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North Wilkesboro1 has a trading radius of 50 miles, ^ton 01 a moaern i. m. ? serving 100,000 people in A. plant. Support it. The journd|.patriot Has Blazed the Trail 6f Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 41 Years Northwestern Carolina. Y. M. C. A. is rais iuilding fund for the? of a modern Y. M.H [Vol. ?? 42, No. 27 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKES80R0, N. C., Thursday, July 31, 1947 Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center Beautiful to Compete For County Title Winners To Be Selected At J&ycees Dance In An drews Building Beauty contest sponsored by lie Wilkes Chamber of Com to select Miss Wilkes?? T, will be held Friday night, 10, i*JR?e Andrews building on iy 115 near the State ray division garage. Heralded as an outstanding bo Bevent that is sure to attract interest, a committee of jf-town judges headed by jror George Lents, of Winsfcon i, will select ten winners im the field of 50 entrants, ?ne week later at the Allen the tre the oounty title winner will chosen from the ten. The contest Friday night will in conjunction with the Jay lees ball. Claude Little and his lestra, from Hickory Sky 5lub, will play for the dance. A crowd can be accomodated One-half the net profits of the auty contest will ibe given by le Jaycees to the Memorial Park ind for erection of lights and on athletic field. The county inner-will compete with other lounty winners in the state con Bt to be held at Morehead city. 'Hie Jaycees will provide the win Lier with wardrobe and expenses lie t the state contest. Plans are make the contest an annual Fent in WilkeB oounty. The project has received wide ?owing- to a complete- rrex or en Brants and firms which have sponsored their participation in the contest: ? Martha Aibsher, Motor Service Bales Company; Mary Tate An Herson, Tomlinson Department Btore; Mary Gage Barber, Bare's department Store; Jean Brewer, d^llkes Anto Sales; Jerry Cald Hrell, Band Box* Cleaners; Dor Bthy Campbell, Brame Drug Btore; Lucille Casey, Coca-Cola Bottling Company; Virginia Cau Ilill, Better Homes Furniture Rompany; Joan Challingeworth, Biedmont Mountain Freight tines; Juanita Childress, Carter Hubbard Publishing Company; Betty Gray Church, Wiles Jewel By Store; Harriet Orutchfield, Bean's;. Virginia Day, Key City Bakery; Hilda Dennis, Mark town Furniture Company; Fay Blledge, '"Forester Beverage Com pany; Frances Eudaily, Red Kross Pharmacy; Carolyn Foster, Model Chair Company; Dot Gar Ariel, Daddy Motor Company; IteBorie Gabriel, Wilkes Furni laflBExchange; Nellie Gabriel, l-ho<lee-Day Furniture Company; Alary Lee Gardner, Spainhour's; Bessie Hanks, Midway Pontiac; pharlotte Harvel, Insurance Ser vice & Credit Corporation; Betty Kill, Barber-Somers Motor Com pany; Mildred Hunter, Reins Iturdivant; Katherine. Irvln, Stroud Mutual Insurance Agen ly; Jane Jones, V. & T. Tire fompany; Margaret Jones, Fam |y Shoe Store; Frances Kennedy, |iUer Brothers; Joanna McNeil, tarry T. Kerley; Alma McNeil, Ideal Furniture Company; Pat yfeNeil, Hinshaw Gift and Beauty [hop; Carolyn Moore, Home lair A Company; Mary Louise Newton's Department Nichols, City Sales Hazel Parsons, Park ray Bus'Company; Dot Powell, |. C. Penney Company; Rath !)ueen, Ideal Beauty Parlor; Gor ion Reins, Radio Station WKBC; rene Richardson, Wilkes Laun itj; Mabel Bidden, Northwestern Sank; Norma Smoak, Wilkes iudson Company; Mary Taylor, pari W. Steele; Diana Temple bn, Williams Motor Company; loris Tulburt, Bank of North ATHkeeboro; Rayedell Wagner, [jHen Theatre; Patsy Waller, Mo br Market; Lea Walsh, Belk's department Store; Clara Lee VattB| kAmto Parts Company; Whi taker, Burke's '2 to the sponsor firms are contribu nd are helping to make the possible: Gray* Brothers company, Sentinel In Northwestern company, Flaw In Central Tele ? L * . On Air Sundays Rev. Leroy Eller, of Hon Tiut Falls, Is heard eve^y Son day morning, 0:15, In a devo tional program over radio sta tion WILX in North Wilkes boro. He Invites everybody to listen to his broadcasts. Court Will Begin Monday; Term to Last Three Weeks Judge Clement Will Pre side; Calendar of Cases Is Published With more than 250 cases calendared for trial, Wilkes su perior court will convene Mon day for three weeks wOrk on a congested criminal docket. Pff ijisssM' tm? legislature this year fixed three weeks of court for the Wilkes August term for trial of crimin al cases. Judge John H. Clement, of Winston-Salem, will preside over the court, and Solicitor Ava lon E. Hall, of Yadkinville, will prosecute for the state. The congested condition of the docket is due mainly to the fact that in the earlier terms of crim inal court this year the time was taken up in trial of homicide cases, all of which were cleared from the docket by court trial. However, since thftf date a num ber of homicide cases have been added. The murder cases, including trial of Percy Johnson, are cal endared for the second and third weeks of court. Complete calendar of cases is published elsewhere in this news paper.* Walter Earp With Midway Pontiac Walter Earp, of Moravian Falls, a well known young man, and a very efficient mechanic, has joined the personnel of Mid way Pontiac, Inc., In their service department. Mr. Earp will be very glad to have his friends and customers visit him there. phone company. With Mayor Lontz on the com mittee of judges will be Hoyle Cranford, president of Blkin Jaycees, an<j Harry Gatton, pres ident of the Statesville Junior Chamber of Commerce. Lloyd Phillips Buys Triangle Property Lloyd Phillips, of Moravian Palls, who has been engaged in automobile business 'or several years, has purchased the triangle lot and garage building at the in tersection of highway 421, 16, 18 and 268 at Midway between the Wllkeeboros. The building, which had been used by Parller manufacturing company, is being renovated and will be used by Mr. Phillips in his used car dealership business. The lot surrounding the build ing has been graded and covered with crushed stone. Parlier Manufacturing com pany, owned and operated by George Parlier and who had oc cupied the building on the tri angle, has moved to quarters op posite the courthouse in Wilkes ?boro. Special Program Music On Sunday F i r s t Methodist Under direction of J. Jay An derson, organist and choir di rector, the senior oholr of the First Methodist church will pre sent a program of special Interest Sunday evening, August 3, 7:46 o'clock. The program will be as fol lows: Prelude, ''Meditation," Wein berger, Dot Jenkins at the or gan; Call to Worship, "I<et All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence," Old French Carol; Processional, "All Hail the Power of Jesus Name," Ho Id en, Choir and Congregation; Invocation, Dr. Gilbert R. Combs; Scripture Reading; Anthems? "He That Dwelleth in the Sec ret Place," Poteat, Richard John ston, soloist; "The Lost Chord," Sullivan; Duet, ''Prayer Perfect," Speaks, Dot end Nellie Gabriel; Anthems, "The Spacious Firma ment," arrangement from Haydn, Dot Powell, soloist; "The Lord's "Arioso," Bach; Offertory sponse, ''We give Thee but Thine own, what'er the gift may toe; j All that we have Is Thine alone; j a gift, O Lord, from Thee," Choir and Congregation standing; Solo, "Ave Maria," Bach-Gounod, Joj Lasslter; Robert Montgomery, violin obbligato; Myrtle Norris, piano; Anthems, "I Am Alpha and Omega," Stainer, Dot Ga briel, soloist; "Jesu, Word of God," Mozart; ''The King of Love," Shelley, Agnes Kenerly, Jo Lassiter, Bob Montgomery, soloists; "Open Our Eyes," Mac Farlane; Benediction, Rev. Watt M. Cooper; Choral Benediction, "The Lord Bless You," Lutkin; Postlude, "Toccata and Fugue in C Major, Bach. . The senior choir members are: Soprano ? Margaret Anderson, Mary Jo Fox, Geraldine Gaddy, Dot Gabriel, Betty Lou Kenerly, Jo Lassiter, Tony Marlowp, Car olyn. Moore, Dot Powell. Alto-? Dot Bell, Mrs.. C. T. Dough ton, Nellie Gabriel, Dot Jenkins, Ag nes Kenerly, Myrtle Noirris. Ten or?W. G. Gabriel, Forrest Jones, Dewey Minton. Bass?Bill Ga briel, Richard Johnston, Robert Morrow, Robert Montgomery. Fined For Driving Drunk On Parkway Robert H. Newman, Jr., of Rioanoke, Va., was fined $200 in a hearing here 'before U. S. Com missioner Ralph Davis. Newman was convicted of driving without license and driving' drunk on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Newman's car left the scenic road and roll ed down an 85-foot bank. He re ceived minor injuries. FORTY-SIX ONE-ARMED BANDITS CONFISCATED BY WILKES SHERIFF Forty-six one armed bandits, wbich are sometimes known ,by the more refined name of slot machines, hare been confiscated by Sheriff C. G. Poindexter. The varied collection of many makes and models of slot ma chines, some containing an unde termined amount of money, were taken from stores and other plac es of business throughout Wilkes county. Denoting the free flow of mon ey during this- period of infla tion, many of the machines are two-bit affairs which put the orthodox nlekel slots to shame. Some of the models are very at tractive and with latest stream line styling, while others are just plain boxes which take the mon ey just as efficiently as the more el?te>rate onee. . Several eases are pending In court for operation of slot ma chines, Sheriff Polndexter said, and the machines will be destroy ed following final disposition of the cases In court. The money contained in the machines, which is expected to be a considerable amount, will go into the county general fund. Sheriff Polndexter fald that there may be people in the coun ty who do not -understand that the law against operation of slot machines in North Carolina is very strict and that even the pin ball machines and punchboards are in violation of the law. Slot machines, pinboards m punch boards will continue to be con fiscated a? the machines are lo cated, the sheriff said. TO OPEN ] AUG. 25 School* of Wilkes county win open on Monday, August 85, it KM learned today from the office of 0. B. Eller, coun ty superintendent of schools. Fewer teacher vacancies ex ist than at this time last year and prospects are better for securing well trained teachers for the schools. School buses and other equipment are being renovated in anticipation of school opening. Home Coming Day White Plains Aug. 17 White Plains Baptist church, 1 1-2 miles north of Roaring Riv er, will hold their annual home coming service the 17th of Au gust. This will be an all day service, dinner at noon, singing in the afternoon. "Everybody is invited to come and bring a well filled basket. The public is invited, especially all former pas tors, and members who have moved away. All singers, choirs and quartets are invited to come and sing and enjoy the day with us. This is also the beginning of our revival meeting. Rev. Roy | Franklin, of Hays, will be the i guest minister," the announce ment said. t"?''* I?&?, LOCAL SALES INSTITITE STORY | IFEATURED IN MERCHANTS TNADE JOUNNAL; LEAD STONY OF ISSNE -V."?* 1 i Merchants Trade Journal, na tionally circulated magazine read by heads of progressive depart ment and general stores through out the country, gave North Wil kesboro some well deserved pub licity in the July issue. Lead story in the 212-page is sue, entitled "What One Com munity Did To Correct Lax Sell ing Methods," was written by Dwight Nichols, editor of The Journal-Patriot, especially for the Merchants Trade Journal. The article was on the subject, of the Sales Institute conducted herp by the Trade Promotion Hunting License On Sale Friday Game Protector Lists Prices And License Agents In Wilkes County ?H go on sale Friday, ? "l " """ Price of the license will be: state combination hunting and, fishing, $4.10; state hunting lic ense, $3.10; county hunting lic ense, $1.10. Mr. Johnson listed license dealers as follows: Z. O. Eller, Jenkins Hardware and Motor Market, North Wilkeeboro; Leet Poplin, Ronda; Im B. Prevette, Roaring River; C. G. Glass, Min ton Esso Service and Farmers Hardware, Wilkesboro; Mack Mahaffey, Cricket. Open and closed seasons on various types of game are yet to be determined and will be an nounced in The Journal-Patriot when received, Mr. Johnson said Coco-Cola Company Is In Full Production The North Wllkesboro Coca Cola bottling company has re sumed full production following the end of sugar rationing this week for industrial users. The company here began cur tailment on June 13, 1942, be cause of sugar rationing, and since that time had not been able to fill the demand for Coca-Cola because of the sugar shortage. After five years of rationing, the Coca-Cola company here is happy to announce that their plant is again in full production. committee of the Wilkes Cham ber of Commerce. Giving the article the lead fea ture position in the front of the issue, Merchants Trade Journal gave the article splendid diBplar and carried photographs of the promotional material used pre ceding and during the highly suc cessful Sales institute here. As a result of the article the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce and Mr. Nichols have received requests from many parte of the country for detailed plans on how the Sales Institute was or ganised, promoted anjl carried out. Carl Rains Quartet At Mountain View On Friday Evening Carl Rains and his all star quartet will present a program on Friday night, August 1, 8:80, at Mountain View school. The program will be sponsored by the Grove quartet for the ben wlll be featured in a comedy role in the show, which promises to be very entertaining. North Wilkesboro Tied With Elkin North Wilkesboro Red Gaps tied Elkin for the Yadkin Valley baseball league lead Wednesday by defeating Boonville here while Elkin was losing to Clingman. The standing as given out ear lier this week had Elkin one game in the lead but Wednes day's game left North Wilkes boro and Elkin all tied up with the same number of wins and losses. The 9 to 6 victory over Bopn ville here Wednesday was a thriller.. Boonville scored pne in the second and North Wilkesboro tied it in the third. Boonville went out in front with another run in the fourth and North Wil kesboro forged ahead with four in the fifth. Boonville scored two in the sixth and another in the seventh. A four run rally by the Red Caps in the eighth sewed up the game. Whittington and Ernest shared hurling duties for the locals, with Joe Hunt and Badgett catching. Craig had a big day at bat with four hits. SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A. WILKES TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL RENOVATED; TO OPEN A6AIN SOON A committee of the Wilkes unit of the Tuberculosis Associ ation, sponsored locally by the North Wilkesbocro Woman's Club, has accomplished much in prep aration for the re-opening of the Wilkes county tuberculosis hospital on the county home farm east of this city. Wilkes county commissioners in recent meeting appropriated funds to operate the hospital during the ensuing fiscal year, but much work remained to be done to get the building in shape and to secure equipment. Under personal direction of a committee headed by Mrs. Ivey Moore, who has worked constant ly there during the past month, much of the work has been ac complished. The grounds hare been cleaned, the building clean ed. and repainted. In addition, linoleum has been placed on the floors and much Junk has been hauled away from the grounds. The money of the Wilkes chap ter of the 'association has tyeen : used on the building and equip ment and much is yet needed, Mrs. Moore said, especially for kltchln utensils and additional beds. Those who will donate may send contributions to Mrs. Ifrank Tomllnson, treasurer of the tu berculosis hospital fund, North Wilkes bono. During the war years there were few patients in the county institution and they were mored to state Banitoriums when the county hospital was closed. But now the incidence of the disease has greatly increased and space cannot be provided in the state sanitaria for the many cases needing hospitalization. For these reasons a successful move ment was started here to re-open the hospital and the plan was given full approval by the Wilkes county board of commissioners, who are cooperating in the work being accomplished to get the property and equipment in shape for care of patients. Going to Sonford PAUL 8. CRAGAN Cragan Resigns As Head Schools In N. Wilkesboro Will Go To S&nfbrd Sep tember 1 As Superinten dent Lee Co. Hospital Paul S. Cragan, superintendent of the North Wilkesboro schools for the past nine years, has re signed his position, J. B. McCoy, chariman of the North Wilkes boro 'board of education, said here toddy. Mr. Cragan, for many years e system, wlH leave the field of education to become superinten dent of Lee County hospital at Sanford. Commenting on his de cision, Mr. Cragan said that the change involved a substantially larger salary. At Sanford Mr. Cragan will be gin his duties September 1. He and his family, which consists of Mrs. Cragan and two daughters, Miss Jane and Anne Cragan, will move to Sanford in the near fu ture. Mr. Cragan came to North Wil kesboro nine years ago. Prior to that time he was principal of Ruffin school near Reldsville. Here he succeeded W. D. Half acre as head of North Wilkesboro schools. In April this year Mr. Cragan was re-elected here for another two-year term. Mr. McCoy said today that a successor to Mr. Cragan had not been named. AAA Phosphate Available Soon Progress is being made by the County. AAA office In securing phosphate for use in connection with seeding fall pastures and fertilizing cover crops. The coun ty office further announces that contacts are being made with *11 major companies through local dealers with view of securing phosphate for nse this fall. All farmers who anticipate-that they will need 'phosphate and who have not received any phosphate this year are requested to con tact the county office by call or by writing a postal card. In this way the office will be able to furnish the material to those who need it the worst and who expect to use it during the 1947 see son as no credit can be given on any phosphate that is carried over to the next Spring and this action would prevent a farmer from securing aid in the spring of 1948. All requests for names to be placed on the list should he sent to the county office immediately as they will be entered in the order that they oome in. Law rence Miller, secretary of the Wilkes County AAA, who made the above announcement, stress es the fact that if phosphate is on the farm plan ,lt does not con stitute an order because some farmers have already received their quota tor the year and oth ers may have it on the farm plans and since have changed their minds and will not need it. SUPPORT THE Y. M. C A. Bis Event To Be Held at Airpoif Sunday, Aug. 10 Flying Aces Will Present Parachute Jumps and Other Thrilling Acts Thrills for everybody are prom ised at the Veterans of Foreign Wars air show to be held Sun day, August 10, at the North Wllkesboro airport. Blue Ridge Mountain post of Veterans of Foreign Wars has made elaborate preparations for the big event, and have secured such headline attractions as the Flying Aces from Fayetterille and Winston-Salem to partici pate In the show. Advance announcements tell of parachute jumps, stunt flying and many other thrilling acts. Admission to the air show will be by ticket, and each ticket will make its holder eligible to re ceive the new Frazer automobile to he given away free at the show. The post had planned to hold a Veterans Day celebration here on Saturday, August 9, but that event has been postponed until spring or early summer of next year. The air show event will offer plenty of entertainment and is expected to draw a record crowd to North Wllkesboro. The V. F. W. post anticipates using profits from the air show for erection of a club house for the post .here. ? e m Last rites were held Monday at Reins-Sturdlvant chapel for Walton L. Black, 48, who died Saturday at the veterans hospital at Swanannoa. Mr. Black, husband of the former Miss Ruth Vannoy, of this city, was born and reared in Greenville, S. C. At an early age his parents died and he was reared in the home of his grand parents. Mr. Black attended Clemson College, and while there enlist ed in the army during World War I and served two years over seas in the 114th Infantry. As a certified public account ant Mr. Black held a number of responsible positions. Prior to World War II he held a govern ment position here and later at Raleigh, Richmond and Greens boro. More recently until his health failed he held a position with Parkway Bus company here. Surviving Mr. Black are ? his wife and, their son, Vannoy Cap ers Black, of this city. Also sur viving are the following chil dren by a former marriage: Mrs. Bob Jones, Detroit, Mich.; Le grande Black, Jr., EM Dorado, Ark.; Sam Black and Miss Mary I Mclver Black, Society Hill, S. C. Mr. Black was a member of 'the EJpiscopal church. Rev. B. M. Lackey, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church in Wilkesboro, conducted the funeral service and burial was in Mount Lawn Memorial Park. Pall bearers Claude Buchanan, Hoyle M. Hutchens, Ray Barnes, Wm. A. Hardister, George Forester, Hen ry Douglas and C. C. Faw. Buck's Arbor Revival Will Begin Sunday Revival services will Jhegin Sunday, August 3, at Pleasant Grove (Bucks Arbor) Baptist church. Rev. Iredell Osborne, pastor, will be assisted by Rev. "Mr. Watson, of Boone. Everyone is invited to attend. Marriage License License to wed were issued doling the past week toy Register of Deeds Troy C. Foster to the following: William C. Burchette, Roaring Rirer, and Gladys My ers, Hays; Lonnie Johnson and Lottie Glass, both of Wilkeshoro; Talmadge Clate Snider, North Wilkeshoro route one, and Marie Turner, Cricket; James M. Coldi son, Statesrille, and Grace Bare, Jefferson; Paul McKinley Taylor and Marie Chapman, both of North Wllkeeboro. . . ? ? . '? -j
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