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The Dan bury Reporter
N. E. PEPPER Editor and Publisher
L. VANCE PEPPER Business Manager
issued Thursdays at Danbury, N. C., and entered at the Danbury (
postofiicc as second class matter, under act of Congress.
National Advertising Representative
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Danbury, North Carolina, June 10, 1943.
LIEUT. PUINGLE
KILLED IN ACTION
CiRANDSON OF MRS. A. J.
PRINOLK AM) ,1. \V. LACKEY
—WAS A I KiHTKR PILOT IN
AFRICA
News of the death in action in
i
Africa of Lieut. VV. M. Pringle, J
Jr., aged 21. has been received
by his | arer.ts, Mr. and Mrs. W.
M. Pringle, of Greensboro.
No details of the death. which |
occurred on May aocompnnied
the tclogrim in toe parents trom
the war department.
Lieut. Pi ingle was a fighter
pilot in the American air forces,
and had been decorated for dis-!
tinguished service with the Oak
Leaf Cluster.
He was a grandson of Mrs. Dr.!
A. J. Pringle and J. W. Lackey of
Lavvaonville, stokes county. Sur
vived by his wife and one da ugh-.'
ter, Prediiy Joe of D.'riot Mich.
-Revival Meeting
Begins Today At
Palmyra Church ,
i y
A revival meeting, which will'
he held at the Palmyrn church, 7 '
miles west of Walnut Cove, bo-''
Sins today with Miss Irene Gas- '
klns l"' w !'hing and Miss Jessie '
haircloth assisting Miss Gaskins'
in the singing.
This announcement is made by'
Kenneth H. Dnntzler, pastor off
Peniel Pentecostal Holiness!
church of the Palmyra communi.i°
ty. a
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LEONARD VAN NOPPKN
WILL ENTER NAVY SOON 5
Leonard van Noppen has re- ;
teived an .appointment as an en- (
sign in the U. S. Navy. He is to i
report to Raleigh for physical ex- j
amination. then to Harvard Col- j
lege, Cambridge, Mass. for scv- ]
eral months training. i
w 1
A former baby carriage plant i
is making pilot seats for aircraft.
The United States produced
more than 10 billion roundg of
small arms ammunition last year.
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By E. P. NEWSUM
King.—"So your wife has gone
,to Palm Beach for her health ?"
"What did she have?" "Eight
hundred dollars her father gave
her."
June 10. —Corp. Julius Spease,
i
'who is stationed at Seattle, Wash,
ington, is here on a 15-day fur
lough.
Dr. G. E. Stone has returned to
his home from a Charlotte hospi
tal and is improving.
Mrs. Pauline Irvin of Ruther
fordton was among the visitor*
here Friday. Mrs. Irvin, former
county nuise, was located here.
William Wright of Mount Airy
a week-end guest to relatives
{ in Walnut Hills.
Farmers are going right along
with their tobacco planting.
; About an average crop will b?
planted in this section.
Jasper Bowman of the Mount
Olive section wa3 a business vis
itor here Saturday.
An oil truck, loaded with four
thousand gallons of gasoline,
wrecked and caught fire on the
Lakes-to-Florida highway near
Rural Hall, and has been burning
for two days. Families residing
near the wreck have moved from
their homes fearing an explosion.
Miss Cleater Briles preached a
very interesting sermon in the
King Tabernacle Sunday after-'
noon.
Lieutenant G. E. Stone, Jr.,!
of the armed forces and who is
stationed at Camp Davis, spent;
the week-end with his parents, j
Dr. and Mrs. G. E. Stone on west 1
Main street.
The stork has or.ly one call to'
report, to Mr. and Mrs. Roy M>
Gee, on Pulliam street, a son.
The young fellow arrived Wed
nesday.
Mrs. Golden Baker and Miss
Phoeba Manring, both of King,
underwent tontil removal opera
tions in the Stone-Helsabeck
CWnlc Tast week.
Rober Hooker, World War I
veteran, who is suffering from a
severe attack of Asthma, was car
ried to a Winston-Salem hospital
for treatment Saturday.
THE DANBURY REPORTER
Janis V. Duggins
Will Be Gunner's Mate
One of the high ranking Blue
jackets in his recruit training
company, Janis Velmo Duggins,
19, son of Mr. and Mrs. VV. E.
Duggins, Rural Hall, Route 1,
was selected for special training
and as a result is now enrolled i;i
the school for gunner's mates, at
the U. S. Naval Training Sta
tion, Great Lakes, 111.
He wili receive 16 weeks of in
struction under the supervision
of an experienced chief petty of
ficer. Upon completing the course
i
he will be eligible for promotion
to a third class pettyofiicer rat
ing and be assigned to duty with
the fleet or at a shore station. I
Why Not Put a Ceiling-'
On Medicine?
Mr. Editor:
As the OPA is rationing every
thing else and putting a ceiling
on all commodities, why should
not the drug stores bear a share
in the works? I sent a prescrip
tion for 3 phials of medicine that
a few years ago would have cost >
not over $1.50. The druggist
charged me $7.25. Can a poor
man afford to get sick?
SUESCRIEER.
Danbury at War
Stedman King and Thomas Car
lyle Petree left on Wednesday in
this month's contingent that i
went to Camp Crcft, S. C., for j
examination. This gives the R. ,
R. King family four and the W. ]
u. Petree family two sons in the i
service, and Dnnbury 24 men in i
the armed forces of the nation, j
about 12 percent, of Danbury's ,j
population. The nation's whole \
population of 135,000,000 has yet r
been tapped les3 than 7 percent, t
Paul Scott Slightly i
Wounded In Action
Pfc. Paul W. Scott, a brother
£
of Solicitor Ralph Scott of Dan
c
bury and son of Mr. and Mrs. S.! (
M. Scott of Pinnacle, is reported f
slightly wounded in action, loca- ,
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ti°n not given. He entered the j
marines in July, 1940, and train- 1
ed at Parris Island, S. C.
Smashing the Subs i
The London Daily Mail said in 1
a front page display last week '
that3o Axis submarines were
sunk by allied sea and air attacks
in May.
Meeting at Collinstown
The Rev. and Mrs. L. F. Cowan
of Westfield visited Danburv
friends Monday. Mr. Cowan says !
a revival series of meetings will i
begin at Collinstown Presbyterian 1
church on June 15, conducted by
the Rev. R. L. Berry of Sparta, i
assisted by Mr. Cowan who is
pastor of this church. A Bible
school will be conducted with the
meeting.
The public i 8 cordially invited
to these meetings.
Mr. Cowan is now engaged in a
meeting at Hill's church near
Pilot Mountain.
IjUNE WAR BOND
' QUATO IS $10,900
The May Quota Was SIO,OOO.
■52 C,206.25 Bought Chairman
Miss Grace Taylor Ask* Con
tiuued Co-operation lor Stokes
, I
,1
' | Miss Grace Taylor, chairman of
1 Stokes County War Savings Staff,
announces that the June bond
quota for the county is $10,900,
and that the May quota, which
was SIO,OOO, was nearly trebled.
For the month of May the sum of
526,206.25 was invested.
I Miss Taylor is much pleased
over the loyal co-operation of the
people of Stokes in the bond cam
paigns and is very proud of the
; results which have been obtained.
She feels that the loyalty and
patriotism of the people will con
tinue, and that they will easily
subscribe the June quota for
Stokes in the world's best securi
ty, which enables the planes and
the tanks to keep rolling out of
the fitctftries.
Meeting- Closes
i The series of meetings conduct
ed at the Methodist church here
for several days, closed last
| night. In this meeting the Rev.
Paul Taylor of Oak Ridge waj
assisted by Pastor Love.
I
Miss Nannie Jones, Red
Cross Official, To Be In
Walnut Cove Office
Miss Nannie Jones, who is now
connected with the Red Cross'
headquarters in Winston-Salem. '
will be in Walnut Cove every
Wednesday to assist in •matters
pertaining to the Red Cross.
Miss Jones' office in Walnut Cove
win be in the old WPA apart
ment. Office hours from 2 p. m.
to 4 p. m.
Wedding is Announced!'
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Christian ,
announce the marriage of their
daughter, Mary Lou, to Aviation
Cadet Leon E. Van Brunt, Jr., of
Red Bank, N. J., Monday evening.
June 7, at eight o'clock in the
First Baptist Church of Phoenix,
Arizona. R ev . C. Arlin Heydon
officiated.
Mr. and Mrs. Van Brunt will
make their home in Phoenix
while Mr. Van Brunt is stationed
at Luke Field.
Woman's Organizations
To Meet Monday, P. M.
(Reported)
A combined meeting of the
Union Missionary Society and
Woman's Society of Christian
.Service will be held Monday night
at 8:30 o'clock in the Presbyterian
: Church of Danbury.
J Members please note the change
is time and date.
FOR SALE
1 McC©RMICK-DEERING GRAIN
THRESHER, ALL STEEL IN
NO. 1 CONDITION.
Jf. W. GENTRY
KING, N. C.
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News of
' OUR BOYS
n Paul Moore is a son of Mr. and
- Mrs. Sandy Moore of Lawsonville.
* He has lately been promoted to
I pfc. Entered the army in Aug
f ust, 1012, and is now stationed at
j
Camp Hale, Colo.
ij
, I Staff Sgt. Clyde R. Slate has
i : been upped to his present rating
.! recently. A son of Mr. and Mrs.
i
l L. C. Slate of King, he entered
| the army in 1940 and was trained
I at Bragg.
i ■ i
James B. Tiiley entered the
, army January 11, 1943, and is |
now stationed at Camp Edwards,
I Mass., where he has been promot
ed to pfc.
, ■ Seaman First Class Ernest C. (
j Collins is stationed at Virginia
Beach. Home at Francisco, he j
, has recently been promoted 10 j
[his present status. He entered
the Coast Guard last fall.
I
Roy W. Beasley is a son of
Mrs. E. L. Beasley of Francisco.
He has iccentiy been advanced to i
pfc. Now stationed at Fort!
.Whitman, Wash.
| Pvt. Theodore E. Tuttle, son of
| Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Tuttle of
I Walnut Cove, is a patient at Hal
•loran General Hospital, Staten
j Island, N. Y. He served in the I
army in India.
Ralph B. Lawson entered the
*!trmy in October, 1941, and has
recently been promoted tp corp
oral. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
S. E. Lawson of Pinnacle, and is
now stationed in North Africa. !
Pfc. Reggie Spainhour has rec- !
ently been promoted to his pres-j
ent rating. He is a son of Mr. I
and Mrs. Luke Spainhour of King,
j entered tTfe army March 11, '43,
and received basic training at Ft.
Jackson, s. C.
Sgt. Forrest R. Welch, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Welch of Wal-'
nut Cove, has been promoted to'
the grade of staff sergeant, at,
Sasic Training Center No. 10 of I
the Army Air Forces Technical!
Training Command at Greensboro.
Staff Sgt. Welch entered the serv
ice January 14, 1941, at Fort
Bragg, and came to Greensboro
on March 15, 1943,
Shipbuilding is the biggest sin
gle item in Wisconsin's war con
tracts, with the first fleet of sub
marines to be launched on the
Great Lakes coming from Mani
towoc, Wis., ways.
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Funeral Held For
For Sgt. Collins
Funeral services for Sergeant
John W. Collins, son of Mr. and
Mrs. George E. Collins of Fran
, eisco, who was killed last week
at Avon Park, Fla., when a bomb
er crashed, were held Tuesday
! afternoon at 4 o'clock at Aaron's
j Corner Primitive Baptist Church.
Elderg Noel Gilbert and Sam Gil
bert conducted the services. Bu
rial was in the church graveyard.
The body arrived Monday at
. Walnut Cove from Avon Park,
; accompanied by Sergeant John E.
Bitner.
Sergeant Collins was one of six
I men killed in the crash. The
body was not recovered for three
days and was in ten feet of water.
U3e of wool felt has saved ap
proximately 500,000 pounds of
'rubber in six months in the man-
I
| facture of washers, gafkets, and
! similar items.
Aircraft modification centers,
an American development, weath
erize and equip each new plane
for a specific theater of )j:cra
jtions.
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