‘ Bik Btattos ta >ft>rth Wilkes'*
will nu>«»:0» oa &kotK April
from H& iveseilt loattion ne^r
»• corner pTKin^k and A streets
4b the Motor Senice hnOdlng
ikaar the cemer of Ninth end D
•treets.
% C. iWoodle, - agent and
maBager of the etation aince 1935
imd who' will eon'inue in that
khpacity. aaid -tadar the' propos
ed loWlon » had • been. approred
kr the Nofth CdjfoMiM Utllitlee
Gomih«8lo!|>SiB|cidle ■ o| Allaatlc
Or^rlNrand ah*J**y
eotmcll pf WUkeehoro.
Qaarteca forAbe bimetatton in
tke haUdUig i aim vei-iheen V leased
dtid work of remedeling for has
,«|attoa needs* l#K!idrfaJy dnder
|iay,
What To Do In Cim* Of Air
Raid and How to Handle
Bombs To Be Taufht
Civilian defense activities here
during the next few days will be
intensified with a cankasa of j
homes and the institution of firsts
- i aid classes, W. H. McBlwce, civi-|
Tlte mew station will represent]defense chairman, said today.]
a decided Improrement over the wardens in North
jtresent location. On the spacious: wiikesboro under direction of J,
tnat hsawsen the front of . the g McCoy and in Wilkssboro with]
A sturdy, tough army, higgesl in Bostii Atnerkm. ahsws that Argentina
is ready to back hergclf up whed Set policy sf steutraBty runs ost. She
knows that the fact that she has not ssvered xslaOsM with the Axis wUl nst
save her from being an Axis objective when the time comes. Here her
army ta pictured in review. NoUce the helmets, nst msch snlike German
hetmefs. ' , .-U :r
Fl>iERAL SERVICE HERE FRIDAY-
tmfldiag and the street will be
space for parking at ‘ least five
hnaes for loading and ■unloading
Off the street. At the present lo-
Ohtlon buses are forced to park on
the streets.
The new bus station will serve
Attamtic Greyhound lines, Park,
tk way Bus coHUwny. Inc., and Trap-
I hill bus line). •
* llotor Service business, which
Ih ui^er management of Paul
-RlUiaga, will coi^tiaae in the part
>if tbs*kaildlBg BOt ocodptad by
Paul Osborne as chief Will make a
canvass of all homes and instruct
the people-just what to do in case
of an air raid. They will, also give
instruction on handllrtg incendiary
bmnbe.
The wardens have U'ccently com
pleted training on air raid sub
jects and complete cooperation on
the part of all the people is urged
by the civilian defenae codhcil-
Miss Annie Laurie Herring,
Wilkes home demonstration
will be in ,«karge of ffrat nbd
ISMi ln Plane Crash
Former R^ideot Of Thii Gitjr Killed Whi^
Anoy Pleiie M^r E«ile
F41owjii^ TiAe pj| -
.’s mid_
MethodM ehul^l^ed ^
struck by V iar,.b^cn by.'Al
Churchv 'w^ lives near WilMea-
boro.
Chuivh was p!a^ .c^er b^d.
of $2,000 folloiHnf sut'Investt^-
tion df tJw death by Arile-FosteF,
WHkeebesro poUepann), .abd I. M.
Myers, Wiikefl coroner. Beannif
wUl be held Saturday afternoon,
tifo-ro'cloek, before M. Au Cranor,'
Wilkeaboro mayor., V .
Coronet Myers said tbat Church
was traveling eastward when the
right fender of big mr struck the
boy and threw him w top of the
hood of the car. ChiiKb carried
him to the WSk^ hospital here
but he died soon gfter arrival.
The officers said distance
from the point where the car
struck Terrell until it St^H>nd was
108 feet. Chureh was the cmly
eye witness to the accident. He
said that the bdy/ tm roller skates,
darted across road hota behind
a car going west and into the path
of his car. . .
Terrell was a so^ of Mrs. Grace
Ledde'TerreU, Inmberton, and
the late Pred A, ..Terrell, of
Greensboro, who died^in December.
1988. Since thu wMh of his
father he had bMay MaUng hs
home with hia cfpa{|>anate, Mr.
I and Mrs. J. H. t^lde, in Wilkes.
boro, iliere ta nie brother, IMgar
Terrell, who lives With his mother
at laimberton.' ■ ^ ,
. TerreB yraia tbs se«^ ri^in nf
by
Carlisle Racti, age tea, who
was aecUtaatally killed wtiBe
pli^tiif wdtta .a rope Satnrtkty
at tile barn on the presBlHes
of the botne of bis pareaSA Mr.
laid Mrs. darence Raaii,. in the
Pleasant Homo coromualty.,
^ ^—A —
nnikes Giriaty 8iU9iaga
mtttebiVbi^ haa.,fs^lts puigmin
t|M eoUectlon. of Beaded war jililr
tartab, was orgtmised in a WMif
lag held Tuaaday at the dty MHl!'
jr, 1J. SntpM, coanty
.iiipiM&ted by the atate chafing'
Tto head, the organtaallkir M
.llltinies, presided. He oufMhjiid.
Itbe purposes of the orlganlailiMa
M fhe collection and sale of sorav
ImetaU, pgper, woolens, ratps kidl
other materials, seeded in tbW-MP'
Ben's victory program.. imylBg
that "the more we do the tfjnr
men will have to go to batthrAltai
the gulekw ttwy ,wHl retain^'
The Orst ttustnsas was,. IJM^ir
the eounty ebmmittae Wflbt
potntmenta from .fhe masAwr-
gaataatlotts and groups. VlMa
completed, the org»nlzattoft was
listed as followB: '
R. T. McNeil, mayor of
Vlikesboro; H. A., Cranor,
or of Wllkasboro; W. H. He|Br
wes, chairman of clvUiB%.i|»-
fense; C. G. Day, North' Wfipw-
boro fire chief; Car! Bidlla;
Wilkssboro fire chief; J. tt’1W$-
ker, North WUks^ro '-p«>8oa
chief; Artie Poster] WllkeeKora
police chief; J. H. Rector,
MEN WANTED—
Load Company
Of State Gurnd
WmrtsReomb
««._ oA, Aw^r T. ';ri
‘'Anfl Tfr' Dnfenata WoAs'''SmtHlgA'Knlghbi Jf;-lTtblpa#’Mf*.
9.- Dublin
Mbbeej, A'
■ TMhw. RiddM
arry Petyaanv.^
_ IN tHIS OtY
i|{^ Nursing
Graduates
Anofttar iteto'which concerns dl- ^ takeoff ^dm ue field. :
yilian defeme will be the lecture j cadet koimaaau was well known'
and demmistraUon on Incendiary although h> had been In
I’ombs to be gived l-y Prof. R. E.‘Myrtle Beach for years, and th#
Caldwell, Wilkesboro chemistry
teacher, at an open meeting of the
K. of P. lodge in the hall over
Reins-Sturdivant Monday night,
eight o’clock.
AT K. OF P. MEET—
Bombs And Gases
To Be Discussed
R. E. Caldwell To Talk On
Interesting Subjects At
Open Meeting Monday
news of hta ddath Is an ooCasioB
of sorrow for many’Vela* lyes amf
friends here. *
He enltated_ln ,^be alf Corps a
few months ego while jje was o
student at The Citadel In Charles
ton, S. C., and would have re
ceived his wings and a cemmis-
|sion In the air corps at Poster
Field In the next few weeks.
^ News of his death as received
here gave fe v details of the ac
cident.
The body, accompanied by army
escort, will arrive here by train
Friday morning and the funeral
service will be held at three
clock Friday at the North ‘Wilkes
The following ladter have re
ceived cerftteaffes fiif having sue
tessfully complCr^l the eight
weeks course In Red Cross Home
Nursing:
Miss Alta Sebastian. Miss M-m'
Miss Odrie Walsh, Miss
Warren, Mrs. Marie An-
|.tte Duhllng. Mt&. Isabella
Mrs. Grace Cochran Fln-
kiy. Mrs. ^te W. McCoy. Mrs.
IHla McNOil, iMrs. Margaret
awmefer. Mrsf^^r# Coffey, Mrs.
- tflyde Liniart.'TtH; Craw-
tort, Mrs. ^iue' Sf^,, Mrs. Vera
t^dy. Mrs?«S»A cAShlon. Mrs.
ivannaff 'fe. Smoak and Mrs.
Inby OllrMHH,^^ '
. The comNtVfSfe °fiiPMotne Nur-
a«on to tbe'^jCb^ nadled ladles
ter wishes to expftst, Ifel apprecl-
ring for the'locki^^, tfro^a ch»P-
tor the ItlliVfef en’d Cboperatiop
A^tbey have sbbWh- difrlug this
^^ubBTse/aod tUK hmrtng dbne their
' put in ‘ hlffplft'gwtitr pdt "It across.
• Tlie''co'niflffh& jaso^--wishes to
■ ssem Ws of both dl-
. Vistohe of 'the Wbinarf*k Ct'ub for ,
:. ibu pse of'he*'Olffb hodse from i
' *jp«*ary fi «ifi t&rough'' March
: «th. This hai' »^''a'yfeal saert-
lIcB on the Pf rt,of these ladles.
The comm^toe abo wishes to
glMBk the Wilkes Hospital for the
of materials loaned' for the
ioe of the course. Wl'bonl
. •Btriotic cooperation of local James Calvin Wyatt. 6., „„ „ wurinusi- .-o~
this Nusaitof. Xtonrse known cltiMn en materials. Mlw RobeocaMoee-
M»C 4 idled Tjuesday morning at nfa
• i. .n
■AiotllS^ ■ "fyijs'
le Beach,#; C..' the foiwelf
Mrs. Pat Forester .Rm^an,
widow of the late Malpblth'*'A.
Rousseau, of this city, and one
statpr. ' Miss Anne Rousseau, of
Myrtle Beach. S. G. .
Also surviving are both bf his
grandmothers, Mrs. Lila G, Rous-
sean and Mrs. P. D. Forester, Sr.,
of this city, and the following
uncles and aunts; Judge J. A,
Rousseau, T. R. RousSeau and
Mrs. S. V. Tomlinson, of this
city; Dr. J. P. Rousseau, of Win
ston-Salem; W. A. Rousseau, of
Washington, D. C.; Mrs. John L.
Davis, of Statesville; George
Forester and Mrs. James M. An
derson. of North Wilkeaboro;
Mrs. R. L. Fraxier, of Winston-
Salem; Mrs. Henry Moore, Mrs.
Bill AJwher and P. D. Forester,
0^ ahmning; 9^. wt rthe
honia dl Mr. and ||n. J. H. Leckie
in WBkesborb. Df. J. C. Stekes.
Wilkesboro Methodist pastor, will
conduct the service-Borial will be
in Mebane where the boy’s father
was buried.
Knights of Pythias Lodge here
will hold an open meeting at the
lodge hall over Relns-Sturdivant
On Monday night, eight o'clock,
a* which time R. E. Caldwell,
chemist teacher in Wilkesboro
school, win give a lecture on In
cendiary bom-bs and gases.
Prof. Caldwell has made a
special study of these subjects, ^
jand his lecture and demonstra- IJ Wam Dmliof
Itlons should be very interesting.'| R Ol VT 9X IVCllCl
j The regular lodge meeting will |
the usual time and the ’
meeting open to the public will |
begin at eight o’clock. (
boro Methodist church wl'h Rev. I Jr., of this city; Hert>ert Fores-
A. C. Waggoner In charge, assls- ter, of MjTtle Beach, S. C.; Mrs.
ted by the Methodist minister Ed Koonce, of Myrtle Beach.S.C.
J. C. Wyatt, 69,
Is Taken By Death
woll
TO MAKE COVERS— ; County Council Of
Junior Red Cross! ‘♦-h m««*
m fi 1 nr 1 Saturday, 1 P. M.
To Salvage Wool] —
Wilkes county council of 4-H
clubs will meet on Siturdry af
ternoon, one o’clock, at the,
courthouse. ‘ Ferguson club will
of the program,
I wuiun will uc very Interesting.
All 4-H club officers and leaders
la the county are asked to at-
t«ld. .
Woolen Scraps To Be Pieced have charge
^ mm t I which win be very
Quih Fashion To Make
Wheel Chair Cowers
Na ional Red Cross has reaues-
ted tuet tlw WHkes county chap
ter of the Junior Red Gtosb put
on a mn>Pdgi ,to salvage wool
'kii'^rnn joiea Tpesdsy morning
’b« sttH ctassea J^iHiiag home. A sudden stroke was the
of the county ($^hoota: death. ,
HeighU. Rondiji^
iring Rtver. Those classes
eloee next week.
loota: Wnse
aadf Sur
S^will 1 daugh
: British Blast 3iKst-r-*'
Italian Warships
i^VMarcB .85. — Ught
Mt flr*.Ato SB Itel-
London X March
fo^ set
9t tW ,86,D0O-ton
ofto oiBas wWi gmafirt, *sm-
her with a torpedo ataktahlps
jiniiiQ— wso-jtallaii emtoers
a three-day nutnliig fight la
Mediterranean, the Admiralty
mneed tonight. y
/AdmlraltT acknowlet^
to 'qbo Britirh cruiser
ghree deetroywre and Ught
amoag thetr eiwvs in
escort .to B CMt-
jljto talBaS fM»
i/n»e
sauti*
ramdciM
Surviving are 11 sons and
daughters; Freeman, Thurman.
Tommie, Phllmore, Gaither. Fred
and Odell ‘Wyatt. Mrs. Queeule
Ross, Mrs. Cora Boss, Miss Llz-
aie Wyatt and Mrs. Sybil Hoten.
Funeral service 'w«s held at
the family cemetery.
Mountain View To
Have Bom Supper
ley Junior Red Cross/ctoalrmat^
said today. J-*. '
The woolen, .geiteps to he sal.*
vaged and coll^’dd ^wlll be
pieced quilt faitbipn to make lap'
1 covers -to be usod'O® Wheel^thta^
! at Fort Jackson, 8. C. ' Tht?
WlUes chapter of the Jiiniot
Red Cross has e raauest .for *59
vvueh covers, Heavy mi^ertais,.
i iaeladlng old wooTea rtUtai HAII be
sold and » the ■proewda will ro
teto bhe Junior Red'Croy funds.
^ All ebUdren wkp ar« Junior
aske^'
A box sapper, cake walk, bttauty
contest and string music will jn^ke
dp a fnll evs^g’s program at. W-
tertainmeni- at Moontain 'View
school on Friday ai^t, Marrii 27
right o'clock. The program wfil
hs aponaored hy the senior clhss
•ad all are iavitaii to attodd.
Red Crbee membeto. Ann.. lui
0 collact scrap WMteBit'.BBd depertmajit added.
eoUeetioh; from
be delivered
gnarteiw over
partment store.
school sn^,
xmiAmm’* i>»
CorreRriclor*> Qhnt
Destroy 4 Ja© P^hes
WacWngton.- The War
ipgrtment reported , today that 8 f
heavy Japakese .^botebbers gertK
clpa’ed In a six hour attack on
^ Island forts at the entrance
MonUe Bay. cbncentrriiBg on
Corregldor, and that defending
anti-aircraft hat'ertse shot down
four of the plrnee. ■
ED'S FRIENDS SAY—
Jack Newkh^ Is
Not Brother Of Ed
Jack Newkirk. American volun
teer pilot In China and Burma
who amassed an amaxing record
of Japanese planes sho’ down
■before he was killed In a crash
this week, was not a brother of
Ed Newkirk, former North
Wilkesboro pilot, fyleuds of the
Newkirk family said here today.
Eld Newkirk, who for a few
years thrilled North Wllkeeboro
people with his flying exploits
here, is now a captain In the U.
S. Army air erttps and is ferry-
inlg bombers between allied na
tions.
The name of Jack Newkirk ap
pearing so many times in the
news from China and Burma
aroused interest here and the
rumor that he was Ed’s brother
has been going the rounds. Jack's
home was In Scarsdiale, N. IT
Ed’s home Is In Wlns’on-Salem
and his two ■brothers are Arthur
and George, who were making
their-hoipo lo Winston-Salem only
a few wmks ago when Iwt heerd
from -1ty“'friend8 hert.
Hbwovdr, Ed's’v/rfeiKl» here
poliited out that Jack and Ed
possess unusual s^tlFy as
alrttebu wttdts; v. v
FACMS MNC SHORTAGE
WsShington, Mareh-aS.— Sen
ator Ekfwln.C- Johnson ID), Col
orado. werned today that the na
tion “ta fariint-att alarming shqrt-
‘ .Tfie defendng, troop# BuiferedJ^~ aevf^r and »U
oahr # fwF easualtle#, the d#PBft-l^^ .gtratogic
id In a ooBMBinitowa. tfegi'jt* rieal aafi allw# "art
to 'he fOrttilcatloM WraS^ dIswBBB&lB* Hk# 'k iltotariom in
liOiloB AuriRai^:
,D;irlgbt Nlcfioh and Ray Brtifa,
fd ' for itani^ymeht at ^g^d; jt**
dUtenee ce^s. [Djrl^t E ,
The eiwpjiny here has Just newspaper editors; Mre. ftort
completeif'‘Re first year and hag Coffey. P-T.A.; J. R. Preve to,
m«d« much progress In military I merchants; Paul S. Cragan. su-
treinfng with limited drills. *perintendent of North WUJtes-
Two Inspections by army offi- ^oro schools; Coa^&ler. suoer-
cere have been made and the j^tenden* of county senooh; Wm-
company received a highly tjvor- x. Long, superintendent of
able repor*. jWllkeshQro school: Robert 8.
Saturday afternoon drills are Gibbs, Jr.. Duke Power company,
planned, Captpin Pearson said,] With Snipes as chrirman the
and the men will receive training (other officecs will be Mrs. T. A.
In the use of sub-machine gunsjFlnleT, vice chairman; Miss An-
in cddditlon to rifles, bayonets nie I.aiirle Herring, secretary-
and other small arms. i treasurer.
Any men who would be inter-1 Each member of the county
ested In becoming members oficommittee Is expected to form a
tha company are asked to file ap-* salvage commit'ee In the orgaiii-
plicatlon with Cf plain Pearson | ration or group which he or she
as early as possible.
represents
I Executive committee of the or-
j ganization will be composed of
I the officers. Other commlt'ee#
j were named as follows: tranapw-
I tation, J. O. Emerson, S. H.
■ Queen and J. C. Winkler; farm-
jers, J. B. Snipes, Miss Annie
j Laurie Herring and H. C. Col-
vard; ministers, Dr. John W.
Kincheloe. Jr.. Rev. Watt 11,
Cooper. Rev. A. C. Waveoiw,
“ _ ! Rev. T. Sloane Guy, Jr., and Dr.
Laymen'# Aa»ociation of Dis-| J q stokes; stomge. Dewey
trict To Meot At Metho- I wm on. chalr^n; sales V.
Tomlinson rnd N. SmUh«y.
di»t Chureh At 2:30 ! The organlxation decided to
___ [ encourage and a»-'1st vartons
Quarterly meeting rf Laymer's grouos and IndlvKHtals In ^
Aawclafon of the Elkin dlstric’! collection and sale of any
of the Methodist church will con | rials needed in pros^tlon ®f ^
vene at the North Wilkesboro >ar, as well ss aclMtiw whlA
Methodist church on Sunday, may can-led on by and wl hlii
March 29. 2:30 p. m„ according 1 the county organlxation. the prli^
„ „ her, to .h- •
HAYES WILL SPEAK—
District Meeting
of Methodists To
Be Here Sunday
pastor. Rev A. C. Waggoner
The association will meet ev
ery qufrter and plans will be
moke EraltaWe' the irtBietou*
tons of Materials which .Tefteod-
ed in war Indus’rie# and w^h
ery qnmer ana pian» _ : ■.
^dc In the meeting here aundny "ow ^
for a district oonterence In May. ® „r
The program wHI open with slsatkm wlR b# held at the call of
dasong#
•Hgbt. Ther# w#t» shnnp sklnn
^tes aldrut. th# tutlre front in
THE BOOffTEM GBOWKD
and. BWBk#ne4 ouf-J^tl# WiRl#. ’
“MBwor, toll Btaf-' E'itorjr.*'
’AB»-BaUL.jUrltog
Uie ■ nutober shot tovhi 'by . Unt)-,
alrttoft fire since the itoP»*>e#e
lannelied.. their aft#ton reBeF#.l
of litrgdHitole irifittl^betahBlfdo
toe PUUPPto##- two dsyB
dlsrtivea^teE
the iniddle of Hay.
s
razor PBOODCHO*
War PkoduetJoB OBfierea
{Woduetloa ot sBfety'riuto*' l»tedue
eurtajM tedny itaAer » Uaato;
liqji priQyam
id «Bow Btt rtftoBW tit
sesg, "The Church Is One Foun-
dation”. ■by the congrega-lon.
Rev. R.'^M, Hardee will conduct
the devo0ohal and children
Ohildren's Home will- render /
quartet. -
. la Abe buslneos s##*lon will be
a reportfrom each county by
mmrikor# of the executive com
mPtM rt toltews: A#he, J. F.
B^pdei»: Afleghany,^ Mr#. F. Ine*
the chalnBan..'
EVANGEUSTIC—
Meet^Phnnd
Ba;^,
A epecUl erflse of evnngriti;^
«ke''|MPtoA