liTkii^lliH
Be'do^ 2
Open Evening* Through Set*
urdey; To Be Closed On
Monday end Tuesday
at the
Center,
i ' Ceell Gray»oo At
Great Lakes
Cecil R. Orsyaon, 17, son ot
Mrs. Estelle O. Nichols, North
WUkesboro, Is receiving his Inl-
tlel Navel Indoctrination
V. S. Naval Training
Great Lakes, Illinois.
Roy Blevins At Bambndge
Roy Blevins, who recently en
tered the navy. Is now In training
at Balnbridge, Md. He la a son ol
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Blevins, ot
■git WUkesboro route three.
Seriously Wounded
Ralph Wooten Returns 1
Ralph Wooten, seaman first
'class, returned to Camp Peary,
Va., Saturday after spending a
week at his home at Millers Creek.
S.Sgt. Homer Wellborn
Home From Overseas
Staff Sergeant Homer Wellborn
arrived home Monday after thrw
years service In Australia. New
julnea and other stations In the
juth Pacific. S.Sgt. Wellborn is
son of Mr. Guy Wellborn, of
kesboro route two.
Since the Three Wise Men follow^ the Star of Bethlehem to where
the infant Jesus was cradled, truth-loving people have traveled far
and sought throughdut their lives to end the sources of evil in man
kind, which bring about such catastrophes as the present war. Let
us hope that it is the last such war—and that His spirit will fill all
hearts with the light of love and peace.
Missing In Action
'Eddie C. Morrison
Visits Parents
Eddie C. Morrison, radarman
third class, of Little Creek, Va..
spent the week-end at Roaring
River with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. M. Morrison.
Pfc Haigwood Transferred
Pfc Paul B. Haigwood. who has
been in marine corps can-
dldate school at New River N. C..
has been transferred to .Ae ma
rine base at Quantlco, Va^ to com
plete his training. Pfc. Haigwood
Is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Haigwood, of this city.
T. J.
ntry
been credited
I Pvt. Church With 338th
{ Infantrv In
4 With The Fifth Army Italy
Vt. Calvin C. Church, of
jn Italy with the 338ih
Regiment which has
...-Ited with killing am
wounding many hundreds of Ger
man. and taking nearly 700
prisoners In four weeks of cold,
bitter fighting in the Gothic Line.
They are called the ‘old ’
these men and officers of the
338th. part of the 85th Custe^
Division in Lieut. Gen. Mark W.
Clark’s Fifth Army.
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Pvt. Derrick At Fort 1
Knox
Pvt. E. L. Derrick, who recently
•ntered the army, f
in Company D. second ^atUHon.
ARTC, Fort Knox, Ky.. for tra
ing. Prior to entering setv ce
Pvt. Derrick held a position wUh
the J. C. Penney company "
here. _
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Billy Carlton Promoted
Billy Carlton, who Is serving in
the navy on the Pacific, was re
cently promoted to the rank o
fireman second class. Before en
tering the navy Billy made his
home with Mr. and Mrs. R. C.
Meadows at Pores Knob.
Cpl. Robert C. Wood, Jr., son
of Mr. and MTs. B. C. Wood, of
Fairplains, was seriously
wounded in Germany on No
vember 20. He Is In a hospital
somewhere in England. He
writes that he ts getting along
fine. He received the purple
heart. His wife, the former
Miss Pauline Weaver, of Hays,
is employed by the carbon plant
In Winston-Salem. Cpl. Wood
entered sewice in November,
1042, trained at Camp Gordon,
Ga., and Fort Bennlng, Ga. He
sailed tor overseas duty In Sep
tember.
14 DIVISIONS
SENT AGAINST
FIRST ARMY
The gigantic German counter
offensive Is "the big thing" and to
increasing steadily in fury, Su
preme Headtjuarters said last
night in lifting the black-out of
news relating to the savage fight
ing on the U. S. First Army front.
Fourteen to fifteen German di
visions—of which five or six are
panzer (armored) divisions—are
swarmljig into the breach of the
First Army’s lines In Belgium and
Luxembourg, it was disclosed.
Yesterday fresh Infantry waves
were fighting behind the armored
units which first smashed through
the American positions last Sun
day and headquarters said the
German advances had made con
siderable progress with more to
be expected.
Plans are being made to stem
the onslaught, it was stated, but
the feeling at this headquarters
was that the situation would not
be restored this week—or even
next week.
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Baltimore Shipyard
Seeks Workers Here
Card Received From
Captain Bumgarner
Rev. and Mrs. J. L. A. Bumgar
ner. of Millers Creek, yesterday
received the following card from
their son, Capt. John R. Bumgar
ner, In a prisoner of war camp in
Japan:
"Dear Mother:
"I hope you have received ill
my recent messages. I am still
in excellent health and spirits, t
hope to see all of you ’ere long.
I come home I Intend to
i you and dad on the trip that
planned for so long. Give my
e to the brothers and sisters
and families. I suppose Rose
mary Is still teaching at Clyde.
“Love,
"JOHN"
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Fred Inscore Home
Fred Inscore, aviation machin
ist mate third class, of Jackson
ville, Fla., is spending several
days’ leave with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. E. P. Inscore, of North
WUkesboro route three. Fred
will return to his base December
26 th.
Sgt. Taylor Promoted
Sgt. Raymond A. Taylor, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Taylor, of
lies River, has been promoted
lis present rank at Cherry
bint. He has been In service
nth the Marine Air Corps for
over a year and la a member of an
aviation engineering squadron.
Mrs. Taylor makes her home In
North WUkesboro.
Essential war jobs with Bethle-
hem-Sparrowa Point Shipyard at
Baltimore will be ottered all
available applicants at the U. S.
Employment Service from Decem
ber 26 through December 30 by a
company representative. Trans
portation from North WUkesboro
to Sparrows Point, Md., will be
paid by the company at no coat to
the applicant. Rooms and hoard
are available at $1? 00 to $15.00
per week. This company needs
sheet metal workers, shlpfltters,
welders, arc and trainees. Appli
cants 18 20 years of age must
have birth certificates.
REDS DRIVE
SEVEN MILES IN
CZECHOSLOVAK
$38 J64 IN L’ BONDS TO GO
Report On Sales
Bonds By Stores
And In Districts
At Camp Wheeler
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North WUkeeboro
Residendal Section Sale
Mrs. A. G. Finley $22,174.75
10,743.50
Sales
300.00
1.537.50
2,466.25
2,275.00
580.50
356.25
2,493.75
3.562.50
7.000
8.000
6,000
8,800.00
3.448.50
5.137.50
7.281.25
4.256.25
28.606.25
Mrs. Ed Gardner
Knral Dls. Quota
Boomer _.$ 4,000
Cycle 5,000
Ferguson 5,000
Gilreath 2,500
Hendrix 2,000
Lincoln Hts. .. 500
Ma^e Springs 2,000
Millers Creek 10,000
Moravian Falls
& Pores Knob..
Mt. Pleasant..
Mtn. View
Mulberry and
Fairplains 5,000
Roaring River 8,000
Ronda and
Clin^an 20,000
Summit and
Parsonvllle .... 2,000
Traphill — 3,000.00
WUkesboro— 50,000
North WOfcesboro Retail
Store*
Woman’s Xux, of N. C.
Pharmaceutical Asso.... $2,400.00
R. M. Brame and Sons — 450.00
Hotel Wilkes 1,050.00
Newton’s Dept, Store .... 376.00
N. WUkesboro Drug Co... 1,480.00
Southern Bargain Store.. 37.'60
Spainhour-Sydnor 4,276.00
Tomlinson’s Dept. Store 487.60
Yadkin Valley Motor Co. 487.60
Allen Theatre 160.00
City Barber Shop 206.25
Reins-Sturdlvant 900.00
Ralph Duncan 226.00
Rhodes-Day 187.50
Belk’s 1,960.00
Bare’s Pair Store — 656.26
Liberty Theatre 360.00
Red Cross Pharmacy .... 1,163.75
Harris Dept. Store - 281.25
N. WUkesboro Gro. Co... 393.75
Few More Days
Remain To Make
War Loan Quota
Late Shoppers Urged To Use
War Bonds As Christmas
Gifts This Season
In order to better serve the pub
lic, many North WUkesboro
stores will remain open later lu
the evenings the remainder of this
^ week.
Beginning tonight, many of the
stores will remain open until
seven o’clock through Friday
night and on Saturday night will
remain open until eight o’clock.
Although holiday business In
local stores has reached a new
high record, stocks are surprising
ly good and late shoppers will find
that they can fill their needs in
North Wllkseboro.
TWO-DAY HOLIDAY—
A majority of the local stores
and other business houses plan to
be closed on Monday and Tuesday,
December 26 and 26, for the
Christmas holidays. In addition
to the stores, both banks, a num
ber of other business houses and
county offices will be closed on
Monday and Tuesday.
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2,437.50
3,787.60 ■
12,431.25
Henry Hayes Riets
To Be Held Friday
Funeral service will be held
Friday, 11 a. m., at Swan Creek
church for Henry Hayes, age 79,
citizen of the Roaring River com
munity who died Wednesday.
Mr. Hayes Is survived by one
son, J. C. Hayes, of Roaring River,
one daughter, Mrs. D. C. Cook, of
Jonesville, and two brothers,
Isaac and Joe Hayes, of Konarock,
Va.
5th Sunday Singing
At Mulberry School
stone Mountain Dnlon Singing
association will meet at Mulberry
school on Sunday, December 31.
The day’s program will begin at
10:00 a. m. and all singers are in
vited to take part. J. A. Gilliam,
chairman, made announcement of
the singing.
Pvt. Edgar H. SIdden, son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. 0. Hidden, of
Joynes, entered the army on
Augnst 16 and is now receiving
basic training at Camp Wheeler,
Ga, He is a brother of Pvt.
Edwin Bidden, who was recent*
ly wonnded in Fkance.
Be Gathered Ob
Friday, Dec. 29
Residents of North Wilkes-
boro Urged to Keep Paper
For Collection
Scrap paper will be collected
throughout the residential sec
tions of North WUkesboro on Fri
day, December 29th.
It has been several weeks since
a canvass was made and it is ex
pected that a large amount of
paper will be ready for the col
lector.
All residents of the city are urg
ed to prepare their scrap paper
and cardboard by tying It in
bundles and placing it on their
porches on Friday, December 29.
'The need for paper as a war ma
terial Is Increasing daily and full
cooperation from the public is
most earnestly urged.
With the total In "E” bonds
sales In Wilkes $159,236 to date,
Wilkes has $38,764 to go In the
Sixth War Loan to reach the "E”
bond quota of $198,000.
Substantial gains have been
made In "B” bond sales during
the pre-holiday season, but it to
evident that the pace must be
maintained or Increased If Wilkes
Is to keep Its splendid record of
meeting every quota assigned.
Those who have a complacent
.attitude and a belief that the war
I is about over and the need to buy
! over, have only to read the news
papers and listen to the radio to
learn how badly wrong Is their at
titude, American troops • In
Europe, driven back substantial
1 distances into Belgium and Lux
embourg, are meeting the su
preme test of the waf.
Me*nwhU*r ezEteoatsw sn*
i pensive operations are continuing
in the Pacific, and the need for
backing the attacks with money to
greater than ever before. The war
siljation is so grave that any
feeling of complacency on the
part of the American public
should vanish and every person
should have a renewed urge to
support every phase of the war ef
fort with renewed enthusiasm.
Only a few more days remain in
the Sixth War Loan, and it is a
challenge to the people of Wilkes
county to meet the "E” bond
quota fully. The remaining days
of this campaign represents an op
portunity for every person with
the price of a bond to back up. the
boys over there.
Those who have not completed
their holiday shopping are urged
to use War Bonds as gifts, giving
a "present with a future”, supply
ing the future funds with which
to buy merchandise not now avail
able.
War bonds are the safest and
best investment in the world.
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Install Officers At
Mt. Pleasant Lodge
Soviet motorized infantry
smashed forward seven miles in
Czechoslovakia yesterday to with
in 17 miles of the Mg communica
tions center of Losonc (Lucenec)
while Berlin said that Russian
tank forces northwest of Budapest the
had launched strong assaults to
break through Into the Bratislava
Plain leading to Vienna.
Fifteen miles northwest of the
M.Sgt. -Whittington Get*
Promotion In England
An Eighth Air Force Bomber
Station, England — Tolbert
Whittington, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs, Tolbert M. Whittington, of
Winston-Salem, N. C., has been
promoted from technical sergeant
to master sergeant. It was an
nounced by Lt. Col. Robert W.
Fish, commanding officer of this
base.
A section chief of supply, Sgt.
Whittington is the non-commis
sioned officer In charge of
procurement of all supplies
and the maintenance of aircraft
and the station, generally. All
requisitions for supplies, flow
through his office, and in addl-
Hungarlan capital, the DNB | tlon, their distribution is directed
agency reported that Soviet ar
mored spearheads bad advanced
five miles along the north bank of
the Danube River to reach Nagy-
from the supply office.
A gqpduate of North Wilkes-
boro high school, Sgt. Whitting
ton was also .graduated from
maros, a possible springboard forjDranghn’s Business College, Win-
Soviet troops to cross the Danube jston-Salem. He entered thp Anny
and close the 35 mile escape gap Air Force In May, 11^41, and has
Officers of Mount Pleasant Ma
sonic Lodge were installed In a
public meeting held Saturday
night with a large crowd attend
ing.
The lodge for the coming year
will be headed by Dr. J. W. Davis,
of Statesville. The other officers
installed were as follows: O. M.
Prof fit, senior warden; Lennis
Triplett, junior warden; Com
Elledge, treasurer; W. E. Black
burn, secretary; Howard Walker,
senior deacon; W. G. Walsh,
junior deacon: Albert McGee, se
nior steward; Vernon Foster,
junior steward: T. B. Elledge,
tyler.
Lodge officers report that good
response has been given the ap
peal for funds with which to build
a Masonic hall after the war.
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County Offices
Will Be Closed
Through 26th
Pvt. V’aughn V. Walsh, son of
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Walsh, has
been reported missing in action
in Prance since November 9. He
has been in service for 26
months. He has been overseas
for the past eight months. Pvt.
Walsh was awarded several
medals while on this side,
among them the good conduct
medal and a certificate as an
expert sniper.
The Journal-Patriot
Will Not Be Issued
Monday, Dec. 25th
LEYTE BATTLE
RAPIDLY NEARS
END; JAPS GO
In order that members of the
staff may have a brief hollda3-
vacation, The Journal-Patriot
will not be issued on Monday,
December 25.
The next Issue after today
will be On Thursday, December
28, at which time we shall en
deavor to give full coverage of
local news for the week.
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Firecrackers Banned
On Streets, Sidewalk
American troop* have crushed
organized Japanese resistance on
Leyte and the enemy’s beaten rem-
tered Yamaahlta line Into giar-
rllla-infested hills. It was an
nounced today.
“The battle Is rapidly drawing
to an end”, said Gen. Douglas
MacArthnr, 62 days after his
forces invaded the Philippines.
The backbone of Japanese re
sistance was broken when Maj.
Gen. Andrew D. Bruce’s veteran
77th Division smashed four miles
up the Ormoc corridor to within
one mile of a junction with Maj.
Gen. Verne D. Mudge’s Fifth (dis
mounted) Cavalry, which ham
mered out a southward advance of
three miles.
Indicating the speed with which
Japanese resistance collapsed,
MacArthur announced that the
twin drives also captured supplies
sufficient to have lasted the Japa
nese six months if they could have
held out. Among the captured
stores were vast quantities of rice,
millions of rounds cf small arms
ammunition, machi -e guns, ar
tillery and shells and vehicles.
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License Bureau To
Be Closed Monday
Local branch of the Carolina
Motor Club, which sells state and
city license plates for automobiles
and trucks, will be closed on Mon
day, December 26, for the Christ
mas holiday, according to an
nouncement by T. C. Caudill,
manager.
Wilkes Men With
The Colors
still open for enemy troops In be- been serving oversea* for more
oieged Budapest.
IthaQ- a Year.-
Offices In the county court
house will be closed on Saturday,
Monday and Tuesday for the
Christmas holiday season.
The offices will close at the
regular time on Friday afternoon
and not re-open until Wednesday
morning, December 27. AH who
have connty bnslness to attend to
are asked to keep in mind the hol
iday closing In order that no In
convenience may result.
1QUY MORe I^AR BPNPS
L. G. Critcher Home
L. G. Critcher, printer first
class, was scheduled to arrive to
night from Camp Peary, Va., to
spend the Christmas holidays at
his home at Moravian Falls.
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Pfc. McDuffie Recovering
From Injuries |
Pfc. Raymond McDuffie, son of
Attorney and Mrs. F. J. McDuffie,
of WUkesboro, Is recovering from
serious Injury sustained in Italy
on September 10th. He has under
gone two operations and Is noW
showing Improvement. A recent
letter stated that be hopes to be
able to return to the states in the
near future.
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A. R. Miller Kills
Two Big Porkers
A. R. Miller, a well known mer
chant and farmer of the Vannoy
community and who is noted for
production of large porkers In
record time, reports that he has
butchered two large hogs this sea
son.
The largest tipped the scales at
750 pounds, dressed, and the oth
er was a "small pig" which had a
dressed weight of only 625
pounds. The porkers were of the
O. I. C. breed and had been fed a
diet consisting mainly of corn.
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Plans are being made for each
connty agent to place four hy
brid corn demonstrations In 1945
for increased com production.
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Three Boys Held
For Breaking Into
Two Local Stores
15 and 16 Year-Old Boys
Held For Breaking Into
Stores Over Week-End
Police Chief J. E. Walker htm
called attention to the fact that a
town ordinance makes it unlaw
ful to shoot firecrackers on
streets, sidewalks and other pub
lic places. Those who celebrate
with firecracker
rest.
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Rev. Howard Ford
Is Red Cross War
Fund Chairman
Rev. Howard J. Ford, who has
served the Wilkes County Chapter
of the American Red Cross as
vice-chairman during the last
year, has recently been elected
War Fund chairman. Rev. Mr.
Ford stated that the Red Cross
War Drive would be held in March
of 1945. He has received a state
ment from Mr. Basil O’Connor,
chairman of the national Red
Cross, which is quoted below:
"American Red Cross opera
tions at home and abroad will
reach their wartime peak in 194 5"
Mr. O'Connor said today in an
nouncing that the minimum goal
for the Red Cross War Fund to be
raised In March, 194 5, had bee.n
fixed at $180,000,000.
The central committee set the
goal following careful review of
budget estimates for the American
Red Cross work In the United
States and overseas for the year
beginning March 1, 1945, Mr.
0;Conner said. He added that
Colby M. Chester, chairman of the
executive committee of General
Foods Corporation, will be chair
man of the 1946 campaign.
"Our ■ new budget”, Mr.
O’Conner said, "represents an ap
preciable increase in the services
we will render In Europe, In the
Pacific and at home, but we havo
been able to keep the total 194 5
goal slightly under the one for
1944 because of oversubscription
of our earlier campaigns and ce;-
tain economies in this year's
operation.
"After personally In.spectlng
our operations in England and on
the continent, and after conferring
with Generals Elsenhower, Brad
ley, Patton and Clark, I forsee an
increase rather than a .decrease In
the, need for American Red Cross
services on the Continent from
now and for some time after the
European fighting Is over. Llke-
Juvenlle delinquency passed the _
Red Cross must expand Its Pacific
and Par Eastern operations dur
ing the coming year.
“It Is our Intention that Red
Cross stay with our troops until
the week-end when two local es
tablishments were entered by
three youths.
Police Chief J. E. Walker said
that R. L. Jennings, Jr., age 16,
^mes Clark Moore, ^e 15, and *ii of them are returned home and
Wilton Johnson age 16, have been I,
arrested and placed under bond adjustment back to clvlllL
for breaking Into WUkes A^o ^ ^
Sales company on Saturday night
and O. P. Store on Sunday night
In each Instance small quanti
ties of money and cigarettes were
stolen. ,
Bonds have been fHied,for ap
pearance ot the yonihs «t the next
term of Wilkes superior 'court.
the American pnblic to consider
our goal of $180,000,060 as an ab
solute minimum".
Mrs. jTlT'^toaenta has return
ed to the city After being .called .to
Wilson on accoiuit of the death
of her a'nnf, Mrx S. J. Wataon. '
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