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ATRIOT
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The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 43 Years
Wilkes district Boy and Girl
Scouts organisation have a.
program worthy of your at
tention and support.
Vol. 44, No. 29
Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., Monday, July 25, 1949
Make North WUkesboro Your Shopping Center
PLANS MADE FOR DOLLAR DAYS IN AUGUST
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I. d. Hospital
To Be Enlarged,
Two More Wards
Addition Will Enable Con
vale scent Patients To
Be Isolated .
Wilkes Tuberculosis hospital,
which was reopened over a year
ago and has been serving well
In the overall public health pro
gram in Wilkes county, is being
enlarged.
^Ground has been broken for a
substantial addition to the bulld
lng.
The new addition will house
two wards of four beds each.
The new wards will be used
for patients who are not serious
ly ill, 'and will isolate them from
those in worse condition. Prev
iously there had not been space
for separating patients and all
were together in the lagge wards.
The addition is being con
Nl^ructed by the Wilkes Chapter
of \£e Tuberculosis Association,
with funds derived from the sale
of Christmas seals.
Wilkes county provides an ap
propriation toward operation of
the institution, but no public
«unds were available for con
duction.
It is expected that the new
addition will be completed and
ready for use in the next several
days.
J. D. Woodruff
Dies lii Elkin
Elkin, July 21.—James Dan
iel Woodruff, age 72, passed fv
way Wednesday at 9 a. m., at
his home In East Elkin following
an Illness of two years, critically
ill for three days.
"Uncle Dan'" as he was affec
tionally called by all who knew
him, is the son of the late Brax
ton and Lodema Woodruff.
He was an active member of
the Friendship Baptist Church,
serving as Sunday School super
intendent up until his health
failed him two years ago. He
was also a member of the Ma
sonic Lodge and Junior Order.
Mr. Woodruff worked at Chat
ham Manufacturing Company for
SI years and was retired March
P^l, 1947. While in the employ of
Ythat company he was presented
f the Safety Awrfrd of Merit by
' the National Safety Council on
July 9, 1946, for having worked
50 years without a lost time
accident. He was the first tex
tile employee in the United
8tates to receive this honor. He
again honored by the North
^Jarolina State-wide Industrial
Safety Conference on September
13, 1946, when he was presented
to the conference, where he
made a talk. While working for
the Chatham Company he was
an actiVe member of the Thur
mond Chatham Unity Club. He
was a highly esteemed man of
excellent Christian character.
He was married to the former
Miss Coetta Gentry in 1899,
who survives. Also surviving are
one daughter, Mrs. W. L. Bostlc
of-this city; two sons, Marshall
and Brady Woodruff, of this
city; two brothers, H. D. Wood
ruff of this city and W. C. Wood
ruff of Jonesville; one sister,
Mrs. B. P. Rollins of Elizabeth
town; six grandchildren and one
great grandchild.
Moravian Falls
Downs East Siders
The East Side Kids were de
feated by Moravian Falls of the
Wilkes County League In a
baseball game at Moravian Falls
Sunday by the score of 7-5.
Moravian scored the two runs
which won the game in the
fourth inning on two singles and
Pennell's doable.
Laws started on the mound for
Moravian Falls with Lowe catch
ing. For the Kids, Osborne was
^.starting pitcher, Bussell reliev
ing him in the sixth. Eller was
y catcher for the East Siders.
\ Score by innings :
, E. S.Jfclds .... 040 010 0—5 3 2
l 180 210 x—7 7 1
P 4ne East Side Kids will play
Millers Creek in a double header
at Memorial Park here Wednes
day, Jnly 27, at first game start
ing at 1:00 p. m.
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Tobacco carports from Africa In
1948 totaled about 120 million
poattds. • i
cscapee is Kecaptured
On Wilkesboro Rood
Statesville.—Homer Johnson,
who escaped from the Ashe
County State Prison Camp at
West Jefferson Sunday night,
was captured Wednesday after
noon on the Wilkesboro highway
about 10 miles north of States
ville.
State Highway Patrolman H.
L. Lackey said Johnson was
found in a wooded area off High
way 115.
National
Confab Aug. 2nd
In Winston-Salem
Importance of a national af
fairs conference, to be sponsored
Augusl 2 by the Winston-Salem
Chamber of Commerce in coope
ration with the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States,
was stressed at a luncheon meet
ing of chamber officials from
practically every city in the Win
ston-Salem trade territory on
Tuesday, July 19.
Tuesday's session was a plan
ning meeting for the conference
which will attract businessmen
from this entire area, and will
highlight all the major issues
now before the eighty-first Con
gress. The meeting will be held
following a dinner at the Robert
E. Lee Hotel, Tuesday night, Au
gust 2.
William J. Bird, national af
fairs advisor of the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States,
Washington, D. C.f discussed con
ference plans Tuesday, and gave
an insight into the purpose of
the August conference, which is
one of many currently being con
ducted in the Southeastern sec
tion of the United States to bet
ter acquaint businessmen with
important Congressional issues.
Represented at the meeting,
"besides businessmen from the
Winston-Salem chamber, were
Representatives from chambers
of commerce in Lexington, Thom
asvllle and the Tri-City Merch
ants Association of Leaksville.
Delegations from all of these
cities and others in this area,
are expected to join with scores
of Winston-Salem business lead
ers to discuss congressional is
sues at the August conference.
It will be the first time that lo
cal business and professional men
have had an opportunity to hear
well informed Washington speak
ers review the entire legislative
scene which has highlighted the
eighty-first Congress.
Affairs
First speaker at the August
conference will be Earl B. Steele,
Washington, D. C. editor of the
governmental affairs publica
tions of the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States. Mr.
Steele, who is one of the most
Informed newspaper men in
Washington, will discuss "The
Eighty-First Congress, It's Rec
ord, It's Future."
The other of two speakers on
the program will be William J.
Bird, national affairs advisor of
the national chamber's south
eastern division, who spoke at
yesterday's planning session.
Bird, thirty-two year old cham
ber spokesman, will present a
practical and enthusiastic ap
proach to "Help Yourself to
Better Government."
It. P. Dickie, southeastern di
vision manager of the national
chamber, from Atlanta, will con
clude the program with a round
table discussion in which all bus
iness men will be urged to par
ticipate..
All businessmen in the Win
ston-Salem trade territory are
invited to attend the conference,
which is similar to other confer
ences recently held in Eastern
North Carolina where business
men report as being the most
informative and important con
ferences ever held in their com
munities.
A dutch trust dinner will be
held prior to the meeting, and
reservations for tbie conference
should be made promptly through
the Winston-Salem Chamber of
Commerce.
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Scout Executive
Mores To Wilkes
Mr. and Mrs. Joe D. Edwards
after August 1 will reside at the!
Robert Holland home on old
highway 69 near Wilkesboro. Mr.
Edwards, formerly of Winston
Salem, is field executive^ for the
Old Hickory Boy Scout council.
North Wilkesboro,
Kiwanians
Meet For Picnic
North Wilkesboro and Elkln
Klwanis clubs held a very en
joyable lnter-club meeting Thurs
day evening, 6:30, at Bluff Park.
There were 46 members of
the North Wilkesboro club in
the joint meeting. A chicken din
ner was provided by McKnight,
of the Elkin club and the din
ner was followed with ample
servings of watermelon.
The dinner, cool mountain air
and scenery were much enjoyed.
There was no program and no
speeches.
Guests of the North Wilkes
boro members were: Tom Eshel
man with P. W. Eshelman; Mr.
Bannerman with R. G. Finley;!
L. S. Spainhour with J. B. Cart
er.
Wilkes Dairy
Meeting 26th
By J. P. GHOPLJN, County Agent
There will be a very important
and interesting meeting of dairy
men at the county courthouse in
Wilkesboro at 8 p. m., Tuesday
night, July 26th. M. N. Dietrick,
Manager of the Southeastern Ar
tificial Breeding Stud at Ashe
ville, will be present to discuss
breeding problems of dairy cat
tle.
John A. Arey, head of the Ex
tension Dairy Division at State
College, or J. F. Brown, exten
sion dairy specialist, will be
present to discuss other dairy
problems. All dairymen are
urged to attend this important
meeting.
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Sgt. Parker Rites
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Funeral service was held Sun
day, 11 a. m., at North Wilkes
boro Second Baptist church for
Staff Sergeant Andrew Clyde
Parker, who was killed in action
In World War II July 7, 1944.
Rev. W. N. Hayes conducted
the service and burial was in
Edgewood cemetery with full
military honors.
Surviving S. Sgt. Parker are
his father and mother, Mr. and
Mrs. Andrew Parker, of North
Wilkesboro, two sisters and one
brother, Mrs. Paye Nichols and
Mrs. Ethel Hayes, of Purlear, and
Bud Parker, of North Wilkes
boro.
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Valuable Property
At Auction July 30
Williams and Clar^ Land Auc
tion cimpany, of which M. C.
Woodie and P. E. "Dancy are sell
ing: agents, will sell the Dewey
Combs homeplace on the Roaring
River-Mountain View road Satur
day, July 30, two p. m. The 14
acres have been subdivided into
desirable sites for residences and
business locations. The property
has two homes and a store build
ing. A $50 bill will be given to
someone attending the sale.
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Botnra That Book to the ZAnu;
DOUBLE HEADER WITH RADFORD
HERE WEDNESDAY; ELKIN WINS
The Radford Rockets will play
the North Wilkesboro Flashers
here in a double header Wednes
day evening, with the first game
starting at 6:30. It will be the
only home game of the Flashers
this week nntil Saturday night,
when Mt. Airy will play here.
Elkin, the vastly improved
cellar team, took games from
the Flashers Saturday night and
Sunday*. winning by Identical
scores of 5 to 2. At Elkln Satur
day night Ralph Cunningham
and Smith locked in a close pitch
ing duel which was decided by
an Elkin rally in the ninth in
ning. Cunningham was relieved
by Thompson in the ninth.
Bob Peters led Flashers' hit
ting in the gaiqe, starting with
a triple on the first strike in
the game.
Here Sunday Elkln scored four
runs in the sixth to win, aided
by two costly errors In that
frame, and added another un
earned run in the eighth. Dick
Long started for the Flashers
and were relieved by Bob Thomp
L. b. Kennedy Dies,
Funerol Held Today
L. B. Kennedy, of Weavervllle,
died at the home of~a daughter,
Mrs. Louis Roberts, at Weaver
vllle Saturday.
Mr. Kennedy was a brother of
B. J. Kennedy of Wilkesboro,
John W. Kennedy, of Weaver
vllle, and Mrs. Alice Wilson, of
Newton.
Mr. B. J. Kennedy and several
members of his family from
Wilkesboro attended the funer
al service today.
Mrs. Lillie Tharpe
Last Rites Saturday
Mrs. Lillie Myrtle C. Tharpe,
66, resident of the Roaring River
community of Wilkes county,
died Thursday afternoon at the
hospital in Elkin.
Funeral service was held Sat
urday, two p. m., at Pleasant
Home Baptist church with Rev.
John Burcham and Rev. George
Walters officiating.
Mrs. Tharpe was the widow of
the late James F. Tharpe. Surviv
ing are her mother, Mrs. Hay
wood Cockerham, of Roaring
River, two brothers and two
sisters: Clarence and D. .E.
Cockerham, of Elkin, Mrs. R. J.
Tucker, of Roaring River, and
Mrs. B. B. Absher, of Elkin.
Data Given On
Tennis Tourney
Turner Rich and Mike Wil
liams seem to be a sure bet to
win honors in Midway Pontiac's
Ail-American Tennis Champion
ships. Rich is in the Junior Divis
ion, Williams in the Men's Sin
gles Division.
Rich, 17, has won several Jun
ior tennis tournaments this sum
mer. Only Falk looms as the
threat to his winning. McNeill is
given an outside chance to win,
but he's hot one game and cold
the nuxt.Hicfa hWTtrawli
in the opening round and Is a
favorite to win in straight sets.
Williams, football, basketball,
and tennis star at Davidson Col
| lege, has been outstanding In
many tennis tournaments
throughout the Carolinas. Bill
Carrigan is a real threat to
Williams. Carrigan won the
Greensboro Tennis Tourney not
so long ago, and as Williams,
has been outstanding in every
tournament he has entered. It
will be a fight right down to the
wire with Williams a slight fav
orite.
In the Men's doubles Carrigan
Parker seem to have a clear road
to the championship. Bill Thom
as-William G*ay might give
them some trouble. Gordon Fin
ley-Gene McNeill seem to be 6ut
of the race.
Seeded Players
Junior. Division: 1. Turner
Rich, 2'. Frank Falk, 3. Gene
McNeill, 4. Larry Mills.
Men's Division: 1. Mike Wil
liams, 2. Bill Carrigan, 3. W. L.
Bundy, 4. Fred Barker.
Other entries include: Wil
liam Gray, Bill Foster, John Bh
ton, Gordon Finley, Bill Dobson,
Bub Terry, Bernie Owens, Foral
Greene, James Knight, and Park
er.
All entrants will be notified
when and where they play by
phone.
son in the sixth. North Wilkea
boro scored In the fourth when
Tom Daddino batted in Bob
Wlnkelspect, who had singled
and Wlnkelspect batted in Pet
ers in the seventh. With the
bases loaded Elkin's Horace Hub
bard made a sensational catch of
Daddino's drive for the third
oat. It was easily the decisive
play of the game, because the
ball carried 350 feet and was
good for three or more runs.
Howard Pearson, of Moores
town, N. J., joined the club here
Sunday and made his debut ta
tight field. Playing part of the
game, he collected a single and
walk In three tries, and made
two putouts afield. Pearson Is
21 years of age, five-eleven in
height and his weight Is 190.
Pearson Is expected to add sojne
hitting power to the waning plate
attack.
The Flashers are in Galax to
day and tomorrow. Rpdford will
be here Wednesday for a double
header. On Friday night North
Wilkes bo ro will play In Mt. Airy.
Red Cross Assists I
Wilkes Veterans
In Pension Claims
The local Red Cross office Is
prepared to assist veterans of all
wars and their dependents with
their various claims for pensions,
hospitalization and other benefits
to whom they are entitled Blank
forms are available at all times
and the worker is glad to assist
in their execution. Chapter work
ers are kept advised by National
Red Cross Headquarters of the
laws enacted by Congress and
the interpretation of them by
the Veterans Administration.
Red Cross claim service field
directors are stationed in all
Veterans Administration R e
gional, District and the Central
Office for handling claims. How
ever, if a veteran so desires, he
may receive Red Cross assistance
in filing his claim and still give
Power of Attorney to another
service organization.
Miss Rebecca Moseley, local
Red Cross worker, reports that
in June she assisted 195 veterans
with their various applications.
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District Meeting
Of Odd Fellows
Sixth district of Odd Fellows
will meet with Union lodge 331
Saturday, July 30.
Dinner will be served from
six until eight p. m., at which
time the business meeting will
be held. The meeting will be
open to lodge members and
their families.
District six is composed of
lodges at Charlotte, Kannapolis,
Concord, Mooresville, Lincolnton,
Statesville, Jefferson and North
Wilkesboro.
I The noble grand urges that
all members of Union lodge at
tend 4he
Cemetery Working
At Reddies River
Those who have relatives and
friends buried at Reddies River
cemetery are invited to gather
at the cemetery Monday, August
1st, to clean the grounds which
are badly in need of cleaning.
Take tools. Jn event of rain that
date, the next fair day will be
the date.
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4 County League
Games This Week
With only one playing date in
professional I aseball here be
tween now aid Saturday (North
Wilkesboro-Ri dford double head
er Wednesday night), fans will
have the opportunity to view
their favorite county league
teams in the circuit sponsdred
by the Wilkes Junior Chamber
of Commerce.
Tonight inl Memorial Park it
will be Fairpjlains versus Walsh
Lumber company, and on Tues
day night Millers Creek and
Boomer will »lay. Moravian Falls
and Walsh pfay Thursday night
and on Friday night Fairplains
and Millers Creek will be the
opposing teams.
Pores Knof gained a lopsided
Moravian Falls Fri
victory over
day night
Boomer 1b
league with
now leading the
two victories and
no defeats, followed by Pores
Knob with a 3-1 record. Walsh
with 2-2 and Fairplains with
and tied for third. Millers Creek
and Moravian Falls have lost two
each without hitting the victory
column.
639 Winner Deep
Freeze Unit At
Jenkins Big Safel
Number 6B9 was the
number for ! the Norge
Freeze unit
lucky
. Deep
o be given away at
Jenkins Tannery sale of furni
ture, C. E. Jenkins stated to
day.
Person holding number 639
call for the unit be
July 30, or an
will be drawn Sat
will have to
fore Saturda
other numt
urday night. |
Meanwhile
tinulng In
outstanding
the sale is con
ill blast, with many
furniture bargains
available for' customers. The sale
is being held in the old tannery
building in North Wilkesboro.
Blue Ridge Camp -
Advent Christian
Church July 29th
Blue Ridge camp of the Advent
Christian church will be held July
29 to August 7 near Blowing Rock.
Teachers will be Catherine Bau
com, Everlyn Smith, Maglene
Thomas, and Mrs. Alton C. Tri
vette. Ministers expected are
Gragg, Trviette, Whitman, Hank
ins, Hurlbut, McCormick and Wil
son. J. Baucom will be director of
music, with Margaret June Davis
pianist and Kathleen Cook or
chestra. Women's mission work
session will be held at 2:30 p. m.
daily.
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Somers Township
Road Meeting To
Be Held Saturday
All citizens of Somers town
ship and others interested art
invited to attend a meeting tc
be held Saturday, July 30, twc
p. m., at the residence of th€
late L. W. Lonsford.
Announced purpose of th(
meeting is to select a committee
to represent the township and
community in making requests
for1 road construction and im
provement.
To Unveil Marker
For Rev. E. Teaguc
A granite stone marker fire
feet wide, and fourteen inches
feet wide, nad fourteen inchef
thick with a bronze tablet has
been erected at the Mundaj
Cemetery in Alexander county
North Carolina, to the memorj
of The Reverend Edward Teague,
pioneer Baptist minister and
pastor of the first Baptist church
in said county. The church was
organized in 1797. Edward
T«agu» was buried ia-tbls ««m*
tery In 1810.
The unveiling ceremony foi
this marker will be held at the
Munday Cemetery on Sunday
July 31, at 10:30 a. m. All Bap
tist ministers and their congrega
tions in Alexander county arc
invited and urged to attend this
service. All descendants of Ed
ward Teague are invited and ex
pected to attend this service. All
denominations and the public
are invited to attend. "You are
invited to come and bring youi
childfen to see this unusual cere
mony. Many of you have nevei
seen an unveiling ceremony and
may never have another oppor
tunity to see one. Parking space
will be provided and there will
be room for everybody to wit
ness the ceremony and see the
marker. The service will last on
ly one hour," the announcement
said.
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Optimist Club To
Meet Tuesdoy Noon
The Optimist club of North
Wilkesboro will meet tomorrow
at noon at Hotel Wilkes. E. R
Eller, club president, urges even
member to attend.
Optimist D. T. Trivette is pro
gram chairman for the day, and
his brother, Attorney Eugene
Trivette, will be guest speaker.
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Plans Made For
Mountain Lions
Training At Boone
■ Tom Boyette, former Chll
drens Home and Appalachian
athlete who will soon begin hla
duties as coach of North Wilkes
boro high school, has laid plans
for football pre-season training
at Boone, beginning August 14.
Accomodations have been se
cured at A. S. T. C. for 86 boys,
and all boys In North Wilkesboro
high school, grades nine through
12, who will play football are
Invited to participate in the fall
training at Boone for a period
of two weeks.
It is necessary that all boys
who will take the training re'gis
ter in order that final arrange
ments can be made relative to
the number, and all football
candidates are asked to contact
Lott Mayberry, assistant coach,
this week at Smoot Park or at
the high school.
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Support the Y. M. C. A.
August 11,12,13
Dates For Bargain
Event Local Stores
Trade Promotion Commit*
tee Appoints Group
Chairmen
Trade Promotion committee of
the Wilkes Chamber of Com
merce is planning another event
which is sure to be beneficial to
the buying public of northwest
ern North* Carolina.
Wilkes Dollar Days will be the
big event for the month of Au
gust and the dates will be Au
gust 11, 12 and 13.
During this event the dollar
will come into its own and will
buy more merchandise than at
any time in the past eight years.
Wilkes Dollar Days were
planned in a meeting of the
Trade Promotion committee, of
which Gilbert T. Bare is chair
man. The committee has asked
that all types of business partici
pate, and a chairman has been
named for each group as follows:
grocery, Presley Myers; furni
ture, Charles H. Day; hardware,
C. E. Jenkins; service stations,
Culler & Winkler; appliances,
Paul Cashion; jewelry, C. T.
Burke; clothing and general
merchandise, L. S. Spainhour
and John Prevette; drugs Wil
liam J. Brame, tires and acces
sories, C. J. Swofford.
Each group chairman will
contact merchants in his respect
ive line and will make efforts to
have all to participate by special
dollar days values and advertis
ing.
The committee has urged that
all merchants plan immediately
their advertising for the event,
keeping in mind that whenever
practical outstanding values will
be offered for one dollar by re
duction of present prices to one
dollar or by offering a group of
articles for one dollar. In higher
priced merchandise reductions of
several dollars will be offered.
It is expected tbat the com
mittee will make Dollar Days a
semi-annual event in the Wilkea
boros. In many cities Dollar
Days are one of the most popular
trading events of the year and
are much appreciated by the
buying public.
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Wheat Acreage
Is Set Fer State
Washington,.—Southern states
would take much smaller per
centage cuts generally in wheat
production next year than big
i wheat states under details of a
Government program announced
yesterday.
The program is aimed at
keeping down surpluses.
Colorado was asked to make
the sharpest cut—35.5 per cent
—of any major producing state.
The department announced
state acreage allotments under
a 1950 wheat program setting
the national planting goal at
68,944,099 acres.
This is about 17 per cent less
than the 83,173,000 acres plant
ed for this year's crop, now in
dicated to be the third largest of
record. The national allotment
was announced last week by
Secretary of Agriculture Bran
nan in a statement telling of de
clining overseas markets and
dangers to troublesome sur
pluses.
The state allotment will be
appropriated among counties and
farmers under regulations set
up in crop control legislation.
Only those farmers planting
within their allotments will be
eligible for government price
support aid. The department said
the state allotments were made
under provisions of law and
were based primarily upon the
seeded acreage In each state dur
ing the past 10 years, adjusted
for recent production trends.
The 1950 allotments and the
1949 acreages for other statee,
respectively, included: North
Carolina, 442,407 and 487,000;
South Carolina, 210,010 and
207,000. , •
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Bible School Closes
At Pleasont Ridge
A very successful Bible school
recently closed at Pleasant Ridge
church. Much was accomplished in
the school, which was in charge of
Ray Lindland and John Peterson.