radius of 50 mJiM, 1*0,000 people fa) stria Caroling The Journal-Patriot Has Blozed the Trail of Progress in tf>efr State of Wilkes" For Over 43 ifi. Tfrnfev. May 18. IMP . Vol 44 Wilkes Production and Marketis* Association (formerly Triple A), Hill conduct, a farm toar in Wttkes county Monday, May 22. The toar will start at nine a. m. at the Itllkes courthouse for farmers on the south side of the Yadkin and will be Joined at Baptist Home church by those who lire on the north aide of the eounty. At noon the tour will end at the V. F. W. Hall near North Wllkeaboro, where lunch will be served free to all on the tour. This lunch will be provided by seed, line and phosphate dealer*. After the luncheon will be a highly entertaining program featuring "Little Dock Wheeler and His Oklahoma Fanmakers," talk* by farmers, recognition of associated agencies and business men, and s speech by Q. T. Scott, state director Of the P. If. A. C. B. Deane, representative in congress for the eighth district, will address, the farmers as the final feature of the program. Music Recital On Tuesday Night 23rd Miss Laura Gray Greene will present her piano students in recital Tuesday night, May 23rd, at eight o'clock at the Wilkesboro Presbyterian church. They will be; assisted by Miss Elizabeth Alexander, soprano. The public is cordially invited. Music Recital Here On Tuesday Night Miss Ellen Robinson will present her music pupils in recital Tuesday night, May 23,, in North Wilkesboro school auditorium. A splendid program will begin at eight o'clock. The public is cordially invited. COMMISSIONERS REMOVE FROM '* BUDGET LEVY TO PURCHASE i DOUGHTON LAND FOR SCHOOL ■ Vacant House Is I Destroyed By Fire Hf Fire of undetermined origin Jr last night bnrned a vacant eights' room house on the farm of T. J. r Frazier immediately northwest of, North Wilkeeboro. . Mr. Frazier said the house was only recently vacated and'during the past several days some remodeling and repainting work had been carried out. The house which burned was formerly known as the Miller place. Mr. Frazier said he may rebuild on the same location. W i I sbo ro-Nortfr~~" Wilkesboro Gome Tuesday, May 23rd Local high school baseball teams will close the season Tuesday afternoon when North Wilkesboro and Wilkesboro play on the Wilkeboro field. It is expected that there will be much interest in the game. On Friday Wilkesboro will play Children's Home at Winston-Salem in «n afternoon game. North Wilkesboro lost to Boon, ville here Tuesday 10-0 an<f has no other game scheduled before the Wilkesboro game Tuesday. o £ Marriage License ' Sinoe May 1 the following 11I Ce&se to wedwere issued by Troy Q. Foster,'" Wilkes register of -following: Warren <JBrogh, fcoanoke, Va., and India Duncan, Draper, Va.; Ralph E. Martin, North Wilkeaboro, and Clara Bell Absher, Mc< Grady; Joe Caswell Galloway and Mary C. Hnlet, both of Charlotte; Vestal Hendren and Avalee Lunsford, both of North Wllkesboro iroute three; Herman Luffman and Cleo Myers, both of Ronda; Vaughn Walker and Marie Benge, both of Hendrix; Esco Williams, Chattanooga, Tenn., and Ruby Goff, North Wllkesboro; Barney Brown,' Hays, and Margie Lee Wagoner, Abshers; James Brown, Springfield, and Vlcie Holldway, MoGrady; Earl Kennetli Wiles and Lu Cynda Williams, both of North Wllkesboro route two; Floyd Eugene Staley, Wllkesboro, and Betty Jo Watts, North Wllkesboro; Bon Lee Staley and Bonnie Shew, both of North Wllkesboro route three. Mrs. Mary Moore Hix, who has been a patient at the Mission Memorial Hospital In Asherille for about five months, came home for the week-end for Mother's Day. She was accompanied here by her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. James palton, of Ashevilla, and also her nurse. Mrs. Hlx's mother and sister, Mrs. J. D. Moore, Sr., and. Mrs. Annie Carrlngton took her back to Ashe▼ille Tuesday. Gaeats for the day Sunday in the home of 'Mr. and Mrs. A. E. ^jflMfnhour were Mr. Spainhour's |wo half-brothers and his half-sis^essrs. Joe and William Sp»inr, of Greensboro, and Mrs. ry Tippins, of Miami, Florida. *r- and Mrs. Spainhours's daughter and graaddaughter, Mrs. Ine* 4 Wolfe andJennie Wolfe, of Durlem from Citizens O f Wilkesboro School District Protest Annexation The board of county commissioners, with all members present, Monday voted to remove from the county budget for the fiscal year 1950-51 a special levy of 6.6 on the $100 valuation of property which would have been used to purchase the 14-acre Doughton tract of land in Wilkesboro as a site for the North Wilkesl>oro high school to which it had been planned that the Wilkesboro high school be annexed. Board members present were M. F. Absher, chairman, I. J. 'Broyhill' and 6. T3r"STif3en, members. Attorney J. Allie Hayes, county attorney, was also present to interpret leSal angles for the commissioners. Attorneys F. L». Webster and C. C. Totherow, Winston-Salem, two of the five lawyers reported to be employed to block annexation of Wilkesboro school to North Wilkesboro special charter •district, appeared before the board and pointed out legal hurdles that had to be passed before the board could legally make a levy^or purchase of the Doughton property. In addition to the attorneys, a number of citizens and patrons of the Wilkesboro school district appeared before the commissioners and requested that the levy be lifted from the budget. Attorneys for the school patrons presented to the commissioners petitions signed by more than eight hundred citizens of the Wilkesboro school district protesting annexation and consolidation of the high schools in the Wilkesboros under proposed plans. Other petitions are being circulated in the district, school patrons stated. In the afternoon, Attorney Webster and Attorney Totherow appeared before a joint meeting of the board of commissioners and county board of education and made an appeal that any plan of consolidation be carried out In a fair and democratic manner, and told the board of education that they were prepared to carry the fight against annexation of the Wilkesboro high school to the North Wilkesboro high School to the state board of education and also into the courts. ■ n i Scout Camporee To Be Held Here Wilkes district Boy Scout camporee will be held in Finley Park here Saturday and Sundya. The camporee is expected to be one of the most largely attended and most successful ever held for the district and all who are interested in scouting are asked to viBit the comporee.* W. CP. Gabriel will conduct service for the Scouts at the camporee Sunday afternoon, two o'clock. o Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin Bloomfield and son, Jimmy, and Miss Elizabeth Barber, of Wilkesboro, and Mrs. W. C. Moore, of Lenoir, spent-the day Sunday at Martinsville, Ya., in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kent Mathewson. Mrs. Bloom field and Mr*. Mathewson are daughters of Mrs. Moore, and nieces of Miss Barber. Tan Divorcat An Gr^lnComt LJnnie *51^" P^ittflcSel"^ dae Barker Terras Rowland Winfield Barker; Charlie Lou Flaw versus Rndd W. Faw; Annie Catherine Carrlnjton versus William Macon Carrlngton; Dorothy Dean Moor* versus Glenn Moore; Wade Brown Terras Aileen Brown; Alva Carolina Koontz versus Edward Koontz; James R. Henson versus Cora Clark Henson; Joe W.' Vance versus Edna Oaks Vance; Cecil Everett Brown rersus Belva Lee Smoot. Judge J. C. Rudislll, of Newton, presided over the term, which was for trial of civil cases. Gambill, Ogilvie, Osborne Named To - Wilkesboro Board Wilkes county board of educationKas appointed three members to the "Wilkesboro dltrlct school board to fill vacancies caused by resignations last week. The new appointments are Robert M. Gamblll, Paul Osborne and 0am Ogittvie. They replace C. T. Doughtoti, W. C. Prevette and T. M. Foster, who resigned. The other members of the fiveman board are Paul J. Vestal and Lawrence Miller. The board in an early meeting will "elect a chairman. Mr. Prevette was chairman of the board as constitutde prior to the resignations,-' Mount Pleasant FinalsMay 26th Mount Pleasant high school will close the year with graduation exercises on Friday, May 26. eight, p. m., at the school, principal 0. Proffit said today. Rev.~AT Deleon Gray, superintendent of- Oxford orphange, will deliver the baccalaurate sermon in a service to be held in Mt. Pleasant Baptist church Sunday, May 21, 2:30 p. m. In addition to the sermon will be invocation by Rev. A. W. Eller, senior class sodg, and benediction by J. C. McNeiL Rev. Edwin F. Troutman, pasj tor of the Lutheran church at Boone, will deliver the commencel ment address on, the night of May 26. Salutatory will be by Imogene Phillips and valedictory by Betty Mikeal. Principal O. M. Proffit will present diplomas to the following seniors: Frank Mikeal, Curtis Foster, Harold Pierce, Lacey Ray Church, Clyde Foster, ^flvln Elledge,/ Frank McNeil, Lawrence Eller, John Foster, Don Triplett, Homer Triplett, Wllma Mikeal Fairchild, Imogene Phillips, Betty Mikeal, Betty Phillips Beshears, Mary Rhymer, Joyce Watson, Reta Faye Filer, Fern Greene, Pauline Hendrix, Beatrice Church, Roletta Jo Walsh, Essie Gall Wallace, Beulah Huffman, Eulah Huffman, Roberta Triplett, M. A. Beshears, Jr. School Program To Be At Boomer School Boomer school will close Friday night, May 19th, with appropriate exercises. The program will begin at 7:30 o'clock, at which time a Stephen Foster program will be given by children of the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh grades. Children of other grades of the school will also participate in the program. Following the program to be rendered by children Of the school, there will be an auction of foods of various kinds and articles donated for benefit of the school by members of the Home Demonstration Club and patrons. J. B. Williams, prominent resident of the Brushy Mountains and North Wilkesboro business man, will conduct the auction'in his usual affable manner. - The public is cordially Invited to attend the closing exercises of the school. There will be no admission charges./ Refreshments will be sold during the evening, proceeds of which will go for school purposes. ■ O ;— Mr. and Mn. Homer Wellborn, of Charjotte, visited here for a few days during the week-end in the home of Mr. Wellborn's father, Mr. Guy Wellborn, and in the home of Mrs. Wellborn's mother, Mrs. H. 6. Nichols. On Tuesday the Wellborns left from North Wilkesboro for a two weeks trip porth, which w|ll Include stops at Richmond, Yty, points in Maryland, Washington, D. C., and New York City. :i' . ■ ■* -.1 v'.. ■ .. Many prison terms and fines hare been meted out In federal' court in Wilkeeboro this week to violators of the federal liquor laws. Judge Johnson J. Hayes is presiding oyer the term. Other court officials present Included District Attorney Bryce Holt and Assistants Harris, Bethea and Hayworth; Marshall Kiuiah, Deputies Lomax, Stailings, Irrln Bessent and Mrs. Addle Williams; Probation Officers J. L. Osteen and W. EX Carrlgan; Clerk Henry Reynolds and Deputies Clerk G. H. Cowleg and Miss Lillian Harkrader. Following are cases in which Judgements hare been completed: Chester Billings, execution of prison sentence suspended, placed on probation two years. Sid Walsh, violation of probation, year and a day. in Petersburg, Va., prison sentence suspended 18 months. Carl Smith, not guilty. Walter Wellborn, fined $350, year and a day in Petersburg suspended and placed on probation two years. Virgil Bowlin, three years in Chillicothe, Ohio, reformatory. Rufus Mctver Martin, year and a day suspended, two years probation. Edward L. Redding, year and a day in Chillicothe. Dewey William Prevette and iBaac Richardson, year and a day each'in Petersburg. John D. Baugess, year and a d&y in Chillicothe. s Donald William Milller, penalty and fine of $600, probation two ^ears^»- —. ~ KeHin Lowe, total of 36 months in Atlanta, Ga., prison, two cases. Robert "Lee DoweM,* ^tS^meartter in Petersburg. Archie Lee Mathis, 18 months in Petersburg. A. D. Triplett, 30 days (n jail suspended; probation one year. Thomas Ervin Triplett and Paul Triplett, fined $100 each, probation one vear. R. C. Johnson, 18 months in Chillicothe. Ocie Byrl Blackburn, 15 months suspended on fine of $500, probation two years. x Clay Andrew Swaim, not guilty. F. J. Johnson and Lacy Bowers: Johnson, 15 months in Petersburg; Bowers, two years probation. Roy Rufus (Reid and Smiley E. Waugh, six months suspended on payment $250 fine each, probation one year. I eonard Glenn Hurley, fined' $250, two years probation. Oscar Filmore Teague, fined $100, probation two years. Earl Love, year and a day in Chillicothe suspended, temporary probation. Burl Johnson, dismissed. Fred Russell Church, year and a day in Petersburg. Royal Edward Billings and Edward Brown: Billings, year and a day in Ashland, Ky., prison, fined $500, penalty $1,900; Brown, Chillicothe year and a day, fined $500, penalty $1,900; William Cleve Gambill; not guilty. The following in addition to others mentioned above were placed on probation: Loraco Evelin Church, Roy Lester Billings, Ivan Lee Johnson, Norman Bolin, John A. Pruitt, Pearl W. Baker (violation postal laws), NRoy McDonald Shew, Lester Paul Souther, Noah Bell. O—— Masonic District Meeting May 20 A meeting of the 33rd Masonic District has been called to convene with Mt. Pleasant Lodge No. 573 A. F. & A. M., at Champion, May 20th 8 o'clock p. m. Rev. A. DeLeon .Gray, superintendent of the Oxford Orphanage, will be guest speaker of the evening. Refreshments will be served by the local lodge after adjournment. All regular Masons, especially the officers Of the several lodges in the district, are urgently requested to attend. Masons from ottter districts will be welcome, James C. McNeil, D. D. G. M., of the 83rd Masonic District, said in the announcement of the meetla* -•r .r o • Several garden tomatoes and sensitive to 2.4-D. ■ tWE - i Mrs. Hadley wu standing in the yard of h«r home whoa a traitor took* loose from a ear coins «P the hill. The trailer ran baek, toft the street and ■ track Mr*. Hadley. At the Wllkec hospital today Mrs. Hadtoy w&b* being treated for shook and possible internal injuries. o Commencement jff Wilkesboro Gets Under Way Wilkesborq high school will cjose Friday, May 28, 8 p. m., with presentation of diplomas to 7 % seniors, one of the largest classes in history of the school. The final program will be held in the Bchool gymnasium and- the speaker will he Prof. E. A. Beaty, of Davidsoft College. The commencement program will get under way this week with recitals by Mrs. R. E. Prevett'e music classes at the school Friday and Saturday nights, eight o'clock. -On Sunday afternoon, three o'clock, the baccalaureate sermon will be delivered in the school auditorium. Rev. Russell L. Young, pastor of the First Methodist church in North Wilkesboro, will be the speaker. On Thursday night, May 25, will be the music recital by senior pupils of Mrs. Prevette. This program wil begin at eight o'clock. David Lowe Hurt, Robbed In Crash } On Highway 115 David Lowe, a well known Wllkesboro citizen, was seriously injured in dn aut6 accident near Stateaville Sunday night and after the accident was robbed of approximately $500. Mr. Lowe was driving home from. Statesville, where he operates a cafe, and the accident happened Just outside of Statesville on highway 116. The car left the highway and over turned. Mr. Lowe suffered five broken rij>8 and severe shock. At thfe time of the accident he was carrying about $500 in cash, which was taken during the short interval before the persons who carried him to a Statesville hospital reached' the scene of the accident. Today Mr. Lowe was reported as improving, and may be able to return home in the next few days. o — Fairplains To Get School Buildiig Citizens Of tiie Fairplains community appeared before a joint meeting of the boards of county commissioners and education Monday afternoon. A majority Of those present favored the immediate erection of the Fairplains elementary school building, for which low bids were recently received. After discussion by citzens, M. F. Absher, who has served almost 22 years on the board of commissioners, but who will retire on December 1st, thiti year, made a motion that the Fairplains school building be constructed in accordance to the architect's plans and in accordance with the low bids received. This motion was seconded by R- R. Church, a member of the county board of education, and the motion was carried without a dissenting vote. Before the joint board meeting was adjourned, however, and following* some discussion by members, it was decided that Superintendnet C. B. Eller get in touch with the architect and find out whether or nbt it would be practical to cut'the size of the building from nine to 6even rooms. Superintendent Eller told the Journal-Patriot this morning that Mr. Absher agreed to this amendment to his motion. The findings of the archltiect had not been received this morning at the county school superintendent's office. Low bids received recently for the nine-room Fairplains elementary school building were as follows: Y' General contract, Elsie Construction company at North Wilkeeboro, $50,384; plumbing, Parlier and Tomlinson, of Lenoir, $1,164; heating, Be tee, of Morganton, $3,975; electrical, Ralph Duncan, of North Wllkesboro, $*.200. -~~r W TELEPHONE ES mm . . t*' 7> ' i">/. I vi Senior Revival progress this Methodist church Will close Friday night. Large congregations have, been attending the services each evening and have, heard with much Interest inspiring messages by Rev. J. L. Ingraih, pastor of Proximity Mfethodist church In Greensboro,. who* is assisting the pastor, Rev. C. Jay Wlnslow. Mrs. Tale Miller, Jr., has been directing music for the evengallstic ser- I vices. ?o 1. ■ 1 1 ■ Nancy Victoria Hall Is Claimed By Death Funeral service was held Thursday afternoon at Center church for Mrs. Nancy Victoria- Hall, of North Wllkesboro, who died Tuesday. Rev. D. M. Dillard conducted the last rites. Surviving are two sons, Arthur Hall of North Wllkesboro, Linville Rhodes of Tuckerdale; two daughters, Mrs. Rufus Love of Stony Fork, and Mrs. Frank Wat-i kins of North Wllkesboro. . . Band Fund Drive Here Next Week In this community next week will be campaign for funds for furnishing the necessary uniforms, instruments and materials for the North Wilkegbpro high school band. The following ' record of the band for the past year has been assembled as a matter of public information, along with the needs of the band for the coming year: Some wsys oijtr school band has effectively boosted our community and school. 1. Advertising agency for business concerns and school. 2. Adds color and lffe to parades at home and elsewhere. 3. By playing in other towns and cities the band makps other places more conscious , of our town. In other words if a^town is represented by a good band, then that town must be a growing and civic minded town. ' 4. A town which has a good b^hd shows that the town has its youth at heart. 5. Our band puts more spirit and enthusiasm ipto ball games. 6. Our concerts have given people a chance tQjipar good music plyaed by a local group. 7. Our band gives oar students a chance 'to play and enjoy good music. List Of Things. Band. Has Taken Part in This Tear 1. Seven fvothali ^ganiee, two of which were out of town. 2. Three pep meetings. 3. Two times at the fair. 4. One football pep parade. 5. Farmer's Day. 6. Parade at Taylorsville. 7. Tobacco Festival at West| Jefferson. 8. Christmas program at Park. 9. Parade and game at Salisbury bowl game. 10. Parade for Clean-Up Week. 11. Two concerts Jor public. 12. Concert at Sparta. 13. Four chapel programs. 14. Entertained Dokie Club. 15. Kiwanis program. IS. District contest. ' 17. State contest. Most Urgent Need For North Wil. kesboro Band 1950-51 . 1. 20 uniforms at $50.00 each, j $1,000.00. 2. Two filing cabinets for music, $100.00. . 3. One Bassoon, approximate] cost, $600.00. 4. One alto clarinet, approximate cost.if500.00. 5. One BB flat bass, hpproxi-1 mate cost, $600.00< 6. One oboe, $800.00. • 7. Twelve clarinets, "$1,000.00. Total amount, $4,100.00. *-o ■ ■' ■will Store. Prices of peak in m V, :• -t - I The North Woman's club other rum: day, May 20 o'clock. This same place Saturday at tfre corner o: diagonally the Central .1 application ftll expectad that 41m will be represented at the rata increase hearing to be held in R*leigh, Jnne 7. Ih the stand taken by the board of directors, the chamber followed recommendations of the Transportation and Utilities committee, of which Larry S. Mporo IS chairman. The committee has made a thorough Study of the application for rate increases and had secured Information from the Utilities Commission on' rates charged by other telephone companies in cities and towns of similar size to this community. A chamber spokesman said the rate increase requested by the Central Telephone cofnpany, which serves the North Wilkesboro area hnd 17 other exchanges in North Carolina, ranged from 12 1-2 to 17 p#r cent The committee in making a study of ifctes obtained from the Utilities Commission rates now being charged by Southern Bell and Carolina Telephone eompany in Newton, Rockingham, WaynesTille and Forest City. For a business one-party line in North Wilkesboro now the net rate is $4.25, and the proposed rate is $ft.'25. Rates in the other towns mentioned above average $4.75 to. $5.75. For a two-party business phone the company is asking increase from $3.75 to $5.50. in the other towns citedthe rates are four and five dollars. Increase for a rural business phone asked is from $2.75, the present rate, to $3.25. The company is asking that a residential one-party phone rate be increased to $3.90, which would | "be an increase o"f one dollar over the present net rate. According to the committee figures, rates in the towns cited average $2.75 to $3.50. The residential four-party phone rent increase asked is from $2 to $2.25. In the other towns cited the rate quoted was $2. . The application asks thaUrural residential rate be upped from $2 to $2.25. In other towns rates were quoted as $2 and $2.50. The chamber also went on record asking "That rates be kept in line with comparative rates allowed by the commission to other telephone companies for similar service in similar localities." V " Plans Made For Farm Tgr Jane 2 Arrangements hare been oompleted for the Wilkes farm tour to be held June 2 under auspices of 'the General Agriculture committee of the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce with the cooperation t of farm organizations and agencies. The rain date for the tour is June 9. The tour will be made up of farmers, members of the chamber and -other civic organizations and representatives of the co-sponsoring agencies. The topics to be studied will include: 1. Alfalfa and fescue seed production. 2. Land use plans for farms. 3. Pastures and wibter grazing. 4. Strip cropping and ter>acing. 5. Beef cattle. 6. "Butnmary by farni owners. 7. Lunch. 8. Small grain. 9. Calves from artificial breeding. 10. Dairy * barns and silos. 11. Production of quality milk. „ ' The tour will start at Wilkes Implement company at North Wilkesboro at nine a. m. A second Vacation Bible School Cllniq, sponsored by the Brushy Mountain Baptist Association, will be held at the First Baptist Church of North Wilkesboro on v Monday evening, May. 22, from 7 to 9 o'clock. The same staff of workers who led the recent .clinic at "Wilkesboro will direct the study of Vacation Bible School materials to be used this year. All those who expect to be volunteer workers in the Bible schools held in the churches should attend this clinks to prepare for the work. Visiter* will be welcome. Ji

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