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* aadften renewal of aerUl
mrfture mr ^he British Islea,
Brtttih fighting planes were re
ported to hare shot down nine
Gennaa. attack craft. Including
six dkre bombers. In a battle >a-
loac the English Channel coast.
Two British planes were lost.
On thf Norwegian coast, the
London ndmlralty said British
J.J. dire hom'bers striking at possible
blltskrlog bases sgtpeared to hsve
deetrofed toUUx a huge German
olf ^epot of perhaps 1,200 tons,
ethltii^ big ttrea and causing
T»v«ii|a' to the station st
DdNli) near Beigen.
TTie reported destruction of the
oit depot appeared to be a high-
ll^t In the sudden renewal of big-
^ scale aerial operations by the
5 Kasis, who dropped two Hombs
J during • the night so close to a
!** building housing 300 refugee
children In northeast England
that all windows were shattered.
The aerial fighting over the
British Isles with its implication
of greater struggles to come put
[• Italian campaign in Africa in
background for the moment.
Massawa Hit
The British defense forces in
lea still were concentrating
d attention on the Libyan
;Jer, where the Italians have
been threatening to start an. of
fensive into Egypt and toward
the Suez Canal.
British airplanes, a Cairo com-
cauniQue said, ranged far along
the Mediterranean coast of (.Ibya
to bomb Italian bases and naval
units at Bardla and other points
which are er-ential to an offens
ive against Egypt. They reported
that the Fascist submai’.ne base
at Massawa in Eritrea was raided
on Tuesday and Wednesday and
direct hits were scored on ships,
including a submarine. ■
But in British Somaliland,
which lies along the Gulf of Aden
at the southern passage toward
Suez, the Italians appeared to be
advancing in blitzkrieg fashion
toward the important port of
Berbers.
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,C. M. Oranpi'
patally Stricken In Wilkes-
boro Wednesday Night;
Funeral Friday
[•HE TR.
Here Satnrday
Automobile Races Fm* Bent-
fit Of American Red Cross
Saturday Afternoon
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bsen redadh^'*lx eMrts. . \
TtM mia uns set at fl.lB fa
;ttie Aa0o« uieeUag be the
r hosed. The rate foe ‘the
post year was fl4i8 «* eadi
daaarR vahutton of
pnpe^.
Ten of the best dirt track driv
ers In the south have entered for
the charity races at the fair
grounds here Saturday afterr oon,
August 10, officials of the NoHh
Wilkesboro Dokles club, sponsor
ing organization, said today.
The races wll! begin at 2:30
o’clock and a large crowd of race
fans from several northweatem
North Carolina counties !* ex
pected to witness the exhibition
of speed and skill on the one-
third mile oval.
Some of the entrants to date
are: Wild Cliff Harp, of .Winston-
Salem, with his Winfield special;
Herman Owens, of Charlotte, Mc
Dowell special; Bady Bodenheim-
er, of Greenville, S. C„ Cragor
special; Henry Weaver, Washing
ton, D. C., Howell sipeciai; Bill
Trott, Richmond. Va.. Trott spe
cial; Cliff Unger, of Charlotte,!
Windfleld special; Woodr Wright, | Much progress Is being made
of Salisbury, Riley special; Tom- in Wilkes court this wtes in a.
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suow^er^a secticm of Highway 4.1 six mUes west of North Wilkesboro. where it ha* wlde^
ed re mtaVtSe^lIiule^eek’’ and^ncre.se «fety. Addition .of ^^WillSS
shoulders have eliminated some of the hazards. Ibe ^«hway .s temgw.deni^ Wilkesbore
by the addition of four feet to the concrete pavetna^. (SUff photo by Dwight Nictols).
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CommUgioners Meet, Hv-
ton Hired A* Policemen,
Tex Adw. Ordered
North Wilkesboro commlsslon-
ers in session Tuesday night of
ficially adopted the budget and
tax rate for the coming year as
published a month ago.
The .Budget calls for a tax
rate of $1.19 on each hundred
...w — , _ ^ dollars valuation of property and
News Of Court iBotdeneck Partsi Industnal Arts ^5 on each pon tt.is repre-
my Thompson, of Winston-Salem
Pronty special; Arnold Charles,
of Winston-Salem. Miller-Schoe-
field special; Fred Reid, 6f
Greensboro, Riley special.
posal of cases on
docket of V/Ilke'^
the criminal
•’r'or
Ju.lge Alien Owyn, of Reids-
ville is presiding over the term,
. I which will cont.niie through next
At least a dozen additional en- ^^reek,* ana it is expected that a
tries, representing many of the^gpg^j majority of the 150 cases
outstanding drivers and fastest |j,jj calendar will be disposed
cars in several southern states,
are expected befoie the races be-
Of Famous Boone; DepartmentAdded
Trail Eliminated In Local Schools
Highway Improved East and
West Of This City And
Both Sides Of Boone
gin, sponsors said.
The racing program is being
sponsored by the Dokies club to
raise funds for the Wilkes chap
ter of the Red Cross. The fame
of the drivers and cars tv' partici
pate. together with the humani
tarian appeal and purpose^bf the
event, is expected to attrAV one
of the largest crowds ever to
aasemble at the fairgrounds here.
Chr.rles M. Cranor. Wilkesboro
citizen and member of one of
Northwestern North Carolina s
most prominent families, died
;^Jenly Wednesday night, nine
3tIock. at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Russel Gray in Wilkesboro.
He had been in apparently
Bgrmal health and during the day
Wd served on the jury in Wilkes
CMrt jn Wilkesboro. Wednesday
night he spent some time down
town in Wilkesboro and had driv
en his car to the home of Mr,
and Mrs, Gray, where he was sud
denly stricken when he stepped
on the porch. Death was attribut
ed to a heart attack.
Mr. Cranor. age 54. was a son
of the late .lohn S. and Sarah
Taylor Cranor. .Surviving are his
widow, Mrs. Dorothy Cranor,
three brothers and three sisters:
H. A. and F. T. Cranor. of Wil
kesboro; John Cranor. of Cum
berland, Md.; Mrs. W. H. McEl-
wee. of Statesville; Miss Cather
ine Cranor, of Aroes. Iowa; and
Miss Edith Cranor, of San Fran
cisco, California.
Mr. Cranor had held a number
of positions of public trust and
responsibility during Ms career.
For several years he was em
ployed as a salesman. He had also
held the position as deputy col
lector of internal revenue, was
Meeting Announced
-Announcement has been receiv
ed here of a” four-day Republican
rally to be held August 16-19,
dates inclusive, at Washington,
N. C.. and Ocracoke Island.
The meeting will begin at
Washington on August 16 and
continue with the cruise to Orra-
coke. On August 17 officers and
executive committee of \oung
Republican Clubs will meet and
on that evening a rally will be
held. Facilities will be provided
for reception of Wendall Willkie's
acceptance address and an en
joyable occasion is assured. Low
rates are in effect for those who
make reservations soon, local Re
publican leaders said today.
There are no canifal cases un
less a charge whirb
this week comes to trial. Eugeno
Vannoy, colored, has been charg
ed with criminal as.sault on a well
known colored woman near Wil
kesboro.
Following are cases in which
judgments have been entered in
court to date:
Ella Mullls versus Claude Mul-
lls, divprce granted.
[j*.m. ]g.. Sujnm*rjla. Pave
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Norwood, Claud Hall, operating
car while intoxicated, $50 fine,
costa and suspended sentences
six to eight months.
Ambrose Wingler. violating
prohibition law, eight months
suspended five years.
John Spears, violating
Mon law. eight months suspended
five years and payment of costs.
Vernie C. Dillard, reckless driv
ing, pay costs, six months su
spended three years, not to drive
in 12 months.
By means of four projects'
'■bottlenecks” are being removed
from highway 421, the famous
Boone Trail highway which ex
tends from Wilmington on the
Atlantic Coast to the heart of
Kentucky.
East and west of North Wilkes
boro w'ere the worst bottlenecks
for several years. The narrow and
crooked section of the highway
from North Wilkesboro westward
W. Bryan Collin* To Be In
structor and Coordinator
Of Occupation*
six ea'^SSTmlle^, has been
greatly improved by the addition
of bituminous strips on each side
of the concrete pavement, averag
ing about seven feet addition to
Industrial arts department has
been adjled to the curriculum of
the North Wilkesboro high
school, it was learned today from
Paul S. Cragan, superintendent.
In charge of the newly added
department will be W. Bryan
Collins, whose position will be
teacher of Industrial arts and
coordinator of diversified occu-
Ipations.
The new department will be
Goor room
sents a redaction of six cents
under the rate of $1.25 for the
past year ended June 30.
The reduction was made in
the debt service levy and was
made possible by maturities of
bonds last year. The reduction
there was partially ‘offset by a
slight increase in the school levy
but still left a net reduction of
six cents on each hundred dol
lars valuation of proiperty.
The board ordered the city
clerk and tax collector to adver
tise property for unpaid 1939
taxes according to law. The ad
vertising will begin nest week
and those who have not paid are
urged to pay immediately and
save cost of advertising.
■C. G. Horton, who has been
temporarily employed as a police
man, was added to the regular
police force by order of the com
missioners.
The commissioners of the town
of Wilkesboro met with the board
Sdieok -Wni 0|»«ntj^ ftilt
Nom Month* T«n» ^
CloM On May 27
Monday, September 3, has beea
set a* 4ke opening -date of Niocth.
WUkeabero etty eefaoola.
Tb*-eity bvfui ot edneattoif
set tin'^e lii'Hk'titeiMiig yeant^'^.
day,' in which time final prop*—
tlon* for opening of the t*na _
was made.
AccoMihig to the schedule fkir
the term, Christmas holidays will
begin Decemiber 18 and continM
until December 30. The usoal
holiday periods will be observed
for Thanksgiving and Easter.
May 27, 1941, will be the closln*
date.
The school, which is a member
of tbs Southern Association of
Accredited Schools and Colleges,
will again have a full nine-months
term of 180 days.
For the coming year Nortb
Wilkesboro schools have a faculty
of 34 members, 29 white and
five colored. Paul S. Cragan will
serve his third year as superin
tendent of the city schools sys
tem.
j housed in a ground nvr»/i wilkesDoro mei wnn me ooaru
wot rt; iJbo. J>lglfe'*flhQ4 iiMfc. nBd-nar Bgreswiswt wswmaide
fiAAti hma. o1vf.aH*r an^ArAfl ti'DOlL .4. r>rknnAd»t.
Coiiins has already entered upon
his duties and has placed equip
ment in shape for beginning the
course. Some equipment on hand
from a manual training depart-
he pavelment and with wider | ipent formerly used in the school
has been placed in good condl-
strips on the inside of the num
erous curves. The work. w:hich
■vas done during the winter and
spring by means of a WPA pro-
Iject sponsored by the state high-
j way commission, has been com-
1 pleted.
Another WPA project is under
to allow the water main connect
ing the two towns to remain in
tact for use in case of emergency
with either system. Wilkesboro
has recently completed its own
water system, however, and will
cease to purchase water from
North Wilkesboro from State Col- gust meeting Tuesday night.
1 wav widening the concrete pave-
The grand jury rejurned s ^ lege where he was engaged in
.Ml of lu.rder aga nst . ; I eastward out of. Wilkesboro. Four of Industrial arts.
nan UX7XJI1 .|4 Ct3aSt; punjiia^^
tion and much new equipment is , ^orth Wilkesboro.
1.-2 waaV 'Tha antfin- .. ^ m n
being added this week. The equip
ment will consist mainly of hand
and machine tools for woodwork
ing, work benches" and drawing
tables.
Mayor R. T. McNlel and ail
members of the North Wilkesboro
board, composed of Ralph Dun
can, W. K. Sturdivant, H. M.
Hutchens. J. B. Carter and A. G.
Mr. Collins came direct to Finley, were present for the Au-
at Ronda
Avalon E.
Tennis Finals On
Friday, Saturday
County Titles In
Doubles and Women’s Sin
gles To Be Decided
! graduate studv of industrial arts,
feet of concrete is being added ; qualified by training
SMicitor 'I and experience^ carry out the
are being reconstructed a n d i duties of bis position here. He
widened. 1 holds a degree from Emory and
East of Boone the concrete i ^(jiiege and studied school
pavement has been widened and
double.s match .between Lawrence
Critcher and I.ucille Scroggs and
lector of Bill Brame and Di. Carolyn Tay
policeman in the lor for the opportunity to play ir
Finals in the mixed doubles
and women’s singles divisions of
the Wilkes county tennis tourna
ment being carried out by the
North Wilkesboro Lions Club will
be played Friday and Saturday of
this week.
This afternoon there is a mixed
boro for some time and during
the past few years was head of
a sanitary project for the health
^rtment in Wilkes county. He
many friends to whom the
2ews of his sudden death w-as an
occasion of sorrow.
He was a member of the il-
keeboro Presbyterian church.
Funeral service will be held
Friday morning, ten o’clock, at
the Methodist church in Wilkes-
toro and burial will be in Moun
tain Park cemetery.
Revivanro Begin
At Union Sunday
^ revival meeting will begin
*t Union Methodist churCh near
this city Sunday might, August
••lith at 7:30 o’clock. Th© pas-
Dr. W. J. Flint, will Be as-
,d by Bev. Dan Deunls.
o services will be held In
new church which has been
in' use for several months, and
trill continue for a week or ten
tayg
The public to moat cordially in-
ylted to attend the meeUng.
\V-,,, A .
lor for the opportunity to play in
the final Friday five p. m. on the
Pearson court. Harry Pearson
and I'Vances McNeill compose the
other finalist team.
On Saturday afternoon, four
o’clock, Margaret Faw and Fran
ces McNeill 'play women’s singles
final match on the Gwyn court.
Mount Airy Teant
Play Locak
Drum for the knife slay.ng of
Bristol Mathis in an al.tercatin:i j
on April 15
Hall indicated that a
verdict of second degree murder
I will be asked when the ca-se is
called for trial.
Wilkam Rousseau, houselveak-
ing, larceny and receiving, three
to five years in penitentiary.
Ward Hester, operating car
while into.vicated. $50 fine and highways.
Mixed costs, eight months road sentence ^
suspended.
I Willie Anderson, violating pro
hibition law, fine $50 and costs,
two years road sentence suspend
ed five years.
Ralph Freeland and James F.
Caudill, hit and run, fined $50
each, road sentence suspended.
I Thomas Byrd,, bastardy,
sentence suspended on
$50 attorney fees and
mouth to Sallie Oakley, mother
ot child. '
Wayne McCoy Norkett, violat
ing prohibition law, $40 fine and
ten months sentence suspended.
Raymond Allen, o'perating car
while intoxicated. $50 fine and
costs, six months suspended three
years. I
Hillary Patterson, operating |
car while intoxicated. $50 fine,
and costs and six months su-'
ispended three years.
I Fay Kennedy and Philmore |
Rhoades, violating prohibition.
law, pay costs, six months su-, Judge Allen Gwyn In. Wilkes
spended five years.
Violet Calloway Jones
One Adult Case Of
T. B. Is Discovered
Number Of Wilkes
Young Men WiB
Get Schoarships
To Be Given By Natkmal
Farm Youth Foundation;
Ford Is Cooperating
west of Boone the narrow and
crooked road has been revised
and * improved. The projects are
designed to put the famous Boone
Trail on a par with other cross^
Delinquent Tax
List Published
Advertisement by Wilkes Sher-
#JQ
road ^^“8:hton of real estate
’’ , on which 1939 county taxes have
$' per appears today in
this issue of The Journal-Patriot.
Attention of taxpayers is call
ed to the fact that by payment
of taxes now' cost of sale can be
saved and the • nly cost other
than the penal: presmibed by
law which is required if payment
is made now is the cost ol adver
tising.
administration at the University
of Virginia and Duke University
before doing graduate work at
State College. He has 12 years
experience teaching in high
schools of Virginia and North
Carolina.
Mr. and Mrs. Collins and their
son, Billie, age four, are making
their home at 407 D street in
this city.
Between five and ten yonn*
men, age 18 to 25 years, from
the rural sections of Wilkes coun
ty are to be selected for scholar
ships by the National Farm Youth
Foundation, with which HeBry
Ford to actively cooperating.
TH#'ymfli?'Then cUosen^^-thw*
will be 20,000 of them from *1!
sections of the nation and several
hundred from N’orth Carolin*.
counties'—will be given hoauv
study courses in farm manage
ment and engineering and will
receive practical training and ex
perience in the use of moder*
farm equipment under actual
conditions in their own commun
ities.
There is no cost, there are no
strings attached to the free
scholarship proposition. All a
young man has to do Is to be
earnest and sincere and ap9iT
himself, "it'oung men of the farm,
have not realized their opportmir-
ities on the home soil, and young
men of the city have not appreci
ated the career a farm offers. An
I la result, farming has been neg-
During Clinic Recently HeM lected, ” said Henry Ford in aa-
In Wilke*; 257 Receiv
ed Examinations
Homecominj? At
Rock Creek Church
Among a total of 257 cases ex
amined in the recent tuberculosis
clinic conducted by the Wilkes
health department, only one new
case of active tuberculosis was
found among adults, according to
a report released today by the
Wilkes county health department.
Dr. H. F. Easom. diagnostician
from the state sanitorlura. made
flouroscopic examinations of the
The annual Home Comjng and patients in the clinic and has
communion will be'die|d at Rock j filed his report with the health
Bapttot church Sunday, A'tigust' office,
11. This will be the beginning of
revival services.
The service will begin at eleven
a. m. and continue until three p.
m.
At noon there will be lunch on
the grounds. Everyone to cordial
ly invited to attend.
However, seven cases of child
hood type tuiberculosis was dis
covered among the 238 whites
examined and three among the
19 negros.
Judge Gwyn Instructs Grand Jiny To
Take Action Againtt . Slot Machines
Miss Reba Doughton
Suffers Injury While
On Horseback Ride
North Wilkesboro baseball
team will play a strong team
from Mount Airy in the fair
grounds field here Sunday after
noon, three o’clock, the team
management announced today.
The- local team has been stead
ily Improving during the past few
weeks and to expected to play a
better brand of 'baseball during
the remainder of the season.
The management has announc
ed that Ladies Day will be ob
served by free admission to the
game Sunday.
J. W. Jones. Jr., divorce granted.
John A. Blair versus Dothe B.
Blair, divorce granted.
To Begin Revival
At Purlear Church
Miss Reba Doughton. of Laurel
'Springs and Washington, the
, daughter of Congressman R. L.
juQge Alien irwyn an. wiisoH , Judge Gwyn read to the grand Doughton, is at
J court yesterday called the grand! jury the supposedly "iron ctod” , *'®®**’’^* treatment f ., .
versus jnry in for a special charge rela- law outlawing slot machine* and!®""^®®'^ in an acc en
nouncing his participation in the
loundalion.
To be eligible for the Founda
tion scholarships, young men,
American citizens, must be be
tween the ages of 18 and 25, ot
good character and actually liv
ing or working on a farm. En
rollment is free and there is ne
obligation except the conscienti
ous intention to carry on the-
study and crmplete the six
months course. ’I'he course does
not compete nor conflict with
work done by the Four-H clubs
and vocational high schools, but
rather affords opportunity for
study and advancement to young
men past the agee where these
other activities are open to them.
Applications for enrollment will
be accepted at once. Forms for
the purpose may be secured by
writing to radio station WBlG,
Greensboro, representative i n
"The Magic Circle”—that terri
tory within a fifty-mile radius of
' Greensboro — or the National
Farm Youth Foundation, Dear
born, Michigan.
operating defining the illegal type of ma-{®ccu2r®^ while she
Chinee ® lhiB»®hack ride near North Wil-
He explained that the legtel*: j Sunday. Miss Doughton
ture had gone a long way to pre- suffered a broken co a
Rev. F. C. Watts, pastor, will
conduct revival services a^ Pui--
lear Baptist church, beginning
on Sunday, August 16. The pub
lic has a cordial invitation to at
tend the services.
Rev. Mr. Whtt* ha* been elect
ed pastor of the church for the
coming year. . v ...
tive to slot machines
in the county.
The grand jnry was called in
at the request of Solicitor A.valon
B. Hall, who explained that since
court convened on Monday morn
ing that he had heard many com
plaints that slot machines were
in operation In Wllkee and that
he had been requeeted to. take
aetipn: The soUdtdr ,^sald that
some of the-machines In close
protimltr to tiie county seat had
a habit of dtoawm^ng the ownership.
lcolttbt.week and oiP«ratittg ,->■ Mani sW i
In fun blast ktUT court adj® Mob or operation of *lot we:
«d. d*nwa. s
I. ' ' ' ad' 2- 1 i ' ' • . ' ' ..V ^
vent gambling device* fM“ tWe ;»ro-
tection of youth and'childmi and
that it was from that standpoint
alone that it behooves the courts
and law enforcement officers
to do their Jab well. ^
He instructed the grand Jury
to make presenting of' known
cases ol violation ot the law
vilien thrown from her horse.
Large Cucumber
A cucumber of exceedingly
large proiportlon* grew this year
In the’ garden at the home of E.
Blukimro, prominent Iocs'
merchant. The cncuarber w»
Inehe* tn circumference
! «■. i.j Inches In length ahd Its
wet^t when taken from Ibo gar
3-4 -^nd*
Six-Mile Power
line Completed
Robert B. GH>b8, Jr., manager
of the North Wilkeeboro hraaeh
ot the Duke Power company, said
today . that cohstrnetion of a ■!*-
mile power tine eztaosion in th*
Buck community w**t ot thlB
etty in R«ddie* River towm^
ha* been pipetically omRpleM
and "Juiee** wiH be tunud om
the line thi* week.
The hew extsaeton, .o*|i mtSt. ot
the T*8t program of AmPim*^ ,
of ruiel tine* in tiliiiiitenkir. ‘
will make etaetzkif
able to *wroi0aH«^ «!