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patrons of tills pttl.,—. ..■
Iliondred rod foi^
^ W tho AiSbasasdor oTi porjeNknd
^ '— heave
f0^w.ll was sent from heaven
riurUi and at this Christmas ^
«ra celebrate the anniversary
blessed event
rpaii' 6f mmUif udhb^^
people to accept and live by tl^,
grreat princij^ of,goodwill so coi^
venientjyi® down by Heaven’s
Ambainadofvi; - t x
But this gieat-American nation to
day renMdns aloof from the holocaust
of war ahd Christmas holiday
season ns not marred by the sacrifice
altli^ 0^ tfcs ^ of war.
manhood on the^
la ASneriS hove abt ‘ancTshall^
feel itahouldl^be
with our othel
" notfe bight d^ tMe teal pqrpbee of
Cbimaa, whicl^¥J» «el«lmoi« the
Amerteana^oum^^t iii^Mfffiise 3F^w-gt
iH aiat rlgk bnt^nly # ili^r^atBieh
' W
eomia* of the P^fl^e Of Peaeb, who
taught ihe world;’Ae pfaiioso|fhy of\V
who haw*? lost sight of ||»e way d Ufj
We are‘gli^'^'the f?eeddmwe
have to celebrate Christmas as we
Cfagiat may not in theJi - shftu.
ftg
wlthoii^
inlW of living their own
rabe andfttxi In tba^true^spli* of
of the Joy'
with _
malice
wishes fc
hone, this new.
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HAS BLAZH) THE T^IL OF PROGRESS IN THE “STATK OF WILKES" FOR OVER THIRTY ■ TWO
War News
London. Dec. 23.—The Ger
man luftwafte battered a north
west English town heavily last
night and early today and bomb
ed other northwestern towns in
a series of raids that reached in
to nearly every section of Eng
land and the capital.
(Censorship withheld the name
of the town but earlier the Ger
mans were reported over the vital
western port of Liverpool for the
third consecutive right.)
Nazi raiders attacked London
shortly after night fail but the
all clear was giveri in the capi
tal area about an hour after mid
night.
Other raiders were reported
from numerous sections after giv
ing the British a virtual rest dur
ing Sunday’s daylight houis.
JOURNAL -
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Section One
VOL. XXXIII, No. 78
Published Mondays and Thuradays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C- MONDAY, DEC. 23, 1940 $1.60 In the State — $2.00 Out of SUt»
London, Dec. 22.—After show
ing its strength with a record
night assault on axis objectives
from the Ruhr to the Adriatic,
the R. A. F. was reported to
night to have carried out rare
daybreak bombardments oi Ger
man naval base.s at Wilhelm-
shaven. Germany, and Brest and
Lorient. FYance.
From all these far-reaching at-
tasks one British plane is miss
ing. a.cording to the air minis
try’s statement.
During the night other aircraft
.-.Ot the coastal command bornhed
Defense Classes
Are Explained To
Kiwanians Here
Paul Cragan Tells Club Of
Plans For Classes To
Be Here Soon
I’aul S. Cragan. superlnten-
cleiit of North W'ilkesboro schools,
in an address Friday noon before
the North Wilkesboro Klwanis
club explained the government’s
plan of establishing defense train
ing classes in industrial trades.
He said that the North Wilkes
boro board of education had a-
greed to sponsor the cour.’es lo
cally and that instruction w'ould
be given in mechanics, welding
and sheet metal w'ork.
Young men between ages of
17 and 25 may receive training
in the classes with the cost paid
by the federal government, he
eaid. Courses here will begin ear
ly iu January and will Continue
for 12 weeks with 30 hours train
ing, 8sr.,V«ek.. .. '
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Journal-Patriot
Not To Be Issued
Thursday, Dec. 26
In order to allow 'The Journ
al-Patriot staff and employes
a brief holiday rest, 'The
Journal-Patriot will not be Is
sued On Thursday, December
S6.
Tlie next i.ssue of the paper
after this one will be on Mon
day, December HO, at wliich
time we hope to publish as
much local news of the holiday
season as possible. In the
meantime, we wish one and
all a MERRY CHRISTMAS’
Boy Scouts Rdl»
Call Conducted ‘
By Troop No. 3S
Inventory And Roll Call D»>
tenninea Number Eligible
Fw Emergency Service
lU
Building & Loan
Meeting Is Held
Wilkesboro Association’s
Stockholders In Annual
- Meet Friday Night
BUlldln
Boy Scout troop number 3S
here' on Thursday evening cois-
ducted its annual inventory and
roll call.
The year, the Scoutmaster ex
plained, Boy Scouts of America
are taking Inventory and roll call
to determine the number of Bojr
Scouts eligible for emergency
service.
On Thursday evening James M.
Anderson and Dewey Minton, ap
pointed by the Wlnston-Saleai
council, were present at the troop
meeting place to conduct the ia-
ventory and roll call. \'Z-
The roll call started promptly
at eight o’clock. T^vraty-thraa
wxG Int
ministry
:d -xae _
at several points, the
said.'
The other night assaults on the
continent, reported to have cost
Britain nothing in planes, includ
ed a l.BOn-mile roundlrip to
Venice, near where, the ministry
said, liffs "’■‘'■0 start’’'* *•' * P®'
troleum lefinery at Porto Marg-
hera and “extremely heavy’
bombs fell on I’. eks ami factovy
buildings.
Cairo. Egypt. Dec.
though there still were
that Marshal Rodolfo
sending help to
was
22.—Al-
no signs
Graziani
h.s be
leaguered Italian garrison In Bar-
dia. British troops continued to-
dav to mass around the Libyan
seaport which has been under
siege now for six days.
Today, however, brought little
other change in the situation,
military source.s indicated. Brit
ish batteries, placed along the
17-mile perimeter of the town,
continued to pound the Italian
defenses and the fascists replied.
A general headquarters com
munique said merely: "Reinforce
ments are steadily reaching onr
troops in the Bardla area. A fur
ther seven guns have been col
lected from the enemy frontier
posts which we recently occu-
which cooperate with the' pro
gram. Skilled workmen will be
employed as Instructors and
hours of classes w'lll be arranged
to suit those who are In them.
The classes will probably be.gin
at 3:30 or 4:00 in the afternoon.
rersons entering the classes
must make application with the
employment service office here.
;Vli persons within the age limits
may take the courses regardless
of their work in any type ot bus
iness if the classes do not inter
fere with their joUa.
Prior to the program the secre
tary read a telegram from Dr. O.
L. Miller, ot Charlotte, thanking
the club for its cooperation with
the health department and with
iiim in sponsoring work for un
derprivileged and crippled chil
dren. The president appointed J.
B. WllPams, W. D. Halfacre and
Rev. Watt Cooper to write the
club’s expression of appreciation
ro Dr. Miller and Dr. F. C. Hub
bard for the splendid work they
have done in the county.
gora bitU roioari
■ -.1V AvtUv;}
Nine Persons Die
In Wilkes County
In Auto Accidents
Over 1,000 Ask To
For N. Wilkesboro Make Mattresscs
On Wilkes Project
State Highway Safety Divi
sion Release* Figure* For
11 Months Of Year
Reins-Sturdivant
Now Re-Building
pied.'
were
ward
I
Athens, Dec. 22.—Greek troops
reported today to have
skirted the well-defended Adri-
aUc coastal city of Chimara in
Albaaia, laving other units be
hind to clean out Italian opposi
tion there.
The advance units pressed on
ward toward the strategic port
of Valona about 30 miles farther
north, and in fierce hand-to-hand
fighting were said to have cap
tured several hundred Italians on
Imporunt heighU bordering the
A government spokesman de-
under the
Modem Funeral Home Will
ConUin Four Floors;
Several Departmeat*
Work Is progressing rapidly on
re-building Reins-Sturdivant Fu
neral home in this city, which
was badly damaged by fire sev
eral weeks ago.
In rebuilding the structure,
which also houses offices of
Reins-Sturdivant Burial associ
ation, the building will be en
larged and will contain four
floors instead of two as formerly.
Beginning with the foundation,
the entire building is being re
built. A floor is being added on
the bottom and one on top. the
dared fclitop noor being constructed es-
h. oS.rw
*'“L" .P-l ’’>•
vsMlng “steadUy and smurely/"
CbolM Italtsn troop* IlghtlBg
m the Klisura-T^pelenl region re-
strongly bnt were unable
Jifo check th Greeks and seffered
heavy losses, the spokesman add-
ed. '
Rome. Dec. 2*.—-The possibil
ity of “compllcstlons" with the
Bo'm»-Berlin-ToWii axis’ K the
United SUtea leU Britain get bel-
itjfteuntn* merSlutnt ships reinged
luJLsaerl®*® harhor* was saggest-
sd today by Vlrglnlo Oskyds, tss-
gdHor who often reflect# of-
offices, display rooms, fireproof
embalming and layout rooms, a
spacious chapel, storage rooms
and all other necessary depart
ments. -
’The funeral homk-X here has
home office for the buriai associ
ation, which is the largest In the
state and is also home office for
Reins-Sturdivant funeral homes
at Sparta, West Jefferson and
Boone.
Several weeks will be required
for re-building. Meanwhile ar
rangements have been made to
carry- on the husinaas with nnin-
terrnpMd ahrriohx.'i;
V. r-.
Only four of the 100 counties
in North Carolina had not had a
single traffic fatality charged a-
galnst them when the Highway
Safety Division released its elev
en-months summary last week,
and 40 countlee showed increases.
Ronald Hocutt, director ot the-
division, stated that 108 fkUiU-
ties in November brought to 851
the total for the first eleven
months of 1940. This represented
a two per cent Increase over the
834 persons kHled on North Car
olina streets and highways the
first eleven months of last year.
The four counties with clean
records at the close of November
were Clay, Gates, Mitchell and
’Tyrrell, all‘.small counties. Two
of these, Tyrrell and Gates, were
among the six counties without a
traffic fatality in 1939.
Wilkes county had nine per
sons killed in traffic accidents
through November of this year, a-
decrease, compared with 13 killed
in the county the first 11 months
of 1939.
The largest Increase was In
Robeeon county, where 38 were
killed through November of this
year, against 17 tor the same
period last year. Mecklenburg’s^
48 fatalities topped the sUte,
followed n order by Robeson’s 38,
Guilford’s 37, Forsyth’s 34, Bun
combe’s 30, Cumberland's 28.
Wake’s 25, Gaston’s 22, Harnett’s
21 and Rowan's and Alamance’s
19 each.
For the state as a whole, (a-
Ulitlee by months were as fol
lows: January, 88; February, #8x
March. 55; April, 49; Ms^. (3
June, 88; Jnly,
Beptemher,. Ill; October.,,’111
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•Appointment of tax lister and
as«es.sors for North Wilkesboro
township was incomplete when
the list for the county was pub
lished in this new.spaper Monday.
T. H. Settle Is list taker and
W. R. .\l).sher and L. A. Harris
are asGessors.
The task of revaluation and
assessment of property for tax
ation will get under way on
Monday, January 6, C. G. Poin
dexter, Wilkes county account
ant, said.
Stodents Aid |n
Oiristmas Cheer
Authorities Ask That Appli
cants Not Duplicate Ap-
plicatuMis Made
North Wilkesboro School
Children Will Provide
For Fifteen Families
North Wilkesboro school chil
dren have helped in Christmas
cheer work in this city by pro
viding for 15 needy families at
Christmas time, it was learned
here today.
The children donated money
and materials la?t week sufficient,
to provide Christmas toy*, can
dles, foods, etc., for fifteen fami
lies and today members of the Hl-
Y. club prepared the packages for
distribution.
J. E. Walker, city police chlSf
and welfarexofflcer, said the con
tributions by the students have
sided greatly In preparations to
fin empty stockings this Christ
mas.
Not content with haring one
application to make a mattress
already in, some Wilkes people
have sent In as many as two,
three or fdur because they have
not heard from the first one.
Already more than 250 mat
tresses have been made in Wilkes
county by low income families
since the mattress project was set
up and about 1,000 other appli
cations are on tile. The extension
service, sponsors of the project,
are glad of the keen Interest tak
en in the project but It is pointed
out it is not necessary to make a
second application just because
they do not hear Immediately
from the first. Applications' will
be considered In the order In
which they are made and the
making of a duplicate application
will hinder rather than expedite
approval, authorities said.
The mattress project now has
four working centers. They are
in Wilkesboro, Boomer. Mulberry
and Roaring Rlrw. A small cen
ter will be established at Joyne8
in Janiutry and the capacity dt
the entire projMt will be 26 mat
tresses per day.
TNkeirty-sfe stockfcJUiifs -were
present and many others were
represented by proxy.
The secretary-treasurer read
his annual report, which disclosed
that the association had a sub
stantia) increa.->e in assets and
number of installment loans dur
ing the year.
The stockholders elected the
following directors: J. H. John
son, Wm. A. Stroud, R. B. Pharr,
J. T. Prevette, J. H. Leckie, P. J.
Kennedy, O. K. Whittington. Dr.
M. G. Edwards. C. T. Doughton,
j George D. Kennedy. Charlie How
ard and G. P. Johnson. The only
[changes from the previous board
of directors were Dr. M. G. Ed
wards in place of W. E. Smithey
and G. P. Johnson replacing C.
C. Hayes.
'The newly elected board of di
rectors named J. H. Johnson,
president: Dr. M. G. Edwards,
vice president: Wm. A. Stroud,
secretary-treasurer; J. R. Hen
derson, attorney.
'Hie appraisal committee is
composed of B. J. Kennedy, J. T.
Ah annlys
mbtU
suits was as follows: ' nineteen
completely uniformed, average ot
18 days and 21 nights spent In ’
camping; troop advancement rec
ord good with only five boys reg
istered as tenderfeet, six as sec
ond class, six as first cla.js, six
Star Scouts and one Life Scout.
It was considered remarkable
that only four boys were absent
from roll call and three of those
were out of town that evening.
Syphilis Cases
Few In Wilke*
Only 28 Positive In 1,200
Blood Teats Of Men Reg
istered In County
Only twenty-eight cases o f
syphilis were discovered In 1.288
blood testa taken of men in
Wilkes county registered on Oc
tober 16 for military service. It
was learned today from the
Prevette, George Kennedy, Dr. wilkes county health department.
M. G
srd.
Edwards and Charlie How
Service Station
Attendant Hurt
Not all of the tests have been
heard from but there were only
38 positive in the 1,200 report*
received to date from the health
department. Sixteen were classed
as doubtful.
Police Arrest Two For In
flicting Knife Wounds On
Lance Eller’s Face
Dillard Child Dies
ChrUtmaB Pro«ram
Announesment has been mkde
of. a Chrlatinna program to hv pv-
«n ¥(edn«sd*y, evening, ‘
clock; at Hotavlan Falla
__ church- Christmas
88; Angpat, Sl;‘ tioaa and n
eiy.
Funeral service was heW »in-.
day at Covenant church tor Ba-
tel DlUerd, ttye-yeae-oJd sen of
‘ l„»nd MankyCenter Dillard;
He ?VMny night.
_ ere th*»t*»k8r fwl
tlTS
Lance Eller, night attendant
at Foreater’s Nu-Way Service sta
tion, received a painful cut on the
left .side df hia face by one of two
assallantk aboet six o’clock Sun
day morning, police here said,,,
Eller told, police that Ru^
Anderson and. iVoodrow Rlchanl-
son ’Went into the staUon and
"tried to take over the place.’’ A
fight took place and one of the
two, ESler said, inflicted the
wound.
Police arriving at the scene
took all three to the hospital
bnt Richardson, who stepped into
a room, took leave through the
window on the outside and es-
onped. (Anderson to being held for
fesanlt chargee.
Richardson later surrendered
to tke police.
' ‘i :•
Mother Of Mrs.
R. S. Gibbs Die*.
News was received here Satur
day of the death of Mrs. John
B. Gamblll at her home at Ath
ens, Georgia. Mrs. Gamblll wa*
the mother of Mrs. Robert S.
Gibbs, Jr.„of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs left imme
diately for Athens, Georgia and;,
will not return to this city untH^
after the funeral service is held,'
Mrs. Gamblll, it was learned here,
bad been in ill health for somo
time.
5tb Sunday Singi^^^
At Walnut ,Grow
tHBlrS.CiOT A MONOPOLY
%•
ia our tanguaga
AU«ir(tbe ffcoUtoV Toaga*’,#?:’'
--^>^^4 'fnthar “ nav»
Next singing conventlott of thw.
Southelde Singing assoclathm 4^
will be held at Walnut
Batlst church near Pops*
on Sunday, December 29, F-.J..
McDuffie, chairman, nunc
today. ■
He said the day’s progiMi
begin at ten a. A and
stngnra to be pmijR*’ ■
gnrt^B the atogiga’^
tovHM and v
pd .gregMf Mr