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18 MILES ON
WIDE FRONT
■ Russian troops attacking on a
225-mile front yesterday pene
trated 18 miies into Hungarian-
annexed Transyivania in their ac
celerated drive to knock Hungary
out of the war, and a Moscow dis
patch said they were ciosing fast
on Cluj, capital of the big plateau
province and rail heart controil-
ing Axis defenses.
(Bern radio in a roundabout re-
- -s., .;: ; port said Cluj had been captured,
Pfc. Morris Shumate, who has been in the army three but this was not confirmed by
voars and at a distant point in the South Pacific for sev- Moscow).
months, was much surprised recently when he was Aithough Moscow did not an-
^Htited by his brother. Grant Shumate, electrician’s mate nounce any gains on the western
^Hu’d class in the navy. The Shumate brothers are sons end of the curving front since Sat-
W Mr. and Mrs. Virl W. Shumate, of North Wilkesboro ;urday’s capture of Terns, on^ 3.
Jfoute one. Pfc. Morris Shumate tells of their meeting “rthT^^LsManfi; \h“
overseas in the followmg letter to his parents, dated
August 22: I pest.
Hello Pa: ilot, but after he was with me. The Soviet communique said
How are you today? I am fee!- iwhilo I decided that he , hadn’t Soviet columns attacking inside
In'• fllnc. I really had the sur- changed, .\nyway 1 giies.s it wa.s southestern Transylvania and
of my life this morning and jiist my imagination and 1 think I |along the eastern side almost as
^Ket you can’t gues-s what it wa.s. looked kindly strange to him for far north as the old Polish froii-
^'611 I am going to tell yon in a awhile. We sure did do a lot of tiers had captured nearly RO
yiffy what it was and I het you talking, telling each other all our
will be surprised also. I was ly- troubles, hut 1 think Grant did the
ing on my bed reading a maga most of the talkin.g as you know
zine w'hen someone yelled at me he could always out-talk me. He
that someone wanted to see me, 1 went back to his ship at 4 o’clock
got up and went out to see who but is coming tack to see me
it was and was I surprised w ien again tomorrow. 1 don’t know
I saw Grant standing there. Yon how long he will he around hero,
can imagine alrtnit how I felt. I But you can bet we will see each
sure wasn’t expecting !o see him o:her as :nuch as possible. If he
here. He came here about Id stays here long enough I am go-
o’clock t..is morning and stayed ing to spend the night with him it
with me until 4:u0 o’clock this 1 can. He hasn’t been sick since
afternoon. It sure wa.s good to sen pie left home, just the same old
him once more. When I fist saw, Grant.
him I thought he had changed a I (.Sex- Brothers Meet—Page S)
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To Head
HALL BROTHERS SERVE IN ITALY
towns and villages during the day,
and forced another Carpathian
Mountain Pass Into Transylvania.
Giant Apples Grow
On Tree In Pasture
C. E. Jenkins’ Farm
C. E. Jenkins, prominent lo
cal hardware merchant, on Fri
day brought to Tiie Journal-Pa
triot two of the largest apples
ever .shown here.
The apples were green in col
or and had weights of one
pound and 13 ounces and one
pound and nine ounce.«.
Mr, Jenkins stated that tlie
apples came from a tree in Uie
pasture on his farm In the Red-
dUes Klver community, 'The
trees on his farm were sprayed
thoronghly this year and have
produced wonderful crops of
fine apples. Seven bushels were
taken from the tree with the
big apples and the average wa.s
4l> apples to each bushel.
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Pvt
Vuden G. Eller was wound
ed in Franc© August 2 3rd, ac
cording to a telegram received by
hi.s wife, the former Miss Dixie
Hartley. He is the son of Mr.
and .Mrs. G. M. Eller of Ferguson.
He is now in a hospital in Eng
land. Pvt. Eller entered service
Two sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. nail are now in serv
ice in Italy. Pvt. Glenn H. Hall, left, entered the ^my
in January, 1944, and received training at Camp Wol-
ters, Texas, and Fort George G. Meade, Md., before
ing to Italy, A recent letter received by his wife, the
former Miss Thelma Wyatt, stated that he is o.k. and
getting along fine. Sgt. Walter Hall, right, entered the
army with the National Guard company at North
Wilkesboro in September, 1940, and has been m service
in the Mediterrsmean area since the African invasion.
He Is now in a hospital in Italy, where he is being treat
ed for a throat infection. A recent letter to his mother
stated that it seems good to sleep on a bed again Md
that he hoped to get out soon. The Hall brothers plan
to meet each other in Italy soon.
CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING
Pvt. Vaden G. Eller
Wounded In France
FIRST SNEUS
FAUORNAZI
SOIL SUNDAY
PFC. WIIiLnE R. HARROIiD
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Pfc. Willie Harrold
Dies Of Wounds In
France On July 20
Pfc. Willie R- Harrold was
wounded in action in Prance on
July 12 and died on July 20, ac
cording to an official war de
partment message received by his
wife, Mrs. Rena Myres Harrold.
Pfc. Harrold was almost 22
years of age when he died. He
had been In the service since Oc
tober, 1942, and received train
ing for the Infantry at Camp
Wheeler, Ga., Fort George G.
Meade, Md., A. PP. Hill, Va.,
Camp McCoy, Wis., and Iron
River, Mich., sailing for overseas
in May of 1944.
Pfc. Harrold had an excellent
service record. He was awarded
the good conduct medal for a
year of good conduct and also re
ceived medals for expert rifle, au
tomatic rifle, bayonet and hand
grenade.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Reba Myres, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. U. M. Myres, of
Hays; and a flve-mfmthB-old
daughter, Barbara Ann: his fath
er and mother, Mt. and Mrs. J. A.
Harrold, and the following broth
ers and sisters: Pvt. Buford C.
Harrold, California: Lawrence,
Walsie, Mary Grace, B. T. and
Francis Harrold, ail of Hays.
U. S. First Army tanks and In
fantry, in a spectaculkr 35 mile
advance, crashed at' two points
Sunday and drove on into the cap
ital of the tiny Grand Ducky,
while "Long Tom’’ guns in Bel
gium opened up on the Aachen
area of Germany In the first
American artillery bombardment
of the Reich.
Unconfirmed front dispatches
said that the city of Luxembourg,
ten miles from Germany’s rich
Saar basin, already had been lib
erated by the southern wing of
Lieut. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges’
First Army.
The northern wing, striking out
in a 14 mile advance- captured
the Belgian town of Liiibourg,
8 1-2 miles from the German
border and 11 1-2 miles south
west of Aachen. From the newly-
captured town of Vervlers, three
miles southwest of Llmbourg,
American 165 millimeter gunsi
opened a bomwardment of the
tiny German border town 'of Bild-
chen, below Aachen, just before
noon Sunday.
Club Council Will
Meet October 9th
Mrs. Annie H. Greene, home
demonstration agent, announced
today that the county council of
home demonstration dirbs will
I....... . ... ...... meet at the North Wilkesboro
November 23, 1943, and received j,all on October 9, 2:30 p
his training at Camp "Wheeler. Oa
He has been overseas since May
of this year.
Calf Shows Delayed
Dairy calf shows scheduled for
this week at Statesville and Lex
ington have been postponed. The
show at Statesville will be on
September 27 and at Injxington on
September 29. The Statesville
show will he sponsored by Belk’s
stores and the show at Lexington
by Coble Dairy Products company.
Liberal cash prizes will be given
and the 4-H club boys and girls
from Wilkes are asked to enter
their calves. Those who plan to
enter are asked to contact Coun
ty Agent Snipes.
m., instead of October 3. A most
interesting program, featuring a
motion picture, will be carried out
and all home demonstration club
members and others interested are
aaked to make plans now to at
tend.
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City and Ccunty
Schccls tc Open
Mcnday, Sept. 18
Schools of the Wilkes county
system and North Wilkesboro
city schools will open on Monday,
September 18.
School opening was postponed
due to the infantile paralysis epi
demic, which has subsided, and
school authorities have completed
plans for opening on the 18th.
Buildings and equipment of all
the schools have been placed in
condition for school opening, and
a large enrollment is expected.
The faculty of the city school
system is complete.
C. B. Eller, county superinten
dent of schools, stated the latter
part of the week that a very few
teacher vacancies remained to be
filled but expected the teacher
list to be complete this week.
School buses have been recondi*
tioned in preparation for school fss
opening. i
PnlOskorMWili
Held JKwiik For
The Cmhig Year
Officers For 1948 Elected In
''Meeting Fridny; OP A'
' Official Is Speaker
PAUL OSBORNE
Wounded On Saipan
Pfc. 'Treely Granville Billings,
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Bill
ings, of Wilkesboro, ivas wound
ed on June 1.5 on Saipan and
has been awarded the Purple
Heart medal. I.ate8t news is
that he is recovering. Pfc. Bil
lings entered service in the ma
rine corps on April 22, 1941.
Junior Order Meet
Degree work will h© carried
out and refreshments will be serv
ed in the meeting of the North
Wilkesboro council of the Junior
7:30 o’clock. A large attendance
Order to be held Tuesday night,
of members is desired.
Staff Sergeant
In California
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Quarterly Conference
Rev. J. S. Hiatt, superintendent
of the Statesville district of the
Methodist church, will deliver a
message and conduct the quarter
ly conference at the First Metho
dist church In this city Wednes
day evening, 7:30 o’clock. Writ
ten reports will be given by offl-
cer.s of the church and church
school.
Paul Oaborne, well known
business man who Is associated
with hto uncle, P. B. Brown, in
the lumber manufacturing busi
ness.'was elected president of the
North Wilkesboro Klwanls club
Friday noon.
Officers of the club, elected for
one year, will not take office un
til January 1. Election is held
prior to the district convention,
which will be held October 11 and
12 at Greenville, S. C.
The full slate of officers elected
Friday are as follows: Paul Os
borne, president; J. B. McCoy,
vice president; T. E. Story, treas
urer; A. P. Kilby, past president:
Dr. G. T. Mitchell, W. D. Halt-
acre, Qwyn Gamblll, J. B. Wil
liams and J. B. Snipes, directors.
Mr, Osborne has been very ac
tive In civic life In the Wllkes-
boros and has taken an active part
In many movements for the wel
fare and progress of the com
munity.
J. B. Carter was program
chairman for the meeting Friday
and in his absence Paul Osborne
conducted the program. He Intro
duced Mr. Douglas C. Goff, price
laison officer of the 0. P. A., who
made a fine and informational
talk on the subject of "Rationing
and Price Control’*.
He contrasted our system In the
United States with that in opera
tion in England, France and in
Russia. Our system was inau
gurated in March, 1942, and costs
1170,000 per year tc operate. He
stated that the users of sugar
alone had been saved three times
that amount when compared with
the prices paid in the first World
War period. He called attention
to the scramble for durable goods
following the first world war and
later bankrupticles of many of
those who bought unwisely. The
present OPA system does not plan
to have that repeated.
He stated that rationing will
Epon be reduced on many articles
but that price control will con
tinue for a considerable time.
Guests Friday were: Thomas
Eshelman with his father, P. W.
Eshelman: Hubert Winkler with
Pat M. Williams: J. R. Henderson
with A. F. Kilby: Mrs. E. A.
Shook, C. P. Walter and D. C.
Goff were guests of J. B. Carter.
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Commended
Revival at FUhing
Creek Announced
Revival services at Fishing
Creek Baptist church will begin
Sunday night, September 17, and)
services will be held each night
the week at eight
throughout
o’clock.
The pastor. Rev. C. J. Poole,
will be assisted by Rev. Howard
J. Ford, pastor of the Wilkesboro
Baptist church. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
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“WiU Driver” Here
Is Arrested
Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Eller, wfio on Sunday, Sept. 3, were
onored Sy their many friends on the occasitm of their
iftieth wedding anniversary. Dr. and Mrs. Eller wCTe
t the home of their daughter, Mrs., A.
itv for the observance, when many friends called. Ur.
nd Mrs Eller, lifelong residents of the Pimlem- com-
Jmity were married September 3, 1894, at the home of
Irt. Ell®*’’* P«***»t*> I®*®
5itt7cb«.?h.' Dr. Bier i. WB... co«.ly-. h«llh rf-
Dr and Mrs. Eller have two sons, C. B. EH®^»
merintendeist of Wilkes sch^ls, \
^^ds Tobacio represe^ative m Philadd^ia, Pa.,
Mrs. A. H. Casey, of tlm city.
Turner Bell, latest recruit for
the group of “wild drivers”
which have been keeping North
Wilkesboro people awake with the
automobile escapades on the
streets, was arrested about one a.
m. today by A. H. Clark, state
highway patrol sergeant here.
Bell is alleged to have driven
over a number of streets at a high
rate of speed and In a most reck
less manner. Slmjlar “wild driv
ing” occurred on the streets about
one a. m. Sunday morning but of*
fleers were unable to apprehend
the speeder.
Pvt. Paul Candlll, of the Ma^
rino Corps, ha-s notified his wife
that he is now stationed at
Oceanside, Califernla. He en
tered service March 16, 1044,
and received boot training at
Parris Island, S. C., and New
River. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Caudill, of Hays, and
is married to the former Miss
Annie Dowell, of Roaring River
who makes her home at Hays.
Staff Sergeant George O.
Shew, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Shew, of tliis city, was rec^tly
promoted to his present rank at
-McCook, Nebraska, where he is
now stationed. S.Sgt. Shew has
been in the army since April
14. 1942.
J. Oliver Brewer
Funeral Sunday
CHURCHILL IN
CANADA FOR
JOINT MEET
staff Sergeant William Ben
jamin Martin, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Martin, of Ronda,
was recently highly commended
by his commanding officer for
service at an air base overseas.
The commendation as written
by Capt. K. li. Garrett appears
elsewhere in this newspaper.
8.8gt. Martin volunteered for
'■errlee November 6, IMO. and
^rent overseas tar Bfaurcli . Of tills
,.pear.
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Prime Minister Churchill ar
rived in Canada by ship yester
day and Is coming to Quebec to
meet President Roosevelt in a vic
tory conference packed with gold-
liraid commanders assigned to
crush final German resistance and
speed the Allied onslaught against
Japan.
Official confirmation of this
much rumored meeting was made
late yesterday afternoon in the
I historic Chateau Frontenac Hotel
1 following Churchlirs arrival at a
'Canadian East Coast iport.',
' President, the Prime Miniater and
.top Allied comm^derB met Iwre
a year ago. ’ ' '
Funeral service for J. Oliver
Brewer, age 80, prominent Wilkes
citizen who died Saturday after
noon at his home near Dockery,
was held Sunday afternoon at Mt.
Pisgah church.
Mr. Brewer was one of Wilkes
county’s best known citizens and
for several decades had taken a
most active part in public life. He
was a former member of the
Wilkes county board of commis
sioners and had been active in
church work, being a deacon in
Mt. Pisgah Baptist church for 25
years. He was also a member of
the Traphlll Masonic lodge.
For more than 30 years Mr.
Brewer was in the mercantile
business and he also operated a
sawmill. Mr. Brewer owned and
managed a splendid farm.
He was married to Miss Ellen
Staley Smoot, who preceded him
in death. He later married Miss
Lunda Robinson, who survives.
There were no children.
Of the immediate family two
brothers and one sister survive:
F. G. Brewer, of Moravian Falls,
W. S, Brewer, of Rural Hall, and
Mrs. Emma Crouch, of Hays.
The funeral service was con
ducted by the-pastor, Rev. L. E.
Sparks, assisted by Rev. L. B.
Murray and Rev. Grant Cothren.
Fifteen Taken
In Poker Raid
Officers Nab Large Group
In Bam In Millers Creek
Community Sunday
J L. Miller, seMhan sec
ond class, of Camp Peary,.Va.,
baa neen spending a itm iHjt
leave wl«i his wife, the tormer
Mtts Lessie MIll^ mad their
daughter, Auna*^ Margate*, «*
North ’Wilkeabtan route »«■
Seamau MlUer of Mr.
and W. h. UDOer, of NbrUi
'WflMBiiofo rout® omi.'
. r-'l - e o’i-' .■vr-’H'-.i
Officers broke up a poker game
in the Millers Creek community
Sunday ^y arrest of 15 alleged
participants.
Sheriff C. Q. Polndextw, Depu
ties Blaine Sparks, and S. U.
Reynolds, .and SUte Highway Pa
trol Serge^t A. H. Clark made
the raid.
_They tamad two games tai prog-
¥es8 In rbsii and the parttetsahu
were cited to torMMl’be-
foro'MagtetBst® & 3F.'Murdna >ln
this city on Oitarday, tocher
‘hi,