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The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 42 Years is hare to erect hospital for only cent of the cost. Vota| Hospital Sept. 28. OUR CITY North Wilkesboro has a trading radius of 50 miles, serving 100,000 people in Northwestern Carolina. I voi. wo. 43 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., Monday, September 13, 1948 x Make North Wilkesboro Your Shonnino Center ^B ^B '"i. ?. '^B ^B . ?. m m m mm mm ? m . -W ^B ^m ^m RE THIS WEEK ? ~"2. ----- "" " ' mm m W < irtainment Throughout Day Assured Visiters Everything was In a state of anticipation here this afternoon for the Annual Farmers' Day e ?ent tomorrow, with last-minute preparation being the order of the day. ? All plans point to a most en joyable day for the thousands of risitors expected here for Farm ers^, Day Tuesday and the Wilkes AuHcultural Fair throughout the | J week. More units were entered today In the parade, which will open Farmers' day at ten a. m. Tues day. More than 60 units will par ticipate in pie parade more than a mile In length. Line of .march will be from Wllkesboro by way of Memorial Park to Fifth street, over Main to Tenth, over Tenth to D and over D to Ninth. Fokpfwlng the parade will be I conr^rt by the Mount Airy band It the corner of Ninth and C streets, and many hilarious con on the Yadkin Yalley Motor jmpany's used car lot from 11: 80 until 12 o'clock. Principal features of the aft ernoon program on Ninth street [ between Main and C streets, will be an address by Former Gover nor J. M. Broughton at two p. ' m., presentation of prizes to 4-H ys who wop in the tlmberthln ig contest, and a string band concert by Don Walker and his Blue Ridge boys. Many prizes will be given a way at morning and afternoon programs to those attending. v ? ? Trench Disposal System Garbage To Be Used Here! City Buys $7,561.75 Equip-) ment; Street Projects Are Authorized ' North Wilkesboro city council I I has placed an order for a Diesel [.Crawler Tractor and Bullclam 1 Shovel to be used in the opera tion of a trench system of gar- J |/bage disposal. At a recent receps meeting, E. I L. Ittnton, sanitary engineer of j the Estate Health Department,j and E. R. Spruill, Wilkes sani [ tarian, recommended the trench | system to replace the present | practice of dumping garbage i [est of this city, a system which 'brought many complaints to I | the f^ity authorities from those I [who live near the dump. The equipment ordered will ist $7,561.75. The garbage will be buried on a plot of city prop erty near the ball park. Street Projects Ordered A number of street paving Jobs I were placed on the go-ahead list [for early construction. Fifth [street from F north to a point H>ove G street; Tenth street rom F to I and I from Tenth to IJTrogdon will be surfaced with Jproperty owners paying their fa/o-rata part of the cost as pro 7/ided by law. A re-surfacing Job r Is under way on B street between fenth and Forester Avenue and re-surfacing Job will be done i Sixth street between E and rH. Street work in Finley Park | and on J and Odell streets has | I been completed and approved (and the clerk was asked to ren 'der bills to property owners ?'along those streets for their part cost. Wm. Whiftington Funeral On Tuesday Funeral service was held Wed > nesday at Stony Hill Baptist jihurch for William McKinley, , whlttlngton, 48, well-known res | /dent of that community who lied Monday at Black Mountain, leva. Glenn Muffman, Lee Bea shers, A. W. Filer and Hayes [conducted the last rites. Mr. Whittington is survived !?y his wife, Mrs. Virginia Mael littington and ten 'brothers I iand sisters: Mrs. Pearl Baker, B.i |P. Htlngton, Mrs. Norlnal iTripletC^of Purlear; Mrs. ZelmaJ [Baker, of Wllkesboro; Mrs. Gra-j ,dy Watson. Lenoir; Conrad Whit-j ftington, PnTlear; Mrs. Ila Ham-1 Parsonrille; Mrs. Nellie Wat-f Summit; Mrs. Annie Trip- j Buck; Mrs. Ina Galloway,] PLANNED SUCCESSFUL SALES INSTITUTE Here are pictured members of the Advisory Committee of the Trade Promotion Group of the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce, which planned and carried out the highly successful Sales Institute. Left to riight are: C. Arthur Venable, Howard Stra der, Hubert Canter, Lawrence Miller, Russell Gray; standing?Paul Cashion, Millard Rhoades, Tom S. Jenrette, Terry Burke, R. M. Brame, Jr., J. Floyd Woodward, Har old Snyder. Gilbert Bare and W. G. Gabriel were committee members not present when the picture was made. (Photo By Lane Atkinson, Jr). Hospital Data Following are parts of an ad dress by Dr. W. S. Rankin, of the North ? Carolina Medical Care Commission, giving accurate in formation about the proposal for a - municipal hospital here: The Duke Endowment hasj been assisting from 130 to 134 hospitals for a number of years. As a condition for assistance, the Endowment requires that hospitals in their applications show a very detailed, verifiable, sworn to statement of income from various sources and expens es for various needs. For the 10 years prior to 1947 approxi mately 10 to 15 per cent of ap plicant hospitals showed deficits with most of the deficits under 3 per cent of operating expenses and very probably 90 to 95 per cent of the deficits under 5 per cent of operating expenses. Or reversing the order of the pre ceding statement, 85 to 90 per cent of the hospitals had no de ficits and most of these had sur pluses. In 1947 the Endowment assisted 132 hospitals located in North and South Carolina which included about 90 per cent of all general hospital beds in the two States. Eighty-eight of the 132 hospitals had no deficits, most of them surpluses; 44 showed de ficits. This was the largest per centage of hospitals showing de ficits that have applied in any one year to the Endowment for assistance. Now the reason few the increase in hospitals with de ficits during the year 1947 was a tremendous unanticipated in crease in costs, to be exact, 21.7 per cent or 31.58 per patient per day increase in costs. If this large increase in costs had been anticipated and rates adjusted to meet it, there would have been fewer deficits. Appproaching more closely to your own prob lem, I give you now the operat ing surpluses and operating de ficits of 9 general hospitals lo cated in the western part of North Carolina that average 73 beds in capacity. These 9 hos pitals are in Reidsville, Banner Elk, Morganton, Elkin, States ville, Marion, Mt. Airy, Shelby and North' Wilkesboro. Four of the 9 had an average operating 'surplus of $6,790.05; 5 of the 9 had an average operating deficit of The deficits for the 5 ranged from 1.1 per cent to 5.1 per cent of the operating costs. Three of them were under 3 per cent. What Is The Value of a Hospital? Let me surprise you with the assertion that its chief value Is not the care that ft provides for the 3,000 of your most seriously ill people. That, of course, is a great value, but it is definitely not the major value of a good hospital. The major or larger value of a hospital lies in .its in fluence upon, or lfe relation to, the total medical services of the county. First, the hospital at tracts and brings to the service of the county more doctors, more nurses, and more technically trained personnel to enlarge and to improve the local medical services. Moreover, it is the better type of physician, the I younger, better trained doctors, that the hospital brings to the services of the sick. More than anything else a loeal- hospital de termines both the number and the type?quantity and quality ?of the doctors to serve your community. Second, the local hospital doubles, trebles, and quadruples the services or ca pacities of physicians by (a) eliminating the travel factor and by (b) supplying the busy doc tor with the skilled assistance of nurses and technicians. If any of you will go to Banner Elk, North Carolina, #you- can see 3 physicians working in a hospital of 50 beds, assisted in their work by 25 nurses, 2 technicians, a dietitian, and a record librarian, doing work, and doing it better, than 12 physicians, minus a hos pital, minus nurses, and minus technical assistants, could pos sibly do. Third, the hospital at tracts and trains nurses and tech nical aides. Fourth, the local hospital serves as a reference center, as a professional appel late court, to which any person who is seriously ill or who is dependent upon institutional fa cilities for a diagnosis may be sent. It is this outside influ ence and effect of a hospital on the total medical Services of the county, not the inside work of the hospital that constitutes its major contribution to he com munity. It expands and im proves the medical services of the county to its remotest bound aries. According to the last American Medical Association Directory, Wilkes County had in 1946 11 physicians in active practice and two of the 11 were 65 years of age. There were two other phy sicians, one 79 and one 81, who had retired. Wilkes County had a ratio of only one physician for more than 4,000 people. The Surgeon-General of the United States Public Health Service es timates that one physician is needed to provide adequate care for every 1,000 to 1,500 people. The American Medical Associa tion concurs in this estimate. With adequate hospital facilities, with the added auxiliary services of nurses and technicians, your County will not need 30 active physicians. Twenty will serve you well. A good hospital will, more than anything else, attract them. The hospital is the key stone to a modern medical serv ice. The Hospital Is a Public Not a Private Problem . Is there anyone here whQ can conceive of New York being sup plied with adequate hospital fa cilities out of the private re sources of her physicians? Is there anyone here who can con ceive of Baltimore an^ Richmond, being supplied with adequate hospital facilities out of the pri vate resources of the physicians of those cities? Is there anyone here who can conceive of Ashe yille, Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Greensboto, High Point, Salis bury, Concord, Shelby, Morgan ton, Lenoir, or North Wilkesboro being supplied with adequate hospital facilities out of the pri vate resources of the practicing physicians of 'those nftaicQatt ties These questions supply their own answers. Seventy-five years ago think ing people thought of education as a private problem. The pri vate schools^ demonstrated the value, indeed," the necessity, of education. The public took over. Will you contemplate for a pass ing moment what would be our present situation in North Caro lina if the public had not enter ed the school picture? Hospital ization is following the same path as our schools?only fifty years behind them. The small, private hospital is yielding its place to the larger, better equip ped, more adequate public hos pital. In 1925, when the Cuke Endowment began its work with hospitals, 52 per cent of all gen eral hospital beds were privately owned and operated. Now not more than 12 per cent of the general hospital beds in North and South Carolina are privately operated and that 12 per cent is rapidly shrinking. With the Federal and State Government entering the field, in another ten years, not more than 5 per cent of general hospital beds will be privately owned and operated. The Basic Problem Besides the financial and pro fessional problem of adequate hospital facilities there is anoth er problem more basic than either of them, an<j which, when held in close focus, puts both of them in almost total eclipse. This third problem is that of our moral responsibility to the sick. To appreciate this moral prob lem we must understand the great and essential part which sickness and suffering play in the development of character. o Scout Troop 24 To Resume 'Meetings Boy Scout Troop No. 34 will resume meeting Tuesday evinlng, September 14, in the former V. Ff "W. hall opposite the postoffice on C street. All members and prospective members are invited. o Boy Scout Board Of Review To Meet ? Boy Scout Board of Review will meet Thursday, 7:30, in the Presbyteridn Scout' room. All Scouts and Scouters are invited to attend. o . Liberty Lodge number 45 will meet Thursday, September 10, 7:30, in stated communication. All members are urged to attend and all visitors welcome. ED CRYSHL, Master. C. H. LBNDERMAN, Sec'y Young Lady Is Victim Highway Accident Sunday Katie Lee Johnson Killed When Frank Prevette's Car Overturns Miss Katie (Lee Johnson, 20 rear-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Edward Johnson, )f North Wilkesboro route three was instantly killed Sunday aft srnoon about four o'clock when Prank Prevette's car overturned several times on Highway 115. According to report of the ao :ident by Highway Patrolmen J. k. Reeves and R. H. Garland, Prevette's car was travelling south on Highway 115 one mile north of Hunting Creek bridge when the driver lost control of the 1936 model Ford he waa driv ing. The oar went into the ditch, back on the road and rolled over a number of times. Miss Johnson was thrown from the car while It was rolling over and she died a short time later from injuries received. The driver was not critically injured. Miss Johnson is survived by her father and mother and the following brothers and sisters: Eugene, Virgil, Howard, Carlos,1 Wayne and Dwight Johnson, Mrs. Mozelle Johnson, Mrs. Ruth Pre vette, Mrs. Hazel. Prevette, Miss Annie Lou and Mary Lois John son. Funeral service will be held Wednesday, eleven a. m., at Lew is Baptist church. ? o School Registration To Be Here Thursday Thursday will be registration day for students at North Wilkes boro schools. Registration hours will be "at 8r^0 to mi30 a. to: for all students who have not been attending North Wilkesbore schools, and those who did not attend pre-school clinic last spring. High school students are asked to contact Principal R. N. Wooten anfl Plan their courses. Football Season Tickets On Sale Season tickets for North Wil kesboro high school football games in Memorial Park are now on sale at Drame's, Belk's and Marlow's. Students will make a concerted drive Wednesday. All football fans are invite^ to bay teason tickets at money-saving prices and to attend all home games. No Parking Meter Charges On Farmers' Day Here On Tuesday Announcement was made to day that motorists will not be required to use parking me ters in North Wilkesboro on Farmers' Day, Tuesday, Sept. 14<h. All visitors will receive a cordial welcome and will not be required to pay parking meter charges to park on the streets. Condition Of Mrs. Jennings Critical Mrs. Sherman Jennings, who resides north of this city, was critically injured on September 4 when she was burned by gaso line. According to reports here, j Mr. Jennings was using some gasoline in a can At an automo bile when it caught on fire and he threw the burning can away from him. Meanwhile, his wife had walked up without Mr. Jennings knowing she was near and she was struck by the flaming gas oline. Her body was badly burn ed and she has been a patient at The Wilkes Hospital where her condition remains critical. J. H. Johnson's Brother Is Stricken L. G. Johnson, 60, died in' Davis Hospital at Statesvllle at 7 a. m. Saturday. Mr. Johnson, a widely known farmer of Iredell county, resid ed at Union Grove. He had spent his entire life in Iredell. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Lufella Henderson John son; three daughters, Dorothy, Stella and Ruby Johnson of Un ion Grove; a son, Henry A. John son, of Union Grove; three grand children; dnd two brothers, J. H. -Jtrttiwem, of North ? Wllke^boro, and J- R- Johnson, of Statesvllle. Funeral services were conduc ted at Zion Baptist church near Windsor's Cross Roads at 3 p. M. Sunday. Registration For Mrs. Gibbs Classes Mrs. Robert S. Gibbs' music j classes will have registration on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs day at her home in Finley Park. o Refreshments, Gifts Horton's Farmers' Day Horton's Drug Store has an nounced free refreshments and gifts for visitors on Farmers' Day, tomorrow, Sept. 14. 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY 3RD Open house was observed Friday evening, five until eight o'clock, to celebrate . the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin W. Mahaffey, of North Wilkesboro, Route 1. They were married September 3, 1898, in Mill Creek, N. C? by Rev. T. J. Houck, aged min ister who lives at Todd and who was invited to the anniversary event. Mrs. Mahaffey, now 66, was born at Todd and Mr. Mar' haffey, 70, was born in Lansing, Ashe County. Forty-one yefcn ago they m?* to North Wilkes boro and Mr. Mahaffey started working at Meadows Mill Com pany, where he is still employed. Mr. and Mrs. Mahaffey are mem-j hers of Union Methodist church. Mr. and^ Mrs. Mahaffey hare three son# Cecil and Clifford, of Akron, Ohio; Ralph, of Darltng con, Md.; and three daughters, Mrs. 'Blanche Foster, Mrs. Pearl Laws and Miss Virginia Mahaf fey, of North Wilkeeboro; also eight grandchildren. . Many friends called dnring the anniversary open house to extend congratulations and best wishes. Exhibits Are To Be Placed Today; Foil Slate Events Wilkes Kiwanis Agricultur al Fair I? In Projfress All This Week Farmers, housewives, orchard ists, and various other group' today were busily occupied plao ing exhibits at the Wilkes Agri cultural Fair grounds just out side of this city on Highway 115 as the annual event was schedul ed to get in operation tonight with midway attractions. Beginning with Farmers' Day tomorrow the fair will get under way with a full head of steam and will continue through Satur day night with numerous and varied attractions which are ex pected to draw hosts of people each day and night. Expanding from last year's in itial effort, the Kiwanis club, sponsor of the fair, has arrang ed a varied program of attrac tions which include the usual highlights of a fair with several novelties thrown in for good measure. Principal object of the fair is to stimulate interest in better agriculture but in order to effect ively accomplish this purpose the people must be attracted to the fair with entertainment as well as educational features. Rafferty Shows of the John Marks aggregation will make up a big midway this time with all the favorite midway shows and rides and some new ones which are sure to thrill. It takes fireworks to complete a fair's nightly program and this fea?ure has not been overlooked. Fair visitors will be entertained with a great display every night. -*? TheTe wijl be grandstand "nets each afternoon and night with adequate seating capacity. Some novel programs of entertainment have been arranged. Colored school children will be admitted free Thursday morning and afternoon. On Friday all white children of school age will be admitted free, morning and afternoon. Saturday's full program will open with a dog show at 10:30 a. m. and many of the best dogs in northwestern North Carolina will be shown. The next event on Saturday's program will be showing of draft horses and mules at 1:30. At three p. m. will be a horse show for Wilkes and adjoining counties, with championship stake classes to be shown Satur day night at 7:30. Graniteers Lead In Play-Off Series Fourth Game Will Be Play ed Tonight At Mount Airy's Diamond [ [ North Wilkesboro lost the i thir<j game of the play-off series here Saturday night to Mount Airy to give the Graniteers a 2 to 1 edge in the series of three out of fire. I Tonight the fourth game will be played on Mount Airy's field. Although League President Biv ins has set the fifth game, if one is necessary, at Mount Airy, ef forts are being made to more it to North Wilkesboro, which would be in accordance with the Shaughnessy play-off schedules everywhere except in the Blue Ridge league this year. Here Saturday night before 2,000 fans, Mount Airy shutout the Flashers 4 to 0 on the pitch ing of Solters and Treece, who divided mound duties.The Flash ers were unable to hit with men on bases and left eight stranded, three of whom were on base at one time with nobody out. "Jerry Dolan, who mastered MoaMBiry in- the first game, was hiand allowed 13 hits. fourth game was supposed to Have ibeen played at Mount Airy Sunday but the Graniteers apparently backed by Judge Biv ina postponed the game over the protests of North Wilkesboro and Galax, the team which has won. - the play-off series against Rad ford and is all ready to go with the seven-game finals. ? o '? No fewer than 20 countries supply body or braid for the Lee handwoven chocolate straw hat.