C.A.
s Y. M. C. A. is rais
building fund for the
ion of a modern Y. M
C. A. plant. Support it.
The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 41 Years
OUR CITY
North Wilkesboro has a
trading radios of 60 miles,
serving 100,000 people in
Northwestern Carolina.
Vol. 43, No. 13 Published Mondays and Thursdays ?? NORTH WILKESBORO. N. C? Monday, May 31, 1948 v Make North Wilkesboro Your Shoppinf Center
BOYS MAY ENTER SOAPBOX DERBY
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The thrill-packed Soap Box Derby attract* spectator* from all walks of life,
young and old, all of whom regard the "greatest amateur racing event in the
world" as one of the highlights of the summer. These boys were caught sticking
their necks out to get the best possible view of their favorites in the champion
ship Derby at Akron last year.
Comical Wedding
At Mtn. View 4th
The Home Demonstration club
of Mountain View will sponsor a
Manless Wedding in the high
school auditorium June 4 at 8 p.
m. Proceeds will go on linoleum
for the lunch room. Characters
are members of the Cricket club
and date back to the "Gay
Nineties."
There- will plenty at string
music by the Midnight Ramblers.'
An added attraction will be Ed
win McGee with his magical
tricks.
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47 Graduate At
Millers Creek
Many Awards In Commen
& cement Program; Hiatt
Is Finals Speaker
Diplomas of high school grad
uation were presented 47 seniors
at Millers Creek high school
commencement May 21, the fin
als program being featured by an
address by Dr. J. S. Hiatt, sup
erintendent of Chatham Memor
hospital in Elkin.
Jamie Clark was salutatorlan
and Jimmie Canter was valedlc
torin for the commencement.
Miss, Mary Nichols presented
special awards, which were as
follows: Leo Reinhardt, 12-year
?perfect attendance medal; Thom
as Whlttington and Eulalne
Dockery, 8-year perfect attend
ance medal; Clara Mae Sebas
tian, beet girl athlete; Clyde
Watkins, best boy athlete; Carl
Church and Oliver Elledge, ora
tory medals; Jamie Clark and
Jimmie Canter, medals for best
boy and girl student; C. C.
Brooks, Jr., medal for best first
year typing student; Paul Craig,
medal for best second-year typ
ing student,
P. W. Greer, principal, pre
sented diplomas to the following:
Max" Bauguess, Jimmie Ben
ton, Bill Bumgarner, George
Bumgarner, Jimmie Canter, Rej
nlal Oanter, t?aul Craig, Bill
Crysel, Richard Crysel, Phillip
Dancy, Oliver H. Elledge, James
Elliot, Carl Paw, J. C. Faw, Pat
Mtnton, 'Verlon McNeil, Leo
Relnhert Max Turner, Clyde
Watkins, Tommy Yates, Vance
Kilby, Bonnie Sue Brookshlre,
Georgia Ohauncey, Jamie Clark,
Margaret Cooper, Minnie Eller,
Helen: Billot, Wanda Hayes, Lou
ise Joines, Betty Jean Kendall,
Arlee Kilby, Bonnie Sue Lackey,
Flossie Miller, Joyce Miller,
Earnestine Mitchell, Geraldine
Mitchell, Virginia MoGlammery,
McNeil, Wanda ^wens,
Grace- Dean Plnnix, Wanda Riggs,
Clara Mae Sebastaln, Hannah
Jennings, Josephine Crane,
Bumgarner.
Vaught Jennings and Elmer
Woodle will soon have off the
requirements for graduation.
They Joined the Navy about three
months before school closed and
?re continuing their studies
while in service.
Jaycees Plan A
Soapbox Derby
, At last the youth of Wilkes
will have a chance to enter the
soapbox derby. The Wilkes Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce, and
Gaddy Motor company are co
sponsoring this event In connec
tion with the soapbox derby to
be held in Winston-iSalem. Head
quarters are-now set up In the
Gaddy Motor company show
room where entries may be
made by boys between ages 11
and 15 to compete in the soap
j box derby contest to be held in
1 Winston-Salem July 17th.
Bill Hardister, member of the
Wilkes Junior Chamber of Com
merce, will accept the applica
tions of youngsters along with
their sponsors. He will issue
Rule Books to entrants and let
ters to parents of boys, which
will explain any and all details
relative to races.
Cars must conform to the rule
book available at Gaddy Motor
company and car must be built
by boy, with assistance of no one
over 16 years of age.
Cars must be ready for local
inspection by July. 3rd. Local
heat will be run July 5th at a
site to be determined. Cars must
be in Winston-Salem for final
inspection prior to entry into
Winston-Salem Bowman Gray
Stadium run-off, by 9:00 a. m.
July 10th. The winner in the
Wineton^Salem event on July
17th will be sent to Akron, Ohio,
for the National Race.
Here are the prizes for the
national event: First prize, Four
year college scholarship: second
prize, new Chevrolet; first, sec
ond, third and fourth prizes will
be awarded winners in the Win
ston-Salem race.
Members of the soapbox derby
committee for the local Junlor
Chamber of Commerce are: Ed
Bell, Harold Proffit, Wiley Mc
Neil, John T. Cashion, Bill Hard
ister.
2 Games Junior
Ball This Week
Fans will get another oppor
tunity here this week to see the
improved Junior baseball team
in action. Coach Jim Sanges has
cut the squad to legal limits and
much practice has resulted in
much improvement.
Tuesday the team will play in
Boone against the Boone Junior
team.
Taylorsville will play North
"Wilkesboro in Memorial Park
here Wednesday night, eight o'
clock. Baseball fans are asked
to be out and back the Wilkes
team in this exhibition contest.
Regular American legion Jun
ior season will open on June 7.
Schedule will appear in the next
edition of The Journal-Patriot.
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Rgby Beef Club work in North
Carolina has expanded rapidly4
since the first show and sale was
held at Abbeville in 1935.
Throng Attends .
Memorial Day ~
Service Snndayl
National Guard And Coope
rating Organizations Car
ry Out Service 30th
A large crowd attended the
first annual Memorial Day ser
vice Sunday, five p. m., at Mount
Larfn cemetery near this city in
honor of all who died for the
cause of American liberty and
| justice.
The program opened by wel
come and introduction by Roy
W. Forehand, commanding Bat
tery C, 112th FA batallion of the
National Guard, who stated the
purpose of the service. Prayer
was by Rev. Watt M. Cooper and
a most impressive memorial ad
dress was by Dr. John T. Way
land. .
North Wilkeeboro high school
band performed well in two
numbers, which included the Na
tional Anthem.
A firing squad of the National
guard fired a salute and tape
were sounded.
Sponsoring organ! z a t i o n s,
which were well represented, in
cluded American Legion, Legion
Auxiliary, Veterans of Foreign
Wars and auxiliary, Daughters
of American Revolution, Daugh
ters of the Confederacy, BOy
Scouts and Girl Scouts. Several
hundred people attended and
traffic was handled by the
State iHlghway Patrol and North
Wilkeeboro police.
. The beautiful cemetery was
appropriately deoorated for the
Memorial Day event and graves
of veterans were decorated with
flowers given by Gity Florists
and sponsoring organizations.
The service was highly im
pressive and is planned as a regu
lar Memorial Day event for
Wilkes county.
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Commencement
Finals Are Held
On Friday Night
"America, The Beautiful,"
Theme of Program Giv- :]
en By Seniors
North Wilkesboro high school
seniors carried out their com
mencement program h^re Friday
night on the theme of "America,
The Beautiful."
In the program the speakers em
phasized the advantages of the
American Way of Life, the herit
age enjoyed by Americans and
the challenge to youth because
of their rich heritage.
Speakers were Ray Bowman,
Betty Campbell, Paul McGinnis,
Bill Byers, Bill Absher and Co
rinna Finley. Other seniors par
ticipating were Jane Carter, Pat
sy Hawkins, John Gibbs, Eddie
Shook, Dot Shell and Agnes Ken
erly.
The salutatory medal was
presented by Ira D. Payne, mem
ber of the city board of educa
tion, to Eddie Shook, who also
received the Balfour medal for
scholarship, loyal and achieve
ment. The valedictory medal was
presented by Blair Gwyn, mem
ber of the city board of educa
tion, to Agnes Kenerly.
J. Floyd Woodward, superin
tendent, spoke briefly and pre
sented Miss Mary Speer, senior
home room advisor. Supt. Wood
ward paid high tribute to Miss
Speer, who has resigned to re-j
turn to her home at Boonville,
for her splendid services during
the past several ye?.rs. Miss
Speer proceeded to present di
plomas to the class of 41 gradu
ates, who were highly compli
mented for their splendid record
as a class in the school.
A large audience attended the
graduation and received the stu
dent program with much inter
est.
Legion to Meet
There will be a meeting of the
American Legion Poet No. 125,
at the Legion Hnt, Thursday at
8 p. m. This Is yonr Legion, and
Its -success depends on -your loy
alty, and enthusiasm. Be a work
er, don't Just belong.?Contribut
ed.
Black Mountain
Boys at Oakwoods
The' Black Mountain Boys
from the ''Opera House," WHKY,
Hickory, will put on a show at
Oakwoods school Friday, June 4,
I eight p. m. The public Is cordial
ly inrited. i
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORP.
GROWING; APPLYING FOR CHARTER
Application was made today
for a charter for the Industrial
Development Corporation formed
here under auspices of the Wilkes
Chamber of Commerce/
Already 33 local citizens have
subscribed stock in the corpora
tion to provide capital to con
struct industrial buildings for
enterprises interested in enter
ing the field of manufacturing in
Wilkes county.
Commenting on the new cor
poration, J. B. Williams, chair
man of the Industrial committee
of the Wilkes Chamber of Com
merce, stated that it would fill
a great need for tangible co
operation with industries inter
ested in locating in the com
munity.
The corporation plans to use
the funds as a holding company
for providing capital for indus
trial construction and for erect
ing buildings to lease to sound
and desirable industries.
Stockholders who have sub
scribed since the report publish
ed Thursday include Dudley Hill,
H. P. Eller, A. F. Kilby, P. E.
Brown, H. P. Hettiger, W. G.
?Gabriel, E. P. Hettiger, Jr., and
E. P. Hettiger, Sr.
Broughton Wins;
Johnson, Scott
Plan For Run-Off
Raleigh. ? State Treasurer
Charles M. Johnson and former
Commissioner of Agriculture W.
Kerr Scott, top men in a six-way
fight for the gubernatorial nom
ination-ln Saturday's Democratic
primary, yesterday turned their
attention to preparations for a
June 2 6 runoff vote.
1 Johnson, 57-year-old Pender
county native, finished ahead of
the field, but failed to win a
majority. Returns from 1,778 of
the State's 1,952 precincts gave
Johnson 161,620 votes to Scott's
151,628.
Umstead Concedes Defeat
Gormer Governor J. Melville
Rroughtofi topped Senator Wil
liam B. Umstead in the race for
the Democratic Senate nomina
tion.
Umstead, named by Governor
Cherry in December, 1946, to fill
the unexpired term of the late
Senator Josiah W. Bailey, con
ceded defeat early yesterday.
With 1,768 precincts reporting,
( Broughton had an unofficial
count of 191,976 votes and Um
stead 170,0,17.
Congressional Toting 4
Unofficial and incomplete re
turns indicated that all North
Carolina Democratic Congress
men who were opposed in the
primary were victorious.
They were Representatives
Carl Durham of the Sixth Dis
trict, C. B. Deane of the Eighth,
Hamilton Jones of the 10th and
A. L. Bulwinkle of the 11th.
Thurmond Chatham of E-lkin
and Winston-Salem appeared an
easy winner in the Fifth District,
where Representative John H.
Folger did not seek renomina
tion.
Incumbents Win
H. P. (Pat) Taylor of Wades
boro, veteran legislator and gub
ernatorial legislative adviser,
snowed under Dan Tompkins of
Sylva, also a veteran General As
semblyman, 205,582 to 86,689
on the basis of returns from 1,
641 precincts in the Democratic
Lieutenant Governor primary.
Secretary of State Thad Eure,
with 1,596 precincts reporting,
had 209,850, and John T. Arm
strong, former commander of the
State Highway Patrol who sur
prised everybody by jumping in
to the race, had only 83,547.
For State auditor, incumbent
Henry L. Bridges had a lead of
155,372 to 103,807 over Charles
W. Miller of Asheville with 1,530
precincts in.
Brandon Hodges of Asheville,
rolled uP 150,825 votes for State
Treasurer. A total of 1,629 pre
cincts were in. James B. Vogler
of Charlotte, long a State Rep
resentative, was second with
108 229, and Z. W. Frazelle had
30 777
Returns from 1,596 precincts
gave State Labor Commissioner
Forrest H. Shuford 177,467 votes
and D. B. Sherrill 94,681.
Notice, All Girl Scouts
iHave yon registered for Day
Camp to be held at Moravian
Palls In July?July 12 through
16 th.
Registration for Scouts closes
on June 8th, and If the full ca
pacity of Camp has not been ?re
served by that time by Regis
tered girl Scouts then June 8 th
to 16th, will be open to girls who
are not Scouts till the oamp quo
ta is filled.
Mrs. J. A. * Rousseau at her
home on D Street, will receive
registrations and others Interest
ed will plearie bear these dates In
mind and attend to registering
as soon as possible.
Day camp Is going to be very
worth while and It Is hoped that
girls will not wait too long and
thereby be disappointed about
getting in.
Those net entirely familiar
Story, Broyhill,
Absher, Sidden
Win In Wilkes
Light Vote Ce?t In Repub
lican Primary In The
County On Saturday
Representative T. E. Story
and all three incu bent Repub
lican commissioners were appar
ently nominated in the primary
held Saturday.
On the basis of unofficial re
oprts from 25 of 30 precincts
Representative Story led F. J.
McDuffie 1470 to 316 votes.
Votes from 25 of 30 precincts
in the race for Commissioner
nomination gave the following to
tals: M. F. Absher 1256, C. C.
Sidden 1243, I. J. Broyhill 1494,
W. E. Reynolds 992, H. P. Eller
947.
The vote was light throughout
the county and there was little
primary activity.
The precincts not contained in
the totals listed above, and which
are not expected to change the
net results, were Jobs ?abin 1
and 2, Elk 1, Lovelace and Wal
nut Grove 1, all of which have
comparatively light vote.
25 Graduates At
Mount Pleasant
Diplomas of high school grad
uation were presented to 25
graduates in Mount Pleasant
high school commencement May
21. The literary address was de
livered by W. D. Halfacre, execu
tive vice president of the Bank
of North Wilkesboro and former
educator. He had a most inter
esting message for the class and
the large audience.
Other than the address, the
seniors carried out their program
with the following taking part:
Fred Jones, salutatory address;
Max Hamby, historian; Daisy
Greene, poet; Ralph Church,
prophecy; Eva Huffman, giftor
ian; Junior Payne, last will and
testament; Wilma Whittington,
valedictory.
Rev. Levi Greene spoke the in
vocation and the speaker was
presented by C. B. Eller, county
superintendent of schools, who
also presented diplomas to the
following:
Kathleen Beshears, Kyle Be
shears, Ralph Church, Georgia
Eller, Roger Eller, "Ward Eller,
J. C. Ellis, James Fairchild, Cla
ra Sue Foster, James Foster,
Paige Foster, Daisy Greene, Max
Hamby, Eva Huffman, Fred
Jones, Harold Messick, Anita
McNeil, Clara Faye McNeil, An
drew Payne, Jr., Ed Summerlin,
Dale Triplett, Blaine White,
Bernice Whittington, Wilma
Whittington, Clarence Cardwell.
Mr. Halfacre based his address
on "I Am An American Week",
bringing, out theefe points con
tributing to America's greatness:
1. Our Constitution, all men are
created equal, etc. 2. Our Church
es, freedom of religion. 3. Our
Schools, free education for all,
through high school. 4. Freedom
of enterprise.
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H. D. Schedule For
Wilkes This Week
Tuesday, June 1, Fairplalns,
Mrs. Aaron Brooks, 2 o'clock.
Wednesday, June 2, Cricket,
Mrs. J. M. Nichols, 2 o'clock.
Thursday, June 3, Pleasant
Ridge, Mrs. Lizzie Walsh, 2 o'
clock.
Tuesday, June 8, Ronda, Mrs.
Sue Church, 2 o'clock.
with detailB are requested to take
it up with a Scout Troop leader,
or Mrs. Rousseau.
Support Y. M. C. A.
In Youth Revival
LLOYD GAfcNER
I) FAX MTXTON
CARL, WOODBURY
Above are pictured the three
ministerial students who are
conducting a youth revival at
the First Baptist church, which
began yesterday and will con
tinue through June IS with
services at 7:45 p. m. daily
except Saturday. Garner. and
Woodbury are preachers for
the youth revival and Dean
Minton, of North Wilkes boro,
is director of music. Every
body is cordially invited to the
services.
Bill Stauber To
Be M. C. "Miss
Wilkes" Event
'It has just been learned
through "Miss Wilkes Pageant"
headquarters that the Old Maes
f tro Bill Stauber, formerly of Ra
dio Station WKBC,- has kindly
consented to return to North
Wllkesboro to again conduct the
finals in the "Miss Wilkes Pa
geant" as Master of Ceremonies
on June 25th. Bill made a big
hit as master of ceremonies last
yeak and his return to Wilkes
will be looked forward to with
great anticipation by his many
friends in thi8 section.
The "Miss Wilkes Pageant"
this year promises* to be the
most successful event of its kind
held in Wilkes in recent years.
Many sponsors have already se
lected their enries and it is
pointed out that June 2nd is the
deadline for making reserva
tions; therefore, any sponsor
who hasn't already done so
should make his reservation
through the Entries Committee
immediately. Also, all eligible
young women are urged to ob
tain entry blank8 from either
Chairman J. O. Allen, Georgp
Wells, Wayne Poster or Roland
Potter and thereby get . their
names on the waiting list for ac
ceptance by a sponsor.
Pinal arrangements for the
big June 11th dance, at .which
the preliminary eliminatioM
will be made, will be announcA
by the Jaycees within the next
few days.
Labor Savins
Exposition Is a
Great Success
Hundreds of People Hear
Program And View Dem
onstrations
The Wilkes Electrical Labor
Saving Exposition was held very
successfully Friday afternoon
and night in the WilkesbOTO
High School Gwynasium.
David S. Weaver, Assistant Di
rector, N. C. State College Exten
sion Service, spoke on the use
of electrical labor saving equip
ment on the farm and in the
home. Mr. Weaver contrasted the
I old methods of production on the
j farm with the present methods
and equipment available today.
About 250 people 'heard Mr.
Weaver's address at 2 p. m. and
500 people were present at 8 o'
clock for the evening program.
Much interest was shown by
those attending In the exhibits
that had been prepared by the
sponsors. The electrical contrac
tors, electrical equipment deal
ers, the Wilkes Chamber of Com
merce, the Duke Power Com
pany, and many others cooperat
ed with the farm and home a
gents in preparing the exhibits
and program. Coble Dairies, Inc.
served ice cream to all those at
tending. Punch and cookies were
served by the dealers.
The sponsors contributed 22'
prizes. Those winning prizes were
as follows: Mrs. Mary Hol
brook, Sunbeam Mixer by Dick s
Electric Service Co.; Mrs. J. E.
Greer, Damp Bulbs, Wilkes
Armature Co.; William Gerald
Laws, Electric Automatic Iron,
Rhodes-Day Furniture Co.; Ann
Lott, Electric Broiler, Dick's
Electric Service Co.; Ray Huff
man, Electric Automatic Toaster,
Anderson Eledtric Co.; R- G.
Mathis, Electric Automatic Iron,
Gray Bros., Furniture Store;
Flake Chambers, Fog Lamp,
Wilkes Implement Co.; Mrs. G.
W. Scroggs, Electric Automatic
Iron, Motor Market; Larry Phil
lips, Electric Fan, Horton's Ap
pliance Co.; Mrs. M. B. Lowe,
Tablecloth, S. V. Tomlinson's;
Kenneth M. Carpenter, Electric
Clock, Parker-Triplette Electric
Co.; Marion Elliott, Electric Cof
fee Maker, Wilkeg Tire Store,
Betsy Doughton, Electric Clock,
Dick's .Electric Co.; Mrs. Roy
Crouse, Electric Automatic Iron,
Parker-Triplette Electric Co.;
. Leonard Brooks, Jr., Table
Lamp, Gray Bros. Furniture
I Store; Mrs. Louise Alexander,
i Electric Fan, Motor Market;
j Mrs. R. O. Smith, Car Seat Pad,
j Wilkes Implement Co.; Mrs.
Leonard Brooks. 3 packages light
'bulbs, Wilkes Armature Co.;
Mrs. Dick Thompson, .Electric
Automatic Toaster, Anderson
Electric Co.; Mary Nichols, Elec
tric Automatic Iron, Wilkes Tire
Store; Mrs. Marie Baity, Table
cloth, S. V. Tomlinson's; Bruce
Kirby, Sunbeam Mixer, Duke
Power Company.
The following firms displayed
their equipment in attractive
booths: Dick's Electric Company,
Wilkes Armature Company,
Rhodes-Day Furniture Company,
Anderson Electric Company,
Gray Brothers Furniture Store,
Wilkes Implement Company, Mo
tor Market, Horton's Appliance
Company, S. V. Tomlinson, Park
er-Triplette Electric Company,
Wilkes Tire Store.
Those assisting in preparing
educational exhibits were. Day
Electric Company, Ralph Duncan
Electric Company, Anderson Elec
tric Company, Wilkes Farm Cen
ter, and Duke Power Company.
Wildlife Club To
Meet On Friday
Discussion Game Protector
Vacancy and Other Mat
ters To Come Up
Wilkes# Wildlife Club will
meet Friday, June 4, 7:30 p. m.,
in the North Wilkeehoiro town
hall.
President R. Ivey Moore, who
announced the meeting, stated
that many matters of importance
are to come before the meeting,
one being a discussion of se
lection of a game protector for
this area.
Representatives of the Elkin
and Statesvillp clubs will be
present for the Friday night
meeting and all sportsmen are
urged to attend. Mr. Moore said
that the meeting will be of spe
cial interest to farmers and many
are expected to be present at the
meeting.
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