Wilkes Y. M. C. A. is raia»
tag a building fund for the
erection of a modern Y. M
C. A. plant. Support it. I
North Wilkesboro has a
trading radios of SO miles,
serving 100,000 people in
Northwestern Carolina.
ress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 41 Years
Vol. 42, Nos. 68-69 Published Mondays and Thursdays NOBTH WILKESBORO. N. C.. Monday, Dec. 22,1947
Make Worth WHkggboro Your Shopoho Canter
Gwyn Chairman Of
Polio Campaign In
Wilkes In January
R. W. Gwyn, Jr., Plans
Campaign For March of
Dimes To Fight Polio
V^Jftichard W. (Dick) Gwyn, Jr.,
Jgomlnent young business man |
•ad member of the North Wilkes- j
Wo Lions Club, will head the'
ajnnual Infantile Paralysis campaign
in Wilkes county in January,
it was learned today from J
tjhe Wilkes chapter of the National
Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis.
The drive is sponsored annually
in Wilkes by the North Wilkesboro
Lions Club and has been
▼ery successful during the past i
several years. Many Wilkes pa-|
tlents during the 1944 epidemic
were treated under provisions of
National Foundation financing
and the county has shown its;
appreciation by splendid response
to campaigns.
Plans are vo carry out the|
campaign In Wilkes In January,
with the spearhea^ of the drive
being from January 15 to 31
with the March of Dimes throughout
the nation.
"The cost of fighting polio has
skyrocketed." Mr. Gwyn said, In
pointing ont that rising prices
and mounting polk) Incidence j
have placed a tremendous burden
on the resources of the Na^p^^antotlon
Jor ^nfantlle
brates the Tenth Anniversary of
Its founding by Franklin D.
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xvOOPovBu.
Mr. Gwyn's March of Dimes
Committee is setting up the machinery'
that will make the 1948
appeal a record demonstration of
this area's active interest in
helping the stricken children of
America along the road to health.
•'Every phase of community
life will participate in sending a
ringing message of hope to the
unfortunate victims of this crippling
disease, which has stricken
80,000 Americans in the past
five years," Mr. Gwyn said.
Mr. Gwyn revealed that every
community in the nation was being
geared to make this the
greatest March of Dimes drive
in history.
"When the 1948 March of
Dimes goes into action on January
15, more than 500,000 volunteers
from every walk of life
ibe translating American
s into terms of active assistance.
This is the democratic way
of fighting a humanitarian war
against disease. Eve^y man,
woman and child must enlist in
the fight by Joining the 1948
March of Dimes."
Firecrackers Are
Outlawed Thruout
North Carolina
Pleading (or a safe and sane
observance of the holidays.
Wilkes Sheriff C. G. Poindexter
today called attention to the new
law which prohibits the possession,
use or transportation of
firecrackers in North Carolina.
It is not only against the law
to sell firecrackers, but it is a
violation to have or use them in
any form. Sheriff Poindexter
quoted from the state law ' as
follows:
"That it shall be unlawful for
any individual, firm, partnership
or corporation to manufacture,
purchase, sell, deal in, transport,
possess, receive, advertise, use or
cause to be discharged any pyroectonics
(firecrackers or fireworks)
of any description whatsoever
within the Mate of North
Carolina.
"That any person violating any
-of the provisions of this act,
shall fee guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction shall- be fined
or imprisoned, or both, in the
discretion of the court.
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Cub Scout Meeting
fe
*«t meeting of Den number
1 of Cub Scouts will be held
Thursday, January 1, 8:15 p. m.,
at the home of Mrs. L. D, Cooke.
6 Furniture Firms
Are to Be Closed
December 25,26,27
Six furniture stores In the
Wilkeaboros will be closed from
the eyening of Wednesday, December
24, until Monday morning,
December 29, for Christmas
holidays. /
The furniture stores to be
closed Thursday, Friday and Saturday
are Rhodes-Day, Gray Brothers,
Markdown, Wilkes Furniture
Exchange, Ideal, and Better
Homes.
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Lions Working On
Christmas Cheer;
Cooper Is Speaker
Club Plans Presentation Of
Minstrel Show In Near
Future Here
Members of the North Wllkeeboro
Lions Club on Friday evening
drew names of underprivileged
families for whom they will
furnish Christmas cheer provisions.
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Names of families were furnished
the club by the Wilkes
county welfare department and
included the most needy in the
county.
A committee with W. D. Jester
as chairman reported' that the
club will present a minstrel show j
in the near future. Members of.
Mr. Jeater'a committee are Rich-'
ard'yeWMWh. J. &! IftoKy "ft]
Whicker, Jr.
The program was la charge of
Tam Shomaker. Dick Gwyn and
Edward S. Finley, who presented
Rev. Watt M. Cooper, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church.
Rev. Mr. Cooper delivered a
brilliant address on the topic of
"After Retirement, Then What?"
The speaker related that it is
very difficult for a person who
has had only one major Interest
to retire and that all should cultivate
interests which will entertain
and form diversions for
older years. He especially mentioned
appreciation for music,
reading and religious faith as
three things which must be cultivated
In the noon time of life
in order to be used to advantage
in retirement.
Dr. J. S. Deans, chairman of
the committee to aid the blind,
reported that the club had prepared
and sent out 37 packages
of foods, fruits, nuts, candles and
other Christmas cheer items to
needy blind in the county.
At the meeting Friday evening
Dr. John T. 'Wayland was a
guest of W. O. Ab8her, J. V.
Bowers was a guest of Larry
Moore anj George Ogilvie was a
guest of Sam Ogilvie.
President W. C. Marlow announced
that any clpb member
who misses a meeting may make
up the meeting by attending
committee meetings Monday,
5:30 p. m„ at the office of the
Wilkes Chamber of Commerce.
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Stores Here Will
Be Open to Eight
Thru Wednesday
Practically All Business
Firms Will Be Closed
Thursday and Friday
Stores in the Wllkesboros will
be open until eight p. m. through
Wednesday, December 24th, for
the benefit of late holiday shoppers.
Lets shoppers are fortunate in
that local merchants were well
stocked for the holiday trade
and that many selections yet remain
In various Hues of merchandise.
According to a pre-arranged
schedule of holidays, stores and
business houses will be closed on
Thursday and Friday.
With ewsHrtion of teauty
shoppes
stores,
Saturda;
North
fiee-wtl
Friday.
Christmas Seal
Fund $1,891.67;
Return Desired
,
Number Of Wilkes Schools
Make Excellent Records
In Selling Seals
Receipts from sale of Christmas
seals In Wilkes county have
reached SI,891.67, Mrs. Ivey
Moore, chairman, reported today,
This amonnt already exceeds
by more than $400 the sum raised
in the tuberculosis seal sale
last year. Mrs. Moore attributed
some of the increase to the fine
work accomplished by use of accumulated
funds in helping to
renovate the Wilkes Tuberculosis
hospital for re-openlng several
weeks ago.
Several schools in which children
sold seals have made excellent
reports, Mrs. Moore said.
Reports so far from schools listed
the following total sales:
Wilkesboro, *60.18; Millers
Creek, SI0.1.84; Miilberry, $114.10;
Cricket, $6.00; Roaring River,
S25.00; Lincoln Heights,
: $97.16; Ronda, $32.51; Mountain
Viewv $56.94; Moravian
Falls, $11.87; sale of ibangles in
North Wilkesboro school, $28.61;
sale of bahgles on streets,
$169.21.
Some to whom seals were mailI
ed have not remitted and Mrs.
Moore today asked thatjlhey send
their checks as early « passible.
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Korfliwestern is f
Seeking te Open
2 New Branches
Would Establish Branch In
Wilkesboro And At
Stony Point
The Northwestern Bank, with
home office In North Wilkesboro
and branches In many northwestern
North Carolina cities and
towns, has -made application to
open two new branches and to
move the branch in Ashe connty
from Jefferson to West Jefferson.
The Institution seeks to open
a branch In Wilkesboro, county
seat of Wilkes, and In Stony
Point, an Alexander county town.
Gurney P. Hood, State Commissioner
of banks, has announced
that the hearing on the Wilkesboro
branch application will
be held at the courthouse In Wilkesboro
at tsn a. m. on Monday,
December 29. The Stony Point
hearing will be at Stony Point
school on the same date at 2: SO
p. m. Healing on the request to
move the branch of the Northwestern
iBank from Jefferson to
West Jefferson will be held at
two p. m. on December SO at
West Jefferson.
The Northwestern Bank now
operates branches at Sparta, Jefferson,
Boone, Blowing Rock,
Bakersville, Burnsville, Spruce
Pine, Hickory, Valdese and Taylonrrflle,
Black Mountain, Old
Fort, Newton and Maiden.
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Miss Beth Jones
Beauty Selection
At Wake Forest
Miss Beth Jones, daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Jones, of
North Wilkesboro, Is one of 21
coeds at Wake Forest College
nominated for the beauty section
of the 1948 Howler, college yearbook.
After the holidays students
will vote again and select seven
of the 21 for the beauty section.
The girl receiving the highest
number of votes will be beauty
aufen for the year.
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Christmas Program
| At Oakwrods Baptist
"Christmas CBtir" is the title
r of a splendid program to be pre>
sented Wednesday night, 7:30, at
l Oakwoods Baptist church. There
will be a Christmas tree and
- treat for the Sunday school chill
dren. The public is cordially invited.
Fritz Acquitted In
Caldwell Court 20th
Robert Frit*, principal of Hudson
school and president of the
North Carolina Education Association,
was exonerated of charges
of misappropriating funds when
his sensational trial ended at
Lenoir Saturday morning by directed
verdict of not guilty by
Judge Allen H. Gwyn. The case
never reached the Jury and the
prosecution was unable during
the week-long trial, to present
evidence sufficient to send the
case to the jury for deliberation.
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Champion Youth
Held On Charge
Of Daring Holdup
W- Triplett Slugged,
Tied and Robbed Of
$350 Early Friday
Leon Arrin West, youth of the
Chiton cpmmuni ty, remained
t ^ 8 Wl today on charge
of robbery and assault with flre5T.I!?
A WpWt' <^ner
nf *ore 15 mllea west
of this dty on highway 421 Friday
fonr a. m:
Dlaefceure of hl8 arrest and
charges were made today by
State Highway Patrol Sergeant
man11 «iark' who> witb P«trolman
Sidney Carter, n raising
West ln a taal
^gt
count of the robbery as givin hfeT
by .ifrr. Triplet^ whs> Tired alofe
In living quarters back of hfc
country grocer#. f
He told S gi Clark that at
fotfr a. m. on Friday morning he
tll" awakened ■ by a man calling
that he wanted him to open up
and ^ sell him a bottle of castor
i°" °r. .h,B 8,ck 'haby. Mr. Triplett
told the Patrolman that he
unlocked the door and that a
man with a #stol and wearing
a black mask rushed in the door
and slugged him on the head,
i-ne blow stunned him and inflicted
serious scalp wound
The assailant then tied his
hands, Mr. Triplett told ggt
Clark, and took jfrom his pocket
PQcketbook containing $360.
After taking his money the aathe
storekeeper
X ® ® .the bn,ld,ng and told
hi » WMe »°In» to kill
fo^1 hi ;.7rtPlett 8ald h6
for his life and the robber then
Tf!. *1111 toto «*• bwk room
of the Ibuildlng and proceeded to
tie his legs with some stripe of
CXOuQ. '
After searching the store and
taking a ibag of change, the assailant
then left the place, Mr.
Triplett told the officers.
Mr. Triplett, although Weakenfl
i.1088,.0' blood' managed to
free himself from his bonds and
went about one-half mile to the
whT R" TrIPlett,
where his wounds were dressed.
Dr. Triplett informed officers
nere of the account of the robbery
given by Mr. Triplett and
the searoh 'began.
Sgt. Clark stated that West
when arrested had a considerable
sum of money on his person. Officers
did not disclose events In
the Investigation which led to
his arrest.
C. A. Pardue, Age 91,
Dies at Home of Son
C. A. .(Chap) Pardue, 91, died
at 3 a. m. Sunday at the borne of
a daughter, Mrs. Polly Foster,
North "Wilkesboro, Route 2.
He is survived bx six sons, Julius,
Fletcher and Sam Pardue of
Roartog River, Alartin and Luther
Pardue of Ronda anftWffim
Pardue of Wllkesboro; and fmr
daughters, Mrs. Polly Foster* (of
Nprth Willresboro, Route 2, Mre.
Betty Childress of Benham, Mrs.
Gertie Wells of JoneevUle and
Mrs. Emma Ferguson of Pores
Knob. •
Funeral services were held at
11 a. m. Tuesday at the Pleasant
Grove Baptist church at Clingman.
Burial was at the church
cemetery.
30 Accepted In
National Guard
0 r ganization
j Next Meeting Will Be Held
1 On Night of January 2
At The Clubhouse
Approximately 40 per cent of
the authorized strength of the
'newly organized National Gnard
battery In North Wilkesborc
were enlisted In the first two. enlistment
meetings, Major Roy
Forehand, ibattery commander,
said today.
Thirty men have now been examined
and accepted, Major
Forehand said, and additional
applications have been received.
The authorized strength of the
field artillery battery will be 77
enlisted men and fonr officers.
The next meeting will be on
Friday night, Jatmary 2, at the
American Leg 1 oSwclubhouse,
which will be temporal Quarters.
■Carpenters have been working on
alterations and additions to the
building in order that it may pass
federal inspection next month.
The battery here will be federally
recognized and officially
re-activated in January, Major
Forehand said. A fund has been
collected to meet necessary expenses,
including construction at
the clubhouse, and members of
the guard are expected to contact
merchants for a few donations
of nails, locks and other
more members than some units
which ha*i been organized for
several mo
•Major Forehand is * combat
veteran of the army Infantry In
Ithe war In the Pacific. Don Story,
airforce lieutenant, and C. C.
Faw, Jr., also a veteran of
World War II, have been recommended
tor two of the three
lieutenants for the battery.
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Appeal For Funds
To Complete Thel
Wilkesboro Gym
The report of the Wilkesboro
School Gymnasium Building fund
submitted by -Miss Joyce Hayes,
Treasurer of Wilkesboro School,
shows an urgent need. for additional
funds to enable the building
committee to authorise the
continuance of the work on the
'building. The committee Is very
anxious to see sufficient money
contributed to make possible the
completion of the building for
immediate use. The building Is
very much needed each day for
physical education classes which
include all students in the school.
It is also needed Immediately tor
th$ high school basketball teams
and for the Wilkesboro all star
teams. It lg also needed immediately
as a community recreation
center where all the people
will enjdy use of the building.
The treasurer's report made
on Dec. 17 shows a .balance of
1952.60 but this amount will not
meet the outstanding obligations.
The committee estimates a need
of {4,694.40 to meet the outstanding
obligations and to make
the building usable for the present
basketball season.
Athletic Balance Transferred To
Gymnasium Pond
The treasurer's report of the
school athletic funds shows a
balance of $1,004.92. The school
committee has authorized this
balance!to be transferred" to the
gymnasium building fund.
The Wilkesboro School officials
and building committee are
very appreciative of the fine cooperation
they have received and
are very proud of the work accomplished
thu8 far on the gymnasium.
They urge the continued
cooperation and help of every
Hone in completing the program.
11 The treasurer's detailed report
will be published next week.
1, U. S. Wheat
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Courthouse Offices
To Close For 3 Days
By authority of an order of
the superior court, Wilkes county
offices In the Wilkes courthouse
will be closed from Wednesday
afternoon, December 24,
until Monday morning, December
29.
All persons having business at
any of the county offices . are
asked to rememlber the holiday
closing dates ,n order that no
inconvenience may result.
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Glee Club Gives
Good Program at
Meet of Kiwanis
North WilkesboTo Kiwanis club
enjoyed a good program in meeting
Friday noon at Hotel Wilkes.
At 12:05 p. m. the Christmas
message recently given by J. B.
Williams over radio wag reproduced
for the members while
they ate.
Robert D. Smith, who has been
for a number of years county
farm agent for Wilkes, arose
and stated that Friday was his
last day to attend the clab since
he is going to his new work in
the next few days. He thanked
the jclub for its fine support of
his Work in the county. He then
presented Mr. Paul Choplin, who
has been elected to take his
place as the Farm Agent of the
President Mitchell announced
this week's luncheon to be on
Tuesday noon Instead of Friday.
Program chairman J. B. Carter
presented Mrs. A. F. Kilby
and Wayne Church, of the local
high school, with the high school
glee- club consisting of 30 young
people, who sang the following
numbers: 1. "O Come, O Come,
Emanuel"; 2. "Silent Night";
3. "Come Good Christians All";
4. "Merry Life"; 5. "O Ho]y
Night"; 6. "Apple Blossom Wedding";
7. "We Three Kings";
8. "White Christmas." Mts. Kilby
directed the singing. Miss Patsy
Hawkins was pianist. The solos
were sung by Agnes Kenerly,
Bill Brookshlre, Buddy Tugman,
and Agnes Anderson.
Soldier's Funeral
To Be On Sunday
Last Rites For Curtis Lin*
ville Wiles At Christian
Home Chnrdi 28th
Funeral service for Ourtls
Linville Wiles, who was killed
in action in Germany March 25,
1945, will be held Sunday, 11 a.
m., at Christian Home chureh
near Traphill. Rev. Roy Franklin
and Rev. Charles Richardson
will conduct the service and a
detachment will carry out military
rites at the grave.
Pfc. Wiles was inducted at
Fort Bragg, September 26, 1944,
and trained at Camp Croft, S. C.
He went overseas to February
and was killed a month later.
Surviving are his father and
mother, L. J. and Mattie - C.
Wiles, two brothers and two sitters:
Deeley J. Wllee, Mrs. Lillian
Thomas sad Callie Wiles, of
Winston-^Salem; Miae Iris Donella
Wiles, at home.
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V. F. yf. to Meet
Blue Ridge Mountain post of
Veterans of Foreign Wars will
meet Tuesday night, 7: SO, to arrange
for delivery of Christmas
packages to needy families of veterans.
All members are a»ked to
attend.
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No Paper Thursday
Thursday's issue of The Journal-Patriot
-will be omitted in order
to allow time for a bri*< holiday
rest by the newspaper staff.
The next iasue Monday, December
29, will endeavor to give full
coverage of holiday news in
Wilkes.
Special Services
Local Churches
if Well Attended!
Musical Programs Given;
Organ At Wilkesboro
Baptist Dedicated
Special services in keeping
with the Christmas season were
held at the churches in the Wllkesborog
Sunday evening and
were well attended.
The Sunday evening services
at the First Baptist, First Methodist.
First Presbyterian, Wilkesboro
Methodist and Baptist
featured Christmas music and
were enjoyed by large congregations.
lAt Wilkeaboro Baptist church
Sunday morning a new Wurliteer
organ was dedicated. The organ
was a gift to the church by Mr.
and Mrs. T. M. Foster In memory
of their daughter, Mrs. Edith
Foster Brown. Mrs. Roibert 8.
Gibbs was guest organist for the
impressive dedication service and
for the program of Christmas
music Sunday night. Rot. W. -N.
Brookshlre, pastor, at the Sunday
morning service delivered an Inspiring
message on the topic of
"The Mission Of Music."
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Three Injured In
b Auto Collisions
Saturday Right
Two of three injured In auto
collisions on East Main street In
thl# city late Saturday night remain.
in critical oondltion at the
Wilkes hospital.
Police Chief J. E. Walker said
that a car driven 'by Hubert Curtis
Taylor, of Wilbar, collided
with a car driven by William Anderson,
colored hospital employe,
and that Anderson and Vaught
Jennings, white resident of the
Wilbar community, were critically
hurt.
Taylor, who was oharged with
reckless driving And speeding,
was also hurt and remains a patient
at the hospital. Chief Walker
stated that earlier in the evening
Saturday that Taylor had
been arrested by police for reckless
driving and that the charge
growing out of the oollislon waa
his second for the day.
Paul G. Dawson was driver of
a car which picked uip two of tha
injured to carry them to the
hospital. At the intersection of
Sixth and Main streets his car
collided with one driven by Boyce
L. Moore. Both can were badly
damaged but none were added to
the list of injured.
Jaycees Planning
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"Blondie" Show Wednesday,
9:30 a. m., At The
Allen Theatre
At nine-thirty on the morning
of December 24th the Junior
Chamber of Commerce will give
a free moTle at the Allen Theatre
to all the kiddies between the
ages of nine and fourteen.
The picutre to ibe shown is a
new "Blondie" picture with a
comedy and cartoon. Christmas
packages will be given out to all
the kiddles after the picture by
members of the Junior Chamber
of Commerce.
Members of the fire department
will be on hand to help
with the children, so the parents
will know that the children
are being looked after properly.
This is not limited to the cities
of Wllkeeboro and North WUkeeboro,
but is oounty-wide. The
Jaycees would like to hare a
good turn-out from the
as well as the cities. If the
jeet is a succe*
awKi