tmes i. M. G. A. is rais:
a building fund for the
Iction of » modern Y. M
A. plant. Support it.
Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO.
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C.. Thursday, Jan. 29,
Make NorthWilkesboro Your Shopping Cantor «
Professional Baseball
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Club Here Is Assured
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Franchise Bine
Ridge League Is
Obtained Here
iMrj (Flash) Loman, BaseLa*H
Veteran, Will POot
W N. Wilketboro Team
Tor the first time In history.
North Wllkesboro will hare a
baseball team this
Arrangements were completed
today for placing a team in the
Btae Ridge Class D league. Culmination
of the project provided
happy news to baseball hungry
f&£s here who have worked untiringly
for professional baseball |
for this community.
Franchise in the Blue Ridge
league^ which is expanding from
fonr to six teams, was obtained
this week by Jack Johnson, of
Greensboro, and Tal J. Pearson,
of North WilkeSboro, who will be
club Owners. They immediately
hired Henry (Flash) Loman, of
Greensboro, 33-year-old baseball
▼eteran, as team manager and
task of gathering talent for the
new entry in organized baseball
has already begun.
. Messrs. Pearson and Johnson
on Tuesday contacted Tom S.
Jenrette, manager of the Wilkes
Chamber of Commerce, who called
in members of thi Recreation
and Civic Affairs ""cbiSWttB637
and the special baseball committee
composed of Glenn Andrews,
Maurice Walsh and Dwight Nlch-'
ols, for discussion on the proposal..
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After a plan of proceedings
was adopted members of the city
council were called and a special
meeting of the city council was
held Tuesday evening, at which
time terms of a lease on Memorial
Park field were agreed upon.
The baseball club owners aSjreed
to build a grandstand and
tiflfeaeball bleachers in return for a
Three-year lease on the field. The
city agreed to provide restroom
facilities in the grandstand, and
to complete grading and conditioning
of the field for play.- I
Teams in the Blue Ridge
league now are Mount Airy,
Loaksrllle, and North whkeeboro,
N. C., Galax and Radford,
Va. About four towns, including
Blkin, Mayodan, Pulaski and
CTythevllle, are under consideration
for franchise.
Loman .1
Manager Plash Loman will b«
a playing manager from the keystone
or third base position. He
was born in a baseball family In
Greensboro and his brother, Bernard
Loman, will' manage Leaksrille
in the Bine Ridge League.
Is 33 years of age. He
semi-pro ball with the
White Oak team in Greensboro
once in his boyhood years
on the old falrgronnds
field here.
In 1936 he broke into pro ball
with the Asheville team of the
Piedmont league. He played with
Canton In the Middle Atlantic
League, Lynchburg In the Piedmont,
Martinsrrllle in the Blstate,
and Harrisonburg In the Virginia
league, where-he led in batting
with 333 and rnns batted in with
100. For the benefit of lady fans,
he hat curly hair and Is handsome
In or out of uniform. His
weight is 1«0.
Plash, said here that he wonld
start spring training here about
April 10 and would give all baseball
talent In northwestern North
Carolina an opportunity to try
out. In addition to players they
receive from a number of good
baseball connections. Exhibition
games will be played prior to the
regular schedule, which is expected
to open about May 1 and close
aboit A*gust 31.
The lease granted the baseball
clsfb here will n6t hamper high
school and American Legion based
those teams may use
field when ntot in use on
ly scheduled games by the
>nal club.
rs of the chamber of
>mmlttees who have
in behalf of profee
Sgt. Valentine Now
On the Police Force
Sgt I. E. Valentine, for many
years a citizen of North Wilkesboro
and who retired from army
duty In 194S, has returned to
North Wilkes bo ro and is now a
member of the city police force.
Since 1043 Sgt. and Mrs. Valentine
hare been making their
home at Black Mountain and he
held a position at the army hospital
at Swanannoa. They will
make their home here as soon
as he can locate liring quarters.
Sgt. Valentine is well known
here, having been with the National
Guard company here for,
many yean prior to the war. Two
years he served on the police
force.
Gymnasium Fund
In N. Wilkesboro
Is Now$1,910.60
The North Wilkesboro school
gymnasium improvement fund
today had reached $1,910.60, according
to report <>' J- Floyd
Woodward, school superintendent,
this morning.
Goal for the fund to place heat
in the gymnasium and to construct
two dressing rooms is S3,-.
000. Plans are to cloee out the
drive during the coming week
and every patron and friend of
the seBcer-Whe- lms not cohtrfr
buted is asked to send in a donation
before the campaign ends.
Those who contributed since
the last published report were:
C. R. Johnson, John Hall, Gilbert
Pardue, Quincy Whittlngfcon,
Carl VanDeman, E. R. Eller,
Mrs. W. G. Gabriel, Dr. J. S.
Deans, T. J. Hdlgwood, Meadows
Mill Co., Harold Hartley, Max
Foster, frank Roe, Ray Hoover,
R. M. Brame, Jr., Paul Cashion,
Bank of North Wilkesboro, Rev.
Watt M. Cooper, Spainhour's,
Oak Furniture Co., Miss Ducy
Finley, Miss Grace Finley.
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Liberty Theatre
Host to Members
Football Teams|
Mr. Iran D. Anderson, owner,
and Mr. Hoy Forehand, manager,
of the Liberty Theatre, had as
their guests last Friday night abont
seventy-five members of the
football team8 of North Wllkesboro
and Wllkesboro, and their
respective coaches, Howard Bowers
and Eddie Adelman.
The picture, which the footballers
and their coaches enjoyed
to the fullest extent, was 'Lured',
featuring George Sanders, Lucille
Ball, Charles Coburn, and
Boris Karloff.
Both the Mountain Lions of
the North 'Wllkesboro school and
the Ramblers of the Wllkfesboro
school had most successful seasons.
The local team made a
splendid showing in the Piedmont
conference, and the Ramblers
had the distinction of flaying
a ten-game schedule with no
defeats or ties.
It was a splendid tribute to
two fine teams that Mr. Anderson
and Mr. Forehand extended
the members of the local teams
and their coaches, and their gracious
hospitality was greatly appreciated
toy them.
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Square Dance Friday
At Moravian Fells
All are invited to the old time
square dance to be held Friday
night, eight o'clock, at Moravian
Falls community house with proceeds
for the community house
fund. Excellent music will be
provided and a most enjoyable
occasion Is assured.
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—Glenn Andrews, W. O. Absher,
R. M. Brame, Jr., Richard Finley,
Ivey Moore, J. C. Williams,
Jr., W. B. Somen, Boyd Stout;
Civic Activities—J. B. MoCoy, W.
F. Absher, W. J. Bason, W. R.
Newton, Dr. H. B. Smith, Jack
Swofford and Arthur Venable.
Postal Receipts
Local Postoffice
hcreasela 1947
$2,000 Increase Here And
Substantial Gain Reported
In Wilkesbero
Postal receipts at North Wllkesboro
and Wllkesboro showed
substantial Increase In 1947 over
1948 figures, It wag learned here
today.
TVlille many cities and towns
of similar slse had a falling off
In postal receipts during 1947,
the North Wllkesboro , postoffice
had an Increase of approximately
$2',000 over 1946. Maurice B.
Walsh, acting postmaster, said
1947 receipts totaled $46,852.11,
which kept the office far above
the minimum for first clasg postoffices.
Of the increase of about $2,000,
the office In December experlencejj
an increase of $1,100
when the greatest volume of
holiday mail In the city's history
was handled.
In Wllkesboro Postmaster M. |
P. Bumgarner reported a substantial
increase over 1946 fig-1
ures, which enabled the office to [
maintain its second class rating.
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Big Square Dance 4
Be Saturday Eve
New Wilkesboro Gymnasium
Will Be Scene Of
Square Dance
Instead of a ball, the Wilkes
chapter of the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis will
hold a square dance for the
March of Dimes in Wilkes and
the square dance will be held
Saturday night, 8:30, in the
spacious new gymnasium In Wilkesboro.
Sam OgiMe, chapter chairman,
said today that plang for
the dance have been completed
and that Carolina Merrymakers,
a popular string band, will furnish
the music. Tickets will be
one dollar each for adults and
50 cents each for students.
Meanwhile, other phases of the
campaign are progressing and
schools are taking a very active
part in the drive, Campaign
Chairman R. W. Gwyn, Jr., reported
today. Some returns have
been received from the appeals
sent out by letter but early action
is requested in order that
the goal of $5,200 may be reached
and the campaign closed as
early as possible.
Weather conditions here have
hampered work, but it is expected
that solicitors will reach their
respective areas within the next
few days.
The drive throughout the state
has been' extended through next
week.
Wilkes people have responded
liberally in the March of Dimes,
especially since 1944 when an
epidemic caused S7 cases In the
county. The greater part of the
cases were cared for through
Foundation funds.
The' Wilkes chapter has used
all accumulated funds to aid
polio victims, and during the
past year spent over $4,000 to
aid the crippled toward recovery.
This amount went tor corrective
operations, braces, special shoes
and other costs incident to their
rehabilitation.
One half of the funds raised
in the annual campaigns is retained
for use <by local chapters.
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ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
Rev. R. M. Lackey, Rector
Vesper service will be held in
St. Paul's Episcopal church Sunday
afternoon, February 1st, at
four o'clock. The public is cordially
invited to attend.
Support the Y. M. C A.
Jones On Committee
Of Smoll Business
Dept. of Agriculture
Forrest E. Jones, president of
the newly organised Wilkes
Mountain Poultry Products company
tor processing and marketing
of poultry, has been named
a member of the Bmall business
advisory committee for the United
States Department of Agriculture.
This committee was authorized
by act congress last July and
is expected to become one of the
most Important business-United
States government relations committees
ever created. Committee
members are selected from leaders,
not only in their line of business
but also in their communities.
Prior to entering business
Mr. Jones was secretary-manager
of the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce.
A Mr. Jones will attend conference
of the small business committees
in Washington, D. C.,
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesineeting
of the committees will be
tr. B. Deane, congressional representative
from this district.
BuiMiig & Loan
Association Has
Snccessful Yoar
Directors And Officers ReElected
In Meeting Held
Here Monday Night
The year 1947 was a very successful
period for the North Wilkesboro
Building and Loan Association
, report of J. B. Williams,
secretary-treasurer, to the
stockholders in annual meeting
here showed. •
R. G. Finley was chairman
for the . stockholders meeting and
Mr. Williams served as secretary.
The stockholders received the excellent
report of the year's operations
with much interest and
re-elected all directors as follows:
J. C. Reins, C. P. Walter,
J. H. Whicker, Jr., J. B. Williams,
John E. Walker, K. G. Pinley,
John B. Snyder,' H. M.
Hutchens, W. H. H. Waugh, C.
E. Jenkins, Jr., E. P. Gardner
and Prank Tomlinson.
J. C. Reins was again elected
president and all other officere
were re-elected as follows: G. P.
Walter, vice president; J. B.
Williams, secretary-treasurer; J.
T. Brame, assistant secretarytreasurer;
J. H. Whicker, Jr., attorney.
Following is the report of Mr.
Williams:
Secretary Williams' Report
Tonr building and loan association
gained $71,888.55 in assets
during the ydbr of 1947. We
made a large number of loans to
new home-owners in this community,
distributed dividend^ oat
of the earnings to our full-paid
shareholders in the amount of
$12,658J>2; to our installment
shareholders on shares matured,
$18,465.00, and on shares withdrawn,
$6,111.25, making total
profits paid to shareholders of
$37,234.77; and released the
mortgage on properties which
the owners now hold debt-free in
the sum of $269,990.00. Thus,
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Wright Is Stricken
<Dayton, Ohio, Jan. 27.—Orville
Wright, 76-year-old co-inventor
of the airplane, suffered
another heart attack at his laboratory
office today and was taken
to Miami Valley Hospital.
His physician. Dr. A. B. Brewer,
said it was "a little too early
to determine exactly how serious
today's attack was."
Remodeling Now At
Brome's Drug Store
Remodeling 1« now under way
at Brame's Drug store In this
city. The Interior Is being thoroughly
remodeled and renovated,
including new and modern fixtures
and equipment, and will
be very attractive when completed.
Attention of the public Is called
to the fact that the store is
remaining open for business during
the process of remodeling.
N. Wifkesboro And
Mills Home Tonight
North Wllkesboro high school
basketball teams will play Mills
Home boys and girls here tonight,
the first game starting at
seven o'clock, Instead of Friday
night as formerly annonnoed.
Mills Home girls are leading the
conferehce race with five victories
and no defeats and the boys
also have a good team. Excellent I
contests are expected here. |
WILKES PEOPLE WILL ATTEND
FLOOD CONTROL MSCOSSION IN
WINSTON-SALEM ON SATDRDAY
It is expected that many people
flrom this community will at-j
tend the Yadkin Valley Flood
control meeting to >be held at the
Robert B. Lee Hotel in WinstonSalem
Saturday afternoon, two
o'clock.
The meeting was arranged by
the Winston-Salem chamber of
commerce Cor the Yadkin Valley
Flood Control committee, of
which John B. Justice, of North
Wilkes bo ro, is chairman. Purpose
of the meeting is to spread interest
in a complete program of
flood control for the Yadkin valley
throughout its watershed in
North Carolina, which includes
15 counties. c
Saturday's open forum discussion
of flood control in the Yadkin
Valley will embrace a program
that includes three methods
of harnessing the rebellious
Tadkin, each as important as any
other, officials in charge of the
meeting said.
Those three are (1) the oon(2)
the institution of good soil
conservation practices; and (3)
reforestation, the proper cutting
of timber and careful fire prevention.
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Among the panel memberB will
be Representatives John H. Folger
of the Fifth District and C. B.
Deane of the Eighth District and
authorities in the field of flood
control and soil conresvation.
Termed Equally Important
Tom S. Jenrette, manager of
the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce,
said in North Wilkesboro
that the advocates of the flood
control program believed that no
part of the three-phase program
should be considered above any
other part.
"Dams are not complete In
themselves In any flood control
program," he said. "They are only
a portion of the complete program,
hut they will give uB the
most relief in the next few years,
especially when flash floods occur."
Government surveys are already
underway at four proposed
sites for detention dams, two on
the Reddles and two on the
Yadkin. Surveyors are making
core drillings at the first Reddles
site now, and will move next to
the second one on this stream before
going to the Yadkin.
TO Seek Funds in 1M9
It is expected that the 1949
Congress will be asked for an appropriation
to ibuild the four detention
dams.
Members of the panel for Saturday's
meeting in addition to
the two representatives, will be
Homer M. Wells, chief of water
Service; W. It^Hine, representative
of the National Forest
Service; T. C. Shuler, assistant
chief engineer in the Muskingum
Watershed - Conservancy
District, New Philadelphia, Ohio;
and a representative of the U.
S. Army Engineers' office.
Governor R. Gregg Cherry has
been invited to be present. Mr.
Jenrette said the committee hoped
for a good representation from
among county farm agents, sojl
conservation officials, city and
county officials, chambers of
commerce, civic clubs, and farmers
and business men in the area.
Army MeR Visit
New BatteryHere
Captain McLean and Sgt.
Oantrell, of the United States
army and stationed at Lenoir,
visited North Wllkesboro Tuesday
night to inspect progress being
made In the organization of
a National Guard field artillery
battery here.
The officers conferred with
Major Roy Forehand, commanding
officer of the battery "here,
and made a preliminary inspection
of facilities and records at
the Legion clubhouse, wbich is
being used as temporary quarters.
They reported that excellent
progress is being made in
preparation for the inspection
and federal recognition oh February
,
Major Forehand stated today
that there is opening in the company
for an officer who had
service in field artillery and for
a number of men.
Brushy Mountain
Baptist Planning
Meeting Feb. 3rd
Pastors,Superintendents and
Teachers Asked to Attend
Meeting Tuesday
Baptists of the Brushy Mountain
Baptist association will
meet in Reins-Sturdlvant chapel
In this city Tuesday night, February
3, 7:30; to plan Sunday
school work in the association
during the year. ' Associational
leaders who announced
the meeting stressed the
importance of attendance of all
pastors, Sunday school superintendents
and teachers from all
churches in the association end
invited any others interested in
Sunday school work to attend.
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Support Y. M. C.
Y. M. C. A. FUND GROWS; OFFICERS
MD DIRECTORS ARE RE-ELECTED
Wilkes T. M. C. A. in meeting
here re-elected offlcerB and directors
and received financial reports
-which indicated that the
building fnnd la. making substantial
progress.
The T. M. C. A. fund Cor erection
of a T. M. O. iA. plant has
reached $155,128.62, of which
$119,382.62 has been paid and
the remainder is in unpaid pledges.
The treasurer would like to
receive the unpaid pledges now
due as early as possible.
Original goal of the building
fund before and during the early
years of the war wag $160,000,
but construction costa have
soared and a much greater amount
would be necessary to
erect the adequate type of plant
originally planned.
During the months of Novem■
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her and December the T. M. C.
A. received approximately . |8,500
In Pledge payments and new
donations.
Officers of the T. If. C. A. who
were re-elected by the directors
are: Dr. P. C. Hubbard, president;
James M. Anderson, secretary;
and J. B. Carter, treasurer.
The board of directors ls composed
Of the following: W. F.
Absher, J. B. Williams, J. B. Carter,
Mm. Margaret Coffey, Vernon
Deal, P. W. Fehelman, R * G.
Finley, E. F. Gardner, W. D.
Halfacre, J. R. Hix, A. F. Kllby,
J. B. McCoy, Paul Osborne, Boyd
Stout, W. K. StuTdirant. Jack
Swofford, Richard Johnston, Dr.
G. T. Mitchell, Frank Crow, Dr.
F. C. Hubbard, Blair Gwyn, Mrs.
C. T. Doughton, R. B. Glbbs,
James M. ,An<!«r«n«
Tricks Will Tear
Both WHkeskoros
After 2 o'Clock
All Urged To Hare Boxes
Of Clothing or Other
Materials Ready
fey DR. GILBERT R. OOMBS
Once more the people of
Wilkes county are urged to get
their collection of clothing and
other needed supplies ready and
on time. People living In the
Wilkesboroe are to have their
bundles ready on their front
porches by two o'clock Sunday,
February 1st. They will be collected
by a fleet of delivery
trucks. The people in the county
outside the Wilkesboros are to
make their collection through
their schools. The children will
take the bundles to the schools
and thfe school authorities will
see that they are delivered to the
0. and S., Motor Express warehouse
where all supplies will be
assembled and shipped. And we
are assured hat within a very few
days after they are shipped to
New Windsor, Md., they will be
aboard a North Carolina Ship of
Friendship and on their way to
the people who need them so
desperately. ■"
Surely no one needs to be told
any further of this desperate
need. A young ■woman who spent
six weeks in Poland last summer
in Youth Camps, speaking recently
in one of the churche3 of our
community, said, "From all that
I had heard, I thought that I
was prepared for the devastation
that I would witness, but I was
shocked and depressed by what
I saw." In many cities of Europe
as many as five people sleep und-er
one Mwrtret.- -etww- art-ffftv
dollars per pair. A baT of soap,
when it can be found, costs several
dollars. And the people are
go undernourished that they are
ill prepared for these hardships.
In food, the average American
has 3300 calories per day; millions
abroad eat 1200 daily or
less. Can any one of us hesitate
to share ana share geiierously
with these desperate neighbors
of ours overseas?
This collection of supplies In ^
our community and In North Carolina
is made under the auspices
of the North Carolina Council of
Churches, a cooperative organization
made up of all the major
denominations of the state. They
will be assembled, shipped overseas
and distributed by the
Church World Service, an efficient,
trustworthy and worldwile
relief agency In which all
the major denominations cooperate.
This writer has before him
letters from practically every
country of Europe and Asia, paying
high tribute to «the fairness
and efficiency of the relief work
that is being done by the Church
World Service. You may rest assured
that the supplies you contribute
will be promptly and fairly
distributed bo those who need
them most; of all churches and
no church.
Dr. John T. Wayland ls the
director of this collection for
several counties in northwestern
North Carolina. The Rev. Watt
M. Cooper is the director for
Wilkes County, working with the
ministers of the community. The
Junior Chamber of Commerce is
supplying the pick-up trucks and
drivers for the collcetion in the
Wllkesboros. The Boy Scouts
■will have a group of boys with
each truck to help in the actual
collection. Mr. EJd Caudill. of the
C. and S. Motor Express, has put
at our disposal his warehouse for
the assembly and loading of the
supplies and the C. and S. Motor
Bspress will transport all supplies
as far m Wtoete^flel*
without cost. To all of these we
express our sincere thanks for
their fine cooperation.
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Clevenger Team It
Winner of Contest
Clevenger College of Business
administration basketball team
here went to Hickory Wednesday
night and defeated the Clevenger
business oollfge team there SS
to 31.
Boyce Cheatwood led the vietors
with 18 points and the others
in the lineup were Johnson
8, Chapman 4, Turner 4, Chamberlain,
Culler 1, and Miller.
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