flan Canvass I Industrialist En dorses
Of All Homes
In This City
$374,100 In Sale Of
War Bonds Wilkes
County’s Quota
Second War
pi^gB c^ned
Loan cam-
today in
Wifltes county and encourag
ing response has already
been received, W. D. Half
acre, county chairman for
War Bond Investments
Every man, woman and child in Wilkes county should
not Kxly work for the success of the Second War Loan
starting today, but should make a personal sacrifice to
purchase one or more of the securities offered, because
there is one to fit every pocketbook, according to P. W.
Eshelman, president and general manager of Wilkes Ho
siery Mills Company. ^
This is a season of sacrifice. Millions of our men in the
armed forces are offering the supreme sacrifice, if neces
sary, to win this war. Many men from this county'are
among them. It is the least we can do, to make some per
sonal sacrifice now by buying bonds offered in the Second
War Loan, to support their efforts, especially since we will
be building up a reserve purchasing power for tomorrow
TUNISIA
the campaign, said tof'ay.
the campaign to raise lo | nioney back with interest.
lUllon dollars began in the na
tion and Wilkes county’s part is
$374,100 exclusive of the amount
f,- purchased by the two banks for
>^elr own accounts.
A very thorough canvass of
North Wilkesboro began today
under direction of Mrs. Edd Gard
ner and Mrs. Gordon Finley, who
Commencemeiit
At Ronda School
Thursday,Apr.22
• But there is another vital rea*
|.son—vital to every family in
' Wilkes county, why we should not
jOnly buy bonds during this drive
j ourselves but do everything pos
jsible toward seeing that everyone
else buys them. That reason Is to
'ward off inflation.
Money that is hoarded away
are captains for two divisions of, Howard Ford to Preach whether it be in a bank account,
the city. Mrs. Gardner has the. t ^
part north of F street and Mrs Rev. A. C. Waggoner
Finley south of that division line.! Graduation Speaker
In order to make the canvuss
in a .safety deposit vault, in a te.s-
pot in the pantry or in your pock
et—is loose money, slacker mon-
smpleta, the two captains have
a leader for each block
each an opportunity to
be bonds
These people are giving of their
Rondu high school will close a j
: ey. that isn’t doing you any good
very successful term with grad-
now, but which, added to all of
aiiigii g.ffng'
I the other demand mone^ in the
E. R. Spruill. Ronda district
principal, said today that the
commencement program had been
time end efforts to this patriotic streamlined to necessitate es lit-
caTbe and the residents of the
city are asked to receive them
cordially and to allow them to ex
plain the campaign and the need
to buy bonds. Any person not at
home when the canvassers call is
asked to call Mrs Gardner or
Mrs. Finley and they will arrange
for some one ot the canvassers to
call. N
An urgent appeal is made for
people to put their money into the
flg>»«nd attention is called to the
factAfnat they are not asked to
give, but to lend, their money at
good interest rates, while the men
of the armed forces give their
lives.
War bonds may ho purchased j
from Ils.T.'i up. at your bank or
postoffice.
tie transportation and travel as
possible.
mtatiH
contribute to inflation unless It is
invested in Government bonds or
some other form of saving, such
as insurance.
Inflation is a vicious circle.
Prices soar. The money you are
The commencement season
opened with junior-senior recep
tion on lest Thursday night. The
next commencoment program will
be at Rond-a Baptist church on
Sunday afternoon. April 18, three
o'clock, when Rev. Howierc J.
Ford, pastor of the Wilkesboro
Baptist church, will deliver the
commencement sermon.
Rev A. r. Waggoner, pastor of
the Xorth Wilke.sboro First Meth
odist church, will deliver the com-
nu ncement address on April 22.
The senior class has about 30
members.
Dr. Caudill Heard
At Kiwanis Meet
Notice to Persons
A*«king Emergency
Furloughs In Army
Dr. R Paul Caudill, of Augus
ta. Ga., who is here as guest min
ister for the evangelistic services
av the First Baptist church, ad
dressed the North Wilkesboro Ki
wanis club Friday noon.
Dr. Caudill was presented o
club by Dr. John W. Kinche
Jr., program chairman.
The speaker took as «. basis for
his address Matthew 27:17.
“Wbom Shall I Release Puto
You?” In his talk he contraste.d
the life and works of Barrabas
and Jesus, which brought up the
theme of material versus spiritual.
The message was highly inspir
ing and was well received hy the
cinb.
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LOCAL STUDENTS
WIN HONORS IN
T*ORrNSTC MEET
Wilkes chapter of the America-i
Red Cross is asking that relatives
wiring soldiers of sickncs.s .nid
asking emergency furloughs in
clude the name of the physician
attending the sick relative. This
will greatly facilitate the work of
inve.stigating the request and mey
speed up getting the furlough.
BUY MORE WAR BONDS
V
Rifle Expert
The tirand Eastern Forensic
Tourney, w-hich is sponsored
by Winthrop College, met in
yg Chartotte on Friday and Satur-
j^ariteril 9th and 10th. w-ith 16S
‘y.crp»pnnt.s from North Carolin-*.
Sontn Carolina. Virginia. Alabama
And Georgia.
North Wilkesboro was repre
sented with two contestants.
Jllsses Elizabeth McNeill and Bet
ty Owyn Finley Elizabeth Mc-
fc Neill won a certificate of merit le
ndio broadcasting and Betty
Owyn Finley won four certlfl-
of merit in news broadcast-
^^and reading, and won the
j pKnpionship of the entire meet
I humorous readings.
Word li»s .just b«'>n receivel
by Mr. and Mrs. J. S. MIIW, of
Wilbar, that tholr .son, Corporal
.\ndrew J. Miller, lin-s been pro
moted to the rank of Sergeant.
He entered the service last
Sept. liSth and was made Cor
poral Fetruarj- 1, 1943.
(Continued on page five)
inaking today wouldn't meet the
cost of living «nd. as prices
mounted, the cost of living 'vould
mount until money, actually,
would he worth nothing. It hap
pened in Germany. It has hap
pened. to a lesser, hut no less nn
comfortable, degree at times in
this country. It would mean not
only national Innkrnptcy but ruin
for every individual family.
There is. quite eviden'ly. a lot
of money here and everywlierc
else that should he invested in
this .Second War Loan. People
are simply not Iniying enoiigli
bonds. That is evidenced iiv
figures rele!sed hy the Securities
und KxciMiige Commission on the
increase in individual cash hold
ings and deiiosils in checking cc-
connis.
During 1942. those ca.sli hold
ings and deposits in checking ac
counts—the "loo.se money"—in
creased ten billions six hundred
million dollars, while purchases of
r, S. Government securities were
slightly less. In other words,
double the amount anuiiily in
vested in Government securities
could have and should hi ve been
so invested to help curb the ris,>
in prices we have already felt.
The total which should he iiivesl-
(Continiied on page five)
('Union iw»y oiiuiui, t>on
of Mrs. Betty Smoot, of North
Wilkesboro route one, is now In
Africa. He has been in tlie ser-
v'iee since February 120, 1941.
Mrs. Smoot received a lett^
from him saying he was getting
along fine.
Poison Gas
Study Meet
Is Planned
Large Crowds
Are Attending
Services Here
Dr. Paul Caudill Delivering
Inspiring Messages In Se
ries Of Services
Cn.pacity crowds attended the
services at the First Baptist
church Sunday morning and
evening as a part of the series of
cvwngelistic services now under
wry and which will continue with
services each evening at 7:30
through Fridny.
Dr. R. Paul Caudill, formerly ol
North Wilkesboro and now pas
tor of the First Baptist church in
Augusta, Ga., is delivering in-
ck
church and his sermons hefe have
been the subject of much favora
ble comment.
Nelson to Lecture On
Gases Friday
Night
L. M. Nelson, v4k> recent
ly completed a course at
Loyola University, New Or
leans, La., in study of poison
gases, will meet with Civilian
Defense workers and others
interested at the town hall
here on Friday night, 7730.
Mr. Nelson took the course at
the request ot 'tue Nortu Carolina
Civilian Defense organization at
the time he was appointed as
sistant gas consultant for North
Carolina with the western part of
the state as his territory. In ad
dition, he has a wide knowledge
of chemistry and was for several
years Intlustficl and research
chemist for C. C. Smoot and Sons
tannery here before he entered his
spiring bwUnsauAk
rTd ““r"" ^t^e Baptfsf^^^ tmpe'rvlsbr for Sfendnrd Oil
kupervlsbr
company.
At the meeting Friday night
Mr. Nelson will instruct members
of the Civilian Defense organiza-
‘‘Why Go To Church" was the gg identity of poison gases
.subject used by Dr. Caudill Sun- Ljjj decontamina-
diiy morning and ‘‘The Touch nfjtiog ga.ssed areas. All inter-
the Master’s Hand" was used es invited to attend.
the subject Sunday evenin.g. 3'his
evening he spoke on “The Waste
Of Sin
From a Siberian crab tree he
planted 40 year.s ago Walter Guest
.Many from other churches have j of Cudworth, England, recently
been included in the large con-1 picked 160 pounds of fruit.
Sousse
Taken
Today
Allied Forces Puttiii^
Pressure Against
Axis Comer
1 1C. MSU K. nuuiiiur, wuu was
indneted In the service October
28, 1942, took hLs basic train
ing at damp BInnding, Fla., and
is now somewhere In Tennessee
on maneuvers. .He Is a son of
Mr. and Mrs. .1. N. Souther, of
Cycle.
Martin Speaker
In Wilkesboro
Open Air Graduation Pro
gram Planned On Athle
tic Field April 23rd
Santford Martin, -editor of the
Winston-Salem Journal and a
member of the newly formed st-Jte
board of education, will deliver
the address at Wilkesboro high
school graduation program April
23.
(Continued on page flxm)
British Eighth Army in
Tunisia today won a major
victory on the central Tuni
sian front with the capture
of Sousse and Kaironan,
which were occupied by the
British this morning.
On the central front the
British and American forces
have met and are continu
ing the drive on Rommel’s
army now crowded into the
northern tip of Tunisia in
the vicinity of Tunis and
Bizerte, two remaining
strong points of the enemy’s
forces.
’The British first army advaac-.
on Bherie W ‘
gain, putting still gfrester pres
sure on axis forces.
gregations present for the ser
vices, and several ministers from
other communities were in atten
dance Sunday.
Much interest is being shown
in the sen-ices and there h--ve
been a number of additions to the
rhureh.
A cordial invitation is exwnd-
ed all to ettend the remaining
services in the series.
ALLIES WIN AIR
FIGHTS
Over Tunisia yesterday Allied
rmen brought down 41 axis
planes while losing only 14.
British bomliers operaliii-4 from
England again hammered German
industries last night and Riisslan
bombers also took pan. attacking
German cities in east Frussin.
Dokies, K. of P.
Ladies Night To
Be On Thursday
Grand Chancellor Sheldon
M. Roper Will Be Ladies
Night Banquet Speaker
CITIZENS ALL
Transferred
Sheldon M. Roper, of Lincoln-
ton, grand chancellor of the
Knight of Pythias lodge, will
the feature speaker for the ladie.s
I night banquet of the Dokies and
K. of P. lodge et the lodge hall
here on Thursday evening, April
15, seven o’clock.
Another feature of the program
will be to honor members of the
lodge now in service. Mothers,
wives or other members of the
families of lodge members now in
the service will he honor guests
iit the banquet.
A most interesting program is
anticipated ?nd it is expected
that many will attend.
I’vt. Wintfrcxl C. Miller, ano-
ther .son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S.
Miller, of Wilbar, who was sta
tioned at Camp Wolters, T'xas,
has been moved to Oreensvllle,
Pa,
(Continued on page five)
M. P. l^lackburn
Funeral On Friday
Funeral service was held Fri
day ot Rock Creek church for M.
P Blackburn, rge 80, citizen of
that community who died Thurs
day. Rev. Lloyd Pardue and Rev.
John Burcham conducted the last
rites.
Surviving Mr. Blackburn are
the following sons and daughters:
Brrney Blackburn. Roaring River;
Otis Blackburn, Premier, W. Va.;
Noah and Paul Blackburn, Mc-
Leansvllle; Mrs. Pearl Byrd and
Mrs. Alda Waddell, Roaring Riv
er.
NAZI ATTACKS
REPULSED
In Russia few developments
were reported Sunday hut today
came the news that Soviet troops
had repulsed all ax's thrusts with
he: vy losse.s ond a.e more than
holding their own.
23 JAP PI.ANES HIT
Out of 4.3 Japanese planes
wliich attacked allied shipping off
the coast of New- Guinea yester
day. 2:’ were either shot (>ul of
the skies or t)adly crippled
But renorts coming from :\us-
tP-lir’ indicate that the Japanese
are preparing for some major ac
tion in the South Pacific area.
These reports were based on con
centrations of enemy air and sen
power at several points.
Branson Benton
Taken By Death
Widely Kno-wn CHJzen of
Stnnton Townshin Died
On Saturdav Night
These future citizens have been in there battling long before
Pearl Hrabor, and from the looks of things their morale is still a
long way from cracking. Crippled child^ ean uke it-^U
a^ is the chaace to become a nsoful citizen as all other'.CMl-
dren H is to help give tihem tli«r chance that the Wilkes Cenaty
Sodrty for Crippled ChiMrea is again parting on ita annnal Batter
seal camnaign. If yon hare not received seals throngfa the mift
write theWifces Coaaty Society for Crippled ChiMrea, care T. B.
Story, Niwth Willn iboro, N. C.
Branson Renton, a widely
known citizen, died Saturday
night. 9:30. at his home in Stan
ton township.
Mr. Benton had been in appar
ently normal heslth until he suf
fered a stroke of apoplexy Wed
nesday. from which he never ral
lied.
He was a son of the late Noah
and Mary Clementine Walker
Benton and is survived hy his
wife. Mrs. I>ettie Foster Bentom,
.six sons and four daughters: ’Taft
-'T’d Noah Thomas Benton, of Now
Oxford, Pa.; Warner Benton. TT.
S. array; Clarence, Rftgcoe and B.
N. Benton, Mrs. SalHe Yates and
Mrs. Pauline Bumgarner, of Pur-
lear; Mrs. Leetle Powell, of Mor-
eanton; and Mrs. Marie Tony, who
lives in Pennsylvania. Also sur
viving are one brother and four
sisters. ^
Funeral will be held at Fishing
Creek Arbor chnrch but the date
has not been aet pending arrival
of relatives from distant points.
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