JOUR MM •• • ■ i ^ Wilkesboro has a radius of 50 miles. wrvtog 1*0,000 people ir s Northwestern Carolina. The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State Of Wilkes" For Over 43 Years nnqiB Wilkes district Boy and Girl Scouts organization hare a program worthy of your at tention and support. Vol. 44, No. 20 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., Thursday, June 23, 1949 Make North WUkesboro Your Shopping Center Cornerstone Moravian Falls Baptist Church Laid Sunday ^^^^WWWHWWWMHWWWWWVW WWWWWVMWWMMWWWIWMWWW | I his picture was taken at the cornerstone laying service tor the new church building for Moravian Falls Baptist • church, held Sunday afternoon. Left to right in the picture are: W. C. Hendren, secretary of the building committee; Dr. John T. Way land, who delivered the message in the service; Mrs. Bernice Greer, as sistant church clerk, who placed Bible and documents in the cornerstone; Cyrus Brown, member of building committee; L. G. Critcher, chairman and treasurer of r building committee; Irving EUer, building committee member who laid corner stone; Rev. Dean Minton, pastor; P. G. Smithey, member building committee and foreman;, R. A. Greer and J. Earl Nichols, members of building committee; Rev. J. Earl Pearson, associational missionary who participated in cornerstone laying service.—(Photo by Link's Studio). ' Mrs. Foster is District Deputy G. M. of O.E.S.I The Grand Chapter of North Carolina, Order of the Eastern Star opened its convention, in Raleigh, Sunday night, continu ity until Thursday night. Motto for the meeting—Trust ~+w-the Tjgrdwith- alt- thia-e -heart and lean not unto thine own understanding. Jn all thy ways acknowledge Him and He will direct thy paths. Watchwords— Charity, Truth, and Loving .kind ness. Flowers-Emblematic; Col ors—The five colors of our cen tral Star; Aim—To be more con scious of our obligations; Slogan | —Finish the hospital. Mrs. Harold Moag, of States-1 ville, was elected Grand Worthy j Matron, of the Grand Chapter 'Arof N. C. O. E. S. and J. Frank | * Duke elected Grand Worthy Pa Iron. Mrs. Gilbert Foster was ap-| pointed District Grand Deputy Matron, for district No. 16. Mrs. Foster is from North Wilkesboro, N. C. ^11 members of the convention yfere invited to the Governors Mansion, on Wednesday night. The invitation read: "The Governor of North Car olina and Mrs. Scott request the pleasure of the company of the members and visitors of the Forty-Fourth Annual Session of the Grand Chapter of North Carolina and out of state dis tinguished guests at a reception on Wednesday evening, the 15th of June, from eight-thirty un til eleven o'clock. Executive Man-| sion." Mrs. R. J. Hinshaw, Worthy Matron of Wilkes chapter No. 42, Mrs. Ira Payne, Miss Breta Poe Scroggs, Mrs. Leona Pardue, and Mrs. Gilbert Foster, attended the meeting from North Wilkesboro. Woman Judge Superior Court Raleigh, June 21.—Governor Scott gave North Carolina its, first woman Superior Court judge today in naming five new special Judges. The announcement was re-1 leased by the Governor's Office. Scott is in Colorado Springs, Colo., attending the National Governor's conference. The five new judges are: Miss Susie Sharp of Reldsville, State! f Representative William T„ Hatch If Raleigh, State Senator Wil-1 liam T. Halstead of Camden, A. R. Crisp of Lenoir and Harold Bennett of Ashevllle. I The Governor reappointed two Afcclal jndges, W. H. S. Burgwyn of Woodland and George B. Pat ton of Macon. He previously had. announced the appointment of Wllkins P. Hbrton of Plttsboro. o Mr. E. L. Derrick and family I are spending their vacation this [ week at Myrtle Beech, 8. C. Quarterly Meeting Girl Scouts Will Be held June 27th Quarterly meeting of the Wilkes County Girl Scout A^lans of Dr. Lewis call for about hree years of post graduate Btu ly and work at Watts hospital, ifter which he plans to return o North Wilkesboro. Early Speaks Is Early Beginning His Road Term Lenoir, June 21.—A young Wilkes county man was repaid a jourtesy with another. He went to prison ahead of time. Early Speaks who lives near the Wilkes^Caldwell county line was the principal party involved. Judge J. Will Pless was the oth Br. v * I Speaks received a sentence of six months suspended upon pay ment of costs when tried in' Wilkes Superior Court Wednes day on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. Speaks told the judge he had no funds. The judge permitted the prisoner to remain at liberty until Saturday in an effort to raise the money, but Speaks couldn't do it. So last Saturday Speaks asked a neighbor, Magistrate W. E. Horton to take him to the prison camp at Hudson. Upon arrival at the camp Speaks was unable to produce commitment papers from the Wilkes Court. Camp Supt. R. R. Woods let Speaks be gin sentence anyway and asked Wilkes officials to rush the docu ments. —. o 4-H Dress Revne At Hotel Wilkes By RUTH THOMPSON (Assistant Home Demonstration Agent) The Wilkes County 4-H Dress Revue is scheduled for Saturday morning, June 2pth at 10:30 o'clock in the Ballroom of Hotel Wilkes in North Wilkesboro. The participants in this Dress Revue will include all the Blue Ribbon Winners in the School Dress Re vues. Those who plan to enter the contest are asked to be on time. We want to be ready to begin promptly at 10:30 a. m., there fore be there ten or fifteen min utes earlier if possible. A special invitation is extend ed to the mothers of the 4-H Girls, the 4-H Neighborhood Leaders, and all persons interest ed in 4-H Club Work. Revival Services At Ronda Methodist Rev. C. Jay Winslow, pastor of Wilkesboro and Union Meth odist churches, Is guest minister this week in revival services at Ronda Methodist church, of which Rev. O. D. Smith is pastor. The public is cordially invited to the services each evening this week. Ernest R. Durham Funeral On Friday Funeral service will be held Friday, two p. m., at Macedonia church for Ernest Rufus Dur ham, 52, who died Wednesday morning at his home 'near Ron da. Rev. David Day will conduct the service. Surviving Mr. Durham are his wife, Mrs. Betty Durham, ahd the following children: Mrs. Lexle McBride, Ronda; Mrs. Edith Burchette, Farmer; Daisy and Roby Durham, of Ronda. , L. J. Wolfe Dies Funeral service will be held Friday, two p. m., at Dunkirk Methodist church for L. J. Wolfe, citizen of the. Adkins Shop com munity who died at his home Wednesday. , c : Preaching Service Rev. H. A. Johnson, "The saw mill man from Mount Airy," will preach at the Gospel Tabernacle in Wilkesboro Saturday night, June 25. A revival is in progress there, being conducted by Rev. Jesse Adams and Rev. Richard Byrd. Everybody is 4pvited to all the services.—Reported. v Cashion District Governor Lions Honor Given To Local Member In State Convention Cashion Has Outstanding Record In Lions Club Work In This State ""^Paul L. Cashion, of" North Wilkesboro, was elected "governor of Lions Clubs district 31-A in the state convention held early this week at Wrightsville Beach. The honor to the local civic Leader is well deserved. He is a charter member of the North Wilkesboro club, has held every office in the club and served as zone chairman in 1946 and 1947, and in 1947 received the cap for the best deputy district governor. He has attended three conven tions of Lions International and all state conventions since he be came a Lion. In addition to work in the Lions organization, he has been very active in civic and church work in this community. Those from North Wilkesboro who attended the convention were Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cashion, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Absher, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. faw, Jr., Wm. A. Hardister, Clyde Pearson, Larry Moore, Jack Swofford, Glenn An drews and J. H. Whicker, Jr. Wilmington^ June 21.—Elec tion of governors for the three districts, adoption of several res olutions, and acceptance o f Charlotte's bid to meet there next year marked the fin(l^ bus; iness sessions of the annual con vention of North Carolina mem bers of Lions International at Wrightsville Beach today. in separate feleWEIOns, the dis tricts chose the following leaders for the ensuing year: Paul L. Cashion of North Wil kesboro, who defeated Roy R. Beck, of Statesville for District 31-A. Jeff B. Wilson of Biscoe, who was unopposed as governor of District 31-R. Louis K. Day, of Rocky Mount, who won over Ballard S. Gay of Jackson, in District 31-C. The convention adopted a se ries of resolutions topped by one thanking the North Carolina 1949 General Assembly for op posing legislation that would alter the State Commission for the Blind's authority to admin ister all aid to the blind fund in North Carolina. In another resolution they ex pressed their appreciation for the resolution presently pending before Congress which would set up a single federal office or bu reau for services to the blind. This proposed bureau would be modeled after the North Caro lina State Commission for the Blind. They also resolved to furnish a copy of the state-wide Lions committee report on work for the blind to Gov. Kerr Scott and all interested officials, without comment. Another resolution adopted was that the Lions clubs through out t^e state organize a highway safety council, school boy saf ety patrol, bicycle safety clubs, and otherwise promotion of highway safety. A resolution was unanimously adopted providing that the three out-going district governors stu dy the problem of redistrlcting the state. They were requested to report their findings at the convention in Charlotte. The three outgoing governors are: Joe Hood of Wilmington; Dr. D. J. Whitner of Boone, and C. E. Kerchner of Greensboro. o District Governor tWWWWWWWHWWHIMWW PAUL CASHION Wilkes Farmer Claims Robbery On Lenoir Road Lenoir, June 21.—A Wilkes County farmer who sells canta loupes said today a customer threw some kind of medicine in to his eyes which rendered him unconscious. When he regained consciousness the sum of $40 was missing from his clothing he said. The farmer told members of the state highway patrol here his name is Grayden Walker. He said he is 25, and that he lives at Pores Knob -near Moravian Falls. ~Save this_ version: Walker said he naa disposed" of part of his load of cantaloupes in Wilkesboro and was en route to Lenoir when he was stopped by a man driving a 1940 Ford sedan. The stranger purchased two dozen cantaloupes and paid for them. Immediately after Walker pocketed tlje money the stranger threw something in his face which made him uncon scious. An inventory of his funds showed $40 missing. A sum of money in two other pockets was not touched, he said. Flashers Playing Badford Tonight Wytheville Here Friday Night; North Wilkesboro Drops 2 Games North Wilkesboro Flashers will play Radford two games here tonight in their third dou ble header this week. Wytheville will play here Friday night and Elkin will be here Sunday after noon. At Radford last night the Rockets took both ends of a double header, 3 to 0 and 7 to 3. John Moore hurled four-hit ball for the Rockets and Manager Tom Daddino pitched for North Wilkesboro, allowing Radford only six hits. Troy Stanley, big right fielder, hurled the second game for North Wilkesboro as every effort was made to conserve what pitching strength was left. Rad ford bunched hits in the fourth inning for six of their runs and in the remainder of the game Stanley was very effective. The double loss dropped North Wilkesboro into fourth place in the league behind Radford. Accounts of other games and other sports news is published on pages nine and ten of this newspaper. Htnshaw Revival Will Open Sunday Revival services will begin Sunday, June 26, at Hinshaw Street Baptist church in this city and continue for two weeks. Rev. Glete W. Simmons is pastor and the visiting njinister will be Rev. R. E. Adams, of Winston-Salem, pastor of Min eral Springs Baptist church. The public is coralally invited to the services, which will be held at eight p. m. each evening. C. A. Hardbarger Last Rites Today Funeral service for Charles Alexander Hardbarger, 57, resi dent of North Wllke8boro ronte one who died Tuesday, was held today, two p. m. at the home and hnrlal was in Monnt Lawn Memorial Park. Surviving Mr. Hardbarger are his wife, Mrs. Pearl Hardbarger, and the following children: J. A., W. R., C. A., Jr., J. B. and F. K. Hardbarger, all of North Wilkesboro route one. Support the Y. M. C A.