Fifth War Loan
$990,000^1 For
WUkesCoHtyln
Present Campaign
FOUR DENNIS BROTHERS SERVING IN ^MY AND NAVY
To Quality For Name On A
Landmg Craft, V^ilke* *E*
Bonds Must Be $227,000
H
Fifth War Loan organizatli
HWPllkee county has begun work
o|T the task of selling Wilkes
isoiinty’s Quota of $990,000, W. D.
/Halfacre, chairman for the cam-
palgn, said today.
In the quota of $990,000 la a
quota of $227,000 for
If the county meeU the "B bond
,ota and exceeds the overall
;ota by as much as ten per cent.
_ plaque will be placed on a land
ing craft in honor of Wilkes coun
ty and bearing the county’s name.
Beginning Monday, the offi
cial opening date of the campaign,
a concerted effort will be made
to conUct the people of the coun
ty and to sell the quota in bonds
as early during the drive as pos
sible.
OAAWASS OF HOMES—
In North Wllkesboro Mrs. Bdn
Gardner and Mrs. Gordon ^nley
will lead the canvass of the homes
and block leaders will c^l at e^ry
home, explaining the Fifth War
Loan and urging purchases. 'They
will be prepared to take ordeis
for bonds, give receipts and have
the bonds mailed directly to the
purchasers.
gjbtbiots designated—
The county has been divided in
to districts similar to the cential
school districts for the sale of
bonds and a quota
,ed each dlsUlct, ^blch wlll
MSBCHANTS to hblp—
Another phase of the campaign
will be carried out through retail
merchants. Throughout the coun
try merchants have agreed to as-
tlat in the campaign and each
store is accepting a quota equal
to $300 in bond sales for every
member of the sales pers^nel.
INDIS'I’KIBS OOOFEKArE—
In North Wilkesboro industrial
firms having a payroll deduction
plan for purchase of bonds
Quotas Assig|^
ToCmmnHfes
In.Boiri Driv.e
Cmmty Subdivided lufo Dis
tricts Similar To Central
School Divisions
mftVY BATTLES
RA6EASEBEMY
LIIESTI^
lavaaioa Armies
la Third Bay Of
Attack In Fraaee,
BOBERT GLENN DENNIS SGT. 'WM. LESLIE DENNIS
Mrs. A. C. Dennis, of North Wilkesboro, has four sons
in service—two in the army and two in the navy—and
all of them volunteered their services. Robert Glenn
Dennis, who entered the navy in January thU year and
is the youngest of the four, is a hospital apprentice, sec
ond class, at the naval station at Bainbridge, Md, Be
fore entering the navy he was a member of the sales per
sonnel at J. C. Penney company in North Wilkesboro.
Last Sunday he spmit a few hours at home with his
mother. Sgt. William Leslie Dennis entered the army in
November, 1942, and for the past year has been in Iran.
AMOS CARL DENNIS PVT. JAMES ALBERT DENNIS
Before entering service he was a department manager
for the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina
Transportation company at Johnson City, Tenn. Amos
Carl Dennis is a petty officer, third class, in the navy
and is serving in the Pansuna area. Heentered the navy
in September, 1942. Prior to that time he was in chm*ge
of an office of the East Tennessee and Western North
Carolina Transportation company office in Durham.
Pvt. James Albert Dennis entered the army in January,
1943, and is now in Ireland. Before entering service he
was engaged in newspaper work in North Wilkesboro.
D-Day has come. Amerlcaus
and valiant fighting men of the
other allied nations are attacking
in France in a climatic straggle
to overthrow the forces of op
pression and let freedom live.
D-Day was Tuesday on the
beaches of northern France, when
men from Wilkes were part of the
greatest military armada ever
launched in any undertaking.
Here at home the Fifth War
Loan is starting, an event in which
the people in the security and
comfort of their own homes can
back the attack In Bnrope.
In this campaign you are only
asked to lend your money, and at
good rates of Intereet, to finance
the coming campaigns to crush
the axis.
In order that each section of the
county have a separate responsi
bility, the county has been divid
ed into districts with a quota of
war bonds set for each. The dis
tricts and their quotas are as fol
io .vs:
North Wilkesboro $832,000.00
K. of P. Lodge
Makes Donation
Supply Pastor
Payne Snceeeds
Williams On City
On School Board
Ferguson
Gllreath
Hays
Lincoln Heights
Millers Creek ....
Moravian Falls
Moimt Pleasant
6,000.00
3.000. 00
6.000. 00
500.00
15.000. 00
7,000.00
10.000. 00
Fierce Fighting In Progress
As Nazis Attempt To Halt
The Advancing Allies
The Allies announced to
day capture of their first
French city, the Nazi-forti
fied town of Bayeux, five
miles inshore in the center
of the Nomiandy invasion
coast, and said they also had
cut the highway from Bay
eux to Caen as they moved
inland in general heavy
fighting against counterat
tacking German reserves.
Caen, 18 miles southeast of
Bayeux and nine miles from the
sea, was the scene of a German
armored counterattack which has
been burled back, headquarters
disclosed, and the Allied forces
were said to be doing generally
"'better than expected”.
Aside from these two towns,
Supreme Headquarters gave no
place-names, ignoring a continu
ing stream of German broadcasts
which reported new Allied attacks
all the way from the Pas de Calais
area on Dover Strait to Nantes at
the base of the big Brittany Pen
insula Jutting out into the At
lantic.
A headquarters communique
said the Allied landing beacbf
had been cleared of the ^eay i
North Wilkesboro Knights of
Pythias lodge In meeting Mon
day night voted to contribute
$100 from the treasury of the
lodge to the Y. M. C. A. building
fund now being raised for the
Wilkes Young Men’s Christian
Association.
Members expressed the opinion
that no more worthy cause could
be found than supporting the Y.
*
movement and expressed
asked to accept quotas far in ex-jtt,e hope that all the people of the
cess of regular purchases in order county will rally to the need tor
to help put the county over in the substantial donations
campaign.
bonds” for y. m. c. a.—
Attention is called to ‘be fact
that series "F” and ’’G’ bonds
may be purchased by those wish
Ing to contribute to the Y. • ■
A fund and that they may have
the bonds made Payable to the J
M C A. The series F bonds
are from $37.00 up and the se-
“G” bonds from ^00^
The campaign to rai^ $160.
with which to erect a Y. M. C. a
here and the Fifth War Loan cau
be carried on cooperatively, be-
ordcr
C. A.
that the $160,000 Y
fund might be raised.
In the meeting attention was
called to the grand lodge meet
ing to be held in Winston-Salem
Tuesday and Wednesday of next
week. J. B. Carter is a mem
ber of the distributing committee
for the grand lodge. Several
members of the local lodge plan
to attend.
Moroccan snails have obtained a i
good foreign market, the principal ^
customer being the United States.
cause it is anticipated ^bat t^ ^ j which uses them in pharmaceutical
M C. A. building fund will remain j pj^ucts, particularly for the man- i
In war bonds until after the war , ^f^cture of sedative sirups for the j
when it will be practical to erect j treatment of bronchitis.
T modernY. M. '
GANV-ASSERS to meet—
Attention of all block leaders
for the Fifth War Loan i^nvass
In North Wilkesboro Is called to
a meeting to b® piday a«er-
noon, four o'clock, in the town
hall All those who have been
contacted by Mrs. Edd Gardner
^rMrs. Gordon Finley to serve
In the campaign are urgently ask
ed to be present.
There the canvassers
riven Instnctions rel
of b^de IP North Wllkes-
Rev. T. Sloan Guy, Jr., who
has assumed his duties as sup
ply pastor of the First Baptist
church here for the months of
June, July and August. Dr.
John W. Klncheloe, Jr., pastor
here since February, 1941, re
signed to become pastor of the
F’lrst Baptist church In Nor
folk, Va., June 1. Rev. and Mrs.
Guy are residing at 305 Third
street and their telephone num
ber is 426M.
will be
relative to
tro.
Surgical Dressing
Workers Nee ded
At the Red Cross
A new shipment of
for making surgical
Srlved at Red Cross headquar-
^owlhat the ihvaslon Is on
numbers of
are needed on the battle
emts and volunteer workers are
fronts, aPd ’ _ and
--ked 'to rally to the cause and
** Vo the local chapter’s quota of
make the .-JTi-,, Monday.
Beginning
the
ypen on schednl^^
lions ConT^tion
In Charlotte Soon
Kori Carolina district of Lions
-^Sonri TriU bold the an-
1» Cb«lott« Sun-
TuemlaT. 8ev
& ot «« North
are planning to
PRIVILEGE IS GIVEN TO WILKES
COUNTY CITIZENS TO ACTIVELY
AID COMFORT OF SERVICEMEN
In New Guinea
ton, who received %.,/lzalnlng
at Fort Ouster, Mlehlgaii, Is now
in New Guinea, according; to
letters received by Us wtfe, the
farmer Miss Mattie Ashley, and
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Whittington, who live ^ear
Ck«ek.
Harold C. Woodruff of Fort
Bragg, secretary of Piedmont
Camp and Hospital council, was
in this city Wednesday. He met
with a group representing the
different civic organizations. The
Lions Club, Kiwanis, D. A. R.,
American Legion, American Le
gion Auxiliary, Dokies, Masons.
Woman’s Club of Wilkesboro,
Woman’s Club of North Wilkes
boro and several churches had
representatives at the meeting.
Mrs. Richard Finley Is chairman
of the Red Cross Camp and Ho?-
i)ital Council for the Wilkes
county chapter.
The basic needs of those in the
armed forces are being supplied
by army and naval authorities,
but there are many supplemen
tary Items which are not provided
from official sources—that Is
where we can be of help—for of
coarse we as civilians will want
to do everything possible to see
that the many extra comforts, sup
plies, and services reach the men
and women In uniforms to whom
they mean so much. It is those
extras that heighten the morale In
the army and navy. The Ameri
can Red (iroBS doee not soHoit
funds for this work, bat through
your local Camp and Hospital
(See Prfvflego page 1»)
Ira D. F*yne Replaces J. B.
Williams On North Wilkes
boro School Board
trakeshoro
3,000,06
76,000.00
TOTAL $990,000.00
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North Wilkesboro city council
in June meeting elected Ira D. I
Payne, well known local mer
chant, to fill the vacancy on the 1
city school board caused by the j
resignation of J. B. Williams, ■
whose home is now outside of the i
city and is on the Brushy Moun- I
tains. I
Mr. Williams had been a mem-1
ber of the board for 23 consecu-i
tlve years and had taken much
interest in educational matters
here. His resignation was direct
ed to D. J. Carter, chairman of the
school board. The board recom
mended to the city council that
Mr. Payne be named to succeed
Mr. Williams.
Mr. Payne for many years has
been engaged in business here
and has been actively interested
In church, civic and school affairs.
Following is reproduced the
letter of Mr. Williams to the
school board In which he submit
ted his resignation:
Gentlemen:
After having served on your
Board continuously for more than
23 years. It Is with keen regret
that I tender my resignation as a
member of the board. Due to the
Many Going Into
Navy On Friday
From Board No. 2
Large Group of Young Men
Will Leave Friday Morn
ing To Begin Service
BRA D. PAYNE
Gasoline Dealers
Pledged to Abide
By 0. P. A. Rules
On Friday morning the largest
single contingent of Wilkes men
for the navy will leave to be in
ducted and to begin naval service, bombed spot prior to the Invasion;
hi
or the inmion
steady reinforcements pdused
by sea and air.
The supreme commander, Gen.
Dwight Eisenhower, toured the
beach areas in a British vessel for
four and one-half hours Wednes
day, conferring with Gen. Sir
Bernard L. Montgomery and oth
er operational chieftains less than
five miles from German-held ter
ritory.
The German accounts, many ap
parently designed purely to pro
voke replies, claimed the British
Sixth Parachute Division had
been “annihilated”, that a beach
head on the right bank of the
Orne River had hreen wiped out;
chat a new amphibious attack had
been made on the Calais area
nearest Britain and heaviest
Meeting Held Monday; Cou
pons To Be Accepted Must
Be For The Vehicle
Gasoline dealers of Wilkes
county in meeting here Monday
night pledged not to let black
market gasoline pass through
fact that I have now registered ' their service stations,
and have become a citizen of I The meeting was called by S.
Brushy Mountain Township, of ' V. Tomlinson, chairman of the pe-
this county. It is, therefore, man-ltroleum products advisory com-
The group •. -Ill go from hoard
number two and consists princi
pally of young men who passed
the physical examination in April.
A similarly large group will go
from board number 1 at another
date.
The list of men notified to leave
for navy Induction Friday morning
follows:
Kyle Monroe Brlnegar
Robert tiee Bryant
Robert Jones Lyons
William Samuel GiUlum
Esma Bryce Teague
Robert William Cheek
Connie Gwens
(See Many Going—page 12)
datory that I resign from the
board, but I wish to assure you
In tendering this resignation that
(See Payne—page 6)
SHOES — Airplane stamps
No. 1 and No. 2 (Book 8) val
id indefinitely.
GASOLINE—Coupons No. 10
In A book good for three gal
lons became effective May 9
and will expire August 8.
SUGAR—Sugar stamps No.
30 and No. 31, (book 4) good
for five pounds indefinitely.
Stamp No. 32 becomes good in
definitely June 16 for five
pounds.
CANNING SUGAR — Sugar
stamp No. 40 geod for five
poonds of eanalag angar until
February 18, 1846.
PROCESSED FOODS—Blue
A8 throngh X8 (Book 4) now
valid at 10 points each, (or use
with tokens. Good indefinitely.
' meats an® fats — Bed
AS throngh W8 (Book 4) now'
valid at 10 points eaih, tor use
with tokens. Good Ihdsflnltlff:
ir. .'.m.
ralttee for WllkJS county, who
presided. It was estimated that
70 per cent of the service stations
operators in the county were pres
ent for the meeting.
Mack Moore, district rationing
officer of the OPA, explained the
(See Gasoline—page 12)
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City Council Has
Meeting Tuesday;
Many Matters Bp
Tax Payments To Be Ac
cepted! At Rate Of Sl.,10,
Subject To Adoption
North Wilkesboro board of
commissioners in June session
Tuesday evening transacted many
items of pnbllc Interest.
The budget for the coming
year was discussed and W. P.
Blelly, clerk and treasurer, was
authorised to accept pre-payment
1844 tazM at an eettmated
rate of 11.10 on each hundred
dollars vpinatfon of property. The
rata thla year la only 11.00 hfut
dwing- the eomiag rw tj$eia will
he HiiMr n#wtSr jM bcwide and
Visits Home
P^, Marion A. Church, eon of
Rev. i^ad Mrs. John Onveh, of
Summit, has been spending a
15-day furlough with rrisflvcs
and frtewts, after cosaptetton
of his baste training at Eaealnr
Field, mnrtea^pt, and five
weelBi alMIMonal twUnjnginPo-
trpit., Pvt. emnb lb ah air-
that new Allied air-borne opera
tions were directed against Lo-
rlent, Nataes and St. Brieuc—all
on the Brittany Peninsula, and
on Falaise and Argentan, 30
miles south of Caen, and 40 miles
Inland.
The Germans spoke at length of
the "surprising” strength of air
borne operations, and Alliod
headquarters confirmed that these
were continued Wednesday on a
large scale, without mentioning
localities.
The Germans said Oaen was
aflame, and Allied accounts Infer-
entially confirmed this by describ
ing heavy air attacks In that area
and shelling of It by the 16-lnch
guns of the British battleship Nel
son.
Heaviest fighting apparently
centered around Caen and Bay
eux, the latter a cathedral town,
once of 9,000 population.
Reports from the front men
tioned many casualties, although
there was no solid evidence of fue
BCtnal number or proportion. Both
the U. S. and British navies re
ported their casualties in person
nel and ships were so far very
small.
Resistance of the German Navy
and air force continued relatively
light with B-boats driven off in
two attacks and 61 German planes
downed Wednesday by the over
whelming Allied air cover, ^hlch
lost 33 of its own planes. Light
ning fighter-bombers demolished
a German headquarters Wednew-
day afternoon.
One returning flier said the
Germans had flooded three large
lowland areas near the beaches In
efforts to hold up the Allied ad
vance. J
The German'lead Torte pnt ap
increasing resistapee that wm aof-
peeted to bsepme still strongec. as
the KaM eommand stmggted to
dlpc«m and ' meet the Affisi
Mrategy. -
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