■■ With
TheColors
Lt McElwee Here
First Lieutenant W.
^ wee was In the city Friday lor a
few hours enroute from Camp
Sutton at Monroe to the Aberdeen
ProTlng grounds in Maryland^ Lt.
McElwee will enter the officers’
basic t aining school at Aberdeen.
He Is attached to the army ord
nance department.
Major Hubbard Home
Major Fred C. Hubbard, who Is
stationed at the Starke general
hospital In Charleston, S. C., re
turned to his post of duty late
yesterday after a brief visit with
his family In Wllkesboro. Major
Hubbard was formerly chief sur
geon 5-t The Wilkes Hospital,
which Is located in this city.
Pfc. Staley At New
Orleans
Pvt. James Vernon Staley, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Staley, of
Reddies River, Is stationed at New
Orleans, where he has be*in for
13 months. In his letters home he
states that he Is getting along
fine.
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Pvt. EUedge At Camp Polk
Pvt. Gwyn H. Elledge. son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Elledge, was
transferred receatly from Camp
Lee, Va., to Camp Polk, La.,
where he 1s In an armored divls-
. ion. In a recent letter to his par
ents he sold he was liking it just
line.
Ivev Moore Accepted In
■ U. S. Navy
Ivey Moore, well known local
^citizen, was accepted tor re-en-
*^Hstment in the F. S: Navy Wed
nesday at Raleigh, and was sent
to Charleston, S. C„ for training.
Mr. Moore was accepted as phar-
* maclst mate, third class.
Pvt. Eller In Louisiana
Pvt. Reuben Eller, who entered
the army on March 7, is now sta
tioned flt Leesville, La. Pvt. El
ler is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Spain
Eller, of near this city.
August Term Of
Superior Court
In Second Week
Jury Recommends Mercy for
Man Convicted Of Fa
tally Shooting Watts
^ Reeves in California
Bernard Reeves, who entered
the na^ almost one year ago,
has recently been transferred
from Jacksonville, Florida, to the
naval air station at Muffet Field,
California. He is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Reeves, of the
Pleasant Horae community on
Wilkesboro route one.
Glass Returns
.Apprentice Seaman John W.
Glass has returned to the naval
station at Newport, R. I., after a
visit with his mother, Mrs. Fred
%i'i'ass, in Wilkesboro.
Henry Clark Returns To
Naval Station
John Henry Clark is on his 'hay
back to the L'- S. naval station at
Newport, R. i., after visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Julius
Clark, of North Wilkesboro route
three.
Corporal Ed Miller At
Fort Moultrie
W. -A. Ashley and daughter, MLss
Clara Faye Asheley, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Miller and daughter. Miss
Louise Miller, of North Wilkes
boro route one, and Miss \ irginia
Smithey, of Wilkesboro, visited
Corporal Ed Miller at Fort Moul
trie, S. C., during the week-end.
Holder Will Become
Flying Sergeant
Aviation Student James R. Hol
der, of Hays, son of William Hol
der, of Hays, has reported at the
Lubbock Army Flying School,
Lubbock, Texas, for the. final Gap
of the training which is preparing
him to be a Flying Sergeant. At
the large Lubbock twin-engine
school, commanded by Col. Thomas
L. Gilbert, Holder will complete
the training he began in March at
Muskogee, Oklahoma, and continu
ed at Brady, Texas. Upon his
graduation he will be commission
ed as a Staff Sergeant and assign
ed to active duty with an Air Force
unit. He enlisted in the Air Force
on March 18, 1940.
Sale Graduates At Naval
A Recruit Schorf
m U. S. Naval Training Station,
^Vwport, R. I.. August 14.—
P«y Bdsel Sale, son of Mr. and
^rs. Claude Sale of Cycle, N. C.,
la on a seven day leave after
gr^uitting from the School of
(Continued on"* page eight)
Buster Staley, who was convic
ted In Wilkes court for man
slaughter for the fatal shooting of
Jim Wlatts In October, 1936, was
sentenced In Wilkes court Fri
day by Judge Felix B. Alley tio 12
months at tbe county home.
The case had been continued
from year to year because of the
Illness of Staley, who spent sev
eral years in tubercular sanlto-
rlums
Sta.ey claimed that he shot
Watts iu self defense arid that
Watts had attacked his brother
with a knife and was advancing
on him when he fired three
pistol shots.
The jury in rendering a verdict
Tuesday evening recommended
mercy for Staley.
Other cases tried In court since
Thursday follow:
Monroe Dotson, violation pro
hibition law, prayer for judgment
suspended on payment of ?25
fine.
Mack Gantt and Estil Miller,
larceny and receiving, 12 months
on roads.
Irene Harless versus Moses
Harless, divorce granted on
grounds of two years separation.
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Halting Nazis
With Reserves
Hitler’s Armies Before Stal
ingrad Find Going Is
Getting Tougher
The first Junior Victory Army tta can assembly Una ^ teft“’Motto
young members thlJd.^aitTa ^sSSlsn wTS^ner. sees’ that both ends are opened
“roSlJ and tacked In. Another pi>iinds the'can# fiat aafi then final Inspectton Is made before the cans are
pftcked for shipment to the junk yard-
Dental Clinic For
Music Teacher
County Is Assured
County Will Pay $900 Of $1,800 Cost of Den-
tal Work for School Children in County,
According To Plan Adopted
Billfold Is
Returned
James Byrd, Local Youth,
Turns $87 Found Over to
Police; Owner Found
Wilkes county commlsslouers j wants club severli
have
was learned today from Max 'Fos-
I ter, of this city, a member of the
board.
Under the proposal the state
health deportment will send a
dentist into the county for a period
of 20 weeks at a total cost of $1,-
800. Of that amount the county
will pay half and the state half.
weeks ago by
Moscow. '— The Russians
announced koday^ that they
were firmly holding agsunst
a supreme German offensive
southwest of Stalingrad and
that the Nazis were hastily
bringing up Reserves, because
of their hea'vy losses.
The Soviet high command, which
last night smnounced the abandon
ment of Maikop and its demolish
ed oil wells, spoke more hopefully
of the situation around Kotelni-
kovski, 90 miles southwest of
Stalingrad and the Volga River
line, than it had in days.
Forces Regrouped
The Germans had regrouped
their forces, brought up reserves
and started on all-out drive to
take Stalingrad, important because
of its heavy industries, and cut the
Volga River line. The Soviet noon
communique did not say whether
this effort had failed, but it as
serted:
“Northwest of Kotelnikoyski,
Soviet troops repelled several ene
my attacks and are firmly holdfng
their positions. The enemy, hav
ing suffered heavy losses in recent
fighting, is hastily bringing up re-
O/SiForcesOn ,
Solomons Are
Goi^ Forward
Positions Won By Hard Hit
ting Marinos Are Now
Being Consolidated
Gen. MacArthur’s He^-
quarter^ Australia.—Action
intensified portentously to-
dny over the 'entire Austra
lian zone from the Solomon
Islands to the neat JapaMse
northwestern base on Timor
Island, only 500 miles frenn
Darvrin, defense stronghold
of the entire north continen
tal coast.
United States Marines, on the
11th day of the Solomon Islands
battle, still were driving against
a desperate Japanese defense, from
the positions they had won in the
first great American offensive of
the Pacific war.
Tension Mounts
Tension mounted here as the
days passed ■without definite news.
It was believed that the marines
had a firm hold on the Tulagi
area in the Southern Solomons, in
cluding Tulagi, the s'wampy shore
of Florida, the atolls of Gayutu
and Makombo off the Florida
shore, probably the Kukum air
ba.se on Guadalcanal Island and
possibly a beachhead on Malaiti
Island east Florida.
There were indications that the
jn^rines, ws
A committee froiri /the ,Rlwanls
club presented the proposal to
the county board of commission
ers.
The plans call for a dentist to
carry his office and laboratory on
a truck and spend a few days in
severs! central communities ad
ministering to the dental needs of
children. It Is expected that the
Dry Forces
Rallies On
August 30
The proposal was taken up be- ^ project will be started in the near
fore the North Wilkesboro Kl- future.
A shining example
rare honesty was the return
of a billfold with $87.00 Sat-
urdav afternoon by James B.
Byrd, Jr., who found it on
the streets here, to Odell
Whittington, Jr., of Reddies
River.
The Whittington youth
who had been working as a
welder at Newbern, spent a
few days at home with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Od^
Whittington, last week while
recuperating from illness
and on Saturday afternoon
came to town, where he lost
the billfold from his pocket.
fhe Byrd youth, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Byrd, of
this city, found the pocket-
book and turned it over to
the police department, who
notified Whittington.
On Sundav the Whitting
ton youth, exceedingly pleas
ed with the unusual luck of
recovering lost money, look
ed up Byrd and rewarded
him liberally fqr his honesty.
Byrd recently r»tumed to
his home he/e from Utah,
where he spent a few
months in a C. C. C. Camp.
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of j Electric Storms
Do Much Damage
Some of the severest
electric storms in many
years have occurred in
Wilkes during the week
end, especially Saturday
and Sunday nights.
Repair crews of Duke
Power company have been
working incessantly in all
parts of the county repair
ing damage to' electric
lines since Saturday night.
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Four Dogs
Chase Fox
Four Days
Chief Walker’s Dogs Do Not
Give Up Until Fox Is }n
Bag; Regardless of Time
Ml8» Marguerite Thomasoii,
of Lexington, who has been
employed as public school mn-
teacher for North WUkeebo-
ro schools. Miss Thomason is a
- graxluate of Greensboro Col
lege, where she was present
of the senior class, lirted In
Who’s Who of American colle
ges. was a member of the y.W.
O.A. cabinet and active In oth
er phases of student work. She
is hi^ly trained as a director
of public school music and Is
an accomplished organist.
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Ten Speaking Engagements
Announced For Fifth
Sunday This Moirth
First Aid Class
In Meeting Every
Thursday Night
IN REPORT-
Grand Jury Asks
Changes At The
County T. B. Hut
Recommends New Superin
tendent; Other Institu
tions Approved By Jury
Grand Jury in its report to Fe
lix E. Alley in the present term
of Wilkes court stated that coun
ty. property and institutions were
in good shape and well can d for,
making no recommendations for
changes exefept at the county tu
bercular hut.
There the grand jury said it
James E. McDougal, of ChaV'i had made investigation of com
plaints and recommended that a
District WPB
Man To Speak
lotte, To Address Ki-
wanis Club Friday
James E. McDongal, of Char
lotte, district manager for the
War Production Board, will ad-
dress the North Wilkesboro Ki-
wanis Club Friday noon, P. W.
Eshehnan, progiam chairman for
»»•» club meeting Fridav, said to
day.
Mr. McDougal, who handles
priorities and other matters in
this section of the country for
the War Production Board, will
be heard with much interest.
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Mr. Bill Carrington, of States-
rllle, visited his family here to
day.
“competent and congenial person
be employed'to take the place of
Mrs. Cora Miller’’, who had been
superintendent for several years.
It was also recommended that
arrangements be made at the tu
bercular hospital for preparing
and serving wholesome meals to
patients, that the hen house on
tbe premises be moved and that
chickens be stopped from roost
ing under the building occupied
by patients.
The courthouse, Jafl and prison
camp were approved by the grand
jury, wlilch alec made inspection
of the county home and found the
property in good shape and with
24 inmates. **We think the coun-
(Continued-on page 8)
Police Chief J. E. Walker ha.s
a fox hunting tale which he
says he can prove by any num
ber of witnesses.^;,;
On Monday night he, with J,
R. Rousseau and Alonzo Bum
garner, took the fox hounds
to Jumping Off place on high
way 10 near the Wilkes-Ashe
line. I'h^dogs had a wonder
ful race, chasing a fox over
several mountains.
Four of Chief W’alker’s
hounds would not give up the
chase and the men bad to come
hack and leave them.
Pour days later Chief Walker
deceived word that his hounds
had caught a fox near Oblds,
in Ashe county several miles,
from the ori^n of the hunt.
Chief Walker wUl tell you
that his hounds Just can't be
equalled for fox-hunting and
that they wUl get the fox if
it takes four days. He went af
ter his dogs and the fox 'Thurs
day.
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Many New
Names On
Ten speakinj( engag«Mnent« for
rallies under auspices of Unlterl
Dry forces will be held In Wilkes
county on Sunday, August 31, T.
K. Story, county chairman, an
nounced today.
The rallies and the speakers
for each will be as follows:
First Baptist church in North
WGlkcsboro, Rev. A. C. Waggon-
Still Time For Others To
Enroll In Class; Dr.
Phillips Instructor
First aid class for police, fire
men. auxiliary police auxiliary
First Methodist church in North
Wilkesboro, Dr. John W. Kinche-
loe, ,Ir.
Wilkesboro Baptist and Wilkes
boro Methodist churches togeth
er,'.Judge .Johnson J. Hayes.
Mt. Zion Baptist church at Hen
drix, Attorney J. F. Jordan.
firemen, air raid wardens and all
others who wish to attend is be
ing conducted at the town hall
under auspices of the Civilian
Defense council.
Dr. E. N. Phillips is giving his
services as instructor of the
class, which meets every Thurs
day evening. 7:30 o’clock.
Civilian defense oftictels are
urging that every person who
can, take this course, and espec
ially those who have any job in
the Civilian Defense organization.
They point out that the instruc
tion and training received will bo
Welcome Home Baptist church,, valuable throughout their
lives.
City Faculty
Bold Thief Takes
Wheel And Tire
Mr». C. C. Seba*Man,_of
this city, i» —^fighting
and she has a nght
to be mari.
Late Friday night or
early Saturday morning
somebody utole the spare
wheel and tire from her
car parked in front of her
home on west “D” street.
No clues leeding to the
appi^ension of the rob
ber, mr rididwrs. had been
obtaimld by police today.
Sice of the wkeel, tme
and tube stolen was 6.00 z
16.
Personnel of the faculty
North Wilkesboro schools was an
nounced today.
Many new names are on the list.
Since last term there have been 13
resignations of teachers who have
entered the service or have ac
cepted other work.
The personnel of the school fac
ulty and administrative groups is
as follows for the term which will
begin August 31:
White Elementary
Miss Sallie Outlaw.
Miss Muriel Coykendall.
Miss Ehnma Eller.
Mrs. Susie WiUlams. '
Miss Etta Turner. r
Miss Elizabeth Finley.
Miss Rebecca Moseley.
Miss Ruby Blackburn.
Miss Kathryn Troutman.
Miss Beatrice Pearson.
Miss Lucille Young.
MIm Mabel Hendren.
Miss myrtle Tuttle. ' •
Miss Elizabeth Smith.
Miss Lela Hinton.
Higk School
Mina Dooglaa Plonk.
Miss Netn Blnckwelder.
Mh» Mary Pailwn.
Miss Hdea Haaufefc.
(Owittnnad on page eight)
T. E. Story.
New Hope Baptist church. At
torney J. H. 'Whicker.
Pttriear Baptist church, I>. E.
Elledge.
Mount Pleasant Baptist cburcli,
A. H. Casey.
Fairplains Bapti.st church. Rev.
forjM. A. Adams.
Mountain View Baptist church
(nidit) Itev. M. A. Adams.
All the services will be at 11
a. m. with the exception of the
appointment of Rev. bC A. .Adams
at Mountain View at night.
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AT GASTONIA—
Guard Officers
Are In Camp For
Week’s Trainin?
Commissioned and Non-Com
missioned Officers Leave
Sunday For Training
Nineteen officers and men of
the North Wilkesboro company
of the State Guard went to Gas
tonia Sunday for a week of Inten
sive training.
Commissioned officers going to
camp for the week were as fol
lows; Capt. Harry H.' Pearson,
commanding officer, First
John Wells, Jr„ Second U. John
((Mntlnned on page right)
regardless of whether or not they
are confronted with emergencies
during the war.
Mrs. Landon Dies
At Dover, N. J.
Mother Of Henry Landon,
Jr., Of Th-s City; III
Short While
Mrs. Inez A. Landon,
widow of H. C. Landtm,
Sr., died last night at the
home of her daughter,
Mrs. Alfred- Kendig, at
Dover, N. J., where she
was visiting for a part w
the summer season.
Mrs. Landon was ill for
only several hours, and
appzirently had been m
good health. A letter re
ceived by her son, ^ Henry
Landon, Jr., of this cny,
Friday made no mention
of fll health. „
Mr*. Uadon was wrfi
known.hare, haying b«n
a resident ol this city for
over twenty yeerk
While no d^flsM to
the fune^
vices could be dbtem^ ^
day, the,rema^ '^3*.**
brousdit here fw hjwi^
Servi^ will probebly bo-
held Wednesday. - J
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