is here to erect
hospital for only
cent of the coet. Vote Northwestern Carolina.
?the Hospital Sept. 28. The journa|.patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In th~'State of Wilkes" For Over 42 Years
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ols Will Not Open Before Sept. 20th
Units Will Not
Open Next Week
'Wilkes county and North
jyilkesboro school authorities to
Wiy announced that schools will
not open 'before September 20.
The postponement today was
because of the fact that there
were two new cases of Infantile
paralysis In Wilkes County last
week and medical authorities ad
vised another postponement of
schools.
Meanwhile, the ban on children
attending public gatherings re
mains in effect.
^^hie last case of infantile
paralysis reported was In North
Wllkesboro Friday when Leroy
Benge, two-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Benge, who
live on second street, was carried
to Baptist Hospital in Winston
Salem.
Another case was reported the
latter part of the week in the
State Road commnnly near the
Wilkes-Surry line north of Elkin.
Farm Management
Study Held Here
By J. P. CHOPLIN,
The Triple-A office and Coun
ty Farm Agent's office cooper
ated In conducting a two-hour
farm management school in the
North Wilkesboro Town Hall,
Thursday, August 26. At this
meeting the 1949 Triple-A pro^
gram was explained by Mr. Law
rence Miller, Secretary of the
Wilkes County Triple-A office
and Mr. N. A. Wilson, Triple-A
field man.
Mr. Charles Clark, Farm Man
agement Specialist from N. C.
State College, gave a talk on
farm management with the em
phasis on the efficiency of farm
production and conserva
tion practices. The 30 farmers
present seemed very much in
terested in the program.
^ Mr. T. S. Jerrette, Secretary
the Wilkes Chamber of Com
merce, introduced a committee
from the Chamber of Commerce,
all of whom gave a short talk
assuring the farmers of the co
operation of the businessmen of
Wilkes County. This committee
Bob Brame, J. B. Williams
id W. K. Sturdivant.
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Marriage License
Sinee August 17 license to wed
were issued by Register of Deeds
Troy C. Poster, to the following:
Robert Mahaffey and Retha
Marie Lundsford, both of Union
Grove; Harvey Golden, Sparta,
and Edna Tolbert, North Wilkes
boro; Andrew H. Kilby, Reddles
River," and Beatrice Walker,
Boomer; Varnie Richardson,
Traphill, and Grace Myers, Hays;
Jack Krider and Kathleen Wil
cox, both of Todd; Lake C. Sta
ley, Wilkesboro, and Iris Bar
nett, North Wilkesboro; William
Isaac Taylor, Medford, Delaware,
and Ethel Pinnix, North Wilkes
boro; Wiley Parsons and Vecie
Parsons, ? both of Parsonville;
Earl Winebarger, West Jefferson,
and Rosalee Miller, Othello;
Robert Oouch and Jocelyn Walls,
both of Ronda; Raymond Tay
lor And Imogene Branscojrie,
both of Sparta; Clate Kilby, wil
bar, and Euzell Miller, Glendale
Springs; Forest Tolbert, Wood
lawn, Va., and Lanelle Dalton,
Galax, Va.; Banner Tilly, Cool
omee, and Onedla Cave, State
Road; Warren Calvin Walker
and June Vee Childress, both of
Ronda;- Worth (MoClure and
JRathleen Ashley, both of Sturgis.
Girl Scouts Will
Prepare Exhibits
For Wilkes Fair
Due to the polio epidemic Girl
5?|Ufc meetings are not being
hevd but announcement was made
today that Girl Scouts are re
quested now to prepare and as
semble articles to be included
in the Girl Scout exhibit next
week at the Wilkes Agricultural
Fair. They are requested to
for further announcements
this work.
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These two pictures were taken of the Girl Scout Day camp group during the
period in which the camp was held at Moravian Falls. The camp is a project of
the Wilkesboros Girl Scout Council and the campers came from the different troops
in this council. -The first picture shows all the campers and their counselors. The
Second is of three girls showing their skill in archery. They are Mickey Somers,
Betsy Mitchell, and Carolyn Howell. The camp was under the direction of Mrs.
Robert Gibbs and Mrs. Hubert Winkler. , (Photos by Lane Atkinson, Jr.)
Good Revival
At Wilkesboro
Ramblers To Play j
Spencer At Boone
A week's series of revival serv
ices closed Sunday at the Wilkes
boro Baptist church.
Dr. J. Clyde Turner, for 28
years pastor of the First Baptist
church in Greensboro, delivered
great messages at each service
and his sermons were subjects of
much favorable comment.
The revival was the most large
ly attended in the history of the
church and is expected to result
in several additional church
memberships, Rev. W. N. Brook
shire, pastor, said today.
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Vote Tor Building a Hospital
The Wilkesboro high scho<
Ramblers will play another pre
season football game Saturday
night, eight o'clock at Boone.
The Spencer eleven, one of the
powers of the South Piedmont
conference, will complete two
weeks of training this week at
Boonerf and the Wilkesboro game
will offer an interesting test of
gridiron strength.
Next game for the Ramblers is
scheduled to be Taylorsville at
North Wilkesboro on the night of
Saturday, September 18, .but this
game is indefinite because of the
polio situation at Taylorsville.
MOUNTAIN LIONS WILL OPEN
FOOTBALL SEASON ON FRIDAY
North Wilkesboro Mountain Li-1
ons football team, which has been
working out regularly under di
rection of Coach Jack Sparks, will
open the season here Friday night
against Mocksville. Game time is
eight o'clock and all football fans
will want to be on hand to get
J. B. Williams To
Speak On Hospital
Plan Over WKBC
J. B. Williams, -past president
of the Wilkes Chamber of Com
merce, will speak Tuesday, 6:00
to 6:15 p. m., over radio station
WKBC.
Mr. Williams will discuss the
proposal to erect a modern, 100
bed hospital here and the forth
coming election on the proposal
for North Wilkesboro to vote
$275,000 in hospital bonds. All
are Invited t<) hear his address.
an early view of the 1948 edition
of the high school gridders.
Although the school will not be
open, due to the polio epidemic,
the game will be played and chil
dren under 16 years of age axe
urged not to attend, school au
thorities said today.
H. D. Schedule For
The Coming Week
Tuesday, September 7?Fair
plains Club; Mrs. Grady Mill
er's; 2 o'clock.
Wednesday, September 8?Mt.
View Club; Mrs. Roscoe Wood's;
2 o'clock.
Thursday, September 9?Fer
guson Club; Mrs. Tom Fergu
son's; 2 o'clock.
Friday, September 10?Pores
Knob Club; Community House;
2 o'clock.
Monday, September 13?U. S.
D. A.' Council Meeting, County
Agents Office; 1:30 p. m.
Tuesday, September 14?Roi
da Club; Mrs. Don Gilliam's;
o'clock.
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Mr. H. G. Nichols, who hold
a position in the Journal-Patric
department of Carter-Hubbar
Publishing Company, has been
patient for several days at Bai
tfst Hospital in Winston-Galen
where he is receiving examine
tion and treatment.
Dr. I. G. Greer
Boosts Hospital
Plans For City
Educator and Orator Com
mends This Community
For Planning Hospital
North Wilkesboro KIwanis club
Friday noon held one of Its most 1
interesting meetings of the year,
Pragram Chairman Pat Wll-I
liams introduced Dr. I. G. Greer,
director of public relations of tho
University of North Carolina,
who made a most impressive talk
on the subject: "The Great Need
for Enlarged HoBpftal Facili
ties."
He commended this communi
ty for its undertaking to erect a
good hospital here and then cited
from personal experience a num
ber of examples of great suffer
ing that have prevailed because
of the lack of hospitals. He dis
cussed the positive citizens of ev
ery community, who have been
responsible for the progress made
in schools, roads and now their
opportunity is here to take their
stand for better health oppor
tunities. He contended that a
good hospital is an economic as
set, that it is a public respon
sibility and that it is the finest
evidence of humanitarian impuls
es. It provides our best oppor
tunity to live on in someone else.
W. KL Sturdivant introduced
Mr. Wilkerson of the Coble
Dairy Co., who made a presenta
tion*" of a pft'rebreH "Guernsey
heifer to Thomas Hurt;1 another
purebred Guernsey given by the
Bank of North Wilkesboro was
presented to another 4-H Club
boy and a purebred Jersey calf
given by the Northwestern Bank
was presented to Royce Mathis.
Recently a similar presentation
of a purebred Guernsey was made
to a 4-H Club boy by W. F. Gad
dy. Mr. Sturdivant and Paul
Choplin of the agricultural com
mittee, are keeping a full and
complete record of these calves
in the office of the County Farm
Agent.
The North Wilkesboro profes
sional baseball club members
were guests of the itiwanis club
at the meeting. P. W. Eehelman
complimented the baseball club
for its record and presented Tal
J. Pearson, club owner, who In
turn presented Business Manager
Larry Moore, who introduced
each individual player.
Other guests Friday were: Dr.
J. Clyde Turner with T. A Sto
ry; F. C. Tomlinson with W. F-.
Jones; G. C. Smith with Edd
Gardner; Howard Colvard, John
Hunt, Francis Hunt, J. M. Bar
ker, Marcus Barker and Boyd
Mathis, 4-H club boys, with W.
K. Sturdivant.
FLASHERS FINISH SECOND IN
LEAGUE; PLAY MT. AIRY HERE
TUESDAY IN FIRST OF PLAY-OFF
The Galax Leafs clinched th
Blue Ridge baseball league firs
place Saturday night when the;
defeated Radford 3 to 0 whili
North Wilkesboro was upset b;
Wytheville at Wytheville 8 to 6
At Wytheville Big Sam Gibsoi
apparently had his 2(Hh victor;
when the roof fell in in the 8tl
and Wytheville scored 7 runs
of which 6 were unearned. Nortl
Wilkesboro had four pitchers ii
the starting lineup for thi
Wytheville series. On Sunda;
Willard Hops pitched a beautifu
game at Wytheville but a rolle
went through his hands whei
the Wytheville winning run wa
scored to make the final coun
2 to 1.
In the Shaughnessy play-of
North Wilkesboro will meet Mt
Airy and, Galax will play Rad
ford. The first game of th
Flashers-Mt. Airy series will bi
played here Tuesday night, th
secdnd at Mt. Airy Wednesda;
and alternate daily ip the tw<
parks until one team wins thre
games.
Winners of the North Wilkes
boro-Mt. Airy and Galax-Rad
ford series will play four of sevei
games for the play-off cham
pionship, with the first two
games to be played in the park
of the participating team which
finished hightest in the regular
season, and the next three in
the other park. Remaining
games, If any, are to be played
in the park where the final series
started.
It appeared today that the In
jured Tom Daddlno will be back
in the lineup for the playoff. The
smooth first baseman has been
out for ten days with a leg in
fection which started with an ln
ury in a game here. Manager
Henry Loman, whose suspension
ends today, will also be back in
play and the team will be in
much better shape for the play
fof series. Mercak, whj has been
injured, is expected to rejoin the
lineup.
Closing games of the regular
season, a double header between
North Wilkesboro and Wytheyille
here tonight,, was cancelled be
cause of rain today.
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Navy^regulations say, "'Under
no circumstances shall an action
be commenced or battle fought
without display of the national
ensign."
STORES WILL BE
OPEN WEDNESDAYS
ON OCTOBER 6TH
In accordance with the com
munity-wide holiday plan adopt
ed early In the year, stores which
hare been closing on Wednesday
afternoons will be open on Wed
nesday afternoon beginning Oc
tober 6.
Two High Schools
Get New Principals
For *48-49 Term
Roger Gwaltney at Roaring
River and Mack Cowles
at Ferguson
Two high schools of the Wilkes
school system will have new
principals this year.
Rev. Roger C. Gwaltney will
be principal of Roaring River
high and district schools, suc
ceeding Gorman Johnson, who re
cently resigned. At Ferguson,
Mack Cowles of Boone, will suc
ceed M. R. Ingram, who re
signed.
All other district principals
will remain same as last year,
They are: Will}ajn T. Long,
Wilkesboro; R. O. Poplin, Jr.
R'onda; Fred Gilreath, Traphill;
Paul W. Gregory, Mountali
View; O. M. Proffit, Mount Pleas
ant: P. W. Greer, Millers Creek';
Grady Miller, Mulberry; J. R
Edelin, Lincoln Heights colored
school. *
Schools are scheduled to opei
September 20 unless there is an
other postponement because o
the polio epidemic.
COMMUNITY
GARDEN PARTY
SEPT. 17TH
If you're tired from beinf
tied at home all summer, il
you're hungry for some gooc
good food (Including fried chick
en), good fun, good entertain
ment, and good fellowship, th(
Garden Department of the Wom
an's Club has the answer. It's
a Community Garden Party foi
EVERYBODY.
This party is designed to give
the people of the two Wilkes
horos and communities a chance
to get together for food, fun
frolic and friendship?and, in
cidentally, to benefit the Wilkes
Community Concert Association.
We are anxious to bring good
concerts here, under the best pos
sible circumstances, and this
party will help make that pos
sible.
The party will be Friday af
ternoon, September 17, from 6
to 8 o'clock. Make your plans
now to come and bring the fam
ily to Smoot Park. Tickets will
be sold by members of the Gar
den Cluib and at the gate ?
Adults $1.00, children under 12
50c.
Manager Loman
Given $100 By Fans;
Reimburse Fine
Baseball fans here In a spon
taneous movement contributed a
$100 cash gift to Henry "Flash"
Loman, manager of the North
Wilkeeboro team in the Blue
Ridge league, Thursday after
noon.
Loman was fined $100 Tues
day by Judge E. C. Bivins and
suspended through end of the
regular season September 6, be
cause of his protest to Umpire
Camia over decisions in the Ga
1 ax-Flashers game here Friday
night. Judge Bivins inferred in
his ruling that Loman's conduct
incited the row when 200 fans
poured onto the field, but in the
hearing1 it was brought out that
Loman's verbal and non-abusive
protest to Umpire Camia did not
proceed beyond the rights and
duties of a manager.N
P. E. Forester, retired Tailway
postal employe and loyal fan,
raised the gift for Loman in a
brief time as more than fifty fans
contributed.
Many Interesting
Units Are Planned
Fer Parade 14th
Full Day of Entertainment
Planned For Special Event
Here On Tuesday
One of the longest and most
| interesting parades in the history
of the Wilkesboros has heen
planned the opening event of
Farmers' Day here Tuesday jSep
tember 14.
The parade will form from 9
to 9:30 a. m. in Wllkesboro west
of the courthouse and the line of
march will be to North Wllkes
boro by Memorial Park to Fifth
street and to Main street; over
Main street west to Tenth street;
over Tenth Street to D Street;
over D street to Ninth street.
From that point -the bands and
National Guard will march to the
used car lot of Yadkin Valley
Motor Company, corner Ninth
and C streets, for a 30-minute
concert.
Many parade units which prom
ise to be highly attractive and
Interesting have already been en
tered, and it is highly Important
that all others who plan to have
a unit in the parade notify the
Chamber of Commerce office im
mediately in order that the line
df march may be made out prior
to the date.
Farmers' Day is under spon
sorship of the Trade Promotion
committee of the Wilkes Cham
ber of Commerce, of which W.
G. Gabriel is committee chair
man. Co-chairmen for Farmers'
Day are Hubert Canter and Gil
bert Bare. The parade chair
man is L. S. Spainhour with Po
lice Chief J. E. Walker, High
way Patrol Sergeant A. H. Clark
and E. L. Joines, of Wilkesboro,
parade marshals.
Leading the parade will be a
motorcycle corps of local drivers
and members of the E-lkin Motor
cycle Club. Riders will include
Bill Queen, Max Canter, J. W.
Absher, Otis Absher, R. C. Par
sons, Ted and Jack Johnson.
Second unit will be the color
guard, and North Wilkesboro Bat
tery of the National Guard under
command of Major Roy Fore
hand. Mounted horses will form
the next unit. It is emphasized
that the naming of the units sug
gests only a tentative order and
not the definite line of march
that will be worked out when all
entries are received.
In the parade will be the North
Wilkesboro town council, Wilkes
boro. town council, Wilkes county
commissioners and Sheriff C. G.
Poindexter.
Chamber of Commerce officials
and two cars of agricultural of
ficials will also be included, with
each group in a convertible with
top down and each car marked
with a banner telling what group
it contains.
The National Guard battery
will have interesting units of
105 mm. howitzers and anti-air
craft guns. Veterans now mem
bers of the guard are invited to
march in the parade.
Leading the list of floats will
be the Queen's float, which is be
ing prepared by professional dec
orators ^nd it* is expected to be
a highlight of the day. On the
float will be Miss Frances Gil
reath, Wilkes beauty queen who
recently was rated highly in the
state contest, and her court com
posed of eight finalists in the
Junior Chamber o f Commerce
beauty pageant. They are Miss
es Jerry Caldwell, of North
Wilkesboro, Mary Andrews, Lea
Walsh and Jackie Merrltt, of
Wilkesboro, Virginia Caudill; of
Millers Creek, Wanda Campbell,
Betty Jean Whitaker and Betty
Kendall of North Wilkesboro.
They will be dressed in evening
dresses for hte parade and will
wear corsages through courtesy
of Henderson's Flower Shop in
Wilkesboro.
Other floats will include cloth
ing and general merchandise,
grocers, banks, auto parts and
tire dealers. Other expected in
clude electrical appliances, jew
elers, furniture stores and herd
ware stores.
Units displaying other ^phases
of commerce and industry will
Include furniture manufacturers,
a forestry truck with forestry
contest winners (to be furnished
by Meadows Mill company), four
or more units of poultry dealers,
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