J. M. C. A.
Wilkes Y. M. C. A. is rais
a building fund for the
SUbction of a modern Y. M
C. A. plant. Support it.
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The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" FQr Over 41 Years
OUR CITY
North Wilkesboro has s
trading radius of 60 miles,
serving 100,000 people in
Northwestern Carolina.
Published Mondays and Thursdays WORTH WILKESBORO. N. C„ Monday. April 19, 1948
Only 2 Primary
Contests Develop
In Wilk* County
Filing Time Closed Satur
day; Primary Will Be
/ Held On May 29
Close of the filing period for
candidates for county offices
found two contested nominations
in Wilkes county, Carl J. Jones,
chairman of the Wilkes board of
elections, said today.
Two candidates filed for leg
islature on the Republican tick
et. They are Representative T. F>.
Story, seeking a fifth two-year
term in the state house, and At
torney F. J. McDuffie, a former
representative from Wilkes. At
^■prney William G. Mitchell is the
'Democratic nominee.
Five candidates filed for com
missioner on the Republican
ticket for the three nominations.
The incumbents, all of whom
filed, are M. F. Absher, C. C.
Bidden and I. J. Broyhill. The
aew candidates are H. P. Filer
and W. El Reynolds. Democratic
candidates are W. C. Grier, Wil
. liam Gray and C. C. Faw, Jr.
For register of deeds Troy C.
'JpBter, Incumbent Republican,
filed for re-election. His election
opponent will be Duther Duncan,
of Roaring River, and there will
be no primary contest for that of
fice. The same holds true for
county surveyor. Tyre G. Casey,
Republican now in that office,
filed and his Democratic oppon
ent is S. P. Mitchell. Offices of
sheriff, clerk of court and coro-j
ner are not to be filled this
year.
Only two candidates filed for,
justice of the peace in the coun
ty. They are W. H. Sebastian, I
Mulberry township Republican, j
and W. E. Horton, Elk township
Democrat.
There are five candidates for
constable as follows: Roby El
ledge, Republican, and Sherman
O. Canter, Democrat, in North
Wilkesboro township; W. C. Be
shears, Jobs Cabin Republican;
G. W. Triplett, Elk Republican;
H. H. Transou, Edwards Demo
crat.
Registration books for the pri
mary to be held May 29 will
open on May 1. |
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Chester Shepherd
Lost Rites Today
Chester Shepherd, 42, citizen
of the Vannoy community, died
Saturday at his home and funer-J
al was held Monday, two p. m.,
at Bethel church with Rev. J. W. |
Luke in charge.
Surviving Mr. Shepherd are
his wife and seven children.
Mrs. Odell Wingler
Cloinied By Death
Mrs. Evelyn Johnson Wingler, i
17, wife of Odell Wingler, died
Thursday night at their home
here. _
Funeral service was held Sun
day, two p. m., at Edgewood
Baptist church and burial was
at Mountain View church ceme
tery in the Windy Gap com- i
munity. Rer. J. A. Tcenhour and !
Rev. Noah Hayes conducted the
service.
Mrs. Wingler is survived by
her husband, an infant daughter,J
father, Harvey Johnson, four!
brothers and one sister: Shuford, j
Parks, Richard, Israel, and Kath
ryn Johnson.
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Mrs. Ettie Baldwin
Funeral On Saturday
Funeral service for Mrs. Ettie i
Logan Baldwin, 74, who died
Friday at the home of a daugh
ter near Buck, was held Satur
day, 11 a. m., at the home of
) Monroe Griffin at Buck and
/ burial was in Rock Creek ceme
tery. Rev. Lee Minton and Rev.
Earnest Church conducted the
service.
Mrs. Baldwin leaves the fol
lowing sons and daughters:
Charlie Baldwin, Marlon, Va.;
Andrew Baldwin, Wllkesboro;
Curtis Baldwin, Lenoir; Paul
Baldwin, Traphill; Noah Bald
win, Buck; Mrs. Roosevelt, Ad
ams, Wilkeeboro; Mrs. Monroe
^Priffin, Buck.
Miss Anne Smithey, R. N., of
Raleigh, left by plane for Phlla
jpdelpla, Pa., to be with her sister,
Mrs. Rowena S. Hamilton, who
was seriously Injured in a fall at,|
her apartment last week. Mrs.
Hamilton has. been with the
Veteran's Administration In New
York and Philadelphia for the
past six yean.
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North Wilkesboro
Seniors Enjoying
Tour of Capital
Thirty-one members of the
North Wilkesboro senior class
left today on a week's tour of
Washington, D. C.
Accompanied on the education
al tour by Miss Mary Speer, 12th
grade home room teacher, the
seniors will visit all points of
major interest in the nation's
capitol, including the White
House, capitol building, museum,
governmental department build
ings and sit in on a session of
the nation's congress.
Seniors making the trip were
Bill Absher, Jackie Byrd, Charles
Caudill, Joe Church, Wayne Da
vis, Bill Eller, Gordon Finley,
Jr., George Forester, Jr., Walter
Foster, John Glbbs, Cowles
Hayes, Paul McGlnnis, Eddie
Shook, Jack Strader, Bob Yale,
Joyce Billings, Betty Campbell,
Jane Carter, Corinna Finley,
Emalee Huie, Margaret Ann
Hutchens, Agnes Kenerly, Doris
Ruth Kerbaugh, Clara McClure,
Elizabeth McNeill, Jeanette Mc
Neill, Margaret Newton, Annie
Ruth Sale, Dorothy Shell, Marjr
Jane Woodie.
Flashers Playing *
Here Four Nights
Baseball fans in northwestern
North Carolina will get their
first opportunity to see the
North Wilkesboro Plasher8 in
action when they play Ruther
ford County Owls of the Western
Carolina league on Memorial
Park here tonight, eight o'clock.
Tuesday night Wes FerrelL will
bring his Marion team here, on
Wednesday night Morganton
comes here and on Thursday
night Lincolnton will be on Me
morial Park field. On Friday
night the Flashers go to Newton
and on Saturday night to States
■ville.
Work was in progress through
out the week-end on Memorial
Park field to get it in shape for
tonight. All facilities have not
been completed but the work
will continue as rapidly a8 pos
sible to be completely ready by
May 1 when the tegular season
opens.
On Thursday night the Flash
ers dropped a 4 to 3 decision to
Marion of the Western Carolina
league at Marion. Mike Arnett
hurled the first four innings and
allowed one run, while the Flash
ers collected three. Ray Blevins,
Lansing youth in his first try,
was hit hard for three runs and
Claytoi^ Goad finished the game
without much trouble. Jack Leon
ard got four hits in five trips to
the plate to run his exhibition
game average 'way up. Wes Fer
rell, former major league hurler
and slugger who pilots the Mar
ion team, didn't get a bingle al
though he played the entire con
test.
Lincolnton Cardinals, by great
fielding and every conceivable
break, took a 5 to 4 decision Fri
day night at Lincolnton. Worth
Cuthbertson opened on the
moand for the Flashers and was
the victim of a four run out
hurst, including a homer, in the
third inning after two were out
and North Wilkesboro had a
two-run lead on hits by Brelich
and Lowe and a double and triple
by Stanley. The Cardinals sewed
up the game In the seventh with
a walk, a secriflce, a passed ball
and one hit. The Flashers had
three on in the Ninth. Ray Blev
ins hurled the latter part of the
game.
On Saturday night Morganton
of the Western Carolina league
plastered an 11 to 1 defeat on
the Flashers as the North Wil
kesboro hitters were held too
well in check by Morganton's
mound aces. Manager Loman pot
on the heat in yesterday's work
out
Koontz Prevette
Kills Self After
Shooting His Wife
Resident Of Near Wilkes
boro Turns Gun on Chest
After Wounding Mate
Mrs. Rachel Prevette, 35, who
was shot through the neck with
a shotgun at 11 o'clock Thurs
day night by her husband, J. E.
(Koonce) Prevette, who turned
the gun and killed himself was
described late ktoday at the
Wilkes hospital as "resting well."
Prevette died at six a. m. Fri
day from a self-inflicted shotgun
wound in the left side of his
chest.
Sheriff C. G. Poindexter, who,
with Deputies A. H. Holbrook
and Silas Reynolds, investigated
the attempted murder and sui
cide, said that Mrs. Prevette re
lated to him account of the
shooting.
Prevette, his wife was quoted
as saying, took down the gun
from its place in the house east
of Wilkesboro near Broadway,
shot her in the neck, re-loaded
the single-ahot 20-guage gun and
shot himself in the center of the
chest. The load ranged to the
left side and the wound was not
immediately fatal. He was con
scious after being carried to the
hospital here.
Prevette, officers said, had
been drinking. Officers said that
he had recently been released
from prison an^ several years
ago served a term for shooting his
father, Joe Prevette, in the leg.
Since his release, officers said,
he had been indicted for non
support and vagrancy.
Surviving are his father, his
wife and four children. Another!
child is expected within three
months, officers said following
their conversation with Mi%.
Prevette.
Funeral service was held Sat
urday, two p. m., at Oak Forest
Baptist church.
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Long Is C'dfttmltfecf
Chqirmon N.C.E.A.
I Wm. T. Long, superintendent of
| Wilkesboro district schools, was
i chairman of the nominating com
mittee of the district principals
group of the' North Carolina Edu
cation -Association convention in
(Asheville Thursday and Friday.
Present from Wilkes school
system was Supt. and Mrs. C. B.
Eller, Mr. Long and Zeb Dick
son, and P. W. Greer.
A most successful convention
was held and the impression
gained from the convention was
optimistic relative to anticipated
improvement of the public school
system in North Carolina.
Mrs. Bertha Wyatt
Cloimed By Death
Funeral service for Mrs. Ber
tha Mae Wyatt, 49, who died Fri
day at her home at Vannoy, was
held Sunday, 11 a. m., at the
Church of God at Vannoy. Rev.
J. W. Luke conducted the service.
Mrs. Wyatt is survived by her
husband, Feltie Wyatt, and one
daughter, Ollie Wyatt, of Van
noy.
Gets Scholarship
JIMMIE CANTER
Wilkes Youth Gets
Scholarship Naval
Reserve jraining
Jimmie Canter, Millers
Creek Student, Selected
For Scholarship
Jimmie Canter, a Senior of
Millers Creek high school has
won a four year college schol
arship in the Naval Reserve Of
ficers' Training Corps.
The cost of tuition, fees, and
textbooks will be paid by the
government and he will receive
pay for other expenses at the
rate of $600 per year.
Jimmie passed the Navy col
lege aptitude test given at Win
ston-Salem on December 13 and
later went to Atlanta, Georgia,
for physical examination and in
terviews. He was then chosen by
the State Selection Committee.
He plans to enter the Univer
sity of Virginia in the fall and
to take a course in engineering.
He is the son of HulK^t A. Can
tor of Roc to 1.
Farm Bureau To
Meet Wednesday
At Ronda School
Farm Bureau in Wilkes coun
ty will have an important meet
ing and fish fry Wednesday eve
ning, six o'clock, at Ronda school
gymnasium.
Program for the occasion was
arranged by the Farm Bureau
with cooperation of Paul Chop
lin, Wilkes county agent. Speak
ers will include Roy Bennett, of
'*be " Extension Service, Tubby
Weeks, of Tobacco Associates,
and R. Flake Shaw, of the State
Farm Bureau.
All Bureau members and oth
er interested farmers are invited.
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Cricket F.-T. A.
To Meet Tuesday
Cricket Parent-Teacher Associ
ation will meet Tuesday, 7:30,
at Cricket school. All school pa
trons are invited.
FLASHERS STALWARTS TO SEE ACTION
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Clayton Goad, left, tall Mayodan ^ hurler, gets the
call tonight in Memorial Park against ^ Rutherford
County Owls in the first home exhibition game.
Henry (Flash) Lorn an, center, is the spirited skipper
of the North Wilkesboro team and on die right is
Mike Brelich, veteran catcher and outfielder who hit
340 in the Blue Ridge -league la* year and is counted
on as an anchor man for the new club here.—(Photo
; by Dwight Nichols).
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P.-T. A. Speakers
Stress Needs Of
School Facilities
J.'B. McCoy and Mrs. Pal
mer Horton Address Pa
trons City Schools
Attendance was good, and
much interest manifested in the
meeting of the North Wilkesboro
Parent - Teacher Association
Thursday evening.
Dr. Gilbert R. Combs conduct
ed a most inspiring devotional
and the business session was
presided over by the president,
Mrs. Arthur Venable.
The following officers were
elected for the coming year: Mrs.
John Baity, president; Mrs. W
K. Sturdivant, first vice presi
dent; Mrs. T. A. Plnley, second
vice president; Mrs. J. H. Wink
ler, secretary; Mrs. Ira Payne,
treasurer; Mrs. O. E. Triplett,
corresponding secretary; Mrs
Carl VanDeman, historian.
Attendance prizes went to
Miss Bradford's 6th grade and
Mrs. Pearson's 1st grade in the
grammar school and Miss Mary
Speers' grade in the high school.
The program, sponsored by
the Wilkes Chamber of" Com
merce, was presided over by the
chairman of educational commit
tee, Arthur Venable. Prtwedlng
his introduction of the speakers,
Mr. Venable spoke of the visit
by the members of his depart
ment to the various schools in
j the oounty in the interest of im
proved educational facilities. J.
B. McCoy, chairman of the school
board, substituting for Blaii
, Gwyn, who was unable to be
present, spoke in a very informa
tive way on need for physical
equipment in the school, and
proposed plans for a new school
plant. Expansion of our curricu
lum was discussed by Mrs. Pal
mer Horton. Illustrating her tali
with the use of a graph showing
[the comparative expenditure ol
our 1947-48 budget, Mrs. Horton
jtressed the need in our system
er, ^oCnlrefSetS^fnd hoi
economics departments, manna!
training shop and enlarged li
braries in both the elementarj
and high school.
These and other improvement!
are needed to help our school
meet the requirements set up bj
Southern Colleges and secondary
schools.
A social hour followed, during
which coffee and sandwiches
were served by members of thi
P.-T. A.
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Rousseau Is Manager
Of JohnsonCampaign
J. R. Rousseau, for many years
prominent in the Democratic
party in WilkeB county, has ac
cepted the post as campaign man:
ager for Charles M. Johnson's
campaign for the Democratic
nomination in Wilkes county.
Mr. Rousseau today predicted a
large vote for his candidate in
this county.
Girl Scout News
Miss Lucy Stroupe, of the Na
tional Girl Scout organization,
will be in the Wilkeaboros Mon
day and Tuesday of next week. A
tea will be given on Monday aft
ernoon, four to five o'clock, at
the home of Mrs. G. T. Mitchell
in Wilkesboro and all leaders,
troop committee members and
members of the board of direc
tors are asked to attend.
The Court of Awards will meet
Monday night, 7:30, and all
troopg are asked to have some
thing on display.
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Senior Play Friday
Mt. Pleasant School
Senior class of Mount Pleas
ant school will present their
play, "The Ghost House" on Fri
day night, 7:30:-The play will
be highly entertaining. Members
of the cast will be carried in an
article in this paper Thursday.
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Womanless Wedding
At Wilkesboro School
Junior class of Wilkesboro
school will present a highly en
tertaining womanless wedding
Thursday night, April 22, eight
p. m. Everyb9dy is invited and
assured, of ample entertainment.
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0. E. S. Meeting
Wilkes Chapter No. it, order
of the Eastern Star will meet
Thursday evening, 7:80 o'clock.
WINNIE DUNCAN, W. M.,
LORENE WEBBER, Sec.
North Wilkesboro
Seniors Act Well
In PloyJ)n Friday
Senior class of North Wilkes
boro high school very success
fully staged a three-act play, "A
Lucky Penny" Friday night in
the school auditorium before a
large and appreciative audience.
The play was given on Friday
afternoon before the students.
Margie Newton played the
leading role as "Penny*' and the
other seniors participating were
Corinna Finley, John Gibbs,
Jane Carter, Gordon Finley, Ed-,
die Shook, Dot Shell, Clara Mc
Clure, Bill Absher, Jackie Byrd,
Paul McGinnls, Margaret Hutch
ens, Doris Kerbaugh, Billy Jo
Zimmerman and Agnes Kenerly.
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Howard J. Ford
Makes Address
ToKiwanisHere
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North Wilkesboro Kiwanls
Club oif Friday noon held a most
interesting meeting, featured by
an excellent program.
Kiwanis Lieut. Gov. George
Coble, of Lexington, was present
and recognized. He spoke brief
| ly, recognizing this as one ol
the best clubs in the entire dis
trict. He announced the Division
3 meeting at Lexington on the
evening of May 4 th and urged a
large. attendance from this club.
Program Chairman Frank
Crow presented Rev. Howard J.
Ford, of Elkin, who brought to
the Club a very timely talk on
the subject: '"What Contribution
Can Kiwanians of 1948 Make tc
the Di8allusionment We Are Now
In?"
1. Can rediscover individual
responsibility;
2. Can emphasize the import
ance of work;
3. Can think realistically, (a)
about minority groups here it
■ America, (b) about other na
tions ; \
4. Can emphasize the Spiritua
above the material. -
It was an impressive anc
thought provoking talk, j
Guests Friday were: Charlet
McNeill with Rev. W. N. Brook
shire; Bill Brame with Dr. F. C
Hubbard; C. I. Taylor with Dud
ley S. Hill; W. D. William8 witl
W. E. Jones; E. L. Yates witl
E. F. Gardner; Sig Holcomb witl
Dr. W. K. Newton; George Co
ble and Rev. Howard J. Ford
club guests.
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Oakwoods Scout
Troop Is Formed
A group of citizens met Fri
day night at the Oakwoodt
school house and organized a
, troop of Boy Scouts and will ap
ply for a charter soon with eighl
charter "members as registered
Scouts.
Frank Walker, an experienced
Scout, is Scoutmaster and Ray
mond Cleary is Assistant Scout
master. The troop committee is
Glenn Anderson, chairman, Arch
ie Anderson and Claud Baity.
Much interest in Scouting has
been noted in the . community
and any others who wish to join
are asked to see the Scoutmaster.
In connection with the new
organization the Scoutmaster
made this comment: "Every boy
who thinks of becoming a scout
should know just what he is
getting into before he joins, what
Scouting really is and what the
many Scouts in the world stand
for.
"A troop of Scouts is a buncfi
of fellows 12 years of age or
more banded together for fun
and service to others and in out
door adventure. They train them
selves along many lines of skill
in woodcraft and usefulness in
emergencies so that they will
'Be Prepared,' as the Scout mot
to says, to be stronger men and
more valuable citizens of their
country.
"Scouting instructs in civic
and personal virtues. Boys need
fellowship and guidance, Scout
ing teaches honesty, integrity,
internationalism; It teaches boys
to "Take it on the chin' and car
ry on with a smile.
"Scouting is society's greatest
weapon of prevention against
juvenile delinquency. The more
Scouts we have in this land of
ours the less Dllllngers, the Hit
lers, and the Stallns of the
world.
"To 'Build your life into a
boy,' is an anticipation of your
soul. Life for the boy begins at
12."
SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A.
Wilkes Youth b
Flooded With Aid
After News Story
Linnie Hamby, Jr., Invalid
From Injury, Recipient
Of Many Gifts
Linnie Hamby, Jr., invalided
youth of the Purlear community
of Wilkes county, hag received
more than $6,000 in gifts since
a newspaper article was printed
in the Winston-Saltftn Journal
Friday morning.
Linnie, 17, received a spinal
injury in an automobile accident
a year ago, resulting in com
plete paralysis of the lower part
of his body and legs. In the
home were no facilities for prop
er care of an Invalid and bed
sores further afflicted .the youth.
Local churches, civic organi
zations and many others helped
finance treatement and hospital
ization of the yuoth and last
week his condition drew the at
tention of Roy Thompson, "Win
ston-Salem Journal reporter.
The movement here to aid the
youth wa« headed by Rev.
Woodrow Brookshire, pastor of
the Wilkesboro Baptist church,
who gave th«* following facts a
bout the matter ln a letter to
the Winston-Salem Journal:
"My attention was first called
to this case by Rev. Richard K.
Young, Hospital Chaplain, N. 0.
Baptist Hospital, Inc. ln a letter
written January 28, 19 4 g.
Through the efforts of interested
friend8 and the Wilkes County
Welfare Department, working in
co-operation with the N. C. Bap
tist Hospital, the Duke Hospital,
and the Cripple Children's De
partment the patient was admit
ted to Duke Hospital February
12, 1948, where he received med
ioal care for 21 days. Hospital
| authorities prescribed nursing
care as the only thing that could
be done for the boy. Knowing
that the home was not equipped
to care for the patient, arrange
ments were made with the
h YQUDtz's^ ConTaiescent Home to
care fjDr lifift. at tlie regular rates
of $125.00 per month. This a
( mount does not include medicine,
dressings, etc. He was admitted
to the Home March 4, 1948.
'Thus far financial assistance
for nursing care has been given
by Wilkesboro Baptist church,
the First Baptist church, North
Wilkesboro, Boiling Springs Bap
tist church, Lewis Fork Baptist
church, the Red Cross, the Kl
wanis Club, the Lions Club, and
the Cripple Children's Depart
• ment. In addition free ambulance
| service has been provided by the
local funeral home. The N. C.
I Baptist Hospital has arranged to
give the patient medical care
without charge. The boys condi
tion is pathetic, and certainly any
interest manifested ln his fu
ture well-being is deeply appre
ciated by those of us who know
him.''
Since * the Winston - Salem
Journal article donations for aid
of the boy have literally poured
in to Winston-Salem from people
in many counties. Several were
sent from here, including $25
from Midway Pontiac company
and $35 from Barber-Somera
Motor company.
Ramblers Hove 2
Gomes This Week
Wilkesboro high school base
ball team will go to Sparta Wed
nesday afternoon seeking to
avenge an earlier 2-0 defeat and
on Friday afternoon Taylorsville
will play Wilkesboro at Wilkes
boro, threfe o'clock.
The game scheduled with Boone
for last Friday afternoon was
postponed until early in May and
will be a night game at Memorial
Park here.
"Everything Hoppens
To Us" at Trophill
Junior class of Tr&phlll high
school will present ''Everything
Happens To Us," a throe act
comedy, at Traphill Saturday,
iApril 24, eight p. m. The play
will provide ample entertainment
and laughter for all who will at
tend.
"Manless Wedding"
Be At Millers Creek
Cricket 'Home Demonstration
club will present a hilarious
"manles8 wedding" Friday night,
7:30, at Millers Creek school for
the benefit of «a. community
house fund for the Cricket club.
Further details will be publish
ed Thursday.