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HOSPITAL Opportunity is here to erect ? modern hospital for only 22 per cent of the cost OUR CITY North Wilkesboro has a trading radius of 50 miles, serving 100,000 people in The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 42 Years Northwestern Carolina. Vol. 43, No. 57 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBOBO, N. C., Monday, Nov. 1, 1948 Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center -?X Merchants Planning Christmas Events Lights On Nov. 26; Program On Streets Dec. 3 Santa To Arrive In Sleigh While Choral Groups Sing Yuletide Songs Friday, November 26, the day after Thanksgiving, was set by the Trade Promotion committee of the Wilkes Chamber of Com merce as the date .for turning on Christmas lighting in the Wllkes boros. The committee in meeting on Wednesday set Friday, December 3, as the date for a public Christ Sas program on the streets of e Wilkesboros and laid prelimi nary plans for the event, which is expected to draw record crowds. More Christmas Ugh ting The Christmas lighting plan this year will be by far the most effective ever put on here, W. G. Gabriel, committee chairman, stated. In North Wilkesboro the street lighting will be on iB< street from Fifth to Tenth; on Tenth from A to D; on Ninth from A to D; and on A from Eighth to Tenth, which Is a new addition this year. , In Wilkesboro the lighting will be from Midway to the Wil keboro postoffice. Robert S. Gibbs, manager of Duke Power company, is serving in an advisory capacity with Roy and George Wells, who have con tract for the Christmas lighting work. In addition to street lighting, the Junior Chamber of Com merce is expected to again spon sor the home lighting contest, which always adds much to the holiday season. It was also sug gested to stores that they have special Christmas displays in their show windows by Novem ber 26. Different Christmas Program This year, the committee plans a departure from the usual pa rade plan of Christmas program j for the public. Choral groups from all schools pnd churches in Wilkes county will be invited to participate in the program to be held about six P. m. on December 3. With light- I ed candles these groups will sing about a Christmas tree and San-' ta Claus will arrive In a sleigh "drawn by four horses. Santa will then distribute gifts to children. Town councils of the Wilkes boroB will be asked to erect light ed Christmas trees, one on the courthouse lawn in Wllkesboro and another at the North Wllkes boro city hall. Proclamations will be issued by mayors of the Wilkes bo ros inviting everybody to attend the Christmas program, which is ex pected to be one of the most lmT preasive holiday programs ever attempted here. i In other matters pertaining to the holiday season, the committee planned for the playing of Christ mas carols at regular intervals from December 10 through De cember 24. Stores will remain open until ;eight p. m. December 22, 23, and 24. Stores will be closed on ! Christmas day, Saturday, Decem ber 25, and will reopen on Mon day, December 26. Reports Are Given Tom Jenrette reported to the ?ommittee on Farmers' Day, which all agreed was a highly successful event, and plans were made for some Improvements next year. Reports were also giv en on collection of funds for fi nancing Farmers' Day and the Christmas lighting program. Carnival Here j Nets Near $1250 Halloween carnival held Saturday night at North Wilkesboro school under sponsorship of the Parent Teacher association netted approx imately $1,250. The event was one of the most successful in the history of the school and was enjoyed by a throng of adults and children who found ample entertainment in the many features of the carnival. Mrs. J. T. Baity, P.-T. A president, today ex pressed appreciation for the splen did support given by the public, and stated that a detailed statement of receipts and expenses will be pub lished later. Proceeds will be used to improve school lighting. RAMBLERS NOTCH 19TH VICTORY t BY DEFEATING JONESVILLE 27-6 Wilkesboro Ramblers notched up their 19th consecutive victory here Saturday night by defeating a bard-fighting end surprisingly spirited Jonesville eleven 27 to 6. Wilkesboro received and Lin ney ran the kick back to the Jonesville 42, where on the first play from scrimmage Dancy shot a pass to Triplett who went all the way to score, but the play was called back because of off side. Prom that point both teams started fumbling and recovering each other's fumbles and IT~Was not until late in the period that the Ramblers showed their usual form and got a drive- under way Linney made 20, Triplett 35. Lin ney another first and Triplett ran around end to score. Qroce kick ed the point. Barly in the second quarter, Vestal ran 60 yards for Jones ville to the one-yard line and Bowles carried over on the sec ond play. Pass try for point fail ed. Coach Hoffman pulled the first team to give instructions and the second team went over half the length of the field In three plays to score. Harold Dan cy streaked off 20 yard's and on the next play ran thyagh Jones ville for 40 yards to the one. On the next play he went over and Groce kicked the point to make the score 14 to 6. In the third * quarter "Wilkes boro drove to the three-yard line and fumbled. Jonesville ran a play and fumbled on the ten, reserve halfback, ran end ten yards to score !lng up and Groce's kick was blocked. Wilkesboro drove to the ten-yard line again in the third quarter and lost the ball on a fumble. The last Wilkesboro score in the game was in the fourth quar ter when Triplett made another dating run to score and Groce's wars badly hamT pered by injuries and were not was out with a bad ankle and Groce was not at top form be cause of a leg injury. Harold Dancy made splendid runs as a replacement until he was Injured late in the game. Three front teeth were knocked out and he received facial cuts about his mouth. Starting for Wilkeeboro were Edwards and Emerson, ends; Brewer and Prevette, tackles; Parks and Story, guards; Par ker, center; Triplett and Groce, halfbacks; Dan Linney, fullback; Dancy, quarterback, although Garwood played regularly at quar terback most of the game. Sub stitutes were Garwood, Byrd, Ter rell, Staley, Joines, Lowe, Ban ner, Pearson, Nichols, Barber, Kennedy and Whittington. Score by periods: Wilkesboro _...7 7 6 7?27 Jonesville ? 0 6 0 0? 6 .?Scoring touchdowns i? Wilkes boro, Triplett 2, Dancy, Byrd; points, Groce 3, from placement; Jonesville, Bowles. Wes Hayden in Sunday's Win ston-Salem Journal made the fol lowing comment about the Ramb ers team: "Followers of Wilkesboro's razzle-dazzle Ramblers are with considerable justification beating the drums for their favorites to land in somebody's prep bowl this fall .... The lads who are mak ing the sliding T click are Ray Triplett and Jack Groce, a pair of speedsters who have learned to handle the leather like Houdlnl from Quarterback Bill Whitting ton. The Ramblers ' regular sea son winning streak went up to 19, Incidentally, last night. The last three tiffs In '46, 10 straight last year and six under Coach Marvin Hoffman this time out. "Pickers wouldn't go wrong.in tabbing them, especially if they go all the way from here", u Statesyille Here Friday, 8 P. M.; Ramblers At Boone North Wilkesboro Mountain Lions -trill be host to Statesville in football here Friday night at eight o'clock. Statesyille is cur rently leading the South Pied mont conference, undefeated and I untied, and the Mountain Lions ?will strive to upset the favored eleven. Wilkesborp's Ramblers will go to Boone to play Friday at eight p. m. They will foe gunning for their 20th straight victory. On November 12, Wilkesboro will play Children's Home in Winston Salem in the orphanage's home coming, the game to start as 3:30 p. m. Junior Red Cross Campaign Begins In Wilkes County The 1948 Junior Red Cross en-' rollment campaign is beginning this week in city, county, and parochial schools all over the United States. Miss Kate Ogilvie, Wilkes county Junior Red Cross chairman, said that a goal of 100 percent enrollment has been set for the two weeks period?No vember 1-15. Last year most of the schools in Wilkes county voluntarily en rolled and many of them took part in the Junior Red Cross pro duction program, a total of 1986 articles being made in art or sewing classes for the armed forces, veterans hospitals, and overseas relTef. TWaTaflT requests have already been received for articles to be sent to polio con valescent hospitals and to Oteen Veterans' hospital in our state. In order that the public may know hoiw Junior Red Cross funds have been expended, the following financial statement is being submitted: Balance on hand July 1', 1947, $284.01. Receipts (contributions) 1947 Junior Red Cross enroll ment, $397.34.Total service fund, $681.35. Expenditures for the year: En rollment fees sent to national, $132.00; contribution National Children's Fund, $35.00; articles for veterans' hospitals, $52.28; community service, disaster re lief, $91.00; overseas gift box program, $210.00; comfort arti cles Wilkes T. B. hospital, .$25 00; allotted chapter 1948 fund campaign, $75.00. Total, $620.28. Balance on hand July 1, 1948, $61.07. Wilkes Teachers A! N.C.E.A. Meet A number of Wilkes county teachers attended th^neetings of the northwestern district of the' North Carolina Education Asso-j elation which was held in High : Point Friday, October 22'. Miss ( Thelma Laws represented the Wilkes unit at a conference at 10:00 a. m. Mr. William T. Long, chairman of the district princi pals' group, presided over a meet ing of the principals at 3:30. Others attended the general meet- ? ings at 2:00 and 8:00 p. m., and departmental meetings as 3:30. Matters of importance and in terest were brought before the ?yr?jj|v as well as sevferal in-, spjraMfe^alks by professional, and Ia^tiBBp^in education. Mr.' Ralph Pria^Mtdtaerintendent of Forsyth countySBbls, was elec ted president of the district for the ensuing year. Hallowe'en Event Nets Over $700 The Halloween carnival Friday night at the Wilkesboro school was' a highly successful event, and re sulted in raising more than $700 for the fund to complete the gym nasium. Miss Peggy Jarvis was voted queen of the carnival with Bill Byrd winning as king. The contests were spirited and provided much enter tainment, along with games apd various booths. Sheriff Johnson Taken By Death; Funeral Sunday! ? Prominent Business, Indus trial And Political Lead er Died Saturday John H. Johnson, age 84, who was widely and popularly known as "Sheriff," because of the position he once held, died Saturday morn ing at his farm-home, in the suburb of Wilkesboro, after three months j illness, which involved a major op eration. Sheriff Johnson was prominent in the affairs of Wilkes county and this section of the state, both in in dustry and politics, for more than half a century. ?_fter a period of school teaching, he was appointed, in the early nineties, to the position of storekeeper and gauger, a place which supplemented his already es tablished mercantile and farming operations. In 1898 he was elected Sheriff and Treasurer of Wilkes county, which was followed by three re-elections. On the retire ment from the sheriff's office, he was elected to the board of county commissioners and served as chair man of that body through several terms. In the meantime, he was associa ted with others iri the formation of the Oak Furniture company, a man ufacturing establishment, to which he was elected secretary-treasurer, on his retirement from the sheriff's office. The active and successful management of this plant was his for the next quarter of a century. He was president of the Horton Tel ephone company, which held im portant properties in the northwest section of the state. He was one of the organizers of the Citizens Loan and TruBt company, which was later merged into another local fi nancial institution. Over a long period of years, he was a director of the Bank of North Wilkesboro and a member of its loan committee. He was one of the organizers and, at the time of his death, the president of the Wilkesboro Building and Loan Association. Over a good [portioir of his lstt?*-#*aTfc he was extensively engaged in farming and stock raising in this and Ashe coun ties. Sheriff Johnson was a native of Wilkes county, and was bom near| Doughton, October 22, 1864. He' was the son of the late William andj Sarah Crouse Johnson. He was twice married, first to Mrs. Ada Greenwood, of Surry county, and to them was bom a daughter, now Mrs. R. C. Sheilds of Winston Salem. After the early death of his first wife, he was later married to Mrs. Mollie McEwen Tulbert, widow of the late Mansfield Tulbert, and daughter of the late John E. McEwen, who was also a former sheriff of Wilkes county. To them! were bom three children, Mrs. ( George Kennedy, of Wilkesboro, Miss Sam Johnson, of the home, and the late John Henry Johnson, Jr., who was a captain in the armed forces of the United States during World War II. Mrs. Henry Rey nolds, of Greensboro, is a step daughter. There are eight grand children. Sheriff Johnson, during his en tire manhood, was a consistent: member of the Baptist church. He !was a deacon of the Wilkesboro Baptist church and took an active, ! and enthusiastic interest and part in all its activities. Those from a distance attending the funeral service included: R. C. j Vaughn, Mr. and MVs. E. E. Bum garner, Felix Webster, Mr. and Mrs. PYank Kennedy, Miss Martha Anne Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. Bur ton Wolfe, Mrs. C. C. Clinard and James Hayes, Jr., of Winston-1 Salem; Dr. James W. Davis, Dr. J. Sam Holbrook, T. J. Weber and Frank King, of Statesville; Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Donaldson and Miss. Hilda Donaldson, of Troutman; Miss Lillian Harkrader, Mrs. Earl iCobb, Miss Elizabeth Haworth, of i Greensboro; Mr. and Mrs. T. V.j Cockerham and W. W. Cockerham,; pf Elkin; Avalon E. Hall, of Yad- ; kinville; Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Jones i and Vance McBride, of Harmony;; Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Payne, of High J j Point. Funeral service was held on Sunday afternoon at the resi-j dence and burial w$s in the fam-. ly plot in Mount Lawn Memorial I Park. Rev. W. N. Brookshlre, Wilkes boro, Baptist pastor, held the service, assisted iby Rev. James M. Hayes, pastor of North Winston Baptist church, and Judge John son J. Hayes, who paid tribute to the life of Sheriff Johnson. Pall bearers were grandsons and nephews; J.D. Shields, Ralph Shields, Hal Shields and Vernon Highflll, of Wlnston-flalem; Hen ry Reynolds, Jr., of Greensboro; Wm. O. Johnson, of North Wil kedboro; and Walter Presley Johnson, of Sparta; also Herman Quire, of Blkin. Thr-rnrti?rd Tr ?1s?1i*s>h j 2 Calls Answered By Fire Department Fire of undetermined origin in the basement of the building occupied by the Southern Clean ers on Ninth street was extin guished Thursday night by the North Wilkesboro fire depart ment. When the fire .was discovered it had made considerable head way and had burned through the floor. On Friday afternoon the fire department answered a call to Jim Allen's home on K street, where a grass fire was endan gering residences. Hoey Speaks Here To Large Crown Thursday Night Senator Clyde R. Hoey in an ad- j dress before an overflow crowd J Thursday night at the North | Wilkesboro city hall uphold the. Democratic as the proper agency for county, city'and national gov-' ernment and urged his hearers to> vote the Democratic ticket all the j way through Tuesday. Senator Hoey's address was the highlight of the Wilkes Democratic' rally, which climaxed a vigorous' campaign in Wilkes county. I Watson Brame, chairman of the Democratic executive committee, opened the meeting and called on W. J. Bason to preside. He wel comed the crowd, which more than filled the auditorium and overflowed onto the street, where loud speakers were provided. H. P. (Pat) Taylor, candidate for lieutenant governor, spoke briefly and presented C. B. Deane, eighth district congressman. Representa tive Deane predicted victory for the Democratic ticket, and introduced Senator Hoey. In his usual entertaining manner Senator Hoey proceeeded with a smooth flow of oratory which held| the crowd with rapt attention. Candidates for county offices j were presented at the meeting, which was attended by party mem bers from all sections of the county. Trophy For Winner On Gridiron Here! Also For Blockers Beginning this season, the Lib erty Theatre will give a silver trophy to the winner of the North Wilkesboro - Wilkesboro football game, and atrophy to the player selected on each team as the best blocker. The attractive trophy for win- [ ner of the annual Wilkes classic ; will become the permanent prop erty of either school winning it three years in succession. The blocking trophy will be the perm anent property of any player win ning it one year, and there is one for each team. The player selec ted for the blocking trophy will be chosen by team mates. The trophies are now on dis play in the show windows of The Jewel Box and will be presented on the stage of the Liberty tre atre at a date to be selected by the schools following their foot ball game on November 19. o Mrs. Bishop Is Taken By Beath Mrs. Minnie McEwen Bishop, 65, fe of Charlie Bishop, of near ilkesboro, died Thursday. Mrs. Bishop was a member of one Wilkes' best known families, be g a daughter of the late J. E. and uinie Bledsoe McEwen. The surviving members of her mily are her husband, one daugh r and one son, Mrs. Morgan >ope, of North Wilkesboro, and lul Bishop, of Wilkesboro; also ro sisters and one brother, Mrs. H. Johnson, of Wilkesboro, Miss aude McEwen and A. M. McEwen, Ferguson. Funeral service was held Satur iy at the home with Rev. W. N. "ookshire, Wilkesboro Baptist pas-| r, officiating, and burial was in] ount Lawn Memorial Park. o Singing Sunday A county-wide singing will be held at the gospel tabernacle in Wilkesboro Sunday, November 7, two p. m. A1 singers have a special invitation to attend. Rev. Harvey Phillips will deliver a brief message at the close of the singing, and his radio singers will participate. utee were carried by ladles of] Agricultural Group Will Meat Thursday| Agricultural committee of the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce, of which W. K. Sturdivant is chairman, will meet Thursday night, 7:80, in the Chamber of Commerce office. All members are asked to be present, along with representatives of the Extension Service, Triple A, Soil Conservation Service, Farm Home Administration and National Farm Loan Association. Plans will be laid for high school and sawmill field days in forestry work, county and district soil con servation essay contest, and a farm planning meeting to be held here to establish agricultural progress goals for the county. P. W. Eshelman's Step-Mother Dies Statesville.?Mrs. A. F. Eshel man died Tuesday night at Davis Hospital, where she had been a patient for five weeks. Mrs. Eshelman lived in High Point for about 35 years. She has been spending her Winters in States ville with her sister, Mrs. C. IV Kelger. Besides Mrs. Kelger, she leaves one other sister, Mrs. N. J. Muse of Carthage. Funeral was held Thursday at 11 a. m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kelger on West End Avenue. Interment was in the High Point Cemetery at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Mrs. A. F. Eshelman was the step-mother of P. W. Eshelman of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Eshel man attended the funeral at Statesville and High Point Thurs day. Eller's To Open Against Mitchell j Eller's Bluejackets basketball team, Millers Creek, backed by El ler's Lumber. Supply, will open the season Tuesday night against the Mitchell College team in Statesville. On Saturday night Mitchell will retnrn the game at Millers Creek. Tickets for the Mitchell college game will go on sale Wednesday at Brame's Drug store. Eller's team stock was boost ed today when word arrived that Tom Daddino, of Delanco, N. J., polished first baseman of the North Wilkesboro Flashers, will come here to play basketball with Eller's this season. o Minstrel Show At Traphill School 6j Traphill high school students, ill present "Coon Holler" min trel at Traphill school Saturday, rovember 6, 7:30 p. m. Proceeds rom admission charges will go, j the basketball team for need d equipment. The public is cor ially invited and is assured of ood entertainment. ? o Scientists and engineers have sen working for 20 years on the roblems of growing and pro issing sweet potatoes for starch. Parties Wind Up Hot Campaign For Tuesday's Election Major political pai-tles today were winding np intensive cam paigns for votes In the election Tuesday, with a record vote fore cast across the nation. Addresses Saturday closer the campaigns for President Truman and Tom Dewey, Democrat and Republican, who will fight It out for the presidency, while Strom Thurmond,-* States Rights candi date, and Henry Wallace, Pro gressive, also try to garner big blocks of votes. Polls favor Dewey to win and predict a close contest for con trol of the senate, with 2 sena tors to be elected. The Republi cans now have a majority of three. In the state, Democratic can didates are confident of election while Republicans put up their busiest effort since 1928. In Wilkes county the Repub lican officials are again candi dates and Democrats are waging a spirited campaign. Polls will open t 6:30 a. m., and close at 6:30 p. m. Optimist Club Has A Good Meeting With President Maurice B. Walsh presiding, the Optimist Club of North Wilkesboro held its regular luncheon meeting on Tuesday of last week at Hotel Wilkes with a splendid attend ance of membres. This meeting of the club was also devoted to a business session and round ta ble discussion. The club was pleased to wel come into honorary membership Rev. ?. J. Winslow, pastor of the Wilkesboro Methodist church. The next meeting of the club will be held on Tuesday, Novem ber 9th, at-12 o'clock noon. AH members are urged to be present' President Maurice Walsh and Secretary Forrest Tugman, of the local Optimist club attended the district meeting held in Char lotte Saturday. o Dr. and Mrs. Walter A. White, >f Atlanta, Ga., are spending a ew days in the city with Dr. White's brother, Mr. Joe White, md family. Dr. and Mrs. White vitnessed the Duke-Georgia Tech ootball game at Durham Satur lay afternoon which Tech worn .9 to 7. -u Mrs. Ray Carson and daugh er, Polly, have returned from ten days' trip to Lexington and it. Sterling, Ky., where they vis :ed friends. They made the trip here and back by plane. Mr. James Edward Day, of this Ity, and Miss Becky Saunders, f Bedford, Va., who were mar led on Saturday, October 16, re moving into their apartment t iHill Haven Court on Sixth treat. MOUNTAIN LIONS DEFEAT MONROE HERE FRIDAY NIGHT SCORE 14-7 I North Wilkesboro Mountain Lions i defeated the strong Monroe team here Friday night 14 to 7. With scoring breaks the score could Have been higher for the North Wilkes-1 boro eleven, who were not to be de- j nied their first conference victory.' Paying a splendid team game with teamwork all the way, the Mountain Lions lost little time getting ahead in the game. After recovering a fumble on the 45 Davis and Badgett made it a first down, Swofford gained 7 and Stoker ran a reverse 20 yards to the 4. Davis scored on the second try and Hud son split the uprights with place- i ment. I A second period threat by the Lions was set up when Hudson's! pass to Hadley was ruled complete' : because of interference. Badgett land Swofford drove to the one-yard, line but the ball went over to Mon roe on a penalty. Monroe put on a' short drive as the half ended. ! Early in the second quarter North Wilkesboro struck quickly for the! second score of the game when Hudson faded back and shot a beau tiful pass over the Monroe team for 15 yards to Badgett, who raced the remaining 35 yards to score. Hud-j son's placement was good and, North Wilkesboro was out in front1 14 to 0. j Monroe drove right hack when Ayscue ran 26 yards to the 32. Had- j ley picked up several yards, and, Ayscue carried to the one yard line,) where Hadley took the ball andj plunged into the end f one. Hadley's for Monroe was good to.1 ! Early in the fourth quarter the Mountain Lions were on the march again when Badgett gained 9 and Swofford picked up 15 to the ten 1 yard stripe. Davis hammered at jthe stiffened Monroe line but was ' stopped on the 3. A short punt by Monroe went out on the 25 and the Lions wefe hammering at the goal line again, but a 4th down pass went incomplete and Monroe took over to nut on a last dit"h nassino- attack that carried for only one substantial gain just before t he game ended. The. starting lineup for North Wilkesboro had Fadley and Steel man , at ends; Moore and Adams, I tackles; Day and Gaddy, guards; Winters, center; Stoker, quarter back;. Swofford, left half; Badgett, right half; Davis, fullback. North Wilkesboro substitutes were Sloope, Cox, Hudson, Soots. In Monroe's starting backfield were Covington, Avscue, Lemmon | and Hadley. The line from left to ? right were Walton, Fuller, Funder iburk, Howie, Broome, Woods, Helms. Score by periods: N. Wilkesboro ....-7 0 7 0 14 I ' Monroe 0 0 7 0 7 Scoring touchdowns for North I Wilkesboro: Davis, Badgett; extra points, Hudson 2 from placement. Scoring touchdown and point for Monroe, Hadley. At half time high school girls beautifully dressed in evening dress es appeared on the field as sponsors of the members of the football team. The North Wilkesboro band also added to entertainment for the