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p-M.,..-. ^ T1..~l.«. NOKTH WIBKESBORO. N. C..MONDAY. JULY ». IMS  ^ ~WUA
Ttoor 9ap06Fi|Mioii riuo in MifUM
IlKfieert ^ UoM
hilalied Friday;
laporb teeeived
9i*«r Soce— From
Eoary Steadpomt; Com-
ffttea AppoiotmenU
la an Improaotre Installation
oaremony, otflcors of the North
Wllkesboro Lions Club were In
stalled at the meeting IViday ev
ening. Sev. A. C. Waggoner, per
manent program chairman tor the
ooml^ year, was In charge of the
installation.
The new officers are as follows:
Dr. J. 8. Deans, president; W. O.
Abeher, J. H. Whicker, Jr., and
W. C. Marlow, vice presidents:
W. D. Jester, Boyd Stout, G. R.
Andrews and Gilbert Bare, dlrec-
L/.tors; Paul Cashlon, secretary-
r .treasurer.
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Following the Installation of
officers Secretary Paul Cashlon
gave a preliminary report of the
suceesstnl horse show held July
under sponsorship of the
Wllkesboro Ll^s Club. The
Inary report, ithlch did not
some late f receipts-and
Aoements, shoved a profit for
the club of approtwutely $1,149,
These funds will so used by the
club in carrying/ out Its many
public service prelects.
suceessf
ith nn
President Dear s and Paqt Pres
ident Vernon D« al congratulated
the club membei ship on the fine
In makjng the
^h Is to'. be an
BSt outstanding
work carried ou'
horse' show, wh
annual event, a
success.
President Deanii announced
committee appointments for the
year as follows, wito the first
named In each committee being the
chairman;
Sign Committee- -Thurmond
Kenerly, Claude Key, Joe Zlm-
Constitution and B3 -laws—Eu
gene Trlvette, Allle H lyes.
Attendenc eJ-Olenn An
drews, Jimmy Anderfon, Presley
Myers.
Program—Rev. M. C. Wag
goner, Bonner Broq^e, Wm. T.
Twenty-Four Planes—25 Minutes.
These marine pilots made aviation history off Okinawa by knocking
down 24 Jap pUnes In 25 mlnntes. L. to B. iiM'ear are: MaJ. O. Axtell,
gnna Beach, Calif.; CoL W. E. Dickey, Du Bols, Pa.; Maj. J. Dorrah, Hood
Elver, Ore.; Lt. E. Abner, Washington. Front row (L. to E.)t Lt W. L.
Hood, Benton Harbor, Mich.; Lt. J. J. O’Keefe, Biloxi, Miss.; Lt. N. X*
Theriault, Milford, Mass.; and Lt. C. Allen, Fort Worth.
INVADING JAP
MARINES ARE
IN RETREAT
jCK«abershlp — /Vernon Deal,
rfill Lee. Hill ShAl.
Finance—Paul/Knlght, Gilbert
Bare. Paul Gree
Greeter Comn/lttee—Chas. Jen
kins. BUI Jeefer, Bill Abaher,
Roby McNeill.
Sight Consedration and Blind
Dr. J. S. Desps, Bryan Collins
Eugene 'Wblt4 Hubert ‘ 'Wblcker,
Jr.
Boys and telrls—Jack Swof-
ford, BUI Har4lster, Harry Klutz
Ed Dancy.
Citizenship Patriotism and Mil
Itary Affairs— Staton Mclrer, Rill
H. Day, Marvin
-R4y Man-
Ltisher, Maurice O'
Marlow, Chas
McNelU.
Lions Edudatlon
ship, Oliver A
Sullivan.
Odnventlon—fraul Cashlon. Jim
my Anderson, 'Berry Burke.,
Civic ImproTOment apd Com
munity Betterment—Boyd Stout,
Jim Willie, O. Pope. John Ker-
bangh. I
PubUclty—D Wight Nlchnls,
Sam Ogllvle, Ddrman Payne, Al
vin Sturdivant, j
Safety—Csrljy Ingle, Tam Shu
maker, Clyde Hearaon, Sherman
Anderson, Flakej Cook.
Health and wefare— Harold
Smith, Herbert Marshall, Edward
McIntyre, Busted Forester.
Mnslo—RobernS. Johnson, Zeb
Dickson, Jimmy knderson;
Chungking.—The Chinese high
command reported last night that
Japanese marine raiders who
landed oa southeast China’s ‘In
vasion” coast southwest of Amoy
were In full retreat under the
blows of pursuing Chinese vet
erans.
Confirming front dispatches
that the Japanese had effected
beachheads on the coast below the
Japanese-held former treaty port
140 miles west of Formosa, a
Chinese communique asserted
that enemy landing parties had
suffered heavy casualties.
The communique said the Jap
anese took off from Island-bound
Amoy, crossed Hsiamen River
estuary and landed on the Fukien
province coast about six miles
south of the seaport June 30.
Paul Riti^ .
Conduct)^ Sunday
Paul Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. F. Allen, formerly of this
city, died Friday at their home
at Scottvllle.
Funeral service was held Sun
day at Scottvllle and burial was
In Greenwood cemetery In North
Wllkesboro.
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Important Meeting
Juniors On Tuesday
An important meeting of the
North Wllkesboro council of the
Junior Order will be held Tues
day, eight p. m. The student loan
fund at Lexington will be discuss
ed and third degree work will be
carried out. All members are ask
ed to attend.
^OUR BOYS
CHL. ARTHtJE NTOHOIS
HERE FOB WEEK-K.ND
Cpl. Wm. Arthur Nichols, who
is In the marine corps and Is sta
tioned at Parris Island, spent the
week-end with relatives here and
In the Purlear community.
Gets Hu le Bass
Marshal Baugc w, one of this
city’s leading fls lermen, landed
ro-ponnd bass
^near Oxford
In Catawba rlv
Sunday. But
^r. Baugusa sal the first he
mught was not sarly as large
IS the one which ot away.
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Ire August
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ihDS: -Blue
W2, X2 ex-
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II; Dl, Bl,
September
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A FATS: led SUmps
M2, P2 eip re July 8i;
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expire Au-
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September 8 1; Al, Bl,
Bl expire  krtober 81.
: Sugar flta np No. M
r 5 lbs. expl -ea August
; Airplane E tamps No.
I, and No. 8 now good.
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Beptenlir II.
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SGT. .lAV W. POWELL
IN PUERTO RIOO
Sgt. Jay TV. Powell, has notified
his pareats, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Wright Powell, of his arrival at
Puerto Rico. He left Prance the
ISth of May. He has been award
ed five battle stars and the Pres
idential Citation and a cluster to
go with It while In the European
Theatre of war.
SGT. M. W. GREENE, JR.,
HOME ON FURLOUGH
Sgt, M. W. Greene, Jrir, arriv
ed Friday by plane from Home
stead, Florida, to spend a few
days with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. M. W. Greene, of this city.
fts SS ^8
ENSIGN FRED HUBBARD
HOME ON LEAVE
Ensign Fred Hhbbard, Jr., who
has been on sea> duty for some
time, will report to New ToVk
Wednesday after spending a
week’s leave here with his family.
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M. SGT. GEORGE 8MOAK
RECEIVES DISCHARGE
Master Sergeant George Smoak,
son of Mr. and Mrs. N. 0. Smoak,
of Wllkesboro, has returned from
England, where he spent two
years in the armr air corps, and
has received aU honorable dis
charge from the service. M. Sgt.
Smoak, who served'three and one-
half years at Pen^a and in the
Pacific before going to England,
made an excellent record in the
service and was highly commend
ed for his Ingenuity and initiative
in discovering and developing
uenr proceasea for,treating eqnip-
m«tt used by American airmen.
Present Address Of
FredTJohnson Asked
Wilkes Selective Service board
number 2 is trying to locate Fred
Johnson, son of Rome Johnson
and Mrs. Annie Lillian Eller
Johnson. In 1941 Fred Johnson
was working In Charlotte. Any
one knowing anything about the
whereabouts of Fred Johnson,
his parents or other near rela
tives 1b asked to get in touch
with the Selective Service board
office In North Wllkesboro.
Mrs. Kelly Pruitt
Claimed By Death
Funeral service was held to
day at Round Hill church for
Mrs. Martha Pruitt, wife of Kelly
Pruitt, of Wllkesboro. Mrs. Pruitt
died Saturday.
Surviving Mrs. Pruitt are her
husband and children as follows:
Charlie, James, Howard,
Johnnie, Iredell, Mabel, Margaret,
William and Sqaia Ann PraiU;
glso Mx '■liiters.'foar Srothm end
her mother, Mrs. John C. Mit
chell, of Wilkeflboro.
Rev. L. B. Sparks conducted the
last rites.
E. W. Sheets, assistant to the
master of the National Grange,
Washington, D. C., and Harry B.
Caldwell, of Greensboro, master
of the North Carolina State
Grange, will be the feature speak
ers at a Grange picnic at Boomer
sc^ol W^nesday at noon.
The
- •BooroOL'
Valley Granges, but atf people in
terested in agricultural progress
are Invited to attend. Grange
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Service Officer
Legion Coming
R. L. Davis, state service offi
cer of the American Legion, will
be at the employment service of
fice here tomorrow, Tuesday, for
the purpose of assisting veterans
and dependents In filing claims
for any type of benefits accorded
veterans and their families. This
service Is provided without cost
and any who desire assistance in
filing claims are Invited to con
sult with Mr. Davis.
Workers Wanted For
Naval Air Station
Lt. C. A. Long, labor recruit
ing representative for the naval
air station at Patuxlent River,
Md., will be at the employment
service office here Tuesday and
Wednesday to Interview persons
desiring employment there. Elec
tricians, plumbers, truck drivers,
woodworking millmen and labor
ers are urgently needed.
Milk Subsidy Rates
Increased For Next
Quarter to Oct. 1st
600 Dairy Farmers In, Wilkes
county will have benefits of In
creased payment riates for milk
and butterfat production pay
ments during the current quarter,
beginning July 1, according to H.
C. Roberts, Chairman, ; Wilkes
County AAA Committee. These
government payments to milk and
butterfat producers are adjusted
quarterly to reflect changes in
production costs.
The new rates for this county
for milk and butterfat produc
tion In July, Angnst. and Sep
tember will be 76 cents per hun
dred pounds for milk, and 13
cents per pound for butterfat.
"Dairy farmers here are mak
ing every effort to increase milk
production, and higher payments
for production during the current
three-months period will help off
set the extra feed bills when pa»-
tnres brown off dnring the Burn
er and more feed and hay have
to be fed to maintain inudnctlon
levels.
Mr. altoberts urges farmera to
place their appUc..tions for pay-
menta on milk and butterfat pro-
duetton during April, May, and
June, as soon-as possible but sot
later than August SI.
NIPS6DT0FF
IN NORTH AREA
OFBALIKPAPAN
Manila.—^Australian 7th Divi
sion troops have virtually cut
off a Japanese force In the Pan-
dansarl Refinery and Netherlands
Military Barracks area In the
northern outskirts of Ballkpapan
In Southeastern Borneo and are
sweeping steadily out from their
beachheads in all directions, Gen
eral Douglas MacArthnr announc
ed today.
In Northwestern Borneo the
9th Division has made new gains,
advancing three miles from the
Brunei Bay area along the rail
road to Jesselton, reaching Mem-
bakut 11 miles northeast of Beau
fort, MacArthnr said In a com
munique.
The Australians In the Ballk
papan area are fanning out north
and northeast of Ballkpapan and
inland from positions along the
coastal highway.
Noted Speakers To
Address Picnic Of
Grange On Jniy 11
State Master And Assistant
National Master To Speak
At Boomer
leaders here today said.
Ronsseau Land To
Be Sold July 14th
Part of the real property own
ed by the estate of Mrs. Lila G.
Rousseau located just outside the
Wllkesboro city limits has been
sub-divided into 100 beautiful
residential lots and will be sold at
auction cn Saturday, July 14th,
by Penny Brothers, famous twin
anctloneers of Greensboro.
The property Is located on or
near hardsurfaced highway, has
lights and water available, and
consists of some of the most de
sirable residential lots In this
community.
The sale will be held rain or
shine and high class entertain
ment will be provided those at
tending the event, to say nothing
about the cash, gifts and war
bonds that will bo given away.
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Big Four at Berlin Conference s^
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BepresenUng the Big Four at the Berlin conference, where the pact
granting the Allies foB supremaor aver Oermany was signed, are, IcA to
right: Field Marshal Sir Benard L. Hcotgemery, General of the Army
Dwight D. Elsenhower, Otegory K. Zhnkov and Gen. Jean Da
Uattre De Tasslgny. They will ba In charge of occupied Germany.
WANTED!
The Dame of every Wilkes
service man who hna lost his
life daring World War 2,
also the names and addresses
of hia parents.
Please send this informa^-
tion at once to Mrs. J. W.
Leyshon, North Wilkesboro,
N. C.. who is president
the Wilkes Le^on Auxiliary.
E. Lee Hemphill
Died On Satirday
BUY MORE WAR BONDS
Naval Photographer
Jinn** Paul Snider, son of
Mr .and Mrs. Monroe W. Sni
der, route one, NorOi Wilkee-
boro, has advanced to pboto-
grapber’s mate, second class,
mNB., at Hio Atlantlo Fleet
Operatioaal Training Ooxnmand,
Norfolk, Va., where he works
in the photographic lahoratory.
Balder was gradnated from Mil
ler's Cheek S0#i School in IMS.
He was employed ,aa'a hUUag
clerk by Hmne Ohatr Oo. before
witerlng the serrioe la AprO,
1048. He is married to the form
er bOoa Bvrfym FWaabetti Wbi-
barry, rf AMfeaonvlIlis N. O.
They now rerfde At 18W Oohnn-
bu Ave., FcctoMNrth, Va.
B. Lee Hemphill, rural letter
carrier on Wllkesboro route 2.
died suddenly about 8:20 Sat
urday morning while serrlng his
tjtm Wfflnrfmro and
stopped his car at a patron’
box, and was seen to slump In
the seat. Patrons nearby called
an ambulance at once, but when
attendants arrived he was dead
Mr. Hemphill, a member of a
well known Wilkes family, was
born at Moravian Falls, In 1890
and had he lived until August
23rd, he would have been 55
years of age. He was the son of
J. L. Hemphill, and the late Mr-
Alice Ferguson Hemphill, who
died a number of years ago. On
Sept. 9. 1914, he was married to
Miss Mary Hubbard, who survives.
One son, Opl. James Edgar Hemp
hill, now serving his country In
the Pacific area. Is the surviving
son. Also surviving are the fol
lowing brothers and sisters; Ray
F. Hemphill, of Franklin; Fred
erick Hemphill, of this city; Mrs
Hobson Pardue, of Moravian
Palls; and Mrs. Hubert Mathis
of North Wllkesboro route three.
Mr. Hemphill, for many years
was associated with his father
In carrying on his wholesale dry
goods business, and for sometime
was engaged In the automobile
business in this'city. Five years
ago—on July 7th—the same date
of hie death, he entered the serv
Ices of the government as carrier
on Wllkesboro route 2.
Mr. Hemphill was a member of
the Wllkesboro Baptist church,
and the esteem In which he was
held by many relatives and
friends was attested to by the
many beautiful floral tributes.
An Impressive funeral service
was held yesterday at five o’
clock at the home of Miss Gray
Greene In Wllkesboro where Mr.
and Mrs. Hemphill had their a-
partment. The service was in
charge of Rev. Howard J. Ford,
pastor of the deceased, assisted
by Mrs. Hemphill’s pastor, Rev.
J. O. Ervin, of the Wllkesboro
Methodist, church.
Following the funeral, the re
mains were carried to the Hemp
hill burial plot in Mountain Park
cemetery for interment
Pall bearers were Dr. G. T. Mit
chell. Dr. F, C. Hubbard, N. O.
Smoak, J. R. Rousseau, W. B.
Somers, and Joe R. Barber.
Pmley ifiggins
HoiyRecoverhg
Presley fflgglns, Ronda man
who was shot in the abdomen by
his fathet^ta-law. Marshal Chil
dress, at the Chldrass home near
Ronda July 1, Is improving In the
hoepltal at ElUn and may recov
er.
Childrees, who told officers
that he shot HlKlns as Higgins
was tryinc to foree entry into
Ua lioiiM, la under bond pending
trial la WHkea court.
Wants to Return
Five Dollar Bill
Attorney J. H. 'Whicker, Sr
would like to return a five dollar
bill to Its rfghtful owner.
Attorney Whicker found the
flve-dollar bill In hls car. If the
owner will call for the bill, and
admit that It was he who went
through the contents ot the car
Including the glove pocket, and
made off with one pair of pliers
which perhaps had a value o1
26 cents, he will received the $5
Attorney Whicker’s car Is only
one of perhaps a hundred which
has been entered and searched
during the past few weeks in
North Wllkshoro. Thefts have
frequently been reported and all
who leave their oars parked are
trfrlsed to leave them locked.
Welfare Board
Meeting Held;
Repwls Heard
The Wilkes county welfare
board met In the welfare office In
regnlar session on Tuesday, July
3.
The board discussed briefly the
visit of Dr. Ellen Winston, com
missioner of public welfare, who
came to the county on Friday,
June 22, at which time she dis
cussed with the welfare board
and members of the staff some
of the progress made In the pub
lie welfare field In North Caro
lina during the past year. She al
so discussed some of the goals
which had been suggested for
the coming year.
Charles C. McNeill, secretary to
the board, advised them that a
boarding home license bad been
received and that at the present
time we had reached all the goals
suggested by state office with the
exception of having ouf reviews
current. He pointed out that we
should soon be able to have our
work current since the depart
ment now had a full staff of per
sonnel.
Miss Doris Tulbnrt, who recent
ly began work with the depart
ment, was present at the board
meeting for the first time and
was Introduced to the members
of the welfare board. The welfare
board carried on the routine
which consisted of approving a
number of new cases for Old Age
Assistance and Aid to Dependent
Children, as well as revising a
number of cases who were already
receiving assistance.
The total expenditures for the
Welfare Department for the
month of June for all types of as
sistance were 811.093.48. A break
down of these figures Indicates
that 642 persons received Old Age
Assistance in the amount of $7,-
014.60; 127 families represent
ing 338 children received Aid to
Dependent Children In the amount
of $2,741.00; 38 persona receiv
ed Aid to the Blind in the amount
of $676.00; other expenditures
consisting of general relief, hos
pitalisation, medical care, etc.,
amounted to $762.96.,
The Welfare Board Is composed
of P. J. Bkame, chairman, F. C.
Johnson,' and C. C. Sidden.
Street Sei^cet
Rev. O. R. Phillips and Rev,
Roy Bare, of Beokley, W. Va.,
wlU oondnet street services on
the corner of Tenth and C streets
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
•reninfs, t:S0 o’riopk. The pub-
Uo to invited to attend the serv
low.
YARKPUHES
BAG 45 MORE
HIP AIRCRAFT
Goam.— Fleets of Mustang
fighter planes ripped np two
Tokyo airfields yesterday, des
troying or damaging 45 Japanese
planes In the fourth attack in five
days on the capital area, while
dispatches revealed that a power
ful TJ. S. naval task force was
preparing to Join the mounting
preinvasion air offensive against
Japan.
The daily war bulletins from
the headqnarters of Adm. Chester
W. Nlmits and Gen. Douglas Mac-
Arthnr^annonneed that navy, ar
my and marine planes of their
commands had destroyed or dam
aged eight other Japanese planes
and sunk or damaged 16 ships
and small craft, raising Japanese
shipping losses to 306 in 15 days.
FBI Agest Tells
Club Crime Now
Among Teen Age
John G. Johnson, of Winston-
Salem, an agent of the Federal
Bnrean of Investigation, addressed
the North Wilkekboro Klwanis
club Friday noon. He was pre
sented to the club by John E.
Walker, who had charge of the
program.
Mr. Johnson made a challeng
ing talk on the subject, “Juvenile
Delinquency.” He said, "We have
done a good job in onr support of
the war effort in almost every re
spect; but In regard to juvenile
delinquency, we have done a
rather poor Job.”
He said the FBI does not come
the agauey In charge of this
problem bnt due to its constant
contact with the problems coming
ont of the delinquency, he as a
representative was able to make
some startling observations. For
the first time in the 30 years of
the FBI records in the year 1944
the 17-year-oId youths lead the
nation in crime. And this has in
the main been true for the period
of years we have been In war.
The Increase of crime of those
under 18 years since 1941 has
been 20 i>er cent. But prostitu
tion of girls under that age in
this period increased 352 per cent.
In 1944 there were 4,000 crimes
committed every day of the year
and the 17-year-old group led. In
brief it is true to say that a youth
was wrecked for every minute In
the rear 1944.
The records of the FBI show
that of all people who commit
crime 50 per cent of them will
repeat.
WHAT ABE THE CAUSES?
1. Lack of proper guidance of
parents. A test of a 1000 juvenile
deliqnents shows that nine-tenths
came from homes that were brok
en up, separation, divorce, etc.
2. War Time Abandon. People
just give over to the urge to do
the lower things. In some of the
larger cities the "Victory Girls”
have thrown themselves away
with the sentiment that it Is pa
triotic to yield their bodies to the
satisfaction of those in military
service.
3. Because so many leaders of
the “Y’”s and other recreational
leaders have gone Into service and
left no one to take their places. ^
4. All recreational facilities
have been put In the back ground.
WHAT SHALL WE DO ABOUT
IT?
Each community must sit down
and figure out Its own solution.
Parents must give more atten
tion to the care of their children.
The Church must play a greater
roll in saving the youth, must
have play grounds, parks, etc.
The School must give Its help
throngh recreation and closer
guidance.
The Civic Clubs must and will
have a part In the«endeavor.
Guests Friday were as follows;
J. M. Anderson with W. J. Ca-
roon; 0. C. Hayes, C. C. McNeill
and Mrs. J. L. Clements with
John B. Walker: Rev. A. C. Wag
goner with R. G. Finley.
Thomas Osborne
Rites Wednesday
Pnnenl service was held Wed
nesday at Peak Creek church of
the Brathern for Thomas Osborne,
'Wilkes man who died Sunday ev
ening foom a gnnshot wound re-
cMved early in the day from hto
brothu’. Boy Osborne. Rsv. V. A,
Vaaaey, sisistsd by other minis
ters, conducted the servioa.
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