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LOCALS ■ 1 ! Mrs. R. H. Todd, who has hoc:: visiting relatives at Lenoir f.-r tin* past week, wi'.l return to her ho.-.ie at Pioir.ont the latter rail of tl.is wuk. H • • * -K J. A. Ilhodes, sor. (,; j>. Kno.les, in:th i\si'.i/.4 at Madison, Koutc 1, v.::- !.. :v 7s-' y. 9 * * >- 4 « Mrs. R. L. SV.jith joined Mis-! Mary William.- :: of Pine HaM and .Miss Lucille Martin of Benson for a week's visit at Myrtle Beach, S. I C. *** * * > Mrs. J. L. Love is at home and much improved after receiving' treatment at a Winston-Salem hospital la3t week. , « I SIC Lacy Gibson of Durban: and Norfolk, Va„ visited here during the week-end. Miss Mary T. yior visite 1 Mr. unci Mrs. Paid Tavl. r ir. Wir.sti • Sa'.em the first of ;not k. j \\ a!lace Wthster of nerraanton was here this ».vek. Willys ver j PoWi P Jfj PiHftTTfl TMFATRF i ni.i>!.. I! it i liliil !.U w A L:\TT t'ovi-:, x. r Sunday and 51mi !a;.. -'aly 2d-21 ".sONli or Kt Kolicrt Taylor—Su»an l'rtor- Tucsday, July 2.">t>t "TWO >I \N Sl'll.M \RINK" Tom Neal Ann Sa\age i Wed. & Thursday. July S6 - 27 "WHER Are Your CHILDREN." Jackie CIM per—Patricia Morrison Friday and Saturday. July 28-20' "COWBOY and the SKNOKITA" j Roy Kouers I t STUART! THEATRE j Stuart, Virginia Sunday and Monday, "THE SKY'S THE LIMIT" Fred Astaire Joan Leslie Tue.. Wed., & Thur., July 2">-26-27j "LASSIE COME HOME" In technicolor Roddy McDowell —Donald Crisp Friday am! Saturday. July 2S-2'> "PUS Ol OLD CiIEYF.NNT" Do:' Dairy "PISTOI I* X !x!X' MAM \ Robert l!«ini;s1on HM^^^RS3J3K!3S«aBB Herbert Ray of LawaonviUe was in town Monday. i « « «■ * * I J. J. Booth and a party con sisting >t £diss Ola Campbell, Mary Francis, Alex at' I Eii.a-' Booth. Anne Wad a.i Mrs. n.w \i-rk haw „one to Myrtle Beae'.:, S. for a stay of a wci .( or tor days. Mr. ami Mrs. "Hod" Michael o l'i-rr;;r.i. sp.'at tl:e wo ,-k-i-•. 1 With Mr. and Mrs. Era . t Boas ley. Mr. Micha '1 is in the vom er ine business at Forrur.i. Ho fnr mer.y heal a position with the Walnut Cove Veneering Company, and was at one time mayor of Walnut Cove. " * The man pictured above does not drive signals. Switches and signals will not follow locomotives, but from his Centralized Traffic the lever control unless the train movements Control board, he sets signals and switches can be made safely. j and controls the movement of all trains on a Automatic signals, which keep speeding section of railroad as far away as 87 miles. He trains safe distances from each other; inter is a fast thinking Norfolk and Western train locking plants, operated in congested districts, dispatcher, speeding vital wartime traffic. In and Centralized Traffic Control systems make it the same office is another dispatcher who con- possible for the Norfolk and Western to move trols the movement of trains 165 miles away. a tremendous volume of wartime traffic the The top panel of the control koard is a greatest load in this railroad's history faster miniature of the dispatcher's section of rail- and with maximum safeiy. road. Small red lights, flashing on and cif, The modern signal system on the Norfolk show him the location and progress of every and Western is the result of years of study and train on the 87 miles of track he controls. He the application of the most improved signal twists a lever . . . and miles away, a switch apparatus which has been developed. This is set, a signal changes ... a train moves into study is continuous. It is being made today, a siding for another train to pass. He flips as always, with the purpose of constantly another lever . . . and the train passes out to improving the system so that trains can be the main line and is on its way. From thi3 operated at higher speeds with less delay and "C. T. C." board, the dispatcher controls 44 greater safety. switches and 143 signals, thus dispatching Norfolk and Western train dispatchers trains swiftly and safely over long distances and their fellow workers of this railroad's without written train orders. His job is no Signal Department can well be proud of their guess work. The track —in miniature —is job and the signal apparatus with which they there in front of him. His machine is fool work, because they are helping to speed the proof, for switches and signals are so inter- nation's fighters and their fighting equipment locked that it is impossible to show conflicting safely to destination and certain Victory. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ - n - The Office of Defense Transportation hat made the following state men!: "An increase in civilian travel during the summer months will seriously interfere vrith winning tl-.e war »unless your trip is urgent, please stay at home.-t NORFOLK and WISTE 111 Xei&w ONE OF AMERICA'S RAILROADS . . . UNITED FC R VICTORY / BUY MORE WAS 6C' *S 3 THE BANBUVY REPORTER, D ANBURY, NORTH CAROLINA, JTILY 20, 1944. Joem Coleman, Joan Voss. Mar garet Mae Rt jr.ian ar.i Aurelia Fulton, V/alnut Cove young la dies, paid p. short visit, to Lat:- bury Sunday afternoon. ** * * County (sa: u Pioti-el' ' '»i i-ti_ Ban- was hen to«:.:; - t'n-n: K..:_. rn his way t H . .. i.oe': Park. He was ac. :v. : ioger and Orcj cry . also King. Winifred Hall wiii sj.r.«.i m week with Liu;: Prath-r lial! i'l Wilmington. • ••KB Mrs. D. C. Kirby visited her sis ter. Mrs. Bynum Ciegg. ir. Greens boro this week. Alan O'Neal, Jr., ar.i U Ad ams of Wlr.3tor.-S.iien:. ait vaca t. .r.ir.g at Hanging F.ock Far.-: this week. * ( » S.t. L. L. B! .ir, s r. f M: - i\' u. L'.: ir. !' S:;r. iy - . is «•» i:> 1. i or. ! :.. H I st;.:;. . i i . T! : -v. ' ■ . pn. . i !.••■>:. v s. :., : t !l. 1 .iciflr. '-.A. 1 . i» . is: IMI ".iy Tia si;ay. Pvt. (''"iipnian Wt-il.'S Miss Anne La .-lev M:,= Am::e Lasiey of Wair.-:« C. v. :.:-d P. iS ,- >e Cl:ai :.:ar., • ri vn'e, I'nited States Army A : Fore ■), of Coiur.-'.jia, S. C.. v.vr • united in marriage Saturday eve-j ni.-.g, July Bth, at 7 o'clock at I tr.e home of Mrs. F. E. Ccrol'.,| Elisc&sth Aven„e, VVinstcr.-iiai:.. tl: Presbyterian Church, eft::', t* in tl res of a f:»v I• ! the 1. i " t .. t.. r u. ,;:*u i \.i . t V- v.- Vi;«> gj .kcr.. F•• I ' •■■■ !'t-t I . K.cth (f VV.lic V.l" ti s. Hr corsage was of Tails ! : i r. an rosos ar.J fcas> sim at'.*.. Mrs. Chapman is t!v. da*-.,i I f Mr. and Mrs. J. VV. Lnylv'. • Walnut Cove and is now making her home in Winston-Salem. j The bridegroom is the son of Mr. A.'.i M.-2. J. S. Chapman of I VV.ilriut Cove, and is stationed at C':lurr!',:a Air Eas?, Columbia, S. (J. I' Wli>. O.M' j; IV NOW J i or MishKk I. have given v..y ti »;r..i njistry ir. the !: -LMat ci; "C; K sroads oi t V, :.r..! t | ri:iv> of great f. lit .-.J .J Krskino's fau lt ; i;: t.a- July 3I:Ui is [:- u 1 i • Til' l Ameriran Mccli'v Favorite Magazine With the BALTI.MOKi: SUNDAY AMKRICAN ; Order from your newsdealer
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