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VIM CITY ' North Wilkeebcro b. trading radios of 50 mile serving 100,000 people i Northwestern Carolina. The Journal-Patriot Has d Mondays and Thursdays Blazed the Trail of Prog NORTH WILKESB0R0, N. C, ress In the "State of Wilkes Thursday, March 25. 1948 wvmmij nv*|mai Plan Approved By Wilkes Clumber Chamber Commerce Direct ors Back Solicitation. Control Committee Directors of the Wilkes Cham ber of Commerce In meeting Tuesday noon passed a resolu tion endorsing the proposal for construction of a county hospital with the aid of state and federal funds. The hospital proposal was placed before the board of direc tors from the report of the Health Committee, which acted unanimously in fayor of Wilkes taking advantage of the oppor '*f»pity to secure a 100-bed hos ^■/Kal with the county providing ^nly 22.6 per cent of the total cost. With complete cost of a modern and wall equipped hos pital being estimated at $1,200, • 000, the county's part would be 1271,000. following Is text of the reso lution passed by the directors: "Whereas, the need of addi tional hospital facilities is appar ent In Wilkes county, and t*fcr**Whereas, the federal and •Bite governtftents have made available funds to aid counties In the building of hospitals, be It therefore resolved that the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce go on record endorsing the building of a county hospital and recom mending to the Wilkes county commissioners that arrange ments be made for the voting of <bonds sufficient to finance the oonnty's proportionate part (22.6) Of' the cost of this hos pital.',' f R. M. Brame, Jr., chamber president, presided and directors present were W. O. Absher, Gil bert Bare, J. B. Carter, D. V. Deal, R". G. Flnley, R. E. Glbbs, J. R. Hix, Dr. P. C. Hubbard, Richard Johnston, Presley My ers, C. J. Swofford, J. B. Wll-i liams. Also present were Tom S. Jenrette, chamber secfetafy-tirtrn-"] azfir. itnd John E. Justice, Plood Ipompony Installs ^Ausic In factory Lisss^10 be th®firet to | stallat.o* vit8 klnd ,n Wllkes count} \ Skyland Textile Company h> added music for entertainment ft Tbe 878461,1 °? 8 kord player and through a stron8!mpiimn ° tem the music lnkt oat several speakers W,5 in.a+ . ° the mill, to give a A.10^8^ distribution of sonn&,_-ri_. ^ the plant. "V^hout It baar beeta prore4fJ. . person does more worsT^..^ work, and goea home at\ f ' of the day lees tired wherLer# Is some diversification . i thought. \ 1 The new installation has \ very enthusiastically received^ 4 the employees. ' * Student Millers Creek Is Winner Speaking Contest Four Students Awarded Prize* In Contest Held By K. of P. Lodge Oliver piledge, son of Mrs. Esther Elledge, of Millers Creek, won first place and prize of $25 here .Monday night in the Knights of Pythias annual ora torical contest. Second prize of $15 was a warded Miss Marie Minton, of Wilkesboro; third of $10 to Keith Bentley, also of Wilkes boro; fourth, $5, to Bill Staley, of Roaring River school. , First prize winner will rep resent the North Wilkesboro lodge in the state contest and if successful will go on to regional and national contest, where the prize will be a $1,000 college scholarship. • Russell Hodges, speaking con test chairman, presided at the Monday night meeting, which Wal? attended" 1)y more than 100 mnmhp.Tc. And o-nAsts Whllo the Keep Tour Red Cross Ready" Is Campaign Slogai Red Cross Drive Renewe And Extended Because Of World Crisis Because of the Internationa crisis, the Red Cros8 campaign slogan today was changed ti 'Keep Your Red Gross Ready.' "As the Tolontary auxiliary t< he armed forces, it is essentia! :hat the Red Cross be kepi trong as the nation's agency or disaster relief," a telegram rom national Red Gross officiali aid today. National Red Cross officials Dday asked that chapters which ave reached their minimum goal mtinue the campaign and that Siapters which have not reach their quotas double their ef •ts during the next few days. Report today from the "Wilkes ?jler stated that $5,SS».17 *f itnty's quota of $8,151, had turned in. All workers are vto make special efforts preach the people in their areas. are asked from work canvasaV7® completed their ter may \rder that the c&*P campaignV ^at progress the the count^PaklnK throughout Those no\ . may mall ** «>"e»tors the Wilkes Contributions to Cross at Nort®r the Following thVW8boro Wilkes connty V, <*l8?*ter Cross spent 510,V® the 2-21 families. The1! ,n aiding on the job before \prosa was ceded. Vters re In 1930 and | Gross aided 372 famlfc Re<P | kes county ■tfho were \Wll cumstancea becaues o^cir and and the amount oMtfjht $2,742.49. \»» r These disaster service^ rendered Wilkes people inV tion to the every day rendered by the Red Cross oflr "ter hwe- ' "1 ** t«„. «- " ™ Actress In Japan I with the Eighth Army fit Eokim, Japan.—Ann Graven, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Burnetts, and wife of M Sgt. Lawrence A. Graven of the " 3rd Engineer Combat Battal ion, a unit of the Mth Infantry Division, la presently starring In a play presented by the Third Engineer Combat Bat talion. Mrs. Craven arrived in Japan on June 15, 1947 to set up housekeeping for her hus band, M-Sgt. Craven. Late in the fall, when the call went out for persons with talent to ^appear In a play, Bin. Craven was the first to volunteer her services. Mrs. Craven Is a grad uate of the Cricket and Millers Oeek high school. She also has two nephews In the ser vice, one, Elmer Cooper In the navy and James Cooper, also stationed in Japan. Meeting Citizens Who Want Roads Be Held Tuesday lighway Commissioner and Engineer Will Meet With IVivian Kerbaugh 1 Now With Baptists In Elizabeth Cit Pastor W. W. Finlator of tl First Church, Elizabeth City, ai nounces that Miss Vivian Ke baugh on February 27 began h« work in the church as directc of religious.education. Miss Kei baugh, a native of North Wilkej boro and a member of the Fin church here until her colleg days, is an honor graduate. o Wake Forest College. Ourini her four years there she w& very active in the religious or ganizations on the campus an< in other phases of campus lift also. She was a member of the Glee Club for three years, anc she served as secretary of th< Woman's Student Government Association. She was a chartei member of Tassels, honorary leadership society for women, and was elected 'to serve as its president. She was also one of those chosen to represent Wake Forest in Who's Who in Amer ican Colleges and Universities. o — Easter Drama On Radio Saturday Hospital Births a I The following tolrthg were re CI ported at the Wilkes' hospital 'Iduring the past week: son, James Earl Trivette,' Jr., to Mr. and iMrs. James Sari Trivette, of North WUkedboro, March 18; son, Elmer Stephen, to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Smith Rich, of Boom er, March 18; son, Robert £ruce, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lewis Bowers, of North Wilkesboro, March 18;. son, James Stephen, to Mr. and Mrs. Jame8 Harrison JohnBon, of Roaring River, March 18; son, Danny Vernon, to Mr. and Mrs. Sebon Vertion Walker, of North Wilkesboro, March 19; son, Bruce Wendell, to Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Reece Byrd, of North Wilkesboro ronte 2, March 20; 'daughter, Betty ( Lou, to Mr. 'and Mrs. James G. ( Shepherd, March 20; son, W!l- j liam Richard, to Mr. and Mrs. ( Robert M. Watson, of North Wilkesboro ronte 1, March 20; t daughter, Peggy Sue, to Mr. and Mrs. Qlenn Hawkins, of Hays, j (April 21; don to Mr. and Mrs. £ Herman Wesley Johnson, of North Wilkesboro route 2, March c 22; daughter, Wanda, Faye, to Mr. and 'Mrs^, Dewey Monroe Ad ams, of North Wilketrt>oro route , 1, March 22; son to Mr. and .j Mrs. Wade'Howard, Jr., of North Wilkesboro route 3, March 25; ion to Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Greg >ry, of Ronda, March 25. o Forming; Credit And Collection Bureau This City s..: lc m vi th an ■Fa dn th M( Sunrise Services For Easter Sunday Wilkesboro, Moravian Falls, Mountlawn and Bluff . Park Sunrise Services Churches throughout this com munity have planned special ser vices for Easter Sunday, March 28th. This week a series of pre-Eas ter services have been held In the churches of the Wllkesboros nrlth ministers exchanging pul pits before large congregations. Snnrise Service The Snnrise Easter Festival will he held in St. Paul's Epia loual church on Easter Day at >lx a. m. This service , has been leld consecutively in St. Paul's hnrch for the past seventeen ears. There ^ill be a celebra lon of the Holy Communion and ermon by the rector, Rev. Boston I. Lackey. The choir will sing 'aster hymns in the churchyard efore,the service begins In the lurch. The special Raster off Br ig at this service will go to the ■gan fund. A cordial welcome Is ctended to everyone to attend ils service. Sunrise Service At Moravian Vails Thirteenth annual sunrise serv 3 will be held Easter Sunday orning at 6:15 at the Mora in Falls cemetery. Rev. R. C. Gwaltney, pastor of a Moravian Falls Baptist church d Rev. Joe Green, Moravian lis Methodist pastor, will con ct the service. In event of raih, 3 service will be held in the iravian *■ « i i • *" Control committee chairman who made a report on recent flood control developments, particul arly the Rivers and Harbors Congress action In approving the Yadkin project. President Brame announced annual convention of the United States Chamber olf Commerce to be held In Washington April 26 8#. W. K. Sturdivant, national counselor, and Tom S. Jenrette ^were named as delegates from the Wilkes Chamber and other members were urged to attend if possible. / J. B. Williams and Vernon Deal were named members of the chamber executive commit tee. The other members are the officers—president, vice presi dent, treasurer, secretary-man ager. L, A report from the Education oommittee revealed that educa tional talks are being given by Chamber members in ten schools in Wilkes county, ' at which school building needs and eco nomic valne of education are be ing stressed to patrons. The Industrial committee brought before the directors the subject of investigating local freight rates and the secretary was instructed to obtain all necessary information for study of rates with a view of seeking a reduction. A committee com posed of R. C. Finley, J. R. Hix, J. B. Williams, and B. F. Gard ner was named to study the ma terial. ♦ The chamber directors endors ed the Trade promotion commit tee's report fully supporting the setting up of a committee for control of solicitations. The committee explained that the plan now being followed is for study and control of solicitations. Per sons planning solicitations of any type in the community are asked to stfbmlt facts at the chamber of commerce office for study by the solicitations com mittee. If the request is deemed worthy and Just, an approval card will be issued, which solici tors may present to thoqe ap proached. Business men are ask ed to cooperate by asking solici tors to show their certificate of approval and by responding with Venations or aid only to those irhoae requests have been ap proved. The requests will be passed on only on Fridays, and any per ' sons seeking action of the com mittee are asked to get their re quests In to the chamber office for study and approval on Fri days. The committee is made up of busy people who cannot |tq called into meeting any and eve judges were compiling votee Mr. Hodges 8poke briefly on the subject of "Principles of Pyth ianism." Subject for the orations was "The Debt of the Modern World To Ancient Greece." The ad dresses by the students were re ceived with much interest by the assembly. Judges were T. B. Story, Miss Rebecca Moseley and James F. McAlister. o Easter Monday To Be Holiday In Wijkesboros In accordance! with the holi day plan adopted for the year by the Trade Promotion com mittee of the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce, Easter Monday, March '29, will be a holiday. Stores, banks and other busi ness houses will be closed on Easter Monday, which will gen erally be observed' as a holiday throughout the country. Offices in the county court house will be closed Monday and lt^yas also announced that the state revenue department will be closed. It is expected that prac tically all public officeg will be closed for the holiday. ry day. The plan here was adopt ed after careful study of plans being used in many other towns. A secret committee will han dle requests for minor solicita tions. For county-wide cam paigns application should be filed 30 day8 prior to the date the committee's decision is need ed, in order that the quotas and other information may be given ample study and investigation. It was the committee's ex pressed opinion that projects for solicitation, program or manual advertising and other projects strictly,of a community nature and by which benefits would n°t be county-wide wonld not be giv en approval. Requests have be come so numerous that the com mittee decided that some action must 'be taken for control in or der that worthy projects of widespread public benefit can be carried out. Within the past few days there have been 12 ap plications for solicitation, of which eight were not approved. There is nothing compulsory about the plan, but the commit tee points out that public co operation will assure its success and that it will be beneficial to all concerned. *r* - •W; liaster the Red Cross spent eleA an million dollars. That commun ity this year has already more than doubled its quota. o Elver's Bluejackets Win League Title In Final Playoff Game Eller's Bluejackets won the championship of the Wilkes In dustrial Basketball league Wed nesday uight at Millers Creek in the final game of a three-game series with Millers Creek all stars, winners of the first half schedule. Whittington with 19 points was high scorer for the victors while McLean led for the all stars with 22. The all stars held a one-point lead at half time but slumped in the final period with M. Eller and Bumgarner out on fouls. The Bluejackets played their smoothest game on the Millers Creek court this year. Lineups follow: Eller's 62 M. Creek 59 H. Eller 2 Bumgarner 1 Livingston 11 Clark 6 Whittington 19 Vannoy 12 Wiles 2 McLean 22 E.. Eller 12 M. Eller 9 Substitutes?: Eller's — McMil lan 1, Staley 10, Snider 2, Hold er; M. Creek—Garland 6, Qhurch 2, Parsons 1. ' On behalf of the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce, sponsors of the league, trophies were pre sented the winner and runner-up teams iby P. W. Greer, principal of Millers Creek school. The Millers Creek all stars won the first game of the playoff series Friday night 70 to 59 and on Monday night Eller's evened the playoff score by taking a 59 to 50 victory. The second game lineups follow: Bumgarner 7 H. Siller 11 M. Eller 15 Livingston 14 McLean 9 Whittington 14 Vannoy 16 E. Eller IS Parsons Wilee 1 Substitutes:' M. Creek — Church, Garland 1, Sebastian; Eller's—-fitaley 2, McMillan ,% Snider, Holder. ■■ a •< Matilda Rector Is Claimed By Death Funeral service was held on Monday at New Hope Baptist chnreh near Purlear for Matilda Rector, age 78, who died Sunday at her home in that community. Rev. A. W. Eller and Rev. Glenn Huffman conducted the last rites. Cicero Rector, a son, is the only surviving member of the im mediate family. - Es,; • ' , « , . a. , Citizens gST. fa.;.? citizens of "Wtlkes .re iifterapted lb highwu, , \ction and road Improve-] % Invited to a meeting to m.\Tuesday nigbt, 7:30 p. tow\e North Wilkes boro , pA ;:~T *^"5!professl.nii caT^dllrerted b; Airy, flv^K. Smith, of Mount |£hurch ■ WorM Servic6) . .. ^ te churches of North Wilkei boro\wlll present "Resurrection an Easter radio drama stairin Ralph* Bellamy, over statlo: WKBC March 27 at 6:15 p. m. This: fifteen-minute dramatl program was f^bpared with i the com' construc ts one ^for the aphill tend the i re Zeb V. \ commissioner, ahd Deer" ©ngl The Tuea^jj being sponsJL^ me committee o^T the R* her of CommVIlkes mittee has sta* tlon of the Tr; of the main county. The p: highway, which from Mountain _. Traphill community, ceive much attentlo meeting and all that part of the count, ed In better ro&ds are arly Invited. However, o._ projects will be discuss*.. the meeting will prove t very interesting throughout Wilkes. The Chamber.of Commerce - naturally interested in construAu transcription which con: firm nr ImnrnTflmflnt of anv rnaoV..^ * offlcia relief and reconstruction agenc: of the Protestant and Orthodo: churches. The program presents in dra matic form the story of a towr in Europe, where the people arc sunk in despair and hopelessness caused by hunger and lack ol spiritual leadership. They are a roused from their lethargy by the attempts of the town bell maker, played by Mr. Bellamy, to hammer brass shell casings into church bells. Aided by supplles and help from American churches, the people of this town manage to realize the inspiration! given by the bell-maker, and ey overcome the forced of h and despair to build a tie church in time for East or highway leading into the Wil kesboros, and it is expected that many local business men, as well as people in rural areas, will at tend the meeting. , ———o Samuel Rhodes Suicide Victim Funeral service will be held on Friday at Bethel church near HayB for Samuel A* Rhodes, 56, citizen of that community who died Wednesday. Rer. Ernest Blevins will conduct the last rites. The body of Mr. Rhodes was found in a road near his home about 11 a. m. Wednesday. With his body was a rifle aag it was presumed Chat he took his own life. He had been in ill health for sometime, member8 of the family said, and when he left his home he said he was going to visit a neighbor. Mr. Rhodes Is survived by his wife, sMrs. Nora Rhodes, and the following sons and daughters: Grant Rhodes, Hays; Mrs. Gilbert Milton, Boomer, W. Va.; Bdgar D. Rhodes, Ohio, N. C.jr Miss Ruth Rhodes, Winston-Salem; Miss Nellie Rhodes and Allen Rhodes, of Hays. o Support the Y. M. C. A J7 'In an organization meeting or Friday night decision was reach 5 ed to organize a Credit and Col 1 lections Bureau in North Wilkes boro. 1 For the organization period 1 Charles H. Day was named organ | zatlon chairman and the tempo rary board of directors is com posed of Charles Jenknis, Carl : W. Steele, M. B. McNeill, William Gray, L. S. Spainhour, W. G. Gabriel, J. C. Allen, Wayne Fos ter, Wm. A. Hardister, and Bob Kite. Letterg have been sent out to merchants in the community ex plaining the organizations and the services planned. Initial mem ship fee will be $10 and month ly dues of $2:60 with a charge of 50 cents for each credit re port in excess of (Jve per month. In connection with the credit bureau will be a collection de partment. with a collector to han dle collection of old accounts for members. Merchants iri the organization meeting stated that the need of a credit bureau here is Increasing and much enthusiasm was shown in ~ * wpvb auuuuuWlUOUlB I ^belng used by approxi-1 mov6men ^500. radio stations the country as a local church relief 6»uuauuu JSS"* Hew« March 29i®lrl Scout as PresbyterlaPe©t Monday, 'building. l\m., in the will be the V education National <jC- Wayland tion fee for instead of 60 \ registra Leaders are Is $1 all badges now- frmerly awards to be helcmorder Day Clamp Vt of Mrs. Robert Gi rector of the da Claude Doughton charge of singing and Winkler is director and outdoor cooking. M Vaught will be arts an leader. Other day camp will be published later. ■ o Freezer Locker Stockholders To Meet Fridoy Ere. Stockholders of the Carolina Refrigeration Corporation . are asked to meet Friday evening, 7:30, at the Wilkee oonnty courthouse. Ramblers Have Football Game Wilkesboro high school's Ramblers ended weeks of spring practice Monday afternoon with a regulation game between two evenly matched squads picked from the 45 who had been en gaged in practice. | How evenly the squads were £ matched was evidenced by the q score, which was one touch- l down each with the "greens" t, getting the extra point for a 7-6 d victory. Jack Groce and Malcolm p Oamblll, two of eight seniors not g| participating, directed the teams cj in the game as Head Coach Ed- J( die Adleman watched -from the 1 delines to get a line on replace- m —its for the team which was [efeated in 1947. or shown by the number par- Pi Ing, the Ramblers will without manpower in ^withstanding the many Pr tag men graduating. The a i ted much interest a- at itudent body and there Pa other spectators. bn boys are now en- pa teball practice and Sufr®ason Dext week* Ea \Y. M. C. A. ▼ell attended. ifvian Falls cemetery, maintained by the Moravian Palls cemetery association, is one of the most beautiful rural cemeteries in the state. Easter Service 7:80 A. M. Mountlawn Cemetery Mountlawn Memorial Park, lo cated north of this city on high way 18, will be the scene of an annual Easter morning service at 7:30 o'clock. This service will be for all who will attend. Dr. John T. Wayland will 'be in charge and Jay An derson will direct the music. Choirs from all the churches are invited to participate. , Easter Music At First Baptist At the morning worship ser vice at the First Baptist church Sunday, the Easter sermon will be "A Timeless Event." The music for the service, in keeping with the day, will be ''Come, y faithful" by R. 8. Thatcher, and "Galilean Easter Carol" by R. Deane Shure by the Adult Choir and "Alleluia! Christ is Risen" Arrangement by Ralph L- Bald win by the Junior Choir. The Adult Choir, under the direction of Miss Helen Caldwell, is com posed of Helen Eller, Betty Lou Poster, Mrs. Gwyn Gambill, Mrs. Ray Harris, Doris Ruth Ker baugh, Joyce Kiliby, Betty Jean McNeil, Joanna McNeil, Mrs. W. K. Dnnnon/ Tal Barn fee, "Mary Ann Casey, Patsy Hawkins, Mrs. R. T. Mc Neil, Mrs. A. G. Yates, altoes. Dean Minton, tenor, and Edwin Chlpman, D. E. Elledge, and W. R. Harmon, basses. The Junior Choir includes Mary Blanken ship, Sarah Lou Chipman, Abi gale Church, Billie Jean Cox, Dorris Darlington, Martha Jane Gllreath, Jo Ann Johnson, Betty Lue Lyall, Colleen Moore, Pa tricia Morgan, Billie Ann Par due, Wanda Patrum, Betty Chloe Payne, Lorane Shumate, Nancy Sturdirant, Jean Wayland, Patri cia Woodward, Prank Bentley, John Bentley, David Day, Barry Henderson, Sonny Lyall, Reggla Moore, Buddy Triplett, and T. A. Wellborn. Miss Marie Slier it organist for both choirs. Presbyterian Young People Plan Sunrise Service Toung people of the First Presbyterian church will conduct i sunrise service Sunday morning it Bluff Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Following the service ireakfast will be served in the ?ark. Regular services, featuring Caster music, will be held in the ihurch Sunday. I " -M' ■■ BOELP MEMOKIAi. PARK FUND
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