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Vol. 44, No. 28
Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., Thursday, July 21, 1949
Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center
August Tern
Superior Court To
Open Monday, 8
Judge Rousseau To Preside
Over Two Weeks Court
For Criminal Cases
August term of Wilkes super
ior court, which will be for two
weeks, will convene In Wilkes
Monday, August 8.
Judge J. A. Rousseau, of North
Wlikesboro, will preside over
the court, which will be for trial
of cases on the criminal docket.
Jurors as follows have been
drawn for the term:
First Week
Charlie Wellborn, New Castle;
Walter Douglass, Mulberry; Wil
liam A. Miller, North . Wilkes
boro; T. T. Hutchinson, Mulber
ry; Homer Shepherd, Edwards;
W. T. Morrison. New Castle; A.
A. Trtplett, Wilkes boro; Glenn
Bowers, Edwards; J. M. Hollar,
North Wilkesboro; Gilmer Har
rold, Mulberry; Bradley E. Dan-,
cy, North Wilkesboro; Jesse
Alexander, Edwards; Lloyd Phil
lips, Moravian Falls; Clint Sld
g^n, Traphill; Huger S. Byrd,
Redftles River; Archie B. Fair
child, L&wis Fork; J. T. Wyatt,
Union; Fred Cothren, Rock
Creek; J. T. Martin, Edwards;
C. G. Bumgarner, Wilkesboro; J.
H. Norman, Edwards; Glenn
^Poplin, Edwards; Lonnie Adams,
£*ew Castle; B. H. Richardson,
"fcock Creek; Leslie G. Roope,
Rock Creek; Zachary Ferguson,
Beaver Creek; R. B. Sebastian,
Rock Creek; W. M. Spicer and
Dewey Billings, Traphill; Dewey
Rhodes, Rock Creek; C. O. Lov
ette, Reddles River; J., W. Hall,
Mulberry; L. C. Elledge, Rock
Creek; Liton Harpe, Edwards;
A. G. Mahaffey, Rock Creek; J.
B. Sidden, Traphill; Cecil Shu
mate, Mulberry; Lee Preston
Johnson and J. M. Myers, New
Castle; McCoy Higgins, Walnut
Grove; J. A. Parsons, ' Reddles
River; Arthur S. Hartley, North
Wilkesboro; Roe Church, Mul
berry; David C. Darnell, Ed
wards; G. H. Shoun, Jobs Cabin;
Gwyn Nichols, Reddles River;
E. ,Bomers Castle, New Castle;
Mrs. F. P. Blair, Jr., North Wil
kesboro; Elmore Dancy, Wilkes
boro; T. L. Haynes, Edwards;
Tom W. Kllby, Reddles River;
W. B. Hoover and E. D. Dancy,
North Wilkesboro; Ben C. Fra
iler, Jobs Cabin; P. C. Rhodes,
Mulberry.
Second week
W. T. Wyatt, Jr., Union;
france Warren, Traphill; Ray
pond Foster, Jobs Cabin; H. B.
fillings, Traphill; R. G. Dillard,
Mulberry; Morris Marlow, Wil
kesboro; Oscar Adams, Mulber
ry; Wayne Hayes, Oliver H. My
ers, DeWitt Minton, Wiley T.
Johnson, Johnnie Osborne, Ralph
W. Henderson, all of North Wil
kgaboro; Atwell Greer, Boomer;
iTP. Owens, Mulberry; C. S.
Gilliam, New Castle; Everett
Jarvis, Wilkesboro; W. B. Mal
lory, Traphill; Lonnie E. Ad
ams, Reddies River; Oscar Pal
mer, Union; M. H. Rash, Red
dies River; Homer McGee, Trap
hill; Dardle Ellis, Edwards;
John A. Brown, Wilkesboro; Ed
Bel F. Carter, Edwards; L. R.
Porter, Rock Creek; R. S. Ab
sher, Mulberry; O. M. Prof fit,
Lewis Pork; C. C.^Pardue, New
Castle; Bramlet A.'Spicer, Trap
hill; Samuel Mastln, Wilkesboro;
Wallace Royster, Mulberry; Ray
C. Alexander, Rock Creek; Ken
neth Elledge, Mulberry; E. J.
Woodruff, Rock Creek; Grady P.
Miller, Mulberry.
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Royal, Miles And
Brooks Reunion
Eighteenth annual reunion of
the Royal, Miles and Brooks re
union will be held Sunday, July
SI, at Woodruff church located
in Alleghany county on a good
gravel road 1-4 mile off high
way 21 and two miles west of
Roaring Gap summer resort.
Rev. Charlie Miles will preach
at If:30. An address by a well
known speaker will precede the
picnic dinner at noon. The pub
lic is cordially invited to attend.
^Revival At Boiling
\ Springs Announced
. ' Revival services will begin
£aaday night, July 24th, at
Ceding Springs Baptist chnrch.
Services will be held at 10:SO
a. a. and 7:30 p. m. The pastor,
Rev, A. W. Slier, will be assist
ed by Rev. W. H. Caldwell, of
Sparta. The public la cordially
Invited to all services.
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Winners In Wilkes 4-H Dress Revue
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nere are pictured tne winners m tne isms aress
revue conducted by 4-H clubs in Wilkes county. On
the left is Miss Betty Faw, of North Wilkesboro 4-H
club, senior group winner and county winner. At right
is Miss Anna Gray Brown, of the Mulberry club, county1
winner in the junior division. For details of the dress
revue, with list of other winners, see article on page
six of section 2 of this newspaper.
Many Veterans
May Get Pensions
North Carolina .veterans of
World War I or II who are un
able to follow a gainful occupa
tion because of disability may
be entitled to a pension even
though the disability is not a re
sult of a military service.
The North' Carolina Veterans
Commission announced that pen
sion laws for non-service con
nected disabilities have been lib
eralized, thus affording older
veterans an opportunity to Quali
fy for total disability despite the
fact that the specific degree of
disability may not be total.
Many veterans who have been
c'anied total disability in the
past are eligible to apply again.
Single veterans whose Income
annually is $1,000 or more, or
veterans with dependents whose
income is over $2500, cannot
qualify.
Veterans whose employment
is limited because of a disability
should contact their county serv
ice officer or the nearest office
of the North Carolina Veterans
Commission immediately. Service
officers are familiar with the re
quirements to be met and are
ready to assist veterans in mak
ing proper application.
Since Wilkes county does not,
as yet, have a county service of
ficers the nearest office of the
North Carolina Veterans Com
mission is located in the Lutz
Building in Hickory, N. C.
A representative of the North
Carolina Veterans Commission
will be at the N. C. Employment
Service office each Tuesday
morning from 10 a. m. to 12
noon, to assist veterans in filing
claims and to give any informa
tion veterans may desire. '
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A study of trends in tobacco
production, consumption, and
trade in major African areas has
been initiated by the Office of
Foreign Agricultural Relations
Treese, a single by Peters, a
culture.
Series Services |
In Progress At
Wilkesboro Church
A, series, of services are in pro
gress this week at the Wilkes
boro Methodist church, and. fine
congregations are attending. The
services are being conducted by
the pastor, Rev. 0. Jay Winslow,
and guest minister, Rev. D.
Moody Nifong, pastor of the
Rnthertordtoa Mathodlst church.
Service is being held eacir
evening at eight o'clock, and Rfv.
Mr. Nifong is preaching strobg,
gospel messages. Special music
by the church choir is adding
much to the effectiveness of the
series of services.
The services will come to an
end tomorrow night as it 1b
necessary that Rev. Mr. Nifong
return to Rutherfordton.
Last Rites Held
For Mrs. Mctver
Funeral service was held Tues
day afternoon at the First Pres
byterian church for Mrs. Ethel
Chadwick Mclver, wife of Staton
Mclver, of this city.
Mrs. Mclver, for the past sev
eral years a well known and
highly esteemed resident here,
died Sunday night at the Wilkes
hospital after being critically ill
for a week.
The service was conducted by
the pastor, Rev. Watt M. Cooper,
and burial was in Mount Lawn
Memorial Park.
Surviving Mrs. Mclver are her
husband, two daughters, one bro
ther and two sisters.
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Boy Scout Board To
Meet Friday Night
The regular monthly Boy
Scout Board of Review will be
held Friday night, July 22nd, at
the Presbyterian church at 7:30
o'clock. This meeting date was
originally planned for Thursday
night, July 21, but was later
changed to the 22nd.
WYTHEVILLE TONIGHT, ELKIN
SUNDAY, FLASHERS HOME GAMES
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| North Wllkesboro Flashers
will entertain "Sabb's Wrecking
Crew" from Wytheville here to
Inight in a game tagged .with
much importance in the fight
1 for second place in the Blue
Ridge circuit.
The Flashers will be. away aft
er tonight until Sunday, playing
at Wytheville Friday night and
at Blkin ^Saturday night. EHkln
will play here Sunday afternoon,
2«0.
Last night the Flashers dropp
ed a close game to Radford 5 to
3 in the Virginia city as North
Wilkesboro was able to garner
only four hits off Radford's -Ley.
Lee Postove pitched a fine game
for the Flashers but Radford
broke a S-3 tie in the eighth with
two runs on a walk and singles
by Thompson and Zambon.
The team Is expected to be
nearer top 'strength tonight with
return of Bob -Wlnkelspect to his
position at shortstop. In addi
tion to his outstanding fielding,
the stellar shortstop is a clutch
hitter who can help produce
runs in close games. Pitching has
been highly satisfactory in recent
games, but hitting power has
been lacking when runners were
jp scoring position.
Wytherille split with Elkln
last night In a double bill, leav
ing Wytherille a game and a half
ahead of North Wilkesboro In
third spot. Mt. Airy won ore
Galax and Increased the Grant
tears' first place lead.
Cancer Drive la
Wilkes Exceeded
Goal Of$2,OW.OO
Chapter And Campaign
Chairmen Thank People
Who Cooperated
The campaign for funds In
fighting the menace of cancer
has gone over the top in Wilkes
county. The goal was 12,000, and
at1 th«i latest report the amount
received by W. D. Halfacre,
treasurer, is $2,131. The success
of this program is particularly a
oompliment to the generosity and
loyalty of the people of the coun
ty, since the campaign was be
gun late, followed several other
calls for money, and was carried
on at the end of the school year
and the beginning of the vacation
season.
W. C. Grier, Commander, and
Dr. John T. Wayland, director of
the campaign, are especially
grateful to The Journal-Patriot
for fine editorial support, and
to this paper and radio station
WKBC for excellent publicity.
The Wilkes Farm Canter was es
pecially helpful" in auctioning off
a calf and giving thfe proceeds to
the drive. The major portion of
the work in North Wilkesboro
was done by the Junior Woman's
Club, of which Mrs. James Har
vel is president. These women
"were untiring in their efforts.
In Wilkesboro the Business and
Professional Men's Club, William
Gray, president, and the Wilkes
boro Woman's Club, Mrs. W. T.
Long, president, made a very
creditable showing. Jn the county
the Home Demonstration clubs
did well with Mrs. Paul Greene
leading them. Although it was
near the end of • the school year
the county schools cooperated
gladly, with Superintendent C.
B. Eller's encouragement.
The tremendous job of pre
paring and mailing over two
thousand letters was done by
the Commercial Department of
the North Wilkesboro high
school under, the direction- of C.
A. Shaw and the co^ration of,
Sv
ward. J. >•» thft
responsibility of/the spe<rial 'gifts
committee. Misfe Ruth Hubbard
served efficiently as assistant to
the treasurer. Td all of these and
many other indMduals, corpora
tions, and organisations the com
mittee is very grateful for fine
cooperation and generous gifts.
Hospital Births
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Daughter, Blathel Lynn Wag
oner, July 8, to Mr. and Mrs.
Isaac Glenn Wagoner, of Mc
Grady, daughter, Judy Carol
Johnson, July 10, to Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Franklin Johnson,
of North Wllkesboro route one;
son, Klmp Avon, July li, to
Mr,, and Mrs. Beldon Avon Rich
ardson, of Lomax; son, Robert
Edward, Jr., July 11, to Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Edward Hayes, of
North Wllkesboro route one:
son, Stephen William, July 9, to*
Mr. and Mrs. John Norman
Wooten, of Roaring River;
daughter, Rebecca Gall, July 12,
to Mr. and Mrs. Vernle Claud!e
Dlllard, of Hamptonville; son,
Micheal Lee, July 13, to Mr. and
Mrs. Arnold Wingler, of Hays;
daughter, Judy Lynn, July 15, to
Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Frank
lin H&rbough, of North Wllkes
boro route two; son Charlie Ed
ward, July 14, to Mr. and Mrs.
Homer Clegg Jones, of North
Wllkesboro route two; • daughter,
Ruth Carolyn, July 15, to Mr.
and Mrs. James Harding Rash,
of North Wllkesboro route two;
daughter, Glenda Rae, July 16,
to Mr, and Mrs. Glenn Ruce
Busic, of Sparta; daughter, Lin
da Sue, July 15, to Mr. and Mrs.
M. Nichols, Jr., of North Wll
kesboro route one.
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Justice Murphy, 59,
Heart Attack Victim
Detroit, July 19.—Supreme
Court Justice Frank Murphy
died at 7:45 a. m. today.
Doctors at Henry Ford Hospi
tal said the 59-year-old Jurist
died of - coronary occlusions, a
heart affliction.
Murphy was appointed in 1940
to the Supreme Ooutt by the late
President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Prior to that, he had served one
two-year term as Governor of
Michigan.
Before running for Governor,
Murphy served as the last Gov
ernor-General of the Philippines.
He was also Attorney General of
the United States.
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Support the Y. M. C. A.
rhief With Sweet
Tooth Is Sought
By Local Police
Thieves entered Eller Broth
ers, Wholesale store on Forest
er Avenue Monday night and
made away with a thousand
pounds of sugar. ^Entrance was
gained through a back win
dow.
Several days ago a quantity
of sugar was taken when 8.
V. Tomlinson wholesale store
was entered.
Board Directors
Wilkes Chamber
In Busy Session
Ask Authorities To Bar Car
nivals With Gambling
Devices and Shows
Board of directors of the
Wilkes Chamber of Commerce in
August meetlrig here held a
busy session, In which they took
action on a number of matters
of public interest.
By unanimous vote the direct
ors went on record in opposition
to carnivals operating with
gambling devices and shows. In
a letter to the Wilkes County
Board of Com nissioners and au
thorities o f Wilkesboro and
North Wilkesboro, the board
asked action to bar from operat
ing in Wilkes county any carnival
with gambling devices and
shows, under any sponsorship.
C. Arthur v
enable made a re
port to the board relative to the
state's policy of development of
state parks, and asked the cham
ber to vsupport movement for de
velopment of ! Rendezvous Moun
tain state park in Wilkes and
tor acquisition of another area
now owned tor private interests
obtained for a
agreed that effort
will be put folrth for greater de
velopment a n d Thomas W.
Morse, directqr of state parks,
will be invited to meet with in
terested citizens here. From the
state director it is expected that
further information will be ob
tained relative to plans now
under consideration.
E, The board
Richard Johnston, president,
presided. J. B. Williams gave
the treasurer's report. It was de
cided that members who hare
not paid their 1949 dues will
be contacted and the Contact
club will urge that they pay
promptly In order that all obli
gations of the 1949 budget may
be met promptly.
Some industrial contacts were
Reviewed and the board asked
that any person in this area
knowing of a building which may
be utilized for industry notify
the Chamber of Commerce office
at once.
The board also discussed a
number of forthcoming events,
including Farmers' Day, Fat
Stock Show and Sale, Farm De
velopment project, forestry field
days and hybrid corn contests.
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Install Officers
Of Odd Fellows
Union lodge of Odd Fellows
at Mulberry recently installed
officers.
D. B. Goodman, of West Jef
ferson, district deputy grand
master, with his staff Installed
the following elective officers:
Edison Burgess, noble ' grand;
William R. Harrold, vice grand;
S. B. Absher, socretary; Fred S.
Miller, treasurer.
The lodge has adopted new
by-laws, which has changed the
meeting night to Friday night of
each week. r .
Bible School Closes
At Union Methodist
A successful Vacation Bible
School was held at Union Meth
odist Church, Cricket, from July
11-16. The workers were the
Rev. C. Jay Wlnslow pastor of
the church, Mrs. D. B. Turner,
Miss Mary Nichols, Miss Mildred
Prultt, Mrs. Charlie Warren, and
Miss Helen BHllott.
The attendance grew fro.m day
to day until It reached 73, and
out of this number 62 were pres
ent enough days to entitle them
to a certificate of attendance.
The school closed Friday with
a picnic.
Honor Student
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Charles J. "Jack" Howard,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Howard, of Wilkeeboro, is
making an outstanding record
at East Carolina Teachers Col
lege at Greenville, where he is
a senior. For details relative
to his college record see news
article on page eight of section
two of this newspaper.
Court Adjourn
After Trial of
Several Cases
July term of Wilkes superior
court adjourned Wednesday aft
1 ernoon after three days session
for trial of civil cases.
Judge J. Will Pleas, Jr., of
Marlon, presided.
Cases in which judgments
were rendered were as follows:
Lucille Benfield versus Vernon
Benfield, divorce; Mabel Absher
Triplett versus - Claude- (Rlek V
Jripiett, ^tyoroe; p. M. Bauguss
Vergtfs Mary J. Bauguss, divorce;
Ozene Franklin Cheek Johnsou
versus William Foster Johnson,
divorce; Imogene Felts versus
Bruce Felts, divorce; Luther C.
Church versus Ruth Wilcox
Church, divorce.
L. Silberman and Son versus
National Shoe Machine and Lea
ther company,^ plaintiff awarded
judgement of $245.72.
J. I. Garrip versus Dewey Byrd,
settled by agreement.
Parkway Bus company versus
Seven-Up Bottling company, set
tled by agreement.
Hester Tulburt versus Dr. A.
C. Chamberlain, off docket by
non-suit.
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Holiness Church
Minister Assigned
Rev. A. J. Adkins, of Danville,
Va.; pastor of Glenwood church,
has been assigned to the Pente
costal Holiness church in this
city.
Hfc will begin a revival at Zion
Hill Pentecostal Holiness church
Sunday, July 24. Rev. Stanley
Wheeling is pastor.
Revival will begin at the
Pentecostal Holiness church here
August 14. Special music and
singing will feature all services
and the public is cordially invit
ed.
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1950 Auto Togs
Received Here
Local branch of the Carolina
Motor Club, of which T. C. Can
dill is manager, has received
shipment of 1950 automobile
and truck license plates.
The plates for next year are
orange letters on black back
ground, the reverse of the coloi
scheme for 1949.
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Advent Christian
Services, Boomer
And In Wilkesboro
Her. and Mrs. George Boat
wrlght, of the New England
School of Theology, Brookline
Mass., who are doing pastoral
work In Wilkes county this sum
mer, will hold service at the Ad
vent Christian church at Boom
er Sunday, July 24, 11 a. m.
Rev. and Mrs. Boatwright art
visiting the members of th<
church this week. They will gt
from there to Wilkesboro Sun
day afternoon to hold service ai
S o'clock In the Presbyttriai
church. Everyone is cordially in
vited to both services.
Three Are Held
For Theft $2,000
From An Aged Man
Greater Part of Money Tak
• en From D. M. Byrd Re
covered by Officer*
Two young men are in- jail
and a third is under bond ~ on
charges of stealing approximate
ly $2,000 in cash from D. Mack
Byrd, 80-year-old resident of the
Knottville community east of
this city, Wilkes Sheriff C. Q.
Poindezter said today.
And what is more important
to the aged . man, $1,595 has
been recovered.
The two in Jail are J. Q. Hlg
gins, 25, and A. M. Byrd, 19.
The latter is a grandson of the
robbery victim. Raymond Brown,
age only 1<5, is under bond. The
three are expected to be tried
in the August term of Wilkes
coujt, which is scheduled to be
gin August 8.
The home of Mr. Byrd was
entered at two a. m. on the
morning of July 1. His overalls,
containing about $2,000 in cur
rency, were taken.
Mr. Byrd and his wife and a
grandson were sleeping in the
home. Sheriff Poindexter said
that the boys who entered the
farm home apparently screwed
the light bulbs out so the lights
could not be turned on. But in
leaving the house one of the
group struck a match in order
to see how to unfasten the night
latch. The boy Bleeping nearby
had awakened and he saw the
parties, whom he later identi
fied.
Sheriff Poindexter and Deputy
R. W. Edwards were notified and
went to the Byrd home. While
they were there the boys who
were later charged with the of
fense appeared.
After questioning the boys the
officers located $1,275 in the
spare tire on Higglns' car, and
$320 was found on Raymond
Brown. Within 12 hours the
three were under arrest. Sheriff
Poindexter and Deputy Edwards
were assisted in the investigation
by Deputies A. H. Holbrook and
Jack Bennett.
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Mae Parks Hauser
Rites Held Today
Funeral service was held to
day at Sandy Creek church near
Austin for Mae Parks Hauser,
colored resident of the Traphill
community who died Monday.
Rev. Jesse Patterson conducted
the service.
Surviving are her husband,
Vestal Hauser, and four children:
William <Cockerham, Jr., Junior
Dowell, Bonnie Hauser and Jim
mie A. Hauser.
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Miss Frazier Will
Have Voice Studio
Miss Martha Lue Frazier, who
has been studying during the
past few years at Jullliard in
New York City, will open a voice
studio at 301 sixth street Sep
tember 1. Among the courses to
be offered will be French and
English diction. Those who
wish to enter are asked to tele
phone number 475.
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Marriage License
During the past week license
to wed were issued by Wilkes
Register Of-Deeds Troy C. Foster
to the following: William An
drew Blevlns, Jr., of Elkton, Md.,
and Illeen Barker, Crumpler;
Del OB Wood and Mabel Wood,
both of Traphill; Paul Thomp
son and Polly Bard, both of Jef
ferson; William Combs, North
Wilkesboro route two, and Cora
Blevlns, Roaring River; Charles
McNeill, Ferguson, and Lucille
Wolfe, Purlear; Brady Cothren,
Elkln, and Vena Billings, Lo
maz.
Consumers paid an average
price of 55.4 cents a pound tor
meat in 1947. Of thfe amount,
the farmer reeelved 85.4 cents.
The other 20 cents went to mar
keting agencies, the railroad*,
> packers, wholesalers, and retail
ers. By comparison, in IMS con
• Burners paid an average price of
20 cents per pound for meat,
i with 13.2 cents going tor mar
■ keting and only t.S cents to the >
farmer.