Readins^ of Speedom
eter Required On
Applications
f
In efforts to curtail the
amount of automobile dnv-
inf, rationing officials’ are
now checking mileage rec
ords of all cars when new
or renewal applications are
made for supplemental gas
oline rations.
This effective means of deter
mining the use of black market
gasoline will apply to all applica
tions, rationing officials said, end
is an order from OPA headquar
ters.
Local rationing officials today
pointed out that speedometers on
automobiles must be kept in good
working order and the mileage
must be recorded on tire inspec
tion sheets if the operators are to
receive supplemental rations.
Frequently, it is found that an
automobile has been driven twice
as much as would be possible with
the gasoline rations allowed,
which indicates definitely ■ that
gasoline other than timt allowed
has been obtained and used.
TRUCKS .OHBCKBD—
It was also pointed out today
that many truck operators are not
keeping records of trips, tonnage
and gasoline used as required and
that they may experience serious
trouble in renewal of ODT certi
ficates of war necessity and re
sultant gasoline allowances,
which will be based on the rec
ords kept on the back of certifi
cates.
Truck gasoline for the third
quarter will be reissued entirely
by mail es soon as coupons are
available. There will be no need
for truck operators to call at ra
Honing hoard offices or file an
plicwtion. .Any who have changed
mailing address since the last ra-
Other Gleaning By The Journal-Patriot’s
Sp^ial Reporter
Here’s a question to decide: “Is Lawyer ’Gene Tri-
vetle a better farmer than fisherman’’.
’Gene has e farm down 268 in the vicinity of Roaring
River, and several days ago (A Saturday afternoon, to
be exact), he decided to pay it a visit to see how the
com, beans, and ’taters were doing. His renter was busy
plowing the com in the fertile river bottom land. ’Gene
asked him to let him try a row. He took the plow and
for a short while seemed to be getting along fine. About
the time he reached the end of the long row of com,
his renter, while walking nearby, noticed that ’Gene
was breathing rather heavily, and he suggested that be
had better let him take the plow—which he did.
Looking around while getting back his breath, ’Gene
noticed the renter’s son nearby with a fishing pole and
baVt in his hand all ready to go fishing. “Come on, son,
let’s go’’, ’Gene said. Later ’Gene came marching in
with one catfish (a big one, too), the reward for more
patience and calm than he might have with a jury de
liberating a big murder trial in which he was appear
ing. Back to the question. Here’s our answer: “As a
farmer or fisherman, 'Gene is a better lawyer.’’
Farmers Will Report
Compliance On
Triple A
Glad to see our friend, J. H. Rector, out again after
a week’s illness at his home, corner E and Ninth. Mr.
Rector is the champion lima bean grower of the com
munity. He’s got a new crop under way now. One
year, he says, he picked SO gallons of limas. He raises
the pole variety.
Lawyer who is engaged in the lumber
business as a sideline, is having a nice garage erected at
his home in the western part of Wilkesboro. It’s a two-
story building.
O. K. Pope, one of our best Victory gardeners, told us
Tuesday that he had been enjoying cucumbers and
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FoodStorage
Meet June 22
tion was issued should notify
their ratioi'.lng boards.
.Attention is also called to the
fact that persons who use trucks
for purposes other than specified
in their applications for certifi
cates of war necessity are violat
ing regulations.
W.AKNING ISSlTin—
All trucks seen on the high
ways on Sundays and empty, or
being used for pleasure driving at
any time, will be reported to the
ODT for cancellation of their war
necessity certificates, rationing
officials said.
"A” BOOKS TO
RE'm.AIX GOOD—
‘‘A” gasoline ration books,
which were originally intended to
expire in July, will not expire un-
ihe latter part of November.
In NavaFSchool
‘‘Storage " will be the topic of
a connty-wide meeting to be held
at the Wilkes courthouse on
Tuesday afternoon. June 22, 2:30
o’clock.
The meeting is being called by
J. B. Snipes, county agent, and
.Mrs. Annie H. fireene. nome
agent, to give instructions on food
storage.
H. R. Niswonger. extension
horticulturist, and .Mis.s Pauliiw
Gordon, home management spec
ialist. will conduct the discus
sions.
Storing of canned foods and
vegetables will be discussed and
attendance of all food council
members, nutrition committees,
project leaders, home club mem-
hers and 4-H club members is ur
gently requested. All others in
terested are invited.
Paul Osborne Is
To Head Dokies
Officers of North Wilkes
boro Dokies Club Elect
ed In June Meeting
Paul Osborne, prominent young
business mm who is very active
in civic affairs, was elected pres
ident of trie North Wilkesboro
Dokies club in meeting Friday
night.
Mr. Osliorne succeeds Paul S.
Cragan. who nas Very siiccesstiil-
ly led the clu'i during the past
year,
F'rmk P. Blair whs elected
vice president: John Quincy
Adams, secretary, and Hill Shell,
bazooka.
The club has continued to be
active in civic life in the city
end has mede steady progress de
spite handier ps brought about by
wartime conditions.
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Due to the shortage of
tires, gasoline, and labor,
the responsibility of report
ing performances under the
1943 AAA program is being
left entirely up to the indivi
dual farm operator or his
representative, S. L. Turner,
Triple A secretary, said to
day.
Meetings have been scheduled
in ell communities, and farmers
are urged to go to the nearest
meeting place in their township
to report production practices on
their farms to their local com
munity committeeman who will
assist them in making this report.
It is necessary that all reports oe
completed by July 1.
It is pointed out that farmers
will not only be rendering a pa
triotic duty by attending these
meetings and reporting their com
pliance, but they will be-aftecting
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Of Juniors^ Here
Officers Of North Wilkes
boro Council Elected In
Meeting Held Tuesday
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Davis, of
Pores Knob, observed their
63rd wedtUng anniversary on
January 28, I»4:$. Mr. Davis,
age 82, and >Irs. Davis, age 84,
were marriefl oh January G8,
1880, and have m^’de their
home in WHkes and .Ale.vander
counties all their lives. They
have eight children. 40 grand-
rliildren, and 32 great-grand
children.
State Girard
Rated HigMy
In Inspei^n
Officers Cdn^liment
Local Military
Company
North Wilkesboro com-
p§^'pi Uk
J. B. WilllMns, secretary of
the North Wilkesboro BniUUng
A Loan Association, has hem
appointed a member of the Re-
seardi Board CkMnmittee of the
North CarxMina Bnilding Jt
Ixtan liea^ue for the year 1948-
'44.
Mr. WUHanu is one of the
ontstand B. A Is secretaries of
the state.
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To Begin Revival
At the WiOiesboro
Baptist On Sunday
Rev. Nane Starnes Will Be
Guest Minister for Week’s
Series of Services
Revival services will begin at
Wilkesboro Baptist church on
Sunday, June 20, and will con-
tlnne throngh June 27.
Rev. Howiard J. Ford, pastor,
has announced that Rev. Nane
Starnes, pastor of West AsheviUe
Baptist cdtnreii, will be the
Liont Club’s Contest '
Big Success; 66
Entered
> Judges in the North
Wilkesboro Lions Club’s Vic- ^
tory Garden contest con-
pleted their tough task to
day after th^ had visited
66 splendid gardens and
studied for hours over what
they found.
Finding It impossible to name
the winners in one, two, three
order, the Judging committee de
termined four tied for first ptaco
and four tied tor second. They
recommended that the tour first
prise winners receive 97.M each
and the four second prise wtaners
$5.00 each in dtrislon of the |50
prise money Instead of |2S, 116
and 110 for the first three as
originally announced.
The four Judged es tied tor
first place were Hugh IBAht Dot-
son and J. B. Henderaot, of
Wilkesboro, Dan and Smith find-
son (entered together), sad Mrs.
Z. R. ffiggint, of Norik wnkea-
horo-v
officers who
highly coippli-j jng and insj
M K. ^’ofester, an of
inspiring mesages to the
mented the officers and men I congregations ettendlng.
Monev can fight, buy bonds.
Clay Pardiie was elected coun
cilor of the North "WGlkesboro i
council of the Junior order in
meeting this week.
Mr. Pardue will be installed for
the six-months period beginning
July 1. Other officers elected in
the meeting Tuesday night were
as follows: John Vannoy, vice
councilor; C. A. Oitnter, record
ing secretary; B. F. Bentley, rs
■sistant recording secretary; John
son Sanders, financial secretary;
Northwestern Bank, treasurer;
O. K. Pope, conductor, A. G. An
derson, werden; E. L. Derrick,
inside sentinel; Chrrles Sanders,
outside sentinel; Wade Wallace.
Junior past commander; J. M. j
Rller. G. T. Bare and Wade Wul- |
lace, trustees; B. F. Bentley and i
J. M. Eller, representatives to
State Council; G. T. Bare and R. j
B. Church, alternate representa- i
lives to State Council; H. L. Me- j
chem, chaplein; J. L. Wells.-'Jr., I
assistant chaplain. j
Work in the first and second i
degrees'will be carried out et the I
meeting next Tue.sday night, eight |
o’clock, and a large attendance jf j
as a military company.
Col. D. C. France, U. S. army,
Fort Bragg, and Major A. C.
Henderson, of Hickory. State
Guard officer, made inspection of
the company.
The officers commented that
the great need of the North
Wilkesboro company is a larger
number of men.
Captain Harry Pearson, com
manding officer of the company,
will be glad to receive applica-|,
tions for enlistment from men up
to fifty yesrs of age,
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Services will be held each even
ing at eight o’clock. A brief ser
vice of 30 mlnuutes will be held
each morning at 10:30.
The daily vacation Bible school
will hlso be held et the church
next week, beginning each morn
ing at 8:30 a. ra.
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I Prises will be awarded at the
I Lions Club meeting at Hotel
School Building
Erection Begun
members is desired.
State Tax N®ws
J. R. Rous-seaii, state deput.v
collector, issued tlie follotviiig
statement lolay:
“Stiite seliedule It speeial li-
een-e taxes beeanie due .June
1st. Penalty will be added for
non-pa.vnient after June.
“Persons dealing in real es-
tiRe as a business must have
speeial state tieense, payment
to be made tli's month.
“.All persons receiving blanks
for sale,s tax and special license
tax iwymients must bring blanks
to my office wlien iKvyment is
made. Tliese blanks are mail
ed frf>m Raleigh. Please bring
them with you when you pay
your .sales tax or schedule
tax.’’
; Five Room Frame Structure
At Roaring River Re
places One Burned
Construction of a five-room
' frame school building at Roaring
! River Is now under way. it was
learned today from C. B. Eller,
'county superintendent of schools,
i The building is being erected
to replace the old frame building
which was destroyed by fire Irst
year.
The new building will have five
classrooms and is being erected
at a cost of about ?5,000.
: Smithey Brothers are contrac
tors for erection of the building.
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Wilkes Friday evening, sevea
o’clock.
The Judges were J. B. McCoy,
John Boyles, Mack Moore and J.
B. Snipes.
The judging committee was
high in its praise of the many
splendid gardens visited and
warmly complimented the citizen
ship of the Wilkesboros for their
diligent and successful efforts to
produce food for victory.
The contest was sponsored and
financed by the Lions Club to
stimulate iuterest in food produc
tion in this community.
Names of late entrants in the-
contest and which had not been
published are W. F. Blair, Paul
Greene, Mrs. Johnson J. Hayes
and Robert M. Gamblil.
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B
The population of the 13 Amer
ican colonies in .1688 was about
200,000.
In Mississippi
At Salt Lake City
PARSONS BROTHERS IN THE SERVICE
About 40 percent of the calories
in the food we eat comes from
meat and livestock products. Milk,
dairy products, pork and lard
make up three-fourths of this
group.
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Rations
BLUE STAMPS—
(For canned, frozen and cer
tain dehydrated foods)
Blue stamps K, Ia M are good
until July 7.
gefinati Second Class Grover
O. JtltOktntery, son of Mr. and
Mn. G. C. McGlamery. of Mil
lers Creek, enlisted In the navy
on November 15. 1942. He re
ceived his basic training at Nor
folk, V»- nnd Is now stationed
at the D. 6. N>val ah- staUon
Aero^sphemi Training
at totohunt, N. JF,
COFFEE—
stamp No. S4 War Ratioa
Book One, good for one pound
of (offec, became valid May Si
and Is good through June.
GASOLINE—
“il” book coupons No. 5 good
for three gallons each each nr
mnst I:i8t till July 21.
RED STAMPS—
(For meat products, cta.-oak
' fish, noat edible oils and beedp
es). a '2
Bet! Stomps “J”,
“RF’, rood through Junt.
School
rpr. Manley iz iLatSkiqf, son
of Mr. und Mrs. J. .A. Lackey,
was inducted into the army on
Septembw 14, 1942. He re
ceived his basic training at
Camp Croft, S. C., and was sent
to Camp McCain,- Miss., .where
be Is now stationed and 1» lik
ing fine. '/-f...
Hgt. George C. Shew, son of
Mr. »nd Mrs. J. B.'Shew, of
North "Wilkesboro, is stationed
at the army air base at Salt
lake City, Ctaii. 8^. Shew,
who entered the army on April
14, 1943, has an excellent ser
vice record.
Three aoti* of iMIr.' end Mrs. T. J. Pir*
sons, of Boomer, are making good rec
ords in the armed forces. At left is Leon
ard Parsons, a secemd class petty officer
in tfie navy 'who has seen action in eight
battles. Recently he came from Aus
tralia to enter a navsd school in Philedel-
He enlisted in 1939.''In the cen
ter is CpL Robinette Parsons, who volun
teered for anny service in Bi»f«h,i 1943i j
and is now *t Fort Texas.-^ ^
Thoaniu Parsons, right, was inductod in>v
to the artny in Jaanary» *•
sUtioned at Camp Gordon^ Georgia.
SHOES—
Nc 18 S amp in War fiatUm
Book, Dna ?ood for one p*lr ^
throitgt Os' >ber Slst.
SUGAR- ' ;
vest'll No. !»,■ good for B -s
beowMs ysBd 9me t;7 '
* F. «nd to good UirOiiaht Aogeot
‘-f Sbuapa Nos. 18 andtill fc ,
, Wsr Ration Book One now am
valid" for s pounds of mgnr
each, for nso ia hbeie innelng „ '
Tbby are good throngh Octotor
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