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Mn MTrtl* Fratiud fell Sat-
irdajr at Iter hone la thie city
and broke her right am.
The Olrl Scoots will aot hare a
aestiBg this week, it was an*
nouteed today.
Mia. Bertha Bdl. Wilkes cona-
tySi health aarse, speat yesterday
la Barry conaty with relatlyes.
Miss Alice'Cassel left Taesday
to Tlsit her sister, Mrs. C. Monroe
WlUlams, at Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Miss Mary Yeakle Phipps is
Tisltlng her a«nt, Mrs. B. B. Ban-
aer, at Galax, ^a.
Mr. li. B. Shepherd, who bolds
a position in Norfolk. Va., spent
the week-end at his home on North
WUkesboro rente three.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Marshall re-
tnmed rrlday from a rlsit with
Mrs. Marshall’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Clandie Newsom, at King.
BS Hattie Pegram. of Greens-
has arrived to spend some
1 as the guest of Mrs. John An-
Bws, of Boomer.
Mrs William Barber suffered
an ankle fracture in a fall at her
I home in Wilkesboro Saturday,
! June 3.
Mrs. Nell Green and daughter,
Isarbara, of Savannah, Ga., are
Isitlng Mrs. Green’s parents. At
torney and Mrs, R, Henderson
Mrs. Jim WlUls and son, Jimmy,
left Wednesday for a visit with
Mrs. Willis’ parents at Tuskeegee,
Ala.
Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Winters and
son. Gene, of Laurinburg, spent
Priday and Saturday here with
Mrs. Winters’ mother, Mrs. D. G.
Wiles.
Mrs. Dora Hall, of Hays, reports
having had snap beans from her
garden since June 1 and has been
getting squash and other vegeta
bles.
Miss Ruby Pardue has returned
to Washington, D. C., after spend
ing three weeks with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Par-
due.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Par
sons and children, Wade and
Wllme, of Brooklln, Md.. are
spending their vacation with rela-
;j^:ives in the county.
Miss Betty Henderson, who
holds a position in Winston-Salem,
spent the week-end with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Render
son.
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Mrs. W. E. Long and grand
daughter, Miss Ruth Long,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. T.
• Long, are visiting their son and
nncle, Dr. H. M. Long, at Lafayet
te, La. They will return the latter
part of this month.
Who Move About
Mrs. Ralph Da-sis and daughter,
Mn. M. 0. Woodie and two child
ren, are in Wilmington vliitlng
Mrs. Davis’ dani^ter, Mrs. L. D.
Bordeaux.
Miss Gertrude Webeter, dsngh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Webster,
of WUkesboro, Is vlslUng her
s^nt, Mrs. Hngh Bowen, at Fair-
field, Alabama.
Mrs. Lncla Griffin will return
to her home in Oreenehoro 'Tues
day after spending a few days in
WUkesboro with her sisters, Mrs.
J. B. Henderson and Mrs. J. R.
Hendenon.
Miss Frances Renssean attend
ed a house party at Gastonia last
week of Greensboro College girls.
Miss Rousseau, daughter of Judge
and Mrs. J. A. Rousseau, was a
freshman at the college the past
sesuion.
Mr. Robert Smoak, son of Mr.
and Mrs. N. O. Bmoak, of Wilkes
boro, entered Davidson College at
Davidson today. Robert was a
member of this year’s graduating
class of the WUkesboro high
school.
Mrs. Paul Lenderman Is attend
ing summer school at the Ap
palachian State Teachers College
at Boone. Her two children,
Paula and Robert, are attending
the model school connected with
the college.
Mr. W. G. Gabriel and daughter.
Miss Margie Gabriel, and Mrs.
Treva Pbilp, have returned to the
city after spending last week In
New York buying merchandise for
Belk’s store of which Mr. Gabriel
is manager.
Messrs. Gilbert T. Bare and J.
W. Steele have returned home af
ter a business trip to New York In
the interest of their mercantile
establishments — Bare’s Depart
ment Store and Western Auto As
sociate Store, respectively.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Isaac
Duncan, of St. Louis, Mo., a
daughter, Annetta, on June 8.
Mr. Duncan Is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Duncan, of this city,
and Mrs. Duncan Is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Hartley, of
Wilkesboro.
Miss Bleeka Phillips, daughter
of Mrs. Pearl Phillips, of WUkes
boro, has entered Lees-McRae
College at Banner Elk. Miss Phil
lips, before go ng to Banner Elk,
held a position as a member of
the sales personnel at Belk’s De
partment store.
Mrs. Frank Killian and young
daughter, Jane, returned to their
home at Lincolnton Sunday fol
lowing a two week's visit here with
Mrs. Killian’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Rom H. Pearson. Mr. Kil
lian came over for the week-end
and accompanied them home.
ment hu announced the follow
ing dates for fiviag vaccination
agafaut typhoid imd diptherla.
The people are ahked to meet the
repreaentattvM of the health de-
paitment at* the moet convenient
places:
Toeedbiy, jriuw l*th
Maple Springs school, 10:80 a.
m.; Hendrix school, 1:00 p. m.;
Mt Pleasant .school, 8:00 p. m.:
Bolling Springe, 8:00 p. m.
WedBeedagr, Amec 14
Cricket school, 10:00 p. m.;
Millers Creek school, 11:00 p. m.;
Tnmer Nichols’ home, 1:00 p. m.;
Reddlee River postoffice, 2': 00 p.
m.; Whittington school, 2:80 p.
m.; WUbar post office, 8:00 p. m.
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Ernest G. Jennings
Claimed By Death
Fnneral service was held Satur
day at the FalrplalnB community
church for Ernest Glenn Jen
nings, age 68, who died Friday.
Mr. Jennings Is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Maggie Jennings, and
the following children. Senter,
Monroe, Roby, J. C. Franklin, J.
C. Edward, Presley, Roy and
Claude Jennings, Mrs. Finley
Minton, Mrs. Baxter Wyatt,
Edith and Carroll Jennings.
Scout Court Honor
To Meet Thursday
Wilkes district Boy Scout court
of honor -will meet Thursday eve
ning, 7:30, In the religious edu
cation building of the Presby
terian church. All Interested In
Scouting are asked to attend.
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News of Osborne Brothers
WUllam V. Osborne, s2c, has
returned to sea duty after spend
ing a seven-day leave with his
wife, of Wilkesboro, and his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Osborne,
of McGrady. Seaman Osborne
and his brother, Cpl. Wade Os
borne, met again after two and
one-half years. Cpl. Osborne is
home on leave from the South
west Pacific.
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News Of Watson Brothers
Pfc. and Mrs. Edgar Watson, of
Camp Davis, spent Sunday' and
Monday with Pfc. Watson’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. 0. M. Watson,
at Summit. Pfc. Watson la in the
army signal corps and Is assigned
to an anti-aircraft unit. Ernest
D. Watson, other son of Mr. and
Mrs. O. M, .Wstapn la service, Is
again on the Pacific after being In
the states for some time. He was
a member of the crew of the USS
Helena, which was sunk by the
Japanese In Kula Gulf July 7 of
last year.
John H. Watts Visits
Parents Xt Boomer
John H. Watts, painter 3c, will
return to the naval air station at
Hutchinson, Kansas, today after a
visit at Boomer with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Watts. He
has been In the navy for 23 years.
Mrs. Watts accompanied him on
his visit to Wilkes.
Thursday
and
Friday
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and rgimanca!
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Ira Elledga Promotadr
Ap Air Ssrvtee Oommsad Sup
ply Depot In Bnglund—The pio-
motiiHi of Ira-B. BUedge, buhuiid
of Mrs. Mary Ann Blledge of Mil
lers Creek, N. C., from the grade
of private f*rst claee to the rank
of corporal waa announced re
cently at thla station.
Cpl. Blledge, vrko le a technieal
supply clerk In one of the vrare-
bonses here, has been In serriee
in England approximately den
months.
Before entering the army in
April, 1948, Corporal Blledge was
employed In upholstering work at
the Home Chair and Fnmitnre
company In Ronda, N. C. He la
the son of Mrs. Martha J. Elledge
of Hays, N. C. He has a brother,
Charles W. Blledge, who Is also
In the army stationed in England
and the two have seen each other
since oomlng overseas.
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Seaman Adams On Leave
R. E. Adams, seaman second
class. Is now spending a seven-
day leave at his home on Wilkes
boro route one. Mrs. Adams and
children, Richard, Earl, Jr., and
Mary Yeakle, have been in Nor
folk, Va., with Seaman Adams for
the past two months but have re
turned to their home.
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L. W. Shumate, USN, Home
Over Week-End
L. W. Shumate, seaman 2-c,
was home the past week-end from
Balnbrldge, Md., where he is at
tending a hospital corps school,
and visited in Mulberry township
with his family and other rela
tives. Seaman Shumate Is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Shumate,
and friends will be glad to learn
that he Is getting along fine In the
navy.
AAA
Radio Man C. Miller
Colored, Visits Here
F. C. Miller, colored, a radio
man In the navy with the rank of
second class petty officer, has re
turned to Portland, Maine, where
he Is stationed. P. C. has been
visiting hl8 wife In this city,
friends In Wilkesboro and his par
ents who reside in Ashe county.
He was recently highly commend
ed by his commanding officer for
the fine work he was doing to the
navy as a leader of his men.
AAA.
Cpl. James Hemphill Goes
To Camp Sibert
Cpl. James Hemphill, accom
panied by his friend, Pfc. Alexan
der Brancilla, visited his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Hemphill, sev
eral days ago enroute from Edge-
wood Arsenal located near Balti
more to Camp Sibert, Ala., which
Is now a replacement center fon
the army service forces.
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T. Sgt. Warner Miller, Jr.,
Home On Visit
Technical Sergeant Warner W.
Miller, Jr., will return to Las Ve
gas, Nevada, this week after a
visit with his parents In Wilkes
boro. Sgt. Miller has been an air
corps Instructor at Las Vegas but
expects to be transferred soon to
an air base In Texas. Mrs. Miller
and daughter, Ann Crater, who
have been at Las Vegas with Sgt.
Miller for five months returned
home with him, and will remain
for an extended visit In Wilkes.
Mrs. MUler is the daughter of
Rev. and Mrs. R. R. Carter, of
Ronda.
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Lt. Johnson Home
First Lt. John Henry Johnson,
of Richmond, Va., arrived Satur
day to spend a week’s leave with
his parents, Ex-Sheriff and Mrs.
J. H. Johnson. Lt. Johnson was
recently promoted from rank of
second lieutenant to first lieu
tenant.
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J. C. Psurdue In Service
J. C. Pardue, who enlisted in
the XT. S. Navy reserve as aviation
mate, has now entered service and
Is now taking his boot training at
Camp Peary, Virginia. He Is a
graduate of North WUkesboro
high school and Is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Gilbert Pardue of this
city.
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Robert Dameron Heune
Robert Dameron, seaman second
class, has ccunpleted his boot
training at Camp Peary, Va., and
Is spending several days leave with
his family at Traphlll.
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Sgt. KUby Writes
With a notice of change of ad
dress First Sergeant Alvin Kilby
writes the following note to The
Journal-Patriot from Europe by
V-mall:
"Speaking from my heart, it
has been a great pleasure to read
about the people hack home, and
1 find It, all there In The Journal-
Patriot.' I wish to thank you for
, ia :^OBderful home paper. Some-
■**“ “Bay I hope to thank yon personal-
ly".
Bee birds havLg Idlled many
of their heM, aplariibi In Austra
lia are breeding butcher Unkr*
which attsek and rout the bee bbdg
on slfbt. M '
tng proffMh with the time and oar
tmun are heglanlng to see re-
Suits of the Uveatoek program
whloh We Are been worktof oh
tor the past aeveral years. Ap-
proxtanataly 40 pnnbted hulls
have been fdaeed wlth-the fanhen
throughout oonnto daring the
past toor years and ths otliprlngs
tnm these boos are pntrhig to be
to flicdr dams. Btoi’titig
ths pnrebted estopalfpi A*
0BtanUy sioir bet it || tbeihaod-
aad eheapest mraod ot get
ting better Uveetock. Many farm-
era with these bnlls have stated
that their parebrett bnBs are driv
ing out the acrob bolls whleh la a
good sign that the termora are in
terested ,in better Uveatoek. We
have a nnmber ot termers and
some 4-H CInb membrnrs who
would like to take another for
ward step, tbst Is, to develop a
purebred herd. With this in mind
we are going to try to bring In
some pnrebred femtdes from time
to time in order that we might
get more pnrebred herds started.
The first of these sales will be
held at^e old fair gronnd Satur
day, Jnn4l7, at 2:00 p. m. Six
teen pureved Jersey heifers will
fa« otfsiM ii a noshpsoflt smo-,
tloa sate ud the aad,
dab msatoars who ara inlarsstad
i,4teiral0dag a asull to»*br«4
~^'ihoaId take advaaitaga of tlia.
«( this sate. ai
flotf^sOQt sd* mada-paaidbla
o OAo Dairy Oompaaiy.
are told that Ihia cattle ojU;
the (tooniMr Jmmt Aania
whsra two of oar; sM|oriyi!afir
tnaeda will aU be kill
ed tot food befora tbo war is ovar.
■iWetore, it saems ipaaonaMe to
thtedc that OWky oattto tot to-
•toaUng these idsa will .baas to
ompe from othsr ssetloBs of tha
aottetey^t Fh(l|4lA.whi' start d»-
TotogtoB apttteibdlwdl ncto
shot^ A ill position to heto *4^.
stock many of onr cattle eonntries
In the fotm- r:
in addition to tho hundreds of
termors ..in tha eonnty who si«
eelllng msnnteetnFBd milk to the
Oobla Dairy Company we. now
have 10 Grade A prodnears oom-
pared to only tour three years
ago. Thme are others who plan
to go Into Grade' A 'brodnetlon as-
soon aa they oan hnlld thalr herds
large enough so that It wiU Jno-
tify them to do so.
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