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Left to ri^t, they are; AU|(U9t ailU carij .7W|F«CfllUVr tv ■■n.iwaawv jfb vaaaawaavaa vra j#»aajrr»ws- — Pfc. Robert R. Hilliard; S/Sgt. W. O. Heydt, wounded four time* in the fighUng against th^e German* and holder of Presidential Unit Citation and Purple Heart with three cluster*; Lt. Thomas M. Mit^ell. ve^ran parachutist who fought for 14 months in Italy, and at Anzioand Salerno and who hold* the Purple Heart and Presidential Unit Citation; S/Sgt. Harry W. Crocker, survivor of 3 years Jap imprisoninent, who holds the Bronze Star Medal, Liberation Medal with Bronze Sur, Purple Heart and Presidential Unit Citation. U.S. ARMY’S “WOOD FOR WAR”' CARAVAN IS TO VISIT NORTH WILKESBORO ON AUeUST 18-20 The Army s Wood for War CHurcH motorcade under the command of •au wvi foif^Ol Lt. Joseph H. Mitchell, veteran parachutist, with six wounded lighting men who have Just re turned from European and Pacific battlefronts, will be In North Wlllcesboro August 18 to 80. The motorcade la on a 1,500 mile tour of North Carolina’s wood producing areas tor the pur pose of bringing to the farmers and workers In the woods and the meaeage of appreciation to who have been responsible tofT^North Carolina’s tremendous production of pulpwood and saw logs during the past year. Lt. Mitchell said he hoped that the direct message from the mortor- cade's combat veterans would in- Uuence any workers who have not been carrying their share of the production load to stay on the job and get out the urgently needed lumber and pulpwood products. While in .North Wilkesboro and vicinity the motorcade will visit woods and mill operations where walk-throughs assemblies or com munity rallies will be held. If a night meeting Is held the War De partment's special combat film, "San Pedro," will be shown. ^’he veterans traveling with the Home Coming Soon White Plains church, located one and one-half miles northwest of Roaring River, will have its annual home coming on Sunday, August 19. An all day program. Including basket dinner at noon, has been planned and all are In vited. Announcement of the home coming asked all to disregard the previous announcement that the home coming would not be held this year. V Revival Under Way Piney Ridge Church f|k>t ■^ainl torcade have all been in the ick of the fighting in Europe the Pacific and wear many deooratlona for gallantry in ac tion. Dt. Mitchell holds the Pur ple Heart, European Theatre Rib bon with two stars and the Pres- dentlal Unit citation for assault landing on the beaches at Anzio. Me fought in Sicily and Italy for 14 months where he served with the 604th Parachute Infantry Regiment. The motorcade is a fully equip ped field unit staff car and sound track equipped with motion pic ture projector and loud speaker facilities. Mr. Robert Patterson, the Undersecretary of War, au- thoilzed the 1,500 mile tour at the urgent request of the War Production Board. V ount Pleasant To Have Revival Soon Revival services will begin Sun day, August 12, at Mount Pleas ant Baptist church. Rev. A. W. iSlier, pastor, will be assisted by Rev. Gilbert Osborne. Services wUl'be held at 10:30 a. m. and »;16 p. m- All are invited to at tend. A two-weeks Bible school, in ■(Thlch much Interest Is being shown, Is now in progress at Mount Pleasant. V Revival services begin today at Piney Ridge Baptist church and will continue throughout the week. Rev. Glenn Huffman, pas tor, will be assisted by Rev. Ar thur Parsons, and services will be held at 11 a. m. and 8:30 p. m. The public Is cordially invited to attend. V ^— Shady Grove Home Sgt. Jay Anderson Will Be Presented In Organ Recital Bgt. Jay Anderson will be pre sented In an organ recital Wed nesday evening, eight o'clock, at the First Baptist church. The public Is cordially Invited. Sgt. Anderson, son of Mrs. An nie Anderson, of this city, is now home on furlough from the army. V S.Sgt. Wooten Is Declared Dead; Missing A Year McKinley Church, 17-year-old son of Mr, and Mre. Wiley Church of the Purlesr commu nity, was killed Instantly Sunday afternoon when the car which be was riding ran off the highway 421 ten miles weet of the city. Walter Huffman^ 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Huff man, of Purlear, was driving the car. He was badly hurt and is a patient at the Wilkes hospital. Bgt. A. H. Clark, of the high way patrol Investigated the acci dent, said he was Informed that the boy driving the car had taken It where his father had parked It at a baptising service^ and that ho was driving the car without his father’s permission. Sgt. Clark said there was evidence that the car was traveling at a high rate of speed when It left the road, over turned and struck a tree. The Church youth was killed Instant ly. The accident occurred about 4:3U p. m. McKinley cnurch was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Church. Sur viving are bis parents and the fol lowing brotners and sisters: Will, Ernest, Owyn, Roy, Dora Belle, Bly and Wilma Jean Church, at home; Miss F’ay Church, Tree- top; and Mrs. Winnie Howell, West Jefferson. F'uneral services will be held lliesday, two o’clock, at Patton’s Ridge church. Rev. Noah Beshears will conduct the service. ▼ V V Wilkes county school system needs a capital outlay expendi ture Of 11.118,181. C. B. Eller county superintendent, said Fri day in addresses before the North WUkeseboro Klwanls and Lions Clubs. Mere timh 1,000 afcTdanes of Admiral Halsey's (c^r) 3rd ^ Her force, which started sped up attacks aytot TiAyo Midterrl^. Carrier Commander Vico Adm. John 8. M^aln Gerald Bogan (right) were responslWe and flgnre >””****“^ ” ,* latest devastation of Japan. They are shown aboard sUp somowfaero to the Paolflo. John Joines Makes Real Estate Deals staff Sergeant B. K. Wooten, Jr., who had been reported miss ing since July 16, 1944, has been declared dead by the War depart- men as of July 19, 1945. S-Sgt. Wooten, age 21, was a son of Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Woot en, former residents of the Cycle community, now residing near Yadklnvllle. He entered service In February, 1943, and was over seas four months before being reported missing. He was a gun ner and assistant engineer on a bomber which did not return to Its base in England from a flight over France. Nothing was learned about the fate of the crew. Recroiter Here Seeking Waves TWO thongasd .Wkro'dBUattuatti fimndit^Twal Surviving S-Sgt. Wooten are his Coming' August 12 parents and the following broth- 1 ers and sisters; Pvt. Harvey Lee Home coming day will be ob served at Shady Grove Baptist church, near Brown's Ford, on Sunday, August 12. An all day program, including dinner ■ at noon, has been planned for the occasion and all are Invited to at tend. V pw month la the of the Navy Recruiting Service, according to Navy Rocrulter J. E. Huffman, who this week resumed his regular weekly trips to this area Oil Wednesdays with head quarters at the North Wilkesboro postofUce. More than eighty thousand WAVES have Just celebrated the third anniversary of this Import ant part of the Navy, according to the recruiter. As a consequence of the Inevitable casualties from the Pacific at least one thousand of the new WAVE recruits will be assigned and trained to take care of these wounded men. Young women from 20-36 without de pendents under 18 and possessing two years of high school training or better are needed immediately Wooten, In the Marine corps in | jm ranks. Application Kyle Hayes Buys Lot On 9th Street .attorney Kyle Hayes has pur chased from L. Vyne a lot 50 by 1Z5 feet located adjacent to the alley on the west side of Ninth street between C and D streets. The deal transferring owner ship of the valuable lot was com pleted last week. V Eastern Star Meet Wilkes Chapter, No. 42, of the Eastern Star will meet Thursday evening^ August 9, 7:30 p. m. ! V the Pacific; Hubert and Clay Wooten, at home; Mrs. Arvll Swisher, Camp Gordon, Ga.; An na Lee, Helen and Hazel Wootea, at home. V Army Air Forces In Need Stenographers Mrs. Bonnie Williams will hq at the Employment Service office here August 9 through il to In terview persons interested In po sitions as stenographers and ty pists In Washington, D. C. Mrs. Williams will offer positions with the army air forces. V LAND-BASED PLANES STRIKE JAP AIRFIELDS a1 gust Session •Of Court Begins 00' August term of Wilkes superior opened In WUkaoboro to- Wlth Judge Wm. H. Bobblt, M OBorlotto, preoldlng. More-than 160 criminal cases art poBdlng trial In the two-weeks taho. Solicitor Avalon B. Hall Is prooeeutlng the docket. -V- protoots are pfiag made In 8. against paying MU fof pHiMron tn arms on air Unan. Uuam.—one hundred Super- F'ortresses struck at three impor tant Japanese Industrial cities on Honshu last night a few hours after waves of land-based bombers and fighters attacked airfields In the Tokyo area and on Kyushu, Tokyo reported today. TUe B-29 target cities were Identified by the enemy as Mae- blsbt, Takasakl and Shlubukwwa, north of Tokyo. The raid began at J.0 p. m. Sunday (Tokyo lime) and lasted until midnight. Of these three M.aebaphi had been warned by leaflet Aug. 1 that It would be fire-bombed Into obUvlon. Tokyo said the B-29’s “flea" at midnight. There was no immediate oonfirmation of the ralil from 20th U. S. Air Force headquarters. CHINESE ARMY MAKING PUSH FORLIRGLING blanks are available each Wednes day and all qualified applicants are asked to see the recruiter on Wednesdays. While enlistment of seventeen- year-olds Is curreiitly at a de creased tempo, applications are still being taken, according to the recruiter. Still needed are seven teen-year-olds and men of draft age who have passed pre-induc tion examinations to qualify for the Navy's radarmen. The Eddy qualifying test Is given each week to young men seeking this inter esting training In the Navy. John H. Joines has purchased from J. U. Johnson the residence known as the W. J. Palmer house, which is located on Fifth street, and the deal also included about nine acres of pasture land east of the Baptist cemetery In this city. Mr. and Mrs. Joines will move soon from their home on highway 18 at the city limits to the fifth street residence. Mr. Joines has also purchased from Mina John son a nine-room residence on E street opposite the high school building V Robert Phillips, Hit By Car Here, Dies Of Injuries School Dentist Now Working In Cowaty Dr. Koonce, school dentist will be working at three schools In Wilkes during the next two weeks. His appointments follow: Pleasant Ridge. August 6 aud 7: Mulberry, Angast 3-14; Roaring River, August 16-17. V Wilkesboro Churches Holding Union Meets The Baptist, Presbyterian and Methodist churches of Wilkesboro are holding union services each Sunday evening during this month. Last night, a large congre gation assembled tor the first ser vice at the Presbyierlan church, which has been newly painted on the Interior, and renovated com pletely on the outside. Rev, Louis J. yelanjlan, the pastor, deliv ered a forceful message. Next Sunday evening^ the un ion service will be held at the Baptist church with Rev. Howard J. F’ord, the pastor, doing the preaching, and the third Sunday evening union service win take place at the Methodist church, with the pastor, Rev. J. O. Ervin, doing the preaching. All members of the various churches and all other people of the town and surrounding com munities are cordially Invited to attend these union services. Blue Grass Quadruplet Calves ■»«. Robert Phillips, eleven-year-old boy, struck by a car on Main street In North Wilkesboro Thurs day noon, died Friday at four a m., at the Wilkes Hospital. Robert’s legs were broken and his body was crushed when he was hit and run over by a oar driven by Shelly Bynum, local colored man. The accident hap pened when the boy entered Main street between Fourth and Fifth streets. The car driven by Bynum was traveling west. of 12,500 on a charge of man slaughter following the Phillips boy's death. Officers who Investi gated the accident said that the car drived by Bynum did not have adequate brakes for stopping un der normal conditions and^that be was driving at a rate of speed greater than that allowed by the state. Robert was a son of Mrs. L. P. Phillips, of this city, and the late Mr. Phillips. Surviving are his mother,, one sister and brother, Mrs. Frank Henderson, of Pana ma City, Fla., and Clyde Phillips, of North Wilkesboro. Funeral service was held at Union Methodist church Saturday at '2 p. m. V Wilkes Office Of Civilian Defense Is Comuiended Chunking. — Chinese troops battling to liberate the former u! 8. air base at Llngllng, have en circled strategic Tajpungkang, .a communique said yesterday, while to the northeast the two power-' ful Japanese columns, neared a Junction In China’s rice bowl area.' in a series of hammer blows that crushed resistance and cleared a 6U-mile stretch of the Kwellln-Hengyans railroad. Gen- eraUsslmo Chlang Kal-shok’s troops placed the strong, eneaiy garrison at TaJnngklang under siege. Tajungklang is 60 air miles northeast of Kweiiyi and 86 miles from Llngllng. ^ Meanwhile, two other Chinese columns battled toward Llngllng ana one force was reported a few miles from Tnngan, 24 miles west of the former air base city. This unit threatened to cut the enemy’s escape route toward Hengyang Another spearhead reportedly drove*’east toward Chnanhslen, 49 • S' jm. Wilkes county office of Civil ian Defense has received from Governor Gregg Cherry a certlfi- oate of commendation for excel lent services rendered since the office was established. The certificate for the chapter was received by Judge J. A. Rousseau, chapter chairman. The chapter served efficiently In pre paredness preparations during the early part of the war and participated In several war effort projects. ihe chapter is inactive hat the organization will be retained for public service In event of any typo emergency. . V MacARTHUR LISTS 4,740 JAPS KlUED UMe Eve Is the frond mother st fihithplets bora tts term s( 6. IK Lnoas near DyWrKy. UMe Eve Is soly I and her mues southwest of LingUng, after SyoansM. Bote are f«e bred Berefsrd steek. The evert it finadts^lote bMtmg tsek. off a vlelona eounterat- ManilA—Small fjrceS of Japa- nese, desperately reeistlug the American cleanup Lnsoiu coun terattacked at tw^ ~ on S Thursday, Friday and iitnrday. . It was dlBclosed tfiday, but all were beaten back and one com pany was annihilated in'another operation. During the week 4,740 Japa nese dead were counted and 444 pruoners were taken, ralsinK ene my casualties tor tho satin JAU- Ipplnes campaign to ddUfOlTrcisn- eral MaeArthnr’s wmmtuiiana an nounced American oasnalttes for the week wsro/placsd af'ST-deM and 61 wonndsd. .V- nmsag oattle is as IN,Ntbirtes. Photo shews metesr and sr aboat mos hi ovary are dolsf wan. Lass than fO per cent of Portu gal's homes now Imts alsotrldty. Bnpt. Eller, who addreseed the Klwanls club at noon and the Lions club In the evening, listed 22 schools In need of buildings, additional furnishings and equip ment, with a total estimated cost Of 11,021,631. In addition to buildings and equipment, he sta ted that purchase of 52 buses at a cost of 3796,660 was needed to carry out the program. North Wilkesboro city schools need a capital outlay of 3260,000 for a building, additions and equip ment. This esUmate Is not Includ ed in the county total. The speaker pointed out that there are 60 schools in the Wilkes county system, ranging from one to 30 teachers each. There are 54 white schools and six colored. The enrollment last year was 8,905^ whlch'does not Include ap proximately 1,000 In the North Wilkesboro system. Seventy buses operate a total of 2,362 miles dally, transporting 4,859 chil dren. He also pointed out that nine central schools need voca tional agriculture and home eco nomics teachers, and that other personnel needs include a rural supervisor, maintenance super visor and full time attendance of ficer, the total cost of the instruc tional and supervisory personnel being estimated at 324,960 year ly for the county’s part. out that among the 100 counties in amount of conty funds expended per capita for schools, the amount being 36.55 and Ashe and Yancey counties being the only ones below Wilkes, Wilson tops the list with 337.97 ind the state average is 314.98. Snpt. Eller In a comprehensive bulletin listing school needs named the following schools in need of new buildings or addi tions, furniture and equipment: Wilkesboro, Boomer, Brushy Mountain, Ferguson, Moravian F’ails, Somers, Mount Pleasant, MUler's Creek, Cricket, Union 'rownshtp, Mulberry, Falrplalns, Mountain View, Traphlll, Austin, Konda, Benham, Cllngman, Pleas ant Hill, Pleasant Ridge, Roaring River and Lincoln Heights. At the Klwanls meeting Rev. Howard F’ord made a report of the Division HI meeting held In High Point last Friday evening at which time 275 Klwanians and guests from tho ten clubs assem bled for the annual meeting, ten members having attended from this club.. He made mention of the hon ors and distinctions that have been given to the North Wllkes- boro Club during the past year. He exhibited three certificates that were awarded to this club by Lt. Gov. Nat Harrison as fol lows: 1. The Lt. Governor’s Award for having fulfilled membership quo ta for the first quarter of the year. 2. The International Presi dent’s award for 1944 for having achieved the membership goal. 3. Award from Klwanls Inter national to Andrew F. Kilby In recognition of Ms leadership as president of the club in 1944. Uueets were as follows; Lieut. Chambers with P. B. Forester; H. O. Waddell, of Burlington, with K. B. Gibbs; Maj. Richard John ston with W. J. Caroon; •Cpl. Gor don OgUvle, with J. W. Leyshon, C. H. Lackey, of Blkln, with Robt. 8. Gibbs; Elton L. Klrksey, of Greensboro,'^ with H. H. More- bonse; l. J.iBroyhUl, D. F. Shep herd end E. R. Ghnrch, with C. B. EUer.'B. W. Smith, of L«nolr, was a vlalting Klwanlan. The Lions program was In charge of Presley Myers snd Wm. T. X4>ng, who Introduced Snpt, MUer. Guests et the meeting were: Mrs. C. B; BU>r and Mrs. Wm. T, Long, with Wm. T. Long; terry Moore, of Oreeulboro, with AUle Hayes; Mrs. Boyd Stout end lA. Walter call, with Boyd Stout; Ma^r Hlcberd Johnston, with o. E. Jenkins, Jr.; Mr. Slorgna, of JOknsoB city, Twin., with W. A. Herdtstor. seventy million tons of odfgo pesMd teroniM Llrerpool, Eng- WMK doeki dwtat the war. /
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