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. mtM^ tjd^nmUgc . your1»«yiaff in North ilkttbciro»tlie growing idliig ceoiter of North North Carolina VOL. XXXV., No. 38 IS WILKES Men With TheColors ,3^rv,V Published Mondayg Jj|i$ ^Thursdays. NORTH ^ ^ IM« I iiiWjiir . '—: Rousiiau Head OCD tilere McElwee Soon To ‘Pleasant Dreams’ Cadet Jay N. Brewer, who enlisted April 1. is stationed at Scott Field, liUlnois, In radio school. Jay is doing fine in his work and is expected to graduate about September 15. He Is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Brew er of North Wilkesboro route i*MWo. His address is 34 TSS Bar racks 722, Scott Field, 111. Clegg Culler Home Pvt. Clegg Culler, cf Fort Bragg, spent the week-end In Wilkesboro with his parents, Mr. and Mis. J. E. Culler. Now A Corporal Mrs. A. J. Proffitj who resides on Highway 421 near the foot of the Blue Ridge mountains in Jobs Cabin township, was In the city Saturday. She stated that her son, Harold, is now a corporal. Pvt. BoucheDe Home Pvt. David Bouchelle, who is stationed at Camp Forrest. Tenn.. Is home on furlough which he is spending with his paren's, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Bouchelle. resi- ^ dents of Wilkesboro route two. Pvt. Bouchelle in service with the field artiller.v. Enter U. S. Army Judge Rousseau Appomted; County Defense Chaimr.an By Governor Broughton Pvt. R. F. Blackburn Here Short Time Pvt. R. F. Blockburn has re turned to Atlanta where he is at tending school at the Bell Tele- I phone Comfiany laboratories. V'While here he visited his grand- i (Other, Mrs. Mary S. Wood, at ays postoffice. Pvt. Blackburn is attached to the air corps at Drew Field Fla. I Pvt. Wyatt Home From Forrest I Pvt. Wimam H. ^amp Forrest. Tenn ■?»! Quarters are rather cramped aboard submarine because of Uie amount of machinery she must car ry. These bunks may seem tight to the landsman who Is used to lots of room in which to toss, but sub-men find them comfortable. NEAR WILKESBORO— Officers Get Brew Judge Julius A. Rousseau, of this city, has been ap pointed chairman of the Wilkes County Civilian De fense council, succeeding W. H. McElwee, well known lo cal attorney, who will ente> the army soon. News of the appointment of Judge Rousseau by Gov ernor J. M. Broughton to this important war time post was contained in a telegram received by The Journal-Pa triot from Ben Douglas, state (firector of Civilian Defense. Douglas said that the civilian defense program is to be rapidly expanded. Attorney McElwee, who has been chairman since the civilian de.^ fense organization was set up sev eral months ago, said today that he has been accepted as a volun teer officer candidate in the army and he expects to be called into service in the near future. He said that he deemed it advisable to re sign now' as civilian defense coun cil chairman in order that a new chairman may become familiar with the program before he leaves. The civilian defense council is one of the most important organi zations on the hon»e front and its activities are directly connected with the war program. V AT ELKIN Kiwanians Have Inter-CIub Meet. Thursday Evening Sniffing Death Local Kiwanians Meet With Elkin and Mount Airy Clubs At Elkin 'Wyatt, of is visiting v^ith his parent.s. Mr. and Mrs. Emory Wyatt, of this city. Pvt. Wyatt is a member of a field ar tillery unit at Comp Forrest. ^Stales CJets Higher Rank ^ L,ee Staley, wlio is in the ar my and is stationed at t'oini) Claiborne. I,a.. ha.s been promo-, ted to the r:nik of corporal. He! i.s the youngest son of Mrs. Em ma Staley, of Wilkesboro route two. He said in his last lett->r home that he was getting along , fine and that “army life is great", j Corporal Staley entered the ser vice in February, 1942. Mrs. Sta ley’s other son. I,t. Xoah W. St.n- ley. who is now stationed some where in the West Indies, is a ; veteran of 25 years in the armv. C^poral Staley’s wife, the for- Miss Louise McClain. Federal Alc*ol 'Rr*»tTtiirU»r:. vestlj^fttors raided Mrs. W. C. Kilby’s home near Wilkesboro on the Jloiavian Falls liighway Fidday Init they failed to find what tliey were looking for— moonshine liquor. Rut they did find some home brew and discovered that Mrs. Kilby liad been operating a home brewerj' U legally. She was arrested and plaeetl under bt»nd of ?taOO for ap pearance at the November term of federal court in Wilkesboro. -V Union Church To Be Dedicated Bishop Clare Purcell Perform Impressive Ser vice Sunday Aflemoon Rev. T. Sloane Guy, Jr, who delivered his farewell message as pastor of the Wilkesboro Bap-." tist church before a large con gregation Sunday night He is leaving to enter the Southern iBaptist Theologii^l Seminary at Lonisville. Ky. -V SUNDAY NIGHT— Guy Delivers l Last Message As Pastor of Church Wilkesboro Baptist Pastor Leaves To Study At Sem inary In Louisville Offices Rationing Boards Open Only In The Afternoons In order to allow office workers an opportunity to do book work which has accumulated during gas- al,i5 oline and canning sugar registra r^ides on Wilkesboro route two. lions, office? of both rationing present building project was boanis in Wilkes county will be launched, will preach at the 11 Brothers Are Corporals ! o’clock hour, after which there will A religious service of unusual interest in Wilkes county will be the dedication ceremony for Union Methodist church, located two miles west of North W’ilkesboro. Bishop Clare Purcell, presiding of ficer of the Methodist church in the North and South Carolina area, will perform this impressive ser- , vice next Sunday afternoon, Aug., received 2. The Rev. A. C. Gibbs, District' Superintendent of the Elkin Dis trict, will also be present and will participate in the service. A former pastor, the Rev. A. W'. Lynch, under whose leadership the Rev. T. Sloane Guy, Jr., deliv ered his farewell sermon Sunday night before a large audience at Wilkesboro Baptist church. Rev. Mr. Guy, who came from Statesville to the Wilkesboro Baptist church; Hh^rMNUi ithyear ago recently resigned as pastor in order to enter Southern Bap tist Theological Seminary at Louisville, Ky. For his last service at the ^•■1 church last night the church was more than filled and many were unable to find room in the build ing. The Wilkesboro Methodist church called off its evening ser vice in order that the congrega tion might attend the service at the Baptist church. [ Dr. J. C. Stokes. Methodist pas tor, assisted in the service, read- ling scripture and leading in pp.iyer. Rev. Mr. ^Guy delivered a brief i gospel message, which was well by the large congrega tion, and sang several numbers, among them being songs which had been especially requested. A pulpit committee has been named by the church to secure a successor to Rev. Mr. Guy. V On Thursday evening, July 23, 'll North Wllkeaboro Kiwanians journeyed to Elkin to meet with the Elkin and Mt. Airy Clubs in the fine new Y.M.CsA. just com pleted near the Chatham mills. There were- eighteen of the Mt. Airy club present and 47 of the Elkin memibers, making a total of 96 present for this fine social meeting. David G. Smith, president of the Elkin club, presided and call ed the clu'b to order. Following an excellent dinner. President Bid Williams, of the North Wlilkesboro club, and President R. M. Hudgins, of the Mt. Airy club, were presented and each made brief remarke. Lieutenant Governor Marlon Allen, of the Elkin club, made a winning wel come address. Inter-Club Chairman Hoke Henderson, of the Elkin club, (Continued on page eight) V LATE REPORTS— Child Hit By Auto Is Better - .S, Son of Sgft. and Mrs. Herman Anderson Hit By Car In City On Friday U. S. Flym Join British In Raids On German Cities U, S. Sub Sinks Five Japan* ese Ships'^ Near Japan Recently To enable students to learn varl- OHS gases by sniffing—safely—Bev. F. Hickey, head of physical chemis try at Providence coUege, Pn^vl- denoe, E. I., has manufactured “sniff sets” of five noxious gases. He is shown above with one of the sets. AT BOOMER— Baptists to Meet Soon Brushy Mountain Baptist Asso ciation will have Its annual meet ing at Zion Hill Baptist church at Boomer September 22 and 23, T. E. Story, moderator, said to day. The association has a member ship of 32 churches, which in- ■n liate news fromg the fighting fronts in Russia today indicated that Russian armies In some sec tors during the past two di^ya have been forced to give soma ground, hut at tremendous cost to the invading German hordes. Nasi tanks were penetrating the defenses of Rostov, gateway to the oil-rich Caucasus, and were advancing over thousands of their own dead. Meanwhile reports from other parts of the Russian front were not so discouraging. Indicating that the German push Is definitely tor the Caucasus. Eg>pt T« Quiet The lull on the North African front continued today and the only major activity was bombing of German bases by allied airmen. U. S. Airmen Help American airmen joined the R. A. F. for raids over northern France Sunday and helped to shoot down nine of Germany’s latest type planes. Meanwhile, a large force of R. A. F. bombers hammered the city of Duisherg in the Ruhr valley and practically demolished Ger man war Industries there. Sink Jap Ships No major news was reported be a picnic lunch served in the ' closed each day except in the after- Pvt. Raymond Pearson wns , . r- . i i - reading hi.-. copy of The Journal- noon? between one and five oclock. the church. Putrioi at Daniel Field. iTho.se having business at rationing a.11 friends of the church are cor- saw in j board offices should call only in dially invited to attend these scr- Attgusta, Ga.. when he this column the news that his kid the afternoons. brother. Henry Pearson, had Amn promoted to the rank of corpora! In the marine corps at Quentlco. Va. While he was elated at the goad news about his trother he received notice of his ipwn promotion to corporal. The“Corporals Pearson are from the Millers Creek community. —BUY WAR BONDS— I vices, Dr. .lames C. Stokes, pres ent pastor of the church, said to- fday. SCRAP Cleveland county 4-H club members collected a total of 36,- 1.36 pounds of rubber scrap re cently, with- one member, Andrew Pruett, accounting for 6,0 pounds of the total. raw 0^0 UNION CHURCH TO BE DEDICATED SUNDAY Aviation liidet Blevins Here on Visit Clarence E. Blevins, aviation cadet in training at Maxwell Pleid. Alabama, Is here visiting his parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Blevins, at Hays postoffice. Cadet Blevins, now In training as a navigator, expects to receive his “wings” next spring. Corporal Roger Wellborn Visiting Father Corporal Ro.ger Wellborn arri ved Saturday from Camp Polk, La. where he is connected with the' engineer corps, and is now visiting his father. Mr. G. G. Wel- f orn, who resides on Wilkesboro oute two, and his grandfather, Mr. R. L. Wellborn, In Wilkes boro. Pvt. Church Writes Pvt. Roea Church, who Is sta ged at Fort Cornhiklte, Calif., |p3 the following letter: “Just ivord to say hello to all my „ad8 in good old Wilkes coun- and hope you are all well and lavlog A good time. Keep things oiling while I’m away. This war rill be over soon. It oan’t last ong now because the good old (Continued on page eight) Wajme Anderson, .seven-year- old son of Mr. and Mrs. Her man .Anderson, of this city, wa.s severely injiu'cd Friday morn ing when liit by an automobile driven by Engene Sebastian on Highway 268 in the eastern part of tills city. .Aeoordlng to reports of in vestigating officers, the acci dent was unavoidable on the part of Mr. Sebastian. The child, with its mother and other children, had aligh ted from a bus wldch stopped On the sMe of the highway a •short distance above the Duke Power company sub-station. 'Pile cliild walked dhead of its mother around the front of (he biLs and directly In front of the pa.sslng automobile dilven by Mr. Seba.stlan. Both of Wayne’s legs were broken and he sustained head and body injuries. He was carried immediately to the Wilkes hospital. IJttle hope had been held for his re covery, but reports yesterday and today Indicate some im provement In Ills condition and that he may recover. The child’s father, who Is .stationed at Carolina Beach, arrived Friday night to be with life son. Wilkes county. The program committee is drafting a program for the asso- cia ion and the program in full will be announced later. V-- the navy department, which re ported that U. S. subs had sunk five Japanese ships. Including a new destroyer, near Japan. ON THURSDAY— Grand Matron To Visit 0. E. S. Here ON RAMPAGE— Officers Seek ” Driver U On Thursday evening, July 30. | at eight o’clock, Mr?. Mary K. Fleet, of Rocky Mount, W. G. M. of N. C., 0 E. S„ will make her official visit to Wilkes Chapter, No. 42. This will be devoted entirely to the Worthy Grand Matron and her instructions to the chapter. 'The D. D. G. M. of 10th District, Mrs. Nell Buchanan, of Minneapolre, N. C., is expected to be present with the Grand Matron. It is hoped that the Worthy Grand patron, Mr. Paul Renninger, of Winston-Salem, will also be present. A large attendance is expected to be present to receive the in structions and to enjoy the social hour that will follow the meeting. SCARCE Marvin Bell Charged With Speeding and Reckless Driving In City Police here in the wee hours of .Saturday morning determined ly chased a wild driver, who fi nally made his escape, at lea.st temporarily. Officers said the driver, who burned gallons of gn.soline and wore out enough rubber to do 'housands of miles of ordinary driving, was Marvin Bell, a son of Claude Bell, who lives several miles east of Wilke.shoro. Bell’s wild driving awakened numerous local residents from their sleep between one and two o’clock Saturday morning. Over the stree’s he drove a 1936 model car with reckless abandon, endangering his own is scarce in Sampson life and the lives of any who may but farm families are have been on the .stree's, obser- Lat-or county, helping one another to get this vers said, year’s crops harvested, reports' Added to the noise of Bell’s P. J. Stovall, assistant farm ag- speeding car w-ere .shouts of men ent. HOW’S THIS FOR A RECORD— Isom MoGlamery Has Killed 14 Rattlesnakes Purlear Citizen Has Killed Seven Rattle snakes In One Field Near His Home; Last Killed Friday The new Union Methodist church building shown here will ^ be dedicated in a special service Sunday, August 2. Bishop Clare Purcell wi^ be in charge of the ded ication service in the afternoon. Rev. A. W. Lyacl), former pasitor who launched the building program, will preach at 11 a. m. “I am 77 years old and during my life I have killed 14 rattlesnakes”, says Isom McGlamery, well known resi dent of the Stanton commu nity near Purlear, “and on Friday I killed the largest one by aai inch and (me-quar- ter around. It measured 12 inches around and was only 40 steps from my door. Fifty yards froim my house I kiUed a large one on July 4th”. That is the rattlesnake killing record of Mr. Mc Glamery. ‘TJkkie”, a bulldog owned by a member of his family, has been responsible for the death of five of the rattlesnakes. “Ukkie” discov ers the rattlers and edntinues his persistent barking until someone arrives to finish the job. “Ukkie” found the big rat tler /near Mr. McGlamery’s house on July 4th. The snake had partially swallowed a rabbit which was almost grown. It was the seventh one killed in the same fieldt within the past two summers, which makes Mr. McGlamery wonder if rattlesnakes are not trying to take posaessiwi of his home. and boys who got out on the streets to see what the excitement and noise was about. Officers were at a loss to un derstand any reason for such be havior with an antoraobile. Local police, aided by Carlyie Ingle, state highway patrol ser geant, intermittently chased Bell over several local streets. Beil was driving at a terrific rate of speed and at several places the streets were heavily marked by rubber scraped from his tires at turns and where brakes were ap plied. ) Bell left two a. m. A warratfl charging speeding and reckless driving was drawn up by local officers. town some time after Revival At Goshen Rev. R. E. Ward, pastor of the Oak View Methodist church near High Point, Is assisting the pas tor, Rev. J. M. Green, In a series of meetings at Lebanon Methodist church at Goshen. The revival will close Jhls week after being In progress for ten days, wltn much Interest being taken by the people of the Goshen community. —BUY WAR BONDS—
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