j;^Farmer*,Fceder» May
Buy Wheat Fof
Feed Needs
Eight carloads of govern*
ment wheat have arrived at
the North Wiikesboro depot
and is available to Wilkes
farmers and livestock feed
ers for feed purposes only,
S. L. Turner, executive offi
cer of the Wilkes Triple A,
said today.
In the shipment are 720,000
pounds, which is equivalent to
13,000 bushels.
Price of the wheat is $1.11 per
bushel in the cars, or $1.14 af
ter It Is unioaded into bins near
the tracks.
Mr. Turner explained thal cer
tified checks or money orders
should be made payable to Com
modity Credit Corporation. Kan
sas City, Mo.
Previous shipments of govern-
jnent wheat did much to alleviate
the feed shortage in this area, es
pecially for poultry men. The 9,-
000 bushels in previous shipments
were taken rapidly by farmers and
livestock feeders.
Mr. Turner said that six more
oarloads of wheat had beep order
ed by the Triple A and' should
reach North Wiikesboro during
the second week in June.
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In War Materials
Mining Expert Here Looking
for Quantifies of Trans
parent Quartz Crystals
KEV. W. NO.\H H.1YES
Rev. W. Noah Hayes, of this
city, a well known Baptist min
ister In this part of the state,
received a hijgh honor In the re
cent communication of the Ma
sonic Grand Lodge of North
Carolina when he was appoint
ed Assistant Grand Ohaj^aln of
the Grand I.odge.
Rev. Mr. Hayes has been a
Mason over a period of many
years and Is now ciiaplaln of
Libeity Ixidge number 4i5 in
Wiikesboro, which Is one of the
oldest lodges in the state. %
.Many friends of Rev. Mr.
Mayes are deilgtited to learn
tliat he was selected frAm
gmong thoit^a^ds of eligible
Masons for this high honor in
the Grand Lodge in the state.
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In the commencement ex
ercises Thursday evening,
eight o’clock. North Wilkes-
■ boro school will be awarded
the “Schools At War” flag.
This special government award
is for schools in war time what
the Army-Navy E is to industry,
and denotes excellent coopera
tion in the war effort and a maxi
mum of war activities for victory
over the axis.
In purchase of bonds and
stamps the school has.a mest out
standing record. Purchases by
students and teachers since the
bonds and stainps went on sale
total $2,'5,866.45, Paul S. Cragan,
superintendent, said today.
More than 90 percent of the to
tal of students and teachers have
been purchasing bonds and stamps
regularly on a monthly basis and
that is one of the requirements
fer receiving the ‘Schools At War'
flag. In order to get this award,
the school mu.st also participate In
other war activities, such as the
very successful scrap drive which
gained Impetus locally through
the school.
J. R. Hlx, war bond sale chair
man for Wilkes county, will pre
sent the ‘‘Schools At War” flag
in the commencement exercises.
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Contest
A mining expert here a few days j
ago made inquiries about the i
presence of quartz crystals in
Wilkes end adjoining counties.
He stated thet transparent
quartz crystals of adequate size
are -needed in the manufacture
of war matarisls and that persons
who have properties containing
suitable quartz will find it profi-
^table to develop them at once.
7 While here the mining expert
conferred with John Wallace at
Wilkes Tire Store and asked Mr.
Wallace to a’seertain if possible
the location of any transparent
quartz deposits in the county.
Persons who know the location
of the desired type of quartz are
urged to contact Mr. Wallace et
once in order that he may pass an
the Information to the mining en
gineer, who will visit the locations
reported.
$50 In Prizes; June 15
Deadline For
Entry
District Meeting
Of Masons Friday
Local Lodge Will Be Ho»t To
Meeting of 33rd District
Here Friday Evening
Forty-three residents of
North Wiikesboro and Wiik
esboro have entered their
gardens in the North Wiikes
boro Lions Club’s Victory
Garden contest in competi
tion for the $50 in cash
prizes, L. L. Carpenter, con
test chairman, reported to
day.
Prizes in the conte.«t will be
$25, $15 and $10 for the three
best gardens in the corporate
limits of North Wiikesboro *or
Wiikesboro and keen competition
is expected.
Mr. Carpenter announced that
others may enter their gardens
before June 15, et which time a
committee from the club will vis
it the gardens and select the win
ner. Blanks may be obtained‘at
drug or hardware stores.
Names of the 43 who have en
tered the contest follow: .
North Wiikesboro Lodge No.
407. A. F. and A. M., will be host
to a district meeting of the 33rd
Masonic District at Ite regular
meeting Friday evening. May 23,
Ge§. P. Johnson, blaster of the
lofl^e, stated today.
In edditlcn to the regular bus
iness. District Deputy Grand Mas
ter! from the Wiikesboro, States
ville and Lenoir districts, also the
Assistant Grand Chaplain will be
Installed. Most Worshipful Grand
Master James W. Payne, of Salis
bury, will be in charge of the in
stallation ceremonies. Past Grand
Master Giles Hudson, of Salisbury,
and Assistant Grand Lecturer, Ji
F. Marguette, ol Statesville, are
expected to be present;
iThe members of the Eastern
win serve a most appetizing
dlBBer at 6:30 after which the
Lodge will open at 8; 00 o’clock for
the regular meeting, followed by
the district meeting.
Brerr Master Mason has a cor
dial Invltatlon-to attend.
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Restrictions on thejcanufacture
of household furniture save 286,-
4100 tons of critical mjetals a year
Ib jtfaa United States.
North Wiikesboro
O. K. Pope, 823 D SL
Mr.s, E. B. Eller, P Street.
Mrs. ft. C. Kilby. 305 D St.
Harrison Glenn, 926 A St.
Mrs. Annie Anderson, 301 C St.
Mrs. Ethel James and Mrs. A.
C. Chamberlain, Finley Park.
B. F. Bentley. 409 E St.
Will Obey. Woodlawn.
FTed Gaddy, 1202 Trodgen.
0. H. Bracey, 9th St.
T. G. McLaughlin, Finley Park.
Dan Lfidson, Jr., and Smith
Hudson, J St.
Robt. S. Gibbs. 1204 B St.
Carl S. Bumgarner, 811 Hin-
shaw St.
C. A. Forester, 401 E St.
J. B. Snipes. 1009 F St.
Harvel Howell, 509 10th St.
W. E. Pharr, Cherry St
A. C. Waggoner, 407 6th St.
R. M, Brame, Sr., 9th St,
W. a McNelL 305 4th St
R. J. Hinshaw, Kensington
Drive.
J. D. Schaefer. 411 D St
C. B. Eller.^01 D St.
H. b. Mecham.
G. W. Sebastian, Kensington.
A. E. Spalnhoui. Kenalngtoa.
T. D. Bush, Sr.
K. E. Gtbbs, D St.
Mrs. Z. R. Higgins, 1010 K St.
(Continued on page eight)
Ronnie Wycofl told navy offleen
he was 16, and a midget, In order to
get a seafarer’s job. When L. D.
Boyd showed the five-year-old lad
how much he lacked in atatnre ht
changed hia mind.
The streets on Saturdey, 'May
29, - will be full of volunteer
workers selling Popples for the
disabled veterans of the World
War and of the present war.
Mrs. Richard Finley. Poppy
chairman, said today thet the
members of the American Legion
Auxiliary will be responsible for
calling on the homes and that the
business district will be worked
by volunteer workers who are in
terested In the work of the Auxi
liary but ere not members.
On Saturday morning the busi
ness district will be covered by
members of fhe Jug Club, a social
club of high school girls. On Sat
urday afternoon the members of
!the Ward Eshelman Club of the
_ Wilkes Hosiery Mills whb will sell
lare: Fern Jones, Lula Belle
Myers, Dell Wyatt, Dare Johnson,
Thelma Wayner, Ada Sue Van-
noy, Erby Ferguson, Mae McGin
nis, Odrie Walsh, Lydia Kerley,
Madge Shumate, Ruth Stanley,
Bernice Davis, Ruby Turner, El
la Alexander and Marie Richard
son. .
Associational
S. S. Convention
How the memorial poppies to
be worn to honor the war dead on
Poppy Day next Saturday will
bring help to war’s living citizens
was explained today by Mrs. An
drew Kilby, child welfare chair
man cf the American
Cpl. Luther C,. Willard, son
of Mr. and Mi;s. L. G. Willard,
of Wiikesboro, was inducted In
to the service on August 81,
1042, and is now s^Hloned in
the quartermaster corps at
Camp Croft, S. C. Qpl. Willard
has a good serrica record. Prior
to his induction he held a po
sition with Wilkes Hosiery Mills
company here.
Methods Of
KeepihgFood
Miss AdHie Malone It
To Give a Canning
Demonstration
Mrs; Kilby
volunteer workers who
London, Thursday — Russian
troops hav'e thrown beck strong
German attacks, one made under
cover of artificial fog. on the
Donets River and Kuban fronts,
the Russian midnight communique
said today, and Germany reported
the Red Army was attacking
fiercely on two northern fronts.
It was in the Lisiebansk sector
of the Donets front that the Ger
mans mrde their artificial fog et-
tack. trying to cross to the Rus-
sion-held side, the midnight com
munique said as recorded from
the Moscow radio.
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The Brushy Mountain Associa- tribute the poppies on the streets
tional Sunday school meeting {here Saturday. She said:
will be held with Pilgrim church
on Friday evening at 8:00 o’clock,
June 11. Each church in the as
sociation is expected to have rep
resentatives present including of
ficers and teachers of the Sunday
A Food Preservation
Workshop, which will give
all an opportunity to learn
the best afiproved methods
of keeping" food for later
use, will be held at the Lib
erty Theatre on Tuesday,
WednesdWy and Thursday,
June 8, 9 and 10.'
Announcement of the food
workshop course was made today
by Mrs. Annie H. Greene, WllkM
home demonstration agent, who
made the arrangbments for the
three-day event, which will begin
each morning at 9:30 and con-
tinOb for two hours.
Miss Addle Malone, home ser
vice specialist of Duke Power
company,, will conduct demonstra
tions each day on latest methods
of pressure cooker canning, hot
water bath canning and drying_
of foods. Miss Malone is well
known here as a home economist
I 'I hope everyone understands
; what becomes of the coins they
contribute when they take a pOppy
from an Auxiliary worker. I wish
everyone could know the need for
I those contributions, especially
NEXT TO LAST
JAP POCKET
ON ATTU HIT
school and any other persons ' .year when the war is increas-
from the church who are interest-1 i»ig that need so greatly,
ed in having-a more progressive i ]g^. that every
Sunday school. j penny of the money paid for pop-
The program will consist of | pies goes into the rehabilitation ^
short talks and discussions on! and welfare work of the American
progressive methods for improv-1 Legion and Auxiliary, and because
ing Sunday school work. ! this work is performed by yolun-
Sunday
Will Be Held May 30
At 7 o’clock, At
Marker Here
The election of associational
officers will be held at this time.
Announcement of the meeting
was made here by T. E. Story,
moderator of the association, and
C. B. Eller, associational Sunday
school superintendent.
Washington. — American Army
troops with bomber and fighter
support have wiped out one of
three Jap pockets of resistance on
fog shrouded Attn and are pound
ing a second, the Navy reported
yesterday.
It had no comment on a Vichy
radio report quoting a Tokyo
naval spokesman as saying a giant
naval battle was raging in the wat
ers north of
The communique also revealed
new aerial blows by navy filers
in the Southwest Pacific and re
ported the destruction—'by Amer
ican gunfire—of ihe 1,333-ton na
val auxiliary Niagara after it sus
tained "considerable damage” in
Jap bombing attack off San Cristo
bal Island south of Guadalcanal.
Miss Johnson s
Talent Attracts
(Charlotte Observer, May 23)
Soldiers from Morris Field were
so impressed by the water-color
paintings of Miss Vivian Johnson,
Charlotte Victory Belle who ex
hibited last Sunday at the Armory-
Auditorium, that they have asked
her to show her work at their art
clashes Tuesday night.
Miss Johnson studied art in
Bermuda, and many of her paint
ings are of Bermuda scenes. She
also works In oils. She will be ac
companied to the classes Tuesday
night by Mrs. Merle Ramsey, di
rector of defense recreation.
Miss Jdhnson is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Johnson,
formerly of Wfl^esbOro. Her
brother, Wm. O. Johnson, is now
a resident of this city-
Revival Is
To Begin
On Sunday
teers, it goes a very long way.
‘‘Disabled veterans and children
left fatherless by war are the spe
cial concern of the Legion and
Auxiliary. It is' for them the pop
py dimes and dollars are given, not
so much for their material needs
as for their human needs,
‘‘Only the billions of the gov
ernment can bring adequate relief
to the nation’s disabled defenders
Memorial service in honor
of those who have made the
supreme sacrifice in wars of
American history will be
held at the marker on Memo
rial Avenue here Sunday,
May 30, seven p. m.
W. C.. Grier, commander of the
Wilkes post of the .American Le
gion. will be in charge of the exer-
v^l be hdid under sdsplees of the
Civilian Service corps of Civilian
Defense, of which Mrs. W. E.
Jones, of this city, is chairman.
The three-day event will be
sponsored by The Liberty Thea
tre, Duke Power company and The
Journal Patriot.
Object of the Food Preservation
Workshop is to teach by demon
stration the methods of conserva
tion of food in the home for later
use. In this connection the spon-.
sors point out that if victory gar
dens are to be of maximum bene
fit to the war effort thot vege
tables and fruits must be canned,
dried or otherwise preserved for
use rfter the growing season.
In making these demonstra
tions available to the public, the
sponsors urge thel every house
wife and others interested make
plans now to attend at lerst one
of the three, sessions. It is open
to all, and a cordial invitation is
extended >tll to attend.
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and their families, but there are cises and the principal address
things which the government withjwill be by Rev. Louis J Yelan
all of its Mlions cannot do. Glendale Spring.,'
cannot provide the understanding- *
Wiikesboro Revival
To Begin June 9th
A series of services will begin
at the Wiikesboro Methodist
aid and personal attention that so] Assembly will be blown by An- church on Wednesday night.
A series of prhyer services
have been held throughout
North Wiikesboro this week
in preparation for the revi
val services which will begin
on Sunday, May 30, and con
tinue through June 9 at the
North Wiikesboro First
Methodist cLurch.
Guest ministers for the revival
wHl be Rev. C. P. Bowles, pastor
of the Wadesboro Methodist
church, who will do the.pfeich-
ing, end Rev. R. W. McCulley, of
Lenoir, who will direct the music.
often are such a big factor in ai*!*’®''’ Johnson, followed by-sing- June 9th, and will continue for
disabled man’s rehabilitation; and
which so often hold his family to
gether .until he is able to return
home.
‘‘This the Legion and Auxiliary
are doing with the help of the
money you 'give on Poppy Day.
By wearing a poppy you aid the
disabled as well as honor the
dead”.
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Further an-
Ing of ‘‘America ’; ana prayer
Dr. John W. Kincheloe, Jr. ' ^ nouncement will be made later by
Wreaths will be placed on the
UveTof‘thT?n ’’"^^'^‘’'■^"'''‘‘■iheld on the charge Sunday
lives of the followine
Public Assistance
Total Is $9,000.50
of the following organiza
tions: Daughters of the American I
Revolution, by Miss Ruby Black
burn; Daughters of the Confed-J
eracy, Mrs. Floyd Jennings;
Spanfsh-Amerlcan war, Mrs. R. E.
j Walters; American Legion and
Auxiliary, Miss Toby Turner:
! World Wer number 2,
Katherine Finley.
! the pastor, Rev. Fred H. Shinn.
I No preaching services will be
Rev.
Four Wildes Boys
Go In U. S. Navy
Ne«4y Aged, Dependent
Children and Blind Re
ceive'Month’s Grants
Public assistance grants
to
Both are outstanding In ability | needy aged, dependent children
and it is expected that they will and blind in Wilkes county to-
be beard with much Interest by|taled $9,000.50 this month, ac-
the people of this city and sur-j cording to a rejlort given by the
rounding communities. , Wilkes county board of welfare
Services will be held at the . in regular monthly meeting,
church every evening, eight j P. J. Brame, chalr^n, presld-
o’clock, except Saturday. Mom- ed at the meeting. Other mem.-
in« services will be held Jane 1, bers of the board are .Dr. J. G.,
Following the address will be a'i
Mis-i j Recruiting Officer Spending
Wednesdays, Thursdays,
song, "Blest Be the Tie That
Binds," benediction by Rev. A. C.
ggoner and
Johnson.
The public has a cordial invita
tion to the service.
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and Fridays Here
48 Graduate At
2, 3 and 4 at the North Wiikes
boro town hall from 8:00 to 8:25
a. m.
A cordial invttatlon is extended
to all to attend the services.
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the Local SchgoJ
Students Will Ctarjr Out
Oavn . Program At City
-- HUfh Schorf Tpiufht
Bentley and F. C. Jbhnson.
Thirty-seven cases were pre
sented to the boanftv-bFJtrs. Ines ^ ^
Bowles. Mrs. A^.jHT&bwy and Mra.| ' DlPlomaa of high school irsd-
W. R. Alisher, of the weUare de- uaUon will b« presented te a ck#
Eight hundred prefabricated
wooden barracks are to be made
by a Norwegian firm for the usd
of men called UP in 1948 who will
he employed in the forests.of Swe
den.
prrtment.
Cf the $9,000.60 In public as
sistance grants, |fi,8ifi.S0 went lo
709 needy aged people; $3,171
went to 146 families with depend-
A. muA 41 Miait eases
of 4$ seniors at the North Wtlkei-
boro high school. gradnatioK to-
night, eight o’clock...5. . 'i'
■ ¥ho seniors Will carry out'their
pro'gram, which will be based
around s patriotic theme with the
Four Wilkes men were accept-
taps by Andrew' ®d Ir'to the navy during the past
week. Joseph E. Huffman, navy
recruiting officer here, said to
day.
They were' D. B. Yptes, of Pur-
lear; R. J. Spears, of Buck; Clste
Billings, of North Wiikesboro:
and Meek Johnston, of North
.Wiikesboro.
The young men, all age 17,
have been sworn In and have been
assigned to the naval training sta
tion at Balnbrldge. Md.
In addition to the four accept-
ed. the recruiting officer tao^ 11
■ap^festiona of men interested iar
enSi^ in the Sesbeeo.
Reciter Hnftmsn^ 'spends
Wednesdays. Thnrsdays and Frl>
^ys oi each week at the North
Wilkssboro poatoffice fntervleir*
Ing men interested tn sniNdng 1«
the navy »a« waamn ss^ng la*.