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oj. 43. No. 70. Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., Thursday, December 16, 1949 Make North W(lkesboro Your Shopping Center
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Thousands Greet Santa Claus In Pre-Holiday Visit. Here
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Here is a picture of Old St. Nick snapped di4*ing his pre-holiday visit to this
community at the Christmas program held Friday night in Memorial Park, which
was witnessed by a record crowd for * holiday event in the Wilkesboros. Santa
arrived in s, four-horse sleigh following a program of Christmas carols by a chorus
of about 600 from many parts of Wilkes county. Mayor T. S. Kenerly is the driver.
(Photo by Lane's Studio).
Christmas Music
Program Sunday
First Methodist
The senior choir of the first
Methodist church of North Wil
kesboro will present a candle
light program of Christmas mus
ic on Sunday evening at 8:00
o'clock.
The program will consist of
outstanding Christmas music by
the choir and the church soloists.
w,th the organ prelude,
ta- C by Dsqain and "Si?l
lent Night" by Oruber, the mus
ic will be as follows: Process
ional: "O Come, All Ye Faith
ful ', sung by congregation and]
choir; the Christmas Story from!
the Gospel of Luke, read by Dr.
Gilbert R. Combs; 'And the Glory
of the Lord", from "The Mes
siah" by Handel; 'Bethlehem",
Williams; "Lo, How a Rose E'er
Bloomin", Praetorius; "While
Shepherd? "Watched", music by
Petrie, Miss Jo Lassiter, soloist;
"There Were Shepherds", from
"The Messiah" by Handel, Mar
garet Anderson, soloist; 'There
Were Shepherds", from "The
Messiah"; "He Smiles Within His
Cradle", a Viennese Carol, Dot
L?ow?11' soloist; "Brightest and
iBest", an anthem by Dudley
Buck; "Gesu BSmbino", Yon;
"Arise Shine", music by Maker,
Norman Darlington, soloist;
"Come Unto Himm", from "The
Messiah", Mrs. Wake Clark, eo
loist; "Silent and Holy", from
"The Light Eternal" by Petrie,
Margaret Anderson, soloist; "The
Virgin's Slumber Song" by Rog
er; the hymn "Joy to the World",
sung by the congregation and
choir; the benediction by Dr.
Combs, and the "Hallelujah
Chorus" by Handel.
Members of the senor choir
are: Sopranos?Margaret Ander
son, Mrs. Wake Clark, Deannie
Gaddy, Jo Lassiter, Dot Powell.
Altos Mrs. Pauline Doughton,
Nellie Gabriel,Myrtle Norris, Lola
Scroggs, Dorothy Shell. Tenors?
W.s G. Gabriel, Sforman Darling
ton, Forrest Jones, Robert John
son, Dewey Minton. Basses?Jim
Day, Bill Combs, Bill Gabriel,
Richard Johnston, Robert Mor
row, Dudley Moore, Charles
Starnes. J. Jay Anderson, orga
nist and choir director.
Everyone is extended a cordial
invitation to attend this service
of Christmas music and to wor
ship with this mnric.
On Christmas Day at 7:45 in
the evening in the Sanctuary of
the First Methodist, the Christ
mas portion of the oratorio, "The
Messiah" will be given on re
cordings and everyone Is invited
to be present and sit and worship
and meditate in the atmosphere
of reference which is always a
part of this great work.
V. W. Square Dance
re Saturday Night
ft
'erybody is Invited to the
square dance to be held Satur
day night at the American Leg
ion clnbhonse to raise fnnds for
providing Christmas baskets to
needy families of veterans. A
string band will famish masic
for the dance. jL,. _?..
Wilkes Farmer Is
Winner Corn Prize
International Show
Mr. T. P. Elledge, well known
farmer of tbe Purlear communi
ty, won second place with an ex
hibit of ten ears of* prolific corn
at the Grain and Hay Show di
vision of the international Live
stock Exposition held recently
at Chicago.
This is the world's largest ex
position of farm products and
to be listed among the winners Is
considered a high honor.
Entries Needad For
Decorations Contest
In Wilkes County
Officials of the Wilkes Junior
Chamber of Commerce today ask
ed for more entries in their
Christmas home decorations con
test from the people of Wilkes
county. Forrest E. Jones, chair
man of the contest, said "In order
to make this county-wide annual
contest a success, we would like
to have more entries from out
side the Wilkesboros. If every
body works together we can de
velop a greater pride in our
homes and our county.
Prizes will be awarded for the
most elaborate dec|oratlon, the
best decorated doorway, and the
best decorated tree on a lawn.
The prizes are presented by the
Wilkes Junior Chamber of Com
merce.
Judging will be done during
the evenings of next week. Any
one wishing to enter this contest
and have their work Judged, may
do so by calling the Chamber of
Commerce, phone 672, or For
rest E. Jones at 721.
Wilkesboro Cagers
Split Early Games
Wilkesboro high school girls
and boys have two home games
before adjourning for the holi
days. On Friday night Wilkes
boro and Mountain View will play
at Wilkesboro and on Tuesday
night Taylorsville will play at
Wilkesboro in a Highlands con
ference game. First game of each
will begin at 7:30.
Wilkes boro's first games were
with Roaring River last week,
when Roaring River won the
boys' game 28 to 26 and the
girls' game 30 to 27. Both were
well played contests.
At Wilkesboro Tuesday night,
Wilkesboro boyB defeated Ronda
and the Ronda lassies took their
game 21 to 14. Following are
lineups and individual scores:
Girls' Game
Wilkesboro ? Bumgarner 4
Long 7; Bryan 2; Vaught, Lowe,
Stone. Ronda?Lankford 9; My
ers 3; Cook 7; Pardue, Parks,
Hamm. Substitutions ? Wilkes
boro: Anderson, Johnson 1, Mor
rison, Pennell, Somers, Hayes.
Ronda: Dimmette, Howell 2,
Byrd, Tharpe.
Wilkesboro. boys defeated Ron
da boys 7 to 26. Individual scores
were as follows: Wilkesboro?B.
Hubbard 4, Nichols 4, Edwards
14, Groce 11, Garwood 2, Ritchie
2, Dller, J. Hubbard, Linney,
Vaught, Miller. Ronda?Burch
ette, Greene, .Durham 13, White
6, Hoots 4, B. Durham 4, Feltjp,
Calloway, Dimmette.
Optimist Club
Met Tuesday
Members Vote To Contri
bute Sum $25.00 To High
School Band
A very Interesting and impres
sive meeting of the Optimist Clnb
of North Wilkesboro was held
Tuesday noon at Hotel Wilkee. In
the absence of the president,
Maurice E. Walsh, the vice pres
ident,. Jtilius C. Hnbbard, presid
ed over the meeting.
The luncheon opened with two
stanzas of "America", followed
by invocation spoken by Rev. C.
J. Winslow. During the business
session, the club secretary, For
rest Tugman, who is also treas
urer of the fund-raising cam
paign on behalf of the North Wil
kesboro high school band, pre
sented this matter to the atten
tion of the club, and following his
remarks the members voted to
contribute the sum of $25.00
from the club treasury for the
benefit of the band. Secretary
Tugman also passed out Optimist
literature for the members to
read.
The club was happy to have
Coach Jack Sparks as special
guest of Optimist Millard Wine
coff. Coach Sparks thanked the
club for its aid in getting two
North Wilkeeboro football play
ers in the Optimist Bowl games
at High Point and Asheville.
Brad Davis piaycd at High Point
and Jack Badgett at Asheville.
Dr. John T. Wayland, honorary
member of the club, in a most
impressive manner presented to
W. R. Harmon, new member of
the club, the Optimist button.
The club was highly pleased to
add Mr. Harmon to Its member
ship.
For the program, Dr. Wayland
made a short talk, using as hir
theme "Christmas'". His re*
marks were well received. Rev.
C. J. Winslow. ^.lso made a few
remarks in regard to the coming
Christmas season, stating that it
was a fine time to remember the
old folk and the shut-ins. The
brief messages of Dr. Wayland
and Rev. Mr. Winslow brought
to the attention of club members
the real meaning of Christmas
and the Yuletide season.
Holiday Program
Wilkesboro 20th
Christmas program at Wilkes
boro school, In which over 250
children will participate, will he
presented Monday night, 7:30, In'
the school auditorium.
The program will open with I
numbers by the primary chorus,
followed by elementary chorus
and the third grade rhythm band.
The eighth grade glee club, the
high school glee club and the
Dramatics club will also partici
pate. The program will be under
the direction of Mrs. C. T.
Doughton, music teacher in the
school.
The public is cordially Invited
to attend. There will be no ad
mission charges, but a collection
wljl be received for funds to
purchase needed supplies for the
music department of the school.
Holiday Schedule Voted Here
Books For Germany>
Will Be Collected!
In Wilkes Connty
Campaign To Be Conducted
Through Schools Early
In January. 1949
Wilkes county will participate
in the "Books For Germany" col
lection to be carried out in Jan-'
uary, Tom S. Jenrette," secretary
manager of the Wilkes Cham
ber of Commerce, said here to
day.
lh a meeting of a committee
held here C. B. Eller, county sup
erintendent of schools, was nam
ed county chairman. Others in
the meeting were J. Floyd Wood
ward, head of the North Wilkes
boro schools; Mrs. J. C. Reins,
of the Wilkes Public Library
board; C. Arthur Venable, chair
man of the Chamber's Education
committee; and Mr. Jenrette.
John C. Baskerville, of Lenoir, is
district chairman.
Schools will aid in collection of
books, and a central receiving
station will be established for
the Wilkesboros. Groups asked
to help include schools, Parent
Teacher. Associations, civic and
women's clubs, church groups, li
brary board and Scouts.
It was explained that books
will be collected and sent to Ger
many to be read by the three
million students in Germany who
are studying English. In this
manner, the committee said. Ger
man youth will learn much of
America and democracy and the
books will <jo much to offset Hit
ler's poisonous policy during his
reign over Germany.
Eliedge Named
j Councilor For
I. Jnniors Council
Officers Elected Tuesday
Night; Next Meeting on
December 28th
Roscoe Eliedge, proprietor of
Modern Trim Shop, was elected
councilor of the North Wllkes
boro council of the Junior Order
in meeting here Tuesday night,
succeeding Barney Harrold, Jun
ior past councilor.
Other officers elected to serve
through the first six months of
1949 were elected as follows:
Tom Wellborn, vice councilor;
C. A. Canter, assistant recording]
sercetray; B. F. Bentley, assist
ant recording secretary; North-1
western Bank, treasurer; Steve
Taylor, conductor; A. G. Ander
son, warden; Allen Phillips, in
side sentinel; Woodruff Wallace,
outside sentinel; Barney Har
rold, Junior phst councilor; Chas.
Leckie, IB. F. Bentley, Clay Par
due, trustees;! R'. C. Goodwin and
R. B. Church,1 representatives on
state council; Charles Leckie
and Clay Pardue, alternate rep
resentatives op state council; H.
L. Mechem, chaplain; Richard
Byrd, assistant chaplain.
The council' will not meet on
Tuesday, December 21, but will
meet on Tuesday, December 28,
7:30 p. m., at which time all
members are requested t>?
present.
Teen Age Center
Here On Saturday
The Wilkes 'Teen Age Cen
ter will operate Saturday night,
leight until 11 o'clock, at the
North Wilkesboro high school
gymnasium.
The program committee has ar
ranged highly interesting activi
ties and all 'teen age persons in
Wilkes county are cordially in
vited to enjoy tlje occasion.
Broadcast Sunday
Wilkesboro Church
Sunday morning' broadcast of
churph service by radio station
WKRC will be from the Wilkes
boro Baptist church with Rev.
W. N. Brookshire, pastor, deliv
ering the message.
Mr. J. El Holshonser, of
Boone, law partner of Messrs.
Eugene Trivette and Rill Mitch
ell, of this city, has been attend
ing Wilkes superior court this
yeek.
Funeral Sunday For
Pvt. Lloyd Painter
Funeral service for Pvt. Lleyd
J. Painter, who lost his life In
World War a, will be held Sun
day, two p. m., at the home of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clar
ence Painter, north of this city.
Father Peter Sheridan, of Le
nolr, will conduct the last rites
and burial will be In Mount Lawn !
Memorial Park. ' j
Surviving are the father and
mother; one (brother, George
Painter, now In the navy; and
two sisters, Mrs. D. J. Mills and
Mrs. Norma Ellis, of Halls Mills.
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Minor Cases Are
Tried Rapidly In
Wilkes Court Term
For the fifth time the trial of
Hugh West, former drug store
clerk here, on charge of abortion
manslaughter of Miss Pearl Jen
kins. of Winston-Salem,' has been
postponed.
Solicitor Avalon E. Hall said In
Wilkes court today that the ex
amining physician In the case Is
now engaged In special study in
the state of Pennsylvania and
cannot be here during the pres
ent term of court to testify.
Twice thb case was postponed
for the defendant, who lost a leg
In a motorcycle-truck collision
soon after the manslaughter
abortion charge was preferred,
and this makes three postpone
ments for the state.
Judge John H. Clement, of
Walktertown, is presiding over
the Wilkes court, which opened
Monday. Many cases Involving
misdemeanors have been tried,
but no prison sentences have
been meted out.
Divorces were granted in the
following cases Monday: Fannie
Mae Watkins versus Charlie Wat
kins; Ramona Davis versus Fred
H. Davis; Faye M. Hayes versus
Fred V. Hayes; Ezra Davis ver
sus Marine Alice Davis; W. P.
Smith versus Elizabeth Parsons
Smith; Carrie Hanellne versus
Jake Hanellne; Leota Billings
versus Marvin Billings.
Judgments have been rendered
in the following cases on the
criminal dockets: j
R. V. Billings, carrying con
cealed weapon, three months sus-1
pended on payment $50 and!
costs; James F. Vickers, reckless
driving and speeding, four
months suspended on payment
550 and costs; Rex L. Lovette,
speeding, $25 and costs; Don)
Lasley, gambling, 30 days' sus
pended on p Tment $10 fine and I
costs; Henry Marvin Davis and
John B. Williams, speeding, 30
days' suspended on payment of I
costs; Freeman Herman Wonger,
speeding, judgment suspended on
payment costs; Caswell Watkins,
speeding, Judgment suspended on
payment of costs.
The following defendants were
before the court for operating
motor vehicles while under in
fluence Intoxicants and they drew
sentences of four months on the
rodas, suspended on payment of
$100 fine each, with driver's li
cense revoked 12' months; Wood
row Bain, Paul Hemric, Thomas
Arnold, James Wesley Salmons,
William Nell White, and James
Ring.
Dr. weaver will
Address Kiwanis
Dr. Richard L. Weaver, pro-'
gram director of the R'esource
[JBe Education Commission, of
Chapel Hill, will speak' Friday at
the North Wilkesboro Kiwanis
club, and special recognition will
be given a member of the North
Wilkesboro school faculty for
outstanding work.
W. K. Sturdivant, program
chairman for the day, has assign
ed the program to C. Arthur Ven
able, chairman of the Chamber of
Commerce Education committee,
md committee members who are
uot Kiwanians will be gueets.
Mr. Gwyn Very III
Condition of Mr. R. W. Gwyn,
who suffered a stroke Friday
night, today remained critical,
although it was believed that his
condition was no worse, and that
there may be slight improvement.
He has not regained conscious
ness.
SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A
Funeral Sunday
9GT. WARREN Q. ROOPE
Sgt. Warren Roope
Last Rites Sunday
| Funeral service for Sgt. War
'reh G. Roope will be held Sun
day at 11 a. m., at Center church
and burial will be in Mount Lawn
Memorial Park.
i Sgt. Roope, son of F. F. Roope
and the late Mrs. Roope, of Wil
kesboro, died while In service In
England September 18, 1944. Of
ficial report stated that his death
was due to an accidental fall
off a 60-foot cliff.
Surviving Sgt. Roope are his
father and 12 brothers and sis
ters: Mrs. Rell Parsons, Mrs.
Clarence Jones, Mrs. W. H. Wat
kins and Morgan Roope, all ol
North Wilkesboro; Mrs. L. B.
Eller, Lenoir; J. H. Roope, Marv
in Roope and Mrs. Clyde .Bum
garner, all of Wilkesboro; Mrs.
Harvey Bullis, Clifton and Gar
ley Roope, all of .Burlington, Mrs.
James Dyer, Moravian Falls.
Christmas Music
First Baptist
Sunday, 5 P. M.
The choir of the First Baptist
church will present a cantata,
The Story of Christmas'' by Matt
hews, at five o'clock on this
Sunday afternoon, December 19,
Mrs. Andrew F. Kilby directing.
Gu.est soloists include: Miss Mar
tha Lue Frazier, soprano, and
John Cashion, bass. Although
Miss Frazier is a member of the
Baptist church here, she is now
a student of the Juillard School
of Music in New Tork City and
made her debut in her home town
in a concert last summer, being
very well received. Mr. Cashion
is a member of the Presbyterian
church choir of this city and the
popular program director of
radio station WKBC. Other so
loists are Miss Peggy Nichols,
contralto, of the church staff, and
Rev. Dean Minton, student at
Mars Hill College.
"The Story of Christmas" is
one of the most popular and best
knov/n of the Christmas canta
tas, and begins with a Men's
Chorus singing the words of
prophecy concerning the coming
of the Messiah to bless the earth.
A quartette of voices composed
of Mr. Cashion, Mrs. Tal Barnes,
George Wilson, and Miss Blllle
Barnes will sing the angels' song,
"Glory to God in the Highest!"
One of the beautiful. and most
difficult parts, "O Lovely Voices
of the Sky", will be given by Miss
Frazier. In picturing the quest of
the Magi, Mr. Cashion end Mr.
Minton will sing the narrative
with responses by the choir. Af
ter the "departure of the wise
men". Miss Nichols wil sing the
lullaby "Sleep, Holy Babe!"
Miss Lois Scrags will serve as
guest organist, and Miss Marie
Eller will be at the piano. Other
members of the choir include:
iSopranos?Miss Billie Barnes,
Miss Lucille Casey, Miss Hejen
Eller, Miss- Betty Lou Foster,
Miss Martha Lue Frazier, Mrs.
J. Gwyn Gambill, Miss Joyce Kil
by, Miss Betty Jean McNeil. Al
tos?Mrs. Tal Barnes, Miss Mary
Ann Casey, Mrs. Bob Day, Mrs.
James Harvel, Mrs. R. T. McNeil,
Mrs. E.' C. Morrison, Miss Peggy
Nichols, Mrs. A. G. Yates. Ten
ors?Messrs. Dean Minton, Dew
ey Minton, George Wilson. Bass
es?Messrs. John T. Cashion, Ed
win Chipman, D. E. Elledge, and
W. R. Harmon.
2 The public is cordially invited
to oome to the church at five
o'clock to hear the service of
Christmas music.
Stores Are To Be
Closed Dec. 25-27;
Holidays Arranged
Wednesday Afternoon Clos
ing Will Begin January
5; Bid Sept 28
Returns from approximately
200 ballots mailed to merchants
and other business firms by the
Wilkes Chamber of Commerce
have determined business holi
days In the Wilkesboros for the
coming year, Tom Jenrette, the
Chamber seretary-manager, said
today.
By a ratio of four to one the
merchants decided to close De
cember 25 through Monday, De
cember 27 for Christmas this
year. This will not apply to ga
rages, which will be closed De
cember 24 and 25 and re-open on
Monday, December 27.
A large majority voted against
observing New Year's Day as a
holiday and stores will be open
on January 1.
Raster Monday and July 4
were voted as holidays by a large
majority vote. Closing on Labor
Day was rejected by a ratio of
three to one, and stores will be
open on Labor Day.
Christmas, 1949, will be on
Sunday and stores will be clos
ed Monday and Tuesday, Decem
ber 2'6 and 27, in 1949.
Close Wednesday Afternoons
By a vote of about five to one
the plan to start Wednesday af
ternoon closing January 5 and
continue through September 28
was approved.
An exception to this Wednes
day afternoon closing schedule
will' be garages, which will close
on Saturday afternoon instead
of Wednesday afternoon, and it
was also indicated that wholesal
ers will be open on Wednesday
afternoon and Closed on Saturday
sjrtetrabbtt, "whifch was the plan
followed during the past
Christmas Party
The Fldelis class of the Hin
shaw Street Baptist church will
meet Friday evening, seven o'
clock, at the Woman's Clubhouso
for its annual Christmas party. A
buffet supper will be served,
heart sisters' identity will be re
vealed and gifts will be exchang
ed. Huspands and children of
class members are invited.
Form Basketball
League In Wilkes
Five Teams Entered, Sixtl
Is Sought; Schedule To
Begin In January
Wilkes Industrial Basketball
League was formed here todaj
by representatives of teams ii
the county, in a project under
auspices of the Recreation com
mittee of the Wlikes Chamber ol
Commerce.
Fve teams entered and the
league is seeking the sixth. Pos
sibilities mentioned were Wilkes
boro and North Wilkeeboro, and
Roaring River and Ronda, or a
combination of two.
Teams in the organization
meeting, and their managers
were: Eller's Bluejackets, de
fending champions, Hensley El
ler; Millers Creek all-stars, Rus
sell Parsons; ML Pleasant all
stars, Hurley Eledge; Mountain
View all stars, Barney Black
iburn; Clevenger Business Col
lege, Lee iBossi.
It was agreed that the season
begin the week of January S,
playing one game each week
through March 11. The season
would be divided, with the first
half winner playing the second
half winner for the championship
March 15, 16, and 17 in the Wil
kesboro gymnasium, if those
! dates are available.
No player list will be filed dur
ing the first half, but no player
may make more than one change.
] Player list for the remainder of
the season must be filed by Feb
ruary 5 at the Chamber of Com
merce office. The home team in
each game must furnish two of
ficials from the approved list, if
they are available. Games will
| start att 7:30 and admissions will
be 20 cents for students and 40
cents for adults. Each team la
palylng a five dollar entry fee for
purchase of trophies for the win
ner and runner-up teams.