in Wilkes during the
ipaign now in progress is
146. Help the Red Cross
t* carry on by your gifts.
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APPALACHIAN BAND COMING^HERE;
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®'SS HELEN WINKLER, Marimba Soloist
Urv.»v,iiu>u vuuege iD&nd will
render a concert Monday night,
April 11, eight o'clock, in the
North Wilkesboro high school
auditorium. |
This ooncert will be sponsored
fcy the North Wilkesboro high
athool band and is one of nine
nticerts to be given by the col-1
lege hand on a seven-day tour in
North Carolina and Tennessee. |
No admission charge will be
(frarged for the concert and the
is most cordially invited.
The band compliment of forty
six is under direction of Roy R.
Blanton, Jr. Featured is Miss
Helen Winkler, marimba soloist,
and William Roibinson, bass so
loist.
Appalachian State Teachers'
College is ^thoroughly accredited
and has full membership in the
American Association of Colleges
for Teachers' Education, and also
has membership in the Southern
Association of Colleges and Sec
ondary Schools.
The Bachelor of Science degree
is offered and major work may
be chosen from any of the var
ious departments.
The college now also offers the
Master's degree in Education.
The Music Department offers
a Bachelor of Science degree with
certification in music. ThiS major
includes applied music theoreti
cal subjects and music education,
thus laying a thorough founda
tion for all who wish to pursue
graduate study work toward M.
A. degrees. The department
sponsors the college choir, the
orchestra and the band.
The band, organized in 1937,
along with these other organiza
tions, customs and tradition, has
contributed richly to the realiza
tion of the ideals of the college.
It therefore reveals a part of the
true spirit of Appalachian.
GIFTS NEEDED IF RED CROSS
SERVICES ARE TO CONTINUE
If a few thousand people in
Wilkes county will immediately
to five dollars each the
Wilkes Ced Cross chapter can
continue valuable service to
the people 'of Wilkes county. If
the contributions are not forth-J
coming, it will be impossible for
the chapter to carry on as in the
past.
The Red Cross remains the in
temediary between men in the
armed services and the people at
home. Yearly it aids many hun
dreds of Wilkes veterans and
their families. It provides dis
aster relief for families and
stands ready in case of any r&a.
jor disaster in any part of the
country.
If you want to help make sure
that the Wilkes "Red Cross chap
ter can continue its valuable ser
vice here, fill out the blank be
low and mail your gift to the
Wilkes Red Cross Chapter, North
Wilkeaboro, N. C.:
Enclosed please find $_
as my contribution to the Red
Cross fund for 1949:
Name - — —
Address
Soles Pre-Easter
Services To Begin
Sunday Evening
.j^The annual series of pre-East
er tlnfon services in the church
es of the Wilbesboros will be*
gin on Sunday evening, April 10,
and will continue nightly thru
Friday.
Th^ schedule of services is as
follows: Sunday, April 10, Wil
keaboro Methodist church, Dr.
John T. Wayland, precahing:
Monday, April 11, St. Paul's E
piscopal church, Dr. Gilbert R.
Combs, preaching; Tuesday, Ap
ril 12, Wilkeaboro Baptist church,
Rev. Watt M. Cooper, preaching;
Wednesday, April 13, First Bap
tist church, Rev. C. J. Winslow,
preaching Thursday, April 14,
North Wilkesboro Presbyterian
church, The Lord's Supper, Rev.
Dean Minton, preaching; Fri
day, April 15, First Methodist
church, Rev. W. N. Brookshlre,
preaching.
All the services witf begin at
seven-thirty o'clock and the pub
lic is cordially invited to attend.
Western Piedmont
Safety Council
Meeting Friday
The quarterly meeting of the
Westren Piedmont Safety Coun
will be held in the Town Hall in
North Wilkesboro Friday night,
April 8th, at 7:30 o'clock.
The program committee has
worked out a very Interesting
and worthwhile program—the
chief speaker being Sherwood
Brockwell, chief fire marshal for
North Carolina, whose subject
will be "Fire Prevention In In
dustrial Plants".
In addition, there will be mus
ical selections by the North Wil
kseboro high school glee club,
directed by Miss Sarah Jane
Judy.
"We earnestly hope we shall
have representatives from every
industry", J. Roy Moore, secre
tary stated. —
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Lenoir county farmers plan to
increase their acreage of sweet
potatoes this year.
4 BOYS, 2 OF JUVENILE AGE,
HELD FOR THEFT AND FORGERY
Twfi Rhodes brothers and two
Wyatt brothers, who lire in the
eastern part of this city, are in
the toils of the law for forgery,
breaking, entering and • larceny,
Police Chief J. E. Walker said
today.
Claude Rhodes, 14, and Ernest
Wsl»t% 13, were sentenced in juv
enftt court this week to Jackson
Training School for breaking Into
Jenkins Warehouse here, where
they took approximately J 50
from a safe. Chief Walker said
▼He iboys entered the building by
prying toars from a back window.
Clyde Rhodes and Leonard
Wyatt in a hearing before Mayor
T. S. KeneHy were bound to su
peior court on charges of forgery.
The boys, Just a/bore Juvenile
age, are alleged to have forged
and cashed checks of $38, $27,
and $32. The name of Carl Wal
lace was forged to the checks
and they were cashed at local
stores, Chief Walker said.
The boys were in Statesville
when they were apprehended.
Chief Walker said. All four were
together and some wanted to
come home wliile others wanted
to stay away. One of the younger
ones put in a call to Chief Walk
er here just to scare the others
into ' agreeing to come home. He
did not complete the call to
Chief Walker but the police chief
here heard the boy talking to. the
telephone operator in Statesyille
and recognized his voice. He Im
mediately called Statesville po
lice and had the boys detained.
William Robinson, bass so
loist, Is a graduate of Hender
ville high school. He played
with the Hendersonville high
school band for four years, and
was featured there as soloist
for the high school band and
municipal band for several
years. Mr. Robinson, a fresh
man at A.S.T.C., Is majoring
in music. He will play the well
known bass solo "Beelzebub"
with band accompament by A.
Catozzi.
Portion Of Ninth |
Street Designated
As Taxicab Stand
Taxis Will Pay $5 Monthly
For Privilege Of Using
The Street
y
City council here in meeting
Tuesday night rescinded a taxicab
ordinance passed February 8 and
passed an ordinance designating
a portion of Ninth street as a
taxi stand.
The February ordinance, which
was to have gone into effect on
April 1, would hare barred taxis
from parking on streets for so
licitation of busin&ss and stipu
lated that all taxi stands mu^t be
off the streets.
Under provisions of the new
ordinance, both sides of Ninth
street from B street south to the
alley is designated as a taxi
stand. Parking meters in that a
rea will be removed and each
taxi using the space will pay to
the city five dollars per month
for parking privilege. The pay
ment is due in advance, the ord
er passed by the board said.
Taxi owners represented before
the board were E. R. Filer, Er
nest J. Eller, J. C. Davis, A. R.
S'mithey, Glenn Johnson, Waco
j Smithey, Clayton Davis.
! The council passed an order to
grade J street east to Fifth, Fifth
to K, K to Third, Third to L, and
L. to Second street. A six-inch
water main will be laid along the
route.
It was ordered that C. S. Wil
liams, building, plumbing and
electrical inspector, be sent to the
meeting of inspectors in Raleigh
April 19 and 20 and that the
city pay not more than $40 on
his expenses.
It was ordered that the sum
of $200 be appropriated for a rat
eradication campaign, and that a
balance of $46.30 appropriated
for a previous campaign also be
used. IJ. R. Spruill, county sani
tarian, was before the council re
questing the rat campaign. He
! also gave information about DDT
sprays which may ibe used in the
i interest of sanitation and dis
ease prevention.
Mayor T. S. Kenerly, Clerk W.
P. Kelly and all commissioners
were present for the meeting.
The commissioners are Jack
Swofford, Gilbert Bare, Mexj
Foster, J. C. Reins and Frank H. |
Crow. •
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Announce Revival
Wilkesboro Church
Revival services will begin oil
Sunday night, April 10, at Closer
Walk With God Baptist church
in Wilkesboro v The pastor, Rev.
Carl Phillips, will be assisted by
Rev. Ralph Miller. Services will,
be held each night at 7:30. The'
public is cordially invited.
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Special Meeting
V. F. W. On Friday
There will he a special meet
ing of the Blue Ridge Mountain
post of the Veterana of Foreign
Wars .Friday night, April 8.
Officers for the year will be
installed by State Vice Command'
er Russell Burcham, of Elkln.
A1 members of th« po«t are
urgently requested to attend. |
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latum That Book to th« XArujr
It Snowed!
Blowing Rock, April 5.—The I
State Highway Patrol reported J
leavy snow flurries over three I
Western North Carolina counties
oday, The patrol radio station
tere said Alleghany, Ashe and
Watauga counties had about two
nches of snow on the ground at
loon and the flurries were con
inuing.
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Charlie B. Jarvis
Victim Accident
On Highway 421
Local Man's NecK Broken
When Car Overturns
1:30 A. M. Today
Charlie Burton Jarvis, 31-year
pld rseident of North Wilkesboro,
was instantly killed early this
morning In an automobile acci
dent .on highway 421, six miles
west of here. The accident occur
red at 1:30 a. m. on a curve
Qear the intersection of Pads road
with highway 421.
Wilkes Sheriff C. G. Poindex
ter, Deputy A. H. Holbrook and
State IHIghway Patrolman Sid
ney Carter investigated the acci
dent. They said that Jarvis was
driving toward North Wilkesboro
when he apparently lost control
of the car which traveled 75
yards on the shoulder of the high
way before turning into a field
and overturning on its left side.
Jarvis' neck was broken and
he died on the scene of the ac
cident. With him was Edward
Greene, of Reddles River, who
sustained only slight injuries,
and Mrs: Dixie Gregory Myers, of
North Wilkesboro, who was re
tained at the hospital here pend
ing determination of injuries.
The accident victim was a son
of Mrs. Delia Jarvis Hayes, of
North Wilkesboro. Surviving are
his mother, one brother and two
sisters: Russell Jarvis, Mrs. Ro
land Russell and Miss Irene Jar
vis, of North Wilkesboro, and
Mrs. Allie McGee, of Wilkesboro.
Funeral service will be. held
Saturday at f^Ta. m., at iPee*.
wood Baptist church. Rev. "wSl
son Bryant will conduct the ser
vice.
Student Millers
Creek In Winner
Speaking Contest
Miss Janie Church Takes
First Place Contest
K. Of P. Lodge
Miss Janie Church, student of
Millers Creek high, school, won
first place in the Knights of Py
thias lodge speaking "contest for
Wilkes county and will partici
pate in the state contest, date
an'd place of which will be an
nounced later.
The lodge here presented $25
for first prize. Second place a
ward of $15 went to C. C. Brooks,
Jr., also of Millers Creek, and
third award of $10 to Joan
Wheeling, of Ferguson. The lodge
gave $5.00 each to the other par
ticipating contestants: Betty Par
ker, of Wilkesboro: Dorothy Os
borne, of Ronda; Anita Brown
and June Finley, of North Wil
kesborq,
The subject was "Federal Aid
and Control of the Education
Program", with all speakers tak
ing the affirmative except Miss
Finley.
Judges were P. E. Brown, Rev.
Watt M. Cooper and C. F. Bret
holl.
dn addition to lodge members,
the contest was attended by many
interested visitors from several
communities in Wilkes county.
The addreses iby the students
showed evidence of much re
search and preparation and were
well received (by the crowd.
The state winner will partici
pate in the regional contest. Reg
ional winners will compete at the
Supreme Lodge meeting in San
Diego, California, in August for
scholarships of $1,000, $500 and
$250.
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Mrs. John Lyons Is
Claimed By Death
Last rites were held here to
day at two p.' m., at Charity
church for Mrs. Visey Lyons, 66#,
resident of the Benham communi
ty of Traphill township. She died
Tuesday. Itev.'Carl Cochran con
ducted the service.
Surviving Mrs. Lyons are her
husband, John Lyons, and three
children: Granville Lyons, of
Traphill; Verlin Lyons, of Ben
ham; Mrs. Ehnma Crabb, of Trap
hill.
Sanford O. Inscore
Is Clai med By Death
Funeral i lervices will be held |
Saturday, t uro p. m., at Shady
3rove Bapi 1st church for San- j
ford O. In More, 53,' citizen of
Somers towiship, who died Wed
nesday ev etning. Rev. Lester
lounger aid Rev. Grady White
will conduct the service.
Surviving Mr. Inscore are his
wife, Mrs. Julia Inscore, one son
ind two daughters: Oander In
score, Win iton-Salem; Mrs. J. P.
Munn and Miss Nancy Anne In
score, of orth Wilkesboro route
three.
Heavy^Docketln
Ci
y Court Here
A docket of 23 cases, one of
the heavii st this year, faced
Mayor T. J I, Kenerly in city court
here Monray morning. I
There ware four cases charging
drunkenne re, which was lower (
than usua for that offense, but
there wero more cases than us-'
ual on o: her counts. One case
charged reckless driving and
speeding, hree for an affray, one
for carry ng concealed weapon,
two for r listing arrest, one for
speeding, four for giving worth
less checl s, one for gambling,
three for violation of prohibition
laws, one for assault with deadly
weapon, >ne for using profane
and indec >nt language, and three
for forger f.
ADD MAJOR'S COURT
Distribution Of Ooets
In case i where defendants are
taxed witi costs, the* costs are
distribute! L at the end of each
pre is a typical bill of
charge of drunken
Mayor,
the fees
$2.00 fee)
the state
month. H|
costs on
ness:
Mayor ..
Clerk ...
Solicitor
Town Gei. Fund
N. C. Stake
$2.40
2.50
2.00
2.50
2.00
70
ment. Thle town general fund
costs wei
licemen, 4ut now go into the gen
eral fun|
on straigi
fees. If a|
way patr
Wilkes c|
made by
fees. The
board inj
city or eq
clerk and solicitor get
as S«et out ab«ve. The
for the state goes into
fund for officers retire
e formerly paid to po
since policemen are
[it salary and receive no
rrest is made by a high
blman this item goes to
|junty because patrol
men receive no fees. If arrest is
a deputy or constable,
the officfer receives the arrest
Miscellaneous item rep
resents jail and turnkey fees, and
jail, which go to the
[unty as the case may be.
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Pre-School Clinic
Here Tuesday, 12
Annua]
children
on or be]
and who
12, 9:30
rooms 01
pre-school clinic for
who will reach age six
fore October 1 this year
are to enter school next
term, wijl be held Tuesday, April
a. m., in the basement
the North Wilkesboro
elementajry school building.
Health committee of the Par
ent-Teacher Association, of which
B. Moore is chairman,
ht members of the conn
Mrs. S.
will assij
ty health department in the clin
ishments will be served
lildren attending.
Free examination will be made
ic. Refr
to all c
First
now wi
ers will
pre-school children and
ndations will be made
physical de
of the
recommd
for corr^ting any
fects foiind.
At Wilkesboro Wednesday
The nre-school clinic will be
held in Wilkesboro school Wed
nseday, Upril 13. All children
who expect to enter school next
fall shoijld ibe there and register.
grade children in school
|1 not attend school on
that datte and first grade teach
devote all their time to
the pTe-Bchool children.
Mrs. W. H. Reynolds
Funeral Wednesday
Fune:
nesday
Mrs. E
resident]
Monday;
Salem.
Shudy
vice.
Survl
her h
and thn
Gloria
Reynold
boro.
Boturm
ial service was held Wed
it Mt. Carmel church for
lisle Louise .Reynolds, 32,
of this city who died
at a hospital in Winston
Aev. Kelly Pruitt and Rev.
fones conducted the ser
ring Mrs. Reynolds are
usmnd, Willie H. Reynolds,
>e children: Carroll Anne,
Laws and Ronald James
all of North Wilkes
Tbat Book to t&o Mtewx
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Wins Coveted Award I
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.. OWEN K. STEPHENS
Stephens Winner
McCrary Award In
Highway Forces
Sign Supervisor Here Given
Service Award In The
State
Owen K. Stephens, sign super
visor of tne eighth.division, state
highway and public works com
mission, is winner of the coveted
McCrary awju*d for the most dis
tinguished service for the North
Carolina state highway and Pub
lic works commission for the year
1948.
This award is given ftach year
to an employee doing the most
outstanding work with the high
way commission. This is the first
year an employee in western
North Carolina has won this dis
tinction.
Mr. Stephens was presented
this award March 31 at the com
mlsnkJtrerB meettog in Raleigh.
He was introduced by Raymond
Smith, of Mt. Airy, eighth di
vision commissioner, who prais
ed him very highly on his a
chievments in this division and
felt his fine work should be an
incentive for every employee with
the state. Charles W. McCrary,
of Asheboro, presented the award.
Dr. Jordan, of Raleigh, chairman
of the commissioners, compli
mented Mr. Stephens highly on
his ability to win over such strong
competition throughout the state.
He was described as being open
minded, exercising good judg
ment and with willingness to co
operate with all other depart
ments, as well as the general pub
lic. Dr. Jordan also stressed his
architectual ability.
| Mr. Stephens was educated at
j Biltmore College in Asheville. He
! bejjan his services with the high
way commission in 1929 in Ashe
ville, and served in that division
until transferred to North Wil
kesboro in 1937.
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'Lige H. Hollar
Dies Near Boone
Funeral services for Lige H.
Hollar, 77, well known Watauga
county businessman and farmer,
who died at his home near Boone
Monday, was held Tuesday at
Three Porks Baptist church. Rev.
Victor Trivette officiated. Burial
was in the church cemetery.
Surviving are the widow; three
sons, Mack, Jones and Johnnie
Hollar, all of Boone; three dau
ghters, Mrs. Norton Harmon, of
Vilas; Mrs. Walter Edmisten, and
Mrs. Lawrence Dennis, of Boone.
Mr. Hollar was well known in
this community, where for the
past 22 years he Was in business
as part owner of Moore's Market
in North Wilkesboro as well as
the City Market in Boone.
Mr. Hollar's death was attrib
uted to a stroke early Monday,
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Medial Society
Discusses Plans
Cancer Detection
Dr. George Verdone Accept
ed Into Membership In
The Society
Wilkes Medical Society in Ap
ril meeting here Monday decided
to set up a cancer detection clinic
for the people of northwestern
North Carolina.
Dr. Roy Norton, state health
officer, and Dr. Ivan Proctor,
representing the American Can
cer Association^ explained to the
meeting the organization and
set-up of a cancer detection clin
ic.
Under the plan now being us
ed, four doctors will devote two
hours weekly to the clinic, which
will be open and free to all. The '
clinic will confine its efforts to
detection and diagnosis of can
cers and will offer no treaynent.
Those found to have cancers will
be referred to the family physi
cians. Those who have no family
physicians wjll ibe referred to the
diagnostic and treatment center
at the Baptist hospital in Win
ston-Salem.
Dates for the cancer detection
; clinic will be set later, Dr. J. H.
McNeill, president of the Wilkes
Medical Society said, and place of
the clinic will also be announced.
All persons who have any reason
to believe they may have cancer
or have any early symptoms will
be invited to the clinic. Some of
the equipment to be used will be
provided by the Cancer Associa
tion and the State Health De
partment.
Dr. George F. Verdone, who,
in the next few days will open an
i office here, was acqppted into
membership in the society. Dr.
Verdone was born at Red Bank,
N. J., and spent the greater part
of his early life at Long Island,
N. Y, He marj-Jed .the former Miss
Emily- Mcboy, of North Wllkea
boro. •
Dr. Verdone is a graduate of
Columbia College and received
his M. D. degree from New Vork
Medical College. Following in
terneship in New York he served
two years in the army medical
corps, where he was batallion
and division surgeon. He is lic
ensed. to practice medicine by
the state of New York and by the
state of North Carolina.
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Thirty Doctors
Have Extension
Course Tuesday
Dr. H. Houston Merritt Lec
tures At Two Sessions
Held At Hotel
Thirty doctors, representing
six northwestern North Carolina
counties, attended the first of a
series of lectures at Hotel Wilkes
Tuesday under the auspices of
the extension division of the Uni
versity of North Carolina Medical
School.
Dr. IHouston Merritt, formerly
of Wilmington and now professor
of Neurology at Columbia Uni
versity, spoke in the afternoon
session on the topic of "Infect
ions x>f the Nervous System''. The
night topic was 'Cerebral Strokes'.
Accompanying and assisting Dr.
Merritt were Dr. W. Reece Ber
ryhill and Dr. Shelton White, of
the University extension service.
Courses will ibe held each Tues
day for the North Wilkesboro
Elkin area. The next session Ap
ril 12 will^e held in Elkin, when
Dr. Hudnall Ware, Jr., of the
Medical College of Virginia, will
discuss "Obstretics"' and related
subjects. Sessions April 19, 26,
and May 17 will he held here
and on May 3 in Elkin.
INDUSTRIAL AND DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION NAMES OFFICERS
t Stockholders of the Industrial
(i and Development Corporation in
1 meeting Tuesday re-elected offi
. cers and discussed a number of
important projects.
The corporation was formed
. here last year as an outgrowth
8 of the Wilkee Chamber of Com
, j merce, its purpose (being to pro
, j vide capital, if needed, for tndus
3 trial expansion in Wilkes county.
. (The corporation is able to provide
I sites and 'buildings for new indus
trial firms on a lease or purchase
basis.
J. B. Williams was re-elected
president; A. F. Kiliby, vice pres
ident; and Tom S. Jenrette, sec
retary-treasurer.
The directors reviewed a num
iber of proposed industrial proj
ects and gave much consideration
to a firm seeking a location and
building of approximately 10,
000 ftfet floor space, to <be used
for manufacturing purposes. Ev
ery reasonable assistance will be
given new industries wishing to
locate in this county, a spokes
man of the corporation said.