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No^ CAToUha. ^ % VOL. XXXV, No. 12 Published Mondayj^C*B>t^ayB. NORTH Mft C., ltp!W)j^^ ^ =5r V • '■'.•« TO MAKE DRIED MILK, DRIED EGGS, AND MANY DAIRY PRODUCI^ COBLE PLANT IN WILKK^RO PLANS TO OPEN ON - * ■ •vjf.' iiSi 'V r -sv"-;,, > • > f vt'vf ' '* i, 'K t- ^ A V 'ca ' •%'« •. ^ - ■■,'‘!0m/' '* ■•- --'-C-ij.-. I COUNT MAIlPO MeB44To Nominated 'i >' & ^ vi/ ^ -- The Foarth Recistration In Wflkec Carried Out Effi ciently By Volnnteen BAiaV PRWyC'lS f|; Here is a drawing of the large CAle Dairy Products plant in Wilkesbort^ which has beenl completed and will open Oil Friday, May 1, if all machinery can be inatall- i(ed by that date. The plant will provide a market for all the milk which can be produced in northwestern North Carolina. Scores of milk routes will operate in gathering the milk from farms. Location of the plant in this section is expected to mark the beginning of a great era of agricultural progress. In addition to pro viding a market for milk, the company will purch^ surplus eggs in the low egg price season, thus holding up the market price on one of the most important agri cultural products in the state. SAW NEWS ITEM— Ra£eStoien From Town Hall ORGANIZATION MEETING TEACHERS’JO&— , ■v34^'.-4 om l own Hall ^ ^ Registration On Here Returned CoilVCIltlOn May 1D May 12,13 and 14 ! • The nation today completed its ,connt of srailahle mai^wer by ; registration of men between ages of 44 and 65. The fourth registration, some times called the industrial draft, is for the purpose of ascertaining the nunrber of men who oan be used in industrial and other uses except actual combat in the war. The men who registered today will not receive a questionnaire to determine their eligibility for armed service but for labor and occupational service. In Wilkes the registration was handled efficiently at the schools with the teachers volunteering their services to do the work. The county schools had a holiday because many of the school build ings were used as registration points and teachers were register ing the men. In North Wllkeeboro schools operated and other volunteer workers did registration at the town hall until 2:30, when school teachers took over end kept the reglstnatlon places open until nine p. m. Volunteers in addition to teachers here Nichols, Miss Miss Mary Hester Clark, Mrs. Rnftu Church, Miss Janie Mc- Dfermld, Mrs. Mary Moore Hlx, Wiw Kate pgllvle, , Mrs. Harry TItk' ;Iia«hie Tate, Mrs. Betty Whilesidea, Mrs. Boyd gtout, Mrs. R. O.^ Finley. ame SgnaH V|l Be Used b Cnt Of Ibal Air R^ Timuery Whistle, Sirens, ephoae Signals and AMh' Homs To Be Used Attorney B. C. Brock, above, of Mocksville, was nominated by the ItepuoCicans of the 24th Senatorial distrKt. comprised of the counties of Yadkin, Wilkes and Davie. Mr. Brock has serv ed in the Senate and House be fore. • MANY FIRES RAGE— State Guard Is Fighting Fires In Mountains were Miss Mary (Company Here Called Out Lucille Adams. ^^Tieodore Rush Had Sold Iti ^ for $2.50 To Resident I Postcard Costs $50 Near North Wilkesboro A news item in Thursday's j JournaLPatriot was indirectly i responsible for the return of a radio which had been stolen from a desk in the fire department of the town hall here. i The radio wo.s stolen late on j the night of Friday. April 17. i from the desk which is often used by police near the front of the , building. No clues relative to the bold theft were found hut on | ^Iday, one week after it was | •iken, a man brought it in. I ' A Mr. Eller who livep a short I distance west of this city brought | In the radio, saying that he had | purchased it for $2,50 from j Theodore Rush on the night it ( waa stolen from the fire depart- jpinent. 'When he saw the news item ebont a radio toeing stolen he put two and two together and real ised that he had purchased a stolen radio for only a fraction of its real worth and proceeded to return It to its proper place. Police Chief J. E. Walker said that Rush is also charged with stealing a pickup from Fores ter's Nu-Way Service station but to dfte he has not been located. The pickup, which was taken from the station and near where the attendants were working, was found the following day near Champion. It had not been bad ly damaged. Durham.—It cost Uie Durhajii Fire Department about $50 to mail a penny postcard. Tliat's the estimated expense of an- .wering a false alarm. At 6: OS o’clock one morning three trucks rolled out of Sta tion No. 1 in answer to an alarm turned in from Box No. 315 at the corner of Queen and lilberty .street.s. But the only tiling tlie fire men saw was a penny postcard in the firebox addres-sed to Mrs. liHiira White of North Wilke.-.- iHiro, Route 1. Tlie person xvlio mailed tlie card mi.stook the fire box for a mall box. Chief Bennett said lie has in structed Captain B. C. Canna- dy to serve as tlie “mailman" in the rase and to send the ciml to Nortli Wilkesboro. Precinct Meets Will Be Held In All Precincts 9th Motorists Will Register For Gasoline Rationing To Begin May iSth Calls Issued Here By J. R. Rousseau, Wilkes Demo cratic Chairman Registration of car and truck owners for gasoline rationing will j be on May 12, 13 and 14 and rati oning will begin on May 15. Late news dispatches from the nation’s capital indicate that a larger amount of gasoline than the j2 1-2 to five gallons weekly, as chairman} if was first suggested, may be al lowed each motorist. Officials have again called on the teachers to handle the gasoline Sugar Rationing Registration Data Guardsmen In Work Except for moonlight and sons, forest fires, Wilkes was black am the see of spades for half aa hour Friday night. The first general blackout floi* a large territory In this part a* the country was acclaimed a saa- cess and cooperation waa exts»r dod thronghonl the area In thm maneuver, which extended frosa Raleigh westward through tt counties. It was the second blackout for North Wilkesboro end Wllkea- boTo, which had a successful trial blackout several weeks ago. It was a fitting test to civilian defense preparations, should tfca- need arise for the actual thing. No one here knew the exact time for the blackout since It had only been announced aa somewhere between nine and 11 o’clock. As the hour of nine o’clock ap proached a tenseness seemed tw prevail and people waited qulK.- ly in expectancy. I At 9:20 the tannery whlsUa boomed its teas tones Into tha- air and lights began going o« rapidly. Only a few seconds we«w needed to get both towns black. And almost as rapidly tka blackout extended into rural communities. Telephone operators rang every rural line for half a minute, which was the given slr- North Wllkedboro company ofljal. Auto horns began lettia* J. R, Rousseau the Wilkes county Democratic executive committee, today an nounced dates of the precinct i jne teacners lo naiivuc n,c meetings and county convention registration as they did the selec. ;28 and Applicants for sugar rationing hooks today were cautioned by C. B. Eller, Wilkes sugar rationing administrator, to come prepared with full Information when they register at elementary schools in their vicinity May t, 5, 6 and 7. Insti'utlonal and industrial usero of sugar will register April 29 at high schools in txortn YNJixeouuro i -— .... th^ *tate guard waa oailed out by' out their hlaste, and aa othw Go$emor J. M. Broughfon Sun- heard the noise they day to fight forest fires which! their horn buttons to carry th* are still raging in western North ' news farther out. Carolina. ' several communities chunck The company here under com-'and school hells helped heraldtha mend of Captain Harry Pearson , news, a.s well as the ^ went to Lenoir to join the compa- nsl which follow e a a ny there. Presumably, the two Ister. companies are being used in the I Air raid wardens auxiliary po- Johns River part of Caldwell '•'’fi and others of the clvl 1« county, where destructive fires organization did a sp en i • Sunday were out of control. not only here hut c oiig ' e Meanwhile, the toad fires in the ways and in thick > popii a ALL LAST WEEK— 99 Frog Millhouse Spends Few Days in Wilkes county. The precinct meetings will be held on Saturday afternoon. May 9, two p. m„ in ail the precincLs Voters will elect a precinct-com mittee of five,.which must include .at least one lady, who mus$ be chairman or vice chairman. The committee will elect a chairman, who will represent the precinct )>|on the county Democratic erecu- tive committee. The county convention will tie held et the courthouse In Wilkes- tooro on Saturday, May 16, two Associational W. M. U. Meet p. m. ’"he county organization h w Wlllroclinm ^ lerfected and delegates li« ff lllkCSUUi Ui-will be named to the state con- I venflon, which will convene on High Ranking Screen Come-'fiday. May 22. 12 o’clock noon T. . « In Raleigh, dian and Family Puts Up Here For A Week Annual convention of the Wom an’s Missionary Union of Brushy Mountain Beptlst association will be held at Wilkesboro Baptist cknrch on Friday, May 1, begin ning at ten a. m. The associational meeting will eonttnoe throughout the day and picnic Innch will be served at m^Wtirg speakers will include W. D. Briggs, of Raleigh; Cm. J. B. Hippe, of Asheville; Hn. B. C. JMnes. of Blkln. ^11 chnrcbee In the association asked to he wel’. represented. Smiley Burnette. probably better known on the screen as ‘‘Frog Mlllhouse’’, comedian partner of Gene Autry, came here a week ago for a personal perfor mance at Liberty Theatre and liked North Wilkesboro so well that he made North Wilkesboro headquarters for a week. AT TOWN HALL— Navy Rscniiters Coming Friday sugar registrations soon to be I required to file detailed j for two years. In the meantime. Due to a shortage of transpor-1 they will not be permitted to tation facilities, a temporary gaso- make any sugar sales after p line rationing system will' be set 28 except upon surrender of su^- up to last until July 1, at which Ur certificates Hence, retail sug- time a more permanent rationing ir sales will he suspended system in accordance with supplies 1 brief period. anticipated will be set up. 1 Only one member Since announcement of gasoline lly may register for the fam y rationing was made, there have .unit, but he or been different statements made bylwith them da*a regarding national officials as to the amount jer members of „ of gasoline which will be available j Kooks will not he iMued for the average motorist and it i the 'data are furnishe , may be several days before any i made clear. -„hich deftaite amount is set. | Here Is the Meanwhile, a curtailment of gas-1 should be furnished a olina deliveries to dealers will go of registration: „#♦>,? into effect on May 1, which will! 1. A list of the necessitate less gasoline consump-i family and their exac ^ tion before rationing is began. Navy recruiters J. L, Brown and F. A. Yarbrough from the Navy Recruiting station at Sal isbury will establteh temporary He and as.soclates played be- headquarters at the Post Office fore large crowds at the theatre Monday night and his show was enthuslaatlcalir treceived. Throughout the week Burnette played at »eTeml towns In the western part of the state and he and his family, which consists of Mrs. Burnette and two chll- idren, were guests at Hotel Wilkes in North Wilkesboro. He said he liked North Wilkesboro very much and was happy to be able to make his headquaxtere here while playing in other towns. BUY DEFKN8E BONDS In North Wilkesboro on Friday, May 1st, for the purpose of in terviewing men desiring to en list in the Navy or Naval Reserve. Men with trades are especially desired in the Naval Reserve as Petty Officers. Those who are not skilled in any particular kind of work may qualify for one of the Navy’s many trade schools and learn the kind of work they wish to follow. All interested men in ttls locality are urged to see Mr. Brown and Mr. Yar- , Baptist Meeting Will &id Friday year old charge of fraudently ob taining unemployment benefits. He is a former employe of Amer ican Furniture company. While making applications here eevenal j news editor months ago for benefits, he failed Patriot mil/ out* vaa%/a. - 2 An exact description of eacU member of the family unlt-- hetght, weight, color of eyes, col or of hair, age and »ex- 3 The exact relationship oi each member of the tanrily .to the person who is regfatering !for the family unit- -The series of evangelistic ser- • 4. It Is much "sugar vices et the First Baptist church (the pound just household, will Close on Friday evening. is in di-^ P ^ Rev. H. F. Jones, of Appomat- ’The g^pie In LOUTt 1 0 DCjPDi Sr. S Tuesday Morning more than four northeastern part of Wilke; county had been brought under control. A. A. Triplett. Wilkes forest warden, said. Three large fires burned over more than 10,000 acres of heavi ly timbered land.s on Garden Creek, Greenstreak mountain and other points. HERE TODAY— Sentence One For Fraud In Getting U. C. C. Payments rural communities. Traffic wrs at a atAiulsMil on the highways a.s all motorists stopix-il and turne-l off their lights Tlie s.'inie signal.s it- were usrid hVidiiy niglit for Mie practice blackout will be used should a re.-il blackoul hr- ordered be- cau>‘e of pr»*seni'e of I'lUMwy planes. W. H. MoKlwec. riiair^ man of the oivilmn dofejise iiiicil, ,sail trslay. The t«j»- iier>- wliLstle for two minutes at night will signtil n lil.ickoot and tlie same system of teU>- phone rings and auto horn* will carrj- the blackout news U» mml areas. B. M. Wilson Must Refund, LETTER SAYS— Marines Like B. M. Wilson. local resident, in city court today was sentenced to 30 days on the roads, the sen fence suspended on condition that he refund $58 he received in un employment Compensation Bene fits while employed. Wilson, now employed at Mar tin Aircraft plants in Baltimore, N. Wilkesboro The two U. S. Marine reerptt- Ing sergeants who manned recruiting station here last week were favorably impressed with North Wilkesboro. U.U ^ ... After taking sevenal enlist. was arres’ed here Saturday on a ments, the officers left on Friday. Their sentiments relatlvo to CO7., operation received here were pressed in the following tetter, addressed to Dwight Nkshplst of The Journal* to feport earnings as required by law. CIVILTERM— tox and the services at eight o’clock each evening are being well at tended and'much interest is being shown. “Wilkes County Night" will be observed tomorrow night and all Baptist churches In Wilkes are asked to have representatives et the service. A rented locomotive famished the steam heat that has made pos- Bible a third shifti at a Lester, Pa., brongh on May 1st at the Post plant participating In the War Office in North WUkesboro. ,Prodnetion Drive. per person. If _ stamps h«re to he siance of the book will be with held until later. A flamily unit has btoen defined by the Office of Price Admlnls- tratioB as "a grottp of two or more individuals cOnsUtlng .of all persons who are lirittf together In the same household who are rela ted by blood or marriage.” (See blank oil pfige 8) April term Wilkes superior court will get under way m Wilkesboro Tuesday, April 28. Court was scheduled to begin today but Judge J. H. Clement or dered adjournment until Tuesday morning because today was regis- trafiOL day for men betwean ages of 44 and 66. Civil eases will toe tried during I the two-weeks term. ip,! itAfikk U. S. Marine Recruiting Office- North Wilkesboro, N. C. The Journal-Patriot Nhrth Wilkesboro, N. C. Sir, Just a no'e to thank yon _f«W“ the kind cooperation that you have shown us in our work Ik this city. If we could count the people In every town ea wo can North Wilkesboro, our *001*, would be most pleaaant at ull; times. We sincerely hope .m.'' some day in the near fiptote our r officers ■will deem It adrisable return us to this ritf. Yours for Vlctary^y ROHBRT L COOPiR Stf. S|t, ,Xl.£ ROBBRT H. .,-2,. 8tf. W
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