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OUR CITY
serving 100,00#, people to
Northwestern Carolina.
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1948. Goal of the January d, j ti_p Trail of Progress In the bt P j I ' ~7~
campaign is $12,000. Journa|-Patriot Has Blazed the _ M^keliorth WilkesborTYour Shopping Center
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Published Mondays and Thursdays
Vol. 43, No. 88
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Polio Fund
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With more than $11,000 al
(T©a4y in, there is a very definite
possibility that Wilkes may reach
iits minimum goal of $12,000 in
the infantile paralysis campaign
i.tf additional gifts are received
| J.his week, Sam Ogilvie, campaign
' chairman, stated today.
The increase during the past
'jreek was due mainiy to a splen
Uid job on the part of North
Wilkesboro school, which set a
aew record for schools by raising
1651.08, Chairman Ogilvie said.
I With a number of special events
and dime cards solicitation, the
' student council carried out the
< campai.n which followed up prev
lous efforts by other groups in
xhe city and was in the form of a
mop-up campaign. The students
worked diligently and conducted
a. most thorough campaign, Mr.
Ogilvie said.
The *campaign chairman today
made a plea for those who have
■neglected to give to get their con
tributions in, so that the quota
pin be reached. He stated that
ince December 1 that bills for
treatment of Wilkes patients still
in hospitals have accumulated to
fche amount of $11,200. During
the year more than $25,000 was
spent for treatment of the 42 pa
tients during the 1948 epidemic.
, On Thursday night, February
24, eight o'clock, Eller's Blue
jackets basketball team will
play Chatham Banketeers, of El
kin, in a polio benefit basketball
game at Wilkesboro gymnasium.
Minimum admission will be one
dime for each person, but all are
asked to contribute at the door
as liberally as possible. All pro
ceeds will go into the polio fund.
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Youth Fellowship
Baby Sitters Are
Available In City
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To raise money to furnish the
j Youth Fellowship room in the
new education building, members
• of the Intermediate Youth Fel
lowship of the First Baptist
church are offering their services
s»s baby sitters for 35 cents per
hour. Those needing baby sitters
are asked to call Miss Jo Lassit
sr, telephone number 688.
Krts,
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Crafts Exhibit
For Woman's Club
Xglxe Wilkesboro Woman's club
aCT meet Friday night, Feb. 25,
7:30 at the Community House in
^llkesboro. Mrs. L B. Dula,
-halrman of the Art Department,
vill have charge of the program
nd will feature an exhibit of
kits and Crafts. Anyone desiring
o exhibit hand made articles
uch as hooked rugs, braided,
rocheted or any other kind. Em
fpideries and all kinds of hand
Jkaring and plain an<j fancy
iSwing. Hand painted articles are
iXlicitdd for exhibit. Anyone de
siring to sell their articles will
please put their name and price
on same. For further informa-'
tion contact Mrs. L B. Dula, Tel-1
ephone 613-R.
Hostesses for the evening will
he Mrs. Joe Pearson, Mrs. Wil
liam Barber, Mrs. Edison Nor
man and Miss Pansy Fletcher.
Eller's, Chatham
To Play Thursday
For Polio Benefit
Eller's Bluejackets will play
Chatham Blanketeers Thursday
night, eight o'clock, in Wllkes
bftro school gymnasium in a bas
ketball game for the polio fund,
which still lacks a substantial a
mount of reaching the $12,000
" goal for Wilkes county.
Hensley Eller, sponsor of El
ler's Bluejackets, will contribute
the entire proceeds to the March 1
of Qimes fund, and the minimum
admission will be 0ne dime.
However, all who attend are
asked to contribute as liberally
j a§,nossibIe tp help Wilkes reach
Blanketeers are one of the 1
best known semi-pro teams in the
south and hare a number of
former collegiate greats in their,
.lineup. The Bluejackets, who]
tyed an exciting contest . with
the Blanketeers in Wllkegboro
this season, will be prepared to
go all out in *n effort to get a
In this game. j
RED CROSS GARMENTS FOR HOSPITALS
***** * **
Mesdames Ira D. Payne, J. B. McCoy and W. E.
Jones, volunteer workers of the Wilkes Red Cross
Chapter, pack a quota of robes and slippers for Oteen
Veterans' Hospital. During the past year similar quotas
have been sent to Fayetteville, N. C. and Columbia, S.
C. for hospitalized veterans.
Sparta Girls And
Cove Creek Boys
Tourney Winners
Sparta Girls Win 46 to 29
And Cove Creek Ekes
Out Victory 28 to 27
Sparta girls and Cove Creek
boys won championship of the
Highlands Conference basketball
tournament in Wilkesboro gym
nasium by emerging winners in
exciting finals Saturday night.
Clarice Mitchell, known by
tournament fans as "Tha Tall
Girl", scored 22 points to lead
Sparta lasstes- to a 49 to 29 vic
tory over Elkin in a game that
was a reaf contest for the first
half. With Parker and Eidson
hitting the basket Elkin tied the
score three times and went ahead
twice in the first half, which end
ed with Sparta ahead 26 to 23.
The Alleghany county lassies
pulled away in the final period.
The boys' game was all that
could be hoped for in tourna
ment finals. Cove Creek, which
hadn't lost a game all season,
was within three minutes of de
feat as the boys from Appalach
ian high played inspired ball to
lead most of the way, but Cove
Creek froze the ball a minute
and a half with a one-point lead
of 28 to 27 and kept their record
clear. .
It was the accuracy of McGin
nis for Cove Creek that saved the
championship and kept their rec
ord clear in the exciting battle
between the two Watauga coun
ty teams. He scored 17, and
scoring for Appalachian was more
evenly distributed, with Davidson
leading with eight.
Girls Here
Pos. Sparta 46 Elkin 29
F—Cooper 7 Eidson 10
p—Walker 12 Lineberry 3
p—Mitchell 22 Proctor 13
G—Black Freeman
G—Poole Crowe
G—Miller Byrd
Substitutions: Sparta—Royal 5,
Brooks, Rector, Gascho. Elkin—
Quick* Wall, Barnett 3, Black
burn. Half-time score: Sparta 26;
Elkin 23.
Boys' Game
Pos. C. Creek 28 Appalachian 27
F—Mast 2 Davidson 8
p—Danner 4 Barnett 3
C—C. Green 3 Barden 3
G—McGlnnis 17 Blackburn 6
G—Harmon Hodges 7
Substitutions: Cove Creek—
Greer 2, Ward, Horton, Stokes, J
G. Green. Appalachian—Triplett.
Half-time .score: Appalachian 16;
Cove Creek 13.
Trophies for the winning
teams, all-conference teams and
Sportsmanship trophies will be
presented in » radio broadcast
Wednesday, February 23, 11:30
a. m.; at Radio Station WKBC,
whieh is giving the championship
trophies in the tournament.
Summaries of other, tourna
ment games appear on the Sports
pag% of this newspaper.
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V. F. W. To Meet
On Thursday Night
Blue Ridge Mountain post ot
the Veterans of Foreign Wars
will havft statte off leers, as guests
Thursday night, 7:30, at the
post's meeting to ibe held at the
post clubhouse, formerly station
WILX building.
Tourney Trophies,
Other Awards To
Be Given Feb. 23
Trophies For Winners,
Sportsmanship : Teams,
Awards Mjade
Championship and' sportsman
ship trophies, and ^old basket
balls to all-conferenjce teams in
the Highlands Conference bas
ketball tournament Which ended
Saturday night in j Wilkesboro
gymnasium will ,bi presented
Wednesday, February 23,
a. m., in a program |Over the air
from Studios of radio station
WKBC in North Wilkesboro, don
or of the championship trophies.
Sparta girls and 'Cove Creek
boys won championship of the
conference tournament in their
respective divisions pnd will re
ceive the beautiful traveling tro
phies furnished by the radio sta
tion. A team whcih wins a trophy
twice will have the trophy for
permanent possession.
Gold basketballs Will be pre
sented each membeif of the all
conference teams, wtjich were se
lected Saturday nig^it iby Greg
Collins and Dick Noijman, referee
and umpire for the I tournament;
Dwight Nichols, sports editor of
The Journal-Patriot; Roland Pot
ter, of station WKB£; and J. H.
Whicker, Jr., presi4ent of the
North Wilkesboro pions Club,
sponsor of the tournament.
This selection committee named
the following all-conjference team
of boys: Dale Hodgies, of Appa
lachian, and Bobby Joe Edwards,
of Sparta, forwards; Carlock
Greene, of Cove Creek, center;
Dean Edwards, of j Wilkesboro,
and Smith, of Granite Falls,
guards.
The girls all-conference team
was named as CollQws: Clarice
Mitchell and Faye 'Walker, Of
Sparta, and Sarah Parker, of El
kin, forwards; Ida Maude Black,
of Sparta, Reba Greene, of Ap
palachian, and Marion Stone, of
Wilkesboro, guards.
N. H. Carpenter, ojf Elkin, con
ference president, wjill open the
program and will jalso present
the all-conference individual a
wards, which were (provided by
the North Wilkesboro Lions
club. John Cashion, [program di
rector of WKBC, will present the
championship trophies and J. H.
Whicker, Jr., Llonp president,
will present the sportsmanship
trophies. All winners will be
guests at the program.
This was the firsi basketball
tournament of the j one-year-old
Highlands conference made up of
Northwestern Nort)h Carolina
high schools and v^as decidedly
successful from ever p- standpoint.
Sixteen teams, eight of boys and
eight of girls, participated In the
play which began Wednesday aft
ernoon.
North Wilkesboro Lions club
sponsored the tournament. The
tournament was wety carried out
and thoroughly enjoyed by all
fans attending ftron the many
communities represe ited.
Banks To Be
Closed
Tuesday, February 22
Both- hanks, here 1 rill be closed
on Tuesday, February 22, which
is George Washingtin's birthday
anniversary and a national holi
day.
LINEMAN ELECTROCUTED
Revival Series
Begins Tonight
At First Baptist
Dr. R. Paul Caudill Visiting
Minister; Services Run
Throughout Week
Revival services will begin to
night at the First Baptist and
services will be held throughout
the week at 7:30 p. m.
Wilkes people received with
much interest the announce
ment that Dr. R, Paul Caudill,
pastor of the First Baptist church
in Memphis, Tenn., will be the
speaker for the revival services
Dr. Caudill is a native of this
community and has many friends
in the Wilkesboros and all Wilkes
county who will avail themselves
of the opportunity to hear him
during the series of services.
The public is cordially invited
to the services and every effort
will be made to seat the crowds
attending.
Thanks Newspaper
For Aid In March
of Dimes Campaign
Chapel Hill, N. C.
February 19, 1949
Carter and Hubbard, Publishers,
The Journal-Patriot,
North Wilkesboro, N. C.
Gentlemen:
I am happy to be able to write
you that the March of Dimes
Campaign in North Carolina is a
success. We, have every reason
to believe that our goal of a mil
lion dollars will be realized when
all final reports are in.
The newspapers of ttye State
have always girwa theft" fcufcoorl;
to the March of Dimes appeal.
But thii year they have helped
in a truly wonderful way.
I want to assure you of oar
utmost gratitude for the splendid
contribution The Journal-Patriot
has made toward the success of
the drive this year.
With all good wishes,
Faithfully yours,
CORA MAE RUSSELL
Mrs. Phillips Russell
Director of Organization
North Carolina March of Dimes.
Thomas E. Yates
Accident Victm
Mr. Thomas E. Yates lost his
life in a traffic accident in De
troit, Michigan on February 11th.
He left Wilkes 40 years ago. The
greater part of his life he chad
held a position with The Inter
national Correspondence School.
He was a son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. R'. P. Yates of Boomer. Mr.
Yates was 62 years of age.
He is survived by his widow
and son, Robert of Detroit, Mich.,
and three sisters: Mrs. W. F.
Jones, of North Wilbesboro, Mrs.
J. E. Caldwell, of Boomer, and
Mrs. J. D. Phillips, of Lenoir.
W. S. Wellborn
Last Rites Today
W. S. Wellborn, former citi
zen of Wilkesboro, died Saturday
at his home at Concord route
three in Cabarrus county. Funer
al service was held there today.
Mr. Wellborn spent the greater
part of his life in Wilkesboro,
moving to Concord several years
ago. While in Wilkes he was
engaged in farming and brick
making. '
Surviving Mr. Welborn are his
wife, the former Miss Lura Scott,
of Concord, who taught school
for a number of years in Wilkes,
and two sisters, Mrs. F. L. Porks,
of Roaring River, and Mrs. C. U.
Davis, of Winston-Salem.
Eller's, Millers
Creek Game March
2 In Wilkesboro
Basketball game scheduled for
tonight between Eller's Blue
jackets and Millers Creek all
stars has been postponed because
of conflicting engagements and
will be played on Wednesday
night, March 2', in Wilkesboro
gymnasium. Second half cham
pionship of th« Wilkes Industrial
league hinges on the game, which
is expected to draw a record
crowd.
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TO SlNGl IN
ONCERT HERE MARCH 3
HMUMMHMHHIMMMMMHHWMMMM
John Tyirs, baritone, will render a concert March
3, eight >'cl >ck at the Liberty Theatre under auspices
of the Wilkos ( oncerts Association.
SEASON S :INAL CONCERT WILL
BE RE NIEREDBYTYERS MARCH 3
The third an<, la
munity "fcoacen s \ftll be Match
a. Liberty "heaie.fe o'clock. Ad
mission to tho e who intend to
buy membf rshi >s m the associa
tion for ne: :t y< ar Ian be secured
from Miss ] .ois Scrfggs. This con
cert will bi i on j of the most en
( f tl e Aries.
to be reckoned with
tertaining
A figure
in the field i of fopefa, concert and
operetta is
baritone,
beautiful v
and magnejtic
made him
ican public
Born in
John Tyer t
Los Angeles
the San I 'lege
Strangely ^nou
was a dipl<
ticipation
school revfalec
was encou
enroll at
Music in
th a frilliant young
Johp fryers, whose
inlsrpretive gifts,
personality have
orile of the Amer
i age I
ite
ew
His first professional engage
ments wei e a
World's Fjair
Louis an
companies,
ing role in
Opera pro
aro
and 1943,
role of Fii;
modern v jrsi< i
riage of *iga r
O'Clock (iper i
under the
>ice
ic
fai
a 1 ttli Kansas town,
w is Brought up in
apd graduated from
tate College,
his goal in life
>mat|ic fcareer, but par
ln ijiu#cal events at
voice, and he
come east and
liard School of
k.
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as
tht
luc
au i
Artists Minagj:
New York
with the St.
(isvllle summer
11 as the lead
Angeles Light
of "Gypsy Ba
ron." During Ihdseasons of 1942
Jo in! Tyers sang the
the streamlined
of "The Mar
with the Nine
ompany which,
es of Columbia
snt, toured from
coa4t|with enormous
I
r -Was iaterraipUd^-ilie xaraer ol
fhe youngbaritone, and he serv
ed for almost three years. Na
turally, his special talents were
utilized, and he participated in
the eminently successful air force
show, "Winged Victory." Later,
he toured the entire Pacific the
atre with another unit.
Returning to civilian life,
John Tyers was immediately en
gaged by the Los Angeles Light
Opera Company to sing the lead
ing roles in "Vagabond King"
and "Gypsy Lady;" the latter of
these two works had a successful
run on Broadway during the sea
son 46-47. At its close, John Ty
ers went to England to sing the
leading role in the same show
produced there under the name
of "Romany Life." Last fall and
winter, the dashing young bari
tone re-established himself as a
concert favorite on a trans-con
tinental recital tour. This past
spring, he assumed the singing
lead in the highly successful Bea
Lillie musical, "Inside U. S. A.",
which he left for a new phase in
his interesting career, his debut
in grand opera. The famous New
York City Center Opera Com
pany engaged him for leading
roles in "Eugene Onegln," "The
MaTriage of Figaro," "Madama
Butterfly," and 'I Pagliacci.''
The membership drive for next
year's concert series will begin on
Feb. 28. All old members who
want t o renew membership
should do so immediately, so
that the association can give new
(members a chance to join. ,
COM NfiEVENTS OF THE NORTH
WILWESBORO HIGH SCHOOL BAND
Recently twjolof the North Wll
kesboro 1 ighj Ichool band stu
dents were cnlsen to take part
in the Western* band clinic to be
held in Snlisbjoly on Feb. 17 and
18. Thosn cnJsen were: Doris
Godbey, clarialtist, and Christine
Godbey, <orni«st. James Chris
tian Pfol 1, I Am Davidson Col
lege, is t< belJirector of the clin
ic band i his llear. On the after
noon of t le selond day the David
son hand will give a concert to
those present! at the clinic and
that nigl it tip clinic band •will
give a c mceK. A large number
of the sTortM Wilkesboro high
school bs nd Students will attend
the two :onc|rts.
The b^nd m planning to enter
tain the Plflusant Hill Parent
Teacher') i Association with a
thirty-mi nutel program on Mon
day, Fefcruai* 21. '
On Fr day! Feb. 25, the North
Wilkesb< ro ligh school band is
sponsoring alconcert by the Mars
Hill Col egelband. The concert
will be tt a o'clock in the high
school a iditjrlum. There will be
nD admission and everyone to in
vited.
On March H the band will be
heard in its second contest of the
1948-49 series.
The contest is expected to be
one of the most interesting yet
given by the band.
On March 24, the North Wil
kesboro high school band expects
to enter the district contest to
be held In Winston-Salem. The
band will play three numbers
there.
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North Wilkesboro
And Millers Creek
Will Play Tuesday
North Wilkesboro and Millers
Creek high school basketball
teams will play Tuesday night In
North Wilkesboro gymnasium.
The girls' game will begin at
7:30. Bbrciting contests are ex
pected between these evenly
matched teams and all basketball
fans are fp.
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Cecil T. Calhoun
Killed Today On
Power Line Pole
Contact With Line Carrying
6,900 Volts Instantly
Fatal To Young Man
Cecil Tyre Calhoun, 20, elec
trical lineman, was electrocuted
four miles east of this city this
morning while working on a pole
on the line along highway 268.
Wilkes Coroner I. M.' Myers
termed the death an accident,
saying that the young man evi
dently had come in contact with
the line carrying 6,900 volts. He
was alone at the time of the ac
cident.
Young Calhoun was working
for Floyd S. Pike Construction
company, of Mount Airy, cur
rently engaged in contract work
for the Duke Power company
branch at North Wilkesboro.
Foreman on the job on which
Mr. Calhoun was working stated
that he carried the young man
to a pole and instructed him to
remain there until he went to
Queen Trucking company nearby
to call to North Wilkesboro and
inform the office that the line
along highway 268 east of that
point was to be disconnected for
a short time.
It was Mr. Calhoun's task to
climb the pole and throw the
line switch. While the foreman
was at Queen Trucking company
to make his call, a motorist stopp
ed and told the foreman that the
lineman had been electrocuted
and that he had found his body
at the pole. The body, badly burn
ed, was believed to have fallen
about 25 feet. Death, physicians
said, was instantaneous. The
switch had not be«
ed. It was believed that
young man climbed too high on
the pole and had come in con
tact with a high voltage wire.
Formerly a resident of the
Laurel Springs community, young
Mr. Calhoun had been employed
with the Pike Construction com
pany for the past 12 months. He
and his wife and baby had been
making their home at North Wil
kesboro.
Funeral service will be held
Wednesday, two p. m., at Cran
berry church in Alleghany coun
ty.
Little Theatre To
Present 3 Plays
Here March 8th
The date has been set for the
debut 0f the Community Little
Theater, Tuesday night, March 8,
8:00 o'clock in the school audi
torium. They will present 3 one
act plays. "The Silent System"
is a joomedy where the lady does
all the talking, the man not being
able to get in a wofd.
"Judge Not'' is a drama and
it was the first jfrize winner in
the General Federation of Wom
en's Clubs Contest in 1948.
"Eighteen Washington Square,
South" is a comedy of two 'gals'
in New York, who are penniless
but are smart enough to get a
man.
The sale of tickets will start
'on Thursday, February 24, at
the fashion show luncheon. Only
400 tickets will be sold as that is
the capacity of the school audi
torium. "So get yours before
they are all gone," the announce
ment stated.
Spring Fashions
Will Be Shown
At Luncheon
Under sponsorship of the Jun
ior Woman's Club, a spring fash
ions show will be held Thursday,
\ February 24, one o'clock, at Car
1 olina Restaurant.
j Young ladiee of this commun
ity will model spring fashions
from Prevette's, Spainhour's,
Penney's, Jean's and Belk's. In
an earlier news item the name
! of Prevette's was inadvertantly
omitted from the list.
Mrs. Edward S. Finley and
( Mrs. C. C. Faw, Jr., are accepting
reservations for the lvncheQii,
.price of which will be $1:55 rach.
and ail who will attend are Mir
ed to make reservations early be
cause of limitation on