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out CITY
North Wilkesboro hoc
trading radhu oi 50
earring 100,000 people is
Northwestern Carolina.
Vol. 42, No. 11
Published Mondays and Thursdays
NORTH W1LKESBORO, N. C., Thursday, June 5, 1947
Make North Wilkeshoro Yeur Shopping Center
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WILKES MAN GETS MILITARY CROSS
Captain Raymond Caudill, Army Trail sportation
Corps, receiving Military Cross of Belgium at ceremony
at San Francisco Port of Embarkation May 7, 1947. The
cross, awarded by the government of Belgium in recog
nition of Captain Caudill's wartime services, was pre
sented by Col. Calvin DeWitt, Jr., Deputy Port Com
mander. An interested observer at the ceremony was
Mrs. Raymond Caudill, a former member of the Brit
ish WAAF, whom the Army captain met and married
overseas.
BIRTHS
A son was born May 26 at the
Wilkes hospital to Mr. and Mts.
James Willie Anderson, of Mo
ravian Palls.
Born May 27 at the Wilkes
hospital, a son to Mr. and Mrs.
Arden Fidell Myers, of Hays.
Mr. and Mrs. George D.
Woodie, of North Wilkesboro,
are parents of a daughter born
May 29 at the Wilkes hospital.
A son was born at the Wilkes
hospital May 29 to Mr. and Mrs.
James Edmond Teague, *o* Ron
da. j
Born to Mr. and Mra| James
Monroe Nichols, of Pur .ear, a
aughter on May 30 at the
:b Mr. and Mrs. Arnold
Gilbert Johnson, of Millers Creek,
a son on May 31 at the Wilkes
hospital.
A daughter was born May 31
at the Wilkes hospital to Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Doughton Hayes, of
North Wilkesboro.
Mr. and Mrs. James Robert
E<ller, of Wilkesboro, are par
ents of a son born May 30 at the
Wilkes hospital.
A son was born May 30 at the
Wilkes hospital to Mr. ancL Mrs.
Coy Pruitt, of Dockery.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert
A. Chipman, of Hays, a son on
Monday at the Wilkes hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. William Glenn
Eller, of North Wilkesboro route
1, are parents of a daughter born
Monday at the Wilkes hospital.
A son was born Wednesday at
the Wilkes hospital to Mr. and
Mrs. George W. Dillard, of North
Wilkesboro.
IBorn to Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Warren Kilby, of Moravian Falxs,
a son on Wednesday at the
<&ilke8 hospital.
j/LL daughter was born Wednes
'ffly at the Wilkes hospital to Mr.
and Mrs. William Jerome Sales,
of North Wilkesboro.
Born Wednesday to Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Evan Wiles, of
North Wilkesboro, a son at the
Wilkes hospital.
City Recreation
Program Begins
Softballers Asked To Meet
Kriday Evening at Smoot
ffark to Form League
Howard Bowers, athletic coach
whose summertime duty is recre
ational director for North Wll
keaboro, has announced that all
aoftball players and others inter
ested in forming the churches
aoftball league are asked to
meet Friday evening, seven o'
clock, at Smoot Park.
Plans are to re-organize the
aoftball league with several
teams representing the ' various
churches participating.
Mr. Bbwers also announced
that he will be at Smoot Park
ea<4f jfcfternoon to assist boys and
girls m organized play and rec
reation as they desire.
In July Mr. Bowers will go to
Colombia University in New York
CityJ# complete his studies for
a master's degree and will be
away for six weeks.
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Friends will be glad to learn
P. A. Dancy is Bible to
io after being confined
for several months.
Captain Caudill
Given Military
CrossOf Belgium
Captain Raymond Caudill,
Army Transportation Corps, re
cently received the Military Cross
of Belgium as a reward for his
wartime work of organizing an
emergency supply line to rush
vital fuel to forward areas after
the St. Lo break-through.
The Cross, awarded Caudill by
the government of Belgium, was
presented him by Col. Calvin De
Witt, Jr., Deputy Port Command
er of San Francisco Port- of Em
barkation where Captain Caudill
now serves as Chief of Automo
tive Supervision Branch, Port
Supply and Facilities Division.
An interested spectator was
Mrs. Raymond Caudill, a former
member of the British Women's
Auxiliary Air Forces, whom Cau
dill met and married overseas.
A native of North Carolina,
Captain Caudill entered the Reg
ular Army in 1923 following his
graduation from Mountain View
High School there. In 1942 he
was commissioned a 2nd Lieu
tenant while serving with the
751st Quartermaster Truck Com
pany. Two years later he was
sent to Europe as Motor Officer
in the Office of the Chief of
Transportation ETO and later in
the 13th Transportation Corps
Regulating Group.
It was his work in ETO which
won him the Belgian award. He
had charge of an express truck
line which set up an emergency
flow of gasoline, brought in by
bombers from England, to for
ward air fields at a time the Al
lied drive had gone beyond its
supply lines.
Captain and Mrs. Caudill pres
ently reside in San Bruno, Calif.
A brother, Herman, resides, in
Winston-Salem and several bro
thers and sisters make their
homes in North Wilkesboro. Dur
ing his pre-war Army duty he
was stationed in Martinsburg, W.
Va., for six years on recruiting
duty.
Wilkesboro Town
Residents Asked
Conserve Water
Due to long periods with ab
normally low rainfall, the water
supply in Wilkesboro Is low.
The town council has asked
that all residents of the town use
water sparingly during the emer
gency, and that they refrain from
watering gardens or other uses of
large quantities of water when
ever possible. Service stations are
also asked to use water as spar
ingly as possible.
The Wilkesboro water supply
is derived from a reservoir on
the Brushy Mountains. Low rain
fall has reduced the flow of
mountain springs on the water
shed.
Miss Melo Blankenship has re
turned to her position as man
ager of the North Wilkesboro of
fice of Western Union after
spending her vacation at her
home in Alexander county and
in the western part of the state.
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Marriage License
Since May 23 license to wed
were Issued by Troy C. Poster,
Wilkes register of deeds, to the
following: Louis B. Dula, Jr..
and Mary Sue Williams, both of
Wilkesboro; Robert M. Houck,
Todd, and Nona Roland, Clifton;
Steward Wilcox, Todd, and Juan
ita Roten, Clifton; Atwel Miller,
North Wilkesboro, and Katherine
Parsons, Wilkesboro; George Ad
ams and Freda $eagle, both of
North Wilkesboro; Millard W.
Greene, Jr., North Wilkesboro,
and Allie Lou Baylors, Wilkes
boro; Joseph F. Wellington, High
Point, and Edith Robert3, Ron
da; Romulus Cal Carlton and
Fannie Lou Land, both of Boom
er; Clarence A. Sain, Statesville,
and Katherine Johnson, North
Wilkesboro; Jamee R. Brown,
North Wilkesboro, and Berlvis
Eller, Buck; Edgar Sidden,
Joynes, and Louise Smith, Elkin;
Coy Harrold and Marie Miller,
both of Hays.
LOCAL
NEWS
Miss Priscilla Hix spent the
week-end in Roanoke, Va., with
Mrs. Gordon McDonald and Mrs.
Joe Roach.
Mrs. H. L. Jones, who holds
a position at the Western Union
office here, Is spendihg her va
cation at her home at Sylva.
Mr. and Mts. J. B. Clement3,
of Greensboro are spending a few |
days visiting friends and rela
tives here.
Mr. Ned Moser, of Lewisville, I
is spending this week with his j
grandfather, Mr. W. M. Duncan]
and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan D. Anderson j
returned Monday from Corinth, j
Miss., where they visited Mrs. An
derson's father and mother, Mr.
and Mrs. H. H. Klyce.
Miss Virginia Dare Lovette,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.* J.
thte**weetf ^e^v^'her^dtpioma
from the Duke University school
of nursing, Durham.
Miss LaVerne Parlier, of Mo
ravian Falls, recently visited her
brother, Mr. Douthard Parlier,,
who is attending the Greenville
School of Commerce in Green
ville, Tenn.
Mrs. J. C. Williams and chil
dren, Sylvia Ann and Timothy,
and Mrs. James W. McNeill and
son, Jimmie, will leave Sunday
to spend two weeks at Myrtle
Beach. T will
Mr. W. R. Harmon, Jr., will
receive his degree in electrical
engineering at North Carolina
State College in Raleigh Monday.
He is the eon of Mr. and Mrs. W. i
R. lHarmon, of this city.
Miss Margie Gabriel, who is a
member of the Charlotte City
Schools, has returned to spend
the summer with her parents,
I Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Gabriel at
1 their home in Finley Park.
Rev. Fred Blevins, newly elect
ed pastor of Oakwoods Baptist
Church, will conduct services
there Sunday night June 8th at
8 o'clock. Rev. Mr. Blevins has
been confined to his home with
illness for the past few weeks
and friends are glad to learn that
he is able to be out and fill his
regular apponitment at his
churches.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tye, of
Baltimore, Md., visited Mrs. Tye's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Rhodes, of Wilkesboro, Route 1.
Misses Faye and Lena Rhodes
returned with them to Baltimore
to spend a week's vacation.
While there " they visited their
sister, Miss Jackie Rhodes, in
Washington, D. C., and points of
interest in Annapolis, Md., Wil
mington, Del., and Philadelphia,
Pa.
Mrs. C. L. Sockwel} and Miss
Mamie Sockwell spent the week
end in Gibsonville with relatives,
and on Sunday attended the an
nual memorial services at Fried
ens Lutheran church. They were
accompanied there by Mrs. H. C.
Owing, the former Miss Lizzie
Sockwell and son, Mr. H. C.
Ewing, Jr., and Miss Margaret
Laughridge, all of Newport News,
Va., who visited here Friday and
Saturday in the Sockwell home;
The Ewings and Miss lAughridge
returned to Newport News Tues
day afternoon after attending the
wedding at Duke University of
Jack Brooks, of Newport News,
and Miss Margaret Reap, of Albe
marle, in which Mr. Ewing was
best man. The Sockwells, also
Miss Bertha Sockwell, of Greens
boro, went home with the. Ewings
for a weeks visit in the Ewing
home. \
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Support the Y. M. C. A.
Interim Pester
Is Employed At
First
Baptist
Rev. W. R. Wagoner Will
Be Supply Pastor Dur
ing Summer Months
Rev. W. R. Wagoner, who will
serve as Interim pastor of the
First Baptist church, began his
work Sunday, June 1st. Rev. Mr.
Wagoner was .born in Lewisville,
N. C. .He is graduate of Lewis
ville High School, Mars Hill Col
lege and Wake Forest College.
For the past fife years he has
been a student at the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary,
I having received his B. D. and Th.
Im. Degrees in this institution. He
expects to return to the semi
nary in the fall to complete
work on his Th. D. Degree.
While in North Carolina Mr.
Wagoner served as pastor of
Wilsons Mills church, WilsonB
Mills, N[. C., and New Sandy
Creek, Sulphur Springs and Inez
Churches in the Wake Forest
area. After going to Louisville,
Ky., he was pastor of the Au
burndale Baptist Church. At the
seminary Mr. Wagoner is doing
his major work in the field of
Christian ethics and sociology.
Mrs. Wagoner is the former
Miss Elizabeth Tucker, of Win
ston-Salem, N. O. She is a gradu
ate of Meredith College and of
the W. M. U. Training School in
Louisville, Ky. She and OtiB
Tucker Wagoner, their small son,
are spending the summer with
her parents In Winston-Salem.
Junior Baseball
Starts Tuesday
With Newton Here
Parents Urged to Cooperate
Bi
" Wilkes American Legion's first
entry in organized junior base
ball will begin the regular season
here Tuesday, 3:80, against New
ton and all baseball fans should
be on hand to lend the young
sters all possible encouragement.
A group of about 35 boys are
trying out for the team here.
The regulations limit the squad
number to 20 players until June
30, after which date the team
limit will be 16. Boys who do
not make the team should not
consider that they are out of
junior baseball. Those who do
not pass the age limit may make
future Yearns.
Parents of junior players are
asked to cooperate fully and as
sist their boys in every way pos
sible to reach the practice ses
sions and the games. The pro
gram is being afforded the iboys
through the American Legion and
Ford Motor company to help the
boys in building character and
physical hardihood and the pub
lic, and especially parents of boys
participating, should assist in
every way possible.
Parking Meiers
Are Expected To
Be Up Next Week
Factory Men Here to Install
Meters In Downtown
Areh In Few Days
Parking meters are expected to
get into operation on North Wil
keBboro's downtown streets next
week, Police Chief J. E. Walker
said today.
A factory representative arriv
ed here this week to install the
meters on the posts, which were
set several weeks ago. But it de
veloped that one essential part
for each meter had not arrived
and installation was delayed 'or
a few days.
The meters will be set on the
post which have Ibeen erected on
ports of B, C, Ninth and Tenth
streets. Parking charge will toe
five cents per hour. The meters
will take nickels, or pennies for
fractional parts of one hour.
Further announcements rela
tive to use of the meters will be
published later, Police Chief J.
Walker said today.
Fldelis class of Hlnshaw
Street Baptist church will meet
Friday night, 7:80, at the
home of lira. Barney Ofanrch
with
Three Sisters Born
On April 25
Three sisters with a varia
tion of 15 years in their ages'
have the same birthday?April
25. On that date Mrs. Zollie
Hamby, left, reached age 45.
Mrs. Earl Parsons, center, is
the youngest, being only 25,
and Mrs. S. S. Minton, right,
was 40 on April 25. They are
daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Dancy, of Buck, and all
live in the same community on
highway 421 near Cricket,
west of this city.
Poppy Sales Here
Net Total $375.00
American Legion Auxiliary
sale of memorial poppies here on
Saturday netted a total of $375,
Auxiliary officals said today.
The fund -will be used for re
habilitation of disabled veterans
and to assist their families. The
memorial flowers were made by
disabled veterans in hospitals.
Auxiliary officials today
thanked all who assisted in sale
of the poppies and all who pur
chased them for their coopera
tion.
Food Sale Saturday .
Benefit Church Fund
At Moravian Falls
Emily's Beauty Salon. The food
sale will be sponsored by the
solicitation committee for the
Moravian Falls Baptist church
building fund. Many desirable
food items will be oh sale and
patronage will be appreciated.
Red Caps Lose To
Jonesville By 6-5
The North Wilkesboro Red
Caps had one big inning, scoring
five In the eighth to tie the count,
but Jonesville came back in the
eighth to score and win a Yad
kin Valley league game Wednes
day at Jonesville. The loss knock
ed the Red Caps off the top perch
in the league if Elkin beat Shady
Grove. Following are individuals
scores:
N. Wilkesboro AjB. R. H.
Badgett c 4 11
B. Cheatwood ss ?* 4 12
Wood cf ? 3 0 0
Bentley 3b ? 4 0 0
Parsons If 4 0 1
Slier rf 2 0 0
?Craig rf ? ? 2 0 0
V. Cheatwood 2b 4 10
Wendland lib 3 11
fthoades p ? .... 4 10
TOTALS 34 5 5
Jonesville AB.^R. H.
Martin c ? ? 3*1 0
Gambill ss 4 12'
4 10
4 2 2
4 0 2
_ 400
_ 3 0 0
3 0 0
3 11
32 6 7
Miss Finley Graduate
W.C.U.N.C. Monday
The name of Miss Peggy Pin
ley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
T. A* Finley, of North Wilkes
boro, was inadvertantly omitted
from the list of Wilkes girls
graduating Monday at Woman's
College of the University of
North Carolina, Greenelboro, Mon
day. Miss Finley received her de
gree Monday.
Buy
Miller and Sons
Prize Winner
"W. W. Miller and Sons Grocery
in Wllkesboro purchased from
Statesvllle Packing company the
grand champion Herford' steer
recently shown lh the Iredell
county 4-H club show.
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Friends regret to learn that
Rev. A. C. Bidden, of Joynes, is
411. He- Is a patient at the Wilkes
hospital.
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Form Bureau Will
Meet of Rondo 6th
A second meeting of the
Wilkes County Farm Bureau will
be held in the Ronda high school
gymnasium, Friday evening, June
6, at 7:00 o'clock. W. G. Lowery,
field representative of the Ndrth
Carolina Farm Bureau, will be
present and discuss-the recently
organized Tobacco Associates,
Inc. All farmers Interested In to
bacco and the future of farming
in general are urged to attend
this meeting.
Highway 268 To
Be Rebuilt Soon
Map Of Proposed Changes
In Route West of Wilkes
boro Now Posted
The State Highway and Putolic
Works Commission has fire miles
qt highway 268 west of Wilkes
boro slated for early construc
tion.
Map of the proposed changes
in the route of the highway from
Wilkesboro up the river to the
F. H. Gilreath farm has been
posted in the courthouse in Wil
kesboro.
According to the map, there
will be only minor changes in the
route and the new highway will
closely follow the present gravel
road up the river valley.'
Residents of the Yadkin val
ley west of Wilkesboro have long
felt the need of an all weather
road. Highway 268 is not paved
from Wilkesboro to the Caldwell
county line west of Ferguson and
in winter often becomes impas
sable.
Junior Chamber
Commerce Holds
Meeting Time Changed To
Second and Fourth
Thursday Evenings
Wilkes county Junior Chamber
?f Commerce in meeting Wednes
day noon at Hotel Wilkes enjoy
ed a good program.
Ray Stroud, program chair
man, presented Tom Redding,
colored, and his four-year-old
boy?the quiz kid who knows all
the answers. The child amazed
the group as he correctly answer
ed many questions about history,
geography and current events.
Another program feature was toy
a colored quartet, with Elmo
Farmer accompanying with gui
tar. Their numbers were much
enjoyed.
The organization unanimous
ly voted to change the meeting
time to second and fourth Thurs
day evenings in each month, sev
en o'clock, at Hotel Wilkes, and
to incorporate the charge for
meals into the regular dues.
The Jaycees have preliminary
plans for staging a minstrel and
beauty contest. Dates will be an
nounced later.
William Byers Is
Attending Aquatic
School Red Cross
| William Byers, son of Mr. and
' Mrs. J. H. Byers, left on Wednes
) day to attend the national Red
Cross Aquatic School' at Camp
Carolina, Brevard, N. C. The
; course will last ten days and Wil
. liam will receive instruction in
. First Aid and Accident Preven
' tion, Life Savihg and Water
? Safety, Swimming and Diving,
and Small Craft Operation. The
classes will be taught by na
tionally famous teachers o f
aquatic subjects. Upon his return
William will act as <llfe guard
at the local swimming pool which
is scheduled to open soon.
1 According >to Isaac Duncan,
Chairman of Safety Services of
.the local Red Cross Chapter,
j Wilkes County has been author
ized to send two representatives
to Red Cross Aquatic School
this summer. Other schools are
'scheduled at Pine Mountain State
Park, Georgia, June 17 to 27 and
!at Camp Carolina, August 18 to
28. Anyone interested in attend
ing either of these schools should
contact the local Red Cross of
fice* for details about require
ments, etc.
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City Council Has
Busy Night With
Routiue Matters
Water Asked For Veterans
Housing Project; Other
Requests Heard
North. Wilkesboro city council,
composed of Mayor T. S. Kenerly,
Commissioners C. J. Swofford, J.
C. Reins, Frank H. Crow, Gil
bert Bare and Max Foster, and
Clerk W. P. Kelly held a busy
meeting Tuesday night.
Members of the Library Asso
ciation, Including E. G. Finley,
W. K. Sturdivant and C. B. Eller,
appeared before the board,
thanking the town for assistance
in operation of the public library
and asking an increased appro
priation for the library next
year. An increase of $10 per
month, making a total of $520
for the year, was granted.
A group of taxi operators on
Ninth street asked that parking
meters not be installed on the
east side of Ninth street south of
B street. The council asked that
the taxi operators use parking
meters in a trial period.
Howard Bowers, city recre
ation director, was granted a
six-weeks leave of absence with
out {pay in order that he may ob
tain his Master's degree.
Harry T. Kerley, representing
veterans who purchased lots in
the veterans housing project east
of the county home, asked that
the city water lines be extended
from Carolina Mirror Corpora
tion to that project, and that the
veterans will request that the pro
ject be" incorporated into the
town limits. No action was taken.
Chrystal Williams, street sup
erintendent, was authorized to
employ a care taker for the ceme
tery and a care taker for Smoot
Park.
Police Chief J. E. Walker was
authorized to employ an addi
tional policeman due to the in
crease of traffic work with park
ing mete
wag adopted and will be put
ed iu a later edition of this news
paper.
E. A. Shook was authorize'd to
employ Ralph Oraven as assist
ant water plant operator, sal
ary not to exceed $100 per
month.
The council was informed that
parking meters have arrived and
would be installed in the next
few days.
Tal S. Barnes, 54,
Died Wednesday
Tal S. Barnes, well and fav
orably known citizen of North
Wilkesboro, died at two a. m.
Wednesday. He had been in ill
health for several years and ser
iously ill for the past week.
Mr. Barnes was born Septem
ber 24, 1893, a son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Barnes, - of
North Wilkesboro. He graduated
from Atlanta school of pharmacy
in 1920. He served .in the first
World War.
In 1922 Mr. Barnes was mar
ried to Miss Ethel Dix, of Mount
Airy. The surviving members of
his immediate family are his
wife; one daughter, Miss Blllie
Barnes, and one son, Tal S.
Barnes, of North Wilkesboro;
and one sister, Mrs. W. S. Fletch
er, Of Purlear.
For several years Mr. Barnes
was connected with the Rexall
Drug store, retiring in 1935 be
cause of ill health. In early life
he united with the First Baptist
church here and was active In
church affairs.
Funeral .service was held this
afternoon, four o'clock, at the
First Baptist church. Rev. W. R.
Wagoner, pastor, was in charge
Of the service.
Pall bearers were Roby Dancy,
Jake Crawford, R. T. McNiel, A.
F. Kilby, W. G. Gabriel, Claude
Gentry a?d A. M. Church. Hon
orary pall bearers were members
of the Beren class of the First
Baptist church.
Many beautiful flowers were
fitting tokens of esteem and re
spect for the life of Mr. Barnes.
Burial was in Mount Lawn ceme
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Recreation .Party At
Ferguson Saturday
The recreation party at Fergu
son school Saturday night will be
sponsored by the Gym Club.
Music will be furnished by a
colored band from Lenoir. Ad
mission will he $1.50 per oouple
and sreryfbod? is lnrited.