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Men With
rrheOolors
Midiael Comins Ho^
“ “ — ■ m4, who HI m the ar-
J. mUtatA,
wmf air force and ia stationed at
Ajo, Arixona, » expected to eome
home on furloo^h about August
15.
Captain Robinson Here
' Captain E. P. Robinson, of Fort
lackson, S. C., is here this week
_itln« with his sister, Miss El-
,jn RoMnson^ and shaking hands
with his many friends.. He will
return to his station the last ct
the week.
Yadkin
Dam Proposal
War Department Colonel Gives Present
Status Of Surveys And Plans
For Yadkin Flood Dam
Sons of S. S. Prevette
In The Service
Mr. S. S. Prevette, of Union
Grove, has two sons in the ser
vice. One of them who has been
in the army only four months, is
Corporal Cain A. Prevette, sta
tioned in California. Another
son, Pfc. Lee Prevette^ is station
ed In Hawaii.
Visit Pvt. Colvard
M-s B. H. Colvard, Sr., and
Mrs. B. H. Colvard, Jr., of this
city, have returned from a visit
with Pvt. Ben H. Colvard, Jr. at
Camp Pickett, Va. Pvt. Colvard
is getting along fine at his new
post of duty, friends will be glad
to know.
Pfc. Taylor Home
Pfc. Claude Taylor, of Fort
Jackson. S. C., is visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Tay
lor, at McGrady Postoffice, this
week.
'*\_Pvt. ClegR Culler Home
Clegg Culler has returned
to his station at Fort Bragg, N.
?} C-, after a week-end visit in
/■Wllkesboro with his parents, Mr.
Pvt. Charles Henderson
Here on Visit
-Pvt. Charles Henderson visited
lift Pkirents. Attorney and Mrs. J.
R. Henderson, in Wllkeshoro for
several hours yesterday. Pvt. Hen
derson was recently inducted at
jibyt Bragg, hut lat»r was trans-
'^Bn-ed to Fort Benning. Ga. He
Is a member of the tank corps and
has b'een in the midst of the man
euvers which have been taking
place in North and South Caroli
na the past several days. .
Bombing In China
First Lieutenant R. V. (Bob)
Ford, of the 95’h bombardment
squadron, Is stationed at Keen-
mlng, China, according to a ca
blegram received by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Ford.
Arv'cl Dyer Home
t »vel Dyer, second class petty
er in the navy and stationed
at Norfolk. Va.. has been spend
ing a few" days in Wilkes with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Dyer,
Of Purlear. and with other rela
tives. On Wednesday evening ho
was marrved to Miss Floye Spears,
of Cricket. He will return to his
pst of duty Tuesday.
chinist Mate Payne
Returns
Aviation Machinist Mate J. H,
Payne, who has been on a three
weeks’ visit with his parents.
BIT. and Mrs. W. .\ndrew Payne,
of Summit, returned to his sta
tion in Panama Friday. Machin
ist Mate Payne is a brother to
Mr. Dorman T. Payne, of this
city.
WUkes Mian in Midway
Nava! Battle
News has reached the county
that Baiter Payne. son of Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Payne, of Joibs
Cabin township, was in the midst
of the^ famous naval battle at
Midway Island, which resulted
la 'such disastrous defeat for the
Japanese. Fortiyiately Payne was
not injured during the naval en
gagement.
Corp. P. W. Duncan, of
Marines, Here
Corporal Perry W. Dunc.an, of
e United States Marines, is
ending five days in the Trap-
11 community with relatives and
iwds. Following his visit hern
rrponl Duncan will report back
“■Js station at Washington, D.
In Naval Battles
nold Sheets, navy veteran
ifea years and who took part
la Coral Sea and Midway
I .Battles against the Jiatan-
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The following letter from Colonel Miles Reder, of the
War Department Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.
C., to The Journal-Patriot gives the latest authentic in
formation relative to surveys for the proposed flood
control dam on the Yadkin river near Wilkesboro:
“The Department is in receipt of your letter of July
18, 1942, on the subject of its authorized investigation
of the Yadkin River near Wilkesboro, North Carolina.
In that letter you state that local citizens have been
pressing their appeals for the construction of a dam at
that site, and you re^'uest information on the present
status of the proposed Wilkesboro Dam and Reservoir.
“I am pleased to inform you that an additional sur
vey has recently been completed by the Department un
der the authority contained in the Flood Control Act ap
proved June 22, 1936, in order to bring up to date the
cost estimates and other data on the proposed Wilkes
boro Dam and Reservoir which was discussed in the
comprehensive report on the Yadkin-Pedee River that
was transmitted to Congress in June of 1933, and pub
lished as House Document No. 68, 73rd Congress, 1st
Session. The report of the Division and District Engin
eers on the survey has been submitted to this office and
has been referred to the Board of Elngineers for Rivers
and Harbors for review as required by existing law
pnpr to its transmission to Congress witb tbLoyai^BMPOO'
“As you probably know, the Department is also mak
ing at this time a detailed investigation of the entire
Yadkin-Peedee Basin in the interest of flood control,
power development, and other allied water uses under
the authority of several directives from Congress. The
field work on this investigation is under the supervision
of Colonel J. S. Bragdon, the Division Engineer, South
Atlantic Division, and under the immediate direction of
Colonel D. W. Griffiths, the District Engineer at
Charleston, South Carolina. The report on that survey
is now scheduled for submission to this office on or
about September 14, 1942. Immediately upon the re
ceipt of that report it will also be referred to the Board
of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors fdr review as re
quired by law.
“From the best information now available to the De
partment it appears that the interim report on the
Wilkesboro Dam and the comprehensive report on the
Yadkin-Peedee River system will be completed at the
earliest practicable date consistent with the necessity
for sound engineering, analysis, study, and review of the
problems involved, and that these reports will be sub
mitted to Congress as soon thereafter as possible. Af
ter the reports on these investigations have been trans
mitted to Congress, further action by the Department
on any projects that may be recommended therein will
of course depend upon the authorization of those proj
ects by Congress and the appropriation of the necessary
funds for the work proposed.
“With respect to th^ storing of the rock specimens
described in your letter as being taken from the pro
posed dam site, it may be stated that no further tests
or analyses of these samples can be made until such
time as the project for the Wilkesboro Dam is author
ized by Congress and the preparation of the construc
tion plans and specifications is started. Since all of the
work performed by the Department must be in strict
accordance with specific authority from Congress it can
not undertake the construction of the Wilkesboro Dam
until the project is authorized by Congress and funds
are appropriated for that purpose.
“I trust that the above information is sufficient for
your present purposes. If additional data are desired I
shall be pleased to furnish all that are available upon
the receipt of your further request.”
Board 1 Has 3S Accepted
While Board 2 Has 29;
Board 1 Office Moved
Rei)ro->entative K. li. Dough-
ton, who will address the Nortli
WUkosboro Klwanis Club bVi-
day noon. Me has just comple.
ted work on the new war time
tax bill.
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HERE FRIDAY—
Doughton Will
Speak To Club
Representative R. L. Doughton,
chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee in congress
and who has just completed work
on the gigantic war time tax
hill, will address the North
Wilkesboro Kiwanis Club Friday
■mu''.~ —r— "•
aaey, cl^irhian
" aimoBnc^
program committee^,"
today that '\epresentative
Doughton will .»e the speaker
for the club meeting Friday
noon W. F. Gaddy is program
chairman for Friday’s Club
meeting.
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Union Church
Dedicated In
Service Sunday
Bishop Clare Purcell Preach
es Dedicatory Sermon At
New Church Building
Pay Tax-Save Money
Attention of every per
son who has not paid the
IMl taxes due Wilkes
county is called to the fact
that payment this week
will save cost of advertis
ing.
The law provides that
real estate on which coun
ty taxu are not paid be
advertised in August and
sold on the first Monday
in September.
Due to the fact that the
advertising will not be
published this week, those
who pay their county taxes
this^ week will save that
additional Cost 'and em-
barassaoent.
Yesterday, Sunday, August 2,
was a red letter day in the history
of the Union Methoaist church lo
cated two miles west of the city.
It was the occasion of the dedica
tion of the beautiful new church,
construction of which was started
several years ago under the pas
torate of Rev. A. W. Lynch. The
dedicatory sermon, by Bishop Clare
Purcell, of Charlotte, was heard by
a large number of people.
Outstanding events on the day’s
program was the sermon at 11 a.
m. by the former pastor. Rev. Mr.
Lynch who preached a fine sermon
heard by a large number of the
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CHANGED—
Schedule NYA
Workers Given
Mrs. Lawrence Miller Spend
ing Three Days Weekly
In Wilkes County
Mrs. Lawrence Miller, NYA
personnal interviewer with head
quarters now in Wilkesboro, 1s
spending three days weekly In
tervlewlng young people of Wilkes
interested In training In N T A
centers for war work.
On Mondays and Saturdays
she will be at her office in the
Wilkes courthouse and on Friday
at the U. S. Employment service
office In the Duke Power building
in North Wilkesboro.
On other days Mrs. Miller ser
ves Iredell, Catawba and Alexan
der counties.
Mrs. Miller said today that the
’NTA Is now furnishing transpor
tation for young people to train
ing centers at various points In
the state. Recently Homer Carl
Out of 121 men sent by both se
lective service boards in Rilkes
county on July 21, a total of 64
were, Accepted at Fort Bragg, ac
cording to reports received by the
two boards.
Wilkes board 1 had 35 accepted
out of 62 sent and board two had
29 accepted out of a total of 69.
Attention is called to the fact
that the office of Wilkes board 1
has been moved from the federal
building to the old bank building
adjoining J. W. Dula’s store in
Wilkesboro.
'The men accepted in the July 21
li.sts were given a 14-day furlough
and will return to Fort Bragg
Tuesday and Wednesday of this
week 'n begin service.
■ Following are the lists of men
eccepted from thg two Wilkes
boards: /
BOARD NUMBER 1
Lawrence Alton Miller.
Gordon Finley Ogilvie.
Charley Raymond Lane.
Roscoe Triplett.
Jame.s Roby Hendren.
Blanco Weston Anderson.
Glenn Vannoy West..
Flake Berman Rumple.
Albert Alonzo Walsh.
Clyde James Walker.
Carroll Moore Wood. ■
John Elree Jefocs.
;#Jlial?WIlil
Ray.viBn
irlie Baggie Cardwell.
Carl Lee Oakley.
Daniel Lee Panlue.
Clyde Presley Rob'bins.
ESmer Kermit Mitchell.
Roscoe Houck.
James Leonard Pennell.
George Garland Marley.
Rufus Transou.
Coyet Raymond Adkins.
Elton Eugene McGlamery
John William Clanton.
Charlie Woodrow Carlton.
Marvin Thomas Stewart.
Russell Charlie Joyner.
William Lester Eller.
Benjamin Ray Wiles.
I-arry Thurman Minton.
Robert Leroy Anderson.
Horace Smith Ferguson.
Baxter McLendon Spears.
Isaac Jerry Osborne.
Cameron Harrison Bayes.
BOARD NUMBER 2
Kyle Pruitt Miles
Otis Thaxton Keeling
Richard Glenn Bowers
Clay Holland, Jr.
Herman Peter Lnffman
Burns .Tune Holloway
WUUani Pranklto McNeiU
Willie Robert Cdlloway
Janies Herbert F\>rester
Click Henry Truitt
Elgle Parsons
Clarence Luffman
Wayne Cecil Bare
William Blair Gwyn
Earnest Bruce Whitley
Fred Walker
Ixinnie Warren Handy
.Tames Brady Myers
Kermit Luther Lyon
James Ted Bumgarner
Jay Wright Powell
Robert Glenn Key
Edward Leo Johnson
Clifford Ford Bangnss
Clarence Gilbert Elmore
Clande Shelton Triplett
Fred James Day
Sebastian Van Wood
MUIard Clyde Hawkins
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In Metals
Mrs. Mary K. Fleet, of Rocky
Mount, Worthy Grand Matron
of the Grand Chapter of North
» Awlflr. -nf . {he EastOTli
Salvage Mass |
Meeting To Be
Here Thursday
Mrs. Mary K. Fleet, of Rocky
Mount, worthy grand matron
of the Order of the Eastern
Star, who made her official vis
it to the Wilkes riiapter Thurs
day night.
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Worthy Grand
Matron Visits
Local Chapter
Star, niade her officlaK'^Ilt with
Wilkes Chapter > Number 42
Thursday evening. July SO.
W. G. M. was accomp; nied by
the Grand Treasurer, Mrs. Nellie
B. Stine, of Lenoir: Grand Ruth,
Mrs. Kathryn Daniels, of Ashe
ville; and Past Grand Matron,
Mrs. Leola M. Byerly, of Salis
bury.
After the giies’s were introdu
ced and escorted to the East, the
entire evening was given over to
the W. G. Matron.
She began her speech with
“Thank you’s’’. First, she thanked
Mrs. Ira D. Payne and husband
for being guest In their home;
she thanked Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Williams for the delicious even
ing meal served at the Williams
Boarding House, and she thanked
the chapter and W. M. for her flow
ers, a lovely corsage made up
of red and yellow rosebuds in the
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County Committee and Oth
ers Ignited To Meeting
At City Hall Here
AUGUST TERM—
Calendar Court
.To Begin August
10 Is Announced
Solicitor Hall Makes Two
Wilkes county Mlvage
committee has designated
Saturday, August 8, as junk
day for Wilkes county.
This event will be a part
of the intensified salvage
campaign throughout the na
tion, designed to replenish
from the homes and farms
of the nation the metal stock
piles of war industries.
On Junk Rally day, Aug
ust 6, every person who pos
sibly can is asked to bring to
dealers here some scrap met
al or other materials needed
in war in^ustrie^ —... .
rrevailing prices will be
paid for all scrap brought
in, but the important thing
is to bring in the scrap and
thus start it on the road to
ward being . made into
planes, tanks, guns and oth
er materials to lick the
hordes of Hitler, Mussolini
and Hirohito, J. B. Snipes,
salvage committee chairman,
said today.
All who possibly can are
asked to take time off from
their regular work, if neces
sary, Saturday in order to
bring in the scrap. Because
this is now one of the press
ing duties of the people on
the home front in the war.
Meeting Thursday Night
On .Thursday night, eight
o’clock, a mass meeting of
all Salvage committee mem
bers and all other interested
citizens will be held at the
North Wilkesboro town hall
to further plans for the sal
vage drive.
One feature of the meet
ing will be a radio address
by Governor J. M. Brough
ton, who will address all sal
vage committees of the state
in meeting at that hour,
i All are invited to the
I meeting here.
I Carl A. Lowe and Sons and Wil-
Weeks Calendar; Judge
Alley Will Preside
|liams Motor Company are in posi
tion to purchase all scrap metals
Waggoner Back
From Convention
Lions in Toronto
ons
Rev. A. (T Waggoner, pastor
of the First Methodist church,
has returned from Toronto, Can
ada, and New York City.
In Toronto Rev. Mr. Waggon
er attended Lions International
convention as a delegate from
the North Wilkesboro Lions Club.
He reports that a most success
ful convention was held.
In New York City he spent a
few days in study at Union Theo
logical Seminary.
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Mr. J. Roby McNeill, local agent
Solicitor Avalon E. Hall, of
Yadklnville, has made out the
calendar of oases for the August
term of Wllkea superior court,
which will convene In Wilkesboro
on next Monday, August 10.
Solicitor Hall was In Wilkesbo
ro last week, when the calendar
was made at the office of the
clerk of court, C. C. Htyes.
• Judge Felix E. Alley^ of Way-
neevllle, who is presiding over
courts of the 17th judicial dis
trict during the latter half of
1942, will be on the bench.
The calendar for the two-weeks
term Is published in full In this
newspaper today.
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brought in.
The Wilkes County Salvage
committee membership, as listed
today by~J. B. Snipes^ is as fol
lows:
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George Joines
Cut In Affray
Singing Class Coming
ton, Jr., and Chetoie McNeill leftlfmr the OecMtetal Ufc
to take sheet meUl training at caropaBy, Is enjoying hi* Ticaaon
Asheville, «
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The singing class of
Oxford or^anage will give
the annual concert in the
Masonic Hall on Monday,
Angust 10th. at 8 p. m. The
progrant will consist of
songs, recitations, dialogues
aM riiythin band. The con
cert is being a|Mmsored by
the Nortti Wilkes^ro
L^.Now 407, A. F. & A.
Lfbnisaion duux«s are
|[^ «ild['2S CMts. r
In Hospital Here With Seri
ous Wound On Chest By
Larkin Joines Sunday
George Joines, a re.sident of
the Pores Knob community, re
ceived a serious knife wound on
his chest Sunday in an affray
with Larkin Joines, his uncle, at
the Larkin Jol^ges home at Pores
Knob.
According to reports reaching
Wilkes officers, (Jeorge Joines
and another young man were as
saulting Larkin Joines when the
latter took his knife end slashed
George Joines across the chest, '
His Injury was considered se
rious but he rested well last
night. He is a patient at the
WilkM Hospital.
To date no members of £be
family have prefeiT*d, any chim-
^ sBsInst Larkin Jotaaa. ^