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No. 66 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WIUESBORO. N. C.. Thursday, December 1, 1949 Make North WUkesboro Your Shopping Center
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ELLER HEADS
WILKES G.O.P.
E. Richard Eller, local life
insurance executive and for
many years a leader in the Re
publican party in Wilkes, was
elected chairman of the Wilkes
Republican Executive committee
in meeting Tuesday night at the
Wilkes courthouse.
As titular head of the G. O. P.
in Wilkes Mr. Eller succeeds N.
B. ,Smithey, who has been execu
tive committee chairman since
1^034. Under Chairman Smithey's
^adership the party has been
victorious in Wilkes county ele
tions, and the party made large
gains under his leadership.
. The meeting Tuesday night
^ab called by Chairman Smith
ey, who offered his resignation
because of his long tenure of
office and lack of time to devote
to political work. He made a
very forceful talk relative to the
political situation in the natioh.
Mr. Eller was nominated by Max
Foster, with seconding address
es by W. W. Gambill and Blaine
Sparks. His election was by un
animous vote, after which the
new chairman briefly addressed
thflpmeeting.
P. E. Brown, a former Wilkes
sheriff and long a political lead
er, made the keynote address
and delivered %n onslaught a
gainst the present administra
tion which h? said has the coun
try headed toward socialism.
?AOtlftr speakers for the sve
P?ng included W. W. Gambill,
fMax Foster, T. R. Bryan, J. Al
lie Hayes, Kyle Hayes, T. R.
Story and John R. Jones.
Of $1 Up
To Finish
t Campaign
rund Is About $1,400 Short
of Goal; Immediate Con
tributions Asked
The Scout finance campaign
jcently carried out in Wilkes
F-'Pty to finance Boy and Girl
*>ut work during the coming'
Fear has come up short by about'
[1,400.
The goal was |5,400, which
kas set as the minimum if the
out programs are to be car
out and scouting opportun
extended.
Joe Barber, finance chairman,
iorted today that cash on
ad and in sight totals near
1.000. leaving f 1,400 to bo
In order to give everybody a
:hance to help the boys and I
[iris of Wilkes county to get
he highly valuable cititenship
training which scouting affords,
the way has been opened to ac
ept one dollar contributions.
Every person in Wilkes coun
y who is interested in future
itisenshlp is asked to mall onel
tollar or more to Joe Barber,
nikesboro, finance chairman, in
>rder that the goal may be
-cached and in order that the
Icout program may go forward.!
Immediate attention to this!
Stter is respectfully requested,
^-that the goal can be reached!
'and plans may be made ac
icordingly.
Alligator Man Has
An Interesting Show
On 10th Street Here
The Alligator Man, a most
nnusual attraction, i a being
shown all this week on Tenth
Btreet in the building formerly
(occupied by Wilkes Hatchery. |
The Alligator man has travel
ed in all the 48 states and in;
seven foreign countries. and
kt&Wds everywhere have been a
?hazed at the physique of this'
unusual individual. He has
n at two world fairs and is
,ys received with much in
ters
The Alligator Man's show here
le under sponsorship of the
North Wilkesboro fire depart
ment.
?ftJ^fcjBjPierceandJake,
rn have returned to Man
chester, Md., ttfter spending aj
few days In the county visiting i
relatives and looking aftsr bus-;
matters.
Heads Republicans
G. RICHARD ELLRR
E. M. Blackburn
Rites On Tuesday!
Impressive funeral service was.
held Tuesday afternoon at the
First Baptist church for E. M.
Blackburn, 85, pioneer business
man, church and civic leader
who died Sunday, five p. m., fol
lowing an Illness of one week.
Dr. John T. Wayland, pastor,
conducted the funeral service at
the " church where Mr. Black
burn for more than 40 years
held positions of leadership. The
pastor was assisted by two
former pastors, Dr. John W.
Kincheloe, Jr., of Raleigh, and]
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Lawn Memorial Park.
The service was largely at
tended and many friends of Mr.
Blackburn from out-of-town
were here for the service.
Numerous floral tributes,
beautiful in profusion, were tok
ens of respect" and esteem for
the long and useful career of
Mr. Blackburn in this commun
ity.
Pall bearers were J. C. Reins,
J. B. Williams, John E. Justice,
Jr., W. F. Absher, J. Roby Mc
Neil, Ira D. Payne, C. P. Walt
er and A. F. Kilby.
Show Friday Night
Nets $224.55 For
Cheer
Dock Wheeler And Bend I
And Police Department
Aid Underprivileged
The show put on Friday
night at the North Wllkesborr
city hall for the Christmas
Cheer fund netted $224.55, Po
lice Chief J. E. Walker said here
today.
Dock Wheeler and His Okla
homa Fun Makers put on a high
ly entertaining show before the
large crowd and donated theii
services entirely for the Christ
mas Cheer cause in the city!
leaving all proceeds in the fund.
The event was sponsored by
the North Wilkesboro police de
partment, which was very active
in the sale of tickets.
Chief Walker, who is also city
welfare officer, said that there
are 128 children in North Wil
kesboro who must be supplied
with Christmas Cheer provisions
or face a Christmas with empty
stockings.
Mrs. J. H. Winkler, city wel
fare case worker, will use the
' funds in the purchase of Christ
mas cheer materials for the 128
underprivileged children, Chiel
Walker said.
Firms May List In
Exporters Directory
The Wilkes Chamber of Com
merce has blanks for firm
wishing to be listed in the Smal
Business Firms Exporters Di
rectory, E- F. Gardner, chairmai
of the Industrial Services com
mlttee, reported today. Th
blanks may be obtained at th
chamber of commerce office k
cated In the Call Hotel bnildini
on Ninth street.
Christmas Portion
Handel's "Messiah"
To Be Given Dec. 18!
The Musical Arts Club is spon
soring a performance- of the
Christmas portion of Handel's
"Messiah" which will be given
Sunday, December 18th. Miss
Ellen Robinson, president of the
club, requests that all the sing
ers appearing with the group l e
faithful in attendance at every
rehearsal so that this greatest
and most Inspired of all orator
ios may be presented at the
best. ; ? ?
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District Meeting
Of Wilkes Scoot
District Success
W. K. S turd i van t To Be
Chairman; Splendid Re
ports Are Heard
Reports of a successful year
of operations were received and
i-ecommendations were made for
?district officers in the annual
meeting of the Wilkes Boy Scout
district held Tuesday night at
Carolina Restaurant.
The nominating committee
made the following recommenda
tions, which were unanimously
approved by the meeting? to the
council meeting to be held in
Winston-Salem Tuesday night:
W. K. Sturdivant, district chair
man: Gilbert Foster, vice chair
man; Robert Gibbs, district
commissioner; L. M. Nelson, dis
trict committeeman at large. Joe
McCoy was chairman of the
nominating committee and other
members were T. E. Story and
E. G. Finley.
Robert Gibba, district chair
man this MMtfr* Joe Ed?
relative,
kjrards.itf
itiif r( _ ^ _
iributed to^the morT than 50
attending the meeting. The re
port showed splendid progress
during the year.
Funds Short of Goal
Joe Barber, finance chairman,
made his report on the finance
campaign. He reported $3,535.37
collected to date, with pledges
expected to boost the total to
about $3,800. It was a joint
campaign for Boy and Girl Scout
programs. It was urged at the
meeting that work continue in
effort to reach the goal of $5,
400.
W. K. Sturdivant spoke brief
ly and urged maximum efforts
in the Scout program during
the coming year. Others on the
program were Sam Vickery,
chairman of arrangements, and
Rev. W. N. Brookshire, who
opened the meeting with invoca
tion.
W. E. Vaughn-Lloyd, of Win
ston-Salem. executive of the Old
Hickory council, urged attend
ance at the council meeting and
presented the principal speaker,
Dr. Stanley A. Harris, of Boone.
Dr. Harris is a retired national
executive of Inter-Racial Rela
tions of Boy Scouts of America.
Dr. Harris Speaker
Dr. Harris, who will also ad
dress the council meeting in
Winston-Salem, used as his sub
ject. "How the District Commit
tee Can Do The Job." He urged
that the organization and exten
sion committee make a complete
survey of Wilkes county. He
pointed out that present Scout
personnel included only about
six per cent of the boys of Scout
age, and presented that figure
as a challenge.
Dr. Harris declared that A
merican youth today is the most
honest youth in the history ol
the world and is also the most
intelligent and most daring.
This honesty, intelligence and
daring must be directed and may
become a liability which can de
stroy the nation. If properly di
rected, Dr. Harris said, the
honest, intelligent and daring
youth of today can make Amer
ica a country to excell even the
fondest dreams.
Bingo On Saturday
Night At Ferguson
There will be a bingo par
at Ferguson school house Satt
day night, 7:30, sponsored
the school. There will be plen
of beautiful prises for ever
one. "Come and get yours," t'
announcement said.
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SUPPORT THE Y. ML C.
LOOK WHO'S DOMING!
BSdA. s \ "Stiica i * ? Si ?
The jolly old gentleman pictured above will
make his first official appearance in the Wil
kesboros at the special Christmas program
Friday evening this week, six o'clock, in Me
morial Park. There Santa will pick up letters
and distribute some candy to kiddies. But he
will not have time for a personal interview.
But Santa Claus will return to the Wilkes
boro Saturday, and will spend practically the
entire day in the Wilkesboros?on the streets
and in the stores. At that time Santa has as
sured us that he will take time to talk to the
want ttt> tell Santa Claus face to face what you
want this Christmas, don't fail to meet him in
North Wifkesboro or Wilkesboro Saturday,
December 3.
FUND TO AID WALTER CHILDRESS
TO WALK HAS PASSED $100 MARK
'"Night Must Fall"
Two Nights Here
Friday night and Saturday
rights, December 2nd and 3rd,
the Community Little Theatre
will present "Night Must Fall,"
by Emlym Williams, in the
North Wilkesboro high school
auditorium at 8:00 p. m. This
is their first production this
season, and, promises to be as
entertaining as those of the
past.
"Night Must Fall" is a curd
ling story of a murderer at his
murdering. It is a play with it's
full share of shivers, shrewdly
lightened by comedy.
Admission will be 75c. Tick
ets can be obtained from any
member of the Community Lit
tle Theatre, or purchased at the
door at the time of the perform
ance.
Members of the cast are as
follows: Mrs. Bramsen, Mrs.
Robert Foster; Olivia Graxne,
Mrs. Charles Zlliak; Hubert
Laurie, R. E. Stewart, Jr.; Nurse
Libby, June Wessinger; Mrs. I
Terence, Mrs. Annie C. Carring-1
ton; Dora Parkog, Mrs. Robert
McNeil; Inspector Belsize, Iv?-.y
Moore; Dan, Bill Gabriel. J
Cancer Clinic On
Tuesday Morning
Attention is called to the
fact that the cancer center will
be in operation each Tuesday
morning through December at
the Wilkes county courthouse.
The public is urged by health
authorities to take advantage of
the detection center, in which
examinations for cancer are giv
en without charge to the pa
tients.
Those over 35 and all of an'*
age who have any cancer indi
cations should b? examined at
the center, which is sponsored
by the Wilkes-Alleghany Medi
cal Society and the health de
partment.
More than $100 has been
given voluntarily in individual
gifts to a fund being raised to
enable a crippled and helpless
man to walk and work again to
support his family, Charles Mc
Neill, Wilkes welfare officer,
said today.
Bobby Farthing, a 12-year-old
lad in North Wilkesboro, start
ed this fund by giving all his
$10.25 in Christmas savings fol
lowing a newspaper article which
told that several hundred dol
lars are needed to enable Walter
Childress, State Road resident,
to receive the treatment which
will enable him to arise from an
invalid's bed.
A number of other contribu
tions were sent in the mall to
Mr. McNeill, and yesterday El
mer Lowe, a Wilkesboro citizen,
gave the largest contribution
when he carried in his check for
$50.
Childress sustained a broken
back three years ago while work
ing on an automobile and was
paralyzed from his waist down.
The State Rehabilitation Divis
ion paid all their available mon
ey for hospital bills and can't
spend any more for that purpose.
Now Childress has ulcers from
lying in b^d and skin grafting
with long hospital treatment
must be done before he will be
able to go to Woodrow Wilson
Rehabilitation Center at Fisher
ville, Va., where they can fit
him with braces, get him on his
feet and teach him a trade oy
which he "in earn a living for
himself, his wife and small
daughter. The Rehabilitation Di
vision can pay for the Rehabili
tation center expenses but has
no more money for hospitaliza
tion.
Other individuals and groups
who will want to help this young
man get on his feet are asked
to send their contributions to
Mr. McNeill, Wilkes welfare of
ficer, ft Wilkesboro.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Prevette
and children, Joe, Janet and
Billie, attended the Davidson
Citadel football game in Char
lotte Thanksgiving Day.
L, M, Drivers'
License To Expire
On December 31
Although only four more
weeks remain for reissuance of
drivers licenses to persons whose
last names begin with L and M,
Driver's License Examiner Mar
vin Warren reported today that
driven In this category In the
North Wilkesboro area have
been slow in reporting for their
tests.
Recalling the long lines when
previous deadlines approached.
Examiner Warren urged all perT
sons whose surnames begin with I
L and M and who have not had j
their license renewed to report
immediately to his examining'
station at North Wilkesboro to:
avoid the last minute rush.
Any L or M driver apprehend
ed without a renewed license'
after the deadline, December 31,'
will be subject to prosecution, j
Driver's license examiners I
compose a unit of the Highway
Safety Division of the North
Carolina Department of Motor
Vehicles.
Brushy Mountain
B. T. U. Meeting
Is Well Attended
Capacity Audience Enjoys
Inspiring Program At
Wilkesboro Monday
Brushy Mountain Baptist As
sociation mass meeting of Bap
tist Training Union workers held
Monday night at Wilkesboro
Baptist church was the most
successful ever held in the as-]
sociation, Baptist leaders said
here today.
With many churches repre
sented, the church was entirely
fijtefl for the mo^t enthusiastic j
meeting.
Rev. Clete W. Simmons, pas
tor. delivered the inspirational
message on the subject, "Can
We Revitalize Our Churches
Through Spiritual Training."
Rev. Mr. Simmons^is pastor Hin
shaw Baptist church, which won
the attendance banner for hav
ing the largest delegation at the
meeting.
During the general meeting
Mrs. Monroe Eller, of North
Wilkesboro, was in charge of
story-lour children and conduct
ed a children's leaders confer-]
ence. ,
The opening worship period1
was conducted by Dr. John T.
Wayland, pastor of the First
Baptist church, and Miss Sarah
I Jane Judy directed the singing.
Many Going To
Shrine Bowl Game
[Ray Triplett To Play; W.
J. Caroon and M. E.
Walsh Have Tickets
Many from the Wilkesboros;
are planning to see the annual j
North and South Carolina high
school Shrine bowl game in
Charlotte Saturday afternoon.
Local Shriners will have as
their guests for the game Coach
Marvin Hoffman and the first
eleven of Wilkesboro Ramblers
high school team, because of the
fact that Ray Triplett, Ramblers
halfback, will play for the North
Carolina team. This is a prac
tice followed by Shriners in the
two Carolines in towns where
players are selected for the
squad.
Other players from the Wil
kesboro team will see the game,
through tickets provided by the
school athletic association. The
Wilkesboro players who will see
the game are as follows: ends,
Tony Emerson, Dean Edwards,
Buddy Mathis, Bill Pearson:
tackles, Bob Eller, Shelton Pre
vette, Joe Brewer, Johnny Phil
lips, Jack Glass; guards. Bob
Story, Dale Staley, Tommy Long,
Bill Joines; centers, Bob Park
er, Bob Kennedy, John Hub
bard; backs, Bill Byrd, Dan Lin
ney, Harold Dancy, John Gar
wood, Edgar Terrell, Claude
Nichols, Fred Glass.
Superintendent W. T. Long
will accompany the players.
Some tickets for the game are
i available here. Those who want
tickets are asked to contact W.
J. Caroon or Postmaster Maurice
E. Walsh.
Carols, Mask
Aid Salts Visit
Be Featired
Program Will Be Held Fri
day Evening, 6 o'Clock,
In Ball Park Here
Pre-holiday events here will
reach a climax Friday evening
when Santa Claus will greet a
large crowd expected for tho
special Christmas program to
be held in Memorial Park.
The ball park is being used
t o accommodate the record
crowd expected for the event.
The program will be carried ont
from a large platform on the
football field, with the crowd to
be seated on both sides.
Following the preliminaries,
in which officials of the Trade
Promotion committee of the
Wilkes Chamber of Commerce,
sponsor of the event, will extend
greetings, local and county
schools groups will sing Christ
mas carolB. The North Wilkes
boro high school band will ac
company the numbers.by the en
tire group and will also do a
special Christmas arrangement
with maneuvers on the field.
Santa Claus will arrive on a
big sleigh carried by a tractor
trailer, to the tune of "Jingle
Bells" by the entire group and
at his departure the closing
number will be "Silent Night"
Santa will have candy for the
children and will pick up his
letters from boxes on both sides
of the field.
Heading the committees ar
ranging this special event are:
Gilbert Bare, chairman of the
Trade Promotion committee: W.
G. Gabriel, chairman of the
Christmas program committee;
Tom Jenrette, chamber of com
merce manager; Mrs. A. F. Kil
by. First Baptist choir director
and representative of Musical
Arts club; Miss Martha "Lue Fra
rier, First Methodist choir di
rector; Mrs. L. M. Nelson, First
Presbyterian choir director; Mrs.
Claude Doughton, head of Wil
kesboro school music depart
ment; Zeb Dickson, Wilkesboro
high school principal; Miss Sara
Jane Judy, North Wilkesboro
public school music instructor;
Miss Eva Bingham, North Wil
kesboro band director; Police
Cblef J, E. Walker, traffic and
seating; Cecil Hayes, park fa
cilities; Dave Hall, transporta
tion of 9anta Claus; Genn Thom
as, decorations: John Cashlon
and Dwight Nichols, publicity.
Groups which will participate
in the singing will be Pleasant
Hill, Musical Arts club, colored
choral group, Mountain View.
Wilkesboro, Millers Creek and
North Wilkesboro school glee
clubs.
Participating in the prelim
inary part of the program will
be Tom Jenrette, Richard John
ston, Gilbert Bare, W. Q. Ga
briel, Rev. C. J. Wins low and
Dr. John T. Wayland, who will
deliver a brief Christmas mes
sage.
Attention is called to the fact
that the program will begin
promptly at six o'clock. Christ
mas music will be provided
through a public address system
for 16 minutes before that time
and while the crowd is being
seated in the park.
INTHISiSSSE?
SECTION ONE
Page 8?Shrine bowl game in
Charlotte; county news items.
8?local news items.
4?Social news, women's ac
tivities.
8?Classified ads,
9?News of coming cotton
election; county news items.
10?College Glee Club com
ing; births.
11?County and general news.
13?Brief local news items
and county news.
SECTION TWO
Page 1?Mr. and Mrs. Hrew
er's golden wedding; local news.
8?Editorials, Everyday Coun
selor.
8?Social news, women's ac
tivlties.
4?Basketball schedule; ar
ticle on artificial calves
3?Charlie Spivak orchestra
coming; sports and general news.
7 Farm housing program t
school condition*.
8?WtOe theatre photo; local