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E*tr* Precautions Uryed To
PpUTwit ^idemic Polio
Or Other Diseases
Local stores BOW have a sup
ply of garbage cans with covers
and reeldents of North Wilkes-
boro who do not have garbage
cans of approved type are urged
to get and use them Immediately,
PoUco Chief J. H. Walker said
today.
In order that there will be no
uncovered or scattered gar.hage
to attract flies and aid in spread
of diseases, local officials have
been making extra efforts to have
Karbage cans available for the
public. A number of cans pur-
cbaeed by the city have been dis
tributed at public places lor use
by the public.
In discussing the matter. Po
lice Chief Walker called atten
tion to the fact that one case of
polio has already been reported
I Jn Wilkee this year, and that
Wei'
Ueknliness is recognized as one
means of polio prevention.
Grover C. Hamby
Last Rites Today
Funeral service for Grover C.
Hamby, age 60, who died Mon
day at his home in the Champion
community, was held today, 11
a. m., at Mount Pleasant Baptist
church. Rev. A. W. Eller con
ducted the service.
Mr. Hamby, son of the late Asa
and Rebecca Walsh Hamby, was
one of Wilkes county’s best
known citizens. Throughout his
life he was engaged In
farming and in the lumber busi
ness and had taken an active In
terest in church and community
affairs.
Surviving Mr. Hamby are his
wife, Mrs. Ida Hamby, and the
following sons and daughters:
Arvllle Hamby, Hendrix; War-
mA CL Hamby and Mrs. Shirley
■todga. Champion; Moselle
flftce and A. B. Hamby, of Cham
pion.
Sgt. Wm. C. Sloop
Given Bronze Star
Sgt. william C. Sloop, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Sloop, of
North Wllkesboro route two. has
been awarded the bronze star
medal for heroic achievement in
France. The citation accompany
ing the medal was as follows:
"Sergeant William C. Sloop, 34-
609 462, Headquarters Company,
2d Battalion, 291st Infantry, for
heroic achievement In connection
with military operations against
the enemy on 2 February 1945,
in France. Sergeant Sloop and an
other man were taking a signal
radio forward from a rear area.
They were forced to abandon
their vehicle and make their way
on foot through a heavy enemy
artillery barrage for approximate
ly one mile carrying the radio be
tween them. So great was the in
tensity of the artillery barrage.
Sergeant Sloop’s companion was
hit by shrapnel In the shoulder.
Sergeant Sloop and his comrade,
continuing despite this Injury,
reached their destination where j
their radio greatly aided In the
continuation of the battalion at
tack. Sergeant Sloop’s display of
bravery and fortitude under en-
en^ fire reflects credit upon hlm-
and his unit. Entered military
aJrlc& from Wilkesboro, North
TOrolina.”
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Successful Horse
KillMl ill Action
Show Anticipated
Home From Overeeae
'recbnlcal sergeant Maurice
D. Davis, a control tower opera
tor for three years with the
8th air force in Kngland, ar
rived home June 17. He was
accompanied by his wife, the
former Miss Mary Brij^t, of
Thermont, Md. T. Sgt. Davis is
the son of Mitchell Davis, and
the late Mrs. Davis, of Pores
Knob. Two of his brothers,
Clegg and Fred Davis, lost
their lives in service.
Groups of Men Are
Sent On TnesdayTo
Begin II. S. Service
Both Selective Service boards In
Wilkee county on Tuesday sent
groups of men to Fort Bragg
for Induction Into the army and
navy. The liats of men sent from
Wilkes follow:
BOARD NO. 1.
Don Smoot.
WllUe Delton Ayers.
James David McDaln.
Calvin Carl Combs.
John Allen Prevette.
Ralph Junior Spicer,
linther Heroy Marlow.
Ray Poster.
Joe Royal Johnson.
Richard James Kannupp.
Mansfield Ivey Ball.
Warren James Hortem.
Walter Devaughn Martin.
Sibley Lee Turner.
Robert Lee Treadway.
Edison Hall.
Vernon Eugene Stroud.
Thomas Undsay Welbom.
Coy Clanton Coleman.
Leo Mark Gregory.
buy more war bonds
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RATION
NEWS
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Raymond Roe Shaw.
Wade KUby.
Robert CUfford Cliurch.
Robert Percy Stoneetreet.
Ralph i’resley Holbrook.
Thomas Ralph Blackburn.
James Eugene Tilley.
Clyde Mitchell Settle.
Johnie Isaac Johnson.
Wm. Arthur Gant.
Burette Caudill.
Silas Bnel Harrold.
Henry Robert B. Ijee Prevette.
David Cecil Wyatt.
Lloyd Walter Parsons.
Pan! George Dawson,
John Donle Loffman, Jr.
Charlie Edward Tucker.
tMward Weems, Jr.
Granville CooUdfee Absher.
.Alonzo George Taylor, Jr.
Charlie Rerr Miller.
Monroe Jennings.
Herbert Don Jones.
Lawrence Toung Harrold.
Clyde HlUery Blevins.
WiUlam Odell Little.
Many Fine Horses
Will Be In Show
On Fourth of July
Annual Show Sponsored By
North Wilkesboro Lions
Club; Wilkesboro Field
With late entries Including
many of the best show horses In
the state, the annual Wilkes coun
ty horse show to be held on the
Wilkesboro athletic field July 4th
promises to be a major event of
the season for northwestern North
Carolina, officials of the North
Wilkesboro Lions Club, sponsor
of the show, stated today.
Meanwhile, Wm. T. Long,
chairman of the entries commit
tee, Is continuing to receive en
tries and all committees on the
horse show project are func
tioning In preparation for the
show.
’Tickets will be placed on ad
vance sale this week for the show,
which will be held at two p. m.
and at eight p. m. Judges of wide
ly recognized ability have been
secured for all the many classes.
Stables, truck and grandstand
have been placed In excellent con
dition for the show, which has
been given wide publicity
throughout this section of the
state. A record crowd for a horse
show event Is anticipated. The
annual July 4th horse show at
Blowing Rock will not be held
this year, and the Wilkee shew
will attract horse admirers from
a wide area.
Among the entries for the show
will be many local horses as well
as those entered by well known
stables from many points, all of
which bids fair to making the
show aa outstanding snceess.
Arrangements have been made
for advance sale of tickets. The
following have tickets on sale
now: Paul Knight, Zeb Dickson.
O. K. Pope, E. D. Dancy, Edward
Meintire, Paul Greene, Allle
Hayes, J. Roby McNeil, Dorman
Payne, Dr. J. W. Willis and R.
S. Johnson.
The ticket committee is offer
ing to the Boy Scouts and Girl
Scouts an opportunity to earn
free horse show tickets. Each
Scout who sells as many as ten
tickets will be given a free tick
et, and these will be the only free
tickets to the show. ’The tickets
prices are 50 cents for children
and Jl.OO for adults for each
show, afternoon and night. Those
who attend are reminded that
all profits from the show will
be used by the Lions Club In
carrying out Its many commend-
Need $1GD^ In
7th War Loan Is
Hear End WHh A
T, SGT, SAM SMOAK
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T.Sgt.
. Sam Smoak;
Missing For a Year,
Now Declared Dead
Wilkesboro Youth Lost Life
When Two Flying Fort-
resses Collided
able activities.
Scouts Enjoy Trip
Of Camping Event
George Edison Burgeea.
YANKS LAND
ON KUME, SO
THE JAPS SAY
Guam.— Gen. Joseph Stilwell
made his first appearane on Ok
inawa as commander of the 10th
United States army today and
Japan awaited the next move by
American forces that conquered
the strategic Island only 326
miles south of Kyushu.
(Radio Tokyo reported with
out confirmation that allied
forces were fighting their way
ashore on Kume Island, 60 miles
west of Okinawa, and predicted
that American troops may In
vade the China coast bofoye at
tacking Japan.
(Kume, 10 square mllea in
area, has an eight-mile western
shoreline. It is within 300 miles
of Formosa
A number of Boy Scouts of
Troop 32 In Wilkesboro enjoyed
a camping trip to Taylorsville
Beach the past week-end. They
left Friday afternoon with their
scoutmaster, Carl Bullis, and re
turned home late Saturday even
ing.
’The Scouts had a swell time
swimming, fishing and boat rid
ing, to say nothing of the good
things which they prepared to
eat.
In a diving contest, those par
ticipating diving from a spring
board through an Innertuhe and
then attempting to come up
through another tube placed
twelve feet away, out of six trials,
made the following scores: Fred
Glass, 2; Harrold Dancy, 1; Jack
Glass, 2; Sherlll McLean, 1.
Scouts going on the trip were:
Fred Glass, Jack Glass, Sherlll
McLean, Harold Dancy, T. C.
Foster, Edgar Terrell; ' Bobby
Parker, Tony Ehnerson, John
Hubbard, Dean .Edwards, B. B.
Banner, Jr., Hugh Steelman, Ikey
Johnson , Willard Dancy and
Bobby Kennedy. Messrs. A. A.
Sturdivant and Troy Foster and
Mr. Bullis. famished the trans
portation for the Scouts.
T. Sgt. Sam Smoak, who had
been reported missing In action
for the past year, has been de
clared dead by the War Depart
ment.
Following Is part of a letter re
ceived by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. N. O. Smoak,, of Wilkes
boro, from the War Department:
"Since your son, Technical Ser
geant Sam Smoak, 14,102,828, Air
Corps, was reported missing in
action 14 June 1944, the War
Department has entertained the
hope that he survived and that
Information would be revealed
dispelling the uncertainty sur
rounding his absence. However,
as In many cases, the conditions
of warfare deny us such informa
tion. The record concerning your
son shows that the B-17 "Flying
Fortress" strcxslt, In wWck^ he.
WM o enw^ laeg^ir tMUtielQileft
in a bombing mliulen to Budapest,
Hungary. On the return flight the
bombers were flying close forma
tion; and at approximately 12:00
a. m., on the same day, your son’s
aircraft collided In mld-alr with
another “Flying Fortress” air
craft, over Hvar, an island off
the west central coast of Yugo
slavia. Both planes were subse
quently observed to crash Into the
ground and explode In the vicinity
of Jelsa."
Mrs. Smoak has received a let
ter from Mrs. Harrison Stephens,
of Route one, Alamosa, Colo.,
whose son, Harrison Stephens,
Jr., was a gunner on the same
plane. ’This letter reads In part
as follows:
"On June 13, 1944, Stephens
volunteered for June 14 th, as a
gunner for this crew. Lt. Walter
Berth also volunteered for this
mission. Thl^crew was your boy’s
regular crew. June 14th, they
made this mission over Budapest
He thinks the pilot was hit and
gave way which made plane leave
formation, and collide with an
other plane and both planes ex
ploded. Stephens and Borth had
their parachutes on. The others
had removed their chutes because
they were almost to their base.
They came down on the small
island of Hvar and both planes
wore burned."
Stephens and Borth were cap
tured by the Germans, and both
have recently returned to their
homes.
T. Sgt. Sam Smoak was 'born
In Greensboro, N. C„ February
23, 1922. When he was seven
months of age his parents re
turned to Wilkesboro, N. C. He
graduated from Wilkesboro High
School In 1940, and was a stu
dent for two years at North Caro
Una State College, majoring In
mechanical engineering. He en-
Usted In the Army Air Corps on
June 10, 1942. At the time ofhls
death he was an aerial engineer-
gunner on a nylng Fortress.
WANTED!
The name of every WilkM
lervice man who hag lost hig
life during World 'War 2,
sJgo the nameg and addregseg
of hig parentg.
Pleage gend thig informa
tion at'fmce to Mrs. J. W.
Leyghon, WilkelgborzK
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N. Cf who ig pregident «■
I&M VV^Qlceg Legion Aozil^ry.
Girl Scout Meetings
Brownie Troops TV and V will
go on a hike Monday morning,
July 2, leaving from the Presby
terian churcb at 9:30 o’clock.
Bach girl will bring her inneh.
Intermediate Troope 'VI, VH
and Vni meet Tueaday, July 3,
for a swimming party at the pool.
Girls 10—12 meet 1:30 o’clock.
Girls 12—14 meet 3:30 o’'-
clock.
Senior Troops II and HI meet
Thursday, July 6,for a awlmmlng
party at the pool.
OPIi, KIN M01S|£i£
Loog Way to Go
More Purchases Of More
And Bigger E Bonds Can
Yet Put County Over
\inth the 7th War Loan near
ing its end, Wilkes has approxl
mately |100,000 to go on sale of
E bonds to reach the 0320,000
quota.
Actual figures on E bond sales
to date show a total of 0228,-
105.00, €ind there are only a few
days to go.
In order to put the county over
the top, special appeal has been
made for ibond purchases this
week to the limit of the financial
ability of the people. It is point
ed out emphatically that bond
buying Is thtf best and safest in
vestment and entails no sacrifice
In comparison with what ,Wilkes
fighting men are giving against
the Japanese and what they did
against the nazis.
Liberal purchases of more and
larger E bonds during the next
few days wlU enable Wilkes t
retain Its perfect record In War
Loan campaigns.
Wilkes Men Meet
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PVT. CLAUDB WALLACE
HOME ON FURLOUGH
Pvt. Claude Wallace, who
spent 11 months In a German
prison camp, arrived home Tues
day to spend some time with his
wife, the former Miss Catherine
Alexander, and hla mother, Mrs.
J. C. WidlM.
GHARLES ML gcLrSa’th
RETURNS TO NAVAL DUTY
Charles M. Gllreath, seaman
first class, recently spent a few
days with his wife, the former
Miss Pauline Billings, and his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John H.
Gllreath, In this city. He left
Tuesday to report to Great Lakes,
111. He had been located at Shu
maker, California.
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PVT. JAMES G. GREENE
TRAINS AT FORT BRAGG
Pvt. James G. Greene, of
Wilkesboro route 2, has arrived
at Fort Bragg for basic training
and has been assigned to Bat
tery B-4, Battalion 2, of the Field
Artillery training regiment. Aft
er initial training he will be as
signed to a field organization.
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pm JAY GRAkaON
HOME ON FURLOUGH
Pfc. Jay Grayson, who spent
several months In a German pris
on camp and was liberated at the
close of hostilities, has arrived
to spend some time with his wife
and his father and mother, J. C.
and Bessie R. Grayson.
Hi Im ISK
SGT. SYOHO HARTLEY
HOME PROM OVERSEAS
Sgt. Sycho Hartley, who spent
three years In service in Africa
and Italy, is spending some time
with his wife, the former Miss
Hazel Triplett, of Ferguson, and
bis sisters, Mrs. Valden Eller and
Mrs. Elmore Eller, also of Fer
guson.
MAJOR JOEWS’TON HERB
ON WEEK’S LEAVE
Major and Mrs. Richard B.
Johnston, of Dayton, Ohio, are
spending this week here with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.
B. Johnston and Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. Caroon.
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SGT. MICHAEL RETURNS
TO AJO, ARIZONA
Sgt. R. J. Michael returned
Friday to the army air base at
AJo, Arizona, after spending sev
eral days fnrlongh with hls wife,
the former Miss Goldie Erickson,
and hla parents, Mr. and MrsT^.
D. Michael, of Wilkesboro.
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KreSntai^li^
TheflGites Here
Six Sent To Roads And Two
Assigned To Jackson
Training School
Two sailM’s from the North
Wilkesboro route two conunun-
Ity recently had a happy meet
ing somewhere In the Pacific.
Curtis O. Loffman, seaman first
class, right, son of Rev. and
Mn. W. B. Loffman, entered
service in April, 19-tf, »nd
served with the AHantic Fleet
before being transferred to the
Pacific. J«dm T. Whitley, left,
seaman second class, is the son
of Mr. and Blrs. B. L. WhlUey.
He entered the service in Oc
tober, 1948, and is now in the
Sontii Pacific.
Dairy Foundation
DriveInHorth
Carolina How On
Bight local yoxths have b««a
sentenced for box car thefts. Po
lice Chief J. B. 'Walker said to
day.
Convicted of taking nine cssea
of beer from a freight car in the
North Wilkeaboro yards. Burl
Kilby, Raleigh Key, Kenneth At
wood, Durant Lee Johnson, Ro
bert Love, Jr., and Clyde Rhodes
received nine months on the
roads with an additional 12
months suspended for two yean.
Two other boys, J. C. Rhodes and
Bobby Jarvis, who were with the
six named above, were tried in
Jnvenlle court and were return
ed to Jackson ’ITaining school,
where they had previously served
periods of training.
Chief Walker said a number of
the boys convicted uad court rec
ords.
He also reported that many
thefts have occurred in North
Wilkesboro recently, particularly
thefts from parked automobilee,
and motorists are urged to lock
their cars when leaving them on
the streets at night.
Anderson Awarded
Second Bronze Star
Iieadlng dairy farmers, agrl-
QiatoxM JGife
ness men, shd eoouftanlw are
going “all out” for the North
Carolina Dairy Pounds' ion, Inc.,
which has been organized in the
state. This Foundation has been
set up to supplement the work of
the Dairy school at State College
with the intention of developing
a Dairy school In this state that
will be as good as can be found
anywhere.
Last fall Governor Broughton
set aside 0120,000 to buy equip
ment for the Dairy department
so that they may be able to teach
North Carolina boys and others,
as well as short course students,
any phase of the Dairy Industry
In which they might be Interested.
This win Include everything from
"grass” to “glass”. Including
cheese, evaporated milk, and all
other dairy products.
Organizations are being set up
throughout the state in order to
promote the Dairy foundation and
to raise money for this cause. Ar
rangements for metlngs have been
made for this territory and rop-
resentatives from State College
V.J1 be present to discuss this
Dairy foundation.
The public Is Invited to attend
and especially are the milk pro
ducers Invited. The schedule of
meetings is aa follows:
Monday July 2, 8:30 p. m.
North Wilkesboro City Hall,
Tuesday July 3, 8:30 p. m. Boone
Court House, Thursday July 5,
8:30 p. m. Sparta Court House,
Friday July 6, 8:30 p. m. Jeffer
son Court House.
IS VISITOR HERB
(jpl. Kin McNeill, of Boca Ra
ton Field, Fla., is spending a few
days furlongh with relatives in
the Boomer oommsnlty and with
hla wife at Oaatoa.
Praetically All
Bisjness.Firms
to dose July 4
PrmcticallY erery buameaa
firm in the city will observe
Jnly 4 Onext Wednesday)
as a holiday in observance of
tiie signtny of the Deelmrap
tkn ot
First Shipment
Of Lambs Made
From Pens Here
The new sheep pens located
on the railroad In North Wilkes
boro were completed last week
and the first lambs shipped Sat
urday, June 23. These pens were
made possible through contribu
tions from various business firms
In town.
Only a small shipment was
made to start with tout later it
Is ejected they will bo much
larger. Prices ranged from |16.-
25 per hundred pounds for choice
lambs to 113.76 for medium
gradee. They were bought by
Swift & Co. on gradee and weight
at North Wilkesboro.
Shipments will too made every
two or three weeks during the
snmmer and any farmers wish
ing to sell their lambs throngh
this market should see or notify
the County Agent , .
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Mil ■Lucy" Flnlev retnrned to
the «!^ yeetarday i after spmid
Ing two weeks in Bldunond and
Otonoaater, Y8. wWi fWends.
With The Fifth Army, Italy.—
Private First Class James M. An
derson, Jr., of North Wilkesboro,
North Carolina, recently was a-
warded the Bronze Star Medal for
heroic achievement In action in
Italy on the Fifth Army front.
Observing four enemy soldiers
approaching an American aid man
who was treating two wounded
comrades, Anderson and another
man rushed forward to save them
from being captured. Although
subjected to a hall of machine
pMol tiro they succeeded in drtv-
twir off thn eiinnij- irlth th~*~ «f>
feetlve rifle fire, *
When the aid man had finished
hls work, Anderson and the oth
er soldier carried the wounded
men on their backs to the bat
talion aid station.
Anderson Is a member of Com
pany B, 135th Infantry Regi
ment, 34th “Red Bull” Division.
Hls parents, Mr. and Mrs. James
M. Anderson, live at 812 “D"
Street, North Wilkesboro.
Softball Games
Gain In Interest
with the first half of the
schedule ending next week, the
softball games In the churches’
league are attracting much inter
est. Large crowds of fans were
on hand to see the Bairtlsts de
feat Wilkesboro Tuesday 14 to
3, while the Methodists won over
the Presbyterians 10 to 7.
The league standing as listed
today by Bill Lee. league secre
tary, Is as follows:
’TEAM W L PCT
Baptist 9 1 900
Methodist 7 5 683
wilkesboro 6 7 461
Presbyterian 2 7 222
On Wednesday afternoon here
a local softball team defeated
Sparta in a double header 8 to 3
and 6 to 6. The local team was
trailing in the final game when
Williams drove in two runs on
the decisive blow of the game.
Miss Andrews Rites
Conducted Tuesday
Funeral service was held at the
residence on Fifth street Tues
day morning for Miss Nettle An
drews, well known local resident
who died Saturday following aa
Illness of several days.
Dr. David E. Browning, pastor*
of the First Baptist church, of
which Miss Andrews was a mem
ber, conducted the funeral serv
ice. The body was taken to Mt.
Herman chnrch cemetery in
Orange county for bnrial.
The only surviving member of
Miss Andrews’ immediate family
Is one brother, George A. An
drews, of Webb, Oklahoma. Miss
Andrews had made her home here
many years and had many friends
in North 'Wilkesboro.
To BoRin Reviyal
At Purlear Church
Revival servloes win begin Sun
day night at Pnrlear Baptlijt
e&nnh. The pastor, Rsr, CHena
Unflman, wlO do' prsadilac
and day and night serrlsea imi.
be held. The pnbUe is oordtaHy
invMad. >. -i r’
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