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VOL. XXXIV, No. 67
Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO. N. C. THURSDAY, NOV. 18.1941 S1.60 In the SUte — $2.00
London—Laborite members of ■ MANY LIQUOR CASES
Commons demanded today that the i
government “make 'll firm declara
tion” of its intentions regarding a
second front to aid Russia and said
that “our failure to take the diu-
tiative is indefensible” if Britain
and Russia have air superiority
over Germany.
Debate on the King’s speech
which yesterday opened the new
Parliament was keynoted by de
mands for increased aid to Russia,
the opening of a second front and
demands for removal of members
the government allegedly hos
tile to Russia.
Federal Court
November Term
to Open Monday
U. S. Repairs H.M.S. ‘Warspite’
mr
1^ ew
Hayes To Preside
Over Term In Wilkes-
boro For Two Weeks
T. M. Sexton, laborite, advocated
^pll-out aid to Russia and said it
would be a fine gesture if, in ad
dition to supplying the Soviets
with equipment. Britain also sup
plied .‘a thin Red line of men.’’ j
i
November term of federal court
will open In Wilkesboro Monday,
November 20, for what may be
a two weeks session for trial of
criminal cases.
Judge Johnson J. Hayes, of
Wilkesboro, will preside over the
term. District Attorney Carlyle
Higgins and assistants will pros
ecute a lengthy docket of crim
inal cases, made up mainly of
alleged violations of the liquor
tax laws.
uciiiii—vjt.u..-.. ...»- I Jurors for the trem were
mand reported today that German drawn a few weeks ago from the
and Rumanian forces are now as- j,ox containing names from
sanlting the fortifications of Rilkes, Alleghany, Ashe and Wa-
Kerch while the press speculated counties which make up
on an imminent Nazi push into the Wilkesboro circuit of the
Caucasus.
Nazis Attack Kerch
Forts; All-Out Push
Berlin—The German high com-
The high command said the ad-,
middle North Carolina district.
TO GIVE CERTIFICATES— INTERNATIONAL SHOE CO. 100%—
4-H Achievement
Day Plammd For
Friday, Nov. 14th
Red Cross
Getting Result
Interesting Program Planned
For Annual Event For
Club Boys and Girls
\
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Wilkes County
Unit Foundation
Gets A Charter
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vance of Nazi forces is continuing j WILL FIGHT POLIO—
south of Kerch in the Crimea, ap
parently seeking to reach the nar
row Kerchencki Straits along the
coast below the town of Kerch.
The luftwaffe, blasting the way
for ground forces, it said, hit and,
severely damaged three Ru.ssian j
cruisers and one destroyer in the j
Black Sea a.s well as numerous
merchant ships of the Russian
“evacuation fleet” from Crimea.
Immediately south of Kerch, the
high command said, the Germans
captured several coastal fortifica
tions.
'The high command said that five
Russian merchant ships were sunk
in the Black Sea.
A general deck scene from the bow of the British battleship, Warspite
hero-ship of many naval battles of the present war, as she was put it
ship-shape at the Bremerton navy yard, near Seattle, Wash., befori of the North Wilkesboro Kiwanis
Annual Achievement Day for
4-H clubs in Wllkee county will
be held at the county courthouse
in Wilkesboro on Friday, No
vember 14, ten a. m.
J. B. Snipes, county agent, will
preside at the meeting, which will
be opened by singing “God Bless
America” by the assembly and
repeating the 4-H club pledge in
unison. Rev. T. Sloan Guy, pas
tor of Wilkesbofo Baptist church
will conduct the devotional.
After the roll call of the clubs
Lucy Burchett will tell of her
trip to the state short course.
Haywood Miller of his trip to 4-
H camp and Jesse Hutchinson
about his stay at the state fair.
After a song, “Is Everybody
Happy?” J. B. Carter, president
venturing on the high seas again. The tubes shown on deck are foi
air conditioning for the men working below.
AT MILLERS CREEK—
Social Science
Class Studying
Charles McNeill Head Of
Chapter For Fight On
Infantile Paralysis
THEY’RE IN THE ARMY NOW—
Receipt of charter of Wilkes
Chapter of the National Foun
dation tor Infantile Paralysis
was announced today by Chas. C.
McNeil, its chairman.
When forwarding the charter,
Basil O'Connor President of the
National Foundation, said, "Your
unit is now the official represen
tative of the Foundation in your
county, and under your leader
ship and with the help of Us
other members, I am confident It
23 Wilkes Men Are
Inducted Into Army
First November
Call Is FiUed
Here Yesterday
Stunt Night Friday
At Mountain View
Ore of the most entertaining
programs of the year at Mountain
Club, will speak and T. E. Story,
secretary of the club, will pre
sent Kiwanis donations. Miss
Elizabeth Williams, home dem
onstration agent, will award cer
tificates to girls and H. C. Col-
vard, assistant farm agent, will
present certificate to hoys.- A
song will clo.se the program".
Achievement Day Is an annual
ly anticipated event among the
club members in the county.
Trouble in Panama Workers Busy h
Wilkesboros and
Along Highways
Meeting Of Worker Chaii>
men To Be Held At City
Hall This Evening
Dr. Arnulfo Arias, who was oust
ed from the presidency of Panama,
in a coup which placed a regime j roll call chairman, said today.
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First preliminary reports from
the Red Cross roll call which
opened In "Wilkes county Indica
tes that the drive is well under
way and that the Red Cross ap
peal is receiving excellent re-
spouse from the people contac
ted by the workers.
Employees of the Internation
al Shoe company plant here have
already {enrolled unanimously,
being the first group of employ
ees to go over 100 per cent In
the campaign.
Scattered reports from district,
community and house to house
canvassers are also very encour
aging, Mrs. W. D. Halfacre, sec
retary at Red Cross headquar
ters at Hotel Wilkes lobby, said
today. Furher repors will be
received from chairmen of work
ers groups at meeting to be held
this evening, 7:30, at the city
hall, Dr. John W. Klncheloe, Jr.,
MEETS STANDARDS—
View schoo Iwill be stunt night
Wilkes Called On For 26
Men To Go To Fort Bragg
On November 26th
Class Under Direction Of
Prof. A. V. Nolan Seeks
Curb Of Accidents
This fall the pupils in the Soci
al Science classes of the Millers
Creek school decided that they
wanted to have a ciub tor the
purpose of making a special stu
dy of some of the social problems
that they were learning someth-
Aing about in their regular class
^ work. Even the H. S. department
began to organize clubs. It was
felt by thos-> of the Social Science
Division that it would be more
interesting and worthwhile to
take up problems most directly
affecting them in their daily liv.
ing at school, at home and in the
community.
A number of problems were j
presented to the Social Science
classes and then to the club when j
- - tt T*"" organized. Different mem-1
hers of the group gave their opin
ions and after several weeks of!
Study it was agreed that the ac-
(continued on page four) i
ysis In your community.”
Chapters eupply yarlous aids
to needy Infantile paralysis vic
tims and render assistance dur
ing epidemics to the afflicted as |
well as to the medical profession ,
and health officers. I
The officers of the chapter
are; Chairman, Chas. C. McNeil;
vice-chairman, C. T. Doughton;
treasurer. Blain Gwyn; and sec
retary, Mrs. Kate Absher.
APPRECIATION DAY—
Mrs. Emerson Gets
$75.00 Award Here
Large Crowd Gathers At
City Hall For Weekly
“Appreciation Day”
Bishop Gribbin To
Preach At St. Paul’s
The Rt. Rev. Robert E. Grib
bin. of Asheville. Bishop of the
Diocese of Western North Caro
lina, will preach and administer
the rite of confirmation in St.
Paul’s Episcopal church on Sun
day afternoon, November, 16th.
at four o’clock. At this service
the annual Thanksgiving offer-
iing for the Thompson Orphan
age will be taken. The public is
invited to attend.
Mrs. J. O. Emerson, of this city
received the “Appreciation Day”
award in the amount of $75 at
the weekly “Appreciation Day"
celebration held Wednesday af
ternoon, four o’clock, at the city
hall.
Those who did not receive an
'award and the amount anyone
would have received had they
been present follow: Neal Key. |
Answer Call, Find
' Snioke But No Fire
Vhere there is smoke there
t be fire,” is an old adag^e that
not. hold true today when fire-
answered a call at noon to the
5. Faw, Jr., house on Trogdon
et where Ray Hayes lives,
iremen found a vacant room
d with smoke but no fire could
bund. It was thought probable
; wind blew smoke down the
iney from a heater upsUirs.
Local Bottlers Are
Attending Convention
Messrs. W. A. McNeil, presl-
Mil and general manager of the
B^-Cola Bottling Company,
id N. S. Forester, owner of the
[WMter Beverage Company, are
AmdlDg the National Bottlers’
Miventlon in Philadelphia this
»ek.
$30: Mrs. Jean Nichols of Wil
kesboro. $4 5: May ford McNeill,
Purlear. $15: Bessie Hall, $45;
Mrs. C. G. Hunter, $7.50.
A record crowd for the event,
estimated at 1.500, was present
for the celebration.
Entertainment was furnished
by the Blue Ridge Moonshiners,
a trio of string instrument musl
cians who can put on a good
show for any occasion. The trio
are: R. S. (Slim) McHone, lead-
er, Donald Golden and Frank Mc
Hone. They are available for i i-
tertainment on any occasion aud
may be contacted at McHone’s
store at the corner of Fifth and
B streats.
Firms participating in “Appre
ciation Day” are as follows:
Gaddy Motor company, Spain-
hour'B, Crest Store, Belk’s, Prev-
ette’s, Steele Jewelry Store, Lib
erty Theatre, Jean’s, Marlow’
Men’s Shop, Shook Hardware.
Lerner’s, Deans, Brame Drug
Store, Tomlinson’s Department
Store. Hackney’s Department
Store. Motor Market, Red Cross
Pharmacy, Ervin’s Men’s Shop.
men W«>dnMday to Fort
Bragg for indiction into the
army.
Wilkes draft board number 1
sent the following 11 men: Rol-
lo Asbury Queen, Vi'-gil Jones
Cockerham James FFranklin
Church. Swan Odum Hayes, Wil
liam Brice Hayes, Luther .^lex-
andtr, Nichols,, William John
Massagee, Edgar Jones Martin,
.Arnold Kaby Shell, Elmer Els-
worth Rouzer and Hansford Lee
Bentley
Wilkes Draft Board number
two sent the following: John
Franklin Adams, J D. Sebastian
("transferred from Richmond,
Va.). William David McGuire,
Dewey Robert BroyhJl. Fred
Daniel Adams (transferred from
Beckley. W. Va.), Fred Clarence
Billing.s, John Quincy Adams
(transferred to Rigby. Idaho, for
induction), Robert Arnie Walls.
William Lonnie Roberts. Dewey
Clyde Beshears, Mont Jones
Livingston (transferred from
Goldsboro, N. C.). Albert James.
Harrold (transferred from Mar
tinsville. Va.). Dewey Clyde
Beshears was leader of the group.
On Saturday Wilkes boards will
notify men selected for the call
On November 26. when loard
number one will send 11 and
number two will send 15. all to
Fort Bragg,
I On Friday night, November 14,
7:30. when the high school
grades and primary and elemen
tary departments will present
stunts on the stage in competi
tion for the prizes offered. The
Lxisp do % stapt,
which ^I/«e an Imitation of the
old time school and should pro
voke much laughter. Judges
from outside of the district will
decide the awards. Admission
will be 10 and 25 cents and all
are invited to attend.
George Walsh Going
Into Navy Air Corps
George Walsh, of this city, has
passed examination for entry in
to the Naval air corps and will
leave Wednesday for one of
the schools.
He will train to be an aircraft
machinist and will receive his
“wings” and pilot’s pay if he
succeeds In his courses.
He is one of several recent na
val recruits who signed up with
the navy editor of The Journal-
Patriot.
Wilkes Hospital
Again Approved
more favorable to the U. S. In j qqie roll call this year will be
power. He fled to Cuba to save his I parried through workers into ev-
I ery community in
|ty.
life, be claimed. Dr. Ernesto De La ,
cinardia assumed the presidency.
Wilkee coun-
BROUGHTON APPOINTEES—
GOOD HOMESITES—
Sale Valuable
Lands Saturday
Some of ' the most desirable
hopie .sites in the vicinity of
North Wilkesboro will go on sale
Saturday afternoon, November
tContinued on page 5)
FOOTBALL CLASSIC HERE FRIDAY, 1:15—
Mountain lions Meet Ramblers On
Friday In Wilkes’ Own Grid Classic
Bazaar Coming
All are asked to watch for an
nouncement of a bazaar to be
held later this month nnder spon
sorship of the Wilkes chapter of
the Order of Eastern Star.
Mountain Lions of North Wil
kesboro and Ramblers of Wilkes
boro high meet Friday after,
noon, 1:15, in their annual foot
ball game on the fairgrounds
here.
The game is the outstanding
'ports event of the fall season
for the Wilkesboros. eagerly an-
Mcipated by all local gridiron
fans. This year the teams come
up to the game with identical
records in won and lost columns.
Neither team has an impressive
record, each having a victory, p
tie and losses to stronger oppon
ents On the records. But the rec
ords mean little of nothing whe-
the two teams square off for the
Wilkes county championship
There will be plenty of good
football and both teams will pn+
on their very best football per
formance of the year.
Both squads are at full strength
for the grid classic and a glance
at the weight charts shows U>tle
to choose in weight as well as in
gle it looms as a duel between
two excellent high school quar
terbacks, Joe Hunt, who has led
North Wlli(e8boro*B attack with"
brilliance all season, and Josepb
Llnney, Wllkestbro’s triple
threat back who would be a pret
ty fair hackfleld without support
of three others.
(Continued on page 5) .
HOME OFFICE HERE—
New Co. Piedmont
jMbuBtmn &ei^t
Lines Inc., F6rmed
Jaycees Dance On
Thanksgiving Here
Junior Chamber of Commerce
of North "Wilkesboro is plannin?
1 Tbspksglyfng night dance on
November" to, ten until two. s*
Amer’ttn Lesion Auxiliary
clubhouse 111 this city.
Jaycees* . officials said today
that Jack Tancey and his nine-
niece orchestra with a ladv sing
er, have engaged for the
dance. wl^|P'ls expected to he a
highlight Ita' the season. Tickets
at 11.60 will be put on sale
rm
American College of Surgeons
has placed Wilkes Hospital on the
approved list for the current
year.
For the past several years the
local institution baa. fully met
the high standards prescribed
and hj^ been approved by the
Hospital Standardization Con
ference of the nation-wide or
ganization. The approved list for
the entire country as announced
last week contained 2,873 hospi
tals.
To be approved a hospital must
meet the following high stand
ards:
1. Modern physical plant, se
curing the patient safety, com
fort and efficient care.
2. Clearly defined organiza
tion, duties, responsibilities, and
relations.
3. Carefully selected governing
board with complete and su
preme authority.
4. Competent, well trained su
perintendent responsible to the
governing board.
5. Adequate and efficient per
sonnel, properly organized and
competently supervised.
6. Organized medical staff of
ethical, competent physicians and
surgeons.
7. Adequate diognostic and
therapeutic facilities under com
petent medical supervision.
8. Accurate, complete medical
records, readily accessible for
medical research and followup.
9. Regular group conferences
of the administrative staff and
of the medical staff for review-1
Ing activities and results so as
to maintain a high plane of sci
entific efficiency |
10. A humanitarian spirit-—the
primary consideration being the
best care of the patient.”
Seven Named On
Advisory Board
rp P I orFarmers’ Defense
1 wo employees, Board wm Meet
Employers And 3
Represent Public
To Consider Problems Which
Arise In Unemployment
and Job Finding Work
Paul Billings and James Ed
Caudill Buy M. & M.;
Form New Firm
player experience. From this an- by menihdif* i»f the Jayceea.
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Piedmont Mountain Freight
Linee, Inc., is the neweet large
corporation formed In North
Wilkesboro.
Formation of the new firm
was brought abOnt when Paul
Billings and James Ed Caudill
m^rchased M. & M. Motor Express
rlghte from W. R. Grier and W.
L. Nicholson In Charlotte and
combined it with their existing
'Ines of North Wilkesboro and
Statesville, and North Wilkesboro
and Galax, "Fa. '
Homo 6fllce of the corpomtlon
(Gontinned on page eight)
Raleigh, Nov. 11.— Governor
Broughton has just completed
the appointment of 322 members
of local advisory councils of the
Unemployment Com pensation
Commission, made up of seven
members, two each representing
employers and employees and
three representing general pub
lic, for each of the 46 local per
manent employment office areas.
Recommended locally and ap
proved by the Commission, these
local advisory councils will serve
for two and three year period
and will meet to consider prob
lems that arise in both the State
Employment service and T^nem-
ployment Compensation Compen
sation divisions. The local offffice
manager will serve as secretary
and arrange for the meeting.
Members of the North Wilkes
boro Advisory Council, named by
. Governor Broughton to serve in
the area covered by the local
I Employment office, are as fol-
ilows: employees — Dwight
i Nichols, Hoyle M. Hutchens; em-
jployers—A. F. Kilby and P. W
lEshelman; public — R. T. Mc-
Niel. T. E. Story and Mrs
Claude Doughton,
These local councils will ad
vise on local conditions and serv'-
as units of the state-wide and
'nation-wide 1 employment s«urlty
programs. They will cooperate in
making effective such measures
as may be necessary under spec
ial conditions, such as those re
lated to supplying and training
workers in defense activities.
They will promote cooperation
among all groups and local agen
cies concerned with employment
security; promote public under
standing of the purposes, policies
and practices of this program;
discuss problems relating to em
ployment security, particularly
as applied to local conditions;
promote plans and methods of
providing employment, reducing
unemployment and stimulating
the local application of such
plans: Insure Impartiality, neu-
‘rallty and freedom from politi
cal Influence In administration
of the employment security pro
gram; and In such other ways as
may be requeeted by
Chairman J. M. German, of the
Wilkes county agricultural de
fense board, has called a meeting
of the board to be held in the
office of the county farm agent
on Wednesday. November 19,
four p. m.
Mem-bers of the board are as
follows: Chairman German; J.
B. Highsmith. Farm Security
administration: P. W. Edwards,
soil conservation .service; Paul
J. Vestal, b'arm Credit adminis
tration: James H. Joines. emer
gency crop loans: .1- B- Snipes,
county agent, Sanford Prevetto,
of Union Grove.
336 YEARS SERVICE—
Church Stewards
Installed Sunday
Installed
Board Members
and Organized At Meth
odist Church Here
the State
The 2 3 members of the board
of stewards of the North Wilkes
boro Methodist church havp a
combined record of service of 33*
years on that body, it was re
vealed following an installatioa
service Sunday night with the
pastor. Rev, A. C. Waggoner, In
charge.
R. W. Owyn has the longest
record of any member, having
been on the board of stewards
for 6 years. R. M. Brame la
second with 36 and P. J. Brame
third with 35.
Records of,;Other members, fol
low: J. B. Carter. 5 years; Stokes
Hunt. 13; Dr. J. S. Deans, 5; J.
H. Rector, 12; Genio Cardwell.
27: W. E. Jones, 8; W. H. Duh-
ling. 5; J. D. Schafer, 10; Rus
sel Hodges, 9; W. D. Raltacre,
8; Hoyle Hutchens, 13; E. P.
Gardner, 6; J. B. Snipes, first
year; Otis Keeling, first year;
P. J. Brame, 35; R. M. Brame,
36; Harry Pearson, 3; W. G. Ga
briel, 11; J. D. Moore, 32'; J. R.
Hlx, 30; S. V. Tomlnson, 20;
Dewey Minton, 2.
All members with exception
of J. D. Moore, who was ill,
were present for the Installation
services.
W. D. Halfacre was elected
chairman; S. V. Tomlinson, xlon-
chairman; Rnssell Hodges, sec
retary; and J. D. Schafer trea
surer.
Join the
today.
American Red Croaa
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