North Carolina Newspapers

J fi** '■ f Y. M. C. A. is rat a buildin* find for the potion of a modern Y. M A. plant. Support it Vol. 42, No. 96 ■ mm ym-% Jy The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 41 Years ' : rading radios of 50 miles, serving 100,000 people k> Northwestern Carolina. Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESB0R0, N. C., Monday, March 29. 1948 Make Nnrth Willreshnm Vn„r T - - - . Woke Forest A Coppella Choir To Sing Three Times Here On April 2 Prof. Thane Edward Mc Donald Is the altrt and talent ed director of the Wake For est College A Cappella choir which will appear in SO con cert* throughout North Caro lina during the winter and spring months. Three concerts wiQ be given in North Wilkes boro Friday, April 2. " To Install Officers Eastern Star 3rd Wilkes Chapter No. 42, Order of the Eastern Star, will have a public installation of officers at the Masonic Hall, on Saturday evening, April 3, at 7:30. The public is cordially invited -to at tend and a special invitation is extended to all those who were members of the several earlier ripters in Wilkes connty. Mrs. H. G. Duncan will be in 8tailed as Worthy Matron and Ed Crysel as Worthy Patron. Miss Mabel Hendren will serve as installing officer and Mrs. Charlie Day as Installing mar shal. ~ ■ , • ( . a Mountain Lions * Practice Baseball -*•» - North Wilkesboro high school boys hare been working oat in baseball practice daring the week ander direction of Coach Howard Bowers. With Memorial Park field an der construction, the boys have been handicapped for lack of practice field bat have been tak ing preleminary workouts at Fairplains. The schedule has not been completed, but games have been arranged with Elkin, Boone, Mocksville and Wilkeaboro. Considerable improvement is already noticeable among the •boys over last yearns perform ance, which was their first base ball. Insulation Firm Will Open Here Shields and Hayes, a new cor poration, plans opening for in sulation business here April 1. Headquarters for the new firm will be at Wilkesboro Manufac turing company. J. O. Shields Is president of the corporation, with Rev. J. M. Hayes, fit Winston-Salem, vice president, and J. M. Hayes, Jr., ■eeretary-treasurer. tte company will specialize In hapB, industrial and commercial Insulation. Mr. Shields will be in charge of operations here. He is 'ell experienced, . having keen red as a Johns Man-rllle con ir for three years. He *itl a well experienced crew latest type of equipment materials. Y. K C.H Pictured above are members of the talented Wake Forest A Cappella Choir wliich is being heard in 30 concerts in a period of only 90 days. Theie are approximately 40 roices in this choir which was selected from the larger Glee Club of 75 singers. The choir will present three concerts in North Wilkesboro on April 2. The group will sing1 be fore the Kiwanis Club at noon. A second ooncert will be given at the high school at 2:3o and a third concert is scheduled for the First BaptlBt church at 7:30 in the evening. The group will otfer an inter esting and entertaining program which varies from the opening strains of the solemn Russian Church Liturgy to the brighter spirituals of oar own southland. The choir will be directed by Prof. Thane McDonald, head of the Wake Forest College music department. The personnel of the choir from left to right: First Row: Miriam Smith, Le noir; Ruby Orders, Morganton; Frances Lovette, Elizabeth town; Edith Bivens, Wingate; DeLena Jones, Kenly; Vera King, Fay 11 Exhibition Games Set For Flashers Team Exhibition games schedule of the North Wilkesboro Flashers in the Blue Ridge league was completed here this week with fixing dates for two games with Lincolnton of the Wesaern Caro lina league^ bringing the total exhibition game slate to nine. Following is the complete schedule of exhibition games: Marion there April 15. Lincolnton there April 16. Morganton here April 17. Shelby there April 18. Marion here April 20. Morganton there April 21. Lincolnton here April 22. Statesville there April 24. Providence, R. I., here April 26. Statesville here April 27. Shelby here Aprit 28. Work isgoing forward rapidly on Memorial Park to have facili ties ready for opening of spring training April 5. The grandstand has been constructed and a metal fence has been erected around the field. Bleachers to seat 1, 500 will be erected on the base lines near the grandstand and will be the movable type in order that they may .be used for foot ball. Total seating capacity of the park, including bleachers in centerfield, will be around 4.000. Dressing rooms and concession stand will be in the lower part of the grandstand. Plans call for conditioning a large area of the old . fairgrounds for parking space. o Miller Child Dies; Lost Rites Sunday Funeral service was held Sun day afternoon at Friendship Methodist church for Arril Tom Miller, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. John Miller. The child died Friday night. Surviving are the father and mother and the following broth ers and sisters: Worth Miller, Dayton, Ohio; James, Paul, Rayj Grace, Sarah Jane and Arnold Miller, of Millers Creek. ■»Rev. S. N. Bumgarner eon ducted the funeral service. o— WHAT'S THK DIFFERENCE?— Toung Ethiopian women wear veils so their young men can't see their faces until after mar riage. Women in other nations use cosmetics. ~ way; Onita Mussel white, Lum toerton; Miriam Morris, Sanford; Julia Lawrence, Raleigh: Mar tha Boone, Castalia; and Marls Sykes, Wilmington. Middle Row: Gerald Grose, Chimney Rock; > Kenneth Wilson, Mt. Olive; Loren Kee, Norfolk, Va.; O. G. Rhodes, Wilmington; Edith Allen, Warrenton; Margar et Crumpler, Durham; Alice Par year, Avon Park, Fla.; Eleanor Spittle, Mt. Holly; Jewel Adams, Holly Springs; Eunice Jacobs, Laurinburg; Dorothy Fales, Wil mington; Elsie Gentry, Roxboro; and Billie Barnes, North Wilkes boro. Back Row: Robert Orr, Bry son City; Charles Parnell, Lum berton; Carlyle Morris, Concord; Clayton Reld, Jr., Wake Forest; Grady Friday, Dallas; Tommy Stapleton, Charlotte; Carl War ren, Charlotte; Henry Miller, Statesville; Clyde Hardin, Mor santon: Jason Ross, Bristol, jTenn.; and A. C. Hall, Jr., Ra leigh. Lucy Rawlings, of Conway, is the piano accompanist tot the L'jfflfcr'ii : 1_ * _J HEAVY FROST IN . TWS AREA TQPAY Northwestern North Carolina this morning was visited by a heavy frost and sub-freezing temperatures. Temperature^ fell steady dur ing the Easter week-end and this morning frost blanketed this en tire area. It was too early today to as certain possible damage to the1 1948 fruit crop but it was be lieved that local peach, crop may be seriously curtailed and that early apples suffered some damage. Square Dance Friday At Legion Clubhouse Ferguson Parent-Teacher As sociation will be sponsor of a square dance to be held Friday, April 2, tight p. m., in tne American Legion and Auxiliary clubhouse in North Wilkesboro. Good music is promised for the dance, which is being given for the benefit of Ferguson school. A most enjoyable occas ion is in store for those who at tend. 56-Pound Fish __^mmmm" \ I ctitiriie JAanship, proprietor of Manship's Seafood Center, still likes his fishing sport, as shown here by his picture with • a 56-pound black dram taken off the coast of Virginia. This was one of the largest fish of its type ever seen here and . hundreds viewed the fish at Mr. Manship's place of busi Construction of the Traphiil roa<j and other needed road pro jects in Wilkes county will be topics for discussion in a citizens' meeting to be held Tuesday night, 7:30, in North Wllkes boro town hall. / W r, ,-,v • Sponsored by the Roads com mittee of the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce, the meeting has been arranged to allow people of the county the opportunity to cite their road needs before Raymond K. Smith, of Mount Airy, high way commissioner, and Zeb V. Stewart, highway division engt Conduction of the TraphlU road ;»om Mountain View ; to Traphtft » distance of a&out ten miles, has been listed as a num ber 1 objective In road bulli ng for the county. It lg of particu lar interest to the people in the large part of the Northeastern section of Wilkes county not now served by a paved road and to the Wllkeaboro8. which Is the 13,000 Trots Are Planted In '481 In Wilkes County By JOfflr B. FORI) (Farm Forester) As a result of the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce's interest in tree planting there will be thirteen thousand more trees growing in Wilkes connty thl* Spring. Thirteen teen age boys from six different schools are each planting an acre on their home farms. Twelve of the boys are planting shortleaf pine as a source of^4ifl^ber and one boy is planting black locust as a future source of fence popts. Most of the boys have already completed their plantings and the remaind ThifT^y^ar^JiS^ttie^ greatest number was planted by the boys from Ronda school. The boys planting and the school8 they are from are: Ronda school: C. A. Burehettft. .Tr Rnhort rUmmotto Charles A, Gilliam, Thomas Hart, Hasse! A. Key and Ray W. John son. Mount. Pleasant School: Mack Foster and Edwin McGee. North Wilkesboro School; Fred Fnlley, Jr., and O. G. Tharpe. Millers Creek School: Beachel Snider. Mountain View School: Milo Whitley. "Wilkesboro School: Bobby Mathis. * o County Baseball League Planned Community Teams May Get Together With County Organization Soon With the coming of spring Is the Inevitable urge on the part of many amateurs to play base ball and already there have been proposals for organizing a Wilkes county baseball league for com munity teams. Some of the teams communi ties suggested for teams are Mulberry, Millers Creek and Purlear, Mountain Vie*, Fair plains. Rock Creek, Roaring River, Cllngman, Boomer, Pores Knob, Moravian Falls, Wilkes boro and any others wanting to form amateur teams. Proponents of the movement are asking people- In the com munities interested to form their team organizations, select the!? managers and be ready for a county-wide meeting for league organlzatiofa within the next several days. natural trading center for that great area. = ..Jt . 11 All who are Interested in high way construction, paving of irur al roads and improvement of secondary roads are urged to at tend the meeting Tuesday night and express their Interest. The Traphill road has been repeated ly described as toeing highly im portant to the Wllkesboros, as well as for the people residing in that large section of the county east of hifhway 18 and north of highway 208, an area covering about one-fouT^h of Wilkes coun ty and without a paved highway. Much progress has been made In agriculture In that part of the county but the handicap of being without an all-weather highway has been difficult to overcome. That part of the county has also been important for timber and: wood production but lack of highway facilities ha. prevent ed full use of such resource#. j Red Cross Appeals To Wilkes Citizens Dear Fellow Citizens: No one knows what demands will be made upon the Red Cross this year, but the' Red Cross must toe ready! Due to the fact that many have riot yet contributed to the 1040 Fund Drive and that many others have this year greatly re duced the amout of their cofa trlbutloUs, our Wilkes County Chapter hag not yet raised lta quota of 08,151.00. In view of the preeent state of world affairs it 1b necessary that we go over the top with a good margin. When the budget was set up last fall we did not Plan for a national emergency to arise mi^ndS^etary^rrrWtal nave requested that the strength of our armed forces be greatly in creased. This means that greater numbers of Wilkes County men will be in the armed forces and that consequently the chapter Home Service program will be greatly increased. There are also other -us why we should go over the top in our fund raising. With the clos ing of the North Wilkesboro Vet erans Administration Contact office March 31st the chapter's responsibility for assistance with veteran's claims, applications for emergency hospitalization, etc. will 'be greatly increased. Wilkes County is soon to parti cipate in the Red Cross National Blood Program through the cen ter now being -set up in Char lotte. National Red Cross must always have funds to mdet any disaster which might arise at home. "Only last week the Red Cross was on hand ln our own state in the neighboring county of Cabarrus where a tornado struck. AH workers are hereby earn estly requested to redouble theii efforts toward contacting those who have not yet contributed and toward getting in their re norts as soon as possible. Citi zens who desire to contribute, but have In some way 'been miss ed by solicitors, are requested to call the Red Cross office or to mail check to American Red Cross, North Wilkesboro. Trusting that you will do your part to Keep Your Red Cross Ready, we are Sincerely yours, A. P. KILBY, Chapter Chairman, O. SAM WINTERS, 1948 Fund Chairman. Annual North 'JVilkesboro horse show will ibe held July 2 and 3, W. K. Sturdiyant, Kiwan is club horse show chairman, announced today. The horse show here annual ly on or about the fourth ot July is rapidly becoming known as one of northwestern North Caro lina's most outstanding sports j events. Last year the two-day! show was declared by many horse show followers to be the best in the state with all factors of a successful show considered. With Mr. Sturdivant on the horse show committee are Dr. W. K. NeWton and J. B. Ckrter. The committee has again employ ed John L. Bowers, of Winston Salem, as show manager. Mr. Bowers has an enviable reputa tion in the horse show business in the south and last year was able to line up for the show many of the south's finest hors es. The committee is currently engaged in working up the full calendar of events for the four shows, one each afternoon and night on both show dates, and & is expected that the list of events and prizes will be made avail able soon to prospective exhibi tors. ♦♦MMWHWmiWWWHWWWI Committeeman | J. E. Broyhill, prominent Jbenolr manufacturer, to the Republicans National commit teeman from North Carolina, elected by the state convention to succeed Charley A. Jonas, resigned. Mr. Broyhill is a na- | tive of the Boomer commun j. Ity of WUkM county and to a I brother of L J. Broyhill, mem ber of the Wilkes county board , k of couuntosionen. Toner-White Co. j WiH Consolidate 2 Presort Plants Land Purchased For Erec tion of New Plant West of Winston-Salem Winston-Salem.—The Turner White Caskets Company has bought a 7.10-acre piece of land on Highway 158, six miles west of Winston-Salem, for the even tual expansion and consolidation of its factory operations here and at North Wilkesboro, Walter B. future because of the high costs of building. However, he said, the firm planned eventually to dispose of its factory here at 104 Northwest Boulevard and its woodworking and lumber storage _oillties in North Wilkesboro. The price of the land was $6, 300. It was purchased from the Standard Supply Company. o Mrs. McDuffie Is Claimed By Death Mrs. Nellie Bowman McDuffie, 60, wife of F. J. McDuffie, well known Wilkesboro lawyer, died Sunday night at the Wilkes Hos pital. She had been in failing health for several months and critically ill for the past week. Mrs. McDuffie was born on November 7, 1887, in Hinton, Va,. a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Bowman. On August 28, 1917, she was married to At torney McDuffie, who at that time was located in Creedmore. For the past 21 years they had lived Jn Wilkesboro, moving here from Taylorsville. Mrs. McDuffie Was active in the Wilkesboro Methodist church and with her Christian living had gained numerous friendships in this community. Surviving are her husband, two sons, Pfc. Raymond McDuf fie, of Denver, Colorado, James A. McDuffie, of Syracuse, N. Y.;. one daughter, Mrs. William Moore, of Norfolk, Va.; and one grandchild. Also surviving are four sisters and one brother: Mrs. A. B. Moss, Creedmoor; Miss Fannie Bowman and Miss Flossie Bowman, Dayton, Va.; Mrs. Floyd Folti, Harrinsonburg, Va.; Lester Bowman, Dayton, Va. Funeral service will be held on Tuesday at two p. m. at the Wil kesboro Methodist church. The body will lie in state at the church from one until two o'clock. Rev. H. M. Wellman, pastor, will be assisted in the service by Rev. W. N. Brookshlre, Wilkesboro Baptist pastor. Burial will be In Mountain Park cemetery. Pall 'bearers will be J. F. Jor dan, T. E. Story, T. R. Bryan, W. B. Somers, Troy Foster, and C. G. Poindexter. Honorary pall bearers will be members of the Wilkes Bar Association. Legion to Meet Wilkes post of the American Legion will meet Thursday night, eight o'clock, at the Le gion clnbhouse. A large attend ance at the meeting is desired. Vocational Guidance Is Sub ject of Interesting Ad dress In This City "Vocational Guidance" was the theme of the North Wllkes boro Klwanis club meeting Fri day noon. • Program Chairman Dr. John T. Wayland introduced his speaker, Dr. Fred Wearer, dean of men at the University of North Carolina, who brought the club a very timely talk on the subject "Vocational Guidance." Dr. Wearer said the old adage, "Know Thy Self" is still import ant. The attention becomes an important one when wa under take to translate our lives into service. The' important problem to every individual Is: how to keep busy; to know one's self Is an aid to this end. The problem for the Klwanis Club becomes that of appreciat ing the importance of vocational guidance for young people. The speaker pointed oat eight services that can be rendered la the high school for vocational guidance: What Is Available. Self Inventory, Bersoaal Sate Collecting, "Counseling, Vocation al Preparatory, Placement, *W low Up, Research. J. B. Williams urged members to attend the highway mass meet ing to be held Tuesday night. 7:30, at the North Wllkesboro town balL Guests Friday wore: E. F. Par ish, of Raleigh, with Paul Chop lin; S. M. Decker with Carl Van Deman; Wm. T. Long with C. a Eller; Charles J. William* with Pat M. Williams; Miss Mary Morehouse with H. H. More house; Maurice Walsh with Dr. Gilbert R. Combs; Mrs. Frances Underwood, Mrs. Kathryn Lott, Joe Galloway and Dr. Fred Wearer with Dr. John T. Waj Hir Ramblers Season Tuesday Wilkesboro high school's Ram blers will take the field Tuesday afternoon at Taylorsville in the opening game of the baseball sea son. With several players with school and junior baseball ex perience, Coach Eddie Adelman may have one of the best high school baseball teams in north western North Carolina. They are at present badly handicapped 'by lack of practice, having had only three afternoona suitable for out door workouts. The first home game will be against Sparta Friday afternoon, three o'clock. The tentative lineup will have Bill Whittington on the mound with ■ Perry Lowe, Jr., receiving. Bill Byrd on first. Jack Groce on the keystone sack, Ray Triplett at third, and Bill Craig at short round out the infield. Outfield ers are Keith Bentley, Harold Dancy, Caney Lowe and Charlie Vaught. Twenty players are on the squad. March 31 Deadline Pasture Grass Seed March 31 will be the last date to obtain pasture grass seed under , the Triple A progran* for spring seeding, Lawrence Miller, Triple A secretary, said tod^y. ■ • — Ray Hayes Rites HeM Saturday Ray Hayes, age 43, member of a well known Wilkes family, died Thursday night following an illness of several days. v Mr. Hayes, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Hayes, had been engaged in the shoe repair business here for some time. He resided on Ninth street. Members of his immediate family surviving are his wife, Mrs. Zollie Hayes, one son sad one daughter, J. C. and Martha. Ray Hayes. Funeral service was held Sat urday, 11 a. m., at Bethel church. Rev. J. E. Hayes, Dr. John T. Wayland and Hev. A. B. Hayes conducted the service. Burial was ii\ Mountlawn Memorial. Park. Support Y.M.C. A.