SOT, JOHN D. NIOHOI^
sons of Mr. and Blrs. J.
M. Nicbols, of Olcket, are In
service and one ha« r^cedred
hooorablo disdiarge under the
demobilisation system.
Sgt. John D. Nichols entered
service Is 1942. He reoeir*
This baale training at Damp
White and Adair, Oregon, and
has been overseas since the
J. M. NIOHOMj SIC
spring of 1944, serving in North
North Africa and Italy. At pres
ent he is with the 62nd Signal
Battalion in Italy.
Opl. Janies H. Nichols recent
ly received bin honorable dis
charge throng the army de
mobilization system. He enter
ed active service with the Na
tional Guard Co., in Septwnber,
1940, ^uid had been overseas
since the faU of 194& serving
in NOTth Africa, SloUy and
Italy.
Seaman First Class J. M.
Nichols- is stationed at Fort
Pierce, Wrida. He entered the
seifvioe in January, ‘1944, re
ceiving his basic training at
Jacksonville, Fla-
AOSSiES GAIN
SEVEN MILES
ON BORNEO
Serve* In Navy '
Claimed Ely Death
Manila, July 26. — Australian
Seventh division troops have pen
etrated seven miles inland north
west of Manggar airstrip on east
Borneo without meeting Japanese
opposition, Gen. Douglas MacAr-
thur announced today.,
Far eastern air force planes
meanwhile, hit the Japanese from
Honshu south of Java, sinking an
enemy freighter, two smaller ves
sels and four barges along the In
do-China coast.
A lone Seventh air force Liber
ator bomber returned to Shanghai,
blasted by three heavy raids in Six
days, to bomb Tinghai airdrome
[■a folh»w-«p tnHJmiday's den»-
ng assault that destroyed 45
plgnes on the ground.
oays
plSi
Funeral service was held Tues
day at Rock Creek.' church for
Mrs. Haliy Woods, 79-year-old
resident of Edwards township who
died Friday.
Mrs. Woods, wife ot the late
Patteifson Woods, Is survived by
eight sons and daughters: Ros-
coe C. and Avery Woods, Mrs.
Done Cheeks, Ira Woods, Mrs.
Maude Prevette, Mrs. Emma Rea-
vls, McKinley Woods and Mrs. R.
B. Edwards. Also surviving are
four, brothers and' four sisters.
ilev. L. E. Sparks conducted
the funeral service.
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Thurman Walker, charged with-
criminal assault on BUa Johnson,
has been released under bond of
|l,puo for appearance at the Aug
ust termi of Wilkes court begin
ning August 6th.
At a preliminary hearing bei
fore Magistrate U B. Pierce prob
able cause was found and Walker
■was remanded to Jail. Yesterday
he was allowed bond.
TUe warrant was sworn out by
Etta Johnson, mother of Ella
Johnson, and charged the defend-
and with criminally assaulting her
daughter under threat of taking
her life, and also alleged that hd
forced her to drink liquor. Thq
offense Is aUeged to have occurred
on July 16th.
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Groups of Men
Sent Wednesday
To Fort Bragg
Home Coming At
-^OUR
BOYS
8OT. C. li. KENNEDY, JR.,
HOME FROM OVERAEA.S
Sgt. Claude 1j. Kennedy. Jr.,
wno bad been with the 8th air
force tn England, Is spending a
30-day furlough in Wllkeeboro
with hlB parents. Mr. and Mrs. C.
U. Kenedlr. He ■will report to the
camp at Greensboro August 3rd.
Bgt. Kennedy was overseas four
months.
)«
J . SON IiENDERM-\N
IE FROM OVERSE.4S
'c. James Albert (Son) I.,en-
lan, who spent five months In
cuiope, naa returned from Germ
any and Is spending a 30-day fur-
longh with his wife, the former
Miss Era Templeton, and relatives
here and In Wllkeeboro. He will
report to Fort Bragg Sunday for
further assignment.
PFC. EDWARD O. LAWS
RETURNS TO CALIFORNIA
Ffc. Iyward C. Laws has re
turned to Barstow, California, af
ter spending a 14-day furlough
with his wife and Infant son.
They expect to Join him fn Cali
fornia soon.
Sheldon Enbank GemUU, S2,
watertender, third class, US! R,
Springfield, has completed ‘ wo
years in the Navy aboard a ie-
stroyer ship of the Athu Uc
Fleet, He entered the Navy in
.4.prll, 194S, at Camp Ooft, S.
C., and has served 16 mon lis
aboard a destroyer escort whi re
he is in charge of,a watch in
the forward fireroom. He wea s
the American TRieatre and tl .e
Enropean-African-Middle Eaf t-
em Theatre ribbons.'. Gambill s
married to the former Jnl a
Dnrdin, of Oakland* Park, n u
He is the son of Mr. and Mr i.
WUey M. GamWU, of Sfrini-
field. His brother, Albert, Is
private, first class, in the Arm; .
Before entering the Navy, Gan •
bill was employed as a tas t
welder by the Norfolk Nai y
Yard, Portsmonth, 'Va.
i An all-day home coming pro
-am of preaching and singing
has been planned for Lewis Bap
tist church on Sunday, July 29th.
are Invited, .and with dinner
to add to that part of the pro
gram.
li
I. Watts I* Pastor
Davis Hai^ris Church
iRev. 3. I. Watts, well known
Biptlst minister of the Boomer
community, has 'been called as
pastor of the Davis Harris Me-
mirlal Baptist church. Regular
pr^chlng service will be held at
2:^U each second .Sunday, begin
ning on August 12.
i
B)reeding Ewes Will
e Available Soon
1.
Many Carloads 0
Lambs Going On
From Here Sooln
Biggest Shipment Of SeMon
Planned For Thurada;
And Friday Next Weel
CARL DENNIS RETURNS
TO DOTY IN NAVY
■ Carl Dennis, hospital apprentice
nd class, returned to Norfolk,
Monday after spending ten
liays with his mother, Mrs. A. C.
Dennis.
RATION
NEWS
PROCESSED FOODS: Blue
Stamps T2, U2, V2, W2, X2 ex-
pira July Slj Y2, ZS, Al, Bl,
Cl axjrtra Angut SI; Dl, Bl,
« , Ol, HI explrb September
; Jl, Kl, Lf, Ml. N1 expire'
Oetober SI.
■OiATS A PATS: Red Stamps
£uL2, M2, PS expire July 81;
5; R2, 8», T8, US expire Au-
gast 81; Y8. W8, X8. YS, ZS
—rpirft September 80; Al, Bl,
qs, Dl. Bl October 81.
TOBAB:'Sugar Stamp No. 80
good for i lbs. expiree August
SI. --
SHOES: Airplane Stamps No.
1, Ho. 8. a» Ho. S now good.
OJUKfUJf*’ A-10 eoupons va
lid thn Septuaaber SI.
Largest shipment of Iambs for
the season will go cut of the new
marketing center here Thai iday
and Friday of next week, R bert
S. Curtis, of the marketing livi-
sion of the Department of . .gri-
culture, said here today.
If the cooperative shipm^t is
carried out as planned, there -^11
be a total of 14 single-deckM, or
seven double-decked cars/ Th(
shipments, coming from AUvghan;
and /Watauga counties, wip tol
approximately 1,750 lambsi
The livestock marketing cem
was established here in mder
more mpidly move the la^s a^d
other livestock from nortiwesU;
North Carolina counties n metro
politan markets, and me fi ,-st
shipments have been ver ‘ success
ful. Graders are fumist sd by'the
Department of Agricul are 'ind
purchases have bee i mi ie by tho
larger packing compani s, ,
Recently a number o imprivu-
ments have been made s i the (lad
ing pens, which were irecte2 by
contributions ^rom loci. bus^ess
firms. I «
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PTT. CARL 1 AYBBRltY '
HOME F(Ht nBEK-£0 0 ^
Pvt. Carl ayborry rpunt
rRobert 3. Curtis of the division
of marketing of the State Dopart-
mpnt of Agriculture, said here
toiday that a carload shipment of
breeding ewes from the west will
aMve in this state about August
18. Fart of the shipment will be
unloaded at Salisbury and Wilkes
fUrmers interested in purchasing
e'tes should contact County Agent
R« D. Smith.
j The first motorist to be fined
fpr speeding paid $10 for driving
a[t 10 miles an hour.
Going Overseas
week-^nd wl
ghter, Ann
training in thi
(^ft, B. C.
he
bla wlfelud dtn-
Mir berry la
infantry at Ca,hp
;a^p
Pvt. J. P. Glass, who recently
finished tls basic training at
Camp Gc -^n, Georgia- and
spent a 10-day ‘fnrloiigfa at
borne, hai reported back to Port
Meade, M U is on bis way
to Califoi ila, and; is eo^ecting
to go owweaa aot^ He is the
son of w. and fbu. ObariiO
WHllams, North WU^boto
voato
1
Both Selective Service Boards
in Wilkes yesterday sent groups
of men to Fort Bragg to be in
ducted into the army and navy.
Lists of men sent by the two
boards follow:
BOARD NO. 1
Howard Sylvanns Bynum.
Sanford Eugene Mastln.
Royal Erastns Gilbert.
William Harrison Anderson.
Leo Mark Oregwy*
Homer Rnfns Transean.
Hngh Jack Anderson.
Walter Odell fttxdEriilre. '
Leonard Morris Greene.
Clarence James Gall.
Joseph Spencer Payne.
Blnm Vestal Johnson.
Charles Lester Ellis.
Eugene Robert Ble'vins.
Paul AnAreaf Lowe,
Odns
Ralph Welbom.
Ted Everetto Johnson.
Wade Talmadge Marsh.
BOARD NO. 2
Samuel Washington Hincher,
Roy Edgar Jolnes.
Hampton Monroe Wyatt.
George Edison Wingler.
William H. H. Waugh, Jr.
Jesse Glenn Walker.
Bnmis Hillman Pardne,.
Ovid DeVanghn Jordan.
William Monroe Johnson.
Letcher Houston Kidd.
James Howard Bumgarner.
Leonard Wayne Pierce.
Ralph Presley Holbrook.
Sam Pierce.
John Ralph Pennington.
Rosooe Hardin Wyatt.
Claude Holbrook.
Harvey Gordon Johnston.
Iredell Rex Riddle.
John Eugene Myen.
James A. Garfield Cockerham.
WiUlam Beamer Hemrick, Jr.
Donald Eugene HaU.
william Jesse Holcomb.
Hoover CooUdge Porter.
Lewis Matthew Wooten.
Quincy Elmer McBride.
Burl MOton Wingler.
Eugene Vlrgfl Ashley.
CSiarile jEkvln Swaim.
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Manila, July 26. — Invasion of
Japan will meet almost no oj^osi-
tion on the beache.s, Gen. George
C. Kenney, commander erf the far
east air forces, predicted today in
announcing that American airmen
are about ready to smack Japan
with 6,000-t(« bombing raids.
“Fm conservative when I say
we could hit them with 5,0W tons
in a single attack, something the
world never dreamed of”, said tho
veteran commander whose armada
includes the Fifth. Seventh, and
13th air forces.
“We’ll have enough stuJEf so that
the Jape wont’ have a bridge or a
sizable road that will help them
foK future operations. They’ll be
completely immobilized arf regards
any mass movement.
“I confidently expect that then
well find almost a total Iqck of
opposition on the beaches, the same
as we’ve found it all through New
Guinea and the Philippines”.
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To Begin Revival
At Boomer Baptist
Revival services will begin-on
3unday at the Baptist church at
Boomer. The pastor. Rev. B. V.
Bumgarner, will be assisted by
Rev. Mr. Shew, of T^lorsvllle.
The public is cordially invitod to
the eerrices.
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Mrs. Roby Nichols
Last Rites Today
Funeral service was held today
at Pleasant Grove Baptist church
for Mrs. Minnie Faw Nichols, age
69, wife of Roby Nichols. She
Hnrvlvlng Mrs. Nichols are her
husband and the following chil
dren; Royal and Raymond Nich
ols and Mrs. Earl Adams.
Funeral service was conducted
by Rev. Edd Hayes.
nKEEIOlY
UmtESIHPS
PVT. MINTON M. HANDY
r-
Pvt. Mintsn Handy
Is KH^ In France
On S^L 6th, 1944
Soldier Frun Abahera Com
munity Had Preyioualjr
Been In Miaaing List
Pvt. Minton M. Handy, son of
Mr. L. F. end the late Mrs. Mary
Caudill [Handy, of Abshers, was
killed in Franpe od September 6,
1944, a^rdlng to recent informa
tion received from the War De
partment.
Pvt. Handy preTioasly had been
reported missing since September
86.
SurVlying Pvt. Handy are his
father, one brother, Floyd Handy,
of Abshers; axid two siaten, Mrs.
^n>nr^t>dBi;’vr'^«prtasfielA^4uiA
Mrs. Charlie Miller, of Winston-
Balem}
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Nyibn stocUngs now cost $S5,-
000, Chinese currency, a pair in
Ohungklng.
Three Teams Vie
For Top Rung In
Softball League
to a CHECK, THIEF
IS THIS yO/R UNPROTECTED
MAIL B0X7 - -IS ijHAT/^
A close race has developed
among three of the four teams in
the churches softball league in the
second half of the league schedule.
On Tuesday evening the Bap
tists gained the lead by defeating
the Methodists 7 to 6 in a well
played game. Wilkesboro con-'
tinned high in the race by defeat
ing the Presbyterian team 13 to 3.
The league standing now is as
follows:
Team W L
Baptists 4 1
Methodists 3 2
Wilkesboro -3 2
Ihesbyterians ;-0 6
Pet.
760
600
600
000
Lura Alice Triplett
Funeral Held Today
Last rites were held today at
Charity church for Mrs. Lura
Alice Triplett, wife of James C.
Triplett, of Eklwards township.
She died Tuesday.
Mrs. Triplett is survived by her
hnsband, one son, John T. Trip
lett, of Benham, and,two daugh
ters, Mrs. Lura Morrison, of Er
langen, and Mrs. Freeda Morrison,
of Lexington.
Re^. Grant Cothren conducted
the last rites.
UNGUARDED ALLDTMENT CHECK?
The Government Imails millions of
Army and Navy allotment and allow
ance checks to faipilies of American
soldiers and sailors.
I
Thousands of the^ checks are stolen
and forged every year.
Ever)' unlocked mail box or open mail
receptacle is an invitation to the check
thiefi PutaStrongLockonYour Mail Box.
A lock may prevent a loss.
The check thief watches for your
check to be delivered. Do You? Be at
Home, or Have Member of Your Family
four Checks When They
They Can’t Be Stolen,
Guam, July 26.—United States
and British carrier planes in Tues
day’s destructive attacks on the
remnants of the Japanese fleet in
the inland sea, damaged 20 enemy
warships, including three battle
ships, Aj^ Chester W. Nimitz
announced today.
Battleships damaged were the
Hyuga and Ise of the 30,000-ton
Ise class and the Haruna, a 30,000
ton battlewagon damaged by Am
erican forces early in the war.
The elusive Haruna was the bat
tleship hit by the late Capt Colin.
Kelly off the Philippines.
Nhnitz listed the following dam
age in the crushing attacks which
continued through Wednesday, al
though reports on that series of at
tacks were not complete:
Heavily damaged. The battle
ship Hyuga; the heavy cruiser
Tone; a light cruiser of the Ka
ma class; the aircraft carrier Am-
agi and one destrojer.
Moderately damaged: The bat
tleship Ise; Uw heavy criser Aoba;
the light cruiser Oyodo; the air
craft carrier Katsuragi and one
gunboat.
Slightly damaged: The battle
ship Haruna; one old heavy cruis
er; the aircraft carrier Aso; the
light aircraft carrier Hoeho; two
destroyers and one midget sub
marine.
In addition, British forces prob
ably sank an escort carrier of the
Kobe class.
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PFC. RAYMOND McDUFFIB
ON FURLOUGH AT HOME
Ffc. Raymond McDuffle, who
has been In the army hospital at
Denver, Colo., is spending several
days with his parents, Attorney
and Mra. F. j. McDoflle. in WU-
reporting to Mi
ami, Florida, August llth. Pfc.
McDuffie was accompanied by his
wife, the former Miss Alma An-
deraon, of Oakwoods. They were
married in Denver, Colo., on Ap
ril 24. Ffc. McDuffie waa wound
ed in Italy on October 10 and
Has been hospitalized since that
time.
T5 CLEM BROOKSHIRE
HOME FROM OVERSEAS
T6 Clem R. Brookshire, son of
Mr. and Mrs. D, J. Brookshire,
la nbme on a thirty-day furlough
after serving eighteen months ov
erseas.
A tank driver in the 29 th F.
A. Bn., Inf. Dlv., he has five bat
tle stars. He landed on the Nor
mandy beaches In 1‘1'ance on D-
Day, June 6th. He fought thru
trance, Belgium, and Into Germ
any and Austria.
After his furlough, be is to be
stationed In Durham.
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Fnll-Time Director
Physical Edneation
Recreation Is Hired
Paul V. Parka Emploinnent
Made Possible By Help
From The City
The JonrIll-PatriDt
Paul V. Parks, of Kanaapolls,
who has had several years’ ex
perience as a coach and athletic
director, has accepted the posi
tion of full time coach and recre
ation director in North Wllkes-
boro, It was learned today from
D. J. Carter, chairman of the lo
cal city board of education.
Employment of a coach and
atnietlc director for north Wll
keeboro high school and e recre
ation director for the summer was
made possible by a supplemental
appropriarion by the North Wil
kesboro city council. The sum of
$1,200 was appropriated by the
cltyfRim general and school funds
to finance the program.
Mr. Parks attended Elon Opl-
lege and the University of North
Carolina and since graduation. at
tended a number of summer
coaching schools. He had snccess-
fnl records as athletic coach at
tianford and Florence, S. C. high
ochoole and for the past three
yean has been at Kannapolis. He
and his wife and young son will
move to North Wilkesboro in the
latter part of Afisnst.
Hr. Parka wai be on the ]oh
thronghoiit the year, serving the
school As coach and physieal edu
cation director and will be recre-
attonal dlnetor for the bommnnl-
ty diitliic the vaeatloa nioaths.
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