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TBE J0URNAL-PAT1U0T HAS MiAg»D THE TBAIL>OF P908MH IN IV 'VMX OF WHVB” FOR OY 9?^. ^ rv ut itr tf AiA It rm a* »*», ■i^f «iw pif*. *> Vi'"MVrPVt VVi V. vBv ralwH#(iM aupfaki*'■ 88 tXABS _li- 4* FwMitbkJ jAotidW* «»d nwindky.. NOiTiH WgVSiORO, Jl. Cn MONDAY, MARCH 12, h IK Mh ' im ^ifVsom ^ K.>WorUiB«ra oiaidfd In Action Chdhnuin Offlvie Make* Final Report on Very 'Svcoesefirf Campaign Wnkee «oxiBt7 made an excel- . lent TMord In the recent polio -^eaai^alcn wtth a total of |7,r tti^S nlaed. Final report of Sam Ogllvle, chairman, releaaed here today ■akowed that the onota of $6,260 ' «M exoaeded by $1,406.33. The fT.*6*.SS raised during January *and February is six times' the largeat amount prerlonsly raised In Wilkes oonnty for the Infan tile Paralyats Foundation. Mr. OsIlTle, young man who •was stricken -with infantile para lysis at the age of 17, organized and carried out the Tory success ful campeign, which extended Into erery community In Wilkes conn- Commentlng on the results, Og^e said the response to appeia'for funds was enthu- e ttd he expressed thanks 'or ttte-’wfforts of many workers and tc^'sH who contributed. Dnrlhg the past year the Na tional Foundation spent approxi mately $30,000 for care and hos- plteil treatment of taany of th© 37 polio oases In Wilkes during the epld^nlc la the summer of 1944. The pubUoB appreciation for the splendid manner In which pa tients were treated and many of them restored to health was re flected in the results of the cam- pcUgu for funds, Mr. Ogllrle said. Mr. OglMo said the response to amount raised was about equally dirlded between North Wllkes- boro and rural communities. Special gifts, individual gifts in North Wllkesboro, together with miscellaneous contributions not reported by workers, totaled $4,- 524.66. In listing the following group contributions, Chairman Ogilvle explained thgt in some Instances the amounts were dlidded between gad oommnnltles and In tha sraports-were Oomm unities Ahshers, $10.00; Boomer, $52.64; Benham, $69.03; Cling- man, $70.66; Cricket, $134.26; (See POLIO—Page Eight) V Scout Committee Plans Camporee May 5-6 Set as Dates for the 1945 Wilkes District Camporee V Plans for the annual Wilkes .ulstrlct Boy Scout Camporee were ^ade at the March meeting of the district committee, held at the Wilkes Hotel Tuesday night. J. B. Carter, district chairman, presid ed at the sesnon. W. Fr Absher,. campaign and actlyltles'' chairman of the area, vttll be In charge of arrangements for the campaign event. Efforts will be made to set np the patrol camps near Smoot Park in North Wllkesboro, so the Scontcraft de monstrations and contests may be seen by mare people. Other memhera of the committee are John Leyshon, C. J. Swofford and J. E. Jnstlce. Jr. • - To .stimulate advancement, L. Mv. Nelson stated that the ad- Taaoement committee Is offering a trip to Scouts who qualify. They win visit an indoor pool at Ap- ihlan State Teachers College wlmmlng Instruction. finance report, submitted the chairman in the absence of H. B. Qlbbs, finance committee head Indicated that 95 per cent of the Wilkes district quota had been paid to the old Hickory oonncil by the war fund commit tee. Tbe sum was $1,995.00. Mr. Swofford was given a vote of thanks as a member of the war fund committee. Gordon Finley, district commis sioner, reported visits to several trooi>8. Attendance is fine, and many fine comments on the Scout -Week Snpperee were heard from the Scoots. Some of the troops Aave nndertaken handicraft proj- l^t* recently. The Old Hickory Council cam paign and acti'vlties committee will meet at the Wilkes Hotel Sat urday afternoon, March 17, at f:f^v Plans for the annual eonaou^eemporee, which will fol- lovr the district events, w® be made. Members of the local dls- tHet eommittee were urged to at tend. ^ ’ *nioee Jpreeont were J. B. Car ter, OorvAv,^^^' Stout, Penl OaUomek Jack Swofford, BIU Ahaher. Robert Olbbs, L. M. Nakwn, J. M. Anderson and J. H. (J. Thomas. Sgt. Kermlt Worth Bare re ceived a wound In bis left hand while on cojnhat oh the western front and Ip now in a hospital In Paris, according to news received by relatives here. Sgt. Bare is a son of Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Bare, former residents of the Cricket community, now •Ivlng In Baltimore, Md. He has served overseas In the infantry since .jDctober, 1944. NAVY’S GUNS PAVE WAY AT MINDANAO Manila—American troops have landed on Mlndanoa, second larg est Island on the Philippines, cap tured four to'wir and chased the Japanese In disorder to the hills, Gen Douglas MacArthur announc ed yesterday. Sweeping ashore behind a heavy aerial and warship bombardment the Americans hit the beaches on Zamboango Peninsula at the southwest tip of the island, which was the center of the Japanese Fifth Column when the enemy In- yaded the PhiUi>plneB In 1941. ‘‘_Wo now j»^ol the entirp iengti of the Western shorM of the Philippines Islands from the northwestern tip of Mlndanoa,” MacArthur announced In a com munique. "The blockade of the South China Sea and the conse quent cutting off of the Japanese conquests Is intensifying.” Miss McGlamery Is Lieutenant In Army Miss Annie L. McGlamery, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clate McGlamery, of Millers Creek, has been commissioned a lieuten ant In the army nursing corps and has reported to Camp Rucker, Ala., for preliminary training, aft er which she will report to an army hospital In Nashville, Tenn., for duty, Lt. McGlamery, a registered nurse, has recently been on duty at the polio emergency hospital at Hickory. Truck Owners To Return Cards To Get Gas Coupons Rationing officials In Wilkes stated today that truck operators are negligent In returning cards to the rationing board In Wllkes- boro. These cards were sent out sev eral days ago, and must be return ed before gasoline for tbe next quarter beginning April 1 can be Issued. Truck gasoline coupons for the next quarter will be mailed out, but none will be mallgfl until the cards which were sent the truck operators have been returned. ALLIES MASS FOR POSSIBLE NEW CjmSING Paris. — Powerfully reinforced IT. S. First Army troops lashed out more than a mile at several points Sunday from the Remagen bridgehead, which the Germans said stretched for 11 miles along the Rhine east bank and was sup plied by numerous pontoon brid ges. Supreme Allied headquarters, partly stripping the security cloak from the bridgehead — possible' evidence that critical haurs 'were past—said It was three miles deep and nine miles •wide, with- the Americans in possession of eight east bank towns, one of them nn- Identlfled. with the halfway mark in the campaign paaaed. Red Cross work ers in Wilkes county today began the second week of the canvass to raise the obnnty’s quota of $19,- 400. Latest reports to^ay indicated that the amount raised bad passed the $10,000 mark. However, it was pointed out that tbe total to date Inclndes tbe large gifts solicited by Special Gifts committee, and that the re mainder of the fund must be raised among Individuals and from rural communities. Red cross officials now urge that workers complete the can- of their respective tMrltorles and make their raporta as early as possible to the IM Cross of fice here. A. F. KUby, canvass chairman for the business district of North WUkesboro, asked that the ckn- vass here be completed early this week and that managers of busi ness firms make the canvass of their personnel or designate some person to acoompUsh that task. The quota for Wilkes this year Is up $1,200 over the quota of $18,200 for 1944, when a very succeesful campaign was carried out and over $22,000 was raised. With the need for Red Cross funds greater this year because of in- tenstfieatlon of the witr, it is be- Uered that Wilkes will exceed its larger quota and respond liberal ly to support of the organization which is doing so much for serv icemen and women and their fam ilies. Dr. M. G. Eldw^ds, chairman of the business section of Wllkesboro and Mrs. Hadley Hayes, chairman of the residential section, stated today that -both quotas had been surpassed but that some work yet would be done In the town which would further Increase the a- mount to be raised for the Red Cross. At Camp Wheeler Local R^n Is Leading Meredith College Campaign Local Region, With T. E Story as Chairman, Raised 85 Per Cent of Quota Home From Overteaf Pvt. John Bdbert Foster, bet ter known to his many friends as "Bobby”, is in training nt Camp Wheeier, Ga. He entered service November 24, 1944. Pvt. Foster is a son of Hr. and Hri. R. D. Foster, ot North Wfflrse- boco. — Local Statistics Are Expounded In TalksjtKiwanis Members Give Interesting Program Friday—“Un derprivileged Child” “Underprivileged Children” was the topic for a most inter esting program Friday noon be fore the North Wllkesboro Ki- wanls club. Dr. F. C. Hubbard, chairman of the Underprivileged Child com mittee, was In charge of the pro gram and presented Paul Cra- gan. Dr. E. N. Phillips and J. B. Williams as his speakers. Paul Cragan spoke first. He opened by quoting Josh Billings as saying, "Train up a child in the way he should, go and then go the same way yourself.” He pre sented the follo'wing North IVll- kesboro school statistics on bous ing and home conditions in North Wllkesboro: 427 families, 406 residence buildings, 237 on paved streets, 168 on dirt streets, 22 on no streets; 67 with more than one family In one-family house; 147 own homes, 280 rent; 349 have water in homes, 78 ■with no water; 3344 with indoor toilets; 297 bath tubs, 130 with no bath tubs; 90 outdoor toilets, two with no toilets. Of the families there are 33 with parents dead, 19 divorced, 1 7 separated, 30 with fathers in service, 43 with fathers away on jobs, 18 ■with mothers away on jobs—total'(ij 16J) broken homes. Dr. E. V. jJhtlllps spoke of de linquency'in the county, saying that It was a great problem which needs attention now. He also stated that plans are being made for medical attention and hygiene advancements under direction jf the State Medical Society. J. B. Williams urged that the Underprivileged Child program of the Klwanis clnbJ)e expanded and ■asks the co-operation of the en tire membership. Dr.. Hubbard suggests that all (See STATISTICB-Fsge Foar) State to Have Series •Jefferson Dinners Charlotte. — North Carolina Democrats will have their fund raising banquet dispersed this year; State Senator Joe Blythe, of Charlotte, said the annual Jack- son Day dinner, generally held In Raleigh, will be replaced this year by a series of local Jefferson day dinners on Ap^ IS. Region 7, of which Attorney T B. Story, of 'Wllkesboro, is chair man, is leading tbe state in the percentage of qnota raised In the Meredith College Expansion pro gram, according to the latest re port Issued In Raleigh by I.,eRoy Martin, associate chairman of the executive committee. Goal for th© campaign for the entire state is $566,000, and the quota for region seven is $10,000. The report this week shows that of the quota of $10,000, the sum of $8,622 has already been receiv ed, making 85 per cent 'of the quota. Serves In Anny rrr rrmitrrri 1 ^ Sgt. Herman M. SprinUe la now with the 4th A.SA.C. water transportation division F - 0, somewhere in the Padfie. He entered the- army Feb. 10, 194S, and has been overseas seven teen months. He received hia traintog with the signal corpa at Camp Crowder, Ho., and I Fort Mason, Calif. Rr' at let- I ters state that he is^ 'm good I health and gettiifg along fine. ' His wife and two sons, Frank- ' and Wayne, make their home ! here. Pfe. John L Harrold has en joyed a 30-day fnrlongh with hla wife, the former Miss Inei Wood, of North Wilkeaboro Route 1, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Harrold. of Lenoir Route f, aftfr awrving five montha tn Italy Mid Conri^ -Pfer-Bettald returned to Cohunhia, S. G., Feb. 28, for his new aaelgnmmit. Grand Jury Makes Recommendations For Improvements Larger Vaults in County Of fices Needed; Ask City Water To County Home Pvt. William S. Spears, Jr., who entered the army In Octo ber, 1944, has completed ills training at Gamp Blandlng, Fla. He recently spent a forlonj^ at home, and is now at Fort Geo. G. Meade, Md. Pvt. Spears is a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. Spoon, of ParsonvUle. Before entering the service he was em ployed at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, 'Va. In Philippines Barney A. Fordne, aeaman second class, of Bonda, entered the navy In June, 1944, and is now serving in the Philip pines. Letters received by bis wife, Mrs. Gladys Pardne, sM- ed that he Is getting alo^ fine. Seaman Pardwe Is a son of Mr. and Mrs. WUI Pardne, of Rondo. His wife Is a dnnghter of Mr. and Bfrs. F. H. 'Wilcox, of North Wllkesboro Route a. Barney received boot tralniBg at Oa^ Foory, Vo. Grand Jury at the present terra of Wilkes court made recommen- d-ttlons for a number of iraprove- n.onts. The report of the grand jury as submitted to Judge J. Frank Arm strong by Foreman George D. Kennedy and Secretary J. G. Shepherd, recommended construc tion of a new vault for the office of county accountant and that the vaults for the clerk of court and register of deeds be enlarged. It was also recommended that the water lines from North Wllkes boro be extended to the Wilkes county home. The water system there Is Inadequate and it Is ne cessary to haul some of the water used, the report said. The report also stated that plumbing and windows at the Wilkes jail are In need of repair. At the time of Inspection 12 pris oners were housed in the jail and 164 prisoners were in the state pris on camp. The report stated that counjy records are in good condition and a good report was also given the state school bus garage, where the Inventory was given as 60 buses operated by the school system and 20 contract buses. Nineteen in mates of the county home were re ported apd the report stated that the Inmateq said they were well fed and well cared for. The In ventory of property ■was listed as 17 milk cows, five calves, nine hogs, six pigs, two ibrooi sows, 100 hensFfour worit horses,-425 bushels of com and 30 bushels of wheat. The county tubercular hut has no patients, the report said, and was closed some time this year. The grand Jnrj examined 98 bills of Indictment, fonnd 92 true bills, three not true and . continu ed three M lack of evidence. Number of Cases Off the Docket In Wilkes Court March Term of Wilkes Su perior Court Begins Sec ond Week Today -TT—- DiltrUWlIrr ^UMiedhyLiii Somors BiB Introduced in . Sdonte Has Passed Both Houses of Legislatuiv A msaaure Introduced in tbe Senate by Senator W. B. Somers and which passed fn the honw Friday abolishes the three dis-' trlcts in WUkes county ror nomi nation and election of county com missioners. 'Hie Somers bill repealed the 1939 act which divided Wilkes Into three commlsloner districts, and nomination and election of commissioners henceforth, will be by vote of the entire county as prior'to the 1939 law. The districting act was Intro duced in the 1939 general assem bly by Representative Woodhouse, of Yadkin county, “by request.” The bill introduced by Senator Somers met- little opposition, and was passed In the senate and house by a large majority vote of senators and representatives pres ent. At the time the commissioner districts - were established by the 1939 act, district 1 and 2 .were voting slight Democratic majori ties and district number 3 was giving a large Republican majori ty. In the 1944 election Repub licans elected commissioners from all thi^ee districts. PVT. L. G. ELMORE, JIL, VISITING PARENTS Pvt. L. G. (Dick) Elmore, Jr.» home from Camp Reynolds, Texar kana, Texas, and is visitltig bis parents,. Mr. and Mrs. L. G. El more, who reside In Wllkesboro. Pvt. Elmore vrlU visit here iinfil Friday. Several cases^were tried during the latter days of the first week of the March terip of Wilkes su perior court In ■^Ikcsboro. Several cases in which felonies are charged are on the calendar of the second week of court, which..begai; today. fiArriSi colored, will ^e^tried for murder for the fatal shooting of Paul Bailey, another local colored man, near her© on December 23. The grand Jury last week returned a true hill. Cases In which Judge J. Frank Armstrong meted out sentences daring the latter part of the •week follow: John Wagoner, reckless driv ing, four months on roads sus pended on payment of $60 fine and costs. Carl Lyall and Clint Hamby, two counts of larceny, three to five years each In state prison. Roe Haynes, two counts of as sault with deadly weapon, sen tences of 12 and six months sus pended on .payment of fines of $50 and $25. Fllmore Bumgarner, bastardy, ^ months suspended on pay ment of $300 to be dispersed as court directs. B. N. Benton, bastardy, prayer for judgment , continued. James McKeever Jarvis, op erating car whlje Intoxicated, 12 months suspended on payment of $100 fine. Ed Wellborn, colored, assault ■with deadly weapon, 12 months suspended on payment of $25 fine and costs. Lonnie Rhodes and Ed Lee Hor ton, assault, 12 months suspen ded on payment of $50 and costs. Ira Waldon Church, assault on female, 12 months suspended. Robert Gambill New Secretary of Ways, Means Group Washington — Robert Gambill, former Sparta attorney, Saturday took office as clerk to the •House Ways and .Means committee, re placing C. Malcolm Hevenor, the temporary clerk. (jrambill attended the University of North Carolina law school and was admitted to the North Caro lina bar in 1938. He prActiced law in Sparta from 1938 to 1942, and then became affiliated ■with the Depaitaent of Internal Revenoe wf&':'elSiiM‘ fii Wllkesboro. He k the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Gambill, of Grumpier, Ashe coun ty. Gambill said that his wife, the former Miss Hazel Reeves, of Vol- ney, Va., and his four children probably will not come to Wash ington to live until after school recess in the spring. , REDS SPLIT DANZIG AND GDYNIA LINE London.—Soviet ■ troops drove a wedge between the German de- fensee of Danzig and Gdynia Sun day , reaching within nine miles of both those prize Baltic ports, and Berlin said the Russians had hurled 76,000 men into a new of fensive at the Moravian Gap gate way to Vienna and Prague. Marshal Konstantin K. Rokos- sdvsky*s Second 'White Russian Army swept 10 miles duo north from captured Rhelnfeldt in its drive for the Baltic through Po lish and Dans|g free State terri tory, and occupied the small junction of Koelin. The town lies equidistant from Danzig to the northwest and Gdynia to the southwest. SGT. ARO^E'^OiLro VIBITINO HOME Sgt. Archie MUler, who has be«i la serviee 18 months and sta tioned in California, has been spending several days vrlth his perenta, Mr. and Mr*. 8. F. Hil ler, of Fwgnaon. Pfc. John B. Blevins Wounded In Action Pfc. John B. Blevins, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Blevins, of Wil- kesboro, was seriously wounded In action In Germany February 2.6, according to a telegram received by his parents. Pfc. Blevins is a member of a headquarters Infan try company in a battalion of the Ninth army. He entered the army in September. 1944. WAC Recruiters Here On Fridays Woman’s Auxiliary Co ‘ps of the army is In dire need of women to serve as hospital technicians. WAC recruiters will be at the North Wllkesboro ■postofflee every Friday to take applications for enlistment. Women are now of fered their choice of nearby hos pitals In which to serve and the need for additional hospital tech nicians in the WAC Is immediate and urgent. Those Interested are urged to In terview the recruiters here on Fridays. Rev. C. G. Leavell To Preach Thursday At Episcopal Church The Rev. Charles Leavell, rec tor of Grace Episcopal phurch, Morganton, -will preach at the Lenten service In St. Paul’s church on Thursday evening, March 15, at 7:45 o’clock. The public Is cordially Invited to attend this service. . V PPG. ELLEDGE WITH U. S. FIFTH ARMY With the Fifth Army, Italy — Pfc. Clinton H. Bll^ge, of North- Wllkesboro, is a member of the 19 th Combat Engineer regiment, Mediterranean theatre veterans no'w maintaining roads,, bridges and trails for the Fifth army in rugged mountain terrain before the Poe Valley In Italy. The 19th has maintained or re built more than 4,000 miles of road and hailt or repaired more than 200 bridges in tbe Italian* campaign and has served in «oi ii> bat for more than 560 days, pi. eluding notion at Kasaerlne Paaa, Tunisia, and Casstno, Italy.
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