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Published Mondays and Thu7.days. NORTH WILKESBORO. N. C.. THURSDAY, APR. 8, 1943
$1.50 la the State — $2.00 Out of Suia
At Yakima, Wash.
For City
l^yor Sets the Week
Of April 12th
To 17th
Week of April 12-17 has
been designated as “Clean-
Up Week” \n North Wilkes-
boro.
Mayor R. T. McNiel today
announced the annual spring
cleaning week, and urges
cooperation from all the peo
ple in the city.
The city authorities will co
operate fully and citizens are
urged to collect all rubbish and
place it conveniently for the city
truck to haul away. A call to the
city clerk’s office will bring the
truck when it is not on regular
FIRST ARMY
ADVANCING
STALEY BROTHERS IN SERVICE
l*fc. Paul McCann, son of
Uev. and Mrs. I>e»i McCann, of
Roaring River, vvlio was induct
ed into tile anny Xovcniber -,
1»42, is now stationetl at Yaki
ma, Washington. His wife, the
fomier Mis.s filenna Gre-n, is
making lier Iiomc in Wilki-siairo
with her parents.
run.
Mayor MeXiol urges that the
!^jlj|ning up job be thorough, in
Ij^er that the city may have a
tmore attractive appearance and
rIso pointed out that cleanlincs.-
Is conducive to good health.
In order to eliminate fire haz
ards, basements, attics and other
such places should be cleaned of
all trash and rubbish and the peo
ple are urged not to neglect out
side premises, including vacant
lots.
All scrap metal and rubber
should be carried to a salvage
[ealer, thus aiding ID; the war
■Ogram*while doing the clean-up
Committees
For Schools
Are Named
ThreeArmies
TakingHeavy
Toll In Attack
Board of Education
Appoints District
Committees
^vlc organizations are urg-
Tfielr eooperatloi. and
fort to the clean-up
rement.
ervices Under
Way at the First
Baptist Church
Dr. R. Paul Caudill Visiting
Minister For Series Evan-
gelistic Services
crowds are attending the
Evai^elistie .services being con
ducted at the First Bapti.st
church in this city.
Dr. R. Paul Caudill, formerly
of this city and now pastor of the
First Baptist church in Augusta,
• Ge,, arrived Monday to be guest
minister for the services but ill
ness prevented him from fillin;;
the pulpit on Monday. Tuesday
and Wednesday evening services.
Dr. John W. Kincheloe. Jr.,
pastor, delivered the sermons on
Monday and Tue.sday evening and
last night Rev. Howard J. Ford,
ppstor of the Wilkesboro B.aptist
church, brought the message. H
was expected that Dr. Caudill
•would be able to preach tonight.
Services are being held each
evening at 7:30 and will continue
every' evening except Saturday
t'fflijuigh Friday, April 16. A cor-
dlarlnvttation is extended all to
attend.
Special music for the services
Is being arranged by the church
choir under direction of Mrs. A.
r. KUby.
Half-Holiday
Planned Here
For 3 Months
liness Houses Plan Clos-
X Wednesday Afternoons
l«ne, July, and August
North Wilkesboro stores are ex-
,ect;*^o follow last year’s dis
close on Wednesday af
ernoSns through June, July and
(Ugust. It WPS announced here
day by Harvel Howell, member
the sales personnel at Belk’s,
ho has been canvassing the mer-
lants.
Mr. Howell said he found a big
sjorlty of the merchants who
rpected to observe the halt-holl-
iw anrlng the summer. In order
f ltow time for rest and for
I in their victory gardens,
to expected that further an-
►■Boements will be made later.
Wilkes county board of
education in session this
week appointed school com
mittees for the various dis
tricts in Wilkes county.
Few changes were made
in the central district com
mittees and practically all
the advisory committee mem
bers for the smaller schools
within the districts were
named for another two-year
term.
The district committees are as
follows:
Wilkesboro
Dr. .M. G. Kdwards, T. M. Fo.s-
ter, O. K. Whittington. C. T.
Dotighton, \V, C. Prevette.
Mt. Plca.sant
(;er>.^ld McGee. M. B. Yates, J.
Roby McNeil. W. D. Foster, J. E.
Hamby.
Millers fres-k
r R. Whittington. J. F. Cau
dill. C. F. McNeil. C. J. .lones, H.
P. .lones.
Miilberi-v
W. II. Hayes II. H. Jennings.
R. M Watson.
Mountain View
G. C. Pendry, Roy Key, Mrs.
Glenn Dancy, F. C. Johnson, D. C,
Caudill.
'Tnipliill
J. W. McBride, Sam C. John
son. J. K. DeJournette. D. C. Cas-
atevens, Wesley Jetines.
Honda,
G. C. Greene, Beet Poplin, O.
D. Bentley.
(Continued on page fivel
Uft. 2rd Class l*etty Officer Claude SUley, wlio is now serving
somewhere on the Pacific Ocean. He enlisted tn the Navy in Sep-
ember. 1911. and received his training at Norfolk. \ a, ile has
somewi
tembei - • ls. l
made seven trips across. I’cchnical Sgt. Ijoyd Staley, right, who
volunteered for the Army in July, 1910, received his training in
South Carolina and at I’anama Canal. Sgt. Staley has seen service
on Bataan in the Philippines. He is now stationed at (.amp Shelby,
Mis.s. Both boys have recently spent furlough.s with their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Staley, of North Wilkesboro.
Minister Endorses
War Finance Drive
our boys on the
“Cheerful news is the best word we c»u send
fighting front, 1 tell many people
they .cwt do -tft h«4i.in, fhih
minister of the First Baptist ehii' ^ .
present problems facing our citizens "on the hmsie froat,
“Those of us who have family members,-relatives or friends in
the armed forces. I am .sure are sending cheerful letters to their
loved ones, but hundreds of us who do not have occasion to write to
service-connected acquaintances can also do our bit in sending cheer
ful news.
’’I mean news of our achievements here on the home front. M hat
we are doing for service organizations; what we are doing to keep
civilian morale and above all what we are doing with our war prof
its and increased incomes.
’’News of strikes, absenteeism, poor production all gets to our
boys at the front and cannot but have a depressing effect upon
them. On the other hand, good news buoys them up and lets them
know that we are bending every effort to assist them to complete
the job they have been sent to perform.
"One of the surest barometers for guaging our achievements is
the record of our savings and the sums wc invest in the many
types of United States securities now offered by the Treasury De
partment in the Second War Loan campaign.
“For the average citizen the War Savings Bond is still the best
investment in the country and one that will afford cheer to our
fighting forces and future assurance for the holder".
Allied Headquarters, North
Africa.—^The British First
Army in northern Tunisia
has plunged forward in an
attack coordinated with the
successful advance of British
and American forces in
southern Tunisia and has
gained much ground in the
region of Medjez-el-Bab, 36
miles southwest of Tunis, an
Allied communique said to
day.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower,
.\llled commander in chief, con
gratulated General Sir Harold
•Ylexander, his deputy in charg^
of land operations, on recent suc
cessful operations and declared
that “if Rommel tries to leave
■Africa he will have a stormy pa.s-
.sage across the Sicilian Straits.’’
The pursuit of the enemy from
his broken defenses at the Wadi
El Awarit, 20 miles north of Ga
bes. is being pressed relentlessly
by the British Eighth Army, the
communique said, and many
more prisoners and mnch aban-
;ys; bpitot
Lions Sponsoring
‘V' Garden Contest
In Mississippi
Man Arrested For
Failure to Report
For Army Induction
Percy Granville .McNeill was
arrested in Wilkes this week by
an agent of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation for failure to re
port for army induction at Blue-
field, W. Va.
McNeill was hailed before U. S.
Commissioner J. W. Dula iu
Wilkesboro but waived hearing
and will face charges in the next
federal court term
W. Va.
in Bluefield.
Passion Week Is
To Be Observed
$50 Cash Prizes
Are Offered For
3 Best Gardens
People Residing In North
Wilkesboro or Wilkesboro
Are Eligible To Enter
Services Planned At North
Wilkesboro Presbyterian
Church For Week
l»vt. ChiurU*.s Bentz, son of
Mr. ana Mrs. J. C. I.«entz, of
North Wilkesboro route two. Is
statlOBed with a field artillerj’
batt^lon at Camp Shelby, Miss.
He has been stationed at Camp
Shelby since September 29,
1942.
The North Wilkesboro Presby
terian church will 'observe Pas
sion week April 18 to 25, with a
series of special services.
These meetings will begin on
April 18th at 11:00 a. m. and
close on Easter morning at 11 a.
m. These services are not revival
meetings but a series of medita
tions on Jesus’ doing and sayings
on epcb day during His last week
on earth.
The other ministers of the city
will have part. The music will be
under the direction of Mrs. Lewis
Nelson, the church organist.
’There will be visiting musicians
to take part in these servlcefl.
To promote production of
food, North Wilkesboro
Lions Club is sponsoring a
victory garden contest for
the people of North Wilkes
boro and Wilkesboro with a
total of $50 in cash as prizes
' for the best gardens produc
ed.
First prize in the contest will
be 325, .second $15 and third $1«.
Entry blanks are being dis
tributed by club members, at the
drug stores and seed stores and
all are urged to enter.
The contest plan is fully ex
plained In the following bulletin
issued by the Lions Club:
Mvan^ In the Sedtot-el-ITab area
also has taken prisoners.
RUS.SIAX.S ADV.ANOING
Moscow—The Red Army wrest
ing the initiative from the ap
parently exhausted Germans south
of Izyum. seized several favorable
Dositions today to widen the
Soviet bridgehe: d on the south
hank of the Donets River.
At least 200 German troops
were killed -and four guns, nine
machine guns, one trench mortar
and two enemy tuckloads of sup
plies were destroyed in the Rus
sian advance, the Soviet midday
communique reported. Four Ger
man planes which sought to at
tack the Red Army troops were
shot down by Soviet pilots.
V
On Maneuvers
Pvt. Burl C. Beshears, son of
Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Beshears, of
Walsh, is now on maneuvers at
Camp Forrest, Tenn. He en-
terHl service at Camp Hluiidlng.
Fla., on 0 f. 2«, 1942.
Sale Of Meat
By Farmers
Is Explained
Must Keep a Record
and Collect Points
Of Sales
Under O. P. A. regulation
covering the sale of meats,
fats, butter, cheese, etc.,
farmers are classed as “Pri
mary Ptotnhutors.”
Three-Legged Chick
Lived For 3 Days
.4 thrpo-lcggcd chick liatciicil
m the farm of Shober McCi-ary,
of North Wilke.sboro r*»ute two.
lived tlircc days. Mr. McCrary
.-^cnt tl»e I)ody of the freak
chicken to The .Journal-Patriot
office by Clinton Filer, letter
carrier on route two.
eats,
etc., must Keep a record by
pounds and points, of all meat,
fat, butter, etc., sold per month,
starting .March 29, 1943. Within
13 days after the end of each
month they must file a report, on
form OPA R-1609, with their lo
cal ration board. If the sale of
meat and fat hmount to more
than $2,000 per month the re
port must lie filed on R-1606 wi’li
the District OP.\ office in Char
lotte.
Reports rovering the i>eriod
from March 29. 194:!. to May 1st
must 'be filed between Alay l.s;
:-nd May 15. 19 43 The tiling -f
an extna copy of the first report
will be the means of i'egisterin.a
all primary distributor.s.
Forms R-1606 and R-16u!) may
he obtained at the ration hoard
office after .May 1st. either liv
mail or by calling iu person.
Farmers must receive point'
for al! meats, butter, etc,, sold iy
them. Farmers ma.v sell meat
butter, etc., to wholesale and re
tail estrhlislnnents tlirntigh .\pr.
10th, 19 13. without reeeiviu.'
noints. Beginning .\pril 11. I94"-.
all sales of meat, butter. et'..
must be covered by points.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnston Talk With
Nurse Who Met Son On Pacific Isle
BondSale
Canvass
Planned
$374,100 Is County’s
Part In Bond
Campaign
A house to houie canvass
will be made in the war
bond campaign in Wilkes
this month, W. D. Halfacre,
Wilkes War Finance chair
man, said today.
The quota for Wilkes
county has been set at $374,-
100 and that amount is ex
clusive of the bonds, to be
purchased by the banks for
their own accounts.
The amount of the quota is sup
posed to be noised by sale of
bonds, large and small, to Indlvl-
duals, companies and corpora
tions. The goal for the nation la
13 billion dollars.
Mrs. Gordon Fiiley and Mrs.
Edd Gardner have been named
leaders for the campaign In North
Wilkesboro’s residential districts.
Mr. Halfacre stated that efforts
will be made to personally con
tact as many as rossible during
the campaign.
The chairman explained that
war bonds can be purchased from
$18.75 up, and urged that Idle
money in any amounts be put Into
the fight against the axis.
Dr. Caiidill Will
Ctmference I2th
The regular monthly meeting of
the Wilkes Baptist Pastors’ Con
ference will be held Monday 10 a.
m.. rt the Reins-Stiirdivant Chap
el.
The program will onen with de
votional by Rev. A. B. Hayes, fol
lowed by a sermon outline by Rev.
Howard J. Ford. p,asti'r of the
Wilkesboro Baptist cliurcli.
Dr. Paul Caudill, formerly of
Wilkes county and now pa.stor of
the First Baptist church in .\u-
eiisi.i, Georgia, will he one of
Hie principal speakers at the Con
ference Monday,
Pastors of all denomination.''
•ire extended a cordial invitation
to attend the meeting. Laymen
■ire iiivited also.
Ferguson Is Now
Athletic Director
In Coast Guard
Well Known Boxer Training
Mounted Beach Patrol In
Various Phases Athletics
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. John.ston re
cently visited an army nurse at
Swanannoa who knew their "son
Lt. Richard Johnston, while in
New Caledonia during the latter
part of 1942.
The nurse. Lt. Nahla Shuman,
whose home is in Massachusetts
is taking treatment at the hospi
tal at Swanannoa. end is eager
to get back into active service.
Lt. Shuman told Mr. and Mrs.
Johnston that the field^ hospital
in which she was stationed was
near the camp occupied by Lt.
Johnston and other flyers, and
that he was In that hospital for i
rest and treatment^ for a short
time and was getting along tine
when shte left.
She told Mr. and Mrs. John
ston many interesting things
eboiit conditions in the South Pa
cific area.
Recently Lt. Johnston was
“The North Wilkesboro Lions transferred from .a squadron to
the Island Air Command. His lo-
catlen at present is not known
here, although he is still in the
South Pacific area of war opera
tions.
club launches a Victory Garden
campaign by offering prizes to
taling $50.00 for the best vege
table garden. Your very 'own
idea and plans may win one of
the three prizes, and’even though
you do not win a prize you are
helping to win the war by grow
ing and conserving food on the
home front. The club asks all land
(Continued on page five)
Instructor
l-t-ul
Lt. Johnston during the past
several months shot down e nnm
her of Japanese planes and twice
has been decorated for gallantry
In pctlon and meritorious achieve- two-thirds
I hours. \
(tkiuMtrv) |i'ergi..soii,
young Wilkes man who fought
hto way to near the top in the
boxing profession, is now in the
■ U- 8. Coast Guard and is ath-
leric director for the sixth dis
trict mounted beach' patrol.
ment.
Most theatres in Tokyo are
full in the bost^
j'
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Paul (Country) Fergu.son.
welterweight boxing champion of
the south, is now in service for
Uncle Sam as athletic director of
the sixth district mounted beach
patrol, which is a bnaneh of the
coast . guard, ,-nd has headquar
ters at Hilton Head Island, S. C.
Ferguson, here this week vis
iting at his home ne>ir Wilkea-
)>oro, said he is in charge of all
atliletics for the mounted beach
prtrol and is teaching boxing,
commando training and other
types of physioil education.
For boxing. Ferguson should be
an able insbructor. Before enter
ing the service he fought 85 pro
fessional bopts. of which number
he won 65 by knockout, ten by
decision, fought six draws and
lost four decisions. He ha.s never
been knocked out. He Was also
Goideri Glove champion before
getting into the pro clas.s.
At the time he entered the
coast guard he ■was 10th ranking
welterweight In the world and
was managed by Al Lyell, of New
York. Some of the top ranking
fighters which he fought Included
Eddie Phllllpz, Phillip Norman,
Norman Rnbba, Young Pigorotto
bnd Johnny Panlnz.
A few J yeire ' ago Fergnaon '■
coached boxing at Wllkenbqro'
high school ud for ons yggr was
boxing instrnstiH' at (Jrtssnsboro
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