J*fc. Willii'm t'. Hoinmn, who
wih( ineliirtefl into the ser^-ice
June », had hia basic
training at Oanip Rucker, Ala
bama, and is now at Nashville,
Tenneesee on Maneuvers. He is
a son of Mr. and Mrs. 1). B. Hol
man, of North M ilfcesboro
route one.
at a a. m. mm >
Is SetUed For
Is Observed
ByLionsClub
Consent Judgment Is
Reached In
Court
Transferred
Case of the town of North
Wilkesboro versus the coun
ty of Wilkes, in which the
town sought to have the
county assume payment of
approximately $60,000 in
I school bonds, ended Thurs
day in a compromise judg
ment with agreement by both
sides in the action,
i Tha trial h/:)d started in Mon
day and imich evidence had been
j put before the court before the
rgreemer.t wa.s reached and the
jury was withdrawn.
The followin,? excerpt from the
judgment of the court gives the
liTiticipal tacts in the settlement:
‘‘The pteintift, Town of North
Wilkesboro, having paid the |10,-
000 bonds with interest, dated
Mav 1. 1912, 4nd the $8,000
bonus, with Interest, dated May t,
(Continued on page eight)
-V—rsrr—?r
Former Members Of
Club In Service
Hbi&>red
North Wilkesboro Lions
Club observed Ladies Night
Friday evening with one of
the most delightful occasions
in the history of the club.
With about 150 in atten
dance, a most interesting and
inspiring program was car
ried out at the Legion and
Auxiliary clubhouse.
The program wes on a patrio
tic theme throughout, with special
honor being paid members of the
club now in the service.
Paul Cashion, club president,
was toaatHMister, at;
The following men were for
warded to the Induction Station
by local board number 2:
Brartipy Evan Dancy.
Carrls Glenn Curtis.
Claude Harley McGrady.
Ku.ssel .tirthur Tucker.
Maurice Elledge Walsh.
French .‘tiiibrose.Hudler.
Wilford Jones Bowles.
Arnold Bay OllreHtli.
Ray C'oekerham;
Kenneth Monroe Isenhour.
Emory Golden ^'Boten.
Trank Dean PaHkh.
Kehiper Hampton Walker.
Isaac Claude Prlvett.
Sylvan Kllh>'.
Clarence Doctoa Wiles.
Eeeniaii BronsdjP,Walls.
.Ale.v Reece CtnUC^Vi
fJamis Freema^Roop.
Rol)crt Oomelhjjl^oiTow'.
Oiarles CliittomTSrayson.
.Albert Brovut;^|^
Iy»stcr Joseph ®hich.
Thomas AVjUJei
Viifin Eugftie
Richard
James Hansl
Manuel W
War Band
Qiota Now
$42,945.00
Need More People To
Buy War Bonds
In Wilkes
With the Second War Fin
ance Campaign out of the
way in a big way, efforts are
now being concentrated on
sale of small war bonds to
many people.
The quota for Wilkes county in
.sale of .small bonds (up to J5,-
COO) for the month of May is
$,.‘2,945, J. R. Hix, war bond
ehalisnan for the county, said to
day. •
Efforts-are being mode to have
a large number of people buy war
bonds tegular!^ which Is the on-
,ari
Last Axis Forces Ar«
Being Driven Out
North Africa
Allies in North Africa, af-i
ter taking Tunis and Bixerta
during the week-end, today
captured ah additional 25,-
000 axis prisoners, brmgin»|j^;*»“e *0^ ““s; >«»«
' Master Sergleant and Mrs.", L
ti. Valentine today ceteferated
tfaelr 20th wedding anniversary
at Camp Claiborne, L where
Sgt. Valentine is now In service.
On September 30th, this year,.
Sgt. Valentine will complete 30
years service. They made their
the total in captured to 75,-
000 during the past few
days.
Thus has ended the axis
dream of dominion in North
Africa and the way is paved
for invasion of Europe by Al
lied forces.
Since the fall of the last re
maining axis ports in Tunisia, the
war of nerves in Europe is in full
sway and this time the Allied Na--
tions are supplying the inspira
tion tor axis fears. Axis leaders
are wandering where the Allies
will strike next, and when.
All that remains of axis .torces
In the whole of Africa- are
plan to return to North Caro
lina when Sgt. Valentine retires
from active service.
Aviation Cadet
iiroprac^t
State Auxiliary
I’vt. Howanl W. Kilb.v, son
of Mr. and .Mrs. (Tell Kilby, has
been transferred from l-angley
Field, Va.. to Jackson, .Miss.
I’vl. Kilby entered the army
September I, 1&42.
Wife of Local Chiropractor
I Receives Highest Honor
At Raleigh Convention
In Oregon
Mr.s. E. S. Cooper, of this city,
was elected president of the North
Carolina Chiropractors’ Associa
tion .Auxiliary, which held Its con
vention in Raleigh Wednesday and
Thursday simultaneously with the
Chiropractors' Association annual
convention.
Dr, and Mrs. Cooper attended
the convention which was held et
.Sir Walter Hotel.
Dr. McKinley H. Dollar, of
Raleigh, was elected president of
the Chiropracto.-s .Association, and
was installed at the final session.
Dr. .A. -A. Heh. of Oistonia, was
elected vice-president a'nd Dr. S.
D. Coleman, of Durham, secre
tary-! rersurer.
Mrs. Copper succeeds Mrs. S.
(Continued on page eight)
I’vt, .Marvin Alathis, .son of
•Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Mathis, of
A\'ilke-slH>ro route two, luts re
turn ctl t) Camp .Adair, Oregon,
after a visit home. Pvt. Mathis,
a graduate of Wilkesboro liigh
sehool last year, 'entered the
aiTiiy November 17, 1942. He
is in the Infantry.
MILLER BROTHERS IN SERVICE
oTtoe club welcomed
the guests, with response being
given by Mrs. Pgul Cashiot(j The
club and guestp»joined in singing
“Gok®less America.”
L. h. Carpenter called the
names of members of the ciu!)
now in the servic? as follows:
Cpl. Wm. P. Allen. Champlain
James C. .Stokes, I,t. Robert W.
Finley. Capt. I. H. McNeill, Jr..
AC William C. Cray, Pvt. T. Rich
ard Deans. Capt. Edward S. Fin-
le.v, Lt. Richard W. Gwyn. Phar-
(Continned on page eight)
RaymoJaiS Crat ^
Johnnie H'arrdli Johnston.
Rex Mtonte Handj\.
Roy j^est AATtittlngton.
Clyde Luther Draughn.
Radford Harold Blankenship.
Barney Ta’c Biackbum.
Irvin •Tliomas Johnson.
Ed watt! Darwin Dancy, Jr.
Quint^ Bland Sidden.
•Sam William Soots.
James .All>ert Ilincher.
Werth Darnell.
(Continued on page eight)
afld, til greater atnbtiifttT'fl
ble, and those who have not been
buying bonds are urgently re-
Lions Club Offering $50.00 In Cash
Prizes For Best Victory Gardens;
Get a Card And Enroll In Contest
Interest is picking up in
the North Wilkesboro
Lion’s ^Club Victory Gar
den contest which is noW
being sponsored to en
courage more Victory gar
dens in the Wilkesboros.
Already a number of con
testants have enrolled for
the $50.00 in cash prizes
to be awarded by the club.
If you reside within the
corporate limits of the
Wilkesboros, you are eli
gible to enter the contest,
and even if you don’t win
one of the three cash
prizes you’ll win anyway
by having a good Victory
garden and produce more
food for family consump
tion.
Get a card from drug
stores and mail it to L. L.
Carpenter, local Lions
Club Victory Garden Con
test chairman, at once.
Names of Victory Gar
den contest entrants will
be published within the
nei$t few days.
quested to begin now.
Flames Damage
Building Here
Fire On Thursday Morning
Threatened Block In Busi
ness Section Main St.
for European Invasion.
Some of the other highlights of I
today's war news follow:
THREE JAP SHIPS HIT— I
Three Japanese destroyers
damaged, one pos-sibly put out of
action, in dive-bombing attack on
flotilla in Solomons. At same
time, heavy-bombers raid Jap
anese po.sitlons on Kahili, Fauro
island ond Ballali island in Short-
lands area.
Fire of undetermined origin
Thursday did considenable dam
age to the upper story of the
hiiilding on Main street occupied
by the Little Grill. City Florists
and Commercial Barber Shop,
The flames in a third-story
hallway had evidently made much
headway when the fire wrs dis
covered. However. firemen
promptly extinguished the fire,
which charred a number of unoc
cupied rooms.
Water caused some damage to
the business establishments on
the street floor and to second
story rooms.
The building is the property of
Mrs. W. R. Newton.
RUSSIANS ADVANCE—
Russians doggedly drive to
ward all objectives in German
bridgehead in the Kuban sector of
the western Causacus, exerting
fresh pressuure on the enemy in
Novorossisk.
IKmald .Augmstii.s Elliott, who
is ill training a-s an .Aviation (ii-
det at Miami, Fid., is a son of
Mr. and .Mrs. dia.'-. H. Eliott, of
WHkeslioro route one, and is
making a good rreord.
In Persia
SWEDEN READY—
Sweden’s nrmed forces appear
primed and ready for any even
tuality as war swirls around her
borders.
AXIS JITTERY—
Stockholm reports Germany
rushing modern weapons to bo!
(Continued on page eight)
“BOMBING” SOLDfFRS
TO WARD OFF INSECTS
A fine-fog method of dividing
and spreading insecticides has
''een discovered rnd ‘‘bombs” con-
tainlrtg the mixture are being sent
to the fighting fronts to help
protect men against mosquitoes,
files and other insects.
At Camp Swift
.A letter was i-ei-elved by Mr.
and Mr.s, E. W. Billings that
their son, I’ld. Luther Billings,
Is in I’ersia. I’vt. Billlng.s took
his training at Camp Clulbome.
La., and sailed for overseas in
October, 1042. Pvt. Billings
was Inducted In the army May.
1042. He w-riu* be Is ok and
to tell all of his friends “hello.”
Pvt. Billings Is witli an engineer
Deta^dunent.
WATSON BROTHERS IN SERVICE
Thtfle' two Boaa of Mr. and Mrs. Otar^ RlSer, of Cricket, ai» in
aervice outaide of the country. Pfc. Clarence W. Mil!«-,’l«ft. who
Mitered the armr in Mav. 1940. is stationed in the Panasaa C«Bal
aaaa. Sgt JauMa & Miller, riajit is in North Africa. He left vfith
Itg, National Guard company here for Port Jackson in Septeoiber,
*|M0, and haa been everseaa since Septeoiber, 1942. Hr. and Mrs.
^imln reeeetJy caceived letters from both sons, who said they were
iiiillhg aloBg right but wuuld be hapgy whoi the Japa and Ger-
' get what% rrr*~r 4e tkam and they ean ratam to the goad
M v\ a:
Pfc. Roscoe Winiams enter
ed the army Jairaary 16, 1948,
and is BOW stationed at FV>rt
Sheridan, Illinois. Be is the
•oo ot Hr. and Mnt - Charles
WIlliaaM of North Wilkenbora
ronte three.
>
Pfc. John W. Dyer is station*
ed with a military pidloe do-
tachment at Oaoip Oordou, Oa.
Pfc. JDyer, aoa of A. IT. ,Oyer, of
nMmd the Mmy in
^tMa'year. ,
ihrt
WUbar cmnmnnHy, ^Jhaen in
the army ainoo 7aoaa#y IS ^
la atariooad at.Oamv SwiiC; Teac-
aa. Sfe Writee Ida that
^ il^ptfng alohl ttih'Md to'
MB'aH kiia Meada “heBo." ^
... .
Emcet Wataon, left, haa se«» ptertf « actio# oa a enriaer with.;
the Pacific fleet. Hia ahip was at PM Hatbor darii« the attaak# ,
0# December 7. 1941, and waa in the JMaao# lalanda haCtMa laak :
fan. Bmeat. a second dan nman'lto ben «'tln merj ate
J#ly, 1949. M right is Bi»ar b ^ latii«_aiM#|. ^
van^ coarse ia the army e%id hi CUsage. Bj# -
Faint T%ar are nS^Hr. aad Ufa. O. a. Tfht- ' ^
the faraier nm
pedthnk
aa#, ef SbbmbH.
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