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Northwestern Carolina.
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Vol Wo. 43, No. 89 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO. N. C.. Monday. February 27. 1950 Mata tiarth wiik??hnm Ymu- civmniM r
Wilkes Republican
Convention Mar. 11
Meetings Will Be
Held March 10th
At Voting Places
Convention Call Issued By
Chairman Eller And
Secretary Story
Republicans of Wilkes county
will hold their county convention
at the Wilkes county courthouse
at 2 p. m. on Saturday, March
11, B. R'. Eller, chairman of the
Wilkes Republican Executive
Committee, said today.
Meetings for the organisation
of precincts will be held at the
precinct polling places at 4 p. m.
Friday, March 10.
f At the county convention the
county organization will be per
fected and delegates will be nam
ed to the state convention to be
held In Charlotte, Tuesday, March
14.
Following is the call of the
convention as issued by Chairman
B. R. Eller and Secretary T. E
8tory:
"The Republican county con
vention for Wllkee county is here
by called to meet at the court
house In Wllkee bo ro on Saturday,
at 2 p. m., March 11, 1250.
"At this convention a county
chairman, vice-chairman, secre
tary and members of the County
Executive Committee will be
elected. Delegates to the Republi
can State convention to be held
Tuesday, March 14, also delegates
to the Congressional and the Sen
atorial Conventions will all be
elected at this meeting, and such
other business as may properly
come before the convention will
be transacted.
"The Republican township
meetings will be held at the vari
ous voting places at 4 p. m. on
Friday, March 10, 1050, at which
time a precinct organization shall
be perfected and the following of
ficers elected. A chairman, a vice
chairman, a secretary, a member
of the township committee. At
least one of the officers should
be s woman and the extra mem
ber of the township oommittee
should be a veteran of World War
n.
"Also the precinct shall elect
delegates and alternates to the
County Convention to be held
March 11, one delegate and one
alternate for each 50 votes cast
in the last election for Republi
can candidate for Governor.
"Please have a full and repre
sentative delegation at the eon*
"".Ration from your township."
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Mrs. Elzina Brown
Funeral Thursday
^ Funeral service was Thursday
X p. m., at Charity Methodist
church between Elkin and Trap
hill for Mrs. Elsina Osborne
Brown, 94-year-old resident of
the Traphill community who died
early Wednesday.
Mrs. Brown, widow of the late
8. F. Brown, is survived by three
sons: C. D. Brown, of Swanan
noa; Burt C. and Paul 8. Brown,
of Traphill; and one half-sister,
Margaret Osborne, of High Point.
Mrs. T. W. Parsons
Funeral Thursday
Funeral service was Thursday
at 3 p. m. at Little Rock Baptist
church for Mrs. Rosa Ella Par
sons, 72, resident of the Boomer
community who died early Wed
nesday. Rev. A. W. Eller and Rev.
Otto Johnson conducted the ser
vice.
Mrs. Parsons was born Novem
ber 26, 1877, daughter of the late
Jonah and Susie White Pennell.
She was married to Tllford W.
Parsons, of Boomer, who survives.
Other survivors are five sons:
Ben F. Parsons, of Lenoir; Tur
ner Parsons, of Hickory; Carl
Parsons, of Vale; Ray and Ralph
Parsons, of Boomer.
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Coon Hunters Club
Will Meet Friday
Next meeting of the Wilkes
Coon Hunters club will be held
Friday, March 3, 8 p. m., at Ray
Mlnton's garage one mile west of
this city on highway 421. All
members are asked to attend.
Program Given
For Concert By
Symphony Here
Under the direction of Benja
min Swalln, the North Carolina
Little Symphony will come to
North Wilkesboro for concerts
Thursday, March 2.
An admission-free program will
be played in the afternoon for the
children of the city's grammar
school by the orchestra. The adult
concert is scheduled for North
Wilkesboro school auditorium at
8 p. m. according to Miss Dorothy
Jennings, local symphony chair
"Pope" concert. Initiated last
season, will be continued this sea
son by the orchestra. A large re
pertorie has been selected by Dr.
Swallne for this seasons's tour
to insure varied and enjoyable
programs tor symphony society
members who wish to hear several
concerts by the Little and Pull
Symphony in their vidnity. A
membership card in the symphony
society will admit a member to
all society sponsored concerts
throughout the state in the sea
son ahead.
Thursday night's program in
cludes:
Dvorak, Largo from Symphony
No. 5 ("New World").
Haydn, Symphony No. 88 in C
Major.
1. Slow?Lively.
2. Broad.
3. Minuet.
4. Lively and spirited.
Intermission
Olasounov, "Autumn and Win
ter" from the Seasons.
Taehalkowaky, "None But the
Lonely Hearts."
Anderson, "Sleigh Ride."
Aw^erson, "Fiddle-Paddle"
Daniels, "Deep Forest".
Guion*, Turkey in the Straw.
Strauss. Walts, "Thousand and
One Nights."
?Arranger.
RED CROSS FUND CHAIRMAN
GIVEN FACTS ABOUT QUOTA
In a meeting of chapter work
ers last Thursday afternoon, W.
G. Gabriel, 1950 Red Cross Fund
Chairman for Wilkes county,
?made this statement abont the
purposes for which yonr Red
Cross dollars go. He said, "Be
cause in this day of unrest and
suspicion we are thankful for the
existence of the great humani
tarian organisation, the Ameri
can Red Cross, and because we
are grateful for its work in our
county and nation, we hare un
dertaken the responsibility of
leadership in raising the 1960 Red
Cross fund quota of 17,800 for!
j'JPIlkes county. About two-thirds
of this amount or about $5,000
is necessary for the operation of
the local chapter office, mainten
ance of chapter car, giving emer
gency message service, and the
, many other services rendered
dally to active members of the
armed forces and their families
and to Wilkes veterans and their
families, and for the small emer
gency grants which we have been
making in cases of one-family
fires in Wilkes county."
According to Mr. Gabriel the
remaining third, an amount less
| than $3,000, Is our portion for
I the national organization which
I is our disaster relief agency for
the nation, which last year aided
victims of some 330 disasters
throughout the United States.
Last year our national organiza
tion maintained 2,000 Red Cress
workers serving the armed forces
on military posts in this country
and overseas and handled 775,
000 cases involving Bervicemen
and their families; maintained
veterans claims liason service in
all Veterans Administration offi
ces; service in veterans hospitals;
further extended the national
blood program; maintained home
nursing, first aid and water
safety programs and other serv
ices, too numerous to mention,
but all organised to give a help
ing hand when needed. Mr. Gam
riel stated that the slogan for this
year is "All May Help" and urg
ed his workers to complete solici
tations as early as possible in
March.
Camp Rally Will Be
Held On March 4th
Wilkes County Girl Scout As
sociation will conduct a camp ral
ly to be held Saturday, March 4,
at Smoot Park, if weather per
mits, and at the Legion clubhouse
in the event of bad weather. The
time will b? 2 p. m.
All Scouts who attended the
Mountain View camp, thier pa
rents and counsellors are urged to
attend. There will be songs, games
and stunts. All who will attend
are asked to notify Mrs. Walter
Newton.
X-Ray Clinics At
Wilkes Hospital
X-Ray clinics are now being
held regularly at the Wllkee hos
pital on Thursday mornings by
Dr. J. P. Rousseau and Dr. Ay
cock, 0t Winston-Salem. Those
desiring appointment may phone
the Wllkee hospital at any time.
J. Allie Hayes
Files For Office
State Solicitor
J. Allie Hayes, prominent local
attorney, in Raleigh Wednesday
officially filed as a candidate tor
solicitor on the Republican ticket
in the 17th judicial district and
paid his filing fee of $&5.
Mr. Hayes announced as a can
didate several weeks ago and has
been waging an active campaign
in the five counties in the district
?Wilkes, Yadkin, Davie, Avery
and Mitchell counties. Avalon B.
Hall, of Yadkinville, who is com
pleting his 12th year as solicitor,
is an announced candidate for the
office.
Mr. Hayes was the first can
didate to file for a state office.
MILLERS CREEK GIRLS AND
WILKESBORO BOYS CHAMPIONS
WILKES COUNTY BASKETBALL
The Wilkes county basketball
tournament drew to an exciting
finish Saturday night with Mll
1 lers Creek girls and Wilkeeboro
boys emerging champions of
Wilkes county.
More than a thousand fans, all
who could get Into the spacious
Wllkesboro gymnasium, were
stunned as fourth-seeded Millers
Creek girls for the second night
In a row knocked off seeded
teams and took the championship,
winning from Mountain View 38
to 37, In the waning minutes. On
Friday night they beat North
Wllkesboro, 28 to 2?.
Wilkeeboro boys' 87 to 34 vio
tory over Traphlll furnished a
fitting climax to a tournament
that was marked by spirited play
and superb sportsmanship. The
game quint from Traphlll was
rery much In the game all the
way. The lead see-sawed through
most of the game and the begin
ning of the final period found
Traphlll ahead 24 to 23. At the
end of the first it was 10-10, and
at halftime Wllkesboro had a 15
14 lead.
In the girls' game Millers Creek
for the second night In a row just
wouldn't believe the form sheets
and refused to be beaten. At half
time the favored Mountain View
team, which had beaten with ease
moBt of the county teams in reg
ular season play, had an impres
sive 10-point lead, 25-15. At the
three-quarter mark it was 33-30.
With less than three minutes to
go the score was tied. WUla Jean
Snider hit a free-throw and Rach
el Harrold a field goal for Mil
lers Creek. Carrie Anderson,
tournament's high scorer, hit a
field goal in final seconds to leave
Millers Creek one point ahead.
The boys' game featured co
ordinate team play on both sides.
Dean Edwards led scoring for
Wllkesboro with 11 and Buddy
Smith hit 16 tor Traphlll. In the
male bracket the tournament
more nearly followed the form
sheet, with Wilkeeboro seeded
number 1 and Traphlll one of
three recognised contenders for
second rating.
! Lineups and summaries:
Girls' Game
ML Creek 88 8T Mtn. VIem
Harrold 22 18 Anderson
W. Snider 12 ? 14 B. Key
Huffman 2 2 A. Key
McNeil Byrd
Woodie Rhodee
G. Snider Harrold
Substitutes: Millers Creek ?
H. Snider, Church 2. Mountain
View ? Wiles 3.
Boys' Game
Wllkesboro 87 84 Traphlll
Triplett 8 _ IS Smith
Emerson 5 1 Bowers
Edwards 11 7 Yale
Joe Garwood 4 6 Bryan
John Garwod 8 4 Warren
Substitutes: Wilkeeboro ? Fi
ler 1, B. Hubbard.
Attractive trophies were pre
sented the champion teams by
Marvin Walsh, athletic commit
tee chairman of the North Wllkes
boro Optimist club, which very
successfully sponsored the tour
nament. Runner-up trophies were
als0 presented.
Sportsmanship trophies were
presented to Mount Pleasant girls
and Mountain View boys for dis
playing outstanding sportsman
ship during the tournament.
These teams were selected by of
ficials and members of the judg
ing committee and coaches.
Friday Results
Semi- finals Friday night were
played before a capacity crowd
that was afforded plenty of
thrills by the spirited play of all
participating teams, la the first
game Mountain View girls ran
up a big score to defeat Traphlll
65 to 50, as Carrie Anderson
poured in 31 points. Holbrook
and Cooper formed a pair of high
scoring forwards for Traphlll,
scoring 19 and 18 points respec
tively.
Wilkesboro boys won 37 to 27
from Millers Creek, as Dean Ed
wards, Joe and John Garwood
furnished the scoring. Millers
Creek was handicapped in not
being able to garner their share
of rebounds from the fast playing
Ramblers.
(See Tournament ? Page 10)
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K. of P. Sponsor i
Speaking Contest
In High Schools
Knights of Pythias lodge will
again sponsor a speaking contest
(or high school students.
"Fifty Tears Hence" will be
the topic of the contest. Schools
will select winners who will com
pete for first place la the county, i
which carries a prise of 125.
The grand prise In the national
contest at Grand Rapids, Mlch.,|
will be a S2,600 scholadshlp.
Following are rules and regu
lations for the contest:
1. Any high Bchool boy or girl
in Wilkes county to whom this
material is presented.
2. Each school to hare one rep
resentative selected by an elimi
nation contest to be conducated
in each school represented and
to be completed not later than
April 1, 1950.
3. Prizes:
1st. $25.00
2nd. 15.00
3rd. 10.00
4th. ? 5.00
The fourth prize, $5.00, will
be given to each participant. In
addition to these cash prizes there
will be presented to the school
winning the first prize, a trophy
to be retained by the schoqj until
won by another. If won three suc
cessive times by the same school
the trophy then becomes the prop
erty of said school.
4. Winner of local contest will
be entered by the Lodge in the
State contest at the expense of
the Lodge.
5. Ultimate Prize: $1,000.00
Grand Prise Scholarship to any
college or university.
6. All final contest rules can be
obtained from information chart
in hand of high school principal
or teacher.
Wilkesboro School
Meet Tuesday Nite
Wilkesboro Mayor W. B.
Smithey has called a meeting of
citizens of the Wilkesboro school
district to be held Tuesday night,
7:30, at the school auditorium to
discuss school building needs in
Wilkesboro.
Mayor Smithey in his call for
the meeting stated that all citi
zens and school patrons in the en
tire Wilkesboro district are invit
ed and urged t0 attend the meet
ing.
With an enrollment of 1,440,
Wilkesboro school will be entitled
to additional teachers next year,
but the school now is overcrowded
with classes being held in halls,
in the auditorium and at every
available space in the buildings.
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Support The Red Cross
Miss Chambers Will
Speak March 2 At
Wilkesboro Church
Miss Irene Chambers, of Mem
phis, Tenn., field representative
of the Home Mission Board, will
speak at - Wilkesboro Baptist
church on Thursday, March 2, at
7:30 o'clock. This will be a spec
ial serrloe during the Week of
Prayer for home missions for all
the churches in this section of
the State.
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Frank Smithey Is
Shot and Killed by
Wife Sunday A.M.
Bullet From Small Gun Sev
| er? Artery, Man Bleeds
To Death
Frank Smithey, 66-year-old
Oakwoods community resident,
was shot and killed at 10:30 a. m.
Sunday at the home of his es
tranged wife, Mrs. Hessie Brown
Smithey, on the Moravian Falls
road, 1 1-2 miles south of
Wilkes boro.
Mrs. 8mithey, whom officers
said confessed to the shooting, is
In jail at Wilkes boro on charge of
murder.
Deputy 8heriff A. H. Holbrook
at the Wilkes jail received a call
to go to the home of^Mrs. Smithey
just after 10:30. When he, with
Deputy R. W. Edwards, arrived
at the home they found Frank
Smithey lying wounded in the
yard of the home, about 18 feet
from the front door.
"It's Frank, 1 shot him", Mrs.
Smithey was quoted as telling the
deputies. He had a . wound In the
right Bide of his abdomen near
his hip bone.. An ambulance was
called and he was carried to the
hospital here, but died lu a very
%w minutes. Officers said he lived
about 46 minutes after he was
shot and that he bled to death in
ternally .The bullet from a .22
calibre target pistol, severed an
artery in his left side.
The officers quoted Mrs. Smith
ey as saying that Frank went tc
her home and asked to see their
small daughter, who lives wltt
the mother. She said she refused
him permission to enter the house
because he was drinking. They
scuffeled near the porch, she told
officers, and she went in the
house for the small pistol. She
further told that she shot around
his feet a number of times and
then fired the shot which struck
him in the right side. There were
six empty cartridges and three
loaded ones In the gun.
Officers said that Frank and
Hessie Smithey were married, di
vorced, re-married and separated
again. He had been residing re
cently with his mother, Mrs. Jim
Smithey, at Oakwoods. Formerly
a furniture worker, he more re
cently had been working at a saw
mill.
In the slain man's pockets was
a pair of small gloves, which of
flrers said he problably had to
give to his small daughter. There
are five children, three of whom
are married and live away. Only
the two younger children live at
home and the youngest, a daugb
teer age about 7, was at the home,
at the time of the Bhootlng.
Funeral arrangements are in
complete.
First Baptist In
Week Of Prayer
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The women of the First Baptist
church this week are observing
the Week of Prayer for home
missions, with a number of in
teresting programs planned this
week.
On Monday at 7:30 in the eve
ning a meeting will be held at
Reins-Sturdivant chapel with
Circle No. 5 to be in charge of
the program; on Tuesday evening
at 7:30, a program will be given
by Circle No. 1 at the home of
Mrs. Jay Brookshire on Ninth
street. For Wednesday evening,
7:30, at the church, Circle No. 2
will be assisted by a number of
the men in conducting the ser
vice; and on Thursday evening,
7:45 the members will join the
Wilkeeboro Baptist church in
their series of Fellowship serv
ices. The concluding program will
be given Friday morning, 10
o'clock, at the home of Mrs. John
T. Wayland.
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Sweet whey, a dairy by-product
rich in food value which is often
wasted or otherwise utilised in
efficiently, can be used success
fully in the commercitl manufac
ture of bakery foods, says the
U.8.D.A..
North Wilkesboro
And Millers Creek
.Will Ploy Tuesdoy
North Wilkesboro and Millers
[Ireeh high school teams will close
regular season basketball play
Tuesday night at Millers Creek,
with the girls' game beginning
at 7:30.
In an early season game North
Wilkesboro boys and girls won
and competition is expected to be
keen In the second meeting of the
teams'.
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Many From Wilkes
At ; Lincoln Dinner
Held In Charlotte
National Chairman Gabriel
son ! and Kansas Senator
I Schoeppel Speak
Wilkes county Republicans
were jnuch in evidence at the
North I Carolina Lincoln Day din
ner hdld Saturday at Hotel Char
lotte in Charlotte.
Statfe convention of Young Re
publican clubs was held in the af
ternoop, with the feature address
by Senator A. F. Schoeppel, of
Kansas. William Cobb, of Morg
anton, was elected president;
Gerald Chandler, of Wake Forest,
,and Carolyn Richardson, were
elected vice presidents. Dick Wil
liams and Anne Hlokman were
named national committeemen.
The Wilkes delegation of nine
was headed by Isaac Eller, presi
dent of the Wilkes Young Repub
lican club.
National Chairman Gabrielson
made a forceful speech at the din
ner meeting Saturday evening, in
which he attacked the Truman ad
ministration for what he termed
socialistic practices.
More than 444 attended the
dinner, which was one of the most
enthusiastic ever held in the
State.
Those attending from Wilkes
county included E. R. Eller, T. E.
Story, A. B. Somers, Dewey Par
ker, Claude Kennedy, T. R. Bry
ant, I, J. Broyhlll, Vernon Broy
hlll, Jack Hoots, Mrs. Jack Hoots,
Jacob Hoots, W. S. Fletcher, W.
M. Green, Isaac Eller, Claude Bil
lings, Jr., Stacy Pardue, J. Al
lie Hayes, H. P. Eller, Paul Os
borne, Troy Foster, Mr. and Mrs.
Boss Blackburn, Clifton Prevette,
Kyle Hayes, Kenneth Moore, Mr.
and Mrs. Edwin Jennings, Carl
MoCarter, Dewey Turner, Perry
Lowp, Garnlce Blackburn, Lake
Messick, Ed Crysel, Everett Huff
man, Charlie Hanes, Earl Lowe.
Turner Lenderman, Paul Black
burn, John Tharpe, Shelmar
Blackburn, Mr. Myers, Mr. and
Mrs, Claude Anderson, Claude
Billings, Grady Holbrook, Kermit
Pruitt, Thomas Sherman Bryan.
If any names were omitted
from this list, please notify T. E.
Story, secretary of the Republican
Executive committee of Wilkes
county, and their names will be
published later.
Open House For
{Agriculture Dept.
' Wednesday P. M.
Qpen house will be observed
Wednesday afternoon, 12 noon
untfl 5 p. m., at the Wilkeaboro
high school vocational agriculture
department.
Cjn display will be exhibits
showing some of the accomplish*
merit8 of the department, and the
public is cordially invited to the
opep house.
State and county officials will
me^t the people during the open
bouse hours.
Governor Scott, ..
Senator Graham
Will Speak Here
Governor To Present Plaque
To Wilkes County Thurs
day, 2 p.m.
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Arrangements hare been com
pleted for the visit of Got. W.
Kerr Scott here Thursday, March.
2, to present a plaque to Wilkes
county for having voted the larg
est majority In the State for the
State road and school bond prd
posals In the special eleotlon last
year.
The plaque will be presented la
a public program, beginning at
2 p. m., at the Wilkes county
courthouse, at which time Gover
nor Scott will address the peo
ple.
Another highlight of the day
will be a joint luncheon of Kb
wants, Lions and Optimists Thurs*
day noon at Hotel Wilkes, at
which time Senator Prank Gra
ham will deliver the feature ad
drees and Governar Scott will
speak briefly.
Dr. B. N. Phillips, Klwanis
president, will preside.
Chairman Watson Brame will
present members of the county
steeling committee which led ths
fight for road and school bonds
and have been In charge of ar
rangements for the programs here
Thursday. Members of this com
mittee are as follows: Chairman
Watson Brame, W. J. Bason, C.
C. Faw. Sr., C. B. Eller, C. C.
Slddeq, Max Foster, Paul Os
borne, P. E. Brown.
C. C. Faw, Sr., will present
Senator Graham.
At the courthouse at 2 p. m.,
Watson Brame will open the
meeting and C. C. Faw, Sr., will
preside. Members of the steering
committee, officials of Wilkes
county and visiting officials from
other counties in the eighth di
vision will be recognized.
W. J. Bason will present Gov
ernor Scott, who will present the
plaqus honoring Wilkes county.
W. Virginia Men
Are Caught Here
Police have arrested two West
Virginia men and reoovered (648
worth of copper stolen from three
coal mines in West Virginia.
Arrested were Archie Densel,
36, of Amanta, W. Va., and Clar
ence Kennedy, 20, of Yukon. W.
Va. They were returned to West
Virginia to face theft charges.
Police Sergeant Carlyle Staley
made the arrest. He noticed that
the panel truck driven by Densel
had a West Virginia license plate,
over which was taped a Virginia
license plate. The men had tried
to sell the copper here.
The loot consisted of thre*
spools of copper trolley wire.
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Lane's Photo Studio
Is In Business Hero
Lane studio ia now open for
business 1q this community with a
new type of photograhic Berries.
The Btudio la owned and oper
ated by S. Lane Atkinson, Sr., and
the work will be done by 8. Lane
Atkinson, Jr., a highly talented
pbottfjrapher with several years
experience in photography.
Lane's Studio will feature por
traits and photographs which may
be made in the home in natural
surroundings of the customers
and will be done by appointment
only. ?
Woman of the month" in
WILKES WILL BE SELECTED
Jhe American Home Commit
tee of the Junior Woman's clnb
In 'conjunction with the Anne
ityrtin radio program of WKBC
Is t sponsoring the selection of
wjlkes county's Woman of the
Month. Nominations may be made
jy any individual ar group in the
'orm of a letter addressed to,
Vnne Martin care WKBC, North
wftkesboro, N. C. The letter must
n<Aude the nominee's "quallflca
iofas.
The judges will be selected'
>ach month from the Junior!
Roman's club. The nominees will j
remain anonymous to the judges.
Nominations may be made now
through March 20. Any nomina
tion .received after March 20 will
be considered on the next month.
The announcement of the tom
an selected" will be made on the
last Anne Martin broadcast of the
month. The Woman of the Mpnth
will be interviewed on the Anne
Martin program. '. ?
At the end of the year one
nominee of the group selected
each month will be selected aa
The Woman of the Tear. Any
woman over 21 years of age, ex
cept members of the Junior Wom
an's club Is eligible.