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trading radius of 50
serving 100*000 people in
Northwestern Carolina.
WILKESBORO. N. C., Thursday, JanT23,1947 Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center
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navy may establish radio unit here
An Electronic Drill of Naval Reservists at the Charleston Naval Base in S. C.
is pictured here. A similar setup will be used by Reserve Electronics Companies
and Platoons ?n communities where they are established. Left to right are Comman
der Thomas I. Dean, Chief Radioman Rex C. Wiggs (from Warsaw, N. C.) and
Lieutenant Roy C. Heavner (from Land rum, S. C.). The latter was the first offi
cer to report for two weeks communications training in the Sixth Naval District.
Three Injured In
Crash Of Autos
. Three men were injured Mon
N&y morning when two vehicles
Perished on highway" "SfffP near]
Roaring River. .
Sgt. A. H. Clark, of the high
way patrol, said that a car driv
en by William J. Burchett was
traveling east when it collided
with a pickup truck driven by
Hubert T. French, of Winston
Salem, who was traveling west.
Burchett sustained broken ribs
and lost a number of teeth.
French had chest injuries and
head cuts. Richard Gentry and
Fred Smith, Winston-Salem men
with French, were also injured.
Gentry had broken ribs and a
neck injury. Smith had one leg
broken. Both vehicles, apparent
ly in good condition, were bad
ly damaged.
Sgt. Clark said that Mr. Bur
chett informed him that the
brakes on his car failed as he
tried to slow down after pulling
out to pass another car.
Polio Bingo Party
On Saturday Night
To Attract Many
Valuable Prizes Will Be
Given In Popular Game
For the Polio Fund
Under sponsorship of the
North Wilkesboro Lions Club, an
all day and evening bingo party
will be held Saturday this week
for the infantile paralysis fund,
i The Northwestern Paint and
Wall Paper company, which re
cently leased the building adja
Et to the Town Hall -fin Main
let, very generously donated
of the building for the Bingo
party, which will get under way
at ten a. m. and continue until
Saturday night about nine o'
clock. ?' i
Dorman Payne and Bill Lee
compose the committee in charge
of arranging the Bingo Party.
They have secured numerous
prises to be used. Everybody is
invited to play and thus aid in
raising Wilkes county's quota of
|4,500- in the current polio cam
paign.
R. G. Finley Named
Vice President Of
Bank N. Wilkesboro
In the January meeting of the
board of directors of the Bank
North Wilkesboro R. G. Fin
was elected vice president of
bank, succeeding S. V. Tom
who died recently.
Finley, a prominent local
has for many
lember of the
of the bank.
NORTH WILKESBORO MAY GET NAVY1
RESERVE ELECTRONIC UNIT; NAVY,
RESERVE RADIO STATION POSSIBLE
Naval Reserve Electronic Com
panies and Platoons are being
organized throughout the Sixth
Naval District and at present
companies in Columbia, S. C. and
Charlotte, N. C. have been acti-'
vated. Weekly drills are now be
ing conducted every Thursday
evening at eight o'clock, with
Headquarters Sixth Naval Dis
trict (NAO-7) acting as master
control station. The primary fre
quency for these drills is 2792
KC's and 2656 KC's is the sec
ondary.
Lieutenant Commander H. M.
Kennickell, of Winston-Salem,
Naval Reserve Representative
for this area announced today
that North Wilkeaboro may get
a local unit if sufficient interest
ed personnel can be found.
The units will be primarily for
those reservists who have had
communication, radar and teach
nical electronic experience, how
ever there will be openings for
those interested in learning the
electronic field.
The Electronic Warfare Com
panies and Platoons will partici
pate in drills with each other and
with the organized Reserves
when the Reserve Armories are
completed. In the meantime
equipment will be set up and
drills held in approved tempor
ary places. Equipment for all
units will be available in the
near future.
Naval Reserve armories are be
ing established in Winston-Sal
em, Greensboro, Charlotte, Ashe
ville, Raleigh, Durham and Wil
mington.
Forty-Five Men In Company
Each Reserve Electronic War
fare company will consist of forty
men and five officers. The quali
fications for officers will be in
the rank of Lieutenant com
mander and below with com
munication and electronic classi
fications, and enlisted men with
Radioman, radarman, Electronic
technicians mate rates, and non
rated men who have an electronic
background or are interested in
learning the electronic field.
Eleven Men In Platoon
The Reserve Electronic War
fare Platoon will consist of ten
men and one officer, whose qual
ifications will be the same as for
the companies. The warfare pla
toons will normally be organiz
ed in localities where sufficient
personnel is not available for the
organization of a company.
Companies and Platoons
All persqnnel of the Electron
ic Warfare Companies and pla
toons are members of the Volun
teer Reserve, and will be given
the opportunity to request a two
weeks training cruise or two
weeks training duty ashore. Pay
for participation in drill periods
may be authorized, and there
will be opportunities for advance
ment in rating. These units will |
replace the pre-war organization
known as the Naval Communica
tion Service.
Each locality where platoons
and companies are established
will have its own Navy radio sta
tion, which will be manned dur
ing drill periods by reservists.
Get Amateur Call Sign
The Federal commiunications
commission will assign amateur
radio call signs to all Navy Re-(
serve radio stations, for the pur-1
pose of establishing emergency
communication service in the
event of local emergencies or di
saster.
Non Veterans Eligible For V-6
Enlistments in the Postwar
Volunteer Naval Reserve are now
open to non veterans 17 to 18 1-2
years old and 30 to 40 years old.
World war II veterans who were
honorably discharged and are 17
to 64 years old are eligible and
all qualified ex-Navy and Coast
Guard men may retain the rate
in which they were discharged.
EnAfmy men and Marines may
also retain their ratings in cer
tain instances.
Navy Recruiters Here
A Navy recruiter will visit
here each Wednesday to furnish
information and accept enlist
ments into the inactive reserve
as well as the Tegular Navy. The
recruiter will he at the North
Wilkesboro Post Office 10 a. m.
to 6 p. m. on Wednesdays.
AH Navy Recruiting offices in
North Carolina now remain open
from 8 a. m. to 9 p. m. Monday
through Fridays, and 8 a. m. to
4 p. m. on Saturdays, to accomo
date those people who work dur
ing the day time and may desire
to enlist in the Reserve at night.
All Veterans must present their
discharge papers qnd Navy and
Coast Guard veterans must also
present their "Notice of Separa
tion from the U. S. Naval Ser
vice," (form No. 553).
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Square Dance 30th
At Moravian Falls
Another enjoyable square
dance will be held Thursday
night, January 30, at Moravian
Falls. All are ipvited to make
plans to attend.
Game Friday Night
North Wilkesboro Basketball
B team will play Roaring River
Friday night, 7:30, in the North
Wilkesboro gymnasium. itM/M
Williams Is Agaim
Elected President
Of Wilkfe C. of C.
Russell Grey* Jr., Vice Pres
ident, end Richard John-_
?ton Is Treasurer
J. B. Williams was re-elected
president of the Wilkes Cham
ber of Commerce at a meeting
of the Board of Directors held on
Tuesday afternoon. Other offi
cers elected were Russell Cray,
Jr., Vice President; Richard
Johnston, Treasurer; O. J. Swof
ford and J. B. Carter, members
of the Executive Committee.
The Board decided to have
their regular monthly meetings
of the hoard of directors at noon
on the third Tuesday of each
month. These meetings will be
luncheon meetings, and the place
will be announced in the near
future.
The budget for the Wilke?
Chamber of Commerce was set at
$12,000 for the year 1947. The
budget includes appropriations
for all committees activities,
county publicity, and a reserve
fund to insure continued active
operation of the Wilkes Cham
ber.
Members of the 1947 board
were recently elected by the gen
eral membership of the chamber
of commerce and include: J. B.
Williams, Richard Johnston, Dr.
Fred Hubbard, J. B. Carter, D.
V. Deal, W. O. Ajbsher, R. G.
Finley, C. J. Swofford, E. F.
Gardner, W. K. Sturdivant, J.
R. Hix, Russell Gray, Jr., Paul
Osborne,, Link Spainhour, N. S.
Forester, W. G. Gabriel, W. D.
Half acre, Eugene Trivette.
Local V. F. W. In
Membership Drive
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One hundred new members as i
a "birthday gift" to Commander-1
in-Chief Louis E. Starr, on
60th birthc siam
herahip campaign 'which gotl
under way on January 17. .'
Everyone of the 10,000 V. F.
W. Posts are participating in this
birthday tribute to the Com
mander-in-Chief.
Contact any member of local
post 1142, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, and he has enough infor
mation and authority to make
you an "on the spot" member
Don't Wait?Join Now!
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Polio Shows Are
Being Shown At
Wilkes Schools
Blue Ridge Ramblers And
Movie Provide Interest
ing Program
In conjunction with the March
of Dimes program, the Blue
Ridge Ramblers, popular Wilkes
string band composed of Mack
Wood, Glenn Canter, Percy Bil
lings, Jones Wood and Roy Tay
lor, are putting on free shows in
a number of Wilkes county
school buildings.
The schedule of these showB
for the remainder of this month
are as follows with the show be
ginning at 7:30 p. m.
January 23, .Mount Pleasant*
January 24, Mulberry; January
27, Traphill; January 28, Fergu
son; January 29, Roaring Riv
er; January 30, Millers Creek*
January 31, Ronda.
Tn addition to a splendid string
band show with vocal and in
strumental numbers and comedy,
a sound movie, "The Miracle of
Hickory," fa being shown. This
Picture is designed to let the
public know what the National
Foundation Is doing to combat
Infantile Paralysis* the great
and deadly cTippler of children
and adults. The public is invited
to all the shows, and are asked
to be ready to make contributions
to the polio fund If they so de
sire.
Larry Moore, county polio
chairman, said today that Colan
Pardue has accepted chairman
ship of the campaign at Ronda
and that Mrs. L. H. Anderson is
Lincoln Heights chairman.
A Bingo party on Saturday, all
day and up to nine at night, will
be held in the building next to
the town hall for the polio fund,
and the annuaF infantile paralys
is dance will be held, on the night
of January 81 at the American
Legion and Auxiliary clubhouse.
Support V. M. C. A.
WINNERS V..F. W. BABY CONTEST
Camille Lovette, two: year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. C. F. Lovette, of North Wilkesboro, carried off
the trophy in the girls' division of the V. F. W. baby
contest held Saturday night in connection with the final
performance of "Cornzapoppin" at the city school au
ditorium. Harold Radford (Raddie) Blankenship, 4
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Blankenship, of
this city, appears extremely happy as the winner of
the trophy in the boys' division.
TWO COUPLES NAMED DIRECTORS
WILKES TEEN AGE CENTER HERE
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Cecil Adamson, chairman of
the .Board of Directors of the
Wilkes Teen-Age Center, and
chairman of the
rector for the center, announced
today that Mr. and Mrs. Shoun
Kerbaugh and Mr. and Mrs, Bill
Lee have been employed to di
rect the activities of the Wilkes
Teen-Age Center.
Kenbaugh and Lee also an
nounced that the center would
be open this Friday and Saturday
nights at the V. F. W. Hall. It
was originally planned to have
the center open one week in Wil
kesboro and the next week in
North Wilkesboro, but the prob
lem of moving the equipment
from one meeting place to the
other has necessitated holding
the meetings at one location.
Plans are being developed
now for some sort of transporta
tion to and from the Teen-Age
evenings. This will make It pos
sible for all the children in this
immediate area to attend the
center without too many trans
portation problems.
Two new ping pong tables with
complete equipment have been
added to the equipment of the
Teen-Age Center, and the chil
dren have been enjoying the usr
of these tables for several weeks.
The children of Wilkes are in
vited to attend the center and
join in all the activities. More
detailed plans of the activities
will be announced in the near
future.
APPRECIATION SERVICE FOR DR. 1
AND MRS. 0. E. BROWNING SUNDAY
On Sunday evening at seven
thirty the members of the three
churches of North Wilkesboro
and the citizens of the commun
ity will join in a service of ap
preciation and God-speed to Dr.
and Mrs. David E. Browning and
their sons, David and Phillip,
who will leave next week for
Richmond, Virginia, where Dr.
Browning is to become the min
ister of the River Road Baptist
church.
Dr. Gilbert R. Combs, minister
of the First Methodist Church,
will preside over the service and
talks will be made by a repre
sentative of the congregation of
the First Presbyterian church
and by Dr. Combs, with a re
sponse by Dr. Browning. Special
music will feature the service.
Dr. Browning has been the
popular minister of the North
Wilkesboro First Baptist church
for two and a half years and he
and his family have made for
themselves a large place in the
esteem and affections of the com
munity.
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Mrs. Alexander,
Age 100, Passes
Funeral service was held Mon
day at Double Creek church in
Walnut Grove township for
Wilkes county's oldest resident,
Mrs. Nancy Catherine Alexander,
who died Saturday.
Mrs. Alexander, 100 years old,
is survived by three eons, W. F.
and Joe Alexander, of Hays, and
Sam Alexander, of Abshers. She
had been in normal health until
recently.
Rev. L. E. Sparks, Rev. Ar
thur Gambill and Rev. Wirt
Walker conducted the service.
Noi^h Wilkesboro
Candy Company In
New Location Here
The North Wilkesboro Candy
Company is now open at its new
location on Tenth street in the
building formerly occupied by
Church Hardware Co. N. S. For
ester 9tated that he feels the ex
panded facilities of the whole
sale business now made avail
able to the merchants of Wilkes
and surrounding counties, will
deal in candies, tobaccos, hosiery,
confectioners, and notions and
Will sell only to bona fide retail
merchants.
R. C. Morrow, who is better
known to the merchants in this
territory as the "Camel Man", is
now connected with the North
Wilkesboro Candy Company and
will represent the firm on the
road. He stands ready to extend
the same courteous service to
the buying public that has char
acterized the policies of the
North Wilkesboro Candy Com
pany in the past.
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Mr. Forester wishes to express
his sincere appreciation for the
business given the Company in
the past years and solicits the
future patronage of the merch
ants throughout this section of
the state. .
Walter Sebastian of Hays, will
assist Mr. MorroV and wjll han
dle all business transactions
within the establishment.
Pie Supper
The Wilkesboro Senior Service
Scouts are sponsoring a pie sup
per Friday night, January 31st,
at 7:30. All ladies please bring
a pie. There will be entertain
ment following the auction.
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SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A.
Cost Estimates
For School Needs
Total $2,069,165
Survey of Building Meeds
Presented at Joint Meet
ings County Boards
Listing the units needs for
5ach school district, C. B. Eller,
iuperintendent of Wilkes schools,
las prepared a survey of the
lecesBary buildings to adequato
y house the schools of Wilkes
iounty.
In order to acquaint the peo
)le of the c&unty with the des
>erate need of school buildings,
?upt. Eller prepared and releas
;d the following survey of
ichool needs:
I am listing below the build
ng needs of the schools of
Wilkes County as presented to a
joint meeting of the Wilkes
bounty Board of Education
and the Board of County
Commissioners of Wilkes County
m Monday, January 6, 1947.
Cost of the~~~work is based on
-ecent contracts let in neaVby
:ounties.
First, I have listed the require
nents pt each school vthat is es
sential in order to do an efficient
iob. This includes adequate class
rooms, laboratories, libraries,
study halls, offices, auditoriums,
ind cafeterias with adequate wat
sr, plumbing, sewage disposal,
systems, and central heating.
Second, I have listed what it
JfougS. clsas rooms' to r
present enrollment and to pro
ride running water, plumbing ir
facilities, and central heat. This
loes not include anything for li
braries, laboratories, cafeterias,
or auditoriums except at schools
where there is no auditoriums at
present. This list does not in
clude any room for expected in
crease in enrollment but is listed
to give an accurate picture of
the conditions that exist today.
(Total cost under the second
jurvey, which is not published
bere, was estimated at $1,032,
700).
Buildings needed to bring all
schools up to a satisfactory
standard.
Schools listed by districts.
Wilkesboro: A new unit with
12 class rooms, library, science
laboratory, home economics, and
agriculture departments, cafeter
ia, and auditorium, heating and.
plumbing, $192,000.00.
Boomer: Two toilet rooms,
boiler room, heating, plumbing,
andtewage disposal system, $10,
500.00.
Brushy Mountai^: A new unit
with 4 class rooms, library, lunch
room, and auditorium with stat
er, heat, plumbing and sewage .
system, $63,640.00.
Ferguson: 3 class rooms, li
brary, science laboratory, cafe
teria, with heat, plumbing, and
sewage system, $52,300.00.
Moravian Tails: 2 class rooms,
auditorium, lunch room, and
boiler room. Heat, plumbing and
sewage system, $46,250.00.
Somers: A new unit consisting
of 9 class rooms, library, cafe
teria, and auditorium. Water,
heat, plumbing, and sewage sys
tem, $131,000.00.
Mt. Pleasant: A new unit con
sisting of 10 class rooms, library,
home economics, and agriculture
departments and auditorium,
water, heat, plumbing, and sew
age system, $147,000.00.
Millers Creek : A new unit witfc
12 class rooms, library, science
laboratory, home economics, and
vocational agriculture depart
ments, and cafeteria, heat and
plumbing, $114,900.00.
Cricket: A new unit with nine
class rooms, library, cafeteria,
and auditorium. Water, heat,
plumbing, and sewage system,
$131,000.00.
Union Township: A new unit
containing 10 class rooms, li
brary, cafeteria, and auditorium,
water, heat, plumbing, and sew
age system, $136,800.00.
Mulberry: Three class rooms,
library, and cafeteria, $35,000.
Fairplains: A new complete
unit consisting of 8 class rooms,
library, cafeteria, and. auditor
ium. with water, heat, pi 4
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