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THE DANBURY REPORTER. Established 1872. MACK KIRBY GOES TO THE HOSPITAL A. MARRIAGE AT KING WORK RUSHING ON GRABS . BUILDING CLADIE NEW SUM CELEBRATES BIRTH > DAY OTHER KING NEWS. King, Jan. 20. Spencer Tuttle has moved into his new I home at the intersection of Main and Broad streets, which was recently completed. Mack Kirby, who has been very sick at his home three miles south of town for the pa:>i several weeks, has been removed to the Baptist hospital at Wins ton-Salem for observation and treatment. Miss Leona Graham, who has been sick for the past week, was able to resume her work as teacher in the high school Mon day. Announcement is made of tl.. marriage of Miss Shirley Hix tc Monroe Fulk, January 9th. Both contracting parties are of King. Mr. and Mrs. C. Ross Meadows of the Old Forge section were among the throng of shoppers here Saturday. ' Keever Newsum, member of the United States Army stationed at Fort McClennan, Alabama, is •pending a sixty 4py furlough with relatives and friends here. A night force is working part time on the new garage and show rooms being erected for O. O. Grabs on Main street in order to complete this large building at the time specified by the (contract. Work having been delayed by the continued rain 3. The new structure when com pleted will be occupied by the Beasley Chevrolet Company. S. V. Burge, roller mill man of Mountain View, was a business visitor here Saturday. Miss Maud Southern, of Wins ton-Salem, spent the week-end here the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joel Y. Southern on Forest Grove avenue. The following patients under went tonsil operations in the Stone-Helsabeck Clinic last week: Hobson Bennett, of Capella; Ray Jones, of Pinnacle and Mrs. Efird Sprinkle, of Donnaha. Mr. and Mrs. Willis East are * the glad parents of a new baby girl. The young lady arrived Thursday. Junior Stone, who is attending college at Chapel Hill, was the week-end guest of his parents, llr. and Mrs. Grady E. Stone. Work on the new link of the Lakes to Florida highway, which Is being built through here, has i been held up for several weeks on account of the extreme wea ther, The work of pouring con crete will be commenced just as soon as the weather will permit. Cladie S. Newsum celebrated his 44th birthday at his home k here Sunday. A number of near relatives were present to enjoy the occasion. Bobom McGee, who holda a Volume 64. TO MEET ON JANUARY 30 PRODUCTION CREDIT STOCK HOLDERS INCLUDING STOKES MEMBERS—PRIZES TO BE GIVEN THOSE PRE SENT. The Annual Stockholder's meeting of the Winston-Salem i Production Credit Association J will be held in the Forsyth j County Court House, Saturday j morning, January .10th at 10:(0 promptly, according to the an-1 noiinccment mad? by L. E. Francis, Secratary-Trcasurer. A!! j farmers are invited to atten' The annual meeting is ; 1 most important meeting held by the Production Credit Association during the year, he addei. Th-> stockholders present will elect two directors. In compliance with ':e By-Laws there can be no voting by proxy. The Board of Directors and the Secretary will report on the operations of the Association for the period end ing December 31, 1936. H. L. Gardner, Vice-President of the Production Credit Corporation, will discuss the Farm Credit Administration with particular reference to the Winston-Salem Production Association. Any questions pertaining to the As sociation may be presented and discussed at this time. In order to have additional interest, the Association is giv ing to the lucky persons present four valuable prizes, consisting of three fine pigs (female) and a pen of thorough-bred Barred Rock chickens. These prizes have been selected from the finest stock obtainable and can be used for breeding purposes. Each per son present will receive a hand some souvenir. The Winston-Salem Production Credit Association is a farmers' cooperative organization charter of 1933 for production purposes, ed under the Farm Credit Act Financial aid on business basis is offered farmers in Alleghany, Ashe, Caldwell, Davidson, For syth, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes and Yadkin Counties. President's Ball At Dan River Park Sat Nigrht, Jan. 30 The President's Ball, sponsor ed by Miss Luna Taylor, will be held at Dan River Park, Satur day night, Jan. 30. The admission charged at this ball will be given to help infantile paralysis suf ferers. A large crowd is expected at the function. Both round and square dancing will be featured. An excellent band will furnish music. position at Burlington, spent Sunday with his family here. Mr. and Mrs. Gabe Tuttle and son, T. D. Tuttle and Mr. and Mrs. Wilburn Shouse and small son, Darle, all of Rural Hall, were the guests of relatives here Sunday. Danbury, N. C., Thursday, Jan. 21, 1937 SPITE OF FLOOD OFF FOR CAPITAL DANBURY AND WALNUT COVE PARTIES BOARD TRAIN FOR INAUGURATION FESTIVITIES AT WASH INGTON NiOT ABATED BY STEADY DOWNPOUR O F RAIN. I Sheriff J. John Taylor, Register of Deeds R. L.. Smith, Deputy Sheriff Bert Smith, of Danbury, and Mr. an I Mrs. C. E. Davis, of : Walnut Cove, were among th 1 : Stokes people who attended t!:: i inauguration cremonies at ; Washington Wednesday. ' The above party boarded the j WinHon-Salem inauguration j bound special that passed I'hrough W-!-ut Cove late Tues i . ray cvrang. The r~.in was steadily pouring. The rain wa° "iterdily pouring. The radio advised that the flood i was contl.:uiqg at Washington, but that the uncounted thou sands were not deterred by the • weather. Many people here listened at noon Wednesday to the speech of the President, as he spoke with the cold east rain beating in his face. The cheering of the great crowds could be heard and the music of the bands. Not within the memory of the oldest residents has such an un favorable time been experienced for an inauguration. M. E. Church Quarterly Meeting: The Danbury M. E. church, Rev. Mr. Houck, pastor, will be the seat of the quarterly meet ing of the church in this district on the fifth Sunday night, Jan. 31. Presiding Elder Lambeth will be in charge of this meeting. Will Southern Sells High W. A. Southern, of Meadows, averaged 50 cents with a load of tobacco on the Winston taarkOt Tuesday. Woman's Club of King Holds Interesting Meeting King, Jan. 20. The Woman's club of King met Thursday, Jan. 14 at the club house with Mesdames Paul Kiser, T. E. Smith, W. S. Holder, Roscoe Ferguson as joint hostesses. Af ter the business hour the pro gram committee: Mesdames Isaac Booe and C. T. McGee conducted a program on health. Papers were read by Miss Vera Jones and Miss Leona Pulliam. Mrs. McGee gave a very interesting contest of landscape gardening, the prize going to Miss Sadie Wilson. The fun for the evening came as the Polly Annas for the past year were revealed. The hostesses served -*salad, picklea, cake and coffee. SCHOOL BUS ! CRISIS IN STATE STOKES CITIZENS JOIN FOR- « SYTH, WILKES AND OTHER COUNTIES IN PROTEST OVER PRECARIOUS SYS TEM OF STUDENT TRANS PORTATION, INCOMPETENT,! AND CARELESS DRIVERS GOVERNOR HOEY TAKES A HAND AND CALLS ON', LEGISLATURE FOR SBoo,oo> | TO FI RM H NEW AN!> ! SAFt n Foruyth roi*nty schools are closed down indefinitely urn"! the school authoiities can pro vide safer means of transports-' i tion for the school children to i the public schools of the county, j Wilkes and other counties are j also sending up protests against, \ the precarious condition in , which school buses are alleged to be in. Stokes citizens also join in the general cry of danger and crimi-1 nal neglect of the safety and', i comfort of the school children, as I will be noted from the following i letters received at this office: School Bus Driver Crashes Bat> Into Bank To Save Students' Lives Westfield, Jan. 15. A Reynold's shool bus, No. 41, operated by Howard Bowman, ran into bank to save students' lives, Thursday afternoon at 3 ' o'clock. The school bus was 1 heavily loaded with 63 students, and had no brakes. About thirty yards from the narrow bridge, known as the Nelson bridge, the bus driver saw a loaded trans fer truck coming. He tried to stop but could not. He took a great side swipe against the bank to stop it, and barely, succeeding before the transfer' truck could hit it or before run ning off the high creek bank. No one was injured. The parents met today and ordered that a ' safe bus be bought before send ing their children to school any more. The bus has been running without brakes for a long time. (Signed): ILA BOWMAN Pinnacle, N. C. Bus Turns Over and Door Is Fast Walnut Cove, Jan. 16. One of the Walnut Cove school j buses turned over on the Rose | Bud road Wednesday. Fortunate-j ly no one was hurt. About 30 children were on the bus when it went over. Kirby Richardson was the driver. When the bus turned over the 'door could not be opened and 'the only way for the children to | get out was to break windows and crawl through. Imagine the j tragedy if the bus had caught 1 fire. Only a few mornings ago the Danbury and Meadows buses were seen racing down the road; and attempting to pass on curve came very near running STOKES BOYS GET IN TROUBLE JESSE BULLEN AND JIM SANDS, LAWSONVILLE YOUTHS, CHARGED WITH HOLD-UP BULLEN GET 1 - EIGHTEEN MONTHS SANDS OUT ON APPEAL. Charg d with a daylight hoi 1- up and highway robbery of a filling station operator ne"i Reidsville last week Jes-r- D and Jim Sands, Lav.rm-.vilk youths, were arrested by IV ' ■ iigham county authoiities. -'it the trial Bullen was .i\v. 1S monilis imprisonment. Sand is out on an appeal bond, ar..i has returned to his home. Bullen is the son of Modi Bullen, of Lawsonville. Sands the son of the late Buck Sai. ir., who has been de;;d several yeais. FORTY DAYS OF RAIN THIS WINTER DECEMBER AND JANUARY WETTEST MONTHS ON REC ORD FORTY DAYS SINCE DECEMBER 10 HAVE BEEN INCLEMENT DAN BURY MAN KEEPING REC ORD ROADS IN BAD CONDITION —SCHOOL BUSES STOP. A Danbury man who has kept a record of the weather says there have been 40 days of rain since December 10, with the exception of two or three partly fair days. The oldest citizens do not re call a winter when there has been so much rain as has fallen in December and January. The dirt roads in every sec . tion of the county are in bad 1 condition, almost impassable. School buses have been impeded or entirely stopped in some cases. Tobacco Prices Higher Since Holidays The tobacco markets reopened Tuesday, with better prices re ported since the holiday closing. Many of those who sold good grades this week were quite well ; pleased. The lowest types were very low. ■ into a car. The rear ends of the buses hit but no damage was done. Both buses were full ox children. PATRON OF SCHOOL. Governor Hoey has called on j the legislature to appropriate $600,000 to SBOO,OOO with which to purchase new buses in the various counties which are send ing their protests to Raleigh over j the dangerous conditions of .many buses used by the school I authorities to transport children .to and from school. Number 3,378 WALNUT COVE BAPTIST M. S. MONTHLY MEETING AT THE HOME OF MRS. R. W. SANDS TRIBI'TE TO THE MEMORY OF MRS. L. B. NEAL. The Walnut Cove Baptist Missionary Soci' y met for its monthly | ro-'ram :y af t Mi; i.'l . .!,• 1; 10 ill' M'S. TI. \V. P:;tvK T: C i, : : .I. M.-S. v.\ F. "!•!!' .. y -y Ka-:iT • i i tit. :jr.; will: a flovoti" 1 i: ulfr? fa-in Isaiah 12:1-1; and Luk ."J:JI and i 22. She then commented on the r :*.llng and Foregleams of the -■-nring the members to ' ' , it of Christ grow and not in I—rmony with His will may bo crowded out. She also jtolj of God's promise to humani ty to teach them all things and I that "Ho will pray the Father nnj He will s.nd them another Comforter, who will not go away, for He will dwell within them". ' Mrs. W. F. Mars-hall led in | prayer for the guidance of the Holy Spirit in the lives of the Society as a whole. Mrs. W. M. Fulp was program leader and in" her own impressive manner she dealt with the sub ject "Our Race of People—The j Anglo Saxons". She pointed out that the Anglo Saxons were chosen by Christ to be his chief race for the giving to the entire ! world. During the busine >1 hour the secretary, Mrs. R. D. Tuttle read the minutes of the last meeting . and called the roll. Ten m mbers were present and two now mem bers were welcomed iiro the so ciety, Mrs. Oscar Follin and Mrs. \V. H. Turtle. The hostess assisted by her ; mother. Mrs. Easter. served chicken salad, fruit cako and coffee. j The following InliiU: in lov :ng me::iory ot Mrs. L. D. Ncal .was read by Mrs. R. W. Sands: Sunset and evening star I And one clear call for mo I And may there be no moaning of the bar When 1 put out to sea. ! 5 ' But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound or foam, When that from out the bound less deep . Turns again home. ■- Twilight and evening boll. And after that the dark: And may there be no sadness of farewell , When I embark. , For tho from out our bourne of j time and place | The floods may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face i (Continued on Page 3)
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