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North Wilkeaboro has a
trading radius of M miles,
serving 100,000 people in
Northwestern Carolina.
The Jpumol-Potriot Hos Blozed the Troil of Progress |n the "Stote of Wilkes' For Over 41 Yeors
Published Mondays and ThuwdayT" N0BTH WIUESBORoTnTo. Thursday. Jan. IS. 19Afi
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M FUND CLIMBS TO
5668 TOTAL TO DATE;
Gymnasium improvement fund
tor North Wllkftaboro school today
and climfbed to |««8.75 from
voinnt*™ donations by sehool
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T.. Supt. J. Floyd Woodward
reported this morning. I
This total represents a gain of
more than $190 over the first
published report in the campaign
Monday
The school Is seeking $3,000
for installation of a heating plant
and dressing rooms in the gymnasium.
Letters were sent out to
patrons asking their voluntary
contributions. ▲ contest is plann^png
school rooms with
to be offered the rooms
- the best record in con»
by parents.
is already well under
installation of the heatplant,
which was purchased
* Camp Butner. It is expected
that the heating plant will be
Freight Cir Off
Track Crashes Into
Factory Building
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A freight car which Jumped
the track wrecked one corner of!
Turner White Gasket company I
factory building in this city;
Wednesday morning.
The ear was being pushed up
the siding across Sixth street to I
Forest Furniture company when
the upper end left the track and
the edge of the car crashed into
the northeast corner of the factory
building, in which the office
ia located
corner of the building,
h wag constructed of brick,]
wrecked from top to bottom,,
damage was estimated at
hundred dollars. Several
were required to get the
««r hack on the track and rethe
debris.
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Age Center
Plans Square Dance
A square dance will feature
the Wilkes 'Teen Age Center activities
Saturday night. A popular
string band will play and all
of 'teen age in. Wilkes are invited.
The 'Teen age center operates
In the V. F. W. hall on C
street opposite the North Wil-'
kesboro postoffice
Fathers Hold
January Meeting
North Wilkeeboro town council
• had a busy meeting Tuesday
} night with routine matters. Pres)
ent for the meeting were Mayor
T. S. Kenerly, Clerk W. P. Kelly,
and Commissioners J. C. Reins,
C. J. Swofford, Gilbert Bare and
Max Foster.
Policeman Carlyle Staley was
promoted to rank of sergeant on
t^e police force.
Several requests were received!
by the board for minor street improvements
Valuable Property
At Auction 17th
Penney brothers auctioneers
will oonduet auction sale of valuafl>le
property at Union Grove
near the North Wilkes boroStatesville
highway on Saturday,
January 17, 1:30 p. m.
Included in the property for
sale will be brick business buildings
and homes and the 50-acre
J. P. VanHoy "farm. There will
be plenty of entertainment at the
sale, In addition to free cash prizes,
and everybody is invited.
Ben E. Eller Dies
In New Albany, Ind.
Mr. Ben H. Eller, a resident of
New Albany, Ind., and a brother
of Mr. E. IS. Eller, this city, passed
away Jan. 5th, after an illnsss
of more than a year. His widow,
two daughters, one son and several
grandchildren survive; also
three brothers and one sister,
Fmm* Eller, North Wilkee;
L A- Eller, ChiBiowie, Va.,
J. A Bllsr, Marlon, Va.
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ury Tumbles
.j Wilkes Today
morning was the coldest
winter to date in Wilkes
there is no official
station, there were many
very low temperatures,
zero to seven above.
three above.
weather hastate
predicted con
—
In use In a short time. This will
be welcome news to basketall1
fans who have suffered from celd.
while watching basketball games, j
and will make it possible for all,
gradeg in the school to use the
gymnasium in physical education
classes.
Donations were received from
the following since the last published
report: R. I. Moore, VJ. S.
Bumgarner, J. B. Carter, George
Wells, Dr. and Mrs. H. B. Smith,
Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Moore, Mr.
and Mrs. W. J. Baeon, U. S.
Church, J. C. Davis, G. A. Caudill,
George Campbell, Kate Pinley,
M. C. Woodie, Mr. and Mrs.
Diok Thompson, Staton Mclver,
I. F. Helms, Guy Hutchison,
Mrs. J. R. Hix, Jr., Biddie Powell,
J. M. Combs, High School
Dramatics ciufb, Mrs. A. H. Clark,
Lewis Vickery, and C. L. Badgett.
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Alley Treadway Is
Cloimed By Death
Funeral service will be held
Friday, two p. m., at Walnut
Grove Baptist church Cor Alley
Treadway, 75, citizen of the
Pores Kndb community who died
Wednesday night. Rev. E. V.
Bumgarner will conduct the last
rites.
Mr. Treadway is survived by
the following sons and daughters:
Mrs. Lizzie DyBon, Boomer;
Mrs. Lydia Hubbard, Mrs.
Delia Kerley and Parks Treadway,
Pores Knob; Jay Treadway,
Bssington, Pa.
Mrs. Hubbard, 89,
D i e d Wednesday
Funeral Friday, 2 P. M., In
Wilkesboro For Mrs.
Annie C. Hubbard
Mrs. Annie Yeakle Calloway
Hubbard, 89, one of Wilkesboro's
oldest and most highly esteemed
residents, died at her home in
Wilkesboro at 11 p. m. Wednesday
night. Mrs. Hubbard had
been an invalid over a long period
of time and ha^ been critically
ill for several days.
A member of one of northwestern
North Carolina's most
prominent families, Mrs. Hubbard
was born in Wilkesboro December
7, 1858, a daughter of
the late Dr. James Calloway and
Mrs. Annie Terry Yeakle Calloway.
Her father practiced medicine
in Wilkesboro for 40 years.
For several decades Mrs. Hubbard
had been a memfber of St.
Paul's Episcopal church In Wilkesboro
and was held in high
esteem for her Christian character.
On April 18, 1882, Mrs. HulDbard
was married to the late
Joseph T. Hubbard. The surviving
sons and daughters are: Mrs.
A. 8. Cassel, Thomas S. Hubbard
and Dr. Fred C. Hubbard, of
Wilkesboro, and W. E. Hubbard,
of Yakima, Wash. Also surviving
are 20 grandchildren and 14
great-grandchildren. She was preceded
in death by one son and
one daughter, James C. Hubbard,
and Mrs. Annie Wellborn.
Funeral service will be held
Friday afternoon, two o'clock, at
St. Paul's Episcopal Church in
Wilkesboro. Rector B. M. Lackey
will conduct the service. Burial
will follow in the Episcopal cemetery.
Dokies Planning;
A Square Dance
Dr. Chamberlain Endorsed
As Candidate To Head
Birjand Temple
North Wilkesboro Dokies Club
in January meeting endorsed Dr.
A. C. Chamberlain, of North Wilkesboro,
Cor the position of Royal
Vizier of Birjand Temple and
planned to send a large delegation
to the Birjand Temple meeting
in Wiftston-Salem Friday
night, #hen officers will be
elected.'
The Dokies also planned to
sponsor a Washington Birthday
square dance, which will be held
on the night of February 21st
at Wilkes Implement company.
The dance will be held to raise
funds for the Wilkes 'Teen Age
Center.
Support the Y.M.CA.
Knights of Pythias
^Officers Installed
At the meeting of North Wllkesboro
Lodge No/ 67 oil January
6th the following were Installed
as officers for first six months
of 1948: *
Chancellor commander, Lewis
Viekery; vice chancellor, J. D.
Moore, Jr.; prelate, Homer
Brookshlre; master of works, 6.
R. Andrews; secretary, J. Q.
Adams; financial secretary, W.
C. Haass; treasurer, W. B. Jones;
master at arms, G. . S. Winters;
inner guard, Isaac Duncan; outer
guard, Archie Lee Osborne.
The rank of page was conferred
on Forreet Jones and James
Oeborne Monday night, Jan. 12.
Jamee Osborne will have the second
or rank of esquire conferred
on him Monday night, Jan. 19th.
Two Wirkes Men
Go Into marines
Staff Sergeant O. FL Phipps,
non - commissioned officer in
charge of the U. S. Marine Recruiting
Station In Wlnston-Salem,
has announced the enlistment
of two North Wllkestooro
men in the Marine Corps.
The men were Linrille J, Jennings,
son of Mrs. Minnie Marshall
Jennings of North Wilkeeboro,
and Henry Alexander
Church, son of Evelyn Allen Putnam,
of North Wilkesboro. Both
men are now at Parrls Island, S.
C., where they will receive tlfeir
recruit training. They enlisted
for three years, and this is their
first, enlistment in the armed
force*. '
Theee men were accepted by a
representative of the Marine
Corps recruiting service that visits
North Wilkeeboro once each
week. He will be here again next
week and every Friiay at the
VFW Hall opposite the pistoffiee.
MSn aCCI»«jLjCT IiT
ish their high school education
i-nd take college courses through
the Marine Corps Institute. These
courses are free to all Marines.
Staff Sergeant Phipps also announced
that men who desire to
enlist or would like anv information
about the Citizen Marine
Corps Reserve may get complete
information by visiting the Marine
Sergeant on Friday at the
"VFW" Hall in North Wilkesboro.
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Edward M. Carter
Funeral Is Today
Edward Monroe Carter, 81, of
Pleasant Hill community died of
pneumonia at 1:46 p. m. Tuesday
at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Jesse Transou.
Funeral services were conducted
at 11 a. m. today at Pleasant
Hill Baptist church, of which
he waa a member. Rev. David
W. Day, pastor, and Rev. Richard
Day officiated. Burial was in the
churcih cemetery.
Mr. Carter was the son of
Meredith and Jemina Couch Carter.
His wife, Mrs. Etta Collins
Carter, died 39 years ago.
Surviving are five children,
Mrs. E. P. Yarfooro, Mrs. Jesse
Transou, Dan and Harvey Carter,
all of Elkin, and Mrs. Claude
Newman of Ronda; 26 grandchildren
and 14 great-grandchildren;
one brother, Willie Carter; onel
sister, Mrs. Nancy Jane Collins,
(both of Elkln.
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B. H. Eller Loses
Chicks and House
B. H. Eller suffered a $3,000
fire loss Sunday morning when a
two-story brooder house containing
1,100 chicks were destroyed
by fire at his home near
Purlear.
The fire was thought ^o have
originated from a brooder stove.
The chicks were five weeks old
and the building contained
enough feed, which was destroyed,
to grow them to broiler size.
No part of the loss was covered
by Insurance.
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Office of Western
Union Is. Flooded
Western Union telegraph office
is now in temporary quarters
in the National Farm Loan
office in the Bank of North Wllkesboro
building.
Office of Western Union was
flooded by water and badly damaged
Monday when a gutter in
the building became Jammed and
the water overflowed. Repairs to
the office, Including new overhead
ceiling and plaster, are now
being made.
CRICKET
SCHOOLTO
RE-OPEN
Cricket school, a six-teacher
elementary unit closed since Jannary
5 because the dilapidated
building was condemned by a
Wilkes grand Jury, will re-open
on Monday, January 1#, it was
announced today from the office
of C. ®. Eller, oounty superintendent
of schools. \ \
W. P. Credle, director of
school house planning for the
State deportment of Public Tn-i
st ruction, Inspected the condemn- J
ed building yesterday and made
his report to Supt. Bller, who
went to Raleigh today to confer
with state officials on school matters.
The grand Jury in its Decern-j
ber term report described the
Cricket school building as "dangerous
and should not be used."*
The board of education closed
the school at the board's meeting
January 5 until an inspection
could be made.
Results of Mr. Credle's inspection
were not given out in detail
here and he was to report
his findings to Sherwood Brockwell,
state fire marshal] It was
also not disclosed what alterations
are necessary, but the
(building will he put in safe condition
for school re-opening Monday.
In a survey of school needs,
a ten-room building was recommended
for Cricket, which is a
suburban community just west of
this city and is growing rapidly.
School authorities estimated that
50 or more children in the district
in grades one ffcrough seven
are already attending other
schools because of the condition
of the Crieket building.
The building is of frame construction,
heated Iby stoves in
each room. It --was originally
grqsted ter three^Jaggyi^ml
crease it to six cl«umroottaTwP|3p
are small and btfdly crowded.
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Ford Truck And
P Open House 16th
Yadkin Valley Motor Company's
New Building To
House Truck Dept.
The Yadkin Valley Motor company
will combine two Important
events Friday, January 16—first
showing of the ,1948 Ford trucks
and open house for the company
new building on the northeast
corner of Ninth and C streets.
A. F- Kilby, president of the
company, said that public interest
in announcement of showing
of the first of Ford's 1948 line
is high and that many visitors
are expected. The trucks, he
said, will be "Ford Bonus Built
Trucks—(built stronger to last
longer."
The new building is a splendid
addition to facilities of the company,
which has been operating
continuously and successfully at
the same location on the corner
of Ninth and C streets since' it
was organized as the first garage
and dealership in North Wilkes'boro
in 1915. "We are better
equipped than at any time in our
long history to render complete
service," Mr. Kiliby said.
With two floors, the new
building is 50 by 88 feet". The
street floor will house the truck
sales and service departments
and the top floor, which has entrance
on C street, has the new
and modern paint and body shop
with the most modern equipment
available. The building was well
constructed and is fireproof
throughout.
In addition to the facilities in
the new building and the new
departments, Yadkin Valley Motor
company has added other facilities.
These include the latest
scientific diagnosis test set,
which is built to take guess work
out of finding motor troubles.
Of particular interest with car
inspection coming on 1s the addition
of a scientifically built
wheel aligner and headlamp tester
like the state inspection lanes
will use for testing auto headlights.
Everybody is invited to the
shoeing ot the 1948 FOrd trucks
and open house for the new
building, which is a splendid addition
to North Wilkeaboro's
downtown business district.
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Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Hulbbard,
Jr., and family recently moved
into their attractive new home
located in the Rousseau development.
MYF Organizes
Wilkes Sub-District
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Sixty-eight young people were
present tor the organisational
meeting of tie Wilkes County
Sulb-district of the Methodist
Youth Fellowship, held Monday
evening, January 12th, at the
'North Wilkesboro First Methodist
church. Churches In the
county are Wilkesboro, Friendship,
Charity, Arbor Grove, Millers
Creek, Beulah, Union, and
the North Wilkesboro First Methodist.
Miss Jo Lassiter, director of
religious education In the host
church, presided for the business
session and directed a recreation
pertod.< The following officers
were elected: Preeldent, George
Bumgarner, from the Friendship
church; vice preeldent, Miss Agnes
Kenerly, First Methodist;
secretary, Miss Virginia Mahaffey,
Union; treasurer, MIbs Nancy
Garwood, Wilkesboro? publicity,
Dudley Moore, and Counsellor,
Misrf Dot Bell, both from
the First Methodist.
Preceding the business session
members of the First Methodist
MYF gave an intereeting worship
program with Dudley Moore
presiding. Mise Margaret Anderson
gave a report of "the Cleveland
Conference, and Misses Agnes
and Betty Lou Kenerly, accompanied
at the piano, by Miss
Dot Shell, sang "Lead Us, O
Father."
Following the recreation period
of group singing and games
the host church served refreshments.
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Peddlers of Progress
Plans School Work,
Health, Physical Ed.
"Peddlers Of Progress,'1!, radio
program sponsored (by the Wilkee
Chamber of Commerce Tuesday
nights, eight p. m., over WILX
and Thursday, 12:30, oVe|
Representatives of North Wilkesboro
school will have an Informal
discission on health and
physical education activities
planned for the North Wilkesboro
school.
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Mrs. Jenny Kernodle
Dies Near Burlington
Burlington, Jan. 13.—Mrs. I
Jenny Caffey Kernodle, 8:1, wife
of the late James M. Kernodle,
died at 8 p. m. tonight at her
home, Route 4, Burlington. Surviving
are four sons, Roibert, Wilson,
and Talmadge of Route 4,
Burlington, and Long of Route
2, Elon College; one sister, Mrs,
R. L. Redding of Hernando,
Miss.; 14 grandchildren and,
eight great-grajndch'lldTen. Funeral
will he held at Bethlehem I
Christian Church at 3 p. m.!
Thursday. Burial will be in the
Church cemetery.
Mrs. Kernodle was a sister of
the late Mrs. Willie *C. Gentry,
of this city, where she had visited
frequently and had made
many friends. Several of her
relatives from here attended the
funeral and burial services.
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Funeral Thursday
For Mrs. Church
Funeral was held at Edgevllle
Pilgrim ° Holiness Church ( i n
Greensboro at 2 p. m. today for
Mrs. Alfred U. Church, 81, of
1610 Fairview Street, who died
at 8:40 a. m. Tuesday at'Piedmont
Nursing Home. Burial will
be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Mrs. Church, the former Carrie
Yates, had been in ill health
for two years and a patient at
the nursing home for two weeks.
Born in Wilkes county, she had
lived in Greensboro for 25 years.
Survivors include her husband
; five sons, El. F. and Cicero
Church of Greensboro, Qufncy
and Jamee Church of Burlington,
and Charles Church of Keysville,
Va.; fo*r daughters, Mrs. Minnie
Greer of Wilkeeboro, Mrs. Lena
Nichols of Bhtefleld, W. Va., and
Mrs. Fannie Sewell and Miss
Delia Church,of Greensboro; two
brothers, Tim Tates of Shell
Creek, Tain., and Andrew Yatas
of Wilkeeboro; one sister, Mrs.
Lula Canter of Wilkeeboro; 85
grandchildren, and 20 greatgrandchildren.
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Dancing Classes To
Begin January 19th
Miss Grace Frank KUby will
start tap, toe and ballet dadcing
classes January 19th. Those interested
are asked to call Miss
KUby, whose • phone number is
235.
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Furniture Stores
Adopt the Holiday
Schedule For Year
At a meeting of furniture
merchants Tuesday at the Wilkes
Chamber of Commerce office the
regular schedule of store holidays,
including "Wednesday afternoon
closing, was adopted.
Representatives of the following
stores were present for the
meeting: William C. Gray, Gray
Brothers; Baxter Hayes, Markdown;
Quincy Whittington, Better
Homes; J, Q. Ohlpman,
Wilkes Furniture Exchange; M.
F. Rhoades, Ideal; Charles H.
Day, Rhodes-Day. Forester Furniture
company wee also included
in the unanimous agreement for
Wednesday afternoon closing and
the other store holidays for the
year.
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January Court Is
Now In Progress
Judge Alley Is Presiding;
Many Civil Actions Are
Pending Trial j
January session of Wilkes superior
court is working on a
large docket of civil cases.
Judge Felix E. Alley, of
Waynesville, veteran Jurist who
recently announced his early retirement
from the bench, 1b presiding
over the term.
The following divorce cases
Goldie Brown versus Presley
Brown; Monroe Williams versus
Margaret Inez Williams; Elmina
Wolf versus .L. Q. Wolf; Ralph
Gilreath versus Elva iBumgarner
Gilreath; Ruby Mastin versus
Eugene Mastin; Ruth Jones Cloninger
versus Albert Cloninger.
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Store Break-In
Is Solved Here
Pcflice lost no time in solving
a rotbbery case, here Wednesday.
Some time Tuesday night the
WBT grocery store on A street
was entered by a thief who pried
open the barred door. A 45-calibre
gun and several items of
merchandise were taken.
On Wednesday afternoon Police
Sergeant Carlyle Staley arrested
Clarence Parks, sixteenyear-old
colored boy, at his home
east of Wilkeabqjo. The youth
admitted breaking in the store
and taking the gun and merchandise,
part of whfch was recovered,
Sgt. Staley said.
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Marriage License
License to wed were issued
during the past week by Troy
C. Foster, Wilkes register of
deeds, to the following: Rayburn
Jenkins, Jonesville, and Ruth
Jenkins, Ronda; Hoke Fender
and Vivian Brown, both of Piney
Creek; Lawson E. Blackburn and
Faye Jordan, both of North Wilkedboro;
Jesse Warren Caudill,
Tuckerdale, and Alice Stanton,
Blizabethton, Tenn.; William Alfred
Billings and Nellie Sue
Cockerham, both of Roaring River;
Vernon Reece Byrd and Ruby
Viola Myers, .both of North Wllkesboro
route two; Jack Hall
and Ida Ellen Saunders, both of
Ferguson.
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Baptist Pastors
To Meet Monday
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Wilkes County Baptist Pastors'
Conference will hold its January
session Monday, January 19, at
Reins-Stuvdivant cthapel in North
Wilkesboro. '
Rev. A. W. Bller will conduct
the morning devoti' lal at ten a.
m., which will be followed by a
business session. Rev. C. M. Cope
will discuss "The Man In The
Pew Looks At The Preacher."
Rev. C. J. Poole will preach the
morning sermon.
The afternoon session will
open at 1:15 with devotional by
Rev. L. T. Younger: Dr. John T.
Way land will oonduct the homiletical
study and Rev. W. N.
Brookshire the doctrinal study.
Goal For Wilkes
In Drive $5,200;
Shows Scheduled
Free Shows To Be Given In
School; Dance Planned
Later This Month
Annual (Infantile Paralysis
campaign was launched in Wilkes
county today under direction of
R. W. Gwyn, Jr., campaign chairman
for the year.
in Wilkes, when campaigns
hare (been very successful
since the 1944 epidemic of polio
when there were 37 cases, this
year is $5,200, practically the
same as last jgar.
The campaign will be launched
through the schools, by letter,
by shows in central communities
and a birthday ball in the latter
ipart of the month.
The campaign committee has
secured the Tadkln Valley Boys,
radio string band here, for shows
to be held in the larger schools
of the county. The string hand
will put on a show, supplemented
by a movie, and no admission
will be charged. But an offeringwill
be taken for the polio fund.
Next Week's schedule will be
at Mulberry Tuesday night, Traphill
Wednesday night and Mount
Pleasant Thursday night, with
each ehow beginning at 7:30.
The show will be at Roaring River
school Monday- night, January
26.
Following is the letter^ mailed
| "1 wish you could go with me
on a visit to one of our Infantile
Paralysis Hospital Units In
the State. There you would see
—-bed 'beside ibed—child beside
child, smiling most of these children,
and glad you have come. In
at least one of these units you
would find Wilkes oounty children.
"But this youngster cannot
move his arms, another cannot
move his~ legs, and still another
—the most serious of all—cannot
breathe and lies helpless in
an ilTon Lunfe r *
"To restore these children to '
normal or near normal health
requires the 'beet nursing and
medical care—day and Ul^Bt,
week after week,, month after
month. Sometime^ it takes years.
Too often it takes a life-time.'
"The annual March of Dimes
enables us to assure every victim
of infantile paralysis in
Wilkes County, in North' Carolina
and in the nation adequate
hospital, medical and nursing
care. To continue this work it
is essential that every one who
can shall make a contribution to
ths drive.
"As Director of the Infantile
Paralysis Fund-raising Campaign
in Wilkes County this year, it
1b my privilege to sp6&k for our
many victims of polio, and to
ask yon to lend them a helping
hand by making as large a contribution
as you feel you can. The
need in Wilkes County is great.
During the past year when Wilkes
County only had a few cases of
polio, the local chapter found it
necessary to spend over H.000.00
to pay for operations, braces,
wheel chairs and other needs of
those who had polio in past
years. At this time the local
treasury Is nearly depleted. Tour
contribution will make, it possible
for this great work to continue
during the coming year.
"I am enclosing a special check
and reply envelope for your convenience.
Use either this or your
personal check)—or, you might
prefer to clip a bill to your reply.
"However much or little you
give, you may be sure it will be
used to brighten the life of a
child wbo needs your help.
"Will you give today?"
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Congregational Meet
In St. Pours Parish
The annual congregational
meeting of St. Paul's Episcopal
Church, Wilkesboro, will be held
in the church on 8unday, January
18th, at^our p. m. At this
meeting reports on the work of
the various organifatlons of the
Parish will be made and a vestry
will be elected to serve for
this year. Bach member of the
parish is urged to be present.