Rolibed 0€
$lf bo Cash
«Mr$. Bessie Myers
f’ Victim of Holdup;
Cur Also Is Taken
Patrolman Ingle Leads The
Search For Bold Rob
ber Today
Mrs. Bessie Myers was
robbed of approximately
$1,500 in cash er d a 1941
model automobile '.^t her
home at Cycle postoffice on
highway 421 near the
Wilkes-Yadkin county line
Wednesday night.
State Highway Patrol Ser-
gesmt Carlyle Ingle, who has
been leading the search for
the bold robber, today gave
sm account of the holdup as
given him by Mrs. Myers.
About 9:45 p. m. a masked
man walked into Mrs. Myers
borne and at the point of a gun
held up Mrs. Myers and children
and a Mr. Johnson, who had
stopped at Mrs. Myers store and
service' station, which is adjacent
to her living quarters.
^.The man, wearing a mask, or-
TAm Mrs. .Myers to open the
safe, which she did, and the rob
ber gathered up the money, about
5^1,5iha- ■ The toWbet weni^ogrtiyie
’ andSiade Ills getaway in Mrs.
Myers. 1941 model Pontiac auto-
piobile.
The man was described as be-
■ Ing about five feet, seven inches
Ain height and his weight about
bfclO. He wore a brown suit. The
car of Mrs. Myers was green col
or and had white sidewall tires.
Mrs. Myers is postmaster at
Cycle, but it was reported here
today that the money taken by
the robber was her own personal
funds and was not po.stoffice
money.
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Registration For
Kerosene OiJ Is
^Now In Progress
S1WILKES
Men In The
SERVICE
Pfc. Billings Enjoys
Furlough
Pfc. Treely G. Billings, of New
River, visited his parents at Cy
cle the past week. Pfc. Billings
is stationed at New River Marine
Base. While here he visited Miss
Bertha. Wyatt, of North Wllkes-
boro, also his sisters, Mrs. Louise
Church and Mrs. Garlin Davis,
both of North Wilkesboro.
Pvt. Joseph W. McNeill
Graduates
Pvt. Joseph W. McNeill, son of
Mrs. Ruth Davis, of Millers Creek,
has graduated from the 45-day
repair and maintenance*course at
Fort Knox, Ky., and has received
his diploma as a qualified auto-
raobine mechanic, according to a
(Continued on page eight)
V-;
Thanksgivii^
Is Proclaimed
By Broughton
Raleigh. —- In ^ a proclamation
taking cognizance of "better
wages and nrore employment,
Governor Broughton called on
North Carolinians to celebrate
November 26 as Thanksgiving
Day.
The proclamation:
“Whereas, it is the duty and
privilege of all nations to ac
knowledge the providence of Al
mighty God, to obey his will and
to be grateful for his benefits;
and
‘‘Whereas, our nation and our
state have been bountifully bless
ed with abundant crops and over
flowing harvest, with better
wages and more employment, with
lorger provisions for public health
and welfare, and with all of those
things which made for a richer |
and more abundant life; and |
“Whereas, the spirit and pur
pose of our people and success | .
achieved by our armed forces^ trials.
These brothers in the service
are Sgt. Carl C. Sebastian, left,
and Warner A. Sebastian, navy
telegraph-radio ' reporter, sons
of Mr. and. Mrs. Ira Sebastian,
of Hays, Sgt. Sebastian enter
ed the service September 15,
IIMO, with the National Guard
Company at Ntwth Wilkesboro.
After training at Fort Jackson,
S. C., Cliarleston, .S. C., and
Camp Pickett, Va,, he sailed a
few weeks ago for overseas ser
vice. Warner A, Seba.stlan en
listed in the navy June 9, 1941,
and has been statlone«l at Cor
pus Christ!, Texas.
For
Honor Platoon
Starts Dec. 1st
Group Will Be Formed And
Trained Together, Of
ficer States
Many People
Sentenced In
Court Trials
Federal Court Today Begins
Work On A Number Of
Jury Trials Pending
Registration For Rationing
Kerosene and Fuel Oil Be
gan In County Today
Federal court resumed
work in Wilkesboro today
after a recess Wednesday
when Judge Johnson J.
Hayes was in High Point ad
dressing the Baptist state
convenfion.
On Monday and Tuesday
many cases in which defend
ants entered pleas were
heard by Judge Hayes and
judgments were meted out.
Remaining on the docket,
i which is composed almost
[entirely of liquor tax law
violators, are several jury
Registration of consumers for
kerosene end fuel oil for all pur-
pose.s except heating began at 26
schools in Wilkes today and will
be completed Friday.
Hours of registration are from government.
Abe to five p. m. at the following
yWiools:
North Wilkesboro. Wilkesboro.
Ferguson, Boomer, Mountain
Crest. Lovelace, Mount Pleasant,
ICapIe Springs, Hendrix. Summit,
Millers Creek, Whittington, Mul
berry, Cricket. Rock Springs,
Mountain View, ‘Newlife, Double
Creek, Traphill, Austin, Benham,
Pleasent Hill, Honda. Clingman,
River and Lincoln
People are urged to
st the school most con-
Roaring
Heights.
register
venlent.
have strengthened our faith and
given to us new hope for victory
and an early termination of the
devastations of war; and
“Whereas, on Thanksgivin.g
Day all people should pause to
return thanks for the blessings
which hove come to them; to re
consecrate themselves to the
I cause of freedom and popular
to acknowledge
anew their dependence upon Al
mighty God and to rekindle their
devotion to the everlasting spiri
tual values;
“Now, therefore. I, J. Melville
Broughton, governor of North
Carolina, do proclaim Thursday,
November 26th. Thanksgiving
Day, as a legal holiday in North
Carolina to be set apart for reli
gious and patriotic consecration
and urge the people of our state
to conduct isroper religious ob-
BUY MORE WAR BONDS
Sentences passed Monday and
Tuesday were as follows:
David McBride, year and a day
In Petersburg, Va., prison.
*
Thurmond Sparks, year and a
day in Atlanta prison.
Mansfield Jarvis, year and a
day in Petersburg. Va. *
Basusel! Bnren Holloway, year
and a day in Chillicothe, Ohio.
Montgomery Mathis, fine of
$500.
Albert Lee Mathis, year and a
day in Chllliccthe.
William B. Bumgarner and
Hubert Vickers: Bumgarner. 15
months in Petersburg, Va.; Vick
ers. year and a day in Chillicothe,
Ohio.
Lester T, Higgins, fine of $500
and probation.
John Todd, year and a day in
Atlanta.
Edmond Williams, year and a
To honor Wilkes county’s
highest ranking naval offi
cer, the Admiral Foote naval
platoon will be formed by
navy recruits here during
the month of December.
Announcement of the or
ganization of a platoon of
recruits in honor of Rear
Admiral Percy W. Foote, na
tive of the Roaring River
community of Wilkes, was
made here today by J. C.
Friar, ^ chief petty officer
from the Winston-Salem na
val recruiting office. Chief
Friar is the recruiting offi
cer for Wilkes and spends
Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday of each week at a
temporary naval recruiting
station in the North Wilkes
boro town hall building.
Enlistments for the platoon
will begin about December" 1 and
continue until January 1, when
the platoon will be inducted as a
unit and shipped to a naval train
ing station with the request that
the men in the platoon train to
gether as a unit.
Chief Friar will be in charge of
recruiting for the Admiral Foote
platoon and recruiting tor that
unit will be centered In Wilkes
county. However, other men in
the Winston-Salem district may
enlist for the platoon if they so
desire.
Additional recruiting personnel
Will be sent here for interviewing
applicants during the month of
December if necessary. |
It is expected that many young
men age 18 and 19. j^'ho will be
'called immediately for army ser
vice unless they enlist in other
branches of the service, will
choose the navy in which to serve
and will enlist during the month
of December in order to be in the
Admiral Foote platoon and train
with others from their home
county, many of whom may be
friends or acquaintances.
Local civic organizations are
J requested to support the navy en-
I listment drive in order that the
! Admiral Foote platoon may be
servances with special prayers for I , , , .
, , , , . , day in Atlanta,
early victory for our armed forces I
■ .... J I John Pre.ston Weatherman
and the achlevemen of a and I Chillicothe.
lasting peace for all mankind. | Uendrix, fine of
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Vie-w
IN AFRICA .
isricaii xnd British ror-
, turo columns were ad-
on Tunis and Bi-
in Tunisia while ,the
Q^ish eii^th army continu-
- "■ I pursue Rommel s army
liya. Meanwhile, there
cw reports that anoAer
liliB army was adysmcmg
~ the Sahara desert
I sooth to Slid in eli-
r of ajda forces ftom
*
have takan
'mt •everal
iUkis reports said
po w«eo massing
« wialar oKmi* *
sive.
IN NEW GUINEA
General Douglas MacAr-
Aur and his staff are oer-
sonally directing an offen
sive against Japanese bases
in norAem New Guinea and
were advancing in two direc
tions on the Japanese held
port of BunsL.
IN BURMA;
Allied bMnbers rMned jde*
stmctioBs on two'Jikpanete
held airdromes the
British bombers Ust night
bombed an airen^ faet^
hi an indoigirial eaiktar and
no planes were Iflet
I $250 and probation.
! Garland Billings and Grady
(Henry Newman: each year and a
I day in .Atlanta.
. Wood Edwards, year and a day
! in Petersburg, Va.
Robert Ezra Billings, year and
a day in Petersburg, Va.
The following were placed cn
temporary or term probation.
Floyd William Nance, Gaither
Lee Mathis, Floyd P. Wolfe. Les
ter T. Higgins, Mrs. Etta Jane
Kilby, General Cread Hendrix,
Robert Allen, Robert Einnie Fort
ner, Blaine Combs, Willie Otto
Huffman, Gometf .Sheets, Henry
Theodore Bailey,'^Elhert C>.:l*eii^
jDrtl, Don :West, Bud West ang:
Ardle Darnell.
Lions Will Hear
Rubber Expert
.-4,—. '
G. P. Ball, a special representa
tive Qf Standard Oil company,
will address the North Wilkesboro
Lions Club In meeting Friday
evening, seven o’clock, at Hotel
Wilkes. Mr. Ball Is a rubber
specialist and will give accurate
Information on development of
syritheUc rubber and what the
American public may expect In
the way of rubber during the next
few years. The program will be
In charge of W. 0. Absher and
A. A. Sturdivant.
Thanksgiving
Announcement
North Wilkesboro schools
will close on Wednesday af
ternoon, November 25, until
Monday morning, November
30, for lhanksgiving holi
days but the Wilkes county
school system will not close
for Thanksgiving.
By continuous operation
through Thsuiksgiving week
end, the county school sys
tem will complete Ae first
half of the term before ad
journing for Christmas hdi-
days.
North Wilkesboro schools
will close for Ae Christmas
holidays on December 18
and will reopen on January
4.
It is generally understood
that business houses and
public offices will be closed
On Thanksgiving Day.
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County Quota Of
Service Kits Is
hcreased By 400
More Funds Are Needed To
Equip Kits For Service
Men Going Overseas
Service kit quota tor Wilkes
county has been doubled and ad
ditional funds for equipping the
kits are needed now, Mrs. J. A.
Rousseau, special volunteer ser
vices chairmen for the Wilkes
chapter of tlje Red Cross, said
today.
The original quota was 400 ser-
fined in record time as a fitting 'Vlce kits to be made and
ed by the Wilkes chapter. The
materials to go In the kits cost
one dollar for each kit and the
North Wilkesboro Kiwanis Club
subscribed . the full amount of
$600 after some funds had been
raised.
Because so many service men
are leaving for overseas, the num
ber of kits needed immediately
has Increased and the quota for
the Wilkes chapter has been set
at 800 instead of 400.
Mrs. Rousseau appealed tor ad-
tional funds and asked all who
can to contribute to the fund. Do
nations may be sent to Mrs.
W. F. Absher, contributions
chairman.
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A fighting man from the ground
■p is MsJ. Gen. A. A. Vandergrift,
of the U. 8. marines. He Is shown
here using a field telephone on Gud-
alcansl island, in the Solomons. Note
the general’s rifle and bayonet leta>
ing against the tree. t
Halfacre Will
HeadrMeat
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Ration Setup
Meeting Held Here Monday
.To Set Up Organization
For The County
tribute to the brilliant career of
the high ranking naval officer
who served so well In the World
War and who has gone back Into
service after retirement to serve
his nation again.
Chief Friar said today that any
men in this vicinity who wish to
secure further information at ony
time when he is not in North
Wilkesboro are urged to call at
The Journal-Patriot office, where
Dwight Nichols, navy editor, will
be glad to furnish any informa
tion available.
Counting tour years at the U.
S. Naval Academy at Annapolis,
Md., Admiral Foote had a record-
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W. D. Halfacre Is chairman ahj
Mrs. W. R. Absher is associate
chairman of the Wilkes county
organaation to lead the people in
voluntary meat rationing.
The organization was set up
here Monday afternoon when a
group of citizens met to hear Miss
Elizabeth Williams, of the state
Civilian Defense Org.anization, ex
plain the voluntary plan of ration
ing.
Rationing of meat will begin on
a voluntary basis on December 1,
when each family will be asked to
keep a record of meat consumed
and to keep consumption of meat
as low as two and one-half
pounds per week for each adult
and a lesser amount for each
child.
Meat rationing will apply only
to beef, pork, veal, lamb and mut
ton cuts and will not apply to
other meats, including poultry,
fish and other sea foods Ration
ing will not apply to liver, sweet
breads, feet and heads of ani
mals from which the rationed
meats are cut.
Persona named to head the or-
gani^tion in several key com
munities in the county will meet
with the chairman and_ associoti
chairman at Hotel Wilkes Friday-
evening, 7:30, to furnish plans
for county organization.
No regulations whatever have
been received relative to farmers
who slaughter their own pork.
Rumors that farmers must secure
a permit to slaughter or use their
home pork supply are without
foundation.
Since there are few people who
use more than 2 1-2 pounds of
meat weekly, little hardship will
result and complete cooperation
on »e part of the public is ur
gently requested.
lations Which Will Inspect
Tires Named By Boards
In Wilkes County
Wilkes county rationinif
tards have appointed ser-
ce stations to ^rve as tire
spectors under\the revised
an of rationing tires and
isoline.
For board number 1 area
le inspecting stations will
i Guilds Esso station, Van-
noy’s Esso sAtion, and Hen-
dren’s Texaco station.
For board number two the in
specting stations will be Textile
Service station, Motor Market,
Newton’s Esso Station, Uptown
Service Station, Central Service
Station, Dick’s Service Station,
Landon’s, Wilkes Tire Store, Mo
tor Service Sales Company.
Under the plan every motorist
must have his tires inspected
every two months. The first In
spection must be made in De
cember, 1942, or January, 194.1.
Tire Deadline Near
All tires In excess of five per
car must be turned In to the rail
way express company before Sun
day, November 22.
November 22 is also the dead
line for all automobile owners to
file list of tire serial numbers
with raining boards. Blanks
for listing the numbers may be
secured from service stations.
Negro Held For
Theft Saturday
Railway Detective Nabs
Marshal Dowell For Break
ing Into Freight Car
It is not necessary to obtain a
release from the draft board to
volunteer for the Navy.
Marshrl Dowell, local colored
man with a long criminal record,
has been arrested for breaking
into e box car on the railroad
here Saturday night. Police Chief
J. E. Walker said today.
The arrest was made by J. H.
Payne, Southern Railway detec
tive Investigating the case.
Dowell is said to have opened
the box car and had taken lhre*i
100-lb. bags of feed, which he
took to the home of his sister and
later sold. Dowell completed a
prison term for breaking and en
tering only a few weeks ago
Several years ago he was sentenc
ed on a charge almost identical
■with the one he now faces.
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Local Horses To Be
Entered In Lenoir’s
Benefit Horse Show
Several'horses from the Wilkes-
boros will be In the Lenoir Bene
fit Horse show to be staged at
Lenoir Thanksgiving Day for af
ternoon and evening perfor
mances.
Among the local people who
plan to enter horses are Worth
Tomlinson, F. P..Blair, Jr., C. G.
Day, W. F. Gaddy, J. B. Carter
and James Cranor.
Men who have" received orders
to report for Induction in the
Army still are eligible to volun
teer for the Navy—^without secur
ing a release from their draft
board.
BoardirMen Inducted
Riambrs hurried trip io. Rome
recalls nothing as much as the
dismay of eminent counMl for the
pang, on leaniinx thet.e key wlt-
-iieas may go stiwcht.'" ■
The following men were ac
cepted from tile group sent to
the army 'induction station by
Wilkes Selective Service board
nnmber two this montti:
Wood, rtohert C,, Jr., acting
corpond. -
Johnson,-WlMtom T, '
NMipen, Or*l«iB ,W*
mpgtiia, Whyne-r, ; '
TuiiiffiWxfdi Wui "B. J,
i^gte *1
Witbm T.
rm*ar, OnfaMS: W.
:ta«tieaF. Mmkm W.
Thcrl*. Dee* ‘
Shew, Clarence L,
Lankfcmd, .Julius C.
McGUmery, 'Bumias B.
Stomps, John H.
Meade, Lewis W.
Royal, John B.
Minton, WUUe D.
Piercy V.
Gedthr* BomAJIfr...
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Baugness, Vaughn L.
GamUU, Ivan G.
Hale, Robert B.
Steele, Paul O. >
Taylor, (Mire A.
JVanen, Marvin R.
MeOnlre, Roy L.
BUckbom, Robert M.
Han, R.
fottph W,-
8etti^ aarvte'JL'''’'
Waen,ilaugr>r
Jtoeeoe''*'-^ ' ’^ r-^
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•mi»iwie.-Wattwa.
Ckmik, tmB O. . ‘ 1 i.
S I t
Byrd, WUliam V.
Jolnes, Jesaie M.
Horton, Charles D., acting cor
poral.
Revls, James C.
Holbrook, Oarl C.
Beabeeae, Ernest R.
Wlni^er, Lester E.
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