Ptetared »W« are three leaders in a new and
iateaaified cledge campaign to be conduct^ « a
gtate-wide basis the weelt of May 4-9 t« stimulate
gale of war savings bonds and-stamps.
They are, left to right, Charles H. Rotary.
GoUwtor of Internal Rev^ue mnd SUte Admmis-
tratsr of the Defense Barings Staff of the U. 8.
IVMaaryr. Goremor J. Melrilk Broigton. Hon-
aesfr State Chairmaii, who has thrown the full
ot ids administration to the support of the
«a^n: aml ’lnlian Price of Gr«nsbOTo, presi-
imte* the Jcfftoson Standard Life Insurartce,
who is State-j
Chief purposes of the earapaign are to give all
citbens an opportunity to pledge themselves to
set aside a certain portion of thei; earnings to buy
war savings securities according to each one’s
ability, thereby indicating to the government how
mmi^^'ditional revenue must be raised through
and to prevent inflation by siphoning
off surplus funds above actual coiuMimer needs.
Campaign chairmen for all counties and uthh^
of the larger towns already have organised the
initial stages of the campaign which will result in
s house-to-house canvass the week of May 4-9.
it suicide, No imitteeit. was held
Members of the aied mnn’f
fatally told Coroner Myers thV-
the suicide occurred In a room of
the home. A daughter of Mr,
Gray was gathering eggs. In the
late afternoon when she saw her
father walk Into the bouse. A.
few minutes liter she-heard a
„liot and when she went into the
houefi founds her father
wounded. ' The shotgun
are eligible trill be unabte to ge^
tires, according td'. infomatioo
received from rationliig boa^d oft
flieials.
During the past week Wilkes
rationing board number 1 issued
tire purchasing pwmfts to' the
following:
Danidi fool Brodkshlre, tann*
er and contriwtor, tiro trui# tiree
badly land tubes; Wade Hampton
load 1 Houck, lumberman, two frock
struck him on the left side of the'tires and one. tifbe; l^aedd
face and had blown away part of { Hatchery, two truck'iifee; San-
the skull In front and had pene-.ford Glenn May,berry, - former,
tmted the bratn. [two truck tlrps; T6#
Granville C. Green
On Rationing Boird
J^peliiDg Winnei
lie Countyi
Granville C. Green, well known
citisen of New Castle township,
has been named a member of
WUkee rationing board number 1.
Mr. Green. succeeds J. Mack
. I Moore, of Wilkesboro. who re-
BS^mTOliverWfllito^reient'signed from the board and was
Wflkee County In North-
wrat Spelling Boe ! 44 TO W YEARS-—
*■:. \ ■*ijf I
'sdteol,
won In the spelling bee tsM in the
The aged man was brought to
the hospIUl here and lived about
four hours.
He was a member of a promi
nent family In the eastern pert
of Wilkes county and was well
and favorably known. No cause
was attributed for his taking hie
own life.
Surviving are three sons, John,
Wint and James Gray, all of Cy
cle, and five daughters: Mrs. A.
)C. Roberts, Cycle; Mrs. Moiile
Gray; and Mre. Otis Holcomb.
iRonda; Mrs. P. M. Holcomb,
! Winston-Salem and Mrs. Peart
Conyenient S'T;
MOVED IJStii—
Bus lotion Now
in Location
On Ninth Street
Attractive
ters Provideid In Mo-
Service Buildmg
Wnkhsboro school aaditminm Sat-
inday and will represent Wilkes
County in the Journal-Sentinel
SpeUing Bee in Winston-Salem 1
Registration On
Monday, April 27
Saturday, April IS. Blaine is the.
aoa of R. C. Oliver and is a mem-,
her of the seventh grade of Cricket j
school.
Thornton Staley, Blaine’s teach
er and principal of Cricket elemen
tary school, will not be able to ac- ^
company him to Winston-Salem
Slatnrday due ,to the fact that he
haa been called to serve in fie U.
S. Army.
Following ia a list of school
at jWilkes-
champions competing
boro Saturday:
Boyd Blackburn, Traphill school;
Gladys Lucille Hinson, Mine Ridp
school; Kathleen Cxabbe, Austin
school; Raymond Church, Roaring
Gap school; Carl Sidden, Joynes
school; Jimmy Canter, Millers
school; Hubert Collins,
Nert step in the nation’s mo
bilisation of manpower in war
will be the registration of men
ages 44 to 65 on Monday', April
27.
The fourth registration, fa-
oKkmaly Aibbed "gjiandfattier
r^straUon", wUl be for the
purpose of ascertaining men In
(111,* age bracket who can per
form defense tasks and they will
not/ be eapected to participate
in omibat. '■
In WUkes county iwacUiadly
the same setup will be used to
register men on April 27 as was
used in the previous regiafm-
tions and the same registra
tion places will be used.
Creek stuwi, - ,
Pleasant HiU school; Rose Wyatt. District Meeting
Mulberry school; Bobby aowers, HolinCSS Here
^’moved .front , .
Ninth and A streeta W the Motof
Service company building on Nhith
street near the corner with D.
street.
‘ Tiie bus terminal, under manage
ment of. M.C. Woodle, serves Grey
hound lines, Parkway Bus com
pany and the Traphill bus line.
' "Pie new location is considered a
great improvement over the for
mer location.
The part of the building being
used for the bus station was reno
vated and remodeled into a mod
em bus station and the bus station
lunchroom is next door to the bus
station office. Waiting rooms,
rest rooms and other facilities are
provided.
The spacious front between the
bus station office and the street
affords ample parking space for
as many as five buses off the
street, insuring a maximam of
safety for bus travelers.
Moving of the bus station does
not affect operation of Motor Ser
vice company, which will continue
as usual in the large part of tL-
building not used by the bus sta
tion.
Puhoral service was held at
Pleasant Grove Baptist church
today, three p. m. Reva. Pervl*
Park*
Mk Pleasant s^ool; Elsie Gray
McCann, Pleasant Ridge school;
Veteral .Adams, Clingraan school; Conference of the Wlnston-Sa-
Marie Patrick, Miller school; Pan- jem district of the Pentecostal. CAN PLACE 300—
IhM Burchett, Ronda school; Mary church will be held »t||l]r |J* CL I
Morehouse, WUkeeboro school; Aa-lti^e Holiness church in this city, ^0|(|]I|0 ijClIOOl
nio Childers, Oakwoods school; Al-. ^n Friday, Saturday and Sunday, &
ma Bareham, Benham school; Cora xprll 17-19.
Qttm, Moravian FWls school; Es- g,n,e ,f the conference speak-
tAs Davis, Mt. Creri school; War- .^u be; Rev. C. A. Stroud,
nor MeGrody, Cane Creek school; Marion, Friday night: Rev. T..
Vdma Brown, Flint Hill school: q, Undsay. of High Point, Sat-
Jinlor Comb*. Mtn. View, school: „fday morning; Key. Kenneth
K^Bdeen Johnson, Roaring Rivor p^tsler, of Walnut Cove, Sat-
id^ool; Wanda Miller, Ferguson „rday night 'The business session
bel; Jual Greer, Boomer school; be on Saturday morning.
Beitears, Big Ivey
TALK FINANCING—
%eet Wednesday
4- III *1.
Cwpmhtir For Tsaohing BL
22 Rejected At
Induction Station
Twenty-two of the liO Wilkes
men sent to the Induction cen
ter by the two Wilkes draft
boards were rejected following
the physical examinations.
Included In the number rejec
ted were two from this city:
1^ b Sehod H«w Finds {Joseph W. Brame and Roy Spoin-
Coopermtioa Good
The committee whkh has been,
mtltlaf M the nropomi to eecnm
BHle oiassea In Jlorth Wflkee-
hom sekoote ha* reeeived good
eknventtioB from the etty heard
of 'adaeatlon anil from others In-
honr.
Is Opened Here
Located Near Wilkea Milling
Company, WeH Eqoipp-
ed. Good Inatmctora
nssrsAinnsT
Evangdistic
Services Are To
Begin Monday
Rev. H. F. Jones,' of Appo
mattox, Virginia, Will
Assist The Pastor
A two-week’s series of evange
listic services will begin on Mon
day, 8 p. m., next week, at the
First Baptist church.
Rev. H. Frederick Jones, of Ap-
pomatthx, Virginia, will be the
guest minister for the senes of
meetings. Previous to his pres
ent pastorate, the visiting minis
ter has been pastor of the Memo
rial church, Greenville, N.C.; Port
Norfolk church, Portsmouth, Vir
ginia: Fulton church, Richmond,
Virginia: and Brantley ebureh, Bal
timore, Md. Brantley church
was one of the largest Baptist
churches in th^. city of Baltimore.
Special preparalaOTS have Ir'ea
made for the meetCag which begins
Monday. For sev«*l weeks,
prayer meetings have been held ia
a number of the homes of tiie
commitnity-- 7H*e .Woricer^ Council
of the church meets tmiight 8 p.
m. (Thursday) at the home of the
pastor, to make additional plans
Poteat,
lumberman, two truck Urea; W.
H. H. Waugh, orriiardlat and
farmer, two truck Urea and two
tubes; Charles C. McNeill, jml)^'
He Welfare, one tube; Bev. Joi-
eph Marshall Greene, one tire:
EMgar Lee Hemphill, mail carrier,
one tire and two tubes; Albert
Cecil Vestal, wage and hour in
spector, one tube.
Recapped truck tires: Parkway
Bus cmnpany, James Henry Say
lors, Theodore Thadford Yates,
Jeue McCoy Hinton. >
Recapped passenger tires; How
ard C. Colvard, 'Raymond Guy
Cleary, Charles C.,MoKelU, Rev.
Joseph M. Greene, JolUi Sherman
Mathis, William Hertand Cain
and Albert Cee^ VastaL^
. WUk«i bo^a pu^
•Aw d^iamiGid^OkilDwinger'
"Site: -V'
' Central Electric am ’Telepkoi^
company. North Wflkesboro, two
tubes and two tirea; Ray Hayes,
North Wilkesboro, one tire, one
tube; Piedmont Mountain Fright
Line, North Wilkesboro, one tire;
Town of North Wilkesboro, two
tubes, two tires; Eldgar Finley
Caudill, Norti Wilkesboro, one
tire; Duke Power company, two
tubes, two tires; Christopher Co
lumbus Alexander, Roaring Riv
er, two tires.
Those issued certifleatea for
recapping service were: Paul Ed
gar Church, North Wilkesboro
route two: Fred Moore Staley,
North Wilkesboro; Annie H. Cra-
(Continued on page 8)
UNTIL APRIL 24—
Marine Corps
Recruiters.Here
A recruiting party of the Unl-
fed States Marines arrived in
North Wilkesboro on Monday,
April ISth. These men
located In the town hall at North
Wilkesboro until the 24th of Ap-
- iT 0«rmku, Fldely
,tkW»er .and dattyman, was
elected chainaan of the
mple A commRtee In a meeMiB
beid Tuesday. ‘
Other membecs of the eomi^
committed as elected by the cawr
ty Convention of delegates ftMa
thv 89 eommnnlttee are oa ii^
>w: H. C. Roberta, vice chaii&
>man; W.M. Abeher, regnler
her; J. A. Poplin, first altecimMp
MoKelll, second aMP-
‘ 3, 0. rolndexter, WUkea
eoMUtji’ acoowntoait sad tax av-
pervleor, who jpasinnnred
Ms coadldacy for RefoMl-
can aominarion for SherUf.
ANNOUNCED TODAY—
IPomdexter Files
As Candidate For
SheiiR Of County
Republican Nominee Four
Years Ago Again In
Race For l%eriff
C. G. Poindexter, county ac
countant, today announced hts
candldaOy for the Republican
nondnation for sUerUt ia the prtr
'■ ~ ' ''
and T.
nate.
The county committee In
utlve eeaslon re-elected
rence Miller ae peeretary
county odmlnistratiTe
Mrs. Clella M. Haynes was eim-
ted ■ treasurer of the county a»-
soclation.
Blectiou of committeemea to.
the many eommnnitlee In tke
newly organised association
held on Saturday afternoon,
fanners In their meetings
elected delegatee to the cooIM
convention, which elected tlia
county committee.
(Three first named' in «mOk
group are the committee and the-
remaining two are altematee In
order they appear.)
Gommunlty No. 1, Antlodk
Township — L. M. Jarris, B. f»
Johnson, C. F. Foster, MansfieM
Parks and James McGee.
Community No. 2, Beaver
Creek Township— T. W. Peigm-
son; J. p. Weot, L. F. Walsh,/ A.
noHW W" «krail I, -
confity {^rd of electloQt
Fonr years ago he was the Re-
ippblioan nominee for sheriff and
Iret by a margin of 84 votes to
Sheriff C. T. Doughton, who at
that time was the Democratic
nominee for his second term.
Prior to that time he was en
gaged In mercantile business here.
In December. 1938, he was ap
pointed county accountant and
tax supervisor, which office he
has held since that time. He is
well known in this part of the
state and has been active Jn the
affairs of the Republican party.
The announcement released l>y
Mr. Poindexter today follows:
“To the Republicans of Wilkes
County:
‘‘fl .hove filed as a candidate for
1^ office of Sheriff of Wilkes
(bounty, subject to the wishes- of
the Republicans as they may ex
press themselves in the primary
when it is held on May 30th.
’’This decision has not been
rea/^ed hurriedly, • but has been
prompted by Republican suppor-
Broofeir
c.
P. Tis*-
Junlor
nUUUI*J'4 ^ ^
will be ters and leaders in every Township
and Precinct in Wilkes county
who )iBve given me the assurance
r7rThw*wnraccept-men for en- that the ^publicans of Wilkes
S, J.“ u. a. c«,„ a.,- «».» ««t th.» «u.d.d.u
4-H Club Council
To Meet Saturday
WUkee sounty council of 4-H
etaW, eompooed of the olHcers
and teafiem of all the 4-H elube
, epokemnan for the^to the county, mm meet at
thd
The Carolina Welding echool
has opened in the Dlmette build-^
Ing on •Wilkesboro Avenue oppo
site Wilkes Milling company.
The echool Is well equipped an(|
shlprerd trained instrnoton Mfib
on hand to''^ve practical Inatruc-
tlons and training to all who takO vices,
the eottrse. :f
Carolina Welding schopl can
place a luge number of. trained
gradnates at high wage# in ship
yards and in aircraft plante.
All who are Intereeted are asked
to visit the school here at the
earliest date possible.
Ing they are in good physical
puBLvi, w — —- ,— - condition, have moral character
for Sunday school cooperation m no dependents.
J *1.-«,«««««•. Robert Bartholomew, who
Bartholomew, who
ing this ^ the race four years agp
I7\r3o”:^enU.e for^InlMt. wtrve“=n^
ment In. the Marine Corps provld- “own to au wno _
TO Wna*Rp^,f, •
LaSion, * E.
Laws and Iff.'D. Bsrp.
Community No. 4,
Mountain Township — J.
der, Fred G. Gllreath. J.
der, R. P. Parker and
Costner.
CommunPy No. 5, Edwarda
Township No. 1— C. C. Aleaaa-
der, John Q. Burcham, J. B, M-
wards, W. W. Harris and Jack
Hoots.
Community No. 6, Edward*-
Township No. 2—J. A. PopUX,
Irvin Key. J. K. Tharpe, B. F-
Edwards and W. S. Key.
C-ommnnity No. 7, EMwarda
Township No. 3 — Alton Carter.
W, P. Oilliam, E. W. Smith, O.F-
Holbrook and Arthur West.
Community No. 8. Mwaida
Township No. 4—W. W. LuiTmaa,
Fred Norman, Barney Normaa,.
C. W. Luffman and Clyde Leg
man.
Community No. 9, Elk Town
ship—W. O. Barne't. E. C. Hod
ges, W. A. Proffit, W. M. Mintoa
and L. A. Minton.
Community No. 10. Jobs Cabia
Township — H. H. Beshears, D,
P. Beshears, 0. M. Watson, W.
(Continued on page ’8)
regard to plans for the meeting,
* The series ot meetings will con
tinue through Friday, M^ 1. Ser
vices will be conducted each, even
ing, except Satprdayj at j8 p. rt.
There will he t^ro serffcex'va Sun-
daF, A co^alEvelcome P extant
md
interest in politics in Wilkes coun
ty. I am not asbamed of the ef
fort and its resnlts.
“1) want to thank every man and
oroman who me when I
Sg t Ro^rt Bartholomew w^ — . candidate before I now
ere In charge of the MarlneCorpe «„nnort in the primary:
Recruiting Station In
Wilkesbore. yonng men ^ fha'tot of which
• whoATC intereoted in loiMng the
Marine Oorea. to eoMact thtol»>| “D«ri^the past four years it
medlatoly. “11 yon “vo *?*|rt«r-} be«» a pleasure to. serve the
ed wirti the Sele^t^ people of WUkes county as County
that doea not mean th^you can t J^^^ountaht and I take pxi^ m
enlist In the Marine Cori^ If j|, .„ ^rfonned this duty in
North support in the prtoary
end, if nominated, I jdedge to
ed ,to the flublid to attend the ser-
W«ek*« Sch^ttle /
For Home Clubs
SCHEDULE MADE—
Pre-School CliiK
Season Here Agaii
Health Officer To MfiJee Ci
amination of CkildreB T»
Enter Schotd In Fall
cornfafttae said ,
Nhdct meetiag of the eonunittee
he krid OB Wednesday af
ternoon, four o'clock, at Hotel
vnikm. At that meeting mlnte-
im wOI be present with two refc
from -each churep
the mraMsm of finamfisg
taetraethm wM dieeaMedfllie MMUag.
eotmfy eourthouio in WUkeeboro
on Satuiday afternoon this wrek,
one p. m. '
J, B. enlpes, county ag«at, H.
O. Ootvgrd, aasistnnt agent, and
*Hg» Ai^e Lanrle Herring, hoine
demon/rtration agent, nig» nU
Bill Mitclieli^r
. U. $.HaYit| fteMerve
BlU Mitchell, n^hinr of Artor^
ney and Mta Engeae .Trlwtte
and now a law stndent/iai tho
Vnfversh^ A North ;0nroUns, Ims
eiilis^ In the U. S. itoval resorrst
add iMU report t* th« oSloere
training school at Oolomhia Vni-
versity in Now York City.
*Ihe young man It well known
here, having: spent h^ vacation
you have been ,
Draft Bourd you esm sMU^enHst
‘In the branch of servlee that you
jquw Annie Lanrle |
WUm home deeaMtetretioB ag-«to the Marine Coy
eat,'has announced Ike ?hilowlng' day 4d let the
SUaleof homCtoattl^to^ explata^^-^^^^^ oppoltankto you
. lit 1 V- tki,' having performed this duty in
claasifii^ by the |eUeve to be a courteous
TO/
heart wCek;
jhave IW' Jelniuff (he E. 8-Marine i ^ nosthflee for sheriff or not
Biitei^ EEmmlMML ‘VTlCf. 4IB* .' ' i '
Wilkes county health deRarb-
ment today announced dotes hr
holding pre-sehoel clinics nt ntne
of the UrgMt schools In th*
county -V- , ,
At the clinic frea eumlaatlea,
of children who are to artsw
school next berm will bq g|vmhy
.. — ^ the health officer and rheoauMah-
and riCflcieBt manner. 'datlons will be made for eorree
Ag^, I ech yow luppore ™-t^4tlve treatment of any phyMeaP
pn^nary and pledge yod to nmoe found,
by yooTi dedsto to Aat vnamo i paroats are urged to eooppeafi*
lad to work for having the children at
Ute entoe. tiilBet, whether 1 am ' - - .- tT.r
,«u,. i«n n
aremlNn of the eoiuK^ to nttand months with attorney . and _Mrf.
... 'Wivetta.
River clnb «t admol
2:J0 p. m. ' ■'
Wednesdsy, April t2—dWhrsStt
club at home tof Mto. J,l|:Caat-
ner,.tiro p. m.
IktSday,'April 2S—Mt. Pls-
Eah clnb at hhme of Mrs. J. M/
Wright.
]^dny, April 14—MpUberry
clUb at home (ri MrC AfStflM
Byrd, two p. a.
luBCkrewi,MtotmaBi hT the «a«Brv6 Oorps.
I which is for the dnntkm, or yon
may enlist in the reg^ar Etaiine
coTpe for four yeBrB.‘'_,^!ji.
Marnage Licttue
Ltoeae to wed were- to«Ml
•rhajtorlne Cospa^Mrgea men 'issued during the paid
to take advantage of tlw «rf««a- 3. C. Sidden, WUk»
tional ' opportuBitia* ^oRMed. deeda, to two ooupla; v Joreph
There are seventeto large schqote Bewlfft and Satly ^o^.-hoth of
opqretod 'by thrf*-tto^o^n Bnriito -Ctogaf ^om>
mew in all phasfii
reheol 011 n 10 8. Vs
agMato smAlipox and dlphRitoia.
wnt hC given.
Thf iehednle of pre ael
eUntes follows; Honda' April
9:10 a. a.; Olingman
I cSfi p. a.{ MHlera
;S1, 9i4f‘a. a.j.
21, t;0fi p- Vf.;
April a-B.,
li