Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBOBO* N. C„ Monday, April 5, 1948
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THE JOURNAL-PATRIOT
OUR CITY
North Wilkesboro has a
trading radios of SO miles,
serving 100,000 people in
The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 41 Years tforthwestern Carolina.
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Make North Witkesboro Your Shoooina Cottar
Wilkes If* M. C. A. is rais
ing a building fun^ for the
Section of a modern Y. M
C. A. plant. Support it
Optimist Ciub Will
Hold Its Charter
Wight Ob April 13
Many High Club Officers
Expected To Attend Af
fair at Hotel Wilkes
The Optimist Club, North
Wllkeeboro's newest ciric organ
isation, will accept its charter
officially from Optimist Interna
tional at a Charter Night Ban
quet which is scheduled to be
held at Hotel Wilkes on Tuesday
evening, April 13th, at 7 o'clock.
A number of Optimist Inter
national and District officers are
expected to atten^ the banquet,
and L. E. Dimmette, president
< Ot the Lenoir Optimist club th$
Pfilgfc Tear, is slated for toast
k master. The Lenoir club is spon
sor of the North Wilkesboro Op
timist club.
In addition to club members
of the local Optimist club and
clubs in other nearby cities,
wires and lady friends of the
Optimists will attend the ban
quet.
Committees Appointed
President Maurice Walsh, who
heads the local Optimist club,
has appointed the following com
yfettees to serve during the year:
" . Boy's Work—R. L Moore,
chairman, Cariyle Ingle, J. C.
Williams, Arehie Hege, C. T.
Walker, Lewis H. Jenkins, Tal
J. Pearson, J. W. Harrel, Bill
Thomas.
Program — Herbert Marshall,
chairman, C. M. Brown, Jr., Jay
Anderson.
Membership—D. T. Trirette,
chairman, C. T. Burke, Lloyd
Pardue.
Attendance — Hubert McLen
don, chairman, Howard Strader,
Richard C*snor, Otto K. Whit
tington, RttiSell Pearson.
Publicity—Julius C. Huibbard,
chairman, Jay Anderson, A. M.
Wiles.
Inter-Club—William G. Mit
chell, chairman, Bill Thomas,
Forrest E. Tugman.
, - Auditing Albert Garwood,
chairman, J. W. Steele, Jack
Alexander.
Extension—J. D. Hall, chair-1
man. Rich Eller, A. L. Fincan
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Sparta Shuts Out
Wilkesboro Nine
Sparta high school team, fea
tured by the strong right arm of
«Gentry on the mound, held Wil
li^ kesboro "ilgh scoreless Friday
afternoon] and won 2 to 0 on
rung scored in the seventh and
ninth frames.
It was one of the best played
high school contests ever seen
in this community. Whittington
was on the mound for Wilkes
boro with only two days rest
after shutting out Taylorsville
but picthed effectively. H e
Mrould have had a shutout except
or balls lost in the sun in ont
field. Both teams were credited
, with four hits each. T. Reeves
and Atwood combined hitting for
the Sparta runs.
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Davidson Alumni
Will Meet Here On
Friday, April 9th
Davidson College alumni of
the North Wilkesboro area which
includes Boone, Blowing Rock,
Elkin and Wilkesboro, will hold'
their annual meeting in the Ho
tel Wilkes at 7:00 o'clock Fri
day, April 9, Blair Gwyn, presi
dent of the group, announced.
Athletic Director Norman Shep
ard and Latin Professor Ernest
A. Beaty, both from Davidson,
will be the speakers of the eve
ning.
All alumni and fathers of
Davidson student^ in the area
have been Invited to attend and
should reserve places by con
tacting President Gwyn.
Shepard will show football
movies of one of Davidson's
games and also a short color film
on campus life.
Election of officers for the
coming year is the only item of
business scheduled to be brought
before the group.
Gwyn will -preside and act as
Smaster. A social hour and
icussion of problems which
face the college today will close
the meeting.
Other officers of the North
^^ilkesfboro Area Chapter are R.
G. Smith, Jr., Blkln, rice presi
dent, Fred Dlckerson, Banner
ESk, secretary-treasurer.
H. D. & 4-H Schedule
For the Coming Week
Tuesday, April 6: Fairplalns
Home Demonstration club, Mrs.
W. E. Colvard's; 1:30 p. m.
Clingman 4-H; 9:15 a. m.
Ronda 4-H; 10:80 a. m.
Wednesday, April 7: Cricket
Home Demonstration club, Mrs.
Clinton Eller's; 2 p. m.
Mulberry 4-H; 9:30 a. m.
North Wilkesboro 4-H; 10:45
a. m.
Thursday, April 8: Ferguson
Home Demonstration club, Fer
guson school; 2 p. m.
Moravian Falls 4-H; 9:15 a.
m.
Wilkesboro 4-H; 10:30 a. m.
Friday, April 9: Pores Knob
Home Demonstration club.
Monday, April 12: Clingman
Home Demonstration club, Mrs.
C. Calloway's; 2 p. m.
Mountain View 4-H; 9:15 a.
m.
Roaring River 4-H; 10:30 a.
m.
Tuesday, April 13: Ronda
Home Demonstration club, Mrs.
J. B. Bell's; 2 p. m.
Ferguson 4-H; 10:80 a. m.
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Choir From Wake
Fores! College
Is Heard Here
Three Concerts Given In
North Wilkesboro Fri
day; Well Received
Wake Fore«t A Capella choir
gave three concerts in North
Wilkesboro Friday and each time
was greeted enthusiastically by
the audiences.
At noon the choir sang before
the North Wilkesboro Kiwanls
club, in the afternoon before
North Wilkesboro high school
and at 7:30 in the evening 'before
a capacity congregation in the
First Baptist church.
Throughout the day and night
the members of the choir were
entertained in homes in this
city.
Miss Billie Barnes, of North
Wilkesboro, is a member of the
choir.
Blackburn Child Is
Claimed By Death
Funeral service was held Sat
urday at Flint Hill church for
Willard Flay Blackburn, infant
son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Black
burn, of North Wikesboro.
Surviving are the father and
mother and six brother8 and sis
ters: Hazel, Opal, Billie, Marvin,
Shelby Jean and Alene Black
burn, v
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Mrs. Wadded Rites
Held at Piney Grove
Funeral service was held to
day at Piney Grove church for
Mrs. Bertha Bowers Waddell,
wife of Homer Waddell, of Mox
ley. She died Saturday in Davis
hospital in Statesville.
Mrs. Waddell leaves her hus
band; one son, Burdie Casey,
four brothers, three sister8 and
three step-children.
Flashers Begin
Training; Today
25 Players Among Early Ar
rivals On Wilkesboro
High School Field
Today marked the beginning
of spring training for the North
I Wilkesboro Flashers of the Blue
Ridge league and 25 players
were on the field for early work
outs. By this afternoon the num
ber had Increased to 30 and five
more are expected Wednesday.
Manager Flash Loman began
preliminary workouts on Wilkes
boro high school field, where
daily practice will proceed until
the Memorial Park field is con
ditioned for play later this week.
Among the early arrivals to
day were Mike Brelich, veteran
catcher; Henry Duncan, catcher
from Pulaski, Va.; Clayton Goad,
of Mayodan, pitcher; Tom Cum
by, Greensboro, shortstop; Jack
Leonard, shortstop; Ray Blevlns,
of Lansing, pitcher; Lewis Floro,
second baseman; Bill Robertson,
first base; Richard Gordan and
P^te Melvin. pitchers; James
Ledbetter, Douglas Shore and
Jack Cooper, outfielders; Jack
Hall, second base.
Local players in today's prac
tice included Claude and Lee
Bentley, Gwyn Nichols, Wayne
Frazier, Richard Jones, T. H.
Deal, Pless Carson, Bill Ernest.
Thirteen exhibition games will
be played after April 14 and be
fore the season opens May I.
Contract Let
For Sunday
School Rooms
The baildlng oommlttee of the
Wilkesboro Methodist 'church has
let contract to Bidden ic Canter,
local contracting firm, for the
erection of an educational build
ing at the rear of the present
church.
The educational building will
consist of fourteen Sunday school
rooms, and when finally complet
ed will be modern in every way.
The plans were made by C. C.
Benton & Sons, architects, of
"Wilson.
The contract let by the build
ing committee calls for the erec
tion of a two-story building 25
x 72 feet, cinder block walls with
face brick veneer, built-up roof
with guttering complete, all win
dows complete, two towers on
each end of the building, con
crete floor for first story, fram
ing of all rooms, second story
subfloored; erection of a larger
furnace flue, two stairs roughed
in at each end of the building;
and entrance cut from the pres
ent Sunday school room to the
new building.
The contract for the above
mentioned work on the educa
tional building calls for an ex
penditure of 110,800, to be paid
in instalments as the work pro
gresses.
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Congress Slashes
Taxes On Incomes
Washington, April 2.—Con
gress today enacted a $4,800,
000,000 income tax cut. It
brushed aside a veto message In
which President Truman branded
it a "reckless" measure that
would sap America's strength at
a time of world danger.
The vote was 311 to 88 in the
House and 77 to 10 in the Sen
ate.
The Honse margin was 46 i
votes larger than the necessary
two-thirds. The Senate majority
had 19 votes to spare.
Mr. Truman vainly argued
that such a tax slash would fan
the fires of inflation and weak
en the country in it8 campaign to
preserve "peace with justice a
gainst the forces of dissension
and chaos." Opponents counter
ed that the measure would spur
production, strengthen the eoon
omy, and grant much-needed re
lief to a burdened public.
The bill, now a law without
the President's signature, cuts
taxes on 1948 income for all the
52 million taxpayers. It removes
entirely the Federal income tax
on 7,400,000 with smaller in
comes.
Reductions for the other?
range from 12.6 per cent on the
first $2,000 of taxable income
(after deductions and exemp
tions). There is a 7.4 per cent
cut on that part of the income
above $2,000 and up to $136,700.
For income above $136,700 the
cut is 5 per cent.
I Marriage Course*
Begins Wednesday
Young people are invited to
attend the first class of "Prep
aration for Marriage" on Wed
nesday, April 7, at 7:30 p. m.
In the educational building of
the First Presbyterian chuurch.
"General topics to be Included
in the 5-session course are court
ship, preparation for marriage,
marriage tows, some problems
of marriage, and making a
Christian home.
Rey. Watt Cooper will be the
instructor for the study* which
is being sponsored by members
of the Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y clubs.
22lfiikes BoyT
Thinning Timber
In Big Contest
By JOHN B. FORD
(Farm Forester)
In connection with the second
annual Wilkes Chamber of Com
merce thinning contest twenty
two Wilkes county boys are im
proving an acre of the timber
crop on their home farms. These
boys are working their timber
crop by thinning or by timber
stand Improvement measures.
Besides increasing the growth
rate of their better timber and
improving the quality of their
stand of timber they are also
competing for one hundred and
seventy-five dollars in prize
money put. up by the Wilkes
Chamber of Commerce.
The boys participating in this
program and the schools they
are from are: Ronda School, C.
A. Burchette, Jr., Russell Ed
wards, Charles A. Gilliam, Ray
W. Johnson, Duel Jones, Ken
neth Jordan, Hassel Key, Gwyn
Redding and H. Roberts; Millers
Creek School, George S. Bum
garner, Ray Bumgarner, Edwin
Kilby, and Paul Snider; Wilkes
boro school, P. M. Curry, Dean
Edwards, Shelton Edwards, and
Fred Welborn; Mount Pleasant
school, Clyde Foster arndDennls
Greene; Mountain View school,
E. C. Elledge, Jr.; Traphlll
school, John Hutchinson.
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Lee Roy Bouguss
Funeral Saturday
Last rites were held Saturday I
at Round Hill church for Lee
Roy Bauguss, 37, citizen of Ed
wards township who died Thurs
day. Rev. L. E. Sparks conducted
the service.
Mr. Bauguss is survived by
his father, Robert M. Bauguss,
and the following brothers and
sisters: Hubert, Lytle and Glenn
Bauguss, Mrs. Lizzie Cheek, Mrs.
Delia Rhoades and Mrs. Dessie
Waddell.
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Clinic On Thursdoy
April clinic for crippled chil
dren will be held Thursday morn
ing, April 8, at the Wilkes hos
pital. Free examination will be
made of all crippled and deform
ed persons present.
BLUE RIDGE LEAGUE—OFFICIAL PLAYING SCHEDULE 1948
At Radford At Wytheville At N. Wilke»boro At Leak*ville At Mt. Airy At Gala*
Radford
Follow
May 2
May 19-20-21
Jane 4-5-6
July 1-2
Aug. 1-2
Aug. 22-23
May 16-17-18
June 7-8
.July 6-7
July 16-17
Aug. 7-8
Sept. 2-3
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July
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4-5
26-27
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27-28
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May 10-11
May 30-31-31
June 21-22
July 11
Aug. 9-13-14
Sept. 6-6
Wytheville
May 1-3
May 24-25
June 29-30
July 25-26
Aug. 11-12'
Aug. 28-29-30
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Sept. 2-3
May
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May 8-9
June 1-2-3
June 23-24 *
July 14-15
'Aug. 15-16
Aug. 31 Sept. 1
May 22-23
June 9m0-ll
July 5-5
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Flashers
May 2
May 19-20-21
June 4-5-6
July 1-2
Aug. 1-2
Aug. 22-23
May 4-5
May 26-27
June 19-20
July 8-9
July 29-30-31
Aug. 20-21
May
June
June
July
Aug.
Aug.
12-13
14-15-16
27-28
28-24
5-6
26-27
Leaksville
May
June
June
July
Aug.
Aug.
14-15 *
12-13
25-26
20-21-22
3-4
24-26
May 6-7
May 28-29
Jane 17-18
July 3-4
July 27j28
Aug. 17-18-19
May 1-3
May 24-25
June 29-30
July 26-26
Aug. 11-12
Aug. 28-29-30
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May
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
10-11
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21-22
10-11
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May 16-17-18
June 7-8
July 6-7
July 16-17
Aug. 7-8
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May 6-7
May 28-29
June 17-18
July 8-4
July 27-218
Aug. 17-18-1#
May 8-9
June l-fl'-S
June 23-24
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May
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Patriot
Indicate doable headers. July 12-18
for AIl-St«r Game.
Rural Fire Protection Plan
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Inaugurated Near This City
Eller Speaker At
Meeting of Liois
Friday, April 2
County Superintendent Tells
Of Desperate Need For
School Facilities
C. B. Eller, superintendent of
Wilkes county schools, told the
North Wilkesboro Lions club Fri
day evening about the need for
school facilities in Wilkes coun
ty.
Supt. Eller estimated that t°
fill the needs completely In
school buildings and equipment
would require an, expenditure of
about two million dollars.
However, he sa'.d that the Im
mediate needs for classrooms
could be filled for an expenditure
of about $760,000.
Supt. EUler advocated that the
county vote a bond issue of
$700,000, which is near the max
imum amount that can be bor
rowed, for the erection of school
buildings and additions to pres
ent buildings.
Three new members were ac
cepted into the club, Paul Du
Pree, Walter Call and Harold
Pardue. Membership of Charlie
Slate was transferred from
Leaksvllle to North Wllkesboro.
A. S. T. C. Concert
Coming Oh April 9
On Friday, April 9, The Ap
palachian State Teachers College
Band will present a concert in
t ha^. North. Wilkaahoro high
school auditorium.
Tickets are being sold by mem
bers of the North Wilkesboro
high school band. Student tickets
will be sold at 35c and adult
tickets at 60c. The proceeds will
go into the North Wilkesboro
high school band fund. Everyone
is invited.
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Samuel M. Reavis
Funeral Saturday
Samuel Murphy Reavis, 76,
well known citizen of Reddles
River township, died Friday and
funeral was held SatWday at
Pleasant Home Baptist church
with Rev. A. W. Eller and Rev.
W. S. Luck conducting the ser
vice.
Mr. Reavis is survived by his
wifet Mrs. Minnie Reavis, and
the following sons and daugh
ters: Horace Reavis and Mrs.
Mart Adams, North Wilkesboro;
Atta, Clyde, Carl, Quince, Henry,
Will Reavis and Mrs. Joe Lank
ford, all of Wilkesboro.
Directors Fruit
Growers to Meet
J. B. Williams will be host" to
directors of the Brushy Moun
tain Fruit Growers Association
at a dinner at the Princess Cafe
Tuesday, six p. m. Following the
dinner a business meeting will
be held in the office of the
Wilkes Chamber of Commerce.
Mrs. J. W. Blevins
Rites On Saturday
Funeral service was held Sat
urday at Swan Creek church for
Mrs. Hester Crews Blevins,- 69,
wife of the late J. W. Blevins.
Surviving are the following
eons and daughters: Mrs. Pansy
Bullprd, Hamptonvllle; Mrs.
Nonnle Day, Cycle; Mrs. Ruby
Dezern, Jonesville; William Har
din Blevins, Jonesville.
Mrs. Carrie Wiles
Last Rites Today
Funeral service was held today
at Round Mountain church for
Mrs. Carrie Poe Wiles, 37, wife
of Bura Wiles, of North Wilkes
boro reute two. She died Satur
day at the Wilkes hospital.
Mrs. Wiles is survived by her
husband; three children, Fran
ces, Frank and Florence Wiles;
mother, Mrs. Philmore Pierce, of
Millers Creek; and one sister,
Mrs. Polly Eller.
Mrs. Fred Finley's
Father Succumbs
Norfolk, Va., March 30.—
Joseph McBride Whitney, 72,
general contractor, died today at
hie home here after a long ill
ness.
He was a native of Pasquotank
county, North Carolina, but had
been a resident of Norfolk 46
years.
'Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Neppie Beaman Whitney, one
daughter, Mrs. Frefl T. Finley,
of North Wllkeaboro, N. C.; two
sons, Linwood F. Whitney, Sr.,
and Marion L. Whitney, Sr., of
Norfolk; two sisters, Mrs. N. I.
Williams, Pasquotank County
and Mrs. T. W. Whitehurst,
South Mills, N. C., and a brother,
John F. Whitney, of Norfolk.
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Chamber Commerce
Committee Meeting
Governmental Affairs commit
tee of the Wilkes Chamber of
Commerce, of which P. W. Esh
elman is chairman, will meet
Tuesday afternoon, four o'clock,
in the Chamber of Commerce
office.
SUPPORT THE Y. M C. A.
Fire Departnent la
North Wilkesboro
Sell s Protectioa
Home Seven and One-Half
Miles Out Saved From
Destruction Saturday
Tire protection plan being sold
by the North Wilkesboro Mrs
department to mral property
owners on highways near North
Wilkesboro passed a rigid test
Saturday morning when the
beautiful home of Ed. Pierce one
mile beyond Millers Creek was
saved from destruction.
Fire originated near the chim
ney in the attic of the 'stone-ve
neered home about nine a. m. Al
though a mile from the nearest
telephone, -the fire department
was called and the truck made
the trip of seven and one-half
miles In seven minutes flat.
With 400 gallons of water In
the truck the fire was extinguish
ed and the home saved. Dam
age was mainly from fire in the
attic, which had broken through
the roof at one point. By carry
ing water people present were
able to keep the fire progress
slowed down nntil firemen arriv
ed and the residence and con
tents were saved.
Incidentally, the home of Mr.
Pierce was signed for fire pro
tection only last week and was
the most distant from the fire
station of any home in that di
rection enrolled for fire protec
tion service.
Addition of a new truck with
400 gallon tank enabled the
North Wilkesboro fire depart
ment to offer fire protection
service outside of North Wilkes
boro with full approval of the
insurance department. The old
fire truck will be available in the
event of two fires at one time
in the area to be served.
This fire protection service is
being offered by the North Wil
kesboro fire department for only
$3.00 per year each for homes
and $5.00 for commercial es
tablishments. Members of the
fire department have been con
tacting the people and those
missed should get In touch with
members of the fire department
and be enrolled for this protec
tive service.
Because the truck is extreme
ly heavy, the service muBt be
confined to all-weather roads
within a given radius of North
Wilkesboro.
Millers Creek, Mulberry, Mo
ravian Falls and along other
highways leading out of North
Wilkesboro are communities in
cluded for membership.
The fire department plans oth
er improvements, including the
mounting of a floodlight on a
small truck. This will be especial
ly beneficial on out-of-town calls,
for night fires here, for rescue
and disaster work and for any
type of emergency which may
arise.
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Pre-School Clinic.
DatesJtanounced
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The Wilkes county health de
partment today announced the
following dates for pre-school
clinics in the county:
Wilkesboro, April 6, t:S0 a.
m.; North Wilkesboro, April 7,
9:30 a. m.; Millers Creek, April
13, 9:30 a. m.; R'onda, April 15,
9:30 a. m.; Mt. Pleasant, April
20, 9:30 a. m.; Roaring Rlrer,
April 22', 9:30 a. m.; Pleasant
Hill, April 27, 9:30 a. m.; Oool
Springs, April 27, 1:00 p. m.
At North Wilkesboro on Wed
nesday _ special entertainment
and refreshments will be prorid
ed pre-school children at the
clinic. The first grade of ' the
school will hare Wednesday as
a holiday and the teachers will
devote their time to the pre
school children.
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Eli Blevins Rites
Held Sotu rdoy
Funeral service was held Sat
urday at Rachel church for Bli
Blevins, 86-year-old citizen of
Mulberry township, who died
Wednesday. Surviving are his
wife,. Mrs. Cora Blevins, fonr
daughters and one son.