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Mr*. Verna Casey And
>7 Odell Bowers,
Victims
Crash of an automobile and a
""-~i wagon r+ highway 81 beThunn<
jahd Dough ton
of IHkh ^Thursday afterclaimed
the lives of two
and left others critically
Mrs. Verna Cagey Splcer, age
37, of Traphill, was killed tain
the crash.*
Odell Bowers, 23, of
suffered Internal lnjurs°d
died Friday morning at
the hoepital in Elkln, where all
the Injured were carried.
John Holbrook, 11, of Afcshers,
had Internal injuries, Including
ru»tnred spleen, and his condition
has b^en described as critlWill
Billings, of Traphill, had
a neck injury. - s
f Mack Jolnes, of Afbsher, driver
of the car was leas seriously
hurt, baring fractured rtbs and
minor Injuries.
John H. {Brlnkley, prominent
Thomasvllle contractor, was driving
the station wagon. He escaped
with a knee injury.
Highway patrolmen quoted Mr.
Brlnkley as saying that he was
meeting the car driven by Jolnes,
that It wttptfravellng at a high
rate of J&ed and was apparently
out of control of the driver,
rocking from side to side on the
highway. He said he pulley off
the pavement and stopped. The
car sweWed over, he said, and
the ear passed over the front of
618 station wagon.
iSRfchway patrolman W. S. McKinney,
of Elkin, charged Joines
with speeding, reckless driving
and manslaughter.
Mrs. Spicer was a daughter of
Jehn and Effie Holbrook Casey,
of Traphill, and wife of Guy
Spicer. Surviving are her parents
and two sisters, Mrs. Aldean
Wiles, of Traphill, and Mrs. Edna
Barker, of Piney Creek.
Bowers was a son of W. B. and
Delia Holbrook Bowers. He ie
survived (by his parents; three
brothers, Andrew and Clifford
.Bowers of Traphill and Ernest
powerg of Statesville and two
sisters, Mrs. Wallace Wiles of
Traphill and Eunice Bowers of
the home.
A double funeral service was
held at Piney Grove Baptist
church at 11 a. m. Sunday. Rev.
Lb X). Sparks and Rev. Arthur
Gambill officiated. Burial was in
the ehurch cemetery.
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Literal Request Gets
Ticket Plus Sentence
Ashevtile, Dec. 30.—The next
time you purchase a ticket at a
bos or railroad terminal, get literal
about It—don't uk the clerk
to "give" you one.
Joe Roberts, of Los Angeles,
Calif., Is serving a 80-day sentence
tor larceny in Asheville today
because he said Just that—
and apparently meant it.
Roberts told Judge Sam Cathey
that he did not steal a ticket
to Lynchburg, Va., as police
charged. He explained patiently:
"I didn't steal It. I did not
ask the girl to sell zd» a ticket.
I said give me a ticket, and X
assumed she intended to give It
to me, taking pity on my apparent
poverty and my disheveled
condition."
The ticket seller said Roberts
took the ticket—and ran. < I
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Representatives Of
Local Churches At
Recreation Workshop
Miss Jo Lassiter, director of
religions education of the North
Wilkesboro Pi ret Methodist
church, spent the Christmas holidays
with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Lassiter, at Four Oaks,
after which she attended a Recreation
Workshop held at Wilson.
Others attending the workshop
from here were Rev. and
Mrs. Watt M. Cooper, and Miss
Emily McCoy, from the Presbyterian
church.
Around forty-Ore were enrolled
for the school, which was
held at the Presbyterian church,
with the pastor of the chnrch,
Rev. Harold J. Dudley, as the di;
rector. Handcraft, Polk games,
and Tisual aid, were the three
i phases of work emphasized.
Headquarters for the workers attending
was the Atlantic Christian
College.
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Contractors Ready
To Begin Work On
3.79 Miles of 268
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River Road Prom Western
Wilkesboro to First Dam
Site Will Be Built
Contractors are moving in machinery
to begin grading 3.70
miles of highway 268 west of !
Wilkesboro. i
Suber and Company, of Whit- 1
mire, S. C., was low bidder for
construction of the roadway, the 1
approved bid being $96,025.50, 1
and John Brinkley, of Thomas- <
ville, was^ awarded contract for i
structures for $42,079. <
The highway project will be- i
gitr to the western part of WflP 1
keaboro at the intersection wit*
Curtis bridge road and will ex- <
tend westward up the river 3.79 '
miles to the lower site of the <
proposed flood control dams on !
the Yadkin, Just west of the
Browm's Ford bridge.
The new grade will* follow 1
closely the present gravel road, 1
with elimination of some curves.
The highway will serve one of i
the highly producing agricultur- ]
al areag in Wilkes county. 1
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Henry Wallace Head
Of New Third Party
Chicago.—Henry Wallace last
night announced he would be an '
Independent candidate for President
on a platform advocating
"peace and prosperity."
The former Vice President and
erstwhile Cabinet member, In an
address broadcast over the Mutual
network, struck out at both
major parties with the declaration:
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"There is fto real fight between
a Truman and a Republi- 1
can. Both stand for a ' policy 1
which opens the door to war in
our lifetime, and makes war certain
for our cAldren."
Maintaining that the menace
to peace was greater than ever
before, the man who left the Republican
ranks and now has bolted
the Democrats as well, told
his audience:
"That menace can be met and
overcome only by a new political
alignment in America which re-i
quires the organisation of a new
political party. To that end I announce
tonight that I shall run
as an 'independent candidate for
^President of the United States, in
1948."
SUPPORT THE Y.M.C.A.
FLOOD CONTROL FUNDS EXPECTED
TO DE IN PROPOSED BUDGET FOR
SUBMISSION TO THE CONGRESS
for the Yadkfn Valley
Flood Contact Project hare been
included in the Army's engineers' I
ted budget for the n«tt
year, although the amount
ted cannot he disclosed,
uatil President Tmman sends his
message to Congress this
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A total of $76,000 has already
appropriated ea a planning
WC" -a-a »•
fund for the four proposed dams.
The cost of constructing the
was estimated at $7,r
the hast* of building
r ago. This figure
require upward re
rlslon in view of increased mar
:erfals and wage costs however.
Congressmen C. B. Deane and
rohn .H. Poller hare given their
rapport to the flood control plan,
rat, opposition in Caldwell and
rther counties' is expected to remit
In another fight this year
irhen Congress considers the appropriation
to begin construction
irork.
Only a part of the total cost of
sonstroctlon is expected to he
included in the budget for the
next fiscal year, since the work
will be spread a long period.
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Kiwanis President
RICHARD E. GIBBS
Gibbs Is Installed
As President Of
The Kiwanis Club
Club Begins New Tear With
Reading Of Splendid
Achievement Report
Richard E. Gibbs was installed
is president of the North Wlllesboro
Kiwanis club in the
slab's first meeting of the new
rear Friday noon at Hotel
Wilkes. I
Mr. Gibbs, native of Burllng»n,
came bo North "Wllkeaboro
teven yean ago. In business here
le has been very successful as
nanager of the J. C. Penney com>any
store and he has been very
ictive in civic, church and com-'
nunity life. He has been a mem-1
>er of the board of directors of
he Kiwanis elnb, chairman of
he Trade Promotion committee
»f the Wilkes Chamber of Com-1
uerce, steward in the First Methidiat
church, and Wlikes chairBan
for tke Scout campaign this
rear. j
As president of the Kiwanis
:lub Mr. Gibbs succeeds Dr. G. '
r. Mitchell, who led the club
ihrough >a very sncceesful year in
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In the^jeeting Friday Cecil
Idamson discussed the matter of
laving the state establish a staion
for car inspection in North
tfllkeeboro. He stated that the
ifcation for this district had been
issigned to Surry county and
hat it would be very lnconvenent
for, the people of Wilkes to
'o there for their car inspection.i
He made a motion that ,« comnlttee
be appointed to look into
he matter of getting a station
lere, whcih wa« carried. The,
president appointed Tom ' Jen-,
■ette and T. E. Story to invest!-1
rate the matter.
President Mitchell expressed
appreciation for the fine cooperation
the members of the club
lave given him this past year as
president. He then presented the
president's button to Presldent9lect
Richard E. Gibbs and handad
him the gavel as the emblem
if his authority and assured him
)f his support as he took over the
Sigh office of directing the affairs
of the cjub for 1948. '
President Glbbs made a fine
Inaugural talk, setting out a
number of goals he hopes the
;lub will attain during the coming
year. •
A feature of the day's program
was the reading of the Annual
Achievement Report by the
Secretary. The report Indicates
noticeable progress m&e by the
jlub in various community activities.
Particular reference was
nadq to the reports of the Boys
ind girls committee; The Agriculture
Committee; The Public
Affairs Committee' and the TJnlerprivileged
Child Committee,
rhe reports of these four committees
were selected for the
Achievement Report to be stent
Jt Kiwanis international.
Guests Friday i^ere: John
Tolnes and Phillip G. Bart, of Mimi
Beach, Florida, with J. R.
Hix; W, V. BLler with C. B.
Eller; A. B. Gaddy with W. F.
daddy.
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Plant Attracts
Much Attention
Mr. J. A. Hendren, a well
Itnown citizen of the North Wlltcedboro
route three community,
round a very odd plant under
lis house.
The peculiarly shaped plant,
about 18 inches long, is light in
*eig$.t, feels like wood or plastic
and is similar In appearance
of «*us. It Is now on display
it T* Journal-Patriot office.
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Cricket school located three
miles west of thlB City on hightray
421 was closed today fey orSer
of the Wilkes county board
of education.
O. B. Bller, secretary to the
board and who 1b superintendent
of schools, said the action was
taken In accordance with a recommendation
of the grand Jury
H the December term of IWilkes
court. In their report the grand
fury members said that the
school building 1$ dangerous and
that the building should be torn
clown and a new one erected.
. Enrollment at the school,
which has six teachers, is 260.
Supt. Eller said .that the action
to close the school was taken
ifter consultation with the board
of county commissioners by the
board of education. •,
Patrons of the school and
communty for the pag£ several,
rears have been requesting a
new school bnildlng to replace
the dilapidated and crowded
quarters which hare boon used.
Supt. Bller said that investigation
will be made to ascertain
whether alternations or repairs
can be made sufficient to com*
plete the present term.
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County Basketball
League Will Begin
Schedule Tonight
North Wilkeaboro all stars and
filer's Bluejackets will open the
Wilkes, Industrial Basketball
league schedule tonight at Millers
Creek, with the game starting
at 7:30.
Other game dates this week
will find Wilkesboro all stare at
Mount Pleasant Wednesday
light and Millers Greek aljstare
sponsored by
t>er of Commerce and will he operated
by the league's board of
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Two Cars Stolen
DuringWeek-End
Two . late < model automobiles
were stolen from North Wllkesxi
ro streets Saturday and Sunfay.
On Sunday afternoon at three
i'clock a 1946 model Ford, fourioor
and maroon color, -was stolen
from in front of Wilkes hospital
on Eighth street. The car,
with license number D-13916
and motor number 99A1263101,
was the property of A. F. Kilby,
of North Wilkesboro.
A 1940 Ford tudor with license
number 447-8,00 was stolen Saturday
afternoon, four o'clock,
from where it was parke,] on
Main street in front of the Little
Grill. The car belonged to Richard
MoGlamery.
And state highway patrol are
still looking for the party who
stole a school bus from where it
was parked at the home of Ovid
Stone east of this- city on the
night of December 26, The bus
was driven several miles and was
left in a ditch after it was wreckad.
It was a county ibus used in
the Mountain View school district.
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Annual Scouters
Meeting Wilkes
District Tnesdayj
Woodward Will Speak; Officers
For Ensuing Tear
Will Be Elected
Annual Scouters meeting for j
the Wilkes district of Old (Hickory
council of Boy Scouts win
be held Tuesday evening, 7:80,
at Duke Power company office
on Ninth street in North Wilkesboro..
Officers for 1948 will be electad
and the feature of the program
-will be an address* by J.
Floyd Woodward, superintendent
of North Wilkesboro schools, on
the subject of "The Value Of
Scouting." All adult scouters,
their wives and friends are urged
to
|he meeting
district chairthe
fact
p. m.
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Basketball Star
Charles (Mike) * Williams,
aoa of Mr. and Mrs. Pat M.
Williams, of North Wilkesboro,
Is an outstanding player *ad
high scorer on Davidson College's
current basketball team.
Figures published today showed
that Mike is fifth high
scorer In the state among players
of the Big Fire basketball
teams. His total of 100 points
is exceeded only by Dickey, of
State, Gentry and Walters, of
Wake Forest, and Horvath, of
State. In average per game
Mike has 18.02, which is virtually
a tie with Dickey's 18.08
for the state leadership.
Program Given
'icture Shows How Infantile
Paralysis Funds Are
Used For Treatment
North Wllkesboro Lions club
rograng Friday evening at Hotel
Hikes was on the topic of inutile
paralysis.
Program committee for the
rening was composed of Dr. J.
7. Willis, Sherman Anderson
nd R'. L. Irwin. Sam Ogilvie,
halrman of the Wilkes chapter
f the National Foundation tor
afantile Paralysis, presented the
The Lions annually sponsor
be Infantile Paralysis campaign!
or funds in Wilkes and the proram
was of special interest to
he club. Mr. Ogilvle spoke brieft
and presented little Miss June
loyal, of Wilkesboro, a polio vleIm
who was recently treated at
7arm Springs.
A motion picture was then
hown showing how National
'onndation - funds are used
hroughout the country to treat!
olio victims, especially in eplemics
ench as Visited this eomlunity
in 1944 and last year
a the midwest.
At the meeting Friday two new
lembers were inducted. J. H.
Thicker, Jr.,' gave the induction
eremony and membership batons
to Lee Bossl and Gordon
Food. Ray Watts and B- Rprulll
were guests of J. H.
Thicker, Jr., at the meeting.
llley To Quit
Judge's Bench
Asheville, Dec. SO.—Superior
lourt Judge Felix E. Alley of
Fayhesvllle announced today
bat he will retire In "^eforuary
r March" after completing 16
ears service as resident judge
f the 20th Judicial District.
The jurist, who win complete
is 16th year of service January
«, told the Asheville Citizen
hat he had advised Governor
berry of his plans to retire, and
nofflcial reports received here
pom Raleigh indicate that the
knrefroor will elevate Solicitor
tan K. Moore, of Sylva to the
uperior Court bench and name
tate Senator Baxter C. Jones of
iryeon City to succeed Moore as
rh14«*4+s-k->*
jiiciior,
Judge Alley was appointed by
lovernor Ehringhaus on January
6, 1933, to fill the unexpired
arm of Judge Walter ». Moore,
le was elected to a regular term
a 1934 and re-elected in 1942.
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The Wilkes Public Library
teeds its ibooks. Return -those
iverdue today.
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3irl Scout Sing To Be
Held Qn January 12
The Girl Scout association will
lave a slog Monday, January 12,
':30 p. m., at the Presbyterian
Sduoation building. Elach troop
rill render a song. -All scouters
ind friends are invited.
Mack Shew, 21,
Seriossly Shot;
5 Negro Arrested
foung Man Hit Twice By
- .38-Calibre Bullets At
Home In Call Section
Mack Shew, 21, is in* critical
xmdition at the Wilkes hospital
because of two bulltet wound*
received Saturday noon at the
iome of his father, Simon Shew,
In the Call community.
Wilkes Sheriff C. G. Poindex:er
said that Grover Gentry, 44r
ear-old negro of the same community,
has been arrested and
Is being held without privilege
>f bond pending outcome of injuries
to Shew.
Shew was hit in the lower abiomen
by two 38-«callt>re pistol
bullets, one of -which went
through his ibody and fell down
iig pant leg to the porch floor,
vhere he was standing when he
pras hit. Some hope is held for
lis recovery and he was described
as resting well today..
Deputies A. H. Holbrook, R.
77. Edwards and John Holbrook
sicked up Gentry shortly after
.he shooting. He was near the
lome of Julius Clark and was
trunk, officers said. He admitted
firing the shots but was vague
Sheriff Poindexter talked to
Shew at the hospital and learned
that a quarrel had ensued be;ween
the two men before Shew
raft shot and that Shew had a
•ifle in his possession at the
ime.
Soon after his arrest Gentry
ras removed from the Wilkes
fail to a jail at an undisclosed
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Whittington Accepts
Call to Faith Church
Rev. - W. T. Whittington, who
made arv enviable record as a
pastor of .the West Jefferson
Baptist church and as a community
leader before leaving
there to go to Damascus, Va.,
has'accepted a call to Faith, near
Salisbury.
Mr. Whittington has also made
a fine record at Damascus, where
church officials- point out it is
with regret that they see him go.
During his stay at Damascus, five
new Sunday school rooms have
been added to the church, it has
also been eauipped with a dining
room and kitchen, a new
carpet has been added and there
bave been around 109 new members
to join. In addition to this,
el new pastorium has also been
built.
- Rev. Mr. Whittington is a
member of a well known Wilkes
Family. He was born and reared
in the Reddies R'lver community.
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Legion to Meet
«
All Legionnaires are urged to
lttend the meeting of the Wilkes
post of the American Legion to
)e held Thursday night, eight
>'clock, at the Legion and Auxil
Year's Schedule
■ VHI w ,^lnlvll B1 w
Of Holidays Here
Today
Easter Monday, Thanksgiving
Day and Christmas
Day To Be Holidays
Business bouses will begin
Wednesday afternoon closing
Wednesday of this week, January
7, and will close at one p. m.
each Wednesday through September
29.
This decision was reached today
by the Trade promotion
committee of the Wilkes Chamber
of Commerce, which met to
tabulate the rote returned by
merchants on a suggested schedule
of holidays for 1948.
, In accordance with a high majority
-vote, the committee adopted
tht following holiday schedule:
close at ene p. m. on Wednesdays
from January 7 to September
29; be closed on Vaster
Monday, Thanksgiving Day and
.Christmas Day.
Attention was called to the
fact that July 4 will be on Sunday
and it was suggested that
stores and business houses be
closed Monday, July 5. Another
vote will be held by mall on that
proposal.
Drug stores were not Included
in the Wednesday afternoon
closing schedule and it was learned
here today that drug stores
will remain open Wednesday afternoons
for some time but may
adopt the half holiday for the
Rummer months.
The committee announced In
reaching the holiday schedule decision
that their action was based
entirely on majority rots, of
n^ercbants and SSked* coope^iatlo^k
of all in order that there will be
no confusion for the public or
merchants. _ _
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35 Members In
National Guard
Next Meeting Friday Night;
February 3 Date For
Federal Recognition
Thirty-five men have enlisted
in the field artillery battery of
the National Guard now in process
of organization in North
Wilkeeboro, Major Roy Forehand,
commanding officer, reported
today. ,
The authorized strength will
be 77 enlisted men and fire officers.
It is expected that additional
members will be Inducted
in the next meeting to bo held
Friday night at the Legion and
Auxiliary clubhouse.
Speaking of enlistments, Major
Forehand said that he had
been informed by the adjutant
general's office that in the compulsory
military training hill now
before congress there Is a provision
whloh exempts National
Guard members from the year of
training.
Construction at the Legion
clubhouse is under way to make
the quarters ready for federal
inspection. February 3 has been
set as the date for federal recognition
of the battery.
Don Story, of Wilkeeboro, a
pilot In the army air forces during
the war, has been commissioned
a first lieutenant in the
battery and C. G. Faw, Jr., has
been commissioned as a second
lieutenant.
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BIG JAMBOREE SHOW FOR PARK
FUND HERE ON SATURDAY MIGHT
The second Saturday night
jamboree show, featuring bill
silly hands, quartets and novelty
lumbers, will be held Saturday
light, January 11, eight o'clock,
it the North WUkesboro school
luditorium for benefit of the
Memorial Park Fund.
Jlmmle Childress, radio singir
and organizer of the show,
said today that be was arranging
a splendid program for the
ihow, which is expected to draw
i large crowd of folk music lorsT|j
in northwestern North Carolina.
Hill billy b&njls to be featured
will include the Wilkes Entertainers,
Don Walker and hla
band from Hickory, and Jim
Golden and His Carolina Pain.
There will also be quartet novelty
numbers, spirituals, popular
music and piano and guitar.
Admission will be only 25 and
50 cents, and all the profits will
go to the park fund.
An experimental jamboree
show wag held in December and
proved to be very popular with
the audience present and radio
listeners. Mr. Childress said that
attendance prizes will be awarded
and that all who will attend
will be aas^*ed of an evening of
entertainmcfiSragp
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HELP MEMORIAL PARK FUND