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MORTH WILKESBORO,. N. C., TD^DAY, OCT, 8, 194$
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Sales Are
Active In
High Here
Big Drive
Deputy Collector Says
Good Work Be
ing Done
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i Soviet Blasts Nan
! Stalii^[rad Flank
Schools Take Lead In
The Scrap Metal
Campaign
Allison James, deputy col
lector of internal revenue
from the Greensboro office,
here Tuesday to confer with
J. R. Hix, Wilkes war bond
sale chairman, highly compli
mented the war bond sales
campaign in Wilkes.
WTiile exact figures had not
been obtained, Mr. James report
ed that the volume of war bond
sales in Wilkes tor September w is
far in excess of the quota of $50.-
600 set by the treasury depart
ment.
Since quotas were first set tor
•counties for war bond sales,
"Wilkes has averaged exceeding
them by a comfortable margin,
records show.
The record of sales now are
compiled from reports sent in by
issuing agents to the central of
fice and are not gathered by the
county chairmen as formerly.
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Carrying barracks bags, personal belongings and ammanlUon, these
%merican soldiers are shown as they arrived at Port Moresby, New
Guinea. Since then these troops have likely seen action with Jap jangle ^
iroops, headed towards this base. New Guinea natives and Anstralian ^ and tanks the Germans have
loldiers sitting on gas drums inspect the troops as they march past.
Moscow.—The Red array con
tinued Its drive agaimt the Ger
man left flank northwest of Stal
ingrad and held all positions in
side the battle-scarred city
against the huge mass of men
Horse Show
Wednesday
District OCD
, Meeting To Be
" Held Here 23rd
Many Fine Horses Already
Entered For Big Event In
Wilkesboro Wednesday
SIWILKlES
Men In The
SERVICE
George K. Snow, of Mt. Airy,
•assistant director of Civilian De
fense In North Carolina, has
dblled a district meeting of Civi
lian Defense officials of several
counties to l>e held at the North
I ("Wilkesboro town hall on October
'453.
‘ J. E. "Walker, coordinator of the
"Wilkes defense set-up, said today
that the meeting will open at ten
a. m. and will have morning and
afternoon sessions. Members of
defense councils and all civilian
defense workers are asked to at
tend the meeting.
4-H Club Boys
And Girls Have
I
Calves At Show
Six boys and girls, children of
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Hutchison
and Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hutchison,
are exhibiting seven beef calves
at the Western North Carolina
Baby Beef show, which opened in
Asheville yesterday.
H. C. Colvard. assistant county
agent, went to Asheville to attend
the show and assist the children
r showing the calves.
The boys and girls showing the
calves are: Jesse. Robert. Paul
and Mary Hutchison, children of
Mr. and Mr.". W. R. Hutchison, of
Abshers, and Frank and Ruby
Hutchison, son and daughter of
Mr. and M.-s. S. C. Hutchison.
TTie calf show was arranged
through cooperation with the
North Carolina Extension Ser
vice to replace the beef show and
sale annually held as a part of
the North Carolina state fair.
Electric Current
Will Be Off'About
One Hour Sunday
Duke Pow’er company has an
nounced that electric current will
be off about one hour beginning
at 1:45 P. m, ou Sunday after
noon. October 11.
The current will be off in or
der to make necessary repairs
and changes which will prevent
lengthy interruptions of service
J at unexpected times. A time to
J do the work was selected which
cause as little inconvenl-
as poeeible.
The number and recognized
quality of the entries coming
in for the horse show on Wed
nesday, October 14 in Wilkes
boro, give assurance that it
will be an outstanding event.
The horse show will be staged
on the Wilkesboro athletic field
under sponsorship of Wilkesboro
school. The full committee nam
ed several weeks ago has been
functioning well on plans for the
event. - .
The horse show will open at
one o’clock and there will be a
full afternoon of events.
Many of the best horses from a
big area have already been en
tered for the show and additional
entries are being received daily.
There will be horses from many
counties in North Carolina and |
some from Virginia and Tennessee
have been entered.
Grounds and facilities are be
ing plac’d in condition for the big
event, which should draw a large
crowd.
Numa R. Porter
Fatally Burned
Wy&tt Child Dies
i’uneral sorvice was held Sat-
at White Oak chu-ch for
falter Wyatt, age two months,
gyiitjw of Mr. and Mrs. Hane-
ji WStott, of WUhar. The child
Fritfay.
Wilmington, Oct. 5.—Es
caping gas from a heating
unit in a room of “The Pines,'’ ‘
Brunswick county roadhouse
located about seven miles
from here, was apparently
the cause of an explosion at
10:30 a. m. Sunday which
took the life of Numa R. Por
ter, Wilmington taxi driver,
and seriously injured his com
panion, Miss Grace O’Neill,
Sheriff Dillon J. Gainey, of
Brunswick county, said today.
The gas, he said, was evident
ly ignited In some manner by one
of the two occupants of the room.
Porter died in Walker Memo
rial hospital here early this
morning. .Attendants at the hos
pital described Miss O'Neill’s con
dition as satisfactory. ^
Gainey said Porter and Miss
O’Neill, who is being held as a
material witness, were falsely
registered at .the place as man
and wife. He also said the taxi
driver was scheduled to face trial
in Brunswick recorder’s court on
charges of prostitution end soli
citing, which originated when he
was arrested last Wednesday
night by the city-county vice
squad with a man and another
woman.
Brunswick Coroner W. E. Bell
impanneled a jury early this
morning end viewed the body at
the hospital here. The date for
the inquest has not yet been set.
Porter, 30, was from North
Wilkesboro. The body will be
shipped there for burial late this
afternoon.
Funeral service for Numa Por
ter was conducted Wednesday af
ternoon at Pleasant Home Baptist
church near Millers Creek with
Rev. A, W. Eller and Rev. A. B.
Watts in charge of the service.
Porter is survived by his wife,
two children and one stepson, alt
of this city.
Pvt. Pearson Visits Home
Pvt. Raymond Pearson, who is
stationed at Daniel Field, Augus
ta. Ga., spent few days this week
with relatives in the Millers
Creek community.
Pvt. Bullis In St. Peters
burg, Florida
Pvt. William R. (Bill) Bullis.
who was recently inducted into
the service, was assigned to St.
Petersburg, Florida, for basic
training in the air corps and Is
expected to be assigned to an ar
my photographic school after his
basic training. Pvt. Bullis Is a
son'Of Mr. end Mrs. W. A- BuTTls,
of this city.
Robert Schaefor In
Rhode Island
Robert Schaefer, who recently
enlisted in the Seabees division of
the navy, has been assigned to the
Rhode Island naval .station for
basic training. He spent the past
two weeks with his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Schafer, of
this city.
R. C. Carlton Promoted
Pfc. R. C. (Cal) Carlton, who
i.s a member of army forces in
New Caledonia, has been promot
ed to his present rank from that
of private, according to a letter
received here by his sister, Mrs.
Dewey Templeton. Pfe. Carlton
said he was getting along tine.
Pvt. Griffith At Boise
Pvt. Harry M. Griffith, wlio is
stationed with the medical corps
at Boise. Idaho, writes Mr. and
.Mrs. T. Y. Brown, of Wilkeslwro,
that he is well and getting along
fine. Pvt. Griffith has been
transferred from Camp Grant,
(Continued on page four)
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thrown into the battle, the So
viet midnight communique said
today.
Earlier reports .said Marshall
Timoshenko’s relief offensive
northwest of Stalingrad had rip
ped into a line of hundreds of
Nazi “tank forts” and overrun a
stronghold, wiping out 1,200 Ru
manian troops.
The communique’s reference to
this action said simply that
"northwest of . Stalingrad our
troops have been conducting op
erations for the improvement of
their positions.”
Mountains Slow
Gains in Guinea
Gen. MacArthnr’s Headquar
ters, Australia, Thursday.—Rug
ged mountain terrain hap slowed
down the Allied advance over the
Owen Stanley Mountains of New
Galn^. which hai^qp made
with:,
Australian troops comi^slng Abe
offensive force, it was announced
today.
For the first time in many
weeks, the daily communique is
sued by Gen. Douglas MacArthur's
headquarters did not report anv
Allied aerial attacks. It was de
voted to a brief discussion of the
Owen Stanley situation and other
wise reported only aerial recon.
nalssance activity in the area
northwest of Australia,
Smith Child Dies
R. C. Smith, two-year-old son
of I.ester and Bertha Whi'e
Smith, of this city, died Wednes
day. Funeral service was held
today at Flint Hill church. Sur
viving are the father and mother,
three brothers and six sisters.
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PLEASE REPORT
AMOUNT SCRAP
METAL RECEIVED
Asks Return Of
Methodist Pastor
Boiu’d of stewaids of the
\ort.h Wiike«boro Methodist
chureli will recoimneml the re
turn of Rev. A. C. Waggoner,
present pastor. This decl.sion
was reiachetl in meeting of the
ohureh board Sunday.
The recommendation will go
before the quarterly eonfer-
ence Sunday and to the West
ern North Carolina conference
to meet October 10, in Char
lotte.
The .Joumal-I’iitriot, only
Wilkes newsi>a|>er luirticipating
in the orgiiiiized sciiip metal
ili’ive being caiTiel out by
news|>a|>ers in North Carolina,
is a.sking that tJiose in c-harge
of all schooLs collecting scra|>
metal report at the end of this
w«‘Ok the number of pounds
collected. If actual weight
ri-cords Iiaie not iieen kept,
please make the best e-stlmate
po.sslble.
State headquarters dc’sire
daily reports from all counties,
if possible.
Please make reports to Tlie
.Toumal-Patriot office in per-
.son, by mall or telephone on
Friday afternoon or .Saturday
morning this week.
This tank crew, encamped for the night on the desert, Is getting things
In battle shape as the son rise*. One man keeps a vigilant lookout for
the enemy; a second crewmaii cleani out the 75 mm. gun, and a third
works around the treads. American tanUsts have already given an excel
lent aocoimt of themselveo In tank hattlea against the Bonunel forces.
Democrats FaU
To Name a Man
For Court Clerk
No Candidate Named In The
Meeting of Committee
Here Wednesday
Wilkes Democratic execu
tive eomnuittiie
WS
name a candidate for derk of
court.
The meeting was called by W.
A. McNiel. chairman, following
the withdrawal of W. J. Bason as
the Democratic candidate for
clerk of court.
No action was taken at the
brief session of the committee
relative to a successor to Mr. Ba
son as candidate for clerk.
Wingler And
Miller Trial
Is Underway
Case Involving Settlement of
$8,000 Canh Estate In
Morris to Speak
On Monday Night
Candidate For U. S. Senate
to Open Republican Cam
paign In This County
Sam J. Moi^is, Republican
candidate for United States
senate, will address the voters
of Wilkes county at the court
house in Wilkesboro on Mon
day night, October 12, eigTht
o’clock.
Announcement of the speaking
was made today by N. B. Smithey.
chairman of the Wilkes Republi
can executive committee.
The address of Morris will be
the opening speech of the cam
paign in Wilkes.
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Spencer Barlow
Funeral Is Held
Last rites were held at Fergu
son today for Spencer Barlow,
age 42, resident of that com
munity, who died Tuesday.
Surviving are his widow. Mrs.
Mary Barlow, and two sons, Bu-
!ren and U. D. Barlow, of Lenoir.
Baptists Plan Anniversary
The First Baptist church of
North Wilkesboro plans to > ob
serve its Fiftieth Anniversary
with a series of special services
during the week of October 19-
25. Organized in December,
1892, with fifteen charter mem
bers. Is has grown through the'
years to be one of the largest and
most influential churches in this
section of the state.
In the course of Its history, the
church has been served ten
pastors, six of whom are still liv
ing. One of the former pastors.
Rev. W. F. Staley, was here for
two different pastprat^ _Rer.
W. R. Bradshaw, the flr^ i^stor
leij
of the church, diej in March of
this year at Hickoi^.
Former pastors have been in
vited to be presenjt and speak at
the services. Other ministers to
speak on the consecutive days of
the celebration week are: Rev.
Harry Gamble, of Statesville:
Rev. Eugene Eller, of Augusta,
Georgia; Dr. Marshall Mott, of
Winston-Salem, and Rev. J. D.
McCready of Morganton.
All former members of the
church are invited to be present
for the series of special services.
Friends of the church throughout
the community" and county are
given a special invitation to at
tend.
From Monday to Friday, Oct.
19-23, the services will be held
each evening at 7:30 p. m. There
will be two services on Sunday.
Oct. 25. The evening service that
day will be a Union Service In
which the pastors and members
of the Methodist and Presbyterian
churches will cooperate. ' ■
Special music for the Anniver
sary Week Is being arranged by
Mrs. Andrew. Kllhy and Miss
Ruby Blacklmrn. Booklets giving
a brief history of the church, to
gether with pictures of all' tko
former pastors, tr# being printed
end win he e^stributed dnrUg the
-AnniversAry Week.-- i-
Wilk«s' superior court
engaged this week in the trial
of Melvina Wingler and Min-
da Long versus A. R. Miller,
which involved settlement of
the estate of N. Wingler, de
ceased merchant of Union
township.
When Mr. Wingler died a few
years ago he had over $6,000 on
his person and other funds to
taling over $2,000, making a
grand total in cash assets of
moie than $8,000.
The suit now on trial involves
division of the cash left by Mr.
Wingler between his sisters,
plaintiffs in the case, and A, R.
Miller, his .business partner In
operation of a store in his com
mmiity. It is expected that th-'
case will consume ihe greater
pert of the time during the fir.s:
week of the present term.
Judge Leff D. Johnson, of Clin
ton, a special judge, was assigned
by Governor Broughton to pre
side over the present term in the
absence of Judge Felix E. Alley,
of Waynesvllle, who is ill.
Two divorces have been grant
ed on grounds of two years sepa
ration. They were Ruby Bottom ■
ley versus Lonnie Bottomley and
Grace Houchlns versus Wiley
Houchins.
2,491 Placed On
Jobs In Month By
U.S.E.S. Office
With each school a salvage
depot, and with every student
a member of the Junior army,
schools of North WQkesboro
and Wilkes county are getting
results in the salvage cam
paign.
With so many schools par
ticipating and with reports
on poundage meager, it was
impossible today to make an
accurate estimate of the scrap
collected in Wilkes county
since October 1.
Yet It was evident from the
few reports received on number
of tonr. at some poiuts and less
definite reports from others that
the present scrap drive is tar
ahead of any previous attempt in
Wilkes, although the county hod
made a good showing in com
parison with other counties be
fore the current drive began.
In North Wilkesboro school the
etudenta had carried ten tons of
scrap to the big pile on the school
grounds and 15 additional tons
have been spotted by the stu
dents to be hauled in. The stu
dents are working hard on the
campaign. They will answer any
call to the school from persons
who have scrap to donate.
TO the tonnage of
Ik tndreaiKg rapidly.
At the rural schools reports on
number of tons could not be ob
tained, although It was learned
that vast quantities have been
carried in.
Scrap dealers here have been
very busy buying scrap metal
since the current drive opened
and business is picking up daily.
In addition, the WPA trucks
are hauling large quantities from
farmers who have chosen to sell
scrap on their premises rather
than bring it in because of trans
portation difficulties.
City Fathers In
October Meet
Several Matters Transacted
By City Council In Meet
Held Tuesday Night
New Record Established By
North Wilkesboro Office
During Past Month
North Wilkesboro branch of
the U. S. Employment service set
a new record for placements dur
ing September when a total of 2,-
491 were placed on jobs.
The record number of place
ments was shown on the monthly
report of Mrs. Kathryn Lott, of
fice manager.
A large number of the place
ments were assignments of men
and women to. bean picking jobs
in the eastern port of Tennessee.
Hundreds from Watauga and
Ashe counties were placed on the
job and‘the employers furnished
trMU|)«rtatk>n.
Alfa ttriadfid in the placements
irere many in«i sad some women
who were assigned to jobs in war
and shtpywds.
North Wilkesboro commission
ers in regular Octob'er session
Tuesday night with Mayor R. T.
McNiel ti’ansacted several busi
ness matters of general interest.
I. N. White appeared before the
board and asked that the street
be graded at Second Baptist
church to allow space for park
ing. The motter was referred to
the Street committee.
A letter was read from Russell
G. Hodges, secretary to the board
of stewards of the First Metho
dist church, thanking the city au
thorities for improvement of E
street on the north side of the
Methodist church as requested by
a recent delegation from the
church before the lioard.
aT Carlyle Staley was employed
as a policeman to succeed A. H.
Lovette, who resigned several
days ago to accept war work In
Wilmington. Staley’s salary was
set at $110 monthly.
The board asked the clerk to
request Z. V.” Stewart, highway
division engineer, to place sur
face treatment on D street fill,
which is a part of highway 1.15.
The salary of Gilberi Dancy,
assistant water plant operator,
was raised to $85 monthly.
All members of the boprd, com
posed of R. G. Finley,, Ralph
Duncan, H. M. Hutchen, A. P. ■
Kilby and J. R. Hlx, were pres
ent for the meeting.
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Forsyth county fara«GP:.>kav«
more food and ‘
ever before, buti-iAerikltAt jwWk
Agent S. R. UiteUae^#i£^»M!.
prodnetioa to ntpinifiil^i wO'
mneb less next penr. ‘ ' '