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ly Date MigBafare' Hai^ CMmittee Hiuidb Divitiop Red ^ Cross Prive .Kiwaais CWb H«r« Unaiii- BMwsly P«MM Reaolution> Measure WUkes coanty -will put up a de> teralned and united fisht sgainst the Caldwell county an nexation bill when it Koea before the Conntiee, .Cities and Towns committee for hearinr’Wednes- ^ tey, Febniary 14. ■ Many prominent citizens of .'Wilkes plan to go before the A)m- ttee in opposition to the bill in- ^"uced by ReprosetttatlTe *>. T. hett, of Caldwell, and whlclr d take from Rilkes and gl'# to^aldFell all of Beaver Creek township and parts of Blk and BoomeV townships.. The hearing will be in room 402 of the revenue buiding in Raleigh at ten a. m..Wednesday. fjsst week a conemltt^ of local citizens was iu>polnted in a called meeting of cKlzens which was held -Trfesday night in ' the North ■ Wllkesboro, town hall. The com mittee has prepared material to submit *to the legislative com mittee, has secured petitions and spokesmen to represent the oppo-‘ sitlon to the Caldwell measure, which is said to include practical ly a9 citizenship of Wilkes with the exception or some citizens In the area which the bill would annex to Caldwell. On Friday the North Wllkes- boro Klwanis Club, which has a membership of 66 of the county’* most promlneAt’and best known citizens, passed unanimously a resolution in opposition to the Prayer Setyiee TbiradayiLM. At Town Hall , WU_yrWi^ wonld glv^e n part of 'Wilkes to CaJdweU. The resolja- tion, as presented to the club by W. D. Halfsere and favored by the, entire club melhbershlp, folloyw:' “It has come to the attention of the North Wllkesboro Kiwan’s clnb that a bill has been introduc ed at the current session of' the legislature, which, if enacted into law, would ann x .to Caldwell county a .g^irt of Wilkes county. We are fully familiar with the- local situation and know that .there are no good and sufffclent reasons for a part of Wilkes yiunty being annexed to Cald- MeJJ connty or any other county. “Therefore, he it resolved that the Klwanis club of North Wllkeeboro, as an organization and as individual citizens of Wllkps connty, go on record as being opposed to the bill now be- hefore the North Carolina Gen eral Assembly proposing that a part of Wilkes county bo annexed to Caldwell county; • “Be It further resolved that this action of the North Wllkesboro Klwanis clnb be made known to the committee on Counties. Cities and Towns, of the General As sembly^ and that said committee be asked to report unfavorably on the proposed bill”. In addition to united opposition of the people from all parts of Wilkes county, the opposition to the measure is prepared to shpf that* a Isirge ndmber of citizens In the afaa fn (yiostlon are very much opposed tb b«ln« removed '^om WUlses. Petitions which isve- bean circulated iiktbat part Wilke# In opposition to the dwell county ahnexation bill e been received very favorably and have been signed by many citizens. A V—* A. F, Kilby has been ap- point«(} chairman for thh busi ness district of North Wllkes boro for .the Bed Cross War Fund drive, which -htUI March 1. Mr. Kilby plans Ik thorou^ canvass of the hjisi- ness district In the campaign. Wilkes quota in the Red Cross campaign this year is 910)400, of which $3,445 has been al located to the bnsiness dlsU-lct. Red Cross activities with the anned^ forces has greatly in creased as the war has become more intensified -and with vast numbers of American fighting men participating. North Wllkesboro Basketball Team Heats Elkih 33-13 YANK TROOPS STORM PRUEM RWER BARRIER British - fcfantry and flame- throwlnr tanks fought halfway through the shattered German fortress of Kleve Saturday, -tear- Ini* at the northern end of the Qekman Siegfried I/lne as -Ameri can lie miles to the south gtormed Proem, another West 'all keystone. * jVont reports said the swift itWh- drive overran the entire •t&ern halt of Kleve, a peace- .rtkgte Summer resort of 16,000 pop- inktilon, and was spreading into the MWtkero half of the town against flamUe*! paratroop«« -het- J tUnsr to the'death In the narrow fjwy>TiTialMan''e indicated fli^ tot tke town was » #aee ■Jdiie--- North, Wllkesboro high school broke into the win column Friday night by a decisive defeat of El kin high sokool boys 33 to 16. The North Wllkesboro team played well as a unit and ‘earn work was very much in evidence through ;ut the con^st. Ca?idlll was outstanding on offense, play ing his best game of the season and scoring 15 points. Rousseau played well oh defense. The lineups and individual scores follow: N. Wllkesboro .3.3 ElUn 13 Turner 2 B. Ratledge Hudson 4 Baker 4 Foster 9 Garland 1 Rpusseau 3 Parker 2 Caudill 15 Boles 6 Subs: N. Wllkesboro—Winters and Sloope; Elkin—Osborne, Adams Parks,- Ratledge. V; I' [uzinegg Houses and -Sto^ Asked To Gl6se Half- Hour Servife Here DowntoMmArrice in ob servance of Wwld Day Of Prayer will be beld in the Nortb^JVilkesbo^ town hall Hprsday, Febniary IS, to 11:00 a. m. The.seiwice vnll be un der the auspices of the Mlnistcyu^ Association of the WilkCTboroa. Merchants and other business firms of Nbrth Wllkesboro are urgently requested to cooperate by closing them places of bus iness in order, to give their employes opportunity to .atten^ the service. It is asked that they close in time for their personnel to' reach the town hall promptly at 10:30. 'The^ Ministerial Asso- .cialion has issued a cordial invitation for all to attend. A second-program in ob servance of the event will be a union prayer service Sunday afteraoon) Feb. 18, three Vclock, at the First ^Methodist church in North Wilkeshim. Mem bers ' from the' various churches m the Wilkes- Ixmos will take part and ‘congregations of all the churches are asked to at tend. V- Court Of Honor. Is To Meet Thursday Wool clipped ’ in Turkey last year weighed 30,000 tons. Combat Veteran Boy Scout Court of Honor and Review will meet Thursday eve ning, 7:30, In the vellglona educa tion building of the North Wilkes- t-«ro Presbyterian church. All Scouts and others 'interested in Scouting are asked to attend. V Demonstrations lii hipwood Cutting To Be Held Friday By M. B. BRYAN, Extension Poreator Pfc. Robert CUpinan, son of tiie late Mr. and Mrs. T. Enther Chiinnan, is now stationed at Sheppard Field, Texas, after being overseas for nearly four "years. -He Joined the army 10 months hOfoTe Uarbw and trained in i^gnama Canal Zone, going froift then*e to Aus tralia, then to New Guinea and New Britain, where he received three stars for participation In major campaigns. He hag also been awarded the combat In fantryman’s badge. While flghti^ the Japs he was with the outfit known as'Iit. Gen.: Krugers “Vamoos Bashnuut- en"% He eollebted quite a Mr soaveiilra off the little yellow ■ nunt 1 . The demand for p>ulpwood*l8 getting more and more- crltlcalr but the prospects of getting more labor to produce pulpwood are not good.* With the coming-of spring labor for cutting pulpwood is apt to get more scarce. 'The' only way j to increase our pulpwood produc tion is to Improve onr cutting methods so as to use our limited supply of labor more effectively. With this Idea in mfhd the local pnlpWood dealers are cooperat ing with the county agent’s office In putting on two pulpwood- cut ting demonstrations Friday, Feb. 16th. _ - Howard Wright, of Statesville, forester with the North Carolina Pulpwood Company, is going to demonstrate the use of*a portable ^ower saw. Ralph Elliott, of Soddy, Tenn., ■will demonstrate the use and care of a bow saw. The bow saw is-a ne'w saw .that -has been rapidly gaining in popularity for cutting pulpwood. Some bow sarw users claim ithat one man with a bow. paw can enf as much wood as' two men with a cross-cut saw. . The.fiiBt' demonstration will be held at W. A.‘ Caudill’s bouse on the old Pearson farm near Boomer and will start at 10:00 a. m. on y^dday, February. 18th. . The second demonstration will be hhld In the Haynqadow com munity near Blain Blledge’s house where Clarence Myers .is cutting pulpwood. ■ Bveryone interested .is invited to attend one of the demonstn- tlbnz. Rvery pplpwood cutter 'will, find it protitabl» to come. . So spread the news aronnd*and come, ont and watch ■ wTiKRUAS, imdte - charter, the 4merican‘Natic4^ ^^!i^'€coas, in this * year-of file war, iolig^fiiiiiB tb ;cdi^^ oig|woondi^, to cheeir and help ,pr«erv)ceineB on evwy- ' figBtIng frdnt, and ^ jirovidd'iiH 11^ between' th#e tod their familiea at home, t^iBreby relieving,, anxiety and restoring hope* to ali -'ftdse’ who are auffto- "ingandjta need of aid; ' ■ ' WHEftEI^ fills organization & helping the people'to hoine tt^ stand firmly behind oor figtHfasg men through - its'collection of hlood fpf our wounded, .'its. shipment of . food parcels, medical supplies,-and oomfort itemk to ous* prisoners of war In eitony hagds, iti^'production of sutgk cal dressihgsj and its recruitment of nurseS for our Atoiy . and Navy; and .s’, . .. *. ■ WHEREAS the American NatioAl Ked.jCross is also carrying on its peacetime activities by«a,ssisting the civi- ’ lian victims of tornado, flood; and other'disaster, and by . training the* people of our Natjon to .combat sickness and accident and thus to prevent suffering and death;.and ,, WHmlEAS, by the very naj^ire of itssservices and the. principle* for which' it stands, the American National Red Cross is helping to liujld iuworld of'Unity and peace and brotherhood, recognizing no barriers of creed or. race; and . ‘ * . WHEREAS this organization, which represents a, tan gible expression of thc^gsire of the,people to reach out to the Nation’s fighting pien, now far removed from. them, and which is entirely dependerfl on voluntary con tributions to carry out its purposes, is issuing to every ' citizen .of this country its 1945 appeal for- a mmimum. War Funp of $200,000,000; ^ ' NOW, THEREFORE, I, FTIANKLIN D. RdOSEVE3:,T, ■ President of the United States- of America, and Presi dent of*the American Red Cross, do hereby desigrnate. the month of March 1945 as Red Cross Month; confident in the readiness of the people to respond to the utmost, of their ability in support of this organization bpilt by* their generous contributions in the past and, dedicated to .their services in. this hour of increasing need. IN WITNESS WHEREAS, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the'seal of the United States of Ameri ca to be affixed, * . , . , ■ 'DONE at the City of Washington this 19th day of Jan uary ip the year of our Lord ninetefh hundred and forty- five,.aed of the Independence of the Uniteef States of America the one hundred and sficty-niijth. . FRANKLIN D.. ROOSEVELT • 2 Double Reader fiaiiieal^isllfiNk Local basketball fans will be treated to four games this week in the North Wllkesboro high school gymnasium. On Wednesday night, beginning at 7^30, will be the first of two double headers. There will be two high school games, with North Wllkesboro first and second teams 'playing the high school teams from Taylorsville. ^ On Friday night North Wllkbk- boro .and Millers Cl-eek, both first and seebnd teams, will play a double header, the first game be ginning at 7:30. V Insects may have green blood, or yellow blood,, but never, red blo^. Gets Citation JenmeE. Harris Last Rite Today Miss Jennie B. Harris. 50,. a highly respected and well kifown resident' of Wllkesboro died in the Wilkes Hospital Saturday 'at 9:45 a. m'., following an illness which extended .ovej a period of several years. Miss Harris was a- daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Har ris, of Wllkesboro, and for-a.num ber of years was a member of the faculty of the Wllkesboro high school. At the ‘time she had to give up her teaching professloUk she was a member of the Ronda school faculty. • • ^ Miss Harris is survived by the follo-sr^iig. brothers apd sisters: Mr. Spencer Harris, of WVikes* bofo; Mrz. Richard Herman', Mrs. Carl Isbell, and Mr8.,Luclle Mc- Neely, of#Lenoic: .Lieut,'Charles B. Harris, of Hampton, 'Va.; Mrs. Edd thilders "and Miss Ruby Harris, of Hickory. • The funeral service was con ducted this morning -at eleven- o'clock in the Wllkesboro Baptist church,'of which the deceased had lohg been » member, by Rev. How ard 'J. Ford .. the pastor. . In’tpr- n^^ followed In the family plot InMountaln i>ark cemetery. * Pfc. iValter jpiledge, Jr., soii of Mr. amd Mrs. Smith EUedge and husband of Mrs.'Marjorie ,0. EUedge,- of North WDkee-, boro, has received .a Citation*, for heroic achlevenient on the^ Philippines.. *1116 dtati'en was* .as foOows: .“Pfc. ‘ Walter EI- ledge, Jr., Infantry, H. 8. Ar my. For heroic achievement in oonection V||th- mlUtaiy.-qpera- tions ^tetinst the enc^y on Ijeyto, Philippine bUoiids, on i DeoemhOT, 1944. .Pf^ EUedge was s meiqJbeT ot m ^IvNinain patrol whltib was atta^ed by SO, M the enemy. 'When-tw6 members of tiie ‘p«^l were • winmdpd, • Pf o. EOedi^, alde^ ' by np,otber soldier, held oft the qnqfny 'stiUle ,the- remaining membOT reached .tbe wotm^ed Pte. B|h^y4«endfast' ooiingQ . and derottei po are in kee^ng witii tiie bl^iest* traditions of the Pall beajers were Lee -Edwlird Hapls, David Harris, e'. T. Hack- Dr. Wm,. K- Newtoni J. B. Willlamj, Alphohfc Dula, and Conley Harris. A -beautlfnl ^oral tribute, car ried 'by a nnihber of ladles of the romntunity in which Miss Harris resided, attested to the. high ^ teem in which she wap held. 'V' ■ RESISTANCE IN MANILA NOW EASING UP ■ JapaneM resistance in . South ern is cronjbllDg under the blows 'of lank-led •American in fantry and 'cavalry driving into the city from three dlrecUqns rod spllttiifg Jhe. enraiy in^o isolated units, it was disclosed today. As the iterce battle of Manila eUtpr^ "Its ninth day today, a h'eadroert^ Spokesman- said the Bltuatioa h'pd improved coqfddera- hlir in the, past 48 brots abd.that Japanese rerietance, wh,lch iCwte*'Drive C. B. Eller, saperintondent ot Wilkes schools, is chairman for the rural division of the -Bed Cross War Ptmd organlzatioa. Ekich tewIwhlp^ Will have *a chairman with several 'workers' and an oiqiottnnlty' will giv en all thq people of the connty to coiitribnte to the Red Cross ■War Fund this yeax\ The cam paign will open March 1 rod -the quota for.-Wilkes county is $19,- 400r The quota for the rural division is $4,475. farmers te $ip Up For TripIp A ‘Program l;6r''45 ScEetole Of jConveident Ap- pointmepls for Entire V County Released JP'armers of Wilkes 'county this week will sign up for participation in the Friple" AMirpgram for 'the 1945 farmingneason. For convenience to the farm ers, S. L. Turner, executive sec retary of the *Trtple A 1» Wilkes, has arranged appointments of Triple A representatives for evfery township In the county, where fariqers may go to sign up for the 1945 program. This schedule of appointments will save much time for the’ farmers, who wHl net find It neceMary to take time off from their work to visit the .Triple A office In the courthouse to Indi cate their tntontlon to participate In the.Triple A program. The iichedule of appointments follows: Antioch Township- Tom Mathis’ store, yeb. 13; Bob Segraves' store, Feb. 14; Lee Martin’s residence, Feb. 15. Beaver Creek Township— ArthuE Triplett’s residence Feb. (See Fanners—Pag© Eight) JiNTilkaGoirtir &joyAb|ie.B«iiquet Held Fri day RveBug; Aftra«tiy$ ' •' ■ WladoV Dizplays Hqt« ' man: ,Gordon Finley. ctmm'lBlsoner; and J. 'With 126 Sconts and parents Attendhilr> Boy Sbodt Week la T^llkes was openpd Friday ^e- ■Ihg with a father and son' ,hro- duet at Ae Amerioah'Legion and- Auxiliary clubhouse. *' It was a most successful boda- sion valth all troops of Scouting in Wilkes participating. - ’ - Lewis N^Isob was. toastitqstar qnd-with-him on the stage were 3^ B. Carter, Wilkes 'dlkrlct ohalr- dlstrlct H.' C. Thomas, assistant Scoiit 'execu- • tlve of the Old "Hickory coumclL'' Bill • Absher, chairman of the Camping ’ and com mittee. was fn charge of arrange ments. 7^16 program features* were stunts put 6n by the various troops and were the source of . much merriment for the assembly. An outstanding, stunt was the bandaging contest put on by two teams of the Mo'untkin View school troop, under direction of ' Scoutm*aster P. W.' Gre'tf. The team'■Brhith’won, the coHest on bandaging 4 ’‘victim’’ challenged any other patrol, and a grdnp . from tl-oop 36 In Thjrth .Wllkek-*- boro accepted the challenge.. The Mountpln View team, w.ell pre pared for. the occasion, wo'n the contest. The final feature of the pro-'' gram was- a technicolor movie o'n "Rural Scouting," which, was pre sented at thg direction of Mr. Tbodns. ■ In- addition to the banquet, Wilkes Scouts' .are engaging ih other activities In observenw of the 35th annl-fersary of Scouting. A -number, of educational and at; tractive window .displays In the downtown . busines ' district have' attracted much attention. V Serves In Germany* rrody Isoks cohesion, soon wo.nUC thoi^itilt.hM' bera' tww yeios be reduced to scattered' stro^; points south.of the.Pasig River. the latest'advance in tkelhUf- gest close-quarter battle *ot the Pa^fie War.'nr^ paced by MaJ. Gro. Y«mo D. Madwf#*l»t ampUMbni tueed *(lM.'’Pasl$ k C. W. CuHer Is Taken By Deafb Pfc. W. O. MUl«*’t oow seiw.- iog in Gmnsay' w^^ tile fdl- . lowl]i(^ letter tp nie Joitokl’ Patriot:'*'"! am -writing yim 'tq 'ssy that I receive^Ltwo oOpiee ‘«f yonr {wper ana surely was • glad^ to 'get thcan, as .they have lots of . news V Interest and. it brings me closer 'home; al- slnoe I last saw Jlfortlr.Wilkee- bOro and borne. ( bav^ seat ‘ lots of ooiwfsy and many glaoee in -these last Jxfp imn- Siefly, lU^ Sontltem^ and jiow Geraisiiy. 1/ •vlien next bnt Pm* ■Aa 'good « Nortii Funeral service, was. held today at Bdgewood Baptist church for Charles W. Cufler, age 75. well known citlzeh of Wllkesboro who died Friday night at a Statesville hospital. Mr. Culler had been In 111* health for the past Jew years but was critically ill only a short time. Mr. Culler wqs born at Boone, a son of the late Ben and Mary Cul ler.' He received his education In the schools at' Boone anicame to Wilkes in his early manhood. Ho taugh In Wilkes schools for a' number of years a'ud then devot ed his tiine to the carpenter trade. He Vas first married to Miss' Myra Clark,’who preceded hlni In death, fie was l.ster married to Miss Bessie Adams, ‘who survives. .The'only Other surviving member ef his‘Immediate family is a sis ter, Mrs. * Joht Laws, of Pores Knob. ■ ^ ^ Rev. B. F. Peeler conducted the fliperal service and burial was la EdgewoDd cemetery.. REDS CAPTURE LIEN6NITZANB NEAR SAXONY The Red Army ija a.37-mlle ■ smhsfh across So^hern Germany bas almost-encircled Bpeelau, has captured t^e .Big Industrial center ■of Liegnitz, 35 Btiles west Of that Silesian capital,' and driven $o within 84 miles of Dresden, Sax-- ony capital, Mospow-annoolicMI ' ■idst night. -• Expanding their bcesit-througii'^' In* Jour ‘days to a' 99rmlle ftoqt ’ the Ruslsans caia. 37-mile section ' of the'Berlln-fireslro truck, ntil- .1 •Vay and reached ^ o4ge of'tb«.'_ fon'i'-':ineBerllH-OTesIhn supsor^ highway over which* Qennaii rein-, forcements have been''flo'ir1iig in-'* to Sileqia ■ ^ . .■ Berlto a^nowIedged tiie tell'wf Li^gnll||. and .ssrfd .. Soviet tlak . [ep^rheada ' had ■ reachad'-^gjzi'll tryteg-to CTCMHi—4hB.*BojMif Jtim.'j pn. * t2-4nile»frbat iM. 66.^1iillQ$ ratoiitilsnr.' Is?". ' .i''. iiitiu..o«
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