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trading radius of 50 miles,
serving 100,000 people in
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oi. 43. No. 66 Published Mondays and Thursdays \ NORTH W1LKESBORO, Jn. C., Thursday, December 2, 1948 Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center
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FUNDS ASKED FOfe CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT OF HIGH SCHOOL'BAND
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Here is a new picture of the North Wilkesboro high
school band, which has fifty members! this year and
continues to show rapid development and improve
ment. Left to right in the picture are: majorettes, Bet
ty Elledge, Mary Hudson, Florence Gilreath, Terry
Jones, Carol Marlow, Nell Brame, Billie Jackson, Miss
Eva Bingham (director); first row, Ann Smith, Pa
tricia Hutchinson, Doris Wiles, Betty Jo Reavis, Car
olyn Deans, Doris God bey, Doris Darlington; second
row, Martha Justice, Eric Duncan, Patricia Caldwell,
Jimmie Hayes, Frances Harris, Becky Reins, Bruce
Way land; third row, Charles Summers, Pattie Gabriel,
Christine God bey, Carl Swofford. Robert Wells, Ed
ward Moore, Phillip Lomax; fourth row, Kent Sturdi
vant, Betty Whicker, Norma Gabriel, Betty Jean Wells,
Jerry Day, Jimmie Caldwell, Frank Bentley; fifth row,
T. C. Billings, Mary Anne Casey, Betty Blackburn,
John Hubert Emerson, Jimmie Blair,' Reggie Moore,
Nancy Sturdivant; sixth row. Bobby Anderson, Barbara
Johnston, Dottie Winters, Kenneth Phillips, Anne Carl
to, Jimmie Swofford; seventh row, Douglas Cleary,
Tyre Sidden, Calvin Hayes. Patsy Hoover and Charles
Staraes were absent when the above picture was made.
(Photo By Lane's Studio)
6-Year-0ld Boy
Killed By Track
Jkiighway 421
Bobby" Clark Struck B y
Truck Five Miles East
Of Wilkesboro
Robert Franklin (Bobby) Clark,
six-year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Julius Clark, of North Wilkesboro
route three, was instantly killed
Wednesday afternoon when he ran
into the side of a moving truck on
highway 421 five miles east of
Wilkesboro.
The truck, belonging to Holly
Mountain Farms Co., was driven by
Flake Webber, of Wilkesboro. Fol
lowing investigation by Coroner I.
M. Myers and highway patrolmen
the accident was termed unavoidable
jJhd no charges were preferred
Against Mr. Webber.
1? According to the account of the
accident given by Mr. Webber and
other witnesses, the truck was trav
eling east on highway 421 when the
boy suddenly ran across the road.
Mr. Webber applied his brakes and
pulled to the right shoulder of the
road but the front of the truck bed
near the cab struck the boy and
knocked him to the pavement, re
sulting in instant death.
Bobby was a first year student at
Wilkesboro school. He is survived
by his father and mother and the
following brothers and sisters: John
Henry Clark, of Dallas, Texas;
Flossie, Frances, Julius, Jr., and
Betty Lou Clark, of the home.
Funeral'will be held Saturday,
two p. m.,at Fishing Creek Arbor
church. -
For Man Charged
Attempted Rape
Hearing will bS held Friday, two
m. at the courthouse in Wilkes
,ro for Veirn Ester, Roaring River
sident charged with "assault to
mmit rape.
The w arrant with date of Novera
>r 20 charged that Ester, a married
an, went to the house of Everett
leary near Hays when Mr. Cleary
as away .froip?the house, that he
itered the house and attempted to
pe Mrs. Cleary.. '
Ester has been in jail at Wilkes
>ro since the warrant wats served
on after the date of the alleged
tillers Creek High
West Yadkin To Play
Millera.Creek .basketball J?""8'
from 'West Yad_kin^high
ms ironi - ?
tool at Millers Creek Friday
nl recent games Millers Creek
uns won from Roaring River and
t to Yadlrinville.
Bazaar To Be Held
Saturday Morning
A bazaar and food sale will be
held Saturday morning, beginn
ing at 10 o'clock in the Winkler
buildtngTn wilkesboro under th^
auspices of the Pearl White Cir-,
cle of the Wilkesboro Methodist! j
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Cakes, candy, pies, chic!
salad, and many other fo.<fd
items will be sold; also many
hand-made articles which -jilll
make useful and attractive
presents.
School For Fruit
| Growers Planned
December 7 and 8:
Pores Knob Community
House Will Be Head
quarters For Session^ *1
Brushy Mountain Fruit
association yill be sponsor
day fruit growers school/'1
Tuesday and Wednesda;
ber 7 and 8, at Pores '
munity house on high
Pores Knob. l
Sessions will beginfeach day at
nine a. m. and continue throughout]
the day, with lunch tp be served at
12:30 by the Porel .Knob Home
Demonstration club. 'Those who.can
attend should notif .Carl" E. Van
Deman in order tha dinner prepar
'ations may be made ! 1
Specialists who i rill conduct the
course include C. F. Williams, of
State College; Dr. I. D. Jones, of
State College; A. N. Pratt, of
American Fruit Growers; E. R. Col
lins, of State College; Carroll R.
Miller, of Appalachian Aptye Ser
vice, Martinsburg, Va.; J. 0. Fran
cis, of State College; C. P. Harley,
l of United States Department of
Agriculture; and Carl E., Yan
Deman, assistant county agent.
Some of the topics to be us|d will
be control of poison oak, utilization
Of off-grade fruit, strawberry grow
ing, marketing problems, discussion
of varieties, fertilizer, soil manage
ment, promotion of apples, stick-on
sprays, blossom thinning.
Tuesday afternoon will be a dem
onstration at ABC orchards and on
Wednesday afternoon will be a dem
onstration at the Janfu orchard in
'Alexander county.
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Pfc. Henry G. Hayes
Funeral Sunday, 11
Funeral service for Pfc. Henry
C. Hayes, who was killed in ac
tion in Italy in March, 1944, will
be held Sunday at 11 a. m., at
Beaver Creek Baptist church.
Pfc. Hayes was a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Grover C. Hayes, of
the Beaver Creek community.
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Mrs, iSallie McPherson, of Ral
eigh, spent the holidays here with
her mother, Mrs. L A. Hauser.
NOIftH WILKESBORO BAND SEEKS
l/S2,500 FOB IMPROVEMENTS NOW
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J "fhe North Wilkesboro high school
hsod is building Jin enviable reputa
/*>n in the state and on Saturday
jriU play at the Shrine Bowl football
fg&me in Charlotte. Recent appear
ances have included playing for a
Davidson football game and leading
the parade at the tobacco market
opening at West Jefferson last week.'
Band sponsors have been organ-,
ized to make sure that the band has
necessary funds for continued im
provement. G. Sam Winters is
chairman of the sponsors, who are
Jack Swofford, J. B. .Carter,. Dr.
H. B. Smith, Mrs. W. G. Gabriel,
Mrs. Paul Harvel, Jr., Forrest Tug
man and Forrest Jones.
In a public letter issued here this
week Mr. Winters explained the
need for $2,500 now asked in the
form of contributions. Excerpts
'from his letter follow:
.? "New instruments, additional uni
forms for new members of the band
and for all members who are rapidly
outgrowing their present uniforms,
innovations in equipment to add
zest to displays on the field?all are
necessary to keep up the fine im- ?
provements in our band which was 1
organized such a short time ago.
They have the talent, they have a
fine instructor, and adequate ma
terial in the schools for new mem
bers.
"But all of this takes money.
This is definitely not a charity cause.
Your money will be spent for your
pleasure and entertainment. And
| perhaps best of all, for advertise-!
ment of our town and community.
Business people realize more and
more that entertainment has a tan
gible value that can be expected to
return dollars where only cents are
invested.
"Your band committee, recently
organized, is very enthusiastic
about the prospects for our band in
both the immediate and distant fu
ture. We feel that everyone will
want to contribute to this progress.
This letter launches a drive for im
mediate contributions for immediate
needs and asks that everyone will
make provisiQn in hearts and pock
etbooks for 4 yearly fund for the
band.
"The immediate need is for two
thousand live hundred dollars
($2,500); and we expect that ap
proximately fifteen hundred dollars
($1,500) will be required each year
to keep up the normal expenses of
healthy growth and improvement.
Please use the attached coupon
and enclose your check. This will
save you the time and bother of
having members of the committee
call on you. If you make your con
tribution as you think you will in
return receive pleasure and profit,
we will be sure to meet the required
quota. This donation can be de
ducted for income tax purposes."
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North Wilkesboro High School
Band,
North Wilkesboro^N. C.
Please find enclosed: $500.00,
$400.00, $300.00, $250.00, $200.00,
$100.00, $75.00, $50.00, $25.00,
$15.00, $10.00, $5.00, $
(Circle or fill in amount) as my
gift'to The North Wilkesboro High
School Band, as an expression of
my (our) desire to support this or
ganization in its progress for the
school, students, Town of North
Wilkesboro, and the community at
large.
Signed
Business or Profession
Will Show 1949 |
Cadillac Friday
B. & L. Motors, local dealers for'
Cadillac and Oldsmobile automo-^
biles, will show the 1949 model
Cadillac Friday in the company's
show rooms on D street.
An outstanding feature of the
new Cadillac is the wholly new V-1
type engine, and the car has many
other advancements,. including new
beauty in the front ensemble and
interior improvements.
The public has a most cordial in
vitation to view the new .Cadillac
tomorrow at B. & L. Motors.
Pfc. Harold Chambers
Funeral On Sunday
Funeral service will be held
Sunday, two pv m., at Temple Hill
Church for Pfc. Harold M. Cham
bers, who died of wounds in
France September 19, 1944.
Pfc. Chambers was a son of
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman R. Cham
bers, of the Ronda route two
community.
John Vickers Is
Suicide Victim
John Vickers, Wilkesboro colored
resident, ended his own life early
today with a shotgun charge into
his brain, Coroner I, M. Myers
stated following investigation of his
death.
According to information gained
by Coroner Myers, Vickers stepped
from his. house with a double
barrel 12-gauge shotgun about 6:30
a. m. while his wife had gone to
milk the cow. About 30 yards from
the bouse his body was found iyith
a shotgun wound in the right side
of his hea l. One barrel of the gun
was still loaded and cocked.
Vickers is survived by his wife
and several children.
Funeral arrangements were in
complete today.
Selling Mints For
Streptomycin Fund
The welfare committee of the
North Wilkesboro Woman's club
is selling home-made mints for
'Teen Age Center
to Open Saturday
Night Wilkesboro
Will Be Operated Alternat
ing Saturday Nights
Two Gymnasiums
Directors of the Wilkes Chamber
of Commerce are planning to oper
ate the 'Teen Age Center in the
Wilkesboros, beginning December
11 in the Wilkesboro gymnasium.
In a joint meeting of the directors
and committee members it was de
cided to operate the center on Sat
urday nights, alternating between
North Wilkesboro and Wilkesboro
gymnasiums. The second night for
the center will be December 18 at
the North Wilkesboro gymnasium.
C. Arthur Venable, chairman of
both groups, presided at the meet
ing. He and Tom Jenrette, chamber
secretary-manager, were authorized
to spend up to $50 for equipment
and supplies, and to choose leaders.
It was suggested that civic groups
again sponsor the Teen Age Center
and that each group be responsible
for the program of activities on cer
tain dates. The board of directors
and the groups they represent are
as follows: C Arthur Venable,
Chamber of Commerce; J. B. Carter,
Y. M. C. A.; L. M. Nelson, Kiwanis
club; Mrs. Robert Gibbs, Girl Scouts;
Gordon Finley, Boy Scouts; Paul
Osborne, Dokies; Miss Rebecca
Moseley, Red Cross; Claude Canter,
Junior Order; Mrs. Wm. T. Long
and Mrs. E. E. Vaught, Wilkesboro
Woman's Club; Mrs. Ivey Moore,
North Wilkesboro Woman's Club;
Mrs. Sam Vickery, Junior Woman's
Club; J. H. Whicker, Jr., Lions Club;
Maurice Walsh, North Wilkesboro
Masonic lodge; Johnson Sanders,
Wilkesboro Masonic lodge; Mrs. J.
A. Rousseau, Legion Auxiliary; Bill
Thomas, American Legion; fWnk
Crow, Knights of Pythias; Ivey
Moore, V. F. W.; J. F. Woodward,
C. B. Eller and Charles C. McNeill,
ex-offlcio members.
Chamber of Commerce Education
committee members are C. B. Eller,g
C. C. Faw, Blair Gwyn, Ira Payne,'
T. E. Story, J. F. Woodward, R. B.
Church, Dr. J. S. Deans, Dr. H. B.
Smith, Dwight Nichols, M. E. Wine
coff. ?
A committee composed of J. F.
Woodward, C. B. Eller and T. E.
Story was named to make a brief
survey of educational needs in
Wilkes county.
Mrs. Bullis Dies; ,
Rites At Sanford
Mrs. Mary Lou Wright Bullis,
76, died Wednesday morning at
five a. m., at her home near San
ford. She had been in apparently
normal health and death was at
tributed to a heart attack.
Mrs. Bullis was a native of
Wilkes county and spent the
greater part of her life in Wilkes,
where she was well and favor
ably known. She was born at
Millers Creek July 7, 1872, a
daughter of the late Joseph and
Mary Wright. She was married
in 1895 to Roby J. Bullis and
they lived at Millers Creek until
1919, when they moved to Lee
county, near Sanford. Mr. Bullis,
who was extensively engi.gea in
farming near Sanford, diad sev
eral years ago.
While she lived in Wilkes,
Mrs. Bullis was a member of
Friendship Methodist chuich near
Millers Creek and was known for
her Christian character. Surviv
ing Mrs. Bullis are the following
son, and daughters; Carl W. Bul
lis, Wilkesbord; Mrs. B. O. Nich
ols, Mrs. W. H. McDuffie, Mrs.
C. J. Jackson and Conrad Bul
ls, all of Sanford. Also surviving
are one brother and one sister,
Mr. Will Wright, and Mrs. W. T.
Webster, both of Statesville. She
was preceded in death by ^two
sons and two daughters, three in
infancy, and Ray Bnllls, who
died six years ago; also by one
brother, John W. Wright, of
Wilkesboro.
Funeral service will be held
Friday, two p. m., at Buffalo
church near Sanford.
the T. B. Hospital streptomycin
fund daring the holidays.
Anyone wishing to place ord
ers for mints during the holi
days, please call Mrs. L. D. Cooke
or Mrs. G. T. Bare.
The mints will also be on sale
at Modern Cleaners, Bare's De
partment Store, Key City Bakery,
The Jewel -Box, and Insurance
Service ft Credit company's of
fice. The mints are made by Mrs.
W. M. DeBerry, of this city.
Alumni Speaker
DEW MCCOLM E. CAMPffEU.
Dean Malcolm E. Campbell of
the School of Textiles at N. C.
State College will be the princi
pal speaker at a meeting of the
Northwest State College Club in
the Y.M.C.A. at Edkin on Mon
day, December 13, at 7:30 o'
clock.
Rev. J. E. Pearson,
Missionary, Will
Speak To B. T. II.
Dobson Minister Employed
As Misionary Baptist
Group Churches
Rev. J. E. Pearson, pastor of
Dobson Baptist church, has been
employed as missionary in the
Brushy Moutnain Baptist Asso
ciation. In this capacity, he suc
ceeds Miss Madge Lewis, who re
signed for further scholastic
work in California. Rev. Mr.
Pearson will begin his new dut
ies January i.
? Rev. Mr. Pearson will deliver
the inspirational message on the
theme, "Found Faithful In Our
Task", in the simultaneous mass
meeting of, the Brushy Mountain
Associational Training Union to
be held Monday, December 6, at
7:30 p. : m., in the Wilkesboro
Baptist church.
With each church in the asso
ciation urged to send a delega
tion, the training union program
for 1949 will be presented by as
sociational officers. Special music
and other enjoyable feautres will
be presented.
Music Club Is
Organized Here
Ou Friday night, November 28,
at the home of Mrs. A. F. Kilby,
members of the Mozart Music
club of Lenoir met with a group
of local music lovers for the pur
pose of assisting In the organiza
tion of a music club in North
Wilkesboro. Mrs. W. I. Pitts,
president of the Lenoir club, was
assisted by Mrs. B. M? Lackey
and Mrs. Todd in presenting in
formation concerning the work
and value of a federated music
club.
A special feature of the meet
ing was a musical program con
sisting of vocal selections by Mr.
and Mrs. William Stevens and
piano selections by Mrs. Whls
anant.
During the social hour refresh
ments were served by Mrs. R. S.
Gribbs, Mrs. A. F. Kilby and Miss
Ellen Robinson, hostesses of the
evening.
At tbe business meeting the
following were elected to serve
as officers of the newly organixd
club.
President, Miss Ellen Robin
son; vice president, Mrs. A. F.
Kilby; treasurer, Miss Lois
Scroggs; secretary, Mrs. C. T.
Doughton.
Birthday Supper
Rev. Clate Brown was given a
surprise birthday supper Tuesday
night, November 30, on his 34th
birthday. The supper was provided
by the membem of the Fairplains
Baptist church,jW which he is pas
tor. About fifty people met at Rev.
Brown's home .in Oakwods about
7:00. There was plenty of delicious
food for e veryone, including a large
birthday cake with candles to rep
resent each year that Rev. Brown
has spent serving the Lord. Every
one ate, sang spiritual hymns and
had a wonderful time at the supper.
Miss Ruby Bitrtm, pianist of Fair
plains Baptist church, furnished the
music for the sieging.
Chorus Of 650
Voices Will Sing
Christmas Carols
Santa Claus Will Arrive In
Four-Horse Sleigh At
Memorial Park
A chorus of about 650 from
churches and schools in Wilkes will
blend their voices in singing Christ
mas carols aroftnd a lighted tree, to
welcome the arrival of Santa Claus
during the Christmas holiday open
ing program in Memorial Park Fri
day evening, December 3, seven
o clock.
Arranged by the Trade Promotion
committee of the Wilkes Chamber
of Commerce, this program is ex
pected to draw a record crowd for
Christmas events in North Wilkes
boro.
The choral groups, about 20 in
number, will assemble in Memorial
Park promptly at six o'clock, and
from there will be carried by buses
to four outlying points: Tenth
street between D and E; Sixth
street at the churches; Midway be
tween the Wilkesboros; and the
colored group at Smoot Park.
Wilkes Transportation company
.will furnish bus transportation
without cost.
At 6:50 o'clock all groups, with
each singer carrying a lighted can
? Yv. gin arching to Me
morial Park, singing enroute. Mean
while the North Wilkesboro high
school band will be playing Christ
mas music at the park for entertain
ment of spectators who have al
ready arrived.
SiC j6* ?'cIock the groups are
scheduled to arrive at the gates of
the park and will march in to
gether, taking their places in a
semi-circle about the lighted Christ
tr^ P1***1 m the middle of the
football field. Spectators are asked
to be seated in bleachers on both
sides of the field.
WJ? CM?uion' of radi0 station
wiujl, will be commentator for the
[program. The entire groups will
fflng carols in unison, led by Jay
Anderson. Dr. John T. Wayland,
First Baptist pastor, will lead the
Christmas prayer, which will be fol
lowed by more singing. To climax
the program Dr. Gilbert R. Combs',
First Methodist pastor, will read
A Visit From St. Nicholas" (Twas
the Night Before Christmas), with
sound effects furnished by the high
school band. There will be a pause
midway of this poem when the
chorus will sing "Santa Claus Is
Coming To Town," and Santa will
amve in traditional style in a
gigantic sleigh drawn by four big
horses. Santa himself will drama
tize the remainder of the Christmas
program read by Dr. Combs and
will pick up boxes in which letters
to Santa have been placed by chil
dren present. Santa's final activi
ties on the program will be going
a!ong m front of the stands dis
tributing candy to children. To the
closing words of the poem, "Happy
Christmas To All and to All a Good
Night, Santa will be whisked away
VnS? 1118 quarters at the
North Pole, there to await the date
of his universal, nocturnal visit on
onnstmas eve.
0?Jhe ,Trfde Promotion committee
acknowledges with thanks the trans
portation of singing groups, to be
furmshed by H. P. Eller,, owner of
Wilkes Transportation company;
S aT Service for the pub
thp reuS 8j:stem' Dave Hall for
hour 1 R fj1. f0U5 horsesi Spain
hours, Belk s and Penney's for
decorating the sleigh; the choral
AT SerS'r
A. F. Kilby, Lee Edward Harris.
Miss Sara Jane Judy, Mrs C T
Houghton and Zeb Dickson. ' '
J. C. Parsons
TakenBy Death
J. Cicero Parsons, 77, for many
years a prominent farmer of the
Purlear community, died Wednes
day, 1:10 p. m., at the Wilkes hos
pital following an illness of three
weeks. '
Funeral service will be held Fri
day, two p. m., at New Hope Bap
tist church, where for several dec
ades Mr. Parsons had been active in
church work. Rev. C. J. Poole, pas
tor, will be assisted by iRev. Vernon
Eller, Rev. A. W. Eller and Rev.
Glenn Huffman.
SuWiving Mr. Parsons are his
wife, Mrs. Sallie Persons; two
daughters, Mrs. Conrad Forester, of
Wilkesboro route one, Mrs. C. C.
Ryan, of Purlear; one grandchild
and one brother, H. 0. Parsons, of
f ricket.
In addition to church activities
Mr. Parsons was actively interested
in community and fraternal affairs.
He was a member of the Mt. Pleas
ant Masonic lodge.