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Vol.+2, No. 80
The journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 41 Years
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Published Mondays and Thursdays
North Wilkesboro has a
trading radius of 50 miles,
gp serving 100,000 people in
||j Northwestern Carolina.
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YADKIN VALLEY MOTOR COMPANY'S NEW BUILDING
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-yw A splendid addition to Wilko* boro on the corner
new building pictured »ho*e. The fireproof •tn*J"rV!'V ^ a paint and
of Ninthand CstreetT for a tn«k dep*rtm€»t cn the ^dn«Sn inrtalled
hody Shop on the second floor. The ^ck departoent Jr.).
and 1948 model Ford trucks are on display. —(Photo by i-ane
Basketball Calendar
an stars at North Wll
t—Mountain View all
at Wilkeeboro.
Ugh Mhool at Wilkee
nlRht—North Wil
taboro high school at Klkln.
Wednesday night — Millers
Greek all stars and filler's
Bhtejackets at Millers Creek.
Dwnday night — Mount
PleMaat all stars at North Wii
kesboro.
Thursday night—North Wll
kesboro high school at Taylors
TlDe.
Friday night—Mount Pleas-.
ant high school at Wilkes bo ro.
Mulberry School
taises
In Polio Effort]
Mulberry school made an ex
cellent record la raising money
for the March of Dimes cam
paign, R. W. Gwyn, Jr., Wilkes
ohairman, said today.
The school reported a total of
1262.13, which greatly exceeded
the amount raised there last
year.
The sixth grade won the con
ft in the school by raising
1.50.
'Forgotten Men'
Subject Address
At Kiwanis Meet
Rev. C. E. Rozelle Brings
4 Inspiring Message To
Chrie Club Friday
Korth Wilkeeboro Kiwanifl
club enjoyed a good program at
the regular ^eekly luncheon
meeting held Friday noon at Ho
tel Wilkes.
Program Chairman Dr. FYed
C. Hubbard presented John Cash'
Ion, who sang two numbers,
*<Seven. Beers,'' and "Old Man
River."
ReT. C. E. Rozzelle, of Ard
more Methodist church, Winston
Salem, waB then presented and
he spoke to the clnb on the sub
ject of "Unremembered People
Who Hare Meant So Much To
The World." In his list he
named William Dawes who met
Panl Revere in hie midnight ride.
2-. H. Solomon, whose million
dollors of gold saved America in
the days of George Washington
and Talley Forge. 3. Samuel
Slater, who is the father of the
textile manufacturing in this
oountry. 4. Marcus Whitman, who
prevailed on the congress to
save the northwest in the days
of John Trier. 6. Dorotha Dix,
who founded the institution for
the mentally sick. f. Dr. Carrie,
who made the first artificial ice.
7. Dr. Bphraim McDowell, who
performed the first abdominal
operation for tumor in this coun
try. 8. Mary Lyon, who founded
Mt. Holyoke College for girls. I.
I,or|fiza Coffin, who made the.
first air brakes work. 10. Harvqr
Wiley, the pure food act. 11.
Perry Heath, the R'. F. D. Mail
Service. It was a challenging and
interesting talk.
D Quests Friday were: Miss Ag
lies Mledge and Claude Elledge
With D. E. ESI edge; Fred Hob
bard. Jr., with DV. Fred Hubbard.
Support the Y.M.C. A
Flood Control Talks
In Winston-Salem
Experts Discuss
Full Program Of
FI o o d Control
Winston-Salem, Feb. 1.—De
tention dams must be augmented
by soil conservation and refores
tation programs for adequate
flood control in the Yadkin Val
ley. This was the consensus ol
opinion of two representatives,
omaifi"M tamhai
and forest service, and local
Chamber of Commerce officials,
who met* here informally yester
day.
Meeting at luncheon at Hotel
Robert E. Lee to discuss the
Yadkin Valley flood control pro
ject were North Carolina Repre
sentatives John H. Folger and
C. B. Deane; Homer M. Wells,
chief of water conservation, Soil
Conservation Service, Washing
ton; W. R. Hine of the National
Forest Service, Department of
Agriculture, Atlanta, Ga.; T. C.
Shuler, assistant chief engineer
at Muskingum Watershedx Con
servatory District, New Phila
delphia, Ohio; Harry J. Kruss,
general manager of the Winston
Salem "Chamber of Commerce;
and P. B. Raiford, industrial seo
setary of the Chamber.
Larger Meeting OModed
' A larger meeting, whf«h sever
al hundred businessmen, land
owners, farmers, county fafta a
gents, N. C. Orange representa
tives, and members of the N. C.
Farm Bureau and other agricul'
tural organizations were expect
ed to attend, was called off be
cause of inclement weather end
impassable roads In many areas.
In the discussion yesterday it
was agreed:
1. The problem of flood con
trol Is actually that of "water
control" and "sand and cement"
isn't enough to control water.
2. Congress should be asked for
money to build the detention
dams on the Yadkin and Reddles
Rivers and to earry out wide soil
conservation and reforestation
programs in the whole Yadkin
watershed.
To Work for Program
Both Congressmen indicated
they would work for such a pro
gram.
3. Another meeting, such as
the one canceled, should be held
in the near future to educate
the public on the benefits of each
a program.
Representative Folger said
that a Congressional appropri
ation for a triple-phase control
program Mould be an "Invest
ment." Cutting off programs
''like this Is not economy, he
declared.
Representative Deane said that
$76,000 had been appropriated
by Congress for initial planning
and* surveying of four dam sites
on the Yadkin and Reddles. He
said another $80,000 to $90,000
appropriation would be needed to
finish planning for the dams, so
that complete data could be pre
sented to the construction com
panies which would undertake
the project.
To Seek Funds
He estimated this second .phase
of planning would take the rest
of this year. He Indicated he
would ask Congress to appropfl
ate the money for this planning
work and for the whole three
point project.
(In August, 1946, Congress
approved a* flood-control project
on the two rivers, calling for an
expenditure of around $7,194,
000, but as yet no appropriation
has been set aside for actual con
struction of the dams.)
Mr. Deane also made the point
that the control project is not a
power project, that no impound
ed wat— *rrir<>oln<trto«»9W»r *ai
enter the picture in the, project
as it is now proposed.
Calling the triple-phase con
trol program "sound," Mr. Wells
stressed the point that much of
the sffectlretysss of soil conser
vation and reforestation depends
on the oo-operhtion of the Indi
vidual farmers in the area. The
farmers must be educated to the
"/benefits that will accrue" to
them if they follow recommended
conservation end foreetation
plans, he declared.'
May Exhaust Water
Mr. Hine said the people of
thl8 area must learn that erosion
and v the destruction of standing
timber, by cutting or fire, reduo
es the "water holding capacity of
land." He said that if present
practices are continued Piedmont
residents stand a chance of ex
haustlflg their underground wat
er. , • ■
ii toe b&CK lands and farttta
aren't proeperoiW, Mr. Krusz said,
the city, which contains the mar
kets, also suffers. Therefore, he
declared, flood control, conser
vation, and reforestation are of
atf much concern to urban dwell
ers «b to rural people.
He Also said that "we've been
out of tfi« fanning" in develop
ing rayon and chemical plants,
which require a great deal of
water. The city didn't have the
industrial water available, he
said.
Mr. Deane said the Army Corps
of Engineers had asked him to
inquire what plans should be
made about a possible Winston
Salem water supply on the Yad
kin. Mr. Krusz said he felt sure
city engineers would be glad to
discuss the matter with the army
engineers.
It was suggested that a group
from this area go to Washington
to be oriented on the over-all war
ter control program, and that a
group visit Coweeta farm, the
forest service's experimental
farm In North Carolina on U. 8.
(Highway 23 right across the
Georgia line.
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Father aid Son
Basnet Feb. 9
Annual father and eon banquet
of the Wilkes Boy Scout district
will be held Monday, Ftbrnary
9, seven p. m., in the American
Legion clubhouse.
A welner supper will be served
and Ralph Harbison, assistant
Scout executive of the Old Hick
ory council, will show a suitable
motion picture.
All Scouts in the-country, with
their fathers, are asked to attend
the annual event, L. M. Nelson, i
district chairman, said.
Boy Scout committee of the
Wilkes district will meet Tues
day, February 3, 7:30, at the
office of the Wilkes Chamber of
Commerce. Every member is ask
Mrs. Alice Shepherd
Funeral Held Today
Last ritee were conducted at
Fishing Creek Arbor church to
ay for Mrs. Alice Shepherd, 86,
who died Saturday at her home
near Wllkeeboro. . •
She was the wife of the late
Jim Shepherd and -leaves the fol
lowing sons and daughters: Er
nest Baity, KannapoHs; Manuel
and R'owan Shepherd, North Wil
kesboro route three; Clarence
Shepherd, Wilkesboro route two;
Bessie Shepherd, North Wilkes
boro route three; also two step
sons, John Shepherd, of Salis
bury, and .Lewis Shepherd, of.
North Wilkesboro route three.
, Kenneth Wayne Wyatt, nine
months-old son of Mr. and Mrs
Toy Wyatt, was burned to death
Friday when the Wyatt home two
miles east of North Wilkesboro
was destroyed by fire.
Mrs. Wyatt had gone to the
home of a neighbor, Joel John
son, to get milk when the acc*
dent occurred about 4:30 p. m.
The Johnson house was about a
quarter of a mile away.
Dorothy, four, the Wyatt's old
est ohild, said she was looking for
something in a closet and struck
a match. An article in the closet
burst into a blaze, which she
tried unsuccessfully to douse
with water.
Two-Year-Old Child Escapes
Dorothy went for her mother,
and Mrs. Wyatt and Mr. Johnson
can to the home. When they ar
rived the room where the baby
was lying on a bed was & flames.
Another child, a two-yearg>ld
girl, had escaped from the burn
ing house.
The house, a six-room frame
building, burned quickly and com
pletely. None of the Wyatts' be
longings wa^ rescued. .
Mr. Wyatt7"wbo'is employed by
Church Lumber Company near
by, was in North Wilkesboro on
business at the time of the fire.
The house was owned by the
lumber firm.
The ohild was so completely
burned that no remains were
found in the ashes of the home.
Wilkes District
Scout Committee
To Meet Tuesdoy
Gymnasium Fund
Drive Continues
The ftofth WilkeebofcS #<&o«l
gymnasitffl? faiprovement fnii4 Is1
now near |£/<W0, or two-tMrtfg" of
the $3,000 goal'.
This week effort# Will be made
tq complete the cAfefgign to
assure that dressing will
be constrnojted in the gytiteasium
and that installation of fctitfting
facilities will be ipaid for.
Patrons and others interested
in school progress are asked to
send in their donations this week.
All are pleased with the heat
ing facilities now installed in the
gymnasium, which makes it pos
sible for the building to ibe used
for physical education classes, as
well as assuring comfort for fans
at basketball games.
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Chatham to Play
All Star Team In
Polio Find Game
Chatham basketball team from
Blkln will play a Wilkes all star
team in the North Wilkesboro
school gymnasium tonight, 7:SO,
in an infantile paralysis (benefit
game.
Proceeds from the admission
charge of 60 cents each will go
into the March of dimes fund.
Chatham has one of the best
semi-pro teams An the state and
the Wilkes players intend to
give them ample competition.
Dance CMled Off V
The saoare dance planned for
Saturday night at the Wilkesboro
gymnasium was postponed be
cause of weather conditions, and
further announcements are' ex
pected.
Meet the Manager -J
Henry (Flash) Ionian, of
Greensboro, has been employ
ed afl manager of North Wfl
kestaoro's first professional
baseball team, which will take
the field here in April as an
entry in the Bine Ridge league.
Flash Is 88, hag several high
ly successful years of totgte
play, hits right handed and
plays third .base. Club owners
Tal J. Pearson and Jack John
son hare reported that Loman
has already secured a number
of - good players and will give
all baseball talent in northwest
North Carolina a chance to try
out in spring training here a»
bout April 10.
Local Resident Is
Accident Victim
Conley Milam Killed When
Hit Truck Overturn* Off
Highway Friday
Funeral service was held t<5
dajf &i Gordon Baptist church for
Conies' Milam, 29, resident of
near this fcity who died Friday
night In a hospital at Lebanon,
Va., of injuries received earlier
that day in a higfrtfay accident.
Charlie Faw, of Korth Wilkes-*
boro, was with MileiB when his
trucks skidded on icy pavement
and overturned four times off
the road. Faw was thrown clear
and sustained minor-injuries but
Milam was pinned beneath the
truck. He died several hours
later from internal injuries. They
wer« on their way to mines for
a load of coal when the acci
dent occured."
Conley Milam was k son of A,
F. and Delia Hlggtaa Milam. In
addition to his Wife, Mfs. Virgin
ia .Milam, he Is StifHf«d by one
daughter, Brenda Gail; two bro
ther#, P. J. and Paul Milam, and
one Slater, Mrs. Felix Glass.
Funerflf service this afternoon
was condudtid by \ Rev. date
ftrown and btftfal was in -Baptist
ceflsetery in this elty. "*»«.
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THE RELIEF
CANVASS IS
POSTPONED
Will Be Carried Out
Sunday Afternoon,
Feb. 8, 2 o'Clock
m
Due to weather conditions
which made travel very difficult,
the canvass of the Wttkesboros
tor clothing and other supplies
tor European relief planned for
3unday afternoon waff postponed
antil Sunday, February 8y tWo p. ,
in. ]
Those who had prepared boxes <
are asked to keep them until tit* •
canvass Sunday afternoon1. Jar
sees, Scouts and others "With
trucks will gather the boxes and <
bundles from front porches.
Continue Listing «
Town Taxet Hew
W. P. Kelly, tax lister for the ,
flown of North Wilkesboro, said
today that all persons who have
not llBted property for town tax
es may list At the clerk's office in
the town hall now. The county ,
tax listing books have been
moved to the accountant's office ;
in the courthouse, where those 1
who have failed to list may Uet
uow for county taxes.
Army Officers To
Inspect Battery,
Men, Facilities
Quarter# and Records to Bo
1 Inspected At 3:00; Per
sonnel At Seren
The newly organized field *r
tlllery battery ot the National
Qurad here will officially become
a part of the guard Tuesday
night if It passes the army in
spection.
Major Roy forehand, battery
commander, said that lit. Col.
Julian Cook, Captain McLean and
8gt. Cantrell, of the U. 6. army,
will inspect records and facilities
at the Legion clubhouse Tuesday
afternoon and at 7:00 p. m.
will Inspect the personnel, which
now consists of three officers and
42 enlisted men.
Of interest to the guard mem
bers is the fact that pay for Na
tional Guard members will be
gin with the Tuesday night meet
ing if the inspection is o. k.'d by
the officers in charge, - which
means federal recognition of the
battery.
Major Forehand also reported
that Zeb Stewart, highway divis
ion engineer, had granted per
mission for the battery to store
vehicles at the highway division
garage. The battery will have a
number of motorized vehicles and
three l&5mift howitzers in addi
tion to small arms.
Inspection and federal recogni
tion la the culmination of efforts
to organize the guard here and
much progress has been made in
the* past few weeks, especially in
^^*be^^^^en^thp organization
efforts by local business men and
many others interested,
ALL HOPING
GROUNDHOG IS
BAD PROPHET |
With ice, snow, sleet, near-zero
temperatures, fuel shortages, et
cetera plaguing everybody,
Groundhog Day arrived today
and the sun shone brightly all
day for a change, or to give this
•winter weather everything in the
way of variety.
This is supposed to mean that
Mr. Gfoundhog saw his shadow
and that he has gone back in for
six weeks more of winter weath
er. Ironically enough, Groundhog
Day today was the first fair wea
ther day in a week.
Temperature was mild Friday
and rain fell all day. During Fri
day night the falling rain frpxe
into a half-inch sheet of ice. Ear
ly Saturday the sleet started and
the ice from sleet reached a depth
of two inches on the sheet of
solid ice. Late Saturday after
noon it change^ to snow, which
reached a depth of three inchea
on the ice Saturday night.
Highway forces did an excel
lent job Saturday night and Sun
day morning and all roads were
open. Today schools were operat
ing throughout the'county.
Business here Saturday was
off because of the condition of
the roads and traffic was light.
The overseas relief canvass
planned for Sunday afternoon
was postponed a week and the
poliO fund square dance to have
been held Saturday night was
postponed. Many oil users had
rery low supplies bnt no unusual
hardship cases were reported.
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Ivey Moore State
Officer In Legion
R. Ivey Moore, a member of
Wilkes post <>' the American Le
gion, has been appointed vie*
chairman of the Youth Movement
In the North Carolina department
jf the American Legion.
Appointment of Mr. Moore to
Shis responsible post is appro
priate recognition of Mr. Moore's
nany fine efforts for . better
routh conditions in this oommun
;ty.
Legion To Meet
Every member of the Wilkes
Legion post is asked to attend
the next meeting, to be held
rhiarsday, eight o'clock, at the
Legion xlubhouse.
Local Firm Did
$12,000 Business
Here Saturday
With business practically at
a standstill all over the state
Saturday because of sleet and
icy roads, a firm here did 018,
000 in business Saturday.
The firm here with the big
business and many customers
was the local branch of the
Carolina Motor Club selling
auto uid truck plates on the
last day for driving with 1047
plates. T. C. Caudill, manager
of the club's tanmcU office
here, said today's business
would be well over f10,000.
Wilkes Hospital
On Approved List
Local Institution Fully Ap
proved By American Col
lege Of Surgeons
The Wilkes Hospital here is
one of 3,143 hospitals in the
United States and Canada which
qualified for approval by the
American College 41 Surgeons In
1947, according to Dr. Irrin
Abell, chairman of the board of
regents of the A. C. S.
Dr. Abell said the new Ap
proved List Bhows only a small
increase over 1946, b^t that this
is due partly to the omission of
some 75 Army hospitals which
have ceased to operate.
"It is a satisfaction to state
that, In general, ihe service ren
dered by our hospitals today, do
spite high costs, shortages of
personnel, and other difficulties,
Among requirements hospitals
must meet for approval by the
the American College of Sur
geons are modern physical plant,
competent administrator, ade
quate and efficient personnel,
adequate diagnostic and thera
peutic facilities, cojnplete medi
cal records and a humanitarian
spirit.
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Mrs. Eva Wingler
Rites January 30
Puberal serried was held Fri
d a y at Bethel Presbyterian
church for' Mrs. Bra Emalene
Sheets Wingler, 78, resident of
Uniofl township who died Wed
nesday. Her. J. W. Lake conduct
ed the flerrice.
Mrs. wingler, wife of the late
Henry Wingler, leaves the foN
iowing children: Gordon Wing
ler, Mrs. Doric Perry, Mrs. Myra
Osborne, Mrs. Do sale Wyatt, Os
cM Wingler, Mrs. C. E. Shep
herd, Mrs. Mat tie Shepherd, Miss
Minnie Wingler, Mrs. Lydia
Sheets and Joe Wingler.
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Jas. Alfred Roberts
Last Rites Tuesday
James Alfred Roberts, 82
year-old citizen of the McGrady
community, died Sunday and fu
neral serrice will be held Tues
day, 11 a. m. at the home with
Revs. K. B. Farrington and E. B.
Douglas officiating.
Mr. Roberts is surrired by his
wife, Mrs. Lottie Roberts, and
three sons, C. C, Roberts, Mc
3rady; J. P. Roberts, Rocking*
1am; William Roberta, North
(Vilkesboro.
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Roy Lee Oakley's
Last Rites Held
Funeral serrice as held Sat
urday at Mountain View school
'or Roy Lee Oakley, 88, dtlsen
>f Antioch township who died
[■hursday. Rer. Noah Hayes ot
fciated at the serrice.
Mr. Oakley is surrired by his
nother, Mrs. Naney Oakley, and
he following brothers and sis
ters: Stanley, Boyden, Frank,
feff and Sanford Oakley, of
■Torth Wllkesboro route three;
Krs. Kenneth Scercy, of Kannap
Jlis.
Cleary Child Dies
FttUeral serrice was held Mon
lai at Piney Grore church, for
Bdford Cleary, infant son of Paul
md Mattie Cleary, of Moxley.
rhe child January 24. Rer. '
L.. E. Sparks conducted the f«
leral serrice.