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4 eonanmor - KTOcor campaign
•salnat rlatng prices and inflation
will b« Inangnrated in North
Wttkesboro on Thnrmday, Decern
hw 1, third anniTertanr o£ Pearl
Harbor.
iC. P. Walter, chairman of r.he
looal War Price and HaUoning
Board, has called a meeting of all
grocera in Wilkes county to be
held on December 7^ eight p. m.,
at the North Wilkesboro town
hall.
The local campaign is a part of
a nation-wide morement for max-
cooperation between gro-
nd consnmera to fight infia-
trends iii food prices.
The importance of the campaign
atreesed in a meeting of the
Pntlic Relattona panel of the War
Price and Rationing Board held
Tnesday night at the board's of
fices. Rev. Sidney Crane, chair
man of the Public Relations pan
el, preaided and members present
were Mrs. Annie H. Greene. Mrs.
Irey Moore, Miss Mary Speer, C.
Eiler and Dwight Nichols. Al-
*IHX^reBent were C. P. Walter,
cHlw^an of the rationing board,
nd lAca. B. A. Shook, Aief clerk
to the board.
One of the prlnciral objects of
the coming campaign is to secure
from grocers a pledge to abide by
celling prices, and *a piaffe* from
eonanmers that they wW not pay
more than ceiling prices. Tt is
expected that a maximum in co
operation will be recelTed from
grocera and consumers In the
forthcoming campaign.
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Ten WIkes Youths
Enter Navy Service
Ten 17-year-old youths from
Wilkes county have recently vol-
%ntewed for navy service and
%kye bwn accepted. Navy Re
cruiter j. E. Huffman said here
yesterday. He listed the new
'Olujtteers as follows: Jonuh
Parker, Oak woods; Lynn
Walker McGpire. Ferguson;
Robert William Alexander, Hon
da; Geor.ge Worth Woodie, Laurel
Springs; Cecil Randolph Grayson,
North Wilkesboro; Eugene Tun-
ney Dancy and Paul Sheets. Red
dles River; Luther Osborne. Van-
noy: Herman Roy Queen, Gil
reath; Maurice Quincy Whitting
ton. Reddles River.
Recruiter Huffman spends each
Wednesday at the North Wilkes
boro postoffice Interviewing men
and women Interested in entering
service in the navy.
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Chr'stian Training
Class at Methodist
Annual training school of
Christian workers in the Metho-
di^churches In Wilkes county
fiflB be held December 3rd through
the 7th at th* First Methodist
church In this city.
Dr. R. L, Ownbey, of Reids-
vllle. and Rev. W, A. Kale, of
Hickory, will conduct the courses,
wh ch will meet each evening sev
en until nine o’clock.
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DUSSELDORF
IS OBJECTIVE;
7 TOWNS FALL
U. S. Ninth Army opened a
rul new attack Wednesday
i at the Ruhr Valley met-
I of Dusaeldorf, 27 miles
and teamed with the First
In the capture of seven
Jd towns while the Yank
?Army tore off gains up to
IM on the collapsing enemy
flank.
il. Gen. Alexander M.
8 Seventh Army also wheel-
rthwest of Strasbourg to
12 miles of Western Bava-
1 the hard-driving Third Ar-
the west stormed up heights
oklng the Saar River inside
ny, from where It was shell-
he Selgfrled Fortress of
20 miles northwest of
■ucken.
Ninth Army opened at “at-
n strength” early Wednes-
lispatchea to headquarters
•d. striking on the north
of the 21 mile arched front
,f Aachen against German
C*op«nitiw« CaxapaifB To
-Cootvol Inflotioa*ry Prices
- is PlaaMd For Wilkes ^
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Rat EradicatMtii
CampaignBeing
Plaaned lit CHy
Leaving Wilkes
Pn; D^in j. Benton, sob of
Mrs. Minnie Benton, of North
Wilkesboro route three, was
wounded in action In Pmnee
Oct>ber 14, according to a mee-
aa|^ received by his wife from
the War Department a few days
ago. Pvt. Benton entered serv
ice in Febrnary, 1044, and
trained at Fort McClellan, Ala.,
and Port Meade, Md. He sail
ed overseas in July, 1044. He
was stationed in Italy and was
later semt to France. He is now
in a hospital there. He is get
ting along fine, according to a
letter home to his mother and
wife, Mrs. Lucy Benton, under
date of November 4. Pri. Ben
ton has been awarded the Pur
ple Heart.
NAVY IS AGAIN
TAKING MEN
FOR SEABEES
Dr. Whitehead Will Again
Direct Work to Kill Rats
In North Wilkesboro
Dr. L. C. Whitehead, rodent
control specialist of the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture, will di
rect a second rat eradication cam
paign In North Wilkesboro, be
ginning Monday, December 4.
Earlier this year Dr. White-
head directed the first rat cam
paign here and results were de
clared to be exceptionally good.
Since that time rats have not
been a serious menace, but the
second campaign ia designed to
get the rats which escaped last
time and to keep rats from becom
ing a destructive menace again.
While here Dr. Whitehead ex
pressed the belief that rats could
be kept out of North Wilkesboro
with a campaign annuslly.
The rats are killed by means of
a poison which la mixed with
cooked fish or other suitable
meat. Tbe poison does not kill
other animals, but is highly sf-
fectlve on rats and mice.
While In the county Dr. White-
head will accompany County
Agent J. B. Snipes on a number
of rat control demonstrations In
rural communities.
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Bbidlil»Ti^:
In Wilkes ciniity
dimbing Sl^l]t
kl
I t
Need to Back the Attack I«
GrMter Than Ever Before;
Total Sales $55,515.25
the
Is
be-
ac-
re-
Enlistment in the Seabees,
Navy’s fighting engineers,
again open to skilled men
tween the ages of 17 and 50,
cording to J. E. Huffman,
cruller, who comes to North
Wilkesboro each Wednesday.
TTie great need at the present
tln«(-ls,f«Ln^ from the feliowlng
civilian 'bccupatlonst TtlUClimren,
hatch bos.'ies, draftsmen, survey
ors, pipeiitters and plumbers,
blacksmith, line and station elec
tricians, stevedores, welders,
riggers, crane, bulldozer and car
ryall operators, and carpenters
with extensive building exper-
ence.
Petty officer ratings will be
available, to men possessing thf>
required qualifications, and they
will be eligible for all family al
lowances, clothing allotments and
extra pay for overseas service. It
was announced. Qualified men
within the draft age will be issued
letters of assignment to the Navy.
In order that the interviewing of
ficer can readily determine an ap
plicant’s qualification, all appli
cants will be required to have at
the time they make application at
leasi three letters of recommen
dation from previous employers
outlining the experience they have
had.
Seabees get into action right be
hind the first waves of assault
troops. After a beachhead has
teen secured, these "fighting en
gineers” go to work creating bases
and facilities for landing supplies
and accommodating planes. Such
unit is complete with its own
bakeries, shops, medical and sup
ply officers, repair plants, electric
and power units. Skilled workers
from virtually every branch of
technical civilian pursuits are re
quired to man these installations.
Training Union
Week Next Week
In Wilkesboro
Week of ’Training Union em
phasis will be observed next
week, Monday through Friday, at
Wilkesboro Baptist church, ac
cording to an announcement by
the pastpr. Rev. Howard J. ForA-
Mr., Stirvey Gibson^ training
uni6n director of Baptists in
North Carolina, assisted by Mrs,
Gibsen, will conduct the course,
which will meet each evening at
7:30. A cordial invitation Is ex
tended people of other cliurches
to attend.
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Fairplaihs Boy
Scouts to Meet
About 30 boys and their parents
from the Falrplalns community
will meet at the Falrplalns Com
munity church Monday night at
7:00 to discuss Boy Scout work.
Mr. Thomas, new assistant dis
trict Scout executive, will be pres
ent to speak to the group. He will
also show a motion picture on the
aims and purposes of Scouting.
Troop No. 70, sponsored by
North Wilkesboro Lodge, Knights
of Pythias, was organized last De
cember by Arvll Phifer, who is
now In the United States Navy.
The troop continued under Assist
ant Scoutmaster Pat Hunt until
forced to disband during the polio
epidemic.
Plans will be made Monday
night to enlarge and expand the
work of this troop.
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Assistant County Agent James
E. RolUnsi, who has been engag
ed as .an extension poultry
specialiirt in Wilkes since Feb
ruary 1, 1948, has resigned his
position to enter the hatchery
business in Goldsboro, There
he has leased the Wayne Hatch
ery. Mr. KolUns gr^uated to
1941 at State College, where he
majored in poultry. His work
In Wilkes as poultry specialist
and to extension work among
4-H club members has bemi
highly satisfactory, and thu
farmers and poultrymen of the
county regret that he is leaving
WUkee.
3 BESTROYERS
ARB 11 OTHER
SHIPS; SURE
^Americatt-'hortiS
^lers and fighters
destroyed 13 Japanese ships. In
cluding three destroyers, and kill
Total in sales of war bonds In
Wilkes county at the close of bns-
ihess on November 27 was $65,-
516.26, the report of the Federal
Reserve bank to W. D. Halfacre,
Wilkes war loan chairman, today
showed.
Of that amount only $36,615.26
was in E, F, and G bonds which
will count toward the "E” .bond
quota of $198,000.
The total quota for the. county
in the Sixth War Loan is $809,-
000.
A substantial increase in the to
tal for the county is expected af
ter purchases by corporations and
purchasers of larger bonds on De
cember 1 are included in the re
port.
However, it is evident with one-
half of the war loan period al
ready passed that to meet the
quota will require much work on
the part of volunteer bond sales
men and purchases of bonds by a
great number of Individuals In
Wilkes county.
The complacent attitude on the
part of the people that the war is
nearly over is not Justified by re
ports from the battlefronts. In
Europe the allied armies still
have to cross the Rhine and the
war against Japan is Just now
reaching a fully intensified stag^,
which will cost a tremendous
amount in money and in lives.
’The money from the Sixth .War
lo^n is needed, and needed now,
to supply the army and navy deal-
ing thymoSiRut hl?»» to the one-
Miss Joanna McNeil, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. ArclUe J.
McNeil, of this city, has been
chosen for the Daugbten of the
American Revolution ^ood citi
zenship award to North Wilkes
boro schools and will partici
pate to the state contest to be
held to the spring of 194.5. She
will prepare a scrapbook show
ing her school and conunnnlty
achievements. Mias McNeil has
splendid high school record
and is president of the senior
class. She has been a class of
ficer throngdt hnr four years of
her school, is a member of the
Hl-Y club, managing editor of
the Lion's Roar and was recent
ly received into membership in
the J. U. G. club. She is also
active to church and Sunday
school work.
Irthe time to back
the attack with your dollars.
On Thursday of next week a re
ed an estimated 4,000 more ene-!Port of bond sales by the several
Federal CoBrt
Completes Job
On Big Docket
Prison Terms and Fines Met
ed Out to Many Violators
of Liqubr Tax Laws
With one of the heaviest dock
ets. to federal court bq
MMipiliii
on the mhyerlmtoal eases calen
dared and turned its attention to
some civil Issue matters pending.
During the term which opened
my troops In turning back the dUtr'et committees In the county j November 20 many cases have
Ministers to Meet
sixth Japanese attempt to land re
inforcements on Leyte, it was an
nounced today.
Thunderbolt, Lightning and
Warhawk fighters, aided by a
small number of Mitchell medium
bombers, of Lieut. Gen. George C.
Kenney’s U. S. 5th Air Force, par-,
tlclpated In the two-day attack In i
which seven troop transports, i
three cargo transports and three
destroyers were sunk.
The battle began Tuesday after
noon when the Japanese ships
were observed in the Camotes Sea
and most of the convoy was de
stroyed that day. The Americans
completed the destruction yester
day, bringing enemy losses in the
six attempts this month fo rein
force Leyte to 4 6 ships sunk. In
cluding 17 destroyers, and more
than 21,000 troops killed.
will be published. District chair-1 been disposed of and practically
men are asked to make a report In all of them have Involved alleged
time for publication next Thurs-1 violations of the liquor laws,
day. ! Cases this week In which Judge
Retail stores have accepted l Johnson J. Hayes has meted out
their quotas and the merchants ol, judgment follow:
North Wilkesboro are making a j J. C. Ester, temporary proba-
siibstantlal contribution toward tlon.
victory by sale of bonds to their Daniel Marlow, probation two
customers. The merchants have years.
the bond applications blanks and Harllss Combs, 15 months In
can take bond orders. The bonds Petersburg, Va., prison suspend-
wlll he mailed directly to the eus- cd on payment of $400 fine,
tomers by the local banks. I Clyde Barnett, six months In
y ja'l; Glenn Barnett, four months
Legion Will Meet i, .
° Rastus Wiles, temporary proba-
On Friday Night
Wilkes post of the American
Legion will meet Friday night,
December 1, 7:30 o’clock, at the
Legion and Auxiliary clubhouse,
'mporfant matters will be before
the post and a large attendance of
Gen. Douglas MacArthur s dally ^ njgnibers fs especially urged,
ir bulletin announced that the I
tlon.
Raymond Walter Dlmmette,
$300 fine.
George Goulds, temporary pro-
hatlon.
Floyd Parks, year and a day in
Chillicothe, Ohio, reformatory;
(See Federal Court—page 7)
troops killed In the latest attempt
to reach the port of Ormoc, on the ! HART BROTHERS SERVING NATION
west coast of Leyte, might have
Second
been from the veteran
1 Japanese Infantry Division.
On Sunday Night. quoted prisoners taken on
It
the
Ministerial Association of the
Wilkesboros will meet Sunday
night, nine o’clock, In the home
of Dr. David E. Browning.
PALS RETURN TO SEA DU’TY
The three sailors pictured above, who have served to
gether for the past 15 months on the same ship, have re
turned to sea duty after spending a 13-day leave at their
respective homes. Left to right they are: W. D. Ellis,
GM3c, of Alexandria, Ind.; J. F. Williams, seaman first
class, of Macon, Ga.; and Glenn W. Poteat, seaman first
class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Poteat, of North Wilkes
boro route three.
raln-Boaked Leyte ground front
as saying they had been told that
division was expected to arrive to
bolster their wavering defense
JAPS REPORT
TWO FLEETS
HIT CAPITAL
positions at. Llndem and
four and five miles
of GellMikirchen.
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lany friends of Mr. J. B.
ill regret to learn that he
Dt a veri serious opera-
n»« Wllksp Hospital this
aad .wfll hope lor his
American Super Portresses have
raided Tokyo lor the third time ia
six days, it was announced yester
day, and Japanese broadcasts said
that two separate fleets of the
giant B-29 bombers had hit the
capital, one at 11:55 p. m. Wed
nesday and a second at 4:15 a. m.
Thursday Japanese time.
Admitting that fires had been
started Tokyo said that the raid
ers had showered. Incendiary
bombs on the city and Interspersed
them, with flares to light targets.
Tokyo reported that the first
fleet ol Super Forts had attacked
from'11:66 p.. m. Wednesday to 2
a. m. Thursday Japanese time (1
p. m. Wednesday e.w.t).
A small formation attacked
Shizucka prefecture on the coast
southwest of Tokyo while the city
was under attack, Tokyo said.
A second fleet of Super Forts,
described likewise as small, hit
ToWo at 4:16 a. m. and conttoj^ed
to attack until 5 a. m., the es^y
broadcasts sajd.
It was the first night attack in
history on the Japanese capital.
Pvt. Henry F. Hart, who has been in service two years,
served one year overseas in England and is back in the
states. He is stationed at Moore General Hospital at
Black Mountain where he is being treated for a wound
received during an air raid. He was-home on a three-
day pass over the week-end and says he is very glad^ to
sleep in the good old U. S. A. cnce more. He .*avs give
his best wishes to all other boys over there. EmerMn
Hart, is now in the hospital in California, recovering
from pneumonia. He says to give his address to all be
cause there is nothing like mail to a sailor or a bojr in any
branch of the .'ervice. He ser^s bi-^ b" t • o his
brother, Pvt. Henry F. Hart. The two brothers have not
reen each other in over two years but are hoping to get
together soon. Emerson Hart’s address is: Emerson
Hart, s2c, Ward F, U.S. N.C. Hospital, Yosemite National
Park, California. They are sons of Mr. and Mrs. David
Hart, of North Wilkesboro route one.
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County CurnmlH** Members
a^ &ieeathFe,Offwers
’ Retumed^To Office
Members of the Triple A com
mittee lor Wiliei county were re
-elected lor another year by the
convention of ciHsmuaity delegates
to meeting at the county court
house Smiirday. >
The committee Is composed of
H. C. Roberta, chairman, W. M.
Absher, rice chairman,'J. A. Pop
lin, regular member. T. J. Mc
Neill and Charlie Miles, first and
second alternate members.
The county committee In execu
tive session re-elected S. L. Tur
ner' as executive secretary and
Miss Edith Heamon as treasurer
for the coming year.
Previously farmers of the coun
ty in the various communities had
elected community committees
composed of a chairman, vice
chairman and regular member.
Delegates were also named to the
county 'convention.
The number of farmers parti
cipating in the community elec
tions Indicated much Interest In
the Triple A program for the
coming year.
Following are listed the com
munity committeemen elected
throughout the county. The first
! named for each community Is the
chairman, the second is the vice
chairman, and the third is the
regular member:
Antioch Township — Thomas B.
Inscore, A. F. Sale, C. A. Sparks.
Beaver Creek Township — L. F.
Walsh, Edward Foster. J. C.
West.
Boomer Township—Ralph Swan
son, Chas. Ferguson, M. F.
Laws.
Brushy Mountain Township—Ju
nior Costner, E. B. Hendren, F.
L. Hayes.
Edwards Township No. 1.—John
Q. Burcham, H. W. McCann.
Jack Hoots.
Edwards Township No. 2—Irvin
Key, 'V. B. Martin, J. K. Tharpe.
Edwards Township No. 3—W. F.
Ollllam, Clint Newman, T. D.
T. J.
Luffman, Curtis Luffman,
Walsh.
Elk Township—W. O. Barnett, E.
C. Hodges, Robert Hall.
Jobs Cabin—H. H. Beshears, D.
F. Beshears, Charles Benge.
Lewis Fork—A, M. McGee, W. E.
Blackburn, G. C. Walsh.
Lovelace Town.ship—D. W. Mar
low, C. W. Hendren, E. L. Tran-
sou.
Moravian Falls No. 1—W. R. Hub
bard. Geo. H. Brown, C. F.
Bretholl.
Moravian Fails No, 2—R. C. Jen
nings, D. E. Treadaway, J. G.
Bentley.
Mulberry No. 1—G. C. Owens, J.
C. Billings, J. W. Hall.
Mulberry No. 2—H, II. Jennings.
M. C. Adams, W. V. Cauriill. --
Mulberry No. 3 — Will Watson,
Blaine Elledge, Aaron Brooks.
Mulberry No. 4—A. R. Myers, W.
H. Bebastian, I. E. Sebastian.
New Castle No. 1—G. C. Green, J.
W. Caudle, Tyre Gray.
New Castle No. 2—C. M. Welbom,
B. Z. Welborn, L. D, Welborn.
North Wilkesboro — J. E. Willi
ams, A. X. Wyatt, W. B. Bea
mon.
Reddies River No. 1—Q. 0. Kilby,
G. W. McGlamery, Guy Tulburt.
Reddies River No. 2—W. E. Jones,
Van Caudill, D. C. Church.
Reddies River No. 3—W. T. Sny
der. J. W. Martin. W. H. Nich
ols.
Rock Creek No. 1—A. B. Hayes,
C. E. Billings, F. C. Johnson.
Rock Creek No. 2—J. C. Felts, E.
R. Lowe, J. L. Gregory.
Rock Creek No. 3—G. M. Alexan
der, T. J. McNeil, J. S. Alexan
der.
Somers Township—A. T. Myers.
K. W. Souther, Otto Somers.
Stanton Township—G. E. Vannoy,
J. C. Parsons, C. C. Rhyne.
Traphill No. 1—S. C. Johnson, H.
N. Kennedy, John W. Jolnes.
Traphill No. 2—Charlie Miles, J.
H. Billings, Wesley Jolnes.
Traphill No. 3—J. Z. Adams, Wat
son Durham, B. C. Speaks.
Union No. 1—J. C. Woodie, Geo.
W. Jennings, Dewey Bumgar
ner. ’’
Union No. 2—A. R. Miller, E. A.
Vannoy, E. M. Dancy.
Union No. 3—W. H. Whittington,
D. F. Whittington, A. H. Tay
lor.
Walnut Grove No. 1—Bob Alexan
der, E. E. Hawks, E. P. Wag
oner.
Walnut Grove No. 2—L. G. Bil
lings, W. W. Gamblll, L. P.
Caudill.
Wilkesboro No. 1—M. C. Jones,
Dave Hall. W. W. Miller.
Wilkesboro No. 2—U. A. Miller,
R. H. Johnson, Clifford Moore,
Mr. Ivan D. AnderMn, proprie
tor^ of Th® Liberty Theatre, is
spendtog this week to Baltimore
wttk' his parents, Mr.^sad tCrs.’
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