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For ^ Mer rier Christ mas Shop In The JVilkee borosj Shop Early/ V t JOURNAL-PATRIOT OUR CITY North Wilkesboro has a trading radius of 50 miles, serving 100,000 people in The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 42 Years Northwestern Carolina. 43, No. 68 ; Published Mohdays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., Thursday, December 9, 1948 Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center II > L BAND CONCERT FRIDAY NIGHT North Wilkes boro high school band will give its first concert of the season Frida^*nigrht, eight o'clock, in the North Wilkesbor{> school auditorium. The program will consist of classical and popular numbers by the band and the two trios; pictured above. In the top photo is the trumpet trio, left to right: Betty Whicker, Carl Swof ford, and Christine God bey. In the lower photo is the clarinet trio: Frances Harris, Carolyn Deans and Doris God bey. Admission charges will be 50 and 25 cents. (Photos by Lane'p Studio). e il^m t?-l:J i wiuan VivjifllUd Are Presented By Ace Parker Here Clarence "Ace" Packer, former All American back arid now back field coach at Duke University, pre-1 sented the Liberty th< Tuesday evening beiore a large audience at the Liber y Theatre. Blocking trophies fo: outstanding blockers in the Nort and Wilkesboro teanis. were pre Wilkesboro ney, Wilkes- j lback, and to sented to Daniel Lir boro's T formation fu Jim Hadley, end on ;he Mountain Lions team. These players were se Jgcted by team mates to receive the j ?top hies. The Wilkesboro-North Wilkesboro winner trophy was presented to the Wilkesboro team fori winning the -I annual grid classic here Thanks giving Day 25 to 6, "and" ac cepted for the Wilkesboro' team by Jack Groce, halfback and co-captain. The program on the Liberty stage opened with "America" by a part of the North Wilkesboro high school band. Roy Forehand, theatre manager, was master of ceremonies. C. B. Eller, county superintendent of schools, Wm. T. Long and J. Floyd Woodward, respective heads of the Wilkesboro and North Wil kesboro schools, spoke briefly and thanked the theatre for giving the trophies and making the occasion possible. Ace Parker made an interesting talk. He enumerated the principal benefits of athletics as: competitive spirit, good sportsmanship, physical improvement and mental alertness. He urged the use of the competitive spirit. "Don't ever let up. If you do you're going to get hurt. Don't ever let up a bit," he admonished. RecommendedThat Stores Be Closed 25th Through 27th Merchants Of Wilkesboros To Vote On Question Christmas Holidays The Trade Promotion Commit tee of the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce in meeting today rec ommended that stores in the Wil kesboros be closed on Christmas Day, December 25, Sunday, De cember 25, and Monday, Decem ber 27. Previously it had been stated that stores would re-open on Monday, December 27, but the us ual custom is to allow two work ing days as holidays and the de cision to recommend the change was based on that policy. This recommendation was made by the committee with the under standing that the final decision rests on a vote to be taken. All merchants in the Wilkesboros may vote on the proposal, along with the suggested holiday sche dule for 1949. The committee recommended for 1949 that Easter Monday, Ju ly 4, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas holidays of December 26 and 27 be observed as store holidays. They voted not to ob serve January 1 and Labor Day. The committee also recom mended that Wednesday after noon closing be January thru September.. All of these recommendations will go out on ballots to be mail ed from the Chamber of Com merce office for vote by all the merchants of the Wilkesboros. Early returns of the ballots are expected in order that definite de cisions may be reached. Any merchant who does not re ceive a ballot is asked to contact the Chamber of Commerce office. 1 Bluejackets To Play Davidson 5 Tonight Eller's Bluejackets will play Davidson College basketball team tonight, eight o'clock, in Wilkes boro gymnasium. This will be one of the top cage attractions of the year in Wilkes. Last night Miller's Creek All Stars pulled a surprise by defeat ing Eller's Bluejackets 61 to 59 in a closely contested game at Millers Creek. Pos. Eller's (59) (61) Millers Cr. RF Wey 13 6 Clark C E. Eller 9 4 Livingstone LF Daddino 14 20 J. Vannoy RG Mercak 12 ..." 12 Bumgarner LG McLean 11 17 Eller Half-time score?Eller's 26, Mill ers Creek 25. Substitutes: Eller's ? H. Eller, Church, Watkins, Staley, Whitting ton, Floro. Millers Creek?Crysel 2, Sebastian, Church, W. Vannoy. Support the Y. M. C. A. DREAMS OF BALINGAYSIG HAUNT SGT. VALENTINE $j?t. I. E. Valentine, for more than 40 years a soldier now a member of the North Wilkesboro police Wtrce, has the distinction of having served in three wars Spanish-American, World Wars I and II, and he would like to pt in [touch with any other veteran of similar record. He entered the army April 4, 1899, and retired September 30,. 1943, at Camp Claiborne, La. After four years at Moore General Hospital, Sgt. Valentin^-eturn ed to North Wwkeaboro. Many requests have been made for publication of the following article, which was written by Reed Sarratt, and was first published in the Char lotte News during World War II: "Proceed at once to Balingaysig," came the terse order to the smalll detachment of 25 American soldiers stringing a telephone line between Passi and Balingaysig on the Isle of Samar in the Philippines. At double time the detachment made its way to Balingaysig, a thriving Phillipine village of 1,500 inhabitants, where Company "C" of the Ninth Infantry was stationed. But Balingaysig was no longer a thriving village; it had become a city of the dead. The 25 soldiers found themselves to be the only liv ing beings there. Around them were the mutilated bodies of the men of Company "C," all of them the victims of a brutal massacre. Worst Sight In 40 Years Soldiering Among the 25 men who first ar rived on the scene of the massacre was Technical Sergeant Isaac E. Valentine, who is now assigned to the office in Charlotte of the in structor for 105th Engineers, North Carolina National Guard. Sergeant Valentine enlisted in the army on April 4, 1899. Of all his exper iences as a soldier the one which re See?SGT. VALENTINE}?Page 3 v? 1 Auxiliary To Meet | American Legion Auxiliary will meet Monday night, 7:30, with Mrs. Harry Hettiger. Mrs. Ralph Bowman and Mrs. Hamp ton McNeill will be associate | hosteses. if ? Dokies To Meet North Wilkesboro Dokies club will meet Friday, 6:30, at Dan Hud son's place near Soaring River on highway 268. Fairplains H. D. Club To Meet December 14 Fairplains Home Demonstra tion Club will hold their Christ mas meeting in the home of their president, Mrs. Wiley Brooks. Please note the change of date, which is December 14th. Every one make plans to attend this meeting. Gifts will be exchanged and Heart Sisters will be an nounced. Recreation will be planned by Mrs. Harold Bumgarner and Mrs. Kenneth Gillean. County Officers Take Oaths Office, Begin New Terms Wilkes county officials elected in the November election were ad ministered oaths of office Monday by Clerk of Court C. C. Hayes. All re-elected were Troy C. Fos ter, register of deeds, four-year term; Tyre G. Casey, surveyor, two years; Commissioners M. F. Absher, C. C. Sidden and I. J. Broyhill. The board of commissioners in organization meeting re-elected M. F. Absher as chairman. Troy C. Foster as register of deeds is ex officio clerk to the board. J. Allie Hayes was employed as county attorney. In that capacity he succeeds F. J. McDuffie. J. C. Grayson was re-appointed county accountant and tax super visor and L, B. Dula was re-appoint ed as his assistant. Sheriff C. G. Poindexter and Clerk of Court C. C. Hayes are in the midst of four-year terms and were not up for re-election this year. All Wilkes county elected of ficials are Republicans. U Preaching Service Fairplains Baptist Rev. David Day will conduct a service at Fairplains Baptist church Saturday;, December ljth, at 7:00 p. m. He wm be accom panied by Miss Myers, his pianist, and special singers. The public Is cordially invited to attend the service. * Mr. J. H. (Coot) Wall has re turned to Akron, O., after a visit with his mother, Mrs. Victoria Wall, and sister, Miss Hassle Wall, at Boomer. C. C. Wingler Victim fimshot Woand Near Here C. C. (Chess) Wingler, merchant; who operates a store two miles east of this city on highway 268, is a patient at the Wilkes hospital today, because of a bullet wound which was presumed to have been self-inflicted. The bullet entered the top part of, his forehead and ranged backward through the upper part of his brain. There were powder burns on his forehead. An ambulance was called and Mr.! Wingler was quickly'carried to the Wilkes hospital, but he was in a dying condition. Mr. Wingler is a veteran of World War II, in which he served a long period overseas. Soon after returning from service he entered into mercantile business. Church Broadcast First Presbyterian Radio station WKBC will broadcast the eleven o'clock ser vice Sunday from the North Wil kesboro Presbyterian church. The message will be delivered by the pastor, Rev. Watt M. Cooper. Union Lodge To Meet Union Lodge number 331, I. O. O. F., will meet Saturday night, December 11, for work in the first degree. All members, es pecially the degree team, are urg ed to attend, the announcement by John R. Jones, noble grand stated. Funeral and burial services lor Mrs. Mary Lou Bullis, widow of R. J. Bullis, were held Friday afternoon at Buffalo church near Sanford. Those attending from Wilkes were Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bullis, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Koly riych and daughter, Brefida, of Wilkesboro, Mr. C. G. iHorton, of this city, and Mrs. Klnsa Ellis, of North Wilkesboro route one. Mrs. Bullis was the mother of Mr. Carl Bullis. World cotton production will exceed consumption this year for the first time since the end of World War II. NATIONAL GUARD MAINTENANCE BUILDING VIRTUALLY ASSURED BY CO-OPERATIVE ACTION HERE Construction of a maintenance building for the 112th battalion of the National Guard here was vir tually assured this week by coopera tive action on the part of Wilkes County Commissioners, property owners in a suburb of North Wilkes boro, and a special committee of the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce. W. K. Sturdivant, a North Wilkes boro business and civic leader, agreed to sell land for an approved site at exactly one half of its ap praised market value; that is, he donated half the cost of the land. The site, already approved by mili tary authorities, is a plot of the former Barber farm just outside of North Wilkesboro near highway 115 in what is called the East Main Street extension development of North Wilkesboro. The plot selected and approved is 300 by 300 feet, fronting on the dirt road which intersects with highway 115 between Wilkes Implement Company 'and the Parkway Cafe. The Wilkes commissioners made an appropriation of $6,500 in county funds, which are to be used for one half price of the land, approxi mately 560 feet of six-inch water main, and installation of a septic tank sewerage system for the build ing. Proposal for the building, accord ing to statement by Major Roy Forehand, National Guard Battalion eexcutive officer, is that the gov ernment will erect a maintenance building at a cost approximating $35,000 to be used for National Guard purposes and any community events when not in conflict with military use. The site was obtained with the aim in view of construc tion of an armory at a later date on the same plot. Under the proposal local funds must provide water, sewer, landscaping, electric lines to the location, and road to building. A two-inch water main from the town of North Wilkesboro now ex tends to a point near the proposed building site, but federal authorities require a site with six-inch main because of fire hazard. Property owners across the river from North Wilkesboro showed excellent co operation in agreeing to pay for placing a six-inch water main through their property to replace the present two-inch line. County funds will be used to pay for that part which will not be paid by prop erty owners. The town of North Wilkesboro has already agreed to extend the six-inch main from Smoot Park to the Yadkin River. The Special Committee from the chamber of commerce who appeared before the county commissioners in the interest of the project was headed by Ex-Sheriff P. E. Brown. Other members were P. W. Eshel man, R. G. Finley, W. K. Sturdi vant, R. M. Brame, Jr., J. B. Carter, G. Sam Winters, R. R. Church, Joe Barber, W. B. Somers, Tom Jen rette, Major Roy Forehand and Jack Swofford. Before the commissioners Mr. Brown explained the project, and stated that the National Guard is a valuable asset in the community. He also pointed out that the main tenance building to be erected and the armory planned for later con struction will be excellent com munity assets from many stand points, and that the buildings will not be of any cost to the county or municipalities. Major Forehand stated the proposal and Mr. Jenrette itemized estimated costs for local responsibilities in order to get the building. G. Sam Winters displayed a map of the property involved. P. W. Eshelman and R. G. Finley spoke briefly and. highly endorsed the project, fa the close of the hearing the commissioners took favorable action and passed the ap propriation motion. R. M. Brame, Jr., and Tom S. Jen rette, president and secretary manager of the chamber of com merce, praised the successful cul mination of the project as being one of the best examples of cooperative action in chamber of commerce work here. They commended highly the action of the commissioners in making the county appropriation and the property owners, town of North Wilkesboro and committee members for their assistance and cooperation. Funeral Sunday Funeral service for Pfc. Rob ert L. Jones, who was killed In action in Italy April 15, 1945, will be held Sunday, De cember 12, two p. m., at Cen ter Baptist church near Mul berry school. Rev. Ed Hayes will be In charge. Pfc. Jones Was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Jones, and prior to entering service made his home with an aunt, Mrs .Rule Brown, of North Wilkesboro route two. He Is survived by the following brothers and sisters:Mrs. John nie Wallace, Mooresville; Mrs. Annie Howe, Lincoln ton; Mrs. Goldle Key, Laurel Springs; Lance Jones, Hays; Homer Jones, North Wilkesboro; An cil Jones, in Kansas. Wilkes Chamber New Membership DriveThis Week Board Of Directors And Mfewibertfifp Committee - Seek More Members This is Chamber of Commerce Week in Wilkes county. Members of the board of di rectors, with several other mem bers, compose a membership com mittee which is seeking new members among business firms and individuals in the county. A dinner meeting of this com mittee was held Monday night at Hotel Wilkes, at which time names of prospective members were distributed for contact this week. In addition, the firm list af memberships was carefully studied, with recommendations made for memberships according to the stake of each firm in the community. The number of mem berships for each is a suggested number and no one is obligated to follow the suggestions unless they feel it is their proper share of the responsibility for main taining an up-to-date chamber for benefit of the entire com munity and county. The members of the member ship committee are donating their time for good of the community and county, and the utmost in co-operation from persons they contact is earnestly desired. Basketball League Will Be Organized Representatives of community md industrial group basketball ;eams will meet Tuesday, 4:30 p. m., it the office of the Wilkes Chamber if Commerce. Last year the league operated rery successfully with six teams, ind prospects are good for having in eight team league this year, filer's Bluejackets at Miller's Creek von the trophy last year in a play >ff with Millers Creek all stars. 3ther teams in the league were iVilkesboro, Mount Pleasant, Moun ain View, and Clevenger Business College. Additional prospects this rear include Roaring River, Ronda, ^orth 'Wilkesboro and any other :ommunity or industrial group in e res ted. The project is sponsored by the Recreation committee of the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce, of which Renn Andrews is chairman. This 'ear the proposal calls for a $5 entrance fee from each team, and ;he amount will be matched by the iommittee. Funds will be used for mrchase of trophies and for indi 'idual gold and silver basketballs 'or players on the two top teams. o Mr. Ed Waugh, of Akron, O., s visiting his mother, Mrs. Vic-| oria Wall, at Boomer. , CROP Canvass In Wilkesboros Sunday, Dec. 12 Foods In Tin Cans To Be Ac cepted; Extensive Can vass County Is Plan Under the leadership of local churches, a canvass will be made of the Wilkesboros Sunday afternoon, December 12, beginning at two p. m., to pick up food in tin cans. This will be a part of the Christian Over seas Relief prop-am, which is to be carried to ail parts of Wilkes county during the next several days. Junior Chamber of Commerce and Boy Scouts will make the can vass of homes in the Wilkesboros. Those who will contribute are asked to place cans on their front porches by two p m. The campaign in the county will be for grain, food in tin cans, sugar, salt, dried fruits, lard and other items but the can vass in the Wilkesboros is being limited to food in tins because it is generally conceded that whatever is given must be purchased and that purchases of food in tins would be convenient as any other items.that could be shipped. Chairmen have been named for central communities in Wilkes county. They are asked to secure trucks and drivers for each com munity and to canvass all homes and farms between December 9 and 19. The foods collected are to be carried to the garage back of Reins Sturdivant Funeral Home for stor age until a carload shipment leaves here December 20 to join the Friendship Train. Attention has been called to the fact that the shipping date was changed from December 13 to December 20 and the foods may be carried to the central collection point here any time prior to the 20th. In the county canvass non-ship pable foods will be accepted, and will be sold to help defray shipping costs* community chairmen -are asked to make announcements in churches and schools relative to the canvass of their respective localities, and to urge people to give freely that starving peoples in war torn areas may be fed. Grady F. Miller is county chair man; W, K. Sturdivant is vice chairman; and Mrs. Earl German is secretary-treasurer. The com munity chairmen are as follows: Gilreath, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hen dren; Roomer, Mr. and Mrs. Earl German, Mr. and Mrs. John An drews; Pores Knob, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Bentley; Moravian Falls, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Critcher, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Lowe; Ferguson, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Ferguson; Mt. Pleasant, J. C. McNeil, Mr. and Mrs. Taft Foster; Lewis Fork, V. C. Elledge; Purlear, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Yates; Parsonville, Lee Be shears; Summit, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Woodie; Reddies River, Odell Whitt ington; Vannoy, A. R. Miller; Mc Grady, W. M. Absher; Long Bottom, John Alexander; Traphill, Charlie Miles, Claude Pardue; Dockery, John A. Absher; Piney Grove, Ar thur Gambill; Radical, Oscar Rhoades; Mountain View, MUs Era Gilliam, Mr. and Mr. Claude John son; Hendrix, W. 0. Barnette; Millers Creek, Mr. and Mrs. Clate Bumgarner, Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Bumgarner; Cricket, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Eller; Mr and Mrs. Dewey Turner, Mr and Mrs. Dick Thomp son, Mrs. W. E. Jones; Oakwoods, Walter Stroud, W. H. H. Waugh, H. H. Morehouse; Cub Creek, Dr. and Mrs. H. G. Duncan; Roaring River, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Scroggs, Mrs. J. P. Pardue, Mrs. Ted Carpen ter, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Alexander, Mr. Winfield McCann; Fairplains, Mrs. Wiley Brooks, Mrs. Claude Deal; Mulberry, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Eller, Grady Miller, A. R. Myers; Halls Mills, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Sebastian; Benham, George Smith; Macedonia, Mr. and Mrs. John Hurt; Bugaboo, Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Key; Pleasant Hill, Rev. David Day, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Bell; Ronda, Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Moore, Rev. R. R. Crater; Thur mond, Mr and Mrs. C. C. Calloway, Mrs. R. C. Gentry; Clingman, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mathis, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Greene, Mr. and Mrs. James Pardue; Windy Gap, C. W. Hen dren; Somers Cross Roads, L. P. Somers, H. C. Roberts; Hunting Creek, Kermit Souther, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wright. Plan Square Dance At Moravian Falls Another old time square dance will be held Saturday night at eight o'clock in the Community House at Moravian Falls for the Community House fund. All who attend are assure^ an enjoyable occasion.
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