. THE DANBURY REPORTER
Established 1872
STOKES WOMEN
ARE NEEDED
WILL WE HEED THE CALL OF
OUR COUNTRY?—MRS. KEN
NETH BYERLY APPEALS
FOR WAC VOLUNTEERS
"Fellow citizens, we cannot es
ooe history", are words as true
1
today as they were in the tragic
days when Abraham Lincoln ut
tered them.
None of us can escape history |
today—not even women. Ameri- j
can women have always stood |
BEHIND their armed forces in .
time of war; in the total war in >
which we are now engaged, wo
men must do even more and take
their places IN the armed forces.
There is a desperate need for
more women in the the Women's
Army Corps. As casualties
mount in number more men must
be released for overseas duty.
This is the job that the WAC s 3a.;
Stokes county has been asked
r to contribute three WAC's in the
Immediate future, and more as
the War Department calls for
them. Those women between the
' ages of 20 to 50 years interested'
' in becoming a WAC should see
■ the member of the WAC Recruit
ing Committee in 'their communi
. » V.
ty, which will be published in
this paper soon.
It should be considered aa
honor and privilege by Stokes
county women to wear the uni
form of their country, remember
ing all that it stands for. It i(
a privilege not to be taken light
ly, so that American women may
point with pride to their contri
bution toward the winning of the
war.
MRS. KENNETH R. BYEUIT"
Chairman WAC Recruiting,
* Pine Hall, N: C:
' OUR BOYS
Corporal Technician T. G.
((Tig Slate, Jr.. son of Mrs. Edd
Camel of King, has recently teen
promoted to his present rating.
He entered the Army December
9, 1942, and was trained at Camp
Butner.
Technical Sergeant Simpson
Garner, son of Mrs. G. C. Garner
of King, has been promoter! t.)
his present rating. He entered
I
the army in August, IGr n d
was trained at Camp But net". He
formerly taught at Pine Hall
High School.
Private First CIP.3S Eorls R. J
0 J ip'vellyn, son of Mr. ar.d Mrs. S. I
C. L'ew. 'lyn of Walnut Cove, has
titer jmoted to his present rat
i; ,: 'e erlered the army Decem
ber 'B. 1942, and trained at •
Cnip McCoy, Wis., I.t now sta- i
tioned at Nashville, Tenn.
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GIVE FBEE7Y. LIBERALLY !
TO TIUE WAR RELIEF FUNDI
Volume 72
'COVE PERSONALS
Walnut Cove.—Mrs. Rosamond
Hatch, county nurse, attended 8
public health conference at Ral
eigh the first of the week. She
returned Tuesday evening.
Captain Joe He babeck was car
ried to the Baptist Hospital, Win
ston-Salem, Sunday morning for
treatment. The extent of his ill
ness has nor been learned.
Mrs. Edv „ Bailey is visiting
relatives it North Wilkesboro
this week.
| Mrs. L. H. van Noppen will
leave the latter part of the week
jfor Boston, Mass., where she will
visit her husband, Ensign van
Noppen. She will be accompanied
by Mrs. Barlow Bowles and Miss
Marjorie Pepper.
Miss Frances Jane Johnson, stu
dent at Mars Hill College, attend
ed he Baptist Student Convention
jat Winston-Salem this week, and
• spent the week-end at her home
with parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
Johnson.
Mrs. Oscar Follin spent last
week-end with her daughter,
Mona, student at Meredith Col
lege, Raleigh.
| John Ray, Mitch Fowler, James
| Meadows left Wednesday for
Spartanburg, 8. C., where they
will take the navy oath and then
report for boot training at Bain
bridge, Maryland.
Miss Margaret Turner spent
peveral days last week at Shelby
villa and Nashville, Tenn. She
attended the Grand Ole Opry
while in Nashville.
Danbury, Meadows
Sold Some
In reports of Stokes war bond
sales Danbury and Meadows,
! though each sold some, were
| omitted. Mr. Gibson, the coun
ty's war bond sales chairman,
hands in as follows:
Danbury $ 3,800.00
Meadows 1,600.00
It appears from records here
that over $ll,OOO in bonds were
sold by the Danbury postoffice.
j These bonds were not all bought
by Danbury people, however, but
as schools and post offices, etc., at
other points were listed as so and
so, possibly each community
claimed its quota as so much sold
I —anywhere.
The only thing important is
.that the county went over the
'top. The government is not in
lerested in details.
RATION BOARD
TO CLOSE AT 3 P. M.
j Beginning November 1, the Ra
ition Board office at the courthouse
I will close at 3:00 P.M., except
lon Saturdays when it will close
'at 1:00 P.M. This is necessary
in order that the clerical force
may have time to clear up the
! day's work. The public is urged
Ito observe these hours in trans
acting their business at the office.
Danbury, N. C., Thursday, Oct. 28,1943 * * *
An Editorial.
THE TRAGEDY OF THE TREES
The October woods are languishing in the
lethal kiss.
The Dance of Death is on.
•
But the dancers—the lovely trees—with swell
sportmanship, disdain their sentence of death,
and gorgeously appareled, go smiling to their
late.
What a striking analogy to the careers of some
beautiful and brilliant figures of history who ap
proached their ends with a gesture of contempt,
hauteur and levity.
So the lovely Madamoiselle Maple in her en- !
chanting gown of crimson and gold, may be lik-,
ened unto Marie Antoinette who, draping her- j 1
| fcelf in a mantlp of scarlet and with a cluster of 1
j priceless jewels in her hair, bared her throat to ;'
I the guillotine, triumphant and unafraid —
| And Madam Poplar, tall, dignified and serene, •
jin her costume of saffron and buff, becomes Joan 1
1 • f Arc, whose body enwrapped with the folds of'
' regal raiment, scorned the vindictive mob and
' ~f,s ed her hand to her admirers, even as the 1
Hames of her nyre shrivelled her blond tresses —'
j
Or, Senorita Ash may bring back the memories
. of Cleopatra who drifted down the river in her i
barge of purple sail and poop of beaten gold to i
> meet her Mark. Later to die with the sting of j
the asp applied to her bosom by herself. Enfold-1
r ed in costliest laces of theJSast,. she made, the
' plunge with a smile and a curse. So perished the
Serpent of the Nile. v
i Come see the fascinating Dance of Death in the
- graceful woods, the gleaming, glamorous, gor-!
s geous woods. The aisles shaded in the subdued j
t light. The trails soft with leaves making an Iran
carpet.
And the funeral accessories are there —music
k and mourners. Down Hanging Rock gulch
' where the creek loiters sad symphony croons
I through the rocks, the fern and the ivy. It is the
' dirge of the Dance of Death.
a
. Overhead a platoon of crows, in their conven- j
tional black, caw and squawk dismally as they |
make for the tall thicket to indulge their grief. '
3 In the early twilight a screech owl wails like an
] ambulance siren.
It is the Dance of Death, but there is no denth.!
It is only an angle of the Miracle of Life, for
' t there is no death. The stars go down, but they
t rise on another shore.
t Soon will come back the truant sunshine and!
» the roses, the daffodils and the rhododendron
' the glad song of birds —the resurrection and the
I I Life. The trees will enrobe again with living
j green.
j I For let us be persuaded that neither tribulation
. nor distress nor famine nor sword shall be able
to separate us from that Life which is Lord o;
'Death.
Help Prevent or Pl° w * a S nrouni for safety, JI
Forest Fires wUhou' luip handy.
j Stoii 'o smc-ke in safe place:
> By Regional Forest Ranger during dry woithc-i. Observe tl ••
Forest, grass, and brush fires areas close 1 lo ■' 'i.
i divert manpower from war indus-; Be sure mi.: 1. . ijj irettes an i
' Itries and farms: damage and d>- ph x tr nu colu; ca.. ii.
jstroy timber and forage. Until c.re der.u btfoi. lo .vinr '!•' t.
ijwe smash the Axis, forest tires Kill small fln v •
i help the enemy. immediately to the la* war ten. i
Never burn to clear land, log- Help on th? home front to win
• t
ging slash, etc., without scraping the war!
Published Thursdays
'YakntfHews'»
T. R. Nelson, Westfield, pur
chased a six-month-old registered
Guernsey bull calf from B. B.
Walker, of Walnut Cove. This
calf is an excellent individual and
carries the noted Quail Roast
breeding. Mr. Nelson is using
this registered bull to breed - up
'his herd of grade cattle.
! A few weeks ago Mr. Nelson
filled a 60-foot box type silo. By
( using silage he will produce more
( milk at less cost and will have
green feed during the winter
! months for his cattle.
Stokes county has been called
upon to supply its share of scrap
iron to the scrap iron bank. This
will be used as a reserve
J stock. All the scrap collected in
North and South Carolina will be
pooled for shipment to any place
| where the supply is running
short, thus preventing work stop
page due to lack of material.
! Each citizen is urged to gather
all used plow points and other
heavy iron at, once and get them
to your local pchool. As soon as
a truck load has been gathered
the school principal can notify
the county agent's office and the
' scrap will be removed from school
I grounds.
You are urged to get your
scrap into the schools as soon as
possible.
Grain planting is the order of
the day Tn Stokes county. A size
able number of farmers report an
increased acreage of grain.
I One of our State officials said:
| "There should be no feed short
age on any farm with the passi
ble exception of protein concen-
I trates:"
Poultry should be culled now!
Why waste feed on star boarders ?
Within the next few weeks a
clear sky, chilled by frost and
light freezes will mean the desir
ed end of many a fat hog in the
county. Fresh sausage frying
and a pot of coffee boiling can
dispense more aroma to the coun
try than gallons of the finest per
fumes of Arabia.
P. S.: Personally we prefer the
sausage!
|
There seems to be a general
misunderstanding as to the buy
ing of water pumps. Any farm
er in 04 1 -ify, who truiy in
a fi. v.- , .»»-y - P »»p. Cer
■'ttlrat a will be is uv the War
Pr-M i '•s "i f' tie to put iu
ru -ii.
If vr»u have a spring y,
"xy be 1: utlied. Pipe is
a.i.'tliiblo auJ in stock at most
dealers.
| I
Dig deep for the War Relief Fmnd
• * * Number 3,725.
LOCALS
n r i
; I Miss Christine Anderson spent
I ■ last week at Raleigh where sh*
! attended the State Welfare Con
ference. She was accompanied
by Miss Leona Graham of Newt*
i on, Supervisor of the Catawba
; county welfa-i dopaitment.
i
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i
Mrs. J. L. Sick of Piiinacl6
was here Tuesday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Lefif B. Mabq
| were in town last week from Mea-
I 'dows. . j
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II
H. M. Joyce, Jr., of Baltimore,
Maryland is here for a visit.
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J. L. Francis of Westfield was
here a short while Wednesday.
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Claude Priddy, Herman Collins
and Charles Arlington were visi
tors in town this week from Fran
cisco.
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Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Ray of
I Francisco are both confined to
! their home with serious illness. |
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Nat Priddy of Route 1 was la
Danbury Tuesday on business.
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Among the visitors in town on
Monday was Elijah Beasley o£
1 Francisco. \
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t I
I Corporal Lonnie Boles, son of
Nat Boles of Germanton, has not*
' ified his father that he has arriv
-led somewhere in England. Ha
' entered the army in May, 1942,
and was trained at Aberdeen
" Proving ground, Maryyand.
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LAW SON VILLE
; NEWS
1 Lawsonville. —Pfc. Blair Wat
-1 I kins and Mrs. G. D. Watkina
were the supper guests of Mr*
" and !srs. Eugene Tucker Monday;
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3 I Mrs. Luther Collins is in th©
I '
Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem,
where she underwent an opera
tion.
M'' Sanders Lav/son is in the
Stu.i Hospital wliere she under
wen. a; operation,
i Mrs. R. G. Thomas, Mrs; Mar-
I gnret Denny and Mrs. Anne M.
- Woodall went to Stuart, Va.,
- Wednesday night.
i , Pvt. Clyde Maurice Simmons
• returned to Texas Tuesday after
spending a furlough here.
i I Mrs. B. 0. Sheppard and Mrs;
M . C . Stevens 'spent Monday ia
Greensboro.
|
i Mi . u.4- Tvlis. O. E. Smith, Mr*
and Mrs. Sam Lawson and Mm 4
Ruth Tucker spent last Saturday
in Winston-Salem shopping.