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"^ €«»(«, BcTPt, j«M 1.—k bJ*h
JUJT W*ok«Bm«ii sAid todsjr that
_ Qwuany^s air suipramacy whlcb
■c^ '*''** (oreos. through tba
■ ^BaUi^a and into Crete ended at
"^tb]a MediteiTanean Itfland ba^
daub of the air h^' factor. He
eatitnated the nail air force
thrown at Crete at 1,000 planes.
^ It the Germans carry the luft-
iratfe to the mainland of Africa
or. Asia Minor, he said, the situ
ation will be Ihrgely rerersed and
eren should they attempt air in-
'^I'halon of Cyprus they will not
Jfizn the seme rantace positioBa
St: bases as in the attack on
Crete.
“The essence of alr'operatiOns.
ae in naval operations, is secure
bases.” he continued.
“German bases and the range
they had explain why we could
not put an air cover over Crete.
As the Germaiu advanced they
spread out, obtaining a semi-cir
cle of bases around Crete and
From Ijted Cross
49 Diplomas A£| I
Presentedrfflei^^
On Friday Nigh!
Students Carry Out Own
Commencement Program ,
and Do Elzcellent Job
Seniors of North Wilkesboro
high school on Friday night car
ried out their own commendement
program, which was well received
by a large audience and
highly praised.
Forty-nine received high school
diplomas.
The program opened with Bc>'
McCoy, president of the student
John G. Winaat, United States j body, presiding and Katherine
ambassador to Great Britain, hand- pinley led the invocaflpn. The au-
ing over a check for 70,000 pounds dience joined In singing “God
j . A I® Lady Beading, chief of the Worn- pipsg America’’ and the pledge
ises around Crete ^d Volunteer Serviee, in London, allegiance to the flag. Betty
within a short distance of it. We; The monev was sent from the Amer- delivered the salutatory
iff
,
Crmnnre Hut^hnon ; FbMb
Dead Whra Shot; Luiris
Johnaon Surrenden
i
' i The money was sent from the Amer-
were pushed baclc on a corner of Cross
the triangle/'
Thousands English,
Greeks Arrive Egypt
Oalrc. Egypt, June 1.—Thous
ands of British and Imperial sol
diers and their Greek allies, worn
by the strain of 13 days of tierce l
but unavailing fighting to hold j
Crete again-^t the most furious at
tack yet launched by the nazi aiy |
might, were in Egypt tonight.
Crete is lost, but the British,
in spite of a specific campaign by |
the Germans to prevent debarka- j
tion, got away from the be
leaguered island in large
bers
Market Theme
Kiwanis Program
Market Specialist and Rep
resentative Department
Agriculture Speak
Marketing was the subject of
I the program Friday i.'ion before
the North Wilkesboro Kiwanis
club.
S, V. Tomlinson was in charge
num- the program and he a.sked J.
: B. Snipes, county agent, to pre-
By Saturday night, 10,000
' sent the speakers.
troops, moatlv British, .\ustral-1 H. W. Taylor, of Raleigh, ex-
lan and New Zealanders, hrd | tension marketing specialist, told
reached Egypt .safely, bringing how his department desired to co-
with them a number of Greeks i operate with any agencies inter-
kand Crete natives and a number , ested in the marketing problem.
r of civilians, iicluding some worn-1 Geor.ge Ros.s, of the state de
en who prefer ed the perilous sea I partment of agriculture, explain.
voyage to living
pied country.
Others, bombed
their entire trip from Crete to
• have arrived since then.
a nazi-occu-1 e(j the marketing act passed
[the legislature this year. He said
throughout I it waa the first move on the part
Washington, June 1.—Great
Britain’s loss of Crete led two
Democratic senators today to re
new proposals thc.t be Xtnlted
States take the lead in attempting
to negotiate a peace in Europe.
.Senator Johnson. Democrat,
Colorado, told reporters that he
thought the sooner that peace
was established the better the
terms on which Gre t Britain and
Germany could agree.
Agreeing with John,-on in this
otservation. Senator Clark. Dem
ocrat. Idaho, said it wa.s his be
lief that the United States, “in
stead of talking war. ought to be
talking peace."
On the other h: nd. Senator
George. Democrat. Georgia, acting ... . .
senate majority leader, took the I church
view that the fall of Crete should Billings with S
only spur the United States to re-1
doubled efforts to supply Britain ^
■ with all types of planes in great- j
er quantities. The BritL-h at- j
tributed Germany’s success at [
Crete to control of the air. |
of the state to promote better
marketing facil.ties by legisla-
\S^
I partment would assist any com
munity In setting up whatever
type of marketing center is de
sired and needed.
President J. B. Carter prior to
the program called attention to
the directors’ meeting held
Thursday evening with P; ul Os
borne as host. Secretary T. E.
Story gave a br.ef summary of
the 12 committee reports given
at the directors’ meeting.
Several guests were present at
the meeting: the .-peakers were
with J. B. Snipes. C. F. Bretholl
was with J. B. McCoy, \\. H. H,
Waugh with R. W. Gwyn, T. O.
Minton with W. D. Halfacre. T.
W. Ferguson with J. H Hix. J.
M. German, Paul Vestal. P;ul
P. E. Brown and U. G.
V. Tomlinson.
address.
McCoy presented Henry Lan-
don. class pre'ident, who very
ably introduced every member of
the class and told the theme of
the program, which w?s “'Vouths
, Part In National Defense.’’ The
other sneakers were Slier win Tur
ner. Betty Rhodes and Helen
Phillips, who delivered the vala-
dictory.
The diplomas were presented
by D. J. Carter, chairman of the
city board of education.
Several awards were made on
Fridrv night. E. C. Johnson,
member of the .school board, pre
sented seven-year perfect attend
ance medals to Alton Absher,
Grant Owens and Ruth Wyatt.
Pearl Dancy received a medal for
11 years perfect attendance.
L M. Nelson, commander of
the Legion post, presented the
I.s?gion’s citizenship medal to Bob
McCoy and the citizenship medal
given by the Legion Auxiliary
was presented by Mrs. R. G. Fin
ley to Mary Moore Hix. Mr,^. Fin
ley also announced that the Aux
iliary unit here will send two
girls, Nellie Gabriel and Blanche
\ t
I
Here are pictured the 49 graduates of North
Wilkes'boro high school who received diplomas
in the final i-'ommeniement program on Friday
night. May 30. They are, left to right: front row
Faye Williams, Edna Miller, Betty Black, Fan
nie Johnson, Helen Hayes, Wanda Kerley, Edna
Absher, Nellie Gabriel, Henry Landon; second row
—^herwin Turner, Ada Sue Lovette, Reba Taylor,
Katherine Finley, Helen Phillips, Mary Hulet, Es-
tel'e Revnolds. Paulcne Bumgarner, Hazel Taylor,
Raye Miller; third row—Jack Seckler, Jack Brook
shire, Zita Piefce, Elsie Faye Foster, Edith Cra
ven, Betty Hunter, Lucille Rhodes, Pearl Dancy,
L>e:da Triplett; fourth-row—Lomax Crook, Betty
Halfacre, John Tugman, Oliver Owens, Rufus
Miller. Rex Handy, Harlan CJinrch, Harrison AIi-
8*'er, R. S. McHone, Jr.; fifth row—Gene Brook
shire, Grace Anderson, E. D. Dfency, Jr., George
Rcbinett, Donald McDiarmid, Bucky Faw, D. T.
Bush, Baby McCoy, Robert Elledge and James
Harvel. Two graduates, Nelle Rousseau and Bet
ty Rhodes, were absent when the above picture
was made.
Men Arrested I n Free Morrison Fountain Pen Offer
Robbery Case Are! Will Positively Close On June 30th
Seven Enlist In
C.C.C. Thursday
British Claim 1,696
To 260 Plane Score
London, June 1.—The British
officially announced today they
had destroyed 1.696 axis planes
on all middle ea.st fronts since
operations began there last June
11, the day after Italy entered
the wrr. At the same time they
lost 260.
The axis middle east losses
were probably higher, the British
said, since the figure did not in-
elnde many aircraft “known to
have been damaged or destroyed
on the ground”
The British also said they had'
brought down 156 German night I
bombers in May for a new record, j
’They began the month of June
by destroying three more German |
planes early this morning in dark-;
Q(>gs raids on Liverpool s Mersoy-
South Wales and west Eng-
Seven Wilkes lioys enlisted in
the C. C. Camps Thursday.
Charles McNeill, welfare offi
cer in charge of selection of ap
plicants, carried the following to
the camp: Conrad Franklin Jula.
lies Frank Kelly, Commie Hardin
Love. Sherman W'illiam Martin,
Eugene Miller, Theer Taylor and
Clegg Eugene Wyatt,
All eligible white applicants
during the prst few months have
been placed in camps. Mr. Mc
Neill said.
school board, preseniea me
al for the outstrnding science
student to Betty Rhodes.
The Balfour award, based on
loyalty, Bcholar^hin and achieve
ment, was presented to Katherine
Finley by J. B. W'illlams, mem
ber of the school board.
The board of education yearly
presents a medal to the student
with the highest scholastic record.
This year three medals were giv
en to Henry Landon, Helen Phil
lips and Betty Rhodes, who tied
tor that honor. The medals were
presented by J. B. McCoy, mem
ber of the school board.
Sixty certificates of promotion
from the seventh grade to high
school were presented by W. E.
Jones, member of the school
board.
H’;fli Scliool Gniduates
Edna Absher. Harrison Absher.
Grace Dean Anderson. Elizabeth
Coffey Black, Gene Brookshire.
Jack Brookshire, B. Paulene
Bumgarner. David Taylor Bush,
Jr.. Harlan Church. Edith Crav
en. Delma Lomax Crook, Edwrrd
Darwin Dancy. Jr., Pearl Marie
Dancy, Robert Dean Elledge.
Thoma.- McLean Faw, Katherine
May Finley. Elsie Faye Foster.
Nellie May Gabriel, Betty Hrlf-
acre. Rex Monte Handy. James
W'ren Harvel. Helen Virginia
Hayes, Mary Corpening Hulet,
Betty Hunter, Fannie Ann John
son. 'Margaret Wanda Kerley.
Henry Clayton Landon, Jr., Ad;
Sue Lovette, Robert Watt McCoy.
Donald J^ewis McDiarmid, Roby
(Continued on page eight)
Demonstrating Aircraft Warning System
MnW Of Ijlll The offer to give a genuine
now V/W vrl fountain pen free
with each subscription to The
Journal-Patriot for one year
or more will close on June 30.
Many hundreds of these high
quality pens have been given
away free with Journal-Patriot
subsoriptioas
goML
Hartley And Ragan Releas
ed But Investigation Is
Being Continued
.service staflbn near Pnrlear
have been released. It was
learned ’from Wilkes officers
this afternoon. However, they
said that the investigation is
being continued.
side.
land
5 Marriage License
Young men in Wilkes are mar-
rylng thft neighbors.
■ Five license to wed were is-
sued during the past week by-
Register of Deed.3 C. C. Bidden
and Ic each instance the bride
and groom were residents of the
same community. The couples
were Vonley Greene and Irene
Laws, of Mt. Zion; Charlie Rich-
Pardue and Ester Mae Mar
low, of North Wilkesboro; Tru-
Harris and Stella Davis, of
•la; Bert Saunders and Mo-
be Durham, of Traphlll; Cape
and Berlene Mathis, of
.'BdnluuB.
Wilkes officers were holding
two Watauga county m^n for in
vestigation for the assault and
rolAery of $1,900 at Phil Yates’
service station near Purlear lete
Wednesday night.
Sheriff C.. T. Doughton and
Deputy R. C. Jennings on Friday
arrested Calvin Ragan, -24, and
Grady Hartley. 26. of Boone, aft
er they had talked with Johnnie
Booher, service strtion attendant
who was slugged in an affray
with the robbers at the service
station.
Ragan and Hartley both have
denied any connection with the
robbery, officers said. Two other.s
whose names have not been dis
closed have also been taken into
custody.
Booher was found at the sta
tion about 2:30 a. m. Thursday
morning in an unconscious con-
dliton. A sum said to have been
about $1,900 had been taken
from the service station .;afe,
which hrd been pried open. There
was evidence of a struggle having
taken place and blood was found
at several polhts on the build*-
ing. Booher. who remained un
conscious at the hospital here
until late Thursday, had been hit
twice on his head. ^
Officers did not disclose ell
that Booher told them. However,
he did relate that when he heard
someone at the ^ide door of the
station and arose from his bed
and opened the door that three
men graLibed him and. a struggle
ensued. Booher’s gun was found
near the door and It hrd jammed.
The information given the
sheriff by the holdup victim led
to the arrest of Ragan and Hart
ley, although details were not dis
closed pending further, investi
gation.
Booher was an employe at the
service station, which had -been
lersed by Phil Yates to W’ebb By
ers and which was also head
quarters for several tourist cab
ins nearby.
Condition of Booher, who Is a
patient at the Wilkes hospital,
remains critical. He is suffering
from concussion and continues In
Plotters fai action in New York city information center daring an nunwus v—
aotoal demnnatration of aircraft warning system of Northeastern states, several months.
Under dlrectisn sf the snpervisor (upper right), they chart the coarse,; ^ ^ WaahlM-
attitode. Bomber and type of spotted planes. Control pUtfjrm (npper Mr^ her sister
left) adrisM dlBereirt Bgbter bases .( the spprosch sf the enemy. ton. D. f-
s Mrs, J. A. GUllam, at nays.
able to secure the pens at a
fraction of their price through
an advertLJng offer but on
June 80 the offer will be dis
continued.
.^vanre notice is hereby giv
en in order that each and eve-
r>- snbocrlber may take advant
age of the offer before it is
withdrawn and in order that
those who desire to subscribe
to The JoumaJ.Patrlot for the
first time may de so and ob-
tn'n a high quality pen free.
'The pens have a llfetuiie ser
vice guarantee.
Tliose who wish to do their
nelglibors and friends a favor
sliou'.d tell them that the offer
i.s to be withdrawn and that
after June 80 the pen* will not
bo give^ with, s^jbscrlptipo*. ,
’ Early ' a^ctf 1* Respectfully
in to De’'exctjl$SnMV *** .saked In order that there will
The Joamal-Patrlot ha* beOn ■ ^ . „ „ .
not be a rush during the latter
days of the month, when It
may he difficult to secure the
pens promptly.
The offer applies to every
subscriber, new or old, and
those who have already receiv
ed pens mav secure additional
pens b.v paying for another
yearly subscription before July
1. Remember, June 30 Is tiie
la.-t d-y of the free fountain
pen offer!
Cotton Stamps To
Be Accepted Here
North Wilk«»boi'o Merchant*
Who Sell Cotton Good*
To Accept Stamp*
J. B. Snipes, Wilkes county a-
gent, said today that the organi
ze tion is being set up to handle
the cotton stamp plan in WHkirt.
Cotton farmers will receive
stamps for acreage reduction and
the stamps may be used at face
value for puroha«e of merchan-. Mrs. Naylor, and many other rela-
dlse made of cotton. | lives. She was bo.rn in New Life
The county egept and other section of Wilkes county befo^
representatives of the extension the Civil war. She had remained
Funeral service for Mrs. Julia
Brown Myer.3. 83. mother of Dr.
John Qi'incy Myers of Charlotte,
who died Friday morning at 2 :30
o’clock at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. F. A. Naylor. Jr., at Ad
vance, Davie county, near Mocks-
ville, were held Sunday morning
at 11 o’clock at Wrlnut Grove
Baptist church in Walnut Grove
township.
Mrs. Myers, wife of the late T.
C. Myers, is survived by two chil
dren, Dr. Myers of Charlotte and
Crommle Hutchison, citlsen oC
the Joynes_^community, fell dead .
late Sunday evening after being
Shot with a shotgun in. the handa
of Lewis Johnaon, a neighJMMv
Coroner I. M. Mymw," who inreatbi
gated the death, said today.
Coroner Myers interviewed
those 'Present eiid collected evi
dence froim other wltneeses.
The shooting took place On the
grounds at the home of Osco
Hlncher near Joynes Sunday a-
bout six p. m.
Hutchison and Johnson were
at the Hincher home and Johnson
was drinking. Coroner Myers sald-
A quarrel ensued and Johnson
secured a club, with which ha
threatened to kill Hutchison.
However, he lay the club down on
a bed and walked to another
room, where he found Hincher’a
.shotgun. Witnesses said he cock
ed the gun and told Hutchison
that he would kill him but
Hutchison ran and found another
gun in the house. Johnson then
left the house and when Hutchi
son walked out Johnson, at that
time behind a granary, shot
Hutchison.
Many number six , shot hit
Hutchison on the right side ^rom
the top of his head down to his
waDt. Hutchison cried, “O h.
Lord,’’ ran about 30 steps and
fell dead.
Johnson left the scene but lat
er sent someone to ascertain how
■badly Hutchison was hurt and
found him dead. Johnson was
quoted as saying he "shot him in
the face and w-as glad of it.’’ He
later came to W’ilkestoro and
surrendered to officers at the
Wilkes jail, where he was book
ed on a charge of murder._
Coroner Myers said that neigh
bors infonned-htm, thal.thars-h**.
been a griidge between Hutchison
and Johnson over some trouble
a few years ago when JohnstMi
was said to have threatened
Hutchison’s life. But they said
the trouble had apparently been
settled and had not been men
tioned recently.
Hutchison was a memiber of a
well known family in northeast
ern Wilkes. He is survived by bin
wife, Mrs. .Mattie B. Hutchison;
five sons, Silas, Paul, John, Al
ton and Kyle; two daughters, Iva
Hutchison, at ho'me, and Mna
Betty Brown, of Winston-Salem:
mother, Mrs. Paulina Hutchison;
two brothers, Hillary and Ronda
Hutchison, and one sister, Mra
Etta Bowers.
Funeral service will be held
Tuesday afternoon, two o’clock,
at Piney Grove church.
Fr^es Cranor
Taken By Death
.service and the Trlplo A met with
merchants and banker* here last
week and morch»nts handling
merchandise made of cotton a-
greed to accept the aeamps--ln
trade for cotton good*. The brnk*
will accept the atamps from the
merchants.
In the meeting a merchants
committee composed of W. G. Ga- , , „ -
briel chairman, J. R. McCartney, Miss Lots Frances Cranor. 27
R F Kite Maurice Walsh, H. A. member of a widely prominent
ranter and L B. Harris wrs family here, died at 10:30 a. m.
formed. The educational commit- Sunday in a Statesville
tee is composed of Lawrence Mill- She had been in declining health
er secretary of the Triple A in for some time and heart disease
Wilkes W D. Halfacre, of the was rttributed as the c-use of
Rank of North Wilkesboro, and her death.
D V Deal, of the Northwestern Funeral service was held this
afternoon, four o'clock, at North
u was estimated thrt cotton Wilkesboro Methodist church
farmers in Wilkes will receive with the pastor. Rev. A. L. Ay-
about $2 000 in cotton stamps cock, in charge. Burial
d tLt North Wilkesboro I Mountain Park cemetery in Wll-
r.rcb.n» .n.
“».ur T. M™. N.„ P„H.r era.™-.
tn very good her 1th until about
.?ix weeks ago, when she was
stricken with paralysis.
Assistant Home
Agent Is Asked
Representative* Of Home
Demonstration Club* Con
fer With Commissioner*
more cotton than Wltao*-
MASONIC NOTIC®
Regular convocation of North
UW lU AVS?©'*****
a semi-conscious condition. He Is o“
fft native of Indiana ’but had been Friday night, June , ,, j **
working ft polntr in W.lkes for clock. All member* are asked to
attend-...
Mr. 'Henna? Rqe***. of **«f-
tinsrille. Vi.’, ' yUliki rel»ttvee
here during the wJf'Ohd.
of Wilkesboro, who euiwlve. 0th.
er surviving members of the Im
mediate family are three broth
ers, James, William and Frank
Cranor, and her grandmother,
Mrs. J. R. Parller.
I Miss Cranor was well and fav
orably known end leaves a host
of Wends. She was active In
chortih and social affairs and tpr
some-time had ^Jieen engaged In
local newapaper work.
Representatives of home dem
onstration clubs in Wilkes county
appeared before the Wilkes coun
ty board of commissioners today
asking that an Assistant home
demonstratlwi agent be employed
for the county.
In the delegation were F. T.
Moore, of Ronda, president of the
county council of home demon
stration clubs; Mrs. C. F. Breth-
j oil, president of the Moravian
Fall* club: Mrs. Everett Dobbins,
president of the Ronda club; Mm.
Earl German, president of the
Boomer club.
The board of commissioners
took the matter under con-idera-
tion and agreed to discuss the
matter further with Miss Ana-
merle Arant, district home agent,
within a few weeks.
The women are asking that an
assistant home agent be employ
ed and it is understood that the
cost to the county will be ap
proximately one-third with the
balance being paid by state and
federal governments.
The commissioners have al
ready agreed to the employment
of an assistant county agent and
Howard Colvard, of Wilkesboro,
has been appointed to 'begin on
July 1. *J. B. Snipes is county
agent and Miss Elisabeth Wfl-
Itams Is home demonstration a-
gent.
Work is progressing rapidly tm
construction of'a'beantifnl fwst-
dence for Hr. and Hr*. N. S^ Tar.
ester in Ttnley Paric addUJoa. .;
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