flkes Y. M. C. A. is rate*
g a building fund for the
erection of a modern Y. M
f^PlA. plant Support it.
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The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 41 Years
OUR CITY
North Wilkesboro has a
trading radios of 50 miles,
serving 100,000 people in
Northwestern Carolina.
Vol. 43, No. 26 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C.. Thursday, July 15, 1948 Make North Wilkesboro Your Shoaotao
Philadelphia. ?
The Democratic
National Conven
tion last night
nominated Harry
S. Truman to be
its 1948 presi
dential candidate.
He "won on the
first ballot,
clinching a ma
jority of the 1,
284 convention
votes by the time
the> roll call of
the states reached
North Carolina.
Thirteen of the
32 North Caro
1 1 n a delegates
voted for him.
and their votes
put the President
over the top.
Nineteen Tar
Heel delegates
voted for Sena
tor Russell o f
Georgia.
The President's
name was, put In
nomination b y
Governor Phil
^Donnelly of Mis
souri as "t ih e
man of the peo
ple."
Zion's Hill Church
Will Hare Revival
There will be a revival begin
ning at Zion's Hill Pentecostal
Holiness church on Sunday night,
July 18. There will be services
each evening at 7:45 conducted
by Rev. Joe G. Cook, of North
Wilkesboro. The pastor. Rev.
Stanley Wheeling cordially in
vitee the public to attend and
announces there will be special
singing at each, service.
Norton's New
Store Opened
Horton's Drug Store Now
Celebrating 50th Anni
versary Event In City
Horton's Drug -Store today be
gins its special sales event In ob
servance of the 50th anniversary
the firm, which was establish
ed here in 1898.
For this event the drug firm
has moved into new quarters ad
jacent to the former location,
which has been remodeled and
Is now occupied by Horton's Ap
pliance company,. agency for
FVigUdaire products.
^ . The drug' store is furnished
vmd equipped with new and mo
dern fixtures throughout, includ
ing a. new and sreamlined soda
fountain, new display cases -in
all departments and a newly
constructed prescription depart
ment which is modern in every
detail. _? ?
Horton's Appliance company
is well stocked with the famous
Frlgldaire line of applifcnces, in
cluding refrigerators, ranges,
home freezers, washing machines
and numerous small appliances.
Prompt delivery is assure<j on
practically all items in the line,
and any not available for imme
diate delivery can be obtained
with lit$le delay.
For the anniversary event free
prizes will be given Saturday
evening, six. o'clock, including a
850 bond and $25 bond. Small
prizes will be available for all
and everybody is Invited. Furth
er details may be learned from
the firm's announcement on page
12 of this newspaper.
Pur lea rA Fairplains
Lead County \flay
Parlear and Fairplains lead In
the Wllkee league baseball race
with -two victorias each In the
schedule arranged by the Wllkee
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
The contest slated between the
two leaders last night was rain
ed out. Boomer and CUngman are
to play tonight and oin Monday
night Mulberry and Boomer will
play. Accounts of games this
are on page two of this
nJKpaper.
Mr. and Mrs. O. Q. Lasslter,
of Jacksonville, Fla., are expect
ed here the first of the week to
visit with. Mrs. Lassiter's parents,
Mr. a'nd Mrs. J. W. Allen. Mrs.
Lasslter Is the former Hlsg Hopl
Allen.
Philadelphia.?Mississippi and
half the Alabama delegation
stalked angrily from the Demo
cratic convention last night in a
Southern revolt against a civil
rights platform and the party's
choice for President?Harry S.
Thuman. I
And Southerners who were left
behind put up in opposition to
the Chief Executive Senator Rich
ard Russell of Georgia and form
er Governor Paul V. McNutt of
Indiana.
Party Badly Split
As the "bolters "walked <
out in
to the rain, they left the party
badly and perhaps irreparably
split. Some delegates said the
Democratic discord might even
guarantee a Republican victory
in November.
Governor Fielding Wright of
Mississippi stalked from conven
tion hall to call a meeting of
Southern rebels Saturday in
Birmingham, Ala. The purpose:
To pick a "states rights" can
didate to run against both Pres
ident Truman and Republican
Thomas E. Dewey.
Alabama's unhappy Democrats
already had arranged a Birming
ham meeting and said they would
be glad to welcome converts.
On the convention floor, dele
gation after delegation seconded
the nomination of Mr. Truman?
Some informal speeches from
the platform, others In -brief an
nouncements from the floor.
But when the name of Missis
sippi was called in the list of
states?dramatic silence. Then a
dim voice called:
"Mississippi's gone home."
Barkley I8 Nominated
Senator Al/ben W. Barkley, of
Kentucky, was nominate^ for vice
president on the first ballot.
President Truman in an ad-'
dress before the convention ac
cepted the nomination.
Officers Named I
For Union Lodge
Union lodge I. O. O. F. will
install officers in the meeting to
be held Friday, eight p. m., and
all members are urged to be
present. .
Members are also reminded to
make plans to attend the district
I. O. O. F. meeting to he held In
Lenoir Jnly 24, at 7:30 p. m.
Officers of Union lodge to be
installed Friday night are as
follows: John R'. Jones, Noble
grand; Barney HarrOld, rice
grand; S. B. Aibsher, recording
secretary; Patfl Elledge, finan
cial secretary; H. H. Jennings,
treasurer.
Mr. and Mrs. George Porter,
of Portsmouth, Va., are yiatting
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Ooffey, of
Wllbar, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Pelts,
of Walnut Grove, and other rela
tives In Wilkes. They will be In
the coyly for two weeks.
Thui^py Ann and Robert
Steppe, ^ Marlon, spent last
week here In the home of their
aunt, Mrs. Jack Swofford. They
were accompanied home Monday
by Mrs. Swofford and son, Jim
my Swofford.
Percy L. Johnson
Posses In Roleigh
Percy L. Johnson, Windy Oap
resident who recently began a
2'd-year term in state prison tor
the fatal shooting of Lloyd May
berry. died in state prison at
Raleigh Tuesday.
Funeral w(ll ibe held at Moun
tain View church at Windy Gap
<but date has not been set pend
ing efforts to arrange for a son
now overseas in service to come
home for the funeral.
Sulwlvlng Johnson are his
wife Mrs. Eva Pendergrass John
son, and the following sons and
(daughters: ' Harold Lee, Frances,
Geraldlne, Gurnie Lee, Clyde,
Clara Sue, Bobby Joe and Wil
liam -Ray Johnson.
Junior Optimists
Watermelon Feast
Friday, 6:30 P.M.
C. B. Eller Addresses Club
And Ghres Facts About
Wakes Schools
Optimist club in bi-monthly
meeting Tuesday noon at Hotel
Wilkes beard an interesting ad
dress by C. B. Eller, superinten
dent of Wilkes schools, in which
he cited the growing need for
additional school buildings, class
room8 and facilities.
Prior to the program a re
port was heard from J. C. Wil
liams, chairman of the Boys
Work committee, and the club
decided to give the Junior Op
timist club members a watermel
on feast Friday evening, 6:30,
at Smoot Park. Every member of
the Junior Optimist club is urged
to attend and a most enjoyable
occasion is assured for the boys.
Russell Pearson was in charge
of the program and presented
Supt. Eller. The speaker stated
his interest In the newly organ
ized club and wished for it suc
cess in the commnnity.
The principal part of his ad
dress was devoted to operation of
the county school system. He
pointed ont that the state pays
salaries, bus operation expense,
fuel and furnishes textbooks.
Under the present set-up it is
the county's obligation to pro
vide buildings and equipment.
There are 49 schools in operation
in Wilkes county and the enroll
ment in the county system (not
including North Wilkedboro) was
approximately 10,000 during the
past term. The enrollment will
increase next year. Seventy-three
buses were operated with a dai
ly mileage of 2,809 miles.
Supt. Eller emphasized the
need '?T one-third more class
rooms, and for water and heat
ing systems in some of the exist
ing schools without these facili
ties.
At the meeting Tuesday James
W. Bean, Jr., was a guest of Her
bert Marshall, Buddy " Tugman
was a guest of J. C. Williams and
Isaac Duncan was a guest of For
rest Tugman.
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Funeral Held Today
For D. I. Burchette
Last rites were held today at
Rock Creek church for David
Isom Burchette, 74-year-old citi
zen of Rock Creek township who
died Monday.''
Mr. Burchette is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Julia Burchette,
three daughters and one" son:
Mrs. Addie Dowell, Mrs. Ola
Alexander, Mrs. Pruda Bumgar
ner and R. B. Burchette, of
North Wilkesboro route two.
Voyage Down the Yadkin-Pee Dee River
Lewis Nelson, Jr., and Gordon Finley, Jr., are
shown here as they poshed off in their raft for a voy
age down the Yadkin to Atlantic.
On June 17, 1948, a five man
Air Corps life raft with two Ea
gle Scouts from the Senior Ex
plorer Post No. 121 shoved off
from the hanks of the mighty
Yadkin River in North Wilkes
boro, N. C. Two boys, Gordon
Finley, Jr., and Lewis Nelson,
Jr., had long been preparing for!
operation Y.P.D. (Yadkin-Pee
Dee) with destination unknown.
Members of the two families and
other interested people saw the
boys off.
The first day out, the river |
was low but the "Curtis," our
raft, carried us and our cargo,
consisting of camping equipment,
to Elkin, which was twenty-five
miles by the river. On the way
we noticed the trains running
close to the river and numerous
species of wild life such as ducks,
squirrels, .etc. Near Honda, N. C.,
on Mr. Thurmond Chatham's
farm and game refuge, we no
ticed a large number of wild
See?YADKIN VOYAGE?Page 4
NORTH WILKESBORO FARM CREDIT
CO-OP GROUP TO MEET OH JULY 23
The 1948 annual meeting of
the North Wilkesboro National
Farm Loan Association, a local
farmer-owned cooperative credit
organization handling Federal
land bank loans in Alleghany,
Ashe, Caldwell, Watauga, and
WilkeB counties, will be held
next Friday, July 23, according
to announcement by O. H. Brae-,
ey, secretary-treasurer. The meet
ing will be held in the Town
Hall at North Wilkesboro, begin
ning at 10 a. m.
Julian H. Scarborough, presi
dent of The Federal Land Bask
duled to address the
and guestg present. S. C. Eggers,
president of the association, will
preside and a financial report
will be presented by Secretary
Treasurer Bracey. One director
will be elected to serve the as
sociation for a three-year term.
An interesting program has been
planned, including the popular
quiz contest with cash prizes a
warded to the winners. This part
of the program will be condncted
by a well-known member of the
bank's staff in North Carolina in
the role of "Professor Quiz."
All farmers and others inter
ested in the progress of agricul
.turoin this section are cordially
IWvTTWT Mi ibe press
said.
Flashers to Play
I. Sat
Contest At Radford Last
Night Rained Out; Play
There Tonight
North Wilkesboro Flashers
and Radford Rockets are slated
to resume their battle for second
place in the Blue Ridge league
at Radford tonight. Last night's
game was cancelled because of
rain and it is probable that there
will be a double header there to
night.
The Radford Rockets come
here tomorrow for games Fri
day an^ Saturday nights in Me
morial Park. The series will
have a big bearing on the pen
nant chase and both teams are
expected to go all-out to get an
edge in the series.
Galax is on top with Radford
in second and North Wilkesboro
in third four games back of the
leading Leafs.
The Flashers will play in
Wytheville Sunday and Monday
and on Tuesday will open a nine
day stand here with three games
agaist Mt. Airy, two with Galax,
two with Abingdon, and another
series with Galax July 27 and
28.
Four square feet of window
space is usually required for each
cow in the milking barn.
New Drive-In Is
ToBeOpened
A new Drive In theatre is now
under construction west of this
city.
Site for the new enterprise, to
be known as Millers Oreek the
atre, is located just off highway
421 on Pads Road.
Roy and Neil Cashion are own
ers of the firm, which is sche
duled to get in operation about
August 15.
Meanwhile, construction work
is under way and all machines
an<i equipment have been pur
chased.
Desirable Property
At Auction July 22
Completely equipped garage
building known as O. & S. Motor
company, located on highway
421 near Cricket, a four-room
house and a six-room house will
be sold at auction Thursday,
July 22, two p. m., by Williams
and Clark Land Auction com
pany, of which M. C. Woodie and
P. E. Dancy are local selling a
gents. Following sale of the a
bove mentioned property many
desirable items of personal prop
erty will he sold. A $50 bill will
be given away at the sale and
everybody is invited.
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Gives Polio Data
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Cranberry Revival
Will Begin Sunday
Rev. L. T. Younger filled his
regular appointment at Cranber
ry church Saturday, and Sunday,
delivering two able sermons. The
revival meeting will begin at
Cranberry on the first Sunday
night in August. The pastor,
Rev. L. T. Younger, will be as
sisted in the meeting by Rev. 1.
D. White, of Olin. The pulblie is
cordially invited to attend these
services.
Girl Scout Day
Camp Inder Way
Parents And Friends Urged
To Visit Scout Camp Fri
day, 2:00 Until 3:00
Girl Scout Day camp for the
Wilkes district is in progress
this week at Moravian Falls.
The many girls in camp are re
ceiving valuable training, in ad
dition to having a most enjoy
able time.
Visitig hour at the camp will
be Friday, two to three p. m.,
and all parents and friends of
the Scouts aTe invited to visit
the samp at that time.
Mrs. Robert Gibbs, director, is
being assisted by an able staff
of volunteer Scout workers.
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Mrs. R. F. Lewey
Funeral Saturday
At Mountain View
Mrs. R. F. Lewey, for several
years a resident of Wilkesboro,
died at her home Thursday eve
ning, July 8, at 9:30 o'clock.
Mrs. Lewey had been in ill
health for several years, a^d had
recently been a patient at the
hospital.
Mrs. Lewey was born at Trap
hill and later moveid to Mountain
View. She was married to R. F
Lewey, September 16, 1914. She
is survived by her husband; one
daughter, Mrs. Elvira Sexton, of
Joines; four brothers, E. Y. Yale,
of Traphill, A. C. Yale, of Hays,
J. W. Yale, of North Wilkesboro,
J. H Yale, of Traphill; three
sisters, Mrs. A. L. Sidden, of
Joines, Mrs. Fannie Truitt, of
Roaring River, Mrs. C. Y. Miller,
of Wilkesboro; six grandchildren
and sixteen great-grandchildren,
and a host of relatives and
friends.
The funeral service was held
Saturday afternoon, July 10, in
Mountain View Baptist church at
2:00 o'clock. In charge .of the
service was Rev. W. N. Brook
shire, pastor of Wllkesfboro Bap
tist church. He was assisted by
Rev. A. C. Sidden, of Joines. The
burial was in Mountain View
cemetery.
The beautiful flowers were
contributed by the many rela
tives an<j friends of the family
For these and for every kindness
and sympathy shown during the
sickness and death of Mrs. Lew
ey the husbad, daughter and rel
atives wish to express their sin- i
cere appreciation.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Allen and
young daughter, Danna, have re
turned to Long Island, N. Y. aft
er spending three months here
with Mr. Allen's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Allen.
Urge Clean-Up
Of All Filth To
Prevent Spread
Six Cases Polio In Wilkes
But Not Classed as Epi
demic Here Now
On Monday night, July 12,
the regular monthly meeting of
the Wilkes-Alleghany Counties
Medical Society was held at the
home of Dr. James C. Mills. The
meeting was well attended.
Among the subjects discussed
was the present infantile pa
ralysis situation in Wilkes coun
ty. The doctors sincerely feel
that therei is no epidemic in thfs
county and no cause for serious
alarm. It was realised, of course,
that there is some polio present
but it was felt that not every
child that had a little fever and
was a little upset was necessarily
a case of that disease. It was
felt, however, that such cases
should be examined at the onset
of symptoms and watched care
fully until the illness has sub
sided.
The exact means of transmis
sion of this disease is not known.
There have been two modes, how
ever, that have been pretty well
established. First, the secretions
I from the nose and throat contain
the organism and are capable of
transmitting the disease. It is
felt, for this reason, that any
public meeting should be avoid
ed, except in the case of urgent
business. It is also a good idea
to avoid anyone who has any ill
ness, particularly an upper respi
ratory tract infection, whether
the case is thought to be polio or
a simple cold.
The eeoond mode of tranamis
'the bowel tract. It is believed
that the infection is carried from
such sources by flies and other
insects. In order to prevent
spread from this source, it is felt
that all barns and pig pens, or
any place where flies might
breed, should be sprayed with
DDT. Information for the proper
means of clean-up can be obtain
ed from your health office. This
I procedure not only protects a
gainst polio but prevents spread
of other filth-borne diseases as
colitis and typhoid fever.
It is pointed out that this is
a community project. It is felt
that many persons who need this
information might not read it or
may not hear about it. In addi
tion, there are many who would
not take the advice offered.
Therefore, it becomes a necessity
; for each person to protect his
! family from the sourc? of pos
sible infection by making it his
! business to see that all nearby
j sources of fly-borne infection are
i removed.
I Summary: (1) There is no
epidemic of infantile paralysis in
'Wilkes county at present. (2) All
persons with respiratory tract
infection and or slight fever
should be carefully observed un
I til all symptoms have subsided.
I (3) Community meetings and
unnecessary travel of all types
are discouraged. (4) Clean up all
sources of fly-born Infection, and
(5) See to it that your neighbor
also observes the rules of good
hygiene and cleans up his filth.
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WILKES BOYS TO RACE IN SOAPBOX DERBY IN WINSTON-SALEM
As indicated by this picture, a
lot of work has been pnt into
the soapbox derby this year.
Under the Joint sponsorship of
the Wilkes Junior Chamber of
Commerce and Gaddy Motor Co.,
several Wilkes county boys will
be able to compete this year in
the soapbox derby at Winston
Salem. July i7tn is tne day for
this big event and a large crowd
of spectators from all around are
expected for this event. The pic
ture shows several racers lined
up for inspection. Before the cars
could he taken to Winston-Sal-'
em, they had to undergo a local
inspection by two Gaddy Motor'
Company mechanics, and a Jay
cee representative. These ears
must he built according to cer
tain specifications, and some of
them had to have changes made
after the local Inspection. Last
Saturday the boys were taken to
Winston-Salem for a more
thorough inspection by the Jay
cees committee there. All of the
Wilkes county entrants passed
there, but lots of racers were
turned down because of faulty
construction. Our 'boys have put
a lot of work and study into this
rape, and here's wishing them
the best of luck when they enter
the big race in Winston-Salem
Moore Now Head
Off Iff. of P. Lodge
The North Wilkesboro Pythian
Lodge met Monday, July 12th, In
regnlar session and with J- B.
Carter presiding. The following
officers were installed for the
ensnlng term:
J. D. Moore, chancellor com
mander; Homer Brookshlre, vice
chancellor; Glenn Andrews, pre
late; Sam Winters, master of
works; William Miller, keeper of
records and seals; Isaac Dnncan,
master at arms; W. E. Jones,
master o f exchequer; Cecil
Haass, master of finance; Archie
Lee Osborne, inner guard; Wm.
O. Johnson, outer guard.
The next regular meeting was
set for Monday, July 19th, at 8
o'clock. Second rank work will
be pat on for candidate James
McAllster. All members are urged
to be present
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