Wilke8boro has a of 50 milea, is . The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 43 Years Wilkes district Boy and Girt Scouts organization have a program worthy of your at* tention and support. Vol. 44, No. 24 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WtLKESBORO, N. C„ Thursday, July 7, 1949 Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center Wilkes Appropriates $126,000 For School Buildinas 55 Cents Of £1.38 Tax Levy Will Go For School Hoases Wilkes Budget For Year Is Adopted With Same Tax Rate Past 10 Years Wilkes county's tax rate of $1.38, which has been the same tor the past ten years, remains at that figure for the fiscal year which began July 1. Wilkes county board of com missioners has officially adopted the budget, which calls for the same tax rate on each $100 as sessed valuation of property. Largest item in the budget is approximately $126,000 for con struction of school buildings, which will be raised by 55 cents of the-tax levy. County-wide debt service will get 20 cents, and school debt one cent. The other levies are as follows: county general fund, .15; superior court, .10; welfare administrative, .0525; health department, .0325; tuberculosis hospital, .035; hos pital, poor and temporary aid, .03; repairs to buildings, .10; social security, .12. J. C. Grayson, county account ant and tax supervisor, said to day that the total assessed valu ation of property is approximate ly $23,000,000, which represents an increase of slightly over one million dollars over the total for last year. The increase was pick ed up without reassessment of property. Real estate showed a substantial increale with con struction of new homes and bus iness and commercial houses, and there was also a large increase in total of personal^property, much of which represents automobiles and other motor vehicles pur chased during the year. During the year the county will refund approximately $50, 000 in bonds, which bear inter est at the rate of five to six per the old bonds Wiir have Interest rate of from two tod one-halt to three per cent. Receive Entries In TennisTourney The Ail American Tennis Tournament, sponsored by the Midway Pontlac company, of WI1 kesboro, is continuing to receive entries for the tournament which runs through July 26-28. The tournament is the first of its kind for Wilkes county. Former tournaments have* been closed to Wilkes county resi dents. However, this tournament is open to anyone who wishes to enter from any section of the state. Men's singles, doubles, antt junior singles and doubles events will be held. First round singles matches will begin on the after noon of July 25. Doubles match es will begin on July 26. Deadline for entering the tournament Is July 19, and all players are urged to submit their entries before this date. Mrs. Lou Hendrix Is Claimed By Death T 3» Funeral service was held to day at Mt. Zlon churdh tor Mrs. Lou Hendrix, 71, resident of the Hendrix community who died Wednesday. Rev. Ed Hodges con ducted the last rites. Surviving Mrs. Hendrix are one son and five daughters: Al bert Hendrix, Darby; Mrs. Joe White, Mt Zion; Mrs. Otis Crane and Mrs. Roby Crane, of Maple Springs; Mrs. Vina Hendrix, Le noir;' Mrs. Manle Crane, Darby. * o Home Coming Sunday At Gordon Baptist Home coming service will be held Sunday, July 10th, at Gor don Baptist church Just west of this city. An all-day program has been arranged, and on the pro gram will be ministers who have been ordained at the church. Dinner will be spread on the church grounds at noon and spec lal singing will feature the day's program. Everybody Is Invited. North Carolina growers this year are expecting to produce about 475,600 turkeys, or S5 to 40 per cent more than in 1*48. "■ m Advertising For Bids Construction Of Somers School Seven-Room Building W31 Be Constructed Near Jarvi*' Store Wilkes Board of Education and Board of Commissioners in Joint session this week selected site for the Somers township school and ordered that adver tisement for bids for construc tion of the new school proceed immediately. The boards selected- the pro posed site near Roma Jarvis' ■tore. • The Somers township unit will have seven classrooms, office and toilet rooms. It will be con structed on a plan very similar to the new Cricket school build ing. The Somers school project > was slated for construction last but was deferred wheu a Vspute arose over site for the school. The new school will house the pupils who formerly attended Windy Gap, Shady Grove, Os bornville, Lovelace and Plsgah schools. Some of the students, (Am that area have been at widing Union Grove school in Iredell county. Marines Seeking t Recruits Again Raleigh.—The Marine Recruit ers are back in business with a bang beginning on 1 July. For quite a while it has been rather difficult to Join this famous fighting organliation, due to the small quotas assigned to the re cruiting offices. During the month of June, even an ex-Ma rine couldn't reenlist. "But that's all changed now,1* says Captain Max D. Smith, Jr., Officer in Charge of Marine Recruiting in North Carolina. "Young men— and young ladies—have a bet ter chance of becoming members of the Marine Corps now than they have had for some time." Captain Smith statdd that he particularly wanted to see any 18-year-old men who were think ing of joinng the service. These #, in addition to being eligible the regular three or four enlistments may also enlist a period of only one year. Young ladies who have reach ed their twentieth birthday, but are less than 31 years of age, may enlist for three or four yean In the regular Marines. It was Just recently that the ranks the regular Corps were open to women. Prior to that they were * enlisted as reserves. The age limits for men are 17 through 28, or 31 if they are ex Marines. A special age provision applies to men and women who have previous Marine service. They may deduct this previous service from their age to bring them within the limits. For complete information on enlistments in the U. S. Marine Corps, write, phone, or apply in person to the Marine Corps Of fice, Post Office Building, Win ston-Salem, N. C. .1 —o Laura Watkins Dies Funeral service was held to day at Beaulah Presbyterian church for Laura Harris Wat kins, i6, well known colored res ident who died Monday. She was one of the oldest residents of Wilkes county. Surviving are two sons and two daughters: Frank Watkins, Trenton, N. J.; Neil Watkins, North Wilkesboro; Sallle Dula, Cincinnati, Ohio; Lily Ford, North Wilkesboro. —— o - ggv. Grady Mlnton. of Vilas, -wffl preach at Pleasant Home "Baptist church Sunday, July 10, 11 a. m. The public Is cordially dnrtted to the service. ♦ffbe U. S.° Department of AVricatture has announced that •thfe full Commodity Credit Cor •poraklon loan rates to producers will ke available on warehouse man 1949-crop oats, barley, ryeTand grain sorghums only, If all warehouse charges other tha receiving charges are teA "J? I vance by producers through April) 10, HBO, oats, barter, and . rye, and through March SI, 1*501 .on grain INTERNATIONAL AWARD WINNER Paul D. Woodall, (left) North Carolina district governor of Civitan, is shown presenting a certificate worth $150 from Civitan International to Mary Joe Cole of Whiteville, winner of third place in the world wide Citizenship Essay Contest. The Whiteville girl took the international award after winning local and State contests. At right is Superintendent o& Schools L. A. Bruton who is also district secretary of Civitan. Miss Cole is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Willard G. Cole, former Wilkes residents now at Whiteville. Girl Scout Camp Will Open Monday At Mountain View Girl Scout camp for the Wilkes district will open Monday, July 11, eight a. m., at Mountain View school. Mrs. Robert Oibbs, Girl Scout director for the district, asked that all campers report promptly, and with nose bag lupches. Visiting hours will be Thurs day evening, 7:30 until nine p. in. Folk games, skits and singl ing will be provided as enter tainment for visitors. The arts and crafts room will also be Dpen for inspection. Parents and friends are especially invited to visit the camp at that time. On the camp staff with Mrs. Gribbs are Mrs. John Ford, Mrs. Claude Doughton, Mrs. G. T. Mitchell, Mrs. John T. Wayland, Miss Anne Hayes, Mrs. Pendry, and Mrs. E. E. Vaught. Volun teer counselors include Mrs. Ce cil Adamson, Mrs. Phil Forester. Mrs. Louise Vannoy, Miss Agnes Kenerly, Miss Billle Jo Zimmer man, Miss Margaret Anne Hutch ens, Mrs. W. K. Sturdivant, Mrs. Walter Newton, Mrs. Ruby John ston, Mrs. Frances Panay and Miss Kate Flnley. Mrs. Gibbs has called attention to the fact that all campers must have their health blanks in by Saturday. All campers will be ready to return home Friday between five and six p. m. Marriage License During the past week license to wed were Issned by Wilkes Register of Deeds Troy C. Fos ter to the following: Robert H. Johnson, North Wllkesboro, and Anita McNeil,- Parsonville; Don Presnell and Mary M. Dwigglns, both of Mocksyllle; Pervis Bak er, Wilkesboro, and Sue Wil liams, North Wilkesboro; Coy Wilcox, Todd, and Betty Buch- ( anan, White Top; Glenn W. Roy al, Traphill, arid Fay Anthony, Dobson; James M. Wood, North Wllkesboro, and Joyce Evelyn Oleary, Halls Mills; Barney Shep herd and Jane Rupard, both of Lansing; Major C. Robinson, GUreath, and Rachel Souther, North Wilkesboro. o Crimson Clover Seed Available The Wilkes Triple A office an nounced today that crimson clov er seed is availahle and farmers may call at the Triple A office and make purchase order. The seed is offered at 26 cents per pound, with the Triple A paying 19 cents an'd the farmer <*even. o , Dokies To Meet The North Wilkesboro Dokies club will enjoy an Interesting program and a good meal Friday evening, 6:30, at Roaring River school lunch room. All members are asked to be present. o SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A. FLASHERS PLAY WYTHEVILLE SATURDAY; RADFORD SUNDAY North Wilkesboro Flashers will play Galax here tonight, Wythe ville here Sautrday night and Radford here Sunday, which will be the last game here until Thursday, July 14th. The Flashers haven't been ab le to bunch hits this week and have slipped back Into third place, six games behind Mount Airy. Last night Galax won here 7 to 3 as the Leafs collected seven two-base hits off the slants of Bernie Keating, with Manager Bob Latshaw leading the visitors' hitting with . three doubles in three official trips. Galax scored first and North Wilkesboro tied the count in the fourth when Doug Shores blasted a Masinick pitch into the center field bleachers with nobody on for his tenth homer of the seas son. Galax went ahead again with a run in the sixth and North Wilkesboro tied the count in the sixth when Davis hit his first of two doubles and scored on Dad dlno's single. The Leafs clinch-, ed the game In the seventh on two doubles, a single, a.hit bat ter and an error, all of which accounted for three runs. They added two more In the ninth on a walk and two singles . Bob Wlnkelspect, league's stel lar shortstop, was expected to re join the club today after an ex tended absence due to a spike wound, and his return Is expect ed to'strengthen the club. Mean while, a hard-hitting outfielder has been contacted and may Join the club to add some scoring punch to the hitting attack. The team has not been producing runs in proportion to the number of hits. / Lose To Radford At Radford Tuesday night the Flashers dropped* a 7 to 2 game to slide back into third place in the league while Wytherille was winning from Blkin. Mount Airy also gained one game by winning orer Galax'6 to 2. Cunningham was on the mound for the Flashers and was going fine until Radford explod ed with five runs In the sixth. Manager Tom Daddino collected two of North Wllkesboro's six hits off lArty Wilson, of Char lotte, who pitched for Radford. • o Ice Cream Supper At Cricket July 9 Cricket Home Demonstration clio will sponsor an ice cream supper Saturday evening, begin ning at 6:30, at the D. B. Turner store building at» Cricket. Hume made ice cream and cakes will be sold and all patronage will be appreciated. SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A. July Term Court WHI Convene On Monday, July 18 Judge Julias A. Rousseau In 17th District Lat ter Half 1949 Wilkes superior court will con vene Monday, July 18, for a term of one week as set up by the 1949 session of the General Assembly. The week of court was added to the Wilkes calendar by law in order that more time would be available for trial of civil cases. Judge Julius A. Rousseau, of North Wilkesboro, who will pre side over courts of the 17th Ju dicial district during the latter half of 1949, is scheduled to be the presiding jurist for the Wilkes coyrt ferm In July. The following jurors have been summonsed for the term, which will,be for one week and will be for trial of civil cases: Robert Barker, L. H. Crump, T. W. Boyd, Lester Pardue, T. A. Tucker, all of Edwards; J. Quincy Adams and Eugene Eller, of Mulberry; Harold Bumgarn er, P. H. Crow, Gordon Miller, Presley Adams, L. C. Brook Bhire, J. N. Osborne and Joe R. Shew, all of North Wilkesboro; P. M. Johnson, Lewis Pork; T. E. Church and R. G. Royal, of Traphfll; A. C. Yale, of Rock Creek; Mrs. J. M. Combs, Paul L. Cashion, of Wilkesboro; John D. McLean, of Reddles River; Archie Hege, Moravian Falls; L. P. Johnson, Lovelace; R. C. Wood, Jr., Rock Creek; L. W. Felts, Somers; L. C. Brown, Beaver Creek; • H. M. Gregory. Somers; Lewis R. Shepherd, An tioch; Arthur Triplett, Lewis Fork; Rom Eller, Lewis Fork; Clifton Johnson, Lovelace; W. E. Mlnton, Elk; J. C. Johnson, Walnut Grove; I. T. Churchy Boomer. D.A.V. Meeting Well Attended The second meeting of the newly organized Wilkes chapter of the Disabled American Veter ans was held Tuesday evening at the Relns-Sturdlvant chapel. The meeting was in charge of John L. West, acting commander of the local chapter. T. M. Whlttington, Jr., dis trict commander of the state de partment, was present and an nounced that the charter for the chapter should arrive shortly from national headquarters. Pending the arrival of the chart er, the local chapter will con tinue under the leadership of the acting commander. When the charter is received by the chapter the elected officers will be in stalled in office for the fiscal year. District Commander Whitting ton presented Major E. P. Rob inson, district service officer for • the North Carolina Veterans' Commission. Major Robinson congratulated the members of the chapter on the successful forming of the local chapter and spoke briefly on the functions of the service officer and the ser vices rendered the veteran by the North Carolina Veterans' Commission. The need of a full time coun ty service officer in Wilkes coun ty was stressed by Major Rob inson. There are over 4,900 vet erans residing In Wilkes county and a competent, capable serv ice officer is needed to render to these veterans assistance and ad vice In the proper handling and filing and other forms required by the Veterans' Administration. The next meeting of the D.A. V. will be held at the home of Newton Bumgarner on Tuesday, July 19th at 8:00 o'clock. All members and prospective mem bers are utged to attend this meeting. Refreshments will be served. * o A worker looked In Us lunch pall each day and as he unwrapp ed his sandwich he said "Bah Peanut butter again!" and threw it into the ash can. A fellow worker observing this, said to him one day, "Can't your wife make any other kind of sand wich except peanut*butter?" The first worker replied, "You leave my wife out of this, I make Dty own sandwiches!" • Miss Frazier Will Sing Here Sunday Miss Martha La« Frailer, who is home on vacation from Juil liard Music Institute In New Fork City, will be soloist Sunday norning at the First Methodist shurch and will sing "These Are rhey" from "The Holy City," by 5ual. Miss Frazier will also sing in the union service Sunday eve ning at the First Methodist. "Let Not Tour Heart Be Troubled" will be the title of the evening selection. Off jeers North Club Begin term Newly Elected District Gov ernor Cashion Installed Officers Here Paul Cashion, of North Wil kesboro, newly elected district governor of Lion clubs, perform ed his first duties Friday night by installing officers of the North Wilkesboro club. W. D. Jester was installed as president, succeeding J. H. Whicker, Jr., who very sucess fully JLed the club during the past year. Other officers install ed were as follows: Jack Swof ford, first vice president; Ed ward S. Finley, second vice pres ident; Boyd Stout, third vice president; S. B. Moore, tail twister; Edward McEntire, Hop tamer; C. C. Faw, Jr., Ralph Buchan, Edward Bell, directors; Shoun Kerbaugh, secretary. Splendid reports of the state convention held at Wrightsville Beach were given by J. H. Whick er, Jr., and Paul Cashion. The North Wilkesboro club was much In evidence at the convention and carried out the successful campaign to elect Mr. Cashion governor of district 31 A. The convention was descrihad by loc^l members as the most successful ever held in the state b7 Lions clubs. Over 5,000 Expected At Farm, Home Week More than 5,000 Tar Heel farmers and bomemakers are ex pected to gather on the State College campus in Raleigh early next month for what promises to be the most outstanding Farm and Home Week program ever held in North Carolina, John W. Goodman, assistant director of £he State College Extension Ser vice, said this week. The four-day annual event, not held last year because of a polio epidemic, will begin, with registration on Monday, August 8, and continue until Thursday night, August 11, when Bob Hawk, national radio show quiz master, will preside over a grand-finale contest during which more than $5,000 worth of farm machinery and equipment will be given away. Secretary of Agriculture Chas. F. Brannan, author of the much discussed Brannan farm pro gram, will headline a list of not able speakers for the occasion. He will address a joint session of men and women on Tuesday night. Other featured speakers will be Governor Soott, himself a farmer and former county agent: Rep. Harold D. j Cooley of Nash ville, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee; Mrs. Ca millie MoGhee Kelly of Memphis, Tenn., one of the best-known juvenile court judges In the na tion; and Mrs. Raymond Sayre, president of Associated Country Women of the World. Congressman Cooley will speak on proposed national farm legis lation and will then participate in a round-table discussion on the same subject with Dr. J. H. Hilton, dean of the State College School of Agriculture; L. T. Bal lentine, State agriculture com missioner; R. Flake Show, execu tive secretary of the North Caro^ lina Farm Bureau; Harry B. Caldwell, master of the State Grange; G. T. Scott, State direc tor of Production and Marketing Administration; B. B. Garrett, State soil conservationist;' and Dr. I. Q. Sehaub, director of the State College Extension Service, o Marketing of cranberries In cellophane bags has become in creasingly -popular during the past year or so. Furniture Makers At Furniture Show Chicago This Week Representatives of local fur niture manufacturers are show ing new lines this week at the mid-summer furniture exposition In Chicagor Representing Forest Furniture company are N. O. Smoak and R. R. Smoak; John E. Justice is representing Oak Furniture com pany; J. R. Hix and Richard Johnston, of American Furniture' company; Henry Moore, Ivey Moore, and Ray Hoover, of Home Chair company. Mrs. J. R. Hir and grand daughter, Mrs. J. M. Dalton, of Ashevllle, accompanied Mr. Hix to the show and Mrs. Ray Hoov er is a visitor in Chicago with her husband at the show. o Mrs. Addie Reeves Last Rites Today Funeral service was held this afternoon at Hinshaw Street Baptist church in this city for Mrs. Addle Reeves, 71, local res ident who died Wednesday. Rev. Charlie Miles and Rev. Clete W. Simmons conducted the last rites. • Surviving Mrs. Reeves are three daughters: Mrs. Cora Jane Chambers, Mrs. Gordon Whit tington and Mrs. R. B. Shumate, of North Wllkesboro; two broth ers, William Porter, of Wllkes boro route one, and Duran Port er, of i Asheboro, and one half brother, Joe Porter. Lions Will Sell Brooms, Mops, Mats; Aid Blind Canvas* Of Homes Today and Friday; In Business Members of tbe North Witkes boro Lions dub will sell brooms, mops and mats in the Wilkes boros this week to raise funds to aid their work among the blind and for prevention of blind ness. The brooms, mops and mats to be sold were manufactured by the blind. In a plant located near Greensboro as a part of the Lions Club's program to aid blind people. Today and Friday the club members will sell house-to-house in the Wilkesboros and on Sat urday will sell In the downtown section of North Wilkesboro. Patronage on the part of peo ple contacted will be appreciat ed by the club. o County Agent Tells About Visiting The Good Corn Crops By J. P. CHOPMN (Wilkes County Agent) The County Agent visited and observed many excellent corn fields in Wilkes county during the week ending Saturday, July 2. Isaac Vannoy, of the Vannoy community, has one acre of Dixie 17 white hybrid that shows prom ise of being among the top yield ing corn field in Wilke county. Mr. Vannoy selected a good piece of land, fertilized it liberally, and planted Dixie if In S 1-* foot rows 12 Inches apart in the row. He obtained ah almost per fect stand and has used nitrate as a top-dressing and layed the corn by clean. The corn is about ready to tassel and is dark green in color, indicating that there is sufficient fertility to feed the corn. Other good corn fields were observed at Odell Whittington's, of Red dies River, who was Wilkes county's corn champion in 1948. P. V. Turner, of Mil lers Creek community, has a promising stand of open-pollinat ed yellow corn. Any farmSr having corn equal to any of the three above can expect a hundred bushels or more per acre in yield if weather conditions permit. — o Brucellosis in cattle is the source of undalant fever, a seri ous economic less la dairying and in beef herds.