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Vol. 42, No. 87
Wilkes Y. M. C. A. is raia
rjRg a building fund for the
erection of a modern Y. M
C. A. plant Support it.
OKI CITY
North Wilkesboro has a"
trading radius of SO miles,
serving 100,000 people to
Northwestern Carolina.
Episcopal Bishop In Relief Broadcast
Rt. Rev. Henry Knox Shetrill, presiding Bishop of the Epis
1 Church, who is asking Episcopal Church members to give a
million dollars in 1948 for the relief of needy peoples in war
devastated countries of Europe and Asia. The Church raised a
million dollars for this purpose in 1947, and will attempt to give
a similar amount in 1948 and a third million in 1949. Relief is.
given through Church World Service in Europe and the National
Christian Councils in the Oriental countries. /
World Relief Day
Episcopal Church
Sunday, Feb. 29
On Sunday February 29, sub
stantially every member of the
Episcopal Church will hear the
▼oice of their Presiding Bishop,'
the RL Rev. Henry Knox Sher-.
rill, by means of a new and ex
irsocdlaary use ,of radio. In all
Episcopal Churches which hare
facilities for broadcasting the'
congregations will sit in their
pews and at exactly 11:32 1-2 a.'
m„ the Presiding Bishop's voice
will be heard, telling of the needs
of war-devastated countries in'
Europe and Asia, and urging
Episcopal Church' members eve
rywhere to accept their plain du
ty and privilege of helping these
suffering millions
h The Episcopal church gave
more than a million dollars in
1947 through its Presiding Bi
shop's Fund for World Relief,
and it Intends to raise the same
amount or more in 1948. The
entirely new nse of radio opens
what 1B expected to be a very)
brief and highly successful cam- j
palgn.
▲t national church headquart
ers in New York City It was stat
-fcd recently that "Our 1,000,000
people can raise $1,000,000 for
the Presiding Bishop's Fund for
World Relief In One Day if each
parish and mission will do its
share."
rne raaio aa areas xs nve 1
| that to, it ig given by Bishop
Sherrill in New York at the time
it to beard, with the exception of
some remote places where the
radio hookup to impossible. In
such instances, electrical tfan-|
scriptions and phonograph rec
( ords will be used.
As Episcopal Church people
i are being told of the forthcom
[ nig event, and parish organtoa
JUtlons are busily engaged in get
s' ttng promises of attendance, it Is
.expected thai congregations 'will
be extremely large,.so that most
members of the Church will hear
the message. Certainly well over
a million people, seated In Epis
copal Churches will heaf Bishop
8herrill tell of what he has seen
personally in Europe, and what to
the Church's task at this critical
period in the world's history.
TMf to the first time radio hart
been ased toy any Church In such
• way, to convey a message to
Its whole constituency at one
- time.
As there will be no morning
service in St. Paul's Episcopal
Church, "Wilkesboro, on February,
29th, the congregation may list
en to the Presiding Bishop over
the'radio in their homes at
11: S2 1-2 a. m., and also through
the eeurtesy of Radio Station
WILX, a recording of this mes
sgae will be heard in St. Paul's
j wJL the four o'clock vesper service
Sunday afternoon, February 29th.
At this time the members of the
congregation will be given an
** to make their con
the Presiding Bi
Book to the Library.
Advent Christian
Conference 29th
The quarterly conference of
the Piedmont Advent Christian
Conference will convene at the
First Advent Christian church of
Lenoir on Sunday, Feb. 29th, be
ginning with Sunday School at
9:45. The young people will have
charge of the 11 o'clock service,
a basket lunch will be enjoyed at
noon together, a business session
will convene at 1:30. At 2:30,
evangelist of the denomination,
will speak. Several churches is
Wilkes county are members of
this conference, including the
churches -at, Ferguson, Lewis
Fork and the Boomer Advent
Christian church. It is expected
that these churches will be rep
resented by delegates at this
meeting.
Hi-Y Club Meets
Ir Elkin Y.M.C.A.
On Wednesday the HI-T club
of the North Wilkeeboro* high
school held It's regular weekly
meeting at the T. M. C. A. In
Elkin. Dinner was served In *
spick and span, beautifully deco
rated dining room of just the
right die. The president, "Chip"
Caudill, presided. After a- brief
business session, T. 0. McRnight
made a fine talk on the great in
fluence for Christian living that
a group like the Hi-Y could and
should have on a student body.
After the banquet Mr. Mc
Knight showed the boys around
the building. They were particul
arly interested In the kitchen,
the camera club's dark room, the
woodworking Bhop' and library.
Many activities were going on to
emphasise the intense use that is
being made of the building. Two
other groups were served sup
per. Fonr basketball games were
scheduled with teams - coming
from adjoining counties. Prob
ably 75 young p&otple, including
this group, were bowling, play
ing pool or table tennis. I
Those attending the , sapper
were: 8111 AbSher, Eddie Shook,1
Julius Rousseau, Jr., Jimmy
Moore, Chip Caudill, Robert j
Gibbs, John Gibbs, Lewis Mann
Nelson, Dan Hudson, Jack Stra
der, Bill Bason and Wayne Davis.
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4-H Council To
MeetFeb. 28th
The County Council of the 4
H Clubs of Wilkes county will
meet on Saturday, February 28
at 11 a. m. in the town hall in
North Wllkesboro.
This is a very important meet
ing and all members are urged
to be present. The council ig com
posed of officers of each local
4-H Club in the county plus the
County Council officers.
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Damascus Singers ;
Damascus Choral Club will
give a service of religious music
at the First Baptist church Sun
day evening at 7:30.
Optimist Glib Is
Organized; Plans
For Charter Night
Maurice Walsh President;
Organization Effort*
Highly Successful
Optimist Club of North "Wil
kes boro was organized Wednes
day night when officers and di
rectors were elected in a meeting
at the Princess Cafe.
Maurice E. Walsh, North Wil
kes boro acting postmaster and
temporary 'chariman during the
successful organization period,
was elected president of the new
ly formed civic club, which is a
unit of the fourth largest inter
national civic- organisation.
At the meeting, the constitu
tion and by-laws were adopted.
ThiB document sets out in the be
ginning the objects of the or
ganization: fa), to develop opti
mism as a philosophy of life;
Ob), to promote an active Interest
in good government and civic
affairs, to inspire respect for law,
to promote patriotism and to
wbrk for international acoord and
friendship; (c), to engage In and
encourage Juvenile welfare work.
With Mr. Walsh as president,
the other officers of the club are:
Julius C. Hubbard, vice president;
Forrest Tugman, secretary-treas
urer; E. R.. Eller, sergeant of
arms; Herbert McLendon, his
torian. The board of directors Is
composed at present of the offi
cers and Howard Strader, D. T.
Trivette, Herbert Marshall, and
Albert Garwood. Other members
of the board wlH be elected after
all the charter members have
been secured.
C. W. Hancock, .president of
the Winston-Salem Optimist Club.
tT JTTflmmeTreTT^norr clafe pres
ident and three other members
from Lenoir, were guests at the
meeting. Organisation of the
club here was sponsored by the
Lenoir Optimists and the charter
membership campaign Is being
carried out successfully by Ben
ton Riddett, of Charlotte, Opti
mist organizer.
Short talks were made by the
visitors and a number of the local
members, who predicted a most
active year for the club.
' Charter night has been tenta
tively planned for March l«th.
The minimum number of mem
bers is order to secure a charter
has already been exceeded and
other memberships ere expected
before the charter night date.
President Walsh postponed ap
pointment of committee chairmen
and members until a later data
Director Available
For Girl Scout Work
Mrs. Rofbert S. Glbbs, director,
of the Wilkes Girl Scout Associ
ation, Is regularly available for
consultation and help In Scout
matters each Wednesday at the
following times and places: home
of Mrs. G. T. Mitchell, Wilkes
boro, 9:30 to 10:30 a. m.; Relns
fiturdivant Funeral Home, 2:00
to 3:00 p. m.
Groups are requested to con
sult with Mrs. Glbbs on the fol
low schedule: first Wednesday
each month, Brownie troop lead
ers; second Wednesday, Interme
diate troop leaders; third Wed
nesday, senior troop leaders and
all consultants; fourth Wednes
day, council and committee mem
bers.
It is hoped that many will
avail themselves of the opportun
ities offered at these hours for
discussion, and help in Girl Scout
work. Mrs. Gibbs Is eager to be
of any service possible and the
hours stated above were arrang
ed for thei convenience of all.
Wilkesboro Cubs
To Meet Friday
Wilkesboro cub pack number
82 will meet Friday, 7:30 p. M.,
at the Baptist church In Wilkes
boro. All cubs and parents are
urged to attend. Paul Osborne,
cubmaster, announces that there
will be no den meetings Friday.
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Gordon Arenue Is
One-Wdy Street Now
North Wilkesboro police de
partment today designate^ Gor
don Avenue as a one-way street
and traffic may enter Gordon
Avenue from Main and C streets
and travel only In north direction
toward D street.
Important Meeting
V. F. W„ Friday, 7:30
S. L. Whitaker, commander of
the Blue Ridge post ol the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars, announc
ed today that a very important
meeting of the post will (be held
Friday, 7:30 p. m., and asked
i all members to be present.
Wilktt District
Wins Silver Cup
In Scout Council
Wilkes Far Ahead In Old
Hickory Council With
27 Per Cent Gain
Wilkes district of Boy Scouts
was awarded a silver cup at the
council meeting held in Winston
Salem Tuesday afternoon and ev
ening.
The silver trophy was present
ed by W. E. Vaughn-Lloyd, head
of the Old Hickory Council, and
accepted on behaf of the Wilkes
district by L. M. Nelson, district
chairman.
The award was for the great
est percentage of increase In
Scouting for the past year. Wil
kes easily led all districts in the
council with an increase of 27
per cent in Scout and Cub mem
bership and registered Scouters.
Forsyth district was second with
seven percent
The yearly report showed that
Wilkes had 15 Boy Scouts units
with a membership of 286 Scouts
and Cobs and 111 Scouters and
Cubbers. The year's increase in
, number of units was two, while
Scout and Cub membership rose
70. A total of 19 Scouters and
Cubbers were added for the year.
ing was held at Salem Moravian
church, with dinner served In the
church dining room to 200 at
tending. Ladles the meeting
were shown throtgh the Mora
vian museum at a special enter
tainment feature.
Those from Wilkes attending
were Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Nelson,
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Carter, Mr,
and Mrs. Paul Osborne, Mr. and
Mtb. Glenn R. Andrews, Mr. and
Mrs. Isaac Duncan, and Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Bumgarner.
Scout districts in the Old Hic
kory council are Forsyth, Stokes
Mount Airy, EHkln-Yadkin, Wil
kes, Watauga, and Ashev
The silver cup won by the Wil
kes district is now on display ix
a show window of the J. C. Pen
ney company store here.
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Monday Will Be
Last Day To Name
Pro Baseball Clil
All Entries For Season Pasi
Prize Must Be In Patriot
Office By March 1st
Monday, March 1, will be th<
last day for receiving names li
the contest *or the best nicknam<
Cor the North Wllkeaboro pro
Sessional basel>all club in th<
Blue Ridge league.
Club owners, Tal J. Peareoi
and Jack Johnson, are offering
a season pass for the best nam<
submitted, and all entries musi
I be in the office of The Journal
Patriot by six p. m. on Monday
i March 1* Entries may be mallei
or carried In person to thlg office
Judges will be Tom JBurette
secretary-manager of the Wllket
Chamber of ComerceJ Joe Me>
McCoy, chairman of the Civic Af
fairs committee, and the mem
bers of the Chamber, of Com
merce baseball committee com
posed of Glenn R. Andrews, Mau
rice Walsh and Dwlght Nichols
Hn the event the name selectec
as best suitable lg submitted bj
more than one person, each per
son submitting that name will b<
given game passes with the total
1 number given not to exceed the
number of home games on the
1948 schedule. ,
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ST. PAUL'S 8PISOOPAL
CHTJROH
(Rev. B. M. L»ekey, Rector)
Vesper service will be held ai
St. Paul's Bpiscopal Church Sun
day afternoon, February 29th, ai
four o'clock. The offering at t$j|
service will go to the Presidinf
! ninhnn'c Fund for Worln Relief
SPECIAL CAR FOR DEMONSTRATION ,
Under sponsorship of Farm
Bureau insurance companies,
demonstrations on highay safe
ty will be carried out Monday,
March 1, in Wiikesboro and
North Wiikesboro schools.
The program locally will be
under the auspices of the Safety
committees of the Wilkes Cham
ber of Commerce. Harry M. Pon
tious will conduct the program
with a specially equipped car
which will show the students
many things they should know
about automobile driving. One of
the interesting features will be
a signal showing how long it
takes the driver to apply the
brakes and another will show
how long it takes the car to stop
at various speeds. A 30-minute
program in the auditorium will
precede the actual demonstra
tions.
The program is scheduled for
ten a. m. at Wilkesboro school
and 2:00 p. m. at North •Wilkes
boro school. In addition to the
students, the public is invited to
attend.
Kites Friday For
W. A. Shumate, 42
Funeral service will be held
Friday, two p. m., at Closer Walk
With God (Baptist church in Wil
ls e&boro for Wayne Albert Shu
1 mate, 42, who died Wednesday
at his home near Wilkesboro.
Rot, Graham Smith will conduct
the last rites.
Mr. Shumate was a son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Shumate and In
addition to his parents he leaves
his wife, Mrs. Electa Elmore Shu
mate; fire children, Albert, Bes
sie, Luther, Carl and Rosa Lee
Shumate; one brother, Luther
Shumate; and one sister, Mrs.
Bennle Hawkins.
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Fire Alarm Today
At County Gprage
Wilkesboro lire department
answered a call at 7:30 a. m. to
day to the county school bn*
garage located In the western
part of Wikeaboro. A biasing oil
can vas cause for the alarm bat
the flame was extinguished with
out damage to building or ve
hicles.
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K. of P. Meeting
» On Monday Night
Knights of Pythias lodge will
meet Monday night, 7: SO, and as
a special feature the rank of see
1 ond degree will be conferred on
Howard Strader. All members
, I are asked to attend.
LOCALS
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Mr. H. G. Nichols, a member
of the mechanical force of The
1 Journal-Patriot, is. a patient at
the Wilkes hospital. Friends wish
1 for him a speedy recovery.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Church and
daughter, Mrs. W. I. Norwood,
: have returned home from Flori
1 da, where they spent two weeks
going by the way of the west
coast and returning by the east
coast.
Mr. Vernon Broyhill, of N. 0.
State College, spent the week
end with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. I. J. Broyhill, of Boomer.
Mr. and Mrs. B . P. Inscore,
Mrs. Jay Brookshire, Mrs. Earl
Mitchell and Mr. T. T. Inscore,
attended the funeral of Mr. I*. P.
Nicholson at Mebane Wednesday.
February 25. Mr. Nicholson was
the so'n-in-la of Mr. T. T. In-.
. score.
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Crook and
daughter, Miss Mary Ekrelyn
Crook, of' Winston-Salem, and
> their two sons, Lieut. Lomax
, Crook, a marine engineer with
the Guf Oil Company, and Char
les Crook, left today for Norfolk,
Va„ where on Saturday Lieut.
Crook will be married to Miss
Delphlne Virginia Land. The
ceremony will take place in the
afternoon at 4:30 o'clock In the
Freemason Street Baptist church,
j Mr. Crook Is to be best man for
his son and Miss Crook is to be
1 one of the bridemaids.
Ferguson Speech
Is Enjoyed Here
Thursday evening at its meet
ing the North Wilkesboro Par
ent-Teacher Association enjoyed a
splendid address by Mrs. E. S.
JTergjuwn. of TaylorsvlUft. Mi*
Ferguson proTedto^adellght
ful speaker, and her address was]
highly Informative on the set-up, I
purpose, and accomplishment of
the North Carolina Education
Commission.
Mrs: Ferguson was introduced
by Dr. Hannibal G. Duncan, and
at the close of her talk was pre
sented with ,a gift of appreciation
from the P. T. A. by' Mrs. H.
G. Duncan, a former college mate.
The devotionals were led by
Miss Marjorie Gabriel, and Miss
Jo Lassiter gave as a solo, "The
Lord's Prayer".
Due to the illness of the pres
ident, Mrs. Arthur Venable, the
meeting was presented over by
Mrs. John Baity. *
The attendance prize in the
high school building went to Miss
Myra Sale's room,. and to Miss
Gray's in the elementary de
partment.
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Coble Dairies
Has Nutritionist
Miss Luclle Griffin, of Sanford,
hag .been .employed as full time
nutritionist for Coble Dairy Pro
ducts company and her services
are now available upon request
by clubs and civic organizations
i in the territory - served by the
company.
Miss Griffin, a native of San
ford, is a graduate of Woman's
College in Greensboro, and has
been employed as nutritionist tor
the Dairy Council at Durham.
During the war she spent three
years ag a dietician in army hos
pitals and Berved in North Africa
and Italy. She is well qualified
by education, training and exper
ience for the position she now
holds.
On Friday afternoon, 12:80 to
12:45, she will be Interviewed
over Btation WILX by Robert
Montgomery on the subject of
"History Of Ice Cream."
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County Obtains
New School Buses
Fifteen new school bases have
'been obtained for the Wilkes
county school system.
The county furnished SIS,000
from the county general fund on
(he purchase price of the bases,
which- will be used to replace
contract lines in the county.
Addition of the new buseB to
the county system will greatly
improve achtfol transportation.
Many of the buses in use under
contract had (become dilapidated
and difficult to operate.
State, Federal
Fands Would Pay
77.4 Per Cent
Cost Of Modern And Ade
quate 100-Bed Hospital -
Estimated $1,200.000
Movement to establish an ade
quate hospital for the need8 of
,fa thlfl. oonntT and
l"®®dlat® sained added
»ie HJrt ln a meetln* of
Wilk™ ™ fbmmltN« of the
Wilkes Chamber of Comerce.
Dr. P, c. Hubbard, committee
chairman and chief of staff of
W,lkea Hospital, pre.
sided at the meeting and in his
opening remarks pointed ont that
present hospital facilities are in
£"atf ,OT the community. The
Hospital now has «0 beds and
could use many more now, as
Xit^much 8pace for ■—
The committee chairman ex
plained in general the provisions
of the Hill-Burton bfll and the
ottna h Plan ,n North °*r*
Under these prorlslons, he
saw,.a modern hospital could be
constructed with the county con!
trtbutlng 22.6 per cent of the
i J* ,n° longer Possible, he
explained, for a group of doctors
te construct and operate a hos
pitai.
Citing cost estimates, Dr. Hub
bard said that a modern 100-bed
ospital could be constructed
with proper facilities and be ful
ly equipped for $1,200,000. On
that estimate Wilkes county's
22 6 per cent would be $271,
000 the federal government
wonld pay $400,000, and the
state would pay $529,000.
• Thes even teen members of the
tag were unanimous in their ap
proval of the proposal and ask
ed -the chairman to appoint a
fact-finding committee, which
will contact Dr. John A. Farrell,
executive secretary of the North
Carolina Medical Care Commis
sion, for detailed information
relative to financial aid, applica
tion blanks an/1 necessary form*.
This committee will also arrange
for a meeting with the Wilkee
county board of commissioners to
discuss the proposal.
Named on the committee by
the chairman were J. R. Hlx, w.
B. Somers, W. H. McBlwee, J. B.
Williams, R. <J. Pinley, fanl Os
borne and J. B. McCoy.
It was pointed out that the
provisions of the Hill-Burton bill
are in effect for only five years,
and that two years have already
passed. Counties and citleg which
do not take advantage of the
hospital aid offer In the next
three years will not receive any
of the funds allocated for that
Members of the committee ex
pressed the opinion that the
county should take advantage of
the opportunity for expanded
hospital facilities and that a spec
ial tax levy or short term bonds
should be used to finance the
project ag far as the county's
part of the money is concerned.
A strong resolution was pass
ed by the Chamber of Commerce
Health Committee approving the
proposed hospital expansion pro
gram. This resolution will be pre
sented to the board of county
commissioners.
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Dancing, Cake
Walks Saturday
Round dancing has been added
to the program for the square
dance to be held Saturday night,
7:30, in the North Wllkeeboro
gymnasium for the gymnasium
improvement fund.
Wilkee entertainers will furn
ish music for the square dancing
and there will also be round
dance music. Six cake walks will
be carried out and there will be
attendance prizes.
Seventh and eighth grades are
selling tickets and the winning
room will be given a theatre p&r
'ty. Second place room student*
will "get an ice cream and c&ke
party.
A few hundred dollars are
needed to complete the dressing
rooms project for the gymnasium
and sponsors are. asking all to
attend the dance and entertain
ment program. Admission Is fl
per couple with 60' cents each
for students.