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Vol. 44. No. 16 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., Thursday, June 9," 1949 - Make North Wiikesboro Your Shopping Center
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JUNE 20 DATE SET FOR HEARING
BEFORE BOARD; BOND ISSUE IS
SUBJECT TO VOTE IN ELECTION
County * Schools System's
Part Would Be $536,
100; N. W. $69,900
An order published today by
the Wilkes county board of com
missioners authorises Wilkes
county to issue $600,000 in
school construction bonds, sub
! ject to approval of the people of
Wilkes county in a special elec
tion.
| The order as published by the
board stipulates that the sum
of $63,900 be appropriated for
erestion of a new high school
building for the North Wilkes
boro city administrative unit of
schools, and that $"536,100 be
appropriated for several new
school buildings and additions in
the county system.
The order set June 20, 10:30
a. m., as the date for a hearing
on the issuance of the bonds,
the hearing to be held at the
commissioners room in the
W§ikee county courthouse. At the
hearing any citizens of the coun
ty may register their protests a
gainst issuance of the bonds.
- The bond order as passed by
the board of commissioners sets
out that the assessed valuation
of the county is $21,827,870 and
the net debt for school purposes,
including the proposed bonds, to
be $879,000.
Pull text of the order of the
county board of commissioners
is published on page ten' of this
newspaper, to which the reader's
attention is called for complete
details.
FLASHERS LEAD
IN BLUE RIDGE
North Wilkeaboro Flashers
towered their way Into first
place In the Blue Ridge -league
last night by blasting Mt. Airy
18 to 8. Wytheville split a twin
bill with Elkin to slip into sec
ond a few points .behind North
Wilkeeboro. Mt. Airy dropped
from a first place tie to third.
Troy Stanley blasted two home
runs to feature the 16-hit attack.
Proscia and Winkelspect garner
ed three hits each. Lee Bentley
pitched until one out in the
ninth and gave up 14 hits, but
was aided by a big lead in the
score and two double plays.
Worth Cuthbertson finished the
game. Nixon and Davis pitched
for Mt. Airy and both were vic
tims of vicious hitting by the
Flashers.
Mount Airy will play here to
night. The Flashers go to Galax
Friday and to Wytheville Sat
urday. Elkin Will play shere
Sunday, 2:30, and North Wil
kesboro goes to Elkin Monday
night.
The standing today:
Team W. L. Pet.
N. Wilkesboro — 24 17 .585
Wytheville 23 17 .575
Mt. Airy 23 18 .561
Radford 19 20 .487
Galax 17 23 .425
Elkin 15 25 .350
Half teicer Goal
Is Now Reported
People Who Receive Letters
4L Urged To Return Them
With Donations
About half the goal of $2,000
in the current cancer campaign
in Wilkes counfy has been reach
®4> Dr. John T. Wayland, fund
chairman, reported today.
June 15 has been set as the
deadline to close out the cam
paign, and in view of the great
Ineed for cancer society funds,
here in Wilkes and elsewhere,
people of the county are urged
i to contribute as liberally as pos
sible. Those who ha^e received
| Vtters with envelopes in which
1 \ mail contributions are asked
to neglect mailing them in.
e Cancer Detection Center
operated erery Tuesday
-ling in Wilkesboro for
Yestern North Carolina is
* Li th6 beneficial projects be
I *\ fielped by the Cancer Society.
deeday this week there were
^iore patients than could be ex
amined. This gires evidence of
the great need of the work being
carried out to fight and control
cancer and to carry on research
work leading to canoer cure and
prevention.
4Miss Lewis To Speak
At Little Rock Church
Miss Madge Lewis, former as
sociational missionary for
Brushy Mountain Baptist associ
ation, -will present a chalk talk
program at Little Rock Baptist
^oiiurch Sunday night, June 12!
Miss Lewis is now a graduate
student at Golden Gate Baptist
Theological Seminary In Berkley,
California.
Democrats Elect
Jordan Chairman
Raleigh. — The Democratic
State Executive Committee yes
terday elected a new chairman—
B. Everett Jordan, saxapahaw in
dustrialist.
He succeeds Capus M. Way
nick of Raleigh, who resigned
because he is leaving today on
his way to his station as U. S.
Ambassador to Nicaragua. Jor
dan was the only candidate plac
ed in nomination, and the com
mittee's action was unanimous.
The committee in a few days
also will have a new secretary.
Immediately after Jordan's elec
tion, Victor Bryant submitted his
resignation to give the new chair
man a free hand on that position.
Jordan told the committee he
would announce his selection
within a few days. The post is
expected to go to M. Clifton
Blue,' State Representative from
Moore county.
In electing Jordan, the com
mittee followed the wishes of
Wovernor Scott, who said when
^'aynick was appointed Ambas
sador (hat he would recommend
Jordan as his successor.
An old friend of the Gover
Ci, Jordan was one of Scott's
supporters in last year's
gubernatorial campaign. He Is a
brother of Henry Jordan, chair
man of the State Highway Com
mission. 4 *
Jordan, the son ot a Methodist
minister, is a graduate of Duke
University and a trustee of the
institution.
"Conscience Pay"
Sent To Theatre
Maryland Resident Sends
Liberty Theatre $2 Res
titution For Wrong
Ivan D. Anderson, manager
of Liberty Theatre, this week
received the following letter
from a former resident of this
communty. To the letter was
attached a $2 bill:
"Except a man be born again
he cannot see the Kingdom of
God"—John 8-8.
Jane 4, 1040
Dear Sir:
Since I have been saved
from sin and started to serve
the Lord, It has come to my
mind that while I lived dose
to North Wilkes bo ro I went
into your theatre a few times
without paying.
... I believe God would have us
make afl our past wrongs
right as far as we can. There
fore, yon will find enclosed
93.00 to pay for the tickets.
Although I do not now attend
movies, it Is only right you
should get what is rightfully
yours.
P. S.—In the Bible this is
termed "Restitution."
JESUS SAVES
I trust this Is all right, if
not, let me hear from you If
I should do mora.
Members National
Guard Are Taking
Number Of Courses
Several members of the North
Carolina National Guard are en
gaged in special courses of in
struction this summer at army
forts.
First Lieutenant Don Story,
commander of the National
Guard Battery* here, will leave
next Tuesday for a three months
basic course in field artillery at
Fort Sill, Okla.
Pfc. Jack Johnson is in surrey
school and CplI Alton Absher is
in mechanics school at Fort Sill.
Sgt. Clarence E. Elledge is
taking a two-weeks course in
cooks' school at Fort Jackson, S.i
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School Finals
Here Tonight
North Wilkesboro high school
will graduate a large class in
the final commencement pro
gram tonight, eight o'clock, in
the North Wilkesboro high
school auditorium.
Students will carry out their
own program, which promises to
be interesting and impressive.
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Sood Home/Sites To
Be Auctioned 15th
Fifty choice home sites located
on the Edgewood road just off
the Oakwoods road will be sold
at -auction Wednesday, June 15,
two p. m.
This property is near schools,
churches, and is on mail and
school bus routes. Wilkesboro
water mains runs near this prop
erty, which is highly desirable.
Cash prizes will be given at the
sale and all are Invited. Walter
and Onrley Auction company will
conduct the sale.
Miss, Mr. 'Teen
Ager Elected At
'Teen Age Center
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MISS ANN LOTT
CDHARIiBS STARVES
Miss Abb Lott and Charles
Starnes Crowned at Final
Session Youth Center
The final meeting of the
Youth Center was held in - the
North Wflkesboro Gymnasium
May 28th.
A musical program arranged
and presented by the Swing
Band was an enjoyable feature
of the evening. The band was
composed of the following stu
dents: Ann Carlton, Betty Jean
Wells, Doris Ann Godbey, Chris
tine Godbey, Carl Swofford,
Prances Harris, Carolyn Deans,
Robert Wells, Tyre Sidden and
Norma Gabriel. Wayne Pardue
acted as master of ceremonies.
The election of Mr. and Miss
Teen-Ager and their attendants
for a pronation ceremony was
another attraction of the eve
ning. The following were elect
ed: Miss Teen-Ager, Ann Lott;
Mr. Teen-Ager, Charles Starnes;
attendants, Carolyn Deans, Prank
Day; crown bearer, Wayne Par
due; flower girls, Margie Ken
nerly, • Francis Harris.
The house committee was re
sponsible for the festive decora
tions of pastel streamers and
balloons, which made an attrac
tive setting for the activities.
Mr. and Mrs. Faw
Attend Reception
* Given By Scotts
Mr. .and Mrs. 0. C. Ffl,w, of
this city, were among the 800
guests at the reception given last
night In Raleigh by Governor
and Mrs. Kerr Scott honoring
Capus Waynick, recently ap
pointed ambassador to Nica
ragua.
While in Raleigh, Mr. Paw at
tended a meeting of the state
executive committee which elect
ed B. Everett Jordan as chair
man. Mr. Faw is the Wilkes
member of the state committee.
Joint Picnic
The members of the Wilkes
Post of the American Legion
and the Auxiliary will meet
together for a picnic supper at
Bluff Park, Wednesday after
noon, June 15. The picnic sup
per Is to take the place of the
regular meeting of the Auxil
iary on Monday evening.
Miss Young Dies
Funeral service was held' to
day at Plney View church in
Wilkes county for Miss Theda
Young, age SO, who died fotar*
day at Schwenkfvllle, Pa.
Wilkesboro Asks
Saving Of Water
By The Citizens
Due to the severe drought
which has lowered water In the
town's reservoir, citizens of the'
town of Wilkesboro are, asked to
conserve water during the
drought period.
J. R, Henderson, town clerk,
today asked that water custom
ers refrain from using water on
lawns and gardens and stated
that if use of water for those
purposes persist that the town
will resort to reading meters to
check unessential uses of water.
Official Vote In
, Wilkes Connty
On Bond Issues
Precincts R'oads Schools
For Aga. For Aga.
Antloch ....— 241 4 226 9
B. Creek 174 0 173 1
Boomer _. 314 3 289 4
B. Mountain ..^117 4 109 13
Edwards 1 .... 168 22 180 14
Edwards 2 .... 297 2 274 2
Edwards 3 432 14 382' 29
Elk 1 233 0 230 0
Elk 2 185 0 183 0
Jobs Cabin 1 113 0 109 4
Jobs Cabin 2 69 7 69 7
Lewis Fork 351 3 338 12
Lovelace 88 2 79 6
Mo. Falls 244 9 227 16
Mulberry 1 241 5 241 2
Mulberry 2 378 5 365 13
New Castle' __ 247 7 230 16
N. Wilkesboro 785 166 883 52
Reddies River 732 16 715 18
Rock Creek .. 686 6 670 11
Somers 217 0 214 1
Stanton 154 0 137 10
Traphill 1 .... 250 3 209 2<>
Traphill 2 — 121 1 99 13
Traphill 3 .... 191 0 172 9
Union 506 1'499 1
W. Grove 1 _ 163 5 124 29
W. Grove 2 67 4 55 11
Wilkesboro 1 454 86 501 30
Wilkesboro 2 185 32 187 31
Total ... 8397 407 8169 384
John WHall
Taken By Heath,
Rites Wednesday
John W. Hall, 58, for many
years a widely and favorably
known citizen of North Wilkes
boro, died here Wednesday. He
had been In 111 health for sever
al weeks and critically ill for
the past week.
A son of the late William and
Katherine McGrady Hall, John
W. Hall spent the greater part
of his life in this community and
over a long period of time was
manager of Davis and company
grocery business in North Wll
kesboro. He was very active in
the First Baptist church, where
he served on the board of dea
cons, was chairpian of ushers
and was chairman of the House
and Grounds committee.
■Surviving Mr. Hall are his
wife, Mrs. Sina Hall, and two
daughters, Mrs. Don R. Gregory,
of Hays, and Mrs. Cecil McNeil,
of Mt. Airy. Also surviving is
one brother, C. D. Hall, of Mar
tinsvill^, Va., and three sisters,
Mrs. Minnie Johnson, of Lex
ington, Mrs. R. G. Brewer, of
Wellsville, Va.f and Mrs. Robert
Miles, of Dehart. A brother,
James Philo Hall, of North Wll
kesboro, died last week.
Funeral service was held Wed
nesday, four p. m., at the First
Baptist church here .with the
pastor, Dr. John T. Wayland, in
charge. Burial was in Mount
Lawn Memorial Park north of
this city.
Superior Court
In June Session
Wilkes superior court for
trial of criminal cases convened
Monday with-^Judge J. Will Pleas,
Jr., of Marion presiding.
The term Is for trial of cases
continued from previous terms
and other actions which do not
require grand Jury service.
A complete report of the court
for this week will be published
in The Journal-Patriot Monday.
SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A.
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Patient Graduates
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Miss Everine Parsons, 17,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. F.
Parsons, of Wilbar, carried on
her high school studies while
a patient for nine months at
the Central North Carolina
Polio Convalescent center at
Greensboro and received her
diploma from Millers Creek
high school in the class of 50
Friday night. Everine had a
severe case of polio. She wears
braces on both feet and can
stand only by holding to some
thing.—(Photo by Link's Stu
dio).
VALEDICTORIAN
Htti
Miss Betty Lou Wood,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Z. G.
Wood, of North Wilkesboro
route one, was valedictorian
in the graduating class at
Mountain View high school
this year. Miss Wood was also
editor of the high school an
nual.
Confederate Graves
Decorated May 30
On Memorial Day, May 30,
graves of Confederate dead in
cemeteries in Wilkesboro were
appropriately decorated.
Graves decorated in the Pres
byterian cemetery were Major
Abner Carmiclrael, ilrvin Car
michael, R. M. Staley, John S.
Cranor, Major J. W. Lenderman,
Colonel Dula, L. M. Pharr, Col.
W. H. H. Cowles, Rufus Govan
Culler, William A. Foster.
In the Mountain Park ceme
tery graves of J. A. Forester, H.
S. Vannoy, R'. A. Spainhour, 8.
J. Jennings and C. A. Canter
were decorated. Those in the
Episcopal * cemetery decorated
were J. E. McEwen, General
James ;B. Gordon, Col. Hamilton
A. BroWn, Col. William M. Barb
er", Re|v. R. W. Bather, Capt.
John |T. Peden, William Snead
and J.i T. Ferguson.
• If, the grave of any Confeder
ate veteran in the Wilkesboro
cemeteries was overlooked,
please | notify C. H. Cowles in
Wilkesboro.
Square Dance June
ifth At Pores Knob
A square dance will be held
Saturday night, 8:30, at Pores
Knob community house for the
community house fund.. Good
music will be provided and an
enjoyable occasion is assured all
who will attend. »
Meat production under Feder
al inspection for the week ended
May pSl totaled 259 million
pounds, according to the IT. S.
Department of Agriculture.
R. H. McNiel With
Coca-Cola Co. Here
Robert H. (Bobby) McNiel,
son of Mr. and Mrs. b. A. Mc
Niel, of Elkin, has accepted a
position with Coca-Cola Bottling
company in North Wilkesboro.
Mr. McNiel graduated from
Wake Forest College last week
with a B. S. degree in business
administration. He and his wife
and child are now residing on D
street in this city.
Business Census
Under Way In
Wilke^For 1948
J. G. Forester Wilkes Enu
merator; Moore District
f Supervisor
Enumeration for the 1948
Census of Business 8 now under
way in North Wilkesboro and
Wilkes County, Harry B. Moore,
District Office Supervisor, U. S.
Bureau of the Census, announc
ed this morning.
Enumerators have already
completed 1 rural segment of
the County and1* are now being
assigned to work the towns.
Meanwhile, • work progresses
satisfactorily in Ashe, Catawba,
Alleghany and Iredell counties,
which are also part of the 12
county District, for which States
ville is the head office.
Mr. Moore urged businessmen
to cooperate in every way pos
sible with the Census-fakers so
that the difficult task of secur
ing census reports from every
retail, wholesale^ and service
trade establishment in the coun
ty can be completed in a mini
mum of time.
The District Office reports
that cooperation thus far in
Wilkes County has been excel
lent.
The new census law, enacted
by the 80th Congress, requires
that all businesses complete re
ports for the 1948 Census of
Business and imposes the respon
sibility of guarding against pub
lication of data in any form
which would reveal operations
of individual establishments.
The last Census of Business
was conducted in 1939. ,
_ The Population Census will be
lauhched next year.
J. G. Fore8ter, of Wilkesboro,
has been appointed enumerator
for Wilkes county.
$9,000 Raised
In Davidson Fund
This Community
R. G. Finley, chairman of the
campaign in this community to
raise $10,000 here for the David
son College expansion and en
dowment fund, reported today
that the $9,000 mark had been
reached. i
The goal for Davidson alumni
here is $10,000, and campaign
leaders are hopeful of reaching
the goal in the next few days.
W. Blair Gwyn and Edward S.
Finley are team captains in the
campaign.
Poppy Day Here
Was Dig Success
Wilkes unit of the American
Legion Auxiliary reported today
that Poppy Day, May 28, was a
big success. Total sales of pop
pies amounted to $302.74.
The Auxiliary wishes to thdnk
Belk's Department Store for a
donation of $50 and Brame's
Drug Store for a donation of
$2.50. •
The first poppy sold on the
streets was purchased by Rev.
William Turner, and the last sold
on poppy day was to John Ped
en, another well known colored
resident here.
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Council Camporee
To Be Ine 11-12
As announced at the last meet
ing 06 the Executive Board, the
Old Hickory Scout Council Cam
poree will be held at Camp De
votion on Saturday and Sunday,
June 11 and 12. This is a very
special invitation to all to at
tend this big Boy Event and get
the thrill of seeing these fine
Scouts in action.
The worship service will be
held in the open starting at 2:00
p. m. Sunday. The public is in
vited and particularly all Scout
ers should be present for the
worship service. This service will
be a real inspiration to all who
are privileged to attend. The
Council has much to be thankful
for and this service will offer
an opportunity to give thanks to
God for this and the many other
blessings He has continually be
stowed on Scouting, the Council,
and individuals.
Robert Gibbs and Gordon For
ester, whe will serve as special
judges, will go to the camp Fri
day and remain through Sunday.
Ice Cream Supper
At Moravian Falls
Finance committee of the Mo
ravian Falls Baptist church
building committee will sponsor
an ice cream supper to be held
Friday, 7:30 p. m., at Moravian
Falls community house. Every
body is invited.
Spiritual Revival Is
Southern Baptist Aim
Adopting unanimously a re
port of its promotion committee,
the Southern Baptist Convention
at Oklahoma City in May de
clared ''that all our work be pur
posely directed toward spiritual
revival."
The report asked further that
"we urge all our people to pray
and labor toward that end, giv
ing particular cooperation to the
Southern Baptist program of
evangelism and the simultaneous
revivals wast of the Mississippi
River in 1950 and east of the
river in 1951."
The simultaneous revival plan,
it was pointed out, is that begin
ning with Easter Sunday 1950,
every Baptist church west of the
Mississippi River conduct simul
taneously a^ series of revival
services. The eame plan would
be followed by churches east of
the Mississippi beginning with
Easter Sunday 1M1.