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Vol. 43. No. 83 Published Mondays aid Thursdays WORTH WILKESBORO. N. C.. Monday, February 6. 19S0 Make North Wilkesboro Your Shouoina Cento'
4-H CLUBS HAVE SUCCESSFUL ACHIEVEMENT DAY
4-H CLUBS HAVE EXCELLENT
ACHIEVEMENT DAY PROGRAM
Six hundred 4-H club members,
their parents and 4-H leaders at
tended the annual 4-H Achieve
ment Program held in the V.F.W.
Hall in North Wilkesboro. Buddy
Mathis. president of the 4-H
County Council presided at this
meeting.
The "Passing Parade of 4-H
Achievement'' was given by
Rachel Scroggs, secretary to the
4-H County Council.
Miss Evelyn Waugh, National
4-H Clothing winner from Surry
county gave a most interesting
and inspiring account of her re
cent trip to National 4-H Club
Congress in Chicago. Evelyn told
of the importance of keeping 4-H
records and how leaders can help
in 4-H work. On hand to bring
greetings from the Extension Ser
vice were Miss Anamerle Arant,
Northwestern District Agent; and
^^Tr. 0. H. Phillips. Assistant State
Lender.
The following 4-H members
were winners in the various proj
ects. Rachel Scroggs from the
North Wilkesboro 4-H club was
c<$?nty winner in three projects
this year. These projects were
clothing achievement, girl's rec
ord, and leadership. County win
ner in Food Preservation was Miss
Mary Frances Foster of the Mt.
Pleasant 4-H club. Betty Faw of
the North Wilkesbor0 4-H "luo
was county Dress Revue winner.
Mary Geneva Prevett from Moun
tain View 4-H club had the best
record in Food Preparation and
was declared county winner In
that project.
Doris Miller of the North
Wilkesboro 4-H club was again
county winner in Frozen Foods,
A $25 savings bond and $5 were
presented to her by Mr. Sam Win
ters on behalf of the Wilkes Im
plement company and the Kiwan
is Club.
Katherine Burchett of the Ron
da 4-H club won county honors!
in the Home Improvement proj-j
ect.
Betty Jo Watson of the North
Wilkesboro 4-H club wa3 county'
winner in Poultry this yera.
The above mentioned 4-Hgirls j
were given medals and certifi- f
cates of achievement.
The following boys were win-'
ners in the various projects. First1
place in farm crops went to Fredi
Finley, Jr., of the North Wilkes-1
|>oro 4-H club. Fred produced 126
-iNg^els of corn on one acre giv
ing him high record in 4-H and
second high record in the county
corn growing contest. A $25 sav
ings bond and $5 waa presented
to him by Mr. Sam Winters on
behalf of the Wilkes Implement
"^bmpany and the Kiwanis Club.
Second high corn record was
by Warner Hoots of Ronda
with a yield of 112 bushels. Clyde
Adams of Ronda was winner in
the forestry contest. Carl Cleary
of Mtn. View school received the
$30 prize awarded for first place
in beef production by the North
western Bank, parolina Fergu
son received the second prize of
$20 and third place of $10 to
Mrs. Reba Prevette of Hays.
Paul Myers of Mtn. View was
again winner in Soil Conserva
tion; Day Church of Millers
Creek, swine production; Buddy
iMathis of Wilkesboro, leadership;
and James Alexander of Roaring
River, dairying.
We appreciate the cooperation
of a number of individuals and
organizations in helping to make
this program possible. Milk was
provided by Biltmore Dairy, sand
wiches by North Wilkesboro Ki
wanis Club, apples by V. M.
j Church, Janfu Orchards, and I.
J. Broyhill & Sons, flowers to
decorate the stage by City Florist.
Our thanks to Mrs. Hunter
Church, Mrs. Clinton Eller, Mrs.
Allen Phillips, Mrs. Clate Bum
garner, Mrs. J. B. Rash, Mrs. Ed
Hendren, Mrs. Albert Baity, Mrs.
Earl German, Mrs. Claude Deal,
and Mrs. Wiley Brooks. Home
Demonstration club members who
made the sandwiches and served
the lunches.?Contributed.
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Meeting Young
Republicans Is
Called Feb. 9th
All Young Republicans In
vited To Meeting To Be
Held Thursday Night
Meeting of young Republicans
of Wilkes county has been called
to be held at the Wilkes county
courthouse Thursday, February 9.
7:30 p. m.
The meeting of young Republi
cans was called by E. R. Eller,
chairman, and T. E-. Story, secre
tary of the Wilkes county Repub
lican executive committee. Discus
sing the meeting, the chairman
and secretary stated: "Every
young Republican in the county
is invited to be present. The prob
lems that arise on the horizon call
for the ability and strength, and
I'dr the action of every eligible
voter in the nation. Come to the
meeting and share in the delib
erations and expressions that will
be offered regarding these mat
ters."
Nelson Child Dies
Funeral service was held Sun
day at Nelson cemetery for Larry
Arthur Nelson, Infant son of Mil
lard and OUle Royal Nelaon, of
the Rock Creek community. The.
child died early Saturday. Sur
viving are the father and mother,
four brothers and four sisters.
These are scenes from th?
highly successful 4-H Achieve
ment Day held for Wilkes
county. The top photo shows
a number of project winners
and county council officers par
ticipating. Left to right are:
Bettie Paw, county dress revue
winner; Catherine Burchette,
home improvement project win
ner; Mary Prances Foster, food
preservation winner; Freda
Pelts, song leader; Rachel
Scroggs, council secretary,
Buddy Mathis, council presi
dent; Miss Evelyn Waugh, of
Surry county, who is also
shown at right. Miss Waugh
was national winner in clothing
achievement at the National
4-H Congress In Chicago.
Fire Department
Has Five Alarms
Flames Friday Night At For
est Furniture Company
Quickly Put Out
After more than a month with
out an alarm, the North Wilkes
boro fire department during the
week-end had five calls.
The first and most serious ol
these fires was on Friday night,
10 o'clock, when flames broke out
in a spray booth on the top floor
of the Forest Furniture factory
on Main street. When discovered
fire was pouring out of the venti
lator on the roof.
The automatic sprinkler sys
tem worked very efficiently and
the water from the system had
the fire under control when fire
men grrived and completed the
job. Damage by water to mater
ials in process of manufacture
was greater than fire damage.
However, the plant was able to
operate today as usual with little
loss in production.
Saturday just after noon fire
men were called to the home of
D. E>. Elledge on Hinshaw street,
where a barn was on fire. Dam
age was not great and the fire
was put out with little difficulty.
On Saturday evening firemen
were called to the home of Mr.
Templeton on Kensington Drive,
where a flue fire was extinguish
ed.
On Sunday afternoon there was
a.small fire at the loading plat
form of Key City Furniture com
pany. Damage was neglible. La
ter Sunday afternoon firemen
were called to the parking lot
back of Hotel Wilkes, where an
automobile was on fire. Damage
was small.
3 Wilkes Road
Projects Are Let
Good Roads program in WilkeB
county received a boost Wednes
day when State Highway Com
mission received bids on three
county road projects.
The projects, with names of
successful bidders, were as fol
lows:
Grading, surfacing and struc
tures on 3.67 miles from a* point
five miles west of Wilkesboro on
N. C. 268 southwest to a point on
N. C. 268 eigh^ miles west of
Wilkesboro; roadway, National
Truck Service, Inc., Asheville,
$102,963.30; structures, John H.
Brinkley, Thomasville, $16,912.
20.
Hardsurfacing on 6.5 miles
from a point on U. S. 421 3.2
miles West of Yadkin-Wilkes
county line south 6.5 miles to
ward Osbornville; A. C. Shearer
Co., Chapel Hill, $63,898.40.
Hardsurfacing on four miles
from a point at Ferguson on N.
C. 268 north four miles to end of
pavement on county road; A. R.
Thompson Construction. Inc.,
ftutherfordton, $31,987.50.
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, February 8, 1950, is the 40th anniver
sary of the founding of the Boy Scouts
of America, chartered by the Congress
of the United States, as a program for
all boys of America, and
WHEREAS, the Boy Scout Program has affected
the lives of 16,000,000 American boys
and men since 1910, and now has an
active enrollment of 2,300,000 and
WHEREAS, the Movement is engaged in a Crusade
to "Strengthen the Arm of Liberty" by
giving more boys a richer experience
and increase its usefulness to the nation
and
WHEREAS, the Boy Scouts of America, a great
force for training youth in right charac
ter and good citizenship, marks its 40th
anniversary by a great National Scout
Jamboree at historic Valley Forge, Pa.,
this coming summer;
NOW THEREFORE, I, R. 'T. McNiel, Mayor of the
City of North Wilkesboro, in the State
of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim
the week of Februory 6th to 12th as
"Boy Scout Week," and do urge our
citizens to recognize the unselfish,
patriotic service being rendered to our
community by the voluntary Scout
Leaders who bring the Program to the
youth of our city, and in all possible
ways, to further this wholesome youth
program, and help the City of North
Wilkesboro to be adequately represent
ed at the great National Scout Jamboree
this year.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereun
to signed my name officially and caused the
Seal of the City of North Wilkesboro to be
affixed, this 31st day of January, 1950.
(Signed) R. T. McNIEL, Mayor.
COMMUNITIES ASK
TELEPHONE LINES
Two-day hearing by the North
Carolina Utilities Commission in
to the telephone situation in
Wilkes county closed Friday af
ternoon with testimony by offi
cials of the Central Telephone
company, which serves this area.
The hearing, . conducted by
Commissioner Edward H. McMa
han, was. originally petitioned
mainly on account of complaints
in the Wilkesboros but turned in
to a mass of testimony relative to
the lack of telephone service in
rural communities of this large
county.
Fourteen communities paraded
witnesses to the stand to tell of
their lack of rural telephone lines
and need for service. Evidence
was not heard on many of the ori
ginal complaints in the petition
for hearing, because the company
had taken steps to correct the de
fects or had given assurance that
improvements would be made as
quickly as possible.
Delegations were heard from
communities in all directions from
the Wilkesboros.
At the close of petitioners' evi
dence, the company through At
torney Fred Folger, of Mt. Airy,
requested postponement of re
spondent's testimony on the
grounds that scope of the hearing
had been broadened beyond the
complaints in the petition and the
company was not prepared with
figures to answer much of the ma
terial presented for the cause of
rural lines. Commissioner Mc
Mahan overruled the motion, but
stated that the company could
furnish any additional material it
desires to submit for considera
tion following the hearing.
In addition to 13 rural com
munities petitioning Thursday, G.
C. Owen testified Friday. He said
he represented 40 petitioners
north of Mulberry on highway 18,
who wanted telephones.
W. S. Beddingfield, of Mt. Airy
district manager, said his com
pany had made preliminary sur
veys and rough estimates of cost
and yearly anticipated revenue/jn
13 projects: Champion communi
ty, to Roaring River,' near Millers
Creek, Pores Knob, Fairplains,
Mulberry, Lithia Springs, Roby
Rhodes near Haysi Lincoln
Heights, Brockto.wn, Boomer,
Congo road, Oakwoods.
He gave the totals for these
projects as having 344 applicants,
requiring 77.2 pole miles and
296.1 circuit miles. The estimated
cost, he said, was $109,090, with
yearly estimated revenue of $11,
883.
Of these projects he said his
company had approved for early
construction the Oakwoods line
to serve 14, the Roby Rhodes line
near Hays, the Lincoln Heights
area near Wilkesboro, and a short
line off highway 421 near Crick
et into the Welcome Home com
munity.
In his testimony Mr.- Bedding
field enumerated the projects on
which his company had made esti
mates during the past few years. |
they are as follows:
Champion ? 4 8 customers, 12
miles pole line, $20,819 cost, $2,
028 annual revenue.
Roaring River road ? 37 cus- I
tomers, 4.9 miles pole line, $7,-|
428 cost, $1,179 revenue annu
ally.
Millers Creek ? 26 customers,
2.5 miles pole line, $4,442 cost.
$ 8 91 annual revenue.
Pores Knob ? 10 customers. |
eight-tenth mile pole line, cost
$1,490, annual revenue $300.
Fairplains ? nine-tenths mile, |
cost $975, annual revenue $225.
Mulberry ? 40 customers. 8.9
miles, cost $13,130, annual reve-1
nue $1,578.
Lithia Springs (Brushy Moun
tain) ? 13 customers, 2.1 miles
pole line, cost $3,334, annual
revenue $402.
Roby Rhodes line near Hays?
1.1 miles pole line, cost $999, an
nual revenue $303. (Construction]
order already issued).
Lincoln Heights ? 10 custo
mers, three-tenth mile pole line,
cost $728, annual revenue $249.
Brocktown road ? 15 custo-1
mers, 4.5 rnijes pole line, cost|
$6,133, annual revenue, $456.
Boomer ? 35 customers, 20.8
miles pole line, cost $24,346, an-]
nual revenue $1,296.
Congo road ? 69 customers,]
17.4 miles pole line, cost $23,-j
154, annual revenue $2,412.
Oakwoods ? 14 customers, 4.5
circuit miles, cost $1,224, annual
revenue $348.
Since these surveys were made
some changes have been made in
the proposals with respect to
length of lines and number of
people who have pledged to take
telephone service. In several in
stances the number of prospectiv
customers has increased.
Mr. Beddingfield cited growth
of the North Wilkesboro branch
since January 1, 1946. The num
ber of phones increased 61.7 per |
cent to a total of 2,433.
W. E. Sparger, of Charlottes-]
ville, Va., Central Telephone di
vision auditor, said the book val
ue investment of the 18 branches
of the company in North Carolina
had increased 106.37 from Janu
ary 1, 1946, to October 31, 1949,
and that the investment increase
at North Wilkesboro was 98.01
per cent from $151,946 to $300,
874 in the same period. Net earn
ings of the company in North
Carolina for the year ended Oc
tober 31, 1949, were 4.2 per cent,
he said. Sparger also stated the
company is preparing a rate in
crease request in North Carolina.
Concluding the hearing Com
missioner McMahan said that re
ral residents are entitled to tele
phone service but the commission,
does not want to impose any or
ders which a company is not able
to carry out. He suggested that
addition of rural lines alsq in
crease the value of urban phones
and that possibly urban users
may have to pay some part 6t ru
Attend Conference
Of Grange Deputies
Those from Wilkes who attend
ed the conference of Grange depu
ties held with Schley Grange near
Hlllsboro January 27 and 28 were
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Ferguson anr'
Mrs. Eugene Shepherd.
One of the Interesting phases of
the conference was a discussion
led by Mr. Samonow, representa
tive of the REA, of Washington
D. C., who gave explanation of
the government provisions for
loans for construction of rural
telephone lines. Those desiring
details may contact Harry B
Caldwell, master of the State
Grange.
Mrs. D. G. Gentry
Injured In Wreck
Dies In This City
Mrs. Annie Mounce Gentry, 56,
wife of Decatur Gentry, of Elkin,
route 1, died Wednesday night at
Wilkes hospital at North Wilkes
boro of injuries received in an
automobile accident Monday af
ternoon.
Mrs. Gentry was injured when
the car in which she was riding
with her husband daughter and
granddaughter, was in a collision
with a truck at North Wilkes
boro. Mrs. Gentry received head
and internal. injuries. The truck
was operated by Clarence Shew
of Boonville. Her husband, who
was operating the car, was seri
ously hurt and is in the North
Wilkesboro hospital.
Surviving are the husband;
four children, Mrs. T. T. Wag
oner, Clifford Gentry, Misses To
ledo and Geneva Gentry, all of
Elkin, route 1; five stepchil
dren, Mrs. Willie Phillips, Mrs
W. S. Hinson, Mrs. Aubrey Sloop,
Mrs. William Cooper, all of El
kin, and Omar Gentry of Jones
ville; two grandchildren; 24
stepgrandchildren; six step
great-grandchildren; five broth
ers, Willie and Alex Mounce of
Elkin, Preston Mounce of State
Road, Elmer and Brady Mounce
of Smithtown.
J. A. Bowlin Dies;
Funeral Saturday
J. A. Bowlin, 62, resident of
the Wilkes community of Wilkes
roun'y, died Thursday afternoon
n a Statesville hospital.
Surviving Mr. Bowlin are his
wife, Mrs. Eda Belle Bowlin; six
children, Garvin, Virgil, Ardell,
Davie and John Bowlin and Mrs.
Thirley Sheets; two brothers and
three sisters, G. H. and J. D.
Bowlin, Mrs. Dora Miller, Mrs.
Mary Jane Burgess and Mrs. Re
becca Miller, all of Wilbar.
Funeral service was held Sat
urady, 2 p. m., at the home and
burial was in Bowlin cemetery.
Rev. Wade Houck conducted the
last rites.
Good Cage Games
On Menu This Week
Wilkesboro high school has
three home game dates this week
On Tuesday, beginning at 6:30
p. m. Wilkesboro will play Ronda
at Wilkesboro. The girls' B game
will be first, followed by varsity
girls and varsity boys. On Thurs
day afternoon Roaring River will
play Wilkesboro, 2 p. m.
On Friday night, beginning at
7:30, will be Wilkesboro versus
North Wilkesboro, boys and girls,
at Wilkesboro. This will be th.
final meeting of the two schools
in the regular schedule.
Other Games
Millers Creek will play at
Mountain View Tuesday night. On
Friday night Mount Pleasant will
play at Millers Creek in one of
the county's most crucial engage
ments.
Stocks of soybeans on North
Carolina farms as of January 1,
1950, amounted to 1,465,000 bu
shels. This is about 37 per cent
below the 2,317,000 bushels on
farms a year earlier and com
pares with the $143-48 aterage
of 1,451,000 bushels.
yal line construction by increas
ed rates.
He indicated that some time
may he necessary to review all
the evidence and that he would
write for the commission a sum
mary and recommend orders.
Several members of the local
bar assisted at the hearing in pre
senting evidence for various rural
groups. Attorney J. H. Whicker,
Jr.,. assisted throughout the hear
ing in presentation of evidence
and examination of witnesses tor
the petitioners. - *
Polio Drive Is
Continued Two
Weeks In County
Urgent Effort Needed If
County Is To Reach Goal
Of $10,000
The polio campaign in Wilkes
county has been continued two
weeks, Edward P. Bell, chairman,
stated today.
Actual cash turned ln~ has
reached the halfway point in the
$10,000 campaign, but many re
ports have not been received.
However, it was evident that
much work remains t0 be done.
Schools are continuing their
good work and every effort was
urged by campaign leaders to
reach every individual in the
county with the appeal to give
liberally.
A similar situation exists
throughout the nation and the
dates of January 16 through 31
have been extended to include the
first half of February.
Junior Chamber of Commerce
handled the dime board here Sat
urday which netted $114.82. The
dime board will be in operation
again Saturday of this week, with
members of the North Wilkesboro
Lions club doing the work.
Card reminders have gone out
to hundreds who have failed to
send in contributions from the
letters mailed them at the begin
ning of the campaign. Numerous
and liberal contributions are urg
ently requested.
LOCALS
Miss Mary Ann Casey, student
at Meredith College, Raleigh, was
home for the week-end with her
mother, Mrs. A. H. Casey, and had
as her guest, her roommate, Miss
Lillian Garnett, of Lake Worth,
Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Duncan, of
this city, have gone to Hot
Springs, Ark., where they will
spend several weeks in the inter
est of their health. Mr. and Mrs.
Duncan will be guests of Hotel
Como while in Hot Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie J. McNeill
spent the day Saturday in Wins
ton-Salem as guests of their
daughter and her husband, Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Bowen. The
Bowens accompanied them home
for the week-end.
Mrs. W. S. Miller returned to
her home at Todd Sunday follow
ing a week's visit here in the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Joe
H. Pearson. Mr. and Mrs. Pear
son and children, Billy, Jane, and
Tommy, accompanied her home.
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Foster
and daughter. Nancy Carolyn,
visited recently at Martinsville,
Va., with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Smith.
Mrs. Smith, the former Miss Ethel
Adams, of North Wilkesboro, has
been seriously ill, but her condi
tion is now much improved.
Mrs. Karl H. Hemmerich and
two children, Anne and Freddy,
of Sinking Springs, Pa., are here
on a 10-day visit with Mrs. Hem
merich's parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.
C. Jennings, at Pores Knob. Mrs.
Hemmerich is the ? former Miss
Beatrice Jennings.
Mr. J. Floyd Woodward, sup
erintendent of the North Wilkes
boro school, * Miss Hope Brown,
librarian, and two of the elemen
tary teachers, Mrs. Bruce Pear
son and Mrs. H. M. Bivens, were
business visitors in Raleigh
Thursday. They went down espe
cially to purchase books for the
library.
o ?
Rummage Sale By
W. S. C. S. Saturday
The members of the Woman's
Society of Christian Service of
the First Methodist church are
sponsoring a rummage sale on
Saturday, February 11, at the
Day Electric Store on the corner
Main and Tenth Street. The sale
will begin at 9 o'clock. Wearing
apparel and various other arti
cles will be for sale, and any
one having anything to donate
may Call Mrs. W. F. Gaddy or
take the articles to the circle
meetings Tuesday.
Maggie Sale Dies
Maggie Sale, 52, colored resi
dent of Antioch towrship, died
Friday and funeral service was
held Sunday at Union Grove
church. Surviving are two sisters
and one brother, Nora Sale, Lillie
Parks and Lonnie Sale, all of
Roaring River route 2.
Miss Kathryn Hendren, of Dur
ham, visited hare last week-end la
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Forester and with other relatives.