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44, No. 30 ' •• - - . THE JOURNAL The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" Fo> Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBQRO, N. C., Thursday, July 28, 1949 mfim CmiImi On* iCvllVI VIIv 16 PAGES 43 Years Make North Wiikesboro Your Shopping Center ilkesboro Has a of 50 miles, 190,000 people is Carolina. Hayes Youth Is Exonerated Of Fletcher Death Leo Hayes Fatally Shot Dewey Fletcher at Hayes On Brush ies Leo Hayes, 19-year-old youth of the Brushy Mountain com munity, yesterday was exonerat ed of the slaying Tuesday night of Dewey Fletcher, 51, at the home of Leo's father, Jetter Hayes, near Gllreath. A Jury empannelled by Wilkes Coroner I. M. Myers heard the evidence jand rendered a verdict of justifiable homicide, recom mending that Hayes be complete ly exonerated and that no charg es be preferred. Coroner Myers said in review ing that evidence that Dewey Fletcher was the husband of Grace Fletcher, who is a sister of Jetter Hayes. Several months ago Fletcher and his wife sep arated and separation papers were signed. She went to the home of her brother, Jetter Hayes, to make her home. ' j Fletcher, according to the evi wSuqe, went to the Hayes home Tuesaky night about ten o'clock. There he struck his estranged wife and choked her. Her ne phew, Leo Hayes, picked up a 22-calibre rifle and shot Fletch er in the chest while he was ■Aaaing his wife. The shooting jftwed within the Hayes house The bullet, Coroner Myers said, went through Fletcher's chest and his back. Fletcher crumpled to a sitting position on some cases of canned fruits and died within minutes. Fletcher was a son of Zachary F. and Victoria Tedder Fletcher. He is survived by his estranged wife and one son, Talmadge Fletcher, of Oakwoods. Funeral service will be held Saturday, 11 a. m., at New Hope Baptist church near Gilreath. To Play ML Airy Here On Saturday Flashers Divide With Rad ford In First Games With Flash Loman Pilot North Wilkesboro Flashers changed managers last night, "with Henry "Plash" Loman tak ing over the reins, and won the game against Radford 8 to '"*l*\nt losing the second on loos* infield play 12 to 6. Bfll Weston went the route in the first game, which the Flash ers pulled out of the fire with an explosive burst of hits and runs in the sixth frame. North Wilkes boro went ahead with two runs in the.first on hits by Peters, and Daddino. Radford ^Eame back to tie it up in the sec ond, and added single runs in the fourth and sixth to go a head 4 to 2. In the big sixth the Flashers had six hits and six runs, with Bernie Keating in pinch hitter role smashing a 350-foot triple and driving in two runs. In the second game the home Infield went haywire In the sec ond and allowed five Radford runs on no hits, three walks and tfiree errors. With the score 6-0 the Flashers rallied with six runs on six hits again in the sixth inning to tie the count. Cun ningham started on the mound and went out because of wildness in the ^econd. Keating pitched until the seventh when he went out with two runners on and Rhoades relieved. Wilcox slamm ed a triple to score two runs and he was scored on an error. Rad ford added two in the eighth and one in the ninth. Mount Airy, the slipping lead ers of the league, will play the Flashers here Saturday night and the home team will entertain Wytheville here Sunday after noon, 2:30. Tonight the Flashers are in Radford and will be in Mt. Airy Friday night. Prizes are being given fans at every game' here and fans are to hold rain checks until Jl^^rlzes are given. — A ——— Ice Cream-Supper ^j^rfadson's Store There will be an Ice cream sapper sponsored by the Roar ing' Rirer home demonstration plnb at Hudson's store on high jay 268 Saturday night at 7 •'clock; also home made cakes ad pies, whole or by the slice, roryone is invited to attend. Patrolman Dillard Defendant In Suit Filed For $25,000 State Highway Patrolman R. H. Dillard was named as de fendant In a $25,000 damage suit filed In WHbes court yes terday by Mrs. Katherlne H. Be shears, plaintiff. The plaintiff claims in com plaint filed in the suit that she was damaged $15,000 actual and $10,000 punitive damages by statements of the defendant, par ticularly in an affidavit in super ior court by Patrolman Dillard, which the plaintiff said wrong fully accused her of selling li quor, and owning aqd operating a place where lewdness and oth er Immoral conduct was carried on. The affadavlt in question was used in court in connection with the case against E. I#. Beshears and the closing of Parkway Cafe at that time. The suit was filed and served yesterday and Patrolman Dil lard was placed under bond of $10,000. —U ■ Wilkes Farmers Favored Quotas Fine Cured Weed Vote Practically Unani mous; Quotas Voted In j Throughout Belt Wilkes farmers, along with to bacco growers throughout the flue cured belt, voted overwhel mingly for tobacco quotas to be in effect for the next three years. Election was held Saturday, July 23. The total in Wilkes county for quotas for a three-year period was 898, with only three oppos ing votes. There was one vote for one-year quotas. The three opposing votes were cast at Traphill. The one for one year was at the Benham voting place. Following are given the precinct totals for three-year quotas: Benham, 196; Tharpe's Mill, 174; Harry Green's store, 231; Gus Myers' store,""? 7","Trap-* hill, 160; Wllkesboro, 60. o Valuable Property At Auction July 30 Johnson Land Auction com pany, of which Tal J. Pearson is local selling agent, will sell some valuable property at auction Saturday, July 30, 2:30 p. m. The former Tom Johnson farm contains 204 acres, which has been divided into six farms, big tracts and beautiful home sites. Included with the property are two good farm houses, outbuild ings, farm livestock and machin ery. The sale will offer a splen did opportunity to buy a good small farm or home site. 5th Sunday Singing At Little Rock 31st Southside Singing Association will convene with Little Rock Baptist church near Boomer Sunday, July 31, 11 a. m. F. J. McDuffie, chairman, said that I dinner will be spread picnic j style at noon, and a full day's program of singing will be car ried out. All singers are invited to attend and participate. Road Delegations Will Be Heard In Wilkesboro, 9th Date Changed From Wed nesday To Tuesday, 9th By Commissioner Delegations requesting con struction or improvements of roads in Alleghany, Surry, Yad kin and Wilkes counties will be heard by Commissioner Mark Go forth at the courthouse in Wil kesboro Tuesday, August 9, in stead of Wednesday, August 10, commissioner Goforth stated to day. The hearing will open at ten a. m. Commissioner Goforth holds a, hearing once each month at the county courthouse in Wilkes boro for the people of the four counties in district 2 of the eighth division. The first of these meetings was held on July 12, when sev eral hundred people from the, four counties were heard in several delegations. At these hearings the commis sioner and division engineer boar and map the requests, which are later reviewed in field work and will be considered in mapping the program under Governor Scott's $200,000,000 road im-j provement program. Thurmon Sparks Hearing Postponed Wilkes Coroner I. M. Myers said today that the hearing sche duled for Thurmond Sparks at the Wilkes courthouse Friday afternoon has been postponed until Friday, August 5, three p. M. The hearing will be to deter mine whether or not Sparks Is to be held under bond for the fatal shooting of Claude Bell in the Antioch community several days ago. o Mrs. Blackburn Is Claimed By Death Funeral service will be held Saturday, 11 a. m., at Charity church for Mrs. Clementine Blackburn, 87, wife of Ruff Blackburn, of Edwards town ship. Rev. George Curry will con duct the service. Mrs. Blackburn died today. V/ ——————— To Conduct Bible School At Ookwoods Vacation Bible school will be held Monday through Friday next week at Oakwoods Baptist church. Courses will be held each morning for children and at 7:30 p. m. each evening for adults. Rev. Dean Minton, pastor will be in charge of morning and evening courses. The public is cordially invited to attend. Preaching Service Rev. Ralph Miller will preach at Oakwoods Baptist church Sunday night, July 31, 7:30 o' clock. All have a cordial invita tion to attend the service. o 5th Sunday Singing . At Wifbar July 31 Blue Ridge Singing Associ ation will convene with Union church at Wilbar Sunday, July 31, at one p. m., T. A. Eller, chairman, announced today. All singers are invited to at tend and participate in the sing ing throughout the afternoon. Loman Again Pilots Flashers 3 Henry "Plash'* Loman, o f •- -a, .... - KXZ&*&K*-f J -dtPST** * i Greensboro, who piloted the North Wllkesboro Flashers to second place In a red-hot pennant chase last year, is the new man ager of the North Wllkesboro Flashers. The fiery, explosive, highly competitive skipper left his bus iness in Greensboro yesterday to take over the team he started so successfully in professional baseball last year. In the man ager's post he replaces Tom Dad dino, polished first baseman and one of the best players in the entire league, but who had been unable In the past two weeks to pull the sagging Flash ers out of the doldrums. Last year Flash was a playing manager, playing part of the time in the infield, but he has not been in baseball this. season and. will manage from the bench, at least until he gets in shape for play. Loman started his baseball career under the tutorage of Billy Southworth at Asheville. Southworth is now skipper of the Boston Braves, 1948 Nation al League champions. In one pre war season Loman was batting champion of the Virginia league. On Board Trustees T. E. Story, Wilkes repre sentative in the General As sembly, last week wag appoint ed by Governor W. Kerr Scott to a four-year term on the board of trustees of Winston Salem Teachers College, a state institution for teacher training. On the board Rep resentative Story replaces Gor don Gray, who is now Secre tary of War in President Tru man's cabinet. Representative Story's long career as an edu cator gives him splendid back ground to serve on the board of the teacher-training insti tution. Child Dies Of Strangulation In Wvlkesboro Home William Dean Yates, seven months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Yates, died last night of strangulation at, an apartment occupied by the Yates family near Coble Dairy plant in Wil kesboro. Coroner I. M. Myers said that the child had apparently slipped between the mattress and foot rail of the bed and there died of strangulation. The child was sleeping with his mother and was found by his father, when he came in from woicfabotti IT p. m. ( Surviving are the father and mother, Richard and Audrey Yates, of Wilkesboro, Funeral will be held Friday, two p. m., at New feope Baptist Vernon Eller will conduct the service. J. F. Billings Is. Claimed By Death Funeral service was held *,o day, 11 a. m., at Dehart church for James Franklin Billings, 77, resident of the Hays community who died Monday at the Wilkes hospital. Rev. Hillary Blevlns conducted the last rites. Mr. Billings was a member of a well known Wilkes family. Sur viving are his wife, Mrs. Ellen Billings, two sons and three daughters: C. R. Billings, Hays; Bert Billings, Springfield; Faye Billings, Hays; Mrs. Millie Brown, Hays; Mrs. Everett Bil lings, Forest Hill, Md. o Support the Y. M. C. A. SEPT. 19-24 DATES FOR FAIR Kiwanis Club Is Sponsor Of Big Event This Year Committees To Handle All Phases Of Fair Named By Kiwanis Club Annual Wilkes Agricultural Pair sponsored by the North Wil kesboro Kiwanis club will be held the week beginning September 19, club officials announced to day. The fair this year will be a greater event than before, be cause it will contain more and varied events. The horse show annually spon sored by the Kiwanis club and usually held July 4, will be combined with the fair. In addi tion, there will be, a dairy calf show and dog show. Emphasis will be placed on agricultural orchard and home exhibits. A large midway aggre gation has been signed for the week and there will be grand stand attractions. Dr. W. K. Newton is general ehairnjan of the executive com mittee, with G. Sam Winters sec retary-treasurer. Paul Church, J. B. Carter and W. K. Sturdivant are the other members. The various committees have been chosen as follows: Advertising: J. B. Carter, sponsor; Dr. G. T. Mitchell, chairman; Joe Barber, W. G. Gabriel, John W. Leyshon, Roby R. Church, D. E. Elledge, John Prevette, Russell Hodges, Edd Gardner. Dog Show: J. B. Carter, spon sor; Dr. J. H. McNeill, chair man; Dr. G. T. Mitchell, Frank I Blair, Pat Williams, Richard Finley, Frank Crow, William Brame. Tickets: G. Sam Winters, spoil' sor; B. G. Finley, chairman; W. J. Caroon, C. B. Eller, J. H. Whicker, Sr., Bar. Watt Cooper, Dudley Hill, Cecil F. AditttMr, Dr. B. N. Phillips, Joe McCoy, Rev. W. N. Brookshire, W. H. McElwee, J. C. Reins, Jerry Derr, Wm. A. Stroud, T. B. ! Story, Dr. John T. Wayland, Dr. W. F. Jones, L. M. Nelson, W. D. Halfacre, W. E. Jones, Ed Oaudill, C. O. McNiel, Rev. C. Jay Winslow. Exhibits: Paul Church, spon sor; Robert M. Brame, chair man; Paul Choplin, Carl Van Deman, H. H. Morehouse, Robert Morehouse, Mrs. Paul Greene. Mrs. A. F. Kilby, Mrs. Lawrence Miller, Howard Colvard, Hal Snyder, Dr. Gilbert R. Combs, Jerry Derr, Fred Hubbard, Jr. Lights, Telephone and Radio: Paul Church, sponsor; Robert Gibbs, chairman; John Cashicn, Dr. A. C. Chamberlain. Stable and Livestock: W. K. Sturdivant, sponsor; Paul Vest al, chairman; Howard Colvard, T. O. Minton, W. F. Gaddy. Publicity: Dr. W. K. Newton, sponsor; Tom Jenrette, chair man; John Cashion, J. B. Wil liams, J. R. Finley, P. W. Eshel man„ J. R. Hix, John E. Justice, Jr. Police, Parking and Grounds: W. K. Sturdivant, sponsor; C. Arthur Venable, chairman, H P. Eller, John Baity, J. E. John son, Paul Osborne, John Walker, Pat Williams, Gordon Finley, J. E. Caudill. First Aid: Dr. W. K. Newton, sponsor; Dr. Fred Hubbard, chairman; Dr. R. E. Lewis, Mrs. Bertha Bell, Miss Rebecca Mose ley. Trophies: G. Sam Winter?, sponsor; W. J. Caroon, ihair man; Frank Blair, W. G. Ga briel, J. B. Williams. Ribbons: G. Sam Winters, sponsor; daughters of Kiwanians compose committee membership. The fair will be held at the horse show and fair grounds just outside of this city on highway 115. , ■ i ft — ■■ i ■ Eugene Trivette Addresses Local Optimist Club Bob Transou Is New Mem ber Of Organization; Jenrette Back Meeting at Hotel Wilkes Tues day noon, the Optimist club of North Wilkesboro, heard a splen did address on "Optimism'', de livered by Eugene Trivette, of this city, one of northwestern North Carolina's best known at torneys. The club meeting opened with President E. R. Eller presiding, and after singing two stanzas of "America," the club qreed was i repeated in unison, followed by the invocation spoken by Dr. John W. Wayland. Guests included Conrad Shaw with Rev. Dean Minton; Tyre Bumgarner with J. D. Hall; Tom Wellborn with Julius C. Hub bard. The club was happy to receive into membership Bob Transou, manager of the Blue Ridge Trac tor Co., of Wilkesboro. Bob will be formally presented with his club button at the next meeting of the club whiclf will fall on Tuesday, August 9th. Optimist Maurice Walsh pre sented Attorney Trivette, who delivered a fine, inspiring ad dress on the subject: "Optimism, and What It Means To Our Citi zenship;" "It is much better to look on the bright side of life," Mr. Trivette said, and continu ing - the speaker expressed the opinion that America could nev er nave won tne last war—or any war—without a spirit of optim ism. "Optmism helps in every way as we go through life— physically and morally," Mr. Trivette said. The address was enlivened with humorous stor ies, and interesting experiences gENSRr durflift the many years the speaker has been a practic ing attorney. Tom Jenrette Back Club members were happy to welcome back into active mem bership Tom Jenrette who has been absent ten weeks due to an injury. District Governors' Meeting In Charlotte President Eller called the club's attention to a meeting of governors of the eighteenth Op timist district to be held in Charlotte on Saturday, August 6th, and expressed the hope that the North Wilkesboro club will be represented at this meeting. — ■ n ——————— Mrs. Vada Church Wins Deep Freeze Mrs. Vada Church, of the Gordon community near this city, was winner of the Norge Deep Freeze unit which was giv en at Jenkins big furniture sale at the old tannery. The sale is continuing in full blast with many outstanding values remaining to be sold. Two Rattlers Killed In One Day By R. S. Barn eft On Brushies R. S. Bamett, of Gilreath, killed two big rattlesnakes Tuesday. He killed the first large snake near his home just be fore starting for town. That snake had seven rattlers. A mile from his home he saw another rattler In the road and ran over it wtth his car. He borrowed a gun from a home nearby and killed it. The second rattlesnake had six rattlers, but was very large. o Furniture Shows Show Increased Business In Fall At the furniture shows recent ly held in Chicago and New York and now In progress in High Point a marked increase in fur niture business has been much In evidence. Buyers were reported to be cautious at the Chicago show but orders have been larger and more plentiful at the Southern Furniture Exposition in High Point. Local furniture manufacturers here have been attending the shows and showing new and at tractive lines. I During the past several days many furniture retailers from the Wilkesboros attended the High Point show. n - Bus Terminal Closed Sundays The North Wtlkesboro bus terminal, including refreshment stand, witMKt eioeed all day eve ry Sunday, M. C. Woodie, termin al manager, stated today. Those who plan to use buses on Sundays are asked when con-| venient to purchase tickets on Saturdays. The station will be open each Saturday night until 10:30. Mr. Woodie said that Sun day passengers will be given special attention from 8:30 un til 10:30 on Saturday nights. Christine Horton To Play For Radio Audience Sunday Miss Christine Horton, thir teen-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Horton, of Fer guson, will play popular music on the piano for WKBC's radio audience Sunday afternoon, July 31st, from 4:30 to 4:45 p. m. It is interesting to note that Miss Horton plays by ear en tirely as she has never taken lessons under an instructor. It is expected that her appearance on the radio will be heard with much interest. >*WW*W%*WWWWWHM%WHWWWWV W%WWWW»WWWMW»IWWWWMWWMWW North Wilkesboro Flashers Baseball Squad — 1949 Edition tWWWWWWWWWVWWWWWWWV IWMWWMWWMWWWVWWMWWWWW Here are pictured the member# of the North Wilkesboro Flashers baseball squad, which last night started under management of Henry "Flash" Loman. Left to right are, front row: Jack Cooper, Jack Proscia, Arnold Davis; second row, Tom Daddino, Lee Postove, Doug Shores, Pat Pescitelli, Bob. Winkelspect, Bob Thompson; back row, Bob Hite, Bill Weston, Bob Peters, Ralph funnmgKinB[ Carl Gentry, Dick Long, Bernie Keating, Leslie Rhoades; Daniel Nichols, batboy, in front of group.—(Photo by Link's Studio). Watermelon Feast Mejnbers of the Wilkesboro Business and Professional Men's club enjoyed a watermelon feast at tbe Woman's clubhouse Tues day evening. The event took the place of-the regular dinner meet ing of the club for this month. C. B. Rller, superintendent of Wilkes county schools, was pres ent and spoke to the club mem bers on the prospects of obtain ing a band director for the Wll kesb^To high school band.