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PIT YOURSELF IN THEIR PLACE HOW! If people here in the States spend just one rainy or snowy their backyards with nothing but a pon cho for shelter, concentrating in the end less hoitrs of waking on what it must be like to have shells bursting nearby and unidentified planes flying overhead, pre tending as well that the next day might be their very last—^then they might begin to understand what the men in Italy, and on other fronts, are going through; and then they would go and make an addi tional and a bigger purchase of bonds. Perhaps a few people just think about ^pending such a night and they buy. y.M.C.A.TIieiiie Kiwanis Program HereOnFriday r YADKIR DAM IRCLODED IN FLOOD CONTROL MEASURE PASSED IN SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES $10,840,000 PROJECT AUTHORIZED IN THE BILL IS Construction of a flcod control and hydroelectric dam on the Yadkin river near Wilkesboro was contained in the flood control authorization bill passed last week in the United States senate. The Wilkes project was added to the bill after it passed In the house and is expected to pass in conference this week. The proj ect is oue of many included in the authorizations for postwar con struction. Washington. June 21.—A ?1.- 000,000,000 program of flood control work after the war was approved today by the Senate com merce committee. The committee in approving an pnuO^ ^ by; as well as provision for a Missouri River commission. The House had approved projects to cost ap proximately 1800,000,000. The bill, if finally enacted, simply would authorize the work for postwar construction. Subse quently congressional appropria tions would be necessary to get it started. Among projects added to the Mil by the Senate committee and their estimated cost: Buggs island reservoir on the Roanoke river in Virginia and North Carolina and the Philpot reservoir on the Smith river in Virginia, $36,140,000; Wilkesboro reservoir on the Yadkin-Pee Dee river in North Carolina, $10,840,- 000; Edisto river South Carolina, $139,000; Clark Hill reservoir on the Savannah river. South Caro lina and Georgia, $35,300,000. In addition to these projects on which the Army Engineers have submitted detailed reports, inves tigation would be ordered of proj ects on Pasquotank in North Caro lina. Dewey Apprars To Be Winner On First Vote 1C Convention Headquarters, Chi cago.—Governor Thomas E. Dew ey will win the Republican presi dential nomination on the first ballot with probably 200 or more votes to spare, an Informal sur vey showed last night, on the eve of the party’s convention, and it appeared equally certain that Gov. ESarl Warren of California will be his running mate. At the same time, convention Officials were so sure there would be no deadlock in the balloting that they planned to windup the convention by Wednesday night and wait for Dewey who wlU com® here Thursday and accept the nomination. The convention open ed at 10:15 a. m. today. In South Dakota Pvt. Claude h. Kennedy, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Kennedy, of IVilkesboro, Is now stationed at Sioux Falls, S. D., in radio school. Pvt. Kennedy entered the service In May, IMS. Three Cases Polio In Wilkes County; Warning Is Issued Health Officer Warns Par ents To Keep Children Away from Gatherings Three cases of Infantile paraly sis have been reported in Wilkes county, it was learned today from the county health department. * Dr. A. J. Eller, county health officer, today advised that parents keep their children from all types of public gatherings an dto keep them out of streams until the po lio threat subsides. The cases were first reported in Wilkes last week. During the past month dozens of cases have been reported In western North Carolina. Girl Scouts Meet Here Postponed Weekly get together meetings of Girl Scouts at Smoot Park have been postponed indefinitely on ac count of the infantile paralysis epidemic threat here. Serves In England WUkee county is represeole*! this week at the Republican njttional Convention in dzlca^ by Meswrs. T. B. Bryan and H. P. (Pat) Eaier. Mir. Bryan la an alternate dele*{ate ftswn North Carolina, V Swimminur Pool Not To Open Tuesday Because of the danger of an In- ( Ifantile ptralyela epWemle, the fwjmming' pool will BOt OPOB Tnesdut Si pla&oed. If the poHo thmt lubaldes, the win be opened it a later & Pfe. Steward B. Wabop, who entered service September 14, IMS, la DOW aonMwhere In Boc- land, according to a recent let ter received by Wa slatee, Bira. Cbarlie Bancy,. of WUkeaboro 'route one. Dr. Hubbard, Carl VanDe- man and Rew. A. C. Wag- gtmer Give YMCA Facta In cooperation with the cam paign now in progress to raise funds for the Y. M. C. A. here, the North Wllkeeboro Klwanls club had a program Friday which gave many Interesting facts about that Y. M. C. A, organiza tion. Program Chairman Fred C. Hubbard opened his program by asking song leader Sloane Guy. Jr., to lead two songs. He then gave a brl^ history of the hun dred years development of the Y. M. C. A., stating that It was or ganized In London by George Wil liams, a clerk, June 6, 1844. Wll liams, a farm boy, had a mishap of turning over a load of hay and his parents, disgusted by, his care lessness, apprenticed him to a dry goods merchant In London and by his natural salesmanship he rose to the ownership of the shop. At that time In London the recrea tion was drunkenness, gambling, and lechery. Twenty-two-year- old George Williams, seeing the condition, felt called to do some thing about it. He called togeth er clerks of his community and on June 6, 1844, organized the first Y.M.C.A. The growth and success of the Institution has been phenominal. Dr. Hubbard presented Carl E. VanDeman, who gave a brief life history of John R. Mott, who has been for many years the world’s most inspiring Y. M. C. A. leader. Mott was born 79 years ago in the state of New York; he moved with his parents to Iowa and there at tended the public schools and for t4isf!.lhe Qnlveniity ol I and studied law. Near the his legal studies he was prevailed upon by a Mr. Ober and others to do rell^ous work and he eventual ly consented to and thus began a life of service hardly paralleled, in our times. He has represented In his 56 years of Y service America in almost every civilized land. His travels have taken him through some 80 countries and more tban 2,000,000 miles. Woodrow Wil son offered him the post of U. S. Minister to China. He has been offered the presidency of numer ous colleges and universities. Theodore Roosevelt said of him, “he is the greatest living young man of this time". Rev. A. C. Waggoner was then presented for a brief talk. He gave a brief review of the book by Maxine Davis, "A Lost Genera tion’’. He pictured the youth of the world looking for a leader. They are educated and otherwise, restless, seeking something or someone to follow. Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini, took advantage of the opportunity and lined them up. They became passionate fol lowers of their leaders. His challenge was that we must offer to our youth opportunities and leadership that will be elevat ing and spiritual. He suggested the proposed Y. M. C. A. building project in this community as a commendable effort to that end. Guests Friday were as follows: Dr. A. D. Morehouse and Robert L. Morehouse with H. H. More house: Cadet Robert W. McCoy with Pat Williams; H. M. Hutch ens with P. W. Eshelman; W. J. Caroon, Jr., with W. J. Caroon. . JDHN$ON BROTHEIi^ IN ARlXY AND MARINES ■i': -ab-f ■■ STREET FI6HTS ARE RACING IN VITEBSK Soviet troops cut the last Ger man escape route from Vitebsk yesterday and trapped five enemy Infantry divisions—an estimated 50,000 to 75,000 men—Inside the surrounded White Russian fort ress city on the third day of the greatest Red Army offensive of the war. Troops of two converging armies who snapped shut the trap at the highway town of GnezdHovlnchl, 19 miles west of Vitebsk, already have broken Into the city of 167,- 000 and are fighting fiercely in the streets with the beleaguered Germans, Moscow announced. Board of Stewards Will Meet Tue$day Board of Btsiwards of the First Methodist'ehnreh wQl meet Taee-' day, seven p. m., at the home of BW F, Gartner. - -r' [Sale “r Bonds Lagging; Appeal Made to People TTiree sons of Mr. and Mrs. B, L. JtAnton, of Wilkesboro, are in service. Sgt. Wal ter Glenn Johnson, left, is in the army air corps and is now at Casper, Wyo. He en ter^ the army May 1, 1940, and spent three years in Panama before being returned to the states. His wife, the former Miss Mildred Riddle, of North Wilkesboro route two, makes her home with him. Pvt. Julius J. Johnson is shown holding his youngest son, Archie Glenn. Julius entered the army in January this year, received his basic training at Fort Bragg and is now at Csunp Stewart, Ga. His wife is the former Miss Hazel Holland, and his children are Ikey, Evelyn Carroll, Shirley Ann and Archie Glenn. Sgt.-Richard Gwyn JcAnson is in the marine corps. He . entered service on September 16, 1943, received boot training at San Diego, Calif., qualified as sharp shooter on the rifle range at Camp Matthews, and is now a combat instructor at Mo jave, California. CHERBOURG IS CAPTURED IN ALLIED DRIVE Wilkes Schools To Begin Term On August 14th JAPS LOSE 747 PUNES DURING MARIANAS FIGHT Cherbourg, nazi stronghold on the Normandy peninsula in J-Yance, has been occupied by the allies after bitter fighting, to All Principals Will Be Back On The Same Job; Some Teacher Vacancies Yet Japan’s futile defense of the Marianas and Bonins has cost the Empire 747 planes destroyed, 30 ships sunk, .61 damaged-and two made small gains dn other parts of the invasion front in France. -V- Mrs. N. A. Henderson Funeral On Saturday Funeral service was held at the residence at Ronda Saturday af ternoon for Mrs. Alice Hlckerson Hpnderson, age 66, who died Thursday. Mrs. Henderson, wife of N. A. Henderson, was a member of one of Wilkes county’s best known families, being a daughter of the late Ransom G. and Charity Hurt Henderson, of the Ronda com munity. Thomas H. Church Is Taken By Death Thomas Homer Church, 12- .vear-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Vir gil M. Church, of P-urlear, died Saturday night. He had been 111 for several weeks. The boy is survived by his fath er and mother and the following brothers and sisters; Vetra. Duane,:Clay, Bruce, Hayden, Had ley and Bryant church. Funeral service was held today at Lewis Fork church with Rev. A. W. Eller and Rev. Levi Greene conducting the service. Serving In Italy Opl. Wiley Oleary, who enter ed service in February, 1»48, M serving in Italy. B[e was In training’ at St. Petersbnig, INa., and Fresno, Oalifornla, before gedng overseas in' January tbJs year. C^l. Oleary la a aon of Blr. and Mint. Ony Oeary, fonu- eHy of WUkOi but who now re side at B^iowa C^^eek. A letter from Cipl- to hi® vuMam an«ii« dknrlMre Ik ^ MW*- superintendent, annohneed The date will be the same for all schools with the exception of Mulberry, which will run on the same schedule with North Wilkes boro city schools because of In terlocking transportation facili ties. Supt. Eller explained that the opening date would enable the schools to complete half the term before Christmas holidays. During the vacation months ef forts are being made to get build ings and equipment In as good shape as possible for the next term. Principals of the central schools and larger elementary schools have been re-elected for the coming term. They are as fol lows: Wm. T. Long, Wilkesboro; E. R. Spruill, Ronda; Zeb V. K. Dickson, Traphill; P. W. Greer, Mountain View; Grady Miller, Mulberry; I R. V. Day, Millers Creek; Gorman Johnson, Roaring River; Eugene M. White, Mount Pleasant; 0. M. Prof fit, Fergu son; E. I. Elledge, Moravian Falls; D. C. Whittington, Cricket; J. R. Edelin, Lincoln Heights. Some vacancies exist "in the teacher list and these are being filled as rapidly as teachers can be obtained. School buses are being recon ditioned for another year of serv ice. Several new buses are need ed, but new bus prospects by school opening date are not very good, Supt. Eller stated. V Baptists Take Two Defeats In Softball League The heretofore unbeaten Bap tist team In the churches’ soft- ball league here suffered two de feats In the past week, which has resulted In a much tighter race for the league title. On Tuesday the Presbyterians hit the ball alLover the field and when the dust had cleared away they had Ml to 12 victory In the freest scD^pg game of the year. And on Thursday the Metho dists gained a IS' to 7 declalon over the Baptists. Highlights of the game were a homer by Bush and hitting by Snipes, who gbt on five times In as many trips to the plate. The league standing now is a® follows: TBAM W. L. Baptists 2 Methodists — 2 2 Presbyterians —; 1 * Before 1793, tiie proceedings of the XT. S. ecouitB were qoodtieted privet^., - terday issued a communfipJe re vising losses Inflicted on the en emy in the two weeks June 10 to 23. He added 109 planes shot down, three ships damaged—a light carrier, a heavy cruiser and a light cruiser—and transferred a tanksr previously reported sunk, to the damaged list. At the same time Nimitz said American plane losses from Adm. Marc A. MItscher’s carrier force which sank or damaged nearly a score of Japanese ships June 19 was increased to 95 but only 22 pilots and 27 air crewmen were lost. Mrs. Moore, Age 94, Is Claimed By Death Funeral service was held Satur day at Bethany church for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Moore, age 94, resident of the Gilreath communi ty who died Friday morning. Rev. C. J. Poole and Rev. Parks Rob inson conducted the service. Mrs. Moore, who was one of the oldest residents of Wilkes county, leaves the following sons and daughters: Mrs. F. C. Gwaltney, Pores Knob; Mrs. G. W. Greer, Idlewlld; Mrs. J. T. Johnson and J. R. Moore, North Wilkesboro; Mrs. J. C. Tedder and W. J. Moore, Gilreath. V The widest avenue in the world is the AvenWa Nueve de Julio in Buenos Aires. At Camp Peary L. Chiv *o ws ^eeent rank' vpan 'tUmtteUoa of kin boot toetitm at OMop JPeaiy, Va. BMen^ he epent k ten-fley leftv» with ble Wile ead chOdtrea oa. Iftmia JtemU ttfo NtMBeroas Purchases of The Small B»ds Needed To Reach “E” Bond Goal Fifth War Loan in Wilkes county has reached a total of $626,000, W. D. Halfacre, war loan chairman, reported today. This represents more than half the total of $990,000. But the sale of “E” bonds to date Is lagging. Wilkes has an “E” bond quota of $227,'000, which is Included In the total quota of $990,000. The latest report from the Fed- ,eral Reserve Bank, which Includ ed sales through Friday, showed a total of only $56,000, which represents only a start toward the “E” bond goal. Because of the high Interest be ing shown by the retail stores, and the district organizations throughout the county, is is hoped that the next report on sale of “E” bonds will show a much larg er total. Issuing agents reported that Saturday was the best day of the compaign to date in sale of “E" bonds. Special emphasis is now being placed on the sale of “E” bonds, which sell for as low as $18.75, and which are the most profitable investment from the standpoint of interest return. Every three dol lars in “E’’ bonds will return four in ten years. The “E” bonds are made for individuals, to give them a safe investment at good interest re turns. “E” bonds are a big help in financing the war effort, at the same time taking money from ■'he channels of trade and which con trol® infUtionairy tendencies. tacks being' by the fighting their allies. Americans and Patriotic Meet At Courthouse Sunday, July 2 County-Wide Meeting To Be In Form of Service Of Prayer, Thanksgiving Roy McMillian, chairman of the Civilian Defense Corps for North Carolina, has written Judge J. A. Rousseau, chairman of the Civilian Defense Corps of Wilkes county, expressing the desire that a pa triotic meeting be held in each county In the state, either on Sunday afternoon, July 2, or on Tuesday afternoon, July 4th. Judge Rousseau has appointed a committee to arrange for the meeting in Wilkes county, and it is the plan of the committee that the county-wide meeting will be held on Sunday afternoon, July 2, at five o’clock in the Wilkes coun ty courthouse. The meeting is to be in no sense a celebration, but rather an assembly of the citizens of Wilkes county to express their thanks to God for our county, our state and our nation; an appreciation of a free people in a free country; a calling to remembrance of the deeds of those who have shed their blood that we might enjoy our present heritage; a prayer for those who are now offering their lives that we may continue to en joy these privileges; a recogni tion of the parents whose sons and daughters are now serving so unselfishly and so valiantly. The committee in charge is now arranging the program and It will be published In 'ninredBy*® edi tion of the Journal-Patriot. V- Revival Begias Id Wiikdioro Revival services began Sunday at the Baptist church in Wllkee boro. Services are bM each evenloc, edght o’clock, wltk the pastor, Bev. Howard J. Fort, in oknrge, as- ■p .-n. slated by Rev. T. Stoens Ony, Jr., vrtio is in charge of the ants. Dr. J. Clyde Turner, psitor of the First Baptist ohnreh to Oreeuboro, wu prmBted br QI' ness from 'dolaf the preMklng dnrliirtikeyeiTfnd. ^ T|m pnUhi hag * cordial tioa to all eervloeB,^
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