THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Volume 66
SEVERAL DEATHS
NEAR KING
MISS SUSIE JOHNSON, OF
MT. VIEW PASSES-DEATH
OF J. OLIVER LONG AT
TOBACCOVILLE - OTHER
NEWS OF THE KING SEC
TION.
King, Nov. 10 - J. Oliver Long
of Tobaccoville died at Winston
Salem Friday following a short
illness. The deceased, who was
a surveyor and who had spent
his entire life in IForsyth coun
ty, was aged 63. Surviving are
the widow, three daughters and
four sons. Funeral and inter
ment was at Pleasant Hill Sun
day at 2:00 P. M.
Garland Gunter found a dead
carrier pigeon on the highway
near his home in west King
last week. It was believed the
pigeon was killed by a passing
automobile.
G. Ross Meadows, fine tobac
co grower of the Ross Store
section, was here Friday on
business.
Ralton Griffin, of High Point
College, spent the week-end
withhia parents, Dr. and Mrs. i
E. M. Griffin.
Lee Butner and Ab Kirbv of
Tobaccoville and Roger Brann
of Winston Salem have return
ed from Atlantic where they
spent a few days on a fishing
trip. They report the catching
of 400 pounds of fine fish
weighing from 2 to 14 pounds.
Some larger ones were hooked
but they were unable to
them, and this is no fish story. (
One of the Happy Day girls
was here last week giving away
crisp new dollar bps to pedes
trians on the street who shr ap
proached and who had a pack-
age of Happy Day headache;
powders on their person or at
home or office-
Samuel Brown has closed a
deal whereby he will take over
a service station at Union
Cross. Mr. Brown will move
his family there. I
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel White,
familiarly known here as "Hap
py Dan* of Roanoke, Va., are
visiting Mr. White's mother.
Mrs. C. F. White on east Main
Street.
Miss Susie Johnson, aged 65,
died at her home near Mountain
View Friday. ' Thte deceased is
survived by two sisters, Mrs.
Harriet Lewis and Miss Ida
Johnson. Two (brothers also
survive. They are John Wade
Johnson and Jimmy Johnson,
all of the Mountain View com
munity. The funeral service
was conducted at Mount Olive
Church Sunday afternoon at
two o'clock and burial followed
In the church cemetery.
Joe Pulliam is spending some
time with relatives at Adkin
son near Wilmington.
Peyton Hutch ins and small
■on of Lexington, Ky„ are visi
ting relatives and friends here
and at Winston-Salem.
Robert Covington of Rural
Ball wu among the bueinesff
jrWtor* here Saluda/.
Established 1872. Danbury, N. C., Thursday, November 11, 1937
FINE ARTS CLUB
ENTERTAINED BY
MRS. C. H. MARTIN
The Fine Arts Club was de
lightfully entertained on Thurs
day evening October 29, at the
home of Mrs. C. H. Martin with
Mesdames T. D., Frank, and C.
H. Martin as joint hostesses.
Mrs. J. J. Taylor, the presi
dent, called the meeting to or
der and, after a brief business
session, an enjoyable program
of book reports was given. A
paper on the book, 'This is my
Affair' - Lola Kimel - was read
by Mrs. N. E. Pepper and short
sketches from 'The Place Like
Home* - Beverly Nichols - read
by Mrs. W. E. Joyce.
Twelve members were pre
sent, with Mrs. C. H. Martin
welcomed as a new member.
Prizes two entertaining
contest were won by Mrs.
Houck and Mrs. Wm. McCan
less. At the conclusion of the
social hour the hostesses serv
ed delicious refreshments.
Rhodes Family
Cft For West Virginia
W. \V, Pwiuues. WHO for seveial
years has conducted a store an J
c'ance hall near t!(:> o'J Jewell
community, five miles noith of
Danbury. has turned his business
over to Manie Ste\l:*ns. Mr.
Rhodes and family left* a- ;ew
days ago for West Virginia
where th:y will make their per
manent home. Mr, will
engage in the. mercantile; busi
ness at his new residenaa.
Stevens will continue a store
and danoa hall at the Rhodes
place which the latter is leaving,
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Fowlkes of
Donnaha were among the
throng of shoppers here Satur
day evening.
Mr. and Mrs. WUburn
Shouse of Rural Hall left Sun
day for Fort Lauderdale, Flori
da, where they will spend three
weeks in interest of Mr.
Shouse's health.
The stork put in another busy
week, six births being record
ed. They were Mr. and Mrs.
Monroe King, a daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Lewis, a son,
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Burrow,
a daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Claud
Campbell, a son, Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Hampton a daughter;
and Mr. and Mrs. Cicero Cro
mer, a son.
Mesdames Harold Grubbs §r.d
W. G. Tuttle of Rural Hall visit
ed here Saturday evening.
The following tonsil removal
operations were performed in
the Stone-Helsabeck Clinic last
week: Walter Crews, of Wins
ton Salem, Chester Southern, of
Walnut Cove and Miss (Frances
Mabe, of Walnut Cove, Miss
Evelyn Boles of Germanton,
Miss Ethel Tucker of Pinnacle
and Mrs. Herman Newson of
King. AH are getting along
nicely. .
R. K Campbell of Lewaonyfll®
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Annual Drive
For Red Cross
Local Workers To Make Drive
In The Annual Red Cross
Roll Call from Nov. 11
To Nov. 25th.
The Annual Red Cross drive
for membership will begin on
Armstice Day, November 11
and continue through Thanks
giving Day, November 25th.
In Stokes county, Mrs. Sallie
F. Pepper has been named Red
Cross Roll Call Chairman for
the county while chairmen in
the various communities to so
licit membership have been
named as follows: Mrs. J. Spot
Taylor Danbury, Miss Laura V.
Ellington, Sandy Ridge; Mrs.
Jacob Fulton, Walnut Cove;
Mr. C. M. Felts, King; Mr. J.
C. Carson, Germarton, Mrs. S.
R. Gibson, Pine Hi. 11..
Last year the t tal member
ship for Stokes county was 69,
with Danbury having 4 mem
bers; Sandy Ridge, 8; Walnut
Cove, 'l2; King, 15. Stoke*
county Rcrl Cross officials and
Roll Call workers are honing
for a large increase in member
ship this year. The increase
last year was from 54 the pre
vious year to the present GO.
The Stokes County Red Cross
is a branch of the Winston Sa
lem Chapter and was organized
» 9
during the period of the World
War. The counties included in
the Winston Chapter are, For
syth, Stokes, Davie and Yaukin.
Membership to the Red Cross
is $l.OO. Half of this amount
is sent to the American Nation
al Red Cross in Washington for
support of the national pro
gram during the next year and
half of the amount is retained
by the local organization to be
spent for work at home.
J. C. Carson, of Germanton,
is chairman of the Stokes coun
ty branch of the Red Cross anu
Mrs. Jacob Fulton, of Walnut
Cove is treasurer.
Lawsonville News
The Hallowe'en party held in
I the auditorium bf the Lawson
i ville school waa quite a success,
The winners in the beauty con-
I teat,were: First place —Miss
Madoline Coma, presented with a
silver loving cup Second place—
Miss Georgia Corns, presented
with a kodak, Third pk&oe—Miss
Rachael Tucker, presented with
s compact
Herbert Lassfter, Jr„ enter
tained a number of his Httle
friends Monday afternoon at a
birthday party. After playing
games the guests were served
apples and candy, hot dogs and
lemonade, Herbert. Jr„ whs the
redeipent of many nice g'fts,
Mr. and Mrs, R A Robertson,
Charles Robertson, Mr. and Mrs,
Edwin Neal and Allen Nfea] mo
tored through the Virginia hills
Sundky, visiting ChrifrfJansburg,
Dixie Cavern* Roanoke, Marttas
vflle sad several other plaoas, j
j Iftmit Lawsoa virftsdj
KING MEETING
BRILLIANT SUCCESS
YOUNG DEMOCRATS. 15 0
STRONG, HEAR GORDON
GRAY, EAT A GOOD DIN
NER AND LISTEN TO SHORT
SPEECHES MISS GRACE
TAYLOR PRESIDES.
A swell event was the meeting
of Young Democrats at King
Tuesday night, the occasion biing
a celebration in honor of the
fifth anniversary of President
Roosevelt's election.
Tlw meeting was held in the
King Woman's Club house, and
tljs big room was packed, nearly
150 being present to hear a fine
address by Gordon Gray, publish
er of the Wi/iston-Salem Journal-
Sentinel. Miss Grace Taylor of
Danbury, president of the Stokes
Young Democratic Clubs, presid
ed, and (introduced the disting
uished guest.
A splendid dinner wag spiead
•SI 00 a plate was much enjoyed
iby the King ladio*, and this at
Tiiei'a wv.c nparchcs by
i J
by tho big crowd,
.
various meral;c-is p>e.-;cnt.
I c> -'- •« was generally
vo!:j a success.
Conference On
Welfare Work
To i£e Attended By County
Welfare Officials Next
Wednesday-N. E. Pep
per To Extend
Greetings.
The Northwestern District
Welfare Conference will be held
in Boone, November 17 at the
First Baptist church. This dis
trict is composed of the coun
ties of Stokes, Surry, Rocking
ham, (Forsyth, Ashe Alleghany,
•Vilkes, Alamance, Davidson,
Watauga, Yadkin, Guilford Da
vie and Randolph.
Mr. N. E. Pepper, of Danbury
member of the State Board of
Charities and Public Welfare
will speak at the meeting for
the State Board. Others at
tending from Stokes will be
Miss Evelyn Page, head of the
Welfare Department of this
county, Mrs. N. E. Pepper, Miss
Grace Woodruff and Miss Ruth
Patterson, of the welfare staff;
W. F. Marshall Roy Redding,
and Miss Laura Ellington, mem
bers of the welfare board of
this county and the Board of
County Commissioners.
Practice For
Christmas Cantata
First practice for the Christ
inas cantata will be held in Wal
nut COMJB M. E. Church Monday
night 7:30. Everyone interested
in singing, cordially invited.
Subscribe for the Danbury Re
porter. $l.OO The year.
Mr*, Gertrude Lawson Sunday.
Miss Annie Bohannen of
Qreenshoro spent the week end
with hmr uncle a»d aunt, Mr, and
MOREFIELD TAKES
CHAMPIONSHIP
PRIDDY WALKS OUT
ARENA REFUSING T O
FIGHT, BUT IS LATER
BEATEN UP BY MOREFIELD
ON THE STREET OF WAL
NUT COVE, WHILE OFFI
CERS LOOK ON—DECISIONS
IN OTHER BOUTS ROY
W I L S O N CHALLENGES
MOREFIELD. ,
V
The fight for the heavy weight
championship of Stokes county |
took place Saturday night ai
Walnut Cove, but with quite less
decorum and ooremony than had
been advertised. Corbett Priddy,
the champion, refused to fight
his challenger and walked out
of the gymnasium. Some houis
later Morefield assaulted Priddy
on the Walnut Cove strett near
the cafe, beating him up moii
lor loss badly, Priddy, who was
;reported drinking, was knocked
jdown :io less than f ll times by
Moicfield. I
Two deputy sheriffs looke t j ou
wh 'i l!:c aHiur was pulled
ljut t!ic .v.ob refused to !• t tlio;ii
interfere,
The)': arc many leports in re
gard to the affair, Th - Repoiti :•
is informed Priddy haj demand
id a showdown on the cash je
ceipts before he would enter tin
ring, which Morefield |and his
I
| friends refused, * Priddy claims
! that in former fight in which
jhe met Roy Wilson, there were
j gross irregularities in the pay-off,
Consequently he declined to be
i ,
doped aga'n,
Roy Wilson now challenges
Morefield, and says he will fight
him any time anywhere, and that
he will lick Morefield t 0 a frazz'e,
! Thie secondary battle between
Therman Col in 3 and Charlie
Morefield was decided in favor
of MoreJfield.
Death of J. A. Petree
J. A, Petree d'ed iat his home
in Winston-Salem last week. He
was a brother of N. O, Petree of
Danbury.
The deceased was for years a
buyer of tobacco on the Winst.n-
Satem market.
PRE-NATAL & WELL BABY
CLINIC TO BE HELD SOON
In the future the Prerata.
Clinics will be held by Dr. G. F.
Reeves of Walnut Cove, N. C.
The next clinic will be held
Nov. 17, in Walnut Cove in the
McPherson building offices
formerly occupied by Dr. Hack
ler. The clinic will be open for
Well Babies and Pre-school
children. Dr. Reeves will exam
ine the children for physical
defects and administer diph
theria vaccine to infants ove»
6 months of age. The conduc
tors of the clinic hope for a
good attendance.
Colored patients are also in
vited to attend the clinic. The
clinic hours are from 9:30 A.
M f . to 12:80 A. It.
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Number 3,322
NEWS OF PINNACLE
The Pinnacle High School
gave a negro minstrel and one
act play at the school building
Friday night which was enjoy
ed by a large crowd. The Wo
man's Club delightfully enter
tained with an oyster supper
and other refreshments.
Mrs. Ernest Holes was hos
tes to the M. E. Missionary So
ciety at her home Saturday
evening. After a business ses
sion delightful refreshments
were served.
The Pinnacle gii!!s defeated
, the Dobson girls in a basket
ball game Tuesday night by a
score of 22 to 16.
Quite a number from here at
tended the Roosevelt Anniver
sary Dinner sponsored by the
W. . n 'mocrats Club of
; County at King Tues
day
Mr. .and Mrs. Kenneth Na
pier. of Danville, Va. vi-ited
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. .1.
L. Christian of Pinnacle and
I Mr. an I Mrs. .1. M. N\v ie- ~f
Pil*>t :t. t!v j • v
1 end.
Miss Dorothy Movies, to; > ' )'
in Pinnacle High School. n
the past week-end in King.
Mr-.. J. 11. Smoyer and cliild
ren, Jean and Chris, and Mr.
William Chr.'stain. of Ashev:!!-?
visited Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Chris
tian last week. *■ • •
j Mr. and Mrs. R.
and daughter, Argie, of Wades
boro, spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Calvin Wright.
I The many friends of Mr. O
j dell Neal will regret to learn
1 that he is confined to his bed
with influenza.
i Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Spain
hour and children, Jimmy and
, I
Jack, of Greensboro, were visi
tors to Pinnacle Tuesday,
i Mr. and Mrs. Murray Chris
i tian of Salisbury were the
; week end guests of Mr. and Mrs
J. L. Christian.
Tobacco Thieves 5
Operating In
Western Stokes
yj Francisco. Nov, 9,
Tobacco thieves have been op
erating around Westfteld, Asbury
and Francsico during the last
waek. Seven different people re
ported losses of totacco last
Wednesday night and one Thurs
day night, Chicken thieves alvi
•re doing a right profitable bu»i-
Joe H3II was taken to Mount
Airy Hospital Sunday afternoon,
thought to have been suffering
from appendicitis,
The many friends and neigh
bors of Millard Collins gave him
a surprise birthday dinner Sun
day, He was away from home
loading tobacco and when he
came back the dinner was all
Teady.
Born unto Mr, and Mrs, Fred
Denny of Pilot Mountain Routs
1 November 6, a daughter. Sarah
,Gail, Visiting Mr, a»d Mrs. Den
ney Sunday wene several friends
and relatives, Mother and the
daughter doing fine.