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1946
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iof TIm JoDiiaMd^afaria^
b eoabiiMd
OlMTMliBt PoiiciMi of/ Cni*
ten To Be Set O9 |n
Meeting to Be Held
The Blue Kldge Mountain Poet
Wo. 11» of the VetewuMt «»* P**"
, el«n Were, Tneedey night yote«
to Jotn erlth the other etrle end
frateriMil orgeniaetloD» of 'the
WUkeritoroe in promotlag »
WUhee Couaty Teen-Age centw.
The Vrw had annonnced eome-
ttme ago that they were deco
rating their meeting hall In order
to eatabU^h a Veterans sponsor
ed Teen-Age center. At their
meeting Tneeday they offered the
nae of their hall as one of the
meettng places to be used by the
ocmnty wide teen-age orgtinlza-
tion.
The Board of Directors of the
Teen-Age Center, meeting at the
Wilkes Chamber of Commerce
office on Tuesday night, appoint
ed an executive committee to
take the active management of
the Centers. Memlbers appointed
to the Executive Committee are
Gordon BHnley, Paul Osborne,
Ivey Moore, Mrs. R. 6. Gibbs,
and repreeeotatir© from the Wll-
kesboro Woman’s Clusb, who as
yet is unnamed. This committee
will meet with a group of five
young people on next Tuesday
night to establiah the operating
policies of the Centers. The
yoong people’s represenvadves
will be chosen from a group of
leaders of school organizations
and others at a meeting sche
duled for tonight. The young
peoples meeting has been called
by the Teen-Age Center Director,
Zeb Dickson, and will be held at
the Chamfber of Commerce office.
The following organizations
have already pledged to under
write the Teen-Age Centers In
the amounts listed: Kiwanis Club,
Jasdor Order.
liftrtb wnkesboro Masonic Lodge
ilOO.OO, American Legion flOO,
Knights of Pythias $100.00, Girl
Scouts $50.00 (donations from
Girl Soout Leaders and members)
and the Wllkeebopo Woman’s
Club $30.00, Dokles Club $100.
Members of the Board of Di
rectors In attendance at the
board meeting Included: J. B.
Carter of the YMCA Board of Di
rectors, Louis Nelson of the Ki
wanis Club, Cecil Adamson of the
wnkesboro Chamber of Com
merce, Mrs. R. S. Gibbs of the
Girl Scouts, Claude Canter of
the Junior Order, D. E. Elledge
of the North Wllkesboro Masonic
Lodge, Mrs. G. T. Mitchell of the
Wllkesboro Woman’s Club, Dr.
J. H. McNeill of the VFW, Max
Poster of the Knights of Pythias,
Boyd Stout of the Lions Club,
Paul Cragan of the North Wil-
kesboro .^hools, Rebecca Mose
ley of the Red Cross, W. H. Mc-
E^wee representing the Wilkes
Bar Association and the Amerl-
I ean Legion, Charles C. McNeill,
Wilkes Welfare Board and Zeb
mckson, Teen-Age Director.
Further details of the actual
organization of the Teen-Age
Centers will be announced in the
next issue of The Journal-Patriot
by Director Zeb Dickson. Indi
vidual contributions of both cash
and playing equipment will be
accepted by the Board of Direc
tors. Any contributions should be
left at the Chamiber of Commerce
Office in the Call Hotel building.
The names of all contributors
-will be announced in, the news
paper by the Teen-Age Board.
Liberty Theatre
Has Bigt^jpg
Tche Liberty ’Theatre, new, mo
dem and enlarged, opened Mon
day night with more than 1,000
^ittrons who were enthusiastic in
their compliments on the new
theatre.
Interior of the enlarged the
atre bas been oooixpleted and Is
modem In every respect. Mean
while, work is being eontlnued
on the theatre plant.
Forty fe^ wore added to the
length of the building, which
was destroyed by Are on March
6. The larger building Is of con-
esnte and steel construction
Abithln the old side and front
^sjls.
Seating capacity of the main
r floor and two balconies Is aj»-
pioxlmalely 1,000 and modern
hOdUorm seete have been install-
•4, Tift*-* tn projection maehlnes
' Voice of The Theatre soand
top twHty^ mottra plo-
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iagfle oI this as iwpiptr. iv ^ ,
Cflwtsiaint ^ rotofrfc^ ae^ h ^
of tk« loii^~ow(gr IiiiisJ ontiMo of A* Uoi«r eiOea
of the •oulh, anil U c|ofiiiB*ly of lha fniMt fbM
of cHy aod eoo^ pAtidUr «*«r compiled for * apeael
N. Crawford R«n^ of Blarthii^ ^
lifotfano azponaiM^' fat that tyfie pf.
of the conapflinv .cf jdip roio«rav»ro
Ho and the puhM&oi^ planneil * 14-PW
the odHian ia dooWe Ihci'imtiHpalod Am » mdiaap^ liaiakiM . ai
of the onthnaiasw cooperatfaia rjjcoi^ frmu
firms and indmdvais in tho WflkeAorM JUmT ofber flt»
pstfts of Wilkes countjf.
The rotogravure edHkm contains hundreds of spl^
' did pictures, which wore made by PanI W. Harrel, dr.,
proprietor of Harvel’s stndio in this ^ty. ^ ^ ^
The beautiful pictorial eiHlioii,-which was prhllfa
by Ruralist Press at Atlanta, Ga.^ is sdtebed,for pm-,
mantmcy. It goes to aU of the 4,000 rabseriben « TW
Joumal-Patriot as of tiiis date and 'thouM^ « ad
ditional copies will be distributed. The WiBtea Chm-
bev of Commerce purdiased 5,000 copies to^ *»••« ••
comprehensive publicity material for flie Vfilkesboroa
and Wilkes county.
Those desiring additional copies of the rotop»vurt
edition are requested to place tbenr orders now at The
Joumal-Patriot office.
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Field Artillery
Upit Natiopal
Guard A^gied
Company Here Would Be
In 112th Field Artillery
BatalHon
Raleigh, Oct. 16.—Tentative
allocation of 101 National Guard
units Included In North Caro
lina’s quota of 13,000 men was
announced today by Adjt. Gen.
J. Van B. MetU, who emphasiz
ed that the allocations are de
pendent upon acceptance fcy. the
clUes and towns to which-they
were asslgBiHl... ^
General Metts said tbe asalgn-
ments were based on the popula
tion of the community and Its
albllity to supply sufficient per
sonnel to keep the units at re
quired strength. Units of the
same regiments and battajllons
Wire assigned bo adjacent areas
in order to enable commanding
officers to “exercise greater sup
ervision of the training and
maintenance of the units of their
command.”
Seventy-three towns and cities
received allotments, with some
of the larger cities getting sev
eral units.
The allocations will not be
come permanent until they have
been accepted by the mayors of
each town receiving a unit.
Raligh, as the home of Maj.
Gen. John R. Manning, who will
command the 30th Division, was
assigned the portion of division
headquarters belonging to North
Carolina. Tennessee has the oth
er part. Raleigh also received the
30th Division headquarters com
pany, 30th Division headquarters
special troops, state headquarters
and headquarters detachment for
the entire guard and the 94th
AGP band. In addition, It was
given the 3624th ordnance main
tenance company, antlalroraft.
’The 112th field artillery bat
talion (105-mm howitzer*)—
headquarters battery, L«»oir;
medical detachment, Lemrfr;
Battery A, Spindale; Battery B,
North Wilkesboro: Battery C,
Valdes©: and service battery, Jef
ferson.
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100 Studenb To
State Fair Friduy
Wilkesboro Group WBl
Take Ip Fair h Raleigh
wnkesboro high school wItt at
tend the North Carolina state
fair in Raleigh Friday.
Included In the group will be
the agricultural department aad
home economics students wd
members of the football team.
Faculty members to accom
pany the students will be Prin
cipal Wm. T. Long, Miss Ghita
Tuttle, Zeb V. K. Dickson and
Charlie Jarvis.
The students will travel In
three Carolina Coaoh company
buses.' leaving Wilke^ro early
Friday morning.
Chalnni^i
coun%-«|L th*.
being
avallablA-llin
Hi .UiojMko
'MTBi'Tm
Nursing
Home NuMNy
sttfted iia*
oan£l ;bo .
Carl VaXl^a
enroUnupl^t
carried on In
nal, NovTffiber-^
Deman com
and acko^
wlendl^.wi*
carrying «rh
cross mofld:
ed that hePMeft^
day, Octpbw 1$
saob Bdhoqd tn
and City'syste
the opport»Blty
Christmas gift
children, this pf
very urgent ns.
health and *dv^
for children bl-
areas. In lilWr „
Chairman viate^l
pint Mhool-
and etty'Mho
oobmd,
SBid
CaunpnigB** 'Ihrogrea* Wfll
fndkalive of the progir«MS being made m Boy Scoot
ing hi rmml comnuinitie* of Wilkes were the honors
won hy two petrs^ 'of the MJHlers Creek troop at the
.lecant Hickory couacfl eamporee at Hanging Rock
park. These pictur^ made by the troop's Scootmaater,
T. C. I^der, show the Eagle patroh which won bine
peptMmf, hi the top scene. Left to right are Raymond
pl^. Rug Lovette, Beeehel £bider and Vance Kilby.
U the lion patrol, red pennant winner. Left to
are Rani Wsdibom, Claude Bumgarner, Jakie
iones and Ned Bamgaraer.
Pine Fork Revival
To Begin Sundoy
A revival meeting will begin
Sunday night at Pine Fork Bap
tist church. TJio services -will be
gin each night at 7 p. m. and will
he conducted by Rev. Fred Blev
ins, of Oakwoods, and Rev. Hil
lary Blevins of Hays. ’The pub
lic Is cordially invited to attend.
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North Carolina ranks thirty-
eighth in the nation in Infant
mortality rate.
ROTOGRAVURE PROMOTER HAS
HIGH PRAISE FOR THIS COUHTY
By N. CRAWFORD BEMSEN
A popular, Influential news
paper, and a great county of pro
gressive, forward looking citizens
are the ingredletnts that make
for a successful pictorial roto
gravure edition. The promoter,
the editor, and even the litho
graphers who produce the finish
ed work, are only Incidental.
So, I was not surprised when
the rotogravnre printer*, who
produce practically all work of
this class In. the middle and
southeastern ' states, advised me
that the loumal-Patrlot’s special
number on Wilkes County waa
the very he*t ever tnrned out by
their immense plant.
Now, for a personal word.
My work as community publi
cist has carried me Into all tho
best counties east, of the Miaais-
slppl river during t^e last quart
er century.
Today, If 1 were asked which
of all the counties 1 have visited
had the best promise and basic
essentials for denrslopment, I
would unhesitsnt^ sagr Wilkes.
Alrssdy first Di yo^try, ap
ples and lumber, andi- AbiinV AIL
in the robust, enterprlidog/e&ar-
aeter of her pwotple, WilLea has
tain forests, but the rich valleys
of tho Tadkln and tributaries are
so fruitful as to give it a high
ranking among the agricultural
counties pf the state. .Mvestock
raising, dairying, and a stable,
prosperous and diverse Indtisiry
give its eoonemy a sound basis.
An all year Ideal climate, the
frost proof thermal belt, give It
a further distinction that makes
it unique among the favored
commuinltlee of America.
But, Wilkes’ most valuable as
set, surest promise of a great fu
ture, Is In tho character of her
people. Of the purest Anglo-Sax
on strain on the continent, like
able, nnaffect^, ■with a unalter
able determination to squarely
meet and overcome all complex
problems la a simple, straight
forward sensible manner, strong
ly reoniniscmit of their ancestors
at King’s Mbnntaln and Is push
ing forward the western* fron
tiers of the young nation. And,
•nch an oatlook upon life as they
possess has never mvdnced
“stuffed' shirt’’ within' her bor^
dors during the long years since
the tint settled on the
south bank of the Tadkln
My oohgratnlatloBs to Wlikea
County and to The Joninal-Fae
all the elements for oomnonity Mot on the prodaetk>D,.of th*
greatness. Three-fq|irtha of hast pIsan oC, conntrrwide pub^
lands are- attil connd hr moni* llpuy issued in rsoant ysan.
“bh!,l l^^njS^Vlth tl
things I Fhbed
tor them‘W lA/aA bow
sw^t smellsMIbi^iHp.^ wash nqr-
seB with it'>wf;onv6unday. I
wiis so Impl^^Aroh tke thread,
for we do.aot*naJfe It was
all stolen by' die 'enemy. Thous
ands of tlMm who llke'^us ate
flower bulbs and beets died,
’rtiere was nothing Jetft and every
thing was so-sad, but now we can
be happy agatn."
In closing, the meeting, A. P.
KUby, Chapter ^airman, urged
that riemb^ Imprees on the
oommunity the; Tact that peace
time has not brought an end to
Red Cross a^Mtles. On the con
trary, he stated, many of these
activities have been geared to
meet special'Peacetime needs
V
Ookwoodf School
Box Supper Oct. 19
The Oakwoods school will
sponsor a box eupper to be h^d
Saturday night, October 19, sev
en p. m., at the Oakwoods School
house.
There will l>e string music,
games, fun for young and old.
All women are asked U> have
boxes at the supper. “Come out,
bring yow BOlghbors and let’s
have a good time together. The
proceeds will be used to repair
the claaa rooms and buy supplies
for the sdiool,” the amnounce-
ment said.
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Volif^lt tcinds At
AlIdKon Sotunloy
A sale ’which is expected to
attract wjde intei'est wlU be the
auction. Mrie of what ia known
as the BattyTarm five miles from
this city on.htghwLy 115 Satur
day,
The: TtUaW* property, owned
by WaM|r Ahderaon, has been
Into small fanna and
beautifliNiSinivaltes. AMo Includ
ed in the udtejyUl be » qUendld
homg. • f :.
' 'lers, w Idely
. -will conduct
will be free vic
eash lifts and i^n-
imrat. Bverybody
iimd To ^
d Rivi^l
will begin at
BagfUst ahnA
.;. JI^«a''A. *101%
I -JBir.
domg 'tkefc'-a*^'
. at
tongaT:
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Reglstrstlun books for the No
vember 5 MdAion opened on Sat
urday, October. 12, and will be
open on Saturday, October 19,
and Saturday, October 26, at the
polling places In Wilkes county,
0. J. Jones, Wilkes election
board chairman, said today.
Mr. Jones called attention to
the fact that the law requires
that men who registered by mail
WUTe -in aarvlce must appear In
person before the registrar and
re-regtoter in order to vote.
A new precinct, ’TraphUl num
ber 3, has been formed and the
polling place Is at Roaring Gap
school.
The polling place for Somers
township has been changod to
Romle Jarvis’ store.
The hoard of elections, oom-
posed of Chairman Jones, M. B.
McNeill and E. R. Eller, met re
cently and named registrars and
judges. With the registrar named
Tirst, the Democratic judge sec
ond and the Republican judge
third, th© list of registrars and
judges is as follows:
Antioch—R. G. Mathis, Char
lie Poster, C. A. Sparks.
Beaver Creek—'Fired Walsh,
James Costner, L. C. Ferguson.
Boomer—^Don Russell, H. T.
Bumgarner, Ralph Swanson.
Brushy Mountain '— Christie
Tedder, Clarence Hendreu, Rea-
ly Tedder.
Edwards No. 1—^Irvln Key,
Jim Popdin, C. C. Tharpe.
Edwards No. 2—Vf. W. Harris,
J. W. Pardue, Cllfton*lPrevette.
Edwards No. 8—Silas New
man, R. Jj- Spencer, E. W.
Smith.
BVk No. 1—J%Uo Blankmiship,
W. O. Barnett, Bob McNeil.
Blk No. 2—Sidney Walsh, Ben
Walsh, Ed Dula.
Jobs €Jabln Nio. 1—D. F. "Be-
shsars. Zeb V. Beshear*, 0. C,
Michael.
jobs' CMi>ln No. 2—^HIU Ham
by, Mr*. MoUle Adkins, Wslter
Church.
L«wl8 IFtork—Oom Walsh, Jess
Walsh, HieodOre Fairchild.
liovelaice—^Fred Haym, RL F.
Johnson, Clarsnee.Hendrsm.
Moravian Falls—BSrnSat Lacky,
Parks Bsiiltlefy, Stacy Partae.
MttiJMTy No. l-=Op»l IMaejV
Johi Osfw, O. C. Abshsr.
MalbcilTy Ns. 8—Win Watipn,
W-flit'Brswev. WBMs StarroW.
•!Staw Castto—OraoTllls Oreshe,
M, ti. »«T. e. P. -Hodd^
WHkstboro-*W. W- A»-
son, Harvey Yale, EU Sebastian.
Somers—fianford PreVette, Al
bert Myers, H. G. Somers.
Stanton—Vernon Biller, vacan
cy, Bine Baker.
Traphlll Nio. 1—^Wesley Joines,
M. P, Parker 'Charlie Mile*.
’PraphlU No. 2—-John R. John*
B» IndicsktMi by Tlier-
- tutmuAmr In City
wakes T. M. C. A. tui4 fa
the current campaign to rsech
the 1180,000 gott this year
now aoproxtmatMy $118,000, C.*^
Jack Swofford, campaign chair
man, announced today.
Today a thermometer Indicator
was placed at the comer of
Main and Ninth streets to repoti
progress of the campaign, ,w%h
is attracting much interset
throughout the county.
In order to give all the pe«%e
of the county sbetter opportunity
to participate in the campaign
and to have a part in making e
modern Y. M. C. A. plant a real
ity, Chairman Swofford haa ap-
I pointed a large group of repre-
Vsentatlve citizens in all parte of
the county to act as representa^
tlvee in the campaign, and to
contact all the pecrpl© for Y. M.
C. A. fund donations.
The following have been deidg-*
nated as community repreeenta-
lives:
Mrs. Tom Greer, Seth Walsh,
T. W. Ferguson, Mrs. Sheridan
Miller, W. O. Barnette, J. C. Mc
Neil, T. C. Osborne, Zeb Be-
shears. Mrs. Wayne Rlchardeon,
Joe Hayes, P. W. Greer, Mra.
Dewey ’Turner, Eugene Taylcw,
Odell Whittington. O. 0. Absher,
H. H. Jeimlngs, Charles S. Felts,
Mrs. Rudd McNeil, N. P. Brooks,
Miss Merle Shumate, Mrs. Be
atrice Castevens Holbrook, Lon
nie Q. Billings, J. Z. Adams, Mrs.
J. B. DsJeumette, V. W. Luff-
jntm, ^ P» Ne^w^lMH^.
Untoh'T*- wm
Thornton' .Staley, B. F.
Press Miller.
■Walnut Grove No. 1—'W.
Holbrook, Guy ’Trivette, J.
Sldden.
Walnut Grove No. 2—A.
Wyatt, Mrs. Mae Myers, B.
Brown.
Wllkesboro No. 1—^W. B. War
ner, Gordon Forester, P. J. Mc
Duffie.
WUItesboro No. 2 — Hubert
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gtajay,] Cheek, B. fi. Prevelto; *04Cl
IP. Inscore, Lester P. Johnson,
Henry Johnson, Bob Segraves,
J. M. Costner, M. C. Jones, Mrs.
W. C. Hendren, Mrs. J. G. Bent
ley, J. R. Edelln, colored.
W. T. Long, Miss Thelma
Laws, W. R. Craft, Lester C. Hol
lar, O. M. Promt, T. C. Osborne,
John Barnett, P. W. Creer, D.
C. Whittington, Evan Oolvard,
Grady F. Miller, Eugene M.
A.
B.
Pardue, vacancy, Clarence Fletcb-'
Uriah Myem, Fred G. Gllreath,
er.
J. N. Hayes, 77,
Takee By Death
J. N. Hayes, age , ' 77, well
known citizen of North Wllkes-
boro and member of a widely
known Wilkes family, died Tues
day night after being In 111
health for some time.
Mr. Hayes, who lived on E
street in this city, for many
years, was a carpenter and for
some time was engaged In the
building constmctlon business.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Lillie Hayes, and the following
sons and daughters: Newton
Hayes, Winston-Salem; W. R.
and T. R. Hayes, North Wilkes
boro: Mrs. J. V. 'Bumgarner,
North Wllkedboro: M. S. Hayes,
Winston-Salem: and J. S. Hayes,
North Wllkesboro.
Funeral service was held to
day, two\p. m., at the home. Rev.
J. H. Armbrust, of Statesville,
and Rev. James M. Hayes, of
Winston-Salem, conducted the
setnrke. Burial was In tho Bap
tist cemetery in thUk city.
Active pallbeswra ^sre grand-
aons: Paul and Ralph Brongar-
ner, Mairlon, Eugene, Jahnnle,
Raymond. Ororge and Ronald
iHayes. .Honorary paMbsarsri
were Rnaaell Hodgee, H. M.
Hutcheca, Robert BUUnga. Van
BUltogs, J. P. Brame, Bdgair
Tatoa, 8. V. Tomlinson, Joe Dais
nngtoh, Charlie Saindert. Be«i-
tlfnl flowers were cawled %
gronddanghters, great..- grandp-
daugbiters and nieces. ■;:
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• JWssB^sr tongsr-
''vPmr fhY%t
IcNsO. %al Bhys
k—Mrs. F. G
John-
' Morrioge Li«6iiM
lAceoMi to wed srtrs Mipd'
dirtnc the past weak -bf ^ .
Foster^ regbtsf of dae^
to the toUpartog:' Robp TWaW; ■
Vnloh Gnqv* *«»d' Hwip
Taylorsville; H«*«
R. S. Guyer, Robert O. Poplin,
Jr., J. R. Callaway, Ooy Durham,
C. E. Burchette, Carl Cockerhain,
Gorman A. Johnson.
To each of the above Chairman
Swofford directed the following
message: *
Wilkes County is to have a
real Y. M. C. A.
The following ia quoted from
Article 1, Section 2 of the Wilkes
YMCA Constitution:
“The purpose of this Aseocl-
atlon shall be to lead young peo
ple to faith in God through
Jesus Christ, to promote their
growth Into fullness of Christian
Character, to lead them into ac
tive membership in the Church
of their choice, and to make the
extension of the Kingdom of
God throughout the World the
governing punpose of their lives."
Will you give five hours of
your time to help turn this Con
stitution into a live force In. the
lives of the Wilkes county young
peopleT
Will you see your neighbors In
your community and a^ their
active support fetr the WUkeS
YMCA?
The drive tor funds for the
YMCA Is ibeing handled in this
informal way aU over the coun
ty. We are sMilng the clvle
leaders of the vprlons oommaai-
ties to (Ire thetr nel^bors the
opportunity of b^ing all young
people by bnUdIhg the Wilkes
YMCA
Tou bars no quota or ^tertal
list ^ peoi^s to soHctt Ws hsp*
that yon wiU not Just send your
own dpoatton and forget ttmnt
it. It la 1mp»taiit that owyoiw
fin our County be given the op-
BtMdlar, to ePra for tUa canee.
It iirouia be apFreclatad it you
Wlif ■qpftd dr bring the'funds col*
isetof to flua undersigned by thq
;i%i Df OetoJjer.
ttMTS tor youth,
q. J. swo®*t^.
’diyiroan’ Ftosaoe Co^sttted.;
Oo*. J. S. OarfUl. SSS^ PwtofV SlyAt
BUrtr-rViHi. Caudfl!.. |Tortik;WUkesboro rento t; J*«Mh P™ »
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