THOMPSON, SHORES, PESCITELU
, WNKELSPECT 01 ALL STkl NINE
^League All Stars Will Play
Mt. Airy At Mt. Airy
Ttkeaday Nijrht
North Wllkesboro Flashers
placed four men on the Blue
Ridge League all star team which
will play Mt. Airy on July 12 in
Mt. Airy.
In the squad selected by the
managers El kin placed three,
Radford three, Wytheville two,
and Galax fiye. Selections by the
managers were released by Judge
EJ. C. Bivins, of Mt. Airy, league
president.
Selections by positions were as
follows:
Pitchers: Chet Zoltak, Wythe
ville; John Moore, Radford ;v Sid
Weinbach, Galax; Bob Thompson,
North Wilkesboro; Buddy Masi
nick, Galax; Roy Boles, Elkln.
Catchers: Tommy Thompson,
Radford; Greg Collins, Elkin.
First base: Latshaw, Galax.
Second.base: Pat Pescltelli, of
North Wilkesboro.
Third base: Doug Shores, of
North Wllkesboro,
Shortstop: Bob Winkelspeck,
North Wilkesboro; and Joe Tag
liarino, Galax, (tie).
Outfield: Mike Brelich, Wythe
ville; Bob Horan, Galax; Shorty
Brown, Elkin; Stan Wilcox, of
Radford. »
The all star team will play
Mount Air#, team in the lead on
July 4, on July 1$. at Mount
Airy, which Judge Blvlns said
leads in attendance. In event of
rain July 12 the game will be
played July 13. Both days are op
£n dates in the league for the
11 star game. /
Last year the all star team de
feated Galax in the game played
at Wytheville.
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Baseball Schedule
For Coming Week
Thursday, July 7
Galax at North Wilkesboro.
Elkin at Mt. Airy.
Wytheville at Radford. ;
Friday, July 8
N. Wilkesboro at Wytheville.
Galax at Elkln.
Mt. Airy at Radford.
Saturday, July 9
Wytheville at N. Wilkesboro.
, Galax at Elkln.
Radford at Mt. Airy.
Sunday, July 10
Radford at North Wilkesboro.
Elkin at Wytheville.
Mt. Airy at Galax.
Monday, July 11
North Wilkesboro at Radford.
Elkln at Wytheville.
Mt. Airy at Galax.
Tuesday, July 12
All star game at Mt. Airy.
Wednesday, July IS
Open date for all teams.
. Thursday, July 14
Galax at North Wilkesboro.
'Elkin at Mt. Airy.
Wytheville at Radford.
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East Sid? Kids
Lose To Purlear
JPurlear baseball team eked
out a 5 to 4 victory over the
East Sfde Kids in a seven-inning
game at Memorial Park Satur
day.
Bussell pitched a three-hitter
for the Kids but Purlear took ad
vantage of every break, twice
coming from behind to win the'
ball game. Huffman doubled a
cross the tying and winning runs
in the top half of the Blxth In
ning after two were out. The
East Siders collected six hits off
Phillips, but were unable to hit
the ball with men on bases. At
least one of the East Sider play
ers was left-on base in every in
ning.
In the last of the seventh in
ning the Kids had the tying run
on third base when Absher was
called out' on a disputed third
strike bunt which went foul to
end the ball game.
Bussell was the East Side
pitcher with Johnson catching.
Phillips and Huffman formed the
winning battery.
Score by innings:
R H B
Purlear 000 122 0 5 3 5
EE. S. Kids 003 010 0 4 6 3
Man Charged With
Assault On Girl, 12
Kannapolis, jTune 20.—H. B.
Osborne, 36, of South Ridge Ave
nue is being held without privi
lege of bond on a charge that he
criminally assaulted a 12-year
old Kannapolis girl.
The child, who lives across
the Rowan line, told Police Chief
I. T. Chapman she was ravished
by Osborne three times.
She was treated at Cabarrus
Hbspital. Officers quoted the at
tending physicians as saying the
youngster "had been criminally
assaulted.
Chief Chapman said Osborn
did not admit' the assault.
The attacks allegedly occurred
between 11 p. m. Saturday night
and 2 a. m. Sunday morning, ac
cording to Chief Chapman.
Osborn allegedly went to the
girl's home, where he reportedly
visited frequently, and found her
there with an older sister and
some friends. He offered to take
the girl and two friends, a 16
year-old boy and another girl
aged 11, for a ride, officers were
informed.
About 11 p. m. Saturday night,
Osborn stopped the car south
west of Kannapolis and struck
the teen-aged boy, who then ran
with the 11-year-old girl. Os
born held the 12-year-old girl
by the arm.
Stopping an ftutomobile, the
fleeing youngsters asked for help|
in rescuing the 12-year-old. j
When oplice arrived nobody
was there.
The girl was returned home by
Osborn, about 2 a. m. Sunday
morning, and Osborn was arrest
ed at his home half an hour later
by officers A. O. Seymour and
W. W. White, according to Chief
Chapman.
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Of the nearly 18 million acres
of forest land in North Carolina,
14,600,000 acres are under or
ganized forest fire protection of
the Department of Conservation's
Forestry Division. v
Craftsman's Fair
At Gatlinburg, Tenn;
Plans have been completed for
holding the second annual Crafts
man's Fair of the Southern High
lands at Gatlinburg, Tenn., July
27, 28, 29 and 30, under the
sponsorship f of the Southern
Highland Handicraft Guild and
the Southern Highlanders, Inc.
LaBt year more than 6,000 peo
ple visited the fair, also held at
Gatlinburg, which encouraged
sponsors and craftsmen -'partici
pating to makfe plans for a larg
er fair and greater crowds in
1949.
At least 19 different crafts
willj be demonstrated in the en
tirety of the processes. The fair
will be set up on the green of
the Pi Beta Phi Settlement
School, with tents for the vari
ous crafts. t .
Woodworking with modern
equipment will be seen, along
with the carver who uses only
his knife and sensitive fingers.
The furniture maker exhibits
samples of the fine walnut, cher
ry, and other pieces for which
North Carolina craftsmen are
famous. Meanwhile mountain
carvers patiently whittle animal
figures and other pieces while
fair visitors look over their
shoulders and ask questions.
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Veteran Born
In Slavery
Diesi At Age 111
Cincinnati. —j- George Carroll,
111-year-old cjivil War veteran
who was born in slavery, died
early yesterday at the home < f
a relative.
The grey-haired and wizened
negro, who w^s born in Owen
town, Ky., on | Christmas Day,
1837, had attributed his long
life to "hard itfork and good liv
ing." He served three years in
the Union Army during the Civil
War.
Bttui That Boqfc to XOnn
DIDN'T START
Two old miners, bachelors, sat
In the backwoods. The conversa
tion drifted around, covered pol
itics and finally reached cooking.
"I got me one a' them thar
cook books once, but I never
could do anything with it."'
"Too much fancy stuff, eh?"
"Thar shor was! Every one o'
them recipes started out the
same way. 'Take- a clean dish'—
and that finished me right thar."
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