In a project set up to promote
and encourage better citizenship,
the North Wllkesboro Klwanls
club yearly will present certifi
cates of merit to the outstanding
student - citizen of each of the
high schools In Wilkes county.
The first of these presentations
was made at the Klwanls meeting
on Friday to the students shown
In the above picture, left to right:
June Howard, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. June Howard, of Roaring
Rlvv; Betty Sue Huffman, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Huff
man, of Mount Pleasant; Robert
Triplett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ar-
I ion Triplett, of Wllkesboro; Ma-
' rie Hayes, daughter of Mr. and
'Mrs. Edd Hayes, of Millers Creek;
Betty Dancy, daughter of Mr. and
! Mrs. Glenn Dancy, Mountain
I View; Betty Key, daughter of
[ Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Key, of Ron-
tda; Annie Ruth Bauguss, of Trap-
hill; Dorothy Gabriel, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Gabriel, of
North Wllkesboro.
h. M. Nelson, on behalf of the
Klwanls club, presented the certi
ficates with the following Inscrlp^
tlon: "This certifies that.... .-has
been selected by his fellow stu-
denfs to possess those high anall*
ties of good citizenship—^honor,
courage, scholarship, leadership,
and service—which are necessary
for the advancement of society
and protection of the fundamental
institutions of our government.
These qualities are In harmony
with the Ideal of Klwanls: To give
supremacy to the spiritual and
human rather than to the materi
al values of life.”
For the presentation the stu
dents were accompanied by re
spective school principals and
parents.
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BUY MORE WAR BONDS
Pfc. M. Treadway
Member of Heroic
Two Students Tied
For Second Honors
Assault PlatDOR
with The 24th Infantiy (Vio-
tory) Division On Mindanao.—
Private First Class Mack D. Tread
way, of Oakwoods, North Caro
lina, of this crack Victory Divi
sion’s famous old 19th Infantry
Regiment, was a member of the
thirty-flve-man detachment which
made the first real contact with
Japanese forces In the 24th’s bold
thrust across Mindanao.
It was two days after the land
ing at Parang that the platoon, re
inforced with heavy machine guns,
reached the junction of a road
leading directly eastward and a-
long which Nip resistance began.
Treadway and his comrades were
the point of the entire division.
. 'They dug In near the road jnne-
^'tlon for the night and the expect
ed enemy attack materialized.
About fifty Japanese were In the
opposing force and they came In
time after time, supported by
mortar fire aad machine guns.
The outnumbered Americans
blazed back at them, but soon
found their communications were
disrupted and they were cut off
from the remainder of our troops.
Then ammunition began to run
low with only a few rounds left
per man.
Luckily the last Japanese assault
was beaten off with nearly the
last cartridges, and, although sev
eral hours remained before dawn
tlw Nips did not come In again.
^"There wasn’t anything to do
but sweat It out,” said Treadway,
hen dawn came they counted
en Japanese bodies.
In an account of the North
Wllkesboro school commence
ment imMlsIteS 9r'^fiS"BWil9*p6t
Monday the honor graduates were
listed as Joanna McNeil, Faye El-
ledge and Ruth McNeil In that
order. The article should have
stated that Joanna McNeil was
first and that Faye Elledge and
Rath McNeil tied for second
scholastic honors, both having ex
actly the same scholastic average,
and both received Identical sec
ond place awards.
Ladies Night Of
Lions On Friday
Dr. D. W. Daniels, of Clemson
College, S. C., will address the
North Wllkesboro Lions Club
Ladies’ Night banquet Friday
night at Roaring River schooL
Dr. Daniels, of the English de
partment of Clemson college, Is
widely known as one of the out
standing banquet gpeakera In the
Carolinas and It is expected that
the full membership of the club
and many guests will attend the
banquet. Other entertaining fea
tures are planned for the pro
gram, which will open at 7:30 p.
His Truck Lost
Three Radiators
From ShoH HHs
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First Methodist Will
Have Bible School
BUY MORE WAR BONDS
RATION
NEWS
PROCESSED FOODS: Bine
Stamps N2, P2, Q2, R2, S2 ex
pire June 80. T2, U2, V2, W2,
xt expire July 31. Y2, Z2, Al,
Bl, 01 expire August 31. Dl,
Ml, FI, Gl, HI expire Sept.
meats and FATS: Red
Stai&;B B2. F2, G2, H2, J2 ex-
^^0 June 80. K2, L2, M2, N2,
expire July 31. Q2, R2, 82,
TS, U2 expire August 81. V2,
WS, X*. Y2, Z2 expire Sept.
^fO.
SUGAR: Sugar stamp No. 88
)d for S pounds, expiree Au-
'gnst 81.
SHOES: Airplane Stamps
No. 1, a. * “0'^
aABOUHB: A-16 coupons
TAUd through June 21.
Vacation Bible school will be
gin at the First Methodist church
Monday, June 11, and continue
through the week with sessions
each morning from 8:30 to 10:30.
Mrs. William Ingram will bo
superintendent with Miss Carolyn
Moore secretary.
Department superintendents
and teachers will be as follows:
Beginners—Mrs. W. C. Marlow,
superintendent. Miss Geraldine
Caldwell and Miss Agnes Kenerly;
primary — Miss Nellie Gabriel,
superintendent, Mrs. I. M. Elle*,
Jr., Miss Gordon Reins and Mias
Dot Powell; Junior—Miss Mary
Moore Hlx, superintendent. Rev.
A. C. Waggoner and Miss Mar
garet Jones.. Director of music
will be Mrs. Claude Doughtoc and
Misses Marjorie Gabriel and Dot
Powell will direct recreation.
$1,200 ASKED TO SDPPLEMEHT
FUNDS FOR HIRINfi A FOIL TIME
PHYSICAL EDOCATIOH DIRECTOR
Hat Purple Heart
Members of the city board of
education and many other inter
ested citizens formed a delegation
which appeared More the city
council Tuesday night asking ea
appropriation of 11,800 as sup
plementary pay for a full time rec
reation and phyeleal education
director for North Wllkesboro
schools.
Spokesmen for the delegation
explained that 81,800 yearly sup
plement would enable the schools
to employ a capable man for the
full year. The matter was discuss
ed at length but no action was
taken.
Present for the council meet
ing were Mayor R. T. McNiel and
all members of the board of com
missioners—J. R.Hlx, A. F. Kil
by, H. M. Hutchens, Ralph Dun-'
can, R. G. Finley.
A resolution was passed ask
ing that the State Highway Oom-
mlsslon resurface B, 9th and 10th
streets In the downtown business
district, using ^ndO allocated by
the state for maintenance of high
ways in North Wllkeeboro.
Clerk W. P. Kelly was authoris
ed to accept prepayment of 1946
taxes on an eemnated rate of {
S1.20 per one hundred dollars as- {
sessed valuation of property, and
one dollar for each poll tax. The
rate at present Is one dollar, bnt
It was pointed out that costs have
Increased and that there will be
heavier bond maturities In the
coming fiscal year.
The license tax ordinance was
adopted. The schedule of special
license and privilege taxes will
be published In , this newspaper
Monday. ~
Large Group Men
Sent Wednesday
For Examination
Both Selective Service boards
in Wnkes yesterday sent large
groups of men to Fort Bragg for
examination for service in the
array and navy. The lists of men
forwarded follow:
Thornton Staley Is
Now On Way Home
Pfc. Thornton Staley, who had
been a prisoner In Germany since
February. 1943, has arrived In
America, according to a telegfam
received Tuesday. He stated that
he was well and all right.
Pfc. Staley was principal of
Cricket school before entering the
army. He was captured during the
campaign In North Africa.
BUT MORE WAR BONDS
'The maintenance officer of
service company of the Seventy-
first armored field artillery bat
talion, now in Germany, keeps
a standln;^ requisition for radia
tors for the ommtmltion trucks,
driven by T-5 Ernest Johnson
of Kannapolis.
Johnson has had three'radla-
tors shot np by enemy action.
Entering Luxembourg, his first
radiator was punctured by
shrapnel from an enemy motar
shell. Entering Germany, his
second radiator was punctured
by a fragment from a German
artillery sheU. During the fitt
ing In Germany his third radi
ator was almost completely re
moved by fragments from a
bomb. T-6 Johnson, now in Ger
many, is a former resident of
Wilkes, being a son of J. W.
Johnson, of North Wllkesboro
route three
Bishop Hughes To
Preach In Revival
At 1st Methodist
Revival seirices will open at
the First Methodist church of
North Wllkesboro Sunday, June
10, and continue throngh Friday,
Jnne 16, with services each even
ing at eight o’clock.
Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes, of
Washington, D. O., one of the out
standing ministers and leaders In
the Methodist church, will be the
guest speaker. 'iReT. A. C. Wag
goner la pastor of the church.
The public is cordially Invited
’n all services,
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South Africa has a bicycle short
age and is trying to buy them in
o^er countries.
Clarence Booseivelk Robbins.
Royal Walter Baker.
Bussell Henry Hamby.
James Everett Souther.
Johnny Clanton Anderson.
Joseph Mansfield Jarvis,
Eugene Robert Blevlmi.
Robert Fred Combs.
Ernest Hincher.
George Evert
Fred
'ikhulnm
Ralph Wellbmn. ^
Ted Everett Johnson.
James Hoyle MeNefl.
Tam Bowie Pardos.
Wade 'Tabnadge Marsh.
Edgw Russell MlntOB.
Ram Odom Hayes.
Homer Rnfns Transeam.
Ralph Andersen.
Bdd Warner Andevson.
Hugh Jack AndrasoBu
James Robert Woods,
Wake Ernest Sonther.
Evert Earl Lowe.
Walter Odell •Brookshire.
George Laws.
Lonnie Bavid Adams.
Leonard Morris Green.
Clarence James Call.
Walter Worth Blackbnm.
Jambs Matthew Staley.
John Edmond Foster.
Otis William Oondi.
George Edison WIngler.
William Garvle Reynolds.
Ralph Jones Frazier.
Tvoyd Samuel Sebastian.
William Henry Bangnss.
John Allen Whittington.
Wayne Winfred Vannoy,
Richard Lee Johnson.
David Carlo Darnell.
Carmle Henry Bayes.
Hubert Wilson Absher.
Wade KOby.
Tommy Paw.
John Qnlncy Bryant.
Joseph James Cockeriiam.
Curley Edward Bamell.
Robert Lanren Holbrook.
Eugene Shelton Church.
Ovid Devanghn Jordan.
Carr Wilson Dancy.
William Monroe Johnson.
Albert Clinton Pruitt.
Loy Edgbert Triplett.
John Ralph Pennington.
Earl Edward Brooks.
Eetradie Bo ten.
Mack Oden Wagoner.
Jack Ray Crabb.
Wade Davis 6h^>herd.
Albert Harrison Pardne.
Claude Holbrook.
Willie Sebron Hayes.
Ford Dwight Roten.
Vernon Albert Wood.
Tracy Perry.
Mack Eugene Wood.
Waiter Clay Bowem.
Tmman Boope.
Harvey Gordon Johnston
William Arthur Gant
James Gsrr Bowers.
Warren G. Harding McGmdy-
Janies A. Garfield Oodcertiam.
Vnniam Oden little. .
Evmette OdeU BoyaL
WOBam Beamer Hemrio, Jk.
Veldon MiUard Bangnss.
Donald Eugene HaB.
vniUam* Jessie H^eomb.
Herbmt Don Joaep,
Robert Tod
Lewis Mattlwir
Bay Van^
CaMn OdeU ShnaEbe.
Don Lewis HaB,
Hoover OooB4gB;:lBiMan
Ceiling Price On
Pine Lumber Same;
No Raise Allowed
The celling price on North
Carolina pine lumber Is the same
which it has been for many
months and no increase has been
allowed or will he allowed.
This information was obtained
from Pdter Stone, head of the lum
ber division of the OPA in Wash
ington.
Reports were published last
week In some dally papers that
an Increase of $4.60 per thou
sand had been granted. This re
port was erroneous and no In
crease has been g;ranted nor will
he granted, Mr. Stone said.
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Large Class Is To
Binflhffl ilKilniinff
WHkesboro School
Students Will Carry Out
Program On History Edu
cation In Wilkes
Pvt. Pan! SL MOler, who was
stationed at a convalescent hos
pital in Florida, was recently
borne on a 30-day fnrlon{^ and
has retamed to Miami, Fla.,
for reassignment. Pvt. MiDer
was In the llOtb regiment of
the aoth division of the first
army. BUs division was the first
to land on the Normandy beach
on D-Day. He was wounded at
St. Lo, Prance, on Jnne 17, and
was sent to Engfland for |peat-
ment. December 81 be was re.
turned to the States. He receiv
ed Wounds In both legs and hips
and sGU carries three pieces of
steel In one hip. Pvt, MUler’s
ribbons consist of the purple
heart, the ETO with two battle
stars, good conduct medal, pres
idential citation and expert In
fantryman's badge. He entered
service at Gamp Oroft, S. O.,
in Angnst, 1948, recelvM train
ing at Camp Wheeler, Ga., and
Fort Oeoige G. Meade, Md., and
went overseas in April last year.
His wifei, Mrs. Esther M. Mfl-
ler, makes her home with his
XDoitiMr, Mn^ Shnily MlUcr, on
' jwvntF
StillFarShortItf
$320,00OFisire
h Wilkes Coiity
Foot Districts Reach Assign
ed Quotas; More Bond
Sales Essential
TWO MARINE
Month-end reports swelled the
B bond tot&l for Wilkes county
In the Seventh War Loan to 1189,-
000 bnt the county still has a long
way to go to reach the goal of
8320,000 in B bonds during the
campaign, W. D. Halfacre, chair
man, reported today.
Sales of E bo' «. daring the re
mainder of Juny will count to
ward the quota, and extra effort
ou the part of every committee
chairman and volunteer bond
worker is especially urged now
in order that the connty may keep
perfect Its record In War Loan
drives.
Mr. -Halfacre reported districts
which have reach^ their assign
ed quotas as being Wllkesboro,
Maple Springs, Moravian Falls and
Roaring River. Encouraging re
ports have been r>icelved from
some other districts, while others
have only sold a small part of
their quotas.
Many local retail stores, which
were given a quota of an extra
8100 war bond sale for each mem
ber of the sales and management
personnel, are behind on their
quotas, and they are especially
urged to Include war bonds in
their sales during the next three
weeks. By convenient arrange
ment locally, the retail stores can
take orders for bonds, which will
be mailed directly to the pur
chasers by local banks.
Report of E bond sales by dis
tricts and by retail stores will be
published In The Journal-Patriot
Monday.
In view of the fact that there
will be only two bond drivee th^
npa. iirgud- iq ,
r^^mSire And bigger bonds In the
B class during the remainder of
this month, A few extra bond pnr-
A large class of seniors will re
ceive diplomas in the final pro
gram of Wllkesboro high school
commencement tonight.
The graduates will carry out
the program with the following
taking part: Glenn Hendren, in
vocation; Hope Brown, saluta
tory; Lee Bentley, president’s ad
dress; Kathleen Robinson, vocal
solo; Britt Steelman, “History of
Private Schools”; Ina Sonther,
“Early Public Schools”, Bnth
Craig, “Modem Public Schools”;
Elizabeth Pharr, valedictory.
Theme of the program will bo
“History Of Education In Wilkes
County”.
American Legion and Auxiliary
citizenship medals will be present- I
ed by Major E. P. Robinson and ,
Mrs. E. N. PhllUps.
High school diplomas will be
presented by C. B. Eller, superin
tendent of Wilkes county schools,
and Wm. T. Long, Wllkesboro
principal, to the following seniors:
Lee W. Bentley, Johnny J.
Bishop, Thomas H. Bdmlnsten,
Carey G. Glass, Jr., Glenn 0. Hen
dren, Max Hendren, Tommie Jar
vis, R. G. Mathis, Howard Vann
Profflt, Donald E. Robinson, John
Britt Steelman, Jesse Ray Wiles,
Albert M. Williams, Myrtle B.
Ball, Nannie Lee Bouchelle, Uii-
dred Ruth Brawley, Evelyn Hope
Brown, Kay Brown, Martha Eliza
beth Carlton, Ruth Irene Craig,
Margaret Davis, Eileen Earp, Bet
ty Ferguson, Estelle Fox, Martha
Hege, Doris Hendren, Martha Sue
Hendren, Katherine Irvin,. Billie
Jennings, Katie Lee Johnson,
Ruth Johnson, Blanche Ll-vlng-
stonc. Hazel Milam, Arclle Mathis,
Opal Miller, Wanda Miller, Jean
ette McJntlre, Betty McLain, El-
olse Pardne, Beatrice Parsons,
Edith Parsons, Elisabeth Pharr,
Betty Phillips, Kathleen Robin
son, Ivalee Rnssell, Ina Sonther,
Evelyn Steele, lues Triplett, Gay-
nell Walsh, Blondell J. Walsh,
Merl Watts, Katherine Webster,
Mae Wiles. LnclUe Wiles, Myrtle
WUllams, Evelyn Wright.
GROUPS PUSH
FOR JUNCTIOR
Qnlncy Elmer MeBrideu
William Grant Sebastian.
Georgfe Elmer HalL
L. B. Holbrook,
wnumw Bfarens Johnson.
Ralph’IauM Dnrfaani.
Engene Vlrgfl Ashley.
Clyde HOlery Blevliis.
Lawrence Tonng Harrold.
Iredkill Bex Hlddle.
Eck Geno Shmnate.
Grover Marshall Durham.
Edward Wood.
Ira Colarabae Watkloa.
Guam.—MaJ. Gen. Lemuel C.
Shepherd’s United States Sixth
marines captured the great Naha
airfield on Okinawa Wednesday
and swept southward down the
Omku peninsula toward an Im
minent junction with the First
marine division In the center of
the Island.
With the fleeing Japanese gar
rison already cut Into several
pockets, the rampaging United
States 10 til army threatened to
link up on a solid front across the
southern tip of the island In a
victory drive to occupy all of the
Island doorstep to Japan.
Despite rain and heavy mud,
the marines and doughboys ad
vanced in all sectors Wednesday,
Adm. Chester W. Nlmltz an
nounced, driving wedges south
ward from the center of the Island
that in some places reached with
in a few miles of the southern
beaches.
chases by all who are financially
the
able to buy bonds can yet put
county "over the top" In the cam
paign.
The war In the Pacific Is mount
ing In fury and the cost of mater
ials and transportation Is also
climbing, evidencing the great
need for continued war bond buy
ing on the pan. of all the people
on the home front.
Nine Local Ooys
Go Into the Navy
The chief labor problem dur
ing the coming months is tbe har
vesting of the tobacco crop.Join In
a campaign to bring plenty of la
bor to the fields.
Serves In Pacific
Pvt. Arthur B. Miles, who en
tered service December R, 1944,
and received training at Gamp
Wheeler, Go., Is now somewhwe
in the Pacifle. His wife, the
former Miss Doris Hamby, and
children, P^^ and Danny, are
making their home with Pvt.
Miles' parents, Dr. and Mrs. W.
W. Miles, at Champion.
Several 17-year-old men from
this community have recently vol
unteered for service In the navy
and have passed their entrance ex
aminations. They Include: L. B.
Duncan, Roaring River; Morris
Bradley Owen, rente two. North
Wllkesboro: Hllmer Homer Wad
dell, Moxley; William Douthard
Parller, Moravian Falls; Jimmie
Bly Palmer, North Wllkesboro;
Bruce McKinley Church, Millers
Creek; Eddie Allen Caudill, North
Wllkesboro; Ralph Bruce Church,
North Wllkesboro; Robert Wade
Oryder, Hlddenlte.
Others going today for their
examinations were Everette Her
man Davis, Pores Knob, and Mar
shall Mott Anderson, Wllkesboro.
Gordon Revival To
Begin On Sunday
A revival campaign will begin
Sunday night at Gordon Baptist
church near this city. The opening
service will start at 7:30 p. m.
The pastor, Rev. Ralph Miller,
will be assisted In holding the
series of services by Rev. Vilas
Minton.
The public is cordially Invited
to attend all services.
Charlie Sparks Is
Killed Dy Auto In
Daltimor^ Md.
' Funeral service was held
Wednesday at Shady Grove church
for Charlie C, Sparks, age S8,
who was killed when he was
struck by an automobile Monday
In Baltimore.
Hr. Sparks, a reri^ent of the
eastern part of WOkee county,
had been making his home la
Baltimore for some time, where
he held a shipyard 'position. De
tails of the s^deat treie not
IfSarned bera.
Surviving. Hr. ^larks era. Me ^
wife, Mrs. fiesale Coffey Sperkib
enfffonr cbHdrea. r-i