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< ? The Journol-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 41 Years Vol. 43, No. 34 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH W1LKESBORO. N. C- Thursday, August 12, 194iB ? Make North Wllkesboro Your Shspptm Center Y. M. C. A. is ralo ft building fund for the erection of a modern Y. II plant. Support it. :* ' North Wilkesboro, has a tr-adinf radios of %0 miles, serving 100,000 people in Northwestern Carolina Complete Facility North WHkesboro Schools For Term 1R. N. Woo ten of Statesville, Named Principal to Succeed Sanies With election of R. N. Wooten, of Statesville, as principal, the North Wllkeehoro schools faculty to complete for the term to begin September 6, Snpt. J. Floyd Woodward announced today. Mr. Wooten Is a graduate of the TTniversiay of North Caro lina. For three years he ?was principal of North Brook schools I in Lincoln county and for twoj years headed Central school In I jjpedell county as principal. He! plans to complete graduate work ?t the University of North Caro lina. The faculty Is ae follows: Elementary Miss E. Muriel Coykendall, l*v Miss Minnie Halre, 1; Mrs. Sarah L. Pearson, 1; Miss Mary Lee Gardner, 2; Mills Elisabeth Pin ley, 2; Mrs. Elizabeth P. Harris, 2; Mrs. Mary W. Kllby, 3; Miss Etd? I. Turner, 3; Miss Stella 0Jm*r'3; Mrs. Edna S. Bivens, 4; Miss Helen E. Stanberry, 4; Miss Ruby Blackburn, 5; Mrs. Susie E. Williams, 5; Mrs. Mary Lois Leith, 6; Miss Mary Elizabeth Lee, 6; Miss Mildred Bradford, 7; Miss Mabel Hendren, 7; Mrs. Nell M. Helms, 8; Miss Myra Sale, 8; Miss Mary Jane Judy, Public School Mus'c. * High School Conrad R. Shawj Commercial; Miss Eva Bingham, Music; Jack Sparks, Coach; Wayne Church, Science-Mathematics; Miss Ruby Dancy, Home Economics; Miss Clairene Oliver, English; Miss Cora Ingram, Librarian; Miss Blanche Irwin, Latin-English; Mrs. Mary Jo R. Hayes, Science History; R. N. Wooten, Principal; Mrs. R. N. Wooten, Mathematics History; Mrs. Pauline Woodard, English-French. Negro Elementary ** Samuel O. Jones, principal; Hazel B. Paisley, Milton J. In gram, Bernice Howard. Football Drills To Begin Monday! ?m Coach Jack Sparks has called for the first football drill for North Wllkeghoro high school on Monday, August 16, nine a. m. Boys going out for the grid ffttn sport this year are asked toilleet Coach Sparks at the high school gymnasium Monday at nine a. m., and are requested to have football shoes, shorts or old pants. Drills will be held twice dally at nine a. m. and 3:30 p. m. 1 . 4The Mountain Lions will play, a^bch chedule of, 11 games as fol lows: September 10, Mocksville, here, i 8 p. m.; September 17, Granite Falls, here, 8 p. m.; September 24, Spencer, at Spencer; Octob er 1, Asheboro, heref 8 p. m.; October 8, Boone, at Boone, 8 p. m.; October 15, Barium Springs at Barium, 3:30 p. m.; October 22, Thomasvllle, here, I 8 p. m.; October 29, Monroe, here, 8 p. m.; November 5, Stateevllle, here, 8 p. m.; No-, vember 12^ Elkln, here, 8 p. m.; j November 19, Wllkesboro, here, I 8 p. m. | o Purlear Leading | In Wilkes League Following Is the current stand ing of teams in the Wilkes base- J ball league sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce: I Team ? W. L. Pet. | Purlear ...,?? 6 0 1000 Falrplains . 3 2 800 Boomer ?__ 2 2 500 ( Pores Knob ? 21 3 400 Clingman .... 1 2 333 Mulberry 0 5 000 Boomer defeated Mulberry 18 ( to 5 Monday night and 6n Tues day night Purlear defeated Mul berry 25 to T. Following is the schedule for neit week: August 16f Fair plains versus Pores Knob; 4-u gust 20, Pores Knob versus Fair plains; August 21, Mulberry verqgs Clingman. ?:?o rer^j^ Anderson Dies Ed Andetrson, resident' of the Hunting Creek community, d|ed today. Funeral arrangements incomplete this afternoon. Pvt. Roby Shumate Rites To Be Shnday The body of Pvt. Robey 0. Shumate will arrive at North Wilkesboro Friday, August 13, at 11 a. m. Funeral will be held Sunday, 11 a. m. at Pine View church on highway 18, about 9 miles from North Wilkesboro. Surviving Pvt. Shumate are his father, Lindolph Shumate, of Halls Mills; three sisters 'and one brother, Ethel and Goldie Shumate, and Mrs. Gove Key, of Halls Mills, and Claude Shumate of Reddies River. V. F. W. To Talk Building Plans Plans for the Veterans of For-j eign Wars clubhouse will be In spected at the V. F. W. meeting] to be held Friday night, August 13, eight o'clock, at the Caro-j lina Restaurant. Building plans will be discuss ed and 'it is earnestly requested that there be a large attendance of post members. Square Dance Friday At Legion Clubhouse Wilkes post of the American Legion is feponsor of a square dance to be held Friday night, 8:30, at the Legion clubhouse, beginning at 8:30. Dan Walker and his Blue Ridge boys will play for the dance and a most enjoy able occasion is assured all who will attend. Budget And Tax Levy Are Adopted North Wilkesboro city council in August meeting officially fix ed the tax rate for the coming year at $1.85 on each hundred dollars assessed valuation, which is the same rate as last year. The budget as published re- j cently in The Journal-Patriot was] adopted for the year. Cemetery Working At Bethel Church The church grounds and ceme tery of Bethel Baptist church, lo cated three miles east of Ronda, will be cleaned Monday, August 16th, at 4:00 p. m. All members and interested persons are urged to meet and assist in the work. Announce Revival At Woodlawn Church Revival services will begin Sunday, August 1'5, at Woodlawn church. Services will begin at 7:30 each evening and will be conducted by Rev. Jesse Lee Ad ams and Rev. Richard Byrd. The public is cordially invited to at tend. Drive In To Give Free Polio Show First Anniversary! The North Wilkesboro Drive In Theatre, owned and operated by R. B. Adams five miles north of this city on highway 18, will cele brate its first anniversary in bus iness Monday, August 18, with a free show. The theatre will make no ad-1 mission charge, but dn opportun ity will be given all who attend on that date to contribute to the ] polio fund. Sam Ogilvie, chair man of the Wilkes chapter of j the National Foundation for In fantile Paralysis, will be. at the gate to accept contributions for the fund. ^ Mr. Adams stated that the free show will be given In ap preciation for the splendid pa tronage given his theatre during its first year of operation. He also stated that new type speak- J |"ers with individual volume con- j trol will be installed within the next few days. Sanitarian Is Giving Advice Polio Measures Spruill Gives 11 Essentials In Precautions Against Spread Disease Eddie R. Spruill, Wilkes sani tarian, in. an address 'before members of the Boomer, Pores Knob and Moravian Falls Home Demonstration clmbs discussed measures which can be taken aS precautions against spread of in fantile paralysis. Mr. Spruill outlined the fol lowing eleven - point program which residents, especially in rural areas, may follow: 1. All pig and chicken pens, stables and dog houseg should be kept clean and sprayed. 2. Do not allow rubbish to ac cumulate. 3. Burn or bury dead chickens and animals. 4. Keep garbage cans clean and the lids on at all times. 5. Do not put old bones or meat scraps in garbage cans? they should be burned or burled. 6. Be sure that all plumbing is in working order and that the disposal lines are not working out of the ground. 7. If you have a privy, see that it is fly proof and that the lids are kept closed. Wash and peal all uncooked fruits before eat ing. 9. Cook vegetables well. 10. Observe all general health rules. 11. Screen all outside doors and windowa in the house. The health department sug gests that each one use plenty of lime around his premises, and under the house, and that each one should use a good DDT in sect spray regularly. Optimist Club Has Meeting The regular bi-monthly meet ing of the North Wilkesboro Op timist club was held Tuesday noon at the Hotel Wilkes with a good attendance of members. Hubert McLendon, who was in charge of the program ? present ed Paul Choplin, Wilkes County farm agent, whose subject was ''The 4-H Club Work in Our County". He gave numerous ac counts of the advancement of the 4-H club in the county, and cited many illustrations to make per tinent points in his argument for co-operation in all club activities. Forest Tugman, secretary of the club, presided over the lunch eon meeting in the absence of the president and vice president. Guest at the luncheon was Jack'Strader with his father, Op timist Howard Strader. Divide Shutouts With Wytheville Flashers Lose Heartbreak - er 1 To 0 And Come Back With 3 to 0 Win North Wilkesboro will play Abingdon herd tonight and Wytheville here Friday and Saturday nights. Last night North Wilkesboro defeated Abingdon here 7 to 5 with Kops hurling a five-hit game. ################################ The August grind is on and pitchers are having their hey-dey in the Blue Ridge league while hitting averages crash. On Monday night the Flashers were held to Jwo hits at Wythe ville by Zoltak and were shutout 1 to 0. Cooper and Mercak were the only North Wilkesboro play ers to hit safely in the airtight game. ' Worth Cuthbertson pitched six hit ball but the run scored by Wytheville In the first Inning was the only and winning score. Jerry Dolan pitched a great three-bitter Tuesday night as the Flashers won 3 to 0. It was the eighth inning that North Wilkes boro took advantage of a break and did some good base running to push two runs across, Includ ing Howard's theft of home. Cooper and Stanley got two hits each. Shores hit a double and there were singles by Daddlno and Howard. On the same night Abingdon surprised Mt. Airy by winning a double header and Galax was shutout by Radford with Moore I pitching airtight ball, for the [ Rockets. The Flashers gained one game on the pace-setting Ga Llax Leafs. Local Principal R. N. Woo ten, of Statesville, has been elected principal of North Wilkesboro high school to succeed Jim Sangee, who re signed to re-enter the army air ?orpe. Wilkes County Has 65 At Appalachian Boone.?Among the 1408 dif ferent students who have i>een enrolled at Appalachian State Teachers College this summer, there have been 65 from Wilkes county. The college enrolled 1123 for the first term of summer school, 849 for the second summer term, making 1972 enrollments in all, including those who were regis tered for both terms. The summer school is conduct ed at Appalachian on the phi losophy that there should be in service growth among those in the teaching profession. There are 30 from Wilkes county who are now attending the second summer term to bring themselves up to date ori new teaching meth ods, procedures and educational thought. They are: Elizabeth Wilkerson, John Tugman, Bejty Gwyn Nancy Rousseau, J act ley, Joyce Hayes, Robert C. Hub bard, Udy C. Wood, Wanda Wood and Mrs. Bertie B. Jones, all of North Wilkesboro; Joseph Lin ney, Noah James, Katherine Ir in, Veronica Pearson of Wilkes boro: Jesse Hutchison, Mary E. Hutchison and Verna J. Royal of Abshers: Gwendolyn Johnson, of Hays; Audrey Bauguess of Lo max; John Barnett of Hendrix; Mrs. Ruby P. Church and Clara Sue Foster of Purlear; Mrs. Irma DeJournette of Traphill; E. H. Edmisten of Boomer; Mrs. Mur iel S. Gentry of Thurmond; and George H. Green of Ronda. In addition, .enrolled in the Graduate School, working toward their master's degree, are: Harley E. Jolley of Boomer; Edna Staley Bivens of North Wil kesboro ; Mary Gage Barber of Wilkesboro; and Wayne C. Church, also of Wilkesboro. This, the first year that Appa lachian has offered the master's degree, there have been 274 en rolled in the Graduate School. Annual picnic and field d^y of the Brushy Mountain Fruit Grow ers Association will be held near Wilkesboro on August 18. Hurls Great Game Tommy Young, 19-year-old high school pitching champion of the'city of Philadelphia, pitched the' North Wilkesboro Flashers .to a 2 to 1 victory over Radford in 12 innings here Sunday, running his first year string of victories to six. He allowed 15 hits hut left 17 stranded on bases as Radford failed to score an earned Lumber Thieves Busy In County ' Police and other officers here have been investigating thefts of lumber from several yards. Three thousand feet of dressed lumber , was hauled away from the North State lumber yard here and thefts have also been report ed from V. M. Church's Lumber yard at Millers Creek and S. L. iWhitaker's yard near, this city. 19 Polio Cases Is New Total In Wilkes For Year Son of Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Eller, Jr., Latest Case Reported In City Two new cases of polio daring the past week increased the total in Wilkes county this summer to 19, it was reported today from the Wilkes health department. Latest case reported was Jim mie Eller, six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Eller, Jr., of this city. Date of onset was given as Monday, August 9, and he was taken to Baptist hospital in Win ston-Salem for treatment. Report was given that a Pen nell child en Pores Knoh Reute 2, whose full name was not re ported to the health office, be came ill Sunday and was carried to Baptist hospital in Winston Salem for treatment. All the more recent Wilkes cases were given treatment dur ing acute stage of the disease at the Baptist hospital. After pass ing the acute stage they are >be transferred to the convales cent center at Camp Sutton for more extended treatment. Hospital bills for polio patients from Wilkes county have been paid by the Wilkes chapter of the National Foundation for In fantile Paralysis. Owner Finds His Stolen Auto In North Wilkesboro Statesvllle, Aug. 9.1?Walter E. Eller's car that w<s stolen last week from his home. In States ville, has been located in North Wilkesboro. A report from Statesville po lice headquarters this morning is that the owner found the car while visiting in North Wilkee boro, the vehicle apparently abandoned on the street because of a dead battery. Mr. Eller had left key in the switch when he parked it at his home here and the thief very accommodatingly left the key when he abandoned the car in North Wilkesboro. ? o Baptist Pastors To Meet Monday The Wilkes County Pastor's Conference will hold its monthly meeting Monday, August 16^ 10 a. m. at the Reins-Sturdivant j Chapel. ?A. program on associational re lations is being planned, along with helpful homiletical studies. All ministers and interested lay men are cordially inylted to at tend. Lewis Prevette, 53, Claimed Death Lewis Prevette, 53, well known farmer of the Clingman com munity f died Tuesday evening at the Wilkes hospital. Funeral was held today, 2:30, at Pleasant Grove Baptist church with Rev. R. R. Crater and Rev. Pervis C. Parks conducting the last rites. Surviving Mr. Prevette are his wife, Mrs. Kisle Prevette, and the following children: Lewis B. Prevette and Mrs. Vergf? Greg jory, Ronda; Paul M. Prevette, | North Wilkesboro; Harry Pre , vette, Ronda; William Prevette, Roaring River; Eugene Prevette, Ronda; Jimmie, Yertie and Min inle Sue Prevette, and one foster? [son, Clanton Prevette, all of Ronda. j Auto Inspection Lane Will Return Here September 18 The automobile Inspection lane now operating here will return on September 18 for a nine-day ?tend. The lane has been operating at capacity with about 2?25 cars daily. Owners of ^older models are trying to get them through the Inspection lane before the Oc tober 31 deadline. I. A. Clark Dies At Millers Creek Isaac A. Clark, 87, member of one of western North Carolina's best known families, died Tues day, ten p. m.f at the home of a son, Arthur S. Clark, with whom he made his home at Millers Creek. Funeral service was held at the home of Mr. Clark at Millers Creek today, ten a. m., and the body wag taken to May's chapel at Maiden for burial. Surviving Mr. Clark are the following sons and daughters: Mrs. A. L. Steele, Newton; Mrs. j A. M. Warren, Hickory; Mrs. j Ella Warren, Hickory; C. S. ] Clark, Emporia, Va.; Mrs. O. N. Gibbs, Huntersvllle; Arthur S. Clark, Millers Creek. . Also sur viving are 22 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Food Sale August 20th - The Wesleyan Service Guild of the Wilkesboro Methodist church will sponsor a food sale on Fri day, August 20, at 9:00 o'clock, a. m., at T. J. Frazier's office next to the Liberty Theater. Cakes, pies, candies, home cann ed foods, and fresh garden pro ducts will be sold. The public is cordially invited to attend. o Home Coming At White Plains 15th Annual home coming will be held at White Plains Baptist church Sunday, August 15. The public is oordially invited to at tend and a special invitation is extended singers to take part in the day's program. Flashers Leading League In Hitting Team Batting 286 And Sec ond In Fielding- With Percentage of 954 North Wilkesboro team ibatting average of 286 was leading the Blue Ridge league by ten points over Galax at the last official report- toy Howe News Bureau, of ficial statistician. The Flashers were leading in stolen bases with 138, which was 3 3 over Radford, second in that category. They were second in home runs with 26, four under Wytheville with 30. North Wil kesboro was second in number of runs, 587 to Galax 597. In team fielding the Flashers were 954. two points under Galax with 956. Mt. Airy's Red Casbier was leading the league in hitting with a lofty 389, making him one of the greatest hitters in the min ors. Kase, Beane, Stockton, Subb and Haywood were the next high est in that order. Douglas Shores leads the Flashers with 335. The next are Daddiilo 326, Cooper 323, Stan ley 3221 Brellch 304, Mercak 293, Tagllarino 275, Howard 275, Loman 271. Subto led in homers with .10, followed by Brellch with 8. Shores, Stanley, Stockton, Rlzet ta, Campbell and Dickerman have five homers each. Howard lead8 in stolen bases with 38. Gibson was third in pitching percentage with 806, having won 11 and lost 5 at the time of the report. James of Wythe ville and Pfelffer of Galax were one and two in the leagne. ? O ? A total of 200,799 forest fires occurred in the United States last year ^s compared with only 172,278 the previous year. Dam age In 1947 wag estimated at more than 55 million dollars. Liter Date Set Because Of Polio Threat In County Few Teacher Vacancies; Prospects Good For Bet ter School Conditions Schools of the Wilkes county system will notopen before Mon day^ September 6, C. B. Eller f county superintendent of schools, announced today. August 30 had been tentative ly set as opening day for schools of the county system but the date was put off one week because of the polio situation in the county, which shows little improvement. The ban on children attending public gatherings is still in force to prevent polio spread. Supt. Eller said that there are fewer teacher vacancies than at this time last year, and prospects are good for completing facilities of all schools before opening date. Several new school buses have been added to the eystetn and buses which had been in use have been thoroughly repaired and re conditioned. Minor repairs have been made on several school buildings. Guy Snow Has Buick Business" In Elkin Guy Snow, who was affiliated with the Buick dealership in this city severi.1 years ago, has estab lished Snow Motor company, Buick dealership, o n South Bridge Bridge Street in Elkin. Mr. Snow's business in Elkin is now operating and a number of new cars have already been de livered. Fletcher Church Funeral On Friday Funeral service will be held Friday, 11 a. m., at Lewis Fork Baptist church for J. Fletcher Church, well known ^citizen of that community who died Mon day. The body will lie in state from 10 to 11 a. m. at the church. Boy Injured In Bike-Auto Crash Wm. Kyle Eller, 14,-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Eller, was slightly injured early today near his home at Cricket when his bicycle crashed into a car driven by Ernest Walker. The Eller youth, who was de livering papers, entered the high way from a side road and his bi cycle hit the side of Mr. Walker's car. At the hospital here exami nation disclosed no serious in juries. r ? With The ? CHURCHES FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Dr. John T. Wayland, Pastor. 9:45 a. m. Sunday School, D. E. Elledge, Superintendent. 11:00 a. ito. Service of Worship, message by the pastor, topic: "The Long Look". 7:00 p. m. Training Union ^ Wrenn Vannoy, Director. .8:00 p. m. Union Service at First Baptist church, Rev. Watt Cooper, speaker. ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH Rev. B. M. Lackey, Rector. Vesper service will be held In St. Paul's Episcopal Church Sun day afternoon, August 15th, at four o'clock. A cordial invitation is extended to everyone to attend this service. FIRST METHODIST CHURCH Dr. Gilbert R. Combe, Minister. 9:45 a. m. Sunday school tor young people and adults. 11:00 a. m. the morning wor ship. The minister's theme: "What About Hell?" 8:00 p. m. A community wor ship service at the First Baptist church with the Rev. Watt M. Cooper preaching. ? 'O I The origin of cotton Is known.
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