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frol. 42, No. 18 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., Monday, June 30, 1947 Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center
Friday And ?
Saturday Should I
Draw Big Crowd
ie of Nation's Finest An
ls To Be ShoVn In
iwanis Club Sbow
Some SF* the nation's finest
norsee, with stables from as far
?way as Tampa, Fla., are entered
,: the annual North Wilkes bo ro
iiwanis Club horse show, to be
nted for two' performances
at the-club's new show
ads on Friday and Saturday,
mrj 4 and 5th.
^More than 90 horses hare been
htered for the horse show, rep
enting many local exhibitors,
nth Carolina, North Carolina,
Virginia,
uffidals for the show will in
tde John L. Bowers of Black
buntaln, nationally known
i show manager, who has
ady promoted an extensive
ait of successful horse shows
isason, including Southern
, Charlotte, Oonoord, Dur
uu, and Anderson and Green
Hie, S. C., and Macon, Ga.; Col.
R. "Jlmmie" Seashole, of At
tnta, Ga., master of ceremonies,
111 make a special trip to an
punce the Saturday afternoon
|d night shows; Judge of the
tfted horses, Jack Thompson
torn Hodginville, Ky., World
far II veteran, and noted train
and breeder; judge of walking
Orman H. Gilmore of
?e, Tenn., from the heart
e Tennessee walking horse
ntory; Otto Furr, Middle
?rg, Va., judge of the hunters
fad jumpers, and H. Glenn
ork, noted ringmaster of Elkin,
i charge of the ring. ,
The show will be staged in a
indard ring at the new show
ounds on Highway 115, with
?odern lighting equipment, and
I two-way public address system,
stables with tailboards will
nmodate out of town ex
niitors.
The order of events includes
6 classes for every division of
bow horse, including five gait-i
A, three gaited, walking horses,
Mulsters, hunters and jumpers,
ipnies, pleasure horses, and lo
kl horses.
I information regarding the
Dow may be secured from the;
fprse show manager, John L.
lowers, at the Wilkes Hotel,
forth Wilkeeboro. W. K. Sturdi
|ant is chairman of the project
the Kiwanls Club.
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Demonstration
iule For Week
uesu.y, July 1: Fairplalna
ie -Demonstration meeting;
of meeting, Mrs. Claude
mu, 1:30 p. m.
Wednesday, July 2: Cricket
Demonstration meeting;
, of meeting, Mrs. Bob
torch; 2:00 p. m.
' Thursday, July 3: Pleasant
Home Demonstration
_; place of meeting, Mrs.
Wei born, 2:00 p. m.
Fire Coll Friday
To McNeil Home
The fire department Friday
answered a call to the home of
M. B. McNeill on the corner of
Ninth and E street. Heat from
an electric store caused a fire
threat but no damage was done.
Hone Show Plans
Gain Attention Of
Kiwanians Friday
! Brentwood Farms Picture
Delights Club; John
Powers Talks of Show
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Plans for the Ktwanls Club
horse show July 4 and 5 were
the main topic for the KJwanis
club meeting held Friday noon
at Hotel Wilkes.
Newton Farnell, Lt. Got. of Di
vision 3 of Garolinas Klwanls,
was present and spoke briefly to
the Club and then presented to
Past President Ed Gardner a
certificate of merit for Worthy
achievements in his administra
tion in 1946.
Program chairman T. O. Min
otn asked Paul Osborne to intro
duce his program, which was a
sound picture of Brentwood
Farms in the neighborhood of
Nashville, Tenn. The club was
delighted with this picture, por
traying the fine stock farms of
Mid-Tennessee and Kentucky,
and particularly the Brentwood
Farm, which specializes in fine
bred horses. Thb home of the
famous Tennessee walking horses
1 is in this part of the state and
the picture showed a great num
ber of this breed as well as many
other fine riding and driving
horses.
John Bowers, manager of the
Kiwanis Horse Show, was present
and made brief remarks com
mending the work of the various
committees but stated that there
is much yet to be done to make
the show a real succees. He stat
ed that almost 100 horses have
been signed up for the show and
many of them are the finest In
the country.
Guests Friday were* John E.,
Justice, III, with John E. Jus- j
tlce, Jr.; Mr. and Mrs. John
Bowers and Mrs. Stockton with
W. K. Sturdivant; Key. W. R. j
Wagoner with Ira D. Payne;
Wm. T. Challingsworth with H.
H. Morehouse; Harold Turner,
'Howard Osborne and F. P. Blair
with Paul Osborne.
Monday, Jnly 7: USDA Coun
cil Meeting, County Farin Agent
Office, 1:30 p. m.
Monday, July 7-Friday, July
U: 4-H Club Camp, Camp Fel
lowship, Barium Springs.
Tuesday, July 8: Ronda Home
Demonstration meeting; place of
meeting, Mrs. O. P. Walls; 2 p.
m.
Jane 1 prospects indicated
crop of 3,388,000 bushels t
North Carolina peaches for ha
vest In 1847.
JUNIORS PLAY HICKORY AND LENOIR
HEfE; WEDNESDAY AT LINCOLNTON
i North WUkesboro's American
Legion Junior team is playing
Hickory bare today and on Tues
day afternoon will play Lenoir
here at three o'clock.
With the showing made In re
cent games, Including a victory
over Charlotte, good games are
expected In the engagements
liere, which should draw a large
crowd of fans.
North Wtlkesboro will con
clude play at Linoolnton Wed
nesday. The scheduled game with
Charlqtfe here July 4 was played
In ttai'touble header last week
With five of the best players
>n the bench with injuries, North
ytfn was unable to fur
adequate opposition for
.% crack team there mrl
nlght and Gaetonla won 26
Because of Injuries, ftfee
WHkeaboro team was not
of Its total
strength. All the players are ex-|
pected to be ready for action this
week.
North Wilkesboro lost a heart
breaker here Thursday 9 to 8 to
Mooreevllle In the eleventh ln-i
nlng. MooresYille opened the'
scoring In the second, North Wil- j
kesboro came back with two ini
the third and Mooreevllle tied it'
up in the fourth and went ahead
with two in the sixth. North Wil
kesboro had a big sixth, scoring
four and two more In the seventh
.but Mooresvillp knotted the
count again In the eighth. In the
tenth Inning a signal went wrong
on a squeeze play and North Wil
keaboro failed to score: Moores
ville won in the eleventh. It was
Adams and Cardwell on the
monnd for North Wilkesboro
with Dancy catching; tor Moor Se
ville it was King, Henderson and
Betes. A larger crowd of fans
than usual enjoyed the thrilling
game.
Seven Garage Firms
To Close July 4-5th
Seven garage firms today an
nounced that they -will be closed
on July 4th and 5th. The firms
making the announcement are
Midway Pontlac Go., Barber
Somers Motor Co., Motor Service
Sales Co., Gaddy Motor Co.,
Wilkes Auto Sales, Motor Mar
ket, Yadkin Valley Motor Co.
All business firms will bei
closed on Friday, July 4.
Girl Scouf Camp
Plant Com plated
Today was the last day for
registration for the Girls Scout
Day camp to be held at Moravian
Falls July 14 to 18. Registration
was handled In North Wllkesfcoro
by Mrs. Robert Glbbs, In WUkes
boro by Mrs. G. T. Mitchell, at
Moravian Falls by 'Mrs. Sam
Pennell and at Boomer by Mrs.
Atwell German.
LIONS CLUB TO MAKE LARGE GIFT
TO MEMORIAL PARK FUND; ALSO
TO AID BLIND BY SALE OF A CAR
Directors of the North Wllkes
boro Lions Club In meeting last
week voted to contribute half the
profits from the car to be given
away' July 6th to the Memorial
Park fund for erection of lights
and bleachers for baseball and
football here;
The proceeds will be spilt even
ly between the Memorial Park
fund and the Lions Club's fund
to aid blind and for blind pre
vention In Wilkes county. Al
ready the cluib has been very
active In this project, recently
voting to Install correct lighting
in all high school libraries in
Wilkes county. For years the
club ihas furnished glasses and
eye examination to underprivi
leged children.
Those Interested in becoming
eligible for the gift of the new
Chevrolet may contact any mem
ber of the Lions club between
now and Saturday night, when
it will be given away at the Ki
wanis Club horse show near this
city.
SQUARE DANCE, LIONS FREE CAR
AND HORSE SHOW ARE PUSHED IN
MEMORIAL PARK FUND THIS WEEK
Three major activities are be
ing carried out this week in
which the Memorial Park fund
now being raised will benefit
greatly.
On Tuesday night the high
school students will stage a big
square dance at the high school
gymnasium with all proceeds go
ing into the Memorial Park fun I
for lighted athletic fields. The
high school organization working
on the project is headed by
Brad Davis as president; Bill
Absher, Jr., as vice president;
and Sddle Shook as
per couple or $1 for men and 50
cents for ladies. The Melody
Boys will furnish music.
Due to the fact, that half the
profits will go to the Memorial
Park fund, the central commit
tee Is aiding the North Wilkes
boro Lions Club with the project
in which a new Chevrolet will
be given away Saturday night at
the horse show.
With the Kiwanis club expect
ed to make a substantial contri
bution, the Memorial Park com
mittee is working closely in con
junction with the Kiwanis club
to make the club's horse show
Friday and Saturday an outstand
ing success.
A representative of an elec-H
Ic company will be
field lights. This company has
informed the committee that
they can furnish transformers as
well as all other materials for a
complete job.
Radio Station WILX
Will Go On Air At
6 A.M. On Tuesday
New 250-Watt Station Is To
Pe AffUiated With Mu
tual Broadcasting: Co.
North Wilkesboro's new 250
watt radio station erected by
Carolina Northwest Broadcasting
company will go on the air Tues
day, July 1, six a. m. on a daily
schedule of six a. m. to 11 p. m.
Monday through Friday; six a.
m. to 12 midnight on Saturday
and eight a. m. to 11 p. m. San
day.
WILX will operate on a fre
quency of 1450 from the studios
and tower located near the high
way division garage on highway
115.
Station personnel will Include:
Robert L. Montgomery, formerly
with WBIG, program director;
James E. Brunsen, formerly with
"Western Electric, chief engineer;
M. G. White, Jr., and Dale Ul
rich, Central radio school, engi
neers; Miss Nancy Bessent, sec
retary; Garrett Aldefer, a n
nouncer and salesman. Officers
of the corporation are: Major
Edney Ridge, Greensboro, presi
dent; Hadley Hayes, Wilkesboro,
vice president; Miss Aileen Gil
more, Greensboro, secretary- j
treasurer.
WILX will be affiliated with Mu
tual Broadcasting company and
Mutual programs will be carried
when network facilities are com
pleted.
The Klwanls club horse show
Friday and Saturday will be
broadcast over WILX and a
church service will be carried
Sunday morning. The Sunday
school lesson taught iby Judge
Johnson J. Hayes at Wilkesboro
Baptist church will be a regular
feature. **
Plan Square Dance
At Moravian Falls
A square dance for the bene
fit of the community house fund
will be held Thursday night,
eight o'clock, at Moravian Falls
community house. Jim Golden
and his Wanderers of the Waste
land will furnish music and:
everybody Is invited.
North Wilkesboro
Radio Station Is
Now On the Air
1000-Watt Station On Air
Triday; Dedicated On
Sunday Afternoon
Radio station WKBC, North
Wilkesboro's new 1000-watt sta
tion, went on the air Friday and
on Sunday afternoon at three
o'clock was formally dedicated in
a special program from the stu
dios in the Cashlon building at
the intersection of Hinshaw and
Trogdon streets.
Dr. Gilbert R. Combs, presi
dent of the Ministerial Associ
ation; North Wilkeaboro's Mayor
T. Scott Kenerly; J. B. Williams,
president of the Chamber of
Commerce, and representatives
of various civic organizations
had part on the dedication pro
gram. . J
WKBC began operations Fri
day morning on a daily schedule
of 5:00 a. m. to 7:45 p. m., on
a frequency of 810 kilocycles.
The station is operated by the
Wilkes Broadcasting Company,
owned by Mrs. Doris B. Brown,
active in radio circles through
out the south since 1937, and
John T. Cashlon, veteran of the
last World War in the Signal
Corps, and formerly of Winston
Salem. Other members of the
staff Include: Commercial man
ager,' Roland B. Potter, formerly
with the Vick Chemical Com
pany, Greensboro; assistant man
ager, G. C. Tarbrough, formerly
with WJRI, Lenoir; program di
rector, Bill Stauber, formerly
with WPTF, Raleigh; chief en
gineer, iDennis Long, formerly
with WJRI Lenoir and WGNC
Gastonia; assistant engineer, Ray
Meadows, formerly with TJ. S.
Army air forces; announcers,
Michel West, WAflL Annapolis,
Md., and Morris Ellet, graduate
of University of N. C., from
West Jefferson. "Mrs. John T.
Cashlon is receptionist.
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Courthouse Offices'
To Close Two Days
Offices in the county court
house in Wilkesboro will be dos
ed on Friday and Saturday, July
4 and 5, to give the personnel of
the offices a brief holiday vaca
tion. ^
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Appropriation Is
Proposed In Sum
For Project Plan
*
Representative Deane Seek*
ins $2,000,000 For Im
mediate Construction
Washington, June 27.?Legis
lation to finance work on five
flood control, waterways and
hydro-electric projects affecting
North Carolina was recommended
for floor adtion today by the
House Appropriations Commit
tee, with reductions under bud
*get recommendations in two, In
creases In two others and accept
ance of army engineers figures In
the fifth.
The projects, as recommended
by the committee for. House ap
proval, are Itemized as follows:
1. Buggs Island flood control,
hydroelectric and navigation pro
ject, on the Roanoke River, $3,
800,000?a reduction of $1,000,
000 under President Truman's
budget recommendation;
2. Philpott Reservoir, another
Roanoke River development pro
ject, $260,000?a $200,000 in
crease over budget figures;
3. Yadkin River flood control,
an unnamed figure for planning
the project, authorized to be
taken from a $8,232,000 fund for
advance planning expenditures
on projects authorized through
out the country;
4. Cape Fear River channel
improvement, at and below Wil
mington, $10,000, to be added
tA an unexpended previously-ap
propriated balance of $276,000.
6. Neuse River cutoff canal
near Qoldsboro, $86,200?an in
reeommendatlons of the army en
gineers for work on the project
during the 1947 fiscal year.
Deane Leads Fight
Representative C. B. Deane,
Rockingham, who this year has
led the House fight for an ap
propriation to start the $7,000,
000 Yadkin flood control pro
gram, already authorized by
Congress without hydroelectric
features, was obviously disap
pointed that appropriation speci
fically earmarked for this project
had not been recommended.
He expressed delight, however,
that the army engineers would
be authorized under the bill to
use a portion of the $8,232,000
advance planning fund to finance
preliminary engineering and
planing work on the Yadkin pro
gram.
'It is likely that, under this
procedure, we will obtain more
than the $7'6,000 requested ^n
budget estimates to initiate the
,Yadkin flood control program,"
Deane explained. "I feel very
good about it, for it's at least
an opening wedge in our long
fight to end the annual Yadkin
flood tragedy."
Deane had augmented the bud
get request, following the re
cent Yadkin flood, with a plea
for a $2,060,000 appropriation
to enable immediate start of con
struction on the program, which
provides for four dams on the
Yadkin and its tributaries to im
pound water during heavy rain-1
fall seasons.
Marriage License
During the past several days
license to wed were issued by
Wilkes Register of Deeds Troy
C. Foster .to the following cou
ples: James E. Brooks and Neva
da Cox, both of Traphlll; Wil
liam H. Crews, North Wilkes
boro, and Alice Dare Watts, Pur
lear; Thomas B. Bledsoe, Spar
ta, and Edna Bullls, North Wil
keeboro; -Clay Holland, Jr., and
Marjorie Hobart, both of North
Wllkesboro; Henry Pender grass
and Sarah Dean Combs, iboth of
North Wllkesboro; Doyce Black
burn and Inez Trlplett, both of
Purl ear; Theer Taylor and Evon
Ellis, both of McGrady; Clifford
Caudlll, Grassy Creek, and Em
ma Lou Brown, Grumpier; Rob
ert H. Blevins, Williamson, W.
Va., and Opal Dollar, Smethport;
J. C. Brown and Lena Ruth
Gore, both of Crumpler; Charlie
C. Wagoner, McGrady, and Lo
rine Caudlll, Springfield.
Home Destroyed
The home of Mrs. W. T. Crabb,
on Congo Road was de
by fire Sunday morning
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Home Coming July
6 ot Gordon Church
Gordon Baptist Church will
hold its Annual Home-Coming
July 6, 1947. "As a member or
former member yqu are cordial
ly invited to this Home-Coming.
There will be an all day program
beginning with Sunday School at
10 o'clock, dinner on the grounds.
There will be interesting speak
ers and special singing. Everyone
is cordially invited. Come and
have an enjoyable get together
with friends and neighbors",
Rev. Clate Brown, Pastor, said in
the announcement.
Parking; Meters
Functioning; Well
In It. Wilkesboro
Some Object To Meters
While Others Glad To
Find Parking Spaces
The parking meter syBtem is
working smoothly in North Wil
kesboro, members of the police
department said today after the
first ten days of operation.
Motorists are now becoming
accustomed bo use of the meters
and there are fewer violations
than during the first few days,
according to information from
Police Chief J. E. Walker.
While some have voiced objec
tions to the meters, many have
found the convenience of parking
space well worth the cost, Chief
Walker said.
Attention of motorists is call
ed to the fact that the handle
H
meter to work correctly and reg
ister the time paid for after in
serting a coin.
Meters take either pennies or
nickels at the rate of one hour
for five cents. Each penny will
register 12 minutes.
The first money taken from
the meters was made up of nick
els, pennies, one dime and two
slugs. Attention is also called to
the fact that the coin placed in
the meter is visible to the check
ing officer and that tickets will
be issued when slugs are insert
ed.
C. & C. Furniture
To Open July 4th
C. & C. Furniture company,
manufacturers and retailers, will
open. July 4th in the new build
ing erected on highway 421 one
half mile west of this city.
Clyde and Wake Church are
owners of the new company,
which hag erected a modern
building 30 by 75 feet and with
two floors. The street floor will
be used for the sjore, which will
carry all types of furniture, and
the manufacturing part will be
on the basement floor, where all
living room furniture for the
store will be manufactured from
high grade materials.
Special prices are being quoted
Jerry Derr Is Head
Jiyeees; Athletic
Park Is Discussed
Arthur Veniible Deliteri
Forceful Address Before
Junior Chamber
The Wilkes Jaycees held their
regular dinner meeting Thurs
day night, June 26th, at the
Wilkes Hotel, at which time of
ficers and directors were elect
ed for the coming year. The Nom
inating Committee, headed by C.
C. Paw, Jr., as Chairman, pro
posed the following names for
the respective offices: president,
Jerry Derr; 1st rice president, J.
D. Moore, Jr.; 2nd rice president,
jlkie Eller; 3rd rice president,
! Harold Bumgarner; secretary,
Harry T. Kerley; treasurer,
i Wayne Foster; directors, Frank
Allen, chairman, William Gray,
C. S. Sink, Jr., William Mitchell,
Worth Tomlinson; jaybird, Ed
Koonce.
All the proposed officers and
directors were elected by unani
mous rote and will serve for one
year in office.
The program for the evening
was conducted by Charlie Day,
as chairman, assisted by Charles
Sink. Charlie presented Arthur
Venable as special speaker for
the evening. Mr. Venable appro
priately chose a* his theme, the
current topic of Athletic Field
Lighting, and solicited the back
ing of the Jaycees in this drive to
give North Wilkesboro an Ath
letic Field on which our boys can.
carry on their Athletic Activities
and not.'be hampered by the
Venable directed his remarks to
the fact that this fund should
not be considered a donation but
rather an investment, the pro
ceeds from which would not be
gleaned in terms of dollars and
| cents but rather in terms of the
future welfare of the young men
? of the community. He very force
fully contended that a lighted
Athletic Field was one of North
I Wilkesboro's most urgent neces
sities if we are to create in our
boys the spirit of fair play, sac
rifice, discipline, and unerring
allegiance to our American way
of life, so absolutely essential in
these trying times.
At the conclusion of his ad
dress, Mr. Venable called on
Coach Howard Bowers for a few
remarks and Mr. Bowers stated
that three transformers had now
been located and he felt they
should be purchased immediately
as the first step in the lighting
project.
The Jaycees pledged their full
support in this drive and stood
adjourned until the next meet
ing night, the second Thursday
in July
on Btudio couches and other it
ems for opening week. All are
invited to visit the new store.
A radio repair shop will be
operated in connection with the
store.
BELL AND LITTERAL CASE IS
DELAYED BY COURT RECESS
The United States Supreme
Court definitely will not rale on
any petition for writ of certior
ari (review) until it reconvenes
from its Summer recess in Oc
tober.
This eliminated the possibility
of an early decision in either the
Marvin Bell and Ralph Vernon
Litteral rape cases or the Philip
M. Koritz strike disturbance ap
peal.
Counsel for the parties in
both of. the cases have obtained
stays of execution of the sen
tences to prepare such appeals.
The Supreme Court clerk said
that the petitions must be filed
within three calendar months
from the date of the Judgment.
Since the judgment of the
State Supreme Court was -given
in the cases on Thursday, June 5,
the petitions presumably must
be on file with the U.. S. Supreme
Court by September 5.
Yesterday's annou n c e m e n t
means that Bell and Litteral will
have at least three months to
live. They were originally sen
tenced to die last Friday, but
both were reprieved on Thurs
day because of a note of appeal
to the Supreme Court by Bell's
attorneys.
The court clerk declared that
the records in the cases are cus
tomarily printed by his office and
that counsel undertakes the
printing of the petition and the
brief. All writs in Federal cer
tiorari proceedings must allege
a violation of some rights guar
anteed by the United States.
In the rape case, attorneys for
Bell, who was convicted in
Wilkes County in January for
raping a teen-aged Blktn girl,
are alleging that his rights were
violated when he was taken to
the Yadkinville Jail where a con
fession was obtained before he
was taken before a U. 8. Com
missioner.
Litteral, 35, of Winston-Salem,
was convicted at the same time,
but no appeal has been prepar
ed in his behalf. He was serving
a road sentence at the time he
was marked tor custody In the
rape ease. Governor R. Gregg
Cherry granted him a reprieve,
however, until the Bell appeal is
accepted or denied.
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