THE GLEANER
GRAHAM, N. C., OCT. 26, 1944
Local News
?Certain stores here set 9 .-00
as their closing hour on Satur
days.
?Southern Railway depot here
was broken into on Monday
night Walter L. Boone was
caught in the act.
?General County Court was
suspended for this week because
of the absence of the solicitor,
George Long, who was away on
business.
?Jessie Rae Taylor, actress
and impersonator, will be at the
school house Friday night. This
is the second in the series spon
sored by the P.-T. A. and Ki
wanis,
?The Graham fire department
had a call to Oneida street about
10:30 Monday morning to the
home of Bob Boone. It was a
chimuey blaze. The firemen had
it quickly under control.
?The Keo Kio club met for
its weekly meeting on Monday
night at the home of Miss Theo
Braxton on Banks street. Pians
for a Thanksgiving dance were
discussed. Alll members of the
club were present.
?The Adult Sewing class, un
der the direction of Miss Nell
Crumpton, held its second meet
ing Wednesday night at the Gra
ham school Home Economic room.
Subject: v Putting in Zippers,
Sleeves, Collars and Other Points
in Dressmaking.
?A final call for registration
of all eligible voters has been is
sued here by William B. Um
stead, chairman of the Democrat
ic Executive Committee. Satur
day, October 28, is the final day
for registration in order to vote
in the general election in No
vember.
?L. L. Guy has been appoint
ed superintendent of the Gra
ham street department and bead
of the town's sanitation depart
ment. The new office will give
its director charge over all street
repairs to be made in the town.
The office was formerly directed
by the police department.
?J. A. Burns has been ap
pointed acting Chief of the Gra
ham Police following the resigna
tion, last week, of Chief Tom
Simmons. C. W. Williams, of the
force, on night dnty, has also
handed in his resignation to the
Board of Commissioners. Both
resignations will be acted on by
the Board at its regular meeting
on November 6.
?Postmaster A. R. Henderson ,
estimates that over 30,000 pounds
of Christmas mail, for the men
and women overseas, has passed
through the Graham post-office.
This meaus that 6,000 five-pound
packages for aproximately 2,000
men and women inducted by the
Graham Selective Service board,
it seems there will be plenty of
Christmas on the war fronts.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gibbs, 1000
North Main street, Burlington, a
daughter, on October 20, at the
Simmons-Lupton hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Bule, 302
Rauhut St., Burlington, a daugh
ter, Harriet Viola, Dr. McDade's
hospital, October 21.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Burton Hair,
a son, Dr. McDade's hospital, Oc
tober 19.
With The Sick
Eddie Frazier, small son of
Mrs. Nettie Harden Frazier, Riv
er street, who underwent a ton
sillectomy on Friday morning at
Dr. Lupton's office, is reported as
doing nicely.
Mrs. P. H. Amick, 808 North
Main street, underwent a major
operation at Alamance General
hospital Monday.
Mrs. Bessie Mae Simmons un
derwent an operation at the Ro
anoke Rapids hospital on last
Tuesday and is doing nicely.
Mrs. Simmons is the wife of Sgt.
Marion Simmons, now in German
combat. She makes her home
here and is connected with the
Graham Beauty Shoppo, but is
convalescing at the home of her
parents in Roanoke Rapids.
Minister Transferred
Rev. H. L. Isley, of Coleridge,
a native of Alamance county, has
been transferred by the Method
ist conference to the Woodleaf
charge near Salisbury. Rev. Isley
is a veteran minister, having
terved Methodist pastorates in
this county and in other sections.
He is a native of the Mt. Hermon
section of this county.
PERSONAL
Brig. General and Mrs. Don E,
8cott, of Richmond, Va. were
overnight visitors at their home
here Thursday night.
Miss Lila Bell and Edward Bas
sett, of Raleigh, were guests Sun
day evening of Mr. and Mrs. W.
Ernest Thompson and Mrs. Ed
gar Long.
Private Lymon D. Core has re
turned to Fort Jaokson after
spending a ten-day furlough with
his wife and son at their home on
highway 54.
| Peter Core was among those at
tending a Hallowe'n party on Sat
urday evening from 7-10 o'clock,
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. J.
Moore on highway 54.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Strayhorn
and Mr. and Mrs. John Molan, of
Durham, were guests Sunday af
ternoon of Mrs. Strayhorn's sis
ter, Miss Mary Cooper.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Simmons
spent from Wednesday until Sat
urday, last week, in Roanoke
Rapids with their daughter-in
law, Mrs. Marion Simmons.
Visiting over the week end with
Rev. and Mis. B. T. DeLoatoh
was their son, Win. E. DeLoatcb,
of Wilmington, and Mrs. L. D.
Rrtel, of Black Mountain and
Chapel Hill.
Miss Emily Neese has as her
guest, Miss Jo Ann Brill, of Bal
timore, who arrived in Greeus
boro, by plane on Monday, and
will be with Miss Neese until the
end of next week.
>Sgt. Kelly McClure, stationed
at Cherry Point, who is on fur
lough with bis mother, Mrs. Izora
McClure, iu Raleigh, spent sev
eral days here this week as the
guest of J. T. Neese.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Cooper and
daughter, Mrs. Warren Corbett
and children, and Warren, Jr., of
Ulackley, Ky., have beeu visiting
relatives and friends in Alamance
county during the past week.
Lt. and Mrs. Sidney Holt and
little son, Michael, have been
spending the past week with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Seymonr S.
Holt. Lt. Holt is stationed at the
Naval Air Station at Pensacola,
Florida.
Pfc. Wayne Simmons, stationed
at the Army air field at Harlin
.jeu, Texas, has been here since
Saturday visiting his parents, Mr.
tnd Mrs. Tom Simmons. From
here he leaves for his new station
in California.
Lt. and Mrs. Watt Cooper re
turned Sunday afternoon from
visiting Mrs. Cooper's parents,
Or. and Mrs. Gamble, in West
Jefferson, and friends in North
Wilkesboro, a former pastorate
of Lt. Cooper.
Dr. and Mrs. Jesse Weatherby,
and the latter's mother, Mrs. E.
i. Parker, Jr., left Saturday for
Pensacola, Fla., where Dr. Weath
erby is stationed, after having
-pent the past week here with
Miss Mamie Parker. ?
Mrs. Mell Thompson and little
daughter, Anne Scott, and moth
er, Mrs. R. D. Jones, of Fayette
ville, and Mr. Thompson, who is
located in Wilson, have returned
to their home after a visit with
'he latter's mother, Mrs. lone
Scott Thompson.
Mr. and Mrs. George Ross, of
Raleigh, were overnight guests
on Friday of Mrs. Ross's mother,
Mrs. W. R. Goley. On Saturday
Mr. and Mrs. Ross and Mrs. Will
ard Goley and children went to
Jackson Springs, where they re
mained nntil Sunday afternoon.
Miss Sarah Bell Thompson had
as her gnest for the week-end,
Mrs. Meyer Mendenhall, of Lex
ington. They attended the foot
ball game at Chapel Hill Satur
day and were accompanied back
by Mrs. Mendenhall's sister, Miss
Nancy Ward, who is a student at
the university, and who remained
over until Sunday afternoon
here.
News Of The Service Center
Charlie Owens and Miss Mary
Catherine Moser were in charge
of arrangements at the Service
Center for the week end, when
:be Providence Memorial Chris
tian church was host. Snnday
morning breakfast was prepared
and served by Benny Burke and
and Kendall Rich. Twenty-three
service men were overnight gnests
and were served breakfast. Most
of the service men had seen over
-eas duty. Besides the regular
donations of coffee, milk and ice,
oil for heating the building was
donated this week by T. M. John
son.
It takes four to five years for a
lobster to reach maturity.
pfc. Reese Zschaty
Killed In France
Pfc. Reese Zacbary, of Graham,
husband of Mrs. Evelyn Curtis
Zacbary, was kilied in action in
France September 21, according
to word received by his wife from
the war department recently. He
had been in the European thea
ter of operations since last July,
going first to Italy. In addition
to his wife he is survived by one
daughter, Joan Carroll Zachary,
and his mother, Mrs. C. L. Clark,
of High Point.
Sgt. Jimmy Whitfield
Killed In Pacific Area
Word has been received by Mr.
and Mrs. J. G. Whitfield of Gra
ham, of the death of their son,
Sgt. Jimmy Whitfield, who was
reported killed in action in the
South Pacific on September 24.
Before entering service Sgt.
Whitfield was a professional ball
player with the St. Louis Cardi
nals and had been an employee of
the May Hosiery Mills.
He entered service in Novem
ber 1941, and was sent overseas
with the 81st Wildcat division
The report stated that he was
killed during the invasion of the
Palau island group.
Dies From Wounds
Pvt. Calvin C. Glascow, 19, son
of Mr. and W. C. Glasgow, route 6,
Burlington, died in Frauce Au
gust 12 of wounds received iu ac
tion August 8, the war depart
ment reports. He had been over
seas since June.
Cpl. Jones In Hospital
Daytona Beach, Fla., Oct. 21.?
Cpl. James E, Jones, who former
ly lived at 139 Pine street in
Graham, has recently arrived at
Welch Convalescent hospital, the
Army's new rocondition center in
Florida. The carefully planned
program of physical and educa
tional reconditioning not only
will keep him busy but will also
return him to good physical con
dition.
Cpl. Jones, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Jones, was formerly
employed by the Full Knit Hos
iery Mills in Burlington. His
wife, Mrs. Thelma L. Jones, lives
in Mebane. He entered the army
in 1941 at Fort Bragg, and has
since served 26 months in the
Southwest Pacific.
DEATHS
Amy Suggs, 69, of West Davis
street extension, Burlington, died
last Tursday morning after sev
eral months' illness. He was the
husband of Mrs. Mary Dell Edge
Suggs. Funeral was held Satur
day with interment in Pine Hill
cemetery. Surviving include his
wife, one daughter, Mrs. J. T.
Martin, of Burlington; and four
sons, C. L. and D. R. Sugg, of
Burlington, H. A. Suggs, of Aber
deen, and Pvt. Wayman Suggs,
of the army, overseas.
Ulysses A. Neese died Thurs
day night, October 18, at his home
near Qrabam after an illness of
several months. He was 70 years
old. Funeral was held at the
home Friday afternoon at 2:30.
Burial was in the Phillips Chapel
church cemetery. He is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Minnie J. Whit
aker Neese, of the home; 5 sons,
Lawrence E. Neese, Herbert T.
Neese, Lonnie Neese, Chester
Neese and LeRoy Neese, all of
Alamance county; two sisters,
Mrs. Dave Andrews, of Mebane,
and Mrs. James McAdaros, of
Graham, and four grandchildren.
Mrs. Rebecca Albright Gibson,
90, died at noon Saturday at the
home of her son, B. F. Gibson, at
Mebane.
Funeral rites were conducted
Monday at HawQelds Presbyterian
church at 3 o'clock by Rev. N. N.
Fleming, assisted by Rev. N. M.
Baker. Burial was in the church
cemetery. She is survived by
two daughters, Mrs. E. F. Waddell
and Mrs. Paul Waygert, of Elon
College, route 1; two sons, B. F.
Gibson and Charles C. Gibson,
the latter of Burlington, and 13
grandchildren and seven great
grandchildren.
James L. McDade, 42, of Bur
lington, died Monday morning at
6:30, at Duke hospital, where be
had been critically ill for several
days.
Funeral services were held at
Cedar Grove Methodist church,
of which be was a member, Tues
day at 3 o'clock p. m. with Rev.
J, C. Williams in charge, assisted
by rfev. E. G. Purcell.
The survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Annie Cannady McDade, one
daughter, Wilda Lou McDade;
his mother, Mrs. Minnie McDade,
four sisters, Mrs. E. C. Liner and
Love Mlnoey, of HilUboro; Mrs.
C. E. Hill and lire. J. W. Youog.
er, of Durham.
Grover W. Foeter, 55, purchaa
ing agent for the proximity Man
ufacturing company of Greens
boro, and a native of Burlington,
died at hie home in Greensboro
last Thursday night shortly after
he snflered a heart attack.
Aria Gail Thomas, the infant
daughter of Pvt. and Mrs. Curren
Thomas, ronte 8, Burlington, was
buried in the Friendship Meth
odist church cemetery Satorday
afternoon at 4 o'clock. Services
were conducted at the graveside.
Mrs. Mary Olapp, 70, died Mod
day afternoon at 4:25 o'clock at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. O.
V. Jones, in Graham. She was
the widow of the late William A.
Clapp, and was a native of Guil
ford county.
Funeral services were conduct
ed yesterday afternoon at the
Macedonia Baptist church near
Liberty. Rev. Eugene Hancock
conducted the services, assisted
by Rev. George Swinney, of Bur- !
lington.
Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs. L. B. Brown, of near Liber-1
ty, Mrs. Callie Farmer, of Julian,
and Mrs. Q. V. Jones; one step
daughter, Aixsr^Mattie Coble, of
Greensboro,; two sons, Walter
Clapp, near Liberty, and Charles
Clapp, of Graham; one brother,
William Clapp, near Liberty Al
so 14 grandchildren and 11 great
grandchildren.
Wounded In Action
Boswell, Capt. George P.?Mrs.
James P. Boswell, mother, Bur
lington.
Bronchoscope
The bronchoscope, used by the
medical profession to remove foreign
particles from the lungs, is proving
extremely valuable in the manufac
ture of airplane engines. It is used
to check the interior of oil and cool
ing lines where it searches out in
visible flaws in the drilled metal
and clears the way to super engine
performance in the air.
Whitest White
If you have sifted Atlantic beach
sand through your fingers you may
have noticed particles of jet black
mixed among the white grains. They
were probably titanium ore. Out
of this black substance the chem
ist makes the whitest white used as
pigment for exterior house paint.
Baffling Origin
Origin of the Mayan Indians of
Mexico is still further baffling to
students in that they are the only
Indians practicing baptism, confes
sion, and atonement; that while they
had a pantheon of gods, they be
lieved in one supreme being for
whom they made no image.
The stammer trees Are fickle,
They ere like neoghty flirts,
They shrug end wink and proud
ly swish
Their taffeta, green skirts.
Aggregate pulp requirements
for 1944 call for an over-all deliv
ery of 10,600,000 cords of pulp
wood to the mills before the end
of the yearr
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Killed in Borne
A total of 32,500 persona were '
killed by accdents In the home, or '$
on home premises, in 1943, 7 per
cent more than in 1942 and 9 per
cent more than in 1941.
Feel Good
You always feel better after hav
ing said something fine about a per
son. You feel like getting into soma
dark place, however, after having
revealed faults.
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a/fair than hit not"?Mann
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"The Jewelers"
Graham, North Carolina
Salt and starah make a good
patciDg plaster for small boles in
borne walls.
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Office Orer Graham Drug Co.
Phone 726
A GRAHAM ORGANIZATION
How the Farmer May Stretch
His Wartime Dollar!
by Ben F. Alvord
Head, Dept. of Agricultural Economic*
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
CHARMERS as a group are fre
1 guently assumed to be able to
make each dollar go farthest and
buy most. This reputation may
perhaps not be deserved. They
nave had of necessity, however,
much practice in stretching dol
lars. Their families are larger
and their cash incomes invariably
average smaller than those of the
average family of the United
States. Now is the time for all
farmers who really want to con
tinue to be good dollar stretchers
to give careful thought to how
they handle their affairs.
The farmer must get his dollar
before he stretches it. It takes
long, hard hours of work on the
part of the farmer and his family
to produce crops now for hired
labor is scarce and often impossi
ble to get. However, prices of
products farmers sell in this coun
try are about twice as high as
they were in 1940 and prices farm
ers pay for fertilizer, machinery,
and other production factors aver
age only about fifty per cent high
er than in that year.
Thus, farmers tend to have a
greater margin over production
costs than usual and on the aver
age should have more dollars to
stretch. Some factors in the pres
ent situation hinder dollars stretch
ing and some help. Living costs,
even for the most necessary arti
cles and services, have mounted
and taxes have climbed sharply.
On the other hand, the farmer is
forced to spend less for automobile
driving and other travel; he is
forced to produce and store cer
tain foods that he customarily
buys; and he is duty bound to
economize in other ways for the
war effort. This situation means
he has some dollars at least to
stretch. Stretching requires that
he pay some attention to the value
of the dollar. He can stretch his
dollar by paying debts. His dol
lar purchases less of many things
now than in 1940, but it purchases
just as much release from debt
as ever. Thus, it is a good time to
pay off debts?especially the kmg
.?
time debts. That is one place
where he can make his dollar
valuable. A second place where
his dollar is as valuable as ever
is in the purchase of United States
Bonds. A cheap dollar, such as
we have now, buys just as many
United States Bonds as it did in
1940 when a dollar was worth
about one-third more than at pres
ent. Thus, buying a Bond stretches
the dollar! If the Bond is kept un
til it matures, he has at least one
extra dollar for every three that
he spent for E Bonds. He has
also the chance of getting an extra
margin in case prices drop to the
1940 level when his Bond matures.
This latter margin is not a cer
tainty, but such a price change
could come. It did come after
the previous war. If we assume
that our progress in World War II
is at about the same point as our
r regress in 1918 was in World War
. it is interesting to note that the
all commodities wholesale price
index dropped a net amount of
about 27 per cent in the 10 years
following 1918 and a further 23
per cent in the following S years.
That is, $73 invested in bonds,
such as our present E Bonds, in .
1918 would have amounted to $100
in 1928 and if then cashed, would
have purchased at wholesale in
that year as much goods as $133
would have bought in 1918. The
increase in dollar value of the
Bond plus the increase in pur
chasing power of each dollar would
have increased the purchasing
power of the investment over the
10-year period by about 80 per
cent. The farmer has this extra
chance to stretch his dollar. Such
dollars would have had an extra
stretch sometime after the Civil
War, sometime after the Spanish
American War and again some
time after World War No. I. The
chance stretch might not come
after World War No. II, but the
Bond investment is a good "buy"
anyway since 3 dollars invested
still means 4 dollars return for
all Bonds kept to maturity.
V. S. Trtanrj Dr?*rtm**t
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NOTIONS ABOUT YOUR DOO THAT AREN'T SO
The country dog
does not/tee/anger*
than the city dog
A doy that 6o/ts hit food
ft not undernourished
Yo4i canftoffttafrntbrtddo?
by Ms Mock-mofedmouth
CAIHtS DOC HBHUKH CtKTtl
Three popular misconceptions about
canines are here debunked by the
Gaines Dor Research Center, New
York City.
The country dog does not live
longer than the city dog. As a matter
of fact, the exact reverse is true:
The lifespan of the average city dog
is two to three years longer than that
of his country cousin. Chief reason
for this is the better care city dogs
receive, particularly In the matter of
feeding. City dogs, of course, are not
exposed to the natural hazards en
countered by country dogs.
A dog that bolts his food is not
undernourished. It is natural for a
dog to wolf or gulp his meals. The
trait U believed a carry-over from
primitive dayi when flogs ran in
packs and each had to eat fast to get
his share of captured food. Another
fact: The structure of the dog's
mouth and throat is unlike that of
most domesticated animals.
You cannot Jfell a purebred dog by
his black-roofed mouth. The mouths
of many crots-breds are black as
midnight The black tongue is pecu
liar to the Chow Chow, and some
authorities hold that a black or par- '
tially black tongue is an indication
of Chow blood somewhere along the
line even though a given animal may
have no other hint of Chow resem
blance or characteristics.
? * BONDS OVEN AMERICA * *
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Old Spanish Lighthouse,
San Diego, Calil, was
built In 1189 from 'dob*
bricks taken from the
old Spanish Fort Gul
larros. It is near Point |
Loma where Juan Rod
riguez Cabrillo landed i
in 1582
m
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Spain in San Diego
For a United America?
Buy War Bondi
From the entire Conti
nent ot Europe people
have come to the "new
world" looking {or free
dom at opportunity.
Ho! No! You Can't Come In
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Buy on ?xtro War Bond for protection against fht wjIvm of ftnftoH^n.
Time for MILK!
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The noon whistle blows?and you are hungry! And
thirsty! It's time for MILK, of course. A satisfying food,
a quenching beverage. That's why it's especially impor
tant in the luncbbox (and at every meal) of workers Pro
ducing for Victory! You will enjoy our Homogenized
Milk's blended creaminess to the full!
Try A Quart Today!
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Phone 160O Burlington, N. C.
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