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Vol. 43. No. 62 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESB0R0, N. C., Thursday, November 18, 1948 J Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center
Court Of Honor
To Meet Sunday
At 1st Baptist
Many Scouts Will Be Ad
vanced In Union Service;
Anderson Eagle Scout
Boy Scout court of honor for the
Wilkes district will meet Sunday
night, 7:30, at the First Baptist
church in a union service for five
churches of the Wilkesboros.
Ministers of the First Baptist,
First Methodist, First Presbyterian,
Wilkesboro Methodist and Baptist
churches will participate and con
gregations of all churches, with
others interested in Scouting, are
invited to attend.
VTroop number 34 under leader
ip of Scoutmaster Isaac Duncan
will give the opening and closing
ceremonies for the court and the
colored troop number 188 will give
a special candlelight ceremoney.
Bobby Anderson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Leo Anderson, of North
Wilkesboro, will be awarded his
Eagle Scout badge during the ser
vice.
Following are listed by troops
the Scouts who will receive awards:
troop 34?Jimmy Sale, Douglas
Burnett, William Pearson, Frank
Rhodes, Isaac Duncan, Bobby Po
teat, Kent Sturdivant, Harry Steele,
Jimmy Hayes, Buster Bush, Bobby
Wells; troop 35?Bobby Anderson,
E. G. Wyatt, Billy Phillips, Wayne
Absher, Jerry McNeill; troop 36?
John Winkles, Gordon Forester, Jr.;
troop 32?Dean Edwards; troop 95
?Alvin Joines.
District Meeting Saturday
Annual meeting of the Wilkes
district wfll be held Saturday, 6:45
p. m., at Carolina restaurant. Dr.
John T. Wayland, First Baptist
minister, will be the speaker. An
other feature of the program will
be songs by John Cashion. Any
who have not made dinner reserva
tions are asked to call L. M. Nelson
immediately.
Cricket P. T. A.
To Meet Tuesday
Cricket Parent-Teacher Associa
tion will meet Tuesday night, 7:30,
at the school. All school patrons
and others interested in the school
and community are invited to at
tend.
Church loyalty
At First Baptist
1 to
Members of the First Baptist
church are to observe Church
-Loyalty on 'Sunday, November
21. At that( time hall members
and Interested pers&ts will com
mit themselves to Christian stew
ardship tor 'the year 1949. Ex
pression of stewardship will be
given to participation in the
worship services of the church.
in the workj of the several or-.
ganizations, in the use of talents
in Christian t service, and in the
financial support of the Lord's
work at home and abroad. Every
Christian can* pray for his church
and the membership is rich in
talents. Every member is urged
to be presenjt on Sunday morn
ing at 11:00 p'clock for this most
important Beivice.
4-H Council To
Meet Saturday
The 4-H County Council will have
an important pieeting on Saturday,
November 20th, at 10:30 a. m. in
the chapel at jReins-Sturdivant Fu
neral Home. ?
An interesting program, t o in
clude recreatic(n, is being arranged
and all officers of each 4-H club in
the county arej urged to be present.
Plans will be made for the county
Achievement Hay program and of
ficers will be ejected.
?Margaret C. Morrison
Assistant* Home Agent
Square Dance 20th
At Mbrayian Falls
The public Is cordially invited
to a square ddnce to be held Sat
urday night, flight o'clock, at the
Moravian Falls community house
for the benefit of the Community
Houee fund. 4n enjoyable occas
ion is assured all who will attend.
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Rev. Mr. jSimmons
Is Hifisliaw Pastor
Rev. Mr. Siihmons, who was re
cently "elected J pastor of Hinshaw
Street. Baptist ? church, will preach
there Sunday hight, November 21,
7:30. *
P.-T. A. Lighting i
All Classrooms In
School Buildings
North Wilkesborb Parent-Teach-1
er Association is making progress!
in the project to put adequate light-1
ing in all classrooms of North.
Wilkesboro school buildings.
The first effort in this project,
was the Halloween carnival, which
netted over $1,300, but the total
cost is estimated at $150 per room.!
Students of each room are en-'
deavoring to raise the necessary
funds for lighting of their respec
tive rooms.
The Parent-Teacher Association
committee working on the project
is composed of Robert Gibbs, H.
Dermont Smith, Dr. W. K. Newton,
S. B. Moore, Staton Mclver and
W. K. Sturdivant. This committee
has visited many of the better
lighted school buildings in the
state and has made selection of
fixtures for the best lighting ob
tainable. Electrical contractors
have been contacted for bids on the
work.
Girls All Star Cage
Team to Be Organized
All girls interested in playing
on an all-star ibasketball team
are asked to report for practice
Monday and Thursday nights at
the North Wilkeeboro high school
gymnasium.
Bazaar, Food Sale
The Woman's Auxiliary of St.
Paul's Episcopal church will con
duct a bazaar and food sale on
Saturday, November 20, at For
ester Furniture company on the
corner of B and Tenth streets.
Useful gifts, cakes, candy and
many kinds of food will be sold.
"We will appreciate your coming
in for supper," announcement of
the bazaar said.
Dr. Caroon Goes
To Richmond, Va.
Dr.W. J. Caroon, Jr., who prac
ticed dentistry here for some time,
has c.losed his office here and gone
to Richmond, Va., where he is as
sociated with another dentist.
Cornelius Child
Is Killed In Fall
John William Cornelias, sev
en-months-old son of Mr. and'
Mrs. George Cornelius, of States
ville, was killed Sunday morning
in a fall from his bed. The child
was a nephew of Attorney W. H.
McElwee, of this city, his mother
being the former Mies Sarah Mc
Blwee.
Those from here attending the
funtral service in Statesvllle Sun
day at five p. m., were Attorney
ang Mrs. W, H. McElwee, Dr.
R. E. Lewis, Mrs. Charles Cran
or and Mrs, A. R. Gray.
W.M.U. Study Course
Will Begin Monday
Monday night, November 22, is
the date set (or the Association
Wide Foreign Mission study
course to be held by the Wom
an's Missionary Society of the
Brushy Mountan Asociaton. The
meeting will begin with a covered
dish supper at 6:00 p. m. at the
Masonic Lodge Hall. Following
the supper the group will go
downstairs to the Reins-Sturdl
vant Chapel for a study of the
book "Torchbearers (In Honan". |
This is one of the most inter
esting books on China that has
ever been presented. It deals with
several missionaries to China
and will be of jppeclal interest to
North Carolinians, as many are
acquainted with the children and
grandchildren of these mission
aries personality or by reputa
tion. All the women of the As
sociational Missionary Societies
are invited to meet together, for
a period of forming new ac
quaintances, renewing friend
ships, and learning more about
the work in China.
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Weather Forecast
Wally Simms weather forecast
er from the weather bureau at
Winston-Salem will 'be carried on
the one p. m. news broadcast
over station WKBC here daily.
North Wilkesboro
Band Will Play At
Shrine Game 4th
North Wilkesboro high school
band which is earning an envi
able reputation among high
school bands in North Carolina,
has 'accepted an invitation to play
at the Shrine Bowl football game
in Charlotte Decmeber 4.
Local Shrlners will furnish
transportation and pay expenses
of the band to attend the game.
To be invited to play at the an
nual North and South Carolina
game is a distinct honor for the
local band, which Is directed by
Miss Eva Bingham.
On Saturday the North Wilkes
boro band played at the David
son-Washington and Lee football
game at Ddvidson College.
Directors Girl
Scouts Will Meet
Board of directors of the Wilkes
Girl Scout Association will meet
Monday, 7:30 p. m., at the home of
Mrs. D. J. Carter.
Woman's Club Food
Sale On Wednesday
North Wilkesboro senior Wom
an's Club will conduct a food
sale Wednesday, November 24,
beglning at nine a. m., as Spain
hour's. Those desiring special or
ders are asked to call Mrs. W. P.
Gaddy.
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Prt. John T. Byrd v.
Funeral On Sunday
Funeral service will be held
Sunday, two p. m., at Cranberry
churcn for Pvt. John T. Byrd,
who lost his life In World War
II. Pvt. Byrd was the husband of
Mrs. Lula Byrd, of North Wllkes
iboro route three.
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Zi^n Hill Baptists
Planning Harvest Sale
Z^on Hill Baptist church will
sponsor a harvest sale for bene
fit M the church building fund
at tpe church grounds Saturday,
November 20, 2:30 p. m. Live
sto jfc, poultry, farm products,
canned goods, cakes ahd pies,
hanjlmade articles, other products
will! go to the highest bidder.
The-j public is most cordially in
vite*.
Varied Program.
pTell Received
Rejr. Watt M. Cooper Talks;
Several Matters Of In
! terest Discussed
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!>rth Wilkesboro Kiwanis clab ,
yed an interesting meeting,
ay noon at Hotel Wilkes. In
tlon to the program, in which
Watt M. Cooper was the
principal speaker, a number of
matters were taken np by the
Winters called attention
.he matter of supporting the
th Wilkesboro high school
bald and stated that a committee
of persons selected from each of
the civic organizations of the
town had been appointed and
thsjt he is chairman of the com
mittee. He (stated that the pur
poye of the committee is to aid
| in ^securing funds to support the
ba^d. He urged the members of
th<tj club to give their support to
thA committee.
president Paul Osborne stat
ed) that the inter-club meeting
wi<jh Elkln and Mt. Airy will be
he^jd on the evening of December
9 it E'ilkln and that Elkin sug
gested that it should be a ladles'
ni<?ht.
-esident Osborne asked the
K^y Club committee, consisting
of> Sam Winters, Robert Glbbs,
ar^l C. A. Venable, to meet and
doclde whether they plan to or
gf>pize a club in the county this
yejir.
SDr. John Wayland introduced
te^ the club Wayne MoClain, of
Charlotte, who spoke briefly of
"A Friendship Train leaving
foj)d for the hungry people of
rope and stated that a meet
ing will be held at the First Bap
tist church in North Wilkesboro
Friday evening for the purpose of
oijbanizing this county to collect
fcJads for the train.
j Program Chairman John Ley
svjon presented Lewis Vickery*
w^io sang "God Bless America"
Hp then presented Rev. Watt
Cooper, who gave a most thought
ptovoking talk on the subject,
"Armistice Day". Rev. Mr. Coop
ed) said, "Religion is at the root
ot our national greatness, there
fore, we should return to relig
ion". He quoted St. Paul: "We
a, e perplexed, but not to dee
Pi dr". Kiwanian Cooper's talk
P -esented many matters to chal
l\;nge everyone to high effort and
p irpose as we proceed to try to
sylve the difficult problems now
tsetting us.
Guests Friday were: Forrest
1^. Church with R. R. Church;
Ttyron Miller with Robert L.
l^orehouse: Harold Snyder with
(A F. Adamson; Wayne McClain
^ith Dr. John T. Wayland; Lew
ij Vickery with J. W. Leyshon;
l^ev. C. J. Winslow with Rev. W. j
1|. Brookshire.
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jHrtnm That Book to tk? library
Heavy Penalties
Are Meted Out In
Nev. Term Cenrt
Heavy fines and prison sentences
were meted oat in federal court in
Wilkesboro Wednesday by Judge
Johnson J. Hayes to defendants
with records in manufacture and
distribution of illicit liquor.
Joseph Gwyn Foster and Julius
Harold Call, of North Wilkesboro
route three, were fined $1,000 each
and given 15 months in prison in
one liquor case. In another Foster
was fined $500 and given 15 months
suspended and a term on probation.
Arvel and James Pruitt, of Trap
hill, received the heaviest fines. In
one case Arvel Pruitt was fined
$3,000 and sentenced to 18 months
in Atlanta. In two cases James
Pruitt was required to pay a total
of $3,000 in fines and penalties and
was sentenced to two years in At
lanta prison.
Judgments in other cases since
the November term opened in
Wilkesboro Monday morning were
as follows: Junior Pearson, judg
ment suspended; Albert Gilbert Se
graves, $500 fine, 18 months sus
pended, on probation; William Ros
coe Prevette, year and a day in
I Atlanta; Jasper Lawrence Triplett,
$300 fine, year and a day suspended;
Harvey Bryant Byrd, 90 days in
jail; Thomas Lee Btell, $1,000 fine,
year and a day in Atlanta; Lee
Martin Anderson, 90 days in jail;
Elmer Williams, year and a day in
jChillicothe; Curtis Bonds, year and
i a day in Atlanta.
Jimmy Parks, year and a day in
Chillicothe; James Walter Sparks,
year and a day in Chillicothe;
Willard W. Ferguson, $600 fine,
year and a day in Petersburg, Va.,
suspended; Luther Arnold Roberts,
$1,000 fine, year and a day sus
pended; Justice Richardson, year
and a day in Chillicothe; Roy Dal
ton, year and a day in Atlanta;
Conley B. . Blevins and Clarence
Blevins, $300 fine each and year and
a day suspended; Worth Miller, $300
fine, year and a day suspended;
Jesse Anderson, 12 months in jail;
Arnold G. Wagoner, $200 fine, pro
bation; George Washington Moore,
year and a day in Petersburg;
| Dewey Gaither Prevette, $1,500
j fine, year and a day suspended.
I The following defendants were
VMU.lltarletiipdftHTf pro
bation: Albert Gilbert Segraves,
Roger Combs, Jasper Lawrence
Triplett, Elmer Hugh Sparks, Grady
Lee Estep, Mary Wolfe, Archie
Pruitt, Ed Sparks, Jasrer Sparks,
Conley B. Blevins, Worth Miller,
Walter Choate Pruitt, Arnold Wag
oner, Commie Wilburn Church, Rob
ert Spence Wood, Dewey Gaither
Prevette, Raymond A 1 'xp.
Bluejackets To Play
Hanes Hosiery, 8:00
Eller's Bluejackets will play
the famous Hanes Hosiery bas
ketball team tonight. eight o'
clock, in the Wilkesboro gymnas
ium. This will be the first visit
of the Winston-Salem quint,
which has many former college
stars, to Wilkes and the game
should draw a large crowd.
The Bluejackets played a thril
ling game at Millers Creek Tues
day night, winning from Mocks
ville Millers 58 to 55. The game
was tied 29-29 at half time. Fred
McLean led the Bluejackets scor
ing with 25 points. Other Blue
jackets scores were H. Eller 2,
Wey 12, E. Eller 4, Mereak 6,
Daddino 10, Watkins, Staley,
Church, Snider, Floro. Wolcer led
Mocksville with 20 points.
Mountain Lions Versus
Ramblers \ Friday Night
, Wilkes county's annual footbal
classic?North Wilkesboro versus
Wilkesboro?will be played Friday
night, eight o'clock, in Memorial
Park. This year two new coaches
will be pitted against each other,
^Marvin Hoffman of the Wilkesboro
Ramblers, and Jack Sparks, of the
North Wilkesboro Mountain Lions.
Today both schools are holding
pep rallies in preparation for the
big event, which is the climax and
the end -of the football season for
both teams. Both teams are crip
pled by injuries to star players, and
neither Tyill be at full strength. Re
gardless of injuries, it will be a
whale of a game that should draw
a record crowd.
The game will have plenty of
color. North Wilkesboro high
school bind is ready to perform in
usual fine style, and Wilkesboro has
secured the Appalachian band to
represent the Ramblers.
Football Tickets
Are On Sale Now
North Wilkesboro Lions Club is
assisting in the sale of tickets for
the North Wilkesboro-Wilkesboro
football game Friday night at
Memorial Parlf.
The game ig expected to draw a
record crowd and in order to avoid
congestion at i gates to Memorial
Park the Lions; Club is selling tick
ets in advance at several points
in the Wilkesboros.
Tickets ma? be purchased in
Wilkesboro at' Barber-Somers Mo
tor Co., Midway Pontiac Co.,
Groce's Service Station, Hender
son's Flower Shop, Culler's Gro
cery, Gray Brothers Furniture Co.,
and Parker-Trlplett Electric Co.
In North Wilkesboro tickets are
on sale at Marlow's Men's Shop, In
surance Service and Credit Corpo
ration, Band Box Cleaners, Dick's
Electrical Store, Wilkes Auto Sales
jCo., Gaddy Motor Co., Wilkes Tire
1 Store and Day Electric Co.
Price of the tickets is $1 for
! adults and 50 cents for children.
Tickets To Shrine
Bowl On Sale Here
Football fans who wish to see
the Shrine Bowl game in Char
lotte December 4 between an
all-star team of high school play
ers In North Carolina versus a
picked team from South Carolina
may purchase tickets now in this
city.
Tickets may be obtained here
from C. Arthur Venable, W. J.
Caroon and Maurice Walsh.
WILKESBORO HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SQUAD 1948
All Rows Reading: From Left to Right
m Seated in front of squad::Junior Groce and Willard Dancey, Managers
First Row Seated:
R. H. Parks, Daniel Linney, Ray Triplett, Harold Dancey, Bobby Story, Jack Groce, Bill Byrd, Johnny
' Garwood, B. B. Banner, Claude NichoW.
o-00nd Row Kneeling: , ' /
Charlie Vaught, Manager; Joines, Edgar Terrell, Hugh Cranor, Tommy Long, Bill Pearson, Bill Whitt
ington, Jody Barber, Dale Minton, Jde Allen Gambill, till Laws.
Third Row Standing: t
w T Long Principal; Caney Lowe, Johnny Phillips, Dafe Staley, Shelton Prevette, Bobby Parker, Tony
"?W 1?11 ; * ? A?"n Williams, M. D. HoffmaivCoaeh. -
WINNING TEAM, BLOCKER TROPHIES
Here are pictured the trophies to be given by the Lib
erty Theatre in interest of football in the Wilkesboros.
The large trophy in center is to be presented the win
ner of the North Wilkesboro-Wilkesboro gam, and.the
team which wins it three years in a row will have it as
pet manent property. The smaller trophies will go to the
player on each team voted the best blocker. The tro
phies will be presented from the stage of the Liberty
Theatre at a date to be announced following the annual
grid classic Friday night in Memorial Park. (Photo by
Lane Atkinson, Jr).
NORTH WILKESBORO H$GH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SQUAB 1948
, AH Row.j Reading From Left to Right
First Row: I
Dan Hudson, Warren Shore, Jim Winers, J. S. Soots, Jim Moore, Jim Day, Ken Steelman (Co-Captain),
Hiram Cox, Jack Gaddy, G. L. Adanm, Jim Hadley, Smith Hudson.
Second Row: 1
Buddy Sloop, Jerry Day, James G^lian, Worth Ward, D. M. Stoker, Julius Rousseau (Co-Captain),
Jack Badgett, Brad Davis, Carl Swjfford, Wayne Pardue, Gordon Forester, Ray Church.
Third Row: '
Wayne Absher (Manager), Jack Sj^rks (Coach), Jimmie Swofford, Dennis York, John Hubert Emer
son, Bobby Anderson, Trealy Harrol^, John Winkler, Pete Caudill, Jimmy Shook, Pete Reins, Dennis
Day (Manager). 0