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la iM w''th«' wont attacks ot its
Iff ttarr of'^atr siace last night
an4 .Mrl7 todar. wares of Nail
t hois^en smashed buildings and
StUlM Ilree orer wide areas.
Jl^er nine hours of shattering
from low heights, the
'^'MiCkbone of the assault appeared
at t a. m. to bare been broken
j by bad weather. Only sporadic
'bants of bombs and anti-aircraft
ftra were heard ■ as daw)^ ap
proached.
The Luftwaffe swept upon
Xioadon early Sunday evening to
break a 48-bour calm during
vl^ch not a single bomb had fall-
aa,oa Britain—the longest re
spite since the start of the mass-
ire assaults on the metropolis
last August 7.
All *of London appeared to
hare suffered the wrath of .\dolf
Hitler’s new savage attack but
the toll of casualties was un
known.
Greeks Capture
Argiroca»tro
Athens.—Greek troops march-
Od^into Argirocastro. last Italian
on the Albanian frontier
from which Italy intended to
^mrrun Greece, it was officially
Mnouhced yesterday.
The announced surrender of
the ancient city set off tremen-
dous victory celebrations
Premier General John Metaxas
you
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Across River ni^
Concrete Structure Will ke*
place Temporary Bridf*
Recmitly Constructed
Engineers are working on
plans for a concrete bridge across
the Yadkin at or near the Site of
the lower Yadkin bridge at the
eastern end of North Wllkesboro,
it was learned today from Z. V.
Stew'art, highbary ’division engi
neer.
While plans have not been dis
closed, it is understood that the
new structure will be of concrete
construction and although It may
not be above the flood high water
mark it will be of sufficient
strength to withstand floods. j
Boy King
DecwatcStmts
(M N. Wil^llioip;
Vari-Colcred Lights And
Stars Turned On In This
City Saturday Night
Pretty street decorations In the
form of streamers of multi-color
ed lights and lighted stars were
. erected on Main and Tenth
I Streets the latter part of last
'week and were turned on Satur-
I day night. {
I A permanent type of holiday
; decorations was purchased by the
! merchants this year at a concld-
ierably large cost but may be used
I from year to year In unique ar-
King Ajisnda Mahidol of Thailand rangements.
(Siam) Is shown here with his motb-1 -pbe holiday street lighting
er when he was at school in Lan- adds much to the Yuletlde ap-
sanne, SwlUerland. Today the coun- ^ pearance of the city and has al-
try ruled by the young king is al| ready been the subject of much
not been decided whether the with France, according to an
bridge will be constructed as a, announcement issued In Vichy, j
state highway or WPA pr^Mt. j |,ad /nade territorial de-1
Shortage of skilled labor on , j|jg g^ovemment of the!
rolls may make it impractical as ,
a WPA project. ceeded King Frajadhipok when the
The old bridge on that site j abdicated in 1935. Thailand
was destroyed in the flood !• • pAMAnr>v vintll ihss viktinp
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NiifYear ti
WfllcM Pint Quota W9T
LeItTU By Bun At 7:30 ^ ^ ^
Wudtiesday Morning
gust 14 and state highway bridge
and high officers appeared at an | forces have erected a temporary
open window of general staff bridge
headquarters here to wave to
crowds cheering the Greek army
“on to Rome.’’
The capture ot Argiroca-stro rc-
The bridge serves the short
cut road from tliis city to high
way 421 two miles east of Wil-
kesboro. On the short cut road j
is ruled by a regency untU the young
man comes of age.
airdrome in southern Albania,
and the Greeks said fierce Italian
attempts to prevent huge military
stores from falling into Greek
I hands were unsuccessful.
moved the Italian's remaining and near the river on the side op
posite North Wllkesboro are lo
cated the state highway machine
shop and warehr ise for the
eighth division and the state
highway prison camp.
Sixth District
Draft Appeals
Board Organizes
J. T. Prevette 1» Member Of
DUtrict Group; Lexing
ton Man la Chairman^,
(By Gene Whitman in Twin-City
Sentinel. Thursday)
No appeals have been made yet
fi’om any draft board classifica
tions in the sixth district—which
includes the entire Piedmont sec
tion of Forsyth. Surry. Yadkin,
Wilke.s, Iredell. Davidson. Alex
ander, Alleghany, Ashe, Catawba,
Davie and Rowan counties—it
was slated yesterday as the dis
trict appeals board held its first
meeting at Lexington.
I,. A. Martin, of Lexington, was
chosen chairman of the hoard,
and J. A. Bolich Jr., of Winston-
Salem, was named secretary. Oth
er members include Dr. T. V.
Goode, of Statesville; H. L.
.\rndt. Conover. Route 1, and J.
T. Prevette. of North Wilkeshoro.
The five representatives, citi
zens of the Northwestern North
Carolina district, met for the pur
pose of organization and, having
no appeals to take up. decided to
leave their initial businass meet
ing until sometime in January,
1941.
District appeal offices will he
set up ill Lexington at the office
meet
ings of the board will he rotatec
(Continued on page eight)
War Is Raging On
Atlantic Ocean
Attacks on British, German
and other commercial shipping
and a determined British search
for a German raider off South A-
merica intensified t h e naval
struggle in the Atlantic north of
the Equator Sunday.
u«rfio reports told ot new ac-
“ j^Ylty on' both sides of the ocean
by naval units of the European
',^>«lllgerent8.
Striking closest home to the
Americas was the reported sink
ing of the German freighter Idar-
wald by a British cruiser near
Cuba, apparently well within the
Pan - American neutrality zone
and rumors that an engagement
was imminent at some undis-
cUsed point off South America
b^een a British cruiser and a
German raider.
j^meroy Pearson
Last Rites Toda’
Alexander Citizen Was Bro
ther Of R. H. and 1. E.
Pearson and Mrs. Crysel
Mrs. W. A. Taylor
Claimed By Death
Prominent Local Resident
Died Sunday Night; Fun
eral On Tuesday
Dockery Woman
In Court Here
For Shoplifting
Police Chief J. E. Walker re
ported today the arrest of one
woman on a charge of shoplift
ing.
Chief Walker said that Mrs.
Hazel B. Yale, of Dockery, was
caught Saturday at the Goodwill
store after she had taken two
p-airs of hose
In city court today she sub
mitted a plea of guilty and Mayor
Wilkes county’s first quota of
men tor one year of militarr
training wil] leave here by hwm''
Wedneadaf mranlag, Decetiihor'
11, for Port Bragg, unless chang
es are made In the orders receiv
ed by the two draft boards In
Wilkes.
Both boards have an ample
number of volunteers to fill their
quotas. The board with head
quarters In Wllkesboro wil; fur
nish two and the board for draft
area number 2, which has office
in this city, will furnish three, all
of whom have been selected from
the first volunteers to make ap
plication.
The draft board here has deft- ■
nltely selected Paul Reeves, Ru
fus Monroe Ellis and Ted Rob
erts. Also selected are two alter
nates from thi remaining volun-
teers. They are William Bud
John E. laiwton, 21-year-old Everett, Mass., plumber’s helper, shak- surchette and Claude Allen Tay-
hunSs nHth M&i nen. James A. Woadmr at the armory In Boston. OVie\ii1/l rvvsA /\v> mnra nf tflA
ing hands with Maj. Gen. James A. WoodrnT at the armory In Boston,
after winning the signal honor of being the first man In the C. S. to be
accepted for the army nnder the selective service program of 1940. Ho
passed the stem physical examination with flying colors.
Mrs. Carrie Lee Taylor, wife of „
Dr. W. A. Taylor, prominent lo-;McNiel suspended judgment for a
Dr. Bun^[anier Is j Local Resident Is
CaBed To Service! In College “Who’s
Who” Publication
iera
Vra.
Funeral service was held this
afternoon at I.ittle River church
in Alexander oounty for Pomeroy
Pearson, age 65, a citizen of that
coiumunity who died Saturday
night.
Although he had been a resi
dent of Alexander county for sev- , k .
, K nf vf Chairman Martin, but
eral years, he was a member ot „.;n i.„
one of Wilkes county’s best "
known families. He was born and
reared in the Boomer commun
ity and was a brother of Rom H.
and I. E. Pearson, ot this city,
and Mrs. George Crysel. of Wil-
kesboro route one.
He is also survived by his
widow, Mrs. Dovie Laws Pearson,
four sons and two daughters as
foUews: Lawrence Pearson, of
North Wilkeshoro: Alonzo Pear
son, of Lexington; Hamp and
Roraie Pearson, at home; Mrs.
Pearson. Statesville; and
Pruitt Sweet. Troutman.
Mr. Pearson had been in fail
ing health for the past few years
. and on Friday afternoon suffer
ed a stroke of apoplexy at his
home, after which he never re
gained consciousness.
All-Pupil Program
At P.-T. A. Meeting
An all-pupil program on the
^Christmas theme will feature the
D6c©inb€r m66tinK of the North
Wilkeshoro Parent-Teacher asso
ciation in the school auditorium
day afternoon, December
p. m. Mrs. C. C. Faw
be program chairman.
? Pupils of Mrs. J. B. Williams’
ond grade, elementary and
Mgli n- ^'^inplls of Miss Helen
amBri ^ music teacher, and ^
he bi^ Khool band nnder di-
iftlon of W. C. Grier will appear
on the program. A large attend
anee ot members is asked.
cal dentist, died at 12:20 this
morning at the Wilkes hospital.
Slie had been critically ill since
she suffered an apoplectic stroke
on Tuesday afternoon at her
home. She never regained con-
.■!clousnesR.
Funeral serv.'ce will be held
Tuesday faterqoon^ two o’clock,
at the residence. 907 ’Trogdon
street, in this cliy. Rev. Watt M.
Cooper, Presbryterlan pastor, will
conduct the last rites, asslstde by
Rev. A. L. Aycock, Methodist
pastor. Interment will be in
Greenwood cemetery.
Mrs. Taylor, whose age was 6.'?.
w^s a daughter of the late Fiel-
don Jones and Mrs. Mary Rey
nolds Jones, of Alleghany coun
ty. She is survived by her hus
band. Dr. W. A. Taylor, of this
city, live daughters and one son:
Dr. Varina Warren. Huntsville,
Alabama; Mrs. C. W. Irvin.
Greensboro; W. F. Taylor.
Youngstown, Ohio; Mrs. P. A.
Tyndall, Mount Airy; Mrs. Rus
sell Cook, High Point; and Or.
Carolyn Taylor, North Wilkes-
iboro. Also surviving are two sis
ters. Mrs. Maude Craven, ot Wag
oner, and .Mrs. Florence Collins,
of Lincoln. Nebraska,
Quartet Singing
At Holiness* Church
A quartet singing will be held
on Sunday afternoon, December
1.5. 1;;{0 o’clock, at Ponlecoslal
Holiness church in this city. .\11
singer.s and others interested are
invited to attend.
period of twelve months on con
dition she violate no law during
the time.
Chief Walker said that there
have been several complaints of
shoplifting at local stores and
that extra precautions will be
taken by the police department
and the management ot the
stores-to catch guilty, BarU«-dur-,
Ing the holiday 'shopping season.
Officers Elected
By K. P. Lo^e
North Wilkeshoro K. of P.
lodge, one ot the largest units
of that fraternity in this part of
the state, has elected officers for
the next year.
Dr. A. C. Chamberlain was
elected chancellor commanf’er
and the other newly elected offi
cers who will be installed in Jan
uary are as followc: Paul Os
borne. vice chancellor; V. E. Jen
nings, prelate; P. E. Church,
master of works: Ivey .Moore,
master o f finance; Clifford
Moore, assistant master of fi
nance; Presley Myers, master of
exchecqtier; R. E. Caldwell, mas
ter of arms; Glenn McNeill, inner
Guard; Tom Story, outer guard;
T. E. Story, lodge deputy.
,H'HT SITTS THK ,IOB
Boss: No, sen, I’m afraid I
(annot hire you. We can’t use
imich help just now.
Boy: That’s all right, sir. 1
wouldn’t be much help.
New West Point Head Reviews Cadets
First Lieutenant In Medical
Reserve Reported Sun
day To F»t Knox
Dr. John R. Bumgarner, who
began practice of medicine here a
few months ago, has been called
into service in the U. S. Medical
Reserves. H e received notice
several weeks ago to be ready for
call at any time.
On Sundhy morning he receiv
ed official notice to report on
that same day at Fort Knox, Ken
tucky and he left immediately for
that destination. His call is for
one year.
Dr. Bumgarner graduated from
Richmond Medical College and
served his interneship at Chatta
nooga, Tennessee. He began prac
tice here associated with Dr. J.
H. McNeill and in a comparative
ly short time had a rapidly grow
ing practice. His plans are to re
turn to his practice here when
he completes his year with the-
army. He is a son of Rev. and
Mrs. J. L. A. Bumgarner, of
Millers Creek.
Robert Wood Finley, David
son Student, Is Accord
ed High Honor
Dan Hill Will
Speak In City
Former Duke All-American
Will Be Speaker At Foot
ball Banquet Thursday
Dan Hill. All-America center
for the Duke University footaall
team in 1938 and now assistant
athletic director at Duke, will
show movies of Duke football
games and address a banquet in
this city on Thursday night, De
cember 12.
The banquet, which is being
given by business men of North
Wllkesboro for the 32 members
of North Wllkesboro high school
football squad, coaches and fac
ulty advisors, will be at the
Robert Wood Finley, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Finley,
1112 E Street, North Wilkeshoro.
N. C.. who will receive his A. B.
degree from Daridson College in
June, is amon'C those students
who will be listed in the 1940-41
issue of “Who’s Who Among
Students in American Universi
ties and Colleges.’’ The book will
be released in January or Febru
ary.
This work is an index ot out
standing students, and is pub
lished annually through the co
operation of over 500 American
universities and colleges. Several
students from accredited schools
are selected each year by an un
prejudiced committee.
-Mr. Finley is a member of th
Kappa Sigma social fraternity, of
Omricon Delta Kappa, national
leadership society. Schahhard and
Blade, honorary military society;
International Relations Club:
and of the ”D’’ Club. He is also
a meml.er of the YMCA cabinet
and of the YMCA Board of Con
trol. He is a First Lieutenant in
the ROTC Batallion. He is man
ager of the basketball team, and
advisor of the Freshman Cla.ss.
.Mr. Finley graduated in 1937
from the North Wilkeshoro high
lor. Should one or more of the
first three not be*lnducted at the
receiving station at Fort Bragg
the alternates will be called.
First two volunteers In the
Wilkeshoro draft board area are
Raymond Pearson, of Mlllera
Creek, and Belo Queen, of Gil-
reath. The next in order who will
be called should they fail to be
Inducted at Port Bragg will be
Blaine Calloway Estep, of Oak-
woods, and Blaine William Nich
ols, of Millers Creek.
Draft board for area number
one announced today that quea-
tlonnaires have been mailed to
an additional 48, which carries
the questionnaire mailing
through local order number 144
in addition to seven volunteers.
The draft board here for area
2 has mailed questionnaires to
men wltbr^ocal ‘ order—somberx
through 200. The last 50 were
mailed Thursday and all ques
tionnaires are required to be
filled out and returned within
five days.
Club Discusses
Local Subjects
At Friday Meet
Financing Of Underprivile*-
ed Child Work and Re
building Armory Talked
The North Wilkeshoro Klwanis
club Friday noon had for its pro
gram an open discussion on two
mportant local topics rather
than consume the time with a
speaker.
J. B. .McCoy was program chair
man and a discission was held
on “What are we going to do
_ with the underprivileged child
school, where he was president work next year?”.
of the Student Body, and winner
of the American Legion Leader
ship Award.
Superphosphate May
Be Applied For Now
The Wilkes county Triple A
office is now accepting orders
for Triple Superphosphate. Law-
- rence Miller, clerk of the Triple
Woman’s Clubhouse on Trogdon | A, said today, and advised farm-
Street, beginning at 6:30 p. m. jers wishing to s^ure the mater-
’Tickets for the bannnet r.iav|ial to make application now. The
be purchased from W. H. Duhllng amounts ordered will be deliver
er Paul S. Cragan. ©d in January, he said.
Forestry Specialist Will Consult With
Fanners And Landowners hi Wilkes
W ■ ■ ■ : V, ■
Brigadier General Robert L. Elebelberger, newly appointed anperintendewt of the military academy at
West Point, N. reviewa the corpa ot eadeto for the first time since taking over hia dntiea at the aeademy,
Oa the generaTa riiM ia Ueateaant-Colanel Byder, comiaaBder of the cadets.
“Farmers are seeking informa
tion about their forest and timber
problems,” says J. B. Snipes,
county agent, “and we are in po
sition to give far lers assistance,”
Mr. Snipes has arranged with
W. J. Barker, Assistant Extension
Forester, from State College to
meet farmers and other landown
ers at the county agent’s office
on Friday afternoon, December
from 2 to 4 o’clock. Mr. Bark
er will discuss the forest and
timber problems brought in by
the^ individual landowner.
Many Wilkes county farmers
have areas of idle eroding land
of different soil types ' which
should be reclaimed by planting
forest trees. Jfa. Barker ■wRl give
Information on thwltlnd' of tree*
J. B. Williams, chairman of the
committee directing that work,
explained that 301 cases have
been examined at the cripple
clinic at the Wilkes hospital and
that 100 or more were new cases.
He stated that the committee
should have at least $300 for
this work in addition to dona
tions to carry children to the
orthopedic hospitals.
Out of the discussions came the
following siig.gestions:
Each member pay $1.50 addi
tional each quarter.
Have a community che.st’ and
the club share in the funds for
the needed amount.
Each member tp give a check
at Christmas time, to amount of
which he is to determine, for this
work.
Have a number of “bean’’ din-
Ti^nTI^d the method of planting' "«rs during the year and turn
best suited to each condition. .mto the fund the amount which
Farmers will want information i would have been expended for
on the matter of timber thinning luncheons
to plant under dl#erent’^eondl-i office.
and management to produce the
greatest amount of timber of the
highest quality. Others may have
market problems. The questions
of when to sell tiniber for the
greatest net return and what
barest or cutting system should
be followed are uppermost in the
minds of many timber owners
just now while prices are at s
hU$her level.
These are some of the nroh.
Urns which Mr. Barker wiH dls-
^8 with the farmers. Do not
forget the date—Friday after-
■Boon, December 13, from 2 t
'4 o'clock, «t the county agent’s
It was also suggested that the
sale of Easter seals be urged,
with the proceeds to supplement
other funds raised. Some or all
the suggestions will be used by
the committee In working out its
plans. ..
The second open forum ques
tion raised was “How Shall We
Rebuild the Armory?”. The arm-^
ory here was washed away hit w
the August 14 flood ■ and
movement to rebuild the^ strso^_^
tnre is gaining momentSm. How-^
ever, the club did not haira
to go Into the matter tUorongk-ji.
ly and H Iras deferred
later-meeting. j. .