State OMBeiior
Ladies
ffisht Bdaqaet
Over 100 Jfaniars aad Guests
Eajor BMMfMt Meeting
Held Tuesday Night
“The ©ndnrlng strength of any
Btrncture depends on the quality
of the foundation upon which it
rests." Clyde A. Shreye, of Stokes-
dsle, cooBctior of the Junior Or
der in North Carolina,, told mem
bers of the North Wilkesboro
council of the order and guests
Tuesday night in the annual La
dles Night banquet in the lodge
hall.
Address of the state councilor
was centered around the three ba-
Ite sic principles of the Junior Order:
' ‘ Virtue, Liberty and Patriotism.
'^.^hS' banquet was one of the
mofc*tergely attended in the his-
lolp' of the council, there being
more than 100 Juniors and guests
present
^ C. B. Eller was toastmaster tor
occasion and following a
^Bpsdid dinner seryed by the
. North Wilkesboro Woman’s Club
* with assistance of Girl Scouts, Mr.
Eller preeented Miss Helen Hens-
ley, a graduate of the Junior Or-
^ dar Children’s home at Lexington
who is now commercial teacher at
Mount Pleasant high school. Mis.s
Hensley spoke interestingly of the
training glyen children at the
Lexington home, and how the
training and instruction received
enabled the children to successful
ly face life's problems.
Miss Hensley was followed by
Robert Bruton, superintendent of
the Lexington Home, whose sub
ject was “Work of the Lexington
Children’s Home”. In his intro
ductory remarks, Mr. Bruton talk
ed of “Juyenlle Delinquency”,
saying that delinquency on the
part of parents makes children
wayward. Post war planning at
the Lexington home, he said, is
planning to make the best possible
cltiiens of the children who ace
admitted to the home. He stress-
the yital necessity of the prop-
H|teunylronment for children whose
^garacters are forming as a con-
ttaaal ,
Mr. Eller then introduced the
State Councilor, pointing out that
under his leadership the North
Carolina council is one of the few
among the states showing a gain
in membership last year under
war time conditions.
The speaker opened his address
with the assertion that a gather
ing such as the banquet could net
happen in most of the nations of
the world, glylng evidence to one
of the many freedoms Americans
enjoy. Founders of the Junior
Order, he said, created'a medium
by which the foundations on
which America is based could be
preserved and strengthened. He
pointed out how the three prin
ciples of the fraternity—virtue,
liberty and patriotism—Inspire
men to live lives which add to the
sum total of human happinees. He
urged on the part of members that
they have an enduring love and
devotioB for their country, not
only in war, but in peace as well,
and that the safeguards of free-
dopi be ever preserved.
Address of State Councilor
Shrove was received with rapt in
terest.
Rationing Board
Offices Not Open
3rd Day of Month
©d on the third day of each month
hereafter in order to get off the
valomnouB reports required
At Fort Bragg
Lee iWlnwaMr,
1^#* »Tnrsid>T. MftWtl tO
!• BOW stottoned at Fort
p_* RaiBwater haa been in
tile past two y«*«
WHk«bo«»- His Hiaay
wlU resoalB open FHd*y
GATEWAY CITY
TO BALKANS IS
UNDER AHACK
Pvt Hansford T. Chun*, son
of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Cfcurch, of
MlU«ra Creek, and husband of
the former Miss Cora Pruitt re
cently has been home on for'
lough and has returned to Camp
Welters, 'Texas, wher© he has
been stationed since he enter
ed the army in January, 1944.
He has Jnst recovered from an
attack of pneumonia.
RENEW NOW!
If your subscription la
bel on your Journal-Pa
triot read 4-44 that means
that your subscription will
expire on April 1, 1944.
In accordance with the
law and with the paid-m-
advance policy in force
since January 1, all sub
scriptions with a date of
4-44 will be removed from
the list April 1 unless re
newed before that date.
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Boy Scouts Will
(^t Paper On
A 1 111 II I ■ '
Srtfmrayni^^
Boy Scouts in North Wllkes-
boro will continue their scrap
paper salvage campaign with a
house-to-house canvass on Satur
day, April 1.
People of the city who have
paper they wish to give the Scouts
in this war effort project are ask
ed to tie the paper in bundles and
place it on their front porches
Saturday, Those who have quan
tities of paper they wish to dis
pose of at any time other than
during the regular canvass are
asked to call Gordon Finley at
Wilkesboro Manufacturing com
pany, telephone number 7.
People in rural communities
who have paper they wish to give
to the war effort may leave it with
Mr. Finley, who is Scout commis
sioner, at the Wilkesboro Manu
facturing company at any time.
To date the Boy Scouts have col
lected approximately 12 tons of
scrap paper.
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Colored Men Go
For Examination
On Tuesday Wilkes Selective
...w....- Service board number two sent
Announcement was made today the following colored men to pe
AnnOuIlG«iU»“»' w ,
that both rationing board offices induction center for examination
will be closed to the public on for^mi^teir sCTvice:
Monday, April 3, and will be clos- d—v-
Geoi^e Parks
James Monro© Turner
Troy Patterson
Victor Ford Donnie
Fred Roberts
Marvin Garland Grier
WUlard Wilfred Harrla
James Little
Donald Venson Adams
Robert Brown
James Eugene Brown
Raymond BalJey
Howard Samuel Turner
Caswell Harris Watkins
Gerald Ander WatJdns
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U. B. Walters Is
Taken By Death
D. B. Walters, age 63, Wilkes
native who for sevenaJ years was
engaged in the clothing business
here, died Thursday at his home
in Oxford, Pa. News of his death
was received here by his brother,
R. E. Walters.
Mr. Walters was 'born and rear
ed in the Dockery community, a
son'of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Walters. He was in business in
North Wilkesboro for several
years before going to Oxford, Pa.,
14 years ago. There h© had
operated a dairy farm.
Mr. Walters is survived iby his
wife, the former Miss Ursula Ash-
kettle, four sons and one dangh-
ter: Paris, Burette, Vernon, Roby
id^Winona Walters.
The Red Army yesterday smash
ed over the upper Prut River and
into th0'*out8klrt8 of the Balkan
gateway city of Cemautl, while 43
miles to the northwest in old Po
land a Soviet tank and infantry
spearhead cut the Bucharest
Lwow railroad, last diirect Ger
man rail link to Oemantl and the
entire southern front.
Veteran trops of Marshal Greg
ory K. Zhukov’s First Ukrainian
Army making the first Soviet
crossing of the Prut, swept Into
the northern and western out
skirts of Cernautl and began
fighting the partially Isolated Ger
man garrison in the third largest
city of prewar Rumania, Moscow’s
communiques announced. The bul
letins said/the Russians were in
flicting heavy losses on the Ger
mans in the suburban street bat
ties.
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Rural Division Is
Short Of Quota
Red Cross Funds
All Divisions Reach Quota
Except Rural Groups;
County Over Top
Wilkes Red Cross War Fund has
reached $19,869.24, it wea learn
ed today from Red Cross head
quarters.
All divisions of the very suc-
cesful campaign have exceeded
the quotas set except the rural
division, which remains about
$1,500 short.
special appeal is made lor
. (people‘-tir thft connty who
were not contacted in the soUclta-
tloii to mail or bring a contribu
tion. Letters may be addressed
to the Wilkes chapter of the Red
Cross, North Wilkesboro.
f A0>6VUp WUltJU UU>
by $1,669.26. However, Red Cross community iby its degree of Inter
needs are great and chapter lead-
ers earnestly ask that every por- ‘ *
ing the war fund this year.
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State Guard Week
Is Being Observed
WAVE Promoted
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TRAPPED JAP
FORCES FACHG
QUICK DEATH
Violent death for thousands
[ more Japanese in the next few
days in Burma and Bougainville
from the entnapment and a suici
dal quest for glory was predicted
today by American commanders.
Lieut. Gen. Joseph W. Stllwell
reported his Chinese forces had
trapped 1,000 Nipponese soldiers
in a goose-egg shaped sector of
Iris 0. Hamby, specialist third
class, has recently been promot
ed to her present Tank. She is
stationed in Washington, D. G.,
after completing boot training
at Hunter CoUegn, New Vork.
Miss Hamby, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs, R. W. Hnmby, of Pur-
lear route one, has been in the
WAVES nine months.
Mogaung Valley in Northern
Burma by looping through the
Jungles. The Chinese came ont on
the main road behind the enemy
forces which had been stubbornly
resisting frontal atateks for a
.week.
“I can’t conceive of the Japs
hasting more than ten days longer
on Bougainville”, said Major Gen
eral Robert S. Belghtler at Colum-
bns, Ohio, commander of the 37 th
Division. "They’re alreiady unim
portant as a fighting force”.
He estimates that conservative
ly 6,000 Japanese have died in
futile, glory-seeking attacks on
that Northern Solomop Island. An
other ranking officer estimated
20,000 were left.
. l^nMliou
Hero AprU T-Uth
A •* '-1 *
Ri#p;m«l'j00Bventioa Will Be
Hdd WMi Pint Baptist
Chttrcli In This City
Y. M. C. A. PLAHNIMG MEETING IS
TO BE HELD AT TOWN HALL ON
SUNDAY AFTERNOON, 2 O’CLOCK
Ffc. CUntem H. KUedge, son
of Mr. and Mra. K4)y KUedge,
of Nortti WllkesbiHu, is now in
a hospital In North Africa. His
letter Jumie did not give any de
tails about illness or injuries
but said be was getting along
fine. Ffc. KUedge entered the
army In 1940 and is a veteran
of the North African, Sidllan
and Italian campaigns.
John Walker To
Manage Cherry’s
Campaign Here
Regional Baptist Training Union
convention wiU be held with the
First Baptist church in this city
Friday anjd Saturday, AprU 7 and
8...
Miss Lacy Thompson, of Cham
pion, WlU preside over the conven
tion In the absence of Rev. Paul
Forsythe, of Boonvlle, who is
nqw a ehajdain in the servlee.
The first session of the eonrsn-
tlon wUl open at 2:55 p. m. on
Friday, April 7, with epecUl mu
sic, followed by group dtaeus-
sions led by BTU leaders of the
North WUkesboro and Boone
churches. A junior work tourna
ment will precede an address by
Dr. O. G. Mangnm, of Lenoir, on
the subject, "The World Hiat
Now Is”.
The Friday night session will
open at 6:55 o’clock, with special
music by the delegation from the
First Baptist church of Mt. Airy,
followed by a conference period
of one hour and a fellowship
hour. Visiting delegates will be
guests in homes of Baptists in
North Wilkesboro and Wilkesboro
for the night.
A sunrise service will bo he'd
at sunrise on Saturday morning.
An address by a ministerial stu-
„ dent from Mars Hill College will
Candidate fw Governor Here tgatnre the prog
Large Attendance Urged;
Needs and Resources Lo
cally to Be Determined
‘There is mor© wealth—and I
speak now of worldly and econo
mic wealth—there is more real
wea^ to A-
than ta the Uatest factory ever
built” Who do you think said
that? No, it wasn't some local
squirt with another “bright idea”,
it was the famed economist Roger
and capable ettisen remarked,
“When the funds are in sight
wueii LUO AUUU0 ato lli VXQUt/ a
win proTlde a baUtUpc site.” Now state and w«a confident of recejv
mtt iroifflttif ’Uerow bondmrtlbn hi the prlmdry
' - . . ... • tiTmIVaw kaa K&mvi o mom.
The quota for the county was Babson. Wpodrow Wilson
$18,200, which has 'been exceeded “Yon can test the modern
Do we want a Young Men’s
son who can have a part in rals- Christian Association? We do not
Men Needed To Raise Nu
merical Strength of Unit
To Required Number
This is state gutard week in
North Carolina by proclamation
of Governor J. M. Broughton, and
locally by Mayor R. T. McNlel.
The State Guard company here
needs a number of men to fill va
cancies caused by men going into
service. The coinpany must have
several men Immediately to keep
the company’s numerical strength
up to requirements.
The State Guard was organiz
ed to afford protection on the
home front, and it is vital that
the organization be maintained.
Any ofifeer of the local com
pany will accept applications for
membership from men ages 18 to
50. The company meets every
Monday night in the rooms over
Rexall Drug company.
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have a Santa Claus—If we want it
we will have to work for it and
maybe it will mean more to us to
get it that way. Do we want a
Y. M. C. A. bad enough to work
for it? These are questions that
cannot be answered by a few.
They should be answered by every
citizen in Wilkes county. It is
for this very purpose that a meet
ing is being called on Sunday,
April 2. at 2 p. m., in the city
hall of North Wilkesboro. At this
meeting Mr. T. C. McKnlght, gen
eral secretary of the Y. M. C. A. in
Elkin, will tell ns some of the
possibilities of that great or
ganization.
Bill Gabriel and Mary Gage
Barber are going to express the
needs and desires of the young
people la the Wilkesboros.
Dr. Fred C. Hubbard will bring
ns up-to-date on what has been
done locally. Mr. J. Bid Williams
will present the names of 16 men
who have been nominated to servo
as directors of the Y. M. C. A., if
and when the organization Is com
pleted. After the (board of direc
tors are elected they will make an
intensive study of our community,
of the needs on the one hand, and
of the resources on the other, and
formulate a campaign in accor
dance with their findings.
At a meeting the other night nation for e«7®rnor
someone said, “If we had the night in Nor
funds for a building where could Perfected his campaign
it be built.” A very resourceful organization for Wilkes.
lot is provided. What can each of
us give?
We can do it IF we all work
we can uo u iv we »u wura. , . _ J
together. Is there anything more ly
important for us all to cooperate
together on than our youth?
Come to the city bell on April
2nd at 2 p. m.
(Note: Only one per cent of
the annual operating budget of a
Y. M. C. A. goes to the National
Organization, instead of 17 per
cent, as was erroneously printed in
a previous Y. M. C. A. article).
Coca-Cola Plant
Has Doubled Its
Bottling Capacity
Musical Instruments Wanted
For Men and Women
In The Service
The North Wilkesboro Coca-
Cola Bottling Company, of which
W. A. McNlel is president and
manager, recently installed an
other eutomatlc bottling machine
which increases the company’s ca
pacity 100 per cent.
“While our company is limited
to 70 per cent of the production of
1941”, Mr. McNlel said, “we want
to continually improve our plant
and be in position to serve our
patrons the best way possible
when peace-time comes”.
Incidentally, the local Coce-
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Now In England
PETE JOHNSON’S BODY FOUND;
DETAILS OF ACCIDENT RELATED
Body of Emmett Johnson
Never Found In River Fol
lowing Drowning Mar. 18
Birthday greetings are being
sent to Pfc. Archie W. Laws
somewhere in lihigland by bis
parents, Mr.,and Mrs. W. V.
Itan, of ParsonvUle. Pfc, Laws
will reach Ua 2Bth birthday on
April 26. He has been in the
army three years.
The body of Pete Johnson, son
of Rmmett Johnson, who was
drowned with his father in the
Combahee river near Viernsvllle,
S. C., on March 18, was found a
week later in the river about one-
half mile from where the accident
occurred.
Mr. Johnson and family were
former residents of North Wilkes
boro, where they made many
friends.
Because of the interest among
friends here, R. G. Finley, who
vlBlted the Johnson family follow
ing the tragedy, prepared the fol
lowing account of the accident as
he learned the facts while there:
"The tragedy occurred where
the Charleston highway crosses
the Combahee river, two or thfee
miles emit of Tamasee, 8. C., about
noon, Saturday, March 18th. The
Combahee rirer where it is cross-
(See Pete JduflN»s-^-Page
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Drowniiur Victim
EMMBrrr Johnson
Last Night Plsuoning His
Campaign In Wilkes
John B. Walker, North Wilkes
(boro police chief, was named last tournament,
night to manage R. Gregg Cher ‘
ry’s campaign in Wilkes county.
Mr. Cherry, of Gastonia, a can
dldate for the Democratic noml
teatnre the program.
The regular Saturday morning
session will open at 9:30 with a
sword drill by intermediates and
I- there will be a scripture reading
tournament. There will be two
feature addresses for the Satur
day session. Judge Johnson J.
- Hayes, of Wilkesboro, will speak
1- on the subject, “The World That
spent last Ought To Be”. Rev. W. W. Law-
Wilkesboro and
He stated while here that he
had visited every section of the
Chief Walker has been a mem
ber of tbe North Wilkesboro po
lice force for 13 years and is wlde-
sectlon of the state. He was ap
pointed police force chief eight
years ago.
Commenting on campaign
plans. Chief Walker said today
that an active campaign in behalf
that an active campaign in ueuau, c .r.Qn „ „
of Mr. Cherry’s candidacy is plan- J. f '
ned in Wilkes.
Nineteen Men Go
Into U. S. Navy
On March 16th the following
white men were sent by Wilkes
Selective Service btoard number
two for induction into the navy:
Carmel Monro© Wagoner
Uarlees Gilbert Hayee
Thoma© Locke Kenerly
Vernon Kdward Key
John K. Holbnx*
Thomas Edwin Brown
Lonnie Roosevelt Perry
James Dewey Banguss, Sr.
Arvln Lee P'ostar
Deice Jolly
elate W. Kilby
Lester Gamblll.
Lawrence Wlndell Shumate,
Herman Granville Dillard
Uoosevelt Kilby
Ernest Kyle Dodeery
T.nnda Hart
Ernest Oddi Brown
Silas CSandlU.
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Millers Creek
First Aid Grads
Nine Complete The ■ Course
Taught My Mrs. Gaither
At Millers Creek
Nine residents of the Millers
Creek community have completed
a first aid course, H. F. Bouk-
nlght, first aid chairman of the
Wilkes chapter of tho Red Cross,
said today.
Members of the class complet
ing the course were Alpine M.
Bumgarner, Clate Bumgarner, Es
ther N. Elledge, Mariann C. Bl-
ledge. Prances Jones, Mable Kil
by, Myrtle C. Kilby, Hester Tui-
bnrt end Vivian Tulburt.
The class was instructed by
Mrs. Fred Gaither, a most capa
ble Instructor who had previous-
taught a class of Junior
girls in first aid. Commenting on
the class Mr. Bouknlght said:
'This was a fine class. At the
end of the course the members
presented Mrs. Gaither with a
beautiful set of Uble Ibiens. Mrs.
Gaither is doing a splendid JO(b, as
this Is her seeond first aid class.
Mrs. Gaither has dona this work
in addition to heri fagilar iQtttles
as a member of tbe Miners Creek
high school taenlty*'
ton, missionary to China now re
siding in Charlotte, will deliver
the closing message.
DiitricLMeetiig
Of Juniors Soon
State Councilor and State
Secretary Will Address
Meeting April 6th
District meeting of the Junior
Order will be held with the North
Wilkesboro council on Thursday,
The district is composed of
Wilkes. Ashe, Alleghany, Surry
end Yadkin counties. All councils
in the district are asked to be well
represented.
Speakers for the district meet
ing will include State Councilor
Clyde A. Shreve. of Stokeedale,
and (State Secretary Forrest Sher-
rin, of Scotland Neck.
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Truckers Must Put
New License Number
On Books, Coupons
Truck gasoline rationing cou
pons for the next three months
are being made up with the old
license numbers due to the fact
that rationing boards do not have
the 1944 numbers.
Truck operators must write the
1944 license number on the cover
just over or under the old number
and must endorse each coupon
with the 1944 license number.
Mr. Charlie Howard, of Wilkes
boro, has resumed his position
with the Metropolitan Life Insur
ance Company as its local repre
sentative.
in Radio School
Pfc. Arefale MilHr, wm of Sfr.
and Mn. 8, F. Bffller, of Feign-
son, was reewtly promoted to
his preaent rank la Ibe mailnii
oorps and has been ‘T'lWinil to *
radio sdiool «$ Ban lMeio,‘aM. .
Pfc. Miller entered MSviee ta
Noveraber. • He bmreSJ
WOfcertMMn high Mbool wtti tbe
.obNeofxstt. '