(The PMquoUnk Patrol)
By virtue of 36 years service in
the^ Navy, either on active duty
M in the Fleet Reserve, Aviation
Cnief Machinist's ^date Charles
Steelman, Mastei;-at-Anns in the
Mess Hall, outnu^ his four other
brothers in t^ Navy.
But don’t' get the idea they’re
^MINISTRATOR’S NOTICnE
Hanng qualified as Administra
tor of the estate of E. C. Allen,
“*®®**^> lute of Wilkes county.
North CaroHna,_ this is to notify
persons h&vin^ claims against
tw estate of said deceased to ex-
hibit them to, the underkigned
whose addresg is Ferguson, N. C.,
w or before the 20th day of June,
1945, or this notice will be pleaded
m bar of their recovery. All per
sons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate payment.
This 19th day of June, 1944.
HENRY WALSH,
Administrator of the estate of EL
C. Allen, dec’d. 7-24-6t(M)
Dr. E. S. Cooper
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“youngsters” in the service, for
they help boost the combined
service time of the five Steelmans
to no less than 127 years. In fact,
a newspaper In their native town
of Knoxville, Tenn., two years ago
flatly declared it believed the
Steelman boys held a national rw-
ord for the largest one-family
number of years of Navy service.
Charlie, who first saw the light
of day in Knoxville, Tain., just 64
years agro today, is the oldest of
the five brothers now on active
duty, and therefore holds the whip
in the Navy family. The others are
Lieut, (jg) George Steelman, who
with 27 years In the Navy now Is
in charge of free l»lloon training
at Moffett E7eld, Calif.; John, a
Chief Boatswain’s Mpte on the
USS EPTINO FXIRBST, with 21
years service; Hugh A, who after
19 years in the Navy now holds
the rating of Chief Machinist’s
Mate (Ret.) on the USS WYOM
ING, and Ensign Bill Steelman,
USN, the “kid brother” with only
18 years service—somewhere in
the South Pacific.
Ehilisted In 1908
Charlie Steelman’s long Navy
career began on February 27,1908,
when he left a job as a wiper in
a Southern Railway roundhouse to
enlist in his home town.
Finishing “boot” cimp at New
port, he served on the USS WEST
VIRGINIA until May, 1911, when
he reenlisted and became ship-
keeper for a Naval Militia vessel
at Morgan City, La.
From there he went to the USS
BARNEY, a torpedo boat in the
reserve torpedo divis:on on the
Atlantic Coast—and that brought
him his nearest approach to ship
wreck. The division, racing from
Charleston to New York in 1912
was caught in a storj.a off the Vir
ginia Capes — and the boat on
which Steelman was serving ran
out of coal and water and wag lost
for two days at sea until a Naval
tug found her and towed her into
Norfolk.
Survey Off Cuba
Shortly after that episode he
was assigned to the gunboat PA-
DUC.AEi and spent neaily three
years oi> her, surveying the ocean
floor off the southern coast of Cu
ba and doing blockade duty in Cu
ban waters when revolution broke
out there in 1915.
During the first World War, he
was in charge of recruiting in
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wives are well prepared to meet this demand
because they have the help of ntamked tlectrk
cookiflg which retaim the essential vitamins and
minerals m food.
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nUadelphla.
Jackson, Miss., won the rating of
Chief Quartermaster, but relin
quished it voluntarily late in 1919
to enlist for aviation duty. And in
two years he had completed the
aviation machinist’s mate course
at Great Lakes and won his wings
as a Naval Aviation Pilot at Pen
sacola—LTA flight training cen
ter in those days.
Freak Solo Hop
In 1922, Steelman reported to
NAS, Lakehurst, as an Aviation
Chief Rigger. 'Phere were no non-
rigid airships assigned there and
the only flying being done was in
kite balloons. He likes to recall the
time he wag alone on one of the
balloons when it got away from
the ground crew in heavy winds
and carried him 12 miles over
New Jersey, landing without so
much as scratching him.
Upon retirement to the Fleet
Re.serve in 1922, Steelman worked
as a blacksmith helper and as an
investigator for the Federal Bu
reau of Prohibition and Bureau of
Internal Revenue, then was re
called In 1942 and sent to Naval
Reserve Aviation bases at Atlanta,
Ga., and Ottumwa, Iowa. He re
ported here in November, 1942.
W« oftqn •&ld,v"TDa
do4’t think in the ermy, yon do he
you are told”. Right enough,
but all the time you are doing as
you are told. Opinions or many
descriptions will form themselves
in spite of the sergeants and cor
porals or other powers that h
Perhaps they are not as benevo
lent as they might be, and maybe
they are In the way of scoring ac
counts on the day when you hear
“dismissed” for the last time.
Gk>od, bad, and indifferent, they
all merge together to form the
morale of the individual and
finally the whole unit.
Many a soldier’s mind wanders
along the line of what he is going
to do when on pass or furlough
while his actual being as march
ing or carrying out some military
duty.
'The morning I stood and kissed
my wife goodbye your mind could
be In only one channel at that
time. Right yon are, It was. I
made the best of that kiss, It was
the last for a long time.
Tears were In hw eyes as I
barked away and went to the car
that was waiting for me. It was
hard for me to leave her but the
look in her eyes said: "I'll be
.
ttote the h5r^^>« vrorRt
Have I tMHNl t$imq#ie. sad hon)*^'
sick.’ Yes!^"itdiiy ih# snares
the devil has' Mt for aSii, Ma^ elf
a time he bas^whlspered. hove a
good time, she’ll never know. In
my memory the ansifer comes
back as clear as the call to at
tention. 1 see that disappearing
flgnre and that smile' and the
tear laden eyes. 1 hear the final
words, “goodbye”, and remember
I am praying for you. Wherever
you go. And I believe that with
all my heart because God has
wonderfully blessed me since I
have been gone. And not only me
but many others In the service
now. You see, my friend, why I
act what you call strange. Yon
wonder why I don’t rnsh for the
canteen when they say “Beer Is
on”. 'When the dice are rolling,
I am not there. When the talk
runs to women, I say, “There Is
only one woman In this world for
me”. That, my friend, is why
you find me in church when I get
the chance.
Yes, I know that you crave ex
citement. All right, search the
wide world over, hunt for true
happiness, hut the one place where
it can be found Is in the Lord
•Qt# irtpB)lla ttii wh-Tdi or . _
this beftoifTalU antof ererythlng,;
hflht '&• up and I'll poldt out the'
real thing to yon. It I am not
around,-dig down' Info yonr bar-
raolEB bag for the teetament your
pastor gave yon when you left
home, the one that yon have been
ashamed to let anyone know you
possessed.' Read It soldier from
cover to cover. It Is a guide hook
to true happiness. It was God who
gave ns our freedom and our
rights which we are fighting for.
Let him be a leader In yonr life.
He has never lost a battle.
P'VT. CLAUDE J. MILLER
Somewhere In Italy.
PLUMBIR6
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North Wilkesboro, N. C
PARIS, ONCE GAY NOW
CITY OF MISERY
Laughter and gaity have given
way to gloom and misery in the
once-great capital, “Cro.ssroads of
the World", and the prize of great
armies. Read John Erskine’s fas
cinating story in the July 30th Is
sue of The American Weekly,
favorite magazine with The Balti
more. Sunday American. Order
from your newsdealer.
Keep stored foods In a dry place
and prepare a place where canned
foods will not freeze.
SERVICE OF SUMMONS BY
PUBLICATION
North Carolina, Wilkes County.
In the Superior Court
Lonnie Combs
vs.
Shirley Bauguess and wife, Bertie
■Viola Bauguess, Charlie H.
Bauguess, Mitch Pruitt and wife,
Dollie Pruitt
The defendant, Charlie H. Bau-
guess, will take notice that an ac
tion entitled as above has been
commenced in the Superior Court
of Wilkes county, North Carolina,
for the purpose of setting aside a
fraudulent Deed for lands situat
ed in Wilkes county. North Caro
lina, and for possession of lands
described in the Complaint, and
the said defendant Charlie H.
Bauguess. will further take no
tice that he is required to appear
at the office of Clerk of the Su
perior Court of Wilkes county, at
the Courthouse in Wilkesboro, N.
C„ within thirty days after the
last publication of this notice, and
answer or demur to the Complaint
in said action, a copy of which is
on file for him or the plaintiff
(rill apply to the Court for the n
lief demanded in said complaint.
This 80th day of June, 1944.
C. C. HAYES,
Clerk of the Superior Court of
Wilkes County, N. C. 7-24-4tM
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND
By virtue of authority contained
in a certain deed of trust execut^
on the 6th day of MarcK US38, by
CTaude Hall, single, to C. D. Cof
fey, Jr., trustee, said deed of trust
being recorded in the office of the
Regmter of Deeds of Wilkes coun
ty, in book 184, page 66, and the
stipulation of said deed of trust not
ha^ng been complied with, and at
the request of ine holder of the
lote secured by said deed of trust,
the imdersigned trustee will, on
Monday, August 7, 1944, at 12
o’clock. Noon,' at the courthouse
door in Wilkesboro, North Caro
lina, offer for sale at public auc
tion to the highest bidder for cash
lie following described real es
tate, to-wit:
Being Sixty-First Tract, known
leing Six .
as the William Royal land, aH(»n-
■ ■ ■ ~ 1, Thos.
ing the lands of John Royal,
W^tt and others, lying in Union
tovroship, and bounded as follows:
Beginning on a white walniit and
runs south 17 deg. wnst 4S\4
to a chestnut oak; tiiap south 86
pdes to a stake on a ndlM; thm
south 61 deg. •west 77 VMUs to
black gum in the John Royal we;
then Boru 84 poles to a chestnut
oak, his comer; then north 65 deg.
west^ poles to a maple; then
nortit ^ deg. east 46 poles to a
stake; then north 68 deg. west 26
pides to a large chestnut; then
nortih r*
Li
CoimtyTax Promptly
Because
Payment of 1943 Tax on or before Augnst 1st, at the office
of the Sheriff, will save yon an Extra Penalty.
Because
Payment of your 1944 County Tax, at the office of the
County Aecouhtant, will reduce the amount of Tax II per
cent, if payment is made on or before August 1st.
Because
If you are delinquent for the year 1942, and prior years, in
terest and penalties are increasing just as long as you fail
to make settlement at the County Accountant’s office.
ITS A GOOD TIE TO PAY YOUR TAXES
• Make Payment Now to the Proper Tax Collector, and Save! •
Of Wilkes County