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.42, No. 22 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORfr N. C? Monday, July 14, 1947 Hate North Wiltesboro Your Shopping Center
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it Ridge and Pleas
ant Hill To Get Foar
Room Buildings
'Contract has been let for erec
pn of school buildings for Pleas
M Ridge and Pleasant Hill
phools in the eastern part of
Ikes county.
C. B. Eller, county superin-|
ident of schools, said , the con
scts were awarded "on low bids
ibmitted by Elliot Building
kmpany, of Hickory.
' Contracts call for erection of1
f enttcal buildings -^ith four j
foms, office and teachers'
?om, toilets, etc. Low bids on
builc
i
buildings were approximate
$30,000 each and the struc
res are to be erected in 90 days.
lOnPflhr 18 Wilkes county will j
p contract for a two-room addl- j
in to the Ferguson school I
illding and for erection of a
ur-room building for the Ron
school.
e Ronda building is to be
I block construction and will be
ped as additional classrooms tc
leviate crowded conditions.. The
gliding is ultimately planned as
i vocational agriculture plant for
e school.
ire Departmeit I
Averts Disaster!
Lutomobile Fire In Motor
) Service Sales Garage
Early Today
Prompt action on the part of
the North Wilkesboro fire de
tment at t:30 a. m. today
brevented a fire In Motor Ser
rice Sales company garage from
Bing of disastrous proportions.
Neighbors were awakened by
[moke from the garage building
id the fire department answer
the alarm promptly. A wreck
1936 Dodge automobile which
"been towecTln from a minor
cident on tie Millers Creek
lighway at two a. m. had caught
re and was burning rapidly. |
The fire of the automobile had
become so hot that the" concrete
loor where it was located buckl
ed with heat and other cars
ftearby in the garage were badly
damaged. The burning car, said
hare been the property of a
r. Rash, was a complete loss.
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rarm Loan Meet
Will Be Held Here
Friday, Jnly 18
The North Wilkesboro Nation
Farm Loan Association pro
of the Annual Stockholders
ting and celebration of the
lirtietji Anniversary of the As
ciation, to be held in the Town
ill. North Wilkesboro, on Fri
}ay, July 18, at 10:30 a. m. toj
noon, will be on the air over
WKBC, 810 on your dial,
'if impossible for you to
le, tune in for the program
Ind hear the address of Mr. S.
Lattimore, vice president of
le Federal Land Bahk of Colum
and your friends and nelgh
they answer questions
an out on your quii program.
"All members of the assocl
and their families, pro
re farmers and 4-H Club
ibers are cordially invited to
id.
"Don't overlook the date?Fri
j, July 18th, 10:30,a. m?" the
icement by O. H. Bracey
Special Values will be offered
_j tun stores cooperating in mak
ing Wis day possible through
their contributions of prizes for
Quiz Program. The stores
Jewel Box, Rexall Drug Store,
t's, W. W. Miller * Sons,
0 f NoTthi Wilkesboro,
_ restern Bank, Carter-Hub
PuWishing Co., Tomlinson's
aent Store, North Wilkes
Hardware Co., J. C. Penney
pany? Hayes Hardware Co.,
:'s Department Store, Jean's
is flhop, Wilkes Hatchery,
Je Clothing Co., Care's De
Store, Insurance Ser
1 Cwdit Corp., Forester
Co., Rexall Drug Store,
Kerley Men's Store,
Drug Store, Prevette's
Steele's Jewelry Store,
Marlow's Men's
Hardware Co.,
Furniture 8tore,
Store, Jenkins Hard
Store A Market,
Construction Off |
Addition Begins
Erection Of Another Large
Three-Story Addition To
Plant Ii Planned
Two additions to the Wilkes
Hosiery Mills Company are now
in progress of construction. The
concrete foundation and walls up
to the second floor hare been
poured for a 30 x 100 foot three
story building that will ?be used
for a new dye house. This build
ing* will Ibe constructed of rein
forced concrete floors through
out and the walls up to the sec
ond floor will ;he reinforced con
crete. j "
On the first floor of the new
dye house, facing on level with
alley in rear of the mill, will be
garage space for two trucks, salt
storage bin, lixator for making
salt brine, pumps for pumping
salt brine to dye house on sec
ond floor and also on third floor.
There will be pumps for package
dyeing machines located on first
floor, alcohol storage tanks and
alcohol distilling unit. The sec
and floor of the new dye house
will be used exclusively for yarn
dyeing. On this floor will be lo
cated parage dyeing and skein
machines, two yarn drying rooms,
extractors, hot water Btorage
tank and hot water reclaiming
unit. The third floor will b'e used
entirely for hosiery dyeing. Dye
house will be equipped with va
por absorption unit and ventilat
ing system that will provide com
plete air change every three min
utes. .
Although the hosiery dyeing Is
done on the third floor of the
new dya house this is. on. the same
floor level with other finishing
departments. The fact that the
hosiery dyeing is done on the
third floor is due to the contour
of the lot on which the building
is being erected.
In the new three story dye
house which will be adjacent to
another proposed addition to the
knitting room, will be a modern
electric elevator. All electric wir
ing and plumbing in the new
building is being installed in the
concrete walls and floors. All
new buildings are equipped with
automatic sprinkler system.
The other structure will be a
30 x 120 foot second story addi
tion to the present dye house.
While the present dye house will
be completely remodeled and
used as a boarding room. At
present the boarding room is lo
cated in the same building and
adjacent to the finishing room.
When this department is moved
to the remodeled building it will
add considerable space to the
finishing and shipping depart
ment. The new boarding room
will have a ventilating system
that will provide for a complete
air change every half minute.
The second floor addition to the
present dye house will be used
for a men's wash room, tool
room and an entirely new and
modernly equipped First Aid
Room. All new construction will
be finished inside with colors ac
cording to principles of color
dynamics that lessen eye fatigue
of employees. All new additions
will have strictly modern venti
lating and lighting arrangements.
When completed the new dye
house and boarding room will be
among the most modern in the
South. At the present time the
mill is installing in the knitting
room a new system of ventilating,
which is believed will prove very
comfortable for the employees.
' The Wilkes Hosiery Mills Com
pany has plans for a much more
extensive expansion program
which will include a modern
three story building 100 x 100
feet on the corner of Fifth and
F Streets adjacent to the present
main building. While all present
building operations conform to
the overall plan this particular
building is being held up for the
present. Plans for starting on the
same have not been completed.
It is the intention of the com
pany in all probability to start
this operation in the near future.
The company has Just complet
ed remodeling the mill office.
Fifteen feet have been added to
the fire proof vault and consider
able space has been added to the
main office. A well appointed
women's lounge has been added,
and also a new mens' room. In
the basement of the office a
Speaks to Farmers
M. G. Mann, general man
ager of the Farmers Coopera
tive Exchange and well-known
farm leader, will be the fea
tured speaker at the Annual
County meeting and Picnic of
the Wilkes FOX Service which
will be held at the Wilkeaboro
High school, Wednesday, July
10, 11 a. m.
F C X Stockholders
To MeetWednesday
The annual meeting and picnic
for the stockholders and patrons
of the Wilkes PCX Service will
be held Wednesday, July 16, 11
a. m., at the Wilkesboro high
school, T. J. McNeil, of Roaring
River, chairman of the Wilkes
PCX Board, announced here to
day.
The Wilkes PCX leader urged
the stockholders and patrons to
attend the meeting and declared
that here would be fan and food
for all in addition to the business
session when the local officers
will be elected for the coming
year and M. G. Mann, general
manager of the Farmers Coopera
tive Exchange, will speak and
make his annual report on PCX
operations during the past year.
PCX officials have announced
that the Horse-Shoe Pitching
Contest will toe held again this'
year along with oher games for
the entertainment of the patronB
and that valuable prizes will be:
awarded the winners.
Following the business ses
sion, a barbecue picnic will be
held on the grounds.
Arrangements for the meeting
are being handled J>y P. W. Ab
sher, local warehouse manager,
and Robert A. Ponton, Director
of Membership Relations from
the Raleigh office.
Members of the Wilkes Board
of Directors are: T. J. McNeil, J.
M. German, Boomer; W. M. Ab
sher, Halls Mills; T. W. Fergu
son, Ferguson; J. W. Nichols,
Route 1, Wilkesboro; Toml
Hutchinson, RFD, North Wilkes-j
boro; and Perry Lowe, Pores
Knob.
Revival to Begin
Bethany Baptist
Revival services will begin at
Bethany Baptist church Sunday
night, July 20. Rev. Jack Hol
land, a well known evangelist
from Statesvllle, will be guest
minister. Everybody is invited to
attend.
large amount of fireproof storage
space has been added. The en
tire office has been re-decorated
inside and the air conditioning
system has been enlarged to take
care of the additional space.
Last fall the company also
built a concrete and metal ware
house 50 x 100 feet on the north
side of "F" Street directly across
the street from the main build
ing. This structure was equipped
with lights, water and sewage,
heat and automatic sprinkler
system.
Bibberstein & (Bowles, Textile
Mill . Architects, of Charlotte,
made the plang and are supervis
ing all construction work. E. M.
Jenkins, of West Jefferson, is thq
contractor on the Job.
P.- W. Eshelman, President of
Wilkes Hosiery Mills Company,
in giving the above interview
stated that the management
hopes to have all additions now
under construction completed by
early fall.
License Examiner
Here 5 Days Week
W. R; Stansbury, state driver
license examiner, will be at the
city hall here every day from
nine a. m. to five p. m. except
on Thursday, when he will be
at Taylorsville.
All whose surnames begin with
A or B must obtain new driver
license before December 31 this
year.
Mr. Stansbury, son of J. D."
Stansbury,-of Jefferson, succeeds
Mr. Spencer as examiner here.
Mr. Spencer is now located at
Lenoir.
Wilkes Bar Picnics
At Jennings' Home
Wilkes Bar Association mem
bers and their families were en
tertained at a picnic on the lawn
at the home of Attorney R. C.
Jennings at Pores Knob Friday
evening. A most enjoyable oc
casion was reported.
The bar association is having
social meetings each month. Last
month Attorney Eugene Trivette
entertained at a dinner at the
city hall here. Next meeing will
be a 17th judicial district bar
meeting in ^adklnvllle on August
8.
FARMERS'DAY TO BE OCTOBER 1;
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON CLOSING
BE DISCONTINUED AFTER SEPT. 24
Richard E. Gibbs, chairman of
the Trade Promotion Committee
of the Wilkes Chamber of Com
merce announced today that his
committee had decided to dis
continue' the Wednesday after
noon closing of the retail, stores
on the first day of October of
this year.
It was also decided that the
annual Farmers Day program
would be held on Wednesday, the
first .day of October. Committees
to plan and operate the Farm
ers Day program will be an
nounced.
Mr. O. H. Bracey, Secretary
Treasurer of the North Wilkes
boro National Farm Loan Asso
ciation, met with the Trade Pro
motion Committee and discussed
the annual meeting of his Associ
ation, which will be held on Fri
Cricket Club Plans
Auction Sale Friday
The Cricket Home Demonstra
tion club will hold an auction
sale at the home of Mrs. H. P.
Jones at 7:30 p. m. on Friday,
July. 18.
There will be hand made ar
ticles, home canned food and
home made cakes and pies on
maOfl
flavors.
? - The public is invited.
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Sound Picture Chinese
Life Wednesday Night
A sound motion picture por
traying the life and industries of
China will be shown at the Meth
odist church on Wednesday night,
at 7:30. Farming, fishing, rice
growing, salt production and
river transportation of the Chi
nese people will be portrayed.
The narrative is given by Clifton
Fadiman, famous MC of the radio
program, "linformation Please."
The public is cordially invited.
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Drive-ln Theatre
To Be Constructed
A Drive-In Theatre, a type of
amusement establishment which
has become popular in larger
citiee during recent years, is be
ing constructed five miles north
of this city on highway 18.
Bob Adams is proprietor of
the Drive-In, which will have a
capacity of 200 automobiles.
Grading has been completed and
the entire theatre will be ready
for operation In about 30 dayB,
Mr. Adams said today.
Mr. Adams has employed an
engineer to supervise construe-,
tion of the drive-in theatre,
which will be equipped through
out with the most modem equip
in e n t, * Including projectors,
screen and individual sound re
ceivers for each car. Announce
ment of the opening will appear
in the next few weeks.
day, July 18th in North Wilkes
boro. Mr. Bracey stated that over
1,500 4-H Club members from
fire counties would be in the
Wilkesboros, along with a large
number pf adults for this meet
ing. The merchants decided to
hare a special bargain day for
this occasion.
The committee also approved
ah idea from a representative of
Radio Station WKBC of an ad
vertising plan to promote Wed
nesday morning special values.
Members of the Wilkes Cham
ber of Commerce Trade Promo
tion Committee present at this
meeting^ included: R. E. Glbbs,
chairman; Fred Henderson, Link
Spainhour, Palmer Horton, ? Ira
D. Payne, Hubert Canter, E. T.
Hackney, Presley Myers, W. G.
Gabriel, W. C. Mar low.
Gibbs Reappointed
Group Chairman Of
Penney Co. 3rd Year
Richard E. Olbbs, manager of
the J. C. Penney company in
North Wilkeeboro, was highly
honored by the Penney organi
zation last week when he was
reappointed group chairman of a
group of nine stores in district
three, which is compose^ of eight
groups in North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and
Kentucky.
Mr. Gibbs has the unusual dis
tinction of beinv i-e-appointed for
the third year in a position ordi
narily held only one year by .a
Penney manager. In his group
ate stores in North WUkesboro,
Mount Airy, High Point, Bur
lington, Reidsville, Oxford, Hen
derson, Roanoke Rapids, and
Martinsville, Va. He was one of
only two group managers reap
pointed in the eight,in the dis
trict.
Duties of the group chairman
are to preside at group meetings,
to visit the sores regularly and
to make group reports to the
company's New York offices.
The group manager also. super
vises sales meetings. The re-ap
pointment of Mr- Gibbs comes as
recognition of his record of pro
gress in North Wilkesboro.
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FLYING SAUCER SEEN EARLY TODAY
BY BOOMER MAN; NOISE DESCRIBED
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A flying saucer has been
seen over Wilkes!
R. B. Luton, Boomer citi
zen who is employed at J. C.
Penney company store, in this
city, reported today that he saw
at seven a. m. today above his
home one of the mysterious
flying discs which have been
observed over all parts of the
United States during the past
month and for which no satia
factory explanation has been
given by science.
Mr. Laxton said that he first
heard a buzzing noise and that
he looked into the sky and saw
a disc which he thought to be
Cut 5,000 feet up and which
traveling -at a great rate
The noise, Mr. Laxton said.
was a continuous blast or buz
zing and was heard by a nam- !
ber of other people In the com
munity.
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York-Sisk Reunion
Near Greensboro
Tho York-Sisk family reunion
will be held Sunday, August 8,1
at the home of Mrs. J. M. Laud
er, High Point Boad, Greens
boro, 1-8 mile from the city lim
its. A, sign will be posted at the
location. Picnic lunch will be
served on the grounds. All rela
tives are invited to attend.
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Freeh vegetables contain many
necessary v tamins and mineral
elements that are important to
diets.
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L. M. Nicholson Is
Claimed By Death
Le&nder M. Nicholson, 82, for
many years a prominent farmer
of the Somera township commun
ity in Wilkes county, died Sunday
at the home of a son, Max Nichol
son, in Greepsboro.
Funeral service will be held
Tuesday, 11 a. m., at Union Bap
tist church in Somers township.
The body will lie in state for one
hour-before the service.
Mr. Nichols is survived by
three sons and two daughters:
T. R. and Parks Nicholson, of
Cycle; Mrs. Julia S. Wagoner, of
Jonesville; Miss Fannie Nichol
son, High Point; Max Nicholson,
Greensboro; also 17 grandchil
dren and nine great-grandchil
dren.
Glenn T. Proffit Supt.
Orange School Work
G. T. Proffit hds been appoint
ed Superintendent of Orange
county schools. Mr. Proffit is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Proffit, of Wilkesboro. He is a
former teacher of North Wilkes
boro, high school and for the last
ten years he has been connected
with the Harnett county schools,
in the capacity of district prin
cipal of the LaFayette Bchool,
the Dunn city schools and acting
superintendent of Harnett coun
ty schools, while Mr. Ross, the
regular superintendent, "served
in the U. S. Navy.
Mr. Proffit took over his du
ties as superintendent of Orange
county July 1. Mr. and Mrs.
Proffit and son, Billy Bob, will
make their home in Chapel Hill.
ome; Age
William Washington Queen, 65,
was found dead *n bed at the
home here of a son, Lester
Queen, Saturday morning.
Funeral service was conduct
ed at 11 a. m. today at Fishing
Creek Baptist church. Interment
was in the church cemetery.
Surviving are eight sons, Sher
man L. and Edgar Queen of Bal
timore, Md.; Lester, Connie, Bus
ter, Thomas, James, and Roy
Queen, all of North Wilkesboro;
and three daughters, Mrs. Ethel
Anderson, North Wilkesboro,
Route 3; Mrs. Lonnie Prevette,
Newport News, Va.; and Mrs.,
Fannie Daub of Winston-Salem, j
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Home Demonstration
Schedule For a Week
Wednesday, July, 16, Flower i
Arrangement Demonstr a 1t o n; :
Woman's Club House, North Wil
kesboro, 2 o'clock.
| Thursday, July 17, Millers
Creek Home Demonstration club
meeting; place of meeting, Mre.
Monroe Faw, 2 o'clock.
Friday, July 18, Roaring River
| Home Demonstration club meet
ing; place of meeting, Mrs. J.
jP. Pardue; 2 o'clock.
Saturday,^ July 19, Annual
County 4-H Dress Revue; Ball
room, Hotel Wilkes, 10:30 a. m.
Monday, July 21, Boomer
Home Demonstration club meet
ing; place of meeting, Mrs. J. M.
German,. 2 o'clock.
Tuesday, July 22, Clingman
Home Demonstration Club meet
ing; place of meeting, Mre. D. J.
Redding, Sr.; 2 o'clock.
Fairplains Takes Two
Games From Mulberry
Fairplains baseball team took
two games from Mulberry Satur
day and Sunday. On Saturday the
scdre was 13 to 6. J. W. Brooks
with four and Wood with three
led Fairplains hitting with Brown
getting three for Mulberry. Deal
and Taylor formed the winning
battery, with Elledge and Brown
for Mulberry.
On Sunday the score was 17
to 4. Frasier and Badgett work
ed for Fairplains with O. Owens
and Brown for Mulberry. Fair
plains sewed up the game with
six runs in the 7th.
Junior Order To Hare
Degree Work Tuesday
North Wilkesboro Junior Or
der council will put on degree
work here Tuesday night, eight
o'clock, for the New Hope coun
cil. All Juniors, tpd especial]
members of the degree team, are
invited to attend.
Officers Looking
For Cor That Hit
Dancy Saturday
Accident Happened O n
Highway 16 at Glendale
Springs, Ten P. M.
Claude Dancy, 19, of the Van
noy community in Wilkes Coun
ty, was struck and Instantly kill
ed by a hit-and-run driver at
Glendale Springs on Highway 10
about 10 p. m. Saturday.
Sargeant A. H. Clark, Highway
patrolman, reporting the acci
dent, said he was told by witness
es that Dancy, with two or three
companions, .was standing'on the
side of the highway when a car
traveling at a fast rate of speed
approached.
The vehicle hft Dancy, crush
ing the bones of his body from
the knees to the ghoulders. He
was carried to the hospital in
North Wilkesboro and was pro
nounced dead on arrival.
Sargeant Clark, Corporal D. A.
Houston, both of the Highway
Patrol Division, and Sheriff Todd
are continuing a search for the
car, but have little to go on in
the way of a description, it was
reported.
Mr. Dancy was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Dancy of tb i Van
noy community. Surviving in ad
dition to the parents are three
brothers, Bill, Glenn, and Ben
Dancy, and one sister, Mrs. Drew
Campbell.
Funeral services was conduct
ed at 2, p. m. today at the Miller
3hurch at Vannoy.
Aid Lose 1 Here
North Wilkesboro's Red Caps
took an easy Yadkin Valley'
league victory over Shady Grove
here Saturday by a score of eight
to 2.
Leading in batting for the Red
Caps were Craig with a right
field homer and Van Wiles with
two terrific doubles. Whittington
and Icenhour formed the local
battery.
On Sunday the Appalachain all
stars from Boone took a ten to
six victory over North Wilkes
boro. Ernest and Williams form
ed the local battery in the game
decided by the breaks in favor
of the visitors.
North Wilkesboro will play
Boone there Wednesday and
Boonville at Boonville Saturday.
Efforts are being made to secure
a game with Taylorsville here
Sunday.
Caldwell Resigns <
Teacher Position
Wilkesboro High
Mr. R. R. Caldwell, a member
of the Wilkesboro high school
faculty for the past several years,
has tendered his resignation and
accepted a position as a member
of the Mooresville high school
faculty.
M r. Caldwell was science
teacher at JWllkesboro last year,
and coach of the school's suc
cessful athletic teams. Last sum
mer Mr. Caldwell, with the as
sistance of a number of high
school boys, erected the field
house on the athletic field, and
his influence with the boys and
patrons of'the school was large
ly responsible for the successful
campaign to raise the sum of
$12,000 for a gymnasium. Hia
football team last fall, the first
since before World War II, had
one of the most successful sea
sons in the history of the school.
Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell are
planning to more about August
1st., to their apartment in
Mooresrllle where Mr. Caldwell
will continue his instruction in
science and be active in coaching.
Although his election to the
Mooresville position is quite a
promotion for Mr. Caldwell, his
many friends among local; stu
dents and patrons regret ex
ceedingly to see him sever his
relationship with the