North WilkeabotD Has a
trading radius of 50 milea,
serving 100,000 people in
The Jourogl-Pqtriot Has
ed the Trail of Progress tn the "State of Wilkes" For
NORTH WILKESB0R0, It. C.. Thursday. March 30. 1950
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NEW BUILDING OF MORAVIAN FALLS BAPTIST CHURCH
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Here is pictured the new building of Moravian Falls Baptist church, which -1s
now nearing completion and will be one of the best rural church buildings in this
part of the state. The church edifice contains an auditorium large enough to seat
360 people, and ten Sunday school rooms. The building has a modern oil heating
plant. Construction of the new church has progressed well and to date has cost ap
proximately $17,000 in cash and $2,000 in donated labor. The church is now in
use and is complete except for laying of a hardwood floor and installation of
pews. This work is expected to cost $5,000 and contributions are now being re
ceived to complete the job. Building committee in charge of erection of the church
is composed of L. G. Critcher, chairman, W. C. Hendren, »enet>»y, P. G. Smithey,
construction foreman, R. A. Greer, Cyru» Brown, Irving EBer, and J. Earl NichoU.
Rev. Dean Minton, of North WQkesboro, is pastor of the church. (Photo by S. Lane
Atkinson^ Jr.) |
FARM TOUR, CORN CONTEST,
FARM HOME IMPROVEMENT
t^mjECTS ARE NSCRSEO
Farm tour, corn yield contest
and farm improvement project
are three of the big projects on
the 1950 agenda of the General
Agriculture and Soil Conserva
tion division 'of the Wilkes
Chamber of Commerce Agricul
tural committee.
Members of, this division com
mittee -were guests of Chairman
Sam Winters at a dinner meet
tog at the Parkway Cafe when
preliminary plans were laid.
Other members attending were
W. K. Sturdivant, general chair
man, Jake Church, Paul Choplin,
Paul Church, Fred Davis, Burl
Hayes W. C. Knneman, R. E.
Dunn, G. G. Wellborn, W. A.
McClendon, Irvin Key and Tom
Jenrette.
Opening the meeting Chairman
Winters reviewed objectives of
Elbe division, including develop
ment of markets, cooperation with
agricultural teachers, farm tours,
corn yield contest, farm home
improvement project, encourag
ing production of Turkish tobac
co, promotion of good farm prac
tices, inform business men of
the importance of balanced farm
program.
Plans were made for a farm
tour in Wilkes in late spring or
early summer. Purpose of the
tour, which will have framers
and business men together, will
be to view good practices in var
ious phases of farming, including
pastures, hay production, small
grains, dairy production, barns,
beef cattle, poultry, forestry, wild
life, calves from artifical breed
tog, hogs and hog pastures.
Cash prizes will again be given
the first five farmers in the con
test for greatest corn yields per
acre.
v The division committee dis
at length a farm home im
project. A committee
was named to formulate definite
plans and to select three farms,
frem which the entire commit
tee will select the one to be used
in the project. September 8 or
IS was suggested for the date
and many farm Implement and
supply dealers are expected to
participate. i
Church
Nursery
Millers. Creek
Theatre To Open
Saturday Night
Millers Creek Drive In Theatre
plans a big spring opening on
Saturday night, April 1.
Neil and' Boy Cashion, owners,
said in announcing the opening
that many improvements were
made at the theatre during the
winter season and that all is in
readiness for the opening.
Splendid attractions have been
booked for opening week of the
theatre. The theatre program is
contained in the threatfe's ad
vertisement on page eight of sec
tion 2 of this hewspaper.- •• -•
The first show will start at
seven p. m.
Food Sale
The Woman's Bible class of
the First Methodist church is
sponsoring a food sale on Sat
urday, April 8th, at the North
western Wallpaper and Paint
Company on Main street. The
sale will begin at nine o'clock.
Various kinds of cakes will in
clude pound, chocolate, cocoa
nut, angle food fudge, and
cookies. Pies and attractive
home-made aprons will also be
on sale. Mrs. Ivey Moore Is in
charge Of arrangements.
Biggest Still
b Destroyed
Largest illicit still ever located
In Wilkes county was destroyed
Wednesday night In the Ingle
Hollow community of southeast
ern Wilkes by Alcohol Tai Unit
investigators.
ATU agents said the 510 gal
lon still with 8600 gallon capaci
ty box fennenters was believed
to be one of the largest moon
shine outfits ever taken. Whiskey
located and destroyed totaled 75
gallons. The still had four up
right coke burning boilers With
smokestacks.
Four operators were arrested.
Th$y -were Ernest Money, white,
and three colored men—Artis
Gentry, Walter Parks and Oar
field Wellborn. The four filled
bonds for trial In the May term
of federal court at Wllkesboro.
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Miss Pat Foster baa returned
t£iS7A%g9iSst
Dove Wallace In ~
Police Deportment
Asking Chicken* Be
Confined In City
vfearf-H A*
' Folic. Chief J. *' WUkprwVj
*d that chickens kept to North
Wilkeeboro must he confined.
Complaints that nel«^ra
chickens are playing havd£*rtt
newly planted gardens is » bum
sign that spring is Just around
the corner aad the police depart
ment has received such complaints
this week. Chicken owners wUl
gave themselves much grief by
keeping their chickens off neigh
bors' gardens, Chief Walker said.
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Wilkesboro Club
Hears LL Ray On
Tuesday Eveaint
Club Discusses Application
Of Telephone Company
For Rate Increase
Wilkesboro Business and Pro
fesslonal Men's club held a verj
interesting meeting Tuesday even
tag at the Wilkesboro commun
ity house. Robert M. Gamblll
president, presided over the meet
ing, which was attended by i
large number of members.
Tom Jenrette, manager of thf
Wilkes Chamber of Commerce
discussed the application of Cen
tral Telephone company for in
crease in telephone rates. Var
ious members of the club join
in this discussion and the mat
ter was referred to the civic com
mittee of the club with request
for further study and informa
tion. . ,
Jim Bean wis in charge of the
program and he presented Bar
ney B. Broome, who introduced
the speaker of the evening, I* I*
Ray, executive secretory of the
North Carolina Dairy Producers
Association.
Mr. Ray talked very interest
ingly about the dairy industry
in North Carolina, saying thai
the state Is idealy situated to be
come a leader in dairy produc
tion instead of having to import
many dairy products from othei
states.
He compared North Carolina tc
Wisconsin, which does not have
the advantages for dairy farm
ing that can be found in North
Carolina. In North Carolina there
U one cow to eteh eight inhabl
tonts while to Wisconsin there It
one cow for every parson to the
state.
Mr. Ray stated that dairy pro
duction to North Carolina hai
doubled to the part 1#
hss good opportunity u> «
Boarc) Of Elections Divides
Township And Orders
New Registration
North Wllkesboro township,
which had been one of the vlarg*
est voting precincts in the state,
will be divided Into three pre
cincts. j f
Order of vw Wilkes county
board of eleetlofes was published
today to divide the large town
Bhip into three precincts, which
wlU.be designated as North W11-,
kesboro 1, 2, and 8.
North Wilkesboro number 1
will 'be comprised of the corpor
ate limits of the -town of North
Wllkesboro and the voting place
will be the North, Wllkesboro
town hall. 5?
North Wllkesboro number 2
will contain that part of North
Wllkesboro township west of Red
dies River and the polling place
will be «t or near Moore's Gro
cery on highway 421 two miles
west pf this city.
North Wllkesboro • number 3
will contain all of North Wllkes
boro township which is not in
eluded in number 1 and number
2 and the voting place will be at
or near J. W. Jones' store on
highway 18 north of North Wll
kesboro.
The board of elections also or
dered a new registration In all
three North Wllkesboro precincts.
The registration boob will be
open oil April 19 and. for three
consecutive Saturdays.
In another order the newly or
ganised board set the polling place
for Somen township near Wash
Luasford's old home place.
The board of elections Is now
composed at C. J. JoMS^jfcMr
man; Kjle \p*Ves, jplrftgbllcan
nrember, is secretary; and Robert
M. Gambia is "the third foemtgr.
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Chicken Supper At
Legion Clubhouse
Chicken supper will be served
Saturday night, April 1, six un
til eight o'clock, at the Ameri
can Legion - clubhouse here by
the ffairplalns Home Demonstra
tion dub.
Price of plates will be $1 for
adults, 50 cents for children 6
to 12, and 25 cents each for
children' under 12. Proceeds will
be used to help start the Fair
plains community house. The
public is cordially invited to en
Joy a good dinner.
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Leader Pastes ^
W« M.W *-UUVJ, AVE WVTV* Kl
decades an outstanding indus
trialist, church and civic lead
er, died at his home here
Friday morning. Mr. Finley
was North Wilkesboro's first
merchant and first postmaster.
He was secretary-treasurer of
Forest Furniture company
since that industry was or
ganised and was past president
of the Southern Furniture
Manufacturers Association. He
also a past president of
North Wilkes boro Kiwan
is chtb and was one of the
in the - good roads
i a northwestern
North Carolina.
a, Hayes Sec
retary; Filing Time
CloMa—April 18
%tlk«8 county board of elec
tlona met Saturday morning at
the office of Wilkes clerk of eontl
C. €. Hayes and organized.
C. 3. Jones was named chair
man; Kyle Hayes, the Republi
can member, was named secre
tary and Robert Gambill is th<
third mimber.
The Wilkes election boarc
members were recently appointed
by the state board of elections.
G. J. Jones, chairman, is th<
incumbent member of the board
he has been chairman for aevera
years.
Chairman 'Jones said the filini
time for county and townshi]
candidates will end at six p. m
on Saturday, April 15.
ALBERT GARWOOD PRESIDENT
OF THE OPTIMIST CLUB HERE
Revival Planned
At Mountain View
Revival services wil begin Sun
day night, May 14, at Mountain
View Baptist churh. The pastor,
Rev. Glenn Huffman, has an
nounced that Rev.' James M.
Hayes, pastor of Ardmore Bap
tist church in Winston-Salem, will
do the preaching in the services
| to be held each evening at 7: SO.
A sunrise service will be held
at Mountain View Baptist church
| Easter Sunday morning.
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[Chicken Kouse Burns
E$ large, three-story chicken
house on the farm of Odell Whit
tington in the Reddles River
community was totally destroyed
by fire last week. The large
building contained no chickens
but was being made ready to
house chickens within the next
few days.
Coroner Myers
Files For Office
Iredell M. Myers, who is com
pleting his 16 th year as coroner
of Wilkes county, is a candidate
for re-election.
Mr. Myers has filed his. notice
of candidacy and filing fee with
the Wilkes county board of elec
tions as candidate for the Re
publican nomination for coroner
Other Officers Elected A
Luncheon Meeting Held
Tuesday Noon
Albert Garwood, prominen
young business man of the^ city
was elected president of the Op
timlst Club of North Wilkesbon
for the coming year at the club'i
luncheon meeting held Tuesday
noon at Hotel Wilkes.
. Other officers elected to serr<
the club during 1950-51 were ai
I follows: Vice president,. D. T
Trivette; A. L. Fincannon, sec
retary-treasurer; J. D. Hall, ser
geant-at-arms, Mr. Jehn T
Wayland, chaplain.
No regular program had bee)
planned for the meeting of th<
club -Tuesday and the progran
period was utilised as a businesi
sessidn.
The club heard reports fron
Optimist M. E. Walsh, who wai
general chairman of the count]
basketball tournament sponsored
recently by the club, and als<
the. financial report of Optimis'
Russell Pearson, treasurer of th<
tournament fuqds. Optimis
Pearson reported the project i
financial success, with the clut
and eight high schools partici
pating in net profits.
Optimist Tom Jenrette report
ed on the movement to create i
recreational program for th<
Wilkesboros with all civic group!
having membership on the com
mlttee. The request for increase*
telephone rates was also discuss
ed by club members.
Optimist Strader had as hit
guest his son, Jack, and Rev
Dean MJnton, student at Wak<
Forest ColMge, was guest of thi
club.
The next meeting of the clal
will be held on Tuesday, Apri
Illtn.
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American I
ed When Plane
Near Ottawa Tuesday
Surviving air crashes is nothing
to Master Sergeant Gwyn A.
who on Tuesday walked
from a crashed plane which
carried Ambassador" Steinhardt
and tour others to sudden death
near Ottawa, Canada. (See story
| on page 2, section 1.)
The tall sergeant from the Blue
Ridge mountains of the Vannoy
I community of Wilkes county 20
miles northwest of North Wilkes
boro, survived the crash of any"
army plane in England during
World War II, his brother said
alter hearing of the Ottawa
crash. . ?
Born and reared high on the
eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge,
Sgt. Long was fatherless after
the age of five. His mother died
five years ago while he was away
in air> force combat duty in Eu
rope. His army career started
when he enlisted in the late thir
ties before the war broke out. He
advanced rapidly in the air force
and during the war did much fly
ing as a flight mechanic in Eu
rope.
A brother, Herman Long, lives
near the old Long homeplace in
the Wilkes mountains and it was
with him that he made his home
before enlisting. His visits back
to his old home have been few and
far between in reoent years. Her
man said that he hstf never learn
ed the exact details of hfe bro
ther's first escape from a plane
disaster but Gwyn had told him
that the plane' crashed and he got
out without being hurt much. Two
brothers and sister, Bronard and
HobertLong and Mrs. Bryce Hig
gfhs. reside & North Wilkesboro.
When told by a Journal-Pat
riot staff writer that his brother
escaped serious injury in the
Canadian crash Herman Long said
he was very thankful that his bro
ther was alive and had escaped
serious injury.
Sgt. Long told newspapermen in
Canada that the plane caught fire
soon after a take off. On orders
from the pilot he asked others
aboard to put on parachutes and
bail out but they choose to stay
in:.the plane and he was unable
to get them out. Sgt. Long jump
ed at an* altitude af about 700
feet and landed in a snowdrift
with only a 'minor injury to one
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Ottawa, Ontario, March 29 —
The lone survivor of the plane
which carried U. S. Ambassador
1 Laurence A. Steinhardt and tour
i aides to their death told today of
the drama-packed seven seconds
. before he parachuted to safety.
M-Sgt. Gwyn A. Long, 31, said
he had only a "vague" recollec
tion of his final seconds but be
lieved he had relayed the pilot's
" orders to bail out. He indicated
' "the terrible noise" might have
drowned out lus warning cries to
' jump from the burning plane.
J 'M told them to get out of the
plane," said Long, who was crew
chief of the air force C-47 trans
port. "But something happened
and they didn't move. 1 guess
there wasn't time. Everything
was happening so fast. And there
was a terrific noise. I've only a
vague memory of what went on
in^ the cabin in the few seconds
before I decided to jump."
Long said the plane's right
wing blew up in a "very spontan
eous fire" when the plane was
about 8,000 feet in the air and
that flames shot into the cabin
within 45 seconds after the explo
sion. He said the pilot, Lt. Col.
W. F. Trueblood, told him he
would fly a level course to give
the passengers a chance to jump.
"iHe told me to go back and
get the others to jump," Long
said. "I realised there were only
six to seven seconds left before
we would crash so 1 bailed out.
I went through the door on the
left, side of the plane."
He said he did not remember
trying to push any of the pas
sengers out the door.
"There was no question Qf
arguing with than," he said.
"There wasn't time, any more
than to tell them to get out of
the plane. They didn't say any
thing at all that I can recall."
M. SGT. GWYN A. LONG
CAMPAIGN
g EXTENDED
Only $4,434 Given To Date;
Drive Continued Throufh
* Next Week
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Red Cross fund campaign in
Wilkes county has been extended
beyond April 1 into next week, W.
O. Gabriel, campaign chairman,
announced today.
Contributions to date total $4,
414. 59, vblch is tar short of
the goal of 17,800.
The campaln Is being extended
because many workers for various
reasons hare been unable to eor
er their territories and because
the remainder of the quota is
badly needed to carry on Red
Cross work for the coming year
here in Wilkes county. Unlee*
much work is done the services of
the chapter will hare- to be dras
tically curtailed. Each day the
Red Cross office has many calls
from families . of service men,
from veterans and their families
and from many others who . need
the services of the'Chapter here
at home.
Workers are urged to com
plete their tasks as early as pos
sible but to make every effort to
contact all the people in their
communitiea with the appeal for
funds to carry on Red Cross
work.
The chapter here today receiv
ed a check of $235.56, represent
ing contributions by Wilkes coun
ty residents employed at Chatham
Manufacturing company in Elkin.
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R. W. Edwards
Office Of Sheriff
Chief Deputy Of Sheriff
Poindexter Announces
For Nomination
R. W. (Bob) Edwards, Wilkes
deputy sheriff over s period of
eight years and chief deputy
since 1945, today announced
that he 1s a candidate for the
Republican nomination for sher
iff of Wilkes county.
Mr. Ed-wards, throughout his
life active in the Republican par
ty in Wilkes, -was born and rear
ed in Edwards township, a son
of the late Rev. W. S. Edwards,
Baptist minister and teacuer,
and Mrs. Sarah Stone Edwards.
After attending Ronda high
school Mr. Edwards, was associ
ated with his brother. Banner
Edwards, for several years lin
the operation of Edwards Man
ufacturing company at Ronda.
When Sheriff C. G. Poindex
ter took office Mr. Edwards was
appointed a deputy and serVed
until he entered the nary during
World War II. In the nary he
was in the Pacific theatre and
was in tie naval battles*of Lu
son, Leyte Gulf and China Sea.
Returning from service fouv
years ago. Mr. Edwards igss
made chief deputy sheriff of
Wilkes, which position he n$w
holds and la which he has gained
much experience In law enforce
ment work.
Announcement of Mr. Edwaids
brings to two the number of Re
publican candidates for sheriff.
Claude Billings, Jr., announced
his candidacy several days ago
and filed with the county board
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