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mwmzMPmrnmsmp., , , ?., , li????? 5 Y. ML C. A, u rais fond for the North WOkeaboro hot trading radius of 50 xa^mm of a mmleni Y M "Mkm v ^ ^ serving 100,000 people m of a modern Y. M Northwestern Carolina. ^11- f A or a modern I. M p.-., The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 41 Years Vol. 42, No. 26 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORQ. N. C.. Monday, July 28, 1947 Make North Wilkesbero Your Shoppino Center I WINNERS IN WILKES 4-H DRESS REVUE ? "VlwimiiiMut" x ? i ?.. .. ib Flock Wins Feature Race On Local Speedway; ?our Driver# Slightly Injur ed In Several Accidents jOn Speedway Track Flock, Atlanta driver who lad been beaten recently by his jrother, Fonty, came through In Bt place in the thrilling 50 etock car feature Sunday on ie North Wilkesboro speedway. Fonty Flock came in fifth be lind Bob, Bill Bryon, of Atlanta, in Dun'naway, of Charlotte,1 Ed Samples, of Atlanta. Fon and Bob are now virtually i in the national championship j>a6nt standings. [ A crowd estimated at more ian 12,000 saw the races, which rere featured by six accidents. the second trial heat Lucky iner'a car went into a spin. Sill nbiC, of High Point, and M. Dudley, of 'Yadkinville, both 9d Into Bauer's car. Saner was Lken up and suffered a brain jncuasion. Today, however, his indition was much Improved. | Dudley suffered facial cuts. In the time trials Micky Finn, |pf Charlotte, turned over four Jim Lewellyn, of High had practically the same cperience but they did not suf r critical injuries and both re rned to participate in later ,ents. Glenn Dunnaway, of Charlotte, inie Rogers, of Charlotte, ihon, of Greenville, S. C., _ I White, of High Point, re firm place winners in the heXh j] France, face promoter, _ today that a climaxing st i# planned for the North aro speedway in about 'Weeks. Plans are to have one race of 100 laps. Time trials he taken care of prior to race date and there will be no preliminaries. Mr.' France said that a stock car race is planned for the new Elkin speedway in the next few weeks. Walton Black Is Taken By Death Funeral service was held this morning at Reins - Sturdivant chapel for Walton Black, who died Saturday in the veterans hospital at Swanannoa. Mr. Black was a native of South Carolina and came to Nortel Wilkeeboro several years ago, where he held a responsible position with the Works Pro gress Administration. Here he married the former Miss Ruth Vannoy, who survives. In recent years Mr. Black held responsible government positions in Raleigh and in Richmond, Va., until his health failed several months ago. Rev. B. M. Lackey, of Lenoir, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church, conducted the funeral service and burial was in Mount Lawn cemetery. Mr. Black was well known here and during his stay in North Wilkesboro made many friends. Important Meeting Of VFW Tuesday A very important meeting of Blue Ridge post of Veterans of Foreign Wars will be held Tues day night, eight o'clock, at the VFW hall on C street. Air 8Ww plans will be discussed and all members are asked to be present. o Civilian meat supplies this year promise to be fully as large ag in 1946 and well above most of the war years. Civilian meat supplies per person in 1946 aver aged 153 pounds compared with 134 pounds in 1937-41, accord ing to BAE. Wm. Thomas Transou Is Claimed By Death William Thomas Transou, 85 year-old citizen of the Oakwoods community, died Saturday after noon at his home. Surviving Mr. Transou are four sons and two daughters: John, Will, Ellsha and Fred 'Transou, of Princeton, 111.; Mrs. I Robert McLain, Saskatchewan, j Canada; Miss Jettie Transou, Wilkesboro. Fletcher Family Holds a Reunion The home of Mrs. J. W. Fletcher and the late Mr. Fletch er, of North Wilkesboro, Route three was the scene of a family reunion Wednesday. Covers were laid at 1 and 7 o'clock for Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fletcher of Houston, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fletcher of New York City; Mrs. Myrtle Fletcher and daughter, Janet, of San Francisco; Mr. and Mrs. C. W. FletcheT and daughters, Mar garet and Dorothy; Mrs. H. S. Soots and daughter, Mrs. Roy Pennell; Mrs. R. E. Felts, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Soots, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Jennings, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Moore; and Miss Pansy Fletcher and Mrs. Fletch er of the home. It has been many year8 since all the family was at home to gether. Lively conversation, pic ture making and a watermelon least filled the day. \ Mrs. Fletcher is a Gold Star Mother, having sons in two wars. Clarence, the eldest served in the Infantry in World War I. In World "War II, Henry, as an en gineer, served as government in spector of ships at Dallas, Tex as. Archie was a First Lienten ant in the Marines and lost his life at Okinawa. Walter served In the Infantry in the European theatre. of the MiRferl jjJeek club, was the happy winner in the cbun- _ ty 4-H club dress vevue held here. Toy left are pictured the senior winners, leftl to right, Sne Bmngarner and Margaret Cooper,, of Millers Creek, and Fern Ma this, of Wilkesboro, first, second and third in the street dress group; Flo Min ton, of Millers Creek and Vel ma Brown, of Mountain View, first and second in the evening dress revue. In the lower group picture are shown the junior winners. Left to right are Reba Felts, of the Mulberry club, and Dorothy Russell, of Mo ravian Falls, first and seoond in the skirt contest. The school dress winners were Mary Zella Pardue, of Mountain View, Rachel. Scroggs, of Roaring River, and Mary Anne Pennell, of Wilkesboro. ? - " 1 Mayor Lentz Is Judge of Beauty Contest Friday Mayor George Lentz, of Win ston-Salem, has accepted the in vitation to be chairman of the judges committee for the Wilkes Junior Chamber of Commerce beauty contest to be held Friday night'in the large stone 'building just out of this city on highway 115. Jaycees are now selling ad vance tickets for the big event, which will determine Miss Wilkes ?1947 to take part in the state contest. Complete list of entrants and sponsors will appear in this pap er Thursday. Boonville Here Wednesday P.M. North Wilkesboro Red Caps, fresh from a 12 to 4 victory over Rockford here Saturday, will play the strong Boonville nine here Wednesday, the game -be ginning at 3:30. Saturday's victory left North Wilkesboro one-half game out of the league lead behind the Elkin all stars, who dropped a game Saturday. On Thursday night the Red Caps will play Jonesville at 8:15 under the lights in Blkin's new Memorial Park. Support Y. M. C. A. Jeter Speaker At Joint Meeting Of 2 Kiwanis Clubs 35 Members Of Elkin Club Meet With North Wil kesboro Kiwanians Frank H. Jeter, agricultural editor at State College, delivered a most interesting address here Friday evening at Hotel Wilkes to the North Wilkesboro and El kin Kiwanis clubs in joint meet ling. Dr. G. T. Mitchell, president of the North Wilkesboro club, pre sided. He wa8 flanked at the speaker's table by Carl Poindex ter and Julius Hall, president and secretary of the Elkin club. Flkin inembers attending totaled 35. The program for the evening g^in charge of Bob Smith, who, arter the dinner introduced to the clubs Frank H. Jeter, Agri culture Extension Editor, State College, Raleigh, who made a rery splendid agriculture booster talk. Mr. Jeter paid high compli ments to the Elkin and North clubs for the tar reaching interest they have taken in recent years to promote the agricultural interests of this surrounding territory. He men tioned the various clubs and pro jects each has been sponsoring to give impetus to better stock raising, more yield to the farm acres, etc. He suggested the continuation of these projects as the best means for building a spirit of cooperation between the rural and urban peoples. He thinks this should be a self-supporting agri cultural state and predicts it will as its farmers come to know they can produce their feed and grazing crops sufficient to feed all of their livestock. ''Industry can greatly hasten the conclusion of this idea as it proceeds to build plants to process our own feeds," he said. The address was broadcast over Station WKBC, of North Wilkesboro. Car Crashes Into Basement Home Of RobyJ. Eller A speeding car which left the highway and traveled more than 100 yards through an open field crashed into the basement of the home of R'oby Eller nine miles west of this city Saturday night. The 1937 Ford car, driven by John Lovman, was traveling east on the highway when it ran off on the right, skipped and jump ed through the field and crashed through the brick wall of the 'basement of Mr. Eller's home. The front part of the car was resting in the basement when it came to a stop. Highway Patrolman Carter listed Lowman's address as Stony Point. With Lowman was Wint Chambers, of Cycle. Lowman was charged with driving while drunk and Chambers was arrest ed for drunkenness. Mr. Eller estimated the dam age to his home at $250. Tyre Coudill Rites Conducted Todoy Funeral service was held today at Round Mountain church for Tyre Caudlll, 74, who died Sat urday at his home in Rock Creek township. Rev. Jimmle Bryant and Rev. Landreth Blevins con ducted the service. Surviving Mr. Caudlll are his wife, Mrs. Ida Johnson Caudlll, two brothers and one sister. Child Is Found Attends Assoc iotion Of Rescue Squads Harry L. Summers, attended , the Summer Encampment of the Virginia Association of Reecue Squads, at Claytor Lake, Rad ford, Va.f Saturday and Sunday. He attended as a visitor of the Elkin Emergency Sqpad. Drills, lectures and a round table dis-1 cussion in methods of life sav ing were practiced and discussed. o Big Singing At Millers Creek Paul B. Collins, widely known singing instructor from Lincoln ton, will conduct a singing con vention at Millers Creek school on Sunday, August 3, beginning at two p. m. All choirs and special singers are invited to participate. Special guests will Include Mr. Walbert, Mr. and Mrs. Yeager, of Vaughn Music company. Ralph Tomlinson Found Dead Here Saturday Morning Death Of Popular Young Insurance Man Attributed To Heart Attack Ralph Tomlinson, 28, well known insurance salesman here, was found dead in his car near the Drive-In cafe on east Main street at eight a. m. Saturday. According to Police Chief Walker and Coroner I. M. My ers, who Investigated the death, death was caused by a heart jfcfc, tack. ^Members of his family told officers that he had been suffer ing from heaft disease for some time. Investigation by officers re vealed that Mr. Tomlinson was with Howard Neely and Grant Johnson, of this city, from ten p. m. until two a. m. Mr. Tom linson had some car trouble and the car was parked about two a. m. Neely and Johnson told offi cers that they left Mr. Tomlin son in his car at that time and I that he was apparently asleep. At eight a. m. his body was found on the floor of the car in the back seat and he had been dead for some time. Mr. Tomlinson was a son of the late Evan H. Tomlinson, and Mrs. Tomlinson, who resides in Morehead, Ky. He was reared in Kentucky and came to North Wilkesboro about one year ago. He was for some time employed here in the business of his un cle, the late S. V. Tomlinson, and more recently was with the Occi dental Life Insurance agency here. Surviving Mr. Tomlinson are his wife, Mrs. Lucille Tomlinson, and one daughter, of this city, Kitty Lou; also his mother, one brother and one sister, William and Pauline Tomlinson, of Morehead, Ky. A brief funeral service was held at Reins-Sturdivant chapel here Sunday, conducted by Dr. Gilbert R. Combs and Rev. W. R. Wagoner. The body was taken te Morehead, Ky., where last rites will be held Tuesday, two p. m., at Christian church. Out-of-town people here Sun day for the service included the following: Mr. and Mrs. Walter Tomlinson, Misses Maggie and Myrtle Tomlinson, Jesse Tomlin son, of East Bend; Mr. and Mrs. Norman Marler, Winston-Salem; Mrs. R. L. Poindexter and daughter, Wanda, of Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. Evan H. Tomlinson, Miss Pauline and William Tom linson, of Morehead, Ky.; Mr. Richard Clayton, Morehead, Ky. Announce Revival At Moravian Falls Revival services will begin Sunday night, August 3, at Beu lah Methodist church at Mora vian Palls. Rev. S. N. Bumgar ner, pastor, will be in charge of the services, which will be held at eight p. m. All who attend will receive a cordial welcome. It is estimated that North Car olina's 1947 cantaloupe crop will yield approximately 332,000. This compares to a yield of 270,000 crates in 1946. (Nine Searchers | Discover Body 7 1 Miles Down River Funeral For Billie Dean Miller Held Sunday Afternoon Searchers at 11:30 Saturday found the body of eight-year-old Billie Dean Miller in the Yadkin river seven miles below where he drowned Saturday, July 19, while swimming. Billie Dean's body, for which hundreds had searched since he went down while swimming with two other boys near Curtis bridge, wae lodged against a log on the side of the river three and one-half miles east of tbfa city. Only a small portion of his body, which was somewhat de composed, was visible at the sur face of the stream. Sheriff C. Q. Poindexter, with whom |100 reward had been placed by Tom Parsons, of Crick et, stepfather of the child, and $50 by T. J. and Ralph Frazier, of this city, listed members of the searching party who found the body as being J. H. Harri son, Roscoe Porter, J. G. Chap pell, B. G. Adams, J. L. Porter, L. J. Jennings, C. W. Johnson. E. Harrison and Roby Broyhill. Sheriff Poindexter said that sev eral of that number had been in the search constantly during the past week and that Friday and Saturday they had extended their search further down the river than formerly. The searchers gave all the re ward money to the child's family. Coroner I. M. Myers pronounc ed Billie Dean's death as caused by accidental swimming. The two boys with Billie Dean were Bryce Carlton and Donald Vannoy, of Cricket. At the time Bryce tried valiant ly to rescue Billie Dean while Donald was going for help. The drowning victim was a son of Lawrence Miller, of Obids, and Mrs. Nora Miller Parsons, of Cricket. He made his home with his mother and stepfather. Sur viving are his father and moth er, one brother, one sister and one half brother. Funeral was held Sunday, two p. m., at Yellow Hill Baptist church near Summit. 82nd Airborne Division Display 1 Very Interesting Many See New Type Weap ons And Equipment Here Friday and Saturday A team from the famed 82nd airborne division at Fort Bragg put on a display of weapons and equipment in North Wilkesboro Friday and Saturday in the in terest of the army recruiting service. Lt. John D. McGowan was as sisted by S. Sgt. Joe Fisher and S. Sgt. Pete Corney. The display was shown in front of Tomlin son's Department store. Of especial interest to observ ers was the new 75 mm cannon, which is carried and used by paratroopers. The gun, with tre menduous fire power, has a to tal weight of oniy 120 pounds and is easily handled by two men. Mounted on a machine gun tripod, the gun will accurately shoot its 76mm projectile several miles.' Also shown were parachutes, 60-calibre machine guns, tommy guns and various small items of equipment. Penalty On License Taxes After July 31 W. P. Kelly, North Wilkes boro town clerk and treasurer, has called attention to the fact that a penalty of Ave per cent will be added to all special privi lege license taxes which are not paid before the first day of Au gust. The taxes were due, ac cording to schedule published some time ago in this newspaper, on July 1. Support the Y. M. C. A.