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^ N(«Ttt WgiKESBOROrN. MONDAY. SEPT. 8, t84S^
IftfiviiiPats
8mm h Hospital,
Others 6o to Jail
[Youth Hm Both Legs Brok-
«•»; Another Youth Ha^
Skull Fracture.
wttt
SMoUae ratloalng gone,
»ad drlTtec reatrletlona lifted, a
I "Umre of reeklew drlTtag and
«P««dln* roaolted In landing aev-
U»1 In tie hoapiUl and a similar
nunber in Jail Jn Wilkes during
week-end.
^Hlgnway Patrol Sergeant A. H.
' rk, who was with other patrol-
niMi In trying to look after six
norUu^tem North Carolina
reported ten arrests Sun
day. Aree were for drlrlng while
drunk, three were for reckless
and the others for speed-
and minor traffic law rlola-
Sona.
In addition to the arrests, sev
eral were Injnred In acclden'
and two were critically Injured.
Roscoe Blledxe, North Wilkes
boro youth, had both logs broken
while riding a motorcycle when it
collided with a car driven by Pvt.
Wlson Shew, on highway 18, near
this dty.
KIvo occupants of a car driven
by Clyde Marie raney, of WUbar,
wore injnred Sunday on old high
way 16, near Vannoy. Their car
was hit by one driven by L.aw-
rence C. Parsons, of West Jeffer
son, who was charged with driving
while drunk. Odell Dancy, age 15,
sustained a skull fracture and is
a patient at the Wilkes hospital.
The other four received minor In
juries.
H. C. Siam, of Troutman,
wrecked his car on the Brushy
Mountains. With help he got it
back on its wheels and continued
to drlre until he was stopped by
§gX- Clark and arrested on a
of drtylBf while intoxlca-
arry Pearson, Jr.,
Injured Tuesday By
Hit and Run E)river
Harry Pearson, Jr., nine-year-
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Pearson, of this city, was injured
Tuesday when he was hit by a car
In Wllkesboro.
Harry was knocked to the pave
ment by a car traveling at a high
rate of speed and which did not
stop. Efforts to learn identity of
the driver have been ..nsuccessful.
} First examination disclosed the
j boy had suffered minor bruises,
•i hut It later developed that he had
tl, sustained a brain concussion when
'•irJUs head struck the pavement as
Jl^he was knocked down by the car.
He Is now a patient at the Wilkes
hospital.
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W. F. Burchette, 82,
Is Claimed By Death
Funeral service was held Fri
day at Rock Creek church for Wil
liam Franklin Burchette, age 82,
„ell-known cltisen of Rock Creek
township, who died Wednesday at
hlB home. Rev. Jimmie Bryant
conducted the last rites.
Surviving Mr. Burchette are his
wife. Mrs. Diana Burchette; two
B. D. and Dane
bfothers.
Bur-
of North WUkeebore, route
four stei>-eon8 and five step-
dauskters.
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Girl Soost Office
Opes Hosse Days
Stone Monntaii
Baptisb Are To
Meet Sept 21-23
Annual Session Will Be Held
With Mt. Pisgah Church
At Dockery.
Seeklafoimtiol
Coaeeniis Fate
PyL Braokshire
A Olri Scout office has been ee-
tabllakod In the North Wllkesboro
Robert 8. (Mhbs, director
of Ofrl Scouting here, Is In charge
Md open house will be observed
“'^iSmday and Friday of this
week, a:*o 4:J0 p. m.
to the open house days
fOUowlng sUtement was re-
iXa«d today:
problem, ^«e
«nanM». Olkbe ** anxlons -
nr «»»»«• P«rt*inlag
the 0*rl Seont organisation In
, WUkeeboroe. If you wt to
•ome of your tune and t^en
_ - worthwhUe effort, that of
intlDS our youth, talk
25Ko?iey I
SS Mra Otthe '*ould appreoUte
Mtf MlpCBl sttffeatloBB from par-
at Otrl Sooata.
00^ IktuR eotton erw to-
aa.eoe tona.
Seaman Second Class Robert
L. Crysel, son of Mr. and Mrs.
O. P. Crysel, of Wllkesboro,
route one, recently served In
the Okinawa campaign. Fol
lowing are excerpts frenn a re
cent letter to his father:
"Of course I’m glad the war Is
over, and I hope I can be home for
good soon. But If they don’t
change the system of letting us
out, I have 16 months to go. I
think It a very unfair system.
They don’t give any credit for sea
duty, and we really have had a
little bell out here.
"1 can tell you now I was In the
Okinawa campaign, although I
can’t go Into details. I saw plenty
and there was lots of excitement.
We did plenty to help out. It was
tough, but you read all about it,
and know just how It was. I have
also been to Ullthla. I can't tell
you where I am now. I am just as
far from home as you »ver were,
so you should know abont where I
am.
‘‘Verna wrote me about the
Nichols hoy. I am sorry to heur
abput It. 1 saw in the pa^er ^about
Cart McLean’s house bofnlng. 'My
paper is always about two months
late."
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Selective Service
Boards Send Men
To Army - Navy
Both Selective Service boards In
Wilkes last week sent groups of
men to the Induction center to be
gin service in the army and navy.
The names of men forwarded by
the two boards follow:
Board Number 1.
James Matthew Staley.
Van WUford Triplett.
Blum Vestal Johnson.
John Allen Prevette.
Ray Poeter.
Noah TjCe Anderson.
William Lee Pardne.
Warren O. Eller.
Jamea Everett Panmis.
Board Number 2.
Ralph Presley Holbrook.
Vernon Albert Wood.
Walter Clay Bowers.
Talmadge Garfield Blackbnm.
Robert Lee Hutchison.
John Thomas Jonee.
Dwight Dewitt Haynes.
James Clayton Shumate.
Archie Ray Taylor.
James Bynnm Foster.
Calvin lioyd Smlthey.
Edgar Eugene Combs.
Thornton Combs.
Robert Lee Laws.
(Jllve Allen Brown.
Howard Claude Hinson.
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Stone Mountain Baptist Asso
ciation, which embraces many
churches In the northeastern part
of Wilkes county, will have Its
19^6 session at Mt. Pisgah church
at Dockery September 21, 22 and
23.
The first program will open- at
10:30 a. m. on September 21 with
devotional by Rev. L. B. Sparks.
Introductory sermon will be by
Rev. S. L. Blevins, with Rev. L.
B. Murray as alternate. A business
session will close the morning ses
sion and dinner will he served on
the grounds.
The first afternoon program
will Include the following: Report
on missions by Mrs. V. W. Lnff-
man and discussion by represen
tatives of State Baptist Mission
Board; Christian education report
by Miss Beatrice Holbrook; tem
perance report by Rev. J. Z. Ad
ams.
The program September 22 will
open with devotional by Rev.
Grant Cothren, and a discussion
by Rev. A. B. Hayes, on "Pastor
and Church Relationship." Uriah
M. Myers will give the report on
ministerial relief, followed by the
Baptist hospital report by C. C.
Blevins. Dinner will be served on
the grounds.
The afternoon program will In
clude the orphanage report by C.
C. Oamblll and discussion by Dr.
I. G. Greer, superintendent of
Mills Home, Thomaaville. After
the financial report, Mrs. W. W.
Luffman will report on Women’s
Missionary Union work. Report of
committees will close the second
afternoon program.
Tbe final session Sunday morn
ing vrtll Include the Sunday schoo'
report by Mrs. John R. Jones, a
sermon and open discussion of any
topics on the association program.
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George Brown Rites
Conducted Sunday
Funeral service was held Sup-
day at Center church for George
Brown, age 65, citizen of Mulberr
ry township, "who died Friday at
his home. Rev. Monroe Dillard
conducted the service.
surviving Mr. Brown are his
wife, Mrs. Dona Brown; one son,
Roby Brown, In the army; and
one daughter, Mrs. Lura Hall, of
North Wllkesboro.
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Cripple Clinic At
Hospital Sept. 13
Next clinic for crippled children
will be conducted at the Wilkes
hospital on Thursday, September
13. The public Ig asked to co
operate by providing means for all
crippled and deformed people to
reach the clinic.
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Mrs. C. C. Church
Funeral Saturday
the
Last rites were conducted Sat
urday at Pleasant Home Baptist
church for Mrs. Martha Church,
age 67, wife of C. C. Church, well-
known resident of the Millers
Creek community. Mrs. Church
died Thursday.
Snrvlvlag Mrs. Chnrrii are her
husband and two children.
Rov. W. B. Luck and Rev. A. W.
Slier conducted the funeral serv
ice.
Southern Rhodesia produced
tv,000,ff00 ponnds of to
bacco thlf-yaar. _
Kindergarten Class
To Open Sept. 17th
Mrs. J. L. Clements’ kindergar
ten classes will open on Septem
ber 17. Mrs.- Clements has very
successfully conducted kindergar
ten classes for several years, and
it Is expected that she will have
full classes again this year.
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Mrs. James O. Brookshire, of
Moravian Falls, la seeking In
formation abont her son, Pvt.
Grover E. (Gene) Brookshire,
who was reported missing Janu
ary 81, 1945. She asks that any
returned soldier or any person
who may know anything about
him to write her. All the Infor
mation she has is that on the
night of January 81, he was in
Belgium, sleeping on the sec
ond floor of a building where a
platoon of soldiers was quar
tered when a fire broke out, the
buUding was completely de
stroyed and later when a check
of the mins was made no trace
of him oonld be fonnd. He was
in Company “A," S78th Infan
try regiment, Ninety-Fifth Di
vision. He went into the army
Angnst 16, 1944, and went over
seas In Jaanary, 1945.
Rev. H. L Croich
Delivers Speech
Interesting Progrw'Carried
Out By Local Club'^'In
Meeting Friday.
Wilkes Hunters,
Fishermen Are to
Meet Thursday
Wilkes hunters, fishermen and
others Interested in wildlife preser
vation and conservation will meet
at the North Wllkesboro town hall „ .
Thursday, September 6. 8 o'clock,
for the purpose of organizing a
North Wllkesboro Klwanls club
held an enjoyable meeting Fri
day, featured by an addre.ss by
Rev. H. L. Crouch'.
Secretary T. B. Story mentioned
the directors meeting and gave a
brief statement of the community
interests which were discussed at
this meeting.
He also read the resolution pre
pared by the Klwanls Bduoatlonal
Committee on account of the death
of Genlo Cardwell. The resolution
was nnanlmously passed.
Joe McCoy called a meeting of
the Agriculture Committee to dis
cuss the matter of buying calves
of the beef type for distribution
In wnkes county.
Program Chairman Frank Crow
asked Rev. J. O. Ervin to Intro
duce the speaker. Rev. H. L.
Crouch, of Winston-Salem.
He told the atory of the man
who in gloom related the family
history of his ten sons as follows;
The first was a lawyer, the second
was also a liar; the third was a
doctor and the fourth would stay
ont all night too; the fifth was a
service station operator and th©
sixth would sell blockade liquor
on the side too; the seventh was a
painter and the eighth also stayed
drunk; the ninth was a Methodist
preacher and the tenth was lazy
too.
He then addressed the club on
the subject, "This New World and
MauARTHIRTD
FDRM3-MAH
ACTKHICDBIICIL
Gen. MuAithnr’s Headquar
ters, Yokohama.—^Tho U. 8. 8th
Army, spearheaded by 18,000 vet
eran cavalry troops, occupied Yo
kohama and prepared for a tri
umphant march.into the mina of
Tokyo today, as plans were com
pleted for a swift series of am
phibious operations to pnt more
than 1,500,000 Allied men In con
trol of defeated Japhn.
Gen. Donglaa MacArthnr, It was
disclosed, plans to create a four-
man advisory board comprising
represenatlvee of the United
States, the United Kingdom, Rus
sia and China to aid him In ruling
Japan until the day It can be re
turned to the world family o
peacefnl nations. The American
member will be Fleet Adm. Ches
ter W. Nimltz.
The U. 8. First Cavalry Division
took over bombed-battered Yoko
hama, Japan’s 6th city, without
Incident, and massed south of To-,
kyo, awaiting MacArtfaur’s order
to march Into the city.
Massing behind them at Allied
Pacific bases, were an etlmater
1,500,000 other men who will
sweep Into Japan to enforce the
terms of unconditional surrender,
signed yMterday by sullen repre
sentatives of the Emperor, now
subservient to MacArthnr.
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Quarterly Conference
In City On Thursday
Dr. J. S. Hiatt, superintendent
of the Statesville district, will
conduct the fourth quarterly con
ference of the year at the First
Metnodist church Thursday even
ing at 7:30. Written reports of
yhaFs :wafk vrilT Be given
officials representing the differ
ent departments of the church.
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Club to Meet
Mulberry - Falrplains Home
Demonstration Club will meet
Wednesday, 1:30, at the home of
Mrs. Quincy Whittington. A large
attendance is urged and a prize
will be given the member taking
the most visitors to the meeting.
club td affiliate with slmlar or
ganizations In other counties.
Ross O. Stevens, executive sec
retary of the North Carolina Wild
life Federation, Inc., will be pres
ent to address the meeting and as
sist in perfecting an organization.
A large attendance is urged.
RATION
NEWS
MEATS AND FATS: Red
stamps: V2, W2. X2, Y2, Z2,
now valid; expire September
30; Al, Bl, Cl, Dl, El, now
•alld; expire October 31; FI,
Gl, HI, Jl, Kl, now valid; ex
pire November 80; LI, Ml, Nl,
PI, Ql, now val d: expire De
cember 31.
SUGAR: Sugar stamp No. 38
expiree December 81.
BUUiHi: AtrpUM. etaape
Hoe. 1, I, 8, 4, now good.
have (1) created a machine and
cannot control It; (2) we live In a
State of tenseness; (3) the col
ored races of the earth far out
number the white people of -the
world and there Is fear of*their
overcoming ns.
Some things that will help ns to
overcome the above stated fears:
1. Continue to remember the
terrible days through which we
have gone In the past four years |
the whlte.crosses of Europe, Sai
pan, Iwo Jlma, and elsewhere.
2. Cnltlvate onr sense of hu
mor.
8. Continue to be courageous.
4. We must be willing to sacri
fice. The peoples of the jearth need
our help. They are hungry and
a hungry person will do ev«ry
sort of wrong to relieve that pain.
It was « good message.
Church Meeting
Prayer service will be re
sumed at the First Methodist
church Wednesday evening at
7:30. The Board of Stewards will
meet in ragnlsr monthly session
immediately following the prayer
service.
PVT. BILL GANT NOW
AT CAMP BLANDlNO, FLA.
Pvt. WUlIam A. (Bill) Gant, of
North Wllkesboro, route two, ar
rived at Camp Blandlng, Fla.,
Sunday, August 26, for training.
He was inducted into the army at
Fort Bragg Juno 26.
|SB M |8B
PBYl. OTHA CALL GETS
GOOD OONDUOT MEDAL | tUemselves to the
Pfc. Otha Call, who Is with oc- communities, and
'Reconversion , _
t2lttlUT0RES
MiCIIISCRlBED
DRSHRRERDER
As far M President Barry 8. Trih
C s Is cuncemed. Os war is svsi
the tasks of pesos new hsvfi
|BIi priority. The gun Uiat wt6t eg
Us desk hss boss fsUaosd wtth g
;Bsdel of a plow. J
ARMY CUTS
PDINTS FDR
DISCHARGE
Washington.—^The army yes
terday ordered promised V-J Day
cuts In age and discharge point
restrictions to speed release of en
listed men and women.
Effective yesterday all enlisted
personnel of 36 years or over—
who have had a minimum of two
years of honorable military serv
ice—^wlll be released from the
army upon application. The pre
vious age limit was 38.
The War Department also an
nounced that the critleal score lor
discharge of enlisted men was cm
j^iterday from 86 to W, an®"for
enlisted WACs from 44 to 41.
Points of all army personnel ex
cept those already eligible for
discharge will be recomputed to
Include all points earned since the
defeat of Germany.
The department promised fur
ther cuts In point scores as trans
portation facilities from Europe
and th© Pacific become available.
The personnel discharged under
the new standards will occupy all
space In homeward bound ships
and planes, the army said.
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^’j.^kyo Bay.—Japan formally
yl^ed to the overwhelming
t might of tho Allies Sunday mom-
.‘jhg (Saturday night U. S. time)
fta a 9dIimB surrender ceremony
/Aboard the mighty battleship Mis
souri In Tokyo Bay, restoring
. peace once, more to a war-ravaged
; world, "
, Twelve 'Signatures, requiring
only a few minutes to Inscribe on
’ the articles of surrender, ended
. the blbody Pacific conflict, which
■had entered Its eighth year in
I ChlUA and had raged almost three
' years and nine months for the
. United Btates and Great Britain.
On behalf of E'mperor Hirohito,,
Foreign Minister Mamoru Shlg-
emltsn signed for the Japanese
government and Gen. Yoshllro
Umezh for the Imperial general
staff.
General MacArthur then accept
ed In behalf of the United Na
tions, declaring:
"It Is my earnest hope and In
deed the hope of all mankind that
from this solemn occasion a better
world shall emerge out of the
blood and carnage of the past."
One' by on© the Allied represen
tatives stepped forward and
signed the document that blighted
Japan’s dream of Empire built on
bloodshed and tyranny.
First was Admiral Nimltz for
the United States, then the repre
sentatives of China, the United
Kingdom, Russia, Australia, Can
ada, Ifrance, Netherlands and New
Zealand.
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Veterai Farmers
Making Progress
With FSA Loans
Wilkes Sailor
At the Surrender
A good Job In operating newly-
acquired farms Is being done by
World War II veterans who have
returned to agriculture, according
to reports to the U. S. Department
of Agriculture, says Paul B.
Church, local FSA supervisor.
' The FSA, which has made 2,534
farm operating or farm purchase
loans to veterans, reports that
these veteran-fafmers are follow-
I Ing approved methods, adjusting
Ufo of their
repaying the
Aboard tho USS Missouri, In To.
kyo Bay.—Ralph T. Pllkenton,
seaman, first class, of WUbar, N.
C., Is playing a role in a momen
tous event of American history.
Serving on this mighty battleship,
he was present when the Japanese
envoys came aboard to sign the
final surrender document. General
of the Army Donglas MacArthur,
supreme allied commander; Fleet
Admiral Chester W. Nimltz, com
mander-in-chief of the Pacific
Fleet, who signed the document
for the United States, and other
famous American military and na
val chiefs were present.
The 45,000-ton Missouri, named
for the home state of President
Truman, Is one of the moat pow
erful warships ever built. It Is
now the flagship of Admiral Wil
liam F. Halsey, commander of the
Third Fleet.
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Rev. Ralph Miller
Conducting Meeting
capatlon forces In Germany, was j debts which made possible a start
recently awarded the good con-1 In agriculture.
duct medal, which he forwarded
to his wife, the former Miss Pol
ly Foster, of North Wllkesboro,
route two.
COXSWAIN WILLIAM W.
ESTES- HOME FOB WEEK-END
Coxswain William W. Estes was
home for the week-end visiting
his father, Mr. Ben P. Estes, after
serving seventeen months In Eu
ropean waters. Coxswain Estes Is
now stationed In Idttle Creek, Va.
JOE CLEMENTS HOME
DURING WEEK-END
Joe Clements, gunner’s mate,
third class, returned to Norfolk,
Va., Sunday after spending several
hours here with his mother, Mrs.
J. L. Clements.
8GT. OILBBBT WENDLAND
HOME FOB THIEirY DATO
Sgt. GUbert Wendland, who has
beyi stationed In Puerto Rico for
the past three years, arrived last
week to spend a 80-day furlough
with his parents Mr. and Mrs. H.
A. WendUnd, in this city.
LYNN KERbAUOH
VISITS PABSmB
First Class Petty Officer. Lynn
ICerbangb returned to Ms post of
duty today aftar apwidlng several
days in tha eity wtth Ms parents,
Mr. and Mw.- S, T. ftebanfh.
Following USDA’s aatl-lnflatlon
policy, no loans have been made
or win be made for farm purchase
except where a local committee of
farmers certifies Uiat the farm
could be purchased at Its long-
range earning capacity value, Mr.
Church said.
Applicants must first find for
themsOlves tho farms they wish
to purchase. Each farm is a^
praised, and a loan Is made only
when the purchase price is in line
with the farm’s long-range earn
ing capacity value. The loans can
cover the full purchase price of a
farm plus the cost of necessary
repairs and Improvements. Forty
years are allowed for repayment,
with three per cent Interest on un
paid principal.
TUose receiving loans will be
men with agricultural experience.
Farm Security county surveyors
will give the veterans Indlvldnal,
on-farm guidance In planning
sound farm operations and In car
rying ont their plans efficiently.
Tha FSA program, under which
veterans may receive both farm
purchase loans and gnldhne% has
been In operation siaea tha 9aa>
saga of tha Bankhaad^ones Farm
Tenant Act tn 1687.
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Rev. Ralph Miller Is conducting
a tent revival In Wllkesboro, near
Coble Dairy Products Co. plant.
Large crowds are attending the
services, which are held each
night, 8 o’clock, and much Inter
est Is being shown. The public Is
cordially Invited to attend.
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Written anthorW^n te
iinnwOTT heCora one 'nuv afVprt
breading horaaa from Porta 'RIca.
Congress May Wipe
Off Most Lend-Lease
Washington, Aug. 30.—Presi
dent Truman disekised today that
the United States Is drafting tem
porary plans to assure war-lmpov-
erlsbed nations continued Ameri
can help after lend-lease opera
tions ere terminated V-J day.
He also reteroted a long
standing united States policy call
ing for cancellation of the “over
whelming proportions” of allied
obligations of more than 842,000,.
000 for lend-lease aid extended
thus far.
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Breedfaig Ske^
Row Available
Robert S. Cnrtls, of the State
Department of Agrlcnltnre, mark
eting dtvlaloii, said here today
that a earioad of breeding ewes
have arrived from Wyoming for
sale to North Carolina farmers In
terested la jiheap raising.
Tho tirnm n* paro-brad Hamp-
■httaa. wnkaa farmacs who wlah
to portWaia say ot tha ewes are
aafead! to gat Ih toneh wltti Mr.
Oartti at Hotal WUlcat.
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