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fOU XXXV, No. 81
Published.Mondays and Thursdays. ' NORTH WILKESBORO, N.
.*$1.60 In the Sute |2.b4>Oat of State
Industrial
Salvagers
Are Named
TAKEN BY DEATH
sordon Forester Se
lected Chairman
For Wilkes
The organization which
Iwill supervise collection of
■salvage materials in Wilkes
Icounty industrial plants was
I announced this week by
I Gordon Forester, county
I chairman.
Members of the Wilkes
I county group, he said, are
co-operating in a “perman
ent, continuing effort by in
dustry to keep the steel mills
A. H. Casey
Funeral Held
Here Monday
Prominent Leader Of
City Died Sunday
Morning
Wilkes
Board 1
Galls Men
ANT>REW H. CASEY
gomg.”
W. M.
Parsley of Charlotte.
State Industrial Salvage Manager
for the \^ar Production Board,
pointed out that materials fre
qusntly considered waste in one
industry may be an original
source of raw materials in ano
ther.
“In this case," Mr. Parsley
aald. "the industry benefitting by
this salvage collection is the steel
business, the backbone of the mu
nitions industry.”
B. B. Gossett of Charlotte is
State Chairman of the’Salvage
Committee set up by the Indus- i
trial Division of the WPB. J. Lee
Wilson of Lexington Is Chairman
foci the Eighth District of which
ces county is a part.
Ith this setup in Wilkes
ww. "it *:
NOW IN AFRICA
tion in this area is In competent
hilpds.”
^Tlie Wilkes county organize
oa consists of the following;
Jr Cotton Mills, W. P. Carson;
Imams Machine Company, E.
Williams: Morth Wilkesboro
Manufacturing Company, A. G.
Finley; lAneberry Foundry, Al
bert Garwood; American Furni
ture Company, Larry Emerson:
Oak Furniture Company. R. H.
Shell; Turner White Coffin Com
pany, Albert Hayes: Brown Lum
ber Company. -A. L. Osborne;
Forest Furniture Company. J. L.
Wells; Meadows Mill.s Company,
B. G. Finley; International Shoe
Comaany, J. D. Sr.iaefer; Roar-
lii^jRiver Cotton Mill. W. P. Car-
Home Chair Company, Boyd
Stout; Wilkes Hosiery Mill, Hoyle
M. Hutchens: Coble Dairy Pro
ducts, Inc., Jack Martin: Key
City Upholstering Company, J. E.
Caudill: Williams Motor Com
pany. T. H. Williams: Carolina
Mirror Corporation, N. W. Foster;
Journal-Patriot, D. J. Carter: j
Hewsworld, Ray Erwin; North |
Wilkesboro Hustler. Howard i
Pharr.
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Andrew H. Casey, prominent
lawyer and an outstanding church
and civic leader here, died Sun
day morning, 1:15, in the Bap
tist hospital In Winston-Salem.
Attorney Casey became ill two
weeks ago and was carried to the
hospital in Winston-Salenl. His
condition became critical last
Wednesday.
Born on September 2, 1888, in
Somers township. Attorney Casey
was a son of the late J. W. Casey
and Mrs. Sarah Myers Casey, of
Cycle.
He entered Wake Forest Col
lege and was engaged in the study
of law. Wh'-n the World War
came on he entered the army and
was assigned to officers training
school. On completion of his
course he was commissioned a
second lieutenant. He served in
the arrny 19 months.
After the w’ar he worked for
some time in Washington, D. C.,
and studied law at night at
George Washington University.
He later returned to Wake Forest
College, w'here he graduated in
August 1922, and was licensed to
practice law. He established a
law office here in September,
1922. and became one of the best
known attorneys in Northwestern
North Carolina.
But his aetlyy^le# were not
Wilkes Draft Board 1
Notifies 113 Men '
To Report
Wilkes Selective Service
board number 1 has notified
a large number of men to
report soon for army induc
tion.
The men to whom induc
tion notices have been mail
ed are as follows!
Kobert Lucius Anderson.
Van Wlford Triplett.
Albert Leo Pardue.
Thomis Wilson Triplett.
Homer Rufus Transeau.
Harvey Ijlncoln Clinton.
Coy Spencer Sale.
John Boyden Love.
Buster Williams.
James Rus.sell Brookshire.
John Laivson Eller.
Coy Franklin Cox.
EId Brooks, Jr,
Johnnie ElLslia Transou.
Charles Henry Anderson.
Walter Wajme Jones.
M'ells Benge.
Barks Gwaltney Nicholson.
Forest Herndon Church.
Rnfus Love.
Bartley John Paul Fortner.
Lexle Queen.
PYed Alfred Osborne.
John Willie D>er.
Herbert Edwin .lennlnife.
Isaac Clinton Bouchelle.
FeMx Wright Gouj^.
Doi^Klas M^er Lii^ey.
.Sgt. Walter Wayne Hall, son
of .Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hall, of
Halls Mills, Is nwv with U. S.
forces in Nortli Africa. Parts
of his most recent letcer home
are contained in an article on
(laigo two of this newspaper.
Duck Is Duck
And We Don't
Mean Buck
M[. S. Church Dies
9a 86th Birthday
Marshal S. Church, well known
Itizen of the Goshen communi- i
y, died Sunday at the Wilkes
lospltal.
Mr. Church died on his 86th
Irthdey. He had been in declln-
Bg health for some time and on
Ylday night he tell at his home
nd suffered a broken hip. He
ras carried to the hospiUl here
Mt failed to rally following the
Bjnry.
He was a son of the late Joel,
8d Peggy Edmtparten Church, j
nrvlvlng are the widow, Mrs. ■
llizabeth Hamby Church, three j
ons, N. L. Church, of Goshen, I. j
I. Church, of Wilkesboro, and J. j
Church, of Charleston, W. Va. ,
lIbo surviving are one brother,
ohn P. Church, of Wilkesboro,
two sisters. Mrs. Jane Nich-
of Fayettville, and Mias Mag-
■ Church, of Winston-Salem.
Funeral service was held Tues-
the home with Rev. S. I.
of Boomer, in charge.
’al was in the family ceme-
near the home.
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jmd
rokM
hffion Will Meet
jOn Friday Night
‘ es post of the American
I Trill meet on Friday night,
1, eight o’clock, jn the
"nm® of Tadkln Valley Mo-
jmT on Ninth street. All
I ore uked to attend..
\>. “Duck Wiuvit" ill a for
sale ad in.sorted in this news-
IKiper by Dan J. Bi-ook.shfrc
wius not a tyiiographlcal error.
"Due . Wieat” is the proper
name for what he had to sell.
After the ad apiieared. mem
bers of The Journal-Patriot
staff were asketi if they did not
know how to s|>ell “Buck
Wheat,” but for once they werr>
right.
And to prove to tlie suspect
ing public that wc knew what
we were talking about, we ask
ed Mr. Brooksliire to bring a
sample of “Duck TVheat" to
tlie Journal-Patriot office,
where it is now on display for
nnliellevers.
“Duck Wheat" is new in tills
community, although it has
been grown in mountain coun
ties north and west of here for
some time. Tlie growing plants
resemble buck wheat, but the
grain is different in that then-
are no husks und the grain,
which looks like a cross be
tween ordinary wheat and buck-
wheat, has a weight of 60
pounds per bushel, almost twice
that of buck wheat.
Mr. Brookshire produced
alKJut 300 bushels of “Duck
WTieat”, which was harvested
by a combine. It will yield
from 20 to 40 bushels per acre
and has excellent feed value
for livestock, cattle, hogs and
poultry. Those who want
“Duck Wheat” for seeding pur
poses should see Mr. Brookshire
now because his supply is going
fast.
torney Casey Has
.leader in church work. He was
i chairman of the board of deacons
of the First Baptist church here
and for many years was teacher
of the Berean Bible class, one of
the largest and most influential
Bible classes in this part of the
state.
In civic affairs Attorney Casey
had been a leader. He was a past
president of the North Wilkes-
horo Kiwanis club and was a for
mer lieutenant governor of divi
sion 3 of the Carolinas' district of,
Kiwanis International. During
the past year he was program
chalrmac for the local club. He
was also active in fraternal or
ganizations, being a member of
the Maspnic lodge here, and for
year.s was active in the North
Wilke.sboro Junior Order council.
Over a period of several years
, Attorney Casey was president of
i the Wilkes Bar Association, and
I was held in high esteem by hi*
friends and acquaintances in the
1 legal profession. He had been
j Wilkes county attorney for many
years.
Attorney Casey was an officer
of the North Wilkesboro Build
ing and Loan Association, for
whiclkhe was attorney over a long
period of years. He was also lo-
Igal counsel for the Northwestern
'Bank and for the Southern Rall-
* way company here.
.Although he had never sought
public office. Attorney Casey was
! an outstanding leader in the Re-
; publican party, and for eight
i years wa.s chairman of the Wilkes
[county Republican executive com-
i mittee.
! Ha was a member of Wilkes
I Continued on page six)
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! Father Watches Sons
i Leave For Army Dec.
26 In 1917 and 1942
BANKS WILL BE
CLOSED FRIDAY
Both banks, the Bank of North
Wilkesboro and the Northwestern
Bank, will be closed Friday, Jan.
1, which Is generally observed as
a holiday.
On December 36. 11>17, Rev.
li. B. Murray, well known Bap
tist minister of State Road com
munity in eastern Wilkes, said
fi^oodbye to his son, .Arvil Mur
ray, who was leaving on that
date to be inducted In the amiy.
iUxactly 25 years later, o"
December 26, 1042. Rev. Mr.
Murray saw his youngest son,
L. B. Murray, Jr., leave for ar
my service in World War num
ber 2.
.Arvll Murray went throng! i
the first Worid War without
injury and Is now living at
Waterloo, Iowa. The father 1»
lookhig forward to the day
when his youngest son can re
turn after victory for the Al
lied Nations. He has a son-in-
law, David Brown, who has
been with U. 8. forces la India
tor (joveml months.
Jr.
Jtdius „. .
William HOWhM Cdrrigaa.
Theodore Nichols.
.lames Coffee Smith.
Imther Arnold Roberts.
Charles Hughes Blackburn.
Sydney VirgU Stanley.
Dean Hill Pardue.
Ralph Hayes.
William Paul Hcmric.
Johnson Eugene CaJdwcU
Lloyd Wilson Palmer.
John Arthur Nelson.
,Tohn Noah W'atkins.
Willard Clinrch.
Cliester Gr^ry.
p, J. MUriu.
I, other William Wat-son.
Howard James Smlthey.
John Henry Parsons.
Percy Hohert EUer.
tliarles Averj- Holland.
Monroe Nance.
Benjamin Franklin Walsh, Jr
.Tames Albert Pruitt.
Roy Quentin Bumgarner.
Eugene Garfield Osborne.
Herman Oliver Hayes.
R^' James Shepherd.
Jinlc .Anderson.
Tommy I.iee Knight.
Sydney Alton Andrews,
nay J. D. Goulds.
Henry Mack Lowe.
.John Howard Blackburn.
F. D. Mahaffey.
Robert H. Johnson.
Reid Warner Anderson.
Rnssell Conrad Parsons.
Troy I^emvood Shoffner.
Glthren Tjawrrence EUer.
Thomas Mitchell Wellborn.
Carl Clinton Dyer.
B. D. Mltchelk
Wesley Anderson.
Cameron Tnlmadge Billings.
A^lrgll Howard Mabe.
.Tones Filler Marley.
Howard I>ee Feirfnson.
Shore BiilHs.
Paul Hugh Gregory.
Linnie Lee Spears.
Ernest Jones Marlow.
Palmer Bussell Smlthey.
Bichard Bnllis.
Herman Max Johnson.
Bay Calvin Green.
Thomas Elrie Parsons.
Bnssell Wood Triplett.
Paul Monroe Irwin.
Gwyn Thomas Chambers.
Warren William Walsh.
Boyal Armester Gi^fory.
WiUlam Eds^ Wclbom.
Connie Engesae Hayes.
John Andrew Spears.
J. D. Wallace.
Sam Vance ChUdres,
Vemom Clifford l^ws.
Harsn Edward Marley.
Douglas Hansport Harrison.
Dean Hardin Taylor.
Roscoe Wfllla®**.
L. P. Jarvta.
Athel Dustin MUler,
Gilbert BUner Dancy.
BnaseU Glenn Peanon.
ALLIES CORNERING ENEMY
FORCES AT TUNIS, TRIPOLI
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Butchers The Biggest Porker To Date
Russians Are
MakingGains
. ,,,
Lonnie A. Miller, of Wilbar, says he feels that he has done his
part to relieve the pork shortage this year. • u* r
Recently Mr. Miller hr .hered a porker which hpd a weight of
several pound.s over 700. Mr. Miller purchased the pig in April, at
which time it had a weight of about 100 pounds. The pig was fed
on com meal and dishwater three times daily. In ^dition to the
pork, about ten gallons of lard was obtained fr^ the ^rker.
One of the middlings, one ham and one shoulder M the
were sold in North Wilkesboro to B. H. Pearson. The middling
alone had a weight of 110 pounds. Several pe^ns who saw it
placed on the scales said it was the largest middling they had ever
seen, and could nol believe that the hog was only one year old when
butchered.
Is Killed
In Action
Marine Sergeant Was
Killed In Battle
On Dec. 9th
Sgt. Shafter Robert (Bob)
Laws, Jr., age 20, was kill
ed in action somewhere in
the South Pacific zone of
war operations on December
9, according to official no
tice given by the navy de
partment.
Sgt. Laws, son of Mr, and
Mrs. Shelter R. Laws, was in ser
vice in the marine corps, having
volunteered hi:' services more
than two years ago.
Sgt. Laws’ father and mother
lived at Moravian Falls until re
cently, when they moved to Wash
ington, D. C., where Mr. Laws has
a position in the government
printing office.
No details of the death of Sgt.
Laws were given in the message
received by relatives.
Surviving Sgt. Laws are his
father and mother and two sis
ters, Cicely Ann and Martha Laws.
He was a grandson of R. Don
Laws, publisher of the Yellow
Jacket, at Moravian Falls. He
attended Wilkesboro high school
before entering the service. Bob,
as he was known by many friends,
was an energetic and capable
young man and was popular
among many acquaintances.
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Must Have War
Ration Book 1
By January 15
JiOcal rationing authorities
call attention to the fact that
p^-sons who do not have war
ration book 1, whldi Is now be
ing used for purchase of coffee
and sugar, must have them by
January 15.
Every individual must have
war ration hook 1 In order to
get the "nnlversal” ration book,
which will be issued soon for
pnrriiase of many food Items
whlcih win be strictly rationed.
RnsseU W. Miller.
WUliaA Ovy
Wmfauu Jadcson Maasagee.
McAvhi Isaac Greeme.
Howard Moore OdeU.
X, D. Provatte.
Allied forces in North Af
rica today were delivering
heavy air blows on axis
communication lines be
tween Tunu and Tripoli,
two of the few remaining
enemy strcmgholdt.
British Eighth army ad
vancing westward across Li
bya was within 175 miles of
Tripoli whUe an Ameriesm
force from the west was
seeking to cut axis communi
cations east of Tunis.
Meanwhile, a French force is
advancing northward from Lake
Shad In central Africa.
The German government in a
year-end message to the people
admitted reverses in Africa but
said Germany would win the big
victory In Russia.
Meanwhile, Russian news told
a different story as Rusektris are
driving ahead rapidly on two
wide fronts—the Middle Don and
Lower Don sectors northwest and
southwest of Stalingrad.
General Douglas MacArthur
from New Guinea sent out the
good news that bis forces will wla
^lii liuS si^tor Wthe Sonta Paci
fic area. In fils meeaage tfie gen
eral paid high tribute to the men
he commands.
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Wade Wallace
New Councilor
Junior Order Council Here
Will Install Officers On
Next Tuesday Night
CoriKiral .A. B. I’lilHips. son
of Mr. and Sirs. G. W. I liiUips,
of North AYiikcsboro, has re
cently been promoted to his
present rank. CVirporal Plillllps
writes his parents that tiie ar
my is treating him fine, and he
sends greetings to ail of bis
friends back home.
To Accept Men
Age 17 hto the
GuardCoihpany
Youths Urged To Report At
State Guard Training
Here Monday Night
Captrln Harry Pearson, com
manding officer of the State
Guard company here, announced
today that his company would ac
cept recruits age 17 on next Mon
day night at the armory over
Rexpll Drug store.
The legal age for State Guard
membership now is 18 to 4 5 but
the next legislature is expected
to lower the minimum age to 17.
Captain Pearson said, end 17-
year-old recruits will be given
advance training in anticipation
of the change.
Men from 17 to 45 are urged
to enlist in the guard company
here In order that the required
membership may be maintained
lor the military company.
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Wade Wallace has beeh elected
councilor of North Wilkesboro
council of the Junior Order for
the next six months period.
Wallace and other newly elect
ed officers will he installed at
the meeting to be held on Tues
day night. There will be other
important matters to be t.-ken up
at the meeting and a large atten
dance of members is urged.
In addition to Councilor Wal
lace other newly elected officers
to be installed Tuesday night are
as follows: Clay Pardue, vice
councilor: C. A. Canter, record
ing secretary; B. F. Bentley, as
sistant recording secretary; John
son Sanders, financial secretary:
Northwestern Bank, treasurer;
T. H. Waller, conductor; A. G.
Anderson, warden; Hoy Canter,
Inside sentinel; George Campbell,
outside sentinel; G. T. Bare,
Junior past councilor; H. L.
Mechem, chaplain; D. E. Elledge,
assisbint chaplain; B. F. Bentley,
J. M. Eller and G. T. Bare, trus
tees.
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W.A.McNielIs
Now Improving
J. H. Whicker, Jr.,
•B. & L. Attorney
At a' meeting of the board of
dlr^tora of the North Wllkee-
boro Bntidiitg eJid Loan Asroela-
tlbn, Attorney J. H. Whieker, Jr.,
was elected attorney for the aaeo-
ciatlon, succeeding Attorney A. H.
Casey, who died Sunday.
W. A. McNlel, prominent local
business man, today was reported
as Improving after seven days
critical Illness.
Mr. McNiel had been a patient
at the Baptist hospital in Winston-
Salem for some time but was not
seriously 111 until a week ago to
day, when he suffered a stroke of
•apoplexy.
For a few days he was uncon
scious and his condition was de
scribed as critical. However, he
has been Improving slowly for the ^
past three days.
Mr. McNlel Is president and
general manager of Coca-Cola
Bottling company here and Is
widely known ^ throughout tha
state. Many friends are hopeful
that he may soon regain nom^^
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Keriey, a son, Oaaffirey Thonrtoti
at the -WlJkas liospltol »»
nesday moratog, March 80. .
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