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M.C.A. Wilkes Y. M. C. A. is. rais |a building fund for the ion of a modern Y. M THE JOURN OUR CITY North Wilkesboro has a trading radius of 50 miles, rA 1 t ^ . t serving 100,000 people in The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail ofiProgress In the ''State of Wilkes" For Over 41 Years Northwestern Carolina. Vol. 43, No. 11 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, ,N. C? Monday, May 24, 1948 Make North Wilkesboro Y#ur Lions Ctab Has Gala Occasion On Ladies' Night Here Mr. and Mrs. Joe King, of Winston-Salem, Keep Club in Uproar North Wilkesboro Lions en tertained their wives and lady friends at the annual Ladies' Night banquet Friday at Hotel Wilkes. One of the most successful occasions in the history of the club, the Ladies' Night banquet was attended by a capacity as sembly of Lions and friends. The program opened with President W. O. Marlow as toast (Js3ter and after singing of "America" Dr. Gilbert R. Combs spoke the invocation. Following an excellent ban quet dinner J. H. Whicker, Jr., welcomed the ladies, to which Mrs. Ralph Buchan very appro priately responded. Joe King, ventriloquist with a "Charlie McCarty" act, kept the crowd in an uproar of laughter as he wisecracked and tossed lutes about concerning club Mtebers and well known person alities in the Wilkesboros. Mrs. King helped in the entertain ment as a vocalist and sang well. Lions and guests as they en tered the banquet hall were pre sented with paper hats, rattles, favors, confetti and other ar ticles which go into the atmos phere of a jolly occasion. o Justice Speaks To Furniture Group! Myrtle Beach, S. C., May 17.? Addressing the opening session of the 36 th annual meeting of the Southern Retail Furniture Association here this morning, attended by some 300 delegates from the two Carollnas an<j Vir ginia, Claude W. Woodward, sec retary-treasurer, Jurgen's, Rich mond, Va., said that "No one will deny that a political as well as an economic crisis exists as result of the ravages and trage dies of a devastating world war. Pyramiding all this, we have the restoration or the attempt at res toration of many systems in countries throughout the world and the threat of bullying com munism even to our own democ racy and way of living." w-Touching on the possibility of W coming recession, the speaker told the furniture retailers that they must prepare themselves for such times when volume recedes and when more selling, real sell ing on merit, supercedes the "easy taking of orders, which transition has taken place." He said that theirs is an "indi vidual full time responsibility tol v practice and insist on better busi- j ness relationship and ethics." J. E. Justice, Jr., president of the Southern Furniture Manufac turers Association, speaking on the manufacturer's evaluation of the outlook in the home furnish ings field, said since 1940, the furniture industry, both manu facturers and dealers, ha8 "en joyed a volume of business and demands for our products far be yond what ever existed in any pre-war year and far beyond what any of us would have ex pected in 1940." First Methodist To Have Family Night! The third "Family Night" par ty for the North Wilkesboro First Methodist church will ? be held at the Legion hut Wednes day evening beginning at 7:30 o'clock. "If you haven't attended one of our Family Night meet ings, try it out this week and see if you do not think they are great. Those making the plans for this meeting on Wednesday night at the Legion hut tell us that it is to be different and the beet yet. Be sure to come and bring the whole family. It is the one meeting that we promote for fellowship and recreation among our people. Don't miss it.' First Methodist church bulletin. *-W?'?? Baby Beef Sale i^fbe Iredell county baby beef inbw and sale will be held in jtatesville Thursday evening, Kay 27, and any interested in raying a baby beef from this itie may contact Carl VanDeman it the freezer locker plant here. Support the Y. M. C. A. it . > ? One Of Principals In Wake Farest May Day Court Pictured above is Miss Beth Jones, North Wilkesboro Sen ior at Wake Forest College, who was one of the leading principals in the elaborate May J Day festivities held recently at Wake Forest. Miss Jones was one of two attendants from the Senior Class. She is a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Jones, of North Wilkesboro. 48 Seniors Will Get Diplomas At Wilkesboro High A class of forty-eight seniors will receive diplomas of high school graduation at the final program of Wilkesboro high school commencement Tuesday night. 8 o'clock. Dr. B. B. Dougherty, president of Appa lachian State Teachers College, Boone, will deliver the literary address. Dr. John T. Wayland, pastor of the First Baptist church of North Wilkesboro, delivered in inspiring message in the bacca laureate service held Sunday aft ernoon in the school auditorium. Invocation and scripture reading were by Rev. H. M. Wellman and music for the service was by the high school chorus. C. B. Eller, superintendent of Wilkes schools, presented Dr. Wayland. The list of seniors who will graduate follows: Keith Bentley, James Leon Brewer, J. w. Canter, Calvin Carlton, Bill Craig, Shelton Ed wards, Dainard Foster, Malcolm Gambill, Leo Hayes, John Hen dren, Buddy .Hubbard, Cody Lee Lowe, Perry Lowe, John Martin, Kevin Miller, Don Pafdue, John ny Smith, Arlin Tedder, Ernest Tedder. Irma Anderson, Betty Blevins, Beatrice Brooks, Maxine Brook shi^e, Anna Lee Brown, Mildred Broyhill, Estelle Caudill, Betty l,ou Cranor, Mildred Darlington, Mary Duncan, Nancy Garwood, Betty Jean Johnson, Carolyn Johnson, Foda Johnson, Kathleen Johnson, Pauline Love, Jettie Lowe, Lucille Mathis, Jackie Merritt, Marie Minton, Doris Os borne, Margaret Sloop, Bobby Nell Smithey, Dare Souther, Mary Steelman, Pauline Treada way, Diane Vestal, Joyce Web ster, Nancy Williams. Memorial Service For Mrs. Cowles The May meeting of the Wil kesboro Woman's club will be held Friday, May 28, at the. Community (House at 8 o'clock. Mrs. J. B. Henderson, Sr., chairman of American Home De partment, will present Mrs. Ed M. Anderson of West Jefferson as speaker. Immediately follow ing the .program, a memorial ser vice will be held for Mrs. C. H. Cowles. Guests will include members of the North Wilkesboro wom an's club and hostesses for the evening will he: Mesdames Claude T. Doughton, E. E. Vaught, Richard Cranor, L. B. Dula, Edi son Norman, H. M. Wellman, Woodrow Brookshire and Misses Pansy Fletcher and Blanche Fer guson. Optimist Club Meet Tuesday The North Wilkesboro Opti mist club will hold its regular semi-monthly meeting tomorrow from 12:30 to 1:30 at Hotel Wilkes. All * members are urged to attend. \ A good" program, has been ar ranged for the meeting, Program Chairman Herbert Marshall stat ed today. Baptists Plan 4 Meetings On Thursday Night Regional meetings of the Brushy Mountain Baptist Asso ciation will be held simultane ously Thursday night, May 27, 7:30 o'clock, at Stony Hill, Har mony, Liberty Grove and Mora vian Falls Baptist churches. Baptists of the association are urged to attend the meeting near est them.' At Stony Hill Rev. A. W. Dller will be in charge and others who will participate will be Rev. E. C. Hodges, Clyde Church, Victor Watts, Mrs. O. M. Proffit and Rev. C. J. Poole. E. I. Elledge will have charge of the meeting at Harmony church and others on the pro gram will be Rev. Glenn Huff man, Mrs. Hubert Canter, Dual Whittington, Mrs. Clate Bum garner and Rev. W. N. Brook shire. In charge of the meeting at Liberty Grove will be T. E. Story, association moderator, and oth ers who will take part will be Rev. C. S. Wellborn, J. F. Jor dan, Miss Peggy Nichols, Mrs. Tam Hutchinson and Dr. John T. Wayland. At Moravian Falls Mrs. Bar nice Greer will be in charge and others on the program will include H. I. Johnson, Miss Nora MoGee, Mrs. Carl Hendrix and Rev. John Wells. P.-T. A. Closes Successful Year Closing a year in which it has contributed much to the physical equipment and general promo tion of the school program, the North Wilkesboro P.-T. A. held its final meeting Thursday eve ning in the school auditorium, the retiring president, Mrs. Ar thur Veneble, presiding. The devotional, led by Miss Mildred Bradford, wan followed toy three solo numbers by mem bers of the high school band. Those performing were: Doris Godbey, clarinet; Tommy John son. bass hoirn; Carl Swofford, trumpet; Miss Bingham accom panying at the piano. Interesting summarized r e portg were heard from the treasurer and chairmen of mem bership, publicity, hospitality, health, safety and music com mittees. Lastly, there was a message from the president. The new officers were installed toy Mrs. Venable, in a very impres sive service, and the retiring staff was given a rising vote of thanks for their work during the past year. In appreciation of the fine work done toy Mrs. Andrew Kil by with the High School Glee Club, the association presented her with a lovely piece of silver in her pattern. Mrs. Kilby re sponded very graciously with a short talk, expressing her enjoy ment in working with the club. For her difficult task of reor ganizing and serving for two years as president of the P.-T. A. Mrs. Venable was presented with a gift of china in her pattern. Mrs. Emma Day made the presen tation speech. Attendance award in the ele mentary school went to Miss Et ta Turner's grade, and to Miss Marjorie Gabriel's in the high school. Mr. and Mrs. Dane Ulrich ha gone to Marion, Ind., to mal their home. Mrs. Ulrich is tl former Miss Alma Dennis. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OUT OF SOLICITATIONS CONTROL PROJECT At a meeting of the board of directors of the IWilkes Chamber of Commerce held thi8 week it was decided that the organiza tion drop the project of solici tations control and recommend ed that the task, which has been carried ont very successfully byl a chamber committee, be taken over by an independent commit tee not affiliated with any one organization, but made up of rep resentatives of several organiza tions which promote or are ben efited -by solicitations. The solicitations qontrol plan wag set up at the request of the Trade Promotion committee, and a statement of policy was draft ed and mailed .to the members with suggestions for changes or an jnvitation welcoming any sug gestions. Only one member stat ed any opposition and the plan tm was put infto effect with applica tions to solicit being reviewed by a secret cdmmlttee which passed on an average of six requests! weekly, amfl according to state ment of policy rejected those which were not county-wide in scope. However;, it developed that the Chamber of Commerce had been wrongly usjed by some who were contacted fry solicitors and the organizations deemed it best for that task tp be carried out by an independent group. It was sug gested thaf; representatives of merchants, I churches, schools, Red Cross,; Tuberculosis Associ ation, Infantile Paralysis Foun dation, civjc organizations and other agencies meet and form whatever organisation they de sire, if any, for solicitations con trol. L . "Mother For Year" w Mrs. L. jtf. Jarvis of Roaring River Comimunity was named "Mother ot| Wilkes County" for the year i<t a contest sponsored by Henderson's Flower Shop over Statio^i WIL.X recently. She received tt(e highest number of votes through niail aud was giv en a beautiful orchid when she appeared qn the Flower Shop program oyer WiLX. Mrs. Jarvis appreciates the kindness of her many f riehds. She 1b, to those who know! her, worthy of the honor becaiuse of her every day Christian and Motherly life. She is an impressive Bible teacher and does Baptist Missionary work | in her community, 4ier cheerful I kind and [liberal disposition ie j welcomed "Where there1 is sick ness, need knd weary hearts. The 1 community,! county and nation, are remembered daily in her prayers. M *8. Jarvis is 64 years of age ad the mother of nine children a: d has eleven grand children. She thinks large famir (lies are h ippier than small if there aire ways and means to educate and provide liberally for each. Mrs.. Jarvis is the mother of the following? children: L. M. Jarvis, Jr. iat home, Mrs. J. Ro bert Pegg,( North, Wilkpeboro; Mrs. J. B. |H?fndel%on, Jr., North Wilkesboroj Mrs. W. S. Johns, Winston-Salem; Mrs. M. M. Ma this. Roaring River; Mr. J. S. Jarvis, Portsmouth, Ohio; J. F. Jarvis, who was fatally injured by motorcycle accident, in 1947; Mrs. H. D. Green, Salisbury, Maryland; (Mrs. Dick Sale, Win ston-Salemi f T June 111s Date Of Miss Wilkes Pageant Here Wilkes i Junior Chamber of Commerce jtoday announced dates for the annual Miss Wilkes Page ant to select a winner for the state content. The Jay$cees are hoping to stage a (pageant which will eclipse the highly successful event last i Year an<* work was started today in getting sponsors among the> business firms of the Wilkesborojs and community for scores of ?irls who are expected to be entered. Ten finajlists will be chosen at a dance tq be held in the Wil kesboro high school gymnasium on June il, with Miss Wilkes to be selected on June 25. The winner wilt get a complete ward robe and trip to the state finals to be Held at Wrightsville Beach. ; A Jayce^) official said that the contest wif.l be easier this year because contestants will not be required td put on a talent show. They will ; appear in evening dresses anjd bathing suits. Committee Oi Industry Plans Meeting Tuesday Industrial committee of the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce, with many other interested citi zens, will meet Tuesday, 7:30 p. m., in the banquet hall of Hotel Wilkes. J. B. Williams, chairman of the committee, stated In an-[ nouncement of the meeting that it would be of great Importance for the growth of this commun ity. . f Questions of community policy relative to obtaining new indus try will be taken up and the com mittee hopes for definite action on a plan favorable to new indus try. o ? 17 Contests Await Votes of Tar Heels Raleigh, May 23;?The windup of Intensive campaigning next Saturday will put up to North Carolina voters for decision 15 j Democratic and two Republican primary cnotests. Sharing top interest are the I Democratic races for the 'guber natorial and senatorial nomina tions. In the gubernatorial contest are State Treasurer Charles M. Johnson and Mayne Albright, both of Raleigh, Kerr Scott of Haw River, former state com-! miseioner^of agriculture; State Representative Oscar Barker of Durham, Olla Ray Boyd of Pine town, and W. P. Stanley, Sr., of Kinston. The senatorial race, which has gained momentum in the past couplfe of weeks, will bring from political observers one uni form prediction?it will toe close. The contest matches Senator Wil-| liam B. Uinstead and former] Gov. J. Melville Broughton. ^ Congressional Races Although holding secondary billing, Democratic congressional races are creating strong interest in the six districts which have contests. In the Fifth District, Thur mond Chatham of Elkin, who barely lost the nomination in a runoff in 1946, is running a gainst Bob Duncan of Walnut Cove. They are seeking the seat which Representative John H. Folger is leaving at the end of the year. Three men are running for the Seventh District seat which Rep resentative J. Bayard Clark is giving up at the expiration of this term. They are Hargrove Bellamy of Wilmington, State] Solicitor F. Ertel Carlyle of L.umberton, and J. Robert Young of Dunn. Each of the other congression al races is a two-man contest. Opponents are: Sixth District?Repreaentative Carl T. Durham of Chapel Hill and Thomas Turner of Greens boro; Eighth, Representative C. B. Denae of Rockingham and Giles Y. Newton, of Gibson; Tenth, Representative Hamilton C. Jones and Marvin Lee Ritch, both of Charlotte; ? and 11th, Representative A. L. Bulwinkle of Gastonia and State Solicitor Clarence O. Ridings of Forest City. Five State Offices Nomination for five state of fices are at stake in the Demo cratic voting. These contests are for: | Lieutenant governor?H. P. I (Pat) Taylor of Wadesboro and Dan Tompkins of Sylva. Secretary of state?Thda Eure. incumbent, and John T. Arm strong, both of Raleigh. State auditor?Henry L. Bridg es of Greensboro, incumbent, and Charles W. Miller of Ashe ville. State treasurer?Zack Frazelle of Richlands, Brandon P. Hodges of Asheville and James B. Vogler of Charlotte. Commissioner of labor?'For rest H. Shuford of Raleigh, in cumbent, and Donald Boone Cherrill of Greensboro. There is only one state-wide Republican contest. Watt H. Gragg of Boone and G. L. Wll liard of Kernersville are seeking nomination as oommlssionet of agriculture. The other Republican race 1s in the 10th Congressional Dis trict, where five men are run ning for nomination. They are P. O. Burkholdlr, Manley R. Dunaway, and Louis G. Rogers, all of Charlotte; Rioy A. Harmon of Elk Park, and T. L. Mullen of Huntersville. SUPPORT THE Y. M C. A. Miss Mountain View Nena Watkins above, won the title of "Miss Mountain View" at the highly successful pie supper held at Mountain View school. Nena, a fourth grade student in Mountain View school, is the attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. h. G. Watkins, of Hays. The pie supper netted $187 for the gymnasium improvement fund. | Graduates Hear Dr. Pritchett In Sermon Sunday Dr. Carl Pritchett, Davidson College Presbyterian church pas tor, delivered the baccalaureate sermon to the North Wilkesboro high school graduating class be fore a large congregation Sun day night at the First Baptist church here. Participating in the service were Dr. John T. Wayland, Rev. Watt M. Oooper and Dr. Gilbert R. Combs, ministers of the First First Methodist churches. The Baptist, First Presbyterian and North Wilkesboro high school glee club" also took part in the union service program. Seniors will carry out their own graduation program Friday, May 28, eight o'clock, in the school auditorium, and high school diplomas will be present ed at the close of the program to the following: Joyce Billings, Betty Camp bell, Jane Carter, Corinna Fin ley, Clara Lee Hayes, Emalee Huie, Margaret Anne Hutchens, Agnes Kenerly,, Doris Ruth Ker baugh. Bettie Jean Kerley, Clara McClure, Edna Grhce McNeil, Elizabeth McNeill, Jeanette Mc Neil, Margaret Newton, Annie Ruth Sale, Dorothy Shell, Betty Lou Sturdivant, Mary Jane Wood ie, Billye Jo Zimmerman. Bill Absher, Jr., Ray Bowman, Bill Brookshire, Bill Byers, Jakie Byrd, Charles Caudill, Joe Church, Wayne Davis, Bill Eller, Gordon Finley, George Forester, Jr., Walter Foster, John Glbbs, Cowles Hayes, Travis Lee Hutch ison, Ralph Key, Paul McGinnis, Eddie Shook, Jack Strader, Bob Yale, Charles Porter. jManless Wedding To Be Given at Ferguson The members of the Cricket Home Demonstration club will | present a manJess wedding at the Ferguson high school, Tuesday night, May 25, 8:00, sponsored iby the Ferguson Home Demon | stration clu'b. The wedding will be followed by a reception in the form of a variety walk consisting of good I home made cakes, pies, candy and home-made articles. There will also be plenty of good string music before the I wedding and during the variety I walk. An added attraction will be a short program of magical tricks given by Edwin McGee, a student from Mount Pleasant high school. Wilkesboro Town Ask Water Saving Because of the Intense drought which is affecting the water sup ply the town of Wilkesboro Is asking water patrons to use wat er sparingly and to refrain from use of water on lawns, gardens and any other use of water which can be curtailed during this dry season. Revival Under Way Revival services began last night at Church' of God on Hln shaw street and will continue with services qach night at 7:30. Rev. J. F. Jenkins, evangelist, is assisting the pastor, Rev. A. L. Leonhardt, in the services. Eve rybody is invited. i National Guard Plans Memorial Service Snnday Will Be Held At Mount Lawn Memorial Park North Of City A Memorial Sen-rice to honor those who made the supreme sacrifice for American liberty will ibe held at Mount Lawn Me morial Park north of this city on highway 18 on Memorial Day, Sunday, May 30, fire p. m. North Wilkesboro Battery O of 112th P. A., National Guard, will conduct the service with several participating organizations, Cap tain Roy Forehand, battery com mander, announced. The organ izations which will take part in clude American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Ware, United Daugh ters of American Revolution, United Daughters of the Confed eracy, Veterans or Auxiliary of Spanish - American War, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and the North Wilkesboro high school band. Captain Forehand has asked those who are to take part in the service, to which everybody is invited, to be at the Mount Lawn cemetery by 4:45 p. m. Complete program of the Me morial Service will be published in this newspaper Thursday. The service will take the place of the service usually held at the Me morial Marker in North Wilkes boro. The National Guard will be in full uniform for the service. Heavy Docket Is Tried In Federal Court Past Week May term of federal court in Wilkesboro on Saturday com jpleted work on a large docket of criminal cases, which- were main ly for violations of the federal liquor tax laws. Judge Johnson J. Hayes presided over the court. Following are iudgments dur ing the latter part of the week: Derice Spicer, prison sentence imposed suspended until Novem ber; Albert Minton, previous sen tence reduced to 15 months and $330 fine; Calvin Coolidge Sparks, year and a day in Chilli cothe and $1,000 fine; Dewitt Blackburn and Muncie E. Jor dan, year and a day each in ChiUicothe; Robert Ferguson sentence previously imposed su spended; Thomas Jefferson Ma this and James Walter Johnson, $1,000 fine each and 15 months suspended. McKinley Blackburn and Alice Lowe Blackburn, fine of $250 each and year and a day suspended; Reece Pruitt, six months in jail; Willie Anderson, 18 months suspended afcd fine of $3,600; Warner Johnso^, ygar and a day in Chillicothe; JSmes Turner Call, 15 monthe in At lanta; Zeno Hamby, year and a day in Petersburg; Major Martin Hawkins, year and a day in Pet tersiburg; Charlie Rose Lowe, 18 months in Atlanta and $1,000 fine; Leroy Preston Mathis, $500 fine and two years suspended; George Franklin Pardue, $1,500 fine and 15 months suspended. The following defendants were placed on probation: Talmadge Spicer, Avery Nelson, Grady Caudill, Dwight Williams, Lon nie Odell Wingler, Raymond Lowe, Warner Johnson, Carl Eu gene Souther, Sylvester Benton, Henry Walter Shew. Valuable Properly Auction Sale 27th The G. M. Baker property and he Warner property located on .'herry street in Wilkesboro will e sold at auction Thursday, May 7, two p. m., by Johnson Land Luction company, of which T. J. 'razier Realty company is sell ag agent. The property to be old includes excellent business nd residential sites. Rev. M. H. Vestal Estate at Auction The former Rev. M. H. Vestal farm located on the old Jones ville road near Yadkinville will be sold at auction Wednesday, May 26, 10:30 a. m., near Yad kinville will be sold at auction Wednesday, May 26, 10:30 a. m., by Williams and Clark Land Auc tion company, Of which M. C. Woodie and P. E. Dancy are sell ing agents. At three p. m. on the same date 150 feet of valuable business property in Yadkinville will be sold. A number of $60 bills will be given at the sales. - ? 1