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North Carolina.
rM* 'XXXV, No; 22
Published Mondays and Thursdays. NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., MONDAY, Jl^ let, 1942 , ^ t|,|0.IP the State — »2.00 g^lof gfte^
,wJMlTTEE OF TRUSTEES—
>TAT E COUNCIL JUNIOR ORDER BUYS BONDS
IN THIS COUNTY-
J; A . ■
Many Notified By
Draft Boards Of - n J C l f\ •
Early Induction//! Wat DOIUIS Jflfe UnV€
Both Wilkes Boards List
Men Soon T« Be Induct
ed Into The Army
J •
I Left to right in thii picture are: Gurney P. Hood, state treasurer o? the Junior Order; Archie H-
iedge, chairman of the board of trustees- Forrest G. Shearing, state Junior Order secretary, as they
iTvr^hased $20,ZO0 in w&r bonds for the order from W. H. Harris, assistant cashier
•lank and Tmst com«iany in Raleigh. It has always been the purpose of the Junior Order, officials
aid, to sponsor every patriotic move, and particul3"ly in times of war, to spend its material resources
*, combat the evil forces that would destroy our nation.
[iLEY, BURGIN, HALL AND POINDEXTER ARE PRIMARY WINNERS—
lesults Of Primary Held Saturday
lYiBIG MARGIN—
WILKES IN LINE—
Nominated | Bailey, Burgin
Fjcg* SoKdtor of I Eaj^iiy WiP. h
i?th District PrimaryVotin
f
WILKES CONTEST—
Poindexter Wins
InPrimary Vote ^
For
>Iicitor Gets Big Lead Over
Harding In Republican
Primary Contest
licitor Avalon E, H«±ll. of
nville. won the Republican
mlaation for solicitor of the
th judicial district Saturday
er F. D. B. Hardin?, also of
adklnville.
Incomplete reports from the
ve counties in the district, Yad-
in, Wilkes, Davie, Avery and
Utchell. gave Solicitor Hall a
md which indicates his majority
,ay be 3.000 or more.
In Wilkes unofficial reports
om 14 of 29 precincts gave Hall
577 and Harding 137,
t
cersKnow
eal Name Of
“Georgia Boy”
JFinston -gtilem. — "Georgia
HRI the Action-like Agure sus-
i&ed of being a king pin In a
sag of bootlegger-thieves with
eadQuarters in the mountains of
lyitkes, has a regular Christian
Jtme—and officers know what it
Senator Josiah W. Bailey was
renominated for the United State.s
senate over Richard T. Fountain
Saturday by a margin of about
100.000 votes.
With 1,610 of the Slate's 1,919
precincts tabulated, the vote for
Bailey, seeking a third term, was
183,107 as compared with 83,584
for Fountain, former lieutenant
governor and one-time speaker of
the North Carolina House of Rep-
re.sentativcs.
■Although a light vote was cast,
Bailey received most of *ho.se cast
in Wilkes. In 13 precincts he re
ceived 567 to 50 for Fountain.
Representative /W. 0. Burgin, of
Le.xington, had little difficulty in
defeating Giles Y. Newton, of
Gibson, for the Democratic nomi
nation for representative in the
eighth district. In returns from
169 of the district’s 204 precincts
Burgin received 20,361, to New
ton’s 6,276.
In Wilkes county 13 precincts
gave Burgin 552 and Newton 48.
Incomplete Returns From A
Light Vote Saturday Give
Poindexter Lead
C. G. Poindexter, county ac
countant and Republican nomiitee
for sheriff two years ago, won in
the primary voting Saturday over
H. P. (Pat) Eller, local business
man, in the contest for the Repub
lican nomination for sheriff of
Wilkes county.
Unofficial returns from 23 of
the 29 precincts in the county to-1
clay gave Poindexter 1,424 votes to
419 for Eller.
The vote throughout the county
was light and there was little acti
vity by supporters of either candi
date.
LIBERALIZED-
State highway patrofmen and
B. 1. officials have some inter-
ing stories to tel! about “Geor-
c Boy,” but they don’t want
»in4tiade public until such time
the man is caught.
It te understood they ace still
his trail up around Traphill
th»>Odge of Wilkes and Surry.
''Georgia Boy” abandoned car
1 girl here Sunday night after
patrolman chased him from
(ctertlle. The patrolman only
Si|P'«r%»-4Mlpful in Mocksville
en be crossed a street to tell
► driver his exhaust pipe was
>nt to fall off. "Georgia Boy ’
* eft—and the patrolman fol-
red In hot pursuit
With the car here the man left
Honda girl — Mary Elizabeth
a-wn—who Is still in jail for in-
itlgatlon.
afflbiaU believe '"Georgia Boy”
» had «• band in wholesale sug-
and car stealing for bootleg-
ig’AWrposes.
-V
Amount Canning
Sugar Based On
Number Quarts
IN U. S. ARMY-
C. C. Faw, Jr.
Is Now A Pilot
Passes Examinations At Sel-^
ma, Alabama, Air |
Corps Station
STRAIGHT S.ALARY
I ex-patient applied at the re
tag office to enlist,
suppo-se you want a commis-
said the officer,
to, thanks," was the reply,
such a poor shot I'd rather
on straight salary basis."
Rationing boards here have
received notice of the liberalized
allowances of sugar for canning.
Instead of Ave pounds per per
son for the season, the allowance
will be not over one pound for
every four quarts of canned
fruit and one pound per person
for preserving, jams, jellies, etc.
Applications should be made at
the rationing board offices In the
fekieral building in Wilkesboro
and the second Aood of the Bank
of North Wilkesboro building in
North Wilkesboro
In all cases applicants must
present their ration books for the
entire family at the time of ap
plication and give the following
information:
Names of the consumers on
whose behalf the application is
Aled, and the Serial number of
their war ration twoks, if such
books have been issued; (2) the
number of quarts of fruit canned
in the preceding calendar year,
or-fa^jimiHectipn wlt^ arolications
C. C Faw, Jr., son of Mr. ar.d
Mrs. C. C. Faw, Sr., of thia city,
has successfully ipassed his ex
aminations in the United States
Army Air Corps at Selma, -Ala
bama, and has been classiAed as
a pilot.
Mr. Faw was called to serve a
short time ago altar having vol
unteered for the army air corps.
Since entering training he has
made a splendid recqrd as evi
denced by his recent claaslAcation I
as a pilot.
The message racelTed by his
parents also stated that "C.. C.”
was getting along well and feel
ing Ane.
Both selective service boards
in Wilkes county have notlAod
men that they are soon to be in
ducted into the army.
The men will go to the Induc
tion center for examination and
will be inducted if they pass the
examination.
Those who desire furloughs
immediately after Induction In
order to attend to business mat
ters must make application to
their respective draft boards be
fore leaving for the induction
center. After July 1, each man
Inducted will get a furlough Im
mediately but until that time ap
plication must 'be niade in ad
verse.
Following are the men soon
to be inducted by Wilkes Board
number 1:
John William Shew
George Dewey Ferguson
Luther Rola Hamby
Cecil Gordon Wadklns
Vaughn Wilson Walsh
Arvel John Joyner
William Clegg Culler
Lillard Lunsford
William Grant Wheeler
Charlie Andrew Jolnes
Broadus Staley Oanter
Royal Evans Parsons
Gsorge Flake Chambers
Dave Charles Lowe
William Fred Aldon Rash
John Clinzy Price
Ren Chattin
Carl Nichols
Ocie Adams
Charlft? Mitchell Johnson
Paul Anderson Pardue ^
Jesse Franklin Knight
Taft Marlcy
Hubert William Dressier
Hayes Dyer
George Gray Pardue
Willie Fines Carroll
Jo.seph Franklin Byers
iCarl Lee Oakley
Arley Burl Eller
Linney Harding Woodie
Cuius Andrew Roberts
Spencer Sheets
Lawrence Edward Andrews
Gaither Oakley
Linvllle Dean Tedder
John Raymond Johnson.
Following are names of those
notiAed of early induction date ty
Wilkm board two;
Granville Eli Barlow
Finley Marcus Myers
Che.ster Clayton Wingler
Jama, Gordon Mitchell
Phola Ernest Layell
Senbon Vernon Walker
James Carl Barlow
r.,ester Gnay Long
Joseph Taylor Staley
George Washington Palmer
Raymond Woodrow Rhodes
Carris Glenn Curtis
Herman Va^tal Hutchinson
r>evi Sparks
Claude Harley McGrady
Martin Eli Gentry
Carney Baity
Wayne Cecil Bare
Garvle Roby Forester
Ellis Samuel Bradley
Elmer Boyden Dunn
Zollie Franklin Hamby
Motson Dewitt Blackburn
Henry Ford Shepherd
William Champ Holman ^
Fronch Billings
Ivy James Shumate
Vaughn Clinton Burchette
Granville Claude Ballard
William Frank Alien
Ben Hamilton Colvard
Floyd Harrison Simpson
Harry Thornton Kerley
James Monroe Shumate
Clyde Watts
Charles Daniel Collins
Britam Strikes
Witii Air Fleet
Of 1,250 Planes
INSURE YOUilliaAE
» A64INST HITIER/
Most of German Industrial
and Railroad City Left
In Smoking Ruins
London, Monday, June 1.—
Three-fourths of Cologne was set
aAre and a great area of the
German Rhineland metropolis
of 746,000 population was Aat-
tened by tremendous weights of
explosives dropped by 1,250 R.
A F. planes Saturday nlgbt In
the greatest raid In all aerial
warfare, the British announced
today.
Reconnaissance aircraft repor
ted a plume of smoke towering
over the ruins wrought by the
devastating force of nearly 6,-
000,000 popnds of bombs still was
visible throughout Sunday from
the European coast.
The astronomical proportions
of this massive assault — far
greater than anything the Ger
mans ever let loose upon this
country—were Indicated by au
thoritative estimates that 100,-
000. men on scores of airdromes
made possible this Aight by 6,-
000 of Britain’s best airmen.
Air sources emphasized that
the raid was carried out entirely
by British aircraft and newspa
pers predicted raids three times
as large when the United States
air forces get into action here.
Eo^ t^a e. oo(J4|o,.p4M«d»
SAVINGS BONOS &STBMPS
y. Triasury Dtpartmmt
FRIDAY NIGHT-
logne, the"^nhr and tSe^Wrto-
land In vvliat may prove to be
the curtain raiser to an Invasion
to smash Hitler’s domination of
Europe.
Arriving on schedule six sec
onds apart in a masterwork of
coordination, the bombers opened
Britain’s threatened 1,000-bom-
ber-a-night offensive with a new
technique of aerial warfare by
concentrating their hall of blows
in a whirlwind hour and 30 mln-
utee which left the defenders ov
erwhelmed by the sheer weight
of numbers.
49 Graduate At
Commencement
Of City Schools
Students’ Program In Closing-
Exercises Here Highly
Complimented
Over $27,000 fat
Bonds Sold In
May In Wilkes
Chairman Hix Asks Contino*
ed Cooperation In Drive
For Larger June Quota
WILKES—
Republican
Committee In
Meeting Friday
Meeting of Executive Com
mittee Held To Try To
Settle Sheriff Race
Mrs. B. D. Hamby
Funeral Is Held
Forsyth Orders 421
X Cards Be Returned
subsequent to the Arsf^during any
calendar year the number of
quants of fruit canned since the
previous application; (3) the
number of quarts of fruit then in
the possession of the individual
or family unit applying (4) the
(Continued on page four)
Funeral services were held on
Thursday ot Bethel church tor
Mrs. Mary Jane Hamby, age 62.
wife of B. D. Hamby, of New
Castle township. Mrs. Hamty
died Tuesday.
Surviving are her husband and
four children; Dewey Hamby, of
Elkin; Dave and Howard Hamby,
of Ronda; and Mrs. D. W. John
son, of Ronda
V
Make plans for a fall garden
by buying seeds now. Don’t wait;
seed will be hard to get later.
Winston-iSalem, May 31.—
Foreyth county gas rationing of-
Acials hare notiAed 421 X card
holders to return their present
cards and receive appropriate
ratings”. The X card holders were
deemed as not meriting the’ja.
Officials said that when nil ad
justments had been made, the
number of X card holders in the
county would drop from about
four per cent to about three per
cent. There are about 20,000
raitlon registered vehicles in the
county.
Wilkfs county Republican exe
cutive committee met in VVilkes-
boro Friday morning at the call of
Chairman N. B. Smithey.
Previously, letters calling the
meeting had been delivered to the
committee members by H. P. Eller
and C. G. Poindexter, candidates
for the Republican nomination for
sheriff.
The meeting was called for the
purpo.se of attempting to name the
nominee for sheriff, as agreed by
Poindexter and Elier.
However, prior to the meeting
Mr. Poindexter told A. H. Casey,
who was delegated by Chairman
Smithey to preside over the meet
ing, that he desired that the mat
ter of the nomination for sheriff
not reach a vote in the meeting
and that he would not abide by the
lecisioB of the committee.
Of the 29 committee members in
the county 26 were present and a
vote was taken on Eller and Poin
dexter for the nomination for
sheriff and the result was 14 for
Eller and 12 for Poindexter.
Poindexter notified the Wilkes
board of elections that he had not
withdrawn from the race and that
the primary voting for that con
test would be held as scheduled.
Meanwhile, Eller did not resist
the primary voting, but asked his
supporters not to participate in
the primary. Today he said he
would issue a statement of expla
nation as early as possible.
V
Diplomas of high school gradua
tion were presented to 49 seniors
in the commencement program of
North Wilkesboro high school on
Friday nigh;..
Without an outside speaker, the
graduates presented their own
program and did a very good job.
Each number was well received
adift xppUose by-the
audi^rium packed crowd.
• The high school band under di
rection of Lawrence Cameron open
ed the program with two numbers
'‘The Footlifters’’ and ‘‘Captains of
of Clouds.”
Joe Clements, senior and presi
dent of the student body, presided
for the program. He presented
Meneta Welborn, who led the in
vocation, and Joe Hunt, class pres
ident who introduced each member
of the class. Mildred Stafford de
livered the salutatory address.
Two vocal solos were sung—‘‘The
Wind’s In The South,’’ by Jackie
Frazier; and ‘‘With All Our
Hearts,” by Justus Brewer, Jr.
Principal addres-ses were by se
niors: "What Our Flag Stands
For”, by Mildred Elledge; ‘‘Youth
Faces Its Future,” by Hill Carlton;
and ‘‘Our Freedoms, Rights and
Duties,” by Bettye Hill.
Awards were presented as fol
lows: Ralfour Medal for ontstand-
|ing student in Loyal, Service,
Scholarship and Achievemnt, wa.s
presented to Margaret Rhodes bv
,1. B. Williams, member of the city
board of education; Science medal
to outstanding science student, pre
sented to W. D. Halfacre, Jr., by
E. C. Johnson, member of the city
board of education; .scholarships
medals presented to Mildred Staf-
(Con'tinued on page four)
Sale of war bonds and stamps in
Wilkes county were approximate
ly double the quota of |13,800, J.
R. Hix, chairman of the bond nell-
ing campaign, said today.
In the reports he had collected
today, it was evident that the
quota 'Would be doubled for the
month of May, although the report
was not complete at noon today.
Mr. Hix said that the campaign
is progressing well and that the
people of Wilkes are responding ae
they have to every patriotic call.
He complimented the work of
those who canvassed income earn
ers for pledges, saying that be
tween 2,000 and 2,500 had pledged
regpjlar purchase of bonds and
stamp.s.
The quota for the month of June
has been set at $21,400, which rep
resents a substantial increase over
the $13,800 for the past month.
However, Mr. Hix expressed confi
dence that the county will exceed
its quota and asked for the con-
I tinned help and cooperation of the
[people of the county in this im-
[portant phase of the drive for vic
tory.
I V
IN U. S. COURT—
Vyter Jones
Case Mistrial
Judge .lolin .T. Paul in Ped-
cral court at Wilke l'■•o^o late
this afternoon ordered a mis
trial in tlie ea.'io of Waiter
.Tones, former dei>uty niarstiai
charged witli making false
.statements on lii.s pxqK'n.se ac
count as an officer.
The jury received the case
about 2;:t0 p. m. and was call
ed ill about six o'clock. The
.jurors said (hero was no liofie
of reaching a verdict.
.AfPs* the mistrial was or
dered it was learned that eight
jurors favored acquittal ot
Jones ju»d four were for convic
tion.
The trial lagan Tliiirsday and
ttie prosecution sought to ,>Jiosv
by other ftsleral officers Uiat
.Tones placed on iiis reports foe
exjtenses tri|»s which he made
with other officers and tliat he
reported trips lie did not niaJte.
'Tlie defen.se offered no tes
timony otlier tlian several proin-
Itieiit iieople who testified as to
the good rhanu-ter and reputa
tion ot Jones.
buy WAR BONDS— force.
Fort Bragg, N. C„ the nallon’s
largest army post, has Its own
Are department, telephone sys
tem, ■water works, and police
LEAVING VORTH WILKESBORO—
GOING TO KNOXVILLE, TENN.
Shown here are Mr. and Mrs. B. G* Gentry and sons, Gordon airf
LewU^^rriwving North Wilkesboro to make their hm* •«
Knoxville, Tennessee. Mr. Gentry, for the p^
ager of the Employment Service office here, 1^
tion of assistant personnel officer for TV A in Knoxville. (Photo by
Harvel’s Studio). • *
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