Corporal William Glenn An
derson volunteered his services
to the United States Marinos.
Upon finishing his ba-sic train
ing at Parris Island he was p-s-
slgned to third servire battalion
28rd fleet Marine force, Quan-
tico, Va. After receiving his
special training at Q,iantieo, he
was stationed at the New River
Marine base and promoted to
the rank of corporal. He spent
the w€>ek-end with his father,
W. S. Anderson, In WHkesboro.
Major F. C. Hubbaid Is
Leaving’ .\tterbury, Ind.
Major F. C- Hubbard, woo was
recently transferred from Starke
* General Hospital et Charleston,
S C., to Afterhury, Ind., called
Mrs. Hubbard yesterday that he
■was soon leaving the poet there,
* presumably for duty outside of
the United S ales. .Mrs. Hub-
hard and sons, Fred Jr., and
I Bobby, left yesterday to visit
Major Hubb rd at Atterbury.
Ind., before'he leaves for duty at
some distant point.
Exceeded Quota
September Sales
Of Bonds High
Is Report of Hix
‘Salute to Our Heroes’ Month
Proves to Be Successful
Drive Here
Ensign .lack Spainhour
To Norfolk, Va.
Ensign Jack Spainhour, who
•was recently commissioned at
Florthwestern University, left last
night tor Norfolk. Va.. after
spending a few doys here with his
parents, .Mr. and Mrs. J, E. Spain-
hour. Ensign Spainhour will be
assigned to .ship du'y upon his
arrival at Norfolk.
September war bOnd sales
in Wilkes county 'exceeded the
quota of $50,600 by a substan
tial margin, J. R. Hix, war
bond sale chairman for the
county, said this raoming.
All reports from issuing
agents had not been received
early today by Mr, Hix and it
was not practical to give an
approximate total. However,
reports which had been re
ceived indicated clearly that
the quota was exceeded by a
comfortable margin.
During the last days of the
month bond sales to individuals
Increased rapidly. . B5aftlet" nf lUe-
month* there were several large
purchases, including $10,000 by
the North Wilkesboro Building
ond Uoan Association.
September was ‘‘Salute To Our
Heroes Month” and the campaign
was headed by the moMon picture
industry with local theatres tak
ing the lead in promoting bond
s! les.
The drive opened here on Sep
tember 1 with a big military pa
rade end celebration, which was
arranged by Ivan D. Anderson,
manager of the Liberty Theatre.
On each Sunday afternoon the Al
len Theatre, with W. J. Allen as
manager, conducted stamp mat
inees to encourage purchase of
war bonds and s'.amps.
Letter From Baxter
Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Davis, of
Wilkesboro, received a let'er
yesterday from their son. Baxter,
who IS with the armed forces in
Hawaii, stating lhat he was well
and getting along fine.
Visits Mr. Miller
Mrs. Lawrence Miller left Wed
nesday for Camp Lee, Va., to
spend a few days with her hus
band, who has just completed his
basic training there preparatory to
the officer’s training course.
Pvt. Arnold Milam Home
On Furlough
Pvt. Arnold Milam, of Camp
Pickett. Va., Is visiting relatives
in Wllkeaboro. Pvt. Milam is the
son of the latii Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Milam. .
(Continued on page seven)
Scrap Dealers
And Workers to
Meet On Monday
STUDENTS COUECT SCRAP
Millers' Creek senior class and faculty are shown here with lAe
scrap they contributed the first day of the school’s scrap nrive. ^e
ollection of these materials by grades continu^ ", o!P*'
follows: 9th and 10th grades Monday, Sept. 21; 7th a^ 8th grades
Tuesday, Sept. 22; 5th and 6th grades Wednesday, Se^. 23; 3cd
and 4th grades Thursday. Sept. 24; 1st and 2nd ^ad« Friday,
ana 4i.n gmuns iitu$9uaj« o- ~ -
Sept. 25. The student body and faculty collected under the slwn
*0. X lltl a/vaa J %• « ^ ^ ^
“Give the school your scraps, we will toss theau to the Jap«
money obtained from the sale of scrag wjl] 'be.
nent ffag i»le ■ for the 8cK^ The' imWlB. w«l fwHtSE_td
school in this patriotic activity by damping more ai^ m«^ a«ap
at the school collection pile which was on Highway 421 tai front or
the Millers’ Creek school.
Red Cross Is Blackout
To Make 400
Service Kits
400 Is Number the Wilkes
Chapter Is Asked to
Make and Equip
J. B. Snipes, chairman of the
Wilkes Salvage committee, has
called a meeting of scrap dealers
and workers in the scrap salvage
campaign to be held at the town
hall on Monday afternoon, 4:30
o’clock.
The purpose of the meeting is
to get reports on salvage activi
ties and to correlate efforts of the
different groups who arc working
on this important part of the war
program on the home front.
Members of the county salvage
committee are also asked to attend
the meeting.
’Tls not what, man does which
exalts him, but what man would
dot—Browning.
Wilkes chapter of the Am
erican Red Cross has been
asked to make and furnish
funds for equipping 4 0 0
service kits for soldiers ■who
leave for overseas service,
Mrs. J. A. Rousseau, chair
man of the special volunteer
services division of the local
chapter, said today.
The kits, to be mrole in the Red
Cross sewing room, will contain
the following: soap and soap box,
cigarettes, deck of playing cards,
chewing gum, shoe laces, water
proof match box, razor blades,
reading material, and the “service
man’s housewife’’, which is a sew
ing kit with needles, thread, etc.
Materials to go In the kits will
be purchased in large quantities by
the Red Cross, with state and fed-
i oral taxes exempted. Therefore,
it is necessary that cash contribu
tions be made to supply the ma-
I (Continued on page eight)
30 Begsii Service
Thirty Wilkes men on Tues-
jy were carried to Port Bragg
, begin service in the 'miy.
In th^SO were 28 from board
VO who were examined and
Khicted at Camp Croft, 8. C.,
B geptember 15 and two
WUkee board 1.
Those from board 1 were:
Booker W. Yates.
V’ao^ui J. Walker.
Going from board number 2
BOHildtts C. Jennings, Jr.,
acting corporal.
Luther T. Key.
Clarence E. Elledge.
Gnmle H. Paw.
James D. Minton.
Iredell Dancy.
Ransom V. Durham.
James B. Barnett.
Early H. Bangnss.
Harvy L. Higgins.
Garvle L. Wilmoth.
Walter B. Pngh.
WUliam M. Bell.
J(^ W. Spicer.
Vemoh L. Bhuinate.
Robert C. Pmltt.
James W. Adams.
Boy T. Porter.
Roby C. Jennings.
Roy Prevette.
Clarence Darnell,
Charlie 8. Sebastian.
Romes R. Elledge.
Arnold G. Wagoner.
Chartie Smalls.
CTande A, ElU.s.
Presley A. Brown.
Charles E. Lentz.
Success
Wilkes Is Well Blacked Out;
Cooperation of People
Is Excellent
Wilkes county’s participa
tion in the blackout Tuesday
night was satisfsvctory, ac
cording to reports gained
from Civilian Defense offi
cials.
There was some delay in
beginning the blackout here,
which was through no fault
of the local defense organiza
tion. The blackout signal
failed to come and the black
out was put on following a
check caU to the Winston-
Salem office.
The signals, which included
factory whistles and the fire si
rens of the two towns, adequa.e-
ly heralded the blackout in this
vicinity, the telephone company
cooperated by giving a long ring
signal over rural lines, au’o
horns and bells carried the sig
nal still further.
The blackout here was near
perfect, and no lights could be
seen.
Under direction of J. B. Me-
Agents Six
Counties In
Meet Here
Estimates on Production Of
Needed Foods in Terri- ,
tory Are Compiled
Following a meeting of
county agents of counties ad
joining Wilkes, J. B. Snipes,
Wilkes county agent, has for
warded to the War Production
Board 'estimates on produc
tion of fo^ grown in Wilkes
and adjoining counties and
which could be nrocessed in a
dehydrating plant.
Present at the meeting
held in Wilkeshoro Tuesday
afternoon were J. B. Snipes,
Wilkes county agent and who
presided; Carl E. VanDenian,
apple research specialist; H.
R. Niswonger, extension hor
ticulturist; R. E. Bla^, Alle
ghany county agent; George
Hobson, Alexander county
agent; Roy Croose, Airfie
county agent; R.-A. MteLauffh-
Is Captain Now
Ei^rts Say
Demand For
Food Grows
North Wilkesboro Is Consid
ered Ideal Location For
Food Processing
Capt. Fred Wyatt, of Hays,
.“iOn of Mrs. C. A, Wyatt and
the late Mr. Wyatt, has recent
ly hem promoted to the rank
of captain. Captain Wyatt has
been in service twelve years,
beginning in 1OSO with the Nat
ional Guard in North Wilkes
boro. He left here as Sergeant
and has rapidly gained promo
tion from time to time. He is
stationed at Camp Butner at
present. His wife, the former
Miss Dell Holder, and son.
North Carolina agricultural
authorities met with several
local business men here Wed
nesday afternoon to explain
the possibilities of a dehydra
tion plant.
The meeting Wednesday at
Hotel Wilkes followed a
meeting of county agents of
six counties held Tu^ay af
ternoon at the Wilkes court
house.
M. E. Gardner and Dr. Jones,
of State College, and George
Ross, of the Nonh Carolina de
partment of agriculture, explain
ed to those in the meeting the
dehydration process lor food and
told the needs of dehydration
plants to process foods for ship
ment end for doraeetlc use.
Prof. Gardner showed samples
of dehydrated foods.
Coy, air raid warden chief for
the county, wardens were on
their job in every district and
carried out their duties fully.
Two violations of traffic black-
violations were reported,
driver in North Wilkesboro
was stopped and held In custody
until the blackout was over.
M, Hendnx, Davidmn iSPtmty
agent; F. H. Smith, of Lex
ington, REA supervisor.
Each one present participated
in the discussion of the edvlsabll-
ity of establishing a dehydrating
plant in this vicinity for the pur
pose of proceiBsing fruits and
vegetables and the concensus of
opinion as expressed was to the
effect that North Wilkesboro
would be an ideal location for a
dehydrating plant and that suffi
cient volume of foods would be
produced for its operaMon provid
ed the cash return to the farmers
was sufficient.
It was brought out that fruits
and vegetables now being produc
ed and which could be produced
in greater quantities if the market
were’ here for this territory in-
culde apples, peaches, Irish pota
toes, sweet poba'oes, snap beans,
cabbage, turnips and potatoes.
Estimated total ‘production of
some of these crops for Wilkes,
Ashe. Alleghany, Alexander, Wa
tauga and Yadkin counties was
given as- follows: apples, 565,000
bushels; peaches, 8,000 bushels;
Irish potatoes, 6,200 acres; snap
beans, 3j200 acres; cabbage, 3,-
700 acres. In addition, is was es
timated that counties immediate
ly east and south of Wilkes could
furnish large quantities of sweet
potatoes, peaches, tomatoes and
turnips, as well as some apples,
Irish potatoes, beans and cab
bage.
Estimated production of some
of the crops in Wilkes was as fol
lows: apples. 300,000 bushels;
peaches, 2,000 bushels; Irish po-
•atoes, ,1,000 acres; snap beans,
500 acres; cabbage, 500 acres.
Among the counties represent
ed Alleghany end Watauga do
not have railroad transportation,
while Alexander and Ashe coun
ties are worried over prospects of.
losing their rail facilities. It was]
(Continued on page eight)
out
As Candidate
Office Clerk
Letter to Chairman of Board
of Elections Gives Notice
Of His Withdrawal
W. J. Bason, local business
man, has withdrawn as the
Democratic candidate for
clerk of superior court of
Wilkes county.
His withdrawal was con
tained in a letter yesterday to
James M. Anderson, chair
man of the Wilkes board of
elections.
In his lefer Mr. Bason, who is
Sinclair Refining company agent
here, said that hii5 connection
with; defense organizations and
extra business duties brought
about by the war and resultant
rationing are taking so much of
his time that he will not have an
opportunity to wage an active
campaign.
His letter of withdrawal fol
lows;
‘‘Due to the present national
emergency, which of necessity
(Continued on page eight)
Legion Will Meet
On Friday Night
Wilkes post of he American
Legion will meet on Friday
night, October 2., at the Legion
and Auxiliary clubhouse. All
Legionnaires are asked to attend
the meeting.
E. G. Finley, J. B. WilMam*, Pat
Williams, T. E. Story, J. B.
Snipes. Carl E. VanDeman. of the
Wilkesboros. R. E. Coltrane and
Frank Buck, who are connected
with Coble Dairy Products corn-
pony in Wilkesboro and Lexing
ton.
Much interest in the proposal
to establish a dehydrating plant
here wa.s expressed and it was
decided that a committee would
visit a small experimental plant
at Copelond. in Surry county, as
soon a.s it gets into operation.
V-
Food Classes In ,.
Wilkesboros Are
Well Under Way
Two nutrition classes have been
organized in Wilkes county un
der auspices of the Wilkes coun
ty chapter of the Red Cross Miss
Annie Laurie Herring. home
demonstration agent and nu'ri-
tion chairman, said today.
Miss Helen Willloms. home eco
nomics teacher in North Wilkes
horo school, is instructor of the
Wilkesboro class which was or
ganized at the community house
on Monday night and which meets
every Monday and Thursday
night there at 7:30 o'clock.
MlSrt Addle Malone, home ser
vice specialist of Duke Power
company, is instructor of the
North Wilkesboro class which
mee's every morning, Monday
through Friday, in the demonstra
tion room at the Duke Power
company office on Ninth street.
.Miss Herring urged large at-
endance at the classes, saying
that nutritiiJh la a vital subject in
war time. New members may join
either doss now and the Instruc
tor will help them to make up the
sessions missed.
One
this
An automobile going west of
city on highway 421 was
stopped by three air raid wardens
and each time drove off with his
lights on. His license number
was taken for action by officers.
The blackout Tuesday night
covered the entire state, the first
maneuver to be state wide and
(Continued on page eight)
Beginning today and continu
ing for the duration of the war,
the speed limit on the highways
and roads for motor vehicles is
35 miles per hour.
Thirty-five miles per hour is
snail’s pace compared with av
erage n^otor traffic a year ago,
but lowing the speed is one of
a thousand or more ways to help
win the war and everybody is
expected to comply—and must
ctnnply or stay off the roads.
The speed limit thronghout
the nation was lowered by order
of the Office of Defense Trans
portation to conserve tires and
gasoline. Those who do -3*4-
comply with the speed li^t
regulations will get no gasoline
and no tires.
As an additional mewre to
conserve tires, gasoline j^atkni*
ing will be extended to all 48
states in the latter pvt of No
vember. -,
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