THE JOURNAL-PATRIOT The JournalxPatriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "Stqte of Wilkes" Fo^Over 42 Years on CITY roue- if F Foundation For Infantile Paralysis spent over $20,000 for Wilkes Polio Victims in 1948. Goal of the January campaign is $12,000. ^■■ ,| , Vol. 43, No. 84 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., Monday, February 7, l|949 Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center North Wilkesboro has a trading radius of 60 miles, serving 100,000 people ini Northwestern Carolina. DISTRICT SCOUT COMMITTEE WILL MEET FEBRUARY 8 Robert S. Glbbe, chairman of the Wilkes District of the Old' Hickory Council, Boy Scoots of America, has Issued the follow ing announcement: "The regular monthly meeting of the Wilkes District of the Old Hickory Council, Boy Scouts of America, will be held at the| Duke Power Company office. North Wilkeeboro, at 7:30 p. m., Tuesday, February 8. "This will be an Important meeting as we will plan our yeaT's program this time. Please be present." u Scouts Observe Boy Scout Week In The District Troop 34 Camping At Corn er C and 4th Streets All This Week Boy Scouts of the Wilkes dis trict have a number of activities under way for Boy Scout Week, which began Sunday and will ^^fpntinue through Saturday. * one of the outstanding pro jects here to call attention of the tfpublic to Scouting Is the encamp ment of troop 34 of the First Baptist church. Troop 34 is camping all this week at the corner of 4th and C streets In North Wilkesboro. The public 1b cordially invited to inspect the camp and equip ment daily from four until sev en p. m. The Scouts there have a fine display of camping equip ment and will be glad to receive visitors interested in learning more about Scouting. Of particular interest during Boy Scout Week is a Scout win dow at Belk's Department store. This window shows complete equipment of Boy Scouts, and the public is invited to give it close attention. Free Show For Scouts On Saturday morning, Febru ary 12. nine o'clock, the Allen. Theatre will present a special show for Scouts. All Scouts in Wilkes and adjoining counties will be admitted free by showing their registration cards. A splen did movie of especial interest to young people will be shown. Caldwell Man Is Held For Theft Of Auto Tuesday .Paul Pennell Driver Car <%1 Which Struck Glenn An drews' Automobile Paul Pennell, 24, resident of the Kings Creek community of the eastern part ot Caldwell coun ty, has been arrested on cnarge of stealing a car here Tuesday night, and for crashing the stol en car into a car driven by Glenn Andrews, of this city, near Boom er an hour after the car was stolen. Penhell was taken Friday by State Highway .Patrolmen R. H. Dillon tnd * J. A. Reeves. They found him hiding out near his home, and they quoted his as having admitted taking a car here because he wanted to get to Lenoir. The stolen car was the property of William T. Cheek, a North Wilkesboro jeweler who had parked his car on the street to go into a cafe for supper. Near Boomer the stolen car hit Mr. Andrews' car, badly dam aging both vehicles. Driver of the stolen car ran from the scene. Mr. Andrews sustained painful ' kffe<§ Injuries. Pennell is in jail at Wilkes boro. * Optimists To View School Film Feb. 8 Howard Strader In Charge Of Program And Will Present Mr. Woodward Members of the North Wilkes boro Optimist club will meet to morrow at noon at iHotel Wilkes, President Maurice E. Walsh an nounced tpday. The meeting will ^atwt promptly at 12 o'clock. All members are urged to be present. OpTimist Howard Strader will be in cKarge of the program, and he will present to the club mem bers and guests. Prof. J. Floyd Woodward, superintendent of the city schools, who will show the educational motion picture that' shows the great need for ezpan-j sion of the school system In the ' state. Highway Postoffice Service Is Public Program Is Carried Out Here On Friday Appropriate ceremonies were held here Friday morning wel coming the inauguration of high way postoffice mail service from Greensboro to Boone. Prom a patriotically decorated platform in front of the North Wilkesboro town hall a brief pro gram was carried out before a crowd who had gathered to in spect the highway postoffice and welcome district mail officials on the first trip of the postoffice on wheels. The North Wilkesboro high school band played three numbers to open the program. Maurice E. Walsh, North Wilkesboro's act ing postmaster and who helped lead the movement for this im proved service, preside^ in the absence of P. W. Eshelman, who was ill. Mr. Eshelman as chair man of the Governmental Affairs committee of the Wilkes Cham j ber of Commerce was slated to be in charge of the program. 1 PoRtm astnr Walah stated that the movement for this improved ] mail service in northwestern North Carolina was started May 1, ( 1948, in a meeting of Wilkes Chamber of Commerce officials | and postal authorities, asking a j highway postoffice route from Greensboro to Johnson City, i Tenn. Because of road conditions, I the Tennessee end of the route has not been approved. He recog nized the valuable efforts of Representatives C. B. Deane, , John Folger, R. L. Doughton Thurmond Chatham and Sena- , tors Clyde Hoey, William B Umstead and J. Melville Drough ton. A. C. Bopst, assistant general superintendent of mails, spoke briefly, stating this was the 30th highway postoffice route estab boro, district superintendent, al so made brief remarks and ex pressed appreciation for coopera tion in efforts t0 establish the route. He said that schedule ad justments may be made after the service has become established. Others ^>n the platform and who were recognize^ were Dewey ! Martin, who was reared in the Millers Creek community and is now assistant district superinten dent of mails; Harold Powell and Pat Kelly, reporters from the Winston-Salem Journal and Sen tinel; Dwight Nichols, editor of The Journal-Patriot; T. S. Ken erly, mayor of North Wilkesboro; M. F. Bumgarner, Wilkesboro postmaster; R. M. Brame, Jr., president of Wilkes Chamber of Commerce; Tom Jenrette, man ager of Wilkes Chamber of Com merce; J. B. Williams, past presi dent Chamber of Commerce; J. G. Hackett, a former North Wil kesboro postmaster; Ralph Mar tin, Ronda postmaster. The program here was broad cast over radio station WKBC. Tom Jenrette, in behalf of the Chamber of Commerce, expressed thanks to the following groups and individuals for their aid in making the program possible: School Supt. J. Floyd Woodward, and Miss Eva Bingham, director, for the North Wilkesboro high school band; Wilkes Transporta tion company, for free transpor tation of the band to and from the school; Cecil iHayes, street superintendent, and his force for erecting platform; highway pa trol and city police for escort of highway postoffice and traffic di rection; Hotel Wilkes, for flags; Tomlinson's department store, for decorations; Reins - Sturdivant Funeral home for public address system; The Journal-Patriot and radio station WKBC for publicity. While the highway postoffice paused for the program, many people went through the 27-ton vehicle and had a look at the mail facilities, which are prac tically the same as In a railway mail car. The large vehicle is equipped with automatic sander for use on snow and Ice. On regular schedule the high way postoffice will arrive in North Wilkesboro from Greens boro at 7:34 a. m. It will arrive from Boone on the return trip at 4:46 p. m., and arrive back in Greensbor0 about nine p. m. to connect with mail line railway schedules there. Eastern Star Meet Wilkes chapter of the Eastern Star will meet Thursday, 7:30 p. m., according to announcement by Mrs. Winnie Duncan, W. M.t and Mrs. Lorene Webber, secre tary. imimuiiimuii HIGHWAY POSTOFFICE SERVICE INAUGURATED IN 1 iTiiiiiiii|i mint [THIS CITY ma com lei ce offic als and others who. I secu e I — (} h i Prld y, phot i Nort l posti ia^ter, as 1 the plaiifcd rive< serv ce. aii aJthoritiea aii eoro's acting e presided over ha^gural ptogram and ex the bei efits to he do f[om hig iway postoff ice On th i platform are chamber of o movement to nail facilities. to jo By jane's Studio). Conference Tournament Is Slated For Wilkekoro North Wilkesboro Safety Patrol Is Aid To Children The North Wilkesboro high school under the sponsorship of the Junior Chamber of Com merce now has a Safety Patrol of twelve boys patroling the dnager spots in the vicinity of the school. The Safety Patrol is com posed of the following boys from grades six, seven, and eight: Carley Welborne, Captain; Jer ry Absher, Lieutenant; Bill Rea vis, Lieutenant; Jimmy Swofford, Arthur Venable, J. C. Watkins, Charles Lloyd, Bobby Wooten, Willard Minton, Thomas Finley, Terry Wayland, Lee Absher, T. A. Welborne. The Junior Chamber of Com merce promoted this roganization and furnished the boys with the standard American Automobile Association Safety Patrol belts and badges. The Jaycee Safety Committee is as follows: Jim Mc Alister, chairman, Richard John ston and William Gray. These boys were given a preparatory training course by the North Wilkesboro high school safety committee and the North Wilkes boro police force. The patrol was AUTC/£>tUll uu UWOIUUCI I 1U me presence of the entire student body. ' m The purpose of the Junior Chamber of Commerce in doing this is to make the streets of the city a safer place for the school children in going to and from school. It is the duty of these boys to direct pedestrian traffic, take the license numbers of speeding cars, and to help smaller children in crossing the street. The North Wilkesboro high school and the Junior Chamber of Commerce urge all motorists to assist in this Safety program by reducing speed in the vicinity of the school. This example of cooperation between a civic organization and the school illustrates the new principle underlying modern edu cational philosophy, that of in tegrating the school with the needs and resources of the com munity. Food consumption by Ameri cans this year will probably be about the same as in 1948. Little Theatre Meet I Scheduled Tonight ■; I a! meeting of The Community Little Theatre is called for Mon day; evening 7:30, February 7th, at the Dance Studio in the Crow Budding on C street. A short business session will precede the reading and try out for ^ parts in the three one-act plays to be given the last of Feb ruary. Everyone who is interested is invited to come, and Join the Little Theatre at this meeting. i o Mrs. Chatham, 92, Is Taken_By Death Jprs. Nancy Jane Chatham, 92', one of Wilkes' oldest residents, die3 early Saturday at her home in Ithe Gilreath community. She haq[ been in normal health Until about a year ago and for the past sevjeral weeks has been very ill. Funeral service was held Sun da}, 2:30 p. m., at Mt. Pisgah church. Revs. Noah Hayes, J. P. Robinson and L. T. Younger con ducted the service. Surviving Mrs. Chatham are ono son ana four daughters: T. Wj Chatham, North Wilkesboro vrtii ♦ a t V» i*ao • M i'qo T ytm'a PViatham Damascus, Va.; Mrs. Pearl Good night, Oilreath; Mrs. Blanche Johnson, Hiddenite; Mrs. Bra Barnett, Gllreath. (Also surviving Mrs. Chatham ara 39 grandchildren, 59 great grandchildren and five great great-grandchildren. pira. Chatham was the wife of the late Thomas Chatham, wide ly ' known farmer an