to the State Health
in Connecticutt, 61 per
of cancer patients were alive
one yeaafter treatment; and
nearly 40 per cent survived.
ne&rly_4'
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tOR SALE!
New materials just received.
DAN RIVER WRJNKLESHED
AND HANDI-CUTS, LINING,
WASHABLE CREPE
' Priced from—
39c to 89c yd.
MRS. JAY EDMISTEN
2nd House Behind Wilkesboro P.O.
TELEPHONE 313-W
Life Savings Of
RecluseiTotals $1,410
Elkin, June 28 — The life sav
ings of an elderly recluse, found
dead Monday afternoon, was re
covered from the walls, the cloth
ing and parts of her secluded home
near Ddbson. The cache amounted
to $1410.89.
The search for her belongings
was made after Mrs. Julie Layell
was found dead Monday by two
neighbors who said she had been
missing since Saturday. The cor
onr said there was so sign of i
violence.
County officials and kin, search
ing the house, found the savings
in various places. All except 89
cents was in bills ranging from
$1 to $50. Most bills bore the
signature of Secretary of the
Treasury, Henry Morganthau.
Some signatures were later.
There were 410 one-dollar bills,
27 teu-dollar bills, 66 five-dollar
bills, 10 twenty-dolllar bills, and
four fifty-dollar bills.
Bottled and Distributed By
NORTH WILKESBORO COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY
FIFTEEN DAY
SPECIALS
AT YOUR -
BETTER HOMES FURNITURE CO.
"Complete Home Furnishers"
REFRIGERATORS
*185.00 up
With no carrying charges added.
Three Popular Makes To Choose From.
ELECTRIC RANGES
*179.50 <p
No carrying charges added during the
next 15 days.
This Offer 'Stands Good On Everything
We Have To Sell.
EASY TERMS
We are not overstocked! V/e did not make
| a special purchase! It is not our anni
versary! Our buyers haven't made any
mistakes! We have not been whipped
by a tropical hurricane! We didn't have
to douse the embers of any recent fire!
But our prices are still low and our terms
are the easiest in the country.
We Carry A Complete Line of
HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS.
BETTER HOMES FURNITURE CO.
I East 'B' Street _ North Wilkesboro, N. C.
E COMPANY
.N. OBSERVERS OFF FOR KORI
MEMBERS OF A SPECIAL United Nations Commission board a plane to
Seattle, Wash., for Korea, where they will survey the war situation at
first hand. Top to bottom are: CoL Alfred G. Katzin of South Africa,
personal representative of U.N. Secretary General Trygve Lie; Cecil
Goyder, communications officer for the U.N., and Don Sullivan, U. S.
Chief of the Administration Secretariat. (International Soundphoto)
We Are Now Offering
COMPLETE PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICE
At Lower Prices
BYER.S' STUDIO
(OVER THE REXALL)
Photo Finishing — Portraits — Commercial
Phones: Day 578-J, Night 111-J North Wilkesboro, N. C.
AUTO LOANS
Financing—
—Refinancing
Our Rotes Are Lower - Prompt Service
■
Insurance Service & Credit Corp.
822 '6' Street ; * Telephone 76
The Journal-Patriot Want Ads Get Results. I
Two young Sparta boys were
drowned Sunday while swimming
in a pond near Sparta.
Odell Creed, 20, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lindsay Creed and Daynard
Pruitt, 15, son of Mrs. Allen Evans,
both' of Sparta, were both- dead
before help could arrive. Children
standing on the bank of the pond
said that' apparently Creed suf
fered a cramp and drowned and
that Pruitt drowned in the at
tempt to save his companion.
Neighbors, hearing the screams
Of the swimmers and children ar
rived too late to prevent the trag
edy, which occurred around 8:30
p. m. Creed's body lay in 14 feet
of water for, 40 minutes before
Billy Carroll Choate found him.
Pruitt's body was not recovered
until two hours later, when the
pond was partially drained to aid
the search.
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In 1947 it was estimated that
50 per cent Of Connecticut's driv
srg caused 80 per cent of the
state's auto accidents.
The two largest railroad »Wops
in the world — a car wheel taw
dry and a roundhouse—are lo
cated in Altoona, Pa.
WANTED! , WANTED!
HICKORY LOG!
Effective Immediately Our Prices Are
Increased To:
NO. 1 LOGS $50.00 Per Thousand Feet
NO. 2 LOGS $27.50 Per Thousand Feet
■ Bring Your Hickory Now!
Can use any quantity delivered between
now and November fl st.
HICKORY FIBRE COMPANY
North Wilkesboro, N. C.
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