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CITY Wilkesbora baa a lg radius of 50 miles, 1*0,000 people Id iwestern Carolina. THE JOURNAL? The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the ''State of Wilkes" For Over 43 Years SCOUTS Wilkes district Boy and Girl Scouts organization hare a program worthy of your at tention and support. Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center Vol. 44, No. 37 53 Of 97 Beer Dealers In County Closed Under law New Regulations Now In Effect Very Strict On Places Selling Beer Only 44 of 97 licensed beer dealers In Wilkes county were able to meet requirement of the new beer control law and 53 hare dosed out their beer business, J. F. Brown, Jr., beer inspector In this area, stated today. The 55 per cent closed is the largest majority in the state, the inspector said. He emphasiz ed, however, that many of the 53 closed, voluntarily because they tfldw they could not make the Several who were closed of dirty conditions have rtunlty to meet require ments aii4 make application for i^Lpection approval. 3kl4one of the five licensed beer #*eeiers in the city of North Wll , kesboro were closed and none had to be corrected, the ins pec-1 . tor said. One of the grounds for deny ing a beer sales permit is own ership of a federal liquor license. The Alcoholic Board of Control, Malt beverage division which 4 now has control of beer and wine, I; will not grant a permit to any I s.Vli.1 a V1_V establishment which has a, fed eral liquor license, and there was a number of beer places closed Wilkes because they had 11 ? quor license. The inspector said that there was evidence that sev eral of those closed had been selling liquor. Beer control laws now are stringent, and no places which sell liquor, permit drunkenness and disorderly conduct, or oth " pr flagrant violations of the law may sell beer. Polio Costs Are J Higher This Year 4 All Over Nation Fund A ^%)nly Appeal May Be Made;] Three New Cases In Wilkes County Although this community has escaped any epidemic, polio over the entire nation this year has been the worst in history and [*- the national chapter's epidemic |py>nds are exhausted, Sam Ogil ?le, chairman of the Wilkes chapter, said today. The three cases in Wilkes this | summer were near the same date, but there has been no threat of J an epidemic such as happened last year. The new cases were: Patricia Owens, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Owens, of Halls! i Mills; Margie Harrold, daughter ifcf Hfr. and Mrs. Edward Har rold, of Hays; Larry Mahaffey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Ma haffey, of Union Grove R. F. D. They were given treatment while in acute etage at Baptist hospital in Winston-Salem and are now at the convalescent cent er in Greensboro. In addition to cost of treating .the new patients, three from last [{year's epidemic are still in hos and bills continue to {mount. Commenting on the situation | [r. Ogilvie said: "Not only all of money raised in January has been exhausted, jlkr.lt has been necessary for the [National Foundation to advance is $17,723.98 to date since Jan tary to care for expenses of new md old victims. 'All of the million dollars! ?aised in North Carolina during | he 1949 campaign has been ex hausted and the National Foun-| llation has already sent $862, 1)00.00 into North Carolina to f inPe best treatment for old and [ hew victims in this state. "No serious epidemic expected fn Wilkes this year, but there ill probably be several more Scattered cases. The National Foundation,! with the necessity of get-[ additional funds or ceas to care for patients, is con-1 voluntary donations | ipaign in the near future. Miss Minnie Eller, daughter] J f Mr. and Mrs. Hamp Eller of ? teddies River township has tak ]>n a position with Mr. T. C. ,'audlll in the office of the Car vJ/^a Motor Club. Miss Eller eeds Mrs. Ralph Pierce, who accepted a clerical position the Carolina Mirror Cor poration. Mrs. Bertha Bell, Health Nurse For 20 Years, Now III Mr*. Bertha Bell, who for 20 years has served faithfully and diligently as public health nurse in Wilkes county, has been ill | for the past few weeks. After spending several days at the Wilkes hospital, Mrs. Bell went to the home of a sister, Mrs. Haxel Taylor, in Winston-Salem. Latest reports are that she is improving and may be able to~! resume her work later. During Mrs. Bell's absence Miss Flora Ray is assisting Dr. A. J. Filer, health officer, with work in the county. Wilkes Is Well Represented At Farm, Home Week Sixteen Wilkes county ladies represented tbeir respective Home Demonstration clubs at an nual Farm and Home Week held August 8 to 11 at North Caro lina State College in Raleigh. It was the most successful event of its kind held in the state and a program of great in terest was carried out. Those representing Wilkes clubs were as follows: Mrs. Wiley Brooks and Mrs. W. E. Snow, Fairplalns; Mrs. J. B. Rash, Mil lers Creek; Mrs. Eugene Sebas tian, Mulberry; Mrs. Cyrus Whit tington, Lewis Fork; Mrs. John R. Church, Mountain View; Mrs. Tom Ferguson, Ferguson; Mrs. Dan Hudson, Roaring River; Mrs. J. M. German, Boomer; Mrs. Gussie Scott, Gilreath; Mrs. Dewey Redding and Mrs. Turner Redding, Clingman; Mrs. W. E. Jones and Mrs. Albert Vannoy, Cricket; Mrs. Annie H. Greene, home agent; Miss Ruth Thomp son, assistant home agent. The opening program Monday evening was at Riddick stadium with many farm and home au thorities extending greetings, while many other sessions were held in Pullen Hall. The women especially enjoyed a tour of the state capitol and governor's man sion on Tuesday afternoSn and ad ^ess of Governor W. Kerr Scott at Riddick stadium that evening. A highlight of the pro gram Wednesday evening was an address by Mrs. Camille McGhee Kelly, judge of the juvenile court at Memphis, Tenn. There were many other interesting fea tures during the week, including tours to points of interest, and the 23rd annual meeting of the North Carolina federation of Home Demonstration clubs. Mrs. J. B. Rash, of Millers Creek, in one contest won a Clarke's floor polisher, valued at $125. o Fashion Show On Back To School By Spainhour's Friday Spainhour's will stage a very interesting fashion show Friday evening, August 26, eight o'clock, at the Woman's Club house in North Wilkesboro. Latest styles and patterns in school wear for high school and college girls will be modeled by local girls and Miss Jane Carter, a sophomore at Sweet Briar College, will be the commentator. Skirts, sweaters, blouses, suits, coats, evening dresses, date dress es and school dresses will be mod eled. A cordial invitation is extend ed to the public to attend the fash ion show. Pre-Season Games Are Slated Soon Wilkesboro To Play Lenoir Saturday; Mountain Li ons and Boone 31st Wilkesboro and North Wilkes boro football squads in training at Boone are getting ready for pre-season games to climax the training period. Wilkesboro Ramblers will play the strong Lenoir team on col lege field at Boone Saturday night, August 27, eight o'clock. North Wilkesboro Mountain Lions will play the Appalachian high school Blue Devils of Boone on Wednesday night, August 31, eight o'clock. These pre-season games will give the boys good training and will provide funds to defray training expense. AH football fans in this community are urged to witness the games and survey prospects for the season. PRELIMINARY PLANS OUTLINED FOR FARMERS' DAY; TENTATIVE DATE FOR ANNUAL EVENT OCT. 5 October 5 was set as tentative date lor Farmers' Day by a plan ning committee in meeting here Friday at the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce office. The meeting of the sub-com mittee of the Trade Promotion division of the chamber was called to outline tentative plans, which will be submitted to the entire committee for approval or change. Concensus of opinion as express ed by the group was. that the day's program will follow last year's outline, but will be en larged to include added enter tainment features and an evening program. i Tentative i?lans call for open ing the day's activities with a mammoth parade which is ex pected to exceed the two-mile parade which was so successful last year. Following the parade, which is expected to form in Wilkes boro and end in North Wilkes boro after touring downtown streets, will be concert by bands and an hour of fun and con tests, during which many prizes will be given. The afternoon program will be carried out from a stage on a downtown street. Agricultural awards by the Chamber of Com merce will be presented, there will be a string band show and an address or show by some en tertainment specialist to be se lected. Plans were also discussed for an evening program, which may include a street dance or some other form of outdoor entertain ment. All plans are tentative and subject to revision and change before adoption by the Trade Promotion committee. * Present for the planning meet ing were Tom Jenrette, cham ber manager, Charles H. Day, Roland Potter, O. K. Pope, For rest Jones, Palmer Horton, Ray Landsberger, John Walker and Dwight Nichols. WILKESBORO SELECTED SELECTIVE SERVICE SUB-DEPOT FOR COUNTIES The Selective Service boards in North Carolina have been ad vised by Colonel Thomas H. Up ton, deputy state director, that the records of 66 counties "will be consolidated in 10 offices at key points in the state. The Local Draft Board office in Wilkesboro has been selected as a sub-depot for Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Watauga, and Wilkes. Mrs. David Lowe, the present clerk of Wilkes County Draft Board, will be retained as the i clerk of the sub-depot. Mrs. Lowe! stated that the records for the j above counties would be moved i after the close of business Au- j gust 26, 1949, and the sub-depot! office will be maintained down stairs in the Town Hall at Wil kesboro. Young men are still required to register when they become 18 years of age and this will be taken care of by volunteer ?reg istrars in the various counties. The names and addresses of the local registrars for the offices which are being transferred to Wilkes county will be published in the respective county papers, therefore, it is suggested that all who are required to register watch their local paper for this notice. The local board members, of the counties affected, will con tinue the function of classifica tion and induction, should the latter be resumed. TWO GERMAN GIRLS WILL BE ENTERTAINED HERE THURSDAY Two German girls, Ute Reinsch, 19, and Doris Hillenbrand, 14, bath of Berlin, will be entertained Thursday afternoon, three to five, at the Woman's Club house in North Wilkesboro, and the public is invited to meet and talk with these girls at that time. These girls are exchange stu dents who arrived in this country July 21, and they are amazed With conditions in America. This week they are guests of Mrs. Ed Ander son, of West Jefferson, and other Woman's club leaders. This year Woman's Clubs are stressing "Peace and Interna tional Friendship", and entertain ment of the two German girls here will be in line with that theme. I Attention is called to the fact that! the 'open house" Thursday is not | restricted to members of the club, and that everybody is invited. | MANY DOUBLE HEADERS COMING UP IN FINAL 2 WEEKS SEASON Rain during the past several days postponed many baseball games in the Blue Ridge league and the final two weeks of the season will . have many double headers. North Wilkesboro Flashers won a thrilling game at Wytheville Fri day night 8 to 7. The Flashers garnered 13 hits to bolster their sagging batting averages. Cun ningham started on the mound but was hit hard and, Lee Postove took over to hold the Statesmen in check. Saturday night here a game was started with Galax but was rained out in the second frame. The scheduled game with Galax was rained out at Galax Sunday. Mt. Airy is due here for a double header tonight and Radford will be here for a double header Tues day night. North Wilkesboro will go to Radford Wednesday night and Elkin will play here Thursday night. North Wilkesboro will be in Elkin Friday night. Lose To Wytheville The Flashers were unable to deliver with men on bases here Thursday night and Wytheville took an exciting game 3 to 2. It was a fine pitching duel be tween Bill Weston and Ham mock, fast ball artist of the Statesmen. In the seventh Wythe ville used three hits, a base on balls, a two-run error to score three runs. The Flashers came back strong in the eighth with four straight hits and two runs to get Hammock out of the game and Zuber went in to put out the fire with the bases loaded. The Flashers threatened to tie in the ninth when Weston walked, was sacrificed to second and left there as the game ended. Tickets On Sale For Football Game! North Wilkesboro high school | football team will play Appa lachian high in a practice foot ball game on college field at Boone Wednesday, August 31, eight p. m. It will be" a regulation game and admission will be one dollar. Tickets for this game are now on sale at Brame's Drug Store, Marlow's Men's Shop and Red Cross Pharmacy. o Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Carr, of Salt Lake City, Utah, arrived Wednesday to spend a few dayB visiting in the home of Mrs. Blanche W. Miller and other rel atives. Mrs. Carr, the former Miss Bertha Winkler, is a sister of Mrs. Miller. This is her first visit to Wilkes in 45 years. Fritts Is Operating Esso Service Station Between Wilkesboros B. H. Frltts, formerly of Har rlman, Tenn., Is now operating the Esso Service Station between the Wilkesboros, which during the past several years was ope rated by D. L. Crook. Name of the station has been changed to Frltts Esso Service. Mr. Frltts Is operating the sta tion 24 hours daily. The station Is to be given a paint Job and several Improvements are plann ed. About September 1 Mr. and Mrs. frltts plan to take over operation of the tourist home adjacent to the service station. Mrs. Frltts is the former Miss Lena Culler, of Wilkesboro. o LOCALS i ? Mrs. J. E. Fowler, of Flush ing, N. Y., is here visiting with her mother, Mrs. O. C. Holcomb. Miss Katherine Schiff, o f Charlotte, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ward Eshelman for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Byrd McLain, of Mollne, 111., are visiting friends and relatives in Wilkes boro and Oakwoods. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Greer and children, are spending two weeks with Mr. Greer's mother, Mrs. Octavla Greer, of Moravian Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Strader and son, Jerry, returned Thurs day from spending several days at Carolina Beach. Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Underwood! spent the week-end in Hamlet as guestB of Mr. and Mrs. David I Rice. I I Mr. Turner Lenderman will enter the veterans hospital at Swanannoa August 29, for a min or operation. Mrs. Joe Zimmerman and her small daughter, Patricia, are spending several days with rela tives in Johnson City, Tennessee Miss Billie Jennings, of frores Knob, is spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. Karl Hemmer ick in Reading, Pa. Mrs. Hem merick is her sister. ? Mrs. Dock Wiles and sons, David and Jimmy, are spending two weeks with Mrs. Wiles' par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Gurney Nor ris, of Boone. Miss Becky McDonald, o f Carthage, is spending several days with Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Stout. She is the niece of Mrs. Stout. Mr. and Mrs. Gorman Johnson and daughter, Sharon, of Lenoir, spent last week-end visiting Mrs. Johnson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Garwood. Mr. and Mrs. Owen E. Duncan and two sons, Danny and Gary, of Pageland, S. C., visited here last week with Mr. Owen's moth er, Mrs. J. E. Duncan. Miss Mozelle Payne, of Bel mont, was a guest last week-end of Miss Nancy Garwood. Miss Payne and Miss Garwood were room mates during the past yeari at Appalachian college at Boone.' Miss Etta Turner is visiting with Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Norvell at their home in Montgomery, Ala. Mrs. Norvell is the former Miss Frances O'Daniel, of this city. Mrs. M. G. Kirkpatrick, of Taylorsville, underwent a major operation Wednesday at the Wilkes hospital. Mrs. Kirkpatrick is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Smithey, of Wilkesboro. Miss Patricia Ann Hoosier daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hoosier, of Washington, D. C., is spending ten days here with her grandmother, Mrs. L. A Hauser, and other relatives. Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Buchan, Jr., a daughter, Mary Elizabeth, at the Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, August 8. Mrs. Buchan and young daughter are now at their home north of the city. Miss Elizabeth McNeil and her brother, Mr. Gene McNeil, re ! turned Tuesday from a two weeks trip to New York City and a tour through the New England States. They also visited in Can ada. Mr. and Mrs. Archie J. Mc Neil and two daughters, Misses Vivian and Betty Jean McNeil, visited Sunday in Winston-Sal em with Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bowen. Mrs. Bowen is the form er Miss Joanna McNeil. Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell Cox re turned Monday to their home here from Nags Head, where they spent several days vacation.. While there they saw a perform ance of "The Lost Colony" pa geant. Born to Mr. "t! Mrs. Karl Hemmerich a v' Frederick Charles, on August 5 at the hos pital at Sink'n" Springs, Pa. Mrs. Hemmerich is the former Miss-Beatrice Jennings, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Jennings, of Pores Tvr.ob. Mrs. W. E. Gaither has re turned f"0m Pittsburg, P a., where she visited her son, Mr. W. E. Gaither. Jr., and other relatives. She also visited her| brother, Mr. W. M. Faw, In Cum berland, Md., Dr. Marvin Faw, Mr. Joe Faw and family in Mc Donald, Pa. Mrs. Robert Gibbs, Miss Isa bella Gibbs, and Miss Corinna Finley went to Brevard during | the week-end to attend the Mus ic Festival of the Transylvania Music Camp. Mr. John Gibbs, son of Mrs. Gibbs, is a member of the chorus ? which is giving Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in the Festival. Brushy Mountain Fruit Growers To Be In Festival Girls From Wilkes and Alex ander Entered For Title of Apple Queen Brushy Mountain Fruit Grow ers plan to participate in the North Carolina Apple Harvest Festival to be held at Henderson ville September 2, 3, 4, 5. The festival last year was held at Hendersonvllle as a sectional event but this year is being ex panded into a state-wide event. Effort will be made to stage the state Apple Harvest Festival in North Wilkesboro next year. Wilkes and Alexander coun counties, which compose the leading apple growing area in the state, this year will enter girls in the contest for Apple Queen at Hendersonvllle. Miss Frances Gilreath, o f North Wilkesboro, who was crowned "Miss Wilkes" in a beauty contest here, will be the Wilkes representative, and Miss Patsy Carrigan, of Taylorsville, will be the Alexander county en try. Selection of the queen will be on the first day of the event, and coronation will be on the closing date, September 5, at the coronation" ball. The Brushy Mountain Fruit Growers plan to send a substan tial delegation, and the public is also invited to attend and enjoy the event. o Retail Institute Wili Be Held Here Aug. 29, Sept. 9 Separate Courses For Sales And Supervisory Per sonnel to Be Offered | A retail sales institute will ,be held in North Wilkesboro Au gust 29 to September 9 under auspices of the Trade Promotion committee of the Wilkes Cham ber of Commerce. The courses for sales and sup ervisory personnel will be pre sented by the Distributive Edu cation Service of the North Car |olina Department oi Public In , struction in cooperative with I North Wilkesboro schools. The Textile course to be given twice daily for two groups, 9:15 and 10:15, Monday through Friday, will be particularly help ful for those selling any kind of clothing or dry goods. Classes i will be held in the form of a workshop, and a registration fee of $1 each will be charged for materials. "Supervisory Techniques" will be the topic of the evening courses at 7:30 p. m. All store owners, managers, assistant man agers and other supervisory per 'sonnel will be interested in this course. All classes will be held l in the ballroom of Hotel Wilkes, with Mrs. Delle R. Putnam as in jstructor. The advisory committee in [charge of the course has Harold Snyder as chairman and the oth jer members are Lewis Hill Jenk ins, D. E-. Elledge, Ira D. Payne. C. T. Burke, C. M. Brown and Presley Myers. J. Floyd Wood ward, superintendent of schools and Richard B. Johnston, cham ber of commerce president, are ex-officio members. Dairy Meeting | By J. P. CHOPXJN, County Agent The management of the South eastern Artificial Breeding Asso ciation of Asheville has invited the farmers of Wilkes county to attend a deconstration at their stud barn near Asheville. The demonstration will be held at 10:30 a. m., Thursday, August 25, 1949. If you are interested in dairy cattle you will enjoy and profit by seeing this demon stration and the fine quality dairy bulls that will be on dis play. The group attending will leave the County Agent's office at the Wilkes County Courthouse at 7:30 a. m. Please inform the County Agent if you intend to go. j o The Woman's Missionary So ciety of Liberty Grove Baptist Church will meet Tuesday night, August 23, at 8 o'clock with Mrs. F. C. Johnson and Mrs. Claude Johnson. All members are urged to be present and visitors will be welcome. August Term Of Superior Court In Third Week Judge Roueaeau Presiding; Congested Docket May Be Cleared In Term August term of Wilkes super ior court began tbe third week today after two weeks of inten sive work. Many cases have been removed from the congested docket and court this week may be able to clear the entire cal endar of criminal cases. Judge Julius A. Rousseau, of this city, is presiding. Following are results of cases during the latter part of the week: John Weaver, operating car while intoxicated, two years su spended on payment $100 fine and costs, not to operate motor vehicle in two years; housebreak ing and larceny, 18 months su spended on payment $200 and costs. Clifton Lytle Brown, eight months suspended on payment costs. Raymond Brown and John Skope, implicated in the rob bery of D. Mack Byrd, to pay costs and placed on probation. Russell Harris, larceny, eight months on roads. Wint Osborne, drunkenness and violation prohibition law, 30 days on each charge. James W. 'Combs, violation slot machine law, eight months suspended on payment $500 fine and costs; violation prohibition law,* six months suspended two years on payment $25 and costs. Ed Hayes, colored, assault on female, not guilty. Howard Griffin, larceny, not guilty. * Elmer Hugh Sparks, operating car while intoxicated, $200 fine and costs, license revoked. Ralph Smithey, no driver lic ense, placed on probation. Harvey Shepherd, larceny of automobile, three to five years in state prison; Talmadge An derson in same case placed on probation. Roy Queen, drunkenness and resisting arrest, four months on roads. Homer D. Miller, forgery, three to five years in state prison. Rat Sales, assault with deadly weapon with intent to kill, 4 to 6 years in prison. James McThursty, colored es caped convict who assaulted Ar tie Gilreath, two years on roads in addition to long term now serving. Guy McGlamery, drunkenness and resisting, 30 days suspended on payment costs for both charg es. Charlie Holder, violating slot machine law, six months sus pended on payment $300 and costs. Sanford Woodie, two cases operating car while intoxicated, 12 months.on roads, not to ope rate motor vehicle in five years. Thornton Combs, Reece Pruitt and Davis Combs, housebreaking, larceny and receiving, 18 months on roads on one charge, 4 to 7 years suspended on second count. Frank Barnes, larceny, six months suspended five years, placed on probation. Lonnie Cleary, Elisha Minton, breaking and entering, 12 months on roads to be reduced to four months if each defend ant pays costs and $75 for bene fit Mrs. Maggie Wyatt. Lincoln Combs, abandonment, six months suspended on pay ment $50 per month for family. Mack Joines, manslaughter, not guilty. Raymond Cleary, operating car while intoxicated, $100 fine and costs; no license, $25 fine and costs; drunkenness, 30 days sus pended ; assault, prayer for judgment continued; abandon ment, two years suspended on payment $40 per month for fam ily and $25 attorney fee; not to operate motor vehicle for five years. Misses Reba and Freda Felts, of this city, spent the week-end with Little Miss Sarah Meadows at Pores Knob. Sarah accompan ied them home for a few days' visit. Mr. and Mrs, Clate Meadows and daughter. Miss Bitty Mea dows, and sons, Wade Dean and Bill, of Hendersonville, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Meadows and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Meadows, at Pores Knob. They were enroute to Oreensboro where Miss Betty Meadows is taking training for a nurse at St. Leo's Hospital.