is here to erect
ern hospital for only
cent of the cost Vote
for the Hospital Sept. 28.
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The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 42 Years
OUR CITY
North Wilkesboro has a
trading radius of 50 miles,
serving 100,000 people in
Northwestern Carolina.
Vol. 43, No. 45 x Published Mondays and Thursdays ? NORTH W1LKESBORO, N. C., Monday, Sept. 20, 1948 Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center
tote
M?h Killed When
Struck By Gar On
Highway He. 421
OUn Ayers, 43-year-old resi
dent of the Champion communi
ty, was Instantly killed Saturday
night when he was struck by a
car on Highway 421 about 15
miles west of the city.
According to information ob
tained from Coroner I. M. Myers,
Highway Patrolmen R. H. Gar
land and Clyde Shook, who In
vestigated the accident, the
man was. killed as he was lying
Mthe road.
car driven toy Thomas Craw
ley. of Littleton, was traveling,
west and was meeting another car
and had dimmed his lights, and
did not seen the man on the road.
His head was crushed and be
died Instantly. Crawley was ex
onerated and no charges were
preferred.
The accident victim is surviv
ed by his father, A. C. Byers,
ap/feth? following brothers and
bUN: Mrs. Ira West, Cham
jRpn; Jones Ayers, Purlear; Mrs.
Bickson Taylor, Champion; John
Ayers, Purlear.
Funeral and burial services
were held today at Mount Pleas- j
ant Baptist church with Rev. A.
W. Eller officiating.
Fallen Hero's
Services Held
Graveside services for W. Gar
land Miller, nineteen-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Mil-(
ler of 182b Thirteenth avenue.
Hickory, who lost his "fe
Mlgnano, Italy on November 20,
1943, were conducted Wedne
day afternoon at 3:30 ?'cloclL*
Mountain Park cemetery in WI1
k6The rites were in charge of
Rev. Dwight Conrad, pastor of
Bethany Lutheran church, Hick
| ory, and pallbearers were Walt
zell Austin, Paul Brock, and Eu-1
lan Johnson, of Hickory, Claud
Suttlemyre, of GraniteFaHs^
Dwight Miller, Jr., of ^"6
vtlle, and William Parller, of
Charlotte.
The body was brought home
recently from overseas with oth
er American soldiers who lost
their lives during World War II.
Garland was the only son of
bisvparents. He entered the serv
iced March 18, 1943, and was1
with the signal, oorps of the
155th Field Artilliry, Fifth Ar-;
my, when he was killed in com
bat at Mignano, Italy. ,
A memorial service for the
young soldier was held at the
uJfci Methodist church of Hick
ory on April 6, 1944, by the
KeT. w. A. Kale, former pastor
~ of Mr. Miller, assisted toy the Rev.
Mr. Conrad.
Besides his parents, Garland
is survived by one sister, Miss
Mary Elizabeth Miller.
Relatives here to attend the
service held in Wilkesboro last
Wednesday were: Mr Joha
Winkler, of Wyoo, W. Va.; Mr.
and Mrs. Dwight Miller and son,
Dwight, Jr., of Fayetteville; Mt.
and Mrs. C. C. Parller, Mr and
Mrs William Parller, and Mr.
Robert Parller, of Charlotte.
Mountain Lions
Football B Team !
Schedules Games
Looking ahead to next year,
North Wilkeeboro high school
will have a junior varsity foot
ball team this year, Coach Jack
Sparks said today,
v The first game for the Jayvees
will be in Memorial Park on Sat
urday, September 25, 7:30 p. m.,
with the Mount Pleasant team
from Rowan county. The next
game will be against Concord
Jayvees here October 9 and the
third with Olen Alpine October
Admission charges of 25 and
50 cents will be made to defray
expenses. Eighth and nine grad
ers and other hoys who do , not
play on the varsity team will
participate*
V.FtW. Meeting
*Will Be
Thursday
Veterans of Foreign Wars Trill
meet in an important meeting
Thursday, 7:30 p. m., Instead of
Friday, at the Carolina Restau
rant.
Jaycee Honored
Wayne Foster was honored
Tuesday night by the Wilkes
Junior Chamber of Commerce
by a distinguished service it
ward given for his able and
efficient leadership and effec
tive work in promoting and
supervising the Wilkes Base
ball League sponsored by the
Jaycees. The award was sign
ed by managers of the
teams in the League and by
Sam Vickery, president of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
(Photo by Lane Atkinson, Jr.)
More Names Added
To List Of Students
Since a list of Wilkes students
ntering college this fall or re
luming their studies was pub
Ishea Thursday several additions
lave been received, inclhdlng the
ollowing:
E.C.T.C., Jack Howard, Paul
dcNickle.
A.S.T.C., Elizabeth Pharr and
!leo Walsh.
Bowling Green Business Uni
erstty, Glynn Kerbaugh.
Duke?John Wellman.
Woman's College, Betsy Bar
rer.
L?eas-McRae, Bill Alexander.
Georgia Military Academy,
>ick Pruitt.
N. C. State, Rufus Moseley and
tobert Dennis.
H.D. Schedule For
The Coming Week
Wednesday,^ September 22 ?
Gilreath Club meets at 2 p. m.
Thursday, September 23 ?
Clingman Club meets at 2 p. m.
* Monday, September 27?Ron
da Clu'b meets at 2' p. m. with
Mrs. Don Gilliam.
Tuesday, September 28?Bug
aboo' Club meets at 2 p. m. with
Mrs. F. M. Tharpe.
Thursday, September 3d?I?ewJ
is- Club meets at 2 p. m. with
Mrs. Roby McNeill.
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Vote For Building a Hospital
Library Meeting
14 Counties Will
Be Held Here 30
The North Qarolina Library
Commission plans a series of
meetings throughout the state
for the purpose of stimulating
Interest In the public libraries.
Representatives from fourteen
counties ? Wilkes, Alleghany,
Ashe, Watauga, Avery, Cladwell,
Burke, Alexander, Yadkin, Sur
ry, Stokes, Forsyth, Rockingham,
and Davie?will meet In North
Wilkesboro on Thursday, Sep
tember 30 th.
All friends of the library are
cordially invited to attend this
meeting. The morning session
will begin at ten o'clock and will
be devoted to discussing affairs
of mutual interest. Afternoon
speakers will be Mrs. Ferguson,
state senator, and Miss Martin,
Rockingham county librarian.
The program is to be in the Town
Hall.
Lunch may be bad at the Car
olina Restaurant for 31.25 per
plate. Everyone desiring reser
vation please notify Miss Llzette
Stone at the library before Sep
tember 20th.
A.A.A. Offers
More Material
The Wilkes Triple-A commit
tee reports that it still has ap
proximately $3,000 left in the
"county pool", that can foe used
for the purchase of lime and
phosphate on the 1948 program.
There are a few farmers in the
county who have received all the
material that they can get. How
ever, the committee determined
that each farmer could receive
one dollar's worth of material
each acre of
doliariT worflST pi
each acre of pasture. The com
mittee requests all farmers who
think that they have not received
material in thi% amount to come
by the office and get their or
ders before the "pool" is ex
hausted.
The county committee would
like to remind any farmer,
whether he is signed up on the
Triple-A or not, that he is eli
gible to secure material as long
as money remains in the "pool."
Mrs. Lottie McEwen
Is Claimed By Death
Mrs. Lottie McBwen, well
known resident of Wilkesboro,
died early- today at her home.
Funeral will be held Wednesday
at 11 a. m. at the Wlkesboro
Baptist church. The body will lie
in state from ten until 11 a. m.
About 75 per cent of the na
tional corn crop this year ia
planted to hyforid varieties.
MOUNTAIN LIONS BEAT GRANITE
FALLS 24 TO 7 IN GAME FRIDAY!
North Wilkesboro Mountain
Lions put on a first quarter drive
to score early in the game and
went on to win over a fighting
Granite Palls eleven here Fri
day night 24 to 7.
The first score came after Dav
is, Swofford and Badgett had
alternated with substantial gains
and Davis plunged over from
the two. In the second period,
Swofford climaxed a drive with
a quarterback sneak to score.
The scoring play was set up on
a pass play from Hudson to Bad
gett good for 2 5. yards. North
Wilkesboro recovered a Granite
Falls fumble to set the stage for
the third marker, when Davis,
who couldn't be stopped near th?
goal line, plunged through.
Football fans were pleased
with the Mountain Lions' passing
attack which opened up in the
third quarter, Swofford passed
twice to Badgett and again to
Steelman and after two ground
plays moved the ball up, Badgett
scored to make the score 24 to
0. All extra point attempts by
the Mountain Lions, who. were
trying from placement, failed.
In the fourth period, the Moun
tain Lions were on another drive
that had promise of pay dirt
when Smith, a substitute back
for Granite Falls, gathered in a
North wilkesboro pass apd out-,
ran everybody 72 yards to put
Granite Falls in scoring position.
Two plays later, Bumgarner went
over and Roberts added the
point through the line.
North Wilkesboro showed im
provement over play in the first
game with Mocksville but the
Mountain Lions felt the lack of
offensive blocking ibeyond the
line of scrimmage and the backs
were unable to break away for
long runs to score. Work this
week will be in preparation for
the big teste against Spencer at
Spencer Friday night.
Lineups and summary:
Pos. N. Wilkesboro Q. Falls
LB Hadley Kirby
LT- .Adams Winkler
LG Gaddy .RCenessee
C Winters Watson
RG? Jim Day ?.Ellis
RT. -Moore ? 1 Hamby
RE Steelman Beane
QB .Stoker Triplett
?LH JSwofford .Travis
RH Badgett Roberts
FB ?Davis .... Bumgarner
Score by periods: '
Granite Flails .... 0 0 0 7?7
N.Wilkesboro 6 12 6 ?24
Granite Falls?Scoring touch
downs?Bumgarner. Point after
tochdown ? Roberts (scrim
mage). ? -
North Wilkesboro ? Scoring
touchdowns?Davis (2), Swof
ford, Badgett.
Substitutes: Granite Falls?
Smith, Keyes, Houck, Tilly, Wat
son, Bogle. North Wilkesboro:
Hudson, Cox, Soots, x McNeill,
Ward, J. Day, Rousseau, filoope.
Superintendents
Coble Plants
John Adams, who for the
past two years has been assist
ant superintendent, has been
promoted to the position of
plant superintendent at the
Wilkesboro branch of Coble
Dairy Products, Inc. He began
his career with the company
five years ago during the egg
drying operation, which was a
wartime product. Mr. Adams
Is well fitted to manage the
Wilkesboro plant, having had
much experience in the pro
cessing of butter, cream and
other products processed here
locally. Mr. Adams, a native
of Wilkes county, assumed his
duties as superintendent on
September 1.
Herbert F. Marshall, who
for the past several years has
been plant superintendent at
the Wilkesboro branch of Co
ble Dairy Products, Inc., is
taking charge of the newly
purchased processing plant in
Martinsburg, W. Va., where
the Coble Company will add to
their lon? list of dairy prod
ucts, cheddar cheese and ba
kers' cheese. Mr. Marshall
came to Wilkesboro when the
plant opened in 1942 and the
many friends he has made
during his years in Wilkes
county will regret to learn of
his leaving, as well as the em
ployees of the Wilkesboro
plant. .
Dies In Winston
Vance Oopke, native of Wil
kes county, died September 6
in Winston-Salem. See article
on page 3 of this newspaper.
Singing At Bethany
A community singing will be
held at Bethany Baptist chhrch
Sunday, September 26, 7:3# p.
m. Reece Martin, chairman, in
vites all singers to take part in
the singing.
Vote Tot Building a Hospital
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Survey Traphill
Road Authorized
By Commission
Wilkes People Elated Over
Favorable Action By
State Commission
state nignway and public j
works commission has authoriz- j
ed survey of the Traphlll road
from Hays a distance of about,
five and one-half miles toward I
Traphill.
The authorization for the sur
vey was made, by the commission
at its last meeting at the request
of Raymond K. Smith, commis
sioner for the eighth division,
and Zeb Stewart, district engi
neer.
The Traphlll road has long
been recognized as a badly need
ed project and during the past
year the Wilkes Chamber of Com
merce has joined with citizens in
the northeastern part of the
county in urging upon the com
mission the needs for that area.
The vast number of people
urging that the road be construc
ted will hope for early action on
the project when the survey la
completed.
Tot* Tor Building- * Hospital
Claimed By Death
Funeral service was held
Wednesday afternoon at Htn
shaw Street Baptist church in
this city for A bey Otis Deal,
79, well known Wilkes citi
zen who died Monday in Win
ston-Salem. Rev. W. S. Luck,
pastor, conducted the service
and burial was in Salem ceme
tery in Winston-Salem. Mr.
Deal leaves three sons and a
daughter: Claude, Hobert and
Silas Deal and Mrs. Ollie Bu
chanan.
WILKES COUNTY REGISTRATION I
ENDS WITH 2783 MEN SIGNING
Registration for the nation's
second peace-time draft ended
Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock.
2783 young men in this county
were registered "by the close of
the registration schedule.
Persons who have valid ex
cuses for not having registered
>between August 30 and Septem
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Posses In Kentucky
Mack H. Gilreath, 80, native
of Wilkes county, died Wednes
day at the home of a son, Herb
ert Gilreath, in Ashland, Ky.
Mr. Gilreath was born and was
reared in the Moravian Falls
community and left Wilkes about
50 years ago for Williamson, W.
Va., where he became engaged in
the mercantile business and be
came very successful. He retired
several years ago and since had
been making his home with his
three sons and two daughters. He
was a cousin of Attorney C. G.
Gilreath, of Wilkesboro.
Funeral service was held Fri
day in Williamson/W. Va.
Service Firms
Are Cited For
Safety Records
Receive State Labor Depart
ment Safety Award For
Reducing Accidents
North Wilkesboro dry cleaners
md bakery were awarded the
State Labor Department's Certifi
:ate of Safety Achievement for
laving had no lost-time accidents
luring 1947.
The safety award was present
id to managers of Band Box
Cleaners, Quality Cleaners,
rowne Cleaners and Key. City
3aking Company by Mrs. Juiy H.
Payne, sa'fety inspector of the
State Department of Labor.
Qualification o f industrial
slants for the Certificate of Saf
?ty Achievement is part of the
Labor Department's Manpower
Conservation Program in North
Carolina Industry. The program
las been under way for about two
(rears. A total of some two hun
ired industrial establishments
lualified for the award last year
ind up to the present time this
The Safety achievement cor
ticate cited these establish
lShts for outstanding records
l the field of accident preven
lon and for the prevention of
ain and suffering caused by in
ustrlal accidents.
The safety award is also given
? plants which Qualify by reduc
ig their accident frequency rates
0 per cent or more during any
alendar year, or which maintain
rate at least 75 per cent below
he average accident rate for the
ndustry.
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Saturn That Book to th# Library
I
ber 18?and they are sick, the
handicapped and the imprisoned
?may make arrangements with
the local board to be registered
immediately. Attention is given
to the penalty, which is five
years' imprisonment or $10,000
fine, or both, for men who fail
to register.
Come to the Turner Oil Co. On
Highway 421, four miles west
of North Wilkesboro on Saturday
and see what's happening. There
will be an ice cream supper with
homemade pl^a, cakes, ice cream
and other valuable articles for
sale, including a very beautiful
quilt. Mr. Allie Hayes will be the
auctioneer. The proceeds will go
to the building fund of Welcome
Home church, which is now in
progress. Come one, oome all,
and enjoy a good evening. Ev
erybody's itfvited.
WKBC To Broadcast
12 Football Games
Radio Station WKBC (810 on
your dial) will broadcast the To
bacco Sports network of college
football games this fall, which
began Saturday of last week with
the George Washington-Wake
Forest game at Wake Forest.
Following is the complete
schedule of games, with dates,
point of origination, kickoff time
and time of beginning of broad
cast:
September 18, George Wash
ington vs Wake Forest, Wake
Forest, 3:00, 2:45.
September 25, Texas vs Caro
lina, at Chapel Hill,' 2:30, 2:15.
October 2, Georgia vs Carolina,
at Athens, Ga., 2:30, 2:15.
October 9, Carolina vs. Wake
Forest, at Wake Forest, 2:30,
2:15.
October 16, State vs Carolina,
at Chapel Hill, 2:00, 1:45.
October 23, L. S. U. vs Caro
lina, at Chapel Hill, 2:00, 1:45.
October 30, State vs Wake For
est, at Wake Forest, 2:30, 2:15.
November 6, William & Mary
vs. Carolina, at Chapel Hill, 2:00,
1.4.5. |
November 13, Carolina vs
Maryland, at Washington, D. C.,!
2:00, 1:45.
November 20, Duke ve Caro
lina, at Chapel Hill, 2:00, 1:45.
November 25, Wake Forest vs
South Carolina, at Columbia, S.
C., 2:00, 1:45.
November 27, Vlllanova vs
State at Raleigh, 2:00, 1:46.
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School Term Is
Started Today
All schools of th^, Wilkes conn
system and the North Wilkes
>ro schools opened the 1948
) term today.
Preliminary reports indicated
lat the total enrollment will
iow an increase over figures for
pening day last year.
Exhibits Were
Ontstandiig In
Five-Day Event
Annual Wilkes Kiwanis Agri
cultural fair closed Its most suc
cessful exposition Saturday night.
Throughout the week the fair
was well attended and fair visi
tors thoroughly enjoyed the week
of entertainment.
Exhibits were the highlight of
the fair and especially interest
ing were group exhibits toy home
demonstration clubs, agricultur
al classes, Girl Scouts, Boy'
Scouts, 4-H clubs and communi
ty "Live At Home" displays.
The Skyking, a dazzling act on v
a pole 125 feet in the air, was the
featured grandstand attraction
and fireworks concluded each
night's performance.
Rafferty Shows, were on the .
midway with many shows and
rides.
On Saturday morning the dog
show was an outstanding suc
cess with many fine entries.
Excellent Calf Show
Boys and girls of Wilkes coun
ty have concluded one of the best
small calf shows to be held in
the state. This show was madb up
of thirty-five nice dairy and beef
animals. Buddy Mathis had the
grand champion Jersey animal, a
cow. The reserve champion was
shown by Jimmy Alexander, of
Roaring River. Other blue rib
bon Jerseys were shown by Jim
my, Helen Marie Johnson, Re
becca Sue Mathis, Lucille Mathis,
Betty Sue Mathis and Brent Ed
wards. Awards in the red ribbon
group were shown toy Royce
Mathis and Cary Cleary. Another
nice white ribbon Jersey was
shown by T. D. Carter, of Ben
bam.
A blue ribbon Holsteln heifer
was shown by Ida Ruth Martin.
The. Guernsey breed was well
Tiibit-j st1 ehowen in 4toe blue Hj
ribbon class toy <5tto Donald Som
ers, C. A. Burchette, Jr., Fred
Finley, Jr., Donald Settle, War
ner Hoots, Margaret Mathis and
Mack Foster. Exhibitors in the
red group included Thomas Hurt,
Frank Mikael, Beauford Barker
and Kent Sturdivant. The grand
champion Guernsey was owned
and shown by Warner Hoots and
the reserve champion by C. A.
Burchette', Jr.
The final part of the show was
made up ef baby beef calves and
beef animals. A nice young bull
was shown toy Alvin Elledge, of
Purlear.
Top baby beef animals which
will toe shown again at EJkin on
October 14 and sold the follow
ing day were shown by Ray Huff
man, Wayne Huffman, N. C.
Huffman, Fred Welborn, Toby
Welborn, Don Mathis and Billy
Mathis.
4-H Club Boys also had an
educational booth consisting of
twenty-three individual ten ear
corn exhibits. Hybrids N. C. 26,
Tenn. 10, U. S. 282, and Dixie
17 were used as sources of seed
along with regular varieties of
corn.
Football Game
Here Friday
Wilkesboro Ramblers will op
en their grid season in Memor
ial Park here Friday night a
gainst Maiden high in a High
land Conference game. Attention
is called to the fact that the
kickoff for the game will be at
7:30 instead of eight p. m.
North Wilkesboro team will
face its first real test of the
season gaainst the strong Spen
cer team at Spencer Friday night.
New Shoe Repair
? Shop Is Opened
A new shoe repair shop op
ened today in the basement of
the bus station building. M. C.
Woodie is owner of the new en
terprise, which is under the ac
tive management of B. B. Car
nett, who has had many years of
experience in shoe repair. New
and modern equipment has been
installed, throughout.
Mr. Weodie asks that the public
watch for announcement in this
newspaper Thursday about a
cash prize offer for the most suit
able name for the new business.
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. Messrs. J. R. Hix and Joe B.
Johnson were in New York City
last week in the interest of the
Grier Mills.