PAGE TWO These Wacs Ire Not Back-seat Drivers* I K / S Private First Class Germaine Williams checks the oil supply of her "WAC carry-all as Private First Class Hilda E. McCorquodale, of Franklin* vilfe, North Carolina, fills its gasoline tank at an Army post filling station. Pvt. Williams was trained in driving and repairing such equipment at an •Army school. Wacs arc now doing 239 kinds of Army work. WAC Recuiting Group Is Coming To West Jefferson First team of its kind to tour western North Carolina in the in terest of recuiting eligible women for the Woman’s Army Corps, a caravan of recuiting personnel from Ashville will arrive in West • Jefferson Tuesday, May 23, for a one-day stay. The team, which includes Lt. Lucy Q. Page, Sgt. H. Lloyd Col son, and Private First Class Wilma E. Hartung, is now on an extend ed tour through the towns of western North Carolina. While in West Jefferson, the members of the staff will be ready to supply information to those interested and will interview applicants for •the corps. General George C. Marshall, Chief of the Staff of the United States Army, in a recent report emphasizing the need for more women to fill the ranks of the 'Women’s Army Corps, poined out that there are now 239 jobs open to members of the WAC. Require ments for the corps state that the ‘applicant must be between the : age of 20 and 50, a citizen of the (United States, of good health and character, and must have com pleted two years of high school or - equivalent training such as busi ness, vocational, or trade school. The'WAC caravan will be open to all interested eligible women, their families and friends, who wish to find out more about how patriotic American women can help shorten the war by joining the WeAen’s'Arjny Corps. Warrensville News '’Sirs. L. H. Deese and Miss Mar ■EjQ'erite Johnson were business '•irisitors in N. Wilkesboro, Satur- ' Ofc# .Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Johnson vis *ited friends at Ashley’s Chapel, Mrs. Robt. Glen® Johnson was a patient in-the -Ashe hospital this weekend. !. Miss Lucille Lee returned Sat ' urday from a week’s visit in Balt imore. 3®r. and Mrs. J. M. Burkett and (daughter, and Mrs. C. R .Latham 'and daughter, attended the Bac calaureate sermon at Riverview, Sunday morning. Mr and Mrs. Vance Ashley en tertained at dinner Sunday, hon 'oring Ralph Ashley, who leaves for Toft Bragg, Wednesday. .Among those present were Mr. -'and Mrs. James H. Ashley and ■'family, all of Gina; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ashley and son, Mr. and Mrs. R G. Ashley, Miss Mary Ashley and Ralph Ashley, and Mr. and Mrs. Vance Combs. Miss Melba Cornette, who is attending school at Cove Creek, • spent the week end at home. Pvt. R. Elbert Johnson return- Special Notice TO Farmers Come in at once, while we have plenty of: • Grass Seed • Seed Oats • Royster Fertilizer • Tender Green, Giant and Sulphur Bean Seed. o J. A. REEVES “The Feed And Seed Man” WEST JEFFERSON, N. C. ed to Camp Butner, Sunday. Mrs. David Bluefield was the overnight guest of Mrs. Claudia Johnson and family, Monday. Misses Darrtel and Marguerite Johnson were business visitors in West Jefferson, Tuesday. W. A. Johnson and family visit ed relatives at Scottville, Sunday. Misses Helen and Dorothy Ash ley were guests of Miss Mary Ashley Saturday night. Mrs. K. L. Eller and Mrs. E. V. Eller were callers at the Ashe hospital, Sunday afternoon. Smith Leek, of Smethport, was a business visitor here, Wednes day. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Perkins and family, of Baltimore, Md., and Mr. and Mrs. Webb Perkins and fam ily, of Kingsport, Tenn., are spend ing their vacation in Warrensville. There will be a Mother’s Day service at the Methodist church, Sunday. Rev. H. B. Cornette will have a special message for his congrega tion at that time. Special music by the girls’ quartette will also be heard. Everyone is invited to at tend. Misses Janet Carter and Mary Johnson were calling on friends, Friday. Mrs. L. H. Deese and Mrs. David Bluefield were shopping in West Jefferson, Tuesday. The hail storm of Saturday did considerable damage. to gardens, here. Mrtj. >gu|» A|ttiley is convalesc ing from ari operation performed at the Ashe hospital, last week. Mrs. W. O. Ashley and Miss Maude James were visiting in Jef ferson, last Friday. Miss Mayola Roland was the guest of Marguerite Johnson, on Monday night. Mrs. R. T. Johnson received a $25.00 war bond, Monday, that had been sent her as a Mother’s Day gift from Pfc. Mathew McCormick, who is stationed in England. Gordon C. Whitner left for Fort Bragg Wednesday, where he will be inducted into the army. School closed at Warrensville last Friday. We have had a spen did school this year. The teaching staff which con sisted of Prof. W. L. Jones and Mrs. Lenna Burkett, has done ex cellent work. The attendance has been very good and much interest has been shown by the pupils. We hope to have the same teachers back with us next year. Those from here attending the baccalureate sermon at Lansing, Sunday evening, were as follows: Misses Wylene, Helen, Mary, and Dorothy Ashley, Marguerite, Dar rell and Ellinor Johnson, Marilyn and Lucille Lee, Mayola Roland, Bobbie Faw, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Sharpe and son Beryl, Mrs. Effie Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ashley, Obids News A revival * will begin at - the Obids Baptist church the third Sunday night, May 21. The pas tor, Rev. Ralph Miller, will be as- Harold and Billy Ashley, Mrs. L. H. Deese, J. Paul Jones, Robert Warren Faw and Miss Sally Bur kett. Mrs. Roy Campbell and son, Buford, and Mrs. Nelle Ashley, were business visitors in West Jefferson, Tuesday. LOOKING ■ ■ AHEAD 4 J i: ' X ' safes- with KiO GREGG CHERRY... GREGG CHERRY The people of North Carolina have always been careful in the and with definite and sound ideas as to policies and plans for selection of their officials. Their interest in the affairs of govern- successful government. ment has been a contributing factor in placing North Carolina in Grecc Cherrv is no exception to the long list of outstanding states- the list of the leading States of the Nation, and their continued men who have proposed, and then carried out, the progressive interest will reflect itself in the days ahead, when many vital prob- policies that have made this a great State. Presented below are lems resulting from war, must be decided. excerpts from his 20-point program. This legislation will affect Down through the years, we have been blessed with Governors every citizen and his home. These policies as^ outlined who were trustworthy and progressive, keen in the knowledge of in this program, assure our people a^ontmua taon of the progressive business and government, interested in the problems of our people, type of government that North Carolina as al y GKEGG CHERRY SAYS- “As a candidate for the high office of Governor of North Carolina, I feel it my duty to lay before the people my ideas on public questions with which the next Governor will have to deal. I am offering the people of this State a program for the continued progress of this great State. Since I will be the next Governor of North Carolina, I win have to live by these promises and this platform. For that reason I have been careful not to make promises which the financial condition of the State and the taxpaying ability of our citizenship will make it impossible for me to keep. I “More could be promised, both as to tax reduction and increased expenditures. Promises that; are not backed by mature consideration Opportunity forJeterans to resume their education where the, with the homes, churches, and the schools.- lacmuS learn a trade or a business which a -rvw PiihUc health program must be expanded. The general plan win prepare them for livelihood when the war ends. for ad^XtTmMtad aniThLpital Xe and He establishment of a (c) Postwar construction program to aid and assist veterans in getting four-year medical course in connection with the University is approved. jobs.