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. |
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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.
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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.