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• R. M. Sr.*^.
^r*. W Fowler, o* FluaWti^'
10 Tlsi^ac'fcer mother, Mra.
Hdcomh.
. Mr,r«nd^'Mrs. Weko ®ftr, M
.jSel^Atr, Md„ haver hoen vlaUrw
r^Mjsw 'ln the Far^r. eoa^P'
hity.
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1^- (Mr, ahd lire. Joe Oodby apenl
;tho weeh-end with relative* *t
Mooksville.*
Mra. Kent ThomM, '‘-o! ’ U)ng
Island, N. Y.; la ^vtolttng her
mother, Mra. Itf. L. Ollroath, and
other relatives and friends here,
Mr. Wade Whityngton. who ia
working at Cherry Point, spent
the week-end at home.
Mias Dorothy .Beehears has oc-
'Mr. and Mrs. 5laVk Reckerdlte.
of Winston Salem, ^ visited vela
Uvea In the Purlea'r community
community Sunday.
gtn^i yesterday!* fc™.' Meoro,- . ,
dgm^itgr of the lat^Vr. and Mm.
^W.,?1I. |taft«f. ,4.!«ie|lsr of dee^
of Caldwell -Mthttlt.
noatoiftctfr sl«iMn4it mm
gt %« .Todrihi-Fgt^.;. -ofled
mdybinf. Mr. Jtaoitf b(U 4ei!tL •
regular reader ^of..dur.
over twenty years. '
Mr. and Mrs. Garland Join''
son, of Lexington, . were -guests
yesterday at Mrs. Joha80n*’e par
ents. Hr. and Mrs. Joseph Whltei
Mrs. Johnson is pleasantly re^
membered here es
White.
ittflk’'
the Champioh'fw^ifca'
the {^'week-end. ' He
ha^to Wadip^j
:v, , '
>hy hig fiamlly.
Pfc. Henry Pearson, marine
stationed at Quantico, Va.. spent
suaoo s^ax/vsa./ ... StaUOnea ai ^^uauuuu, va., OK^»«L
cepted a position In Relns-Sturdl- | week-end with relat Ivea at
vaht office here. } Millers Creek.
Mr. Grant Wiles, who Is a rest-; ;^,oiyn Taylor Is attending
dent of North wllkesboro route ^ dentists’ convention In Greens-
3, was a vteltor td this city today, Tuesday and Wed-
Miss Madeline Cllnard, of Win-1 nesday.
ston-Salem, has been spending a i ,jj|. Mack Miller, student at
few days with Miss Barbara, College, spent the week-end
Ogilvle. jjgje with hla parents, Mr. and
Mr. Zeb Stewart, of Lenoir, 8th i Mrs. G. M. Miller,
division highway engineer, was a, j jjandy and little son.
business visitor here Friday. Thomas Gordon, of ^Ikln, spent
Mrs. J. H. Huffman, of Cham-[feveral days last week with Mrs.
plon, was among those spending j Handy s mother, Mrs. D. G, es.
several hours here today. | Rebecca Moseley returned
Miss Beatrice Holbrook, of' to her duties as a member of the
Traphill. was a visitor to the city i«ty school faculty today «
I i^k Via r*£» r\f ( wn IVPPkA /lU^ lO 111**
today.
j absence of two weeks due to ill
' ness.
•Messrs. Harley Ellis, Ed Day. j ok,
and Jack Henderson, who have i Mr. and Mrs. Robert Goble,
positions in Baltimore, spent the,Jr., and daughter. Anna Dean, of
week-end at their homes. j Hickory, spent the week-end ^th
! Mrs. Goble’s mother. Mrs. Fred
Mr. M. B. McNeill, who has a
position at Cherry Point, spent
the week-end at his home near
this city.
Glass.
.Mr. and Mrs. John H. Watts,
of Washington. D. C.. are visiting
Mr. Watts’ parents, Mr, and Mrs.
W. D. Watts, of Boomer.
Mr, and Mrs. Carl A. Lowe and
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lowe, of
Wilkesboro. spent Friday in
Knoxville. Tenn., where Mr. Carl
A. Lowe had business matters to
claim his attention.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Harvel.
Jr., of Chapel Hill, spent the week
end here. Mr. Harvel has a posi
tion as a machinist there.
Miss Elizabeth Privette, of
Union Grove, spent Friday in
North Wilkesboro shopping and
spent a short while with Mrs. C.
B, Kemp while here.
] Miss Emma Eller, member of
j the city school faculty, is ill and
is a patient at the Wilkes hospi-
-^1. Mrs. A. C. Waggoner is «nb-
‘stitntlng for her as second grade
I teacher.
Local Soldier
Returns Home
Yes. we Know it's nothing unu
sual for one of our boys in camp
to spend a week end at home, but
did you see Private Bill Tomlinson
when he was here a few days ago ?
In case you didn’t and would lik«
to know how really good he look,
ed. please turn to page 6 columt
1.
Messrs. Lytle and Cecil Howell
and Bruce Pearson, who are
working on a hospital project at
Wilmington, spent the week-end
at their respective homes in the
Moravian Falls community.
Mr: Mason Sniithey, of Raleigh,
spent several days last week at
Roaring River with his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Smithey. Mr.
Smithey holds a postioii in the
state highway shops at Raleigh.
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iMias Billie Waugh Jobnaou,
daughter of Hr. and Mrs, J. Hi
Johnson, epent , the week-end
here. Mias Johnson ia & student
of the pharmacy school at tho
University of North Carbltpa
which Is located at-Chapel Hill.
pleasantly ««« '
Miss ICathleen , ^ . J, ,, >'
Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Foster and
Mr. and Mfs. Jim Foster, of
Portsmouth, Va.. visted relatives
and friends In the county over
the week-end. Messrs. Foster
hold positions in the navy yards
at Portsmouth.
Mr. Hubert Coleman and little
daughter, Barbara Ann, of Spar
tanburg. S. C„ spent a sort while
In North Wilkesboro Wednesday
with his cousin, Mr. C. B. Kemp,
on his way to visit his father, Mr.
N. W. Coleman, of Union Grove.
Mr. John A. Caudill, well known
resident of Mulberry township,
was a North Wilkesboro visitor
Friday. Mr. Caudill is e splendid
farmer, and while here he stated
that he han an unusually fine
wheat crop this year.
Xalmage
is of tbs'IsU WHlle
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AustralUSdUl^
o ncstred
w»»
moM Itaff tt w*s ftirfa* Ws pro¥?
pi^lefiiB Slth llMd w me
,.to the tfiont; '
I* -He'Midf kre shsyd^it ab«j»e
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■rik'Jo« trf. wabBaJt0i$»,
Hrs, B, fktb*,Mr.
Mr. Losf
itoB
(setied Germsii
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tik
I- ia
fltie
, jRJgW^LiaSd fktbw,Mr. ^ I
Th«iiiLP«^ and MrV y&
J. ,C.
Mrs
and
of the county, attended the com
mencement exerciaea at A. 8. T. C.
at Boone Friday. Miss ...Alda
Greene, daughter of .Mr. and Mrs.
B.' C. Greene, ^ was a memiber of
the large graduating class.
Maple Spirlii^ eommuBUlM,* lU^vlgorona
• kfAA««/lAif AlsA AASVl- XS ■ Wft tX
Were''Ifl iapjtireb^ifffbn'
. - 'SbSW** of'the
idbtt Bliii. Surviving tare one'WQn,'
Mrs. Ralph Duncan returned
yesterday from a two weeks’ visit
in St. Louis, Mo., with her son,
Mr. Isaec Duncan, and family.
Mr. Duncan motored over to
Statesville to accompany her to
this city.
Mrs. Rosa Reves, who has
been on an extended visit with
her daughter, Mrs. Harold Riley,
in St. Louis, returned to her home
here yesterday. Mrs. Riley, the
former Miss Mattie Reves. re
turned with her mother for a
vislt-
iMrs. Fannie Holbrook, wife of
Mr. Joe Holbrook, who is con
nected with Dole Bros. Circus,
underwent an operation recently
at Davis Hospital in Stateeville.
end is getting along fine, we are
glad to state. Mrs. Holbrook is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. .1.
C. Mitchell, of Wilkesboro.
Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Armbrust.
of.Monroe, arrived today to spend
a few' days with friends here. Rev.
Mr. Armbrust. a former pastor of
the North Wilkesboro Methodist
church, will address the Men's
Brotherhood banquet Ladies Night
meeting Tuesday evening, 6:30,
at the Woman's clubhotise.
/ Mr. Paul Jones Shatley, age 27,
son of Mr. and Mra. Charles
Shatley, Route 1, North Wilkes
boro, was accepted for service ia
the marine corps at the U. 3.
Marine Corps Recruiting Station
Post Office Building, Winston-Sa
lem. He was transferred to the
Marine Barracks, Parris Island, S'.
C.. for a brief perl-jd of training.
Upon completion of his training
he will be assigned to some ser
vice school, ship, marine barracks
or foreign station for duty. En
trance examinations ere now be
ing held at the U.S.Marine Corp.s
Recruiting Station, Post Office
Building, Winston-Salem, N. C.
Full Information and application
blanks will be forwarded upon
request.
\
Beaten Jap Fleet
Flees To Shelter
Mrs. John D. Hiiie.s and little
daughter, Beth, left Sunday tor
e two-weeks' visit with Colonel
Hines. Colonel Hine.s is siationed
at Fort Jacksov. Mrs. Hines and
Beth have been making their
home with Mr.s. Hines’ father
and mother. Mr. and Mr.s. I,. T.
Barnard while Colonel Hine« is
stationed at Fort .lackson.
Mrs. J. E, Sigmon. Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Sigmon and two
children, and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Young, of Newton, were gueste of
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Henderson
end Mr. and Mrs. Fred Henderson
in Wilkesboro yesterday. Mrs. T.
E. Sigmon is Mrs. Fred Hender
son's mother and Mr. Sigmon is
her brother.
Gen. MacArthur’s Headquar
ters. Melbourne.— Battered rem
nants of a Japanese fleet, turned
back at the gates of Australia,
limped northward last night to
the uneasy shelter of Bismarck
Island bases, seeking escape from
the fury of American sea and air
forces which exacted a toll of at
least 19 enemy ships in the bat
tle of the Coral Sea.
Battle Over
General Douglas MacArthur’s
headquarters announced that the
tattle, which appeared on the
basis of preliminary reports to
have been the most successful in
United States naval history, now
was completely ended.
Reports from advanced Allied
bases said that at ieast 500 planes
took part in the flve-day aero-na
val battle, the crucial phase of
which was fought 450 miles off
the coast of northeast Australia.
.They included torpedo carriers
and dive bombers which were be
lieved to have taken a dominant’
role in shattering the Japanese
invasion fleet.
Enemy Claim-s
(Berlin radio said Japan claim
ed that the United States lost
200 planes in the battle.)
Official sourc&s parried que.s-
tions whether the Allied or Jap
anese forces broke off the en
gagement. But .successive reports
that the battle had “temporarily
ceased’’ and "the enemy has
fine civic vorX t^e'eidb baiillAAa
doing. ’‘'’.'A ■ '’’'av
^ Oarl, E. VanDeman,
apecialist and laboratory r^arcli
worker, explai)Ded.„to the cla|) bow
the apples had been so .well k^t'
and the recent findings In aifple
storage research work;
Several mattew of interest
were taken up prior to the pro
gram.
J. R. Hix urged the.member
ship'- to cooperate In every way
possible in the Bond S&le Cam
paign now going on, stating that
a fine start is being made.
W. D. Halfacre, chairman of
the Underprivileged Child com
mittee, announced the results of
the Easter Sale campaign conduc
ted some weeks ago. He stated
t’-. \t $330.48 was received In the
campaign.
Pat Wil.liami? announced that
the little trees recently planted
along the highway to Wilkeeboro
arc making a start to grow.
President J. B. Williams an
nounced that a recent conference
with the Swift and Company rep
resentatives concerning the es
tablishment of a poultry peeking
house here are encouraging.
’The committee appointed last
week to- go before the county
commissioners to ask for an ap
propriation for a county dental
clinic next year were received
cordially by the board and it is
hoped that some aid can be had
for thie purpose.
Program Chairman Andrew
Casey announced that on short
notice he was glad to present Rev.
A. C. Waggoner, who made a
very Hmely and Interesting talk.
^ Dockery, and one sti
ly brotberii J. Johnson,’'of Un- iVaiaoinoslfl*!^- ;^-,.^-. .
“^idlnton,^ . asstetnat far|%|iret^^ -”8^
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A letter received yes’erday
from C. C. Faw, Jr., to his par
ents. Mr. and .Mrs. C.C. Faw, Sr.,
of this city, stated that the for
mer was ge'ting along fine. C. C.
Jr., is a member of the United
States air corps and is now loca
ted at Montgomery. Alabama. His
many friends will be pleased to
know that he is feeling fine and
getting along well.
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^0,
4 »• rf"
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with plain water cM'l
apply to to sorface.
KEM-TONE spreads ’
on quickly, easily. One
coat covers even wall
paper!
KEM-TONE dries in
one hour. Rooms may
be'lived in same day
painted.
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Don’t redecorate a tingle room
until you’ve heard all about the
new Sherwin-Williams KEM-
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interior painting!
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been repulsed,’’ then that it was
"now completely
carried the clear
an enemy rout.
broken off, '
implication of
Enemy Reels
As Chinese
Spring Trap
( ) Electric Welding
( ) Aircraft Oxy-Acetylene
Welding. (Men or Wo
men)
( ) Aircraft Riveting, (men or
women)
( ) Aircraft Sheet Metal and
Layout (men or women)
( ) Aircraft Engine, all speci
alized subjects. Men only.
( ) Airplane Structures, (men
or women)
( ) Aircraft Electrical Sys
tems (men and women)
( ) Aircraft Hydraulic Sys
tems. Men only.
COURSES:
( ) Aircraft Propellers.
( ) Aircraft Instruments (men
and women)
( ) Aircraft
ly)
Radio (men on-
( ) .Aircraft Inspection, (men
and women)
( ) Aircraft Drafting
(men and women)
( ) Ar.craft Blueprint Reading
(men and women)
( ) Automatic Screw Machine
( ) Precision Lathe Operators
Operators (men and wo
men)
i
Name
Street Address
City
State..
Miss Lois Kemp, of Union
Grove, spent Monday night with
her brother. Mr. C. B. Kemp, of
North Wilkesboro. on her return
from Greensboro, where she
spent the week-end with friends
and relatives. She also visited
friends in Siler City while in
Greensboro, and reported an en
joyable trip.
Out of town guests who visited
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. L.
Lenderman Sunday were: Mrs.
W. J. Brookshire, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Knott and daughter, Nan
cy. Mrs. Charlie Heuk and Miss
Louise Crews, all from Winston-
Salem, Corporal John L. Brook
shire, now stationed in Florida,
and Mrs. L. S. Price and son,
Kenneth, of Pores Knob.
Mr. L. L. Carpenter, of the
Gaddy Motor Company, and Mr.
W. W. Harris, of Roaring River,
a member of Wilkes County
Rationing Board No. 2, were in
Charlotte Friday to attend a
meeting of rationing board mem
bers and car and truck dealers.
The matter of rationing new cars
and trucks was the most impor
tant business taken up at the
meeting.
Chung King, China.—Unleash
ing a terrible orlillery blast,
crack Chinee-.- troops slaughtered
more than 3,000 Japanese soldi
ers Saturday night in a battle on
the Burma Road and sent the re
mainder of the main body of the
Japanese invading force reeling
.hsck toward Burma in a rout, the
Chinese announced last night.
The Chinese soldiers were in
hot pursuit of the Japanese who
rushed so triumphantly up the
Burma Road last week. Advanc
ing to meet these fleeing Japanese
it was reported, was another Chi
nese force in Eastern Burma and
the Chinese declared the Invaders
faced certain annihilation.
The engagement took place
near Chefang, 25 miles from the
Burma frontier, after the left
end right wing of the Japanese
force had been crushed.
Eastern Star Meeting
Wilkes chapter number 42 Or
der of the EJaetern Star will hold
regular, meeting Thursday even
ing, May 14. 7:30 p. m., in the
lodge hall.
SUSIE WILLIAMS. W.M.
WILLIE FELTS, Secretary
MAID’S
SCHOOL
Free To Employed and Unemployed
STRESSING.
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CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank ell our
friends and neighbors for their
klndntes and the help they gave
us during the serious illness of
ou" daughter and sister, Nell
James. May God bless every one,
MR. AND MRS. W. E. JAMES
and Children.
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Qualities of a Good Maid.
Answering the Telephone.
Answering the Door
Tidy Appearance.
Promptness.
Orderliness.
Table Service.
Care and Use of Electric Appli
ances.
Selection of Nutritious Foods.
TO MAIDS...
Improve Yourself; Make Your Job
More Secure.
TO HOUSEWIVES...
This School is given to make yom-
servant more economical and effi
cient — send her.
Thursday and Friday, May 14th and 15th
f 2:30 to 4:30
Miss Addie Malone
Duke Power Demonstration Room
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