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mm North Wilkorboro c A. pl?t*SaC^i.Y " The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Troll of Progress Uvjhe "State of Wilkes'|^For^2^^g^ trading radios of 50 BO poo Carolina. iSSjm i Vol* 41, No. 81 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., Monday, Feb. 10,1&47 ; Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center ?FEBRUARY liliBsw Window displays, special troop meetings and other special events are being featured by Boy Scouts in Wilkes in observance of Boy Scout Week February 7"13 The sun never sets on the Boy Scout nor on his "Good Turn" and cheerful smile. Organized in SI nations around the world, Scouting today has 4,413,139 boys and leaders on its membership rolls. The Boy Scout Movement has been adjudged one of the most potential factors in the promotion of world peace. Its great influence in international friendship and good-will has been constantly furthered by Scout Jamborees, visits and cor respondence across the seas. In more recent years it has been examples of world-wide helpfulness. For instance, the Boy Scouts of America, which marks its 37th anniversary during Boy Scout Week, Feb. 7 to 13, has a World Friendship Fund of voluntary gifts by its members. Thus far over $110,000 has gone to help Boy Scouts in 32 nations over seas rebuild their units. In addition 400 cases, or twenty tons, of Scout Uniforms and equipment given ia the Scouts' own "Shirts-Off-Our-Backs" campaign have gone to Scouts of 13 lands. These international aspects of the Boy Scouts are worth examining. The Scout Oath and Law, with slight variations in different countries, are known the world around. Scouting has promoted international good-will and friendship by emphasizing those points which nations have in common, not their differences. The Scout Program is based upon activities that are fundamental to boyhood the world around. Camping and life in the open attracts all boys, regardless of the language they speak. N. C. A. A, Cage Tournament To Be Here Feb. 25 Cragan Named Manager Basketball Tournament For Nine Counties North Carolina Athletic Asso ciation basketball Tournament for nine counties will ibe held in the North Wilkesboro school gymnasium, beginning February 25. C. E. Mcintosh, of Chapel Hill, secretary of the N. C. A. A., has appointed Paul 8. Cragan, super intendent of North, Wilkesboro schools, manager of the tourna ment for Western Conference district 2, which is composed of Wilkes, Stanley, Cabarrus, Row an, Iredell, Alexander, Allegh any, Ashe and Watauga counties. Mr. Cragan said today that separate schedules will be made for Class A and Class B teams and that the tournament may run for four days. Further details on the tournament will be announc ed later. o ?' , Millers Creek Will Ploy West Yadkin On Tusday, February 11 two thrilling games are-expected at Millers Creek gym between Mil lers Creek and West Yadkin. West Yadkin won the Yadkin Valley Tournament last year and the boys were close runners to the champions. Everyone is in vited to attend these games, which will start promptly at 7:30 P. m. ' Millers Creek All Stars To Tackle Mocksville m One of the outstanding *bas ketball games of the year at Millers Creek will be played on Wednesday night, 7:30,-between , the Millers Creek and Mocksville f all stars.' Millers Creek lost a -int decision to Mocksville in the season. Wm. Robert Stone Is Taken By Death Funeral service was held to day at Rock Creek church for William Robert Stone, 65-year old resident of Edwards town ship who died Friday at his home. Rev. J. S. Bryant conduct ed the funeral service. Mr. Stone Is survived by the following sons and daughters: Lee Stone, West Virginia; James C. Stone, Roaring River; Mrs. Sarah Cook, Knoxvllle, Tenn.; Mrs. 'Bertha Anderson, Damascus, Va.; Mrs. Mae Holbrook, Elkln; Mrs. Bessie Anderson, Grpnt, Va. Special Session Federal Court Be Held Thursday Judge E. Yates Webb, jurist of the western North Carolina dis trict of federal court, will pre side over a special session of Federal court In Wilkesfooro Thursday for trial of two cases. Defendants in the cases, which are for alleged violation of the liquor tax laws, will be ? Isaac Thomas Clark and. J. C. Gibson In one case, and James Willie Sales, Sr., and. Walter Hague In the other. Judge Johnson J. Hayes, ?, of Wllkedboro, disqualified himself to preside over the cases because defendants had been formerly employed by him. .' 1 o Square Dance 13th At Moravian Falls Another square dance has been planned to be held Thurs day night, eight until 11, at the Moravian Falls community house for the benefit of the Commun ity House improvement fund. The Wasteland Wanderers will again furnish music and the public is cordially invited to at tend. Admission price will -> be $1:50 per couple. Support the Y. M. C. A. Kiwanians Have Interesting Meet; I Olive Is Speaker North Wllkesboro Klwanls club Friday held an interesting meeting, which was featured by a most interesting address by Rev. Eugene Olive, former Bap tist pastor here now chaplain of Wake Forest College. The speaker was presented by A. F. Kilby, representing the committee on Support of Church es. Rev. Mr. Olive said that In telligence is the greatest resource of any community and cited figures to show that education and business activity go hand in hand. The latter part of his ad dress dealt with the coming move of Wake Forest College to Win ston-Salem. Prior to the program, E. G. Pinley commented on an action of the City Commissioners. "This week the City Commission ers voted to eject the public li brary from its quarters in the City Hall, even though an agree ment was made when the build ing was erected for the library to be located there." Mr. Flnley referred to the fact that there were 7000 Ibooks in the library which had circulated 31,800 times, over four times per book, enough for every citizen in North Wllkesboro to have read 6 books. He put up a plea t3r some action to be taken to retain the library or ask the Chamber of Commerce to put on its letterhead that North Wllkesboro waa the />nly town of its size in the state with out a public library. He asked that it be referred to the Public Affairs Committee for further study. Guests Friday were as follows: Tom Dillon, with Joe Barber; H. H. Jo be with Paul Church; E. M. Blackburn with D. E. Elledge. V. F. W. to Meet Blue Ridge Mountain Post Vet erans of Foreign Wars will meet Tuesday, eight p. m., in the V. F. W. hall. All members are asked to attend. LOCAL MIL WILL REPRESENT , ? WILKES IN SOIL CONSERVATION . ' .PEAKING CONTEST THURSDAY Miss Ramona Sloops, a stu dent of North Wllkesboro high school, won the title In the Soil Conservation Service's speaking contest for Wilkes county. J. B. Williams, president of the Wilkes Chaitifber of- Com merce, which donated the cash prises, awarded them as follows: Miss Ramona Sloop, North Wll kesboro, $25; Carl Church, Mil lers Creek, $1 Br*. Bill Staley, Roaring -River, and Elisabeth Lovette, Millers Creek, tied for third place and were awarded $10 each. Other students from county schools taking part In the coun ty finals were: Nellie Jane Bul 11s, Wllkesboro; Rosalee Poplin, Ronda; Mary Ruth Bauguss, Traphill. Paul Church, chairman of the Agricultural Council in Wilkes, presided. Judges were Francis Peebles, Quinton Patterson and Miss Mary Strickland, -of the Ire dell county Agricultural Council. The district speaking contest which Is expected to receive much attention and Bhould be largely j attended will be held Thursday, February 13, ten a. m., in the North Wilkes bo ro town halL I This contest- will be Jointly spon sored with the Soil Conservation Service by the North Wilkesboro Lions Club and North Wllkeeboro Klwanis Club. County winners from .Wilkes, Ashe, Alleghany, Surry and Tad kin counties will speak and the! winner will represent the dis trict in the state finals to be held soon. In the district con test there will be five prizes as follows: |25, |20, $15, $10, and *5 Since one of the primary pur poses of the speaking contest is to create Interest in the import ance of soil conservation, the public is cordially Invited to the district contest to hear the speak ers. F. C. JOHNSON NEW CHAIRMAN OF WILKES DEMOCRATIC EXEC. COM. Elected Saturday To Succeed R. M. Brame, Jr., Resigned; Oppose House Bill Number 193 Now In Legislature At a meeting of the Wilkes County Democratic Executive Committee held Saturday after noon at the Town Hall in North Wilkesboro and attended by 23 out of the 29 township chair men, F. C. (Freel) Johnson was elected chairman to succeed Rob ert M. Brame, Jr., resigned. The executive committee meet ing was presided over by Mr. Brame, who resigned sometime ago on account of so much of his personal time being taken up with his business, making it im possible for him to serve the 0 IP mittee secretary?i( retary of the caqed meeting urday afternoon The committee unanimously voted to express its appreciation to Mr. Brame for the splendid service he rendered the party while chairman, and also voted unanimously in opposition to House Bill 193 introduced sever- j al days ago by Representative T.! E. Story which proposes to in crease clerk hire in the offices of the register of deeds, clerk of superior court, sheriff, and to authorize the employment of an all-time deputy sheriff. Mr. Johnson,^the new commit tee chairman, is well known er. Tn addition to being a lum ber dealer, he is an experienced farmer. Wilkesboro Juniors Sponsoring A Big Valentine P a r t yj The Junior Class of the Wil-1 kesboro high school is sponsor ing a Valentine Party and Beau ty Pageant next Friday night to raise money for the Junior-Sen ior banquet. The party will begin at 6:00 o'clock at the schoolhouse. There will be both round and square dancing, card games, and bingo going on down stairs, and for each of these a small fee will be charged. At eight o'clock, a beau ty pageant will he held in the auditorium where "Miss Wilkes boro'' will be chosen. Bach entry to the pageant must have a spon sor, and to sponsor a girl there is a charge of $1.00. The judg ing will be by the audience at the rate of a penny a vote, and those present will hare the op portunity to tote as many times as they wish. After "Miss Wil kesboro" has been chosen, the games and dance will begin and run until about midnight. The public is cordially invited to attend. Admission to the Beau ty Pageant will be 20c for stu dents, and 35 cents for adults. Parents of Members Of Band Will Meet Parents of students in the North Wilkesboro high school band are asked to meet In the 'Band House" Tuesday night, eight o'clock. DOWN COMFORT DEMONSTRATION All those interested in learn ing to make down comforts from chicken or other kinds of feath ers will want to be present for a demonstration in the Town Hall ih North Wllkesfboro on Sat urday, February 15 at 1:30 p. m. Miss Rose Ellwood Bryan, from State College, will give this demonstration. "I'm sure this will prove to be a very interest ing and worthwhile meeting and this 1 1-2 hours will be well worth yovT time. You are .es pecially .invited to this demon stration," Mrs. Annie H. Greene, home agent, said. Plan Open House At Locker Plant Public Invited to Look Over Freezer Locker Plant All Next Week Carl E. VanDeman, manager of the freezer locker plant being erected on the Oakwoods road by the Carolina Refrigeration Co operative, announce^ today that the plant will. have open house all next week. Throughout next week the public is cordially invited to visit the plant and learn first hand in formation about the services to be rendered patrons by the co operative. The plant is near completion. The compressors and other equip ment are now being installed and it is expected that operation of the plant may begin the latter part of next week. Assisting Mr. VanDeman in operation of the plant will be Robert Hogan, in care of the meat cutting and curing division, and Gordon Ogilvie, refrigera tion ' and bulk storage manager. Veterans Foreign Wars Sponsoring Boy Scout Troop At a meeting at V. P. W. Head quarters on Wednesday, Febru ary 5, at 7:00 p. m. the V. P. W. Scout Committee Composed of Dock Wiles, chairman. Bill Thom as, J. D. Moore, Jr., Glenn Thomas, Prank Allen, and Ralph Williams, met with Scout Com missioner Cordon Finley and an "Old Hickory Council" repre sentative from Winston-Salem, and made application for a charter for the V. P. W. spon sored troop. Eight "to be Scouts" were on hand to make the char ter member list. Previously, from the V. P. W. Scout Committee, the following troop officers were elected: Ralph Williams, Scoutmaster; Bill Thomas, Assistant Scout master, and Glenn Thomas, treas urer. The Scout troop will use the V. P. W. hall as their meeting place and will meet each Monday night at 7:00. Any boys, of eligi ble age, who wish to become scouts, are urged to attend. ' ? ? ? i ?'il i Predictors Promise Slow Relief Extreme Weather \ ' ? ' til' I The weather man today was predicting slow relief from the extreme cold weather prevailing throughout the country for the past week. Temperatures here during the week have been as low as ten above on three mornings, while ] the mountain counties west of here have had sub-zero readings. Wilkes has escaped without snow but the Bine Ridge has been white for almost a week from the blizzard snow storms which have i* raged over the mountain section and the midwest. ? Home Chair Office Totally Destroyed By Fire Saturday Ten-Room Frame Structure Near Factory At Ronda Burned; Will Rebuild Office building of the Home Chair company at Ronda was to tally destroyed by fire Saturday night. A watchman discovered the fire about eight p. m. and the building at that time was en veloped in flames. North Wilkesboro and Elkin fire departments helped keep the fire from spreading to the fac tory building and other struc tures. High winds blew (ire and debris for a considerable distance and made the Job of fire fighting more difficult in the extreme cold weather. The Home Chair company of fices were located in a ten-room frame structure which formerly had been used as a residence. Officials of the company stated today that a modern office build ing will be erected as early as possible on the same location as th? quarters which burned. The fire will not materially af fect operation of the plant and temporary offices were set up HP was carried on the building which was destroyed. o ?? Eugene Olive Is Speaker Friday At Lions Meeting Wake Forest Pastor And College Chaplain Tells Of Intelligence Value Rev. Eugene Oliee, former First Baptist pastor here and now pastor and chaplain at Wake Forest College, stressed the val ue of intelligence in an address Friday evening before the North Wilkesboro Lions Club. Rev. Mr. Olive, taking a part of the Lions motto as his sub ject, spoke very interestingly a bout the wise use of knowledge, and urged a higher educational level amopg the people of the state. He cited results of a Chamber of Commerce survey which show ed that invariably states with the highest expenditures for educa tion have a result high rank in business activity and per capita income. In conclusion he talked brief ly aibout the change to he made in location of Wake Forest Col lege from near Raleigh to Win ston-Salem. He explained that 80 per cent of the white population of North Carolina is west of Ra leigh and that 75 per cent of the money spent in the state for higher education is within 30 miles of the capltol. He said the move to Winston-Salem would aot only benefit Wake Forest, but the entire state. The program was In charge of Bill Marlow, Dick Gwyn and ftufus B. Church, who presented he speaker. Nine members were received nto the club Friday evening., rhe new members, inducted by I. H. Whicker, Jr., were Warner Wilier, Jr., S. B. Moore, Ralph Buchan, Jlmmie Allen, Cecil lauss, Paul Irwin, Louis Irwin ind T. R. Bryan. D. L. Crook's membership was transferred Irom Lumberton to this city. Following a talk by Dr. H. B. Smith the club unanimously en lorsbd the proposed Good Health Bfiln North Wilkesboro and a ?esolution was sent to Represen tative T. E. Story and Senator Lafayette Williams expressing ;he club's desire to have the pro posed plan adopted by the state. SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A. ? I ? 11 1 ... Many Interesting Exhibits By Clubs; Awards For Year Are Listed The Wilkes County Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs had their fall achievement day program on Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock in the Masonic hall in North Wllkesboro with approximately 200 women pres ent. Mrs. Avery Whittlngton, first vice (president of the coun ty council, presided in the ab sence of the president, Mrs. C. F. Bretholl, who is in Florida on va cation. The program opened by sing ing "We Believe in Our Bute," followed iby the club collect In unison. Rev. Watt M. Cooper, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church .in North Wilkeaboro, conducted the devotional. The playlet, "A Day with the Nutfc Family," portraying the signifi cance of Home Demonstration club work, was sponsored by the Fairplains club and given by some members of the Mulberry 4-H Club. A highlight of the pro gram was the interesting report on Farm & Home Week given by Mrs. T. W. Ferguson. Each club had an exhibit on some phase of the work that had been accomplished during 1946. Those exhibits were original, educational, and Interesting: Boomer, Homestead Planning; Champion, Table Setting; Crick et, Community building; Fair plains, Family Bookshelf; Fergu son, Iron Building Foods; Gil reath, 7-Basic Foods; Moravian F a 1 s, Homemade Christmas Gifts; Mountain View, Finishing Touches for the Home; Millers Creek, Christmas Gifts from the Farm; Mulberry, Homemade Rugs; Pores Knob, Community Building and Cemetery Improve ment; Purlear, Handiwork; Roar ing River, Quilt Display; Ronda, "What to Eat and How to Serve It." w work for 1947 and awarded the bine ribbons. These ribbons were awarded to the following: Crick et Clnb, fon having (greatest num ber present; Pores Knob Club, for traveling greatest number of miles; and (1) Pores Knob (2 V Pairplains (3) Cricket, for the three beet scrapbooks. Blue rib bons were given to the following for perfect attendance at council meetings: Mrs. Do vie Jolnes (5 years), Mrs. W. E. Snow and Mrs. Wiley Brooks (3 years), Mrs. Nora Eller and Mrs. E. R. Eller (2 years). For attendance in local cluib meetings: Fair plains, Mrs. Aaron Brooks, Mrs. Wiley Brooks, Mrs. W. E. Bnow; Ferguson, Miss Beulah Ferguson, Mrs. T. W. Ferguson, Mrs. Glenn Williams; Pores Knob, Mrs. Pau line Anderson, Mrs. Nell Ashley,. Mrs. Enla Bentley, Mrs. Margie Bentley, Mrs. Nora Brock, Mrs. Ethel Broyhill, Mrs. Dorothy Fra sier, Mrs. Parks Lowe, Mrs. Pearl Parlier, Mrs. Maude Smith; Ron la, Mrs. Avery Whlttlngton; Millers Creek, Mrs. M. F. Bum sarner, Mrs. Clate Bumgarner, Mrs. Paul Delp; Roaring River, Mrs. A. C. Staley; Boomer, Mrs. A.twell German, Mrs. I. J. Bnoy lill, Mrs. Finley Blackburn, Mrs. Drvil Smith, Mrs. John Andrews, Mrs. Earle German; Purlear, Mrs. Aline Yates; Mulberry, Mrs, 3. C. Byrd, Mrs. Trealy Harrold; ^bshers, Mrs. J. C. Johnston, Mrs. T. G. Johnson; Gilreath, Mrs. Ed Hendren; Cricket, Mrs. 5. W. Baker, Mrs. E. R. Eller, Mrs. R. C. Goodwin, Mrs. Dick rhompaon, Mrs. D. E. Turner, Mrs. Bob Church, Mrs. J. P. Cry el. A number of these women iave been present at all club neetingB for a number of years, >r since their clnb has been or ;anized. The meeting adjourned by inging "God be with yon TU| re Meet Again." The Refreshment Committee erved coffee and cookies. Report Of Clerk Published Today Annual report of Clerk ot Jourt C. C. Hayes, which show* he amount held by the clerk of ourt for various peopM and roups, is published in this news iaper today. Those who call at the office if the clerk of court tor the unds listed are asked to take tote of the judgment docket lumber and the case number for iach "amount. This will make it tosslble for the office personnel o locate the records fuieklr. ?- ? ?' : ?:
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