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Vol. 43, No. 17 Published Mondays and Thursdays " NORTH WILKESBOBO. N. C? Monday, June 14, 1948 Make Worth Wilkesboro Your Sljombu
Center
HUGE STILL DESTROYED BY FEDERAL OFFICERS
Here is a view of a moonshine still destroyed last week in the White Plains
community near Roaring River by Federal Alcohol Tax Unit investigators. Officers
^ ^described the outfit as one of the largest ever located in this area. The still was a
~200-gallon pot type still, and as the picture shows there was an eight horse power
sawmill boiler to generate steam. Included in materials destroyed were 3,500 gal
lons of wheat and sugar mash, a sufficient amount to make 350 g&llons of liquor,
which could have been turned out in one day by the huge outfit. Water was
pumped by a pump powered by a gasoline motor. Equipped with a copper pre
heater, the still had a large cooler box with radiator condenser.?(Photo by Lane
Atkinson, Jr.).
141 Cases Tried
Ir Mayor's Court
In Month of May
During the month of May the
North Wilkesboro mayor's court
disposed of 141 cases.
A summary of the mayor's
court docket for the month re
veals that drunkenness led all
other counts on the docket with
63 cases. There were 16 defend
ants hailed into court for viola
tion of the compulsory school at
tendance law. Twelve were in
dicted in the mayor's court for
speeding and ten for reckless
driving. ?
Following are listed the vari
ous charges and number of
cases on each charge as shown
by the docket of the court for
the month:
Drunkenness 63
Gambling .. ? 2
Assault on officer ? 1
? Resisting arrest ? 6
Violation prohibition laws ... 5
Assault on female 1
Breaking apd entering 1
Fornication and adultry 2
Disorderly house ? 3
Vagrancy 3
Violation school attendance
laws . __ 16
A Prostitution 1
r Non-support 1
Operating car after driver
license revoked 1
Worthless check ? 1
Operating car while intoxi
cated ? . 7
Permitting intoxicated per
son to drive car 2
Speeding . 12
Driving through stop light ? 1
Deckless driving . 10
Using profane and indecent
language r 2
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Coca-Cola Installs
A Modern Bottler
North Wilkesboro Coca-Cola
Bottling company has installed
an ultra modern bottling ma
chine of high capacity.
The machine, manufactured by
Crown Cork and Seal company,
of Baltimre, Md., is a master
piece in efficient machinery. En
tirely automatic in every respect,
the machine places syrup and
water in the bottle1 and seals
them without being touched at
any time by human .hands after
the bottles pass through the
cleaner and sterilizer machine.
This efficient machine was in
stalled In order to meet produc
tion demands for the popular
drink, which is reaching a new
high peak. The new machine will
enable the company here to meet
the- increasing demand and to
serve all dealers promptly. The
? ?fehly efficient machine is In
operation daily at the company's
jwplant on the corner of 10th and
streets and may be viewed
through the show windows of
the building. ?.
Scout Board Meeting
Boy Scout board of review will
meet Thursday, 7:30, at the
Presbyterian Scout room.
Thursday Night To
Be Ladies Night In
Flashers-Galax Tilt
Ladles night, a special event
for all professional baseball
teams, will be celebrated here
when the Galax Leafs play the
North Wilkesboro Flashers
Thursday night in Memorial
Park. All ladies will be admit
ted free at the game and all
are invited. Game time will be
eight o'clock.
Wilkes People Are
Attending Summer
School In Hickory
Several Wilkes people are at
tending the first session of sum
mer school at Lenoir-Rhyne Col
lege in Hickory. They are as fol
lows: Mrs. Floyd M. Jennings,
Miss Louise Moore Reavis, and
Miss Bessie Brock, of Pores
Knob; Miss Nola Howard, Cycle;
Mrs. Crosby Church, Wilkesboro;
J. R. Calloway and Mr. Whitley,
of Clingman.
Urge Attendance
At Junior Games
Are you investing in the fu
ture of America? If not, why
not? Tour boy and your neigh
bor's boy need and deserve your
support. The boys of today, are
the leaders, of tomorrow. What
are you doing to protect your fu
ture interests? The American Le
gion Junior baseball club gives
every citizen of Wilkes county,
and the adjoining onesn an op
portunity, for profit as well as
pleasure. Maybe you missed the
Mooresville - North Wilkesboro
game June 9 and the Valdese
North Wilkesboro game June 10,
or the Taylorsville-North Wilkes
boro game June 11. However
avail yourself of the privilege of
seeing the following:
Statesville-North Wilkesboro,
June 16.
Lincolnton - North Wilkesboro,
June 23.
Hickory - North Wilkesboro,
June 28.
Charlotte - North Wilkesboro,
July 1.
All of the preceding games will
be played in Memorial Park, on
the dates designated. It is never
too late, as long as you are alive
to do the things you want to
do; Thus making life interesting
and worthwhile to yourself and
others.
My name may not go down in
the annals of histories,
Nor will I ever be elected to the
hall of fame;
But, if Fve lived and practiced
the golden rule,
I shall not have lived my life
in Tain.
*?iere will be a meeting of the
American Legion Post No. 125,
at the Legion Hut, Thursday,
June 17, at 8 p. m. This 1B the
meeting for the installing of the
Legion local officers, for 1948
1949. If you ere absent, you'll
truly miss something worthwhile.
SUPPORT THE t M. C. A
Gets Scout Award
Bobby Anderson has been
selected to receive the Lions
Club's Robert Wood Fin ley
Memorial Award of two weeks
at Boy Scout Camp. Lasater
near Winston - Salem this
month. Tliis award is given
yearly to the most outstand
ing Scout in Wilkes county.
Bobby, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Leo Anderson, is a member of
troop 85, of which Ivey Moore
is Scoutmaster. During the
past year he advanced from
rank of second class to life
Scout and passed 12 merit
badges.
Valuable Property
To Go At Auction
Some of the most valuable
business property now available
for sale in North Wilkesboro will
be sold at auction Thursday,
June 17, two p. m., when the
J. C. (Sharper) McNeill estate
will be sold in a sale to be con
ducted by .Williams and Clark
Land Auction company, of which
M. C. Woodie and P. E. Dancy
are local selling agents.
This property is located on D
street opposite the Goodwill
store and consists of 125 feet
frontage on D street, extending
back 140 feet. On this property
is a two-etory brick store build
ing with five-room apartment, a
ten-room residence and a service
station. The property has been
sub-divided and will be sold sep
arately or as a whole.
Eller Reunion 27th
At Boiling Springs
Annual reunion of the widely
known Eller family will be held
Sunday, June 27, at Boiling
Springs Baptist church near Pur
lear. There will be an all-day
program, which will be announc
ed in detail later. Dinner Will be
spread at noon.
Mrs. M. C. Woodie Is
Postmaster at Cricket
Mrs. M. C. Woodie has been
appointed postmaster at Cricket
and has assumed her duties.
The, postofflce has been moved
into a new building near the res
idence of Mr. and Mrs. Woodie.
Goerch Is Speaker
For Ladies Right
K. of P., Dokies
| State Magazine Editor En
tertains Ladies Night
Crowd Friday Night
?
Carl Goerch, of Raleigh, edi
tor of State magazine, delight
fully entertained the North Wil-j
kesboro Dokies club and Knights!
of Pythias lodge members and
lady guests at the annual Ladies!
Night banquet held Friday night I
in the American Legion and
Auxiliary clubhouse.
Stokes Hunt, president of the]
Dokies club, was master of cere
monies and he called on Lewis
I Vickery, chancellor commander
of the K. of P. lodge, to welcome
the ladies. Mrs. E. F. Gardner
yery appropriately responded.
Miss Dot Gabriel sang two
numbers, which were much en
Joyed, and wa8 accompanied at
the piano by Mrs. A. F. Kilby.
Attorney T. E. Story presented
Mr. Goerch, who lived up to his
I enviable reputation as an after
dinner speaker. iHe recited many
of his experiences, mainly hum
orous, from his travels over all
parts of North Carolina. He kept
the crowd well entertained
throughout his address, which
was well received.
Frank Crow, assisted by Paul
Osborne, conducted a contest in
which several prizes were award
ed.
Lawrence Miller, chairman of
! the nominating committee for
. the Dokies club, made report of
i his committee and announced
'? that officers for the year will be
i elected at the next meeting.
The chicken dinner for the
j banquet was served under direc
! tion of Mrs. Lawrence Miller and
Mrs. Presley Myers and the din
ner was another enjoyable fea
ture of the Ladies Night occas
ion.
Local Men With
" Tonr
By special invitation Tal J.
' Pearson and H. P. (Pat) Eller,
f of North Wilkesboro, met Gover
nor Thomas E. Dewey as he ar
rived at Raleigh on June 9 th
and accompanied the official par
ty on tour through the state,
making stops in Durham, Bur
lington, Greensboro, High Point
and Lexington, where they sat
at the speaker's table with the
Governor at a luncheon given at
the Country Club. From Lexing
ton they proceeded with the Gov
ernor and his party by way of
Mocksville, iStatesville, Taylors
ville, and Lenoir and on to Mor
ganton that night for the Gov
ernor's speech at the Commun
I ity Building. He made short
talks at all the towns mentioned.
They received a special invi
tation to attend the Republican
National Convention in Philadel
i phia on June 21st, 1948.
J. Milton McNeil
Dies In Maryland;
Buried Wednesday
John Milton McNeill, former
resident of Wilkes, died during
the week-end in Maryland. The
body will arrive by train Tues
day and funeral service will be
held Wednesday, two p. m., at
Millers Creek Methodist church.
The body will remain at Reins
Sturdivant funeral home until
the funeral and the casket will
not be opened at the church.
Register Now For
Girl Scout Camp
Last call is now being made
for the Girls Scouts' day camp
to be held July 12-16. Mrs. Jul
ius Rousseau is accepting regis
trations and the fee for each
Scout is |1.50.
Rangers Quartet
At Boomer School
The widely known Rangers
quartet will put on a show at
Boomer school Tuesday , night,
8:15, for benefit of the Scout
troop. Everybody is invited.
Joseph Benge, 86,
Is Taken By Death
Funeral service was held today
at Fishing Creek Arbor church
for Joseph Benge, 86-year-old
citien of North Wllkesboro route
three who died Saturday evening.
Rev. J. P. Robinson will conduct
the service.
Mr. Benge is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Anna flyers Benge,
five sons, six daughters, one bro
ther and two sisters.
NEW PLEASANT HOME CHURCH
Here is a view of the new building for Pleasant
home Baptist church located near Millers Creek. The
new building, erected at a cost of about $30,000 is of
brick and block veneer construction. It has spacious au
ditorium, eleven Sunday school rooms and is one of
the most modern rural church buildings in the state.
?(Photo by W. H. Hurley).
WILKES POULTRY INDUSTRY TO
BE INCLUDED IN THE WEEKLY
REPORTS OF PRODUCTION AREAS
Wilkes county poultry produc-i
ing area will be included in the'
weekly broiler report being is-1
Sued by th? -ffcderak-and y state
crop reporting service, the Agri
cultural committee of the Wilkes
Chamber of Commerce was in
formed today.
The reports to date have been
confined to ,the Chatham area
but will include Wilkes after this
week. Statisticians said that ad
dition of the Wilkes area to
hatchery and broiler production
reports will include 91 per cent
of the commercial production in
the state.
Inclusion of Wilkes in the re-1
port will be of Invaluable service!
to the poultry industry in
Wilkes and adjoining counties
from the standpoint of publicity
and for advice on regulation of
production according to national
trends. The weekly reports will
Revival Services
Revival services will be held
during the week beginning July
4 th at Bullis cemetery. Rev.
Bine Church will be assisted by
Rev. Wiley Carroll in conducting
the services and everybody is
invited to attend. Services will
be held daily at 7:45 p. m.
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Mrs. Ruffin Bailey, who has
been living in Chapel Hill while
Mr. Bailey was at the University
of North Carolina, has come to
spend the summer with her par
ents, Judge and Mrs. J. A. Rous
seau. Mr. Bailey has Just gradu
ated fronl the University Law
School and is taking bar exami
nations in Asheville this week, j
and will join Mrs. Bailey hero
soon.
Lt. Col. Ralph R. Reins, Mrs.
Reins and their son, Bill, who
have been making their home in
Fort Worth, Texas, for sometime,
arrived ast week. Mrs. Reins and
Bill "will he here for the summer,
but Lt. Col. Reins will return
Thursday to* Fort Worth. Rich
ard Reins, their other son who
has been attending the Rich
mond, Va. branch of W. & M.
College, is home for the summer
vacation.
The following boys are home
from N. C. State College for their
summer vacations: Mr. Tom Fos
ter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Troy C.
Foster, of Wilkeeboro; Mr. Joe
Clements, son of Mrs. J. L. Clem
ents, of North Wilkeeboro; Tom
Nelson, don of Mr. and Mrs. L.
M. Nelson; Mr. James Hemphill,
son of Mrs. Lee Hemphill, of
Wilkesboro; Mr. Vernon Broy
hill, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. J.
Broyhill, of Boomer; Mr. Henry
Waugh, eon of Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. (H. Waugh, of Oakwoods; Mr.
Dick Underwood, son of Mr. and
Mrs. B. R. Underwood, of Wil
kesboro; Mr. Fred Miller, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Miller, of
North Wilkesboro.
be sent to hatcherymen, farmers,
processors, feed dealers and oth
ers interested and who request
All hatcheryme^^a^'^e^e^
are requested to give full coope
ration in making prompt reports.
The information contained in the
reports will be held strictly con
fidential and no individual re
ports can be released in any
form. The individual reports are
summarized in the weekly totals
but are not given individually.
The Wilkes area as designated
by the reporting service will in
clude all of Wilkes county and
parts of Yadkin, Surry, Iredell
and Caldwell counties. Wilkes
has long been recognized as one
of the leading poultry producing
centers in the south but no ac
curate figures have been ? avail
able on production.
Hospital Births
Since the second of June the
following babies have been born
at the Wilkes Hospital: dangh
ter, Patricia Ann, June 3, to Mr.
and Mrs. Willard Winfield Fer
guson, of Boomer: daughter,
Margie Marie, June 4, to Mr. and
Mrs. Oscar Emory Wingler, of
McGrady; daughter, Renda Kay,
June 4, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred El
ton Alexander, of N. Wilkesboro,
Route 2; daughter, June 5, to
Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn David
Laws; of North Wilkesboro;
daughter, Martha Susan, June 6,
to Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Cun
ningham, of North Wilkesboro,
Route 2; daughter, Linda Marie,
I June 6, to Mr. and Mrs. Van Bur
en Pruitt, of Dockery; daughter,
June 10, to Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Feter, of Hays; daughter, Carol
Frances, June 8, to Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Wayne Hendrix, o f
North Wilkesboro, Route 1; son,
Phil Gordon, June 10, to Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon Hal Steelman,
of Wilkesboro, Route 2; daugh
ter, Dorothy Sue, June 10, to Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Johnson, of Wil
kesboro Route 2; son, June 10,
to Mr. and Mrs. Truman Roope,
of North Wilkesboro, Route
Staff Sergeant Thurman C.
Curry, son of Reverend and Mrs.
G. W. Curry, Thurmond, North
Carolina, la now serving with
the 21st Infantry Regiment, a
unit of the 24 th Infantry Divis
ion. The famed 24th Division,
formerly the "Hawaiian" Divis
ion, and popularly known as the
"Victory" Division, now occupies
the entire island of Kyushu, third
largest, southernmost, and most
scenic of the J%panese home is
lands. Sergeant Curry re-enlisted
in the service in "September,
1946, 'and was sent to Japan,
where he arrived in March, 1948,
to be assigned to the 21st Regi
ment, located in Kumamoto, Ja
pan.
Ten Pretty Girls
Are Selected Fer
Title Contest 25th
Ball Held Friday Nigbt
Under Sponsorship Jay
cees Is Big Success
?'Miss Wilkes" beauty pageant
and ball held Friday night by
the Wilkes Junior Chamber of
Commerce in Wllkesboro high
school gymnasium was an out
standing success.1
Many of the most beautiful
girls in Wilkes paraded before
the judging committee and the
ten selected to participate in the
.finals June 25 th were Betty Ken
dall, Virginia Caudill, Betty
Jean Whitaker, Wanda Camp
bell, Frances Gilreath, Lea
Walsh, Jackie Merritt, Betty Bil
lings, Mary Taylor and Gerry
Caldwell.
Carl Goerch, editor, of State
magazine and who was in this
city for a K.- of P. ladies night,
was added to tile judging com
mittee at the last minute. The
other judges were Herschei Hark
ins, of Asheville;' Rush Hamrick,
of Shelby; Dr. V. W. Taylor, of
Elkin.
Music for the ball was furnish
ed toy Wiley Kiser and his orch
estra, of Winston-Salem, and was
all that could %be desired. The
large crowd attending the ball
thoroughly enjoyed the beauty
pageant and dance.
Final arrangements are being
made by the Jaycees for the pa
geant finals, when the ten fin
alists will appear at the ?Allen
theatre on June 25th. Details of
the program will be announced
later.
Bill Stauber, '< formerly with
radio station WKBC here and
now in Durham, will be master
of ceremonies for the finals. Bill
put on a great show last year and
was obtained for the finals this
year by popular demand.
Charles Sink was general chair
man of the "Miss Wilkes" pa
master of ceremonies.
Today Mr. Sink publicly ex
pressed appreciation to the par
ticipating girls and their spon
sors for their fine cooperation
and to all who contributed to
make the Friday night event a
great success. i
Softball Leagues
Begin this Week
Six Teams In- Men's' And
Four In Girls' To Get
Under Way Here
The Wilkesboros Softball
league will open play on a regu
lar schedule Thursday, June 17,
and will continue with three
rounds through August 10.
There are six teams: Cleyeng
er Business College, Western Au
to Associate store, Wilkesboro,
Presbyterian - Methodist, Baptist
1 and 2.
Games this week are as fol
lows:
June 17?Clevenger and Bap
tist 2 at Wilkesboro; Western
Auto and Wilkesboro at Smoot
Park. Games will begin at 6:15
with a 6:30 deadline for starting
time.
The complete schedule will be
published in this newspaper
Thursday.
Girls' League
In the girls' league are four
Girl Scout troop teams. The sea
son will open on E^iday, June 18,
and games will be played each
Friday through August 16.
On June 18 Troops 7 and 8
will play at Smoot Park and
troops 6 and 10 will play at Wil
kesboro.
Games in June will begin at
5:15 and after June will begin
at four p. m.
I
Joe McGlamery Dies
In Tampa, Florida
1 News was received here today
of the death of Joe McGlamery
yesterday at 12:15 p. m. in Tam
pa, Forida. Mr. McGlamery was
born and reared in the Stanton
community near Purlear and has
many relatives in . Wilkes. The
message said he died of brain
tumor. Funeral will be held in
Tampa tomorrow.
County League To
Hare 2 Games Here
Tonight at eight o'clock Mul
berry and Fairplains will play in
Memorial Park here and on
Tuesday night Purlear and Boom
er will play In the Phrk in connty
league games.
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