CITY
Wilkesboro has a
trading radius of 50 miles,
?@||ttng I'M),000 people in
Northwestern Carolina.
THE JOURNAL-PATRIOT
The Journal-Potriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes'.' For Over 43 Years
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Section One
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Vol.^3, No. 44 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., Thursday, September 15,1949 Make North WiJkesboro Your ShoDDina Center
All In Readiness For Opening Wilkes Fair Monday
Greater Number
IN People CovM
Get Cancer Exams
Detection Center Clinic
Held Every Tuesday In
Wilkesboro
Thirteen were examined at
the last weekly clinic of the Can
cer Detection Center in the
Wilkes conrthouse. (
Physicians in charge of the
center, which is operated to give
free cancer detection examina
tions to people in northwestern
North Carolina, said that at least
30 gfrUld be examined each Tues
the center.
The center is operated by vol
unteer physicians of the Wilkes
Alleghany Medical Society, in
a^operation with the county and
state health departments, and
with the Junior Woman's club
here supplying volunteer help for
receptionist and nurse aide du
ties.
Health, authorities urge those
over 40 years of age to be ex
amined for cancer and all others
of all ages who have reason to
suspect they may have cancer.
To make sure they will be ex
amined, those from a distance,
and especially from counties
j^er than Wilkes, may write for
TOPointment to Mrs. C. Monroe
Williams, secretary of- the cent
er, at Wilkesboro, enclosing a
self-addressed and stamped en
velope for reply.
No charge is made for exami
nation, and no treatment will
be given at the center. Those
who are found to have cancers
""tfctl be referred to their family
physicians, or to a treatment
center.
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Ordination Sunday
For Victor Watts
&dination service for Victor
Watts, Baptist ministerial stn
den* at Wake Forest College,
wU^ be heW Sunday, September
18. three P m? at 8
Baptist church near Purlea
The young minister is a son
of the late Rev. Finley Watts,
of Purlear, who for severa ye
was one of the best known Bap
tist ministers in northwestern
?Storth Carolina. He is now in
kSooI at Wake Forest college
j hut plans to begin pastoral workj
' immediately and will serve as
pastor of Pleasant Home
church near Millers Creek while
in school during the coming
term. .
Rev. C. J. Poole, pastor oi
New Hope church, will be in
: charge of the ordination service,
fisted bU Dr. John T. Wayland
^pastor of the First Baptist
church in North Wilkesboro and
Rev. E. V. Bumgarner; of Tay
lorsville.
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Optimists See Movie,
Showing Gypsum Uses
Members of the Optimist club
of North Wilkesboro were ^ given
the opportunity to see a splendid
movie sponsored by the U. s.
Gypsum company at its meeting
Tuesday at Hotel Wilkes.
Optimist Lewis H. Jenkins was
iu charge of the program and
he presented to the club
a rapraaeatatlr. of the
Gypsum company. Prior to show
ine the sound film, Mr. Speed
told about the popularity of the
movie and stated that it was
considered so interesting that it
had been shown in various the
atres over the country. i
The movie gave in detail the
mining, transportation, and man
ufacturing of gypsum, and also
exhibited some of the thousands
of ways this "white magic is
used commercially in all parts
of the world.
With Miss Patsy Hawkins as
accompanist, the club luncheon
meeting opened with singing
thrpe verses of "America, fo -
by repeating the creed in
i ,##n and invocation spoken by
Dfc, John T. Wayland. President
Eller presided at the lunch
*?The next meeting of the Op
timist club will be Jeld on
(Tuesday, September 27th.
? Ml Richard, filoope and Mr
Sloope will leave Friday
for Chapei Hill to enter the Uni
versity of North Carolina as
freshmen.
Fund To Aid Bobies
Club Seeking To
Raise $600 For
Care For Babies
Junior Woman's Clubs i n
North Carolina have taken as a
project the raising of funds for
the Children's Home Society of
North Carolina, which now has
headquarters in Greensboro.
The Children's Home Society
does a great humanitarian work
in receiving^, caring for and plac
ing homeless babies. Previously,
the organization has operated
with but little funds and the so
ciety has not been able to care
for all the homeless babies.
The North Wilkesboro Junior
Woman's Club is seeking to raise
$600 in this community and will
in a short time begin making
calls for donations. Those who
would like to know more about
the project are asked to read the
editorial on page 2' of this news
paper, which gives much about
the histajy of the society and the
service it is rendering in North
Carolina.
Paramount Name
Insulation Firm
Paramount Insulation company
Is the name of the new business
firm formed here by Bob Day,
of North Wilkesboro, who is
owner and manager.
The new firm will he engaged
in insulation, weatherstripping,
siding and roofing for residen
tial, commercial and industrial
buildings. Temporary office has
been established on Ninth street.
New and modern equipment has
been purchased by the firm and
best of materials are used.
Mountain Lions
Play Mt. Airy
North Wilkesboro's hustling
Mountain Lions will go up a
gainst one of northwestern North
Carolina's best high school foot
ball teams Friday night when
they play Mount Airy in the
Granite City.
Coach Tom Boyette has been
working the Lions this week to
correct faults which were evident
in their 7-0 loss to the strong
Hanes team in Winston-Salem
Saturday night.
First home game of the Moun
tain Lions will be against Spen
cer, a South Piedmont Confer
ence standout, here September
23.' Remainder of the Mountain
Lions schedule is as follows:
September 30?Mt. Pleasant
here.
October 7?Kannapolis there.
October 14?Elkin there.
October 21?Statesville there.
October 28?Concord there.
November 4?Barium Springs
here.
November 11 ? Mooresvllle
here.
Novelnber 18 ? Wilkesboro
here.
First Aid Course
Being Taught Here;
A first aid course being taught
in North Wilkesboro high school j
for students who have volunteer
ed to serve as attendants in the |
first aid room during the term
will be completed Friday.
Dudley Moore, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ivey Moore, is the instruct
or for the course. He will return
to State College, Raleigh, next
week to enter on his second year
of studies there.
Quarterback Club
Formed For North
WHkesboro Teams
Organization of School Pa
trons to Back Athletics;
Swofford President
Athletic program in North
Wilkesboro high school this year
and in future years will hare the
backing of a strong quarterback
club, a group of men in meeting
at the schools Monday night de
cided.
With 35 loyal sports support
ers in attendance and with
pledges of support from many
who could not attend, the pre
liminary organization of a quar
terback club was formed with
Jack Swofford as president; O.
K. Pope, vice president; William
A. Hardister, secretary; Gilbert
Foster, treasurer.
Although the name of the or
ganization is connected with
football, it was pointed out that
the club will function the year
'round to give support, moral
and financial, to all high school
athletic endeavors. Yearly dues
will be $10 each and goal for
membership is 150.
In the meeting held Monday
night Coach Tom Boyette outlin
ed some of the needs of the
sports program, and explained
how the quarterback club can
help. At the present time, he
said, there is a shortage of prac
tice uniforms and many boys
wanting football practice cannot
be dressed for training.
The newly organized club is
planning early for a number of
events, including the sponsoring
of a football game between B
teams of Appalachian and Ca
tawba colleges in Memorial Park
here November 10.
The project of construction of
a football press box at Memorial
Park was discussed and the task
of raising funds for cost of the
structure was delegated to John
Wallace and Dwight Nichols.
News Items About
College Students
Urgently Requested
It is college time again and
a large number of young men
and young women In Wilkes
county are going away to col
lege. Today^i issue of this
newspaper carries news items
about several of them, and
The Journal-Patriot would like
to have a news item about
every Wilkes student entering
college this year. TTiese brief
news items serve as a means
of letting friends of the stu
dents know where they are and
are appreciated.
The Journal-Patriot will ap
preciate your sending by card,
letter or telephone any news
items about college students,
or any other local news avail
able.
Mr. Dudley Moore, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ivey Moore, will enter
State Collfege in Raleigh Mon
day for his second year. Mr.
George Forester, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. George Forester, will
enter for his second year, and
Mr. Allen Scroggs, son of Mr. and
Mfs. G. W. Scroggs, of Roaring
River, will begin his third year
at State Monday. Mr. B. B. Ban
ner, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. B.
B. Banner, of Wilkesboro, is
entering State College as a
freshman this fall.
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LOCAL
HEWS
Mr. Bill Bason, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Bason, and Mr. Jim
mie Day, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
M. Day, will enter the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
this week.
Mr. Frank Dixon Underwood,
son of Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Under
wood, of Wilkesboro, was on the
Dean's list in the College of Arts
and Sciences at the University of
North Carolina during the sec
ond term of the summer session.
A son, Kerry Kevin, was born
to Mr. and Mrs. Rick Quan, of
St. Louis, Mo., on August 28. i
Mrs. Quan Is the former Miss
Rozelle Lunsford, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Lunsford, of |
Union Grove.
Miss Margaret Anderson has
entered the Woman's College at
Greensboro as a member of the
freshman class. She was accom-j
panied to the college Monday by,
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James
M. Anderson.
Mr. and Mrs. James Anderson,
Jr., accompanied by Mrs. Ander
son's parents, Mr. and Mrs. M.
J. Thompson, of Avon Park, Fla.,
visited for several days this week
in Washington, D. C. Before re
turning to Florida the Thomp
sons will visit for a few days
with the Senior Andersons.
I Rev. Charlie Poole with his
quartet, consisting of Mr. and
Mrs. Elbert Love and Ray
Brown, from Fishing Creek Bap
tist church, delighted the heart
| of Rev. N. T. Jarvis last Sunday
afternoon by visiting him and
singing several beautiful songs
| for him.?Reported.
Mr. Leonard Cook has return
led to the Georgia Military Acad
emy at College Park, Ga. His
brother, Mr,, Jimmy Cook, has
also entered the Academy. "The
boys were accompanied there
yesterday by their mother, Mrs.
L. D. Cook, and Mrs. C. F. Lov
ett, who will return to North
Wilkesboro the latter part of the
week.
i Mrs. W. R. Absher, of this
city, and her sister, Mrs. J. P.
Bingham, Sr., of Lexington, spent
last week with their brother and
his wife, Col. and Mrs. A. L.
I Fletcher, of Raleigh, at their
I summer home at Jefferson. Mrs.
j Absher and Mrs. Bingham re-1
turned to North Wilkesboro Fri
day, and Mr. Bingham came up
for the week-end and accompan
ied his wife home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick M. Wil
liams, Jr., attended the wedding
and reception in Morganton Sat
urday evening of Miss Martha
Connor Ross and Robert Thomas
Amos, Jr., of High Point. Mr.
Williams was an usher in the
wedding which took place at the
First Presbyterian church at
eight o'clock. The reception was
held at the home of the bride's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Hill Ross.
Miss Betty Gwyn Finley,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. G.
Finley, is visiting with relatives
at Oakland, California. Miss Fin
ley, who was one of the dancers
in the pageant, "The Lost Col
ony" at Manteo this summer,
was accompanied to California by
her cousin, Miss Jean Cobb, who
had been visiting with relatives
in North Ca#olina. The girls en
route to California visited rela
tives at Houston, Texas, and
friends at New Orleans, La.
WYTHEVILLE HERE TONIGHT IN
SECOND GAME OF FINAL PLAYOFF
Leslie Rhoades, rookie veter
an who came up from sandlot
ball in Wilkes county to become
North Wilkesboro's leading pitch
er in professional baseball this
, year, handcuffed the Wytheville
Statesmen in the Virginia city
last night as North Wilkesboro
took the first game of the play
,off finals 9 to 1. Rhoades pitch
ed on the corners and allowed
eight hits, which were so well
spaced that little damage was
j done. He also contributed two
hits and batted in one run. Zub
er and Marquis were the losing
pitchers.
Jacobson, Winkelspecht, Hite
and Daddino slammed out dou
bles in the game. The Flashers
jumped into a first inning lead
with three runs and were never
headed.
Tonight Wytheville will play
here and the game will return
to Wytheville Friday night. Sat
urday they are scheduled here
here and on Sunday at Wythe
ville. The games alternate daily
in this city and at Wytheville
until one team wins four games.
Despite a shortage of pitchers,
the Flashers are playing great
ball and have a good opportunity
to become the playoff champions.
Bob Thompson is slated for
mound duty here tonight. Ralph
Cunningham, who carried much
of the pitching load against Ga
lax, is out with a sore arm,
which leaves only four pitchers
for regular work.
Accounts of the final games in
the Galax playoff series are giv
en elsewhere in this newspaper.
Little Theatre
First Meeting Of
Season Tuesday
Launching a drive for new
members, the Community Little
Theater of North Wilkesboro will
begin a new season with its first
fall meeting at Radio Station
WKRC next Tuesday evening,
September 20th at 7:30 p. m.
Persons interested in joining
this dramatic group are urged to
attend the meeting. Those who
feel they have no particular his
tronic ability but wish to con
tribute their services to other
phases of the organization: prop
erties, wardrobe, stagecrew, or |
lighting, are also invited to join.
To become a member of the Lit
tle Theater one must have reach
ed the age of a high school
graduate and must attend month
ly meetings regularly. Those who
are interested in the Little The
ater's activities but can not
regularly attend meetings may j
become honorary members, ac
cording to the Constitution of
the organization.
Plans for the coming season
include: three full-length plays
?a comedy, a mystery and a
drama. The play-reading commit
tee, composed of John Cashion,
Robin Wooten, Mrs. Carol Cowles
Mott, and Mrs. Charles Ziliak has
been at work this summer mak
ing selections of suitable mater
ial and will make recommenda
tions for the members' approval
Tuesday night.
Although still a fledgling so
ciety, the Little Theater has
come a long way since its incep
tion just ejght months ago in
January, 1949. It was born out
of the desire of several citizens
to promote dramatic entertain
ment in the community life, and
has grown from an experimental
brain child to & thriving ener
getic project.' F?bm its charted
membership of nine, the group's
membership has reached approx
imately thirty in less than a year.
The nine protagonists were: Mrs.
Richard Finley, Mrs. Dan Carter,
Mrs. George Wilson, Mrs. Liv
ingston Johnston, Mrs. William
Gray, Miss Grace Frank Kilby,
Miss Harriet Crutehfield, Jay
Anderson, and Ivey Moore.
The Little Theater's first of
fering came in the form of a
trio of one-act plays presented in
March, followed by the highly
successful production of "You
Can't Take It With You" last
May. For this play members
worked as a unit building the
set, assembling wardrobes, bor
rowing props from generous
merchants and friends, laboring
under the customary difficulties
confronting amateurs: but, as
an end result, they produced a
play of such high caliber as to
firmly establish the Little The
ater's place in the community.
The organization owes its suc
cess to the able guidance of its
board of directors, made up of
the following officers: Jay An
derson, president; Mrs. George
Wilson, vice president; Harriet
Crutehfield, secretary-treasurer;
Mrs. Richard Finley, director,
and her assistant, Grace Frank
Kilby. Miss Kilby was elected
president to fill the unexpired
term of Mr. Anderson who re
signed.
The idea of a Little Theater
is not new to North Carolina for
nearly every progressive town in
the state has a similar organiza
tion all in various stages of
growth. As far back as 1932 a
small group in Raleigh had call
ed themselves the Raleigh Little
Theater, and by 1935 the Win
ston-Salem Little Theater had
organized. Samuel French, well
known play publishing house re
cently made the statement that
North Carolina is among the na
tion's leaders in number of play
scripts ordered for local produc
tions.
The members of the North
Wilkesboro group feel that their
organization is on its way, and
with the addition of new mem
bers and the continued support
of the townspeople will be able
to offer more varied and more
ambitious entertainment in the
future.
Legion Meeting
Regular semi-monthly meet
ing of Wilkes post of the Ameri
can Legion will be held at the
clubhouse tonight, eight o'clock.
Members and Tisitors are cordial
ly invited to attend.
Scouting Instructor
Miss Mary Johnson, com
munity advisor from the Girl
Scout regional offiee in Atlan
ta, Ga., will teach a training
course for Girl Scout leaders
at Gilvln Roth Y. M. C. A. in
El kin September 20-23. Ses
sions will be held on each of
the four days from 10:30 a.
m. to 4:30 p. m. Those asked
to attend are council commit
tee members, adult leaders, as
sistant leaders and troop com
mittee members4 from the Wil
kesboros, Elkin and Mt. Airy.
Transportation from this city
to the training course can be
arranged by contacting Mrs.
W. K. Sturdivant or Mrs. C.
T, Doughton.
Mrs. Current To
Speak On Monday
Mrs. R. E-. Current, of Taylors
vflfe, president oT District Three,
North Carolina Federation of
Women's Clubs, will be the
speaker at the first fall meeting
of the local Woman's Club on
Monday afternoon, September 19,
at three o'elock. The topic for
consideration will be some phase
of education.
Before her installation as Pres
ident of District 3, Mrs. Current
had served two terms as presi
dent of Taylorsville Women's
Club in 1944-1947. She is very
active in civic affairs, as evi
denced by the service which she
is now rendering as president
of the Democratic Women's Or
ganization of Alexander county,
a member of the State Demo
cratic Executive Committee, and
a member of the Board of In
fantile Paralysis Foundation.
First Grid Game
Here On Friday
Wilkesboro and Cove Creek
To Play Here; Lions
Go To Mt. Airy
First football game of the sea
son here will be Wilkesboro
Ramblers versus Cove Creek in
a Highland conference game Fri
day night in Memorial Park,
eight o'clock.
North Wilkesboro Mountain
Lions will play Mt. Airy on Mt.
Airy's field Friday night.
Wilkesboro's Coach Marvin
Hoffman, has worked the Wil
kesboro squad well for the Cove
Creek game. The Cove Creek
boys, a rugged squad with plenty
of weight, are coached this year
by Herman Bryson, stellar half
back of the Appalachian team.
The Ramblers came through
the Wilmington game in good
condition, but this week lost
Joe Brewer, tackle, because of a
leg injury whieh may keep him
out for ten days or more. Eller,
converted from guard position,
has been filling Brewer's place
in drills this week.
K. Of P. Meetings
North Wilkesboro K. of P.
lodge will resume meetings Mon
day night, September 19, and
meetings will be held regularly
each Monday, 7:30,
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Miss Billie Moore, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Henrjr Moore and
who had been in school at Rollins
College In Florida, will be a stu
dent at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill this
year.
Six Big Bays And
Bights Of Events
Are Planned Here
Thousands of Exhibits Ex
pected; Horse Show 2
Nights; Dog Show
Wilkes Kiwanis Agricultural
Pair, the year's outstanding en
tertainment event in northwest
ern North Carolina, will be ? in
full sway here from Monday,
September 19, through Saturday,
September 24.
This year the fair week com
bines two big events, the agri
cultural fair and the Kiwanis
horse show, which previously
had been an annual event a
round July 4. The horse show
will be on Friday and Saturday
nights.
Exhibits will be placed on the
grounds and judged on opening
day, and fair visitors through
out the week will have opportun
ity to observe the awards. "
Reports this week from the
county and home agents indicat
ed that exhibits will surpass
those of previous fairs in quan
tity and quality, and that many
farmers, home makers, orchard
ists and various groups will show
some of the best products to be
exhibited anywhere in the state
this fall. Hundreds of cash prem
iums wilhbe given the winners.
Bullock Shows, featuring ride3
and with objectionable carnival
practices eliminated, will provide
the midway attractions, with
good entertainment and recrea
tion for all ages.
The horse show promises to
be a vrey delightful event. En
tries have already been received
from many points in North Car
olina and neighboring states, in
cluding some of the south's fin
est horses, and many other post
Gentries are expected. The horse
show will get under way on Fri
day and Saturday nights at eight
o'clock. It will be a complete
horse show event, with all classes
included.
Beautiful silver trophies, do
nated by local firms and individ
uals, have been purchased and
displayed at the Jewel Box in
North Wilkesboro. This collection
of trophies is by far superior to
any awards ever given at a horse
show event here,
Sloan Hill Senior
At U. Of Georgia
Mr. Dudley S. Hill' returned
from Athens. Ga., on Sunday,
pfter having taken his son, Mr.
Sloan* Hill, to the University of
Georgia where he is entering his
senior year in the School of
Journalism.
Sloan has made splendid pro
gress since he was editor of the
North Wilkesboro high school
paper, the "Lions Roar," up to
the time of his graduation. He
entered the navy soon after his
graduation, and after receiving
his discharge at the end of the
war, he attended Appalachian
State Teachers' College for two
years, having been* made assist
ant editor of the college paper,
the "Appalachian." Last year he
was associate editor of the 1949
"Pandora," the year book of the
University of Georgia.
During the past summer Sloan,
with Mr. H. G. Jones, of Pelham.
edited the "Blowing Rocket," a
weekly paper published at Blow
ing Rock. He has also been writ
ing feature stories for the Char
lotte and Greensboro Sunday
papers.
For this, his senior year at the
University of Georgia, Sloan has
been elected editor of the 1950
"Pandora," also treasurer and
house manager of Chi Psi fra
ternity, and will graduate from
the School of Journalism next
June.
September Court
Now In Progress
September term of Wilkes su
perior court convened Monday
morning with Judge J. A. Rous
seau. of North Wilkesboro, pre
siding.
The court is for trial of civil
actions and work began immedi
ately on a large calendar. Results
of cases tried will be published
in a later issue of this newspaper.
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Cadet Robert B. Brown son of
Mrs. Doris B. Brown of 711
Kensington Avenue, has left for
Staunton, Va., where he will re
sume his studies at the Staunton
Military Academy.