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iXpt- 43, No. 64 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C? Thursday, November 24, T949 Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center
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Christmas Holiday Shopping Season Will Open Friday, Nov. 25th
Special Christmas Program Planned December 2nd
Christmas Lights
Of Streets To Be
On ByWeek-End
Aluminum Garland, Ever
green Roping and Vari- il
Colored Lights
?Christmas holiday shopping
season will begin in the Wilkes
boros Friday, November 25.
The most attractive street
jdghting in the history ot this
^^tommunity is scheduled to be
'famed on Friday night. i
Trade promotion committee of |
the Wilkes Chamber of Com
r merce is encouraging all mercli- j
*&ants to have holiday window dis-,
plays ready by Friday and to dis
play holiday merchandise. i
Merchants here have the
greatest variety of merchandise
in the history of this community. ?,
Stocks are complete, making It
entirely unnecessary to go else
where for holiday shopping.
Quality Up; Prices Down
A survey of the mercantile
field here reveals that quality of
merchandise is the highest ever
15flered and prices are lower than
t any time since the war. Bet
ter quality applies to all lines
of clothing and department store
merchandise, jewelry, furniture,
hardware and all other retail
lines.
Merchants in the Wilkesboros
^have anticipated a large volume
holiday business, and have
stocked accordingly and in wide
variety to suit the most discrim
inating buyer.
But as always the early shop
per will have advantages, and
early buying will be distinctly
vapitageous tq the shopper
a selections are greatest
_ both Wilkesboros, the Trade
promotion committee has ar
ranged for the playing of Christ
mas carols during the holiday
season, and hoth North ^ ilkes
boro and Wilkesboro towns are
asked by the committee to have
lighted Christmas trees.
Street Lighting Attractive
This year the street lighting j
*fcall be especially pleasing and j
is expected to attract many vis
itors. By way of variety. the
6treet decorations this year will
be attractive by day or night.
The same area as last year in
the two Wilkesboros will have
the street decorations. Last year |
there were only the streamers j
of lights and stars. This year th
'Street decorations have the.
lighted streamers and in addi
tion have aluminum and ever
green roping. The two types of
streamers alternate and on each
streamer with evergreen roping
are centerpieces of stars, cross
es or other holiday symbols,
attractively lighted in multi-col
ored lights.
The evergreen roping always
carries an atmosphere of Christ
mas and the aluminum stream
ers give a glittering effect by
day or night. The aluminum
sheets softly rustle in the wind
like leaves on a cold winter day.
The plan calls for turning rn
lights on all street decorations
in the Wilkesboros Friday night.
This plan may be dqlayed one
?4?av due to late arrival of some
the materials, but the public
is assured that the lights will go
on not later than Saturday
night this week.
V.F.W Will Meet
On Friday Night
Meeting of the V. F. W. post
her- v/ill be held at the club
house -n-Friday night. 7:30. in
stead of Thursday night. All
members are asked to attend be
cause of important business to
be taken up at the meeting.
Two Baptist Meetings
Are Being Planned
A Royal Ambassador Con
clhve will be held at the Plat
Rock Baptist church at Hamp
tenville, which Is near Brooks
Cross Road, on Friday and Sat
urday, Nov. 26 and 26. Regis
tration will begin at four o'clock
on Friday, followed by a ban
quet at six o'clock at the West
Yadkin school. R. A. Boys and
their Counsellors in the Wilkes
boro Division are expected to
attend. The meeting will close
Saturday morning.
The Baptist Missionary Socie
ties in the Brushy Mountain As
sociation are planning a combin
ed study for foreign missions to
be held Tuesday evening, No
vember 29, at the Masonic Hall
in North Wilkesboro, to begin at
6:15 o'clock. "Ring in the New"
is the name of the book to be
presented by several speakers. A
covered dish supper is to be
served during the evening.
Optimist Club
Hears Rogers
And Rep. Deane
Five New Members Are In
ducted Into Club Tues
day Meeting
Tuesday was a red letter day
for the Optimist club of North
Wilkesboro. The club had as Its
special guests P. E. Rogers, of
Hickory, governor of the eigh
teenth Optimist district, and
Representative C. B. Deane, of
Rockingham, congressman of the
eighth district. The club induct
ed into membership five new
meqjbers.
vwBro# E. -R. Etlor
presiding, the club opened its
luncheon meeting by singing one
verse of "America", followed by
the repeating of the club creed
in unison and invocation spoken
by Rev. C. J." Winslow.
Miss Geraldine Caldwell ap
peared before the club and pre
sented in an interesting way the
need for supporting the current
sale of Tuberculosis Christmas
Seals.
Five new members were in
ducted into membership by Dis
trict Governor Rogers. The new
members are as follows: Walter
M. Day, Johnson Sanders. James
E. Day, Ben Blakewood, and
Ralph J. Frazier.
The club enjoyed a fine talk
from the district governor who
told of the great work being
done for boys throughout his
district. He upheld very im
pressively the philosophy of
optimism, and commended the!
local club for the work it was
doing in the community.
Congressman Deane, guest of
Optimist Maurice E. Walsh, told
about his recent 40-day trip to
the Orient, a section of the
world in which three-fourths of i
the people on earth live, and
where more than 200 different
languages are spoken. "These
people," Congressman Deane
said, "are looking to America to
raise their standards of living,
and we must not fail them."
Optimist Walsh also had as
his guest Watson Brame.
The next meeting of the club
will take place on Tuesday, De
cember 13 th.
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Little Theatre Pay
When New York first saw
"Night Must Fall," it was at the
Ethel Barrymore Theatre. When
North Wilkesboro sees it, it will
be in the North Wilkesboro
high school auditorium. New
York saw Dame May Whitty,
Emlyn Williams and others in
leading roles. North Wilkesboro
will see local talent.
?SHOW FRIDAY NIGHT AT CITY
HALL FOR CHRISTMAS CHEER
Aaii who want to provide Santa
Clans visits to poor children and
who want to have a jubilant time
In so doing are invited to the
?? North Wllkesboro town hall Fri
ML&y fight this week for a big
fJJnhileuB show, beginning at 7:30.
?Worth
Wllkesboro police de
partment will sponsor the show,
which will feature Doc Wheeler
and his Oklahoma Fun Makers
in real old fashioned hoe down
entertainment.
String music,, tap dancing,
comedy, singing and other acts
will be put on?all to make pos
sible that there will be no empty
stocking in North Wilkesboro
Christmas morning.
For this big show the spec
tators will pay 50 cents for
adults and 25 cents for children.
"We gather together to ask the Lord's
blessing, He chastens and hastens His
will to make known; The wicked
oppressing, cease them from distressing
His own."
1950 Pontiac To
Be Shown Friday
Beautiful New Models To
Be On Display At Mid
way Pontiac Co.
The Midway Pontiac company
issues a cordial invitation for
everybody to see the new 1950
Pontiac automobiles, which will
be on display in Midway Pontiac
showrooms Friday, November
25.
"Matchless Beauty, Sturdiness
and Economy" are featured in
the 1950 Pontiac models, which
incorporate many improvements
in the automotive field.
Silver Streak styling is a
fine point of the Silver Streak
models, which are certain to be
highly popular with motorists
during the coming year. Some
of the many features offered in
clude straight-eight motor, hy
dramatic drive, power-packed
performance in either six or
eight, maximum economy of ope
ration, "travelux" ride, super
strong Fisher body, distinctively
beautiful sweep-stream rear fen
der ensemble, spacious and lux
urious interior, wide and com
fortable seats with restfully con
toured cushions, wide doors With
easy access, extra-wide curved
windshield, dial cluster dash,
handi-grip parking brake on
dash, chromium moulding on
windshield and wfndow mould
ings, twin duct outside air heat
ing and ventilating system, extra
large luggage space, low pres
sure tires on broad rims.
New Hudson Car
I Now On Display
| Wilkes Hudson company is
| now showing a new Hudson au
i tomobile?the Hudson Pacemak
er.
With this new model Hudson
; invades the lower price field In
| the automobile business. Com
1 fort and compactness and lower
I price, with big-car comfort and
| riding qualities are featured in
' the new Hudson Pacemaker,
with the advantages of Hudson's
"step-down" design.
All are invited to see this
new car at Wilkes Hudson com
pany at their earliest conven
ience. Hudson is featuring, in
addition to Pacemaker, the Hud
son Super series and the Hudson
Commodore Custom series.
Corn yields on the Rocking
ham County Home farm have
risen from 25 to 75 bushels p^r
acre during the past three years,
J. V. Wallace
TakenBy Death
John Vance Wallace, 84, for
many years a well known citizen
of the North Wilkesboro route
one community near this city,
died Monday night at his home.
He had been in ill health for the
past year and critically ill for
several days.
Mr. Wallace was born Novem
ber 4, 1865, a son of the late
! Coleman and Caroline Robertson
j Wallace. Surviving are his wife,
i Mrs. Julia Wallace, four sons
and four daughters: Wade Wal
lace, North Wilkesboro; Herman
Wallace, in Pennsylvania; Wood
ruff and John V., Jr., North
Wilkesboro; Mrs. 'Robert H.
Leatherman, Atlanta, Ga.; Mrs.
Carl Odle, Galveston, Texas;
Mrs. H. A. Bullis, Bel Air, Md.;
Mrs. George Cathey, Statesville.
Funeral service was held Wed
nesday, two p. m,, at Fairplains
Baptist church and burial was in
Baptist cemetery in North Wilkes
boro. Rev. Clate Brown, pastor,
was assisted in the services by
Rev. S. L. Blevins.
More and more Duplin county
farmers are purchasing founda
tion stock to begin building up
beef cattle herds, says County
Agent Ii. F. Week*.
12-YEAR-OLD LAD GIVES CHRISTMAS
SAVINGS TO HELP CRIPPLED MAN TOl
BE ABLE TO WALK AND WORK AGAIN
A 12-year-old boy who -has
saved frugally to accumulate
$10.25 for Christmas spending
has given all his savings in a
fund being raised to assure a
26-year-old Wilkes county man
that he may arise from an in
valid's bed and walk again.
Bobby Farthing, Bon of Mr.
and Mrs. B. C. Farthing, of
North Wilkesboro, who read in
The Journal-Patriot Thursday
that the lack of funds for hos
pital treatment may extinguish
the last ray of hope that James
Walter Childress can walk again,
immediately got in touch with
Charles C. McNeill, Wilkes wel
fare officer, and offered all his
savings fund of $10.25.
Childress sustained a broken
back in an accident while work
ing three years ago and has been
paralyzed from his waist down
since the accident. The State
Rehabilitation Division h a s
found that an institution in
Virginia can fix him up to get
about again, and can teach him
a trade.
But the obstacle is funds for
hospital treatment to cure ulcers
caused by his long stay in bed
at his home near State Road.
Ninety-days in a hospital, with
skin grafting and other treat
ment, must be had before he can
go to Woodrow Wilson Rehabi
litation Center at Fisherrille,
Va., to be Titted with braces so
he can walk, and where he will
be taught a trade. The Rehabi
litation division has no more
funds for hospital treatment in
his case, but can pay for his stay
at the Rehabilitation Center.
Charles McNeill, Wilkes wel
fare officer, said today that an
inquiry had been received from
Goldsboro and that a small con
tribution had been received
through the mail, in addition- to
the heart-warming offer by the
Farthing lad in North Wilkes
boro. Other interested in helping
the crippled Mr. Childress to get
on his feet and earn a living for
himself, his wife and small
daughter may get in touch with
Mr. McNeill, at Wilkesboro.
Sub-District Meeting
Held At Friendship
Approximately thirty - fire
young people attended the
Wilkes County Methodist Youth
Fellowship Sub-district meeting
held Monday evening at the
Friendship Methodist church.
For the program Rev. Russell L.
Young, pastor of the North Wil
kesboro First Methodist church,
spoke to the group on the Mis
sion School at the Cherokee In-j
dian Reservation. Miss Frances \
Johnson, of the Wilkesboroi
church, introduced the speaker
and also presided for the busi
ness session.
The next meeting, which will
be December 19, will be a Christ
mas party to be held in the Com-.
munity House at Wilkesboro. A(
recreation period, directed by |
J Miss Rebecca Raper, director of
I religious education of the First (
1 Methodist church, North Wilkes
boro, was followed by refresh-j
ments served by the host church.
This program is to be given j
at the other churches in the sub-1
district to aid the MYF groups ^
in raising their money for this
project.
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Last Rites Held
Victims Carbon
Monoxide Poison
Funeral services were held
Tuesday for the man and woman
who died in a car late Saturday
night north of Ronda.
i Wilkes Coroner I. M. Myers
J said that William McCoy Bil
! lings, 39, of Traphill, and Miss
i Ruth Bauguss, 18, of Thurmond,
i died of carbon monoxide poison
ipg. presumed to have been
yrcsuuueu w
?$??<* eahauat fumes leaking
into Billings' chr as it was park
ed with the motor running.
The bodies were found seated
in the front seat of the car Sun
day morning. The car switch
was on and the gas tank was
empty. I
Funeral service for Billings
was held Tuesday morning at
Knobs church at Benham. Rev.'
L. E-. Sparks conducted the serv
ice. '
Billings is survived by his fa-,
ther and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Billings, of Benham; his
wife and three children, who re
side near Traphill.
Funeral services for Miss
Bauguss were held at 2 p. m.
Tuesday a t Pilgrim Holiness;
Church in Thurmond, Elder Ford
Walker officiated.
A native of Thurmond, she is
suiWived by her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Curtiss Bauguss; three
sisters, Mrs. Bertha Brown, of
Elkin, and Misses Ester and
Frances Bauguss, both of the
home, and two brothers, John
nie and Beal Bauguss, both of
the home.
Little Theatre
Group Gives T. B.
Play Over Radio \
A group' of members of the
Little Theatre enacted an im
pressive playlet Monday over ra- ,
dio station WKBC in the inter
est of the campaign for sale of
Christmas seals.
Title of the 15-minute play ,
was "A Day In the Life of John J
Smith." Members of the cast (
were R N. Wooten, Cecil Adam-,
con, Charlie Wilfong, Gordon
Forester, Jr., Mrs. Charles Ziliali
and Miss Betty Jane Wliitaker. ,
Another play is planned for!
radio presentation in December.
The date will be announced lat
Special Program
On December 2nd
At Memorial Park
Dr. Way land To Speak;
Groups To Sing Carols;
Santa To Arrive
The special Christmas pro
gram to be staged for the people
of northwestern North Carolina
will be carried out on the eve
ning of Friday, December ,2, six
o'clock, in Memorial Park in
North Wllkesboro.
This decision was reached in
a meeting of the Trade Promo
tion committee and allied groups
held Monday afternoon.
The decision to hold the pro
gram at six o'clock was reached
because the committee believed
that weather conditions wonM
not be unpleasant for an out
door program at that hour.
Christmas recordings will be
played by public address syBtem
for 15 minutes preceding open
ing of the program, which is
scheduled promptly at six o'
clock.
Tom Jenrette, manager of the
Wilkes Chamber of Commerce,
will open the program, with
words of welcome to be given by
Richard Johnston, Chamber of
Commerce president. Gilbert
Bare, Trade Promotion commit ?
tee chairman, will speak briefly
and W. G. Gabriel, chairman of
the sub-committee to arrange
the event, will have charge of
the program.
Dr. John T. Wayland, pastor
of the First Baptist church here,
will deliver a brief address on
the subject, "The Spirit of
Christmas." Rev, C.. J. Winslow.
pastor of Wllkesboro Methodist
phurclj.. .wilJ lead a Christmas
prayer.
A. program of Christmas music
will be rendered by ,a number of
choral groups from a platform
to be erected oh' 'the fbotbali
field.
Impressive Program
Following is th$ choral pro
gram. which will go over pub
lic address system to the entire
crowd:
"O Come All Ye Faithful."
Entire Group: "Hark The Her
ald Angels Sing," Entire Group;
"Away In A Manger," Pleasant
Hill Group; "O Little Town of
Bethlehem," Musical Arts Club;
"It Came Upon a Midnight
Clear," Entire Group; "To Tell
It on Th3 Mountain," Colored
Group; "The First Noel," Moun
tain View School; "O Holy
Night," Wilkesboro High School:
"Joy To The World," Entire
Group; "Deck The Hall," Mil
lers Creek School; "White
Christmas," North Wilkesboro
School; "Santa Claus Is Coming
To Town," Entire Group.
The North Wilkesboro high
school band, which will accom
pany all group numbers, will do
a special arrangement of Christ
mas music, with maneuvers on
the field.
Santa Is Coming
While the combined choral
groups and the band renders
"Jingle Bells," Santa Claus will
arrive In a big sleight. To facili
tate matters, the sleigh will he
atop a big decorated trailer and
will be drawn by a tractor.
Santa Claus will have gifts
and candy for the children and
will pick up letters to , anta.
Boxes will be provided on both
sides of the field for depositing
letters to St. Nicholas.
"Silent Night" will be the
closing number by the choral
groups and band as Santa takes
See. HOLIDAYS. Page 6
COUNTY DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE IN MEETING TUESDAY
Wilkes County Democratic Ex
ecutive committee in meeting
here Tuesday had as special guest
Representative C. B. Deane, of
Rockingham, eight district con
gressman.
The meeting was called by
Watson Brame, chairman of the
executive committee, and was
i highly successful with 26 of the
[ 30 members present. The commit
tee discussed matters of interest
to the party and listened with
much interest to an inspirational
talk by Representative Deane.
The meeting was held in the
North Wilkesboro city hall at ten
a. m.
One of the principal items of
business was preparations for the
population census to be taken
next year. Recommendations were
received by Representative Deane
from the committee relative to
appointments of census enumera
tors for the various precincts in
the county.
The task of counting Uncle
Sam's people will get under way
April 1, 1950.