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* Herbert Stuokr. deputy raglo'a,-
dl execBtlve of-»»oy Scouts of
Azoertes on a reeeat rlait to
Noi& Wllkeeboro toM the Boy
Seeat Ftnanco Appeal oommt'tee
that need for Boy Seoiits to aid
In etrlllan defense has been mul
tiplied elnco th'i United States
has entered the war. y
He said that this need has be
come Intensifled and that Goyer-
Bors, regional, state and county
dvilian defense directors are ur-
gen'ly requesting that boys be
enlist^ as Boy Scouts for emer
gency' serrice.
He said that in Sarannah, Ga.,
plans had been made to register
400 Boy Scouts for messenger
service, thereby Uking over the
entire messenger service of the
civilian defense organization.
Here in Wilkas, more boy scout
troops must be organized, the
Scout executive said. More troops
will serve a larger number of
boys by character building and
will give them an oppor unity to
help In the nation’s mighty vis-
tory drive.
P: B. Bshelman, chairman of
the ^out committee, said the
Lieut. James Hoey of Kew Tfork
shows a group of members of the
American TVomen’s Voluntary Serv
ices how to slide down a pole in bis
me pCUUL IW9 UVW *V 9awm wvooao t'''"'* ——
oeople are urged to rally to the grebonse. The women hav^ enrolled
_ ... 1 Tan- . . Tl.«
Boy Scout finance appeal on Jan
uary 12, and contribute liberally
so that a field executive can
employed at an enrly date.
be
I CITY AND COUNTY—
^>3cliook to Resume
for defense training courses. The
erganlzaUon ai^nnced a shortage
tt trained switchboard operators
and auto drivers.
Work Monday, 5th Pq^ Listers
ScbooU Completed
BEGINNING NOW—
Dates Announced
man Holiday Vacidkm
Wilkes county schools and the
North Wllkesboro city schools
will resume work on Monday,
January 5, after a two weeks’
Persons Who Must List For
Taxes Urged To Do So
Early Hiis Month
jaauBij ,- - - C. G. Poindexter Wilkes county
vacation for Christmas and New superviso*. today urged that
Year holidays. ' all persons required to list prop-
The schools of the county sys- | ^rty for taxation and for payment
tern reached the half term mark pon tax attend to the matter
■ on December 19, lust day of j ^ early as possible.
|io/\e)iool before Christmas. The | jjg annuonced the following
trem so far has been featured of appointments for tax list-
by increased school enrollment gris throughout the county. Ap-
and attendance. Weather before pointmen's following the name of
Christmas was^ generally mild, the township and respective list-
roads were good and 'here were takers:
no disease epidemioT. 1 ANTIOCH—C. A. SPARKS
North Wilkesboro schools have ^ Dgieplane Church, Friday, Jan-
not reached their half term mark.
The city schools have a full nine
months term. Average attend
ance has been unusually high in
the city schools.
LbadenShidy
^a^toR
Washington, -r- The capital
steeled itself today agafnst the
possible surrender of Manila,
paid tribute to the army lor its
last-ditch defense of the Philla-
plne metropolis.'against heavy
odds, and soberly considered the
best way to redeem America’s
Par Bas’ern outpost in the event
of its fall to ^he Japanese.
As the New Year broke, the
latest official word was that
^'Arnerlcan and Philippine troops
are conMnuing their stubborn re
sistance according to pre-arran
ged defense plans.’
Nevertheless there were com
pelllng reasons to believe that the
fall of Manila might not be long
delayed. Wounded men of 'be
American and Philippine armies
had been evacuated. Heavy Jap
anese forces even earlier had
been reported bearing down oh
the city from both north and
south. Nipponese dive bombers
were declared to be dominating
the roads.
The hour-fo-hour position 'Of
General Douglas MacArthur’s
defense lines was not made clear
in any of the official communi
ques, although some axis radio
1 broadcasts declared the front
was not more than 10 mile, from
‘he commonwealth capital.
Would Attack Japan
In congressional circles, a land.
' sea and air assault on Japan it
self was regarded as the quickest
and most practical way of recov
ering the PhlUpBlnes, should
thfey hd last ^ iif(Tiv ?TV-
nese drive.
While disclaiming any preten
sions to being military s'rategiste,
several senators said it appeared
to them that such a drive against
the island empire eventually
could be carried out, supported
by communication lines through
Alaska and the Aleutian Island
chain.
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WHicBt Aniioiiiice4;>
Office ogfndte' '.adMaM
!■ WiiidihtgWi. P. OU
It
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for
Above is * yiew of Bie rico flelda of Aniari, on 'HU ^
Up of tte iatand of Lnaon, which ia the prtocjlpal IslaOf.of the IfUBt*
pines. The Japanese were reperted sa aoeoee&ig la Umiu
thia rongb terrain, but met with ^ rcabtaace from U. jS,
' mmi light tnwlcs thia
whfle 1# tirea and 65 ti
were alloCtod for Cntdu
hwoeo for tido aaowth.
an this Maud, waa the first major Jap abjective. ^
QUOTA NOT REACHED— CLEMENT
Urges CoinpIetion|3 Weeks^Term (X
Red Cross Drivej Superior Court-To
For War Relief Open ^ Jan. IM
radiogram news—
Dr. Bumgarner
Is Now Captain
uary, 2nd; Lee Martins Place, Sat
urday, January 2nd; R. C. Sea-
graves Service Station, Monday,
January 5th; Tom Mathis Service
Station, Tuesday, January 6th; R.
C. Seagi-aves Service Station, Wed
nesday, January 7.—Listing hours
8 to 4:30.
BEAVER CREEK—ZACHARY
FERGUSON
V. T. Walsh’s Store, Monday,
Beaver Creek Bap-j
Washing'on.—Wounded Amer
icans and Filipinos liaTwe been
evacuated from the bomb-shat
tered Manila area, but their com
rades-in-arms are "continuing
their-stubborn resistance’’ against
Japanese hordes driving fiercely
toward the capital the army an
nounced las' night.
■ A Tokyo broadtast recorded
by the U. P. today quoted "au
thoritative sources’’ a,, saying the
Philippino government has
moved to Port Darwin. Austra
lia.)
There was no mention of the
proximity of the enemy to Manila
nor of the situation in the capi-
'al whose fall was feared to be
January 19th; Beaver Creek Bap-| communique'’s failure to
tist^ Church, ’Tuesday, January 20; mention the city was interpreted
Wilkes Man Gets Promotion Geno Walsh’s Store, Wednesday, however, as meaning that Manl-
, ^ I A_ January 21st; Gaither Walsh s ,jjg stars and Stripes
In Medical Corps Ut Ar- riinrsHav. Jandarv 22nd. .. ,k„
my Manila, Phillipines
Dt. John R. Bumgarner, now
Store, Thursday, Jandary 22nd.
BOO IBR—MRS. JOHN
ANDREWS
at the time the lato't information
was dispatched to the War De^
partment by General Douglas
_ Tom Green’s Store, Fi'iday, Jan-^ MacArthur, commandor of the U.
serving in the U. S. Army medical ypjay 2nd; Mrs. Ruth Holder a. Far-Eeistern forces.
«»rps in S'ernhert* G.oneral hos-, ^Qg^hen), Monday P. M., January
. \u-usuci,/, A . «*., j . It was believed here that a
pltsl In Manila, Philippines.^ has V. T. Walsh’s-Store, Tuesday, prompt announcement would be
January 6th; Jarvis Walsh, Mon- made in the event the city falls.
. , T CU. TXfUl !>..« — .
been promoted to the rank of
esptain.
Hto father. Rev. J. L. A. Bom-
gamer of Millers Creek, received
a radiogram from Dr. Bumgar-
aer Friday, saying he wa« all
fight and feeling fine. He received
his eommission as a captain of
December 23. ^
Dr. Bnmgarnbr practiced med
Jclne In North Wilkesboro before
he was called In'o service in the
feserve medical corps on Decem
ber «, 1940.
Duke Loses Fast
Rose Bowl Contest
i. Dvka fhaiveTTqtys football
teen lr: a thr’lllhs' Rose Bowl
football ffnnie> to Ovetfon State
la Dartnwg fodar 90 to 16. ’Hie
game woe moved to Darham
from FMMpnto, Oaltfomla.
QMiiewii ' State teotiM flew
«tb T, Onke tied aad Oregon
fltato 'l||pS|i «0Klat Into In .the
.Stifee fed. the
_afl)i[ih «e itd;4ntd me nitnagto -lm
Siff'^Jkrasqjh #tols stored fix
llatoretotod s «f-
. A flHSrt er-IMMMW xaar
.Is ■
day A. M., January 6th; Will Rus
sell, Wednesday A. M., January
7th; Tommie Laws, (Wednesday P.
M., January 7th; Cub Walsh’s
Store, Thursday, January 8th:
Tom Greer’s Store, Friday, Janu
ary 9th; Tom Greer’s Store, Sat-
ar^y, January 10th.
(Continued on Page Eight)
IN THE U. S. NAVY—
Gyde M. Waugh
Aviatioii Cadet
The Navy Department announ
ced today that 259 newly ap
pointed aviation cadets have re
ported for advanced flight train
ing at the Naval Air Stations at
'Pensacola and Jackson-vllle,
Fla., and Corpus Chrlstl, Texas.
Clyde Miller Waugh,, of North
Wllkesboro, wros among those
Hated. ''
The AvlatAn Cadets ^ere ad
vanced to that mijng following
their saeeenfol egimpletion of
But the situation was grave.
This was reflee'ed in part by
the disclosure that the wounded
have been evacuated aboard the
steamship Mactan which was
converted Into a hospi'al ship
“and approximately marked In
accordance with the Geneva con
vention of 1907."
Taken to Australia
The wounded will be taken to
Alls'ralla, MocArthnr said.
As for military operations, ar
my communiqque No. 38, issued
as of 5 p. m. (e.s.t.) said only:
"American and Philippine troops
are continuing their stubborn re-
I'lstance in accordance wHh pre
arranged defense plans.’’
Nothing was said about the lo
cale of the fighting.
But earlier it was reported that
enemy tanks, motorized 'roops
and dtvo' bombers, hlaetbig and
Infesting the' roads Mke plagues
of ants, were swarming near the:
dttsklrts of -Vanila. -
Workers Thijoughout Cejm-
ty Reqdested I'o Canvass '
Their Communities
A. F. Kilby, chairmai. of the
Red Cross War Relief fund drive
in Wilkes, said today that the
county’s goal of $4,000 has not
been reached yet and he urged
all workers to complete canvass
of 'heir respective communities
and to make reports as early as
possible
All who worked during the
Red Cross roll call have been
asked to carry the appeal for war
relief funds to every home and
place of business throughout the
county.
Outstajtding among group eon-
•»» ai^ear 'duHnl: 'the
drive were’ $1,000 from employes
of Wilkes Hosiery Mills and the
company and $600 donated by
employes and- company at Caro
lina Mirror Corporation plant.
Other smaller groups have made
substantial contributions.
To all who have contributed
to 'he fund and have worked so
r-uccessfully Mr. Kilby today ex
pressed appreciation in behalf of
the Red Cross chapter and urged
completion of the drive as early
a.'; possible.
Mr. Kilby, a veteran of the
World War, has repea'edly
stressed ‘he value of the aid giv
en by the Red Crosis to armed
forces in war time, and asks that
all the people have a part in tliir
patrio'ic endeavor.
New Calendar of Court Set*
Three Week* Civil Court
In January
V
FROM THIS COUNTY—
Ten Leaving For
N.Y.A. Training
Will Be Trained In Sheet
Metal and Electric Weld
ing At Two Cities
the preUmtnanr.^^ flight .tmtnjng|...
oonne* offerad ,a^ Nnvnl KemrTeluttogflhiF' wHS
Bases Uuraaghont tfaw .eatery, {and JipaF'Joflajr,
wat/a;. vmn axw^
Cajneat, Venesaela, J%e.' ^1.—
Tananals tsverad ^flantotie
nsnyi
Ten Wilkes boys left Wilkes
boro Monday 'o take defense
courses at NYA centers at Dur
ham and Wilmington.
They were Baxter Bryce Dur
ham, Lomax; Jesse Eldon Hallo-
way, Moxley; Hay Gray Crater.
Honda; James G. Reynolds,
Hays; Douglas M. Harrison. Ron
da route one; David 'Tharpe,
Ronda route one; Edsel Wiles,
Lomax; J. C. Drum, Ro"d«; Mln-
ter Clary, North Wllkesboro;
Claude Norman, Cycle. The last
two named went to Wilmington
and the others to Durham.
All those who left Monday will
take courses In sheet metal -work
aid electric welding.
In addition, to the ten from
Wilkes, five went from Alexan
der' and three from Watauga
dounty, Mrs. Maude 6., Miller,
aren interviewer, said today.
Board, room, transportation to
the centers and a small ^nmyof
money are furnished the ywaws
by the federal government. *='-
InformaMon concerning r ^
dent training m)iy fee obtanie
from the NTA office In
Wilke* courthouse. >
First term of Wilkes superior
court will coilfene in Wllkesboro
on Monday, Januu.T 12.
According to the het'_ arrange
ment of Wilkes courts ■cs made
by the 1941 legislature, theTerst.
to begin on January 12 will he
for trial of civil cases and 'will
be three weeks.
The bar association in recent
meeting arranged a q^endar tor
two weeks.
Judge J. H. Clement, of Win
ston-Salem, who will preside ov
er courts of "the 17th Jndieinl
judge at the Jannair term.
VALUABLE GIFT—
Chatham Gives
Guard Blankets
Head of Chatham Manufac
turing Co. Generous To
State Guards Here
Thurmond Chatham, president
of the Cha'ham Manufacturing
company, of Elkin, has presented
the state guard company here
with blankets valued at approxi
mately $600, it was learned ’o-
day from Captain Harry Pearson.
Captain Pearson and Kyle
Hayes, of the guard ci.mpany,
contacted Sheriff C. T. Oongbton I
to have him see what kiijd of ar
rangement could be made with
Chatham company for blankets
tor the company and Mr. Chat
ham generously donated the high
grade blankets, which are much
appreciated by the entire compa
ny.
Cap'ain Pearson said today
that several applications have
been received following the re
quest for reserves and that he
desires the applications of a num
ber of others. ,
H. McBjlww, Wilkes sL
4hfla of etrUliifl deflnM, eoid
4fly that » civilian defsose
trdl be art tip hflire 'ito h*i
^istT^on for etvUlan ds „
work and to be the eeafer of
Vlliaii dethne aettriHe*.
BTe said farther that amni
meiits tor the off!m ’’%re
made and the
a clerk to look after the
Cards for clvfUan d«
leer* are now beng \
will be avaUahle'sDOa. V. ^
POoto io Heglator
All civilian airplane pflots
All car owners and motorists the eonnty'are ask^ 'to ngf
are warned to he 'wary of tiro for reconnaisance work. The i
thievee now that a ban has been stration will oontatn infdmlai
nlacflil an their sale. pilot, his Hcensa and '
istratton and nnmrher of
BE WART OF THIEVES—
AD Are 0%! To
Take ftBcavtioitt
Wift Aido" Ives
Motoriata Shoiddl Record Tke
Trade Mark and Serial
Number of Auto Tirea
Of
w«
. .Vidiiiflteer*
Wasted For
Air Raid- Wardens^
placed on their sale.
With tlrto at their present
high preminm there is going to
be a wave of stealing unless the
folks are extremely careful.
Every motorist shonid record
both the trade make of his tires
plane.
To AppsM WartaMT
In anticipation of a stats
blackont to oesnr sooo^''air
wardens for Wilkes most he'
wvsa —oaw -r WBIUOUB AVI W W
and the serial nnniihers on each pointed. Chairman MsBliree
of them. These can of course be
Identiflcation purposes
in ejake-fhe goods are stolen.
A good inharance policy against
theft is to lock'>R your car In a
garage at night, the''8hJic!JP^ saj||.
If the make and serlm'>aiU^'
jhers ere recorded and kept
owners, the Job of detecting and
eonvictlag any thievee will be
er courts of the 17th Jutne^ ^ enfoicem,'$nt
of lh42, will be the presidfaig^"^~ *
, kThe aerial numbers on all tires
are there to stay. They can’t be
filed or cut off beyond Iden* idea
tion. nor can they be vulcanized
to the extent they cannot be iden-
ifled.
The order banning the sale of
new tires was evoked recently by
defense authorities of the govern
ment; all available rubber is be
ling used by defense industries
on machines built for 'he primarj'
purpose of whipping the Japs
and the Germans.
retreaded,
to buy re
Old tires may, be
and it is still legal
treaded tires.
IN WILKES COUNTY—
S. S. Classes Help
Fifteen Families
Welfare Department Thanks
People Who Helped Needy
At Christmas Time
and volunteers‘.ere wuited
this work. It will take one wa
den for every 8ftP people sad
blackont will be throngiout
county as writ m In - Nor
Wilkesboro and WllktohotO.'
Defense authortties
thoronghly organ
blackont will he'cot
pMa can he
Ing^a speqtl^ Uaie.
tt > ospeeBdly asked tha* peo-'
pie with telephones volunteer,
air raid wardens so that a systsfl*'.
of dnstautaneons communtcaMow
can be organized.
Further details will be an
nounced later.
STOCKHOLDERS MEET—
WiDcesboroB.&L.
Has A Good Year
Assets Pass Quarter Of A
Million; Officers and Di
rectors Re-Elected
TRY wAMPparofr 7
Top^. Kas„
xi^'wr^ the ptate eapttol tm
Ifll^lrinigLi'Whete do i get a j|
'4>oot cibptes froip an i
Oov. Paype IWlt
pAor Sfl not ’ft
' f.heM look^pj
HOUDAY MATRIMONY—
License To Wed
For 9 Couples
Cupid’s Busmess Shows A
Marked Rise Just Bef»«
Christmas Holidays
Marriage license business in
^Wilkes county showed a big in
crease during the Christmas hol
iday season.
Records in the office of Regis
ter of Deeds C-'G. Bidden ohowed
mdrriage /Atienses Iseuef- during
the pasg two weeks to nine conp-
leai y^lmadge. Holland, North
and Ann B'amper,
Fifteen needy families who
would not have received any
Christmas cheer materials were
well taken care of at Christmas
time, by six groups, Charles "blc-
Neill, county welfare officer,
said today.
In the families *ere 40 chil
dren. ’rite groups who called at
the welfare office to get names
and locations of needy families
and who provided for them were:
Wesleyan Guild circle of the,
Wllkesboro Methodist church.
Social Service department of the
North WUkeeboro Woman’s club,
Elpiecopal Sunday school clafls
and Auxiliary. Buzellan Sunday
school class of the First Baptist
church, missionary socle'y of the
Wilkesboro Baptist church.
The welfare officer said he
wfehed to thank all who helped
in tehalf of the needy families
and commented on the thorough
ness wl'h which the needy were
provided. The organizations visi
ted the homes and found out
what wa* 'needed. Next,, they,
proceeded to pnwhase eio'hlng,
lurose fnmlshlnga and other
needed materials, even to ino*-
enring ehildrsn ft»r dothing.
wJroft; Charles Boyd end i gome groceries and mlstoH*ne-
frone Hgyes, ftth of Elto; f jtems JtWfroprlnte af Chris'-'
u, :.r. M—«. ‘jm,, time' were included l» the
C. J^rsons, North Wllkesboro,
end fttselle OUberi, Boomer; R,
;C.'’^D£wchroder end Mildiied .Ip-.
rin, Wteesboro; Reid
gifts- Thete benotactora did
work volnntarlly jMid wtB-
,, , pit floBcltatioii. Ift weUsSe inl
and Jffla RlK»de8.^boll|.;«if eer ^ssid. '
lN«h^lkto^ Mr- and Mrs. Rdft* Gray, of| Ve^ senlee
Btir^Rlver: GarS^’High Point. trfSSBt l^e flb^as, 8t
jon^H end Hlwd^olld^^h'
.^iBeenr ieb iffnittiiiiirfftift twou
1941 was. the most successful
year in the history of the Build
Ung and Loan Associa'ion, accord
ing to information contained In
the report of Wm. A. Stroud,
secretary-treasurer, to the s'oek-
holdem In annual meeting on
Friday, December 19.
He said asssfts of the associa
tion bad . passed the $250,000
mark and tha' earnings during
the year had been high. 'The as
sociation had a good "year In mak
ing loans and was not hampered
by idle funds.
Eleven directors were re-elec
ted as- follows: J. H. Johnson,
Wm. A. Stroud, R. B. Pharr, B.
J. Kennedy. J. H. Leckle, J. T.
Prevette, O. K. Whlt-lneton, C.
T. Doughton, George Kennedy,
Charlie Howr.rd, Dr. M. G. Ed
wards. Edward McIntyre w*»
elected a director, renlaclng
George Johnson, who declined
to serve because of other duties.
J. H. Johnson, preslden'. pre
sided at the stockholders meeting
which wa.s well attended.
On recommendation of the hi-
surance department of the state,
the dividend on full paid stock
was reduced from five tp foar
per cent, to be more nearly ft-
line with other associatHiiw
thronghont the state.
The director* elected' the. fol-
towing .officera for the year: J/
H. Johnson, president; Dt. M. G.
Edwards, vice president; Was. 4.
Strond, secretary; Mrs. W*.-
8'roud, assistant wcpetary; J.
Henderson, attortoy. ■ ' '
Lofla committee 'wn elected
follow*: i. J. Brfltettt; Pr.
BUlwxids.
Kennedy' fc
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