y. M. C. A. is rajs
building fund for the
erection of a modern Y. M
C. A. plant. Support
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ouncrrl
North Wilkesboro has a
trading radius of SO miles,
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Vol. 42, No. 89
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. N. C.. Thursday, March 4, 1948
serving 1OO,0#O people k*
Northwestern Carolina.
For fgrfeaitare la
WHkes During '48
Agricultural Committee Of
C. of C. Proposed Num
ber of Projects
Agriculture committee of the
Wilkes Chamber of Commerce
has a number of proposals to en
courage greater agricultural pro
gress in Wilkes county during
the year. '
Initial meeting of the commlt
tee for the rear was held this
week with Paul Choplin, county
agent, presiding in the absence of
W. K. Sturdivant, committee
nan, who wss called out of
large committee was di
into sub-committees on
phase« of agriculture, with
the following group chairmen:
Paul Choplin, general agricul
ture; Perry Lowe, fruit growing;
B. B. Broome, dairying; Tarn
Hutchison, poultry; B. 0. Flnley,
The committee will plan a
number of farm tours for the
public to inspect farm practices
generally used in the county. A
Committee composed of Paul
rafopiin, Olenn Green and Staton
Malver, was named to encourage
growing of hybrid corn in the
bounty. Some of the othsr pro
posals adopted woe: extension
of 4-H elub work; growing more
feed; cooperating with Kiwanis
elub in developing Agricultural
fair; rat eradication; better grad
ing and packing of apples; es
tablishing apple marketing cen
ter; investigate possibility of
proceootng low grade apples; pas
ture improvement; more grade
A milk producers; investigate
possibility of breeders' associa
tion; more poultry ranges; as
semble statistics on poultry pro
duction in county.
Joe McCoy told the group of
his recent visit to the turkey
in South Carolina and of
ested in turkey production to
these farms. .v
The forestry program followed
last year will again be used, in
cluding field day for boys and for
sawmill operators and promotion
of reforestation efforts through
three planting and selective cut
ting of growing timber.
Present for the meeting were
Paul Choplin, John Ford, Staton
Mclver, Paul Billings, Z. O. Bl-j
. tar. T M Poster. Glenn Greene.
•harry
Hight
Hettiger, Tarn Hatchlson,
Helms and Forrest Jones.
. State Tax Man Here
March 8th To 15th
Harry L. Summers, deputy col
lector of the North Carolina de
partment of revenue, will be In
his office at the City Hall In
North Wilkesboro from Monday,
March 8th, through Monday,!
-fparch 15, to assist taxpayers In
filing their state income tax re
tarns. Persons required to file
are: every resident having a net
income of $1,000, if single, or!
$2,000, if a married man living'
with his wife on December 31,
1947, of $1,000, if a married
woman with a seperate income.
"No Joint return for husband
and wife m%y be filed except in
eases where the income is receiv
ed from jointly owned property
or stocks. •
All persons who hold notes,
bonds and other evidences of
debt are required to list them:
with the state and the rate is 25 '
t ^ents per $100.
[■ Installment payments are per
f mitted only In cases where the
> total tax is over $50. Then the
taxpayer pays half at the time he
lists, and the other half, plus
four per cent interest by Septem
ber 15th, or if the tax' exceeds
$406 the payments may he made
-la fear equal Installments with
four per cent interest on the de
ferred payments.
James Dyson Rites
Near Boomer Today
Funeral service was held at
Litile Rock Baptist church for
James Dyson, 62-year-old citizen
of the Boomer community who
died Tuesday.
Mr. Dyson leaves his wife,
Mattie Dyson, three sons
an4f one daughter, Jasper. Hack
ett, Frank and May Dyson, all of
Boomer.
^ Legion Will Meet
The Wilkes Post of the Ameri
can Legion will meet tonight at
eighf oclock, at the Legion club
to plan for Legion base
Coach Jim Saoges and Jan
4-H COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTS OFFICERS
Here are pictured officers of the Wilkes County
Council of 4-H clubs, which with ell 4-H clubs are cele
brating 4-H club week March 1*6. Seated left to right
are Miss Claudine Whittington, of the Mount Pleas
ant club, secretary of the council; and Charlie Black
burn, of the Ron da dub, council president;' standing
is Buddy Mathis, Wilkesboro club president now pro
gram chairman and past president of the council,
which is composed of all club officers in the county.
(Photo by Lane Atkinson, Jr.)
Education Topic
To Be Presented
All Over Comity
Education Committee Of,
Wilkes C. of C. Launch
es County Project
Education committee of the'
held this week named a commit
tee to assemble data £or a series
of public education programs for
the patron8 of Wilkes county
schools.
This committee is composed of
C. B. Eller, county superinten
dent of schools; J. Floyd Wood
ward, North Wilkesboro school
superintendent; Tom Jenrette,
Arthur Venable and Dwigbt
Nichols. - |
Materials for the public pro
grams will show the economic
value of education and its rela
tion to the standard of living in
various states. The need of,
school facilities, better trained
teachers and progress in school
curricula will also be brought
out. I
The Education committee, of
which Arthur Venable is chair
man, will select leaders to pre-1
sent Cfiie material in the public
meetings to be scheduled in the
high school districts of the coun
ty. . . _ j
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Wilkes Toarney
Now Under Way
Wilkes county basketball tour
nament got under way Wednes
day night in the Wilkesboro gym
nasium with three fast and ex
citing games.
In the opener Mount Pleas
ant girls, took a hard fought
gam© 22 to 18 over Ronda. This
was followed by Wilkesboro
girls' 30 4° 26 win over Roar
ing River in a closely contest
ed tilt.
Mountain View boys pulled
the surprise of the night by edg
ing out Mlllers Greek in the final
minutes 34 to 33. Behind 14 to
2"2 at the half, the Mountain
View boys rallied raipidly.
First round will be completed
tonight with semifinals Friday
night and county championship
games Saturday night.
Support the Y. M. C. A
Charlie Blackburn, President
of the Ronda 4-H Club, was elect
ed president of the 4-H County
Council in a meeting held Satur
day, February ^8th. Other offi
cers elected were: Vice-Presi
dent, Edwin McGee, Secretary of
the Mt. Pleasant Club; Secretary,
Claudine Whlttington, president
of the Mt. Pleasant Club; Baddy
Mathis, retiring Council Presi
dent, will be program chairman
and Mary Anne Pennell song,
leader. Both are from the Wll
kedboro v 4-H Club.
business and Toted to send $1<)
from the council treasury to
care for a package to be sent
to a needy family in Greece.' Also
the council voted to buy 50 4-H
Club song books.
It was announced that the
Wilkeeboro 4-H Club will pre
sent a special Radio Program oil
March 3 in celebration of Na
tional 4-H Club Week, being ob-(
served March 1-7.
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Charles H. Slate
Is WILX Manager
"
Charles H. Slate, formerly of
Leaksvllle, assumed his duties as
manager of radio station WILX
here on March 1, succeeding R.
L. Montgomery, who is accepting
another position.
Mr. Slate has been in radio
business for seven years, in
which he has an enviable repu
tation. He was formerly with
Major EJdney Ridge at WBIG in
Greensboro and more recently
program director for WLOE in
Leaksvllle. He has already as
sumed his duties here and his
wife and son and daughter plan
to move here in June.
In Leaksvllle, Mr. Slate was
very active in civic life and is
well and favorably known in that
section of the state.
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Recipe Contest
Judges On Radio
Friday At 11:15
Judges in the Noodle Recipe
Contest on Betty Lou White's
"Happy Home Makers" program
over WILX will be interviewed
on the program Friday at 11: IK
a. m.
The Judges, Mrs. W. W. Mil
ler, Mrs. W. M. DeBerry and
Mrs. Qulncy Adams, are select
ing the ten winners in the con
test. Following their interview,,
the Judges will be given corsages
by Mrs. White and will be en
tertained at luncheon at Hotel
Wilkes. '
"ARSENIC AND OLD LACE" PLAY
DY APPALACHIAN GROUP MONDAY
Appalachian College will pre
sent a famous play, "Arsenic
And Old Lace", Monday. March
8, eight ^o'clock, in the North
Wilkesboro school auditorium. j
The performance here by the
highly trained and talented col
lege cast will be sponsored by the
North Wilkesboro Lions Club.
Tickets are $1.00 each for adults
and 50 cents each for students^
and children.
"Arsenic And Old Lace" Is one
of tbe most famous and highly
entertaining plays on the stage,
and It Is expected that a large au
dience will take advantage of
the opportunity to enjoy It here.
The curtain will rise promptly
at eight o'clock and all are ask
ed to be on time for the event.
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Many Fines Are
Collected During
Court This Week
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, Raise in penalties tor drunken
driving ibrought in many extra
hundreds of dollar* in fines in
Wilkes superior court this week.
Judge Dan K. Moore, of Syiva,
is presiding over the three-weeks
session, which began Monday for
trial of criminal eases. Solicitor
Avalon E. Hall is prosecuting the
docket and already many of the
200 casee pending have been
been disposed of.
Sentences of three to six
months suspended on payment of
$i00 fine and costs, along with
driver license revocation for one
year, were meted out to the fol
io wirfg defendants for operating
motor vehicles while under In
flence of intoxicants: Stanley
Trivette, Roy C. Duncan, Joseph
Spencer Payne, Clyde Albert Jor
dan, Lawrence Harrold, Dewey W.
EHledge, Herbert C. Taylor, Sid
ney M. Anderson, J. Allen Base.
Results of other cases were as
follows: William Ik Cooper, op
erating car while Intoxicated,
three months suspended on pay
ment of $160 and costs, license
revoked 12* months; Barney
Mathls, violating prohibition
law, six months suspended on
payment of $100 and costs; Sam
uel Morrow, violating prohibition
law, six months' suspended on
payment of $160 and costs; Ar
nold Wayne J arris, reckless
driving, 60 days' suspended on
payment $50 and costs; Qaither
Wagoner, operating car while In
toxicated and reckless driving,
six months' suspended on pay
ment $160 and costs, license re
voked 18 months.
Richard Price, operating car
while intoxicated, 80 days sus
pended on payment $150 and
costs; Glenn David Cottrell,
speeding, $25 and costs; Jesse I*
Benge, speeding, $26 ang costs;
Wayne Sprinkle, operating car
t.i« x ivAix- AA . .
ing car aiSer license rooked, six
months suspended on payment
of $200 a^d costs; Noah^ Thomas
Benton, speeding, $25 and costs
Benjamin Franklin Eller, speed
ing, $26 «nd costs.
Samuel Eugene Baldwin, reck
less driving, three months? sus
pended <9n payment of $50 and
costs; Kyle Craven, violating the
prohibition law, 12 months sus
pended on payment $200 and
costs; Ralph Call, violating the
prohibition law, six months on
roads; Claude Miller, reckless
driving, not guilty; Quentin R.
Ferguson, operating car while in
toxicated, four months on roads;
Roy Helms, violating prohibition
law, 12 months suspended on
payment $160 and costs; James
D. Roper, operating car while in
toxicated, six months suspended
on payment $150 and costs; li
cense revoked 18 months; H. R.
Transou, violating prohibition
law, six months suspended on the
payment of $150 end cost.
Clyde Barnett, two cases vio
lating prohibition law, combined
for judgment, 18 months on thW
roads; Robert Blackburn, violat
ing prohibition law, six months
suspended on payment $100 and
costs; Vaughn Blackburn, oper
ating car while intoxicated and'
reckless driving, six months sus
penaea on psymem t^uv sua
costs; James R. Pendry, operat
ing car while intoxicated, not
guilty; James Floyd Saner, reck
less driving, dismissed; Charlie
McNeill, of Fergu&oA, operating
car while intoxicated, nol pros,
$25 and costs for operating with
out license.
Robert Ezra Billings, assault
on female, six months' suspended
on payment hospital and doctor
bills for Phoebe Bauguss.
JMvorces were granted in the
following cases: Julia T. Rob
bing versus Gilbert Bruce Rob
bins; Ruth Annas versus Cecil
Annas; Stella Wyatt Caudlll ver
sus Roy D. Caudlll; Blanche
Shumate Jones versus Herbert
Don Jones; R. E. Ray versus
Margaret Ray; Quincy Woodie
versus Mildred B. Woodie.
Registration Open
Girl Scout Camp
Registration has opened for
Girl So6ut Shirley Rogers at
Roaring Gap for Sconts of the
Wineton-Salem council. rfatea
for the camp will be June 16-30}
June 30 to July 14; July 14 to
28; July 28 to August 11.
Registration fees at the rate
of $21 per week may be sent to
Girt Scput headquarters, Pepper
Building, Winston-Salem.
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Support the Y. M. C. A.
Trade Promotion
Committee Will
Meet Jridoy, 9:30
The Trade Promotion cqumit
tee oT the Wilkes Chamber of
Commerce will meet Friday at
<:S0 a. m., in the Chamber of
Commerce office.
W. G. Gabriel, committee chair
man, stated that the meeting will
be to lay plans for trade extension
daring the year and urged ev
ery member to be present and on
time.
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Gordon Lowe b
Taken By Death
Gordon Lowe, 71, widely
known Wilkes citizen, died Wed
nesday morning in a Statesrille
hospital after a week's Illness.
Death of Mr. Lowe followed
•by fire days the sadden death
of his brother, Rufus C. Lowe,
at his home near Moravian Falls.
Mr. Lowe was a member of a
widely prominent family, being
a son of the late John and Mln
da Do well Lowe. Surviving are
his wife, Mrs. Minnie Lowe, one
son and four daughters: Her
man Lowe, of Lenoir; Mrs. Mae
ton Walsh, of Moravian Falls;
Mrs. Wank Pearson, of North
Wilkesboro; Miss Winnie Lowe,
of Moravian Falls; Mrs. Kerley
Gaston, of Burlington. Also sur
viving: are two brothers, Carl JL
Lowe, of Wilkesboro, and O. 0.
Lowe, of Richmond, Va., and one
sister, Mrs. Connie DuPree, who
resides in California.
For several years Mr. Lowe
wag engaged in the mercantile
business and as a fur dealer here,
later retiring to his farm near
Moravian Falls. He was an ac
tive member of Moravian Falls
Baptist church, where funeral
service will be held Friday after-1
noon, two o'clock. Burial will be
in the Moravian Falls cemetery. |
Meetings, Visitors and Tourists
committee of the Wilkes Cham
ber of Commerce in first meeting
for the year voted to make up
a directory of all local organi
zations, which will contain or
ganization name, officers, time
and places of meetings. This di
rectory will be on file at the
Chamber of Commerce office for
use by the public, and especially
new residents of the community.
Organizations yo be included
will be churches, civic and luneh
eon clubs, fraternities, women's
organisations, veterans' organisa
tions, county an^ town commis
sioners, school boards, Parent
Teacher Associations, Junior
Chamber of Commerce, Boy and
Girl Scouts, Red Cross, Youth or
ganisations, and any others
which need to be Included.
Present for the meeting were
Dr. Gilbert R. Combs, chairman,
O. H. Bracey, J. L. Garwood, W.
E. Jones, Robert S. Gibbs, Joe
McCoy and John Redman.
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:15th Deadline For
A. A. A. Signing
It is anounced today by H. C.
Roberts, chairman of the comity
AAA committee that all farmers
should sign their farms up on
the program for 1948 by March
15, as this is the deadline that
was established by the PMA State
Committee. _ i
Mr. Roberts further stated that
the farm should be signed up if
it was the desire of the farmer
to secure limestone, phosphate,
pasture grass or winter cover
crop seed, or expected payment
for carrying out any practices on
this program.
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Marriage License
Troy C. Foster, Wilkes register
of deeds, Issued license to wed
to the following during the past
week: William S. Craft and
Blanche V. Shumate, both of I
North Wilkesboro; William Car
lyle Weston, Statesville, anil M
na G. Andrew^, Boomer; James
Hamiby and Imogene , Cleary,
both of Abshers; Robert Pugh
amd Myrtle Campbell, both of
Lansing; James Holman, Idle
wild, and Julia Mae Blair, Benge;
Charles Benford Ashley and Opal
Triplett, both of North Wilkes
boro route one; James S. Combs,
North Wilkesboro route two, and
Mary Ruth Bauguss, Traphill;
Clinton EHledge and Inez Call, both
of North Wilkesboro; Billy Gam
bill, Ronda, and Estelle Money,
of Blkln route one.
Fruit Growers To "j
Meet Friday, 5th
A meeting of Brushy Mountain
Fruit Growers and ail others in
terested in fruit growing has
been called to be held Friday
evening, March 5, 7:00, at the
apple packing house at the Car
olina Refrigeration Cooperative
plant near Wllkeeboro, Carl ®.
VanDeman said today.
Spray materials will be the
principal topic for the meeting.
Dr. Pederson and Dr. Aldrich,
two of the nation's top authori
ties on the subject of apple pro
duction, will meet with the grow
er*.
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Christmas Seal
Sale Had Total
$2,41976 Here
Mrs. Ivey Moore Gives Re
port On Successful Cam
paign In Wilkes
Sale of Christmas seals in Wfl
k©8 county during the Christmas
season totaled S2.419.7S, Mrs.
Ivey Moore, chairman, reported
today.
This was most successful sale
of Christmas seals ever carried
out 'iJ Wilkes and the total' was
far in excesg of the fl,500 goal
set for the county by state head
quarters of the Tuberculosis As
sociation.
Success of the campaign was
due in part to the splendid work
of the Wilkes chapter in helping
Tnb*rc?~
a contribution for seals received
may yet mall their amount to
Mrs. Ivey Moore, North Wllkes
boro, the chairman.
Two Wilkes Youths
Enlisted In Nary
Two Wilkes men were accept
ed into the navy February 25
and were assigned to the naval
station at Great Lakes, 111., Chief
Frankoft, navy recruiter, said
here today.
The men were Wesley Vaught
Jennings, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Bronlow Jennings, of Wflbar; and
James Elmer Woodie, eon of Mr.
and Mrs. Jacob Woodie, of Wil
bar.
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Return that Book to the library.
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'Flashers' Name
North Wilkesboro
Pro Baseball Club
"Flashers" wag the name selec
ted for the North Wilkesboro pro
fessional baseball team In the
Blue Ridge League at a meet
ing of the Chamber of Commerce
baseball committee here Wednes
day.
The name was selected from
a list of approximately 15Q sub
mitted by many people in com
petition for the season pass for
the name selected as best sul
table.The winning name was sub
mitted by Miss Lou Brooks, of
North Wilkesboro.
Every name submitted was
carefully considered as to its ap
titude, appeal, color and local in
terest. The task of choosing the
name from the many excellent
suggestions was exceedingly dif
ficult and was given much time
by the committee. The long list
was narowed down to 12 select
ed as most appropriate and oil
the final ballot the name of
"Flashers" received four first
place votes and one second.
Glenn Andrews, recreation
committee chairman, explained
that thd name selected denotes
speed, action ana power, and that
it also has close connection to
the nickname of the team's man
ager, Henry (Flash) Lowman.
Home and road uniforms have
already been purchased in white
and grey and will have North
Wllkesboro as lettering. The
name selecting committee has
suggested to club owners that the
vniform have a lightning flash in
signia along with the name of
the city. /
SUPPORT THE Y. K C. A.
Piedmont Safety
Council Meeting
City Hall Friday
Public Urged To Attend
Meeting To Be Held On
Friday Evening
"Highway Safety" will be the
topic of the Weetern Piedmont
Council's meeting to he held on
Friday night, March 5, 7:80 p. m.
at the North WUkeehoro city
hall.
Cecil F. A damson, secretary
of Wilkee Hosiery Mills com
pany, North Wllkesboro, Is
chairman of the Western Pied
mont Safety Council, which In
cludes Wilkee, Alexander, Ashe,
Avery, Caldwell, Catawba, and
Watauga counties. Once each year
the council, which promotes saf
ety in all lines of endeavor, has
one* meeting on the topic of
"Highway Safety."
As a special feature which will
Interest all who will attend, a
top man from the famous organ
isation of Samuel A. Market,
truck insurance executive in Rich
mond, Va., will deliver an ad
dress. An entertainment special
ty will be numbers by the North
Wllkeeboro high school glee club
under direction of Mrs. A. F. Kil
by.
Chairman Adameon is also
chairman of the Safety and Fire
Prevention committee of the
Wilkes Chamber of Commerce,
which is much interested in the
event and urges all members,
and especially committee mem
bers, to attend. A brief meeting
Highway Safety, Chairman
Adamson said, is a subject of In
terest to everybody, and there
should be a large attendance at
the meeting. Strong efforts are
ibeing made to reduce the ter
rible toll of life from highway
accidents, which hilled 836 and
injured 6,254 on the highways of
North Carolina last year.
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Scholarship Won
By Miss Frazier
Miss Martha Lue Frazier, who
is in her third year at Juilliard
School of Music, New York City,
has recently won the very covet
ed scholarship offered by Ma
dame Paula Trljah (Povla Frl
Jsh), famous interpreter of Art
songs.
Madame Frijsh, auditioned
the contestants, which consisted
of the most well-trained and
polished young artists of the
famous school. For her audition
number, Miss Frailer sang De
bussey's "II Pleure dan8 Mons
Coeur."
The scholarship is one of the
highest honors at Juilliard, since
to merit it one must be not only
well-trained vocally, but must
possess a great amount of feel
ing and artistic ability.
Miss Frazier, along with Mr.
James R. Monris, baritone, and
Donald Pippin, pianist, both of
Julllard, are planning to give a
concert in North Wilkeaboro in
the near future.
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Republicans Set
Wilkes Convention
Wilkes County Republicans
will hold their convention at the
courthouse at 1 p. m., on March.
13th, N. B. Smithey, chairman,
of the county Republican execu- .
tlve committee, announced. This
will be live days before the state
Republican convention In Dur
ham.
Bach township precinct wiU
meet March 12, and elect five
men or women, executive com
mittee, a secretary, one delegate
and one alternate for each 60
voters or fraction thereof who
cast ballots for the Republican
candidate for governor in the
last governatorial election.
The congressional district oon
vention will be held a. day or two
before the delegates go to the
state convention. , At the county
convention, the party will elect
delegates, secretary and assist
ant secretary.