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Danbury, North Carolina, March 18, 1943
SPRING TERM, 1943.
STOKES COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT
Calendar
His Honor, J. DONALD PHILLIPS
Judge Presiding.
APPEARANCE DOCKET
Monday. March 29, 1943.
56. Otis SimrAcns .? * (Costi
TRIAL DOCKET
Monday, March 29, 1943.
57. Jesse Brown (warrant) Manslaughter
58. 59, GO. John Martin (warrant) Assault
61. W. H. Johnson (warrant) Assault
62. Ozell Williams, Thurman and
Tom Bullin & Paul G. Cardwell (warrant) B. & E.
72. Canie Sands (warrant) B. & E.
75. Jim Smith (warrant) , B. & E., Larceny
69. Sam Southern (warrant) Larceny
73. Xeal Manring (warrant) Larceny
63. William Case (warrant) Reckless driving
64. Albert Watkins (warrant) Non-support
65. Tom Hicks (warrant) 0. C. I.
66. Delbert R. Moorefield (warr ant) O. C. I.
67. Luther Wm. Dodson (warrant) O. C. I.
71. Lee Tilley (warrant) O. C. I.
74. J. Ft. Nunn (warrant) O. C. 1.
68. Ray Cook (warrant) ~ '* T
70. Henry Coleman (warrant) A. D. W.
11. Dave Dalton Assault
20. Winfred Tilley * Larceny
21 Claveus Partin & Loyle Stiles Larceny
25. Ben Webster * 1 L. & R.
43. Leroy Johnson Larceny
26. Monroe Mitchell & Alfonzo Webster Mfg. liquor
27. Monroe Mitchell % j A. D. W.
22. Raymond Cain r j A. D. W
38. Chester Stephens ' i' O. C. I.
40. Garland Rominger ' O. C. I.
42. Belvin Hairston . * Manslaughter
76. Miller Daub (warrant) ' ' O. C. I
77. Curtis Southern (warrant) ' 1 O. C. I.
78. Jack Tilley (warrant) t ' Assault
79. Roscoe Smith (warrant) Abandonment
80. D. M. White (warrant) Driving drunk
81. Eddie Lawson (warrant) Assault.
82. R. J. Waller (warrant) Driving druni
-83. Roy James Wall (warrant) Non-supporr
J. WATT TUTTLE,
CLERK SUPERIOR COURT.
Colored Men Off I GE °w v EGETABLES FOR
To War Camn VICTORY
lO V* dr The Government asks everybody
with ground available to start a
Thirteen colored men left Tues- i Victory Garden to help relieve
, , _ . „ .... . the threatened food shortage,
day for Fort Bragg military stu- . , b '
How to plan your garden and
tion. grow vegetabbs is explained in
Eight of them passed, five came a " illustr ated article i n the March
28th issue of
back pronounced unfit for mili- THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
tary service, including Ben Frank With The
_ . , u BALTIMORE
Davis of Danbury. SUNDAY AMERICAN
THE DANBURY REPORTER
Stokes Religion
j And Politics
i
S Stokes County was a rock-rib
bed Republican stronghold for
i
many moons. But it underwent a
j political change of heart some
years ago and it is now a Demo
cratic bailiwick. That may or ma\
not explain why a neighboring
G. O. P. organ, the Union Repub
lican, of Winston-Salem, takes oc
casion to cast editorial aspersions
upon an adjacent county and its
citizenry.
"Now we know what is the mat
ter with Stokes Sounty," says the
Republican. "The Danbury Re-!
porter says that 'out of a popula-1
tion of 22,656, there are 16,7411
persons in Stokes county who do ]
not belong to any church. The J
church membership in the county j
is divided as follows: Baptists,'
2,415; Methodist, 1,380; Presby
terian, 309; Episcopal, 77; Luth-'
eran, 12; all other denominations,'
2,20-1." The Reporter, publishei
at Danbury, seat of Stokes Coun
ty, and edited by Eugene Pepper.
is as staunchly Democratic as the;
I
Republican is strongly Republi- j
can.
"Such a record is a shame o:i !
any county," avers the Republi-:
can. "When we saw that, and we'
presume Editor Pepper is correct!
in his figures, we knew at once 1
what is the matter in that county.
When its citizens pay no more at
tention to religious matters than
these figures show, the secret h
out. No citizenry can ignore the
claims of the Gospel and make
any real progress. That comes
first—don't overlook that."
This is a new role for The Re
publican—a change, as it were,
from political exhorter to relig
ous mentor. It should not be nec
.ssary, but evidently it is, to re
nind the Republican, that, as
ministers frequently remind us,
church membership of itself i 3 no
passport to heaven. It is a ?act,
too, The Republican's uncompli
mentary statement to the con
trary not withstanding, that j
Stokes has made notable progress'
in a number of fields during re-1
cent years. If the Republican
regain lost votes in Stokes and
win new ones for the G. O. P. it
would probably do well to revise
its tactics and adopt a different
trategy.
—GREENSBORO RECORD.
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Danbury Route 1
Mr. and Mrs. Gilmer Nelsoa
visited Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Law
son at Lawsonville Saturday night.
; Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Lawson and
son, Chester, visited Mrs. R. M
Smith and family Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Mabe visit
ed Oscar Lawson and family Sun
day night.
Mrs. Minnie Fagg, Hattie Fagg,
PreiTle Hay Lawson, visited at
Alex date's Sunday.
Mrs. E. C. Smith visited her
mother, Mrs. W. W. George, Sun-
I
day.
Mrs. Oscar Lawson and Hettio
Fagg visited at the M. O. Stevens
store Monday evening.
E. C. Smith and Gilmer Nelson
are working on their new feed
barn. , , 0
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Pleasure Driving Ban
Lifted; "A" Ration
Book Cut In Half
Washington.—The Office of Price Administra
tion last night lifted the pleasure driving ban in
the Eastern States, effective March 22, and at the
same time cut the basic "A" gasoline ration in
half.
No reduction was made in the "A" ration for
the rest of the nation, and appar
ently none is contemplated.
The cut in the basic ration,
Price Administrator Prentiss M.
Brown estimated, will limit mo- ]
tori3ts in the East who have no
occupational use for their cars to
90 miles a month.
This mileage, he said, will be
available for family or personal
... 1
necessity driving such as essen
tial shopping, meeting family 1
emergencies, trips to a doctor,
etc.
The action was taken, OPA
said, to keep all non-occupational
driving at a minimum as a result
of information from the petrol
eum administrator for war that
gasoline supplies for civilians in
the 17 Eastern States and the
District of Columbia will continue
o be meagre.
To preserve the savings in gas-'
I
;oline originally achieved by the
j pleasure driving ban of Jan. 7,
I OPA extended the valid perio
I
;for A-5 coupons from two month;
to four months, thus, in effect,
halving the basic ration.
The A-5 coupon becomes vali'j
March 22.
The action was taken after Pe
troleum Administrator Harold L.
Ickes had certified that only 333,-
000 barrels of gasoline daily
could be made available for East
'oast civilian and industrial use
n April. This is 15,000 barrels
daily more than was available
this month but the increase will
be required, OPA said,' for sea
sonal upturns in demand, partic
ularly for spring plowing and
, planting.
| Car owners who have used "A"
1 books for going to work or in
I connection with work, now wi'.l
become eligible for supplemental
rations under amendment t* the
gasoline rations, details of which
will be announced in a few days.
Brown and Ickes said in a joint
statement that although they
would have liked to announce ad
ditional ga&oline supplies, that
was impossible "far the simple
reason the supply anfi tißtTHpor
tation situation just will not per
mit, especially in the face of mil
tary requirements, present and
future."
"If there must be a shortage of
gasoline," they said, "it should be
at home, not on the fighting
front."
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WANTED—T-Model Ford. 25 or
27 model. Fairly good condition.
Write or see—
THOMAS C. PETREE,
Danbury, N. C.
Deed Trust blanks, 50c doz.; Chat
tel Mortgages, 25c doz.;' Land
Posters, 25c dos.—on sale at the
Reporter office. Mail®d on request.
Report Of Delinquents
To United States D. A. j
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To Carlisle Higgins:
This Local Board reports to you
that Troy Wilson Carter, RFD 1,
Lawsonville, Stokes county, N. C..
is believed to have violated the
Selective Training and Service
Act of 1540 or the rulqs and regu-'
lations thereunder in that he has
failed to notify this office of his
change in address. I
Notice of delinquency was sent
to him on January 25, 1943 and
February 3, 1943.
His Order No. is 11394. j
A description of the delinquent
follows: Age, 20; date of birth,
January, 1923; place of birth,
Stokes county, N. C.; race, white;
citizenship, U. S. A.; height, sft..
5 in.; weight, 150 lb.; hair, brown;
complexion, ruddy. Other obvious
physical characteristics or marks,
blind in one eye.
The delinquent has not been lo
cated.
I The person will always know
I the delinquent's address is Mrs.
, John Neal Tucker, postmaster,
Lawsonville, N. C. This person
ha s been contacted by letter on
November 4, 1942, by local board,
Danbury, N. C. with the following
result: mail returned to this of
fice marked unknown. Envelop
was addressed to registrant care
of Mrs. John Neal Tucker.
The delinquent's employer is
Frank Carter, (father), RFD 1,
LawsonvWe, N. C. He has been
contacted by letter on November
8, 1942, by Stokes County Local
Board No. 1. with the following
result: Mail was addressed to reg
istrant care of his father and was
returned to this office by postmas
ter marked unknown.
. Delinquents place of employ
ment or business i s RFD 1, Law
sonville, N, C., (father's name
given above).
The following efforts have been
made by Stokes County Local
Board No. 1, Danbury, ftf. C., to
the delinquent with the following
result: Contacted State Highway
Patrolman and County Sheriff,
neither knew the registrant or
his father.
Additional information concern
ing this delinquent is not on file
in the office of this local board.
RALPH R. MILLS,
Member of Local Board.
STUART
THEATRE
Stuart, Virginia
>iday & Saturday, March 19-20
"PHANTOM PLAINSMEN"
| Bob Slee.e-Rule Davis-Tom Tyler
Also , ..
"TWO YANKS IN TRINIDAD"*
Pat O'Brian—Brian Donlevy
Sunday Si Monday, March 21-22
"THE SPOILERS"
Marlene Dietrich —Randolph Sot'
Tuesday & Wednesday, Mar. 23-21
"GHOST OK FRANKENSTEIN"
Ra'ph Be'lamy—Bela Lugosi
Also News
Tlmrsday, March 23 Only
"FRIENDLY ENEMIES"
C\vu Rurg'es—Nancy Kelly
Thursday, Mar. 18, 1943
Joe Helsabeck
Wins His H Laurels
Somewhere in Africa is a much
shot-at-and-hit B-25 with the
name "The Reluctant Dragon"
painted on its side in bright Chi
nese red lacquer. But the crew
call her the "Flying Patch.
There are many bombers in Af
rica, in China, in England and in
the South Pacific with plenty of
bullet holes to prove experience
in battle. But this plane has a par
ticular significance to this section.
For the pilot is Captain Chester
J. (Joe) Helsabeck, Jr., 21, of
Walnut Cove.
Captain Helsabeck's plane has
more than 150 patches on the
tough hide of the wings and fuse
lage. There are now two new gas
tanks to replace those destroyed
by enemy flak.
Captain Helsabeck in an inter
view in Africa recently, said of
his plane "the more patches she
'gets the better she flie3."
In that same interview, the Wal
nut Cove man said the worst
I
'thing that ever happened to him
was when a 22-mm. bullet plowed
through the upper turret and
killed the turret gunner. That
gunner is the only member of the
original crew of the Flying Patch
not now with the ship. v
The pilot carries with him a
20-mm. bullet, a dud. If the bullet
hadn't been a dud, he said, it
would have exploded the plane
when it hit one of the gas tanks.
He carries it as a lucky piece.
| Captain Helsabeck is the son of
Dr. and Mrs. C. J. Helsabeck. He
would be a senior at the Univer
sity of North Carolina it 4 he had
' not decided to go ~»uiu ihe air
l force. Now, at 21, he is captain in
the air corps, a pilot and a flight
leader in a squadron that has been
dealing daily and deadly punish
ment to the enemy on mission*
,over Tand and sea for three and a
hair monfTis. He already has the
Air Medal and a flock of Oak
Leaf clusters. He was part of the
first American bomb group to land
in Africa after the beginning of
the campaign.
I ADMN ISTKATOR'S NOTICfT^
The undersigned having quali
fied as Admiiistrator of the es
tate of H. H. Brown, deceased,
late of Stokes County, North
Carolina, this is to notify all per
sons having claims against 'said
! estate to present them to the un
dersigned on or before February
15, 1944, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said es
tate will please make immediate
payment to the undersigned.
This February 6, 1943. , [
O. N. BROWN,
Administrator.
610 Elam Avenue
P. O. Box 240
Greensboro, N. C.
Ipwictory
ill buy
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