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Much progress has been
made in filling local de
mands for labor during the
past week, Mrs. Kathryn
Lott, manager of the North
Wilkesboro branch of the U.
S. Employment Service, said
today.
Recently the employment ser-
Tice madj a canvass of the em
ployers in Korth Wilkesboro to
determine the total nuntber of
workers wanted in various indus
tries and trades.
The list totaled about 175 job
openings.
During the past few dayc- the
employment service has filled ap
proximately 25 per cent of the de
mand, and prospects are good for
supplying all the workers wanted
In a short time, Mrs. Lott said.
A movement was recently start
ed in the North Wilkesboio Ki-
wanis Club to do something about
the problem of idle people In this
community, notwithstanding the
great demand for labor of almost
•very kind.
tbo
loyment Service, efforts were
started to fill all Job openings, and
to prevent frequent shifts of work
ers from one employer to ano
ther within the community.
Mrs. Lott stated that many of
the workers placed on local jobs
are high school graduates, some
of whom have been placed in lo
cal industries and merchantile es
tablishments.
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Rev. R. W. McCalley, of Le
noir, who will be director of
music in tlie revival which will
t>e^in at tlie Mrst Metliodtst
church here on >Iay SO. Rev.
(Tiarles P. Bowles, of Wades-
boro, will deliver the sennon'i
In the ten-day series of sertiies.
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Plan Revival
At Methodist
Church Here
Services to Begin On
May 30; Close
June 9
School Band On
Program Local
Kiwanis Club
Ten Numbers Rendered Be
fore Club In Luncheon
Meeting Here Friday
North Wilkesboro hi.gh school
band rendered a short concert
Friday as the feature of the pro
gram bofore the North Wilkesboro
Kiwanis club.
Miss Ix)is Scroggs w?s program
chairman and she called on Paul
S. Cragan, school superintendent,
to present the program.
He stated that four years ago
the high school band mede Its
first appearance before the club
with 13 boys and one girl making
kup the band. There are now 3.5
members of the band, which in-
eludes five of the first year mem-
Wrs.
tJnder direction of Mlsa Betty
Story, director, the band render
ed ten numbers. The program was
highly appreciated by the club
and received much favorable com
ment.
The school band appeared in its
annual concert Friday night in
the school auditorium and its
program, which included some of
the numbers rendered at the Ki
wanis meeting, was enthusias
tically received by the large and
appreciative audience.
Guests at the meeting Friday
were as follows: Joseph Huffman,
naval recruiting officer, with J.
C. Reins; Pfc. Joe Brame with W.
G. Gabriel: Rev. B. F. Livingstone
and Carl Numgasser with Dr.
John W. Kincheloe, Jr.
A t^evival meeting will be
gin at the North Wilkesboro
First Methodist church on
May 30 and continue through
Bia-j-Jmio -Dr |'
goner, pastor, said today.
Rev. Charles P. Bowles, pastor
of the Wadesboro Methodist
church, will be the visiting minis
ter who will deliver the sermons
for the series of services.
Rev. *Mr. Bowles is one of the
outstanding young ministers in
the conference end is a forceful
speaker. He is a graduate of Duke
T’niversity and held pastorates at
Greensboro and Belmont before
going to Wadesboro.
Rev. R. W. McCulley, of Le
noir. and now pestor of the Clare
mont Methodist church, will be
music director for the revival.
I Rev. Mr. McC.illey. is graduate of
! Duke I’niversity. is a very able
director of music and is a talented
soloist.
Services will be held at the
church each evening et eight
o’clock except Saturday through
out the revival.
In addition, a brief service will
be held at the town hall on Tues
day. Wednesday and Thursday
morning of the first weeJc. These
services will begin at eight o’clock
and close at 8:25.
Early Outgomg
Mail Is Started
No Registration For
Canning Sugar
In Wilkes
Wilkes County Rationing
authorities today stated that
there will not be any can
ning sugar registration in
Wilkes county.
Canning sugar will be pur
chased by the use of coupons
in one of the rationing
books.
The coupons to be used
will be designated by June
1, 1943.
People are urged not to
buy the sugar unless they ac
tually need it for canning.
NO ADDITIONAL sugar
beyond the amount provid
ed for by the coupons will
be granted in Wilkes coun
ty until late in the canning
season.
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Cspt. Joe Foss of the rnsriae corps, who scored senssUoasl sir vic
tories while serving on Gnsdslcsnai, Is shown reporting to'his boss, Uevt.
Gen. Thomas Holcomb, commandant of the marine corps, in WashingUn.
Foss, who hails from Sioux Falls, 8. D., shot-down 26 Jap planes to tie
Capt. Eddie Eickenbacker’s World War 1 record. Photo shows General
Holcomb and Captain Foss.
Much War Activity
Americans Gaining In
Battle For Attu
Islands
District Meeting
^JiasonsHere
Friday, May 28
District Deputy Grand Mas
ter of T^ree Districts
To Be Installed
North Wilkesboro Lodge num
ber 40'{. A. F. & A. M., will be
host to Masons of the 33rd Maso
nic district on Friday, Mey 28, ac
cording to J. W. Nichols, district
deputy grand master of the dis
trict.
At the meeting district deputy
grand masters of the Wilkesboro,
Statesville and Lenoir districts
will be installed.
Officers of all lodges in the dis
trict are expected, and urgently
requested, to ibe present end all
master Masons are invited, Mr.
Nichols said.
Supper will be served e* 6'30
p. m. and the ritualistic uieetiii.g
will opep at eight p. m.
First Class Mail Now Being
Dispatched From North
Wilkesboro at 7 A. M.
.^^Lgion-Auxiliary Is
To Have a Fish Fry
■Wilkes post of the American
Legion will have a fish fry at the
Legion and Auxiliary clubhouse
Thersday, May 20, seven p. m.
Oeests wiir’ibe the ladies of the
Anxiiiary. Cost will toe 11.00 each
tor the men and ladles will toe ad-
free. ’ A full attendance of
Ion and Auxiliary members is
First class mail now leaves
North Wilke >boro postoffice for
Winston-Salem at seven a. m.
In announcing the change.
Postmaster J. C. Reins explained
that it will mean e definite im
provement in the outgoing mail
service to all points e?st, north
and south, in that the earlier mail
will make better connections on
main north and south lines.
The seven a. m. mail will carry
only first class, special delivery
and special handling, and will
take the place of the first e.lass
mail which formerly left here at
11 a. m.
AH first class mail posted after
four p. m. will be dispatched on
the seven a. m. mail next morn
ing.
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Call Meeting Of
Board of Stewards
Rev. A. C. Waggoner, pastor,
announces that a call meeting of
the board of stewards of the First
Methodist church will toe held at
the church Wednesday evening
immediately after the prayer ser
vice.
BUY MORE WAR BOND^
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Gas Rations
Now On Basis
Of Necessity
Renewed activity was re
ported today from many
theatres of war around the
globe.
Every part of the'world
was represented in today’s
war news. The develop
ments, although not major in
sixe, apparently were indi-
.cative of bigaar things to
RATIONS
BICYCLES—
Persons gainfully employed Or
doing volunteer war work can
qualify for certifloetes to buy bi
cycles. Bicycles also are available
to pupils who need them to get to
and ■" from school.
COFFEE—
Stamp No. 23 in War Ration
Book is good for one pound of
coffee tor a period of five v/eeks,
and will expire May 30.
food—
Red E, F and G st(nni»-for P“T
■-«l-eha8« undet:^
j gram are now valid through May
U. S. GAINS ON ATTU— 131. Revised point values became
The Japanese radio today was o-l effective May 2.
source of news of the campaign in^j^ded ere all fresh, frozen,
on Attu island in the Aleutians. smoked and canned meats
The enemy radio reported products derived from
overwhelming American reinforce-1 mutton and pork,
ments were made on the island variety meats, sausages
today, which commentators saidjpj^^g canned fish. Also included
sounded like .building up an alibi
for a Japanese defeat on | Ending lard, oleomargarine,
stragetic island which is -, shortening, salad, oils, butter, ex-
ed a stepping stone to Tokyo. idiiding mayonnaise and salad
GERMAN DAMS BOMBED 1 dressings. Blue stamps G. H. and
Lasfnight the R. A. F. unload-jj- from April 24 through
VOLUNTEERS
TO PAY FOR
WAR BOND Ad.
Since War Bonds were plac
ed on sale, The Journal-Patriot
lias published many war bond
adverttsements, space for whicli
waa paid by local business firms
and individuals.
But last week there waa an
exceptional incident in connec
tion with tlie appearance of one
of the bond advertisements.
Robert N. Holland, of Wilkes,
boro route two, who Is busily
engaged making lumber for war
purposes, came Into The Jour
nal-Patriot office and asked
that he be allowed to sponsor
a bond advertisement and pay
for same.
This patriotic act on the port
of Mr, Holland Is deserving of
public rommendation.
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List Men
Ac^pted
Rationing Chairman
Says Requests
Scrutinized
The pressing war needs
for limited gasoline supplies
in the East demand that all
applications for supplemen
tal and special rations be
granted on the basis of bare
necessity, C. P. Walter, of
North Wilkesboro War Price
and Rationing Board report
ed here today following a
copference in Winston-Sa
lem last Thursday with rep
resentatives of the Office of
Price Administration.
The importance of examining
these applications closely and of
adhering strictly to the njlleage
rationing regulations in issuing
all gasoline rations was emphasiz
ed at the meeting, which Mr.
Walter attended wlth'memtoefs of
other rationing boanls In this
area. The meeting was one of a
series arranged by the state OPA
office to discuss with rationing
boiard members the various provi-
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ed bombs on power dams In the
industrial Ruhr valley of Ger
many. That the bombings were
successful was indicated by the
German radio saying that many
casualties resulted from floods af
ter the dams were knocked out.
MUCH AIR ACTIVITY—
From the South Pacific came
the news that fierce qir fights be
tween allied and Jap planes have
occurred over northeastern New
Guinea, which may indicate that
a major campaign is shaping up
,n that area.
NEWS FROM BURMA—
In Burma allied planes yester
day bombed Japanese military con
centrations on an 800 mile front.
The returning flyers reported
heavy damage to objectives. |
ITALY IS WARNED— i
'The German radio is said to |
have warned the Italian people |
not to give up and that they could 1
expect no mercy from the Allies.'
Meanwhile, there was. a broadcast
in Italy asking the "people to arm
themselves and' help oust Musso
lini as ruler.
TANK BATTLE COMING—
Moscow radio reported today
that Germans have massed great
numbers of tanks on the central
Russian front, presumably for a
big offensive try toward Moscow.
May 31.
IT^EL Olli—
Period 5 coupons now valid and
w'ill be until September 30. Con
sumers may go to local ration
boards and claim fuel oil to keep
tanks from “floating” during
spring and summer months.
GASOLINE—
A book coupons No. 5 good for
three gallons each, must last
Jfrom March 21 to July 21 Inclu
sive in North Carolina.
1 SHOES—
i No. 17 stamp ih War Ration
j Book OnS good for one pair un-
I til June 15.
! SUGAR—
I Coupon No. 12 in War Ration
Book 1 good for five pounds. Must
llast through May 31.
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To Form
Softball
League
Ralph E. Martin Is
Meeting: Is Called For
Tuesday Evening
At Town Hall
softball players and
asked to attend a
All
fans are
Ronda^.tma.ter:”-“«
Ralph E. Martin has been in
stalled as postmaster at Honda,
which was recently raised to a
third clpss office.
Mr. Martin, who,succeeds E. D.
Byrd, was commissioned April 14
and began hjs duties May 15. ,
Court of Honor
To M^iet May 21
Attentiph is caR^ to the fact
that the meeting-of the Boy Scoot |
court of honor has-fieen postpon-'
ed one day and will be bold at tbe
religious education balidlng of
tbe Presbyterian cboreb OB 9^1-
day. May 21, 7:30 o’clock. . A toil
boro town hall.
Purpose of the meeting will be
to organize a softball league com
posed of teams from the Sunday
schools in North Wilkesboro and
Wilkesboro.
A league was .organized last (in
summer.and,v^ .successful from
every standpoint. Regularly sche
duled leamea; in the orgahised-
leagOe.-turnished moch recreation-
for players 'and fans In the two
towns..-::’-'''' '-"i-O-'''
All who ere Interested in soft-
ball as a recreation program are
asked to attend the meeting.. '
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List of men accepted Into the
service this month from the two
Selective Service boards In Wilkes
have been released.
Previously this newspaper has
oaryied the full list of men de-
liVM^ for induction.
TOe lists as follows contain on
ly the names of men accepted
from the two Wilkes boards:
BOARD NIHHBER 2
Odell Drum.
Johnle Wciburn Day.
Edsol HoLean Hamby.
.Iame.? Everett Brj'ant.
William Paul Bumgarner.
Blake ('hirti.s Hayes.
Voyce Monroe Clieatwood.
Henry Grenn Tlioma.s.
• .lames Ralph CS-awford (avia
tion cadet)..
Richard Tjeroy Rogers.
.Arthur Dixon Hays.
Glenn Garvin Wyatt.
.Tohnnie Warren .Johnston.
Rex- Monte Handy.
Robert Ernest Whittington.
Irvin Thomas .Tobnson.
Edward Darwin Dancy,
(aviation cadet).
Wertli Darnell.
Edwin Rufus Siduen.
Joe Dell EHledge.
Rus.se.1 .Arthur Tucker.
Wilford .Tones Rowles.
Ray Cockerliam.
Kemper Hampton Walker.
Sylx'an Kilby,
flarence Doctor Wiles.
. T.«eman Bronson Wiles.
Gamis Freeman Roope.
Robert Cornelius Morrow,
iation cadet).
Charles Clinton Grayson.
Albert Brevard Raymer.
BOARD NITMBER I
Harry Eugene Pruitt, vol.
Roy Gray Crater. •
Millard L. ’>urr>'.
Haggle WlUlajn Faw.
Fred WiHUm Walker. '
Claude I>ee Kennedy, Jr., vol
.John Edmond Carrigan.
Ralph James Williams.
.1. R. Mathis, Jr.
Claude Edward Hamby.
WUton Mclaln Beshears.
Oscar Marion Elliott, vol.
.Tr.,
$877,545
Final Total
For Wilkes
Chairman Halfacre
Attended Planning
Meeting
As evidence of the out-
stcuiding record made by
Wilkes in the Second War
Lo^n Campaign, Wilkes was
selected as one of ten coun
ties in North Carolina to be
represented at a recent con
ference in Greensboro with
officials of the Federal Re
serve Bank at Richmondt
Virginia.
The official total of govern
ment securities sold during the
campaign In Wilkes was J877,-
545.50, which was f«r more than
■W. D. Halfacre, War Plneace '
Campaign chairman for the coun
ty, explained that the amount
sold does not include purchases by
the two benks here, which made
the grand total for the county well
over one million dollars.
Because Wilkes was one of ten
counties In the entire state se
lected for having raised their
quoth most quickly, Mr. Halfacre
,wias called to attend the confer
ence with Federal Reserve Bank
officials, at which time plans of
successful county organization
were reviewed and advance plana
were mede for the next war fin
ance campaign, which may be ex
pected during the latier part of
August.
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Examine 70 In
Cripple Clinic
Very Successful Clinic Held
Thursday Morning At
The Wilkes Hospital
(av-
A total of 70 patients were ei-
.imlned at the cripple clinic con
ducted at the Wilkes hosplUl
Thursday, the county health de
partment reported tod: y.
Dr. W. M. Roberts, of Gastonia,
made the examinations, which
were without cost to patients. Cost
of the clinic is paid by the North
Wilkesboro Kiwanis Club, co
sponsor with the health depart-
' ment for the clinics held each
TTlOJlth.
! Of the 70 at the clinic, 22 were
j new cases end hospital treatment
was recommended for 14 of that
^number. Five X-Rays were mede.
;The remainder ol the petients
! were review cases who had previ-
j ously received treatment.
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Ceiling Prices
OnRhyonHose
Local merchants have received
jtlys ceiling prices which were set
by OPA on rayon hose and which
Degree Work At .
Jr. Order Meeting If"®,«one mto effect on
Degree work will be carried out
the meeting of the NoMh
Wilkesboro counsll of the^Junior
Ord^ on Tuesday nlgW and a
large' • attendance of members te
atgentlji reqaested.' ' ''-k,
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6RASS SILAGE, .
The "Wfltlng” method of mak-
ing grads silsge, without-the
of molasses or acid preservafivsiL
le molBlBrs eoatstti
requires that the m^lsys eoatsBl
of the chopped msterial he redue-*
May 15.
The regulations declare that the
hose shall be marked with guage
munbeT and celling price If full
ftisliloiied. aad with I,cellkig price
aad number of needlos in circular -
knit. '..:,, -V •- . . -T-
.. ,'nie exact oeUbtf prioos oa ray-
bh'hoed of the various rnagae jre
as foBovs: 89 gaage, 71 |8|nir^
it 9«agB. 75 ee«t«:.45 g«tiMi.11
e^tsi 43-gaage. 86 -U
98, cobU; '54r5.7 gadgn^r