JpOLIO — THE JOURNAL oundation For Infantile tonralysis spent over $20,000 ^for Wilkes Polio Victims in 1948. Goal of the January % , _ +i__ campaigm is $i2,ooo.- , The journa|-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress //« Vol. 43, No. 87 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESB0R0, N. C., Thursday, Febrjii OUR CITY North Wilkesboro has a. trading radius of 60 miles, serving 100,000 people irn Northwestern Carolina. b of Wilkest' For Over 42 Years 17, 1949 ' Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center Exciting Games In Highlands Tourney Now In Wilkesboro Wilkesboro and Taylorsville Girls Tie; Boone Beat* Elkin High Highlands Conference basket ball tournament opened in Wil kesboro Wednesday afternoon with & game as exciting as could be hoped for when Wilkesboro girls, who had not tasted victory all season, tied the lassies from Taylorsville 2 5-25 and called for a feplay of the game as an added tournament attraction this eve ning at 6:30. Wilkesboro led 19 to 15 at half time ibut two guards fouled out and Taylorsville pulled up to tie the count in the final quarter. A Taylorsville free throw at the end of the game would have un tied the score but it was missed. Granite Palls boys, in the num ber 1 seeded spot, had little trou ble disposing of Yaldese 48 to 14. Individual scores for the Wednesday -afternoon games fol low: Girls' Game Wilkesboro 25 Taylorsville 25 iBamgarner 10 i Wilson 13 ■Aan 6 Teague 7 EOng 9 Lail 5 Stone Dagenhart Vaught K. Fox Lowe J. Fox Substitutes: Wilkesboro—Bui-1 lis, Johnson, Morrison, Hayes, Jarvis, Anderson, Pennell, S. Johnson; Taylorsville—Morrison, Keever, Rector, Bowman, Witten berg, Watts. ■. B Boys* uame G. Falls 48 Valdese 14 Church 10 Jacamln 3 Kincaid Epley 4 Watson 7 Abernethy Triplett 5 Arrowwood 3 Smith 11. Pons 2 Substitutes: Granite Falls— Monteith 11, Kirby 4; Valdese— Robinson, Verraught, L. Pons 2, Lowdermilk, Odum. Wednesday night Sparta dis played one eft the best girls' teams In Northwestern North Carolina in breezing to a 52 to 20 victory over Valdese. Clarice Mitchell scored 27 points, play ing about half of the game. " Appalachian boys staged what some called a mild upset in de feating Elkin 35 to 25. The boys from Boone played a faster game and pulled away in the final four minutes after the lead had ex changed a number of times dur ing the exciting contest. Girls' Game Poe. Sparta (53) Valdese (20) F Mitchell (27) .. (9) Bowman F vCooper (4) Hutchins Bj^Talker (18) — (3) Scroggs G -Miller Holder G*—Poole — Cline G...-Black Berry Substitutions^ Sparta — Royal, Emory (7), Edwards, Brooks, Gascho, Rector. Valdese: Hast ings, Rhooney (4), Nichols, Pass amore, Coulter. Boys' Game Pos. Applachian (85) Elkin (25) F—Davidson (5) —(8) Shugart F.—Blackburn (4).. (3) Journey C—Barden (10) .... (8) Elridge G-— Hodges (10) .... (2) Nance G—-Barnett (6) — (2) Johnson Substitutions: Appalachian — Triplett. Elkin: Graham (2), Price, Holcomb, Hanks, Sim mons. Thursday's schedule: 1:00—Elkin vs Granite Falls (girls). 2:00—Wilkesboro vs Sparta (boys). 6; 30—Wilkesboro vs Taylors ville (girlB). 7; 30—Cove Greek vs Appa^ lachian (girls). g.30—Cove Creek vs Taylors ville (boys). Friday's schedule: 6-00 — grils, winner Elkin Granite Falls versus winner of Wiltkesboro- Taylorsville. 7.00 — Winner Wilkesboro Sparta versus winner Taylorsville Cove Creek. , g 00—Sparta girls versus win ner Appalachian-Cove Creek. 9:00)—Appalachian and Gran ite Falls boys. Championship games will be played Saturday night, 7:30 and 8:30, and torphies will be pre sented. |px Penalty Will Go , p After March 1st Attention is called to the fact that additional penalty as pro vided by law will be added to all county and city taxes which are unpaid after March 1. The penalty now is one-half of one per cent and will be one per cent after March 1. All who have not paid are asked to pay now and avoid the extra penalty. & Sails For Guam ******************************* Mrs. Clarence E. Call sailed from San Francisco, Calif., for Guam on Feb. 3rd on the USS General Breckinridge, to be with her husband, who Is with the United States Marine Corps. Mrs. Call is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Prevette, of Hays. Jr. Woman's Club Sponsors Fashion Show-Luncheon The Junior Woman's club will sponsor a Spring Fashion show and luncheon in the banquet hall of the Carolina Restaurant on Thursday, February 24th at one o'clock. New and stylish spring fash ions from Belk's, Jean's, Penney's and Spainhour's will be modeled by local young ladies. The fashion show and luncheon will cost $1.50 per person, with admittance gained only by reser vation. Those wishing to attend are asked to call either the Caro lina Restaurant at 519; Mrs. Ed ward Finley at 823; Mrs. C. C. Faw, Ji„ at 52.2-W. _ The public is urged to make reservations early due to the lim ited seating space. "If you are interested in the newest spring and summer fash ions, Thursday should find you at the Junior Woman's club Fashion Show and luncheon," the announcement said. Mrs. Chambers' Rites Will Be Held Friday Mrs. Mollis Chambers, 79, died Wednesday afternoon at her home in the Ronda route two community. She had been ill for the past weeks. Funeral service will be held Friday, 11 a. m., at Pleasant Grove Baptist church with Rev. R. R. Crater and Rev. L. T. Younger conducting the last rites. Mrs. Chambers leaves the fol lowing sons and daughters: T. L., W. M. and G. T. Chambers, and Mrs. Talmadge Mastin, of Ronda; J. D. and R. T. Chambers, of High Point; Mrs. Clay Myers and Mrs. Melvin Swaim, of Jonesville. Normal Docket In City jCourt Here With Mayor T. S3. Kenerly pre siding, the city court here Mon day morning morning waded through a normal docket, con sisting mainly of charges for drunkenness. There were nine cases for drunkenness, one for driving intoxicated, three for speeding, two for reckless driving, one for failure to give hand signal while driving and one for passing a stop sign without stopping. Sidney M. Smith Funeral Held Today Funeral service was held to day, two p. m., at Lewis Fork church for Sidney M. Smith, 56, who died Monday at his home In Lewis Fork township. Rev. Bine Church conducted the last rites. Surviving Mr. Smith are his widow, Mrs. Mamie Smith, and the following sons and daugh ters: Mrs. M. W. Glass, Fred, John and Sam Smith, of Purlear; Mrs. Cecil Whittington, of North Wilkesboro; Miss Delia Mae Smith, of- Lynchburg, Va.; Tim mle and Ruby Smith, of Marion, Va.; and Miss Lillian Smith, of Rural Retreat, Va. o Meat production under Feder al inspection for the week ended February 5 totaled 307 million pounds. Members Wilkes Chamber To Meet Monday Evening Col. Clem Johnston, Of Roa noke, Va., Will Be Prin cipal Speaker Principal speaker for the an 1 nual membership meeting of the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce to be held Monday evening, Feb. 21, six o'clock, at Hotel Wilkes will be Col. Clem D. Johnston, ol Roanoke, Va., one of the nation's outstanding men in chamber ol commerce work. In addition to being one of the best known speakers in the south, Col. Johnston Is known as a national leader in chamber of commerce and oivic work, being a former vice president of the United States Chamber of Com merce and a member of its board of directors. He was one of the outstanding speakers at the an nual meeting of the U. S. cham ber in Washington, D. C., in April. It is expected that a capacity crowd will attend the dinner meeting, which will (be limited to chamber members because of lack of facilities for a larger number. Price of the dinner will be $1.55 each and reservations are being m&de at the chamber of commerce office. W. H. McElwee will b^, toast master at the meeting. In addi tion to the address of Col. John ston, there will be other features, including music by the "Sons of Harmony" quartet. R. M. Brame, Jr., retiring pres ident who has led the chamber very successfully during the past year, will make his report and treasurer's report will be by Richard Johnston, who is the in coming president. New officers and newly elected directors will be installed by J. H. Whicker, Sr. Tom Jenrette, chamber man ager, will present Col. Johnston. Mrs. Hbmer Wellborn Injured In^c^ident Mrs. Homer Wellobrn, who be fore her marriage was Miss El sie Nichols, of North Wilkesboro, was seriously hurt yesterday in an automobile accident in Char lotte and is now a patient at the Charlotte Memorial hospital. Mrs. Wellborn was on her way from her home in Charlotte to the bus station in a car driven by her husband when their car was struck by another vehicle. She sustained a broken arm, shoulder fracture and other injuries, al though her condition is not con sidered critical. At the time of the accident, Mrs. Wellborn was starting to North Wilkesboro because of the serious illness of her father, My. H. G. Nichols. Geodetic Survey Markers Explained In a communication from the official in charge of the geodetic survey party which was located here, there was explanation of certain markers erected in this community. The bench mark on the east wall of the North Wilkesboro postoffice gives the geographic location and the elevation as 1, 016.189 feet, and at Wilkesboro postoffice 1,042,459 feet. An other marker at the top of the hill near the Legion clubhouse places the elevation there at 1, 190.188 feet. Methodist Meeting In Wilkesboro 21st The Wilkes sub-district of the Methodist church will meet on Monday, February 21, 7:30 p. m. with the Wilkesboro Methodist church. RONDA MAN ASSEMBLES PARTS | AND BUILDS HIS OWN TRUCK! Carlton Parker, Honda citizen, had difficulty finding an automo bile which he could buy, and he collected various and sundry parts and built one of his own. which is registered in the state of North ""arolina a^ a home made truck. The vehicle, which does not re semble any commercial vehicle on the market and can be spotted a country mile, has a red cab made of fibre board and sheet metal. Just back of this cab Is the motor, a one-cylinder Job fisted as having nine horsepower and with a gasoline tank holding [less than three gallons. But the small fuel capacity is no handi cap because the car will run 60 miles to a gallon of gas. Rear end of the vehicle con sists of the two rear wheels, axle and gears* from a three-wheeled motorcycle. A chain drive from the motor powers the wheels. The front en,j was made from the front end of a model A Pord, cnt down one foot in width, and the steering gear was also of Ford make. The mechanical ability of Mr. Parker was best evidenced by the vehicle's trip down a state in spection lane, when it passed 100 per cent on the first trip. mwwwwvwwwwnw JYill Speak Here *»wvwww*w*w*<»*wwv Ool. Clem D. Johnston, of Roanoke, Va., will be the fea ture speaker at the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce annual meeting Monday evening, six o'clock, at Hotel Wilkes. Heart Diseases Subject Address At Jaycees' Meet The Wilkes Junior Chamber of Commerce had an interesting meeting Thursday evening at Ho tel Wilkes. Dr. J. H. McNeill spoke to the club on the subject, "Heart Disease." He discussed in laymen's language the principal types of heart disease and the causes of each. Dr. McNeill then told some of the symptoms of the various types of the disease and the methods of prevention and treatment. He pointed out that the money which is raised In Wilkes County during the cur rent American Heart Association Campaign will bfe used to luy special equipment for diagnosing heart trouble and for treating Wilkes cases. The special equip ment will be installed in the new hospital. At the conclusion of the meet ing the Club's bank, containing money collected during the past few months from fines imposed on members who came to meet ings without their buttons or for other rule infractions, was pre sented to Sam Ogilvie, Chairman of the March of Dimes Campaign. The bank content^ swelled the polio fund $25.15. Tobacco Growers To Meet Monday All tobacco farmers in Wilkes county are urged to attend a meeting to be held at Ronda school gymnasium Monday night, February 21, 7:30 p. m., Paul Choplin, Wilkes farm agent, said i today. S. N. Hawks, Jr., tobacco spec ialist of the North Carolina ex tension service, will give an Il lustrated lecture on the produc tion and handling of flue cured tobacco. K. Of P. Members Will Go To Revival Instead of regular meeting Monday night, February 21, members of the Knights of Pyth ias lodge will attend revival serv ice at the First Baptist church and hear Dr. 'R'. Paul Caudill. All members of the lodge are asked to be at the church by 7:15 and will be seated together during the service. Support the Y. M. C. A. Expedting Large Croims ToAttend Revival In City Dr. R i er to viva Dr. it. Wilkes Jai standing era Badt ister id will be guest relrival services t > held Febi la -y 21-28 in the Baptist «c iboro, Dt. tor, hasji ServicjB ning at J week, i Dr. C4i li 1 was bom and ed in tl}c Wilkes rth and >rth >ute two; eon, Divid bn ary 13, to Mr. and Jolpbus Farring ton, son, Charles Da my, l4 to Mr. and Ire , of Wilibar; dafgh Marie, February vlrs. Claude Ale: der Canti ', cf North Wllkesb Jo rce Ann, Febri d Mrs. Warren " Vil of North Wil er, Februray 15 Raleigh Wash of Wilkesboro r( fol at 12, :an ro; ary ces to ng ute to John Wilson Snyfter, one; dau htfr, February 15 Mr. and I rs. of Wilke ioio; daughter, Fel ru ary 15, 1 » J[r. and Mrs. Cla ide of Vannoy. Will Hobor Coble Personnel At Spaijt ohr The p«-sohnel of the Sp? plant of Icoble Dairy Produ Inc., desllnai ed as the company's outstanding following|th< quality contest spections.l ill be honored at banquet A te held In Sparta Friday, alco forth, Co|le ervlsor. Ben E ijding to Howard Go quality control si t dairying It < lemson College, w ill be guest fcpe which wit ib s attended by repi sentativea of health aftho *ities, and membt rs of the Crole F. R. Boli rane, executive vl ;e president |of The compap: C. plant was of the bile r MusicJC rta :ts, quality operators in a on >odale, professor iker at the banqi et e state and lodal organization. the Coble company, P of will await tje blue ribbon cer ficate forlou Accordmg Sparta pfint selected ward on Carolina Eta The wiinii ed as a 'few manship, not I :standing quality o ) nations tl Gjiy Perry, manager of the Spartfi plant. to Mr."Goforth, tie was unanimous y the semi-annual i , basis of an inspe s tion maift Hy Coble represent! - tives and| m< mbers of the Sout 1 e Board of Healtl. g plant was descrlb high In plant show ■ sekeeping and qua! ■ ity operslloE s and outstandini in all defartpients" by memberi ;tlon committee. The qflalltjy contest in whic all 25 Icoitpany plants an branches Icor ipete, 'is a part o the overlall Coble quality pr< gram, Mm G iforth stated. y's Sugar Grove, N. the previous holder! bbon award. Mlefing On Friday SUPPORT ub Plans The ^tuft] Music club will meet Frilay, February 18, eight p. m., atlthe home of Mrs. A. H. Casey wih Jrs. W. C. Marlow and MissfLof? Scrogg* as associ ate hos THE Y. M. C. A. ' 'rtWWWWHVVWVWMWiWHW ( Chamber President j wwwwlwwwwwwww RICHARD JOHNSTON P. E. Forester Taken By Death, Last Rites Today Prince Edward Forester, 68, one of the Wilkesboros' best known citizens, di^d at 12:20 a. m. Wednesday at his home in Wilkesboro. Death followed by 27 hours a stroke of apoplexy Monday night, from which he did not regain consciousness. / A member of one of Wilkes county's most prominent families, Mr. Forester was born July 6, 1880, a son of the late James Alfred and Mary Jane Crowder Forester, of Wilkesboro. He re ceived his education in Wilkes boro schools and at Oak Ridge Institute. When a young man he entered government mall service as a railway mail clerk and retired after 36 years. During a greater part of that time he was in mall service between Washington and Atlanta and made his home in Washington, D. C., returning to this community in 1940 after he retired from his position. SIwcb returning here Mr. for ester had been very active in civic and church activities. He was a member of Wilkesboro Methodist church, the North Wil kesboro Klwanis club and the Woodmen of the World frater nity. His personality, cheerful ness and attributes of fine char acter won for him numerous friends here and elsewhere. Mr. Forester was married to the former Miss Irene Chambers, of Winston-Salem. She and his tw0 sisters, Mrs. M. H. Blythe, of Princeton, Ky., and Mrs. W. W. Miller, Sr., of Wilkesboro, are the surviving members of Mr. Forest er's immediate family. He was preceded in death by ond broth er and two sisters, Charles, and Alice Forester and Mrs. J. L. Hobbs. Funeral service was held to day, three p. m., at Wilkesboro Methodist church. Burial was in Mountain Park cemetery. Rev. C. J. Winslow, pastor, was assisted by Rev. H. M. Wellman, a form er pastor, and Rev. Watt M. Cooper, pastor of the First Pres byterian church of North Wilkes boro. Pall bearers for the funeral were Warner Miller, Jr., Clifton Miller, James Hobbs, F. D. For ester, N. S. Forester, Watson Brame and Tommie Orysel. Many beautiful flowers, a fitting tribute for the friendship and respect of many friends, were carried by ladies of the Wesleyan Service Guild of the Wilkesboro Methodist church. Yadkin Valley Meet Feb. 28 Elkin. — The Yadkin Valley Conference tournament will get under way at Gilvin Goth gym nasium on Monday, February 28. Sixteen boys' teams and six teen girls' teams will compete in the meet for the official chanf* pionship of the conference. In this group of teams are potential ly some of the strongest teams in jthe entire Northwest. In the past > teams schools representing this conference have been winners of \ the coveted Journal-Sentinel tournament titles in Winston—1 Salem. Girl Scouts Will Be On Air Monday, 21 Members of Girl Scout Troop No. 15 will give a broadcast over Station WKBC Monday after noon, February ,21, for fifteen minutes beginning at 4:45 o clock. Leaders of the troop are Mrs. A. B. Johnston and Mm. James Kenerly. Richard Johnston President Wilkes Chamber For 1949 Young Business And Civic Leader Named By Direc tors Tuesday Richard Johnston, 33, one of North Wilkesboro's most out standing civic and business lead ers, was elected president of the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce in meeting of the board of directors held here Tuesday. Other officers elected for the year were: Paul Osborne,* vice president; J. B. Williams, treas urer; P. W. Eshelman, national councilor. E. G. Finley and L. S. Spainhour were named to the executive committee, of which the president, vice • president, treasurer and Tom Jenrette, manager, are the othef members. Mr. Johnston, who is vice pres ident of American Furniture com pany, one of the leading indus tries here, has been treasurer of the chamber since its organiza tion, was national councilor for one year and has also been on the executive committee since the chamber was formed. He gradu ated from the University of North Carolina in 1936 and is now pres ident of the Wilkes chapter of Carolina alumni. During the war he served four and one-half years in the army air corps and was a major at the time of his dis charge. He was a fighter pilot and participated in the Guadalcanal campaign in the Pacific in the early offensive stages of the Pa cific theatre. Mr. Johnston is now chairman of the board of stewards of the First Methodist church and vice chairman of the Wilkes chapter of the American Red Cross. He is a past president of the North Wilkesboro Lions club and an ac tive member of the Wilkes Jun ior Chamber of Commerce. The president-elect was auth orized by the directors to appoint chairmen of permanent commit tees and to consult chairmen relative to conupP' S appoint ments. ~4r / - Directors oW _ n e chamber adopted the budget as recom mended by the executive com mittee for the year. The board directed that reso lutions be prepared thanking re tiring officers and directors for their unselfish service during the past year in the interest of pro gress and welfare of the Wilkes .boros and all Wilkes county. Church Held In Shooting!)! Wyatt Jefferson. — The magistrates yesterday afternoon ordered Bradley Church of Ashe county held under $8,000 bond in the Feb. 6 slaying of Clyde Wyatt, 28. He gave the bond. The magistrates—'David Bur chette, C. O. Parsons and Artie Sheets—also ordered Dean Pow ers and Dent Houck held under $<500 bond as material witnesses. Garney Church, brother of Brad ley, was released by the magis trates after the hearing. Dr. D. E. Jones of Ashe County Memorial Hospital testi fied Wyatt was brought to the hospital shortly before he died at 5:15 p. m. on the day of the shooting. Dr. Jones said Wyatt died of hemorrhages as the result of a .38 calibre pistol wound. Magistrate Sheets said little information was obtained at the hearing. He said Powers and Houck testified, but gave little that could be used in the case. He said the magistrates decided to hold Bradley Church under bond, and Powers and Houck as material witnesses, when the hearing failed to reveal any evi dence. The four men were arrested within three days after Wyatt was fatally shot. Wyatt was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Wyatt of New Ox ford, Pa., formerly of Ashe coun ty. Broadcast Sunday First Presbyterian Sunday morning service Feb ruary 20 will be broadcast over radio station WKBC. The pastor, Rev. Watt M. Cooper, will deliv er the message. Preaching Service Rev. Clate Brown, pastor, will preach at the Goshen Baptist church Sunday night, February 20, seven o'clock. All members are urged to be present and tbe public ta Invited, ^ ij j