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iboro - bu • of 50 mil or. >0 people to Carolina, The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In t»SVstat» | I I f |l —■«—1 ——, Published Mondays *nd Thursdays WORTH WILKESBORO, II. C_ Thnratau June i — 1 ■ Wakh Will Hut Ask 2id Primary In Sheriff Race Damocratic Nomination Goes To Freeland C. Johnson In Wilkes County Genio Walsh, who polled the second highest vote in the Demo cratic primary for nomination for sheriff of Wilkes county in the primary held Saturday, said here today that he would not call for a run-off primary with Freeland (X Johnson, who was high in the feur-man race. A total of 5,730 votes were cast fir the four candidatee. Mr. John s#n received 1,927, Mr. Walsh 1,568, Dave Hall 1,238 and Carlyle Ingle 997. The law provides that in the event the candidate receiving the highest number of votes does not receives a majority of votes cast that the second high man can call for a fr*n-off primary between the t^o. Mr. Walsh in a statement issued here said that candidates had previously agreed to concede the nomination to the man polling the largest number of votes in the [irace,- • Mrs. Walsh, Age 94, Is Claimed By Death Funeral service for Mrs. Seneth" Lou Jarvis Walsh, 94, will be held Friday, 11 a. m., at Mount Pleasant Baptist church. Rev. At well Watts and Rev. Isaac Watts wil conduct the service. The body ■will lie in state at the church from 10:30 until 11 o'clock. Mrs. Walsh, widow of the late A. M. Walsh, died Wednesday evening at her home in the Boom er community. Surviving are four sons, Mitchell, Glenn, Jarvis and Albert Walsh, and one daughter, Mrs. W. T. Phillips, an oT Boom er. o— Voice Recital On Saturday Night Well Received Miss Martha Lue Frazier pre sented her young vocal students in a splendid recital given in the high school auditorium Saturday evening at eight o'clock. _ Miss Loi« Scroggs was piano accompan ist for the following program, which*was enjoyed by an appre ciative audience? "Let My Song- Fill Your Heart", (Charles), Sylvia Kenerly; "The Rovln' Gambler," (Niles), Bm mette Elledge; "Trees", (Ras bach), Sara Lou Chipman; "Tour Eyes Shine in my Own" (dnet), Julene Barlow and George Johnston; "American Lullaby", (Rich), Elynn Bryant; "The Gam bler's Lament", (Niles), Donald Billings; "When Day is *Done" (duet), (Katcher), Sara Lou Chip man hnd Micky Somers; "Sun beams", (Ronald), Linda Davis; "Wanting You" (duet), (Rom berg), Sylvia Kenerly and Em mett Elledge; "Camptown Races", "Blue Heaven", (Foster), Julene Barlow, Barbara Jean Harrold, Fred Finley and George Johnston; "The . Wind's in the South", (Scott), Julene "-Barlow; "The Road to Mandalay," (Speaks), George Johnston; "O That It Were So," (Bridge), Mickey Somers; "Carmena", (Wilson), Geraldine Gaddy. A Square Dance At Boomer Saturday A square dance will be held Saturday night, 8:30, at Boom er school. All who attend the dance, which is sponsored by the Junior Baseball club, will be as sured of-an enjoyable occasion. ' O — Carolina Business Machine Co. Opens Carolina Business Machine com pany hag opened for business in quarters with the Phillips Elec tric company store on C street near Tenth. James E. Miller, ,of North Wil kesboro, is manager of the new firm, which will sflll R- C. Allen business machines, including add Claude Billings, Jr., won the Republican nomination for sheriff of Wilkes county In the primary held May 27, polling < a majority in a three-man race over Fred Myers and Walter W. Gam bill. Bible School Here WHI Begin June 5 First Baptist And First Methodist Bible Schools To Be Held Jointly The Vacation Bible Schools of the First Baptist and First Metho dist churches are to be held joint ly at the First Methodist church beginning on Monday, June 5th, and continuing through the 16th. Classes to be held daily, except Saturday and Sunday, will be in session from nine to twelve o'clock in the mornings. All children planning to attend, from the Beginners Department through the Intermediates, are asked to register at the educa tional building of First Metho dist church Friday atternooa*^^ ginning at three o'clock. Miss Rebecca Raper, director Of religious education of tha. First Methodist church, is to b§ the general superintendent of the school, and Miss Peggy Nichols, director of religious education of the First Baptist church, will serve as general secretary. — Decoration Day,At Round Mountain 4th Decoration day will be observed Sunday, June 4, at Round Moun tain church. The public is cordial ly invited to this service. o v Preaching Service ' Rev. S. I. Watts will preach Sunday, June 4, 11 a. m., at Shar on Walker Baptist church. The public is cordially Invited to the service. o Pie Supper Saturday There will be a pie supper at Ferguson school Saturday night, June 3rd, at 8:00 o'clock. Spon sored by the baseball club. Youth Bt Large ! i. Boyce Rajr the Millers •snokl r, youth of community, Urge rattle snake early Wednesday. The lad wka bitten when he was. moving corn shocks In a shed at thoJ lome of Glenn Mc Olamery. He was struck on one hand. First t Id was Immediately applied by to orniquet and bleed ing and he was rushed to the hospital here for further treat ment. He suffered practically no 111 effect i from the bite. Mr. Mcfil mery killed the rat tler, which was. 87 Inches long and had eig lit rattles and a but ton. , Receives Citation Miss Irene parsons has been selected as an outstanding Alumni of Brevard College and was aw irded a citation for out standin * achievement at com mencement exercises at Brevard on Ma;r 27. After graduation I from Brevard College, Miss Par sons gr aduated from the Wom an's College of the University Carolina in 1941. She Tiaa tal en graduate courses at the University of North Carolina and at American University in ^i^shinKton, 1^ C. Miss Parsons hasbS % a teacher at Roanoke Rapids, a representative of the U. S. Civil Service Commission, a lieutenant in the Coast Guard SPARS and is now a personnel officer with the Veterans Ad ministr ttion in Washington. Handiel Junior Music Recital The Hi will giva 2, 8 p. ml Woman'i vited. jandel Junior ^fusic Club a recital Friday, Junei at the North Wllkesboro Club. The public is in Officd In Office was movi linson to the second Jewelry Red Cross Deans Building1 pf the Wilkes Red Cross today from the Tom artment Store building < floor of the Deans sjtore building. <d Dep SUPPORT THE CANCER FUND Notwithstanding the rainy wea ther, a crowd estimated at 600 people gathered at Mount Lawn Memorial Park north of this city Tuesday evening to attend the an nual Wilkes county Memorial Day servioe. The service was held at six o'clock and carried out oil schedule during showers. Opening the program was North Wilkes boro high school band with "Dawn Patrol/' Prayer was led by Rev. Russell L. Toung and Dr. John T. Wayland delivered an inspirational Memorial Day message. Following a salute by the National Guard battery here taps were sounded by the band. The program was sponsored by the National Quard battery, in cooperation with patriotic and civic organizations in the county. Major Roy W. Forehand, Nation al Guard batallion executive of I ficer, was in charge. I ^ Girl Scout Court Of Awards Sunday At First Baptist The churches of the Wilkes boros will Join In a public Girl Scout service Sunday evening, June 4th, 8 o'clock at the North Wilkesboro First Baptist church. The Girl Scout troops of the Wilkesboro and North Wilkes boro schools will receive the 2nd class, 1st elass and curve bar awards. The 10-year, Brownies ^lll receive .their wings. All troops of thes* schools are requested to atte*d with thejr leaders. All those who are interested in the Girl Scout program and all Girl Scout parents are cordially invited to attend. Those who are planning to or ganize new troops and those who have recently organised troops are invited to the service. o- — Bible School June 5-9 Liberty Grove Vacation Bible School will be held at Liberty Grove Baptist church, beginning Monday night, June 5, through Friday night, June 9, from 6 to 8 o'clock. On Saturday afternoon, June 3, •at 4 o'clock, preparation day for the school will be held at the church Including registration and a parade through the community. Classes for boys and girlB, ages 4 through 17 years, will be held. Commencement exercises for the school will be held on Sunday morning, June 11, and will be followed by a picnic on the grounds. All are asked to bring a picnic lunch. Pictured above Is the full-size exact duplicate of the Liberty Bell which win be displayed locally and will tour the state as the symbol of the Independence Savings Bonds Drive from May 15 to July 4. which urges the people to "Save for your Independence." Fifty-two of these bells, touring the nation during the drive, were completely donated by America's copper producers. Companies donat ing the Liberty Bells are the Anaconda Copper Corp.; Phelps-Dodge Corp.; American Smelting and Refining Co.; The American Metal Co. Ltd.; Miami Copper Co. The U. S. Steel Corp's American Bridge Com pany supplied the stays and hardware used in mounting the bells. The Ford Motor Company Is providing the transportation of these bells across the nation. : Subscriptions Dated Juite Will Be Stopped 9th Unless Renewed Subscriptions expired Jane 1, 1950 (dated 6-SO on the ad dress label), will be discon tinued June 9th unless renew ed by that time. Subscribers have been noti fied and prompt renewal will be greatly appreciated. Renew al assures that there will be no interruption in arrival of The Journal-Patriot. Miss Annie Eller Is Graduate Nurse Miss Annie Eltef, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Eller, of this city, graduated with high honors from the Baptist, hospital school of nursing in Winston-Sa-1 lem Friday night. Miss Eller was a member of a graduating class of 39 nurses. Miss Eller graduated from North Wilkesboro high school In 1945 and graduated from Mars "Hill College in 1947. n Bible School At Wilkesboro June 5Hi Through 9th Vacation Bible school will be held at Wilkesboro Baptist church Monday through Friday, June 5 through 9, from 8:30 to 11:30 a. m. daily. Boys and girls — beginners, primaries, Juniors and Intermedi* ates are Invited to attend this school. "You will have opportunity to engage in worship, Bible study, handwork, play and refresh ments," Rev. W. N. Brokshire, pastor, announced. Commencement Here Tonighl Fiftty senoirs will receieve dip lomas of high school graduation in North Wilkesboro high school finals to be held tonight, eight (o'clock, in the school auditorium. Seniors will carry out their gra duation program on the subject of 'Wilkes County at Mid-Century." Awards will be presented by R. N. Wooten, principal. Supt. J. Floyd Woodward #|11 present members Of the class and diplomas will be given by R. B. Church, chairman Of the North Wilkes boro board o4 education. Valedic tory will be by Do^ie Ann God bey. yj Queens College Chapel Given By Belk's Dedication The Queens College Chapel given by the associates of Mr. W. H. Belk and members of his family in honor of the Belk Brothers will be dedicated on the Campus of Queens College, Sunday after noon, June 4tn. The keys will be presented to the College by Mr. George W. Dowdy, representing the Belk Associates. An Interesting feature of hte dedication will be that King George Yt of Great Britain is presenting the Chapel Bible to the new Belk Chapel on the Cam pus of Queens. He is doing this because of the interesting connec tion that Queens College has with the Old Country. On June 2nd. the Biography ol Mr. W. H. Belk also appears ir print. o Reunification move grows 1e Eastern, Western Germany. OFFICIAL VOTE CAST IN WILKES COUNTY IN PRIMARY HELD SATURDAY, MAY 27TH Ins. Comm. PRECINCT Antioch Beaver Creek Boomer Brushy Mountain Edwards 1 Edwards 2 Edwards 3. Elk 1 . . Elk 2 Jobs Cabin 1 Jobs Cabin 2 Lewis Fork Lovelace Moravian Falls Mulberry 1 M^tfberry 2 New Castle North Wilkesboro North Wilkesboro North /Wilkesboro Reddies River Rock Creek Somers . Stanton Traphill 1 Visit Will Be In Interest Of Sarin^s Bond Indepen dence Campaign An exact replies of the famous Liberty Bell will visit North Wlt kesboro on Wednesday, Jane 7. Visit of the replica of this bell symbolizing American independ ence will be undef the auspices of the Wilkes unit of the U. S. Sav ings Bond Independence Drive, of which W. D. Half acre is chair man, and the Wilkes Chamber of Qpmmeroe. , The occasion here Wednesday will open with a parade starting at 9:30 a. nr. An escort will meet the truck bearing the Liberty Bell replica and proceed to the center of the town. In this parade will be a police car, Ford Motor com pany caravan and nnlts of the Na Itional Ouard battery here. A. P. Kilby will be parade chair man. The caravan will be parked at Main and Ninth streets from 9:30 until noon, and beginning at 11:30 will be a public program to which everybody in the. county is invit ed. \ The program will open with ad vance of color guard of the Na tional Guard, and address of wel come by Mayor R. T. McNiel. Mr. Halfacre wjll explain the savings bond campaign in Wilkes county. His address will ha fol lowed by "The Heritage of the Liberty Bell." A high school student or 4-H club member will give excerpts from the Declaration of Indepen dence. Driver of the truck carrying the Liberty Bell replica will be Flake White, of Statesville, who was selected recently as "Driver of the Year" in trucking indus tries in North Carolina. His grand son^Wade Howard, ot North Wil kesboro, will be dressed as Uncle Sam and will ring the Liberty Bell. The National Anthem will conclude the program. Those planning details of the program and Liberty Bell visit here will meet Monday, 4:30 p. m., in the office of the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce. n LOCALS Mr. and Mrs. Hoke McNeill and daughter, and Mrs. D. C. Sebas tain, of Wilkesboro, visited Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Walker and fam ily at Hays Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Green and daughter, Miss Betsy Green, of Sanford, and Mr. and Mrs. Fur man Green, of Miami, Fla., were met at Bluff Park Sunday by Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Crook, of this city, and all of the group had lunch at the tea room. Mrs. Tom Green is a sister of Mr. Cook, and Furman Green is a nephew. All of the Greens visited .with the Crooks in North Wilkesboro be fore returning to Sanford. Mr. and Mrs. Arvil Pruitt, of Traphill, attended the commence ment exercises at the Georgia Mili tary Academy at College Park Ga., Sunday and Monday, and accom panied home their Bon, Forest Richard Pruitt, who was a* mem ber of the graduating class. Also going down for Mr. Pruitt's gra duation were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jenkins. Mrs. Jenkins, aunt of Richard, returned home Monday, but Mr. Jenkins went from Georgia to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where he plans to spend about a f week. The Jenkinses went down to Georgia on Friday. Postoffice Windows To Close 5:30 P. M. Effective June 7, windows at the North Wilkesboro postoffice will open at eight a. m. and close at 5:3d p. m. dally Mondays through Fridays. On Saturdays the windows will- be open from eight a. m. until 12 noon. The change from the present schedule means that windows Mondays through Fridays will close at 6: SO p. m. instead of 6:00 p. m. Announcement of the change was made by Postmaster Maurice E. Walsh. Mi ' »;■ ■
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