Day, Aug. 8
Salvage Drive Is
Getting Off To
Good Start
SGT. DAVID D. V»AKKS
David Ij. "*arks, son -'If-
and Mrs. F. L. Parks^ of Roar-
In* River, was recently pro
moted directly from private to
set^reant, a distinction enjoyed
by only a few of Undo Sam's
fighting forces. Sgt. Parks was
Inducted on April 1.5, 1942,
at Fort Bragg, X. O., but is now
stationed at Fort Knot, Ky.
Sgt. Parks' many friends will
be delighted to learn of his
rapid promotion.
Admiral 1?oote In Texas
-. Rear Admiral Percy W. Foote.
^ ;ve of Wilkes and ve'enan of
years in the navy, recently
went back into service and is now
stationed at Houston, Texas, In
the navy ordnance department.
Mlliitrfnil Foote to
of the office of inspection of ne.-
val materials for the Southwest
(^strict, which Includes Louisiana.
Arkansa.a. T>'xas and Oklahoma.
Prior to .?oiny: back into service
several weeks ago, he wee vice-
president in charge of safety, for
Wbh Carolina Motor Club, and hod
OsTved as commissioner of Penii-
sylvanla Sta'e Police.
Hurley Visits Home
Hugh Hurley, son of Mr. and
Mrs. \V. If- Hurley, of near Mil-
lefs Creek, b.as returned to duty
on a r. S. Xavy battleship after
a visit of a few days with his
parents.
Junk Rally Day for Wilkes
county, which will be Saturday,
August 8. should net many tons
of scrap metals, J. B. Snipes,
chairman of the Wilkes Salvage
committee^ said today.
Saturday has been designated
as junk rally day in accordance
with the national salvage drive
plan for each county to have a
junk rally day when the people
are to carry scrap metals to the
dealers.
Mr. Snipes, who bn addition to
being salvage committee chair
man is the county agricultural
agent, said that much good work
in salvaging scrap metals and
other w’ar materials in the coun
ty, has already been done bat
that much yet remains to be ac
complished.
People of the county, in the ru
ral communities and in the towns,
are asked to bring scrap metals
on Junk Rally Day to dealers
here and thus .start it on the road
to steel mills,' eventually to be
made into implements o war
with which to fight the axis
hordes who seek to destroy liber
ty and decency throughout the
world.
Those who have la.'ge quanti
ties of scrap metal and who d
not have means of transporting
it to scrap dealers here should
call Mr. Snipes' office and ar-
rangemente will be made to have
a WPA truck call for the metals.
Snipes saiaT 18 to salvage end get
in scrap metals, rubber, tin, alu
minum and other needed materi
als.
He also emphasized the im
portance of the fats salvage cani-
,>aign and urged that housewives
save c.xcess cooking fats and de
liver them to their meat dealers,
who are acting as collecting ag
ents,
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>UsM Margaret Xifong, of
Cherryvillo, who will be the
first Bible teacher in North
Wilkesboro schools. Bible cour
ses will be offered In seventh
and eighth grades In the ene-
mentury school and through-
our the high school.
TO DATE-
China Relief
Donations Here
Total $124.79
FOR ENSUING YEAR—
City Bo4[et And
Rate Adopted By
Council Tuesda
18-POUND CAXnSlt-36J»OUII!> TURTLE—
BRINGS HOiffi THE I^T
Reduced Tax Rate of $1.10
and Budget as Proposed
Are Adopted For Year
List Of Contributors Releas
ed Here Today By W. D.
Halfacre, Treasurer
T.fnited China Relief organiza
tion set up here last week has
received donations totaling
$124.79 to date, the report of
W. D. Halfacre, treasurer, today-
showed.
Attorney J. H. Whicker, chair
man of the Wilkes Organization
for United China Relief, said the
goal for the county Is $500 and
urgsd satl}fc,Aotion
amount. He pointed out .the
■North Wilkesboro city council
in meeting Tuesday .evening
adopted the tentative budget and
tax rate as proposed at the July
meeting.
The tax rare this year was adop
ted at $1.10, which represents a
reduction of five cen'e under the
1941 levy.
With all members of the coun
cil present, several items bf bus
iness were disposed of at the
meeting.
The salary of Miss Betty Pear
son, stenographer in the office of
the clerk and treasurer, was in
creased to $60 per month.
I The board, ordered that H. C.
Hutchinson be paid an additional
$18.75 as fireman..
Sale of an old generator end
w-ater wheel for $980.00 cash was
confirmed by the board.
A proposal to construct a side
walk on a section of Second street
was referred to the street com
mittee.
A committee reported that the
town’s application for priority to
purchase a new pickup had been
rejected by the rationing board.
All members of the board, com
posed of Ralph Duncan, Hoyle
Hutchens, J. R. Hlx, A. F. Kilby
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Wilkes Man
Is Wounded
Sale Of Larger
Bonds May Make
Quota For Juy
$39,000 Sold Locally;
For Wilkes This Month
Set At $S6,000
Local sales of war bonds
and stamps for the month of
July totaled slightly more
than $39,000, and sale of
bonds in laiyrer denominations
to Wilkes people and institn-
tions, which are handled
through the Federal Reserve
Bank, should be in sufficient
amount to make the county’s
quota of $61,300, J. R. Hi.x,
bond ^le chairman for
Wilkes, said today.
The quota for the county
for the month of August has
been set at $56,000.
Sale of bonds and stamps as a
result of the canvass of wage
earners and others a few weeks
ago have been coming in and
helped materially to booet the
total amount of purchases by
the people of the county. In the
canvass hundreds pledged pur
chases of bonds and stamps at
regular weekly or monthly in
tervals.
meeting.
Legion Meeting To
Be Held Friday Night
Corporal Wellbom Returns
CorpoMl Roger Wellborn has
returned to Camp Polk. La .
where he is stationed in an en
gineer regiment, after visi'ing
father. Mr. G. 0. Wellborn,
o^R'’ilkesboro route two. and his
grandfather, Mr, R. L. Wellborn,
of Wilkesboro.
HOME COMING SUNDAY
ROCK CREEK CHURCH
There will be a Home-Coming at
Rock Creek Baptist church Sun
day, August 9. Everybody i.s in
vited to come and bring a wvll fill
ed basket.
James Hoyt Dancy, son
of James Edward Dancy,
of Daylo, Wilkes county,
was included in the last
casualty list of wounded
issued by the U. S. Navy.
Details of his injury or
the time and place were not
given. Dancy is a seaman,
second class. His father has
been notified.
The regular monthly
meeting of the local Ameri
can Legion Post will be
held at the hut Friday
night at 8 o’clock.
Commander A. F. Kilby
states that this meeting
will be an important one,
and he urges every mem
ber to attend, if possible.
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Beech Blankenship, who seldoms comes back from a hunting trip
without tangible evidence of success, has done it again. This time
he displayed an 18-peund catfish and a 26-pound turtle which he and
his turtle hunters gathered in New River in Ashe county one day
this week. The 18 pound catfish was 32 inches long and measured
ten inches across the head. It was on display at Beeche’s place
Monday and Tuesday, when hundreds saw it and were amazed at its
size. With Beech on the trip were the following “turtle hunters”:
George Dancy, N. C. Taylor, Claude Gryder, Shaw Gryder, C. C.
Key and Tom Johnson. In addition to the giant catfish and turtle,
they caught 15 other turtles ranging from three to 16 pounds in
weight. Beech and the boys have been enjoying good eats this week.
Wilkes has one industry which
has been awarded the Minute Men
insignia for having 100 per cent
of its employees buying bonds
regularly^ through a payroll 4-6'
duefioh plan In an amount aver-
I aging more than ten per cent of
j the total payroll. That industry
i is Wilkes Hosiery Mills, where
i the total average is 11 per cent
'going for bonds and ^all employes
are participating.
I Unless sale of bondi-: and stamps
throughout the nation maiivtaius
high levels, it is prohable that a
system of compulsory bond pur
chases may b-e instituted.
IN THIS CITY
NFU
Presldents'DoUghtotl To ^
-BUY WAR BONDS—
THEY SAY: “WHEN WE GET TOGETH 'R 'T’S TOO BAD FOR HITLER” . . .
Three Branches Of Service Get
Together For Visits While Here
Meet To Discuss
Buget For Year
“Shine” Kilby 0. K.
T. G. Kilby yesterday received
cablegram from his son. Coi-
,nal Gwyn J. i Shine) Kilby,
le message did not disclose his
•seas lora-ion. However, he
that he was ali right and
ttlng along fine.
Sgt. Anderson Here
Sgt. lierman Anderson, who is ;
aiioned at Carolina Beach, h.is
sen spending a few days here
Ith his family. Sgt. Anderson's
in, Wayne, age 11. is recover-
g from injuries received sever-
days ago when he was hit by
1 automobile on highway 268 in
lis city.
Roberts In Virginia
vt. Cuius Roberts, son of Mr.
.Mrs. Manuel Roberts, of
lers township, is now stationed
[k;mp Pickett, Virgina.
Johnson Doing Well
fr. and Mrs. W. T. Johnson, of
Jtrs Creek, recently received a
XT from their son. Pvt. John S
tnson, who -was just completing
basic training at the marine
e on Parris Island. S. C., and
J expecting to be transferred to
nitico, Va. He said that he
ilified for sharpshooters medal
h the rifle, which gave him r
te in lay of three dollars per
nth. Ke said the temperature
re was HO in the shade, but he
no cowplki*'^-
it Carolina Beach
t Triplett, son of Mr. and
H. Triplett, of this city,
m in service recently at
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The army, navy and marines! All are represented in this, picture snapped here
Friday as they casually chatted and roamed the streets together. Any jealously
between the branches of Uncle Sam’s fighting men was forgotten and they vowed to
let this picture speak for itself as to their unity and the Unity of their purpose—^to
banish Hitlerism from the earth. The *o!dier on the left is Pfc. Gail M. Davis, a vet
eran of 17 months at Fort Jackson. In the middle is Corporal P. W. Duncan, of the
Traphill community, who is stationed with the marines in Washington, D. C. On the
right is Machinist Mate J. H. Payne, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Payne, of Summit.
He is stationed in Pansuna. Incidentally, they dropped in at The Journal-Patriot of
fice just before this picture was made, jobt mined copies of the paper and ordered it
sent to them so they could get the news fro m Wilkes, The marine in the centw dis
plays his copy, (^taff photo by Dwight Nichols.)
A series of meetings of presi
dents of national farm loan asso
ciation in North Carolina to plan
finances of group officers and the
loan servicing program for current
'fiscal year and to discuss other
subjects of importance to the as
sociations and to agriculture in
general have been completed, ac
cording to Julian H. Scarborough,
president of the Federal Land Bank
of Columbia, a unit of the Third
Farm Credit Admihistraton Dis
trict.
Presidents attending the meeting
■held at North Wilkesboro were;
'A. G. Miller, president of Sugar
I Grove N. F. L. A.; W. P. Colvard,
I vice-president of Jefferson N. F.
L. A.; J. W. Hampton, president
I of Clifton N. F. L. A.; C. G. Col-^
ilins, president of Cranberry N. F.|
i'L. A.; V. B- Phipps, president ofj
Mt. Zion N. F. L. A.; and P. E.|
Dancy, president of Moravian N.
F. L. A.
Each president, Mr. Scarborough
said, under the program carries
back to his respective board of di
rectors recommendations which in
clude the budget of the group of-
ifice for the current year, the ser
vicing of existing loans, and the
possibilities of extending the ser
vices of the association to farmers
in the community ■who are not now
members of the association. Tl.is
service may include the refinancing
Uf farm indebtedness, assistance in
I the purchase of farms, or provid
ing funds for other farm require
ments through land bank loans
over a long term of years, as well
'as by proper planning for aid in
the Food-for-Victory and other
Victory programs, President Scar
borough declared.
Kiwanis Speaker
Representative Robert L.
(Farmer Bob) Doughton of
the Ninth congressional
^strict, will be the guest
speaker at the meeting of
the North Wilkesboro Ki
wanis club tomorrow at its
noon meeting.
Kiwanian W. F. Gaddy is
pre^ram chaiiinan for the
day.
A full attendance of Ki-
wanians as well as a num
ber of invited guests are
expected to 'hear Represen
tative Doughton speak on
the subject of his choice.
Rep. Doughton is chair
man of the Ways and
Means committee
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-RUY WAR BONDS—
QUAF,.TER OF A CENTURY OF SERVICE—
25 Years On
S'witchboard
25 Years Service
Mr. (3ody Lowe, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Carl A. Lowe, is improving
following several days' treatment
at The WUkea Hospital.
” ' Wbw. Pearl Dodson Rhoadee,
who has just completed 25
yean aa telepboske ofterator in
Noc«1)l WHkeslioro.
Twenty-five years on the
I switchboard—a quarter of a
century getting you connec
ted with parties you wanted
to talk to all over the country.
I That is the uninterrupted
record of Mrs. Pearl Dodson
Rhoades with the local tele
phone company.
Mrs. Rhoades has just
passed the quarter of a cen
tury mark in service with the
tel^ihoiie company here. It
■was in July, 1917, that she
was emidoyed as telephone
operator here by Ralph Don-
cait, who was maiu««r of
what was then the Horton
Tde^one company.
Years later the Horton Tele
phone company was purchased
by Southern States Utilltlee com
pany and more recen'tly 'by Cen
tral Electric and Telephone com
pany, which also owns and oper
ates several other systems la
North Carolina and Virginia.
'When Mrs. ' Rboadea ntarted-
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