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< Make North Wilkesboro Y&ur Shopping Cantor M, C. A. is rais building fund for the of a modern Y. M . plant. Support it. > j mm Vol. 42, No. 39 •••• :■ *—4 ■ •> ' fc?-a "'*-w5 •' " ggg»& "i-y^ygjaagja^sB^fc^»,'. sjgiS vfr"-*yf»F^p ®r> * "" 'w^K'" ■ The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 41 Years --'|—- ;vF'--- ' fairer- •••■Jjrferi:.-vH*jrll:- *-■ ' J. - -.v, .•-* * ■ ~-———————————■— ■—■ 1 — North Wilketboro has a trading radios of 50 miles, ; serving 100,000 people in|| Northwestern Carolina. 1 ,ii % •n,:i,:iri:Tt:|)ryi; , ' ":7 ' " ' ~" ~~ p^u.^ Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESflORO, H. C- Thursday, Sept. 11, 194 wwmmmmmmmm HOME GROWN WILKES WATERMELONS DEVOURED I ' 7 ■. a The crowd shown here fully enjoyed the watermelon feast giVfen Thursday wcning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd M. Jennings at Pores Knob. Mr.> Jen nings, owner of galley View nursery, gave ample evidence at the feast that water melons can be grown commercially in Wilkes. At the head of the table is Mr. Joinings and R. Don Laws, who recited a clever poem as an "Ode To The Water melon." Also on die program for the gathering were numbers by the Walnut Grove quartet composed of Bentley and Roy Parlier, Plato Hendren and Miss Davis, with Miss Annie Broyhill as accompanist.—(Photo by Stimson). Good Revival At Oak woods Church * 1 Revival services are now in progress at Oak-woods Baptist church, with Rev. Olate Brown and Rev. Fred Blevins, the pas tor, in charge of the services. Everyone is urged to attend the services, which began Sun day evening, September 7. Rev. Mr. Brown lias brought some soul stirring messages that have been an inspiration to all who have had the pleasure of hearing him. There has been a good in terest in the meeting with a number of conversions and re dedications. Services begin each evening at Youth Tried Here For $32 Store Theft William Bill Parsons, 16-year old eon of Mr. and Mrs. E. Par sons, was tried in city court here Monday on charge of break ing into Riverside Grocery, where |32 cash was taken from the cash register. Police Chief j. E. Walker said that entrance to the building was gained through the rear. The youth, who had no oofirt record, was given a sentence of 12 months suspended on condition that the money be re-imbursed. o — Parking Meters Teok In $1,600 In Past Month Imber Of Meters Install' ed Increased To 202; More On Tenth St. Parking meters in North Wll kesboro, Installed several weeks ago, are taking in from $1,500 $1,600 monthly, according to Information received from W. P. Kelly, city clerk and treas The ♦'take" for July was $1, 527.91 and for August was $1, « 09.03. According to the purchase con tract made with the city and a three-fourths of the gross in goes to pay for the meters the Installed price of $54.50. TfjE^ are now 202 meter* in operation In North Wilkesboro. Recently i number were added on Tenth street where meters were originally omitted because of objections by businesses lo cated there. Since parking meters were in stalled in North Wilkesboro and met with little objection on the part of the public, a number of northwestern North Caro towns, including EJ1 kin and Jefferson, have decided to install meters to alleviate Jug conditions. US DIVISION ENGINEER DESCRIBES YADKIN VALLEY FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT; SURVEY WORK STARTS y v ... . .•v.'.- •„ i; » Proposed improvements in the Yadkin-Pee Dee Rivre basin were announced Monday by Colonel G. W. Gillette, CE, Division Engi neer for the Corps of.'Engineers, South Atlantic Division, Atlanta, Georgia, in an address made be fore the N*th Carolina Engi neer Society summer meeting, being held at Asheville, N. C. Colonel John Hughes, District Engineer at Charleston, < South Carolina, who will have chai?^ of the "Ttorpa of^J'ngineers pro gram on "the Yadkin River was introduced to the convention by Colonel Gillette. .Colonel Gillette stated that in 1936 the Flood Control act au" thorized a survey of the Yadkin River from the eastern slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina, 202 miles away, to the mouth of the Uwharie River near Badin, where it be comes the Pee Dee River and continues to the Atlantic Ocean through Winyah Bay, South Car olina. The survey included possible power development and in 1944, after reports had been submitted by the Chief of Engineers and forwarded by the Secretary of War, the Senate Commerce Com mittee presented a comprehensive plan to develop the Yadkin-Pee Dee Basin, including multiple purpose reservoirg Wilkesboro, Tuckertown, Junction, Morven, Greater Blewett and Crumps Ford for flood control and hvdro electric power. The total cost at that time was estimated at about $105, 840,000, with the initial project at Wilkesboro to cost about JlO, 840,000. Considerable local op position to the proposed project was manifested by Congressional representatives and citizens of the area, and Congress rejected the comprehensive plan. Additional hearings resulted in a compromise and in July 14)4 6 Congress authorized the building pf four duns along the Yadkin River for flood control only. The four flood control dams as authorized are to be located at Wilkesboro; at Upper Wilkes boro In the vicinity of Ferguson; on the Reddles River northwest of North WilkesborO; and on the Reddles River in the vicin ity of Mulberry. The ^<JJP* of Engineers has reported that the only practicable method of con trolling floods in the upper wat ers of the Yadkin River Is a sys tem of detention reservoirs on the Yadkin Rivet and its tribu taries above North Wilkesbiro. The estimated first cost to the Federal Government in May 1946 for the construction of these four dams was $7,194,000, with $25,000 required annually for maintenance and operation. The Colonel stated that the Corps of Engineers estimated, that if the mo«ey were appropri ated at one time, the four dams oonld be constructed in about 3 years. The Corps of Engineers has recommended that this de velopment a« the first phase of the development of the river system be developed as a whole. The flat, lowlands along the upper Yadkin River and its trib utaries are flooded frequently. Except for scattered industrial plants, most of them of small capacity, and for the cities of Wilkesboro, North Wilkesboro Elkin and Mount Airy, the area is devoted to farming and lum bering. Most of the industrial establishments at North Wilkes i boro, and many at Elkin, are in the flood plain. The need for the .steep grade* required make location of these plants on high er ground both dangerous and economically infeaslble. Many commercial establishments, resi dences, utilities, highways, bridg es and about 6,500 acres of crop land between Wilkesboro and Donnaha, and the Southern Rail road between North Wilkesboro and Donnaha, are ♦ subject to flooding. The greatest industrial and commercial damages' occur in ur ban communities, bnt large dam-, age is also done to transporta tion and communication'systems, to growing crops, to farm land by sanding and scorning, to ur ban and rural residences, and to other classes of property. The direct damage by the 1940 flood was reported as II,631,700 and the Indirect damage as $621,>000, exclusive of fire losses. All these damages occurred In the reach above Donnaha. The foregoing 1940 damages 'do not Include fire losses due Indirectly to the flood, conservatively estimated at $1,000,000. , Of. the two large Industrial establishments at North Wilkes boro that suffered fire loss, one moved to another locality and the other limited operations to the unburned remainder of the plant. The combined payroll loss was ab>out $325,000 anitaally. The Chief of Engineers has al located an amount of $70,000 for Fiscal Year 1948 for advance planning in connection with pro posed work' on the Yadkin-Pee Dee Rivers. The Engineers plan to complete a definite project re port on Reddies No. 1 and No. 3 during the ftecal year, and construction will be Initiated when funds are provided by Con gress for these first two dams. The work scheduled to be ac complished, will be under the di rection of the Charleston District Corps of Engineers. • ^ o ■ Executive Board Of P.-TJl Meets Executive board of the North Wilkesboro Parent-Teacher As sociation held a meeting yester day with full attendance of members. The board expressed satisfaction with the splendid start, of the North Wilkesboro schools. The annual membership drive will be' conducted during the coming week and full details will be announced in the next few days. It Is expected that the as S Stone Mountain Baptists Group Meet Sept. 26-29 Program For 51 st Annua Session Of Association . js Announced Fifty-first annual session o the Stone Mountain Baptist as sociatlon "will be held - with Hay meadow- Baptist church Friday Saturday and Sunday, Septembei 26, rT and 28, J. A. Gllljam moderator, announced this week The association will oven oi Friday morning with devotional by Rev. Woodroe Wlsbon, Intro ductory sermon by Rev. Watsoi Bryant, organization and ap pointment of committees. The Friday afternoon program wiU be: "Missions," Mrs. W. V. Luff man ; "Hospitals," Mrs. Glenn Dancy; ' "Pastors and Church Relations," Rev. Minter Blevjtas. • Saturday's program will open at ten a. m. with song8 and <de ▼otlonal by Rev Clarence Miller. "Christian Education" will b« the topic tit Mrs. Belya Gregory, with "Temperance" to be dis cussed by Trealy Kilby. C. • C. Gambill's subject will be "Orph anages." On Saturday afternoon Mrs John R. Jones will give the Sunday school report and MrB. J. E. Dejournette will discuss periodicals. W. M. U. will be the topic of Mrs. Wade Barlow. Se lection of time, , place and preach er for the 1948 sessions will be on the Saturday afternoon pro gram. Program for the final session on Sunday will be arrnaged by the PTOgram committee. e —-— 0. C. Bumgarner Grows Big 'Taters O. C. Bumgarner, of North W ilkesboro route one, grows large potatoes. In the spring he planted five peeks of Sequoia potatoes samples, with weights of two pounds for on* and one and three-quarter pounds for the little one. One plant produced 25 po tatoes, with the smallest being larger than a hen egg. j O Hinshaw Baptist Members Asked To Be Present Sunday ,, " ■ ■». All members of Hinshaw street Baptist church are asked to at tend the service Sunday morn ing, at which time building plans will be adopted. Rev. W. 8. Luck, pastor, • will conduct the service and preach at the 11 o'clock hour. • . ' ' , __— o —;—: Miss Doris Tulburt, daughter of Mrs. C. IH. M. Tulburt, of: Millers Creek, N. C., has resign cu U9i yuoiuvu no xuioi Tionvi with, the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina In Hickory, N. C., to enter gradu-< ate School at Scarritt College and the Nashville School of Social Work of " the Vandertyflt Univer sity Center in Nashville, Tenn essee this fall-, She will enter school September 19. New Store Manager C. M. Brown, Jr., is manager of the new Firestone store which had a most successful preview opening on ne corner of Tenth and O streets Wed nesday night. Owners of the new store are Mr. Brown, H. P. (Pat) EUer and Cecil Kil by. A large crowd attended the preview opening and were favorably impressed with the establishment. (See story on Hports page), ' - -> il. i'i .. J MMMMMMUMWMWMIMMtl Heads Polish Relief Hf, O. HMm4 JUuUmj Colonel Henry T. Blair Hob. Hugh Gibson, former Ambassador to Poland, and Honorary Chairman of the Greater New York and New Jersey appeal of American Re lief for Poland, Inc., has an nounced that Ool. Henry T. Blair, economist and business executive of New York has ac cepted chairmanship of the or ganization's coming campaign. Ool. Blair served with distinc tion with the Purchase, Stor age and Traffic Division of the General Staff In Washington, as well as in the Far East in World War I, and in the sec ond World War served with the 1VN Air Force Command In Western Alaska and the Aleutians. Ool. Blair is a brother of Mrs. R. W. Gwjn and W. F. Blair, of this city. Brushy Mountain Baptists to Meet September 23,24 Two-Day Session Will Be Held with Boiling Springs ] Baptist Church ', Seventy-fiourth annual session „» tl. „ Dmi nViw association wilj, be held with Boiling Springs -Baptist church Tuesday and Wednesday, Sep tember 23 and 24, according to announcement by T. E. Story, moderator, and J. F. Jordan, clerk. v Boiling Springs church, is lo cated 12 miles w%st of this city and one mile south of highway 421. Many Baptist leaders will appear on the two-day program, which is as follows: 7:' Tuesday, September 23 10:00 Revotional, Rev. E. C. Hodge. ^10:10 Roll call of churches; recognition of visitors; introduc tion of new pastors; adoption of program; appointment of com mittees; time, place and preach er; nomination of officers; / res olutions; order of business. Christian Education 10:30 Christian Education in the local churches; (1) Sunday [School Report, J. F. Jordan; (2) Baptist Training Union Report, Miss Lunda Hendren; (3). Wom an's Missionary Union Report," Mrs. G. G. Foster. ' 10:45 Discussions. 11:00 Pastoral Education in Association. (1) Conferences and schools report, Rev. A. W- 'Eller. 11:15 Church and Pastoral Relationship, Dr. Avery Church. 11:40 Annual Sermon, R*v. J. G. Huffman. 12:10 Noon hour recess, din ner on grounds. 1:15 Devotional, Dr. John T. Wayland. 1-.25 Christian Education in State and South. Report,-- Miss Mildred Kilby; Discussion, M. H. Kendall. 1:50 Education Through Chris tian Literature. Report, James Triplett; Discussion,. Dr. L. L. Carpenter. Missions 2:10 In the Association, re port, Miss Madge Lewis; In the State, report, Mrs. R. T. Mc Neill; In the Home and Foreign Fieldp, report, Rev. John Wells. • 2:25 Cooperative Program Re port, Rev. W. N. Brookshire; Discussion; M. A. Huggins. Social Service and Civic Righteousness 3:00 Report, J. Allie Hayes; Discussion, 1+ A. Martin. / ; Wednesday, September 24 10:00, Devotional, Rev. L*. T. T ounger. ' K ■Ml i PARK Will BE Friday night will make history lti North Wllkesboro as the open ing of Memorial Park athletic held, located on the old fair grounds. , Unless weather conditions are abnormally bad, the work on the lights will be completed and lights will be on for the game between North Wllkesboro and Sparta. , * Dedication of Memorial Park In honor of all Wilkes war dead is planned in the near future. The park is the result of con tributions mad.; by many people and business firms. Additional funds are needed for grading, fencing and seats, and possibly "a grandstand with dressing rooms in the near future. All who hare not given and are in terested in this great community improvement as a < memorial to .fallen heros are urged to give now. Blair Gwyn is treasurer of the Memorial Park fund. BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN POST OF VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS TO BUILD A LARGE CLUBHOUSE NOW At a very busy meeting of th« local post, V. F. W. Tuesdaj night, it was decided to go a head immediately in the erec tion of a club house. A commit tee of twelve, including . Auxil iary, was named to make plans, and secure a suitable site for the building. Several locations have been offered for this ibuilding, and others are expected. Next Tuesday night this com mittee will meet in the club hall to discuss plans for the building. All citizens, and interested par ties are invited to be present at this meeting, and take part in the discussions. Commander S. L. Whitaker- stated that h® expect ed to <s hold the last meeting of the current year (which ends next March) in the new club building. The local poet is now at an all time high in membership, 10:35 World Relief Report, Rev. W. S. Luck; Discussion, t l(kSO . Hospital Report, Miss Nora McGee; Discussion, Dr. W. K l^lTReport of " the'Nominat ing Committee and the Election of Officers. 11:35 •Sermon, Rev. Charles J. Pool. 12:05 Noon hour recess, din ner on grounds. , 1:15 Devotional, Rev. Clate Brown. 1:25 Report of Committees: 1. Time, place and preacher; 2. Resolutions; 3. ' Order of Busi ness. 1:35 History of the Boiling Springs Baptist Church and Brushy Mountain Baptist Associ ation, Dr. H. G. Duncan. o ; City Commissioners In Regular Session Mayor T. S. Kenerly, Commis sioner^ G. T. Bare, C. J. Swof ford/ J. O. Reins, Max Poster and F. H. Crow, and Clerk W. P. Kelly met in regular meeting September 2 and transacted rou tine matters for the town of North WilkeBboro. Several minor requests were made to the board by various parties but no action was taken. M. L. Hendren was hired as a garbage collector at $1.05 per week, with him furnishing truck and labor. Mr. Hendren will use his own truck, which will be in addition to the city's truck. o Ramblers Signed For Farmers Day Here October 1st Splendid Program Of En tertainment Will Await Farmers Here Oct. 1 The Tennessee Ramblers, pop ular hill billies of radio, stage and screen, will help entertain the crowds expected here for Fanners Day, October 1. The Ramblers were here last year and provided the center of entertainment for the day's fes tivities, ^eluding the street dance at night Thia year the Farmers Day committee of th$ Wilkes Cham ber of Commerce ls planning many entertainment features for the big day, whicfc will also be the opening day of the Wilkes Agricultural fair to be held by the Kiwanis Club., Jdj r -Further announcements relar ,tive to Farmers Day and the fair are expected next week. ■j * V * • .«¥. and a number of applications are being held until the next financial year starts In a few days, In order to save the ap plicants one year's does. The local post stands sixth In percent age of potential membera In the state, and le expecting to go to the top in' 1948. All men with foreign service records, and good character, are urged to get In line with the V. P. W. now. "The nearly^ three million mem bers now In the IT. S. are prov ing to the world that the same men that "met and crushes stub born foes on land, sea and in the air, are just as much united In times of peace, as they were in the bitter days, that Ve all hope will never come again. ,So boys, your V. F. W. invitee you to do your part as well here as you did 'Over There'," • Commander Whitaker said. Wilkes Man Dies From Accident Tuesday Night Otis Armstrong Pardue Kill ed In Crash at Cycle On Highway 421 Otis Armstrong Pardue, a young man of the Ronda com munity, was killed just after midnight Tuesday , night when his car crashed into a service station on highway 421 at the intersection of highway 421 and the Swan Creek-Jonesville road. Mr. Pardue was alleged to have been driving the car, which entered highway 421 from the direction of Swan Creek. The car failed to make the curve in to the highway, crossed the pavement and crashed into Mrs. Bessie Myers' service station. Mr. Pardue died on the way to th* hospital in Elkln. William D. Rumple, ^rho was with him, waa not seriously hurt. Yadkin County Sheriff Inscore conduct ed investigation of the accident. Funeral for Mr. Pardue will be-jbeld Friday, two p. m., at Pleasant Grove Baptist church, with Rev. R. R. Crater in charge of the service. Surviving Mr. Pardue are his father and mother, M. J. \ and! Julia Brftnnon Pardue, and the following brothers and sitters: Thomas Pandue, Qycle; Joseph and Aryil Parduer Ronda; Mrs. Garni© Pruitt and Mrs. Harold Bell, Elkin; Mrs. Kermlt Par due, Cycle; Miss Kate , Perdue, Ronda. Welcome Service For Dr. Wayland Churches of' the Wflkesboroa will unite In a union service*Sun day night, 7:45, at the Pil'st Bap tist church here to welcome Dr. John T. Wayland, dew First Bap tist pastor, to this community. Rev.' Gilbert R. Combs, First Methodist pastor and president of the Ministerial Association, will preside. Rey. Watt M. Coop er, First Presbyterian pastor; Rey. (H. M. Wellman, pastor of Wllkesboro Methodist, and Rey. W. N. Brookshire, Wllkesboro Baptist paBtotf will participate in the service, to which everybody is invited. , Dr. Wayland recently assum ed his duties as First Baptist pastor, coming here from Balti more. He Is widely recognised as an outstanding minister in the o
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