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' Omuuui
...^_ .. toter to
»^r««di«« out Mothor 1.090
«4v«ii«od b«am, pro.
lip t> lU^, to drop «spIo«.
» **lnUItortty important ob«
■ Jiutrtot** In th« Tktnlty oI th*
Sow oanal.
-»■ Brtdnd them and nasi dlre-
vhloh were satd to hay®
’^i|tltvered another smashing at-
tlhok today on the crippled British
•drerafi, ^ carrier Illustrious at
^•llet^. Malta, a mass of facta
Mmors piled up drawing at-
tontton to the Mediterranean war
theater. I
Stltac rumors, not officially
dented, circulated In Berlin that >
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini |
had a conference during the day. I
A goremment sokeaman told
fORpS^ 'THl
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VOL. xxxm, No. 88
Published Mondays and
Wilked Second Quota
Men Leave For Army
Nineteen Board
Bus Here Today
For Fort Bragg
Home Via Axis
. — V. . ^ •> . i Number Included First Con>
•nqalrera nothing is know^ ’ and
I mell Informed aourcea who assert-
Vtt^detlnHely that the meeting had
mea held could not say where
the axis leaders had met or what
they had discussed.
scriptions In Wilkea and
Several Volunteers
Roma, Jan. 19.—One of Italy’s
authoritative fascist writers In-
dteated today In Premier Musso-
j Xineteen young men, including
the county’s first conscripts,
boarded a bus here this morning
for Fort Bragg, there to be in
ducted into the armed forces for
a year of training under the Se-
Uni’a own newspaper that a tre- | jective Service act.
meadous nail offensive might be
expected In about two months.
Wario Appelius, in an article
In II Popolo d’ltalia of Milan, ob-
aerved that Germany had piled
up vast supplies this winter and
added; “The English high com
mand has not more than 70-odd
days left to obtain that strategic
success in the Mediterranean
which is the ba.sls for the whole
English war plan for 1941.’
Appelius did not specify on
which front the expected offen-
elvo would start, but usually re
liable sources noted various pos
sibilities, including a drive
through the southea.st towards
Seven were from Wilkes draft
board number one area and 12
from number two. The county’s
quota for this month was 17 but
it was necessary to send one from
each board to replace two volun
teers In the December call who
failed to pass the physical exami
nation at Fort Bragg.
O. K. Whittington and Wm. A.
Stroud, draft Iward member and
clerk from area number one.
were present to see the boys off.
They were William Blaine Nich
ols. Owdls Johnson. Charlie Cice
ro Call. Archie Laws, Robert
Hamby, Arnold F. Bumgarner
and Alonzo Houck. -All were vol
VUIVUSU
the Dardanelles, an attack on Gi-' unteers except Johnson and Call,
graltar through Spain, or an at-1 .Attorney Eugene Trivette. ap-
tmnpt to take Wakar or England |
itself.
The writer also cited .Adolf
* ler’s recent statement that he
1 suspended some arms manu-
:uring because of surplus ma
terial already piled up and the
fuehrer’s promise of victory for
the German people in 1941.
• ‘‘The power of the German
military machine will be greatly
iperior in the spring of 1941 to
the spriag of 1440,” he
Berlin. Switzerland, Jan. 19.—
dolf Hitler and Benito Mus.solini
aferred today, it was reported
here in authoritative diplomatic
circles, but where they me or
.what they accomplished was >iii-
known.
Speculation, however, wa.s that
German aggressive action in a
I ew direction, independently or |
[■bolster Italy, is Imminent. I
In the pa.sl. meetings between '
the two axis leaders often have
portended developments of im
portance Italy invaded Greece
the same day a.s their last meet.
Ing. at Florence, on October 2S.
In the background of today's
repor.ed conference was the an
nouncement in \ ichy that Irent h
Chief of Slate Marshal I’etain
and his ousted vice premier and
foreign minister. Pierre Laval,
have “dissipated’ their niisnnd r-
Btandlng.
peal agent, and W. I’. Kelly, draft
board clerk, b'id the boys of draft
board mimher two a cheerful
farewell. The volunteers and con
scripts making up the dozen were
William Bud Biirchette, Willie
Par.sons. Oid Edward Shumate,
Thurman Franklin Bowlin. How
ard William Carrigan. Rudy
Walker, Sanford David Brown,
Woodrow Bain Wood, Paul Eu
gene Rhodes, C’liiiide Taylor. Je.s-
se Caudill.
Conscripts ami volunteers a-
like were an.icipaiing their first
experience in liic army with no
misgivings and were impat.ent to
be on their way. The entire group
was cheerful and '.evcral express
ed the opinion that since it wa.s
necessary to have a Itigger army
it was better to co now and get
started.
Building, Loan
To Meet Monday
Moose Meeting
iSere On Sunday;
Taken In
Many
Hegular annual ineeling of the
North Wilkesboro Building and
IjOan as.M>ciatioit will be be!d in
the city hall liere on .Monday
night. January 2 7. seven o’clock,
according In a notice given out
by .1. B. Williams, secretary and
treasurer.
The meeting will be belli for
the purprtse of electing directors
for tlie ensuing year, the annual
report of the secretary and treas
urer and any other business
which may come before the meet
ing.
The association has closed an
other successful year and the
5Sth series is now open.
Axel Anderson, 6ve, an American
boy who was stranded in Norway
p pices
Boys Fp^ Join
TheCAMps
40 Of That Number Will Be
Transferred To Camps
In Western States
Slxty-two Wilkes county boys
were enrolled Friday In The Civil
ian Conaervstlon camps.
This represented the largest
single enrollment of Wi"-°.i
county hoys and was the first
time that all white applicants on
file at the welfare office were en
listed, Charles McNeill, welfare
officer, said today.
The boys were examlRpd and
inducted at the camp at Laurel
Springs In Alleghany county. Of
this number 40 were transferred
to the conditioning camp at Mad
ison and will later be transferred
to camps west of the Rocky
Mountains. The remaining 22
were enrolled in the Laurel
Springs Camp. Wilkes wa.-- allot
ted only 'jS but the Laurel
DOy WHO was siranacu lu i teci Only
when the Axis took over, arrives in springs camp was below normal
New York from Lisbon. The label! g^j.g„gth of 200 and aiithorltie.s
■round his neck shows he had to go
via Berlin.
Grange Sponsors
Plans For Cold
Storage Plants
Committee Appointed To In
vestigate Possibilities
In Wilkesboros
-At a recent meeting of the
Wilkesiioro Grange plans were
spoasored to work for the loca.
tion of an individual locker cold
the extras to he taken
I
.storage plant in the Wilkesboros. | Rdward Veit Higgins, AAarren
A committee of three, C. ".jJohnson. Van Warren Kennedy,
Bretholl. chairman. J. B. Snipe.s | Reece Quincy Miles, Carl Blaine
and Carl K. VanDenian was j Miller. Baraeg^ltU^k Jullua Ite
gar MoiffC M>
allowed
in.
Names of the Wilkes recruits
follow: Robert Harkin Absher,
Zeno Hardin Absher. George Wil
son Anderson, Edd Junior Brooks.
Quincy Monroe Brown. Fred Car-
1 i s Bumgarner. James Glenn
Bumgarner. James Bryant Byrd/
Jr.. Troy Ezekiel Caudill, Ray
mond Theodore Chatham, Theo
(lore llamillon Church, Arl Blaine
Cockerham. Everett Wiiliaan
C.'-mbs, liar Dyer, Jr., date John
Eller. OlU Royal Eller, J. S. Es
ter. Bynum Talmadge Gamblll,
Seldom Eubank Gamblll. Rossle
McKinley Gentry. Conley Cool-
idge Greer, Frank Edgar Haynes,
Hobort Hendrix, Hugh Hendrix.
B.
i^f2.oa
6 Let
For Consl
lids W’B Be Received Bfr
State Highway Commia-
•ion January 30th
The State Highway and PubUa
Works commiasion will recetre
bids on January 30 tor constme-
don of a bridge across the Tad-
kin at the eastern end of this
city.
Highway engineers at the dlris-
lon office here said that a sub
stantial concrete bridge will be
erected to replace the one-way
temporary bridge which spans
the Yadkin where the old bridge
with a low load limit was dadroy-
ed in the flood August 14.
The new bridge will be located
about 100 yards west of the pres
ent temporary bridge and a flll
will be constructed on the North.
Wilkesboro side of the river. It*
northern end will connect with
the Junction of a branch of high
way 268 and east Main street and
the road level will be even with
the railroad.
Although it will not be above
the high water mark of the flood,
the new bridge will be construct
ed to withstand flood force, en
gineers said.
The bridge is on the ‘short cut’
road which extends from the east
end of Main .street here to a point
about two miles east of Wilkes
boro on highway 421. On thte
road on the south side of the riv
er are located the state highway
division machine shop and the
prison camp.
The road, which is not a part
of the state highway system, wa»
constructed three years ago.
h
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named to look Into details and
report at the next meeting. Feb
ruary 11.
The.se lockers are now being
built in all parts of the country.
They are past the experimental
stage and are found to be effici
ent and practical. There is one
functioning successfully in Kn-
Clarence PhiBIps. Jr., Richard
Byniim Price. Claude Eugene
Reyiioids, Don Royal. Claude Bay
Shumate. Clive Alonzo Taylor.
Vernest Eldwood Taylor. Albert
William Triplett. Page Miller
Triplett. Gaither Bradshaw Wag
oner. Lonnie Elmore Wagoner.
leigh and another underway at | Wilson James Warner. James
Jefferson. The lockers are rented Odell Walts. Joe Dallas Walkin.-.
l)V the year for a nominal sum. I Arnold R )l>ert Wilson, Arnie Ray
to individuals of the crmmiinily.
The food to he stored in them is
first frozen through the facili-
tie.s of the idant. A porker or a
beef can be kept fresh until con
sumed and taken out as needed:
also vegetables and fruits can be
similarly conserved. Persons in
terested in the location of such
(Continued on page eight)
Woods. .Albert Wood, John Gar
ris, .Ir.. James Milton Childress,
Julius Smith Walker. Allen Jack-
son Johnsc’i, Dock Davis, Arvin
Kent -Anderson. Elisha Elmore
Hamly. Howard Eugene Wag-
loner.-Edward Lee Johnson. Dean
! Taylor. Wayne Minton Farring
ton. Paul Eugene .Moore, John
Henry I’arker.
New Home Local Branch Duke Power
Company Is Highly Complimented
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT v _ pm
History was made again today at noon when, Presi- A|| WIiq Want |0
dent Roosevelt became the first chief executive of the
United States to be inaugurated for a third term. Hisjn-
‘aflace was iliiugurai
president.
erm as vice
Bank Of North
Wilkesboro Has
Excellent Year
Directors And Officera Re
elected In Meeting
Held Thureday
Eleven'From Wilkes
At The Inauguration
Wilkes people In Washington,
D. C.. today to witness the in
auguration of President Roose
velt for a tliird term included Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd C. Forester, of
this city. T. J. .McNeill, of Roar
ing River. Mr. and .Mrs. C. O.
iMcNiell and Mr. and Mrs. C. B.
j Eller, of this city, and four high
I school boys—Bob .McCoy, o f
All White Applicants Will
Be Placed In Camp At
Elkin Next Monday
Saying that 1940 was a good 1 North Wilkesl)oro,
year for the bank and that 19 11 | tington, Jr.. Robert
is expected to be the best year in Alvin Sturdivant, Jr
O. K. Whil-
Moore and
of Wilke.-’-
Novlh 4Vilkesl>oro liran-li of
the Duke Power company ol>serv-
ed it.-' formal opening Tl)iirsday
afternoon and night with “open
lioiise” in tlie compatiy’s new of
fices. show rooms and demon
stration quarters at 309 Ninth
street.
The ’’open house’’ began at
three o’clock in the afternoon and
continued until 9:30 at night
with a steady stream of visitor.^
throughout those hou)-s. The new
(Continued on page eight)
Team From EHzabethton
Lodge Put* On Degree
Work For The Lodge
Morth Wilkesboro Ixidge 243.
Order of Moose, held Us
class mutation in the ”Pa-
nitic Campaign” ’vhlch clos^
B Runday. January 19. at the
looae Hall. The members here
Bd the risitlng lodge member‘s
out of town lodges wltness-
a one of the finest meetings ever
eld In lit* southland.
i-The outstanding team
*Btt pnt on the Ritualistic Work
^the finest style ever wltn^sed
Lj and I must say that of al
JTteams that I have seen In p^t
1 4hid tGftiTi from
(,ne Tenn U will
! hard to beat them at Indian-
iflT Indiana, at the Intema-
convention. They also have
Brize in the bag this coming
at the Carolina MtmseAs-
?tlon Conclave at North Wil-
^ A Jack Mount, mem-
defend-
,r»hip Director. Jack
int.
aom* Hne
A V. Nolan, and
the 4 9-year history of the in-
stiUition. J. R. Hix, president,
made hi.s annual report to the
stockholders In meeting at the
bank Thursday.
The stockholders re-elected the
entire l)oard of directors as fol
lows: E. M. Blackburn. Ralph
Duncan. R. Ci. Finley, J. R. Hix,
W. D. Halfacre, John E. Justice,
Jr., S. V. Tomlinson and R- W.
Gwyn.
Tlie directors in meeting re
elected all the officers: J. R. Hix,
president; W. D. Halfacre, vice
president i S. V. Tomlinson, vice
president: R. W. Gwyn. cashier;
W. W. Starr, a.ssistant cashier:
J. G. McNeill, assistant cashier:
W, B. Gwyn, assistant cashier.
With a substantial gain of
approximately $129,740 in 1940.
assets of the bank continued
their steady growth and totaled
$2,123,449.65 at the close of the
year.
Excerpts from the report of
Pre.sident Hix at the stockhold
ers’ meeting follow:
It is with a feeling of pardon
able pride that we refer to our
bank’s long period of friendly
service to the people of this
county and surrounding commun
ity, March of this year will end
our forty-ninth year of such ser
vice. During these years our bank
has grown from Us infancy to an
Institution occupying a prominent
place In the commercial activities
of this section of our State. Such
growth has been made possible
boro.
Legion Oration
Contest Soon In
Wilkes School
All Wilkes county white boya
who wish to enroll in Civilian
I Conservation camps should make
application before Friday of this
week at the Welfare office,
Charles McNeill, Wlikes superin
tendent of welfare, said today.
The welfare officer has receiv-
I ed notice from T. L. Grier, state
' head of C. C, C. enrollment, that
'all available applicants from
I Wilkes can be inducted at the
' Elkin C. C. camp on .Monday. Jan
uary 27.
I All app'licant.s on file at the
welfare office were inducted into
camps on Friday of last week,
there lieing 62 who passed the
I examination. That was the first
citime that all applicants could lie
placed and any other young men
and 23 in the
Valuable Prizes Offered Fot '
Best Oration On “Consti
tution, Its Benefits’
county now have another oppor-
•timity to enlist in the camps,
j The welfare officer said the
•arrangement of pay for the mem-
John W. Hall, "adjutant of the hers has been changed, allowiiw
Wilkes Legion post, has been ap- a member to save
pointed chairman for the legion i camp They ^
Oratorical contest in Wilkes. ; month, of which $15
Mr Hall said today that Uie|h5me. $8 is paid to the men^r
Legion earnestly desires that eve-! in the camp and seven dollars
ry high school in Wilkes county i are placed in a savings account
rirticipate in the contest. The , which they receive when they
(Continued on page eight i 'are discharged from camp.
The Insurance Service And Credit
Corporation Is New Business Finn
Successors To North Wilkes
boro Insurance Agency;
Office Is Opened
The North Wilkesboro Insiir
ance Agency recently had its
charter amended in which it‘
name has been changed to “In
surance Service & Credit Corpo
growth has been raaae punmuic ration.” However, .he
M u “ *i.d !.«■ .«P- Pd"**!" Z. \.rZ-
ness men o£ this J’ or finance corporation in
“w n® isTo IrCt assets which it will handle loans on
$2 in 4l^rand deposits automobiles and other co^nmi^i-
ZZl ’ 6: : . White this ties in the same onanner that
7'
Here are pictured the members of the Elisabetht n, Tennessee, degree teetm of the Loyal Order pf
Moose lodge, who did the ritoalistie work for candilatee of the North Wilkesboro lodge hwe 8uRday
Left to right standing are: Robert L. Haskins, P. G; Raymond G^ler, G.; Floyd Myos, J. G.; Jolia b
nralato! Albert Hsthswav. orator: Roswell fFritzl Wortea. sermont at arms. Seated are R.
Left to right standing are: Kobert L. Haskins, P. G; Raymond Geisier, u.; moya fliyers, j. u.; Jona i*.
Stoat, prelate; Albert Hathaway, orator; Roswell (Fritz) Worten, sergeut at arms. Seated are R. S.
Cterdww. secretary of the Elizsbethton lodge, and Charles A. Kbby, rcgioul dinctor .of
total of deposits is a little less
than the peak reached Ip Decem
ber 9 In the amount of |1.927.-
375.28 It does represent, the
greatest total at tbe.flloso.of any
calendar ye*. 'iTUs tpUl the,
close of the year IS W !h«reaao
of 1114.024.7$ OT)^
date of 10
. Co
other credit or financial Institu
tions have been making loans In
this comimnnKy for years. It will
permit local people to deal direct-
ly with the hbine folks In hand
ling their Installment notes,
' new corporatWn has taken
Ijiite 1 i t**: personnel sddMIon*
■UMkholders .nt .•
- -» gtoekholdera a
iwenilhg
board of directors wa.s elected
consisting of the“following gen
tlemen who are prominent busi
ness men of North Wilkesboro;
S. V. Tomlinson, J. B. Wil
liams, Edwin Duncan, W. J. Ca-
roon. J. R. Hix, W. A. McNeil. R.
O. Finley, J. E. Justice and J.
M. Anderson.
S. V. Tomlinson was re-elected
as president of the corporation,
Mr. Tomlinson having served as
president of the North Wilkes
boro Insurance Agency for sever
al years; J. B. Williams, who
has heretofore been secretary-
treasurer of the company, was
elected executive vlce-preeldent
and general manager; W. J. Cn*
roon, who has for several year*
been connected with the North
western Bank, with headqeertmrs
here In North Wilkeaboro«,$»cmit-
fcr resigned hls posIttoh.^'U^ (ft*
bank and comes to ^ .JhmWpon,-
Sorrierv* Crelllt Gof*orjfc^
Its seeretezY
(OoBtinuod'oi
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