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VOL. XXXV, No. 21
Published Mondays and Thursdays. NORTH WILKESBORO. N. C., THURSDAY, liGtY 28, 1942
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AT NORTH WILKESBORO SCHOOL-
49 SENIORS WILL RECEIVE DIPLOMAS FRIDAY
Primary Wi 6e Held iki Sa
Movement For
Half Holiday For
Stores Is Started
AT SCHOOL HERE—
Two Slieet'Metal
81.50 In — 82.0^ 0et
 Today a movfiment waa start-
j cd In North Wilkesboro to have
' Wednesday afternoons, bo(^-
I dune 10, a half holiday for
I stores here. A cavass of merch
ants is planned and definite
announcement will be made
next! week.
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IN U. S. COURT-
Here are pictured the members of the 1942 senior class of the North Wilkesboro
high school, who will receive diplomas in the final commencement program at the
school Friday evening, eight o’clock. Members of the class will carry out the pro
gram. Seniors in the picture are as follows: Front row, left to right—Frances Bow
man. Alma Elledge, Jane Jones, Blanche Hall, Martha Lou Frazier, Mary Anderson,
Frances Finley, Christine Byrd; second row—Margaret Rhodes, Elsie Hudstm, Jessie
Foster, Lillian Miller, Ruby V. Pardue, Mable Kilby, Joyce Kilby, Mildred Stafford,
Rose Zell Caudill, Ruth Hayes; third row--Betty Hill, Ruth Lovette, Meneta Well
born, Rosalee Myers, Grace Miller, Justus Brewer, Hill Carlton, Johnnie Johnston, J.
H. Joines; fourth row—Margie Beamon, Helen Wyatt, Holt Hudson, Mildred Mil
ler, Mollie Wilkins, Mildred Elledge, Jack Hadley, Frank McHone, Billie Estes,
Bryce Sebastian; fifth row—Vernon Byrd, Wayne Gentry, Jimmie Anderson, Joe
Clements, Joe Hunt, Jack Foster, Jimmie Shepherd, John D. Hall; absent wl«n p^ho-
tograph was made—Bruce Hall, Jeanne Moore and Alene Lockhart. (Photo by Har-
vel’s Studio.)
Yale, Beshears
Acquitted Of
Perjury Charge
Trial of Walter Jones, For
mer Deputy U. S. Mar
shal, Under Way
May Be Prisoner [| PoindextCr,
Coutest May
To Begin Monday
Two Shifts of Couries Will
Be Operated To Train
More War Workers
ANNOUNCED TODAY— AS SHOWN BY CANVASS—
Officer-Of Wffl^
Elected By Welfare Board
For Indefinite Term Un
der Merit System Plan
Stamps, Bonds
Judson Yale and Edd Beshears
were acquitted of a perjury
charse by a jury in federal court
in Wilkesboro Tuesday afternoon.
Trial of the two Wilkes men,
who were indicted following their
testimony In a U. S. Commission
er’s hearing in Winston-Salem,
began Monday morning before
Judge Johnson J- Hayes. The ju
ry received the case at noon Tues
day and returned their verdict
three hours later.
Testimony they gave in the
comraisslaoer’s hearing was rela
tive to the whereabouts of Yale
at the time a car laden with 60
gallons of liquor was captured in
Winston-Salem.
Beshears, at the time of the
Indictment was superintendent of
the state .hl^way: nrlftou
Charles McNeill. Wilkes county
superintendent of welfare, has
been reelected to that position tiy
the Wilkes county board of wel-1
fare.
The board had been notified |
that he was eligible for reappoint
ment. having .successfully passed
the merit examination. ;
His election wati made known
today by I’ .1. Bratue. chairman
of the board. The other members ^
are Dr. J. G. Bentley, of Pores
Knob, and W. E. Smithey, of.
Wilkesboro. j
Mr. .McNeil! has been superin-1
tendent of public welfare :n j
Wilkes over eight years. He is a |
native of Wilkes and was educa-1
ted at A S.T.C. in Boone end the j
University of North CaroMna at i
Chapel Hill. His home is ;n|
Wilkesboro. |
Under the merit system plan. |
the welfare officer will serve for '
an indefinite term and may not ,
tia removed from office witho it .
just cause.
All Sales Except Stamps And Bonds To
Be Halted 15 Minutes On July
1 Throughout Nation
Retailors in North Wilkeasbo-
ro will cooperate 100 per cent
in the nationwide tribute to the
war effort on July 1 at 12 noon
by suspending all sales of mer-
rliandlsc for fifteen minutes
and devoting thi-s brief jieriod
e.xclu.sively to .sale of war bonds
and stajiips. Mayor R. T. Mc-
Niel said lotlay following a can
vass of tlio bu.-iiiess district of
the city.
Mayor .McNicl received a tel-
e^fram from lten,iaiiiin H.
Nanun, chairman of tb.c Retail
.Advisory conunlftoe, U. K. trea-
■sury department, asking tlie
number of retailers will co
operate and after a qiucit. can
vass he replied that Nortli
Wilkesboro will be cooi>eratlng
ItKl per cent.
The closing down of all .sales
e.xceju ooiuis and stamps for
l.'i minutes is a part of the na
tion - wide program to initiate
the bond .sale for the montli of
July, beginning of the one bil
lion per montli sales campaign.
ELECTED TUESDAY—
Bare Councilor
Of Junior Order
BY HEALTH DEPT.—
Time And Places
For Vaccinations
Oill.'Ci’t T. Bare, well known
merchant here, was elected coun
cilor of North Wilkesboro coun
cil of Jr. O, V. A. M. in meetib.g
I his week.
Other officers elected for the
last six months
of this year were
_ |a.s follows: Bob Tharrington, as-
Dr. A. J. Eller, county health si.stant councilor: 0. A. Canter,
officer, ha-> announced an itiner-1 recording secretary: B. F. Bent
ary for the purpose of adminis-! ley. assistant recording secretary:
tering typhoid and diphtherii Johnson Sanders, financial secre-
vacclnations. Itary: Northwestern Bank, trea-
The appointments for Monday, (surer: Wade Wallace, conductor;
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June 1, are as follows; A. E.
Wittgler's store in Falrploins,
9:30 a. m,; Mulberry school,
10:30 a. m.; Piney View school,
11 a. m.: Halls -Mills postoffice,
11:30 a. m ; Rock Springs
church. 12:00 noon; McGrady
postoffice. 1:00 p. m.; Newlife,
2:C0 p. m.; Dehart. 2:00 p
Brown's store, 3:30 p.
Mountain View. 4:00 p. m.
On Tuesday. June 2, the follow
ing places will be visited: Rock
Creek church. 9:30 a. m.; Koar-
jng River school. 10:30 a. m.:
Ronda school, 11:30 a. m.; Mrs.
West’s home, 1:00 p. m.; Austin
school, 2:00 p. m.; Pleasant
Ridge school, 3:00 p. m.: Pleas
ant Hill school, 4:00 p. m.
A recent survey reveals that a
large percentage of. the men at
Fort Bragg. America’s largest
post, listen to the radio.
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A. G. -Anderson, warden; Hoy
Canter, inside sentinel; O. K.
Pope, outside sentinel: J. M. El
ler, Junior past councilor; Wade
Wallace. B. F. Bentley and J. M.
Eller, trustees: S. L. Pardue and
Bradley Dancy, representatives
to state council meeting; O. K.
Pope and J. M. Eller, alternates:
H. L. Mechem. chaplain; D. E.
Elledge. assistant chaplain.
Also at the meetiing Tuesday
night was work in the third ds-
gree. Degree work will also be
MEMORIAL DAY—
Plan Progrjun
For Service
Memorial Service Will Be
Held At Marker Here On
Saturday Evening
Plan or ihe annual Memorial
Day service to be conducted at
the marker on the corner of Me
morial Avenue and D street has
been arranged by the American
Legion and other organizations
which will participate.
The program will open at seven
'o’clock with music by the North
Wilkesboro high school band. At
7:30 will be announcement by W.
D. Halfacre, prayer by Rev. Watt
M. Cooper, and placing of wreaths
on the marker in memory of those
who sacrificed their lives in the
American Revolution, by the D.
A. R.: War Between the States,
by U. D. C.; Spanish American
War; and the World Wars 1 and
2, by the American Legion Auxil
iary,
The memorial address will be
'rwo classes in aircraft sheet
me'al and riveting will begin at
North Wilkesboro school Monday
morning.
The courses are being carried
out by the school here as a part
of the vocational training pro
gram of the state school system.
Beginning Monday, one class
will operate from 7:30 a. m. un
til 3:30 p. m. and the second
from four p. m. until midnight.
Wm. H. Corum, aircraft instruc
tor who has just finished work
with one group, and W. B. Col
lins, industrial arts instructor in
the school.
The group who have just fin
ished the some course here are
being placed in aircraft fac'orles
at a starting wage of about TO
cents per hour.
TakaiOatPrim^
Reported That CmunittaBr
May Settle Contest; 3
Others In The Primary
Voters of both parties will pat>-
ticipate In the primary in Wilke*
county Saturday, May 30.
Democrats and Republican*
) have two contests each to be decl-
( ded by votes Saturday.
I The only county contest Is tor
the Republican nomination tor
sheriff with C. G. Poindt'xter aad
H. P. Eller, both of this city,
seeking the nomination.
Port Bragg, America’s largest
post, is located in the sandhills
section of North Carolina.
l>r. R. Bumgarner, for
merly of tills city, is officially
listed by the war department
as “missing in action” pending
receipt of the list of prisoners
taken by the Japanese on Ba
taan and Cort^idor, where Dr.
Biuu|gamer was a captain In
the U. S. medlcaJ corps when
last heard from. He Is a son
of Rev. and Mrs. J. L. .A. Bum
garner, of Millers Creek.
LOCAL ORGANIZATION SET UP—
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NOTIFIED TODAY—
Mrs. Lott Acting
Manager USESO
In N. Wilkesboro
Succeeds B. G. Gentry, Who
Has Taken Position In
Knoxville, Tenn.
Mrs. Katheryn A. Lott, senior
interviewer in the employment
service, today received notice of
her appointment as acting mana
ger of the North Wilkesboro
branch of the United States Em
ployment Seiwice.
Mrs. Lott succeeds B. G. Gen
try. who resigned as manager nt
the office to accept the position
a.s assistant personnel officer for
the TVA in Knoxville, Tennessee,
effective June 1.
Mrs. Lott is well experienced
in employment service work. She
was on the staff of the office when
it wai first established in North
Wilkesboro in 1933 and has held
responsible positions in that work
since that time. She was promo
ted to senior interviewer in 1937.
All appointments in the organ
ization are subject to the merit
examinations, which will be held
Saturday. May 30.
All staff members of the or
ganization here will take the ex
amination at Hickory, but the
office here will be kept open by
NYA clerical employees. Claim
ants who have been reporting on
Saturday will report Monday.
Wilkes County^s Quota In
USO Fund Drive $2,200
Gather On Friday'j’ Jf.,
County Chairman:
NamesConunittees
Seed dealers have been invited
to attend a seed dealers’ meeting
to be held at the county court
house on Friday morning, nine
o’clock, Lawrence Miller, execu
tive officer of the Triple A in
Wilkes, said today. Seed prices
and arrangements to furnish far
mers seed needed on the soil pro
gram will be matters for discus
sion.
FOR THREE DAYS—
Drivers School
Buses Attendmg
Drivers’ School
People Will Be Asked To
Give For Benefit Of Men
In The Armed Service
Field Representative High
way Safety Division Con
ducting The School
ON RENTAL SHELF—
New Volumes At
Public Library
delivered by
er, pastor
Rev. A. C. Waggon-’ days.
Many new volumes have been
added at the Wilkes county pub
lic library during the past few
of the Methodist
carried out at the meeting Tues-; church.
day night and a large attendance
of members Is requested.
Training for actual comhat has
largely replaced ceremonies In
the training program
Bragg, North Carolina.
In wars of Caesar’s time it
cost about 75c to kill a man; in
the Civil war it cos*- about $5,-
000 per man; and in the World
War the cost was about $21,000.
In the highly mechanized war of
today It is estmated that the cost
will be about $50,000 per man.
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You could build a four-engine
Fort ^ bombing plane with the aluminum
in 20,000 1-pound skillets.
The program will close with
the band playing ‘‘Star Spangled
Banner’’ and with the assembly
singing.
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Teach children to wash and
rinse hands clean before drying
them. Chan.'ie towels frequently.
You won’t have to rub so hard
when washing them, saving your
energy and it will also prolong
the life of the towel.
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Port Bragg, N. C., is the na
tion’s largest army post
School buses of the Wilkes
county sebaol system this week
are going to school.
A school bus drivers school is
being conducted in Wilkesboro
to teach the drivers safety and
efficient and economical operation
of buses.
G. W. Tomlinson, field repr
C. E. Jenkins, Jr., well known
young business man here, has ac
cepted the appointment from
Governor J. Melville Broughton
to lead Ihe United Service Or
ganization drive in Wilkes coun
ty.
Announcement of his oppoint-
ment, wa.s made by Howard Hol-
derness, of Greensboro, district
chairman.
Mr. Jenkins has set up Ihe
Wilkes organization with Emmet
C. Johnson as assistant chairman.
Paul Cushion as campaign direc
tor, and the following as com
mittee chairmen: Julius C. Hub
bard and Ray Erwin as publicity
.chairmen: Vernon Deal, treasur
er; Joe Brame,-canvass clwirmau;
Phillip Brame, finance chairman:
Ed Vannoy, social functions
chairman;.
Governor Broughton w honor
ary chairman for the state and
Contest For Sheriff
Nomination May
Be Called Off
There were unconfirm
ed reports today that C.
G. Poindexter and H. P.
Eller, Republican candi
dates for the nomination
for sheriff of Wilkes coun
ty, may call off their con
test in Saturday’s primary
and leave the selection of
the Republican candidate
for sheriff to the Wilkes
County Republican Exe
cutive committee. The
candidates today were re
ported as going together
over the county to call on
members of the committee
and advise them of IW
tion.
These reports, how
ever, were unofficial and
the candidates could not
be reached this afternoon
for a statement.
The contests in the Demo
cratic party are for noniinatioa
for United States :-pru:uor and rep
resentative in congress. The sen
atorial candidates are Senator
Josiah W. Bailey and Richard T.
tnick) Fountain. Repre.sentatlva
W. O. Biirgin. of Lexington, is op
posed by Giles Yeomans Newfon,
of Gibson, who has lieen a candi
date in two previous primaries
two and four years ago.
The other contest in ihe Re
publican party is for the nomin
ation for solicitor in the 17th ju-
the highway safety
in charge of the
seutative of
division, is
school.
The school is for three days
with one full day devoted to one
of three groups. On Wednesday
drivers from Wilkesboro, Mount
George M. Ivey, of Charlotte, is
state campaign chairman.
The quota for Wilkes county
this year is $2,200.
The goal in the nationwide
USO War Fund Campaign,
launched throughout the country
dicial district. Solicitor .Avalon
E. Hall, of Yadkinville, is op
posed by F.n.B. Harding, also of;
V'artkinville,
Supplies for 'tie primary wer*
distributed by the county board
of elections Wednesday. Polls w'lU
open at 6:30 a. m. and dose at
6:30 p. m., ea.slern war time.
Jama M. Anderson, chairman of
the county board of elections,
said today.
Polling place in North Wllke.s-
boro will be at the town hall and
for Wilkesboro number 1 will be
at the town hall in Wilkeslioro.
Other polling places throughout
the county will be the same as 'n.
the last election.
UllVCiS tivw-ii »T -- WUl UUJgUVUl, vaaxi
Pleasant and Millers Creek were ^ May 11, continuing to July 4,
instructed. is $32,000,000. Of this sum,
For Thursday, drivers from
Mulberry, Mountain View, Trap-
hill, Ronda and Roaring River
composed the group and the
school will be concluded Friday
with instructions to contract dri
vers and drivers from Lincoln
Heights school.
School authorities report much
Interest among the drivers in the
instructions given.
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There are new books in every
department, and some of the lat
est fiction books have been placed
on the rental shelf. These in
clude: I
“Storm ", by Stewart; “Wind
swept”, by Chase; “The Stars
Look Down”, by Cronin; “You
Haven’t Changed”, by Banning;
"Troubled Star”, by August; “To
bacco Road”, by Caldwell; “That
Day Alone”, by Van Paassen;
"Twin Somberos”, by Grey;
“Gunman’s Gold”, by Brand; “It
Can’t Hapiien Here”, by Lewis.;
and “General Douglas MacAr-
thur", bjf Miller.
Singing Sunday At
Stony Fork Church
The Blue Ridge Singers Asso
ciation will meet with Stony Fork
Baptist church in Watauga coun
ty, Sunday, May 31.
The singing will start at 10 a.
m. and continue through the re
mainder of the day.
All singers are invited to attend
this convention.
The huge garrison at Fort
Bragg includes men from every
state in the Union and many for
eign countries.
North Carolina has been asked to
conMbute $444,000, Last year,
with a state quota of $125,000,
the national goal being $10,000,-
000, this state oversubscribed its
goal by raising $170,000. Mr.
Ivey and his chairmen are confi
dent that North Carolina can be
counted on again this year to
raise, or surpass, the new total
which has been set.
John D. Rockefeller. Jr., is
honorary chairman in the nation
wide campaign and Prescott S.
Busch of New York City Is na
tional campaign chairman. The
USO is not an end in itself, nor
merely an Insltrument of a num
ber of soda! agencies, but in ef
fect “a civilian arm of the Amer
ican government, and represen
tative body through which the
American people, themselves, can
support our fighting forces,” said
Mr. Rockefeller In accepting his
appoinbment.
Six agencies Ifnown through
out the nation tof their effective
works as welfare agencies com-
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CITY SCHOOLS—
Summer School
To Begin Monday
Classes To Complete Work
Saturday; Graduation
On Friday Night
North Wilkesboro schools wilM
close the term’s work on Satur
day. making up a day lost in
registration work.
However, the final program of
the high school commencement
will be on Friday night, when
seniors will present their pro
gram and diplomas will bo
presented to 49 graduates.
Summer school will open Mon
day morning at eight o’clock with. *
members of the faculty in charge.
Subjects to be taught will (de
pend entirely on the needs of the
students who enroll. The school is
open to both In and ont of school
people from theentire coenty
and all who ttr* laMrarted era-
asked to be .onif^ hand • Monday
morning.
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