Sunday, November 8, will be Bundle
Day in North Wilkesboro and Wilkesboro.
All residents of the two towns are urgent*
lyftraqnestad to collect discarded clothing,
fursiitiire, items of home fumishings^
#nd toys "and place them m securely-
tied bundles on front porches and
lawns, where trucks will pick them up
Sunday afternoon, beginning at one
o’clock. The articles thus given will be
cleaned and repaired if necessary and will
be distributed among underprivileged fam
ilies .before Cbrkiftaas. Your cooperation
is ne^ed to make Bundle Day a success.
swiiKEsILarge Draft
Men In The |
SERVICE
A. C. Dennis Home
On Furlough
A. C. Dennis. Jr., who has just
completed his basic training at
Norfolk, Va., naval station, uas
been spending a few days furlough
with his mother, Mrs. A. C. Den
nis, Sr. On his return to Norfolk |
he will be assigned to the navy’s ,
aVIptiTlon rr/achlnist school. |
ContiiHsents
Are No^fied
Conrad Reeves Returns
Pvt. Conrad H. Reeves left Mon
day for the army and will be sta
tioned at Fort Jackson, S. ( .. af
ter spending his 14 days’ furlough
with his wife, the former Miss Le-
lia Shumate, of North Wilkesboro
Route 1.
Two Sons In Army
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Reeves, of
1+Arth Wilkesboro, are the parents
eftwo sons in the army for Uncle
Satn-
Pfc. Paul Reeves is stationed at
Ft. Bragg. He has been in service
one year and nine months. Conrad
Reeves is stationd at Ft. Jackson.
S. C. He entered on November 2.
1942. They both like the army
just fine, and are getting along
well.
Both Wilkes Selective Service boards have notified
large numbers of men who are soon to be inducted and
who represent the number of white men to be drafted
into the service during the month of November-
The lists represent the largest number for the county
during any one month and are composed entirely of sin
gle men and some few who have married since Decem
ber 8 last year.
The boards are expected to call many for the month
of December and with the supply of single men practi
cally exhausted, the December lists will contain many
married men without children.
The November lists follow:
• WIliKtkS HOARD NO. 1!
Kaner Wilson Wiles.
I
Rex Ferguson Now In
Australia
Pvt. Joseph Ferguson, who is m
service in Australia, is getting
along fine, according to a recent
message to his mother, Mrs. Oma
Ferguson, of Boomer.
"^dn Desert Mameuvers
Pvt, Howard A. McNeill is with
aimored forces on desert maneuv
ers in'southern California, accord
ing to a letter received by
received by this j
ere-VBpaper. Pvt. McNeill is a son j
of I H. McNeill, Sr„ of this city |
I
Pfc. Joe Staley Visits Home
* Pfc. Joe Staley, who is stationed
at Camp Rucker, Aia., is spending
farlough at his h«ne
. Iwre. Pfc, Staley entered the serv-
ItB on June 11 this year.
UciMnco .Mffler W®
^jfi^lldusde Doc. 24 -_
Miller, who is
school at Camp
Va- is getting along fine and ex-
to graduate and receive
*^(!ontlnaed on page eight)
his
WII.KF„S BO.\RD \0.
R. J. Spears,
William Har\e Tcvepaugli.
.Arvllle Glenn McNeil.
Reo Johnson Woods.
Hnie Speaks.
Verlie Durant Fo.ster.
Robert Blane Pilkington,
Gilbert I^ee McGlamery.
Paul Jones Foster.
James Tlioodore Waters.
Cecil Cling Barnette. ^
Cecil Gene Whittington.
Robert Glenn Parlier.
Slansfield Jarvis.
Fred Triplett Miciiael.
Rltl Cliureh.
Millard Marvin Johnson.
Robert Park.s Church.
William Gordon .Johnson.
Stoy Carpet Parks.
Edgar Vane Hendren.
Marvin H. Elledge.
Vaughn Edward Jennings.
Edward Powell.
(Iialcie Qwyn West.
George Edward Wiles,
nysees Alvin Goforth.
William Allen Broyhlll.
Stacy Huffman,
Edgar Ijeater Beshears.
Clarence Unnie Church.
Lawrence Alden Church.
.Tack Grady Bussell.
Warner Eee Parsons,
John Howard Banguss.
Reubun Gamalkw Headren.
WOUam AMw Pope.
OunfHe Bentley. -
Grady WOson Hager.
Dmfttt Warren SoaHier.
Hoper Jnnloe Mdfellt.
Jallus Lee Gass,
diaries Edward Garwood.
Roy James Kilby.
(Continued on page eight)
Charlie Sanford Bauguess.
CTiarlcs Dwight Horton.
Roscoe Hays.
Weaver Charlie Dimettc.
Ijcster Eugene Wingler.
Coy Bay .Myers.
.John Ruffin RoyaL
Porter Weldon Norman.
Freeman Bullls.
Jessie Major Joines.
Ira Charles Billings.
Roscoe Hughes Church.
James Edgar Alexander.
Ronald William Spicer.
Homer .Aldine Huie.
Rossie McKinley Gentry.
Samuel Elias Holcomb.
Walter V'an Bidden.
Joseph Wilson Brame.
Harmon Clyde Wyatt.
WilHnm Thomas.
Jessie Eldon Holloway.
Paul Thomas.
James Fred Brown.
Roy Martin Rhoades.
Percy Von Billings.
Garvey Rurchette.
Eim Willard Triplett.
Troy Byrd. '
V.iughn liefton Bauguess,
William Bland Lowe.
George Reece Roberts.
George Wesley Myers,
Junes Onhrer Cfieefc. „
IBrpd,.Everett Myers.
Wipfinn Vtm Byrd,
BMt^er WiBiMn Lovette.-
WBltam -Tied. BSUngv;',.-.
Edward MBnin. -^
Wmie Joshua Couch.
Claude Shepherd.
Willlani 'niomas Johnson.
(Continued on page eight)
Motorists
Must File
Tire Lists
Application Forms and Tire
Inspection Records Are
Available At Stations
In order to retain their right
to use mileage ration books al
ready issued them, passenger err
and motorcycle owners in Wilkes
county must file with their local
War Price and Rationing Boord
the new application form and
tire inspection record, C. P. Wal
ter, chairman of the board, de
clared today.
The forms, which are being us
ed in other sections of the coun
try as on application for a basic
A ration, are now available ot
nearby service stations, garages
and other convenienly located
places. Mr. Welter urged autoisls
and motorcyclists to pick up
copies at once and mall them to
the War Price and Rationing
Board as soon as they are filled
out.
"Local car cud motorcycle own
ers will continue to use the cou
pon books already in their pos
sessions.” the rationing board
chairman said, “but they need to
turn in the new forms anyhow, In
order to give us a record of the
tire serial numbers and to get for
themselves a tire inspection rec
ord to be used for the periodic
tire Inspections.
"Those who f&il to turn in one
of the new forms will he subject
to a call from the 'board after No
vember 12 to explain why he
hasn't done so, and he may have
his ration book revoked.
"The form is simple. Most jf
the informatl?m can be obtained
from the vehicle registration
onrd. The most Important infor
mation needed to fill out the ap
plication, however, is the list ot
serial numbers on every tire
which you or any relative living
in your home, own for that vehi
cle.”
The serial numbers. Mr. Walter
warned, are the Indented num-
t/ers on the tire walls. They are
not to he confused with any rais
ed numbers appearing on the
tires. In case the serial numbers
have been obliterated, only the
(Continued on page eight)
V
SHERIFF-ELECT J
Story, Bro(^|bsherAi|d
Myers Elected To Offices
Solicitor Hall, Clerk of Court Hayes and Sur
veyor Caudill Re-elected Without
Opposition In Election
C. G. POINDEXTER
Local Man
Is Killed By
Auto Here
Willard Wilson Hutchison
Run Over By Automobile
On Wednesday Night
Willard Wilwn
son, age 26,, died
The War
Today
News from all fronts to-]
day was encouraging to the
Allied Nations’ cause.
IN AFRICA i
Rommel’s German and
Italian army was reported
today to be in full retreat
as the allied army continued ^
its great frontal attack _ in
north Africa. One section
of the Italian forces was
said to have asked an or-
miAtic for time to bury their |
dead. Allies have complete
supremacy in the air and
Hutchi-
av>«, at the
WiUces hoM>ital ,at 1:30 a.
m. today from injuries
ceived - Wednesday Dt^
about 1:30 when he whs ran
over by a car on highway
268 in the eastern part of
this city.
Hutchison had been afiliebed
with epileptic fits at intervals and
when stricken would fall instantly.
It is prcidimed that he was thus
stricken as he started across the
'highway and fell on the road. A
iper.son nearby w'as unable to re
move him from the path of the on
coming car.
The car was driven by Jesse Ix.‘e
Bowers, local colored youth, who
is being held pending full investi
gation of the accident.
Hutchison was a son of Mr. and
Mrs. T. T. (York) Hutchison, of
this city. Surviving are his fath
er and mother, two brothers anrl
two sisters: H. C. and Paige Hut
chison, Mrs. J. J. Foster and Mrs,
Maggie .lennings, all of North
Wilkesboro.
Funeral service will be held at
Fail-plains Baptist church Friday
afternoon, tw’o o’clock. Rev. L. E.
Sparks will conduct the service.
V
Negro Faces
Two Assault
ludictmeuts
Colmap Fletcher, color^
resident - of the Traphill
C. G. Poindexter, Republican candidate for aheriff, de
feated Shieriff Claude T- Doughton in Tuesday’* election.
While Democrats lost the office of sheriff, they elected
two members, F. Di Forester Jr., and Paul J. Vestal, on
th county board of commissioners. Forester won over Mam
Foster in district 1 by a substsmtial margin and Vestal de
feated J- E. Pardue in district 2. M. F. Absher, Republi
can, was re-elected in district 3.
With the exception of the two
commissioners, Republicans nam-
Official Vote
lu Wilkes
2,420
2,135
1,260
3,610
2,459
appear to have superior community, was arrested
strength in armored forces. Ijcrg Tuesday by Chief of
IN RUSSIAN Police J. E. Walker on
All German attacks were charges of assaulting Mrk
reported by Moscow sources Conrad Tharpe, white resi-
to have been repulsed with dent of Rtmdau and Floretta
heavy losses during the past Harris, local colored woman
48 hours and Germans had Tue«dav night,
made no new gains. | Fletclier, who had j'ust completed
IN SOLOMONS U tp>-m of several vears given him
Americam forces on the in Wilkes court for^ pushing e
Solomons continued to hold white man into boiling still slop
Henderson field .and other near Traphill, was arrest^ as he
impcHant objective* which was leaving the bus station with
the Japs have vainly tried to other colored men soon to be in-
recapture in the pest three ducted into the army,
weeks. All re#*ent Jap as- The negro is said to have gone
sauhs have been repulsed from this to Honda on a bus
with considerable losses. 'about midnight Tuesday night He
IN CHINA went to the home of Coiirad
Chinese news sources said Tharpe, who was away, and palled |
Following are the total
votes cast in Tuesday’s elec
tion as certified t^ay by
the county board of elec
tions:
SHERIFF
C. G. Poindexter (R) 6,986
C. T. Doughton (D)„„ 6,349
COMMISSIONERS
District 1:
F. D. Forester (D)
Max Foster (R) ...
District 2:
Patti V«atal (i» ..
J. E. Pardftte (R) ..
District 3;
M- F. Absher (R)
F. C. Johnson (D)
CLERK OF COURT
C. C. Hayes (R) 7,086
No opponent.
SURVEYOR
Earl S. Caudill (R) .. . 7,018
No opponent.
CORONER
I. M. Myers (R) 7,059
Paul Cashion (D) ....- 6,095
REPRESENTATIVE
T. E. Story (R) 7,160
J H. Whicker, Jr. (D) 5,973
STATE SENATE
B. C. Brock (R) .. 6,982
W. A- McNiel (D) 6,054
U. S. REPRESENTATIVE
W. O. Burgin (D) 5,870
A. D. Barber (R) .... 6,692
U. S. SENATE
Josiah W. Bailey (D) 5,896
Sam J. Morris (R) 6,699
SUPREME COURT JUDGE
All Democrats
Walter P. Stacy 5,858
Michael Schenck .... 5,843
Emery B. Denny 5j839
SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE
(All Democrats)
R. Hunt Parker 5,795
Clawson L. Williams 5,790
W. C Harris
J. H. Clement
F. Donald Phillips
Frank M- Armstrong
Julius A. Rousseau -
J. Will Pless, Jr.
Zeb V. Nettles . ..
Felix E. Aliev
SOLICITOR
Avalon E. Hall (R) 7,124
Vote by townships will
appear in this newspapef
Monday.
V
ed other county officers.
(Note: County totals of the of
ficial vote are given alongside
this article).
5,794
5,796
5,792
5,796
5,887
5,794
5,792
5,798
Nine-Year-Old Girl
Collects 2,000 Lbs.
In Scrap Campaign
Peggy Biungarner, nine-year-
old dangbter of Mr. aad Mrs.
Lin Bmngarner, of Millers
Creek, collected 3,000 pounds
of scrap meUl in the scrap
campaign.
PefiKT, a fourth grade stu
dent in MHlers CVeek school,
collected the scrap about her
iMmte and her fathw’s place of
bnslneos aad Ud practically all
Story I>eads Ticket
T. E. Story, Republican repre
sentative, polled the highest vote
on the county ticket, defeating J.
H. Whicker, Jr., Democratic candi
date. I. M. Myers, Republican,
defeated Paul Cashion for the of
fice of coroner. Clerk of Court C.
C. Hayes, Republican, had no op
position and was re-elected. The
same applies to Solicitor Avalon
B. Hall, of the 17th jndicial dis
trict, and to Earl S. Caudill,
Wilkes county surveyor, Republi-
eaiia.
Brock Is Kectfd
'*%tt]ie 24'Ji state senatorial dis
trict, composed of Wilkes, Yadkin
and Davie counties, B. C. Brock,
Republican, of Mocksville, won ov
er W. A. McNiel, Democrat, of
North Wilkeaboro. Brock received
a substantial majority in each
county.
Principal interest in Wilkes
county was centered on the race
for sheriff between Sheriff Dough,
ton and Poindexter, who squared
off in their second campaign. Fonr
years ago Sheriff Doughton won
over Poindexter by 85 votes in a
record breaking total. Sheriff
Doughton was first elected in 19.‘16
for a two-year term when he de
feated Sheriff W. B. Somers. The
term was changed to four years in
1938 and had Sheriff Doughton
been re-elected he would have
broken the record of ei^ht years
in the office of sheriff of Wilkes
county.
Commissioners' Race
Fight for control of the county
board of conimi.s.sioners centered
in district 2, which normally is
close between t e two parties. Un
til all returns were in. supporters
for botn Vestal and Pardue were
claiming a slight margin in the
vote.
Republicans had little hope of
overcoming the normal Democratic
majority in district 1 and Demo-
crai.s had not expected to capture
the offirc of commissioner in dis
trict 3. which usually has a large
Republican majority.
Vote Smaller
Although toe vote Was some
what smaller than two years ago,
the total exceeded expectations of
many political observers. The de-
crea.se is attributed to the absence
of many from the county, who are
now in the service or in war in
dustries.
V
Baptist Pastors
To Meet Monday
Wilkes County Baptist pastors
conference will meet Monday
morning, ten o’clock, at Relns-
Sturdirant chapel.
An interesting program has
been arranged and a large at
tendance is asked.
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, . , the woric herself. ..She sold the
Japanese were massing four Mrs. Tharpe from the house. She. gerap and lavested the money
divisions in nor'th'ern occu- bit his arm and he ran. | ■ - • —
pied: China, presumably in| bus driver who tallied the
Ipr'.a new Js^p {.negro to Ronda saw Ifi®, atjhe bus;
pmpai'iwlptt .Sf>r-a new ,ncirio w
ofitoevra tlta valieoit rjftation here and cs»B^'qpoI%. The
sA^ave restain^ na^ ua* ^
received in war stamps.
-Vr
Dealers In Fuel
Oil Register , On
10, 11
recently
territory —
oti- er' sb^ABs; 'J later-l^enfiBit ,
; :^lirteW,6iHN£A - - 1hia ^ ^
MacArgHOr ■BnottBCptl'Be'iir gone ti> the hoiae’of Jloittttk Htt-
gains for Australten forces jris. colored, and had rtriick her a
agaunst the Japs in northern number of times. . , , ,
New Guinea. - 1 Mrs. Tharpe was not injured.
ior fe|jS:it, _ ,,
he is'e$)>i( ^^^^pNmte to
viding meahs for crippled aiid de
formed persons to reach the hos
pital on cliaie date.
jw oft
today
. .hkmao^
jttiyf regi^K' on
day^ioi^ Wedbesday, November
jmd-’'il,'at rationing boatds offices .
to North Wilkesboro or Wilkes-
bomr;'