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Published Mondays and Thmgpdays^ {NORTH |i^liiKEBBQji^, N.,C.,. MONDAY,
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In thf^tiy^W^pO 6nt State
f JUDGE HAYES TO SPEAK-
Large
Crowd
4tb At Rally
July
Singinsi And Victory Rally Program To Be
gin At County Courthouse Saturday Af
ternoon At One O’clock
IN WILKES—
Only Few Have
Purchased Auto
Stamp. Stickers
Law Requires Display July
1st; Must Have Stamp
To Get Ration Book
THIS SHOWS HOW—
into jn\/Twj nvtTT— -
SCRAP RUBBER WILL RELIEVE THE SHORTAGE
LeadWs in charge of arrange
ments are expecting a verj- snc-
oessmi paortotlc rally at the
Wilkes courthott^ on the af
ternoon of July 4th.
The patriotic rally, which
will feature an address by
Judge Johnson J. Hayes, of
WUkesboro, will be combined
with the annual fourth of Ji’ly
singing and the program will
open al e“® o'clock.
The address of Judge Hayes
win take place about two o'
clock, Pat Williams,- rally
chaiiman, said today.
Rallies arc being held
throughout the state at the re
quest of Governor J. M.
RroughUm and are being ar
ranged by tlie Civilian Defense
Councils of the various coun
ties. ,
It is expected that Wilkes,
which has gloriously answerel
every patriotic call from the
struggle for independence to
the present day, will stage a
most appropriate rally and that
a large crowd will attend.
Today, June 29, only a compar
atively few have pifrchased the
federal autO| stamp sticker, al-;
though the law requires that tv-[
ry motor vehicle display a sticker
by July 1. I
The s'ickers. which cost $.5.00
each and represent payment of
the federal auto use tax for a
ar4 On sale
CANNING SUGAR—
PAUL OSBORNE’S—
Ladies Volunteer Report Kiwanis
For Registering In Convention Is
y^ineteen Schools Heard By Club
period of one year
at the postoffice.
This tim« the stickers are
gummed on the face side and are
suitable for placing on the wind
shields.
Each sticker will have & serial
number, and it w'ill be necessary
to give the number on the sticker
when registering for gasoline *
rationing on July 9, 10 and 11.
On the ba.ck side of the sticker
is a place for placing the make
of the car, motor number and au
to license number. This,is de-
Home Club Members to Reg
ister People For Sugar On
Gas Registering Dates
club
Home demonstration
women have volunteered to carry
on canning sugar registration
along with gasoline rationing
registration at schools on July 9.
40“nd 11. C. B. Eller, sugar rat
ioning administrator in Wilkea.
said today.
This will be a great convenience
who hfe-we been
^r rural people
enable to register for canning
sugar in North Wilkesboro and
WUkesboro durin.g the period set
aside tor that purpose and which
will close Thursday of this week
The gasoline registering will
be at the following schools on Ju-
9. 10 end n; Wilkesboro,
pmer, Ferguson, Moravian
Mountain Crest. I^ovelace.
Nfounl Pleasant. Maple Springs.
Millers Creek. Cricket. Clingraan,
Mullierry. Mountain View, Trap-
hill. Benham. Ronda, Plea»int
Hill. Roaring River, North
Wilkesboro town ball, and Bine
oln Heights.
Club May Purchase Pure
bred Bull To Be Used To
Build Up Dairy Herds
signed to prevent transfer of a
sticker from one car to another
to avoid payment of tax.
Penalties are provided In fed
eral courts for failure to purch
ase and display the federal tax
stickers as provided by law.
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109,015 Pounds Of
Scrap Rubber b
CoD^edln Wilkes
W. J. Bason Asks Report
From All Stations Receiv
ing Scrap Rubber
Thursday of this week w'ill be
the las^t day of the period set
North Wilkesboro Kiwanis
club held an interesting meeting
Friday noon at Hotel Wilkes.
Featuring the program was the
report of Kiwanis International
convention, which was held re
cently in Cleveland. Ohio. The
report was given hy Paul Os
borne. who, with Mrs. Osborne
and T. E. Story, club secretary,
were the local representatives
at the convention.
The theme of the convention
this year was “Victory by united
Effort and by Individual Service".
The entire program of the con
vention was an effort to further
inspire 'he delegates and repre
sentatives to .go hack to their re
spective clubs and become a tell
ing part in the war program. The
Kiwani.s constituency now repre
sents more than 11.3,000 men in
2.200 clubs in tho United States
and Canada.
Paul’s report indicated that
the highest type of entertainment
was provided in every department
of the program. Inspirational
Stores Will Be
Open July 4th
Stores in North WilkersI>o-
ro will be oi>en for business
a.s u.sual on July 4tli.
Both banks here, Tlie Bank
of North Wilkesboro and Tl^e
\orib\v«sstern Bank, wdlJ fte
closed on July 4th.
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When yon answer the natlon’j call for your scrap rubber, here Is what becomes of If before It
I reclaimed ^rubber, mixed with crude and served up to bridge the shortage. At left you
! which has been ground, heated and mixed before being forced through a fine screen to remove dirt. The rnb-
I ber comes out like spaghetti strings. At right is a pile of finely ground rubber %crap.
Today’s War Reports
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President Roosevelt today ex
tended the scrap rubber collection
campaign until July 10.
Total of scrop rubber collected
In Wilkes during the current
campaign has passed well over
the 100,000 pound mark and may
reach the goal of 150,000 pounds
by the end of the drive Juir
10. W. J. Bason, Wilkes chair
man for the petroleum Industries
council sponsoring the drive at
the request of President Rooee-
velt, said today.
This amount did not include
several thousand ipounds which
had been purchased during the
drive by scrap dealers.
Chairman Bason urged that all
service stations receiving rubber
report to him the amount recei
ved by Friday July 10, In or
der that be may make an imme
diate and complete report to the
President as early as possible
after that date.
He urged that everybody make
a thorough search at once for
scrap rubber and to turn in every
piece found, regardless of its
size and weight, because rubber is
precious and every ounce w need
ed in the war effort and for es
sential civilian use.
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NEAR ELKIN—
Two In Jail, One
In Hospital After
Affray Saturday
Germans Claim
Matruh Captured
Today^erniAB and Italian ra
dio spokwmfKn ^claimed that
Matruh
British strtHighold in
Kftypt, h^ !»®®n captured witli
1,000 troops. British .sources
said that their forces may have
witlidrawn from tliat area but
did not admit capture.
Wilkes fficers were called to a
point near Elkin on highway 26S
Saturday evening to investigate
what appeared to have been a
grand slam, bang up altorcaMon.
Furious Battle
On Desert Sands
Cairo.— The battle for
raged furiously in the
Germans Attack
Russians Again
Moscow, Monday. — The Ger
mans have- opened a third major
summer front with an offensive
from the key stronghold, Kursk,
2S0 miles south of Moscow, while
pouring more and more men
against the Russian defenses in
the Kharkov and Sevastopol bat
tles, the Russians reported early
today.
(The Germans apparently
sprang their new drive from
strong entrenchments from which
Egypt the Red army never wa.s able to
desert I dislodge them during its great
Japs Lost 4 Big
Aircraft Carriers
Pearl Harbor, T. H.—The navy
announced yesterday that the
staggering losf5es inflicted on the
Japanese fleet in the liattle of
Midway included four aircraft
carriers sunk with aircraft total
ing about 275 planes, together
er with the crews of the planes.
Enemy ships also announced as
sunk were two heavy cruisers,
three destroyers, ana one or more
transport or cargo vessels. A
fourth destroj'er was listed as
probably sunk.
IN asheIville--
Purchasing Nine
Purebred Bulls
Wilkes and Surry County
Agents Today Get Bulls
Donated For Farmers
Sheriff C. T. Houghton there
Cauldron southwest of Matruh counter offensive of last winter
- yesterday with the reinforced'and early spring, which regained
received reporta that the service jarmy grimly holding its | so much territory elsewhere.)
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aside for registration for canning
' , . • - . t — mn. TXrtlV k 1
mii.sic by a male choir, excellent
station operated by Fred Jolly
had been robbed, that Dan Eld
sugar, which has been underway
at Wilkesboro school for board
number 1 and North Wilkesbore
town hall for board number 3.
ggistration was carried out
, y today and tomorrow the
lOurs will be nine to 12 and one
:o five. The same hours will be
jbserved Thursday.
On Ga-soline Regi.stration
instrumental music and great
group singing, boat trips, ban
quets, and the International Ice
Revue, were some of the high
lights.
One matter was brought to the
attention of the club from the
Directors meeliiig, which was the
purchasing of a registered bull
by the club to go with the others
I main position against the l r-fccT'Ti\/c oc*u
ianized might of the Axis Africa | EFFECTIVE 26th
ridge, of Elkin had been run over j„ wild melee, the out-)
by a truck "and taken ’o the hos- „f which may decide the
Motorfets who have lost their [that iiave been bought for this
Bgistralion cards are reques'ed | county. Recently there have b®®®
secure duplicates now for the i,,ught by the Coble Dairy
registration
beginning
warned
[Bne
9. '•
Truck operators are
lat they must b-e able to tell the
umber of miles driven during
[ay this year, the expected mile-
ge during July.
eptomber this year, and th
umber of miles per gallon of
asollne. ^
■OR THIS MONTH—
Public Assistance
Totals $8,840.50
9 AgeJ $6,039; De
pendent Children Get
$2,287.50; Blind $614
company and the two banks
four bulls from the Biltmore
dairy farm and these will he dis
tributed among the farmers of
the county. After the discussion.
P. W. Eshelraan proposed to buy
one for his company and the club
voted to empower the finance
committee to buy one if the finan
ces are sufficient.
By motion of S. T. Taylor it
was suggested that acknowledg
ment be made to Governor
Broughton for his interest recent
ly shown in the industries of this
community.
At the meeting Friday Paul
Osborne had as his guest Mrs.
Osborne and P. W. Eshelman.
Jr., was a guest of his father.
to
r>„hlic assistance grants
aged, dependent children
i’-t Wilkes county dur-
" June totaled $S.940.50 ac-
+n figures released today
5 Charles €. McNeill, county
Welfare 039
Of that amount $6,039 vent
floo needy persons over. 65
^mioB to the three major
were smaller expen-
for hospitalization and
th«r causes ^
LAbo*^ management committees
[f. ev^- hooatlng production In
n« ffc»a *0® plants.
Escaped Inmate
Hospital Taken
Before Hospital
Kne-w Of'Escape
George Kilby. WUke.s man
committed to the state hospi
tal for the insane at Nlorgan-
ton 9l.x week-s ago, was plrkel
p by Deputy Worth .‘tale In
in Wilkesboro Thursday.
Wilkes officers called the
ho.spital authorities at Mon?an-
ton and they said that Kilby
waa there. They had not learn
ed of his escape at that time
but checked up to find that
KOby had left from a part of
the inaUtathm where he waa
working.
tal in Elkin, and that Hasting.s
and Bill Eldridge had engaged in
the altercation. |
An account of what really lmp-|
pctied may come out in a hearing
to be held in Wilkesboro Tues
day afternoon for Has'ing.s and
Bill Eldridge, who are charged
with currying a concealed weapon,
assault and robbery.
the
FUNERAL SUNDAY—
T. G. Foster Is
Taken By Death
fate of the Middle East and
length of the global war.
The desperate battle was join
ed by the full forces of both
sides Saturday afternoon, 'spurted
fitfully throughout the night, and
was rejoined with redoubled en
ergy at dawn yesterday.
Guy Resigns As
Baptist Pastor
In Wilkesboro
METHODIST—
Church School
On Picnic Friday
I Wilkesboro Baptist Pastor
Will Enter Southern Bap
tist Seminary Soon
Chinese Attack
jjaps Successfully
I Encouraged by the joint pledge
issued Saturday by President
Roosevelt and the British prime
minister, that mea-sures against
Japan have been prepared and
that new methods to relieve Chi
na will be undertaken. General
issimo Chiang Kai-Shek's hard-
pressed troops struck savagely al
the Japanese on two fronts yes
terday and scored local succesee.s.
Rev. T. Sloane
Guy. Jr., on
Sunday tendered his resignation
as pastor of the Wilkesboro Bap
tist church.
He resigned to en'er th,e South-
i North Wilkesboro Methodist I ern Baptist Theological Seminary
'church school enjoyed a. picnic iat Louisville. Ky„ where he and
J. B. Snipes,
agent, and A.
county agent,
to Asheville to
purebred bulls
Wilkes county
P. Cobb. Surry
wen' today
purchase nine
to be II-led to
build up dairy herds in Wilke.s,
Surry and 'Y'adkin coiiniii--.
The bulls wilb be purchased
from the Biltmore e.state .ind
funds are being provided hy do-
nutions. Coble Dairy Products
company, which is operating its
new plan*, in Wilkesboro, gave
funds to purchase two. The North
western Bank, Bank of .N'orth
Wilkesboro and Wilkes Hosiery
Mills, of North Wilkesboro. are
buying one each. The Surrv coun
ty bull buyers are Elkin .Merch
ants a.ssocialion, bankers. Cham
ber of Commerce and Elkin Ki
wanis Club.
Bremen Blasted
By 1,000 Planes
London.—The R. A. F. rekind
led the smouldering fires of de
vastated Bremen overnight in the
second massive assault within
three days upon that spawning'
ground of submarines prowling ] Rgy
yesterday the,
AT METHODIST—
Revival To Begin
In Wilkesboro 5th
Pishing Creek Arbor church bn
Sunday afternoon to attend H'® j
funeral services for T. C. Foeter. | -pj,g pjenic marked the end of
prominent citizen of that comma- successful vacation Bible Wilkesboro Baptist c^rch
nity who died Friday afternoon. the church
3-30 at his home on Wilkesboro 2OO, including adults as'hts leaaorstup tne wuxesooro pg^, jt
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bo” oTAprilTTlSS . .on 011'"%...,. ... .» .bundanc, otllly .nd b.vlns . I.rf.r pro.r.m
A. C. Gibbs, District
Superintendent, To Be
Guest Minister
,cu.b... -.-0-0-- - I the Atlantic and
A large crowd gathered at, p,.ijay evening at Moore’s Mill | Mrs. Guy will go early this fall. | London wee: "There'
seven miles out on the Statesville 1 His resignation will be effective , ,gfj gf Bremen.'
after the fourth Sunday in July, j ,ni„ia;ry, without dis-j
Rev. Mr. Guy came to th® gi„ging just how many plane.s i Rsv. A, C. Gibbs, of Elkin, sn-
^’■“'" participated in this return raid ' perinfendent of the Elkin district
and more I S-atesville in April, 1941. Under | n^rmanv’s second largest! of the Methodust church, will be
adults as I his leadership the Wilkesboro
the late Anthony and Rachel [good eats.
Curry Foster. Throughout his i While the children 'Beaded in
life he was active in community Hunting Creek, the men enjoyed
affairs and was well known in j pitching horseshoes, and softball
ate. ‘ practice. Some of t
this part of the state. I practice. Some of the high scor-
Surviving Mr. Foster are hisjj^,g players lA horseshoes Inclu-
widow, Mrs. Nancy M. Foster, oft^gd j. B. Carter. J. R. Hlx, Jack
Wilkesboro route two, and the [.gwofford. W. B. Jones, W. H.
following sons and daughters: jpatton. J. B. Snipes, J. H. Rec-
Mrs. E. L. Chambers, Wilkesboro: [tor, W. G. Gabriel, Dr. J. S.
Mrs. Guthbert Dowming, Faye'le-' pgang and Wm. H. Duhling. Mr.
ville; Mrs. Branson Benton, Pur- Bulling ig superintendent of the
lear; Mrs. C. C. Miller, Sparks, i g^urch school.
was made by o the guest minister in the revival
^ . (-'strong force," the same phrase services to begin at the Wilkeslro-
increaslng its memibership stead-[ describe bliteration raids ro Methodist church on Sunday
by more than 1,000 bombers on evening, July 5.
Thursday night against Bremen' Rev. 5'r. Gibbs will assist the
and earlier agelnst Cologne and pas'or. Dr. J. C. Stokes, in the
i,of activity and finance. Twenty-
Nevada; Mrs. M. K. Davis, Ral
eigh; Miss Elsie Foster. Wilkes
boro: B. M. Poster, Wilkesboro;
Gaither Foster, Sparks, Nevada:
and Hayes Foster, Reno, Nevada.
The funeral service was con
ducted by Rev. J. W. Youngeir
and Rev. Peryis Parks. Inter
ment was in the church cemetery.
The “old oaken bucket" Is
coming back: 'WPB is encourag;
ing manufacture of wooden palls
and tubs reqaiiing not more than
15 per cent metal.
Bring Back Man On
^ad Check Charge
Keller Eller, member of the
citjp police force; went te Carthage
last week to bring Bob Teague
four were added to the church by
baptism in the service Sun
day. night. '
The church wiH appoint T pul
pit committee next Shnday to se-
chre a pastor to succeed Rev. Mr.
Guy when his resignation becomes
effective.
At the Seminary Rev. Mr. Guy
will Study for a master’s degree
in theology.
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Rev. J. M. Hayes
Will Preach In
Purlear Revival
Rev. J. M. Hayes, pastor of
North Winston Baptist church,
win return to his native commu
nity to preach In a revival at Pur-
Essen.
COMING AGAIN—
Navy Recruiter .
Here Two Days volunteers wanted
series of services. Evening servi
ces will be held et eight o’clock
and the hour for the day service
I will be announced later.
I A cordial Invitation is extended
' all to attend the revival services.
i Want a free pass to The Allen
Bruce Gatton, of the Salisbury Theatre for a couple hours of
office of the Navy recruiting ser- sp'ent helping Uncle Sam win
vice, took a number of applica
tions for enlistment in the navy
while at the town hall here
Thursday and Friday.
His next sta? here will he on
Thursday and Friday, July 9
of Siler City here to face charges nIty to preach In a revival at Pur- ^,j interested in
of giving a_worthless $75 check |e®T^Bapttet church be^ nj navy are urged
to Carl A. Lowe and Sons.
Teague was placed In jail to
await trial. Policqman Eller was
Monday, July 13. Announcement
of the revival was made today
by Rev. P. C. Watts, pastor, who
:::^;inled on tS; trlpljy I. M. cirdlalb'. Invites all tb the revl
Myera. ^ ^ aervlceg. ■/-,
enlisting in the navy are urged
to see him here at that time. He
asked that thoee who, wish tlJen
thk war? If so, get in touch with
W. J. Allen, the manager, right-
away.
The theatre is in neqd of youns
ladies who are willing to . take
charge of the war bond and stamp
booth on Saturdays In shifts of
two hours each.
^And remember, yon get a free
pass to the show.
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^ Messrs. L. H. Hollar and Lloyd
Ust prior to July 9-go directly to i Hayes, “of Boone, were KortK
the Salisbury office;' [wtlkeeborb rlsltors today. ^
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