iMUlnfOISKTEBU/IPS
m tmi nmE on saipan
PPC. GRANVILLE P. BALDWIN
For ahtglehMutodly aecotint-
ing for at least sixteen Jap«
with rifle fire, and for othw he*
^ic achieveineats, Priyate First
.'lass Granville F. Baldwin, son
^Mr. and. Mrs. Arthnr Baldwin
North Wakesboro ronte two,
been awarded the Bronze
MedaL
&posingr hikself .to fire from
B—iiiiiia advancinf Japs on Sai
pan, Pfe. Baldwin as the lead
ing Scont of a platoon stood M»
ground and inflicted heavy loss
es on the enemy.
The citations by command of
Major General Griver follow:
“Private First Class Granville
F. Baldwin, infantry. United
States army. For heroic achieve
ment with military operations
against the enemy at 'Saipan,
Marianas Islands, on 7 July,
1944. Acting as the leading
acout of a platoon, Private First
Class Baldwin was suddenly con
fronted' with numerous enemy
troops who were advancing to
ward our lines. Placing himself
in an exposed position, he empt
ied his rifle time after time after
time into the advancing enemy.
Alone, he accounted for at least
sixteen enemy, even though he
was subjected to hostile small
arms fire, which inflicted sever
al casualties on his platoon”.
Township, Division
ChainnenRedCross
Drive Ar^ Named
War Fund Campaign Will
Open March 1 With
Goal of $19,400
^ Division chairmen and township
chairmen have been named for
the annual Red Cross War Fund
drive to begin In Wilkes March 1,
Rev. Howard J. Ford, Wilkes
War Fund chairman, announced
today.
The goal In Wilkes this year is
S19.400, which represents an in
crease over the quota of |19,200
lor last year but la lower than
the more than $2 3,090 which re-
antted from last, year's campaign
tn Wftkea. Rev. Mr. Ford ex-
. jrwed the heMrf«lmt-Mw-p«M>ta-
of the eonnty In large numbers
* will give freely to the Red Cross
Vhis year. In view of the many
splendid services rendered by the
great humanitarian organization.
Maurice ISglsh is assistant War
Fund cl)BiTmnn.
The division chairmen in the
Wai^ Fund organization are as
follows: P. W. Eshelman, R. G.
Flnjey and J. R. Hlx, special gifts
committee; R. E. Gibbs, publicity
chairman; Rev. A. C. Waggon-ar,
speakers’ bureau chairman; A. F.
Kilby, North Wllkesboro business
district: Mrs. Gordon Finley,
North Wllkesboro residential can
vass chairman; Dr. M.G. Edwards,
Wllkesboro business district; C.
C. McNeill, courthouse canvass
^chairman; Mrs. Hadley Hayes,
“^Ikesboro residential canvass
chairman.
C. B. Eller, superintendent of
' Wilkes schools, is rural chairman,
and the township chairmen are as
follows: Mrs. Thomas Mathis. An
tioch: Mrs. T. W. Ferguson. Beav
er Creek; Miss Eva German, of
Boomer; Ray Hendren, Brushy
Mountain;E. R. Spruill, Edwards;
W. O. Barnett, Elk; T. C. Os
borne, Jobs Cabin; Mrs. Taft Fos
ter, Lewis Fork; Mrs. E. P. In-
Bcore, Lovelace: Mrs. Mae Hen
dren, Moravian Falls; Grady F.
MiUer, Mulberry; Troy Redding,
New Castle; Mrs. M. F. Bumgar
ner, Reddles River; J. T. Gregory,
Rock Creek; L. P. Somers, Som-
Mrs. Florence Vannoy, Stan-
Mlss Beatrice Holbrook, of
^phill; Miss Lizzie Whlttlng-
sn; J. W. Joines, Walnut
Irs. Florence Miller, Wll-
Pfe. Anderson Gets
Bronze Star Award
For Combat Effort
With liie Fifth Army, Italy.—
Private First Class James M. An
derson, Jr., 812 D street. North
Wllkesboro, recently was awarded
the Bronze Star for hwoic achieve
ment in action. He is serving on
^be Fifth Army front in Italy with
Pthe 136th Infantry Regiment, 34th
“Red Bull” Division.
During the attack on an enemy
ngpoint two platoons were am-
' ^ pinned down by enemy
pj_ ’ Seeing a radio that had been
jiuegrded by a captured comrade,
misted the citation with the award,
^nderwn crawled 60 yards under
faitense hostile fire to retrieve it
^ aid in the adjustment of a
screen around his trapped
rnnsradee so the^conld withdraw.
Save fuel by fanning off the
bssit a f«w minutes before your
laagt er beUng is ready.
Local People On
“Voice Of Price”
Mrs. Ivey Moore and Mr. John
R. Prevette will appear on the
“Voice'of Price” program Sunday,
February 25. This program is
heard each Sunday at 1:15 p. m.
over WBT, Charlotte, and is
sponsored by OPA. Each Sunday
representatives from some town
within the Charlotte district are
invited to appear on this prognram,
and discuss problems relating to
OPA. Both Mrs. Moore and Mr.
Prevette have been active with the
local Board, Mrs. Moore being a
member of the Informing Panel
and Mr. Prevette vice chairman of
the Apparel panel.
The representatives will be ac
companied to Charlotte by Mrs. A.
El Shook, Chief Clerk to the War
Price and Rationing Board, and
Mr. C. P. Walter, General Chair
man.
Marriage License
Since Febmary 1 marriage li
cense have been issued by Regis
ter of Deeds Troy Foster to the
following: George Podrebarac,
North Wilkesboro, and Dorothy
Lenderman, Wilkesboro; Johnny
G. Laws, Moravian Falls, and Ar
lene Church, Boomer; .Virgil Shu
mate, Dehart, and Irene Shumate,
Hays; Charles M. Gilreath, and
Pauline Billings, North Wilkes
boro: Ray Hall and Ruby Shu
mate, North Wilkesboro route one;
Claude Taylor, North Wilkesboro,
and'EHree Nichols, Millers Creek.
Franklin A. Staley
Rites Wednesday
Fhineral service for Franklin
Austin Staley, 88-year-old citizen
of Union township who died Tues
day, was held Wednesday at Union
church and burial was in Staley
cemetery.
Mr. Staley is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Diana Staley, and three
daughters and one son: Mrs. J.
W. Huffman, Purlear; Mrs. Oscar
Palmer, Wilbar; Mrs. W. M. Pil
kinton and A. M. Staley, Wilbar.
Pfe. James Garwood was
slightly wounded in Germany m
Febmary 3, aocording to a Wat
Department message received by
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Garwood, of Wilkesboro. Pfe.
Garwood entered the army in
1940 and served for some time
in Panama before going to the
European theatre.
Service
For CpI. Meade Is
To Be Held Sunday
Home From Overseas
Pfe. Chadcie L. Pennell is en
joying a 30-day furlough with
his parents in North Wilkesboro.
He has just returned from 29
months of active duty overseas.
He has sen action in Elngland,
North Africa, Italy, Sardinia,
and Corsica. His wife is the
former Miss Virginia Phillips,
of Mebane. They were married
at York, S. C., a week after his
return home. She will make her
home with his motherf Mrs. R.
L. Pennell, when he retoras to
munp. ^
Memorial service for Cpl. Lewis
yW. Meade —1921-1944—will be
held Sunday afternoon, February
26, five o’clock, at the North
Wilkesboro Methodist church- Rev.
L. J. Yelanjian, supply minister,
this week made announcement of
the service. Cpl. Meade was born
in Chase City, Va., and came to
North Wilkesboro with the family
several years ag^> and here he
joined the Presbyterian church
under the pastorship of Rev.
Watt M. Cooper, now a chaplain
in the navy.
Cpl. Meade was killed in Lux
embourg December 26 when the
tank in which he was a crewman
crashed through a bridge rafl and
landed in a stream. He was a son
of ’frs. Irene Meade, of North
-lY:
Wi j isboro.
W. A. C. Hospital
Technicians Are
Urgently Heeded
Campaign to enlist women to
serve as hospital technicians in
the Woman’s Army Corps has
been opened in North Wilkesboro.
Lieut. W. E. Stemple, command
ing officer of the army recruiting
station in Winston-Salem, an
nounced here that army recruiting
personnel will be in the North
Wilkesboro postoffice EViday of
each week during the nation-wide
drive.
Lieut. Stemple stated that Gen
eral George C. Marshall, chief of
staff of the U. S. army, has re
quested North Carolina to furnish
45 women who will be trained by
the government to serve as surg
ical, medical and administrative
technicians in army general hos
pitals.
Lieut. Stemple stated that he
believed the women of Wilkes
county will want to answer this
call and serve in the North Caro
lina WAC hospital company. Ap
plicants may train and serve to
gether at an army hosital of their
own selection. Upon completion
of three months’ training, enlist
ees are made corporals, techni
cians fifth grrade.
EligiLle women of Wilkes are
urged to contact army recruiting
personnel here on Fridays.
London.—^Red Axipy troops have
driven nine miles through Nazi
defenses southeast ,«f Berlin to
reach the confluence of the O^er
and Neisse Riven 49 miles from
the Nazi capital and threatened
the twin fortress cHes of Cottbus
iptd Onben.
Ifonhal Ivan SI Konev’s 1st Uk
rainian Army, slashing across for
est defense lines, fought to within
17 miles east of industrial Cottbus
and flanked Gnben at a point sev
en miles north of the ci^. Other
elements of Konev’s army drove
to within 54 miles northeast of
Dresden.
Konev’s tanks and infantry bat
tled stubborn enemy resistance to
within five miles of a junction
with a bridgehead on the weet
bank of the Oder which the enemy
said had been established by Mar
shal Gregory K. Zhukov’s First
White Russian Army.
Funeral W^nesday
For Robert L. Baity
Last rites were held Wednesday
iat EMgewood Baptist church for
Robert L. Baity, who died Sunday
in a Statesville hospital
Mr. Baity for the past several
years had operated a store and
service station on highway 116 in
the Eldgewood comrannity.
He is survived by his wife, five
children, one brother and one sis
ter.
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Ceiling Prices To
Goyern Firewood
AH flrewood sold by farmers af
ter Feb. 12 will be subject to price
ceflings, the Offiee of Price AiA-
hiiihest
prices charged by the'farmer for
the same types of wood in March,
1942.
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Ten From Wilkes
Going Into Navy
Seven Wilkes county youths,
age 17, have recently been accept
ed for naval service and three otti-
ers go to Raleigh this week for
examination, Recruiter J. E. Huff
man said here today.
Those accepted were:’ Tommy
Cary Caldwell, of Boomer: Lyn
don Ward Harris, of Elkin route
1; Robert Ervin Tharpe, of Ronda;
Ekigene Louis Vannoy, of Reddies
River; Junior Curtis Wajroner. of
Roaring River route two; Leonard
Frank Caudill, Jr., of Hays; David
Shumate Yale, of Hays.
'Those going this week for exam
ination are: Argle R. Riggs, of
Millers Creek; Charles McKinley
Gilreath, of North Wilkesboro;
Harold James Sturdivant, Wilkes
boro.
Raleigh, Feb. 21.—A bill to
lower the vottaig age in North
CoroUna from 21 to 18 was In-
trodoced in the senate today
by W.L. Lumpkin, of Franklin,
and George Hundley, of David-
Greonvllle, Feb. 21.—Oross-
examinntlon of Dr. Leon R.
Meadows, former president of
East GaroUiu Teadiers’ College,
on trial diaiged with embezzle-
ment ud fabe was
began tbie aftenoon.
REDS’DB»E ON
BERUNi^ES
ONTWOmiES
. Pvt Clyde H. Miller, aon of
Mr. and Mrt. Harrison Miller, of
Wilbar, spent a few days fur-
lonidi at home before leaving
Jtor overseas duty. Pvt. Miller
entered service September 26,
1944, and trained at Camp Cr^
8. C.
PATTON’S MEN
AIM STRAIGHT
FOR C0|H.ENZ
Paris.—Lieut Gen. George S.
Patton’s Third Army tanks and
infantry, their new offensive roll
ing on unchecked, plunged eight
miles deeper into the Moselle Val
ley yesterday and captured 23
towns fa a 4rive aimed straight
for Coblenz on the Rhine.
Aided by swarms of warplanes,
Pattons armored spearheads man-
ibdre withiii two miles of
and sboa akt milee' of Trier, a
Germab fortress on the Moselle
Valley linvasion route to Coblenz,
58 miles northeast
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Williams Child Is
Buried Wednesdajv
Last rites were conducted Wed
nesday at Fishing Creek Arbor
church for Charles Monroe Wil
liams, one-y^-old son of Monroe
and Inez Csui Williams, of North
Wilkesboro route three. The child
died Monday.
Surviving are the father and
mother and one sister. Rev. Per-
vis Parks conducted the funeral
NIPS BAHLE
INVADERS TB
STANDSTILL
TJ. S. Pacific Fleet Headquarters '
In Guam.—A Third Marine Divi-|
sion, increasing 'the invasion force '
to pwsibly 46,000 men, has been
thrown into the furious battle for ]
Iwo to fill gaps caused by casual
ties already exceeding 3,600.
Disclosing the fresh commit
ments in a communique today
Adm. Chester W. Nimitz acknowl
edged that Japanese resistance
rose to such a high pitch Wednes
day afternoon, third day of the in
vasion, that the hard-fighting
devildog;s virtually were stopped
in their tracks.
The reinforced leathernecks,
holding a wedge across the south
third of the island, stormed the
slopes of a volcano on the south
tip with flamethrowers and tanks.
Although unable to advance ap
preciably, • they hurled back a
counterattack in the vicinity.
On the north end of the wedge,
Nipponese mine fields and intense
mortar and artillery fire tempor
arily halted a drive toward an air
field in the center of the island.
The Third Marine Division, un
der Maj. Gen. Graves B. Erskine,
reinforced the Fourth Division un
der Maj. Gen. Clifton B. Cates
and the fifth under Maj. Gen. Jet-
ler El Rockey.
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BULLETINS
Bodey Monnt, Feb. 21.—
Richard T. Fountain, 60, Rocky
Mount lawyer and former lieu
tenant govmmor and speaker of
the North CaroUna House of
Representativee, died at bis
home here early today of a
heart attack.
Navy Nurse
BUY MORE WAR BONDS
g# j-g-fr f fir rirvired^rf f
Serves hr Navy
Methodists Millers
Creek Circuit Over
Crusade Quota Set
Millers Creek Methodist circuit
made an excellent record in the
Crusade For Christ campaign re
cently put on in Methodist church
es.
Rev. J. L. A. Bumgarner, pastor,
reports that the quota for the cir
cuit was S300 and that a total of
S522 was subscribed. Of that
amoimt $358 has already been paid
in to the Conference treasurer.
William M. Pruitt, Jr., Fire
man Second Class, is now sta
tioned at Gulfport, Mississippi
where he is attending engineer
ing school. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. -M. Pruitt, of
Springfield. He completed his
boot training at Bainbridge,
Maryland, and spent his boot
leavb with his parents daring
the Christmas holidays. He was
recently at home on a short
leave and says there is nothing
like “Old Wilkes” for him.
BROTHERS MEET AFTER 2>/2 YEARS IN THE SERVICE
Knulgn Edna Androwi 6Bt4Si^
ed the navy as a nurse on Janu
ary 5, 1044, was fifst stationed
at the naval hospital at Porto-
mouth, Va., and now at the
naval hospital at Charleston, 8.
C. Ensign Andrews Is the only
navy nurse from Wllkea. B^
fore entering the navy she was
night supervisor at Davis hospi
tal In Statesville. Ensign An
drews is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. N. C. Andrews, of
Boomer.
Overseas Director
Of Red Cross Will
Speak Friday
Charle.s I. Skarren, Jr., To
Address Kiwanis And
Lions Chiks Here
UlMTles L. SksMWn, Jri, * wka
served with the Red Cross over
seas for more than a year, will ad
dress the north Wilkesboro Kl-
wahls Club Friday noon, the Lions
Club Friday evening, 6:30, at
Hotel Wilkes, and will also speak
at Lincoln Heights school on Fri
day afternoon.
In his addresses In Wilkes, Mr.
Skarren will tell of some of his
experiences overseas.
Mr. Skarren went to England
in July, 1943, and after serving
with a bomber group was at
tached to an Infantry unit, land
ing in France on D Day plus six.
He went with American troops In
Belgium'and Germany and re-
Turtied to the United States in
the fall of 1944.
Before being associated with the
American Red Cross, Mr. Skarren
was extension secretary for South
eastern University in Washlng-
D. C. Previously, he was with
Better Business Bureaus, and be
fore that time was engaged in
the practice of law in Beaufort,
N. C. He was educated at Wake
Forest College and the National
University, from which he re
ceived an LL. B. degree in 1932.
Rev. Howard J. Ford, War
Fund chairman for Wilkes chap
ter of the American Red Cross,
has asked Klwanians to have
township chairmen for 'the war
fund drive as their guests at the
Kiwanis meeting FYlday at uoon.
CPL. liONNlB A. BALL
JAMES W. BALL
PVT. JARET E. BALL
Cpl. Lonnie A. Ball wax recently home Od furlough after overxcaa duty in I^ia for
28 months. Before entering xenrice in Auguxt, 1942, Cpl. Ball wax en^loy^ by Hw
River Textile company. Jamex W. Ball hax been home on leave after 22 mon^
set;vice in the merchant marine nine monthx on the Atlantic and 13 on the Pacify
He went into merchant marine xervice in April, 1943. Hix age ix 22. Pvt. Jarrt
Ball u now in France. Prior to entering the army two yearx ago he wm employed by
Cannon Towel company at Kumaptdix. The Ball hrotherx are xonx or Mr. and Bwx,
J. M. Ball, of GOrsaA. ‘ -
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Youth Center In
This City To Be
Open Oi^ Nights
By popular demand, the youth
center recently opened in this city
under sonsorship of the North
Wilkesboro council of the Junior
Order will be open two nights
weekly instead of Saturday night
only.
Since the youth center Was
opened a few weeks ago in the
former Moose hall location oppo
site the postoffice on C street,
hundreds of children and youth
people have flocked to the center
to enjoy the games and other rec
reational facilities. The center
has been open only on Saturday
nights and the crowd has become
too large fer the space and facili
ties available.
In order to accommodate the
larger number visiting the center,
it will be open on Friday and Sat
urday nights, but for different age
gronps. On.|Viday night the cen
ter will be open for yoong pec^le
from age 14 up and on Safauo^
night for child^ nndier 14. Hie
hoars are eight nndl U p.
both nights. ,.
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