THEGLEAINEK
GRAHAM, N. C., JAN". 17, 1946
LAH.%,1 i\eW!?
?Alamance county underapen
its budget lor the six months
period from July l to Decembei
91, accoding to figures released
by tne board of county commis
sioners.
?According to figures or
brchs and deaths in the county
lor 1945, there was i n increase ir
tne population of the county ol
904. Tne figures sho-v 121,9 birthi
against 315 deaths. ?
?Alamance Gounty lias beer
asked to contribute 60,000 pieces
of old clothing to the Victory
cioLi.irg drive before the end ol
the month. The clothing will be
Sciit bo wartorn Europe.
?Walter D. Barrett, former
solicitor of Alamance county, hag
received his discharge from the
U. S. navy and is setting up his
law practice here. Mr. Barrett,
who served as a senior grade
lieutenant, saw foreign service in
the Azores Islands where he was
head of the foreign claims com
mission.
?A special town committee to
discuss the relationship ol Gra
ham in the Alamance County
Community Chest set-up was ap
pointed last Thursday night in a
meeting of local citizens held at
the high school auditorium. The
committee named were Morris T.
Burke, chairman, H. G. McElroy,
J. Harvey White, Needham G.
Bryan and Hal Farrell.
Rationing News
SUGAR
Sugar Stamp No. 3D became
valid for five" pounds of sugar
January 1, expires Apul 30.
Make ration applications by
mail?save time and effort.
Listening Stick
Bows To Progress
Today the "listening stick," like
the bustle, the mustache cup and
the rubber collar is only a mu
seum piecq, but there are many
oidtime telegraphers who recall
pleasantly the days when it was
the magic wand, the mahogany
baton that marked their trade.
The gentle tick of a pocket watch,
when conducted to the ear through
a listening stick, can be heard even
in a noisy room. This ability to single
oat sound made the listening stick
an important tool to old-time tele
graph repeater attendants.
The listening stick was an in
genious but simple device de
signed by Bell System engineers
and made by Western Electric
early in the 1900's to aid the tele
graph room attendant of the day.
And that harried guy needed help.
Often hundreds of telegraph in
struments, spread on tables in one
small room, clattered away simul
taneously. Attendants shouted or
ders back and forth above the din.
In this babel of electrical and
human voices, even an expert
technician had difficulty reaching
across a table to pick out one elec
trical voice from the many. The
listening stick did the trick.
Made of finest mahogany, the
listening stick is about two feet
long and five eighths of an inch
thick. It operated much like a doc
tor's stethoscope. The telegrapher
would place one end of the stick
containing a hollow wooden ear
piece to his ear and the other end
against the frame of the instru
ment The sound, moving by con
duction through the closely knit
fibres of the mahogany, focused at
his ear. As a doctor judges the
regularity of heart beats, the tele
graph man determined the clarity
of dots and dashes coming
through. He could detect any flaws
in the adjustment of the instru
ment and concentrate on one cir
cuit at a time.
Today, thanks to modern
switchboards, toll-cable networks,
vacuum tube amplification and
other improvements. Bell System
telegraph repeater rooms are
about as quiet as an ordinary liv
ing room and the listening stick
is just a pleasant memory to old
time "brass pounders."
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I PERSONAL
Mrs. Frank J. Ross, Jr., an
son, Joe, of Riverdak-on-the
Hudson, N. Y., are visiting hei
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Lawreno
G. Nicholson.
f Miss Mary Livingston has re
[ turned to her home iu St. Louis
* Mo., after spending several days
'? visiting Mr. and Mis. McBri<h
Rich on Climax street.
Mrs. M. A. Tyson and daugh
J ter, Miriam, and Mrs. Burt Pow
ell and daughter, Claire, of Spar
| tanburg, Va., were recent guest!
of Mrs. Tyson's and Mrs. Powell'!
5 aunt, Mrs. B. F. DeLoach.
Mrs. Floyd Flint who is a mem.
' ber of the Sedgefield school fa
culty, spent several days her*
. the latter part of last .week will
; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. G
Nicholson; her school was closet
due to bad roads.
Cpl. Jack Holt, 3on of Mrs. Ber
| Holt, South Main street, has re
! turned from overseas where h(
saw 31 months service in Africa
; Italy, France and England. H?
: expects to enter State College
1 at the beginning of the next se
mester.
' Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Evans
Jr., have returned from visitinj
Chief Gunner and Mrs. Oscar
Basden at North Beach, Md. Mrs,
Basden and daughters, Milliceni
and Carolyn, recently joined her
husband, who is stationed at the
Naval Research Laboratory.
Captain D. J. Walker, Jr., or
;t?Vminal leave, is with his wife,
the former Sarah Nicholson, or
Long avenue. Captain Walker oi
the 7th Armored Division, has
been in service four years, with
two years spent overseas in the
European theater of operations.
Captain and Mrs. E. C. Turner
of Clemson College, S. C., visited
his mother, Mrs. E. C. Turner in
Hawfields and Mrs Turner's sis
ter, Miss Mary Cooper last week,
Captain Turner has been on a 45
day leave and will report to Fort
Bragg to be reassigned, expect
ing to go to Weisbaden, Germany
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nichol
son and sons, Larry and Phillijp,
from Jacksonville, Fla., are visit
ing his parents, Mr. and, Mrs. L.
G. Nicholson, and her parents,
i Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Hutchinson
in the Eli Whitney community.
Mr. Nicholson has recently re
ceived his discharge from the Na
vy.
Petty Officer 2-c William A,
(Billy) Rich has returned to his
ship, the SS Charra, at Seattle,
Wash., after spending tha holi
days with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. McBride Rich. PO Rich has
served the past 17 months in the
South Pacific, taking part in the
invasion of Levte, Luzon, Iwc
Jima and Okinawa. Most recent
ly he has been stationed in Japan,
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Discovery of gold attracted thi
Nation's attention to Idaho in 188i
I but the surrounding "worthies
rock" that gold hunters spumed 2
years later became the foundation 0
an enterprise that brought the stat
into first place in the production 0
lead and silver. Elimination 0
waste, big-scale operations and net
scientific processes of milling, smelt
, ing and refining have enabled th
industry to provide livelihood fo
50,000 people. It has added to th
1 Nation s wealth that will be enjoye
I by holders of War Bonds.
U. S. Treasury Departuse*
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Monday evening', Dei ember 241
? at 7.30 o'clock in the home of
| Rev. and Mrs. A. P. Stephana
Miss Lora Lee Moser, daughian
[ of Mr. and Mrs. K. H. Moser it
- here, was married to Novel Dil
lingham, son of Mrs. Elma Dil
- lingham of Burlington. Rev. Ste
? phens, pastor of the groom, offfl
i ciated.
* . The bride is a graduate of
Alexander Wilson high school
The groom, graduate of Bur
. lington high school, attended
. Elon College and is now employed
, at Sidney Knitting Mills. i
, The couple are making their
home with the groom's mother.
I
Local Youth Shoots Self
James Fred Foushee, 17-year
, old son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
H. Foushee of Poplar street, died
j Wednesday afternoon of last
veek, of self-inflicted injuries.
,The youth was found dying in a
1 room at his home after other
j members of the family heard a
- shot and sought the origin.. The
' fatal shot was fired, Dr. Smith,
j. County coroner, said from a shot
! gun held against the chest.
' | Funeral services were held at
the home Saturday afternoon
, with burial in Pine Htli cemetery. (
r Envoy Robert Tritton of the Sal
? vation Army in Burlington and ,
.iRev. Everett Whisnact of Ashe
t boro conducted the rites.
? | Surviving are his parents, one
> sister and two brothers.
'Kiwanis Club Meeting ?
, I The regular meeting of the
k Kiwanis club was held Monday
' night in the Scout hut. President1
i Talton M. Johnson presided,
i The invocation was given by
i Rev. Quy S. Cain after (which a
new member, William T. Stokes,
, Jr., was filiated into the club.
I The speaker for the evening
i was Douglas Kelly, Alamance
I County Scout executive, who has
recenly been discharged from the
Navy and transferred here from
Kinstoti where he seived as Scout
| executive.
Kelly urged that the club make
' every effort to cooperate iwith
? the Scoutmaster of the Graham
troop by giving what he termed
? "visual aid" to the youth of the
community.
> After the regular session was
i adjourned, a board of directors
meeting was held at which Mrs.
? Julian Thompson and Miss Jean
? Rader were named co-sponsors of
the Graham Kiwanis club.
| CHURCH BULLETIN*
[ GRAHAM FKIKN'DS MEETING
I Rev. Rcber; O. Crow. Pastor
? 9:45 a. m.: Sunday School. Danlei 1
1 Allen, superintendent.
I 11:00 a m.: Morning worship.
? 6.3 5 p m.: Young Friends meeting.
^ 7.00 p. m.: Evening Worship.
7:00 p. m. Wednesday: Prayer meet
ing:.
GRAHAM METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. J J. Boone. Piator.
9:45 a. m.: Church School. W, E. I
Thompson, superintendent.
11:00 a. m.: Morning worship. Ser- j1
mon by the pastor.
6:00 p. m.: Young People'* Meet- j
ing. Dorothy Foust. Leader.
7:00 p. m.: Evening Worship Ser- |
mon by the pastor.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. Guy 8 Cain, Pastor.
9:45 a. m.: Sunday School. Morris
i Burke, superintendent,
I 11:00 a. m.: Mcrning worship, Ser
[ mon by the pastor.
7:00 p. m.: Baptist Training Union,
Miss Gena Church, director.
8:00 p. m. Evening Worship
8:00 p. m. Wednesday: Prayer Meet
In*. I
BAPTIST
ANDREW MEMORIAE (HtltCIl
| Corner Market and Mill b>> I
Rev. Eugene JJancocK. Pas* or
| 9:46 a. m.: Sunday School, J. W.
Gray, superintendent. F. B Pegg, as
sociate.
11:00 a. m.: M??rning worship. Ser
mon by the pastoi.
7:30 p. m.: Fvangellstic service.
? Sermon by the pastor.
? CHRISTIAN
I PROVIDENCE MEMORI VI.
e ( Rev. Bernard Mungcr. I'as, or
fi 10:00 a. m.r Sinday Sch'?ol. J. A.
if Ingram, superintendent.
V I 11:00 a m.: Pleaching Come and
> , worship with us.
r j GR\HAM
* I PRESBYTER I AFC CHURCH
Rev. Edwin N. Caldwell. D D Pastor '
(i 9:45 a. m. Sunday School, H- D. |
Jones' Superintendent.
11:00 a. m. Morning Worship. Ser
mon by pastor.
7:30 p. m.: Evening Worship
7:30 p. m.; Wednesday. Prayer
e Meeting
e
n BETHANY
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. W. R. Buhlnr, Pastor
9:45 a. m.: Sunday 8choo!f L.
Glenn. sui?erintendent.
'a 1:00 a. m.. Morning Worship
to 7*00 p. m.: Young People's Vesper
Service
7:30 p. m.: Wednesday, Prayer
' Meeting
WtiUam A. Mitchell Pmh* atf
. * Wiitifcm A. Mitchell, 69, a na- ?
$v? of Graham, died in a Rich
mond, Va, hospital about C
o'clock-a. m. December 28 th, af
ter an illness of several months.
Mr. Mitchell was a son of the -
late P. A. and Annie Albright >
Mitchell of bare. He began his i
career as a printer with The
Gleaner. He /went to Washington, ?
P. C. in 1902, where he became
a compositor in the Government
Printing Office, there he was '
employed until his retirement in .
1940 due to ill health. j 1
Funeral services were conduct-1 '
ed on Sunday afternoon, Decern- .
ber 30th at Trinity Methodist1
church in Troy. ,
Surviving are his -wife, Mrs.
Jessie Matiock Mitcliell of Troy;
one son, James M. Mitchell of 1
Chicago, 111.; three sisters, Mrs. '
M. A. Nicholson of Troy, Mrs. W. .
J. Squires of Atlanta, Ga., and
Mrs. J. G. Shannonl oi-.se of Ra- -
leigh; one brother, Howard L.
Mitchell of Washington; and two
grandchildren.
Rotary Meeting
The Rotary chib held its regu
lar weekly meeting last Thursday
evening at the Green Gables club.
President Leo Grutsch presided
over the meeting, which featured (
a quiz pragTam conducted by Dr.
E. S. Lupton.
The invocation wa3 given by it
Dr E. N. Caldwell, followed by CQ
the introduction of Charles Lip
ski and Jack Roney and William at
Burke of Burlington, who were n(
special guests of the evening. ice
Charles E. Owen, -,vac initiated
as a new member of the club and j
members said farewell to Paul
Shamhart, who is leaving Gra
ham to make his home in New
York City^ ?
DEATHS ;?
n?
Joel A. Moser, 79, of Alamance {*
died last Thursday morning at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. y*
Charlie Moore, following, two ^
weeks of critical illness
A native of this county, he was Ti
married first to the former Miss fr
Lela Shepherd, and after her
death to the former Mrs. Dora
Williams. . j
Funeral services were held at
Rich and Thompson Chapel last
Friday afternoon by Rev. C. Lee
Shipton. , ?
Surviving are two daughters,
three sons, three sisters, one
brother, 12 grandchiidren and
two great grandchillien.
Mrs. Sarah Gurton Foust, 92,
one of Alamance county's ' oldest j
residents, died last Wednesday
night at the home of a son, Jacob
Foust, Route 5, Bun.rgton.
Funeral services were conuct
ed at Cooper-McElroy Funeral
home Friday afternoon by Rev.
Ralph Wilson. Burial was in
Pine Hill cemetery.
Surviving are three sons, one
daughter, 21 grandchildren and
18 great grandchildren.
Mrs. Lettie Patteerson John
son, 84, died in a local hospital
last Friday night after an illness
of one week. She was a resident
of the Friendship community and
a native of this county.
Funeral services were ? held
Sunday afternoon at Friendship
church, of which she was a mem
ber. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Among the survivoi s are one
brother, John S. L. Patterson,
and several neices and nephews.
Samuel Alvin Thompson, 73,
was claimed by death last Friday
afternoon at his home in Bur
lington^ He was a nati\e of this
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JANUABY
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MacDonald named
Prims Minister. 1924.
r 23?First Philippine Republic
, is constituted. 1899.
j 24?Return of A.E.F. from ?
Europe is completed.
192a
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Bums, is born in Ayr.
1759.
fc2S?Khaxloum Is captured
from British by Mahdf
" crxny. 1885,
?27?Leningrad is cleared of
k Nazi armies. 1944.
22?Adolf Hitler becomes
chancellor of Germany.
1933 emiM.
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HADLEY'S
"The Jewelers"
Graham, North Carolina
iunty.
Funeral rites were conducted
Phillips Chapel Sunday after
>on with burial in the church
metery.
Among the survivors is one
ster, Miss Annie Thompson.
L. Newton Freshwater, 80,
?ominent farmer and black
nith of Route 1. Haw River,
ed at his home Monday morn
g, last week, after a critical ill
:ss of ten days. Mr. Freshwater
member of the Hawfields Pres
rterian church tor over 50
:ars, was very well known in
lis section.
Funeral services were held
nesday afternoon oi last week
om the Hawfields Presbyterian
ohusab with burial in the church 1
cemetery. 1
Surviving. tsjw^ijwn; two <
daughters and six grandchildren. 1
WinfreJ Bradley Long. 31, of t
Route 1, died at ho.-.pum r
Suixlav morning .9! last rW?ek. c
He had beepindeclining health t
for the last six months. I
Funeral Wryi-in were conduct
ed Monday .afternoon- of last <j
week from the Bethany Presby-jj
terian church- Burial was in Lin
wood cemetery.
Surviving are hip r wfe, Mra.;l
Roberta Clapp Long ; two . laugh- v
ters andhis parenLj, Mr. and
Mrs. J. Blair Long. e
- b
" Mrs. Mattie A.-Brown, 58, of a
Blirlington, died at her ho te
Saturday afternoon. Januar/ 5. a
??* ^ssaoqpw
following critical illneua at Iw
lays. Mrs. Brown a native d
Jhatham county, was the wife d
Percy H. Brown.
Funeral service# were coadact
id Monday afternoon at lad
roek from Front Street Metho.
list church in Burlington. Burial
vas in Pine Hill cemetery. ReV.
* C. Tjirlrina officiated.
Surviving are her husband, two
laughters, a brother. ?nd one
grandchild
C. Herbert Morrow, 69, of But*
ington, died last Friday night
rith a sudden heart attack.
Funeral services were coadaefc
d at the home Sunday afternoon
>y Rev. Chester Alexander. Burfe
.1 was In Pine Hill cemetery.
Survivors include cfcie siater,
nd one brother. I j
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