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Wm- motuAl Advuiteffc
eentar rf North-
Nortit CaroUna.
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Pubiiahed Mondays and Huirsdaya
Eneniy Blasted On
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American ibomoers struck
new atoll in the Central PaoUic
Caroline Islands aithfn tOO ««««
of Taunted Truk and Masted Wa-
■•ak, last njiaifM’ Javanese stron*-
*^ii4>n the Bismarck Sea, for the
toiaM straight day.
^Moluk, ncsreat taj-get In the
.Qriollnes,’ has no ohrlous mill-
T y significance but the attack,
Luade midway between the, fort-
teaaes of Truk and Ponape, wias a
further demonstration of Japan’s
w|»akening position in the Central
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THE JOURNAL-PATRIOT HAS .BLAZED THE TRAIL OF PBOGRBBS IN THX^^yTATE OF WH.kBS”'^FOR OVER 87 YBA|g» ^
pacific.
if Thlrt
^wared i
Thirty Japanese interceptors
up from Wewsk’s air bases
'to ataye off the attack on the
northeast New Cninea base. Eight
were shot down.
NAZiTiFI^
MIRACULOUSLY
AFTERjnACK
Oassino was demolished yester
day by American air power and
last night Allied Infantry sup
ported by tanks fought through
the flaming, smoking rubble of
the town against 'German snipers
and maehtee-gnnners who had
miracnlonsly surrlTed the great
est agrlal attack of the war.
American and British ground
troops moTed into what was left
of .^he stubhom-^efended town
aftalc the full illcht of the U. S.
1 Air roreeS In the Mediterranean
;-*was turned lose on the objective,
' beginning Just after daybreak yes-
aterday.
Warn Motorists
To Pnrohase '44
City Auto Tags
Records show that there f.re a
number of motorists in North
Wllkesboro who have not pur
chased town auto license tor 1944.
Police Chief J. E. Walker said
today that the law requires pur
chase and display of the license
platee and that those who do not
comply with the law immediately
may erpect to be cited to court.
■nie town tags are sold by the
Carolina Motor club office on
Ninth street.
V-
/Jame3 H. Triplett
\ Last Rites Today
James H. Triplett, age 82, well
known resident of Elk township,
died at his home Wednesday. Fu
neral service was held today, two
p. m., at Mount Zion church, with
Rev. Ed Hodges in charge of the
service.
Surviving, Mr. Tnplett are his
wife, Mrs. Alice Triplett, and two
sons, Mathie Triplett, of Purlear,
and J. E. Triplett, of Hendnx.
V——
Perhaps the talk Is trivial.
Well, lets keep it so,
tier discuss the weather, ^
where our tropos will go!
I lUlllO
i^icenien Know
Spr|n^’s Here
Racardlees of what the calen
dar may say, spring Is here.
Police .Chief J. E. Walker
knows It’s spring because the peo
ple have begun complaining about
their neighbors’ chickens.
And Chief Walker makes his
annual warning to all poultrymen
in North Wllkesboro, amateurs or
profeesiouals, that chickens must
be confined and cannot lawfully
run loose and damage gardens.
V
Father of Mrs. W. F.
Gaddy Passes Away
Mr. D. A. Hudson, 67, father of
Mrs. W. P. Gaddy, of this city, died
at the home of a daughter, Mrs.
Virgil Whitley, in Albemarle, yes
terday morning. Mr. Hudson was
ill only a few days. Mrs. Gaddy
was summoned to his bedside
Tuesday aud woa present at the
time of his death.
In addition to Mrs. Gaddy,
three sons and four daughters also
survive.
The funeral was held at Silver
Springs Baptist church this after
noon at four o’clock. Interment
following afterward In the church
cemetery nearby.
Mr. Gaddy end sons, Frederick
and Jack and daughter, Geraldine,
Mrs. Ivey Moore, Mrs. Faye Hulet,
and Mr. R. R. Church attended the
funeral end burial services.
SIXTEEN ms
PASSAIRCORPS
TESTAT^HfllM.
Local Students Make Excel
lent Showing On Examina
tion Given By The Army
Sixteen boys In North WUu.es-
boro high school passed the army
air corps examination given re
cently, it was learned today from
Paul S. Cragan, superintendent.
The test was given by Lt. L. T.
Crozier and the number of boys
making passing grades was con
sidered outstanding. ’There were
eight seniors, six juniors, one
sophomore and one freshman.
Students p^psing the examina
tion were Tal S. Barnes, William
Eller Casey. Eddie Allen Caudill,
Ralph B. Church, James Richard
Hix, Pat Murphy Hunt, Jay John
son, Jr., Edwin Long, Tom Finley
Nejson, Robert Davis, Charlie
Gilreath, Sloan Hill. J. C. Pardue,
Dick Underwood, Thomas Whick
er and Wayne Wilson.
— WMt *««*»*^
M* nreaent rank at
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4-H CLUBS ARE
MOBILIZED FOR
VICTORY WORK
By ANNIE H. GREENE, homo
demonstration agent; J. B.
SNIPES, county agmit; H. O.
CX)L,VABD. J. E. ROLLINS, as
sistant County agents.
At the present time we have 1,-
700,000 4-H Club boys and girls
to do club work in the nation.
During this National 4-H Club
campaign which Is being launched
an over the nation. It Is hoped
that the enrollment will reach 2,-
000.000.
We hope that each old and new
4-H Club member will produce
enough food to feed one boy or
girl who has gone into the armed
forces from Wilkes county.
Listed below are the goals set
up for the boys and girls to work
toward:
Conduct a Meat Animal Project
which will produce 1300 pounds
of nieat. Either of the following
shall be sufficient:
1. Feed 2 baby beef animals.
2. Feed 6 pigs.
3. Feed 16 lambs.
Grow 300 broilers to 2 1-2 Iba.,
or a total of 7E0 pounds.
Care for 60 hens that will pro
duce 470 dozen eggs.
Peed and handle one milk cow
which will produce 5500 pounds
of milk.
Grow 113 bushels of com.
, Grow 110 trashels of tomatoes.
Grow 135 bushels of sweet po
tatoes.
Grow 135 bushels of Irish pota
toes.
Produce 270 gallons of cane
Xfrtp.
Grow one acre of mixed vege-
- Pvt. John R. Eller has v»-
tumed to Ford Ord, Oalifomia,
alter spending a furloagh with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs, L. M.
EUer, of Hendrix, IPvt. Eller
entered the army In September,
1948, and received his basic
training at Port McCTellan, Ala.
QRAN6EARDFCX
HAVEMEETIRGIN
CITYTHURSDAY
Addresses By Harry B. Cald-
'well and M, G. Mann
Feature Meet Here
Wilkes county Grange ‘ end
Farmers Cooperative Exchange
held a most Interesting meeting
Thursday afternoon at the North
tvilkesboro town hall.
Featuring the meeting were ad
dresses by Harry B. Caldwell,
master of the North Carolina
State Grange, and M. G. Mann,
general manager of the Planners
Cooperative Exchange In North
Carolina.
Mr. Caldwell spoke mainly of
food and feed goals to mset
time needs and the heed twprfSt
adjustments In order that farm
ers may realize just returns from
their labor. Mr. Caldwell in re
cent months has spent much time
in behalf of the farmers, acting as
a special representative to secure
price adjustments favoring greater
farm income.
Mr. Mann highly complimented
the record of the PX3X store since
it was established here, citing the
rapid growth In volume of busi
ness during the past year.
Ho also pointed out that the
state PCX had done more than
$13,000,000 volume of business
during the past year. He told of
the combining of seven eastern
and mideastem cooperatives
which resulted in a total purchas
ing power of $350,000,000.
C. P'. Jones, manager of the
FCX store here, was secretary at
the meeting.
An advisory boaid for the
Wilkes PX3X was elected as, fol
lows: T. J. McNeill, of Roaring
River; T. W. Ferguson, of Fergu
son; W. M. Absher, of,Halls Mills;
W. H. H. Waugh, of North Wilkes-
boro; J. M. German, of Boomer;
J. W. Nichols, of Wllkesboro route
one; and J. W. Hurt, of Ronda.
J. B. Snipes, Wilkes county
agent, talked ibrlefly and urged
larger membership in the Grange
in Wilkes county.
Gets Promotion
Wayne E2dedge, aviation ord
nance mate third class, who is
stationed at the air station at
Banana River, Florida, was re
cently advanced from rating of
seaman first class to his present
petty officer rank upon ccanple-
tion of the require examina
tion. He entered the navy on
May 15, 1948, and was sent to
JacksonTille, Florida, for train
ing. After gradnadon from the
naval air technical center there
he was transferred to his pres
ent station, and baa been on du
ty as a giuuwry instroctor tn
dm gtnaad traiirfns
He fa delag wen, and sends
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N.B. Smitliey
Aeain Heads
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Repmearis
County* Conventiim
Endories Dewey
Candidacy
Republicans of Wilkes county
In convention' Wednesday re^;
elected N. B. Bmithear as county'
chjalnnan, endorsed Attorney J.'
H. Whicker, Sr., as candidate for
congress from the eighth district,
named delegates to the state con
vention and endorsed-New York
Governor Thomas B. Dewey for
presidency.
’The convention, featured by at
tendance of party leaders from all
parts of the county and complete
party harmony, met at 10:30.
Chairman N. B. Smlthey opened
the convention and named Attor
ney J. H. Whlokor, Sr., chairman,
T. E. Story and Dwight Nichols as
convention secretaries.
The chairman named J. W. Rob
bins, W. B. Somers and T. J.
PYazier as a committee to nomt-
niate delegates to the state conven
tion. On the credentials com
mittee he named P. E. Brown, At
torney John R. Jones and J. B.
Norris.
Repahlicans from Wilkes who
may attend were authorized as
delegatee to the congressional
convention meeting In Lexington
Wednesday afternoon and to the
state senatorial convention, date-
for which has not been sot.
T. J. Frazier, of North Wllkea-
boro, presented e resolutlo-i to/
the convention to go on record as
endorsing Dewey for the Republi
can nomination for president. The
resoluUcn carried by unanimous
vote.
Attorney John R. Jones placed
the name of N. B. ,Smlther before
the cogreiltl^ few
.chairmmt
entive eommitte#, pr Li'4g
the record of M^. Smlthey as head
of the party di^r. J the past eight
years. P. B. Brown, who second
ed the nominittion, also paid high
(See Republicans, Page 12)
Eifhth District
G. 0. P.’s Name
B. C. Brock
Lexington. — B. C. Brock,
Mocksville lawyer and farmer who
has served three terms in the
House and four in the Senate of
the State Legislature, was nomi
nated for Congress by the Eighth
District Republican Convention
here yesterday.
C. M. Wall, Sr., of Lexington
and D. B. Harding of Yadklnvllle
were elected delegates to the na
tional convention, with Dr. A. D.
Barber of Sanford and T. R.
Bryan of Wllkesboro alternates.
D. J. Lybrook of Davie county was
named elector-at-large.
These were chosen members of
the State Exceutlve Committee;
J. T. Jackson and J. B. Payne,
Davidson; R. B. Alexander, Davie;
C. R. Hall. Lee; Coy S. Lewis,
Moore; A. M. Snider, Richmond;
P. E. Brown and Mrs. W. B,
Somers, Wilkes, and T. C. Prim,
Yadkin.
On Sunday afternoon, March
12, several men, a good represen-,
t&tion of the civic clubs, churches,
and fraternities of this communi
ty, met >wlth several young men
of the Interdenominational Young
Peoples Council at the Reins-
Bturdivant Chapel. The meeting
llad been called by BUI Gabriel,
president of the yonitf people’s
Off. i
nutie iLbend
RATION NEWS
SUGAR—’The expiration date
of Mlai^ 31, 1944, originally
set for stamp 30 is removed.
Reasonable notice will be giv
en when expiration date is set
for stamp 30 and also 31 that
becomes valid on April 1 for
5 pounds of sugar.
LARD—'The release of lord
from rationing refers only to
hog lard and not to the com
pounds on the market.
SHOES — Stamp No. * 18
(book one) expires April 30.
Airplane stamp No. 1 (book
three) valid Indefinitely. An
other shoe stamp, yet to be des
ignated, will become valid May
1.
GASOLINE—Oonpons No. 9
In A book good for three gel-
ions became effective Feb. 9
and will expire May 8.
PROCESSED FOODS—Green
K, L and M (Book 4) expire
March 20. Blue A-8 through
El-8 (Book 4) now valid at 10
points each, for use wRh tok
ens: «9lre May to.
lOSATS -Uro FATS—Brown
T and Z (Book 8) expire March
to. Bed A-8. B-8, 0-8 (Book
4) now valid at 10 points
each, for nee with t|»keaa; ex-
pita May to. (Sad S-8
become valid MarA It: xiplra
Robert W. Edward*, seaman
second class, was advanced to
his present rank on completion
of boot training at Bain bridge,
Md. Recently he spent a leave
with his wife and two sons at
their home in the Edgewood
community. Seaman Elledge,
son of Mra. W. S. Elledge, of
Ronda, and Hie late Rev. W. S.
Edwards, fa now stationed at
Newport, R. I. RefoTe entering
service he was a deputy sheriff
of Wilkes county.
DIRECTORS
0FY.M.C.A.
ARE HAMED
the proposed T. M. C. A. and to
make further plans for the mass
meeting which has been called for
April 2nd in the Town Hall.
Although this meeting was ac
tually serving as a nominating
committee, it was felt that better
results could be obtained In a
shorter time If a smaller group
would first select a list of names
from which the larger group
could then choose the iWoard. Ac
cordingly five men went into a
huddle for about 45 minutes and
returned with a list of about 40
names. The following day those
men receiving the highest number
of votes expressed their willing
ness to serve the youth of their
community as directors of the
YMCA.
These men are: Dr. F. C. Hub
bard, R. G. Finley, J. B. Carter,
Dr. A. C. Chamberlain, Jack Swof-
ford, Paul Osborne, Bill Sturdi
vant, Oarl VanDeman, Jimmy An
derson, Boyd Stout, A. F. Kilby.
Robert Gibbs, Edd Gardner, Ver
non Deal, and Bill Absher.
At the April meeting It la not
only hoped that the board of di
rectors will be elected, but It Is
hoped that a very good represen
tation of Wilkes county will be
present to familiarize themselves
with what has been done to date
(See Y. M. C. A., Page 12)
Reseaed After
AAA
uirgrii3.flw
M $3,000 More
Ei|^t Days In WeU ^ to Reach
OmI For County
A Collie dog was rescued
from an abandoned well at the
old Paraoade Cooper homratoad
near Purlear after being fan-
prisoned in the well for eight
days.
Walter Pierce, Ernest Pierce
and Edd Pierce rescued the
canine, which apparently was a
homeless, bnt beaadf^ dk>g,
and It fa now its homo
at 'the prexnfaes of Eirnest
Pierce', one of hfa reecnera.
The dog evidently had yp^^
most of Its time in a cav^Ufce
cavity caused fay * eoveJfa ox
one side of the weiL It greeted
Its rescuer, who was let down
by a Hq>e and windlass, wtih
hnnible wfalnfasg. ’
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Armfield Bongnss
Freed On Charge
Gilreath Murder
Jury Returns Not Guilty
Verdict In Wilkes
Court Tuesday
Armfield Baugnsa was acquitted
in Wilkes court Tuesday on the
charge of killing Arnold Gilreath,
of this city, at the Bauguss home
near Traphill on Sunday, Novem
ber 28, 1943.
’The state was unable to pro-
dneg^ convicting evidence against
_ ___ _ BaugW, who had admitted on the
claimed it was an accident.
Reports of the slaying as
gathered by officers from Bauguss
at that time was that Gilreath, in
compiany with date Riggs, went
to the Bauguss home and Riggs
purchased a gallon of liquor. An
argument over payment for the li
quor ensued and Bauguss told that
while going around a car with a
gun In his hand end while look
ing for Riggs to try to make him
pay for the liquor, he ran 'into.
Gilreath and his gun accidentally
discharged.
However, there was little e>^
jdence Introduced at the trial.
Riggs was the principal wjtiess.
He said he wns In the car and that
ho-did not see Bauguss shoot Gil
reath.
The defendant, represented by
Attorney Eugene Trivette, of this
city, and J. E. Holshouser, of
Boone, offered no testimony. So
licitor Avalon B. Hall prosecuted
the case.
'The jury returned a verdict of
not guilty after short deliberation.
V
In 1818 about 40 tons of abaca
were Imported into the U. S., and
the plant soon became the lead
ing export of the Phllllppines.
V
Never in our history has Idle
talk helped to win & war!
$5.00 PRIZE OFFERED FOR BEST
SUGGESTIONS ON RECREATIONAL
NEEDS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE HERE
The Boys and Girls committee
of the North Wllkesboro Kiwanls
Club has given considerable time
and thought through the years to
greater opportunities for whole-
At Great Lakes
O. B. Brawn, Jr.; aon of BIr.
and Mra. 0. B. Brown, of Ifoith
WHtaAoro roxte fa jnpw
- - aimti
some recreation for the young
people In this section. After In
vestigating many possibilities, they
have come to the conclusion that
the Y. M. C. A. organization, set
•up to serve young women and
well as young men, might be the
best means of serving this pur
pose. However, they feel that
that great organization might do
a much better job If the young
people themselves had a hand in
the planning. They feel that If
the wishes and needs of the young
people are better known . now
while the plans are being made
that a better understanding may
be encouraged from the beginning.
With this In mind, they are of
fering 'prize of 86.00 in war
stamps io sby yonng man or worn-'
an In WIIkob county under 18
years of age who submits the best
suggestions consisting of not more
than 100 words, "The Greatest
Recreational Needs of the Young
People of Wilkes County". The
suggestions must be moiled not
later than March 28Ui, 1944, and
should be addreesedl to Mr. Carl
VanDeman, North Wilkeeboro, N.
C. Also please give your full
name, mailing addreu and age.
This committee would like to
have these snggeatlon available
for dtooassloh at the man naettag
to bo held $t the Town Skjl
Exfnt EEfort To Cmtxct All
Pe^le For Dofaxtiona
Urgently Aa|ecl
Red Cross War Fond In Wilkes
county has passed the 816,000
mark but 83,000 yet remains to
be .raised to reach the county’s
quota of 813,200.
Dr. John W. KIncheloe, Jr.,
Y^fir.FMnd chairman, stated today
thht the larger gifts are practi
cally all In and that the remainder
of the quota must come from do
nations by Individuals.
The chairman urged that
workers make a special effort to
contact every Individual and he
aaked that all make their contri
butions as liberal as possible be
cause of the great need for in
creased Red Cros=s funds to be
used for the 'benefit of service
men throughout the world.
Canvass of all parts of North
Wllkesboro should now be com
pleted, Red Cross leaders said to
day, and rural workers are urged
to make a thorough canvass of all
the people, even if It takee
through next week to complete
the job.
’The amounts turned in to the
Red Cross office Includes the re
port of the special gifts committee,
practically all of the industrial
groups and the funds raised In the
canvass of business districts. The
Wilkeeboro oanvass, including
residentlai and business, was com-
•atbwsftrtlitflortng
V-
Rodent Campaign
Now Under Way
In Wilkeshoros
Rat Eradication Work To Be
Done In North Wilkes-
^fx>ro aad Wilkesboro
Rat eradication campaign in
North Wilkesboro a>;d Wilkesboro
got under way today.
Dr. L. C. Whitehead, of the de
partment of agriculture, arrived
yesterday and work has begun on
the campaign to kill all the rodents
in this community.
The project was originally de
signed for North Wilkesboro and
[Wilkesboro has also joined in the
campaign. North Wilkesboro city
council appropriated $200 as part
of the cost here and the balance of
the estimated $.500 cost is being
raised by private donations.
Several hundred pounds of bait
poison for rats has been secured
and will be distributed throughout
the two towns. Excellent results
have been secured by similar cam
paigns in many towns and com
munities, Dr. Whitehead said.
Bible Class to Meet
With Geo. P. Johnson
The Men’s Bible Class of the
Wllkesboro Baptist Sunday school
will hold its regular meeting for
March Friday evening at 8:00
o’clock at the home of George P.
Johnson. All members are re
quested to attend.
Visits Home
PvL Mdoroe WSIaiaa Ium re-
tuned to Qunp MoUatn, 808b„
after ^tending » sevex-diy (xr-
loxmh with his wtfe, the former
Mfas Inez Call, and son. Chart le,
aad hfa mother, Mra. KnCte WB-
of Wilkeeboro.
I txro.
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