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Vol. 41, No. 102 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C? Thursday, April 24, 1947 ? Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center
APRIL28-MAY3 IT'S THE STARTING POINT FOR BETTER LIVING
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Kenerly Winner In
Primary Monday
Bare, Crow, Reins,
Swofford, Foster
For Commissioners
Mrs. Horton, Church, Gwyn
Nominated For Board
Education Members
T. Scott Kenerly, well known
North "Wilkes boro citizen for
many years, won the nomination
for mayor of North Wilkesboro
in the city's bipartisan primary
Monday.
Rolling up one of the largest
rotes in a municipal primary, a
most spirited contest was decided
in each of the three offices?
mayor, commissioners and mem
bers of the board of education.
Polling 499 votes to 380 for
. Attorney W. H. McElwee, 60 for
* Harry Kerley and six for R. T.
Pardue, Kenerly won a majority
and became the nominee for may
or, which is tantamount to elec
tion oh May 6. .
The successful five candidates
in a field of nine for commission
er, and votes for each, were: Gil
bert T. Bare, 677; J. C. Reins,
640; Frank H. Crow, 599; C.
Jack Swofford, 571; Max Foster,
636. The four unsuccessful can
didates were: A. A. Cashion, 418;
T. J. Frazier, 362; Harvel How
ell, 343; Roy W. Forehand, 274.
The three candidates nominat
ed for membership on the city
board of education and number
of votes received were: Mrs. Pal
mer Horton, 616; Rufus B.
Church, 616; W. Blair Gwyn,'
492. The two other candidates'
were: Mrs. Robert S. Gibbs, 453;
Dr. J. S. Deans, 391. Mrs. Hor- j
ton and Mr. Church were nomi
nated for six-year terms and Mr.
Gwyn for two years.
With the polls busy through
oat the day, .a total of 945 peo
ple cast ballots in the primary,
and the task of counting and
tabulating the large vote was not
completed until 2:30 a. m. Tues
day.
Jour Stills Taken
Paring Past Week
Agents of the Alcohol Tax Unit
office in Wilkesboro during the
past week destroyed four stills in
Wilkes county.
The stills had a total capacity
of 415 gallons and a mash ca
pacity of 5,800 gallons. A total
of 86 1-2 gallons of whisky and
8,000 gallons of mash were seis
ed.
One car and one truck were
egpOscated.
rbewey Mathls, Weaver (hay
and Thomas Harris were arrested
on liquor charges and were
placed under bond for trial in
the May term of federal court.
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School Committees
To Meet Saturday
A. meeting of all school com
mitteemen in Wilkes county has
been called to be held Saturday,
two p. m., at the county court
house in Wllkesboro.
CX B. Eller, county superinten
dent of schools, said that safceel
la/* and administration will be
distasted.
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Recreation Party
At Ferguson School
Ferguson school will be spon
soT^of another Recreation Party
t^flk held at the school Saturday
night, April 26. Music will be
furnished by Tom Proffit and
his Dixie Rhythm Boys, from Le
noir. The public is cordially in
vited.
Two Local Teachers
Are Delegates For
National Meet Soon
Two North Wilkesboro school
teachers will be among the 25
delegates from North Carolina at
the annual convention of the Na
tional Education Association to
be held July 6-14 in Cincinnati.
Miss Mabel Hendren and Miss
Launa Oarender, of the North
Wilkesboro faculty, were elected
delegates at the annual North
Carolina Education Association
convention held recently in Ashe
ville.
It is considered an honor and
special recognition of the North
Wilkesboro school system that
two of the 25 North Carolina
delegates should be selected from
North Wilkesboro.
Broughton And
Commencement
Prominent Speakers For
Sermon and Address At
Wilkesboro Finals
The Wilkesboro school com-;
mencement season will officially
begin on Friday night, April 25,
with the primary grades com
mencement program. The first
grades will have a doll store, the
second grades will be as animal
crackers, the fourth grades will
have a garden of * friendship.
There will be a total of about
250 primary children in the pro
gram.
The primary grades music re
cital will be on Monday night,
April 28, and the grammar grade
music recital will (be on Tuesday
night, April 29.
The grammar grade com
mencement program will be on
Friday night, May 2. The gram
mar grade program will depict
different periods in American
history and will be on the theme
of "America The Beautiful."
There will be about 150 boys and
girls in the grammar grade pro
gram.
The baccalaureate sermon will
be preached on Sunday after
noon, May 4, at three-thirty o'
clock. The sermon will be by
Bishop Robert E. Gribbin, of
The Episcopal Diocese of West
ern North Carolina.
The senior class will present a
special program of entertainment
on Tuesday night, May 6, to raise
money to make a class gift to the
school gymnasium building fund.
The senior music recital will
be on Wednesday night, May 7.
The graduation exercises will be
held on Thursday night, May 8.
J. Melville Broughton, former
Governor of North Carolina, will
deliver the literary address St
the graduation exercises. There
are thirty-elgtht seniors expecting
to receive diplomas.
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County Spelling
| Contest Saturday
Wilkes county spelling contest
to select the county winner to
participate in the Journal-Sen
tinel's Northwest Spelling Bee
l in Winston-Salem will be held
Saturday, ten a. m., at the
[Wilkes county courthouse.
The winning student from each
school will participate in the
county contest. The public Is cor
dially invited.
Support the Y. M. C. A.
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Re-Elected 2 Years
PAUL S. CRAGAN
Cragan Re-Elected
For 2-Year Term
Head Local Schools
North Wilkes boro board of
education in April meeting Mon
day night re-elected Paul S.
Cragan superintendent of North
Wilkeeboro school, J. .B. McCoy,
chairman of the board, said to
day.
All members of the board,
composed of J. B. McCoy, W. E.
Jones, Ira D. Payne, W. Blair
Gwyn, Rufus B. Church and Dr.
J. S. Deans, were present for the
meeting, which was held at the
regular biennial date for election
of the school superintendent.
Supt. Oragan came to North
Wilkesboro nine years ago from
Ruffin school near Reidsville.
Here he succeeded W. D. Half
acre as head of the North Wilkes
boro schools.
W. G. Blackburn
Last Rites Today
Funeral service was held to
day at Arbor Grove Baptist
church for William Greene
Blackburn, 82, citizen of Rock
Greek township who died Tues
day. Rev. A. B. Hayes and Rev.
Grover Tilley conducted the ser
vice.
Surviving Mr. Blackburn are
the following sons: G. F., Q. M., j
J. A., E. T., J. N. and D. H.
Blackburn.
Mrs. Zora Foster
Funeral Wednesday
Funeral service was held Wed
nesday at New Hope Baptist
church for Mrs. Zora Foster, 77,
who died Monday at her home at
Purlear.
Mrs. Foster, wife of the late
Harvey Foster, leaves the follow
ing sons and daughters: Will
Foster, Filber, W. Va.; Zollie
Foster, Hanes; Bine, Cella and
Lula Mae Foster, of Purlear.
Mrs. Ballard Rites
Conducted Wednesday
Funeral service was held Wed
nesday afternoon at Rock Springs
church for Mrs. Zelda Deanda
Payne Ballard, 63, former Wilkes
resident who died at Mooresville.
Mrs. iBallard, wife of H. J.
Ballard, leaves the following sons
and daughters: Carl Ballard and
Mrs. Brma Royal, -Baltimore,
Md.; Mrs. Ina Cleary and Mrs.
Irene Taylor, McGrady; Mrs.
Juanita Garner, George and
Grant Ballard, Landis. Also sur
viving are the following broth
ers and sisters: George Payne,
Lenoir; Miss Zoda Payne, Elkln;
Mrs. John Dancy, North Wilkee
boro; Mrs. Sherman Spicer, Le
noir; Mrs. Will Felts, Hampton
vttle.
PLANT HP-GIVE JOBS
Sinato an ftten, ?9omcn anb C&flbrtn
Qfttst ^restente:
THAT, Whereas the NATIONAL CLEAN UP.
PAINT UP AND FIX UP CAMPAIGN has resulted
in many advantages to community life throughout the
United States.
In Safeguarding HEALTH and SAFETY;
In promoting EMPLOYMENT and THRIFT;
In furthering FIRE PREVENTION;
In promoting BETTER HOUSING;
In stimulating CIVIC PRIDE; and
In making the "HOME AND CITY
BEAUTIFUL":
NOW THEREFORE, Be it known that plans
have been perfected for a thorough CLEAN
UP, PAINT UP AND FIX UP CAMPAIGN
in the WUkesboros beginning April 28. This
date to mark the Opening of a real campaign
of persistent ond constructive effort in clean
ing up, fixing up and KEEPING IT UP. In
this worthy movement we urge each citizen
to do his or her best part to make our com
munity
JLEAN, HEALTHY, THRIFTY
SAFE AND BEAUTIFUL.
'Mayor of
One Killed And
One Injured In
Anto Accident
Madison Powell, 19, In
stantly Killed On High
way 421 Tuesday
Madison Powell, 19, resident
ot the Summit community who
had been staying at the home
of Andrew Faw at Millers Creek,
was instaptly killed on highway
421 six miles west of this city
Tuesday morning when a Jeep
which foe was driving overturn
ed.
State Highway Patrolmen Sid
ney Carter and T. G. Roberts,
who investigated the accident,
said that Powell and Faw were
in the jedp, which belonged to
Faw, and were traveling from
Millers Creek toward North Wil
kpslboro at a high rate of speed
when the jeep left the highway
after skidding 75 feet on the
pavement, continued 100 feet off
the pavement on the right and
overturn^# into the driveway
leading from the highway to
Friendship Methodist church.
* Powell, who was driving, was
crushed beneath the jee# when
it turned bottom side up and
died instantly. Faw, whom offi
cers said was intoxicated, was
thrown from the vehicle and
sustained minor injuries.
Powell was a son of the late
Martin and Manda Spears Powell
He is survived by one brother
and four sisters.
Funeral service for Mr. Powell
was held today at Stony Hill
Baptist church near Parsonville.
First Speedway 1
Race Ob Nay 18
Owners of the new automobile
speedway constructed four miles
east of this city near highway
421 said today that the first race
there will be on Sunday, May 18.
Original plans ware to have a
race on April 27 but the track
could not he completed and put
in condition by that time.
Stock car and racer races will
be held on the . 6-mlle track. A
grandstand is now under con
struction.
$350 Needed To
Reach Goal In
Cancer Campaign
All Workers Asked to Turn
In Report This Week
To Blair Gwyn -
A total of $1,150 had been
turned in today in the cancer
campaign.
This amount is $360 short of
the $1,500 goal for Wilkes coun
ty and campaign leaders are
asking all workers to turn in
their reports this week to W.
Blair Gwyn, treasurer, at the
Bank of North Wllkesboro.
The fund is being raised for
the American Cancer Society,
which is carrying on research
and educational work in efforts
to lower the death toll of can
cer, which has become the second
leading cause of death in the
United States.
W. H. McElwee is chairman of
the Wilkes campaign. T. E. Story
is honorary chariman and Mrs.
R. J. Hlnshaw. is field chairman.
Mrs. Annie H. Greene is head of
the publicity division.
Woman's clubs of the Wilkes
boros, aided materially by Home
Demonstration clubs in rural
communities, are backing the
campaign.
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Baptist Bible
School Conference
Annual Vacation Bible School
conference of the Brnehy Moun
tain Baptist Association will be
held Monday, April 28, with the
Wllkeeboro Baptist church. Con
ference will begin at 10 a. m.
and close at 4 p. m. Adjoining
associations are Invited to attend
Sibley C. Burnett, associate in
the Vacation Bible School De
partment of the Baptist Sunday
school board, wilt lead the an
nual Bible School conference of
the Brushy Mountain Baptist
association. He will be assisted
by It, It. Morgan and Mrs. Myra
Motley, of the North Carolina
Sunday School Board.
Department conferences for
Beginner, Primary, Junior, and
Intermediate workers will be
conducted by Misses Louella
Brown, Blisaibeth Campbell, L?ys
beth Coz, and Dare Teague.
Collection Clothing
War Relief Sunday
District Head Masons
Johnson J. Sanders, of WU
CaroHna as district deputy
grand master of the 8Srd
Masonic district.
Mr. Sanders became a Ma
son in 1939. He is a member
of Liberty lodge 45 at Wilkes
boro, Royal Arch chapter in
North Wilkes boro, Knights
Templar and Oasis Temple
Shrine. He is master of Liberty
lodge and high priest of the
Royal Arch chapter here.
The 33rd district is compos
ed of the following chapters:
Liberty number 45 in Wilkes
boro; North Wilkes boro 407;
Mount Pleasant 578; Traphill
483; and Ashlar lodge at Deep
Gap.
As district deputy grand
master Mr. Johnson succeeds
John W. Nichols, head of the
district for the past sixteen
years. *
Junior Order Ladies
Night Next Tuesday
Rev. L. B. Scarborough, of,
Rocky Mount, state councilor of'
the Junior Order, will be the
feature speaker at the ladies
night banquet of the North Wil
kesboro council of the Junior Or
der to be held Tuesday evening,
seven o'clock, in the lodge hall.
In addition to the address of
the state councilor, other inter
esting program features are
planned. All Juniors are asked to
attend, with their wives and lady
friends.
Former Wilkes Mon
Killed In Texas City
Tom Hawkins, a former resi
dent of Wilkes county, was a
mong the many victims of the
disastrous Texas City blast Wed
nesday of last week. No details
were available her* relative to
the death of Mr.- Hawkins, who
was a brother of Mrs. Claude
Gentry and was related to a num
ber of other local people.
Mrs. Gentry left by plane ear
ly this morning to attend the fu
neral of her brother, which was
to be held today at Nitro, W. Va.
Music Recitals At
Wilkesboro School
Mrs. R. E. Prevette's music
pupils at Wilkesboro school will
be presented in a series of three
music recitals, all of which will
be in the school auditorium at
eight p. m. on the dates speci
fied.
Juvenile pupils will put on
their music recital program on
Monday* April 28; grammar
grade pupils on Tuesday, April
29; and high school on Wednes
day, May 7.
The public is cordially invited
to all recitals.
Churches Plan To
Gather Clothing:
For War Victims
Trucks and Scouts Will Can
vass Both Towns Sun
day Afternoon
Churches of the Wilkesboroa
on Sunday afternoon will collect
discarded, but usable, clothing
for destitute in war torn nations
of the world.
Everybody is asked to help in
this campaign by preparing their
bundles and placing them on
their front porches in time for
the canvass of both towns.
Following are some pertinent
facts which were. given out by
the committee of the churches:
1. Trucks and drivers that
have been promised for the drive,
churcl
promptly at two o'clock. The Boy
Scouts will be assigned to each
truck and the collection will be
gin promptly.
2. The people of the two Wil
kesboros are asked to hare their
bundles on their porches, in
clear view from the street if pos
sible, by two o'clock. Clothing,
bedding and shoee aire wanted.
Don't forget shoes. They are a-,
mong the most needed items.
3. The bundles will be assembl
ed in the basement room of the
Sunday school building of the
First Presbyterian church of
North Wilkesboro. There they
will be temporarily packed and
shipped to a central point in
North Carolina, then permanent
ly sorted, packed and shipped to
needy areas overseas by the
North Carolina Council o t
Churches. The supplies will be
distributed overseas by the
Church World Service, a world
wide organisation established by
twenty-six major denominations.
4. 'If any one fails for any rea
son to get his bundle in the col
lection of the afternoon of April
27 th he may bring his bundle
during the next week to the
First Presbyterian church or the
Fire Department of North Wil
kesboro.
Freezer Locker 1
Demonstrations
Are Completed
By MARGARET O. MORRISON
(Assistant (Home Agent)
Miss Addle Malone, of Duke
Power Company, has conducted
a series of 5 demonstrations on
"Preparation of Foods tor the
Freezer-Locker." The final dem
onstration was on Friday night
and was especially for those
who had not had an opportunity
to attend one previously.
These demonstrations were
very interesting and worthwhile.
A large number of Home Dem
onstration Club women from
Fairplains, Cricket, Moravian
Falls and Millers Creek attend
ed.
Three of the demonstrations
were tor the people of Wilkee
boro and North Wilkeeboro.
We feel thaf we are very for
tunate to have had Miss Malone
to give these demonstrations tor
us, as a great number of -rural
women, as well as the people
that live in town, have already
rented a freezer-locker at the
plant
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