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defense activity—
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Ei|rhte«n women have completed the home nursing course taught in North Wilkesboro iwder auspices
of Red Cross as a part of the eirilian defense p ogram. Shown in this picture is ^rt of the class
engaged in a deoionstration. Left to right are: Mrs. J. D. Schafer, Mrs. A. B. Johnson, Mrs. J. M. Craw-
foed, Mrs. T. A. Finley, Mrs. Paul Gilreath, Mrs. W. F. Gaddy. Mrs. W. W. Starr Mrs. N. O. Smoak,
awl Miss Tilda Briraon, Red Cross nurse who cond cted tlie-course. Members of the class who were
not in the pktuiu shore were: Miss Alta Sebastian, .Miss Mary ■'Hulit, Miss Odrie Walsh, »»•*! .
Warren. Mrs. W. H. OnUiitg, Mrs. Robert S. Gibbs, Jr., Mrs. C. D. Coffey, Jr., Mrs. Clyde Lillard and
Mrs. Clara Cathioii.
MORE COMMUNITIES—
iFarmers To Elect AAA
Committeemen 13th
iWilkes To Have
39 Districts In
New AAA Setup
s
Distrit^t Meeting
American Legion and
Auxiliary April 8
IN CANVASS—
Wardens To Post
[County Committee Sets Date
For ElectioD of Many
Community Men
The State Committee has or-
Idered a new election of all the
!aAA Committeemen in Wilkes
I'.eouBty, as well as in all the oth-
^ eountlea in the State, on April
itth. This date has^ been approred
it fbe county committee. ESrery
ipoektp iu -WiRnia: uonntr .aallt
Eis three community commltte?-
1 men and one delegrte to the
1 county convention except eome
of the larger townships and they
■will be redi-strlcted into two.
three or four districts. The vot
ing districts of the .\.A.A ore as
Many from here >ire expected
to attend the 15lh di.stric* meet
ing of the American Legion and
Auxiliary to be held in Taylors
ville on April 8th.
The 'business meeting will be
held at the home of J. H. Burke
a' 6:45 and dinner will be ser
ved in the community building
at eight o'clock,
Those from Wilkes who can
attend are asked to notify Miss
Ruth Colvard. president of the
Auxiliary, or A.^F. Kilby, com
mander of the legion pos'. not
^ J.J] today.
Instructions h the
Pir.st aid claai^ ae a part^
illTllian d^ensel.. urogram,
Wllkea’will atrrt thla week, W.JL j
McfflwM, chaf^ab of-tlie,clVtL|
ian defMiae counclt, said today. |
A course fog the people In- the.j
Wllkeaboros is expected 'o bbgln;
at t?.e North Wilkesboro town'
hall on Tuesday night, Seven
o’clock. It will be taught by local
physicians who will donate their
time and instructions.
Courses for people in rural i
communities ere being organized
by Mias Annie Laurie Herring,
home demonstration agent. First
aid courses have already been .ar
nanged for Moravian Falls and
Roaring River end other commu
nities wanting first aid Instruc.
tion are asked to get in touch
with the home agent for arrange
ments.
! Physicians and surgeons who
jhave volunteered their services
I for 'he first aid courses here in-
I elude Dr. F. C. Hubbard, Dr. John
W. Morris. Dr. J. H. McNeill, Dr.
H. B. Smith, Dr. E. N. Phillips,
fnd Dr. G. T. Mitchell. All the
physicians have Qualified as first
instructors and those who
FOR THE WEEK—
{^ds Issued
Tire and Tdbe
Buyii^ Permit?
CiiMlHsi*ity Lemitm To Di»>
CUM l^oblcau And Seak
■Africaltnral Pro grew
j aid
HomesBothTowns
What To Do and What Not
To Do In Case of Air
Raid To Be Taught
Air raid wmlens in North
Wilke-boro and Wllkeshoro this
week will canvass the homes in
their respective districts with In-
struc lons on what to do and what
not to do in the ca«« of alt raid.
W.. H. McBiwee. cUidgfflian of
satisfactorily complete the course
will be granted Red Cross firs'
aid certificates. ,
The class here will meet once
j each week tor a two hour session
and details will be announced
later. Two hunderd class books
have been secured for the county
DIED SATURDAY—
Mrs. Pearson Is
Claimed By Death
WELL ATTENDED—
Dutrict Meeting
MeAwdysHdld
dresses Layircn’s Asso-
ciation In This City
Quarterly meejing of the Lay-
I men’s Association of th'e Elkin dis-
Ipws:
>istric‘ No. 1—.Antioch Town
District
[Township.
District
|ship.
District
No. 2
Beaver Creek
The wardens will cerry with
them a sheet of instructions,
which will be posted conspicuous
ly in every home All rejldents
are asked to study the instruc
tions carefully. 'trict of the Methodist church was
Following are the instructions Sunday afternoon at the
North Wilkesboro Methodist
church.
Make a suitable entrance in! Feature address for the meeting
will
No. .1—Boomer Town-
M-s. William C. Pearson, age which the air raid wardens
61, died suddenly Saturday after- , POSt at every home.
noon about 2:30 at her home in, , . , . , u i
Wilkesboro She had been an in- the attic. Place boards on the delivered by Judge Johrison J.
valid for about 15 years, but had ceiling joists, and remove all in- Hayes, of Wilkesboro, and was
Inot been seriously ill prior to the '’xhis audience.
attribut- clothes from the at ic. This , meeting was well
This picture is typical of what is
happening throng|Miit Calltomia,
where* alien Japanese are being
evacuated by the government to
prevent sabdtage 'and aid to the
enemy. Photo shows a San Fran
cisco resident hanging out “evaciK
stion sign.”—Sonndpboto.
BEGIN APRIL 6—
Instructor For
Aircraft Courses
Has Arrived Here
• Wilkes rationing boards in ses
sions last we^ issued permits for
the purchase of new tires and
nbes and for truck recapping ser
vice.
Both boards have a far greater
number of applications from cli-
gibles than the quota for- the
month allowed the county.
During the past week >Wilkes
rationing board number one issued
the following tire purchasing per
mits: William McKinley W^t-
tington, Purlear, mail carrier, one
truck tire; Lytle Blalock Howell,
Moravian Falls, mason, two truck
tires and tubes; Kennedy Pottery,
Wilkesboro, one truck tire; Robert| County,
Landon Woodie, produce
one truck tube; Jacob
Wm. H. Corum Well Quali-
- fied to Givel Practical Air- •
craft Instructions
(By J. B. SNIPES, County Aftak
and H. C. COLVARD, Assiuteat
Dninty Agent)
A few years ago an Agricultaml
Program' started in the state for
the purpose of organizing eads
county in the state into comimnii-
ties and neighborhoods. Tod^p
each ol the 100 counties in Noitt
Carolina have their county organis
ed and are training men and
men as leaders. The rural people
like tnis program because they
elect their own leaders and they
study their community and neigh
borhood problems and are helpiag
to solve them.
A few weeks ago the farmers ««f
Wilkes county were organised inte
29 communities which coven ttau
entire county. Some 230 committM
and leaders were elected by far
mers tc help the County Agent of
fice in carrying agriculture infor
mation to every farmer in the
Every farm family in Die
jja„ler.ieounty will be registered in these
Doson I 29 communities by the 230 or-
Wtlliam H Corum, instructor for
the aircraft sheet metal and rivet-
tne courses to begin at North
Wllkertoro school April 6, has
luTlved in North‘^WIJkesbQrp to
courses.
■’'Mr. Conim has. been affiliated
with the aircraft industry for the
naSt year and baa been industrial
engineer for Vulf.ee Aircraft. Inc.,
of Nashville, Tennessee.
He and Mrs. Corum and two
Wolfe, Purlear, lumberman and:Kanized leaders. These leaders are
farmer, two truck tubes; Parkw^ | more than glad to help their neigh-
Bus Co., four bus tires: Wilkes“F ® ^
County Board of Education, two | their communities aud
truck tires and one tube; William, "®'8^horhoods. They have alrea^
Cornelius Walsh, Boomer, lumber-! *®udered valuable service to w
man, two truck tires and 1 tube: county agent’s office in assisting
Mrs. Bertha Bell, county nurse,
with the food and feed program.
one tire and tube; Wilkes County scrap iron, farm machiouy
Board of Education, five obsolete. P>^®*TUm and the victory garden
type passenger tlres:J. B. Hender- program.
SOTj'^Vl’ilkesboro, mail carrier, one ^® pl®u to meet these leaden,
key, GBrnth,, farmer, one truck'riio can attend-^ft
tjye; filter Gray Crews, Boomer, 29 communities over the eom^y—
liimlienah, one truck tire; Linsey *nd discuss with the people oar
Austin Minton, produce hauler, one, Agrricultural Extension program,
truck tire end tube; Noah How-! Below you will find a list of the
ard Chambers, trucker and far- committees and the names of the
mer. 2 truck tires; Fred Clifton leaders who have been elected by
North Wilkesboro.
children will make their home in Dobbins, trucker, two truck tires, the people in these different com-
j Recapping service: Thomas Haff- ®>“"*ties. ,
I , uf rmni As these leaders make a list of
[man, lumberman and farmer, two . ■ ,u •
' truck tires: Uke Mcssick, Purlear, ‘he farmers ui the. rospe^.n
’milk route; two truck tires; r«rl'n®>&hborhood. other leaders will be
No.
'heart attack which was
I tain •Township.
Dfcrtrict No. 5—Edwards No.
Wilkes
the afic. This, -pjjg meeting was well attended'
4—Brushy Moun , .Ue cause of her death. should be done at once. land there were representatives!
; Mrs Pearson was a member of 2. In the event you hear th. .air counties: Ashe, Alleghany,'
widely known family in his raid warping siren Davie, Surry, Watauga,
_ f T XT l-f A««««RDCl IVLISS (rCaiiiwa •
Ruby Pearson, of Wilkesboro. Have at least one and one
Mrs, Pearson was a native of
(Continued on page 8)
IN THIS COUNTY—
More Comforters. I Chapman Ferguson, Boomer, lum-
Are To Be Made
added to the list.
he West Fork of Bugaboo Creek.
District No. 6—Edwards No. 2.
hleh starts on the Traphlll line
n the East Fork of Bugebo.'
Mk and goes south to the
'«Bty road east by Arthur W’est’s
Klkln Creek and then down to
:he Yadkin River.
Dtotriet No. 7.—Edwards Kn.
‘bounded on the west by east
rk of Big Bugaboo Creek and
11 the territory ‘hat lies north
road by Arthur West’s in-
the Benham community
Dtetrict No. 8—Edwards No.
4, xplblch is bounded on *he west
‘ 1^' Hkin Creek and on the north
y District No. 2 line, including
the
the late iW. C. Pearson, and moth- ® bath .tub or
er of Joe H. Pearson, and Miss tamer.
h«lf bushel of sand immediately
availa'ole.
4. Have a long handle
GOOD PROGRAM—
Students Talk At
shovel
available.
5. Do not run in the street or
yard in case of an air raid. Keep
calm and follow instructions.
ir« • , • 6. Do not approach or get near
IVlWaillS jVleerifiy an incendiary bomb for at least
® two and one half minute.s.
' 7. Put out the fire started from
the bomb before attempting to ex-
itinuguish the bomb,
j 8. Extinguish the bomb by sur
rounding and covering it with
Miss Dessie Hanks and Miss
Ruby Fay Hurt Use “Con
stitution” As Subject
Miss Annie Laurie Herring,
Iberman, one truck tire; Julius Eld-
Ward Minton, Wilkesboro, poul-
tryman and truck farmer, two
truck tires.
Rationing board number two in
Absher Community
Chairman, T. G. Johnson: Vice-
Chairman, A. M. Holbrook; Secre
tary, Josephine Alexander.
Leaders: J. H. Alexander, Merril
Shumate, J. C. Johnson, W. R.
Wilkes home demonstration agent, I meeting March 27, issued tire P«r-'Hutchison, H. M. Hutchison.
... .. .• It . ^ 14 f. fViA ■F/xilnuMVwy •'I
member of the executive
mittee from each county.
com-
HERE 12 YEARS—
Former Pastor
Of Baptists Here
Boomer Community
Chairman, J. J. Broyhill, Vice-
Chairman, Elisha EMminston, Sce-
. . has called attention to the fact! chasing permits to the following:
prehensive re^rt was made by^a nomforters may be made!Joseph C. Adams, Ronda; S. V.
X.... Wilkes by low income families. Tomlinson, North Wilkesboro;
It was found that thve are ad-’Wilkes Transportation Co., North q g Carlton,
ditional materials for comforters'(Wilkesboro; Robert B. Adams,
and those who have made mat-'North Wilkesboro: James E. v.au-
tresses and need comforters should j dill. North Wilkesboro; Queen
make application at the office of|Trucking Co.. North Wilkesboro;
the home agent. (Continued on Page 5)
I
Taken By Death:
Two high school girls address- sand. If you move the bomb with
lUKTKi X, J i^-orth Wilkesboro Kiwani- your shovel be sure to have at
southeastern portion of Ed-1 ed ine^^iNorin «.,.ilgast two inches of sand in the
_i Funeral In Hickory Saturday |
For Rev. W. R. Bradshaw,
Retired Minister
Bwards Township.
DUtrict No. 9—Elk Township.
Dtstrkcl No. 10 — Jobs Cabin
I TovnsUp. -
No. 11—Lewis
iclub Friday noon and their ad-] least two inches of sand in
I dresses made up a program which bottom of the shovel, as the bomb
Dte'rtct
[.Ttnnialhp.
District
[Towitt^.
Dtotrirt
Fork
No. 12 — Lovelace
Uo. 13 — Moravian
(Continued on page 5)
received much favorable coni-
men*.
J.R. Finley was progr:*ni chuir
man and he presented two high
school principals who in turn
each presented a speaker.
Zeb Dickson. of Mountain
(Continued on page 8)
it is
mill melt the shovel unless
placed on top of the sand.
9. Do not throw water on the
bomb as this is extremently dan
gerous and causes it to explode.
10. It is helpful to sprinkle the
bomb 'vith water but a consider
able amount of water placed or
the bomb creates a hazard, "rhe
greatest of care should be exer-
j cised in the use of watdr, and
jonly a very fine spray of water
used.
g350LINE USE CURTAILMENT MOVE-
Herme Stations Abiding By Order
to Remaia Open Only 72 Hours Week Local Bus Line
In weoKlance with the order of cards wiu“be to motorists! To Pore» Knob
In the and the mot
War Production Board,
issued to motorists
motorists classified ac-1
'^.ttami in this section are cording to their needs.
iC® etation* _ x:— "j^he gasoline curtailment
, eonfininc operations to
hours per week.
Yf^ rf the stations, however.
, ehan^ on Sim-' protested the application of
****“. of hour restriction to these states and
by the ed that it be applied nationally.
)^^ver anef the pni^ i The sinking of tankers Is said
Wilkes Transportation company
has extended its lecal- bas line to
only Moravian Falls on to. the foot'of
applies to the Atlantic and Paci- ^ Brushy Mountains on Highway
fic coast states. ' 16.
Last week Governor Broughton | Company offieiala also announe*
tkis ed that the line to Moravian Falls
and urg- nvay be extended cm'highway 18 to
Boomer.
The extensions ate being made
at their operat- ‘to be the cause for the curtailment. I to serve public, demand. jWith
Local dealers state that the 20
pal cent rednetidn wQl not work
af ^****imiich.hardriiip becatue nka.have
TiitW^^Hreadv dedhied aBodt that^eh.'
tires not availabla to the average
Hickory. — Rev. W. R. Brad
shaw, 75, of Hickory, prominent
re lred ftaptist minister, died at
2:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon.
In a local hospital. Because oft
declining health, Rev. Mr. Brad*,'
shaw retired from the ministry J
a few years ago.
Formerly pastor- of s^errl
churches in his vicinity, Including
the First chnitth in 4Hekoi
had ibeen residing at the home
his only daughter. Mrs. B. N.}
Carr since resigning his psPtoKt
ate at the Morganton First Bap-1
’.ist church. V
' The minister was the son M
the la'e Elijah and Ann Brad
motorists, the.s«^l|^.b9s sseskss
Jt Jr rt*. North,Crawbj. |tapttot' ehnnh-^
Shaw, of Bnrfce county. Surviving
along with his daughter, Mi^.
Carr of Hickory, are one brother
and one sister, J. P. Bradshaw
of Lenoir and Mrs. Henry
Call of near Marlon.
' Funeral service was held af
the First Baptist church in Hick
ory Saturday.
A native of Burke county, Rev...
.Mr. Bradshaw was bk^rn lB';t&|B
North Catawba community^, neaif
the Caldwell eonnty line. 'He wab.
ordained to the ministry at tl$:
Leaders: Jarvis Walsh, John
Higgins, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Ger
man, John Avery Russell, Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Swanson, Mr. and Mrs.
John Andrews, Mr. and Mrs. N. C.
Andrews, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ger
man, P. S. Ferguson.
Champion Community
Chairman, Edd Blackburn, Vice-
Chairman, Taft E'oster; Secretary,
A. T. Fairchild.
Leaders: Tom Grier, J. C. Mc
Neil, R L. Proffit, T. O. Minton,
(Continued on page 8)
WAS POSTPONED—
Church Hearing
To Be April 4th
Driver Under $2,000 Bon^
For Death Of WilUoxn
Terrell Wednesday
ue
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Hearing fo' Albert Church,
Wilkesboro man charged ■with
manslaughter in the death of Wil
liam Terrell, 14-year-old newsboy,
in Wilkesboro Wednesday morning,
was postponed Saturday untQ Sat-
uriay afternoon, April 4.
• Tha. hearing will be before Wil-
Kriioro Mayor Hf.j A. Craoar.
, driver trf the par which bit.
n tar he was crossing tiw
OB roller, ricetee, bi under
bond of $2,000 pending the hear
ing. ..
Terrell was the second victim «('
cars driveB'by Chordi. Iii.iO{th
,1941, ChnrehSi cor fatBB9:wft«tlt
the wife of Ira GihaaDt ‘V$lpK
boro eclored resideBt.' -Aio?: '
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