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Pablished MokU/I JHtd HoirMlAT*. NORTH WILKE3BORO. N. CmTHURSDAY^ SEPT. 6, 1R4S
...uther, center, has reached the age of .102 and
a birthday celebration will be held at Gap Creek Baptist
church at Deep Gap Siuiday. The above picture of Mr.
Luther was made on his 100th birthday, two years ago
with J. B. Williams, left, and J. G. Hackett, right, of
this city
ALL-DAY CELEBRATION PLANNED
AT DEEP GAP SUNDAY IN HONOR
J.E. LUTHER’S 102ND BIRTHDAY
e Deep Gap community be-
een North Wllkesboro and
oone will be the scene of an In-
resting event Sunday when a
11-day program will be carried
but at Gap Creek Baptist church
*'^'Gn celebration of J. EUhu Luth
er's lUZnd birthday.
Mr. Luther, a life-long resident
D«^ Q»9 eommunity, is a
to attend again. This is to cele
brate a man's 102nd birthday. A
cordial invitation is extended ev-
■•‘ryone to attend this birthday
lelebration in honor of the oldest
man in Northwestern North Caro
lina. Mr. Ellhu Luther, who was
born and reared and spent his en
tire lire in this section. Mr. Luth
er will be very happy to welcome
the citizens of Northwestern
vas active In church and
publlQfllfe of his community.
^program committee of Gap
Creek/church has issued the fol
lowing announcement of the birth
day celebration:
"On Sunday, September 9, the
Gap Creek Baptist church will
have a celebration ■which few, if
will be plenty of good singing,
which will be furnished by Stony
Ktork choir and a choir from Lau
rel Springs Baptist church. Din
ner will be served on the grounds
at noon. The program -will open at
10 a. m. and continue through the
day. There will be addresses by
several of North Carolina’s out-
any, will ever have the opportunity .standing men.”
Christmas Mail
To Men Overseas
L15 - Oct. 15
Hartley Lands At
Anction Sept. 8th
Sept
Atlanta, Ga.—It's time to be
thinking of mailing Christmas
overseas.
« wAnn
"Army postal officers at Head
quarters Fourth Command re
minded the public that even
though hostilities have ceased on
nil fronts, there are still many
thousands of American troops who
will spend their Christmas in for
eign lands and these troops will
he looking forward to packages
from home.
The regulations governing the
mailing of overseas Christmas
gifts to army person'^el remain the
same as last year—they must be
posted between September 15 and
October 15—one package a week
may be sent (without a request)
by any one person to the same
service man—the usual restrict
ions as to size and weight of
li0stmas parcels applies—-not
than 16 Inches long or more
jan 36 Inches in length and girth
combined and maximum weight
Are pounds. Most stores have a
Stock of boxes approved by the
War Department for overseas gift
shipments.
Tlie army asks that gifts be se
lected which a soldier Is unlikely
to And In the particular area In
which he 18 situated and to re
member that Intoxicants. Inflam
mable materials (such as matches
and lighter fluids) and perishable
matter are unacceptable for mall-
and friends of men
.Utloned in tho Chlna-Buriw the-
India theater, the Middle
on the I^aclllc Islands, are
to avail themselves of the
maOlag date to Insure re-
Christmas presents by
day. It i« suggested
rj^nfeels routed to those dls-
St bMen be malted « «««ly as
Bosslble to September 16 and no
*k.fi October 1.
One hundred highly desirable
home sites and small (arms will
go on sale Saturday. September 8,
when Penny Brothers, auction
eers, sell the F. J. Hartley home
place on highways 421 and 116,
two miles southeast of this city.
This is highly desirable prop
erty and fronts on both the old
and new Statesville highways. It
includes beautiful groves and
acreage tracts suitable for garden
ing and small scale farming.
Band music, cash and war bond
prizes will be Included in the en
tertainment at the sale, which Is
expected to be largely attended.
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Ifl/oT than October
er^ tnmirMce on
tt AOW written
«Aronsh the loeni ottUstt ot the
ta •di «omtr.
NAVY URGES
U. S. TO KEEP
PACIFIC OASES
Washington.—The navy recom
mended yesterday that the United
States retain a vast postwar ring
of naval bases spanning the Pa-
clflc, including one base that was
formerly British.
It also called for six permanent
major bases in the Atlantic, in
cluding one on Bermuda and an
other at Argentine, Newfoundland.
Stretching from the Alentians to
the Admiralties, the proposed Pa-
ciflc line of bases wonld lie
ath-wart that ocean to support far-
ranging fleets and keep aggres
sion far from United States shores.
Nine major bases were included
In this list which Assistant Secre
tary H. Struve Hensel described
as "limited to those we should
Intend to maintain and which are
susceptible to defense. They were:
Kodiak and Adak In the Alen-
tians, Hawaii, Onam, Saipan and
I’lnian In the Marianas, (consid
ered as one base), Iwo Jlma In the
Bonlns and Volcano Island groups,
Okinawa, In the Ryukyns, the
Philippines, and Manns in the Ad
miralties.
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Between 600 and 700 can of
sweet potatoes are now being
shipped each business day.
Uktoiy.Meetiig
OfL^joiPostb
Very
1^ Narrow Escape
Large Attendsuice of Legion
naires And Other Veter
ans For Special Meet.
A special meeting of veterans
of both World Wars held Friday
night for the purpose of celebra
tion and thanksgiving for the end
of the war was a very successful
event.
The meeting, sponsored by
Wilkes Post of the American Le
gion, was held at the Legion and'
Auxiliary club house with many
veterans of both wars in attend
ance.
Major E. P. Robinson, a veteran
of both wars, and a past-command
er of the post, presided In the ab
sence of Commander Carl Buchan,
who has been 111 for several days.
An Impressive talk and prayer
was given by Dr. David E. Brown
ing and Rev. Mr. Stevenson, who
was a guest of Dr. Browning.
Major Robinson spoke brli fly
and paid tribute to the men who
have fought and died for the
cause of freedom. He especially
praised the National Guard com
pany here, who were flrst to enter
service for the second World War,
and which he commanded at the
time of mobilization In Septem
ber, 1940. Cpl. Louise Vyne Tait,
who served in the Woman’s Army
Auxiliary, paid tribute to service
by women during the conflict. A
number of short talks in tribute to
men who won the victory were
rendered by veterans present. The
meeting closed with singing of
"God Bless America.”
A victory dance, sponsored by
the Legion, and which followed
the meeting, was well attended
and very successful.
Next meeting of the Legion will
be on Friday night, September 7.
A large attendance is urged.
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LT, CHAKMES ». SOBOGGS.
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Navy Can Accept
Age17-50TMrs
The Navy can now accept the
voluntary enlistment of men be
tween _ the ages of 17 and 50
years. Chief J. B. Huffman, navy
recruiting officer for this area,
announced this week.
The authority to enlist volun
teers in the draft age group of 18
through 37 years was received
from Lt. W. W. Templln, Jr., of
ficer in charge of all navy recruit
ing activities In North Carolina,
and will be put Into effect at once
according to Recruiter Huffman.
The order follows close on the
heels of President Truman’s ex
ecutive order of Wednesday lift
ing the ban placed on volunteer
enlistments within the draft age
groups by President Roosevelt on
December 5, 1942. After volun
teer enlistments in this draft age
group ceased, all men subject to
being drafted were distributed to
the various branches of the armed
services through armed forces In
duction stations, one of which,
Fort Bragg, operates In this state.
The authority to enlist draft age
men In the navy on a voluntary
basis does not affect induction iq
any way. Chief Huffman said.
The only change Is that men with
in the draft age brackets can. If
they wish, volunteer for naval ser
vice. Men below and above the
draft age, within the 17 to 60-year
limit, have been permitted to en
list all along.
The recruiting olficer announced
that the navy recruiters In this
state will put their main empha
sis on “regular navy” enlistments.
Men enlisting In the regular navy
are enlisted for four years, except
the seventeen-year-olds, who are
enlisted for “minority,” or until
they become 21 years of age. En-
llatments In the U. S. Naval Re
serve are “for the duration of- the
national emergency and six
months.”
Chief Huffman 6aid this week
that the quota of men from this
area that can be accepted In Sep>-
tember Is limited. Orders hare
been received by him to "flll this
quota, if possible, with volunteers
for the regular na'vy."
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Thomas C. McGhinnis
Funeral Is Conducted
Pnneral service was held today
at Little Rock church for Thomas
C. McGhinnis, well-known citizen
of that community, who died Mon
day at his home. Rev. A. J. Foster
and Rev. Otto Johnson conducted
the service.
Mr. McGhinnis is surrlTed by
two Bisters, Bln. J. 8. Jennings,
of Pores Knob, and Mn. Lanra
Payne, of Mlllen Creek.
Scrogss Is Forced
Down Near Japs
PPG. ARNOLD B. CHEEK
HOMB FROM OVERSEAS
Pfc. Arnold R. Cheek has ar
rived home on 30-day furlough
after 18 months servce in Europe,
during which time he was twice
wounded in action In Italy, and Is
currently stationed at a hospital
In Alabama.
Pfc. Cheek Is the husband of
the former Miss Charlotte Byrd,
who Is now a member of the nurs
ing staff of the Wilkes hospital,
and Is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Cheek, of Roaring River.
St. Petersburg, Fla.—How Lt.
Charles D. Scroggs, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. D. Scroggs, 1000 Nine
teenth avenue, north, was forced
down In the Paclflc after returning
from an IS-hO’Ur bombing mission,
and floated with other members of
his crew for three days and two
nights only 45 miles from Japa
nese territory, was related in let
ters received here by the flier’s
parents.
Lieutenant Scroggs some weeks
ago was reported missing In action
but before the official notification
came to his parents, they received
a cable from their son telling
them to disregard the “missing”
report.
Wins Air Medal.
The flier’s parents have also re
ceived a letter from Gen. George
C. Kenney, commander of Allied
air forces In the southwest Pa
clflc, Informing them that their
son has been decorated with the
Air medal in recognition of cour-
ageons service in section of
the Pacific war zone ovm' a period
Ma^ -
' iji (ft tkd mlilsidn'tikiCt al
most ended In captnrs. Lieutenant
Scroggs wrote that his plane had
found Its target but on return to
Its base was driven off course and
ran out of gas. It was night and
there was no land In sight so It
was necessary to “ditch” the plane
in the ocean.
A Close Call.
For three days and two nights
the crew drifted on life rafts.
Some of them were wounded.
“I did an avrful lot of praying
daring that time, mostly that we
would sight land, because I felt
sure that at least one of the
wounded men wonld die if we had
to stay In life rafts much longer.
When wo were finally picked np I
found out that we were 45 miles
from Jap territory, and all the Is
lands in that area, Jap-held.
The Lord must have kept them
out of sight of land, Scroggs re
marked, because “If we had
reached one of these Islands we
would not be alive to tell the
story.”
Mr. and Mrs. Scroggs recently
were In North Carolina, and while
in Statesville called on Mr. and
Mrs. H. Murdock, whose son, Tom,
was a member of the same crew.
He escaped with only a minor cut
over the eye.
Praise Prom General.
In his letter telling of the Air
medal award. General Kenney told
the Scroggs that their son took
part In sustained operational mis
sions during which hostile contact
“was probable and expected.”
He commented, "Almost every
hwir of every day, your son and
the sons of other Americans, are
doing just such things that here
in the southwest Pacific Theatre
is a very real and very tangible
contribution to victory and to
peace."
Lt. Scroggs Is a grandson of
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Scroggs, of
Moravian Fals, N. C.
RATION
NEWS
MEATS AND PATS: Red
stamps: V2, W2, XS, Y2, Z2,
now valid; expire September
30; Al, Bl, Cl, Dl, El, now
■alld; expire October 31; PI,
Ol, HI, Jl, Kl, now vaUd; ex
pire November 80; LI,. Ml, Nl,
PI, Ql, 'now valid; ezjdre De
cember 81.
SUGAR: Sngar stamp No. 38
expires December 31.
SUOMS:, AtrpUne stsmpe
Hos. 1. X, i, 4, BOW spod.
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PFC. LONNIE P. SOMERS
AT CAMP SHELBY, MISS.
Pfc. Lonnie Preston Somers, son
of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Somers, of
Cycle, and husband of Mrs. Rutb
Somers, of Hamptonvllle, is cur-
renty stationed at Camp Sbelby,
Miss., as a'member of the 378th
Regiment, Company H, Second
Battalion of the famous 95th Di
vision.
Pfc. Somers saw action In
France, Belgium, Holland, Lux
embourg and Germany. He was
awarded the Presidential citation
and combat Infantryman’s badge.
VAN CHURCH FIRST
CLASS PETTY OFFICER
Van Church, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. P. Church, of Moxley,
and husband of the former Miss
Luclle Covington, has been pro
moted from first class petty offi
cer to chief petty officer. He is
now stationed at the naval supply
depot, Oakland, California. He
served four years aboard ship in
the Paclflc.
8GT. WILLIAM C. CULLER
ON AIR TOUR ITALY
With the Air Service Command,
Italy.—Sgt. William C. Cnller,
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Cnller,
'-In
Italy vnfh aTeSsmlcai depot com
pany of the Air Force (3o*amand,
Mediterranean theater of opera
tions, was selected to make a
sight seeing tour of Italy. Sgt.
Culler was part of a group that
made up the passenger Hat of two
B-178, especially chartered for
this event In honor of the cele
bration of the thirty-eighth anni
versary of the Army Air Forces.
“The tour took the men on an
eight hour and fourteen hundred
mile nonstop air trip and covered
such places of Interest as Naples,
Mt. Vesuvius, Isle of Capri, Saler
no, Anzlo, Rome, Florence, Pisa,
Genoa, Turin, Lake Como, Milan,
Verona, Venice, Bologna, Rimsini,
Ancona and return to the base in
Foggla.
"I have gone on eighteen tours
before," said Sgt. Culler, “but
this Is the first time I have seen
so much, covered so large a ter
ritory in so little time. I am sure
I will long remember this trip and
certainly appreciate Its educational
value.”
PVT. JOHN C. NICHOIG
SERVING IN FRANCE
Pvt. John C. Nichols, of the
Congo community. Is now In
France and is getting along fine,
according to letters received by
friends recently. He Is expecting
to return home soon.
iRi ta
MAJOR HEBSCHEL SAXON
VISITINO HERE
Maj. Herschel A. Saxon, MAC,
U. 8. Army, arrived back in the
United States on the Queen Eliza
beth Angmat 31, 1945, after three
and one-half years foreign serrlce
in the United Kingdom and
France. Maj. Saxon went to North
ern Ireand early In 1942 with the
flrst general hospital. He was also
with the First General Hospital to
land In France after V-Day. Five
months later he returned to Eng
land to assist in activating the
803rd hospital center as chief ot
the medical supply divlBlon and
was later with the surgeon haso as
hospital liaison officer and chief
of supply hospital section until his
return to the United States for
duty -with the Medical General
Hospital, Ft Lewis, Watli.
He and Mrs. Saxon are visiting
his mother, Mrs. R. J. Hinshaw.
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Five Girl Babies
Say War Now Over
It la an old axiom that more
boys than girls are bom In war
time, and some one went so far as
to prove their point by vital sta
tistics.
But with the war over, the girls
are beginning to arrive. The^flve
babies bora at the Wilkes hospital
during the past week were girls—
no boys. Names of the parents and
dates of the births were ag fol
lows: Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Pierce,
of Roaring River, August 29; Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Marley, of Hen
drix, August 29; Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Jones, of Purlear, August
28; Mr. and Mrs. Edward John
son, of Boomer, September 1; Mr.
and Mrs. Shirley Stone, of North
Wllkesboro, route 1, September 2.
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SHebPirehased
For Phat; Stocks
AreBeingOffered
Board Of Directors In Im
portant Meetingr This
Week; Hire Architect.
Squad Of 47 Boys
Greet Return Of
Football to School
Coach Manship Finds Inter
est High Among Boys And
Entire Student Body.
North Wllkesboro high school
bote, 47 strong, welcomed the re
turn of football to the school by
reporting for practice Tuesday aft
ernoon.
Coach unarlle Manship, who has
been employed by the school and
to'wn as dhach and year 'round ath
letic director, was greeted by a
on the second
tlce. About 40 were present for
the initial session Monday after
noon.
It was the first time In uniform
for practically all of the boys, be
cause there has been no football
at the school during the past few
years when coaches were not to
be had.
Mr. Manship said that none of
the boys have football experience
and that much work must he done
before a team can be placed on the
field. However, he commented
that Interest among the team
prospects and throughout the stu
dent body of the school Is running
high, which Is considered a good
indication ot things to come.
Already work has begun on ar
ranging a schedule of games with
other high school teams In the
western part of the state. Tb
fairgrounds field here Is being put
in condition for football and rapid
progress Is expected during the
next few weeks on arrangements
for the football season.
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A Site has been purchased and
an architect employed for the
erection of a freezer locker and
cold storage plant here, it was dis
closed this week following a meet
ing of the board of directors of
the Carolina Refrigeration Coop
erative Association, Inc.
Paul Osborne was elected chair
man of the corporation by the
board of directors.
A report by Carl E. VaoDeman
on the sale of stock indicated that
much progress has been made and
he was requested to prepare lists
of purchasers for the directors and
advisory board members.
A committee composed of Chair
man Paul Osborne, T. E. Story
and Carl VanDeman was author
ized to proceed with purchase of
a site which had been selected.
Contract with Harold Macklin,
Winston-Salem architect, for plans
for the supervision ot construc
tion of the plant was approved
by the directors. Members of the
board of directors present for the
meeting were Paul Osborne, T. E.
Story, T. O. Minton and T. W. Fer
guson, Also present was C. J.
Hendren, a member of the advls-
hoard.
arold Macklin, architect, will
board ot directors
itiiseling.
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S,SgL A. Triplett
Gets Bronze Star
On Philippines
OCCUPATION OF
TOKYO BEGINS
ON SATURDAY
3 Services Saturday
Night Tent Revi^
Three evangelistic services ■will
be condneted In the tent revival at
MiUen Creek Saturday night, the
first beginning at 8 o’clock. Rev,
Harvey PhllUps, Rev. Grady Min
ton and Rev. VllBS Minton will da-
liver the messages. The pnbUc Is
cordially Invited to attend.
Yokohama, Sept. 5.—Combat
reconnaissance troops of the Uni
ted States army rolled through
bomb-shattered streets into Tokyo
today, vanguard for the crack
First cavalry division which will
formally occupy Emperor Hlro-
hlto’s capital Saturday (Friday
night (E. W. T.).
It was regarded as almost cer
tain that Gen. Douglas MacArthur
would enter the city with the main
First cavalry division forces and,
In that belief, the famous old Sev
enth cavalry regiment started se
lecting an honor guard today to
escort him.
The reconnaissance troops who
entered Tokyo Wednesday were
detailed to select buildings for
the permanent occupation ot the
capital.
Maj. Gen. William C. Chase,
commanding the >F!rtt division,
said that he expected his 'men to
occupy the center of the city
whero they will dominate Emperor
Hlrohlto’s moated palace.
It was announced that control
of northern Honshu and Hokkai
do, northernmost of the Japanese
home Islands, wonld be trans
ferred formally to Ameriean con
trol Sunday In a cersniOBy ahoa*d
the Pariamlnt, ‘flagship of ■ Vice
Adm. Frank Jack Flstehof, soar-.
manSing United States naval for
ces In the northani Fwiflo..
Iloilo, Panay, , P. I.—Bronze
Star Medal for “meritorious
achievement" in the Philippine
campaign was recently awarded to
Staff Sergeant Addis M. Triplett,
25, of Purlear, N. C., son of Mrs.
Stella M. Triplett, route one, Box
27, In a personal citation written
by Brig. Gen. Harcourt Hervey,
former commanding general of the
40th Infantry Division.
Partial text ol Brig. Oen. Her-
vey’s citation is as follows:
“For meritorious achievement
in connection with military opera-
times agalns tthe enemy on Luzon.
Panay and Negros, P. I. Staff Ser
geant Triplett by his devotion to
duty as a battalion supply ser
geant contributed considerably In
assisting his superior officer to
keep the supplies of the battalion
up to a working level.
“Frequently, it was necessary
to reallocate certain items where
they could be used lo the most ad
vantage and through Staff Ser-
getnt Triplett’s untiring devotion
to duty this was accomplished. Ho
was a constant inspiration to bis
section and through his knowledge
of supply and supply procedure
each man did his job to the high-
est/ degree of efficiency.
“At times it was necessary to
repair certain Items of medical
equipment which, due to their im
portance In a medical unit, con
tributed to the saving of many
lives. Although Staff Sergeant
Triplett was not directly associa
ted with Division Medical Supply,
he disregarded his ewn personal
comfort to give his assistance
when it was needed due to the
critical situation.
"His exemplary service reflects
the highest credit upon the mili
tary service and the 'Medical De
partment of the United States
Army."
Staff Sergeant Triplett, a gradn-
ste Of Ht Flessant high school,
participated In the landings at
Llngayen, Panay and Negros, and
has also seen service at Hawaii,
Guadalcanal and New Britain, tor
a total of 36 months overseas
SMTleo.
An estimated saving of more
than |X;j)06,000 a year throngh
new metbods of paeU^, tiatlag
and Alpping goods has been at-
feetefl by tbs Amy Qvartemas-
ter cow at its PhiladMpbia d»-
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