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l^lksM Selective Service Boards List Men to
!l^ Indluicted This Month; Board Numhei*
' Two Calls Several Married Men r ; „
Both' Wilkes Selective* boards have notified men to re
port for induction within the next several davs,
Wilkes hoar»^ »>uinber 1 did not incinde any men who
married before December 8, 1941, in H* li*t of men for m*
dnction, havini; almost enough sniffle men to reach the
nomber asked by state headquarters.
Wilkes board number two mclnded some married matt
in this call. It u expected that January and February
calls will be composed mainly of men age 18 and 19.
December Hat* follow: .
iwn^icss I^ARD XO. 1
»■ Monroe Tates.
>WiOJiuu Segfmypa,
ll W. Miner.
^acob OnuiAiit Given.
Melvin Isaac Greene.
Franklin Odell Faw.
Tlioinaa Wilson Triplett.
Charlie Edward Marley.
Lonnie Davis.
James Odell Watt.s.
Zcb Clifton Walsh.
Rheuben Homer Davis.
Stonewall .lackson Transenu.
Lero}- 1/ove.
Ernest Moore.
Robert Ernest Cimton,
Dsner Johnson.
fienMe Oead Hendrix.
Ambrose Monroe Handy.
James Coffee Smith.
Sampson Mastin.
Mack Griffin.
Mansfield Taylor.
Ernest James Marlow.
Sewell Davis Rttssell.
Ivory Mahaffey.
Georpo Finley Hendrix.
Martls Marlow.
Dav»3 Ercd Fortner.
Dave Marshal Blankenship.
Ernest Mansfield Yates,
‘niomas Amos Laws.
Hobson Wren Cooper.
James Monroe Church.
Hafter Clay Combs.
Jhn Boyden John.son.
Green Lee Hendrix,
Albert Glenn Prlvette.
Herman George Henderson.
Homer Rnfns Transeau.
Charlie Istwrs.
Richard Warrm Triplett.
Warren Harding Anderson,
daade Preston Ladd.
Andrew Toy Greene.
Comer GUllam Davis.
William Jaidtkson Massagee.
Lonnie Lee Moore.
Realy Griffin.
William Gordon Johnson.
WIlUam Presley Curry.
Morris James SummorUn.
Panl Jarvis.
Robert Lee Johnson.
Dwight Prevette.
Posey Cothren.
Gene Walter Randlemaii.
Ralph Gardner Miller.
ArvU Finley Churdi.
M. O. Nicholson.
Maxnhall Willis EUer.
Rodcford Green.
Atmns Carl Foster.
Morris Hamby.
Parks Robert Ray.
WQUam Darven Greene,
ins Vefuon Mahaffey.
ramm StMaan.
rjnlins Bdipr Moore.
rM Dancy.
Page ;^B]ifar%*hiIUps.
RiH>s^I WfUNhn McLain.
Pkwtegtck Chrt McLean.
..Duilel PMta TeMtr.
V, Ckdtber Lee Mathis.
gfi^kmr Oocien McNeill.
I XtevOW NvmM-
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WnJCF-9 BOARD NO. 2
John Arthur $eirastlan
HowM’d Lewis' Morton
t^hurch
thpWilki!^^ ,
most mo^j!|^4w^
^ V t. 'r ■
state, wM qyp^o
gwrvices,
IWiMlllbOT 7,
‘i
V't, -pf
E»0e^edy^ I
; JiBchH«re.
ed vWwwrigr' war
hmj iales^ato iu nwonb*.
JTvF ■ war bond]
for the‘ tfounty;
WmW- VlVv'$^
4 ' J -V'"^
A^MFbrcei^AsMMiit
Bizerte and
. /Other Points
__ of tbe Allied ff*-
Mlddhiy contiinied tfieir
olfAniiidg a'ff«h»t the axis \
irlP
iogf
»fmw
'dtj-'fiipnir irmjt* and with
luMurten^g resnlts.
tr.i Wew iwt^;' ^
forces m Tomsia
"A I |gji^ prlth greater re^a*
formerly. kMI- ‘ “
#»y'
;cQibpTete
Ihat^al^s .
of the S88.t$
ible the
Charies Btagiihara Day
Oliver Harrison Myers
Carvin Venette Harrold
Otto James Wyatt
Raleigh Eiirl Duncan
Green Grover Johnson
Hancel Clint Poster
John Wren Hincher
Geoige Elisha Combs
Ovid Boll
John Thnrmon Hincher
Robert Calvin Wyatt
George tVesley Myers
Dewey Prevette
Roosevelt Church
Charlie Wayne Elledge
Elbert Walter Holbrook
Oscar WTll’s Tucker
Monroe Spencer Jennings
Herman .Alden Wyatt
WUIfam Jarvis Bell
Ira Harding Smoot
Albert Harvey Spicer
Grant C. Shumate
Waj-ne Robert Sprinkle
Robert Glenn Sidden
Royal Vernon Johnson
Rom Roscoe Ellet^fe
An Blalr.s Cockerham
Hal Edwin Church
.Abraham Lincoln Hanks
Robert, Ford Adams
Arthur Harrison McCann
Charlie Claude .Alexaadtw
Rockford Smoot
W^arren G. Johnson
Anderson Somerfleld Stone
Mack Bowws
Major John Carrico
M^lllle Conway Holbrook
Ctdon Clark Tucker
Gny Ijeeter Hall
Woodrow Walter Neely
Ivory Spicer
■Rohert. Vaughn Casey
Warte Harden Handy
Herman Hobert Lockhart
W'llUam Felton Myers
Posey Alexander Ross
Paul Bowers
Jnstas Odell Richardson
Panl Norman Howard
Geter Royal
WUliam Ralph Bowers
Robert Bruce Poplin
Elmer James Porter
Elie Glenn Wood
WIlUam Edward Welsh
Dewey, Hampton Wclbom
Honda Sheets
Fred Bowers
Curley Pmltt
Estel Ray Love
Girtha Cnuny
Robert CUfiton Adams
WlUinm Walker Carter
Connie Shepherd
Wintfred Clayton MOkr
Max porter Canter
RvMett Wyatt
Howard Roope
Oamie Jacknon Pruitt
BtUiert Oaifyle Dowell
Keikr N. Bller
Jamee Wfdter Alton Tktea
(Continued on png* eight)
Winter arrived in full force
Wednesday.
Heavy rains Tuesday night
ceased almost suddenly and west
winds began blowing.
By Wednesday morning the
temperature was falling rapidly
and continued to fall during the
day as the winds reached a speed
of 60 tnlles per hour.
Much damage was done by the
wind throughout this section of
the state. Principal damage was
In uprooted trees and parts of
roofs blown from buildings.
Early today the temperature
had reached a new low for this
winter. Thermometer readings
were reported as low as 12 and up
to 18 above. '
Snow began falling here this
evening and after one hour had
reached a depth of one inch.
Snow to a depth of two ineJes
fell in mountain counties north
and west of here.
er^in^ lOltficer
(qk for PUttoon
Pi|i4»Mce of the navy’s re-
cruiiin#' “cruiser” in North
Wilkbsboro this week has at
tracted much interest.
The “cruiser” is not a c»p-
Gasoline And
FuelOilAreln
Ration News
The deadline for buying fuel
oil without coupons has been
postponed until December 10,
1942. Any person who has not
received fuel oil or kerosene cou
pons may purchase either fuel oil
or kerosene without coupons
through December 10, 1942. Any
person buying oil this way must
surrender the coupons to the
dealer immediately on receipt of
coupons from the Rationing
Board.
Rationing Board Offices will
remain closed until Monday, De
cember 6, 1942.
All “8" coupons for trucks aje
now out of date. “T” coupons
may be ofitained any day this
week at tbe Federal Court Room
in Wllkeshoro. Trucks and taxi
cabs are the only vehicles eligible
of "T" cospons. ' Persons apply
ing for eouiona,mu8t sur
render all "8", coupons "In their
possession.
Rationing Board oCfidals are
aaklng that pegple do not call at
the otfbws t^.lW.outtt their «p-
plicatlona )i^ bfisn prqeMped: All
applicants will he notifi^ ^ mall.
ital ship of Uncle Sam’s navy
which came up the Yadkin
river, but is a motor trailer
made into a complete re
cruiting office.
The ‘‘cruiser’’, under command
of Chief Petty Officer W. R.
! Bradley and accompanied by
Chief Petty Officer C. R. Rhodes
and Yoeman R. W. Ayscue, ar
rived Tuesday evening and has
been ^stationed on Main street
near ^be town hall, where Chief
Petty Officer J. C. Friar does na
vy recruiting on Tuesdays, Wed
nesdays and Thursdays.
The "cruiser” Is well con
structed and Is equipped with
comfortable furniture for inter
viewing men Interested in enlist
ing and for giving preliminary
physical examinations and tests..
While here the personnel of the 1
‘‘cruiser” have been assisting
Chief Friar in securing enlist
ments for the Admiral Foote pla
toon being recruited in Wilkes
this month in honor of Admiral
, Percy W. Foote, native of Wilkes
(Who has gone back to active dnty
In the navy after six years retire
j ment.
I Already many men have had In
terviews with the recruiting offi
cers stating their Intention of en
listing in the platoon honoring
Wilkes’ hero In the navy and to
day six had enlisted. They are
JuIiuB Ray Anderson, Gilbert
Pruitt Anderson, Roby John
Parrish, Bryce Eugene Sebastlon,
Glenn Roten and Barney Roten.
The Admiral Foote platoon will
be sworn In as a unit about Janu
ary 1 and will be sent to a>iiaVBl
etatlon with the request that they
be trained together.
The navy ‘‘cruiser” will remain
In this city until Friday after
noon.
•V
But all the rejblblng' la not
among Republicans, because a
majority on the county board of
ccOTmtssioners will go to the
Democrats when the commlssion-
ers-elect take office Monday.
F. D. Forester, of North
Wllkesboro, and Ridl J. Vestal,
of Moravian Falls, won over Re
publican opponents In districts 1
and 2, while M. F. Ahsher, Re
publican Incumbent and present
board chairman, won in district
, t>ot the monfha
I campaism over in a bijr way.
Quota for December had
not been received today.
V
dlerk of Court C. C. Hayes, Re
publican, was re elected for a
four-year term without opposi
tion. Coroner I. M. Myers defeat
ed Paul Cashion, Democrat, for
coroner and will take office for
another four-yaar term. The of
fice of register of deeds, now held
by C. C. Sidden, Republican, was
not voted on in the 1942 election
and Hr. Sidden is in the mldat of
a four-year term.
Representative T. E. Story, Re
publican, was re-elected and will
be sworn In when the legislature
meets In January.
V
'Jehovah's
Witnesses'
Tried Again
Joint Dance And ''
Recital On Friday
Night At School
Mrs. RlS4r4 Finley aad
Andrew KU^ «re hariiig « Jotht
dance and nWM^/vscttqt at (be
high seluKri %i4tUhltnai «r .
j ‘l»# inriied.
Stores Here To
. Be Closed Two
Days Chistmas
Stores and Business Houses
Plan To Be Closed Fri
day, Saturday, 25-26
North Wllkesboro mer
chants plan to be closed two
days for Christmas.
Christmas this year will
be on Friday, December 25,
and practically all of the
stores today had agreed to
be closed on Friday, Decem-
bm- 25, and SatuHay, De
cember 26. The stores, nat
urally, will bo closed on Sun
day, December 27, and that
will moan that tho porsoniiol
of tho storos and businoss
houses will have three days
wall aamed respho from
their work.
Adwu^ jnentkNi is being
tnadk^ the two-day cliqdk^g,
hi or^ that an may know
k ihat po kieoiiva^auce
mar"t4oli '
•V*
Oottoa ismaip ! B> net tilt to
oa tla enjUwk. rttwaadnm
Oehlings and Yeatts File
.\ppeal Bond $1,000 Af
ter Fourth Conviction
Three members of ‘‘Jehovah’s
Witnesses”, a religions sect, for
the third and fourth times were
convicted In city court here this
week of violating a town ordin
ance against soliciting and peddl
ing without a city Wmit and
again they appealed to the su
perior court.
Henry Oehllng, Edward Oehllng
and Andrew Yeatts entered pleas
of not guilty. Idayor R. T. Mc-
Nlel, presiding over city court,
found them guilty of violating the
ordinance and sentenced each lo
30 days on the rodds. Each de
fendant appealed and posted bond
of $1,000.
The ordinance passed to Janu
ary, 1940, makes it a misde
meanor for any person to •®'*®**|i8oj«ted patrols.
or sell on the strepU, without flri^;‘
obtaining a permit from'the cll^'
clerk. The defendants admitted
dlstrlbnUng “Watchtowpr". .. a,
publication of their organisation,
and receiving contributions They
(Continued on page elijtttT^
-^-p. -,-^rjir* night’
to'sl^ in reinforcements at
Tunis and other points. Sev
eral transport^ and supply
ships were sent to the bot
tom amd the British later
lost two destroyers of the
focce, which were hit by
Axis planes. *
Rl'SSIAN DRIVES
Raeslan offensives continue to
roll along with telling results.
Yesterday Russians captured sa
air base across the Don river and
they;' have tlghtenefi the pincers
on the axis seige aimy west 0
Stalingrad. Meanwhile, the Rus
sians drive westward on the Mas-
cow front and near Leningrad.
R. A. E\ AGAIN ACTIVE
Brttisb planes last night ea
tensively bombed Gertoan citit
in the Rhineland. Six bombea
were lost.
IN NEW 4HT.VE.4
General Macitrthur’s force la
New Guinea today were closing ia
on Japanese at Buna aud were
lightiBg fiercely on the outskirts
of the town. Japanese efforts t*
land reinforcements have beea
frustrated and daring the past 24
hours 28 Japanese planes have
been shot down In New Guinea.
SOLOMONS FRONT
Ltttfc activity was reported to
day’from the Solomons. Earlier
It wea reported that American
marine patrols had killed 61 Jape
in mopping up operations of
ind Wingler Diet
isnd Wingler, age 82, died
SSy” at the Wilkes county
home. Funeral service was held
Sunday.
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