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Heads Legion
InVario^ Ways
B)r w. a aiuHi
The qaeatlon is, d» doubt, ot-
asked, what are the Veterana
■»t World War^JNumbeir 1 delay
••ward winning World War nura-
har 2? Insomuch as Legion mem-
fcerahlp te general throughout the
Waited States ami its noaseeslons,
>an answer to what Wilkes county
L«glonnalres are doing would be
» typical answer tor most any
murt of America.
The membership of the Wilkes
Oonnty Post of the American Le
sion has nerer been very much
«T*r one hundred. The present
■Mmbersblp Is sixty-four. Prom
Otis small membership, the
Wilkes County Post of the Legion,
takes pride, and justly so. in an-
monneing that ten members or
iWmer members of the post are
■ow back in serrice, namely,
Oomrades Ralph Reins, Fred Huh-
• hnrd, Edmhnd Robinson, Clinton
Smoot, DaVid Wright, Herschel
Snnon, Henry Landon, Charlie
K^kie and Isaac Valenline. We
4onht If there are many Posts in
Clin entire nation with as high i
ynreentage of its membership hack
Si service, unless it should be a
Mat made up exclusively of Army
nrr Navy officers.
We at home are trying to do
war best for our country in vari
es ways. We have two members
nerving on the selective service
hoard-s in Wilkes county. This !s
a trying and heart rending job
amd we admire the menrtiership of
Iboth boards for giwiogr un.selfi.sh-
liy of their services to this task.
Other Legion members are’ serv
ing on the air raid warning ser
vice. Some members ere away on
defense jobs vital to the eucce.s.s-
Inl prosecution of the war effort.
Other members from the county
»re serving their nation by pro
ducing more food for their coin-
innnity and the armed force.s.
Oar professional meu are faithful
W. C. fJrier, romnuuider of
the Wilk«, Poet of the .4meri-
can liCgion, Ls author of tlie ac
companying article, which set.s
out a few of the many tilings
veteran.s of World War number
1 are doing to achieve victory
in the present world conflict.
or preacher.
Another member has taken a
special course in chemical warfare
service at Ijoyola Unlvei'sity. He
is assistant to the state director
of poi.son .gas control and is in
charge of the western area of the
state.
Others huve been active in Ked
fcross work and have been es
pecially a.ggressive in helping
Wilkes county go well over the
top in the recent nation-wide
drive for funds.
One of the greatest privi-
le.gcs we have is giving an af
fectionate handshake to the boys
a.s they leave home for the train
ing camps. Often our few words
of farewell are inadequate but
our hearts are full both of sympa
thy and best wi.siies.
Our Legion .\u.’ciliary. under
the able leaaership of Miss Toby
has boon very active In Red
work,'both in the office and 1#'
the making of' kits and rolUiiK
' bandages. You can always ■ flM
some of them helping *wlth aen^
Ing the soldiers coffee and cookies
when they depart for camp.
A most impressive prayer ser
vice la bdhalf of our war efforts;
and especlrJly for those in aatlvA
combat, was conducted by the
ministers of the Wllkesboros in
the Assembly Room of ths Town
Hall on the World Day of Prayer.
Miss Norma Stevenson of the
i Auxiliary arranged the program
and presided at the meeting. The
merchants closed their stores for
the service and a full housfe of
worshippers listened attentively
to the > Scripture reading and
prayers asking for Divine guidance
and comfort In this hour of trial.
It has been said that "In a
sense religion Is a personal. Indi
vidual matter between a man and
God. Jesus taught his Disciples
to go apart in a secret plate to
pray but he also taught them to
say "Our Father.” So we can edm-
men'd the welfare of those In com
bat, who risk their all in our be
half, to the Father who neither
slumbers nor sleeps.
Edmund Burke likened the
parks of the city to the lungs of
the body. The parks are not es
sential to the Industrial or finan
cial welfare of the city but they
do add to Its beauty. We, back
here on the Home Front feel that
we are doing very little, compar
ed to what you at the front are
doing, but we do want to do
everything in our power to aid
you in bringing this w>ar to a suc
cessful conclusion with an all-out
victory. .4nd may w'e not forget
the parks of our cities and the
beauty of our countrysides—-so
that when you return In triumph,
you can turn aside and forget the
clang end noise of war and lis
ten to the songs of the birds in
hale the fragrance of the flowers
and delight your eyes ir viewing
the azure veil encircling the dis
tant mountains.
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Turner, is awake to the oppor-
at their respective posts of duty, tunities of service which dally
whether it be as doctor, teacher' come before them. 1'hc .Auxiliary
State’s 4-H’ers To
Boost Output Of
Milk For Fighters
Military foods experts emphasize
that men in our armed forces
each need at least a pint of milk
doily. North Carolina’s 4-H dairy
club members are responding to
that need tor increased production
through better feeding and man
agement of dairy herds, and more
careful handling and cooling of
milk.
The 4-H'ers ore perfecting
them.selves for the tasK by parti
cipating in the current National
1-H Dairy Production activity, in
which they learn and practice ap-
I'l-ovofl dolry methods, and dem-
onstr,TtP them to others. To en-
coiiiv ge 4-H boys and girls of all
ages, the activity is divided into
Class A for dairy club members
owning one or more heifers not yet
in production, and Class B for
members owning one or more
milk-producing cows.
-Awards for oiitsbjnding records
of achievement are provided by
the Kraft Cheese Co. on county,
state, sectional, and national lev
els. They Include medals for
both Class A and B county win
ners: eight $25 War Bonds to a
blue award group in each state,
and all expense trips to the Nati
onal 4-H Club Congress in Chica
go to the two highest rating par
ticipants in each extension sec
tion. and two at large. Five of
the sectional winners will be se
lected to receive the ■ national
award of either a $20 Wer Bond
or scholarship.
The activity will be conducted,,
along with other 4-H wartime
projects of production and conser
vation, by the Extension Service
of tl^e State Agricultural Colleges
and the U. S. Department of Agri
culture cooperating. Full details
of this activity are obtainable
from county extension agents.
GROWERS SEEKING TO
SOLVE OWN PROBLEMS
While the National Farm La
bor Program Is drawing prolong
ed debate. North Carolina grow
ers eve seeking to solve their own
problems on the county and dom-
munlty level, by a fuU utilization
of the available man power.
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JACKSON MAN TURNS
PASTURE INTO TIMBER
J. T. Bryson of Jackson coun
ty bought 44 acres of poor moun
tain land 19 years ago for a pas
ture site. He made It a wood
land, instead. Re has marketed
1400 worth of timber and has
about $500 worth of black walant
now. A good woodland rathet i
than a poor pasture. / ,
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Richard B.
Richard W.
Robert Me
John Parl|
Paul Johns
Paul Haj^e
Frank Farrinj
George Yalel
Ed Rowland
Boyd Cook
John J. Reid
V. Calvin Dancy
R. C. Adams
Howard Roope
Coy Harrold
Glenn Wood
Warren G. Osbon^
Earl Miller /
Lawrence Wals
Crusoe Owei]
Thomas Joims
Hershel Ba|^r
Jesse Seva
S. F. Anderson
Virgil
John W. Mines
Paul ^mney
D. K. Waugh
James V^^cLean
MartinfPalmer
Clyde B. Bryant
Edward M. Templeton
* J. D.JSebastian
Vesttr Dancy
Ricurd Byrd
DeM Anderson
A. Q. Anderson
Lesjfer Baldwin
Wmter Brewer
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Ms Burchette
Verr
B>n L. Shumate
Wai
lie Q. Bennette
Jaud
Is R. Blackburn
Hd
l>ert M. Wyatt
Richird McGlammery
Ritiard L. Whitley
Percy Billings
(yde Burchette
Thomas Earp
Frank Tindall ,
Ed Gregory
klbert Harrold
[R. J. Michael
'red Blackburn
rren u. Jonpson
icie H. WMgler
sac H. Hi^ ^es
lajor M. Gpidill
IharMe He^kins
Aroiind-the-®:k bombing of
eroes must poaBss a bravery l|pki
rkness of th^ight they speetywhil
s of death Jphich the enemy.^ould
Jm f
st whichaventually will j^ring an
even jpe enemies will j^me to re
tionMS one for all »oples—basi
and happiness,^which^they
dictator’s des^s for persona
people. Amyrica wants no
w’e fight to iave our libe.ties
for the pjfople and by the p
ible view^f the situation, an^
hat it yould mean to lose ^t
in defense plants, buyin|f wa
e ^any connecting ai^vities
^st be no weak lin'
flying
fugh the
the wea-
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ci'
ed'
ani
bee
slave
that’:
the
tak
to
f^, w%k
yeratio^ in
fin, but ^eri
•^^woman, b0!y a
your goverhm
in future y^irj
they were gi'
enemies means that o|
in many of us. Thr
iwe sleep; they destroj
e against us^ they ar| creating
conditional surrenw . . . be-
ze thaH, the cause of the Unit-
upon justice an^
erto have been
o\yer, and .the a:
yUor over its
maintain a g
lie. It’s time
alize what fr
hrough the
londs and s
if our war
ng
in our»hain . . . ai
girl is a LINK. V^ll YOUrIliNK supi
is counting on? J Don’t hav]|the unph
“I didn’t do jj^y part. ,
eir lives to pjjfeserve freedoj
Jet the b3
equality,
Pliy.ed of
lity to en-
ople . . .
ernment of^
w that we
dofn means
oduction of
ps, and co-
fort we can
every man,
the weight
,sant memory
s down while
ioj^s Are
ir Best!
Home Front
VICTORY
BUY
UNITED
STATES
ling
Ours?
BONDS
AND
STAMPS!
NORTH WILKESBORft N. C.
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