in Wilkes during the
a w
campaign now in progress is
Help the Red Cross
Wearry on by your gifts.
THE JOURNAL-l|ATRI0T
The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "Statfe of |Wilkes" For Over 42 Years
on an
North Wilkesboro lias a
trading radius of 60 miles,
serving 1^0,000 people ini
Northwestern Carolina.
Vol. 43, No. 98
Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., Thursday, March 3|l, 19|t9
Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center
Red Cross Funds
Urgently Needed
Continued Efficiency In Services of Chapter
Depend on Reaching Goal; $3,900
Needed; Drive Extended !
At the request of many firms
and individuals, the Red Cross'
Drive has been extended until]
April 5 th. All solicitors are re
quested to concentrate on their
canvass during the next few days
and to make reports promptly.
Incomplete reports this morning
show that $3,9(f0.00 more Is
needed to raise the 1949 quota of
$8,184.00, over 70 per cent, of
which Is needed to carry on the l
work In Wilkes county. $2,389.-1
00, or 29.2 per cent., Is the por
tion which Is to he sent Into Na
tional Red Cross. The National
Red Cross stands ready to reha
bilitate in cases of disaster affec
tiwg as many as five families.
Membership in the Red Cross is
y«^r insurance against disaster,
^wne-family fires must be aid
ed by local funds. During the cur
rent month of March, 1949, two
Wilkes county families whose
homes were destroyed by fire,
Wilkes Streams
Being Stocked
Well With Trout
R. Ivey Moore, president of the
Wilkes Wildlife Club, and Joel
Bentley, district game protector,
are busily engaged in stocking
Wilkes mountain streams with
trout.
On Wednesday they placed
brook trout in Dngger creek,
a tributary of Elk in the ex
treme western part of Wilkes
county. On Thursday they stock
ed rainbow trout in middle fork
of Roaring River from L<ovelace
Creek to Bluff Park.
** ^Ttlfey ask for YoTinnt*e*""wt>r*
eta to assist iu stocking east and
west prongs of Roaring River
and east prong of Reddies River
JViday. Those who will help with
the work in Roaring River are
asked to meet at Dockery postof
fice, and volunteer8 for the Red
dies River job are asked to meet
at A. R. Miller's store, the time
at both places being 11 a. m.
Next week they will place
brook trout in Rich Mountain,
Bullhead, Lovelace, Pike and
Jpshua creeks. Volunteers who
will help in this work are asked
to cvdtact Mr. Moore and Mr.
Bentley.
Trout being placed in the
streams are from the Roaring
Gap hatchery and range from six
to 14 inches in length. The game
tector stated that all stocked
iams will be patrolled and that
ne caught fishing in them
before April 15 th will be prose
cuted to the full extent of the
law.
Pink Spray Apples
Due In Orchards
(By Carl E. VanDeman, Assist
ant County Agent)
These warm, sunny days have
. really brought the apple buds a
\ long fast. Many orchards are
ready for their pink spray. We
have had enough rainy weather
to start some apple scab. A thor
ough spray of liquid lime sulfur
at the rate of 2 gallons to 100
gallons of water put on the day
after the rain will check most of
the scab before It grows In to
the leaves and flower stems.
The best way to prevent scab
completely Is to spray with lime
sulphur (1 1-2 gallons per 100)
or one of the wettable sulfurs be
fore the rain.
If the time between the pink
spray and the petal-fall spray is
going to be more than a week's
time, you should put on a full
bloom spray of wettable sulfur,
especially on Red Delicious aftid
other scab susceptible varieties.
The paste type of wettable sulfur
stlckg on better than the powder
ed, sulfur. Liquid.lime sulfur is
too strong to use in the full
spray.
Attends Institute •'
Chamber Executives
Tom Jenrette, manaer fft the
•Ihlkes Chamber of Commerce,
has returned from Winston-Sa
lem, where he attended the three
day institute of Chamber of
Commerce executives for the
southeastern atea Monday, Toes
day aad Wednesday.
have been aided from local chap
ter funds. Donated nsed clothing
and emergency funds were given
to these families, bringing up to
23 the number of Wllkeg fami
lies receiving this emergency as
sistance for homes completely
destroyed by fire during the past
16 months. If your local chapter
does not raise its quota, this
feature of Red Cross work in
Wilkes county will be greatly
hampered.
The local chapter handleg hun
dreds of veterans' claims, emer
gency messages for families of
members of the armed forces, and
others. There being no full time
service officer in Wilkes county,
the Red Cross is the only agency
which is at all times available
with necessary blanks, informa-j
tion, and trained workers to give
veterans assistance with their
claims for benefits from the Vet
erans' Administration.
Dr. J. C. Stokes To
Preach Here Sunday
Dr. J. C. Stokes, of Maiden, a
former pastor of the Wilkesboro
and Union Methodist churches,
will preach Sunday morning, 11
a. m., at the First Methodist
church in this city. Dr. Gilbert R.
Combs, pastor, ana Mrs. Combs
are on vacation at Daytona
Beach, Florida.
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Hospital Births
Since March 15 the following
births were reported at the Wil
kes hospital: Daughter, Wanda
Diane, March 15 to Mr. and Mrs.
Mrs. Conrad Carlton, of Boomer;
daughter^ J^anda Kay Marcft 18,
to Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Buren
Porter, of North Wilkesboro;
son, David Lax ton, March 20, to
Mr. and Mrs. Coy Laxton Mc
Glamerjr, of North Wilkesboro
route two; son, William Stanley,
III, March 20, to Mr. and Mrs.
William Stamey Luck, Jr., of
North Wilkesboro; a daughter,
Brenda Elaine, Mar6h 20 to Mr.
and Mrs. James Clifford Royal,
of North Wilkesboro route one;
son, Albert Allen, March 25 to
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Glenn Jar-i
vis, of Wilkesboro route two; son,
Gary Edardw, March 19, to Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Edward Miller,
of Wilkesboro route one.
Son, Phillip Thomas, March 23
to Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Claude
[Whitley, of Hays; daughter, Joan
Christine, March 24 to Mr. and
Mrs. Daniel Thomas Love, of
North Wilkesboro route one; son,
Edward Smoot, Jr., March 24, to
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Smoot Fin
ley, of North Wilkesboro; daugh
ter, Gladys Louise, March 25 to
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Anderson
Miller, of Hays; son, Bruce
Franklin, March 27 to Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Millard Adams, of
Hays; son, Larry Bradford, on
March 26 to Mr. and Mrs. Law
rence B. Hayes, of Wilkesboro
route one; son, Thomas Melvin,
March 26 to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Gwyn Baker, of Wilkesboro; a
daughter, Sarah Odessa, March
2 6 to Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Wil
liam Ball, of Gilreath; daughter,
Stella Mae, March 27, to Mr. and
Mrs. Hoy Agar Paw, of North
Wilkesboro; daughter, Mary
Ruth, March 29, to Mr. and Mrs.
Mack David Treadway, of Oak
woods; a son, Albert Eric, March
29, to Mr. and Mrs. James Theo
dore Waters, of Purlear.
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Twenty Cases In
City Court Here
The North Wilkesboro mayor's
court had a heavy docket Mon
day, there being 20 cases tried
before Mayor T. S. Kenerly.
Drunkenness led In number of
cases with ten, there were two
each of violation of prohibition
laws, carrying concealed weapon,
reckless driving and speeding.
There was one , case. for. falsely
registering as man and wife at a1
hotel. " •'
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ST. PAWL'S EPISCOPAL
CHURCH '
(Rev. B. M. Lackey, Rector)
Vesper service will be held In
St. Paul's . Episcopal church on
Sunday afternoon, April 3rd, at
four o'clock. A cordial Invitation
la extended to everyone to at
tend this service.
Public Invited To
Speaking Contest j
At K. of P. Lodge
Students of several Wilkes high
schools will compete Monday
night for the county prize in the
Knights of Pythias contest to be
held Monday night, April 4, 8
o'clock, in the lodge hall over
ReinsiSturdivant.
Federal aid and control of ed
ucation, generally apeaking, will
be the topic for the addresses,
which should be very interesting
and educational. Lodge officials
stress the fact that ezerybody is
Invited.
2,000 Farmers
Triple A Goal
In This County
♦ —
1,600 Now Participating;
$65,000 In Seed, Phos
phate And Lime
■mere are now i,euu wukbs
county farmers participating in
the Production and Marketing
Association, formerly known as
the Triple A, it was learned to^
day from the PMA office in the
Wilkes county courthouse.
The goal for the year is 2,
000 farmers participating in
Wilkes county in order that a
vailable benefits may be spread
as widely as possible.
To date more than $65,000 in
seed, phospate and lime has
ibeen allocated and attention is
called to the fact that farmers
may yet order phosphate and lime
for use this season. Orders for
these materials may be places at
any time at the PMA office.
Mrs. W. H. Crews
Rites Here Today
Funeral service was held at
the First Methodist) church this
afternoon for Mrs. Wiliam H.
Crews, 69.
Mrs. Crews died yesterday at a
Danville* hospital ■ after an
Illness of nine months. She was
born at Rockford, the daughter
of the late James R. and Sue
Lovelace Turner, and lived most
of her life in North Wilkesboro..
Surviving are one daughter,
Mrs. J. R. Leigh, of Danville,
Va.; four sons, Carl Crews, of
North Wilkesboro, James and Ed
win Crews, of Auburndale, Fla.,
and W. H. Crews, Jr., of Lake
Wales, Fla.; one grandchild; and
one sister, Mrs. Edgar A. Holton,
of Winston-Salem.
n«ATt,n fTTAM 4V. « J _ O
the late Captain W. H. Crews,
who, for more than 30 years was
a Southern Railway conductor.
He died in 1928.
Funeral service here today was
conducted by Rev. A. C. Wag
goner, of Reidsville, a former
pastor of the First Methodist
church here. iBurial was in Mount
Lawn Memorial Park.
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Stimson Winner
In Photo Contest
Ben Stimson, proprietor of
Stimson's Studio in North Wil
kesboro, won the Ben Matthews
cup for best portrait of a man
exhibited at the North Carolina
Photographers' association held
in Greensboro this week. In ad
dition to the first place award,
Mr. Stimson won first and second
awards for illustrative photo
graphy, and the third award for
portrait of brides. .
Competition waa extremely
keen with numerous pictures suo
mitted by photographers in North
Carolina and many other states.
Mr. Stimson's achievement in
winning two firsts, a second and
third award was outstanding in
the show.
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Mrs. Ellis Funeral
Conducted Tuesday
Funeral service was held at
Mountain Valley church at Mc
Grady Tuesday for Mrs. Saman
tha Jane Roberts Ellis, 64, who
died Monday at her home in the
McGrady community.
Mrs. Ellis leaves the following
sons and daughters: Mrs. Bessie
Stamper, Mrs. Fannie Hayes, Mrs.
Ila Shumate, Rufus, Clate and
Noah Ellis and Mrs. Evon Tay
lor, all of McGrady.
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F. H. A. To Meet
The North Wilkeaboro Chapter
of Future Homemakers of A
merica Club will meet - Monday
evening, April 4, at 6: SO p. m. at
the home of Miss Ann Lott In
Flniey Park. All member, are urg
ed to attend.
Wilkes Baptist
Pastors' School
To Open Monday
Sessions Will Be Held At
Five and 7:30 P. M. Dai
ly Three Days
The Wilkes County Baptist
Pastors' Conference will meet for
the annual preachers' school on
Monday, April 4, through Friday,
April 8. The sessions will be held
at Reins-Sturdivant Chapel at
5:00 p. m. each day, and at 7:30
p. m. on Monday, Tuesday, Thurs
day. The ministers are invited to
have supper together each eve
ning at 6:30 p. m. at the Car
olina Restaurant, as guests of
some of the churches of the
county.
The program will feature as
speakers each day Rev. J. c.
Pipes, General Missionary with
the Baptist State Convention of
North Carolina, Rev. W. C. Pipes,
pastor of Holly Springs Baptist
church, near Franklin, , North
Carolina, and Rev. N. * B. Phil
lips, pastor of East Flat Rock
Baptist church, near Henderson
ville, North Carolina. In addi
tion, ministers from several of
the churches will bring devotion
al messages. There will also be
some sermon studies as part of
the program.
Rev. Glenn Huffman, president
of the Wilkes County Baptist
Pastors' Conference, extends a
gracious invitation to the min
isters of the Baptist churches of
Wilkes county and adjoining
counties to join in this period
of fellowship, study and inspira
tion.
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Woodlawn Revival
Services Planned
Beginning Sunday, April 3, re
vival services will be held in
Woodlawn Community House.
Rev. Richard Byrd and Rev. Jes
se Lee Adams will conduct ser
vices each evening at 7:30. The
public has a cordial invitation to
attend.
Ctink Postponed
The cripple clinic for the month
of April at The Wilkes Hospital
has been postponed from April
7 to April 11, it was announced
today by the Wilkes county
health department.
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Cost Of
Plo
tes
Ink
Cost of
cular lice:
duced by]
morning,
T. C. Caudi
cal Carol
License,
one-fourth
the end
year.
During
from
automobilej
758 licen
marking ai
similar pel
nke plates
Decern
ses
Sta
A
North
P
om
■fpril
11.
Mo
he
re3iuc|li
each
map
tpr
of
a ip
her,
club(
, M:
150
jiod
!© License
e Reduced!
Carolina yehi
will be re
e|fourth Friday
according to
ager of the lo
cltib.
Id, undergo a I
on in price at
quarter of the
lafct
riod extending
1948, the local
has sold 10,
Caudill said,
increase over a
year.
Build telephone
Cable Line West
Alopg foute 421
Project
struct!
tion
yonti
er
Constrqci
line to
miles we^
way 421
Redman,
Wilkesboi
Telephone
The p
afriinHrtii
Now| lender Con
T<| Extend Be
Crijket P. O.
tion
tend
of t:
s well
managf
lo
comp|l
rloject
lis
to Lin Bfmgarnl:
hich is
telepl
aw
Cricket,
from thej
Lines west alo|
from thaL point
service t> many]
The job is n
the seco nd ma,
here by the C
company since
year a cable jbl
from the exchai|?<
Fairplaii s co
highway 18 no
which made tel^
vaiiable to manj
tomers.
Demai d for
extension in thii
been great for tlj
j but coi structioii
been ha npered
age of mater:
cabte^ti '"fif
the syst >m has
I abnorma 1 growt|
phones.
In addition t<j
structioi i, surv
i made or many r^
1 is dema|nd for
ir's store beyond j
over three miles
lone office here,
pg the highway I
will extend city [
other homes,
under way in
|or undertaking
mtral Telephone
the war. Last
[> was completed
:e here into the
Imunity along
th of this city,
phone service a
additional cus
service.
|elephone service
community has
|e past few years,
efforts have
reatly by short
particularly,,
this handicap
experienced an
II in number of
ikls
cable line con
ys have been
utes where there
rural telephone
Return That Book to the Library suppdrt Comminlty Recreation
TOM BOYETTE GIVEN COACHING
JOB AT NORTH WILKESB(
RO HIGH
By BILL GARVEY
(.Sports Publicity)
Tom Boyette, former Appalach
ian State Teachers College foot
ball star, has signed to become
the new coach of the North Wll
kesboro Mountain Lions, Supt. J.
Floyd Woodward announced to
day.
The 5'8" Boyette, who during
his playing career weighed in at
a mere 155 pounds, was a strong
point in the Mountaineer lineup
through four years of the tough
est kind of football. While doing
his masterful job at the guard
position, Boyette did all the ex
tra-point kicking for his team
during hig four year college so-.
Journ. His total tallies finally
reached 87.
Bovette was (orphaned at an
early
dren'
In a
Hom^
ly hu
it be
fouryfe
guarq
for t
spite
In
dist
hip
Mia
scored
ing
main
pointk
Aft
Boyej
age and i ntered the Chil
Home ii Winston^Salem. j
laundry a icident at the;
wfi
his right
t that it
Amputated
ars he pi
and a d|
tie Home
his so-c:
senior
{school the
1 65 points,
punt rei
Her from
yet
ter finishin
was gr
tte
sefe boyettpj—
larm was so bad
s necessary that'
the elbow. For
J red as offensive
fensive tailback
otball team de
handicap",
r at the Metho
terrific Boyette
18 of them com
tfirns and the re-|
>booting extra |
It
4led
■ high school,'
nted a scholar-'
Page lO
City Court Bill Is
In The Legislature
Waugh's Sailf/sh
Is Now On Pisplay
At Moto> Market
i
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A seven-foot sailflsh Is now on
display in the shdw window of
Motor Market sportings goods
store on Ninth street.
This giant fish, which was
mounted in beautiful, natural col
or, was caught off the coast near
Ftort Pierce, Florida, on Febru
ary 7 this year by W. H. H. "
Waugh, owner of Gold Medal Or
chard. The fish was caught by
hook on rod and reel and was
landed after a 30-minute battle.
Weight of the fish was 72
pounds.
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Students Receive
Rating Of Excellent
Several of Miss Ellen Robin
son's piano pupils entered the
district festival of the State Jun
ior Music Clubs at Hickory March
26th.
Those receiving rating of ex
cellent in the district festival I
were Ginnie Brame, Nancy Stur-j
divant, Jessica Marlow, Anne'
Lewis Vickery, and Doris Ann
Godbey.
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Jaycees Minstrel
Show On Friday
Plans have been completed for
the Jaycee Minstrel Show, which
will be presented at the North
Wilkesboro school auditorium
Friday evening, April 1, at 8 o'
clock. The show will be full of
mil aiiu euiuruuumuai. irom
start to finish. In addition to the
comedy portion of the minstrel,
there will be solos by such popu-|
lar singers as Zeb Dickson, Nel
lie Gabriel, Bob Morrow and
John Cashion.
All who enjoy the 8:10 club
over station WKBC shouldn't
miss this show as the second por
tion will be a stage version of i
this popular program. John Cash
ion will be at the wheel and of
course Rex will be there to help
out. Before the evening is over
the Jolly Sisters, the "Sanitation
Department" and other radio
characters will be presented.
Tickets can be secured from
any member of the Junior Cham
ber of Commerce.
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Chicken Supper 1st
At Ferguson School
A chicken supper will be serv-'
ed at Ferguson school, Friday
night, April 1st from 6 o'clock
to 8 o'clock. Proceeds will go for
the benefit of the school. Price
of plates will be $1.00 for adults,
50c for children up to 12 years
of age.
After the supper there, will be
an auction sale of aprons and
other articles donated by the la
dies. A free gift will be given, j
Music, games and plenty of fun
are assured. The public is cordial
ly invited to attend.
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Pvt. Brookshire i
Rites On Sunday!
Funeral services for Pvt. Grov
er Eugene Brookshire, 18, who
was killed in action*"ln Cetturu,
Belgium, January 31, 1945, will
be held Sunday at 2:30 p. m. at
the Moravian Falls Baptist
church with full military honors,
conducted by members of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars and
the American Legion of North
Wilkesboro.
The body will arrive at Reins
Sturdivant funeral home Satur
day morning and remain there
until Saturday afternoon when it
will be carried to the home.
He was a son of Mrs. Amelia
Brookshire and the late James
G. Brookshire, of Moravian Falls.
Surviving are his mother and
the following brothers and sis
ters: Mrs. C. D. Cheek, Moun
tain City, Tennessee; Mrs. W. S.
Walsh,of Moravian Falls; Mrs.
Jameg Isaacs, of Winston-Salem;
Homer Brookshire, North Wil
kesboro; Mrs. Vaughn Broyhill,
Pores Knob; Miss Sadie Brook
shire, Moravian Falls; and Rus
sell Brookshire, Pores Knob.
R. H. Reid Dies
Funeral service was held Tues
day at Jonesrllle ftor Rippon H.
Reid, 43, colored resident of
Jonesrllle who died Sunday.
Judge Would Be
Appointed, Paid
A Fixed Salary
Fee System Would Be Abol
ished Under Bill Intro
duced By Story
Representative T. E. Story on
Wednesday introduced in the
House of Representatives of the
legislature a bill which would
amend the charter of the Town
of North Wilkesboro and change
the set-up and organization of
the city recorder's court, now
known as the mayor's court.
If the bill is enacted into law
the judge of the city court will
be appointed by the city board
of commissioners, and will have
to be approved by the judge of
the seventeenth judicial ristrlct.
He will be paid a salary fixed by
the board, instead of receiving
fees. The same would apply to
the clerk of the court and solici
tor. The bill stipulates that the
judge cannot hold any other of
fice, which would exclude the ap
pointment of the mayor as judge.
Designated as House Bill No.
1146, the measure was referred
tp the Counties, Cities and Town
committee. Full text of the bill is
as follows:
The General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact:
Section 1. Chapter 144 of the
Private Laws of 1931 as amended
by adding at the end of said
Chapter an additional Section, to
be designated Section 36 1-2,
reading as follows:
"Sec. 36 1-2. In lieu of the
Mayor acting in the capacity of
Judge of the Special Court con
stituted under the provisions of
this Act as set out in Section 8
through Section 15, inclusive, the
Judge of said Court shall be be
appointed by the Town Commis
sioners of the Town of North\V
Wilkesboro, and his appointment
approved by the Resident Judge
of the 17th Judicial District.
Said Judge may be an Attorney
at-Law, and shall be an elector of
the County of Wilkes. Said Judge
shall be appointed as herein pro
vided on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in June, 1949,
and biennially thereafter, and
shall hold office for a period of
two years or until his successor
is duly elected and qualified. Be
fore entering upon the duties of
his office, the said Judge shall
take the oath that is now pre
scribed for Judges of the Su
perior Court".
Sec. 2. The said Judge of the
Court shall not be entitled to as
sume office until his appointment
by the Town Commissioners has
been certified to the Resident
Judge of the. 17th Judicial Dis
trict and the Resident Judge of
the 17th Judicial District has du
ly entered and filed an order in
the office of the Clerk of the
Superior Court ratifying and con
firming said appointment.
Sec. 3. From and after Jane 7,
1949, all fees collected by the
Court, as now provided by law.
shall in lieu of being paid to the
officers or officials of said court
be paid into the general funds
of the Town of North Wilkesboro.
Sec. 4. From and after June
7th, 1949, the .Board of Town
Oommissioners of the Town of
North Wilkesboro shall fix the
salary of the Judge, the Clerk
and the Solicitor of said Court
and all other officers and em
ployees of said Court. The said
officers and employees of said
Court,, including the Judge,
Clerk and Solicitor shall receive
no other emoluments in the na
ture of fees or otherwise, ex
cept such salary as is fixed and
paid each of them by the Board
of Commissioners of the Town
of North Wilkesboro.
Sec. 5. The Judge of said
Court shall hold no other office
either with the State of North
Carolina, the County of Wilkes,
or the Town of North Wilkesboro.
Sec. 6. All laws and clauses
of laws in conflict with this Act
are hereby repealed.
Sec. 1. This Act shall be In
full force and effect from and
after its ratification.
Young People Will
Render A Program
At- Church Of God
"Second Coming of Christ'',
will be the topic for a program
to be put on Saturday night at
7:30, at the Church of God on
Hinshaw street. The public is
cordially invited.