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TIMELY WAKNINGf Hradreda ef Mthaortt* • iaaulf Uam will 0tfb* T IMS 1-^). If yaw THE iOl^AL-PATBIOT HAS BLAZED THE TRAIL OP PBOOSSIS^XN THE “STATE OF WILKES" FOE OVER 38 YEARS ■: u:: ■ -vSi'iiTv-feit-.-.■ bd haa tiM date of 145, tmtw 1^' fore Jan. 1 ao yo« will aet adaa aa iaaae of yaw Jowaal4*atriot. It ia a timely waminr, ao take Itl * ^OL.XXX1X,No.$4 Publiahed Mondaya uhI Thoradaya. NORTH WlUtMCSBpMdjiW^tntStUY,OEC. 7, 1944 Watcii Yaor UbaL-Kaap Your Sabacvip^ Paid la AJwmaM vn CULDBEN BIRNED TO DEATH M FIRE MONDAY NEAR FERGISON; MAH, WOMAN SEVERELY BURNED Violet amd Gene Aulrey Bar* low, Afoa Four aund Nine, >Hctima of Fire of a Ferguson school bus., . lenn Williams, a Ferguson Angeles teacher, and F. J. Hartley, B*sP«. t alUomla. Two children died late Monday from bnriu recelred Monday Bomlng when an oil can in the home of James Barlow near Fer- Kuaon exploded. Violet Barlow, four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Barlow, died In the Wilkes hospi tal here Monday afternoon. Oene Antrey Barlow, age 9, a neighbor boy who was at the James Barlow home awaiting a •ehool bns when the tragic accl- ,ent occurred, died ai nine o’clock nday night. He was a son of aiul Mrs. E. H. Barlow, r. and Mrs. James Barlow ire severly burned and are pa- flente at the Wilkes hospital. Mrs. Barlow’s burns were describ ed as painful but not serious and Mr. Barlow received severe burns on his feet and legs. Their home and all Its furnishings were de stroyed In the fire which started from the oil can exploding as Mr. ■Barlow was kindling a fire. First to reach the burning Ing were W. E. Horton, of a Ferguson school bus. Mr«r schoi of Wllkeehoro. They found the three-room building In flames but could not find anyone near the burning building. Along the road they found pieces of clothing. Indicating that the members of the Barlow family had fled from the burning resi dence. At the next house along the road they found Mr. and Mrs. Barlow, both badly burned, Violet Barlow terribly burned, and the Barlow boy, Gene Autrey Barlow, also In a critical condition, al though they had walked a con siderable distance. Two children of Mr, and Mrs. James Barlow es- wlthont Injury. Injured were placed In an automobile and brought to the hospital. was later learned that the explosion happened when Mr. Bar- low poured fuel from a five-gal lon can onto a fire. The can. It was reported, contained a mixture of gasoline and kerosene. Violet Barlow is survived by her father and mother, one broth er and one sister. Funeral service was held Wednesday two p. m., at the family cemetery with Rev. S. I. Watts In charge of the service. Gene Autrey Barlow Is survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Barlow, one brother and one*sister. Funeral service was held Wednesday, 11a. m., at Ferguson family cemetery with Rev. S. I. Watts in charge . V Wound^ In Action i' * -• >,(L«uwd. 1 The 1 antomi r wBk( l*fc. Ocie Adams, of Buck, was seriously wounded in the South Pacific September 28th. I*fc. Adams entered service In June, 1P42. He received train ing* at Camp Rucker, Ala.; Nashville, Tenn.; Arizona; lios Louis, O’- He sailed from San hYanclsco In June, 1044. Pfc. Adams has been in service 29 months, serving with the Infantry In the South Paci fic. His miHtar.v decorations In clude the Purple Heart for wounds received in combat with the enemy, operation ribbon with one star, good conduct rl^ bon and American defense rib bon. Pfc. Adams has recently arrived back In the states. He Is now In an army hospital In .Savannah, Ga. In a recent let ter he stated he Is getting along fine. -V Sdective Service Boards Send Men To Begin Service Kill^jln^tibn Selective Service boards in Wilkes on Tuesday sent groups of men to the induction center to be gin service in the army and navy. The lists of men sent for induc tion, and who had previously been accepted following physical examinations, follow: BOARD NUMBER ONB— Arthur Bruce Miles Thomas Jefferson Oi^ej George Millard Johnson Eugene Brooks BOARD NUMBER TWO— Lemon Commodore .Adams Ell-ridge Lamarr Derrick Claude Roy EUedge Burloin Clay Bangnss Ronle Wagner Lester Arthur Wilkins Robert Claude Wall Jack Spicer Marvin Willie Shepherd . Gilmer Wiles John Ancel Brown Rnffln Dale GambUl Thomas Hood B.vrd Edward James Whitley Rudd WUmer Faw Silas Casey Church Ralph Franklin Gentry Rex Coolldge BenDeld Lonnie Gene Wsdklns William Fred Brown James Vance Porter Sebon Smoot Archie Ray Brown Dewey Warden W.vatt TRANSFERRED IN— William Ambrose Brewer TB.ANSFERRED OUT— Ralph Everette Brown Pvt. James Andrew 'Whitting ton, son of Mr. and Mrs, J. C. Whittington and husband of the former Miss Mattie Ashley, of MlUers Creek, has been* report- ed by the War Department as killed In action on November 8. He was kiUed In the Pacific theatre of operations, presnma* ly In the Philippines. Pvt. Whittington entered service September 23, 1943, and was In training at h’ort Custer, Mich., before going overseas in April, 1944. He served In a military police unit. Surviving are his parents, his wife, and the fol lowing brothers and sisters: Grant and Grace 'Whittington, of Baltimore, Md.; Mrs. Hens ley Eller, of Millers Creek; and Pvt. Rex Whittington, of Camp Croft, 8. C. In E Needed Reach Quota For Wilkes War.Bond Sales District Report Is Given Today City Residential Serilon Quota Sales Mrs. Gordon Finley ....$13,875.00 Mrs. Edd Gardner 4,518.50 MUlers Creek.. 10,000 Boomer 4,000 Cycle 5,000 Ferguson 5,000 OUreath 2,500 Hendrix 2,000 Lincoln Heights 500 Maple Springs 2,000 Millers Creek. 10,000 Moravian Falls & Pores Knob 7,000 Mt. Pleasant. 7,000 Mtn View 6,000 Mulberry & Fairplains 5,000 Roaring River 8,000 Ronda and CUngman 20,000 .Summit and ParsonriDe .... 2,000 Traphlll . .. 3,000 Wllkesboro .. 60,000 -V 2,081.25 .00 .00 825.00 850.00 140.75 150.00 2,475.00 2,081.25 5,618.75 2,081.2.5 150.00 Killed In France 6,043.75 3,225.00 2,212.50 December Term OfWIfces Court To Start Monday AN EDITORIAL— Y. M. C. A. FUND CONTRIBUTIONS DEDUCTIBLE FROM INCOME TAX Feather In North Wilkesboro’s Cap rs. W. A. Sydnor, of this cltv, has donated two beautiful hand- p^ggjj. tValter Phillips. Boomer; December term of Wilkes su perior court for trial of criminal cases will open Monday, Decem ber 11, with Judge Wilson War- lick, of Newton, presiding. Only one week of court will be held. Solicitor Avalon B. Hall, with members of the Wilkes bar association, has made out the calendar for the term and the calendar is published elsewhere in this newspaper. Jurors for the term are as fol lows: Mack Wood, Reddies River; Claude Handy, Walnut Robert Wilson. Moravian C. A. Cannon. Reddles W. L. Carpenter. Rock J. V. Barnett, Brushy Mountain; J. P. Adams, New Cas tie; Rowan Shepherd, W’ilkea- H. V. Horton. Beaver Grove: Falls; River; Creek; A. B. Pardue, Nea- Castlp; W. G. crocheted all-wool afghans to tho McGuire General Hospital In Rich- ‘j,jgrVlson. Wllkesboro; J. M. mond, Va.. to be used by the Mitchell. .Tubs Cabin; T. D. Davis, wounded soldiers returned from ^,gravian Falls; M. B. McNeill, overseas service. Reddies River: Conrad Buragar- When these gifts are received ^^g^ Cnion: Robert G. Mathis, the hospital has a tape with name Antioch: Lonnie L. Moore, Brushy of the donor and the city sewed on ; jj j, Johnson. Mora- the afghans, so North Wllkesboro | paHs; F. C. Nichols. Reddlea gets credit also. Think what this g Dodson, Antioch; W. would mean to some North Caro-ij Rhodes. Walnut Grove: R. u. llna boy In a wheel chair to find Barlow. Boomer: H. G. Duncan, himself covered with a beautiful Moravian Palls; Arville Warren, bright colored afghan made by,North Wllkesboro; H. 0. Martin, loving hands in his native state, ^-jj^gghoro: Richard Osborne, A grand gift from a grand lady. 1-wllkesboro; J. A. Gentry. Trap- hill; Owen Roberts, Somers; Dan Hayes, Traphlll; J. H. Alexander, Walnut Grove; G. C. Walker, Boomer; Henry Perry, Union; J. V. Wallace. North Wllkesboro; Navy Department Seeks Office Help Mrs. Elizabeth Famum, of the ir 11 lo sign up stenograph- typists and clerks for the lavy Department. Females. 17% years and up are urgently need ed In the Navy Department at Washington, REDVAiGUARDS THRUST NEAR AUSTRIAN SOIL , .Mitchell, Jobs Cabin: K. N. 1 Greene. Elk; P. C. Blevins, Wllkesboro: lee A. Mathis. Au- tioch; A. B. Triplett, Lewis Fork: C. M. Ashley, Moravian Palls: S. Byrd, Rock Creek: E. T . Martin, 'New Castle; T. J. Yates, Stanton; C. M. Nichols, Reddies 'iver; EH Staley. Antioch: R. Faw, Union: John W. Robblus, Somers: J. M. Parsons, Jots Cabin. The Red army, turning the cor ner around the southern end of Leke Balaton In Hungary, has ad- Tanced within 35 miles of Austria, Moscow dispatches said last night, Kblle the Germans declared the B^valans had reached within 13 south of Budapest In a ward push up the west bank ’ot the Danube. Moscow’s midnight communique while confirming gains up to 16 miles in both sectors, placed the farthest advance below Lake Bala ton 42 miles from Austria, and the nearest approneh to Bndapest •long the Dana he at 28 miles. Circle To Hold A Bazaar Tomorro'w The Wilkes YMCA directors met with their co-work ers Tuesday, December 5th, at the Hotel Wilkes to plan for the continuation of the 1944 building fund campaign. It was voted to concentrate on the businesses and industries during the period from December 11th to th0-26th "witb thelropB idtat many bidiTfanallS**^miiSiB. their contributions direct and not wait for someone to call on them. The canvassers will be most grateful to those who will send their contributions direct to the treasurer, J. B. Carter. Everyone realizes that December is a bad month to put much time on a campaign, particularly with other drives coming one on top of the other, but most indus tries and business base their income tax calculations on transactions during the calendar year and, to be de ductible from their 1944 income tax, their contribu tions must be dated on or before December 31st. No attempt will be made to seek contributions from individuals at this time. A house to house canvass will be made the earlier part of 1945 under the leadership of Mrs. E. G. Finley. This is a project that every GOOD citizen will want to have a share in. The questions is not, “Are we go ing to have a YMCA?” it is, “What kind of a YMCA the we going to have? You can have every reponable assurance that a YMCA will be built—the kind of a building and the kind of a program that will be carried out in entirely dependent upon you—and don't forget, that DOES MEAN YOU. Youi indifference is a vote AGAINST. Your contribu tion is a vote FOR. Attention is called to the fact that war bonds may be purchased and made payable to the Wilkes Y. M. C. A. Your banker will be glad to advise you relative to the dilferent types of bonds available. SAARBRUCKEN HELD IN GRIP OF 3RD ARMY In Hospital In Italy Fvt. Richaril li. Whitley is in a hospital somewhere In Italy The Pearl White Circle of the Woman’s Society of Christian Service of the Wllkesboro Metho dist church will hold a bazaar Fri day, December 8th, starting at 3 . Ki T_i . developed swiftly from .the south- p. m. at Mrs. Jolnes’ Cafe. Various ^ X. xt« .v t . American Third Army troops poured across the Saar river at six points yesterday, captured two-thirds of the French border city of Sarreguemlne* and closed fighter their siege of shell-blasted Saarbrucken, capital of the rich Saarland. Field dispatches said the Thirty- Fifth Infantry had overrun all of Sarreguemines on the west bank | of the Saar after house-to-house fighting and were raking fleeing] Nazis on the east bank with ar tillery fire. Sarraguemines, largest French city in the Saar, with a population of 14,000 normally, is situated nine miles southeast of Saarbruck en. German troops blew up all five bridges across the Saar be fore retreating to the east bank. Other Yank troops reached the, Saar above and below the city. | As this threat to Saarbrucken suffering from a nervou.s disor der, according to a message re ceived by Ills parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Whitley of route two, North Wllkesboro^ from the War Department recently. Tile me.ssage also stated that on November 17th he was making normal improvement. I'vt. Whitley entered service in Jan uary, 1043, and trained at Gamp Picket, Va. He sailed oversfeas In June, 1043. He was stationed In North Africa and later sent to Italy. 875.00 3,248.75 2,306.25 Rationing Boards Have New Hours The ration board office in North Wllkesboro announces the following office hours: 9:30 a. m. to 12:00 noon; 1:00 to 4:40 p. m. The ration board office. In Wllkesboro is open from ten a. m. until 12 noon, and from one to 5:30 p. m. J V Mr. Dancy Helping County Accountant Assistants have been named for the office of county accountant, to which J. C. Grayson, former of fice deputy sheriff, was appointed Monday. Assisting Mr. Grayson will be Miss Bessie Hanks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. McKinley Hanks, of Springfield. Miss Hanks, who made an enviable record in high school, Is a graduate of Twin-City School of Commerce In Winston- Salem. Mr. Bradley Dancy, of North Wllkesboro, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roby Dancy, also has a position In the county accountant’s office. Mr. Dancy formerly was employed by local business firms. V Continie Efforts lo Bond Selling Is Now Urgently Requested Time Running Short For Reaching '£’ Bond Quota; Sales Are Lagging with the total of “E" bond sales slightly below the S 100,000 mark, Wilkes people must buy about S99.000 more in "E" bonds Pvt. James D. Ix)we, age 19, son of Mrs. Pearl Brown, of Springfield, was killed at Bel fort Gap In France on Septem ber 14, according to a War De partment telegram received by his mother. Pvt. Lowe enter ed the army November 4, 1043, was In trainlnsf at Camp Wol- ters, Texas, and Port Meade, Md., and lYent overseas in March, 1044. Lions at Charter Night Programs Cluhs Organized North Wilkesboro Club Spon sors Clubs at Taylors ville and Sparta Boomer Grange To Be Organized 11th There will be a meeting at the Boomer school house Monday evening, December 11, at 8:00 o’clock for the purpose of reor ganizing the Grange. All persons who live near enough are Invited Howard Gryder is jjresident of Large delegations of Lions of the North Wllkesboro Lions club attended charter night programs Monday night at Taylorsville and Tuesday night at Sparta. The North Wllkesboro club is sponsoring the organization of the Taylorsville and Sparta clubs. Those from here attending the Taylorsville charter night ban quet were Mr. and Mrs. James M. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Deal. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gibson, W. O. Absber, Ray Manship, Har ry Klutz, J. H. -Whicker, Jr., B. B. Broome, A. O. Foster, C.» E. Jenkins, Jr., and guest. W. A. Hardister, Paul L. Cashlon, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Greene. Local Lions participated in the program at Taylorsville. Vernon Deal, president of the North Wllkesboro club, responded to the address of welcome and James M. Anderson, zone chairman, pre sented District Governor Jan- nings Bryson, who presented the charter. Attorney J. H. Whicker, Jr., presented gifts from the North Wilkesboro club to the new clubs at Taylorsville and Sparta. The gifts were flags of the 14 nations In which Lions Clubs function. to reach the Sixth War Loan’s "E” bond quota. The total to date is |99,740, which is approximately half the "E” bond quota, but the time Is getting short* Intensified effort on the part of rural committees, retail stores and other volunteer workers In the sale of bonds can put the cam paign over the top and keep Wilkes’ record perfect in meeting all quotas in war loan campaigns. W. D. Halfacre, war loan chair man, in commenting on the need for bond buying today released the following quotation from General Dwight D. Eisenhower: "Your assistance is needed and the most important Job now for the people at home Is to make the Sixth War Loan a success. To make sure of final victory we must redouble and sustain our ef forts, both here and everywhere. The fighting man still faces a grim task and he still urgently needs much food, clothing, and brittle equipment that must be bought. The money must be raised and our men on all fronts depend on you. On behalf of your sons, brothers, husbands, and friends in this great war theatre I request that you do your part to see that the IStiUJi._WBr .Loan Is vastly over- scribed’’. This week the report of sales from the rural districts is given, and next week the report of sales by retail stores will be published. Every store is urged to push the sale of bonds and reach their re spective quotas as early as possi ble. All retail stores have ac cepted as a quota at least a $100 bond sale for every member of the store personnel. Purchase of bonds for Christ mas gifts should help materially in reaching the quota. A war bond makes an ideal Christmas gift, and solves the problem of se lection. A war bond is "a present with a future”. V Millers Creek Beats Cove Creek 58 to 51 to attend. "Now is the time for farmers to organize for their own good, and the good of the whole nation. Come’’, the announce ment said. I-V Tax Payment Urged W. P. Kelly, clerk and tax col lector for the Town of North Wllkesboro, Is pointing out to tax payers the advantage of paying their 1944 town tax before the en,d of the year so that the amount may be deducted from the 1944 Income. Mr. Kelly also stat^ that a 1 per cent, penalty will be added to all unpaid city taxes for the year 1944 if not paid on or before Feo- ruary 2nd. east, the Ninetieth Infantry divi sion made four new assault boat of the circle the money to be add- crossings of Saar between ed to the fund now being raised SaarlaHtern and Merzig, north of gift articles, novelties and delici ous foods will be sold by members by the circle for purchasing a Hammond organ for the church. The public is Invited to attend the bazaar which will provide an opportunity to purchase many at tractive Christmas gifts and other useful articles. the two original bridgeheads now being driven deeper Into the con crete defenses of the Siegfried line on the east bank. -V Buy More Bonds! Dupont Company Seeking Workers the Taylorsville club. Those from here attending the Sparta charter night banquet were Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Deal, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Anderson, Mr. and. Mrs. Ray Manship, Claude Key, Jack Swofford, W. O. Ab- sher, Jack Gibson, G. R. Andrews, J. H. Whicker, Jr., B. B. Broome, Worth Tomlinson and Hill Shell. Vernon Deal, president of the North Wilkesboro club, presided at the Sparta banquet. Noah D. Pox is .president of the Sparta club. In a very fast basketball game, Millers Creek boys defeated Cove Creek high Tuesday night at Mil lers Creek by the score of 58 to 51. Pacing the Millers Creek team was Billie Clark, who ran up a total of 27 points. Millers Creek will play Yadkln- ville at Millers Creek Monday night, December 11, eight o’clock. A large crowd of basketball tans Is expected to see tho two fast teams in action. Marriage License JAPANESETANK ATTACK FAILS ON CORRIDOR Fighting on Leyte island In the Philippines Is Increasing, with the Americans making substantial gains on all fronts. General Doug las MacArthur reported today. A Japanese tank attack, launched In the Ormoc corridor During the week of Decenaber 11, a- representative from E. I. duPont deNemours Company, pltgecter where the Tenth U. S. Ar' Deepwater, N. J.. will be stationed I jjjy corps Is applying Its pressure, in the North Wllkesboro office of failed to break the Americans’ the U. S. Employment Service.' This company Is In need of ma chinists, pipefitters, welders. Elec tricians, millwrights and labora- grip. To the south of Ormoc. Nip ponese supply port on the island’s west coast, the Americans of the tory apprentices. Mrs. Kathryn T^yenty-Fourth corps breached the A. Lott, manager of the local U. cQcmy’g Hue on the Palanas river S. E. S. office urges all In this j pierced to a point south of Ba- vlclnlty who are not working in i^go qh the coast and Kang Dagit essential industries to come to yuiege inland, the commnnlqne see this representative next week and sign up for this Important war ' y work. V BUY MORE WAR BONDS Buy More Bonds! License to wed were issued dur- ng the past two weeks from the office of register of deeds to the following: George P. Bowers, Wagoner, and Margaret Phillips, Grumpier; Ray Nichols, Buck, and Hazel Miller, Mlller.s Creek; Grover C. Beshears, Walsh, and Manle Brewer North Wilkesboro; Richard Laws, Ferguson, and Letha West, Champion; John R. Wood and Paullpe Reavis, both of North Wilkesboro; Archie Simpson, North Wilkesboro route two, and Virginia Lee Williams, North Wllkesboro route three. Last Rites Held For S.Sgt. Davis Funeral service was held Wed nesday afternoon at Reins-Sturdl- vant chapel for Staff Sergeant Clegg M. Davis, whose body ar rived here by train from Canada. S.Sgt. Davis was killed in a plane crash in Yukon Territory, Canada, on October 17, 1943. He was a son of Mitch Davis, of Gil- reath. He graduated from Wllkes boro high school, and was well and favorably known here. S.Sgt. Davis’ body was accom panied here by S.Sgt. Herbert C. Guager, who is stationed In Cana da. The funeral service was con ducted by Rev. 'W N. Hayes and burial was In Parker cemetery near GUreatli. am
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