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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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."