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Navy Mobile Recruiting Unit Raleigh, April 1J. ? A Navy mobile recruiting unit will tour North and South Carolina during April, May and June on the long estest recruiting trip ever made in the Carolinas. Lt. C. B. Neely, officJr-in-charge of Navy recruiting in North Caro lina. said that the mobile unit, composed of a truck and trailer outfitted as a moving recruiting pub-station, will travel a total of 3.588 miles and stop at 122 towns and cities in the two states. The tour opens in Greenville, .S. C., April 12 and the unit, known as a "recruiting cruiser," will travel 1,18.3 miles in South Carolina, stopping in 4 2 towns. The cruiser will enter North Car-, olina on May 4 at Tryon, move vest to Murphy and then zigzag 2,405 miles across the Old North "StaTC, stopping in 80 towns, and ending in Scotland Neck. A crew of four men will man the cruiser, which is believed to be the most modern equipment of its kind on the road. Making the trip will be: Chief Water Tender C. M. Pollard and Yeoman Second Class E. L. Rankin, Jr., both of the Raleigh Recruiting Station; Chief Boilermaker C. B. Farran and Pharmacist's Mate First Class C. T. Cole, both of the Columbia, S. C., Navy Recruit ing Station. The trailer section of the cruis er contains a complete miniature office where the recruiters will be able to give applicants a prelim inary physical examination, make up their preliminary papers and furnish transportation to either Raleigh or Columbia main sta tions. During the three weeks in South Carolina, the cruiser will stop in two towns a day, but will step up its pace in North Carolin to three towns a day. The Trailer section will visit Louisburg on the afternoon of May 22. Oxford the night of May 22. and Henderson the morning of May 23. o JOSEPH JOHN COOPER Joseph John Cooper, well known Cold Sand community planter died at bis home on Louis burg. Route 2. after an illness of about six weeks. Funeral services were conduc ted J>y the Rev. John Edwards ati the home, with burial following In the Cooper family cemetery. Mr. Cooper is survived by hii widow, the former Miss Kate Ben nett; two sons. Ernest Cooper of Louisburg. Rout? 2, J. Alvin Cooper of Henderson, and one daughter. Miss Aileen Cooper, ol Louisburg. MRS. BOWDEN DIES SUNDAY Mrs. G. W. Bowden. 58, died at Duke Hospital. Sunday, April 5th. Funeral services were held from Duke Memorial Baptist Church Monday afternoon. April 6tb. Her former pastor, the Rev. E. Y. Averett, of Severn, as sisted by the Rev. Rex Campell. of Wake Forest, conducted the service. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Cecil Hayes. Mark Hayes. James Hayes, Ben ie Hayes, W. A. Mitchell and Bill Wheless. Honorary pallbear- J I erg were Norman Vick. E. V. i Stone. I. A. Bowden. R. S. Har ris, E. J. Wheless, J. O. Bowden. Jim Harris, J. E. Wilder. Z. T. Perry. J. C. Bowden, C. B. Bunn. Cleveland Perry and P. R. Bunn. Mrs. Bowden was the daugh I ter of the late Smith and Delia Hayes. She is Survived by .her husband; pne daughter. Mrs. Myrtle Parrish; six grandchild ren, one step-daughter, and three brothers. Joe and Charlie Hayes, of Franklin County, and June Hayes, of Virginia., o MRS. J. W. WILDER Spring Hope. ? Mrs. J. W. Wil- ' der died Saturday afternoon at 3:45 at her old home where her son. A. N. Wilder, vresides. She had been in bad health for several years. Mr*. Wilder celebrated her < 85th birthday last Sunday. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock fpom ;4?a hnme nf her aniu__.TllSL . , Rev. Mr. Parrish. . of Zebulon, was in charge of the rites. Burial followed in the family cemetery. Surviving are three daughters. Mrs. J. L. Strickland, of Louis burg. Mrs. C. M. Stallings, of i Spring Hope, and Mrs. Charlie Wilder, of Spring Hope, and a son. A. N. Wilder of Spring Hope. Itoute 2. Also surviving are a brother. H. C. Benson, of Spring Hope. Route 2; 10 grandchildren j and several great-grandchildren.. ! o JAMES M. WILDER James Mat<bew Wilder died at his home on Castalia. Route 1. at noon Sunday. Funeral services were held from the Wood Baptist Church Monday at 2:30 p. m.. with the Rev. E. C. Sexton officiating. Bur ial followed in the Mount- Hebron i Church cemetery. Mr. Wilder Is survived by his wife, Mrs. Martha Ann Wilder; , four sons. William Henry Wilder, of Henderson. Route 2. Marvin Wilder, of Elberon. Troy Wilder, of Castalia. Route 1; and Ray- j i mond Wilder, of Raleigh; four ! daughters. Mrs. Joe Hedgepetb. of NAshville, Route 2, Mrs. Paul PURE ORANGE PEKOE TEA GENUINE HAWAIIAN PINEAPPLE You will not be permitted to purchase any Sugar during the week of April. 27th. ELECTRIC CHURNS WASHING MACHINES VACUUM CLEANERS FLORENCE OIL RANGES DISC and SPIKE HARROWS CULTIVATORS AND CULTIVATOR STEELS SEABOARD STORE CO, INC. D. T. McKlNNE, President Pay Cash and Pay Lew WHOLESALE ? RETAIL Moss, of Castalia^ Route 2, Mrs. Norman Faulkaer. of Henderson, Route 2. and Mrs. Thomas Ed wards. of Castalia, Route 1. o MRS. JOHN SATTERWHITE DIES AT WAKE FOREST > ? Wake Forest. ? Mrs. John C. Satterwhite. age 75. died at the home of her son. Hunter Satter white near Wake Forest. Tuesday. Funeral services were held at Oak Grove Baptist Church, Wed nesday at 3:30. Rev. Charles B. Howard, of Buie's Creek, was in charge with Rev. Icard. the pas tor. assisting. Interment follow ed in the church cemetery. Mrs. Satterwhite is survived by Mr husband: three sons, .Wi'lie J!., and Hunter Satterwhite. of Wake Forest, Fred C. Satter white. of Franklinton; also nine grandchildren and one great grandch ttdT one brother, R. P. Hunt, of Wake Forest-. ? She was before marriage the former Miss SalHe Hunt from Ox ford. ? 1 A SURPRISE BIRTHDAY SIPPER On April 8. Mrs. Emma Har per's TStb birthday wa? celebrat ed with a surprise birthday sup per by her nephews and nieces, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Brown, of Franklinton. Mr. Henry May, of Franklinton, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. May. of Roanoke Rapids, grand nieces. Kathleen Suiter and Mary Jo Suiter, grand nephew, Milton May. of Roanoke Rapids,' gave fie!" A birtnaajT^supper. , After giving her many pres ents and singing "A Happy Birth day" the supper was fully enjoy ed by all present. ? , They left after having enjoyed the supper with joy and happi ness in their hearts as well as ttoe loving throughts from Mrs. Em ma Harper and Haywood Harper. ?o Barring unpredictable develop ments. the total food supply pro duced on American farms this year will be the largest on re cord. reports the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture. IT'S CAMPAIGN TIME The following will be read with much Interest and give some light upon the experience* of a candidate: Stanrtnent of Expenses Alleged lo have been tiled by a Can didate for Sheriff 1b Franklin Count), X. C. Los;- 134 hours of sleep think ing about the election. Lost 3 front teeth and a lot of hair in a personal encounter with an opponent. Donated l beef. 4 goats. and, 5 sheep to county barbecue. Gave away 2 parts of suspen ders, 4 calico dresses^ $5.00 in cash and la baby rattlers. Kiss ed 126 babies. Put up 4 stoves. Kindled 4 fires. Shook bands with 9.305 people, walked 976 miles. Told 10,101 lies, and talked enough to make io prlnt lO vol umes. Attended 16 revivals, and was baptized 5 times by immersion; and twice by other ways, con tributed $40.00 to Foreign Mis sions. - | Made lose to 8 widow* ? 5 grass and 4 sod. Hugged 4 0 old maids. Got dog bitten 9 times, and was elected by 353 majority. Yours very truly, ONE of the forty Old Maids. TIME EXTENDED Because of many requests for additional time to prepare manu scripts. the American Poet-Lau reate Committee this week an irounfed that the "Ptret-Lauieate Search" contest closing date has been extended to May 1. Contest is open to amateur and professional poets and any num ber of entries may be submitted. Ten cents should be enclosed for postage and handling costs. Contest objective is to select the nation's outstanding 1942 'poem and the best verse from each state, according to Claude B. Coldren. contest chairman. Mail entries to H. M. Hudson, Secretary, American Poet-Laur eate Committee, Broadway Buil* > ding. San Diego. California. Occupational Questionnaire All men between 18 and 4 4 years of age. who registered for Selective Service on February six teenth, will receive an occupa tional questionnaire in two par:* ? one for the Selective Board and the other for the United States Employment Service. Listed on one page of the questionnaire are two hundred twenty-eight , vital war production jobs. Each reg-, istrant is asked to check every job in which he has had experi ence or training. It is highly im-1 portant that all questions be an swered carefully and correctly. Offices of the U. S. Employment Service, labor unions, and many! employers stand ready to aid reg-i ist rants in Ailing ouo the ques tionnaire. The lT. S. Employment Service office which serves this section of the State is located at 118 West- Martin Street, and 113 East Davis Street. Raleigh. North | Carolina. Here is a message for men who [registered tor "Selective Service on 'February sixteenth. Your occupa tional questionnaire asks for tpi , portant informat4on about your work experience and the kind of war production jobs you may be i ble to hold. The questionnaire jinust be answered correctly and returned promptly to the local of fice of tihe Selective Service Board. If you do not understand exactly how to fill it out. ask for help from the nearest U. S. Employ "nrgnt- Office, yow- -e?ploy?r.- or your labor union. Help the Unit ed States Employment Service find you the Job, where you can best serve your country. o Since becoming a demonstra tion farmer in 1936, Wiley Per ry of the Beaver Dam township in Watauga County has increased his income by $800 annuallv while expenses have increased only about $300. 0 : If this is civilizat4on. we'll have to revise our ideas of what savag ery was like. MEN OF WAR General Electric men and women ? thouaanda of them I Pour typical acenea ahow the apirit with which they arc tackling the trim job of producing for war) I. Thousands of employees, only ten days after war declaration, gathered in mass meetings in most major Q-E plants to pledge all-out war effort! S. A sign chalked by ? O-E york mui on a bit machine being built for war. The sign carried this challenge to fellow workers: 'Remember Wake Island!" 2. Almo*t 85 per cent of all Gen eral Electric employees tigned up to buy U. S. Detente Saving* Bond* totalling more than $20,000,000 a year! 4. And day and the clock? G-E workmen keep ?teadily at the moit important job of building weapon* and aup plies for U.S. fighting men! General Electric believes that its first duty ?? a food citizen is to be s good soldier. Cenero/ EUetric Company, Schantctady, N. Y. GENERAL & ELECTRIC m DRESS UP f " - 1 ? a ? AT ? TONKEL'S DEPARTMENT STORE \ One Group LADIES' SPRING SUITS Special at $< 295 One Group LADIES' SPRING SUITS Special at $ 4.95 LADIES' SPRING COATS Plaids, Tweeds and Gabardines From !6-95 16-95 EVENING GOWNS ? # All Colors and Sizes, SM AC UP 4-95 LADIES' DRESSES in sheers, silks, seersuckers and spun rayon. Special '1.98 10 '2.95 LADIES' POCKET BOOKS Biege, Black Patent Leather and Kid. 69 c to $1.98 T?NKEL'S DEPT. STORE "Always Something New" ? "Louisburg's Shopping Center"
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