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IH. 6F Wn.KES’’ -foie fij DoylBg toi nWn ,th« ffowlas ocater of NNrth NiMrth Ca^Uoa ■ mStS{ r^fOR ’-.V •■ if ri' '] XXXV, Now 87 ' Published ,MoMkj|i]l»*M>Thor8days. ■ NQHTH WiiKESBQRO. >'*V- Siomewhere m Iniiid An additional assistant county agent, who wiU tpoc- uJize on poultry work, has been appointed by the ex.* tension service for Wilkes cowty and will begin work on February 1, J. B. Snif^es, county agent, said today. James E. Rollins, of Raleigh, will he the new assistant county agent, having been appointed by John W. Goodman, head of the extension service In the rtate. and approved -by the Wilkes county board of commissioners. It is understood that the state and federal governments will ney the entire salary of Mr. Ccilns until July 1, after which time the county will pay some part of salary and traveling expenses. Hecently Mr. Snipes, accom panied by O. F. McCrary, district agent, and C. F. Parrish, exten sion poultry, specialist, outlined the matter before the board of commissioners. They pointed out that Wilkes is the leading poultry production county in the state, having over 800.000 chickens, and with an expected Income of about 82,000,000 this year. Mr. Collins Is a recent graduate of State College, where he major- id In poultry, and Is well quallfl- to perform valuable services to poultrymen of Wilkes. For past several months he has employed at a hatchery in im 'a/'; Coble Dairy Products Company Increases Price of Milk 20 Cents Per ^Hundred For Thousands of Farmers Capt. James W. ftiyder, D. 8. army intelUgeBce offloer, whs in ehriUaB Ufe was a blstorlaa, is showa In osnversation with a veteran In dian guide. This pictnresaue native served in China daring the Boxer rebellion. The ribbon decoration U ror service with the late Liord Kitch ener. He also served under Leri Boberte, Good news to fanners of 26 North Carolina coun ties and some in Virginia and Tennessee was the smnouncement today by Coble Dairy Products com pany that the price of milk has been increased 20 cents per hundred as it sip- plies to the basic price for 4 per cent milk. The price goes higher as the butter- fat increases over four per cent. Officials of the Coble company, which is fur nishing vimt quantities of processed and dehyi^ated milk for the armeftforces and lend lease,;^id the price increase becvne ef fective January 1 amd will show up on the next check received by the thousands of farmers from whom milk is purchased. The price now being paid far mers for milk represents a new high in the dairy business fcMr this part of the country and should act a stimulus for greater AUotments For Cotton Farmers Wilkes Triple A' office 1^ au- nouneed that new cotton growegs hav4 until February 16 to apply for allotment It wes also announced that there will be no Increase In flue cured tobacco allotments this year, y Many Japs Killed In Allied Mopping Up Operations as progress in the dairying branch of agriculture. Clubs Are Placed On Auto Ban list Paul Vestal Again Heads Farm P.C.A. Annual Stockholders* Meeting Is Held Saturday Blood Bank 'r Members of the North Wllkes- boro Lions Club are donating Wood for the blood plasma bank at the Wilkes hospiUl. G.* R. Andrews Is in charge of the project for the Lions and he .^akes the appointments with the Thoepltal laboratory for taking the •blood. A number of the members have given blood this week and others ■ will make donations within a few days. An appeal was recently made here by the Civilian Defense Coun- .cll for the blood plasma bank r,t the hospital to be filled, so that ample supply of plasma may be on hand in esse of any emergency. In addition to members of the ' Lions Club, others are asked to donate blood, and donors should see Mr. Andrews, who will ar range an appointment et the hos pital for taking the Wood. Paul J. president of the Wlheton-felem Production Credit Association in the annual meeting of the organi zation held in the Forsyth county courthouse Saturday. Mr. Vestal, one of the Wilkes county’s best known frrmers and chairman of Wilkes county board of commissioners, has been presi dent of the association, which makes loans to farmers for crop production, for the past eight years. The association has an out standing record in production credit loan.^. During its entire history it has never experienced any loss whatever on loans, which during the past year total-1 -.J Tf hoo nno nf Parent - Teachers Association and various other similar groups have been placed in the oatagory of meetings you can’t attend by automobile, according to new reg ulations received yesterday by Wilkes War Price and Rationing Board from Raleigh and Atlanta OPA offices. Listed as organizations to whose meetings members cannot drive in their automobiles are: Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Garden Clubs Includ ing ' tllo^e' ■“sponsoring Victory Gardena, County Home Demon stration Clubs, Hi-Y Clubs, Par ent-Teachers Ajssociatlons, Y. M. C. A. KUdfe,A^ '■’T'lje’dniy t&'aJjove restriction comes In a .case in which Boy and Girl Scout meet ing’ are held for the specific pur pose of instruction In activities connected with Civilian Defense. The local board explained th.vt this exception would not include a regular meeting of either of those organizations in which a part is devoted to this instruction.! It would mean a meeting which hr.8 been colled for the specific purpose of giving Instruction to Scouts or leaders In air-raid acti vities, first aid, messenger ser vice, etc., in connection with Civi lian Defense. In that case, per sons may drive to the meeting, board officials said. This new ruling is partly, if not entirely. In conflict with previous orders In connection with the pleasure-driving ban, board offi cials explained. But the ruling In cludes the newest ondera from OPA, they ^d, and will fcq. ob- •Xf'Wf'r further expkifled that ‘((Irlving from a place of business to a home for lunch and back again is prohibited, unless doctor’s orders Indicate that a person must eat at home. This exception would Include cases of stomach ulcers, diabetes, etc., where persons must have a special diet. Model Airplanes Made at School On Display Here Coble Plant h Wilkesboro Is To Be Enlarged Uent. Matthew J. Connelly, OSB, ’chaplain of the 506th panclmte In fantry, Is shown patting on his chute, ia Wubinxta>. D. C. He recently qnaltfied as a Jnmping chaplain by making live parachute jumps. It sronld seem that the expression “sky pnot” has a'donble meaning in this particnlar case. All Sheriffs Of Wilkes Are Listed An found Sheriff Subscriptions To ^ Journal • Patriot M Handlreda Of New, and Re- Mwal Subscriptions Re- cevied Past Few Weeks During the past few weeks hondreda have subscribed to Joumal-Fatriot and have resiewed old sabscriptloiw. Since the Information was. pobUshed several days ago to the effect that the government Is asking newspapers to limit of newsprint to the amount used in SBbecriptkms cannot be carried OB the Bri. the response has » exceedingly encouraging many new and renewal snb- ,BS have been received IfiO subscription list of 'The is JWg^r ttan iMl It to evident Sirt l»*e publtohem send to those who have not 2d in advance nd have to re- 2e to send the paper to new Mbscribers who want the p^r mmt wflMug to pBif fow h~ JffMi Bibri ou — sli aHnit thrte. The first ^Hs the aaonth and the ji.Brno the yeur. For 1*4« Janmary, *•**, . labsR to4ay ed over $il3,000. It has one of the best records of Production Credit Associations in the entire country. Mr. Vestal presided at the stockholders’ meeting, which was well attended, and a most inspir ing address was delivered by J. R. Jackson, of Columbia. S. C., field representative of the Farm Cred it Administration. After the stockholders had re elected Mr. Vestal and IV. H. Hardy, whose terms expired this year, to the board of directors, the directors held their meeting and named the executive com mittee. which is composed of Mr. Vestal, president, W. H. Hardy, of Slloam, and A. P. Snow, of Dobson. Mr. Snow was named, secretar^treasurer to' succeed L. E. Francis, who has entered armed services. V th; Tax Listing To Begin Saturday All Are Asked To List Early and Avoid Rush In Last Days Of Listing Tax listing will begin in all townships in 'WMlkes county on Saturday. January 23, Mack Rea vis, county accountant and tax supervisor. »sld today. All who are required lo list property or for poll tax payment are urged to meet the tax listers on the earliest’ convenient dates and avoid ,a rush during the latter days of the tax listing period. Tax listing for North 'Wilkes boro township will be at the town hall, where property owners may list for county and city taxes at the same time. J. B. McCoy Is county tax lister for North Wllk- eeboro township and W,- P. Kelly is tax lister for the town Of Wilkesboro. -V The North Wilkesboro voca tional guidance department, un der the leadership of W. B. Col lins, has been making model air planes for the use of the armed forces in identification and man euvers training. Plans and specifications for these models were made by the prmy and navy and were distri buted by the U. S. office of edu cation to all accredited schools re questing them. Over 10,000 models were made last year and 81*6 in use in training camps all over 'the 'world. The school hrs completed twen ty and an urgent request has been received to ship them Imme diately to the commanding offlcur at Camp Sutton. However, it was thought tho.t the Interest of the local people justified holding them on display .for a few days. They will be displayed in the office of the Duke Power com pany from 'Thursday, Jan. 21, through Saturday, Jan. 23, end at the J. C. Penney company store through the week of Jan. 25. These plpnes were built by stu- (Continued on page eight) Residence and Lot of Mcln- tvre’s Adjoining Plant Bought By Company Coble Dairy Products company has purchased the Edward McIn tyre residence property adjoining the Coble company plant in Wilkesboro and will enlarge the plant f.-cllltles, it was learned here today. The Coble company purchased ' the McIntyre residence and the lot, which adjoln.s the large dairy products plant property, and al ready have plans underway for enlarging the dairy plant. Mr. McIntyre has purchased the residence of W. A. Jones in Wllks^ooro and will move there next week. Mr. and Mra. Jones will move to Wilmington on Tues day of next week, and may return ji to their farm in the Ferguson I community at some future date. ; V ■ j “Paw, docs bigamy mean that al man has one wife too many?” ' ‘‘Not necessarily, my son. Aj man can have one wife too manyj and still not be a bigamist.” old newspaper clipping in the aheflfPs office by C. G. Poindexter lists the names of sheriffs of Wilkes coun ty since the county was formed. ’The names had been gathered from old executions and bonds filed in the office of the clerk of court, perhaps* the only source, since no list of county officers has ever been kept as a public record. The list follows: Richard Allen—1778-90. WUliam Johnson—1790-94. George Hnlm—1794-98. Richard AUen—1798-04. Jesse Allen—1804-08. William Hampton—1808-14. Ridiaxd Allen, Jr.—1814-16. Hamilton Brown—1816-18, Thomas Witherspoon—1818-20. Geo. G. Witherspoon—1821 —. Peter Dowell—1821-24. Joel Dowell—1824-30. William Hampton—1831 — John J. Bryan—1881-S8. .Abner Carmichael—1838-48. H, T. Dyet^l848-52. Ealey Staley—1852-60. Robert M. Smith—1860-04. 'J. O. Martin—1864-66. William G. Hlx—1866-68. J, W. Hayes—1868-70. J. T. Ferguson—1870-74. J, F. Somers,—1874-78. A. M. Churrii—1B78-82. , Milton McNein—1882-86. jr. E. MrEwen—1886-88. 8. 3. Greenwood—1888^92. I A, M. Vannoy—1892-94. Clarence Call—1894-98. 3. H. Johnson—1898-06. P, E. Brown—1006-14. W. D. Woodruff—1914-22. G. G. Blledge—1922-28. W. B. Somers—1928-36. O, T. Donghton—1936-42. O. G. Poindexter—1942 —. Mack Reavis New County Accountant C, T. Doughton Re signs; Board Names His Successor Claude T. Doughton has resigned as Wilkes county accountant and Mack Reav is, assistant accountant, was appointed Monday by the board of county commission ers to the offico of account- Rommel’s Grnman army in North Africa today was reported as abandoning Tripoli, itdiich may fall to fbe Britisb in the next few hours, and Is trying to unite with other axis forces at Tunis «nd BIzerte. Yesterday axis troops In Tunisia counterattacked the French forces and mmAm some progress, but wMi heavy losses, in what ap peared to be an attempt to pkrtially cover Rommel’s re treat from Tripoli, the big axis base. REDS DRIVE AHEAD ■ On the eastern front there was let-up of the Russian offen- no ugntCn, whb"was';A«S’fl'f>‘3 Wilkes for six years and who whs defeated for sheriff in the No vember election by C. G. Poin dexter, Republican who had been accountant, was elected county accountant by the present board of commissioners at Its first meet ing on December 7. The commis sioners are Paul J. Vestal, chrir- man. and F. D. Forester, Demo- trats. and M. F. Absher, Repub lican. Mr. Reavis was elected county accountant on motion of F. fl. Forester, seconded by M. F, Ab sher. Graydon C. Watts, county accountant for Alexander county for the past ten years, was named assistant county accountant to succeed Mr. Reavis. Mr. Wet’s was appointed on motion of F. D. Forester, seconded by Paul J. Ves tal. Mr. Reavis is a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Reavls. now of Hid- denite and who lived for many years in Brushy Mountain town ship. Mr. Res vis attended Wilkes boro and North Wilkesboro high schools, graduating at North Wilkesboro, and for seven years [held an office position with th( I North Wilkesboro branch of th- I Duke Power company Mr. Reavls is well and favorobly known throughout the county. Salary of Mr. Reavls was set at 1175 per month and he is to be accountant, tax supervisor and j purchasing agent. Salary of Mr. j Watts as assistant wrs set :,t $150 per month. 1 The board heard a proposal from O. F. McCrary, district agri- cultunal agent, O. F.- Parrish, ex tension poultry specl.-llst. and .1. B. Snipes, county agent, for the employment of an additional as sistant county agent to be poul try specialist in Wilkes. No ac tion was taken at the meeting. sive in many sectors. Red army forces have advanced over big areas of the Ukraine during th« past three days, and are neartns k»v, the Ukntte- been exeeedingiy heavy, Moaeoi dispatches say, and in some in stances Bulgarian ,ind Rumanian ‘ troops fighting with the Germans I have surrended en masse to avoid annihilation. ,MANY JAPS KUJA5D I From Australia comes the word that the last remaining pockets of Japs on the northeast coast of New Guinea are being wiped out and that hundreds of Japs are being killed In mopping up operation." ?s they refuse to surrender. American airmen in the Solomons area have bombed Jap bases In that theatre of oper ations almost constantly for the past three days. NEWS PTtOM INDIA British and Indian troops ad vancing Into Burma are making some progress again and h,3ve re taken several small towns from the Japanese, who overrun Burma last summer. smbAnON BETTER In Washington today a govern ment spokesmen de.scrlbed the war situation as "much more favorable.” V Plans Compleied For Dairy Meet In Wilkesboros Friday Pvt. Rov Kilby HtMne Prt Box Kilby, son, 8. /•, u vislttag Mm. Etta Eflby, of tx -Tn-oc— Manv of the leading agri cultural authorities in the state, and ebunty agents and assistants of 26 piedmont and western North Csu"olina counties will gather in the Wilkesboros Friday for an important dairy meeting. One purpose of the iaeeting will be to name copimlttees to plan a' dairy show to be knmn as Piedmont Dairy Show, and which Dairy Products company pur-i Those present will assemble at chases milk from farmers. (the Coble Dairy products com^ny Coble Dairy Products company; plant in Wilkesboro at 11:30 a. will give $1,600 In prises each m. They will be shown through- year for the show, which should be an outstanding' agricultural be held aannaUy .at d^hy event for more than a quarter of the state. ‘ * - Present for the meeting Friday will be Kerr Scott, commissioner of 'Agricuttare; I. O. Schanb, dahn of the' State dolinge.. extension service; Horry B. ^dweli, mw- ter of the State'C^nga; »R the iqr.fcsMenlen't.point 'ta Ois it Rorth .hththt^eonnty out the large plant. Including the new facilities for drying eggs, and i^ervtte tour of the plant they win go to the Ameriojis Le gion ahd A-nxlllary clubhanstf' In North ■^Ikeeboro "lor a qhieken dinner, '.l. After' the dinner the meeUi^ sHil he* held tot the ptfipp “ laylnr plaiui ahnnol fhptr.'. Polina eonnties in which Gpble’|l|Bto ci Lloyd Sheets Lost Life In Sinking Of U. S. Ship Hornet BUY MORE WAR BONDS -V- Boy’s Eye Saved Bv Sursrery Sunday It was Jj,\oyd Sheets, inste.-d of Arnold Sheets, who lost his life in naval action in the South Pacific. At the time hie parents was no tified of the casualty, the news was erroneously reported to ’The Journal-Patriot ps Arnold Sheets, Instead of Lloyd Sheets. Lloyd, a torpcdoro*:!n. was a brother of Arnold Sheets, who is in the navy with the Pacific fleet. Their father is Connie Sheets, of Vannoy. V- Delicato sorgery Sunday night at the Wilkes, hospital saved the sight of the left eye of Billie Brins, ten-yeniM)ld son of Major and Mrs. Ralph Brins, of this city. A burning match struck Bil lie’s eye SundW evening while playing and 8®verely injured the eye Jnat over the pnidl. ’The la|nr^ tlaniie waa removed by 'ntrgery and the diUd’a eye te ftpporeiitljr o» the way to com- ^ pletO' idWiwy* Cub Scouts Win Give Cub Circus Cub Pack No. 36. will hold its first monthly meeting of the new year In. the form of a circus, downs, fat man, magician, wild ’ animal, exhihita, gamw of skill, ride’' shown—dr what have you. tea, thore 'wlU ke kot dogs, nea- nuta and --^P edm. Tliere may h^ seen‘that can pet i'4- K ■ llhe auporldrftf. of aflmfttsist* our aoldlltu? ■it"
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