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Vol.44. No. 11
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The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Tr<$il of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 43 Years
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Wilkes district Boy and Girl
Scouts organization have a
program worthy of your attention
and support.
Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESfrOBO, N. C., Mpnday, May 23, 1949
Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center
ICITIZENSHIP AWARDS GIVEN |
I BY KIWANIS CLUB TO ELECTED
I STUDENTS FROM HIGH SCHOOLS
Outstanding students of the
I nine high schools In Wilkes county
were honored Friday noon by
,the North Wilkesboro Klwanls
'club, which annually presents a
citizenship certificate to the
student in each high school selected
by fellow students as "the
best school citizen" in the rising
senior class.
The students receiving the
honor this year were as follows:
*Bob Eller, Wilkesboro; John D.
Walsh, Ferguson; Betty Mikeal,
Mt. Pleasant; Earl Watts, Millers
3reek; Harold Bennett, Mounin
View; Holland Warren,
Irraphill; Mary Belle - Howell,
|&onda; Carl Howard, Roaring
liver; Frances Harris, North
filkesboro.
■ Rev. Ernest J. Arnold,
|lnt to the president of
' i>n .College, delivered an
jig address on the topic of
assistDavid
inspir"Con
|inuing To Be Good Citizens.*'
address, directed mainly to
students, urged that they
Velop a philosophy which will
them through life and to live
to expectations of their hosts
at Friday's meeting. He gave a
number of excellent illustrations
of people in the past who hare
continued to live on In the hearts
of people because of their ability
to share their lives with their
fellowmen.
Cecil F. Adamson, program
chairman, presented the citizenship
certificates. Guests at the
meeting included the following
school representatives in addition
to the students: Wm. T.
Long, Wilkeaboro; M. A. Cowles,
Ferguson; Mrs. Lincoln Carlton,
Mt. Pleasant; Paul W. Gregory,,
Mountain View; Fred G. Gil-]
•reath, Traphill; Mrs. F. T.!
Moore, Ronda; Mrs. June Pearson,
Roaring River; J. Floyd
Woodward, R. N. Wooten and
Mrs. L. E. Harris, mother of
Frances Harris, North Wilkesboro.
Other guests were: Bill Kizziah
with J. H. Whicker; Dr. A.
D. Morehouse with R. L. Morehouse;
J. C. Critcher with Paul
J. Vestal; Rev. Ernest Arnold
with Cecil F. Adamson.
'rogram Ladies
| Night Lions Club
Very Enjoyable
Dr. Combs, Mrs. Dot Clark
And Pete Ivey Provide !
Program Features
A highly successful ladles
1 night banquet was held by the
North Wilkesboro Lions Club at
Hotel Wilkes Friday evening.
. Dr. Gilbert R. Combs spoke
the invocation and the crowd of
about 100 enjoyed a turkey'dinner.
i Paul Cashion welcomed the
ady guests, with appropriate response
rendered by Mrs. Richard
'Johnston.
Dr. Gilbert R. Combs, a stuent
of ballads, thoroughly enertained
the club and guests
Y with rendition of two Kentucky
mountain Ballads. Mrs. Dot Clark
?#ng' two numbers, which were
nuch enjoyed. Piano accompaalnent
was by Mrs. A. F. Kilby.
Feature address of the evening
vas by A. G. "Pete" Ivey, Wlniton-Salem
Sentinel staff memier
and columnist. Pete gave
'Casey At the Bat" and other
lum^pous acts which brought
I'orth much merriment.
*ub Pock Meeting
On Tuesday Night
All cub Scouts and their parfits,
other boys between ages of
ne an,d 12 and who would like
'Tfc-^couts are asked to meet
fuesday, Mpy 24, 7:30 p. m. at
ie Duke Power company offices
>in Ninth street.
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ilelk's Personnel
On Picnic At Bluff
Members of Belk's Department
I,tore personnel, with their familes,
enjoyed a delightful picnic
I Wednesday afternoon at Bluff
li^ark. The group, totaling about
*40, had a sumptuous dinner and
the occasion was thoroughly enjoyed.
Marriage License
( Since May 10 license to wed
were issued by Troy C. Foster,
Wilkes register of deeds, to the
|\following couples: J. D. Milam
and Wanema Viola Hilton, both
of Wilkesboro; Eugene Howell,
[.Jefferson, and Louise Lovette,
^ Wilkesboro; Jack Barlow and
i»Edith Faw Minton, both Of Ferguson;
Conrad Baldwin, Roaring
River, and Sarah Fllnchum.
North Wilkesboro route two; Edward
Jolly, Roaring River, and
Rath Couch, lfflkln; Eugene Martin,
Wilkes boro, and Shirley
Braswell, Boomer,
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Optimist Club Meeting
\ The North Wilkesboro Optimist
club will hold its regular
Tnf-%tr Tuesday noon at Hotel
Wilkes. The luncheon meetfng
opens at 12 o'clock, sharp( and
all members are urged to be
[present.
ItSu^iness Club To Meet
The Wilkesboro Business and
•fessional Men's Club will
its regular monthly meeting
i*f j night at seven o'clock
the Woman's clubhouse. All
bers are urged to attend.
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POTATOES FOR
LIVESTOCK FEED
It was announced by Maude S.
Miller, Secretary of the Wilkes
County AAA( that information
had been received from the State
office that surplus Irish potatoes
may be secured to be used as
livestock feed only. Anyone interested
should apply at the cotinty
AAA office and pay a fee of
one per cwt. for the amount they
wish to feed to dairy or beef cattle
or hogs. These will be shipped
to the nearest railroad siding.
Several farmers can order a car
together. If interested it is suggested
that you contact your
County office immediately since
shipments for livestock feed will
be made on the basis of "first
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Flashers Drive
For First Place
Trail Mt. Airy By Two
Games After Losing To
Elkin Sunday 5 to 3
North Wilkesboro Flashers in
the Blue Ridge league will be
gunning for first place in the
league this week. Tonight they
play in Elkin. Radford will be
here Tuesday night, Wytheville
Thursday night and Galax Saturday
night. They go to Radford
Wednesday and to Wytheville
Friday.
Mt. Airy is leading the league
with the Flashers in second
place, two games behind. Wytheville
trails North Wilkesboro by
half a game. Elkin remains on
the bottom but the Blanketeers
are surging up rapidly and will
be in the thick of the race soon,
according to present indications.
Yesterday and Flashers dropped
a closely contested game to
the Blanketeers here 5 to 3. Leslie
Rhoades and Powers staged a
neat slab duel with both teams
scoreless until the 7th. Elkin
bunched four singles*and two
sacrifice bunts to score three
guns. In the bottom half of the
7th the Flashers got two runs
on a single, a Blanketeer error
and a doable by Winkelspect,
who had three hits and three
runs batted in. In the ninth pinch
hitter Telford Weatherman tripled
and was singled home by
Winkelspect. Black lined to centerfield
to end the game.
Outstanding play in the field
was Pescitelli's backhanded stab
of a sizzling ground ball near
second.
Beat Galax 15 to 8
The Flashers exploded with
12 runs in the 7th and 8th here
Saturday night to beat Galax 15
to 7. The game was played in a
slight drizzle. Winkespect with a
single, double and triple and
Shores with two long triples
featured the batting attack. Long
went the route for North Wilkesboro
and had trouble only in
the first, third and ninth innings.
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Girl Scout Board
Directors To Meet
Directors of the Wilkes County
Girl Scout Association will
hold May meeting at the North
Wilkesboro Little House tonight,
Monday, May 23, 7:46. AJ1 memben
are urged to be present.
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Delivers Address
REV. ERNEST J. ARNOLD
Many Sentences
In Federal Court
During; May Term
Many
prison sentences and
fines were meted out during the
latter days of the May term of
federal court in Wilkesboro to
liquor law offenders.
Judge Johnson J. Hayes presided
over the court, which disposed
of the usually large number
of cases.
The following judgments were
rendered during the latter part
of the week:
Pete Triplett, year and a day
in Chillicothe.
Nelson Money, J?., 1480 fine
and three years probation.
Jim Ward, $200 fine and year
and a day suspended.
Coy Pruitt, year and a day suspended
until November term of
court.
Brack Bumgarner, $250 fine
and six months jail sentence suspended.
Gwyn Mathis, year and a day
Ina Gertrude McCarter, year
and a day in Alderson, W. Va.;
Jesse Monroe McCarter, year and
a day iif Atlanta prison.
Ralph Hamilton Call, year and
a day in Petersburg, Va., prison.
Thomas Woodrow Bumgarner,
$200 fine, year and a day in
Petersburg.
John Lloyd Hester, year and a
day in Ashland, Ky.( prison.
Tyre Matthew Hollo way, $100
fine, year and a day suspended
until November.
Reuben Anderson, year and a
day in Atlanta.
Alfred Shepherd, six months
in jail.
Dallas B. Myers, 16 months in
Petersburg, Va.
Banner Billings, year and a
day in Atlanta.
Robert E. Love, year and a
day in Chillicothe. Burlie
Wiles, $500 fine, two
years probation.
The following defendants were
placed on probation: Hayden
Frazier, William Coa c h m a n
Price-, Leonard Wayne, John
Mack Brown, June Ray Bauguss,
Davis Combs> George Solomon
Hendren, Sidney Marshall Walsh.
M. H. Brown, 74,
Funeral Saturday
Major Hardin Brown, 74-yearold
retired farmer of the Rock
Creek community, died at 8:30 a.
m. Thursday in a Statesville
hospital. He had been in ill
health for the past year. |
Funeral service was held on I
Saturday at 11 a. m., at Rock
Creek Baptist church.
Surviving Mr. Brown are his
wife, Mrs. Lettie Anne Brown, si\
sons and three daughters: Otto
Brown, Camden, N. J.; C. E.
Brown, Asheboro; D. J. Brown,
High Point; Fred Brown, Lincolton;
C. C. Brown, Winston-Sa-j
lem; Wayne Brown, North Wilkesboro;
Mrs. C, C. Sebastian, of
Winston-Salem; Mrs. A. M. i
Campbell, Boonville; Miss Pau-|
line Brown, North Wilkesboro.
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Junior Order Plans
Ladies Night Event
Annual ladles night banquet
of the North Wilkesboro council
of the Junior Order will be held
Tuesday night, May 31, at the
Roaring River school lunchroom.
An entertaining program iV
being arranged for the occasion,
which is expected to be largely
attended. Tickets at one dollar
each are now .being Bold by Junior
Order members here.
Better Schools
And Road Rallies
In Wilkes Coanty
Will Be Held At Boomer1
Tuesday Night And At
B^nham Friday Night
T,w(\\ rallies in the interest of
BetterV Schools and Roads will be
held ity Wilkes during the week.
Watso4 Brama, Better Schools
and Ejoads chairman in Wilkes,
announced here.
On ^Tuesday night, May 24,
beginning at 7:30 will be a rally
at Roomer schoolhouse.
On ^riday night, May 27, beginning
at eight o'clock, will be
a rally; at Benham school.
At epch rally will be speakers
who wjll explain benefits to be
derivedj by passage of the proposed
9200,000,00a bond issue
for schools and the proposed
•bond. i|sue of $25,000,000 for
state s|id to construct school'
buildings to be voted on in the
election to be held June 4.
Benefits State
Bond Approval
Wilkes Outlined
Raleigh, May 21.r—Wilkes county
will receive $561,400 for school
building and $3,066,000 for road
building if voters on June 4 authorize
the issuance of school and
road bonds, according td a letter
received by county commissioners
frc Kerr Scott.
passed by the 1949 General Assembly;
allocate those amounts
to be t«pent in the county, provided
l^bat the people authorize
the issuance of the bonds when
they vote In the June 4 election.
For th<i school buildings Wilkes
county {would get $250,000 as
Sts equal share of a $25,000,000
appropriation by the Gei
per-pupSl share established by
the General Assembly Is determined
oi} the basis of the 194748
average daily membership.
The amount that would be
spent in the county for road
building, if issuance of the bonds
is favored by the voters, is set
forth exactly in the road 4bond
bill, and represents what the
General Assembly determined to
be "a fair and equitable distribution"
based upon the formula
in use by the State Highway and
Public Iworks Commission.
The bounty's share of pro-ceeds
f<om the road bonds would
be in addition to its regular share
of highway funds.
bond bills
Notice To Tobacco
Growers Is Given
By PAUL CHOPIjIN
(County Agent)
Tobacco Blue Mold has done
considerable damage to tobacco
plants this year in Wilkes county
and throughout the flue-cured
tobacccj area. Many farmers will
not have sufficient plants to
plant tiieir alloted acres.
The I county agents in tobacco
growing counties have been making
weekly reports (Jn shortages
and surpluses of tobacco plants
to Statje College. If any tobacco
grower in Wilkes county has a
shortage of plants or a surplus
of plaNts, please notify the
county Jngent, giving the number
of plants that he will have above
his owt needs or the number of
plants Jie will need to plant his
tobacco crop. ThiB information
should jbe reported to the county
agent's office as soon as possible,
so that the farmers may
buy or sell these tobacco plants.
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Twenty Cent Penalty
On Excess Tobacco
'
According to H. C. Roberts,
chairman of the Wilkes County
AAA, the Tobacco Branch announced
May 10 that the rate of
.penalty on the marketing of excess
tojbaaco produced this year
will be; twenty cents per pound
for flute-cured tobacco and eighteen
c«$nts for burley. Under the
Agricultural Adjustment Act the
penalty; must Ire 40 per cent of
the average market price of the
proceeding year and the average
price <»f flue-cured tobacco in
1948 was 49.6 cents and for burley
46cents.
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Rotun* that Book to tkm IH—j.
Speaker Tonight
ERNEST A. BEATY
DAVIDSON PROF
TO SPEAK HERE
THIS EVENING
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Featured speaker at the "Davidson
Dinner (tonight), at the
Wilkes hotel will be Professor
Ernest A. Beaty) long-time member
of the Davidson College faculty.
With the alumni, parents,
and friends of the Davidson College
from the entire Elkin-North
Wilkesboro region in attendance,
the event, which will begin at
7:00 o'clock, will afford Professor
Beaty an opportunity to describe
in full, detail the educational
program of the centuryold
college for men.
Arrangements have also been
made to show the new all-color,
sound motion picture, "Your
Davidson," at the gathering. Another
highlight of the evening
will be a program of popular
campus melodies long associated
with life on the Davidson campus.
Constantly called on as a lecturer,
preacher, and after-dinner
speaker, professor Beaty is Mayvery
active In civic and cultural
affairs throughout the Mecklenburg
region. After graduating
from Davidson College in 1921,
ha earned M. A. degrees at both
the University of South Carolina
and Columbia University. As a
result of the completion of his
theological education, he received
a Bachelor of Divinity degree
from Columbia Theological Seminary.
Known to generations of
Davidson studants for his ready
wit and platform skill, Professor
Beaty did extensive linguistic
study in both Rome and Munich
in preparation for this work as
a professor of Latin and German
at Davidson College.
Advance reservations already
received from Davidson College
al'umni, parents, and friends
throughout this region promise a
fine turn-out at the dinner. The
affair is open to the general public
and to anyone interested in
Davidson's program of Christian
education. Additional reservations
will be available at the
door tonight, according to W.
Blair Gwynj dinner arrangements
chairman for the Davidson College
organization in this area.
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May Day, Band
Concert Friday
Combined Program Will Be
Held At Smoot Park,
Beginning at 6:30
North Wilkesboro high school
band and school May Day exercises
will be held Friday, May
27, at Smoot Park.
The May Day program will
open at 6:30, and the band concert
will follow at 7:30.
In event of rain the programs
will be carried out in the school
auditorium.
There will be no admission
and the public is cordially invited.
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Johnny Mercak Hurt
Johnny Mercah, catcher on
the North Wilkesboro Flashers
team, sustained severe injury to
his right ankle in the game here
Thursday night against Elkin.
The accident occured as Mercak
was sliding into third base
after a long hit. Ligaments were
torn in his right ankle and he
was Carried to the hospital by
ambulance. It is expected that
he will be out of action for several
weeks.
Mercak also received a leg
fracture. He was taken Saturday
to a specialist in Charlotte.
RAILWAY OFFICIALS WILL HEAR
CITIZENS WEDNESDAY ON PLAN
TO ELIMINATE PASSENOER TRAIN
Southern Railway officials
have asked that a citizens meeting
be held at the North Wilkesboro
city hall Wednesday, May
25, two p. m., to discuss the
proposal of Southern Railway to
eliminate the passenger-express
train from North Wilkesboro to
Winston-Salem and retarn daily,
and Instead to operate a mixed
passenger and freight dally.
Much opposition developed to
the railroad's proposal to eliminate
the passenger and express
train and a hearing was requested
before the State Utilities Commission.
A date was set for the
hearing but was later postponed
to an indefinite date.
Under the railway's proposal,
the one outgoing train would
leave North Wilkesboro early
each morning, making it necessary
that express shipments be
crated the day before shipment.
It was pointed out this would
i be a great handicap to hatcheries
in shipment of chicks and in
shipment of perishables of any
kind.
A survey conducted by the
Wilkes Chamber of Commerce
revealed the majority of business
interests much opposed to the
Southern's proposal.
Southern Railway officlali hare
stated that all Interested citizens
will be heard at the meeting
Wednesday afternoon and the
Chamber of Commerce has urged
that all who are interested be
present and state their views before
the company officials.
In Flanders' Fields
I By COLONEL JOHN McCRAE
In Flanders' fields the poppies
'blow
Between the crosses, row on row.
That mark our place: and in the
sky
The larks still bravely singing
fly,
Scarce heard amidst the guns
below.
We are the dead.
Short days ago we lived, felt
dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved and. now
we lite
In Flanderft' fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe,
To you from failing hands we
throw
The Torch—be yours to hold it
high;
If ye break faith with us who
die
We shall not sleep, though poppies
grow
In Flanders' fields.
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—-Hospital Births—During
the week ended May 20
the following births were recorded
at the Wilkes hospital: son,
Jimmie Woodrow, May 13 to Mr.
and Mrs. Page Woodrow Higgins,
of Sparta; son, Jerry Wilson,
May 13 to Mr. and Mrs. Dallas
Myers, of North Wilkesboro route
3; son, Marvin Roger, May 14 to
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Calloway
Mathis, of Wilkesboro route two;
son, Roger Blake> May 14 to Mr.
and Mrs. James Charles Byers, of
North Wilkesboro route three;
son, Dennis Cariton, May 16 to
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Carlton Bumgarner,
of North Wilkesboro,
daughter, Sybil Mae, May 15 to
Mr. and Mrs. George Everett
Call, of Wilkesboro route two;
daughter, Karen Lynn, May 14
to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gilmer
Sparks, of Cycle; daughter, Jolane,
May 16 to Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn William Staley, of North
Wilkesboro; son, John Taft, May
15 to Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Franklin Wadkins, of Wilkesboro
route one; daughte#^ Marilyn
Lee, May 15 to Mr. and Mrs.
Rex L. Shumate, of North Wilkesboro.
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Evangelist Keyes
Is Now In Revival
Evangelist "Sledgeh a m m e r
Charlie" Keyes began a revival \
Sunday night at Oak Forest Baptich
church three miles from
Roaring River in the Dellaplane
community. Services will be held
throughout the week at 7:30 p.
m., and special singers will assist
the minister. The public is oor'dially
invited to attend.
5th Sunday Singing
At Pilgrim Church
Fifth Sunday singing convention
of the Blue Ridge Singing
Association will be held May 29
at Pilgrim Baptist church, T. A.
Eller, chairman, announced today.
The program will open at one
p. m. and all singers are invited
to attend and take part.
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Wilkesboro Church
Has Good Revival
Revival services which had
been in progress for the past
week closed Sunday night at Wilkesboro
Baptist .church.
Services each evening were
well attended and much interest
was shown by the church.
The paator, Rev. W. N. Brookshire,
was assisted by Rev. <3.
C. Holland, of Statesvllle, who
gave Inspiring messages at each
service.
Annual Memorial
Day Service Will
Be Mount Lawn
National Guard Will Be In
Charge of Service Five
P. M. May 30th
Annual Memorial Day service
will be held at Mount Lawn Memorial
Park north of this city
on May 30th, five p. m.
North Wilkesboro battery of
the National Guard will be in
charge of the service, assisted by
veterans organizations, Major
Roy W. Forehand, National
Guard batallion executive officer,
announced here today.
In preparation for the event,
auxiliaries of the veterans organizations
will decorate graves
of veterans in the cemetery and
all veterans are invited to attend
the service in uniform.
A, brief and impressive program,
details of which will be
announced later will be carried
LITTLE tHEATRE
PLAY ASUCCESS
Fritz Krelsler, the eminent
concert violinist, once said, at
the conclusion of a concert accompanied
by an amateur symphony
orchestra, "there must be
a special niche in Heaven for all
amateur musicians." This can
also be said of the amateur actor
or actress because without
them there would be a definite
lack of cultural entertainment
and education in the average
American community.
A pleasing and entertaining
presentation of "You Can't Take
It With You" was made on Friday
and Saturday evenings by the
Little Community Theatre at the
High' School.
Mrs. Charles Ziliak as Penelope
Sycamore portrayed in a
realistic and amusing manner the
scatter-brain, irresponsible mother.
John Cashion as Mr. De Pinna
brought many a laugh from the
attentive audience, not so much
by his spoken lines, but rather
by his amusing antics.
R. E. Stewart, Andy Shook and
Ivey Moore showed by their performances
a great amount of
studying and rehearsal for their
parts and are to be highly complimented.
Hight Dotson as Martin Vanderhof
roused in the audience a
real appreciation for the happy- go-lucky,
not a care in the world(
individual, who believes everyone
should do that which he wants to
do in this world.
The entire cast is to be complimented
for the hard work it
was evident had been done.
The Community Little Theatre
can go far toward bringing to
Wilkes county and the Wilkesboros
a needed organization for
the presentation of legitimate
stage plays. for the entertainment
of the people of -Wilkes
Mrs. Richard Flnley was fortunate
In having a group able to
present "Cou Can't Take It With
You'' and the Community Little
Theatre is fortunate in having a
director as competent and capable
as Mrs. Finley proved to be.
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Mr. and Mrs. Harold Proffit
have returned home after a
visit with Mr. and Mrs. James
Snowden of Colllnsville, Mississippi,
and Mr. and Mrs. E^den
M. Daniel and family of Abilene,
Texas. Snowden, Daniel and
Proffit were all former Army
baddies.