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Vol. 42, Wo. 5 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKgBORO, H. C, Thursday, May is, is*
Y.M. C. A.
Wilkes T. .M. C. A. u reis
ing s building fund for the
^rartiou of a modern Y. M
plant. Support It.
OR CITY
North Wilkesboro hu
trading radius of BO
terring 100,000 people in
Northwestern Carolina.
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GUEST MINISTER FOR REVIVAL HERE
HMtMiMiM
REV. J. JOSEPH RIVES, D. D.
REVIVAL SERVICES TO BE HELD
AT FIRST METHODIST MAY 18-25
Dr. J. Joseph Rives, pastor of
Court Street Methodist church in
Lynchburg, Va., will be guest
minister in the First Methodist
revival to be held here the week
of May 18 to 25, Dr. Gilbert R.
Combs, pastor, announced here.
Dr. Rives, an outstanding min
ister, is a native of Asheville.
When a young man he moved to
Washington, D. C., where he
graduated from George Wash
ington university and later from
and M. A. degrees. Randolph Ma
con conferred the D. D. degree
and he did graduate work at
Harvard.
Dr. Rives Joined the ministry
and among his appointments
have been Roanoke, Va., Harri
sonburg, Va., Washington, D. C.,
Baltimore, Md., and Centenary
Methodist in Richmond. He has
been at his present pastorate
since October, 1945. Dr. Rives
has been in great demand as a
speaker and has delivered bacca
laureate addresses in many of
the leading colleges and univer
sities in Virginia. In July he ad
dressed the Methodist Young
People's conference at Lake Jun
aluska each morning for 12
days.
A most successful series of ser
vices is anticipated here.
Mrs. S. A. Church
Rites Held Tuesday
Hew Hope Church
Mrs. Delilah Kate McNeil
Church, wife o f Shober A.
Church, of Purlear, died Monday
morning, May 12, at Davis Hos
pital in Statesville.
Mrs. Church was the daughter
of the late Jesse H. and Nancy
Ann McNeil, of Purlear.
She fs survived by her hus
band and one son, R. Parks
Church, of Willow Run, Michi
gan, and three granddaughters,
Bulaiv\ and Marlene Dockery
and Martha Neal Church; a fos
ter son, Johnson Crane, of Pur
lear; three sisters, Mrs. J. C. Mc
Neil, and Mrs. Jesse Foster, of
North Wilkesboro, and Mrs. Sally ]
Church, of Mardella Springs, Md.
Mrs. Church was preceded in
death by two daughters, Ella V.,
J&o passed away eight years ago
and one who died in infancy.
At the time of her death she
was 69 years, 3 months and 17
days of age.
In early life she joined New
Hope Church and had since been
a faithful member. ,
She was a faithful' and loving
wife, mother and grandmother
and will be missed greatly in her
community and those surround
ing.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon, May 13, at
3 o'clock, at New Hope church
wto Revs. Vernon Eller, A. W.
EMRt and James M. Hayes, of
Wlnstom-Salem, conducting. In
terment followed in the church
cemetery.
R. C. Barnett, 81,
Pioneer Citizen,
Died On Tuesday
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Robert Olingman Barnette, 81,
a pioneer citiaen of North Wil
kesboro, died at his home here
Tuesday, 8:45 p. m.
For 88 years Mr. Barnette was
engaged in the blacksmith busi
nes&JBere. Twelve years ago he
retired because of ill halth.
Surviving Mr. Barbette are his
widow, Mrs. Ida Hayes Barnette;
one daughter, Mrs. R. E. Ander
son, and one grandson.
F?sbvral service was held to
day, jTI a. m., at the home and
>urlal was in Baptist cemetery
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Support the V. M. C. A.
Council Camporee
Boy Scouts Will
Be May 17 and 18
Number of Wilkes Patrols
To Take Part in Cam
poree In Watauga
Boy Scout patrols who won
blue pennants in the district
camporee here are planning to
participate in the Old Hickory
council camporee to be held May
17 and 18 at Elks Knob, which
is located seven miles off high
way 221 near Meat Camp post
office in Watauga county.
Registration and first inspec
tion will be from nine a. m. to
11:30 a. m. Saturday, which will
be followed by lunch and work
on camp site. Patrol visitations
will be from three to four, with
games from four to five o'clock.
After supper will be other recre
ation.
Sunday morning after break
fast will he assembly at the flag
pole, . church service, hike and
lunch. Final Inspection will be at
two p. m.
Baptist Pastors
To Meet Monday
May meeting of the Wilkes
Baptist Pastors' Conference will
be held Monday at Reine-Sturdi
vant chapel.
The program will open at ten
a. m. with devotional by Rev. J.
Glenn Huffman. Rev. C. J. Poole
is on the program for "Mes
sage From Fraitland" and the
sermon will be by Rev. L. T.
Younger.
In the afternoon Rev. W. N.
Brookshire will conduct the hom
iletical study. All ministers are
invited.
Mrs. H. C. Landon, Jr., Mrs. D.
J. Carter and Miss Jane Carter,
spent Monday and Tuesday in
Lynchburg and Charlottesville,
Va., where they visited Miss Sue
Landon, a junior at Randolph
Macon College, and Henry C.
Landon, III, senior In School of
Medicine at the University of
Virginia. They also visited
friends at Sweet Brier College in
Virginia.
Mack T. Miller Joins
Engineering Staff Of
Underwriters Group
Mack T. Miller has Joined the
engineering staff of the South
Eastern Underwriters Association
and entered fire promotion en
gineering training at the Associ
ation office in Albany, Georgia.
Miller, born and reared fn
North Wilkesboro, North Caro
lina, served three yearB in the
Army Air Force, ending his ac
tive duty as a First Lieutenant.
He was awarded the Air Medal
with four Oakleaf Clusters for
missions, as Bombardier-Naviga
tor, and his B-17 Group, the
3 81 st Bombardment (Heavy),
received the Unit ? Citation and
two Oakleaf Clusters, for service
over Europe. He graduated from
the Eighth Air Force Radar Nav
igation School and their High Al
titude Bombardment course.
He and fifteen other newly em
ployed engineers will attend a
school at the Association Head
quarters, in Atlanta, during the
week of May 19. This school will
provide orientation with respect
to the fire insurance industry as
a whole, and will include a de
tailed review of engineering
phases of fire protection and fire
inspection and report work on
automatic sprinklers, electrical
systems, and fire loss investiga
tions.
BIRTHS
A son was born Monday at the
Wilkes hospital to Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie B. Brown, Jr., of North
Wilkesboro route one.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Willard
Billings, of Cricket, are parents
[ of a ^daughter born'Sunday at the
Wilkes hospital.
A jaon was born May 6 at the
Wilkes hospital to Mr. and Mrs.
Odell Monroe Jones, of North
Wilkesboro.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel
Thomas Love, of North Wilkes
boro route one, a daughter on
May 7 at the Wilkes hospital.
Born May. 9 at the Wilkes hos
pital, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs.
Larry T. Minton, of North Wil
kesboro.
A son was horn Tuesday at the
Wilkes hospital to Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Elmer Parlier, of Pores
Knob route one.
? A eon, Dennis Wayne, wasj
born to Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Fra
zier, of North Wilkesboro, Route
1, May 8 at the Wilkes Hospital.
Mother and son are doing fine.
iA daughter, Linda Gale, was
born to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel
Lbve, o f North Wilkesboro,
Route 1, May 7, at Wilkes hos
pital.
Marriage License
During the past week license
to wed .were issued by Troy C.
Foster, Wilkes register of deeds,
to the following: Joe D. Elledge,
Hays, and Betty Dancy, North
Wilkekboro; Herbert S. Oulley,
Baltimore, Md., and Charmio
Shumate, North Wilkesboro;
Walter Foster and Thelma Card
well, both of Buck; Harold Prest
wood, Lenoir, and Delia Honck,
Todd; Bruce Sexton, Grassy
Creek, and Bonnie Lorene Cau
dill, Silas Creek; Haley Justus
and Galdine Carlton, both of
Boomer; Joseph Carl Combs,
North Wilkesboro route three,
and Melba Lorene Chambers,
Cycle; Dillard Church and Mia
Mae Osborne, both of North Wil
kesboro route one; Philip E. I
Weatherwax, Hampton, Va., and!
Jane Josephine Perry, North Wil
kesboro; Ray Parks and Ruby
Morrison, both of Roaring River;
Blane Bennett and Joilene Greer, ]
both of Lansing. |
Lt. Spicer Graduate
Constabulary School
With Headquarters Constabul
ary School Squadron, Sonthofen,
Germany. ? First Lieutenant
Cyril B. Spicer, Jr., of North
Wilkesboro, North Carolina, was
recently graduated with high
honors from the United States
Constabulary School in Sontho
fen, Germany. His scholastic av-,
erage of 94.9 placed him third
among the 57 officers and 499
enlisted men who. composed the
school's twelfth class. -
The basic course completed by
Lieutenant Spicer and the other
courses offered by the Constabul
ary School are planned to give
additional training to members
of the occupation forces, officers
and enlisted men, who are ex
pected to become leaders, in
structors, and specialists in their
respective units.
Lieutenant Spicer is assigned
to the 11th Constabulary Regi
ment and has rejoined that out
fit in Regensburg.
The lieutenant's wife, Mrs.
Bessie Lee A. Spicer, resides in
North Wilkesboro.
SCHOOL LIBRARY LIGHTING
PROJECTS UNDER WAY; NEW
CAR TO BE GIVEN JULY 4TH
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xsQrtn wiixesooro JUons Club I
bus completed the first in a series
of school library projects for
Wilkes county schools.
Acoording to a survey granted
the club without cost by engi
neers of Duke Power company,
the entire project for all tl^e high
schools in Wilkes will cost ap
proximately $2,000. The survey
showed that Wilkesboro library
had the worst lighting facilities
and the club's project began
there and will be carried to oth
ers as a major objective in pre
venting blindness and defective
vision among students.
Money for this project and oth
ers carried out by the club is rais
ed by different activities. The
main project in the past has been
the annual horse show, which
will not he held this year due to
lack of a suitable location and
the club instead will give away
an automobile on July 4 at the
office of the Wilkes Chamber of
Commerce. Paul Cashlon and W.
D. Jester are heading that com
mittee.
W. O. Absher, club president,
announced that a 1947 Chevrolet
town sedan had been purchased
by the club from Gaddy Motor
company and will be given away.
Ladies Ni^it Friday
Annual Ladies Night banquet
of the Lions club will be held
Friday evening, May 23, seven
o'clock, at Elkin Y. M. C. A. Gus
Travis, of the Charlotte Observ
er staff, will be the principal
speaker.
Henry London, III,
Medical Graduate
Henry Landon, III, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Landon, of this
city, will receive his degree as
doctor of medicine in June at
the University of Virginia, Char
lottesville. He has already com
pleted his work and is now
spending some time at his home
here before going back for
graduation.
Young Mr. Landon is the first
graduate of the local high school
to complete the course in medi
cine. On July 1 he will begin his
interneshlp at Bowman Gray
School of Medicine in Winston
Salem.
Robert Gambill
Opens Law Office
Robert M. Gambill, clefk to
tbe tax writing Ways and Means
committee * in congress from
1945<to 1947, -bes opened a law
office in North Wilkesboro.
Attorney Gambill was born
and reared In Ashe county. He
attended the University of North
Carolina and was licensed to
practice law In January, 1936.
For six years he was associated
in law practice with the late R.
A. Doughton, former lieutenant
governor, in Sparta. From 1942
to J.945 he was an agent for the
Alcohol Tax Unit and was located
in Wilkesboro before going with
the Ways and Means committee,
which was chairmaned by Repre
sentative R. L. Doughton until
this year.
Attorney Gambill's family,
which consists of his wife, three
sons and one daughter, have
made their home in Wilkesboro
since 1942. His office is located
in room 11 of the Northwestern
Bank building In North Wilkes
boro.
Mount Airy Boots
North Wilkesboro
North Wilkesboro high school
baseball team, showing wonder
ful improvement over early starts
but still rough on the edges, lost
to the high flying Mount Airy
nine here Tuesday 15 to 3.
Jonah* Woods, oonverted to
pitcher from shortstop position,
was on the mound for North Wil
kesboro and pitched beautifully
under a big handicap. Had he re
ceived reasonably good support
afield, the game would have
been one of the best of the sea
son here. Mount Airy catcher hit
: the longest drive on the field
' this year, putting one over the
right field femce for one of the
very few earned runs by the vis
itors.
Gurney Thomas Show
At the Courthouse
On Saturday Night
Gurney Thomas and ihis troupe
of radio entertainers from
Greensboro will be at the court
house in Wllkeaboro Saturday
night, May 17, in a performance
sponored by the Evelyn Stokes
circle of Union Methodist church.
A splendid show is assured all
who will attend.
Rev. Rufus Mitchell
At Courthouse 18th
Rev. Rufus Mitchell will
preach at the Courthouse in
Wilkesboro Sunday afternoon,
May 18th, at three o'clock. Come
early. Rev. Mr. Mitchell hopes to
soon be able to hold services in
the new Gospel Tabernacle,
which is under construction in
Wilkesboro.
Square Dance Friday
At Legion Clubhouse
Wilkes post of the American
Legion will sponsor another
square dance Friday night, eight
o'clock, at the Legion clubhouse.
Jim Golden and his Wanderers
of the Wasteland will furnish
music and refreshments will be
served. Everybody is invited and
a most enjoyable occasion is as
sured.
Rey. W. L. Waifford
At First Baptst 18th
Rev. Walter L. Waifford, as
sociational missionary of the Pi
lot Mountain Baptist association,
will speak at the First (Baptist
church in North Wilkesboro Sun
day, May 18, 11 a. m.
Mrs. Gibbs' Classes In
Recital On Monday
The Junior Music Recital by
Mrs. Robert Gibbs students will
be given Monday, May 19, at
3:00 p. m. in the North Wilkes
boro school auditorium. The pub
lic is cordially invited.
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Dr. Charles H. White, of San
Francisco, left Tuesday for Cam
bridge, Mass., where he will at
tend the 50th anniversary of his
class at Harvard, after spending
a few days in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J*ullus C. Hubbard. Dr.
White is a brother of the late Dr.
J. W. White and Mr. George A.
White, and is Mrs. Hubbard's
uncle.
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Messrs. Cecil Kilby and C. M.
Brown, of the local Firestone
Store, attended a meeting of
Firestone dealers in Charlotte
yesterday.
N. WILKESBORO ROUTS CUNGMAN;
WILL PLAY ELKIN HERE SATURDAY
The North Wilkes boro Red
Caps won their third straight
game at the local ball park Wed
nesday afternoon by crashing the
powerful Clingman nine 11 to 3.
Felix Holder was on the mound
for the Red Caps, allowing Cling
man baseballers 8 well scattered
hits. Johnson was toeing the rub
ber for the visitors while the
Red Cap bate collected 14 hits.
N ORTH WELKESBORO WILL
PLAY ELKIN HERE SAT
. URDAY AFTERNOON, 8:00
Clingman: AB R
(York, as ?? ;? 6 0
C. Johnson, 2b 5 0
; J. Brown, Sb ?? 5 ' 1
: S. Johnson, cf .? 6 1
F. Johnson, p, If 4 0
Key, lb 4 0
D. Johnson, rt 4 1
Shore,. c ?- ? 4 0
Byrd, If ? 2 0
J. Johnson, p 2 0
Totals ....?.? 40 3
SUPPORT THE Y.M.C.A.
N. Wllkesboro: AB R H
V. Cheatwood, / 2b 6 0
Wood, cf .j..?.?5 L
Reavls, If ?.??? 4 2
Bentlejr, 3b 5 3
Oraig, 88 : * 4 2
Bller, rf ? 3 1
Wendland, lb ?, 5 1
Williams, c ? 6 1
Holder, p 4 0
Cooper, If ? -i 1 0
B. Cheatwood, ss 1 0
Rhodes, rf .... 1 0
Totals 43 11 14
Banks to Be Closed
May 20 and May 30
Both banks here will ?e closed
on May 20, Mecklenburg Inde
pendence Day, and May 30,
which will be Memorial Day. Pa
trons are asked to remember the
holiday dates in order that no
inconvenience may result.
The Wilkes Chamber of Com
merce is planning a picnic for
employes of all merchants and
other business firms as a reward
foa* the splendid attendance and
cooperation given during the
very successful Sales Institute
conducted. here.
Place and date of the picnic
will be announced in Monday's
Journal-Patriot.
Employes' Picnic
Being Planned By
C. of C. Here Soon
Championship
Stock Car Race
Sunday P. M.
Bill France To Open Speed
way With 75-Lap Race;
40 Drivers Entered
Big-time stock car racing
makes Its initial debut in this
section of North Carolina Sun
day when the National Cham
pionship Stock Car Racing Cir
cuit under, the management of
Bill France presents 75 laps of
racing at the North Wilkesboro
Speedway.
Approximately 40 of the na
tion's leading drivers will be
gunning for several world's rec
ords at the new track, consider
ed to be the fastest half-mile dirt
layout in the United States.
Headlining entries already re
ceived for the event is the name
?f Bd Samples, 1946 National
Champion,' while just a notch be
hind this Atlanta ace is Bob
Flock, holder of the world's 100
mile stock car racing record.
Backing up this duo are Bud
dy Shuman, Johnny Rogers, Red
Byron, Marshall Teague, Bill
Blair, Johnny Grubb, and a host
of other top-ranking pedal-push
ers.
The new speedway, located
three miles east of North Wilkes
boro on Highway 421, will fea
ture a new innovation for racing
fans of this section?its owners
have guaranteed a dustless track.
Over 10 tons of calcium chloride
and salt will be spread on the
hard-packed surface by 1:30 p.
m. Sunday when the first sprint
race begins. Time trials will also
be held on the day of the races,
with the gates scheduled to open
at noon.
Headlining the hopped-up cars
which will race for over $2,000
in prize money is the famed No.
14 of Bob flock. Flock averaged
slightly better than 87 miles per
hour in this car in winning the
100-mile race at Daytona Beach,
Fla., in March, and reports his
vehicle in top running condition.
Race' officials are expecting
the largest crowd ever to attend
a sporting event in Wilkes Coun
ty Sunday. Indications point to
a throng of some 6,000 people
being on hand for the program.
Bill France, who will mgnsge
the races, has compiled the out
standing promotional record in
racing circles throughout the
United States, with his shows
out-drawing other races by a 3
to 1 margin. In Greensboro last
month a crowd estimated at 13,
000 turned out for his 75-lap
main event, while two races in
Greenville, S. C., last season at
tracted a total of 42,000 spec-)
tators.
"This is no bush league show,'
pointed out France. "We will
have the greatest names in rac
nig here, and the competition
will be stiff. A couple of records
are almost certain to fall, since
this is undoubtedly the fastest
half-mile track in the nation. The
boys who have built the North
Wilkesboro speedway have done
a wonderful Job?if you don't
believe that, Just watch those
drivers out there Sunday."
France is the nation's No. 1
stock car promoter, and handles
more racing dates and tracks
than any man in the business.
He has operated races at Tren
ton, N. J.,^Langhorne, Greenville,
S. C., Greensboro, Daytona
Beach, Fla., Orlando, Fla., and
numerous other cities in the past.
His circuit was greatly increased
this year by the addition of
tracks in Birmingham, Ala.,
Winston-Salem, Charlotte, and
Danville, Va.
Stoie Mountoii
S. S. Convention
May 24tb - 25tb
Will Be Held On Saturday
and Sunday With Maple
Grore Baptist Church
stone Mountain Sunday School
Association will convene with
Maple Grove Baptist church on
Saturday and Sunday May 24
and 25.
Program for the convention, as
announced by J. A. Gilliam,
chairjnan, and Mrs. Glenn Dancy,
secretary, will be as follows:
Saturday Morning
10:00, Songs by congregation
and Maple Grove choir.
10:15, Devotions by Rev. H.
B. Blevins, pastor, Maple Grove
Church.
10:30, Introductory Sermon,
Rev. Ernest Blevins.
11:00, Report of Sunday
Schools.
11:30, Organization and ap
pointment of Committees.
11:45, Query: The Sunday
School Teacher, Calling, Qualifi
cations, Reward. Mrs. J. L. Greg
ory, Rev. J. W. Yale, and others.
12:15, Lunch and Fellowship.
Saturday Afternoon
1:15, Song?
1:30, Vacation Bible Schools.
Miss Madge Lewis, Rev. S. L.
Blevins, Mrs. V. W. Luffman,
Mrs. J. E. DeJournette, Rev.
Watson Bryant, Trealy Kilby,
Grady Miller and Mrs. B. W. Pen
dry.
2:30, Query: Modern compar
ed with the ancient Sunday
school. Elder Grant Cothren and
Mrs. Willie Dancy.
3:00, The Pastor's part in the
Sunday school. Rev. Minter Blev
ins and C. B. Settle.
Report of Committees.
' Saturday Evening
Program for Saturday night
session to be arranged by the
Religious Committee.
Sunday Morning
10:00, Songs by Maple Grove
choir and devotion.
10:30. Sunday school lesson
taught - by Mrs. John R. Jones.
11:15, Sermon. Preacher to be
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Naval Reserve
Week May 18-25
Will Be Observed
The role that this community
will play in a nationwide cam
paign to insure America's invest
ment in peace, by building a
strong Naval Reserve, was being
planned today by local civic lead
ers.
Citizens all over the country
will be asked to support a drive
to acquaint both veterans and
non-veterans with the personal
advantages offered by member
ship in the new organization. The
national campaign will be climax
ed by a week, May 18 to 25, to
be known as "Operation NavaL
Reserve."
Formation of local committees
chosen for this patriotic service
will be announced within a few
days.
The new civilian Naval Re
serve, as authorized by Congress
to help this country carry out her
responsibilities in a world at
peace, aims at conserving, im
proving and utilizing the Navy's
wartime "know-how" which oth
erwise would be lost. Knowledge
and training which originally
cost millions of dollars can be
passed along to younger recruits
through the Reserve program.
Reserve Armories, ships, air sta
tions and other facilities,
throughout the nation, will af
ford the Reservist an o im
portunity to learn new technical
skills, or to improve those he al
ready uses in his civilian job.
Without losing any of his civilian
rights, a Reservist may earn
while he learns, through attend
ing weekly drills or going on
periodic cruises in ships of the
regular operating fleets. Much of
the latest scientific equipment
will be available to him.
Girl Scout News
The girl scout day camp com
mittee members and troop repre
sentatives are asked to meet in.
the Duke Power office Monday,
May 19, 7:30, to make day camp
plans. Any leaders who are in
terested may attend the meeting.
Last Monday Ooaeh Howard
Bowers talked to the girl Scout
leaders at their tegular meeting.
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Rev. James M. Hayes, of Win
ston-Salem, was a visitor
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