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. 43, No. 69 - Published Mondays and Thursdays ? NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., Monday, December 12, 1949 Make North Wiikesboro Your Shopping Center'
JAYCEES SPONSORING
DECORATION CONTEST
FOR HOMES IN WILKES!
m
Wilkes Junior Chamber!
of Commerce will again sponsor
the Christmas Home Decoration
contest as it has been doing for
the last three years. This con
test is open to all Wilkes coun
ty residents who wish to have
Outside" decorations at their
iomes in line with the Christmas
leason. Prizes of $15.00, $10.00
d $5.00 will be* offered to
imnlade a community spirit of
'Make Our County More Beauti
1." ~
Entries must consist of out
Ide trees, doorways, windows or
lutside displays or, ar combina
lon of all four. In order to corn
entries must be able to be
from streets and highways,
must be lighted at night
>m Wednesday, December 21st,
through Saturday, December
31st. As in past years the judg
ing will be done by a group se
lected to represent all phases of
community activity and all-en
tries in the towns and in the
county will be judged.
Everyone is urged to make
outdoor decorations to make the
county more beautiful during
the season. Residents "'desiring to
enter the Jaycee contest are
asked to call Radio Station
WKRC, phone 633, North Wilkes
boro, or to drop a post card t'
the Christmas Contest, Junior
Chamber of Commerce, North
Wilkesboro. These entries should
be in by December 21st and
should contain the name of the
contestant and the address at
which the decoration can bei
skeen.
rlNSTON-SALEM YOUTH ADMITS
KILLING CLARY L BROWN AT
ELKIN; BODY LOCATED SUNDAY
John Wdlth Gamble, 18, of
Winston - Salem Sunday night
_gned a confession that he shot
id killed Clary L. Brown, 32,
riday afternoon as the two
ere riding in a truck near El
uy State Highway Patrol Ser
<an^Vl. C. Johnson reported.
Sergeaht Johnson said Brown's
.dy with a .32 caliber slug in
e back was found on the out
<rta of Elkin about 6:30 p. m.
1 nday. He had been dead since
afternoon, Johnson said.
3?Jl^9on said Gamble was ar
ted at his girl friend's home
in Wilkes county Saturday night
fter reports were received that
rown had failed to return to
is home. Gamble refused to
talk until late Sunday after a
conversation with his father,
Johnson reported.
I Youth Aided,
y tajarable has been riding with
!<^rwn, driver for the Piedmont
?ie Company of Greensboro, for
;wo weeks and Brown had been
;rying to secr/e employment for
: he youth. They left Winston
Salem about 5:30 p. m. Friday
and drove to Mt. Airy, Etkin,
Roaring River, Hays, Traphill
and back to Surry county.
Sergeant Johnson said Gamble
told him Brown complained of
being sleepy as the truck enter
ed Elkin city limits from the
west on highway 268. He stopp
ed the truck. Gamble, Johnson
reported, said hb then shot
Brown.
'Don't Know Why'
"I shot him then. I don't know
why I shot him. I just shot him
and now he's dead," Sergeant
Johnson quoted Gamble as say
ing.
Johnson said Gamble gave no
motive for the act. He said,
however, all of Brown's money
jwas missing.
| Brown's "relatives in Winston
Salem had instituted a search for
(the man when he failed to re
; turn home Friday night,
j Johnson said Gamble had been
charged with murder and is be
ing held without bond.
Music Features
IKiwanis Program
Here Friday Noon
Key Club Charter Present
ed To Club In '(North
Wilkesboro Hi
I? North Wllkesboro Kiwanis
\!hib enjoyed an interesting meet
ing Friday noon at Hotel Wilkes.
Robin N. Wooten, who had
previously been elected to mem
-Sership, was inducted into mem
bership by J. B. Williams, who
presented him the Kiwanis but
ton with appropriate remarks.
Program Chairman Dr. Fred
C. Hubbard presented Mrs. An
nie Finley Winkler, who told the
members ot the families who
hare come under her observation
and to whom Christmas cheer
baskets should be sent. Follow
ing her talk a large number ot
the members volunteered to take
a family each and send or take
y a basket.
Dr^yC^bbard then presented
^the^-following group for a musi
program: Miss Jackie Fra
r, Miss Peggy Nichols, R. C.
Morrow and Kiwanian John
Cushion, accompanied by Mrs. A.
F. Kilby. They sang: "Christ
was Born on Christmas Day";
"O Little Town of Bethlehem":
"We Three Kings"; "White
Christmas" by. Miss Fraxier;
"Upon the House Top"; "Deck
the Halls"; "Silent Night". The
program was well done and was
appreciated.
At 11:30 a. m. Friday a large
number of the members of the
club went with President W. H.
McElwee to the North Wilkes
-bgro high school. auditorium,
Sthere the Key Club charter was
presented to the Key Club of
this school. President McElwee
made the presentation and Tom
Johnson, president of the
ll&jjpClub, accepted the charter.
Membership cards were present
he members by Don Cof
ge F. Verdone was
B. McCoy at the
Friday.
Around 200,000 cotton farmers
n North Carolina are eligible to
in the national marketing
referendum, Thursday, Do
15.
20 Per Cent Of
Gift Sales 2 Days
To Linoleum Fund
North Wllkesboro Woman's
jciub announced today that 20
per cent of gross gift sales by
Mrs. W. S. Fletcher on Thurs
day, December 15, and Tuesday,
December 20, will go to the
Woman's Club to help pay tot
linoleum installed In the Wilkes |
Tuberculosis hospital.
Mrs. Fletcher sells hand made I
gift article# at Northwestern |
Wallpaper and Paint company.
Mrs. Billings, 84,
Claimed By Death
Funeral service will be held |
Tuesday, two p. m., at Walnut
Grove church near Springfield
for Mrs. Bettie Billings, 84, who
died at her home in that com
munity Sunday night. Rev. Mint-1
er Blevins will conduct the serv
,ice.
Surviving Mrs. Billings arsj
'eight sons and daughters: Mer
ice, Jamie, Ollie, Frank Billings, I
. Mrs. Callie Billings, Mrs. Quincy
. Caudill, Mrs. Marvin Jones, Mrs. [
j Tom Billings.
Seeking Help For
Veterans Family I
Blue Ridge Mountain poet of
| Veterans of Foreign Wars is
asking aid in providing clothing
and other material^ for the fam-1
ily of a very needy veteran.
Members of the family and]
ages are: wife, size 18; boy age
15, girl 11, girl 9, boy 6, boy 4,
girl 2 and boy 11 months. Those
| who have clothing or toys they
will give for this family may
leave them at the Jewel Box or
call James McNeill at Belk's and
he will pick up the gifts.
Optimist Club I
Meets Tuesday
All members of the Optimist ]
club are requested to be present
for the meeting which be I
held Tuesday, December lSth,
12 to X, at Hotel Wilkes New
members are expected to be tak
en into the elub, and special bu?-|
iness will be transacted. .
Grim-Totin' Bad Men Spill Blood
An dro?od VP for fho HeUdondo Foottrol it Tonbotouo, Arta^ theoo
bewhlokerod dMpendoa toko timo oat trap tho footfritteo to donotp
Mood throafh the mobile unit from tho Bod Crow rofionol blood oontor
?t Tucson.
White Christmas At
First Methodist 21 st
The White Christmas program
for the First Methodist church
will be held on Wednesday eve
ning, December 21. Members of
the Youth Fellowship are giving
?Christmas play, and there will
be an old fashioned Christmas
tree for the children. Everyone
attending this pogram is ask-1
ed to bring a' White Christmas
gift, the gifts to be given to
some needy families.
Bank Of North
Wilkesboro Open
House Friday, 16
Complete Modernization
And Remodeling Pro
gram Carried Out
The Bank of North Wilkes
boro will have open house Fri
day afternoon and evening in
observance of completion of a
thorough program of moderniza
tion and remodeling.
The hours for open house, to
which the public is cordially in
vited, will be from 4:30 until
six in the afternoon, and from
7:00 until 9:30 in the evening.
The Bank of North Wilkes
boro was organized in 1892, its
history dating back "almost to
the beginning of the town of
North Wilkesboro. Growth of the
bank necessitated the erection of
a large building.
During the past few years con
tinued growth of the bank's bus
iness caused the institution to
completely outgrow its facilities,
and the remodeling program was
made necessary because of this
continued growth.
The interior of the building
has been completely remodeled
to allow more space for expand
ed facilities and for complete
modernization. A mezzanine floor
has been constructed, which in
creased the floor space of the
bank by one-third. This floor
now houses the accounting de
partment. Removal of the ac
counting department from the
street floor to the mezzanine
made it possible to more than
double the lobby area. Most
modern fixtures and equipment
has been installed throughout
the bank, in order to serve more
promptly the bank's customers
with convenience and comfort.
The lighting system has been
completely replaced with the
best lighting obtainable and no
part of the bank was missed in
the modernization program.
Theme of the open house re
ception to the public Friday will
be "Modern Banking In Modern
Surroundings." Refres h m e n t s
will be served and there will be
favors for visitors.
Future Homemakers
In Christmas Dance
The Future Homemakers of
America club of the North Wil
kesboro high school, under the
direction o f Mrs. Josephine
Bingham, held a formal Christ
mas dance, Wednesday, Decem
ber 7. The gymnasium was dec
orated in blue and white and
refreshments >were served
throughout the entire evening.
Many F. H. A. members and in
vited guests were present.
This dance was only one of
the series of special events to be
held by the elqb during * this
school year. The club's present
project is to make toys and
clothes for underprivileged chil
dren at Christmas time.?Re
ported by Bonnie Nichols,
Two Men Taken On
Theft Charge Here
Thursday Night,
Curtiss Ferguson, formerly of
this city but who more recently
served a term'in Florida for safe
cracking, and Horace Kimbrell,
who gave his home address as
Alexanderia, La., were arrested
here at 1:30 a. m. Friday on
theft charges.
Highway Patrolman Clyde
Shook arrested the men. Fergu
son was carrying a revolver
which was later identified as
having been stolen, and the men
were quoted as saying that they
had tried to steal an automobile
belonging to Conrad Kilby, of
this city. They were unsuccess
ful in attempts to change the
switch wires and get the car
started, but were charged with
taking a number of objects from
the car.
Lions Club
Aid Families In
Christinas Cheer
Dr. J. S. Hiatt Speaker At |
Meeting of Club Here
Friday Evening
North Wilkesboro Lions Club
held an interesting, meeting Fri
day evening at Hotel Wilkes.
In the business session of the]
club names of needy families!
were distributed to the mem
bers, who will furnish and de-|
liver Christmas cheer provisions.
This has been an annual holiday i
project of the club for the past I
Several years,
b. R. Wright was received lii
to membership from the Black
Mountain club and I. L. Grogran.
manager of the Central Tele
phone company branch here,
transferred from the Leaksville
club.
Ray Hoover was in charge of
the program and he presented
Dr. J. S. Hiatt, administrator of
Chatham Memorial hospital in
Elkin. In his usual fine way Dr.
Hiatt told a number of humor
ous stories, interwoven with
philosophical observations. His
address was highly entertaining
and was well received by the
club.
The club will meet again on
Friday evening this week, De
cember 16, 6:30 p. m., at Hotel
Wilkes.
At the meeting Friday evening |
Bucky Faw was guest of C. C.
Faw, Jr., and Bill Ford' was|
guest of W. O. Absher.
Poultry Meeting
Held On Disease
Control Nov. 291
By J. P. OHOPLIN
(County Agent)
A poultry meeting was held
at the Wilkesbosp high school,
Tuesday night at 7:30 p. m.,
November 29, Poultry disease
control was discussed by Dr. L.
M. Green, of the Vetinariary Di
vision of the N. C. Department
of Agriculture, and the three
members of his staff: L. J.
Fouri, W. W. Keever and Tom
L. Welborn.
The meeting was called by
Forrest Jones, president of the
Wilkes Poultry Industries Asso
ciation, and Paul ChopUn,
Wilkes farm agedt. ISO farm
ers attended.
There are 228 white and Negro
home demonstration agents and
assistants hi North Carolina.
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CREEPING PARALYSIS VICTIM, 12,
WOULD BE HAPPY WITH PEN PALS
Ernest Triplett, 12-y ear-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Trip
lett, of Purlear, hasn't walked
since March and his hopes for
getting on his feet again are fad
ing each day as he spends the
long hours in a wheel chair at
home.
Ernest's trouble has been di
agnosed as creeping paralysis, a
rare malady for which medical
science has not found a rem
edy. His family physician and
several specialists have offered
little hope of his recovery.
The lad is not seeking charity.
He doesn't ask gifts. His re
quests from people who face life
with brighter hopes is a simple
one.
He would enjoy mail.
His father said that every
time Ernest receives a card or
letter his day is brighter and
more pleasant. He avidly reads
what mail he gets and he would
get much happiness from corres
ponding with pen pals.
The mail man can be Santa
Claus to this crippled lad, if pen
pals will get busy and send him
some cards and letters, address
ed to Ernest Trlplett, Purlear,
N. C.
THREE SCOUT LEADERS RECEIVE
SILVER BEAVER AT THE AHHUAL
MEETING OLD HICKORY COUNCIL
Winston-Salem, Dec. 7.?Old
Hickory Council, Boy Scouts of
America, last night awarded the
Silver Beaver to three veteran
Scout leaders at its annual meet
ing at Home Moravian Church.
Receiving the council's high
est award for service to boy
hood were C. H. Sebring of
Winston-Salem, the Rev. John
W. Luke of Glendale Springs and
Harry E. White, Sr., of Mount
Airy.
Dr. Stanley A. Harris, district
Scout commissioner of Boone,
and principal speaker, said the
greatest problem in America is
that the young people are not
receiving the proper training.
"People have gone crazy over
the almighty dollar," he said,
??and do-net give enough"time to
youth." He warned that "If we
do not change in this respect,
we will pay the penalty in the
future."
Dr. Harri^ lsked if the youth
of this counuy is safe from
physical peril, crime, disease and
safe to the home, to the church,
and to democracy. He said that
if youth takes part in, an? be
lieves in, the teachings of Scout
ing, there need be no fear of
these dangers. The youth of the
United States is the finest in the
world, he said, but unless it is
properly trained, "It will turn
into a liability."
Store Holiday -
Schedule Will
Be Up To Vote
Trade Promotion committee
of the Wilkes Chamber of Com
merce in meeting Thursday dis
cussed the holiday schedule for
stores here in 1950.
At the request of the commit
tee the chamber had contacted
20 other towns in central and
western North Carolina to find
out what is the most desired
schedule.
There were 16 replies. NinO
of the 16 plan closing New
Year's Day; all of 16 said they
would be closed July 4 and
Thanksgiving Day; nine will
close on Labor Day. Christmas
will come on Monday in 1950
and seven will close only ono
day' for Christmas while eight
will have two working days, for
Christmas. Five of the seven to
have only one day holiday for
Christmas will observe New
Year's Day.
The committee recommended
a schedule here, but which will
be determined by vote of merch
ants. The recommended schedule
calls for closing on Wednesday
afternoons from January 1
through November 22. Stores
will be closed July 4 and Thanks
giving, but the committee did
Officers for 1950 were elected
at the council business meeting
in the afternoon. They are R. E.
Lasater, honorary president;
John M. Brown, president; H.
Banks Newman, J. F. Yokley R.
W. Harris, Clyde R. Greene, L.
M. Nelson, C. E. Davis, and Gale
McMillian, all vice presidents; E.
C. Goodman, treasurer; and Roy
Hinshaw, commissioner.
District chairmen and district
commissioners were also elected.
The chairmen are, the Rev. Mr.
Luke, Ashe district; Gilbert
Meed, E-lkin-Yadkin; Dr. C. Ex
celle Rozzelle, Forsyth; Grady
Farthing, Watauga; William K.
Sturdivant, Wilkes; James F.
Yokley, Surry; and R. M. Green,
Stokes. The commissioners are
Edward Bart, AsTfe- Raul Frier'
Elkin-Yadkin; Tom Sink, For
syth; the Rev. Sam Moss Wa
tauga; Robert S. Gibbs, Wilkes;
Carl Baber, Surry; aud Paul
Fulton, Stokes.
Executive board members at
large are P. G. Wright, Lewis M.
Nelson, Stanley A. Harris, Ed
Gibson, A, R. Nicolas, Morris
Brenner, the Rev. Ralph Ritchie
C. E. Davis, and the council
members at large.
National council representa
tives are Millard Graybeal,
James B, Carter, and Mr. Brown.
The meeting was presided over
| by council president Brown,
not recommend Easter Monday
">r Labor day as holidays.
These recommendations wiP
be voted on and merchants may
also express their views relative
I to Labor Day and Easter Mon
,day.
Close Dec. 26 and 27
I This year stores will be closed
for Christmas from December 24
through December 27 and will
reopen Wednesday, December
128. This schedule is due to the
I fact that Christmas will be on
Sunday and it is the custom to
be closed two working days for
i Christmas.
2 One-Act Ploys At
FergusmiSchool 15
Two one-act plays will be pre
sented b y Ferguson school
I Thursday night, December 15.]
7:30 p. m. Titles of the plays are
"The Henpecked Hollar Gossip
Club" and "Mrs. Beamer's Board
ing House." Admission charges
will be 50 and 25 cents and all
who attend are assured of splen
did entertainment.
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Special Program
Wilkesboro Church
i
I Circle number 3 of Wilkes
boro Baptist Missionary Society
will put on a special program at
the Church Wednesday evening,
j 7:30. All members and visitors
are cordially invited to attend.
NORTH WILKESBORO-WILKESBORO
BASKETBALL GAME TBESBAY, 7KM)
An athletic engagement be
tween schools ot North Wilkee
boro and Wilkesboro never tails
to have its thrills, and the pub
lic has a doable bill coming np
Tuesday night.
Wilkesboro add North Wilkes
boro hoys and girts will clash In
basketball games Tuesday night
at the North Wilkesboro gym
nasium.
The glrla' game will get under |
wsy at seven o'clock, with the
boys playing the nightcap.
Although practice has been
under way only a tew days,
teams of both schools are in
good condition tor the big gam*
Tuesday night. Basket bait tans
are - expected to attend in large
numbers.
Various Groups
To Aid Families
In Holiday Season
Chamber Of Commerce Of
fice Will Act As Clear
ing House for Giving
By correlating activities
Christmas Cheer work will be
Ispread to take care of more fam
ilies in the Wilkesboros and
Wilkes county this holiday sea
son.
The Civic Affairs committee
of the Wilkes Chamber of Com
merce, of which Cecil Adamson
is chairman, is acting as a clear
ing house of information con
cerning various organizations
and individuals who plan to par
ticipate in Christmas Cheer work
for needy families.
Wilkes county and North Wil
kesboro welfare departments and
the Wilkes chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross have prepared
lists of needy families. This list
gives names, addresses and ages
of all members of these families,
with directions on how to reach
the homes.
All organizations and groups
who will provide Christmas
Cheer provisions forr families
are asked to file that informa
tion at the chamber of commerce
office. The information to be
filed should give the names of
families the various groups are
to help. Those who wish infor
mation about families needing
help ean get that information
at the chamber of commerce.
By using the chamber of com
merce office as a clearing house
4og-Information*- dapiieattsits can
be reduced to a minimum and
benefits will be spread, if pos
sible, to Include all families in
dire need. The county welfare
office has a list of 179 families
and the city welfare department
has 50 families In North Wilkes
boro.
Many organizations and
groups are helping. Already the
North Wilkesboro Lions club
has taken 50 families and mem
, here of the Kiwanis club . will
provide Christmas cheer for 21
families. First Methodist church
has taken 12 families and the
Junior Woman's Club three.
North Wilkesboro schools will
help 23 families,
Donors are asked to deliver
Christmas cheer materials, but
the county welfare department
will povide such delivery if pack
ages are taken to the welfare of
fice several days before Christ
mas,
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Holiday Dates
For Schools Set
County Schools To Close
For Holidays 20th;
City Schools 16th
Christmas holiday schedule of
schools in Wilkes county has
been announced by C. B. El*
ler, county schools " superinten*
dent.
Schools of the county system
will hare their last jlay of work
before Christmas on December
20 and will resume work on
Monday, January 2.
North Wilkesboro city schools
will close for the holidays on
December IS and will resume
work on January 2, which will
be two full weeks of holidays.
P.-T. A. Meeting
On Thursday Night
North Wilkesboro Parent
Teacher Association will meet
Thursday, December 15, 7:30 p
m.
After a short businees session
the glee club under direction of
Miss Sarah Jane Judy will put
on a program that is sure .to be
highly enjoyable. A large at
tendance is urged for the meet
ing.
Moravian Falls To
Have Square Dance
An old time sonars dance will
be held Saturday ntght Decem
ber 17, at the community house
at Moravian Palls. A most en
joyable occasion is assured . all
who will attend.