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Martin, of the engineer Reserves, has been over, as three years the past June, impart of the time in England, North Africa and Greece, and in year. In October he sent Miss Ruth Linney, a fcarnsiWlng a map of the Guy- enne.QascVgne section o* France f and 'Pictures of the towns and wrote: “You would certainly en joy looking at this section of I^France, beautiful towns healthy ' looking cattle and people and fertile fields, orderly handled. . niere are fine roads leading through this country to every ^ farm and town and the farm houses are well maintained, even Sthongh some of them were built . in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries." Col. Martin, who was a lieuten ant in World War I, but did not go overseas, is the eldest son of Julius C. Martin, of the U. S. De partment of Justice, Washington, D. C., who Is a native of Antioch township. Col. Harry Martin is r also a nephew of the late Mrs. }lAura Martin Linney and the late . Mrs. W. T. Jarvis. WnkesD»trkt SeoitiMlyWill Be November 16 Date Of Annual Event Post poned From Friday Night Of This Week. Wilkes district Boy Scout Rally planned for Friday night, No vember 9, has been postponed un til PYlday night, November 16, ard will be held at 7:30 o’clock on that date in the North Wllkes- boro high school gymnasium. Contests will be conducted among the patrols in the district Wilkes Men Who LM Lives Refunis Home Jeweler Favors Pictorial Sectior Messrs. D. J. Carter and J. C. Hubbard, Publishers The Jour- nal.Patrlot, North Wllkes- boro. North Carolina. Gentlemen: Like every other civic minded and all patrols are asked to be citizen, I am deeply Interested In MEMORIAL SERVICE TO BE HELD AT FIRST BAPTIST SUNBAYNICHT REV. WATT M. COOPER, FORMER NAVY CHAPLAIN, WILL BE SPEAKER; GOLD STAR MOTHERS TO BE SEATED TOGETHER AT SERWCE. Memorial services for Wilkes mothers asked to attend the serv. men who gave their lives in ice in a body, but widows and well prepared to participate. The your Pictorial Rotogravure Edi- World War II will be held at the patrols will be awarded rlbboiis and rated according to their per. formance In the contests, which will include rope climb, signal, ing. first aid demonstrations, knot tying, three-legged race, message relay and scoring for at tendance and number dressed in uniform. o Girl Scout Hospital Aid Course To Be Started On Monday 1 _8GX. WILUAM H. CREWS ON FURLOUGH tdWllUam H. Crews, who Is ir at Macon, Ga., is spend- ^veral days furlough here Kh his mother, Mrs. W. H. f Crews. He will return to Macon November 10. WILLIAM CLAY SEBASTIAN IS HOME ON LEAVE William Clay Sebastian, avia tion machinist mate, first class. Is spending a 68-day leave with bis parents, Mr. and Mrs. EH Se bastian, of North Wllkesboro, route two. He has been in the navy seven years and was in much combat action during the war, serving on the Yorktown, Enter prise and Hornet aircraft carriers. l^lls,on leave he has spent some Ajjnpnfb his sister, Mrs. Pearl KinberUn,fOt Sanford. At the end of his leave he will report to Charleston, S. C., to receive his discharge. GORDON FORESTER H.4.S RECTIIYED DISCHARGE Gordon Forester, storekeeper, second class, in the nuvy, has re ceived his discharge and has re turned to his home in Wllkesboro. Gordon has been stationed at the naval air station at Norfolk, Va. HN W. GAITHER lansferred to TB-YAS John W. Gaither, YIC, U. S. val Reserve, son of Mrs. W. E. Ither, of Wllkesboro, route one, s recently transferred to the S. Naval Personnel Redlstrlbu- n Center, Galveston, Texas, efe he Is In charge of Person- 1 Receiving. He has Just com- ited a tour of duty on the new ht cruiser USS PorUmouth, which he was In charge of the ice ‘ for the gunnery depart- DANKFORD HAS pkd discharge L. Lankford, machinist ilrd class, In the navy, has I his discharge and has J to his home on North fro, route one, after l*®- fiT'.e navy since December 2, He served on the USS lahela. which whs attacked suicide planes off Okinawa 'this year. Beginning Monday night, No vember 12, a hospital aid course for Senior Girl Scouts of the Wilkesboros will be given by Mrs. R. S. Gibbs, local executive secretary of Girl Scouts, assisted by Mrs. N. O. Smoak and Miss Mary Charles Alexander. This course will continue for several consecutive Monday nights and the class will be conducted in the basement of the Presbyterian educational building. A few more girls may enroll as Senior Scouts, ages 16 to 18 years. Those interested are invited to attend this class Monday night. The leaders of the senior troops are: Wllkesboro, Mrs. B. B. Vaught and Mre.,X. O. Smoak; North Wllkesboro, Mrs. Kather. Ine Lott, Miss Grace Frank Kll. by and Mrs. Paul Cragan. o tlon of North Wllkesboro and Wilkes county. It Is a progressive step, a timely one, and should prove of great value to the en tire community. It is a pleasure for this firm to give its material support to the Undertaking and to wish you the very best of success. Very truly yours, CARL'W. STEELE, Jeweler, o BOYS Registration Day ForGirl Scouts Registration day for local Girl Scouts was observed last Satur day at Smoot Park and the Pres byterian educational building, with splendid attendance of lead ers, girls and their mothers. Following the flag ceremony. 8GT JACK VANNOY IWS RETURNED HOME Sgt. Jack Vannoy, who was in the army for a long period and participated In many of the cam paigns in Italy, has received his discharge and has retufned to the home of his mother, Mrs. A. L. Llppard. EVT5RETT O. HOLBROOK RECEIVE8 DISCHARGE Everett C. Holbrook, who had been In the army since May 28, 1941, and had served 34 months overseas, has received his dis charge and has returned to bis home at Hays. His wife Is the former Miss Wilma Blackhnrn. SGT. JAMES W. UMAX RBOEIVBS DBOHARGE S«t- JoaMS Will and Carrie Lomax, has re- celved an honorable discharge from the service and has re turned home and has resumed his First Baptist church in this city on Sunday evening, November 11, 7:30 p. m. Rev. Watt Cooper, pastor of the First Presbyterian church here, who served fOr a long pe riod as naval chaplain in the South Pacific area, will be the speaker for the service. Dr. Da vid E. Browning. First Baptist pastor. Dr. Gilbert R. Combs, First Methodist pastor, and Rev. Louis J. Yelanjlan, Presbyterian minister, will also participate in the service, which all congrega tions in the city will attend. Letters have been mailed to the Gold Star mothers in the county sisters of the men who lost their lives in service are asked to be in the group, Legion and Auxil iary officers said today. A union choir, under the di rection of Mrs. A. F. Kilby, will furnish music for the service. Ushers for the service will be soldiers, sailors and marines in uniform. All veterans are invited to be dressed In uniforms for the service if they so desire. A complete list of Wilkes men who lost their lives in World War II has hot been compiled. Below are listed the names of the men compiled from a number of sources. Relatives are asking them to attend the serv- urgently requested to report to ice and they will be seated in a body. Also all veterans in the county are especially invited to attend. Not only are the Gold Star The Journal-Patrlot any names which are not Included in the list below, in order that a complete list may be available for future reference. Theodore H. Church. Malcomb (Mack) Rous seau. Glennie T. Cox. Talmadge Curry. Jesse Howard Waddell. George Wellborn. Hu|^ M.^ Gambill. Lloyd Painter. Fred Joiinsaii, Henry Clay Hkyes. former Job at the town hall. He had a good record for his two years and nine months In the serv. le. He servetd In France and Germany. *K p« n PVT. GROVER D. hnNTON IN LATEST CXIMBAT With the 31st Division in Min. danao.—(Special.)—The war did not actually end until recently for four North Carolina soldiers of the 31st Division’s 15Sth Reg. Iment from the Philippines some- l^after RobeiR Laws, Jr. Archie TfunKiuibn. Edgar J. Mastin. Sam Smoak. Clarence Edwin Blevins. George G. Marley. Ralph Edwin Minton. led by color guards Blair Coffey, Jane Gragan and Joan Byers, j time in November. For they were Mrs. R. G. Finley’s and the last to leave the combat zone Mrs. J. H. Winkler’s troops, the of Upper Aguean Valley In Cen- Brownie Scout promise, led by tral Mlndanoa. Mrs. Lincoln Spainhour, and the Girl Scout promise and by-laws, led by Mrs. G. T. Mitchell, were repeated. Because of rain, the outdoor activities planned were cancelled and the entire group met at the Presbyterian educational build- ing for the remaining part of the program. The $5.00 mothers’ attendance prize was won by Troop 8, Mrs. Finley’s troop, and perfect regis tration prizes were won by three troops: Troop 6, of Wllkesboro, Mrs. Robert Foster and Miss Alda Greer as leaders; Troop 4, North Wllkesboro Brownies, with Mrs. Spainhour and Mrs. Ira Payne as leaders; Troop 8, Mesdames Fin ley’s and Winkler’s troops. Songs were led by Mrs. Mitchell and Agnes Kenerly, Senior Scout. Nosebag lunches were enjoyed after which the entire group joined in the friendship circle singing “Taps.” 0 Mrs.FosterNamed President of Girl ScontLeaderr The leaders of the local Girl These men have been with the 155th in every campaign in which it has participated—from the Wakde-Garml campaign in New Guinea to the mopping up on Mindanao. When news of peace came they were fighting in the Waloe District of Upper Aguean. It was not until ten weeks after V-J Day that these infantrymen were certain as to whether or not they would have to continue fight ing. For it was then that the col onel in charge of the Japanese forces there came in to make ne gotiations for the official sur render of approximately 2,200 Japs. Since that day these men have been handling the thousand- and-one details that are necessary in such a mass surrender. Recently the last Japs were processed and sent on to the main island stockade. ’This gave the North Carolina soldiers the chance they had been waiting for —to get hack and start packing their barracks bags for going home with the rest of the divis ion! The returning Carolinians are S.-'Sgt. Guney E. Nance, son of Mr. J. A. Nance, of Cedar Falls; Pfc. John O. Daniel, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Daniel, Thomas- vllle, route one; Pfc. Grover D. Minton, husband of Mrs. Dema Minton, of North Wllkesboro; Paul W. Huffman. Stewart L. Bishop. Baxter Mastin. James Paul Haynes. Willie L. Haynes. Ivan Shumate. Elberi C. Miner. Elmer Coffey. Burl Love.^ Gordon Kilby. Filmore Nelson. George Childres. Edward Templeton. Andrew Whittington. Jacob Eller. James D. Lowe. Clegg M. Davis. Warren Bentley. Louis W. Meade. William Rufus Key. Kemp P. Bowers. Robert Sale. Raleigh Church. Alvin W. Pearson. Joe H. Pearson. Robert Wood Finley. Paul Parsons. Virgil Combs. Roiwrt Watson Cheek. Fred O. Dajda. Raltdi J. Elledge. CurtU Wiles. Edsel Bale. Minton Hamby.^ Leonard H. Smithey. . Jester RoyaL Isaac H. Dancy. Archie J. Fletcher. Robert Leonard Jones. Walter W. Handy. Roy Paul Yates. Coyd W. Dillard. Theodore T. Huffman. John .Worth Chambers. Junior Souther. Grover Eugene Brook shire. Wayne Martin. Warren McHone. Raymond V. Eller. , John Walter Crysel. William Samuel Gilliam. G. B. Mitchell. Jesse L. Farris. Have ChiekeR Fry At Park Satirday Pried Chicken And Good Program Promised Sports men Saturday Afternoon. Staff Sergeant Maurice W. Keys, hnsband of the former Miss Nova lee Haynes, of Red. dies River, received his dls- charge from the U. S. Army October IS, after 27 months In the Padfle area. He received the following decorations and citations; The Aslatic-Paclflc Theatre Campaign Medal with four bronze stars, American Defense Service Medal, Phil- Ippine Liberation Ribbon with two bronze stars. North Wllkesboro Plays MocksvHle Here Friday, 2:3P Local football fans are looking forward to what should be one of the best football games of the current season when North Wllkesboro will play the strong MocksvlUei elevien on the fair grounds field Friday afternoon. The kickoff will be at 2:30. Coach Charlie R. Manship’s squad emerged in good condition from the 7-7 tie with Sparta last week and will be In position to give the MocksvHle team s real Community Singing White Plains 11th scout troops met for the first time ^.4 Charlie A. Moon, husl this fall and chose Mrs. Robert Foster, of Wllkesboro, as their presdent. Mrs. R. S. Gibbs con- band of Mrs. Roseannah Bennet, route two. Moon, ducted discussions and will meet sgt. CHAS*g. miSlARNBR with this ^oup at Its re^lar > RECEIVED DISCHARGE meeting to be held the first Mon.| ^ Bumgarner has Scout * educational bnilding. ’members were present. o Twelve I army and is now at home in SOON nvE discharge imar, avlaUon machln-|day night of Mch rn^th In theLgggj.yg^ jjjg di8charge°from the tMfd claw. navy 1 Scout room of the Presbyterian!,— . had been stationed at He, ria., U receiving arge thi* week at Nor- Tale 1» the son of Mrs. Her, of Wlllwshoro, and »f the former Mhw Ruth rho makes her ^ Raleigh, Oct. 23.—All highway Wllkesboro with his wife, the former Miss Sue Lyon, and son. Charles Lyon. Sgt. Bumgarner was in the army tor 31 months patrolmen were ‘“‘ructed today sutloned to devote two nights each week Hawaii In the correction of Improper lights on motor vehicles. 'There will be a community singing at White Plains Baptist church, 1% miles north of Roar ing River, Sunday night, Novem ber 11. All singers are cordially invited. The singing service will begin at 7:30 o’clock. o —. Armistice Dinner Gn Monday Night Rev. Rufus Mitchell At Pleasant View Rev. Rufus Mitchell, well known evangeHst, with his gos pel quartet, will conduct services at Pleasant View church, five miles east of Harmony, bn Sun day, November 11, 10 a. m. and 2 p. m. The public is cordially In vited to the services. 0 — Mr. and Mrs. David Neave and Mr. Jack Foster, of High Point, and Miss Doris Foster, who is at tending National Business Col lege at Roanoke, Va., were here for the week-end visiting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Fos ter. Mr. Jack Foster is a student at High Point College. * — Mr. W. A. Bumgarner, who re sides on Highway 421, about mid way between this city and Millers Creek, brought to this office this week one of the “bes^-looklng’’ pumpkins we have seen in some time. ’The pumpkia*^ is displayed in one of our sh^ ^windows. It was one of six that grew On the seme vine. Wilkes Post of the American Legion and Auxiliary are plan ning a Dutch dinner for Monday evening, November 12, 7 o’clock, at the Legion and Auxiliary club house. Attention is called to the fact that the hour will be seven o’clock Instead of 8, as previous ly announced. An appropriate program in ob servance of the Armistice holi days will be carried out. All members of the Legion are asked to have veterans who are not members as their guests at the dinner. o Box Supper, Cake Walk at Mulberry Group Four of the Ladies’ Aid Society of Baptist Home church will sponsor a box supper and cake walk Friday night, Novem ber 16, at the Mulberry school auditorium. The fun will begin at 7:30 and the proceeds will go into the fund to build a new church. The public Is cordially In- vited. o week by a 19-0 scorO,' in dicates that the North Wllkes boro and Mocksville elevens are not too unevenly matched. North Wllkesboro lost to Elkin 31-0. 'Since there, are only two games remaining on the North Wllkesboro schedule, it is hoped that a record attendance will be set for the game and that the team will receive ample support from the cheering sections. The final game of the season will he against Boonvllle here Friday of next week. Boy* Still Remain ^ In the Hospitals Since the war has ended, we are prone to forget the boys who are still in the hospitals. The Red Cross Camp and Hospital Council Is going to keep reminding you of boys. Make plans now to buy a Christmas gift for the boy who gave. Large boxes will be placed in a number of stores in North Wllkes boro for you to drop your gifts in. You won’t need to wrap them. The committee for the Camp and Hospital Council has just at tended a meeting In Chapel Hill to make plans for the biggest Christmas imaginable for the sick and wounded soldiers. This com mittee is composed of the follow ing: Mesdames Apphla Finley, chalrraah; Willie Eshelman, Lew is Carter, Evelyn Chamberlain, Dorothy Carter, Lura Coffey, Ruth Halfacre. A. L. Messick, 75, Claimed By Death Arthur Lewis Messick, age 75, well known citizen of Lewis Fork township, died Wednesday night at his home. Funeral service will be held Friday at Mount Pleasant Bap tist church with Rev. A. W. Eller and Rev. Levi Greene conduct ing the service. f Mr. Messick Is survived by two sons, Lake and Renn Messick, of Purlear. Current To Be Off Sunday One Hour PVT. RUFUS J. HOLLOWAY RECEIVES DISCHARGE Pvt. Rufus J. Holloway, after four years in the army, including 1 39 month overseas with the Fifth Army in Africa, Sicily and Italy. | He is now at his home at Honda and has re-enlisted. | o In order to make repairs at the sub-station, the North Wilkea- boro branch of the Duke Power Company will cut off the current for one hour Sundar afternoon, two to three o'clock.’ This is be ing done to prevent a possible, prolonged. interruption which might occur at *ii)r tlihe 'u'thf ailotti- Pfef. Dympse Roten, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Roten, of Glen dale Springs, arrived home Sat urday after more than five years in service. He served In an ar mored artillery battalion of the Seventh Division for 17 months In Northern France, Rhineland and Central Europe. He has the American Theatre ribbon, EAMET campaign ribbon with four bronze battle stars, and good conduct mhdal. His brother, Cpl. Lloyde Roten, expects to be home by Christmas. They have not seen each other in five years. Wing Talk Messrs. Woodruff Wallace and H. P. (Pat) Eller flew to Rich mond and beck Tuesday. In Rich mond they visited Mr. Percy El ler, a nephew of Mr. H. P. Eller. Percy was wounded in action on April 5 and has not recovered. Friends regret to know that he is critically ill. Mr. Henry Jackson and Mr. Bill Vickers flew in from Winston- Salem Sunday. Mr. Jackson vis ited relatives at Moravian Falls and Mr. Vickers visited relatives at Cricket. Mr. James Pennell flew in from Elkin Saturday. Mr. Joe Worth, of West Jeffer. eon, visited with the local airport Tuesday, October 30. Mr. John Wallace flew to Char lotte on business Thursday, No vember !• Mr. Clay Pardue flew cross country to Winston-Salem and re turn Saturday. Wilkes Wildlife Club, an or- ganization formed here recently to promote better game and wild- life conditions in 'mikn county, will have a chicken fry at Smoot Park In this city Saturday, No vember 10, 3 p. m. R. Ivey Moore, president of the club, emphasized today that all lovers of game, fish and wildlife, especially farmers, are urged to attend the chicken fry and a most enjoyable occasion is anticipated. A speaker will be provided as a feature of the program. Mr. Moore said the membership In the club is expected to reach 200 and that a member from each central community in the county will be named on the club’s board of directors. The local club is a part of a large organization In many states and which Is expanding rapidly in North Carolina, where the organ ization’s chief aim is to secure a better game and fish program for the state. o CPL. OWEN O. CAUDILL RECEIVES DISCHARGE Santa Ana, Calif.—Cpl. Owen C. Caudill, son of Mr. Columbus D. Caudill, North Wllkesboro, N. C., was honorably discharged today from the separation base maintained here by the army air forces. Cpl. Caudill is a veteran of 45 months of service in the army air forces. He served in the Canal Zone. Brig. Gen. Arthur E. Easter- brook, commanding general of the SAAAB, declared: “The fact that'a man has served honorably with the AAF marks him among the cream of the crop. We think many of tomorrow’s leaders will anring from the out- UP f&« forces.’’ Before entering the service Cpl. Candill was a sales clerk em ployed by S. V. Tomlinson. PPO. DYMPSE ROTEN RECEIVES DLSCHARGE On Wednesday, October 31, Mr. Charles Vestal, a representative of the Piedmont Aviation, Inc., of Winston-Salem, N. C., flew a 100-horsepower Cub Cruiser to the local airport for demonstra tion purposes. Mr. A. E. (Ed) Hodges, of Boone, N. C., entered bis order at that time for one of them ernisers^to be delivered as they become avallaHsle. From all Indications this particular plane will be very popular for postwar travel, it' being a three-plixe aiiTibne'. wUeb will accomnio- »jNlo*,fiad two pfssoBgwx.
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