GIVE! Wherever American troopB are stationed. Red Ctom field workers provide a vital link with home and family In time of trouble and to help with personal emergencies on the scene. Your contribution to the 1949 Rsd Ctom Fond Campaign assures continuance of this ne cessary service to members of our armed forces. . In the last nine years the size qf the flax crop in Texas has in creased from 18,000 to 220,000 acres. PARKWAY CAFE and RECREATION HALL Re-opened under the management of MR. AND MRS. R. C. LACKEY < \ OPEN 7 A. M. to 12 M. Serving; Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Chef's Special Every Day 60c VISIT OUR RECREATION HALL 4 Pool Tables Available SPRING IS TIME TO PLANT, TO CLEAN-UP, TO MAKE BEAUTIFUL • » __ ( By Mrs. Edd Gardner) Spring, with that nameless path os In the air, Which dwells with all* things Spring, with her golden sans and silver rain, Is with us once again. Soring comes quickly in West dain'7 skies*turn aott MM. S*ass ^slJeen "nd spring ha. eon,, almost overnight. School children run home fcrfnglns mother a »»,net of violets. . i we llew native landscape and i there are the redhnd tre~, d« SsSs-4& display, there is a slight pause some one has lorgotten.neglect ed, lost their pride, did not ca , and the grounds aroundthel (home have lost their ttrew gar 1 Some one forgot and threw gar We on a vacant lot; some one did not care and put their trash nile in the frpnt yard; anothei , spent money for something they did not need and that amount would have planted en°^ ve^ etaible seed for the family have had fresh vegetaWes from their own back yard or Plated I flowers around their home that would have attracted friends and 'birds. . The whole wide world is a garden and we are lodged by how attractive we make ^According to the plans of the Cl^n-Up. Pix-Up. Paint-4Jp com mittee, we are going to have a more .beautiful Wilkes county than we have ever had. Although we realize that it Mil take more Than the efforts of the Garden Clulb; it means the co-operation of every citizen of our county. Beautification canno.t be attain ed in a week's time, but is a vear-'round proposition. ttf we will beautify the en trances, the highway triangles or intersections, it wUl ma e \ town more Inviting and visltore will want to come hack again. Of course, a town in which there is beauty is a P]6*®"11 1 place to live, -but beyond that, there Is value In the beauty oi any community. It attracts new businesses, new residents, ,and| interest. J j The modern American woman has foufld In the art of beautify ing the grounds of her home an outlet for her creative ability and a means of increasing the beauty of everyday living. ! Can it be realized that in the I heart of everyone is the urge to create beauty and can we reco gnize the healing value of beau-; ty, and the soul-satisfying Joy of (creating it? Therefore, our actions, plus (those of our neighbors, will ™ake the Wilkesboros a cleaner, heal thier and more 'beautiful place I to live. I o Of the total number of chick-, ens sold In 1948, about half were, young chickens with an average | live weight of 3.6 pounds, and about half were hens and roosters whose live weight averaged 5.3 j I pounds. Your Home's Value Stays Up j When You Paint Up. Wood lawn Elementary Sports Roundup 48-49 It was Decfemjber. The basket ball season ' opened everywhere, but at WOODL«AWN, gloom was king and hung like pall over the shed where Coach M. J. Ingram worked hard on the candidates of the Woodlawn Elementary School Tigers and Tlgerettes. All candidates were not qualified 'or the positions sought. But long be fore the season was ended, a mir acle had ibeen wrought, and for the Tigers and Tlgerettes, the season was filled with promise and a championship. Conducting a blitzkrieg on the floor that saw one after another er of (basketball's great element ary aggregation fall the victim, the Woodlawn teams built a cita del of basketball that few teams have or will succeed in blasting. It was four long years before these teams were recognized in the "Wilkeaboros as a challenge to the future elementary teams of this section. On April Is?, 1949, both teams were recogniz ed in the North Carolina Ele ralentary Tournament held at Mt. A.ry. The Tlgerettes are now ci owned queens and champions 01 this • tournament. The Tigers walked away with the consolation traphy in the same tournament w tn a score of 26 to 4 over Mt. A ry. i Bobble Brown and Jettle Hall hi .ve been the standout Tiger ettes and performers. Sandra Caldwell, Jaunita Ferguson, Ed it i Greer and Geraldlne Backnell are still carrying the oolors for the girls. For the boys, Robert (Mutt) Graham, Oapt. Pat Wat kiip and Ted Witherspoon were st mdouts along with Billy Den nj, James Graham, Jimmie Gold en, Danny Waugh, Fred Little, diaries Watkins, Buddie Trip le t and Carlyle Reynolds, each a necessary cog in the operation of a delicate machine, added might to the clawing Tigers of W jodlawn elementary school. Mr. 8. O. Jones, principal; Mrs. H. B. Paisley, Miss B. | K. Howard, chaperones; Mr. M. J. Ingram, coach.—Reported. Inited States growers last yeiir produced a total of 31,732, 00 > turkeys—8 per cent less than in 1947, and 14 per cent below th