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WUllAm Samuel Gilliam
*ed of wounds Marcb 16 which
ho recelTed on Iwo Jima Is-
ond, according to messa^^ rc-
«ived by his wife, the former
MUm Louise Childress, of Ben-
ham. Pvt. Gilliam entered tlie
amrtae corps Juno 9, 1944,
trained at Parris,Island, S, C„
and damp lejeune before go-
in oveiseas In November. He
Is survived by his wife, three
children, Gwyn, Patsy and
Kathryn, whom he had never
seen; his parents, Mr, and Mrs.
W. T. GiUlam, of Benliam, and
the following brc Ju'rs and sis
ters:: Jack GlUlam, Hearing
River; Miss Clara Gilliam, Win
ston-Salem; Mrs. WUUam Keg-
ly, ElUn; Mis.ses .Xnne and
Sally Gilliam, both of Elkin.
Pvt. Gilliam was a member of
Shady Brandi Baptist churcli.
LOCAL MARINE RESCUES WOUNDED
COMRADE WHO SPENT THREE DAYS
SEHIND ENEMY LINES ON IWO JIMA
Iwo Jima (Delayed)—A
# who lay wounded within enemy
Uses for three days, with Japs all
around him, today was able to
wtee-crack; "For the first time in
By life I learned to keep my
. aMMtk shut”
*^».lrtwiiiarlne, a private flr«f flaw -
name cannot be revealed
PunA bis next-of-kin has been no-
^ uEhd of his wounds, was left in
enemy territory when his com
pany was forced to withdraw. He
was too weak to follow them, re
ports Tech. 3gt. Keyes Beech, a
marine corps combat correspon
dent
When Jajw came, the marine
played dead. A Jap kicked him to
make sure, but the marine did not
move. The marine watched while
the Japs set up a "knee” mortar,
fired a few rounds, and then cook
ed and ate a meal.
The marine was found and res
cued by Sergeant Henry M. Pear-
ton, oP Wllkesboro, N. C., who
UU In charge of a squad carrying
Uod and water to the front lines.
“He was lying there in a pile of
dead Japs and I almost shot him
before ho called out who he was,”
said Pearson.
?% Sgt. Pearson’s brother, Pvt.
. Alvin Pearson, was killed on Iwo
Jima.
Sgt. Hal Church
Wounded Again
Sgt Hal Church has been
■wounded the second time in action
on the western front, according
to a telegram received here by
his wife, the former Miss Margar
et McGee.
The message received by Mrs.
g -i said that her husband
Ightly wounded in Germany
Hj 12. He had been back in
only 16 days after recov-
from wounds received in
m In January. Sgt. Chur^
Get§. Purple Heart
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Marine Corps Base, San Die-
Calif.—Becontly awarded
the Purple Heart medal was
Marine Sergeant Harold D.
CandlU, 24, of Millers Creek.
CaudlU, veteran of two major
campaigns and holder of the
Presidential Unit citation, was
wounded In the right Inng and
chest by Jap artillery fire with
the Fourth Marine division
during the occupation of Sai
pan in the Marianas Islands, He
is a graduate of Millers Greek
high school, and, prior to en
listing in the marines, he was
employed as a freight agent by
the O. & 8. Transportation Co.
CtendlU is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Dewey Caudill, of Millers
Cre^.
London. — Russian tanks and
Cossack horsemen were reported
fighting along Under Den Linden
in the centre of Berlin last night
after overrunning one-fourth of
the burned and battered Reich
capital and capturing 20 of its
suburbs.
Syedlsh newspapers whose cor
respondents in Berlin were filing
their first uncersored dispatches of
the war, reported that the Rus
sians reached the center of the city
in a seven-mile advance from the
northeastern outskirts.
Storming over barricades at ev
ery block and blowing down build
ings around their suicidal de
fenders with point-iblank cannon-
fire, the vengeful Red Army turn
ed Berlin’s famed streets Into the
bloodiest battleground of the war.
Striking 12 miles across the
pulverized northern outskirts, the
Russians swept withlng 30 miles
of surrounding the city, German
reports said. German SS and reg
ular army troops were Deported
joining the panicky exodus of ci
vilians through tBe closing corri
dor.
STUTTGART IS
CAPTURED BY
FRENCH TROOPS
Paris.—^The thunder of U. S.
and Russian guns 15 to 30 miles
apart blended Into a single vic
torious rear on the Berlin front
Sunday as southbound Allied ar
mies hnrdled the D: nube and
reached Lake Constance, 37 miles
from Hitler’s last stand area in
the Alps.
Besides reaching the big lake
that forms the western bulwark of
Hitler’s redoubt, the French seiz
ed Stuttgart — most Important
Industrial city of South Germany,
with a pppulation of 459,000—
and sealed off thousands of Ger
mans In the Blaek Forest by ram
ming to the Swiss frontier.
Tanks of the U. S. Seventh Ar
my In a 30-mlle dash seized a
bridge and sped across the Dau-
ubo less than 10 miles from a sud-
er highway leading 50’miles to
"Munich, birthplace of Hitler’s
Nazi movement.
11,738 JAPS
SLAIH IN SOUTH
OKINAWA
Guam, Monday, April 23.—The
troops of the 24th Army'Corps
have killed 11,738 Japanese
troops and taken 27 prisoners on
southern Okinawa, Fleet Adm.
Chester W. Nlmltz announced to
day.
Nimitz’s
communique did not
glva the date for the Japanese
casualties but It presumably In
cluded some action
since the
Tanks’ all-out offensive began five
days ago.
Marines of the Third Amphib
ious corps occupied Taka Banara
Island east of Okinawa on the
north of Nakagusuku bay yester
day and landed on Sesoko Island,
only a mile west of Motobu penin
sula, on the same day.
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Serves In Pacific
a a’son of Mr. and Mrs. P.
Church, of Purlear.
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Benjamin H. Wood, Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. B. BL Wo^ of
Nortii WUkesboro, entered the
navy October 12, 1944, received
fmhilwg at Batnbrldge, Md.,
Shoenaker, OaUf, and is now
on duty somewhere in the Pa-
UiyMore Uonds!
Candidates FHe
Far Election In
Wllkesboro 8th
Mayor Hugh A. Cranor has
filed for re-election in the town
of Wllkesboro.
Also filed for re-election are
two members of the present board
of commissioners, C. E. Lender-
man and Paul Osborne. There
are two new candidates, A. R.
Gray, Jr., and T. E. Story,’Jj;^Two
members of the present board,
E. Smithey and James Lowe, have
not filed. The election will
held on May 8.
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Memorial Service
ForPvLSmoot6th
Local Sojdfy Ih Carolinas' Get-TogetK^
LACK OF INTEREST IN GARDENING HERE DE
PLORED; URGENT APPEAL MADE FOR MORE
FOOD TO BE GROWN IN JiOME GARDENS
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South Pacific—Ftfty-five soldiers, sailors and marines
met here recently in an all-North and South Carolina
get-together, sponsored by the American Red Cross.
Pictured here are 12 of the 23 North Carolina boys.
They are, fremt row, left to right: MM Ic J. O. Amey,
navy, Morganton; Cpl. George W. Myers, army. North
Wllkesboro; Pvt. T. A. Morrisim, navy, Hickory; Phm.
3c Stacey T. Hine^ navy, Holly Ridge. Second row:
Cpl. J. A. McKenzie, army, , Rockingham; SSMB 3c
Meredith E. Edmmidson, navy, Bath; Sait. Jesse E. Wil
cox, army. New Berlin; Cpl. Ellis B. Mills, army, Ashe
ville. Third row: C. S. D. Wentz, Jr., USN, Charlotte;
MMM 2c W. H. Sitton, USN, Charlotte; Pfc. Dennis F.
Mitchen, USMC, Gastonia; Pvt. Charles G. Byers,
USMC, Gastonia. Cpl. George W. Myers entered the
army December 30, 1942, vrent overseas in November,
1943, and has been serving the anti-aircraft in the South
Pacific. He is a son of the late John A. Myers, and Mrs.
Mae Myers, who resides at Dockery. Before entering
service he held a position with the American Furniture
Company in North Wllkesboro.
Agricultural Conheil of WUkss
county In recent meeting deplored
the lack of Interest In Victory
gardens tbls season and took steps
to impress upon the people the
dire need of producing a maxi
mum amount of food at home.
The Agricultural Council,
through the newspapers and civic
organizations, Is making an urg
ent appeal for greater production
of garden foods than ever before.
The council issued the follow
ing statement:
“Not since the war began has
the home food supply of fresh
vegetables and fruits been so criti
cal as now. Yet there Is an alarm
ing lack of interest In Victory
gardens being evidenced in this
I community.
"Altogethei too few people are
making garde^is this year. Due
to the extreme shortage of food,
which Is becoming more critical
every day, It Is extremely neces
sary that sverjr family who has
a plot of land prodnee some food.
“This appeal is being made
through the newspapers and all
the civic organizations in the
community. R^^rdless of how
large or small your Victory gar
den may be, It Is a direct and Im
portant contribution to the war
effort. The food you produce
and use In your home will release
that much more to join the supply
going to our armed forces and
to starved people In other coun
tries.’’
Group Leader
Gets Air Medal
Memorial service for Pvt. Ira
H. Smoot, who was killed In ac
tion In Belgium January 18, will
be conducted at Austin Baptist
cbnrch on Sunday, May 6, 12
o’clock noon.
Rev.
Charlie
L. B. Sparks and R«r.
Miles will conduct the
service and any other ministers
who wish to take part are invited.
A cordial invitation is
all to attend.
e^ctended
From an Air Base in India,—
The Air Medal was awarded re
cently to Technical Sergeant
Bradle H. Gothren, of North
Wllkesboro, an aerial engineer
of a combat cargo group which
operates In tbe' Indla-Bnrma
theatre nnder Major General G.
E. Stratemeyer’s Allied Eastern
air command. The citation read,
in part “For merltorions
achievement in aerial fighting
whUe participating in more
than 25 combat missions, all
highly sucoessfoL although
flown throng hazardous weath
er and ron^ terrain, where ex
posure to enemy fire was prob
able and expected.’* T. Sgt.
Gothren is a son of Mrs, Dchu
Johnson, of North Wllkesboro
Route 2. His wife is the former
Mise Arcbie heits, of Mortli
Wllkesboro Ronte 1. He en
tered service In November,
194i; and went overseas in Au
gust last year. In addition
to the air medal he was award
ed the Flying Cross with oak
leaf cluster for service as an
aerial engineer on a 0-47.
Planes In his group set a new
record carrying snppUee.
Associafional
Training Union
Meeting Tuesday
Local Uons Club
To Sponsor Eye
Clinic On May 2
Appoiiitments for Examina
tion Be Secured Through
County Welfare Office
B.T.U. of Brushy Mountain
Aaaociation Will Meet at
IMoraviMi Falls
B. B. OIBB8
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Tralnlng Union organization of
the churches of the Brushy Moun
tain Baptist Association wlil join
in Southwide simultaneous train
ing union night on Tuesday, April
24, eight o’clock.
The meeting for the Brushy
Mountain association will be held
at Moravian Falls Baptist churchi
An Interesting program has been
arranged. Including special music
by youth choirs of the churches,
and an address by Dr. David
Browning^ pastor of the PTrst Bap
tist church In North Wllkesboro.
Officers will be elected at the
meeting because some of the
present associational training
union officers elected a year ago
no longer live In the county. The
present officers are: Rev. How
ard J. Ford, director; Miss Lucy
Thompson, associate director; J.
F. Jordan, adult leader; Mrs. R.
T. McNlel, young people’s leader;
Miss Lunda Hendren, intermedi
ate leader; Mrs. J. P. Jordan,
junior leader; Mrs. Monroe Elller,
story hour leader; Miss Edna
Bullls, secretary-treasurer; Dr.
John W. Klncheloe, Jr., pastor ad
visor; Miss Faith Sparks, choirs-
ter; Miss Elsie Nichols, pianist.
“Due to transportation difficul
ties, there will be no regional
meeting or southwide assembly at
Ridgecrest. Therefore, the as
sociational meeting is of special
Importance to onr churches,” Di
rector Howard J. B^rd», said In
announcement of the meeting.
ILE.Gibb&Jianed
Groap Leader For
Stores of
Penney
Local Manager Highly Hon
ored by Company; Has
Splendid Record Here
North Wllkesboro Lions Club In
co-operation with the ’Wilkes
County Welfare Department and
Health Department, and the State
Commission for the Bind, Is spon
soring an eye clinic which will he
held in the county health office
on May 2.
Any person In the county who
is financially unable to make ar
rangements for the necessary eye
care is eligible to attend this
clinic. I^owever, in view of the
fact that only a limited number
can be examined. It Is absolutely
necessary to secure an appoint
ment tihQ>nch.thsJXmnty welfare
office in 3^1keeboro. Unless ap
pointments are made In advance it
will not be possible to have an
examination at the clinic. One of
the major Interests of the local
Lions Club Is giving assistance
and service to the blind and the
visually handicapped in the
county.
In October of last year the
Lions Club sponsored an eye clinic
Richard E. Gibbs, popular man- persons were
examined. Of this number sev-
Wilkes Hospital
Seeking Recruits
. For Cadet Corps
Wilkes Hospital will make an
especial effort to offer inte^^ted
girls and women assistance and
information on nurses’ training In
the cadet nurse corps during Ca
det Nurse Recrnltment Week, an
nounced Laura L. Turner, super
intendent.
“Al^ongh Wilkes Hospital has
no school of nursing, -we take per
sonal interest in the XT. S.' ciulet
nnrse program because it Is do
ing so mnch toward solving the
critical problem of a sntticimit
supply of qnalified nnrses now
and In the future. We shall be
happy to give Information on the
next openlngfZ in the 1,100 co-op
erating .echools of nnrslng
throtu^oht the oonntry to any In-
qnliera at the hospital fiarfng
Cadet Nnrse ..Reeraltm^t Week.-*
Now In Belgium
OpL Arnold W. Jarrls has ar
rived saffly in Belglnia. Hi *
reoestt letter received by his
mother, Mrs. B. R. Jarvis, G^,
Jiwvis stated be is getting along
etna- He asks that all his
Mends mite him.
BOT MORE WAR BONDS
ager of the J. C. Penney Company
Store In North Wllkesboro, has
been appointed by the ■'New Tork
office of J. C. Penney Company as
gronp leader for the Penney Com
pany stores located in High Point,
Winston-Salem, Burlington, Mt.
Airy, Reldsvllle, Elkin, North
Wllkesboro and Martinsville, Va.
The appointment of Mr. Gibbs
to this high position In the com
pany’!^ organization was made by
the sales and personnel depart
ment on recommendation of the
district office in Atlanta, Ga., and
comes as a high honor to Mr.
Gibbs, the idbal Penney store and
the community which It serves.
As group leader it will be the
duties of Mr. Gibbs to preside over
group meetings, act in an advisory
capacity for managers and to as
sist In every way In maintaining
the policies of the company. It
will also be his duty to prepare a
group report each month.
In age' Mr. Gibbs Is the young
est manager In the gpx>up of stores
he heads and is the second young
est In time served as manager. Mr.
Gibbs came to North Wllkesboro
In August, 1941, from Maryville,
Tenn., where he ■was assistant
manager. Here he has mads an
excellent record with the com
pany and In 1943 the store here
was winner of the coveted state
banner awarded for the highest
percentage of sales gain In the
entire state.
Since coming to North Wllkes
boro Mr. Gibbs has been very ac
tive In public life and has ren
dered valuable service In many
church and clvlo organisations.
Ho Is chairman of the boaM of
edneation of the First Methodist
cbnrch and chairman of the evan
gelistic committee of the board of
stewards. He Is treasurer of the
Wilkes Boy Scout district organi
sation, chairman of the music
committee of the North Wllkes
boro Klwanls Club and chancel
lor commander of' the ITorth
Wllkesboro Knights of Pythias
Lodge. He served very ably as
publlcltT director of the recent
Red Cross War Fund drive, dur
ing whlcK rebord-breaklng
sum of approximately
was raised. ■.;
Mr. Gibbs presided over ms
first oonventlon of mankger* of
Uie group he heads In Greens
boro Thursday, Prtdv *h4 Sat
urday of Isjt -wesk,
124,000
eral have been given hospitaliza
tion through the State Commis
sion for tbe Blind. Approximate
ly 40 were fitted with glasses. The
clinic was very successful and nu
merous requests have been made
for another clinic In the county.
The Lions Club Is very glad that
it will be possible for another
clinic to be held In the county.
It Is understood that an ophthal
mologist from Winston-Salem will
come to the county to conduct
this clinic.
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Pressure Cooker
Clinic To Be Held
Tuesday,.April 26
By Mrs. ANNIE H. GREENE and
Miss HELEN L. PRICE
Would yon like to have your
pressure canners checked? If so,
bo sure to label your canner and
turn it In to the home agents of
fice between Monday, April 23,
and the morning of Thursday,
April 26.
This clinic Is being sponsored
by the extension service and farm
security administration.
It Is most important that all
housewives owning a pressure
canner make every effort possible
to get'thelr canner checked at this
clinic. This Is a service free of
charge. If the engineer finds
that your canner needs any part
such as a safety valve or a guage,
these will be replaced at a mini
mum charge.
■^Ith the scarcity of food that
Is facing the nation this year it
is most Important that we take
all precaa|lons to do away with
the risk of canning this year.
Checkin^ your pressure canner Is
one way in ,'whlch we can help
make our canning more success-
fnl.
Please clean your pressure can
ner, label It and turn It in to the
home agents office any time be
tween Monday, April 29, and not
later than Thursday, April 26.
Pleaae make arrangements. If
possible, to get yonr canner si the
close of the cUnlc on Thursday
afternoon. It wlU' probably be
best to com« between .4 and S
o’clock.