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The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of^
Vol. 42, No. 50
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Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WIUESBI
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>tate of Wilkes" For Over 41 Years
North Wilkesboro has a
trading radios of 60 miles,
serving 100,000 people in
Northwestern Carolina.
Make North Wilkesboro Your Stopping Center
Forestry Exhibit
By Wilkes 4-H Is
Tops State Fair
Wilkes Boy* Arrange Exhibit
Which Takes First
Place In The State >
A year of progress in farming
[ and homemaking in North Carolina
as recommended by the varI
Ions phases of the State College
Agricultural Extension Service
*ag portrayed at this year's
State Fair through exhibits entered
by the State's home demonstration
club women, 4-H
Club members, and farmers.
Capturing top honors and a
prise of $150 in the 4-H Club exhibits
staged by the boys was
the Forestry exhibit set up by
Wilkes County. Second place in
this group with a prize of $140
went to Sampson county. ChowFan
county won third place, $130;
(^fecklenburg, fourth, $120; Banfifth,
$110; and Chatsixth,
$110.
me demonstration club
■Women from six counties were aIwarded
$930 in prize money for
■ the interesting exhibits they
■ staged. Counties which were repI
resented in these exhibits and
(the names of the exhibits are:
■ Sampson, Foods and Nutrition;
I Forsyth, Food Conservation; New
I Hanover, Clothing: Cherokee.
■Housing; Richmond, Family Reflations;
and Halifax, Arts and
I Crafts.
Blue ribbon honor8 in the 4-H
■ clothing individual entry contest
■ were captured by Hazel Oarris of
EPitt county; Margaret Putnam,
Gaston; Mary Alice Tesh, Davidson;
and Mary Jo Willis, Cleveland.
Each blue ribbon winner
received $25. Four red ribbon
winners receive^ $15 each, and
the two white ribbon winners
received $ 8 each.
LOCALS
Mr. J. 6. Hackett, who has
been very active in promoting
mental in securing an apple .research
station on the Brushies,
recently sent to Governor Cherry
a box of Delicious apples from
a Brushy Mountain Orchard. In
[ a letter of thanks to Mr. Hackett
last week Governor Cherry
praised the apples highly.
C y r a Morehouse Kuhlmey
, gladdened her grandparents and
kinfolk on the Brushies by presenting
the family with a second
daughter, Anne, on October 9th,
at her new home in a suburb of
Chicago. Her father, Andrew
Morehouse, is enjoying a sixmonths'
vacation (or sabatical
year) from his classes in French
at Yale by browsing about the
Chicago libraries and incidentally
living with his daughter. He
and his lady plan to return to
Tale in February via Oakwoods.
Andrew is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. H. Morehouse of the
Brushies.—Reported.
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tain Interrupts
Stock Car Race;
Be Hejd Nov. 9
A heavy rain forced postponement
of the 110-lap championship
stock car. races here Sunday
after three preliminary heat
events had been raced.
Bill France, promoter, announced
that the championship
races, with $2,000 in prize money,
would be held here Sunday,
November 9.
Red Byron of Atlanta won the
first heat with Fonty Flock, also
of Atlanta, second. Jack Etherigge
of Atlanta captured the
ntwd heat, driving home ahead
of Fred Mahon of Greenville, S.
C. Glenn Dunaway of Charlotte
won the third heat with Jack
Smith of Atlanta second.
The rain came after the third
heat race and officials postponed
the show. —
Supplies of sugar allocated for
United States consumption in
1947 as of June, 1947 provided
for about 92 pounds of refined
sugar per person, 4 pounds less
than the 1935-39 average but almost
one-fourth more than last
^eer.
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Sugar production In the TJnltStates
and principal areas supt&big
tills country totaled over
l9*t> million tons for the 194847
crop year, largely because of
the sharp Increase in the Cuban
crop to 6.4 million tons in 1947,
up almost 2 million tons from
1946. 1
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SAFE CRACKERS
GET *500; LEAVE
BIGGER AMOUNT
Safe robbers burst a safe
Friday night at Gaddy Motor
company offices in this city
and made away with approximately
9500 in cash.
Bnt the robbers failed to get
amount of cash which |
was in another part of the office
safe.
Entrance to the building
was gained through a window.
The condition of the safe indicated
that it had been split
open with hammers, chisels or
October Welfare
Board Meeting
Talks Finances
The Wilkes County Welfare
board met in regular session on
Friday evening, October 3, at
7:00 p. m., with all three members
of the board, composed of P.
J. Brame, chairman, and F. C.
Johnson, and C. C. Sldden, were
present. The minutes of the previous
meeting were read and approved.
Charles C. McNeill, secretary,
advised the Board that the county
is now using all of allotment
for old age assistance; In Jtact,
the expenditures for October
would slightly exceed the monthly
allotment. A letter which had
been received from R. Eugene
Brown, relative to old age assistance
allotment, was read to
the board. This letter indicated
that the State Office would be
able to increase Wilkes' old age
assistance allotment by $320
monthly, providing the county
would put up $60 a month for
the remainder of this fiscal yaar.
The Welfare board
that the matter be diseoBMH
ers ana expressed the hope that
the additional county money
would be made available.
Mr. McNeill also discussed
With the Board a letter which
had been received from Mr.
Brown relative to the administrative
allotment which had been
made to pay office rent. This letter
indicated that the welfare department
would be given an additional
thirty days in which to
find suitable office space outside
the courthouse. In case this
is not successful, it was understood
tiiat this money for this
purpose would be withdrawn.
Mr. McNeill discussed with the
Bbard the possibility of thirf
money being used to purchase
some office equipment, particularly
a dictaphone. The board was
advised that at the present time
one of the case workers was doing
her own typing, <fue to the
fact that two stenographers were
unable to do all of the stenographic
work. It was agreed that
the secretary would take this
matter up with the state office
to find out if it would be possible
to use the money for this purpose.
Due to the fact that the department
is now , overspending
old age assistance allotment and
within a few dollars of aid to
dependent children allotment,
the board decided not to approve
any increases in grant at this
meeting, although Mr. McNeill
had recommended to the board
that they proceed to approve the
increases with the understanding
that they would be held until
money was made available.
Mr. McNeill gave the Welfare
board figures on the expenditures
for the mont^h of September
for the department expenditures:
$12,135.00 was given to 790 old
age assistance recipients, making
an average payment of $15.36;
$5,662.00 was given to 208 aid
to dependent children families
giving an average monthly payment
per family -of $27.22. 37
had received aid to the blind in
the amount of $1,000.00 giving
an average monthly payment of
$27.00. Other expenditures including
medical care, hospitalization,
boarding home care, and
general assistance amounted to
$1,004.69.
Mr. McNeill advised the board
that Dr. Ellen Winston, Commissioner
of Public Welfare,
planned to visit the office on
Saturday, October 11, 1947, at
8:30 a. m. The board members
were> requested to be present for
Dr. Winston's visit at which time
they would have an opportunity
of discussing any of the work
pertaining to the welfare program.
other objects.
Content to get what cash
was in sight, the thieves took
a box of cash immediately visible
when one side of the safe
front was opened bat left a
larger amount in the other
side of the safe.
Sheriff O. O. Poindezter and
other officers Investigated the
robbery but today no developments
were reported In the Investigation,
which is still
under way.
Miss Tulburt Takes
Christian Service
Training at Scarritt
Miss Dorlg Tulburt, daughter
of Mrs. C. H. M. Tulburt, of
Millers Creek, North Carolina,
has enrolled for advanced training
at Scarritt College, according
to an announcement received
from President Hugh C.
Stuntz. Before coming to Scarrittt,
Miss Tulburt was a case
worker for the Wilkes County
Welfare Department, Wilkesboro,
North Carolina. She received her
bachelor's degree from Mereditih
College, Raleigh, North Carolina,
and is taking graduate wojrk
at Scarritt in preparation for fulltime
Christian service.
Scarritt College, located in the
University Center in Washville,
Tennessee, is an accredited sen-,
ior college and graduate school
providing specialized training for
careers of Christian service. Missionaries
on furlough and foreign
students from all over the world
give the campus an international
atmosphere which is of educational
significance. Graduates of
Scarritt serve as: directors of religious
education, home and
e 1 g n missionaries,
tian leadership.
Quail Season Is
Extended Month
Extension of the closing date
of the quail and rabbit- season
in the western part of the State
and of the ruffed grouse season
was adopted by the North Carolina
Wildlife Resources Commission
after a public hearing in
Asheville last week.
Twenty-three counties are affected
by the change in the quail
and rabbit season. Originally
scheduled to close on January 1,
the open period for quail and
rabbit now will run through January
31. The change makes the
length of the season for these
species uniform throughout the
entire State — November 27
through January 31.
Counties affected by the
change ace Alleghany, Wilkes,
Caldwell, Burke, Rutherford,
Polk, McDowell, Avery, Watauga,
Ashe, Mitchell, Yancey, Buncombe,
Henderson, Madison, Haywood,
Transylvania, Jackson,
Macon, Clay, Swain, Graham,
and Cherokee.
The grouse season, originally
set for November 27 through
January 1, also was extended to
[January 31.
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Wilkesboro Gym
Gift Total Is Now
Sum$13,667.74
In a complete report of receipts
and disbursements of the
Wilkesboro gymnasium fund as
published in The Journal-Patriot
Thursday the total receipts for
the fund were listed at $18',667.74,
when the figure should
have been $13,667.74. The mistake
was due to a typographical
error.
The gymnasium fund campaign
has been renewed because
of Increased building costs and
all contributions will be appreciated
by the school and building
committee. Meanwhile, work on
the epacious gymnasium is progressing.
The remainder of the meeting
was devote^ to hearing reports
from the case workers, Mrs. Ines
Bowles, Mrs. Vera Casey, Miss
Corlnne Faw, Miss Clara Ogilvie,
and (he superintendent, who
presented a number of cases for
acceptance, revision, termination,
and rejection.
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Under a ■:
in the N«rj
school an .
has been eBj
who make
and who hi
duct grade^
Principal
announced t
first period
Esther Lee
Mary Johni
Betty Joe 3
tian and D.
Miss Addle i
economist of 9
pany, gave the |
Lions club a |
talk and demoi
subject of "Ho!
the club meetlni
at Hotel Wilkes
The program
Boyd Stout, wh
Paul Greene, ^
gent Mrs. Greet
Malone. !f
Miss Malc^l
many types of
shades and exs
and bad featur
stated that mm
homes is inad<
25 per cent of
dents are near-#)
eye strain
quate and impri
Tom S. Jen:
manager of tn'
of Commerce, y
the club and it
that attractive Lions Bignl had
been erected at all highway entrances
to North Wllkesboro.
Col; Tex Raisen, of Santa
Monica, California, was the guest
of Edward S. Blnley at the meeting.
Pie Supper 24th
Clingman School
Cllngman Home Demonstration
club will be sponsor of a
pie supper at Cllngman school
Friday, October 24, seven p. m.
Proceeds will go to the school
lunchroom fund and everybody is
invited.
Martha Jane Crabb
Claimed By Death
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Funeral service was held Fri1
day at Roaring River Primitive
Baptist church for Martha Jane
Crabb, 8 2-year-old resident of
the Traphill community who died
Wednesday. Rev. Glenn Royal
and Rev. Grant Oothren conducted
the last rites. Only surviving
member of the deceased's family
is one sister, Mrs. Sarah
Crabb, of Danville, Va.
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Shady Grove Has
Old Time Revival
ShWy Grove Baptist . church
closed an old time revival Sunday.
Rev. G. D. White did the
preaching. Rev. L. T. Younger,
pastor, baptized seven yonng
men and 10 young ladies into the
church Sunday. The church experienced
a great revival.
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Ramblers to Play
Mills Home Here
Only Home Game Of The
Week WIN Be Here On
Thursday Night
Wilkesboro high school's
Ramblers, happy over their 12 to
0 victory over a big and fast
Boonvllle team here Thursday
night, will try to remain in the
undefeated class when they play
Mills Home team from Thomasville
at Memorial Park Thursday
night, eight o'clock.
Mills Home, the Baptist orphanage
team, has been improving
and will give the Ramblers a
hard battle here. Gates to the
park will open at seven o'clock.
North Wilkesboro will play
«t EHkin Friday night.
I AMBER OF COMMERCE PROGRAM
ESENTED AT MEETING KIWANIS
UB HERE FRIDAY; IS BROADCAST
A Wilkes Chamber of Comerce
program was presented at
e North Wilkesboro' Klwanls
[club meeting Friday noon with
| J. B. Williams, president, and
Tom S. Jenrette, secretary-manlager,
of the Wilkes Chamber of
[Commerce as the speakers.
W. D. Halfacre presented Mr.
Williams, whose subject was "A
Full Day's Work for a Full Day's
Pay." The speaker pointed out
that failure of America to produce
at capacity in Industry, agriculture
and commerce has been
In a great measure to blame for
inflationary prices and that production
Is 30 per cent under
what It should be. He pointed out
surveys which show conclusively
that workers of all types are not
producing as they did before the
war.
Mr. Williams presented Tom
8. Jenrette, who recently assumed
his duties with the chamber
■and who 1b making much headway
in Chamber of Commerce
work here. Mr. Jenrette had as
his subject "The Chamber ol
Commerce — Its Organization,
Program and Purposes." >He
pointed out' that a Chamber ol
Commerce is an organization
f which correlates efforts to Improve
conditions under which
trade, commerce and industry
must be conducted, in order that
the community may grow and
develop. The four major fields
of activity were listed as commercial,
industrial, agricultural
*nd civic activities.
Both addresses were well received
by the club and by many
radio listeners who heard the
am over stations WKBC
wsfc&r.
Dr. Ellen Winston, Commissioner
of Public We\fare, of Raleigh,
was in Wilkes county Saturday
morning, October 11, 1947,
at which time she met with the
members of the Welfare board
in the office of Charles C. McNeill,
Superintendent of Public
Welfare. Dr. P. J. Brame, chairman
of the Board, and F. C.
Johnson were present.
In discussing the public welfare
program In Wilkes county,
Dr. Winston pointed out thai
much progress had been made,
especially in the way of giving
service to the citizens in the
county who were in need of this
type of assistance. She pointed
out to the board the large amount
of money that Wilkes
county was distributing to its
needy people and that for the
month of September almost $20,000.00
was spent for all purposes.
Dr. Winston praised the Welfare
board for the co-operatior
they had given the state office
and commended them for the
manner in which the work had
been carried on In Wilkes county.
She took note of the fact thai
Dr. P. J. Brame, chairman of the
board, had served continuously
on the iboard in the capacity ol
chairman since 1937.
Dr. Winston pointed out to the
Board that North Carolina wat
Btill near the bottom of the lis1
in the amount of assistance paid
to their old age assistance and
aid to dependent children cases.
The average old age assistance
grant for the nation averages ap>
proximately $36.00. The average
in North Carolina is a little better
than (18 while the average
in Wilkes county lp slightly more
than $15.00. The average payment
for aid to dependent children
for the United States is approximately
$61 per family with
an average payment of about $28
in North Carolina and $27 In
Wilkes county. She pointed out
that the state office had recently
been in a position to increase
the old age assistance allotmenl
in Wilkes county and she wae
glad to know tihat the oountj
would be able to take advantage
of this offer. With the Increased
allotment the county would be
able to take care of the new cases
that had been approved. She
also advised the board that an
additional appropriation of approximately
$63,000 for aid t<
dependent children had beet
made to the state office from
the continency fund and. thai
this money would be allocated
to the various counties providinf
the counties would be able tc
put up additional money to matcl
# Prior to the program R. B.
Glbbs and T. E. Story made brief
reports of the district convention
held in Charleston, S. C.,
(at which Eugene Coltrane, of
Brevard College, was named district
governor and George Coble
was named lieutenant governor
of Division 3. _ G. Sam Winters
presented to President G. T.
Mitchell an achievement certificate
from the district convention.
s
Mr. Winters reported on the
successful agricultural f a l,r
which netted a profit of $1,382.47,
in addition to permanent
improvement at the horse Show
grounds. »
The following Kiwanis members
were commended for making
the fair a splendid success:
General Chairman Paul Church;
Vice Chairman, W.. K. Newton;
Secretary and Treasurer, Dudley
Hill; Chairman of Agricultural
and Livestock Display, Bob
Smith; Chairman of Entertainment
and Arrangement, G. Sam
Winters; Chairman of Parking,
John Walker; Chairman o f
Ground Committee, Paul Osborne;
Chairman of Horse Show
Committee, W. K. Sturdlvant.
Other members were active and
assisted in various ways to make
the Fair a success.
Guests Friday were: Max Foster
with Paul Osborne; Bob Hall,
of Elkln, with P. M. Williams;
W. B. Johnson, of Dillon, Montana,
with J. E. Caudill; J. G.
Hackett, T. S. Kenejly and Tom
S. JenretPe with J. B. Williams;
Nick Lawrence with W. J. Caroon;
James F. McAlister with
P. W. Eshelman; Richard B.
Johnston with Dr. Gilbert R.
Combs.
Additional Stop
Five additional traffic lights
are to ibe installed in North Wilkesboro,
Police Chief J. E. Walker
said today.
The new stop lights in North
Wilkesboro will be placed at
Tenth and C streets, Ninth and C
streets, Forester avenue and D
street, Sixth and A street.
The lights for the five locations
have arrived but cannot be
installed until cable is obtained.
Lights In Wilkesboro
The town of Wilkesboro has
installed a four-way traffic light
at the intersection of highways
16, 18, 268 and the Oakwoods
road between the Wilkesboros.
The lights will lessen accident
hazards on the busy intersection.
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Wm. Marshall Church
Funeral On Thursday
Last rites were conducted
Thursday at Stony Fork church
for William (Buck) Marshall
Church, 68, resident of the Stony
Fork community who died Tuesday.
Rev. Levi Greene conducted
the, funeral service.
Surviving Mr. Church are his
wife, Mrs. Mattie Church, and
the following children: Mrs. Q.
A. Church, Wilkesboro; Mrs. 6.
N. Greene, Ferguson; Lonnie
Church, Lenoir; Phillip Church,
North Wilkesboro; Mrs. T. A.
Church, Winston-Salem; Joseph
and Iris Church, North Wilkesboro;
Numa and J. D. Church,
Stony Fork.
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Community Singing
White Plains 26th
A community singing will be
held at White Plains Baptist
church Sunday night, October 26,
seven o'clock. All singers are invited
to take part.
the increased allotment from
state and federal funds.
Dr. Winston also1 discussed
wi'jh the board the possibility of
relieving the crowded situation
that existed in the Welfare department.
She pointed out to the
board that the state office had
agreed to pay rent for office
space in case suitable offices
oould be located outside the
courthouse. She expressed the
hope that the board would continue
their efforts to, locate
suitable offiee space and that this
situation could be relieved in the
very near future.
Dr. Winston was accompanied
to the county by Miss Elizabeth
Wells, field social work representative
with the state board
lfor this territory.
Holiday Lights
Area Is To Be
Extended Herd
Wilkesboro Will Have More
And Better Holiday
Lighting For Season
Trade Promotion committee4
of the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce
will meet Tuesday, ten a.
m., to work out final details for
extending the Christmas light-,
lng area in the Wllkeeboros.
The sub-committee, composed
of Presley Myers, Fred Henderson,
W. G. Gabriel, Hubert Canter
and E. T. Hackney reported
they had contacted business
firms In the area where lighting
is to be extended and that they
had received good response.
The committee also went into
the subject of cost of Christmas
lighting and found that much
of the wire used in former years
must 'be replaced at considerable
cost. However, the materials
purchased this year will last for
the next few years, It was point'
ed out.
Directors To Meet
Directors of the Chamber of
Commerce will have a luncheon
meeting Tuesday noon at Hotel
Wilkes and will pass on a number
of Important matters. There
will be reports from the Agricultural,
Civic Affairs, Recreation,
Flood Control and Trade Promotion
committees.
Committees Will Meet
On October. 27 at seven p. m.
the Education committee of the
Chamber of Commerce will meet
with directors of the "Teen Age
Center at the Chamber of Commerce
office.
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Perry Putman Dies
Funeral service was held Saturday
at Oakwoods church for
Perry Putman, 80, local resident
who died Thursday.
Mr. Putman is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Mollie Putman. Rev.
C. J. Poole conducted the funeral
service and burial was In
Scout Court Honor
To Meet Thursday
Wilkes district Boy Scout
court of honor will meet Thursday,
7:80, at the Presbyterian
Scout hut. All members of the
Scout organization throughout
the county and others interested
are Invited.
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Home Demonstration
Schedule For a Week
Wednesday, October 22—Gllreath
Home Demonstration club;
place of meeting, Mrs. Ed Hendren,
2 o'clock.
Thursday, October 23—Purlear
Home Demonstration club:
place of- meeting, Miss Delta
Yates, 1:30 o'clock.
Friday, October 24—Lewis
Fork Home Demonstration club;
place of meetnig, Mrs. Vernon
Dyer, 2 o'clock.
Saturday, October 25 — 4-H
County Council Meeting; Town
Hall, 11 a. m.
Monday, October 27—Ferguson
Home Demonstration club;
place of meeting; Ferguson
school, 2 o'clock.
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Last Rites Are Held
For Dr. E. C. Brooks
Raleigh, Oct. 19.—%uneral was
held here today for Dr. Eugene
Clyde Brooks, 75, president
emeritus of State College and
former state superintendent of
public instruction.
Service was held at Edenton
Street Methodist Church, and
burial was in Maplewood Cemetery
in Durham.
Dr. Brooks, a leader in public
education in the state for
many years, died at his home
here yesterday.
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Street Grading
Is Under Way In
NorthWilkesboro
Street construction Is ander
way in two fast growing sections
of North Wilkesboro.
In Finley Park a total of 8,600
feet of streets is being graded
and will be surfaced after
grading has fceen completed.
Approximately 1,200 feet of J
and Solomon streets are being
graded and will also be surfaced.
■t WWttir conditions are favorable
it is expected that the
street construction work on the
two projects will be completed
in the next few days.