les Rained Out
But Enthusiasm
Runs High
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Although rain has forced
postponment of boys’ soft-
ball gsunes in the newly
formed “small fry” league
here, enthusiasm on the part
of the hoys has not been
dampened.
In the one game which had
been played up to yesterday, the
East Slders from the Woodlawn
part of town defeated the Middle-
busters by the ve:y close margin
of 16 to 15.
In addition to playing a good
game, the boys from 14 years of
age on down below the ’teens dis
played a brand of sportsmanship
which was pleasing to the spon
sors.
To afford recreation to boys of
the city, a group of men from the
Presbyterian, Methodist and
First Baptist churches here re
cently sponsored organization of
a softball league for the young
sters and over 60 reported- for
the first day of practice when
three teams were formed to rep
resent three divisions of the town.
A team is expected from Wllkes-
boro and a schedule will be form
ed.
A committee of men is super
vising the play for each team and
St. Sgt. A. Bruce PhJUipe,
son of Mr. and Mm. G. W. Phll-
Ui>8, 1000 D St., North WUkes-
boro, has recently been award
ed a medal for his achievement
in aerial flying over India,
Burma and China, carrying sup
plies to (-lUna. He made more
than 25 trips from December 2,
until February 20th in an un
armed plane. The enemy was ex
pected at any time. Sgt. Phil
lips has been stationed In India
for more than a year and writes
his parents that he Is getting
along fine.
Will Vote On
Quotas for Flue
Cured Tobacco
North Carolina farmers will
vote on flue-cured tobacco mar
keting quotas for the 1944 crop,
r--., —- or for the three-year period 1944-
parents are urged to encourage ] 4^ referendum to be held on
. their boys to participate - . . .
Kncdgn li^helton O. Oaatcr,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl A.
Canter, of WUkesboro, left Sat
urday to report for duty at Nor
folk, Va., after spending a feu-
days at home following his
graduation from naval offlcers
school at Northwestern Univer
sity, Cfdcago, where he received
his commission two weeks ago.
Unsign Canter graduated tlits
year at Wake Forest College
and immediately entered naval
officers sdiool.
Crane Will
Be Ordained
Here Sunday
Games will be played on the
park diamond ev,ery Mondy^and
Bible School At
Woodlawn Is To
Saturday, July 24, in occordance
with War Food Administration
Ordination Service At
North Wilkesboro
Presbjfterian
At the North WUkesboro
Latest news dispatdbcm
from the Ruttian front today
indicated that the big^ Ger
man drive bad been repuls
ed and that the Russian ar
my was on the initiative all
the way along the long
front.
German. drive on the
Kursk front was repulsed
with exceedingly heavy
losses, Russian news said to
day.
London.—Germany’s offensive
on the 90-mlle Orel-Kursk stretch
of the eastern front subsided
Tuesday and the enemy lost 96
tanks in vain thrusts in the Bel
gorod area 80 miles to the south,
a Russian communique said todey.
It was not yet clear whether the
Germans ha-d abandoned their of
fensive on the Oref-Kursk line af
ter nine days of some of the cost
liest fighting Of the war or wheth
er they were regrouping for a new
.start, as minor attacks continued.
But the offensive at the north
ern end of the line had stalled
and Moscow jdlspatches reported
that tha Rusalans had recovered
much of'^he ground the|Ll9ki lu
In^ortant Posts
TfdKD By ^Iks
h Uand Drive
Two sons of Mr. and Mrs. Roby Elledge, of Union
Grove, are in service overseas. Sgt; Claude Elledge,
left, is fighting Japs in New Guinea. He volunteered in
October, 1940. Pfc. Clinton Elledge, right, volunteered
in June, 1940, and is now with American forces in
Tunisia.
Detached Shoe Coupons
Worthless, ftPA States
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[alTil' "state College.
National marketing quotas and
state acreage allotments will be
the same as in 1943, with similar
FWM-v. — — I provisions for adjustments as have
Be«n July 19th' prevailed in the past, it was ex-
® ^ plained. Before the quotas can
become effective they must he ap
proved ly a two-thirds majority
of all eligible farmers voting.
■\i a meeting held in Raleigh,
July 14, representatives of all the
agricultural agencies in the state,
warehousemen. bankers. mer
chants. and other groups allied
with agriculture expressed the
opinion that the present market
ing quota.s should be continued by
all means in the interest of th"e
At a meeting of representa
tives of the Presbyterian, Baptist,
and Methodist churches last Sun
day afternoon, plans were made
for conducting a one-week ‘‘Va-
'-ation Bible School” at the Wood
land Community House for the
children of the Woodlawn com
munity. Miss Beatrice Perrson
was unanimously elected to he the
general superintendent of the
Her department superin
school. Her ^ farmer and all business connected
‘"t?d"fVm av^ilabltlders in with agricuiture in North Caro-
several churches. Miss Pear
son is well qualified as superin
tendent for the school, having
successfully conducted other Bible
schools previously.
The Woodlawn Bible school will
be held Monday to Friday. July
19-29, from 8:30 a. ra. to 11:00
a.' m. each day. The daily sche
dules will include Bible study,
character stories, music, hand
work. and recreation. Refresh-
with agriculture
lina.
Dean I. O. Schuab of State Col
lege said: “It would be a great
calamity for the farmers of North
Carolina and the state as a whole
if quotas were discontinued at
this time and growers were al
lowed to plant an unlimited acre
age of tobacco. Prices would
probably drop to a very low fig
ure and It would be years before
the state could recover from the
wora. Shock. Also, we musl mrinbain
to" ™», ro.. ..d ,..d
the school.
A weekly Sunday school is con
ducted by the churches of the
community at the Woodlawn
House on Sunday afternoons at
2-30 o’clock. The Vacation Bible
iehool next week Is one of sev
eral additional projects which the
churches are planning for the an-'
nual calendar of activities there.
Chfldten of the Woodlawn com
munity are given a special Invita
tion to attend the Sunday school
this Sunday and the Bible school
which begins on Monday morning. •
crops in winning the war.” Com
missioner W. Kerr Scott and Gov,
J. MelTllle Broughton heartily
concurred in this statement.
In North Africa
___ _ ,'^tire .
Mr. Sidney D. Crane, will be or
dained to the ministry of the
Presbytei;lan church in the United
States by a commission from Win
ston Salem Presbytery.
The members of the commis-
^ion will be Rev. P. J. Oerrison,
of Lee Memorial Presbyterian
church. Winston-Salem; Dr. J. W.
Witherspoon, of the First Pres
byterian church. r,e11ngton; Rev.
B. A. Meeks, of the Presbyterian
church, Jefferson: Rev. R. L. Ber
ry, of the Presbyterian church.
Sparta; and Elders J. R. Finley
and Pat M. Williams, of the
North WUkesboro Presbyterian
church.
Mr. Garrison will preiiide and
propound the necessf'ry questions
to the minister and the congrega
tion; Dr. Witherspoon will deliver
the ordination sermon; and Mr,
■Vleeks will deliver the charge to
the congregation.
The remaining members of the
commission will join these three
ministers in the layingXon of the
hands of the presbytery.'symbollv-
Ing thereby the setting apart of
the candidacy to the Presbyterian
ministry.
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To Begin Revival
At Union Church
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To Attend Meeting
OfN. C. Press Group
Several members of the Car-
ter-»ibbard Publishing Co., and
members of the staff of T^
Journal-Patriot are ' planning to
attend the annnal convention of
the North Carolina Press Ass^la-
tlon which will be held In Win
ston-Salem today, tomorrow and
gatnrday.
; V
mg demand for ferrets *risi^
soaring prices for rabbit
skins bnr? caused record sales in
Anstiwlie wth jumpintf
to SS
Revival services will begin ot
Union church at Wllbar on Sun
day, July 16. Rev. W. T. Whit
tington, pastor of the First Bap
tist church at West Jefferson, will
assist the pastor, Rev. J. E. Hayes,
in the revival. The public is cor-
I dially invited to attend the ser
vices. 
I "i RnWorod (Hrec 1*’°*^** dealers and the public against chasing a pair of shoes unless the
nfantry in ' the use of loose coupons for the customer presents his War Ration
„ H H “in S! i P“r‘=hase of footwear. I.book 1 and his special shoe stamp
said as recorded here. in tne i
Allied fmttes are maldot
rapid headway in the inwa-
tmn ’-of Bfeiiy ahd ddHn|f the
pa*t 24 hears hawe cilpM^
many important points.
With the Axis admitting
reverses. Allied comrauni-
que« stated that Augusta
had been taken and that
troops were advancing , on
Catomia, a big naval base.
However, sterner opposition
.was met eis troops moved farther
inland on Italy’s big island where
naval guns did not reach with
their protective bombardment.
The Allies have captured Ra-
giisa, largest city in Sicily, and at
one point Americans had advanc
ed 30 miles inland.
Meanwhile, allied air power
was. continually making itself felt
against the enemy. In 24 hours
32 axis planes were shot down
against the loss of seven for the
Allies. Two freighter ships were
destroyed by bombing and great
damage was done to railways and
equipment.
The Allied 15th Army* group
moved swiftly toward the heart
— of Sicily and along its coast last
nlnht n|tan.Aftoctln« InwAn
>f the fiTaon to whom ft ing near Catania and couqnering
^ ■ ■ the southeast comer of the Itali
Orel-Kursk directions the enemy I . The No. 18 coupon in War Ra-j when purchasing shoes with the
Urei-KursK airecuons luk euciuj i i : r7\^ V ^ ^
during the day did not launch a ition Book 1, which may oe used I stamp.
larep offensive” purchase shoes until October! Loose shoe stamps may only be
® 31, is worthless if detached, OPA jused in ordering shoes through the
I emphasized. (United States mail. Where a mail
i Merchants have been instructed | order house is unable to till 'sn
I that in cases where they find it 1 order, it will keep .the stamp and
necessary to refund e ration stamp j mail “OPA-R?1708” btek to the
in connection with the sale of, customer.
shoes, they are to give the custq-1 The OPA has sent letters to all
mer a special shoe stamp known I dealers throughout the district
as ”OPA-R 1708’’. The merchant! stating that the regulation against
must date this stamp at the time | accepting loose coupons will be
it Is issued to the customer, and,strldtly enforced.
Watson Member
Crew of Helena
Ernest D. Watson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. O. M. Watson, of Sum-
iiiit, was a member of the crew
of the U. S. 8. Helena, a cruiser
which was sunk hj- the Jap-
ane.se in the recent navy battle
in the Solomons.
Ernest’s father said today
that he hud not lieard any news
of his .son since the sinking but
was in good heart that his son
was saved.
Ernest has been in the navj’
since before Pearl Harbor and
hJs' ship was hit In the Pearl
Harbor attack.
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'Union Services
j Selective Servfce
Officials Visit Here
||||» /kfli' Major Thomas Upton, of statj
Uvglll •FlilJ , Selective Service headquarters in
— R.ileigh, and Captain Luther O.
After Sunday, July 18th, the | Hinson, commanding officer of
I Methodist, Presbyterian, and First I the Camp Croft, S. C., induction
Baptist churches will cooperate in.center, met with members of the
Union Sunda}' evening worship j two Selective Service boards ir.
'services for the last six Sunday Wilkes and their clerks on Mon-
• evenings of the summer, in ac-'day night. Problems of mutna!
cordance with the custom of the interest were discussed by the ar
past sevenal summers.
Millers Greek Home *! The first of the Union services
Club M_^ Monday w.u he
?®tl'”nwin m°e”t ^iTh wif^b^hTld irtL^iu^ltorium^^f j
S'vin Odudlll at her home on each of the participating churche..
my officers and
boards.
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members of the
BUY MORE WAR BONDS
In the Army
M Jv Juirii at 2:30 P m. during the six weeks period, and
Mon^y* July , . win hnvA n. rotation
an Island with the captnre of Au
gusta, Rangusa and Palazzolo.
The British Eighth Army was
advancing astride the main east
coast road from Augusta to Cata
nia. Its 19-mlle gain overnight
was too slow, however, so a wat
er-borne force swamped ashore
near Catania, halfw.ay up the is
land to the Messina Straits.
(The London radio in a broad
cast recorded by NBC quoted
Italian sources as “admitting that
Allied ships are now in the road
steads at Catania.”)
The Allies were 20 miles inland
and curled 150 miles around the
south and east coast. The U. S.
tf-venth Army advanced north of
Gela after hurling back a counter
attack that pierced thelV lines and
penetrated to the beaches. The
large Comiso airdrome near Ragu-
sa was imminently periled by Al
lied troops on Its outskirts.
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Twelve 'Tyrrell county growers
recently sold 108 lambs tor
$968.76, the best cooperative sale
ever made in thjs section, reports
County Agent H. H. Hamiss.
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Ratkws
All members are i^rged to be
present and new ones Invited.
On Maneuvers
Baptists And
Wiikesboro Are
Winners Gaines
War yoo4^. ASministrstion
kaJ fiiiuniiritir -sn iacrease of 1
- cant a boAA in toe national avw-
I- age of
r ' Tic nt6 to
Pvt. Glenn Roten is In North
Africa, according to a letter re
ceived paiWts, Mr, and
MW; OMden Ratea, of
He tedneted into toe
Jaa. 9S, IMS, end reealvetl Ua
iMUde tieinlag «t Fort Snstts,
Virgiitoi. He saM in hii letter
that he^amr aome Stemttfalt.-
thl^ on Ue tt!^ to AMca. Be
add tell all his, frleads lB>r
mStoe to wrtte hfaa.
WUkesboro won another game
in the churches' softball league
i 'Tuesday evening to* bike a more
commanding lead in the league
standing for the first half, which
the W|Ikesboro team has already
won.
The score was 16 to 1 In favor,
of WUkesboro over the Presby
terians, who were unable to solve
Mack Reavis’ hurling.
On ^Tuesday the Baptists pkiy-
ed: ot^standli^' gamp to, wi
dvf$’’^e-j^thodlptB. niaa to jtifb,
ths l^i^ts and ^re»aytariaaa.-i^ rvt.
suited In a. five to three deetelon
In favor of the Baptists.,
the pastors will have a rotation
schedule for the leadership of the
services on consecutive Sundays.
The three congregations wllT wor
ship in the same church on speci
fied Sunday evenings.
'The schedule for the Union ser
vices this summer is as follows;
Jnly 25—'Presbyterian minister
at Baptist church'. -i
'August 1—'Methodist minister
at Presbyterian church.
August 8—-Baptist minister at
Methodist church.
August 15—Methodist minister
at Baptist church. , *
August 22—Baptist minister gt
Presbyterian church* •'
August 29—Presbytortan min
ister at Methodist church.
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STANDINGS ^
CInirdbto’ T3in$
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CUttatA
■torn of
Mr. i^d C. A. YMcsaw, of
Saving food U one of the most
effective ways for^ toe average cH-
Uen to hirip Win the mar.
■-’..J;-'.-
VinHfdmro ronto Mie, -.1ic nom
o» mMiemvetu near MastavtUc,
rtmauee. Pi*. VWtora mtter-
ed toe seritoe .in Novranber,
1MB. W
WHltodltoro
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Frwsbyt^aiua v—r-
' Meth«>di«to .... - '
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Pvt. Rlctiard 1m WItiOey, aon
Of 9Ir. aad Mrs. R. 1*. WBttley.
of North WHkfjshorn. roe^ two*.
A: is wtor souMeitoete
* of;^^:Jgiitod flWiiBf. Pufc
'A«a*4bici»etoA ii^ to^
Jut. IMA amA took
'.at- fMmpv PicfceM,
!Bi^||e(eM«nCertegt^ani>y b*
BLUE STAMPS—
(For eanned, frozen and cet^
tain dehydrated foods)
Stamps N, P, Q, became effec
tive July 1 and remain ao u
til Angnst y.
COFFEE—
stamp No. 21 in War Ratiov
Book One, good for one poaqi
of coffee, became., valid Jnly 1
and Is good tlirongh .Inly SI.
oasoune—
“A” book cowpou* ^ gm>f'
for three gallons each and asom
hut tin July St. r
REDSTAMPS-t
(For meat prodactn, cawnc*
fish, most edible eBs aud cheea-
esK
Red stamps P, beeaaae ’
effective m the fiajliow^ datee
agd are good tbtto^' July SI
—P, dime S7; Q, duly 4; R,
duly 11$ A 2 A
1ft War Ra«ia«
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SUT.MORE WAiF.aQIfDS
WAj, iliBirinyurf at toe ‘Am^m
‘ - — -| Wilkes-
'inirAlurc Oo.,«t Nocto
. tibA lAC/Myu tril all bis
frlrmR “heilo'’ aud be hoped to
he seeiaif.tiMua rati