Published Monday* and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO. N. C- Monday, April 12, 1948
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OUR CITY
North Wilkesboro has a
trading radius of 50 miles,
i ^ serving 100,000 people in
The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 41 Years Northwwtem Carolina.
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Important Meeting
Of P.-T. A. Here 0*
Thursday Evening
Meeting of the North Wilkes
boro Parent-Teacher Association
to be held Thursday evening,
eight o'clock, at North Wllkes
•boro school is considered the
most Important of the year.
Attendance of every patron,
regardless of whether or not they
are members of the P.-T. A., Is
eaitaestly desired and all who are
interested In a bigger and bet
ter school for North Wllkesboro
should be present.
The program will be under
auspices of the Education com
mittee of the Wilkes Chamber of
Commerce.
v Speakers and thelT topics will
"Education from the busl
r'nees man's point of riew," Tom
Jenrette, secretary-manager of
the Wilkes Chamber of Com
merce; "Equipment and physi
cal needs of our school plant,"
. Blair Gwyn, member of the board
Of education; "Expansion of our
school curriculum," Mrs. Palmer
Horton, member of board of edu
cation.
Election of officers of the Par
(Assoclatlon will
H. A. Wendland
Taken By Death
program.
Herman Albert Wendland, 62,
for many years a well known
citizqn of North Wilkeeboro, died
early Friday at hia home here.
He had been ill for several
weeks.
Mr. Wendland was born De
cember 23, 1885, In Wottrsdorf,
Germany, a son of the late Gott
freid and Marie Dachow Wend
land. At the age of 4 he came
with his family from Germany
and they made their home in
Wisconsin.
Pebrnary 10, 1909, Mr. Wend
s land was married to the former
Miss Marie Flanker in Cascade,
Wisconsin. In 1930 Mr. Wend
land and family moved to North
Wilkesboro, where Mr. Wend
land wag superintendent of the
H. M. Scott -cheese manufactur
ing plant. For the past several
years he was engaged as a
plumbing and heating contractor
and gained an enviable reputa
tion in his work. He was a mem
ber of the Lutheran church.
Surviving Mr. Wendland are
. his wife, one daughter. Miss F<s
ther Wendland, and three sons,
Elroy and Gilbert Wendland, of
North Wilkesboro, and Edward
Wendland, of Plymouth/ Wiscon
sin; als<^ one brother and two
sisters in Sheboygan, Wisconsin,
and Malta Montana.
Also surviving are seven
grandchildren. Mr. Wendland
was preceded in death by one
sister, Mrs. Minnie Jost, who
k£jiived is Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
Fnneral service was held Sat
urday, *ten a. m., at Reins-Stur
divant chapel and the body was
taken to Odell, Wisconsin, for
burial.
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Band Concert Is
Well Received
Appalachian State Teachers
College band rendered a splendid
coneert Friday night before a
large audience at North Wllkes
• boro school.
The concert wag sponsored by
the North Wilkeaboro high
school band, which will nse pro
ceeds from the admission charg
es.
The concert was so well re
ceived by the andience that sev
eral encore numbers were neces
sary.
_ Prior to the concert the Par
ent-Teacher (Association _ here
gave a dniner for the visiting
band and the North Wlikesboro
band' in the school cafeteria. The
visitors were favorably Impress
ed with hospitality extended
them while on their visit here.
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Into Ravena Wiles
Last Rites Today
Funeral service for Miss Ima
Rauena Wiles, 14, daughter of
mf. and Mrs. Thurmond Wiles,
of North Wilkeaboro, wag held
today, two p. m., at the Second
Baptist church and bnrlal was In
^tolaptist cemetery here. Rev.
^Ralph Miller condueted the ser
vice.
Miss Wiles died Friday. Sur
viving are her father and mother,
one sister, Nina Lee sad two
brothers, Bobby and Franklin
Wiles, all of North Wilkesboro.
Board of Review
Scouts Will Meet
Regular monthly meeting of'
tile Wilkes district Scout board
of review will be held Thursday,
April 15, 7:30 p. m., at the
First Presbyterian church.
V. F. W. Planning
I Public Meeting
On Friday Night
Veterans of Foreign Wars will
hare a most interesting public
meeting Friday night, 7:30.
The business meeting of the
post will be followed by an auc
tion of home cooked foods and
sewed articles contributed by
members of the auxiliary.
'The public is cordially invited
to attend.
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Clingmon Sponsor
Squore Donee On
Fridoy Night Here
The Cllngman Community will
sponsor a square dance Friday
night, April 16, 1948 at 8:00 o'
clock, at the American Legion
clubhouse. Admission will be
$1.00 per couple. The proceeds
will be used for the Cllngman
school lunchroom. The public is
invited. _
Mrs. G. W. Triplett
Claimed By Death
Funeral service was held Sun
day at Elk Baptist church . for
Mrs. Fannie Elizabeth Triplett,
59, who died Thursday at her
home in Elk township. Rev. Ed
Hodges conducted the last rites.
Siyviving Mrs. Triplett are
her husband, George W. Triplett,
and the following sons and
daughters: J. D. Triplett, Fer
guson ; Mrs. Marsh Matherly,
Purlear; Mrs. Faye Walsh, Fer
guson; .Mrs. Virginia Dula, Le
noir, route two; Buel J. Triplett,.
WHkeabaro; .Dewey Triplett, Le
noir: Chancey Triplett, Fergu
son.
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Legion Meeting
Wilkes post of the American
Legion will meet Thursday night,
eight o'clock, at the Legion club
house. All members are urged to
attend.
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Methodists Defeat
Ramblers 11 to 3
Wilke8boro high school bas&
, ball team lost to Children's1
| Home at Winston-Salem Satur
day 11 to 3. The Methodists;
' scored 15 hits off Whittington
and Groce while they were held
to six hits by Lipe. Smith hit aj
homer for the orphanage team
and Whittington led Wilkesboro
in hitting with two safeties.
Wilkesboro will play Boone at
Wilkesboro Friday afternoon
this week.
LOCALS
Mr. B. M. Pardue is confined
to bis home at Moravian Falls.
Frietods wish for him a speedy
recovery.
Mr. and Mrs. David Kimbrell
and daughter, Millicent Nell, of
Charlotte, were week-end guests
of Mrs. Kimibrell's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. B. M. Pardue, at Mo
ravian Falls.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Poe
have returned to their home in
Fieldale, Va., after coming to
Wilkes to attend the funeral of
Mr. Poe's sister, Mrs. Carrie Poe
Wiles.
Mr. and Mrs. Lance Eller and
children left Thursday for
Kingston, Md., after spending a
week here with Mr. Eller's
grandfather, Mr. A. S. Eller, at
Millers Creek.
Mrs. Lane Atkinson, who spent
a few days last week at the Davis
Hospital in Statesville as a pa
tient, i8 at her home now and
making satisfactory improve
ment.
Mrs. Philip Weatherwax, of
Hampton, Va., visited last week
here with her mother, Mrs. T.
J. Perry. Mr. Weatherwax came
up for the week-end to accom
pany her home.
Mr. John Jenkins, of Pores
Knob, is slowly recovering from
near fatal injury sustained March
1 while working in an 85-foot
well at the home of Henry Phil
lips at Boomer. A brick fell from
thfr well wall 50 feet np and
struck Mi'. Jenkins on his head.
He sustained three fractures In
his neck and was unconscious for
some time. He was a patient for
some time at the Wilkes hospital
but is now able to be oat again.
NATIONAL GUARD BATTERY HERE IS PROGRESSING
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Here is a reproduction of the
War Department Certificate of
federal recognition of the Na
tional Guard field artillery bat
tery recently organized at North
Wilkesboro. The federal recogni
tion was grafted after an army
inspection, which approved the
organization efforts.
Capt. Roy W. Forehand, com
manding officer of the battery,
said today that 62 of the author
ized 77 enlisted men have been
enlisted. The three officers in
addition to Capt. Forehand- are
j First Lieutenant William Gray, |
First Lieutenant Don Story and
i Second Lieutenant C. C. Faw,
I Jr., all of whom saw service in
World War IL
Uniforms an<* some items of
equipment hare been received.
Work on the locker room in the
basement of the Legion club
house, which is being used as
drill quarters, is progressing.
The first informal inspection i
was held on Tuesday night when)
Captain McLain, of Lenoir, in
spected records and facilities and
reported highly favorable.
It is.pointed out in enlistment
data that members of the Na
tional Guard will be exempted
from military rtaining under pro
visions of the Selective Service
and Universal Military Training
bills now before congress.
The public is invited ot Na
tional Guard drills each Tuesday
night, 7 until nine o'clock.
APPALACHIAN CHOIR TO SING HERE TUESDAY
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• The Appalachian a cappela
choir will present a concert last
ing one-half hour at the First
Methodist church in North Wil
kesboro on Tuesday evening,
April ^3, beginning at 8:00 o'
clock. The program will be
broadcast over station WIL»X,
beginning at 8:30.
The Appalachian choral group
was organized in 1929 and is
now in its nineteenth season. It
has been the purpose of the or
ganization to study and perform
the best music drawn from all
periods of composition, bearing
always in mind rto strike a bal
ance between the light and the
serious, and at the same time
! neglecting neither the education
al value of the fine concert nor
the element of pure entertain
ment.
Each year at the Christmas
season they present the Christ
mas section of Handel's great
Oratorio, the "Messiah."
Added to such enriching ex
periences, it has become almost
traditional each spring to pro
duct an operetta of the caliber
of Gilbert and Sullivan's Mikado,
Pirateg of Penzance, Pinafore,
Trial By Jury, etc.
Since its organization in 1929
the choir has been under the di
rection of Miss Virginia Wary,
head of the music department of
Appalachian State Teachers col
lege.
Miss Margaret Manning of the
music faculty is assistant direc
tor.
Two members of the organiza
tion are from Wilkesboro and
North Wilkesboro, Miss Betsy
Barber and Miss Dorothy Ga
briel.
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Steak Supper 16th
There will S^jSsteak supper
at the Mulberry clubhouse Fri
day at 7:30 p. m.
Proceeds will be for the Bap
tist Home Church. The public Is
cordially invited to attend this
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MISS VIRGINIA WARY
Show On Friday For
Mulberry Ball Club
The Oklahoma Pun Makers
will put on a show of hilarious
entertainment Friday night,
eight o'clock, at Mulberry school..
Profits from the show will go
for the Mulberry baseball club
and everybody Is invited.
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Mountain Park
Cemetary Has A
Paid Caretaker
Those torho have plots in Moun
tain Park cemetery at Wilkea
boro are asked to send funds to
R. R. Church, cemetery treasur
er, Wilkesboro, to pay the care
taker and improve the cemetery.
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Manufactures Census
, Under Way In Nation
The U. S. Bureau of Census is
now engaged in a census of man
ufacturers. This census is being
conducted by mall to save costs
and -will cover data on manufac
turing during 1947.
The information requested in
the census is vital ana will be
helpful to communities where
good cooperation is shown. Any
firms engaged in manufacturing
and who do not receive blanks
are asked to write the bureau of
census for blanks, ' giving the
type of manufacture in which
they are engaged. '
It is also requested by the
Chabmer of Commerce that all
blanks be filled and returned
promptly.
CHARTER IS TO BE PRESENTED TO
LOCAL OPTIMIST TUESDAY NIGHT
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District Governor George J.
Fella, of diarlotte, will form
ally present the charter to the
Optimist dub of North Wil
kesboro tomorrow right at a
Charter Party which will take
place at Hotel Wilkes at seven
o'clock.
In addition to District Gov
ernor Fella, other district of
ficers will attend. Ben Riddett,
of Charlotte, Optimist Interna
tional organizer, will also be
present.
clubs In adjoining cities will
join v with the local charter
membership of thirty-six, their
wives, and friends.
Optimist L E. Dlmmette,
Immediate past president of
the Lenoir club, will be toast
master for the party, and en
tertainment features have been
arranged for the evening's
program,
I>uring the party, District,
. Governor Fells will install the
officers of the local ctnb for
the ensuing year.
H. D. Schedule For
WilkesThit Week
Wednesday, April 14, Moun
tain View Home Demonstration
club, Mrs. J. O. Mayberry's; 2
p. m.
Thursday, April 15, Millers
Creek Home Demonstration club,
Mrs. J. H. Budally's; 1:30 p. m.
Friday, April 16, Roaring Rtr
er Home Demonstration club,
Mrs. James Henderson's; 1:30 p.
m.
Monday, April 19, Boomer
Home Demonstration chib, Mrs.
Ralph SwanBon's; 2 p. m. ^
Tuesday, April 20, Mulberry
Home Demonstration, Mrs. Trea
iy Harrold's; 7:30 p. m.
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Membership Group
Chamber Will Meet
Membership committee of the
Wilkes Chamber of Commerce
will meet Tuesday night, 7:30,
at the Chamber of Commerce of
fice. D. V. Deal is chairman of
the committee. All committee
members are asked to be present
and make their reports.
Flashers Begia
Play Wedaesday
First Home Game Of Heavy
Exhibition Schedule Will
Be Here Saturday
North Wilkesboro Flashers
will put on the heat today and
tomorrow In preparation (or
their first exhibition game of
the season against Forest C}ty at
Forest City Wednesday night.
On Thursday night they will go
to Marlon and on Friday night
to L/incolnton. The first home
game will be against Morganton
here Saturday night, eight o'
clock.
The first week of training
found 37 men on the field. This
number has decreased to 31 but
at least a half dozen more are
yet to report. Although a new
team, the roster includes some
player8 who- are well known to
followers of baseball In North
Carolina and Virginia. An an
chor man for the new club is
Mike Brelick, hard hitting catch
er and outfielder who has been
in the Blue Ridge league two
years with Radford and Mount
Airy. Clayton Goad, of Mayodan,
N. C., formerly was a leading
hurler for the Red Sox at Roa
noke, Va., where he amassed an
excellent win record for two
years. He was out of pro-ball
last year.
Other catchers on the tryout
roster include Henry Duncan,
for two years with Pulaski in
the Appalachian circuit; Robert
Collins, a promising rookie and
brother of Steve Collins, man
ager of the Kinston, N. C., team;
and a rookie by name of Curtis
from Caldwell county who Joined
the practice sessions Saturday.
The mound staff is not com
plete yet. With Goad the next
man with experience Is Worth
Cuthbertson, formerly of Pulaski.
Paul Pryor, of Woonsocket, R.
I., who pitchbd in the Carolina
league last year, is due in early
thi8 week and is bringing two
outfielders.
Rookie pitchers are Ray Blev
ins, Lansing, portsider; Lee
Bentley, a local southpaw from
Pores Knob; Wayne Frazier, of
the local .Fairplains team; and
Clyde Hayes, Boone, boy who
started at first base and is being
converted to the mound pros
pects.
At first base there is ample
talent with T. Deno, who has
some pro experience and is left
handed all the way; James Led
better and Bill Robertson, prom
ising rookies. Louis Floro and
Ralph Hayes and James Holt,
are rookie second basemen, but
Jack Leonard, experienced third
sacker, and manager Loman can
also play the keystone position.
Third basemen are plentiful and
include Manager Loman, Jack
Leonard, and two rookies, Elmer
Trlplett and Don McNeill. Short
stop talent bring smiles for tke
skipper, Tom Cumby, young ex
perienced player who can handle
his Bix feet and three and one
half Inches with speed and form,
and Jake Lowe, rookie, appear
to be highly capable/
Outfield talent hasnt ha<j a
chance to show itself. To date
they are all rookies, and include
four local men who played with
teamg in thlB community last
year. They are Claude and Worth
Bentley, of Pores Knob, Gwyn
Nichols, of Millers Creek, and
T. H. Deal, of Fateplains. Doug
las Shore and Jack Cooper are
from Greensboro. Troy Stanley
and Paul Kern round out the
, outfield roster until others ar
rive.
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Kiwanis History
On AiRiversary
Club Received * Greetings
From International Of
ficers For Occasion
North Wilkesboro Kiwanis
clflb on Friday noon celebrated
its 2 5 th year of useful service
to this community In a ctrle ca
pacity.
The program was in charge of
Dr. W. FV Jones, who presented ,
J. B. William8 as his speaker.
Mr.- Williams very Interestingly
told the history of the local duo
and highlights of his address
will be published In The Journal
Patriot later.
'Greetings from Charlie Arm
strong, International president:
Pete Patterson, International sec
retary; District Governor Eugene
Coltrane and Lieutenant Gover
nor George Coble were read to
the club by Secretary T. EX.
Story.
Guests Friday were: Dr. W. J.
Caroon, Jr., with W. J. Caroon;
J. B. Slack, of Raleigh, with
Paul Church; Harold Slater with
Gordon Finley; J. E. Justice,
HI, Alex Biggs, Roy Hanfehaa
and Judge Johnson J. Hayes with
John E. Justice, Jr.; Miss Jo
Lasslter and J. G. Hackett with
J. B. Williams.
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Joyce Hollowoy
Funeral Sunday
Funeral service was held Sun
day at Newlight church for •
Joyce Holloway, ten-months-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Her
man Holloway,' of Near Ronda.
The child died Friday.
Surviving are the father and
mother and the following broth
era and sisters: Anna Lee, R. J.
iBly, Shirley Mae, Pauline, Bar
bara J., Lois and J. L. Hollow&y,
all of the home.
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Davidson Lofe Deal
Is Claimed By Death
Last rites were conducted Sun
day at Mt. Olive Baptist church
in Alexander county for David
son Lafe Deal, 44, prominent
farmer of the Millers Creek com
munity who died Friday at the
Wilkes hospital here. Rev. A. W.
Eller, Rev. R. C. Gwaltney and
Rev. E. V. Bumgarner officiated.
Mr. Deal is survived by the
following sons and daughters:
Sloan, Roure, Bryce,, Royce,
Marcile and Drucilla Deal, of
the home, Mrs. L. B. Lowe, of
Pores Knob, and one stepdaugh
ter, Mrs. J. E. Oxford, of States
ville.
A son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Eli Deal, of the Mt. Olive com
munity of Alexander oounty, Mr.
Deal had made his home near
Millers "Creek for several years.
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Thos. J. Canter
Taken By Death
Funeral service will be held
Tuesday, two p. m., at New
Hope Baptist church for Thom
as J. Canter, 61, who died Sun
day morning at his home one
mile west of thlB city.
Mr. Canter had been In 111
health for some time but had
not been critically 111. Death was
attributed to a heart attack.
"iA member of a well known
Wilkes family, Mr. Canter was
a son of the late John and Laura
Ann Canter and was reared In
the Purlear community. Later he
moved here and for 36 years he
was employed by the tannery
plant In North Wilkesboro. He
was a member of the First Bap
tist church In North Wilkes
boro.
Surviving Mr. Canter are his
wife, Mrs. Zollie Yates Canter,
and eleven sons and daughters:
Henry Canter, Greensboro; Ralph
Canter, Martinsville, Va.; Fred
and George Canter,, Dundalk,
Md.; Jack and Jake Canter,
North Wilkesboro; Mrs. Roy
Chamberlain, Greensboro; Mrs.
Bud Dotson and Mrs. Gilbert
Walker, North Wilkesboro; Mrs.
Charles Souther, Wilkesboro;
Miss Mary LinJa Canter, North
Wilkesboro; also 14 grandchil
dren, and two brothers, Will
Canter, of Purlear, and Gaither
Canter, of Greensboro.
Rev. A. W. Eller and W. John
T. Wayland will conduct the fu
neral service and burial win be
In the church cemetery. The body
will lie In state at the ohurch tor
one hour before the service.
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