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- • %xr, fin Feinuurr 1, l*i5- Pbm »- MV BKPORfi Fciirurjr 1st. TBK J0UBNAL4>ATRI0T HAB BLAZE3D THB TRAU; OF PROGRESS IN THE '9TATB OF WBJXS” FOR OVBR^fEARS V VI.-' rv’-. ■■ ■ ■' * -*lf-4''‘-v. SMUmaLno.n mmd TbaMmf*. j NOItTH WILKERBORO. ^OND^ky^^OAIf. Wtch Yiw Y&r F«#> Ad*—e« WRiHedlViiM SheCnstehto SidefllAitoinobile Serve* In France S*Ilie Ann Wyatt, Age 7, Wailiog for School Bu», Ardent Victim Sallle Ann Wyntt, seven-year- pW school girl, died at the Wilkes aonpltal Tbarsday afternoon from tnjnriea recelyed early that mom- tag vhen she ran Into the side of an automobile drlyen by Marvin Abaher, of McGrady. Vhe accident happened on ly 18 at Halls Mills.post- fee y»orth of this city. Wyatt child, with a num- other children, was awalt- school bus when they saw theJT^ approaching. One of the ahll%wi stated that they thought the car was the expected school bus, and they began to run across the highway to be on the proper side for entering the bus when It stopped. All the children except Sallle Ann Wyaft safely crossed the highway, but she ran Into the side of the car driven by Absber as it vent down the hlgha-ay. Absher, who with other men Were on their way to work when the accident occurred, accompani ed the child to the hospital ard later went to Sheriff C. Poin dexter and related his account of the accident. H' stated that the child ran Into the side of the car, and the marks left on the car by the Impact of the child’s body corroborated his statement, as did the account of the accident given by the men with him In the oar. Victim of the accident was^.a daughter of B. S. and Minnie Han dy Wyatt, of Halls Mills. She Is survived by her father and mother and. fovy brothers, Spurgeon, • fcverett Billie and Charlie J. H. C. Tbonif, Scout Exeeithe, Kiwanis Speaker Web Girl Comprehensive Address On Subject Scouting Deliver ed At Meeting Friday _ aneral sorrlce was conducted fiy Rev. J. M. Dillard and Rev. Oharlle HaU Friday at a family cemetery near the Wyatt home at I Halls Mills. [Instructions On Manpower Orders Received Here Pvt. William Howard Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Jones, of North Wilkeeboro route one, entered the army December SO, 1043, received his basic train ing at Fort Bragg and Camp Atterbnry, Ind. He went over- aeae in November, 1044, and landed in England. The last news received December 6 said he whs on his way to Prance. He has an older brother, T-5 Clarence A, Jones, who entered the army January 26, 1044, re ceived training at Camp Mc Clellan, Ala., and went over seas In July. He Is now serv ing In B^glum. Blankets Given To Blind Persons By Lions Club of City Chriatmiu Cheer Furnished if auvivtl "ftuuMlfciP,- Cragan Club Speaker Featured by an address ^by J. H. C. Thomas, assistant Scout ex ecutive for the Old Hickory coun cil, the North Wllkesboro Kl- wanis Club held an enjoyable meeting Friday noon. In the business session of the club prior to the program J. Gor don Hackett was endorsed for membership on the State Highway commission. The motion to en-1 dorse the former member of the commission who made a most splendid record was made to the club by C. O. McNlel and was unanimously passed. President Paul .Osborne, who with other officers was installed the preceding week, presided at the meeting Friday. He read a list of committee chairman for 1945 and met with them follow ing the luncheon meeting. J. W. T.,eyshon was program chairman and presented the speaker. Mr. Thomas spoke on Boy Scouting giving a very clear out line of the Boy Scout, his work, obligations and responsibilities as follows: Character building and citizen ship training. Three factors in accomplishing aim — Scouthood, Scoutcraft and Scouters. The Oath and Law—1200 B. C., the Ten Commandments of Moses. First and fifth, illustrate similarity to Scout oath and law. Note lb the Life of Jesus, His reply to the Pharisees—God first, others second, self third. Golden rule—oath and slogan. Note service clubs — Rotary ♦IMt) '‘Oervlw AbW6 Wlf*. ICP wanls (1915) "We Build”. Uons Preliminary Instructions for patting Into effect Immediately the recent Byrnee Directive has been received by the local U. S. Wmuloyment Office. ■’■•Xll employers, essential and leu essential, are affected by this directive In that allocations and priorities may be withdrawn If WJUC regulations are not complied vwih. This will be done only after WMC has certified to WPB that an employer has refused to com ply with an employment ceiling or hiring regulations. Mrs. Kathryn Lott has also been notified that all establish- nents will be checked by a rei>- entatlve of the WMC in the lear future, "nils checking will >e for the purpose of determining vhether or not employers are omplying with these regulations ud to provide authorization for jdnel)tg ceilings or transferring iorke^-B to activities more urgent n effort. ffl»Atlcal situation of the war aake^th's necessary and Mrs. Xrtt dUtes that she is confident ja employers will co-operate. -V An address by Paul 3. Cragan, suT’erintendent of North Wllkes boro schools, and splendid re ports of Christmas Cheer work by the club featured the meeting of the North Wllkesboro Lions Club Friday evening. Members of the club reported that they* had each provided Christmas Cheer for one family and in most cases the packages and bundles were delivered by the Lions In person to families whose joames were furnished by the city welfare department. Dr. J. S. Deans, of the 5c(jp- mlttee on aid to blind, reported that 31 Chatham blankets had been given by the club to 31 blind and near blind persons whose names were furnished by the county welfare department. The blankets, which were mailed to the blind persons, made excellent and useful Christmas gifts. Supt. Cragan spoke Interesting ly about underprivileged families and the effect of economic condi tions in homes on scholastic rec ords and school attendance. He commended the club for Us ac tivities in behalf of underprivlled- ed families In the city and coun- (1917) "Liberty Intelligence, Our Nation's Safety”. Scoutcraft— Learn by doing. Character—Sum total of our habits. Guests Friday were as follows: James M. Anderson with J. B. Carter; Pharmacist Mate First Class Ivey Moore with Paul Church: Bobby Hubbard with Dr. F. C. Hubbard; Earl Fltz with’ Robert L. Morehouse. Parkway Bus Co. 9 New Buses Buys A wedding of mnrii interest to friends of the groom here was solemnized in Worchester, England, on November 18, when Miss Doreen Cynthia, Hunt became the bride of Staff Sergeant James Russell Brooks. Sgt. Brooks is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Brooks, of North Wllkesboro ronte three. His bride Is the second daughter of Mrs. Hunt and the late Mr. Hunt, of Ghelvnelt Park, Wor cester, England. Sgt. Brooks has been overseas for 28 months. Fiiti Report Of War Bond Sales Wilkes Cokity IMstrict Quota Boomer ,...S 4,000 S Cycle 6,000 Perguso'". 6,000 Gllreath 2,600 Hendrix 2,000 Lincoln Hts. .. ^ 600 Maple Springs' 2,000 Milkers Creek 10,000 Sales 488.75 1,687.50 2,625.00 4,137.60 730.26 375.00 2,493.76 5,062.611 7.000 8.000 6,000 Moravian Falls & Pores Knob.. Mt. Pleasant.. Mtn. View .... Mulberry and Falrplalns .... Roaring River Ronda and Clingman 20,000 Summit and Parsonvllle 2,000 Traphill 3,000 Wllkesboro .... 60,000 North Wllkesboro 10,787.611 4,692.25 6,643.75 6,000 8,000 7,843.7'. 5,043.7'-. 29,500.25 2,612.50 4,537.60 14,100.00 Total Sales NAZI OFFENSE FORCES REDS TO EVACUATE Mrs. Ed Gardner |15,3S6.00 Mrs. Gordon Finley 31,924.75 Retail Stores Women’s Auxiliary N. C. Pharmaceutical Assn $2,943.75 R. M. Brame & Sons 450.00 Hotel Wilkes 1,050.00 Newton’s Dept. Store .... 375.00 N. Wllkesboro Drug Co... 1,723.75 Southern Bargain Store 37.50 Spalnhour’s — 4,275.00 Tomlinson’s Dept. Store 987.60 Yadkin Valley Motor Co 487.50 Allen Theatre 150.00 City Barber Shop 206.25 Pvt. John W. Minton was se riously wounded in Italy De- cembw 13, according' to a War Department telegram received by his father, W. T. Minton, of the Congo community. Pvt. Minton ent««d sMvlce Septem ber 1S7, 1»43, and received training at Fort McCilellan, Ala. He has served with an infan try regiment in the Fifth Army overseas since February, 1944. ParckisaByMea ii Ike Service Pits Cecity Over “E’s” $22,500 In ‘E’ Bonds Bought By Wilkes Service Men Gives County A Record Moscow announced last night that .'ricioiis German counlerat- tack|.Ror«hgiBab at Budapest had SSstergom, on tKs Danube 20 miles from the tal ty. Preachers’ Revival Services UiderWay >r. Roberts Will Conduct Crippled Clinic Thursday Df. Roberts, chief of staff of ,e State Orthopedic Hospital at istonis, will conduct the cripple ialc at the Wllkee hospital here lorsday, January 11, beginning nine a. m. Dr. Roberts desires see all the Infantile paralysis idsnto from Wilkes who were satArat Gastonia during the [^yev- Free examination will i made of all crippled and de persons present at the rill Church Rites Held Oil Sunday JFu ihinMa Will „’al service was held Sun- it^wis Fork Baptist church Ohnroh, who died Friday the inikes hospitaL Mr. Church, for many years a lldwit of Lewis Fork township, itly nknred to Norfh „WIlkes- fid|owlng the death iS his Sis ,1s earrlTsd by * hnm- ■ Greater Cooperation In Soul Winning Campaign Sought Among the Baptists Under auspices of the Wilkes County Baptist Pastors Confer ence a Preachers’ Revival is being conducted among the churches of the Brushy Mountain Baptist as sociation. Purpose of the movement is to secure full cooperation in the Southern Baptists’ soul winning campaign and to build up spiritual Interest among the churches. The churches in the association who are In need of a minister to conduct spiritnal awakening serv ices are asked to get in contact with Rev. Gilbert Osborne, of North Wllkesboro route one, who Is serving as secretary for the Preachers’ Revival campaign. The first of a series of such services was held Sunday night at Purlear Baptist church. The next will be held with Rock Creek Baptist church on Sunday, Janu ary 14, with Rev. A. W. Eller In the pulpit. -further announcements will be made following the regular meet ing of the Pastors’ Conference at Relns-Sturdtrant ehapel in this city on January 15. V Nine new buses have recently been placed in operation by the Parkway Bus company, which has headquarters here and branches in a number of towns in this and adjoining states. Three of the nine new buses have 'been placed in operation out of North Wllkesboro. The new buses include two of the modem Flexible type, one Yellow Coach and six modern Ford buses. Ad dition of the buses to replace old equipment will greatly improve the bus service rendered by the company. Danube devastated capl- but reported establfehment of a Russian bridgehead 12 1-2 miles deep on the west bank of the Hron (Garom) River farther north. The Soviet communique broad cast from Moscow said that Nazi tanks and Infantry ordered to the relief of the trapped Budapest garrison had driven Into the an cient cathedra! town of Esztergora in bitter fighting and that when Soviet troops withdrew they left piles of German dead and wreck ed tanks. The Russians also reported that their drive to annihilate the sur rounded Nazi forces In Budapest had captured another 116 blocks of buildings, giving them control of more than 1,800 of the capi tal’s 4,500 blocks. V NAZIS CROSS RHINE RIVER INTO FRANCE BUY UOm WAR BONOS The U. S. Army struck the Ger mans a crippling blow yesterday by seizing control of one of their two main lifelines in pushes up to three miles along the 30-mile northern flank of the Belgian front and a one-mile gain by the Third Army tightened the squeeze from the south. The Germans countered with six or more new attacks elsewhere on the sprawling western front, crossing the Rhine Into France with tanks amid reports the men aced city of Strasbourg was be ing evacuated, and planting a small bi)t solid bridgehead across the Maas River in Eastern Hol land. First Army successee not only put elements of three German armies in sore straits, but its swift progress after four previous days of slow slugging placed It on heights from which it now could look downhill on the enemy In side the Belgian bulge, a front dispatch said. With only one main east-west highway remaining to him, Field Marshal Karl von Sundstedt found American forces closing on his communications center of La Roche on the west, menacing his north-south highway into his basa of Ibonffalize In the center and breaking across the Amblere River into his strong voaltions on the north below Stavelot. Cpl. Howard McNeill Is Given Purple Heart The Purple Heart has been awarded Opl Howard A. McNeill for wounds received on December 4 In the European Theatre of Operations. Cpl. McNeill is a son of I. H. McNeill, Sr., of this city, who is spending several months in Florida. A cooperative hog market Is to be established at Windsor, to be operated under the supervision of the Cofield Association. At Camp Blanding 975.00 Relns-Stnrdlvant Ralph Duncan Electri cal Supplies Rhodes-Day Purn. Co.. Belk’s Dept Store Liberty ’Theatre —^— Bare’s Dept. Store Red Cross Pharmacy.... 1,666.25 Harris Dept. Store . 300.00 N. Wllkesboro Gro. C!o... 431.25 V- 225.00 187.(50 2,456.25 1,325.00 656.23 Walter Colvard Ends His Life By Hangiig Sunday Walter Colvard, well known lo cal citizen, ended bis life by lnM hlmerif - «nnanr-wftw-4to «ri»b assisted Places Thonsaids On Jobs In Year The local U. S. Employment of fice has completed a good year In the light of its activities. 21,672 persons called at the office. 1,167 persons were placed on local jobs. This does not include the large number who secured their own jobs but had to be clear ed through the USES. Over a thousand irersons were sent out of the county on priority work such as munition plants, shipyards, aircraft, etc. 1,021 veterans of World War II contacted the office for work or benefits under the Q. I. Bill of Rights. 100 veterans are draw ing readjustment allowances in the amount of $20.00 per week for a period of time based on their length of service. Although veterans have the privilege of choosing their own Jobs, 463 veterans accepted work that’ was essential to the war ef fort. Their attitude In this re gard was splendid and showed us that these boys, most of whom have been In combat zones, were still Interested in doing their part to help win this war. V Pvt. WflUam B, MUIer, eon Of Mr. and Mn. Albert Miller, of De^ Gap, entered ewvlce Novemlw *7, 19*4, and la In training at Camp Blanding, Fla. Before entering the serripe be WM em^oyed by bla nnelo, Jake Green, in a atom at Fer> gnaod, Bit. Miller baa ah nu de, Pfe. lEiwMw B. Graen, who Is eenlag on tho weatern frost LUZON HIT BY CARRIER, LAND- BASED PLANES Body of Local Citizen Found Hanging By Rope From Limb; Funeral Tuesday American carrier and land- based planes attacked the main Philippines Island of Luzon Sat urday (Friday Pearl Harbor time), It was announced yester day, and Japanese broadcasts as serted that United States forces were trying to land on the Island. Naval planes hammered ships, airdromes and installations on Luzon. And Liberator bombers of Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s com mand hit Nichols and Nielson air fields south of Manila and Clark Field, 47 miles nortwest of Ma nila, ’ destroying 18 Japanese planes In the ninth successive day of heavy land-based attacks on Luzon. , MaoArthnr also announced that American troops had extended their ground lines to within 87 miles of Manila, seizing the town of Paluan on the Northwestern Coast of Mindoro only ,'34 miles from the Sonthwestem Coast of t^a. Other Aaufi^lorewon Marfndnaud Irish* sn tea mllei from fhh Southeastern lASOO; BUT IK»B WAR BONOS noon. His body was found at 4:30 p. m. Sunday afternoon banging oy a rope from a limb of an oak tree in Greenwood-cemetery. He bad been absent from his home for only a short time. Coroner I. M. Myers, who in vestigated the death, deemed an inquest unnecessary and pro nounced it suicide. Mr. Colvard had apparently stood on a rock, tied the rope around the limb of the tree and bis neck, and had stepped off the rock. His toes were touching the ground when his body was dis covered by Miss Mary Finley and Mr. Charlie Finley, who had gone Into the cemetery to place flow ers on the grave of their mother. Ill health was attributed as the cause of Mr. Colvard’s taking his own life. His health bad been declining for a year or more and little hope was held for complete recovery. Be'fore his health tailed, Mr. Colvard had been engaged In livestock trading and in the au tomobile business. Mr. Colvard’s age was 57 years. Surviving Mr. Colvard are his mother, his wife, Mrs. Effle Jones Colvard; one sister, Miss Ruth Col vard, all of North Wllkesboro; and one brother, Frank Colvard, of Glendale Springs. Funeral service will be held Tuesday afternoon, three o’clock, at his residence on lower Ken sington Drive. Rev. A. C. Wag goner, pastor of the First Metho dist church, will conduct the service. Burial will be in Mount- lawn cemetery. V Wilkes county set a new record in the Sixth War Loan. Tho overall quota was trebled and the "E” bond quota was pass ed by a substantial margin. The splendid record made in sale of "E” bonds during the lat ter days of the Sixth War Loan was due to the purchases of bonds by Wilkes county men In the army and navy. Wilkes men who are doing their part and more to de feat the enemy helped out the home front by the purchase of $22,600 In "B” bonds. ’The grand total of sales of all types of bonds in Wilkes during the Sixth War Loan was $2,701,- 283.76, which is more than three times the overhll quota of $809,- 000. The ‘E” bond total for the cam paign was $220,941.25, which ex ceeded the "E” bond quota of $198,000 by $24,941.25. Commenting on the successful campaign, W. D. Halfacre, War Loan chairman, stated that more hard work was necessary on the part of volunteer workers to reach the “E” bond goal than during any previous drive. He very ap propriately expressed slncerd ap preciation on behalf of the county for the generous purchases of “E” bonds by service men, which enabled the county to end tho campaign with a substantial mar gin over the "E” bond quota. Mr. Halfacre expressed appre ciation to the members of the dis trict committees In the county, to the local zone chairmen, block loader^ retail storfeq, sshpols, frid Id the edm- palgn. He also voiced thanks to every person who pnrehased any type bond during the campaign and helped Wilkes to add to Its splendid record in backing the war effort financially. V- Husband of Bible Teacher Is Killed In Action Dec. 13 Pfc. William F. Randolph, of Bluefleld, Va., husband of Mrs. W. F. Randolph, Bible teacher in North Wllkesboro schools, was .killed In action in France on De cember 13, according to a tele gram' received by Mrs. Randolph Friday'. A telegram a week ear lier had reported Pfc. Randolph missing In action. V- WILLIAM HARRIS HEARING WAVED william Harris, Wllkesboro colored man charged with first degree murder for the fatal shoot ing of Clint Bailey, local colored resident, In the Fairplalns com munity December 23, has waived bearing and has been committed to jail without privilege of bond. Coroner I. M. Myers, who inves tigated the case, said today. Har ris Is charged with having follow ed Bailey to Fairplalns, where he Is alleged to have shot him twice. Five Food Dealers Give nrHearings On ‘Overcharging’ The local Price Panel on Poods held a meeting Tuesday night, January 2', and had before them for hearing five establishments of this vicinity for overcharges, post ing and various violations of the OPA regulations on foods. Three of these establishments were given fines amounting to $25.00, two of them requested to sign compliance agreemmits, and two of the cases recommended to the dlstrfct office tlyit they be sent license warning notice. ■V' Ray A. Croon, of Snow Hill, re ports that 1 1-2 aerss ol bsarlng peaches, k acres of strawberries, and 1-2 acre of bunch grapes help ed him sell farm aVa good inrles:' RATION NEWS MEATS, FATS—Red Stamps }5 through X5 good indefinite ly. No new stamps until Jan uary 28. PROCESSED FOODS—Blue stamps X6 through Z5; A2 through G2 good indefinitely. No new blue stamps will be validated until February 1. SUGAR—Sugar stamp 34 good for fire pounds indefi nitely. No new stamp until February 1. FUEL OIL—East and Far West 1 and 2 period epnpons good indefinitely. Period -3 coupons good Indefinitely. Pe riod 2 coupon In East will be come good on January 15. Mid- West and South period 1, 2 and 3 coupons good throughout heating year. SHOES—^Airplane Stampa 1,, 2, and 3 in Book Three, good Indefinitely. BBBVICB MEN home on leaTe or fnrlongh most pre sent the mileage ration reeord of the AST In .whish Utelr tar- lonih gasoUne la to be used. 5'^ nnst rich pranot tnr- ^losigb pm>eta VfMO m^ing ap- ptmOi^ lor gasoline,!!. . > '.jfc
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