Wilkes Man Witli Nine Chiidmn Indwi^rl
Partially showing at the right in this picture is Pvt.
Gilbert C. Eller, of Purlear, who entered the army
Thursday. The others in the picture are Mrs. Eller and
their nine children. Pvt. Eller and family will receive
$268 per month.
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eiLBERT C. ELLER, INDUCTED
INTO ARMY THURSDAY, IS $268
BUCK PRIVATE, HAS 9 CHILDREN
Fvt. Gilbert O. JSUer, dtlzen
of the Pniiear commonity, says
he la a “$268 back private”.
Fvt. Eller, who was Inducted
into the army Thursday, has a
wife and nine children, all un
der 18 years of age.
Hls wife will receive $50, one
' «hO«l $80, $20 CMh for the other
I eight, and $28 per month tot
!) himself.
Mr. Eller said prior to hls in
duction that he did not wish to
leave hls family, but If the na
tion needed his services It was
all right with him. However,
f he said: “There are some single
men I’d like to see going along
with me”.
Pvt. Eller’s famUy Is now
making their home at Dnblln,
Va., where he was employed as
a guard at a powder plant be
fore being accepted for army
service. Ho passed the physical
examination on iM>mary 18.
Be la a native o the Fart—r
otmunniiSy, hdtag a M ^
Eller and the late Mn. BQer.
Hls wife Is Mrs. Fannie H. El
ler, and the oldest child, Fannie
Evelyn, is 10 yean of age. The
other children are G. O., Jr., J.
T., Joanne, Dorothy Jeanne,
Glenn Franklin, Betty lion, Da
vid Gray and Linda Dee Eller.
LOCAL BANKS DONATE $90.00
TO 4-H CLUBS FOR SEED CORN
By H. C. CWDVARD,
Assistant County Agent
For the past several years the
Bank of North Wllkesboro and
the Northwestern Bank have do
nated the seed corn to 4-H Club
members for their corn projects.
For the past three years the num
ber of com projects have doubled.
The amount donated last year was
$48.00 and for the year previous
approximately one-half of this
amount was given.
This Increase in com club work
is largely due to increased Inter-
and memibershlp in the 4-H
est
Club program. Also numerous
awards and prizes have been won
by club members at fairs and
shows. At the last North Carolina
State Fair, Wilkes county boys
won first prize on their county
exhibit of white com. Seed for
this com was given .by our local
banks. lUast fall 800 ears were
shown by 80 club boys at the
Achievement Day program from
seed given by the banks. Prizes
in amount of 124.00 for this ex-
*gbit were given by our local m-
{ rtiknce organizations and Carter-
Publishing Company,
members are also re-
\ BDonding to our food goals ^d
4-H moblliaation
R. Myers, Walton Brewer, Wayne
Rope, Clyde Myers and Herbert
Gambill.
Mt. Pleasant:
Bruce Blledge, Paige Foster,
Muriel Goforth, Leonard McGuire,
Rltz Beshears, Dual Phillips, Rex
Watson, Reece Eller, Hoyle Mc
Neil, Robert Lee Walsh, Edward
Eller, Ed Summerlin, Kyle Be
shears, Hayden Church, Harold
Messick and Kenneth Elledge.
Austin:
Jimmy Carter, Bobby Tilley,
Billy Holcomb, Donald Cothren,
Elmer Billings, Ledford Walls,
Harold Lyon, Joe Lyon, James
Anderson, Eldon Combs, Leon
Bauguss, J. B. Blax, Harvey
Wagoner, Johnny Crouse, Harold
Alexander and R. V. Halloway.
Mulberry:
Grant Hays, Keigh Higgins, Bil
ly Shepherd, Paul Stamper, Jack
Burgess. Lorenzo Roberts, Ken
neth Shumate, Buford Absher,
Dmle Myers, Junior Haynes,
(See Local Banks—page five)
Hubbard
Our club
our
the county 4-H
rram In helping to produce a
^rd produclton of food and feed
to hasten the end of the war.
One hundred sixty-nine acres of
corn win be grown by the follow
ing:
Boaring River:
j W. smith, Clyde Henderson.
Clyde Carpenter, Kenneth Cw-
Snter. Clyde Shew and Bill Bald
win.
Millers Oeelt:
Hubert Whittington, Earl Paw,
Claude Reeves, Bernard Shumate,
rl EJller, Roy Pless, Gll^rt Bl-
Tames Bller, Earl Watts, John
WKllt.r,01.rerBl-
ledge Jay Canter, Billy
Paul' Welbom, Glenn Churob,
wnbv Ralph Snyder, Bob-
and Carol .
Moantatn Vlew-
In South America
"State Hoard Week" rrooaimeo
By Mayor R.T.iiicHiei
Under the act of 1941 our local State^Goard wat
organized and haa maintained an aaaiirmg protec-
tkwi for the home frvet dnrmg these critical daya. Be
cause of tile man power shortage and that a number
of men have eniistedr it is necessary to pot on a
special reta’oiting program to bring the local unit up
to the total requiremmit for efficient and pron^t
work. The week of March 27th has been set aside as
a special week for this purpose by our Governor.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, R. T. McNiel, Mayor of
the Town of North Wiikeshoro, do hereby proclaim
ami designate th5 week beginning March 27th, 1944,
as North Ca olina State Guard W’eek, and do hereby
call upon our citizenship to give wholehearted sup
port and cooperation toward the aims and purposes
of this special week; and I most respectfully request
our civic organizations to include the work of the
State Guard in their programs, and I adjure the in
dustries of our community to urge and encourage
their employes to join our organization, and commend
it to the citizenship of our county in general, and re
quest all to give full allegiance and loyalty to the end
that our local State Guard Unit may be recruited to
full membership.
IN WITNESS whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand cmd caused the Seal of the Town of North
Wiikeshoro to be affixed hereto, this the 23rd day
of March, A. D., 1944.
R. T. McNIEL,
Mayor
Attest:
W. P. KELLY, Clerk.
^!U RIm—v
Pvt. Claude E. Reynolds, son
of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Reynolds,
has recovered from wounds re
ceived in action In Italy on Oc
tober 18, 1948, and Is now home
on forlongh. Reynolds will
report for duty at Fort George
G. Meade, Md., for duty on
hlarch 80.
W. B. (BILL) 80B1ER8
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Senring Overseas
W. B. Somers Is
Hominated For
The State Senate
T. M. Tharpe Rites
Conducted Sunday
Foneral 8endce.^wM lield. Sun
day at Plsassjt Home ohureh” for
Tyre Maurice Tharpe, age 64, well
known citizen of Edwards town
ship who died Saturday. Rev.
Grant Cothren and Rev. Walter
H. Haydus conducted the service.
Mr. Tharpe Is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Emma Marie Tharpe,
seven brothers and two sisters: 0.
E., J. K. and C. C. Tharpe, Ron-
da; Tom Tharpe, Pocahuntas, Va.;
W. F. Tharpe, Norfolk Va.; D.
A. Tharpe, in the navy; J. H.
Tharpe, Charlotte; Mrs J. L. El
ler and Miss 11a Tharpe, Ronda.
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B. F. Proffit Rites
Will Be Tuesday
Benjamin F. Proffit, age 71,
well known citizen of the Lewis
Pork community, died Sunday at
the Wilkes hospital. He had been
in ill health for the past lew
years and critically ill for several
days.
Mr. Proffit was a member of a
prominent Wilkes fiamily, being a
son of the late A. N. and Sarah
McNeil Pralflt. Surviving are
his wife, iMrs. Ella Proffit, and
the following brothers and sisters:
R. L. Proffit, Goshen: W. A.
Proffit, Denny; G. H. Proffit,
Evanston, Wyoming; Mrs. B. T.
Taylor, Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs.
Gertie Triplett, Denny.
Funeral service will be held
Tuesday, 2:30 p,. m., at Leyrls
Fork Advent Christian church.
Rev. R. L. label will be in charge,
assisted by Rev. A. W. Bller and
Rev. Mr. Trivette. According to
request of Mr. Proffit, there will
be no flowers at the funeral.
County Board Of
■leoj
For
t
Boat 1 Composed Off Jaates
M. Anderson, C. E. Jenkins,
Jr., and J. C. Grayson
24th Senatorial District Re
publicans Endorse Somers
In Convention Saturday
Wilkes county board of elec
tions In organization meeting
elected James M. Anderson to
succeed himself as chairman.
W. O. Absher was re-elected
secretary but he has resigned and
C. E. Jenkins, Jr., has been ap
pointed as hls successor on the
board. J. C. Grayson is again the
Republican member.
The state board of elections re
appointed all three members of
the board of elections for Wilkes:
Jamee M. Anderson, W. 0. Absher
and J. C. Grayson.
Pvt. Edwin R. Sldden, son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Sidden, of
Joynes, is now In the British
Isles. Pvt. 81dden entered the
army In. May, 1948, and went
overseas November 1.
Mauy From Wilkes
At NCEA Meetiug
resignation of Mr. Absher Mr
Jenkins was appointed by the
state board and was sworn in Sat
urday.
The board will meet at a later
date to make arrangements for
the primary, which will be held
On May 27.
The sixteenth annual session of
the North Carolina Education as
sociation was held Wednesday,
Following the Thursday and Friday In Raleigh.
BUY MORE WAR BONDS
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Johnny
uio WWtley, Harold^W^att. LJ^
Blledge,
Ma-
Cothren, c
B&lwrtv Bfflr De« cothren. J.
Petty Offleer 8-c J. B. Brook
shire, son of Blr. and Mrs. J.
B, Brookshire, of Moruvlun
Falls, who hM hem in North
Atrtc» since November, 1948,
has been tnuiarferred to South
America. He auys to teD all hls
frimdi “hello” and to wxtte
blB.
PRUT REACHED,
BEGIN OAmE
FOR BALKANS
The Red Army yesterday reach
ed the Prut River frontier of Ru
mania, where Adolf Hitler confi
dently launched hls 1941 Invasion
of Southern Russia, alter a his
toric 800-mlle march from Stalin
grad across the Russian steppes
where hundreds of thousands of
Germans perished, and dispatches
early today said Soviet artillery
men already were shelling Ru
manian soil.
The battle for the Balkans had
begun.
Premier-Marshal Stalin In an
order of the day announced the
Red Army conquest of part of “our
State frontier” In the shadow of
the Carpathian Mountains, and
last night Moscow vibrated with
the road of 24 salvos from 324
guns In celebration. \
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BUY MORE WAR BONDS
Pfc. Vratal D. Souther, only
son of D. E. Souther and the
, btte Mrs. Souther, is now a pa,-
tkmt at BUUngs General Hospi
tal, Fort Benjamin Harrison,
Indiana. Pfc. Souther is a
graduate of Union Grove high
schooL He entered the army in
May, 1948, rocel^ hls basic
training wtth a mmloal unit at
fninp Grant, Illinois, and was
later transferred to Oamp Atter-
bnry, TmHium. He wm home on
furlough just before (he death
of hls niotiier on Febnuory 8.
He is a half brother of Miss
Marie Goforth, of Greensboro,
and wm esiqpioyed at Revoln-
tfam Mills prior to eatertog the
anny.
Those from the Wilkes county
school system attending were
Supt. end Mrs. C. B. Eller; W. T.
Long and Miss Thelma Laws, of
Wiikeshoro; Mrs. Otis Barker, of
Mulberry; Zeb V. K. Dickson, of
Traphill; B. M. White, of Mount
Pleasant: R. V. Day and Miss Ru
by Dockery, of Millers Creek: P.
W. Greer, Miss Flossie Brewer
and Mrs. Opal Blledge, of Moun
tain View; E. R. Spruill, of Ron
da; and G. A. Johnson, of Roar
ing River.
Supt. Paul S. Cnagan, Miss
Marie Haigwood and Miss Mary
Speer represented North Wilkes-
boro city schools.
Dr. Ralph McDonald, of Win-
ston-8alem, was elected president
of the association, succeeding
Horace Sisk, a former North
Wiikeshoro superintendent now
head of Fayetteville schools. Dr.
McDonald Is a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for gover
nor.
Tax Penalty Will
Increase After 1st
Attention is celled to the fact
that the penalty on unpaid taxes
for the year 1943 will Increase
after April 1.
The Increase In penalty applies
to all unpaid 1943 taxes due the
county or town.
Taxpayers who have not paid
their 1943 taxes are urged to pay
not later than April 1 and save
the amount of the Increase In
penalty.
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Board of Stewards
Will Meet Tuesday
Board of stewards of the First
MeChodist church will meet Tues
day evening, seven o’clock, at the
home of H. M. Hutchens.
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We protect onr shipe when we
sip onr llpst
W. B. Somers, former sheriff .)f
Wilkes county, was endorsed for
the Republican state senate nomi
nation in the convention of Re
publicans of the 24th senatorial
district held Saturday at Yadkin-
ville. .
The convention convened'Sat-
urday, two o’clock, with Wilkes,
Yadkin and Davie counties, which
composed the district, well rep
resented.
•tw
convention and called Lonn
West, Yedkln county clerk of
court, to the chair to preside as
temporary chairman and Miss
Edith Jessup as secretary.
Chairman Harding was re-elect
ed chairman for the Republicans
of the district and Miss Jessup
was re-elected secretary.
The sgnatorlal executive Com
mittee was elected as follows: G.
D. Jordan and H. M. Deadman, of
Davie; Paul Osborne, T. R. Bryan
and T. E. Story, of Wilkes; W. E.
Rutledge and R. B. Long, of Yad
kin.
On the call for nominations for
state senator the name of W. B.
(Bill) Somers was placed before
the convention by T. R. Bryan, of
Wilkes, and was seconded by B.
C. Brock, of Davie and W. E.
Rutledge, of Yadkin.
The district, normally Repub
lican by a substantial majority,
rotates the nomination among the
three counties. B. C. Brock, of
Davie, now Republican candidate
for congress in the Eighth dis
trict, was the senator from this
district in the last legislature.
Talks were made at the conven
tion by B. C. Brock, R. B. Lcng,
R. V. Alexander, Davie county
representative, end T. E. Story,
Wilkes representative.
Those from Wilkes attending
the convention were T. iR. Bryan,
Paul Osborne and T. E. Story.
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BUY MORE WAR BONDS
Now In England
Pvt. Thomaa B. Noroiaa, wbo
la in tbe army air corpo, faaa or-
rived mtOtf in England^ a®*
oorMag to uowg received by hls
wife, the former BOaa laicUIe
culler, of WOkeabMU. Pvt,
Norman, who before entering
tbe anay April 16,16^ baW »
poemon wllfa Duke Power Oom-
pany bera, la m son of Mr. and
Sb«. H. O. Nraman, ot Voiok
Grove.
umi ivui iivii
$18^.97 WHIi
Any Not SolinteH Aaked To
Saaid or MaO Donarioai to
Bed Croae Office Here
Wilkea has passed the
goal of $18^ for the Red
Cross War Fund and several
reports are yet to be receiv*
ed. It was leaned today
from Red Cross hesulqnar-
ters.
Latest tabulations today
showed a total of $18,658.97,
which exceeds the quota by
$458.97.
Reports yet to be received from
several rural workers and mis
cellaneous contributions are ex
pected to materially Increase the
fund, chapter officials said, and
urged that those who have com
pleted canvass of their districts to
make the report as early as possi
ble.
IJr. John W. Klncheloe, Jr.,
War Fhind chairman, called atten
tion to the faot that the cam
paign continues through March 31
and urged that any who have been
missed In the solicitation carry or
mail their contribution to the Red
Cross chapter office, which is lo
cated over Tomlinson’s Depart
ment store in North Wiikeshoro.
Chapter officials are pleased
with the response given the Red
Cross appeal, and point out that
every person who possibly can
should have a part in raising the
fund to be used for the benefit of
men and women In the service of
their country.
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Jffect April 1st
New Theatre Taxes and Tax
On Various Merchandise
To Be Increased
Uncle Sam needs money from
most every source to successfully
carry on the fight against the axis
powers, and under the new tax
bill recently passed by Congress
new taxes will be collected from
the public, beginning Saturday,
April 1st.
Included in the new tax bill, is
increased tax on theatre tickets,
and both the Liberty and Allen
theatres have figured out the low
est minimum prices chargeable
under the bill. For detailed in
formation and figures, the public's
attention is directed to the theatre
advertisements to be found on
pages four and five of todaySs is
sue of The Journal-Patriot.
Items of merchandise, classed
as luxuries, etc., on which the
amount of tax will increase from
10 to 20 per cent, are as follows:
Brown gloves and mittens, elec
trified shearling, women’s Angora
mittens, fur-trimmed ready-to-
wear garments, furs and fur
coats, knitting bags, women’s Jew
elry, handbags, purses, and wal
lets. infants’ toiletries, fountain
pens, ration book covers, men’s
jewelry, shaving accessories, utili
ty cases, toilet preparations, lug
gage, fur headwear, matching ^ags
with millinery. Alarm clocks re-
boiling for leas than $5.00 the
same tax of 10 per cent, alarms
Clocks selling for more than $5.00,
tax Increased to 20 per cent.
Yes, sir. Uncle Sam needs more
money, and t^e American public
doesn’t mind paying increased
taxes If they will bring about the
earliest possible defeat of Hitler
and Tojo.
300 JAPS KILLED;
TWO ISLETS ARE
TAKEN FROM FOE
Three hundred Japanese were
killed when they renewed their
hopeless assaults on American air
fields on Bougalnvllie Island In
the Solomons, that have already
cost them more than 6,000 casual
ties, General Douglas MacArthur
retorted today.
Two thousand enemy troops,
abandoned by Tokyo wi^ tens of
thonsands of other Japanese Iso
lated on Islands of the Sonth Pa
cific, made the attack last Wed
nesday behind an artillery bar-
nage. The attack was a dismal
failure. MacArthur said only
four Amerioans were killed and 47
wonndad fa tha battle.