trading radius of 50 miles,
serving 100,000 people is
Northwestern Carolina.
The Joumol-Potriot Hps Blozed the Troil of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 43 Years
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No. 43. No. 97
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WARSAW CONCERTO INCLUDED
IN RUBINOFF CONCERT TO BE
GIVEN HERE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
John Porks Home
Burned On Sundoy
The home of John Parks, lo
cated one stile west of Ronda and
sear highway 268, waa totally
destroyed by fire Sunday morn
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The home was occupied by
John Parks and his son, Noah
Parks and family.^ Recently a
number of improvements were
made at the seven-room residence
-a
fire waa discovered by a neigh
bor soon after the family had left
for Sunday school and apparent
ly started near a flue. Practical
ly . nothing was saved from the
home and only a small amount of
insurance was carried.
Nolfcrook Trial
Set To Begin On
Wednesday A. M.
Baxter Hayes Given Sus
pended Sentence in Ac
cidental Death Mrs.
-v Sherman
Grant (Skinny) Holbrook will
SO on trial, for his life in Wilkes
Superior court Wednesday morn
ing when he will answer charges
f that he killed Paul Hemric, of
Ronda, at Holbrook's store near
Traphill December 17.
Solicitor Aralon B. Hall has
announced that the state will
ask a Verdict of first degree mur
der and will attempt to show
by witnesses that Holbrook kill
ed Hemric with a high powered
rifle following a quarrel at the
Holbrook store.
Court adjourned Friday af
ternoon until Wednesday morn
- tag after completing cases ready
for trial.
The last case heard was that ef
Baxter Hayes, charged with man
slaughter and operating a car
' while Intoxicated in connection
with the death of Hrs. A. R.
Sherman, who was killed when
she was struck by a car while
walking across a street in Wilkes
boro. \? v . • •
Judge J- C. Rudtsill heard the
evidence and passed on the case
His' verdict was guHty of operat
ing car while intoxicated and
guilty of involuntary manslaugh
ter.
On the charge of manslaught
ter Hayes was given a sentence
of ten months which was sus
pended. On charge of operating
a ear while intoxicated, he was
fined 9100 and costs and his
license to drive was revoked for
12 months,
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Grange Conference
A. planning conference of the
Wilkes County Oranges, inclnd
Music lovers here will be thrill
ed and stirred Wednesday night
at the V.F.W. Hall when they hear
Rubinoff and his violin—playing
for the first time as a violin solo
the brilliant and moving Warsaw
Concerto. The Rubinoff arrange
ment of the plaintive "pocket
concerto" brings a new warmth
and depth of expression to this
modern composition. Metropolitan
critics who have heard a special
pre-concert tour rendition of Rub
inoffs treatment of the
Concerto have unanimously ac
claimed it his "most brilliant
triumph of artistery."
All the pleas for aid to a
starving Europe and the pictures
of horror and privation eyperienc
ed in war-torn lands far away
combine and converge in dynamic
and unforgettable clarity as
America's best loved violinist puts
a new soul into the moving com
position. The composition has
more than the usual appeal to
the artist Rubinoff for its theme
of a destroyed but proud Warsaw
standing virtually alone against
the bestial Nazi blitz carries a
personal message from the maes
tro every time his bow crosses
the famed $100,000 Stradivarius-—
for it was from the Warsaw Con
servatory from which he graduat
ed at the age of 14—and it was
here in this spot, later blackened
by war, that Rubinoff was dis
covered by the late Victor Herbert
who brought him to America.
Rubinoff, who worked ceaseless
ly, many nights virtually without
an hour's sleep, to complete his
violin arrangement of the con
certo, told the brilliant young
British composer—Richard Addin
sell—that tbfi hunting strains
would not leave him. "All during
my tour of America last season,
I heard the country stirring to
Warsaw Concerto. People insisted
that J play it for them on my
violin—rand they did not seem to
understand when I explained that
no arrangement for the violin ex
isted. They still wanted Warsaw
Concerto with the warm human
rvess of the violin—and the more
I traveled—the more I heard the
Concerto—the more I realized
that I must arrange a violin solo
—I could not have rested again
if I had. not accomplished that
task." t
While the Rubinoff arrange
ment of the Warsaw Concerto
sets the pace and keynotes the
concert, the artist—favorite of
millions since his widely heard
broadcasts, moving picture appear
ances and concert tours—has un
limited scope in the list of pop
ular compositions. Styled as a
personal concert "in tune with
the times" the Rubinoff appear
ance here, (Wednesday night, 8:80
will bring a new level' of gen
eral popularity to the concert
stage.
Tickets for the Rubinoff con
cert are available from any mem
ber of the North Wilkeeboro Lions
Club, sponsor of the concert
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Mr. D. Don Laws, of Moravian
Palls, underwent a leg amputa
tion Friday at Davis hospital In
Stateevilift. Mr. Laws' eondklon
remains critical. He had been til |
rtth . 1« Infection m MBI j
Tragic Accident Kill* Man,
Woman Girl And In
jures Two Mora
Art Exhibit To
Open Or Tuesday
Favorite contemporaries as
well as the old masters will be
represented in the Pine Arts Ex
hibit to open tomorrow morning
at the North Wllkesboro school
gymnasium. The exhibit will be
open to the public from 8:46 a. m.
through 4:15 p. m. Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday and on
Thursday night from 7:00 p. m.
until 9:00 p. m.
The senior class Is sponsoring
the exhibit and members of the
elass who have studied the artists
and paintings will act as guides.
Admission Is 36 cents for
adults, 14 cents for children, and
all receipts will be In used the
purchase of paintings for the
school.
Three residents of the Mc
Grady community of W.llkes
county were Instantly killed and
two others were Injured Sunday
about noon at Landis when a car
driven by Delmont Perry was
struck by the Southern Railway's
Piedmont Limited at Corrlher's
crossing.
Those killed were PelTy, 30,
driver of the car; Mrs. Irene
Taylor, 29, wife of Henry Tay
lor; and Bernice Cleary, 16,
daughter of Raymond and Mo
zelle Cleary.
Mrs. Inn a Royal, 35, of Bal
timore, Md., sister of Mrs. Tay
lor, w&s critically injured and is
at Cabarrus General hospital at
Conoord. Henry Taylor, the other
occupant of the car, was less
seriously hurt and is a patient
at Rowan Memorial Hospital in
Salisbury.
The Wilkes group was en
route to Kknnapolls to visit a
number of relatives. They were
crossing to the west side of the
Southern's main line tracks when
the car was hit by the south
bound New York to New Orleans
limited.
Highway patrolmen said the
car driven by Perry was knocked
about 200 feet by the speeding
train. The railway roadbed was
not torn up and train traffic was
not disrupted.
J. F. Fonville, engineer on the,
train, was Quoted as saying he
did not see the car until the In
stant of the impact.
Questioned in the hospital, Mr.
Taylor said that he did not see
crossing did hot have automatic
stop signals. «"
Bernice Cleary la survived by
her father and mother and three
brothers and sisters. Mrs. Taylor
is survived by her husband.
There are no surviving children.
Delmont Perry was a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harrison Perry. All are
Residents of the McGrady com
munity.
Funerla service for Mr. Perry
will be held Tuesday, two p. m.;
at Antloch church. Miss Cleary's*.
funeral will be held Wednesday
11 a. m., at Rock Springs. Ar
rangements for the Taylor funer
al are incomplete.
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T.-P. A. PwtL
la Bnqaet Here
Carlyi© Ingle President;
Lewis Hill Jenkins,
Secretary 1
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Post L of Travelers Protective
Association held an enjoyable
banquet Thursday night at Hotel
Wilkes, when Carlyle Ingle was
elected president and Lewis Hill
Jenkins was named secretary of
the post.
The banquet was well attended
and the principal address was by
Thomas R. Yates, of Winston- (
Salem, state secretary, who de
livered a most interesting addresa.
Preliminary plans were made
for a ladies night to be field
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Home Club Leaders and Judge Camille Kelley
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Here are pictured Home Demonstration club leaders
as they chatted with the nationally famous Judge Cam
ille Kelley, speaker at the Spring Federation of Home
clubs in Elkin. On the left is Mrs. Avery Whitting
ton, of Ronda, president of the district of Home clubs.
In the center is Mrs. Kelley and on the right is Mrs.
Annie H. Greene, Wilkes Home Agent. More than 600
Home Club members attended the federation meeting
and listened with much interest as Judge Kelley lec
tured for one and one-half hours.
Lions Lay Plans
Rttbinoff Concert
Here Wednesday
North Wilkesboro Lions dab
in mooting Friday evening laid
" *ni_httl
ne#^y*hi^tlTn" thV4T. F.W. hall
uoaor sponsorship of tlfcs club.
Paul Caahton, project chair
man, explained that each member
had been sent fire tickets for the
Rubinoff concert and that each
Lion is expected to use or sell
the tickets.
The day's schedule of the fam
ous violin artist here, was also an
nounced. At 9:00 a. m. he wil be
met by a reception committee and
patrol escort at Moravian Falls.
He will arrive at Hotel Wilkes at
9:30. At 9:40 he will appear in
Wilkesboro schoOl assembly and
at 10:30 at North Wilkesboro
school. At 12 noon he will be
guest of a number of Lions and
other civic organization members
at Hotel Wilkes. At 1:15 he will
giye a matinee concert at Wilkes
boro school and at 3:00 p. m.
at * North Wilkesboro school.
Prices for matinees will be 75
cents for school children nad tea
chers and SI.80 general admis
sion from outsiders. At 5:30 Rub
inoff will be heard over radio sta
tion WKBO.
W. D. Jester, club president,
urged members to attend charter
night at Bakersville April 21 and
at Tryon April 25. .
Don Culler was inducted ara
new member by J. H. Whicker,
Jr.
The program feature Friday
evening was a movie of the Lions
International convention held in
New York City.
At the meeting Friday evening
Jim Moore was guest of. J. Floyd
Woodward; J. C. Critcher, of
Asheville, and R. B. Sparks of
Spruce Pine, were guests Of Law
rence Critcher; and . Lindsay
Cashlon was guest of his father,
Paul Cashion.
Jim Moore, a senior Iff North
SPllkesboro school, addressed the
:lub and invited all to see the
irt exhibit this week, Monday
through Thursday, in North
Wilkeeboro gymansium, and on
Thursday night, seven until nine
i'clock. He stated that the ad
mission charges will be used to
buy pictures for the school. Op
portunity will also be given for
Individuals and groups to pur
:hase famous pictures, he said.
To Serve Ham Supper
Odd Fellows lodge at Mulberry
will sponsor a ham supper to be
lerved Saturday night, March 25,
it Che Mulberry oommunlty
louse by the Mulberry Home Dft.
tnonstration dtnV, with the tW
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sharing in the pr»J
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Prices will be f t for adults
ind 60 cents for children under
P.M.A. Subject
Kiwanis Program
Here Friday Noon
Mr*. Lawrence Miller And
Mr*. Marjorie Crysel
Tell^of Farm Program
North Wilkes boro Kiwanis
club held an enjoyable meet
ing, with a varied program. Fri
day noon at Hotel Wilkes. In ad
dition to the program features
| there were a number ol other
I matters of public interest.
J. B. Williams announced the
coming of the Bubinoff program
on Wednesday night and urged
the members to attend.
Jimmie Moore, North Wilkes
boro high school senior, announc
ed an Art Exhibit to be staged in
the local High School Gymnasium
March 21 to 23 and urged the
members to attend and also re
quested that individuals or the
club purchase one or more of the
selections. Bobert Gibbs moved
that the Finance committee con
sider the purchase of one of
these pieces of art.
Program Chairman W. K.
Sturdivant presented Mrs. Law
rence Miller and Mrs. Tommy
M. Crysel, of the P. M. A. Of
fice, who gave a detailed discus
sion of the work of this program
in this county.
They stated that the prime ob
ject of this program is to im
prove the soil, the conservation
of water sources and the improve
ment and preservation of forests.
There Is a county committee
of their men elected by the people
in, charge of this program, who
are Lawrence Miller, Charlie
Miles and Hubert Roberts.
There is also a technical commit
tee of a larger number of men
who belong to the various civic
clubs and organizations. They
assist in the setting of the poli
cies and work of the program.
There is alloted from federal
funds ot Wilkes county the sum
of 185,635.00 to be us$d in carry
ing on this program, for the pur
chase of sefds, fertilisers, and
other benefits. It was stated that
last year 1731 Wilkes farms par
ticipated in the program and that
many of these were small farms,
some as small as 5 acres.
Quests Friday were as fbl-l
lows: A. I». Snow with Paul]
Vestal; Jimmie Moore with R. N.
Wooten; - Richard Chamberlain |
with Dr. A. C. Chamberlain; J.
Ployd Woodward with Ira D.
Pa^me; P. E. Hatton with Joe I
McCoy; R. C. Garrison and R.
DeVivers, of Orand Rapids, Mich
igan. with John B. Justice; Mm
W. K. Sturdivaat, Mrs. Lawrence
Miller and Mr*. Tommy Crysel
with W, K. Stui
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Given li
In Curl
Only 900 Of Wilkes' Pop
ulation Of About 50,000
Have Given To Date
Total contributed to the
Wilkes Red Cross fund campaign
to date this month Is $8,801.32.
This amount Is .far short of the
$7,800 goal for the county.
The amount contributed to
date has been given by about 900
contributors, which is less than
two per cent of th» people of
Wilkes county.
Various factors hare handicap
ped the drive. There has been an
epidemic of flu and colds In the
county, and several of the key
workers have been 111 and un
able to work In their respective
communities. Weather has been
very - bad much of the time and
canvassers have not found suit
able time to see the people.
W. G. Gabriel, fund chairman,
said today that he believed the
people of Wilkes oounty, who have
been responsive to previous Red
Cross roll calls, will rally to the
cause and raise the necessary
money for the Red Cross to carry
on its splendid iwork here in
Wilkes county and for disaster;
relief in the nation.
However, it is necessary that
workers call on the people and
give them direct opportunity to
give. Commenting on the cam
paign, Mr. Gabriel stated that sev
eral workers have done splendid
service in the campaign and
have contacted all the people In
their respective areas.
The appeal is being made tor
the work***, to coaplet* tfeetr
tasks as early as possible, and for
those who are not contacted to
carry or mail their contributions
to the Wilkes Red Cross chap
ter, which has office over the
Tomlinson Department store on B
street in North Wilkesboro.
The services of the Red Cross
chapter ar© vital to the people,
and the quota not raised will nec
essarily mean that the services of
the chapter must be curtailed ac
cordingly.
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County Board Of
Elections Named
North Carolina State Board of I
elections on Saturday released]
lists of appointments for the 100
county boards of elections in the
state.
For Wilkes county the Demo
cratic members are Attorney Ro
bert G&mbill and Carl J. Jones.
Attorney Kyle Hayes is the Re
publican member.
With the two Democratic mem
bers named first, following are
appointments for other counties
in this immediate part of the
state:
Alexander—Paul S. Lackey, E.
C. Goble and Garfield Jennings.
Alleghany—Amon Edwards, Ar
thur Greene and S. S. Landreth.
Ashe—H. H. Lemly, - Oscar
Houck and Edward Osborne.
Caldwell—A., F. Torrence, Mar
cus Greer and Frank L. Smith,
Jr.
Surry—A. P. Folk, R. C. Free
man and Warren H. Alberty.
Yadkin—Paul Speer, Fred , J;
Brandon and 3. W. Vestal.
.Watauga—R. T. Greer, D. M.
Edmisten and Clyde R. Greene.
Iredell—Floy Wilkinson, Zeb V.
Long and Fred Lowrance.
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Marriage License
License to wed were issued
during the past two weeks by
Troy C. Foster, Wilkes register
of deeds, to the following: James
I Roberts, McGrady, and Lucille
Brewer, North Wilkesboro; Ro
bert Lee Brown and Zelma Roope,
both of Halls Mills; Dewey Pre
vette and Mary Cothren, both of
Lomax; Clyde Watkins, North
Wilkesboro route one, and Ines.
McNeill, Milters Cr»ek; john|
' allsrsmethjort;' Nelson C. Jack
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Hos No Opposition
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JUDGE JULIUS A. ROUSSEAU
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Judge Rousseaa
Is Unopposed For
Office Of Jwlge
Judge Julius A. Rousseau, who
has filed to succeed himself m
Superior Court judge of the lTth
judicial district, is unopposed for
the Democratic nomination and no
Republican candidate filed for the
post.
Judge Rousseau is now complet
ing his second term of eight
years. He was first elected judge
of the 17th judicial district six*
teen years ago following retire
ment of the late Judge T. B. Fin
ley, of North Wilkesboro. Ha waa
also unopposed for the office
eight years ago.
Wilkes District
Scout Meetiig
Tuesday Night
The Wilkes District committee.
Old Hickory council, Boy Scouts
of America, will meet on Tuesday
night, March 21st 7:30 p. m. at
the Reins-Sturdiyant Chapel in
North Wilkes bo ro. A. large atten
dance of Scout leaders from the
county is expected.
At the meeting plans for or
ganizing new troops and Cub
Packs will be completed. The
spring camporee that will take
place in May will be discussed.
All Scout troops will be urged to
start their patrol camping pro
grams at once in order to be
ready for the keen compititlon
expected in this years comporee.
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Bloodshed Boxscore
On N. C. Highways
Killed March 14 through March
16, 5.
Injured March 14 through.
March 16, 61.
Killed through March 16 thla
year, 166.
Killed through March 16, 1949,
166.
Injured through March 16 this
fear, 2,068.
Injured, .through March 16,
1949, 1,676.
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Musical Arts Club
Will Meet Thursday
Musical Art« club will meet
riwrsday, eight p. m., at the
home of Mrs. Andrew Casey with
Misses Ruth King Wood, Reb
scca Raper and Ruby Blackburn
u associate hostesses. For the
program Mrs. Qwyn Gam bill will
render a piano solo and Mrs.
Charles Ziliak will give a musical
reading.