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N8BTH WILKESBORO, W. C., Monday, March 1, 1948 * TT« M, C. A. is rais Iding fund for the faa of a modern Y. M The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 41 Years , . , . 't,. V -■'PT Vol. 42, No. 88 Published Monday* and Thundays North Wilkesboro has a trading radios of 50 Miles,, serving 100,000 people k* Northwestern Carolina. Make North Wilkesboro Ytur Shorminn • *s-»YV.'- J CLEVENGER STUDENT BODY OFFICERS are pictured Don Culler (seeled), end Glenn GoliiUr (standing), president and vice president of the student body of Oevenger College of Business Admin istration, which recently opened in the Hayes building •Mi is operating very successfully in this area. The soool is headed by C. E. Clevanger, who also owns die Clevenger Business college in Hickory. Wilkesboro Mail Route Carriers Begin Hew Duties Rnral letter carriers for the tiro Wilkesboro mall routee hare begun tbelr duties. As the result of a Civil Service examination held Beveral weeks ago, Ernest R. Beshears, son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Beshears, , received the position for route one, which had been carried by Jesse Staley, temporary carrier. Mr. BeeheaW appointment was effective today. —Ijftil— Rex T. Call, soft or Mr. and Mrs. R'ufus Call, received the ap pointment for route two, Wflkqp boro, and he had already begun work under a temporary ap pointment February 9th. o Rufns 0. Lowe Taken By Death A Funeral service was held Sun day afternoon at Moravian Falls Baptist church for Rufus C. Lowe, 66, member of one of Wilkes county's best known fam ilies. Mr. Lowe died suddenly of a heart attack Friday at his home near Moravian Falls. He was stated at the breakfast table when he was stricken. For many years Mr. Lowe had a member of Moravian Falls Baptist, church and had taken an active interest in church and community affairs. He was a member of the board of deacons. He was a eon of the late John and Mlnda Dowell Lowe. Surviv ing are his wife, Mrs. Ruby C. Lowe, and the following sons and daughters: George T. Lowe, Carroll Lowe, Miss Mildred E. ' Lowe and Miss Ethel Lowe, of the home; Miss Helen A. Lowe, Wake Forest College; Mrs. David Harris, Stateeville; also three brothers, C. A. Lowe, of Wllkee boro, C. C. Lowe, of Richmond, Va., and W. G. Lowe, of Mora sylan Falls, and one sister, Mrs. Ibonnle DuPree, in California. Funeral service was conducted by Rev. Roger Gwaltney, pastor, assisted by Rev. John Rufus Is aacs, of Harlan, Ky., a nephew Of Mr. Lowe. Burial was In ths Moravian Falls cemetery.' Pall bearers were Cody Lowe, Elmer Lowe, Maaton Walsh, Frank Pearson, Herman Lowe and Irving Severt. Honorary pall bearers were Hiring BUer, Law rence Crlteher, B. M. Pardue, R. A. Greer, Barl Nichols, Cyrus Brown, Milas Lowe, L- F. Klrby and Sd Eller. Many beautiful flowers were fitting tokens of respect for the life of Mr. Lowe in the community. Square Dance Friday w Morayian Falls All are inrite<i to an old-time luare dance to be held Friday it, eight o'clock, at the Mo riaa Falls community house for the benefit of the Community House Improvement Fund. A most enjoyable occasion Is assur ed all who attend. Valuable Properties At Auction March 6 There will be two sales of val uable real estate In Wllke8 coun ty Saturday, March 6th, by C. F. Williams and Alston Clark Land Auction Company, of which M. C. Woodie and P. E. Dancy are loc al selling agents. The first sale will be at 10:30 a. m. and will be the Richard C. Jarvis property ten miles east of Wilkeeboro on Highway 421. A good six-room house and three acres of land are included. The second sale will be at one p. m., and be the c* E' Brown former home and farm tve mile* Sub way 288. The farm has been sub divided into 50 beautiful home sites and small farms, a seven room house, a small house and. much timber. Fifty dollars in1 cash prizee will be given. Mrs. Call's Brother Claimed By Death i Greensboro.—W. M. Transou, 74, of Greensboro, native of Aaho county and a retired busi nessman, died Thursday night at a Charlotte hospital after a brief illness. ' Funeral service was held at 2: SO p. m. Saturday at Hanes Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was in Forest Lawn Cemetery. For a number of years Mr. Transou operated the Transom Hat Company here, retiring in 11929. He had spent the Summers near Jefferson for the past sev eral years and the Winters In Greensboro. Surviving are the widow, the former Miss Hortense Todd; three sons, William and Paul Transou of Greensboro and Jos eph Transou of Richmond, Va.; one daughter, Mrs. Josephine Moye of Greenville; four sisters, Mrs. O. B. Lilpfert, Mrs. I. W. Walker and Mrs. William Ham ilton, all of Winston-Salem, and Mrs. B. S. Call of Wilkeaboro; and one brother, Frank Tran sou of Baltimore. o 1 Play On Tuesday at Wilkesboro School For The Hew Gym The Dramatics club of Wilkes boro high school will present a three-act play, "Here Comes The Prince", in the Wilkesboro high school auditorium Tuesday night, March 2, eight p. m. The play, which assures an ev ening of excellent entertainment, will be given for the school gym nasium fund. I Between acts the high school glee club will render music. Ev erybody is invited. Mike Williams On Observer All State Mike Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Pat Williams, of North Wil kesboro, was named to a second team place on the Charlotte Ob ser'B All-State Basketball team. Mike is Davidson's leading Bcorer, playing a forward posi tion, and has been largely re sponsible for the college's fine showing this year in the South ern Conference. He was out of several games because of a knee injury, which kept him from be ing among the top scorers for the state. Zi Red Cross Fund Drive Is Opened In Wilkes Connty Quota For Campaign This Year $8,151; Over Half To Be Uaed in County The annual Red Cross fund campaign opened today in Wil kes oounty. Organization of the campaign has been completed under the leadership of G. Sam Winters, chairman, of North Wilkesborp, and Joe R. Barter, of Wilkes borO, co-chairman. In addition to organization leaders named last week, resi dential charmen hare been ob tained for the residential dis tricts—Mrs. James M. Anderson for North Wilkesboro and Mrs.' Joe R. Barber for Wilkesboro. The Special Gifts committee Is headed by Ira D. Payne, and has already been engaged In the fund campaign. Miss Rebecca Moseley, execu tive secretary of the Wilkes chap ter, stated that of the $8,151 quota, thq sum of S*,851 will be used in Wilkes county by the Wil kes chapter. Quotas are based on the activities of a chapter and the recognized need for Red Cross work. The Wilkes Chapter has been one of the most active in western North Carolina, especial ly in services rendered to veter ans and their families. Wilkes has a splendid record in Red Cross fund campaigns, having exceeded all peace-time and war-time quotas. It is expect ed that the people will give lib erally and promptly and that the campaign will be completed early. Wilkes Tourney To Open March 3 WHkesboro Gym Sfcreti "WrHr&s BtffMfehdaTJr will put their boys and girls Into the Wilkes basketball tournament at Wllkesboro's new gymnasium on March 3,4 and 5 for a scramble for the county chaplonshtp. No team Is far enough ahead in the field of competition to be lieve it can carry ofT the title without some very tough games. On Wednesday night at seven o'clock, Ronda and Mt. -Pleas ant girls will open the tourney, followed at eight p. m. by Wll kesboro and Roaring River girls. At nine p. m., Mountain View and Millers Creek boys take the floor. Mountain View and Millers Creek girls open the second night at seven o'clock, followed by Mt. Pleasant and Traphill boys at eight, and Ronda and Wilkesboro at nine. Four semi-final games are sche duled for Friday night, beginning at 6:30, and finals will fee on Sat urday night, 7:30 and 8:30. Millerg Creek boys and Ronda girls are defending champions. . Mrs. Deans' Father Dies In Statesville Statesville.—W. B. Blackwell, 77, retired railway engineer, died Saturday at his home on Mulber ry Street. Mr. Blackwell wag (born hi Ruffin, son of Mr. and Mrs. La fayette Blackwell. He had been in the employ of the Southern Railway for about 50 years, serv ing as yard engineer In States ville since 1906. He was a mem ber of the Brotherhood of Loco motive Engineers, a member of the local lodge Knights of Py thias and Broad Street Metho dist church. Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Mary Caroline Hall, of Richmond, Vs.; one daughter, Mrs. J. 6. Deans, of North Wil kesboro; two brothers, Rufus and Wallace Blackwell, of Way nesrille. Funeral service was held at 2 p. m. Sunday at iBroad Street Methodist chnrch. — — o -—■ Automobile, Plate Glass Store Opens Ralph J. Williams has opened an automobile and plate glass store at his place of business 3 4 of a mile west of this city on Highway 421. Mr. Williams, who opened his new business today, will carry a large and varied line of safety glass for automobiles, plate glass for windows, desk tops and other uses. The firm will sell wholesale or retail and orders will be filled promptly from a large stock. ihhw%«miw«w**hh* wiim Returns To Wilkes WMWW%HW*W%MtWWUHH Howard & Oolvard today as sumed his duties as aidstnnt county agent la WlBfces comi ty, a post he held prior to go ing to Alexander coanty as county agent four years ago. Mr. Oolvard is a native of Wilkes, being a son of the late Mr. and Mn. a XL Ool vard, of Reddles Rive*. North Wilkesboro Will Ploy Elkin Here On Thursday North Wilkesboro high school basketball teams will end the sea son here Thursday night with three games against Bikin. The first game will begin at six o'clock between the B teams, fol lowed by the girls' and boys' games. There will be one cake walk and the high school band will furnish music. A large crowd Is anticipated. Tonight North Wilkesboro will play Millers Greek at Millers ■Creek, vr;-. i North Wilkesboro boys and girls will enter the South Pied mont conference beginning March S^^^the^^to^t^College gym HiattSpeaker At Kiwanis Meeting Here On Friday Dr. J. S. Hlatt, of Elkin, de livered a highly entertaining ad dress Friday at the North Wllkes boro Kiwanis clab meeting. J. R. Hlx, who wag In charge of the program, presented Dr. Hlatt, whose subject was "Our Dependance On Each Other". He told numerous stories and cited many iUastratlons to make per tinent points in his argument for co-operation in all commendable activities in life. Prior to the program President R. E. Gfbbs designated the inter club and Goodwill committees to nominate two delegates to the Kl wanls International convention to be held soon hi Los Angeles, Califoma and asked the commit tee to Teport at the next meeting. Guests Friday were: John K. Blackburn, of Waynesboro, Va., with Ira D. Payne; Ed Strick land and M. Miller with C. O. McNiel; J. F. Day with D. B. El ledge; W. D. Oliver with Paul Church; Charles yStarnes with Arthur Venable; Lena Gray Whittington with R. E. Gibbs; Jack ©levins with Pat "Williams; Barber Johnson with H. P. El ler; Geogre Farthing with Paul Choplln. o Legion Baseball Wight Thursday Wilkes Post of the American Legion will have Legion Base ball night Thursday, eight p. m., at the Legion clubhouse. Jim Sanges, recently named coach of Legion baseball hero for the year, and Junior baseball players will be guests of the Leg ion, at which time committees for the project will be named. Refreshments will be served and a large attendance of Leg ionnaires is urged for the meet ing. j o Cemetery Meeting At Moravian Falls Moravian Falls Cemetery As sociation meeting will be held on 'Sunday afternoon, March 7, two o'clock, at the Moravian Falls community house. All who are in terested in the upkeep of the cemetery are asked to attend. SUPPORT THE Y. M C. A. :JHwSk • .' V *' .. . •• _ - ~ " • I ' ' - ■ ■.it£&»■■■«,. ————— 1 Court Starts To Work Ofpocket f. Of Many Cases Judge Dan- K. Moore On Bench; Joe God bey Fore Man of Grand Jury Judge Dan K. Moor®, of Sylva, who wa8 recently appointed to the bench to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Judge Felix E. Alley, of Waynes vllle, Is presiding over March term of couTt which opened in Wllkesboro this morning. The March term, scheduled for three weeks, has a waiting list of about 200 cases pending trial, among which ere a num ber of major cases expected to be closely contested. Solicitor Ava h>n E. Hall 18 prosecuting the large docket. Joe Godbey, of North "Wilkes boro, was appointed foreman of the grand jury and Judge Moore delivered an instructive charge to that foody, after which the court plunged Into work on the calendar of cases. Among the major cases calen dared are the Hugh West abor tion-manslaughter charge; Cling Minton for murder; Johnny Cor rell for murder;Miss Myrt Wood le for murder; Leon West for robbery and assault. o Elkin Annual Farmer's Day Set Thursday Elkin/ — Approximately 1,200 farmers of Surry, Yadkin and Wilkes Counties have been invit ed to attend Elkin's sixth annual Farmers* Day program in the Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A. hers next Thursday, March 4.; Sponsored by the Elkin Kiwan ls Club,,in co-operation with the county agent's office, the earent hv top agricultural authorities'* ol North Carolina State College, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and Clemeon College. Balanced System With a general theme of em phasis on the need for a balanced system of farming, Dr. J. H. Hil ton, dean of agriculture at State College, will address the group at 1:30 p. m. on "Using all the Resources of the Farm for Max imum Income and Better Living.'' Dr. T. B. Hutcheson, dean ol agriculture at V. P. X., is sche duled to speak at 2:30 on "The Dairy Cow In a Balanced System of Farming." The program will gal under way at 1 p. m. with opening re marks by County Agent Neil! M, Smith, on whom has fallen a m» Jor share of the work In prepar ing the program. Thurmond Chatham, chairman of the board of directors of Chatham Manu facturing Company, will give the address of welcome at 1:10 p m. He will be introduced by May or Garland Johnson, chairman ol the Elkin Agricultural Council | who has also played a leading role in laying plans for the event, Movie to Be Shown Following a brief intermission at 3M6 p. m., during which re freshments will >be served, the group will be shown a movie, "First in the Hearts of Farmers," a release prepared by the Amer ican Plant Food Council. The film features the need for re placing soil elements consumed by growing crops. Dr. E. R. Collins, in charge ol agronomy extension work a t State College, will speak on "Al falfa in a Balanced Farm Pro gram" at 4:20 P- m., and the pro grani will be concluded with a 40-mlnute panel discussion undei the direction of David S. Weav er, assistant director of the North Carolina Extension Service. The annual Farmers' Day pro gram was initiated here in 1043 with about 260 fanners attending the first event. Attendance hai increased with each successive program. ■ o " ■ Johnson Funeral Held On Friday Last rites were held Friday al Mt. Sinia Baptist church for Al ice America Johnson, 87-year-old resident of Lovelace townshi® who died Wednesday. She had been an invalid since sustaining a .broken hip 20 months ago. A daughter ef the late Georg« and Sallie Johnson, Miss Joha son's only surviving relative is t couBin, Cling Johnson, of Noftt Wikesboro route three. Precincts WiH Meet March 12 Call For Convention And Precinct Meeting* By Chairman and Secy. Republicans of Wilkes county will hold their convention Sat I urday, March 13, one p. m., at • the courthouse in Wllkesboro, according to call issued by N. B. Smithey, chairman, and T. B. Story, secretary. At the convention the county organisation will be formed and delegates will be named to the state convention. Precints will hold their organi sation meetings on Friday, the 12th of March, at one p. m„ with the exception of North WUkw boro, which will be at four p. m. Following is the call Issued to day by the chairman and secre tary: "You are hereby notified by the Chairman of the Republican Party of Wilkes county that the County Convention is hereby call ed for Saturday, March 13, at 1 o'clock p. m., at the courthouse In Wllkesboro. The purpose of this meeting will be to elect a chairman and other officers and delegates to the various conven tions. "The township meetings are hereby called for Friday, March 12, 1948, at the various voting precints, at the hour of 1 o'clock, p. m., with the exception of the time in North Wllkesboro which will be at 4 o'clock p. m., at which meetings the township or ganisations will be perfected and delegates elected to the county/ convention." ...... ... I. I, ■ Gym Square Dance Successful Eveat Approximately 400 Parents, Students And Friends Enjoy Entertainment One of the most delightful and enjoyable square dances of the year took place Saturday night in the North Wlikesboro school gymnasium. Children, high school hoys and girls, parents and pat rons thoroughly _ enjoyed the dance, cake walks and other ©rents. Arthur Venable, chairman of the Gymnasium Improvement committee, was in charge of ar rangements and G. Sam Winters was master of ceremonies. Mrs. Robert Gibbs, assisted by Mrs. Irey Moore, Mrs. Jack SVofford, and Girl Scouts, operated the concession stand. Mrs. Claude Gentry made and donated Are de licious cakes. The following merchants and places of business generously oo-operated by donating attend ance prizes: Rexall Drug Store, The Jewel Box, Horton's Drug Store, Jean's, Jenkins Hardware Company, Carolina Home & Auto Supply, Mrs. R. J. Hinshaw, Staf ford's Record Shop, Day Electric Company, The Hub, Prevettete, Carl W. Steele, Payne Clothing Company, Wiles Jewelry Store, Carter-Hubbardi Publishing Co., Tomllnson's Department Store, Brame's Drug Store, Red Cross Pharmacy, Liberty Theatre, Mar low's, and Motor Market. Program for the event was broadcast by station WILX, which also furnished the public address system. Records for the round dsnce were provided by Staf ford's Radio and Reoord Shop and Wilkes Entertainers provid ed the string band music. Profits from thig event will go into the gymnasium fond and a complete financial statement will be published soon. In the ticket sslss contest, Mrs. Hlght Helms' mom won first prise and will be given a theatre party by the Allen The atre. Miss Myra Sales', mom won second place and the prise will be an ioe cream and cake party. Net profits from the event were slightly over $2£9, the committee reported today. _______ o The production of teed yeast, rich in high-quality protein and in the Vitamin B complex, by growing the yeast en the Juice from ground, limed citrus peel has been announced by the U8DA. rK s.i.-.vSSLi'! I 11 1 "" * ■1 11 Nutritionist »##»#»######»#########»»#»#»#### Miss Ladle Griffin, atttri tionist for Coble Dairy Pro ducts, Is pictured here as she appeared Friday In a radio in terview over station WILX. Miss Griffin, who recently as sumed her duties in the area served by Coble, had as her subject "The History of Ice Cream" and her broadcast was enjoyed by many. Miss Grif fin's services are available to clubs and other organizations in this area. H.D. and 4-H. Club Schedule For A Week Tuesday, March 2 Fair plains club meet with Mrs. G. R. An drew8 at 1:80 p. m. Cllngman 4-H' Club will meet at 9:15 a. m. Ronda 4-H club will meet at 1Q:£0 a. m. Wednesday, March S—Cricket club will meet with Mtb. R. C. Goodwin at 2 p. m. Mulberry 4-H club will meet a' 9:30 a. m. North Wilkesboro 4-H club meet at 10:45 a. m. Thursday, March 4.—Pleasant Ridge club will meet with Mrs. Lena Mae Norman at 2 p. m. Moravian Falls 4-H club will meet at 9:15 a. m. "Wilkesboro 4-H club will meet at 10:30 a. m. Monday, March 8.—Cllngman club will meet with Mrs. C. E. Burchette at 2 p. m. Mountain View 4-H club will meet at 9:15 a. m. Soaring River 4-H Club will meet at 10:90 a. m. o : Chamber Groaps Plan Meetings Important committee meeting! are planned this week by the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce. Ii some instances the meeting* will be the first of . the year and es sential planning work will b« carried out, making it essentia] that there be large attendance oi commitee members. This morning the Meetings Visitors and Tourists committee of which Dr. Gilbert R. Combs ii chairman, held an interesting meeting and the Agricultural committee headed by W. K. Star divant, meets this evening at 7:30. On Tuesday at four p. m., the Education committee, headed bj C. Arthur , Venable, will meet and at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday, the Membership committe will hold a meeting. Vernon Ileal is chair man. On Friday at 9;80 a. m., th« Trade Promotion committee, oi which W. <U. Gabriel is chairman, will meet and the Safety meeting Friday night, 7:30, at the town hall will be under auspices oi the Safety committee, of which Cecil F. Adamson is chairman. Mrs. Cicero Hall Is Token By Death Mrs. Nettie Traneon Hall, ag« 83, wife of Cicero Hall, of thif city, died Thursday. ..Mrs. Hall is survived by hei husband and one son, Leroy Hall Funeral serrice was held Sat day afternoon at Bdgewbod Bap tist church and burial was in the church cemetery. Rer. Graham Smith conducted the last rites.