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i’Ihe clortttg of la* Wniw* eoiiniy ■ WUketaoro irtool* .jAecldod to
•choolB and Worth Wllkooboro j Clfwo on*ll wedn«#«y bocaoaO
Whooto nnf 11 Wadnooflay morning; |4bo«t M. high achool stndente
■"finow began falling at eightitranajwrted from tfto Mulberry
6’elock this mothing and In the i dirtriit would he Wt Tueaday hart^ftr. /ohtt R, Bumgarner, Of
late afternoon had already iawt It would he dllRmilt for many NoffT WlHwaborOi lilted me a
'ni'e War pepartxnent does not
Wwfn ef America—Uncle Sam Needa Ton Scrag Iron!
Scrap iron from Willcea county famu is a’.ding in the
fight wgainat the Japanese and the other two Axis na
tions. Prwlinainary reports from over the state show
that already thousands of tons of scrap iron have been
oc41acted by farmers and started on the way to sgeel
mills for the manufacture of arms. Wilkes county far
mers have joined in the scrap collection campaign by
fumisking thoaisimds of pounds, according to County
Agent J. B. Snipes, Secretary of the Wilkes County US-
DA War Board.
OBJECT: SALVAGE IMPORTANT MATERIALS—
County Salvage
Group Formed
Meetii^ To Be
yeached a depth of eight inchm
oh places where uone melted
he the first fiakee fell. The snow
was almost Ident ical with that on
Tuesday of lest week, co iing out
pt the east and beginning about
;the some time. The snowfall whs
so intense today that the depth
increased one Inch per hour dur
ing part of the day.
County schools were closed tt
noon today and the buses were
f started on their homeward trips
small children In the cHy to get casus^, prisoner, lost:, or mla»^
JL^ 4# ffhls mvwvaw* . fst^ . AJhA/aae^vtap -frs r'f«i#VlMe«a4lrkn
to the echool If th§ snow’ con
tinues to increase in depth. The
city hoard of edWMDtkm met short.
klV after *000 toiler ?isd decided
W to Irnvo s^oot-lK»esday.
Umees eoow cOirtlnues Tues
day, all scho^ wni reopen on
Wednesday. - S'
ifighway forces began about
ingr, fording to Information
furnihbed his parenta. Rev. ' and
Mrs. Ji L. A. Bn^igam^ of Mil
lers Creek, through, the Ameri
can >R^ Cross.
Dr. Bumgarner, who pnUsteiced
medicine here ibefor* he was
called Into service In December,
1940, as a first lieutenant In the
BylpBdtor lUt
Richard Johnston
Now In Australia
A. B. Johnston today received
a cablegram from his son, Ueu-
tenaat Richard Johnston., from
Held oil Tuesday
of the message was?!- -
RMiCHBD AU8TRAWA. ORAND
TRiP OVER, FEELING FINE.
Llentenant Johnston la a pilot in
the army air corps.
IN A RESOLUTION—
^wanians Ask
Construction Of
Dam On Yadkin
Resolutions Points Out Pow
er Could Be Used for Man
ufacture War Materials
Pointing out, timt power generat
ed could be used for some type of
war industry, and also calling at
tention to the prottetion to agri-
C^tural and industrial interests,
North WiDtesboro Kiwanis
Chib Friday unapinipnsly passed a
resolution asking the govsnunent
ii OHini imil I l^jii^fnnfTid dur or
tte-Vadkin riVsr
noon today the task of clearing medical corpe, was assigned to
and keeping the roads clear of fitemberg General Hospital In
Manila, P. I., and was last heard
from by his parents at Cbristm.is
He had been promoted to Captain
in the medical corps.
The rUmor circulated here that
his father had been notified that
he was a prisoner of the Japanese
was entirely without foundation,
iRev Mr. Bumgarner said.
It was thought here that he
would have been heard from had
snow.
I LAST FOR MOkTH—
^Boards Allow
Purchase Tires;
Three New Cai^
____ (Continued On Page Eight) ^
Full Time Clerks Appointed; 16th; MATERIALS HAVE NOT ARRIVED—
Mcx>re Resigns From The “
Judge JaHas A. 'Boavwaa,
of tbi* cttly, has filed his notice
of candidacy for a pettmA term
wiUi the State ele^tSono board.
Judge BtMisseaa wiR be a can
didate for the Democratic nom-
1 nation for judge-for the 17th
JudUcial district, DrUch is com
posed of Wilkes, Tadkin, Davie,
Avery and Mitcbeil coantiee.
He was elected tor an ri^t-
year term in 1M4.
Board And Is Clerk
For the last week In February
Wilkes rationing boards issued
cerflflcates to eligible persons to
purchase the few remaining tires r-« 1
In the monthly fiuotf end ieeued i TiUrtSeil CaiVe
certificatee te.thpee gersons pur
chasing new aoHnikl
pensdaf wnrTKl./
Aircraft Courses
Here Postpofied
* •
Representatives of Many Or-
WEDNESDAY NIGHT—
iKhle Courses
In School Talked
ganixations Will Make
Up County Committee
V. Tomlinson, chairman of the ^er one allowed
AIRCRAFT OQURSEH
Arrao^emenb Are
rpsolutidh, prepared by S. 1 Prf»rjp J^rary ^ grtirpiReh ffiftt,
Salvage commlt'ee tor
county will be organized in a
meeting to be held on Tuesday
night, 7:30, at the city hall.
The salvage committee
I Wilkes is one of 100 to be orga-
_ _ . j ulzed throughout the state to seek
P.T.A. and Mmwtenal Asso- collected and mar-
Move- i keted the vital war materials
I needed by the nation. Particu
lar emphasis will be placed on
rubber and
C’ j located In the Mulberry coBimii-
j Public affaire committee, was di-iored. to Ket a Mr wWch he had -, stnrdl-
lected to the senators and repre- Purchased last fall. Board num-
'sentatives of North Carolina in ber two Issued ewt flutes to P.
congress. The resolution was read W. Behelman, of this city, and , , „.,i. «nd there have
to ihe club by J. B. Prevette. | Conrad Pearson. Jr., of Greens- ^rmale caSes among
p W RrlwAitis was 'Drofirram boro, to ?ret cars which they, been only two
“X V™, SnT p.rol.M.a b,„ I. I»41. •»««
Ka presented Earl B. Garret, of 1 For all Wilkes county the quo- farm.
Raleigh, who made*a very timely' la for March will be 23 passen-
ciation Sponsw
ment in This City
On Wednesday night at the
North Wilkesboro Methodist
church a union service was held
for the purpose of discussing in
troduction of Bible classes in
North Wilkesboro schobls.
Rev. Watt M. Cooper, pastor of
pastor, also participated in the t‘on and sale of scrap materials
service.
Dr. David L. W'oodward, pastor
scrap iron and steel
waste paper.
N. E. Edger on, chairman and
James B. Volger, executive secra-1
tary, of the state salvage com
mittee, have appointed J. B. ,
Snipes. Wilkes county farm age.it ^
as chairman of the Wilke.s co:n-1
ger car tires and 19 tubes. Trucks DIRECTORS ADDED
jwill get 98 new 'ires, 42 retreads |
.'and 110 tubes. These figures to-'
j day had not been divided between
i the two boards.
j Boards have asked that dealers
j return part C of the tire purch-
! ase certificate: to the board which
issued It promptly after tlferv are
(Continued On Page Eight)
FOR ARMED FORCES—
Book Drive Will
Close Saturday
I iSHUkSQ Ik yi uilipi
DC. T- delivered. J. Mack Moore has
Boy Scouts To Make House-
To-House Canvass As
Close Of Campaign
which are badly needed.
Included on the county com
mittee win be the following:
Mayors of cities and towns, chair
man of civilian defense, fire
chiefs, police chiefs, farm agent,
representatives of Kiwanis, Lions,
fraternal clubs and other civic
organizations, merchants associ
ation, home demons*ration clubs.
4-H clubs. Boy Scouts, Girl
i The Victory book campaign,
which has been in progress here
for the past few weeks, will end
on Saturday, March 7, with a can-
and will be full time clerk to.the
board. The vacancy on the board
has not been filled. Mrs. E. A.
Shook is full time secretary to
board number 2.
l,ast week board 1 Issued tire
Directors 01
Cooperative In
Meet Saturday
Already More Than 60 Have
Registered For Training
Classes Here
Defense courses in aircrrft
sheet metal and riveting, which
were scheduled to begin here o-
day. will begin on March 16, Paul
S. Cragan, superintendent of the
North Wilkesboro schools, said
today.
Postponement of beginning of
^ Ipdietmoiita agafnst WUke*
CMBty commissioners* charging
Bdlato to perform their ottdaA
duties were no! prossed in Wtlkea
I court today by Judge J. H. Clo-
ment on motion of Solicitor Ava
lon d. Hall.
The Indictments, which wero
prosented to the grand Jury at
the March, .1941, term on order
of Judge T. Donald PhllUpt,
thargel that the commlssloaers
And failed to make certain im-
provements In the jail and court
bouse.
Dismissing the matter in court
today. Solicitor Hall said that all .
the orders for Improvements snd
repairs had been complied with
and that the coramisslonene had
'been handicapped because of lack
of fuhds or the Improvements
would have been made earlier.
Judge Phillips in his order
from the bench that tbe-oomssls-
slonere be Indicted cited an ■or
der made in August, 1939, by
Judge Frank M. Armstrong, In
which Judge Armstrong ordered
that a heating plant be Installed
In the courthouse and that certain
other improvemen*® be • made.
Judge Phillips said that he had
found "the Jail In deplorable
condition, with no way for the
piisoners to take a bath and with
no way to properly heat the
buildinj?.” '
ComitalBsioners serving In If 39
were M, F. Abaher, Df.
T^iplsgt fud -C. ,C. SWiit
and ^
in DeeenffMf
against all five were nol picesed
today.
A central heating plant has
been installed (n tbe courthouse,
and new plumbing has been In
s'ailed in the county jail. The In
terior of the courthouse has been
reftnished throughout and sever
al other Improvements have been
carried out in the past several
month®.
Court opened today for a three
weeks term. The first two weeks
are for trlrl of criminal cases.
Judge Left Johnson, of Clinton.
Wilkes Farmers Cooperative
Chartered As A Corpora
tion In This State
Directoi-s of the newly organized
Wilkes Farmers Cooperative, Inc.,
in meeting Saturday afternoon
of the First Baptist church in Sal-
Isbary, told of the meeting and
purpose of Bible classes. BiHe
teaching is now going on in Salis
bury schools.
Miss Jane Grey, who teaches Bi
ble courses at Salisbury, told how
the courses have progressed there.
ViUliU from a Bible student in the
Sallabnry schools were expressed Scouts, American Legion. Legion
by Miss Mary Ruth Johnson. I Auxiliary, newspapers, Parent-
Movement to introduce Bible Tescher associations, superlnten-
stady la schools here has been un- lendent city schools, superinten-
for the past few weeks in dent county schools, representa-
tbe Parent-Teacher Association, tive Duke Power company.
Mlnlnterial association of the Further explanation of the far-
Wilhasboros has endorsed the, reaching purposes of the salvage
movement and much Intereirt has goujmjj-ee^are contained in the
been rfwwn by many people in the letter received from the
city, ' I state committee by Dwight Nlch-
_ _ ' |ols. news editor of The Journal-
AT WILKESBORO— Patriot, and which will be recei-
I ved by other members of the
Wilkes Salvage committee:
I ‘‘You have been notified of
your appointment to the Local
Salvage Committee in your coun
ty. You have been chosen for
gonday school officers, teachers your ability and willingness to
i morkers of churAes in the serve youi-country In this present
R-.-w Mountain Baptist associa- emergency. If our committees
tiar wOi meet on Thursday nii^t, throughout the country do ‘not
'Mfirth 6 7‘30 o’clock, at ’Wilkes- properly function, the boys in
chnrc^r. 'he front lines will not receive
T E Story, moderator of the the necessary ammunition to de-
aanticiation, and C. B. Kler, asso- feat our enemies,
etattkmal Sunday school superin-1 “You have been selected for a
tendent, have «*ed that every position of trust which will show
be well represented by lU effeoto In aU parts of the
'Snaday achooh officers, teachcars world, wherever the Amertoan
ami pMton at the meetiag, whidi Fag files. We know that It U nn-
r «riB hy voikm sent neeeasary for as to urge yon to
eat hy the Staday school board of attend ovMy asoetlng to h^p us
Baptist convention. ... t (Contina^ On Fnge^JXgfat)
purchase certificates to the fol- ... v
n „ if lowing: Maynard Odell Miller, ihc-ard a representetive of the
vass of the ci^ by Boy Scouts. ^^^^d of educa- Farmers Coeperative Exchange
vas announced today. !f«on fsehnol bueesl* Donald tell how'the buainess Is handled.
Headquarters for drive have Minton, 'Wilkesboro*.' The Wilkes organization has classes. J*'®
rosiponemenv oi uesininuft
classes was caused by delay in vtill P*"®® ® be tried
equipment when civil cases will be tried.
ON PHILIPPINES—
Bataan Warriors
Push Japs Back
In Surprise Drive
Washington. — An Amcrican-
Filipino guerrilla force, operating
from a mountain fastness in
obtaining - sufficient
to begin operation.
Q. E. Mathis, director of the
defense training division of vo
cational education department.
Raleigh, was in North Wilkesboro
Thursday and completed ar-
rangemen'B for operation of th':"
desses at the school.
Youth and men from 17 3-1
years np will be eligible to take
the training and already more
than 60 have registered for the
neauquar^xs iv. ....... Minton. Wllkesboro;' The Wilkes organizauon nas classes. lue .j. —^ mountoin fastness in
been set up at ^ OrovL Cleveland Hamby. Oham- been chartered with an authorized service office is Northern Luzon, ha.s attacked and
Library in the ci^ hall,, boxes Pur. capital stock of $100,000. Officers j registration and selection of iho.^e j.panese out of a river
where book donations may be pla^ ; ® Shenherd. Fer-'are: Ei M. Huffman, of Purlear who will take the classes. the War Department said
S, S, Meeting
Thursday Night
. , .a f iear: John Green Shepherd, Fer-'are: E; M. Huffman, ^ ^rlear 'who Win take the Classes^
ed are l«ated at sev^l conv^- williams, Nori.h |president; Mrs. Carl Hendnx, of. Beginning on March 16, there
lent points m .he _ Wilkesborw. i.,.. __„te ,i,ree. , Boomer, vke president; and S. F. • .,,111 be two eight-hour classes
The boolM collected will be used by j nUo’wed tire purches- Miller, of Ferguson, secretary. In beginning about 3:30 in
cSs!" The’‘^TO"np^nso?^"h5 ®« ‘“e following J. A. 01111^,1 addition to the offi®®«-f ®”_Y„® the af*ernoon and ending at
the'^American Library association. Hays: J^^^ley
Red Cross and United Service Or- McOrady: Albert Crews Wagg^
, , fear ©then directors: Fred Vaimoy, gjght o’clock a. m. After the end
of Reddies River; T.J. McNeill, of school about June 1. plans are.
driven Japanese
valley, the War Department
yesterday.
C^bus. second la**-* ■■'t city in the
Philippines, was shelled early yee-
terday by a Japanese warship ly
ing five miles offshore, a Reuten
. . XT-1 • er Nor'h WUkesboro* JaiiieflI tioAong Hiver; J. M. German, of nialntaln three
WUkTsX'irman '' Pr’esley Roberts. McGrady: felll'Hoomer: and Jarvis Walsh, of «««» during the summer nton hs
it tos bSr pointed out that Dancy Vannoy; William Clyde I«®‘tnc’.ors from aircraft
books, not magazines, are needed. PewBon, ^^orth WtlkMboro; Lin j Th« 0^ . ,
School textbook of aU grades will Buipgrrner. North Wllkw^ro; a po^ dob “ter
be accepted as well as good fic- S- V. Tomlinson, North Wilkes-1 ch» aert -dto co «
tion written in recent years. boro; M. B. Miller, North Wllkes-
.All who have books which they boro; Ochus Odell Absher, Halls
can give are asked to have them Mills; W. K. Sturdivant, North
ready for the Boy l^outs 3atur- Wilkesboro; Charlie Franklin
day or carry them before then to Couch (obsolete tires).. State
the Library or noose other place Road. With excep'lons of Oilllam,
where boxes have-been placed to MoGrady and Waggoner. all
receive them. 1 bought truck tires. . •!;
Includes livestock producers.
1 Another meeting wul be neid in
the near future.
I COST 25 CENTS—
Get A License To
■ ' special correspondent with General
eight hour. reported to
London.
I Although shelling continued for
more than 15 minutes and about
24 shells were fired, officials said
there was virtually no dama|^.
/While army experts hsnrdiB-
counted the military valasaof^tt*
MacArthur maneuver as
DECIDED TO GET IT OVER WITH—
Two Brotibrs And A Ne^hbor Get
Same Deration On Tbe Saine Day
Two brothers aoidi a iie*shhor
who Hres In the Opc^ oobuM"
nity la the Hsatrm part of .
Wilkes walked- tato the Wilke®
bospttol Isere j$g UM; same time
one Akf last ««Nic for the same
opeetitloaL . '
Fewdc aiad dbartto Myers and
dmiM Wa«aaHr» o' cr*p
eratiiMHi for s«wie tlmo. Last
weeih lliey got together sad de
cided to get tt optr with.- lliep
caate/to the hospital togetlier
wild foBowed fiaefc other ipto the
room, They were
fa did^'aMpe'' waiA. ami;
all'dmsa are rswsrtag ssJUk
plants will teach the classes and
materials and equipment Identi
cal wl'h those used In alrcraf'
plants will be used in the train
Ing.
' Those who Uke the trainin'*
must agree to accept employ- ^JI^^,^nce," they ^ emph»^
ment In aircraft plan's after the evidence of ^ih'-op-.
completion of the course, which the invader carried m
will ha from six to eight weeks, j^y natives and troOp oiibdte Ba-
or perhaps less. taan Peninsnla Where' Onnadl
The employment service al Douglas MacArtlnir’s mainiay
ready has calls for an unlimited jg making iti stand. ;
number of trainees and those who, ^imwZil'''
Miss CaudUILktonsiii# Agent comptot. the
c p fij can be MBured oi immeottTa
for jployers. Sellers ene |bfflployimeat
, Ui^ Rgploeiveo
V/Or» vBuuui, .
clerk of WUlnfl. snpeslor court, has t
been ap^tnted Ucouing agent for! w. J. Baiion^ ear
sapkMdTfis in-.WUkes eounty* BWurdar night on
Uads** fa emerfsw» wer-tinw ai^ w«| found two
I*)f, svsficy
fAut0 Stoka Her©
Miu'^Cors Caudill, assist^, AikI !• Returned
In addition to^
"sd Thartdig la‘;
curs
was stolen
Main street
_ hours later WHkB^
Vhy.'bnys, sell* near whore it -was takoa. It had
first as- not hsfa damalM* ^
eaijsjhor a iisp to vfctory. t
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