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The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 4' Years
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North Wilkesbor?
trading radius of 50
?erring 100,000 people
Northwestern Carolina.
? ^ N?. 19 Published Mondays and ThOrsdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., Thursday, July 3, 1947 Make North Wilkesboro Your Shoppina Center
horse show to be outstanding local event
Along with
of the nation's fin
est show horses
from widely separ
ated sections of
country some fine
horses will be
shown Friday and
Saturday In the Ki
wanls Club horse
show by local horse
enthusiasts. The
picture alongside
shows Oelia Carter,
daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Oar
to', riding Major
Allen, one of many
fine hordes owned
in this community.
The show ' should
be one of the most
successful in the
state this year,
with more than 100
horses from the
c o u n t r y's best
known stables to
b e shown. The
show will be held
on the new show
grounds near the
livestock market
just out of this
city o n highway
115,
[Memorial park mass meeting
Ie HELD MONDAY NIGHT AT TOWN
MALL; ATHLETIC LIGHTS BOUGHT
?j Following a meeting here yes
Krday with a representative of
ft lighting company, a mass meet
ag of citizens has been called to
? held at fche North Wilkesboro
own hall Monday, 7:30 p. m.,
o adopt definite plans for light
ng the Memorial Park athletic
ields for vfootball and baseball.
Swofford Is Chairman
Coach Howard Bowers, who
named chairman of the fund
Manpaign to raise $20,000 for
itruction of Memorial Park
the fairgrounds in honor of
for six weeks study at Co
University and Jack Swof
ord was elected as chairman to
jomplete the- drive, which is well
under way.
Materials On Order
Chairman Swofford, with com
mittee members and others inter
ed, met yesterday at the
fhamber of Commerce office
th H. W. Marvin, represents
ive of Westinghouse Electric
mpany, and received quotations
on materials for athletic light
He stated that he could fur
h immediately all electric ma
?rials, including transformers,
.fter receiving estimates a ten
tative order was placed, subject
to confirmation by tbe mass
meeting.
Free Gar and Horse Show
This week in the campaign to
raise funds for lights and seating
facilities efforts are being con
centrated on the Lions Club's
free car project, because half the
profits will go to the Memorial
Park fund. Also efforts are being
centralized on work for the horse
show Friday and Saturday under
sponsorship of the Klwanis club,
which is expected to make a
Canvass Next Week
Next week committee mem
bers and solicitors will make
personal solicitation to complete
the fund for this project, which
is recognized as one of the
most needed improvements for
the community and entire coun
ty.
If present plans materialize
football garpes here this fall will
be played under the lights and
professional baseball will make
its debut here next summer, pro
viding wholesome recreation for
all this section of northwestern
North Carolina.
idy Grove Church
Plans Home Coming
Shady Grove Baptist Church
the Adley community an
ces an old time home corn
will be iheld July 13. All for
er pastors and members of the
:h and community have a
1 invitation,
e (program is as follows:
day school, 10 o'clock; Sing
ing by Sunshine quartet; preach
ing at 11 o'clock by Rev. Clate
Brown; Dinner at 12 o'clock;
Singing at 1 o'clock by Gordon
Quartet, Girls Trio and short
talks by former pastors. Rev.
Gilbert Osborne will be in
charge. "Everyone come and
bring full baskets," the an
nouncement stated.
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Lions Meet fti&ay
North Wilkesboro Lions Club
will meet Friday evening, 6:30,
at Hotel Wllkee. An official from
thtjk Kiwanifl Club, horse show
win"be the feature speaker. 7l
Elkin Will Play
f Here Satorday
The game that baseball fans
have beep waiting for, North
Wilkeeboro and Blkin, will be
played here on Saturday after
noon, three o'clock.
Elkln Is now leading the Tad
Valley league with North
In third place. In
[valry between North Wil
and Elkin always as
a good game. The Red Caps
primed for Elkln ear
the season but the game
5d out.
Wilkeeboro lost a close
to Clingman at Clingman
by the. score of eight
in the late innings
strong Clingman nine
Big-Time Auto
Racing July 6th
Local Speedway
Big-time auto racing makes Its
1947 -North Carolina debut at
the North Wllkesboro Speedway
July 6 with a score of the na
tion's leading drivers scheduled
to chauffer on the five-eights of
a mile dirt track for over $2,000
in prize money.
The race schedule calls for
two 15-lap sprints and a 0-mile
feature in addition to time trials,
the latter getting under way
promply at noon. The first race
is set for 2:45 p. m.
These races mark the first in
vasion of the South by the Cen
tral States Racing Association, a
midwestern outfit labeled by
many as the fastest dirt track
circuit in America. The races will
be under the management of Bhl
France, famous, stock cat pro
moter.
Only because France is holding
two big car races in three days
was he able to lure this crack
field below the Mason-Dixon
line. The same program as to
be held here will be staged at
Greenville, S. C., July 4. ?
Heading the list of gas joekeys
already entered is Cliff Griffith,
1946 champion of the Midwest
Dirt Track Association and one
of the greatest drivers ever to
trod an accelerator. He will be
driving an Offenhauser powered
by t?e game engine which was
in an Indianapolis race car this
year.
The new Nortji Wllkesboro
Speedway is regarded as the fast
est five-eights of a mile dirt
track in the nation and several
world's records are expected to
be smashed when these Offen
hausers, D. O. Hals and Riley
Specials begin battering at the
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Wholesale Firms
Close Wednesdays
1 P. M.; Begin 9th
Eight wholesale firms here
this week have agreed to close
every Wednesday afternoon,
one o'clock, beginning Wednes
day, July 9.
The firms which will close
on Wednesday afternoon * are
North Wilkesboro Grocery Co.,
Tal J. Pearson, I. E. Pearson,
J. F. Pearson, S. V. Tomllnson,
Joines Cash Wholesale, Eller
Brothers, O. A. Lowe and Sons.
The Wednesday afternoon clos
ing will extend through Sep
tember 24.
The Southside Singing Associ
ation convened at Mount Carmel
Sunday, June 29, at 11 o'clock.
Rev. Woodr^n Isaacs led the de
votionals. Singers for the morn
ing session were: the home
choir, led by Mr. Church; Sweet
Home and Fishing Creek Arbor
choirs, led iby Eugene Revis;
Island Ford choir, led by Rev.
E. W. Walker of Elkin; Robert
Johnson, piano and vocal soloist;
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Jones, duet;
and the Beaver Creek choir, led
by Mrs. Edward Foster.^ After
one round the Bession adjourned
for an hour. Soon a long table
was loaded with delicious food
that was enjoyed by a large
number of .people from near and
far. s '
Mount Carmel, the home choir,
opened the afternoon session.
New singers were added to the
morning list as follows. The
Sunrise Quartet, Garsh Fox lead
er, of Hiddenite; The Douglas
Quartet, Mr. Douglas as sponsor,
of Taylorsville; The Walsh Sis
ters, of Ferguson; The Pleasant
Grove choir; The Pleasant Grove
Junior Quartet; The Russell
Quartet, of Mt. Olive; The Pil
grim Quartet, and Charlie Jones
piano and vocal soloist. After
two rounds the session adjourn
ed to meet the next Fifth Sun
day at Mt. Pisgah Baptist church
at Boomer.
Ambrose J. Barker
Funeral Wednesday
Funeral Bervlce^fras held Wed
nesday, two p. m., at Charity
church for Ambrose J. 'Barker,
61, well known citizen of the
Roaring River route one com
munity who died Monday. Rev.
Vergie Richardson and Rev. Joe
Lyon conducted the last rites.
Mr. Barker is survived by 12
sons and daughters: Percy Bark
er, Thurmond; Mrs. Roy Clark,
Buchanan, W. Va.; Mrs. W. C.
Brown, Mrs. George Wilmount
and Vance Barker, of* Inkster,
Michigan; Miss Maude Barker,
Roaring River; Mrs. Willard
Jeffries, Buchanan, W. Va.;
Grant, Ina Mae, Clyde, Jimmie
and Katharine Barker, all of
Roaring River.
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Cripple Clinic On
Thursday, July 10
Orthopedic clinic will be held
at the Wilkes hospital Thursday,
July 10, at whicji time an ortho
pedic specialist will make free
examination of all crippled and
deformed persons present.
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Soil Conservation
People Supporting
The Control Work
Estimate That 6,000 Acres'
Of Crop Lands Flooded
In Yadkin Valley
Washington. ? Representatives ]
of Forsyth, Wildes, Surry and
Yadkin Counties met with Agri
culture Department officials here
yesterday to urge continuation of
a full-scale soil conservation pro
gram as part of a long-range
flood control syBtem needed in
the Yadkin River Valley.
The group, invited to Washing
ton by Representative C. B.
Deane of North Carolina, con
sisted of M. A. Hester of route
one, Bellew Creak, Forsyth
County; Stanton Mclver, district
conservationist, of North Wil
kesboro, Wilkes County; and
Paul Speer of Boonville, Yad
kin county, chairman of the Tri
Creek soil Conservation District.
Comprehensive Program Urged
They stressed in talks with of
ficials of the Soil .Conservation
Service and the United States
Forestry Service that in order to
stop devasting floods in the Yad
kiq valleys, a comprehensive pro
gram is required. To be effective,
they said, such a program must
include intensive. soil conserva
tion measures, detention dams
for flood control, and sound re
forestation and forest manage
ment.
Under the present Republican'
economy-az threat, soil conserva
tion funds in the Agriculture De
partment appropriation ibill (soon
to come before the Senate after
a severe cut in the House) would
be reduced to the point that
drastic curtailment of the pro
gram would bp necessary.
The Tar Heel
report on damage caused by the
recent flash flood in the Yadkin
Valley.
"There were approximately 6,
000 acres of crop land along the
Yadkin River damaged," they
said in a joint statement," of
which at least 4,000 acres were
actually in crops, such as corn,
small grain and hay. There were
at least 2,000 acres more of crop
land also damaged by this flood
along Cub Creek and other minor
tributaries to the upper Yadkin
River.
"Many small farmers^had their
crops completely destroyed and
they feel it hopeless to continue
their farming operations.
"In additon, some families in
North Wilkeeboro and Elkin and
a few places of business had to
move out temporarily. One high
way bridge was washed out and
the Wilkeeboro water supply
system was considerably dam
aged, and contaminated and, ten
days later, was still unfit for hu
man consumption."
Deane, Folger and other pro
poments of flood control dams
for the Yadkin Valley have ask
ed the House Appropriations
Committee for $75,000 during
the next fiscal year for advance
planning of the project. They will
get their answer on Friday when
the committee is expected to re
port out the civil functions bill
containing various flood control
projects.
Ferguson Writes
On Flood Control
In order to allow a full expres
sion of opinions and to be fair
to all, The Journal-Patriot is
publishing, by the author's re
quest, a public opinion article by
T. W. Ferguson, of Ferguson.
Because of the length of the
article, it is appearing in install
ments, with the? firqt in today's
paper. Any opinions expressed
are those of the author, and are
not to be construed as any part
of the editorial policy of this
newspaper. First Installment of
Mr. Ferguson's contribution will
be found on page seren.
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V. F. W. Meeting
On Tuesday Night
Blue Bidge Mountain Post of
Veterans of Foreign Wars will
meet Tuesday night, eight o'
clock, to transact Tery important
business matters and all mem
bers are asked to
METHODIST YOUTH CARAVAN COMING
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A Methodist Youth Caravan,
consisting of two young men,
two young women and a coun
selor, will be at the First
Methodist church in North
Wilkeaboro all next week, be
ginning Sunday, July 6. Bach
of the young people, under 24
years of age, have completed
two yeari or more in college.
In the picture above the mem
bers of the caravan are: stand
ing, left to right, Jack Spencer,
of DuBois, Pan and Ray Bran
ton, of Vivian, La.; seated,
left to right, Mari jean W or ley,
of Stamford, Conn.; Evelyn
Strader,, counselor, of Draper,
and Nora Alice Prine, of Irv
ington, Ala,
The purpose of the Caravan
is to help revitalize and
strengthen the youth program
of the local church and com
munity, and to give a clearer
vision of the Christian's re
sponsibility in every phase of
life. The Caravan will make
personal visits, lead informal
study classes and forums, as
sist in Initiating work projects,
give suggestions for worship
services, and direct recreation.
The Caravan will begin their
services on Sunday evening,
July 0, at seven o'clock. Each
evening a program of discus
sion; recreation, and worship
will be provided for young peo
ple, ages 12-23, and for adults
who are interested in youth.
A ?class will be taught for the
adults by the Caravan Coun
selor.
Square Dance Friday ,
At Legion Clubhouse
Another old time square -dance
at the
American Legion. Music will be
furnished by Jim Golden and his
Wanderers of the Wasteland and
cold drinks will be sold. Every
body Is Invited. ?
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4-H Club Camp
July 7th to 12th
By D WIGHT WILLIAMSON and
MARGARET MORRISON
Fifty 4-H Club boys and girls
from Wilkes county will attend
4-H Camp next week, July 7-12,
at Camp Fellowship, Barium
Springs.
All 4-H members who are reg
istered to go to camp are expect
ed to be at the County Court
House at least iby 12:15 p. m.
in order to get ready to leave by
1 p. m.
A full week of recreation, arts
and crafts, forestry, sports, home
making, etc., has been planned
for those who attend camp.
These boys and girls will be ac
companied by the Assistant Farm
and Home Agents.
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Blue Ridge Singers
Convened Sunday
Blue Ridge Singing Convention
met with New Hope Baptist j
church Sunday, June 29th. Chair
man T. A. Eller was in charge of
the meeting which opened with
a song by the congregation and
led by the chairman. Prayer was
by Rev. Clate Brown and address
of welcome by Rev. Vernon Eller.
Chairman Eller called for reg
istration of singers, the follow
ing groups taking part: New
Hope choir and quartette,' also
young peoples choir, Hinshaw
Street choir, Welcome Home
choir and quartette, Arbor Grove
choir, Purlear chqjr, Lewis Fork
choir, Richmond Hill choir from
Yadkin county, Gospel Baptist
quartett, Northwestern Singers'
quartette.
A committee composed of lead
ers of each church was appointed
to select officers for the ensuing
yekr and place for the' next meet
ing. T. A. EHler was chosen as
chairman, with Sherman Shu
mate as secretary. Lewis Fork
church was chosen as next meet
ing place, August 31st.
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Mr. Eugene Iteavls, of Gilreath,
will leave for West Virginia Jtfly
6 to teach several singing schools.
The singing school will start
Monday, July 7, at Long Point,
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Timber Thinning
Winners Will Get
Winners In Recent Cham
ber of Commerce Contest
To Get Award
W. K. Sturdivant, chairman of
the Wilkes Chamber of Com
merce Agriculture Committee, an
nounced today that the prize
winners of the recent Timber
Thinning Contest had been in
vited to make a three-day trip
to State College as an additional
reward for their fine efforts in
the recent contest.
The thinning contest was held
in connection with the chamber's
Reforestation Field Day, and a
large number ? of county students
were entered. The contest con
sisted of thinning, according to
standard forestry practices, an
acre of timber on their own
lands. Mr. R'. W. Graeber, State
Extension Forester, judged the
contest, assisted by John E.
Ford, 'Farm Forester for Wilkes
county.
Mr. Graeber is arranging for
the boys to be shown through
the forestry department of State
College and the State Forester's
office while in Raleigh. It is
hoped they will also be able to
see the governor sometime dur
ing the trip. The boys will be
taken on a field trip around Ra
leigh to. look over various fores
try projects carried on by the
forestry section of State College.
Timber Thinning Contest win
ners making the trip will be: Ed
win McGee of Furlear, Charlie
Blackburn of Ronda, Ralph Gray
of Cycle, Gwyn Redding of Ron
da, C. A. Burchette, Jr., of Ron
da, Ray Johnson of Jonesville,
Route l^ Fred Wellborn of Wil
kesboro, Shelton Edwards of
Wlikesboro, Duel Jones of Ron
da, and Charles A. Gilliam of
Ronda. The boys will be accom
panied by Mr. Forrest Jones,
-Secretary of the Wilkes Cham
ber of Commerce; Mr. R. D.
Smith, Wilkes County Farm
Agent; and John E. Ford, Farm
Forester for Wilkes county.
This group will leave North
Wlikesboro on Friday, July 11
and return on Sunday, July 13.
Purlear Revival Is
To Begin Sunday
Revival services will begin
Sunday night at Purlear Baptist
church and continue through the
week with services at 11 a. m.
and 7:80 p. m. The pastor, Rev.
Glenn Huffman, will be assisted
by Rev. Walter Whlttington, pas
tor of the First Bapttet church
at Damascus, Va. The public is
cordially Invited to all
45 Events To Be
On Program For
Friday, Saturday
Over 100 Fine Horses Enter
ed For Kiwanis Club's
Horse Show Here
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With some of the nation's
finest horses among the more
than 100 already entered for the
annual horse show at North Wil
kesboro July 4 and 5, the show
is destined to he an outstanding
sports event of the summer in
northwestern North Carolina.
Just off the press is the 100
page program for the two day
show, whcih will he held at two
and eight p. m. both days, Friday
and "Saturday. The program list3
a total of 45 events with the
championships scheduled to be
held Saturday night. The horse
show grounds -are located just
out of North Wilkesboro on high
way 115, where stable accomo
dations have been arranged for
100 horses.
Under sponsorship of the ,
North Wtlkesboro Kiwanis club,
the show will be under manage
ment of John Bowers, of Black
Mountain, who has staged many
highly successful horse show
events. Ringmaster will be H.
Glenn York, of Elkin. Jack
Thompson, of Hodgenville, Ky.,
Otto Fnrr, of Mlddleburg, Va.,
and Ormond Gilmore, of War
trace, Tenn., will be judges. W.
K. SturdivUnt is Kiwanis Club
horse show chairman.
A large sum is being offered
in cash prizes to winners in the
many events, in addition to rib
bons and many beautiful tro
phies, which have been purchased
and are now on display in the
Jewel Box window in North Wil
kesboro.
The horee show will be broad
shows are held, will be master
ceremopies and announce the
show over the public address sys
tem. Robert Montgomery will
handle the radio broadcast.
No Kiwonis Meeting
Here On Friday Noon
Dr. G. T. Mitchell, president
of the North Wilkesboro Kiwan
ts club, has announced that
there will be no Kiwanis meet
ing Friday at noon and Kiwan
ians will :be devoting their at
tention te the horse show Friday
and Saturday, afternoons and
nights.
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Return Cookers To
Hom^ Agent Office
Office of the Wilkes Home
Demonstration agent has a num
ber of pressure cookers out a
mong the people of the county
and the home agent asked that
all cookers now out :be returned
to the office for checking.
Legion Team Ends
Schedule Tuesday
Wilkes Boys Improved
Greatly Daring Strenu
ous Baseball Schedule
"Just wait until next year" is
the cry among junior baseball
enthusiasts at the end of the Le
gion junior baseball schedule for
the local team and prospects
really are good for a winning
team next year. v
For the first time in history
a North Wilkesboro team was
put in regular junior baseball
play and it so happened that
this area had the "big" teams
which are expected to go places
in national competition. For the
schedule North Wilkesboro has
one victory?4-3 over Charlotte
and Charlotte is a top team in
the state.
With many?of the boys eligi
ble for next year, the North Wil
kesboro team will be no pushover
for any junior team next season.
All the boys lacked this year was
experience, much of which they
have gained. Under great handi
cap they have played well ani
were in there trying through
every inning.
The games here this week re
sulted in victories for the visi
tors. Hickory took the
game IS to 3 and
the season with a If to 1
Tuesday.
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