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VOL.. XXXV, No. 85
Publuhed Monday* arid Thursdays.
Law Officers Will
Report Names Of
Pleasure Drivers
NORTH WILKESBORO. N. C.. THURSOAT^4AN.*14, 1943
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Rationing Boardt Here Request All Law En
forcement Officers to Enforce Ban
On Pleasure Driving of Cars
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Rationin 7 boards of
Wilkes county in meeting
Tuesday asked all law en
forcement officers in Wilkes
county to enforce the pleas
except necessary driving and
to report the violators to the
rationing boards.
The pleasure driving ban
forbids the use of automo-
ure driving ban as ordered j biles for going to places of j
by the federal government. 1 amusement or for pleasure}
The boards sent a forma! ^ riding of any kind, including
request to all policemen,' sight seeing. Autmnobiles
highway patrolmen, sheriff i ^ “»ed for ROing to and
. , S J ,, ., from work, to church ser-
and deputies and all ether essential shopping,
law enforcement agencies to ^ j f^,. business purposes.
record the number of auto-1 V
mobiles used for anything! BUY MORE WAR BONDS
Cimniiigliam To WILL SPEAK HERE
Meet Davidson
Aliunni In City
Davidson College President
To Add.'vss Meeting Of
Alumni Here Tonight
IN SUB SERVICE
RegionalWar
Bond Meet Is
HeldTuesday
These members of the Advent Nutrition Class of Mil
ler’s Creek are to receive Red Cross certificates. Front
row, left to right—Mrs. Quincy Kilby, Mrs. Tom Wel-
bome, Mrs. Esther Elledge, and Miss Vertie Rayburn,
instructor; back row—Mrs. Kermit Greene, Mrs. Paul
Deip, Mrs. date Bumgarner and Mrs. Oscar Faw.
Women of Number Of
Counties at Meet
Held In City
CMa.M3I Herman Wallaw,
now In sahinnrlni* “Oi’vlre some
where aith U. S. naval foiws,
Ls a navj- vet n n of 1*» year>
scmlce. Prioi to enteiing the
navj' ho was in the army for one
year, A greater part of liis time
in the navy has been in snl>-
marlnc service, Inclndlng seiven
years in the Hawaiian Islands.
He Is a ■'*on of Mr. and Mrs. J.
V, Wallace, of North AVHkes-
boro route one.
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Old Landmark Is
Being Tom Away
In Wilkesboro
The Dr. James Callowoy resi
dence In Wilkesboro. part erected
in 175S, is bfcine torn sway and
this building wltich has stood in
the center of the town for so many
years, will soon pass Into history.
The old €allowu.y home was
purchased several years ego by
Pr. Fred C. Hubbard, and it wa.s
the birthplace of his mother. Mrs.
J, T. Hubbard, who now reside-s
in Wilkesboro. and whose age i.^
Women’s division of the
war bond sale organization
in region three, which con
sists of several northwest
North Carolina counties, met
- ^psm-rlwsIh-Tmssdsiy '•
for more intensive organiza
tion and exchange of ideas.
Mrs. Ed Anderson, of West
Jefferson. regional chairman,
opened the meeting and the
principal addresses were by Mrs.
Carl Bishopric, of Spray.' state
chairman, and Mrs. Nancy C. Rob
inson. of Jacksot., Miss., director
of the southeastern region.
One of the- slogans being used
I by women in tup promotion of
war bonds is ‘‘A half filled stemp
liook is like a b.ilf equipped sol
dier." the aim being to encourage
the filling of stamps and exchange
for bonds.
The meeting here was describ
ed by the state chairman rs being
one of the most interesting held
during the series.
Present for the meeting were
county chairmen from a number
of counties. Mrs. R. G. Finley,
Wilkes chalrmnn. headed the lo
cal dele.gation. which consisted of
representatives from several wo
men’s organizations in the
Wilkesboros.
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Northwestern now in Africa
Bank’s Annual
Meeting Is Held
Directors Elected In Meet
ing Tuesday; Officers Re
elected For The Year
Dr. John R. Cunningham,
president of Davidson College,
will .-ddresr a group of alumni
and friends of Davidson college at
Hotel Wilkes Thursday evening
at seven o’clock.
Announcement of the meeting
, was made here by R. G. Finley,
chairman of the local group. In
addition to alumni of Davidson
In Wilkes, eorae have been Invit
ed from Elkin, Sparta, Glade 'Val
ley and Boone.
’The meeting to be held here
will be one of 98 group meetings
being held from Miami, Florida
to New York City In the interes'
of raising the remainder of the
$250,000 needed for the Alumn!
gymnasium planned for Davidson
College.
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U. i. Planes
In Victories
Over Enemy
NOW IN AFRICA
84 years During the past few
years the building hes been used
by Gray Brothers for -storing fur-
-jfUure.
The front of the building,
'known as the Dodge House, was
pu.-chased by Dr. Calloway, who
later built the back part of the
structure.
The lumber in the old structure
has been purchased by former
Sheriff W. B. Somers who is
planning to erect a building on his
farm near Wilkesboro.
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Awnings and garden umbrellrsl
can be protected from mildew by
a new colorless paint developed
for this purpose^ |
The Midwest is almost entirely
aelf-snfficient as an economic^
mnlt having a surplus of both ag-
^cuUural and industrial products
export.
Stockholders of the North
western Bsmk in annua’
meeting here Tuesday heard
a splendid report of the
year’s business from R. A
^ktqn,
suing year.
The stockholders of the ban ;,
which has home offices here ond
branches at Sparta, Boone. Burns-
vlllo. Browing Rock, Spruce Pine,
Bakersville, Jefferson, Taylors
ville ond 'Valdese. learned In the
report that the resources of the
bank ha.s greatly Increased during
the past few years. The increase
tor the lest six months of 1942
w'as over $2,000,000. reaching a
total on December 21 of $9,073,-
108.53.
All directors except two were
reelected. 'Those named for ono
ther year were: N. B. Smlthey.
Ralph Dunern and J, T. Prevette,
of North Wilkesboro: Harry Bail
ey, of Penland; W, C. Berry, rf
Bakersville; J. D. Brinkley, cf
Valdese: R. L. Donghton. of
Laurel Springs: W. D. Farthing,
of Boone: M. A. Higgins, of En-
nlce; W. M’. Most, of Valle Crueis,
•md M. E. Reeves, of Laurel
Springs. Gordon Winkler was
elected to succeed W. B. Collins,
of Boone, and G. W. Greene, of
Toeerne, succeeds W. F. Hughes.
Directors In meeting following
the stockhoiders meeting reelect
ed. officers as follows: R. A.
Poughton. president; Edwin Dun
can, executive vice-president;
John C. McBee, Sr., vice-president:
D. V. Deal, secretary.
Board of managers for the
North Wilkesboro branch were
named as follows: Ralph Dun-
con, J. T. Prevette, C. O. McNiel,
C. A. Lowe, R. L. Doughton, Joe
H. Pearson and George Forester.
The report of President Dough-
ton to the stockholders follows;
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Wilkes Men
In Service
Court Honor
Meeting Will
Gil
Continued successes of the
Russian armies against the
axis forces on the eastern
front highlighted the war
news todiy.
Reds in the Caucasus
made big gains yesterday,
capturing many enemy
troops and taking vast
amounts of war materials.
A Dew development was enoth-
er Russian offensive, which (s
carrying forward on the central
front in the direction of
Smolensk. 'The Russian troops
have already regained many miles
of territory and have taken sev
eral populated pJacea.
Germans today reported ano
ther' Russian offensive on the
northern end of the long front
near Leningrad;
In North Africa allied planes
destroyed 23 axis planes, many
of which were destroyed on ths
ground at an, eneny airport. whlA
' Mrs. G. M. N. Parker
Growing Tomatoes In
Home to Help Effort
tVord lius been received that
Pfc. Hilary T. Osborne has land
ed In .Africa. Pfc. OsbiMTie left
North WUkftsboro in 1940 with
the local National Guard coin-
piiny. .Pfc. Osborne Is a son of
Mr, and Mrs. J. A. Osborne, of
North WllkesbOTo route one.
He says that the people In Afri
ca really go for .American ciga
rette* and chewing gam.
Little Damage In
Fire Here Monday
Firemen experienced little dif
ficulty Monday in extinguishing
IfiStwiw* * a small fire In the holler room at
putiiMg 10% Teague’s Presslog Club. Little
svsiy dsmage was done snd the bnsisess
operations oonthmed ss nsnst
Mrs. G. M. N. Parker is do
ing her part In raising food to
help the war effort. Recently,
Mrs. Parker planted some seed
In a box In her kitchen, and
now she ha.s three tomatoes on
the vine, one of which is be
ginning to have considerable
size. Before long, .Mrs. Pm-ker
will be enjoj-ing ripe tomotoes,
and they won’t be ones that
have been trucked in from
tropical climate*, either.
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Dokies Will Meet
On Friday Night
Ladles* Night which hed been
planned by the North Wllkeeboro
Dokies Club has been postponed
because of travel ditflcnlties, of
ficials of the club announced to-
sevtRi o’eiock.
Cafe here.
St ths Prlnesas
rm
Cpl. Raymond Minton, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. ,S. Minton, of
thl.s city, is with V. 8. force* In
North .Africa. Cpl. Minton en
tered the enny In 1940 with the
National Guard company here
and was In training.at several
points before sailing. Hi.s let
ter from North Africa to his
family Is in the “Wilkes Men In
the Service’’ column elsewhere
in this new'spaper.
Big Load Of
LiquorTaken
Liauor Truck And
Driver Seized In
Ashe Last Friday
SetlTOan^Ollberi
Is stationed et Norfolk, Va., is
spending a few days with hls par-
'ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Morri
I son, near Wilkesboro.
Pfc. Joseph C. Miller
In Solomons Writes
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Miller have
received the following letter from
their son, Pfc. Joseph C. Miller,
a U. S. marine on Guadnlcanal in
the Solomons:
"Haven’t been able to write un
til now due to censorship, etc.,
but now that I have the oppor
tunity will “edge out” a few
lines, letting you know I am feel
ing O. K. and enjoying myself.
‘‘I received Fred's letter No
vember 14 and I am thsnkfu; to
hear that everyone Is prosperous
and happy..
"The U. S. forces are winning
victories right and left here in
the South Pacific, so It shouldn’t
be very long until Japan is out of
the way and 1 can come back to
civilization.’’
The letter was transmitted
means of 'V-Mail.
Tom Nelson Will Get
Eagle Award
At Meet
'We^l .IrfFerson. — Ashe county
deputies and federal officers cap-
cured a o.'f' and one-half ton truck
loaded with bottled whiskey Friday
night in Jefferson and arrested the
driver, Murray Whittington.
Whittinprton and the liquor were
being held in jail at Jefferson yes
terday pending further investiga
tion.
Officers said the truck came
f’om Virginia and was headed to
ward Wilkes county. They said the
truck was owned by Phillip Yates
of Purlear, Wilke* county.
The whisky was valued at $6,-
000. officers reported and they
said Whittington is being held for
investigation because he had bills
of purchase.
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pfc. Wm. F. Roberson
In Pacific Area
Mr. and Mrs. Cama Roberson,
of Oakwoods, have received news
that their son. Pfc. Wm. F. Rob
erson, hfs arrived safely at an un
disclosed Pacific destination. He
Is a member of the marine corps.
Bov Scout court of honor
for the Wilkes district will
meet in the religious educa
tion building of the North
Wilkesboro Presbyterian
church Thursday evening,
January 21, eight p. m.
A special feature of the meet
ing will be the presentation of the
Eagle Scout award to Tom Nel
son, a son of Mr. and Mrs. L. M.
Nelson. Tom is u member of
troop 36.
All Scouts and prospective
Scouts are urged to attend the
meeting and parents and friends
of Scouts will find it very inter
esting.
Membership of the Court of
Honor is as follows; T. E. Story.
P. W- Eshelman; t^yrus McNeill.
|J. B. McCoy, A. O. Finley. C J.
{swofford, R. T. McNiel and J .M.
Anderson.
Men‘who took the Scoulnias
ters' course will meet at seven
o'clock ot the. srme place to re
ceive their certificates and
awards and will enjoy a social
the past feV d^,' adVhlng doi-
ens of Japanese planes at ths-
usnal rate of four Jep planes te^
one of ours lost.
General MacArthur’s headquar
ters reported successful borahlng
raids on the Japanese held Island
of Timor.
In Burma the 'British offensir*
ag.-lnst the Japs, which hiid been
rolling' along rapidly, is now
meeting with stiffened resistance
from the Japs but continues to
moke some progress. British
planes have been very effective In
paving the way for the ground
troops in their Burma orrapalgn.
During the past few daVs Brit
ish planes have heavily bombed
German war industries in the
Ruhr valiey. making seven raids
in nine days.
With but very few exceptions.,
the wor news this week has been
a series of encouraging develop
ments for the Allied Nations.
Vance McGhimiis
Taken By Death
taln“ o..nl..«4 hi. In]her prtor ,o th. oo.rt ot honor
f meeting.
Rationing Officials
Will Attend Meet
day..
However, the club will have it* ———= -
monthly meeting Friday evening, purpose of ootHnto* price co^-
Several rationing officials in
Wilkes county will attend a dis
trict meeting to he held In Win
ston-Salem Friday.
Thoge planning to attend the
meeting are: C. P. Walter, chair
man of board 2; C. H. Cowles,
chairman of board 1; Paul S.
Cragah, community service mem
ber; Attorney J. H. 'Whicker, Sr.,
W. J. Csroon and W. IJ. H.
Waugh, memhera of price control
panels; Msek Moore, chief chwk;
Mre.'IUlph Bowmsa'snd Mr*. 'Al
bert Onrtiwd, Tic* elsrks..
Th# meeting irtil he for the^
trol enforcement end other rati
oning sdmtaisfentlvo proeaednra.
June, 1941
Pvt. Arlie BulU* Home
Pvt. Arlie Bullls, of Camp
Hood, Texas, was called to hls |
home at Boomer this week be-'
cause of the death of hls mother,
Mrs. Creola C. Bullls. He will re
turn Sunday.
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NOW IN AFRICA
Mr. H. P. Eller
Returns To Home,
Mr H. P. Eller, who has been i
a patient of The Wilkes Hospital |
for the past ten days, was able to
return to hls home Tuesday, hls |
many friends will be glad to learn. i
Mr. Eller has been quite 111
with a severe attack of Influenza, i
and for a short while was
threatened with an attack of
pneumtmla.
Brown Child Dies
Funeral service was held Sun
day at Rock Springs church fori
James Luther Brown, Infant son
of Mrs. PMnnle Brown, of Hays.
The child died Saturday.*;:,.'
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• .Perry Child Ehes
- Last ritaa were held Friday at
Dnion chapel for Ldutoe Perry,
age two months, daughter of
Oeorg* nod Grace Nelson Perry,
tie child died Tinnday.
Sgt. Paul H. Haynes la now
with the anned forces in North
.Africa, according to a cablegram
reeetred by 1^ parawts, Mr.
■Bd »». L N- Mayoe, of Win-
ston-SalesD. Sgt. .Hayae* ft a
brother of Mn. M. li. Wyatt and
Mrs. B. 6. Bantesi, of Morariaa
.Fslls.
Vance McGhtnnls, one of Wllkea .
county’s best known citizens,
died at 12:30 a. ra. Wedne.sday at
hls home at Boomer.
Mr. McGhinnls, age 82, had
been in declining health for the
past several years rnd seriously 111
for a month.
A native of Wilkes county, he
was 0 son of the late Ephrlam
and Susan Swanson McGhinnls.
In early life he took advrntage of
all educational opportunities
available and for many years was
a school lercher of excellent
ability. Mr. McGhinnls was also
a capable surveyor.
Mr. McGhinnls was an ardent
echolor and throughout his life
continued his search for know
ledge. With thousrnds of vol
umes, hls home library was d*-'
dared by many to he outstanding
in the state.
Mr. McGhinnls was a leader In
the Baptist church and over a
long period bf years was clerk of
the Brushy Mountain Baptist as
sociation. He also showed much
Interest In community and clvie
affairs.
SuiTlvlng mem'bers of hl% Im
mediate family include one broth
er, T. C. McGhinnls, of Boomer,
and two slsteni,' Mrs. J. 8. Jen
nings, of Pores Knob, and Mrs.
Lejara Payne, of Millers Creek.
Fufilral serrlce will be held to-,
day; n- a„ m. 'at Bittle Rock Bav-
tiat' Boomer with
Rev. Altfed *ud Rev. 0$to ' C
Jekoodn tv
wUl be In the femlly cemetezy.
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