Cbpt. John L. Wells, Jr., now
adiiii; officer of the
Wilkesboro ompany of
State Gnaid. Capt. Wells
~1b also rogiinental chaplsln for
JM State Guard.
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state Guard Unit
Gives Pretectien
Ofl Heme Front
North Wilkesboro company of the North
Carolina State Guard is shown in this picture.
The company needs a number of men to fill the
ranks to the desired strength and applications
for membership will be accepted from men be
tween the ages of 18 and 50. The men are iden
tified in the above picture as follows:
Front center, left to
Wallace, Jr., Capt. Johnjfi Wells, Jr., 2nd Lt.
Isaac M. Eller, Jr.j color i^ers, left to right--
Sgt. Freeman C. Bell, Pvt. Glenn Golliw; 1st
row, left to right—Pvt. ^ink D. Underwood,
Pvt. Max D. Byers, Pvt. Robert C. Dameroa,
Pvt. Ray T. Blevins, Pvt l^ton G. Johnson, Pvt.
Tommy M. Kilby, Pvt. Angus J. Chambers, CpL
Jake L. Michael, Cpl. Rex T. Call, Pvt. Paul L.
Osborne; 2nd row, left to right—Cpl. Richard
V. Parsons, Sgt. Victor B. Hayes, Pvt. Raymond
A. Wallace, Pvt. Clyde D. Stone, Pvt. Aulwyn
M. Kerley, Pvt. Floyd M. Jennings, Pvt. Monroe
H, Billings, Pvt. Fred O. Sebastian and Sgt.
Wayne W. Wilson.
The month of March, 1944,
marks the third anniversary of
the writing of a new chapter in
patriotism in the great history of
a great State, for It was in March,
1941, three years ago, that units
of the North Carolina State Guard
were formed. This chapter was
written by a group of unselfish
men whose devotion to their
country, their state and their com-
mnnity was proved by hard work
M aad Without
compensatfod. ulietr only r^urn
' . for their votifntary efforts was
ji^the selt-eatisfactlon of a job well
'"^done.
The Importance of the North
Carolina State Guard to the state
at large is quickly recognized.
During the present emergency, no
one is in a position to predict
what eventuality may present It
self. Manv. dlfflculties may arise
within our"*'^rders; and, in such
cases, the State Guard is ready
and waiting to rake up its im
portant role.
Through the Adjutant General’s
department, the Guard units are
in close communication with the
Internal Security District head
quarters at P>>rt Bragg and are
preipared for any emergency which,
may arise. Thus, the State Guard |
is the right arm of the Governor,
and stands ready at his bidding to
go to the support of local civil au
thorities whenever ordered to do
Your Red Cross Is At
Aviation Student
Master Of State
Granse to Speak
ii'i
s Side-::Give Liberally
Chapter Chairman
al
Now Major
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Bond* Over By
T Thidt $12J)00;
Hifeard prabed
exceeded its
quota in Uia Fourth War l»aii In
a big vmy, the final report re-
celvaJ tor W. D. Halfacre, war
loan ehalnnan, from the Federal
Reeerve eystem today showed.
Total bond ealee for the county
during the Fourth W«tr Loan was
$1,159,308.75, which exceeded
the quota of $843,000,00
$316,303.75.
Of special significance was the
fact that the large E bond quota
was substantially oversold. Sales
of E bonds during the campaign
totaled I266.266.2B, which topped
the quota of $244,000.00 by $12,-
256.25.
Thus Wilkes gained an enviable
position among the counties In the
nation by substantially, exceeding
the total quota and the E bond
quota, on which many counties
failed.
Mr. Halfacre has received a
letter of congratulations from C.
B. Unebach, of Winston-Salem,
state chairman. In which he stated
that he wished to express his ap
preciation to the people of
Wilkes for the fine record made
during the campaign.
Mr. Halfacre Joined with the
state chairman in thanking the
people of the county for the out
standing record made possible by
their purchases, and he also' ex
pressed grateful appreclntlon to
all who assisted in the sale of
bonds here and throughout the
Harry B. Caldwell To Ad
dress Open Meeting On
Thursday at Town Hall
When the North Carolina Na-
' tional Guard was federalized
and placed on astlve duty with the
S Army of the United Statee on
^September 16, 1940, plans were
immediately launched for the for
mation of mlHtary units to re
place the National Guard while it
was In the service of the federal
government.
(Continued on page eight)
a
LABD^^oV ration frtd.
SUGAR — Sugar stamp 30
3k four) good for five lbs.
ftadeflnltely. Sugar stamp No.
'll (hook tour) good for five
■ pounds, becomes valid April 1.
Sugar stamp No. 40 good for
ponads of canning sugar
ill FdJruary 28, 1945.
HOES — Stamp No. IS
one) expires April 30.
stamp NO. 1 (book
tbraal wattJ indeflnltoly. Aa-
sh^oAiw^ret to be dee-
Ixaated, wlH^^o valid May
OA0GUNS—Oonpons No. 9
In A bw* good far thros gal
lons! boeams^irfttoctlTe Fob. 9
aWL wfU so^oMar 8.
OCHBBSBD foods—Green
«ad H (Book 4) expire
^ *0. Blue A-8 through
SM vaHd at 10
points a«ah, U>r uso w«h tok-
sBs: atidk®
2t>.
Its:
UfUTS AND FATS—Brawn
y and Z (Book!)
{JP. Bed, A-8, B-8, 0-8 (Book
' ■ ^Tslld at 10 points
mOi. tor
ylro lBy^
valid March 18: «Plr»
^May ^
Aviation Student Herman W.
Reeves, who entered t.he army
in October, 1948, is now in
training at Texas Tech at Lub
bock, Texas. He received his
basic training at Sheppard Field,
Texas, and was selected lor
aviation cadet training. Prior
to induction he held a position
with tlie DuFont company at
MartinsvUle, Va, His wife, the
former Miss Neil Gilreath, and
son, BlUie, make their home
with her parents, Mr and Mrsf
W. M. Gilreath, of North
Wilkesboro route one.
Church Child Dies
Funeral service was held Sat
urday at Mt. Zion church for
Barbara Anne Church, infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
Church, of North Wilkesboro. The
bhlld died Friday.
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Harry B. Chldwell, master of
the Norths Carolina State Grange
and who is becoming widely
recognized as one of the leading
agricultural authorities in the na
tion, will address an open
meeting of the Grange of Wilkes
county and all who wish to at
tend on Thursday afternoon,
March 9, two o’clock, at the North
Wilkesboro town hall.
J. B. Snipes, Wilkes county
agent, who made announcement
of the Thursday afternoon meet
ing, stressed that it is open to the
public and that everybody Inter
ested in agricultural progress is
invited and urged to be present.
WilkezF. C. X. Meet
To Be On Thursday
At Camp Shelby
Ptt. Opotvo (S«B) CWWreM,
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. O.
Chfldreae, of Nivtfa Wnkesboro
route two, is now stationed at
Oaii4> Shelby, Miss. He waa in
duced into Hie army DCbember
10. Before entering the service
hrid a poedtian with High-
i Obtton Mills, at Hi^ Point.
The annual meotlng of the
stockholders of the Wilkes FCX
will be held in the town hall In
this city on Thursday, March 9, at
2:00 p. m. All stockholders, and
others who may be interested, are
invited to be present.
It Is expected that Harry B.
Caldwell, state Gtange master,
will be present to make an ad
dress, and there will be Farmers’
Coopemtive Exchange officiate
frm ' Raleigh present for the
meeting.
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gteptically backing their boys on
the fighting fronts throughout the
world”, Mr. Hialtacre said.
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(Ed'iir’s note: The Red
Croek War Fund campaign is
making gcod progress In Wilkes,
but the need for funds is great,
iln order that the public may
know more of the benefits pro
vided by the Red Cross, the
chairman of the Wilkes chapter
has written the following arti
cle).
$55,092.00 Quota
On War Bondi For
Wilkei In March
R. Hix, Chairman, Urges
People To Continue to
“Back The Attack’
REV. A. O. WAGGONER
Trivette I3 Invited
To National Meet
Attorney Eugene ’Trivette, of
this city, has received invitation
to attend the 48th annual meet
ing of the American Academy of
Political and Social Science as
representative of the North Caro
lina Bar Association.
Ihe meeting will be held at the
Benjamin Franklin hotel In Phila
delphia on April 14 and 16. The
theme for discussion will be
“Agenda For Peace’’. •
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Now On Maneuv^t
Comminionen To
Hold Meeting! On
Monday,Tuesday
Will Sit As Board of Equali
zation To Make Adjust
ment for Taxpayers
The board of county comntis-
sioners, composed of Paul J. Ves-.
tal, chairman, M. F. Absher and
F. D. Foreeter, Jr., wUl meet at
the courthouse on Monday and
Tuesday, March 13-14, beginning
at 10 a. m., to sit as a board,of
equalization to make adjuatmeots
for taxpayers on their vataatlons
for the year 1944, and to trans
act sneh other buslnees as may
come before the board.
All taxgpayers who feel that they,
have a Jnst complaint end that
OMdr^TSliiatlon for the yeay..li$44
should be adjuried, are reqaiailted.
to appear before the ihoafd either
next Monday or Tneeday. k .
V-
Every eoldier reqnlree 880
of cotton, or labont 10. tbnea
ibo «v«r^e drlHap wwtin
Cotton has gone to war~.
Cpl. William Jones Bowta,
who waa reoently promoted to
bis pteaent rank, to now mi
niHMttvqni at Camp Onapl^
Sir., alMr.jMlDg in tndateg^ at
OMBp Rtup, Texas. Opt Jones
-mUmed die smr » MiW.'ffi
4 BBb vrito, the foviger
MIm Abdier, hidds a
tian. ss ease novker tor^iflo'
Wilkes ootonty wriftoe
By Rev. A. C. WAGGONER,
Ohalrman Wilkes County Chapter
American Red Cross
The soldier of 1944 cncountei's
more physical hardship than any
soldier of history. He has to fight
in the beat of the desert and in
the bitter cold of the Arctic win
ter. He’s subjected to dive bomb
ing and stmfing. He’s thrown
and battered against the sides of
steel tank. He fights thousands
of miles from home surrounded by
disease and pestilence against
which he has developed little re
sistance. His hands are blown off
by booby traps and he never
knows when he’ll enoonnter a
land mine. The First World War
resulted In more tragedies of shell
shock than we like to think abont;
but today the fire power of a reg
iment is four times what It was
in 1918. ^ This war demands not
only . physical stamina, but phy-
eh^oglcal stamina. The soKUer
indtVMnal attention as nre-
ly as any alridane aagine or ma
chine gnn. He should be in tip
top shape botb physically and pby-
chologlcally.
The Individual needs of onr
fightotag men can be neither enn-
merated nor classified. Perhaps
a front line soldier knows that his
wife has gone to the howltaj tor
a serious operation, and he.wants
desperately to find out whether or
not she has come Mfely tbrongh.
Or, a soldier on leave In a foreign
d^, where hotel acGommodations
are out of the qneatkm, may toa
oompletriy at loss to find a place
to eat and sleep. Another may
come out of ibattle separated fn^
hte nnK. with all hte eqaipmeat
and arm ^ Identifloatioa paiiw;
lost, bad w^derlng amonf a isso-
ple wioite langnagp he caanot aB-
davBtand. A flfhtliiiC'l^ldt with
six months or more eoaMftet Murr
ies in the trbdta may.haW kxit
or 89 ponads aad
ot taAr.nd
Thesa ai« oau: b fifw of the
aadsVf iRobleate’ bnf
sttllon aw mMl&ig amj dnr,
Thiwutt^ teoMUfaf, a toHgfeisr
aide to tte stpiwptV)to|'^g?«5
43rosa is 'to meet lbbto:
hnatMt ^votfletoS; Wto doing nuorb
abate mmtrn ersi«4iaM»^ tltettiik
i la top m
Major B. P. Robinson, of Fort
Jackson, was recently promoted
to his present raiik. Major
Robinstm was commanding offi
cer of the National Guard com
pany here when the guard was
mobilized in 1940. Major Rob
inson was here on a week-end
visit with his sisters, Mrs. J. C.
McMarmld and Miss EDen Rd>-
Inson.
BERLIN TAKES
A NIGHT BLOW
War bond quota for Wilkes
county this month Is $55,092.00,
J. R. Hlx, war bond chairman for
the county, said today.
Pointing out that the county
bad mads an excellent record in
the Fourth War Loan, Including
the sale of over $256,000.00 In E
bonds, Mr. Hlx sold that he be
lieved that the people of the
county would continue the pur
chase of bonds and that the
county's quota for the month of
Ma.'ch will be reached.
“Continued purchase of bonds
is splendid evidence of our peo
ple backing the war effort,” Mr.
Hix said.
V-
Eighth Air Forces Liberators
with powerful fighter escort
smashed German air bases at
Cognac, Bergerac and other uni
dentified points in Sonthwest
France yeeterdey after R->A. F.
Mosquito bombers had raced Into
Germany agtnrday night
March Term Of
Coart CoBveaed
For Thne Weeks
In Loudteiana
March term of WUkea superior
^rt for trial of criminal casee
convened In Wilkesboro this
morning.
Judge J. A. Roossean, of this
city, delivered an instructive
Charge to the grand Jury and the
buslnees of the court got under
way.
Solicitor Avalon E. Hall, of
TadklnvlUe, is proaeonting the
docket.
The term Is schedaled for three
weeks aad calendar crlailnal
eases contains lean than 100, easM.
It to expected that all oases ready
for trial will ^ dispoced of dnr-
th# flrat two weeks of the
gouit, attwr which civil easaa and
lotlons may be heard.
Mr*. S. A^&kodet It
^f^ned By Death
Urn Nom Biledge Bhodea, age
M a A. Rhodea. of the
cxNim»tfMty. «9d Sotoiday
tos,-teOBpItat.
Snrdril^ Itos. Rhodes an her
(Oontinoed on page
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hlTstffrri aqd foUowInc chlM-
Qih^ flMea, la the army;
la the aavy; Qtaoteye
,C,:,Roth,
KbodMt; w Hoya.
giMlee wav halt today
Bev. D. O. MU-