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VOL. XXXV, No. 73 Publi*hed Mondays and Thyrsdayt. NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., MQNDXY, NOV. 30, l»t^
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mwtm
ANiesNow
In Africa
Russians Go Forward
At Three Places
Against Nazis
on
were in
many
forces
Tunis
Allied offensives
full sway today
war fronts.
In Tunisia Allied
today were shelling
and Bizerte, main axis
strongholds,V and all-out as
sault on the two points was
imminent at last reports.
Axis leaders in Europe were
reported gathering in hur
ried conferences and at
tempted evacuation of axis
troops from Africa is ex
pected.
BUSSL\N oF’ti'KNSIVEh
In Russid the Reds were con
tinuing their offensive northwest
of SUlingrad and were making
great headway on another drive
northwest of Moscow. Russians
reports today coni.nued to be very
encouraging to all enemies of the
axis.
FIGHTING IX XKW GUINKA
Austrulian and American forces
in New Guinea reached the
northern beach today in the drive
to expel Japanese from Buna,
port stronghold of the Japs. Ene-
A my reinforcements were landed a
^^few dMs ago.
/In the SOLOMONS
^ /little news has come from the
lUlBammhBt'PBft
the Marines and army troops
WOUNDED IN
SOLOMONS
tnickGasEMwiuEs
to'-'---.
Men In The
SERVICE
there had the situation under con
trol during the latter part of the
week.
CHVIUWLL Sl'KARS
Prime Minister Winston
Churchill, of Great Britain, ad
dressed the world by radio Sun
day. He warned Italy of de
vastating attacks and a.sked Itali
ans to pull out of the war pow be
fore their nation Is destroyed.
The prime minister spoke in an
encouraging manner, but warned
that 1943 will be a bitter year.
He said, however, that the Allies
can now look forward to the day
when Europe will be redeemed
through .Allied victory,
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Coritoral Clarence E. Call has
been woundetl in Soloiiion Is
lands, according to news re
ceived by Ills pai-ent.s, Mr. and
>Irs. H. M. Cali, of North
Wilkesboro route tliree. No de
tails Jf his in.iur> were given
in the notification.
478 Are Dead In
Fire On Saturday
Night In Boston
One Of World’s Worst Fires
Occurs At Fashionable
Night Club Saturday
Boston.—-A terrific “flash fire"
that caused more than 600 cas-
aulties among a thousand sudden
ly panic-stricken merrymakers in
Boston’s Cocoanut Grove—the
nation’s worst night club holo
pasNSt—traimd^t night to
CSO«t—»M traeec
Miss Cora Harris
Is Club
Speakei
Daughter of Former Char
lotte Observer Editor,
Addresses Kiwanians
Miss Cora A. Hi.rris. of Char
lotte, addressed the North Wilkes-
boro Kiwanis Club Friday noon.
Program Chairman R.iy Erwin
introduced his program by read
ing a tribute paid to Col. Wade
Hampton Harris, former editor of
.the Charlotte Observer, by J-
Gordon Hackett at the dedication
of the Wade Hampton Hams
bridge on U. S. highway 421 in
upper Wilkes county some ye-rs
ago. He then introduced Miss
Cora A, Harris, daughter of Col.
Harris, who addressed the club on
the subject. "Herbs and Their
War Time Use.” Miss Harris gave
a historic account of the place
herbs have had in the life of all
people from earliest times down
to the present. In the older days
the uses of the various herbs
played a much greater part in the
life of the common populace than
in the more modem times. Also
it has been noted that the use of
most herbs is greatly stepped up
during and after war times The
earliest peoples resorted to herbs
for many purposes, for medicine
for perfumes, for preserving, fov
condiments, etc. The Bible makes
frequent mention of the uses of
various herbs. THe poets and story
telWs have down through the
ag«B made opportunity for reter-
to the herb life and its place
In the on going of the race. They
hare been used for foods, oils,
ointments. lotions, perfumes,
meaicines, coloring and many oth-
em John Bndlcott brought many
a 16-year-old bus boy.
W'hile Deputy Police Superin
tendent James R. Claflin quoted
the youngster as saying he had
accidenlaUy ignited a paper palm
tree to suirt the lightniug-like
blaze, the Boston committee on
public safety reported the death
toll alone at 47S.
The horror scenes at the fire
that started late Saturday night
and those that followed Sunday
never had been duplicated in Bos
ton. Last night fewer than 250
of the bodies had been identified.
Some were so terribly burned that
final identification nioy never
be possible.
Long lines of relative.s and
friends stood outside the city’s
two principal morgues, waiting to
be taken inside two by two to see
if they could identify the bodies
lined up row on row.
Hospitals throughout greater
Boston were jammed with injur
ed, some of them on the danger
list. An unofficial estimate,
placed the injured a tabout 2 00.
Blood plasma was rushed here
from Washington and a supply of
sulfa drugs from Neward, N. J.
Specialists in treating burns were
flown in from other cities.
Buck Jones, movie acioi
one of over 400 injured.
was
Issuing Coupons At
Federal Building;
Offices Closed
Pvt. Alfred Besheux
At Camp Blanding
Pvt. Alfred Beshears, who was
inducted Into the army in t)cto-
ber, is now stationed at Camp
Blanding, Florida, Fvt. Beshears
is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Odell
Beshears, of Walsh.
“T” gasoline coupons
for trucks will be issued
all this week in the fed
eral court room in Wilkes-
boro, Wilkes rationing of
ficials said today.
Robert Hayes Home
On Leave
Robert Hayes, who Is in the
navy and is stationed at Great
Lakes, 111., Is spending a few days
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.
D Hayes, of Millers Creek.
nnn
Frank Caudill Hcnne
Frank Caudill, who has com-
Presbj^erian Pastor
Receives Notice
of Appointment
r
Rev. Watt M. Cooper, pas
tor of the North WUkesboro
Presbjrterian church, has re
ceived untrfficial notice that
he htu been recommended
All “S” coupons expire
on December 1.
The “T” coupons will be
issued to all truck opera
tors, regardless of wheth
er or not they have obtain
ed certificates of war ne
cessity.
Both rationing board of
fices will be closed all this
week in order to get out
fuel rationing coupons.
The offices will open
again on December 6.
Officials ask that no one
apply for any kind of rat
ioning business at either
board office until Decem
ber 6.
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for appmntment as a chap
pleted his naval training Snd is lain in the U. S. Navy and to
' be on the alert for orders to
stationed at Morehead City, is
spending a few days at home. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rell
Caudill, of Millers Creek.
Pvt. Burl Beshears At
Camp Blanding
Pvt. Burl Beshears, son of Mr
and Mrs. D. P. Beshears,
Walsh, and who was inducted in
to the army in October, is now
stationed et Camp Blanding, Fla.
Wyatt Brothers In
The Service
Stuff Sgp Ray Wyatt, an army
report for duty
ReV. Mr. Cooper, who has
been with the local church
for six and one-half years,
has not received his appoint
ment and commission but he
has been approved by naval
officer procurement ^fices,
the Presbyterian church
board at Richmond, Va., and
the Chaplains* commission
at Washington, D. C. HU ap
veteran of 14 years.
stationed with a fighter squadron
in Alaska since the first of the
year. His younger brother, Pfc.
iJohn Wyatt, who had his basic
an army . , i j 'ii.
has been pomtment is expected with-
training at Camp Grant, 111., is tender hiS resignation to *the
Wrecks, Leg
In the medical corps at Camp
Stoneman, California. They are
sons of Jack C. Wyatt, of Vannoy.
Pvt. Csu*! B. Miller
Is Tranrferred
church here
The North Wilkesboro Presby
terian church has made much
progress under the leadership of
Rev. Watt M. Cooper.
building prognam a relT
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FacesCharge
Alahomit, to Camp Bntae^ N.'C.
He spept the week end with rela
tives and friends at Reddies
River.
18-year-old
AV’llke.sboro
a bad day
K. 1,. Combs,
youtli of Noitli
i-oute three, liad
l-Yiday.
His car wi-etked, lie r-tcivel
a broken leg, he lost DO galloii.s
of liquor and ended file day in
the liospital and witli a prold-
bition law indictment to face
when he is relea.sed.
State nlgliway jratrol ser
geant Carlyle Ingle was ftilled
to investigate a wTcek nwir the
city Uniits on highway 368.
There lie found Combs' car
wrecked and with !M> gallons of
moonslUne liquor niiin'ng out
of bursted cans. Combs Imd
already been carried to the
Wilkes liospital, where exami-
natioii diselottetl a broken leg.
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Janie Spicer
Home Burned
“Victory” Apples
Displayed Here
Mr. and Mrs. Roy McDaniel,
of North "Wilkesboro route 3.
found some interesting v'ictory
symbols «>n apples which wen;
gathered from Daniel Matliis’
orchard.
Two Limbertwig apples liad
p*rfect “V’s”, the victory- sym
bol of the United Nations. Tiio
“vlrfory’ apples were brought
to The Journal-Patriot office,
where they are now on display.
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Bretholl Child
Taken by Death
Gilbert Austin Bretholl, 18-
months-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
G. T. Bretholl. of Moravirn Fills,
died Friday in the Baptist hospi
tal in Winston-Salem.
Funeral service was held Sat
urday morning at Moravian Pells
with Rev. J. ^I. Greene in charge
and burial was in Moravian Falls
cemetery.
Surviving are the father and
mother and one sister. '
; _y -
Misses Elaine Bowman and
The colonial brick home of
Miss Janie Spicer near Ferguson
was destroyed by fire early Sat-
urdry morning.
The fire, of undeteirained ori
gin, was discovered about six a.
m. and completely destroyed the
beuatiful old residence. Neighbors
were able to remove only a part
of the furniture and home fur
nishings.
The home and its contents were
a total loss to Miss Spicer, who
carried no fire insurance, accord
ing to reports here.
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Lt. John S. Allen Is
Now In India
Mrs. John Alien from Kanna
polis, spent the week-end with her
husband's parents. Mr. and Mrs.
K. M. Allen, on Ninth St. They
get letters from lit. John Allen in
ten or twelve days after they are
put in the mail but letters from
this side to him do not make such
good time as he has so far only
I received two or three from this
' side. John recently notified his
folks that he was stationed in In
dia and that he had been promot
ed His address at present is
Lieut. John S Allen, 0-351489
A.P.O. 1202 Care Postmaster
New 1'ork. New York.
liafefe
James Nichols Has
Joined Marines
James Nichols, who had been
employed at Bdgewood Arsenal
near Baltimore, is spending a few
drys with his grandparents. Rev.
and Mrs. James T. NichoLs, of
Wilkesboro route one, while
awaiting call for service In the
marine corps. James enlisted sev
eral days ago.
Improvements At
Methodist Church
Interior Is Being Renovated
And Refinished; No Ser
vice Wednesday Night
to America and was really | Mary
Catherine Sebastian, of
otff first nurseryman,
Miss Harris had for a time an
herb farm near Charlotte but re
cently sold it and nov has only a
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Marion, spent the Thanksgiving
holidays here with. Mr. and Mrs.
Vernon Kizer and Miss Betsy
Keith Bowman. Miss Elrlne
Bowman is a sister of Mrs.
Kicer.
Workmen are engaged in 've-
painting and renovating the in
terior of North Wilkesboro
Methodist church. ■ Walls f.nd
church furniture is being re' nlsh-
ed and work is also being dane on
the floor of the auditorium.
Because of the work being In
progress, no mid week service
win be held on Wednesday night
and there will be no preaching
service or Snnday school next
Sunday, the pastor. Rev. ’ A. C.
Waggoner, "annonnead.
Mr. Fred Hall, of Chicago, Is
speodiog some timej with rela
tives in Wilkesboro.
Seaman Osborne Here
Seaman First Class Howard Os
born, who is stationed at the navy
base at New Orleans, La., is here
on a visit with his uncle and
aunt, Mr. P. E. Brown end Mrs.
J. W. Neal, and brothers, Messrs.
Paul, Archie Lee and James Ob-
borne.-
mmm
Pvt. Richard Deans
Here On Visit •
Pvt. Richard Deans, who was
inducted into the army recently,
is spending a few days here. Pvt.
Pvt. Williams In
Pacific Area
Pvt. Roy Harding Williams, of December 22
North Wilkesboro, who enlisted
in the TJ. S. Marines the first of cials pointed
July, 1942, writes hla wife that
and Is enjoying life fine.
Pfc. William F. Richardson
I Writes Parents
Mr. and Mrs. U. -S. Richardson
have received a letter from their
son. Pfc. William F. Richardson, of tie WUkM County - Post Na
■ * 12'6 of thsi.Aimeri^n Legion, will
who IB with U. £L MadDOT tn Cu
ba.
the - ^ple-
rinis are fightlijifU«n4'
the opinion that the Japs and Hit
ler will he licked soon and that
the fighting 'men will be, home
again. \ ^
in a short time, possibly a
few weeks.
When he receives his appoint
ment and orders to report he will
TO BEi'W
, BYPLA’IN
> A.' wHpV ^
MITEI nllEIIMIH
V2.oao«'t ofSut^
fioMe,
Admiral Percy "W.
Wilkee native, will be honored
during December by recroitliig
of a navy platoon in Wilkee
bearing his name. Recmitlng
begins Tuesday. at the town
hall for the Foote Platoon.
Public Assistance
Runs to $9,282.00
For Past Mmith
County Welfare Board In
November Meeting Trans
acts Much Business
plans are under way for construe
tlon of a new church auditorium
after the war. The religions edu
cation department of the church
is outstanding in the south and
has been accorded wide recogni
tion. It was selected from all
churches in the assembly for stu
dy at Montreat recently.
Rev. Mr. Cooper received his
education at Graham high school,
A. B. degree at the University
of North Carolina and B. D. de
gree at Yale. He was high school
principal and athletic director at
Stuart Robinson high school at
Rlackey, Ky.. for four years and
for three years was student pastor
of the Presbyterian church at the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill before coming to
North Wilkesboro as assistant to
the late Rev. C. W. Robinson,
Presbyterian pastor, who died on
January 10, 1938.
The work of R^v. Mr. Cooper
in North Wilkesforo has been
outstanding.
Mrs. Cooper is the former Miss
Mary Gambill, daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. J. C. Gambill, of West
Jefferson.
' Public assistance funds to needy
aged, dependent children and
blind in Wilkes county for the
month of November totaled $9,-
182.00, according'to the report
® ° given by Charles' MeHeilU county
^ welfare supefintendeht, i to the
^
TW hoard, oonip^tf of
Brarae, chairman, Dr. J. 0;
Bentley and W. B. Smlthey, ac
cepted the resignation of Miss
Louise Pearson, case worker aid,
and confirmed the temporary ap
pointment of Miss Inez Spainbour
as stenograprer in the welfare
office.
A total of sixty-four cases was
reported for the board's consid
eration by Mrs. Inez Bowles end
Mrs.- Clara Calloway, case work
er aides.
The board was able to termin
ate a'"number of cases where
members of the family had found
profitable employment or soldiers
had made family dependence al
lotments.
Funds to 7C1 needy aged for
the month totaled $6,375; 152
families with 297 dependent
children received $2,278.50 and
47 blind received $629 in grants.
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Appeal Is Made
For Christinas
Cheer In City
Christinas Paper
' Thursday, Dec. 3
Journal-Patriot Smaller To
day as Work On Christ
mas Edition Progresses
Ask That Welfare Depart
ment Make Distribution
To Underprivileged
Announcement was made today
of plans for Christmtfs Cheer and
city welfare work in North
Wilkesboro.
- — - appeal was made by wel-
Deans, proprietor of Deans Jew- fare authorities to persons wlsh-
elry Store here, is temporarily ing to help underprivileged dur
stationed at Fort Jackson, S. C., ing the holiday season to put the
reception center.
funds or materials in the custody
of J. E. Walker, police chief,-or
Mrs. J. L. Clements, welfare of
ficer for the city, not later than
If this Is
more evenly
done, welfare effi-
out, gifts will be
distributed ampng
Woman Is Charged}
With Shopli^
he is in some place In th# Pacific the needy of the city and there
will not he duplications while
some are overlooked.
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LEGION MEETING
The regular Dec'emher meeting
y«i^, MrtBr Cb„ otf JH-
sir 4th, at^;40.
■jr ' '"■""--jy;''
.. Mrs. H. C. Kilby has recovered
from a recent lllnees, frienda are
glad to learn. '
The Journal-Patriot 1» being
issuel in snuiller size txxlay in
order tliat more time and at
tention can be devoted to the
Cliristmas edition, wlilch will be
publisIifHl on Thnrs«lay of thts
week, December 3.
New-s Items which are not
contained in tluK n’bwNpoper will
appear in the Tliursday issae.
Incidentally, the OhristiiiaH
edition of The Jonmal-Patriot
Thurstlay will reach far more
homes than any other news
paper In the local trade area,
and will carry tke Christmas
shopping adveitisenients from
many North "Wilkesboro bn«i-
nes(9 firms.
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Navy Cruiser Will B«
Here Two Days
This Week
Recruiting of the Admiral
Foote .platoon will begin la
North Wilkesboro Tuesday,
December 1, and continue
throuflliout the month.
The navy will recruit the
platOQte honoring Admiral
Percy W. Foote, native of
Wilkes, veteran of 40 years
in the navy and a hero of
World War number one who
has gone hack Into active
service at Galveston, Texas.
The- Platoon to be recruited
during the month will be induct
ed as a'unit about January 1 and
will be. sent to a naval station
with the request that the men be
trained "together.
Reernlting will he centered at
North Wilkesboro, and a recruit
ing officer will be at the town
hall on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday of each week.
For two days, Wednesday and
Thursday, December 2nd and 3rd,
there will be in North Wilkesboro,
the Navy Recruiting Cruiser. Tb«
Cruiser Is a truck and trailer com
bination- that makes up a com
plete-Navy Recruiting Station on
.wheels, and is being used thru-
out this ^tate in the interest of
1« service. .-It
,
on enllsU&ents
Navy, preliminary physical exami
nations, and if accepted, send
them to the main station, Ral
eigh, for enlistment.
While in North Wilkesboro the
Cruiser will assist Chief Petty Of
ficer J. C. Friar, of the Winston-
Salem Navy Recruiting Station, in
doing special reerpiting for the
Admiral Foote Plattoon.
Chief Water Tender W. R.
Bradley, a vete^n of 26 years in
the Navy and World War number
one, la in command of the Cruiser,
assisted by Chief Petty Officer, C.
R. Rhodes, and K. W. Ayscue,
Yeoman third-class.
Everyone la cordially invited to
inspect the Cruiser and it’s equip
ment. The crew will be, glad ts
answer any questions possible
about the navy and are anticipat
ing a busy time while in Nort
Wilkesboro. A special invitatlo
is extended "^to the men that «i
slated to he in uniform soon, t
visit the Cruisej" and learn the op
portunities offered by the Navy.
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Young People’s
Meeting Thursday
A meeting of young adults of
the Wilkesboro Methodist church
has been called to be held at the
parsonage on Thursday night,
eight o’clock. It will be an or
ganisation meeting of young
adults and a large attendance ii
urged.
On the program committee for
the meeting are Miss Lucille Par-
lier, Mrs. Robert Dunn, Wm. T.
Long and Howard Pharr. The
entertainment committee is com
posed of Miss Irene Culler, M!m
"Virginia Rogers and Mrs. Lucille
Norman.
Rev. A. C. Waggoner, North
Wilkesboro Methodist pastor, wlB
be present to address the meet
ing.
Miss Alma Faw Arrested for
Taking $4.66 In Merchan
dise From Crest Store
Mr. Claude Gentry, who holds
position ‘ in Portsmouth, Va.,
spent the week-end at his home
here.
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A news dispatch to The Jour-
nal-Pa^iot from Fort Bragg
Police Chief J. B. Walker here
on Friday arrested Miss Alma
Faw, of Roaring River and Nojrth
Wilkesboro, on charges of steal
ing’ merchandise valtted at $4.66
from Crest store her*. •
Chief Walker said aS|t >]flsa
FtfwtlMd confessed to
one dress; two hooks, a Mt-dlNiM,
an assortment of sllrertrara and
sevenl other items. .
stated that Mattie M. Phillips, of
West Jefferson, had enlist^ In
the Woman’s Army Auxiliur
corps at Fort Bragg and has beea
ordered to ■ report to the WAAC
training Center at Des Molnee,
Iowa, on Deceqiber 6.
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Miss Arlele Gilliam left Frldgg
lor Williamshurg, Va., where dkg
is emplcma^ "in a
'pfmppwf/^co., Mias i
‘..ft
M
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and~
rwFjHui eonieraea XD vmoBv jira ana
Mhy bonnets, ofM pair wUaijat.^'of Heys. 'had': ke^
"Ji i A 1 an. - •
enemoer of the personnel et thd
ooimtir lyiple A office for five
jean.