Wilkes during the
now in progress Is
Help the Red Cross
earry on your (rifts.
The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 42 Years
our cm
North Wilkesboro y has a.
trading radius of 50 miles,,
serving 100,000 people ini
Northwestern Carolina.
Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., Thursday, March 24. 1949
Make North Wilkesboro Your ShoDDina Center
Bwri WW Meet
AsEvuKzatira
My March tttl
Cemmbekmers Wffl He*
Complaints And N«oei«ui
[ The Wilkes oounty board c
commissioners and J. 0. Graysoi
tax supervisor, will meet at th
Wilkes eonrthouse on Mondaj
April 28, as an equalizatio:
board.
▲t that time the board wil
hear complaints and requests to
changes in assessed valuation o
property for taxation and wil
make any necessary adjustment
hx valuations for this year. Thi
procedure is provided by law ant
any citizen having a request to
change will toe heard.
Wilkesboro Men's
i Club In Meeting
The regular March meeting o<
the Wilkesbor j Business anc
' Professional Men's club was helc
Tuesday evening at the Woman'!
\ - • •
clubhouse. The
ed to order by
meeting was call
J. B. Williams ii
the absence of hoth the president
^ini^vice president. E>r. G. T. Mit
immediat e past presidenl
of the club, cane in later and
presided for the remainder of the
meeting.
As no progrf m had been ar
ranged for the club meeting, a
round table discussion was held
with members taking part. Mat
ters before the tlub for comment
were the Red jCross campaign
now in progress; the organiza
tion of a Salvajtion unit in the
county; and ttye promotion ol
the band recently organized at
the Wilkesboro high school.
The program for the April
meeting wili be in charge of the
civic committee/ of which Fred
Henderson is chairman.
Inspite of inclement weather,
club attendance was good, and
the members of the W<UWH»,'&
cJut> served Nanoother one of their
fine diners.
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Faculty Game Mar. 29
At Gymnasium Here
Basketball season will close
Tuseday night at North Wilkes
tooro high school When the faculty
teams, men and jladies, will play
the winning teams from the stu
dent body tournajnent.
The public is Invited to these
games, which will begin at 7:30
and plenty of entertainment is
as *t. all spectators.
Pie Supper
At Rod
There Will be
Roaring River
Friday
ring River
pie supper at
[School, Friday
I light, March 25th, at 7:30 o'
clock. Mrs. Pearli* Davis, Bill and
Jam Higgins will entertain with
itring music. The proceeds will be
ised for the gynfnasium. Every
body oome.
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Bee Specialist To
Visit In Wilkes
By PAUL OHOPLIN,
Ommtf Agent
I j Wilkes County is noted for th<
fine Quality of sourwood honey
With practical and improved
thods of beekeeping, -we shoulc
produce over twice the amount ol
honey produced at present.
In order to assist the beekeep
ft' ers with their problems, we have
, j invited W. A. Stephen, Extensioi
s' Beekeeper of N. C. State College
'to spend two days in Wllkec
County. '
The following meetings art
1 being arranged for the oonven
r ience of beekeepers and others
t interested in beekeeping:
1 C. C. Nance, Rt », N. Wilkes
i boro; Monday, March 28) 10:30
i a. m.; Vocational Agriculture
I Department., Monday, March 28,
1:15 p. m. and 7:00 p. m.; C. C.
Alexander, Roaring River, Tues
day, March 29, 10:30 a. m.; Oren
Parsons, Parsonvllle, Tuesday,
March 29, 2:00 p. m.
All farmers, beekeepers, ve
terans, and others are invited
to attend one or more of these
meetings.
Opening Game Of
Season Here May
3 For Flashers
' First game of the season for
■ the North Wilkesboro Flashers
I in the Blue Ridge league in Mem
forial Park here will be on Tues
day night, May 3, which will be
promotion night for fans and
• many valuable prizes will be gi
,ven away.
j The Flashers will open the
season on May 30 in Galax and
will also play in Galax on Sun
day, May 1. On the night of May
2nd Flashers will be in Mount
Airy and on May 3 Mount Airy
will furnish the opposition for
the gala opening night game
here.
Several exhibition games are
being arranged for the spring
training period from April 15 to
fxfmr snjr®a$8iur tar teams sche
duled for exhibitions is the House
of David bearded athletes, nation
ally famous for their play and
exhibitions on the diamond. Lin
colnton and Morganton of the
Western Carolina league will also;
be exhibition game opponents.
Manager Tom Daddino con
tinues busy in searching for rook
ie material for the 1949 edition
of the Flashers. Pitchers and cat
chers will begin training April
10.
Evangelist Keyes
Will Preach Here!
Evangelist Charles E. Keyes j
will preach Sunday, 11 a. m., at
the Church of God here.
Revival services are in progress
at the Church of God with Rev.
Mr. Puett as guest minister.
Services are being held daily at
7:15 p. m. The pastor, Rev. C. D.
Spake, in behalf of the church
extends a cordial welcome to all
who will attend the services.
Return That Book to thm latirmry
RICHARD ELLER REUS <
OPTIMIST CLDB C0MIN6 YEAB
B Richard Eller. local lflinr-1 nerintendent of the city achools
ance man, was unanimously el*
, cted president ot the Optlmis
Club of North Wllkesboro at th<
' regular semi-monthly meeting
Tuesday- noon at Hotel Wilkes
Other officers re-elected wen
Julius C. Hubbard, vice president;
Forrest Tugman, «ecretary-trea»
urer. Mr. Eller will succeed Mau
rice B. Walsh, who has led the
club successfully during the firsl
year of its existence. Resolution!
were placed on the minutes ol
the club thanking President
Walsh and Secretary Tugman foi
the fine service they hare giver
the club during the past year.
Prof. Woodward Speaks To Glut
Members
Prof. J. Floyd Woodward, su
W. C. Wood, 42, Is ~
Claimed By Death
Willard Clarence Wood, 42,
died Monday in Wilkesboro.
Funeral service was held
Wednesday at Rook Springe
church near IJarby with Rev.
Levi Oreen and Rev. Ed Hodges
in charge.
Surviving Mr. Wood are his
wife, Mrs. Delia Mae Wood, and
three children, Kent, Judy and
Jerry Wood, of Akron, Ohio.
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Pairings Table
Tennis Set Up
Tournament Will Begin To
night And Continue To
Finals In Week-end
A new amatuer sport makes its
appearance here this week when
the first table tennis tournament
in the history of the county will
be run off with ten participants.
Working through the recrea
tion committee of the Wilkes
Chamber of Commerce, a com
mittee composed of Bill Carri
gan, Tom Jenrette and Dwlght
Nichols arranged palrtngs for the
tournament, which will begin to
night and be concluded during
the week-end on a single elimina
tion basis. First round losers will
participate in a consolation tour
nament.
Starting play tonight will be
James Garwood versus Gene Mc
Neill, and John Garwood versus
Buddy Sloope. In the matches
Friday will toe Joe Garwood ver
sus winner of James Garwood
and Gene McNeill; Ray Lands
berger versus Harry Hettlger;
Bill Carrigan versus winner of
John Garwood and Buddy Sloope;
Marvin Huffman versus Jerry
Derr.
Semi finals will be played Sat
urday and finals on Sunday or
date to be set by participants. En
trants in the tournament may
contact Mr. Carrigan or their op
ponents to arrange place and ex~
act time of play.
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North Carolina now has 41 ar
tifical breeding associations ser
ving 50 counties. The associations
have a membership of 7,460
farmers who have signed up 36
• appeared before the clab as guest
. speaker. His sub Jet was ^ "Mak
i in# Men Out of Boys", and was
f a very timely message since mo
vements are now on foot In the
i city to provide better" leadership
for boyB, and more recreational
facilities.
Prof. Woodward said: "We are
interested in developing superior
leaders; concerned abont all boys
and girls, and want to do all we
can to make them good citizens;
giving maladjusted students more
attention in order that they
might make better citizens."
Prof. Woodward's address was
logical, sound, and was heard
with much interest by the Opti
mists.
Saturday Date
Vacation Bible
School Meeting
A Vacation Bible School Clinic
will be held at Wlkesboro Baptist
Church, Saturday, March 26, at
10:00 A. M. The churches of the
Brushy Mountain Baptist Associ
ation are requested to send those
who are Interested in leading the
Sunday Schools to have Vacation
Bible Schools this season.
Conference periods will be held
for the pastorsf Sunday School
superintendents, and Vacation Bi
ble School principals concerning
the promotion of the schools in the
churches. Hn addition, conference
periods will be held for each de
i partment, in which the work of
j each age group will be studied,
textbooks, methods, and other
I elements of Bible School work
will be considered. A demonstrat
ion of the Joint Worship Service
will be held. 1
Workers are requested to
bring a lunch. Other refresh
ments will be served by the mem
bers of the Woman's Missionary
Society of the host church.
Those churches -that have so
Bible Schools ar6 especially en
couraged to send their prospec
tive workers to learn how to
promote and hold the schools in
their churches.
This ciinic is particularly de
signed to help the churches to
hold their own schools without
outside help, if posible.
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Lands Big Fish
Coolidge Pardue, who resires
on 8th street in this city, landed
a fine carp Wednesday while
fishing in Henry's fish lake near
EJkin. After an exciting battle
the large fish was reeled in by
rod and reel from the bank.
Weight of the fish wag 8 and 3-4 I
pounds and length was 27 inches.
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Wilkesboro Church
Has Building Plan
All members of the Wilkesboro
Baptist church arc urged to be
present Sunday at the morning
service to consider plans for be
ginning an educational building
for the church. «
Winston
ns State
fare Program
Dr. 1 titan Winston, Commis
sioner of Public Welfare for this
state, was the guest speaker be
fore th< North Wilkesboro Wo
man's Club, Monday afternoon at
the Wor lan's clubhouse.
j The s ibject of her address was
the broi.d program and field of
service which the welfare depart
ment en braces. She used the fi
gures pe Gaining to Wilkes county
throughrut her talk.
The pi imary purpose of the de
partment is to care for the aged
and dep andent children. There
are 100 aged persons receiving
aid from the old age grant. The
average amount received in
counties for this purpose is $21.
00, whil > Wilkes aged receive
only $16.50 per month, which is
the lowei t of any county In North
Carolina.
There are 900 dependent chil
dren rec< iplents of aid, which are
under 16 years of age. The wel
fare depi rtment continues to aid
them unt 1 they are 18 if the child
continues his schooling. The first
thought >f the department is to
keep the dependent children in
their owi home wherever possi
ble.
Most counties have grants of
$1,4.50 >er child, per month,
while W Ikes county's grant is
under $10.00, which Is next to
the ibottoi a in the state.
Dr. Wi iston says that the wel
fare department gives priority to
seeing th it dependent children
have adequate clothes, food, and
healthy environments because the
child is olur best investment She
cited cases of children who had
received aid, and had made good
records In later life. She said the
department program includes
placing jchildren for adoption.
There were 5000 placed in N. C.
last year.; There are 8 being ad
apted in Wilkes county. Foster
homes art? also sought for chil
dren. There are 240 t licensed
boarding homes for children in
state. There are 2 in* Wilkes
wnmty where-children p.re feeing
cared foB in this manner.
^ A relatively new program has
Wen'adddd to the Welfare serv
ice which is called the "home
maker service". This type of aid
is used wien a home is temporar
ily upset j>y illness, death or oth
er causes The department will!
send a loster mother In such
homes urn 11 further plans can be
made for the children. She said
North Carolina was the first state
to render this type of service.
She also s :ated that she hoped the
vacancy ia the Wilkes Welfare,
departmer t- would be filled very J
soon.
Other fields on w^ich she
touched were correctional insti
tutions; 1 eeping children out of
jail, having jail inspectors come
to visit jails, also seeing' that the
supervisor; of aged institutions
each county to inspect
mes, hospital,1 etc. She
come to
county he)
said we had come a long way to
ward help
up a county tuberculosis center
and clean:
Dr. Wii:
know you
ng up our couijty home,
ston said "by till means
welfare department
and its p: ogram. She was deligh
ted to sa; we now have adequate
facilities for this work by the
additional space in the county
court hoi se.
Mrs. W. R. Absher introduced
Dr. Wi iston. .Representatives
from the Woman's Cluib of the
third dis rict were extended in
vitations [to attend this meeting.
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Marine
Com
Monday a
and 29th
All yfung
years of
complete
Marine
are
and that
ng our aged toy opening
Recruiter
ing Mar. 28-29
Master Sergeant J. I* Barnes,
Non-Com nissioned Officer in
Charge of the Marine Corps Re
cruiting Station in Winston
Salem, h is announced that a re
presentat ve of the U. S. Marine
Corps Recruiting Service will
spend tie 28th and 29th ol
March ii North Wllkesboro, in
tervieing and accepting appli
cants for enlistment in the Mar
ine Corpii.
Staff Sergeant O. B. Graysor
will estal lish headquarters at th<
local Pcjst .Office Building oz
nd'Tuesday, March 28tl
men of eighteei
age are urged to gel
information from th<
Corps Representative
concerning a one year enlistment
in the sei Tic*.
Sergeant Barnes also announ
high school graduatei
may enroll with the Marin<
Corps Inititute for courses whicl
goqd for college credits
Aen who did not com
plete their high school educatioi
may do fco while serving in th<
Marines.
BLUE RIDGE LEAGUE-OFFICIAL PLAYING SCHEDULE 1949
At Radford At N. Wilke»boro At Wytheville At Galax At Abingdon At Mt. Airy
Radford
Follow
May
Jane
July
Aug.
Sept.
10-18-24
3-15-23
4-4-10-27
15-23
1
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
6-14*23
2-12-26
6-15-26
4-8-26
2'
N. Wilkesbord
May 11-17-25
June 4-14-22
July §-11-20-28
Aug. 14-24-81
The
May 4-15-27
June 6-11*26*
July 3-8-22
Aug. 1-11-19-29
Wytheville
May 5-19-22
June 1-13-27
July 7-14-2*5
Aug. 5-9-25
Sept 3*
May 3-9-30-30
June 9-19-30
July 19-23*
Au. 2-13*22-27*
May 7*16-26
June 5-21-24
July 2*9*21-3JL
Aug 10-18-28
M. 12-13-21*2
June 7-17
July 6-7-14
Aug. 5-20*30
Sept 4
Flashers
May 11-17-25
June 4*14-22
July 16*30*
Aug. 7-16-17-24
Sept. 1
May 1-13-21*29
June 7-17-S8
July 17-80*
Aug. 7-17-21
Sept. 4
May 7*15-27
June 5-11*24
July 8-8-21-81
M 11-18-88
May 5-19-22
June 1-12-26-80
July 19-24
Aug. 3-13*25
Sept. 3*
May 3-8-30-30
June 9-19-28
July 17-80*
An. 7-18-21-8 7*
May 3-8-30-30
June 9-19
July 5-10-20-28
Aug. 14-22-27*
April 30*
May 1-20-2D
June 7-17-30
July 19-14
Aug. 2-11*11
Sept. 4
May 2-8-31
June 8-16-20
July 1-18-24
Aug. 3-12
Sept. 5-5
Apr. 30*
May 1-12-20-29
June 10-18*
July 15-25-26
Aug. 4-8-9-21
May 10-18-24
June 3-15-23
June 28-29
July 17-29
Aug. 6*23-31
In The
May 7*15-26
June 5-21-25*
July 2*3-22-31
Aug. 11-28-29
April 30*
May 12-20-28*
June 10-18*29
July 16*29
Au. 6*16-20*30
May 4-16-26
June 6-21-25*
July 2*9*21
Aug. 1-10-19-29
May 6-14*23
June 2-13-27
July 1-18-23*
Aug. 2-12-26
Sept. 2
May 2-9-31
June 8-16-20-29
July 16*29
Aug. 6*17
Sept. 5-5
May 2-9-31
June 8-16-20
July 4-4-11-27
Aug. 15
Sept. 5-5
M. 12-13-21*28*
June 10-18*
July 1-18-23*
Aug. 3-12-20*30
May 4-16-27
June 6-11*24
July 8-9*21
'Aug. 1-10-18-19
May 6-19-23
June 2-13-27
July 4-4-5-27
Aug. 15-26
Sept. 3 *
Journal
May 10-18-24
June 3-14-23
July 7-14-25
Aug. 5-9-23
Sept. 1
May 5-14*28 May ll-17-2\5
June 1-12-26 June 4*15-22
Jul. lO-ll-lO-S* July 6-15-28
Aug. 14-25 Aug. 4-8-24-31
Sept. 2
Patriot
Spring Festival Is
Now In Progress
Purebred Hog Sole *
To Be Held March 31
Af Sheep Pens Here
There will be a purebred Hoe
w.ftatx'he Sheep Pens ,n N°rth
WUkeeboro, Thursday, March
(*1.. The sale will start at 1:00
p. m.
There will be 23 purebred horn
for sale in the Tamworth Duroc
CM K6' ?• L and' Po,and
China breeds. Harry Hamilton,
of Boone, will be auctioneer.
Man Gets Term In
Pen For Assault;
Many Cases Tried
Guy Walls, resident of eastern
Wilkes who plead guilty to assault
on his mother, including striking
at her with a knife and firing a
gun at her seven times, received
two years on the roads in Wilkes
x°™ ,D a JudSment by Judge
J. Will Pless, Jr., And was order
ed turned over to authorities of
the state of Maryland for viola
tion of parole.
Walls' only defense the Judg
ment by Judge Pleas' said, was
that he was drunk. Walls must
first answer to Maryland author
ities before beginning his senten
ce on the assault charge.
Alec Jarvis, convicted in four
cases for stealing chickens, drew
a sentence of three to five years
in one case and suspended road
sentences of two years each in
three other cases.
Other judgments rendered in
court were as follows:
Mack Joines, manslaughter,
mistrial because jury could not
agree.
John L. Foster, non-support,
tWo years suspended on condition
? weekly for support
of children.
Richard Anderson, non-sup
port, six months suspended on
condition he support his family.
James Lincoln Campbell, reck
less driving, prayer for judgment
continued while he makes pay
ment on hospital bills and dam
ages.
J. P. Roberts, assault with
deadly weapon, guilty.
Garney Church and Dean Pow- I
ers, assault with deadly weapon,
four years in penitentiary. Notice
of appeal given.
Odell Shepherd, assault, two
to three years in penitentiary.
Granville Coffey, non-support,
two years on roads.
Bfllie Parsons, housebreaking
and larceny, two years suspended
five years.
Clifford Joe Brown, reckless
drfvTftg and violation prohibi
tion laws, 12' months suspended
on payment $100 fine and costs;
driver license revoked two years.
Jack Williams, reckless driv
ing, three months suspended on
payment $25 fine and cost; dri
ver license revoked one year.
Ernest Harrison Taylor, mans
laughter of Dock Anderson two
years suspended on condition he
pay $2,500 for benefit of Mrs.
Mabel Anderson and children.
James Howard Land, operating
car while intoxicated, four
months suspended on payment
$100 fine and costs; driver li
cense revoked one year.
Divorces were granted Monday
in two cases: Grace Byrd versus
James B. Byrd; and Bessie G
Foster versus John L. Foster.
Laverne (Vernon) Pruitt, ab
andonment, not guilty.
Stores Showiig
Latest Styles;
Better Valaes
Many Extra Special Valaes
Are Offered Daring Three
Day Event
Spring Opening Festival open
ed in the Wllkeaboroa today and
will continue through Saturday
with merchants in many lines of •
business showing the very latest
in merchandise and at better
values.
Trade Promotion committee of
the Wilkes Chamber of Com
merce is sponsoring this event
with many firms participating.
Attractive window cards design
ate the participating firms.
Featured daring this event are
the latest styles, fashions and
patterns in clothing and depart
ment stores, and in other lines
all the newer merchandise and
staple items particularly season
able at this time of the year.
Spring weather was here today
tor opening of the festival and
early today began an influx of
visitor^ «o the city. As an added
convenience Wilkes Transporta
tion buses, in conjunction with
the Trade Promotion committee,
gave free transportation to North
Wilikesboro on Incoming buses
this morning from nine until 12
a'clock.
Merchants are offering many
Bxtraordinary specials for the
svent from special purchases of
new merchandise being shown for
the first time.
Everybody is invited to visit
the stores during this event with
the assurance that they will see
the very newest in styles and fas
h-ions, and at better values ♦*""»
have been available since the war.
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Oity Primary Is
To Be April 18th
Wilkes county board of elec
tions has called the North
Wilkesboro primary to. be held
April 18th and the election May
3.
Candidates must file at least
five days before date of the pri
mary.
A. M. Handy, register, Glenn
Cox and Joe Godby, Judges, will
be election officials.
Registration books will open at
the city hall March 26 and be
open for three consecutive Sat
urdays.
Call of the election by the
election board appears elsewhere
in this newspaper.
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Squad Game Friday
To End Grid Drills
Spring football practice at
Wilkesboro high school will end
Friday afternoon with a regula
tion game between teams picked
from the large squad of boys par
ticipating in the spring drills.
Bill Whittington and Jack
Groce will coach the two teams
in the game to began at one p. m.
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Remember the date and place
to get complete information for
enlistment in the Marine Corps
is, your local Post Office, Monday
and Tuesday, March 28th snd
29 th.
WHAT DO YOU WANT CLEANED UP
DURING CAMPAIGN APRIL 24-30?
Civic Activities committee of
the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce
is laying the ground work for a
county-wide clean-up and beautl
ficatlon campaign April 24-30.
In order that everybody may
have a voice in the campaign,
a suggestion box has been placed
at the Chamber of Commerce of
fice in the Call Hotel Building.
Everybody is asked to write on
the space below suggestions for
specific clean-up Jobs and drop
the suggestions in the box or
mail to the \yilkes Chamber of
Commerce. The suggestions will
be turned over to a survey com
! mittee headed by Mrs. Ivey Moore
j and Dr. A. C. Chamberlain for
J their consideration to be included
{in the program.
For this campaign I suggest
that the work described below
, be carried out:
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