North Carolina Newspapers

mmr; The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For "Over 40 Years M. C. A. uk< ing ? building fund for the SltfctioB of at modern Y. M plant. Support it. trading radio* of 50 ?ervtng * lOOtOOO people m North weatem Carolina. Vol. 42, No. 3 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C, Thursday, May 8, 1947 Make North Wilkesbore Yeur Shopping Centor ? ? -i , - 1'' ?'' -r*'vr '??" v ^ ' i' "i - ? " '"lf 1 ? p'l'J;',V 1*^''>???>? WWMWWmWWWWMIWMIWWIMWWWmHW ESl- '-TS NOTED DURING CLEAN UP WEEK IN THIS CITY NEWLY ELECTED MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS HERE TAKE OFFICE; ORGANIZE FOR TERM Mayor T. S. Keoerly and a full board of commissioners elected in North Wilkesboro's municipal election Tuesday took office and organized Tuesday night follow ing the final meeting of the re tiring mayor and board. Retiring Mayor R. T. McNiel, with Commissioners J. R. Hix, R. ' O. Flnley, A. P. Kilby, Ralph Duncan and H. M. Hutchens met and received the canvass of the election as reported by L. B. ' Pierce, registrar. The votes cast were as follows: for mayor, T. S. Kenerly, 117; for commission ers, G. T. Bare 119, P.- H. Crow 119, Max Foster 114, J. C. Reins 117, C. J. Swoftord 117; fori ^Mhoard of education, W. Blair Gwyn 115, Rufus B. Church 114, Mrs. Palmer Horton 116. The retiring city council pass ed a resolution introduced by J. R. Hix, thanking all employes of the town for their work, loy alty, assistance and cooperation during the past several years. Mayor T. S. Kenerly presided over the meeting of the new board with all members present. The mayor appointed the follow ing standing committees: Finance?J. C. Reins, chair man, P. H. Crow and C. J. Swof <&d "Street?G. T. Bare, chairman, C. J. Sfwofford and J. C. Renis. Wm. W. McEwen Taken By Death. William W. (Bud) McEwen, 78, Wilkeaboro citizen and mem ber of one of Wilkes county's best known families, died Wed nesday night at his home in Wil keaboro. torn March 3, 1869, Mr. Mc Rn* was a son of the late John E.'fcnd Sarah McEwen. His father was a sheriff of Wilkes county. Mr. McEwen was married to Miss Dottle McClain and for thir ty years they made their home in Texas, where Mr. McEwen was a 0r*.rict manager for Reynolds Tobacco Co. Eight years ago he retired from hie position and re \ to Wilkesboro to make his Surviving Mr. McEwen are his . ... .. ' Water and Lights ?- F. H. Crow, chariman, G. T. Bare^and Max Foster. Sanitation?Max Foster, chari man, G. T. Bare and F. H. Crow. Fire?C. J. Swofford, chair man, J. C. Reins and Max Fos ter. All officers and employes of the town were re-elected or re appointed for no stated time at present salaries, subject to fur ther action of the board. On motion of J. C. Reins a resolution was passed commend ing the retiring mayor and board for their services and excellent administration during their terms of office, which included the war years and respiting handicaps. Cecil Adamson appeared be fore the new council for the Wilkes 'Teen Age center and asked that the city furnish water for the swimming pool and that [ the water be changed twice weekly. The request was grant ed. Blue Ridge Mountain post of Veterans of Foreign Wars asked permission of the city council to stage'a Veterans' Day on Satur day here preceding an air show to be held on a Sunday in Au gust. The request was .granted. " The council adjourned to meet again on Tuesday night of next week. wife, one brother, A. M. McEwen, and three sisters, Mrs. J. H. Johnson, Mrs. Charlie Bishop and Miss Maude McEwen, of Wilkes boro. Funeral service will be held Ftiday, 10:30 a. m., at Wilkes boro Baptist church. The pastor. Rev. W. N. Brookshlre, will be assisted by Rev. Howard J. Ford, of Elkin, and Rev. H. M. Well man, of Wilkeaboro. Burial will be in Mount Lawn Memorial park. The body will lie in state at the church from 10 to 10:30. Recreation Party At Ferguson Saturday Ferguson Grange will be spon sor of another recreation party to be held Saturday night at Fer guson school. There will be plen ty of good string music and everybody is invited. Clean Up-Paint Up campaign carried out during the past week under sponsorship of the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce resulted in tangible results. These two photographs snapp ed during the week are indica tive of action which required labor and which resulted in improved appearances. The top picture shows the J. C. Penney company store front getting a cleaning and the lower photo shows painters busy in improv ing the front of Carolina Home and Auto Supply store. Num erous clean-up projects were carried out and the chamber has plans for a much more ex tensive event next year. (Pho tos by courtesy Lane Atkin son, Jr.) * ? Livestock Market To Have Sale In New Location Monday Wilkesboro Livestock Market, which has been in operation suc cessfully between the Wilkes boros for the past ten years, will 'have its first sale in newly con structed quarters just off high way 115 southeast of this city on Monday, May 12, at the usual time. \ Spacious quarters especially constructed for the market are located across the highway froni Parkway Bus company offices and garage and are easily acces sible from the highway. R. P. Riley is owner of the market, which attracts many buy ers from k wide territory, assur ing farmers top prices for all an imals sold. Locals Beat Rockford; Play Jonesville Here On SaturdayAfternoon North Wilkesboro baseball team defeated Rockford In a j Yadkin Valley league game Wed nesday afternoon at RbckfoTd 10 to 5. North Wilkesboro batters hit three Rockford 'pitchers with comparative ease while Rhoades and Holder coasted 'behind a comfortable lead. Williams was behind the plate for North Wil kesboro. Jonesville will play North Wil kesboro here on Saturday after noon, three o'clock. This will be North Wllkesboro's first oppor tunity to see an adult game this season on the local field. The game last Saturday scheduled here with Boonville was moved to Boonville because of rain here. Local Men Acquire Somen - Story Co. J. S. Caudill and G. L. Michael have purchased the Somers-Story Hardware company in Wilkes boro from W. B. Somers and Don Story. The transaction, which was completed today, includes all the large stock of hardware and building materials but no real es tate was Involved. Mr. Caudill, who has 18 years of experience In hardware bus iness here, and Mr. Michael, who also knows the hardware busi ness, have changed the name of the firm to Farmers Hardware. They will continue to carry a large and complete line of hard ware and building materials and supplies available. They cordial ly invite all their friends to visit their store In Wilkesboro. ? o SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A. LOCAL NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Roy Parller an nounce the birth of a daughter, Nancy Elizabeth, on Sunday, May 4, at their home at Pores Knob. Miss Lena Rhoades, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Smith Rhoadee, spent the week-end with her sis ter, Miss Faye Rhodes, in Boone. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Miller and Mrs. U. A. Miller spent last week-end visiting relatives in High Point. Attorney W. M. Allen, of El kin, was in the Wilkeeboros Wednesday loking after profes sional business matters. Mr. and Mrs. James M. Ander son have returned from Pine hurst, where Mr. Anderson at tended an insurance convention. Mr. W. F. Gaddy and Mr. O. K. Pope, of Gaddy Motor Co., are attending a meeting of Buick dealers in Atlanta, Ga., this week. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Crutchfield, of Kannapolis, were here for the week-end visiting,in the home of Mrs. Crutchfield's sister, Mrs. Paul Green. Mrs. R. C. Meadows, of PoreB Knob, entered the Eye, Ear, Nose and T'noat hospital in Char lotte Tuesday, where she under went an eye operation today. Mr. Charlie Manship has pur chased the new residence and service station recently erected at Moravian Falls by Mr. W. R. Vannoy. Mrs. Bertha Lerbold, of Los Angeles, California, spent the week-end with her cousin, Mrs. Carl Lowe, in Wilkesboro. Mrs. Lerbold had recently been vis iting in Orlando, Florida. Mrs. Joe Ivey, of Myrtle Beach, 8. C., and Mrs. John Da vis, of Statesville, were guests of their mother, Mrs. F. D. Forester, and other relatives here during the week-end. Mr. John Cranor and daugh ter, Mrs. Gene Sewell, of Cum berland, Md., are spending this week With Mr. Cranor'S son, Mr. Richard Cranor, and his broth ers, F. T. and H. A. Cranor, in Wilkesboro. Mr. Joe Z. iHeath, brother of Mrs. J. W. Mitchell, of this city, died of a heart attack at his home in Statesville Sunday and funeral and burial services were held Tuesday at the Western Avenue Baptist church in States ville, of which the deceased was a member. Friends from here go ing over for the funeral were Mrs. J. R. Johnston, Mrs. Annie Anderson, Mrs. Oma McLnan, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Emerson. S.Sgt. and Mrs. W. H. Hurley, Jr., and two children, Jeanette and Panelia, have returned to Williams Field, Arizona, after visiting Mr. Hurley's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hurley, of Wil kesboro route one. Mrs. Connie Jones and two children, of South Carolina, visited her sister, Mrs. W. H. Hurley, Jr., last week. Mrs. W. EX Jones returned to j her home ^ere Tuesday titer a visit of several days at Farm ville, Va., with her daughter, Miss Margaret Jones, and with [Mrs. D. L. Click in Washington, ] D. C. She went to Farmville to attend the May Day exercises of State Teachers College where Miss Jones is a member of the ! Junior class. The revival meeting at Hin shaw Street Baptist church will begin Sunday, May 11, at 7:30 p. m. Rev. W. S. Duck, pastor, will be assisted by Rev. Wood row Wishon of State Road, N. C., pastor of Fairview Baptist church. The meeting will be scheduled for two weeks. Music is to be furnished by choir and quartets. Rev. S. N. Bumgarner, pastor, and Mr. Paul J. Vestal, of Mo ravian Falls Methodist church, attended the district conference held Thursday at Little Johns church at Lenoir. Those from Friendship and Millers Creek Methodist churches were Rev. J. L. A. Bumgarner, pastor, Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Bumgarner, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Bumgarner and Mrs. W. E. Gaither. Dokies and K. of P. Ladies Night Friday North Wilkesboro Dokies club and Knights of Pythias lodge are anticipating a ghla occasion Fri day evening when the annual la dies' night banquet will be held at Hotel Wilkes, seven o'clock. Paul Osborne, Dr. A. C. Cham berlain and Worth Tomllnson, program committee, have plenty of entertainment scheduled for the occasion, including a well known speaker from Winston Salem. District Camporee Boy Scouts Held Saturday-Sunday Four Patrol* Awarded Blue Pennants And Chance for Council Camporee The Wilkes district Boy Scout camporee held Saturday and Sunday in Finley Park was a very successful event in Boy Scout work here. Rain during the early part of the day discouraged attendance but 64 Scouts braved the weather and did a most excellent job, Dis trict Commissioner Gordon Fin ley said. The sik patrols awarded blue pennants an<| who will get to participate in the council cam poree in Watauga county May 17 and 18 were: Flying Eagle Patrol, Troop No. 35, Dudley Moore, Patrol Leader; Lion Pa-: trol, Troop Vo. 99, Paul Wel born, Patrol Leader; Cobra Pa trol, Troop No. 36, Gordon For ester, Patrol Leader; Hawk Pa trol, Troop No. 32, B. B. Ban ner, Patrol Leader; Panther Pa trol, Troop No. 32, Malcolm Gambill, Patrol Leader; Raven Patrol, Troop No. 36, Jim Moore, Patrol Leader. Patrols attaining red penants were: Pewitt Patrol, Troop No. 34, Leonard Cooke, Patrol Lead er; Eagle Patrol, Troop No. 99, Rex. Lovette, Patrol Leader; In dian Patrol, Troop No. 35, C. L. Wyatt, Patrol Leader; Flying Eagle Patrol, Troop No. 77, Sam my Greer, Patrol Leader. . Camping and activities com mittee making necessary ar rangements for camporee is com posed of Bill Absher, chairman, Jack Swofford, Bill Brame and Bill JeBter. The Judges Staff was com posed of the following: Staton Mclver, Frank Crow, Howard Bowers, Bill Hardister, Blair Gwyn, John Ford, Frank Allen, Glenn Andrews, Bill Brame, Paul Osborne, Edward Bell, J. B. -Carter, Arthur Venabie, Carl Bullis, L. M. Nelson, Shoun Ker baugh, George Wells. Gordon Finley served as Chief Judge. Variety Show For Gymnasium Fond Successful Event Total of $2,887 Raised By Senior Class; List Of Prize Winners Given The Variety Show staged by the Wilkesboro high school sen ior class Tuesday night to raise money for the school gymnasium fund was a highly successful event and netted the sum of $2, 887. The largest crowd ever to ga ther at the school was present for the show, which included two one-act plays and several - enter taining stunts. The entire senior class participated in various ways in staging the show, which took tho place of the usual class day exercises. In addition to the program more than $850 worth of merch andise donated by business firms and individuals was given away among thqpe who bought admis sion tickets. Winners of the priz es were as follows: J. <3. Gamibill, Grand Prize, complete Bedroom Suite, $200.00, given by Forest Furniture Co. (Distributors in Wilkesboro, Gray Bros. Furniture, in North Wilkesboro, Rhodes-Day Furni ture Co.); Lucille German, La dies' Bulova Wrist Watch; Til lie Lou Anderson, Boy's Bicycle; Nell Hubbard, Living Room Rocker; Gwyn Melville, Vacuum Cleaner; J. E. Alexander, Trade Certificate, $50.00; Mrs. W. A. Groce, Trade Certificate, $50.00; Betsy Mitchell, Electric Radio; Claude Bentley, Registered fcamp&hire Pig, male; Jackie Da vis, Lawn Mower; Albert Arn old, Electric Fan; Jimmie Bent ley, Electric Mix-Master; Julius Barnett, Repair Certificate, $25.; Chris Williams, Electric Radio; E. T. Anderson, Trade Certifi cate, $2*6.00; Frank Crow, Good year Tire and Tube; Mrs. C. T. Doughton, Cold Wave Perma nent; Margaret Blevins, Set Liv ing Room Table Lamps; Nellie Gabriel, Living Room Floor Lamp; B.B.Banner, General Elec tric Clock; J. D. Frazier, Coaster Wagon; Edna Parlier, Eversharp Pen and Pencil Set; Dair Poteat. One Year's Rent on Freezer Lock er; C. G. Glass, 2-Burner Elec tric Hot Plate. o SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A. HonorMothers Sunday,May I! Miss Beth Jones Is Senior Secretory At Woke Forest Wake Forest.?One of the most spirited and interesting stu dent elections in years at Wake Forest College took place on the campus recently. The rival political parties? the Progressive Fraternity and the Students?did considerable campaigning several days pre ceding the election and there was a large turnout for the elections. A total of 1238 students or 72 per cent of the student body of 1577 men and women participat ed in the voting. Miss Beth Jones, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Jones, was eliected secretary treasurer of the senior class. Operetta On Tuesday At City School Here Love Pirates of Hawaii is the title of an operetta to be present ed at North Wilkesboro High School Auditorium next Tuesday night., Advance tickets were placed on sale today. The Student Coun cil is in charge of ticket sales and publicity. The operetta, which is directed by Miss Eva Bingham, has a cast of twelve boys and seventeen girls. Patsy Hawkins is the ac companist. The scene of the operetta is laid in the garden of a private school for girls in Honolulu, Hawaii. The leading role is be ing sung by Dot Gabriel who plays the part of Dorothy Dear, a rich American plantation own er's daughter. Agnes Miller, Car lolyn Moore, Hilda Doris Ttutfi Hawaiian girl school mates. Dot Powell appears as Miss Primer, the old maid head of the school. The chorus of Hayaiian girls in costume is composed of Bette Blackburn, Ann Cragan, Jane Cragan, Corinna Finley, Betty Lou Foster, Betty Jo Lovette, Billie Moore, Margaret Phillips, Betty Jo Reavis, and Betty Jean Wells. Don Kilby, as a young Navy Lieutenant, and John Gibbs as the pirate chief, supply the love interest opposite Dorothy Dear and Miss Primer. Other iboys in the cast comprise the pirate chorus. CaBt in these roles are Bill Absher, Ray Bowman, Dan Hudson, Smith Hudson, Fred Myers, Eddie Shook, Alan Scroggs, Buddy Sloop, Worth Ward, and Charles Winters. The curtain goes up at 8:00 p. m. Tickets are priced at 25 and 50 cents. History Mother's Day Dates Back Over 1,000 Years Sunday, May 11, will be Moth er's Day. Mother's Day officially Is only 33 years old In America, bat In Mexico It Is a custom which dates back 1,000 years. The Nabuan Mexican Indians celebrated it with a flower fes tival for the Earth Mother God dess, Chicomehuatl. In this coun try, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Mother's Day on May 8, 1914. He asked that the sec ond Sunday of every May be set aside as Mother's Day and that government officials and private citizens observe It by hanging flags on public buildings and in homes as a national expression of love and reverence for the mothers of this country. The custom of honoring Mo ther, however, is not new. Even in ancient times mothers on cer tain dates were honored with valuable gifts, according to the Jewelry' Industry Council. In medieval times, Mother's Day was the Virgin's Day. Pres ents of Jewelry were brought to her *shrines, and living mothers also were similarly remembered. In medieval England, Mother's Day was called "Mothering Day.'' Presents were handed out and the custom was termed "Going A-Mothering." A recent example of a man's veneration for his mother is that of General Chiang Kai-shek, who erected a Buddhist shrine la memory of his mother, where ho. goes to seek inspiration and clal Mother's Day in schools and churches belongs to Miss Anna Jarvls of Philadelphia. The idea came to her when the superinten dent of a Sunday school in Vir ginia asked her to arrange a memorial service for her mother, who had been a leading spirit in the church during her lifetime. The idea "was swiftly adopted by schools and churches over the country, and now Is expanded to< include an outward demonstra tion of love and gratitude to mo thers by a gift, an act of kind ness, words of appreciation, and letters and cards from afl mem bers of the family, including those absent from home. The churches initiated the use of flowers in these Mother's Day services, and 'flowers became symbolic of this day and service. Only white flowers are mention ed in connection with church services, but gradually it became the custom to wear a white flow er only If the mother is dead and to wear a pink or red one if she is living. Through the years the custom of wearing flowers and later giving flowers has gradual ly expanded to remembering Mo ther also with more permanent gifts. Broughton Speaks AtCommencement Wilkesboro School J. Melville Broughton, of Ra leigh, former governor of North Carolina, -will deliver the com mencement address tonight at Wilkesboro high school in the final program of the graduation exercises. Rev. H. M. Wellman' will con duct the devotionals, the eighth grade chorus directed by Mrs. C. T. Doughton will give a number, and C. B. Eller, county superin tendent of school^, will present the speaker. Following the address will be presentation of the American Legion citizenship medal and Wm. T. Long, principal, will pre sent high school diplomas to the following seniors: Billy Alexander, Virginia An derson, Irene Baker, Elizabeth Barber, Nancy Bessent, Charlotte Bishop, Alda Broyhill, Ann Broy hill, Vernon Broyhill, T. R. Bry an, Carolyn Byrd, Merrill Call, Mildred Combs, Sarah Dean Combs, Flossie Clark, Hubert Dancy, Tom Foster, Laura Glass, Jewel Greer,. Betty Haworth, Marlon Hayes, Annie Rut!} Jar vis, Mary Mathis, Rebecca Miller, Caroline Ogllvie, Shirley Smith ey, Ruth Steelman, Harold Ted der, Maggie Lee Tevepaugh, Ro bert Triplett, Grace Walsh, An nie Wilkes, Jay Parker, Galther Mathis, Ina Walsh, Bernard Walsh, Albert Woods and Cleo Walsh. On Sunday afternoon Rt. Rev. Robert B. Gribbin, Bishop of the Wilkesboro Town Officials Named Total Of 60 Vote In Un contested Election Held On Tuesday, May 6 Sixty voters of Wilkedbord went to the polls Tuesday to vote for candidates for mayor and commissioners. There was only one ticket and vote totals were as follows: for mayor, W. E. Smithey 59 (W. B. Warner received one write-in vote); for commissioners, Joe H. Pearson 59, Johnson J. Sanders 59, A. A. Tripiett 60, Russell Gray, Jr., 55. Mr. Gray is the only incumbent elected. Present Mayor H. A. Cranor and Commissioners C. E. Lenderman, Tom Story, Jr., and Paul Osborne were not candi dates for re-election. The newly elected town coun cil is expected to meet this week. o A daughter, Betsy Frances, was born Friday morning tb Mr. and Mrs. Bob Kite, of this city, in a Martinsville, Vs., hospital. Mother and daughter are getting along fine. Western Diocese of the Episcopal church, delivered a most inspir ing Baccalaureate sermon at the school *" * ....... ? ^