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Wilkes district Boy and Girl Scouts organization have a program worthy of your at tention and support. The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of» Wilkes" For Over 43 Years Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., Monday, July 11, 1949 Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center Cancer Center Is Subject Program Kiwanis Meeting Dr. Mildred Schram Tells of Work Beini Done In Center at Wilkesboro North Wilkesboro Kiwanis club on Friday noon at Hotel Wilkes enjoyed a varied and highly interesting program: Program Chairman J. B. Cart er presented first Mrs. C. T. Doughton, and Joe Brewer. Mr. (Brewer sang "Roadways," "Beautiful Dreamer," and "I've Got Plenty O' Nothin'," accom panied by Mrs. Doughton. Dr. Fred Hubbard was then present ed, who Introduced Dr. Mildred Schram. Dr. Schram spoke on the subject of "The Detection and Treatment of Cancer.*' She paid ▼ery high compliment to the medical society of Wilkes coun ty and to the county commission ers of this county for the inter est they hare shown in provid ing the recently completed can cer detection clinic at the Wilkes .fgurthouse. She stated that this Is the very first of such clinics to be established in this state. She said it was splendidly equipped and that Bhe had had the finest of cooperation from the doctors and all concerned at •pery weekly session of the clin JBc. She stated further that under Ian act of the Legislature passed at a recent session the State Medical Society and the State £>uni u. ujl netuia are m cuarge of the carrying out of the concer program. She said that the chief object of the program is to find cancers ' and refer the patients to the proper place for treatment. She said that the society had de termined that people above for -ty were more subject to cancer and that there are five areas of the human body where cancers occur more frequently than else where, and on this basis the cancer detection clinics of the state are being set up and the opportunity offered to all dti rens above forty to be given free of charge an examination to de termine whether there is any in dication of cancer in the five areas of the body previously suggested. It was indicated also that any person regardless of age would be able to make an appointment at the clinic if it was thought such person had symptoms of cancer. The doc ftor's talk was well received by every member of the club. John Adams, superintendent k of "Coble Dairy Products com ' pany plant in Wllkesboro, was inducted into membership by Robert Morehouse. Guests Fri day were: Tiny Hutton with Paul Vestal; Dr. A. D. More house with H. H. Morehouse; Peter Morehouse with Robert M^iehouse; Ward Eshelman and "Tom Eshelman with their father, P. W. Eshelman; W. A. Steph ens with Paul Choplin; Wayne Eller with C. B. Eller; Mrs. J. B. -Carter, Mrs. A. S. Oassel, Mrs. C. T. Doughton, Joe Brewer and Dr. Mildred Schram with J. B. Carter. Walsh Is Leading In County League Walsh Lumber company team is currently leading in the Wilkes county baseball league being sponsored by the Wilkee Junior Chamber of Commerce. The Walsh team has won two and lost none. Boomer has won one and lost none. Falrplalns and Pores Knob hare a percent age of 500 with one win and one loss for each. Moravian Fall! has lost one and Millers Creek has lost two, while winning none. Falrplalns and Boomer will play Tuesday night. On Friday night Walsh &ud Pores Knob will play and oc Saturday ^night it will be Fair plains renus Moravian Falls. Jaycees scheduled to assist at the game Tuesday night will be Richard Johnston, Jim Swanson Sam Ogllvie, Jim M<fAlister and Wiley B. McNeil, Jr. Those foi Lthe games July 15, 16 and 1J fWill be Jimmy Allen, Jim Spic ier, Phil Forester and Charlei ■Rink. Kpecial Meeting Of V. F. W. Tuesday A special meeting: of Veterani of Foreign Wars will be hell Tuesday night, July 13, 7:00 tc 7: to. All members are forged tc be present, and with oil chothet bo they ean mere'some! steel in side the building. I Thursday Visiting Day At Girl Scout Camp At Mtn. View Thursday evening, 7:30 until nine o'clock, will be visiting hoars at the Olrl Scout Gamp in progress this week, Monday through Friday, at Mountain View school. Thursday evening the Scouts will entertain visitors with songs, skits and by visits to the arts and crafts room. Parents and friends of girls attending the camp are especially invited. The camp this year is well at tended, and the girls are receiv ing much valuable training as well as recreation. The camp will close Friday afternoon and girls will be ready to return home from five until six D. m. _ Thomas Wellborn ■ ■■ ■ ■ ■ Thomas I*. ' Wellborn wu elected councilor of the North Wllkesboro council of Jr. O. XI. A. M., in meeting held here last week. Other officers elected with Councilor Wellborn to serve dur ing the latte^ part of 1949 were as follows: Steve Taylor, vice counselor; C. A. Canter, record ing secretary; B. F. Bentley, as s 1 s t a n t recording secretary; Northwestern Bank, treasurer; Alonzo Cleary, conductor; A. G. Anderson, warden; Woodrufl Wallace, iugide sentinel; Claude Oaudill, outside sentinel; Roscoe Elledge, junior past councilor; J. M. Eller," B. F. Bentley and Clay Pardue, trustees; B. F. Bentley -and Clay Pardue, repre sentatives to state council; R. C. Goodwin and Barney Harrold, al ternate representatives to state council; H. L. Mechem, chaplain; George Campbell, assistant chap lain. The council will meet only on the first and third Tuesday nights in each month until Sep tember 1. The next meeting will be held July 19. -v o ■ ■ Demonstrations On Turkish Tobacco By J. P. CHOPLIN, County Agent, and W. D. LEWIS, Turk ish Tobacco Specialist. W. D. Lewis, Turkish Tobacco Specialist and J. P. Choplin, Wilkes Farm Agent, conducted two demonstrations for the ben efit of new Turkish Tobacco growers in the Mt. Sinai and Rock Creek communities Jul; 5th and 7th. These meetings were held ft the farms of Wes ley Souther and J. P. Bur^hette Sixty-five people attended these meetings. The growers were shown how to prime nad string the tobacco for curing. Aftei stringing, the tobacco is tied on sticks in preparation for wilting After 24 to 36 hours of wilting the sticks holding the tobacco arc placed on movable racks for sun curing. The Turkish Tobacco crop it Wilkes County is doing nicely on most farms growing thJi new crop. There are more thai twice as many growers this yeai in Wilkes county than last year ■ n V. F. W. To Meet There will be a regular meet ing of Blue Ridge Mountaii post 1142 on Thursday, July 14. at 7:30 p. m. at post headquart era. All members are urged to be present. Three weeks has elaps Ied since the last regular meet ing and there is important bus iness to be discussed in connec 'tion with the new building. Pless Will Preside Wilkes Term Couil Judge J. Will Pless, Jr., o Marion, will preside over tin July term of court for one week beginning July 18. Judge Juliui j A. Rousseau, of this city, ex 'changed with Judge Pless at re ! quest of the latter, and will pre 'side oyer court in Marlon. | .o — Chicken Supper At Mulberry Saturday There wijl be a fried chlckei supper at the Mulberry Com munlty House Saturday night i July 10th, from 6:00 to 8:00 Price per plate will be $1.00 to adults and 50c for children und er 12. The proceeds of the sup i per will go to the building fun* of Baptist Home church. Th public is dordially Inrited. tJulo'c^ Sunaay Important Tobacco Meeting July 14 It has been announced by H. C. Roberts, Wilkes County PMA (AAA) chairman, that a meeting regarding flue-cured tobacco marketing quota referendum will be held at the county court house in Wilkesboro, on Thurs day night, July 14 at 8:00 o' clock. Every person Interested in" to bacco is invited to attend, and especially members of the Coun ty USDA Council, all agricultur al workers, representatives of all farm organizations in the county, fertilizer dealers, merch ants, press and radio represen tatives. R. H. Tilley, of Raleigh, : will conduct the meeting. ' o Service Officer For This County Is Now Proposed A proposal to employ a vet erans' service officer for Wilkes county will be presented to the County Commissioners by repre sentatives of the Disabled Ameri can Veterans Wilkes County Chapter, American Legion Wil kes County Post and the Veter ans of Foreign Wars Blue Ridge Mountain Post at the commis sioners meeting at the court Ihouse on Wednesday, July 13, 11949. To Give Veterans' Side Major E>. P. Robinson, district service officer for the North Car olina Veterans' Commission Sur ry County office, and officers of the local veterans' organizations, will explain to the commission ers the veterans' side of the pro posal. The officer would be paid from the county and State funds under a law approved by the General Assembly on April 23. His duties would consist of help ing veterans to gather informa tion for claims and presenting them properly, also assisting the veterans in obtaining the privi lege and allowances as authoriz ed under existing local, State, and Federal Statues. The three Major Veterans' or ganizations executive committees have authorized its officers and representatives to take all steps necessary to secure the Officer for Wilkes county. Help Pay Salary Under the State law passed this year, the State is authorized to pay each county $1,000 toward the service officers salary. The law also allows the money to be used for the "payment^. . of other necessary expenses of a county veterans' service officer." The law states: "The board of county commls 1 sioners of each county of the state is hereby authorized to ap propriate Buch amount as it may deem necessary to pay the sal ary of h county veterans' serv vice officer and to secure . sup plementary funds from the State, and the payment of such salary is hereby declared to be for a nublic nurnose." Available For Two Years The funds will be available to the county for at least two years, each of the veterans' organiza tions officers stated, because $50,000 was appropriated by the State for both fiscal years of 1949-50 and 1950*51. An estimated 5,000 veterans, plus the widows and orphans of the two world wars and other wars participated in by soldiers of the United States of America, ■ would be eligible for help from 1 the .service office if it is estao lishedin the county of Wllkeffc. These officers of the veterans' - organizations also stated thai ■ the location of the North Caro ' llna regional office of the Vet erans' Administration in Wln ston-Salem has given many, many persons the misconception that no further help Is needed r for the veterans', widows, and [ orphan*. • Optimist Club Will Meet On Tuesdoy The Optimist Club of Nortt I Wilkesboro will meet Tuesday at s'noon at Hotel Wilkes. All mem bers are urged to be present. Seventeen Boys, Girls On Pickup Which Overturns Dobson Girl Killed Near Moravian Falls; Many Others Are Injured One was killed and eight were injured Sunday afternoon when a pickup loaded with youthful picnickers overturned on highway 18 near . Moravian Falls at 5:30 p. m. Miss Mary Stanley, 13, only child of Mr. and Mrs. Early Stan ley, of the Stony Knoll commun ity near Copeland in Surry coun ty, was killed instantly. Exami nation disclosed that her neck was broken. The truck was carrying 17 boys and girls of Stony Knoll Sunday school on a picnic trip over the Blue Ridge Parkway to Blowing Rock and back by Lenoir and Wilkesboro. Behind the truck were a number of cars carrying other members of the families. Most seriously injured were Miss Mary Doss, of Dobson, with a fractured skull and concussion, and Miss Stacy Doss, 18, of Dob son, who suffered a punctured lung. Both are in critical condi tion at the Wilkes hospital but were reported today as resting better and may recover. Their brother, Howard Doss, 14, suffered a broken arm and other injuries. Less seriously Injured were listed as: Sadie Childress, 19, Dobson. Odessa Childress, 23, Dobson. Shirley Cq«, 11, f)obson. Robert Co*, 11, Dobson. All of thjteatboT* u» WllfcM Hospital In frfcrth Wilkesboro. Billy Nichols, 17, was taken ttj Elkin Hospital In Elkin, suffer ing from back lajuries. The accident was investigated by Patrolmeq C. R. Shook and R. H. Garland, who preferred no charges against Wilbur Doss driver of the pickup. , The accident occured during e hard shower of rain, on a curvt near the road leading from the highway to the home of Paul J Vestal. The rain making visibil ity poor and the slippery pave ment were attributed as cause: of the crash. The pickup truci swerved to the left on the high way, crashed into the bank turned around and over into th< bank, pinning some of the oc cupants between the truck am the bank. • Riding behind in cars, a num ber of the parents and relative! were helpless witnesses to th< tragedy- Among the group weri Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Steele former residents of that com munity. They Joined the plcnii group at Bluff Park and had ac companied them from there ti Blowing Rock and return. Thi two Coe children, who sustained minor Injuries, were nieces an< nephew of Mrs. Steele. Former Wilkes Girl Honored In Girl Scout- Work The following article appear ed In the Baltimore News-Pos June 29: • TWO WILL RECKIVM HIGHEST AWARD The Curved Bar, highest Gir: Scout award, will be presented Margaret Purcell and Coleej Warren at the Court of Awardf ceremony to be held by Inter mediate Troop 233, Girl Scouti of America, in the Victory Villi Community Building tomorrow at 7 p. m. Coleen Warren is the fifteen year-old daughter of Mr. an< Mrs. Granville Warren, formerly of the Fairplalns community and the granddaughter of Mr and Mrs. John Warren, Nortl Wilkeaboro, route 1, and Mr "and Mrs. W. P. Colvard, of Ash< county. Meetings Under Way Bethel Branch of Church o: Christ, located wren miles eas of this city on the Elkln high way, la conducting services eacl evening, eight o'clock, this -vfeek The pnblie Is cordially invited t< hear the goepel messages at eacl serrlea. First Presbyterian Has IBible School The Vacation Church School of the Presbyterian church closed a two weeks sessions Fri day in which some very tine work was done. Among the workers in the school were Mlssj Corlnne Faw,' Mesdames E. G. Finley, Gordon Finley, C. C. Faw, Jr., Leonard Brooks, Paul Brooks, E. S. Kendrfck, Misses Billle Jo Zimmerman, Carolyn OgilYie, Mary Elmore Finley, Isa bella Gibbs, and Joan Sprinkle. The pastor, of the church. Rev. Watt M. Cooper, and the direc tor of Religions Education, Miss Ruth King Wood, also assisted with the school. North Wilkesboro Tax Rate Of $1.85 Will Remain Same X » Tax rate for the town of North Wilkesboro *,111 remain $1.85 on each hundred dollars assessed valuation of property, according to the budget ten tatively adopted by the city council. The budget appropriates $165, 000 for the general fund, for which the tax levy Is $1.30. For debt service will be 35 cents of the tax levy, estimated to raise $19,416. For the school fund the tax levy will be 20 cents, estimated the raise $11,951. The total bud geted for the school fund is $18, 802.46, including 1948 balance, per capita funds from Wilkes county and state funds for voca tional home economics. Total assessed valuation ol property in North Wilkesboro 'this year Is $6,850,000, which represents a substantial increase over the total of $6,490,869 in 1948. . Walker Reunion Sunday, July 17 Walker family reunion will be held Sunday, July 17, at New Covenant church three miles north of Mountain View. The day's program will open at 9:30 a. m., and dinner will be spread at 12:30. There will also be plenty of watermelons for th< crowd to enjoy. Announcement of the reunion was made by W Cleve Walker, president, anc Cordelia Bartley, secretary, whc urged all members of the Walk er family and their friends tc 1 attend. o—■ SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A. Louis 0. Elledge, _ Claimed By Death; Last Rites Sunday Louis Otha EMledge, a mem ber of a well known Wilkes fam ily, died at the home of a daugh ter, Mrs. D. M. Klnnaman of Wlnston-TSalem. Mr. Blledge was 83 years knd sixteen days old. He was a son of Alfred and Elisa beth BUedge, and the last mem ber of a family of twelve chil dren. He was a member of Center Baptist church for fifty three years. He was a devoted and faithful member of his church, and also a member of the Ma sonic Order for about sixty years. He Is survived by his wife, Mrs. BUzabeth McGrady Blledge of North Wilkesboro, and six children. The children are as follows: Mrs. B. H. Wood, Mrs. T. H. Deal and son, Everett I. Blledge of North Wilkesboro; Mrs. O. W. Church, Mrs. D. M. Klnnaman, and son, Vernon Bl ledge of Winston-Salem, N. C. Funeral service was held Sun day afternoon at Center Baptist church. The pastor, Rev. Monroe Dillard, was assisted by Rev. Cleat W. Simmons, pastor of Hinshaw Street Baptist church. Shober A. Church Claimed By Death; Funeral Saturday Funeral service for Shober A. Church, 71, a life-long and well known citizen of the Purleai community, was held Saturday, 11 a. m., at New Hope Baptist church. Mr. Church died in the hospi tal here Thursday kfternoon. He had been in ill health for several months. Born July 12,1872, Mr. Churcl was a son of the late Hiran and Martha. .Payne Church. Ot£ surviving member of his immed late family is one son, Parkt fhurch, of Purlear. Rev. A. W. Eller and Rev Huffman conducted the funerai service. Burial was in the churct cemetery. ,,.r,n Revival Services At Walnut Grove Revival services began Sunda] night at Walnut Grove Baptis church near Pores Knob an( will continue through this weel with services at eight p. m. daily Rev. Howard Ford, pastor of El kin Baptist church, is guest min ister and is assisting the pastor Rev. John Wells. The public ii invited to all services. o Cemetery Working At Brier Creek 13tfc Those who have relatives an< friends buried in Brier Creel cemetery are invited to gathe at the cemetery Wednesday, Jul; 13, for an all-day working oi the cemetery- In event of rail that date, the next fair day wll be x the date. FLASHERS BEAT WYTHEVILLE ; 3-2; GALAX COMING THURSDAY 1 Four Flashers On All Stai Team to Play Mt. Airy Tuesday Night In one of the best games o 1 the season North Wilkesboro toppled Wytheyille here Saturday night 3 to 2 jbehlnd Lee Postove's flTe-hit pitching performance. Manager Tom Daddlno slamm ed a triple Ifar down the first base line ln| the ninth to bring home the Winning run. Boti Hlte, who had previously banged out a double and triple, set up the winning marker when he dashed with {blazing speed to first to beat out a bounder to the 1 Wytheville's second baseman Hite was off1 with the pitch when Daddlno hit and scored easily to break utf the game. Hite also figured in the two ; runs in the first Inning to put the Flashers ahead until the ninth. Cooper was on by Subb'i boot of his grounder And Hite lined a/ Hammock pitch orer the right fielder for a triple. He al 1 so scored, \fhen Shores filed* to center. • Wythevillq's run in the first ' was scored When a fast grounder got by Shores at third. Managei ' Subb put everything he had Into - the lineup to crowd one run a cross In the ninth to tie the score. Bass singled, was sacrtfle* ■ ed to second] and went to third on • a bad throw. Pinch Hitter Bra i lich walked. Pinch Hitter Worti Cuthbertson tried a squeeze boat and the runner was out at th< plate. Levigne singled home thi tying ran. Yesterday's game with Rad ford here was rained out a game time and the flashers g< to Radford tonight. The next home game will b< against Galax here Thursday night. All Star Game The All Star game will b( played, in Mt. Airy Tuesday night, or .Wednesday night Ii case of rain Tuesday. Four Nortl Wilkesboro players are on thi all star squad to play Moun Airy. Pat Pescitelll at second Bob Winkelspect at short an< Doug Shores at third are ache duled to compose the all star in field, but Winkelspect may no play becanse he has-not fully re covered from a spike wounc which has kept him out foi weeks. Bob Thompson is th< North Wilkesboro pitcher slat ed for all star duty. Lose To Wytheville At Wytheville Friday nigh North Wilkesboro lost 11-1( when Worth Cuthbertson, unti recently with the Flashers, bat ted a squeeze bunt on the thirc strike to bring home the win ning run In the tenth. The Flash' ers collected 18 hits but misplayi in the field cost the game Thompson and Keating share< mound duties with Keating charged with the loss. Shorei added a homer to his list o: round trippers for the season Union Services Sunday Evenings At Three Chirches Series By Methodist, Bap • tist and Presbyterian Church Started First Baptist, First Presby terian and First Methodist churches here on Sunday night began a series of union services on Sunday evening, which will continue through September 4 with ministers occupying various pulpits. To begin the series of union services on Sunday evenings, Dr. John T. Wayland, First Baptist pastor, preached Sunday night at the First Methodist church: On July 17 Rev. Watt M. Cooper will speak at the First Baptist. On July 24 Dr. Gilbert. R. Combs, First Methodist pastor, will speak in the union service at the First Presbyterian church, and on July 31 Rev. Watt M. Cooper, First Presbyterian pas tor, will speak at the First Meth odist. is as follows: August 7—Dr. John T. Way land at First Presbyterian. August 14—Dr. Gilbert R. Combs at First Baptist. August 21—Dr. John T. Way land at First Methodist. August 28—Rev. Watt M. Cooper at First Baptist. September 4—Dr. Gilbert R. Combs at First Presbyterian. The remainder of the " " U 1 Mrs. P. A. Dancy Taken By Death Mrs. Daisy B. Dancy, wife of .. P. A. Dancy, of North Wllkes boro, died at 2:45 a. m. Satur day. She had been in ill health for several months. Mrs. Dancy, 59, was a daugh ter of Jasper and Dicle Darts Billings. She Is survired by her hUsbahd, three daughters and one son: Mrs. Claude Key, Mrs. Tam Shoemaker and Tom Dancy, of North Wilkesboro, and Mrs. Boyd Cook, of Wilkesboro; also eight grandchildren. In addition to her husband, children and grandchildren Mrs. Dancy is survived by two broth ers, Roby Billings, of Saltville, Va., and Parker Billings, of North Wilkesboro. Funeral service was held Sun i day, three p. m., at the Srrst Baptist church, of which she was a member. The service was conducted by the pastor, Dr. John T. Wayland. I Many beautiful flowers were [ carried by members of the Eu . zelian Sunday school class of the r First Baptist chnrch, members r of the Order of the Eastern L Star, neighbors and friends. Pall ! bearers were Monroe Bller, R. I M. Braml, Jr., C. G. Livengood, Tom Whittington, Charles Absh er and Rev. Carl Bumgarner. Burial was In Mount Lawn Me morial Park. r ■ ft Memorial Service For John^W. Hall An impressive memorial serv \ ice was held for Comrade John W. Hall last Thursday evening , at the regular meeting of Wilkes , county post 125, American Le gion. " Prior to the start of the regu , lar meeting a motion picture was , shown through the courtesy of L the Esso Standard Oil Co. The picture, in technicolor and , sound, started with the bd&utiful . scenery of the famous Blue Ridge Parkway and showed the natural I beauty of the state of North Carolina from the western bor der to the sea coast. It also showed many of the Industries | of the state together with some . of the natural resources. After . viewing this picture it is easy , to realize that North Carolina is . one of the greatest of the forty eight states. This picture is the second of a series of pictures to be shown | at American Legion meetings, i Announcement of the next pic ture will be made at an early date. It was decided that during July, August and September the post should have just one meet ing. Therefore the next meeting j of Wilkes county post 125, Amer . lean Legion will be held on the , first Thursday In August. ■ • ■ SUPPORT THE Y.'NL C A,