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fcErr; THE JOURNAL-PATRIOT "ST serving 100,000 people in -JL. •*- ■'*' ^ yprthwestern c«oito«. ^ Jouma|_pQtriot Hos Blazed the Troil of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 43 Years .i a Thi^ou. WORTH WILKESB0R0, N. C., Thursday, Hay 19, 1949' ~ Make North Wilkesboro. four Shopping Cwfar Vol. 44, No. 10 Published Mondays and Thursdays NOKiti FLASHERS TAKE DOUBLE BILL I FROM WYTHEVILLE ON MONDAY North Wllkesboro Flashers hit hard and timely Monday night to take a double header from Wytheville here 11 to 10 and 7 to 4. Rain ent the second game to five innings. Bnt in defeat the Statesmen showed tremendnous power at the plate and served notice they are to be contended with strong ly by pennant aspirants. Terrific 'hitting on the part of the Flashers palled both games out of the fire. Wytheville pa > raded five pitchers to the mound in the seven-inning opener and North Wllkesboro used three, which should be some kind of a record In Memorial Park. Lee Bentley, of Pores Knob, started the game and was going great with a 9-1 lead nntll the roof fell in In. the fifth frame. Five walks and a driving single were damaging. Dick Long re placed Bentley and he was the victim of four powerful hits, in cluding Brelich's triple with sacks full. Worth Cuthbertson i came In and put out the fire, j Cooper, Wlnkelspect and Stan ley had perfect nights at bat with two hits each In as many official* times at bat. Davis had two for four. Stanley drove in ' "7 1 lour runs. Bill Weston pitched the sec- | )nd game for North WilkeBboro, allowed seven \dts bat held I Wytheville in check until the • Slashers could roll up a score. Stanley and Shores hit successive :riples in the fifth and final in- ] ling. , Fielding gems for the night ( were Winkelspect's leaping stab .j it Brelich's liner and Pescitelli's ,, throwing a runner out from the , slippery ground between first and second. , The double victory put the 4 Flashers in one-half game of Mt. ( Airy's league leading Graniteers. , DRAIN TILE FOR SALE 4-inch, 8c per foot j t At Our Plant at Roaring River Stone Blocks 4-In., ({-In., and 8-In. Widths. No Outside Treatment of Blocks Necessary for Dampness. MARSHALL & WOLFE j IPhone 45-F-20 Roaring River, N. C. CAST IRON GRIDDLES \ \ These Griddles Are Ideal For * Picnics Or For That Outdoor Fireplace In The Back Yard. Easy To Clean and Keep Clean ♦LINEBERRY FOUNDRY AND MACHINE CO. North Wilkesboro, North Carolina No Limit Now On Army Recruiting It was announced by Sgt. Earl Triplett, Army & Air Force re cruiting representative lor this area, that there is no limit to the number of men who can be 'enlisted in the Regular Army during the remainder of May, provided they can meet the re quirements set up by the De- _ partment of the Army. The Sergeant also stated that there have been some recent changes in requirements which will put many men who were dis qualified a few months ago, back in the eligible bracket. One of the most recent of these pertains to men with, dependents. Men with dependents, who are eligi ble for enlistment in the 4th en listed pay grade or above (i.e. Sgt. or above under the old rat ing system) are now eligible for enlistment if they pass the neces sary mental examinations and are found physically qualified. For the past several months, on ly, those men with dependents, who were eligible for enlistment in the third pay grade were ac ceptable. Enlistments In the Air Force are still on a limited basis but the Sgt. states that there are many openings for qualified men. For more details, contact the recruiting Sgt. at North Wilkes boro Town Hall. Tuesday through Friday. The- most recedt Army enlis tees from this section were Rich ard Hugh Gambill, of Cricket, and Talmage Jarvis, of Route 3, North Wilkesboro. They were ac cepted at Nortft JVilkesboro on the 10 th of May and swofll in at Charlotte on May 11th. They will receive training with the 6th Division at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina, and will then be assigned to some permanent unit Within the Army. Shipments of Irish Potatoes to mafiettf from the cOttiniArelaf produc*n>g areas of Virginia &U4 North Carolina will be limited tH U. S. No. ^ 6r better grade and size, as was the case during the 1948 season. Thi^ has just been $ffaounced, effe&W# May 8, by the U. S. Department Of Agricul In line with fefc'tftnmenda tfdBfr made by the S\Wrtheastern PotdSfo* Committee. Supp<5*t the Y. M. C. A MISS BRADFORD, LOCAL TEACHER, WMED TEACHER OF THE MONTH Glbsonville. — Miss Mildred Bradford, a North Wilkesboro lassroom teacher, was announc d today as the PTA Teacher-of he-Month by the North Carolifla Congress of Parent® and Teach rs. The announcement was made a the May issue of the North Carolina Parent-Teacher Bulle in. Bach month a teacher In «Torth Carolina is honored as a •epresentative of her profession. This is done by the PTA to show ippreciation for the work teach jrs are doing in the State. The :eacher thus honored is sent an >rchitt from the State PTA con rresA Miss Bradford, at the May feacfier-of-the-Month, is a sev enth grade teacher in North Wllkesboro. A Winthrop College graduate, Miss Bradford spent three years teaching in Korea and Nicaragua. Because of these foreign contacts, she has foster ed a more friendly and sympa thetic understanding in her pu pils of peoples of other coun tries. Many of Miss Bradford's for-' mer students in foreign countries are now enrolled in schools In the United States. She encourages correspondence among her pupils and those whom she taught over seas. She serves the community as Sunday School teacher, director of the- Teen-Age Center, in Girl Scout work and often teaches mission study courses on Latin America and the Orient. She is active in the North Carolina Edu cational Association and is a member of the Delta Kappa Gam ma, national fraternity of teach ers. ' Miles Nell Ward of Pactolus was ,thfe April Teacher-of-the Month and 'Miss Hariett Orr of Charlotte, tie March Teacher-of the-Month. This recognition of North* Carolina's teachers was started in Search. 1 o Of the 26^,822 churches In the Southern Baptist Convention, 13, 339 (50 percent) are located In the open country. These churches have 29.1 per cent of the total membership. Only 16.7 per cent of the churches are located In cities of 2'500 or more. These city churches contain 40.2 per cent of the membership. North Carolina will end four delegates—two boys . and two girls—to the National 4-H Club Camp in Washington, D. C., June 15-22. v Do Your Floors NEED COVERING? Mr. R. C. Goodwin will be happy to furnish estimates. ASPHALT OR RUBBER TILS INLAID LINOLEUM , MASONITE WALLBOARD WALL LINOLEUM Ideal Furniture Co. | B STREET TEL. IN
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