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.^ ,_ Uok columns were
bearlnK down on Rennes
k”»ad aweepins toward ttie World
War jport of 'Brest today in almost
onopiiosed adTaaees across Brlt-
taajr totalling nearly SO miles In
14 Bonn as a German rout spread
aeroBs 60 miles of the French
front.
The Allies appeared on the verge
of a stnpendous victory dhat would
strike a decislre blow In the bat*
tie for Paris and perhaps for all
ofTrance.
From deep in BrltUny to Vil-
len-Bocage near ,. the eastern
flank, the Allies were smashing
forward across open country and
I slashing right and left across Ger-
I man rear positions They threat-
I sne^^ link their spearheads In at
iSljjjBthree sectors and trap large
dr9|n.-of enemy forces who were
ti^Wl retreat.
Germans admitted them-
Mtves that 30 miles of their for
mer Western FYance line had
ceased to exist, repotting that be
tween the Atlantic Coast and the
Vlre River "numerous German
nests ,of resistance are still offer-
stubborn resistance”.
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io Chapter Is
Gathering Data
Paralysis Victims
NURSE AIDE CLASS GRADUATED IN NORTH WILKE^ORO
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Here are pictured the members rf the Nurses Aide class which was recently grad
uated here. Left to right are: front row—Miss Toby Turner, superintendent of the
Wilkes hospital, Mrs. Josephine Anthony, Miss Mary Gage Barber, Miss Pansy Fer-
guson, Miss Diana Templeton, Mrs. H. F. Bouknight, and Mrs. Pansy Carson, instruc
tor; back row—Miss Edna Bullis, Mrs. Palmer Horton, Nurses Aide department
leader, Mrs. Carol Mott, Miss Manie Brewer, Miss Virginia Adams and Mrs. Monroe
Eller. Members absent when the picture was made were Miss Lula Hinton, Miss
Mary Charles Alexander and Miss Corinne Faw.
The Wilkes County Chapter of
The National Foundation for In
i’ fantile Paralysis has been asked
to compile a comprehensive rec
ord of all Infantile paralysis vlc-
tlme now residing In this area.
Intended mainly to serve as a
guide to expanding the services of
your chapter, this county com
pilation will also form an integral
part of the nation wide survey
undertaken by the National Foun
dation to further its pledge of as
suring aid to all polio victims re-
'^gardless of age, race, creed or
f color.
* "^ul ,
—toaster, also announced
members will assist in com-
'ling this data. Records will be
'^made in duplicate so that a copy
may be sent to headquarters of the
! National Foundation to complete
the statistical data for the entire
nation.
From information already fur
nished by a number of chapters of
the National Foundation, it has
been determined that many unsus
pected needs exist. In some in
stances. handicapped polios hither
to unknown to the local chapter,
were found to be in need of wheel
chairs, crutches or other orthope
dic appliances, as well as medical
i and surgical care. Otht i needed
. help In arranging for transporta
tion to and from hospitals aud
clinics, or schools and places of
employment.
The local chapter slaiuis ready
to assist in all these ways, back
ed by the funds contributed each
year through the March of Dimes
ritor just such purposes. The chap-
er retains fifty per cent of. all
monies collected to carry on this
lervlce. The other fifty per cent,
vhlch goes to national headquar-
ers, helps support the nationwide
|£:-nedlcal and research program
i-md. In epidemic emergencies, is
i j»ed to provide all assistance to
|,ny stricken area,
t It is suggested that anyone now
leiridlng In Wilkes county who has
Infantile paralysis, or whose
Children have been stricken, can
._at}y assist in this survey by no-
ifying their chapter chairman.
In announcing this nationwide
arrey the National Foundation
Sr Infantile Paralysis emphasizes
purpose of the project. It is
Signed to broaden the program
If services available to all infan-
' hralysls victims, wherever
mm, regardless of whether the
HfYidual was stricken before this
s^ixatlon came into existence
laF^ce. It will enable the local
Sipters to work In full coopera-
^ with state and county drganl-
i^ons charged with the respon-
^bllltv of handicapped persons.
Jpd, added to the a^»“tlfic data
fje;dy collected. It will form the
Hint complete register of
Se oaralysl# throughout the Unit-
S S^es, a record of Incalculable
medical science.
Special Meeting
0. E. S. Chapter
Wilkes chapter No. 42, O. E. S.,
will hold a special meeting Friday
evening, August 4, at eight
o'clock at which time Snow Chap
ter of Boo'ne and Statesville
chapter of Statesville will be joint
hostesses with Wilkes chapter to
the Worthy Grand Matron of North
Carolina, Mrs. Blanche Twiford,
of Elizabeth City, and Mr. Wade
Jenkins, W. G. P. of .N. C., from
Fayetteville.
Due to the short time alloted
this district for visitation and be-
. cause of difficult travel conditions,
'Beveral' chapters foifnd In better
to he joint hostesses rather than
having separate meetings. Mrs.
Jenkins is with Mr. Jenkins on
this trip. Other distinguished
persons in Eastern Star are ex
pected to be present.
This week Mrs. Twiford. Mr.
and Mrs. Jenkins accompanied by
Mrs. Ira Payne, of North Wilkes-
boro, who is District Deputy
Grand Matron of the 10th district,
will visit the various chapters of
the 10th District. The chapters
of the distaict are located in Lin-
colnton. Maiden, Newton, States
ville, Valde.se. Hickory, Elk Park,
Lenoir, Boone and North Wilkes-
boro,
Friday, August 4, at 12 o’clock
noon, the local chapter will have a
picnic for the W. G. M. and W. G.
P. It is hoped that every mem
ber will be irresent for this en
joyable occasion.
City Tax List Will
Be Advertised Soon
W. P. Kelly, North Wilkesboro
town clerk and tax collector calls
attention to the fact that the list
of taxpayers who have not paid
their 194 3 taxes will be advertis
ed in August and that real estate
will be sold for town taxes in Sep
tember.
Those who have not paid their
194 3 town taxes will save addi
tional penalty and cost by paying
now.
Promoted In England
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rtSTd fof tklB in Monday’s
M at Th« Joarnal-Patrlot If
H im Biw. to jmy your
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OpL Jay C. ChuNb wu r»-
oenUy promoted to his pc«sent
nmk In England, aocortnng to
a letter reoeived' hy hJs wife,
Cbo tonaar IOm Omirade Fear-
aon. OpL Ctinreh entered the
wny Septenher 38, IMS. He
Je tlie SOB of Mr, and Mrs. A. J.
CXnrch, of Millers Creek, In a
recemt letter home be mU be
wae cettlPH atoas tow end to
ted ble ikiends “helhr.
SHOES — Airplane stamps
No. 1 and No. 2 (Book 3) val
id indefinitely.
GASOLINE—Coupons No. 10
in A book good for three gral-
lons became effective May 9
and will expire August 8.
SUGAR*—Sugar stamps 30,
31, and 32, (book 4) good for
five pounds Indefinitely.
PROCESSED FOODS—Blue
AS through F5 (Book 4) now
valid at 10 points each, for use
with tokens. Good indefinite
ly.
MEATS AND FATS—Rdd
AS through Z8 and A5 through
C5 (Book 4) now valid at 10
points each (or use with tokens.
SUGAR: Sugar stamp 40
good for five pounds canning
sugar until February 28, 1945.
Apply to local boards for sup
plemental rations.
NEW REGULATIONS—After
.\ugust 2 no (arm implement
can be changed from steel to
rubber tires without applica
tion being first approved by the
county ccmmtttee of the War
Food administration. After
,4.ugust 2 application for change
must he made with the county
committee of the WFA and ap
proved before the rationing
board can act on the appli
cation.
One New Case Of
Polio Is Reported
In Wilkes County
Only New Case Reported
this Week Was June Hege,
Age 9, Elkin Route One
LtJ.B. McCoy, Jr.
Wounded In France
Lt. J. B. McCoy, Jr., received a
wound In his right arm while in
action in France and has been
evacuated to a hospital In Eng
land.
News that he was wounded was
contained in a letter received by
his mother, in which Lt. McCoy
said; ‘‘Pop may be interested to
know that I got jerry before jerry
got me”. He stated that his
wounds were not critical, and that
he was receiving the best of medi
cal care.
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One new case of infantile para
lysis was reported In Wilkes yes
terday, bringing the total in the
current epidemic to 35 since June
1.
The only case reported during
the past weektUst.jrnoa
iilne-yeaf^ia’
Vera Hege, of Elkin route one.
The child’s father was recently re
ported missing In action.
The Hege child has been carried
to the emergency hospital at
Hickory.
While it is the opinion of health
authorities that the polio epidemic
is on the decline, parents are urg
ed to continue precautions to pre
vent spread of the disease, and the
ban on children being in public
gatherings or in public places re
mains in force in the county.. Re
ports of progress toward partial
or complete recovery are being
received from the Wilkes patients
now hospitalized at the State Or
thopedic Hospital in Gastonfa and
the emergency polio hospital at
Hickory.
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Sam P. Mitchell
Re-Opens Office
1,022 AMERICAN
TROOPS KILLED
TAKING GUAM
Sam P. Mitchell has returned
to the city and has re-entered the
civil engineer work here after
being engaged in war work for the
past several years during which
time his family has been living in
North Wilkesboro.
Mr. Mitchell is well known
throughout this section as an ex
perienced civil engineer and he
has opened an office on the second
floor of the Bank of North
Wilkesboro building.
Mr. Mitchell will'specialize in
city and farm surveys and proper
ty plats. He will be glad to have
the public caH on him for his
service at any time.
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Money can fiirht, buy bonds.
Returns to Camp
American forces on Guam cap
tured the Jap airfield at Tyaa In
an advance of more than a mile,
the navy announced last night.
A Pacific communique reported
that casualties among the marine
and army invaders through August
1 total 1,022 killed, 4,946 wound
ed in action, and 305 missing. Our
forces have counted 7,419 enemy
dead.
On Tinian Island, marlneB are
engaged In mopidng np operations,
the navy said. Ravines and caves
at the southern tip of the Island
have been partially cleared of
Japanese soldiers.
n. B. Casualties on Tinian,
where all organised enemy resis
tance has ceased, now total 308
killed, 1,121 wounded and 32
missing.
The marines and army troops on
Guam, the commnnique said,
have captured the towns ot San-
do, Toto, and Tlmoneing in their
nc^thern advance.
Ke. and Vm.-U. H. BOs*.
Piatoto. wtoraed to
aftto • T*toqr
liMgb «tlb hi* panto*. H* I*
“ to WNr mmoo7^
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Renewals to Paper
Jommd • Patriot snbscrihen
whose address label* bear the
date of 8-441 ’(Angimt 1, 1944)
are »fsaia reminded thto tbeir
snbscriptions have expired and
that tfaelr names must be drop
ped from the list hnless re
newals are received,
Snbscrl^ons . dated 9-44
(September 1, 1944) will be
discontinued September 1 un
less renewal is received before
that date.
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Waste Paper Will
Be Ceiltoted On
Monday Evening
Kiwants Club Members Will
Make Canvass for the Bpy
Scouts Here Monday
Members of the North Wilkes
boro Kiwanis club, pinch hitting
for Boy Scouts who have to stay
off the streets because of the po
lio epidemic, will make the scrap
paper canvass In North Wilkes
boro on Monday evening, August
7.
Two trucks will make a canvass
of the city, beginning about seven
o’clock, and will stop at every
home where scrap paper will have
been placed on the porches or on
the curb at the street.
It is asked that the papier be
tied in bundles or placed in boxes.
It is important that the bundles
and boxes be placed Oi; the porches
or on the curb in front of the
homes in order that the Klwanians
operating the trucks will know
where to stop.
In making this canvass for the
Scouts, Kiwanis officials urged
full cooperation on the part of
the public and stressed the need
for scrap paper as a vital war ma
terial now on the top of the criti
cal list.
Attention was also called to the
fact that rural people who have
paper they wish to turn in may
leave it at Wilkesboro Manufac
turing company at any time, and
any home or place of fans^ess
halving a qjairtity df "toJer nait
reached in the canvass Is asked to
call Gordon Finley at Wilkesboro
Manufacturing company.
How to Win Friends
Pfe, John Tereblmlco of Philadel
phia may never have refd the book,
but he knows how to win friends.
These French kids are his pals b®-
canse he lets them delve Into Us
knapsack for ”bon-bons”—candy to
yon. Scene is in liberated Carentan.
TWIN MOVE
IS AIMED AT
JUNKER HOME
The Third White Russian Army
thrsst within eight miles of East
Prussia’s pre-1939 border yester
day In the foremost of twin drives
at the heart of the Junkers
homeland.
Other Soviet armies on the long
thnndorlDg front tightened their
violent selge of Warsaw, pushed
» quadruple annihilation drive
against possibly 300,000 Garmana
isolated in Estonia and Latvia,
and launched a new offeindve In
the south toward Kracow.'Po-
Rmd’s second city. ,
The closest aroroaches to East
.pruais came with the eaptnhe of
pydVlBhe lot a stoady advance
iroetatod. The toll at thfe town,
which Is alght mile* sonthiast of
the Junction tovrti.of 8ch|rwlndt
Ob the fivntler, wac
Soviet Badto M
tloa of fh* llotoow
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FUND OF THE WILKES Y. M, C. A
jJ)iRECTOR3 PLAN CAM
Wounded In Fra*^
PAIGN FOR FUNDS
TO END ISth
Pfo. Roby Paul Yates was
wounded during th« invasion of
IVance and is now in a hospi
tal in England, according to a
recent letter received by. his
mother. He stated that he is
recovering! rapidly and has been
awarded the purple heart. Pfc.
Yates entered servloe October
28, 1942, received training at
Uamp Ulandlng, Florida, Camp
Forrest, Tenn,, and In Arizona
and California before going
overseas March -JO, 1944. He
i.s n son of Mrs. Olearsia Yates
Robinson, of Purlear, and tlie
late Conrad Yates.
Sgt. Paul Luffman
Killed In Action In
France On June 7
Sergeant Paul W. Luffman, 24-
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Royal
Luffman, of Benham, Wilkes
Frani
message from the War Depart
ment. He joined the army June
24, 1941, trained at Camp Lee,
Va., and Camp Barkley, Texas, and
went to England in January. He
landed in Prance on June 7, the
day after D-Day. Sergeant Luff-
man is survived by his parents,
two brothers, Prlvale James Luff-
man, now in India, and William
Luffman, of Benham, and three
sisters, Mrs. Clyde Norman of
State Road and Misses Jessie and
Pauline Luffman, of Benham.
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Superior Court To
Begin On Monday
The August meeting of the di
rectors of the Wilkes Y. M. C.. A.
was held at Hotel Wilkes August
1st. It was decided to push to a
conclusion the 1944 campaign
for building funds by August 16th.
Mr. J. B. Carter, treasurer, report
ed cash receipts of $12,267.75 (In
cluding bonds) most of which has
come without solicitation. Many
bonds have been purchased in the
name of the Y. M. C. A. and It is
hoped that these will be given to
the treasurer In the near future.
Records of pledges have not
been kept but forms have been
printed and workers are expected
;to turn in cash, bonds or pledges
jfrom every flnn or individual on
their list by August 15th.
At this point the directors wish
to emphasize the point that no
attempt was made to list nor will
any attempt be made to seo every
individual In our community.
Enough workers are not available
for that. However, they want
everyone in the community to
realize that this Is their respon
sibility and now is their oppor
tunity to give a boost to a project
this is worthy of the best efforts
of all of us. Do not delay your
gift or pledge. Give now, it will
encourage others to give. Some
say, ’’the building can not be con
structed now anyway and I can
make good use of the money, until
you do need it”. But now when
the movement is in its Infancy is
when it needs encouragement
most. We are goin^ to have a
”Y” building and you will never
regret being one of the original
donors.
It was thought more desirable
not to publish the names of the
contributors but we list as fol
lows the individual amounts:
Industries: $4,000 and $1,000;
commercial: $1,000, $25, $5,
$500, $25, $25, and $100; or-
professional: $1,000 and $1,000,
individuals: $25, $25, $5, $100,
$500, $25, $50, $10, $5, $25, $10,
$300, $10, $10, $200, $100, $105,
$1,000, $50, $50, $25, and $50.
Total, $12,267.75.
The recent appointed com
mittees, Girls Work, Boys Work,
and Membership, are investigating
the practicability of promoting a
program for young people this
fall. Care must be taken to see
that such a program can in no way
interfere with the building pro
gram.
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With a calendar of more than
100 criminal cases. Wilkes su
perior court will begin the August
term in Wilkesboro Monday, Aug
ust 7.
Judge Wilson Warllck, of New
ton, will preside over the term,
which will be In session two
weeks. Solicitor Avalon E. Hall,
of Yadkinville, will prosecute the
docket.
The court calendar is published
elsewhere in this newspaper.
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Legfion Will Meet
Regular meeting of the WUk8*
post of the American Legion will
be held Friday night, August 4,
7:30 p. m„ in the Legion and
Auxiliary clubhouse. A large at
tendance of members is requested.
At Fort McClellaii
Mrs. W. M. Duncan
Funeral on Tdesday
Funeral service was held Tues
day afternoon at the residence for
Mrs. W. M. Duncan, who died Sun
day night.
The service was conducted by
Rev. E. V. Bumgarner, pastor of
Moravian Falls Baptist church,
and burial was in Moravian Falls
cemetery.
Pall bearers were Johnson
Caldwell, J. M. Pearson, Ernest
Lackey, Flay Dockjery, Vernon
Deal, W. T. Long and C. B. Eller.
Many heautlful (lowers, fitting
tributes to the esteem in which
Mrs. Duncan was held by many
friends and acquaintances, were
carried by friends.
She was a member of Zion Hill
Baptist church.
Mrs. Duncan was a daughter of
the late Chapman Ferguson and
Sarah Elizabeth Roberts Fergu
son. She was married to Mr. Dun
can December 18, 1898.
Surviving are her husband, W.
M. Duncan, four daughters and
'one son: Mrs. Rawley Baldock,
Roanoke, Va.; Miss Anne Duncan,
North Wilkesboro; Mrs. Clarence
-Moser, Lewisville; Miss Wrenn
Duncan, North Wilkesboro;'and
Pvt. Morse Duncan, somewhere In
the Pacific.
Also surviving are one sister,
Mrs. A.' J. Bradley, of Bladenton,
Florida, and two grandsons, Ned
Moser, of Lewisville, and Morao
Duncan, Jr., of Bfomer..
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