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The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 43 Years on cm |?orth Wilkesboro Has a trading radios of 00 miles, Herring 100,000 people in Northwestern Caroling. GIVE LIBERALLY TO RED CROSS Vol Ho. 43, Ho. 87 Make North Witkeshoro Your Shopping Center Wilkes Basketball Tournament Will Open Thursday Max Foster Goes ] To Transportation Firm In Hickory Resign* Position With The Wilkes Hosiery Mill. Com- 1 pany In This City Max Foster, foreman of the Boarding Department of Wilkes Hosiery Mills company, and sup erintendent of maintenance, at that plant, has submitted his res ignation to the management of the company, P. W. Eshelman. president, announced today. Mr. Foster is resigning in order to devote his entire time to the management of the Catawba Transit company, Hickory, N. C., in which he has a substantial in terest. Mr. Eshelman, in commenting on the resignation of Mr. Foster, expressed appreciation for the ?hng and efficient service which > hA haa J 1 it. he has rendered the company over j a period of 20 years, and wished, him well in his new field. Mr. i Foster has long been prominent j In Wilkes connty political and ( civic affairs, having been a mem ber of the Wilkes county board of j commissioners for years, and at present Is a member of the town board of commissioners of North Wilkesboro. He is prominent in Republican circles and has serv ed as vice-chairman of the Wilkes County Republican committee. He Is also a member of the Board of Deacons of the First Baptist church.' Mr. Foster will continue to re side in North Wllkesboro until the end of the present school term, and probably will continue, to serve, on the North Wllkesboro town board until that time. X. F. W. Regular Meeting Postponed j ? ? The regular meeting of Blue Ridge Mountain Post 1142, Vet erans of Foreign Wars which was <ly. he held at the poet headquar ters%^T?ursday, February 23, ha* be^h4 postponed, due to the re ception to tifetgiiren National Com mander-in-Chief Clyde A. Lewis, in Hickory, *N. C., on that date. Eight delegates from the local post together with members cf the ('VFW Auxiliary will go to Taylorsvile at 4:30 p. m. to par ticipate In a motorcade to escort Commander Lewis to Hickory. At 6:30 a banquet will be given in honor of\Jommander Lewis. At 8:00^here will be a mas meeting at in^ch tfrae Command er Lewis will aodresa^he a&erab 1 Jpk All members ofBlue Ridge Mountain Post who can d0 so are urged to attend the ^meeting in the Hickory armory to hepr Com mander Lewis. ?. There will be a ceremony at the vtrmory of obligating all members In Northwsstern North Carolina who have not been sworn into the VFW. A concerted drive for new members in the local post will be made during the next three months. Ail eligible veterans are invited to Join the local post. Ap plication cards may be-obtained from any member of Blue Ridge Mountain Post. The next regular meeting of the post will be held at post headquarters on Thursday, March 9, at 8 p. m. Veterans are Invited to attend this meeting or any other regular meeting of the post. Mrs. M. H. Stone Claimed By Death Mrs. M. H. Stone, 74, for many years a well known resident of this city, died at her home on E street here Sunday morning. Born December 5, 1875, Mrs. Stone was a daughter of the late Ansel and Phoebe Cockerham Darnell, of Wilkes county. } Surviving are four daughters and ene son: Mrs. B. V. Kelly and Mrs. Bernice S. Jones, of Charlotte; Mrs. N. E. Hayes, of "4lfein; Miss Lizzette Stone, of North Wilkesboro; W. S. Stone, of Farmville, Va.; also nine grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral service was held today, ^2:30, at the First Baptist church here, of which she was a mem ber. The pastor, Dr. John T. Wayland, conducted the service. Burial was in Macedonia church cemetery north of Ronda. World Almanac May Be Examined Here The Journal-Patriot has tor public use a 1950 edition of "The World Almanac," a book of facts published yearly by the New York World" Telegram. Anyone who wishes to refer to a "World Almanae" is welcome to call at The Journal-Patriot of fice at any time and use the book for reference. Employers Will Hear Clendenin HereOn Tuesday G. L. Clendenin of Raleigh, supervisor of the Unemployment Compensation field representa tives, will talk to the employers of this area Tuesday, February 21, at 2 o'clock, at the Employ ment Security office. Mr. Clendenin, who har been with the service for 13 yeais, will j discuss the new amendments of I the Employment Security Law 1 concerning payment of contribu tions, reserve accounts and mat ters under which employers' ac counts might be protected. Mrs. Kathryn A. Lott, local of fice manager, stated that all em ployers who are affected by this jlaw are cordially invited to at tend this meeting at which Mr. Clendenin will be glad to answer any questions about the unem ployment compensation law which the employers might wish to know. $59.16 In Wishing Well At Liberty Edward Bell, chairman of the polio campaign in Wilkes county, on Wednesday night counted the money in the wishing well at the Liberty Theater. The amount of polio donation? in the Jar was $59.16. J. Y. Ervin, of North Wilkes boro, won the guessing contest with a guess of $59 and received the prize of a book of theater tickets given by the Liberty The ater. World Day Of Prayer Feb. 24! The program in observance 0f the World Day ,of Prayer, which is Friday, February 24, will be given this year at the Presby terian church, and is to be spon sored by the Women's Societies of the various churches in the Wilkeeboros. From 7:30 until 8 o'clock wjll be a period of silent meditation "and prayer during which time soft organ musi? will be provided. The program will .be gin at 8 o'clock. The public is cor dially invited to attend. The of fering to be taken will be divided between the home and foreign work. On Friday morning at 9:15 the devotional period over WKBC will be devoted to the observance of the day, and the schools of the Wilkesboros, sometime during the day, will als0 Ijave periods of prayer and meditation. World Day of Prayer pamphlets are tbe ing distributed in business places of the two towns. LOCAL NEWS Mrs. W. II. Darlington and son, Mr. Joe Darlington, visited Sun day with Mrs. Darlington's niece, Mrs. P. 3. Alexander, who is very ill at her home near Roaring River. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Lowe, of Pores Knob, visited Mr. and Mrs. Walter Revis and Miss Blanche Revis in Charlotte, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Perry Lowe and daughter, Mary Jo, returned Sun day to their home at Moravian Falls after a month's visit at Flaglar Beach and other points of interest in Florida. Mr. D. E. Elledge is able to be out again following a week's ill ness at his home in the city, friends will be glad to learn. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Ander son and son, Mike, returned to their home in Wilkesboro after a stay in Florida in the interest of Mr. Anderson's health. The an dersons spent most of their time in Florida in the Miami vicinity. Mrs. Luther Morrison and son, Bobby, spent the week-end with Mrs. Harrison's mother, Mrs. Myrtle Cocker ham, in El kin. Contract Let For 12 Street Paving Projects In City Teltschiks To Be Concert Artists On Tuesday night City Council Acts On Num ber of Interesting Matters In Meeting City council in February meet ing here let contract for bitumin ous paving on 12 street projects.) Sherrill Paving company, of Winston-Salem, was low bidder and was awarded contract at the price of 10.4475 per square yard. The 12 projects, some of them small, are in various parts of the city and are estimated to contain 16,709 square yards. Total con tract price will be approximately j $7,477.28. which will be sh^H between the city and prop^Q owners on the Btreeta to be pavedTj The'council also received peti tions for two other street paving projects ? 550 feet of Finley street and 1,103 feet of Coffey avenue in Finley Park sub-divis ion. On motion of the board the sum of $2,000 was appropriated as the city's part on the local costs of the National Ouard Mainten-I ance building. A delegation appeared and ask ed construction of a sidewalk on A street. A resolution was passed call ing for sale of hospital bonds vot ed by the city for erection of a 100-bed hospital, which is now under construction. Total author ized amount of the issue is $275, 000. A purchase order was executed for the purchase of materials to repair the ro?f of the town hall, with material cost to be $218.83. J. Floyd Woodward, superin-, tendent of city schools, asked that ] Third street between B and C streets be opened as a walkway for school children. C. C. Caudill's contract with the town to buy sand from the i city reservoir at 10 cents per yard was renewed. i Present for the meeting were Mayor R. T. McNiel, Clerk W . P. Kelly and Commissioners C. J. Swofford, C. E. Jenkins, G. R. An drews, Max Foster and I. H. Mc Neill, Jr. Final In Season's Series Of Three Concerts At Liberty Theater Here The TeHschiks, piano concert artists of nation-wide fame, will render the third and final in the season's series of Community Concerts at the Liberty Theater Tuesday night, 8 o'clock. The Teltsehiks, Alfred and Her bert, first gained fame as piano concert artists for the armed forces during the war. Now they are completely booked and play to capacity audiences ererywhere. ?gram here will include: iy Safely Graze", Bach; of a Theme by Beeth laens; "Brazilerta", Mllhaud; L'Amour", from "Fabtasia",^J$rcVmalM>tt; "Blue Danube Waltz", Strauas-Chaalns; Six Waltseaj^from "Liebeslied er", from "Love For "Three Oranges", Prokofieff; Guaracha", from "Latin Ameri can Symphonette", Gould-Telt schi*Jli,',Fetes", Debussy; "Gra cia", Infante; "Waltz", Arensky; Espapa", Chabrier. The Teltsehiks travel by auto and trailer, which solves their problem of finding two perfectly attuned pianoB in one community. Born and reared in Tqxas, the Teltsehiks are of Austrian pa rents. ?o Lenten Services In St. Paul's Beginnirtgwthis week services will be held lu^ St. Paul's Episco pal church every Thursday even ing during i ent at 7:45. A cor dial invitation is extended , to everyone to attend these services. Chamber Directors ? - ' "" " ~ w Directors of the Wilkes Cham ber of Commerce will meet Tues day noon at Hotel Wilkes. One of the subjects for discussion will be recent developments in the proppgal for establishment of a central high school. SPARTA GIRLS, ELKIN BOTS ARE HIGHLAND CONFERENCE CHAMPS A fast team of Elkin boys and > a smartly coached team of Sparta | girls won the Highland confer ence championships in finals of the conference tournament Satur day night in Wilkesboro. Both games were fitting climax to a thrilling tournament and fur nished fans with breath-taking finales. Sparta girls had to go all out t0 win by two points, 56 to 54, in one of the fastest and highest scoring games ever played by girls in the conference. Nina Sue Carico, a comparatively little girl, led Sparta's scoring parade with 32 points while tall Eliza beth Pendry scored 15. Captain Lo'uise Royal was the game's out standing floor player. For Elkir1. Sara Parker set the scoring pace with 24 and Betty Lineberry had 23. Elkin trailed badly in the first half buJL rallied to tie the score twiq^ythe later periods. The boj(r game started slowly and Warmed up with Elkin lead ing all the way until the final minutes wlTen they'' pulled into a 31-31 tie with a field goal by Johnny Miller with 15 seconds to go. In the overtime period it was little Jimmy Lashmit, of Elkin who hit a set shot in final sec onds tQ give Elkin the victory. Bobby Nance led Elkin with 17 and Tom Reeves topped Spartn with 12. i The Semi-Finals Elkin girls advanced to ? the finals by defeating Cove Creek, 44 to 38, Friday night. Elkin put on a blazing rally in the fourth period t0 come from behind as Sarah Parker garnered 25 points. Elkin boys had a surprisingly easy time eliminating Cove Creek, last year's champions, 43 to 29. Eldridge with 12 and Nance with 10 led the victors' scoring. Sparta girlB had little trouble in elimi nating Granite Falls, 45 to 26, in the semi-finals to get a chance to go into the finals and win their second consecutive conference championship. Wilkesboro Fights Hard Wilkesboro girls, wh0 played, with great spirit in the tourna-! ment, fought the champion Spar-i mom., iUUKUi ine cnampion spar-. ta girls hard all the way but were! eliminated 52 to 35. The Wilkes boro girls, led by Ruth Long with 15 points, matched points with the lassies from Sparta through most of the first half. Pendrv with 18 and Royal with 15 led Sparta scoring. Lineups and summaries: Sparta 52 35 Wilkesboro Royal 16 ?9 ....Jarvis Pendry 18 15 Long P. Edwards 2 .... 11 Byrd Miller ? _ Stone Black .? ? - Pennell Poole ? Davis Substitutes: Wilkesboro ? An derson, Hayes, Johnson, Williams, Somers. Sparta ? Carico 15, Gentry 1, B. Edwards, Rector, Walker. Substitutes: Sparta ? Ander son, Hayes, Johnson, Williams, Sommers. Wilkesbor ? Caricc 15, Gentry 1, B. Edwards, Rec tor, Walker. See ? TOURNAMENT ? Page 3 Lee M. Moxley, 64, Funeral On Tuesday Funeral service will be held Tuesday, 11 a. m., at Mt. Zion church in Alleghany county, for Lee M. Moxley, 64, who died Sat urday night at his home in the F"airplains community north of this city. Rev. Virgil Jenkins, Rev. John Toliver and Rev. Hu-i bert Caldwell will conduct the service. , Mr. Moxley was born and rear ed in Alleghany county but had lived near North Wilkesboro for many years. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Nanne Moxley, one son and one daughter, Oscar Moxley, of Roaring River, and Mrs. Mat-' tie Bentley, of North Wilkesboro' route 1. | o j Dr. and Mrs. G. T. Mitchell and daughter. Miss Betsy Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Sturdivant went to Mars Hill Thursday to attend the funeral of Mrs. R. L. Moore, which was held at 2 o'clock at the Mars Hill Baptist church. Mrs. Moore's husband, a past president of the college, died ? in December. *J?llor Days Are Successful Event With Local Stores Dollar Days, the Trade Promo tion event staged Friday and Sat urday In the Wllke8boro8 were highly successful, a hurried sur vey of many participating firms revealed today. Dollar Days are a semi-annual event here which is becoming an anticipated occasion for the peo ple in northwestern North Caro lina. Actual increase in sales, the survey showed, was in direct pro portion to the bargains offered by the merchants, the extent of their advertising and the amount of effort they put forth in pro moting and staging the sales ef fort. However, the summary of the survey revealed general increase in business, with increased cus tomer traffic. In all instances urms reported that customers were well pleased with the values offered and the increased pur chasing power of the dollar. Some of the brief reports gath ered early today were as follows Lack of time made it impossible to make a complete survey of all firms participating: Tomlinson's Department store ?Hubert Canter: "Our business was substantially increased and customers were highly pleased with values." Spainhour's?L. S. Spainhour: we were well pleased with re sults of Dollar Days. Volume of sales was jip and customers ex pressed much satisfaction with values received.'' Belk's ? W. G. Gabriel: "Fri day sales were far ahead of nor mal Friday business and Satur day sales also showed much in crease. Dollar Day specials went rapidly to eager customers." Norton's Drug store ? Palmer Horton: "Business showed a sub stantial increase and customers were well pleased." Carolina Home and Auto store Hite: "Our Dollar Days advertising had excellent results with increased sales of many items. Sales traffic was up with a noticeable increase in business " Penney's _ Harold Snyder: Business was very g00d with substantial increase in volume Customers were well pleased '? Crest store?J. B. Brookshire: Customer traffic was up during the Dollar Days week-end with satisfactory increase in business at our store." ?t0re, ? Presley Myers: We had satisfactory results dur ing Dollar Days. Customers pur chased specials rapidly Friday " Newton's ? G. R. Little: "Our business was increased during evei? aDd We find that the event was very satisfactory for us and our customers." Goodwill store ? J h Pear son: "Dollar Days helped substan Gaily in stimulating business stantf-fi8-? J?hn Moss: "Sub iraff !fCrease in customer raffic and sales volume was verv We Were Pleased wlti' ??bIZT""' ~ W? jsrr ?? ver>' ed with t'"Sl0mera ??" pleaa with values received. Steele's Jewelry Carl S?aele: ??Do?ar D/y ? P.c.."y on s??rday, marked increnae in volume Hacknaj'a Departmant store _ P?fee?Ck,Sae,r,a'reaX Mrs. Nathaniel Royal Funeral Held Today Funeral service was held today, 2 p. m., at Antioch church neai McGrady for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Royal, 72, resident of the Mc Grady community who died Sat urday at the home of a daughter in the Rock Creek community. Surviving Mrs. Royal are her husband, Nathaniel Royal; three children, Franklin and Gallie Royal and Mrs. Ollie Nelson; two sisters and two brothers, Mrs. Susan White, Mrs. Nancy Roten, Henry and Thomas Perry. Mrs. Royal was a daughter of the late Ebby and Mary White Perry. Eastern Star To MeeX Thursday Night 7:30 The Wilkes Chapter No. 4Z, O E. S., will meet Thursday night at 7:30. Degrees of order to be conferred. Members are urged to attend. EVENT SPONSORED BY THE OPTIMIST CLUB WILL BE HELD IN WILKESBORO GYM Tr ? * a ? dcneduie Wilkes Cage Tournament 1:00 ? Mountain View and Roaring River girls. 2:00 ? Wilkes bo ro and Ronda boys. 8:00 ?Traphill and Wilkes boro girls. 4:00 ? Mt. Pleasant and Roaring River boys. 6:80 ?"Millers Creek and Ronda girls. 7:80 ? Millers Creek and Mountain View boys. 8:80 ? North Wilkesboro and Mt. Pleasant girls. 8:80 ? Traphill and North Wilkesboro boys. Semi-finals will be played on Friday according to the follow ing schedule: 6:80 ? Winner Mountain View-Roaring River versus Traphill-Wilkesboro girls. 7:80 ? Winner Wilkes boro Ronda versus winner Millers Creek-Mountain View boys. 8:80 ? Winner N. Wilkes boro-Mt. Pleasant versus win ner Millers Creek-Ronda girls . 9:80 ? Winner Mt. Pleas ant-Roaring River versus win ner Traphlll-North Wilkesboro boys. Girls' championship game will start at 7:30 on Saturday and will be followed immedi ately by boys' championship game. Scout Week Was Big Success In WHkes District The National Boy Scout Week celebrated last week In commem oration of the fortieth anniver sary of the founding of the Boy Scout movement was observed by the Scouts of the Wilkes District of the Old Hickory Council. The special theater party given by the management of the Allen Theater was well attended as were the weiner roast at Smoot Park and the Special Scout serv ice at the North Wilkesboro Methodist church on Sunday eve ning. The district chairmen, Scout masters, and Scouters desire pub licly to express their thanks to the management of the Allen Theater, Horton's Drug store and the personnel ~ of the various churches for their contributions and their participation in the events which made the Scout Week a success. Plans are now underway to as sure the district of a good rep resentation of Scouts and Scout ers at the National Jamboree tc be held at Valley Forge in July The Scout district officers wish to express appreciation of the Scouts to the Northwestern Bank here for again furnishing Scouts with the official Boy Scout cal endar. The Scouts ffnd these cal endars very useful in keeping up with various events in the Boy Scout program throughout the year. Two-Hour Meters On Ninth Street Two-hour parking meters went into effect today on Ninth street The two-hour meters were in stalled on both sides of Ninth from A to D streets and will be a great convenience for those who need to park and be away from their vehicles longer than one hour. The parking meter dial has 120 minutes and will take two nickels, one right after the other, to get two hours time. Additional parking meters have been installed in the city, from Eighth to Seventh- streets and on D street from Ninth to Tenth. Banks Here Will Be Closed Wednesday Bank of North Wilkesboro and the Northwestern Bank here will be closed on Wednesday. Febru ary 22, which will be George Washington's birthday and will be a national holiday. - o Trade At Home and Save! Girl* and Boy* Team* From Eight High School* Will Participate \^il)ces county basket bull tour nament will open Thursday, 1 p. m., in Wilkesboro's spacious gym nasium with all eight senior high . schools in the county participat ing with boys' and girls' teams. North Wilkesboro Optimist club this year will sponsor the tournament and the sponsor has already completed every phase of arrangements for the cage meet which will determine Wilkes county champions for the current season. Since announcement that the Optimist club would Bponsor the tournament, boys and girls of all the high schools have been look ing forward to the event with eager anticipation and spirited play is expected in every game as all teams try for the county title. In the girls' division North Wilkesboroand Mountain View are the top-seeded teams on their record in county competition. Wilkesboro drew top - seeded place in the boys' bracket with Mt. Pleasant, Millers Creek and Traphill rated closely together. However, recent games have shown that any team in the coun ty is capable of winning the title with inspired play and no team can be termed a "soft spot'' in the tournament schedule. Attractive trophies have been purchased for girls and boys championship teams, for runners up teams, for the team showing the best sportsmanship and there will be gold basketballs for the all - county selections. These awards are now on display at Brame's Drug store. Season tickets are now being sold bj_all members of the Opti mist club, at Brame's Drug store, at the Firestone store and by Maurice Walsh, Optimist Athletic committee chairman, at the North ?Wilkesboro postoffice. Eight games will be played in the first round Thursday, four in the semi-finals Friday, beginning at 6:30 p. m., and finals will be gin with girls' game at 7:30 on Saturday night. Price of admission will be 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for students and children. Substan tial savings may be effected through purchase of a season ticket for $1.50. Seed Program Of PMA In Wilkes Is Begun Today Production and Marketing As sociation in Wilkes county (for merly the Triple A) today is in augurating the seed program for farms dring the ensuing year. Under this program farmers may purchase seed for soil con serving and soil improving crops, with the PMA furnishing a great part of the purchase price. Any farmers who are not fa miliar with this program and benefits to be derived are asked to call at the PMA office in the Wilkes courthouse at their earli est opportunity. In a cooperative advertisement on page eight of this newspaper dealers in the seed program are listed. The dealers are as follows: Wilkes FOX. S. V. Tomlinson, C. A. Lowe & Sons, Cash Fertiliz er and Seed store, Hayes Hard ware, all in North Wilkesboro; C. C. Tharpe, of Ronda; A. T. Myers, of Cycle; J. C. Dobbins, and Bren dle Feed and Seed store, in Elkin. Office Hours The PMA office is open Mon day through Friday from 8 a. m. until 4:32 p. m., and is closed on Saturdays. The PMA office will be closed on Wednesday, February 22, which is George Washington's birthday and is a national holi day. Musical Arts Club Will Meet Thursday Musical Arts club will meet Thursday night, 8 o'clock, at the home of Mrs. W. K. Sturdlvant. Associate hostesses will be Mrs. Owyn Gambill, Mrs. T. A. Finley and Mrs. O. T. Mitchell. All mem bers are asked to attend.
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