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uiiHiiiiiii d KJ,' k^^Vv!.::5v^^.y^ vV ' man- (iad in'ft MBtfaufrt ••■ ntll'^ft ifttltoim ftSMBBt mr ia fftlaad fftr «nc(iaft ti •4U T. M. C. A. bftOdfau: Imt* ftNar th* totr. Lead ft knd I to we R thMftgkt THE JOURNAIrPATWOT HAS PT-ATimn THE TRAHi OF PBOORESS IN THE “STATE OF WILKES” FOE- OVER 88 YEARS IsM ift ML the fint Av w U mtiMMt ihft MMIP t# ivciibib'Mi paid Ift ftdTftftcft. ^ XXXX. NO. 33. Published MondftTs ThurMlfty*^ NORTH WILKESBORO, W. C.. THURSDAY, AUG. 30, 194S Wftdch Yftmr UMr^aep T' Paid In Aduaaea Ui WHketboro StiHMisWiHOpeii IlMriay Moraing Faculty Complete With b- oeption Of Bible Teach er; Manship Coach. North WHkesboro schools will open Monday, September 3, 8:30 ft. m. Shpt. Paul S. Cragan said to day that books will be Issued on opening day and the full sched ule of classes will be carried out. First grade students are asked to rwort to one of the first grade rooms On the first floor of the elementary building. Other stu dents will go to the rooms they occupied last yew, where they will receire their room assign Its for the coming term. Students entering grades two In Louisiana IflttWMIiVII*******************^ Vi' ■^o five for the first term are ;ed to, report to the audltor- 1. tijbe asked lum. 'rhjbe entering grades six to 12 and who were not North Wllkesboro students last year should report to the office. High Jtl students who desire to enter the school or to change schedule are asked to call at the office Friday, August 31. High school students are asked to be prepared Monday to pay book rental fees. Cafeterias will be open in both schoos Monday and students are asked to buy lunch tickets if they wish to use the school cafe terias. Snpt. Cragan has called atten tion to the fact that aU school children are required by laws passed by a recent session of the legislature to be yacclnated against smallpox and diphtheria Students must produce evidence that they have had these vacci nations. The school faculties are now complete with the exception of Bible teacher, and every effort is being .jade to secure a Bible teacher by school opening date. The faculty was listed today as folloira: Sle^ft^ry: Cora B. Ingram, rr'nftP*w Yoder Prieii, Btta Tunier, Mrs. Susie H. Williams, Marie Halgwood, Ruby Black- bum, Hazel Taylor, Mabel Hen- dren, Lucille Young, Myra Sale, Myrtle Tuttle, Nona Gordon and Sarah Pearson. High School: Mrs. Elizabeth L. Horton, Mrs. Ena A. Taylor, Mrs. Vivian R. Morris, Mrs. Em ma R. Day, Inez Wilson, Mary Spear, Etva Bingham and Charles N. Manshlp. Negro Elementary School: Principal, Samuel O. Jones, James R. Redmond, Mrs. Hazel B. Paisley, Elizabeth Redmond I Rhoades Child Dies I .4lxnmie Gerald Rhoades, in- son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd V^hoades, of Mulberry township, died Tuesday and funeral was held at Bethel church, with Rev Clarence Miller conducting the service. Surviving are his father and mother and two brothers. V Darlinsrton Poultry Co. Is Open Again Joe Darlington, proprietor of the Joe Darlington Poultry Co., announces that bis plant will re open for business Monday, Sep tember 3rd, at the former loca tlon on Forester Avenue (base ment Hayes Supply Co. build ing). Mr. Darlington states that he Is in the market for broilers and hems in any quantity. %ctory Meeting Veterans Plann^ For Friday Night Veterans of World Wars I and II will meet Friday night, Angnst SI, eight o’clock, at the American Legion and Auxiliary Club house for a special victory meeting. WUkee Post of the American LagjjRn has called the meeting as ai9lcial occasion for tbanksgiv tag and celebration by veterans of^both wars, regardless of w^llRier or not they are mem bers of the Legion. A* victory dance with a col- ~oof|n orchestra has been planned toTdUow the meeting at the club house. The daaee will slso he ander sPons»ship of the Legloa -V- araJOR L H. MeingglXs JR. ggnngfDS WKEat-KHD HERB IfftJ. ftBd Mrs. I. H. McNeill, /r., of yort Brftgf, went the ^raek-end with reUtlree here In Cftft home of Mr. L. L. Turner. Pvt. Clyde H. Blevins, son of Rev. and Mrs. M. L. Blevins, of Springfield, is now stationed at Camp Claiborne, la., where he is attending engineering schools. In a recent letter home Pvt. Blevins stated that he is liking army Jlfe fine. MT-SGT. PAUL M. WARJVEN ‘ HOME DURING WEEK-^ND MT-Sgt. Paul M. Warren, of Cherry Point, visited his mother, Mrs. Belle Warren, during the week-end. LT. W.\I/TER CAUi VISITS HOME WEDNESDAY Lt. Walter W. Call, who Is temporarily stationed at Greens boro, visited his mother, Mrs. C. O. Poindexter, here Wednesday. X6 HENRY PENDERGRASS ifltOto^ ^ Ilk prasent rank in Europe. T-5 Pendergrass, son of Mrs. H. L. Pendergrass, of North Wllkesboro. route three, served in the Normandy, northern France, Rhineland and Central Germany campaigns. SEAMAN M. CHURCH RETURNS 'TO BAINBRIDGE Seaman McKinley Church, Sea man Second Class, returned to Bainbridge, Md.. after spending a nine-day leave with his parents, •Mr. and Mrs. V. M. Church, of Purlear. He has just completed his boot training and has been as signed to the medical corps. of SGT. WADE OSBORNE REOErVES DISCHARGE Sgt. Wade Osborne, son Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Osborne, of McGrady, received his discharge from the army at Port Bragg on August 13, and is now spending a few days with his wife at Mon- angah, W. Va. Sgt. Osborne, who had been stationed in Fort Bragg tor the past year, served three years In the Pacific area. M3 SGT. JOHNNIE ALLEN BFXJEIVE8 DISOBLABGB Sgt. Johnnie Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Allen, has re ceived his discharge from the army and has returned home. Sgt. Allen was In one of the first contloigents of troops to reach Australia, and was In service at a number of South Pacific points. CHARLES 8. BUMGARNER ON CARRIER AT TOKYO Charles S. Bumgarner, Jr., 25, chief electrician’s mate, TTSNR, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Bum garner, Millers Creek, N. C., serves aboard the carrier Essex which steered close to the shores of Tokyo with Task Force 38 to launch her planes against the remaining strength of the ene my in the final days of the war. All bands answered reveille several honrs before snnrise that morning. They had had their breakfast and were waiting at their stations for the first light of dawn when the deafening roar of the flight of fighters took off one by one, followed by the bombers and torpedo planes. Hundreds of Jap planes were destroyed on the ground, but few were sent np to challenge the attacks. The few that dared' to fly out to the Task Force nev er returned. In 28 months overseas in the Mediterranean 'ibeatre the 73rd Statiott Hoepltal hae had a paUeat ■KM’tallty rate of oneeizth of me per cent ont of 2'2,000, injured, •Ick and wounded. 4TH MARHIE COMBAT TEAM HAST TO UNO Ouam.—The navy announced that the Fourth Marine Regi mental Combat Team, in full battle dress, poured ashore from landing boats at several points in Tokyo Bay early today to be gin the sea-borne occupation of Japan. First reports from the various surrender beachheads Indicated the operation was proceeding smoothly without hostile Inci dent. The Leathernecks carried sup plies for 30 days and sufficient ammunition to put np a strong light. If It shoi'.Id ever be neces sary. Amphibious landings at sev eral points on Tokyo Bay were spearheaded by more than 5,000 Devlldogs of the Fourth. The Fourth was backed up by three battalions (1,830) from the Third Fleet. V Initialed Nickel Returned After 2 Years to Goodwin Over two years ago, R. O. Goodwin was employed in WllmlngtoTi, where oae of his dntles was to stencil equip ment which came into the es tablishment. One day he ran out of any thing olae to stencil, so he placed his initials on a nickel. Next day he spent the nickel. Last Saturday he purchased some stamps at the North Wllkesboro post office. In the change was one nickel. Yon guessed it—it was the nickel Ml BtmtitM bis are yeftTB K. of P. Meeting North Wllkesboro Knights of Rythias lodge will meet on Mon day night, 7:30 Instead of 8:0C o’clock, as formerly. A class of ten will receive the rank of page and a full attendance is request ed. V. Dr. Stanbnry To Be Speaker at the Union Service 2d Gets Bronze St&r MacARTHDR FACES GREAT TRIDMPN HORACE G. TEAGUE Wilkes Marine Is Decorated For His Bravery In Actbn (By Staff Sergeant Jack Vincent, A Marine Corps Combat Correspondent.) Somewhere In the PaclA:.— (Delayed.)—^Horace Q. Teague, a Navy corpsman from Boomer, N. C., attached to the Fourth Ma rine Division, has been presented rescued three wounded Marines pinned down by heavy Jap small fire. Teague, a Navy Pharmacist’s Mate First Class, was given the award by MaJ. Gen. Clifton B. Cates, commanding general of the li'ourth Division. The citation fol lows: "For heroic achievement In connection with operations against the enemy while serving with an Infantry battalion as a corpsman on Iwo Jlma, Volcano Islands, on 23 February, 1946. Consistent with his devotion to duty throughout the campaign, Teague each day led stretcher bearing parties to the wounded in the face of enemy rifle and mor- Atsngl Airdrome, Japan.— United States air-borne troops, marines and hluejacketa started the mass occupation of Japan to day, landing by thousands at this greet air base and the Yoko suka Naval Base on Tokyo Bay. Across from Yokosuka, a ma rine combat battalion landed on needle like Cape Futtsu at the east Bide of the bay. Behind the swarming troops whose giant transports and navy and army planes guarding them made an aerial avenue over the 820-mIIe route to Japan, Gen. Douglas MacArthur was winging toward Atsugl and the greatest triumph of his brilliant career. Forward elements of the 11th Alr-bome Division started land ing at Atsugl Airdrome, where a tiny liaison group had awaited them since Tuesday, at 6 a. m (6 p. m. Wednesday e. w. t.). At three and even two-mlnute intervals, the great transports, bearing troops, equipment of all sorts and light artillery, swept down on the two long hard-sur faced rnnways and swung to parking spaces with machine like efficiency. Selective Service Office Will Not Be Open Saturdays Selective Service board offices hereafter will not be ope:; on Saturdays and will be closed on all legal holidays In accordance with a recent order placing fed eral employes hack on a 40-hour week. The board offices will be closed on Moaday, Sevt«nber J, wllck wUr'fS'lQ$dr Say. Y month eepeciidly tor the benefit of the mur ■’Sbtng to a apodal hottlritinnwnmff; ' - -'t-- - — - Girl Scout Leaders Meet Monday, 3:30 ‘College Night” Will Be Ob- served By Churches With Union Services Here. The Ministerial Alliance has arranged a special service In hon or of the young men and women of the WllkesboroB who are soon leaving for college. The services will be held In the First Baptist church, Sunday evening, Septem ber 2, - at 8 o’clock. Dr. W. A. Stanbury, pastor of the Centenary Methodist church In Winston-Sa lem, is the guest preacher for the occasion. After the evening wor ship the young people, who are guests of honor, will be honored by an informal reception at the home of Rev. and Mrs. A. C. Wag goner. The ministers of tho Alliance are keenly aware of the problems of young people as they face an uncertain future. They are ever ready to give support to any worthy effort to help young peo ple In learning those fine values and Christian principles that will enable them to become worthy citizens. The ministers feel that they cannot lay too much empha sis upon the need of church and community support for the wel fare of these youHg men and women. The parents of the chiurchea in the community are ever faced with the serious obligation of manifesting a loyalty to Christian principles and a faithfulness to the chnrch. Here lies the first and lasting and most Important impression that can be made in the minds of youth. This kind of loyalty and faithfnlness will so preach the values of the chnrch and the kingdom of 'God that nothing in life can bring doubt. Let the eitisens of this commu nity give expression of their.^ in terest in our young people Sunday eveniag by thslr preseace at this ftpeelal eervloe. All collage students, regard- lass of church aSlllatlon, ara urged to attend. the point of exhaustion. As even ing fell, three wounded Marines still lay In advance of our front lines. Evacuation attempts dur ing the previous four hours had failed because of heavy small arms fire. Teague, aware that to wait until morning to evacuate them would possibly result in their death, would not abandon his attempts to reach them. In the last minutes of daylight, with typical courage, he led his party through the enemy’s field of fire to the wounded men, treated their wounds, and then directed their evacuation to the rear without In jury to the stretcher bearers. His Initiative and fearless leadership All Olrl Scout leaders, assist ant leaders, conncil members and committee members in the Wllkesboros are asked to meet Monday, 3:30 p. m., at the home of Mrs. H. B. Smith. Announcement of the meeting said: “Mrs. Robert S. Glbhs Is anxious to begin work with Girl Scout leaders. If you are inter ested in a Girl Scout program for the Wllkesboros you are urged to attend this meeting." V Charlie Manship Hired As Coach For Local School Football And Baseball Play er To Have Year ’Round Work In This City. Charlie N. Manship has been employed as athletic coach of North Wllkesboro high school and recreation director for North Wllkesboro on a full time basis. Mr. Manship is a graduate of Appalachian State Teachers Col lege in Boone, where he received were In keeping with the high- his degree in 1941. For three est traditions of the United States Naval Service." Teague, a veteran of the Kwa- Jalaln and Salpan-Tinlan cam paigns as well as the battle of Iwo, Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Teague, of Boomer, N. C. His wife, Mrs. iva Pritchard Teague, re sides at Drexel, N. C. Teagne for merly tangb tmathematics at ^e Drexel (N. C.) High School. BUY MORE WAR BONDS RATION NEWS MHA’TS AND FATS. Red sumps: Q2. R2, 82, T8. U2, expire August 81; Y2, W8, X2, rz, ZZ, expire September 80; Al, Bl, Cl. Dl, Bl, expire Oc tober 81; FI, Ol, HI, J7, Kl, expire Moveesber It. sugar: sugar stamp No. 10 good for five ponmda^ expires August II. SHOW: AJrplaae stamps Mos. 1, I, I. 4, ftO« gooC years he was a tackle on Kid Brewer’s crack football team at Appalachian and he also played baseball and participated in track events. After graduation he was coach for one year at Monroe high school and went into government service at Portsmouth, Va., where be was a part time catch er for the Portsmouth Cubs in the Piedmont baseball league. Mr. Manship will begin his dntles In North Wllkesboro on school opening day, September 3, a^,d the first football practice will be that afternoon. He has already asked that all the high school boys reimrt for practice. The school here has been with out an interscholastic athletic program because no' coach was available daring the past few years. Employment of a coach, ath letics and recreational director was made possible by a local supplemrat to the teacher sal ary. Mr. Manship has been em ployed for year-’ronnd work in North Wllkesboro. Mr. Manehlp’s family consists of hlB wife and one small daugh ter. They 'Will moTft kev* ftaea from Rocklsgham, where they have been maklBg tSUr home. NdW Ccniib£iBi4^ iRedAtPriioier lithePlHripiNiies SMi«r From Roarinc River Community Had Been Re ported Miaftinf 3 Years. Commander J. H. McNeill was recently promoted to his i«o«- ent rank in the medical corps of the navy. Commander Mc Neill, who was on the staff of the Wllkee hospital as inter nal medicine spIciaUst before entering the navy. Is now on the west coast awaiting the commissioning of a transport, on wfalrii he Is to be senior med ical officer. JAPS SOUGHT PEACE EARLY IH SUMMER Washington. — Japan sought to negotiate peace with the Al lies twice before the United States used the atomic bomb, it was revealed officially yester day. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes told a press conference about the Japanese overtures which were made early this sum mer. His sUtement was prompted by Japanese claims that they were forced to surrender because of the new bomb. He uid he did not want the credit for winning when It actnally was won by the blood of thousands of American soldiers. He added that before the bomb was ever heard of by the public, the Japanese were seeking peace. Generalissimo Josef Stalin told Byrnes and President Tru man on the first day of the Pots dam conference, July 17, that the Nipponese were making peace offers. The Japanese had asked Stalin to admit a Japa nese delegation to Russia and for Russia to act as a mediator between Japan and the other Al lies. 'The Japanese proposal was very general, and Stalin rejected it because of that, without even bothering to consult the Allies. V Welborn Reunion On September 9th The annual reunion of the Wel born clan will be held at Temple Mill church, 2% miles west of where it has usually been, on Sunday, Sept. 9, beginning at 10 a. m. Attorney Eugene Trlv- ette and Attorney J. H. 'Whicker, of North Wllkesboro, Revs. Sel- den Welborn, of Mt. Airy, A. A Somers, of Newland, R. C. Go forth, of Greensboro, will be the speakers of the day, with others Quartets from Greensboro, North Wllkesboro, Elkin and Union chnrch will sing; Everybody In vited to come and bring a full basket. -V- Pvt. Leonard H. Smlthey, son of Monroe Smlthey, of Roaring River, rente two, died while a Japanese prisoner on the Philip pines May 29, 1942. Pvt. Smlthey, who entered the army In 1940, and went to the Philippines soon after Pearl Har bor In 1941, was 19 years of age at the time of bis death. No let ters or other messages had been received from him since he left Pearl Harbor, and the War De partment had reported him miss ing in action since that time. He was never reported as a prisoner. The telegram received a few days ago by his father from the War Department stated: "I am deeply distressed to inform you report Just received that your son. Pvt. Leonard H. Smlthey, who was previously reported mlaeir.g In action, died on May 29, 1942, In Philippine Islands while prisoner of war of the Japanese govern ment." The telegram and letter which followed gave no further details, and did not state how the fact of his death and date were determined. However, the date In dicates that he was a prisoner only a short time. Pvt. Smlthey is survived by his father; two brothers, Jean Harry Smlthey, In the navy, and Jack Dale Smlthey, of Thurmond; and one sister. Miss Sibyl Smlthey, of Roaring River, route two. V Rationing Offices To Be Closed 31st Rationing board offices in the Wllkesboros will be closed on Friday, Angnst 31st, for the pur pose of making monthly reports, Instead of Saturday, September 1. This change was made for this Lewis Fork Baptist Church Meeting 2d To Plan Building Announcement has been made of a congregational meeting of Lewis Fork Baptist church to be held Sunday, September 2, 11:30 a. m., for the purpose of deciding OB plans for a new church build ing or addition to the present building. AH members of the church and others Interested are asked to attend the meeting. The question of whether the building program shall be in the form of an addition to the present build ing, or entirely a new building. Is to be decided. V Local Ranks To Be Closed On Monday Gilreath Home Club To Meet On Sept 1 Gilreath club will meet with Mrs. W. H. Tevepaugh on Satur day, September 1, 3 p. m. Ehrery- body la Invited to the watermelon feast and "auction sale.” Bring your friends and we’ll have "heaps o’ fun.” Service men are especially in vited to attend.—^Reported. Pruitt Child Dies Funeral service was hold Wednesday at Round Hill church for Shirley Mae Pruitt, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. CrocTtett Pruitt, of WUkesboro. The child died Tuesday. Rev. L. Sparks conducted the lost rites. -V- PFO. JAMBS GARWOOD rBCETYES DKCHARGH Pf«. James Garwood, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Garwood, Wllkesboro, has recotved his dls- ctfturge from the army and has retnrned homa after many months of aanrles la Tnact and Germany. The two banks In the city— The Northwestern Bank and the Bank ol North Wllkesboro, will be closed Monday, September 3, in observance of Labor Day. Patrons are requested to make note of closing date so that they will not be Inconvenienced In any way. V Wilkes Hunters And Fishermen Meet Thursday Hunters and fishermen of Wilkes connty are planning to meet In North Wllkesboro on the evening ol September 6, accord ing to Joe McCoy, who Is acting as temporary chairman of the lo cal committee. The meeting Is to be held at 8 o’clock In the North 'WUkeeborD city hall. All hunters and fisher men and farmers and all others Interested In the game and fish resources are urged to attend this meeting. Purpose of the meeting Is to consider forming a hunters’ and fishermens’ clnb to join with simi lar clnbs in other oonntles to bring about a better state-wide game and fish program and better pro tection. Ross O. Stevens, executive sec retary of the North Carolina Wildlife Federation, Inc., will be at the Serptember I meeting to ex plain the plans and purposoe of the Btote-wlda organlastioB. Al* ready thirty-one counties have or ganised, acoordtng to Mr. Stevaiu, end plans tor orgonMlag at» weQ under way in thlrty-oix addition al eoottlM.
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