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L 42, No. 20 Published Mondays and Thursdays NQRTH WILKESBOTO> N. C. Thursday, July 3, 1947 . Make North Wilkesbaro Your Shopping Center
Hayaesls
to Death
Beaeath Tractor
rt Occured Friday
Evening on River Road
Near This City
Roe D. Haynei, 27, was in
intly killed Friday evening,
even o'clock, when he was
lied beneath a tractor on the
road Just east of North Wil
oro city limits.
Mr. Haynes, a native of the
fertle community of Wilkes
aunty, lived near the Pat Brown
imber company plant, where he
been engaged in lumber
fark.
According to information gain
by Highway Patrolman Tom
Haynes was driving a
tor along the road near his
len thd tractor left the
overturned into a small
i. He was alone at the time
id when he was foung by a pas
t?y he was dead.
Haynes was a son of Philmore
id Ida Hall Haynes, of Mertle.
addition to his parents he is
irvived iby his wife, Mrs. Mary
les, of North Wilkesboro,
the following brothers sad
i: Robert Haynes and Miss
irdla Haynes, of Mertie; Mrs.
jxie Adams, of Kannapolls; and
Odessa Wyatt, of Halls
Ills.
Funeral service was held to
lay, two p. m., at the home of
parents at Mertie. Rev. Otto
iry and Rev. Lester Johnson
inducted the last rites.
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rWestern Piedmont
Safety Council In
Meeting In Lenoir
Speaking before a group of one
hundred and fifty foremen, sup
erintendents, and ' representatives
icf industrial plants from eight
[surrounding counties, which
make up the Western Piedmont
^Safety Council, J. P. Van Namee,
[resident engineer of the Liberty
jMutual Insurance Company, em
Ephasized the responsibility of the
Supervisor in preventing acci
lents. This meeting was held in
;he East Harper School Auditor
ium in Lenoir on Thursday eve
ting, June 26th. ,
Mr. Van Namee spoke of a
. x?r safety record as a "Hog in
he House" aqd defined an ac
cident as a production .interrup
tion which is not only harmful
to the health and welfare of the
employee, but is also a very im
portant item in increasing pro
tiuction costs. He offered as a'
solution to this problem an ade
quate training program within
the plant which follows the em
ployee from the date of his em
ployment until he finishes his
period of orientation on the job.
Various ways and means of
keeping all employees informed
Regarding the safety program
?were also mentioned, the most
?outstanding of which are hand
les, properly prepared and
_jd, and cartoons or posters
'hich in some instances may be
rth thousands of words. ? He
tcluded his most Interesting
instructive address by say
that accidents do not- hap
and can be definitely traced
> causes which can be prevent
by good training and proper
lupervision. *
W. A. Early, superintendent of
_:ent-Coffey Manufacturing Com
pany of Lenoir, welcomed the
group; after which Duncan Hunt
er of the Broyhill Furniture
Factories and chairman of the
Council introduced the guest
"ZL. Wysong of Carolina Mills
in Braid en, North Carolina, a
member of the program commit
tee of the council, invited the
group to meet in Newton the
first week in September and
urged that all attend. A very in
teresting program is being work
ed out for this meeting.
Following this short business
>n, ?. G. Padgett, safety di
of the North Carolina In
?1 Commission in Raleigh,
a few brief remarks and
that the Western Pied
fety Council was one of
afctive in the state.
t for the evening
by the Harper
Sextet, which ren
mlnutes of spiritu
numbers.
i date
Governor
JO.?An
he will be a
Week-End Services
Gospel Tabernacle
Services will ? be held in the
new gospel' tabernacle In Wilkes
boro on Saturday night, July 19,
and all day on Sunday, with din
ner on the grounds.
Rev. Rufus Mitchell, pastor In
charge, will do most of the
preaching. Dr. Horn, from Win
ston-Salem, will deliver V one of
the sermons and there will he
music by quartets and other
special singers. Everybody is in
vited. ? .
Lions Club Makes
$2214 For Park
and Blind Funds
Car Given Saturday Night
At Horse Show To W.
J. Caroon, Jr.
North Wilkesboro Lions dub
through the free car project
completed Saturday night at the
horee show made a profit of a
bout $2,214, according to a pre
liminary check of returns today.
The grosg return of the project
was approximately $3,500, from
which $1,280, representing oost
of car and expenses, was deduct
ed.
Half of the profits will go into
the Memorial Park fund for
lights and seats on the athletic
fields and the other half will go
into the Lions Club's blind fund,
a great amount of which is be
ing used to install proper light
ing in school libraries in Wilkes
county and to furnish glasses to
underprivileged children.
W. J. Caroon, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. J. Caroon, of this
city, received the car given Sat
urday night. He had_ left the
show and returned to his home
at the time and the car was ac
cepted on his behalf by his fa
ther, W. J. Caroon, who express
ed his thanks to the Lions Club.
The car's recipient recently
graduated from medical college
with degree of doctor in dentistry
and will open his dentist office
here this month in the Poindex
ter building.
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Final Plans For Big
County Dress Revue
Approximately 40 Wilkes
County 4-H Club girls will enter
the County Dress Revue on Sat
urday, July 19 at 10 a. m. The
conteet will be held in the Wilkes
Hotel Ballroom; the results will
be broadcasted over Station
WILX, North Wilkesboro.
There will be a winner chosen
from each of the two groups
junior and senior. The county
Winner of the senior group will
be eligible to compete in the
State Dress Revue; the winner
of the State Revue will compete
in the National Conteet. All win
ners will receive worthwhile hon
ors for their efforts.
All interested people are in
vited to attend this Revue on
July 19th.
Chas. D. Hix Dies
In Denver, Colo.
Charles D. Hix, 68, member of
a widely known Wilkes family,
died Sunday in Denver, Colorado,
where he had made his home for
35 years. He had been ill for two
weeks following a major opera
tion.
Mr. Hix was a son of the late
Thomas Cicero and Martha How
ell Hix, of Moravian Falls. He is
survived by his wife and three
children in Denver and by the
following brothers and sisters: J.
R. Hix, North Wilkesboro; Grov
er Hix, Moravian Falls; Thomas
C. Hix, Mrs. Joseph W. White
and Miss Mary Lizzie Hix, North
Wilkesboro. He was preceded in
death by a brother and sister,
Walter R. Hix and Mrs. Bette
Belle Pearson, of Moravian Falls.
Mr. Hix retired as a Union Pa
cific railway conductor several
years ago following an accident
and he had planned to visit rela
tives here next month.
Funeral service will be held in
Denver. ,
candidate for the 1948 Demo
cratic nomination for lieutenant
governor was made last night by
H. P. (Pat) Taylor, Wadeeboro
lawyer, who has been an import
ant factor in both local and
statevrlde public affairs for a
number of years. It has been'
known here for some time that
friends and party leaders in var
ious sections of the State had
been urging Mr. Taylor to offer
for North - Carolina's Number
Two executive office.
Judge Hiyes Tells
Lions dub About
Control of Floods
Flood Control Would Be
Making of County, Speak
er Tells Club Here
Judge Johnson J. Hayes in a
most convincing manner ad
dressed the North Wilkesboro
Lions Club Friday on the subject
of flood control.
The program was in charge of
Ed Dancy, Tarn Shomaker and
W. D. Jester, who presented
Judge Hayes.
The speaker deyoted his time
principally to refuting arguments
of those opposed to flood con
trol dams on the Yadkin. He
pointed out that the loes in prop
erty taxes to the county because
of lands bought by the govern
ment would be more than offset
by the increase in value of prop
erty below the dams and that
rentals from lands above the
dams in possible flood line would
also replace taxes.
Because of greater invest
ments in the valley, a repetition
of the 1940 or 19J.6 flood would
cause far greater damage, Judge
Hayes told the club. If .the rain
fall in the recent flash flood
had been as great over the entire
valley as on the south side the
river would have reached new
high levels, he said.
Judge Hayes explained that
the property owners above the
dam sites would be paid accord
ing to the value of their lands
and that they would not lose,
but property lost in a flood is a
total loss and is recovered by
riobody.
In the meeting Friday evening
Olenn Andrews submitted a re
port of the auditing committee,
which showed that the club is in
good financial condition.
Guests at the meeting were as
follows: Mrs. James M. Ander
son with Mr. Anderson, Johnnie
Webster with Jack Swofford,
John Cashion and Roland Potter
with Paul Cashion.
Blfi Marlow, recently Installed
as. president of the club for the
ensuing year, presided at the
meeting.
Land Bank Loans
Total $119,500
In the Office Here
The Federal Land Bank of
Columbia made a total of slightly
more than eleven million dollars
in new long term mortgage loans
to farmers for the fiscal year end
ing June 30, according to a
statement received from Julian
H. Scarborough, president of the
bank, by O. H. Bracey, secretary
treasurer of the North Wilkes
boro National Farm Loan Asso
ciation.
These loans which were made
through national farm loan as
sociations represent the largest
volume of new loans for any year
since 1934, and were distributed
as follows: North Carolina $3,
257,320, South Carolina $1,608,
761, Georgia $3,643,082, and
Florida $2,326,320.
Of the above amount, loans
aggregating $119,500 were clos
ed through the North Wilkeeboro
National Farm Loan Association,
said the secretary-treasurer, with
approximately $70,000 more in
applications pending closing.
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Tobacco Farmers
To Vote Saturday
It was announced today by
Lawrence Miller, Secretary of
the Wilkes County Farm Bu
reau, that a referendum will be
held all over the fine-cured to
bacco belt next Saturday, July
12. This referendum is being
held In connection with the re
cent ect that was passed -by the
General Assembly of North Car
olina to determine whether it is
the desire of the farmers to as?
sess themselves 10c per acre for
the tobacco planted to be used
for the purpose of promoting
foreign markets for flue-cured
tobacco.
-This referendum affects Wilkes
county along with the other
flue-cured tobacco producing
counties of N. C. and voting will
be conducted at *4 polling places
in the county. At Clingman
school, Benham School, Austin
School, and the County AAA of
fice. ?
All tobacco growers are urged
to get out to the pollg and rote
between the hours of 7 a. m. and
6 p. m.
Bible School Held
At Number Places
Ber. W. A. Eichelberger, A
merlcan Sunday School Union
missionary, has been assisted
this summer by Ray Lindland
and Matt Diachenko, of Bob
Jones College. They hare Just
completed a successful Bible
school at the evangelistic taber
nacle at Millers Creek.
Colored Mai Is
Shot aid Killed
Near Roeda Home
Raymond Ray Parks, 20-year
old reeident. of the Ronda com-,
munity, died at the Wilkes hos
pital at four a. m. today from a
shotgun wound inflicted about
ten p. m. Sunday night by Bob
Martin, colored, at the Martin
home, Sheriff C. G. Poindexter
said today.
Martin was arrested by Sheriff
Poindexter and Deputies Arthur
HoKbrook and Bob Edwards late
last night near his home. Martin
told the officers that Parks, with
J. W. Martin, went? to his home
Sunday night and asked to spend
the night. They were told to
leave, Martin said, and Parks
struck Martin's wife. At that
point, acoording to his story, he
took his 12-gauge shotgun and
shot Parks. The load took effect
near the left shoulder.
Parks was the eon of Fannie
Parks, of Ronda. Funeral was
held today at the home.
Hubbard Reunion
Held On Sunday
The annual reunion of the
Hubbards was held Sunday at the
old Hubbard home near Mora
vian Falls. There were 98 mem
bers and friends present.
A bountiful picnic lunch was
spread on tables on the lawn. A.
S. Caasel gave the invocation,
v Dr. F. O. HttWmrd, present;
presided and an informal pro
gram was given by several who
made short, reminiscentive talks.
Dr. Hubbard was re-elected pres
ident and Mrs. L. G. Critcher re
elected secretary. Plans were
made for meeting in July 1948.
Rev. S. N. Bumgarner dismissed
the gathering with a prayer.
Those attending from out of
the county were as follows:
George S. Scroggs and Billle Sa
frit, Chicago, 111.; Mr. 'and Mrs.
C. D. Scroggs, St. Petersburg,
Florida; Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Mer
ritt, Misses Mary Louise and
Sarah Merritt, Robert. and Osc^r
Merritt, Jr., of Mt. Airy; Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Harris, Misses
Elizabeth and Martha Harris,
Mrs. Alton Spicer and Miss Glen
da Spicer of Elkin; Mr. and Mrs.
H. C. Hubbard, Sr., Mr. and Mrs.
H. C. Hubbard, Jr., Misses Sar
ah, Ann, Jane and Edith Hub
bard, Mrs. Ruth Hubbard Groce,
Mr. and Mrs. Russell " Mowry,
Thomas Mowry, Joan Smith, Joel
and David ^tubbard, all of Salis
bury; Mr. and Mrs. Adam Hall,
Salisbury; Mr. and Mrs. John B.
Haine, Danville, Va.; Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Loftis and Susan Lof
tis, Mayodan; Mr. and Mrs. Rog
er Wellborn, Winston-Salem, and
A. S. Cassel, Raleigh.
Red Caps Beat
Elkin 9 to 6
?North Wilkealboro Red Caps
overthrew the Yadkin Valley
league leaders from Elkin here
Saturday 9 to 6 in. a well played
game. Ernest and Isenhour form
ed the local battery with Hicks
and Wilmouth working for Elkin.
Craig, Eller Isenhour and
Wendland led in hitting for the
Red Caps with two each while
, Elkin's McCain had three for the
I Visitors. Wendland poled a hom
er over the right field fence.
North Wilkesboro will go to
Hamptonvllle Wednesday and
will play Shady Grove here Sat
urday.
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V. & P. Furniture
Store Is Opened
| V. & P. Furniture company,
owned and operated by Clifford
Vannoy and Sam Pierce, has
opened for business in Wilkes
boro and has special opening
values on many desirable items.
Livlngroom furniture of qual
ity at low prices will be featured
in the new store. The manage
ment extends a cordial invitation
to everybody to visit the new
store.
V. F. W. to Meet
On Tuesday Night
Blue Ridge Mountain post of
Veterans of Foreign Wars will
hare an Important meeting Tues
day night, 7:30, and all are ask
ed to attend. The meeting will
be at the V. F. W. hall on tC
street.
Home Demonstration
Schedule For o Week
Wednesday, July 9: Mountain
View Home Demonstration Clnb
meeting; place of meeting, Mrs.
Don Gregory, 2 o'clock.
Thursday, July 10: Ferguson
Home Demonstration Club meet
ing; place of meeting, Mrs. J.
M. Ferguson, 2 o'clock.
Friday, July 11: Pores Knob
Home Demonstration club meet
ing; place of meeting, Mrs. F. M.
Jennings, 2 o'clock.
Monday, July 14: Abshers
Home Demonstration club meet
ing; place of meeting, Mrs. W.
G. Truitt; 2' o'clock.
Tuesday, July 15: Mulberry
Home Demonstration club meet
ing; place of meetings Mrs. Dew
ey Myers; 1:30 o'clock.*
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Special Interest
Flower Meeting
By ESSA D. SQAW
(Acting Home Agent)
The Home Agents of Wilkes
' County have scheduled a Flower
Arrangement Demonstration on
Wednesday, July 16 at 2 p. m.
Miss Pauline Gordon, Exten
sion Specialist from State Col
lege, will he in charge of this
given in the Woman's blub
House in North Wilkeeboro.
Flowers will ibe furnished by
Home Demonstration Club wom
en and also women in town.
This is to be a cooperative
meeting of the Home Demonstra
tion and Garden Clubs. We are
sure this will prove to be of ut
most Interest to all who attend
this demonstration and that the
time spent will ibe greatly bene
ficial.
All women in Wilkes county
and the towns of Wilkesboro and
North Wilkesboro are invited to
be present for this Flower Ar
rangement Demonstration.v
Indianapolis Man
Wins Fas! Race
On Local Track
New Record for Dirt Tracks
Set In Race On Sunday
Afternoon
Setting a new dirt track rec
ord of 17 minutes and 24 seconds
for 25 miles, Clifford Griffith,
of Indiannapolis, Ind., roared to
first place in the feature race of
the big car races Sunday after
noon at the North Wilkesboro
speedway.
It was the first racing car race
on the lo&l speedway and eight
thousand fans watched the fast
est field of racing cars gathered
for a race in the south. The rac
es were promoted (by Bill France
under sanction of the Central
States Racing Association.
Norman Witte, of Dayton,
Ohio, secretary of the association,
praised the speedway track as be
ing the best dirt track in the
south.
The second place In the feature j
event of 40 laps was "won by Or
vil Bpperly, of Dayton, Ohio, and
third went to Clck Smith, of
Frankfort, Ky. Leon Hubbel, of
Linton, Ind., and A1 Fleming, of
Richmond, Va., came in fourth
and fifth. Henry Schlooser, of
Cincinnati, Ohio, led in the fea
ture race until his car ran out
of fuel in the 35th lap.
Chick Stnith was winner of the
first trial heat, Leon Hubbel and
Orville Bpperly took the other
two and A1 Fleming won the con
solation event.
There were no accidents in the
races.
Another stock car race for the
North Wilkesboro speedway was
announced for July \27.
announced ror July
Support Y.M.C. A.
Spectator^ And
Officials Praise
Successful Show
Over 100 Fine Horses Ex
hibited In 45 Events
During 2-Day Show
With over 100 of the south's
finest horses exhibited, the first
ennual Kiw&nis Club horse show
held Friday and Saturday on the
new show grounds Just out of
this city on highway 115 was an
outstanding success.
Exhibitors from several states,
as well ae outstanding horse
show officials and visitors, were,
high in their praise of the show,
which they termed as outclassing
any horse show event, held in
western North Carolina in recent I
years.
With shows afternoon and
night Friday and Saturday, large |
crowds of spectators were well j
pleased with all the 45 classes in
the event.
Climaxing the show Saturday j
I night were the championship
I classes.
King's Guard, a magnificent
horse owned by Maegeo stables
and ridden by Maddux Whitley,
won the ?five-gaited stake. Num
ber 2 in that class was Norma
Yutz, Dick Bryant's beauty with
Jimmy Thompson up.
Peanut Picking Mose, B. E. j
Chandler's-highly valuable ani-1
mal with Phin Horton, Jr., up,
took the walking horse cham-,
pionship with Dr. Moir S. Mar
tin's Wilson Merry Boy as re
serve champion. Number 3 spot
went to George Coble's Black
Mclntyre and
Thompson up, won the
gaited championship with Maegeo
Stable's Glorianna taking the re- j
serve championship with Maddux j
Whitley up. AJrose Denmark,
owned by Holly Oak Farm, was
third.
In the pleasure horse class lo-|
cal owners had an-opportunity to j
show some very beautiful honses.
Mies Joy, owned and exhibited
by Carolyn Horton, won first
and the other places went to lo
cal owners in this order:* Jim,
owned and shown by Walter
Newton; Morning Breeze, owned
by Mrs. W. K. Sturdivant with
Miss Bette Linney up; Miss
Franklin, Bhown by W. K. Stur
divant. Other local exhibitors in
cluded Link Spainhour, Palmer
Horton, A. A. Sturdivant, Ann
Sturdivant, J. B. Carter, Frank
lin Sturdivant, Dewey Sturdivant,
W. W. Barber.
In the local horse class Shine
Allen, owned by T. H. Williams
with James Cranor up, won first
place. Walter Newton's Jim was j
second and Link Spainhour's Pat j
was third. W. K. Sturdivant's
Morning Breeze, with Miss Bette
Linney up, won fourth.
In the amateur five-gaited j
class The Patriot, shown by Sam
Craven, Jr., won first with sec
ond going to Mrs. W. B. Shu
ford's Star of Dixie. What A Sur
prise, shown by John Francis,
took third place.
The championship three-gained I
pony was The Jeep, shown by|
Montana Drum, with W. G.
Arey's Little Man second and
Ginny Shuford'e Love Light
third.
Fine harness champion class |
first place went to E. G. Gll
more's Solid Mahogany and sec
ond to Dick Bryant's Tempta-|
tion.
Carolyn Horton, Bette Linney,
Mary Jim Plckard and Frank
Sturdivant were placed in that
order in the championship equi
tation, or horsemanship class.
First and second places In the
hunter championship went to |
Norwood and Claim Agent, tfwn-.
ed by C. B. Henkle and shown |
by Ed Daniels.
Spunky Fisher, a boy whose
riding always thrilled the crowd,
was up on Dream Boy for the
jumper championship, with Star
wood, owned by Chuck Haywood
and with Ed Daniels up, in sec
ond place for the show.
The highly successful show
was managed by John Bowers,
flf Black Mountain. Jlmmie Sea
shole, of Atlanta, was announcer
and part of the show was car
ried over radio station WHLX.
W. K. Sturdivant was horse show
chairman for the Kiwanis club,]
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which accomplished a wonderful
job in constructing beautiful and -E
commodious show grounds and in
arrangements.
Judges were outstanding horse
show authorities, including Or
mond Gilmore, of Wartrace,
Tenn., Otto Purr, of Middlebur*,
Va., and Jack Thompson, of %
Hodgeville, Ky.
Junior Order To
Install Officers
Tuesday Night
North Wilkesboro council of
the Junior Order will install of
ficers in the meeting to be held
Tuesday night.
The newly elected officers are
as follows: Barney Harrold,
councilor; Allen Phillips, vice
counselor; C. A. Canter, record
ing secretary; B. P. Bentley, as
sistant secretary; Bradley Dancy,
financial secretary; Richard
Byrd, conductor; A. G. Ander
son, warden; Taft Foster, Inside
sentinel; Jt. C. Goodwin, outside
sentinel; Earl- Anderson, junior
past councilor; B. P. Bentley, J.
M. Eller and Clay Pardue, trus
tees; R'. B. Church and Clay
Pardue, representatives to state
council; J. M. Eller and R. C.
Goodwin, alternate representa
tives; H. L. Mechem, chaplain;
Thomas Wellborn, assistant chap
lain.
Entertainment features and re
freshments will be on hand for
all who attend the meeting Tues
day night.
To Organize Junior
Woman's
Woman's Club here are
meet at the Woman's Club house
Thursday evening, eight o'clock,
to form the organization and
elect officers. '
Mrs. John M. Wiles
Is Claimed By Death
Mrs. Nancy Lutisha Wiles, 78,
resident of the Crumpler com
munity. in Ashe county, died early
today at the home of a daughter,
Mrs. Shubia Baker, of North Wil
ls esboro route one.
Mrs. Wiles is survived by her
husband, John M. Wiles, add the
following sons and daughters:
Mrs. W. N. Barker, Smethport;
Mrs. C. K. Francis and Mrs.
George Sawyer, Crumpler; Hen
ry Wiles, Kannapolis; Roscoe
Wiles, Elkin; Mrs. C. S. Francis,
North Wilkesboro; Mrs. Shubia
Baker, North Wilkesboro route
one.
Funeral will be held Wednes
day, 11 a. m., at Healing Springs
church and burial will be in
Wiles cemetery near Crumpler.
Rev. Bynum Blevins will conduct
the last rites.
Valuable Property
At Auction July 9
Valuable property will be sold
at three auction sales to be con
ducted Wednesday, July 9, by C.
F. Williams and Alston Clark
Land auction company, with F. C.
Johnson, owner, and E. Dan
cy, selling agent.
The first sale at two p. m. will
be a three-room house and 3-4
acre of land on highway 268 one
mile north of this city. The sec
ond at 3:30 p; m. will be 16 bus
iness lots adjoining Home Chair
company at Ronda. The third
sale at 4:30 will be 40 building
lots and one large residence in
Ronda.
Purlear Team Wins
Holiday Ball Games
The Millers Creek - Purlear
baseball team took both games
Friday and Saturday. On Friday
they defeated the strong Elk
team 9 ot 8 in ten innings. Bud
Nichols, Purlear pitcher, led in
hitting with four and batted in
the winning tally.
. On Saturday at Purlear Roar
ing River was defeated easily by
a score of 19 to 1. Purlear will
play at Elk Saturday and at
Blowing Rock Sunday.
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