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Vo*>43, No. 47 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. CM Monday, September 26, 1949 Make North Wilkesboro Your shonnmn
NORTH WILKESBORO FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH COMPLETED
Maternal Welfare
^Broadcasts Every
Tuesday WKBC
Under auspices of the Matern
al Welfare Committee of the
North Carolina Medical Society
and the Wilkes Medical Society,
bifcdcasts are given each Tues
day, 10:45 a. m., over radio sta
tic WKBC in North Wilkesboro.
?5he first in the series was giv
en on Tuesday of last week and
was heard with much interest,
especially by women listeners.
According "to the State Medical
Society, 40 per cent of the ma
ternal deaths in the state are re
? suit of ignorance and neglect on
part of patients and their
t&milies in seeking medical care.
The aid of the broadcasts is
to educate the public in proper
procedures and to reduce the
maternal death toll. "Postnatal
Care," which means care after
delivery, will be the subject for
September 27. On October 4 the
subject will b e "Obstetrical
^ Hemorrhage" and the subject
BMbr the final program in the se
W "es, October 11, will be "Tox
emia Pregnancy."
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Cancer kills Americans at the
rate of 519 persons every day.
Pastor Resigns
Rev. Watt M. Cooper, pastor
of the First Presbyterian
church here, who resigned as
pastor Sunday to accept a call
to Steele Creek Presbyterian
church in Mecklenburg county.
To Grass Cemetery
At Round Mountain
Wednesday, September 28th,'
has been set as the date to sow
grass in the Round Mountain
Baptist church cemetery. All in-!
terested are asked to be there
and assist in the work.
WILKESBORO SMOTHERS MAIDEN
WITH SCORE 61 TOO SATURDAY
Scoring almost at will, the
Wilkesboro Ramblers added an
I other Highland conference vic
I tory here Saturday night by de
I feating Maiden high school foot
I ball team 61 to 0.
Coach .Marvin Hoffman started
^%iis first string eleven and Ray
Triplett streaked 42 yards to
score on the second play from
?scrimmage by Wilkesboro. The
second stringers went in and
continued the slaughter, alternat
ing with first and third string
players.
One of the outstanding feats
of the game was the scoring of
five touchdowns by Triplett and
his more remarkable feat of
splitting the uprights seven of
nine tries for extra point from
placement.
After Triplett's opening touch
own run Harold Dancy ran for
a touchdown but the play was
.T^jied back for offsides. Triplett
35n again in the first quarter 41
yards to score. Early in the sec
f Ad period Dancy zig-zaged 28
yards to score and Johnny Gar
wood passed to Triplett, the play
being good for 33 yards and the
Ramblers' fourth touchdown.
Triplett got off another 42-yard
ncjjdown gallop and Till Byrd
back, tried his hand at
ring by going orer from two
yards out.
In the final quarter Ldnney
ran 20 yards to score. Garwood
passed to Dancy for 20 yards
and another touchdown. The
final score was a pass of Byrd to
Edwards. Garwood and Byrd.
both left-handed quarterbacks,
did some excellent passing to
highlight the second half. Maid
en had a hard running back.
Keener, but was never able to
get enough gains together against
Wilkesboro's stalwart line for a
first down and never threatened.
The starting lineups follow:
Pos. Maiden Wilkesboro
LE?Wilkerson Edwards
LT?B. Harbison ... Eller
LG?Caldwell . Joines
C ?Josep Parker
RG?Cornwell Story
RT?Setzer Prevette
RE?Lowman Emerson
QB?Keener Garwood
L H?Harwell Triplett
Rlj?Parker Nichols
; Fb?Ingle ? Linney
Score by periods:
Maiden 0 0 0 0? 0
Wilkesboro .... 14 13 14 20?61
Scoring touchdowns?Wilkes
boro?Triplett 5, Dancy 2, Lin
ney, Edwards. Points after to?oh
-downs?Triplett 7.
Substitutes: Maiden?J, Har
bison, Lawing, McKee, Young
blood, Cllne, Herman, Rogers.
Wilkesboro ? Mathis, Vestal,
Dancy, Terrell, Laws, Hubbard,
Kennedy, Byrd, Phillips. Long,
Turnipseed, Williams, Glass.
Final touches are being put
upon the construction work of
the First Presbyterian church of
this city. Except for the basement
rooms and for the installation
of the organ, the new church is
now conipleted. The sanctuary
with its new pews, paneled walls
and Gothic windows, lighting fix
tares, etc., is one of the most
beautiful in this part of the
country.
The first service was held last
Sunday and was attended by
people from all denominations.
This is the climax of a building
program which was begun in
1938 and continued to the pres
ent, interrupted only by the war
years. The first unit of the*
church building was the Relig-,
ious Education Building, which
was completed in 1940 at a total
cost* of $36,000. This a well)
planned two-story unit built of
native s' bne and so arranged as
to be a part of the same Gothic
design as the later sanctuary. It
was in this building that services
of worship were held during the
construction of the new church.
The new building, of which
the sanctuary is a part, was be
gun in April, 194 8. It is built of
native stone, and the workman
ship is far superior to that of the
other building. The old wooden
church was torn down after more
than 50 years of use and the
new building was erected on the
same site.
During the past eighteen
months all the construction work
has been under the direction of
the local building committee. The
architect was R. R. Markley of
Durham. There was no over-all
contract. All purchases of ma
terials, all labor records, all sup
ervision, and some of the more
particular work, such as the elec
trical work, was done hy mem
bers of the committee and other
volunteers. Division of labor in
the Building Committee has been
as follows: E. G. Finley, chair
man; W. Blair Gwyn, disbursing
agent; A. G. Finley, purchasing
agent; Robert S. Gibbs, electrical
work; M. A. Vickery, treasurer;
A. A. Cashion, supervisor of con
struction; and C. D. Coffey, Jr.
All have done their work with
exceptional care under the ex
cellent leadership of the chair
man of the committee. The work
of Robert S. OibbB in the wiring
of the church and the installation
of the sound equipment deserves
special mention.
No account of the building
program could be made, however,
without a special statement of
the work of A. A. Cashion.
Elected to the Building Com
mittee in 1946 he has been of
invaluable service to the entire
program. He has given every
day of the past eighteen months
to the supervision of the work.
He has hired all laborers,, direct
ed their work, planned many de
tails overlooked by the archi
tects, and contributed heavily to
the building fund. In comment
ing on the services of Mr. Cash
ion, the pastor, Rev. Watt M.
Cooper, said: "ty has been esti
mated that the supervisory work
of A. A. Cashlon has saved the
church at least 25 and perhaps
50 thousand dollars. Not only In
.'he saving of money but in the
excellent workmanship through
out the entire building there is
permanent evidence of his
guiding hand."
The church has been excep
tionally fortunate in securing
materials dugng this, period, of
construction. At a time when
brick, cement, steel, and other
materials were scarce and hard
to secure, the church was not de
layed even for a day for lack of
materials. "Indeed it does seem!
that the blessings of the Lord
have been upon the work," the
pastor said. v
The new sanctuary has a seat
ing capacity of 418 including the
| choir loft and balcony. The total
cost erf the building is $116,000.
A very large proportion of this
sum has been paid, and such
debt as the church has at pres
ent should not prove burdensome
to the congregation.
At a congregational meeting
Sunday Rev. Watt M. Cooper,
pastor, tendered his resignation
as pastor of the First Presbyter
ian church here to accept a call
to Steele Creek Presbyterian
church in Mecklenburg county,
where he will take up his new
work around the middle of Oc
tober.
Rev. Mr. Cooper . began his
work at the church here in 1936.
Prom December, 1942, until De
cember, 1945, he served as navy
chaplain with rank of "Lt. Com
mander and was with the Seabees
in the South Pacific for 18
months. Upon separation from
the navy he was unanimously
?called back to North Wilkesboro.
He married Miss Mary Gambill,
daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs.
J. C. Gambill, of West Jefferson.
They have one son, Larry, age
two.
During Rev. Mr. Cooper's pas
torate at North Wilkesboro the
membership of the church in
creased from 14 9 to 310 and the
| church's budget increased from
'$5,000 to $15,000. The religious
education building was erected
at a cost of $36,000 and the new
sanctuary was built at a total
cost of $116,000. A full time di
rector^ religious education was
employed and the religious edu
cation program of the church
has been widely acclaimed
throughout the south.
The church to which Rev. Mr.
Cooper is going has a member
ship of 900 and is one of the
largest Presbyterian churches In,
the state.
At the congregational meeting
Sunday a pulpit committee was
named to nominate a successor
to Rev. Mr. Cooper as pastef.
On the/committee are W. C.
Grier, L. M. Nelson, Mrs. Boyd
Stout, Mrs. J. B. McCoy, W.
Blair Gwyn, Edward S. FInley,
Don Coffey, HI, Gordon Forester,
Jr., Mr*. Robert S. Gibbs, Miss
J Norma Stevenson, Miss Corinne
(Faw and Sam Ogllvie.
Progress Noted
In Annual Meet
Baptist Churches!
Annual Association Brushy
Mountain Baptists Held
At Gordon Church
Brushy Mountain Baptist Asso
ciation, which is composed of 34
churches and includes the Wil
kesboros, held a very successful
annual session last week at Gor
don Baptist church near this city.
Moderator T. E. Story stated
that 33 of the 34 churches were
represented by delegates and that
the church was more than filled
on both days, Tuesday and Wed
nesday. i
In the business session all of
ficers were re-elected as follows:
T. E. Story, moderator; Rev. C.
J. Poole, vice moderator; J. F.
Jordan, clerk; H. G. Duncan, his
torian. The nominating commit
tee was composed of W. O. Bar
nett, of Mt. Zion; Clyde Church,
of New Hope, and Geno Walsh,
of Beaver Creek.
The order of business commit
tee, which functions throughout
the year, is made up of the fol
lowing: T. E. Story, moderator;
Rev. c. J. Poole, vice moderator;
J. F. Jordan, clerk; Rev. J.
Earl Pearson, associational mis
sionary; Dr. John T. Wayland,
pastor of the North Wilkesboro
First Baptist church; Rev. W. N.
Brookshire, pastor of Wilkesboro
Baptist church; Mrs. p. G. Fos
ter, associational W. M. U. sup
erintendent; Miss Lunda Hen
dren, associational Training Un
ion superintendent; Rev. Glenn
Huffman.
The New Churcnes committee
admitted one new church, Shar
on Walker Baptist church. The
committee was composed of Rev.?
Glenn Huffman, chairman; Rev. I
E-. C. Hodges, J. C. McNeill and j
Rev. Isaac Watts.
On September 19 and 20, 1950,
the association will meet with
two churches. September 19 the
session will be held with Davis
Memorial church and the second
day will be with Walnut Grove
Baptist church. Rev. Gilbert Os
borne was selected to deliver the
sermon on the first day, with
Rev. A. W. Eller as alternate.
For the second day Rev. H. I.
Johnson was chosen as the
preacher, with Rev. C. J. Poole
as alternate. The committee se
lecting the time, place, preach*
ers for the 1950 association was
composed of Ray Parsons, of
Little Rock, chairman; W. P.
Carson, of Gordon; and J. A- Par
sons, of Boiling Springs.
"Forward With Christ" was
the theme of the associational
session. Those appearing on the
two-day program included Rev.
Iredell Osborne, Rev. Clate
Brown, J. F. Jordan, Miss Lunda
Hendren, Miss Peggy Nichols,
Rev. Glenn Huffman, Rev. A. B.
See ? BAPTISTS ? Page four
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Cranberry Winner I
At Millers Creek
A rugged band of young moun
taineers from Cranberry school
in Avery county defeated Millers
Creek 33 to 0 Friday afternoon
in the first football game ever
played on Millers Creek's athletic
field. I
In the first period Thomas
plowed ten yards to score and
in the second Buchanan scamper
ed 40 yards for the second touch
down. Thomas and Buchanan
ran the points for a 14-0 half
time count. -? y
In the third period Buchanan
plunged two to score, Thomas
intercepted a pass and ran 40
yards for the fourth touchdown.
Buchanan added the fifth in the
final minutes of the game and
Thomas made the third scrim
mage point. v
The Cranberry nine, coached
by P. V. Parks, hit hard and,
blocked well to overrun the in
experienced Millers Creek eleven
throughout.
R. Kilby and Church played
well for Millers Creek.
The lineups:
Millers Creek ? Whittington,1
Elledge, Layell;tackles, Crysel,!
Kanupp, Williams, B. Kilby;
guards, Wellborn, Snyder, Crane;
center, R. Kilby; quarterback,
Pierce, Osborne: halfbacks.
Watts, Snider, Church; fullback,
Ashley.
Cranberry ? ends, Buchanan,
Shoemaker; tackles, Calhoun,
Pritchard; guards, Aldrige, Ed
wards, Townsend; center,
Draughn; - quarterback, C. Buch
anan; halfbacks, Grier, Heath,
Googe; fullback, Thomas.
Christopher C. Lowe
Funeral Held Friday
Funeral services for Christo
pher C. Lowe, 78, a retired
merchant, who died Wednesday
at Tunstoll, Va., was held at 11
a. m. Friday at the Joseph W.
Bliiey Funeral Home in Rich
mond. Va. Burial was in River
view cemetery.
He is survived by four daugh
ters, Mrs. Ruby Abraham, Miss
Loma Lowe, Mrs. Virginia Foster
and Mrs. Pearl Vaughan; two
sons, H. B. Lowe and L. R. Lowe
a brother, C. A. Lowe; one sister,
Mrs. Connie DeBitt; sixteen
grandchildren and s i x great
grandchildren.
Those attending the funeral
from here were Mrs. W. G. Lowe
and daughter, Miss Winnie Lowo
of Moravian Falls, Frank Pear
son and C. A. Lowe, of North
Wilkesboro.
Wilkes To Get
Plaque For Top
Majority Bonds
Wilkes' Majority For Road
And School Bonds Tops
In State
Raleigh, Sept. 24.?Two coun
ties soon will be awarded bronze
plaques for their overwhelming
approval of road and school bond
issues in the election last June.
The plaques, which will he
awarded to Yancey and Wilkes
counties, arrived at the Gov
ernor's office yesterday. They
will be awarded by Better School
and Roads, Inc., which organized
[the State-wide campaign for
the issues. v
Yancey county will get its a
ward for approving the bond is
sues by the greatest percentage
?98.8 per cent for roads and
98.4 for schools, and Wilkes for
giving the issues the greatest
majority?7,990 for roads and
7,785 for schools.
The plaques will be presented
the counties by Governor gcott in
ceremonies to be held in the near
future.
Mrs. J. H. Hayes
Claimed By Death;
Funeral On Tuesday
Funeral service tvill be held
Tuesday, 11 a. m. at Hunting
Creek church for Mrs. Mary Jane
Hayes, 87, wife of J. H. Hayes,,
well known resident of that com- J
munity. Mrs. Hayes died Sunday j
in City hospital at Winston-Sal
em.
Surviving Mrs. Hayes are her
husbaffd and eight sons and
daughters: W. O. Hayes, Union
Grove; Mrs. W. E. Turner,
Hamptonville; Mrs. J. A. South
er, North Wilkesboro route
three; George W. Hayes, Wins
ton-Salem; J. W. Hayes, E. F.
Hayes and Miss Emma Hayes,
North Wilkesboro route three;
Mrs. Gedrge Johnson, Wilkes
boro.
Rev. P. C. Parks and Rev. J.
N. Binkley will conduct the fu
neral service.
Wilkes Fair Has
Fine Horse Show
And Kennel Show
Six-Day Event Closed Satur
day Night With Show
ing of Fine Horses
Annual Wilkes Kiwanis Agri
cultural Fair closed Saturday
night after being in progress for
six days and nights.
The fair this year had several
excellent features which drew
much praise. Most outstanding
feature of the entire event was
the great collection of exhibits
in every department, which were
evidence of much progress in
rural Wilkes county.
On Friday and Saturday nights
a horse show was held and many
of the south's finest horses par
ticipated. The show was greater
than expected and every class
had excellent entries.
The dog show Saturday after
roon drew scores' of entries from
local owners and many from dist
ant points. The show was far
greater than anticipated and de
lighted all spectators. A full list
of premium winners will be car
ried in this newspaper Thursday.
On the midway this year were
Bullock Shows with entertaining
riding devices.
A number of entertaining pro
grams were given during the fair
from a stage in front of the
grandstand.
The fair was sponsored by the
North Wilkesboro Kiwanis club,
which uses any profits made in
work for underprivileged and
crippled children.
Special Bible Study
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Women of the
Church will engage in special
Bible study at the church Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday
nights, eight until nine o'clock.
Topic for the book to be used
will be "We Believe." Miss Mary
Elmore Slftlei* .Clara Ogll
vie and Miss Ruth King Wood
will lead the studies.
V.F.W. ToHold
Special Meeting
There will be a special meet
ing of Blue Ridge Mountain Post
1142, Veterans of Foreign Wars
on Thursday, September ?9th, at
8:00 p. m. The meeting will be
held at post headquarters.
A proposal has been made to
the post that requires the decis
ion of a large majority of the
membership of the post. For that
reason all members are urged to
make a special effort to attend
this meeting.
Cub Scout Meeting
Cub Scout pack number 36
will meet Tuesday night, Septem
ber. 27, 7:30, in the religious
education building of the Pres
byterian church. All cub Scouts
are asked to attend.
MOUNTAIN LIONS PLAY GOOD GAME
TO DEFEAT TOUGH SPENCER 13 - 0
North Wilkesboro's Mountain
Lions, hityng hard and showing
plenty of drive throughout, de
feated a fighting Spencer high
school eleven here Friday night
to win 13 to 0 and score North
Wilkesboro's first victory over
Spencer since North Wilkesboro
joined the South Piedmont con
ference.
Results of the hard work put
in by the boys under direction of
Coach Tom Boyette and Assistant
Lott Mayberry were evident in
the game. The team showed a
maximum of team work and ex
cellent timing for an early season
contest.
Spencer received and with
Broadway spearheading the at
tack drove to the 30 before being
held on downs. Jim Moore, Carl
Swofford and Jim Gillean alter
nated in gains for North Wilkes
boro to the 22 where Moore
streaked around left end to score
and added the point by scrim- (
mage. Spencer failed to gain fol
lowing the kickoff.
In the second period Gillean j
made 35 yards down the middle.
Moore added 20 to the 12 and
North Wilkesboro was again on
the march. Bartley Harold, a
substitute scatback, scored from
the two to make the score 13-0.
Spencer was hold again and kick
ed out, with a 20-yard return by
'Swofford. North Wilkesboro was
held and Stoker kicked out on
the four. The Lions were on the
march as trie half ended.
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To start the second half Har
old returned the kickoff 50 yards
but a fumble a few plays later
stopped the threat. Spencer put
on a drive that bogged on the
20 and came back near pay dirt,
where North Wilkesboro's line
showed its charging power by
stopping the nearest threat by
Spencer in the game. Moore and
Gillean in the final quarter made
substantial gains to reach the
one-yard line, where Spencer held
on fourth down.
Lineups and summaries:
Pos. Spencer N. Wilkesboro
LE?Poteat Pearson
LT?McCoy ... Gaddy
LG?Scruggs ? Forester
C?Eller Stoker
RG?VonCannon Cox
RT?D. Harmon Soots
RE?Barrier York
QB?H. Young Swofford
LH?A. Young Moore
RH?Broadway Gillean
FB?C. Harmon Pardue
Score by periods:
N. Wilkesboro 7 6 0 0?13
Spencer 0 0 0 0? 0
N o rt h Wilkesboro scoring
touchdowns ? Moore, Harold.
Points after touchdowns?Moore
(scrimmage).
Substitutes: Spencer?Garvin,
R. Young, Elier, Foltz, Thomas.
North Wilkesboro?Harold, Ab
sher, Shook, Anderson, Smith,
Kemp.