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State of Wilkes" For Over 40 Years
Vol. 42, No. 6 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBOBO, N. C.t Monday, May 19. 1947 Make North Wilkeshero Your Shopping Center
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Forrest Jones Is
Kiwanis Speaker
Here On Friday
"Human Relations In Indus
try" Subject of Very In
teresting Address {
Forrest E. Jones, secretary of
the Wilkes Chamber of Com
merce, delivered a most Inter
esting address Friday before the
North Wllkesboro .Kiwanis club.
Prior to the program J. B.
Carter reported that the commit
tee for the Horse Show Is mak
ing progress; that the place for
the show has been selected and
that the premium list is being
made up; and that John Bowers
^had been s&ured to put on the
^how.
P^gL Osborne stated that it is
neariytftime for the Boy Scouts
to be 'going to Camp Lassiter and
he said there are a few boys in
the community who would be un
able to go without some assist
ance from someone; and sug
gested that if any Kiwanian
wished to give some aid to a boy
? he could do so by seeing Gordon
Finley, who is in charge of the
matter. '
Secretary T. E. Story read a
letter calling atention to the di
vision three Kiwanls meeting at
Lexington June ninth and asked
the members to be ready next
Friday to state whether they
could go.
Program Chairman Cecil Ad
amson stated that he had recent
ly attended a meeting in Win
ston-Salem which had to do with
"Human Relations in Industry"
and he stated further that For
rest Jones also attended and he
asked him to give the club the
highlights of the meeting. .
Mr. Jones gave a forceful ac
count of the meeting, saying that
our whole industrial, and busi
ness life evolves arouUd the idea
of Free Enterprise. He then gave
a fine resume of the importance
of a harmonious and happy em
ployer - employee relation. He
pointed out a number of instanc
es where the finest of relations
existed and tn each there was the
element of intimate relations
between top management and the
lower level of employee and sug
gested that the personnel in most
businesses that could have much
to do toward building this right
relationship is the foremen. He
stated that the foremen should
be a part of the management,
indeed, rather than in theory.
The attendance prize was giv
en by Rev. Watt Cooper to J.
R. Hix.
Elkin Gome Rained
. Out Saturday; Will
Play Hamptonville
North Wllkesboro and Elkin,
Yadkin Valley League game, was
postponed to some later date due
to intermittent showers at the
local park Saturday afternoon.
The bleachers were rapidly fill
ing when the downpour came and
since no rain checks were on
hand all gate receipts were re
funded.
Lm North Wilkeeboro Red Caps
?will be striving for their fourth
win in a row Wednesday after
noon at Hamptonville. Game
time 4:00 p. m. Baseball fans,
go to Hamptonville and support
the local team.
Legion Junior
Baseball Practice
To Begin May 22
^ American Legion junior base
ball practice will get under way
at the baseball park here on
Thursday, May 22, four p. m. *
Frank Allen, athletic officer of
the Wilkes post of the Legion,
announced that Bill Lee will be
principal coach for the boyp and
Invited all Iboys In Wilkes coun
ty who had not. reached their
17th birthday by January 1 this
year to participate in practice.
Mr. Lee is exceptionally well
qualified to coach baseball. 'In
tour years at the University of
North Carolina Mr. Lee was var
sity catcher and in his college
career had a batting average of
\?at9 than 400. <He will be assist
ed in work with the boys by
other experienced baseball men
here.
This will be the first year of
junior baseball here but pre
s*^v>n indications point to a
most successful season.
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Recent estimates ?are that ap
proximately 10 8,0 0 (X North Car
olina farm dwellings have elec
tricity.
Sroclamatton
Naval Resenre Week May 19-24
Whereas, the right and privilege of a democratic
people to determine for themselves, individually, what
part they shall take in their country's affairs, is inalien
able; and,
Whereas, it is also one of the virtues of our American
system that whatever is done for the national good finds
support in city, town, and hamlet, throughout the land;
and,
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Whereas, the New Civilian Naval Reserve, dedicated
to the building of better citizens and the protection of
this nation's costly^ investment in world peace, is a defi
nite instrument,for the good of all; and,
Whereas, the Civilian Naval Reserve offers training
and educational opportunities to our young people, "In
addition to the voluntary role they assume with the Navy
in peacetime: *
Now, Therefore, I proclaim the week of May 18 to
May 25 as Naval Reserve Week, confident that the citi
zens of this "community will not fail to lend the full inter
est and support necessary to the success of the Naval Re
serve program. ? . v'
T. S. KENERLY,
Mayor of North Wilkesboro.
Men interested in the naval reserve are asked to con
tact the navy recruiter at the North Wilkesboro postof
fice on Wednesday this week or any Wednesday there
after.
Atlanta Driver
Wins First Place
Stock Car Races
More Than 10,000 See'
First Races Oh Auto
Speedway Sunday
Fontello Flock, of Atlanta,
won the feature race in the first
stock car race held on the North
Wilkesboro speedway Sunday
afternoon before more than 10,
000 thrilled spectators.
Bill France, of Daytona Beach,
Florida, who promotes national
championship stock car races
throughout the country, put on
the races and was highly pleased
with results. He praised the hew
ly constructed track as being the
best in the southeast and pre
dicted that some of the best
stock car races in the country
will be staged there.
In the feature event of 75 laps
on the five-eights mile oval the
money winners came in in the
following order: Fontello Flock,
Atlanta; Ed Samples, Atlanta;
Johnnie Rogers, Patterson, N. J.;
Buddy Shuman, Charlotte; Glenn i
Dunnaway, Oharlotte; Pepper |
Cunningham, Trenton, N. J.;
Fred Mayan, Greenville, S. C.;
Lucky Sauer, Rossman, driving |
car owned by track owners.
In the consolation event the
winners were in the following
order: Pop White, High Point;
Charles Dinatelli, Trenton, N. J.;
M. L. Dudley, Winston-Salem;
Shorty York and Leslie Scott,
High Point.
In the first event the four I
winners were Fontello Flock,
Bob Flock, Marshall Teague, of |
Daytona Beach, and Ed Samples.
In the second winners were
Pepper Cunningham, Fred May
on, Glenn Dunnaway and Johnny
Rogers. Third race winners were
Buddy Shuman, Phil Blair, Lucky
Sauer and George Montooth.
Marshall Teague, of Daytona
Beach, overturned on the second
lap of the feature event and his
car rolled over a number of
times. The accftent occured
while he was in second place and
attempting to take the lead. He
was taken to the hospital for
treatment but was released. Two
broken ribs were his worst in
juries.
Lucky Sauer overturned but
he was not injured and was able
to drive the same car in the next
event. The other crash was by
Ralph Hemric, whose car rolled
over. He was not injured. *
A total of 23 drivers partici
pated and the numbers included
the nation's record holders, a
mong them being Fontello and
Bob Flock, brothers, and JEd
Samples, who are known through
out the country.
France stated that he will
bring other nationally known
drivers here for the next race on
the North Wilkesboro speedway
June 22.
With thousands of people here
from other communities, traffic
was heavy on highways in Wilkes
but no serious traffic accidents
were reported during the week
end.
Are to Pave Section
Of Traphill Highway
Elkin.?A section of the Elkin
Traphill road from the Pleasant
Hill school to the first road in
tersection nor?h of the Benham
school is expected to undergo
hard-surfacing "within the next
thirty days," according to Z. V.
Stewart, division engineer for the
State Highway and Public Works
Commission, ,
The contract for the surfacing
of the road has been let te the
Nello Teer Construction Com
pany, of Durham, Mr. Stewart
said.
Special 4-H Meet
Here On Tuesday
By MARGARET C. MORRISON
(Assistant Home Agent)
All 4-H girls carrying a sewing
project are invited to a. special
interest meeting on Tuesday, May
2th at 1:30 p. m. in the Town
Hall in North Wilkesboro. At
this meeting more detailed in
structions will be given for the
county-wide dress revue which
will be held sometime in July.
Also, a demonstration will be
given.
We are very anxious for both
junior and senior girls to enter
this contest, especially those who
have entered in previous years.
This year the County winner
who must be 14 years old and
completed 3 years of 4-H Club
work will compete with other
county winners in Raleigh dur
ing 4-H Short Course?the week
of August 18th.
A special invitation is also ex
tended to any Interested moth
ers, Home Demonstration Club
| women and 4-H Neighborhood
Leaders.
Total cash receipts, including
Government payments, in April
from livestock and livestock pro
ducts were around 1.9 billion
dollars.
SOCIAL CALENDAR
The circles of the_ Presby
terian Auxiliary are meeting
on Tuesday as follows:
Circle No. 1, Mrs. Gordon
Finley, 3:80 p. m.
Circle No. 2, Mrs. Cecil Ad
amson, 3:30 p. m.
Circle No. 8, Mrs. E. S. Zim
merman, 3:30 p. m.
Circle No. 4, Mrs. D. J. Car
ter, 8 p. m.
Circle No. 5, Mrs. T. A. Fin
ley, 8 p. m.
Circle No. 6, Mrs. Jim
Steele, 8 p. m.
The Woman's Society of
Christian Service of the North
Wilkesboro First Methodist
church will meet Tuesday aft
ernoon, 8:30 o'clock, at the
home of Mrs. Bdd F. Gardner.
The program will be given by
members of the Gardner circle.
The Woman's Missionary So
ciety of the Wilkesboro Bap
tist church will meet Tuesday
evening, eight o'clock, at the
church. Circle No. 1 will be in
charge of the
Cancer Campaign
Totals $2,039.83
In Wilkes County
Goal of $1,500 Exceeded By
More Than $500; Chair
men Thank People
The Oancer fund campaign
carried out here In April far
exceeded the quota, W. H. Mc
Elwee, chairman, and Mrs. R. J.
Hinshaw, field chairman, said,
today. V .
The total amount- contributed
in the fund was $2,039.83, which
exceeded the $1,500 goal by
$539.83. The funds are for the
American Cancer Society, which
conducts research and education
al programs designed to lower
the death toll from cancer.
Attorney McElwee and Mrs.
Hinshaw joined' in a vote of
thank for all committee chair
man, workers, all who conrtibut
ed in any amount to the fund,
and thanked The Journal-Patriot
and Editor Dwight Nichols for
what they termed very appro
priate and effective publicity for
the campaign.
Mrs. D. F. Beshears
Claimed By Death
Funeral services was held Sat
urday at Blue Ridge church for
Mrs. Delia Phillips Beshears, 61,
wife of D. F. Beshears, of the
Walsh community. Mrs. Beshears
died Thursday.
Surviving Mrs. Beshears are
her husband and the following
sons and < daughters: Mrs. Vetra
Houck, Todd; Mrs. Faye Cheek,
High Point; Frank Beshears,
Stony Fork; Cline Beshears,
High Point; Mrs. Effie Parsons,
North Wilkesboro; Burl and D.
F. Beshears, Jr., Parsonville;
Wilton Beshears, High Point;
Charles Beshears, Spencer.
Rives Preaching
Revival services began Suiiday
at the First Methodist church
here and will continue through
the week with services each eve
ning at 7:45.
Dr. Gilbert R. Combs, pastor,
announced that Dr. J* Joseph
Rives, of Lynchburg, Va., will
arrive today and be guest speak
er for all the services. Dr. Rives
is an outstanding Methodist
minister and has been much in
demand as a speaker at many
points in Virginia and in Wash
ington, D. C.
V. F. W. Meeting
On Tuesday Night
There will be a very important,
special meeting of the V. F. W.
post, and it's Auxiliary Tuesday
night, May 20th in the Club
room on C Street. Commander
Whitaker is urging that all mem
bers of Committees for the Air
Show, and Veterans Parade be
present. Also the Poppy commit
tee is asked to be present. All
members of both organizations
are asked to attend, and bring
prospective recruits.
Revival Preacher
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Revival services will begin
tonight at the Church of God,
new brick church on Hinshaw
street, wtyh Rev. I<. O. Henry,
of Cramerton, in charge. Rev.
T. N. Ward, pastor, is music
teacher and a special program
will be carried out each eve
ning by the choir, quartets,
trios, duets and soloists. The
Robinson Boys quartet from
Gastonia will be in part of the
services. Rev. Mr. Henry is
noted for his ''old time" way
of preaching. All are invited.
Three New Rural
Library Stations
The Wilkes county public li
>rary has added three new rural
lbrary stations to a rapidly
growing list which is now serv
ng a greater part of the rural
wpulation of the county.
The new stations are located as
ollows: Ronda postofflce, Mr.
dartln in charge; Jdrs. Taft Fos
er's store at Champion; Mr.
iuincy Foster's store at Congo.
"Let ub again remind you to
:ontact the Wilkes county pub
ic library if you want a book
itatlon near you," the librarian)
aid.
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Special Privilege
License Taxes To
Take Sharp Rise
Hew Schedules, Effective
June 1, Revealed Here
By State Tax Office
State special privilege license
axes, drastically reduced during
-he recent war years, will resume
;heir prewar levels with sharp
?ises June 1 as authorized by the
L947 General Assembly in its
?evenue act.
Harry L. Summers, Deputy
Commissioner of the North Car
)lina Department of Revenue for
;he Wilkes-Yadkin area, today
?eleased tax schedules in several
ax divisions. He said that the
lew t^x rates will be in effect
or all licenses purchased for the
rear beginning June 1, current
icense expiring then.
The state revenue office in the
City Hall, he said, will be able to
>egin sale of the special privilege
icenses now, ana his office will
>e open on Mondays only, from 9
t. m. until 5 p. m.
Licenses for Automobile deal
*rs in Wilkesboro have risen
rom $12.50 to $50.00 and North
Wilkesboro from $18.75 to $75.
Service Station licenses rise from
m Wilkesboro to ahd
n North WilkeSboro from $3.75
o $15. Automotive Equipment
ind Supply Dealers, Wilkesboro
rom $6.25 to $25, North Wil
cesboro from $7.50 to $30. Mo
orcycle dealers, Wilkes boro'
>2.50 to $10. North Wilkesboro
S3.75 to $15. Bicycle dealers,
Wilkesboro and North Wilkes
>oro from $5 to $10. The above
nentioned licenses all governed
>y population. License fees not
jovern^d by population include
lutomatic machines, from $5 to
S10, bottled carbonated drinks
12.50 to $5.00, soda fountains
rom $5. to $10 for each car
>onated draft arm, musical mer
:handise from $5 to $10, tourist
tomes having five rooms or less,
rom 5 to $10. The tax for tour
st homes, for each room in ex
:ess of five, will rise from $1
o $2 per room.
Ip addition to the license fee
>f $5 for ibottled carbonated
lrinks, every person, firm or cor
poration operating coin operated
iispensers or machines shall pay
in additional $15 license for each
lispenser or machine.
The license fee for persons
engaged in "seasonal", tempor
ary, transient or itinerant sales
jf used or new cars" rises from
*75 to $300.
Wilkesboro Town
Board fs In Office
New Mayor and Board Of
Commissioners Meet To
night; New Clerk
Wilkesboro's newly elected
sity council has taken office and
will meet tonight at the town
ball.
W. E. Smithey is mayor', and
the board members are Johnson
J. Sanders, Joe H. Pearson, A.
A.. Triplett and Russell* Gray,
Jr. J. R. Henderson has been
lamed clerk.
Attorney J. F. Jordan, Wilkes
boro town clerk for a number of
rears, on Saturday moved his law
jffice from the Wilkesboro town
ball to the former location of
lis office ih the building near
the Tory Oak, where he will
continue practice of law. '
Revival Services
Oak Grove Church
Revival services began Sunday
it Oak Grove church and will
continue throughout the week.
Rev. J. Q. Tates, pastor, is being
issisted by Rev. Ottis Cook, of
Hickory. Services tfre being held
each evening at 7:45 and all
ire invited to attend.
Home Coming Sunday
At Friendship Church
Annual home coming service
will be held. Sunday, May 25, at
Friendship Methodist church
near Millers Creek. The all-day
program will begin with Sunday
school.
Dinner will he spread picnic
style at noon and a most inter
esting program will be carried
out. The public, and especially
all former residents of the com
munity, are invited to enjoy the
day together.
Sugar Stamp 12 To
Be Valid On June 1 |
Instead of July 1st
The U. S. Agriculture Depart
ment announced Tuesday that su
gar ration stamp No. 12 for in
dividual consumers will become
valid June 1 instead of July 1 as
originally planned. It will allow
purchase of 10 pounds.
The Department said that sup
plies from this stamp must last
until October 31, when price and
rationing controls will expire un
less extended by Congress.
Consumers ration stamp No.
12 is the second to be designat
ed as a 10-pound sugar stamp.
The first was No. 11 which be
came valid April 1.
Two Are Injured
In Auto Crashes
In Wilkes Countv
Herman Jack Steelman, of
Millers Creek, completely de-,
molished an automobile and was
slightly injured Saturday night
at Oub Creek bridge on the Oak
woods road at Wilkesboro.
Sergeant A. H. Clark, of the
Highway Patrol, said that Steel
man was intoxicated and that he
suffered minor gasoline scalds
when the car crashed into the
creek. The officer stated that he
had reports that Steelman ear
lier had been speeding on other
highways.
On Friday night Walter Jester,
with Roy Caudill's car, collided
with a truck on highway 268;
near Roaring River. The truck'
was driven by Julius Miller, of
Elkin. Sgt. Clark said that Jes
ter, driving the car, and Caudill,
who was in the cpr, were both
intoxicated. Jester was sent to
the hospital with a broken arm. \
Pre-School Clinic
HereOn Tuesday
A clinic will be held at North
Wilkesboro Elementary School
Tuesday, May 20 for children
who enter school for the first
time next fall. The staff of the
Wilkes County Health Depart
ment will make a physical exam
ination of each child.
Parents are requested by
school officials to bring or send
their children to the school Tues
day. Any child who will be six
years old on or before October
f, 1947 will be eligible to enter
school.
Arrangements will also be
made for the giving of smallpox
or diphtheria vaccinations. These
vaccinations are offered as a
convenience at this time in order
that parents may comply with
the law requiring each child to
be vaccinated before entering
school. ?
In announcing plans for this
pre-school clinic, Superintendent
Paul S. Cragan said: "Parents
should take full opportunity of
the arrangements which have
been made to look after the
healttf needs of their children.
If physical defects are discover
ed, there will be ample time
during the summer to have them
corrected. In this way, every
child will have a chance to make
a good start in school without
any physical handicap to retard
his progress."
The Health Department Staff
will be assisted in conducting tl^
clinic this year by a committee
from the Parent-Teacher Associ
ation which has volunteered its
services.
Arrangements will also be
made to give children who at
tend the clinic an opportunity to
visit in the first grade.
Commissioners
Agree For Comfy
To Open Hospital
No Definite Amount Set In
Motion To Make Nec
essary Appropriation
Wilkes county will reopen and
operate the county tuberculosis
hospital located on the county
home farm near Jhis city.
The board of commissioners,
composed of M. F. AbSher, chair
man, G. C. Sidden and I. J. Broy
hill in May meeting voted unani
mously to reopen and operate
the institution, which was closed
in the early war years because
of the lack of a substantial num
ber of patients and shortage of
trained help.
Because of the rise in number
of tuberculosis eases in the
county who have not been able
to obtain accomodations in the
state hospitals for tuberculosis,
a committee representing several
civic organizations here urgent
ly requested that the county in
stitution be re-opened.
No definite amount was ap
propriated for operation ' of the
institution during the coming
year, that matter being deferred
until the budget for the fiscal
year beginning July 1 is made up
and adopted.
The local committee, with the
use of some local funds from
sale of Christmas seals, will as
sist in getting the hospital build
ing and equipment in shape for
opening and care of patieflts. Lo
cal physicians have volunteered
to. assist the county health offi
cer in tuberculosis
Iratlenta
Mrs. St. John Is Token
By Deoth On Monday
Funeral service was held Wed
nesday at Cranberry church for
Mrs. Minda Magdalene Roberts
St John, 72, resident of Antioch
township who died Monday. Rev.
L. T." Younger and Rev. J. B..
Ray conducted the last rites.
Surviving Mrs. StJohn are
three sons and two daughters:
Robert, Noah and George St.
John, Mrs. Luther Glass and
Mrs. Joe Love.
Recreation Party At
Ferguson On Friday
Recreation party will be held
Friday, May 23, at Ferguson
school. Richard Scott with his
colored band from Lenoir will
furnish the music.
Traphill School i
Has 26 Seniors
In Graduation
Twenty-pix seniors of Trap
hill high school received diplom
as Wednesday night, May 14.
Speaker for the occasion was
Rev. Ralph Ritchie of El kin
Presbyterian church. (He _ came
as a kindness to Attorney W.
M. Allen of Elkin who had
planned to be there. ?
The seniors were: Annie Cle
ary, Josephine Tngool, Mary Ruth
Bauguess, Annie Ruth Bauguess,
Elsis McCann, Betty Jo Smith,
Bettle Lou Sparks, Savanna
Brown, Mary Hutchison, Delores
Cothren, Pansy Joines, Joyce
Byrd, Ruby Hutchison, Marie
Gambill, Anna Lee Snow, Elaine
Speaks. Kathleen Crabbe, Don
Cheek, Paul Brown, Tom Trip
lets > Boyd Blackburn, Paul
Joines, George Bowers, Clyde
Sidden, Edward Carter, Jr., and
Claytns Cothren.
There were several awards
given. Citizenship awards went
to Delores Cothren and Kathleen
Crabbe.
George Bowers, Mary Ruth
Bauguess, and Marie Gambill re
ceived Activities Awards. Bus
drivers receiving awards were
daytus Cothren, George Bowers,
and Tom Trpilett. The Reader's
Digest Award went to Savanna
Brown. As valedictorian and
Salutatorian, Savanna Brown and
Annie Ruth Bauguess received
Scholarship Awards. Mr. Pat
Moran presented the American
Legion Awards t o Savanna
Brown and Clyde