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NORTH W1LKESB0B0, N. C„ Morufay,
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Hif C^Aimtti Bfliiil
'a|p.liVU HIJ IHJaf U
Are To Be Approved By
State School Officials
Before Work Is
Wilkes county board of odnea*
tion has approved low bid* on
seven school contsmctlon projects
totaling $218,508.47, C. B. EUer,
county school superintendent,
said today.
The bids have been forwarded
to the state school commission
for approval. The work is to be
carried out with state aid. funds.
Supt. Eller listed the low bids
on the various projects as fol
lows:
Boomer — boiler room and two
toilet rooms, general contract,
Elsele Construction company of
North Wllkesboro $7,900; plumb
ing, Hickory Plumbing: Co.,
$1,000; electrical, Ralph Dunean,
North Wllkesboro, $230.
Moravian mis — boiler room
and one class room, general eon
tract, J. H. Kiziah, $11,432; eleo
trlcal, Anderson Electric Co.,
$211.04.
Mountain Crest — two' class,
rooms and two toilet rooms, gen
eral contract, Bidden construction
Co., $14,088; plumbing, Hickory
Plumbing Co., $1,295; electrical,
Anderson Electric Co., of Wllkes
boro, $327.33.
Mountain View — eight class
rooms, Sidden Construction Co.,
$39,036; heating, Parlier and
Tomlinson, of Lenoir, $3,844; elec
trical, Anderson Electric Co.; $1,
527.24.
Mount Pleasant — tour class
rooms, two toilet (boms and boiler
room, general contract, Cline dum
ber Co., $34,600; plumbing, Hic
kory Plumbing Co., $2,088; elee
ft'lM.M; heating, Miller and
Smytfce, $8,677.
Lincoln Heights — four class
rooms and boiler room, general
contract, Guy Fry and Sons, $19,
875.50; electrical, Home Electrie
Co., $1,015; heating, Miller and
Smythe, $6,825.
Union township — Nine-class
room building, general contract,
G. L. Wilson Building Co., $54,
000; plumbing, Hickory Plumb
ing Co., $2,507; electric, Ralph
Duncan, $2,660; Heating, Hic
kory Plumbing and Heating Co.,
$5,845. ...
Pre-Easter Uaion
Services Started
In TheChirckes!
Capacity Crowd Attends In
spiring Service On
Sunday Evening
A capacity crowd attended the
first in a series of community
Pre-Easter services, which was
held Sunday evening at Wilkes
boro Baptist ohnrch with Rev.
Russell L. Young, pastor of the
First Methodist church here, de
livering an inspiring message.
The sendees will continue at
7:30 .each evening with ministers
of the Wilkesboros appearing in
the various churches. The remain
der of the schedule follows:
Monday, April 3 — Rev. B. M.
lackey, rector, at St. Paul's Espi
4£fcpal church.
Tuesday, April 4 — Dr. John
T. Wayland, First Baptist pastor,
at Wllkeeboro Methodist.
• Wednesday, April 5 — Profes
" sr Leo K. Pritchett, speaker for|
First Presbyterian church, at
First Baptist.
Thursday, April 6 — Rev 0.
Jay Wlnslow, Wllkesboro Metho-1
diet pastor, at First Presbyterian
church.
Friday, April 7 — Rev. W. N.
Brookshire, Wllkeeboro Baptist
pastor, at First Methodist.
The community Pre-Baster ser
vices are held yearly rfmong the
churches of the "Wilkesboros un
der auspices of the Ministerial
Association.
Medical Society
JtOM B. McNeill, ^ North
Wilkesboro, who is councillor for
the district, mid that a number
of members of the Wilkes Med
ical Society are planning to at
tend. / „ ■
The scientific session will be
held at Sunset theatre, beginning
at IrSO p. m., with many promi
nent men of the profession on the
program.
Prom 5:30 until seven will be a
social hour at the residence of
Dr. J. L. Fritz.
Eighth district women's auxi
liary will meet at Asheboro coun
try chxb on highway 64 west of
Asheboro.
The dinner meeting will be
held at 7:30 at Kiwanis Teen
s. a^e building. Dr. McNeill 'will be
on that program for introduction
of distinguished guests. The fea
ture address of the evening will
be by Senator Prank Graham.
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&Carl Johnson Is
Claimed By Death
Funeral service was held Sun
day at Nebo church in Alexander
county for Carl Johnson, 62,
former Wilkes resident who died
Friday in Statesville.
Surviving Mr. Johnson are his
wife, Mrs. Irene Johnson; one
son and one daughter, Homer and
Irene Johnson, of North Wilkes
boro; one brother Edgar John
son, of Statesville; three sisters,
Mrs. Kansa Mayberry of States
ville, Mrs. Rosa Souther and Mrs.
Ronie Mitchell of Black Moun
tain.
Coon Hunters Club
WiH Moot Friday
Wilkes Coon Hunters clnb
will meet Friday, April 7, eight
p. m., at Ray Mlnton's garage one
mile west of this city. All mem
bers are asked , to attend.
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Cancer Committee
Will Meet Thursday
Wilkes chapter of the Ameri
can Cancer Society will meet
Thursday, 4:S0 p. m., at the office
of the Wilkes Chamber of Com
merce. W. C. Grler, commander,
rwill preside oyer the meeting and
all members of the committee of
the chapter are urged to attend. - 1
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m Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Handy and
children. Lois *llen and Tom,
and Mr. Cyrus Wiles, of London,
Ky.. spent the week-end here
and Mr. Wllee'
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Wilkes ChambfP#|>j
Committees Will
Meet This Week
Public Health committee of the
Wilkes Chamber of Commerce,
-with Dr. J. H. McNeill, chairman,
presiding, will meet Tuesday, five
p. m., in the office of the cham
ber.
Civic "Activities committee, of
which Dr. A. C. Chamberlain to
chairman, will meet Thursday
evening 7:30 p. m., at the cham
ber of commerce office.
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Rio De Janerio
Student Speaker
At Kiwanis Meet
Featured by an excellent pro
gram, the North Wilkesboro Ki
wanis club held an interesting,
meeting Friday noon at Hotel
Wilkes with President E..N. Phil
lips presiding.
Inter Clnb Chairman, Dr. O. T.
Mitchell announced an inter-Club
meeting here for Friday evening
of April 14.
B. G. Finley, of the Agricultur
al committee announced that the
committee is offering a resolu
tion to allow the Horse Show not
be sponsored by the Kiwanis club
but to accept sponsorship frost the
V. F. W. with the transfer of In
terests being worked out satisfac
tory to all parties. The motion
was approved.
J. R. Hlx read resolutions pre
pared on account of the death of
Kiwanian J. R. Finley.
Program chairman J. E. Spain
hour was on account of illness un
able to be present and had aqked
his son, Jack Spalnhour, of Hic
kory to Introduce his program.
- Mr. Spalnhour introduced Dr.
Walter Nan, of. Lenoir-Ohgae
manner introduced and presented
baix Lessa, of Rio De Janerio,
who is a student at Lenoir-Rhyne
College.
Mr. Lessa made a most Inter
esting talk about himself and his
country, Brazil. He stated that he
is here under fellowship provided
by the Rotarians of Western
North Carolina ands that their
purpose in giving the scholarship
is to create good-will between
this country and Brazil. He dis
cussed the customs and manner of
living in his country, their pro
gress in agriculture and Indus-,
try, their great admiration for
the United States and many other
interesting habits of his people
in that torid clime. He expressed
great appreciation for the privl
ledge of being in this country and
for the fine reception he has had
during his stay here. He plans to
go back to his country as a tea
cher.
Guests Friday were as follows:
Tommy Whicker and Miss Betty
Goulsby with J. H. Whicker;
Jack Spalnhour, Mrs. J. E. Spain
hour, Mrs. P. W. Eshelman, Mrs:
H. H. Morehouse, Mrs. James
Shuford, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Ba
son, Mrs. Roy Spalnhour, all
guests of J. E. Spalnhour.
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Will Kilby Rites
Comlacted Today
William Uriah (Will) Kilby,
79, for several decades a well
known farmer and prominent cit
izen of the Mulberry community
of Wilkes county, died at his home
Sunday following an illness of
several months.
A son of the late Jim and
Amanda Brown Kilby, he lived
on the farm which his grand
father, the late Prseley Brown,
Bettled as a pioneer 126 years
ago. Mr, Kilby had long been a
member of the Masonic ladge in
North Wilkesboro.
Surviving Mr. Kllby are his
wife, Mrs. Lura Long Kilby; three
sons, Granville of North Wilkes
boro, Claude of Charlotte; Sher
man of Reddles River; two
daughters. Mrs. Sina Walsh of
North Wilkesboro and Mrs. Cleo
Hayes of Reddles River.
Funeral service was held Mon
day, three p. m., at the home
and was conducted by Rev. Ed
Hayes and Rev. Glenn Huffman.
Burial with Masonic honors was
In Mt. Zlon church cemetery. Lad
les of the Eastern Star Chapter
toe were in charge of the flow
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EASTER SEALS AID CRIPPI
HHWOIWIWIIIM
life
Want to know wilt the 1950 i
Easter Seal looks like?
Well, If you can't wait until you
get yours tn the mail here's a de
scription of the little stickers
that mean, health and help to
crippled children. , |
This year's seal symbolises the
conquest of a handicap by a ehild
and shews a small boy tossing
sway his crutches and starting to
walk by himself, his face upturned
and smiling. The boy is wearing
shorts and turtle neck sweater
against a foreground of medium
magenta and a background of
pastel green. It bears the Btogan
"Help Crippled Children" and the'
year "1960 " The stamp is nearly
an inch in height and a little more
than 8-4 of an inch in width.
The annual Easter Seal mail
ing highlight of the month-long
■SmUBuB
and tomorrow by TOiunteer work
era so that the campaign will
open with the visit ofthe post
man Monday and Tuesday. The
drive will oontinue to Easter Sun
day, April 9.
This year's Easter Seal is the
design of a Michigan high school
boy, Ardy Kazarosian, 17, of De
troit, and was selected in nation
wide competition sponsored by the
National Society for Crippled
Children and its 2,000 affiliated
societies.
Local drive officials expect to
reach a goal of $1800.00 during
the Wilkes County campaign. t
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Doctors Extension
Sessions Tuesday
In Elian YMCA
Dr. Theodore E. Woodward, as
sociate professor' of medicine in
the-University o( Maryland Medi
cal 'School, and Dr. Joseph E.
Warren of the Harvard School eft
Medicine, will be the two special
ists speaking on the current Post
graduate Courses in Medicine be
ing sponsored in many sections
of the State by the University of
North Carolina Medical School
and Extension Division.
Dr. Woodward will discuss the
new antibiotics in Elkin Tuesday,
April 4, and in Salisbury Wednee
iay, April 5, and Dr. Warren will
ipeak on ACTH therapy at Ra
leigh Thursday, April 6, and at
A.hoskie Friday, April 7.
The Elktn sessions will be held
it the TMCA building, beginning
with a clinic at 3 p. m., when Dr.
Woodward will take- "Treatment
Df Bacterial Infections with New
er Antibiotics" as his subject,
rhat night he will speak on the
treatment of rickettsial and viral
diseases with antibiotics follow
ing a dinner at 7:30.
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Sgt. John Harrold
Dies At Fort Bragg
Sgt. John Harrold, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Avery Harrold, of Hays
route one, died Sunday morning
at Fort Bragg, where he was sta
tioned in service in the army.
The body of Sgt Harrold will
be returned home for funeral and
burial. ,-flK
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Mrs. J. A. Whit®
Claimed By Death
Funeral service was held today
at Mt. Zlon church for Mrt. TIney
Camilla White, wife of J. A.
White, of the Mt. Zlon com
munity. She died Saturday.
Surviving Mrs. White are her
husband, one brother and three
■latere.
ASK BIDS
ON SCHOOL
BUILDINGS
Plans Ready For Bidders On
Seven Construction
Projects
Wilkes County Board of Educa
tion is advertising for bids on a
number ^of school construction
projects in Wilkes county.
a B. EJler, county superinten
dent of schools, said today that
plans are ready for letting con
tract for additions at Millers
Creek, Boating River, Honda,
robm building at PMrpfcins.
Bids wfll be asked fon cons trac
tion, plumbing and 'heating and
electrical wwf at ^1 the above
named schools and plans are
available at the board of educa
tion office ia3 the Wilkes court
house. "
Walter jBambill
Is Candidate For
Office Of Sheriff
Walter W. Gambill, prominent
merchant and farmer of the
Dockery community and for many
years active in the Republican
party in Wilkes county, has is
sued the following announcement
of his candidacy for the Republi
can nomination for sheriff of
Wilkes county:
"I {Walter W. Gambill, wish to
announce that I have filed with
the county board of elections as a
candidate for the office of Sheriff
of Wilkes county on the Republi
can ticket, subject to the primary
to be held May 27, 1960. I hare
been a lifelong Republican, and if
nominated and elected, I promise
to enforce the laws without fear
or favor, in an honest, able and
alert manner and will have no
pets".
Mr. Gambill had three sons in
service in World War 31, One of
whom was killed in battle fight
ing to preserve our liberty and
free institutions", " Mr. Gambill
said.
Important Notice
To Subscribers
, Journal-Patriot subscrib
er* whose subscriptions
expire April 1 (with label
bearing date of 4-50)
may renew their subscrip
tions this week and be as
sured that their subcrip
tions will not be discon
tinued.
Notices have been mail
ed to those whose sub
scriptions expired April 1
and mailing of their re
newal this week wfll reach
Hospitality Committee of
Chamber of Commerce
Mtpi 3 Projects t;
Hospitality committee of the
Wilkes Chamber Of Commerce Is
planning a Community Calendar,
which, containing the dates of
coming public events will be post
ed for the benefit and convenience
of all organisations ; planning
events to which the general pub
lic would be invited.
The advantages of such a cal
endar, Committee Chairman J.
H. Sowder pointed out, would
mean elimination of conflicts and
a clearing house of information.
The committee wfll write to all
organizations, which Includes 40
or more groups In the Wllkes
boros, and ask their cooperation
in furnishing information fori
such a calendar, which would be
kept in the chamber of commerce
office. The committee would act
only in information capacity and
would not dictate or suggest to
any organisations dates tdKoab
lic events. However, the calraMhr
would enable organisations to plan
for events without conflicting with
others.
A committee composed of Ro
bert Gibbs, J. Floyd Woodward
and Mrs. Doris Brown was nam
ed !to formulate a plan for main
taining the calendar, and another
committee composed of Mrs. D. J.
Carter, I. L. Grogan and Dr. J.
H. Sowder was appointed to con
tact clubs and ask their cooper
ation in furnishing information.
The committee also made plans
for welcoming new comers to the
community. ▲ file will be estab
lished and kept up-to-date on fam
ily aa^thls informationwintB
clude former place of residence,
local address, occupation, num
ber in family'and church affilia
tion. Letters of welcome will go to
hew comers from the committee.
The committee als^ made plans
for bringing the file od local civic
and fraternal organizations up to
date. This file contains data, in
cluding names of officers, meet
ing time and place, of 38 organ
izations in the Wllkesboros and
is frequently used for reference.
Members of the committee pre
sent were Dr. J. H. Sowder, Mrs.
D. J. Carter, J. Floyd Woodward,
Frank Stafford, Robert Gibbs,
Fred Henderson, L. G. Caldwell,
Dorman T. Payne, I. L. Grogan,
Mrs. Doris Brown and Tom Jen
rette, chamber manager.
Premeasurement For
Cotton and Tobacco
According to Maude S. Miller,
secretary to the Wilkes county
PMA committee, premeasurement
serrices will be available tor all
cotton and flue-cured tobacco
rowers. The cost of such services
will be borne by the farmer at
the rates established by the State
office which are $4.00 per farm
or 90 cents per acre, whichever
is greater. Mrs. Miller also point
ed out that any producer desiring
this service must file a request at
the county PMA. office on or be
fore April 16th., as no request
will be accepted after that date,
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Easter Holidays
In City Schools
North Wilkesboro eity schools
will have Easter holidays extend
ing from close of school Thurs
day afternoon, April 6, until Tue»
day morning, April 11. Mulberry
school will have the same holi
day schedule but other schools
of the county system will operate
as uaval.
Quartet To Sing At
Arbor Grove Church
Tba Silver Tone Quartet of
EDcin will be st Arbor Grove
Methodist Church, located above
Millers Creek Sunday night, April
9th at 7:80. The Public is invited.
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Cemetery Working
Ail persona interested in the
cemetery at Friendship Methodist
ehmreh near Millers Creek are
urged to meet there on VHday,
April 7, to -work and plan im
vuie mursaay signed an order
which will permit the Modem
Tourist Court, owned by Otha
Johnson, to be leased by him to
some party meeting the approval
of the sheriff and" CflSric of court
of Wilkeo county.
The tourist court was closed by
order of Judge Rudisill at the
January term of Wilkes superior
court. Modern Tourist court is
located two tnil^e suotheast of
this city on highway 421 and 116
and consists of many tourist
cabins and other tourist acco
modations. '-.
Obids Resided
Killed Sitirfcy
Oi Highway 16
Ashe County Youth Dies
When Auto Goes Off
Road Near Ashe Line
Funeral service was held this
hfternoon at Obids Baptist church
for Dempsey Allen McNeill, 24,
resident of the Ohlds community
of Ashe county who was killed
Saturday evening in an auto acci
dent
Wilkes Coroner I. M. Myers,
who investigated the accident,
said that McNeill's can ran off
highway 16 on the Bine Ridge in
Wilkes county one mile south of
the Wilkes-Ashe line. He was in
stantly killed and the body was
taken to a West Jefferson fun
eral home.
Surviving Mr. McNeill are his
father and mother, Allen and
Netta Brown McNeill, of Ohlds;
ston-Salem, Miss Kay McNeill of
the home; and one brother,
Johnny McNeill of Obids.
The last rites were conducted by
-Rev. S. S. Oraybeal and Rev.
John W. Luke.
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Closing Cords For
Members Chomber
Are Now Avo liable
The Wilkes Chamber of Com
merce now has window cards giv
ing notice that the firm display
ing the card will be closed on
Wednesday afternoons, on Ras
ter Monday, July 4th, Thanks
giving Day and two days for
Christmas holidays.
Members of the chamber who
want these cards are requested
to pick them up at the chamber
of commerce office.
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Drivers Slow To
Secure License
"Motorists whos« last names
begin with N, O, P and Q have
been slow in reporting for ex
amination for renewal of their
driver's licensee," Driver's License
Examiner Marvin Warren of N.
Wilkes bo ro stated today.
Although one-half of the period
has passed in which persons in
this category are to be examined
only abont one-fourth of these
who most stand examination have
reported to the local station, Ex
aminer Warren pointed oat.
The N through Q period be
gan Janaary 1 and will continue
through June SO.
Examiner Warren stated that
at present he has time to give Im
mediate attention to persons ap
plying for renewals but as the
deadline nears he expects to be
rushed. He listed his daily
schedule as follows:
Monday, N. Wilkes boro.
Tuesday, N. Wilkes boro.
Wednesday, Taylorsville.
Thursday, Taylorsville.
Friday, N. Wllkesboro.
"To avoid the last minute rush,
I urge all persons whose last
names begin with N. O. P and Q
and who have not obtained re
newal of their driver's lienaes to
report at their earliest conven
ience to their nearest examining
station, Examiner Warrei! stated.
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Mr. Tom Bshelman. student at
Princeton University at Prince
ton, N. J„ has arrived to spend
the spring holidays with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. P. W. ftM
Mtt
Miffed ' .
Safe Is Stolen
From Bis Station
Bold Robbery Occurred At
Union Bus Terminal
Here Early Today
In a bold robbery in downtown
North Wlikes bo ro in earfr morn
ing hours today thieves entered
the Union bus terminal and car
ried away a safe. Police Chief
J. E. Walker said here.
The station was entered by the 9
back door. The thieves had broken
a glass pane in the door and
through the opening worked the
lock.
Tly» small safe contained aa
undertermined amount of money,
representing cash receipts of the
station yesterday, along with some
papers of value.
Police reported that the door*
were checked late at night and
that the robbery must hare oo
cured well after midnight. Sta
tion attendants found the door
opened when they reported for
work early, today.
Easter Pageant
The young people of the Bap
tist, Methodist, and Presbyter
ian churches will present aa
Easter Pageant Saturday night,
April 8, at 7: SO in the Presby
terian Educational Building. The
public is extended a cordial inri
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Supper Of Country
Hunt Sot April 8th
Country ham rapper will be
served Saturday night, April S, at
Mulberry community house. The
supper will cost $1 per plate (or
adults and 6* cents for children
under 12, with proceeds going to
the building fund of Baptist
Home church, everybody is in
vited to enjoy a good supper.
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