feflSPS W Tkt Z Y. M C A. is rais line fund for the of * modern Y. M plant. Support it. URNAL-PA trading radios of 80 T^qgfn&Potriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 41 Years EtZJSTLZS? * North Wilkesboro has Vol. 42, No. 15 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH W1LKESBORO, N. C., Thursday, June 19, 1947 Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center Bob Faucett Will Act In Capacity Of City Manager Wm Formerly With Works Progress Administration In This District Town of North Wilkes bo ro has employed a city engineer to serve In the capacity of city manager. Robert C. Faucett, an engineer with many years of experience, has accepted the position as city meager for North Wilkeeboro agr will begin his duties on July 1, beginning of the new fiscal year, jflJPor T. S. Kenerly said here today. Mr. Faucett for several years was an engineer for the Works Progress Administration and was affiliated with the district office In North Wllkesboro before go ing Into service. He is now in a Responsible position with the ^Tar Assets Administration in Richmond, Va. He has much ex perience in construction and civil engineering in executive capaci ties. In North Wllkesboro Mr. Fau cett will have supervision of streets, water, lights, sanitation, city properties and projects and will act in advisory capacity to the city council, which Is com posed of the mayor, board of commissioners and city clerk. Salary for Mr. Faucett was fixed by the city council at $400 i" per month. ? k' John W. Nichols Fnneral Friday John W. Nichols, for many years prominent and widely in Wilkes county, On- Friday Mr. Nichols suffer ed a heart attack at his home near Millers Creek and was car ried to Davis hospital in States Yille, where another attack Wed nesday caused his death. Mr. Nichols was born August 8, 1883, a son of the late Pervis and Rebecca Edmlsten Nichols. For many years he made his home here, where he was engag ed in business as a lumber deal er and had interests in a mill manufacturing plant. Later he retired from business to his farm near Millers Creek, where he was engaged in poultry raising. Mr. Nichols was a member of Pilgrim Baptist church and had been active in church affairs. He was beet known for his activi ties in the Masonic lodge, in which he had been a leader for decades. For 18 years Mr. Nich ols was deputy grand master for the 33rd district, serving under eight masters of the grand lodge of North Carolina. He was also a meihber of Knights Templar islM Shrine in the Masonic fra ternity. Mrs. Gilbert Foster, of North ' Wilkesboro, was the only child of Mr. Nichols' first marriage to Miss Thresa Stout. He was later married to Miss Alverta Alex ander, who with two children, Mary Ruth# and John W. Nich ols, Jr., survives. Funeral service will be held Friday, 11 a. m., at the First Baptist church here and burial will be in Greenwood cemetery. Knights Templar, of Winston Salem, will conduct impressive grave rites. The service will be conducted by Rev. W. R. Wag ons^ First Baptist pastor, and Rev. Glenn Huffman, pastor of Pilgrim Baptist church. Red Caps Defeat Shady Grove 18-2 North Wilkesboro gained an easy victory over Shady Grove there Wednesday by a score of 18 to 2. Whittington and Manship formed the winning battery and Shady Grove collected only 6 hits jDoonvllle Here Saturday rjpshl baseball fans should get a real treat when the strong Boonville nine comes here for a game Saturday, three o'clock. always a good team, furnish the winning Red* plenty of competition. ternal parasites infest and poultry can be through better sanl Turner Shew Is Held For Resisting Arrest Turner Shew drew a gun on Sgt. W. C. Bentley, of the city police force, Monday evening while the officer was attempting to arrest him for being drunk at Princess cafe. Highway Patrolman Tonl Rob erts, who was nearby, stepped up behind Shew, drew his own gun and disarmed Shew. In the en suing scuffle Shew was hit on the head by a blackjack in the hands of Sgt. Bentley. Shew faces charges of resist ing arrest, assault with deadly weapon and drunkenness. o Brushy Mountain Fruit Growers To Meet Friday, 20th The Brushy Mountain Fruit Growers will hold a special meet ing on Friday evening, June 20, at 8 p. m. at the apple research laboratory. The main subject for j discussion will be the apple mar I keting program for this fall. I More apple growers are realizing the importance of grading and packing their apples in order to sell them for the best prices. The growers who packed and shipped their fruit last season were very well pleased with the results. The greatest benefit of this marketing program can be achieved only by following yup each year with a good pack of apples sent to these distant mar kets as well as supplying our nearby markets with well grad ed fruit. All apple growers are urged to attend the meeting Friday night and learn all about the details of the apple marketing program which their own cooperative, the Carolina Refrigeration Coopera work out for them. Nine Resignations In Local Faculty; Now 4 Vacancies The North Wilkesboro Board of Education in its meetii^ Mon day accepted the resignations of nine teachers. $even of the re signations were in the white schools: Mrs. Emma B. Day, Miss Lois- Edinger, and Miss Inez Wil son who were teachers in the high school in the past year: Miss Betty Smith a primary teacher and Miss L/ucile Young, elementary principal and Misses Nonie Gordon and Myrtle Tattle, grammar grade teachers. Teachers resigning in the ne gro school were James C. Red mond, and Mrs. Constance Hair ston. Teachers elected as .replace ments for the 1947 term are: Wayne Church, high school math; Miss Minnie Halre, first grade; Mrs. Elizabeth Frazier Harris, second grade; and Mrs. Nell M. Helms, eighth grade. Miss Bernice Howard was elected to fill one of the vacancies in the negro school. Positions now remain open for two grammar grade teachers and two high school teachers for the subjects of English, French, and Social Studies. The Teacher Com mittee of the Board of Education is composed of Mr. Ira D. Payne, chairman, Mrs. Palmer Horton and Mr. Blair Gwyn. Additional matters considered by the Board at its meeting were reports and records for the year just closed and adoption of or ganization plans and the Budget for 1947-48 term. The Board hopes to have sufficient funds to continue teacher salary supple ments and to expand the school services as much as available funds and facilities will permit. Wade Foster Winner Trip to Washington Wade Foster, 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Foster, of this city, has just returned from a three-day trip to the na tion's capital, which was award ed him by the Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel. Young Mr. Foster, with 26 other boys in northwestern North Carolina, were given the trip for their excellent records as carriers of the Journal and Sentinel. Their records were judged on the basis of courtesy, collections and new customers. FRIED CHICKEN BEING CONSUMED This picture shows fried chicken and other good fopds being devoured at the recent picnic given em ployes of retail stores for their loyalty, cooperation and attendance at a Sales Institute conducted under auc pices of the Trade Promotion committee of the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce. The highly enjoyable picnic was held at Smoot Park and was attended by about 200 people. MASS MEETING CALLED FOR FRIDAY NIGHT TO BEGIN CAMPAIGN BEHALF ATHLETIC FIELD LIGHTING PROJECT A mass meeting of North Wil kes boro citizens and others in terested has been called to be held Friday night eight o'clock, to discuss ways and means of lighting the athletic fields on the fairgrounds. North Wilkesboro board of education, which has charge of the athletic fields on the fair grounds, has authorized Howard Bowers, schools' coach and city recreation director, to begin a campaign for funds to light the football field. There is also great interest in lighting the ibaseball field for school and community play and for professional baseball next year and it is expected that de cision on definite plans will be reached in the mass meeting. During the past two years in terest in the proposed project has increased rapidly and has reached a new high with the movement to launch an organiz ed campaign to provide the-facil ities which will give .local youth the advantages others now have in larger cities and other towns of comparable size. Coach Bowers, who will also address the Lions Club in meet ing at 6:30, will have cost esti mates and plans at the mass meeting, to which everybody is. invited. j. LOCAL JUNIORS LOSE IN NINTH TO LINCOLNTON HERE OH WEDNESDAY Playing baseball as the game should be played, the North Wll kesboro Legion Junior team thrilled the small number of loy al fans present by leading the strong Lincolnton nine 2 to 1 going into the ninth inning here Wednesday. But the tension of the fast game broke in the ninth and Lincolnton scored four runs on two hits and three errors to win 5 to 2. Until the ninth Cardwell had almost silenced the Lincolnton bats, allowing only three hits while North Wilkeeboro had four and two runs. The first Lin colnton hatter hit safely. The next bunted and nobody covered first. On a wild throw both run ners advanced to second and third. A douible then sewed up the ball game. In their half of the ninth North Wilkesboro got two on base but the rally died. Tonight North Wilkesboro will go to Hickory. On Monday night the Wilkes juniors played their best game of the season to date at Lenoir but Lenoir won 8 to 7. The North Wilkeeboro players hit freely and played well afield but were lack ing in hits with men on bases. In fact the gam? ended with the bases full of North Wilkesboro players. Oardwall hurled a good game for the Wilkes team. Rous seau with a homer and two sin gles and Triplett with three hits were the ibatting leaders for the North Wilkeeboro team. ? On Tuesday afternoon here the i undefeated Oastonia team, made up mainly of the Gastonia state championship high school boy3, defeated North Wilkesboro 13 to 4 by outhitting the local team. Gastonia collected 14 hits, in cluding a number of doubles. Badgett and Church got two hits each to account for four of North Wilkesboro's six hits off Atkin son and Roland. Johnson pitch ed well for North Wilkesboro in several innings, but was afflict ed by wlldness in the opening frames. Wilson and Cline were the big guns for Gastonia with three hits each. Cline played a sensational game at shortstop position and Gastonia players by their fast fielding "robbed" North Wilkesboro players of sev eral hits. LITTERAL, BELL TO DIE FRIDAY Unless there is a last minute intervention by Governor Cherry two men will die in the gas chamber at Raleigh Friday. Ralph Vernon Litteral, ot Win ston-JSalem, and Marvin Claude Bell, of Roaring- River route two, are scheduled to be executed Fri day for rape of Peggy Ruth Shore, 15-year-old F-lkln girl, in August last year. Bell and Litteral were convict ed and sentenced at the end of a sensational trial in the Jan uary special term of Wilkes court before Judge H. Hoyle Sink. The defendants lost their appeal to the Supreme court. In the trial Miss Shore, a pret ty brunette, related a tear filled story of how the two men kid napped her when she alighted from a bus at her home near El kin, carried her throngh Wilkes and Watauga counties, raping and Kyle Hayes, of this city, and J. E. Holshouser of Boone, claim ed in the trial that Bell was under the domination of Litter al, for whom his attorney, Fred Hutchins, of Winston-Salem, had a plea of insanity. They also claimed that, according to the testimony of the prosecutrix, Bell prevented Litteral from killing the girl and enabled her to live to tell her story which resulted in quick conviction before the Caldwell county Jury. A determined effort has been made to secure commutation by Governor Cherry of the sentences to life imprisonment but the gov ernor yesterday indicated that he would not intervene. Attorneys were in Raleigh today to make {mother desperate appeal for clemency. Commutation is sought for Bell on the claim that he saved her four times during the ride. (the girl's life and for Litteral on Previously FBI agents had ob- the insanity plea, although three tained signed admissions from specialists have pronounced him the two men. ,! sufficiently sane to know right Counsel for Bell, including from wrong and one has declar Bugene Trlvette, Bill Mitchell ed him insane. - / AM Itf*Wx: W$kr> -Jv^!SHfflMr ' ??' :" CONGRESS Wilkes Bakery Changes Hands JIM HENDERSON The Wilkes Bakery Is now Key City Baking Company and under new management and ownership. J. B. "Jim" Henderson, Jr., man ager and co-owner is known as one of the most qualified 'bakers in the eastern states, having had eighteen years experience in dif ferent bakeries. He is a gradu ate of Siebel Institute of Tech nology, Technical Baking Course, in Chicago, 111., and a member of American Society of Bakery En gineers, and is prepared to fur nish the best bread, cakes pies and pastries. Mr. Henderson held a respon sible position in hospital baking at Fort Bragg during world war two for sometime, and tji^ last four years served as superinten dent of Fox's Royal Baking Com pany in Wilmington. Mr. Henderson and Mr. Dick Sale, veteran of World War II, bought the bakery from the S. V. Tomlinson estate January 21st and since that time Mr. Henderson has taken over and made many improvements. The Key City Bakery products are labeled "Jim Dandy" in your grocery. Local Pythians Joint Hosts For State Convention North Wilkesboro and Blow ing Rock Knights ~ of Pythias lodges were joint hosts to the state K. of P. convention held Tuesday evening and Wednesday at Blowing Rock. The convention was well at tended and the host lodges did an excellent job in entertainment for the delegates from all over the state. Among those from this com munity attending were the fol lowing: Mr.-and Mrs. Paul Os borne, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Gil reath, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Swof ford, Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hodges, Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Presley Myers, Mr. and Mrs. Forest Meserve, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cashlon, T. E. Story, J. B. Carter, Isaac Duncan, Max Fos ter, Lewis Vickery, Dr. and Mrs. A. C. Chamberlain and L. Vyne. ? o A. A. A. Offers Ryegrass Seed It was announced this morning from the county AAA office by Lawrence Miller, secretary, that the county office again will of fer about 200 bags Italian Rye grass for all seeding, This mater ial may be secured by any farm er who has not used up his al location in other conservation materials and who is signed up on the 1947 program, toy calling by the office and filing his ap plication and paying^ 3c per pound for the farmer's part of this ma terial. The balance of the ex pense will be borne by the Gov ernment. This will probably be the last ryegrass that will be offered to Wilkes county fanners and all who would like to secure It should file their orders immedi ately due to the small amount on J. C. Miller, Jr., Is Badly Injured From Fall From Building J. C. Miller, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Miller, of this city, was badly injured Saturday when a scaffold fell while , he was painting a sign on an Elkin building. The young man fell 35 feet. His right ankle was broken, there was a fracture in his left ankle and there was a dislocation of his spine. After emergency treatment at the hspital in Elkin he was re moved to the Wilkes hospital and later to the veterans hospital at Johnson City, Tenn. He was re ported today to be recovering satisfactorily. Jaycees to Elect Officers June 26 At Pinner Meet Junior Chamber Rapidly Taking Place As An Ac tive Organization At a called meeting of the Board of Directors of the Junior Chamber of Commerce on Mon day night, June 16 President Ed Finley announced the appoint ment of a Nominating Commit tee to he composed of C. C. Faw, Jr., as Chairman, Charlie Day, Charles Sink, William Gray and Frank Allen. All members of the Jaycees are urged to attend the next regular ly scheduled supper meeting to be held at the Wilkes Hotel, Thursday, June 28th, 7:00 p. m. At that time, election of officers for the coming year will be held. Please be there! "This is to acquaint the peo ple of Wilkes County with the fact that the Wilkes Chapter of the Junior Chamber of Commer ce was organized in a determined bid to boost Civic Interest In things that stand to materially J benefit, not just the two river bank towns, but the county, the j State and the Nation in which we live. The Junior Chamber of Commerce pledges its > whole hearted support to any Civic, Social, Church and other worth while organizations whose ideals and purposes do not contradict the very worthwhile standards set forth in the Charter recently granted Wilkes County by the National Junior Chamber of Commerce. "The Jaycees, as the Junior Chamber is familiarly known, is truly an exemplary organization, democratic. in principles and practices. Its prerequisites for membership are youth, good character, and energy. High in itiation fees and exorbitant an nual membership dues are frown ed upon. Service to the Com munity is its prime purpose. "Although the local Chapter is still in its infancy, its very able leaders and members have great plans for the future that will demand, and it is confident, will receive, the full support and active participation of each resi dent of the State of Wilkes. "Watch for further news from the Jaycees!''?Contributed. V . n ? Softball Leagae I Opens Tuesday Churches softball league In the Wllkeaboros, composed of four teams, will open play Tuesday, 6: SO, at Smoot Park and Wll kesboro fields. In order that all teams might have sufficient players, the league has been cut from six to four teams. North Wilkesboro Presbyterian and Methodists are combined while the Baptists in North Wilkesboro will hare two teams. In Wilkesboro Baptists and Methodists are combined to form the Wilkesboro team. On Tuesday evening the local Presbyterian and Methodist team will play Wilkesboro at Wilkes boro and the two Baptists teams here will clash at Smoot Park. Games will be played Tuesdays and Thursdays and the full dule will be published Congressmen Are Urgently Asking Action on Control Deane, Folger and Both Sen ators Active in Efforts For Yadkin Valley Just after the Yadkin Valley was hit 'by a highly damaging flood Saturday prospects in Washington for favorable action on the flood control project for the Yadkin valley were reported better this week. The sub-committee group of the House appropriations com mittee now has the matter under consideration following a hearing several days ago and no action has been taken to date on the proposal to make an initial ap propriation for the two retention dams on the Yadkin and two on Reddies river. Representatives 0. B. Deane of this district and John Folger of the fifth are leading the fight in the house. They are being aid ed by Walter Lambeth, of Thorn asville, a former representative. Senators Hoey and TJmstead are also in favor of the project and are aiding in efforts for favor able action. Failure of congress to enact a tax cut over presidential veto is calculated to have a beneficial effect for flood control efforts. Numerous telegrams were sent during the past week-end by lo cal business people and by farm ers in the Yadkin Valley. The representatives were also fur nished with photographs of the flooded Yadkin Saturday and with newspaper photos and news articles about the flood and dam age done iby the high waters, which would have been much higher had the ground been wet when the heavy rains came Fri day night. ChampionshipAuto Races June 22 On the Auto Speedway Bill France To Present 100 Laps With Top Drivers Competing Northwestern North Carolina's greatest sport, stock car auto racing, returns to the beautiful North Wllkeaboro Speedway Sun day when Bill France presents 100 laps of championship racing featuring the nation's greatest drivers. Few fans in this section will forget the tremendous crowd wihlch turned out for a similar program here in May?an esti mated 10,000 speed spectators were on hand, the largest throng ever to assemble in this part of the Old North State for a single event. And the races, first of their kind to be held here, lived up to all expectations as Fonty Flock roared to a thrilling first place finish in the main event, several care crashed through the fence and Marshall Teague turn ed over six smashing times after having a blowout. The same drivers will be back again Sunday, with at least 12 o^her chauffers expected to be on hand. The program calls for three 10-lap sprints, a 20-lap consola tion and a 50-lap main event? 100 laps in all or 30 more than, were presented last time. In ad dition, time trials will be held starting at 12:30 p. m., with the first race scheduled to get under way at 2:45 p. m. Buddy Shuman of Charlotte, currently leading the national point standing, will Ibattle Ed Samples, 1946 national cham pion; Fonty Flock, first place man at Wilkes bo ro and Green ville, S.