JiJm ■ ^
-r* JA
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;JSritiA Ah- Force*
Hit luTuion Port*
" "®^n-—A big BrltUh air
FWtArday awai>t over the
5 Strait* and Oermany*a In-
I mioa coast in bold «3rU«ht "of-
^fmtve sweeps” that blasted Naii
®once«iPatlons, . airdromes
ii*®* •■tPlacemenU of Big Bertha
'tKM.
s, 1%a SQFprise assault by bomb-
aad more than 100 fighter
Including at least oda
^^S^®J*riean pilot, wets unleashed as
*4b tightened her defenses In
V f thit the luftwaffe’s armed
tweonBalssance flights, which con-
■Mj»*d yeiterday. might be the
savage round-the-
bombings of “total destruc-
\tloa.’*
Some British quarters, recalU
iBg the strategy of the German
bf%ir blit*” last Septetnber, said
tot "the second battle of Brit
tain” might already be under way.
’ ■ ’ In yesterday’s “offensive
eweape’’ along the Nazi-held
l{. ITpnnch coaat, aimed partially at
1 * V-gjOaBelag the Nazi long-range
Jfe": nuM that have been hurling
A'-
l .,nr A
iiuua
.sWls across the channel into the
t)wrer area, the German luftwaffe
J’^-^.iras said to have “refused to give
battle.’’
p "i? '
Only a few German planes
^‘^-mtollenged the British planes. It
was said, and three of them were
shot down, one by a 28-year-old
^American flight lieutenant who is
, n member of a famous auxiliary
1,^? squadron of the R. A. F.
Full Retreat Of
Italians Claimed
I;.,.-*. Oairo. — Fa.scist forces last
ttUht were reported in "full re-
|?T^ tijeat” from Britain's foiir-prong-
i ed Invasion of Italirn Ea.st .Africa
after British forces captured the
!>,' Eritrean railroad terminus of
■’ Agordat and "many hundreds of
u- prisoners” in fierce battle,
jt The toll of Ibillan dead and
^Mrounded was said to have been
^Pieavy in the fighting for Agordat.
scene of two great Italian vic
tories over the Darvishes 50
years ago and gateway to Italy's
v Rod Sea port of Mussawa 100
miles ez'j^itward.
Iquantities of guns and
hanlied transport were cap-
s£ Agordat and 11 Italian
pausing In the Urwn,
s^id^arod Saturday morning Brlt-
iP |sh and Indian troops pushed
oil after the Italians fleeing to-
tord Keren, 40 miles northeast-
ward along the main road to the
"'■j Blritr«in capital of Asmara, it
j^^ .was stated.
j feGreek Soldiers In
Fierce Engagement
Athens.—Greek soldiers fight-
tng what their official spokes-
f called a ‘ really heroic" ; c-
tlon captured a large and import
ant mountain range >!bont 10
miles long north of Wisura yes
terday. it was reported last night.
The spokesmen said that 2 70
prisorers. belonging mostly to
units which arrived in Albania
last month, were seized along
with large quuntlties of machine
puns, automatic rifles and other
materials not yet counted.
The Greek high command ear
lier told of fighting which per.
^^^ed on a small scale despite
jHjiaTy rain and mfat. Other sourc-
^^^M^said that the woither made
^ targe operation impossible but an
artillery duel on the coast was
reported.
. "The Italians.’' the spokesman
“having been convinced that
counter-atUcks n r e ineffective
and are costing heavy losses, re
nounced any further attempts.
In fact, during the last week
'■ they had launched 12 counter-
1, atU*ks in order to recapture
some heights hut all failed.
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Wilkesboro/ .
trading ceBtea*
western North'
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WilkeS'To Furnish 14
Men On February 20
Board Number One Has Quota Five And
Nine Will Be Called From Number Two
Area For Training This Month
County quotes for the Feb- |
ruary draft call were announc
ed In Raletgh Thursday. j
WUkes board number one |
wUl furnish five ard mhie will i
go from Wilkes board nnnil)er
two area. There will also be
replacements for one each turn
ed down at Fort Bragg In Jan-
uar>'. '
Since there are but few vol-
unteer applications. It Is ex-
Birthday Dances i
On Friday Night
Draw Good Crowd
$65 For Fund To Fight In
fantile Paraly*-* Realized i
From Dances Friday
pected that tlie February quota
will be con'I)»^e(l inaiiily of
conscripts unles ' there are ad
ditional volunteers sobn.
The •lanuary call to*>k five
fieni Wilkes board number on
and II front board niMiiber two.
F.arh board had one re,iectel
and one of those fleeted fail,
ed to show up before the laxird
here In time to gx' with the
others on Januarj- SO.
Raleigh Firm Low
Bidder To Build
The Yadldn Bridge
Bowers Construction Com
pany To Get Contract To
Build Lower Bridge
■by
INGNOW?
Resigns
The dances wex’c well attended
and the sum of $65 was raised
tor the fund efter all expenses
were paid. An orchestra furnish
ed music for the senior dance.
During intermissioi.s pupils of
the Finley Studio of Dance and
, Dr,'’ma rendered er cellent floor
I shows. Tluxse taking part were
Norman and Patty Gabriel, Jane
Carter, Mary Gage Barber. Betty
Gwyn Finley. Harriet Crutchfield,
Patsy Ruth McNiel and Carol
Hayes.
Over $70 was raised for the
fund on "ta.g day” and money
has not be'^n collected from a
number of miscellaneous sources
in the drive.
Conferences
Dr. M. B. Stokes, Returned
Missionary, Will Deliver
Address Here
Games Here
Tuesday Nigbt, 7:30
North Wilkesboro high school
~’’'taasketbell team will play Roaring
iw Rtfer here on I’uesday night.
P There will be two games, the
^^varsltv and the midgets. The first
-■''"'game 'sviH begin at 7;30 and
k there will be a cake walk between
halves. Admission will be 10 and
v'-2S cents iind all are Invited.
P P.-T. ATSuSyXlass
Will Meet Thursday
S' study ciaea'^e North Wil-
irttt.i-^hursday after-
At parents of
***ol ch^ren will visit
—__^afdwne and at three the stu-
^^■STwin.boW its meeting,
invited to attend.
fanw tore doubled since
aito tr«M to aarmers In 193t>
■sirtny ****** **-^*^’^*‘^
The second qiiiirtcily ronfei'-
ence of the .North \Vilke-'boro
Methodist church is to be held ,st
the church Saturday afternoon
at two o’clock in connection with
u group comerence of ten other
charges. Rev. .A ('. Gibbs, of El
kin. and district superintendent,
will be In charge of the meeting.
Dr. M. B. Stokes, returned mis
sionary from Korea, is to be
present and deliver a missionary
address.
Churches to be represented at
this meeting other than North
Wilkesboro are: .Ararat, Bryant
Memorial, Dobson. Elkin. Jones-
ville, Millers Creek, Moixtvian
FVlls, St. Paul, "'raphlll. and Wll-
kesboro.
It is hoped that there will 'be
a full attendance of the members
present from the quarterly con
ference of the local church, as
well as a targe number of the
church people.
O. K. Armstrong, magazine writ
er, who resigned from the “No For
eign War" committee because of dif
ferences with Chairman Verne Mar
shall, shown at a press conferenci
in Washington.
Aged Resident Of
Jobs Cabin
Jetry iliiit^ 'Watson, 8 2.year,
old citizen of Jobs Cabin tow'n-
ahip. died at his home Thursday
night. Funeral service was held
S'unda.v. two o'clock, at Yellow
Hill Bi.iptl-:t church with Rev.
Henry Smith In charge.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Alice Wilcox Watson, three
daughters and six sons: Mrs. Eva
Cardwell. Winston-Salem; Melvin
Watson. Summit; I.,ove Watson,
Damasens; Mrs. Smith Watson.
Linville; Bine Watson, Piirson-
ville; Enoch W’atson. Francisco;
Turner Watson, Ferguson; Mrs.
Bertha Hanks. Maple Springs;
Claude Watson. Kannapolis.
Bowers construction company,
rf Raleigh, submitted the lowest
■bid for construction of a concrete
‘bridge across the Yadkin here
Sabout too yards above the pres-
I ent temporary bridge, it tvas
'learned here today from highway
engineer.-'-.
The structure will be higher
' than t h e pVesent temporary
bridge und will Intersect with
east Main street at a point where
air entrance of highway 268 Joins
the street.
The bridge level will Ire even
with the railroad trreks and a
fill will cover the present triangu
lar intersection of the highway
and street. Although not i bove
I flood leve, the bridge will be of
-substantial construction suffici
ent to withstand flood force.
The bridge will serve the short
cut road which extend.‘! from east
Main street to highway 421 two
miles east of Wilkes'boro. on
which are loc;;ted the highway
division shop and the state high,
way I'l'ison camp for this conn-
ty-
If the low bid is upproved as
anticipated and the contract la
awarded the low -bidder, work
may begin on the bridge within
the next few weeks.
According to a resoution pass
ed by the North Wilkesboro Ki-
wani.s club, the bridge will be
named t h e "Gordon Hackett
bridge’' in honor of J. Gordon
Hackett, highway commissioner.
Local UCC Office
The gun did not shine here all day Sunday, February 2, but there
was sufficient sunshine for Mr. Groundhog to see his shadow. Ac
cording to old timers, -this means six weeks more of winter with its
cold nothwestern winds, snow, sleet, low temberatures, etc. Accord
ing to Mr. Groundhog, he can safely emerge from his hibernation
on Sunday, March 16, with full assurance of the arrival of spring
and the end of winter weather. As usual, groundhog day brought
fourth its arguments about whether or not the groundhog really saw
his shadow and the time of day, etc. If he saw his shadow here,
observers said, he had to be a very early riser because the sun shone
only in the early morning hours.
flB
ob-
Eight Enrollment
Periods Yearly Is
New C. C. C. Plan
Many Have Opportunity For
Camp Serv'ce; 88 From
WHkes Are Enrolled
This year will bring opportun
ity for many young men in
Wilkes between 17 and 23 years
of age to enlist in the Civilian
Coa=e.rvatlon Camps. Charles Mc
Neill. welfare officer, said today.
The times of enlistment during
the year have been dotted. The
enlistment plan
been quarterly-
Public Library
Members Drive
Set February 17
Letters Outlining Needs Of
Library Have Been Mail- ^
ed Out In,The County
The Wilkee County Library
A.ssociation hns issued letters out
lining the need of new books ,for
the library. The annual member,
ship drive is set for the week of
FebruF.ry 17 and everyone is
urged to resipoQd -by Joining the
T**® AsBOCtattoni or by renewing mem
jre wu* ^•
Four tons of worn-out
money are returned to the Treas
ury departmei'.t every day.
North Wilkesboro
Teams Win Couple
On Friday Night
North Wilkesboro high rchnol
basket4;all teams won a doul'le
header here Friday iiiglit.
Tlie varsity team won a’ close
and thrilling contest ever Tay-
ior-iville 15 to 13 while the mid
gets overwhelmed .Millers Creek
Juniors by the score of 22 to 8.
j Nature is h wonderful thing!
.A million year.-; ago slie did not
paper know we were going to wear
spectacles . . . yet look at the
way she placed our ears.
Country Lost, They Fight With British
Figure* For Entu'e Opera
tion And For Month Of
December Released
Raleigh.—Benefit ptyments to
unemployed workers in North
Carolina in the three years since
payments started amounted to
$17,170,W17.2fl. which includes
$378,040.59 sent to residents of
other states w'ho had w-orked and
establi-hed w-age credits in this
Sb:te, Chalrmrn Charles G. Pow
ell, of the N. C. Unemployment
Compensation, announces.
Hayments during the month of
Deceinl'er were $224,428.16. in
cluding $13,749.47 ont-of-State.
During the year 1940. registra
tions for work in the 46 local
employment offices with 10 col
ored branches in the state, num
bered :!75.603. which includes
new applications, renewals, reten-
iion.- and clear: nee additions. In
the sHine calendar year, these of
fices found jobs for 97.419 appli
cants for work, R. Ma.vne Al-
bright, director of the Employ
ment .Service Division, reports.
In December, 1940. registra
tions for work numbered 40.575.
while there were 13.886 place-
nients on Jobs in tlie month.
In the North 'Wilkeaboro em
ployment office. 192 registrations
for work and 49 placements on
[Jobs are sbo-xx’n for December,
!i940, while in the entire year of
ll94o! registrrtions for work num-
ibered 6.966 and 1.409 placements
on jobs are .shown. Unemploy
ment benefits distributed through
this office amounted to $305.-
374.66 in the three years, while
In Decem-ber. 1940, the amount
distributed in checks was $8,-
521.44.
There 'wUl
llstments In February, Sfciy, Au.
Itnposetbilfty.
OB siwrdkF' mornings, eepedal-
ly, there is an almost endless
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gust and November in addition tofgtream of people, made up most-
the quarterly enlistments, he ly of teachers end pnpils, who go
said. I to the library for reference books.
During January 88 from
Wilkes were enrolled In camps,
the largest nti-mber ever to go
from the county in any one month
and representing the first time
that all white applicants were al
lowed to enlist.
More frequent enlistments will
mnke it possible, the welfare of
ficer said, for camps to more
nearly have full stren.gth at all
times. Discharges caused many
biogra,phies. etc., to be u.sed in
school work during the next
week. A demand for a wider scope
of material is being pre,ssed upon
the library daily ond in order to
supply this increasing require
ment. new books must neoessarily
be purchased. Also there is an in
creasing demand for fiction, the
very latest of l)Ook.>. There are
series of good, wholesome books
for boys and girls which the
camps to he far from authorized , youngsters enjoy and which give
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strength before the next enlGt-
ment time arrived under the old
pliin.
Many of those who enlW
in the quarterly enlistments will
be transferred to western states,
hn said, while
enlistment will
to their young minds a sense of
clean morale and f“ir sportsman,
ship.
The membership fee was pnr-
po.sely .-et at a low figure so that
everyone could participate in the
the intermediate drive. However, no limit was set
be to keep local for contributions. The public's
cam.ps at full strngth. A large |cooperation is vitally essential to
number of the Wilkes boys who
enlisted in January and were sent
to the Madison camp for condi-
the growth of the Library.
The North Carolina Mntiial
n camp lui i.unui-
, , „ „ --iTins L'fP Insurance Company in Dttr-
tioning were soon sent to camps
Mr‘"McNelIl also explrined the i a»ce company in the world, ope-
new method of distribution of
pay, which requires a membe’
send $15 home, receive $7 at the
camp and have eight dollars each
month deposited in a savings
fund which he receives wheii he
has finished his time In camp.
This enables the enrolles to save
some money ms well r,s help the
folks at home. Mr. McNeill said.
• rating in eight strtes and em-
to ploying 1,067 people.
Speeds Graduation
' W
Tbeir homeland gone, these Polish troops Joined with the British
forces aad are now nndergoiag training soinewbere in Scotland. Above
they are seen with tanks in battle formation during maneuvers. The
Uton, lacidentnUy, are French ones, and were taken to England when
Ew Iful hordes orer-rnn Fmnoe. ' '
Cripple Clinic On
Thursday, Feb. 13
February cripple clinic for free
examination of physical defects
and deforities will be held at the
Wilkes hospital on Thursday.
February 13. It was announced
today by the Wilkes county
health deprrtment.
An orthopedic speciollet will
be present to make examinations
and to give advice relative to
treatment. There is no charge for
the examination and the health
department is making cn effort
to reach ull who need the exam-
inatiouB and to have Ithom pres
ent on clinic days, whlich are held
once monthly under {sponsorship
Child At Boomer
Fatally Burned
Infant Son Of Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Pope Victim Of
Bums Saturday
Gwyn A. Pope, two -months,
old son of Albert and Edna Dind
Pope, of Boomer, died Saturday
night in a Lenoir hospital from
burns received Saturday morning
at home. A coal of fire popped
from the fireplace aud Ignited
the cihld’s clothes. No hope wr.
ever held for his recovery.
Surviving are the father and
mother, two brothers and one sls-
ter.
Funeral service was held Sun
day at Little Rock Baptist church
near Boomer. ■
Senator Miles F. Shore, repre
senting the 24th senatorial dis
trict, ha.s introduced in the gen
eral assembly the first local bill
pertaining to Wilkes county.
The hill, which was referred to
senate Judiciar> committee num
ber one. was entitled: “To repeal
chapter 21 of the private laws of
1937, relative to the North Wil
kesboro Acudemical and Indus
trial Institute for the colored
race.''
The law which would lie re
pealed by the hill introduced by
Senator S’ ore was entitled: “An
art ratifying rnd validating the
acts of Win. .A. Stroud, former
clerk of the superior court of
Wilkes county, i n appointing
trustees to take charge of and
iminage the affairs of the .North
Wilkesl)oro Academical and In
dustrial Institute for the colored
race.”
The trustees tha.s rppoinfed
were W. A. Watkins. S. C. Tur
ner C. I. Watkins, I,. F. Harris,
E. L. Golden. S. A. Grimes. Jos
eph Bowers, G. M. Petty. S, T.
Davenport, R. C. Barber. C. C.
Luper and Harrison Glenn. The
trustees under the act were to
have the same duties ms trustee®
appointed under act of the gen
eral assenrbly under date of Feh-
nii i-y 23, 1895.
Fla Epiden^ Has
Passed Its'Crest;
Schools Reopened
All ScHocnB Except PerguMMS
In Operation Today;
Attendance Better
Informution obtained from .sev
eral authoritative sources thia
morning Indicated that the
epidemic in Wilkes county
passed its peak.
According to Information
talned here, the type of disea**
prevalent this year has been niUl
and no deaths have resulted di
rectly from the disease. However,
many have been confined to their
homes from periods ranging from
three to ten day.s.
All schools in the county witk
the exception of Ferguson were
In operation today. Ferguson
school was in operation last week
but numerous absences durinr
the latter part of the week
prompted the decision of scbobl
authorities to close the school for
one week. Wilkesboro, Momviaa
Falls, Boomer, Mulberry and Lin.
coin Heights, which had t>een
closed, are now open with attend,
ance nearing normal.
Attendance^ at North Wilkes
boro schools this morning was
better than last week, although
many primary children were re
ported out on account of mumps.
There were no new cases of
spinal menigitis in the Moravian
Falls community, where one six-
year-old child was stricken with
the disease several days ago. Phy
sicians expressed the opinion tbaS
the case, which was Isolated a®
soon as diagnosed, was not of a
communicable type.
The child became ill while at
school and the case caused con
siderable alarm in the commun
ity.
SlnSmte
Would Repeal Academical
and Industrial Institute
Trustee Act Of 1937
Though term populatloB hai
changed little duriiilL th* iMt 4C.^
ou,.,: V years, -tarmets are‘flf**""» •
of the North .Wllkeebtfro Kiwaals bondatUly, tor a .clttc
,:lub.,ia ctoperatlon with that ih‘
bounty bealt^ dopartaioot. V; i ^r^ ^
Admiral WUsen Brown, to-
paribrieadMit of the V, 8. Navul
Annapolis, will ofBolato
7 at the first pre-Jane
gimCfltotlaa exercises since the
Wai^ war. The edocaUonal pre-
0^ was specdsA np Uae with
. ■avpi asCswe e^aa^
Harris Child Dies;
Funeral On Sunday
Rildamae Dean Harris, three-
lye.sr-old daughter of E. R. rnd
I Viola Wood Harris, of Cricket,
'died early Sivturdav morning.
Funeral service was held Sunday
at Harmony Baptist church.
Surviving are the father and
mother, three brothers end one
sister: Ro'bert Lee, Sevon. Wil.
liam and Annie Lou Harris.
Mrs. J. R. Hincher
Claimed By Death
Mrs. Sarah B. Hincher, age_62,
died Saturday night at the home
of a son, John Hincher. in this
city. Fhineral service was held to
day. ten M. m„ at Pine . Viow
Church with Rev. Monroe IMI-
lard conducting the last rltea.
Survivors are her husband, J.
R. Hincher, three •ons. c Joito,
Granville and.Clead® Hlnohsf.|i»l
one daughter, Mrs. Bely* Itgi^
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