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,\v^- WtMmr Hivhtower, Priaoner, , Fmt Dn»e *lilUirI«r Willie Bunker WDU« Banker, age 20, colored Vflaoner from Mount Arly, arae ipataatlT kin^ Bandar afternoon tile state hlginray prison camp itM here by Walter Hightower, OBS 88, colored prisoner whose home Is in Greensboro. | Miditower, who has serred six rssn of a 85 to 80 year sentence IWr aedtmd degree murder In Gnll- tord eoonty In 1889, used a dag- •STk wUeh he had made from a IttSk to stab Banker seven times In tta ^nst and killed him Instantly. -Ooroner I. M. Myers, who In- WOttigated the death, heard the tSSilmnaT of witnesses and prls^ oo offidalB, and ordered Hlghtow- 1 wlthent bond for trial In igost term of Wllkee court. ^ntneesee testified that the kll- ooenrred at the Instant that purds wore beliig changed, ttower approached Bunker, Wm that he wanted to speak wiUi him, placed his arm about Banker and walked Into the ber- radka There other prisoners hoard Hightower say, *T told you I was going to kill you," and he tfodnced the self-made dagger and stid)bed Bunker several times. Prison offlolals said that evi dently Hightower had made the dagger Sunday or only a short time previously, and had kept It oonoealed. . Whereas, it hu bee& ^tuiom^ to designate a week each spring as Clea^Up^-Week gdid ike aanafil ewents hawe been very Worthwhile in that good results have been obtained;^ ■ I, therefore, proclaimjtiie week of April 2-7 as Clean-Up Week in North Wilkesboro and earnestly urge the cO-operation of ;;all the people to the end that North Wilkesboro i^ay be one of the most at tractive and wholesome cities in the country. , It is respectfully asked that Clean-Up Week be observed by a general clean-up of all premises in the city, and that all trash land rubbish be placed at convenient points for the town truck to pick it up. It is also urged that paper and tin salvage be car ried on in connection with Clean-Up Week. On be half of the war effort, please save all scrap paper and cardboard and place it on the front porches of your homes in order that the town truck may pick it up on Wednesday. Tin cans from which food is taken should be prepared for salvage and kept until a can vass for tin is made. Let us all co-operate in this endeavor and make next week the most successful Clean-Up Week in the history of North Wilkesboro. R. T. McNIEL, Mayor of North Wilkesboro. Wounded In Germany Sa™ Gilliam Dies In Action On Iwo Jima Mr. and, Mra. W. F. Gilliam, of Banbum, were notified by the War Jiopartment Wednesday that their aon, Sam GllUam, was killed in action at Iwo Jlma on March 18. Ho entered servloe In June, 1944, and had been overseas for the paat six months. His wife is former Mlae Louise Childress. II jgi |lTfi|I by h)bi wife, three hro^ien and sisters. Miss Elledge Dies In Newark Hospital Funeral service for Miss Edna Helen Elledge, 28, who died Fri day following an operation In a Newark N. J., hospital, was held today, 2 p. m., at Mountain View Baptist church with Rev. A. B. Bayes In charge of the service. Miss Elledge, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Elledge, of Hays, Wilkes county, was employ ed In Newark when she became 111 and underwent an operation. She was apparently well on the road to recovery when she died sudden- Snrrivlng Miss Elledge are her parents, three brothers and .one sister: Burleson Elledge, Hays: Mrs. Elmer Holbrook, Abshers; Joe Dell Elledge, In the navy In the Pacific; John Sherman El ledge. Hays. -V- Pvt. R. Quentin Nichols was slightly wounded in action in Ger many on March 8 according to a telegram received by his wife, the former Miss Ola McGlamery. A letter received from him stated that he had been removed to a hospital in England and was re covering. Pvt, Nichols, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Don Nichols, of Pux- lear, entered the army August 16, 1944, received training at Camp Croft, S. C., and went overseas in January this year. He served in the infantry. Boomer Grange Is Organized Tuesday FAW VISITS HERE •8T.SOT. CLAUDE St. Sgt. Claude C. Faw, Jr., has returned to Fort Myers, Fla., after a visit here with his wife and In fant daughter, Mary Carolyn, also hla parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C Organization meeting of the Boomer Grange was held at Boomer school Tuesday night with 20 charter members and Indica tions that- the number will be doubled at the next meeting, which will be held on April 16. C. F. Jones was elected master of the Grange with Carl 4. Van- Deman as lecturer. A. Crouse Jones, of Winston- Salem, Grange organizer, attend ed the meeting and also plans to assist in the next meeting. Faw, St.Sgt. Faw Is a member of the'army ^r corps. -V- THIRD ARMY MEATS, FATS: Red Stamps T5,D5,V6, and X6 wlU expire April 28; Red Stamps T5, Z6, and A8, B2, C2, D2 will expire June 2: Refi ftampu K2, F2, as. HS, J8, will expire June 30; Bed Stamps K2, L2, M2, N2. and P2 expire July 31. PROCESSED FOODS—Blue gfampe C8, D2, E2, F2, und Q$ win «^(re April 88; Blue Stampu HS, J2, KS, L8, M2, wM exxdre June 2; Blue Stamps " >tn. Ft, Zt, R8, 82, will expire June 80; Blue Stamps T2, U2, VJ, WS. X2 expire July 8. BTAMP—35 Trill ex- 8. No new stamp will »d nntO May 1st. OIL — All eoupona ValtMd 10 gallons. Period 1, 8. 14, and I oenpons for current fhanting ssoson valid through smnrsac -Olrplaae Stampa 1, aad 8 In Book Three, good MoOtitoly- NOW WITHIN 157 MILES OF NAZI CAPITAL Paris. — American 9th Army tanks Joined forces with the tJ.- S. 1st Army yesterday, snapping shut a trap on up to 60,000 Germans In the encircled Ruhr and captur ing the rail center of Paderborn after a four-day battle. The U. S. 3rd Army pounding eight more miles along the road to Berlin reached within 157 miles of the Reich capital. The Junction of the 1st and 9th Army forces was made at lipp- stadt, ten miles south of the great superhighway running from the Ruhr to Berlin, and 60 miles from Hannover. It came after a sensa tional break-through by the 9th which has now reached 76 miles east of the Rhine. V- Man Badly Hurt In Fall From a Hotel Window C. W. Covington of Winston- Salem, Fell From 2nd Story Window to Sidewalk C. W. Covington, of Winston- Salem, was seriously Injured when he either fell or Jumped from a second story window of the Call Hotel here Sunday morning, 3:15 o’clock. C. G. Myers, night clerk at the hotel, stated that Covington reg istered at the hotel about one hour before he was found uu- opnselons on the sidewalk on the BtruutuldAoftito jwllfflii;,.; tEt^OSvffi^n remarked that he was ‘Tn great trouble”, hut offered no details, other than that his car had not been operating properly. Coving ton had evidently crawled through the hotel room window, which was only partially raised, and he fell a distance of about 15 feet. He was carried to the Wilkes Hos pital, where examination disclosed a neck spinal fracture which paralysed his body from his waist down. Police entered his room, which was bolted from the Inside, and found a quart of liquor and some money On the dresser. Relatives of Covington here Sunday said that he had frequent' ly been known to walk in his sleep. Pre-School Clinic Dates Annonneed In Wilkes County PVT, LONNIB DAVIS HOBCE FROM AH06KEB Pvt. Lonnie Davis has returned to Ahoskle where he is serving In the army after spending several days with relatives. Pvt. Davis was called home on account of the death of his father, Mr. Bol^ ert E. Ll Davis, for a number of years a resident of the county. Dr. A. J. Eller, Wilkes county health officer, has announced a schedule of pre-school clinics to be held at Wilkes schools during the next few weeks. The clinics will be held to give physical examinations to children who are to enter schools for the first time next fall. Vaccinations against smallpox will be adminis tered at the clinics. The health department urges that parents take their children of pre-school age to the most con venient pre-school clinic. Dr. El ler also calls attention to the fact that the law makes It mandatory that children be vaccinated against smallpox before entering school. The schedule of pre-school clinics, each beginning at 9:30 a. m, unless otherwise specified. Is as follows: Moravian Falls, Wed nesday, April 4; Ronda, Monday, April 9; Wilkesboro, Tuesday, April 10; Miners Creek, Wednes day, April 11; Roaring River, Monday, April 18; Monntain View, Tuesday, April 17; Mount Pleasant, Wednesday, April 18; Maple Springs, Wednesday, April 18 (1:30 p. m.); Traphlll, 'Tues day, April 24; Pleasant Hill, Wed nesday, April 26; Benham, Wed nesday, April 26 (1:30 p. m.); Lincoln Heights, Tuesday, May 1; North Wilkesboro oolpred school, Monday, April 30; North Wllkes- horo school, Tuesday, May 8; CUngman, May 18; FerguMU, May 18; Mulborry, May 81; Union, May 22. •V Fordhook 242 la a new lima bean that has dlstlngnlshed Itself for heavy yields, superior adap tability, and a long bearing sea son. fvt. waynb • -y— Pvt KiHedln Iwo Jhna Pvt. Wayne Msrtta,’age IS, was killed In action on Svo Jlkta on March 8. News of the death | was iwcelv- ed Friday by his peawBts. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Martin, ai Wflkeeboro route one. Pvt. Martin entered the'ihurtne corps on June SO, lfii|4, fiM^ved training, at Parris ft®wid, '8. €., Camp LeJeune, N. C.,^tiamp Brad leton, Oceanside, Oulifornla. He served with the Fourth Mkrbw Division and went overseas fiurtkw the latter part of November, Bnkf. WlnM lokowm. " Get»s» Oonrad Bwabn. R, Pwe Ij^alsoB. WiEBie Fmm FoMer. Leita JObnsoB. ,, Jmy. Fn^dtUa Jobob. wuue een., hme^ BCoWufd Haflmaii. Cbariie wmisaw. - Boy JofiMprlfiartsy. Hcner WfloouL HolmaB. Airtu CfiMOMs Hamiiy.,’ JaaierRiiflln'n^^ettt A. efiaade Melton Andenon. Alfi«a nrtOegr. BBiMm BkB. ' Onqr Baaris. - ^ Wffliapi Weriey GriflUh. OriiMe Ohm ^itkitord. JaMSiTLesUe VMm Boi;ar etOatf Fnmkllii. ■ Isnnl^ fnm«rd waUms. list ot CXMJnMB and Wodk- ers CaiaiMign PosAle Giewi^ PFC. WARRSN 9. UtMOWS V- Wnrren MdHoie j^ofWn^in BfiUugs. Tfiutk. Cnswdtjr of .’Aor on Woelftn Frcmfi; i - Died:'Mktfeh 3 (r. He participated In the Bsnir. Invasion. • ' Surviving Pvt. Martin fidi 1^' parents, one brother ano^^ |i^ Jis^ ters: Mrs. D. S. vUle; Mrs. Marshall Lenoir; Worth Ma^n, boro route cue; Mrs. C' gamer, Wilkesboro n Miss Avis Dean Mi ton, Texas; Mrs. 0, B; JDkflff* .tiiiikftff. Witsyu. 'yiT : Let’s Do a Little Fighting On the Home Front Now By MISS LUCY L. FINLEY Have you noticed Jenkins Hard ware Company’s fine Improvement above the entrance—and the fresh coat of paint on Rose’s—and Prevette’s clean new doorways— and the Yadkin Valley’s Ijrtck ad dition? Have yon noticed Link Spalnhour’s pretty green lawn— Mrs. Perry’s lovely lilac hedge— the row of dogwoods beside the Presbyterian church—Mrs. Chal Nlel’s beautiful flower garden —Bob Brame’s and Mrs. J. D. Moore’s colorful rock geirdens, and a score of other lovely spots? And have you noticed the piles of trash and old cans and dirty pa pers here, there, and almost ev erywhere? Do you have a covered garbage can, and do you use It, or do you Just dump out the scraps and peelings and trash any old place? Every day as I walk along pi.r streets and alleys, I pass Just such plies of trash, and garbage, and now the flies have come, and I wonder what we can be thinking of to become so careless. Could you sleep nights If yon knew that these same flies attracted by your scattered garbage were car rying polio germs to your chil dren, or your neighbor’s children? Already several cases have been reported In North Carolina. Do yon know that we have a town or dinance forbidding yon to throw out this garbage, which also re quires you to put it In a suitable covered container? Do yon know that yon will b© reported this very week, to our town sanitary officer. If you do not have such a container? ' Let’s beat him to first base. Let’s clean up this town by every store-keeper, every factory, and every householder starting at our own doors and cleaning all around our placrti. What If you didn’t put It there—yon are guUty If yon leave It there. If you need, help, or advice, go to any member of our board .of town commlssion- ers or Chief Walker. They will do their part. Let’s do ours. Lot’s start a fight on the home front, against fllth, and dirt, .smd dis ease; and let's start today. V The requirements of our arm ed forces are growing. There Will bo a little Im meat, lard, tats and sugar but nothing to get alarined almat. There will be a Wholesome diet for everyone, sayi WFA.. - John Wesley Smdtltey. WflUe Harrison Anderson. Blaine James Wolf, William Theodore McNeill. iCIark Champ Mayberry. Coy Albert Hnlfman. Turner Watson. James VlrgU Moore. Lincoln Sydnor Spainhonr. Henry Lewis Phillips. Olinard William Triplett. Roosevelt McKinley StnrgUl. David Franklin Gomett. Grover Ezra Griffin. WUlle Penn Anderson.. Gtto Glen Steele. Buster Williams. Sid Ray Mahaifey. Sherman Taft Anderson. Wayne James Foster. John Andrew Spears. George Washington Eller. Roy Chambers. Ralph Junior Spicer. CJeorge Robert Hamby. Stewart Poteat. Carey William Parker. William Bryant. James Elmer Brooks. Vance Pipes. Richard GooUdge Money. Rlriiard Edward Shaffner. Noah Edgar Ball. Don James Jifines. Ottls Galvin Welborne, Jr. Bransom Nike Benton. Richard Shatter Church, Roy Foster. Haskell WilUam York. BOARD NUMBER 2 Lewis John Wyatt, Sr. John Andrew Gothren Treely Henderson Oaadin Charles Claude Bumgamer Charles Shelton Sink, Jr. Estle Ray Love Ira Samnel Holcomb Tom Brooks Jim Prnltt Earl Pruitt Glenn Brown Ransom Welbom Adams Willard Alfred Bowen BoUe Sanford Moore James Howard Bumgamer Leonard Wayne Pierce Dewel 'Oelvester BnrdieCte Oarl Eugene Adams Paul Roscoe Elledge Lawrence Rester Byrd James Walter OhUdress liyed Fonao pillard Robert Percy Stonestreet Guy Leonard Hart Sam S{dwr • t Paul EDls Van Wilson Brlnegar Bowman Baaguess Burette OandOl Jimmy Combs Walter Miller Burehette Hillary Walker HerUe Com Blledge transfer Worth Georgs Woodle ’ DBylkreBoidd W«nwi F. lle9one died tficetyed' 'bp Vnikeeboro,-’- •'* llb9dnd^:e«fiBMd the anar 88, 188^Wai$Befi at Fgrt f WOod, Mo„ and Red Crou War JNuid In Irtlkea county feMh^ |88,804.8# Sttfiag the can»pfi4gtt. wlt|:. a f»w mtoc^ laneons retunt.yrt td ooipe In, Revr Howard .'J. Ford, War Fund chairman', aald toiSay. - - -•'The' amoufit 'ndaed to date ex ceeds the 118,490 quota by 18.- 804.69, and ia a few hundred dol lars In aBMH of the record aponod contri^ted. by,people of the county la the 1944 Red ^rpaa c^patgu. 'iWhkhjt'jrt^tKidy who assist ed In the/ea^pidgn and all who num* ooDtxfkl^ua, Chairman Ford reported ,1£e division tolala to date as foHowo: Special Gifts ittee, |8;)84.0S; iaduftrlal, 30;, North Wilkesboro dlstirIet,i8,«T8.0Ti North >ro • resiilenittl -'district, |i;89||^0|-.' Wilkesboro' boalabss Wflkesboro rss- IdeatM: (Umkt, 8740.85; oolorsd dtvkSbBiifi^O'.eo; rural cemmats- tisa> mlscensasoua do- 18.50. Crow orgaoizo^oii ap^ thb fbe'fitae ed*dbehdloa lafl ppart of (he followjbig ep r»9i. ■*b.»*Ws aad la an la the bounty: • 'SL sad:;»i' Or- in England until he returned to his company in January. He served with the 60th Infantry of the Ninth division in the First army. Pfc. McHone graduated from North Wilkesboro High school In 1942 and before entering the army was employed by American Furniture company In North Wilkesboro. He was a member of the Hlnshaw Street Baptist church In North Wilkesboro. In addition to hls wife and fath er, R. S. McHone, Pfs. McHone Is survived by the following broth ers and sisters: R. S. McHone, Jr., now serving In the Infantry In the Philippines; Mildred, Tom and Mary Wilkes McHone, all at home, and bis step-mother, Mrs. R. S. McHone, who is a patient at the Western North Carolina Sanltorl- um at Black Mountain. V LT. AND MRS. S. T. OOLVARD RETURN Lt. and Mrs. S. Colvard, who have been spending a week In the county with relatives and friends, returned today to Dyersburg, Tenn., where Lt. Colvard is now serving with the provost marshal’s office. MARINES AND DOUGHDOYS DRIVE THREE MILES INLAND Guam. — American doughboys and marines landed on Okinawa Island, southern gateway to the Japanese homeland, Easter Sun day morning, quickly secured 8 miles of breaches and by nightfall pushed Inland to a depth of three miles at .sdme ponlts. Undoubtedly surprised as to the place of Invasion, the 60,000 to 80,000 Japanee© defenders of Oki nawa-only 825 miles south of Kyushu in the CJentral Rynkyus offered only desultory resis tance throughout the day. American casualtlee were sur prisingly light. Landings were made a few miles north of Naha, the capital dty, on Western Okl- PreluTusion houvybombartoent jiaii been made on the east boast. Possibly 100,000 Americans which formed a new 10th U. S. Army under Lieut. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., landed a- galnat only small arms fire on the beaches. Latef,.ti«b Nipponese sporadically droi»pe4,bon»e mortar ■ artillery fire In the beach »- but their gona were allenoed and reas. by sw^rtlng WKfttlps gunfire or cjifrievpleaW i bffifi'bii. appointed Rs own workers.! North Wllkeihoro Business Dis trict: A. F. Kilby, chairman; J. M. Anderson, J. M. Eller, H. A. Canter, 0. K. Pope, W. A. Hardl- ster, Frank Crow, J. E. Walker, F. D. Forester, W. D. Halfacre, Maurice Walsh, W. J. Bason, W. A. Brame, Ira D. Payne, R. E. Gibbs, G. R. Andrews, Charles Jenkins, R. J. McNeil, W. C. Mc Neil, N. S. Forester, H. L. Keller, Jack Swofford, Worth Tomlinson, John Prevette, I. F. Foster, Robt. Gibbs, Sr., Dr. J. S. Deans, J. C. Reins, W. G. Gabriel. Dudley Hill, J. B. McCoy, R. M. Brame, Jr., Paul Cashlon. North Wilkesboro Residential District: Mrs. Gordon Finley, chairman; Mrs. C. E. Jenkins, Mrs. Tam Shumaker, Mrs. J. D. Schaefer, Mrs.‘ J. E. Johnson, Mrs. Thurman Kenerly, Mrs. P. B. Hethcock, Mrs. C. G. Poindexter, Miss Joanna McNeil, Mrs. W. R. Newton, Margaret V. Pearson, Mrs. Hoyle Hutchens, Mrs. Ivey Moore, Mrs. Claude Faw, Mrs. Guy Llllard, Mrs. Boyd Stout, Mrs. Bruce Waugh,, Miss Lucille Pierce, Mrs. Emma Hlnshaw, Mrs. L. M. Nelson, Mrs. W. E. Jones, Hazel Taylor, Mrs. W. A. Hardl- ster, Mrs. Duane Church, Mrs. Ruby Bason, Mrs. C. L. Glbeon, Mrs. P. C. Forester, Mrs. R. T. McNeil, Mrs. John Leyshon, Mrs. H. F. Bouknight, Mrs. J. D. Moore, Sr., Mrs. Margaret Coffey. Wilkesboro Business District: Dr. M. G. Edwards, chairman; George Johnson, Miss Clyde Shep herd, Howard Ford, Wm. T. Long, George Parller. (Each industry appointed its own workers.) Wilkesboro Residential District: Mrs. Hadley Hayes, chairman; Mrs. Claude Kennedy, Mrs. Arfliur Lowe, Mrs. Ruth Story, Mrs. H. H. Dotson, Mrs. William Prevette, Frances R. Mitchell, Mrs. Robert L. Huffman, Mrs. J. M. Derr, Jr., Mrs. Julius Hubbard, Paul P. Clouts, Mra. Joe Barber, Glenn Green, Frances Dunn, Rev. How ard Ford. Colored District: J. R. Edelln, chairman. The colored lists have not been completed and will be published at a later date. Rural Dlvlston: C. B. Eller, chairman. Antioch township: Miss Florence Mathis, chairman; Mrs. Thomas Hathla, Mrs. Eva B. Mathis, Mrs. R. C. Segraves, Velma Johnson Annie Lee Johnson. Beaver Creek: Mrs. T. W. Fer guson, chairman; Mrs. Lead© Walsh, Mrs. Vilas Walsh, Mrs. S. F. Miller. Boomer: Miss Eva German, chairman; Jewell and Mary BUen Greer, John Avery Rusa^ Mn. Orrille Smith, Mrs. Fred Gilbert, Mr. and Mrs. C; H. German,* Mk. and Mrs. Ralph Swunion, Mi% John Anderson, MM. Earle Ger- (See RED C»06S-Pi«e 4)
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