ink. Y. M. C. A. U rau tag a buOdiaf hind for the aifw of a modern Y. M C A. plant. Support it. ! " ~~ The Journal-Patriot Hos Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 40 Years _ MIR on North Wilkesbor? hu a trading radius of 50 ?n? 100,000 people b North wm l&iM pgVff ^,r^-W* ' Vol. 41, No. 90 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKBSBORO, N. CM Thursday, March 13, 1947 -vT Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center T. B. Situation la Wilkes Couity Called Alarming Committee Report# More Than 300 Cases in Coon*. ty; No Facilities Ta, committee of Influential citi zen# representing civic, health and church organizations in this community are seeking reopen ing of the Wilkes tubercular hos pital to provide hospitalization and Isolation for some of the many case? of tuberculosis in Wilkes county. Mrs. Wesley Epey, of Raleigh, a field worker for the tubercu losis seal association in NoTth Carolina, met with lome of the committee members in the initial ( meeting held at the home of Mrs. O. E. Triplett, who so success fully led the seal campaign here this year. ' , Among those present at the fheeting were Dr. E. N. Phillips and Dr. J. H. McNeill, of the Wilkes Medical Society, Mrs. Ber tha Bell, of the county health de partment, Mrs. Ivey Moore and Mrs. Triplett, of the North Wil keeboro Woman's Club, and W. J. Baaon, of the American Le gion. The committee, when com pleted, will have representatives of the ctvic organizations, | churches, schools, welfare de partment and other agencies in terested In public health. First objective of the commit tee in the fight against epread of tuberculosis In Wilkes will be ?Happening of the county tu located on the ? patients can be hospitalized there and that that number wotfid greatly Improve the situ ation In the county. Health authorities reported *o the meeting that there are now 300 cases of tuberculosis in Wilkes, and that the county ranks badly among the counties of the state In number of cases. It was also pointed out that 30 from Wilkes are now In tuber culosis sanltoriums, which are full. This means, members of the committee said, that many tuber culosis victims are not isolated, and that it can be expected that others will (become infected from them. Mrs. Triplett and Mrs. Moore will present the matter to " the North Wilkeeboro Woman's Club Monday with the request that that organization in cooperation with the many other civic and public groups sponsor the, movement to re-open the county tubercular hospital. The committee also plans many other activities designed to pre vent further spread of tubercu losis in Wilkes county. Greater Part Of $3,500 Band Fund Is Raised In City The recent campaign to raise S3,500 to provide Instruments and uniforms for an enlarged frth Wilkesboro high school nd was successful, It was learn here today. Although the $3,500 goal has not >been reached, about two thirds of that amount has been contributed with a number of re ports yet to 'be received. Mrs. C. Arthur Venable, Par ent-Teacher Association presi dent, and C. Jack Swofford are chairmen of the campaign, and those who have not' donated are asked to send their contributions as early as convenient to either of the chairmen or to the high school office. o Lt. Col. Reins Is At Home From Alaska Lt. Colonel Itklph R. Reins, who has been stationed at Fair banks, Alaska, for the past 30 months, is now spending 30 days leave with his family here. Jjt. Col. Reins said that the ydEteet temperature at Fair basks during January was 32 de grees below zero. At the end of hla leave Lt. CoL Reins will re ceive his next assignment of doty from Washington. D. C. Miss Wilkesboro Miss Betty Hayworth, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bay worth, of Wilkesboro, won the beauty contest title in the re cent contest and program held at Wilkesboro high school under sponsorship of the jun ior class. The contest was highly successful and attract ed much interest. Correll On Trial For Baker Murder On December 28 Case May Reach Jury Late Today; Self Defense Is Plea Of Correll Johnny Horace Correll, opera tor the fatal shooting of Charles C. Baker, 20, manager of Club 40 & 8 on highway 268 near here December 28. V,erdict of second degree mur der or manslaughter Is being asked by Solicitor Avalon E. Hall; who is assisted In the prose cution by Eugene Trivette. - The trial got under way at noon and the first witnesses were Miss Helen Kilby, a waitress at the club, ana Tommy Land, a colored man who worked there. Their testimony was similar, both to the effect that the shoot ing occured after an argument about a dice game in which Bak er and Correll were engaged. The state's witnesses said that in the argument Baker ordered Correll to leave the club, which is located five miles east-of this city. Correll did not leave, they said, ^nd Baker went behind the bar, got his gun, which they lat er v learned was not loaded, and again ordered Correll out. Cor rell, before Baker's gun, backed away but not toward the door and held Miss Fay Fields, of Le noir, between him and Baker. While behind the girl, Correll drew his own gun and fired. The bullet struck Baker above the left eye and he fell dead. Cross examination indicated a self defense plea for Correll. The prosecution rested the case after five witnesses testified and fif teen witnesses were sworn fbr the defense. iw will plsp ring. River tonight, eight o'clock. o Support the Y. M. C. A. Cliig Minton Gets 12-15 Years For Death Of Parsons Manslaughter Verdict Re turned By Jury After Short Deliberation Cling Jtflnton, owner of a store on highway 18 near Boomer, was sentenced In Wilkes superior court Wednesday to 12' to IS years In prison after, the jnry had returned a verdict of manslaugh ter for the fatal shooting of At well Wilson Parsons, 20, at Mln ton's place of business last De cember 7. The Jury returned the man slaughter verdict after brief de-1 liberation and Judge Sink pro-1 nounced sentence shortly after noon. The state did net ask a first degree verdict. Witnesses stated that Parsons, In company with a number of other men, were at Mlnton's for some time on the night of De- | cember 7 and that the shooting occured about midnight. He was shot in the abdomen ' at close range by a pistol and died short ly after being carried to the Wilkes hospital here. | Minton on the stand admitted the shooting and claimed self de fense. He stated that he ordered Parsons to leave and that he i fired hie gun as Parsons was ad-1 I vanclng toward him and was threatening to kill him. Other witnesses to the shooting said that they did not hear Parsons' threat and saw no weapon on his hands or person. Parsons, a navy veteran of World' War II, was a son of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Parsons, of the Boomer community. ?Counsel for Minton, Attorneys Eugene Trivette ang W. H. Mc Elwee, filed notice of appeal to the supreme court.. Solicitor Avalon E. Hall was aided in prosecution of the case by Whicker and Whicker and Jones and Bows lattached to royal beds that they 'were saluted by cjfcurtlers as If the beds were alters, LIONS WILL PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING FOR SCHOOL LIBRARIES IN WILKES; SURVEY COMPLETED Seeking to prevent blindness and defective vision, the North Wilkesboro Lions Cluib as a ma jor project will furnish adequate and proper lights for the school libraries in Wilkes county. A lighting engineer of Duke Power company, at the request of the Lions Club, recently in spected and made a survey of lighting needs in libraries of the North Wilkesboro *and Wilkes county schools. Libraries of all the larger schools were found with improp er and inadequate lights. Believing that prevention of I blindness and defective vision is more important than aids after! the damage is done, the Lions Club, always active in work for the blind, has undertaken the entire project to provide prop er library lights. W. O. A.bsher, president of the club, said today that the first library lights purchased will be for North Wilkesboro school, which will be followed by Wil kesboro and other schools of the county system. He expressed the opinion that it may be two years before the entire project is com pleted. Litteral and Ball Execution Dote It ? Delayed By Appeal Ralph Vernon Litteral and ?Marvin Claude Bell will not die In the gas chamber at Raleigh March IS for rape of Peggy Ruth Shore 'because their appeal to the state supreme court has not been heard and decided. Litteral and Bell were sentenc ed In the January special term of court by Judge H. Hoyle Sink after the Jury returned a verdict at the end of a sensational, week long trial. Because of the length of the case, extra time was allow ed for preparing the appeal, au tomatically staying the execution. m ? Parking Meters Scheduled Soon Representatives of manufac turers of. parking meters were scheduled to arrive in North Wllkeaboro today to begin in stallation of parking meters on North Wilkesboro'e downtown streets. Several weeks ago the city council entered into a contract for installation and trial use of meters on parts of B, C. Ninth and Tenth streets. The meters to be installed will take a toll of five cents per hour for parking and will accept pen nies for shorter parking periods.: A law passed by the current legislature legalized parking me ters for smaller cities and towns. Rev. Rufus Mitchell At Courthouse 16th Evangelist RufuY Mitchell will preach Sunday, March 16, three p. m., at the courthouse in Wil kesboro. The public, and especial ly all who are interested in erect ing a tabernacle in Wilkeeboro, the aervraf * Harry Kerley Will Open Men's Store Harry T. Kerley, well known young business man here, on Saturday' will open a men's clothing store in the building formerly occupied by Home Ap- j pliance company at the corner I of Tenth and D streets, j The firm name will be Harry T. Kerley, Complete Men's Out fitter, and Mr. Kerley said today ' that the store will be as the name implies, with a fall line of ! drees and work clothing for men. Completely new merchandise is being stocked for the opening, featuring all types of men's clothing. Mr. Kerley, a veteran of two years service in the army in Europe, cordially invites the pub lic to visit his new store on open ing date and assures everybody a cordial welcome at any time. WILKES COUNTY BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS nere is a picture of the Miller# Creek boys basketball team, winner of the county schools tournament which ended Saturday night when the Millers Creek boys defeated Mountain View 40-31. In the above picture are: front row, left to right, Frank Caudill, Wayne Church, Clyde Watkins, Blaine Oliver, Gilbert Bate; back row, Howard Vannoy, Jimmie Benton, Arlie Jennings, Duane Church. Pic ture of the Ronda girls, Wilkes champions who defeated Mountain View in the finals, was not immediately available. ? Heads Red Cross kMHMWIMMMMMlliMiMMilW ANDREW P. KTLBY Officials Wilkes Red Cross Again To Head Chapter At a recent meeting of the Red Cross Board the chapter of ficers, A. F. Kilby, chairman; Richard Johnston, rice chair man; W. C. Grier, secretary; and W. W. Starr, treasurer, were re-elected to serve another year. P. W. Eshelman was re-elect ed to serve another .three-year period as a member-at-large on the Board of Directors. New members-at-large elected were: Mrs. J. P. Pardue, Roaring (River, Purlear, representing Lewis Fork section. These ladies succeeded Walter Morrison and T. O. Mln ton, who served a three-year per iod. Members whose terms have not expired are: M. G. Edwards, W. A. Jennings, W. O. Barnett, A. G. Bidden, L. P. Somers, and Perry Lowe. Baptist Pastors Yearly Conference Here Next Week The Baptist Pastors' Annual conference will be held at Reins Sturdivant chapel the week of March 17-21. Ministers, deacons and laymen are cordially invited. A splendid program has been arranged and is as follows: Morning 9:45 ? Devotions: Monday, Grant Miller; Tuesday, W. S. Luck; Wednesday, A. B. Hayes; Thursday, L. T. Younger; Friday, Latt Beshears. 10:00?"New Testament Stew ardship," J. C. Pipes. 10:45?Homiletical Study, E. C. Shoe, Monday, "Does God Re quire Knowledge?"; Tuesday, "The Law of Spiritual Security"; Wednesday, "Arise and Shine"; Thursday, "What Do Ye See in the Sun?"; Friday, "A Day With Jesus." 11:20?Recess and Song. 11:30?Sermon, E. Y. Bum garner, Monday, "The Security of the Believer in Christ"; Tuesday, "Feeding the Church o< God"; Wednesday, "The Fountain for Sin"; Thursday, "The Day of God's Making"; Friday, (To be decided). Afternoon 1:30 ? Devotions: Monday, Charlie Pool; Tuesday, E. C. Hodges; Wednesday, John Wells; Thursday, Ralph Miller; Friday, Glenn Huffman. 1:45?'"Preaching From the Bible", W. N. Brookshire, Mon day, "Jesus and His Bible"; Tuesday, "The Preacher and His Bible"; Wednesday, "Preaching from the Old Testament"; Thurs day, "Preaching from the Gos pels"; Friday, "Preaching from the Epistles." 2:2 5?Song. 2:30?An Exposition of Ephes ians, George W. Bond. Dokifes to Meet North Wilkeeboro Dokies Club will meet Friday, seven p. m., at John Brown's White Pine Farm. All members are asked to attend. Liberal Response Needed to Raise Quota of $7,500 Red Cross Last Year Assist ed Destitute In Total of 206 Disasters* "ii The Annual Red Gross Fund Drive Is progressing in Wilkes County, but reports are coming In so slowly that it is impossible Tor chapter officials to determine the amount raised to date. All solicitors in the city areas are re quested to phone the local office by 4:30 Friday to report on the amount collected to date, even though their canvass might not be ooiqpleted by that time. This information la necessary in order that a report on the campaign to date may be made to the Na tional Headquarters. The minimum quota for Wilkes County Is $7,500. Of the total raised 66.1 per cent will remain In Wilkes County, while 34.9 per cent will "be allotted to Na tional. During 1946 the Ameri can Red Cross assisted in 205 disasters?as of December 10. Every state in the nation, the District of Columbia, and Hawaii were struck by catastrophe, an average of 4 times each. The American Red Cross spent more than $1,500,000 in disaster relief during the 1945-46 fiscal; year. Eighty per cent of all Red. Cross disaster expenditures each year are for rehabilitation of dis aster-stricken families who have no other resources. This Red of destroyed or damaged homes and barns, providing household necessities, long-term medical nursing service, and reestablish ment of small businesses. Approximately 47 per cent of all rehabilitation expenditures in Red Cross disaster relief in the past have gone for rebuilding and repair. Increasing building costs will present a real prob lem to the Red Cross and will necessitate even more careful ap portionment of available funds in. rehabilitating disaster suffer ers. More than half the year's dis asters requiring Red Cross aid were fires: -they numbered 114 and all were listed by local of ficials as preventable. Torna does, numbering 30, and floods, numbering 2H, were next in fre quency . Ten severe stormB, 1 hurricane, and 22 miscellaneous catastrophe# ? transportation wrecks, epidemics, explosions, snow-ice disaster, tidal waves, marine disasters, and landslides ?completed the year's total of 205. Fires In this country take more lives annually -than the death toll In any earthquake, flood, tornado, or hurricane dis aster in our history. Ten thous and persons die in fires every year,' according to the National Fire Protection Association. Property losses, a great part of them in critically needed housing are now amounting to close to $600,000,000 annually. Worst year in fire history was 1946. Even without the loss of life in the sensational Atlanta and Chi cago holocausts, the record would still have been the same. Disaster requiring Red Cross aid throughout the country occur on an average of every 2 1-2 days. Legion Speaking Contest Friday The" American Legion's orator ical contest in Wilkes ooufity will be held Friday, 4:30, in the North WilkeOboro school auditor-v ium. Students from the high schools in Wilkes county will speak for the $25 bond to be given as first prize and the winner will repre sent Wilkes' in the district con test. The American Constitution will be the subject of the orations. The public is cordially invited to the contests here Friday.