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liMidon.—Lighting up their
turrets with parachute flares,
German bombers made two at
tacks on London last night and
earljr today after failing in a
maaslre assault upon the south
east coast in one of the fiercest
air battles of the entire war.
Striking in their fifth assault
1 ■ on this bomb-scarred metropolis
,> of 8,000,000 la 48 hohrs, 9er-
__man planes swept in from "hell’s
'•iT-OoirBer’’ on the-Dover coast at
y^^)F;30 a. m. after a small-ecale
^-'■^-’teBiblng of the London area two
hours earlier.
Three Nazi planes swooped
down over one district of the
capital and unloaded their racks
Of bonrbs as anti-aircraft guns
blazed into action and search
light batteries groped tor them
in the blackness.
In another district, a lone raid
er came winging over and bombs
began exploding. Anti-aircraft
sbells bloomed In the sky but the
... drone of the bomber’s irotor still
^ could be heard as it headed to-
ward the coast.
Miss WiDuuiu
Begins Duties
Of Home Agent
Miss Elizabeth Williams’
Appointment As Home
Agent Is Announced
Berlin,—British bombers at
tacked Berlin in two waves early
today, zooming over Adolf Hit
ler’s new chancellory and other
government buildings in the heart
of the capital while anti-aircraft
guns blazed furiously and heavy
bomb explosions echoed through
the streets
The British raiders, in their
first real attack on Berlin since
the start of the war, swept
through a barrage that appeared
to have brought every anti-air
craft gun in Berlin into action In
ear-splitting fury.
Guns along t'nler Den Linden
and atop ministries in the Wil-
helmstrasse battled the attackers
as they -wept out of the overcast
night with such a din that any
noise of falling bombs was lost
when the attack and couuter-at-
tack reached its pitch.
Former Teacher
Miss Elizabeth Williams has as
sumed her duties as home demon
stration agent in Wilkes county,
succeeding Miss Harriet McGoog-
an, who was home agent for the
past few years, and who resigned
recently to make her home in
Raleigh.
The appointment of Miss Wil
liams as home agent was an
nounced from the office of the
Wilkes county board of commis
sioners. She began work on Au
gust 16.
Miss Williams is a native of
Macon, Ga. She attended Teach
ers College at Athens, Ga., Uni
versity of Georgia, studied home
economics at the University of
Tennessee, received a B. S. de
gree from Mercer, majoring in
home economics, social education
and home management.
She taught home economics
for three years in South Caro
lina, taught in Georgia schools,
was employed to: ten years as a
home demonstration agent, work
ed one year with the extension
service in North Carolina and for
ten months preceding her coming
to Wilkes was employed by the |
Farm Security Administration.
She is well qualified by training ^
and experience to carry on the .
program of home demonstration j
work in Wilkes.
Re^PromotM
To Major Rank
National Gnai^
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Local Man'Gets Commtsaiem
to High Post; Company
A Returna to City
Here for
Of RoT
Named On Group
RiUph K. Reiu-s for many
years captain in the National
Guard, has been pronioied »o
the rank of major In command
of three companies. North
Wilkesboro, Salisbury and Mor-
gunton.
Red Cross Here
Registers Many
Families For Aid
Flood Victims From Rural
Areas Coming In As Roads
Permit Travel
'Miss Margaret Cornell Lepes-
itre. representative of the Nation-
The recent flood disaster has Cross in charge of flood
multiplied the duties of the home
agent and Miss • Williams tias Tims'
spent much time during the past that 180 families In Wilkes who
few days In diiferent sections of .suffered flood losses have regis-
the county. *
*tered for emergency aid and that
Ralph R. Reins, captaiu in
command of Company A of the
National Guard here for the past
several years, has been promoted
to the rank of major.
The commission appointing
Captain Reins as major was made
by Adjutant General J. Van B.
Metts, of the North Carolina Na
tional Guard, On August 13.
Major Reins, who has long
been recognized In military cir
cles as a commanding officer of
unusual ability, will be in com
mand of three companies of the
105th Engineers: company A, of
North Wilkesboro; company C, of
Salisbury; and company B, of
Morganton.
Major Reins succeeds Major
Preson C. Phillips, of Durham,
who resigned.
First Lieutenant E. P. Robin
son succeeds Captaiu Reins in
command of company A here.
Company A returned early Sun
day morning from Alexandria,
La., where it participated in war
maneuvers with other companies
of the National Guard and de
tachments of the regular army.
The company’s n u m e i; i c a 1
strength in camp was 67 men,
nine having been discharged at
their own choice because of de
pendents.
The officers and men are an
ticipating being called out for a
year’s training, beginning about
September 15, in accordance with
authority given President Roose
velt to call out the guard lor
more exteiuivB ^’Bl&ing.
EngitMera Wbo Made Sa^
▼ey for i^bod OMitrol
Otun. y^dt S^y
Resumed
Flood Damaged Firms Using
Men In Salvaging Opera
tions In This City
Paul 8. Cragan, superinten
dent of «or«i Wilkesboro
schools, has been appointed on
the Public Relations committee
of the North Carolina Educa
tion Association. The edmmit-
tee is. one of the most import
ant in the organiaatioB. - -
Vn. Peturl Hartley Gets Degree
Prom A. S. T. C. With
Highe.st Honors
to'lKtfTiwwr, Jionner- eoei
• agent in Wilkes, and they are
making their home in Raleigh,
where he has a position with the
North Carolina extension service.
Mrs. Pearl Hartley, for eleven
years a member of the Wilkes
boro high school faculty, (Mrs.
Hartley resigned as a member of
the school faculty last summer)
graduated from A. S. T. C.,
— Boone, last week, with highest
▼honors. Mrs. Hartlev finished her
work on her A. B. degree and
made the highest grade of the
94 teachers completing their
^^-Bummer school courses.
^ Mrs. Hartley was teacher of the
seventh grade In the Wilkesboro
high school up until the time of
tendering her resignation last
sumuer.
The following news di.spatch
was sent out from Boone last
Appalachian SUte Teachers
college concluded its 15th an
nual summer sc.iool today with
the graduation of 94 students In
19 combination fields.
Dr. J. Henry Hlghsmlth, State
high school Inspector of Raleigh,
delivered the commencement ad
dress. Dr. B. B. Dougherty, pres
ident, had the assistance of J. D.
Runkin, Dean, and Herman R.
School Buildings
And Equipment
Conditione’d Here
Everything PI»ced In Read
iness For Opening Of
School Sept. 2nd
roads are' opened and they
reach North Wilkesboro.
Accounts on Individual losses
along the Yadkin and its tribu
taries range all the way from
crop damage to total destruction
of homes, furnishings, farm build
ings and equipment.
Emergency aid is being given
Immediately and twu field work
ers from the National Red Cross,
Miss Caire DearUln and Miss
Julia Gaitsklll, are busily en
gaged visiting the homes and
helping in plans for permanent
rehabilitation.
Paul S. Cragan, superintendent
of North Wilkesboro schools, said
today that buildings and equip
ment have been placed in good
condition for opening of schools
on September 2.
Furniture in the white schools
buildings has been renovated and
repaired. The old band room has
been converted into a library for
grades one through five of the
elementary department. The stor
age room in the elementary
building has been enlarged and
Many Schools To
Open September 2
which WM located on the Salr-
grounds, was washed away In the
flood August 14. Major Reins and
other officers have been looking
over the Yadkin valley below this
city to see if any of the company’s
equipment can be found and salv
aged.
Food Inspectors
Worki^ b City
Two Federal Men And One
From State Department
Of Agriculture Here
Six Listed As Not Being
Able To Open Before
Sept. 9 In County
All schools in WMlkes county
with the exceptions of Millers
Creek. Roaring River. Ferguson.
Mount Pleasant, Maule Springs
,and Whittington will open on
made into quarters for band in-j Monday, September 2, according
struction. The time to be devoted Information received today
I to band instruction will -be dou-
Bggers,’ registrar; in conferring | tj,ls year, permitting more
the degree. Dr. James E. Hillman, (o take the instruction.
^ • '■'* Edu- •’— *
also of the Department of
cation, was present.
’’1‘earl Story Hartley of Boone
led the class in scholastic achieve
ment, graduating with the high
est mark in Summa cum laude.
^Others graduating with highest
honors included Estelle Pace of
Saluda M. B. Dun of Kannapolis,
and Rachel David Alley of Mount
A group floor room in the hich
school bbilding has been equipp
ed with tools and machinery for
the newly added industrial arts
department. A ground floor
room of the high schools building
formerly occupied by a section of
the third grade has been equipped
for music instruction and a full
time music teacher has been em
ployed to offer music instruction
from grade 1
, L. W. Crowell of Winston-Sal-j^o ^ll children
■em Jessie Mae Dwight of South-j through 11.
Pines, Sibyl Ayers of New- ] The entire heating systeir. has
and' Ruth Warden Halsey | been overhauled and additional
Plnevllle were accorded enm ^ radiation surface has been made
from the W’ilkes county board of
education.
Some of the above named
schools which cannot open on
September 2 due to damage to
roads and bridges in the recent
flood may be abln to open on Sep
tember 9, and L.e remainder as
soon at road and bridge condi
tions will permit normal opera
tions of schools buses.
Two inspectors from the U. S.
Food and Drug administration
and one from the North Carolina
Department of Agriculture have
been here for the past few days
making a survey of food damage
and taking steps to safeguard
the public against the sale of
food polluted or contaminated
by flood waters
W. E. McNeill, of Jefferson, is,
the food Inspector from the de- officials saM.
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Fair Attractions
To -Be Presented
By Or^al Plans
Flood Will Not Interfere
With Plan* For Nprth-
Many Industrial employes temp
orarily thrown out of work be
cause of the disastrous flood here
On August 14 are now employed.
It was learned today by a survey
of industrial plants here.
The employment service office
here reported that only a small
number have registered for em
ployment and that industries are
doing all in their power to allevi
ate the unemployment situation.
A considerable portion of the
employes of the International
shoe company tannery, which
lost its main plant by fire in the
flood. Is being used in salvage
operations about the plant. The
plant normally employed about
150 men.
Forest Furniture company,
wTilch is operating two shifts
daily, has given employment to
many who had been working at
Home Chair company which burn
ed in the flood on August 14.
Meanwhile employes of Oak
Furniture company and Ameri
can Furniture company, which
were forced to temporarily sus
pend operations because of flood
damage, have been employed in
clean-up and salvage operations
in preparation for resumption of
operations as soon as possible,
probably within the next few
Two englnwjaJiainjUic offie*
of Major Reading Wilkinson, r»>
glonal army flood control engW
new, of Charleston, S. C., wei»
in North Wilkesboro today mak
ing a preliminary survey of th«
August 14 flood in the Yadkltt
Valley.
The engineers here today wera
A. L. Brunson and George EL
Campsen, tne latter being the en
gineer who made a preUmlnary^'
survey for a flood control dam
on the Yadkin two years ago.
They said their purpose hem
today was to get a general report
on flood damage, which would^
be followed by a more extensile^
survey soon.
Two years ago the preliminary
survey for a flood control/dam
was made and a logical locatloit
for such structure was found
near the home of Mack Moore
about one mile west of Wilkes
boro.
Interest in securing a flood
control dam has reached a now
high pitch here during the past
ten days since the disastrooe
flood which caused an estimated
damage of about two million dol
lars In North Wilkesboro and tot
al damage in the county of more
than five million.
irdwn's ItuabiBr plant Is
In splt^'pf the fact that the' expected to resume operations
flood here August 14 destroyed
the grandstand and armory which
was used for the main exhibit
hall. The Great Northwestern
Fair will be held on the fair
grounds here September 10-14 as
scheduled, according to announce
ment by fair officials.
No part of the expo.sltlon will
be curtailed because of the flood,
fair officials said, and every ef
fort will be put forth to make it
the most outstanding fair ever
held here.
The fairgrounds fence is being
rebuilt and the faiy will operate
without a grandstand. The acts
contracted as grandstand shows
will be performed on the stage
and the single gate • admission
will enable the spectators to see
the grandstand acts without ex
tra cost;
Tents will be erected to house
the exhibits and $2,009 will be
given in premiums as originally
planned. In fact, all departments
of the fair will be carried out
according to original contract
and previous announcements, fair
this week. Meanwhile, the entire
force of about 70 men have been
employed in salvage operations
while the plant has not been in
operation since the flood.
North Wilkesboro
Schools Get High
Rating For Year
Placed On List Standard
Elementary School With
Numhed One Rating
Highway 16 to
Jeffersons Open
Bridge Placed AcroM New
Riwer In Record Time
Flood——
partment of agriculture, and
Shelbey T. Grey and Nevis E.
Cook are the inspectors from the
federal government. Prior t o —. ,
coming to North Wilkesboro they each night’s performance^ Su
d^ similar work in Elkin, part clde” Hayes _wlH__put on a Ihrlll-
Marks Shows will fill the mid
way with a large aggregation of
Tides and shows and a .georgeous
display of fireworks will climax
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land
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of' Pln6T»ll® Were V s*** |raQlalK>U »uiiaLc unj uccria **
Uude rating, all registering above | available for ground floor rooms.
a, ‘‘B’’ average.'
Telegraph Service
U Fully Restored
Telegraph wire service was
fully restored here on Thursd^
evening last week after lines h^
been repaired along the Yadkin
to Winston-Salem.
. However, telegraph
« en maintained since the flood
a until Thursday by messengeiu
twien North Wilkesboro and
inston-Selem.
Meeting, Veteran*
Of Foreign
> All membws Vetenuia Forel^
War. Po#t NO. 114J.
to meet In the
in the municipnl
WOkoahoro. Taotday ^t,
A new outside door has been
constructed on the east side of
the elementary school building in
order to make athletic dressing
rooms more readily accessible. At
the present time the buildings are
being thoroughly cleaned in prep
aration for school opening.
A new roof has been placed on
the colored school building and
the interior has been painted.
Miller Is Principal
Of Mountain View
Wilkes Native Former Su
perintendent Beaufort City
Schools For Two Years
Annual Reunion
Of Cheek’s Sunday
The Annual Cheek’s reunion
will be hell on Sunday, Septem
ber 8, at the home of J. W.
Cheeks, 7 miles north of Roaring
River, at Shepherds Croes Roads.
All relatives and friends are cor
dially Invited to attend and en
joy the day together. There will
be singing and a sermon at 11a.
Ralph Miller, native of Wilkes
who was superintendent of Beau
fort City schools for two years,
will assume his duties as princi
pal of Mountain View school
eight miles northeast of this city
when the school opens the 1940-
41 term on September 2.
Mr. Miller, a son of Mr. and
Mrs. U. A. Miller, attended Mars
Hill college and graduated from
the University of North Carolina.
He did post graduate stui^ at Co-
lumibia University in New York
City.
He said today that roads and
bridges would be sufficiently re
paired from flood damage to
make possible opening of Moun
tain View school on Monday.
:c-f;an;j«r 2. when m^njr pthet
schools iB^Ukei will open.
Honw. Chibs Will
Meet Wednesday
of which wa.s also Inundated by
last week’s flood.
They said today that they had
received full cooperation from
the merchants and wholesalers
here and that the situation ^ Is
being well taken care of.
Polluted foods, they said, could
easily be a source of spreading of
disease, because of pollution of
flood waters. They have found
here, however, that total destruc
tion of few stocks of food were
necessary. Scaled canned goods
were ordered washed and steri
lized and are as good as if they
had not been flooded. Foods such
as flour, meal, griU, etc., are be
ing manufactured Into animal
feeds.
They described damage by tne ■ qiizaut:i.u nnuauio, ——
flood here as tremendous and demonstration agent, to meet in
stocks was great 1 her^ office In the Wilkes coprt-
Ing. and reckless automobile
wreAtng show on Thursday and
Saturday afteriioons as'an added
attraction to the regular fair
protrams. .
Notice was received from the
state department of instruction
today that North Wilkesboro Ele
mentary School has again been
placed on the list of standard ele
mentary school for 1940-41.
Number 1 rating was given the
school, which for several years
has enjoyed an enviable reputa
tion in North (Carolina.
' Factors which determine this
rating are: teacher qualifications,
founding and equipment, course
of study, administration and or
ganization, methods of instruc
tion, length of term and achieve
ment of pupils.
-The letter accompanying the
accredltment complimented the
board of education on 'he > reel-
lent report for the school term
1939-40.
North Wilkesboro schools a.v a
unit have also retained their
membership in the Southern As
sociation of Accredited Secondary
Schools and Colleges.
An eight-ton bridge has been
laid across New River on highway
16 between Jefferson and Glen
dale Springs in Ashe county and
that important highway betweea.
North Wilkesboro and the Jef
fersons was opened Saturday for
the first time since the flood Au
gust 14.
Highway Division Engineer Z.
Stewart said that the bridge
has a limit of eight tons but is
safe and of sufficient strength,
to accomodate usual traffic.
Highway 16 now becomes the
logical route from North Wilkes-
;boro westward, detouring over
16 by way of the Jeffersons
Boone and points west. Until the
bridge was opened today on New
River traffic from this city to
Boone was being detoured by
Lenoir and Blowing Rock.
Highway 4 21 'in westera
Wilkes was tremendously dam
aged by slides and flood water*
of Lewis Fork Creek, being sev
ered 21 places over a distance of
ei|;ht miles. Highway engineer*
estimated that it may cost up
wards of $150,000 to place tha
magnificent highway .Iff W good
condition as it ■was before the
flood.
County-Wide Meeting To Be
Head At Office Of Home
Denxmstration Agent
All members of the home dem-
onstrttlon clubs and Curb Mar
ket sellers are asked by -Miss
Elizabeth 'Williams, Wilkes home
damage to food
because of wholesale storage
houses along the railroad in the
flood zone.
Inspectors Cook and Grey came
direct to North Wilkesboro from
the flood area In Asheville end at
CheHeston. 8. C., where slmflar
damage occuired. ■J " -"
Pr«achinir Ser^ce
Rev. Atwell Watts, of rTaylort-
vllle, will preach at Pleasant
Home Baptist church near Millars
Creek on Sunday night, Septem
ber 1- 7:80 o’clock.The public
house on Wednesday afternoon,
August 28, two o’clock.
Hie purpose of the meeting.
Miss Williams said, Is to make
plans for much of the-wpijl^,, fo
be done during r the ■ fall.
Anamerle Arant, district home
agent, -irin be present at the
meeting and aid In the discus
sions. Mrs. F. T. Moore, of Ronda,
president of the county council
of home demonstration club^
will preside.
■4 si^et, -
.Mn. A. H. Rolierts and Mhw
Helen RoberU, of Roaring IMmr.
fon^jjlhoppUiA-
Benefit Party At
Moravian Falls
A benefit party will be giver
at the Moravian Falls community
house on Tuesday night, 7:30 o’
clock. Rook, bingo, Chinese
checkers, bridge and other games
Wtii be played. Refreshments will
be served free to all who attend
«nd admlss^un charge 'will be
28 cents each. Proceeds will go
into the'community house build-
lag' fiqul.’and everybody Is Invit
ed to attend.
jElOr Cora Shaped
Like Man’s Hand
Roland Jones, of Ronda, re
cently dlecovered an unusual
corn which grew In the shape of apedal gam
a hand. Even the feature* of fin
gers are quite distinct' on the
oar, which is consldared very
Mr. Bdd -
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■uawrsfc' Play rt Tho JoaruAl-PMitDt o^ ItejUng MtoFbutihjMk
Urge Treatment
Water Supplies
Sanitarians Making Surrey
Of Flood Dangers To
Health In County
Health authorities in Wilke*
are recommending that water
supplies flooded in the recent
flood in Wilkes be treated with
chlorinated lime as a safeguard
to health.
H. B, Howie, sanitarian with
the county health department,
and J. C. Bost, representative of
the state board of health, have
been making a survey in Wilkes
during (Jio.papt ten days relative
to wstef sdppliel, 'pit privies and
dislnfecient of homes in the
flooded areas.
In addition 'to recommendation
that water supplies be chiorlnat-
ed, they sak that in cases where
privies were destroyed that the
Itita be filled and> that hnuMK
waate be buried until Dttrtoa eau
be constructed. ’
Anyone wishing to topelve tah-
struetign relative to tjwtmeBt eC:
wataz-auBgUag at th»
f^' In^th^fom of an ear of health otfcjLjIwy whpro «,
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la available.