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VOL. XXXV, fio. 93
PublUhed Mondaya and Thurtdaya. NORTH MONDAY, FEB. ISth, 1943
9J jd 111 the StMi^^ lELOO Out of Stele
Ciliilfc
vvvHo
Diminate
JWarkers
•fHRgp Brothers iN army service
Story Introduces New;
Bill In Session of
Legislature
Representative T, E. Story
has introduced a bill in the
legislature which, if passed,
would abolish markers in |
general elections held in |
Wilkes county. |
He bill was introduced |
during the latter part of the |
week and no action has been I
taken to date.
Meanwhile, three Wilkes bills
which the Wilkes representative
Introduced have passed the house
and gone to the senate. The bills
Staff Sgt. Henry H. Craven and Master Sgt. Lawrence A. Craven, sona Mr and
Mrs. C. W. Craven, of MiUers Creek, are -low in North Africa, where they have been
since sometime in November, 1942. They both began their active service wit at
ional Guard at Camp Jackson, S. C., and were members of the first gt^op o ineri-
can soldiers to land in North Africa. The parents had not received word from them
until about the 7th of January, 1943, when they said they were well and enjoymg
the cold climate. Henry said it was a nice place but would be ni6er if there were
more trees, and according to a letter received recently from Henry he has ad on y
one piece of candy since he’s been in North Africa. Pvt. John W. Craven, another
Refunding
I Of Bonds Is'
Discussed
ENLISTS IN WAAC
O f f icialsConferlnRa--
leigh About Plan
For Refunding
which passed the house are os fol-1 *on of Mr. and Mrs. Craven, is now stationed at Moultrie, Ga., where he has been m
lows:
Raise fee allowed sheriff for
boarding prisoners from 40 to 80
cents per day.
Include Wilkes under law pro
viding for payment to clerk of
sums not exceeding $300 due in
terstate.
Allowing arresting officers of
Wilkes county fees for capture of
whiskey according to vialiie of
such liquors seized.
One other bill Representative
Story Introduced, and which would
repeal the act of 19 39 districting
the county for election of com-
sloners. has not been passed
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training since September, 1942, in the air corps.
COMMISSIONED
German Out
As Chairman
Of Triple A
Resign Because Of
Condition Of His
LP. Meet
'1
Speaker At Lincoln Day Din
ner Sees End of Isolation
—Officers Elected
Wilkc.s county had a large dele
gation of Republicans attending
tne Lincoln Day dinner Saturday
night in Winston-Salem. .Among
from Wilkes at the enthusi
astic gathering were the follow
ing;
T. R. Brv'an, Eld Caudill, C. G.
Poindexter, Mrs. C. G. Poindexter,
C. C. Hayes, H. C. Kilby, VV. B.
Somers, Paul Osborne, H. P. EUler,
Pete Dancy, C. W. Haines, Max
Foster. Coy Marley, Presley My
ers, Sebon Gambill. Dave Mink.
Turner Anderson, Jack Hoots, \V.
O. Blackburn, W. S. Fletcher, T.
K. Story', Elsie Foster, C. C. Sid-
den, Mrs. C. C. Sidden, Miss
Blanche Sidden, Miss .Audry Tem
pleton, Clarence Hendren anrd son,
Ed Cry.sel, R. C. Meadows, Oid
Wiles. V'ann Wiles. Wint Lank
ford. R. Staley, Charlie Dancy,
Granville Billings. Claude Kenne
dy.
Karl Fost4*r Johnson, former
ly a seni'eant, was grailuuteii re-
cently from tlic Offirers Om-
didate School in S«'aco«st Artil
lery at Foil Monroe, Va., and
was conunt.ssiom'd a second Ilou-
tenant. Lt. Johnson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. .1. A. Jolin.son, of Ron-
da route one, entered the army
on May 17, llMl. and received
promotions rapidly. .
New Nurses Aide
Class Is to Be
Organized Here
Red Cross Seeking to Recruit
25.000 More Nurse’s Aides
In The Nation Now
i J. M. Germsm, of Boomer,
i prominent Wilkes farmer
and dairyman who had been
chairman of the Wilkes
: Triple A committee since its
I beginning nine years ago, has
' resigned.
Because of condition of his
health, Mr, German handed in his
resignation to the county com
mittee severe 1 days ago and it has
been accepted by the state com
mittee. Tlie other members of
the county committee. W. M. Ab-
sher and H. C. Roberts, stated
their regrets that the chairman
was resigning.
.According to the plan of or-
ganiMtlon H. C. Roberta, vice-
chairman, wa.s elevated to chair
man and W. M. Absher is now
vice-chairman. J. A. Poplin, who
wa.s alternate member. Is now I he
third regul'ir member of the
committee. All members of the
committee now will serve for tlie
duration of the war.
A
Wilkes county officials
conferred last week with W.
E. Easterling, assistant di
rector of the Local Govern
ment Commission, relative to
refinancing Wilkes county
. bonds in the amount of ap-
IN NORTH AFRICA proximately $50,000.
Officials who engaged in the
discussion were Mack Reavls,
county accountant Giuydon Watts,
assistrnt county accountant, and
J. H. Whicker, Jr., county attor
ney. They were accompanied by
J. G. Ilackett, of this city, a for
mer membeer of the state high
way oommlsaion.
In discussion of the matter the
county attorney stated that pros
pects are good for refunding the
f mount as specified and that it'
hurtSon ^^kes elt
lightened considerkbly.
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Spear Child Dies
' Cpl. (Tiarles L. Henderson,
who has arrived in Nonti Af
rica, writes hts parents, .Attor
ney and Mrs. J. R. Henderson,
of Wilkesborn, that he had a
nice trip over. He described
\orth Africa as a pretty coun
try with nice cities and tlrat.
the weather was fine except for
clondy and cool nijdits. Cpl.
Henderson had one year In the
National Onartl and on June 1.
lft-1'.J, volnnteereil for army
sendee and was a.ssigncd to a
tank corps. He stated in a re
cent letter that pt’ople back in
the I’nitPtl States do not rea-
liztxl wlint tin'y have ;:?id that if
they couJd se- condltiocs nnder
which l>oople live elsewhere
tliey would understand what
“we are fighting for."
Scouts Take
Over the City
Government
Mrs. IjOiil.se Vyne Tait, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. li. Vyne, of
North Wllkesboro, was accept
ed Into the Woman’s Army
Auxiliary Corps at Fort Bragg
and will report for training in
twU or three weeks. Mrs. Tait,
first local member of the fair
.sex to enlist in the WAAC, Is
well knotvn here, where she has
been very active In civic and so
cial affairs.
Importance
Food In War
Emphasized
Many Farmers pres
ent as Guests Of
Kiwanis Club
John W. Goodman, assistant
director of the extension service
of State College, told 150 Kl-
wanians and farmer guests hem
Friday noon at a formers’ day
banqnet that food can and has
been used in exchange for lives of
America’s fighting men and that
farmers occupy n vital position In
the war effort.
J. R. HIx, president of the Ki
wanis club, presided and welcom
ed the guests. J. B. Snipes,
Wilkes farm agent, was program
chalrmaa and presented the
speaker after summerizlng the
farm production goals for Wilkes
county this year. Prior to the
address the audience stood in tri
bute to the fine work being done
by farmers.
Civic Practice Is Cli
maxed For Boy
Scout Week
Rp-
Re-
LA*
Winston-Salem, F'eb. 13.
(publican leadership and the
■^publlcrn rank and file of Ameri-
cn are convinced that when this
war is over the people of America
cannot withdraw oi shirk from
the burden of world co-operation,
'•■‘itopresentative Charles M. La
Follete, Republican of Indiana, as
serted tonight ot the eighth an
nuel Lincoln day dinner of North
Carolina Republicans.
La Follete was principal sneak
er at the dinner, which climaxed
a day of events t»'*t included ses
sions of the Republican State exe
cutive committee and the annual
meeting of North Carolina Young
Republicans.
BBectlon of a national commit
tee woman to succeed
Mrs Undsay Patterson of Wtn-
,ton-Salem was deferred by the
executive committee until
'MBnext meeting.
^ M (Pete) Murphy of Greens-
toro was elected president of the
Yoan? Republicans td succeed
John A. Wilkinson of Carthage,
wlio is in the »rmed services.
other officers named were Wal-
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■ ooBBrittew.7 M«. VWnla
B« Wto of Ltacolnton.
llMoBal «nnffl«*no; Gurley Stew-
> ikt fleet vlce-
rri»-PfeeJ4ent;
Sainteon
in iivercrowdpd hospitals, at
the scene of fires, shipwrecks and
explosions, in crowded defense
arojs. Red Cross Nurse's .Aides
are helping to ea.se the burdens
of war by volunteering their time
to assist overworked registered
nurses, lu Wiike.s county thir
teen have taken the ei.ghty hour
irainin.g for Red Cross Volunteer
Nurse's ..\ides. .\! ttie present
time most or tnem nre serving In
the Wilkes Hospital.
The Red Cross is making an
effort to recruit at l«ist 25.000
more nurse’s aides during the na
tionwide campaign it is condiicf-
(Contlnued on page eight)
Funeral service was held Sai-
urdpy at the family cemetery for
Eda Bell Spears, four-year old
daughter of Mr and Mrs. Daniel
Spears, of Willxir The child died
Friday
I Junior Order Will
Meet Tuesday, 7:30
In 1942, Oregon farmers grew
North Wilkeshoro council of
the Junior order will meet Tues
day night. 7:30. There will he
degree work and a large atten-
I '20.000 acres of
fiber flax, more'f’ance is urged, especially all mem-
than was grown in any other state.
bers of the degree team.
Boy Scout Week reached
a fittin); climax here Friday
afternoon when Scouts took
over the reins of city govern
ment for two hours.
Jack Anderson, Bagle Scout,
was mayor and Tom Nelson, ano
ther Eagle Scout, held the posi
tion as chairman of the board of
commissioners composed of other
Scouts.
The Scouts held a session of
court and went through process
of trials. Present with them were
Mayor R. T. McNlel, Clerk W. P.
Kelly, Chief of Police J. B. Walk
er and Cecil Hayes, suprerintend
ent of streets and water.
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BUY MORE WAR BONDS
Facti About War Ration Booki
Annual Meeting
Farm Loan 20th
2 Registration Feb. 22 to 26
Stockholders Moravian Nati
onal Farm Loan Associa
tion Will Have Meeting
Annual meeting of the stock-
succeed j holders of the Moravian National
Farm Loan association will be
held at the North Wllkesboro
KBITOH’S NOTE: To help onr
readers understand the point
rationing system so they will
he able to spend their food dol
lars wisely, the Journal-Patriot
la running a series of five arti
cles—each of which explains a
different phase of the new ra
tion program. This Is tlie sv-
ond story in the series.
containers per person). Each sep-iWho will stamp it and ri In ^
[arate kind of food need not be re the aerial number, making it of-,
flclally complete. |
I Bach person will then have a ^
'copy of War Ration Book Two--'
his Insurance of a fair share of aU
First Sergeant .Alvin Kilby,
at the time of his transfer from
Coimp White, f>regon, to Camp
Needles, California, rece'veil
the following reeoinniendation
from his commanding officer:
•T’ntil til's date, 1. Willi m ).
Harvey, Captain, Coiqis of En
gineers, United StaUv; .Army,
have bH?n In comnianil of Com-
IMiny I), »o5 Engineer General
Sel'rice Kegiinent, Camp White.
Oregon. During my four of du
ty with that organtzjition >
have personally known ami per
sonally supervised tlie activi
ties Of First .Sergeant .Alvin
Kilby, ,AS\ a041310."», and thal
his ability and atbmtion to the
duties of Hint office are unsur
passed. He has shown out
standing (inal’fication In le'd-
ershlp and general knowledg'-
required of an I'higlneer sol-
d'er. Sergeant Kllhy Is a man
of high intelligence and initia
tive, and I hereby recomrtien'l
him to my snetes-sor or to anv
officer of the United States .Ar
my to ably fill tlie duty require
ments of any post in engineer
soldiering irith respect to abili
ty and higli moral character’’
j ported.
3.—Next he must report he'd-
many pounds of coffee were on
.hand November 28, the date cof-
ifee rationing went into effect—
I less one pound for each adult.
Four Yolks
between ’ iB‘uBlS€K”^'meB
farmers and pointed out tWot such
I cooperation Is hrinpiiir to the
county additional markets for
f.a’-m products, which in turn .are
providing belter living, higher
i farm Income and better citiien-
. ship.
He said the fbrm production
goals look high and may seem im
possible with a desperate short
age of l,"bor .and machinery, hot
that tarmers are willing to do the
job when they realize the Impor
tance of a supply of food for
.America’s fighting men and al
lies In the war. He s-irt food was
furnished in Africa • nd thns
repre.scnted an exchange of food
for American lives.
Goodman urged that every farm
have an ample victory garden end
that town people produce food on
all available ground. Every pound
or can of food produced and stor
ed et home releases fh."t much fur
armed forces and for our allies,
he said.
Goodman .said the farm income
last year w s 3 I 3.non.000.000.
which set a new high record. He
explolned that production .goals
this year ars higher than in 1942
and that the lob must be done
with a million less farm workers
and witli macHnery growing lejw
useful with age.
The Job can be r cenmplished.
he said, by mobilization of all
I available Ichor, and that it may
he thot hoys and girls between IS
and 17 mav be mohilized from the
towns for farm work in the school
vacation .season
The address was well received
by the club and farmer guests.
In addition to the club mem
bers end farmers, there were
guests from nearby towns, Includ
ing M'lyor .Ilm Poindexter and
Garland Johnson, of Elkin, and
Mayor Watt H. Gragg, of Boone.
O. F. McCrary, district farm
egent. was also a guest at the
meeting.
Secretary Genio Cardwell an
nounced that J. B. Willi- ms will
have char.ge of the Kiwanis pno-
Fram February 19 and R. G. Fin
ley the following Frldoy.
rationed foods
On Monday and Tuesday of reg-
Stamps for excess amounts will igtratlon week children •will be I
‘••it
fonrth
be torn from the sugar-coffee ra-
'tlon book.
1.—Any member of the family J 4.—At the place of registration
ma'/ register for all members of the registrant "will prsaej^t the
town hall on -Saturday, February the group. To register, he must! ^ugar-coffee books and the dw-
20, ten a. m. jheve a copy of War Ration Book jlaration form for canned goods.
Announcement of the meeting one (sugar-cOffee) tor each mem- !to a clerk who will keep the loro», -fiiem.,
permitted to bring the War Ra-1
tlon Book One for each member j
of the family to the school and |
War Ration Book Two will be la-1
aned only to those persons who:
wish their children to register for|
Here’s one for Ripley!
A hen egg with four sepa
rate yolks!
Last week Mr. T. E.
Anothy. well known farm
er of Ronda. brought to
Tie Joumsil-Patriot a hen
e^g gathM’ed on hU farm
that weiglied over a quar
ter of R Doondi that wes 9
Forestry Meet
A forestry meeting will be heM
Thursday, February 18, at the
home of Floyd M. Jennings at
Pores Knob.
R. lY. Graeber, extension fores
ter,"end V. B. Bryan, farm forea-
wae made by P. E. Dancy, presi-iber of the group for. whom he.and tear out of each War RaUon.
dent and O. H. Bracey, secretary-' wishes to reglater. " j Book-Two the correct number
treasurer, who stated that the or- 2.—Next be will fill out a form points to cover excess stocks. ^
ganlzatlon had enjoyed a success tor the declaration.'of the number I 6.—‘ Mentlfylag Intons^
fnL year and that an enjoyable of COqlldBMPS of tbe' fktioBed com- Itlon Worn each sugar-coffte nook
meeting la, antfadpated. jmerciaJly canned goods at home, j ■will then be copied to tfie front
Cona^es inelndsd In the asm-lloft One figure need ho given— of the new ration books. ^
elation are Wilkes, WIstnaga, [the totrl namber of containers, I d.—The final step will 4hs
Aahe, Alleghany and OaUhnsU. lainns the aUownoce (five 8-oi.'valuation of the hook by •
On WedwsB^,, a?**
Fridair r^feisMoiiFv W W ‘
mltted
The kegiifewtfon
Wllkas connty wUJl bo open on
tbsse three day* froih'liW until
5:10.", .
6 1-2 In-
niee. -
w' bdhk,
wlU be preeent. One
meeting wiu he a
demObstra-.
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