XXXVllI, No. 98
PublUhed Monday* and ThurnJay.. NORTH WILKESBORO> N. C., THURSDAY, APR. 13, 1944
4t«$0 h tlw Stela ,—.$2.00 Oni of Stete
IRTY-FIVE FIRMS WILL CLOSE
HERE WEIMESDAY AFTERHOOHS
FROM APRIL 19 UNTIL AU6UST 30
One Of Campbell
Twins Succumbs
Johnnie Lane Campbell, one ol
twins born Friday to Mr. and Mrs.
B. M. Campbell at the Wilkes hos
pital, died Monday.
Funeral serrice was held today
at Relns-Sturdivant chapel and
burial was in Mountlawn ceme
tery.
SurriTlng are the father and
mother and four brothers and sis
ters: Marlon Key, Bobby Dean,
Vlrgle Lee and James E. Camp
bell, all of this city.
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Wilkes Y M C A
Marne Of New
rganization
On
CHARTER APPLICATION
IS CARRIED TO THE
{ STATE CAPITAL
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“ of t
nikes Y. M. C. A. Is the name
the newly or^nlzed Young
Min’s Christian Association form
ed here.
Board of directors of the Y. M
C. A. In meeting here this week
decided on the name of Wilkes to
give special emphasis to the fact
that the Y. M. C. A. will be ter
all the people in this section and
will not be confined to any one
community.
Application was made for a
charter and today the charter was
carried to Raleigh by Attorney
Eugene Trivette, a member of
the board of directors and chair
man of the committee to draw up
a charter and constitution and by
laws.
'Twenty-two of the 24 members
of the board of directors elected
in the recent mass meeting of citi
zens here were present for the
meeting held this week.
It is expected that an organiza
tion will be set up at an early
-date to-handle donations for a Y.
M. C. A. building fund, and that
arrangements may be made for
jlilfejlnning a Y. M. C. A. program
here In the near future.
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Edd Long Establishes
Grocery In Statesville
Edd Long, who tor many years
was manager of Mlller-l/ong Gro
cery Store here, has established a
grocery store in Statesville.
Mr. Long's store Is located near
the center of Statesville. It is a
complete grocery and meat mark
et
Mr. Long has sold his home
here to Merrill Wiles, but does not
plan to move hts family to States
ville until after the end of the
school term here.
EXTRA GARDENS
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The latest Gallup poll on Victory
Garden.s shows that the number to
be planted i.s about 19% million.
JThis is *2% million short of the
oal. Join the Victory Garden Ar-
TRy and fight for your country.
LESPEDEZA
Good, volunteer stands of lespe-
deza should be kept because the
seed supply is scarce and it costs
from $5 to 110 to seed an acre
according to County Agent W. C.
Boyce, State College Extension
Service.
RATION NEWS
SHOES — Stamp No. 18
(book one) eccplres April 30.
Airplane stamp No. 1 (book
three) vialld Indefinitely. An
other shoe stamp, yet to be des-
'1 tjgnated, will become valid May
OASOLINB—Coupons No. 9
in A book good for throo g*l-
lona became effective Feb. 9
and will expire May 8.
StTOAR—Sugar stamp No.
SO (Book 4) good for five lbs.
Indefinitely. Su»ar stamp No.
81 (Book 4) good for five
pounds Indefinitely, becomes
valid April 1.
CANNINO SUGAR — Sugar
stamp No. 40 good for five
pounds of canning sugar ontll
February 28, 184 6.
PROCESSED FOODS—Blue
sUmpe In book 4, A8 through
K8 now valid at ten points
each. Do not expire.
MEATS, fats end oils, can
ned fish, dairy products—Red
stamps in book 4, A8 through
J8 now valid. Others become
valid on the following dates;
K8, L8, M8. AprilN8, P8,
Q8, April 22. These stamps
good for 10 points each, do not
expire.
HALF HCHJDAY BEGINS
AT ONE O’CLOCK
WEDNESDAY
Thirty-five local stores and
business firms have reached a de
cision to be closed on Wednesday
afternoons, beginning April 19,
and continuing through August
30.
Readers are asked to carefully
note the announcement and the
list of places to be closed on Wed
nesday afternoon In order that
no inconvenience may result. The
firms will close at one o’clock each
Wednesday afternoon.
The list follows:
Better Homes Furniture Co.,
City Barber Shop, Commercial
Barber Shop, Wilkes Barber
Shop, Rhodes-Day Furniture Co.,
Gray Bros. Furniture Co., Reins
Market, Belk’s Department Store,
Harris Bros. Department Store, J.
C. Penney Co., Tomlinson’s De
partment Store, Hackney’s De
partment Store, Goodwill Depart
ment Store, Carl W. Steele Jewel
ry. Wllee Jewelry, Burke's Jewel
ry, Jean’s Drees Shop, Western
Auto Associate Store, Dixie Home
Stores, G. P. Store & Market,
Moore’s Market, R. & 0. Grocery
Co., Hash & Karry Grocery, I. F.
Foster Grocery, Smlthey’s Serv
ice Station, Community Store,
Mark-Down Furniture Co., Wilkes
Furniture Exchange, Spalnhour-
Sydnor Co., Sanitary Barber Shop.
Horton’s' Drug Store, North
Wllkesboro Dmg Co.. R. M.
Brame & Sons, Red Cross Phar
macy, Wilkes Drug Store.
Goums Go ‘G. L’
African Gonms of the' Frendl
army are provided with U. S. uni
forms but, since they refuse to glvt
np their native gowns, one uniform
Is worn over the other. Besides their
modem fighting equipment, Gonms
still carry knives which they use for
both wood and throat catting.
Miss Mary Ellen Hendren, sis
ter to Mr. J. W. Moore, of the
Straw community. Is quite ill, we
are sorry to state.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kennedy, of
Wilmington, are visiting relatives
In Wllkesboro.
DEMOCRATIC PRECINCT MEETINGS
APRIL 22; COUNTY CONVENTION TO
BE HELD ON SATURDAY, APRIL 29
Memorial Service
For.Pvt. .Garland
Miller On Sunday
A memorial service will be held
in the First Methodist church in
Hickory Sunday afternoon at 3:00
o’clock for Pvt. Garland Miller,
son of Mr. and Mrs. William Mil
ler, who was killed on November
20, 1943, by a piece of shrapnel
during fighting In Italy.
Pvt. Miller was a grandson of
the late Mr. and Mrs. C. Y. Miller,
and the late Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Winkler. He was well known
here, having visited relatives on
numerous occasions before enter
ing the armed forces.
It is expected that a number of
relatives and friend# from th«
Wilkesboros will attend the Me
morial service Sunday afternoon
which will be conducted by the
pastor of the First Methodist
church, Rev. Mr. Kale.
INTERVIEWER
HERE TO HELP
VETERANS
TROY L. PERRY TAKES
JOB EMPLOYMENT
SERVICE
An Interviewer whose principal
duties will be t* assist veterans in
finding jobs and to render veter
ans other services as provided by
law, has been added to the staff
of the North Wllkesboro branch
office of the U. S. Employment
Service.
Trov L. Perry, of Laurel
Springs, who is himself a veteran
of World War II, will begin his
duties as special Interviewer on
April 15.
Many services will be rendered
discharged veterans through the
employment service and any vet
eran who has received a discharge
Democratic Voters Will Per
fect Precinct Organizations
and Elect Delegates
Call has been Issued for the
biennial Democratic county con
vention for Wilkes county, which
will be held on Saturday, April
29.
The call sets the date for the
precinct meetings at two p. m. on
Saturday, April 22, at the voting
places throughout the county.
The county convention will be
held at the county courthouse on
Saturday, April 29, 11 a. m.
W. A. McNlel, chairman, and
Paul J. Vestal, secretary of the
Wilkes Democratic executive com
mittee, Issued the call as follows;
“Wilkes County Democratic
Executive committee hereby calls
precinct meetings for the various
townships In Wilkes county to be
held at the polling places In each
township On Saturday, April 22,
two p. m., 1944.
"The purpose of these meetings
is to elect a committee of five, one
of whom shall be a woman, as pre
cinct committee, and to elect dele
gates to the county convention
which convenes at Wllkesboro on
Saturday, April 29, 1944, 11
o’clock a. m., at the courthouse.
“All Democrats are urged to
attend the precinct meetings In
their respective townships”.
Cub Pack Meeting
Scout Cub Pack will meet Fri
day evening, 7:00 to 8:15, at the
Methodist church Scout hut. The
program will be in charge of C.
J. Swofford. All Cub parents and
others Interested are asked to at
tend.
Scrap Paper Will
Be Collected On
Saturday, 15th
JAPS RECEIVE
HARD JABS BY
ALLIED PLACES
may secure assistance immediately ^ Canvass
In obtaining the many benefits
provided by law.
Information will be given on
making application lor mustering
out pay and for Unemployment
Compensation benefits. Assis
tance will also be given any vet
erans who are disabled and who
desire vocational training, which
is provided without cost to the
veterans.
The Employment Service will
work closely with veterans’ or-
ganlatlons in assisting veterans in
any way possible, Mrs. Kathryn
Lott, manager of the branch of
fice here, said today. Veterans
will be given preference over all
others in Job placements.
A new suit-case sound recorder-
reproducer makes a record of voice
or music extending over eight
hours on a continuous ribbon of
cellophane 320 feet long.
of Homes; Put Paper on
Front Porches
Saturday of this week will be
the date for another canvass of
North Wllkesboro for scrap paper
collection.
The Boy Scouts will make the
rounds of the homes and places of
business Saturday and all who
have scrap paper are nrgently re
quested to tie it In bundles and
place It on front porches.
Those who have paper they wish
to dispose of at any other time
are urged to call Gordon Finley
at Wllkesboro Manufacturing com
pany, and any people In rural
areas may leave the paper with
Mr. Finley, who Is Scout commis
sioner.
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Spanish railways are not stand
ard European gauge.
American heavy bombers rang
ing over the enemy-held reaches
of the Pacific, have struck again
at Japan proper, extended their
operations against the Carolines
and Intensified their efforts to
“soften up" remaining Japanese
bases on the Northern New Guinea
Coast, communiques revealed
Wednesday.
Aleutian-based Liberators of
the 11th Army Air Force carried
the American attack to the north
ern rim of the Japanese homeland
Monday, blastlag Matsuwa and
Onnekotan Islands In the Kuriles,
little more than 1,000 miles from
Tokyo, Admiral Chester W. Nlmitz
announced.
General Douglas MacArthur re
ported that bombers of his com
mand had hit Nomol Atoll, In the
Carolines 160 miles southeast of
Truk, In the first attack on that
enemy base. The Satawan air
drome there was the target.
Nazis Smile at Capture^
Curious People
Rushing to Fire
Will Get Pinched
Police To Crack Down On
Motorists Who Get In Way
of the Fire Department
People who have no business
rushing to fires except to satisfy
their own curiosity and craving
for excitement, and who get in
the way of tire fighting equip
ment will be arrested and taken
to court. Police Chief J. E. Walker
said today.
Recently firemen have been
seriously hindered in fighting
fires because motorists have park
ed their cars near the scene of the
fire and In the area where It Is
necessary to manipulate the fire
trucks to carry hose or other
equipment.
Members of the fire department
have lodged a complaint that so
many people In their cars rush to
fires that it Is often Impossible to
place fire fighting equipment
without moving cars which are in
the way, and that entails delay
which may mean destruction of
property.
And the police department la
not going to be lenient with ex
citement-seeking motorists who
rush to fires in a reckless manner
and at a high rate of speed, en
dangering the lives of pedestrians
and other motorists.
Evangelist Preaches
Gospel in Local Cafe
Called by many as “John, the
Baptist, of Wilkes County” Evan
gelist Charles A. Keys, Jr., Is
preaching the Gospel everyplace
regardless of where it Is, as long
as he has an opportunity to reach
men and women In need of Christ.
This past week-end the Evange
list arrived In North Wllkesboro
as usual with his Bible and a song
book to sing and preach wherever
the Lord may lead that lost des
pondent sinners may turn to God
from their wickedness and be sav
ed. The young evangelist walked
Into a local crowded cafe, and
with permission from the mana
ger began service. Everyone in
the cafe stopped their eating,
drinking and music to listen to
the Word of God in song and mes
sage. Many good singers joined
In the singing and he soon had a
fine choir worked up, singing
hymns and praises unto God. The
cafe was full, and many trying to
get In. After several led In pray
er, the preacher brought forth a
soul-stlrrlng message, applying
the truth of God’s Word to the
conscience of his listeners. Many
souls were convicted and came
forth confessing their sins before
God and man. The evangelist Is
In earnest In his great calling as
a pfeacher of the Gospel, and In a
Gospel which he says has done so
much for him, he sees that which
will do as much for others,
and he pressee the gospel with Its
warning voice upon the consd
ence of those who hear.—^Report
ed.
EGGS
The volume of eggs has exceed
ed expectations, and collecting
routes as well as storages are be
ing taxed to capacity, reports Ha
zel Heacham, extension marketing
specialist at State College. Bat
more eggs.
CRIMEA PUSH
{TAKES KERCH
PEHMSULA
These two Nazi soldiers, captured from the lines near Ca«oc^
Italy, were also caught by the camera of an alert signal
pher. Completely unconcerned at being taken prisoners, the P^-r smU«
hrnodlv for the cameraman. Or perhaps at their pleasure at ha g
broadly for the cameraman,
been captured.
REGISTRARS AND JUDGES FOR
PRIMARY AND ELECTION ARE
NAMED BY ELECTIONS BOARD
Iredell Singinir At
Central School 23
Iredell county singing conven
tion will convene at Central
school 15 miles north of State#-
vllle on highway 115 Sunday,
April 22, two p. m. C. E. Madi
son, chairman, and S. C. Johnson,
secretary. Issued announcement of
the sluing and urged all to at
tend.
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Canning Sugar
Registration To
Be In Schools
tkintrary to previously pub
lished reports, canning sugar
applications will be made
through registrations in the
schools some time next month.
Wilkes rationing officials
said today that the plan as here
tofore announced for making
application at rationing lx>ard
offees had been discarded in fa
vor of registration for canning
sugar at schools.
No one should apply to ra
tioning board offices now for
canning sngar, and all will liave
to wait nntU the registration at
the schools, exact date of which
will be annonnoed later.
All are warned not to detach
spare stamp number 37 and send
to the rationing board, as pre
viously announced, and that
rationing boards cannot accept
applications for canning sugar
now.
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Wood Infant Dies
Funeral service was held Tues
day at Rock Creek church for El
mer Junior Wood, one-month-old
son of Vem A. and Patsy Porter
Wood. The child died Saturday.
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Men In Service
Allowed to Vote
In the Primary
Application for Ballot Must
Be Mada By Mail To
Chmn. Election Board
Men In service may vote ab
sentee In the primary and elec
tion in North Carolina.
Aiipllcatlon may be made In
writing by mall only to the chair
man of the county board of elec
tions or the Secretary of State. No
special form Is required for the
application, but It must give the
name, voting residence, army ad
dress, age, and educational quali
fications as to ability to read and
write. Application may be made
by the service man or by his par
ents, chUd, wife, brothM’ or sister.
TTie application must be mailed
and the ballots will he mailed by
the board chairman tc the appli
cant, who must mall them back
to the chairman and not send
them by any other means.
PRIMARY WILL BE MAY
27 AND ELECTION
NOVEMBER 7
Wilkes county board of elec
tions in meeting April 8 named
registrars and judges for the pri
mary to be held May 27 and the
election November 7.
Present tor the meeting were
Chairman James M. Anderson and
J. C. Grayson, who acted as sec
retary. W. 0. Absher, who was
re-appolnted On the board with
Chairman Anderson and Mr. Gray
son, has resigned. C. E. Jenkins.
Jr., was appointed by the state
board of elections to fill the va
cancy but he has not accepted.
Following Is the list of regis
trars and judges appointed. The
first named for each township is
the registrar, the second the Dem
ocratic judge and the third, the
Republican judge:
Antioch—R. G. Mathis, Charlie
Foster, C. A. Sparks.
Beaver Creek—Fred Walsh,
Carter West, Monroe Edminston.
Boomer—Atwell (3ennan, Tom
Greer, Ralph Swanson.
Brushy Mtn.—Chrlstle Tedder,
Clarence Hendren, Really Tedder.
Edwards No. 1.—Clyde Bur-
chette, J. A. Poplin, E. D. Byrd.
Edwards No. 2.—E. Q. Durham,
J. B. Church, Clifton Prevette.
Edwards No. 3.—^Amy Luff-
man, Dallas Carter, E. W. Smith.
Elk No. 1.—Philo Blankenship,
W. O. Barnett, W. E. Carlton.
Elk No. 2.—^A. J. Walsh, Fred
McNeil, EJd Dula.
Jobs Cabin No. 1.—Lee Be-
shears, A. H. Beshears. 0. M. Wat
son.
Jobs Cabin No. 2.—W. D. Fos
ter, Mrs. Mollie Adkins, W. F.
Waters.
Lewis Fork—G. C. Walsh, J
M. Shepherd, Theodore F’alrchlld.
Lovelace—Mrs. E. P. Inscore,
Freeland Johnson, Clarence Hend
ren.
Moravian Falls—Sam Pennell,
Vernon Rogers, J. M. Blevins.
Mulberry No. 1.—Mrs. Crom
Dancy, G. 0. Owens, O. 0. Absher.
Mulberry No. 2.—Grady Miller,
W. E. Brewer, W. V. Caudill.
New Castle—Grover C. Green,
M. L. Gray, H. A. Ireland.
North Wllkesboro — Rufus B.
Church, Monroe Eller, Richard
Eller.
Reddles River—^Van Caudill, C.
F. McNeil, W. R. Brooks.
Rock Creek—Mrs
Russian mobile columns, roll
ing unchecked through shattered
enemy defenses, raced more than
37 miles southward Into the heart'
of the Crimea yesterday, covering
almost half the distance to Sevas
topol In a single day, while other
Red Army forces striking from
the east captured all of the Kerch
peninsula and opened the way for
a flanking drive down the Black
Sea coast.
Gen. Feodor I. Tolbukhln’s
fourth Ukrainian Army, register
ing one of the greatest one-day
gains of the war by any Red Ar
my force, plunged down the cen
ter of the diamond-shaped Crimea
along the Dzholna-Simferopol
railroad and captured the town of
Karacha-Kangll, 11 1-8 miles
north of Simferopol, Crimean
capital.
The broadcast Moscow mid
night war bulletin said that So
viet mobile formations and Infan
try, developing their offensive
south of the town of Dzhankol
which was captured Tuesday, ad
vanced 60 kilometers (37 1-4
miles) to capture Karacha-Kan
gll. It represented a gain of 43
miles from Dzhankol, last report
ed position on that front.
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Two Held Here
For Three Thefts
Fingerprints Lead To Arrest
of Gerald Ander Watkins
and Donald Harris
Three robberies here over the
week-end have been solved by the
arrest of two colored boys, Police
Chief J. E. Walker said today.
Gerald Ander Watkins, 18,
colored youth of the Feirplalns
community, has confessed to
breaking into Wilkes Laundry
FYlday night. There a watch was
taken and a chewing gum vending
machine placed by the Lions Club
to raise funds to aid the blind was
robbed of about two dollars In
.jennies.
On Monday night Nath Ford’s
cafe and Bill Hoskins shoe shine
stand were entered on A street.
About $29 In nickels were taken
from piccolo machines.
Finger prints were taken and
Watkins, with Donald Shelton
Harris, were arrested as suspects.
After they were fingerprinted and
prints were compared, they con
fessed to the thefts.
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Saturday 6 P. M.
Deadline To File
For the Primary
Only Two Candidate* Have
Filed For Office To Date
In Wilke* County
son, Harvey Yale, Ell Sebastian.
^mers—Albert Myers, T. Y.
Inscore, H. C. Somers.
Stanton—^A. T. Parsons, J. G.
Eller, H. O. Parsons.
Traphlll No. 1.—Wesley Joynes,
J. N. Gentry, J. O. Holloway.
Traphlll No. 2.—John R- John
son, Forester Tale, H. N. Kenne
dy.
Union—Mrs. Rachel W. Bishop,
B. Frank Staley, Pete Dancy.
Walnut Grove No. 1.—^W. M.
Holbrook, J, C. Johnson, R. A.
Sldden.
Walnnt Grove No. 2.—A. A.
Wyatt, , Jesse Johnson.
Wllkesboro No. 1.—Graydon
Watts, Charlie Lackey, Tom
Six o’clock In the evening of
Saturday, April 15, Is the dead
line for filing as a candidate for
any county or township office.
Notice of candidacy must be
filed With the board of elections
by that time.
To date only two candidates
have filed notice of candidacy.
Representative T. E. Story has
filed for representative In the
general assembly on the Republi
can ticket.
I. J. Broyhlll, of Boomer, has
filed as a candidate for county
commissioner In district number
two on the Republican ticket.
Both parties are expected to
have a full slate of candidates fil
ed before the deadline Saturday.
If there are no contests, those
F- C- John- irho filed will be certified as noml-
Story, Jr.
\rak6*boro No. 2.—Hubert Par-
due, Ben Hollar*, Clarence
Fletcher.
nees of their party for the No
vember election.
Five Meat Markets
To Close 8 o’clock
P. M. On Saturdays
The following grocery store*
and meat markets will close at 8
p. m., beginning Saturday, April
16th. This la being done In or-'
dor to give their petroiu better
service, and make It nnneceaaary
to remain In the etore util a late
hour each Saturday night
nie following etore* will ado^
the new tetorday cloidBg hoar:
O. P. Store k llariiM, Meore**
Muket Dlxte Home Super Mark
et, KaMi & Karry Storpt, ud pe»r»*
.Market . —
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