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Vol. 43, Wo. 6 Published Mondays and Thursdays WORTH WILKESBORO, N. O, Monday. May 3, 1948
North Wilkesboro trading radius of 50 serving 100,000 people . Northwestern Carolina.
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BUILDING CHURCH AUDITORIUM
This picture snapped as the tower of the old Pres- byterian church auditorium was beiiig pulled down
^shows work in progress in preparation for the erection of the new auditorium to die First Presbyterian church. The religious education building was erected a few years ago and is considered one of the best in the south. The now auditorium will be of the same type of stone construction. A. A. Cashion is chairman of the
building committee and is in charge of the new con- struction. —(Photo by Dwight Nichols).
FLASHERS MOPCLOSE GAMES TO LEAKSVILLE13-11, AND 5-3
Baseball hsitory was made
here Saturday night when the first professional baseball team
In North Wilkesboro played a 13 to 11 loss to LeaksYille'.ln a
game that saw the lead exchange three times and the game go
through ten full and action-
On > Sunday afternoon the
Flashers played In Leaksville
and were edged out 5 to 3 in
another thriller. North Wilkes-
boro took the lead In the opening
Inning with a homer by Brelich j with one on and added another i
In the third. But In the last fixe
Innings the Trips scored one run in each frame to win.
Play Here Tonight Tonight the Flashers meet
Leaksrille in the third gaipe
here, eight o'clock, and they will
Ff? to Mount Airy Tuesday and
Wednesday. On Thursday and
Friday nights local fans will get an opportunity to see the Galax, Va.. team in action against thei
Flashers here. North Wilkesboro
goes to Radford for next Satur-
day and Sunday and Wytheville will play here May 10 and 11.
Anspfekxu Opening L The opening game, here was
^witnessed by a large crowa and prergame ceremonies 'created much interest. Officials of the town of North Wilkesboro, Wil- kesboro and Wilkes vcounty par-
ticipated In a mock game, with music furnished by the 'North Wilkesboro high school band and Johnson Land Auction company band. Invocation before the game was spoken by Dr. John T. Way- land, First Baptist pastor.
Both teams were hitting the ball hard in the opening game here Saturday night. Cumby crashed the fifst homer in Me-
morial Park through left field.
Cooper hit two triples, a double and a single and batted in fire runs. Stanley hit in three with two hits. Leonard and' , Brelich were the top hitters Sunday with
, two hits In four trips. The box scores:
North Wilkesboro
Player AB R H Leonard 2% —.— 3 10 Lowe 3b '—-—; 2 3 0
Brelich c 3 2 1
Daddino lb 4 -3 1
Stanley rf — 4 0 2
Cooper If — L. 6 14 Shores cf 5 0 1
Cumby ss 5 11 Cuthbertson p 3 0 1
Arnatt p ,. 10 0
Pryor p 10 0
TOTALS 37 11 11 LKilmllle
Vendetta ss . 3 3 1
Rogers 2b —. 6 1 1
«an If 3 12
Jhby If 3 12
kton rf — 3 0 0
McAlfeter rf 2 10
J^fgbbors cf .— 5 0 1
Woduarchik fb *— 5 11
"Mbrton 3b _ 4 (T 1 4 2 2
p 10 1
p ... 3 2 0 . 110 -43 13 12
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Summary: Errors, Crim'by . 2, Lowe; two-base hits, Cooper, Hardaby, Hundley; three-base
hits, Cooper 2, Rogers, Hardaby, Neighbors: home run, Cumby; runs batted in, Brelich, Stanley 3, Cooper 5, Cumby, Vendetta, Rogers 2; Loman, Hardaby 8, Neighbors. Donraex; stolen bas- es, Leonard, Lowe, MeAlirter; sacrifices, Leonard, Stanley; aou-
ble plays, Shores to Cumby; Camby to Leonard to Daddino, Vendetta to Rogers to Bednar-
chic; left on bases, North Wil- kesboro 9, Leaksville 6; bases on balls, off Cuthbertson 4, Pryor 2, Hundley 3, Long 4, Emerson 5; hits, off Cuthbert-
son 5 in 6, Axnett 4 in 2, Pryor 3 in 2, Hundley 3 in 1, Long 4
in 6, Emerson 3 in 3; winning pitcher Emerson, losing pitcher
Pryor; Umpires, Sekulsky and
Murray: time, 2:40. North Wilkesboro
Player AB. R. H. Leonard 2 b 4 12 Lowe. 3b 4 11
Brelich c . 4 1 2
Daddino lb ...jr..... 3 0 0
Stanley rf .— 4 0 1
Cooper If 2 4 0 0
Shores, cf j. 4 0 0
Cumby ss .... 4 0 1
Pryor p 1 *
3 0 0
Blevins p . 0 0 0 TOTALS _ 34 3 7
Leaksville Vendeta ss 2 10
Rogers 2b 3 0 1
Hardaby If 3 11
McAllister rf 4 0 1
Neighbors cf 4 2 2 Bednarchik lb 3 11 Morton 3b 3 0 1
Dourney c * 4 0 1 Green p :— — 4 0 0
TOTALS 30 5 8
Score by innings: N. Wilkesboro 201 000 000—3 Leaksville 000 111 11*—5
E—Cumby, Bednarchik, Lowe, Rogers. RBI—-Brelich 2, Lowe, Morton, Hardaby, McAllister, Dourney. HR — Brelich. 2B—
Leonard, Lowe, Rogers, Stanley, Neighbors. S—Bednarchik, Mor-
ton. DP—Cumby to Leopard to Daddino; Blevins to Cumby to
Daddino. BB—off Green 1, Pry- or 4, Blevins 1. SO—by Green 6, Pryor 5 in 6 2-3. IX)B—North Wilkesboro 5, Leaksville 6. Wild
P—Pryor 2, Blevins. LP—-"Pryor. U]—Murray and Sekulski. T—
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Mrs. Ezra Griffin Token By Death
Funeral service will be held Tuesday, two p. m., at Pleasant Grove church for Mrs. Helen
Virginia Griffin, 26, wife of Ezra Griffin, of the Buck community. She died Standay.
Surviving are her husband and the following children: John
Henry, Noah Lee, Patsy, Nancy and Alma Louise Griffin; her mother, Mrs. Lizzie Sale, and one sister, Mrs. Roe Sale.
Rev. Clate Brown and Rev. L. T. Younger will conduct the service.
Frazier-Morris Concert Friday Night This City
North Wilke»boro Junior Woman's club Is Sponsor
Of Event Here
Miss Martha Lue Frailer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. J.. Frazier, of North Wilkesboro, Mr. James Morris, of Greens- boro, baritone, with Donald W. Pippin as pianist, will render a concert Friday night, eight °'~ clock, in the North Wilkesboro school auditorium. The concert here by these
widely known and talented sing- ers will be under sponsorship of the Junior Woman's club of North Wilkesboro and members are now selling tickets for the event. Following are sketches a-
bout the principals in the con-
cert:
Miss Martha Lue Frailer be- gan studying in high school with Miss Ellen Robinson, after which she studied with the late Mr. Roger Cox, of WlnBton-Salem. upon graduation from high school, she attended Mitchell College In Statesville, where she studied under scholarship with Mr. E. B. Stlmson for three years. In Sept, 1945, she entered" JuiUlard School of Music, where she has studied with Miss Edith Piper for three years. During all this time she has appeared In many recitals at Mitchell and Jullltord, been presented in two recitals of her own, been a mem- ber of the Riverside Baptist church choir and was presented in a joint concert with Mr. Mor- ris In Greensboro during the past December and later in sev- eral New England cities. Miss Frazier holds the Poula Frljrh scholarship at the famous school. Ae a member of Alfredo Valenti's opera workshop at the Music School, she has sung such roles as Nedda, from Leoncavallo's Pagliaccl, and Vloletta's role In
^James Morris Baritone, Was
originally from South Georgia and more recently from Greens- boro, where he studied voice for three years. After graduation from high school he attended the University of North Carolina for two years, after-which hjB served in the U. S. Navy, where he di- rected and participated in many IT. S.. O. camp shows and hos-
pital shows. He left the service in 19<6 and entered Julflard School of Music the following September. He has sung under such able conductors as Robert Shaw and Leonard Bernstein, In the collegiate chorale. Also as a
member of the Valinti Opera Worshop he has done roles, a-
mong which are Germont In La Traviata and Silvio In Pagliaccl. He has also appeared In numer- ous concerts nd recitals In New York and the New England States.
Donald W. Pippin was origin- ally from- Chattanooga, Tenn. Mr. Pippin, pianist, Is a New York vocal coach and accompan- ist. He Is also a member of the Juilllard Opera Worshop Person- nel and concertizes with many well known Metropolitan Opera Artists. He hag appeared as so-
loist on several N.B.C. Broad- casts and also as guest artist with the
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Tokyo Philharmonic
Symphony during his service In the Army.
The three young artists are
performing a series of concerts in the Eastern States. North Wilkesboro is the first perform- ance of the tour, which will continue in May.
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I Pores Knob Will
Organize Scouts Citizens and boys of the Pores
Knob community will meet at the Pores Knob community house Wednesday, May 5, 7:30 p. m., in the Interest of organi- zation of a troop of Boy Sconts of America.
Ralph Harbison, assistant Scout executive of the Old Hick- ory council, will speak at the meeting and show a film, ''Scout- ing Trail to Citizenship.'' It Is ^especially urged that all parents of the community with boys of
Scouting age be present at the meeting, at which time It is ev pected decision will be made to
organize and maintain a Boy Scout troop In the community.
Mr. W. C. Fitzhugh, of Roches- ter, N. Y., and Mr. Howard Fitz- hugh ,• of Baltimore, Md., spent last week-end as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Hall at Marry- mont Farm near Wilkeaboro.
H. D. Schedule For Week of May 4-11
Tuesday, May .4, Fairplains Home Demonstration; Mrs. Wi-
ley Brooks, 2 p. m.
Wednesday, May 5, Crickot Home Demonstration Club, Mrs. E. R. Eller's, 2 p. m.
Thursday, May 6, Pleasant Ridge Home Demonstration Club, Mrs, L. B. Murray's, 2 p. m.
Friday, May 7, Mountain View Home' Demonstration Club, Mrs./
Larry Emerson's, 2 p. m. Monday, May 10, Ferguson
Home Demonstration Club, Mrs. Amelia Shepherd's, 2 p. m.
Tuesday, May 11, Ronda Home Demonstration Club, Mrs. Grady Dim'mette's, 2 p. m.
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Mountain Lions Hove 3 Gomes On
Week's Schedule North Wilkesboro high school
baseball team will take on Tay- lorsville here Tuesday afternoon, three o'clock, in what should be an excellent contest. The Moun- tain Lions defeated Taylorsville at Taylorsville 5 to 2.
This afternoon,, three o'clock, North Wilkesboro played Mocks- ville here. On Saturday night the base-
ball classic for high schools will be played in Memorial Park, eight o'clock, when Wllkeaboro and North Wilkesboro play the first of two games scheduled for the season.
Col. Landsberger In Army Training
Col. Ray Landsberger, who la in the air force reserves, was
called into training May 2 at
Craig Air Base in the 501 first
University Wing, Selma, Ala. Ool. Landsberger, who is man-
ager of the Jewel Bo* here, will be in training there nntil May 17, at which time he will return to his business here.
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Eastern Star
Qrd«r of the Etftera/ Star, is now taking jtoow orders Cor Mo- ther's Day.^Thftse wish to
purchase delicious cakes, pies, tarts and numerous other delica- cies are requested to leave their orders at ftinsha^r Gift Shop, Telephone ?743.
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Junior Baseball Practice Tuesday
A large crowd of candidates for American Legion junior base- ball reported Saturday morning at Memorial Park for the sea-
son's first workout. The second practice* session will
be on Tuesday afternoon, May 4, five o'clock, and all boys of
junior baseball age are invited to
participate.
Spawning Area Is Closed to Fishing
The following waters are des-
ignated as spawning areas end closed to fishing May 1 to June 30, 1948, under authority grant- ed In Regulation 4 of the cur-
rent official abstract of the laws and regulations governing fresh- water fishing:
Wilkes County—Roaring Riv- er from State highway 268 up to Junction of middle and East
prongs. u
Special Meeting Juniors Tuesday
All members of thet North Wil- kesboro council of the Junior Or-
der are requested to attend a
special meeting to be held Tues- day night. Matters of importance will be taken up and a large at-
tendance is earnestly requested. u
Trophill Man Goes -
( To Roads to Serve
16 Months' Term . Elkin, April 29. — William Grant Holbrook, alias "Sklnney" of Traphill, who was tried In
Yadkin superior court last year,
lost his appeal to the supreme
court, and wag taken Into cus-
tody Sunday by Corporal Sam
McKinney and turned over to
State prison authorities. He started work out of the Yadkin.- ville prison camp here Monday afternoon.
Holbrook wai convicted for
driving drunk, rceklesB driving and transporting whiskey. He was sentenced to six months each on two counts, the sentences to
run concurrently, and four months on
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the other charge, making a total of 16 month8 to serve. He took an appeal to the supreme court but the Judge- ment was affirmed and he be- gan his sentence.
WILKES COMMUNITY CONCERT ^MEMBERSHIP DRIVE UNDERWAY »• .
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Headquarters-for the mem-
bership campaign of the Wilkes Community Concert Association will be open at the Hotel Wilkes during the entire week of May 3rd to May 4th, Mrs. Scroggs, secretary of the organisation, re- ported today.
Every day from 9:00 a. m. to 5:09 p. m., a staff of volunteers will be on hand at the head- quarters to receive reports from the corps of workers being or-
ganised by Mrs. Kllby and Mrs. Dough ton, co-chairmen of the campaign, to enroll members in the association.
A special telephone, No. 515, is being Installed at the head- quarters so that the campaign officials may obtain daily news. ofv the drive's progress.
Dues received from members of the association, Mrs. Scroggs said, will be pooled at the close of the campaign on Saturday, May 8, for the purpose of engag- ing artists for the brilliant all- star series of concerts to be pre- sented by the organization during the coming months.
Mrs. Scroggs stresses that the membership is open to every resident of Wilkes county and the surrounding area. She added, however, that applications must
Mrs. Nichols Rites Conducted Friday Funeral service was held Fri-
day at New Hope Baptist church near Purlear for Mrs. S. Julia Nichols, 79, well known resident of that community who died Wednesday night.
Rev. 0. J. Poole, pastor, was in "charge of the service and was assisted by Rev. James M. Hayes, df Winston-S&lem, Rev. A. W. Eller and Rev. Glenn Huffman. Music for the service was by. the Wilkesboro quartet composed
*on, Zeb Dickson and Wm. A.
Iltreud, with ifars. R. E. Dunn as
accompanist. . Dean Minton, a
grandson, sang ''Sunrise." Pall bearers were grandsons
and many beautiful floral tri-
butes were carried by grand- daughters and friends of the
family. Burial was in the church
cemetery. Those from a distance attend-
ing the funeral included: Mr.
and Mrs. J. L. Sykes, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Sykes, Ralph Sykee, of Broadway; Mr. and Mrs. Grov- er Angell, of Winston-Salem; E. O. Nichols, Mr. and Mrs. Winton Nichols and Mr. and Mrs. R. J.
Rigsbee, of Durham; Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Nichols, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Smith, of Burling- ton; Mrs. J. M. Bishop, Mrs.
Dudley Nelson, Mrs. Ernest
Pierce, Mrs. James Barlow, of
Lenoir.
Wilkesboro to Ploy Appalachian High On Tuesday Night
Wilkesboro high school base-
ball team will play Appalachian high school team from Boone
Tuesday night, eight o'clock, in
Memorial Park in North Wilkes- boro. An excellent game is an-
ticipated.
be made on a seasonal basis dur- ing tbe campaign week, either through one of the membership committee or at the headquart- ers.
No more memberships tor the 1948-49 season can be accepted after the drive ends, nor can
single' tickets be sold for any of the individual concerts, Mrs.
Scroogs said, explaining that the artist budget must be based on
tjie number of membera enroll- ed in the campaign week.
The' 'artists for the minimum of three concerts promised by, the association "will be selected
by the officers and board of di- rectors from - a comprehensive list embracing virtually all the world's well-known opera, radio, and concert singers, instrument- al virtuosi and orchestral, vocal and dance ensembles.
Rachael Baptist Church Observes
Its Centennial One of the most enjoyable of
events of recent months was
held at Rachael Regular Bap- tist church, Edwards township, May 2, 1948. This marked the one hundredth year for 'this church, it being organized, on
May, first Saturday, 1848, with 17 members.
who ha* served the church as
pastor, assistant pastor or in
Sunday school for more than 40
years, and is at present one of the pastors. A sermon by EJder
Jimme Bryant at 11:00 a. m.
A sumptuous feast was spread on a table in the grove at noon which all seemed to enjoy.
Songs in the afternoon were by Caudill sisters, Pleasant Home choir, Ronda choir, Ronda quar- tet, and the Blackburn trio. Some old time hymns were sung by older members of the audience.
The following ministers took
part in the program during the day: Elders. John Burcham. Eievl
McCann, L. E. Sparks, A. C. Sid- den, J. C. Harrold, N. H. Cau- dill, J. S. Bryant, M. C. Dillard, Joe Wright, C. C. Burcham, Wat- son Bryant, G. W. Curry, G. W.
Hayes, David Day, Roby Johnson, with Charlie Miles acting chair- man of the meeting.
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No More Rags, Please Response to The Journal-Pa-
triot want ad to purchase rags
has been so great that all rags
brought in could not be purchas- ed and no more are needed at
the present time.
W. N. Brookshire Is Speaker Friday At Kiwanis Meet
"Relationship Between Re- ligion and Health" Topic
Used By Minuter
North Wllkesboro Ki wanle club oil Friday held an inter- esting meeting, which was fea- tured toy a good program. Program Chairman G. T.
Mitchell presented Rev. W. N. I Brookshire who brought an in- I teresting message on the subject, , "Relationship Between Religion and Health."
{ 1. There is a relationship. Re- ligion says we are body, mind and spirit. Philosophy assigns us a three fold personality. Sdenoe does likewise. There la every reason that our whole personsl-
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ity be In balance. 2. When is religion healthy?
When it is related to the whols personality; wh^n it ts concern- ed with all of a man; when it grows up with the other aspects of the personality.
3. When it is interpreted la a compulsive manner.
4. When it is interpreted as
an outgoing manner.
5. Contributions to Health of Religion.
a. Peeling of security. b. Gives us something we can
trust. <
c. Helps us to have normal growth, in all our phases of life.
d. It contributes to the heal- '
ing process.
| President R. E. Gtbbe called attention to the Kiwanis divis- ion meeting to be held in Lex- ington Tuesday evening and a-
bout 25 members expressed their intention to attend.
Guests Friday were: E. L.
Dorsey, Jr., with J. B. Carter; R.-W. Shoffner, of Raleigh, with Paul Choplln; H. H. DotBon with Or. G. T, Mitchell. Harold RUsjr,
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Whitaker Succumbs Mrs. Mary Frances Wood, 76,
of 517 White Oak Street, High Point, died at 6:20 p. m. Satur-
day at the home of a daughter, Mrs. S. L. Whitaker, in North Wilkesboro.
Funeral was held In High Point today.
Surviving are nine children, Mrs. Whitaker, Ed Wood of Mount Sophia, Mrs. E. W. How»
ell, Mrs. E. N. Nichols and Char- lie Wood, all of High Point, Pink Wood of Winston-Salem, Fred Wood of Randleman, Ollie Wood of Hileah, Fla., and New- ton Wood of North Wilkesboro.
Valuable Property At Auction On Saturday Fifty beautiful home sites in at
garden development near Mul-
berry school and Baptist Home
church five miles north of this
city will be sold at auction Sat-
urday, May 8, two p. m., by Williams and Clark Land Auc-
tion company, of which P. E.
Dancy is selling agent. $50 in
cash prizes be gi^®**- This
is highly desirable property and
much interest Is expected to be
shown in the sale.
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NEW PAINT AND BODY SHOP AT GADDY MOTOR CO. --1
Here is pictured the new paint and body shop of Gaddy Motpr co^a"J' U an addition to the firm's original large p ant. The new building 100 by 60 feet dimensions has been thoroughly and modernly equipped throughout for y
paint work and provide, facilities for all types of body and paint job*, larjeor small, including the rebuilding of wrecked vehicles. Ernest Simms, with^ of experience Si body repair and painting, is in charge of Motor company and has well trained personnel and a full *tock of material*. iM quarters formerly used for the paint knd body shop have 1jeen uUhxed for the installation of an auto trim shop, which is now m operation. (Photo by Lane Atkinson, Jr.).