For A Mer rier Christ mas Shop In The Wilkes boros. Shop Early. THE JOURNAL OUR CITY The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 42 Years North Wilkesboro has a trading radius of 60 miles, serving 100,000 people in Northwestern Carolina. Vol. 43, No. 64 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., Thursday, November 25, 1948 ] Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center AAA Committee Election Date Set For December 2 The AAA election -will be held on Thursday, December 2nd. It was announced today by H. 0. Roberts, chairman of ahe Wil kes County AAA committee, that Wilkes county farmers will have an opportunity to elect commit teemen to administer the 1949 AAA program. In this election, farmers will vote for members of the local community committee and for delegates to the county convention to elect the county committee. Every eligible farmer should vote in this election. ? Eligible tarmers are those who have par-! Icipated In the 1948 Agricultur al Conservation Program. Eligible farmers who fail to vote in this election are not carrying their share of the responsibility for good administration in the farm program. The voting precincts for the election of the AAA community committeemen are as follows: Amtioch, Tom Mathis' store. ^Beaver jCreek, W. G. Walsh's filere. Boomer, Tom Greer's sotre. Brushy Mountain, Morris Hen dren's store. Edwards No. 1, J. K. Tharpe's mill. Edwards No. 2, Benham school. Elk, Ira Triplett's store. Jobs Cabln-Stanton, L. E. Woodie's store. Lewis Fork, Mt. Pleasant Ma sonic Hall. Lovelace, Call's store (E-. P. Inscore's store). Moravian Falls, Scroggs & Company. Mulberry, Mulberry Communi ty House. New Castle, Harry Green's store. North Wilkesboro, Billing's store. Reddies River, Millers Creek postoffice. Rock Creek, Sol Byrd's store. Somers, R. C. Jarvis' store. Traphill C. D. Holbrook's store. Union, Isaac Vannoy's store. Walnut Grove, Bud Reynolds' store. Wilkesboro, AAA office. It is up to the farmers of Wilkes county to see that com mitteemen are elected who can ? best administer the farm pro grams and who understand local farm problems. Through these e lected committeemen, farmers have a direct channel to those who administer these programs j in the state and in the nation. u ? Five Performances Are Scheduled For High School Band North Wilkesboro band, which is rapidly gaining a splendid rep utation in the state, has schedul ed five public appearances be tween now and Christmas. Miss Eva Bingham, band di rector, today listed the scheduled appearances as follows: 1. On Novmeber 26 the band will play for the Kiwanis club here. 2. On November 27 the band will go to West Jefferson for a parade in the morning and a con cert in the afternoon. 3. On December 3rd the band will take part in the Christmas entertainment at Memorial Park. 4. On December 4th the band will go to Charlotte to appear in a parade and at the Shrine Bowl game. j 5. On December 10 the band will give its first concert of thei 1948 season. Woman's Club Meet The Wilkesboro Woman's club is meeting Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock, at the home of Mrs. | F. C. Hubbard, Sr., with Mes dames Joe Barber, Robert Gam bill, and W. M. DeBerry as as sociate hosteses. Mrs. William Barber, international relations chairman, is to be in charge of i the program. Chorlte Monroe Show At Courthouse 27th ^Charlie Monroe, widely known) r!?!lo performer, with his Ken- j tucky Partners, will appear in person at the Wilkes county courthouse Saturday night, No vember 27, 7:30, in a show spon sored by Flint Hill school. ? That Book to the Xltaary V. F. W. To Moot On Friday Night The Blue Ridge Boat of the Veterans of Foreign Wars has postponed its scheduled meeting from Thursday until Friday night, 7:30, at the Carolina res taurant. 'It will be a very im portant meeting and every mem ber is asked to attend. I Holiday Street Lights Will Go On Here Friday Holiday lighting on streets of the Wilkesboros will be turned on simultaneously Friday night, heralding the opening of the Christmas season in this trading mecca of northwestern North Carolina. Under direction of the Trade Promotion Committee of the Wil kes Chamber of Commerce, ligh ting has been extended to addi tional areas this year and both towns will be beautifully lighted. Christmas Program 3rd Meanwhile, plarfs are going forward for the Christmas pro gram to be staged In Memorial Park Friday evening, December' 3, beginning at 6:30. A chorus of several hundred voices, including church and school groups from many tparts of Wilkes county, will participate. Mountain Lions Ramblers Ready For Annual Game Will Be Played This After noon, 2:30 o'Clock, In Memorial Park Here With injured stars on both teams at least partially recovered an soloist, and Mrs. A. F. Kilby, accompanist. Mrs. Clark de lighted the club members and guests with a number of songs, including "Sylvia," "Smiling Through," and "God Bless Ameri ca.' 1 At the conclusion of the program the Membership Committee took charge and reported on the October j Membership Campaign, for which a goal had been set for each membe j as of October 1st. At the beginning of the drive it was proposed that i' the goal was not reached that goat would be secured and eacl member who did not secure his new member would be required to kee) the goat until he secured a nev member. The names of the eigh teen who did not secure new mem bers were placed in a hat and th?, names drawn out by Mrs. Kilby and Mrs. Clark to determine thd order in which the unfortunate members would board the goat. The, first name drawn was Attorney Bil Mitchell and George Wells was sec ond. Since Attorney Mitchell wai not present to claim the goat, whic^ was on display on the stage during the meeting, several members de livered the goat to his residence after the meeting. New members secured during the campaign were Harold Absher Robert Andrews, Claude Billings, Jr., Boyce Cheatwood, Don Culler^ Carroll Edwards, W. Y. Folgerl John Gaither, Ward Kenerly, Lomax Kilby, Tommy Kilby, Mark Phillips^ ii - Miifrtattft Thanksgiving Day Services Planned In Local Churches Churches in North Wllkesboro have scheduled Thankagvling Day services. The First Baptist and First Methodist will have a anion serv ice at the First Baptist church on Thanksgiving Day at ten a. m. Dr. John T. Wayland, Baptist! pastor, will preside and Dr. Gil bert R. Combs, Methodist pastor, will delver tlhe message. At the First Presbyterian church the Thanksgiving service wll be at ten'a. m., and will con sist of special music, Thanksgiv ing prayer, a brief message by the pastor, Rev. Watt M. Coop er, and annual offering for Bar ium Springs orphanage. Churches in Wllkesboro em phasized the Thanksgiving theme In mid-week prayer service Wed |nesday evening. Ladies' Night Is Enjoyable Event For Juniors Here Dr. John T. Wayland, Ftret Baptist pastor, delivered a most inspiring message Tuesday night at the Ladies' Night banquet of the North Wilkesboro Council of the Junior Order. Attendance of Juniors, wives and lady friends at the annual banquet totaled 101. The pro gram opened with singing "A merica" and J. H. Whicker led the invocation. A most delicious chicken dinner was served by the ladies of Baptist Home church. D. E. Elledge welcomed the lady guests and Mrs. Rufus Church appropriately responded. C. B. Eller presented the speak er for the evening. o Former Resident Wilkes Accident Victim In Illinois I Nortonville, 111.?Letch Teague, 28, of near Nortonville, acciden tally shot and killed himself shortly after 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon while hunting rabbits on a farm two miles south of Nortonville in company with his brother-in-law, James Wilson. Teague died in an automobile while enroute to a physican's of fice at Murrayville. It was not learned exactly how the mishap happened but It is be lieved that in some manner the rifle Teague was carrying dis . Travis, of Burlington, Iowa, who had stopped within one-hundred yards of the hunt ers to pick up some persimmons. Travis is a city fireman at Bur lington and he and his wife had been visiting relatives near Nor tonville and Sinclair. Mr. and Mrs. Travis went to the scene of the accident and were told by Teague that he had shot himself. He was placed in Travis' automobile and taken to the office of Dr. Thomas L. Wilson at Murrayville. Teafeue was dead when the car arrived at Murrayville. Teague and his family came ao Nortonville from North Carolina about two months ago to make their home with Mrs. Teague's father, Murriel Wilson. The descendent is a veteran of i World War II. Prior to his war service, he worked as a coal miner. The accident victim is survived by his wife and two children, of Nortonville, his 'father, Challle Teague, of Hays; three brothers and four sisters: Roby Teague, Lenoir; Estella and Cling Teag ue, of Hays; Mrs. Virgie Bil lings, of Baltimore; Georgia, Jos-| ephine and Irene Teague, of | Hays. , Funeral and burial services | were held at Nortonville, 111. 1 o Miss Marie Haigwood, who is an instructor at Peabody College in Nashville, Tenn., has arrived to spend the Thanksgiving holi days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Haigwood. Tam Shumaker, Robert Smoak, Jack Sparks, Robert E. Stewart, Jr., Finley C. Watts and Jim Williams. Guests at the meeting were Patl Williams, Jr., with Sam Vickery and | Shoun Kerbaugh with Jim Allen. Cossack Chorus To Perform Here Thursday, Dec. 2 For the fist concert under the auspices of the Wilkes Commun ity Concert Association, the offi cers of the organization hare the honor to announce the appear ance of the Platoff Don Cossack Chorus on the evening of De cember 2nd. The chorus is one of th'e most renowned group of singers before the public today. The chorus is led by Nicholas Kostrukoff. They number twen ty-seven singers and their pro gram includes traditional Cossack songs, folk songs, gypsy songs and special selections from the classics, as well as a group of songs in English including Ma lotte's "The Lord's Prayer", Har vey Engers' "Russian Picnic", and Nevin's "The Rosary". The Cossacks, all of them now American citizens,, sang their first concert together 21 years ago in the Russian Cathedral in Prague in Czechoslovakia, and have been in this country since 1939 except for tr6o long over seas tours to sing for American troops. The concert will begin prompt ly at 8 o'clock at the Liberty Theatre, and no one will be ad mitted except holders of member ship cards. If any newcomer to the county was not here during the membership drive held last April, he may contact either Miss Lois Scroggs or Mrs. An drew Kilby. There will be no single admissions, as is the poli cy of the Wilkes Community Concert Association. Robert S. Gibbs Chairman Wilkes Scooting District Robert S. Gibbs, for several years one of the most active Sconters here, was elected chair man of the Wilkes district at the annual district meeting held here. Gilbert Foster was elected vice chairman; A. O. Finley was re elected commissioner, and L. M. Nelson, retiring chairman, was named member at large. To open the meeting L. M. Nelson summarized work of the year in the district, pointing out that there are 212 active Scouts and- 70 Scouters, and that last year Wilkes won the cup awarded in the council to the district with the greatest increase in Scout ing. Dr. John T. Wayland was the principal speaker for the meet ing, and he delivered a most in teresting message on "Value of Scouting to the Community". Eagle Badge Awarded The district board of review met on Sunday night in a union service at the First Baptist church, when the Eagle Scout badge was presented to Bobby Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Anderson, of North Wilkes boro, and merit badges were a warded to many Scouts of sever al troops. J. B. Carter presided and the Eagle award was pre sented by Dr. Gilbert R'. Combs. Wilkesboro Club In Meeting Tuesday The Wilkesboro Business and Professional Men's club held its regular November meeting at the Woman's clubhouse Tuesday night with President G. T. Mit chell presiding. In spite of the inclement weather, there was a splendid attendance of members. No program had t an arranged for the meeting, therefore, the last half hour was devoted to an open forum discussion of various objectives. Among these was the promotion of a band for Wilkes boro high school. The club went on record unanimously as giving its moral support to the hand project. On motion, duly made and sec onded, President Mitchell ap pointed a nominating committee composed of Julius C. Hubbard, Joe R. Barber, and J. B. Wil liams. This committee will pre sent names for officers and direc tors to serve the club for the l coming year at the regular De | cember meeting. ? Just before the club adjourn ed, J. B. Williams spoke of the proposed consolidation of the Wllkesboros, asking club mem bers to give this matter serious consideration before the next meeting of the club.