but increases needed
TO REACH QUOTA
OP$S2,092
War bond sales In Wilkes ooun-
^ are idekinj up nftw a slow
TOrt the first of the month, J. R
^■•r bond chairman, asid to
day.
” m
rapar* ditrlnr the Fourth War
I«aa eampaiipt tirsd some slacken-
hit was eapeeted.
Howerer, attmiflon Is oalled to
the att-lmp4Htaat ftict that our
CichUnk men eoold not and did
fcPOt stop aghtlng when the Fourth
^Tar loan ended and Americans st
gmo must remember that It Is al-
^portantAo keep buying more
"jore war bonds.
Quota for March la $63,-
|WUkee has not failed to go
Be top and it is exp^ted
and buying will increase
the remainder of the
[In order that the county’s
may remain unblemished,
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'Delos H. Bnmssnier, navy
TeSeraa of six yean service, baa
a rating of petty officer second
-■-To and has reoeatly been as-
slgfned to a naval spedaliat
school at Chula Vista, Califor
nia. Delos is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. G. A. Bnmganer, of Mil
lers Ooek.
Ml. C. A. DIRECTORS INSPECT
' ELKIN Y;PRCCRAM HERE TO FIT
THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY
On Tuesday night the group of
men who have been nominated as
the board of directors of the pro
posed Wilkes County Y.M.C.A.
were the guests of T. C. McKnlght
in the new Y building in Elkin.
Mr. McKnight conducted the
group through the building and
explained the use of the various
rooms. He showed that the entire
building was designed to fit the
specific needs of the Elkin com
munity. For example, there is the
libmry—a beautiful, well lighted
reading room with the tables well
supplied With the latest maga
zines. This library is the only
public library in Elkin and the
city appropriates $60 per month
which Is spent on new books. The
large gymnasium, 87x120 feet,
has courts tor basketball, volley
ball and badminton. On one aide
of the courts are folding "grand
stand” seats, capacity 600. With
the seats folded there is abundant
room for roller skating between
the wall and courts all around the
room. With the lond speaker
system furnishing music and the
young folks swirling by with thoir
(See YMCA, Page Six)
BLACKBURN BROTHERS IN SERVICE
SLOW, STEADY
GAINS REPEL
FRESH NAZIS
r*****"***rirr«v««
j Killed In Action
‘jjiiirrr *
AlKnd Infantrympn. after a dav
of fighting off fierce counterat-
wcas u, ^^tzrzzt »w'*-
chutlBta, pdshed slowly forward
Into the ruins of Casslno last
night, be-fUlng from honso to
house with every type of weapon
—from the most modem lethal
erma to bnahknlves.
AUled troops also were reported
making slow, tortuous progress
against Nazi .troops In the hills
above the town, where, strongly
supported by planes. Nazi Para
chutists opened their powerful
counterattacks, throwing wave aft
er wave of almost magically-pro
duced troops against the New Zea
land positions on Castle Hill, just
north of the town.
In Casslno Itself, New Zea
landers were wiring and mining
recently recaptured areas in order
to prevent enemy Infiltrations.
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BIG ASSAULT
FOLLOWS U. S.
DERLIN RAID
Seaman Second Class Barney Lee Blackburn, left, en
tered the navy on May 15, 1943. After receiving his
^ basic training at Bainhridge, Md., he wm transferred to
Richmond, Va., and is now stationed at Portsmouth, Va.
*ne waw a student of Mountain View high school before
enlisting. Pvt. John R. Blackburn, right, entered serv
ice September 14, 1942, received his basic training at
Fort McClellan, Alabama, and is now stationed at
Sp^ane, Washington. He was married while mi fur
lough in Januar y, 1944, to the former Miss Pauline Fos
ter who is now making her home in Spe^ane, Was^ing-
Blackburn brothers are sons of Mr. and Mrs,
Noah Blackburn, of North Wilkesboro route two,
Powerful formations of R.A.F.
night bombers last night heavily
attacked battered Frankfort-ou-
Maln after 1,600 to possibly 1,760
American heevy bombers and
fighters in daylight hurled 1,500
tons of bombs on Berlin, setting
huge fires in the heart of Nazidom.
The British 'bombers were over
Germany "in strength”, an offi
cial announcement said, with
Frankfurt the chief target.
It was the third heavy Allied
air assault on the ednter of Ger-
msoy’s chemical iadnstry. in $onr
days. One thousand R._^ A. F.
hombera-hlt Frankfurt and otlier
targets last Saturday night, and
U. S. Eighth Air Force armada of
probably 1,600 planes hammered
the transportation hub Monday.
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Pastor’s Father To
Preach In Meeting
At F i r s t Baptist
Dr. J. W. Klncheloe, Sr., pastor
of the First Baptist church In
Rocky Mount, has been invited to
preach in a series of evangelistic
services to iKe held at the First
Baptist church here, April 17-2S.
Dr. Kincheloe preached in a meet
ing here several years ago, and at
the s'uggestlon of the hoard of
deacons, ho has been asked to re
turn this year and preach during
the meeting Ip April.
Rev. Earl Robinson, of Saint
Pauls, Is scheduled to assist with
the music during the meeting. Mr.
Robinson has assisted with the
music In meetings at various
churches, and he and Mrs. Robin
son have appeared on many Bap
tist Assembly programs.
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The British P. G. A. reports
more than 500 men In service. Up
to February 1, 21 members had
I been killed In action pr died in
service.
REDS THRUST
URE CLOSER
TO NIKOUYEV
PFC. FRED JOHNSON
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Pfc. Fred Johneon
Killed In Action In
Italy February 12
Son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Johnson, of WUbar, Latest
Loc"J War Casualty
Pfc. Fred Johnson was killed in
action in Italy on February 12.
according to 'a War Department
message received by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Johnson, of
Wllbar.
Pfc. Johnson had been In the
army for 18 months and , went
overseas six months ago. He was
In training at Camp Swftt, Texas,,
before going oversoas.
The sjOiaberB of Pfc, Johnson's
the folloui^
JOe S. Johnson, orChltlmo\o: An
drew Johnson, of jWlnston-3alem;
Mamie, Ben, Lohlae Wd Mace
Johnson, all of Wllbar.
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readers. There *ure now
more than 3,800 subscrib
ers, all of whona have paid
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Tilird THrTii*n4«« /
snmiiig its drive on Nikoisyev, has
pushed the Russian lines to vlth-
-4to-a«.« mm
northeast of that Black Sea port
altar fierco battlM against Ger
man troops fighting deSpeMtaly to
hold the southeastern anchor of
their erumbling lines in the Loww
Ukraine, Moscow announced last
night. -
Stalingrad veterans of Gen.
Rodion Y. Malinovsky’s Army, ad
vancing a maximum of 11 miles
from their last reported positions
on Saturday, won a series of
"stubborn offensive battles" as
they swung an arc around the east
side of the city of 167,000 located
on the east bank of the Bug River
yesterday, Moscow’s broadcast
communiques said.
On the northern stretch of tho
long Ukrainian front. Marshal
Iran fi. Konev's Second Army, at
tacking at points 140 miles apart,
yesterday lengthened its lines in
Bessarabia >by advancing 'Seven
miles southeast to within 17
miles north of the key German
rail junction of. Beltsy, and cap
tured the Nazi stronghold of Per-
vomaisk on the east bank of the
Bug, 90 miles northwest of Nlko-
layev.
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FEW HUNDRED NEEDED
toueach goal
OF $18,200
‘nig Red Cross War fund in
Wilkes is nearing the goal of $18,-
100 a few more days work on
the part of solicitors who have
« ..a — J at.-S— ——
Pvt. William F. Cook, son of
Mr. and Mrs li. M. Cook, of
Stony Fork, has notified his
parents that he has arrived safe
ly somewhere in the South Pa
cific. He entered the army in
Jane, 1948, and was in tmin-
Ing at Port McClellan. Alabama.
ABiiHaLBaiiqnet
Of Junior Order
Tneaday Night
State Counselor and Superin-
' tMtdent of Junior Order
Home Will Speak
Dr. Dustin Will
Be Minister For
ReeivallnCity
Revival At First Methodist
Church Will Open On
SMMdan ilur 14th
"It'
Dr. John W. Rustin, pastor of
the Mount Vernon Place Metho
dist church in Washington, D. C.,
and widely recognized as one of
the outstanding ministers in the
Methodist church, will be guest
minister at the revival to be held
in the First Methodist church of
North Wilkesboro.
Date of the revival will be May
14 to 21, according to the an
nouncement by the pastor. Rev. A.
C. Waggoner.
The church of which Dr. Rustin
is pastor Is often referred to as
the "South’s representative Meth
odist church”. It'is one of the
largest and most influential
churches. In discussing plans (or
the revival here Rev. Mr. Waggo
ner stated that he was very glad
that Dr. Rustin had accepted the
Invitation to preach In the series
of services here and that a suc
cessful revival is enticipated.
The annual banquet of the
North Wilkesboro council of the
Junior Order will be held on
Tuesday night, March 28, seven
o'clock.
An interesting program is plan
ned for the banquet.
Prof. Robert Bruton, superin
tendent of the Junior Order or
phanage at Iiexlngton, will speak
briefly and the main address will
be by Clyde R. Schreve, of Stokes-
dale, state counselor of the
Junior Order.
. 'The entertainment committee
tor thib banquet M composed of D.
made Oieir reports will put Wilkes
over (lie top.
The rspifrt as tabulated at the
after
noon allowed the amount turned
In torbe bUte few hundred dollars
short of the $1.8,200 quota.
, The county quota was sub-dl-
tdded among the nine dtrUloas of
the War Fund campaign organiza
tion. Yesterday’s report showed
that seven' st the nine divisions
have reached their quotas.
A quota of $3,000 had been set
for tho rural districts and to date
only $982.40 has been turned in.
Attention is called to the fact that
many rural reports are yet to be
received and it Is hoped that tho
goaf set for the rural communities
will he realized when all canvas
sers complete their work and all
reports are tabulated.
The quota' for the colored divi
sion has not been reached to date
but some good reports have .been
received and others are expected.
Efforts are being made to com
plete the campaign this week.
Splendid progress has been made
and the work remaining to be
done is mainly that of contacting
those who were ftiissed In the reg
ular canvass and filing of reports.
Attention is also called to the
fact that a number of gifts pledg
ed through solicitation by the
Special Gifts committee have not
been received, and it is requested
that they be sent in so that the
final report and return can be
made.
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tor tbc banquet tt composea oi u.,
mSyrteiger^r R. MneV-find John
son Shnders.
Council leaders are expecting a
large attendance of Juniors and
friends for the banquet.
Finley P. Wyatt
Funeral Is Held
_ P^eral eerVlce was held Tues-
W arCaRoWgrceiBBterytor’l
ley P. Wyatt, age 69, citizen o*
Union township who died Sunda;..
Mr. Wyatt is survived by his wife,
•Mrs. Belle Wyatt.
BROTHERS MEET IN ENGLAND
Liberty Lodge Is To
Have Barbeque Feast
vance.
Liberty Lodge number 45, A. F.
& A. M., will meet at the lodge
hall in Wilkesboro Saturday eve
ning, seven o’clock, for a barbe
cue dinner.
The lodge extends an invita
tion to all Masons in Wilkes, and
their wives and friends to attend
the dinner, which promises to be
a most enjoyable event.
Ivy and Arvil Shumate, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Monroe
Shumate, of Hays, have been in the
recently spent a few day| together m England. Accoi^-
• _ k»n,»'flw>v made UD a lot of lost time
ing to their letters home? they made up a lot
talking over army experiences ^nd remmiscences.
|Sl^^WLkES~MUNTY SHOW REMARKABLY GOOD PROFITS FOR FARMERS WHO FURGHASED WTOMHlG StOClFOR FARM
luld Sign Blanks
Triple A Cash
Approximately 800 applications
for Triple A payments under the
jirogrram have not been slgn-
h Turner, Triple A secretary,
today urged all farmers entitled
to a payment for last years pr^-
tices and who have not signed ap-
\rtlc8tIoa» to caU by Triple a
am a® possible. April
16 will tke deadline on signing
the appIMattons.
The »ieep shown In this pic
ture taken at the I. J. Broyhtll
farm at Boomer, give evidence
of what can be done with riieep
in Wilkes cowty.
A specially high yielding
breed of sheep were introdneed
In ■ Wilkes last year by J. W.
Thompson, fiwmer Wilkes man
now a prominent rancher In
Wyoming. Mr. Thompson sold
many sheep for breeding pur
poses through the North Ooro-
lina department of agricnltnre.
Mr. Thompsem is shown In the
pietnro a* the right holding a
Iamb from one of the sheep ho
sold Mr. Broyhlll last year. The
others In the picture are 'W.'lkes
County Agent J. B. Snipes and
his son and daughter, J, B., Jr.,
and Anne Proctor Snipes.
The county agent dtes the
record of Mr. BroyhlU’s farm
as typical of what can be expect
ed from the sheep pnrdiased
throngh MDf. Thompson. Five
of seven ewes have six lambs
with lambs expected soon from
the other two, which will be
more than a 100 per cent in
crease. In the fall the lambs
will he worth $10 eatii. In ad
dition, the ewes will yield about
$6.00 worth of wool each when
clipped in May.
Other Wilkes farmers who
pofdiased sheep for breeding
purposes last year indude: John
Andrews, Boomer; BL O. Nor
man, Cycle; D. B. Swaxingen
and Charlie MUes, TraphUl; H.
N. Kennedy, Joynes; John
Alexandm' and W. B- Hntchlson,
Abehees; Virgtt Oinrch, Pur-
leor; G. C. Johnson and Tfre
Bumgarner, Wfllcroboro; Glenn
■ Williams, Goshen. ..
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