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3 For A Mer rier , Christ mas Shop In The Wilkes boros. Shop Early. OUR CITY Vol. 43. No. 65 Published Mondays and Thursdays North Wilkesboro has a trading radius of 60 miles, serving 100,000 people in Northwestern Carolina. Thursday Night Thursday oyer six hundred members of the Wilkes Com- J munlty Concert Association will j hear the first concert to be pre-: sented by the organization In the Liberty theatre at 8 o'clock. The General Platoff Don Cossack1 Chorus will open the series of three concerts which also in cludes the Bary Ensemble in Jan uary, and John Tyers, baritone, in March. f This is the tenth American fteason of the Platoff Don Cos sacks who came here to sing at the San Francisco World's Fair in 1939 and have been here ev er since. During their last con cert in Washington they were signally honored with a visit by President Truman and his daugh ter, Margaret, who also went back stage to greet Nicholas Kostru koff, director of the chorus. In the current program of the Cossacks, Soloduhin, the famous Cossack dancer, is featured in the Lezginka, a barbaric dance which begins oh the Bag. lilt of a peas ant song and concludes in a wild dance of Jubilation. With the en tire chorus providing the vocal background, Soloduhin performs the traditional dagger dance which never fails to stir his au diences. Two of the oustanding news papers in the country have said: "Still stands among the best choral groups now to be heard in our concert hall"i?N. Y. Times; "When they stamp onto the stage in perfect formation with their erect military bearing and bright uniforms you get your first im pulse to cheer and your second one when they begin to sing"? Boston. Post. AAA ELECTION CHAIRMEN NAMED I TO HOLD AAA ELECTION ON DEC. 2 H. C. Roberts, chairman of the Wilkes County AAA committee, stated today that the following men had been selected to serve as "elec tion chairmen" on Decembr 2nd: Antioch, Arthur Sale; Beaver Creek, L. F. Walsh; Boomer, Ralph Swan son; Brushy Mountain, J. D. Cost ner; Edwards No. 1, John Q. Burcham; Edwards No. 2, O. P. Hol brook; Elk, E. C. Hodges; Jobs Cabin-Stanton, H. H. Beshears; Lewis Fork, C. W. Proffit; Love-i lace, C. W. Hendren; Moravian Falls, W. R. Hubbard; Mulberry, H H. Jennings; New Castle, C. M. Welborn; North Wilkesboro, J. E. Williams; Reddies River, W. T. Snyder; Rock Creek, T. J. McNeil; Somers, K. W. Souther; Traphill, Wesley Joines; Union, A. R. Miller; Walnut Grove, L. G. Billings; and Wilkesboro, Harvey Johnson. At this time, Community Com mitteemen will be elected and dele gates chosen to the County Conven tion on December 3rd. Mr. Roberts emphasizes that these annual elections of committee men give the farmer a chance to make his voice heard. "If you are pleased with the present adminis tration you should show it by voting. On the other hand, if youj wish changes you should show that by voting." "Every farmer should show interest in his local farm pro gram and elect those men whom he RAMBLERS BEAT MOUNT AIM LIONS 25 TO 6 IN ANNUAL CLASSIC HERE Wilkesboro's Ramblers won the football championship of Wilkes county Thanksgiving afternoon 25 to 6 before 3,000 fans in Memorial Park. It was a contest through the fifst 'half with North Wilkesboro holding the rapid Ramblers in check a greater part of the time and staging some offense of their own, but the Ramblers pulled away in the third period and went on to win by a comfortable margin. Wilkesboro received and imme diately lost the ball on a fumble on the 35. With Davis blasting the line the Mountain Lions marched to the ten and Wilkesboro held. After an exchange of punts the teams ex changed fumbles around the 20-yard line and Wilkesboro carried to mid field as the first period ended with the score 0?0. Wilkesboro opened up offensively to begin the second period, using forwards and laterals. A pass from Whittington to Groce made it first on the 15. Groce picked up four in two. tries, Triplett made it a first on the five and scored on the next play. Groce's placement for extra point was wide. The Mountain Lions came back with a drive fea tured by gains by Davis, Swofford and Badgett but Wilkesboro held and. Hudson kicked. Featured by a Whittington pass to Groce, Wilkesboro drove to the 26 as the half ended. Early in the third period Wilkes boro drove to the 26 but was set back on a penalty and Whittington kicked, aiming for the coffin corner. The punt was fumbled at the goal line, rolled into the end zone, where a North Wilkesboro player picked up the ball and immediately laid it back down on the end zone turf, where Prevette covered it for a Wilkesboro touchdown. Groce's kick for extra point was again wide and: the score was 12?0. t Wilkesboro's third touchdown was set up when Linney took a direct pass from center and streaked down VWHWWWWWWwmWiWWWMWWWWWWH'.W ACTION GALORE IN ANNUAL CLASSIC __ Tl\ia"Z?e thow* ?e,in#1Ltant of pterty of action in the North Wllkesboro-Wdkesboro football game Thursdav in Memorial Park, *r$ich Wilkesboro won 25 to 6 after -a closely contested finst half. (Photo by Lane's Studio). Ace Parker Will Present Football Trophies Dec. 7 Presentation Will Be On Liberty Theatre Stage Seven P. M. On 7th Ace Parker, former All-Ameri can backfleld star and now 'back field coach at Duke University, will present the Liberty Theatre trophy to Wllkesboro, winner of the North Wllkeaboro-Wllkesboro game this season, at the Liberty Theatre Tuesday, December 7, at seven p. m. At the same time Parker will present blocking trophies to the player on each team selected by team mates as the best blocker for the year. he blocking tro phls will be permanent property of the winners, but the winning team trophy does not become the permanent property of any team until three consecutive victories. Members of the football squads of both teams, cheer leaders, the superintendent of each school,and C. B. Eller, county superintend ent of schools, will be guests for the presentaton program J New License Tags On Sale Dec. 1st State and North Wilkesboro li cense plates for cars and trucks will go on sale Wednesday, Decem ber 1, for the year 1949, T. C. Caudill, manager of the Carolina Motor Club office located in the Motor Market building on Ninth street, said today. The 1949 plates will be black on orange which is the reverse of the color scheme for this year. The plates will have the same prices as last year. Motorists are urged to buy their 1949 plates, which can be used be ginning Wednesday, as early as pos sible to avoid the rush of buying near the close of the year. o Bluejackets Defeat Blowing Rock 68-52 Eller's Bluejackets defeated Blowing Rock all stars with ease at Millers Creek Friday night, rolling up a score of 68 to 52. Individual scores for the Bluejackets were H. Eller 6, Daddino 7, Watkins 13, Wey 6, McLean 3, Church 5, Floro 2, E. Eller 12, Mercak 8, Snider 6. For Blowing Rock L. Perry was high scorer with 17. feels will most efficiently carry out their responsibilities." This farm program with its elec ted farmer committees gives farm ers an opportunity to administer their own farm program It is truly a democratic method of administra tion. the middle 40 yards, falling on the ten-yard line. That was the last play of the third period and to open the fourth quarter Triplett' raced ten yards to score. Groce's place ment was good and Wilkesboro was out in front 19?0. At this point North Wilkesboro began driving. Stoker ran the kick off back to the 37, Davis made six. Hudson heaved a beautiful pass to Gillian, which carried 47 yards to the 11. Davis picked up three and two and Gillian made it a first down with one foot to go for a touch down. Davis carried over but Hud son's kick was no good and the score was 19 to 6. Triplett ran the kickoff back to the 37 and made 15 on the next play, Groce plowed for nine yards, Whitt ington added one, Groce another five, Linney four and Triplett eight to the 15-yard stripe. The Ramblers put on razzle-dazzle with Triplett finally racing around right end to score on a double reverse. Groce's kick was no good and the scoring ended 25 to 6. In the closing minutes of the game Hudson filled the air with passes for north Wilkesboro, com pleting three of seven, including one ruled complete by pass inter ference. The passing drive ended on the 15 with the final whistle. Starting lineups: Pos. Wilkesboro N. Wilkesboro LE Edwards Hadley LT ?Brewer ? Adams LG Parks Gaddy C Parker S. Hudson RG Story Day RT Prevette .-. Soots RE Emerson Steelman QB Whittington Stoker LH Dancy D. Hudson RH Byrd Gillian FB Linney Davis Score by periods: Wilkesboro 0 6 6 13?25 N. Wilkesboro 0 0 0 6? 6 Scoring touchdowns: Wilkesboro ?Triplett 3, Prevette; N. Wilkes boro?Davis. Point after touch down?Groce (placement). Substi tutes: Wilkesboro?Groce, Staley, Lowe, Banner, Pearson, Jones, W. H. Barlow With Midway Pontiac, Inc. W. H. (Wade) Barlow, who for the past few years operated the Millers Creek Motor Company at Millers Creek, has sold his interest there and has accepted the position of service manager for Midway Pontiac, Inc., at Wilkesboro. I Mr. Barlow is well and favor* ably known to the motoring pub lic of Wilkes and adjoining coun ties as a very efficient mechanic and service manager. Mr. Barlow will be very glad to have his friends call on him at his new location. Valuable Property At Auction Dec. 4 Three auction sales of valuable property will be held Saturday, December 4, by Williams and Clark Land Auction company, of which M. C Woodie and P. E. Dancy are local selling agents. / The first sale at 10:30 a. m. will include ?00 feet frontage of busi ness property opposite Carolina Mirror Corporation on highway 268, The second sale at 11:15 a. m. will be two new five-room houses in the J. W. Jones subdivision near thit city on highway 18. The final sale of-the day will JL:30 p. m. artd will include 50 home sites in the C. P. Crysel land near Cricket. Five dollar bills will be given away free at the sales. Revival Services At Hinshaw Church Are Now Under Way Revival services began Sundaj night at Hinshaw Street Baptisl church in this city and will continue through this week with services a1 7:30 each evening. The public i: 1 cordially invited to attend. I Rev. Clete Simmons, of Jones | ville, is the newly elected pastor anc ' will preach during the revival ser | vices this week. | Nichols, Triplett. N. Wilkesboro? | Swofford, Moore, Sloop, Shore, Bad gett, Cox, McNeill, Ward. Officials were: referee, Thorn burg (Elon); umpire, Turner, (Guil ford); head linesman, Fritts (Elon); field judge, Voss (Wake Forest). FOOTBALL SIDELIGHTS The annual Mountain Lions ver sus Ramblers football game had ' plenty of color and interesting side lights as well as being a bang-up 1 contest. I The Ramblers cheer leaders had : a ram as an escort. The ram was well behaved, and perhaps wonder ed what all the fuss was about Would be interesting to know what the ram thought about the 3,000 two-legged animals . . . Tiny ma jorettes of the North Wilkesboro High school band drew several rounds of deserved applause, and half-time maneuvers by the band were near perfect. The game was cleanly played and was a great tribute of sportsman ship for the players of both squads. . . . . And the crowd deserves high commendation for excellent behav ior and no displays of unsportsman like conduct from any group. . Jim Gillian was a surprise entry into the Mountain Lions backfield and he did a fine job. He had been playing as reserve end. He can run and catch passes and has, two more years to play. Since the game drew so well this year, why not make it an annual Thanksgiving afternoon event ? The public would like it, and it is Mr. Fan who foots the bill. Incidentally, football has to carry the financial burden of high school sports. Bas ketball and baseball in high school are not self-supporting from a fi nancial standpoint. Howard Bowers, former coach here now at Kingsport, Tenn., sat on the North Wilkesboro bench du ring the game. . High School Baod Gives Program At Kiwanis Meeting At its regular meeting Friday, November 26th, the North Wilkes boro Kiwanis Club was entertained jby the High School Band df the ; North Wilkesboro City School with Miss Eva Bingham conducting, Several selections were unusually; well rendered and the club was im-1 pressed by the improvement since 'they last heard them. Paul Church was program chair- i ? man and he asked Mr. Sam Winters to present the band. Guests present were, Dick Cham iberlain with his father, Dr. A. C. 1 Chamberlain, Jim Pritchett with IW H. McElwee, J. Floyd Woodward I with Ira Payne and Bobby Hubbard with his father, Dr. Fred C. Eub , bard. Announcement was made that the Club would meet with the Elkin Club on Thursday night, December 19th. Eller's, Chatham Play Wednesday Basketball fans in Wilkes will have opportunity Wednesday night to see another of the state's top semi-pro teams when the Chatham Blanketeers will play Eller's Blue jackets in Wilkesboro gymnasium. The Blanketeers will have in their lineup a number of former college stars. The Bluejackets this year are much improved and can furnish competition for any team in the state, as shown by their close con test with Hanes Hosiery. Tickets for the Chatham game are now on sale at Brame's Drug store in this city. Admission prices will be 50 and 25 cents. Plan Box Supper Traphill Saturday Christian Home church of the Lomax community will sponsor a box supper and entertainment at 11 Traphill school Saturday night, !, December 4, 7:30 o'clock. Boxes will ^ be auctioned, there will be a variety ! j walk and beauty contests. Dock Wheeler and Family, the Gambill Family and the Shining Star quartet will sing. There will also be string music. Everybody is invited. o Bedroom Suite Is Given Miss Haynes Better Homes Furniture company gave away a modern three-piece D bedroom suite Wednesday afternoon before Thanksgiving. Miss Mkry : Zelle Haynes, of Ronda, was the 3 happy recipient of the valuable gift. u Mrs. J. R. Nelson, of Florence, 1 S. C., arrive^ last week for an extended visit with her son, Mr. L. M. Nelson, and family. Look WhoVComing! Santa Claus will make his ad vance appearance in North Wilkes boro on Friday evening, December 3, at the close of a Christmas carol ing program in Memorial Park. Santa will enter the ball park in a sleigh drawn by fopr -big horses. He will distribute cspidy and gifts to all children therp and pick up Santa Claus letters ao he will know just what to bring phis Christmas season. ; The Christmas program in Me ? morial Park will get under way at |six p. m. with assembly there of many singing groups from churches and schools in Wilkes county. These singers in three large groups will go out to Midway, Tenth street and Sixth street, and will march with lighted candles, singing e n route, to the big lighted Christmas tree on the football field. There the singers will continue singling until Santa arrives. '' The crowd may assemble in the park by 6:30 p. m? and will be en tertained by the North Wilkesboro high school band until the carolers arrive. Copies "Main Street Merchant" Given By Manager of Penney's Harold Snyder," manager of the J. C. Penney company store in North Wilkesboro, has presented the book, "Main Street Merchant" to the Wilkes Public library, to the Bank of North Wilkesboro, and to The Journal-Patriot. "Main Street Merchant," a boob which has gained nation-wide at tention since it was published only a short time ago, deals with the life of J. C. Penney, founder of Penney stores, and the growth of the or ganization to include more than 1,500 stores. Vocational School Is Planned Here A Vocational School is now being ! organized for the following trades: carpentry, bricfcmasonry, and paint ing Any unemployed veteran whc desires to learn any of these trades should contact the Employment Office by December 1, 1948. Sub sistence will be paid while taking this course, aijd it is urged that our Wilkes county veterans take advan tage of this free training. Beer Taxes For County and Towns To Total $37,347 wakes WUT~Get $32,430. 64; City $3,804.44; And WUkesboro $1,112.10 Wilkes cqjunty, North Wilkesboro and Wilkesboro will soon receive substantial checks from the state for their part of beer t axes for the past year. Wilkes county's share of the beer t tax money, which is based on popu | lation, will be $32,430.64. The town of North Wilkesboro will receive ! $3,804.44 and Wilkesboro will get '$1,112.10. A portion of the beer taxes levied ' by the state are distributed to coun ties and towns where sale of beer is legalized. The tax distribution act was passed by the General As sembly in 1947. This will be the ' first time that counties and towns have received their share for a full year. Last year checks were re ceived for a portion of a year fol lowing enactment of the act. Sherman Smithey Taken By Death Sherman B. Smithey, 57, for many years one of the state'a wall known educators, died at 1:30 a. m. today at his home near Wilkesboro. A cerebral hemor rhage was the cause of his death. Mr. Smithey was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. R. Smithey, of Wllkesrt>oro. iHe was educated at the University of North Carolina, where he obtained a master's de gree and taught at the Universi ty for some time. Later he was in educational work at Pembroke Indian College and he was prin cipal of a number of high schools in various parts of the state. Four years ago, he retired because of ill health due to a stroke. Surviving Mr. Smithey are his wife, Mrs. Naomi Hendren Smith ey, and the following sons and daughters: S. B. Smithey, Jr., of Fayetteville; Len B. Smithey, of Chapel Hill; Mrs. Rowena S. Hamilton, Mises Jane and Anne Smithey, of Philadelphia: Wil liam C. Smithey, Los Angeles, Calif.; Pvt. John Q. iSmithey, in the marine cops at Parris Is land, S. C. Funeral will be held Tuesday at 3 p. m., at Edgewood church. The body will lie in state at the church from two until three o' clock. Auto Fire Saturday North Wilkesboro fire department was called Saturday afternoon to D street, where an automobile be longing to C. A. Teague was on fire. The car was not seriously damaged. TWO MOUNTAIN LiONS NAteED FOR OPTIMIST BOWL GAMES BRAD DAVIS JACK BADGETT Brad Davis, left, hard running fullb ick, and Jack Badgett, right, fleet wing back of the North Wilkesboro Mountain Lie ns, have accepted invitations to bowl games to be sponsored by Optimist Clubs. Davi will play in the east-west Optimist Bowl at High Point Saturday, December 4, two p. m. Badgett will play in the east-west Opti mist Bowl game at Asheville Friday af ernoon. In his high school career, Davis has scored more than 150 points and is one of the South Piedmont Conference's most powerful fullbacks. At the wing back post Badgett has earned a reputation as a fast runner and has many long runs and touthdown sprints to his credit. North Wilkes boro Optimist Club was instrumental ip giving the two bowl committees information about the local players. Davis and Badgett left Sunday for their respective bowl sites and will put in much practice with other players selected this week. . j
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