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_XXXV, No. 83 PablUhed Mondayi and Thursday.
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•R Tells World ^A:dsA^ed
‘It and Are Going to Get It
President Roosevelt today
i'deihreied his message to the
iTStii. congress,
i Rvriewing the progress of
Itho war in 1942, he gave the
Uu^lights of the year on the
ifighting fronts and produc-
1 tion Imes, giving figures
which he said, would afford
I no comfort to the enemy.
Touching on the various
I _reas of war operations, he
paid great tribute to Ameri-
can fighting men and to
those of the other Allied Na>
tions.
In the Pacific the Presi
dent pointed out that the ad
vance of Japan was stopped
in 1942 and that in 1943 our
forces would advance. The
prreatest single acti^ dur
ing the year, he said, was
the American victory in the
naval battle off Midway is
land. He predicted that the
island of Japan would feel
the brunt of air attacks.
President Rcoseyelt said
that the a«is forces will be
cleaned off the ^ southern
shores of the Mediterranean
and that Allied forces will
strike and strike hard at
Europe in one or several
places.
In Africa American planes
have aestroyed two of the
enemy for every one lost.
Against the Japanese Ameri
can planes have downed
four to every one lost.
Speaking of the Axis na
tions, the PreskSpil saidt
“They asked for H Jpd they
are going to get it
Pliuie production last year
was 48,000 in l^e United
States and the, rate is in
creasing. In December over
S,000 war planes were pro
duced. The yearly f igure fe;
greater thsm combined Axis
production.
Legislature
Gathers In
The Capitol
NOW IN AFRICA
Story From Wilkes,
Brock In the
Senate
North Carolina legislature
Wednesday in regular
bi^mnial session.
^kes county is repre-
in the house of repre-
by Representative
of Willteelwo^
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Jie senate Is B,, C.
Brock. MocksviUe attorney
aa^ a former state senator.
iThe district is composed of
1 Davie, Yadkin and Wilkes
I counties.
RepresentatlTe Story, who left
Ifor Raleigh Mond.'y, la serring
(Ills second term In the house and
Is on# oi 12 Hepublicsn represen-
Itativee. Senator Itrock is one of
I two Republicans in the state sen-
I ate.
Id cau'jne Tuesday Democrats
I named Representative John H
Kerr, of Warren county, as speak
er of the House and Senator J.
Hampton Price, of Rockingham,
as president pro tern of the Sen
ate. Lieut. Gov. R. L. Harris Is
presiding officer of the senate.
Governor J. M. Broughton to
day delivered his meeaoge to the
General Assembly, In which he
urged that at least *20,000,000
Of the »30,000.000 general fund
■arplus he invested In government
bonds as a post war reserve and
that pey of -teachers be Increased
as of January 1, 1943.
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War Bond Asking For
Quota Set
At $75,600
of .Mi’, ajid Mrsl T. O. Walsh, of
Pnrlear, is now wftb the U, S.
Army force In Africa. A cable-
gnam ‘was received recently,
wishing hls family back home a
Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year. 8gt. Walsh Joined
the N’aticmal Guard in North
Wlkesboro, Sept. 16, 1940.
Tax Listers For
Wilkes County
Are Appointed
Task of Listing Property acd
Poll For Taxation May Be
gin About January 23rd
War bond quota for WUkes
county for the month of Janu
ary is g75,^00, J. R. Hlx, war
bond sale chairman for Wilkes,
announced today.
This qnota includes sales of
war bonds in their several de
nominations but does not In
clude the large government se
curities.
Mr. Hi* said ho had not re
ceived a report from headquatv
ters on the amount of war bonds
Mdd in Wilkes in December but
expressed confidenoe that the
Wllken for the first 15 days of
December showed that a total
of $42,000 In war bonds had
been boug^it in the county.
Rales during the latter half of
the month were expected to
swell the total In excess of the
county’s quota for the month,
which was $56,800.
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Defense Supply Oorpwntlon
is asking for a ton of discarded
silk and nylon hosiery from the
ladles of this conummlty.
R. E. Gibbs, manager of the
J. O. Penney company stove
here, recoived a request from
the Defense Snpply Corpora
tion, asking that he act as o(d-
lector of discarded silk and ny
lon here and he ha» placed a
box in fnmt of the .etore where
ladies may depei^t,^ety oldjpl9t;
Five i Room Structure
For Roaring River
Being Planned
NOW IN SERVICE
Wilkes county board of^
commissiemers in January |
session voted to levy a tax to|
construct a five-room frame
structure as an addition tu
Board Accepts
Audit For Year
iterviewers Of
Civil Service To
Be Here On 9th
Will Be At Employmerit Of-
^ Vice Saturday Morning
Seeking Workers
r. James H. Taylor and Miss
n Stance Robin, of the Civil
^ Ck>mmls8on. will be at the
■ SSld States Employment Service
hero Saturday. January 9.
f^^rtervlew persons interested in
civHwr^
range of Jobs are open
*^Lute placement Is awnred.
mediate ^ tbe
^nnrew^tatlvee will be
at the employ-
interview Under
Tu? for the Balti-
V^lal Sec^ty^o^^
North Wilkesboro Govern
ment In Excellent Financial
Condition, Audit Shows
mali' g^ ph«rdl!r'‘VgB. fiKe
only revest in preparatlOli Of
the silk and nylon is that It be
laundered before It Is taken to
the collection point.
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Director Girl
Scouting Here
For One Month
Miss Florine Ray to Conduct
Course For Leaders And
For Council Members
Wilkes county board of com
missioners has approved the ap
pointment of tax listers for all
Wilkes county townships as sub
mitted by C. T. Doughton, county
accountant and tax supervisor.
Present plans call for beginning
the task of listing property and
poll for texaition about January
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Tax li,..ter8 for the various
townships follow: Antioch, A.' F.
Sale; Beaver Creek. L. F. Walsh;
Boomer, Tom Greer; Brushy
Mountain. J. M. Costner; Edwards
No. 1, Elmer Anthony; Edwards i
No. 2. Finnls Anthony; Edwards
No. 3, Dalles Carter; Elk No. 1,
P. H. Blankenship: Elk No. 2,
Arthur Walsh; Jobs Cabin. D. F.
Beshears; Lewis Fork, Albert
McGee; Lovelace. R. F. Johnson,
Moravian Falls. Mrs. B. B. Pear
son; Mulberry No. t. Mrs. Opal
Dancy; Mulberry No. 2. Will Wat
son; New Castle. G. C. Green;
North Wilkesboro, J. B. McCoy:
Reddies River. T. A, Eller:
Rock Creek. F. C. Johnson, Stan
ton, Vernon Eller; Somers,. San
ford Prevette; Traphlll No. 1,
Charlie Pruitt: Traphlll No. 2, C.
S, Johnson: Union, W. H. Whit
tington; Walnut Grove No. 1, T.
G. Johnson: Walnut Grove No. 2,
A. A. Wyatt; Wilkesboro No. I,
Mrs. H. W. Brookshire: Wilhes-
boro No. 2, Miss CathoUne Hol
land.
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North Wilkesboro board of
commlsisoners In January session i
with Mayor R. T. McNlel accept-1
ed the audit as presented by,
Charles E. Hagaman and made |
contract with Hagaman to audit j
the town’s -business for the fiscal
year to end on June 30, 1943. I
The audit as presented showed i
that the town Is In splendid finan- j
cal condition, having met the bud-1
get fully during the year. All |
accounts were in excellent shape
and the bonded debt was reduced
by 123,500 during the year.
The board transacted the usual
routine business. All members as
follows were present for the meet
ing of the board: J. R. Hix, R. G.
Finley, Ralph Duncan, H. M.
Hutchens and A. F. Kilby.
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C. E. Jenkins, Jr.,
Will Report 15th
For Army Service
Miss Florine Ray, Itinerant di
rector of Girl Scouts In thb Juliet
Low region, has arrived in this
city to spend a month working
with the Girl Scout troops and
leaders of the Wilkesboros cohn-
dl.
One of the first activities un
der direction of Miss Ray will be
a girl Scout leaders’ training
course, which "will begin Thurs
day, January 7, and continue on
{January 12, 14, 19, 21, 26 and
128, meeting from seven until
i nine p. ni. each evening of the
{above dates at the town hall.
Miss Ray will. meet with the
'Wilkesboros council on January
11, 18 and 25. This group will
meet from seven until nine p. m.
In homes of members of the coun
cil. The first meeting, on Janu
ary 11, will be held In the home
Of Mrs. W. E. Jones.
C. E. Jenkins. Jr., prominent
local business man. will report
January 16, for army seiwlce at
Port Jackson, S. C.
Mr. Jenkins has already been
inducted and was granted fur
lough until January 15.
Mr. Jenkins has been secretary
of the North Wilkesboro Lions
Club for the past few months. The
club has elected Bill Marlow as
secretary, for the remainder of
the club year.
BABY FOUND
DEAD IN BED
SwUo W'? „
up at F. C. X.
Cooperative
, Hero Merk-
Ota
Poid^
to tee Gotygrd
t© 1.
* to be
of teta ooek.
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New Open Hours For
Rationing Boards
Both rationing board offices In
Wilkes are now observing the fol
lowing hours of being open to the
public; Mondays through Frl-
(iays 10 a. m. to five p. m.; Sat
urdays, 8:30 a. m. until 12 noon.
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i>.^^Wykes Baptist Psstort
. Meet Monday, 10-ai.m.
.The regular monthly meeting
of the Wilkes County Baptist Pas
tor's Conference will i>o ^eld
Mondey, Jsansry 11, 10:00 am.
at the Reins Sturdivant Chapel.
Lucille, two-months-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Perry, of
New Castle-township, was found
dead in bed this morning about
three o’clock. Coroner I. M. My
ers investigated the death- and
said the baby died of croup. Bur
ial service will be at Lovett’s
Chapel on highway 18 at two
o’clock Friday.
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BUY MORE WAR BONDS
tile Roaring Rivsv 'school
plant.
The action to levy a tax to
erect a frame straettire vms
contained in a natioii by F.
D. Forester, seconded by M.
F. Absher, which specified
that the building was not to
cost in excess of five thous
and dollars.
Roaring River Is one of the
schools in Wilkes which has been
operating with crowded condi
tions.
The commissioners in resolu
tions declared the offices of con
stable in Stanton township and
Momvlan Palls towpship vacant
to
£a^ failed ty ap
pear and fils' bonds. Vernon Rog
ers was named constable in Mo
ravian Falls by vote of Forester
and Paul J. Vestal. No one was
named to fill tba vacancy In Stan
ton.
J. C. Jones, keeper of the coun
ty home, was authorized to con
struct a hen house for the tuber
cular hut and a hen house for the
county home. He was also au
thorized to purchase tools to do
the work.
Tht) board authorized Paul J.
Vestal, chairman, to admit per
sons to the county home In case
of emergency.
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Sewing Room Is
OpenFor Work
Red Cross Knitting Suoolies
May Also Be Obtained
From Sewing Room
Mrs. J. A. Rousseau, chairman
of Special Volunteer Service for
the Wilkes chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross, announced today
that the sewing room over Tom
linson’s Department store has re
opened following the holiday sea
son. The sewing room is open on
Monday. Wednesday and Friday
afternoons and Thursday nights.
Much sewing must he done soon
If Wilkes Is to meet the quotas.
Attention is also called to the
fact that snwUes of wool and
other materials for Red Cross
knitting may be obtained at the
sewing room.
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Court To Convene
Judge Zeb V. Nettles, of Ashe
ville Will preside over the three- struotlon In aircraft construction
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wteka term of Wilkes court which
'WeuKB lUl Ul UA V* wrvv* - 1_ X 1 J
will convene on Monday morning. Is made for the training.
January 11.
About 76 cases, which Includes
the motion calendar, has been ar
ranged by the WUkee Bor aeso- engaged
elation.
Mvt. James E. Ctiprch, son of
Mr, and Mrs. Jesse Church, of
North Wilkesboro, Is stationed
at Port Benning, Oa. Pvt.
Ghnrch, who Is well known here,
was iadneted Into the service
on November 21, and Is getting
along fine. He visited his par
ents here last week.
Man Burned
To Death In
Automobile
WsM bell
Wetinetdax At Mt.' Sbiai
churcb for Paris R. Souther,
age 30, who was found
burned to death in his auto
mobile on a country road
about one mile from his
home on North Wilkesboro
route three Monday night.
Coroner I. M. Myers, who in-
veetigrted the death, said that
Souther died from burns and
that there was no evidence of foul
play. He was alone and had
been to carry a neighbor home.
The coroner said that he was in
formed that Souther was intoxi
cated. The car was completely
destroyed and Souther’s body was
badly burned.
Souther was a son of Lee and
Goldie Moore Souther, of North
Wilkesboro route three. Surviv
ing are hls parents, wife and one
child, and seven brothers and sis
ters: Stella Souther, Winston-Sa
lem: Luella, Rachel. Julia and
Brewster Souther, of North
Wilkesboro route three; Freddie
Souther, who is in the army, and
Dewitt Souther, of Camp Lee. Va.
Rev. J. P. Robinson conducted
the funeral service.
Need Students In
Aircraft Classes
At City Schools
Course At School Train.s
Peoole^ For War Jobss
Training Is Free
The aircraft construction course
- ^ at the North Wilkesboro high
Monday Morning school can handle several more
trainees.
The course gives valuable In-
On completion of the course the
trainees can Immediately be plac
ed In aircraft construction plants
in production of war
Absher and Brame Planning
PoUo Fund Drive In WttKaa
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All In Wilkes Will Have Op-‘
portunity To Contribute
- To Paralysis Fund'
W. F. Absher and Phillip
Brame, have been appointed
co-chairmen for Wilkes county to
raise funds to fight Infantile para
lysis; in connection with the an
nual President’s Ball celebration.
It will be the tenth annhal
campaign . in the drive to
about remedies and pfra.yenfiUjtt;el
intentile iiarali*ta and will be.4ta>*
ducted from January
l%ie chairmen tor Wilkes .Satd
today that Him toto Styoggs has
been named treasurer of the cam
paign fund for Wilkes ead^teat
an opportunity would bu gltea-to
air In
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Resources, Deposits
Here Increase
$3;ooo,ooo
Resoisrces of the two local
banks here have reached
new high record totals, state
ments of the Bank of North
Wilkesboro and the North
western Bank relesmed today
showed.
Both the local institutions
showed large increases in
resources and deposits dar
ing the latter half of 1942.
Total increase in deposits
for both bsuaks was more
than $3,000,000 between
June 30, 1942, and Decem
ber 31. 1942.
The Northwestern Bank, with
home office here and branches at
Sparta, Jeffetron, Boone, Blo’wins
Hock, Bunumlle, Spruce Pine,
Valdese, Bakers^lle and Tayloxa-
ville, listed resources as of Dec. SI
totaling {9,073,108.56, i^preeent-
ing an Increase or S2,12V^L^
correspohdiag increase of $2,1 SS.-
468.00, jumping from S6,279,-
561.20 on June 30 to 18,413,-
029.20 on December 31.
The Bank of North Wilkesboro,
largest unit bank in this section
of the state, bad an increase of
almost a million dollars: In the
six-month period from June 30,
1942, to December 31, 1942.
Resources of the Bank of
North Wilkesboro on Decern bor
31 totaled 33,919,623.10, repre
senting an increase of S978.-
365.27 over the June 30 total of
$2,946,157.83.
Deposits of the Bank of -North
Wilkesboro during that period
Increased $924,327.89, totals be
ing $2,644,490.93 for June 30 and
$3,568,818.82 for December 31.
Both of the local banking in
stitutions have aided in the war
financing program by Investng
heavily in government securities
and by encouraging and promot
ing the sale of war bonds to Indi
viduals, corporations and organi
zations.
Stockholders Of
Banks Will Meet
Northwestern Bank Meeting.
January 12; Bank of Nortii .
Wilkesboro, January 21
Banks in North Wilkesboro-
will have their annual stockhold
ers’ meeting this month.
Stockholders of the Northwes
tern bank, which has home offi
ce here and branches in several
northwestern North * Carolina
towns, will meet at the bank on
Tuesday, January 12, 11 a. m.
Report of the year’s husiness will
be rendered and directors for the
ensuing yeai will be elected.
Bank of North Wilkesboro
stockholders will meet at the
bank on Thursday morning, Jan
uary 21, 10 a. m., for receiving
reports-for the year and election
of directors.
Both hanks have experienced
large Increase In reeources and
depoelts daring the past year,
reaching new high marks in total,
reeonrees.
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