In ^tikre at upper left an American sapper (kneeling at right) holds an Axis mliie which he has just dog
frm the sand near Gafsa. Tunisia. Upper right: On the hnnt for snlprrs, a U. S. security unit searches Jic
of an old fortress in Gafsa. Below, left: Through mbble-fllled streets and past the bom^blasted build
tags of Gafsa march U. S.' troops, meeting no resistance. When the call comes to go aloft, 1. S- P'"***
imhed out to their airplanes In jeeps. In picture at lower right one of the airmen is running from the jeep
te his sky fighter.
•Liberal Response to Seal Sale
" * taiir nn “war cases”.
W. J. Templeton_
Taken By Death
Prominent Merchant of Hays
Community Died Sunday
Night; Funeral Tuesday
Kiwanis
p:aster Sale campaign for the
benefit of underprivileged crippl-
Tintercsting talk on “war gases
I He enumerated the various gases
1 that ere used and defined their
effects. He stated that it is im-
. portant to avoid panic when con
fronted with the problem. He
urged upon the members that pre
caution and preparation are vital
ed children in Wilkes has netted | and that all people in the zones
the sum of $788.62 with several i likely to be gassed should e
reports yet to be received. T. K. | readiness for properly taWng care
Willhun Jesse Templeton, age; story, Kiwanis secretary, repfirt- first five
minutes are most important. It
6i, prominent merchant of the'^d to the Kiwanis Club in meet-
communlty and one of the | ing Friday
'8 best known cltitens, died
Sunday night,
Templeton had been 111 for
three weeks b:it his condition was
not considered critical. On Sun
day evening he suffered a heart
attack as the immediate cruse of
death.
He wa.s horn in Iredell county
and early in life entered the mer
cantile business in southeastern
WUkes. In 1922 he moved *o
Hays, where he had been engaged
as a merchant since that time.
Mr. Templeton was active in
church and community affairs.
He w-as a mem) er of Mountain
Vlaw Baptist charch and wo.s a
nfeber of the Masonic and Odd
feuow lodges.
Surviving Mr. Templeton arc
his wife, Mrs. Flora I^ee Mitchell
following
The secretary made a brief re-
port of the E:(ster Seat sale as fol-
lows:
Easter I.illy sale, by North
Wilkesboro school children
$73,75; by Wilkesboro school
children. $8.63; Easter Secils sold
by North Wilkesboro school child
ren. $41.50; seals sold by 32
county schools. $254.04; from
business firms and individuals.
$410.70. Total $788.62.
There are still a few county
schools to report and a number of
individuals and business firms
who have not yet sent in their
contributions.
Contributions from 3 2 schools
were listed as follows:
North Wilkesboro, $41.50, plus
lilly sale. $73.75: Wilkesboro,
$22. plus lilly sale. $8.63; Mul-
herrv. $38.98: Lincoln Heights,
is well to have a kit of home rem-
tliW-pfrfpWfC:
-Mr
IWIS
club
son- had on exhibit at the
such a kit. He stated that in case
gas wes released it would he well
to go to an upstairs room and have
it closed tightly. Mr. Nelson pro
posed that he would l>e glad *o
give any group further instruc
tion in this matter. His balk was
well received by the membership.
Trial of the suit of the
Town of North Wilkesboro
versus Wilkes county l^gan
in Wilkes court to^y be
fore Judge J. H. Clement,
who is presiding.
The suit involves payment of
approximately $54,000 in bonds
Issued by the town of North
Wilkesboro severhl years ago for
school purposes. The town is ask
ing that the county assume pay
ment of the bonds.
It is expected that the case will
require considerable time for
trial.
In court test week Betty
Witherspoon. Lillie Tugman and
O. W. Allen, administrators, we^e
denied judgment against Ralph
Miller, and H. C. Woodie. They
were asking damages for the death
of four in an automobile-truck
collision on highway 4 21 15 miles
west of this city a few years ago.
The court found that the accident
was through no fault of Miller,
who was driving a truck belong
ing to Woodie.
Divorces were granted last week
as follows; Hazel M. Henderson
versus Martin 0. Henderson;
Rachel Tulbert versus Rene
Tulburt: Mrs. Mary E. Muon
versus W. R. Mason; Bre^t*
Adams versus Dorothy Reyabl
Adams; Verna . Herman
versus John Robert Davis;^
Porter Mathis versus
Mathis;
'Clinton T4rshs
Clanton; Janies N. En
Treva S. Fulp; Maynard It
“HOMEFReNI’WBODfOR
nOH’’miN WRSlUiY
Templeton, and the iouo».iug Miller.s Creek, $27.16;
children; Miss Audrey Templetom $18.23: Ronda.
Hays; Mrs. Alfred Levesque^ M^_^t I Mountain View. $10.88;
Brentwood. Long Island.-N. ’ ■ j ,>,paj,ant Hill $10.00: Cricket.
Mrs. Harold Mad.sen. Kings park. Moravian Falls. $6.17;
Island. N. T ., Misses Springs. $5.70; Clingman.
$5.20: Piney Ridge. $5; Austin,
Long ,
Faye and Diana Templeton. Hays: |
Pvt. Edward M. Templeton, of
Omp Hood, Texas. One son. Earl,
died et the age of two years. Al
so surviving are one brother and
two sisters: J. C. Templeton.
Portsmouth. Va.: Mrs. A. H.
Bteins, Asheville: Miss Nancy
Templeton, Union Grove.
A brief funeral service wil! be
hold at the home at Hays Tiies-
y, 12 o’clock noon, snd the
idy will be Uken to Union Grove
,*rch for eaother service at
It80. Rev C- C. Holland and
lev. A. B. Hayes will conduct the
orvices.
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Meet of Lumbermen,
Sawmill Operators
meeting of lumbermen and
$4.50: Traphill, $4.44;, Rock
Springs, $4.35: Boomer. $4.30:
Dennyville. $4.00; Pleasant Ridge
$4.00; Roaring Gap. $3.05;
ITiendshlp. $2.00: Oakwoods,
$2.00: Mountain Crest. $2.00:
Ronda( colored), $2.00; Parks
Grove (colored), $2.00; Logglns.
$1.25; Mount Sinai. $1.00: Shady
Grove. $1.00; Lewis, $1.00: Mine
Ridge. 75c; Windy Gap. 50c. To
tal. $295.54.
There are still other schools to
report.
President Hix called attention
to the splendid directors meeting
held at the hotel Thursday night
with Paul Osborne as host.
Paul Osborne raised the ques
tion of the large number of peo
ple who ore idle in this communi
ty. He stated that the/e was a
considerable number of people
who were dally asking for jolis
and when the were given them,
the would-be laborers check-out
Ladies Night
Is Planned By
Lions In Ci^
Parents Of Lions
Service To Be
Guests
In
North Wilkesboro Lions
Club has planned an elabo
rate Ladies Night program
for Friday night, May 7.
The I..adies Night bouquet will
be held in the American Legion
and Auxiliary clubhouse, begin
ning at seven o'clock. Rev. A. C.
Waggoner. B. B. Broome and
Herbert Cobb compose the pro-
Emmett John
The Journal-Patriot** “Home Front and “Food For
Freedom” special edition will be issued od Thursday,
May 6th, and in order to give more time and atten
tion to its publication only four pages are being pub
lished today.
Five thousand 'and one hundred copies of this
special edition of The Journal-Patriot will be dis
tributed, practically all of which will go into the
home territory.
Stores Closed
JnAfteriioon
Wedneiiftays
A majority of the department
and grocery stores in North
Wilkesboro will have a half holi
day on Wednesday afternoons
during May, June, July and Aug-
an] dry '^^ning establishments
will be cloiSM all day on Wednes
day. Harvrt Studio will also be
closed ail day Wednesday.
The half-holiday and all day
closing for some was agreed upon
ust. Barber shops will also oo-lby those participating In order
serve the Wednesday afternoon that employees of the firms would
half holiday, closing at one have time to work In their victory
iock„»ach Wednestey. gardensjiiid tor recreation.
" J»e clos-^i ..v'llfcfc.c ^
c®*
flWaiture stores throngh the -month of August
son versus Clearise Y. Robinsii
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Crest Stores
Buy Biul^ng
In Chariotte
$50,000 Building Purchased
By Taylors As Headquar
ters For Crest Stores
The two-story building at 216-
2 22 West Fourth street in Char
lotte. has been bought by Mrs. S.
T. Taylor, of North Wilkesboro,
for approxiimitely $50,000, and
will be used as headquarters for
the Crest Stores company which'
operates in North Carolina, South
Carolina and Virginia,
The building, which is on e lot
66 by 200 feet, was sold to Mrs.
Taylor by the Massachusetts Mu
tual Life Insurance company. The
IB. C. Griffith company acted as
agent in the deal.
BEING REMODELED—
A portion of the building is be
ing remodeled to serve e.s head
quarters for the Crest company
which operates limited price varie
ty stores in four cities. When the
headquarters here are moved
there the offices 'will serve both
Gwendolyn Shirley Rho
des, age seven, was fatally
burned Saturday morning at
die home of her mother,
Emma Rhodes, near the cor
ner of Sixth and Main streets
in this city.
'According to reports of the ac
cident told to Police Chief, .1. E.
Walker, the child was pljying
with a lighted cigarette and had
OB her mother’s house coat, which
caught from the cigarette.
The child began running and
her clothes burned rapidly. She
died within e short time.
Funew 1 service was held today
at the residence with Dr. John W.
Klncheloe, Jr., in charge.
T. M. FOSTER ON
APPEAL BOARD
Governor J. M. Brouglitoii
last week appointed T. M. Fos
ter to inerabershlp on the sev
enth mstrlct selective .servliw
H|>|>eal board to succeed •!. T.
Prevette, deocaeed.
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Eoittttf
Troops KHej
London, Monds.—The Red Ar
my has killed 7,000 Germans sad
knooked out 25 armored cars to
repulse a six-day Gennaa oftSB-
stve at the Black Ss* >ort ot
Novorosslsk, last major Axis loot-
hold In the Cancasna, Moscow, aa-
nounced early today.
'The enemy units were 'Med
white and without achieving
cess were forced to dlscontlnn®
the .attacks,” said the ml^nk^t
bulletin, recorded by the Soviet
Monitor.
For days the Germans have
claimed that the Russians were
attacking them with 100,000 or
more troope In an effort to eject
the Axis from the Caucasus, but
the Russian communique said the
intense battles were caused by
German attempts to recapture Red
Army positions around the Black
Sea port.
Despite the German employ
ment of "large forces” supported
by planes, the communique said
ell the German efforts' were
smashed.
It was the first time that Mos
cow had mentioned the Novoros-
slsk section by name, altbongh
the Germans several days ego ac
knowledged that the Red Army
had seized the heights overlook
ing the port.
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Baptist Pastors
WiBConvoMOn
Interesting Program &f Se
mon and Discussions
Planned For Meeting
Methodist • District
Meeting On Friday
Wilkes county Baptist Pastors
Conference will convene on Mon
day, May 10, ten a. m,. at Reins-
Sturdlvant cbipel.
The program will open with de
votion,! 1 by Rev. Lester Johnson,
followed by a sermon l>y Rev. L.
T. Younger. Rev. Norh Hayes
will discuss ‘‘How May We Create
A More Spiritual Worship.”
In the afternoon session Dr.
John W. Kincheloe. Jr., will lead
a study course on ''The Minor
Prophets.” Rev, Howard J. Ford
will discuss the first chapter of
John’s gospel. •
Elkin District ot the .Methodist
conference, will meet Friday. 9:3u
o. m., at Elkin Methodist churcb.
Bishop Clare Purcell will trins
' ”,'lthe principal message. Delegates
anti
from the North Wilkesboro Meth
j odist church will he Mrs. W. C.
M,'.rlow. Mrs. R. I. Moore. Genio
Cardwell, F. H. Crow and the pas-
|ton. Rev. A. C. Waggoner, who
[will deliver a report on Young
Money can fl»hl, koy bonS.. '« •"«
burial was in the Baptist ceme
tery.
The child is survived by her
ntother and one brother, Franklin
ESdward Rhodes.
Red Cross Knitting
Open On Thursdays
The Red Cross, knitting room
will he open each Thursday 10
a. m. to two p. m. Mrs. N. S.
Forester, Jr., and Mrs, Bruce
Waugh will be in chrirgc of the
room, which is located next to the
Red Cross office over Tomlinson's
•Department Store.
U-Boat Meets British Destroyer—Goes Down to Stay
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gram committee. mere me umueo
son and L. L. Carpenter are in I gg headquarters and Bs chief dis
lawmlll operators is to be held at
the courthouse in Wilkesboro.
Wednesday night. May 5 at 8:00
j’clock, war time. Problems of
the lumberman and sawmill op-
pr jaiil be discussed and the ,
i^ lnarketlDg project iSow un- immediately or do not actually ac-
ler way in this area will be ex-|cept the jobs when offered them.
)l*lned All lumbermen, sawmill Other members of the club joined
.nerators end other Interested in.the discussion. Mrs. Lott was
mrsons are invited to attend. 'asked a number of questions
Milton M Bryan, forester from about the number ot people apply-
■ " ~ ing to her office for jobs and she
?)^Reglonal Office of the U. S.
Service at Atlanta. Ga.; R.
Wf Oraeber. extension forester
rom Raleigh; the county agent
nd the forester working with the
OBBty agent will attend and con-
la«t the meeting.
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lllff Normn .SmoAk Jms retum-
I';to^ Greensboro College, where
g is a student, after spending
week-end tn WUkesboro with
p^rMts, Mr, and Mrs. N. O.
stated that since January 1st, 5
600 people had msde application
for work through her office and
that 600 had been placed. It was
the definite conclusion of All that
this matter should be given fur
ther study and the president re
ferred It to the Public Relations
Committee to^ * report- next Fri
day.
Program Chairman W. E. Jones
presented Kiwanlan L. M. Nelson
who made a very instructive and
charge ot arrangements.
A. Coke Cecil, of High Point,
an entertainer with an enviable
reputation os a magician, ventrilo
quist and humorist, will be on
the program.
The principal address will be
delivered by Dr. C. C. Rozzelle.
pastor of Wesley Memorial Meth
odist church in High Point.
Mothers and fathers of the 18
members of the club now in the
service will be honor guests et
the Ladies Night banquet. The
entire program will be centered
around the war effort.
Mrs. Ellen W. Shew
Claimed By Death
Funeral service was held Sun
day at Shady Grove church for
Mrs. Ellen W. Shew, wife of W.
W. Shew, of Somers township.
Mrs. Shew died Thursday.
Surviving Mrs. Shew are her
husband and three daughters;
Mrs. Sherman Pendergrass, of
Cycle; : Mrs. Gordon Inscore, of
Statesville; and Mrs. Ella Ander
son, of North Wilkesboro rout^
three.
Rev. L. T. Younger conducted
the Isst rites.
tribntion point.
Operation of the business from
Charlotte is expected to begin as
soon as occupancy ot the quarters
is completed about June 1.
The move to Charlotte will sig
nify, It is expected, the start of an
expansion program. The com
pany has been operating for sev
en years, and 10 persona will be
employed in the Charlotte offi
ces. The company has no store in
Charlotte.
TAYlhOR 18 OW?nnC-r .
S. T- Taylor is owner ol the
chain, and he and his wife and
their two children plan to move
their-hosao-to Charlotte. .S.U).
Cradwlck Is superintendent of the
company.
At present the West Fourth
street building in Charlotte is oc
cupied by a number of tenants in
cluding Theatre Owners .of Norfh
and South Carolina, Inc., l^e-
pendent "ni^tre supply companyT
Wblter Rogers, painting contrac
tor, snd ' Confection Vendering
company.
Crest stores will use only a por
tion of the building.
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