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[Events Planned For
Sunday, Tuesday
and Friday
WHkes Council of Boy
is planninc appro-
_..ate observance of Boy
Scout Week February 6-12.
.n>e first evont of the week’s
^France will be a special Scout
ce Sundry morning at the
,8t Methodist chnrch In North
Wtlkesboro. Plans ate to have
ijaH Scouts In the district present
/and seated in a body for the ser-
f Tice. One featore will be dedica-
, Mon by the Scoots of the Amerl-
han Flag and the Christian r.ag to
[ teen in the service.
Ob Tuesday evening .all' Scouts
Jli'win.be gnesta of Liberty threatre
tet Aowlng of "Ice Capedes.”
6eout leaders are now laying
for Civic Day on Friday
nary 12. which will climax
. Boy Scout Week.
If preliminary plans mateialize.
Scoots will baJce over the city gov
ernment, Including the office of
mayor and all other executive city
, Offices, for a few hours in order j
.ifthat they may receive citizenship
knowledge and training. Further’
l^uis for Civic Day will he an- j
Md later.
^ Ashwill, assistant Scout I
for the Old Hickory j
t vuabinunt in n PnK>
for
KILLED IN ACnOfI
aas(SBBiBe9BSBSseanMip«»
m
8gt.-Sh»ftey Robert (Bob)
I.,aws, Jr., who was killed in ac
tion against the Japanese In the _
.South Pacific area of war op
erations On Decemher 9. HO
was a son of Mr. and Mrs. S. It.
Laws, formerly of Moravian
Fall.s and who now live in
Washingfton, Dtidp.. and a grand
son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Don
Lows, of Moravian Falls. Sgt.
Laws, a well known young man
who had many friends tn
Wilkes, voluntoMed for strvlce
In the marine corps over two
years ago and had a splmidid
service record. 'Hie above pic
ture was made on his last visit
home, whldi was In the spring
of 1942.
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Dr.Kinctieloe
To Head Red
iIk Now
Mobiliziiig For
Victory In 1943
.Dr. John W. Kincbeloe,
pastor of the First Baptist
church in this city, has ac
cepted appointment as
Chairman of Red Cross War
Fund Drive for Wilkes Coun
ty-
In making this appointment.
Rev. A. C. W'aggoner, chairman
-r _ of the executive committee of the
K county extension workers, j^g^j cross Chapter, said.
Annie H. Greene, . home jj^ppy ^ave Dr.
Klncheloe accept this Job. U Is
a tremendous responsibility he
has accepted but he is admirably
suited for the job and we feel
thfit. every patriotic citizen of
Wilkes will rally behind him and
put the campaign across in a fine
manner." ,
A meeting was held Tuesday
afternoon In the Red Cross office
In the Tomlinson building at
which time G. E. Jones, special
field representative from National
Red Cross headquarters, assisted
local leaders In making plans for
the forthcoming drive. March 1
was set as the date for beginning
the general War Fund Campaign
in Wilkes county.
Captains and solicitors will be
appointed to cover all towns and
communities In the county. An-
nonneement of these workers will
be made by Dr. Klncheloe in a few
days.
A meeting of officials of the
1 Wilkes County Chapter of the
I American Red Cross was held on
j Friday afternoon. January 29. At
this Rev. A. C. Waggoner, local
ch-'-irman, presided. Reports of
I the various committee chairmen
1 were heard and plans were out
lined for coming activities of the
Chapter.
S. T. Taylor was. elected vice-
I chairman to succeed Rev. Watt
M. Cooper, who left recently to
’ I become a chaplain In the United
rsdnctlon in the . States Navy,
was announced Committee Chairmen now scrv-
aSBt gon ^ f Wilkes Chapter In addl-
All Boys and Girls Who Will
Carrv Out The Projects
Will Be Enrolled
- county extension workers,
Annie H. Greene, , home
'•geat; J. B. Snipes, farm agent;
H. C. Colvard and James E. Rol-
^llns, assistant agents, are going
to pot on a special campaign to
enroll as many boys and girls of
club age as will agree to carry out
a victor;,' project.
This is a nation-wide program
and the Extension Service of
North Carolina hopes to enroll at
lasst 150.000 boys and girls in 4-
H Club work, and several hundred,
4 .thousand for special Victory Pro-
//jects.
U., These Victory Projects consist
'* of poultry, dairy cows 'and calves,
baby beef calves, pfgs, gardens,
com. food preservation projects.
All of these projects will go to
^eet the food goals which
been set up in every county
Eie state.
textenslon workers are go-
inaslst all'' farm boys and
rls"' as much aa possible. In
J^ching these goals.
They will be gjad to furnisn
ron say agrlcnttMal Information
,,whleh you might need In carrying
f out these projects on the farm.
fee jUtkm
^: In Tkkrt
% ono-sixth
f I
VS^ll Open On
March 1
ation. -*
jras made necessary,
Sncy erfPs hytodoced coffee
^rios in »h* lu»* 0* whole-
:^|ta w»f ration book No. l,
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tha is.'dterrear dC
tlon to Rev. Mr. Waggoner and
Mr. Taylor follow: secretary, W.
C. Grier; treasarer. D. V. DeaU
members executive committee, P.
W. Eshelman and A. F. Kilby;
publicity, Paul S. Cregan; war
fund. Dr. John W. Klncheloe; Ju
nior Red Croes, Miss Rebecca
lae !««•«» Moseley: first aid. H. F. Bank-
in: Ae'trai* dlt j night; home service, Mrs. W. D,
rsp;
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Five
Men
L%«-
Federal Alcohol Ta* Uftit
Investigators stationed in
Wilkeshoro raided four s^k
suid destroyed large ciuaa^
ties* of liquor making ma
terials this Week.
At Ferguson Monday.the
officers arrested Vaden Eh'
ler and Jesse Clay Shepherd
at a 50-gallon still. There
they destroyed 375 gallons
of mash and 27ili gallons of
liquor.
in the Call community the of
ficers found a 150-gallon still
and 1,200 gailoBs of mash, which
were destroyed. Ths,!.'#w was
ready to Wsgln o;leraj|!il|lt/A^ no
liquor had been faadh,^. warmnt
was Issued for one PWsoh, .,-who
has not been taken. "v- ■
Also oh February ( the. fed
eral officers raided s-iitUl near
the home of Ranse SNiISt,' It wes
a-150-gaUon still witli^ 60a,jpl-
lons of mash. Cpy Sl^ey^^San
ford Call and Rob Sfertln, the
latter a colored men, wire placed
under arrest
the Adk'jig
W Ttt«ed«y iff
Shop eomhmaity'la'the weetiirn
pert^of the ednn^ a. 160-^galIon
stlli with .29 barrels^ qf pnmtee
:Sras destroyed. Th« stUl was be-
liV QbM. to nmke ap^Ie brandy.'
'All persons arrested heve made
bend for trial in the Hay term of
federal coart at Wl'ikesboro.
dicers taking part, in the
raids were Roy Reese. G. S. Felts,
_J. S. Cabe, Robeyt M. OambUl,
'Felix O'Reilly and H. H. Dotson
lU^r ttllCOL- A zssa^ w Awosaay «oaaaa aj.. j.*.
On Wednesday in tha Denny- The officers reported that some
vine community'the tc^ral offl- sugar was being used at the still
cers destroyed a still Bllh; 1,600
gallons of mash and t(^r gallons
of liquor. They arrssM -Alex
Jarvis niid John C. Btosm. ,
taken at Ferguson bnt gralq mash
whs used at all the others except
the brandy still in the Adkins
Shop community.
AT HONDO, TEXAS
'in north AFRICA
Issuing Ageniftk Have
Bis^st Month
In Bonds
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OpL WUHam D.’'MlBtOB, son
Of Mr. and Mrs. V. L WOnton,
of Wllkeeboro route one, has
beMi in army servloe since
September, 1940. He Is now in
North Africa, wtieee he has the
beet of health and is liking It
fine, according to his letters
home. He was promoted to the
rank of ■corporal before he sail
ed with the African invasitm
forcee.
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Pvt. Raymohd W. Dancy, who
was inducted Into the army in
October, has been assigned to
{the navigation school at Hondo,.
Texas, and is liking fine. Pvt.
Dancy is a son of Mrs. J. F,
Dancy, of Wilbar.
Gets Car and 50
GailonsBntMan
Makes Escape
*9** Halftcrs; volunteer serflcss, Mrs.
need'for J. A. Ronsseau; home nnning and
' nnrses aides, Mrs. Palmer Hor-
tOBi baby cjlsle. Mrs. 6.
Mitchell; pellagra, ‘ Mrs. Berthia
MBfed *oi eoffee Ben; tnbsrenlar children,. Sfn- I
eg -witf hacoiain Tcild
“■ - Wteod for ttio
’llliiili'
Moore, 8r.; ^iBance,
State Highway Patrol Ser
geant Carlyle Ingle captured a
car and 50 gallons of white
Uqnor .Sunday ni^t but no
man.
■When the ofWcer stopped G»e
car on old highway flO east of
Wilkesboro the driver jumped
out Mid took off. The officer
did not see him very well as he
sped away and conid not iden
tify him.
Neither can the officer very
well. establish the identity of
the owner of the car or his ad-
cbvss, because the person tn
whose name the car was regls-
.tered Is dead.
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Egg With “C *
Mrs. Rhoda Richardson, of
North Wilkesboro route one, on
Monday brought to The Journal-
Patriot office, a freak egg. -,it
was a long egg with a letter "C”
plainly formed on one end.
The qliotq for
sales in Wilkes loir lai^iiiT
was set at $75,292^25,
WM a racord higb fw t'ttto
county. V 7
Ho'wever, partial rsporte today
indicated that the quota m;zy have
been reached. v
The North Wilkesboro ’ pos
flee experienced its beav
month in bond sales, cash m>
Seipts for bonds being over .flSi-
600. 'Th^ Bank of North 'Wllkel-
boro reported $39,375 in sales
series E bonds and $55,000' In F
and 6 series bonds.
Reports from other _;lssnlng
agents had not been received to
day.
J. R. Hlx, war bond sale chair
man for 'Whlkes, said today the
quote for Wilkes for February
had been set. by the treasury de
partment at $57,222, and that he
was confident the county would
continue to maintain Its splendid
record in meeting bond sale
quotas. •
No Bill On Ronda
Municipal Matter
Through an error by spme
clerical employe In the general
assembly, the name of Represen
tative T. E. Story was placed on a
bill Introduced by Representative
Price, of Rutherford county, rela-
aive to- oleetttih of a mayor and
mun^ipal officers of Rntherford-
ton; and another error was made
in the name, of the town, which
was published ak RondA Repre
sentative Story has not Introduc
ed any till rttotive to Ronda mun
icipal matters.
Cpl. Ralph’Gitfealh, wiio be
gan army service with the Nat
ional GuaM here on Sep^mber
18. 1940, is now in Nosth Af-
"rtn, according to letters receiv
ed by his parents, Mr. and Mrs,
W-" M, Gilreath, of North
^M^Ukesboro route one. Cpl. Gil-
seaUi was In training at Fort
Jkdtson, Carolina B^ch, Fort
^b^nKric and Camp Pickett be-
*1tore he sailed for overseas ser
vice in the African invasion
forces.
Man Voluntarily
Walks Into Jail
With Pint Bottle
eddlerSy^
MttstO^ FemM
ass-
City Couucil jn-r-— ; » ""E!
Sh’dets and S4ljBlti^
North Wilkesboro city’ conneit, Hams was iijcSrtlj todnetbd Into
rriQQ+lTttr ft\T Vnhriii-ir$r nnotaAtli t.llA llArvtAA. wbVsHMH4—nk.
Last week Willie Foster, of
Ferguson, wrote a letter to Tlie
JonrnaJ-Patrlot telling that he
had been in jail many times and
that Blaine Sparks was the best
jailor he had ever been with at
Wilkesboro. He further stated
that Sparks' wife was the best
cocjk ever.
Jailor Sparks and wife appre
elated the compliments, bat were
surprised that the old Wilkes jail
was good enough for someone to
break Into.
Sparks, Sheriff C. G. Poindex
ter, Deputy H. C. Kilby ancj Mag-
isti^te C. J. Jones were seated
In the Jail lobby when a man
walked In who said hla name was
Roosevelt Parsons, that he was
sleepy and wanted a place to He
down. After a brief pause he
sald:>‘^I have , some liquor here
and 1 don’t want you to take It
off ,of me.” V? Jailor Sparks took
him in charge, removed a pint of
.Uflsor from his pocket and lock-
'5a him np. Persons became so
Worried that he did not sleep. ;He
was charged with drunkeness and
possession ..of llijuor and was ,lat»
eit released under bond.
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In meeting for flebmory passed
two town ordinances. '
One of the ordidances prohibits
peddling or selling on. the streets
without first ohti^ng. a ijeiindt:
nrottoted
opera-
st|s ratsedf jzr
from the cltj'oleiC'j
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The other prolilbits begging of
asking glms witliout" first obtain
ing a permit. , \
The ordinances are pn'iUidi^
elsewbere la this newspaper.'
riie board tnntsd .Ao’^Oi^--,.^
W. D. jmiuams, aasialast gflMt ssjjMrliif
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sJkr Wfttac;
the serslcs.
' Gilbert
iltht aaaiste
toe and hU aal*^ . -t- -y.
$96 per mobh'.' '•''r '-
Austta Lowtt^'Vas .promoted
to sergeant on naUos/nroe
rad hM salaw > rij* lnwrased. to
two per'moB|lL.''iy^‘
V All of th« «Rr couaci
cfaiposed of *. *
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American, Japanese
Battle May Be
Under Way
WiUi tile German
army at Stalingnui
:|)letotr wip^ out by IciBiair'^
and by caqiture, the
siaiia^ todar Were adnuaciB(| »
qik'^inb koy city of Rootqv,
wd 'wrera aa near aa 30
in a aontbeaat direeliaai;;
wbern md forcea have
advamcbig; aftmr succeaaaa
the Caueamut.
The German govemms
baa admitted tiiat their aixtif^
aAny, whjch attacked Statta* q
glad for months, bag InI||ik^'^
smnifailated and three 'dql^
mourning in Germany'
proclaimed in ka honor.
iieanwhila, the Russian oftsir'.
sive is gaining momentum on ^
middle sector of the front as t
as near Rostov.
FiamiNG IN AFBJOA
In Africa today a British
captured 4 strategic hmght
Tunis and beat off the
counterattack aJOr
BrttMi aiulE. A#^iMA‘Sir
mpply depots and til
axis supply forte in Sicily.
Yesterday. American troops cap
tured'Sened, an important point
which may lead to cutting off the
path of retreat for Rommel's Crer-
man forces which are still hotly
pursued by tjie British eighth ar
my. Howe'^er, American forces
were not as successful in the vi
cinity of Fald pass, where fierce
fighting bus raged.
SEA BATTI,E BEGI.NNINO
During the past few days Jap
anese have made big claims of
success tn a naval battle against
Aiperioan forces on the sea nerr
the Solomon Islands. These re
ports have been denied by Secre-"
tary of the Navy Knox, who said
that American and -Japanese for
ces heve been sparring for posi
tions in the South Piacific but that
no major battle ha,s developed. It
was Intimated that a big naval
battle m: y' develop at eny mo
ment.
R. A. F. STR1KF.S
British filers yesterday and to
day raided German submarine
bases on German’s west coast with
large numbers of bombers.
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Dog Vaednators
Named by Board
j One For Each PrecincT Ap-
I pointed By Commissioners
j In February Meeting
! Wilkes county t'O-rd of com-
I ralssioners In session this week
j named rabies iaspectors for all ,
j townships In the county as fol-
jlows:
I Antioch, Loniile Oakley, Brushy
I Mountain, Loimle Moore: Bd-
;wards No. 1, .Tohn W. Hurt; Ed-
i wards No. 2. Sam Dirks; Ed
wards No. 3. J. C. Newman: Elk
jNo. 1, S. H. Jones; Elk No. 2,
jCleve Hall; Jobs Crbln No. 1 and
No. 2, Odell' Beshears; Lovelace.
Andrew Johnson;; Morarlao
Falls, Paul Sloopf Mnlherry No.
R. J. Hall: Mulberry No. 2. R.
' A Ayps«l»pW«*I cnosed
the' lUnae of Mrs. Gladys S-
ChwTh jta.the-Msh^ .u* P«ra«*
pwsihied ,br vfc»la*lofc.of the
‘thm- thdi ■ nirai6i>|E
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Collecti|on
Of County
Taxes HuOi
$151,9^.59 of
Taxe* Qf County
Collected
A'total of $151,940.59 was
received by Wilkes county in
payment of 1942 taxes be
fore the fivat penalty w'aa
applied on Febnmry 2, it
was learned today from the
office of C. G. Poindexter,
sheriff ud tax collector.
During the month of December
the tax collections totaled $21,-
820.50 and for the month of
January collections soared to
$65,235.09.
I* The first penalty as provided
by law was e^ded to unpaid taxes
on February 2. The penalty will
increase each month that taxes
remain' unpaid.
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Grpundhog Must
Have Seen His
Shadow Monday
Tueeday, February 2, was
groundhog day, and unless the
groundhog was totally bUnd he
could not have miss^ seeing
his shadow.
The snn was not behind a
‘ cloud all day, and that makes
it certain that it was a good day
for the groundhog to have seen
hJs shadow, regardless of what
time he emerged.
According to the old adage,
if the groundhog saw his shad
ow on Feibmaiy 2 ho went back
into his den to stay during six
weeks more of winter weather
certain to foRow fair weather
on F^Mvary 2.
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Ration Banking
Well Undef Way
Banks are now ready to open 11
accounts for any wholesale or,!-- Watson; ^New Castle, Worth
retail dealer In sugar or coffee,, Sale; Reddles River. J. F. Pierce;
and for gasoline dlstrlbators. jRock Creek, James Shew; Sten-
All merchanta who did as much .ton, J. W- Hoffman; Traphlll No.
as $5 600.00 la trade during De-jl. Vester ftoftam; traphlU No. $.
eember are compelled to ' openlJ. F, Jenson; Walnat Grove,No.
ration accounts. Opening acconnts | li‘ Ony Thwtt; VAtoat Grove No.
is optional with merctonts whol*. Van Gaofhflp;.. Wilkesboro 1.
J' fe
did. leas them 16,000.09 wortt
bmpihssr in Decern^, 'iMit
'aiecoanls,'
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'l^swry
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