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Membership In Legion Now
Open To Veterans World
War One and Two
The resular meeting of the
Wilkes County Post of the Ameri
can Legion for June was held In
tl>o Legion-Auxiliary Cluh house
o6 the night of June 2nd. At
this meeting the following officers
were elected to head the activi
ties of the local post for the en
suring year:
Commander, Major Edmund
Robinson; First Vice-Co'mmander,
John W. Leyshon: Second Vice-
Commander, Dr. J. G. Bentley;
Third Vice-Commander, Walter
Morrison; Adjutant and Finance
r, Charles Jenkins; Service
'et, A. F. Kilby. Sergeant-at-
Charlie Porter; Chaplain.
G. Finley; Historian, T. A.
nley,' Athletic Officer, W. J.
Bason; Child Welfare, Dr, Fred
Hubbard; Americanism Officer,
W. D. Halfacre; National Defense
Officer, J. B. McCoy; Graves Reg
istration Officer, Dr. M. G. Ed-
ds; Employment Officer. T. L.
prry; Boys’ State Officer, L. M.
Json; Boy Scout Officer, A- G-
Flbley; Publicity Officer, Julius
C. Hubbard; Oratorical Contest
Chairman, W. D. Halfacre; Chair
man, Sons of Legion, A. G. Finley.
At the last meeting of the Na
tional Convention of the Ameri-
man Legion which was held at
Kansas City, Mo., the Charter of
The American Legion was amend
ed so as to include honorably dis
charged veterans of World Wai
Two. The Wilkes County I’ost
considers itself most fortunate in
that it has at its helm lor the in
coming year, Major E. P. Rotiin-
8on who served in both World
Wars 1 and 2.
The Adjutant and Finance Offi-
icer for the ensuing year is
Charles Jenkins, a veteran of.
World War number 2. T, L. i’er
ry, a veteran of World War 2. ha.
been elected to the post of Em
ployment Officer. .Mr. Perry is n
member of the staff of the U. S
Employment Service for North
Carolina and is well qualified to
head this important post for the
_ egion. No doubt many returning
veterans of World War 2 will avail
themselves of the good services
of his office in re-adjusting them
selves to civilian occupations af
ter having been honorably dis
charged from the service.
Major F. C. Hubbard, chairman
of the Child Welfare committee,
Is a veteran of both World Wars
1 and 2. The other officers and
committee chairmen are veterans
of World War 1. The post and
the auxiliary of the post are or
ganized to render the best possi
ble service to the communi'y.
state and nation.
Missing In Action
Aiotter Cate Of
Pvt. Claude E. Wallace has
been rei>ortel missing in action
in lYance since June 13, “i*-'
cording to a message received
by his niotiier, Mrs. J. C. WaJ.-
lace, of North WUkesboro. Pvt-
Wallace entered the army In
February, 1943, received tmin-
ing at Camp Wolters, Texas,
and was sent overseas in July,
1943.
Serving In France
InWHk^Coaiity
Health Officer Sternly Warns
Parents to Continue Pre
caution In The County
"If parents in Wilkes county
wish to protect their children. If
they are Interested In their
health and future welfare, they
will keep their children at home
and not become lax In the pre
cautions to prevent further
spread of Infantile paralysis”.
Dr. A. J. Eller, Wilkes health of
ficer, said today.
Dr. Eller made the statement
when he received reports that
some parents have been allowing
their children to he on the streets,
at stores, ball games and at other
public places since the polio epi
demic has begun to wane.
However, two new cases have
been reported this week. The
one reported today, which swelled
the total since June 1 to 34, was
Wayne Pardue, 12-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Pardue, of
the Cllngman community near
Ronda. He has been placed in the
emergency hospital at Hickory.
Dr. Eller said that precautions
to prevent spread of the disease
apparently have been of much
.benefit, because the number of
I new cases during the past two
weeks has been much smaller than
in the three previous weeks.
However, he explained that at this
season of the year there may be
serious outbreak of new cases un
less rigid precautions are follow
ed.
Tax Advertising
To Be In August
Real estate on which 1943 taxes
have not been paid will be adver
tised daring the month of August
and will be sold for taxe.s on the
first Monday in September.
The Wilkes county board of coni-
nussioners in session yesterday or
dered the real estate on which 1943
county taxes have not been paid
advertised as the law provides, and
sold for taxes September 4.
All who have not j>aid 1943 tax
es are urged to do so during the
rsnnaindei of this month and save
additional penalty and advertising
costs.
Returns to Duty
^ ioat«
imJ to Golf-
J ao after spend-
his parent!*,
O, Blevlna, of
giVed trataln* at
, saKHil at St.
Staff .Sergeant OroiLiM. Hud-
■son is now with invasion forces
in bTiuiee. Oren volunteered
r«)r service In H»4(> aiul ha.s been
ovcrs-iis since -Novenibor, 1943.
In a reexmt letter received l>y
his wife, the former Mi.ss Edna
W iles, he .stntetl tliat he had
iM'en in action but came through
witliout a scratcli. He said he
wiLS getting along fine and
thought the war would soon he
over. His wife and little flaugh-
ter, Karen Linda, make their
home witli his parents, -Hr. and
-Mrs. r. S. Hud.son, 904 Trogdon
street. North W'ilkesboro.
Chief Petty Officer
Frank Pennell Here
Chief Petty Officer Frank Pen
nell, a veteran of over 30 years in
the navy, was here on a visit to his
old home at Cricket this week.
Petty Officer Pennell was in all of
the three invasions—-North .Africa,
Sicily, and France, and during the
latter hit' ship, the Susan B. An
thony, was sunk, and he narrowly
escaped with his life.
Pennell arrived in Wilkes from
the west coast, but will report for
duty at .some point on the Atlantic
seaboard.
While in V/ilkes he visited his
sister. Miss Laura Pennell, at
Cricket, and before leaving the
state he and his sister visited their
brother, Mr. James Pennell and
family, at Cleveland.
Chief Petty Officer Pennell is
the son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Pennell.
YANKS TAKE
14 TOWNS IN .
NEW D^E
A great combined American
tank and infantry assault smash
ed through the German first and
second defense lines and Into rear
artillery positions west of St. Lo
Wednesday, scoring gains ’ up to
flve miles deep through a four-
mil^-wide breach in the Nazi po
sitions.
At least 14 towns, including
two important road junctions, fell
in the drive, which outflanked, the
stubborn Nazi line cunning north
westward to the coast.
On the eastern flank of the Al
lies Normandy beachhead the
Brltlah-Canadlan offensive bump
ed to a standstill against the
toughest defense belt yet encoun
tered, and press dispatch^ reach
ing London early today reported a
serious setback in the Ome-Odon
wedge where the British were said
to have been burled from the town
of Eaquay and strategic Hill 112.
This dispatch remained without
headquarters confirmation.
Mount Pleasant
Masons Planning
A Masonic Hall
Dr. James W. Davis Host To
Mount Pleasant Lodge In
Annual Banquet Here
Decision to erect a modern fra
ternity hall for Mount Pleasant
Maeoiric-lodge-war reached In the
annual banquet given that lodge
here on -Saturday evening by Dr.
James W. Davis, of Statesville,
who was host and toastmaster for
the occasion.
Twenty members and three
guests were present for the ban
quet, which was given at Hotel
Wilkes by Dr. Davis, who has been
a member of the lodge for many
years.
Following the banquet Dr. Da
vis led in a discussion of the plans
to erect a modem building for the
lodge when conditions will per
mit. The building is to have an
assembly hall, dining room, kitch
en, library and other facilities.
A committee composed of Dr.
Davis, D. F. Shepherd and J. C.
McNeill was appointed to raise
funds for erection of the build
ing. It was explained that re
ceipts will be given donors and
that donations may be exempted
from taxable income In making in
come tax returns.
News Of Kilby Brothers
Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Kilby this
week received letters from their
sons in service overseas. Sgt.
Conrad Kilby, who is in the air
corps ground crews, has arrived in
China. Sgt. Gwyn J. (Shine) Kil
by is now with Invasion forces in
France. Their many friends will
be glad to know they are getting
along fine.
Twice Wounded
CpL King Jk. Key for the sec
ond time has been wounded In
actiem against the Japanese, ac
cording to a message received
here by his wife. The h*st
wonnds were recetred while tn
action on Baipiui. In November,
1948, he was wounded during
the oqitore of Tamwai. Hie was
wounded both tiines in the rlfdtt
leg. Key has been Ig aerr-
lee oversees with the marliies
for the peat 18 months.
f g010^1^0I ■ -rCrr ^
browns ill Lake '
Pvt. Arthur Ashley, son of
Mr. end Mrs. Will Ashley, of
WUbar, -was accidentally drown
ed in America Lake In Tacoma,
Washlngtoi., Sunday, Jnly 8. He
and one of his huddles were
pleasure riding In a boat on the
lake when the boat overturned
and both were drowned. Pvt.
Ashley liad been In service 18
montiks and had been In train
ing In several states. His body
arrived homo Monday, July 17,
and funeral service was held
Wedne.-«la.v, July 19, at Piney
Ridge Baptist church. Pvt.
Ashlej' is survived by his fath
er and mother, six sisters and
one brother: Mrs. T'hurmond
Paw, Wilkesboro route one;
Mrs. Ernest Parsons, Wilkes-
boro; Mrs. David Deal, Bassett,
Va.; Mrs. .-\ndrew WhUtlngton,
Wilkesboro route one; Miss
I'ansy Ashley, Baltimore, Md.;
Miss Lily A.shley, Wilkesboro
^oute one; and Mrs. Roej' Asli-
Ie,v, Martinsville, Va.
Minimum Fare On
Local Bus Lines
To Be Ten Cents
Five-Cent Fare Will Be Du-
continuedl Aiifu^
Wilkes Transportation company
and Parkway Bus company will
discontinue the five-cent minimum
fare on local buses, effective on
August 1st.
In announcements today, and
which appear in the advortise-
increased costs of operation. The
minimum fare will be ten cents
minimum rare wui ue hospital at Hickory:
and the minimum price for ten- Tiirirorv—^nasre twol
my Aifl mm
Ptilio FHUll
' .i , - >
Money Needed To Build end
Equip Buildings For Po
lio Emergency Hospital
A movement Is well under way
to raise money for buildings, im
provements and equipment for the
emergency hospital for infantile
paralysis victims, which was set
up a few weeks ago at Hickory
and which Is now caring for well
over 100 cases, including several
from Wilkes county.
The National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis, assisted by
the American Red Cross, is pay
ing for the treatment of the pati
ents in the emergency hospital,
but a fund is being raised in
Hickory and many other western
North Carolina towns to provide
for the buildings and equipment
to make of the emergency hospi
tal an institution to be used in
any future outbreaks of polio, as
well as during the present emer
gency.
The Journal-Patriot has volun
teered to aid in this movement by
acting as a receiving agent for
contributions, which will be for
warded to headquarters for the
fund.
Two voluntary and unsolicited
contributions have alraady been
received by The Journ'r-.l-Patriot:
$25 from R. Don Laws, of Mora
vian Fails, and $25 from a Big
Star store in Portsmouth, Va.
The North Wilkesboro Klwanis
club members donated $408, which
was sent to the State Orthopedic
Hospital at Gastonia and the
Emergency Hospital at Hickory,
the two institutions now caring for
practically all the Wilkes patients.
something to the Institutions
which are caring for the infantile
paralysis patients. There is no or
ganized drive for funds, but this
newspaper, for the convenience of
the people it serves, will act as re
ceiving agent for any and all con
wnten appear m me aav™- treatment and care
Bus company paralysis victims,
and Wilkes Transportation com- « ,
pany elsewhere in this newspaper,
explained that the five-cent fare ^ -j. McNiel, mayor
must be discontinued because of „„
of North Wilkesboro, which ex
plains the appeal for funds for the
ride ticket books will be 90 cents.
By raising the minimum fare to
ten cents, both companies will be
able to maintain the excellent bus
service in this community and to
the many rural communities in
this county now being served
regularly with bus transportation
several times daily.
Naval Veteran
WJH Handy, water tender
tbiixl Claes, who has seen ac
tion on the AUantic and Paci
fic, is spending a 15-day leave
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. O. Handy, of Halls M1U.S.
Wm has been In the hospital
since returning to the states
and will report back to the na^
val convalescent ho^ltal at
Olenwood Springs, Colorado,
While at hMno he saw his
biwther, Herman Handy, who Is
back from service with the Sea-
bees in Alaska. It had been
18 months since they saw each
other, wm has been In the
navy two years, spending most
of the time on sea duty. While
on leave he a few days la
i^iarlotte wltti Ws sister. Miss
NoveRa Handy, and -wHIi rela-
tttes and Won* In InWHs,
Mtoima Fannie Rnth and Raby
KHhy, Bdlth and, Mapfde l^fAon
last week at Beach,
, 0. f-.r- ■ ■
(See Hickory—^page two)
11 Colored Men
Gone For Exams
The following colored men were
forwarded to Camp Croft, S. C.,
for pre-induction examination to
day by Wilkes Board No. 2:
George William Long
George Thoma.s Alexander
William tk)Ckerham
Leroy Hampton
Clarence Arthur Dowell
John David Edwards
Fred Moore (trdns. out)
Carlson Henderson Wau^
Ralph Junior Dowell
‘ Nathaniel B. WiUiams
Walter Horton, Jr. (trans. in)
Received Wound
im :M
Paul Candm, third class pet
ty officer and gunners mate, is
at home at North, Wilkesboro
on a 17-day leave after several
months of convoy duty. He is
recovering from a shrapnel
wound received May J6. He
spent several weeks la a naval
hospital in England.
CoiDty $17,000
Wounded In France
Activity Wilkes
Chapter of Polio
Foundation Told
Wilkes Chapter Had June 30
Balance of $1,364.36; Un
derprivileged Helped
By MRS. W. B. ABSHEB,
Secretary-Treasurer, Wilkes Chap
ter National infantile Paralysis
Foundation
The Wilkes county chapter, Na-
| >inpal IVinndaHnn ,jjgpiTi jfnjrwijJH
Pai^ysis, wlshee to etpfefls ill
appreciation to citizens of Wilkes
county for their unsolicited coa-
tributions to the sufferers of in
fantile paralysis; also to the doc
tors of Wilkes county who have
given their services at one-half
price to those unable to pay and
to Relns-Sturdivant Funeral Home
who sent patients to the Orthope
dic Hospital at Gastonia in ambu
lance, charging one-half of the
usual price.
Transportation charges to
Hickory and Gastonia, local medi
cal care and hospitalization of a
case at the Baptist Hospital
(which was later transferred to
Gastonia), amounting to $180,
during the month of July have
been paid by the Wilkes county
chapter. National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis.
Through the generosity and co
operation of the citizens of Wilkes
county in the • annual drive for
funds for infantile paralysis m
January, 1944, we have been able
to meet all costa for local medical
care, transportation, telephone
calls, etc., (telephone bill for
July has not been received).
The chapter wishes to appeal to
all citizens in Wilkes county lo
report illness of children having
symptoms of infantile paralysis to
family physicians at once. Please
note that local medical care, tele
phone calls to hospital, transpor
tation, etc., for all citizens unable
to pay will be paid by local chap
ter. Paul Cashion, North Wilkes-
boro. Is chairman.
A case of infantile paralysis was
(See Polio Chapter—page 12)
Drive Near End
With the “E” bond phase of the
Fifth War Loan closing Saturday,
July 29, Wilkes still bus $17,000 to
go in ‘‘E” bonds to reach the quo
ta, iW. D. Halfacre, war loan chair
man, said today.
Mr. Halfacre emphasized the im
portance of all workers and issu
ing agents getting their reports in
by Saturday noon. All bond sales
reports postmarked not later than
Saturday will count on the FifLh
War Loan total.
An urgent appeal is made to the
people of Wilkes county to buy
additional "E” bonds to the limit
of their financial ability Friday
and Saturday morning in order to
put tha county over the top fully
in the campaign. The “E” bond
quota is $227,000. The county has
long sincenassed the overall quo
ta o£,-#8lW000, with total sales
soeriag abOTC two million dollars
in all typea„af bonds.
Extra effoKs on the part cf rur
al workers and sales people in re
tail stores (M help to put the
county over, jllr. Halfacre said.
If the ‘‘E’' bond quota is reach
ed, Wilkes will be honored by hav
ing the county’s name on a landing
craft now under construction in
the Charleston navy yard.
Wilkesboro Red
Cross Workers
Needed at Once
Quota For July Much Behind
At Surgical Dressing
—fc..
Volunteer workers are badly
needed at the Wilkesboro Red
Cross Surgical Dressing Room in
order to make it possible to meet
the July quota, .Mrs. J. B. Hender
son, chairman, slated this morn
ing.
P’or the past several weeks very
few volunteer workers have been
going to the Red Cross room in
the James Lowe building, and as
a result the quota expected to be
turned out this month is far be
hind. ‘'It’s going to take a num
ber of volunteers to make this
month’s quota”, Mrs. Henderson
said, "and increased number of
casualties among our fightin.g
men will necessarily mean larger
quotas to be tilled in the future",
she continued.
The Red Cross Surgical Room
in Wilkesboro is open on Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday and P’riday af
ternoons and evenings, and it is
urgent that more women work
during the remainder of the
month it the July quota is finish
ed on time.
Mrs. Henderson expressed her
self today as confident that the
women of the Wilkesboro com
munity will rally to this urgent
call and put over the job in a big
way.
FTC. UMward E. Johnson, son
of Mr. and Mrs. W, B. Johnson,
of North Wilkesboro rqote
three, was wounded In action in
France Jane 28, according to a
letter reoelvod by hla mother.
tnc. Johnson, who 'hos i>®«
overseas four months stal^ In
his letter .that he wap sending a
pnrple heart for little a^-
dMQt that1m«8e4 te
irlMK to The-Fon»to
bMkrt VMS reocived % Pte.
johnlMm’s mother Fnda]r.^'
REDS SEEK
BRIDGEHEADS
ALONmU
Russian troops, having reached
the Wlsla (Vistula) River on a
30-mlle front in central Poland,
Jought yesterday for bridgeheads
on the western bank which would
outflank Warsaw, 67 miles to the
northwest, and place them across
the last large natural defense line
guarding Germany, 140 miles
away.
V^lle these sagging Naal de
fenses on the Wlsla underwent the
scourge of Marshal Konstantin K.
RodcoBBOvsky’s massed forces, the,
north Baltic front split open with
Soviet capture of the Blstonlan
clty-fortrees of NarVa and neigh
boring towns on the Somth shone
of t|ie Gulf of Finland, and,the
Germans and their Hnngarith
S nppeta to the south reeled back
ito the' OimthiM Moaatota
jeiint helow , caeireled 6tof)l|t$r
trtnir and Kolomyja ob the rottiM
to 5tedhDateTakla.>>“4
Mrs. L. D. Cooke has returned
from a week’s vacation at Ashe
ville and Marion.
Pvt. Alvto BaJeer, son at Ur.
and Mm A. O. Baker, of Per-
lear, knocked down 18 naxis
wito well placed shots tooip his
rUle.whae aitae^g aAiIcnnaa
maebtae gnn to Itoly. Ait
arCioie from- tW aad
BtHpea’S-wnny ^blkatiasi; tMt-
ahontfert, fidtae^exeettssMt
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