EvaiigiHst Keyes
Reports On Work
In Wilkes County
Evangelist Charles A. Keyes,
Jr., Wilkes County's widely
known Home Mission Worker and
director of The Christ Gospel
Home Mission Work, Inc., which
he has been carrying on in Wilkes
Connty for several years, Is cele
brating this year his 15th An
niversary in Home Mission Work
Which he has carried on since a
small boy, entirely by faith.
The Evangelist has distributed
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INSULATING
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SHIELDS & HAYES
INSULATION CO.
BOB DAT, Manager
Caulking — Weather Stripping;
Wilkesboro Mfg. Co.
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hundreds of Bibles, testamenti
and thousands of his "Sword O:
Truth" evangelistic pamphleti
throughout the county with re
turns in great results. In hii
Christian work in Wilkes coun
ty during the last flTe years hi
has ministered in various wayi
to approximately 36,000 people
An untold number has made pro
fessions of faith and many Wh<
was looked upon as outcasts t<
society have reformed under th<
influence and spiritual help o
Evangelist Keyes. He has in hii
files hundreds of letters fron
Wilkes county citizens givinj
their testimony an<j appreciatioi
of the good that has been.done
through the Christ Gospel Mis
sion Work.
The Evangelist is at present
carrying his work into isolated
neglected sections of the moun
tains, where he finds many homes
without any spiritual guidance—
and many areas he finds people
who has never had their foot in
side of a church. In his travele
during the years of 47-48-49—
tour homes out of ten he has vis
ited he finds children who has
never been to Sunday school and
they know very little of Christ 01
what the Church stands for in
their Community. The evangelist
announces he will run a complete
yearly report of The Christ Gos
pel Home Mission Work in this
paper very soon. Evangelist
Keyes wishes to notify all who
write him that he is no longer
at Rural Hall, N. C. but all mail
New Building Row
Being Erected For
Wilkes Hatchery
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C. C. Gambill is erecting a
large building north of this city
in the Pairplalns community.
The new structure will be occu
pied by the Wilkes Hatchery,
which is now located on Tenth
street and operated by Mr. Gam
bill. . J
The new building will be 70 by
100 feet and will be of .block,
brick and concrete construction.
1st is located just north of Fair
plains Baptist church on the west
side of Highway 18, on a plot of
land recently purchased by Mr.
Gambill from Mrs. Margaret Cof
fey, of North Wilkesboro.
In the new building, which will
be completed at an early date,
Mr. Gambill expects to expand his
I hatchery and feed business.
Seven Wilkes Men
Enlist In The Army
During the month of Decem
ber seven Wilkes men enlisted
for service in the army, Sgt. Earl
Triplett, recruiter here, said to
day. The seven were: Robert
Goss, of North Wilkesboro route
one; James M. Stamper, of Red
dies River; Jackie Bynum, of
North Wilkesboro route one;
Thomas WiVborn, Jr., of North
Wlikesboro; Graton F. Reynolds,
of J>Torth Wilkesboro route one;
Daniel A. Stevenson, of North
Wilkesboro. James D. Taylor, of
Reddies River, enlisted in the
army air force.
New High Established
In Christmas Trade
Washington, Jan. 6.—Christ
mas sales for department stores
across the nation apparently set
a new high recoil in 1948 after
all, a Federal Reserve Board re
port indicated tonight.
The edge was slight. But it rep
resented a sharp improvement in
sales during the closing Christ
mas shopping days after a disap
pointing lag during November
and the first half of December.
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Marriage License
License to wed were issued
during the past week by Wilkes
Register of Deeds Troy C. Fos
ter to the following: Grover F.
Burchette, Piney Creek, and
Kathleen Roland, Clifton; Clyde
, Daymon Foster and Roby Joyce
i Laws, both of Purlear; Nelson
i Glenn Sheik, Yadkinville, and
Laura Catherine Glass, Winston
Salem; Burton Wyatt, McGrady,
and Irene Haynes, Readies Riv
er; Raymond Lewis Crump and
Mabel Ann Stanley, both of El
kin.
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Since the Economic Coopera
tion began functioning last April,
it has authorized dairy products
purchases totaling nearly 49 mil
lion dollars.
should be addressed to "The
Sword Of Truth"*, Room 409 Y\
M. C. A. Building, Greensboro,
N. C.—Contributed.
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