North Carolina Newspapers

MSB0* Jor Infantile spent over $20,000 ~Si Polio Victims in il of the January w $10,000. THE JOURNAL-PATRIOT AMri Aiaiii OUR CITY North Wilkesboro has a trading radios of 50 miles, serving 100,000 people in The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progressjn the '^Sjtate of Wilkes" For Over 42 Years •stem Caroina. Vo^ ^ ^5 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., Thursday, January 6, 1949 Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center Christine Nichols Victim of Accident In Yadkin County Died Wednesday Morning; Funeral Friday, f0:30, At Moravian Falls Miss Christine Nichols, 16-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Earl Nichols, of Moravian Falls, died Wednesday, 2:10 a. m., at the Baptist hospital in Winston Salem. Miss Nichols was one of five young people injured in an auto accident at Yadklnville December 21st. However, the other occu pants of the car received only minor injuries. Miss Nichols was critically hurt and little hope was held for her recovery. Miss Nichols was born in Yad kin county May 10, 1932. For several years the family made their home in Winston-Salem and for the past four years at Mora vian. Falls. Miss Nichols was a member of Moravian Falls Bap tist church and Moravian Fall3 Girl Scout troop. She was a tenth grade student.at WilkesborQ high school, where she was a member of the glee club and participated tra curricula activities, De f a, popular member of the Ident body. Surviving are the father and m5ther, J. Earl and Ina Graves Nichols, and one brother, J. Earl Nichols, Jr., of Moravian Falls. She was a granddaughter of Rev. and Mrs. James T. Nichols, form er residents of the Purlear com munity now residing in Winston Salem. Funeral service will be held Friday, 10:30 a. m., at Moravian Falls Baptist church with the pastor, Rev. Roger Gwaltney, in charge, and burial will be In Moravian Falls cemetery. Ferguson 4-H Club In Interesting Meet The Ferguson 4-H club met on December 14th in the school audi torium. Barbara Edmisten called [the meeting to order, and the "business of the meeting was dis-1 cnssed. After the business ses- \ sion of the meeting, Miss Marg aret Morrison gave a demonstra tion on "How To Make Friends And How To Keep Friends". Miss Morrison awarded blue, red, and white ribbons to the fol lowing: Carolina Ferguson, Dor othy Johnson, Bessie McGuire, Helen Johnson, Edna Marie Fer guson, Barbara Edith Marie Johnson.—Reported by Edith Marie Johnson. o House Of Bargains in A New Location Jthe Hou8e of Bargains, for known as C. & M. Cloth ing? Co., and which was located on Forester Avenue, is now lo cated on the corner of Tenth and streets in former quarters of phlips Electric company. The flm, which deals in used cloth ing, is owned and operated by Mrs. Jlmmie Minton. Serves In Army Recruit Robert B. Fairing ton left Sunday for Camp Kil mer, N. J., after spending a 12-day furlough with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Far rington, of McGrady. He en listed October 20 for three years' overseas duty and re ceived eight weeks' training at Camp Pickett, Va. 1948 Record Year For Wilkesbofo Building & Loan Loan Business Tops 1947; Charles C. McNeill Pres ident Of Association The year 1948 was the most successful in the history of the Wilkesboro Building and Loan Association, report of Wm. A. Stroud, secretary-treasurer, to the stockholders in annual meet ing showed. Loan business during 1948 topped 1947 by ten per cent, and 1947 had been a record year in j the association. Assets of the as sociation now total over $42 5, 000, which is more than double the total less than three yea^s ago. Directors elected by the stock holders for 1949 were B. J. Ken nedy, Wm. A. Stroud, R. B. Pharr, O. K. Whittington, George Kennedy, Charles Howard, Ed ward Mclntire, Charles C. Mc Neill, Wm. T. Long, William Gray, William C. Prevette, Tyre Bumgarner. Charles C. McNeill was elected president, to succeed Ex-Sheriff J. H. Johnson, who died during the year. Mr. McNeill had been vice president and the new vice president of the association is George Kennedy. Wm. A. Stroud was re-elected secretary-treasur er and J. R. Henderson was re elected as attorney. The association is anticipating another good year in 1949. Dance At Moravian Falls Is Postponed The square dance scheduled for Friday night at Moravian Falls has bgen postpone^ until a later date, which will be an nounced next week. Record Polio Costs In Recent Years 3 Cited In March Of Dimes Appeal The danger to family and com munity of polio epidemics was stressed today by Sam Ogilvie, lo cal March of Dimes director, who is leading this year's drive to raise funds for the National Foundation for Infantile Pa ralysis. Pointing out that 1948 polio victims totaled around 26,000, approximating the number strick en in the record year of 1916, Mr. Ogilvie said that one signifi cant advance has been the mod ern care and treatment now avail able compared with that 30 years ago. He added, however, that the soaring costs of such treatment I Increased in proportion to costs of almost everything else. •"No matter what the cost," Mr. Ogilvie said, "the all-import ant factor is Improved care of those who have been stricken. The long-range objective, of course, Is the research which eventually will, lead to elimina tion of polio itself. Those are the weighty reasons for our appeal the community for liberal con he v Utioi ions to the March of I ' ' 'r. Ogilvie recalled the 1916 epidemics which attacked U-tlme record of more than 0 people. Fear and panic pped the nation and railroads Reported high sales of half-fare tickets as families sought safety through flight from stricken . areas. The after-effects were also far worse than have been the case 1 in epidemics of the last dcade. j Modern therapeutic care has I saved many limbs which other [wise might have remaine^ para | lyzed by the effects of the dread disease. ,Mr. Ogilvie stressed one more aspect of infantile paralysis and the importance of continued re search into the various strains of virus which cause the disease. "I refer to an address by Mr. Basil O'Connor, president of the National Foundation for Infan tile Paralysis," Chairman Ogilvie said. "Mr. O'Connor declared that in spite of all our efforts of the past years, we cannot yet prevent the occurrence of a single case of poliomyelitis. "-The National Foundation," Mr. Ogilvie added, "has learned from experience that there is much that can be done. We can bring all available knowledge to the aid of stricken communities. We can supply funds for the treatment of this most expensive disease. We can bring help in the form of hospital supplies, Special equipment and medical personnel. We can open polio wards and staff hospitals. We can relieve the pressure of anxiety. "Most important," the County Chairman said, "is this. We can minimize to a great extent the crippling after-effects of the dis ease in many of those who are stricken. Bat to do this we must spend money. Give at least 50 per cent more in 1949." January Term Of Wilkes Ceurt To BegiaJaa. 17 January term of Wilkes court lor trial of civil cases will con vene in Wilkesboro Monday, Jan uary 17. Judge J. Will Pleas, of Marlon, ■will preside over the three weeks term, which will be for trial of civil cases. Jurors for the termj have been summonsed as follows: I First Week Grover Walker, Bob Jolnes, Brack T. Richardson, V. M. Church, Oscar E. X>ancy, F. G. Church, C. E. Jenkins, Jr., and John L. Wells, North Wilkesboro; J. M. Lankford, Wilkesboro; G. S. Johnson, W. M. Joines, Walnut Grove; Roe Absher, W. W. Kyle, Mulberry; A. T. Treadway, Wiley Eldreth, Gay Kilby, Moravian Falls; J. G. Church, G. C. Mc Glamery, Richard Parsdns, Jr, Reddies River; Lester Smith, Brushy Mountain; J. M. Black burn, Ledford Tucker, W. W. Gentry, Ford Cothren, G. F. How ell, Charles H. Couch, R. V. Gar riss, Edwards; Ross Combs, Love lace; Glenn Shoemaker, I. W. Triplett, Elk; Mrs. Blanche In score, Antioch; J. W. Huffman, Stanton; Percy Chambers, New Castle; Edd Dancy, Union. Second Week Edd Lyall, Cecil Cannon, Vance Lovette, James R. Wood, Virgil Stanley, Arthur Clark, E. J. Pierce, Reddies River; C. J. John son, Larkin W. Coleman, Somers; Willard Hayes, J. R. "\J7oodie, Lewis Fork; Quinton Hawkins, John R. Johnson, Traphill; T. O. Hayek, J. Parks Robinson, Brushy Mountain; H. M. Broyhill, Mo ravian ip$lls; Lester Bowers, P. C. ParlfsT John A. Hayes, New Castle; L. G. Call, Charles Gen tle, Wilkesboro; P. M. Prevette, Somers; W. F. Summerlin, Elk; Reggie Waters, Jobs Cabin; Ed gar Wyatt, Stanton; C. L. John son, James R. Wood, Paul E. Church, Rock Creek; Ooley Lay ell, J. H. Moody, B. H. Barker, Edwards; John W. Laysham, W. M. Day, North Wilkesboro; O. O. Absher, Mulberry. Third Week H, M. Hodge,-Thomas Barker, Orivall Norman, Finney Anthony, Troy Shore, B. W. Carter, Ed wards; John Quincy Adams, Will Watson, Mulberry; John - Earp, Boomer; R. C. Whitley, J. T. Hendrix, Rock Creek; Howard Sheets, Jessie Bare, Union; Clar ence Greene, D. W. Miller, Rich ard Byrd, North Wilkesboro; L. L. Pardue, Antioch; J. W. Mc Bride, Traphill; Arvill Wingler, Avery Johnson, Glenn Eller, Red dies River; R. L. Sale, New Castle; J. T. Hendrix, Rock Creek; Joe Lankford, F. J. Hartley, Charlie T. Williams, A. R. Church, J. G. Bumgarner, Harlie Anderson, Wilkesboro. Traphill Defeats Wilkesboro In 2 Traphill boys and girls won thrilling victories over Wilkes boro Tuesday night in the Wil kesboro gymnasium. In the first game Traphill girls eked out a 30 to 29 victory in a thrilling finish. The boys game was equally exciting, with the Traphill lads holding a 33 to 31 edge at the final whistle. Indi vidual scores follow: Girls' Game Traphill 30 Wilkesboro 29 Billings 11 Bumgarner 11 Holbrook 9 Bryan 6 Cooper 10 Long 12 Wiles Stone Brown Vaught Holcomb Johnson Substitutes: Wilkesboro, Hayes, Lowe, Pennell, Billings, Somers; Traphill, Holcomb, Bowers, Coth ren. Boys' Game Traphill 33 Wilkesboro 31 Smith 12 Triplett 8 Billings 11 Whittington 4 Warren 3 Edwards 7 Bryan 3 Groce 12 Prevette 4 Garwood Substitutes: Wilkesboro, Nich ols, Parker, Hubbard, Linney, Eller; Traphill, Bowers, Sidden, Wood, Cox. Wilkesboro will play Boone at Boone Friday night; North Wil kesboro at North Wilkesboro next Thursday night and Roaring Riv er at Wilkesboro Friday night, January 14. o One Marriage License Following the holiday rush, on ly one marriage license was is sued during the past week by Troy C. Foster, Wilkes register of deeds. The license was Issued to Richard Simon, of Dallas, Tex as, and Estelle Reynolds, of North Wilkeaboro, on December 30. Plan Poljo Campaign Arnold Davis Inks '49 Baseball Contract Arnold Davis, catcher and out fielder, is the first to sign his 1949 baseball contract to play with the North Wilkesboro Flash ers. Davis, whtfce home Is in Chat tanooga, Tenn., played with North Wilkesboro part of last ( season as a rookie and finished. the season on option to Galax, where he was one of the leading batters in the play-off series and. played a great part in Galax's] pennant winning drive in the tfn-| al weeks of the regular season. o Navy Recruiter Is Here 2 Days Weekly Chief W. R. Johnston, navy re cruiter serving this area, will spend only two days in North Wilkesboro each week. His sche dule now calls for ibeing at the I North Wilkesboro town hall on I Mondays and Tuesdays, in Elkin on Wednesdays and Thursdays,' and in Yadkinville on Fridays. 1 Tax Listing Will Begin In Wilkes County Jan. 10! Property Values May Be j Adjusted Following Regu lar Tax Listing Tax listing in Wilkes county will get under way in all town ships on Monday, January 10, J. C. Grayson, county accountant and tax supervisor, said todaay. According to an action of the county commissioners, real es tate will be listed by the list tak ers at the present assessed valu ation, but following the listing the commissioners will meet as a board of equalisation i to raise or lower assessed figures accord ing to any relative increase -or j decrease in value since the assess ment was made. The tax listers for the various townships are as follows: Antioch—Charlie A. Sparks. Beaver Creek—Zachary Fergu son. Boomer—Ralph Swanson. Brushy Mountain—Alonzo An-; derson. Edwards—Clifton Prevette. Elk—Arvis Hamby Jobs Cabin—Coy Church. Lewis Fork—A. T. Fairchild. I Lovelace—Turner C." Ander son. j Moravian Falls—Charles M. Pardue. Mulberry—C. M. Elledge. New Castle—Charlie Hanes. North Wilka-'joro—T. H. Set-| tie. ^ Reddies River—Q. O. Kilby. Rock Creek—E. R. Lowe. Somers—John W. Rabbins. Stanton—W. S. Fletcher. Traphill—H. E. Billings. Union—Pete Dancy. Walnut Grove—W. W. Gam-] bill. Wilkesboro No. 1—L. B. Dula. j Wilkesboro No. 2—C. G. Glass. — o — Subject of C®,M,ly Court Is Discussed By Commissioners Wilkes county board of com missioners in January session heard a delegation from the Wil kes bar discuss the proposal for establishment of a Wilkes court an<j the matter was considered at length, although no action was taken by the board. ! The Wilkes Bar Association in j December meeting passed a,reso lution recommmending that the commissioners establish a county court for trial of criminal and civil cases, and recommended that Attorney Robert M. Gam-j bill be appointed Judge and that Attorney J. Allie Hayes be ap pointed solicitor. The resolution stated that the operation of a county court would result in low ered superior court costs and less | crowded dockets. j The commissioners transacted routine matters and discussed tax listing and revaluation for the year. Broadcast Sunday From Wilkesboro Radio station WKBC Sunday morning will broadcast the serv ice from Wilkesboro Methodist church, with Rev. C. J. Winslow, pastor, delivering the message. Sparta, Wilkes >oro Will Play Moi ntain liions Next Week i i ' North Wilkesboro 1 igh school boys and girls will ] lay Sparta here Monday night, th< first game starting at 7:30. The North Wll kesboro-Wilkesboro g ime sche duled j to "be played n Tuesday Qlght : has been post] oned until Thursday night and will be played in the North Wilkesboro gymnasium. R. W. Alexander Lost Rites Today R. Walter Alexander, for many years a well known citizen of the Roaring River commun ity, died l&te Tuesday at his home. ' Funeral ! service was held to day, two p. m.i at White Plains church. • ' • <i ,■ Surviving Mr. Alexander are his wife, Mrs. Ada Alexander, and one daughter, Mrs. Blla Mae An thony, of Roaring River. CIVIC CLUBS TO MEET JOINTLY January 21 in honor of the "■""■■ftNDII OUTSTANDING YOUNG MAN IN' 48 Civic clubs of No* boro will banquet the evening of Janu honor the young man munil y selected for tingu shed service given by the Wil Chamber of Commert b. Thfe Jaycees have Kiwapis, Lions an I Optimist clubs to meet with tl em at Hotel Wilkes on that dat), at which time 'the "vdUiner will be announc ed atjd win be presei ted with the distir guished award. Ha try J. Krusz, i lanager of the ' Vinston-Salem Chamber of Comi lerce, will be the climaxing event. M« anwhile, official i ior i Chamber of Co m today that entries w invited the speaker for ed for the distinguished service award ui\til noon Friday this week and that 'blanks are avail able at the Chamber of Commerce office. Anyone may nominate a young man for the award and state qualifications for the entry. It was pointed out that nominees do not have to be members of the Jaycees, but must not have reach ed their 36 th birthday. The per sons to be considered do not have to he residents of the corporate limits of either North Wilkesboro or Wilkesboro. It is a community proposition. A comriiittee of judges over 36 years of .age will make the se lection for the award, which is part of a national project during Jaycee Week. Mcry Jane Kc Her Is Taken E y Death Fi neral service mi as held yes terday at the fami y cemetery near Darby for Mrs Keller, 7 9-year-old the Darby community who died Tuesday. Mary Jane resident of Shady Grove Church Plans Bible School Sllady Qrove Bapt ist church In Somers township is Bible school to be gin Tuesday, 11, iten a. m. The book of St. John will be the i opic for the school and all mini iters, Sunday school teachers and ents. laymen, ycung invited. o planning a superintend and old, are Rites Wednesday For Wagoner Boy : Accident Victim Bennie Wagonerl Killed By Shotgun In Hfands Of , 9-Year-Old Brother Fjuneral service was held on Wednesday mornii g at Handy ceirietery for Ar 'ille Clayton (Bennie) Wagoner, eight-year-old boyj who was accic entally killed Monday at the honje of his par ents, Mr. and Mrs C. M. Wago ner' of the Wooten's Creek com munity. The child died at the Wilkes Hospital Monday afaernoon from a cjose range shotgun wound in flicted early that day. Coroner I. M. Myers, who investigated the death, stated that the gun was firejj by Estel Wagbner, a broth er, «age 9. The oldtr brother, ac cording to informal ion gained by Coroner Myers, wa 5 standing on thel porch of the tyouse and was supposed to have !ired the gun at j* stake. The loi d hit Bennie, ibout six feet the gun and whA was standing out* of line from stake. ^he accident vict m is survived by (his father an( mother and several brethers ai d sisters. Spoilage of sto ed cottonseed is a serioqs proble n to Southern cot ton farkners an 1 cottonseed oil millera{ In som< them mil^pnq of d illars years it costs Wilkes District Laying Plans for 1949 Scout Work Vaugim-Lloyd And New Field Executive for Area Heard At Meet Wilkes district- Boy Scout meeting was held Tuesday night at Duke Power company with 14 in attendance. ' Old Hickory council officials present included W. E. Vaughn Lloyd, executive; B. Banks New man, vice chairman of the coun cil; and Joe Edwards, new field executive' who replaces Ralph Harbison in this area of the coun cil. Plans were discussed for Boy Scout work in Wilkes in 1949. Emphasis, will be placed on im provement of existing units, rath er than establishing new units, and prospects are good for in crease Scout activities and membership during the year. Edward Bell, in behalf of the Northwestern Bank presented a Scout cajendar for each Scout and Scourer in the district. Scout masters may receive these attrac tive calendars for Scouts in their respective troops by contacting their neighborhood commission ers. Legion, Meets Tonight There Mil be a meeting of the American Legion Post 125 at the Legion put Thursday, January 6, at 8 p. m. 1948 was a good year, but once we have attained our goalj does not necessarily mean we will retain it. Much ef fort musjt be put forth to do a good jobj in the Legion, no mat ter how imeagre or great the po sition. Ejach of us is needed to keep th^i organization the most useful Ojie in the world. Espec ially is this true when "isms" would destroy us, and the democ racy thajt is the hope of the en tire worjld.—Contributed. j o Johnston county farmers have found that treating tobacco plant beds for weed control is profit able Moijt of them plan to use the combination treatment of uramon and cranamid for their 1949 beds. j o Return That Book to tk« Utaur sfApflfr i CARS FjOl ROL BEGINS CHECKING R INSPECTION STICKERS ye] Icles departmei t said today aleigh, Jan. its patrolmen have t0 check North wi lout inspection director of the gri m said drivers be? cited either to lai 0 or to court. I ispection lanes th: oughout the sta :e were report' edS doing a "rushlr g business" to day. r 4 —The motor been ordered Carolina cars stickers, nspection pro caught would an Inspection Meanwhile, drivers whose last names begin with H, I, J, and K began their license examinations today. They have until June SO to get their driver's licenses. The ^949 inspections also be gan today. All cars will have to be Inspected twice this year.. The first deadline Is for all motor ve hicles of the year models up to and Including 1936, which must be Inspected by January 31. State Director Cites Reed For Large 1949 Fnnd Representatives of seven coun ies gathered in a district meet ng at * Hotel Wilkes here Tues lay noon to lay plans for an un >recedented Infantile Paralysis' :ampaign to help offset heavy ex >enditures during the 1948 polio spidemic • x Dr Ralph MacDonald, state di •ector of the campaign, led the liscussions on various ways of aising money for the campaign vhich has one million dollars as i North Carolina goal. Other rep resentatives of the state chapter >f the National Foundation were Mark Sumner and Mrs. Cora Mae Russell. Dr. MacDonald explained that the counties represented in the meeting here last year raised (24,000, and spent $109,000 for :are and treatment of their cases luring the year. This great a mount of money, except for re serve funds of the chapters, was furnished by the National Found ation's epidemic fund, which must be re-imbursed to some ex tent in oTder that there will be Funds for another epidemic. A total of 2,930 cases were treated during the year in North Carolina , " with the National Foundation advancing $1,417, 110.37 over and above local funds of chapters. On December 15 there were 600 polio patients in hospitals in the state, and the cost of care and treatment will continue for many of them for many months to come. The a mount of money sought in this campaign, Dr. MacDonald said, will not be more than enough in this state, even if there is not another case for an entire year. Counties were represented at the meeting here as follows: Fred Hobson, Yadkin; L. P. Colvard and Roger Holman, Ashe; C. O. Hadley, Iredell; R. E. Black, Al leghany: John W. Cofne'r and Bonsie Marion, Surry; Sam Ogil vie, W. D Jester, Paul Cashion, John Cashion and Dwight Nich ols, Wilkes; Waverly Moose, Alexander. Sam Ogilvie, chapter and cam paign chairman for Wilkes, pre sided. A special guest was little Miss June Royal, a wheel chair patient from the 1944 epidemic in Wilkes. o Efkin Wins Triple Header On Tues. Elkin high school basketball teams made a clean sweep of a triple header with North Wilkes bor0 here Tuesday night. In the opening game Elkin Jayvees de feated the junior varsity here 32 to 26. North Wilkesboro girls played their best game of the season and held the lead until the final min utes but Elkin won 25 to 23. It was Parker with 22 points who pulled the game out °' the flre for Elkin. S. Eller with ten led North Wilkesboro's scoring and the team played well as a unit. The Elkin boys were most ac curate and hest ball handlers of any high school quint here this season and they rolled up a score of 76 to 26. Shugart scored 32 points in the game as he display ed uncanny accuracy. Lineups nad summaries: Girls' Game Pos Elkin 25 23 N. Wilkesboro F—Lineberry 8 Woodruff F—Eidson 3 10 S. Eller F—Parker 22 2 R. Eller G—Byrd F. Harris G—Crow Pruitt G—Wall M. Adams Substitutes: Elkin: —Barnett, Graham, Click, Miller, B. Wall, J. Wall. North Wilkesboro: S. Adams, P. Hrarls (3). Boys' Game Pos. Elkin 76 26 N. Wilkesboro F—Shugart 32 11 J. Eller F—B. Journey 13 4 Day C—Price 2 4 McNeill G—Nance 10 4 Bussef G—Johnson 4 Nelson Substitutes: Elkin—EMridge 11, Transou 5, Graham, Hanks, James. North Wilkesboro—Gil lian 1, Badgett 2, K. Eller, S. Hudson, Swofford, B. Eller. o The Fidelis Class of Hinshaw church meets Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Jim Higgins. All members are urged to be present for the draw ing of heart sisters. »o The nation's commercial hatch eries produced 58,576,000 chicks in November to set a new record for the month.