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m 1 1 1 ?' I 1 V J The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 41 Years Ir ? ^ ,'.aV. vj Vol. 43, No. 19 Published Mondays and Thursdays - ? NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C.. Monday, June 21, 1948 Make North Wilkeshoro Yeur Shopoine Center Y. M. C. A. is rais a building fund, for th? of a modern Y. M C. A. plant. Support it. North Wilkesboro has a trading radios of 50 miles* serving 100,000 people iz? Northwestern Carolina. TO SELECT "MISS WILKES" FROM THIS GROUP "MUs Wilkes?-1948" will be selected from the above group of ten lovely girl* ha the finals of the "Miss Wilkes" pageant to be held Friday night at the Allen theatre. The ten pictured here were selected by the judges in.the elimination contest. Left to right eve: Jerry Caldwell, Jackie Merritt, Mary Taylor, Betty Billings, Frances Gilreath, Lea Walsh, Wanda Campbell, Betty Jean Wfaitaker, Virginia Caudill and Betty Kendall.?(Photo by Lane Atkinson, Jr.). Dr. F. H. Gilreath <dNe$Satirdtyb Lexington, ft Dr. F. H. Oilreath, for ml>re than 40 yean a Trail known and highly respected physician in the Wllkeeboros, died at one a. m. Saturday at Lexington, Va.. where he had made his home since November. Born and reared near Mora vian Falls, he was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Gilreath. In 1895 Dr. Oilreath studied medicine at Nashville, Tenn. After returning here _he entered the army medical corps and serv ed his enlistment at Washington, D. C., and Fort Myers, Va. Dr. Gilreath attended lectures at Georgetown University and at tended the University of Tennes see, completing the medical course in 1898. From that date natfl he sdSCSbiod an injury ten years ago he practiced constantly in the Wilkesboros and earned an enviable reputation in his profession. Surviving Dr. Gilreath is one son, Esmarch Gilreath, professor of chemistry at Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.; one brother, Attorney C. G. Gil reath, of Wilkesboro, and one sister. Miss Florence Gilreath, of Moravian Falls. s Funeral and burial service was "^tfteld today, three p. m., at Lex ington, Va. I Mrs. Crawford, 78, b Taken By Death du Mrs. Emma Crawford, 78, member of one of northwest North Carolina's beet known families, died Friday in the Wilkes hospital here. Funeral service was held Sun day, three p. m., at the First Presbyterian church in North Wilkesboro with the pastor, Rev, Watt M. Cooper, in charge. Bur ial was in Mount Lawn Memor ial Park. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford made their home in the Obids com munity of Ashe county a great part of her life, moving to North Wilkesboro only a few years ago. Surviving Mrs. Craw ford are her husband, J. C. Crawford, six sons and one daughter: J. M. Crawford, North Wilkesboro: R. L. Crawford, Obids; C. L. Crawford, Philadel phia; C. L. Crawford, Philadel H. and J. D. Crawford and Mrs. Sdth Mason, all of North Wilkes boro. Death Miss Sale Termed Suicide Funeral service for Miss Vir ginia Victoria Sale, 21, -who died Wednesday of a pistol wound said by Coroner I. M. Myers to hare been self-inflicted, were oonducted at 2 p. m. Saturday at Cranberry Baptist church by Rer. L., T. Younger. The coroner said the young woman shot herself and died in tly in a basement room of ham's Store, near El kin. No n was given for the act. Surviving are the father, James Monroe Sale of Roaring River; and six sitters, Mrs. Ste wart Johnson and Mrs. Coy Sta ler of Roaring River, Mrs. Reece Sparks and Mrs. Clayton Swaim of Cycle, Mrs. Brack Brooks of North WllkeSboro, and Mrs. Bd dle White of Taylortvllle. Horse Show Events For July 3rd - 4th Announced Here The complete program tor the | annual Wllkee Klwanls Horse Show to be presented tor two | performances daily, 1: 30 and 8:00 p. m., Friday and Satur day, July 2 and 3, at the horse show grounds on highway 116 East wag announced today by W. K. (Bill) Sturdivant, general chairman, following the mailing out of more than 1000 prize lists and entry forme to the top sta-| bles "of the surrounding states, and the Carolines. Officials for the show are as| follows: Judge of galted horses, Ar thur H. Shouse, Danville, Ky.; judge of walking horses, Lillard Smotherman, Overall, Tenn.; judge of banters and?jumpers, Col. Campbell H. Brown, Nash ville, Tenn.; judge of equitation. Miss Eloise Caeon, Greenville, 9. C., ringmaster, H. Glenn York, Elktn, N. C.; announcer, Joe Thigpen, Chapel Hill, N. C., and manager and master of cere monies, John L. Bowers, of Win ston-Salem, N. C. Local entries may be sent to P. O. Box 15Q, care of the horse show. North ] Wilkesboro. A total of $3,000.00 in cash prizes is being awarded, with a total of 39 events. The complete program is as J follows: Friday, July 2, 1:80 p. m. 1. Children's Jumpers. 2. Junior Fine Harness ? 3. Amateurs' Three-Galted Stake. 4. Pleasure Ponies. 5. Novice and Junior Flve Galted. 6. Junior Equitation. 7. Amateurs' Walking Horse Stake. 8. Novice and Junior Three Gaited. 9. Pleasure Horses. 10. Amateurs' Five-Galted Stake. 11. Touch and Out. Friday, July 2, 8:00 p. m. 12. Open Jumpers. 13. Three-Gaited, Open. 14." Roadsters to Bikes. 15. Junior Walking Horses. 16. Three-Gaited Ponies. 17. Fine Harness, Open. 18. Walking Horses, Open 19. Five-Gaited, Open. Saturday, July 8, 1:80 p. m. 20. Working Hunters. 21. Local Three-Gaited. 22. Ladies' Five-Gaited. 23. Knock-Down and Out. 24. Senior Equitation. 25. Amateurs' Roadsters j 26. Ladies' Three-Gaited. 27. Local Walking Horses. 28. Ladles' Fine Harness. 29. Juvenile Three-Gaited. 30. Pony Race. 31: Local Five-Gaited. Saturday, July 8, 8:00 p. m. 32. Jumper Stake?Jumper Championship. 33. Championship Three-Gait ed Pony Stake. 34. Championship Fine . Har ness Stake 35. Championship Equitation. | 36. Championship Roadster Stake. 37. Championship Three-Gait ed Stake. 38. Championship Walking Horse Stake. 89. Championship Five-Gaited Stake. Pfc. Burl H. Michael and Mrs.' Michael, the former Miss Lucille Blevlns, of OakWoods, of Keeeler Field, Miss., are spending 30, days with their parents. j B. & L Motors k New Firm li City Has Agency This Territory For Cadillac, Oldsmo bile, Case Tractors I B. & L. Motors is the newest addition to the commercial life of North Wilkesboro. The new firm, which will be located in the building formerly occupied by PCX store on D street, has the agency for Cadil lac and Oldsmobile automobiles, Case farm tractors and imple ments. Glenn R. Andrews, with 22 years experience in the automo-| bile business, will be manager of the firm. Work is being rushed on re modeling of the building, which is undergoing many Changes. A new front is being installed and modern offices are being con structed. Elevators are" being 'fit* stalled In order that both floors of the building may be utilized fully for vehicles. The repair shop for all types of repair work on all makes of cars, trucks and tractors will be modernly equipp ed throughout. Pour new Oldsmobiles will be ? on display Friday, June 25th. This first shipment will include one Futuramic and one Dynamic model. The new Cadillacs are ex pected in a few weeks, v A most cordial invitation is extended the public to view the new Oldsmobiles Friday and to visit the company's place of bus iness at any time. o Flashers Playmg Wytheville Here Took .Final Game From Ga lax and Split Two With Mt. Airy Graniteers North Wilkesboro Flashers dropped a hard game In Mount j Airy Sunday afternoon 5 to 4 In the 11th inning. The Flashers took a 4-0 lead in the second In ning on homers by Daddlmo and Tagllarlno but Mount Airy came back to tie up the game in the fifth and youthful Tom Young and Mount Airy's King settled down in a beautiful Pitching duel which ended by an Infield error by North Wilkesboro in the top of the 11th' with two out. Gibson Is Winner Big Sam Gibson pitched and batted the Flashers to victory Saturday night at Mount Airy. In the eighth Gibeon lined a triple to centerfield with the bases loaded to bat in the tying and winning runs. Mount Airy went ahead with six runs }n the first off Blevlns and Koscoe Tay lor, who came to North Wilkes boro from Burlington, went to the mound and allowed three .hits and one run in five innings. He also got two hits. Shores got a homer and In the 9th Brelich hit one over centerfield. The ball hit the roof of a house and bounded back into the park. Play Wytheville Here Tonight and Tuesday night the Flashers engage the strengthen ed Wytheville Statesmen in Me morial Park here. They go tc Radford Wednesday and Thurs day and on Friday and Saturday will play Mount Airy here. On Sunday and Monday the Flashers will play in Galax. The Standings Club W. L. Pet. Abingdon 26 18 J591 j Galax ..... . 28 21 .671 See ? FLASHERS ? Page 4 Ferguson Girl Is Winner County Dress Revuei By ANNUS H. GREENE and - MARGARET C. MORRISON (Home Demonstration Agents) Edith Marie Ferguson, of Fer guson, modeling a white organ die evening dress, was declared county winner in the annual 4-H dress revue held Thursday, June 17th, in the Wilkes Hotel. Miss Ferguson will have the privilege of representing Wilkes county at the State Dress Rente to be held in Raleigh dnring 4-H Week, Augnst 23rd. Second place coun ty winner was Rachel Scroggs, modeling a street dress and ac cessories. Other seniors modeling dresses were: school dress, blue ribbon award, Carrie Anderson; red," Julia Felts; white, Bobble Brooks. Church or street dress, blue, Rachel Scroggs, Fern Ma this; red, Lucille Mathis, Mary Hudson, Margaret Cooper;, white, Claudine Whlttington, R e ib a Cleary. Joy Bumgarner, of Millers Creek, in a blue and white check ed gingham school drees, was elected county junior winner. Other juniors were: apron group, blue award, Jean Lackey; red, Patsy Osborne; white, Betty Sue Ashley. Skirt and blouse, blue. Norma Jean Jolley; red, Gladys Reeves; white, Verna Mae Dur ham. Junior Street Dress, blue, Polly Cornette; red, Doris Mil ler; white, Bobby Jean Teague. Skirt, blue, Loretta Rlggs, Freda Felts; red, Jeraldene Casey, Nan cy Lee Foster; white, Grace Mil ler, Carolina Ferguson. School dress, blue, Joy Bumgarner, Dor othy Russell, R'eba Felts; red, Katherine Burchette, Ethel Lowe, Myrna Sebastian, Mavis Eller, Shirley Mathis; white, Ruth Lackey, Erma Gentry, Dixie Har ris, Caroline Wallace, Inez Miller, Gayle Durham, Louise Pless. Handsome prizes were award ed the winners by the following Department Goodwill Store, Allen Theatre, | ToStllnson's Department Store, Bdlk's Depart ment Store, iBrame Drug Store. Mr. Ward Eshelman, of WllkCS Hosiery Mills, contributed the $10.00 for expenses for the county winner at the 4-H short course. Mrs. Grace Brown, Home Agent in Surry, and Miss Irene Brown, Home Agent in Yadkin county, were our judges for the revue. Many of the 4-H Leaders and parents attended this dress re vue. They were well pleased at the results of this program as well as the interest the girls are showing in their 4-H Club work. We feel that this wae the most successful 4-H Dress Revue that has ever been held in Wilkes county. We were delighted to have 8? many 4-H Club girls en tering this revue and we were proud of the dresses they model ed. Prior to this county wide dresB revue each 4-H Club in the coun ty had their local dress revue during the moth of May with 125 girls participating. The blue award group from each school was selected; 'thi8 group repre sented their club at the county dress revue. OPTIMIST CLUB The regular fourth Tuesday meeting of the Optimist Club of North Wllkesboro will be held tomorrow at 12:30 p. m. in the banquet hall of Hotel Wilkes. Optimist C. M. Brown, Jr., will be in charge of the program "which will consist of the techni color movie, "Liberia,, Africa's Only Republic." Projectionist will be H. T. Clark, proprietor of the Wilkes Armature Co. Every member- of the club is urged to be present. Junior Optimist dub Will Meet Wednesday Night ' The Junior Optimist Club will ? hold its regular meeting Wed Inesday evening at 7:30 at the American Legion Hut, J. C. Wil < Hams," chairman of the Boys' I Work; Committee stated today, i Officers of the club are expected to be* elected at this meeting and all members, as well as boys from eight to seventeen years of age wh6 hare not joined the i club, are invited and urged to I be present. !' ' ?? Mr. H. B. Dodson is critically ill at Davis hospital in States ville. Hig daughter, Mrs. Pearl Bentlby, visited him there Sun day. P. E. Brown Gi??s Hospital Insurance ; To Plant Employes Presley S3. Brown, local lum ber manufacturer, recently as sumed payment for a group hos pital insurance plan to cover all employes who have been, with the company more than six months. Already the policy has been written for 75 employes and their families. Cost of this in suradce is paid entirely by Free ley E. Brown lumber company. The insurance benefits will be greatly helpful to employes in the event of their illness and for members of their families. CAKE BAKING DEMONSTRATION Miss Rita Oabofs, Extension Nutritionist, will be at the Duke Power Kitchen on Tuesday, June 22 at 2 p. m. to give a demon stration on baking cakes. She will demonstrate the various steps to take in successful cake baking. All Home Demonstration Club members are urged to be present, and all others interested are fn vited to attend. New Contracting Firm Opens Here Eisele Construction company, a new firm speeialiing in com mercial and industrial construc tion, has opened for business in North Wilkesboro and vicinity. E. G. Eisele, formerly connect ed with G. L. Wilson' building company in Statesville, is owner of the construction firm formed here and office has been located on the second floor of the Tom linson's Department store build ing on Main street. ? Mr. Eisele is well known here, where he supervised a number of construction Jobs for the Wilson company. Rod Swan Cafe Now Open For Business The "Red Swan Cafe is now open for business in quarters formerly occupied by Green Lan tern cafe on Tenth street. The building has been completely ren ovated and remodeled and new equipment has been installed. Bruce Kilfcy and Ray Harris are owners of the Red Swan, which features delicious meals and all type8 of sandwiches. Juniors Will Play Lincolnton Here Wilkes American Legion jun ior baseball team Will play Lin colnton in Memorial Park here Wednesday night, eight o'clock. Baseball fan6 are invited to sup port the boys with their attend ance at games. Pores Knob Team To Play Mulberry Pores Knob has entered a team in the baseball league being sponsored by the Wilkes Junior Chamber of Commerce and will play their first game Thursday night, eight o'clock, against Mul berry. The game, will be played in Memorial Park here. Boys From Wilkes 1 At Boys Sfote 14-19 Bobby Story, son of Attorney and Mrs. T. E. Story, of Wilkes boro, and Bill Bason, son of Mr. &nd Mrs. W. J. Bason, of North Wllkesboro, attended Boys State held last week at Chapel HUl. During the week, "when the boys hare courses in government al and civic affairs, Bobby Story was elected to office as a coun ty sheriff during the govern mental courses and demonstra tions. Former Resident Of Wilkes Killed I By Husband In Vt. James Albert Jennings Held In Portsmouth, Va., For Death of Wife Mrs. Annie Lee Deal Jennings, 29, wife of James Albert Jen nings, was killed Friday night in Portsmouth, Va., and her hus band is being held there on charge of firing the shot which killed her and which was report ed to hare been accidental. According to information re ceived here, Jennings, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Jennings, of Oakwoods, was in an argument with another man at the Jen nings home. Jennings is said to have raised a revolver to fire at the man when his wife stepped in the line of fire and the hoi let struck her in the head, kill ing her instantly. Jennings was held and bond set at $10,000, latest reports here said. Mrs. Jennings, it was learned here today, was reared in the home of her hudband. Surviving are her husband and the follow ing brothers and sisters: Mrs. Bertha Deal, Kernersville; Mrs. John E. Jennings, Oakwoods; Rev. William Deal, J. C. and Lewis Deal, all of Greensboro, and her mother, Mrs. Lacy Deal, who-resides in Greensboro. It is expected that the funeral service will be held at the home of f. A. Jennings some time Wednesday and burial will be in Parker cemetery. Gene L. Carlton Dies at Boomer Gene L. Carlton, 72, well known citizen of the Boomer community, died Saturday at his home. Mr. Carlton is survived by hi3 wife and the following sons and daughters: C. P. Carlton, Roa noke, Va.; Tom^ Carlton, Fales ville, W. Va.; iftillard Carlton, Wilkesboro; Walter, Conrad and Bruce Carlton, Mrs, J. T. Bum garner, all of Boomer; Mrs. E. I. Stallard, Kimball, W. Va.: Mrs. R. L. Gruby, Jenkins Jones, W. Va.; Mrs. B. E. Greer, Stock ton, California; Mrs. C. W. An derson, Kimball, W. Va. Date for the funeral, which will be held at Little Rock church, has not been set. Attend 46th Press < Meet June 17-19 The Journal-Patriot was rep sented Thursday through Satur day at the '46th annual conven To Pick Winer, G.O. P. Delegate P. E. Brown Says Former Wilkes Sheriff Del. egate For Third Time To National Convention "We're going up to Philadelphia to pick a winner," Former Wilkes Sheriff P. E. Brown said here Friday as he made ready to leave for the National Republican con vention. In making this statement the Wilkes Republican stalwart re called that this is his third con vention trip as an official dele gate and that on both other oc casions the nominee was success ful. In 1920 he was a delegate to the convention at Chicago when Warren G. Harding was nominated. In 1928 he was a delegate at Kansas City when Herbert Hoover was nominated in the year that he defeated Al fred E. Smith. Delegate Brown refused to commit himself as to his first choice among the Republican candidates, making ? a general statement that there are a num ber of good men who would be acceptable to him. He stated his unqualified belief that the nom inee selected in the Philadelphia convention will be elected in the November election. Other Wilkes Republicans at tending the convention, which opened todat, are T. R. Bryan, Tal J. Pearson, H. P. Eller, Kyle Hayes, W. B. Somers, and W. S_ Fletcher. Abingdon Is New Team In League New Franchise Takes Place Of Leaksville: Wythe ?ille Men Owners Abingdon Va., is the, new team in the Bine Ridge fcasebsM league; r*pn**ng ~ whose franchise was forfaited to the league when Ed Weinfeartdn, principal owner, was banished from ' baseball. League President Stan Radke in Roanoke, Va., Saturday an nounced the deal wherein Wythe ville, Va., men _ had purchased the Leaksville player contracts with intention of transferring the club to Abingdon, which is north of Bristol. Bernie Loman, LeakJsville manager, brother of North Wil kesboro's F'lash Loman, resign ed. Part of! the Leaksville play ers were 'transferred to the Wytheville plub. Joe Santamauro of Raleigh, i formerly in the Car olina leaguij, has assumed man agement of the Abingdon club, which is due to play its first home game* in Abingdon Wednes day tion of the North Carolina Press association! by Mrs. Dan Carter and daughter, Miss Jane Carter. The higjily successful conven tion was hpld at Fontana. Frank Daniels, of Raleigh, was elected president for the coming year. Before returning home Mrs. Car ter and daughter visited Gatlin burg, Tenn. BOOKMOBILE NOW SERVING WILKES WITH BOOKS Here are pictured members of the W ilkes AeVibnurT UzLiZT-. tke new Bookmobile which is to serve rural Wilkes count^ from the lionsry inspect toe no*^ooain riffht are: M?*? Kate Fmley, S^inch^of^e hM Edwai'd G. Finley, Mrs. M.F. Bpm^rner^ L HoX^n, P. W. Eshelman and C. Arthur Venable. The Bookmobile . will make regularly scheduled runs throughout the county.?(Photo by Lane At ;|?nNn, Jr.). H