YOU XXXIX. Ha 44
Mn Go Tiesday
To Service
^oCh Selective Service Boards
Send Men To Be Induct
ed Into The Service '
Selective Service boards in
Wilkes on Tuesday sent groups of
men to the induction center to be
Inducted into service in the army
and navy.
The list of men forwarded,
who previously had passed pre-
induction‘examinations, follow;
BOARD NUMBER 1
Kenmcth W. Moore
ttaJtrles CiUbert Stroud
Haroid. Farsons
Carl Hollar
licroy Freston Mathis
’ Boy lie© Preston
Jamen Bernard Walsh
;ne cainton Keavis, Jr.
Jasper Eller
Edward Hale
lee Clay Mastin
foeeph U, Hamby
lames Oande Lankford
OMl Higgins
K/y Winston Jones
Laurence Le« Carson
Ray ScoU Mikeal
Buel James Triplett
Clifford Guy Shumate
PVT. TAYLOR RECOVERINC
.vld Harley Minton
Tred Allen Crysel
■John Hnbert Anderson
Fred Wilson Brown
BOARD NUhIBER 2
Clande Bernard Higgins
Joe Talmadge Holland
William Claud Anderson
Ijorry Tamie Shumaie
Knssell Ijevem Collins
William Warren Church
Justice A mean Centry
liarvle Odell tViambers
J. O. Franklin Jennings
Paul Hampton Wyatt
WUliam Mack Pruitt, Jr.
Walter Bryce Cleary
James Wrtbom Wlngler
James Monroe Tarboro
Clyde Vanoo Ross
Jessie Kermlt Bidden
Brady 'Ernest Wiles
Oenera] I^ee Lawrence
Robert Willard Billings
WUliam Fred Cheek
Jahaaon 
Mm’s Bibk OitM
Honors Halfecro,
13 Years Teacher
Banquet Given On Tuesduy
Night In Honor Of W. D.
Half acre, Claw Teacher
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Taylor, of
Halls iilills received a message
from the War Department which
said that tlielr son, Phil Taylor,
was seriously wounded In action
in France, .August 2«th. Tliurs-
ilay they got a welcomed let
ter from Pvt. Taylor whidi said:
“I'm back over in Kngland now
on what you might say a rest. 1
got subtly wounded about
three weeks ago. I just got a
little clip right below my rlgiit
knee. I’m lucky that it didn’t
hit my knee. I was awarued
the purple heart yesterday so
I’m sending It to you. Be sure
to keep It in a good place be
cause I want to wear it when I
come back fm" I am very proud
of It. I’U probably be back in
the States before long, so there
is really nothing to worry
about”. He entered -service on
October 3, 1039. He served ha
Iceland, England, and had been
in T’ranc© since D-Day. 'Ibe
picture above was made in Ice
land.
W. D. Halfacre was bpnor guest
Tuesday night at a banquet given
by the Men’s Bible class of the
First Methodist church in appre
ciation for his services as teacher
of the class for 13 years.
The banquet, given at the Wom
an’s Club house, was a complete
surprise to the Bible class teach
er, business and civic leader.
Frank Crow, president of the
class, was toastmaster. Forty-
five were present and dinner was
TOTE AT BROTHE^ nState Board Of
Bus Terminal To
Be K^ved Soon
To New Location
4^-Lb. Potato
M. C. Sheets, of Reddies River,
today brought to The Journal-
Patriot office a sweet potato which
tips the scales at four and one-
quarter pounds. It is one of the
largest potatoes ever seen in this
Excellent Facilities Will Be | section. Those who wish to see
Provided at New Bus Sta- I slant potato may do so now at
I rwniinn Her,. ‘The Journal-Patnot office before
North Wilkeshoro’s union bus on it.
station will move early next ■ V
Mom Clyde McGrady
V Oortis Lta-vOle Wilee
M Tom BIU Stanley
T Old Lester Hawkins
Oharlee .Monroe Blackburn
Clyde Harrison Miller (Vol.)
TRANSFERS:
Luther Theodore .Mitchell
Grover Dillard (Vol.)
V-
Big Delicious Apples
month to the building now occu
pied by Motor Market ou the cor
ner of Main and Sixth streets.
Mr. M. C. Woodie, bus station
manager, recently purchased the
Motor Market property from C. D.
Coffey. Jr., in order to provide
modern facilities for the bus sta
tion.
Mr. Woodie stated today that
imk pa the
nkw bifg 'location
will begin Monday and that the
bus station will be moved there as
soon as the necessary altera
tions and improvements are com
pleted.
Date of the moving of the bus
station will be announced in the
next tew days in The Journal-Pa
triot.
Mr. Woodie has been bus sta
tion manager and local agent for
Greyhound lines here for the past
N. C. Andrews, prominent farm
er and orchardlst of the Boomer
Wilkes Boys And
Girls Winners Of
Calf Show Awards
Make Good Showing In Dai-
xy Call - i9h«w -Held in .
Statesville Tuesday
By J. B. SNIPES, Cktunty Agent,
'and J. E. ROLLINS, .Assistant
(.'ounty -Agent.
Wilkes County 4-H Club boys
and girls exhibited eight dairy
calves at the Junior Dairy Show
which was held at Statesville on
Wednesday, September 27. Some
225 calves were shown from Ire
dell and surrounding counties.
For four consecutive years Belk
eight years and in that capacity gtores in the Piedmont section of
W. D. Haifacre
Two sons of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Poteat, of H°Hh
Wilkesboro route three, are now serving overseas. Glenn
W. Poteat, seaman first class, left, entered service m
June, 1943, and is now in the South Pacific area. Pvt.
Coy R. Poteat, right, entered service in September, 1943,
and is now in France. His wife and two small
Charles and Edward, are now with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. F. Lawrence, of Union Grove.^
Last Call Renewal
10-44 Subscriptions
has rendered excellent service to
bus patrons. The first station he
community, has an excellent c''°P i^^pprated was on Tenth street. He
of Stark’s Delicious appless
Samples of the apples brought
to this office have a circumfer
ence of 12 inches and a weight of
one pounds each. Many have de
clared the apples to be the largest
of that variety they have ever
seen.
North Carolina have donated $1.-
, THIRD ARMY
BOMBARDS
FORT OF METZ
Battle-weary remnants of the
heroic British First Air-borne Di
vision have been withdrawn across
the lower Rhine from Arnhem,
leaving more than 7,000 casual
ties behind, but other units of the
main Allied forces have struck out
In a new drive on Germany.
At the southern end of the 300-
mlle battle line fronting on or
near Germany’s border, Lieut.
Gen. George S. Patton’s U. S.
Third Army artillery opened a
underlng bombardment of the
,t Moselle Valley fortress of
'Mz Respite a setback to the
MuthelBt where the Third Army
♦asri^ed to yield Chateau-Sallns
*sMfore the threat of an encircle-
^nt attack.
Front dispatches reported that
the Germans were preparing Win
ter defenses in the Siegfried Lino.
Meanwhile the full weight of the
Anglo-American air forces were
thnrwn yesterday In an "opera-
jtlonml strangle’’ against German
■ eommnnlcstlons centers feeding
the fronU.
H6*dQTULrters announced tnat
more than 2,000 men were evac-
■ aated from Arnhem and that
nbont 1 200 wounded were left
hind in the care of the Germans
British doctors, who volun-
-aererm «tay. Another 6,000
rWe reported killed or captnred.
airborne troops had landed on
September 17.
later moved to more spacious
quarters on Ninth street and three
000 for prizes to the boys and
girls who had calves in the show.
All of the calves were judged
by Prof. Haig, professor animal
years ago moved into a part of, husbandry. State College, and Dr.
the Motor Service building near
the corner of Ninth and D streets.
In order to provide a more
spacious location for the bus ter
minal with its vastly increased
business Mr. Woodie invested a
large sum of money in the pur
chase of the Motor Market build
ing and grounds at the corner of
Main and Sixth street.s. At the
new location there will he ample
parking space tor the many
Greyhound and Parkway buses
which operate out of the station.
•Alterations will be made in
the building to provide conveni
ences for bus patrons and North
Wilkesboro will have bus terminal
facilities which will compare
favorably with those found in
larger cities.
Mr. Woodie plans to continue to
operate the service station at the
new location and will establish a
bus station cafe in a part of the
building. The facilities of the new
bus station will make possible the
prompt dispatch of all buses
■which use the station.
Assisting Mr. Woodie in operat
ion of the new bus station will be
Mrs Woodie, Mrs. Azlle Marsh
and Miss Louise McGlamery.
■V.
St. Paul’s Plans
Parish Day 1st
jMtarts «md trousen. for
Norway now coat about
The annual Parish Day Service
will be held in St. Paul’s Episco
pal church on next Sunday, Octo
ber 1st. The opening service of
the church school will be held at
10:00 a. m.
At 11 a. m. there will be a cele
bration of the Holy Communion
and sermon. The offering at this
service will go to the Church
Ground Improvement Fund.
At one o’clock the congregation,
friends and visitors will enjoy a
picnic dinner on the lawn at the
home of'Mlss Elizabeth Barber.
The rector and congregation of
St. Paul’s extend to all a cor
dial InTltatlon to attend.
A. O. Shaw, superintendent of the
Coble Dairy Farm at Lexington
and placed in either blue, while,
or red class groups.
The Wilkes calves made a ver
creditable showing and were plac
ed as follows:
Lucille Mathis, Roaring River,
won a blue ribbon in the junior
class and a blue ribbon in the
senior class.
Buddy Mathis, Roaring River,
won a red ribbon in the junior
class and a red ribbon in the se
nior class.
Billy Humgarner, Millers Creek,
won a red ribbon in the senior
(Sc© Calf Show—page twelve)
served by the Woman’s Bible
class of the church.
Mr. Halfacre came to North
Wilkesboro from Burlington 13
years ago to be superintendent of
the North Wilkesboro schools, a
position he held for seven ynars.
Since 1938 he has been executive
vice president of the Bank of
very stctlve lii '^dyOT''WorkwBa 1B
the civic life of the community.
At the banquet several splendid
talks were made. J. R. Hix, a
business associate of Hr. Halfacre,
talked of Mr. Halfacre’s splendid
record as a citizen of North
Wilkesboro. He called attention
to his untiring work as chairman
of War Loan campaigns and his
activities in behalf of the welfare
and progress of the community.
W. G. Gabriel talked of Mr.
Halfacre’s activities as a layman
in the church. In addition to be
ing Bible class teacher, he is
chairman of the board of stewards
and has rendered the church val
uable service in several capacities.
Rev. A. C. Waggoner, pastor, also
spoke briefly, paying tribute to
the service being rendered by Mr.
Halfacre.
The program closed with pres-
ei.tation of a valuable wrist
(See Halfacre—page twelve)
Subscribers wliose address la
bels bear the date of 10-44
(October 1, 1944) are reminded
that subscriptions bearing that
date will be dtscontniued on
October 1 unless renewed prior
to that time. Promptness In
renewing subscriptions will be
greatly appreciated. Subscrip
tion rates to The Jonrnal-Fa-
triot are as follows: IGi.OO per
year in Wilkes and all adjoining
qqnntiee; 98.00 pev year else-
'?wfeit>,'ifanie9» and’ w«b».
bn fh service, tot adiom the rate
Is 958.00 per year, regardless of
location.
REDS ADVANCE
28 MILES IN
DRIVE ON RIGA
Russian troops advanced as
much as 28 miles yesterday in
their drive to seize the Latvian
capital of Riga while the Hun
garian high command admitted
that Red Army forces had Invaded
Hungary proper and captured the
town of Mako, only 14 miles from
Szeged, second city of Adolf Hit
ler’s big Balkan satellite.
While the disorganized Nazi
troops retreated from the Baltic
States and relinquished more
than 200 towns and settlements
to onrushlng Soviet troops clos
ing on Riga, Berlin indicated that
the Red Army had opened the
first stake of a gigantic drive
aimed at the German soil of East
Prussia.
Red Army forces also reached
the Czechoslovak border at two
more points and captnred the en
trance to the 3,2'00-foot Rostok
Pass leading across the wooded
Carpanthian Mountains into .Slo
vakia where Czech Partisans were
battling German and Hungarian
troops.
A New Registration
In Boomer Precinct
Is Called This Year
The Registration Books For
Boomer Township Csmnot
Be Found, Board Says 1
Leads Again
Wilkes county board of elec-
Uions has ordered a new registra
tion in Boomer township.
The order of the board stated
that the registration books ‘‘are
not in the hands of thAiroper of
ficials as required by law . . . and
cannot he found”.
The order means that all per
sons who intend to vote in Boomer
township in the fall election No
vember 7 must register during the
regular registration period, re
gardless of former registrations.
Dr. Brewning Will
Begin Pastorate
Here On Snnday
AgricuHnre Here
Tuesday Evening
New Pastor of First Baptist
Church Arrives Today
From Louisville, K.y.
A shipment of 606 lambs were
recently made from Watauga
county with top prices at $15.25
per hundred, reports Hazel
Meacham of “State”.
Dr. David E. Browning, who
recently accepted the call as pas
tor of the First Baptist church in
North Wilkesboro, arrived today
to begin :kia j)sstorste. -
Dr. Bi-owrilhg"" cattle frdin
Louisville, Ky., where he receiv
ed his doctor’s degree in May this
year from the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary. He has
also been serving churches in and
near Louisville.
Dr. Browning, who will succeed
Dr. John W. Klncheloe, Jr., as
pastor here. Is a native of Texas.
Dr. Kincheloe left here June 1 to
take lip his work as pastor of the
First Baptist church in Norfolk,
Va.
Dr. and Mrs. Browning have
two sons.
The new pastor will deliver his
first sermon here at the eleven
o’clock service Sunday morning.
Congregations of the First Metho
dist and Presbyterian churches
will meet with the Baptists in a
union service at the First Bap
tist Sunday night to welcome Dr.
Browning to this city.
Kerr Scott, North Carolina com-
rnissloner of agriculture, here
Tuesday discussed briefly the
movement to establish a livestock
market and shipping center in
North Wilkesboro and stated that
be would lend all bis support to
the proposal.
Recently Robert S. Curtis, of
the marketing division of the de
partment of agriculture, here
proposed that loading pens and
stockyard facilities he establish
ed at the railroad here for ship
ping livestock and sheep from
several northwestern North Caro
lina counties, pointing out that
shipments from North Wilkesboro
reach metropolitan centers earlier
than when shipped from points in
■Virginia and Tennessee.
Railway officials are being con
tacted relative to construction of
additional yard space to accommo
date the proposed shipping center.
Commissioner Scott, accompani
ed by Mrs. Scott and several mem
bers of the state board of agrlcnl-
ture, spent Tuesday night in
North Wilkesboro enronte to the
Upper Mountain test farm recent
ly established in Aibo'ili
Members of the boar9qrftA'3
were Reeves Noland,!
vine; Miss Ethel
Gatesvllle: Lionel W*
boro: Claude Hall,
and Ivan Bessett, 09^
E. Miller, director of j
farms: Dean Colvardi'
the mountain «test
Thompson Greenwq
tions editor of the dt
agriculture.
■V ‘
James Church Is
Missinsr In Action
Mr, and Mrs. Wllford Church,
of North Wilkesboro route one,
today received a telegraTu that
their son, James Ohnreh, is
missing in action.
^V-
BUY MORE WAR BONDS
AN EDITORIAL^
Indecent Behavior
Word has just been received
that Mr. R. A. Manship, Jr., lo
cal representative for Security
Life * Trust Co., was In top
place for iFodnction for the
third consecutive week ending
Sept. 28, over all other agents
with the company. The com
pany set asMe the month of
September tat honM- of Seenrity
men in th© armed fwvses and a
banquet, to be held at the Kobt.
E. Lee Hotel in Winston-Salem
on S^itembw 80, 'will cUmax
the affair. Mr. Manship joined
the ranks of Security and came
to North Wilkesboro In Sep
tember, 1948, and has shown
much iwogress during his flret
year, havlag also bent a recent
winner fat a War Bond contest
Bpmsored by hia company for'
leading prothicns.
Since the editorial on the subject of “I^plorable
behavior” appeared in this newspaper Thursday,
there has been demand on the part of the public that
it be repeated on the front page. • „ „
The editorial called attention to the promiscuous
use cf profane and vulgar language and indecent ac
tions on the streets, especially on Saturday nights.
The situation has grown progressively worse until
ladies who have legitimate reason to be on the streets
or who wish to walk along the streets hesitate to do so
because of the almost certainty that they will be em-
bafassed or insulted by riff-raff whose twisted minds
(?) tbmk it is smart to carry on indecently or make
insulting advances to ladies.
Ministers in their pulpits have taken up the ques
tion and a movement to low-rate such behavior with a
wave of public opinion is under way.
But it .may take more sterner measures to secure the
desired ^ clean-up. We realize that policemen have
their hands full in patroling the streets and protect
ing lives and property from depredations of thieves
and drunks. There is, however, a poasibili^ that the
situation is such that it would warrant placing a num
ber of extra policemen on duty for Saturday nights
with special instructions to arrest and jail every per
son using profane and indecent language in public, or
behaving in any other way contrary to the laws de
signed ^ protect ladies from embarassments and in-
Local M
Bneonse
Reece Byrd Hit.
NearRonda; Ht
gained Consciousness
How Reece Byrd, of North
Wilkesboro, was critically injured
on highway 268 near Ronda Fri
day night remains a mystery.
Sheriff C. G. Poindexter said to
day.
Byrd, age about 30, was found
in an unconscious condition at
midnight Friday night. He was
brought to the Wilkes hospital by
ambulance and has not regained
consciousness.
Sheriff Poindexter said that
Byrd had received a blow on the
left side of his head. There were
no Indications of any other in
juries.
Byrd’s home is near North
Wilkesboro and he had been em
ployed at the extract plant of In
ternational Shoe company here.
Latest reports from the Wilkes
hospital today were that Byrd is
slowly improving and may soon be
able to tell how he was injured.
YANKS ALMOST
IN CONTROL ON
PELELIU ISLE
United States forces gained
complete control of Pelellu Is
lands Tuesday with the exception
of two small Japanese pockets
which were still under attack,
and the count of Japanese dead
rose to 8,537, Admr. Chester W.
Nlmltz announced yesterday. He
also revealed that the island’s air
field was now in operation.
The Japanese still were bolding
out on tiny but rugged Umurbro-
gol Mountain and in a small pock
et at the northeastern tip of the
12-square-mlle Island but the ma
rines were attacking In the north
ern sector while army troops in
the center were making "rapid
progrew”.
At the northeastern tip, the
cornered Japanese held two small
peaks and swampy groand to the
northeast. The marines hacking
yard hy yard into the enemy posi
tion. were apparently striving to
pin the Japanese against ths sea
where the trapped soldimrs wonld
be forced to surrender or die.
SoohiMiit
y
RhodmSSi
seivage
drive ooUected over 1,090 tons of
sera?.