•*1948. Goal of the January
■ campaign is $12,000.
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SKm THE JOURNAL-PATRIOT
OUR CITY
North Wilkesboro has *
trading radius of 50 miles,
serving 100,000 people in
Northwestern Carolina.
The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Tr|iil of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 42 Years
Vol. 43, No. 82 Published Mondays and Thursdays ~ NORTH WILKEs)b0R0, N. C., Monday, January 31, 1949 ~ ~~~ Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center
SCENE AT DUKE POWER BANQUET FOR 4-H CLUB LEADERS
>«•««««»
This is a scene from the annual banquet given by Duke Power company in honor
of 4-H club leaders in Wilkes county. Left to right in the background are: Paul
Choplin, Wilkes county agent; Robert S. Gibbs, manager North Wilkesboro branch
j 'jf Duke Power company; H. C. Colvard, assistant county agent; L. R. Harrill,
I state 4-H club leader; Joe N. Howard, agricultural engineer Duke Power company;
j "'•ddy Mathis, president Wilkes 4-H council; Miss Margaret Morrison, assistant
rt agent; Mrs. Annie H. Greene, Wilkes home agent. Boys in the foreground
. * Kenneth and Walter Broyhill and Charles Gilliam.—(Photo-by Lane's Studio).
vKMQUET GIVEN 4-H LEADERS
BY DUKE POWER CO. ENJOYED
By MARGARET C. MORRI
SON, Assistant Home Agent, and
H. C. COLVARD, Assistant Coun
ty Agent.
Duke Power Company was
host to all county 4-H project
winners and one parent of each
club member at a delightful ban
quet on January 14, at the Caro
lina Restaurant in North Wilkes
boro.
This is an annual affair spon
sored by Duke Power Company in
honor of our 4-H project win
ners. A total of 50 people attend
ed including Mr. R. E. Glfebs,
manager local Duke Power com
pany; Mr. Jo# N. Howard, Agri
cultural Engineer, Greensboro;
Miss Addie Malone, Home Econ
omists, Duke Power company,
Winston-Salem; Mrs. J. E. Dun
can of the local Duke Power com
pany; Mr. L. R. Harrill, Stat® 4
H Club Leader and local farm
and hOme agents.
Mr. Howard, as master of cere
monies introduced Mr. L. R.
Harrill, State 4-H Club Leader,
who gave a very interesting and
inspirational talk on 4-H club
work. This. annual affair is the
climax of 4iH Club work in the
county and is looked forward to
by the project winners.
Buddy Mathis,* President of
tali Daddino Is
Hired As Manager
Flashers Fer '49
f Tom Daddino, of North Wilkes
^boro, was named manager of the
North Wilkesboro Flashers by
club directors In called meeting
Thursday night.
The smooth working first base
man was the unanimous choice
of the directors to fill the vacan
cy caused by the resignation of
Henry (Flash) Loman, who led
the club to second place in a hot
pennant chase last season.
Daddino plays first base and
had the highest fielding per cent
age among Blue Ridge league
first basemen. He hit .288 for
the season and was a leader in
runs batted in. He throws left
and bats left.
Before the war he broke into
organized ball in his home state
of New Jersey. He played much
baseball while in the service.
At present he and his wife and
daughter are making their home
in North Wilkesboro and he Is
playing basketball with Eller's
Bluejackets. It is expected that
the new manager will begin ac
tive duties about April 1 in prep
aration for spring training, which
will open April 15.
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Millers Creek Will
Play Jonesville High
Millers Creek boys and girls
will play the basketball teams
from Jonesville at Millers Creek
lesday night, the girls' game
Ing at 7:30. Millers Creek
are hoping to avenge a close
fcfeat by Jonesville in Decem
Br.
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Approximately 230,000 bush
els of Coker 100-wilt cotton seed
have been certified and will be
available tG North Carolina farm
ers and seedsmen this spring.
the Wilkesboro 4-H Club and al
so County Council President, ex
pressed appreciation on behalf of
the Council to' the Duke Po%j
company for such a delightful
casion.
The following project winners
and their parents were reodfnlz
ed during the evening: Canning,
Katherine Burchette; Clothing,
Margaret Cooper Laws; f Dairv
Food Demonstration, George Lou
Sprinkle and Bobby Brooks;
Dress Revue, Rachel Scroggs.
Edith Marie Ferguson, Carrie
Andei-son, Joy Bumgarner, Polly
Cornette; Food Preparation, Dor
is Mathis; Frozen Foods, Doris
Miller; Garden, Louise yiiller;
Girl's Record, Edith Marie Fer
guson ; Poultry, Betty Joe Wat
son; Leadership, Edith Marie
Ferguson, Charlie Blackburn;
Food Production, Edith Marie
Ferguson, Toby Welborn, Caro
lina Ferguson, Edwin McGee,
Reba Cleary, Herbert and Walter
Broyhill and Ray Huffman. Gar
den, Wilbur Greer; Field Crops,
Edwin McGee; Dairy Production
Buddy Mathis, and Jimmy Alex
ander; Home Beautificatlon, Ed
win McGee; Soil Conservation,
Paul Myers; Meat Animal, Ray
Huffman; Timber Stand Improve
ment, Charles Gilliam.
W. D. Kizziah Will
Be II. S. Marshall
Washington, Jan. 27.—North
Carolina's senators today recom
mended William D. Kizzlah of
Salisbury for appointment as
United States marshal for the
state's Middle District.
He would fill the post made
vacant by the death of Edney
Ridge, Greensboro radio station
executive.
(In Salisbury last night Kiz
ziah said that he did not contem
plate moving the marshal's of
fice from Greensboro to Salis
bury, and stated "I have no idea
of making any changes what
ever.")
Kizziah, 53-year-old chairman
of the Democratic Executive Com
mittee of the Ninth Congression
al District, was recommended by
Senators Clyde Hoey and J. M.
Broughton. For 18 years Kizziah
has been Rowan County's regis
ter of deeds.
(Hoey asserted he and Drough
ton selected Ki^iah from 20 men
who were recommended to the
Senators for the appointment by
President Truman.
. Kizziah fought in World War
I and has been active in Ameri
can Legion circles since thfcn.
Early in his career he was em
ployed by the Wachovia Bank
and Trust Company at Winston
Salem and at Spencer. He and
Mrs. Kizziah,, the former Rosa
lie Wiley of Salisbury, have one
daughter.
Wilkesboro To Play
Boone T uesday 7:30
Wilkesboro high school basket
ball teams will play Boone high
in two games at Wilkesboro on
Tuesday night, the girls' game
beginning at 7:30.
On Friday night, eight o'clock,
Wilkesboro' boys will play a team
of Appalachian all-stars in the
Wilkesboro gymnasium.
Mrs. Dicey Glass Is
Claimed By Death
'
Funeral service was held Sat
urday, 11 a. m., at Fishing
Creek church for Dicey Elizabeth
Glass, 65, who died Thursday at
.tiie home of a relative in Iredell
, Jounty. Rev. Pervis Parks and
Rev. Wayne Levan will conduct
the service.
Mrs. Glass, widow of the late
Henry Glass, who resided east of
Wilkesboro, is survived by one
sister and four brothers: H. G.
Johnson, Harmony; Reece John
son, Statesville; J. W. Johnson,
North sWilkesboro route three;
R. C. Johnson, Statesville route
three; Mrs. Nancy Anderson.
Wilkesboro route two.
Dairy Meetings
In Wilkes County
February 14-18
By J. P. GHOPIiIN
(County Agent)
Since December 28, 1948,
when the Wilkes Cooperative Ar
tificial Breeding Association
started breeding dairy cattle in
Wilkes county by artificial in
[ semination many questions have
| bc.on asked by the farmers.
Therefore, a series of meetings
will be held at which time most
of these questions will be an
swered.
Through the courtesy of the
Southeastern Artificial Breeding
Association the County Agent has
obtained an interesting and very
the title, "Artificial Insemination
instructive moving pictures with
of Dairy Cattle." This is a forty
five minute movie which shows
the method of selection and
breeding of proven sires and also
the technique in artificial insemi
nation.
j This movie will answer many
| of the questions that you have
j been asking concerning this
method of breeding. This picture
| will be shown in Wilkes County
according to the following sche
! dule:
Monday, February 14, 7:00 p.
m., Mountain View school.
Tuesday, February 15, 3:30 p.
m, Ronda school; 7:00 p. m.,
Roaring River school.
Wednesday, February 16, 4:00
p. m., Mt. Pleasant school; 7:00
p. m., Courthouse, Wilkeeboro.
Thursday, February 17, 3:15
p. m., Ferguson school; 7:00 p.
m., Millers Creek school.
Friday, February 18, 3:15 p.
m., Traphill school; 7:00 p. m.
Clingman school.
I hope it will be possible for
every dairy farmer in Wilkes
county to attend one of these
meetings.
Good Teams Coming
Here This Week
North WilkesbOTO high school
basketball teams will play some
of northwestern North Carolina's
best teams this week.
On Tuesday night Sparta boys
and girls will play here and on
Friday night Barium Springs will
play here. Both of these schools
are near the top in their respec
tive conferences—Sparta in the
Highlands conference and Bar
ium Springs in the South Pied
mont.
Kffnrn that Boole to the Uferair.
Ask State Funds For School Buildings
Date Ulrich Engineer
Indiana FM Station
Thfe following article from
Marian, Indiana, Chronicle, will
be of interest here:
'•Principles of the FM station
and fche values of its operation
were I explained by Guy Farns
wortli, manager of the Chronicle
Publishing Co. FM station,
WMHI, at the Rotary club lunch
eon meeting today at Hotel Spen
cer. !
"Ftirns-worth's talk was illus
trated with sound movies. He
was assisted by Dane Ulrich, sta
tion { engineer. Questions also
were j answered after the session.
"Tne speaker was presenter by
the chairman, Fred Christen. The
business meeting was conducted
by cj Eugene Dillon, president."
Highway Postoffice
Wi|l Arrive Friday
Ofi Its First Trip
{ -
Inaiigural Program And
P iblic Inspection Will
E e In" Front City Hall
Highwaiy postoffice from the
the caty qt Greensboro to Boone
will Jiave its inaugural run Fri
day, ^February 4.
A bublic prlgram will be held
Friday, 9:45 a. m., in front of
the ijforth Wilkesboro town hall.
The {program will be under the
sponsorship of the Government
Affairs Committee of the Wilkes
Chamber of Commerce, of which
P. W. Eehefman is chairman.
Th*>se to take part on the pro
gram jvill include Mr. Eshelman,
ActiriP Postmaster Maurice E.
Walsth, J. B. McKee, Grensboro
district superintendent of mails,
and jA. C. Popst, assistant gener
al superintendent of the third dl
vsiiofc.
The public is most cordially in
vited! to the inaugural program,
whicj^, will be a hi^toHry-njakJng
event in this part of the state.
The 'highway postoffice will be
a complete mail service for all
type£ of mail and will do much
in the way of communications in
"discovering" the 'lost provinces'
of Northwestern North Carolina.
OC its regular Tuns the high
wyai postoffice will arrive in
Nortji Wilkesboro at 7:34 a. m.,
and jproc.eed to Boone by way of
Launel Springs and the Jeffer
sonsj On the return trip the high
way ipostoffice will leave here for
Greensboro at 4:46 p. m.
Mrs. Shook Rites
Conducted Friday
Funeral service was held Fri
day ;afternoon at the home for
Mrs.,: Many Ellen Shook, 73, who
died; Wednesday morning.
Mrs. Shook, for many years,
had .been a well known and high
ly respected resident of North
Willsesbcyro. She was born and
reared iij Ashe county, a daugh
ter bf the late C. C. and Eliza
beth Merriman Kelly.
Mrs. Shook was the widow of
the !late J. W. Shook, who for
mankr yeprs was a prominent
hardware merchant in North
Wilkesboro. He died in August,
1939.
Surviving Mrs. Shook are two
daughters and one son: Mrs. U.
L. fisher, of Atlanta, Ga.; Miss
Luc* Shook and E. A. Shook, of
Norijix Wilkesboro.
Fnneral service was conducted
by Rev. Watt M. Cooper, pas
tor ?of the First Presbyterian
chui<ch, of which Mrs. Shook was
a fsfithful member, and burial
was | in Greenwood cemetery in
this. city.
Farmers Mutual
Has Good Year
Wilkee tnd Yadkin branch of
Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance
Association held annual meeting
this mopth.
Report of J. F. Jordan, secre
tary-treasurer, showed that 1948
was a fane year for business in
the association. There was a
large increase i n insurance,
which dow totals more than one
million | dollars for the branch,
and prospects are good for 1949.
The report also showed that the
association's reserves were in
creased'during the year.
Officers and directors were re
elected for the year. W. M. Ab
sher is * president, G. E. Bell is
vice president and J. F. Jordan is
secretary and treasurer.
Polio Campaign
Thru This Week;
$5,000 Raised
Those Who Have Not Do
nated Urged to Give This
Week; Reports Wanted
The polio campaign to raise
$12,000 for the infantile pa
ralysis fund in Wilkes county will
be continued through this week,
Sam Ogilvie, chairman, said to
day.
To date the total reported is
only $5,000, and the halfway
mark in the campaign has not
been reached. The situation is
critical, Chairman Ogilvie stated,
and if the campaign does not S°
over it is very probable that the
chapter will not have funds to
continue treatment of many of
the 42 Wilkes cases who were
stricken with the disease in
1948.
Among reports to date are re
turns from about half of the
schools in Wilkes county. Millers
Creek school accomplished a
splendid j<Jb and collected
$541.37 to lekd by far all schools
which have reported.
Wilkes Junior Chamber of
Commerce operated a tub for re
ceiving polio gifts in lieu of a
dime board and collected $229.60
on the streets Saturday. This set
a new record for street collec
tions.
A» radio show carried out by
station WKBC Sunday netted
$150.83, which was picked up
from donors in North Wilkesboro
by Davis Cabs an<j in Wilkesboro
by Joines Cabs.
To date returns have been re
ceived from only a part of the
letters sent out to local business
firms and individuals. It is re
spectfully requested that the
checks be sent in this week, in
order that the campaign may be
completed without further ex
tension.
Complete ' reports were Hot
available today from the bingo
party held Saturday night by Li
ons and Jaycees. The bingo party
was well patronized and hundreds
enjoyed the game in the Yadkin
Valley Motor company building.
A great Part of tk® prizes were
purchased and a complete re
port on profits was not available
today.
Wednesday has been designat
ed as J'Polio Day" and station
WKBC will carry a special pro
gram, during which a number oi
infantjile paralysis patients will
be interviewed over the air.
■iter Makes Its
Belated Start In
W Ikes On Sunday
Wir ter weather reached this
vicinit r Sunday after an absence
of mc re than 30 days, during
which time a freezing tempera
ture "i as to be found only in a
Tefrigi rator.
Sno v began falling here Sun
day ai 4:30 p. m. and by ten p.
m. ha 1 reached a depth of three
inches The snow then turned to
sleet i ind rain.
Tra fie continued on the high
ways, 'but was practical, only with
chains!. During the night and
early today highway forces clear
ed thfl roads of much of the
snow and Ice.
Despite discomforts, the re
turn of wnter weather, absent
■Christmas, was welcomed
s area. Continued warm
since
in thi
weath sr would have caused ab
normt
buds,
gered
said.
1 development of fruit
which would have endan
th£ fruit crop, orchardists
Mrs. Mary Ronton
funeral Sunday
Mrf(. Iffary McGlamery Minton,
81, njember of a well known
Wilkeb family, died early Friday
at her home west of this city.
Mrfc. Minton was the widow of
the late W. T.N Minton. Surviving
are four sons and two daughters:
T. O. Minton, Champion; W. C.,
J. E\ and J. C. Minton, Wilkes
boro; Mrs. J. F. Vannoy, Red
dies River: Mrs. Floretta Fergu
son, Wilkesboro.
Funeral service was held Sun
day, tWo p. m., at New Hope Bap
tist cpurch with Rev. A. W.
Eller |in charge.
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That Book to th« Ubr»ry
Samuel O. Vickery
Passes In California
Samuel O. Vickery, 64, native
of Iredell county and brother of
M. A. Vickery, of North Wilkes
boro, died early today at his
htime in Bakersfield, California.
He was born and reared at .Lo
ray, a son of the late Wallace
and Sarah Stevenson Vickery,
but had made his home in Cali
fornia for the past thirty years.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Mary Ellen Vickery, and two
children, Bill Vickery, of the
home, and Margaret Vickery, of
Los Angeles. Also surviving are
two brothers and two sisters: M.
A. Vickery, North Wilkesboro;
James C. Vickery, Chase City,
, Va.; Mrs. jarvis Faucette, Guil -
, ford College; Mrs. Charles L.. Mc
1 Farland, Riitherfordton.
Funeral ftnd burial services
will be held at Bakersfield, Cali
fornia.
Livestock Feeding
School In Wilkes
To Be Feb. 10th
County Agent J. P. Choplin
has announced that a livestock
feeding school for all farmers
and others interested in livestock
improvement will beheld on Feb
ruary 10 at North Wilkesboro
City Hall beginning at 10:00 a.
m.
Mr. Choplin says that farmers
in Wilkes county are turning
more and more to keeping live
stock as a means of supplement
ing their incomes and maintain
ing soil fertility through the use
of manure. This one day school
is scheduled tlo give farmers more
information on practical manage
ment of beef cattle, hogs, and
sheep along with information on
the outlook for profitable re
turns in livestock farming, and
the control of diseases and para
sifw.
The program will include a re
view of the Wilkes county live
stock situation by Mr. Choplin,
"Outlook information" by John
Winfield of the North Carolina
Department ot Agriculture, "Con
trol of Disealses and Parasites"
by J. Conner, Jr., of North Car
olina State Extension Division,
agement of leef Cattle, Swine
and "Practical Feeding and Man
and Sheep" by' L. I. Case, Jack
Kelley, and Paul Swaffar of the
State Extension Service. In addi
tion there will be an interesting
sound movie ielating to livestock
feeding.
All Wilkes county farmers in
terested in livestock are urged
to attend.
Thos. Pj Howell
Passes At Boomer
Thomas PI Howell, 73, widely
known citizen of the Boomer
oommunity, / died late Saturday
night at hie home.
Funeral service will be held
Tuesday, 7/1 a. m., at Boomer
Advent Christian church and bur
ial will bp in Zion Hill church
cemetery at Boomer.
Surviving Mr. Howell are his
wife, Mrs. Mamie Howell, two
sons and/ three daughters: Mrs.
I. C. Church, Wilkesboro; John
Tom Howell, Cleveland, Ohio; J.
W., Darfj and Ruth Howell, of
Boomer.
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O. E. S. Food Sale
bera doi
bring it
The Eastern Star will have a
food salt i in the Tom Frazier of
fice building Saturday, February
12, beginning at 10 o'clock. Mem
ating food are asked to
fey 9:30.
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Support the Y. M. C. A.
Local Groups Seek
Organization Aid
Throughout State
Educational committee of the
Wilkes Chamber of Commerce in
meeting here with educational
leaders started a movement for
more intensified support of Sen
ator Umstead's bill in the state
legislature to appropriate $50,
,000,000 to aid counties in erect
| tag school buildings,
j In addition to the Educatloi
committee, several other organi
zations were represented in the
meeting here, including P.-T. A.,
Kiwanis, Junior Chamber Com
merce, Optimists, Lions, boards
of education, county commission
ers, Women's Clubs, and other
groups.
Each organization representee
in the meeting here will contact
other units of their respective
groups throughout the state,
more especially in the lower In
i come counties, asking that they
urge their representatives and
senators to support state aid for
school building construction,
j C. Arthur Venable, committee
[ chairman, presided over the
meeting. He reviewed activities
of the committee in behalf of bet
ter educational opportunities is
; Wilkes county and stated the par
pose of the meeting, which was
to play for a more effective ap
I peal for state and federal legis
■ lation for improved public educa
tion.
Tom S. Jenrette, manager ol
the chamber of commerce, talked
briefly of the report of the North
Carolina Education commission,
saying that the budget recom
mendations before the state leg
islature made provisions for some
of the school needs, but contain
ed nothing for state aid for school
construction. Then he explained
the bills introduced to provida
for school building funds.
Education committee member*
present were Dr. J. S. Deans, C.
B. Eller, C. C. Faw, Blair GwyC
Ira' D. Payne, Dr. H. B. Smith,
J. Floyd Woodward and Rufus
Church. Others included R. M
Brame, Jr., Joe R. Barber, J. B.
McCoy, W. H. McElwee, Forrest
Tugman, P. E. Brown, Paul Os
borne, J. B. Williams, Paul
Church, W. J. Bason and C. C
Sidden.
Another meeting will be helc
to map further activities for im
proved elucational facilities. A
large group will be organized to
make a survey of Wilkes county
along the lines of the Education
Commission's study of the state,
and a committee will be formed
for information and publicity.
Charlie Holland
Taken By Death
Charles Henry Holland, 80,
died late Saturday night &t his
home east of the Wilkesboros.
Funeral service will be held Tues
day, 2:30 p. m., at Fishing Creek
Baptist church. The body will lie
in state at the church one hour
before the service.
Mr. Holland was one of the
most widely known men in
Wilkes county and for decades
had been one of the most exten
sive land owners in this part of
the state. Surviving are his wife,
Mrs. Mary Anderson Holland,
and 12 sons and daughters: Mrs.
Emma Johnson, Elkin; Mrs. Ver
tie Johnson, Wilkesboro; Clay
Holland, Detroit, Mich.; Mrs.
Anne Anderson, Luther Holland,
Mrs. Grace Wise and Frank H.
Holland, of Wilkesboro: James
Holland, North Wilkesboro; Mrs.
Mae Duncan, Wilkesboro; Mrs.
Myrtle Benton, North Wilkes
boro ; Royal Holland, Wilkes
boro; Mrs. Lillie Spicer Gettys
burg, Pa. Also surviving • is one
sister, Mrs. Emma Staley, of Wil
kesboro route two.
REINS-STURDIVANT BURIAL
ASSOCIATION HAS GOOD YEAR
j Reins-Sturdlvant Mutual Bur
ial Assf elation, with home office
in Nort i Wilkesboro and branch
es In several other northwestern
North Carolina cities and towns,
ended I he year with a member
ship- 01 76,590 ana surplus of
$211,413.41, report of W. K.
Sturdiv int, secretary - treasurer,
here st owed.
This association, largest of its
kind ir the nation, enddd 194S
with cish assets totaling $222,
962.8'5. Over $200,000 of this a
mount is,, invested in government
bonds and building and loan
stocks.
During the year the Reins
Sturdivant Burial Association ac
cepted 7,627 new members. The
association has grown very rap
idly sinc£ it was established
here several years ago In accord
ance of provisions of the North
Carolina insurance department;
Regular assessments on uniform,
rates are made quarterly.