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The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wifkes" For Over 43 Years
Wilkes district Boy and Girl
Scouts organization hare a
program worthy of your at
tention and support.
Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO,M. C„ Thursday, July 14, 1949
Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center
Wilkesboro tias •
ling radius of 60 miles,
ring 190,000 people in
Torthwestern Carolina.
VOL 44, No. 26
Many
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Citizens OfFour
Counties Tell Of
Needs For Roads
Commissioner Goforth And
Division Engineer Will
i Review Requests
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Hundreds of farmers, school
men, merchants and professional
men converged on Wilkesboro
Wednesday to tell Mark ■Goforth,
of Lenoir, 10th highway division
commissioner, and Division Engi
neer C. G. Ashby what they
want from Governor Scott's
$21)0,000,000 road improvement
program.
From the time Commissioner
Goforth arrived at the Wilkes
courthouse at 9:30, thirty min
utes ahead of time until late^ji
the afternoon he was beser n
with requests for paving and Yin
proving secondary roads.
The meeting opened at ten
with J. Gordon Hackett, of North
Wilkesboro, presenting commis
sioner Goforth to the crowd
which filled the courtroom.
The second. Wednesday in
each month has been designated
by Commissioner Goforth to hear
Toad delegations from Allegtany,
Surry, Yadkin and Wilkes coun
ties, and response at the initial
meeting Wednesday Indicated
that the people like the oppor
tunity to express their needs.
The next hearing for these coun
ties will be in Wilkesboro August
10.
The commissioner explained
that the large road program is
in its infancy, with many policies
and procedures yet to be worked
out. After delegations are heard
at the hearings, the highway au
thorities will review the requests,
giving every consideration prac
tical, and will view the requested
projects during field work In
planning the program.
First county heard yesterday
was Alleghany, and the several
delegations lost no time in stat
ing their road needs. Delegations
asked for improvement of six
specific projects.
Surry county delegations, sev
eral in number, appeared for six
projects.
The several Yadkin county
delegations presented needs for
14 road projects.
Wilkes baa tne largest delega
tions, asking improvements, and
In some instances paving, for
many sections of the 1,000 miles
of roads In Wilkes. The Improve
ment projects requested includ
Benham school to highway
21; Somers township road from
421 to 115;\ Pads road; from
Roaring River south to 421 and
to Windy Gap; Ronda to Lomax;
Atkins shop to Watauga county
line and to 421; from Hays by
Dehart to Springfield, also Gam
bUl Greek road; Hays via Dock
ery and fraphlll to Doughtoo;
268 from pavement west of Wil
kes boro to Caldwell county line:
from 421 at Lewis Pork south
across highway 268 and 18 to
Russell's Gap at Alexander line;
Gilreath to Alexander line, and
from Gilreath via Eugene Reavis'
to Alexander line; Wilkesboro
postoffice to locker plant on Oak
woods road; Clingman to Swan
Creek; Congo road from 421 to
Mt. Zion; three miles extension
pavement on old highway 16:
^arsonville to Parkway; Curtis
Bridge road; 421 to Purlear to
16 and by Pleasant Home to 18
at Mulberry; Dr. Eller road to
Goshen bridge on highway 268;
old 60 Millers Creek to Purlear;
Millers Creek to Congo road,
also Pads road; bridge on road
between 16 and 18; Rock Creek
road; Atkins Shop to Ferguson
to 18 via Beaver Creek.
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Eugent S. Church
Claimed By Death
j Eugene Shelton Church, SI,
'' resident of this city, died in the
hospital here Tues'day following
Sa brief Illness.
? Funeral was held Wednesday,
Uwo p. m., at Davis Memorial
^Baptist church.
' Surviving are his mother, Mrs.
Id* Loo Btimgarner, one sister
and one brother, Mrs. Chloe
Boseman, of North Wilkes boro,
and Beryl Church, of Chester, S.
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SUPPORT THE T. M. C. A.
Reunion Millar
Family Enjoyable
Event On Sunday
Brothers, sisters and many
other r^atives of W. W. Miller,
Sr., gathered at his home in
Wilkesboro Snnday for a family
reunion, which was a highly, en
joyable occasion for all those at
tending.
One of the enjoyable features,
of, the day was dinner spread on
the lawn at noon.
Out-of-town people attending
'included the following: Dr. and
Mrp. O. H. Pugh, Mr. and Mrs.
Mack Underwood, Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Earl Thomas, Mr. and
Mrs. Stewart Atkins, all of Gas
tonia; Mr. and Mrs. J. Coy Park
er and daughter, Carol, Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Miller, Mr. and Mrs.
John Miller, all of Winston-Sal
em; Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Gal
limore, of Greensboro; Mr. and
^Mrs. Kerr Clement, Lonnie Mil
ton, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Mil
ton, all of . Mocksville; Mr. and
Mrs. Pete Shields and son, Rous
seau, of Scotland Neck; Miss
Dorothy Shields, of Chapel Hill;
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Miller, of
Detroit, Mich.
$50,348 Liquor
Tax Jfldgment Is
Filed In Court
Ray Chambers, of North
Wilkesboro, Assessed
With Liquor Tax
Raleigh, July 11.—One of the
largest in its series of claims in
a current drive to collect the
revenue from alleged * illegal
liquor sales in North -Carolina's
dry counties was filed today in
Wilkes County, the office of
Commissioner of Revenue Eu
gene Shaw nanounced today.
The department filed a certifi
cate of tax liability against Roy
Chambers of North Wilkesboro,
setting out that Chambers owes
the state $50,348.66 for liquor
sales during the pertod" fiom
June, 1948, through August,
1948, and January, 1949, through
April, 1949.
Of this $44,457 was the a
mount allegedly due from the
state's 8.5 per cent ^retail liquor
tax. The remainder was Interest
and penalty said to be due on
the tax.
The $44,457 represents the
tax on liquor with a retail sales
value of $533,484. Several other
claims for taxes on liquor valued
at about $500,000 are included
in the 40 certificates the depart
ment has filed.
A second certificate filed to
day was against El. W. Clino of
Hickory, alleging taxes, Interest
and penalties totaling $3,900
are owed by Cline for sales dur
ing the period January 1, 1949,
through April 30, 1949.
The claim against Cline was
in addition 4o another filed ear
lier against him, and covering a
later period than the first.
Blazing Truck Is
Cause Excitement
In Downtown Area
A burning truck in the heart'
of North Wilkesboro's business
district Tuesday afternoon at
tracted a large crowd and gave
firemen a tough job.
A truck belonging to Duane
Church stopped in front of Up
town Service Station for gas and
while there caught on fire. Fire
men dashed across the street
from the fire station but found
the fire hard to put out. The
gas line from the tank on the
truck came apart and burning;
gas spread on the pavement,
constantly adding so much fuelj
to the fire that large quantities;
of chemicals were used over a
period of several minutes. The
large load of lumber on the
truck was not damaged but the
front paft of the truck was dam
aged extensively.
Pie And Box Supper
Maple Grove 16th
Maple Grove Baptist church,
located one mile from Hays on
the Traphlll road, will give a,
pie, box! and Ice cream supper
Saturday. July 19, 7: SO p. m.
Every is invited.
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Work Completed
In RenovaWDId
St. Paul's Church
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Many Improvements Made;
Services To Be Resumed
There Sunday f. M.'
Services will be resumed in
the historic St. Paul's- Episcopal
church In Wilktteboro with the
four p. m. worship service Sun
day, July 17, following exten
sive repair and improvements to
the venerable church building.
The old brick church building
is now more than 100 years old.
It was erected in 1848 and con
secrated July 8, 1849.
During the past several weeks
much work on the structure has
been accomplished. Old plaster
on the walls was removed and
the Interior was newly plastered.
Floors were sanded and painted.
The interior, including rafters
and Inside of the roof, has been
repainted. Carpets were cleaned i
and a new carpet was put down
in the chancel. Sound box of the
new Hammond organ is located '
in the thick brick wall between
the chancel and vestry room.
The rector, Rev. B. M. Lack
ey, will conduct the service Sun
day afternoon, July 17, and also
the communion service at 11 a.
m. on Sunday, July 31. The
church extends a cordial invita
tion to all to worship there on
those dates.
The Vestry is made up of the
Rev. B. M. Lackey, Rector; Paul
Osborne, Senior Warden; Joe
Barber, Junior Warden; H. H.
Morehouse, Treasurer; W. W.
Barber, Jr., L. B. Dula, D. S.
Hill, Tom Hubbard, J. B. McCoy,
Roy Reins, B. R. Underwood;
Robert L. Morehouse, Clerk.
The work of renovation was
done under supervision of a
committee from the Vestry and
Woman's Auxiliary; Joe Barber,
chairman; L. B. Dula, Tom Hub
bard, Mrs. Joe Barber, Mrs. L.
B. Dula, Mrs. George Forester,
with the Invaluable aid of Miss
Elizabeth Barber.
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Galax tonight,
Elkin On Sunday
North Wilkesboro Flashers
are scheduled to play Galax here
tonight. Friday night they go to
Galax and to Mt. Airy Saturday
night.
Blkin Blanketeers will play
here Sunday afternoon, 2:30,
and the Flashers will play in
Elkin Monday night.
All Star Game Postponed
Rain washed out the all star
game at Mt. Airy Tuesday and
Wednesday nights. The game is
cancelled unless another date is
scheduled for the game by the
league directors, who will meet
at an early date to consider the
all star game and other matters.
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Revival Sunday
At Wilkesboro
Methodist Church
Rev. C. Jay Winslow, pastor,
announces that a series of serv
ices will begin Sunday night,
July 17th, at 8 p. m., at the
Wilkesboro Methodist church
Rev. D. Moody Nifong, pastor
of the Rutherfordton Methodist
church, will be guest minister.
Rev. Mr. Winslow extends a
cordial invitation to members of
other denominations to attend
the series of meetings, and es
pecially urges the membership
of the church to participate in
every way to make the evange
listic series a spiritual success.
Services will be held each eve
ning during the week of July
17th at 8 p. m.
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Rex. Dean Minton
Oakwoods Pastor
Rev. Dean Minton, of North
Wilkesboro, has been called pas
tor of Oakwoods Baptist church.
Services will be held on the
first and third Sunday mornings.
The church and pastor extend,
a cordial invitation to all to at
tend the worship services.
Union Lodge Is To
Adopt New By-Laws'
Union lodge I. O. O. F. will
hold a speeial meeting Friday
night, July 15, eight o'clock.
New by-laws will be adopted and
It is especially important that
there be a large attendance of
members at the meeting.
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Western Carolina Chick Producers Inspect Poultry Industry Here
A group of approximately
thirty broiler raisers from Bun
combe, Haywood, Madison, and
McDowell counties visited the
Wilkesboros area on July 7th.
This group assembled in Ashe
ville and traveled to North Wil-1
ktesboro by special charter bus. I
The trip was arranged by Simp
son Bros. Provico Feed Co, of
Ashevllle, who are sponsoring
the promotion of broiler grow
ing in their area.
-ft
came to North WUkfcsboro tfc ob
serve Jnst how the industry Ope
rates here In tie Wilkes" arfea
and to gain as mucfr informa
tion as possible to benefit them
in their broiler production. The*
total brol&rs now in production
by this group is approximately
one hundred thousand. '
It will be of interest to the
people of Wilkes county to know
that the chicks for this group
are all obtained from one of the
large Wilkes county hatcheries.
The growers were all very weil
pleased with the type and qual
ity of clicks they were getting
from this^rea. They stated tnat
the ruggedness and general
liveabillty^of the chicks was ex
ceptional And meant so much in
the makisg of a profitable broil
er operation. Some of the grow
ers reported that they had on
several runs marketed more
chicks than they had paid for
as they bad not lpst even all of
the extra chicks furnished ty
the hatchery. This speaks well
for the splendid work being done
by the hatcheries of this com
munity.
While in North Wilkesboro
the group was taken through
one of the most up-to-date hatch
eries here and they were very
high In their praise of the man
ner in which the hatchery was
operated. They were very much
interested in the overall cleanli
ness of the hatchery and the ef
ficient and careful manner in
Which every operation was car
ried through from the time the
eggs were received until the live
chicks were graded and ready
for delivery. They were also
pleased with the fact that the
hatchery delivered their chicks
right from the hatchery to the
brooder house by special venti
lated delivery truck, thereby
eliminating the danger of con
tamination or damage to the
chicks by rail shipment. The
Wilkes Hatchery of North Wil
kesboro was host to the group
at a luncheon given for them.
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Singing Friday At
Foirplains Baptist
Singing school in progress
this week at Falrplains Baptist
church will close with a singing
service Friday night, to which
the public is cordially invited.
Charles Jones has been instruc
tor for the singing school. 1
Visiting choirs and quartets
are invited to take part In the
singing Friday night.
JUDGE JOHNSON J. HAYES SPOKE
TO OPTIMIST CLUB ON TUESDAY
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LOCALS
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Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Miller
have returned to Detroit, Michi
gan, after spending a few days
in Wilkesboro with Mr. Miller's
brother, <r. W. W. Miller, Sr.,
and family.
Mr. an<i Mrs. Edward Wiles,
of Raleigh, are spending . this
week wity Mr. Wilea' parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Old Wiles, of Wil
kesboro.
Mr. and Mra. Oid Wiles, Mr.
Ray Wiles, Miss Mae Wiles and
Miss Helen McLain visited Mr
and Mrs. Larry Wiles in Hick
ory Sunday.
Mr. Wayne Rutherford and
faiiily have moved from Rich
mond, Va., to a residence tbree
miles west of this city on high
way 421.
Cpl. James Donald Hlgglns,
who is stationed in the air corps
at Rapid City, S. D., is spending
a 30-day furlough with his fair
ily here. .
Mrs. Nell Hensley and daugh
ter, Mrs. Stacie Call, of North
Wilkesboro route three, were
visitors in Virginia and West
Virginia l^st week. -
Mrs. Ar L«. Hutchinson and
daughter, Willa, and Miss Pa
tricia Hutchinson have return
ed to their home in Flint, Mich.,
after spending several weeks
with Mrs. Hutchinson's daughter.
Mrs. Paul Billings, of North
Wilkesboro, Mrs. L. M. Eller, of
Hendrlx, and other relatives and
friends in Wilkes.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Smoot and
three children, of Baltimore,
Md., visited in the home of Mrs.
Smoot's mother, Mrs. W. L.
Joines, in Wilkesboro several
days ago.
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Sherman Elledge
Property Auction
Wednesday, July 20
The Sherman Elledge property
on the corner of Wilkesboro and
Traphill streets \ in Mountain
View will be sold at auction on
Wednesday, July 20, at 1:30 p.
m.
The property has been subdi
vided into small nnits and In
cludes a grocery and stock of
merchandise. Sale of thiV splen
did business location will be con
ducted by ; Williams and ' Clark
Land Auction company, of which
M. C. Wocdie and P. E. Dancy
are local selling agents. A $50
bill will be given at the sale.
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The 1949-50 supply of U. 8.
wheat has been estimated at ap
proximately 1,637,000,000 bush
els, includjng a 1949 crop of a
bont 1,387,000,000 and a July 1
carryover of About 800,000,000
bushels of old wheat. A supply
of this sice would be the largest
on record.
Jurist Pays Fine Tribute To
Gov. Aycock And Dr.
Dougherty
Judge Johnson J. Hayes. Jur
ist of the middle federal district, J
told members of the Optimist,
club of No^th Wilkesboro Tues
asy that Tie Wax T^rtnr jmtt iirtr
country would soon be in the
same chaotic condition as Eng
land finds herself today if the
free, independent people of the
United States do not assert them
selves and bring an end to the
strong trend toward socialism
that is now developing so rapid
ly. Contimiing, Judge Hayes stat
ed that he believed in personal
initiative and not so much gov
ernmental subsidftatiop. "When
you destroy the desire to go n
head and to obtain an indepen
dent livelihood, you are under
mining the foundation of our
country," Judge Hayes said. He
warned members of the Optimist
club to be on the alert for social
ism and communism, and to
use their influence to keep the
people of America free, and to
see that we still have the free
doms and rights as guaranteed
by the constitution.
Praises Aycock and Dougherty
Turning away from the Earn
ing about socialistic tendencies,
Judge Hayes told the optimists
how much It means for a boy or
girl to obtain the best educa
tion possible. He referred to Gov
ernor Aycock as the greatest
North Carolinian as he made it
possible for every boy and girl
in the state to obtain a good
high school education. He re
ferred to Dr. B. B. Dougherty,
president of A.^.T.C., at Boone,
as the next greatest North Car
olinian as he was almost per
sonally responsible for the state
taking over the operation of the
schools.
Judge Hayes closed his ad
cress bi telling the club mem
bers sort|e of hfe narller exper
iences in Qb'a' iM.':; an education.
Judge Hayes was presented to
the club by O. K. Whittington,
who was in charge of the pro
gram.
The luncheon opened with
singing of two stanzas of
"America," followed by repeat
ing in unison the club's creed.
Rev. Dean Minton spoke the in
vocation.
Guests for the cluh meeting
were: Johnny Mercak with Maur
ice E. Walsh; Tom .Wellbirn
with Julius C. Hubbard; Jack
Sparks with President E. R.
Eller, who presided at the meet
ing. \
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Vacation Church
School Woodlawn
Vacation church school will
begin July 19, nine a. m., at
Woodlawn community house. All
boys and girls ages four to 16
'are invited to attend.
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Thurmond Sparks
Surrenders Self;
Admits Shooting
Bdl Shot A. He Was Trying
To Enter Home of Son
In-Law Wednesday
Claude Bell, 55," resident of
the Roaring Rlyer route two
community ten miles east of
w „ J' was Bbot and killed
Wedne8day night, eight o'clock.
In the yard in front of the home
Sparks 8°n-,n'law- Thurmond
Sparks went Immediately after
Z*J,°°ftag and 8Urrendered
hlmseU to Wilkes officers at
Wilkesboro. He was quoted ar
telling Wilkes Sheriff c. G. Poln
fh»tteK &vd Coroner r- M. Myers
that he shot Bell as Bell was try
iZ l hls home' after he
had told him to go away
Yesterday about noon Sparks
reported to the sheriff's office in
Wilkes boro that his father-in
aw, Claude Bell, was drunk and
was causing trouble about their
homes, which are located a short
d'Sta°ce apart on the Antioch
r°ad- SPark« reported
that Bell had threatened to kill
his own wife and that he had run
er away from home. He went
to the Sparks home looking for
;?:rv,here i8aued z
his daughter, Mrs. Sparks.
Deputy Sheriff a. H. Hoi brook
SllaS** ri HIghway Patrolman
?, "i r<,^ade an exten8iye search
f , / the afternoon for Bell bat
failed to locate him. They also
received reports that he hid
, r 8botB at automobiles pass
lug on the road.
Next development was Sparks
surrendering himself at ml
kesbj-o and his account of The
shooting. He was quoted by of
™^yiag that ^ came
that he rushed from the car
lZ&Vh\h°™- Sparks he
him to go away and he
proceeded toward the house
Sparks shot Bell In the face with
Ltinu?" "oten° "« dl«
n«^|arkS PlaCed lD C«8tOdy
pending a hearing before Coro
ner Myers at the Wilkes court
n<^Se at three o'clock this after
Bell is survived by his wifo
and a number of children. He
was the father of Marvin Claude
' W.h.° was executed with
Ralph Vernon Litteral about a
year ago for rape of Miss Peggy
Ruth Shores.
Funeral arrangements are In
I complete.
Typhoid Clinics
Scheduled Soon
The Wilkes county health de
partment has announced a list of
appointments where typhoid vac
cinations will be given free to
those desiring them.
The list of appointments is as
follows:
Moravian Falls school, July 18,
9:30 a. m.
Pores Knob school, July 18, at
>10:30 a. m.
| Boomer school, July 18, at
' 1:00 p. m.
Little Hock church, July 18, at
2:00 p. m.
Clingman school, July 19, at
10:00 a. m.
Ronda school, July 19, at
11:00 a. m.
Roaring River school, July 19,
at 1:30 r. m.
. Cricket school, July 21, at 9:
30 a. m.
Millers Creek school, July 21,
at 11:00 a. m. ,
Whittington school, July 21, at
1:00 p. m.
Isaac Vannoy*s store, July 21,
at 2:30 p. m.
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Revival Services
Gospel Tabernacle
Rev. Odos Huffman, of Gas
ton ia, will begin a revival at the
Gospel Tabernacle in Wllkesboro
on Saturday night, July Iff.
Special singing will be featured
in the services each evening. 1
Rev. Mr. Huffman Is a native
of Wilkes counl^. The* public la
cordially invited to all the s«rv-»
Ices.