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|/4'&4aaMed infantrymen, adranclng
/A-^^Into a murderous fire from
■*’“ 'French artillery and machine
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IS'itToTOea the lower Somme River at
fjererat points on a 23-mlle sec-
>tor between Amiens and the sea,
&^Vlt was admitted today.
VOL. YTTTTT. No. 60 Publtehej Monday and ThursdayB. NOBTH WgJ^OBO^. C THURSDAY, :JUWfe 6. 1946
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Attacking at dawn, the Ger-
Jiaana, oblivious to their losses,
K^aiUk^ on this second day of the
pT: phase of their blitzkrieg
- off Prance from Britain
^^li.taklng the last of the channel
while the German left wing
1^’ SSght to blast a path to Paris
ENwa the eastern part of the 110-
'-flBdls front In the battle
of the
.^^^jitfiMne.
6. V Reports from the front said
the Germans had thrown
g -CfrWtthlng they had Into the
*i.Tehannel attack.
"n^y succeeded In forcing the
French advanced line. It was ad
mitted officially. But It was as
sorted that they had met stone
wall defense at the second line.
It was one of their favorite
tulitlng movements which the
Germans were essaying, seeking
to thrust down toward Le Havre
and the lower Seine by exerting
terrific concentrated pressure on
the French left wing.
On all but the Channel-Amiens
section of the line, it was assert
ed, the French held fast.
Attack Tanks
Throughout the night piok^
French troops, newly trained in
oonnter-blltzrieg technique and
operating from secret strong
points hidden in forests, quarries
and marshes, had gone out to at
tack German tanks which yester
day had penetrated a mile deep
Into their lines in parts of the
front.
It was asserted that numerous
German tanks bad been destroy
ed and it was indicated that this
part of the situation was well un
der control. It had been expected
that the tanks would make head-
-a»^to the first phase of the
ittiu. h»tt the French hoped to
i&d wine them ont.
altsslmo, __ u
„wu oeen preparing the French
,.^Une for this assault, gave his view
the general situation this
morning through the war ofnce
with his accustomed terseness.
“The situation is good enough.
The battle is progressing accord
ing to the scenario we expected.
The enemy has not yet allgneu all
fu—its forces.”
This meant that Weygand saw
the battle as In Its opening phase
only, and expected Adolf Hitler,
gambling with the lives of his
. men for a quick victory, to throw
s mew and even stronger forces into
' the biggest battle since the World
War.
Father Of L. M.
Nelson Succumbs
riorence. S. C.. June 5.—Capt.
James Ransome Nelson. 80, re
tired -A. C. L. railroad conductor,
died late Tuesday at a local hos
pital after a long Illness. Funer-
.nl services will be held at 11 a.
; m Thursdav at the residence here
^;^od the body will be taker, to
boro. N. C. for burial. Capt.
an was a native of Edge-
county, N. C„ but had
|. in Florence over 50 years,
ved the A. C. L. as con-
48 years. He is surtived
t “Wife, Mrs. Florence Green-
Kelson, and the following
Llrfrtldren: Mrs. Robert O. Yancey
I^Ballsbury, N. C.. Mrs. William
J^fw of Washington, N. C.,
'' I'Nelscn of Charleston. Lew-
.iCv Nelson of North Wllkes-
oro N C„ Robert J. Nelson of
Ifashington. D. C„ and Charles
Nelson of Roxboro. N. C. A sis-
er, Mrs. J. S. Corbett of Tarboro,
C., also survives with eight
Bdchlldren.
ly Plam^
To Hear Dewey
Red Cross Funds
Contributed Here
Now Total $79.00
$24 Contributed To War Re
lief Fund Since Monday;
No Canvass Made
P^eant Matter
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Donations to the Wilkes chap
ter cf the Red Cross for war re-
lief here today had reached $79, j
according to a report by W. Blair
Gwyn. chapter treasurer, who Is
receiving the donations for the
chapter at the Bank of North
Wllkesboro.
The county’s quota was set at
$800 but no canvass has been
made for donations and the $79
which has been given has been
handed and mailed to the chapter
treasurer.
Meanwhile the appeals for
funds to aid war sufferers are
growing more urgent a^addition-
al thousands in war to’iU Europe
find themselves without homes,
food and clothing and other
thousands are suf.voring because
of wounds and ot sr Injuries of
warfare.
The donations reported by the
chapt I treasurer since the last
report Monday follow:
Reported Monday $55.00
Mrs. A. K. Pearson 1.00
M. C. Woodle 5.00
Mrs. W. A. Sydnor 1.00
Spainhour-Sydnor
Dr. E. M .Hutchens —
Z. V. Dickson
Keith Glngles, promotional
director and pageant master
for tlie 60fh anniversary cele
bration here June 30 through
July 4, is one of John B. Reg
ers PisHlnclng company's mo.st
able' promoters. His most rec
ent Jobe, which were highly
■successful, were in Atlanta,
Ga,, and Littie Rock, Arkansas.
Nominations ,,Will Rem^
Open Until June 13;
Tickets Mean Votes
Fifty-two Wilkes county girls
have been nominated as “Queen”
to reign gloriously-through four
days of North Wilkeaboro’s 50th
anniversary celebration July 1,
2, 3 and 4, it was learned today
from Mrs. Palmer Horton, chair
man of the Queen Contest com
mittee for the event.
Nominations for the title of
"Queen’’ will close at noon on
June 13 and the contest will close
on June 27.
The selection of the “Queen”
will be determined by votes and
votes may be secured by sale of
tickets to "On Wings Of Time,”
the historical pageant to he stag
ed on the nights ot July 1, 2, 3
and 4. Each dollars worth of
tickets will represent 1,000 votes.
As soon as the tickets go on
sale it Is expected that those nom
inated for “Queen” will Immedi
ately begin working for the title
and the many privileges which go
with it and that their friends will
aid in every way possible.
The nominations as reported
Wilkes Hatchery —
Mrs. E. A. Shook —
TOTAL
10.00
_ 2.00
.. 2.00
.. 2.00
1.00
..$79.00
Bass Open Season
To Begin Monday
Homer Brookshire, Wilkes
county game protector, today today were as follows:
called attention to the fact that
open season for bass and other
fish will begin Monday. June 10.
Attention Is also called to the
fact that the bag limit on bass
is eight and the minimum legal Gabriel, Katherine Finley,
length Is twelve Inches.
1940 County Taxes Accepted For
Payment At Current Rate Of $1.05
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Marriage Licenses
Marriage license have neen Is-
follows: Arrll Canter and Allie
Holman, both of Purlear; Arthur
Foster and Mabel Williams, both
of North Wllkesboro; Paul Milam
and Hazel Pierce, both of Crick
et.
Rate Of City Tax
May Remain $1.25
Prepayment Of 1940 Taxes
Being Accepted At The
Present Tsix Rate Here
North Wllkesboro board of
commissioners In session Tuesday
night authorized the city clerk
and tax collector to accept pay
ment of 1940 taxes at the present
tax rate of $1.25 on each hundred
dollars valuation of property.
The law alloTs a discount of two
per cent on 1940 taxes paid dur
ing this month.
The board also voted to con
clude a sewage disposal plant in
the WPA water and sewer project
now under consideration.
Funds were appropriated to
construct a float for the city In
the parade during the city’s 50th
anniversary celebration July 1-4.
The privilege tax ordinance
levying the usual privilege taxes
for the year was ordered publish
ed.
Father’s Day On
Sunday, June 16
$1.06 For North Wllkesboro son.
Town^p; T^o P«r Cent
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C. G. Poindexter, Wilkes coun
ty accountant. Is accepting pre
payment of Wilkes county taxes
at the present county-wide rate
of $1.05 and $1.06 for North
Wllkesboro township on each
hundred dollars valuation o f
property.
The rate, of course, is tenta
tive and subject to change pend
ing adoption of the county budget
by the board of commissioners.
During the month of June
discount of two per cent is allow
ed on payment of 1940 taxes as
provided by statute.
'^ottss, Betty ^ .
Evelyn FAw, Mrs. Spenebf Kicn-
ardson, Dorothy Davidson, Wilma
Rose Call.
Wllkesboro —r Peggy Church,
Betty Henderson and Helen Call.
Moravian Falls — Breta Poe
Scroggs and Betty Pearson.
Hays—Ivona Sebastian.
Mulberry—Edith Beaman.
.Millers Creek—.Bronda Bum
garner, Eda Mae Cjrysel, Virginia
Reeves, Nell Gant.
Ronda—Alene Greene and Cleo
Dell Byrd.
Compliance To
Begin Monday
Thirty Employed To Check
Complience On Farm
Program For Year
Father’s Day comes this year
On Sunday. June 16th, and as
usual, he will be well remember
ed. Local merchants are expected
to offer special values in Father’s
Daj^'gifts and Dad’s day Is ex
pected to be commemorated In
many ways.
, Each year Dad, It seems, is
coming more and more Into his
own, until Father’s Day Is con
sidered one of the outstanding
day’s of the year.
Wilkes county Republican lead-
[ ers today said that a large num-
*'ber of Wilkes county Republicans
win be In the crowd In Wlnston-
' Salem Saturday night, eight o -
clock, to hear an address by Dis
trict Attorney Tom Dewey, of
wNew York City, a leading candi
date tor the Republican nomina
tion for president.
He will deliver the address In
Reynolds gymnasium and It
m be broadcast frwn coast-to-
^ast over the NaUonal Broad-
outing cbnzpany network.
file, Winston-Salem address la
scMd *to be one of the most
Artaat of hla campaign for the
^bUean nomination.
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Triple A compliance work will
get under way in earnest In
Wilkes county on Monday, June
10, Lawrence Miller, chief clerk
of the Triple A committee, said
today.
Thirty supervisors, who attend
ed a supervisors’ school last week
and are taking special training
this week, will do the compliance
work under direction of Lonnie
Billings, compliance supervisor
for' the county.
In Wilkes this year a record
number of farms are partlclp'.t-
Ing In the program and a big t isk
faces the compliance workers.
Lions Will Meet
Friday Evening
North Wllkesboro Lions club
will meet on Friday evening,
6:30. J. D. Moore and Frank Al
len have charge of the program
and an interesting meeting Is an
ticipated.
1000 _ VOTES — 1000
NORTH WILKESBORO’8
50th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Queen Nominating Coiqion
I Nominate — — ——
- Her Address
Nominations Close 12, Noon, June 13
1000 — VOTES — 1000
North Wllkesboro — Rebecca
Brame, Grace Frank Kilby, Billie
Barnes, Betty Halfacre, Jean
Moore, Bessie Lee Anderson,
Alice Wells, Nell Roi.s au, Nellie
Mary
Parker Kelly. Gwendolyn Hub
bard, Mrs. C. E. Jenkins, Jr., Mrs.
Hempton McNeill, Myrtle Norris,
Janie McDtarBl^. LfltA Cof*®^
Corinnjs
Elizaf
Betty
Jane
PRINTING WODDEii NHW.
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Here is shown D. J. Carter, publicity division chairman for North
Wilke^boro’s 50th anniversary celebration, as he inspects samples of
wo^en nickels before the start rolling out the wooden mon
ey at Carter-Hubbard Publishing company. (Photo by courtesy of
Twin-City Sentinel).
Nordi
Brimdi OlHce To Opo
Monday In Cartor Bv3U^
ing Ob Nindi Street
It was announced today by W.
L. KUeoin, acting regional dlrae>
tor for the Social Soeuri^.Bonri^
WaAington, D. C., that a' bfrawA'
office of the Social Security Board
will be opened Monday, June 1#,
over the Carter-Hubbard Publlah-
ing Company, second floor Carter
building, 9th Street, In North
Wilkeeboro.
This office ,lt was announced,
win be under the Jurisdiction ot
the field office of the Social Se
curity Board, Salisbury, of which
Louis H. Clement is the acting
manager. The service area of this
branch office will include .Aslie^
Alleghany, Watauga and Wilkes
counties, and a portion of .Alex
ander county.
The office will be equipped to
give official information concern
ing the Social Security Act; assist
wage-earners to obtain acconnt
numbers or duplicate numbers,
assist enuployers to obtain feder
al Identification numbers; pro
vide forms, information, and a»-
sistance In tiling of claims under
the old-age and survivors Insur
ance ot the Social Security Act;
and perform functions incident
to authority conferred upon it by
the Social Security Board at
Washington, D. C.
W. Anthony Thorne, field as
sistant assigned to the Salisbury
office, will be In charge. For the
Thorne has
gbrenuatet j
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ry, Emily MoCoy, Mary Louise
Clements, Holt Hudson, Ruth |
he „vas tn; ^oetot
Nephew Mrs C. Call
Is Injured In Wreck
iMrs. Clarence Call received a
message today from Memphis,
Tenn., stating that her nephew,
Allen Boren, had been seriously
injured In an antomobil© wreck
near that city. Mr. Boren, a
former resident of Greensboro,
resides at Aberdeen, MlSs.
While few details of the wreck
aie known here, the message
stated that two men traveling
with Mr. Boren were killed, and
that Mr. Boren suffered a bad
head Injury, causing much of his
body to be paralyzed.
Mr. Boren is well known In
this city and Wllkesboro where
he has visited often In the past.
Two Good Teams
Wai Play Here
Cleveland To Play On Satur
4iay smd Tomlinson’s
High Point Sunday
North Wllkesboro baseball
team will play two games here
during the week-end.
A strong nine from Clereland
in Rowan county will Invade the
fairgrounds diamond on Saturday
afternoon seeking revenge from
a 9 to 1 defeat suffered last Sat
urday at the hands of the North
Wllkesboro players. The
win begin at three o’clock
On Sunday afternoon, three o’-
play
day.
kesboro in’a'few
funny thing ikboOt the whole'’
businese Ls that the wooden
money will be good and worth
He face valne.
That old piece of advice a-
bout “Don’t take any wooden
nickels” will be out of date in
North Wllkesboro because here
a wooden nickel will buy a
good five-cent cig^ar, a cone of
ice cream, or five cents worth
of almost anything. "
The wooden nickels are now
being printed, right here in
North Wilkesboro, on thin slabs
of actual wood, and they will
b‘ is.sued to local merriiants
' SMTcaln of
Rtftb * aoniversary c^ebratjon
being planned for Nortfc^ ITII-
kesboro June 30 tlirough July
4.
Every wooden nickel will be
backed by Uncle Sam’s good
cash so when }'Ou get some of
them In change remember they
are good and are likely to be
come worth much more than
their face value as sonvenir
hunters grab them right and
left. The wooden nickels will
he good at the banks as wril as
other business houses.
So watch for the wooden
nickels and do not be afraid of
Iheui because they will be good.
Annual Meeting North Wilkesboro’s
Commerce Bureaus To Be Tuesday
Regular annual meeting of
North Wllkesboro’s Commerce
Bureaus, Inc., will be held In the
city hall In North Wilkesboro on
Tuesday, June 11, 7:30 p. m.
In an announcement of the
meeting mailed to members the
importance of attendance at the
meeting was stressed.
The Commerce Bureaus were
organized a year ago as a coopera
tive organization with six bureaus
representing various business In
terests: Manufacturers, Merch
ants, Wholesalers, Credit-Collec
tion, Advertising and Better Bus-
[inessT
Advance Sale Of Anniversary
Pageant Tickets k Amounced
Plans for advanced sale of
tickets to "On Wings Of Time.”
historical spectacle to he staged
as a part of the celebration of
North Wllkesboro 60th annivers
ary July 1, 2, 3, and 4, "were an
nounced here today. ,-
Advance sale of general admis
sion tickets will begin immedi
ately and continue through ;June
27. The committee - on -, tickets
s'ales reported tkat tickets ^ will
be sold In advance three for one
dollar and that the ticket,sales
would determine the selection of
the "queen” to reign' throughout
the celebration. Bach dollars
worth of tickets sold will count
1,000 votes In the “Queen’s” con
test.
Patrons’ tickets, which will be
for
clock, the local team will
Tomlinson’s nine from High Point gq^^alent of box seats
here. The visitors the pageant, will be sold at one
tation of being one of North Car-
olina’s best amateur teams and „in h* included in the
the home team will have
purchaser will be Included In the
the home team win nave the r ^ , programs for the event
hands full If they continue their ^ " natron Ucket. will
e^oh patron Ucket. will
record of vlctorlee through Sun- ^ votes In the contest
for the selection of a “queen.”
As an added indneement to
Mrs. James Ritchie and cbll- — — -
dren, Janet and Robert, of Pores ticket sellers, a ..commUis^ of
Knob, are spendting a faw days one sixth wIU bs aUowed. In Ot>-
thU week with Bto. -and Mrs.|sff words, ttie ticket seltor may
Glenn Dancy at Hbytr”-'
^taift one dollar out ^ot
six as commission.
Gate admission tickets will be
considerably higher than tickets
purchased In advance. The lowest
admission charge at the gate dur
ing the celebration 'V’lR 'he 55
eents and patrons tickets will be
$1.10.
Title for the historical page
ant which win depict the history
of Wilkes county and North WII-
kesjboro from the days of the
Cherbkees to the present, “On
Wings Of Time,” was selected by
the Scenario and Title Committee,
of which Mrs. W. D. Halfacre Is
chairman.
of the American Legion tor June
nlng, June 7th, at 7{S0.
EJvery member Is requested to
be present due to the fspt that
officials must be elected for the
- Neighbors of R. E. h. Plum-
ensttlBg year and delegstos and mer of toe Cmmpler community
aUernstss must be cboMx lO »P* I® Ashe Muoty sre smssed at tha,
resent the post at the rtkte coa- way lespode» ^s
rentlon, which’ Is to field In ‘Plummer fi^ reportaO. J. Rich.
pBgli PelBt tte la^er pwi" of *&rm agent of the State GOllega
evary^une. 
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>M r. Kilcoln explained that
changes In the Social Security
Act, which made monthly old-age
and survivors Insurance benefits
payable this year, necessitates
the establishment of branch of
fices at convenient points for
service to claimants and for as
sistance in the issuance of social
security acconnt .numbers. He
stated that wage earners have
realized that future payments ot
old-age and survivors insurance
will depend upon each worker’s
own individual social security ac
count; and, therefore, they are
making such that they obtain ac
count numbers. Mr. Kilcoin added
that cooperation between employ
ers and the local offices of the
Social Security Board Is Increas
ingly Important, which Is another
reason for the establishment of
additional offices at convenient
locations.
To Dedicate New
Yellow Hill Church
Dedication services for the new
church at Yellow Hill will be held
on the third Sunday, June 16. The
pastor. Rev. H. H. Smith, will get
Rev. Mr. Ashley to preach the
dedication sermon If possible;
and if not. some other good
preacher will be there.
There will be special singing
by a quartet from Oak Grove
near Boone and others.
Everybody Is cordially invited
and a special invitation is extend
ed to all preachers who have ever
been pastors at Yellow Hill.
Privilege Taxes
Due City, County
Legion To Elect
Endey t'ersons "wao are uuc yiiviiciRxj
The regular mouthly meeting to the county, city or botk
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Today Wilkes county and North
Wilkesboro are publishing In thia
newspaper privilege tax ordinanc
es.
These taxes for the ensuing
year are now due aud should be
paid to avoid penalty.
Persons who are due prlrilego
ui luo -w -refer to the ordlnancea
will be held In the Leglon-Auxll- pnj)Ugh©d elsewhere for Informar
lary ciuh rooms on Friday eve- tion relative to amounts due.
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