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:? mm m w m n State of Wilkes" For Over 42 Years Opportunity is here to erect Vmodern hospital for only 22 per cent of the coat. Vote the Hospital Sept. 28. m OUR CITY North WilkesborQ has a trading radius of 50 miles, serving 100,000 people in Northwestern Carolina. NORTH vyiLKESBORO, N. C., Thursday, Sept. 30, 1948 Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center FERGUSON GIRl OUTSTANDING IN 4-H CLUR WORK IN ENTIRE STATE % Edith Marie Ferguson, one of North Carolina's outstand ing 4-H dub members, is shown here wearing the dress which she made and with which she won first place in the county dross revue. The other photo shows Edith Ma rie with two baby beef calves which she was grooming for the Elkin Fat Stock Show and Sale. . -kr Miss Edith Marie Ferguson, a lovely and' charming daughter of an outstanding farm family, Mr. and Mrs. Tom W. Ferguson of Ferguson, is one of the most ac tive 4-.H Club girls in Wilkes county. Not only is this a leading farm family, because their leader ship is also recognized in church, school and community projects. Edith MaTie has been in 4-H Club work 8 years and has completed1 32 projects on her father's 62.5 acre farm with a total value of $2,961.60, most of which is in bonds for her college education. Although a versatile girl, the project which Edith Marie has al-j ways liked best is the fitting and showing of Hereford baby beef calves?"I simply love it!" she! says?"There is the thrill of win- | ning a blue Tibbon, of the utter, dejection of winning a red and a secret promise to do .better next time." This protect has been car ried 5 years with feeding costs down when corn was a project. Two calves are being groomed for the fall shows. Sewing is another of Edith Marie's many projects and she says that she was quite surprised when the white organdy formal she made for the Junior-Senior dance turned out to be the coun ty 4-H Dress Revue winner. At the present time, she is busy sew ing in preparation for campus days at Richmond Professional Institute, Richmond, Virginia, wjlere she is enrolled to major in Art. A complete list of her projects ! are: baby beef, 5 years; sewing. \ 2 years: canning. 2 years; frozen I foods, 1 year; poultry, 2 years; pias, 2 years: room improvement, 2H*ars; gardening, 3 years, corn, 2 years; food preparation, years; wild life, 1 year; safety, 1 year; health, 8 years. A very artistic and talented person, Edith Marie has studied art 5 years and has taken piano 2 years. She also likes dancing ana is active in the recreational programs sponsored by the Grange and PTA. In the 4-H club* school, church, and community, Edith Marie has assumed much leadership and responsibility. She 'has been 4-H Club president for two years, program chairman 2 years, song- leader 3 years, dele gate to state 4-H Week, 2 years, 4-H camp 2 years, 2nd best rec ord book in county in 1945, dele gate to Wild Life Conservation Camp in Winston-Salem 1 year. In school she was class president in 1944, secretary and treasurer in 1945, newspaper editor and art editor in 1946, picture editor in 1948, member of the voice, glee and beta clubs and assistant librarian for 3 years. She was one of the cast in the junior and sen ior plays. ? H In the local ana community ac tivities, she is an active member of the Subordinate Grange, mem ber of the. Advent Christian church and assistant secretary, member of Missionary Society and Loyal "Workers. She says, "4-H Work means more than learning better farm and home practices?it is sports manship, cooperation and leader ship and to be both mentally and physically fit This all leads to higher standards of living for rura^America. My projects mean mr00^lo me, my family and com munity. The money I have acquir ed will mean a better education for myself, a better education means a brighter future. I gained by the unforgettable experience and 'the growing pride of doing something alone, succeeding, and of haying something of my very own." Scout Troop 34 Enjoys Camping Boy Scout troop 34 opened the fall camping program with a w^ek-end trip to Perry Lowe's orchard on top of the Brushies. The boys were anxious to pitch two new Canadian army tents which the troop purchased re j*C~ ?~ .. M Scout leaders assisting in the week-end camping trip were: Glenn Andrwes, committee chair man; Harold Burke and Gilbert Bare, committeemei ; Isaac Dun can, Scoutmaster; Buster Bush, assistant Scoutmaster. Five members of the troop were officially installed as offi cers: Charles Crook, patrol lead er; Kent Sturdivant, patrol lead er; Bill Pearson, quartermaster; Wade Foster, scribe; and Bobby Poteat, senior patrol leader. Other troop members and visi tors attending the outing were James Wallace, Bobby Church, Bill Hardister, Ernest Barnett, Frank Rhodes, Carly Wellborn, Johnny Wyatt, Brent ? Wallace and Mr. Ralph Duncan enjoyed a dinner meal with the troop, which was prepared by (Harold Burke. o Methodists Attend Annual Conference The annual conference of the Western North Carolina district of the Methodist church is in ses sion this week at High Point. * Some o?> those attending from Wilkes charges are: North Wil kesboro?Dr. Gilbert R. Combs and R'.B. Johnston; Wilkesboro? Rev. H. M. Wellman; Moravian Falls)?W. R. Hubbard, Paul J. Vestal and M. B. Clark; Millers Creek?Rev. J. R. Short. Pythian Lodge To Meet Monday Night Knights of Pythias lodge No. 67 will open its fall season Mon day evening, October 4, at 7:30. All Pythians are invited to at tend and see a number of new candidates takes the first de gree. New officers were recently installed and they will deeply ap preciate a continued large attend ance of members. ' Sam Winters and Presley My ers promise plenty of refresh ments for Monday night's meet ing. o .? Sunday Promotion Day First Methodist Promotion Day will foe observ ed in the church school of the North Wiikesboro Methodist church Sunday morning, Octob er third. The entire church school will assembly in the church audi torium at 9:45 for a short de votional period to be given by the children in the Junior de partment, after which the cer tificates will be presented. All members of the junior depart ment are urged to ibe In the choir room by 9:40 a. m. 11 If - J ? A Majority 309th QM Service Co. Is Organized In Meet Tuesday Quite a number of reservists and veterans met in th| county courthouse last Tuesday evening at 7:00 p. m., where the retire ment program for reservists was .discussed by Major Carlos W. Heath, Jr. from Winston-Salem. Major Heath was accompanied by Captain Parhaim, commanding of ficer of a similar unit in Winston Salem, and M. Sergeant Lindoren. ??First Lt. Edward P. Bell, of Wil kesboro, was assigned to the Company. After the meeting, the follow ing enlisted reservists requested transfers to the 309th QM com pany: Sgt. 1st Class Ralph Davis, North Wilkesboro; Sgt. Bill Phil lips, Wilkesboa-o; Sgt. Ira . H. Vestal, Thurmond; Gpl. Wilson W. Shew, North Wilkesboro; Cpl. Earnest G. Walsh, Purlear; Cpl. William F. Cook, Cricket; Cpl. Edwin R'. Sidden, State Road; Pfc. Jack Combs, North Wilkes boro, route 3; Pvt. George John son, North Wilkesboro, route 3; Several other veterans expressed their desire to jdin the company and will be sworn in this week. The 309th QM Service Co. will have a complement of 181 men and E officers, and headquarters | will be established in North Wil |kesboro just as soon as a suit | able building can be procured by the Army Engineers. ! Captain Miller announced that any veteran who desires to affil iate with the company should contact him or Lt. Bell a~ d ar rangements will be made for their membership. Anyone who is 21 years old or older is eligible to enlist in this reserve company, whether they have had previous military training or not. These Person? sfc<iUld contact.on^of^ie, above officers. Andrew Ernest Hicks Is Claimed By Death Funeral service was held on Sunday at Pentecostal Holiness church in this city for Andrew Ernest Hicks, 39, who died Fri day. Mr. Hicks, for many years, had been an employe of the Carolina Mirror Corporation, coming to North Wilkesboro from Mount Ary. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lula Hicks, and the following children: Katherine,Treva Wood row, James and Carroll Hicks. o Harrison Anderson Family Reunion To Be Sunday, Oct. 10 Reunion of the Harrison ,M. Anderson family, their relatives and friends, will ibe held Sunday, October 10, at the home of Mr, Anderson on the gravel road leading from highway 115 near the prison camp to E & S store east of Wilkesboro A picnic dinner at noon will be a feature of the day and all are invited to carry ,baskets of food. Rev. Andrew (Call, a grand son of Mr. Anderson, will speak. There will be special music and a number of interesting talks. LOCALS j Miss Anne Duncen has return ed home after spending last week In Washington, D. C. and Roan oke, Va. Mrs. M. H. Stone is receiving a few days' treatment at the Wilkes Hospital. I Mr. ana Mrs. Quinton Parker and small son, Qunlton Gudger Parker, returned to Baltimore on Monday after an extensive visit with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Gudger, in this city, and Mrs. Rufus Parker, of Millers Greek. f Mies Doretta Foster, who holds a position in Greensboro, is ex , pected home this week to spend the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Troy C. Foster, in j Wilkesboro. Representative R. L. Dough ton and daughter, Mies Reba Doughton, of Laurel Springs, vis ited relatives and friends in the Wilkesboros Tuesday. o The Nation's farm flock laid 3,922,000,000 eggs in August? three per cent more thaifin Au gust last year and 16 per more than the 1987-46 ai ier cent average, COUNTY SHOULD PAY FOR HOSPITAL ' PROJECT (An Editorial) In one of the greatest manifestations of the hu manitarian spirit ever shown in northwestern North Carolina, the citizenship of North Wilkesboro went through a driving rain here Tuesday to vote for a $275,000 North Wilkesboro bond issue to finance the local cost of a much needed 100-bed hospital for this community. Seeing far beyond the dollar mark, 945 people voted their approval of the plan to erect a modern hos pital. These people, whose generous action will be long remembered, put human values above all else and made sure that this community can take advantage of the op portunity which now exists, and which later may be withdrawn, to secure an adequate hospital fpr less than 23 per cent of the total cost. But the new hospital should be a county project, with all the 50,000 inhabitants of Wilkes county shar ing the cost instead of the cost being shouldere by about one-tenth of the population here in the corporate limits of North Wilkesboro. There are thousands of citizens throughout Wilkes county who favor the hospital project and would be glad of the opportunity to share equally in the cost thereof. In view of the great need for a hospital and more especially in view of the fact that the citizenship of North Wilkesboro has made this generous move in vot ing for the project, it is the moral duty of the board of commissioners of Wilkes county to call a special coun ty election on the same proposal as was carried in North Wilkesboro and give the good people of Wilkes county an opportunity to vote their approval and take over the burden of financing on a county-wide basis, which is right and morally fair and just. TRAINING COURSE TO BE GIVEN FOR LEADERS, ADULT SCOUT WORKERS | A traiaing course for Girl i Scout leaders, committee mem-| bers and all adult scout workers! 1 will begin on Monday evening, Oct. 11th, at the Little House in North Wilkesboro. Mrs. Jt. S. Gibbs jrlli .teach, tfce course, which will be spread over four weeks, beginning *cn the a-1 bove date. All leaders and any adults interested In becoming a i leader or doing any part of the scout program are urged to at tend. There will not be another opportunity for such training this fall and this one is being worked out for leaders, troop committees, Wilkes county Girl Scout organi zation. All such are urged ,to | make their plans to be on hand. Wilkesboro Men Organize Club On Thursday night, Sept.- 23rd, a group of men met in the show room of the Midway Pontiac, Inc., in Wilkesboro and organized a Wilkesboro Business and Pro fessional Men's Club. Attorney Kyle Hayes was elected tempora ry chairman and R. R. Church was elected temporary secretary, pending election of permanent officers, wtich will be on Tues day night, October 5th. The purpose of the club will be to sponsor business, civic, so cial, educational and religious in terests of the town of Wilkes boro, and back up any program sponsored by the civic groups of the two towns, and especially to work in co-opeiration with the ; Wilkes Chamber of Commerce in ! securing sites for, and inducing manufacturing and , other busi ness enterprises to come to Wilkes county. The primary function of the club will be to promote projects affecting the citizens of Wilkes boro and to join wholeheartedly with the Chamber of Commerce! 1 and other such organizations dealing with matters of a broader scope and affecting the welfare of both the Wilkesboros and . Wilkes County. 1 Meeting date for the club will ! be the first Tuesday in each month at 7:00 p. m. with a din , ner meeting. All business men living in Wilkesboro are solicited to become members. Oakwoods Troop ' To Be Installed j Oakwoods Boy Scout Troop ? 127 will hold their installation J program at Oakwoods Baptist I church Friday night, October 1, 7:30. Scouters from Old Hickory Council and civic leaders from North Wilkesboro will talk on the installation program. All par ents and citizens interested in j the boys of the community are urged to attend. o ST. PAUI/8 EPISCOPAL CHURCH (Rev. B. M. Lackey, Rector) Vesper service will be held on St. Paul's episcopal church Sun day afternoon, October 3rd,, at four o'clock. A cordial invitation is extended to everyone to at tend this service. Revival Services At Goshen Church Revival services will begin on Sunday, October 3, at -Goshen Baptist church located nine miles west of Wilkesboro. Rev. Clate Brown, pastor, will be assisted by Rev. Fred Blevins. All who will attend will receive a cordial welcome. Harold Riley, St. Louis, Talks To Optimist Club Harold Z. Riley, an outstand ing Y.M.C.A. leader In St. Louie, Mo., addressed the Optimist club of North Wilkesboro at its regu lar luncheon meeting held Tues day noon at Hotel Wilkes. Julius C. Hubbard was program chair man for the day and he present ed Mr. Riley to the club. Mr. Riley is actively connected with the Downtown Y. M. C. A. in St. Louis, being chairman of the Industrial committee which sponsors an executives' forum an<i brings to that city some of the most eminent speakers in the country, all outstanding authori ties on human relations. Mr. Riley told local Optimists of the great work that the Down town Y. M. C. A. is doing in St. Louis, and his remarks were listened to with much interest as this city is looking toward the construction of a Y. building here in the near future. Mr. Riley told J in detail of the various Y. activi ties carried on iby his association in St. Louis, which operates on a yearly budget of approximately $500,000. In addition to being an active leader in Y. work in St. Louis, Mr. Riley is a member of the Downtown Kiwanls club, and is chairman of that club's public relations committee. He Is vice president of the White-Rbdgers Electric Oo., in charge of hie company's personnel relatione, and is a graduate of the Yale engineering department. Guests at the luncheon Tues day were: Dr. John T. Wayland ?with President M. E. Walsh: Mr. Riley and T. E. Story with Julius C. Hubbard: R. M. Brame, Jr.,i with Tom Jenrette. , The next meeting of the Optim ist club will be held on October 12th. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Slater Prerette, of Hays, on Sep tember 18, a son, Henry Slater, Jr. | Stores Will Be Open Wednesday After This Week Stores which have been closed on Wednesday atHernoons will remain open all day on Wednes-, flays, beginning next week, Oc tober 6th. This is in accordance with the holiday schedule ar ranged early in the summer. Democrats Lewis , Fork Will Meet Meeting of'Democrats of Lew Is Fork township has been call ed at Mount Pleasamt 'school house for Saturday night, Oc tober 2, at 7:30 o'clock. All Dem ocrats in the township are urged to attend the meeting. Civil Term Coort Will Open Monday October terjn of Wilkes super ior court for trial of civil cases will open Monday morning with Judge Zeb V. Nettle, of Ashe ville, presiding. The following jurors have been summonsed for the term: First Week Ambrose Haynes, Union; Clay Dockery, Moravian Falls; A. A. I Triplett, Wilkesboro; T. L.I Greene, Elk; H. J. Spicer, Wal- j nut Grove; W. T. Shore, Somers; ' R. S. Dameron, Traphill; W. E. j Yates, Wilkesboro; R. M. Min ton,' North Wilkesboro; C. W. Carlton, Boomer; Arthur C. Mil ler, Union; Bessie Brock, Mora vian Falls; J. A. Vickers, Wilkes boro; Richard Call, Lovelace; J. i W. Casey, Somers; Rex Wood, Rock Creek; C. C. Mikeal, Jobs Cabin; Carl E. Bauguss, North Wilkesboro; W. M. Billings,' Rock Creek; Sam Pardue, Anti Wilkesboro; C. E. ry; Glenn Reeves, North Wilkes boro; Marvin Ray Shepherd, Un ion; E. G. Wyatt, N. Wilkesboro; Monre Parson, Reddies River; W. H. Lovette, Moravian Falls; A. E. Triplett, Lewis Fork; R. L. Pennell, Moravian Falls; Cowles Walker, Beaver Creek; Clyde Se bastian, Rock Creek; J. Mont Marsh, Union; Carl Adams, Red dies River. Second Week George S. Foster, North Wil kesboro; Charlie C. Wyatt, Un ion; Billy Walker, Mulberry; W. iC. Triplett, Lewis Fork; S. S. Phillips, Jobs Cabin; J. H. Col- i lins, Edwards; E. A. Coleman, Somers; Maison Richardson, NoTth Wilkesboro; Sam Triplett, Jobs Cabin; Luie T. Blackburn, North Wilkesboro; Homer El ledge, Mulberry; Julius Johnson, Wilkesboro; Grover Minton, North Wilkesboro; John M. Stal ey, Union; T. F. Johnson, Wil kesboro; H. F. Handy, Wilkes boro; Morris Gregory, Somers; R. C. Goodman, North Wilkes boro; M. S. Shumate, Mulberry; Robert Honeycutt, Stanton; R. C. Wood, Elk; Ora Simmons, Ed wards; H. R. Queen, Brushy Mountain; Eugene Billings, North Wilkesboro; John Waddell, North Wilkesboro; L. F. Kirby, Moravian Falls; H. C. Burcham, Edwards; Cecil L. Church, Jobs Cabin; Isaac Richardson, Trap hill. Ramblers Tonight At Granite Falls Due to a schedule change the Wilkesboro high Ramblers will play at Granite Falls tonight in stead of Friday night. This will be a Highlands conference game and is scheduled to begin at 8 o'clock. Wilkesboro opened the season last week with a 29 to 0 victory over Maiden high in a conference game here at Memorial Park. On next Friday night Wilkesboro will play Valdese in Memorial Park here ini another Highlands conference engagement. Singing Sunday Gospel Tabernacle Everybody Is. invited to a sing ing to be held at the Gospel Tab ernacle in Wilkeaboro Sunday, October 3, one p. m. Those to participate will include Evange list Harvey Phillips' radio sing ers, Maple Springs quartet, Miller quartet, Hamby quartet, Good mam trio and other gingers. Rev. Mr. Phillips will deliver a brief following the singing. 80.5 Per Cent Of Registration Actual Ratio Votes Cast Nine To One For Erec tion Hospital . Voters of North Wilkseboro In Bpecial election Tuesday voted ov erwhelmingly in favor of a bond Issue of |2T5,000 for erection of a modern, 100-bed hospital. With 80.5 per cent of the reg istration of 1,173 registering their approval at the ballot box, the vote Cor the bond issue tot aled 945 with only an even hun dred voters in opposition to the proposal. On the second proposal on the ballot, which was voting to ap prove a city tax levy to finance a deficit, if any, in operation ajid maintenance of the proposed hospital, the vote was 926 "yes" and 108 "no". x Rain fell steadily throughout the day but did not dampen the enthusiasm of the voters and workers who wanted to take ad vantage of the opportunity to secure a much needed hospital for only 22.6 per cent of the total cost. Voting was heavy as soon as the polls opened at 6:30 a. m. It soon became evident by the number of votes being cast that the hospital proposal would be approved, because those who were registered an<j were oppos ed to the proposal did not have to vote in order to be counted in opposition. James M. Anderson was reg istrar and Hyde Waller and Geo. McT. Miller were election judges. Under the proposal as voted on, state and federal govern ments ~ under provisions of the federal Hill-Burton Act and the North Carolina Medical Care Plan will put up 77.4 p<y .cent 000 "hospital Elkin Host To District Meet Of Junior Order ? / District number 7 of Jr. O. U. A. M. convened with Elkin coun cil Monday night with Bradley Dancy, district councilor, of North Wilkesboro, presiding. A number of state officials were present and helped lay plans for a large Thanksgiving initi ation class and torchlight parade in Elkin on the night of Novem ber 19, at which time the NoTth | Wilkesboro degree team will put on the initiation. This is expected : to be an outstanding event for : the fraternity and will be large ! ly attended by Juniors from sev eral counties. Pfc. Wm. R. Harrold Funeral Held Today Funeral service and military burial was held today at Zion church for Pfc. William Robert Harrold, who was killed in action in France July 20, 1944. Rev. R. F. Harrold conducted, the funer al service. Pfc. Harrold is survived by j one daughter, Barbara Ann Har | rold; his father and mother, j James and Ethel Hayes Harrold, i three brothers and three sisters, Buford, Lawrence, B. T., Walsie, i Mary Grace and Frances Harrold, all of Hays. t l A _______ Asheboro Here thr Friday Night Mountain Lions Primed For Hard Contest With Con ference Foe Asheboro high school football team was kicked around the con ference last year, bat this Is an other year and the team will come to North WWkesboro Friday 'night ready to play a bang-up ball game. The Asheboro 'boys grew tired of being In the cellar and hare been winning games already this year. Coach Jack Sparks has the Mountain Lions in good shape for Friday night's contest, which will open at eight o'clock. The tea it. got through the tongh game with Spencer Friday with no serious Injuries and the starting eleven will be ready to go against the Randolph county squad.