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THE JOUBN^PAfBIOT HAS THE TRAIL OF PBOOMBB IN TffiB 'HTAn OP FOR OVEB 86 TSABS Mli tmtw baftK* tk* ,1st ter of Jva». U jm **' —Uw jMfMr loi Is tekf lst XXX^NO.106 PubUdisd^ Moadcrs Mid Tlmrsihys. NORTH W. CnMpNDAY. MAY 14, 1945 Y- Paid Ib Advaaoo T“ tr MiTisTs TO mem f mnsDAY wmmKi 24 ' 'j Wm. Lomie Combs Dies From Injuries Sustained.Tuesday Seriously Wounded VTRJAMA HABHIiTON JOHN HAMH/rON On the evening of May 24,.at t o’clock, la the auditorium the First Baptist church, the Sl-Y and the Trl-Hl-Y clubs of thp Wllkesboros 'will sponsor a concert, at which time VlrJAMA and John Hamilton will be pre sented in dramatic and piano re cital. The proceeds will be used by the Ministerial Alliance of the Wllkesboros to bring to the city Dr. Grace Sloan Overton, nation ally known lecturer and special ist on problems of youth and the home, who is scheduled for a week of conferences and lectures the first week In September. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton, known throughout the Southwest and Midwest for their fine perform ances, will bring a program of entertainment as well as that of a classical nature. Mr. Hamilton, pianist, will give Rondo Caprlc- closo. Opus 14, Mendelssohn: Vals'e in E Minor, Chopin; Valclk, John Mokrejs; Valse in E, Mosz- kowskl; Juba Dance, Deet; Im promptu, Hugo Relnhold; Salute a Pesth, Henri Kowalski. Mrs. Hamilton will read ‘-Med als and Holes”, Lew Sarett; “Why Doesn’t She Come", A. P. Her bert; and "The Old Lady Shows Her Medals”, J. M. Barrie. Tickets will be on sale next week, and the public is urged to take advantage of this outstand ing musical and dramatic event. Members of the HIY Club have /tickets on sale and tickets may al so bo purchased at Brame's Drug Store and at Marlow’s Men’s Shop. SUNDAY SCHOOL ADDITION IS DEING PLANNED DY WILKESDORO CHURCH Miss Ina Church Is Claimed By Death; Funeral Tuesday / Miss Ina Jean Church, age 27, j^i^lber of a well known Wilkes fSmlly, died Saturday night at Western North Carolina sanitor- lum at Black Mountain after an extended lUneaa. Funeral service will be held Tuesday, two p. m., at Friend ship Methodist church with the pastor. Rev. J. L. A. Bumgarner, in charge. Miss Church is survived by her mother, Mrs. Annie Church, and the following brothers and sis ters: Mrs. N. W. Bumgarner, Millers Creek; Mrs. J. A. John son, North Wllkesboro route one; Tam W. Church, in the navy; Troy Church, Purlear, Dwight Church, North Wilkesboro, route one; James Church, High Point, Dale Church, North Wllkesboro route one. Gets Purple Heart Pfc. John GranviUe Cleary has received the Purple Heart for wounds he received in France. He also has been awarded the Expert Infantry Badge. Pfc. Cleary has been in service since March 194 4. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Cleary, of North Wllkesboro, route 1. -V'- SE.ABEE L. S. PRICE HOME FROM PACIFIC Seabee L. Sherman Price, who has been in the South Pacific area the past two years, arrived home Friday and is visiting his family in Wllkesboro. ,T-CPL. PATJli PARDCE {home week-end T-OpL Paul Pardne, who is if^tiuned at Camp Lee, Va., was IBome for the week-end visiting his family. RATION NEWS meats, FATS: Red Stamps T5, ZB, and A2' through D2 will ozplre Juno Red Stamps B2 through J * will expire June rtO; Red Stamps K2 through IP8 will expire July 31. Red Stampa Q2 through U2 expire Anguat 81. PROCESSED FOODS: BPie Jnampfl H8 through M2 will ex- June 2; Blue Stamps N2 through 88 will expire June 10; Blae SUmps T2 through X2 will expire Jnly^j Blue Btampa T2, **’' Q? will «ZP Church Conference Took Unamoua Action On Thursday Evening Members of the Wllkesboro Methodist church are looking for ward to the erection of a Sunday School addition to the present church building as soon as finan cial and building plans can be formulated. At a church conference Ttfurs- day evening, with the pastor. Rev. J. O. Erwin, presiding, Jthe con ference voted unamously to con struct an addition at the rear of the church to provide education al facilities. The proposed addition, as out lined to the church conference by Mr. C. C. Benton, well known architect of Wilson, will contain seventeen Sunday school class rooms, and wlU be departmental ized. It will have a basement floor, and a second floor on a lev el with the church auditorium. Also included in the proposed building plans are a spacious so cial room, with kitchen, in the basement of the present church building, and ladies parlor and choir room in what Is known as Sunday school room. The building committee, of which Johnson Samders is chair man, is meeting this evening at 6:45 at the church to devise ways and means of erecting the new ad dition just as soon as possible. William Ixjnnlo Combs, 66, well known local citizen, died Thursday afternoon at the Wilkes Hospital from Injuries Te- celved Tuesday when he was hit by a car. Mr. Combs, who had been a cripple for many years, was cross ing A street when he walked in to the aide of an automobile driv en by H. P. EUler, of this city. ■The Impact of the moving car struck him to the pavement and he received injuries which proved fatal. Mr. Combs, although crippled and stooped, had worked for many years at Oak Furniture company here. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Carrie Mae Combs, and the following sons and daughters: Claude B. Combs, Newton; Fred B. Combs, North Wllkesboro; Charles H. Combs, Newton; Na than L. Combs, in the army; Everette W. Combs, in the navy; Joseph B. Combs, in the army;' Edgar B., Herbert J., Johnnie A and Ruth Irene Combs, all of North Wllkesboro. Funeral service was held Sat urday at Community church and burial was on Sunday in Bethel Church cemetery. Church Meetings Board of Education of the PMrst Methodist church will meet Wed nesday evening immediately after prayer service. Council of Youth Fellowship will meet Wednesday afternoon, 3:16, at Hotel Wilkes. Baptists Win Two InSoftbaHtoapo Pfc. Paul F. Foster, son of Mrs. Mamie O. Poster, of Buck, was serlonsiy wounded in Ger many April 10. A card receiv ed from an army hospital where he is a patient stated that he had received wounds in one heel and thigh and that he was making normal improvement. Pfc. Foster entered the army In November, 1942, and went overseas in March this year. Newton Minister Kiwanis Speaker At Friday Meet Tivice Woimded Rev. W. H. Groce Delivers Address On Subject, “Cit izenship For Tomorrow” Featured by an address by Rev. W. H. Groce, the North Wllkes boro. Klwahis club Friday had an enjoyable program and discussion of matters of public Interest. Prior to the program,’ Paul Church and Bob Smith discussed the question of preparing facil ities at North Wilkesboro to make this a shipping center fcr sheep. They stated that sheep growers of Ashe and Watauga would buy the scales If we would furnish the grounds, pens and housing. It was stated that the cost would be about 2300.00. Several mem bers of the Club expressed Inter est in the matter. Workers Named To Sell Bends In 7th War Loan Drive James C. Hubbard Dies On Saturday Well Known Wilkesboro Resident Passed Away Suddenly At Home Revival Services At Hinshaw Baptist Now In Progresj i. Revival services began Sunday at llinshaw Street Baptist church in t/iis city. Rev. C. J. Poole is accisting the e'v. pastor. Re'v. W. S. Luck, in the se ries of services, which are being held each evening at 7:45. The services opened last night with a large attendance. The pub- lis has a cordial invitation to all services. NAZI DIEHARDS ARE DRIVEN FROM AUSTRIA London—Russian armies have liberated all Czechoslovakia and Aimtrla from Nazi diehards, Mos cow said last night in disclosing the surrender of 420,062 Nazi holdout troops In the last 24 urs. Moscow’s war bulletin said rsely that the First, Second, Ird and Fourth Ukrainian ar mies had closed In on dislntegrat- ing German positions In the woods /and hills of Czecboslsvakla and Austria’s high Alpine regions and “cleared the occupied area of iso lated German troop groupings.” The team of the First Baptist church here got off to a good start in the churches’ softball leag-je last week by defeating the Metho dists and the Presbyterians. The first game was played a- gainst the Presbyterians, who were nosed cut by the Baptists with a score of seven to six. On Thursday afternoon the Baptists repeated their one-run margin performance by gaining a six to five decision over the Methodists. Wllkesboro team is expected to enter play in the league within the next few days. Wilkesboro Town Officials to Take Office This Week Officials of the town of Wllkes boro elected in the municipal election Tuesday will be sworn in to office early this week and will organize for the biennium. The candidates who had filed for the office of mayor and com missioners had no opposition and all were elected by 40 straight ballots cast in Tuesday’s election. Mayor H. A. Cranor and Com missioners Osborne and C. E. Lenderman are Incumbents. Rus sel Gray, Jr., and T. E. Story, Jr., are new members of the board,' replacing W. E. Smlthey aud James Lowe, who were not can didates for re-election. James Calloway Hubbard, aged 62 years, died suddenly at his home in Wllkesboro Saturday at 12:30 p. m. While he had not been in the best of health during th pas6> few years, and had suf- fered an attack Fdday sight. Ua- death came as a ahock to his family and friends. James Calloway Hubbard was born in Wllkesboro on January 17th, 1883, the son of Mrs. Annie Calloway Hubbard, and the late J. T. Hubbard. When only a small boy his parents moved from Wllkesboro to Moravian Falls where, while yet a young man, he entered the mercantile busi ness with his father, later mov ing back to Wilkesboro with his parents and engaging in the mer cantile business there for a num ber of years with his father. On February 3, 1904, ho was married to Miss Margaret Wright, of Independence, Va.. who, with the following children, survive: Mrs. Fred Loftls, Mrs. B. B. Ban ner, Mrs. Jay Jones, of Wilkes boro, and Miss Margaret Hub bard, nurse supervisor at St. Luke’s Hospital In Richmond, Va. Four grandchildren, B. B. Ban ner, Jr., Mary (eakle Phipps, Susan Loftis and Marilyn Jones, also survive. The deceased is al so survived by three brothers, W. E. Hubbard, of Yakima, Wash.; T. S. Hubbard, of Pana ma City, Fla.; Dr. F. C. Hub- batd, of Wllkesboro, and one sis ter, Mrs. A. S. Cassel, of Wllkes boro. Mr. Hubbard spent practically all of his life in the mercantile (Sec HUBBARD—Page Five) Paul Cragan announced a pro gram by the High School Chorus to be given Monday evening at the School Anditorium and asked members to bo present. Joe McCoy stated that there is opportunity to have the High way Offices moved back to North Wllkesboro if they desire it and will make the proper effort to have It done. By motion duly seconded the Club voted to ask Ward Eshelman to call Commis sioner Smith at Meant Alary and request him to direct that the offices be located here. J. B. Carter called attention to the Illness of Genio Cardwell, who Is now at the Wilkes hos pital. Rev. A. C. Waggoner ask ed the members to write Genio a card. Miss Lois Scroggs was pro gram chairman, and as a con tribution for Music Week, Miss flsfogga played. "VWse'*-by Chois- : Blister Prevette, who was wounded in France September 24, 1944, recovered and return ed to duty, was seriously wounded In Germany Martdi 27, according to a War Depart ment telegram received by his uncle, M. D. Prevette, of North WllKesboro ronte three. The last news received was that he was in a hospital near Paris. Opl. Prevette entered the army at Fort Bragg Mardi 12, 1942. received training; at Gamp Chaf fee, Ark., and Camp Cooke, Calif., and went overseas In February, 1944. In. Gets Purple Heart S.Sgt. Roy Cashion Sends Collection Of Oerman Souvenirs Staff Sergeant Roy Cashion re cently sent from Germany to his father, Mr. A. A. Cashion, many interesting' souvenirs gathered during combat in Germany. Mr. Cashion has displayed the collection in a show 'window at Dick’s Service station on Tenth street, which the public is invited to see. The collection includes numerous items, including nazi swords, bay onets, scabbards, hundreds of coins and currency of many makes and denominations, also nazi medals and ornaments of many descrip tions. It is a most interesting collection. Staff Sergeant Cashion is now in a hospital in Ehglaad, where he is recovering from a broken shoul der sustkined when he was thrown from a truck while on combat du ty in Germany. Joseph Clifford Jordan, son -of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Jordan, of Roaring River, was wound ed in the right forearm in Ger many March 4 and has been awarded the purple heart. A card racetved from the army hospital whese be Is a patient stated that he was makfag normal Improvement. Pfc. Jor dan entered tiie amy Angost 16, 1944, and went overseas January 1. Rev. A. C. Waggoner Intro duced the speaker. Rev. W. H. Groce, ofVewton, who gave quite a fine talk on the subject: "Citi zenship for Tomorrow”. The speaker recited his experiences as a small boy during the other World War and pointed out how that the results of that war and the still more intolerable results of the present war had empha sized the saying that “War 1s Hell”. In order to forego another such war which would likely des- try the world and most likely our nation, we must learn to be bet ter cltl^ns. 1st. We must be more Intelli gent citizens. 2nd. We must be more active citizens. 3rd. We must be world citizens. 4th. We must be cooperative and neighborly citizens. 5th. We must be Christian citi zens. The talk was Impressive and enjoyed by everyone. Guests Friday were as follows: Terry B. Morehouse with H. H. Morehouse, Robert E. Curtis with Paul Church, Lt. Ray Stroud with Wm. A. Stroud, Rev. A. C. Wag goner and Rev. W. H. Groce with Clothing Canvass Sunday Afternoon Was Big Success People Of Wllkesboros Re sponded Liberally With 5 Loads Usable Clothes Five truck loads of usable cloth- i-ng were collected in the canvass of the Wilkesboros Sunday after noon. With Boy Scouts helping -with trucks touring the two towns, nu merous bundles of clothing given by the people for war relief were picked up in North Wilkesboro and Wilkesboro and were taken to the central collection depot in rooms near the Red Cross offices in the Tomlinson Department store build ing.' Miss Lois Scroggs. -V- J. E. Foster Is Taken By Death J. E. Foster, one of the best known citizens of the Ferguson community, died Sunday after noon at his home following an Illness of several months. Mr. Foster for 28 years ■ was rufal carrier from Ferguson post- office and in that capacity gained the friendship of all the people of that community. He retired a few years ago after reaching retire ment age. Funeral service will be held on Tuesday, three p. m., at Beaver Creek Advent Christian chnrch, of which he was a member. Rev. R. L. Isbell and Rev. W. F. Preslar ■will conduct the service. Mr. Foster is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lula Ferguson Foster; one daughter, Mrs.'John Smlthey, of Lenoir; and three sons: Ed ward Foster, of Pergnson; Con way Foster, of Granite J^ls; and Robert L.. Foster, In the navy. Representatives of local civic or ganizations will sort and pack the clothing for shipment to 'war rav aged countries. All organizations collecting any clothing in rural areas are asked to carry it to the central collection depot as early as possible, and any individuals not contacted by can vassers are also asked to carry discarded clothes to the central point in order that it may be pre pared for shipment within the next few days. V Juniors to Meet* Tuesday Night Degree work will be carried out by North Wllkesboro council of the Junior order Thursday night, eight o’clock. All members, and especially the degree team, are urged to attend. V- Court of Honor To Meet On Thursday Boy Scout court of honor and review will meet Thursday even ing, 7:30, In the religious educa tion building of the Presbyterian church. All Scouts and Scout- ers are invited to attend. FEW CHANGES Boomer Grange To Meet Wednesday Harry B. Caldwell, maater of the North esarolina state Grange, will address the Boomer Orange In meeting at Boomer school Wednesday night, 8:30. BUY MORE WAR BONDS REPORTED ON JAP FRONT Guam — American forces on Okinawa have hurled back a Ja panese landing attempt behind marines battling through the northern outskirts of Naha -with in less than 1,600 yards of the heart of that island capital, it was announced today. Dispatches said that the fall of Naha, largest Japanese city yet stormed In the Pacific war, was Imminent, altbongh Adm. Chester W. Nlmltz’ dally war bulletin said there were no apprecisible changes on tiiat sector of the front yester day To the east, the Americans made gains of 800 to 600 yards as they drove a wedge between the Japanese, strongholds of Shn- rl and Tonabara-ln their mount ing, fonrday-old 'oHeaslTe.' With workers named for every community, the Seventh War Loan in Wilkes county ^ets under way today with an E bond goal of $320,000 and an overall quota of $896,000. This is by far the largest E bond quota ever assigned the county and it -will take a larger number of people buying 'more and bigger B bonds to put the Mighty Sev enth across and keep Wilkes’ rec ord in war financing perfect W. D. Halfacre, •war Loan chair man, has designated the following org;anization to contact the people and sell bonds during the cam paign: NOR'TH WILKESBORO BLOCK LEADERS. Mrs. Gordon Finley, Chairman Mrs. C. G. Poindexter. Mrs. Boyd Stout. Mrs. Guy Llllard. Mrs. Carl Coffey. Mrs. James Anderson. Mrs. H. F. Baugnight. Mrs. P. B. Hethcock. Mrs. J. D. Schaefer. Mrs. P. C. Forester. Mrs. C. C. Paw, Sr. Miss Lucile Pierce. Mr. W. E. Jones. Mrs. Frank Blair. Mrs. Walter Newton. • Mrs. R. J. Hinshaw. Mrs. C. E. Jenkins. Mrs. Ivey Moore. Mrs. John Leyshon. Mrs. W. J. Bason. Mrs. Clyde Pearson. Mrs. Edd F. Gardner, Chairman Mrs. J. E. Johnson. Mrs. Thurmond Kennerly. Mrs. R. T. McNeill. Mrs. J. D. Moore. Mrs. Hoyle Hutchens. —llaa^a^«wUmfeh; - Mrs. L. M. I^elson. Mrs. R. E. Hoover. Mrs. J. T. Kerbaugh. Mrs. W. A. Hardister. Mrs. C. C. Coffey, Jr. Mrs. Elizabeth Cashion Robin son. Mrs. O. E. Triplett. BOOMER DISTRKTT QUOTA — $4,120.00. Mr. Sherman Sebastian, Chairman, Boomer, N. C. Mr. G. B. Carlton, Boomer, N. C. Mr. T. P. Greer, Boomer, N. C. Mrs. Fred Gilbert, Boomer, N. C. Mrs. Arthur Caudill, Boomer, N. C. Mrs. Seth Walsh, Boomer, N. C. Mrs. Johnnie Andrews, Boomer, N. C. Mrs. Charles German, Boomer, N. C. CYCIiE DLS’TRICrr QUOTA — $.’>,000.00. Mr. L. P. Somers, Chairman Cycle, N. C. Mrs. S. G. Mayberry, Cycle, N. C. Mr. E. H. Glass, Route 3, North Wilkesboro, N. C. Mrs. A. P. Combs, Cycle, N. C. Mrs. Parks Weatherman, Route 3, North Wllkesboro, N. C. FERGUSON DISTRICT QUOTA — $.".,000.00. Mr. 0. M. Proffit, Chairman, Ferguson, N. C. Mr. T. W. Ferguson, Ferguson, N. C. Mr. Fate Matherly, Ferguson, N. 0. Mrs. S. F. Miller, Ferguson, N. C. Mrs. J. C. West, Ferguson, N. C. Mrs. Vilas Walsh, Ferguson, N. C. GILREATH DISTRICT QUOTA — $2,850.00. Mr. Ray Hendren, Chairman, Gllreath, N. C. Mr. J. M. Costner, Gllreath, N. C. Mrs. W. H. Tevepaugh, Gll reath, N. C. Mrs. Edd Hendren, Gllreath, N. O. Mrs. Lula Hendren, Gllreath, N. C. HENDRDC DISTRICT QUOTA — $1,875.00. Mr. John Barnett, Chairman, Hendrix, N. C. Mr. Joe Welch, Hendrix, N. C. LINOOLN HEIGTHB DISTRICT QUOTA — $500.00. Prof. J. R. Bdelln, Chairman, 'Vnikesboro, N. C. Prof. A. M. Overton, WUkea- horo, N. C. Tom Redding, Wllkesboro, N. O. Florence Blackbnm, .Wllkes boro, N. C. 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