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Vol. 42, Wo. 7 ? Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESB0R8, N. C? Thursday, May 22, 1947
Make North Wilkesbere Yeur Shopping Center
Lester rrevette
Gets Heavy Fiue
In Sugar Action
Roaring River Man Lout
40,400 Pounds of Sugar
and Penalty of $1,750
Lester Prevette, 27, Roaring
Hirer merchant, was fined $5,
000 and given a 12-months su
spended jail sentence in federal
court at Wilkeeboro yesterday
after he had pleaded nolo con
tendere to illegal possession of
40,400 pounds of sugar.
Alcohol Tax Unit investigators
testified that they had watched
Prevette's store for several days
Stf nights preceding Mafch 2
when they seized the sugar from
the stonftWsuilding. Prevette, they
testified admitted that he had
had not used sugar rationing
oou'pons in purchase of the sugar.
Judge Johnson J. Hayes set
the fine at $5,000, but stipulated
that the sugar was to be sold
by the marshall and the proceeds
applied on the fine. He further
set out in the judgment that the
balance of the $5,000 fine be re
mitted on payment by Prevette
of $1,750, which will be the net
cost to him.
Officers stated in court that
the sugar on sale will bring a
bout $3,000. An ATU agent
quoted Prevette as saying that he
paid $8 per hundred for the
sugar, but there was also infor
mation that it cost more than
$30 per hundred, or more than
$12,000 total, at black market
prices without use of rationing
coupons.
Wilkesboro Church
Will Have Revival
T. Sloan Guy, Jr., (
Guest Minister For Bap
tist Revival
Rev. Sloan Guy, Jr., pastor of
We8thampton Baptist church,
Richmond, Va? will be the vis
iting minister for a series of re
vival services in the Wilkesboro
Baptist church May 25-June 1.
Rev. Mr. Guy, Jr., a former
pastor of Wilkesboro Baptist
church, is well known and loved
by the people of the Wilkesboros.
"You are cordially invited to at
tend these services each evening
at 7:45," the pastor, Rev. W. N.
Brookshire, pastor, announced.
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Local Baseball Team
! Will Play Shady Grove
Here On Saturday
The weather man made it two
in a row Wednesday afternoon
by showering out the Hampton
ville game.
North Wilkesboro Red Caps
will still be working for that
fourth straight win at the local
park Saturday afternoon when
they play Shady Grove.
Remember, Saturday, 3:00 p.
nj _ North Wilkesboro vs Shady
(Jmtte at local park.
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According to the National Fire
Protection Association, farm fires
destroy approximately $90,000^
000 worth of property each year.
Family Lifs Leaders
Meeting May 27
By MARGARET C. MORRISON
(Assistant Home Agent) '
There will be a Family Life
j Leaders Training School In the
Home Agent's Office In Wilkes
boro on Tuesday, May 27 at 1:30
p. m. for the Fynily Life Lead
ers of the following Home Dem
onstration Clubs: Ronda, Absh
ers, Moravian Falls, Boomer,
Purlear and Lewis Forte.
We are especially anxious for
| these leaders to be present since
they will be in charge of the
June meeting in their respective
i clubs.
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Moravian Falls
Baptists Planning;
Modern Structure
Building To Have Auditor
ium, Assembly Room,
12 Classrooms
Moravian Falls Baptist church
has adopted plans for a beauti
ful and spacious ' new church
building which will provide space
I and facilities for all departments
of church activities.
The plans adopted call for the
erection of a modern brick struc
ture with an auditorium 37 by
5 6 feet and which will comfort
ably seat approximately 300 peo
ple.
The Sunday school department
with two floors 30 by 56 feet,
will contain 12 classrooms and
an assembly room 14 by 35 feet.
A basement floor will contain the
heating plant.
When completed the new
church structure will be one of
the most modern, and complete
rural church plants in the state.
The total cost is estimated at
$23,000.
Rev. Roger C. Gwaltney is
pastor of the church and the
building committee is as follows:
r. n "integer.
If en, A. AT Greer, Irvin jai
ler, P. G. Smithey, CyTus Brown
and J. E. Nichols. Mrs. Cyrus
Brown is church treasurer.
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Mt. Airy Defeats
North Wilkesboro
Mount Airy. ? Mount Airy
High raked two North Wilkes
boro High pitchers for 12 hits
here Tuesday and bunched the
blows effectively to win a 14-8
victory.
A four-run outburst in the
first inning put "Mount Airy in
the van and the home club was
never headed.
Score by innin&s:
N. Wilkesboro ?200 300 3? 8
Mount Airy 421 052 ??14
Elkin High Defeats
N. Wilkesboro, 10-3
Elkin.?Elkin high unleashed
a heavy hitting attack to defeat
North Wilkesboro high In a base
ball game here Monday, 10-3.
Elkin bunched hits for three
runs in the second and three
more in, the third to win the
game.
Score by innings:
N. Wilkesboro.?200 100 0? 3
Elkin 033 013 ??10
Wood, Sturdivant and Stoker,
Wood; Couch and McCann.
NEWSPRINT SITUATION
REMAINS ACUTE
Due to unprecedented demand for advertising
space, it has been necessary from time to time for
?ie Journal-Patriot to omit advertising which had
en scheduled to appear in current issues, this be
ing due mainly to an insufficient supply of news
print. f
The Journal-Patriot has contracted for its quota
of newsprint for 1947, (contract being the same as
year 1946) and this quota* has been passed on to the
paper mills. Efforts have been made to get an in
creased allotment of paper for this year. The answer
was: "Not ^ chance."
A check-up of consumption of newsprint so far
this year revealed figures showing that we are ex
ceeding our newsprint allotment, this being done in
order to take care of the needs of our, local advertis
ers to the fullest extent.
The Journal-Patriot regrets that its newsprint
j^feply is not sufficient to give every advertiser space
wfien wanted, and hopes that in the near future re
lief will be given to a situation that at the present
time is. very acute.
In the meantime, the publishers of The Journal
Paftriot will do everything in their power to distribute
advertising in an equitable manner, and the con
tinued splendid co-operation and patience of our ad
vertisers is solicited, and will be greatly appreciated.
Early orders for space and early preparation of
copy will enable us to render a better service to our
" jrs during the present emergency.
Junior Baseball
Practice Under Way I
i
American Legion junior base
ball practice began this afternoon
at the local ball park. Bill Lee j
is ooach of the boys and some i
good material is expected from j
which to build a team.
Litteral and Bell
Case Now Before
The Supreme Court
The North Carolina supreme
court today was scheduled to
hear arguments on the appeal of
Ralph Vernon Litteral, of Win
ston-Salem, and Marvin Claude
Bell, of Roaring River, who were
convicted in January in Wilkes
court and sentenced to die for
rape of Peggy Ruth Shore,
Wilkes girl who was kidnaped
near Elkin and carried on a ter
ror-filled ride into Tennessee.
Attorneys Eugene Trivette,
Bill Mitchell and Kyle Hayes, of
this city, and J. E. Holshouser,
of Boone, representing the de
fendants, left for Raleigh yester
day to argue the case on appeal.
Employes Picnic
For Mercantile
Firms On May 28
] Enjoyable Occasion Plann
ed; Sales Institute Cer
tificates To Be Given
Employees of all mercantile
firms in the Wilkeaboros will
have a picnic Wednesday after
noon, May 28, 5:30, at Smoot
Park.
The picnic will be given by the
businese firms of the Wilkes
boros to the employes for their
splendid cooperation and attend
ance at the Sales Institute held
here recently toy the Wilkes
Chamber of Commerce.
.The- program for. -the.?picnic
will include a brief address by
a well known speaker, presenta
tion of 80 Sales Institute certifi
cates by J. B. Williams, presi
dent of the Wilkes Chamber of
Commerce, and R. E. Gibtos,
Trade Promotion committee
chairman. Music by a string band
and square dancing.
Menu for the picnic will in
clude fried chicken, deviled eggs,
hot dogs, pimiento cheese, cream
ed cheese potato salad, slaw, ice
cream and soft drinks. Various
sales groups are in charge of
different phases of food prepara
tion.
The employes' committee mak
ing all arrangements for the pic
nic is headed by E. L. Derrick,
chairman, and the other mem
bers are Mrs. Bernice Burgess,
Miss Margaret IHoward, Miss An
na Laura Canter, Miss Mary Lou
ise Newton and Miss Gay Kilby.
Chamber of Commerce offici
als today praised the worjf of the
committee, which they said
would assure a most enjoyable
occasion. Attendance of at least
300 is anticipated for the event.
Council of Hone
Clubs To Meet 26
The County Council of Home
Demonstration clubs will hold
their regular meeting on Monday,
May 26th, at the Town Hall in
| North Wilkesboro with Mrs. C.
F. Bretholl, Council Pr6sident,
I presiding.
; The meeting will begin
promptly at 1:30 p. m. and Mrs.
Essa D. Shaw, Home Demon
stration Agent, urges that all
' club members plan to be pres
' ent.
Arrangements for transporta
tion to the District Federation
of Home Demonstration clubs to
be held in Boone, on June 4tfc,
will be completed at this meet
ing.
Red Demand To
Ban Atom Expected
1 Lake Success, N. Y.?Russia
was expected to renew her. de
mand today that the United Na
tions Security Council outlaw im
mediately the use of atomic
This move was indicated by
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister
Andrei A. Gromyko when he told
the American-Russian ' Institute
in New York that after atomic
weapons were outlawed the So
viet Union would agree to- inter
national control and inspection.
The United States and Great
Britain are Insisting that before
there is prohibition of atomic
weapons
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Rev. SIoir Gay, Jr.
Be Baccalaureate
Speaker On Sunday
North Wilkesboro High
School To Graduate 46
On Tuesday Evening
Rev. T. Sloanft Guy, Jr., will
preach the Baccalaureate Sermon
to the graduating class of North
Wilkesboro high school. The Ser
vice will be held at the First
Baptist church at eight o'clock
Sunday evening, May 25.
Music for the service will be
supplied by a oombined choir
from the First Baptist, First
Methodist and Presbyterian
Churches. Mrs. L. M: Nelson is
to be the Organist and Mrs. An
drew F. Kilby and Miss Jo Las
siter will direct.
The Sermon Topic chosen by
Rev. Mr. Guy is "Good Tunes
From Second Fiddles." His ser
mon will be addressed particular
ly to the forty-six seniors and
their parents and friends.
Mr. Guy is well known here.
He has served as a minister in
both Wilkesboro and North Wil
kesboro. The public is invited to
hear him and a large attendance
is anticipated.
The Senior Class of North Wil
kesboro high school will present
the program at the graduation
exercises in the school auditor
ium at eight p. m. Tuesday, May
27.
Music for the program will be
supplied by the North Wilkes
boro High School Band.
The forfy-six members of the
class expecting to be graduated
ar^ Dale Glenn Andrews, El
bert Clayton Bowman, Delmos
Charles Elledge, Grady Hall,
Hoover Harvey Hayes, Jimmy
Don Hethcock, Jack Johnson, Ro
bert Donald Kilby, Samuel Phil
lips Mitchell, Fred Elliott My
ers, Albert Sam Poteate, Alan
James Scroggs, Harold James
Sturdivant, Lloyd Levi Turner,
Jr.,- Charier Lathe* Winters,
Martha Viola Absher, Mabel
Brown, Ruby Virginia Brown,
Frances Radell Byrd, Betty Grey
Church, Ann Cragan, Virginia
Evelyn Day, Hilda Louise Den
nis, Nancy Gordon Felts, Mary
Gordon FInley, Dorothy Lee Ga
briel, Frances Elizabeth Gllreath,
Aline Messel Hayes, Reba Anne
Hlncher, Mary Katherine John
son, Gladys Irene Lovette, Agnes
Ramona Miller, Ellen Marjorie
Minton, Billie Forester Moore,
Carolyn Ann Moore, Margaret
Louise Phillips, Dorothy Lee i
Powell, Lillian Ho]ie Rhodes,
Virginia Dare Roope, Ramona
Sloop, Annie Dellie Smith, Geor-l
gia Mae Stanley, Betty Adele
Summers, Patsy Parker Waller,
Annie May Wells, Ella Mae
Whittington.
Sacred Concert ?
At Stony Point
"The Alexander-Iredell chorus
will present the All Star Quartet
of Winston-Salem under the di
rection of Carl Rains in a pro
gram of Old-Fashioned Gospel
songs in the main auditorium of
the Stony Point high school on
Friday night, May 23, at eight
o'clock. The public is invited. To
assure a good seat, better go
early.''
Gaddy Property On
268 To Be Auctioned
Penney Brothers auctioneers
will sell the TV. F. Gaddy prop
erty on highway 268 just east
of this city at auction on Satur
day, May 31, two p. m. Sale of
the valuable property is expect
ed to attract much interest and
large attendance.
Friendship Home
Coming Planed
Program has been announced
for the annual home coming ser
vice to be held at Friendship
Methodist church near Millers
Creek Sunday, May 25.
Church school will be held at
ten a. m., followed by worship
service and sermon at 11.
At boon a picnic dinner and
social hour will be enjoyed. The
afternoon devotional will be at
1:80 and will be followed by a
brief memorial service. A busi
ness session and singing by local
and visiting choirs will complete
the program.
"Everyone has a cordial invi
tation to come and enjoy the
fellowship of old friends and
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Lions Ladies Night
Friday Elkin YMCA
North Wilkesboro' Lions Club
will observe Ladies' Night Friday
evening at the T. M. C. A. in
Elkln. Dinner -will be served
promptly at seven p. m. and all j
Lions and guests are asked to
be on time. 1
Gus Travis, Charlotte Observ
er columnist and humorist, will
be the feature speakef on a
splendid program for the occas
ion.
Honor War Dead By
Wearing Poppy On
Saturday, May 24
May 24th will be Poppy Day
in this community and through
out the United States, Mrs. Pin
ley, president of Wilkes County
Unit of the American Legion
Auxiliary, announced today.
( On that day everyone will be
asked to wear a memorial poppy
in honor of the dead of the two
world wars and to make a con
tribution for the Welfare of the
disabled veterans, their families
and the families of the dead.
Volunteers from the Auxiliary
ana young women's groups of the
city will distribute the flowers
on the streets throughout the
day. Mrs. Landon, Poppy Chair
man of the Auxiliary, will be in 1
general charge. Plans are (being J
made to cover the ctyy complete
ly so that everyone will have an
opportunity to honor the war
dead and aid the living victims
of the two conflicts.
"The Saturday before Memor
ial Day has been observed as
Poppy Day in all parts of the
country for many years," said
Mrs. Landon, in announcing the
date of this year's observance.
"Poppies have been worn in
memory of the war dead ever
since the close of World War I.
They are replicas of the wild
ttewers -which grew on the bat
tle fields of Prance and Belgium,
fought over in both wars, but
they. have come to symbolize
memory for those who died in
any part of the world.
"The poppies which the Auxil
iary will distribute are all hand
made, shaped from crepe paper
by disabled veterans working in
hospitals and convalescent work
shops throughout the country.
The disabled men take special
pride in making the flowers to
honor their fallen comrades and
the work is Valuable to them as
occupational therapy, besides
bringing them much needed earn
ings."
Revival Now On
Dr. J. Joseph Rives, widely
known Methodist minister from
Lynchburg, Va., is delivering in
spiring messages each evening in
the series of revival services in
progress at the First Methodist
church in this city.
Services are being held each
evening this week at 7:45 with
large congregations attending.
The gospel messages are subjects
of much favorable comment by
those attending. A cordial web
come is extended all to attend.
Tooth Night Friday
Young People's night will be
observed at the service Friday
evening. This will be a com
munity-wide event and all young
people are most urgently re
quested to attend that service.
Wake Forest.?Sam Behrends,
Wilmington senior, who is pres
ident of the. Wake Forest College
student body, has appointed
Ralph Bland, Goldsboro sopho
more, and Henry Huff, Washing
ton, D. C., law student as chair
man and vice chairman, respec
tively of the Freshman Advisory
Committee for 1947-48.
The committee is composed of
Earle Jones, Crewe, Va., sopho
more; Henry Mack Parrish, Oca
la, Fla., sophomore; Bill Wood,
Charlotte sophomore; Earl Con
nelly, Morgan ton . -junior; Bill
Casey, North Wilkesboro sopho
more; Lehman Greene, Charles-;
ton, S. C., sophomore; Kent Ben
nett, Winston - Salem junior;
James Ayers, Oak City sopho
more; Tommy Stapleton, Mars
'Hill junior; Herb Appenzeller,
Newark, N. J., junior; Reda Um
stead, Roxboro junior; and Hum
bert Humphrey, Columbia (SC)
junior.
Food and flowers are submit
ted as religious offerings to
of cobras
County Tax Rate
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Nine From Wilkes
To Graduate Friday
Mars Hill.?r-Nine Wilkes coun-i
ty students will be graduated
from Mars Hill college at the
91st commencement finals Fri
day morning', May 23.
They* are Greta Sue Swarin
ger, of Traphill; Victor Watts, of
Purlear; Mary Madeline Brown,
Dorothy Sue Campbell, Wanda
Marie Campbell, Annie Louis
Eller, Annie Lou Ferguson, Peg
gy Nichols, and Ray Inscore, all
of North Wilkesboro.
President Hoyt Blackwell will
present diplomas to 257 seniors
Friday morning, the largest num
ber ever graduated from the
college. Dr. Ellis A, Fuller, pres
ident of the Southern Baptist
Theological seminary, Louisville,
Ky., will deliver the baccalau
reate address.
Local Jaycees
Hear Dr. Rives
Junior Chamber Of Com
merce Has Number Pro
jects Planned
Wilkes County Junior Cham
ber of Commerce in meeting
Wednesday ? St Hotel Wilkes
heard a most inspiring message i
'by Dr. J. Joseph Rives, of Lyn
chburg, Va., who is guest minist
er in the revival here this week
at the First Methodist church.
Dr. Rives was presented by Dr. 1
Gilbert R. Comlbs, also a guest
at the luncheon.
The Junior Chamber of Com
merce has a number of major
projects under consideration, and
a called meeting of the board of
directors will be held Monday
evening, 7:30, at the office of
the Wilkes Chamber of Com
merce.
Revival Services
Zion Hill Holiness I
Revival services will begin I
Sunday, May 25, at Zion Hill
Pentecostal Holiness church and
continue with services each eve
ning at 7:30. Rev. Miss Colton,
of South Carolina, will be the
guest minister. Rev. C. J. Par
due, pastor, said that singers
from South Carolina will parti
cipate and that all are invited
to the services.
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Plan Square Dance
At Traphill Saturday
A square dance for the bene
fit of the school gymnasium' fund
will be held Saturday night,
8:30, at Priiitt's garage building
at Traphill. The public is invited.
Total Same Bit
Chaises Made li
Number of Levies
Total Assessed Valuation of
Property Up Over Mil
, lion Over Last Year
Wilkes county board of. com
missioners have tentatively a
dopted $1.38 as the connty tax.
rate for this year.
Although the total rate is the
same as for last year.fcnd several
years previous, there are slight
changes in the division of the
rate among the 12 different
funds of the county budget.
The tax rate is divided as fol
lows: county general fund, 15;
superior court, .07; welfare ad
ministrative, .055; health de
partment, .03; hospital and poor,
.02; tuberculosis hospital, .04;
repairs to buildings, ? .20; social
security, .115; county wide debt,
.50; school debt, .03; school cap
ital outlay, .02; school buildings,
.15.
The levy this year has only 53
cents for debt service compared
to 66 In the 1946 budget. Thehe
is also a decrease of one cent for
courts and two cents on the hos
pital and poor fund. Major items
added this year were 15 cents
for school buildings and four
cents for tuberculosis hospital
operation.
The tax levy is based on a to
tal valuation of between 19 and
20 million dollars. J. C. Grayson,
county accountant and tax sup
ervisor, said that more than one
million was added this year over
the last year total of approxi
mately $18,138,000.
The board of commissioners is
composed of M. F. Absher, chair
man, I. J. Broyhill and C. C. Sid
den. /
Mulberry School
Commencement 26
Commencement exercises will
be held at Mulberry school on
Monday night, May 26, eight o'
clock. W. D. Halfacre, of North
Wilkesboro, will deliver the com
mencement address to the eighth
grade graduates.
On Wednesday night, May 28,
eight o'clock, a program will be
given by grades three to six.
The program will consist of
rhythm band, singing and two
short plays.
The public is cordially invited
to the commencement programs.
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Flesh, fat or blood of dogs
has long been regarded as medi
cinal in Europe, according to tha
Encyclopaedia Britannica.
North WHkesboro P. T. A. Closes Very '
Successful Year With Interesting Meet
The Parent-Teacher Associa
tion of North Wilkesboro held
the closing session of a success
ful year's work, Thursday eve
ning in the school auditorium.
Miss Lois Eddinger lead an
iinpressive devotional period.
Mrs. Edward Finley, Sr., pre
sided for the election and Instal
lation of the officers for the new
P.-T. A. year. They are: presi
dent, Mrs. Arthur Venable; first
vice president, Mrs. John Baity:
second vice president, Mrs. Sta
ton Mclver; recording secretary,
Mrs. Lewis Vickery; treasurer,
Mrs. Jack Swofford; correspond
ing secretary, Mrs. Gilbert Fos
ter; historian, Mrs. Paul Cash
ton.
She charged the officers, par
ents and teachers with the ser
iousness of their responsibili
ties. Then, she challenged them
to give their highest and noblest
endeavor to the task. In closing
she offered a prayer for their
guidance.
Mrs. C. Arthur Venable, presi
dent, took the chair and gave
the annual report of the P.-T. A.,
telling of the projects which had
been done, one of which was the
raising of |<3,090.00 for the
school band. She thanked those
who had worked in the project
and those who had given. The
report was heartily approved by
the association.
Supt. Paul S. Cragan was the
and he used as a subject ''The
Ways and Means of Financing
School Facilities". He gave a
brief review of educational sys
tems In different periods of his
tory, leading up to our present
day system. He related how
North Wilkesboro financed the
present school buildings. Then,
he outlined the financial respon
sibilities of the state and those
of the county in relation to the
state laws which govern school
finances. His address was both/
Informational an<| Inspirational.
An open forum was led by the
president in regard to new
school facilities for North Wil
kesboro. Mach Interest was
shown by the questioning par
ents, and' equal interest was
shown by the responsive com
mittee members who had beetf
invited to participate. The speci
al guests were the County School
Superintendent, County Commis
sioners, County School Board,
City Mjayor, City Council and
City School Board.
The P.-T. A. is seeking to a
rouse interest and awaken
citizens to the need of school
facilities in North Wilkesboro.
"It is hoped that the results of
the open forum will be the be
ginning of Interest on the part
of many citizens. The responsi
bility for new school facilities
rests upon the citizens of North
Wilkesboro and Wilkes county,"