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?M P *n UPP? 1' The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 41 Years Northwestern Carolina.
North Wilkesboro has a
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Vol. 42, No. 37 Published Mondays and Thwsdays NBRTH Wtt-KESBORfl, N. C., Thursday, Sept. 4, 1947 : 1 Hake North Wilkesbart Your^howwg Coater
DIVISION HIGHWAY OFFICES UNDER CONSTRUCTION
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mis photo shows work in progress on construction of the new Eighth Division
offices of the State Highway and Public Works commission. Previously shifted
from town to town in rented quarters, the eighth division office will be permanent
ly located in the new brick veneer building, which is being erected on State High
way property adjacent to the prison camp and highway division garage just out
side of this city on highway 115. The new building, which will be ready for oc
cupancy in the near future, will have nine offices, assembly room and modern
conveniences.? (Photo by Lane Atkinson, Jr.)
Eller Re-Elected
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Director of N. C.
Bus Association
Wilkes Transportation Co.
Owner Honored By
Organization
H. P. Eller, owner of Wilkes
Transportation company i n
North Wilkesboro, was re-elected
a director of the North Carolina
FBus Association in annual con
?entlon at Wrightuville Beach
The association is composed of
74 bus owning individuals and
firms in North Carolina. It was
brought out during the oonven-M
tion that the people of North I
Carolina have bus service rank-!
ing near the top and it is the aim I
of the association to keep North I
Carolina at the top with the best I
bus system in the nation.
As association went into its I
? final business session Thursday,!
?J. Nat Hamrick of Rutherford-?
ton, succeeded J. Ed Butler as I
prseident at the annual election I
of officers.
Louis Wade, Fuquay Springs,!
former director, succeeded his I
father, Stacey W. Wade, as first!
vice president.
For the first time, the aseocia- I
tion elected two vice presidents,!
naming A. T. Watson of Fayette- I
vllle to the new position.
T. E. McGill of Asheboro was!
elected secretary, succeeding!
I Hamrick, who -became president; I
and Marshall C. Kurfees was!
e*jjed executive secretary.
^Harry Keeter of Mooresville, I
was re-elected treasurer.
The following directors werej
named:
H. P- (Pat) Eller, North Wil
kesboro, incumbent; H. D. Mc-I
. Lean, Lenoir, incumbent; T. R.
Young, Asheville; Rudolph Ow
eng, Wilson; Herman Fulk,
High Point; G. T. Young, Win-|
ston-Salem; J. Allen Arndt, New
ton; Hurley Bumgardner, Golds
boro; Paul Britt, Lumberton;
and H. F. Moore, High Point, in
cumbent.
Honorary directors are Stacy I
W Wade, former vice president, ?
and J- Butler, retiring president. ?
Butler also was named general ?
coupler for the aaeociation. I
Melnwhlle, Senator William ?
B Umstead arrived at Wrights
yille Beach, and in a prepared
address for delivery to the as- ?
aociation tonight emphasised the!
need for cooperation between in
dustry and agriculture to help
Insure the future growth of the
South has been referred to
M the nation's No. 1 economic
oroblem, Senator Umstead said
?t can now he said that the South
i. the nation's No. 1 opportunity,
" d c0rtainly this ean be said
Carolina, he added,
pal speaker Thursday
State Treasurer Char
on, who reiterated his
the state's tax system
ided a cry for a more
j "home rule" for
counties,
operators were con
onr of Wilmington
Home Missionary
Will Begin Sunday
School At Cricket
The first Sunday in Septem
ber a Sunday school will be
started at' Cricket at Mrs. Vick
ers' old house. It will be under
the sponsorship of the First
Presbyterian Church of North
Wilkesboro. Some of the young
people of that church will help
in the work.
The Sunday school is not in
opposition to any church, but it
is intendedi bo be a help to those
who do not go elsewhere. Any
w,.J
sionary and Sunday school ex
tension worker of Winston-Sal
em Presbytery, is in Cricket to
direct the work, to visit in the
homes in the community, and to
render any spiritual assistance to
those who need it. She is stay
ing with Miss Winnie McLean.
Tannery Property
Sale On Saturday
33 Acres Real Estate, Plants
And Machinery To Go
At Auction
C. E. and Lewis H. Jenkins,
who recently purchased the tan
nery property here from Inter
national (Shoe company, will sell
the property Saturday, Septem
ber 6, at public auction, begin
ning at 10:30 a. m.
The 33 acres of real estate
have been subdivided into busi
ness and industrial sites.
The tannin extract plant, to
gether with all machinery, in
eluding power plant, steam en
gines, generators, electric * mo
tors, numerous machines, elevat
ed water tank and other equip
ment will also be sold, represent
ing a splendid industrial oppor
tunity for buyers.
Penny Brothers, world famous
auctioneers, will conduct the
sale, whi?h is expected to attract
a record crowd. Free prizes will
be given and there will be plen
ty of entertainment.
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Ralph L. Williams
Dies In Wilkesboro
Ralph L. Williams, 37, died
at the Wllkee Hospital Tuesday
afternoon following lllnesg of
one day.
Mr. Williams was son of the
late Charlie Garland and Julia
Ann Chambers Williams, o f
Wilkes county. He had lived In
Wilkesboro several years and
was a painter.
He was a member of Wood
lawn Baptist church. '
Survivors Include his wife,
Mrs. Mrs. Mable Minton Wil
liams, two daughters, Evelyn
Louise and Peggy Ann Williams,
of the home; one brother, J.
Paul Williams, and two sisters,
Mrs. Richard Brookshire and
Mrs. Stamey Hayes, all of North
Wilkesboro. \
Funeral services will be held
Friday at 11:00 a. m. at Lewis
Baptjpt church with Rev. Noah
Hayes, pastor, and Rev. O. 3.
Ward, of Mt. Airy, officiating.
Patrolman Jones
Injured In Crash
Two Cars Collide At Inter
section Highways 16 and
18 At Moravian Falls
State Highway Patrolman C.
j M. Jones, of North Wilkesboro,
lost a tooth and received a scalp
j wound Tuesday morning in a
! terrific crash of his automobile
and a car driven by John Kirby,
i of Lenoir.
! The accident occured in the
intersection of
to Patrolman Tom RrfBeWs, *ho
investigated the accident, Patrol
man Jones was traveling on 18
toward Lenoir and Kirby was
traveling toward North Wilkes
boro from Lenoir. In the inter
section Kirby applied his brakes
and the left front wheel grabb
ed. The pavement was slightly
wet and the front of Kirby's car
swerved into the path of the car
driven by Patrolman Jones. Kir
by was not hurt but both cars
were demolished. Jones was re
leased following treatment at
the Wilkes hospital.
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Midway Pontiac
Buys Building
Midway Pontiac, Inc., of which
M. B. McNeill is president and
R. R. Church is secretary and
treasurer, has purchased from E.
It. Beshears the building in Wil
kesboro which the company now
occupies.
This building was erected by
Mr. Beshears and was completed
in October 1946. It is located at
the intersection of highways No.
421, 16, 18, 268 and the Oak
woods Read, and contains 10,0:00
square feet of floor space, and
houses the company's offices,
parts and accessory department,
service and body repair depart
ments. The new owners are now
building an addition of 1,000
square feet te be used for their
washing,, lubricating and paint
ing departments.
Midway Pontiac, Inc., wag or
ganized by Messrs. McNeill and
Church October 1st, 1945, and
since that time has enjoyed a
general growth In business, and
is one of the outstanding auto
mobile dealerships in the Wil
keslboros.
The management cordially in
vites their friendg to visit them,
and they will he very glad to
take care of your car needs.
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Piedmont Quartet
At Pores Knob 6th
Piedmont Quartet, which is
heard regularly over radio sta
toln WSJS in Winston-Salem and
WKBC in North Wilkesboro, will
give a program Saturday night,
September 6, eight o'clock, at
Pores Knob community house.
The admission charges will be 50
cents for adults and 25 cents
for children, with proceeds go
ing to the Community House
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Bell Brothers Get
15-20 Years for
Highway 'Beats'
Wilkes Men Draw Long
Sentences In Yadkin
County Court
Yadkinville.?-Two brothers of
Marvin Claude Bell, Wilkes
County convicted rapist now on
death row at Raleigh awaiting
result of an appeal to the United
I States Supreme Court, yesterday
were convicted in Yadkin Super
ior Court of impersonating offi
cers and highway robbery in con
nection with a'speed trap they
were _ operating near Brooks
Crossroads last April.
The two, Glenn Bell and Mil
lard Bell, both of Wilkes coun
ty, were each sentenced to 15
to 20 years on two separate
charges by Judge J. H. Clement
| of Walkertown.
Marvin Bell and Ralph Vernon
Litteral were sentenced January
18 in Wilkes Superior Court to
i die in the gas chamber at Ra
leigh for the rape of Peggy Ruth
Shore, pretty 16-year-old Elkin
girl assaulted repeatedly on a
terror-filled auto ride August 23
last year into Tennessee with
the two men.
Held In Six"'Cases
Burton Key, charged with be
ing with the Bell brothers on
several occasions when they
staged their phony speed trap
act, pleaded guilty in Bix cases
of impersonating an officer.
Judge Clement sentenced him to
two years each in five of the
cases, the terms to run consecu
tively and giving him a total of
10 years in prison.
The Bells appealed and bond
was set at $15,000 each.
Solicitor Avalon Hall of Yad
kinville said that if the two meet
that bond he will insist that they
post another bond of $12,000
each in four other charges of
robbery with firearms against
them.
The solicitor said that the two
operated their holdup racket for
'Tot,
cott, Md., brothers hear Brooks
Crossroads.
Testimony was to the effect
that one of the Bells wore a State
highway patrolman's uniform
and the other posed as a deputy
sheriff, stopping cars along the
highway.
They stopped the Fox brothers,
according to testimony, confis
cated a pistol valued at $50 and
ordered the Foxes at gunpoint to
pay.fines of $25 for speeding and
$20 for having a gun.
Five Men Enlisted -
In U: S. Navy Here
Chief R. Li. Hogard, Navy re
cruiter, announced today that
six men from the vicinity of
North Wilkesboro enlisted in the
Navy during the month of Au
gust. They were: Pruitt, U. B.
Parris, North Wilkesboro; Shew,
Ray Patterson, Route 1, Wilkee
boro; (Haynee, Paul William,
Smethport; Hamby, James, Par
sonsville; Parsons, James, Par
sons ville.
Chief Hiogard further stated
that the above named men were
transferred to navy training cen
ter, San Diego, Calif., for navy
indoctrination for 10 weeks.
William 8. Spears, of Parsons
ville, enlisted in the navy after
serving in' the army for two
years. Mr. Spears was. transfer
red to Norfolk, Va? for reassign
ment. r
Sharon Walker Church
To Have a Dedication
The members of Sharon Walk
er Baptist church cordially in
vites everybody to attend the
dedication Sunday, September 7;
all day service, dinner on the
grounds. The church is located
13 miles west of North Wilkes
boro.
ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
Rev. B. M. LACKEY, Rector
Vesper service will be held in
St. Paul's Episcopal church Sun
day afternoon, September 7th, at
four o'clock. The public is cor
dially invited to attend this
service.
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USDA announces that a sup
plemental export allocation of
7,560 long tons of corn for Vene
suela has been made. The corn
is being supplied from remaining
PMA stocks to meet a critical
human food need in that country
caused by a drastic reduction in
the Venezuelan corn crop.
Bull Is Rescued
After Fall In Well
iMt week ?n 800-pound
ball on Champion Poultry
Farm tore off the covering
from an old well and plunged
to the bottom.
The gentleman cow ?m
very uncomfortable at the
bottom of the 25-foot well but
was little worse for the exper
ience. He was lifted from the
wen by an automobile wreck
er summonsed from North
Wilkesboro.
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Revival Services At
Oakwoods Church
Will Begin Sunday
Revival services will begin
Sunday night, September 7, at
the Oakwoods Baptist church.
The pastor, Rev. Fred Blev
1ns, will be assisted by Rey.
Clate Brown, of North Wilkes
boro, Route 1. Rev. Mr. Brown
Is pastor of Gordon Baptist
church and is a very forceful and
inspiring young speaker. . He
as many friends in the com
munity who Will welcome the op
portunity to' hear him during the
series of revival services.
Services will be held each
morning at 11 o'clock and each
evening at 7:45. There will
be special singing by visiting
quartets and the public is cor
dially Invited to attend.
Souvenirs and New
Products to Feature
Preview At S t o r e
Firestone Dealer Unit Opens
Wednesday;" Many De- I
partments Included
Hundreds of souvenirs will be j
distributed and scores of new,
products for the automobile, ]
home, garden and farm will be!
displayed at the preview open
of the big new Firestone]
gram will begin at 7:00 o'clock
and continue until 9:00 o'clock
Wednesday evening, Sept. 10th.
No merchandise will "be sold at
the preview.
Messrs. Eller, Kilby and
Brown, owners of the store, re
j port that many departments will
I serve motorists throughout this
| section. Tire and recapping ser
vices will be available, and there
will "be powerful batteries which
assure quick starting and spark
plugs which deliver peak service
by utilizing the radium-like rays
tof polonium. Brake lining and
a wide selection of automobile
accessories, including radios and
{heaters, also will be In stock.
J ' Housewives will be keenly in
terested in the variety of radios,
stoves, refrigerators, washing
machines, irons and deep freeze
units which will ibe on display,
along with an extensive line of
housewares. For boys and girls,
there will be bicycles, wagons
and other types of wheel goods
as well as toys and games. A
complete line of recreation sup
plies will attract sportsmen,
young and old.
Farmers will see merchandise
meeting many of their equip
ment needs, ranging from elec
tric fence controllers to hydrau
lic tractor seats. Men who like
to do repair and maintenance
work around the house will see
scores of tools and a large choice
of paints and painting supplies ^
in the new store.
The preview is part of a three-:
day opening program which will
be concluded with the awarding
of merchandise prizes Saturday
afternoon at 4 o'clock. Mr.
Brown announces that everyone
who visits'the store before 4:00
p. m. Saturday will be eligible
for the prizes.
Mr, Brown emphasized that
the new store will stress quality,
and will offer only the finest
merchandise available at popular
prices. He also invites everyone
to ask for free tire and automo-.
bile service advice at the store. |
The new store employs four!
local residents. Mr. Brown, who
has resided in the county since I
1941, was formerly associated
with Central Seryice Station.
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Vannoy Upholstery
Company Has Moved i
Vannoy Upholstery company, |
which has been operating on
Cherry street, has moved to the
Hutchens building on Gordon
Avenue, W. C. Vannoy, owner,
said today. The firm specializes
truck up
Scoutmasters Give
Pjcnic to Troop 35
And Their Parents i
Ivey Moore, Scoutmaster, and
Paul Bum garner, assistant Scout
master of Boy Scout troop 35
gave a picnic at Smoot , Park
Friday for members of the troop
and their parents. About 40 peo
ple enjoyed the hot dogs, ham
burgers, watermelons and cold
drinks. The occasion Was very
much enjoyed by all who attend
ed. ?
$100,000 IN
WETS BONDS
CASHEDHERE
Banks in North Wilkesboro
cashed approximately $100,
OOO worth of terminal leave
bonds for veterans Tuesday
and Wednesday and were still
doing a thriving Business to
day.
The bonds became cashable
according to law on September
1, which was Labor Day and
a bank holiday. Veterans were
standing In line at the Bank
of North Wilkesboro and the
Northwestern Bank before
opening time Tuesday morn
ing.
Both hanks here in the two
days cashed about 445 bonds,
showing the average to be
somewhat over $200 each.
Johnson Funeral Is
Held On Monday
Funeral service was held Mon
day at Mountain View church
for Dewey Berl Johnson, age 19,
who died Friday, August 29,
when he fell under a truck on
highway 268.
He was a son of C. J. (Luma)
Johnson and the late Dorothy
Love Johnson, who preceded him
in death in 1935.
He is survived by his father,
stepmother and the following sis
ters and brothers: Mrs. Esple
Miss Nola Johnson, of Greens
boro; Mr. Carl Johnson, of
Statesvllle; Betty Jean, Gearl
dean, Jimmie, Joan, Douglas,
Jesse, Lee, and Larry at home.
Rev. Noah Hayes and Rev. J.
A. Isenhour conducted the last
rites. The service was attended
by a large crowd.
Active pall-bearers were part
of the crew with whom he work
ed and cousins.
Mrs. Warren Moody was in
charge of the flowers, which
were carried by cousins and
friends.
A Special Term
May Be Called
For West Trial
Hugh West, drugstore clerk In
North Wilkesboro charged with
performing abortion and man
slaughter in connection with the
death of Miss Pearl Jenkins,
Winston-.S'alem, may be tried in
a special term of Wilkes County
Superior Court, according to So
licitor Avalon E. Hall, Yadkin
ville.
Solicitor Hall announced yes
terday he will request a special
term of court for October 20.
He said he will send a letter to
the Wilkes Board of County
Commissioners and ask them to
request Governor' Cherry to call
the special session.
' He sadi, "While this term is
being asked mainly to clear the
criminal docket in Wilkes, the
West case will be on the docket,
and as far ag I know now, it will
be tried on schedule."
Next Session In December
West was indicted by a Wilkes
County grand Jury August 8,
and he was arrested near Ashe
rllle the following day. The case
placed on the Angust docket,
was not brought before the court
before adjournment. The next
criminal court session will not
be held before December.
Miss Jenkins died shortly after
complaining that she needed air,
and stepped out of a car on the
North WilkeOboro highway near
that city. Her male companion
told officers he tried to get her
back in the car but was unable
to do so. He went for help and
found her dead when* he return
ed.
An examination by medical au
thorities later revealed that she
was an expectant mother. The
State will attempt to prove that
Enrollment Is Up
In N. Wilkesboro
Schools This Year
Elementary Enrollment Up
SO, About 25 More High
School Students
Total enrollment in the white
schools of North Wilkesboro yes
terday had reached a total of
925, J. Floyd Woodward, super
intendent, said today. North Wil
keeboro- schools opened Monday.
In the elementary school 667
were enrolled, an increase of 50,
or about eight per cent, over last
year. The high school total yes
terday was 268, about 45 over
last year.
This year physical education
has been added in North Wilkes
boro school as a regular course
of study and is a requirement
for the ninth grade. Howard
Bowers, who is also athletic
coach, is physical education in
structor. First aid is being
taught in a number of classes.
Band practice hour has been
changed to 12:40 to 1:30 p. m.
Clubs and various extra-curri
cula activities will be added this
year as the need becomes ap-:
parent, Superintendent Wood
ward, who is beginning his first
year, said.
The new superintendent in
discussing the school situation
here praised the cooperation
which he said is so evident a
mong students, teachers and
school patrons. He commented
particularly on the splendid
school spirit ? prevailing.
Mrs. Weatherman, 69,
Dies at Home In Cycle
Mrs. Mary Jane (Sis) Weath
erman, 69, died at 2:30 p. m.
Monday at her home at Cycle
after a serious illness of two
weeks. She had been in declin
ing health for the . past year.
Mrs. Weatherman wag born in
Yadkin county and spent her en
tire life iff the county. She was
Swaims Baptist
Tom D. Weatherman; four sons,
Dewey and Virge Weatherman
of High Point, Richard and Ray
mond Weatherman of Cycle; five
daughters, Mrs. Lonnie Swaim,
Mrs. Ollie Wagoner and Mrs.
Mary Whitaker, all of Boonville;
Mrs. Hoyle Vestal of JonesvilJe
and Mrs. Annie Anthony of Cy
dle; 24 grandchildren; one great
grandchild and one sister, Mrs.
Fannie Myers of Winston-Salem.
Funeral services were hel/i at
Swaim's Baptist church at 11 a.
m. Wednesday. Rev. R. L. Speer,
Rev. E. C. Norman, Rev. Clif
ford Larrimore and Rev. Clate
Simmons officiated. Burial was
in the church cemetery.
Marriage License
During the ipast several days
license to wed were issued from
the office of Troy C. Foster,
Wilkes Register of Deeds, to the
following: Eugene Blevins, t>ur
lear, and Ruth Reavis, Reddles
River; Graham (Holibrook, Ab
shers, and Virginia Whitley,
Hays; Hillery Johnson and Mary
Ada Love, 'both of North Wilkes
boro route two; Frank Wells/
Philadelphia, and Etta Latta,
Washington, D. C.; Allie Faw,
Cricket, and China Hendrix,
Hays; Charlie Higglns and Bes
sie Foster, both- of North Wil
kesboro; Richard Eugene Vates
and Audrey Yates, both of Pur
: lear; Hobert Bare, Wagoner, and
j Faye Minton, Wilbar; Floyd A.
I Minton, Lenoir, and A d d i a
' Teague, Wilkesboro; James
Lloyd and Annie Wells, both of
North Wilkesboro,
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5th Sunday Singing
Lewis Fork Church
Successful Event
Blue Ridge Singing convention
(met with Lewis Fork Baptist
church Sunday, August 31st, be
ginning at 1:00 o'clock. Meeting
was opened with congregational
song and prayer by Rev. Clate
Brown. The chairman, T. A. El
1 ler, presided. Registration of
singers was called and those
: taking part in the singing were:
Lewis Fork choir, New Hope
choir, Purlear choir, Arbor Grove
choir. The quartettes were Ready
quartette, Welcome Home, Mil
ler, Jubilee, Lewis Fork Trio,
Libby Jean and Judy Walsh, and
solo by Rev. Noah Beshears. Last
but not least was a guest of
Johnson City, Tenn., Rev. Buch
anhan with his organ.
The meeting closed *ith a
song by the
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