Qn Friday
Several Services Are
Planned Here
Friday
Thfl churches of North
Wilkesboro will unite Fri
day, March 12, in observing
the World Day of Prayer
with a number of servicae
being held during the day.
At ten o’clock In the morning,
prayer services will be held In
several homes throughout the
city, the homes end leaders being
as follows: The F. C. Forester
home on D. Street, leader, Mrs.
Myrtle Freeland: Gordon Hackett
home on E Street, with Mrs. Gor
don Finley as the leader; R. M.
Brrme, Sr., home on Ninth street,
leader, Mrs. J. F. Fletcher; Em
mett C. Johnson home in Finley
Park, leader, Mrs. Edd F, Gard
ner. and the P. J. Rrame. home on
E Street wich Mrs. W. F. Jones as
leader. People attending these
services are asked to go to the one
nerrest them.
A short service conducted by
the ministers will be held in the
city hall at one o’clock, and at
this time t.ores and other places
of business are closing so that
their employes may attend. The
closing service will be at the Pres-
byterl"n church at 2:30 o clock.
The people of the town are urged
to attend as many aS these ser
vices as they can.
jln keeping with the day one ser-
be held in Wilkesboro af
•church
PVT. ROY PKNNEUj
Pvt. Roy P. Pennell is listed
ae ’’missing” in North Afrtca,
according to official message
received by his mother, Mrs.
Roby Pennell, of Wilkesboro
route two. 'Rio telegram re
ceived by Mrs. Pennell from the
.Idjntant General in the War
Department said: “The Secre
tary of War desires me to ex
press his deep r^ret that your
son. Pvt. Roy P. Pennell, field
artillery, has been reported
missing in action In North Af
rica since Pobmary 14. Addi
tional Information will be sent
you when received.”
The date of his reported be
ing missing corresponds with
the drive Rommel’s German
forces made In the middle of
Pebmary. Since then American
and British troops have retaken
tlie territoi7 when the Germans
advanced.
Cpl. Blair Gwyn, Former Treasurer
Red Cross Here, Finds Soldiers Are
Most Willing to Give to the Red Cross
theme that will be used
that day around the world ‘‘Fath
er 1 pray that they all may be
one” will be the basis for the local
program here. World Day of
Prryer has been observed here for
a number of ye-~rs with all the
churches uniting in the services.
The offering to be taken will be
divided equally among some fields
of service at home and abroad
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Cpl. Blair Gwyn, who was
treasurer of the Wilkes chap
ter of the American Red Cross
for several yeai-s before he en
tered the army, last week found
himself l>ack in Red Cross work,
temporarily at least.
(S>1. Gwyn, who was a.‘«i.s-
tant cashier of the Bank of
North Wilk«'sl,oro before his in
duction, wrote Paul 8. Gragan,
Red Cross publicity cliairman,
that he wa-s requested by his
conunanding officer at Port
George G. Meade, Md., to so
licit Red Cross war fund con
tributions from the men In his
company.
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“That was the easiest Red
Cross soliciting I ever did,”
Cpl. Gwyn said, “every man in
tile company contributed and
the task of soliciting the com
pany was completed in a few
minutes.”
That rer-ponse from Soldiers
shows what the men of the arm
ed forces think of the American
Red Cross, local chapter offi
cials said, and pointed out that
if soldiers are willing to con
tribute. people on the home
front should lie eager to take
advantage of the opportunity to
lielp in raising the fund.
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Large Vehicle Is
! Found to Have
Whiskey Cargo
Educators
5 Counties
Meet Here
Clu
School Heads Talk
War Occupation
Studies
A five-county educational con-
j fercuce was held Wednesday at
i North Wilkesboro school.
Driver, Accosted, Says It Is, Marion Justice, of the state do-
Cylinder Oil But State partment of public Instruction
conducted the conference, which
Offices S^ptical Activities as They
Charlotte.—The truck driver ffget High School Students.”
said he had aboi-rd a load of | superintendents and Principals
cylinder oil consigned to the from Alexander, Alleghany,
Standard Oil company i in Pine-| wilke.s, Wo.tauga and Ashe coun-
vtlle. I ties were present for the confer-
The officer found the load to ence. which was described as be-
be approximately 400 cases of, ing very successful,
whiskey. ! Paul S. Cragan, local school
Enjoy Movies
Interesting Program Given
Friday Noon Before Lo
cal Kiwanis Club
A. F. Kilby WHS program
chairman at the Friday noon
meeting of the North Wilkesboro
Kiwanis club. He presented
Paul S. Cragan, who put on two
movies, "The Silver Rainbow”
and “Slow Motion Quail.” which
were well received end very much
enjoyed by all present.
Prior to the prog.um President
J. R. Hix Informed the club that
the 1943 budget had been adopted
and that the club’s finances were
In good condition.
Guests were as follows: Lt. Hen
ry bandon with J. B. Carter; Dr.
E. A. Branch and Dr. A. D. Un
derwood with C. B. Eller; Rev.
A. C. Waggoner with R. G. Fin
ley; Dr. R. M. Brame with V/. G.
G«.ibriel: Jerry Aahwill with R. B,
Gibbs; Robert Morehouse with H.
H. Morehouse.
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The episode occurred one mile superintendent, in commenting on
west of Statesville Saturd.iy at the subject of the conference said
10:30 p. m. on U. S. highway 70. |that much attention has been glv-
"nie truck was headed towards en war occupation study in North
Asheville. The whiskey was from wilkesboro high school and that
Baltimore. j policies now used coincide with
J Cpl. C. A. Beard of Charlotte the aims of the state department
®nd Patrolman Cloy Felts, also of relative to the subject.
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SOVIET DRIVE
SEIZES MANY
SMALL TOWNS
Charlotte, are the officers who
mad© the arrest. The driver w.is
Wniard Williams. 28, of Boomer,
Wilkes county. The truck, a trac
tor with a 30-foot trailer. w?s
registered by the Queen Trucking
company, of North Wilkesboro. i Morning —- Capturing
Corporal Beard said last night, j guji villages at the rate of
Capt.. L,. R. Fisher, command-; against st»uhnrn
log the State highway patrol in, resistance. Red
western North CrroHna., said hlsL,._^
office hrd received word some
weeks ago that a truck carrying |
contraband was wandering around ^
In this section. A definite | Moscow, Russia reported today,
the vehicle was in the vicinity of | ^ second powerful stjlkli
Statesville w?s received Saturday
stubborn
Army
i shock troops are sweeping on to
ward Vyazma, last bastion of the
great German offensive line which
for 17- months had threatened
Corporal Beard and Patrolman
Felts went to Statesville, and at
10:30 o’clock Saturday nlgat
tiflpmade the arrest.
Hanor, Corporal Beard said.
Is being held at the Iredell county
jail at Stoteevllle, and the driver
Is being held in Jail ^Iso pending
a preliminary hearing.
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up For AAA
’^PaymPiit Bofore
First Day Apnl
U ««x«tlve officer
liii WUMf ‘Tripla A, nM to-
that the dasdllne for signing
.ppUoetloa for Triple A payment
kid boon aatendad March
A second powerful striking
force advanced southward from
the Rzhev-Velikie Lukl railroad,
slashing into the Germans relent
lessly, headed for the Moscow-
Vyaxma-Smolensk railroad In e
threat to cut off the German line
of retreat.
\ Russia’s Sunday midnight com
munique reported the capture of
74 Inhabited places in the drlvo
on Vyazma from captured Gzhat-
isk, 88 miles to the northeast,
against determined German
stands.
A clergyman and two members
of the Woman’s Auxiliary Ahf
Force have jnst completed a fall
coarse in air gunnery with the
Flying l^iner Comnaiid in ^
OPA DROPS GAS
BOOK FINES ON
BANNED DRIVER
New York—Motorists who have
violated the Office of Price Ad
ministration's “no pleasure driv
ing” ban, hut who have not yet
paid “fines” in the form of g?s
coupons, will not be obliged to do
so. it was disclosed today.
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SpeSil Gifts
To Red Cross
Liste^oday
Total In Large Gifts
As Reported
Increased
The Special Gift Committee
on the Red Cross War Pond
Campaign, who are R, G, Fin
ley, P. W. Rshelman and J. R.
Hix, reported the following
contribution.s ap to noqp Mon
day:
Previou.sly Published $3,485.00
Bclk’s Dept. Store 100.00
Spainhours’ 100.00
The Northwestern Bunk 200.00
,). T. IbrcTCtl© 50.00
Home Chair Co 50.00
.Jenkins Hdw. Co 100.00
North Wilkesboro Ice &
Fuel Company .... 2.5.00
Tal Pearson Wholesale
Grocery Company. 50.00
Forester Reveragfe Co.. 100.04)
International Shoe Co.. 25.00
fih.'impion Poultry Farm 100.00
J. C. Penney Go 50.00
Insurance Service &
Credit Corp. ^.00
Paxtarttv
Tilb^y ^
Jeans’ Sliop -- - 50.00
J. R. Finley . 285.00
Red Cross Phamuwi'— 60.00
Mr. and 5Irs. B. M.
Brame, Jr 25.00
B. G. Finley’ 100.00
Total $.5,14.5.00
Blackout
Planned
Response To
Appeal Red
Cross Good
Workers Are Urged
To Complete
Canvass
Wilkes county Civilian De
fense officials are making
plans for the county’s parti
cipation in test blackouts to
be observed in the near fu
ture.
It has been announced
that the next test blackout
for this district will be on
March 18 and officials are
busily engaged in arranging
a system of signals and in
forming the people of what
the signals mean so there
will be no confusion.
Failure of the recent test black
out here was due entirely to mis
understanding of the signals and
not for lack of cooperation by air
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cently promoted by the R.O.T.C. at Davidson College-
From left to right they are: E. M. Sutton, of Fayetteville,
cadet captain, Company F; M. G. Sandifer, of Lowrys,
S. C., cadet major, 2nd battalion; J. B. McCoy, Jr., of
North Wilkesboro, cadet major, 1st battalion; J. D.
Phillips, Jr., of Atlanta, Ga., captain adjutant, 1st bat
talion. Absent from the group was B. R. Lacy, III, of
Richmond, Va., cadet captain. Company B.
Excellent progress is be
ing made in reusing the Red
Cross War fund in Wilkes
county, but contributions
from thousands of people
are necessary to raise the
goal of $10,000, Dr. John W.
Kincheloe, Jr., Fled Cross
war fund chairman, said to-
day.
The Special Gifts com
mittee, composed of P. W.
Eshelman, H. G. Finley and
J. R. Hix, has made gqod
progress in securing for the
fund the large contributions
from corporations and other
business firms.
Meanwhile, the canvass ot in-
not conclusive enough for taho-
RATION
DEADLINES
FUEL OIU-
I>ast day for nse of Fourth
Period conpons—.\pril 6.
COFFEE—
I,a.5t diiy f> V u-se of No. 2,5
stamp in War Ration Book
No. 1—March 21.
SUGAR—
Ijast day for us© of No. 11
stamp in W’ar Ration Book
No. 1—Maxell 15.
GASOLINE—
I,ast day for o-so of • No. 4
gitsol'n© rationing coupons—
midnight of March 21.
TIRES—
last day for first tire In
spection—“.A” card.s, March
81; last, day for second in
spection of “B” cards, June
80; for “C” cards, May 81.
SHOES— „ _
last day for n.*"© of No. 17
stamp in War Ration Book
No. 1—June 15.
Four Farm
Meets Are
Scheduled
Management of Stock
Will Be Theme Of
Meetings
Tood For Freedom’ Edition Of
The Journal-Patriot Endorsed
North of Eagtand.
I The special “Food For
Freedom’’ edition of The
Journal-Patriot which wilK
make its appearanoe ^ in
the near future is being
heartily endorsed by peo
ple on _Ae Home Front,
^is edition, which will be
dedicated to those ;)vho
are engaged in producing
more food for Victory and
those who are busily en
gaged in war e^prt of
eirery kind on the home
fremt. As well as to . om
cottntrjr*s fighting forces
in many lands, is iMing
. wnh;
atm m mind to bring r sent
the maximian producAioii'
of' food to feed .Amr soV
diars out mWmt, end
to prmnote a greater wav
effort,on the part of the
people back home.
Here’s what a few of the
many local people iriio are
enthusiastic about the
edition, say a^ut the
Special farm edition which
we will publish m die nesu*
future:
J. B. Snipes, Wilkes
County Farm Agent r—
“PnUication of Th«-Joi|r>
nsJ-Patriot SpOCiAl ,re|bn
Edition to proa^ vjbrp-
dnetkm-bf fo^ fa n splen
did jmdiBrtekhNto Wd Meed
tane#^ fSeMerTodd dro-
dnetion to «Mpet war time
AmmI* Lmm H.
Greene, Wilkes Home
Demonstration Agent —
“The special “Food For
Victory” edftion planned
1^ -The Journal-Patriot
should make the people
more conscious of the
necessity of producing Md
eonserring more food.
H. C. Colvard, Assis
tant WUkes County Farm
Agent—f*The people are
j«t heghMUMf to jN»Iwe
ed food prododtMBu
Four important frrm meetings
liave been announced for tills
week by J. B. Snipes. Wilkes
county agent. ,
A. C. KJmrey, extension dalry
specialist, will be in charge of the
meetings and the topic for discus
sion will be “Care and Manage
ment of Oittle end livestock.”
Slides will be shown and tlie
meetings are designed to be of
practical benefit to farmers at
tending.
On Tliursday afternoon. March
11, the first meeting will be held
at the home of James Pardne ft
2:30 p. ra. On the wme date
eight p. m., a meeting will be held
at Roaring River school.
On Friday afternoon, March 12,
the 2:30 meeting will be at the
home of Clarence Hendren » the
GUrerth community. At 8:00 p.
m. the last of the series of meet
ings will be held at Benham
school.
Ictlon.
Local industrial employes are
responding well to the call. Lost
week employes of Wilkes Hosiery
Mills company contributed $1,500
Today another very splendid
report was received.
A total of $843.50 was contri
buted at Forest Furniture coui-
prny. Of that amount the com
pany don,;ted $200 through the
Special Gifts committee. Em
ployes contributed $299.50 and J
R. Finley, secty-treas. of the firm,
matched that amount with a per-
■sonal contribution of $299.60. In
addition, the office personnel
.gave $44.50, making the total
contributed ft Forest Furniture
comp.;ny $843.50.
Red Cross officials today said
the canvass was near completion
in other local industries and that
good records in number giving
and r mounts contributed ore an
ticipated.
Some reports have been receiv
ed from residential canvassers in
North Wilkesboro under direction
of Mrs. Gordon Finley, chairman.
J. B. McCoy, business district can
vass chairman, rsks all workers
to complete their canvass early.
Preliminary reports from Wilkes
boro. where Rev. Howard J. Ford,
is chairraisn. indicate excellent re
sponse. Rev, Fred H. Shinn is
business district chairman end
Mrs. G. T. Mitchell residential.
Some of the rural township
chairmen have called for addi
tional supplies, Indiicating that
the Red Cross war fund fppeal is
being well received ’ay the rural
people of the county. T* haa been
repeatedly eniphasizeil that In ol
der to reach '.he goal, all person.s
who can should contribute as llh-'
erally as possi’.iie to the fund,
which will be u.=ed prineiprlly for
the benefit of men in the armed
service.
Every resident of the county
has some relative or frieiid in the
fighting forces.
Dr. Kincheloe today e.vpre8.sed
his appreciation for the fine work
being done by Red Crosj workers
March Term Court — 1 e
o e A U/' L- throughout the organization, and
Starts Second WeeKij^,, every contribuf.on made to
Wilkes superior court today be
gan the second week of the March
term with Judge J. H. Clement, of
Winston-Salem, presiding and
Solicitor Avalon B. Hall, oi Tad-
klnvllle, prosecuting the docket,
only two days ot court were held
last week and sfreral oum yet
yettaln to he triad. : l -'
for every
the fund.
Information About
State Income Tax •
J. R. Rousseau, collector of
revenne tor the state In 'Wilket
eoin^tyv tAi Tsxptalnntf a anegtlo* ■
ahaut atateYfamaw 7K»a whieh