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; The Jourial - Patriot '
INDEPENDENT IN POLITICS
Published Mondays and Thursday* at
North WiUeesboro, North Carolina
JULIUS C. HUBBARD—MRS. D. J. CABflMR
Finishers
1932—DANIEL J. CARfS»—1946
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One Year ; $2.M
(fel Wilkes and Adjoining Counties)
One Year .... |6.00
(Ovtside Wilkes and Adjoining Counties)
Rates to Tflbee in Service:
One Year (anywhere) $2.00
Batered at the postoffice at North Wilkn
boio, North Carohaa, at Seoond-OlaM matter
under Act «f March 4, 119?.
; Monday, March 20, 1950
Hear Rubinoff
Wednesday Night
On Wednesday night people in this im
mediate part of the state will have oppor
tunity to hear in person one of the truly
great artists of our time when Rubinoff
and his violin will give a concert at the
V. F. W. clubhouse, beginning at 8:30
o'clock.
Rubinoff is a renowned violinist whose
music has been enjoyed by millions
through means of radio and a limited
number of appearances. Now because he
prefers to meet people and play for them
in person he is touring the qountry and
'giving concerts.
The concert here will be under auspices
of the North Wilkesboro Lions- Club,
which will retain a portion of the price
• of very ticket to use in Lions. Club work
among J;he underprivileged in Wilkes
county...
This concert will represent an oppor
tunity of double significance — to hear
one of the greatest artists of modern times
and to aid a civic club in charities work.
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Spring Clean-Up
On Farms Urged
"With the coming of spring the earth
. takes on a new look which means that
we should help nature by making it clean
up time around the farm." County Agent
Paul Choplin, of the State College Exten
sion Service said this week.
A few hours spent now to clean out the
hazards may result in the saving of many
days during the busy season, the farm
agent asserted.
"A place for everything and everything
in its place" is the primary safety rule
emphasized by hte National Safety Coun
cil. Disorder is responsible for putting one
out of every five accident victims in the
hospital.
County Agent Choplin offered the fol
lowing clean-up hints for farm families:
Gather and dispose of all tin cans.
Pick up all loose wire. It's easier to find
before grass and weeds have grown.
Dispose of all broken glass.
Check and repair fences. 1
Fix gates so they swing easily.
' £leaii tip feed rooms, graineries, corn
cribs, Wood sheds, eid. -•» -J
Put the; farm shop in order. ~
Don't provide hiding places for rata or
breeding places for insects.
Burn all refuse, including branches
pruned from trees.
Apply paint where needed.
~I GIVE!
By the end of 1949 the Red Cross na
tional blood program had collected over
500,000 pints of blood and was operating
30 regional centers throughout the nation.
Blood is being supplied, without charge, to
some 1,650 hospitals and 80 clinics to help
insure better health and security in the
United States. Your Red Cross contribu
tion in 1950 will help this program grow.
'to the dazed victim of sudden disaster,
bewildered and disheartened by the loss
of home and loved ones, quick Red Cross
help is the generous hand of all America
to ft neighbor in need. Do your part to
fund
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The Wilkes Chamber of Commerce, an
organization, representing industries, com
mercial business firms, professions and
agriculture, is paying much attention to
encouraging agricultural progress — and
for very good reasons.
Any time that agriculture can be im
proved the good effects will be felt in all
lines of business and economics in the
county, which is predominantly rural.
{If the average yield of corn in Wilkes
county could be increased ten bushels per
acre it would mean a very substantial in
crease in the income of a great number
of people.
If the average yield per milk cow be in
creased by a few pounds per month the
aggregate total would represent a sub
stantial increase in buying power.
' If Wilkes people can be encouraged to
reforest steep and worn out lands and to
follow good management practices with
woodland in Wilkes county the forests can
continue to be a major source of income,
which is vitally important to the business
life of the county, industrially and com
mercially.
If by soil conservation practices the soil
which remains can be conserved and im
proved it will mean greater yields of all
crops for this and the following genera
tions, thus adding the lifeblood of buying
power to our economic system.
It is desperately important that business
and professional interests be vitally in
terested in the improvement of agricul
ture, which furnishes so much of our total
income.
Great strides have been made in agri
cultural progress in Wilkes County, but
the possibilities have barely been tapped.
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: LIFE'S BETTER WAY I
WALTER E. ISENHOUR
High Point, N. C., Route 4
Education
Education should make one a better man,
Not a worse. It should enable him to plan. *
More wisely his life's profession and labors,
And make one far more helpful to his neigh
bors.
It should make one a better citizen; kind,
Humble, loving, Christlike in his heart and
mind;
Honest, truthful, sober, dependable, clean,
Lifting him above the low, the vile and mean.
Education should indeed help one see God
In nature; in the flowers and in the sod;
In the tossing oceans and the sparkling rills,
In the grandeur of the mountains and the hills,
In the glowing sunshine and refreshing rain,
In the golden harvest of the valley and plain,
In real science and the better, finer arts,
And in the lives of those who have noble
hearts.
Education—not in theories that abound
With atheistic tincture that's quite unsound—
Should give one greater light on God's holy
truth
As he goes toward old age from childhood
and youth;
It should make him more manly, prayerful,
holy;
Less proud, conceited, but more lowly;
It should enable him to leave a good mark
Behind when for God's heaven he shall em
bark.
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WHEN YOU DO THE THING THAT5
WRONG
When you do the thing that's wrong,
Though it's practiced by the throng,
Do you ever stop to think
Of the bitter dregs you'll drink
Sometime out in future years,
Which may cause you many tears,
Maybe when you're old and gray,
After youth has passed away?
If you use some scheme or plan
Just to cheat your fellowman,
.Though he feels the cutting pain
At what seems to be your gain,
Don't forget there'll be a day
When you'll bow your head and say,
"I'm the one that's cheated most,
Though of this I used to boast."
Do not think that wrong will win,
For the wrong is always sin,
And we know that sin defeats
Every soul of man it meets
Who refuses God a place
To enthrone Hissaving grace
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ill illS 11X0 lliiClfl Tile fiHrLn "w" ^ ."t ,
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wnere we are to prove our worm.
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Loyalty and interest certainly
la a strong staff on which to
lean. Despite fin, rain »nd sleet
a large number of club membera
were preeeut «t Mra. T. M. Mieh
aela' on March ». If all to not told
la this report 4t will be because
the reporter waa doing some work
for a flu patient- and 801
there for a little more than re
freahmenta, which were pretty,
dainty and plentiful. They gave
me time, however, to tell all ii
knew about keeping a flock of
hens for home nee; how to eull
in order to have only top notch
layers prdacing high quality egga.
Mrs. Carlson Wagner told many
useful points about sewing and
keeping ourselves well groomed
I hung my head In shame. Follow
ing Mra. Wagner, Mrs. Mamie
Church gave a facial to Mrs. Con
nie BUer and then I did crawl un
der the couch. I knew everyone
saw all those wrinkles, tense ex-|
press ion, sagging muscles, etc., |
that could be avoided if I would
only Bplaah, mash, pat, tap, alap,
grease and rub my ugly mug.
Even If I waa humilated I must
say that Connle'a looks were im
proved and both Mrs. Wagner and
Mrs. Church gave a wonderful
demonstration which was the spot
light of the meeting.
I think Mrs. Nichols had some
thing on gardening, but 1 told you
I was late.
Because of so much flu, we de
cided not to practice for our Con
vention until 7:30, March 22, at
Mrs. Turner's. You will hear
about it later,
This brought us up to the so
cial hour, when Mrs. Michael.
Mrs. D. E. Turner and Mrs. Clyde
Shoemaker served, and we chat
ted.
"Keep your ears open for we
ope to make an announcement
soon. — Reported by Mrs. Addle
H. Jones.. "
In Green County, tobacco is
, but
are con
> to the
cub farm Income each
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Sealed Proposals will be re-j
ceived by the Wilkes
Board of Education in
of C. B. Eller, Suj
the Court House in Wilkesboro,
North Carolina, until 10 o'clock
a. to., on the 29th day of Maixh,
I960, for the construction of a
Sewage Treatment Plant at the
Union School, complete with
portenaoeee "*■* miscellaneous
work, furnishing all materials,
equipment, and labor incidental
thereto, at which time they will
be publicly opened and read.
Proposals must be on the stand
ard forms furnished by the
Wilkes County Board of Educa
tion and must be marked "Pro
posal for the construction of Sew
age Treatment Plant."
Proposal form, Specifications,
and plans are on Hie and may be
examined in the Office of the
Superintendent, Wilkesboro, N1. C.
and of the Engineer, Lenoir, N.
C. These documents may be ob
tained from the Engineer upon
deposit of five (5) dollars, all of
which will be returned upoa BI
ceipt of the documents and plans I
in good condition, within ten (10)
days after receipt of bids.
Each proposal must be accom-1
p&nied by a deposit of cash or a 1
Cashier's check issued by or a
certified check drawn on a North I
Carolina Bank or Trust Company,
payable to the Wilkes County i
Board of Education, in an a
COAL! COAL!;
For any heating pur-;
pose—delivered m any
quantity.
Lowest Prices
Vannoy's Coal Co.
Telephone 113
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mount equal to fire (6) per cent
<rf the gross price bid, the deposit
to be retained in the event of
failure of the successful bidder to
execute the contract within ten
(10) days after the award or to
give satisfactory surety as re
quired.
All applicable laws will be ob
served.
The right is reserved to reject
any or all bids and to waive in
formalities.
WILKES COUNTY BOARD OP
f EDUCATION.
By? C. O. McNIEL, Chairman
0. B. FIT J .FIR, Superintendent.
ENGINEER:
Samuel B. Howard,
Civil Engineer,
Lenoir, N. C.
NOTICE
The Board of County Commissioners of
Wilkes County will meet as an equalizing
board Monday, April 3rd, 1950 at 10:00
a. m. in their office in the Court House to
hear complaints on assessed values of
Real Estate and Personal property.
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Wilkes coiRty Hoard ot
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Commissioners
By J. C. GRAYSON, Tax Supervisor.