3lett kicked the point to put score 20-0. Terrell figured J _Jn the next touchdown drive with ^*3 0-yard gain and caught a OTM-wood pass on the goal line for the score. Pass on the try for point was again fumbled and Triplett ran around end for the point to make the score 27-0 at half time. Barly In the third period a to Triplett pass was good for 33 yards and the Ramblers' fifth touchdown. The sixth touchdown was set up on a run by Nichols, who later scored from the 1. Try for point from placement was blocked. The final touchdown was set up by a 23-yard run by Nichols and Johnny Garwood went over from quarterback. Kick for point was wide. The final quarter found Wilk esboro's second and third teams battling Cove Creek and threat ening to score. The visitors put on one drive to the 30 but bogged down. The Ramblers starting lineup had Edwards and Emerson at ends; Eller and Story tackles; Staley and Story, guards; Park er, center; Byrd. quarterback; Triplett and Dancy, halfbacks; Linney, fullback. Substitutes were Johnny and Joe Garwood, Nichols, Terrell, Phillips, Pear son, Kennedy, Joines, Long, Ma this. Laws, Glass, Williams, Tur nipseed, Gambill. Johnson, Hix. Waddell, Hubbard, Foster, Vest al. Cove Creek's lineup had Teems and A. Harmon at ends; F. Combs and J. Combs at tackles; Elliot and McGinnis, guards; Greene, center; O. Har mon, quarterback; Allen and Horton, halfbacks; Ward, full back. Substitutes wt>re C. Combs, Dodson, Mast, Potter and B. Ward. Wilkesboro will play Maiden high in another Highland con ference game Saturday night, eight o'clock, in Memorial Park here. Lightning Strikes Hotel Wilkes Here During the rainstorm Sunday afternoon lightning hit the south east corner of Hotel Wilkes. The only visible damage from the stroke was one brick dislodged and no one was injured. F. G. Holman Is Taken By Death; Funeral Today Mr. Floyd.G. Holman, age 86, for several decades one of Wilkes county's best known citizens, died in a hospital in Raleigh Sun day following an abdominal ope ration. He had made his home in Raleigh for the past eight years. Mr. Holman was one of the pioneer orchardists of the Brushy Mountain area during the many years when he resided in Wilkes boro. He was one of the founders of the Brushy Mountain Fruit Growers Association and was long active in developing the pro duction and marketing of qual ity apples in this part of the state. Much research and experi mental work was carried out in his orchards by the Department of Agriculture. Mr. Holman's wKe, Mrs. Ila. Spainhour Holman, died in 1936. Among his survivors are th-ee daughters, Mrs. W. H. Spivey of Weidon, Mrs. J. W. Miller of Ra leigh, and Mrs. H. C. Autenrieth of Phoenix, Ariz.; and one son, Edwin Holman of Atlanta, editor of the Associated Press Telemat Service. The body was brought to North Wilkesboro yesterday for burial. The funeral service was held this afternoon at the Wil kesboro Baptist church, vhere Mr. Holman for many years was a leader in church activities.' Burial was in Mountain Park cemetery near Wilkesboro. Health Broadcast On Radio Tuesdays Under Auspices of the Wilkes | Medical Society, a number of i health broadcasts will be given [ over station WKBC here, each j Tuesday, 10:45 a. m. The subject J for tomorrow will be "Prenatal Care." The entire series is de signed as an aid in preventing maternals deaths. All mothers and expectant mothers will be interested in the broadcasts. Chamber Directors Meeting Postponed Meeting of the board of di rectors of the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce scheduled for Tues day has been postponed to a later date, which will be an nounced. Attending Meeting I Chamber Executives Tom Jenrette, manager of the . Wilkes Chamber of Commerce, ! left Sunday to attend a three-day ' convention of the association of North Carolina chamber of com merce executives in Wilson. The convention will close Tuesday. Work In Progress On Bank Building Workmen today began the task of remodeling and repairing the interior of the Bank of North 1 Wilkesboro building. A number I of improvements will be mado in the bank's quarters. Heads Red Cross Roby R. Church, well known business and civic leader, has been elected chairman of the Wilkes Red Cross chapter for the coming year. Roby R. Church Elected Red Cross Chapter Chairman Much interest was shown in the Annual Meeting of the Wilkes Red Cross Chapter held at the City Hall on Monday aft ernoon, September 12th. Roby R. Church, well known Wilkes citi zen and civic leader, was elected as chairman of the board of di rectors. Larry S. Moore, who ably served as chairman during the past year, will serve as vice chairman; while W. C. Grier, as secretary, and Miss Ruth Hub bard, as treasurer will continue to serve as executive officers. Newly elected members-at large on the board of directors include Rev. Woodrow W. Brook shire, Baptist minister of Wilkes boro; Mrs. Jean Shepherd, Fer guson; and Mr. Fred Gilreath, TFaphill. Other members of the board who are serving three year terms as committee chair men are: Mrs. W. E. Jones, vol unteer services; Robert M. Brame, Jr., disaster; John Walk er, home service; Mrs. Ira D. Payne, nursing ser'vices; Miss Kate Ogilvie, Junior Red Cross; and Dwight Nichols, publicity. Larry S. Moore gave a report on the excellent work of the chapter during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, stating that a total of 2594 office con tacts were made during the year. o Musical Arts Club To Meet Thursday The Musical Arts club will meet Thursday evening, Sept. 22nd at 7:30 at the Woman's club house, with the following persons hostesses: Miss Lois Scroggs, Miss E-va Bingham, Mrs. Jack Brame, Mrs. Tal Barnes, Mrs. R. M. Brame, Jr., and Mrs. Charles Ziliak. There will" be a short business meet ing. Then at 8:00 the club will hojd open house, at which Mar tha Lue Frazier will present a short vocal concert and to which each member may invite a guest. All members are urged to at tend this meeting, this being the first for this fall. o . The Russians are reported to have a type of wheat which does not require reseeding each year. FLASHERS AHEAD 2-1JH FINAL PLAYOFF; GAME HERE TUESDAY North Wilkesboro is leading the Wytheville Statesmen 2 vic tories to 1 in the final series of the Shaughnessy playoff in the Blue Ridge league. The Flashers will be in Wytheville tonight and will play here on Tuesday night. Week-end games here were rained out as the weather man intervened Saturday night and Sunday. Before a capacity crowd Wytheville had gained a 2-1 lead Saturday night when rain fell In torrents at the end of the fourth inning. Bernie Keating was on the mound for North Wilkesboro and Kinder had relieved Wythe ville's Mabe, who had just walk ed four in succession for North Wilkesboro's one run. j Here Sunday afternoon the rain poured at game time to force postponment and by a greement today's game was set for Wytheville. On Thursday night North Wil kesboro won 7 to 6 in a 14-in ning thriller. Bill Weston was brought here by plane from the University of Richmond to pitch for the Flashers but was unable to hold the visitors and retired in the second inning. Bob Thomp son took over and pitched on even terms with Kinder and Cuthbertson. The Flashers came from behind to tie the game in the eighth. Both teams scored one in the llth. In the 14th Davis was hit by pitcher and scored on Fescitelli's single, which followed Hite's single. At Wytheville Friday night the Flas! ers lost a heartbreaker in the ninth. North Wilkesboro went ahea4 by two runs on Bob Winkelspecht's three-run homer in the eighth. Three infield er rors and two base hits accounted for three Wytheville runs in the ninth. With rest for pitchers during the week-end, both teams are ready to go all out for the re maining games and the playoff championship. Fair Opens Today; To Continue Thru Week Dog Show 24th * Will Be A Feature WHkes Fair Here Norwilkeski Kennel Club will sponsor the first sanctioned dog show ever held in North Wilkes boro on Saturday afternoon, September 24, as a feature of the Wilkes Kiwanis Agricultural Fair at the fair and horse show grounds. Dr. J. H. McNeill, dog show superintendent, said today that In addition to many local entries there have been several entries from out-of-town contestants and that a most successful show is assured. Elmer J. Reeves, of Charlotte, will judge the sporting, toy, non sporting breeds and groups and the children's handling classes. Robert N. Williams, of Charlotte, will be judge for the hound, working, terrier breeds and groups, also the best in match and best of opposite sex in match. Dr. McNeill is accepting entries to the show. Each entry must be accompanied by a fees ef $1.00. Dr. G. T. Mitchell is president ot the Kennel club, J. B. Carter is treasurer and Dr. McNeill is secretary. G. Sam Winters, Jerry Derr, Cecil Adam son and Russell Hodges compose the Arrangements and Hospital ity committee. John Cashlon Is publicity chairman, W. J. Brame is trophy chairman and Pat M. Williams is chairman of the En tries committee. Dr. M. G. Ed wards will be veterinarian. The dog show will be open from noon until six p. m. Show ing and judging of the various ;lasses will be in progress from jne until 4:30 p. m. Trophy prizes will be awarded is follows: Best Dog in Match: Silver plated trophy offered by Norwil keski Kennel Club. Best of Opposite Sex to Best Dog in Match: Silver plated tro phy offered by Norwilkeski Ken nel Club. Best Dog in Sporting Group: $3.00 worth of merchandise ot tered by Prevette's Department store. Best Dog in Hound Group: $3.00 worth of merchandise ot tered by Belk's Department store. Best Dog in Working Group: $3.00 worth of groceries offer ed by G. P. Store. Best Dog in Terrier Group: $3.00 worth of merchandise ot tered by Newton's Department store. Best Dog in Toy Group: $3.00 worth of merchandise offered by The Jewel Box. Best Dog in Non-Sporting Group: $3.00 worth of merchan dise offered by Wilkes Drug^ store. There will be two classes in the Children's Handling contest. For boys eight to 16 the first prize will be a hunting knife given by Western Auto Store. For girls eight to 16 the first prize will be a compact given by Brame's Drug Store. Awards will be made for the best demon stration of how a d?? should be shown in the judging ring. Points 3f the dog will not count. The dog shew is open to all breeds of purebred dogs, except champions, and dogs do not have to be registered to be entered, j Entry blanks may be obtained and filled out up to 11 a. m. at ? the fair grounds on the date of. the show. The general fair admission of 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children will cover the dog show event without extra cost for spectat -a. All profits will go into the Kiwanis club's fund tor crippled children. PescitHli's Father Now Critically III Pat Pescitelli, Flashers' second | baseman, left today for his home in Long Island, N. Y., because of the critical illness of his fath- i er. . Bob Hite was disabled Satur day night when hit on the arm. by a pitched ball and may be out of the lineup tonight. Efforts were being made today to gain permission to place Manager Henry Loman on the active list because of the emergencies which have reduced the active roster of the Flashers to only 13 men. Sings In Elkin Miss Martha Lue Frazier, a bove, and Miss Lois Scroggs, both of North Wilke8boro, presented a program of music to the Profes sional and Business Women's Club of Elkin in the main parlor of the Y. M. C. A. Thursday evening at 6:30. Miss Frazier sang "Lrmry IMany Attractions ' For 6-Day Event; Kiwanis Sponsor Exhibits In Many Depart ments Placed Today; Entertainment Annual Wilkes Kiwanis Agri cultural Fair opened today on the fair and horse show grounds just outside of this city on high way 115 near the State Highway division headquarters. Six big days and nights of events are planned for the en tertainment of the people of northwestern North Carolina. Exhibits to compete for the hundreds of cash prizes offered in the many departments of the fair were placed today. Farmers, housewives, orchardists, live stock producers, 4-H clubs, vet erans groups and other organiza tions have prepared and display ed numerous exhibits represent ing the best in production in Wilkes county. Judging will be completed as early as possible in order to give fair visitors ample time to study the awards during the week. On the midway are Bullock rides and shoufs with many at tractions. The big event for Friday and Saturday nights will be the an nual horse show, which will be complete with all classes and many of the best horses in this part of the country are entered. The dog show, which is furth er described in another article in this newspaper, will be held on Saturday afternoon. General admission to the fair grounds will be 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children. General admission to the horse show grounds will be 50 and 25 ,cents. A box seat for four will be $5 each night of the horse show. Ringside parking will be $5 per car, including Tiver, with gen eral admission for each other oc cupant. All profits from the fair will go into .the Kiwanis fund for aid of underprivileged children. Road Meeting At Benham School 21 A meeting to discuss rural roads will be held next Wednes day at Benham school for farm ers of the Traphil! area. William Snider, of the State Highway department publicity service, will attend with Mark Goforth, Eighth District high wajfc commissioner, who will speak. The "speaking which will begin at 2:30 p. m., will be followed by audience participation. Re freshments will be served on the grounds. The meeting is another in a series of meetings designed to acquaint rural residents of the recently-launched $200,000,000 road improvement for rural areas initiated by Governor W. Kerr Scott and approved by a vote of North Carolina voters. POWERFUL MT. AIRY WINS 25 - 0; MTN. LIONS PLAY WELL IN GAME Mt. Airy's 'power-laden high school football team won over the North Wilkesboro Mountain Lions at Mt. Airy Saturday night 25 to 0, but not until the North Wilkesboro team had put up a scrap that threw a scare into the Granite City eleven for the first half. The North Wilkesboro line completely bottled up Mt. ^iry's offensive through the first quar ter and until near half time. Both teams played-on even terms and it looked like anybody's game. Near the end of the half Hawks threw a ten-yard pass to score as Mt. Airy took to the air. The second half was played in a downpour of rain, but Mt. Airy took to the air, regardless of the weather, and scored three more touchdowns. North Wilkesboro's offense did not function well in face of the more powerful team. The nearest scoring threat car ried to the 35-yard line. the lineups: North Wilkesboro Ends, Eller, York, Caudill; Tackles, Gaddy, Soots, D. Hayes; Guards, Foster, Cox, Hudson, J. HSyes; Center, Stoker; Quarter backs, Swofford, Harold; Right Halfback, Gillean; Fullback, Par due; Left Halfback, Moore. Mount Airy Ends, Willis, Bailey, Brennock, Wood, Akers; Tackles, Miller, Speight, Leftwich, Money, H. Hawks; Guards, Smith, Ashby, Bowman, Edwards, Finch, Har ris; Centers, Birkner, Barker; Quarterbacks, Brown, Hawks; Righ Halfbacks, Beamer, Mid riff; Left Halfbacks Tilley, Pru itt; Fullbacks, B. Beamer, Tay ]lor, Booker, i Score by periods: i jN. Wilkesboro 0 fl 0 0? 0 Mt. Airy 0 6 12 7.?25 Scoring touchdowns; Mount Airy?Bailey 3, Hawks. Points after touchdowns?A. Beamer, running play. North Wilkesboro will play the strong Spencer high team in Me morial Park here Friday night.