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The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 41 Years
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Vol. 42, No. 14
Published Mondays and Thursdays
NORTH WILKESBORO. N. C.. Monday, June 16, 1947
Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center
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FLOOD DAMAGE TO CROPS ALONG YADKIN PROVED HEAVY
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tion of the Yadkin and Reddles rivers Saturday is indicative of the flooded valley
of the Yadkin for many miles Saturday when a flash flood put the Yadkin out of
banks and over half the valley, flooding thousands of acres of young crops in the
fertile valley. The serious flood threat, with estimated damage of half million dol
lars in Wilkes county, has given impetus to efforts to secure a congressional ap
propriation for erection of flood control dams on the Yadkin and Reddies rivers.?
(Photo by Dwight Nichols).
KILLED; ONE WOUNDED
Lloyd Mayberry
Victim Shooting
Near Windy Gap
Bill Pierce Hit Five Times
By Revolver Shots Sun
day Afternoon
One man was shot to death
and another was seriously wound
ed in two week-end shootings in
Wilkes county.
Lloyd Mayberry, 32, of the
Windy Gap community, was shot
to death about 10:30 p. m. Sat
urday. Wilkes county officers
said Percy JohnBon has been
charged with the fatal shooting.
Sheriff C. G. Poindexter said
Percy Johnson, about 47, met
Mayberry at the home of Shirley
Johnson, a cousin of Percy. The
two got into an argument, and
Percy pulled out a .45-calibre
revolver and fired a bullet into
Mayberry's body.
Coroner I. M. Myers said the
fcjfet struck Mayiberry in the
naFk, hit the first left rib and
curved upward through the
heart.
Taft Johnson, another cousin
of Percy, who was reportedly at
the scene of the shooting, was
arrested later in the night by of
ficers. Yesterday Pprcy Johnson
surrendered to the Sheriff's de
partment and admitted the shoot
ing, officers said. Both he and
Taft are still in jail.
Hearing for Johnson is sche
duled for Wednesday, two p. m.,
before Coroner I. M. Myers at
Wilkesboro.
Mulberry was a son of the late
Da^lpdayberry and Mrs. Lottie
Johnson Mayberry, of Cycle.
Funeral will be held Tuesday,
two p. m., at Shady Grove
church.
Hit By Five Ballets
In another shooting Sunday
afternoon, Bill Pierce, 20, of
Millers Creek, was downed under
the impact of five bullets which
he told officers were fired by
Clifford TrtPlett as he (Pierce)
was attempting to separate Trip
let t and some others who were in
an argument.
The shooting occurred at Trip
lett's place of business, called
The ifflttle Hhn, located on
HighfByfM about 15 miles west
of North 'Wilkesboro.
Officers reported that Pierce
suffered two bullet wounds in
the leffcleg, one in the right leg,
one in the left hand, and a flesh
wound in the neck. A sixth bul
let was fired, officers said, but
strike its target.
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Hospital for treatment.
Triplett fled following the
shfloxnig and was not located
Sunday. He came to Wilkesboro
today and surrendered to offi
cers. He was released under
bond of $1,000 pending a later
hearing in the case.
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Eller Reunion Sunday
Boiling Springs Church
Annual reunion of the widely
known Eller family will be held
Sunday, June 22, at Boiling
Springs church. It will be an all
day program with everybody ask
ed to take lunch for the picnic
style dinner. Program will be
published in this newspaper
Thursday.
Mountain Park
Cemetery Is
Being Cleaned I
A project is under way fot|
cleaning and beautifying Moun
tain Park Cemetery, located Just
south of Wilkesboro. All who
hare plots are requested to -send
$5.00 to R. R. Church to be used
in paying the expense of the
work that is expected to be start
ed this week. Those having plots
in the cemetery with curbing
and who are willing to have same
removed, are requested to' get in
touch with Mr. Church at once.
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Dr. Caroon Will
Be Dentist Here
Graduates Tuesday In Rich
mond; To Open Office
Here In July
Dr. "W. J. Caroon, Jr., gradu
ate of dentistry at the Medical
College of Virginia, will open
his office for practice of dentistry
in the Poindexter building in
North Wilkesboro during the lat
ter part of July. _ .
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Caroon,
Sr., and daughter, Miss Mary
Caroon, are in Richmond now at
tending graduation exercises. Dr.
Caroon will receive his degree
Tuesday. He is a member of
Sigma Zeta, national honorary
science society, and Alpha Sigma
Chi, honorary leadership society.
Before entering medical college
he graduated from Dnke Univer
sity at Durham. He will be lic
ensed by both the state boards
of Virginia and North Carolina.
Dr. Caroon and his wife, the
former Miss Jean Boze, of Rich
mond, and their young son will
make their home In North Wil
kesboro. His office will be locat
ed in quarters over The Jewel
Box in the Poindexter building.
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Home Demonstration
Schedule For Week
Tuesday, June 17<?Mulberry
Home Demonstration Club, place
of meeting, Mrs. Coyd Elledge;
1:30 o'clock.
Wednesday, June 18?Mora
vian Falls Home Demonstration
club; place of meeting, Commun
ity Hofase, Mrs. R. A. Greer and
Mrs. Archie Hege, Hostesses;
2:30 o'clock.
Thursday, June 1ft?Millers
Creek Home Demonstration club;
place of meeting, Mrs. Paul Delp,
1:30 <fclock.
Friday, June 20?Roaring Riv
er cluib; place of meeting, Mrs.
M. H. Lytton; 1:30 o'clock.
Marketing Apples
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At Kiwanis Meet
Representative of American
Fruit Growers Associa
tion Speaker Friday
North Wilkesboro Kiwanis
Club in meeting Friday noon at
I Hotel Wilkes received first hand
information relative t o this
year's apple crop.
Chairman Carl VanDeman in
troduced E. G. Gray, of Haggers
town, Md., who made an infor
jmattonal talk on the subject of
"Marketing Apples." He came as
a representative of the American
Fruit Growers Association, which
was the same organization that
was employed last year to mar
ket Brushy Mountain fruits. He
I spoke very - highly of this appl6
{growing section and stated that
it is peculiarly situated for meet
ing the demands of the market
{'on account of the quality of the
{fruit and also due to the fact that
the fruit ripens several days ear
lier here than it does elsewhere
in the east. He stated that there
is perhaps less than a half of a
{crop of apples through the east
ern part of America and due to
this fact that good apples should
| be sold at a high price.
Guests Friday were as follows:
{Rev. W. R. Waggoner with Rev.
W. N. Brookshire; Dick Cham
berlain with Dr. A. C. Chamber
lain; Tom Nelson with L. M. Nel
son; W. D. Halfacre, ? Jr., with
W. D. Halfacre; E. G. Gray,
{speaker, with Carl VanDeman.
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"I wish we'd get a few ship
| wrecked sailors washed ashore,"
{mused the cannibal chief. ''What
I need to a good doee of salts."
Important* Meeting
VFW and Auxiliary
On Tuesday Night
All members of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars and Auxiliary are
asked to attend an important
meeting to be held Tuesday,
June 17, eight p. m., In the V.
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Parking Meters In
Operation In City
There was plenty of parking
space on North Wllkesboro's
downtown streets today when
the parking meter law went In
to operation.
Despite the warning there
were several violations and
tickets were Issued. Parking
fees are five cents per hour,
or cine cent for every 12 min
utes.
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5,000 Chicks Are
Shipped By Air To
San Juan, P. Rico
Holly Mountain Farms set a
precedent last week by ship*
ping chicks by air to a point
outside the United States.. y
Fire thousand New Hamp
shire Red pullets were taken
by Holly Mountain Farms
plane to Winston -Salem and
placed aboard an Eastern Air
lines plane. The chicks were
shipped to J. Narques, Jr., San
Juan, Puerto Rico.
Within 24 hours after they
were hatched at Holly Moun
tain Farms hatchery In Wil
kesboro the chicks had arrived
In Puerto Rico, more than one
thousand air miles away.
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SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A.
IN SCHOOL EVERY DAY 12 YEARS,
NANCY FELTS STARTS RECORD OF
ATTENDANCE FOR FAMILY OF 5
Miss Nancy Gordon Felts,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Felts, of North Wil
kes boro, graduated from North
Wilkesboro high school this
year with a record of perfect
attendance throughout her 12
years in school.
By being present every morn
ing at school from the first
through the 12th grade Nancy
set the pattern for her young
er sisters and brothers. Julia
received an eight-year perfect
attendance medal this year at
Mulberry elementary school
north of this city. Reba hasn't
missed a day in five years;
Frieda has four years perfect
completed ills
out missing a day.
In addition to their record
in pnblic school, the Felts
children can go to school on
Sunday too. They haven't miss
ed more than one Sunday each
at Sunday school at the First
Baptist church In North Wil
kesboro for the past five years.
| At Eastern Star
Triangle Sessions
Mrs. Maurice Walsh, Mrs. R. J.
Hinshaw and Mrs. Ira D. Payne
attended the Triangle Session of
the Grand Chapter of North Car
olina Order of the Eastern Star
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held at Plneland College, Salem
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burg, N. C., June 8-11.
Walsh, Worthy Matron of Wilkes
Chapter No. 42, represented the
local chapter. Mrs. Hinshaw was
one of the Special Pages. Mrs.
Payne, who has served as Dis
trict Deputy Grand Matron of the
Tenth District for the past three
years was succeeded by Mrs. Lo
rena Guy, of Stateeville, N. C.
I Swimming Pool To
Open ^Wednesday
Becaute of flood water and
mud the swimming pool between
the Wilkeerboros scheduled to
open today will not open until
Wednesday. Bill Byers, Red
Cross life saving graduate, will
be in charge.
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Miss Missouri Vonnoy
Dies at Purleor Home
Miss Missouri Vannoy, 68, died
yesterday at her home at Pur
lear.
Funeral services was held at
2 p. m. today at New Hope Bap
tist churoh near Puglear. Rev.
A. W. Enr and Rev. Vernon
filler officiated.
Miss Vannoy was a daughter
>f Atterson and Carolina McNeill
Vannoy. She had made her home
recently with her oousing, Misses
Viola, Elzora and Llllle McNeil,
who, with other consins, are her
tnly snrvlvdra.
B. S. Colbert's Rites
To Be Hold Today
Funeral services for Barney
Sherman Colbert, 68, of Traphill
Township, who died Saturday,
was held at 11 a. m. today at
Austin Chmreh.
. Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Vfary Colbert; three sons, Bruce
Colbert of Traphill, Eugene Col
bert of Wake Forest and Mallith
Colbert of Benham; and four
daughters, Mrs. Roy Byrd of El
kin, Mrs. Jim Cheek of Traphill
Mrs. Willie Summerlin of Golds
boro and Miss Lottie Colbert of
Perfect Record
BOBS NANCY FRIjTS
Support the Y. M. C. A.
Four Games For
Junior Baseball
Team This Week
North Wilkesboro Legion jun
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i lor baseball team, which is im
proving rapidly, will play four
games this week.
Tonight they play Lenoir at
Lenoir.
On Tuesday Gastonia will play
at North Wilkesboro. This game
was scheduled for Friday here
but was postponed because of wet
grounds. Attention is called to
the fact that the game here- may
be moved to another ground if
the fairgrounds field cannot be
used and for all fans to go to
whatever field is used if the
game is not on the fairgrounds.
On Wednesday the strong Lin
colnton team will play here at
three p. m. and North Wilkes
boro will go to Hickory Thurs
day night.
Wednesday P. M.
Closing of Library
To Begin June 18
Beginning Wednesday, June
18, the Wilkes county public li
brary located in the town hall
will close each Wednesday at one
p. m. during the summer months.
This closing will be in line with
the half-holiday practice observ
ed by local business houses.
New Rural Stations
A rural library station was re
cently set up at Rockery postof
fice with Mrs. May Myers in
charge. Another new station is
at Joynes postoffice with Mrs.
J. W. Joines librarian.
The station at McGrady has
been moved from Osborne's store
to C. Painter's service station and
store. . , ...
In a recent library article j&ix
this hewepaper it was stated that
a library station had been set
up at G. B. Staley's at Roaring
River, when it should have been
at Reddles River. Ward's place is
the station at Roaring River.
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SUPPORT THE Y.M.CA.
CROP DAMAGE III VALLEY IS NOW
ESTIMATED AT HALF A MILLION;
FLOOD CONTROL IS URGED NOW
Heavy rains Friday night swelled the treacherous
Yadkin here Saturday far above flood stage and did an
estimated half million dollars damage "to agricultural
srops in the valley.
The flash flood, which was prevented from being a
repetition of the 1940 disaster by a kind providence, came
just a few days after a sub-committee in congress had
heard arguments for flood control in the valley and had
heard objections to the plan from a small group in upper
Wilkes and Caldwell counties.
Rainfall durihg the 24 hours beginning at seven p.
m. here Friday totaled about nine inches, which set a new
record of rainfall in this area for a 24-hour period.
However, the rainfall's intensity was centered here
and on the south side of the Yadkin river. Had the same
amount of rain fallen on the north side of the Yadkin wat
er shed, the 1940 flood which took nine lives and caused
five millions damage in Wilkes county would have been
repeated in disastrous proportions.
Another factor which proved very fortunate for this
area was the fact that the heavy rains came after two
weeks drought and the ground was dry. Had the heavy
rains come in wet weather the severity of the flood would
have been much greater.
Johnson Sanders, official weather observer here,
said the river reached a. crest of 18 feet around noon
Saturday. That is five feet above flood stage, which is 13
feet here.
Farmers Discouraged
Farmers in the Yadkin Valley, 1
which is aptly termed "the bread
basket of northwestern North
Carolina" stood by helplessly and
watched the muddy waters ruin
a great part of the Yadkin Val
ley crope. It was. estimated that I
half of the farm crops in the val- I
ley were flooded and practically I
ruined. {
The heavy rains began Friday
evening and it was apparent by
midnight that a. flood was in the
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fortunate that the eastern slope
of the Blue Ridge had only a
moderately heavy rainfall, meas- I
uring 2.25 inches at Blowing i
Rock and two inches at Glendale
Springs, headwaters of the Yad
kin and Reddle* rivers, respec- i
tively.
Damage Heavy
With tributaries of the Yadkin
in this immediate vicinity at rec
ord flood stage, the Yadkin was
higher below North Wilkesboro
than here and agricultural dam
age \^as greater in the eastern
part of the valley in Wilkes, Sun
ry and Yadkin counties than in
this immediate section.
Cub Creek, a small stream
from out of the Brushies which
enters the Yadkin here, went on
a rampage and flooded its fertile
and broad valley near Wilkes
boro from hill to hill. The Oak
woods road bridge over Cuib
Creek at Wilkesboro was put out
of commission and traffic is be
ing detoured over the road lead
ing across Cub Creek valley
from Wilkesboro at a point near
the Wilkesboro postoffice. High
way forces expect to repair or
replace the bridge this week.
Highway Flooded
For a short period of time Sat
urday parts of- highway 268 near
Roaring River were flooded by
the Yadkin and the road was
closed. However, it was opened
later in the day.
Highway 268 west of Wilkes
boro was closed throughout the
day Saturday.
A ditch at the new highway on
the Brushies failed'to hold and
muddy water flowed into the
Wilkesboro town water supply
reservoir on the Brushies.
Wilkesboro Avenue, which
leads from the Yadkin bridge
between the Wilkes bo ros to Sixth
street, was flooded and closed all
day Saturday. The flood waters
covered all of the athletic fields
on the old fairgrounds.
Homes Evacuated Here
Homes along Wilkesboro Ave
nue and in other low parts of
North Wilkesboro were evacuat
ed by families but were not
reached by the flood waters. The
occupants moved back in when
the fiver began to subside.
Great apprehension was evi
dent throughout this area as the
flood threatened to reach disas
trous stage which would have
caused tremenduous damage to
industrial plants and business
houses in the valley.
Elkin Damage Heavy
In EM kin low parts of the town
were flooded and business firms
were trying to move out and save
what they could.
At Mount Airy the two creeks
at the town reached high flood
stage and caused much <
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Eight inches of rain fell at
Mount Airy and Elkin retried
over five and one-half inches.
Flood Control Sought
Numerous telegrams from here
during the week-end kept the
wires busy as people of the val
ley again urged Representative
C. B. Deane, of the Eighth dis
trict, and Senators Hoey ' and
Umstead to renew efforts for im
mediate favorable action on flood
! control plans for the valley.
A hearing was held only a few
on the piuposal to erect
two retention dams on the Yad
kin and twd on the Reddies Riv
er above North Wilkesboro. The
dams are estimated to cost seven
million dollars and an initial ap
jPTopriation is sought at this ses
sion of oongress to get work
j under way.
I According to the report of War
| Department engineers, the dams
would have prevented all of the
half-million dollars damage in
the valley Saturday and would
prevent recurrence of such dis
asters as hit the valley in 1940.
Only opposition to the plan
comes from a small group in the
upper part of the valley.
1,000 Pallets Destroyed
A small stream on Htolly
Mountain Farms on the States
vllle highway went on a rampage
Friday night and destroyed about
1,000 New Hampshire red pul
lets, age 16 weeks, of progeny
tested stock. - Along with the
chickens the stream washed a
way feed, feeders, range shelters
and other valuable equipment.
Airport Evacuated
The North Wilkesboro Airport,
located just aoove this city in
the^ Yadkin valley, was evacuated
Saturday and a number of the
planes were moved to higher
ground.
Many Telephones Oat
The heavy rain Friday night
and Saturday morning tempor
arily put out of commission
many telephones in the Wilkee
iboros. But today the damage had
been repaired. <
Wilkesboro's Water Line
Burs ted Saturday
The water main leading from
the reservoir on the Brushies to
the town of Wilkesboro burst
Saturday morning at a point near
Cub Creek bridge. Repair crews
on the job this morning stated
that water service may be resum
ed late today or early tomorrow.
The reservoir has been drain
ed twice of all muddy water
which entered from the broken,
ditch on the new highway and,
when the main is repaired tlw
water supply will again be in
good condition.
Cricket H. D. Club
Is To Hold Auction
The public is invited to attend
an auction sale to be held by the
Cricket Home Demonstration
club at the home of Mrs. EL P.
Jonee, on Friday, June 20th.
7:20 P. m.
There will be hand made ar
ticles of all description
canned foods for sale.
Local talent is being obtained
to furnish
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