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y. li. C A. i» ««!»• Anii §&r tbe ot mmmSmm Y. U C^A. phm. Swppwt H. ' •f M THE JOHRNAL^XTIUOT HAS BLAZED THE TRAIL OF “STATE OF WILKES’* FOR OVER 40 YEARS VOL. 41, Na 90 PaUialiMi M«Xday» and NORTH WILKI»BORO. N, C, THimSHOAY,: OCT,-E4, 1044 - '■ J . .PI. Miwtor Issns Statmeit Aboit A New Projeet Eogle Soouf Veterans Of Foreign Wars Hi^ll Wm Be Used For Opening Center The WJlkee Teen-Age eemtsr ■will o]>ea Friday night, October JSth, Zeb V. K. Dickson, direc tor, announced today. Through the courtesy of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the center will open In the V. F. W. hall. They are turning orer, free of rent charge, all their equli)- ment for the use of the young sters. The meeting ■will begin at 8:00 o'clcok and continue until a eleven. All youngsters from 13 ^ to 19 years of age. Inclusive, will be eligible to attend and bring their parents. Mr. Dickson said that a special Invitation Is ex tended to all parents and to representative members of all the civic and fraternal organisations. The organization of the Wilkes 'Teen-Age center was completed IL at the joint meeting of the Board ^ of Directors and the Teen-Age Center Executive Committee held Tuesday night. Cecil Adamson was unanimously elected chair man of the board of directors. Claude Canter was elected vice chairman and Zeb V. K. Dickson, secretary. Paul Osborne was elec ted chairman of the executive committee. The 'Teen-Age enter will be open on Friday and Saturday nights. The Friday night meet ing will be in the Veterans build ing and the Saturday night meet ing will be held at a place to be announced each week. Through the courtesy of the jfUgiow organizations the follow- l^tve been made avail- ,ble writ Teen-Age Center foT as a meeting place: North ^^WUkeaboro Woman’s Club build ing, American Legion Hut, Wood- lawn Community building, and Wilkeaboro Woman’s Club build ing. ■ft'ide interest is being shown In the setting up of the Teen-Age Center. Practically 100 par cent of the civic organizations have given or are giving, financial aid to the center and many individu als have expressed the desire to help in the worthy cause. Zeb V. K. Dickson, Teen-Age >tt, of Martle. director. In discussing the pro gress made, had this to say: “We are beginnlijg to realize that our young people are our most important national assets. If we trust them, encourage them, and support them, they will not fall to make our country great.” Bin Bason, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Bason, of this city, was presented with the high est award In Scouting, the Eagle Scout badge, by the Wilkes Boy Scout Court of Honor and Review Thursday evening. Bill, a membw of troop 36, has been a Scout for three years and Is a member of the Order of the Arrow. First Baptist Church Revival Air IliiA VoiMM MotcNiii ‘ Mqihm Special Obteiwance Plaone^ During Wade of October 27-November 2 A re,vival will begin In the First Baptist church Sunday, November 10, and will run through Sunday night, Novem ber 17. The visiting minister will be the Reverend Dr. Edward Hughes Pruden, pastor of the First Baptist church, Washing ton, D. C. Mrs, G. C. YoiSNLit. Cbimed By DeoHi Funeral service was held Wed nesday at New Hope church for Mrs. Leora Bmallne Church, ago 63, who died Sv nday at her home in Union tow nshlp. Rev. Wade Houck conducted the last rites. Surviving Mrs. Tates are her husband, C. C. Yates, and one daughter, Josephine Burke, by a former marriage. Also surviving are two brothers, Carl Pruitt, of West Jefferson, and Rowan Pru- -t- Fire Trucks Bring , In Arrested Man P>- North Wilkesboro High School Bond To Davidson Sot. The fire department Tuesday answered a most unusual call. According to reports current here, Sgt. W. C. Bentley, of the I police force, was having some I trouble arreetlng a man charged i with being drunk, and intended i tiO call the police department for assistance. Instead, he got the ' fire department and the trucks North Wilkesboro high school .j^ith screaming sirens to band has accepted invitation to Tgntii street. The arrested man perform at the Davldson-Hamp- carried to town haU on the ton-Sydney football game at Dav- truck. Idson Saturday afternoon. | > ■ ■ ■■ Pletisont Grove Revival to Begin Jonah Porter's Store Is Destroyed By Fire Revival services will begin Sunday night at Pleasant Grove (Bucks Arbor) Baptist church and will continue throiih the The general store belonging to Jonah Porter at Roaring River was destroyed by fire Tuesday night. The fire, of undetermined week with services each eveniug, Qj'lgin, destroyed the buiding seren o’clock. The pastor, Iredell Osborne, will do Rev and contents. Total loss was es- timated at $10,000 and no in preaching. The public 13 Invited gm-ance was carried on the prop- to attend and all signers are es pecially asked to attend and take part. erty, according to reports here. SUPPORT THE Y.-M. C. A. MOUNTAIN LIONS FACE BIG TEST AGAINST ELKIN HERE FRIDAY 2:30 North Wllkeeboro’e fighting [was more than pleased -with the Mountain Dlins, undefeated since ^ 25-0 shutout over Boone, but the season’s openeu, will face their biggest test Friday after noon on the falrgiymnds field a- gainst Elkin. The visitors from do^wu the river will be loaded with power and have been favored to win over tbe Lloiu, but if the North A Wilkesboro boys play tbe type of game they did against Boone they’ll put UP a real contest and - may come off the field with the f bl* end of the score. ^ With hot taw exceptions the North Wilkesboro boys are In . *ood condition for the contest, which wUl open at 2:30 before an expected lecord - breaUn* erowd. Ooech Howard Bowels has warned the boys that Elkin Is a stronger team, and that It will take everything they have to ■win. The Elkin game is the big one on North Wllkesboro’s schedule until the Wilkes classic of North Wilkesboro versus Wilkesboro on November 22. The North Wilkesboro high school band will perform at the game here Friday between halves. All the student body ■will have opportunity to see the game, because school will close at noon for the teachers to attend ^ dis trict meeting of the North Car oline Educetlon. Asspclatioa in Wlnston-aalem tftarnoon and night. ’ - ' (Business firms are planning special programs to stlmnlate Tohime during Nation^ Air MaQ Week October 27-November 2, Postmaster Maurice Walsh de clared today. Inauguration of the new five-1 cent United States flag rate Oo- tober 1 immediately brought a sharp rise In air mail volume. Postmaster Waleh said. Rapid alr j mail service, offered for the first time at a low postage rate, should stimulate commerce, bustuees leaders here bellewe. For that reason, they are encouraging large alr-malllngs during the na tion-wide air mall' promotion week. “We have long advocated low er air mall rates,” said Forreet Jones, secretary-manager of the Chamber of Commerce, ’’believ ing that rapid service between customers and manufacturers and distributors would foster com merce. “The Post Office Department has taken a leaf from the book of American business reducing the alr-mall rate from 8 cents to 5 cents an ounce and simultane ously offering better and faster service. Tbe Post Office has bor rowed the proven principle that by getting more customers for a good piroduct at a reduced cost the unit cost of delivery Is cut. A lower price requires one thing to succeed—larger volume. “Business men want to have the flve-cent rate continued. A policy of enlightened self-inter est suggests that all of us pro mote air mall during this period when the new low rate is being tested. Meanwhile, Postmaster Walsh reported, air mail letters are be ing received at the post offles with inoorroot postage aWfateiL {]*e-ceat-Ate where that the Ameiicaa ■'m flies, including all United States possessions. It is also applicable to the armed forces abroad, and to Canada and Mexico. M fti I ' —wm. III 1111 ^ A PRflect BreorI mflMn ASkOf JbiMrlcii LesiM Nov Novesiber 1 Rev. J. W. Walker Lost Rites Tuesday Last rites were held 'Tuesday for James Wilbom Walker, 90, ■who died Sunday at his home at Hays, in WUkes county, follow ing a long Illness. A minister for 64 years, Mr. Walker retired from that pro fession due to HI health. He was married to the former Miss Lu cinda Porter, August 7, 1877, who preceded him in death sev eral years ago. In 1918 he was married to Miss Ila Brewer. Surviving are 11 children: one brother, Johnny Walker, Roaring River; one sister, Mrs. Dossle Bigford, of Spokane, Washing ton; 48 grandchildren; 47 great grandchildren; eight great-great grandchildren; and 49 nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conduct ed at Covenant Church, Wllkee county, with Rev. Sparks, Rev. Walker, and Rev. Dillard in charge. Interment was made In the church cemetery. W. D. (Bill) Jester has as sumed his duties as' manager of Holly Mountain Hatchery, in which position he will also assist in Record of Perform ance breeding work on Holly Mountain Farm. Mr. Jester is a native of Alabama. He attended Auburn university for three years and graduated from North Car olina State College In 1931. Dur ing his scholastic career he ma jored In poultry. For two years he was with the Alabama State Department of Agriculture, fol lowing which be taught for one year at Auburn and tbe next ladieatlons point to a large at- tendance at the 16 th District meeting of post officers, adjn- tants, chairmen bf post commit tees of Amerlcsm Legion poets to be held North Wilkesboro at 7:30 p. m. on Nor. 1st at the Legion Hut. William iM. York, of Greens- bciro, State Commander of tbe American Legion, Paul B. Younts, of Raleigh, Executive Vice-Commander, and other State and national officials of the Le gion -will be present at tbe Dis trict meeting to explain the Le gion program for the coming year. As was the case in the recently held Division meetings, which were well attended and which were termed succeesful In every respect, emphasis will be placed on the State Legion’s program of renewal of memberships, the securing of new members, ToSeaFrotpeb EirffAiPoiiilile $28,000 Needed To Resieh 1948 Goal of $180,000 For Y. M. C. A. year was in poultry work for the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. For six years he was with the extension service, being county agent at Hayesvllle in Clay county, after which he spent two more years in poultry work for the iN. C. Department of Agriculture. Since 1943 Mr. Jester had been with Blue Ridge Hatchery in Wilkesboro. He is a director of the North Carolina Hatchery Association and is a member of a committee of three named to form a poultry council for all the southeastern states. peclally among veterans of World priill Is Former School Principal Well Qualified For Du ties Health Dept. E. R. Spruill has assumed his duties with the Wilkes county health department as sanitarian for Wilkes county. ^ Mr. Spruill is well known In Wilkes, having been engaged in school work In the county for the past 18 years, and is highly qual ified for the duties of his posl- tilOU. Mr. Spruill was a member of the North Wilkesboro school fac ulty for a number of years, after which he was principal of Moun tain Vieiw and Honda high schools in the county system. Token By Depth War II, expansion and stabiliza tion of the Legion program as a whole. The Commander said he Is anxious for DivlBlon and District officials, all post officers, chair men of post commltteeB, ani rep- Mlss Wllla Jeaa Hayeo, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hayes, of this dty, has been perfect in attendance at Hinshaw Street Baptist Sun day stdiool for 11 years. She has not missed belug In her place in Sunday school since she was nine years of age. Miss Hayes Is now teacher of the Junior girls class In the Sun day school. resentativee of the Legion Auxil iary In the district be present at the meeting. He pointed out that a representative of the Auxiliary will be present to explain the Auxiliary program. In addition the members of Schedole Events Girl Scout Week Girl Scout week begins Fri day with court of awards being held 7:30 at Presbyterian Edu- the host post are invited to at- cational building. tend the meeting. The State Department of the Legion now has a memibershtp tu excess of 67,000 and the goal for the year is 100,000 members, or. more. It 1V(UI pointed out by Commander York that there Is a potential membership of more than 400,000 L^onnaires in the State. Winters Named Loon Appraiser For G. I. Loans G. Sam . Winters, of Wilkes Implement company, has been appointed by the Veterans Ad ministration as appraiser for non- real estate loans made to veter ans. Mr. Winters has wide ex perience in the machl-nery and implement field and is well qualified for the dutiee as ap praiser. On Sunday all Girl Scouts are requested to meet outside the Presbyterian church 10 mniutes before eleven o’clock iin order to attend the worship service in a group. Mtanday thn Oirl Scout Council will meet. The place and time will be announced. Plans Jfor sctlvlty during Girl Scout Week ■will be carried out through Indiridiual troops during the week. ! WUkes Y, M. C. A. building fund has reached $132,000, Jack Swofford, fund campaign chair man, said today. This toUl lacks $28,000 of reaching the 1946 goal of $160,- 000. I While the fund has been more I than doubled since the beginning of tbe campaign. Chairman Swof ford pointed out that It will U^e the most liberal gifts possible from all the people In the county Interested In a Y. M. C. A. to put the drive over. In tbe final days of the cam paign a plea went out today to all workers to see their pros pects and to make their reports following a tbopongh canvass. Rural workers have been ap pointed for every central com munity In the county. Emphasiz ing that the Y. M. C. A. will be an Institution for all the county, the rural workers are urged to see every prospect In their re spective communities and give them an opportunity to help make the Y. M. C. A. proposal a reality as soon as materials be come available for erec Ion of a modern building. Members of the Woman's Club and Girl Scouts have been doing effective work on the street at the Y. M. C. A. thermometer indicator at Wilkes Drug Store on Main street, where they have been receiving miscellaneous con tributions to the Y. M. C. A. fund. Greer Child Dies Ramblers Playing Granite Falls There Preparedness Held Essential To U. S. In Preventing War Detroit, Oct. 22.—Joseph C Grew, former ambassador to Ja pan, tonight urged military pre paredness as this nation’s “mosi powerful argument for i>eace." Addressing the convocation of the United States Chapter of the International College of Surge ons, Grew recommended the adoption of a compulsory mili tary program. "Preparedness for war is the meet powerful argument tor peace that man has ever been able to devise,” he said, "and no man and no nation, can In sanity charge the United States with preparing for aggression. "Let us do everything in our ■power to support the United Na tions in its enlightened efforts to ensure p^manent ■world peace, but until the United Na tions developB to a point where it commands onr full cpnfldence . . . it would, tn the light of his tory alone, ibe blind folly to let do'wu our guard in the years Im mediately ahead.’’ Grew urged the nation not to surrender to what Winaton ChurcbUl called “the craven fear of being great" : “The tragedies' of histoiy are the tragedlee of the mlaiue power.” he said. Wilkesboro high school’s Ramblers are playing Granite Falls a return game this after noon on Granite Falls field. Coach Caldwell’s squad, who lost to Granite Falls 13-14 last week, was In better condition to day and should avenge the de feat. The team and cheer lead ers left for Granite Falls at noon today on a Carolina Coach company bus. Robert Eugene Greer, two- year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Greer, of Lewis Fork township, died Tuesday and fu neral service was held Wednes day at Lewis Fork church ■with Rev. Levi Green conducting the service. Surviving are the lather and mother, three brothers and one sister. SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A. Sgt." Jim Moore son of Mrs Ethel 'V. Moore, la now on termin al leave from the army at^ar spending 13 months la the Phil ippines. Jim plans to resume his studies at Wake Forest College In the near futura COMPANY DESCRIBED— Dad'—^Wiho’s in the front room? Mother—Why, Alice has com pany. Half an hour later the head of the house walked by the front room door, which was slightly ajar, and glimpsed his daughter seated upon the lap of a stalwart youth, who held her In a deadly clutch. Dad (grunting),— Umph! A “holding” company. JUNIOR RED CROSS GETS LETTER FROM FINNISH GIRL WHO GOT GIFT Last year the Junior Red Cross ulce gift boxes. I was very glad members of the Wilkes County to get so many nice and useful Schools filled many gift boxes to things and thank you most heart- be distributed among children in i lly for your kindness. -+- Local Democrats Will Meet Friday John Numa Hayes was born in WUkes county, August 24, 1869, and died Oct. 15, 1946, He was 77 years, 1 mouth and 20 days old. His first marriage was to CalKe Dona Eller, deceased. To this union 6 children were born. They survive him: Moody S', and Newton L. (Hayes, of Winston- Salem: Talmadge, J. Stamy Hayes and Mra John Bumgaruer, of North Wllkeahoro; and Rom- lus Hayee, of Columbia, 6. C. He was twice married, his sec ond wife was LlHle Bumgarner who also survives: and surviving are five sisters, two brothers, twenty-four grandchildren a®d 18 living great-graiidcMldren. He was a lifo long member of North Wllkedbopo First Metho dist church. The funeral ■was Thursday, Oct. 17, 1946 at two m. at ^»;bome. Interment was at the Baptim cemetery. - Monroe Eller, Democratic chairman for North WUkesboro township, has called a meeting of Democrats of the to^wnehlp to be held Friday, October 25, 7:30, at the North Wilkesboro town hall. . . Organization for the Novem ber 5 election and other matters will be taken up at the meet ing. ■ A - special Invitation Is ex tended ladies to attend. Ronda Hallowe'en Carnivol Plonned Plenty of fiin and entertain ment are In store for ell ■« ho ■will attend the Bodda schopl hallo- We’en camivaj to be held at Ron da school on the evening of Oc tober 21st. Everybody is Invited License Examiner Not Coming Fridoy •war devastated areas. The fol lowing letter of thanks from a girl whose home is in Finland has recently been sent through Red Cross Headquqarters to Dar nell Smith, Route 1, North Wll- kesboro: Finland, Salo Salon Yblislysco 28th May 1946. Dear Friends. We have just received your I am a girl of 13 and am in the second class of the secondary school at Salo. We have learned English for one year and already know 500 English words. My parents are still alive, and I have 1 sister and 2 brothers. I should 'be very glad, if you should ■write to me. With best wishes. Yours sincerely, TERTTU TUOMINCN. T. M. C A/ • J. C. Speocer, driver license examined ninally here on 'Thiin- dajr tad Friday, wtU not be here. OB Friday of thto weak. How-*! ant, lie will be bare-Thuraday- and Friday neoct week. ( i PROCLAMATION Whereas, the Post Office Department at Wash ington is sponsoring National Air Mail Week from October 27 to November 2, 1946 .and, Whereas, the development of air mail is and has been of great importance to the business con cerns and the people of this city, and. Whereas, I believe the citizens of North Wil kesboro should take an active interest in the future development of air mail. Now Therefore, I, R. T. McNiel, Mayor of the City of North Wilkesboro, do hereby designate the week of October 27-November 2 as Air Mail Week for all citizens and do call upon our people to make proper observance of this week by liberally patroniz ing the air mail and otherwise evidencing their ap-; preciation of the efforts rf the Post Office Depart ment to provide this necessary service for our city.;. Done at the Citj\of North Wilkesboro ^ 28rd day of October in thie'year of oiir Lord tihonsand nine hundred and forty-six and in the me hundred ^ and sevehty-fhnrt year -of ^oar American iadepen-: dence. , . U T. McNIin* Hdjot.
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