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Dees Y. M. C. A. is rais
ra building fund for the
iction of a modern Y, M
A. plant Support it.
North Wilkesboro has a
trading radius of 60 miles,
serving 100,000 people in
Northwestern Carolina.
The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 41 Years
Pubhshed Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKBSB0R0, N. C., Thursday, Sept. 25, 1947 Make Nerth Wilkesboro Your Sheppinfl Center
WILKES COUNTY BOY FIRST AT STATE FORESTRY CAMP
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Edwin McGee of Purlear was selected as the best Camper at the recently held
State Forestry Camp at the Bladen Lake State Forest near Elizabethtown. As a
reward for being selected the best camper by vote of the boys attending, Edwin
received an Indian Fire Pump. There were forty-nine boyi from all over the State
attending the camp which was held during the last week in August. The boys
were picked on the basis of their interest and of their accomplishments with for
estry projects they had concluded as a project in the 4-H Club or through FFA
clubs. Twenty-five 4-H boys and twenty-five FFA boys were selected to attend
the camp which is held yearly at Singlelary Lake. This year two Wilkes County
boys attended the Camp, Edwin McGee of Purlear and Charlie Blackburn of Ron
da. Edwin seems to have a habit of being selected first in forestry projects as his
thinking project won first prize in the recently conducted Wilkes Chamber of
Commerce Thinning Contest. He is shown above receiving the pump from John
Ford, Farm Forester.
welfare Board
AMI# j
Report Is Given
The Wilkes County Welfare
Board met in regular session in
the Welfare Office in the court
house on Tuesday evening, Sep
tember 2, 1947, at 7:00 p. m.
All three members of the Board,
composed of P. J. Brame, chair- J
man, F. C. Johnson, and C. C.
Sidden; were present. The min-;
utes of the previous meeting!
were read and approved.
The Secretary, Mr. Charles C.
McNeill, advised the Board that
"We were now within a few dol
lars of our monthly allotment on
both OAA and ADC. The Board
was also advised that we had ap
proximately 60 pending OAA ap
plications and 30 ADC applica
tions. The Board expressed some
concern over the possibility of
not having sufficient money to
give assistance to the new appli
cants that might be approved
TCFlng the next several months.
The Board was advised that our
monthly allotment would prob
ably be sufficient to take care
of the new cases and revisions
which would be passed on by the
Board at this meeting."
The Secretary discussed with
the Board the expenditures of
the Department for the month
of August. This report Indicated
a total expenditure for all pur
poses of $19,516.18. A break
down of these figures indicated
that" 771 received OAA in the
amount of $11,974, with an aver
age grant of $15.53 monthly.
208 families received ADC in the
amount of $5,698.00, making an
average monthly payment per
faniljy of $27.95. 37 received aid
to^|e Blind in the amount of
♦ 997.00, giving an average
monthly grant of $26.95. Other
expenditures including medical
care, hospitalization, boarding
home care, and\general assist
ance totaled $847.18.
The remainder at the meeting
was devoted to hearing reports
from the case workers, Mrs. Inez
Bowles, Mrs. Vera Casey, Miss
Corinne Paw,. Miss Clara Ogilvie,
and the Superintendent, who pre- j
sented a number of cases for ap- j
proval, revision, and termina-'
tion. m
Pie Stypper Planned
V' Ferguson School
A pie supper and pretty girl
contest will be held at Ferguson
school on Saturday night, Sep
tember 37t eight o'clock. Every
body Is invited to attend. Pro
ceeds will go for construction of
S new lunchroom for the school.
Asks Cooperation
In Parking Cars At
Game Friday Night
Members of the North "Wilkes
boTo fire department have vol
unteered to assist 1)01106 In park
ing cars at the football game to
be played Friday night, eight
o'clock, between North Wilkes
boro and Spencer at Memorial
Park.
The public is asked to coope
rate In order that the cars may
be parked quickly and in an ord
erly manner.
The two gates to the grounds
will open at 6:45 and all who can
are urged to go early- In order
that all the crowd may be ad
mitted and all the cars can be
parked by game time.
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County Council Home
Demonstration Clubs
To Sponsor Cook Book
The memhers of Wilkes Coun
ty Home Demonstration Clubs
are sponsoring a cook book for
the benefit of the County Council
of Home Demonstration Clubs.
Already a large number of prized
recipes hare been sent in to the
Home Agent's Office in Wilkes
boro by members of the various
clubs in the county.
Mrs. E. R. Eller, President of
the Cricket Club, is chairman of
the advertising program, and the
members of the Cricket Club will
be responsible for selling the
advertisements, which will begin
October 1, and contlnne through
out the month.
Loyalty Day At
First Methodist1
Next Sunday will be observed
as annual Loyalty Day at the
First Methodist Church of North
Wilkesboro. At this service the
budget that Is recommended by
the Board of Stewards for the
Conference year 1947-48 will be
presented to the congregation
and an opportunity given for all
present to make their pledges to
this budget.
The Board of Stewards and
Minister or the church request
that each member of the church
who can possibly do go be present
for the morning worship. They are
anxious that each member of
the church know the plans of
the church for the coming year.
In the afternoon of next Sunday
the members of the Board of
Stewards will call upon those
who found It Impossible to at
tend the morning worship and
secure their pledges.
Support the Y. M. C. A.
Scout Awards In
Court Of Honor
The Court of Honor and Board
of Review of the Wflke8 district
Boy Scoots of America was held
Sept. 18th, with the following
members of the board present:
Paul Osborne, Gordon Finleyf B.
G. Finley and R. M. Brame, Jr.
The Court of Honor was opened
and awards given to the Scouts
present who had previously been'
passed by the Board of Review.
The following Scouts were then
certified by th^ board for the
following advancement:
Troop 35—Second Class, J. W.
Hays, Emmett Elledge, Jerry Mc
Neil.
Firemanshlp Merit Badge,
Clayton Bumgarner, C. L. Wyatt,
E. G. Wyatt, Donnie Pruitt, Cal
vin Hays, Billie Bumgarner, J.
W. Hayes, Emmett Elledge.
Home Repairs: Emmett El
ledge, Billie Bumgarner, Clay
ton Bumgarner, E. G. Wyatt, C.
L. Wyatt. '
Safety Merit Badge: Emmett
Elledge, Donnie Pruitt, J. W.
Hayes, Billie Bumgarner, C. L.
Wyatt.
Life Saving Merit Badge: R. I.
Moore.
Swimming Merit Badge: Bob
by Lee Anderson. %
Troop 34—First-Class: Char
lie Crook.
Second Class: Bobby Wells,
Bobby Poteate.
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Local Pythians at
Begional Meet
The following members of
North Wilkesboro Lodge No. 67
Knights of Pythias attended a
regional meeting of the Grand
Lodge held at Linoolnton, N. C.
last Wednesday, September 17:
J. Q. Adams, A. C. Chamberlain,
Cecil Hauss, Max Foster, Paul
Osborne, R. I. Moore, Clifford
Moore, S. S. Hunt and Russell
Hodges. Messrs. Adams, Hauss,
PV>8ter and Clifford Moore, hav
ing completed the required ser
vice In their local lodge, were
given Grand Lodge honors and
received into membership of the(
Grand Lodge, the other five who j
attended are already members of j
the Grand Lodge. Mr. R. I..
Moore is a member of the Cre-1
dentials Committee and has re- !
celved appointment on the Youth
Committee of the Grand Lodge.
A barbecue luncheon was serv
ed at one thirty after which a
business session was held. Among
the matters of business passed
on was the public ipeaking con
test to be held in early spring.
This contest will be open to all
| high school students regardless
of age and anyone else born aft
er September 1st, 1929. A grand
prize of a one thousand dollar
scholarship and fire two hun
dred and fifty dollar scholarships
will be awarded to six regional
winners plus a free trip to Mil
waukee, Wis. Complete informa
tion on the contest will be given
at a later date.
The local lodge Knights of
Pythias is very active in fratern
al and civic life of North Wilkes
iboro and Wilkes County having
a membership of one hundred
and fifty and meets weekly on
.Monday night at 7:30. Much ac
tivity is being planned for the
fall and winter seasons. Ail
members art urged to attend.
Devotional Programs
By Local Ministers
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Ministers of the Ministerial
Association of the Wilkesbdros
are alternating- In conducting
devotional programs each morn
ing oyer radio stations here.
This week Rev. W. M. Qooper,
First Presbyterian minister, is
conducting the programs over
station WKBC 9:15 to 9:30 a.
m.
Next week Dr. Gilbert R.
Combs will conduct the programs
over, station WILX, 8*30 to 9:00
a. m.
The ministers will alternate
each week and stations will be
alternated each ^ month.
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Brushy Mountain
Baptists In 74th
Session This Week
Two-Day Session Held At
Boiling Springs Baptist
Church; Many Attend
Seventy-fourth annual session
of the Brushy Mountain Baptist
association was held Tuesday and
Wednesday very successfully at
Boiling Springs Baptist church
12 miles west of this city.
With but one exception all 34
churches In the association were
represented at the two-day ses
sion. New Hope church in Cald
well county withdrew to join the
Caldwell association, leaving the
membership at 33 churches.
Moderator T. E. Story was re
elected, along with Clerk J. F.
Jordan. Rev. C. J. Poole was
named vice moderator and Dr.
H. G. Duncan historian. The
nominating committee was com
posed of Rev. W. N: Brookshire,
Hubert Canter and N. C. Church.
The 1948 session will be held
on Tuesday and Wednesday be
fore the fourth Sunday In Sep
tember at Little Rock church.
Dr. John T. Wayland, North Wil
kesboro First Baptist pastor,
waa selected for the introduetorjf
sermon with Rev. A. W. Eller as
alternate. For the sermon on the
second day Rev. John Wells was
named with Rev. W. N. Brook
shire as alternate. The commit
tee making these arrangements
was composed of W. A. Jennings,
Rev. E. C. Hodge and Jim Eller.
Rev. J. G. Huffman delivered
the annual sermon on Tuesday
morning. Other baptist leaders
on the Tuesday program were J.
F. Jordan, Miss Lunda Hendren,
Mrs. G. G. Foster, Rev. A. W.
Eller, Dr. Avery M. Church, Dr.
John T. Wayland, Miss Mildred
Kilby, Claude F. Gaddy, James
Triplett, Dr. L. L. Carpenter,
Miss Madge Lewis, Mrs. R. T.
McNiel, Rev. %ohn Wells, Rev.
W. N. Brookshire, R. M. Hauss.
Rev. A. W. Eller opened the
Wednesday morning session with
devotional and Rev. C. J. Poole
delivered the morning sermon,
i Others on the Wednesday pro
I gram included Charles W. Prof
fit, Rev. T. O. Walton, Rev. W.
S. Luck, Miss Nora McGee, Dr.
W. K. McGee, Rev. Clate Brown
and Dr. H. G. Duncan, who gave
a history of Boiling Springs
church and the association.
Serving on the resolutions
committee for the association
were Rev. W. S. . Luck, Miss
•Florence Miller and Roy Par
sons.
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Mrs. Nancy Brown
Claimed By Death
Funeral service was held Wed
nesday at Rachel church for Mrs.
Nancy Blevins Brown, who died
Monday at her home in that com
munity. Revs. John Burcham
and L. E. Sparks conducted the
last rites.
Mrs. Brown is survived by
three daughters: Mrs. T. O.
Marsh and Miss Sallle Brown,
Winston-Salem, and Mrs. W. M.
Dimmette, of Roaring River; al
so two sisters, Mrs. G. W. Cur
ry, of Traphill, Mrs. Mary Bell,
of West Virginia, and one bro
ther, Eli Blevins, of Hays.
MEMORIAL PARK
WORK GOING ON
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Construction In Memorial Park
this week continued with prepa
ration for erection of football
bleachers and grading of the
baseball infield.
Some of the lumber was do
nated , toward erection of seven
rows of seats to accomodate 1,
600 football fans. However, the
Memorial Park committee found
it necessary to purchase several
thousand feet of lumber, which
must be paid for by contributed
funds.
Jayc©6s Helping Work
Wilkes Junior Chamber of
Commerce has volunteered labor
for erection of the football seats
on the south side of the field.
Rain yesterday delayed opening
of the work, but all materials
had been placed" on the field
awaiting weather conditions suit
able for work. Every effort will
be made to have seating facilities
for the game Friday night be
tween North Wilkesboro and
Spencer.
Work On Baseball Field
On Monday the task of filling
in the baseball infield was be
gun and was near completion
when rain halted the work tem
porarily Wednesday. Local ob
servers are of the opinion that
the baseball field, like the foot
ball field, will be one of the
state's best when completed.
Auxiliary lighting
A system of auxiliary lighting
was installed in the park this
week.x This system will be used
for the convenience of the crowd
before and after the field flood
lighting system is used.
p. A. And Radio Facilities
In addition to the auxiliary
lighting poles were placed for
public address system and wires
for the broadcast of games by
radio station WIL>X.
Will Build Fence
Next development for Memor
ial Park and slated for ear y
constructletf '^111 W'tW^
of a board fence around the com
bination football and baseball
field. When the fence is erected,
fans will find it convenient to
park within the ground and buy
their tickets at box offices in
stead of having to Purchase tick
ets before driving into the park.
Much Already Accomplished
Members of the Memorial Park
committee are pleased with the
development of the park which
has been entirely with donated
funds. At times it has
that little progress was being
made, but much has been ac
complished since the campaign
for the park was started in June,
and much more development is
planned as additional donations
are received.
Baseball Next Year
After erection of the board
fence, the next planned develop
ment will be the construction of
seats or a grandstand for base
ball next year. Meanwhile base
ball enthusiasts are laying Plana
for professional baseball next
summer, either with a major
league team tie-up or on an in
dependent ownership basis.
Dedication Planned
Developed to serve this and
future generations, Memorial
Park will be dedicated soon in
Memory and honor of all Wilkes
men whose lives were lost for
the cause of freedom and justice^
A committee has been assigned
to work out a dedication pro
gram, which will be held at one
of the football games this fall,
probably at the Wilkesboro
North Wilkesboro game on No
vember 14. ■ _
More Contributions Needed
With much work yet to e
done more contributions are
Sid. Bills tor .11 «ork do.,
to date have been taken care of,
but money is needed now for
additional work to make of
park something to which
citizens can point with prWe.
Attention i8 also called to the
fact that the park will benefit
all people of Wilkes county in
furnishing wholesome ^creation
which has been sadly lacking in
* st years. W. Blair Gwyn is
treasurer of the park fund, and
will gladly accept your contribu
tion.
Thos. David Hall
Funeral Tuesday
Last rites were held Tuesday
at the family cemetery *tDwby
for Thomas David Hall, 8 y
„u citizen -no died SMdW
Mr. Hill l» aurrlYfld by the lol
lowlas .«»•
r C Simmons, Nortn wiikbb
Mr., t. V. Trtplett, pe»
Mr. T. F. W.UO. •»« R
(j. Hall, I*!* of Dirtr
Parking Meters To ;
Be In Effect Entire
Day Wednesdays
Stores will lie open all day on
Wednesday here, beginning Oc
tober 1, which will also be the
annual Farmers' Day celebration.
The police department calls
attention to the fact that parking
meters will be 'in effect on Wed
nesday afternoon, October l*r and
all day on Wednesdays thereaft
er. No charge was made for Wed
nesday afternoon parking while
the stores were closed.
FWBALL!
Friday, eight p. m., at
Memorial Park: North Wil
kesboro Mountain Lions
versus Spencer; gates open
6:45 p. m.; radio broadcast
over station WILX.
Friday, two p. m., Wil
kesboro field; Wilkesboro
Ramblers versus Cleveland.
T. P. A. POST
REORGANIZED
At a dinner meeting held
Tuesday night at White Pine
Farm post L of the Travelers
Protective Association was re
organized.
C. O. McNiel was named presi
dent; J. B. McCoy, vice presi
dent; and Watson Brame, secre
tary-treasurer.
A membership campaign is
planned in this community in
the near future. The present
membership of the post is now
State officials attending the
meeting Tuesday night were J.
R. Teague, of Henderson, state
president; and Thomas R. Yates,
of Winston-Salem, state secre
tary.
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Goshen Baptist Will
Call Pastor Sept. 28
All members of Goshen Bap
tist church are urged to be
present Sunday night, Sept. 28,
at 7:30 d. m. The purpose of
this meeting is to call a pastor
for the coming year. A special
program will be arranged.
Crowds Expected
for Farmers' Day
AndWHkesFiir
Many Entertaining Pro
grams And Excellent
Exhibits Lined Up
Large crowds are expected in
North Wilkesboro for the an
nual Farmers' Day celebration
Wednesday, October 1, and the
Wilkes Agricultural Pair to be
gin with Farmers' Day and con
tinue through Saturday, October
4.
For Farmers' Day top-notch
entertainers have been secured
for the two showg to be present
ed 'On a stage on Ninth street at
1:30 and 3:80 p. m.
The Tennessee Ramblers will
be back again and this year will
have as their Special guest star
Little Miss Bobby Nell Cooper,
sii-year-old star of screen, radio
and stage. Bobby Nell and her
mother, Mrs. Howard Cooper, of
Hollywood, are now vacationing
at 'PuTlear with Bobby Nell's
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R.
Dixon Cooper.
Also on the show program will
be Officer Pressley's show with
highly trained dogs. This show
is put on as a safety feature and
hag been acclaimed at many
places as a wonderful perform
ance.
Farmers' Day program will be
continued at the Wilkes Agricul
tural f*air on Wednesday night,
7:30, when the Tennessee Ramb
lers will perform at the fair at
the horse show grounds. Plans
are being made to accomodate a
great array of exhibits at the
fair, which will be sponsored by
the North Wilkesboro Kiwanis
club. Williams shows and rides
will be on the midway.
There will be a change of pro
gram each day for the fair, which
will end with a horse show on
Saturday afternoon and night.
As an added feature of the
horse show, Actress Bobby Nell
Cooper will ride a pony in the
fXrtty show.
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Remodeling Now At
Cosh Fertilizer And
Seed Store In City
Remodeling is now under way
at Cash Fertilizer and Seed
Store, which is located on A
street and operated by Glenn
Greene.
The remodeling includes a
new front to the building. The
new front will have plate glass
windows, new doors and loading
platform and will add much to
appearance of this well known
store.
MANY ATTEND F.-T/A. MEETING H ERE
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Thi* picture shows a few of the many who attend
ed the Parent-Teacher association meeting held Thurs
day night at North Wilkesboro school. In the fore
ground is Mrs. Staton Melver and the others in the
picture include Mrs. Weaver Starr, Mrs. Emma Day,
Mrs. Palmer Horton, Mrs. Buren Yates, Mrs. Gordon
Forester, Mrs. J. B. Carter, Mrs. Lewis Vickery and Miss
Ruby Dancy. The meeting was one of the most suc
cessful ever held here and a new record in attend
ance was set for an opening meeting.—(Photo by Lane
Atkinson, Jr.)