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> Pvt. J. B. James In U. S. Marines Mr. and Mrs. W. B. James have recently received a letter from their eon. Joe. Private James states that he Is In some foreign country and the censor does not let him tell just what part. He states he Is getting along fine. Pv t. Owens Visits Home Pvt. William Crusoe Owens has returned to Camp Polh, I>a., after spending a furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. !• • Owenfl. 01’ Hays. I’fc. Homer Elledge Is Now Overseas ptc. Homer Eiledge is now stationed at an undisclosed over seas location, according to a let ter received by his mother, Mrs. M. P. Eiledge, of Hays. Pfc. El- ledge said he was getting along fine. Charlie Steelman Transferred To Iowa Charlie Steelman, navy veteran who hes been stationed at Atlan- U, Oa., has been transferred to a post of duty in Iowa. He spent a few days at his home at OaK- woods last week before going *o Iowa. He is a veteran of 32 Tears In the navy. Another Group Is Notified Wilkes Board No. Notifies Many To Report Johnson Is Corporal Fort Sill. Okla, — Ernest L, Johnson has been made a Techni^ clan 5th Grade Corporal In the Seventy-First Field -\rtillery Bat talion at Fort Sill. Oklahoma. Corporal Johnson Is the son of Mr. John W. Johnson. Route 3, North Wilkesboro, N. C. V John K. Btockbum Returns To V&irin^ John Kermlt Blackburn has re turned to Wayneehoro, Va. after a visit here with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Blackburn. John Kermlt was inducted into army service at Camp Lee week before la.st. and will report today at the camp to start his military service. He will he a candidate for offi cers’ training school. Corporal Hanks Doing Fine In Army Corporal Vestal Hanks return ed to hia post at Fort Bragg yes terday after a visit at Spring- field pi'stofftce with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Uira Hanks. Cor poral Hanks was inducted into service January 9th. He is sta tioned at the reception center dis pensary. and is getting along fine aa an army man. Seaman Jas. F. Williams Returns To Norfolk Seaman James F- Williams re turned to Norfolk, Va., today af ter a visit In the Falrplains com- mun.lty with his parents, Mr. and Mrs! Randolph Williams. He was Inducted into the navy on May 16th, and is another Wilkes boy making good in the serVloe. Robert Byers Promoted Robert Byers, who is a resident of Pnr.'ear, hae recently been Pro moted to the grade of Private First Class, from the grade of Private. Pfc. Byers is stationed at Sterke General Hospital, Charleston, S. C. Staff Sergeant Had Is Transferred St. Sgt. J. T. Hall who has bean In training at A. P. Hill Military Reservation In Virginia has been transferred to Camp White. Ore gon. Sherman T. Colvard Is Visitor Here Sherman T. Colvard. of Wilkes boro. who entered the army Aug. 31 as a volunteer officer’s candi date and Is presently stationed at Fort Jackson, S. C., spent the week-end here with Mrs. Colvard. Pvt. Joines With Guest Home On Furlough Pvt. Eugene L. Joines, of Fort Moultrie, S. C„ is spending a ten der furlough in Wilkesboro with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Joines. He has as his guest, Pvt. jj Brown, whose home Is In Anderson, S. C„ and who Is also stttloned at Fort Moultrie. i^nen Lt Nick AntiMiakos Is Here On Furlough Lt. Nick Antonakbs, who Is eta- tloned at Langley Field, Va., Is spending a few days furlough (Cftotimied on page eight) Wilkes Selective Service board number two on Fridhy notified a grroup of men to re port at the selective service board offfce on September 14, on which date they will be sent to an induction station for physical examination and induction into the army. The list this time contains single men and some few who married since December 8. According to information obtained here last week from I,t. Patrick Healy, Jr., navy liaison officer who inspected the Wilkes board, the Octo ber group will include practi cally all the single men avail able. The list of men notified by Wilkes board number 1 to re port August 11 was published Thursday. The list from board number 2 to report on August 14 follows: Iredell Dancy George Edwin Eller Clarence Eugsne Elledse CoUn Joshua •Couch Robert Chy Pruitt Kelly Blane Oombs WBiiam Albert Martin Brazil Enters War amage To Enemy On Three Fronts Trains for Double Revenge on Japs James Berkley Barnett Roy Prorette RoioUftniC-CiA^SeMlfliCB, Jr, Hrrvejr Lee Higgins Dewitt Spicer Lr.wrence Clifton Settle P*ed Monroe Hayes James Willlrjn Adams Paul Edward Swaim Charlie Smalls Claude .Allen Ellis Walter Bettle Pugh Gari'ie Tjcster Wihneth Gnmle Hamilton Paw I*res!ey .Alexander Brown •Arnold Glenn Wagont^ WUllam aeve GamWll French BllUngs Henry Ford Shepherd William Mack B‘U Paul Reece 'Vormaji .Toe Hc.'r’' Combs Terry Bnllis Ro>- Thomas Porter Frank Hampton Wat.son Paul .Allen Taylor Barney Franklin Smith Ooy Handy Luther Childre-s John Walter Spicer Hassell Miller Roby Calvin .Tennings .Tones Darnell. Jr. James Decatur Minton Cliarlie Spurgin Sebastian (Tarence Darnell Ransom A^aughn Durham Vernon Ijeonard Shumate Romes Reese Eiledge Charles Edward lentz TiUther Thomas Key Ted Robert.s Marrin Joseph Holloway 8tamD Matinee Gen. Rommel k Beaten Back; Toll Is Heavy Allied guns aud planes have beaten Marshal Edwin Rom mel’s desert army back to the starting line of his Egyptian offensive which he launched a week ago with a proclamation to his troops that “we are off to Cairo,” it was revealed last night. British communiques dlsclos'^d that the.axis suffered continued heavy losses during the week-end and the American and British heavy bombers, in pulverizing as saults on Rommel’s communica tions, again have blasted Tobruk and the Candia base on the Is land of Crete. I Wedge Wiped Out The 20-mlle-wlde wedge which Rommel drove Into the British mine fields at the lower section of the Alameln line has been wip ed out, official reports said, and “every effort of the enemy failed to penetrate our main defense sys- C. B. Baker of Si. Louis, machinist’s mate first class (left), learns to^ ase a Aommy-gnn at a Seabee base near Norfolk, Va., from which point tem at any point, he wiU soon depart to seek revenge for the death of two sons la the Pacific. The threat from the aircraft carrier Lexington, which went down in the Coral sea. entire striking force, including practically all his armor. In a full drees drive for the Nile delta Office Of Civilian and the Suez Canal. Aircraft Course Getulio Vargas of Brazil, presi dent of the first South American na tion to enter the war. War was declared on Germany and Italy fol lowing the sinking of five Brazilian ships by the Axis, with the loss of 600 Uves. Brazil’s army is estimat ed at about 100,000 men with 300,010 active reservists. Red Cross Office Set UpInCity Wilkes county chapter of the American Red Cross now has a full-time, executive sec retary, Rev. Ad C. Waggoner, HIM Office Located In Town Hall; FuITTime Clerk Meeting of Heads of Various Parts of Civilian Defense Setup Is Planned Kills One Snake Catches Another More Bed Crhss dmi m River Floods Lands Heavy Rains Sunday Flood Parts Of The Valley The Yadkin River, which has become notorious for floods, overflowed its banks Sunday afternoon and night and caused considerable dam age to crops all along the val ley in Wilkes. With the extent of rainfall in the mountains on the head waters of the Yadkin not gen erally knowit, local people late Sunday feared a repetition of the disastrous flood of Aug ust, 1940. Rains Saturday night and practically all day Sunday swelled Yadkin’s tributaries out of banks and as the water rushed down the Yadkin val ley Sunday afternoon the flood threat caused consider able alarm and tmeasiness. The water gauge kept by Sam Craven at the water plant here showed five inches of water in 24 hours, which approximated the eight Inches in 24 hours in Aug ust, 1930. However, the rainfall was not as heavy In mountaine west of here and In 1940 the rala in those iccamies was greater than here. Parts of the fairgrounds were flooded Sunday evening and night and WUkesbogi.Avenue was cIok An office for the Wilkes County Civilian Defense sct-| up has been established in town hall building, Judge J. A. Rous.seau, chairman of the | civilian defense council, said today. A full time WPA employe' MiU be at the office at alll times to assist any member of j the oiganization in carrying on the work. The office is located on the first floor ofi the town hall in a room back I of the fire department. j Judge Rousseau, who recently, was appointed by Governor Mrs. Nora Roten, of Wilbar, had been to milk and was on her way to the house when she found and killed a big copperhead sneke, which was about three fe«t long. A few days later a steel trap was set under the porch for rats and when Mrs. Roten lifted a plank to see if the trap had caught a rat she found it contained another copperhead, of about the same length and size as the one she had killed near the house. V Former Residents Hawaiian Island. Are Residing Here Splendid Traihing la Offered Free Here In Sheet Metal and Riveting Course W. L. Simmons Takes Up Duties With Soil Conser vation Service in Wilkes The aircraft sheet metal and riveting courses offered at North Wilkesboro high school can acco modate a larger number of stu dents than are now enrolled. A factory trained instructor is in charge of the class, and two shifts will be formed If enough students apply, W. B. Collins, head of the Industrial arts de partment of the school, said to day. The courses during the past year have turned out many trainees and Jobs were awaiting each one when the course was completed. ( Appllca'lon for training in the courses should be made at the North Wilkesboro branch office of the U. S. Employment service, which is located on the second floor of the Duke Power company building on Ninth street. Broughton to succeed Attorney W. H. McElwee, who enlisted In the army os a first lieutenant, ap- , ^ „ pointed J. E. Walker, North Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Simmons, who were residents of the Hawaiian islands at the time of the Japanese Is Bip Success Packed House Is Response At Alien Theatre to War Bond Drive Wilkesboro police chief, as coor-“^«"ts of North Wilkesboro. dinator and J. B. Norris, also of' years they lived on this city, as assistant coordlna-! which ,s not a great j distance from Pearl Harbor. The During Judge Rousseau’s ab- sence from the city as he p^e- '>ved. was shel ed by Japanese sub sides over courts of the state the | coordinator and assistant coor- Rev. Mr. Shannon Takes Up Duties Is New Pastor of Wilkesboro and Union Methodist Churches Despite a steady downpour of rain, an over-capacity crowd was present at Allen Theatre Sunday 'afternoon for the first of a series 'of four Sunday afternoon matinees to stimulate the purchase of war 'stamps and bonds. ' .Admission to the show was free, I the only stipulation that before en- tering each person must buy a war j savings stamp of not less than 25 cents denomination. The theatre was packed and all standing room was taken. Prior to showing of the picture, “Atlantic ! Convoy.” Attorney J. H. Whicker .was presented to the crowd by W. *J. Allen, theatre manager, and Mr. Whicker spoke very forcefully, urging all to buy war bonds and stamps to the limit and to support the war program to the full extent of their ability. Mr. Allen said today that he was pleased with the response to (Continued on page eight) dinator will carry on the work of the civilian defense organization. Judge Rousseau has planned a meeting of the various members of the civilian defense organiza tions to be held in the near fu ture. V Mr. Simmons is now connected with the soil conservation service here, which is the same line of work as, that which he was en gaged in on the Hawaiians. Mr. and Mrs. Simmons have two children, Billie, age 7, and Charlie, age 6. Jap Nests Around , Cripple Climc At Mihe Are Blasted! ^ept. lo Japanese stragglers around Milne Bay, believed to be running short of food and ammunlton, were reported under heavy pres sure by Australian jungle figh ters and Allied bombers last night They were believed to have been lightly armed end supplies only with emergency rations when they came ashore more than a week ago and were surprteed by Allied forces lying In wait for them. -V-. Miss Baasie Hendrix spent a few days last week with Mr. and Mrs. John Y^agoner at Wilkes boro.—Alleghany News, Sept. 3. September cripple clinic will be held at the Wilkes hospital on Thursday morning, September 10. All crippled and deformed per sons are invited to be present for free examination by an orthope dic specialist. The clinics ere sponsored by the North Wilkes boro Klwanb club In cooperation with the county health depart ment. V Miss Mary Parsons, who has a position with the Northwestern Mutual Fire Association at Ral eigh, spent the week-end at Boomer with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Parsons. Rev Charles E. Shannon, of Monroe, arrived Friday and has assumed his new duties as pastor of the Wilkesboro and Union Meth- ' odist churches. Rev. Mr Shannon succeeds Dr. James C. Stokes as pastor of the churches, Dr. Stokes having re cently resigned the work to enter the navv as a chaplain. A splendid congregation heard Rev. Mr. Shannon deliver a force ful sermon on ‘Salvaging” at the Wilkesboro Methodist church yes terday morning.' His sermon was developed along the line that in this day of salvaging alrnost ev ery available scrap material, that the church needs to start a Chris tian salvage campaign to revive ' interest on the part of its memher- 'ship and also to bring new mem- [bers into the ehurch H’s sermon was most practical and timely. I Last night. Rev. Mr._ Shannon lulled his regular appointment at I the Union Methodist church.- I Rev. Mr. Shannon is a graduate lof the Duke School of Divinity, having attende^ Duke University for the past seven years. 'And a Red Citss office been opened on the second floor of the Tomlinson depart ment store building on Main street, where the secretary will have her office and where the sewing and surgical dress ings room will be located. The executive secretary Is Miss Leona Graham, of Farmington, who has several years experience in Red Croes work. Part of her salary will be paid by the na tional chapter of the Red Cross. This will be the first time that a full time Red Cross secretary has been obtained for the Wilkes Wilkes chapter. Rev. Mr. Waggoner, chairman, said that the rapidly increasing number of men from Wilkes go ing into the service made it man datory that there be a full time worker to handle the various du ties of the Red Cross chapter, which renders many services to enlisted men and their families. The Red Cross has the duties of investigating dependent fami lies of service men and many oth er services in connection with the armed forces. Miss Graham’s ser vices will be available to any fam ilies of enlisted men. Open hours for the Red Cross office are 8:30 a. m. until 12 noon, 1:00 to 5:30 p. m Miss Graham is residing at the Tevepaugh residence on Kensing ton avenue, where she may be reached when the office is not open. V- Navy Recniitiiig Officer Commg j Yeoman k. M. Champion of the'Navy Recruiting Station in Salisbury, will open a temporary Navy Recruiting substation in the Town Hall. North Wilkesboro, on Wednesday and Thursday, September 9 and 10. ! All men ' between the ages 'of ' 17 and 50 who are considering ' joining a military service should investigate the opportunities of fered by the United -States Navy. The Navy depends on voluntary enlistments for Its entire enllst- ' ments, and you may enlist in the Navy up until the time you are actually Inducted in'o the Army under Selective Service. Many patriotic Wilkes county men are now serving their coun try and themselves 'In the United States Navy. V __BUY WAR BONDS— —BUY WAR BONDS— .ensr* ii lewAit portion the Valley was damaged and there were reports of extensive damage to hay crops in the low est portions of the valley. Some residents rn homes In parts of the valley devastated by the flood in 1940 moved out their furnishings Sunday even ing. Although the rains were heavy, there were some sections which did not have rainfall Saturday and Sunday of unusual propor tions and the rainfrll volume was not uniform over any great area. Two spans of Browr’s Ford I bridge on the Yadkin west of ('’ilkesborn were washed oi>- by 'the flooding Yadkin Sunday. High- iway forces reported a briige out jon Roaring River near Roaring River cotton mills. Some damage was reported to county roads in scattered locali ties, but no major routes were closed because of the rains. The flooding Yadkin Sunday evening and night was striking evidence of the need for flood control facilities on the Yadkin and the flood threat may give impetus to the efforts to secure such measures for the valley. Liberty To Honor The War Mothers War mothers will he honored as special guests every Thursday night at the Liberty Theatre. Full details are contained in the following announcement by Ivan D. .Anderson, thoe’re mana ger; “To honor the mothers of our fighting men. each Thursday night in September a number of war mothers will he honored guests of the Liberty Theatre. Ail that war mothers need do is to register their names, addresses and branch or branches of service in which they have sons serving.. Relatives or friends may register for the war wothers if they so desire, or they may send in their names by mail. “The Liberty Theatre will then present, or send, each mother who has sent in or registered her name a special guest ticket for a selected Thursday night. Send in yonr name name now so you will be selected among the first war mothers—and remember to buy a bond for every mother’s son In the service." Miss Jnanita Rorle, of Wades- boro, has been spending a tvw days here with her nnele aad aunt, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Gaddy. ■' Mlsa Rorle returned- to Wado»>'' iboro today. , .4
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