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? ? ?_ I m * , " I' , ' f ? - r*-'' ,: '*??' vt- ? ? ::r"yV*.-. '."y;,. ' . -aiiftjhfc&K. ???; .7; ? V .-V \ The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" Fof Over 40 Years Y. M. C. A. u rak ing a building fond for the mmitHm of a wjin Qk A. plant. Svpport it. :L y-. ? - .r ^ ? ' 78 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKES80R0, N. C., Thursday, Jan. 30, 1947 (ftako North Wilketboro Your Cantor Has Successful Year Directors and Officers Re Elected in Meeting Held Here Monday Night The shareholders of the North Wilkes boro Building ft Loan As sociation met Monday evening In their annual meeting at which time the president and secretary treasurer gave the annual report. It was ascertained that the as sociation had again had a very successful year. Mr. C. P. Wal ter Van made chairman and J. B. Williams secretary of the an nual meeting. The secretary's re port, which Is very comprehen sive, Is found In this Issue of the Journal-Patriot. The old board of directors _ was unanimously re elected, namely; J. C. R'enis, C. P. Walter, J. H. Whicker, Jr., J. B. Williams, J. H. Rector, R. O. Flnley, J. B. Snyder, H. M. Hutohens, W. H. H. Waugh, C. B. Jenkins, Jr., E>. F. Gardner and F. C. Tomllnson, The shareholders remembering the long and useful service of their director and vice-president, Mr. S. V. Tomlineon, deceased, stood a moment in silence in memory of this most loyal mem ber. ! Hollowing the stockholders' meeting the "hoard of directors met and perfected the new or ganisation for the year in which J. C. Reins was re-elected as, president. Mr. Reins has served the association for approximately twenty-five years and has meant j much to its success and growth. | C. P. Walter was re-elected vice president, J. B. Williams, secre tary-treasurer, J. T. Brame, as sistant secretary-treasurer and J. H. Whicker, Jr., attorney. Annual Report Nineteen hundred forty - six was was first entire year in the postwar period. It was, there fore, a year of transition in ? ? n^e to hpeacet&e econ omy. During the past year we have bscnp much advanced the shift in en\phasis which began in August, 19?t, from meeting the needs of war financing, man power, and war housing to those of which the housing for veterans have become paramount. It is against this background that the present report traces the pro gress which your institution has made during the past year. We believe that the North j Wilkes bono Building & Loan As sociation has continued to render a real service to its community in the promotion of thrift and J home ownership. One of the best measures of this service is the gain which has taken place in our assets. We closed 1946 with resources totaling $1,062,714.92, which represents a substantial increase over those of the pre- > vious year. Present assets are at i an all-time high for your institu-i Own. j In spite of loan repayments which have continued relatively high, our mortgage portfolio shows a net increase during the year of $126,555.00, . Which brought mortgage loans out standing up to $634,210.00 by year end. This reflects a year of mosual lending activity during which we placed a total of $380, 400.00 loans on our books. This volume represents the peak fi gure for our association. The following shows in detail the purpose for which our loans -wsre made during the year just closed: New Construction ?$ 79,800.00 Heme Purchase 120,600.00^ |Other Purposes 180,000.00" ToU1 . $380,400.00 There is a large pent-up de mand for housing arising from accumulated deficiency dur ing the war and a continuing -carcity of skilled labor and ma terials. We are confident that as the building Industry beoomes increasingly stabilised and that prices become adjusted to a competitive level, we shall see a substantial volume of new residential construction. Tour officers, as in the past, are keeping alert to the real market, and are, they be H?V6 TTT?**"r sound loans and ?*?roDOse to do in the future, w- believe that full oonsidera . i. being given to the fact that in the present market there properties selling for inflated prices, hnn lately been j the number of to fall off some today doubts* that the for adequate reee ,ued on PSge 8) 2-47?Please Renew By February First Attention of all subscribers whose address labels oarry the date of 2-47 is called to the fact that their subscriptions will ex pire 'February 1. ^hey are re spectfully urged to renew their subscriptions by February 1 in order that they will not miss any issues of The Journal-Patriot. Subscribers are asked in eve ry instance of requesting change of address to give the old ad dress as well as the new and correct address. This will greatly facilitate handling the request so that all issues of the paper will ibe sent promptly. Tour co operation will be greatly appre ciated. Use Of Clubhouse For Young People Offered By Legion Wilkes post of the American Legion Is sponsoring a young people's club at the Legion and Auxiliary clubhouse. It will be open house at the clubhouse every Saturday after noon and night for all young people who wish to nee the club house facilities. Games are pro vided and there is also opportun ity for music. Legion officials in vite all young people to attend each Saturday afternoon and | night. Boomer Negro Woman Held For Fatal Shooting Of Hatband At Boomer Monday; Man Also Held Emma Howell Hedrick, 29 year-old colored woman, was held nnder $2,500 bond on a! charge of murder for the shot-1 gun slaying of her estranged hus band, Robert Hedrick, 30, at the | home of the woman's mother near Boomer Monday noon. Also held under 32,500 ibond ( following the hearing Wednesday | in Wilkes court before Judge H. Hoyle Sink was Robert Nathan iel Howell, a first cousin of Em ma Howell Hedrick. Witnesses said in the hearing that the woman fired a shotgun load into Hedrlck's abdomen. He died on the way to the hos pital in North Wilkesboro. According to the testimony, Hedrick had been separated from his wife for some time and was at Granite Falls prior to his death. He traveled in a taxi from! Granite Falls to the home of his1 wife's mother. There his, wife stood at the front of the house with a shotgun and told him not to go into the house. He a#* preached the honse with uplifted hands as she shot him, witness es were quoted as saying. Emma Howell Hedrick's cous in, Robert Nathanial Howell, was held as accessory to murder. He is alleged to have (borrowed the shotgun from a nearby home and to hare furnished two shells. Ac cording to the woman defend ant's story to officers, he did not give her the gun but placed it near and told her "there it was.' After shooting her husband the woman fled. Deputy Sheriff Ar thur Holbrook and State High way Patrolman Sidney Carter pursued her for four hours Mon day afternoon, finally overtaking her in the neighborhood. How ell also fled, hut came to Wil kesboro and gave up after being informed he was wanted as a witness in the case. In investigation of the case were Coroner I. M. Myers, Sher iff C. G. Poindexter, Deputy Ar thur Holbrook, Sidney Carter and A. H. Clark, of the state highway patrol. Solicitor Avalon HaD assisted at the hearing. fallier Win Threw S tMldree I Into Well Is Held Fer Murder Yadkinville, Jan. 2j9.?Charges i of murder were brought yester- j day against Gene Scales, raving negro father, who threw his ? three small daughters to their death in a well Monday night. Scales is being held without bond in Yadkin county jail, where he was placed early Tues day morning. No date for a hear ing has been set. Scales, about 30, tenant farm er for Paul Price Davis on a farm about seven miles east of Yadkinville on Highway 421, threw his three small daughters into the well and then jumped into the well himself, yelling "Jesus says we got to go.'' The three children, whose bo dies were recovered early Tues day morning, were Dorothy Ann, age 8, Grace Helen, 6, and Alice Faye, 2. An autopsy performed at a Winston-Salem hospital yes terday showed that the three children died from drowning, according to Solicitor Avalon Hall. Acoordlng to the story told by Ruth Louise Scales, mother of the three girls, Dorothy Ann and Grace Helen went to bed about 8 p. m., and Alice Faye was still up playing on the floor. Dorothy Ann was ill of chicken pox. Their, father and mother were seated in a room in their tenant home (ISO Campaign b Extended To Saturday, Feb. 8 Zeb Dickson, U. S. O. chairman in Wilkes county, said today that in order to give all people in the county an opportunity to contribute that the campaign for U. S. O. fnnds has been extend ed in Wilkes county through February 8. Mr. Dickson pointed out that there are one and one-half mil lion men in service, Including many in hospitals whose prin cipal recreation is furnished through the U. S. O. There are 59,000 men from NoSth Caro lina in service, he said. No personal solicitation is be ing done in the county for the U. S. Mr. Dickson said, and he urged that all who will con tribute send their donations to W. Blair Gwyn, treasurer, at North Wilkesboro. The quota fpr the county is $3,500, which has not been reached dnring the campaign. across the highway from the big Davis farmhouse. Scales started talking about being "born again" and said God had called him to preach. ''I felt pretty good about it,' his wife said. Then Scales started to shout and sing. The children began to cry. Suddenly, he cut the light off, grabbed the oldest child and the baby and. started out the door. His wife asked "him where he was going, and he shouted, "Jesus says go and we gotta go. Come on. You gotta go too, hur ry up." He hurried to the back porch. Ruth grabbed Grace Hel en and followed. "Jesus says go,' Scales kept shouting. Then he threw. Dorothy Ann and Alice Faye, through the 12-inch square opening of the back porch well: He snatched Grace Helen from her mother and threw her in, and tried to send his wife down the well after the children. When she fought him, he turned and went feet first into the well himself. At the bottom of the 75-feet deep well, he continued to shout and sing and pray. Then present ly (Ruth did not remember how much later) he called to her to send him a rope. "My children are gone," he spid, "and I'm coming out." She threw him the well bucket and he started up ward, raving, "When Jesus says come out, I'm coming out." Mrs. Louis J. Church Last rites were * conducted Wednesday at Double Springs church in Ashe county tor Mrs. Mary Elisabeth Church, 60, wife of Louis J. Church, of Headrix. Mrs. Church died Tuesday. Surviving Mrs. Church are her husband and the following sons and daughters: Edgar Cfiurch, North Wllkeaboro; Mrs. Margar et Shell, Headrix; Mrs. H. a Hutchison, North Wilkesbore; James F. Church, Yannoy. William H. Pardue Funeral service for William Henry Pardue, 85, well known citizen of the Roaring River com munity who died Wednesday eve ning , will be held Friday, two p. m., at Brier Creek church. Rev. R'. *R. Crater will conduct the service. Mr. Pardue is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lula Pardue, and the following sons and daughters: James, Luther, and Will Pardue, Mrs. Bob Beaman and Mrs. Fran cis Pardue. Home From Korea MISS EMILY McOOY Support the Y. M. C. A. Mrs. Noah Beaton First Woman On Jury In Wilkes 3 Mrs. Beulah W. Benton, "wife of No&h T. Benton, of Purlear, made history Wednesday when she became the first woman to serve on a Jury in Wilkes coun ty. With regular jurors for the week discharged, attorneys seek ing to try an uncontested divorce action asked a number of peo ple in court to occupy the Jury box. Among the number of jur ors collected was Mrs. Benton. The jury granted Mrs. Addle Mae Cothren a divorce from her hueband, W. Clarence Oothren, on grounds of two years separa tion. W , Judge H. Hoyle Sink, presid ing, took cognizance of the fact that Mrs. Benton was the first woman to serve on a jury in Wilkes coi court. Serving with Mrs. Benton on the jury vtore three lawyers, two deputies sheriff, four farmers, one merchant and one newspap erman. Following the divorce action the same jury passed on a case in which Florence Harris, colored, was asking 'alimony of her hus band, Isadore Harris, on grounds of desertion. Her contention that her husband had abandoned her was not contradicted by testi mony and the issue was answer ed in her favor. A humorous note entered the court proceedings when Clerk of Court C. C. Hayes empanneled the jury and addressed the body as "Gentlemen of the jury." He was corrected by Judge Sink, who called attention to the fact that he should have said "Lady and gentlemen of the jury." Sev eral minutes later Judge Sink was delivering his charge to the jury and addressed them as "gentlemen." A member of the bar promptly corrected the court. V. F. W. Baeks Good Health Plan In N. Carolina Post Gives $100 To Infan tile Paralysis Fund; Oth er Matters Are Up Blue Ridge Mountain post of Veterans of Foreign Wars in meeting Tuesday night voted un animously to favor the North Carolina Medical Care Commis sion's good health plan for North Carolina. A committee composed of S. L. Whltaker, J. F. Jordan and Dr. J. H. McNeill was named to frame insolations for the Good Health Plan and to send the resolutions to Representative T. E. Story and Senator Lafayette Williams in the legislature. Dr. J. H. McNeill, poet com mander, presided at the meeting, which was wall attended. The post voted to contribute $100 to the Infantile Paralysis Fund. The post engaged in a discus sion, of Boy- Scout troops and it was decided that the post would give the Wilkes 'Teen Age Cen ter the use of the V. F. W. hall on C street two nights weekly instead of one. ? o ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL Rev. B. M. Lackey, Rector Vesper service will he held in St. Paul's Episcopal Church Son day afternoon, February 2nd, at four o'clock. Friends and visitors are invited to attend this service. Rob Newlond Bonk Robber* held 19 the bank at Newland this morning, lock ed a bank employe and cus tomers in the vault, and es caped with gSB,000 toward in a 1046 Ford se Polio Donco Will Bo Held Fridoy Night Everybody to Invited to the dance to be held Ftriday night, nine until 12, at the American Legion and Auxiliary clulbhouse for the Infantile Paralysis cam paign. All of the money paid for admission to the dance will go Ef/a into the fund. MISS EMILY McCOY, HOME FROM KOREA, TELLS ABORT RED CROSS WORK AMONG U.S. ARMY TROOPS Miss Emily MoOoy, daughter jf Mr. and Mrs. J. B. McCoy, of North Wilkeaboro, is glad to be home again after more than a rear of Red Cross foreign ser vice in Korea. Miss McCoy sailed from Cali fornia October 31, 1945, after i short course in Red Cross! work at Washington, D. C., and ( two weeks field training at Aber leen, Md. She landed in Manila November 20, 1945, and went Into Korea fifteen days later. On December 31, 1946, she sailed for home. ' Miss McCoy, with one other Red Cross worker, operated a Red Cross club for the Seventh army division artillery in Ko rea. With the few facilities avail able, the two Red Cross workers planned recreation for the men jf the three batalllons in the area. Writing tables and station ary were made available, there were ping pong tables and card games. Other than that, the Red Cross workers had to cre ate and improvise for the recre ation of the troops. Ping Pong tournaments, truth and conse quence programs, dances, fashion shows by wives of soldiers, leat jr work classes, tours and picnics were some of the Red Cross planned recreational features. ( The tours often carried the troops to historic shrines in Korea, including a Buddaist temple nad the walled city of 3oowan. Silk mills were found to; interesting ? iy stated that the Red Cross furnished the only recreational programs afforded American troops' in the area of Korea where she was situated luring her 13 months of Red Cross club service. The area was a former Jap irtillery post and many of the fortifications placed there by Taps remained and were found to be interesting. Arrival of American troops to occupy the irea was the occasion for a glee ful celebration on the part of native Koreans, Miss McCoy said. Because of dangers involved, Red Cross workers did not have much contact with the native j population. But Miss McCoy gained from observation that 90 per cent of the Koreans were liv ing in dire poverty. The men wore discarded Jap uniforms and any kind of garment or part of a garment they could find. In flation during the past year was terrible with the average native unable to buy anything. Korean politics was a subject af much interest to Miss McCoy. During the early part of the oc cupation there were many holi lay rites by the Communist par-i ty, who were in the minority. It Is the custom there, Miss McCoy i jaid, for the minority party to' try to get into power through a holiday riot. The Red Cross workers never went anyplace without an escort of armed soldiers. Miss McCoy, who was a school teacher before entering Red Cross work, found her year of Red Cross service overseas ex tremely interesting. She was, rery happy to get home, but may go back i into Red- Cross work with another overseas assign ment. North Wilkesboro And Speaeer Will Play Here Friday North Wilkesboro high school pasketball teams, boys and girls, will meet the strong teams from 3pencer high school in the North Wilkesboro gymnasium Friday light. The first of the three games, which should draw a record srowd of fans, will get under way at 6:30 p. m. when the Worth Wilkesboro B Team meets the Spencer reserves. The girls' iihd boys', games will follow. These games are on the Pied mont Conference schedule and the North Wilkeaboro teams hope : into the win column. ?' 1 Recreation Party At Ferguson School; Everybody is invited to a rec reation party to be given at Fer guson school Saturday night, eight until 11 p. m., for the ben efit of the gymnasium fund. A popular string band will furnish music and an enjoyable evening is assured all who will attend. Zeb Vance Strader Claimed By Death Funeral service for Zebulon Vance Strader, 70, of 909 'Spring Garden Street, Greensboro, who died early Saturday morning at Wesley Long Hospital in Greens boro, was held Sunday afternoon, two o'clock at Forbis and Mur ray Chapel. The service was con ducted by Rev. E. W. Wiseman, pastor of the 'First Congrega tional Christian church, and bur ial was in the Green Hill ceme tery. Mr. Strader was the father of Mrs. J. Mark McAdams, of Elon College, a former resident of I North Wilkeaboro. o ? Wildlife Club Raleigh.?The heralded Wild life Federation-sponsored bill to separate the Division of Game and Inland Fisheries from the State Department of Conser vation and Development was rushed to legislative hoppers yes terday, already signed by 17 Senators and 70 Representatives. Presentation of the ;btll by Senator Rodman of Beaufort and Representative McDonald of Polk followed the winding-up Tuesday of the Wildlife Federation's two day annual meeting. The measure calls for the cre ation of a separate State agency to be known as the North Caro lina Wildlife Resources Commis sion, whose "function, purpose and duty shall be to manage, re store, develop, cultivate, con serve, protect and regulate the wildlife resources" of this 8tate, and ''administer the laws relat ing to game, game fish and other wildlife exclusive of commercial fisheries." Nine Commissioners Proposed The new commission would be governed by nine commissioners, one appointed by the Governor from each of nine geographic dis tricts of the State, and each would be required to he ''an ex perienced hnnter, fisherman, farmer or biologist," with special knowledge and training in the restoration, protection, proper use and management of wildlife resources." Members would 'be appointed tor staggered terms, the first expiring in January, 1948, and one expiring each year thereafter through 1956. Thereafter, alL appointments would be- for terms 'of nine years each. i The bill specifies that commis sioners, in turn, "shall select and appoint a competent person to serve as executive director. The director shall have had "formal training and experience in conservation, protection, and management of wildlife resourc es." His salary, not to exceed $7,500 annually, would be fixed by the Governor. Would Transfer Powers The proposal calls for the transfer of all "powers, duties, jurisdiction, responsib! 1111 e s, lands, bulldlngB, records and equipment" from the present Di vision of Game and Inland Fish eries to the new Wildlife Re sources GomiUiseion. ? s ? People of -the U. S. took more (than 40,000,000 lbs. of pills and I powders last year. However, Spencer has fast teams which will offer plenty of petitlon. Spencer now 1?w ond In the conference. .:<ui ? Scheduled Soon VVIIVUHIVU wvvn Date of Formal Opening Will Bo Announced By Carl E. VanDeman ? Freezer locker and plant being erected on the Oak woods road near Wllkesboro toy the Carolina Refrigeration Co operative Association is near completion. Carl E. VanDeman, former orchard research specialist who resigned his position to become manager of the cooperative erect ing the plant, said today that a date for the formal opening of the modern plant will be releas ed in the near future. In addition to family also lock ers, the lsrge plant will have much epace for commercial stor age. Locker plant service will be available to all patrons of the cooperative. Mr. VanDeman announced the following schedule of prices for locker plant services: Pork (per pound): Chill, cut, wrap, label, date, and sharp freeze, 3c; wrap, label, date and!, sharp freeze, 2c; ohllllng and' cutting, 1 l-2c; cutting and grinding sausage or lard,, 2c; grinding sausage or lard,' lcf cutting, grinding, and seasoning sausage, 3c; slicing bacon, 3c; caring?plain salt, sugar cure, or sugar cure smoke salt, 3 l-2c; smoking (painted), lc; bulk storage per week, 3-4c. Beef, Veal, and Lamb (per pound): Chill, cut, wrap, label, date, and quick freeze, 3c; chill ing and cutting, 1 l-2c; cutting, lc; wrap, label, date, and quick freese, 2c; bulk storage per week, 8-4c. Poultry: wrapping and sharp, freezing, 2c lb. Eggs: Labeling and sharp freezing, lc per pint, 2c per qL. Fruits and Vegetables: 1. Custom processing: this amount, the charge will be 1 l-2c for packing quarts and lc ? for pints, ntot including cost of the package. 2. Patron Processing: Patrons may come in and use the kitchen for preparing their own fruits and vegetables. The minimum charge will be 35c for which a patron may process and pack up to 60 packages. For all over 50 the charge will be l-2c per pack age. Patrons must call ahead of time and make arrangements for the use of the kitchen. 3. Freezing price schedule: Actual sharp freezing charge is lc per pint or 2c per quart whe ther the product is packaged at home or at the plant. All pro ducts must be frozen before go ing Into the lockers. Locker Rental Rates: Drawer type locker, $15.00 per year; Door type locker, $12.00 per year, $1.50 per month; Storage on overflow packages, le per pound per month, minimum' charge of 25c per month. Brokerage For Selling Meet, 2c per pound. Storage of apples, peaches, and other fruits for home use: 1st month, 30c per bushel, each ad ditional month, 10c per bushel. Mrs. Rogers Dies Af York, So. Carolina York, S. C., Jan. 28.?Mrs, Margaret Elivira Rogers passed away thiB afternoon at the home of her daughter, - Mrs. Marlon Smith in York, S. C. She was born April 8, 1878, and had lived all her life in York county and was the widow of William R. Rogers. The funeral was held In York a t Trinity Methodist church where Mrs. Rogers was a life long member. Officiating for the services were Rev. Mr. Harris, pastor of Trinity Church, Rev. James B. Brown pastor of First Baptist church and Dr. J. C. Roger, former pastor of Trinity Church. Burial was in Rose Hill cemetery In York. Surviving are three daughters, Mm. R. E. Stewart of North Wll kesboro, Mrs. Marion L. Smith, and Mrs. Joe D. Smith, 'both of York; two sons, B. M. Rogers ot Charlotte, N. C. and William Rogers of Washington, D. C.; one sister, eleven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Toon Age Square Donee A square dance will be lb, V. T,W. Hall ? -
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