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The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 43 Years
>1. 43, No. 52 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., Thursday, October 13, 1949 Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center
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^ North Wilkesboro has a
'trading radius of 50 miles,
rving I'M),000 people in
orthwestem Carolina.
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SCOUTS
Wilkes district Boy end Girl
Scouts organization hare a
program worthy of your at
tention and support.
Throng Enjoys Most Successful Farmers Day
107.5 Miles Wilkes Roads Slated For Early Paving
Wilkes Calf Grand Champion In Fat Stock Show
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Carl Cleary (top photo) of Hays, Wilkes County, displayed the prize win
ning steer at the seventh annual Elkin Fat Stock Show held in Elkin Tuesday and
his winner netted him $1,095 from the North WiHcesboro Kiwanis Club. Miss An
<na Jean Holbrook of Elkin (bottom photo) is shown with her reserve champion
which netted 85 cents per pound from Hugh Chatham. Center photo shows the
top six. of the judging and contributing members to the show's success. Left to right,
first row, are Caroline Ferguson, Jack Alien, Bobby Steelman, Bryan Campbell,
Anna Jean Holbrook and Carl Cleary. Back row are Howard Colvard, assistant
Wilkes agent; Howard Stamey, assistant Iredell agent; Neill M. Smith, Surry
agent; Roger Murdoch, Iredell agent; G. V. Woodard, assistant Yadkin agent; L.
I. Case, of State College; D. A. Halsey, assistant Surry agent; W. N. (Bill) Steven
son, president of the Elkin Jaycees; Fred York, Jaycee in charge of the show; and
Paul Choplin, Wilkes agent. *
WILKES CALF 1ST
IN STOCK SHOW
IN ELKIN OCT. 11
A Hereford steer, which tipped
the scales at 1,095 pounds andl
bad everything won first 'place
in the Fat Stock Show held in!
Elkin Tuesday.
Happy owner of the grand
champion steer was Carl Cleary,1
of Hays, as Wilkes took first
place for the first time in his
tory of the event, annually spon
sored by the Elkin Jaycees for
the northwestern part of the
state.
Carl's steer had curves and
pounds. That's what it takes to
get the Grand Championship in
any cattle show, and it took a lot
- of each in Tuesday's event.
^ Carl is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Gar Cleary and is a student at
^Mountain View School. He start
Su his 4-H Club work in 1947.
He showed a steer in the 194S
show with Indifferent results.
TWs year, he brought down an
animal that would have caused
trouble in some of the best shows
iM&be land.
r "in there pitching" was Miss
Anna Jean Holbrook, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Holbrook,
Route 1. Her 1,085-pound
Aberdeen-Angus steer was such
a close second that a lot of folks
held their breath until the judg
es finally made up their minds.
A straight-edge laid along the
back of Anna Jean's steer would
not have touched quite all the
way, and by that barely percep
tible score and maybe just a
slight variation or two elsewhere,
he was classified just below the
Grand Champion.
Anna Jean is a trouper in the
i show ring. This is her fifth steer
i and she has never shown an ani
mal below the blue ribbon class.
Her five animals have grossed
6,285 pounds. The calf she show
ed in April of 1948 at Kinston
was Grand Champion of the
show.
Anna Jean is a twelfth grader
at E-lkin high school, the presi
dent of Elkin 4-IJ Club and has
a- 4-H Club record behind her
which is comparable to some of
the beet ever submitted in the
State. She had two calves in yes
terday's show.
Other contestants with high
ranking animals were: Kenneth
See ? WILKES CALF ? Page 6
Accepts Bank Job
Mr. 0. K. Whittington, Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Whitting
ton, of Wilkesboro, has accepted
a position in the loan department
of the Bank of Lancaster at Lan
caster, S. C. He graduated from
W^ke Forest College in August
with a B. S. degree in business
administration.
OPENING PHASE OF HIGHWAY
PROGRAM INCLUDES SEVERAL
IMPORTANT ROADS IN COUNTY
Traphill Road Heads List
Of Wilkes Projects Slat
ed For Early Work
In the opening phase of the
hlghwky program In North Car
olina Wilkes county will receive
107 1-2" miles of paved road and
$250,000 for stabilization of ex
isting roads.
The projects approved for ear
ly construction in Wilkes county
include several of the most im
portant roads in the secondary
system, and are as'follows:
First Construction Projects
Description Miles
Austln-Traphill-Dockery
to Hays 13.9
Austin to US 21 3.7
Benham School to US 21 .... 4.5
Pleasant Ridge Road 3.2
From Macedonia Church So. 1.0
From Shepherd's Cross
Roads south 4.7
From Hays to NC 268 4.9
From Dockery to Absher .... 5.7
From NC 18 at Mulberry
northwest to Hays road 5.5
From NC 16 to NC 18 be
ginning, 1.5 miles north
of Millers Creek 5.1
From end of B.S.T. on Old
| 16 to Millers' Store 3.0
| Up Old NC 16 and to NC 16 4.4
I Location above Millers Creek 3.5
j From Millers Creek School
east ? 1.4
From US 421 to Congo 5.6
From near Champion to
Adklns Shop- 2.5
From Adkins Shop to
Ferguson 4.0
1 From Beaver Creek Church
to NC 18 6.5
From Boomer to NC 268 3.5
From Moravian Falls to
Oakwoods 3.4
Brushy Mountain Road to
Alexander county line 7.0
?From US 421 to Somers
Cross Roads to Iredell
County line .... . ..... 6.5
From Roaring River south . 5*0
Total Miles 107.5
Stabilization Amount . $250,000
See ? HIGHWAYS ? Page 10
"400 Boys Active In Scout Work In
Wilkes County This Year'-Edwards
Boy Scout Field Executive
Spoke Before Optimist
Club Tuesday
"Around 400 boys in Wilkes
county have been engaged in|
Scouting in Wilkes 'eotfnty'" this
year," Jde Edwards, field Scout
executive for the Old Hickory
Council, told members of the
Optimist club of North Wilkes
boro Tuesday at the club's regu
lar luncheon meeting at Hotel
Wilkes.-'
Scout Executive Edwards was
presented to the club by Julius
C. Hubbard, program chairman
for the day, and he made a
splendid address centered a
round the fine work being- done
in Scouting in the county with
three purposes in mind: Duty
to God, duty to other people,
and duty to himself.
"Over a period of 40 years,
more than 15,000,000 boys have
been affected by Boy Scout
work," Mr. Edwards said. "And,
it has been determined by re
search work that three out of
four boys want to be members
of a Boy Scout troop," he con
tinued.
"The primary purpose and aim
of the Boy Scout program," Mr.
Edwards continued, "is to mould
better citizens for tomorrow."
Continuing, Mr. Edwards pointed
out some ? very effective work
that had been done locally by
Scout leaders which has already
resulted 'in much benefit to a
large number of boys.
| "Although three out of every
(four boys want to be Scouts, the
organization is able to enroll as
?Scouts only one out of every
l | three boys. Mr. Edwards pointed
:) out that the Optimist clubs of the
i country are sponsoring 150 Boy
) Scout troops, and that other
JOE EDWARDS
civic clubs have shown great in
terest in Boy Scout work. It was
interesting to learn that 80 per
cent of the Boy Scout troops, art
sponsored by churches.
The field executive told in de
tail how the Boy Scout organiza
tion in the country functions.
He said there are twelve regions
and that the Old Hickory is a
part of Region Twelve. The Old
Hickory Council is composed of
eight counties, and the field ex
ecutive works in five of these.
In closing, Field Executive Ed
wards appealed to all local civic
organizations, churches, business
! firms, and individuals to give
. strong support to all Boy Scout
J movements, and stating that his
greatest interest lay in the boys
of his district.
President E. R. Eller presid
ed over Tuesday's luncheon. With
Miss Patsy Hawkins, Optimist
pianist at^the piano, the club
sang three verses of "America,'"
See ? EDWARDS ? Page Six
On Farmers' Day
Tom Jenrette, energetic
manager of the Wilkes Cham
ber of Commerce, Is shown
here in a Farmers' Day picture
as he directed proceedings In
one of the public programs to
entertain thousands of visitors
for the annual celebration. To
Tom goes much credit for or
ganization of the successful
event today, and during the
past two weeks he has worked
at a feverish pace In helping
to arrange hundreds of details
for the 1949 Wilkes Farmers'
Day. ?
Agnes Reynolds
Hi School Beauty
QueenOf Wilkes
Beautiful Group of Girls In
High School Beauty Con
test Here Today
Miss Agnes Reynolds, North
Wilkesboro high school senior,
was selected this morning as
beauty queen of high school sen
iors for the Farmers' Day event
in the Wilkesboros today.
Miss Reynolds was selected the
winner by a group of judges who
had a most difficult task with
eight beautiful girls to select
from. The girls were judged by
the point system with four being
extremely close. The winner is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.
F% Reynolds, of North Wilkes
boro, route one.
Girls from the eight schools
represented today rode on the
queen's float in the mammoth
parade. The beauty queens repre
senting the various schools were:
Miss Agnes Reynolds, North
Wilkesboro.
Miss Jane Pennell, Wilkesboro.
Miss Wardie White, Ronda.
Miss Georgia Lou Benfield,
Mountain View.
Miss Dorothy Billings, Trap
hill.
Miss Bonita Reinhardt, Millers
Creek.
Miss Barbara Alexander, Roar
ing River.
Coronation of the queen wasj
slated to be one of the feature
events of the afternoon program.
o
Argentina's 1949 corn crop, ]
harvested last spring, totaled a
bout 180 million bushels,
THE NORTH CAROLINA UCTLESYMPHONYTO'APPEAR HERE IN SPRING
The North Carolina Little Symphony Orchestra of 23 musicians under the direction of Benjamin Swalin will
appear in North Willcesboro in concert nest spring. A membership drive for subscriptions in the Symphony
Society to bring the state orchestra here is now underway. The appearance will be sponsored by Junior
Woman's Club and the Jaycees. Tickets on sale at booth this week at SpainhourV
125 Units Are
Viewed In Parade
Here Early Today
Every Feature of Program
Being Well Carried Out
Before Record Crowd
The Wllkesbores were literally
filled today with a record crowd
to enjoy the greatest Farmers'
Day celebration in history of the
county.
Beginning with a mamoth pa
rade which exceeded even the
expectations of the Trade Promo
tion committee of the chamber
of commerce, sponsor of the
event, the day was filled with in
teresting events.
Forming in Wilkesboro, the
three-mile parade required one
and one-half hours for comple
tion of the march to and through
North Wilkesboro.
In this parade were units
which depicted in a glowing way
the principal phases of agricul
ture, commerce and industry in
Wilkes county.
In early plans it was believed
there would be 100 units in the
parade, but the number increas
ed to 115 and finally to 125 be
fore the parade began the long
march in view of many thousands
who lined the streets.
There were many parade high
lights, too numerous to mention
before The Journal-Patriot went
to press early in the afternoon
of Farmers' Day.
Following is listed in brief
form the order of the parade as
it passed the reviewing stand on
the corner of Ninth and Main
streets:
Police chief J. E. Walker,
mounted on horse, led the pa
rade.
Motorcycles with uniformed
riders.
Highway patrol car driven by
Sgt. Cook.
Boy Scout color guard.
District and state officials.
County commissioners.
North Wilkesboro' town coun
cil.
Wilkesboro town council.
Chamber of Commerce offici
als.
Two cars of agricultural offi
cials.
North Wilkesboro high school
band.
I County board of education,
j Radio station WKBC unit.
1914 model Ford shown by
Jenkins Hardware Co.
Three units by Yadkin Valley
Motor Co., 1949 Ford vehicles.
Float by Brushy Mountain
Fruit Growers.
North Wilkesboro Drive In
unit.
Mounted horsemen.
Suncrest Orchard equipment
and apples, three units.
Wagon by Dave Hall of Merry
mont Farm.
Tuxedo Feed store unit.
Home Demonstration Clubs
float with county council mem
bers, sponsored by Bank of North
Wilkesboro and Northwestern
Bank.
Covered wagon driven by J. S.
Pardue.
Pat Williams and John Peden
with prize winning beagles.
City Sales co units.
Furniture dealers float.
Two units by B. & L. Motors,
Cadillac and Oldsmobile.
Northwestern Wallpaper and
Paint Co. float.
Nuway Feed Service unit.
Coble Dairy Products Co. float
with guernsey calf to be given
away.
Ancient model B u i c k by
Jenkins Hardware Co.
1949 Buicks and Chevrolets
by Gaddy Motor Co.
Kiwanis club float depicting
work for crippled children.
Motor Service Sales Co. units.
Anderson's one-horse wagon.
Liberty Theatre float showing
flag raising on Iwo Jima.
Units by Eller's Cabs.
Clothiers and Department
stores float.
Midtown Service station unit.
Statesville high school band.
Battery C of National Guard
in formation and with field
equipment.
Queen's float with high school
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