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m m fe. - < J JB ? .??4 The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 41 Years XMLC.JL Wilkes T. M. C. A. is rais in* ft building fund for the infection of a modern Y. M C. A. plant. Support it. iWth Wilkesboro has a| trading radios of 60 miles, serving 100,000 people in Northwestern Carolina Vol. 43, No. 36 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH W1LKESBORO, N. C? Thursday, August 19, 1948 Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center Mammoth Parade Opening Feature Day's Activities Many And Varied Floats To Participate In Parade Through Wilkesboros A mammoth parade with many and varied Interests will be the ?enlng feature of Farmers' Day nnal event staged here under auspices of the Trade Promotion committee of the Wilkes Cham ber of Commerce. September 14, opening day of the Wilkes Agricultural Fair, will he date of Farmers' Day. Link Spainhour is general chairman for the parade, and preliminary work Indicates that Farmers* Day parade this year will be the greatest in the his A0M7 of the community. units of the parade will form on Wilkeeboro's Main Street west of the courthouse. The line of march will be through WILkee boro to North Wilkesboro by way of Memorial Park to Fifth street, to B street, west on B street to 10th street, over 10th to D street to ninth street. Following are units for the pa rade and the chairman assigned to be rdm>onsible for each: Mo torcycle escort by private owners of motorcycles, John Walker; color guard, Major Roy Fore hand; mounted horses, J. B. Car ter; North Wilkesboro town coun cil, Mayor T. S. Kenerly; Wilkes boro town council, Russell Oray; county commissioners ana sher iff, C. C. Sldden; Chamber of Commerce officials, R. M. Brame, Jr^ agricultural officials, Staton Mclver; Wilkes board of educa tion, J. Floyd Woodward; band, Major Roy Forehand; National' Guard, Major Roy Forehand; vet erans, Ray Stroud end S. L. Whltaker. Ten finals in the Junior Cham ber of Commerce Beauty Contest will be carried In the parade on a beautiful float now being made for the occasion. Sam Vickery, Junior; Chamber President, will be in charge of this feature. Many business firms will place floats in the parade and where practical, floats will be made to iepresent the many and varied ^pes of business in the Wilkes boros. The chairmen and co chairmen for each type of bus iness named to prepare floats for the parade are as follows: Seed, feed and fertilizer, John Leyshon and Hlght Helms; poul try and hatcherymen, Forrest ^ Hones; farm machinery, Sam Win ters and Guy Wellborn; orchard equipment, J. B. Williams; dai ries, Herbert Marshall; hardware, Charles Jenkins and John Vqn ooy; furniture, Charles Day and Russell Gray; automobile deal-1 ers, Oliver Absher and R. R. Church; bottlers, R. T. McNiel! ana N. S. Forester; manufactur-1 ers, Richard Johnston; grocers, Presley Myers, Warner Miller; jewelers, C. T. Burke; electric ap- I pliance dealers, Paul Cashion; clothing and general merchan-' dise, W. C. Marlow; automobile! ipart?, C. Arthur Venable; flo. * rists, Mrs. J. M. Palmer, Fred Henderson; banks, W. D. Half-j acre and D. V. Deal; cleaners, Jim Hauser and S. B. Moore; Duke Power Co., Robert S. Gibbs; Relns-Sturdivant, W. K. Sturdi-' yant; drug stores, Palmer Hor ton. ' Paul Church and Paul Chop lin are chairmen for the farm equipment phase of the parade, which will include tractors, other i farm equipment, 1-horse wagon, 2-horse wagon; 1-seated horse drawn passenger vehicle; 2-seat ed horse-drawn passenger vehicle. Special prizes will be given farmers for their entries in the -farm Equipment part of the pa. rade. Nesf unit In the parade will he the North Wllkesboro high school band, followed by Don Walker and His Blue Ridge Boys' string band on a decorated truck. Ro land Potter is charm an for this, parade feature. Exact order of the parade will * {^Arranged after all entries are <?9(rmlned. Advance interest In dicates that the parade will be a highly successful event and will get the day's full program underway in a highly satisfactory manner. "Are you in town for goodV "Well, I hate to commit my self." $175.50 Given Polio Fund At Drive In Movie In appreciation for patronage during his first year of opera tion, R^B. Adams, owner of the North Wilkesbofo Drive-In The atre, gave a free Bhow on Mon day night and patrons were per mitted to give Instead to the polio fund. Sam Ogilvle, chairman of the Wilkes chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paraly sis, was at the gate to receive polio fund donations, which to taled 1175.60 for the night. Mr. Adams expressed gratitude for splendid patronage and co operation from the public during the year. New speakers with individual volume control were in operation on anniversary night. feraud Jury Has Recommendations After Inspections! Welfare Departments Needs | Large Office Space; Many Bills Heard Grand jury at the August term of court now in session had a busy week, during. which time that body passed 100 bills of indictment. Of that number 149 were certified as true bills, six not true, two continued, and two dismissed because of death of defendants. A committee of the grand jury] visted county and state property. At the school bus garage it was recommended that grounds be graveled and that a wash rack be constructed for buses. At the prison camp the com mittee reported hies in the kitch en and recommended that spray be used. Welfare offices are crowded, the report said, and it was rec ommended that additional office space be provided. The Jail was reported in good condition with exception of toil ets, which the grand Jury said were in need of repair. The county home for aged and the county tuberculosis hospital were reported well kept and that conditions were sanitary. Dorm an T. Payne was foreman of the grand jury and Walter Phillips was secretary. Mountain Lions . Are Working Out Coach Jack Sparks has the Mountain Lions football squad working out twice dally and rap idly getting in -shape for the sea son's opener scheduled here for September 10. ? With about 3 5 boys reporting, workouts are being held at Smoot Park field. To date the work has been light with the view of conditioning the boys for the tough work ahead. Uniforms were to be ifesued today and it is expected that contact work will be forthcoming in the next few days. Coach Sparks here finds a sea soned crew of lettermen, with the principal problem apparent ly the development of an ade quate number of capable re serves to carry part of the load through a long and strenuous 11 game schedule with South Pied mont Conference teams and near by schools, which include Elkin, Boone, Wilkesboro and Mocke ville outside the conference. o ? Buggaboo Club To Meet Tuesday, 24th ? The Buggaboo" Home Demon stration Club will meet with the County Home Demonstration Agent, Mrs. Annie H. Greene, in the home of Miss Ila Tharpe on Tuesday, August 24th, at -2 p. m. All members are cordially invited to attend. Revival At Pilgrim WHI Begin Monday Revival services at Pilgrim Baptist Church will begin Mon day night, August 23. Rev. Rog er C. Gwaltney, pastor, will be in charge and the public has a cordial invitation to all sendees. Polio Total In Wilkes To Date Is 22; 1 Death Epidemic Apparently Ha* Passed Crisis; Lankford .Child Casualty Total of infantile paralysis cases In Wilkes county during the* summer has reached 22, It was learned today from the office of the Wilkes Health Department. However, casest have not been reported as freauently during the past two weeks and health au thorities believe that the threat ened epidemic in the oounty has passed its peak. Precautions to prevent spread are continuing in effect, Including the ban on children attending public gatherings. Date of open ing of county schools has been postponed from August 30 to Sep tember 9. Most recent case of in'antile paralysis reported in Wilkes was Bon Lee Staley, 20-year-old son of Mrs. Leila Staley, of Wilkes boro Route 2. The young nlap has been placed in a polio hos pital in Greensboro. Kathryn Maxlene Lankford, 3 year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Claude Lankford, of Reddles River, was the one cas ualty of polio in Wilkes County this year. The child died Thurs day, August 12, while in an am bulance on its way to a hospital. The illness had been diagnosed as infantile paralysis. Valuable Property At Auction Saturday! Thirty beautiful homeeites lo cated just east of Highway IS in the Falrplains community will be sold at auction Saturday, August 21, by Williams and Clark Land Auction company. The sale will open at 3:30 p. m. and there will I be free cash prizes. Detailed In formation concerning the proper ty may%e obtained from M. C. Woodle of P. EX Dancy, local sell ing agents. Western Auto-Is Winner Oyer Boone . Western Auto Softball team defeated Boone 12 to 1 at Boone Wednesday with Buster Bush pitching a three-hitter for the North Wiltfesboro team. Wiles hit a homer with two on and McNeill led In scoring with three runs. Announce Revival Oak Forest Baptist f Revival services will begin Sunday, August 22, at Oak For 1 est Baptist church and will be I held each evening at 7:30. Rev. Johnny Luffman, pastor, will be assisted by ??tev. Marvin Bur chette. The public has a cor ! dial invitation to all services. Hunting Creek Home Coming August 29th There will be a homecoming at Hunting Creek Baptist Church Sunday, August 29. Everyone is invited to come and bring picnic baskets. All singers are cor dially Invited to attend and take part in the program, which will begin at 10 a. m.?Reported. Singing Aug. 29 Hinshaw Church Southslde Singing Association will convene with Hinshaw Street Baptist church in North Wllkes boro on iSunday, August 29, Chairman F. J. McDuffie has an nounced. The day's program will open at 11 a. m. and all. singers are invited to bring lunch and spend the day. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Clements, of Greensboro, are spending a month on the Brushy Mountain. Mrs. Gen4o Cardwell, sister of Mr. Clements, is staying- most of the time with them, and Mrs. | W. N. Huff, another sister of Mr. Clements, returned to BIsling ton Monday after a two weeks' visit on the mountain. Liberty Grove To Hove Home Coming] Liberty Grove Baptist church] will have homecoming with an| all-day program S'unday, Aug. 22. Rev. C. S. Wellborn, pastor, will preach at 11 a. m. and*din ner will be spread picnic style at noon. Singers are invited to take part in the afternoon pro gram and everybody will be wel come. The revival will begin Sunday! night with Rev. L. M. Cook, of] Elkln, as guest minister. ' Communion service will be held' Saturday night, August 21, at 8 j o'clock. Rites Wednesday For Mrs. Staley! Funeral service for Mrs. Tate Duncan Staley, i42, wife of Car lyle Staley was held at the Roar ing Rivet Baptist Church Wed nesday at 11 a. m. The pastor, Rev. Roger Gwaltney of States ville, was assisted in the service by Rev. D. W. Temple, of Arling ton. Music was rendered by the Wllkesboro quartet. The body lay in state from 10 to 11 a. m. Mrs. Staley was born April 25, 1906, and passed away Monday, August 16, at 7:45 a. m. She was married to Oarlyle Staley November 8, 1980. To them was born one child, Mary Francis, of the home. She became a member of Roar ing River Baptist Church early in life. She gave her time and talents to her home, the church and the Home Demonstration Cluib work. Helpful, cheerful, and ever fafthful are words de picting her outstanding person ality. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her. Mrs. Tate Duncan Staley, daughter of the late Mr, *pd Mrs. C. D. Duncan, M survived by her husband, Cafiyle Staley, one daughter, Mary Frances Staley, and the following brothers and sisters: C. C. Duncan, of Char lotte; Lnther and Millard Dun can. of Roaring River; Clate Dun can, of North Wilkesboro; Mrs. C. E. Church, of Summitville. Ind.; Mrs. L. E. Whitley, of Winston-Salem; and Mrs. Elmer Ward, of Roaring River. Pallbearers were: John Wal ker, J. P. Pardue, Clint Alexan der, Eugene Parks, Sam Parks and George Adams. The beautiful floral offering was carried by members of the community Home Demonstration Club and like members from all over the county. Also the Wom an's Missionary Society, nieces, cousins, ana other relatives. o Mrs. Cardwell Victim Accident On Highway 268 Mrs. Anner McGlamery Card well, 38, wife of E. G. Cardwell, of Roaring River, died Tuesday night at the Wilkes hospital of injuries received Tuesday after noon In an automobile accident three mles east of this city on Highway 268. According to reports received here, a car driven by E. G. Card well was attempting to pass- a feed truck which was turning off the hghway and struck the truck. It was first thought that Mrs. Cardwell was not critically hurt but she died of shock and Internal Injuries. No other se rious injuries resulted from the accident. Funeral service was held to day at Arbor Grove Methodist church near Millers Creek with Rev. A. W. Eller in charge. A daughter of Mr. and Mirs. D. H. McGlamery, Mrs. Cardwell is survived by her husband and the following children: Mm. Roy Wood, New Hill, Va.; Emma Jean, Edward, Wayne, Betty, Ola Mae, Wanda and $renda Card well, all of Roaring River. Attend Bar Meeting Seventeenth Judicial District Bar Association met Saturday evening for a dinner at Spruce Pine country club and a brief meeting atop Mt. Mitchell. Those from the Wilkes Bar attending were J. Allie Hayes, J. Robert Gambill, T. E. Story, J. F. Jor dan, F. J. McDuffie, Clyde Hayes and T. R. Bryan. Church Norris Death h In Wilkes Court On Trial For Shooting Man. Near This City June 6; Miller Trial Monday Cecil Church, resident of near this city,- is now on trial in Wilkes superior court on seeond degree or manslaughter charge of fatally shooting Douglas Nor ris, brother-in-law, June ? at the Norris home two miles west of this city. Church is alleged to hare shot Norris with a .22 calibre rifle af ter they had some trouble at a nearby cafe. Defense witnesses were on the stand this morning and the trial may be completed late today. Miller Trial Monday * Leonard Miller, charged with poisoning his wife February 22 at their home at Millers Creek, will go on trial Monday in a sen sational case in which the pros ecution is asking the death pen alty. Miller has already been ar raigned and a special venire of 135 men and women have been summoned to appear Monday morning. , A closely contested trial is ex pected. Solicitor Avalon E. Hall will be aided in prosecution by former Solicitor John R. Jones. Defense attorneys Include the law firms of Trtvette, Mitchell and Holhouser, and Whicker and Whicker. Divorces were granted in the following . cases: Lola Oldham versus Newell Oldham; Helen Woodie versus Clate Woodie; Bransom Roberts versus Emma Roberts; Ruby T. Sherrill versus SMWmr" Lewis Albert Johnson, speed ing, pay costs. Willie Johnson, housebreaking, larceny and receiving, and op erating car while intoxicated, 24 imonths on roads. 1 Herman Hayes, assault with deadly weapon and assault on fe male, four years on roads!. Bruce Felts, abandonment, 12 months suspended on payment of |30 per month. Coon On The Log Trials At Traphill Aug. 29 For Gym The famous "Coon on the Log" dog trials will toe held Sunday, August 29, on Traphill school grounds for benefit of the school gymnasium. The event will be gin at one p. m. This type sports event held at Traphill recently drew a large and enthusiastic crowd. Symphonic Series On WKBC Sunday On Sunday, August 22, radio station WKBC will begin a se ries of symphonic programs by some of the world's leading ar tists and composers.. For Sun day, August 22, the program will feature Bach's "Bradenburg Con certo Number 3 and Prokofiev' 'Fifth Symphony." Paul Huston Watts Is Taken By Death Funeral service was held at Mt. Carmel church today for Paul Huston Watts, one-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. James Odell Watts. The child died Tuesday. Surviving are the father and mo ther and one brother, James Ray mond Watts. Rev. Ed O. Miller conducted the last rites. James Blackburn, 84 Claimed By Death Funeral service was held Wed nesday for James Blackburn, 84 year-old citizen of the Traphill community who died Monday, He is survived by five daughters and two brothers. Legion To Meet All members are asked to at tend the meeting of WiHt.ee Post of the American Legion to be held tonight, 8 p. m., at the Le gion club house. /. Melvin G. Stahl Wilmington School .Assistant Principal Mr. Melvin G. Stahl has gone to Wilmington, where he will be assistant principal of the New Hanover High School, which is the only high school in New Han over Coflnty and the largest high school in the state. Mr. Stahl has recently received his Masters degree from Harvard University. He was principal of the North Wilkeeboro High School two years ago and did outstanding work here. Mrs. Stahl, the former Miss Elizabeth Jennings, of Pores Knob, and their small son, John nie, went to Wilmington last week and moved into their new home on Wrightsville 8ound. a : Board Directors Wilkes Chamber In Monthly Meet Hdar Report On Telephone Improvement; Other Matters Discussed Board of directors of the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce in Angust meeting this week discussed sev eral items of public interest. Maurice Walsh, North Wilkee boro postmaster, and Tom Jen rette, chamber manager, reported to the board that the postal de partment is making an intensive survey of routes for the propos ed highway postoffice from Greensboro to Johnson City, Tenn., and that prospects are bright for the proposed project to improve mall service in North western North Carolina. Johnny lUtelA, tfce NortlT Witkea^ wCwar 6T the Central Telephone Co., re ported many improvements un derway designed to result in bet ter telephone service. Formerly there were four good and two inferior long distance lines from here. That has been changed to five good and one inferior and will be increased to eight good lines when all work now planned is completed. Additional cables are being in stalled locally to enlarge the system and to make it possible to eliminate many party lines. The board voted to assist radio station WKBC in efforts to obtain night broadcasting time. W. C. Mar low was elected to the board of directors, succeed ing R. E. Gibbs, who recently moved to Anniston, Ala. Report of Treasurer Richard Johnston disclosed the chamber Is operating within the budget prescribed for the year. Rev. J. Z. Adams Taken By Death Funeral services for Rev. Josh ua Zebeedee Adams, 71, of Aus tin. pastor of Baptist Churches In Wilkes and Surry Counties during the 45 years of his min istry were held at 8 p. m. Wed nesday at Knabbs Baptist Church at Austin. Rev. David W. Day, Rev. Carl Cockerham and Rev. Charlie1 Miles officiated. Rev. Mr. Ad ams died at a Winston-Salem hospital Monday. ^ I o ? Pores Knob Second In Wilkes League Pores Knob baseball team edged out Falrplalns 9 to 8 in the ninth inning here Monday night to become more flrmly entrench ed in second place in the league with four wins and one loss. There was an error in the Pores Knob record published last week. The schedule for the coming week will have Falrplalns and Pores Knob playing" again Friday night, Mulberry and Clingman Saturday* Purlear and Boomer Monday night; Purlear and Mul berry on the 26 th end Clingman and Purlear on the 27th. FIRST METHODIST CHURCH Dr. Gilbert R. Combs, Minister 9:45 a. m. Sunday School. 11 ?. m. Morning Worship. Theme: "The Challenging Hour," message by Rev. W. P. Combs, s 8 p. m. Union Service, First Presbyterian Church. Broughton To Speak; Many Contests and Prizes To Be Given Farmers' Day here September 14 will hare a full day of highly entertaining events for thousands of visitors expected here. The event will be staged by the Trade Promotion Committee of the Chamber of Commerce as a day of entertainment for farmers, in appreciation of their loyal pat ronage during the year. The committee, of which W. O. Gabriel is chairman, have spared nothing in arranging for a day of entertainment for visitors here. Hubert Canter and Gilbert Bare are co-chairmen on arrange ments for the day. First event, of course, will bq the mammoth parade, which is described in a separate aiglcle on this page. The parade will form in Wilkesboro and will end at 11 a. m., with a band concert to be held in Yadkin Valley Motor company's need car lot on the corner of Ninth and C streets. At 11:30 at that point will be the contests with valuable prizes in each. The contests will in clude sack race, balloon bursting contest, nail driving contest, pie eating contest, hog calling con test, husband calling contest, ba by bottle contest, patch contest, male beauty contest, tug-of-war, greasy pole climbing, and har monica contest. From 12:30 until 2:00 p. m., barbecue lunch will be sold at Yadkin Valley Motor company's new building. The afternoon program will be on Ninth street between Main i . ? platform will be. ere J. Melville Broughton, former governor and now nominee for the U. S. Senate, will be the prin cipal speaker. He Is an out standing speaker an<j is sure to entertain as well as Inspire the audience. Forestry awards to nine win ners in a recent timber thinning contest for 4-H club members will be presented on the platform by W. K. Sturdivant, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce Agri cultural committee. R. W. Grae ber, extension 'forester, has been invited for this phase of the program and is expected to at tend. At 3 p. m. will be a special pro gram and string band music. As an added featnre many prizes will be given away among those attending in afternoon and night periods. Merchants will give away valuable prizes and all merchants who give prizes will explain to their customers how they may win. Streets in Wilkesiboro and North Wilkesboro will be at tractively decorated prior to Far mers' Day. A committee is now contacting merchants on decora tions for their places of business in addition to community-wide decorations. Merchants will offer special values in Farmers' Day specials to make the visit of everyone worthwhile as well as entertain ing. With the program planned it la confidently expected that attend ance for Farmers' Day this year will set a new record for a spe cial event in the Wilkesboros. | MrB. T. J. Frazier and Mrs. I. E. Pearson plan to leave Sunday for an extended visit In New York City and while uP there they will attend the Annual Convention of the Christian Alliance at Ocean Grove, New Jersey,. of which the noted Doctor J. W. Baxter, of Edinburgh, Scotland, will be the guest speaker. o Mr. T. C. Wagner returned Saturday to his home on the Mil lers Creek highway after under gonlg a successful operation at the Wilkes Hospital. Mr. Wag ner, a member of the personnel of the Wilkes Barber Shop, Is expected to be back on the job within the next few days. 5 o OFTEN RAISED "How was it,, Ophelia, that you 1 raised three snch well-behaved boysT" I Ophelia?"Well, Mis* Mary, I raised 'em .with a barrel stave, and I raised 'em frequent."
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