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The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 43 Years
Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH W1LKESB0R0, N. C., Monday, August 1, 1949 Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center
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.y Tuberculosis Hospital Is Being Enlarged
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These pictures show an addition now under construction at the -Wilkes Tuber
culosis hospital on the county home far n. The upper photo shows how a porch
is being reconstructed into two wards of four beds each, which will be used for
patients not seriously ill. The lower photo shows interior of the space to be utiliz
ed for the two new wards of four beds each. The work is being carried out with
funds provided by the Wilkes chapter of the Tuberculosis Association.
John W. Blackburn
Claimed By Death
' Funeral service was held Sat
at Rock Creek Baptist
»cnurch fof John Wellborn Black
burn, 69-year-old resident of the
Rock Creek community who died
Thursday. Rev. Jimmie Bryant
conducted the last rites.
Surviving Mr. Blackburn
• his wife, Mrs. Mattie Blackburn
his wife, Mrs. - Mattie Black
, and eleven sons and daugh
ters: Mrs. B. C. Higgins, North
Wilkesboro; Fred Blackburn,
Thurmond; Mrs. James Hender
son, North Wilkesboro; Mrs.
Stella Handy, Elon; Theodore
Blackburn and William Black
burn, North Wilkesboro; Mrs.
Nina Miller, Mrs. Pauline Fin
ney, Gilmer and Talmadge Black
burn, of , Winston-Salem; Mrs
Nellie Harris, North Wilkesboro.
J. I. McGlamery
1$ Taken By Death
Funeral service was held to
day at New Hope Baptist church
rear Furlear for Jesse Isom Mc
Glamery, who died Saturday
night at his home in that com
munity.
A, member of a well known
family in northwestern North
Carolina, Mr. McGlamery was a
feon of the late Martin and Mary
Hartiog McGlamery. He was
born and r«afed in the New Hope |
community, where he spent his'
entire life and was engaged ex-1
tensively in farming. During the
past few years he was in deolin- I
ing health.
Mr. MoGlamery was married1
to Miss Dora Faw. She and four!
daughters, Nettie Y., Mary V.,i
Katrenia and Ella McGlamery,
all of the home, survive. One
•- '-♦-icy. Mr. McGlam-'
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Mr. McGlamery
:oJo#d New Hope Baptist church,
wlrese he remained a member un
J dearth, The fnneral service
tu conducted by the pastor.
Rev. C. J- Poole, assisted by
Rev. Vernon Eller. Burial was
in the church cemetery.
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uucie of Charlie and
■ of North Wilkes
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FLASHERS BEAT MT. AIRY 2-1
IN 3 GAMES; WYTHEVILLE WINS
North Wilkesboro Flashers
continued their mastery of Mt.
Airy graniteers for the season by
taking two of a three-game se
ries Friday and Saturday but
kicked away a game to Wythe
yille Statesmen here Sunday aft
ernoon. - •
At. Mt. Airy Friday the Flash
ers dropped the first game of a
double bill 7-1 but came back to
win the second 8 to 7 as the
Flashers hit well to all parts of
the park. Pistol Pete Treece was
the losing pitcher.
Here Saturday night a large
crowd enjoyed North Wilkes
boro's 3 to 2 victory over the
Graniteers as the Flashers came
from behind to ice the game in
the eighth frame. Leslie Rhoades
went the route and allowed on
ly seven hits and no earned runs.
In the fifth Hall was on by er
ror, which extended the inning
until two Mt. Airy runs were
scored on a blooper hit by
Holmes. In the first frame Pescl
telli and Cooper singled and
Pescitelli scored on D^ddlno's
single. In the eighth Cooper
singled and went to second on a
wild pitch. Daddino batted in
Cooper and Peters singled. Win
klespect slammed a two-bagger
to score Daddino with the win
ning run. Mt. Airy threatened in
the ninth when Holt singled and
Solters went in to run for him
and was cut down at second on
an attempted steal. Hall doubled
but died on second when Essie
as pich hitter lined out to
Shores.
Wytheville won a wild game
here Sunday in the ninth in
ning. Wytheville opened the
scoring in the first after a bloop
er fell between Pescitelli and
Hite for what shotfld have been
the thirfl out. Wytheville earned
a run off Keating in the sixth
but in the seventh the visitors
scored four, three of which were
unearned. Thompson pitched the
third out and got the Statesmen
out in the fifth, but in the ninth
he walked three batters with
none out and Postove went in.
He retired Subb on a pop fly
after one had scored on a wild
pitch. Bass bunted and Daddino'n
throw to the plate hit Bass in)
the head and bounced out of the
playing field, scoring both run
ners.
North Wilkesboro had gone a
head in the game with a five run
barrage in the fifth, featured by
Davis' triple with the sacks full,
and added single runs in the
sixth and seventh, which made
the score 7-7 going into the
fateful ninth. Hite and Winkel
spect had three hits each for the
Flashers. Shores hit a long
triple in the sixth to score one
run.
Henry "Flash" Loman took
over reins of the club as man
ager Wednesday night and the
colorful and dynamic pilot has
added much zest to the games.
North Wilkesboro added an out
fielder Sunday. He is Raeford
"Chips" McKinney, a second year
man from Rutherfordton of the
Western Carolina league. He is
22, is 6-2 tall, weighs 170, bats
and throws right. He batted in
two runs with a Single in the
fifth. Another hitter ■ is expected
soon to add to the plate attack.
Sunday's loss left the Flashers
in fifth, a half game back of
Radford, who whipped Mt. Airy
to retain fourth spot.
Today North Wilkesboro play.*?
at Wytheville. On Tuesday night
they go to Eikin and Elkin will
play here Wednesday night.
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John Quincy Cook
Lost Rites Today
Funeral service was held to
day at Walnut Grove Baptist
church near Dehart for John
Quincy Cook, 69, resident of
that community who died SPt
urday. Rev. Hillary Blevins con
ducted the last rites.
Surviving Mr. Cook are his
wife, Mrs. Alice Cook, two sons
and two daughters: Jimmi*>
Cook, Bluefield, W. Va.: Earl
Cook, Mrs. Margaret Hamby and
Mrs. Hettie Sebastian, ail of
Hays.
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Merchants Preparing For Dollar Days
August 11,12,13
Dates For Event
In Wilkesboros
Outstanding Values Will be
Offered In All Lines
Mercantile Business
Merchants of the Wilkesboros
are busily engaged in laying
plans for dollar days to be held
August 11, 12 and 13.
Under auspices of the Trade
Promotion committee of the
Wilkes Chamber of Commerce,
every line of mercantile busi
ness will be represented.
Timed between summer clear
ance sales and fall openings, fol
iar days will be mutually ad
vantageous to merchants and the
buying public. Object of the
event is to sell out and make
room for new merchandise, and
the public will benefit greatly
in the sacrificial prices to be
quoted on seasonable merchan
dise.
According to plans as an
nounced by the committee, many
lines will offer numerous articles
reduced to one dollar each. In
smaller items there will be
groups for one dollar, and in
higher priced articles there will
be reductions of several dollars,
all representing real and worth
while savings for customers
The Trade Promotion com
mittee hopes to make dollar days
a semi-annual event in the Wil
kesboros, early in the year and
in late summer. As in other ci
ties, it is expected that dollar
days here will draw numerous
customers and further extend the
expanding trade area of the
community.
The committee asked last week
that merchants plan their ad
vertising and promotion material
immediately in order that am
ple time may be given to making
the event an outstanding suc
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U.S. Occupation
Japan Is Subject
Of Kiwanis Speech
Carlisle Higgins Delivers
Interesting Talk at Club
Meeting Friday
Carlisle Higgins, former Mid
dle North Carolina district fed
eral attorney and who for the
past several years has been en
gaged in legal business for the
United States government a
broad, delivered a most interest
ing address to the North Wilkes
boro Kiwanis club Friday on the
subject of "Our Occupation of
Japan."
The program was in charge of
J. R. Hix, who asked J. H.
Whicker to present the speaker.
Mr. Higgins spoke in mosi.
commendable terms of the work
done by Gen. Douglas McArthur
and his staff in working out the
very perplexing problems of re
habilitating Japan. He thinks
that we and the world owe the
general a great debt of gratitude
for his efforts and for the suc
cesses he has made. The speaker
paid high compliment to the
Japanese people for their in
dustry and for their sincere de
sire to cooperate with America
as they work together to rebuild
their broken nation. He believes
hat our continued occupation
and cooperation with those peo
ple is our chance to have a real
friend in the east. It is his opin
ion that there is very little hope
of a come-back in China for a
long time. The country is so big
and the population is so large
and so divided in their interests
hat it appears a hopeless task
to unify them, and it may be that
the Russians instead of con
quering the nation may be swal
lowed up by it. He does not be
lieve that Japan will go com
munistic.
Bill Combs was a guest -of Ws
father, Dr. Gilbert R. Combs, at
the meeting of the club Friday.
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LOCALS
Mr. and Mrs. Hal Snyder,
daughter, Shirley, and son, Win
ston, returned the first of the
week from a motor trip to Cali
fornia. The Snyders were away
about three weeks. Mr. Snyder is
manager of the local J. C. Penney
company store.
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Church,
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Pearson
and children, Russell, Jr., and
Annette, returned Sunday from
a week's vacation at Hungry
Mother Park near Marion, Va.
Miss Dessie Hanks spent the
week-end with them there.
Mr. D. H. Hill has returned to
the city after enjoying a weeks'
vacation at Crumpler in Asho
county. On the return trip, Mr.
Hill visited his son, Mr. Sloan
Hill, at Blowing Rock. Sloan is
co-ptiblisher of The Blowing
Rocket, the resort newspaper,
this season.
Miss Hassie Wall, of Boomer,
spent the week-end with her un
cle, Mr. L. L. Critcher, at Boone.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Carlton,
of Phoenix, Arizona, accompa i
ied by Miss Grace Carlton, of
Texas, have been visiting M.\
and Mrs. Pete Carlton at Boom
er.
Miss Virginia Jennings i s
spending this week in Greens
boro with her sister, Miss Doro
thy Jennings. From Greensboro
she will go by plane to Reading,
Pennsylvania, to visit Mr. and
Mrs. Karl Hemmerich at their
country home "Waldesruh." Mrs.
Hemmerich is the former Miss
Beatrice Jennings of Pores Knob.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Eller and
son, Ned, who have been visiting
Mr. Eller's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
E. E. Eller, for past two weeks,
returned to their home in Bal
timore Saturday. They were ac
companied by Mrs. Eller's mo
ther, Mrs. Ethel James, who -will
remain with them for a few
weeks before returning to her
home in Delhi, La.
Wilkes Baseball
League Games Off
Due fo inadequate support on
the part of fans from the -various
communities represented, the
Wilkes Junior Chamber of Com:
merce has cancelled remainder of
the Wilkes county league base
ball schedule for the season.
Kffurn that Ho<* to the ttarmrr.
Capt-. Ernest Eller
• Is Now In Europe
A letter to hiss parents, Mr.
and Mrs. E. E. Eller, from Capt.
Ernest M. Eller tells of his de
parture last Friday for Europe.
He *is associated with the Joint
Chiefs of Staff of the Unified
Army, Navy and Air Forces and
their mission in Europe is organ
izational work connected with
the Atlantic Pact. Since Capt.
Eller's graduation from the Na
tional War College in June he
has been associated with the
Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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Inaugural Ball Is
Planned In Honor
District Governor
N. W. Lions Club Lays
Plans For Event On
Friday Night i
A dance will be held Friday
night, August 5, nine p. m., in
Wilkesboro high school gymnas-'
ium as the inaugural event for
Paul Cashion, of North Wilkes
boro, recently elected governor
of district 31A of Lions clubs, j
The North Wilkesboro Lions
club will sponsor the event,
which will be open to the public.!
In addition to many local peo
ple, it is expected that there will
be Lions from many other cluos
in the district at the event.
Wiley Keyser and his 11-piece1
orchestra from Winston-Salem i
has been engaged to play for the
dance.
The event is planned to honor
the new district governor of Li
ons and not as a money raising
project. With this in mind the
admission charge has been held
down to only one dollar per cou
ple.
Tickets are now on sale at
Marlow's Men's Shop, Brame's
Drug store and Insurance Service
fe»d Credit
J. H. Whicker, Jr., Jack Swof
ford and Wm. T. Long compose
the Lions Club's committee on
arrangements. j
Cancer Centfer To j
Operate Tuesday
Examination For Cancer
Free To All who attend
Center Tuesdays
The cancer detection center
will operate in the Wilkes court
house again on Tuesday morn
ing to give free examination for
cancer to all who attend.
Registration for the center be
gins at nine a. m. All over 40
years of age, white and colored,
and any under 40 with cancer
symptoms may be examined.
Those from a distance may se
cure appointment for examina
tion by request to Mrs. C. M.
Williams, secretary, Wilkesboro,
N. C., if a self addressed, stamp
ed envelope is enclosed with re
quest for reply.
Last week 23 were examined.
While this number is not disap
pointing, the center can handle
a larger number and people of
all northwestern counties are
urged to take full advantage of
the services offered as a public
health measure by the health
department and the Wilkes-Alle
ghany Medical Society.
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Mt. Carmel Revival
To Begin August 7
A revival will begin at Mt.
Carmel Baptist church near
highway 18 between Moravian
Falls and Boomer Sunday night*
Aug. 7th, at 7:30 p. m. The
pastor, Rev. Ed O. Miller, will
be assisted in the service by
Rev, Charlie Richardson, of
Rock Creek.
The public has a cordial In
vitation to attend.
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Durham Life Ins.
Offices Are Moved
Durham Life Insurance com
pany office, which had been lo
cated in the Carter building on
Ninth street, has been moved
and is now located in the Poin
dexter building over Rexall Drug
store.
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Revival services will begin at
Fishing Creek Baptist church
August 7th, 8:00 p. m. and con
tinue through August 14th. with
Rev. J. C. Gwaltney assisting the
pastor, Rev. C. J. Poole, in the
services.
Now In Wilkes
Joseph D. Edwards, Field
Sccyut Executive, of the Old Hick
ory Council, Boy Scouts of Amer
ica, has moved his residence from
Winston-Salem to North Wilkes
boro. He and his wife have rent
ed the old Robert Holland home
on Fishing Creek Road. For the
information of all Scouts and
Scout leaders, his mailing ad
dress will be Post Office Box
108, North Wilkesboro* and his
phone number will be 34-F-21,
North Wilkesboro. Mr. Edwards
has had a long career in Scout
ing^-starting out in Jacksonville,
Florida twenty-one years ago. He
became an Eagle Scout and was
then an Assistant Scoutma iter,
Scoutmaster, and Sea Scout Skip
per. Mr. Edwards attended Mer
cer University in Macon, (Georgia,
and Emory University in Atlan
ta. He began his career as a
Professional Scout Leader in
1940 as Assistant Scout Execu
tive of the Gulf Stream Council
in West Palm Beach, Florida.
During the war he served as a
First "Lieutenant with the para
chute troop being connected with
the lOlst Airborne Division and
82nd Airborne Division and <=erv
Germany, and England. Upon re
turning to professional scouting
Mr. Edwards was with the Cape
Fear Area Council in Wilming
ton, N. C. He was transferred to
the Old Hickory Council in Jan
uary, 1949, and for the past
few months has been serving the
Wilkes, Ashe, Watauga, and
Forsyth districts. During the
summer camp season he was
camp director at the Old Hir't
ory Boy Scout Camp Lasater near
Walkertown, N. C. Mr. and Mrs.
Edwards are both members of
the Methodist church.
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Tennis Tourney
Finals Tuesday
Night In Gym
Midway Pontiac'8 All-Ameri
can Tennis Championships will
draw to a close Tuesday night.
The first match will start at
7:00 in the North Wilkesboro
high school gym.
Latest results: Gene McNeill
knocked off John Knight 6-4,
1-6, and 6-2; Gordon Finley won
a forfeit game from Bucky Paw;
Bill Carrigan won over Gordon
Finley 6-3, and 6-0. '
Bill Carrigan defeated Gordon
Finley to advance to the finals,
while Gene McNeill won over
Knight to go into the semi-fin
als against Bill Brame. The win
ner will meet Carrigan for the
men's title. McNeill and Brame
will play tonight in the North
Wilkesboro high school gym,
starting at 7:00. Although Mc
| Nei'll has pulled 3 big upsets In
I both the junior and men's
j tournament. Brame is still the
I heavy favorite to win out in
straight sets.
| Gene McNeill-Gordon Finley
i won a forfeit match from Pat and
jMike Williams to advance to the
finals in the Men's doubles. Bill
Thomas-William Gray will meet
the team of Bill Carrigan-Bill
Brame in a semi-finals match
Monday night right after the
Gene McNeill and Bill Brame
singles match. The winner will
meet McNeill-Finley Tuesday
night after the Carrigan and
Brame or McNeill match, for the
doubles championships.
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Pack 36 Not To Meet
During Month August
Mrs. T. G. McLaughlin, den
mother of Cnb Scout pack 36,
has announced there will be no
meetings of that pack for the
month of August.
Sgt. Clark Goes To
Wilmington And
Cook Coming Here
Sgt. A. H. Clark, for the past
six years head of the highway
patrol district of five counties
with headquarters at North Wil
kesboro, has been transferred to
Wilmington, effective August 1.
Sgt. Clark came to North Wil
kesboro during the war and for
several years operated his dis
trict with an acute shortage
of manpower. However, he gain
q d an enviable reputation
throughout the district as a high
ly efficient and capable law en
forcement officer.
Sgt. Cook, who has been sta
tioned at Wilmington, replaces
Sgt. Clark as head of the patrol
in this district and will make
headquarters in North Wilkes
boro.
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Revival Service
At Boomer Advent
Rev. George Boatwright, of
Prookline, Mass., will conduct a
revival at Boomer Advent Chris
tian church August 9 to 14, 7:4.">
p. m.
On Sunday, August 14th there
will be a home coming at the
church. Picnic dinner will be
served on the grounds and fol
lowing that there will be an
afternoon musical program. Miss
Prances Preslar, of Hickory, will
bring her adult and junior choirs
from Lenoir AdventiBt church.
Miss Preslar graduated from
Westminster School of Music.
New Jersey in the spring. Service
will close on Sunday night. Eve
ryone is cordially invited to at
tend these services.
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Miss Irene Parsons
Receives Award
Miss Irene Parsons who is a
i Personnel Officer for the Veter
| ans Administration in Washing
ton, D. C., was recently given a
cash award and a commendation
by the Veterans Administration.
She prepared a new procedure
for hiring employees for govern
ment jobs which will save money
for the Veterans Administration.
Miss Parsons is a graduate of
Taylorsville high school and of
the University of North Caro
lina. She is a sister of Mrs. S.
C. Long of Taylorsville.