NORTH W1LKESB0RQ, N. C., Monday, Sept. 29, 1947
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Vol. 42, No. 44
The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 41 Years
Published Mondays and Thursdays
North Wilkesboro has
trading radius of 60 mil
serving 100,000 people
Northwestern Carolina.
Make North Wilkesboro Your Shoooina Center
FARMERS' DAY FEATURE WEDNESDAY
Here Is a scene from Officer Pressley's safety show;
which will be shown here Wednesday afternoon,
Farmers' Day, under auspices of the North Carolina
State Automobile Association. In addition, the show
j will be in schools of Wilkes this week on the follow
ing schedule: today, Wilkesboro and North Wilkes
boro; Tuesday, nine a. m. at Ferguson, 10:30 at Mount
Pleasant and 1:30 at Millers Creek; Thursday, nine
•r m. at Roaring Ri*er, 10:30 at Ronda and 1:30 at
Traphill; Friday, nine a. m. at Mulberry, 10:30 at
Mountain View and 1:30 at Lincoln Heights.
Masons Of 33rd
District Gather
Here On Friday
Grand Master And Grand
Secretary Speakers At
Successful Meeting
Masons of the 3 3rd North Car
olina district held a very suc
cessful meeting In North Wilfees
boro Friday - afternoon and eve
ning.
In the afternoon officers of the
various lodges in the district
met in conference with Luther
T. Hartsell, Jr., of Concord,
grand master, and W. L. Mclver,
of Sanford, grand secretary.
The dinner meeting, which
was attended by about 90 Ma
ijtons, was held at Carolina Res
taurant. Johnson Sanders, dis
trict deputy grand master, pre
sided and invocation was by Dr.
John T. Wayland.
Grand Master Hartsell was the
feature speaker and brought a
most inspiring message. The ga
thering was representative of all
lodges in trite district.
The GranA Master received
honorary membership certificates
from Liberty, North Wilkesboro,
Mount Pleasant and Ashlar lodg
es. These, along with an honor
ary membership certificate from
Liberty lodge to Mack Proffit,
were presented by District Depu
ty Grand Master Senders. Maur
ice Walsh, of the North Wilkes
boro lodge, presented an honor
ary membership to Mr. Sanders
anAto the Grand Secretary.
Tne meeting was considered
one of the most successful held
in the district in several years.
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Jenrette Begins
As Secretary Of
| Wilkes C. of C.
Tom S. Jenrette, formerly of
Roanoke, Va., today began his
duties as secretary-manager of
Wilkes Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. jenrette, who was recre
divislon, manager for the
f Roanoke, comes' here
recommended. Here he
ds Forrest Jones, -jrho re
from the Chamber of
urea position to be eo-man
nr of the new poultry process
g plant which will be operated
March Dean Lowe
Rites Wednesday
March Dean Lowe, 67, tiled on
his birthday, Monday, St pt. 22nd,
9 o'clock p. In., at his home in
Alexander county of a heart at
tack after an illness of fouy
hours.
Mr. Lowe was a prominent Ap
ple • grower and owned the Dean
Lo^fe Apple Orchards. He was
a son of the late Benjamin and
Nan Matney Lowe.
Services were held Wednesday,
11 o'clock at Mt. Olive Baptist
church where he was a member.
Officiating minister was Rev. E.
V. Bumgarner, assisted by Rev.
A. E. Watts.
Surviving are his widow, who
before marriage was Miss Lelair
Etta LawB, 7 sons, Tilla of New
Bern, N. C.; Howard, L. B. and
Frank of Alexander County; Mi
las, Henry and Toy of Wilkes
County; 3 daughters, Mrs. Clar
ence Bentley, and Mrs. Irvin
Deal, of Alexander County, and
Miss Chancie Lowe, at home; 3
brothers, Rom of Wilkes county,
Dock and Parks of Alexander
county, and one sister, Mrs. J.
C. Joines, of Wilkes county.
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Football Game Here
On Saturday Night
Wilkesboro high school to
day filled their open date this
week by arranging a game to
be played Saturday night,
eight o'clock, against Jones
ville. The game will he at Me
morial Park in North Wilkes
boro.
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Fire Alarm Sunday
North Wilkesboro fire depart
ment was called Sunday morning
to the home of Mrs. Mable Lot
tes, where an oil stove fire was
out of control. The flam* was
extinguished by use of chemicals
and considerable damage was
done by the fire to part of the
residence.
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Many From Wilkes
At Football Games
Scores of football fans from
the Wilkesboros and other points
In Wilkes attended the football
games at Chapel Hill and Duke
University Saturday afternoon.
Carolina defeated Georgle 14 to
7 at Chapel Hill and Duke won
over N. C. State 7 to 0.
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Excellent Talent
Lined Up For Big
Day Wednesday
Tennessee Ramblers, Screen
t Actress and Pressley's
Famous Dog Show
Wednesday, October 1, will
be the second annual Farmers'
Day here under sponsorship of
the Trade Promotion committee
of the Wilkes Chamber of Com
merce.
It will be a day of entertain
ment for farmers and other visi
tors in appreciation for their
business, patronage and coopera
tion.
And the two -big shows loaded
with top talent will be free to
all.
The shows will be presented at
1:30 and 3:f0 p. m. on a stage to
be erected on Ninth street near
Main street.
Officer Pressley's safety show
under sponsorship of the North
Carolina State Automobile As
sociation will be the first fea
ture. This show features highly
trained dogs and has entertain
ed thousands at many points in
the state.
The Tennessee Ramblers,
stage, radio and screen perform
ers, need no introduction. They
are always good, and this time
they will have as their special
guest star 'Six-Year-Old Bobby
Nell Cooper, screen actress di
rect from Hollywood and who is
currently visiting her grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. Dixon
Cooper, at Purlear.
Farmers' Day will continue at
opening night of the Wilkes
Agricultural Fair at the horse
show grounds. The Tennessee
Ramblers will have a special
show for the fair performance
at 7:30.
Everybody is invited to North
Wilkesboro Wednesday for a big
day of entertainment, which will
be free to all, and merchants
throughout the Wilkesboros will
have special values to make your
visit profitable.
Patrons' Night Is
Successful Event
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Patrons Enjoy Being On
Program Broadcast Over
Radio Thursday
Patrons' Night at Wilkesboro
school Thursday night was a very
successful event with a large
crowd of patrons from all parte
of the large district attending.
William T. Long, district prin
cipal, was master of ceremonies
and welcomed the crowd. He ex
plained that the purpose of the
meeting was to make the school
a more vital force In the com
munity by acquainting patrons
with school activities.
Charles E. Jarvis, vocational
agricultural teacher, made an
interesting talk on agriculture,
which .was followed by a quiz
program conducted by Zeb Dick
son, of the high school faculty.
Thla and other features were
broadcast over radio station
WILX and many, enjoyed the
program who could not be pres
ent.
Those taking part on the pro
gram included Allie Hayes, Lar
ry Moore, R. Don Laws, Jr.,
Oeorge Stroud, Mrs. Marie Pen
nell, Page Choate, Mrs. Oma Mc
Laln, Mrs. Waddell, Mrs. R. E.
Craig, Mrs. Perry Lowe.
Robert Gamblll made a splen
did talk on "School Morale" and
Eddie Adelman, coach and physi
cal edncatlon Instructor, told of
health and physical education
courses In the school. Other talks
were made by C. B. Eiler, county
superintendent of schools, Allle
Hayes and Larry Moore.
Announcements will appear
later relative to the next In a
series of Patrons' Night pro
grams, which will be broadcast
over station WILX.
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Revival services will begin
Sunday, October 5, at Shady
Grove Baptist church. The pas
tor, Rev. L. T. Younger, will be
assisted by Rev. Grady White,
of Statesvllle. Everybody is In
vited to the services.
Addresses Kiwanis
SENATOR WM. B. UMSTEAD
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Senator Umstead |
SpeaksOnSubject
World Conditions
Address Before Kiwanis
Club Here Friday Well
Received by Members
The stability of the American
business system muBt be main
tained against the continued rise
in the cost of living which "has
bjpcome more dangerous every
stead told the North Wilkegboro
Kiwanis Club here Friday.
Soaring prices are "danger sig
nals" of inflation which mast
be heeded by industry, agricul
ture, labor, the public and the
government, he emphasized, if a
continuation of the upward spir
al of living costs is to be halted.
"The American industrial sys
tem has provided our nation with
the highest standard of living in
the world» provided the materials
to win the recent world conflict
and must remain strong if Amer
ica continues its role of world
leader in peace," UmBtead said.
The rapidity of the present in
flationary rise in the cost of liv
ing must not frighten citizens
into thinking that a business
collapse is inevitable, he assert
ed. ''However, the continuing
rise in the cost of the necessi
ties of life has reached a critical
point. All classes of people, es
pecially those in the lower income
bracket and fixed salary group
are burdened to the point where
food costs are alarming."
These are difficult time# he
said, they are not only so eco
nomically, but morally and spir
itually.
He pointed out that baBiness
must continue to be good if we
are to have sufficient govern
mental income to meet the great
ly increased governmental pro
cedures that have come about on
account of the recent war and
the aftermath that is following
it. There are good reasons why
it should continne to be good.
The greatest building program
in our history is now under way
and will continue unless the in
terruptions are too great. Prices
are too high and, if continued will
lead to a situation that will be
threatennig. Inflation not only
threatens us here but the nations
abroad.
The Senator impressed his au
dience. as being capable and able.
John Walker was program
chairman and J. C. Reins pre
sented Senator Umstead.
It was announced that Kiwan
ians would be served luncheon
Friday of this week at Wilkes
Implement company building
near the horse show grounds,
where the agricultural fair will
be in progress Friday under spon
sorship of the club.
Quests Friday were: Rev. W.
N. Brookshire had O. K. Whlt
tington; G. B. BUer had Claade
Gaddy, of Raleigh; J. G. Reins
had Mack Gilreath, of West
Virginia and Eddie Spruill; J. R.
Prevette had J. Gordon Hackett;
J. B. Justice had Hadley Hayes;
E. F. Gardner had Ctoas. WesUg;
J. B. McCoy had John Hall;
John Walker had Senator Wm.
B. Umstead, speaker.
PRESBYTERIANS TO
BUILD DURING 1948
Officers of the First Presby
terian church voted last £undaj
to proceed immediately with the
completion of a finance campaign
i to raise sixty thousand dollars
for the construction of the
(church sanctuary pictured above,
i More than one half of this a
mount, or thirty-two thousand
dollars, is already in hand and
an all-out effort will be made to
secure the remainder by January
1st. C. F. Adamson was elected
Chairman of the Building Fund
Campaign.
Construction on the new church
is expected to begin on April 1st.
A. A. Cashion, elder in the
church, will act as supervisor ol
the construction work. The build
ing is to be of native stone ol
the same type as the present Sun
day school building and when
finished will be a beautiful Goth
ic structure seating approximate
PROGRAM
FARMERS'
DAY HERE
1:30—Show on stage on
Ninth street near inter
section Main street, fea
turing outstanding talent,
including Tennessee
' Ramblers, Bobby Nell
Cooper, screen actress,
and Walter Pressley's
famous trained dog show
under 'auspices North
Carolina State Automo
bile Association.
3:30—Second perform
ance of above show at
same location.
7:30—T ennessee
Ramblers show and other
features at Wilkes Agri
cultural Fair to be h^ld at
Horse Show grounds; ex
hibits on display, Wil
liams rides and shows on*
midway.
All day Wednesday—
Outstanding F a r m e r s'
Day values at stores
throughout the Wilkes
boros. ,
ly four hundred people. R. R.
Markley, of Durham, 1b the aVchi
tect.
The proposed building is the
second part of a two unit build
ing program begun here several
j years ago. The Sunday school
building, built in 1940, was com
pletely furnished and paid for
within a three year period. It 1b
one of the most adequately plann
ed and best equipped buildings
of its kind in the state. It is ex
pected that by the time the pro
posed church sanctuary is com
pleted that the money to pay for
it will be in hand nad that the
building will be dedicated soon
after it is finished. The members
of the Building Committee are
as follows: E. G. Finley, Chair
man, C. D. Coffey, Jr., A. G. Fin
ley, W, B. Gwyn and A. A. Cash
ion.
World Series To Be
Broadcast By WILX
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The "World Series Baseball
games between the Yankees and
Dodgers Will start over WI'LX
Tuesday, September 30th, at
1:15 p. m. This program will be
broadcast through the FM re
ceiving facilities of WILX from
the Mutual Broadcasting Com
pany. "WILX will take the entire
series.
WILX will broadcast the Army
football games each Saturday at
1:45, except Saturday, October
4th at which/ time the World Se
ries will be broadcast. j
Home Demonstration
Schedule For a Week
Thursday, October 2—Pleas
ant Ridge Cluh; place of meet
ing, Mrs. Sallie Norman; 2 o'
clock. '
Friday, October 3—CUngman
Club; place of meeting, Mrs.
"Woodrow Mathls; 2" o'clock.
Monday, October 6—TTSDA
Council Meeting; County Agent's
Office; 1:30 o'clock.
Tuesday, October 7 —«Fair
plains Club; place of meeting,
Mara. Stamey Hayes; 1:30 o'
clock.
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Wilkes Fair Will
Have Features To
Please Everybody
Large Crowds Expected For
Four-Day Event Sponsor
l ed By Kiwanis Club
The Wilkes Agricultural Pair
will make its debut Wednesday,
October 1, and will continue
through Saturday, October 4, at
the horse show grounds located
near the Highway Division gar
age just outside of this city on
highway 116.
The North Wilkes bo ro Kiwan
is Club is sponsor of the event to
encourage production of quality
products from farm, home and
orchard and many cash prizes
will be given.
On The Midway
Williams Rides and shows
will feature varied entertain
ment on a midway and the mid
way will open Tuesday, continu
ing all week with many thrilling
rides and shows.
Ramblers To Show
Exhibits will be placed and
judged Wednesday morning and
the thousands of visitors expect
ed Wednesday night may view
results of the judging. The Ten
nessee Ramblers will feature the
grandstand show at 7:30 p. m.
Wednesday as a follow-up of the
Farmers' Day celebration here
Wednesday.
Another Big Day
Thursday will be colored school
children's day with all colored
On Thursday night there will'
be a varied program for every
body "and colored £bople will
provide a most entertaining show
in front of the grandstand.
Musical Contests Friday
Friday will be school chil
dren's day with all white school
children to be admitted free un
til four p. m. Prizes will be a
wanded for farm displays at 7:30
p. m. and the old time fiddlers
convention and singing contest
will get under way. There will
be prizes for best string band,
quartet, family group, fiddlers
and other musicians. To enter
notify G. Sam Winters, box 611,
North Wilkesboro.
Dog Show Saturday
The dog show Saturday morn
ing should attract many sports
men and numerous entries of
beagles, hounds, bird dogs, pret
ty dogs and ugly dogB are ex
pected. The dog show will be at
ten a. m.
Hone Show Planned
At two p. m. Saturday will be
the horse show for horses, mules,
steers and all types of work
' stock will be shown.
At 7:30 p. m. Saturday will
be the horse sliow for local hors
es, with many classes of entries,
including a pony show. As an
added feature Bobby Nell Cooper,
pretty 6-year-old screen actress
from Hollywood, will ride ia pony
-in the show.
Meet your friends this week
at the Wilkes Agricultural Fair.
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Junior Order In
District Meeting;
Wednesday Night
Seventh district of Jr. O. U.
A. M. held a successful meeting
with the North Wllkesboro coun
cil Wednesday night. •
Waiter Orisseman, of High
Point, state councilor, and For
rest G. Shearin, of Scotland
Neck, state secretary, were hon
or guests and speakers for the
meeting.
In addition to routine business,
the state officials discussed with
Junior Order leaders, a member
ship drive to be put on through
out the state In the near future.
There are nine councils in the
seventh district, which 1b com
posed of Wilkes, Ashe, Allegh
any, Surry and Tadkin counties.
Meat production' under Feder
al inspection for the week end
ed August 30 totaled 268 million
pounds, according to the U. S.
Department of Agriculture.
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