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The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 42 Years
HOSPITAL
Opportunity is here to erect
q^iodera hospital for only
2Z per cent of the cost Vote
for the Hospital Sept 28. .
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OUR CITY
North Wilkesboro has a
trading radius of 50 miles,
serving 100,000 people in
Northwestern Carolina.
Vol. 43, No. 47 Published Mondays and Thursdays ^ NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C? Monday, Sept. 27, 1948 _____ Make North Wllkesboro Your Shopping Center
NORTH WILKESBORO MAY OBTAIN
$35,000 MAINTENANCE BUILDING
FOR NATIONAL GUARD EQUIPMENT
North Wilkesboro has priority'
to obtain a 135,000 maintenance
building for the National Guard
Major Roy Forehand, batalllon
executive officer, (old the board
of directors of the Wilkes Cham
ber of Commerce
Cost of the building would be
paid entirely by federal and state
funds. The community must fur
nish site, including about three
acres of land, and must provide
water and sewer facilities.
, Major Forehand said that the
land required would not only be
a site for the maintenance build
ing but would also be site for
a*Parmory to be constructed in
the future. Under present plans
o fthe federal government, arm
ories will cost about $450,000
each and will be paid for by
federal and state funds.
The armories may be used for
public gatherings and communi
ty events when not in use for
military purposes, he said.
The board of directors of the
Clumber of Commerce went on
redcfE as supporting the propos
al as outlined by Major Fore
hand and recommended that the
town of North Wllkesboro and i
Wilkes county meet conditions
and responsibilities outlined for
the community.
R. M. Brame, Jr., Chamber
president, presided over the -di
rectors' meeting. W. C. Marlow
was welcomed as a member of
the board. Mr Marlow was rec
ently elected to fill the unexpir
ed term of R. E. Glbbs, who
moved to Anniston, Ala Tom
Jenrette, secretary-manager, was
granted leave to attend fhe na
tional convention of Chamber of
Commerce secretaries in Phila
delphia October 10-13.
Vernon Deal, the membership
chairman, reported 64 new mem
bers this year and also reported
that there are 31 unpaid mem
bers. An article in this paper next
week is expected to list all firms
and individuals who are active,
paid members, along with a state
ment of appreciation for their
support.
The board expressed apprecia
tion to committee chairmen and
all who aided in making Farmers'
Day a great success, and for suc
cessful operation of the Wilkes
Kiwanis Agricultural Fair and
the Sales Institute.
Veterans Meeting
At Clhtgmon Friday
All veterans of World Wars I
and II, who live In the eastern
part of Wilkes county are cord-1
tally Invited to a meeting of vet-|
erans to be held Friday, October]
1 at eight p. m. at Clingman
schoolhouse.
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Cripple Clinic 14th
The October cripple clinic will
be held at the Wilkes hospital
on October 14 instead of Octob
er 7, which was the originally
scheduled date. Dr. Jacobs will
be the examining physician.
WileyX3. Church
Last Ritas Today
Funeral service was held to
day at Patton's Ridge for Wiley
Garfield Church, 65, who died
Friday in Baptist hospital in Win
ston-Salem. Rev. Noah Beshears
conducted the las trltes.
Mr. Church, for many years a
resident of Jobs Cabin township,
is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Daisy Payne Church, and the
following children: Mrs. Minnie
Howell, Faye, Ernest, Will, Roy,
Gwyn, Dora Belle, Bly, Willa
Jean Church.
Funeral Today For
J. J. Motherly, 66
James Jefferson. Matherly, 6
well known resident of the Wil
kesboro route one community
near Purlear, died Saturday. Fun
eral and burial was held at Ar
bor Grove Methodist church with
Rev. A. W. Eller conducting the
service.
Mr. Matherly is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Lucrettie Hayes
Matherly, two brothers and one
sister: Fritz Matherly, Durham;
Green Matherly, Burlington; Mrs.
Fannie Heffner, Hickory.
Charles W. Sheets
At Family Shoe Store
Charles W Sheets today assum
ed his duties with the Family
Shoe Store in North Wilkesboro.
Mr. Sheets is well experienced in
shoe merchandising, having been
connected with Griffin Shoe com
pany in Greensboro before Com
ing to this city.
MOUNTAIN LIONS DROP GAME TO J
{SPENCER BY ONE POINT MARGIN
of an ei
by
Alter
North Wllkesooro Mountain ?
Lions played a 'brilliant game at |
Spencer Friday afternoon but) 1
lost the game 14 to 13 by margin
of an extra point placement kick
ier, Spencer fullback,
an exchange of punts
North Wilkesboro drove 50 yards
for the first touchdown of the
game in the first period. The
drive was climaxed by a 17-yard
ran around end iby Rousseau, who
scored the extra point on an end
run.
Also in the first period Spencer
put on a 60-yard drive and Rim
er went through tKF^Tttre to
score. He also kicked the extra
point. The second period was
flayed on even terms with neith
cr^teem scoring.
In the third quarter a 16-yard
penalty advanced Spencer to a
threatening position and T. Har
mon hit Baker in the end zone
on a fourth down pass for Spen
cer's second touchdown. Rimer
again kicked the point, which
was the margin of victory.
In the final period the Moun
tain Lions put on a sustained
drive for 78 yards to pay dirt
when Rousseau went through for
four yards to score. Davis tried
through the line for the extra
point and missed by inches. In
-view of the fact that Spencer has
?one of the best teams in the
-South Piedmont conference, the
"North Wilkesboro team made an
?excellent showing and barely
-missed a tie in the contest.
Tos. N. Wilkesboro Spencer
"LB?Steelman ?- -? Barrier
XT?Adams ? Pierce
1/3?Cox - ScruggB
?C ?'Winters C. Harmon
RG?Gaddy I - Sebastian
RT?Moore McCoy
RE?Hadley .! Withers
?QR?Swofford ? Baker
XH-^|dgett .... Henderson
KH-Stoker T. Harmon
3TB?Davis Rimer
Score by periods: '
N. Wilkesboro 7 0 0 6?13
? Cnencer ?, 0 7 7 0 14
North Wilkesboro scoring
touchdowns?Rousseau 2. Point
:tft?r touchdown ? Rou#s??u
(scrimmage).
Spencer scoring touchdowns?
Rimer, Baker. Points after touch
lowns?Rimer (2, placements).
Substitutes: North Wllkesboro
?Hudson, Ward, Soots, Day.
Spencer?Holshouser, Swlcegood,
D. Harmon, Barker, Everhart,
Moore.
Walsh-McGee Plan
Reunion October 3rd
Annual reunion of the Walsh
and MoGee families will he held
at Beaver Creek BaptiBt church,
Sunday, October 3, with an all
day program, including dinner on
the grounds. Dr. W. 'K. MoGee,
director of religious education at
the Baptist hospital in Winston
Salem, will be the principal
speaker. All members of the
Walsh and MoGee families and
their friends are invited. Rev. A.
J. Foster and John Walsh are co
chairmen of the Walsh-MoGee as
sociation. '
District Library
Meeting Thursday
Following is the program for
the district library meeting to
be held at the North Wilkesboro
town hall Thursday:
10:00 ? Greetings from the
hostess, Miss Kate Finley.
Meeting opened by chairman
of the board of trustees, Mr. P.
Ward Eshelman.
10:15?National Plan for Pub
lic Library Service, Mrs. Blanche
H. Clement. /
10:45 ? Implementing the
National Plan in North Carolina,
Miss Marjorie Beal.
11:15?Why Statistics?, Miss
Madge Blalock.
11:30 ? Home Demonstration
Club Reading Program, Miss
Ruth Current.
12:0 0?Discussion.
12:15?Anouncements and ad
journment.
1:00 to 2:00^-Lunch.
2:00?Afternoon Session con
venes.
2:15?North Carolina Educa
tion Commission, Mrs. R. S. Fer
guson.
3:00 ? Books and Reading,
Miss Marianne Martin.
3:3 0?Discussion.
4:00?Adjournment.
Lions Will Play
Asheboro Here
North Wilkesboro Lions will
lay the improved Asheboro foot
all team in a South Piedmont
onference game here Friday
ight. Early gamee indicate that
Lsheboro will be a power in the
onference this year and a most
ixciting game is anticipated.
Wilkesboro Ramblers will play
Highlands Conference game at
Iranite Falls Friday afternoon of
bis week.
Optimist Club
To Meet Tuesday
The Optimist club will meet in
regular luncheon meeting Tues
day noon at Hotel Wilkes.
An interesting program has
been planned for the meeting,
and all members are requested to
be present.
FLASHERS LEAD LEAGUE IN BATTING; WIN MANY INDIVIDUAL HONORS
Here are pictured the North Wilkesboro Flashers who finished second in the Blue Ridge league pennant
chase, but led the league in batting and folding averages. Following are listed the players pictured with batting
averages and other honors: Front row, left to rights Jack Cooper, 320, on all Idague all star teams; Richard
Long, 264; Douglas Shores, 335, 91 RBI, on all league all star teams; Manager Henry 'Flash' Loman; Kenneth
Howard, 269, leading base stealer and all star centerfielder; Tom Daddino, 288, all star first baseman; Joe
Tagliarino,. 269, all star shortstop; Mike Brelich, 294, nine homers; Back row?Troy Stanley, 301; Frank
Emerson, pitcher; Tommy Young, 306, pitcher, won 10, lost 6; Jerry Dolan, pitcher, won 6, lost 2; Willard
Kops, 208, won 7, lost 5; Sam Gibson, 288, won IB, lost 8; Johnny Mercak, 278, all star catcher. Above figures
are unofficial but near complete for season. Worth Cuthbertson, hard luck pitcher with low earned run average
and record of 10 wins, nine losses, was out with broken arm and was not in above picture. Ray Blevins, pitch
er with record of nine wins and three losses, was also absent when picture was made.?(Photo by Lane Atkin
son, Jr.).
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On the ere of the hospital bond
election in North Wllkesboro to
morrow interest was at a high
pitch today as proponents and op
ponents put the finishing touches
to their, campaigns.
Registration for the election
totaled 1,173, and under the law
a majority of those registered
must vote for tne proposal in
order for it to be approved. In
other words, those who fail to
vote have the same effect as
those who vote against the pro
posal.
Polls will open at 6:30 a. m.
and will close at 6:30 p. m. at the
North WUkeeboro town hall. ,
Those favoring the proposal
to vote $275,000 in ibonds for
erection of a hospital and tax
levy to guarantee operating def
icit, if any, will mark "yes" to
both questions, and those who
vote in opposition will mark "no"
on the ballots.
The proposal is for the city to
put up not more than $275,000
for erection of a 100-bed hos
pital, which will cost about $1,
200,0000, with state and federal
funds making up over 77 per
cent of the total cost of building
and complete equipment.
BRUSHY MOUNTAIN BAPTISTS ?
HAUE SUCCESSFUL ASSOCIATION
Baptists of the Brushy Moun
tain Association held a most suc
cessful annual session Tuesday
and Wednesday at Little Rock
church hear Boomer.
Of the 33 churches in the as
sociation, which includes church
es of the Wilkeeboros and the
western part of the county, 32
were represented by delegates
and all by letters.
The association re-elected all
officers as follows: T. E. Story,
moderator; Rev. C. J. Poole, vice
moderator; J. P. Jordan, clerk;
Dr. H. G. Duncan, historian. The
nominating committee was com-;
posed of W. A. Proffit, W. O.
Barnett and Don Nichols.
The time, place ana preachers'
committee selected Gordon Bap
tist at North Wiikesboro as place
for the next annual session to be
held on Tuesday and Wednesday
before the fourth Sunday in Sept
ember, 1949^ For the first day
sermon the committee named
Rev. W. N. Brookshire with Rev.
with Rev. W. N. Hayes as alter
nate. Composing the committee
were Roy Parsons, I. S. Baity
and Thomas Hayes.
J. Hamp Rich, of Boone Trail'
fame, presented to the associa
tion a walnut gavel which he
said was made from a walnut
tree under which Daniel Boone
once paused to rest during his
pioneer trek through northwest
ern North Carolina.
Those who participated in the
two-day program included: Miss
Lunda Hendren, Mrs. G. G. Pos
ter, Rev. W. N. Brookshire, Rev.
E. C. Shoe, Dr. John T. Way
land, Rev. Grady Hamby, Miss
Peggy Nichols, Rev. Eugene Ol
ive. Mrs. W. K. Sturdivant, Dr.
L. L. Carpenter, Rev. C. J. Poole,
Rev. M. A. Hauss, Dr. H. G.
Duncan, Rev. C. S. Wellborn, J.D.
Fraley, Miss Nora McGee, Rev. G.
W.NBullard, Rev. S. I. Watts, Dr.
W. K. MctJee, Rev. John Wells,
Rev. J. R. Layle.
The following resolution pre-j
pared by a committee composed
of F. G. Brlewer, Lafayette Math
erly and Mrs. Fred Blevlns was
unanimously Adopted by the as
sociation:
"Be It Reeodved, that we, the
delegates and members of the
iBrushy Mountain Association, in
annual meeting assembled at Lit
tle Rock church, this September
21 and 22, 1948:
First?That we acknowledge
and express our thanks to Al
mighty God for His manifold
blessings of the past year, for our
temporal needs so bountefully
provided and for His unlimited
grace extended to each of us. .
Second?That 'we express our
sincere appreciation and thanks
to the ministers, the Sunday
School teachers and officers and
other lay members of our As
sociation for their devotion, their
work and their financial sup
port of the Kingdom work In
.their respective churches and in
the "larger areas where service
has been rendered.
Third?That we express our
appreciation for the work done
by our assoclational missionary,
Miss S. Madge Lewis, who has
served for some years in this
position and until July 10, 1948,
when she resigned to go to Cali
fornia for further study and
work.
Fourth?That we are apprecia
tive and sincerely thankful for
the greatly enlarged opportunity
that will be offered to our peo
ple in this entire territory by
the bringing of Wake FY>rest Col
lege to Winston-Salem, and we
urge all of our churches and our
entire brotherhood to share ac
cording to their "ability in the
campaign now being conducted
to raise funds to erect buildings
on this new campus.
Fifth?That we pray to God
that the rulers and the leaders
of our Nation may have such in
Brother Of Boyd
Stout Succumbs
Auheboro.?O. W. stoat, 48,
died here Thursday morning of
a heart attack at the home of
his sister, Mrs. Paul Craven. He
is survived by one son, Max Wll
Hams Stout, of the Ringling
School of Art at Sarasota, Fla.;
one daughter, Miss Lena Pearl
Stout, of Tbomasvllle; four sis
ters, Mrs. J. A. Craven, of route
1, Seagrove, Mrs. B. H. McCarn,
of Baltimore, Md., Mrs. T. B.
Wrenn, of High Point, and Mrs
Paul Craven; and five brothers,
F. P. and J. D. of ronte 1, Ram
senr, W. J. of High Point, Boyd
of North Wilkes bo ro, and Reece
of Asheboro. Funeral was held
at 4:30 p. m. Saturday at Shi
loh Christian church with burial
in the church cemetery.
Smith Child, 5,
Injured By Auto
Elkin, Sept. 25.?Bobby Smith,
5, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. D.
Smith, suffered a serious head in
jury and a broken leg late yes
terday afternoon when he was
struck by a car reportedly op
erated by Fred Sidden, 20, , of
State Road.
Seriousness of the head injury
which rendered the child uncon
scious, is yet to be determined
at Elkin hospital. Supposedly, the
child dashed across the highway
directly in the path of the car.
No charges have been preferred
by investigating patrolmen.
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P.-T. A. Meeting 30th
Do you know the condition of
our city school buildings? Would
you like to see the Improvements
being made? The North Wilkes
boro Parent-Teacher Association
is having an "open house" on
Thursday evening, October 30th,
af. 7:30 o'clock. At this time,
you'll have an opportunity to
meet the faculty and inspect the
buildings. Make your plans to
attend this important meeting.
sight and sympathetic under
standing of the 8trained relation
ships now eod^ipg betWflsa W?ay
of the nations that a harmonious
and lasting peace may be worked
out to the best interest of all the
peoples of the Earth.
Sixth?That it is our sincere
desire that all our people renew
and double their efforts to com
bat the evils of intoxicating bev
erages. Crime has greatly increas
ed and more homes are broken
up and it is our guided opinion
that alcoholic bveerages is the'
greater cause of it.
Seventh?That appreciation is
expressed to the members of the
program committee for the ar
rangement of the two days' pro
grams and to those who have pre
pared and read the reports and
to all who have spoken on the
subjects that have come before
the association.
Eighth?That we each and all
express sincere appreciation to
the members of the tittle Rock
church for the kind hospitality
that has been expressed and
shown by every one throughout
the sessions of the association,
for the fine dinners that have
_ been served, for the flowers and
? all other expressions of kindness
that have been shown.
Travel Picture
Program Friday
At Kiwanis Meet
North Wilkesboro Kiwanis club
held an interesting meeting, fea
tured by a delightful program,
Friday noon.
The date for Ladles night was
changed to October 29.
Delegates to the Kiwanis Dis
trict Convention at Asheville,
Oct. 10, 11 and 12 were elected
as follows: W. H. McElwee, Paul
Osborne, T. E. Story, Paul
Church and Sam Winters.
Dr. O. R. Combs, program
chairman, brought to the club
a most interesting travel picture,
"The Shortest Way Home," which
showed a lot of the fine scenery
of our country from one end to
the other and wove into it a'
charming plot of a returned 01
who met again his army nurse
and claimed her for his own.
At the meeting Friday A. P.
Snow was guest of Paul Vestal
and Rev. B. M. Lackey was gueet
of H. H. Morehouse. ,
On Friday, September 17, the
club met at 6:80 p. m. at Smoot
Park with the Lions Club and
enjoyed a picnic "dinner served by
the women of the town, who Are
interested in raising funds for
the music concerts to be held
here later this year. A large
number of guests of both Klwan
lans and Lions was in attendance.
A delightful plate lunch was
served and eaten picnic style.
Following the dinner Forrest
Jones auctioned a number of ar
ticles which added an additional
sum to the music fund.
Baptists Brier
Creek Will Meet
Sept. 30 and 1st
The Brier Creek Association
meets in its 127th annual session
on September 30 and October 1
with Shiloh Baptist, church, a
bout one mile west of Windsor's
Cross Roads. The full program
of the session will be published
in Thursday's paper.
8 Team Defeats
Mt. Pleasant 7-0
North Wilkesboro football jay
vees won their first game of the
season here Saturday night by
defeating Mt. Pleasant's inex
perienced varsity 7 to.O in a
thrill-packed contest.
In the second period, Dan
Hudson ran on fourth down from
punt formation at the 35 to set
up the lone score, which was
made by Swofford through the
line. Hudson kicked the extra
point. The Mount Pleasant team
threatened in/the second period,
but fumbled on first down on
the five-yard line.
The North Wilkesboro lineup
included: Ends, Gillian, Church,
Shook, Caudill; tackles, Soots
and Shore; guards, Anderson,
York, Forester; center, S. Hud
son; backs, Swofford, D. Hud
son, Sloope, Harrold, Pardue,
Day, Ward.
WILKESBORO RAMBLERS OUTCLASS
MAIDEN TO WIN FRIDAY 29 To 0
Wilkesboro Ramblers easily
won their first football game of
the season here Friday night by
crushing an eleven from Maiden
29 to 0.
The Ramblers received and on
: the first pipy Groce hit Triplett
with a pass good for 25 yards.
Four plays later Triplett went
over left end to score and Groce
split the uprights from place
ment. Maiden received the kick
off and was forced to punt and
the Ramblers pnt on another
drive which was climaxed by
Grove's 30-yard dash to score. He
also kicked the extra point.
The second string backfield
played part of the second period
and Dancy slipped through for
25 yards. They failed to score
but tackled a Maiden back behind
the goal line for a safety. With
the starters back in the game
Whittington passed to Emerson
for a first down on the 15 and
Triplett scored. Groce kicked the
point to make the score 23 to 0.
Starting the second half Whit
tington returned the short kiek
off 30 yards and Groce picked up
20. A pass froih Whittington to
Triplett was good for a touch
down and Groce missed from
placement for the first time.
Wilkesboro fumbled a punt .in
the third period to give Maiden a
beautiful scoring opportunity and
they reached the one-yard line
when a penalty set them back
15 yards. After Wilkesboro took
over Maiden threatened again on
an intercepted pass but the drive
bogged on the 15.
The fourth quarter was ragged
with fumbles and penalties on
both sides ruining all drives and
neither teiyn scored.
Pos. Wilkesboro Maiden
LE?Edwards ?... Wllkerson
LT?Brewer Rogers
1X3?Parks Caldwell
C ?Parker Ingle
RG?Story Harbison
RT?Prevette Huitt
RE?Emerson - Bolieh
QB?Whittington ... Setzer
LH?Triplett Fish
RH?Groce , Keener
FB?Linney Lineberger
Score by periods:
Maiden 0 0 0 0?0
Wilkesboro .... 14 9 6 0^-29
Wilkesboro flooring touchdowns
?Groce, Triplett (8). Scoring
extra points?Groce (3, place
ments). Safety?Maiden runner
tackled in end zone.
Substitutes: Wilkesboro, Pear
Ison, Banner, Lowe, Joines, Sta
ley, Dancy, Byrd, Glass, Garwood,
Terrell; Maiden, Arndt, Bumgar
ner, Burgess, Caldwell, Farris,
W. Harwell,. J. Harwell, Posey,
Lowman, Long, Parker, Sigmon.