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$KL Triplett G^JUrMeihl fftrlUrConbat T, SGT. /ilKB TMPlilJrT -V- _rlear Man Engineer On Bmnber Which Destroy ed Japanese Ship , Technical Sergeant Jake Trip- Itt, Mr. and Mrs. P. G. riplett, of Purlear, has been swarded the Air Medal for courageous service In combat. T. Sgt. Triplett, who has been In service two years and overseas for one year, Is an engineer on a bomber in the South Pacific. The Air Medal award was for members of the crew of a bomber which scored a direct hit on a Jap vessel. Mrs. Triplett, mother of Jake, received the following letter from Lieutenant General George C. Kenney, commanding officer .■>! the Fifth Air Force: Dear Mrs. Triplett: Kecently your son. Staff Sgt. ^^Jake Triplett, was decorated with the Air Medal. It was an award made In recognition of courageous service to his combat organiza tion, his fellow American airmen, his country, his home and to you. He was cited for meritorious , achievement while participating In aA,^ aerial flight over Hansa Bay, J Udvr TJnlnea. He was assistant engineer of an aircraft engaged on an armed reconnaissance mission when an armed enemy vessel was sighted. Despite anti-aircraft fire from the ship, a bombing run was made and a direct hit was scored, set ting the vessel on fire. When last seen, the enemy vessel was listing badly and in a sinking condition. Almost every hour of every day your son, and the sons of other American mothers, are do ing just such things as that here in the Southw'est Pacific. Theirs is a very real and very tangible contribution to victory and to peace. I would like to tell you how genuinely proud I am to have men such as your son In my command, and how gratified I am to know that young Americans with such courage and resourcefulness are fighting our country’s battle against the aggressor nations. Yon, Mrs. Triplett, have every reason to share tjiat pride and gratification, I.- Very sincerely. GEORGE C. KEXNEY, Lieut. General. Meredith College Expansion Work Is Launched Here Representatives of Several Counties Meet With T. E. s Story, District Chairman Vesting to launch the seventh district organization for the Mere dith College expansion program was held at Hotel Wilkes here with representatives of several northwstem North Carolina counties present. Attorney T. B. Story, of Wilkes- boro, ia chairman of the seventh Meredith—Page eight) Wilkes Men Named By the Democrats *tonr Wilkes Democrats were ^msd to committees by the s^e ^Mitlon held In Raleigh la^ reek. J. R- Rousseau was elect- r! as WRkes* member on the state BBonttre committee, Claude C. a member of the congrM- donal committee. Attorney J. H. gn.lekm’ Jr., to membersBlp of S^nScial dltrict committees ind c: B. Bllor as a member of he senatoftal eommlttee. In addition to the names of those puhUshed In Thursdays Is- me. Postnisetsr J. C, and »• R- ittaMded the state oontentlon. Chirohes Will Be Open ‘D* IM For Prayer For lietery Outrehes In the WUkesbM^ wlU be open for prayer and ntedltatton on the day the Inva sion of Europe begbia.. This decision was aanounoed follbvrlng the meeting of the lo cal ministerial association on Sunday night. The churthes Invite all to prayer for victory throughout the first day of the Invasion, which may be in the near fu ture. Now In Italy iEVftSTOPdL LASHED BY RED PLANES Pfc. Shwmian Canter, who Is serving in the marine corps. Is now resting up at a Pacific base after participating In the tiUbert Islands invasion. Sher man enlisted in the marine corps three years ago and has been overseas for 21 months. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. canter, of North Wilkesboro. Commencements Are Under Way In Wilkes Schools Pfc. Mack Bell, son of Mr. and .Mrs. J. M. Bell, of State Road, is now In Italy. Mack entered service September 29, 1942, received his basic train ing at Camp Wallace, 'Texas, and C'amp Hnlen, 'Texas, before going overseas a year ago. Since that time he has been in Eng land, Scotland, North Africa and Italy. William Noah, 16, Wounded In Back; Clyde Call Jaili^ Wilkesboro To Close 16th; Five High Schools Ended Term Last Week Youth In Critical Condition After Wounds From Both Barrels of Shotgun a William Noah, age 16, is in critical condition from wounds re ceived Saturday afternoon when both barrels of a 20-guage shot gun discharged their full loads district into his back. Clyde Call, age 38, was arrested by county officers and is being held in Wlkes jail without bond pending outcome of Noah’s In- juriee. The altercation occurred Satur day afternoon near Rob Segraves' service station at the home of Mrs. Ida Glass several miles east of Wilkesboro. Call told officers that he and the boy were scuffling with the gun when It discharged. The shot gun loads entered Noah’s back under his shoulder blade. There were also reports that Call struck Noah with' the gun during the scuffle. Noah was carried to the Wilkes hospital, where physicians de scribe his condition as critical. Mrs. W. R. Hix and Mrs. Doro thy Hendren left Saturday for a ten-day visit with their daughter and sister, Mrs. W. D. Trader, in Yonkers, New Ycrk. Money can fight, buy bonds. Now In England Pfc. John Arthur Sehuetian, SOB of Mr. wwi Mrs. W. Z. Be’ basttsa. Of Halls Hills, is in lengiamd. He entered the army on December 21,1942, and went overseas In November, 1948. in a recent letter home he said he was well and getting along fine. Bis wife is the tmmer Miss Imne Shninato. Wilkes county schools are In the midst of the commencement season. Five schools. Millers Creek, Mount Pleasant, Roaring River, Mountain View and Ferguson, ended the term Friday and Satur day with appropriate commence ment programs. Ronda high school will close on May 13 and Wilkesboro will have its final program on Tuesday, May 16. The commencement season opened In Wilkesboro during the past weeh-wtth (eettela by Un. E. Prevette’s music classes on Thursday night, Friday afternoon and Friday night. 'The baccalaureate sermon will be delivered by vDr. John W. Klncheloe, Jr., pastor of the First Baptist church of North Wilkes boro, in the school auditorium on Sunday afternoon. May 14, three o’clock. Rev. J. S. Hiatt, of Statesville, superintendent of the Methodist church, will deliver the literary address at the graduating exercises In the school auditorium on Tuesday, May 16. The pro gram will open at 11 a. m. Fifty seniors will receive diplomas of high school graduation. Lincoln heights colored school will close with graduating exer cises on Tuesday, May 9. One feature of commencement programs this year is the award ing of a medal to the outstanding boy and girl In each graduating class by the Wilkes post of the American Legion. To promote better scholarship and citizenship, the Legion post has expanded the awards program to Include a medal for the boy and girl voted the most outstanding In each school. Although handicapped by war time conditions, schools of the county have operated successful ly during the year. EInrollment and average attendance have been maintained at high levels through out the term. 1 Two Wilkes Men Are Reported As German Prisoners St. Sgt. Ceber M. Creech luid Pfc. Willard Hamby Taken In Jaimary Two Wilkes men have recently been reported as war prisoners In Germany. Staff Sergeant Caber M. Creech, tail gunner on a B17 bomber, is now reported as a prisoner. He had been missing since January 24. He is the husband of the former Miss Merle Owens, of North Wilkesboro. Mrs. Rozie Hamby, of Purlear, has received a letter from her son, Pfc. VWillard Hamby, who was taken prisoner In January. He stated that he was well and In good health and asked that she and other relatives and friends send him packages of food through the Red Cross. ' Pfc. Thornton StJGey, who has been a prisoner for several months, stated in a recent letter to bis parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Staley, of Wilbar, that he and Pfc. Hamby were In the same camp. V Waves of Soviet bombers at tacked beselged Sevaatopol ^day and night Saturday, battering shipping, artUlery batteries and troop concentrations, iMoscow an nounced last night, and Berlin re ported that a powerful Red Army land drivfe toward the battle-scar red Crimean port had pushed the Germans and Romanians back to a "new defense line". The broadcast Moscow opera tional bulletin which reported the second shattering raid on Sevaeto- ImjI In four days failed to confirm German claims of a major ground battle there, and reported for the 16th succeesive day that there was no change on eector. The German-controlled Vichy radio said that Russian troops had achieved several penetrations of German lines north of Sevastopol At Camp Edwards - 1 ■ rr.'/-, CHAPEL FOR HITLER Here is sm official navy photograph of the chapel erected in New Guinea’s jungles under direction of Chaplain Watt M. Cooper, pastor of the Nortl^ Wilkes boro Presbyterian church now serving with the Seabees in the navy. The accompanying article tells about the near miraculous construction of the place of worship at the advanced Seabees’ base. -V- NORTH WILKESBORO MINISTER BUILDS CHAPEL IN NEW GUINEA THE NAVY DEPARTMENT SENDS OUT ARTICLE ABOUT CHAPLAIN Cpl. Ivoflr L. Pehs, Vho was recently promoted to ids'pre*- ent rank, has returned to Camp Edwards, Mass., after spomllng an 11-d^ furlong with his wtfe, the former Miss Virginia Myers. They were married on April 25. Cpl, Johnson is the son of Mrs. Flora Johnson, of Radical. Return# From Italy Washington, D. C.—The Gen eral Commission on Army and Navy Chaplains, Washington, D. C., has received an Interesting ac count from Chaplain Watt M. Cooper, U. S. N. R., of the erec tion of a chapel in the jungles of New Guinea. Chaplain Cooper, jrho spent his boyhood In Graham, ‘lhC„ was graduated from the lo cal high school and later from the University of North Carolina. He served as student pastor of the Presbyterian church In Chapel Hill, N. C., later became principal of the high school at Blackey, Ky., and after completing his 'Theolo gical course at Yale Divinity school, became pastor of the Pres byterian church at North Wilkes boro, N. C. Mrs. Cooper Is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Gambill, of West Jefferson, N. C. Chaplain Cooper spent four months on Woodlark Island before being stationed at an advance base In New Guinea. Of the manner In which the “Seabees" built the chapel In the jungle. Chaplain Cooper writes: "Among the first permanent buildings to go up at this ad vanced base In New Guinea was the Seabee Chapel. No sooner had the camp site been surveyed and the first roads cut through the thick brush by the bulldozers than work was begun on the church. Slabs were soon obtain ed from the sawmill, posts and rafters were cut from small saplings, palm leaves were brought In from the cocoanut (Bee Chapel—^Page eight) -V Pvt. Jofan B. Hayes has re turned to service In the States after engaging In the campaign in North Africa, Sicily and Italy. He received wounds in Naples, Italy, and since his re turn to the United States he has been stationed at Fort Bragg. Pvt. Hayes, whose home in on North Wilkesboro route one, re-, oeived bis basic training at Fort Jackson in 1940 and went over seas In 1042. Gets Promotion Eshelman Attends Regional Meeting War Labor Board P. W. Eshelman went to Atlan ta., Oa., Thursday evening to at tend a two-day session of the Fourth Regional War Labor Board. The meeting was held at the Georgian Terrace Hotel. Mr. Eshelman Is » panel mem ber representing Industry. Some of the subjects up for discussion were arbitration. War Laibor Dis putes Act, National Labor Rela tions Act, the relation of the Con ciliation Service and the War La bor Board. Panel members representing in dustry, labor and the public at tended, also the staff of the War- Labor Board, U. S. Conciliation arervlce. National Labor Relations Board and other governmentol agencies dealing with War Tlmo labor problems. Now In Kentucky Pvt. Otha Call, son of Mr. and .Mrs. A. Call, entered tlie army In March, 1942, received his basic training at Port Ijeonard Wood, Mo., was on maneuvers in Louisiana, spent a short fur lough with his wife and parents and then reported for duty at his present station at Camp Breckonrldge, Ky. Hags Allied air fleets b>>Bbed Berllif and Bucharest and 19 oth er targeta from Belgium to th® Balkans in a week-end seriea of thundering day and night raids. It was perhaps history's greataat demonstration of air power. The raids climaxed a week-«n4 general offensive in which more than 7,000 Allied planes from Britain and Italy attacked Axis Europe from Saturday noon until dusk last night. German radio stations flashed warnings of "many enemy planes” approaching the northwest German coastal area shortly before mid night last night Indicating that the Allied assault was rolling on. Additional warnings from other Axis radios Indicated that night raiders also were over the Paris area. Heavy bombers of the U. S. Eighth Air Force flew two mis sions yesterday, with a force of 1,000 planes escorted by an equal number of American and Allied fighters, smashing at Berlin and raiding Munster and Osnebruvk in subsidiary attacks early In the day. Later, another force of Lib erators escorted by Thunderbolts and Mustangs smashed unan nounced targets In Belgium. V- PATROL BOATS DAMAGE SHIP IN JAP CONVOY Naval Catalina flying boats on routine patrol over the Island- dptted Dutch East Indies damag ed a 5,000-ton Japanese freighter In Intercepting an eight-ship en emy convoy off Celebes Island late Friday, General Douglas MacAr- thur announced today. •V Now In England TWhnlcal Gotponl Royal Johnson, who was recently pro moted to hi# iwesent rank, has («tnrDed to DeUware, whete he is In tmining, aJftee q^ending sevenil days in North Wikee- bOTO wltti his wife, the fonner tOm Lorene Jones, and his pan. ► ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Q. John- Cpli Johnson entered the array In December, IMS, and is serving tn n raedloBt detsift- ‘mest.. -> ' Pvt. Tsm HaU, who Is now serving hi the tnXantry, Ime ai^ rived In England, acoending to a letter received by lamnle Brawn, of Halls BHUs. Pvt. Han entered the army Septem ber 1, 1948, and received train ing lit Gsmp Van Dora, lOss., and Port DIx, N. J. He is a son of Mr-‘and Mrs. Bob-Hsll-^ot Monroe Pierce, 49, Is Killed Sunday In Auto Accident Car Ran Off High Embank ment On Country Road Near Roaring River HidlslBlln. Monroe Pierce, age 49, was killed Sunday when the car he was driving overturned off a country road near Roaring River. Mr. Pierce, a resident of the Roaring River community, died at four p. m. Sunday at the Wilkes hospital, five hours after the ac cident occurred. He was alone at the time of the accident and was brought to the hospital by a mo torist who arrived at the scene shortly after the accident took place. Surviving Mr. Pierce are his wife, Mrs. Tlncie Pierce; one daughter, Georgia Lee Pierce, of Roaring River; and one son, Hardin Monroe Pierce, who Is In service and Is stationed at Charles ton, S. C. Funeral service will be held Wednesday, 11 a. m., at White head In Alleghany county. Rev. James Bryant will conduct the service. V- Softball Fans To Meet Friday Night To Organize Clubs Representatives Of All The Churches In Wilkesboros Asked To Attend Meet A mass meeting of softball players and fans has been called to meet at the North Wilkesboro town hall on Friday night. May 12, 9:00 o’clock, to organize a softball league for North Wilkes boro and Wilkesboro. The softball league will bo or ganised with the churches of the two towns as sponsors and repre sentatives of all chnrches are de sired at the meeting. V- RATION NEWS UN SHOES — Airplane stamps No. 1 and No. 2 (Book 3) val id Indefinitely. GASOLINE—Conpona No. 9 la A back geod fer ttiree gal lons became effective Feb. 9 sad will expire May 8. SUGAR—Sugar stampe No. so and No. SI (book 4) good for five pounds Udeftnltely.-' OANNINO gUOAR —Sugar ■tamp No. 49 good for five paaade of eaaalag eagar nntll Febraaiy II, 1141. F(X)D—^Book 4 atampa good for 10 points each for which tokens are ased as chaage. Meats and fatar AS thri Qt rad.. Meats and fats; AS thru T8 red. bias. .. . •'* r.l s:.,. Y', -i-
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