oak leaf cluster.
The silver star was awarded for
gallantry and courageous action
when he and his platoon were
cut off behind enemy lines. The
bronze star was for slnglehand-
charglng and capturing a
ck ho^e containing 27 nazls
marched out when he at
tacked with hand grenades.
“'Wle
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Mrs. Betty Bd)e Peareon,
wen kBOwn resident of Mota-
jiggx FUIa, died this afternooft
•I tar tatae. Taaees
ne tacoa^^ste.
There will be a meeting on
Thursday evening at 8:30 o’clock
at the home of J. Jay Anderson.
301 C Street, of all teen-age boys’
and girls who are Interested in
the formation of a young peoples’
music club In North Wilkesboro.
It is stressed that a knowledge
ofjw form, }{ mj^pJe ^ndt ketifii;. ^^itjr^
liary'for membership In this or-'*-—
Wilkes Farmers To
V 01 e In Tobacco
In Holdup Of poker Game
Biggest Robbery
In Local History
Early Saturday
Two With Tommy Gun amd
Au^matic Stick Up
Group Near Here
Referendum 12th
The County AAA Committee
composed of H. C. Roberts, W.
M. Absher, Charlie Miles, and
Lawrence Miller, Secretary, met
In a joint session with the Gom-
. tdwltt^lips that .
ganizatlon which will have as Its cured tobacco and selected the
purpose the learning of more a- referendum committee and poll
bout all forms of music—from ing places for the tobacco refer
symphony to swing, and from gndum which will be held on Frl
boogie-woogie to opera. All teen- day, July 12
agers are cordially invited to be
present.
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Wilkes F.C,X, To
Meet Wednesday
At Boomer School
The annual meeting for the
stockholders and patrons of the
Wilkes FCX Service, North WU-
kesboro, will be held Wednesday,
July 17, at 11:00 A. M. at the
Boomer School House. T. J. Mc
Neil, chairman of the Wilkes
FCX Advisory Board, announced
he»e today. #
In announcing the meeting, it
was pointed out by the local
chariman that the annual coun
ty meetings bad not been held
during the war and that the Ad
visory Board members urged all
stockholders and patrons of the
local FCX Service to attend their
first post-war meeting.
M. G. Mann, general manager
of the Farmers Cooperative Ex
change, also urged the stock
holders and patrons to attend the
meeting, saying: "There has nev
er been a time in history that
the farmers need to cooperate
as they do today. With labor and
Industry already organized, farm
ers must "work together as never
before if they hope to retain the
gains they have made In recent
years."
Arrangements for the meeting
are being handled by P. W. Ab
sher local warehouse manager,
and Robert A. Ponton, Director
of FOX Membership Relations
from the Raleigh office.
Preceding the usual business
meeting which will feature a
talk and report of operations for
the year by Mann, there will be
an hour of entertainment, con
tests, and games with handsome
prizes for;the participants.
The Wllkee Advisory Board
Members are: T. J. McNeil, J, M.
German, W. M. Absher, T. W.
Ferguson, J. W. Nichols, J. W.
Hurt, and W. H. H. Waugh.
The polls will open at 7 a. m.
and close at 9 p. m. The voting
hours were sot by the State AAA
Committee In order to give all
the farmers an opportunity to
take part. Listed below are the
referendum committee, or poll
holders, and the polling places
for the various townships:
Edwards AAA District No. 1:
Will Receive Bids
For School Wood
Wilkes board of education will
receive bids on furnishing wood
for schools end the bids will be
received until 12 o’clock noon
Monday, Jnly 15. Blanks for fil
ing bids are available at the
board ot education office In the
oonrthotuM.
Voting place. Will Porter’s Store:
John Q. Burcham, chairman, H.
W. McCann, Will DImmette, Clif
ton Prevette, alternate.
Edwards AAA District No. 2:
Voting place, John Tharpe’s
store: J. A. Poplin, chairman.
Bland Martin, Irvin Key, J. K.
Tharpe, alternate.
Edwards AAA District No. 3:
Voting place, Benham school; J.
C. Newman, chairman, T. D.
Barker, Lester Cockerham, R.
L. Spencer, Alternate.
Edwards AAA District No. 4
Voting place. Pleasant Ridge
school: F. W. Norman, chairman,
W. W. Luffman, J. C. Luffman,
C. C. Norman, alternate.
New Castle AAA District No.
1: Voting place, Harry Green’s
store; G. C. Green, chairman, J.
W. Caudle, H. A. Ireland, T. T.
Gray, alternate.
New Castle AAA District No.
2: Voting place, John Welbom’s
store; C. M. Welborn, chairman,
L. D. Wel'bom, J. C. Younger,
Wade Walker, alternate.
Somers AAA District No. 1:
Voting place, Gus Myers’ store;
A. T. Myers, chairman, Otto Som
ers, H. C. Somers, Kermlt Par-
due, alternate.
Somers AAA District No. 2:
Voting place, Lovelace school; K.
W. Souther, chairman, B. P. Rob
erts, Grady Souther, S. G. May
berry, alternate.
Traphlll AAA District No. 1:
Voting place, J. Z. Adams' store:
J. Z. Adams, chairman, B. C.
Speaks, Watson Durham, C. S.
Lyon, alternate.
Traphlll AAA District No. 2,
Walnut Grove, and Rock Creek:
Voting place, W. W. Gamblll’s
Bt^re; W. W. Gamblll, chairman,
J. O. Billings, C. A. Absher, Er
nest Wiles, alternate.
All other tobacco growers in
county will vote at the (bounty
AAA Office. D. W. Marlow, chair
man. George Brown, John Brown,
Ralph Wright, alternate.
The County Committee urges
all prodneers of tobacco in the
year 1946 to visit their polling
place and east a ballot in order
that a fair representation ot tbe
senfiment of tobaoeo gnpwin
Two masked men armed with
a tommy gun and a .45 anto-
matlc entered the home of Jim
Foster on highway 115 four
miles from North Wilkesboro at
one a. m. Saturday and made
away with approximately $23.-
000 in cash.
According to Information giv
en Wilkes Sheriff G. G. Poindex
ter, a greater i>art of the amount
lost belonged to Foster, who was
forced to open his safe and hand
over $17,000 In currency from
the safe.
Foster, with Charlie Combs,
Doub Powell and Joe Holland,
were In the kltchln of the Foster
home, which Is on the back side
of the house' from the highway,
and a poker game among the
group was under way around the
kltchln table when two men
jumped on the porch shortly aft
er one a. m.
The robbers wore handker
chiefs over the lower parts of
their faces and had on dark
glasses. They were described as
being of medium build.
Without taking time to open
the screen door, the bandit with
the tommy gun rammed the bar
rel through the screen and or
dered everybody in the room to
reach. iqi^-Ata^-roof. ‘‘This U
Jplmt mM that nSiSi'
a false moyo'or tal)^ to do what
we say Is a dead duck.”
The other bandit with the 4
automatic entered through the
door and the group of men in the
room were ordered from, the ta
ble and, with hands' reachlnf
skyward, were lined np against
the wall after abont |3,900 was
taken from the table. While one
bandit covered the men with the
tommy gun,, the other wtt'n the
automatic frisked each man, tak*'
Ing their cash and three watches.
Search of the men yielded sub
stantially large sums from Fos
ter, Combs and Dowell, with a
smaller amount off Holland.
One of the robbers then march
ed Foster through another room
and Into a bedroom, where s
small steel safe was located in
the comer near the bed. Poster
at the point of a gun was order
ed to opeb the safe and the ban
dit took from it about $17,000
In currency, but overlooked a
meagre $500 In currency and
$200 in sliver In the safe.
With the money pocketed and
scooped Into sacks which they
had brought with them, the ban
dits backed toward the door. As
one of them closed It,'he said,
"Anybody that tries to follow us
is going to hear from Betsy.” He
patted the submachine gun. They
cut the telephone wire leading
into the home.
Sheriff Poindexter pur togeth
er partial descriptions of the
bandits, who were said to be
white. One weighed approxi
mately 190 pounds and was five
feet eight inches tall; the other
weighed 170 pounds and was
five feet seven Inches tall. One
wore what appeared to be an
army fatigue suit, it was said.
The other wore khaki shirt and
trousers.
Foster's wife .w§a not at ho^,
To Speak Here
Represent&ti'^ Expected to
Pflot Meftsare Throoflii
House Thie'Sessioir
returned home Sat-
here. She
urday.
Officers Investigating the case
Jnlian H. Scarboron^ Pree*
Ident of The Federal Land
Bank of Columbia since 1984
and Chairman of the Board
Committee of the 12 Federal
Banks in the United
States, wUl be the principal
speaker at the annual meeting
of the North Wilkesboro Na
tional Farm Loan Association
meeting to be held In the Town
Hall, North Wilkesboro on
Wednesday, July 10th, 10:80
a. m.
included Sheriff Poindexter, J.
W. Jessup, agent of the State
Bureau of Investigation: Sgt. A.
H. Clark, ot the state highway
patrid: snd J. B. Walker, North
BlWrV I-mat. fwgw'oi f th»v
^ - - - ■ 'tioned relative to progress lar thh
investigation and possible clues,
they were uon-committal.
' Washington. — Climaxing a
race against time, the Senate Fri
day voted to authorize Fed
eral oonstructlon of four dams
and reservoirs on the Yadkin and
Reddies rivers as a beginning on
the Yadkin River Valley flood
control project.
Estimated first cost .of con-
itmetkm, as provided In the
flood control bill and figured by
the army hoard of engnloers for
rivers and harbors is $7,194,000
with annual operating and main
tenance running to $25,000.
Set For Oonferenoe Room
The Yadkin propoMl next will
be considered in the Senate-
House conference on flood con
trol legislation, and Its fate will
be decided there. Since the pro
ject did not materialize in time
for direct consideration as part
of the House version of flood
control legislation, the House will
have to approve or disapprove
the proposal on the basis of con
ference action.
As the Upper House complet
ed action on the bill yesterday.
Senator Clyde R. Hoey cnivmend-
ed the Senate Commerce Com
mittee for expeditiously handling
the Yadkln-Pee Dee project. The
only hope for securing Congres
sional action this year lay in
completing necessary preliminar
ies In time for Senate considera
tion and although there was lit
tle time to spare, both tlie army
board of engineers and Senate
Commerce Committee adapted
their schedules to handle the
North Carolina proposal.
Folgtsr Is Plensel
Horse Show Is Highly Praised
can be had.
Second annual holiday horse
show staged by the Nt cth Wllkes-
boro Lions Club closed Thursday
night with awarding of cham
pionship stake prizes.
Destiny, a beautifully colored
mare shown by Steve Hill, of
Beechgrove, Tenn., won the walk
ing championship, and Hazel Lee
Peavine, shown by E. G. Gilmore,
won the five-gaited champion
ship. The jumper stake was tak
en by Gold Starr, ridden by June
Fisher, Jr., age 8.
Alrose Denmark, with Tommy
Fanjoy up, took the three-galted
championship stake, and Jeep,
shown and ridden by Montana
Drum was tbe championship
pony. Gleam Gold, shown by
David Nell, was the fine harness
class winner.
The two-day bhow, with shows
afternoons and nights, exceed all
expectations in number and qual
ity of entries, there being about
100 horses and ponies In the
show.
Following Is the list of win
ners for the Thursday shows:
Thursday Afternoon
Children’s lead in Horseman
ship: (riders) Kitty Cranor, Ma
rie McBee, Maty Jo Sturdivant,'
Johnnie Lucas.
Open three-galted: You’re a
Sweetheart, Jimmie Thompson.
Pony race: Spot, Tommy Long;
Pete, Jeep Cranor: Silver, Char
lie Knewberg.
Junior three-galted: Doctor’s
Folly, Daniel Neal.
Hunters Hack: Gray Miss, Ed
Hege; Gold Starr, June Fisher,
Jr.; Mint Chap, Lawrence Hanes.
Ladies three-galted: So Lovely,
Dorothy Carborough; Junior
Miss, Geneva Hanes; Striking
Cplor, Carolyn Horton.
Junior Walking Horses; Des
tiny, Sieve Hill; Pa’s Darling, D.
L. Hines; Dixie Roan, Virgil M.
Oox, Jr.
Combination three-galted: Bl-
rose Denmark, Tommy Fanjoy;
Peavine Royal, Phln Horton, Jr.
Open Pleasure Horses: Ruth
K., Anne Lowe; Major Allen. J.
B. Carter; Pat, Unk Spalnhonr;
Sparkling Janette, George Scott;
Pearl, Walter Newton.
Open Walking Horses:' Wilson
Merry Boy, Dr. M. S. Martin;
Black Night. B. Jhhnson; Pa’s
Darling, D. “U mass.
Lsdlss Opch. jumpers: Mint
Chftp. Ifttasncs Hgiies; Stead*
fast, Jo4^ BaiTold; Gold Starr.
Opai^f^ftOtltad
KU-
arama Bandit, Billy Johnson;
Ruth K, Anne Lowe.
Thursday Night
Children's Horsemanship; Vir
ginia Shuford, June Fisher, Jr.,
Montana Drum, Carolyn McBee,
George Scott, Charles Knewberg,
Tommy Long, Roy Tulburt.
Model Flve-Galted: Rex Mc-
Lane, Phln Horton, Jr.
Ladles FTve-Gaited: Dancing
Wave, Carolyn Horton; Dee Do
Dare, Dorothy Carlo we; Lady
Elolse, Dorothy Hyme; Ruth K,
Anne Lowe; Beautiful Lady, Vir
ginia McBee.
Open three-year old Walking
Horses: Lucky Mary Gray Allen,
Steve Hill; Pa’s Darling, D. L.
Hines; Red Man, D. L. Hines, Jr.
Fine Harness Championship
Stake: Gleam Gold, David Nell;
Rex McLove, Phln Horton.
Three-Galted Poney Champion
ship: Jeep, Montana Drum; Chill-
beans, Virginia Shuford; Spot,
Tommy Xong; Patsy, Jerry Day|
Silver, Charlie Knewberg: Ted,
Bobby Blankenship.
Open Hunters: Gold Starr,
June Fisher, Jr.; Mint Chap, June
Fisher; Gray Miss, Ed Hege;
True Heart, Bill Murdock.
Three - Galted Championship
Stake: Alrose Denmark, Tommy
Fanjoy; So Lovely, Dorothy Car-
lowe; Liberty’s Delight, Gordon
ScotL
Walking Horse Championship
Stake: Destiny, Steve Hill; Lucky
Mary Gray Allen, B. E. Johnson:
Wilson Merry Boy, Dr. M. S.
Martin; Pa’s Darling, D. L.
Hines; Strawberry Blond, D. C.
CandiU.
Jumper Stake: Gold Starr,
June Fisher, Jr.; Mint Chap, June
Fisher; True Heart, Bill Mur
dock; Gray Miss, Bd Hege; Stead
fast, Jodie Harrow.
Five - Galted Championship
Stake: Hazel Lee Peavine, B. O.
Gilmore; Gractous .Genius, Jim
my Thompson; Red Bird Starr,
Oeorge^ Kapp; Dee Do Dare, Deck
Simmons. v
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Religious Census
To Be Conducted
Thursday, Friday
First Baptist. First Methodist
and First Presbyterian churches
of this city will conduct a re
ligious census of North Wilkes
boro this week.
For this work, which Is ex
pected to be comprehensive and
city-wide, the churches will use
college students home on vaca
tion and high school students.
The canvassers will begin call
ing at the homes Thursday morn
ing this week and will complete
the task on Friday.
The public is especially asked
to cooperate with the canvassers
to answer the door promptly and
give the information requested
which Is expected to be of much
value to the churches in the com
munity as a basis for religious
endeavor.
o
Valuable Lands At
Auction July 10th
nttk Distftet .iaid be was Ulsns*
ed to know the Yadkin project
has been approved by the Senate.
‘T want to try to sep It through
the House,” he added, "and I
hope will have no trouble secur
ing House approval.”
Meantime, Yadkin Valley area
residents have sent several tele
grams to the office ot Rep. Jane
Pratt of the Eighth District, re
questing support for the project
when it reaches the House.
According to recommendations
of army engineers, four flood
control dams would be construct
ed in the Yadkin Valley one-sixth
miles above North Wilkesboro
and a second nine miles father
up stream on the Yadkin, with
two on the Reddies 1.6 and 12.8
miles above the mouth of the
Freezer Locker
Stockholders To
Meet Wednesday
First Annual Meeting To Be
Held at County Court
house In Wilkesboro
V. F. W. MMEfTnrO
Regular meeting V. F. W. at
the City Hall in North wp«s-
boro Tuesday night, inly 9th, at
8:00 o’clock. All members are
asked to be in attendance aa
there la Impertant hoilaeas to
be attended to,'^ 'reiacdlBg the
leaaihg a meefing haU.. '..
Tbe spacious triangle between
the highways In the northern part
of thft city, widely recognized as
highly' desirable and valuable
bnalneaa property, will be sold
at auction Wednesday, Jnly 10,
•1:30 p. m., by Penney Brothers,
auctioneers.
The property, owned by T. J.
Frazier and son, has been bcan-
tlfnlly graded and" Improved dur
ing the past several months. Ap
propriate snb-dlvlslons neve been
made and the property is well
laid out for bnslneas develop
ment.
The triangle property Is boun
ded by highways 18 and 288 and
lies In the heart of the growing
sector of business and Indnatiial
development for North Vfllkes-
boro.* Prepiu’atlon of the property
for sale has attmeted much in-
tereat amov local people and
has eficited'many inqniriee from
distant points.
Savings bond and cash pif$es
wm be gtreo ftwif^ at the aale
and'ft bandv^iS
talnment. Sraryttbdi’ is' Invite^v
THR Y. AL C.
rJlf ■
First annual stockholders
meeting of the Carolina Refrige
ration Cooperative Association,
Inc., which Is building a freezer
locker plant near this city, will
be held Wednesday evening, Jnly
10, eight p. m.. In the county
courthouse In Wilkesboro.
Included on the program will
be election of five regular
directors and talks by sever
al excellent speakers. There will
also be a discussion of the com
plete services rendered by a cold
storage and freezer locker plant.
( Much progress Is being made
•n constrnctlon of tbe freezer
locker plant, which is being erect
ed on the Oakwoods highway a
short distance from Wilkesboro.
A full report of the construction
of the building will be given at
the stockholders meeting.
Friit Browers To
Meet On Tuesday
A meeting of the Brushy
aCbnntaln FMt Orowers Asto-
eifttlOB will be held Tuesday
nic^,^8:00'p. m., Jnly 9, at the
Apple Reeear^ Station, KUhy*e
Gap, on.highway 16.
.Hediodip of 'maitatinf this
year’s heavy ot applea wfll
be disotaaed by Don Mathewm,
iftiViBe, BilelKhl' B.
U •Maftebam, azteoi^ Ititrket-
izif SpeolaUst, «>d H. NU-
woager, Bxteaakm HbrttaiKwrlst