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th Wilkesboro lias » ting radius of 50 mile; ing 1 °0f000 people ii th western Carolina. The Journal-Pat Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over L --V ■ £ ~ Published Mondays and Thursda RTH WILKESBORO, N. C., Thursday, August 4, 1949 Make North Wilkesboro Your Shot 1 Edition of The Journal-Pa triot for Monday, August #> fUl be issued on Tuesday, An Plhe Issue Is being d«br«4 one day in order to twry c<w* jdete announcement coverage {of Wilkes Dollar Days, a trade promotion event to be staged by merchants of the Wilkes boros under auspices of tHo Trade Promotion committee of the Wilkes Chamber of Com merce. Many lines of business will participate In the community wide event, and numerous out standing values will be offered during Dollar Days, August 11, 12 and 13. PREPARATIONS MADE FOR ^■SCHOOL BOND ELECTION TO | BE HELD AU6UST THIRTEENTH i N^ilkes County Board of elec tions V is making preparations for foe %Wclal election on the quea W of -whether or not Wilkes bounty, shall issue $600,000 in bonds for school building pur poses. Saturday, August 13. is the (date set by the Wilkes county •commissioners for the special election. ' Carl Jones, chairman of the ieounty board of elections, stat ed today that the election will be held df*the regular polling places throughout the county, with regular election officials conduoting the special election. Polls will open at 6:JJ0 a. m. and close at 6:30 p. m. All persons who are register ed for voting in general elections and who are on the general elec tion books may vote in the bond election. The result will be de termined by majority vote and not by registration. Registration books have been open for new registrations on the past three Saturdays. Saturday, August 6, has been designated as challenge day. % The ballot will have one question, wh«7ether or not WHkes county shall issue ? 600, 000 in bonds for school buildings. Voters will mark "yes" or "no" on the ballots. BIVINS REMOVED; RADFORD MAN NEW PRESIDENT OF DLUE RIDGE With a majority of* directors expressing dissatisfaction with administration of the Blue Ridge Baseball league, Judge E. C. Bivlns, of Mt. Airy was remrved from office of president in a league directors meeting " here yesterday afternoon and John of Radford was elected six-club circuit. ( Larry Moore business manager ©f the North Wilkesboro club, with directors except iting, wl purt collab im to could was made Kan and presid ieeting, which was Kel Wilkes. motion to remove ivins from office the vote to one for removal, with y voting "No" and Elkin lug. a prominent Radford Ijby, is a former member i Virginia house of repre ives and a former presi of the Radford baseball ^Spires was elected by unan s ^voice vote. r to the vote J. W. Hilton, 'esenting the Mt. Airy club, uced a paper, which he said the substance Of a statement fade by telephone by George M. rautman, baseball commission er, to an official of the Mt. Airy :lub, in which Commissioner rautman was Quoted as saying that he would not accept the resignation of Judge Bivlns, and in effect, that the league could no*- elect a new president. Be fore the meeting proceeded fur ther, Trautman was contacted by telephone by Larry Moore. After a lengthy conversation with the commissioner, Moore informed the directors that the commis sioner said he would not dictate to directors of any league who should be their officers. Hilton, of Mt. Airy, stated that he had just come from a meeting of directors of the Mt. Airy club, where the opinion was expressed that Mt. Airy would withdraw from the league and fold up if Judge Blvlns were re moved aa president, and In dis cussion by other directors It was pointed out that no other one Elub was seeking to dictate to he other five who should be Resident. f The matter of the suspension and fine placed on North Wllkes iro playing manager Henry lash" Loman was not acted Judge Bivlns on Tuesday pped a $100 fine on Loman suspended him for remalnd of the season on charge of ting" Umpire Welder in ie with Mt. Airy here Sat nlght. The North Wilkee ctub protested Judfe Bivlns Ion, mmg thi it Loraan's1 protest was a mere rhubarb that at no time in the test on the field did Lo; a hand on the or shove him % ported. The ap and fine _ %ve the removal from office, Di ell, of Radford, at there was general sfaction throughout the of Judge Bivins* admin istration, saying that protests were ignored and that the presi dent rarely visited a park out side of Mt. Airy to find out what was going on. Moore mentioned that directors had discussed that Judge Bivins was partial and fav oring the Mt. Airy club. Much dissatisfaction was expressed with umpiring throughout the circuit. Galax To Play Here On Fridayl Next home game of the North Wilkesboro Flashers will be play ed here Friday night against the up and coming Galax Leafs. The Flashers will go to Mt. Airy Sat urday night and play the league leading Graniteers here Sunday afternoon, 2:30. Here last night the game with Elkin was washed out with the Blanketeers leading 2-0 at the end of four innings, one frame short of an official game. Lee Bentley, who rejoined the club, hurled for the Flashers and gave up two runs on walks and one hit in the first frame. When his control improved he was more effective and had struck out five when the contest was called. Mostak for Elkin had al lowed only two hits, both infield blows which Winkelspect and Hite beat out. m Peters Is Sold The North Wilkesboro club sold Bob Peters, infielder and utility man, yesterday to the Hickory Rebels of the North State league. Peters played short stop during Winkelspecht's ab sence and since his return had played outfield and third base. He was hitting near 300 and was a very fast base runner. The purchase price was reported^.to be $500. Meanwhile, the local club is expecting to obtain one or more power hitters before the August 15 deadline, after which no play er joining the club lilay partici pate in the playoffB. Legion To Me?t All Legionnaires are asked to attend meeting of the Wilkes post tonight, eight o'clock, at the Lfestion clubhouse. V J. H. Patrick Killed In Dnel Monday Night Night watchman At Giddy Motor Company Victim Of Brutal Slaying .. . Piligent search continues for slues In the robbery murder of Joseph Herman Patrick, 39, night-watchman riddled with bul lets in a gun duel at Gaddy Mo tor company just outside of this city at two a. m. Tuesday. Sheriff Q. G. Poindexter, aided by Guy Scott, director of the state bureau of investigation. North Wilkesboro city police and highway patrolmen disclosed no new developments after two day's efforts to learn the identity of the man who shot Patrick four times and took his billfold con taining an undetermined amount of moneys At two a. m. Tuesday, Sheriff Poindexter said, Patrick called by telephone and told the tele phony operator that he had been shot and wanted help. The sher iff, with Policeman ^revette «,=r3r sari Childress, rushed to Gaddy Motor company and found Patrick in dying condition in the upholstery division of the firm's large plant. Patrick lived long enough to say that a mat had shot him and had taken his money. Apparent ly, he had dragged himself sev eral feet from where he was dur ing the gun duel to the tele phone. Patrick's gun was' empty, > the sheriff said. He had shot five times but there were no indica tions that he had hit the robber and murderer. Three bullets had gone through a nearby automo bile in the shop. From information gained from the dying man and from visible evidence it appeared to thg fleers that the robber-had crawl ed under the fence surrounding the buildings and had entered the trim shop department through a_ side door. There he awaited Patrick making his rounds of the plant and flashed a flashlight and gun on the nightwftichman. Patrick was -hit by fo»r Jwri lets of 32-calibre. One went through h i s chest, another through his abdomen, one struck ■£ him in the groin and another in | his right arm. After he was hit. || apparently, he had emptied his own 3 8-calibre revolver^— Personal robbery wa^SevHent^W ly the motive, Sheriff -Poindwter said, because it was generally known that Patrick carried sub- L stantial sums of cash. During his spare time he had been engaged in buying and Belling ca-tie. and other livestock and he <jarrTT cash to transact that busin?- j Apparently, nothing was tajtei from the motor company prop*- . erty. ASBibuug me sueriii, £>. n. i. and police in the case were Statj Highway Patrolmen Sydney Car j er, R. H. Dillard1__fy*d®-«1; and R. H. Garland. Patrick was born April 1910, a son of Jacob and Miu Ann Wyatt Patrick. He is sur ed by his wife, Mrs. Lena trick, and ten children, Marie, Ransom, Lorene, Shirley Anne, Joyce, &ylght, and Peggy Sue'Eai^rick, a] home, in the Vaaptoy co; about .15 miles nOrtkwest, city. w . Funeral serrice was held nesday, three Pi m., at Pxesbyterian church near home and burial was in cemetery. Credit Bur Now In Ope lnN.Wilk Office Over Deans; Ci References, Stenographic Stencil Work Credit Bureau of Wilkes coun ty is now in full operation with a full-time secretary and well equipped office. Office of the credit bureau is located on the second floor of the Deans jewelry building. The office secretary is Mrs. Ivan Ab sher, who has several years ex perience in office, clerical and stenographic work. The bureau now has credit ref erence files of 9,000 persons, with the number growing daily, and is now rendering efficient service to its 30 members. Of-, ficials emphasize that additional firms will be welcome. L. S. Spainhour is president and Carl W. Steele is vice presi dent of the Credit Bureau. In addition to credit referenc es, the office offers prompt and eff Icient. service in public steno graphic work, typing, cutting stencils, mimeographing and oth er services. The telephone num ber Is 469. Rev. Fred Bell Will ch Sunday At Pleasant Pleasant Sunday, August , at 11 o'clock. Rev. Mr. Bell was a chaplain in the armed forces of World War til. He is a young minister of outstanding influence and ability. Dr. R. K. Bingham Passes In Boone Boone, July 31.—Dr. R. K. Bingham, 73, died Saturday at Davis Hospital in Statesville aft er a short illness. Survivors are the widow; four sons, R. K., Jr., of Hampton, Tenn., William of Pinnacle, John and Richard of Boone; four daughters, Mrs. Carl Smith of Decatur, 111., Mrs. Wal ter D. Thomas of Concord, Mrs. Marvin Deal of Boone, and Mrs. C. B. Smith of Macon, Qa. Dr. Bingham, a member of one of the pioneer families of Watauga, had practiced medicine in this coun ty since his early manhood. Dr. Bingham was a brother of Mrs. A.* R. Sherman and the late Mrs. C.. H. Somers and Mrs Laura Johnson, of Wilkes boro. Among those from this community who attended the fu neral service held Monday after noon at the Boone Methodist church were Mrs. Sherman, Mrs. F. C. Hubbard, Misses Pattie and Frank Somers, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Somers, A. B. Somers and Miss Toby Turner. ■ o Revival At Hunting Creek Is Announced Revival services at Hunting Creek Baptist church will begin Sunday, August 7. Rev. P. C. Parks, pastor, will be assisted by Rev. G. D. White, of States ville. Services will be held at 10:30 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. The public is cordially invited. o New Buick Special To Be Shown 10th Oaddy Motor company, local Chevrolet and Buick dealer, an nounced today that the new" Bulck special model will be on display at Gaddy Motor company Wednesday', August 10. Showing of the new Buick special i s eagerly awaited throughout the country. The new car is reputed to have many new features which are Certain to be received with great Interest by the motoring public. Arrangements are being made to receive a large number of visi tors at Gaddy Motor company to the initial showing of the new Hnlck 'Special. tk Rood Mooting At Boomer Soturdoy k Night 8 O'Clock esidents of Boomer township invited to attend a Good meeting to be held at Iter school Saturday night, Pit 6, eight o'clock, ark Goforth, of Lenoir, di vision highway commissioner, will be present to confer with the people relative to their road needs. ■ North Wilkesboj-o, with many other northwestern North Caro lina cities and towns, was well represented at the National Af fairs Conference held Tuesday night in Witaston-Salem under auspices of the Winston-Salem and United States chambers of commerce. Those from North Wflkesboro attending were Richard John ston, president of the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce; Blair Gwyn, director; Edd Gardner, chairman Industrial Services committee; John E. Justice, Jr., Flood Control chairman; Tom Jenrette, chamber oi~ manager. ^William J. airs advisor of The speakers reviewed the 81st congress and etated that if ail the administration's pro gram for congress hid b«eh en* acted that the "welfare st*fcf" wouldr^ave beobm^ra reality and that this nation Would have gone far toward soijalism. The speakers urged concerted and cooperative action in every community against the m< toward a "welfare state" of gov ernment. Instead of each affect ed group protesting to congress, Speaker Bird said that there should be concerted action by all groups opposed to further en croachment oh individual free dom . «-■ v Misses Lillian and Mary Lind say Stafford spent several days last week in Boone. Edwin McGee Gets State Scholarship EDWIN McGEE Dr. C. H. Bostlan, associate dean of agrioulture at State Col lege, announces that Edwin Mc Gee, 4-H club member "of Mt. Pleasant school, is awarded the Sears Roebuck Scholarship of $100.00. This scholarship is a warded on the basis of an out standing record in 4-1 work, leadership .and thg assistance ^ lee p to the club meeting Chicago. In addition, to for estry, Edwin has done outstand ing work in field crops, baby beef, soil conservation, home beautification, beekeeping and other projects. Other activities include forestry exhibits at local .and state fairs, attendance and Participation in 4-H -county cour Vjl, 4-H camp, and 4-H short course at State College. Tfce first installment of $50.00 will paid on September 30th. The regaining $50.00 of the scholarship will be paid on Jan uary 14, 1950. Edwin is now enrolled in the School of Agriculture and For estry at Stat& College and will begin his studies when the regu lar year begins In the fall. o <—■ Mr. C. A, McNiel, of Elkin, was a business visitor to the city yesterday. He is a brother of Mayor R. T. McNiel and Mr. C. O. McNiel. Champion and Runner-Up In Tournament At right i» Bill Carrigan, Champion, and at left is Gene McNeill, runner-up in the senior tournament and " Junior Champion.—(Photo by link's Studio). Bill Carrigan, using a . varied assortment of powerful fore and backhand drives and a sharp net game, won the All American Tennis Tournament sponsored by. the Midway Pontiac Cortjpany Tuesday night at .the local gym, by defeating Gene McNeil} 6-0, 6-0, 6-2. final round* of the tournament, played good tennis but Carrigan's greater tournament experience and all-round forcing game were too much tor the youthful net ter. McNeill had won the junior phJ>nn1"»nshln of the tfturnoir?r* earlier in "the week.-' .. In-the doubles finals, €arrigan and Don Moffit won over Gene McNeill-Gordon Finley by scores of.'-6-1, 6-3, 6-0.- Once again it was a oaae -of the. winners great er experience and complete con trol of the net which won for them over the two younger players, - who showed even In defeat that they will have to be reckoned with "in future tourna ments. * »-• * * - . ■ »,■ Thq open tournament was the first of its kind held in Wilkes county and attracted' several players from otbar - sections, of the state. It is planned to make the tourniaent an annual af fair t^l» CniT»n»T>V. On Naval Cruise Jimmle Canter, son of Mr. Hu bert Canter, of this city, arrived in San Francisco, California, Sat urday and sailed Tuesday on a Six-weeks naval cruise on the Pa cific. Jimmie is a student of the University of Virginia at Char lottesville, where he is a mem ber of the Naval Officers R'eserve Training Corps.* Following the cruise he will ^«eturn to the University off Virginia about Sep tember 15. A naval cruise each summer will be a part of his training. ^ F» O Dinner And Dance To Honor District Governor Of Lions ' X U ■ 4 • I Paul Cushion To Be Inaugu-j rated A* District Govern or Friday Night Lions and Lionesses from many Qlubs in Lions District 31-A will attend the inaugural din ner and hall at the Wilkesboro gymnasium Friday night, August 5, to inaugurate Paul L. Cash f Noj dinner will .be at eight which will be followed by :e. Wiley Keyser and his orchestra from Winston Salem will play for the dance, to which the public is invited at the price of one dollar per cou ple. J. H. Whicker, Jr., past pres ident of the North Wilkesboro club, will be master of ceremon ies. President W. D. Jester will deliver the address of welcome. District officers will be in stalled by Dr. D. J. Whitener, of Boone. District Governor Cashion will deliver an address of ac ceptance. Principal address of the ban quet will be by Edward H. McMahan, of Raleigh, a member of Lions International board of directors and for years a prom inent figure in Lionism.. Steele Jewelry Being Enlarged Carl W. Steele's jewelry store in North Wilkesboro is being en larged to twice its former size. The quarters formerly occu pied by Emily's Beauty Salon next door have been obtained by Mr. Steele for enlarging his store. The- interior of the building is being renovated and a new front will be installed. The additional space will pro vide room for adequate and at tractive display of merchandise and for enlarging all depart ments of this well known busi ness firm. o I " Carnivals Barred By County Order Wilkes county board "of com-J missioners in August session passed a resolution banning car nivals and circuses in Wilkes county. The resolution passed by the board said the action was taken following requests by many church and civic; organizations in and around North Wilkesboro, Recently the- board of directors of the Wilkes Chamber of Com merce passed a resolution asking the commissioners to ban car nivals and shows with gambling devices. The" resolution pointed out that carnivals are no* in keep ing with the best morals of the people, having gambling devices, offer nothing of educational val ue and little' of wholesome reCrO ation. r *-o Camp Meeting Will Go Through Week The camp meeting being con ducted at Roaring River by Evan gelist Charlcfe A. Keyes, Jr.K will continue through this week. The services held eaeh evening are being largely attended. Brery ,s invited. ^ : • " ; 'Ht JPAWS EPISCOPAL CHURCH ; Mr. Theroa Vallee, stu the Genefol Theological nary In, New York Cltv. In charge of the Sunday at St. Panl'i Episcopal . Wllk^sboro, daring the , of Aagust. M^. Vallee will the Mult Bible Class at atf and cOQduft and preach at Ore t, hour. A cordial lnrlta tended to everyone these services. Mr. and and Kllby, are trip to T>aytoi
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