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CITY Wilkesboro has a radius of 50 miles. ] "0.000 people w jsterii Carolina THE JOURNAL-PATRIOT i v. The Journal-PQtriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the j'State of Wilkes" For Over 43 Years SCOUTS Wilkes district Boy and Girl Scouts organization have a program worthy of your at tention and support. ol. 44, No. 39 Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center v\wmu?w?HWH%w?w%www<WMHWW*w? P Advisory Group For Soles Institute Opening Today ??gpg , u pictured the Advisory committee of the Trade Promotion division of ne Wilkes Chamber of Commerce, which is sponsoring its annual Sales Institute WML*6* *nd ne*t. Sessions are held twice each morning at the ballroom of Hotel Wilkes, and a course for supervisory personnel is held each evening at 7:30. Left to right in the picture are: Tom J en re tie, chamber manager, Presley Myers, Ira ? ,Payne? J* Floyd Woodward, D. E. Elledge, Lewis Hill Jenkins, Harold Snyder and Terry Burke.?(Photo by Link's Studio). FLOOD CONTROL ADVOCATES ASK AID GOVERNOR SCOTT * IN SECURING FLOOD CONTROL ?Governor Favors Power De velopment Coupled With Flood Control Work Raleigh, Aug. 24.?A delega p ^headed by Federal Judge Johnson J. Hayes of North Wil kesboro and representing five counties asked Governor Scott today for his aid in obtaining federal flood control measures for-the Vadkin River Valley. In turn, the Governor suggest ed that they help him get mofe for North Carolina while the flood control project is be ing planned. ?vAfter tal'iing wi.^ Scott t*\ * took the Governor's sug gestion and held a confer^nc with Gwyn B. P.ice. Rural Elec trification Administration chief in this state. With Price they discussed the possibility of getting approval from Congress on an over-all b^tdy of the Upper Yadkin River T^biley for flood control, and ap proval of a dam on the Reddles River, a subsidiary of the Yad kin, above Wilkesboro. Among the visitors, in addi tion to Judge Hayes, were Col. J. I.. Lampert, district engineer for the U. S. Army Engineers of Charleston, S. C., and two mem bers of his staff, J. W. Blair Worth Candrick, State Sen ator B. C. Brock of Davie coun ty;. Representative F. D. B. Harding of Yadkin, both Repub licans, and other representatives -of Forsyth, Surry, Wilkes, and Davie Counties. An earlier study of the river has been made resulting in se lection of sites for two dams, one on the Yadkin and one on the Reddies, both above Wilkesboro, it was stated. But under the present plan an appropriation for only one of these, the one on the Reddies, is before Con gress. It was in the interest of this dam and an over-all study which ,would lead to other flood con trol dams, that the group sought the Governor's aid. Scott informed them, he told his press conference later, that the projeet was of particular in terest to him in view of the de veloping shortage of power in this state. "The Interior Department," the Governor said, "told me re cently industry is now passing up North Carolina?not because of taxes or even of roads, but because of the shortage of pow er." I ( Brock told the Governor, he. { for one, would go along in sup port of making dams built for ^feod control produce power. L tJ ? presley Yates Is Claimed By Death Presley Yates died Sunday night at his home in the Mox ley community. Mr. Yates was born and reared Lnlhe Purl ear community, where he spent the greater part of his life. Funeral arrangements were in complete early today. o THE Y. M. C. Bryant Wyatt Rites Conducted On Sunday Funeral service was held Sun day afternoon at Vannoy Pres byterian church for Bryant Wy att, 69, Union township citizen who died Friday. Rev. J. W. Luke conducted the service. Surviving Mr. Wyatt are hi? wife, Mrs. Annie Wyatt, and the following sons and daughters: Mrs. George Church, Mrs. Curtis Crook, Mrs. Wade Wingler and Fred Wyatt, of Vannoy, and Anelrose Wyatt, of Wllbar. Pasture Grass Seed By AAA The Wilkes County AAA of fice is now in position to offer pasture grass seed through the purchase order plan. Farmirs desiring to seed permanent pas ture this fall may call at the county office and secure their orders for the following seed: Orchard grass at 14 cents per] pound, Fescue, Kentucky 31 or Alta at 11 cents per pound, and Ladino Clover at 45 cents per pound. The remaining portion of the cost will be borne by the Government. t /he dealers who have qualified to offer seeds under the fall pas-1 ture seed program are: J. C. Dobbins Co., Elkin, N. C., C. C. \ Tharpe, Ronda, N. C., J. G. Green, Hayes Hardware Co., F. C. X. Service, C. A. Lowe & Sons, and S. V. Tomlinson. All seeds are of the highest purity content j and pass the rigid specifications as set up by the U. S. Department i of Agriculture. M-s. M^ude S. Miller, secretary of the associ ation, reminds all farmers that these seed are offered for a lim ited time only, as the present allocation of funds for this coun ty is almost exhausted, and urges that orders be placed early. Assist Veterans In Filing Claims Due On Insurance Volunteer workers have a ?reed to asstat World War II reterans jPing claims for in mrance i ' teds due them und jr provisi* Jo federal laws en icted by co.V %4 Places whei3 assistance will >e given in filing the claims are is follows: Walter Dickerson at iCey City Wholesale company: Ralph Williams at Tourist L.unch, Tolbert Whittington at CVilkes Drug store; and at the SVilkes Red Cross office. These men will fill out the 'orms for applicants and assist n any way possible. Veterans ihould have with them discharge tapers and any insurance papers ind receipts they may have. -o Mr. and Mrs. Slater Prevette tare returned home from Vrightsville Beach, where they pent their vacation. Millard Winecoff To Open Newton Business College Millard E. Winecoff, dean of Clevenger College of Business Administration in Wilkesboro for the past year and one-half, has gone to Newton to establish the Newton Business College there. While here Mr. Winecoff was ac tively engaged in civic life of the community and madfe many friendships. At Clevenger Mr. Winecoff is succeeded as dean by T. V. Hackney, formerly of Greens boro, who is highly capable in administration of business edu cation. John C. Thompson, 97, Taken By Death John C. Thompson, for severa' decades a well known citizen of the Maple Springs community, died Sunday. Born January 1, 1851, Mr. Thompson was one of the oldest residents of Wilkes county. Funeral service will be held Tuesday, 2:30, at Lewis Fork Advent Christian church. Rev. R L. Isbell will conduct tl:e last rites. Surviving Mr. Thompson are two sons and three daughters: J. W. Thompson, Cas'mr, Wyom ing; Mrs B. F. Proffit, PurleaV: George Thompson Opal, Wyom ing: Mrs. C. C. Gambiti North Wilkesboro j Mrs. Margaret Greene Purlear. . V.F.W. And Auxiliary Picnic Here Thursday Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary will hold their annual picnic Thursday evening, 6:30, at Smoot Park. In event of rain the picnic will be held at the V. F. W. clubhouse. All members and their families are invited, and will bring baskets of food for the picnic. o Optimist Club Had Good Meeting j Tuesday Last Week A splendid meeting of the lo :al Optimist' club was held Tues day noon of last week at Hotel Wilkes, with the club president, Richard E.ller, presiding. Under the direction of Rev. Dean Minton "America" was 3ung, followed by repeating the 1 slub creed in unison and invo ;ation by Rev. C. Jay "Winslow. During the luncheon hour a lumber of songs were sung by those present with Miss Patsy Hawkins as accompanist, and irith Rev. Mr. Minton as leader. 21ub members also discussed var ious matters of benefit to the; dub. ! Guests at the luncheon were is follows: B. B. Broome with j Optimist Dave Hall; Bob Walker| with Optimist Howard Strader; fohnny Mercak with Optimist Maurice Walsh; Conrad Shaw vith Optimist Dean Minton. The next meeting of the club vlll be on Tuesday, September * o A son, Marcus Homer, Jr., vat born Thursday, August 25, o Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Benfield. Numerous Cash Prizes For Fair Here ? - mm ?? ? . ~ Part Ot ladktn Valley Flooded; Rainfall Heavy Aftermath Of Hurricane Causes Heavy Rains Over Big Area Part of the valley of the Yad kin was flooded last night and early today following heavy rains throughout Sunday. The heavy rainfall over west-! ern North Carolina were the aft- | ermath of a hurricane which did , tremendous damage in Florida. I The swelling Yadkin was watch-1 ed anxiously all day Sunday and: Sunday night. Both the 1916 and I 1 n it A S1/\n/ln TTT/WA AQIiaAll V>TT linit ' 1940 floods were caused by hea vy rains following hurricanes off the Atlantic coast. Although the heavy rains were on Sunday morning here, the I Yadkin did not get much out of banks until late Sunday after noon and remained up until near I noon today, indicating heavy rainfall in the valley west of ;here all the way up to Blowiiig j Rock. I Although an estimate could not be made today, it was be lieved that crops in the valley have been damaged heavily, es pecially in the. lower areas where hay crops were in their prime. Th$ corn crop was believed to have been damaged substantial ly in areas near the river chan nel. Wilkesboro Avenue here was closed throughout Sunday night and early today, and the water was Up in the street to the ball park entrance near NuWay Feed store. Clear skies late Sunday after noon and night caused a sigh of relief among residents and busi ness men in the Yadkin valley area throughout this part of the state. The flood threat is expected to add further impetus to the efforts to secure congressional action for flood control. Last week a delegation conferred with Governor Scott and enlisted his aid in the flood control pro gram. Lenoir Edges Wilkesboro 7-6 Point after touchdown was the margin of victory for the Lenoir high school football team in a pre-season game with Wil kesboro high school Ramblers at Boone Saturday night. The game was played on a wet, soggy field, and in the rain for about all of the first quarter. Wilkesboro's bad kickoff on the opening play of the game (the ball traveled only about fifteen yards) gave Lenoir Bear Cats the ball on their 45-yard line, and they did not give up possession of the pigskin until a touchdown had been scored. The extra point was made with a scrimmage play. Wilkesboro then received, and a number of fumbles marred the Ramblers'1 chance to score in the second quarter. The Ramblers came back after the half with pep and power and soon scored a touchdown, Ray Triplett running the last four yards to pay dirt. Attempt to make the extra point from the line of scrimmage failed. Lenoir was unable to make any substantial gains through the Rambler line, but used very successfully end runs and pass plays. Coach Hoffman has done a good job putting his team in shape during the two weeks' work-out at Boone, and as the season progresses the Rambler play should greatly improve. Wilkesboro's starting lineup for the game Saturday night was: Emerson and Edwards, ends; Prevette and Brewer, tackles; Story and Staley, guards; Parker, center; Byrd, quarter back; Triplett and Dancy, half backri; 'Linney, fullback. Sub stitutes were: Garwood, Nichols, Joines, Pearson, Terrell and Eller. Auto Races Here On September 4th The automobile races sche duled at the North Wilkesboro I ] Speedway Sunday were postpon-,i ed until Sunday, September because of rain. 'I rvwvwu'iHHflllllHHIIIIMHHHIHHHIIHHV Poultry Firm Awarded Certificate Of Safety vmtvwwwmtwivwwwwwwvwwHwwwww*** Joe* Darlington, proprietor of Darlington Poultry company, is shown at left receiving from Lynn Robbins, district safety in spector of the North Carolina department of labor, a certifi cate of safety achievement sign ed by State Labor Commissioner Forrest H. Shuford for having achieved a perfect record of no lost-time accidents during the past year. The safety award was present ed to Mr. Darlington, of the firm, by Mr. Lynn Robbins, safety in spector representing the North Carolina Department of Labor in the 5 th District. The record amassed by Mr. DarliDgton's firm is outstanding from the standpoint of safety. With employes numbering from 20 to 36, the plant has operated five years, with 204,680 man hours by employes, and with no lost-time accidents. The certificate cites The First Award for having made an out standing record in the field of accident prevention last year and for preventing the human suf fering and economic loss which are caused by industrial acci-; dents. . The award is presented to es tablishments which qualify by having perfect safety recor" having accident rates at least 7 5 per cent below the State aver age, or by reducing their acci dent rates 40 per cent or more during any calendar year, Mr. Robbins explained. Qualification o f industrial plants for the Certificate ot Saf ety Achievement ?is one phase of the Labor Department's Manpow er Conservation Program, which also includes safety education work and periodic inspection drives, the inspector said. FLASHERS IN HOT RACE WITH ELKIN FOR PLAYOFFS POSITION American Legion To Meet Thursday Wilkes post of American Le gion will meet Thursday, Septem ber 1, eight p. m., at the Legion clubhouse. A memorial service will be held for deceased mem bers. A full attendance of mem bers for the meeting is urgently requested. Dr. George Verdone's Brother Died Friday i Gerad Verdone, age 18, broth er of Dr. George P. Verdone, of this city, died Friday night in a hospital at Long Island, N. Y., after an illness of about 24 hours. Dr. Verdone left here by plane Friday. The youth, with his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. George Verdone, visited here only three weeks ago and while in this vi cinity Gerad enrolled for the coming term at Leas McRae Col lege at Banner Elk. o Mountain Lions Will Play Boone Coach Boyette Lists Prob able Lineup For Game Wednesday Night Football fans of this commun ity in large numBers are expect ed to go to Boone Wednesday night to see North Wilkesboro and Appalachian high schools play a pre-season game, which climaxes two weeks of practice at Appalachian co'lege. Coach Tor' "o'-'tte and Assist ant Lott Mayberry have been working const with the new material during the training per iod. Theirs is a building task but earlv renorts indicate they have m,,('r? much progress. A squad of 35 is composed mainly sf new mstsrial. Probable smarting lineup an nounced by Coach Boyette is as follows: Joe Eller, left end; Jack Gaddy, left tackle; Harry Steele, left guard; Dick Stoker >r Smith Hudson, center: Hiram Cox, right guard; J. S. Soots, right tackle; Dennis York, right end; Carl Swofford, quarterback; Jim Moore, left half; Wayne Pardue or Bartley Harrold, right ialf; James Gillean, fullback. Tickets are on sale here at Brame's, Red Cross Pharmacy ind Marlow's Men's Shop. ???? o ?- ? to the North Wilkesboro and Elkin in the Blue Ridge league ar* paired oft for a fight to the fin ish for a position in the Blue Ridge play-off series among thf top four teams. Today North Wilkesborp is in fourto one game ahead of Elkin who lost a twin bill to Wytheville Saturday night while North Wil kesboro and Mt. Airy were rained out here in a double header. North Wilkesboro was leading Mt. Airy 1-0 in the second i r ning of the first game when the games were washed out by a [ hard shower of rain. On Sunday all games in the league were rained out. Double Header Tuesday The Flashers go to Wytheville tonight. Galax will play here Tuesday night in a double head er, the first game starting 8t 6:30. North Wilkesboro will go to Radford Wednesday and Rad ford will play here Friday, Sep tember 1. The last game played by North Wilkesboro was on Fri day night, when Elkin scored a 3 to 2 victory in the 10th frame. Ralph Cunningham and Mostak locked in a beautiful pitching duel that was decided when Col lins walked in the 10th with the bases full. North Wilkesboro scored both runs in the first frame, with Bob Hite hitting a triple in lead-off position. North Wilkesboro Flashers played perfect baseball through two games here Thursday night and defeated Elkin in both, 5 to 1 aed 3 to 1. Showing an opposite of the hectic play earlier in the week when they lost to Radford in two games. The Flashers didn't give Elkin a break at any time in the double header and went on to win as if it were a habit. Lanky Bernie Keating hurled the first game, after being out of the lineup for several days because of illness, and pitched in great style to choke off every Elkin scoring threat except one in the first, which was set up by a wild pitch. In addition to his pitching, the tall pitcher did more than his part at bat. With the sacks full in the third he blasted a 375-foot double which bounded over the fence in right center to bat in two runs. Pat Pescitelli and Bob Winkelspecht, who go with the Yankee organ ization next season, had two hits each off Nixon and Powers, re lieving pitcher. In the second game Bill West on added to his growing string of victories with a five-hitter. He was in serious trouble only once, when Elkin had the bases Premium Lis! For Wilkes Fair Week 19th Being Printed All Departments Have Lib eral Premiums To En courage Exhibits Premium list for the annual Wilkes Kiwania Agricultural Fair to be held the week of Sep tember 19 at the fair and horse show grounds near this city Is in process of publication and will be issued this week. Perusal of the list shows that the sponsor, the Kiwanis Club, is going to much expense to encourage production of better products of farms, homes and orchards, and many attractive cash prizes are offered in every department. Exhibits are to be placed at the fairgrounds on the morning of the first day, Monday, Sep tember 19. Numerous prizes are offered in the agriculture department, topped by five prizes of $25 to $5 for the best general farm ex hibit. There are three attractive prizes for the best beekeeping exhibit, and many cash prizes for best exhibits of corn, grain, for age crops and various varieties of hay. In the horticulture department the first prize for commercial apple exhibit, consisting of three trays each of four varieties, will be $25, with four other prizes ranging down to three dollars. Three, two and one dollars will j Prizes for single trays of Heading varieties. Many good prizes are offered 4-H, F. F. A. and N. F. A. mem bers in the livestock show. Priz es for best calves, yearling and cows of different breeds range from four to six dollars with three cash prizes in each class, wjth the same pattern following in the baby beef show. Prizes in .the swine depart ment range from three to one dollars for hogs of various breeds, and there are many priz es in the beef cattle department. With the prizes offered, the ho me economies department should be one of the fair's high lights There are two cash prizes in each of about 100 classes for cooking products, canning, pre serving. clothing, handicraft and other classes too numerous to mention. Much cash is offered for the best educational exhibits Veter ans farm training program comes in for a big slice with four priz es ranging from $25 to $5 for the best exhibit. The same cash prizes are offered for F. F. A. and NFA exhibits. Prizes of $15 each are offered for best 4-H club exhibits by boys and girls. Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and forestry groups may win top prizes of $10 each for best exhibits. The final day of the fair, Sep tember 24, will have a dog show at 11 a. m. for the big feature. Dr. J. H. McNeill is dog show superintendent and is receiving entries. The show is open to all dogs of pure breeds, but they do not have to be registered with the (American Kennel ?lub to compete. Trophies and valuable merchandise awards will be giv en the winners in eight classes. Oakwoods Troop Has Camping Trip Boy Scout Troop 127 of Oak woods enjoyed a camping trip at Bluff Park over the week end. There were' 13 boys present under the leadership of Scout master Frank Walker and Assist ant Scoutmaster Archie Ander son and Committeemen J i m Joines and Dean Parrish. The tallowing boys took part in cook ing, hiking, trailing and other samp activities to pass their second class tests: Hayden Cle iry, Larry Baity, Beauford Cle iry, James Reins, Clinton Reins, Tracy Walker, Charles Walker, Ed Johnson, Robert Joines, Ray faines, Ray Smithey, Bill Gentle ind Jay Gentle. A hiking trip through Bluff Park and swimming in a nearby itream were enjoyed Saturday ifternoon. WSMHWMHWWWM ? SSSUMS oaded with two out. Pescltelli, Shores and Wlnkelspecht singled in North Wllkesboro's three ?unk. A large crowd witnessed the louble header, and a large per centage of the spectators were from EM kin and vicinity.