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GIRL SCOUTS IN ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION HERE
This scene shows a large group of .Girl Scouts who assembled here recently in a
38th birthday anniversary celebration of Qirl Scoting. The birthday party, given by
,#*roop 7 of North Wilkesboro, featured ifrbirthday cake with 38 candles. Troop 7 of
junior intermediates, of which Mrs. J, H. Winkler and Mrs. Gilbert Bare are leaders,
had as guests troop 10 of junior intermediates from Wilkesboro, with Mrs. G. T.
Mitchell as leader. The theme of International Goodwill was further accentuated jby
t the presence of other guests, including Vira Ira Laude and Anita Laude, Latvian
children of a family of displaced persons now living on the W. E. Reins farm on the
Oak woods road. Mrs. R. W. Gwyn, Jr., who came to America from Francis, was an
other guest and she repeated to the Latvian girls the Girt Scout promise in French.
Girl Scouts carried to the party materials for kits to be sent "Schoolmates Overseas,"
which is a project of Scouting.
Revival Services
At 1st Methodist
Will Begin Sanday
Pastor To Speak In Series
Of Services Through
out Next Week
Revival services will begin
Baxter Sunday at the First Me
continue with services each even
ing at 7:80 throughout the week,
except Saturday.
The pastor, Rev. Rosaeli L.
Young will preach during the re
vival and the choir, directed by
Miss Jackie FVazier with Miss
Lois Scroggs as organist, will
furnish music for the services.
The pastor has announced sub
jects for the series of services as
follows:
Sunday, April 9 — 11 a. m.
"Easter"; 7:30 p. m. "Why Peo
ple Do Go To Church".
Monday—7:30 p. m. "Why
People Don't Go To Church".
Tuesday — 7:30 p. m. "The
Tragedy of the Home.''
Wednesday — 7:30 p. m. "Seed
ing the Best".
Thursday — 7:30 p. m. "Will
HUporkV
Friday — 7:30 p. m. "The
Foursquare Christian".
Sunday, April 16 — 11 a. m.
"Men Wanted"; 7:30 p. m. "The
^ceat Shepherd of Love."
^JlThe public is extended a cordial
invitation by the pastor and
church to attend all services.
Miss Lola Brown
Take* By Death
Miss Lola Brown, 72, lifelong
wad highly esteemed resident of
the Moravain Falls community,
died Wednesday night. She had
been in ill health for the past
several years.
Miss Brown wSs born May IS,
1877, a daughter of the late
George W. and Amelia Lane
Brown, of Moravian Fall^.
Nearest surviving relatives of
Miss Brown are nieces and
asphews.
In early childhood Miss Brown
united with Moravain Falls Me
thodist church and lived an ex
emplar life in the community.
Funeral service will be held
Friday, three p. m., at Moravian
Falls Methodist church with the
pastor, Rev. J. L. A. Bumgarner,
in charge and burial will be in
Moravian Falls cemetery- The
body will lie in state ^t the church
from 3180 until three o'clock.
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Famous
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Wilkesboro Woman's Club and
club in Wilkesboro high
will be co-sponsors of an
of famous paintings to be
school gym
week.
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Association For
Improving 421 To
Meet In Boone 17
An Important meeting of the
421 highway association will be
held in Boone, Monday, April
17, it was announced yesterday.
Highway 421 runs from Lake
Michigan, Michigan City, Indiana
through Indiana, Ohio. Kentucky,
Virginia, Tennessee, and North
Carolina to Wilmington, North
Carolina, and is officially known
•». "6re« Lakes Coast Scenic
highway." President of the Asso
pIS JLi!8 ufr°m Harlan Kentucky
and will be one of the principal
speakers. Representatives from a
number of points along the high
Wa«iaT® bene invited and forty
or fifty are expected to attend.
This association is working to
improve 421, particularly be
tween Boon e and Bristol, Tenn.
Virginia, and to promote its use
by those seeking beauty In the
nignl&nds.
Clyde Eggers is vice president
£ *h® a880Cla(tlon representing
North Carolina; Joe Muse at
Mountain City is vice president
for Tennessee; Joe Blackburn,
Mountain City, and Ralph Wink
ler, Boone, are members of the
board.
Senior Class To
Give Little Women
A dramatization of Louisa May
8 beloved classic, "LIT
TLE WOMEN", will be given by
w 8w. v * °f North Wilkes
boro High School on Friday, April
mL'Jk school auditorium,
^ the ca8t ,nclu<»e: the
Harris- **6 W£men' J°. Frances
Harr^- Meg Doris Godbey; Amy,
Betty Lou Kenerly; and Beth
Deanie Caddy; Marmee, Jean Sum
th* next door
Richard Wyatt; Mr. Lawrence,
V sr*DdTUther- Jim Moore;
hv pjf °f Laari®'8 tntor, Bob
Wiw h AUv4 March- Doris
S!!; Hannah- the March's
Profl^rtkV*lma Church; *nd
Professor Bhaer, Tommy John
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The story, which has its setting
in Concord, Massachusetts, dur
ing the Civil War days, u one
of laughter and tears — of
f!S afd lDTe- U 18 the unforget
table story of Mrs. March and her
four daughters, her "little wo
men.
Prior to the evening perform
"5® on Friday, April 21, there
^111 be a matinee performance
jL°r el«mentary students on
Thursday, April 20.
,^m go on 8aI®' Tues
day^April 11, and may be obtain
£ m"°b*r" "°
Colored Woman Is
Taken By Death
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Funeral service was held today
at Fair View cemetery near Da
mascus church for Dare Virginia
Orioton, 40, local colored resi
dent who died Wednesday
Howell and Speaae eond2ted the
service. Surviving are he?^5hi
Jaae Orinton, and mm son.
Fred Myers Now
A Candidate For
Office Of Sheriff
Veteran Of Battle Of The
Bulge Is Candidate For
Republican Nomination
Fred E. Myers, a well knows
citizen of the North Wilkesboro
route <a*uWibiiIIj' gorth of
this city, hss announced that he
is s candidate for the Republican
nomination for sheriff of Wilkea
county in the primary to be held
May 27.
Mr. Myen was born and reared
in the Halls Mills community, a
son of J. a. and Alice Billing*
Myers. In early life he was en
gaged in farming. He entered the
army in-November, 1942, and was
a member of the 10 th armored
division which joined Patton's
Third Army at Metz, Prance. At
ihat time he was a staff sergeant.
Mr. Myers fought at Bastogne
during the Battle of the Bulge,
for.which he received the bronze
star. After fighting around Stu
pacht and Mainheim, Germany
h6 recieved the purple heart and
was recommended for a battle
field commission, which he re
ceived during the latter stages of
the Third Army's surge toward
the Austrian border. He returned
from Germany in March, 1946. }
Immediately after his discharge
Mr. Myers operated sawmills in
Wilkes and Harnett counties.
More recently , he has been engag
ed in cattle raising, on his farm
near: this city.
Mr. Myers has taken an active
part in veterans' organizations
and is at the present time affili
ated with Blue Ridge Mountain
post of Veterans of Foreign Wars
here.
Mr. Myers states in announcing
his candidaney that if nominated,
he will wage a vigorous cam
paign for the office in the elec
tion, and if elected, will justly
enforee and uphold the law to the
best of his ability.
Mr. Myers' announcement
brings to four .the number of
candidates for the Republican
nomination for sheriff. The other
candidates are Claude Billings,
Jr., R. W. Edwards and Walter
W. Gambill.
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Mrs. Lillie Lovette
Claimed By Death
Funeral service was held Wed
nesday, three p. m., at Pleasant
Home Baptist church near Mil
lers Creek for Mrs. Lillie Ann
Riggs Lovette. 8S, resident of that
community who died early Tues
day. Rev. W. 8. Lack, Rev. A. W.
Eller and Rev. A B. Watts con
ducted the service. Burial was
in the church cemetery.
Surviving Mrs. Lovette are five
sons, Hoy Lovette of Coalton,
Ohio, Richard, C. O., Vance and
Rummage And Food
Soles On Saturday
The W. S. C. S. of the First
Methodist church will hold an
other rummage sale on Saturday,
beginning at nine o'clock, in the
same .building as heretofore on
Tenth Street.
The Bible claa is sponsoring a
food sale also on Saturday at the
Northwestern Wallpaper and
Paint Company on Main Street.
The sale, to begin at nine o'clock,
is featuring various kinds of
cakes, and home made aprons.
Mrs. Irey Moore is In charge of
the arrangements.
WHfces Wildlife
(Hub Plans Work
For Coming Year
Large Attendance At Meet
ing; Hollywood Lake To
Be Used By Members
Wilkes County Wildlife Club
Is getting "off to a good start for
this year.
Attendance at the meeting held
Thursday night at the Wilkes
courthouse totaled 125. Member
ships to that time had totaled
105 and 30 of those memberships
were obtained by one man, Victor
Hayes, of North Wilkeaboro.
Troy Perry, club president, in
formed that club that through
generosity of J. B. McCoy, of
North • Wilkesboro, 1 the North
Carolina Wildlife magazine is go
ing to all high schools in the
county. A number Of principals re
ported that students are showing
much interest in the magazine,
which is calculated to do much in
promoting the wildlife cause in
rural arqas.
The Wildlife Club la teasing
Hollywood lake at Peres Knob to
b« stocked and us4t as a fishing
lake for Wildlife club members.
Commenting on the club, Mr.
Perry said the membership Is
{growing rapidly and Is expected
to total 206 or more within the
next few days. The membership
fee is $1 for farmers and $2 for
non-farmer#.
Easter Pageant
Saturday Night
The combined Young Peoples
groups from the North Wilkesboro
Baptist, Methodist and Presby
terian Churches are presenting
an Raster Pagaent, "Seek Ye The
Living," on Saturday night, April
8, at 7:30 p. m. in the Education
al Building of the First Presby
terian Church.
Those young people taking part
in the pagaent are: Jimmy Swof
ford, Bryson Adams, Gordon For
estor, Bobby Brame, Paul Ander
son, Wayne Pardue, Pete Pardue,
Bob Poteat, Bobby Anderson, Bill
Meade, Jimmy Shook, as Disciples,
with Fred Finley as Judas. Celia
Carter and Nancy Sturdivant are
Servant Women; Isabella Qlbbs,
the Angel; "Deannie" Gaddy and
Ann Lott, Mary, the mother of
Jesus and Mary Magdalene, and
Charles Crook, Don Billings, and
Johnny Winkler, Roman Soldiers.
Music will be furnished by the
Youth Choirs of the Methodist
and Presbyterian Churches, with
quartets, solos and trios inciden
tal. Rebecca Raper will be the
narrator. The pageant is under the
combined direction of Misses
Peggy Nichols, Ruth King Wood
and Rebecca Raper, with the valu
able help of committees of young
people, under the chairmanship
of Mary Lena Colvard, Costumes;
Gordon Ogllvie, Scenery; and
Frank Day, Lights.
Everyone is cordally invited to
come to this last of the Pre-East
er services. It is hoped that the
pagaent will present the Raster
Story in a manner that will be
everlasting in your memory.
Misses Mildred Hughes and
Prudy Alexander, of Statesvllle,
were guests here for the week
end ot Miss Geraldine Caldwell,
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More than, 5,000 Industrial
plants *fn North Carolina depend
directly upon the forests for raw
material, and the value of their
production is about $150,000
yearly.
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North Carolina has approxi
mately 41 billion board feet ot
standing sawtlmber, or 12- per cent
of all the saw-timber in the Sbcth,
and I per eeat of that In the Na
CnMial CamSam
OpuCiai dnvKvS
At The Churches
For Easter Siiday
Traditional Sunrise Services
Will Be Held At Three
Place* In County
Churches in the Wllkeaboroe
and many throughout Wilkes
county -will hare special Blaster
Services.
In addition to regular services
with the Easter theme, there will
be a number of sunrise services.
Oldest of these annual services are
those held at St. Paul's Episcopal
church in Wilkesboiro, at Moravian
Falls cemetery and Mount Lawn
Memorial Park north of this city.
At Mount Lawn
Fifth annual Easter Morning
services will be held at 7:30 a.
m. Sunday at Mount Lawn Mem
orial Park north of this city on
highway 18. This service is held
annually for all who will attend
and is not sponsored by any one
church.
The Musical Arts club here will
have charge of the program of
Easter music and the address will
be by Rev. J. EV. Pearson, Brushy
Mountain Baptist associational
missionary.
At Moravian Falls
Fifteenth annual sunrise ser
vice will be held at six a. m.
Sunday morning in the beautiful
Moravian Falls ,cemetery.
Rev. Dean Mlnton, pastor of
Moravian Falls Baptist, and Rev.
J. L. A. Bumgarner, pastor of
Moravian Falls Methodist church,
wll conduct the service, to which
the public is invited.
At St. Panl's
The traditional Easter Sunrise
Service in St. Paul's Episcopal
Church will be conducted on Eas
ter Day, April 9th, at six a. m.
The service will begin with the
singing of fcymaA and carrols by
the choir In the cemetery, after
#hich the choir will proceed into
the chureh where there will be a
celebration of the Holy Commun
ion and sermon by the Rector,
Rev. B. M. Lackey.
This will be the eighteenth
consecutive sunrise service held
in old St. Paul's, Wllkesboro. The
public is cordially invited to at
tend this service.
PMA Committee
Plan Farm Toar
In WHkes Commty
The Wilkes County PMA Com
mittee, composed of Lawrence
Miller, Charlie Miles and Hubert
Roberts, met Monday, April 3rd,
and formulated plans for a farm
tour to be held during the later
part of April or the first of May.
On this tour the committee
plans to visit the moBt outstand
ing pieces of work performed on
farms through the assistance of
funds received through the PMA
program. Outstanding pastures
with the recommended seeding,
timber stand improvement, re
forestation, alfalfa, crimson clov
er, and other cover - crops that
were seeded last year with seed
furnished by PMA will be visited.
There will be demonstrations on
proper spreading of lime and cor
rect application of phosphate held
on this tour. Lunch will be
furnished at noon and outstand
ing speakers of the State PMA
program will be heard during the
day, including State Director O.
T. Scott
All the approximate 3.000 far
mers who participated in the 1949
and 1950 programs will be Invit
ed, and all business men and re
presentatives of the press in
Wilkes County. An outstanding
and varied program will be held
throughout the day which Is be
ing planned for the interest of
the farmers.
Further and more complete de
tails will be furnished later on in
the month.
Professor Bouman
Will Spook Hero
Professor Henry A. Bauman
will lead the Raster service at
the First Presbyterian Church
Sunday morning,' April 9, at
11:00 o'clock. Professor Bauman
Is assistant professor of Bible at
Davidson College. The adult and
junior choirs win sing several Ras
ter anthems. A
is extended to amy who wish to
REV. HOWARD J. FORD
Wfilkesfcero Church
To Begin Revival
Or Sunday Evening
Rev. Howard J. Ford Will
Be Speaker For Wilkes
boro Baptist Services
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Rev. Howard J. Ford, pastor of
the First Baptist church in Elkin,
will preach in a series of revival
services beginning Easter Sunday,
April 9, and continuing through
April 19 at Wilkesboro Baptist
church.
The Rev. Mr. Ford was pastor
of the 'Wilkesboro Baptist church
before going to Elkin and is well
known in Wilkes as a pastor and
evangelist. In Elkin his work as
pastor and as a civic leader has
attracted much interest.
The public is cordially invited
to the services, which will be held
at 7:30 each evening, the pastor,
Rev. W. N. Brookshire, has an
nounced.
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Officials Cheese
Plant Confer With
3 County Agents
By J. P. OHOPUN, County Agent
On Wednesday at the T. M. C.
A. at Elkin, Art Farrar, of Nash
ville, Tennessee, and Luke Davis,
of Atlanta, both representatives of
the Kraft Food Corporation met
with the following county agents:
!Paul Choplin of Wilkes, D. D.
Williamson of Yadkin, and N. M.
Smith of Surry, to discuss the
possibilities of locating a cheese
plant at Elkin to furqjsh an addi
tional market for manufactured
milk for farmers in these~~lhree
counties. F. R. Farnham, Dairy
Extension Specialist of the North
Carolina State College Extension
Service and Frank H. McDowell
of the North Carolina Milk Pro
ducers Federation, were also pre
sent for this discussion.
The Kraft officials were very
much impressed with the results
of the milk survey that was con
ducted recently by the county
agents of the respective counties.
It will require some time to an
alyse the results of this survey
and a decision as to what will
be done in developing additional
milk markets with a cheese plant
in this area will be made later.
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Fire From Wilkes
On Honor Roll At
A.S.T.C., Boone
Boone—Registrar H. R. Eggers
of Appalachian Skate Teachers
college has just released the honor
roll for the winter term.
Students from Wilkes County
who are included in the list of
those making distinction in the
academic field are: .
Madeline Brown, senior of
North Wilkesboro; Savannah S.
.Day, junior of Roaring River;
Noah James, senior of Wilkes
boro; Robert Kerley, senior of
Nortn Wilkesboro; and Wanda
Wood, senior of North Wflkes
bOT.O - ; ; ^^£*95
The honor roll is composed of
those students who make an aver
age grade of "B" or above, with
no grades below "C".
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9-Room Building
For Frirfhin k <
k List MFnjtds
Additions At Millers Creek,]
Ronda, Roaring River,
Clingman Slated '
.
Wilkes County Board ot edu
cation today advertised for bids
on construction of six school con
struction projects in Wilkes coun
ty.
largest of the projects for
which bids trill be received until
April i20 -will be a nine-room
school building for the Falrplalns
community just outside of this
city on highway 18.
Ronda school will get six rooms
to alleviate crowded conditions
and at Millers Creek will be six
room addition with spacious base
ment which may later be used
<or classrooms. Roaring River will
get two rooms and one classrooAi
and boiler room are allotted for
Clingman school. Two toilet
rooms will be built at Benham
and at Austin schools.
Bids will be received for gen
eral construction, electrical work,
plumbing and heating where re
quired.
C. B. Eller, county superinten
dent of schools, said plans are
ready for early letting for con
struction of four rooms at Trap
hill school. Also included in the
contract will be a school gymnas
ium, which will be paid for with
community funds.
Plans are also being drawn for
an eight-room primary building
for Wilkesboro school In the event
that the proposed consolidation of
Wilkesboro and North Wilkesboro
high schools does not materialise*.
The group on which bids were
asked today is the second in the
current school building program.
Bids have been approved for erse
Union township and additions at
Boomer, Moravain Falls, Moun
tlan Crest, Mountain Vie*, Mount
Pleasant and Lincoln Heights, to
taling $218,608.
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28 Examinations
At Cancer Center
Tuesday Morning
On Tuesday, April 4th the
Wilkes-Alleghany County Cancer
Center held Its weekly clinic. 28
appeared for examination 20
white women, 6 white men, 2 col
ored women.
Twenty-eight examinations were
completed, and 25 patients were
referred-, to their personal physi
cians for medical attention.
The Center is staffed by mem
bers of the Wilkes-Alleghany
County Medical Society.
Eight priorities were given to
those who arrived too late ft>r ex
amination.
Examinations are free to - all
women 35 or over, all men 40 or
over, and to anyone with a symp
ton or a "danger signal," regard
less of age.
The Clinlds are held every -
Tuesday morning in the Wilkes
County Court House. Registration
is from 9:00 to 10:00.
Frequently there are more ap
plicants for examination than caa
be accommodated. Therefore, la
order that those who live at a
distance may be sure of an ex
amination and thus not make a
trip in vain, priorities will be
sent, on request, to all who live
twenty miles or more Croat Wllkes
boro. Address request to Cancer
Center Clerk, Court House, Wil
kes boro. N. C., and indicate two
dates on which you could come
for examination.
Senior Clots Ploy
- At Traphill April 8
The Senior Claae - of Traphill
High School will present their
play, "Tumblin Creek", a hill
billy comedy 1b three exciting acts
April 8, 8:00 p» m. at Traphill
High School.
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Country Horn Supper
All are invited to enjoy a
country ham sapper Saturday
night, April 8, at Mulberry com
munity house, with precede go*
ing to Baptist Heme church.
Prices will be 91 tor adults
and 50 cents for children under