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Y. M. C. A. is rate* building fund for the of a modern Y. M OUR CITY sr. North Wilkesboro has ? trading radius of 50 miles, serving 100,000 people in plant. Support it. The JournQ|.patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 41 Years Northwestern cuoibu peopl ?lfa?. ^ ^ Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C.t Thursday, June 10, 1948 Make North Wilkesboro Ytur Shopping Center THREE 4-H CALVES NET TOTAL $901.00 Three 4-H Baby beef calves from Wilkes county were shown and sold in the Iredell County 4-H Beef show and sale on May 27. All three of these calves graded choice. Alvin E<11 edge showed and sold a 780-pound calf for thirty-six cents, or a to tal of $280.80. The second ani mal was owned by Ray Huffman, weighed 820 pounds, sold for 37 its, or $303.40. Wayne Huff l's calf weighed 880 pounds, Td for 36 cents, with a gross Income of $316.80. This all adds up to a grand total of $901.00. Three 4-H Club calves were purchased by individuals and lo cal concents of Wilkes county. Quality Food Store, of North Wllkesboro, purchased Alvin's calf. While the Freezer Locker Plant purchased Wayne's animal. A third calf owned by Jimmie Martin, of Iredell county, was also purchased by the Locker Plant. These two calves will be divided between individual^ as follows: Everette Huffman, one half; H. C. Colvard, one fourth; Bill Brame, Brame Drug Com pany, one fourth. The second animal divided equally between C. F. Bretholl, Dr. H. B. Smith, E. S. Finley, J. B. Carter. . The calf on the left was pur chased by Mr. Ball, of the Qual ity Food Store, of North Wil kesfboro. This animal was 10 months old and weighed 780 pounds. MANY BEAUTIFUL GIRLS TO BE IN "MISS WILKES" PAGEANT FRIDAY Final plans for tne "Miss Wilkes" beauty pageant and ball were completed today with the announcement that three promi nent North Carolina Jaycees have been secured for judges. The judges will be Herschel Harkins, from Asheville, who is Western Vice President of N. C. Jaycees, Rush Hamrick, Jr., of Shelby who is a National Director of the U, S. Jaycees, and Dr. V. W.? Taylor, President of the Elkin Jaycees. As previously announc ed, music for the ball will be furnished by Wiley Riser and his 11 piece orchestra. Jaycees John T. Cashion and C. C. Faw, Jr., who were instrumental in secur ing the orchestra, stated today that they have heard many fav orable reports on the orchestra from Wilkes county people who have heard them play. The beau -fty pageant and ball will be held in the Wilkesboro gymnasium on June 11th at 8:30 p. m. Evening dress is optional. Many of Wilkes county's most beautiful girls have entered the contest, and many late entries and "dark horses" are expected to be on the scene Friday night compete for the title of "Miss ^Rwilkes." The girls who have en tered to date are Misses Pat Mc Miel, Mary Taylor, Cathleen Robinson, Virginia Caudlll. Dot Gabriel, -Lee Walsh, Wanda Campbell, Marjorie Newton, Grace Dean Pinnix, Gerry Cald well, Martha* Ahsher, Mattie Nell Ferguson, Betty Kendall, Ruth Queen, Dessie Hanks, Hilda Den nis, Marie Minton, Hazel Par sons, Jackie Merritt, Frances Gi' reath; Corinna Finley, Inez El ledge, Clara Lee Watts, Mabol Sidden, Agnes Kenerley, Flossie Brooks, Joanna McNeil, Betty Jean Whitaker, Betty Billings, Peggy Owens, Caroline Ogilvie, Sue Absher, Bertha Jean Myers, Nancy Garwood, Mary Lena Col vai'd, Doris Kerbaugh, Betty Summers, Evelyn - Crook, Goldie Walsh. ? ? o Shores Is Leading Flashers Hitting Players AB. R. H. Pet. Shores ? 134 35 51 .381 Lorn an . 62 11 28 ,371 Brelick ? 52 13 19 .365 Goad ? 17 2 6 .353 Stanley ?- 123 31 39 .317 Leonard - 144 34 45 .813 Msrcak _ 93 20 23 .301 Daddino 127 35 38 .299 Cooper ? 78 12 23 .295 Tagliarlno 134 24 39 .291 Dezerne ? H 1&3 .273 d - 42 t 7 11 .262 31 7 7 .22*6 .... 11 '1 2 !182 ? 61 7 11 .180 ^ris v 31 4 5 .151 CutMbertson ... 28 0 4 .143 Tl-1 evins 20 2 2 .100 Totals ?I 1199 246 Teeth Average -297 re figures ipclude all games Tuesday nlghf&i Orchestra Soloist Reg Marshall will be soloist lor the Kiser orchestra, which will play for the "Miss Wilkes" pageant and ball Friday night, 8: SO, in Wilkesboro gymnas ium. North Wilkesboro Beats Wytheville Will Play Mount Airy Here Saturday Night and Sun- > day Afternoon Worth Cuthbertson scattered nine hits and left 16 Wytheville men stranded on the sacks at Wytheville Wednesday night as North Wilkesboro defeated the Statesmen 3 to 2 in a closely contested game. Troy Stanley, Flasher rightfielder, helped in the run column iby a homer and Tagliarino collected three of the five North Wilkesboro hits off Kinder. The Flashers continue their invasion of the Virginia town to night and Friday night and will return here to engage the Mount Airy Gnaniteers Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. Next week North Wilkesboro will be playing In Galax Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday aiyi Galax will play here Thursday and Friday. At Grand Chapter O. E. S. This Week The Annual State Meeting of the Grand Chapter of Eastern Star of North Carolina was held in the City Auditorium of Ashe ville, Monday through Thurs day. Attending this meeting from here were the following: Mrs. Winnie Duncan, Worthy Matron of the Wilkes Chapter; Mrs. An nie Cline Payne, Mrs. Leola Par due, Mrs. Mamie Church, Mrs. Alverta Nichols, ? Mrs. Valeria Bells Foster, Mrs. Slna Walsh, Mrs. Margaret Smlfhey Hayes, and Mies Breta Poe Scroggs.i HELP MEMORIAL PARK FUND Baptist Training Union Will Have Group Meetings Oh Monday, June 14, eight p. m., regular quarterly mass meet ings will be held by Baptist Training Unions of the Brushy Mountain Baptist association in seven churches. These meetings are being held in groups instead of one central meeting and all interested are asked to attend the meeting of the group to which their church belongB. An inspirational meeting is being planned by each group di rector. An Invitation is extended all Baptists to attend. Churches in which group meetings will be held are Purlear, Boiling .Springs, Zion Hill, Welcome Home, Oakwoods and Fishing Creek. Plan Vacation Bible School Wilkesboro A - Vacation Bible School will be conducted at Wilkesboro Bap tist church June 14-25. The school will be held each morning Monday through Friday from 8:30*to 11:30. Boys and girls ages 4-16 are invited to attend. D&^ing the second week of the Vacation Bible School there will be a series of evangelistic servic es each evening at 7:45. The speaker will be Rev.- Lawrence Highflll, Bible teacher at Mars Hill College. You are invited to attend these services. I :?>o Douglas Norris Dies of Wounds; C. Church Held Douglas Norris, 32, died at the (Wilkes hospital here late Mon day from gunshot wounds alleg edly inflicted by Cecil Church, brother-in-law, at the home of Church two mfleS west ~bf~ this city Sunday evening. , Norris was hit in the albdomen and in the jaw and neck with two 22-calibre rifle bullets which ChuTch told officers he fired in self defense. Church, who carried Norris to che hospital and surrendered to officers, was released under bond but was re-arrested and placed in jail Monday afternoon by Sher iff C. G. Poindexter, who stated that he had learned of more cir cumstances surrounding the shooting. According to the information obtained by Highway Patrol Ser geant A. H. Clark and Deputy Sheriff A. H. Holbrook Sunday night, Norris had assaulted Church at a cafe on highway 421 and had inflicted severe fa cial (bruises and a black eye when Church had tried to stop an ar gument between Norris and an other man. Church then went home and Norris arrived shortly. Church said he shot Norris when Norris was advancing on him with a knife and a rock. Sheriff Poindexter did not elaborate on "new evidence" which resulted in Church's re-arrest befpre the death of Norris. Norris was a native of Watau ga county, a son of J. G. and Florence E-lrod Norris, of Blow ing Rock. Surviving are his wife and one son, Douglas Dwight Norris, Jr. Funeral service was held Wed i nesday, two p. m., at Critcher cemetery in Watauga county. Rev. Gilbert Osborne conducted the service. Mrs. C. B. Mayberry, celebrat ing a birthday Sunday, wag giv en a picnic dinner, at her home by seventy-five relatives and friends. A delightful occasion was enjoyed. Many out-of-town guests were "present for the oc casion. Mrs. Mayberry received many nice gifts, Including china and silver. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Martin, of Wilkesboro, Route 1, had all their children home Sunday, June 6th. They were, Mr. end Mrs. Dallas Ingram and daugh ter, Christine, of Jonesvllle; Mrs* Marshall Kincald and little son, Marshall Martin, of Lenoir; Mr. and Mrs. Worth Martin and chil dren, of Wilkesboro, Route 1; Mr. and Mrs. Clate Bumgarner and son. Max, of Wilkesboro Route 1; Dr. and Mrs. John Ker mlth Cox, of Dallas, Texas; Mrs. Claud Hlggins and children, of Wilkesboro, Route 1; Mr. and Mrs. Lee E.' Sherrick, of Char lotte. Meeting Monday To . Plan Solicitation Control For City Representatives of various civ ic and chuirch organizations will meet Monday, 7:30 p. m., at the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce of fice to discuss solicitation control in the Wilkesboros, and the pos sibility of forming a Community Chest organization. Mortimer Camping Trip Is Postponed Due to illness, the camping trip by Boy Scout troop 35 at Mortimer has <been postponed until August. Scoutmaster R. tvey Moore said the date will he announced later. o ? SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A SEEK BY AUTOPSY TO ESTABLISH CAUSE OF SUDDEH DEATH OF MRS. LEOHARD MILLER, FEBRUARY 22 Efforts are now 'being made to establish cause of death of Mrs. Leonard Miller, 28, at her home near Millers Oreek Febru ary 22, 1948, Wilkes Sheriff C. O. Poindeiter said today. Sheriff Poindexter "said that the ibelated autopsy was request ed by relatives of Mrs. Miller for the Ibenefit of all concerned be cause of the great number of re ports relative to cause of the young woman's sudden death and the reports that she may have died from poison. Mrs. JJiller died about noon-on February 22, Sheriff Poindexter said, a few minutes after she had taken a headache powder alleged to have been given her by her husband. According to reports gained by the sheriff, Mrs. Miller had been receiving treatment from a physician for a kidney dis order but was not oonsidered ill. On Sunday, February 22, she had mentioned that she had a head ache and members of her family said her husband took a head ache powder package from his pocket and requested she take County Baseball League Is Formed Two Night Games At Me morial Park Scheduled To Open Season Wilkes Junior Chamber o! Commerce is sponsoring the or ganization o^, a Wilkes County baseball league. As initial move in this project two alght games have been sche duled to be played in Memorial Park in North Wilkesboro. On Monday night at eight o'clock Pairplains and Mulberry will op en the county league schedule. On Tuesday night, eight o'clock, PurleaT and Boomer will play. These teams are evenly matched and excellent games should re sult. Finals details and schedule of the county league have not been arranged ibut it is expected that six or more teams will be sche duled for the remainder of the season with a championship play off in late fall. City Council In Regular Meeting North Wilkesboro city council in June meeting Tuesday night transacted a number of import ant ibusiness matters. Present for the meeting were Commissioners C. J. Swofford, Max Foster, J. C. Reins, Frank Crow and Gil bert Bare. Mayor T. S. Kenerly was absent. The board passed the special privilege license tax ordinance, which will be published Monday. Clerk W. P. Kelly was authorized to accept pre-payment of 1948 taxes at the rate of $1.85, same as for 1947. Mrs. E<. A. Shook was employ ed as assistant city recreation di rector for the summer months at a salary of $60 per month. She will assist in supervised play at Smoot Park, beginning Monday. Contract was let to Water Tank Service company for weld ing and repainting the standplpe water tank. The work will cost $2,300. It was ordered that the office of the town clerk close eaoh Sat urday afternoon at one o'clock, beginning Saturday of this week. V. F. W. Meeting Blue Ridge Mountain post of Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet Friday, eight p. m.,^at Car olina Restaurant. ??? o PVTHIAN8 TO MEET Knight of Pythias lodge will have degree work in the meeting Monday night, 7:30. There will be three candidates for the first degree. All members are asked to attend. . . it. Within a few minutes time she was unconscious and very ill. An ambulance was called from North Wilkeaboro, a dist ance of seven miles, and the tim bulance attendant reported that on his arrival Mrs. Miller was unconscious and with very weak pulse. She was pronounced dead by a physician immediately after arrival at the Wilkes hospital In North Wilkesboro. Two days later Mrs. Miller, mother of two children, was buried in the cemetery at Pleas ant Home Baptist church near Millers Creek. On June 3 the body was taken from the grave and sent to Bow man Gray school of medicine in Winston - Salem for autopsy, which was performed there and the body was returned to its grave the following day. Sheriff Fbindexter said today that he had not received report on the autopsy or chemical analysis, and that the report is expected daily. The body, which had been embalmed, was in excellent s:*ite of preservation, Sheriff Poindcx ter said. Optimist Club Met Tuesday The Optimist Club of North WilkeSboro met Tuesday noon at Hotel Wilkes. The luncheon open ed with the invocation being spoken by Chaplain H. M. Well man. .? During the business session of the meeting, the club endorsed the bill giving federal ai<j to the schools of the state, and author ized the secretary of the club, Forrest Tugman, to send a tele gram to Speaker Joseph W. Mar tin, requesting that the house take action at this session of congress. Guests at the luncheon were as follows: John G. Fisher, of El kin, with Richard Eller; Wood row Wallace with C. M. Brown; O. E. Clevenger, a member of the Hickory Optimist club, with Julius C. Hubbard; Revs. Dean Minton, Lloyd Garner, and Carl Woodberry, with Millard Wine coff. Rev. Mr. Garner, a member of the Charlotte Optimist club, told about the great work the club had accomplished with boys in Charlotte, his address being re ceived most favorably. J. C. Williams, Jr., chairman of the Boys' Work Committee, told the club of plans that had been made to organize a Junior Optimist club at the American Legion club house Monday night, 7:30. All boys between the ages of eight and seventeen years of age aTe invited to be present and to loin the junior club. American Legion Team Improving American Legion Junior base ball team lost to Mooresville here Wednesday night 17 to 11, but the score does not tell all the story. After a jittery start the Wilkes team settled down to better de fensive play in the latter innings to make it a contest after the fifth. Mooresville used three hurlers and the Wilkes team cap italized on many walks to run up a creditable score. Longest hit of the game by a North Wilkes boro player was a triple by John son. A misjudged fly by a Moores ville batter went for a homer in the second. Johnson pitched the entire game for the Wilkes team and would have won with good support afield. , Tonight the Wilkes team will play Valdese in Memorial Park here and on Friday night Tay lorsville will play here. Legion naires still have plenty of season tickets for sale and public sup-, port for this outstanding: Legion project is earnestly requested Score by Innings: It. 1 M 241 143 CO??17 12 NW 020 028 202?11 5 Wilkes Library To Close Wednesdays The Wilkes Public Library, lo oted in the North Wllkeeboro own hall, will be closed all day in Wednesdays, beginning Jane L6. Art Exhibit Grows The art exhibition in the Li jrary is growing! Paintings by Del ores Templeton, Sue ' Deal, iYank Day, Loretta Jones, Peggy 3om<bs hare been added to the >nes already on display by C. L. ?Cemp, Bobbie Lee Anderson and Itoibert Fincannon. These girls ind boys are all under high ichool age. Register Now For The Soapbox Derby KENNY HOLMBOE 1947 Ail-American Soap Box Derby Champion June 15 th is the last day that ?egistration will toe open for the soap box derby. TMs event is >pen to all boys between the ages )f eleven and fifteen, and it of "erir a-womterfnt" challenge to-the fellows to pit their skill in build ng and racing against other fel ows of their age. If you are in erested in this kind of work for rour leisure time in summer, go jy Gaddy Motor Company and let Bill Hardister explain the de ails. The Wilkes Jaycees and Jaddy MotoT company are co sponsoring this event this year. Softball Season Is To Open Thursday Organization of local softball leagues for boys and girls is progressing and play will begin lext week, Howard Bowers, rec reation director, said today. There will ibe four boys teams tor softball play and the first ?ames will be played next Thurs lay afternoon at Smoot Park and )n Wilke^boro field. In girls softball there are tour teams for younger girls but :o date only one team of senior ligh school age has been enter id. Coach Bowers said today :hat he anticipated that more groups of older 'teen age ?rirls ivould wish to enter and that a tour-team league can be form id. Any groups interested are isked to call Mr. Bowers. u Johnston County farmers are ncreasing their commercial iweet potato acreage this year. fi cl't i. i - ? ? Forestry Tour By Wilkes Chanber Successful Event Forest Projects Being Well Carried Out By 4-H Boys Are Visited Members of the Agricultural committee and other Interested citizens of the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce made a tour Tues day of some of the outstanding forest projects sponsored <by the Chamber and carried ont by 4-H club members in Wilkes. At Champion the i. oup risk ed a forest thinning and *mber stand improvement projec car ried out by Dennis G'vene and viewed some excellent Work. In that community they also visited Edwin McGee, last year's winner in the timber thinning contest. They found that Edwin is carry ing on that project and is also planting ten acres from his own tree nursery, which has 10,000 infant trees. At Ronda they visited the pro ject of Charlie Gilliam, this year's winner, and viewed tim ber stand improvement in a woodland of pine. Many of those on the tour highly complimented the work of the boys and made preliminary plans for a county-wide meeting, at which time the nine winners thi8 year will receive their a wards. Date for the meeting will be announced later. Those on the toar were W. K. Sturdivant, Kent Sturdlvant, E. G. Finley, W. W. Starr, A. B. Johnston, Paul Osborne, Paul Billings, C. C. Wallace, Jr., Sta ton Mclver, Paul Choplin, How ard Colvard, John Ford and Tom Jenrette. Junior Optimist Club Is To Be Organized 14th .Optimist Club will-toe,, organized Stonday night, at 7:30 o'clock, at the American Legion Hut, according - to announcement made by J. C. Williams, chair man of the Boys' Work Commit tee of the Optimist Club of North Wilkesboro. All boys in the community whose ages are between eight and seventeen are eligible to join the Junior Optimist Club, and it is hoped that a large num ber of boys within this age group will be present Monday- night to join the organization which will be sponsored by the senior Op timist club recently chartered here. A good program has been ar ranged for the meeting Monday night and refreshments will be served. Mrs. R. J. Hinshaw Appointed to Board Raleigh, June 8.?Governor Cherry today announced the ap pointment of Mrs. R. J. Hinshaw of North Wilkesboro to the State Board of Cosmetic Art Examin ers. Mrs. Hinshaw was appointed to fill out the unexpired term of Mrs. Sitha E. McConnell of Statesville, who resigned. Her term will expire July 1. 1950. Support the Y. M. C. A. SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAM OPENS MONDAY IN SMOOT PARK An expanded city recreation JTogram for the summer months will get under way Monday at Jmoot Park. As recommended by the Rec ?eation Committee of the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce, recrea lonal facilities will be provided n supervised play for children of ill ages morning and afternoon vith late afternoon and evening levoted principally t o older 'outh and adults. Howard Bowers, city recreat ion director, will be assisted at Jmoot Park by Mrs. E. A. fjhook, vho has been employed by the :ity in that capacity for the sum ner months. There will be sup ervised games and play for all md parents are urged to en tourage their children to *find heir recreation in Smoot Park md make full use of the facfli An appeal is being made by 1 Arthur Venalble, Teen Age Center chairman, and Glenn An drews. Recreation Committee chairman, for donations from civic gToup8 and individuals for funds or equipment fair the rec reation program this! summer. Among the things needed are baqpballs and bats, solltballs and bats, horseshoes, schuffleboard sets, volley balls and equipment. Chinese and regular checkers, dominoes, crossword pussies, croquet sets, manbles, woodwork ing and arts and craft tables. Any who have any of these articles which they can give are request ed to call Howard Bowers or the Chamber of Commerce office. The directors are requesting a large number of children be in the park Monday morning and early aiteraoon in order that play can' be organised wit at delay and in order that the com munity may make full nae of the recreation program. m Fm i H
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