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' Vol. 42, No. 25 " ' " Published Monday* and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO. N. C? Thursday, July 24, 1947 ' Make North Wilkesboro YotjUiini Center
GIRL SCOUTS ENJOY DAY CAMP AT MORAVIAN FALLS
This happy group of girls represents a part of the large number who attended
,*he Girl Scout day camp at Moravian Falls all last week. The week was spent in
4?*ny worthwhile activities which were beneficial as well as entertaining. At the
time the above picture was made 12 senior Scouts were out on hike and missed out
photographer's appointment. At the camp four girls received badges in has*
ketry. They were: Isabella Gibbs, of North Wilkesboro; Nancy Brown, Gene Som
~ and Joanne Vaught, of Wilkesboro.?(Photo by L. S. Atkinson, Jr.).
August 1 Date
Beauty Contest
By Jaycees Here
Ower 50 Beautiful Girls To
Compete For Title Of
"Miss Wilkes?1947"
Miss Wilkes?1947 will be a
raong the ten contestants chosen
at the big Jaycee Beauty Contest
to be held during the intermis
sion of their dance, Friday night,
August 1st, at 8:30 p. m. at the
large stone building, across from
the Prison Camp on highway
115, east of North Wilkesboro.
The local Jaycees, North Wil
kesboro's newest civic organiza
tion, have' made elaborate ar
rangements to make this dance
and beauty contest a gala affair.
Music will be by a well-known
orchestra and the dance will be
1. Judges for the beauty
mU fcsuw?
ted parties" to assure
fairness in the elimination. There
will be no voting. The ten con
testants chosen by the Judges
will compete one week later at a
local theatre and the winner will
be awarded a wardrobe, consist
ing of street, evening and beach
costumes and sent -as "Miss
Wilkes" to compete at the state
contest at Wrightsville Beach on
August 16th with all expenses
paid. This promises to be the
community's most fashionable
and colorful civic event and the
dance floor will accommodate
'hundreds of couples.
Everyone is requested to bear
in mind the date of Friday eve
ning, August 1st, 8:30 p. m. for
the "Good Time of the Year."
More than fifty contestants
have already filed and any young
lady not already contacted is
apked to file with Misses Geral
dine Caldwell at Sentinel Insur
ance Agency or Miss Harriet
Crutchfield at Wilkes Chamber
of Commerce office.
^ The requirements are that the
?Attestants be: between 18-28
and single.
Half the net profits Jyom the
project will be given by the
jaycees to the 'Memorial Park
fund.
Marriage License
Marriage license were issued
since July 7 by Troy C. Poster,
Wilkes register of deeds, to the
following;. John Spicer, Traphill,
and Helen Virginia Hemrlc, Ron
da; Spender Payne and Kathleen
Pruitt, both of Ronda route 1;
Robert Clay Combs and Sylvia
Vjfrddell, both of Ronda; Paul
and Bernlce Walsh, both
or^ilkesboro; Hubert Charlie
Collins, Blkin, and Julia Dezern,
Rusk; Clyde Edwards Adams,
North Wllkesboro, and Lizzie
Dean Johnson, Hays; Jay Jen
nings, North Wllkesboro, and Ha
zel Hawkins, Ronda; Tarn S
Hutchison and Mary Nichols,
both of North Wllkesboro; Ro
bert dlenn Cothren, Ronda, and
Virginia Ruth Bell, State Road;
Everett Hamm and Ruby Perry,
both of Lansing; Harmon Wyatt
and Sally Johnson, both of North
eeboro; Prank Ellis Morgan,
ngton, D. C., and Goldie
een Neal, Bluefield, W.
Calvin B. Henderson and
J. McEntire, both of Wil
; William D. Dimmette,
River, and Melna Bil
max; Edison M. Thom
Creek and Agnes Os
borne, Rugby, Va.; Frederick Bu
etcher and Dorothy Hub
Pores Knob.
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Miller Family Holds
Reunion On Sunday
Relatives of Warner W. Miller
and families enjoyed" a reunion
and dinner Sunday at the Miller
home in Wilkesboro. Those from
out-of-town enjoying the occas
ion with local members of the
family included: Dr. and Mrs. C.
H. Pugh and grandson, Mr. and
Mrs. Mack Underwood and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Earl
Thomas, of Gastonia; Mr- and
Mrs. P. E. Shields and daughter,
Dorothy, of Scotland Neck; Mr.
and Mrs. K. M. Clement and Mr.
and Mrs., K. M. Clement, Jr., of
Mocksville; Mr. and Mrs. Coy
Parker and family, Mr. ana Mrs.
William Miller and son, of Win
ston-Salem; Mr. and Mrs. Marvin
Gallimore, of Greensboro.
Eighth Division
Brick Veneer Building Und
er Construction Near
Highway Garage
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Permanent office quarters are
being erected at North Wilkes
boro for the Eighth Division
Highway offices.
The structure being erected
will be located on the highway
division property near the divis
ion garage on highway 115 just
outside of North Wilkesboro. It
will be of brick veneer construc
tion and will contain nine offic
es, assembly room and other fa
cilities.
The highway division office,
headed by District Engineer Zeh
Stewart, is now located at Lenoir.
It was first established here
when the - division was formed
in reorganization and J. G. Hack
ett, of North Wilkesboro, was ap
pointed commissioner. It was
later moved to Lenoir when V.
D. Guire became commissioner
for the division but was not
moved to Mount Airy when Ray
mond K. Smith, who is now in
the middle of a four-year term,
wag appointed.
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Flock Brothers
To Battle Apia
In Ante Racing
Large Field of Stock Cars
Entered For Race On
Sunday, July 27
Fontello Flock, present leader
of the national point standings,
will head a crack field of the na
tion's foremost drivers who will
compete in 110 laps of stock car
anto racing at the North Wilkes
boro Speedway Sunday after
noon.
The race schedule calls for
three 15-lap heats, a 25-lap con
solation and a 40-lap main event
In addition to time trials. The
latter will begin at noon with the
first race getting under way at
3 p. m.
Fonty Flock will try to uphold
one of the top reputations ever
established at a single track. In
two appearances here he has
twice won the first heat and fol
lowed up with twin victories In
both features. The Atlanta, Ga.,
speedster has also turned in the
fastest qualifying run each time.
But the younger of the two
Flock brothers" will receive plen
ty. of competition from his bro
ther Bob and more than 30 other
top-notch chauffers. Include^ in
State Beekeepers
Will Meet Here
Friday, Aag. 1st
Raleigh, July 23.?The North
Carolina State Beekeepers' As
sociation will hold its annual
meeting in North Wilkesboro at
the Town Hall on Friday, August
first. This location is in the fam
ous land of the sky and gives
promise- of both a vacation and
a well worth-while meeting.
The meeting will ibe manned
by home talent including suc
cessful beekeepers and authori
ties on bee culture from f>oth
State College and the Department
of Agriculture. Prospects for an
out-of-state speaker look favor- j
able. A good entertaining and in-1
Btructive program is being ar-1
ranged* and the public has a cor-j
dial invitation to attend this
meeting.
Wilkesboro.
F. B. MEAOHAM,
Secretary of the Association.
Only $20,000
Will Be Given
Yadkin Project
Army engineers disclosed last
week that only $20,000 will be
spent in planning work for the
Tadkin River Flood Control Pro
ject if Congress votes only the
sharply - reduced appropriations
passed by the House.
The engineers had requested
$75,000 for " planning the Yad
kin project, 'but when the House
trimmed the total advance plan
ning fund in the civil functions
bill from $4 million to $2 mil
lion, a tentative allocation of
$20,000 wag made for the plan
ning work.
Unless the Senate restores the
House cuts, the $20,000 will be
used in planning the first of four
proposed dams on the upper Yad
kin and Reddles rivers; and the
remaining three reservblrs must
wait Vntil additional funds are
made available.
Money to start actual construc
tion will be sought in next year's
bill. The four damg will, cost an
estimated $7,1J)4,000, and oppon
ents of the project are expected
to put up a hot fight against
flood control of the Yadkin.
BIRTHS
A son, Robert Kenneth Hayes,
Jr., was born Monday at the
Wilkee hospital to Mr. and Mrs.
Robert K. Hayes, of Wilkesboro
route one.
A daughter, Myrtle Dianne,
was born July 18 at the Wilkes
hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Francis, of Taylorsrille.
Born to Attorney and Mrs.
Larry Moore, of this city, a
daughter on Sunday at the
Wilkee hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Verlie Durant
Foster, of North Wilkesboro, are
parents of a son, Verlie Leon,
born at the hospital here on July
1?.
A daughter, Martha, was born
at the Wilkes hospital Wednes
day to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wil-!
liam Eller, of Purlear.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Paul Church, of Purlear, a
daughter today at the Wilkes
hospital.
A daughter was born Wednes
day at the Wilkes hospital to Mr.
and Mrs. George Robert McNeill,
of Cricket. 1
Memorial Park
Athetic Lights
Arrive In City
A large trailer truck load of
reflectors, sockets, lights, wire
and other materials for Memorial
Park athletic field arrived here
this week and are now stored'
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pending actual construction of
the park, C. Jack Swofford, Me
morial Park campaign chairman,
said today.
Douglas fir poles 80 feet in
length have been ordered and
will arrive here In a few days.
The committee has done an ex
cellent job of locating and secur
ing delivery on the materials,
many of which are on the list of
scarcities.
Meanwhile the fund campaign
is making some progress but is
far short of the amount needed
to complete the Job, which will
include grading and erection of
seats. The committee is deter
mined to have the lights on for
the first home game of the foot
ball season here this fair. Detail
ed plans for the combination
baseball-football field are being
drawn. The football portion of
the field will remain at the
present location and will be in
the outfield of the baseball field. |
Faucett Declines
City Engineer Job
In N. Wilkesboro
To^Su^r With. Government;
Hayes Employed
Sanitary 'Supervisor
Robert C. Faucett, who had
been' offered the position as city
engineer for North Wilkeeboro
at a salary of $4,800 annually,
has declined the position and will
stay with War Assets Adminis
tration, it was learned today
from Mayor T. S. Keneriy.
Cecil Hayes, former street
superintendent who has been in
Akron, Ohio, for the past few
years, will return to North Wil-,
kesboro and will take a position (
with the city government as san
itary supervisor, Mayor Keneriy
said. Mr. Hayes is well known
here, having be^n a member of
the police force before he held
the street department position. |
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Twin Squash
Mrs. Harold Proffit brought to
the freak department of The
Journal-Patriot-this week a twin
squash. Two large squash had
grown together from one stem
and had a total weight of three
pounds.
TRUCK-TRAIN CRASH KILLS ONE
is pictured a|{>art of the truck driven by Mc
Coy Miller, of Hays, and which was hit by the incoming
passenger train Wednesday noon on the tracks near
Smoot Park. The rear part of the truck, which was
loaded with pulpwood, was torn away and was lying
165 feet from the cab part shown here. Mr. Miller was
killed, while Roy Shumate and Odell Bowers, other
occupants of the truck, were injured.?(Photo by L.
S. Atkinson, Jr.).
Wilkes Implement Co.
In New Quarters Soon
Wilkes Implement Company,
local International dealer, will be
in their new building just out
side of this city on highway 115
next week.
Sam Winters, manager, said
today that moving is in progress
and that patrons should call at
tthe new location Monday.
North Wilkesboro
Loses to Boone 13-5
North Wilkesboro Red Caps
lost to Boone all stars at Boone
Wednesday by the score of 13
to 5. The Boone team was a hard
hitting outfit on their home
grounds and made hits to every
part of the field.
Rides and Bingo
For Park Fund In
Progress In City
Williams Rides are operating
each night .on the fairgrounds
field for the benefit of Memorial
Park fund.
Thrilling rides are being en
joyed by many people each night.
The rides are being sponsored by
the North Wilkeaboro fire de
partment. ,
As an added feature the North
Wilkesboro Lions Club is operat
ing a bingo stand at the rides,
also for the benefit of the Me
morial Park lighting fund. Valu
able prizes are given the winners
and the game is much enjoyed
every night.
82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION DISPLAY
AT LEGION HUT FRIDAY-SATURDAY
Police Patrolling The
Alleys In This City
Police Chief J. E. "Walker in
an interview today stated that
police are patrolling the alleys
in the business district of North
Wilkeeboro and explained that'
tickets are being issuer to all ve
hicles 'found parked in alleys.
The alleys must be kept open
at all times for delivery trucks,
fire trucks and for emergency
use. Efforts are being made to
keep delivery trucks off the
streets as much as possible and
they must use the alleys for
loading and unloading.
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Childress Sisters
On Radio Sunday
The Childress sisters, of Oa^
woods, will render's special sing
ing Snnday morning, July 27, at
7:30 a. m. over station WKBC,
during Rev. Ralph Miller's |g
minute df?"?* "*
The 82nd Airborne Division,
famous for it's action aganist the
enemy in the European Theater
during World War 2, will pre
sent a display of Airborne equip
ment alt the American Legion
Hut, July 25th and 26th, Friday
and Saturday of this week.
Some of the items to be includ
od in the display are containers
, used to resupply the troops once
they are committed on an Air
borne mission, plastic water bags,
i Signal Corps Handle-Talkie ra
dios, mortars, machine gunB, and
many other items of interest. In
addition, some members of the
team will occasionally, don the
full attire of a combat equplped
j Paratrooper. This would be ex
1 plained in detail by the instruc
tor on duty.
| The display is sure to be of in
terest, and the public is cordial
ly invited to see it. Admission is
free, so don't miss it.
Remember the time and place:
Friday and Saturday at the Le
gion Hut.
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His Body In Hirer
BILLIE DEAN MILLER
Search Continues
For Body of Boy
Lost In Yadkin
Many Searchers Fail to Find
Billie Dean Miller,
Drowned Saturday
Diligent search for the body of
Billie Dean Miller, age 8, who
drowned Saturday in the Yadkin
near Curtis bridge two miles
west of here, has failed to find
the child's body.
Meanwhile the boy's stepfath
er, Tom Parsons, of Cricket, has
posted a reward of $100 with
Sheriff C. Q. Poindexter to be
paid to the person finding the
body.
Billie Dean was lost in the
Yadkin Saturday afternbon while
swimming with Bryce Carlton,
13, and Donald Vannoy, 13.
Bryce Carlton said he tried to
rescue Billie from the River
while Donald was going for help
and that he saw the smaller boy
ppear in the river after he
safety on a pile of drift*
the center of the river,
Local volunteer searchers, in
cluding members of the fire de
partments of the Wilkesboros,
highway patrolmen and others
were aided by the emergency
squads from Elkin ana Winston
Salem and members of the States
ville fire department with spec
ial lighting equipment. Nets were
placed across the river down
stream and the banks of the riv
er have also been searched with
out results.
After temporarily abandoning
the search the Elkin emergency
squad members were back in the
river yesterday aiding a large
number of local people who were
trying to recover the body. A
number of experienced river
searchers expressed the opinion
that the body may have been
lodged on the bottom and was
later covered with sand. Others
said the body would probably
come to the surface in from three
to seven days.
A. A. A. To Again
Offer Limestone
The Wilkee County AAA Office
announced today that authority
had been received from the Ra
leigh Office to take orders for
limestone for the balance of
1947 crop year. Fanners desiring
this material should contact, the
county office immediately and
file their orders. When the order
is filed the farmer's part of the
cost of the limestone will be paid.
This amounts to SI.60 per ton.
The first orders for the lime
stone can he delivered Immedi
ately and farmers are urged to
file their orders so that all of
the limestone can be delivered
before cold weather. The above
announcement was made by Law
rence Miller, Secretary of the
Wilkes County AAA.
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Furniture Makers At
The High Point Show
Local furniture manufacturers
are showing their new models at
the furniture exposition which
opened Mpnday at High Point.
Representatives of the local
firms at High Point are as fol
lows: Forest Furniture Co., N.
O. Smoak and Robert Smoak;
Key City Furniture Co., J. E.
Caudlll and B. J. Caudill; Amer
ican Furniture Co., Dick Gwyn;
Home Chair Co., I*ey 'Moore, J.
D. Moore, Jr., and Ray Hoover.
On Tuesday Mrs. J. D. Moore,
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Judge John H. Clement To
[ Preside; Jurors Drawn
For Three Weeks
J Largest docket of criminal
cases In recent years has beea
calendared for the August term
J of Wilkes superior court, which
will convene on Monday, Augnft
5, with Judge John H. Clement,
of Winston-Salem, presiding.
Jurors have been drawn for
three weeks of court and Solici
tor Avalon E. Hall, following a
meeting with the Wilkes Bar as
sociation, has arranged the court
calendar.
The Jurors for the term were
drawn as follows:
First Week.
R. ? M. Hlncher, Mulberry; J.
M. Barker, Edwards; Turner
PreVette, Somers; Joe Gambill,
North Wilkesboro; I. C. Church,
Moravian Falls; A. G. Church,
Lewis Fork; Lester H. Wyatt.
Union; Clifford C. Myers, Mul
berry; C. J. SWofford, North Wil
kesboro; Cooper Triplett, ? Jobs
Cabin; Walter Dula, Elk; Mrs.
Mollis Jarvls, Wilkesboro; W. A.
Huffman, Lewis Fork; L. H.
Petree, Edwards; W. L. Byrd,
North Wilkesboro; J. E. Sales,
New Castle; A. L. Miller, North
Wilkesboro; I. T. Hendren, Love
lace; M. M. Luffman, Edwards;
J. F. Coffey, Mulberry; Irvin
Sparks, Edwards; J. H. Walker,
Walnut Grove; Kenneth Brooks,
North Wilkesboro; Samuel C.
Stewart, Lovelace; G. W. Bum
garner, Reddles River; W. D.
York, Lovelace; Maurice Math
erly, Elk; Qunicy Whittington,
North Wilkesboro; C. E. Sloop,
Moravian Falls; Edward An
drews, Wilkesboro; C. W. Kilby,
North Wilkesboro; Roby Shu
mate, North Wilkesboro; Ray
Welborn, North Wilkesboro; J.
P. Adams, Mulberry; John A.
Caudill, North Wilkesboro; R*m
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North Wilkesbbro; J. Earl An
I derson, North Wilkesboro; Mrs.
I. M. BJller, North Wilkesboro;
C. V. Broyhill, Moravian Falls;
James Bradford, Moravian Falls;
Claude Wood, Rock Creek; W. G.
Scott, Brushy Mountain; F. A.
Miller, North Wilkesboro; T. V.
Baugess, Edwards; J. C. John
son, Walnut Grove; A. T. South
er, Somers; I. C. Johnson, Wal
nut Grove; W. S. Walsh, Mora
vian Falls; Robert Wolfe, Lewis
Fork; L. G. Caldwell, North Wil
kesboro; Alton Edmlnston, Beav
er Creek; Rodney Roten, Union;
J. E. DeJournette, Traphill; G. R.
Filer, Lewis Fork; G. H. Shoun,
Jobs Cabin; Paul M. Baity,
Brushy Mountain; Claude K.
Key, North Wilkesboro; Tal
madge Burchette, Edwards; Ro
bert Satterwhite, Boomer.
Second Week
C. D. Coffey, Jr., North Wil
kesboro; Harold Pennell, Red
dles River; Toy R. Moore, Love
lace; W. H. Barlow, Mulberry;
Frank Blair, Jr., R. J. Hinshaw,
J. B. Colston, Watson Brame,
Dewey Miller, H. T. Chambers, A.
F. Kilby, Cecil Adamson, W. T,
Wyatt, R. G. Finley, all of North
Wilkesboro; W. A. Shumate,
Walnut Grove; Colin Foster, C.
?H. Ellis, R'. L. Walsh, Lewis
Fork; Ranson Elledge, Walter
Douglas, C. C. Walker, Mulberry;
W. L. Holbrook, Traphill; Vir
gil Moore, George Sale, Arlie
Hayes, Howard McNeill, W. H.
Minton, Reddles - River; Joe
Wingler, Union; J. H. Hayes,
James Johnson, Lovelace; Mrs.
H. M. Blankenship, Moravian
Falls; jPaul Shore, Somers; E. B.
Wishon, Edwards; AJonio Ander
son, Brushy Mountain; Wilson
McNeill, Boomer; Vensley Eller,
Lewis Fork.
Third W^ek
James William Brooks, Betel
Wood, Roby F. Johnson, J. W.
Snyder, C. Arthur Venable, J. D.
Laws, O. S. Barker, J. W. Kilby,
V. M. Parsons, George S. Moore,
North Wilkesboro; Major Haynes,
W. B. Johnson, Mulberry; J. A.
Marlow, Mott Redmon, Lovelace;
Zeb R. Souther, Somers; Albert
Martin, B. S. Crouch, W. W. Car
ter, J. I. Barker, Lonnle Brown,
Bdwards; J. J. Pierce, Millard
Nichols. Clarence D. Rash, Wll
lard Porter, Quincy Reavis, Red
dies River; J. S. Bryant, Rock
Creek; Thomas Walsh, Jr., A. El
Beshears, Jobs Cabin; Ambrose
Triplett, Elk; N. V. Pardee, C.
B. Burchette, New Castle; B. M.
Par due, lfcy*vian Falls; Cortes
Wiles, Traphill; Mrs. W. J. Bur
chett, Antioch; Mrs. Oma Me
Lain, ______
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