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Dr. StHlwy To Speiker $e^ 2 Union Services Especially For College Students Is Planned By Churches. Ur. William A. SUnbury, pas tor of Centenary Methodist church In Winston-Salem, will be the speaker at a “College Night" union service of the churches In the Wllkesboros, to be held at the First Baptist church, In this city, on Sunday, September 2, 8 p. m. The union service Is being planned especially for college stu dents of this community, who will be seated In a body at the'service. Their parents are especially urged to attend. Music will be by e e combined choirs of the particl- tlng churches. Ur. Stanbury is a former pro fessor at the Duke Divinity school and is particularly fitted to brijJl a message to the college students. -H^ccidents Rise Over Week-End Kaleigh, Aug. 30.—Col. H. J. Hatcher, head of the North Caro lina highway patrol, said today that Incomplete reports indicated that there was a “sharp Increase” In the number of highway acci dents during the first week-end of ration-free gasoline. At least two persons were killed. They were Nelson Bradsher Boyd. 7, of Oxford, and Benjamin F. Dick, 31, negro, of near Greens boro. Col. Hatcher said that there were 26 highway accidents during the previous week-end which re sulted In the deaths of three per sons. He added that, on the basis of present reports for the past week-end, the number of accidents may have Increased by more than 50 per cent. -V- Joel F. Mathis Is Claimed By Death ^oal K. MathU, well-known cltl- of New Castle township, died Tuesday at his home. Funeral service was hell today, 2 p. m., at Bethel church. Revs. .Martin Luflman, R. J. Pardue. D. G. Reece and F. L. Powers con ducted the service. Mr. Mathis, age 63, is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary L. Mathis, and the following sons and daughters: Paul Mathis. Boon- vllle: .Mrs. Charlie Jones, jones- vUle; Mrs. Felix Swaim, Cycle; Miss .Mary Lou Mathis, Junior Mathis and Miss Edna Mae Math is, Jonesvllle. -V William H. Wilson ^ - Funeral Wednesday Last rites were conducted Wed nesday at Knobbs church for Wil liam H. Wilson, 91-year-old citi zen of the Traphlll community, •who died Monday. Rev. Grant Uothren conducted thte funeral service. Surviving are the following sons and daughters: Robert W. Wilson, Moravian Fails; Mrs. Kizzle Anderson, John Wilson, Mrs. -Nancy Caudill and Thomas Wilson, of Traphill; and Hardin Wilson, of Benham. Another Shipment Of Lambs Aug. 31 Another cooperative shipment of lambs will be made from tbe marketing center here August 31. K. S. Curtis, of the marketing di vision of the State Department of Agriculture, said today. Ijambs from Watauga county will arrive at the yards at the r&Uroad here on August 31, and ■will be shipped out September 1. Mr. Curtis called attention to the fact that farmers In other coun ties In this section of the state may Dring their lambs to North WUkesboro on August 31 and Uiey will be Included in the Au- 31 group. [oliness Revival To Begin Sunday Rerivai services will begin Sun- lay, August 26, at the Pentecostal UUnees church on Sixth street. *6 pastor, Kev. J. L. Honeycutt, rill be assisted by Rev. Joe Coohe, (f Francisco, N. C. The public Is lordlally invited to attend. -V Clno Citta. once Rome’s movie olony, Is now being used to house mr refugees. Bach of its 60 sta le houses 1,500 persons. Will Speak Hen ' '4- ■ %... DR. WM. A. STANBUBT. 1,4000,000 TO BE RELEASED FROM SERVICE Washington.-^Army authorities disclosed last night that the army air forces, now 2,300,000 strong, will discharge .more than 1,400,- 000 men within the next year un der a demobilization program now being placed into effect. Discharges will reach a peak of 150,000 men a month, whittling personnel down to 600,000 In a year’s time and to about 700,000 men thereafter as conditions per mit. Airmen with individual high points scores who are now over seas will be replaced by others with equal training but lower point scores or by volunteers. Officers will be eligible for re lease on scores ranging from 26 to 70 when their services are no longer required. A score of 86 was set for flight officers, 42 for second lieutenants, 66 for first lieutenants, and 70 for captains and officers of higher rani. Enlisted men require 85 points for discharge, -while members of the Women's Army CoiTs will be eligible it they have 44 points. V Surrender Plans Are Mapped Out Manila.—General Douglas Mac- Arthur announced today he would enter Japan next Tuesday, weath er permitting, with powerful Al lied sea and air landings, and the formal surrender document will be slgiftd three days later in the Tokyo area. The supreme Allied commander of occupation forces also an nounced details of the precise In structions sent the Japanese for evacuating key areas, dis&rtning ships and coastal defenses and providing direct assistance to the landing forces. In his midnight announcement to correspondents, MacArthur said that members of the Japanese Im perial General Staff had been alerted to be on hand 6 a. m. "D" Day (5 p. m. Monday, U. S. eastern war time) to meet the Allied commander for immediate settlement of occupational prob lems. .V .SRAMAN CONNEB OWENS UNDERGOES OPERATION Seaman hirst Class Cotnde Ow ens, who has been with the navy on Saipan, recently underwent an operation there but is getting along fine, according to a letter to his wife, the former Mias Grace Church. V Ceiling Prices On Apples Are Better ThanOn ’44 Crop Celling prtces on apples sure higher this jaar, Carl B. VanDe- man, orchard research specialist, said today. The celling price set by the UFA for orchardists is about 63.38 per fifty-pound bushel of tree-run apples, as compared to 62.86 last year. For a 65-ponnd bushel the ceiling is 63.04. Commenting on crop pros pects, Mr. VanDeman said that the crop Is “Irregular” this year, •with some of the Brushy Moun tain orchards with a normal crop and others •without any substan tial quantity of apples. Practical ly the entire crop in nortbwestr em North Carolina this year Is confined to the thermal belt on the Bmshles and the entire crop In other orchards was destroyed by the late April freese. DroipOf,38Mei Sent Wednesday For ExamhatioR Selective Service board nnm-= ber 2 yesterday sent 38 men to Fort Bragg for examination prior to induction into the army and navy. KecBntly the board received orders that no men over 26 are to be inducted except in case of volunteers. Tbe list of men sent yeeterday follows: Manuel Worth Blacktmrn. Imndy Foy Kennedy. Warren Harding Hendren. Haveratte Edgar Shepherd. Arl Blaine Cot^eiham. James Thomas Dancy. Walter Bangnss. Regg!ie Hall Barlow. James Robert Banguess. Johnnie Hillard Elledge. James Presley Elledge. Billy CUfton Anderson. Charlie Theodore R. Brooks. William Walton Brewer. Keaster Junior Bnrdiette. Walton McLain Jtdinson. Gerald Dwight DlUler. Sylvester Benton. T. C. MlUer. Raymond Sparks. J. T. Olondi. Junior Wyatt. Clifford Narlls Lowe, liloyd Krgle Absher. Ray Hampton Wyatt. Thomas Wake Brinegar. Alidionso VinGunt Hall, Jr. Roby William Rose. Walter Jones Jester. Curtis Jean Shepherd. Lester Bruce Clonch. Dewey Prevotte. Barney Calvin Shumate. William Boyce Brown. Clarence Clay Palider. ^OUR BOYS CPL. GEORGE YALE RECEIVES DISCBLAROE Cpl. George Yale received an honorable dischargu horn the anuy. at Fort. Bragg, and -la new making his home with his wife and relatives here. PPO. ESHEUHAN AT FT. LEONARD WOOD Pfc. P. W. Eshelman, Jr., who served In Europe and was recent ly home on furlough, has reported to H. Leonard Wood, Mo., where he is now stationed. Pfc. Eshel man is a son of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Eshelman, of this city. PFC. JAMES D. MINTON NOW IN PHILIPPINES Luzon, P. 1.—^Pfc. James D. Minton, whose wife resides at 616 North Morgan street, Shelby, has arrived In tbe Philippines and is on duty with Maj. Gen. Frederick Gilbreath’s Army Service Com mand headquarters. Pfc. Minton entered the army in September, 1942, and has been overseas since May, 1943. Before his recent transfer to Luzon, he was stationed with the army’s South Facltlc headquarters in New Caledonia. Pfc. Minton is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Minton, of North WUkesboro. A brother, Raymond Minton, served overseas with the army and has received his dis charge. ALLEN BROTHERS HOME FROM OVERSEAS SERVICE St. Sgt. Ottle W. Allen Is home on furlough after 34 months’ ser vice overseas with the Ninth and 'ivelfth Air Corps. Seaman First- Class Grover H. Allen, who has been in service -with the Pacific fleet for 14 months, is also home. The Alien brothers are sons of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Allen, of Fer guson. After their visit with their parents, Ottle will report to a rest camp in Florida, and Grover will report at San Francisco for fur ther duty. S.-SOT. JAMES 0. NIOHOIB AX FDRT OGLETHORPE Army Ground and Service For ces Redistribution Center, Fort Oglethorpe. Qa.—S.-Sgt. James E. Nichols, grandson of Mrs. Ida Nichols, route one, WIHfeaboro, N. C., is currently stationed at the Redistribution Station, where he will spend two months before re porting to his new assignment In the United States. Sgt. Nichols was returned re cently to the United States after having served seven months In the European Theatre of Operations, where he served as a squad leader In the Infantry. He holds the Good Conduct Medal, Combat Infantry man’s Badge, the Merltonons Unit Award and the European Theatre of Operations Ribbon with two campaign stars. Home From Oversea& . ^ :sW Pfc. Horace W. KBby, son of Mrs. Prudle Kilby, of New Hope, has returned to the Stat^ after 16 months in the European theater. He fought in the second division through Germany and into Ozedioslovo- Ua. At the end of his SO-day furlough, Angnst 2S, he will report to Camp Swift, Texas. REDS WIN BASES OR PACIFIC, LOST IR1905 London. — Russian air-borne troops landed In the American- bombed Kurile Islands west of the Aleutians yesterday In an un expected Sky-Jump while other parachutists reoccupled the his toric Pacific ports of Darien and Port Arthur—40 years after Rus sia lost them to Japan. Soviet paratroops dropped from the skies as Russian broadcasts reported that Moscow’s Far East ern armies had captured and in terned Henry Pu-Yl, 28-year-old puppet emperor of enemy-spon sored Manchukuo (Manchuria). Port Arthur and Dairen, on the leaned. ^ Dtaifehxn’C" li^ 'km». 'Cfdai^T They represented ctarist Russia’s farthest expansion In her search for warm water outlets for her land and Ice-locked empire. Victory Dance Here Friday, August 31st Wilkes post of the American Le gion Is sponsor of a Victory Dance to be held Friday, August 31, at the American Legion and Auxil iary club house. •Music ■will be furnished by a col ored orchestra from Lenoir and an enjoyable occasion Is anticipa ted. Men or women In uniform will be admitted free. Now In Germany list Boy Smt Sei^ OtS CpL Harold McNdll, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. O. McNelU, of Ferguson, Is In OeRna:Dy, He has been overseas 18 months and has been in five countries. He was awarded the good con duct medal. Recent letters home stated he was getting along fine. RATION NEWS MEATS AND FA’TS. Red Stamps: Q2, R2, 82, T2, U2, expire August SI; V2, 'W2, X2, 22, '6t, expire September 80; Al, Bl, Cl, Dl, El, expire Oo- tober SI; FI, 01, HI, J7, Kl, expire November SO. SUGAR; Sugar stamp No. 16 good for live pounds^ expiree August 81. . L. M. Nelson, ohalrman of the Wilkes District Boy Scont Court of Honor and Review today an nounced the list of Boy Scout counselors for passing merit bad- gee. Any Scout who deelres to pass a merit other than those listed, will contact L. M. Nelson, chair man of the Board of Review and Uourt of Honor for the Wilkes District, and a special Counselor will be assigned him. It Is urged that all Boy Scouts clip this list of Counselors and keep It for future references. Scouts should telephone or make an appointment •with the Counselors so that the examina tion will snit the convenience of the Connselors. It la hoped that all Counselors will be very thorough In their ex amination of the Scouts. A Merit Badge pamphlet Is available on each of the merits listed and each Counselor may buy one of them. The price Is five cents each and can be secured through L. M. Nelson or direct from the Old Hickory Council, Boy Scouts of America, Winston-Salem, N. C. The list of Counselors follows; Agriculture, Paul Church andi Bob Smith; angling. Judge J. A. Rousseau or J. E. Justice, Jr.; animal industry. Dr. M. G. Ed wards and Frank Tomlinson; architecture, S. P. Mitchell and C. D. Coffey, Jr.; art, M«. Wil liam Carrington and Mrs. L. B. Dula; astronomy, W. C. Grier; athletics, W. J. Bason or any high school physical director; antomo- billng, A. F. Kilby and Joe Bar ber; avlaUon, Richdkd Johnston and Charles Day; bird study, Mrs. T. B. Finley and M. J. Beardslee; bookbinding, D. J. Carter or any high school librarian; bugling, J. D. Schaefer and T. G. Mc Laughlin; business, P. W. Eshel man and R. G. Finley; camping, R. S. Gibbs, Jr., A. A. Sturdivant rMwi oarpimtrjr,-Gor don Finley; chemistry, L. M. Nel son or any high, school science teacher; civics, T. E. Story, W, U. Halfacre or any high school civics teacher; conservation, Sta ton Mclver; cooking, J. B. Mc Coy, Paul Cragan and T. E. Story; cycling, R. S. Gibbs, Jr.; dairying, Archie Hege and Bob Smith; dramatics, Mrs. R. G. Fin ley; electricity, H. T. Clark and Sherman Anderson; farm home and It’s planning, Mrs. Paul Greene and Bob Smith; farm me chanics, Paul Vestal and Sam V/lnters; farm records and book keeping, Paul Church and Paul Vestal; firemanshlp, J. T. Ken- erly and Carl Bullis; first aid, H. F. Bauknight, Mrs. W. C. Grier and Paul Osborne; first aid to ani mals, Dr. J. W. Willis and Dr. M. G. Edwards: forestry, P. M. Wil liams or any authorized fire war den; fruit culture, Carl VanDe man; gardening, R. G. Hodges and P. M. Williams; handicraft, parent of Scout; leathercraft, R. S. Gibbs, Jr., and Paul Clontz; leather work, T. G. Flexlco; life saving, any senior Red Cross life saver; machinery. B- G. Finley; metal work, Fred Finley; music, any high school music teacher; path- finding, Chief John Walker and SgL H. T. Clark; personal health, Mrs. W. I. Bason or any doctor or registered nurse; public health, any doctor or registered nurse; public speaking. Dr. David Brown ing or any pastor; reading. Rev. A. C. Waggoner or any pastor; pioneering, Ivey Moore and Paul Cashlon; pottery, Claude Kenne dy: poultry keeping, John Ly- shon and Glenn Daney; safety. Chief John Walker or any police officer; salesmanship, R. E. Gibbs and C. J. Swofford, scholarship, any high school principal; stamp collecting, Mrs. S. P. Mitchell; swimming, Charles Sink or any Red Cross 4Ife saver; woodcarv ing, Dr. J. 8. Ddtns; woodturn ing, W. A. Bums; woodwork, Dr. H. B. Smith and Carl Bnllls; tex tiles, Hoyle M. Hutchens; survey ing. S. P. Mitchell: soU manage ment, Bob Smith; signaling, Ivey Moore; sheep farming. Bob Smith; reptile study, R. G. Fin ley; radio, Ralph Duncan; plumb ing, B. A. Shook; physical devel opment, any high school physical director; pigeon raising, P. M. WUUams; painting, Mrs. John Leyshon; mechanical drawing. Bob Jones; masonry, Scott Ken- erly; markmanshlp, Richard John ston: landscape gardening, Archie Ogllvle; journalism, Dwight Nich ols. WiU Have In Office Of Ikes County Agent. Pfc. Moeee P. Rlchardsou, son of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Rich ardson, of Honda, is now on Luzon. Pfc, Richardson en tered service in August last year and was in training at Port Bragig, Port Jackson and In Arkansas before going over seas In Febmary. SHOES: Alrpbtne stamps Mos. 1, 8, S, 4, now good. Mr. B. 6. Tugmau, of North Wilkeeboro, route ona, under went an operation at a Salisbury boMtltal Wednesday and Is recov ering. SoRball Title Series Te Begin Tuesday Starting A t 6:30 Beginning Tuesday, August 28, North WUkesboro First Baptist and Wilkeeboro will play a “little world series" of four best out of seveen for the softball champion ship of the churches’ le^rue. The team of the First Baptist church won the first half champ ionship and a lively WUkesboro team came from behind in the last half of tbe schedule to take the flag and call for a championship playoff. Games will be alternated be tween the Smoot Park field In North WUkesboro and the Wllkes- boro athletic field. The games are scheduled for 6:30 p. m. and all fans are Invited. aU-attf team hm '^•daea- day afternoon defeated Sparta softball team in two splendid games. The first game resulted in a ten to six victory for North WUkesboro and the local all-star outfit also took the second half of the double bill 1 to 0. The sec ond game developed into a pitch ers’ duel between Dotson for North WUkesboro and Green for Sparta. V Many Local People At Doughton Rites Funeral service for Rufus A. Dougnton, prominent nortnwestern North Carolina citizen, who died Friday at his home at Sparta, was held at Sparta Sunday morning. Mr. Doughton, a former lieuten ant governor and highway chair man. was president of the North western Bank. Those from the bank’s home of fice here attending the funeral were U. V. Deal, cashier; N. B. Smlthey and C. A. Lowe, direc tors; J. H. Pearson, J. R. Prev- ette and George Forester, of the local board of managers. Others from the Wllkesboros Included Mr. Mack MUler, Mr. J. H. Rous seau, Mr. J. E. Walker, Mr. W. J. Caroon, Mr. W. C. Prevette, Mrs. C. A. Lowe, Mrs. N. B. Smlthey, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Doughton, Mr. R. W. Gwyn, S.-Sgt. and Mrs. W. Blair Gwyn, Judge Johnson J. Hayes, J. G. Hackett and Avery Waddell, D. F. Shepherd, of Pnr- lear, and B. P. Staley, of Reddles River. V Three Are Hrid For Larceny Of Parts From Cars Three young men have been bound to superior court on char gee of taking parts and acces sories from automobiles In North WUkesboro, Police Chief J. B. Walker said today. James JBarl Trlvett, John Al len Johnson and Paris Kilby, •who Uve west of this city, com pose the trio charged with * number of thefts. Chlsf Walker said that headlight rlmo, fog lights and other automobile ac- ceesorles were found In their possession. Police have received numer ous reimrts of thefts In North WUkesboro and are working on clues which may lead to addi tional arrests. '' •V- Mrs. J. O. Thomas, of Southern Pines, Is here for an extmided vis it with her sister, Mrs. C. P. Wal ter. Building Home Dancy Child Dies John F. Ford has been appoint ed farm forester by the Agrlcul- tnral Extension Service of State College. Mr. Ford will serve the wnkasbooo area, comprised of Alexander, Wilkes, Surry and Yadkin counties. He replaces Mac- key B. Bryan, who resigned to ac cept an appointment with the Appalachian Forest Experiment Station. Mr. Ford is a graduate of the New York State College of For estry, Syracuse, N. Y. He comes to North Carolina from Baxley, Ga., where he was employed for spveral years by the Union Bag & I^per Co. He and Mrs. Ford ar rived at WUkesboro on August 16, and he is rapidly getting acquaint ed with the farmers and timber operators -within the area. He will make his headquarters in the of fice of County Agent R. D. Smith, WUkesboro, and will work through and with the cooperation of the county agents In the four counties. Timber oimers wishing the serevlces of Mr. Ford should contact their county agent and make application. When the farm forestry pro gram was started in the Wllkes- boro area, it was limited in scope, largely to tbe marketing of farm timber to help in meeting the war effort. The Agricultural Extension Service announces: "Now that the war is over, the farm forestry pro gram is being broadened to In clude all phases of farm forestry work, such as forest planttog, timber thinning and stand im provement. The war has called heavily on the forest resources of this area. Our forest owners need to begin rebnlldlng their forests. Mr. Ford Is here to help you in developing these forests and plamning a sys- to maintain a con- tlBBons flow of forest products to market. Jersey Sale To Be Wilkesboro 30th Of special interest to dairy far mers in this area is the registered Jersey heifer and bull sale sched uled to be held at Wllkeaboro on August 30th. The North Carolina Jersey Cattle Club and the North Carolina Extension Service are jointly sponsoring this sale and they have secured highly desirable animals. Fifteen Jersey heifers, averaging about twelve months of age, have been consigned by Bllt- more Farms, of Asheville, and four from Mr. Hoyle Griffin’s fine herd of Monroe, N. C, There will also be tbree bulls in the sale. Two of these bulls are from Bllt- more Farms and one Is from Mor- rocroft FUrm at Charlotte, N. C. Several of these heifers will be suitable for 4-H Club work and Future Farmers of America pro jects. All of them will be good foundations for a pure-bred herd. Tbe sale •will be held at the WUkesboro High school play grounds and is scheduled to be gin at 12:30 p. m. Should further Information concerning the sale be desired, contact B. B. Broome, field rep resentative, Coble Dairy Products, Inc., WUkesboro, N. C. V G. K. Andrews has begun con struction of an eight-room resi dence of highway 18 In Finley Park opposite the Legion and AuxlUary club house. The resi dence Is to be of brick and tile construction. V iTie two-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Dancy, of this city, died Monday end funeral service was held Tuesday at Pleasant Grove church. Surviving are the father and mother and five brothers and sisters; Nora, John nie, Claude, Bin and Maynard Dancy. V Byrd Reunion 16th IEM .ByiG jEaaallF rannlon 'wUI be held Sunday, September 16,at J. M. Byrd’s old home place. All are- invited and with well-filled baakete for the plenlc dlnuM-. y — Pvt. and Mra. Howard Hendren, of Hlgli‘ PMnt, irere raesnt vW- ton in the home of Mra. Hen- drea’A mother, Hn. c. D. Harris, at Morsvm fMlki. A MfeMiiMiiikiiiii '■'.'itiJti. iUi
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