THE JOURNAL^PATRIOT
The -^I-Pntrint Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In ?he "State of Wilkes" For Over 43 Years
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North Wilkesboro lias a
trading radius of 50 miles,
serving 1^0,000 people in
Northwestern Carolina.
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Vol. No. 43, No. 88 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH W1LKESBOBO. N. C.. Thursday. February 23. 1950 Make North Wilkesboro Your Shorminn fontM*
GOVERNOR SCOn WILL PRESENT PLAQUE TO WILKES MARCH 2
Chairmen For Red
Cross Drive Named
Gabriel Appoints
Section Head For
1950 Fund Drive
Work To Begin Immediate
ly On Raising Wilkes'
Goal Of $7,800
W. G. Gabriel, 1950 Fund
Chairman, has chosen an able
corps of community leaders for
section chairmen for the 1950
Red Cross Fund Campaign. The
quota to be raised in Wilkes
county is |7,800, of which two
thirds will remain in Wilkes
county for work of local chapter.
Slogan for the drive is "All May
Help."
Publicity will be handled by
Dwight Nichols, Julius C. Hub
bard and Frank Walker for news
papers, with John Cashion in
charge of radio. Station WKBC
will broadcast special shows fea
turing Dick Haymes, Bing Cros
by, Judy Canova, Bob Hope, Jack
Benny, Phil Harris and Alice
Faye. Mr. Gabriel and other local
speakers will broadcast during
the drives,
The special or advanced gift
committee will begin solicitations
tomorrow, February 24. Mem
bers of this committee headed by
J. B. JlcCoy include Jlmmie An
derson, Joe Barber, Blair Gwyn.
Dudley Hill, W. O. Absher, and
A. F. Kilby.
Solicitation of employees of in
dustrial plants will be under the
leadership of Richard Johnston
and Paul Osborne with contact
persona in each plant. Ira D.
Payne has charge of the North
Wilkeeboro business district. A
partial list of his helpers includes
Bid Williams, Robert Morrow,
Julius C. Hubbard, J. C. Dyer,
and H. D. Smith. Mrs. J. S.
Deans, with co-chairman, Mrs. W.
E. Jones, are now working on
their list of helpers in the North
Wilkeeboro residential section;
while Mrs. A. R. Gray will have
charge of the Wilkesboro residen
tial district. Wilkesboro business
district will be under the leader
ship of William Gray and Forrest
Jones. Plans for rural solicitation
are being worked out. J. R. Ede
lin and Nathan Ford will cooper
ate in working the colored sec
tions.
* Committee chairmen were giv
en Supplies and instructions this
afternoon in a meeting called by
Mr. Gabriel. All workers were re
quested to cover their territory
gM soon as possible in March.
First reports are due March 10.
Miss Cora Caudill
Is Clerk Superior
Court Candidate
Deputy Cleric For Past Sev
eral Years Seeks Nomina- |
tkm In Primary
Miss Cora Caudill today an
nounced that she is a candidate
for the office of clerk of superior
court of Wilkes county, and will
seek the Republican nomination
to that office in the primary to be
held May 27.
Miss Caudill is a lifelong resi
dent of Wilkes county end is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. V.
Caudill, of North Wilkesboro
route one. She is a graduate of
Mountain View high school and
a business college in Greensboro.
Miss Caudill has been deputy
clerk to Clerk O. C. Hayes since
he entered the office of clerk 15
years ago and is well qualified by
training and experience to per
form the duties of the office. Miss
Caudill is a lifelong Republican
and has been active in the party
?if the county.
Rummage Sale
The Woman's Society of the
rst Methodist church is con
ining its rummage sale on Sat
day from 8:30 until 2 o'clock.
ie sale this time will be in the
ilding on Tenth sereet former
occupied by the WUkes Hatch
Rev. George Staples
To Preach Sunday At
First Presbyterian
The Rev. George E. Staples will
preach at the Presbyterian church
Sunday morning, February 26.
Mr. Staples is pastor of the High
land Presbyterian church recently
organized in Winston-Salem. Dur
ing the past year he served aB
supply pastor of the First Pres
byterian church of the same city.
Mr. Staples has preached here
several times before and it is a
privilege to have him return.
Wildlife Club To
Elect Officers On
Thursday, Mar. 2
Trot* Hatchery Manager
Addresses Club; Plan
Stream Stocking
Wilkes Wildlife club is plan
ning another year of much ac
tivity in the organization's effort
to make Wilkes county a fisher
man's paradise.
Maurice Bryant, of Morganton,
who is in charge of state trout
hatcheries, addressed a recent
meeting of the club, speaking
with much conviction relative to
the program of conservation in
the state. He also discussed prob
lems of trout hatcheries and man
agement.
R. Ivey Moore of North Wilkes
boro, Wildlife club president, re
ported that last year between
5,000 and. 6,000 trout were placed
in 12 streams in Wilkes county,
and that the same streams will
be stocked again this year. This
work will be done in March, Mr.
Moore said, and he will ask for
volunteers to assist in placing the
trout in streams, following the
plan used last year. He asked all
who would aid to watch for fur
ther announcements.
Mr. Moore stated there is a
possibility of obtaining a greater
number of trout this year if the
cluVs organization is perfected
and requests are filed in time. A
I nominating committee composed
of Joe McCoy, A. F. Kilby and
Gilbert Foster was named to nom
inate officers.
To Meet March 2
Call has been issued for a
meeting of the club on Thursday,
March 2, at the North Wllkesboro
town hall, when officers will be
elected and further arrangements
will be made for the stream stock
ing program to get under way
later in March.
J. S. Joines Dies;
Last Rites Friday
Johnson Shafter Joines, 52, a
well known citizen of the Trap
! hill community, died at Wilkes
hospital Tuesday.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Verna Joines, two sons and one
daughter, Len and Vernon Joines,
of Traphill, and Mrs. Vivian Carr
neff, of Oregon; one brother, L.
M. Joines, of Lansing; two sis
ters, Mrs. Jettie GambiU, of Dock
ery, and Mrs. Ila Walters, <>f Ox
ford, Pa.
Funeral service will be held
J Friday, 2 p. m., at Roaring River
: church near Traphill. Rev. L. E.
I Sparks and Rev. - Charles Miles
; will conduct the service.
M. C. Woodie
Returns To City
I Mr. M. C. Woodie, who has
been engaged in business in Flor
ida the past several months, has
returned to the city to assume ac
tive management of the Union
Bus terminal which he owns. Mr.
Woodie will also engage in the
real estate business, and is a li
censed realtor.
Recently his brother, Mr. E. O
Woodie, sold the controlling in
terest In the Parkway Bus com
pany to northern interests. Mr.
M. C. Woodie retained his stock
in the company, but will not give
any of his time to the manage-1
ment of the company.
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NORTH CAROLINA LITTLE SYMPHO NY ORCHESTRA COMING MARCH 2ND
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The North Carolina Little Symphony of 23 players,
pictured above, will come to North Wilkesboro for con
certs on Thursday, March 2. The Orchestra is under
the direction of Benjamin Swalin. An evening concert
for adults will be played in North Wilkesboro school
auditorium at 8 p. m.
James W. Jackson
Dies At Mt. Airy
James William Jackson, 41, fc
died unexpectedly at his home in ^
the Toast community at Mount g
Airy early Thursday morning.
Mr. Jackson was born in Surry B
county June 1, 1908, a son of the
late William and Mary Gwyn 0
Jackson. At an early age he en-lti
tered Children's Home orphanage }
in Winston-Salem, where he re- it
ceived his education and training n
in the printing trade. d
Mr. Jackson was an outstand- 6
ing workman in the printing a
trade and could do well practl- y
cally every job in the printing in- tl
dustry. He worked for many no
newspapers in various parts of the g
country and recently held a posi- tl
tion with the newspaper depart- ci
ment of Carter-Hubbard Publish- p
ing company. In North Wilkes- p
boro Mr. Jackson gained many jy
friends who learn with sorrow of e
his unexpected passing. <j
Surviving are the widow, the 1<
former MIbs Nettie Griffith; two t<
sons, Billy and Jimmie Jackson, e:
both of the home; and three
brothers, Joe Jackson of Mount n
Airy, Charles and Robert Jack- w
son, both of Toast. a
Funeral services were held Sat- e
urday afternoon at Lovill's Creek L
Baptist church near Mount Airy
and burial was in Salem Method- S
ist church cemetery near Mourn t!
Airy. Rev. W. H. Caldwell ana V
Rev. W. L. Warner conducted the
service.
Those from North Wilkesboro
attending the funeral service
were John Hedgecoe, W. R. Har
mon and Dwight Nichols. *
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Support The Scouts ?
Little Symphony
Both adult and student tickets,
>r the concert to be given in the
orth Wilkesboro school audi
>rium on Thursday, March 2, at
p. m., by the North Carolinr
ittle Symphony, conducted by
enjamin Swalin, have been
laced on sale at Stafford's Ree
rd shop and will be available
lere through Wednesday, March
Adult admission is $2.10 (tax
lduded) and admission to the
ight performance for all chil
ren through 12th grade age is
0c. Student tickets are also
vailable through the North
Wilkes boro school office. While
ie children of the city's gram
iar school from the 3rd-7th
rades (the age group for which
le children's concerts are espe
lally prepared) will have the op
ortunity to hear the afternoon
erformance without charge,
[any may wish to attend the
vening concert also, and the stu
ents* tickets are offered at the
>w price ot 60a so that wide at
mdance by. young people cdn be
ncouraged.
If you are a Symphony Society
lember, your membership card
ill admit you to this concert,
nd to any given this season by
ither the Full Symphony or the
.ittle Symphony.
The appearance of the Little
ymphony is being sponsored by
he North Wilkesboro Junior
Roman's club, and the Jaycees.
Preaching Service
Rev. Clate Brown will preach
t Mountain View Baptist church
aturday night, February 25. The
ublic is cordially invited to the
ervice.
ASK STEERING COMMITTEE
TO STUDY PROPOSAL FOR
CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOLS
Directors of the Wilkes Cham
ber of Commerce in February
meeting recommended the ap
pointment of a steering commit
tee to study the proposal for es
tablishing a central high school
by consolidation of Wilkesboro
and North Wilkesboro high
schools, and to recommend a
course to pursue on the project.
Directors studied the results of
a survey of the chamber member
ship, which showed that 96 per
cent of the members who voted
favored consolidation.
The directors ' recommended
that the. steering committee be
composed of one member each
from the county commissioners,
county board of education, North
Wilkesboro board of education,
Wilkesboro school committee.
North Wilkesboro town board,
Wilkesboro town board, Y. M. C.
A. directors, Supt. C. B. Bller of
the county school system and
Supt. J. Floyd Woodward of the
North Wilkesboro schools.
The chamber of commerce has
directed a letter to each body
suggested with the request that
a member be appointed to serve |
on the steering committee.
This committee as planned
would consider thoroughly the
many factors involved and sub
mit recommendations ? setting
forth the most feasible and prac
tical plan regarding the proposed
school building program.
Endorses Parkway Plan
The directors endorsed a pro
posal for Blue ' Ridge Parkway
Associated Chamber of Commence
for the publication of a booklet
to be distributed to parkway
travelers. This booklet, which
would also be endorsed by Sam
Weems, parkway superintendent,
would list accommodations and
attractions in all areas in^ imme
diate vicinity of the parkway.
The directors also endorsed a
proposal to construct a bridge
over north fork of New River at
Mouth of Wilson, Va. This, with
improvement of the road from
Laurel Springs north by Scott
ville to Mouth of Wilson would
provide a shorter route of travel
/fom here to points direptlv
north.
Industrial Reports
The Industrial Development
committee reported latest de
velopments on four projects for
new industries. On some of these
projects the committee and cham
ber have been active for months
land much effort has been put
forth in this phase of chamber
of commerce work, which has re
ceived excellent cooperation from
members.
The directors read several high
ly complimentary letters rela
tive to the annual report of the
Wilkes Chamber distributed at
the membership meeting. These
letters were from the following
chamber of commerce executives:
George D. Colclough, of Burling
ton, president of the association
of chamber executives; Harry J.
Krusz, of Winston-Salem, a past
president; Ben Moomaw, of Roa
noke, Va.; R. D. .Warwick, of
Statesville; W. M. Fickler, of
Shelby.
4-H Style Show
Here Feb. 28th
Miss Ada .May Marshall, 4-H
club stylist for the Simplicity Pat
tern company, will be here Feb
ruary 28 to conduct a fashion
show for Spring, 1950, titled
"Coatumee and Conduct for the
4-H Modern Miss."
Wilkes County 4-H girls are to
be hostess to 4-H girls from Sur
ry. Yadkin, Ashe, Alleghany
Caldwell, Watauga, and Alexand
er counties.
Miss Marshall received her B.
S. degree from the college as a
major in Merchandising and
Fashion Design at Syracuse Uni
versity. She was a 4-H club mem
ber herself, and to add to her
distinction she was also an alter
nate New York State winner in
the annual National Dress Revue
award. s
With this background, she
brings to her job a first hand
knowledge of 4-H club girls and
her educational training well
qualifies her to advise them on
their clothing and sewing prob
lems. That is why the lovely
clothes she has selected for the
fashion show are just the kind
every 4-H club member will want
to make for herself.
The fashion show consists of
16 garments, styled for girls ages
10 to 21, and includes outfits for
school, sportswear, dates and
formal parties. Girls from our
local 4-H club group will be se
lected to model the garments
when Miss Marshall presents the
Fashion Show on February 28 at
9:30 a. m., in the V. F. W. build
ing in North Wilkesboro.
(By Ruth Tliompson, Assist Ant
Home Agent)
Basketball
Tournament
Under Way
This afternoon at 1 o'clock the
Wilkes county basketball tourna
ment opened in Wilkesboro.
Sponsored by the North Wilkes
boro Optimist club, the tourna
ment has boys' and girls' teams
from all eight senior high schools
in the county competing for the
county championship.
_ One of the closest tournaments
ever held in this part of the State
is expected with no team consid
ered without a chance to cop the
title.
Sale of season tickets for the
event by Optimist club members
indicates that the tournamenl
will also he the most largely at
tended ever held in the Wilkes
boros.
Mountain View and Roaring
River girls started play at 1
o'clock, followed by Wilkesboro
and Ronda boys at 2. No scores
were available as press time to
day.
Remainder of today's schedule
follows: 3 o'clock, Traphill and
Wilkesboro girls: 4:00, Mt. Pleas
ant and Roaring River boys;
6:30, Millers Creek and Ronda
girls; 7:30, Millers Creek and
Mountain View boys; 8:30, North
Wilkesboro and Mt. Pleasant
girls; 9:30, Traphill and North
Wilkesboro boys.
Serai-finals will be played on
Friday according to the follow
ing schedule:
6:30?Winner Mountain View
Roaring River versus Traphill
Wilkesboro girls.
7:30 ? Winner Wilkesboro
Ronda versus winner Millers
Creek-Mountain View boys.
8:30 ? Winner N. Wilkesboro
Mt. Pleasant versus winner Mil
lers Creek-Ronda girls.
9:30 ? Winner Mt. Pleasant
Roaring River versus winner oi
Traphill-North Wilkesboro boys.
(girls' championship game will
start at 7:30 0,& Saturday and
will be followed immediately by
boys' championship game.
Trophies to be presented win
ners, runners-up and teams foi
sportsmanship are now on display
in Bratne's Drug store, window.
MAYOR OF WILKESBORO CALLS
MEETING TO DISCUSS SCHOOL
BUILDING NEEDS OF TOWN
W. E. Smithey, Mayor of the
Town of Wilkes bo ro, has issued
a call for citizens of the Wilkes
boro school district to attend a
meeting to. discuss school build-'
ing needs. Mayor Smithey has ex-j
pressed himself as being opposed!
to any consolidation of the!
schools of the Wilkesboros buti
vitally interested in immediate [
building at Wilkesboro to relieve
the present overcrowded condi
toon.
The Wilkesboro school has an
enrollment of 1,440. On the basis
of "Average attendance, a number
of additional teachers are due to
be allotted to the school for next
year. ,
The following call was issued
by Mayor Smithey:
"At the request of many citi
zens of the Town of Wilkesboro,
and men and women from all sec-1
tions of the Wilkesboro school
district, I, W. E. Smithey, as may
or of the Town of Wilkesboro, do
hereby call on the interested eiti
cens of our town and throughout
our school district to meet in the
Wilkesboro high school auditor
ium at 7:30 o'clock next Tues
day night, February 28, 1950, to
discuss our school building needs.
It is our belief that school build
ing funds made available by state
and county appropriations should
be divided so that we get no less
than our per capita amount
Building relief in Wilkesboro and
other places in our district is
urgent and we do not believe fur
ther delay is necessary. Join us
in letting our wishes be known.'
Signed Vf. R SMITHEY.
Mayor of Town of Wilkeeboro
This the 22nd day of Feb. 1950
Senator Graham
May Also Speak
Here March 2nd
Wilkes To Be Honored For
Having Highest Majority
Bond Vote
Governor W. Kerr Soott on
Thursday, March 2, will present
Wilkes county a plaque for hav
ing voted the largest majority in
the state for thfe state road and
school bond issue last vear.
The presentation will be at a
public program to be held at 2
p. m. in the Wilkes county court
house in Wilkesboro.
Also on March 2, U. S. Senator
Frank P. Graham is scheduled to
address a joint meeting of civic
clubs of the WilkeBboros at noon
at Hotel Wilkes In North Wilkes
boro.
Program for the two occasions
will be arranged by the steering
committee of the Wilkes Cham
ber of Commerce, which led the
fight for the bond issue in Wilkes
county.
Watson Brame is chairman of
the committee and other members
are W. J. Bason, P. E. Brown,
Max Foster, C. C. Faw, Paul Os
borne, C. B. Eller and T. E. Story.
Assisting this committee in pro
gram arrangements will be Mark
Goforth, of Lenoir, member of
the State Highway Commission
for the eighth division, and the
Roads and Education committees
of the Wilkes Chamber of Com
merce.
In Governor Scott's party for
the day will be Dr. Henry Jordan,
chairman of the State Highway
commission; Bill Snyder, publicity
director for the commission and
John Marshall, secretary to the
governor. Other officials who will
be guests will include John Walk
er, highway division engineer,
highway officials from all 10
counties in the eighth division,
members of the Wilkes county
board of commissioners and the
Wilkes county board of educa
tion.
All people of Wilkes are invited
to the meeting at the courthouse
to witness the honor to be con
ferred on Wilkes for leading the
state in majorities for state road
and school bonds. The program
will be broadcast by radio over.
station WKBC here and an am
plifying system will be Installed
at the courthouse for benefit of
the overflow crowd expected.
M. W. Green Is
A Candidate For
Clerk Of Court
North Wilkesboro Republi
can Will Be Candidate In
Primary May 27
M. W. (Watt) Greene, a promi
nent North Wilkesboro citizen,
yesterday became the first candi
date to announce for a Wilkes
county office in the 1950 primary
and election.
Mr. Greene'announced hie can
didacy for the Republican nomi
nation for clerk of superior court,
subject to the primary to be held
May 27.
Born and reared in New Castle
township, Mr. Greene has spent
his life in Wilkes county, where
he has been active in the Repub
lican party.
In early life he was a rural
mail carrier from the Ronda of
fice and was engaged in mercan
tile business at Clingman.
Mr. Greene came to North
Wilkesboro 16 years ago and for
several years traveled for North
Wilkesboro Grocery company and
later for North Wilkesboro Candy
company. During the past month
he has been county tax list taker
for North Wilkesboro township.
Here he served on the Republi
can township committee for sev
eral years. *
Office of clerk of court is now
held by C. C. Hayes, Republican,
who is completing his 16th year
as clerk.
License Examiner
To Be Away Friday
The driver license examining,
station will be closed Friday,
February 24, due to the fact that
Examiner Marvin Warren most
attend a troop meeting in Ashe
ville. *