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Support it. Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WIUESBOBO. N. C„ Monday, Jan. 19. 1948 > - ~*s3*aL;.'-' •' ' rvy - aar-.'^s! IfgT North Wilkesboro has a trading radios of 60 miles, serving 100,000 people ki The Journal-Pai^Bt WiPBlazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 41 Years Northwwtern Carolina. KRUSZ WILL BE SFEIHEB FOB AANUAL MEETIBC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THIISBA* KMtlT OUTSTANDING EXECUTIVE TO ADDRESS WIUC1ES CHAMBER MEMBERSHIP MEETING AT NORTH WILKESBOR0 TOWN HALL, 7^30 . «arry J. Krusz, manager of the Winston-Salem Chamfber of Commerce, will address the annual meeting of the membership] of the Wilkes Chamber of Com— merce to be held Thursday night, January 22. 7?30, in the North Wilkedboro city hall. Krusz, a native of Dallas, Texas, was educated in Washington university, Northwestern university and the University of N«fc»»ska. For six years he was* mW«er of Industrial relations fey Commonwealth Steel in St. Kola, and was later general manner of Lincoln, Nebraska, chamber of commerce. He was one of the founders of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce, and served for eight years as national executive vice president. During the* war he served three rsats in tile international Division of the army, during which time he circled the globe. Mr. Krusz has' been in Win-! ston-Salem since 1941, where he hoi made an outstanding record. He Is the only man to have served two years as president of the NoKh Carolina Association of chamber executives. He is also! chairman of the Labor Relations | Council of the United States Chamber of Commerce. The membership meeting will' open promptly at 7:30 p. m. with' J. H. Whicker, Sr., presiding. J. I B. Williams, president of the chamber, will welcome members and make his report, which will be followed by report of Richard Johnston, treasurer. Tom Jenrette, secretary-manager of the Wilkes Chamber, will present Mr. T. KTTby will make a report on the election of six members of the board of directors. Committee chairmen will be recognised at the meeting. Refreshments will be served at the close of - the program. ft Cricket School Is i Operating Again Building Considered Safe For Remainder of Term; [ Repairs Are Made Cricket elementary school reopened today In the building which had been described as "dangerous" toy a grand Jury of Wilkes superior court. W. P. Credle, state director of school house planning, inspected the .building last week and found no dangerous condition, although the dilapidated house was by no means described as fed equate school facilities for 250 children. While the school was closed for j two weeks by order of the county board of education on receipt of the grand jury resort, some needed repairs were made to windows. stores, doors, etc., to make conditions more comfortable for the children and their six teachers. School authorities found it impractical to consolidate t h e j school with other schools, including Millers Creek, Wilkesboro and North Wilkesboro, because all of those schools hare crowded conditions and find it difficult to adequately house their own enrollments. In the county-wide survey of school nqeds it was recommended that Cricket school hare a building with nine classrooms. It is % rapidly growing community with enrollment expected to increase yearly. ^ I . _____— Ace Finley Byers Funeral Saturday Last rites were held Saturday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. rle Hugging, near this city, Ace Finley Byers, age 90, who died Thursday at his home est of this city. lit. Byers -was well known for " honesty and integrity. HIb ring sone and daughters Fred and Nathan Byers, Wilkesboro; Mrs. Nellie Buck; Mrs. Ada ChilKeysrille, Ta.; Mrs. Bes^uggins, Miss Winnie Byers Mrs. Maudie Chatham, all of Wllkesboro. . "* , Clate Brown conducted Burial To Speak Here WMtMMHHMWWHHMMtMM HARRY J, KRUSZ Mrs. Mitch Walsh Is Taken By Death Funeral service wa8 held Sanday at Zion Hill Baptist church at Boomer for Mrs. Anna Walsh, .60, wife of Mitch Walsh, well known citizen of the Boomer community. •She died Friday. Last rites were oonducted by Rev. Atwell Watts and Rev. Ernest Bumgarner. Mrs. -Walsh was a member of ''a well known Wilkes family, being a daughter of the late J. R. and Comilla MciNiel, of Purlear. Sha is survived -by h»| one son, Clyde Walsh, of Traphill; three daughters, Mrs. Ralph Caldwell, Mrs. Fred Gilbert and Mrs. Thena Montgomery, of Boomer; three brothers, W. C. McNiel, of North Wilkeeboro, Clifford McNiel, of Idle-wild, and Niley McNiel, of Purlear. James A. Burchette Succumbed Saturday James Ambrose Burchette, 81year-old citizen of Walnut Grofe township, died Saturday and funeral service will be held Tuesday, 11 a. m., at Pleasant Grove chuijph with Rev. L. E. Sparks conducting the last rites. Mr. Burchettw had 'been ill for two weeks but died of a 'sudden attaak. The surviving sons and daughters are: W. T. Burchette, Abetters; Trealy Burchette, West Virginia; Mrs. J. B. Elledge, Hays; James R. Burchette, Abshers; Miss Clara Burchette, Mozley. R. D. Sally Rites Held Thursday Elkin, Jan. 15.—Funeral for R. D. Salley, 48, who died Tuesday at his home in North Blkin, was held Thursday at Elkin Valley Baptist church. Burial was in the church cemetery. Salley moved to Elkin 10 years ago from Winston-Salem. He was an employee of Chatham Manufacturing Company. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Laura Collins Salley; two sons, Virgil and Rotvert, Elkin; two brothers, W. G. and A. G. Salley, Winston-Salem, and four grandchildren. . A _____ Reddies River Dams Allotted $90,000 Raleigh. — Representative 0. B. Deane of North Carolina said last week that President Truman's proposed budget for fiscal 1948-49 includes $90,000 for completion of planning on Reddles River dams No. 1, and No. 3, which are part of the YadklnPee Dee River flood control program. Initial - planning already is under way, Deane pointed out. with $70,000 previously allocated for the two dams to be built above North Wllkestooro, N. C. This phase of preliminary planning will be completed next Summer, and the $90,000 now being sought will cover preparation of working drawings and specifications for actual construction Funds to cover actual construction will be included in budget requests to be submitted in January 1949. Andrew C. Wellborn Is Claimed By Death Andrew Clark Wellborn, age 81, member of a well known Wilkee family, died Friday at bis home near Wllkeeboro. . Mr. Wellborn was a son of the late H. M. and Margaret Clark Wellborn. He Is survived by one (brother, W. S. Wellborn, and two sisters, Mrs. C. U. Davis and Mrs. F. L. Parks. | Rev. Watt M. Cooper, pastor of the First Presbyterian church here, conducted the funeral service Saturday afternoon at ReinsSturdivant chapel and burial was In the Pffeabyterian cemetery In Wilkesboro.' Mount Pleasant High School Is Improving Gym Heating Plant And Dressing Rooms Being Added To Gymnasium Bldg. Athletic Association of Mount Pleasant high school, with the aid of patrons, is adding a heating system, dressing rooms and showers to the school gymnasium. A modern heating plant was purchased recently at Camp Butnerrand is in the process of being installed. An addition is being erected to the gymnasium plant to house the heating plant and dressing rooms. Mack Proffit, school principal, said that modern facilities are being provided at comparatively little cost through Interest of the student body and athletic fans of the community. , The athletic program at the school has reached a high peak with- the boys basketball team winning all Yadkin Valley conference games. The girls' team Gymnasium Fnnd In N. Wilkesboro | Near $1,000 Mark i The gymnasium Improvement fund being raised by volnntary ' contributions to install heating plant and dressing rooms in [North Wilkesboro school gymnasium is near the 11,000 mark, or approximately one-third of the total of $3,000 asked. Srupt. J. Floyd Woodward reported today that the total of gifts wag $927.25. School patrons and others interested have been asked to give as liberally as possible in order that the project may be completed now. Work is already under way. Following are names of contributors since the last published report Thursday: J. T. Brame, Philmore Rhodes, Dr. Fred C. Hubbard, D. Hill Carlton, Shirley Stone, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Myers, J. G. Greene, Mrs. Ernest Eller, Mrs. Lulie Coleman, ®. F. Estee, Forrest B. Jones, Jimmy Baity, W, P. Billings, L. E. Harris, M. B. McNeill, J. C. Reins, G. Sam Winters, Mrs. J. D. Moore, Sr, C. Arthur Venable, tVr. James C. Mills, C. S. Welborn, Mrs. H. p. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Spainhour, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Spainhour, Mr. and Mrs. John Snyder, Mrs. Margaret Coffey, C. F. PowI ell, R. W. Gwyn, Dr. John T. | Wayland. _> Jimmy Moore Named Head of His Club At Wake Forest School Jimmy Moore, - Junior at Wake Forest, was honored last week when he was elected (resident of the Wake Forest Chapter of the InternatloiMriLgteMlPjM Club, and Literary* goefeta^WWI . '~y WOODWARD REPORTS TO P.-T. A. ON ACTIVITIES, SCHOOL FUNDS January meeting of the North Wilkeeboro Parent-Teacher Association Thursday night was featured by a report of school ►activities by Supt. J. Floyd Woodward, and a round table discussion of, questions relative to the school, which were propounded by members of the audience. It was "Fathers' Night" for the association and there was a large attendance in epite of extreme oold. ; ' In his report Supt. Woodward first discussed expenditures of the approximately $000 raised by the P.-T. A. sponsored Womanless Wedding. Under that heading he listed purchase of ten balls costing about $100; purchase of two health ladders costing about $100; castle tower at a cost of about $150. Order has been given for six horizontal bars and Wilkes Hosiery Mills company has donated the pipe to be used. Swings have been removed from the grounds to provide more space for physical education, which has been launched in grades from one to nine. Toilet partitions have been placed in girls' washrooms ana coat racks have been placed in the high school halls. The racks were donated by Bare's Department store. Carl W. Steele donated an ) electric clock for the elementary 1 building. Supt. Woodward gave a report on progress of the gymnasium fund to date. He also g«re a financial statement of the athletics department receipts and disbursements as follows: • Athletics Financial Statement Receipts— . Balance brought forward $145.56 Equipment, shoe*, etc. paid for by students — 249.40 Gate receipts _2,370.00 Game guarantees (played away) —11 , 233.00 Season ticket sales 954.48 Total — _ 13,953.42 Expenditures— Laundry » vV, 4127.26 Game officials 132.90 Guarantees to visiting teams 276.00 Conference fees 5.00 Equipment — _ 1,222.42 Memorial Park & Gym lights —i 137.88 Transportation 156.72 Meals, etc., expense on trips .—..... . 91.60 First aid, express, lime, etc. —, 53.20 1-2 expenses N. W.-Wilkeaboro game 86.85 Printing tickets and v programs —. J— 48.01 Game tax 619.89 Total $2,955.23 Balance r—. —4998.19 Jan. 14, 1948. ! J. P. WOODWARD. Supt. Woodward then explained the need for a greater amount of athletic funds than the balance of $998.19 will pay for. The athletic fund estimated needs were outlined as follows: Equipment order for girls' bas; ketiball (1947): 20 sweat shirts at $2 $ 40.00 20 s^eat panto at $2.25 .. 45.00 1 first aid k# 15.75 Total - .J $100.75 Baseball needs 1947-48: ! 24 bats 33.50 48 balls 96.00 | Total .$129.50 I Football needs for 1948-49: Sideline Hoods (22) $297.00 Game Uniforms (22) 383.00 Helmets (15) . 186.25 Footballs (6) 74.70 Hip Pads (30) 322.20 1 Shoulder pads' (15) - 8$.00 ( Thigh guards (22) ..... 36.00 First aid and misc. ........ 45.001 Sweat shirts (2"4) 48.00 Transportation 200.00 Total 11,679.15 In conclusion, Supt. Woodward gave a detailed report of band funds as follows: Receipts —.—$3,269.00 Disbursements: Baritone horn 188.00 El Baas ... 472.00 BB flat Bass 590.10 Oboe —II 286.00 French horn 158.40 2 drums —i__ 382.50 15 uniforms — 865,94 Total $2,942.84 Balance on hand $ 326.16Additional belts, Instruments, etc. are to be bought. Interesting Meeting Held During the P.-T. A. meeting much Interest was shown in school activities and excellent short talks were made by C. Arthur Venable and R. Ivey Moore on the topic of responsibility as patrons for (better school equipment and maintenance ot health standards for the children. Good reports wpre received from Mrs. Gwyn Gambill, chairman of the Music committee, and Mrs. John Baity, who reported on the executive 'board meeting. Attendance prizes for most parents present went to Miss j Sale's high school room and Mrs.{ Kiiby's room for the elementary; department. Refreshments were eerved under direction of Mrs. W. K. Sturdivant, chairman of the Hospitality committee. .) February 3rd Is Date Inspection | National Guard [?> : 4,1 •' v".fT an ■';• •• '• .:Vv.; v., Enlisted Personnel Now 35; Good Progress Made In Organization February 3 hag been set, as the <late for army inspection of the newly organized National Guard field artillery battery here, Major Roy Forehand, battery commandelr, said today. Enlisted personnel now has reached 35 and additional enlistments are expected Friday night. The battery will have an authorized strength of four officers and 77 enlisted men. At three p. m. on February 3 army men will inspect the battery's facilities located in the Legion clubhouse, which is temporary quarters until an armory can be built. At seven p. m. on the same date personnel of the battery will be inspected. If the results of the inspection are satisfactory, the battery will officially become a - part of the national guard. Major Forehand said that the battery may have 25 honorary members at $25 each. Honorary members enjoy the privilege of national guard members and are excused by law fronj jury duty. The battery recently has received several contributions of itema of office equipment and other material. Those interested in enlisting are asked to attend the next meeting of the guard Friday night, 7:30. o Funeral For Mrs. Hubbard Friday ■r-Funeral and burial services for T. Cattrrway Hubbard, aged 89 years, widow of J. T. Hubbard, who died at her home about .eleven o'clock Wednesday night after a serious illness of a few days, were held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at St. Paul's Episcopal church. Mrs. Hubbard, an invalid for a number of years, had been critically 111 only a day or so before the end came peacefully Wednesday night of last week. Mrs. Hubbard was a member of one of northwest North Carolina's best known families, being the daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. James Calloway. For a number of years she was a faithful member of the Episcopal church, and was known and loved by a large circle of friends and relatives, her jovial disposition and fine sense of humor being two of her outstanding characteristics. Her pastor, Rev. B. M. Lackey, of Lenoir, was in charge of the funeral service which was brief but very Impressive. He was assisted by Rev. H. M. Wellman, pastor of the Wilkesboro Methodist church, of which her husband was a member for a long period of time. Following the funeral service, the body was Interred in the family burial plot in the Episcopal cemetery near the church. Pallbearers were vestrymen ol 'St. Paul's church, as follows: Dudley S. Hill, J. B. McCoy, Robert Morehouse, Chas. H. Cowles, and' William and Jo* Barber. A most beautiful and profuse floral tribute attested to the love and esteem in which Mrs. Hubbard was held. Those' attending the funeral and 'burial services from a distance were: Bob Hubbard, Chapel Hill; Mrs. T. C. Bowie, Thomas Bowie, West Jefferson; John Wright, Willie Lee Wright, Hale Wright, Independence, Va.; Mrs. Oscar Merrltt, Mount Airy; Mrs. Raymond Harris, Elkin; Mr. and Mrs. Homer Wellborn, Charlotte; Mr. and Mrs. Roger Wellborn, Winston-Salem; Mr. and Mrs; A1 Rash, Statesville; Miss Margaret Cassel, Philadelphia, Penn.; Dr. A. S. Cassel, Raleigh; Miss Margaret Hubbard, Richmond, Va.; Mrs. W. F. Loftis and Susan Loftis, Mrs. Clay McCullum, Mayodan; Mrs. W. C. Moore, Mr®. B. M. Lackey, arid Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Houck, of Lenoir. —o — ■ Rondo Furniture Co. To Open On Friday Ronda Furniture company, owned by Lloyd and Richard Pardue, brothers, will open on Friday in the new store next door to R'onda postoffice. Opening specials for Friday and Saturday are quoted in an advertisement elsewhere in this newspaper. The public Is cordially invited to visit the new store. Home Demonstration And 4-H Club Events Schedule For Week Wednesday, Jan. 21—Moravian Falls Club; place, community House; hostesses, Mrs. W. C. Scroggs, Mrs. R. A* Greer, 2: SO o'clock. Thursday, Jan. 221—Cllngman club; place, Mrs. Harry Greene, 2 o'clock. Friday, Jan. 23—Lewis Fork club; place, Mrs. Cyrus Whlttlngton, 2 o'clock. Wednesday, Jan. 28—Gllreath Club; place, Mrs. Cora Parker, 2 o'clock. ✓ Radio program—Station W K B C, 12:20. n Wayland Speaker At Lions Club's Meeting Friday Dr. John T. Wayland, pastor of the First Baptist chnrch, delivered a challenging address Friday evening before the North Wilkes boro Lions Club. The program committee for the meeting consisted of G. R. Andrews, Paul Harvel and Frank Allen. Mr. Andrews presented Dr, Wayland, who spoke on international affaire, the United Nations and proposed world government. His address was received with much interest. The club's attention was called to the polio campaign annually sponsored by Lions here and the need to raise the quota of $5,000 in-Wilkes county. R. W. Gwyn, Jr., memiber of the club, is chairman of the campaign, which is now under way. It was pointed out that $4,000 of Foundation funds were used last year for the benefit and to speed recovery of infantile paralysis victims in Wilkes Connty. At the meeting Friday C. I* Owens was a guest of Paul Gashion. o Funeral On Friday For Maro Walker Last rites were held Friday at Haymeadow Baptist church for Maro Walker, 74-year-old citizen of Mulberry township who died Wednesday. Rev. D. M. Dillard, Rev. Rue Harrold and Rev D. C. Miller conducted the funeral service. Surviving children .of Mr. Walker are: Misses Dana and Oma Walker, Hays; Mrs. Ernest Wyatt, Yadkinville; Mrs. Glenn Carpenter, Statecrville; Miss Rebecca Walker and" W. M. Walker, tHays; Mrs. Watt Loutharpe, Statesville; Mrs. Dewey Day, Boonville. o Ministers Exchange For Prayer Service On Wednesday night, seven o'clock, Rev. Fred Blevins, pastor of Oakwoods Baptist church, will preach at Gordon Baptist, and Rev. Clate Brown, Gordon Baptist pastor, will be at Oakwoods Baptist. The public is cordially invited to both services. Johnson Speaks At Kiwanis Meet Here Friday Meow candidate For Governor Speaks About Fiscal Affair* Of N. C. ■- ■ Charles M. Johnson, North Carolina State treasurer and announced candidate for governor, addressed the North Wllkesboro club Friday noon. Preceding the program Sara I Ogllvie, chairman of the Wilkes chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis presented for a brief statement concerning the March of Dimes Campaign that Is approaching -soon. He very effectively called attention to the support of the club for this work In this past and asked for a continuation of this support. He Introduced little Miss June Royal, who was stricken II n 1944 by infantile p4ralysis and is now one of ths persons who Is receiving help from the club to. aid hbr to go to school at Wilkesfboro. Miss | Royal expressed appreciation for . the Interest the club has taken ' In her. Dr. G. R. Combs read resdlutions of respect prepared by him end J. H. Whicker in memory of Mrs. Annie Hubbard whose funeral was held at 2:00 p. m. Friday. President R. E. Gilbbs appointed .the Public Affairs Committee to select a chairman to conduct the Red Cross Campaign to be held here in the near future. Program Chairman W. H. MoElwee was unable to be present, but he had asked J. B. Williams to Introduce hiB speaker, Chas. M. Johnson, who brought to the club a splendid talk outlining the fiscal affairs of the state. He pointed out that there h#s m^ch expansion in. the services of the state in the recent years. Before the first World War the annual budget was scarcely $5,000,000. In 1940 the annual general fund tax income was $41,000,000, .but in 1947 it was $120,000,00d. He stated that the general fund bonded indebted| ness has been satisfied, and that there is a surplus in the highway i funds sufficient to pay all of the ; bonded indebtedness In that department with $20,000,000 ts spare. North Carolina is the only ' State in the Union that maintains Its public roads entirely without any ad valorem tax, and it is the only state in the Union except Delaware that maintains its public schools on a state-wide basis. He pointed out that there are 63 city units in the Stats that by local vote operate a "better than the' state minimum program. Guests FijJday were: James M. Anderson with W. J. Caroon; Sam Ogllvie and June Royal with R. E. Gibbs;- Mayor T. 8. Kenerly with John Walker; Bill McAllister, of Durham, with Dudley Hill; J. G. lHackett with J. B. Williams. _ n s The U. S. Department of Agriculture has announced smaller first quarter 1948 export allocations of fats and oils than for the same period of 1947. NORTHWESTERN BANK HAS GOOD YEAR; DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS RE-ELECTED; REPORTS GIVEN The Northwestern Bank, which has branches In many northwestern North Carolina cities and towns, Jiad a very profitable year in 1947, Dr. B. B. Dougherty, of Boone, president, reported to stockholders gathered at the bank's home office here for annual meeting Tuesday. Dr. Dougherty, who is also president of Appalachian State Teachers College at Boone, told the stockholders that after paying dividends and setting up ample reserve for income taxes that the bank's total capital account at the close of the year was fl,542,788.9?. Showing growth of the bank, Dr. Dougherty cited assets of the bank at the time of its organisation July 1, 1937, totaling slightly over two million dollars, which had increased to more than thirty-four mtllionB as of December 31, 1947. "The bank was pleased during the year to serve the people of western North Carolina, especially in towns where branches are located," he said. The branches are at Sparta, Boone, Blowing Rock, Bakersvllle, Jefferson, Burnsville, Taylorsville, Valdese, Spruce Pine, Black Mountain, Newton, Hickory, Old Fort and Maiden. Applications are now pending for opening branches in Wilkedboro and Stony Point. The stockholder re-elected all directors as follows: C. O. McNiel, Ralph Duncan and. N. B. Smithey, North Wllkesboro; M. E. Reeves, Laurel Springs; M, A. Higgins, Bnnice; D. C. Duncan and R. JL: Doughton, Sparta; W. W. Mast, Gordon H. Winkler and W. D. Farthing, Boone; W. C. Berry and John C. McBee, Sr., of Bakereville; B. R. Penland, Burnsville; O. M. Klrkpatrick, Taylorsvllle; J. D. Brinkley, Valdese; Dr. C. A. Peterson, Sprue# Pine; H. M.- Yount, Newton; H. C. Oline, Wade H. Shuford and C. L. Whisnant, Hickory. The directors re-elected all officers as follows: Dr. Dougherty, president; Bdwin Duncan, of Sparta, executive rice president; Wade H. Shufo'rd, of Hickory, .W. B. Austin, of Jefferson, and W; B. Greene, of Klngsport, Tenn., rice presidents; f D. V. Deal, of North Wilkesboro, cashier and secretary.
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