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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.