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vol. 41, No. 92 ffip- Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBOBO, N. C., Thursday, March 2a 1947* lip Make North Wilkeebore Your Shopping Center
itLEPHONE improvement, civic
AND RECREATION PROJECTS AND
MUNITY CHEST DISCUSSED
Board of Directors of Wilkes Chamber of Commerce
Hare Busy Session; Sparger Tells Of Telepfibne
Company Plans t
"Improvement of the telephone
service in North Wilkeeboro and
Wilkeeboro awaits only the 50
per cent additional office equip
ment scheduled for shipment to
the local telephone off lee," W.
E. Sparser, district manager of
the Central Telephone Company,
told the Board of Directors of the
Wilkes Chamber of Commerce at
a meeting on Tuesday. "This
shipment is scheduled for ship
nrent from ninety to one hundred
and twcurty jlays from now."
Sparger pointed out that the
shortage of copper and lead is
one of the biggest drawbacks to
ward getting telephone equip
ment. He also reiterated to the
Board of Directors of the Wilkes
Chamber the fact that one can
save time on long distance calls
by simply giving the name of the
city that one wishes to call to the
first operator that answers your
telephone. This will make it more
convenient for the caller and the
operator.
The directors of the chamber
received a report from a special
sub-committee of the Civic Af
fairs and Recreation Committees
on needed improvements for the
towns of North Wilkeeboro and
Wilkesboro. This report was
adopted by the board and will
be presented to the city council
as a recommendation of the
chamber for improvements.
The Board of Directors dis
cussed the formation of a Com
munity Chest and President J.
B. Williams appointed a special
committee to make an Investiga
tion as to the possibility of or
ganizing such a chest in Wilkes
County. The manager of > the
chamber has been in communi
cation with a nuipber of differ
ent community chests over the
entire country, and the commit
tee will study the material se
cured by this method.
The Board of Directors dis
| cussed courtesy tags to put on
visitors' cars. It was decided that
1 they should recommend to the
city council the printing of such
cards as a hospitality gesture to
visitors. Present at this meeting
1 were: J. B. Williams, President;
Richard Johnston, J. B. Carter,
1 D. V. Deal, W. O. Absher, R. G.
Finley, C. J. Swofford, W. K.
Sturdivant, J. R. Hix, Russell
Gray, Jr., Paul Osborne, N. S.
Forester, W. G. Gabriel, W. D.
Halfacre, Eugene Trivette, Man
ager Forrest Jones, and W. E.
Sparger of Central Telephone Co.
Recruiting; For
Naval Reserve
Unit Under Way
Recruiting Officer A n
nounces Four Hare En
listed; May Get Unit
? Petro Kulynych, volunteer re
for U. S. Neva
nounces that the following
named men were enlisted today
in the U. S. Naval Rer prve V-6:
Byrd, W. B. Rout*/"*, North
Wllkesboro; Byrd, M7 E., Route
1, North Wllkesboro; Anderson,
J. North Wilkeaboro; Jack
son, J. R., North Wllkesboro.
They were issued orders to inac
tive duty.
This is the beginning of a
drive to enlist men in the Naval
Reserve Inactive Duty. Men from
17 to 18 1-2 an<j men from 30
xo 40 who have had no military
service are eligible to enlist in
the Naval Reserve, providing
they are physically and other
wise qualified.
Men from 17 to 64 who served
on active duty in World War II
are eligible to enlist, providing
they were discharged with an
honorable discharge under hon
orable condition. There is no
physical examination required
for ex-service men.
If enough men can he obtained
the Navy Department will install
a radar and radio station in
North Wllkesboro, for the train
ing of the enlisted personnel of
Aho, Naval Reserve V-6.
^ Any one who is interested in
enlisting in the Naval Reserve
are asked to contact Mr. Petro
Kulynych by mail or the Navy
Recruiter, in town every Wednes
day, at the Post Office.
Mrs. Hartley, 91,
Is Taken By Death
_Mrs. Julia Ann Hartley, mem
? of a well known Wilkes fam
ily, died Wednesday evening at
the home of a son, F. J. Hartley,
near Wilkesboro.
Mrs. Hartley, age 91, was one
of Wilk.es county's oldest resi
dents. She was born June 17,
1855, a daughter of the late
Charlie and EmUy Coffey of.
Caldwell county.
Surviving Mrs. Hartley are
two sons, F.'J. Hartley, of Wil
kesboro, and Charlie Hartley, of
Buckner, Va.
Funeral service will be held
Friday, 11 a. m., at Relns-Stur
divant chapel in this city, and
burial will be in Mount Lawn
Memorial Park. Rev. W. L." Tri
vette and Rev. R. L. label will
conduct the service.
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MASONIC NOTICE
There will be a special com
munication of Liberty Lodge No.
F. & A. M., Monday night
March 24th, 1947 at 7:30 p. m.
for work in the third degree. All
members urged to be present.
Visitors welcome.
This Ghost Business
At Roaring River On
Wednesday, Mar. 26
A three-act mystery comedy
that is sure to provide a full
evening of hilarious and thrilling
entertainment will be presented
by the senior class of Roaring
River high school on Wednesday,
March 26, 7:30, at the school.
The plot revolves around two
coupes who rent a lakeside cot
tage and Mm* It- haunted -Svery
act has a climax with a real
punch that will leave the audi
ence highly pleased.
Students in the cast are as fol
lows': Junior Howard, F. D. Pre
vette, Jim Stone, Ruth Pardue,
Nerval Duncan, Lorene Johnson,
Opal Harris, Annie Lee Johnson,'
Mary Hunter and Mauvreen Gen
try.
Admission charge will be 25
and 50 cents, and will go into the
gymnasium fund.
Knights of Pythias
Speaking Contest
On Monday Night
The County Contest in the
Knights of Pythias speaking con
test will he held in the Knights
of Pythias Lodge hall in North
Wilkesboro, Monday night, March
24, 1947, at 7:30 p. m.
The subject will be "Juvenile
Delinquency, Its Cause and
Cure."
The contest is open to all boys
and girls in the county who were
bom on or after September 1,
1928,' and to all regularly en
rolled students in high school or
preparatory school of high school
rank without regard to age, ex
cept first prize winners in prev
ious finals.
The North Wilkesboro Lodge
is offering the following prizes
for winners in the County Con
test: First prize $25.00. Second
prize $15.00. Third prize $10.00.
The winner of the County
Contest will compete in the
Grand Domain Contest. The win
ner of the Grand Domain Con
test will compete in the Section
al Contest. The winner of the
Sectional Contest will compete in
the Regional Contest. The Re
gional winners will compete in
the Final Contest, August 14,
1947 at Beaumont, Texas. To
the winner of First place in the
Final Content there will be
awarded a scholarship of $750.00
at any college or university to
be selected by the winner. Second
prize will be a $500.00 scholar
ship. Third prize will be a $300
scholarship. Fourth prize will be
a $200 scholarship.
The County Contest, Monday
night will be open to the pub
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lie and all are invited to attend.
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MASONIC NOTICE
There will be a regular convo
cation of North Wilkesboro
Chapter No. 78, Royal Arch Ma
sons, Friday night,. March 21,
1947 at 7:30 p. m. Work in the
Most Excellent Master Degree.
All companions urged to be pres
ent.
Scout Executive Is
To Speak Sunday
At Moravian Foils1
Ralph Harbison, Scout Execu
tive of the Old Hickory council,
will speak Sunday morning, 11
a. m., at the Moravian Falls Bap
tist church.
"Youth" will be the subject
of the address by the Scout
Executive and the public has a
cordial invitation to the service.
Junior Chamber
Commerce Holds
Its First Meeting
Projects And Future Work
Of Organization Dis
cussed At Meeting
First luncheon meeting of the
Wilkes County Junior Chamber
of Commerce was held Wednes
day, one p. m., at the Blanken
ship's Cafe.
Principal business of the meet
ing was discussion of coming ac
tivities. Edward S. Finley, presi
dent, presided. ? He presented J.
B. Williams, president of the
Wilkes Chamber of Commerce,
who very appropriately welcom
ed the Junior Chamber organiza
tion and commended the young
men for their interest and efforts
to make the Wilkesboros and all
Wilkes county a better place in
which to live and do business.
C. C. Faw, Jr., vice president
of the Junior Chamber, reported
that the organization now has
31 members and that the imme
diate goal is 40 to 50 members
with a full fledged membership
drive after activities get under
way. He also Btated that a clean
up?paint up campaign will bo
the first major activity and may
include a paper collection cam
paign. On that project commit
tee are Ralph Bnohan, E. L.
Derrick, James Lowe and Charles
Sink.
Attendance at the meeting
Wednesday totaled 24 and the or
meetings every first and third
Wednesday at one p. m. The
next meeting will be held on
Wednesday, April 2, at Blanken
ship's Cafe.
James A. Johnson
Rites Wednesday
James A. Johnson, age 74,
well known citizen of the North
Wilkesboro route one commun
ity north of this city, died Tues
day, 3:10 a. m., at his home. He
had been in ill health for the
past several months.
Mr. Johnson, son of the late
John and Frances Inscore John
son, spent a greater part of his
life in Wilkes county, and for
some time resided at Ronda and
in Elkin before moving to his
present home.
Surviving Mr. Johnson are his
wife, Mrs. Lou Emma Johnson,
and six sons and daughters: Mrs.
Matt Childress, Oakwoods; Mrs.
Fred Brooks, and Mrs. Phillip
Newman, North Wilkesboro route
one; Richard Johnson, Graham;
Woodrow Johnson, Bloomfield,.
Ohio; John Johnson, North Wil
kesboro route two.
Funeral service was held Wed
nesday, two p. m. at Baptist
Home church, of which Mr. John
son was a member. Rev. J. E.
Hayes and Rev. Willis Byrd con- 1
ducted the service.
County Council Of
Home Clubs Will
Meet On Monday'
By MARGARET MORRISON !
(Assistant Home Agent)
The Wilkes County Council of
the Home Demonstration clubs
will meet Monday afternoon,
March 24, at 1:30 in the Town
Hall in North Wilkesboro. This
is a very Important meeting as
plans will be made for the Wom
en's Day meeting in Elkin on
April 22. Al) members are urged
to be present. I
Wilkes county has been given
the privilege of having 100 wom
en attend this meeting. At the
council meeting it will be de
cided which women will go to
Elkin.
"Baby your calves" and guard
against the serious danger of
calf pneumonia during the harsh 1
late winter and early spring
weather, says Dr. C. D. Grlnnells,
professor of Veterinary Science
at State College.
Taken By Death
J. H. RECTOR
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Funeral Held For
J. H. Rector, Who
Died Here Tuesday
Pioneer Business, Civic And
Church Leader Been
Here Since 1904
J. H. Rector, for several de
cades one of North Wllkesboro's
most highly esteemed citizens,
died Tuesday night, 10:15, at the
Wilkes hospital. He had been ill
for several days.
J. H. Rector was born in
Smythe county, Va., in town of
Saltville. He moved into North
Carolina in the year of 1895 and
located at Crumipler, Ashe coun
ty, N. C., where he was in the
mercantile business n p until
1900. He then moved to Abing
don, Va., where he was in the
lumber business,^ connected with
panyTM^^RlBrMtmetb Wilkes
county and was" is the lumber
business up until 1906, with the
Carflwell-Kregea* Lumber com
pany. He then moved io Staun
ton, Va., where he was engaged
in farming up until 1911. After
that he was again prevailed upon
to move back to Wilkes county,
where he went back into the
lumber business with the Card
well-Kreger Lumber company
and continued with this company
until about 1925, after which he
retired from active business.
In North Wilkesboro Mr. Rec
tor was a pioneer in business,
church and fraternal life, aiding
materially in early progress of
North Wilkesboro and this com
munity.
In the First Methodist church
Mr. Rector was a devoted mem
ber and had filled many official
capacities with distinction. For
many years he was a member of
the board of stewards of his
church. He was a member of the
Masonic Fraternity, having re
ceived the Blue Lodge degree and
was a member of Lodge No. 407
A. F. & A. M. He was also a
member of the Royal Arch Chap
ter of North Wilkesboro and was
a member of Zabufl Council No.
16, Royal & Select Masters, of
Winston-Salem..
He was elected a member
of the board of directors of the
North Wilkesboro Building and
Loan Association in 1923, and
'his valuable business judgment
was of great value to that in
stitution throughout the latter
years of his long and useful life.
The institutions to which Mr.
Rector belonged recognized and
appreciated his abilities and
judgment as being sound and
logical. Loyal to his friends, his
stand was always for the finer
things in life.
Mr. Rector was 82 years of
age, and was a son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey M. Rector,
of Saltville, Va. He was preced
ed in death by his wife-only a
few years ago and is survived by
two sons and two daughters: F.
B. Rector, Chilhowie, Va.; Mrs.
F. P. MoCready, Glade Springs,
Va.; J. B. Rector, Meadow View,
Va.; and Mrs. R. L. Humphrey,
Rural Retreat, Va.
Funeral 'service was held this
afternoon at the First Methodist
church in this city and was con
ducted by Rev. H. M. Wellman,
pastor of the Wilkesboro Metho
dist church, and Rev. Watt M.
Cooper, pastor of the First Pres
byterian church. Dr. Gilbert R.
Combs, First Methodist pastor,
was ill. Burial was in Mount
Lawn Memorial Park.
SttffMrt Y. ML C. A.
Builder of Atom
Bomb Speaker At
Methodist Here
Edwin L. Jones Will Be
Speaker at Laymen's Day
Sunday Morning
Edwin L. Jones, of Charlotte,
who from the beginning has
been intimately connected with
the development of the Atom
bomb, and who is a prominent
Christian layman, will speak at
the morning worship hour next
Sunday morning at the First
Methodist'church. Mr. Jones will
also speak to the combined adult
classes at 10 a. m.
Sunday will be observed as the
annual Layman's Day at this
church and laymen will have
complete charge of the morning
worship.
Richard B. Johnston, chair
man of the Board of Stewards
and Church Lay Leader, will pre
side and will be assisted in con- |
ducting the worship service by
W. D. Halfacre, former chairman
of the Board.
Miss Dot Gabriel will sing.
Edwin Jones is a son of J. A.
Jones,.. founder of the nationally
known J. A. Jones Construction
company. He is co-manager and
secretary-treasurer of the com
1 pany.
Edwin was at the Bikini atom
bomb tests as an official repre
sentative of the Manhattan pro
ject which he helped so much to
build. He is a leading layman of
the Methodist church, a trustee!
of Duke University and head of I
the Y. M. C. A. branch in Char- {
lotte. In addition to the Manhat- J
tan project, the Jones company
under direction of Edwin Jones I
broke all records in army camp!
construction during the war.
It is expected that a large con
gregation will hear Mr. Jones in
the service here Sunday.
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The Kiwanis Club
Dr. Frontis Johnson, guest of
Pat Williams, was the speaker
Frida^ noon at the North Wil
kesboro Klwanis meeting.
Dr. Johnson, professor of his
tory s at Davidson College, made
a most Interesting and enligh
tened address on the problem
presented by China. The present
civic war is nothing new, it has
been going on for years and was
only interrupted, not stopped,
by the World War. Soon after the
first World War Sin Yatt Sin
tried to unify China by getting
all elements to work together
and tried to form a representa
tive central government and So
cial Justice. This was revolution
ary in the thinking of a China
man and revolutions swept the
country. He did not expect to es
tablish these Ideals without out
side help. Upon failure to get
help from the United States,
Britain or France he turned to
Moscow and made a deal with
them to train an army to subdue
the rebel elements to the North.
One of the brightest and most
aggressive Chinese soldiers was
Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek
who became the n^ional leader
upon the death of Sin Yatt Sin.
During the recent war the U.
S. entered the picture whether
they wanted to or not and now
as the occupier of Japan their
interest becomes permanent.
The Communist party has in
creased 8 or 10 times during the
last few years and the Go-me-don
party is so corrupt that no peace
or internal settlement for China
can be foreseen within the life
time of anyone present.
It seems that Russia and the
U. S. face each other in China.
The U. S. keeps trying to contain
Russia In many places, Greece,
Turkey and China. Serious de
visions are ahead for our coun
try, the speaker said.
Guests Friday were: A. P.
Snow with Paul Vestal, Bob Hub
bard with Dr. F. C. Hubbard,
Jack Swofford with J. B. Carter,
Alex Biggs with E. F. Gardner,
Pat Williams, Jr., and Charles
Williams with Pat Williams.
Dr. Gilbert Combs announced
that the churches are promoting
a drive for overseas relief.
Last Rites Today
For Mrs. Johnson
Funeral service was held to
day at. Oak Forest Church for
Mrs. Elvira Johnson, 86, who
died Tuesday at her home in
Antiooh township. The service
was conducted by Rev. Parks
Robinson and Rev. Mr. Luffman.
Workers Uiged To
Send In Red Cross
Reports This Week
For tile convenience of emn.
vaesera who are not able to
visit the chapter office at any
other time the local Red Gross
office will remain open until
five o'clock on Saturday after
noon, and ngti***
on March 89th to receive con
tributions. A substantial por
tion of the quota of 97,000 has
been raised, but many solici
tors have not yet completed
their part of the canvass nor
in complete reports.
Baker Slayer b To
Db Good Friday
In Gas Chamber
State Supreme Court -Up
holds Conviction And
Sentence in Wilkes
Richard Horton, negro convict
ed in Wilkes court for the rob
bery killing of Francis Baker,
must die in the gas chamber in
state prison on Good Friday,
April 4, unless Governor Cherry
grants a stay of execution.
In a decision handed down
yesterday the supreme court up
held the conviction and sentence
given Horton in the December
term of Wilketf superior court.
Chief Justice Walter P. Stacy
in the Horton opinion wrote:
"The deceased was a taxi driver.
On the night of October 26,
1946, he was engaged by the de
fendant (Horton) to drive him
from North Wilkesboro to Mil
lers Creek, a distance of about
15 miles. While on this trip, the
defendant slew the deceased,
took his car and drove it to
Portsmouth, Ohio, where he was
apprehended. The defendant, in
a signed confession, admitted
that he shot the deceased and
took his automobile. He Inter
posed the defense of mental ir-|
has re
Mrs. Chas. Hudson
Funeral On Friday
Mrs. Sumie Elms Hudson, 55,
wife of Charlie Hudson, of this
city, died today, 12:15 a. m., at
the Wilkes hospital. She had
been ill for several months.
Mrs. Hudson, who was well
and favorably known here and
had many friends throughout
this community, was born on
Christmas Day, 1891, at Fort
Mills, ,S. C. She was a daughter
of the late John Elms and wife,
Mrs. Elizabeth Elms.
Survivnig Mrs. Hudson are her
husband; three sons, Charles
Hudson, Jr., Oren Hudson and
Bill Hudson; one daughter, Mrs.
Elsie Johnson; mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth Elms, and one sister.
Funeral service will be held
Friday, three p. m., at the First
Baptist church in North Wilkes
boro, of which Mrs. Hudson was
a member. Burial will be in
Mount Lawn Memorial Park.
Rural Chairmen
Red Cross Drive
Named In Wilkes
A partial list of rural chair
men in the Red Cross fund cam
paign in Wilkes county was an
nounced today by Rev. W. N.
Brookshire as follows:
Moravian Falls, Mrs. Lawrence
Critoher.
Boomer, Mrs. O. B. Smith.
Ferguson, D. C. Redmond.
Spurgeon, S. C. Hutchinson.
Lovelace, Mrs. Roma Jarvls.
Mt. PIsgah, Mrs. Carl McCar
ter.
(Hunting Creek, Mrs. B. P. In
score.
Mt. Pleasant, Rev. Latt Be
shears.
Hendrix, W. O. Barnett.
Maple Springs, T. C. Orsborne.
Millers Creek, P. W. Greer.
Mulberry, Warner Elledge.
Mountain View, E. M. White.
Traphill, Fred G. Gilreath.
Ronda, R. O. Poplin, Jr.
Clingman, Mrs. C. W. Hanes.
Benham, Coy Durham.
Roaring River, Mrs. J. P. Par
due.
Lincoln Heights, J. R. Edelin.
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Peanut production demonstra
tions will be conducted in Curri
tuck County this year, according
to V. H. Reynolds, assistant farm
agent for the State College Ex
tension Service.
veterans Housing
Projects Lots To
Be Bought By 1st
\11 Who Are To Buy Lots
Ota County Homo Plot
n Most Pay by April 1st
Early action on the veterans
lousing project started on a
ract of land purchased from
iVilkes county -was assured this
reek when Harry T. Keriey, ad
jutant of the Wilkes post of the
American Legion, announced that
hose who are to buy the 39
>ulldlng sites must pay the pur
:hase price by April 1.
A beautiful tract of land con
taining 13.41 acres and subdi
vided into 89 building sites waa
nade available to veterans when
the Wilkes county board of com
nlssloners decided to sell that
portion of the county home farm
property.
Veterans made application for
the lots, and in order that deeds
may be delivered and construc
tion of bomes can be started,
those in charge have set April 1
is the deadline fcr payment for
the lots.
Veterans purchasing the lots
may obtain their deeds and pos
session of the property by full
payment to Harry T. Keriey by
April 1. Those who fail to pay
by that date will forfeit all
rights to purchase, Mr. Keriey
said.
Preliminary plans call for ex
tending North Wilkeaboro water
lines to the property and ulti
mately to Include the housing
project in the corporate limits of
the town of North Wilkeaboro.
rhe property is located on the
east side of the county home
(arm and north of highway 268.
No Driver License
For 15-Year-Olds
Effective March 19, 1947, Is
suance of drivers' license to 15
rear old applicants will be dis
continued, aoording to J. C.
Br.
An emergency bill passed on
March 19, 1945, by the State
Legislature expired two years
after Its ratification. The bill
authorized license to 15-yeer
>lds.
Meeting Friday To
Seek Opening Of
Tubercular House
A public meeting of citizens
and groups interested in having
the county tubercular hospital
re-opened will be held Friday,
7:30 p. m., in the North Wilkes
boro town hall.
Civic, health and church or
ganizations are behind a move
ment to have the county commis
sioners re-open the county tu
bercular hospital as one means of
halting the spread of tuberculosis
in Wilkes county. A recent re
port showed that Wilkes is the
third highest county in the state
in numiber of cases and that 30
from the county are in state san
itoriums, which are filled and
have many on the waiting lists.
Health authorities said that the
situation is alarming because cas
es not isolated may spread the
disease to many other people.
All who are interested in tbe
fight against tuberculosis are
urged to attend the meeting.
Square Dance Friday
At Moravian Falls
Another in a series of highly
enjoyable square dances will be
held Friday night, eight o'clock,
at tbe Moravian Falls commun
ity house.
The Moravian Falls square
dances have 'been well attended
and many have enjoyed the en
tertainment and recreation af
forded.
Wanderers of the Wasteland,
popular local string band, will
again furnish the music. Profits
from the admission charge are
for the Community House Im
provement fund. All are cordially
invited to attend.
'Teen Age Center To
Have a Square Dance
Wilkes Teen Age Center,
which operates in the V. F. W.
Hall on C street opposite the
North Wilkesboro postoffice, will
have a square dance Saturday
uight, 7:80. Wanderers of the
Wasteland will furnish the music.
All boys and girls of 'teen age
in Wilkes county are invited.