m* i Journel-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of P ■ ^'- •_. . £rV. ^i v .'f :■ :*%•*, | |,||,|,rn-,j||gj'MJMil lin—■ HHIHJllHJlLil ^_^_rTTln_^;r — -— — , : . ' . —!—- '. Hwi*an» anJ Tlwrefayt NORTH VWLKESBORQ, >tate of Wilkes' m y ■htaw ir 41 Years orth WttkMlMM Ybut riding $76,006,000 00 per r for fire years to be dis ated to the states, which lid allow for North Carolina amount of abont $8,500,000 year; and Dor Wilkes county amount equal to 83 X-t per t from Federal funds, 44 2-3 c*ftt from State funds and 1-3 per cent tram local fnnds fca amount sufficient to build « bed hospital in WH will cost abont «• when ft is no longer easj r a few doctors to own and wrate a wall equipped hospital 0 that tt la such a matter thai IB whole community should iy a part in supporting. *W. D. Halfaere gare some rone supporting statements faring both enlarged health op irtunitiee as well as battel hool facilities. Pat Williams id J. B. Williams bath spokt [ W the program was two numbers by Miss Jackie VVasler, who sang ~ "O Holy Night" and "Sweet Little Jesus Bey," accompanied at the piano by Miss Lois Scroggs. I Guests were: John E. Justice, [II, with' John E. Justice, Jr.; Richard Chamberlain with Dr. A. D. Chamberlain; Ward Etehelman irith P. W. Eshelman; Miss Mary Morehouse and Peter Morehouse! irfth Robert L. Morehouse; L. M. tfelson, Jr., yifch L. M. Nelson; kill Gabriel #ith W. G. Gabriel. IVill Inspect Vehicle* In Wflke*, Surry And Allefh«aj Comities in 48 4 Williaal ^Jbert Vannoy, of Packet, will be lh charge of a Motor veMcle Inspection lane for P$kes. Surry and Alleghany ooiiiitijs, according to an announcement from Raleigh. Mr. Vannoy hag been attending a school at Chapel Hill for men Who are to man the stations to I check vehicles tor safety in accordance with a safety act passed by the 1947 legislature. Locatfot of the safety lane to { ferre the three counties or the time it will be opened have not bees announced. •' v o Mrs. Church Dies In Choir at Home Here Mrs. Sarah Mien Church, 71, died Tuesday afternoon while MNgpd in a chair at the home of * daughter, Mrs. P. D. McOinnis, in this city. Hmmie Foster, small son of atT. and Mrs. Stewart Foster, was at Mrs. Church's home and she jent htm downtown for some tasifdne. Whin he returned he »,«»atterwhite, and three sons, Rote rt, Jethro and Charlie Satterrhite. 1 W|W , „ istall officers of Union lodge! nd officer* of the Jefferson and| >enoir lodges. The Unkvn lodge officers-elect | re: AliajS Brown, noble grand;] ohn R. Jones, vice grand; S. B. Lbsher, recording secretary; irantford Brooks, recording sec-l etary; H. Jennings, treaaur-1 HEARING HELD ON APPLICATION TO OPEN BRANCH BANK IN WILKESBORO Many interested citizens attended the hearing held at the courthouse in Wilkesboro Tuesday morning on application of the Northwestern Bank to open a branch in Wilkesboro. Gurney P. Hood, of Raleigih, North Carolina Commissioner of Banks, conducted the hearing and heard 40 representative citizens and business men state the needs of a branch in the Wilkes county seat to accomodate the growing .business and Industrial life of the historic old town. Speakers pointed out that growth of Wilkesboro, located just across the Yadkin from North Wilkesboro, had been greater in the past ten years than in the previous 50 years. Commissioned JEIoof coipment—1 ' -*i - Carolina. (He explained that the testimony given in the hearing would he heard before the full commission late this month and that the application must also be approved by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation before the desired branch can be set up. He also spoke on banking conditions in North Carolina. From 192? until 1933, he said, there were about 200 bank failures among state banks in North Carolina, and efnce 1933 there have been only two In the state. O n Monday Commissioner Hood held a hearing on application of the Northwestern Bank to open a branch at Stony Point The Wilkes 'Teen Age Center, which will be operated In the V. P. W. Hall Mrs. Gibbs I was held Wednesday at Maro| Hill. Bryan's Law Office Is In New Location Law office of T. R. Bryan was moved this week from the Lowe building to the building in which! F. J. McDuffie's law office is lo- j cated, which is near the Wilkes] oourthouae. HOLLY MOUNTAIN FARMS FEATURE STORY IN A HATCHERY MAGAZINE December Issue of Hatchery Tribune, a leading publication in the poultry industry, carried a' feature article entitled ''Holly Mountain Farms Is Big Business." The article, edited by Dwight Nidhols on data supplied by E. P. Hettiger, Jr., manager of Holly Mountain Farms, was given the second lead position in the December issue of the Hatchery Tribune, which is circulated - to people in the poultry industry throughout the United States and into many foreign countries. J. The article carried two photos, one of the entrance to Holly Mountain Firms, located on highway 115 three miles from this city, and a picture Of one of the two planes owned and ttsed by the farms for rapid transportation of chicks and for communication between the farm tical nature which poultrymen everywhere will understand and find beneficial. Holly Mountain Farms has forged ahead to a position of leadership in striving for "the chicken of tomorrow" and the enterprise is bringing much forable publicity to this eoimauility. Still looking i stole a public night