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THE DANBURY REPORTER. Established 1872. DOG LACERATES MT. VIEW LADY i MRS. HILARY r CROMER SE VERELY BITIEN STORK STAGES A SIT-DOWN STRIKE | —NEWS OF KING AND AD JACENT SECTION. King, June 30.—Miss Mary Sue! . Reeves of Sparta is spending' some time here the guest of her grandmother, Mrs. Shelby At-1 wood. Charlie Tate of Rural Hall was! here Saturday looking after busi- j ness matters- Charlie N. Boles of Monroe, j Va., spent Sunday with his brothers, W. T. and S. S. Boles, just south of town. Mrs- Tommy Thore and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Blount of Amelia county, Va., are spending some time with relatives here. The King Tigers lost to Ad vance in a game played in the ] King ball park Saturday. Final score 4 and 2. Mr. and Mri». James Tuttle of Fort Worth, Texas, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. M Alley, Sr., in Walnut Hfjlls. I Mrs. Minnie Boyles underwent a minor operation in the Martin Memorial Hospital, Mount Airy, last week. Mr. and Mrs. George Yelverton visitors to relatives here. The stork staged a setdown v strike here last week, only one birth being recorded. That was to Mr. and Mrs. Millard Coving ton, a daughter. Mrs.. Hilary Cromer, who re sides nea r Mt. View, had her arm severely lacerated by a doj Friday- Her son came • to her rescue and tried t 0 beat off the dog. He was bitten also. Fearing the canine was afflicted with rabies it wts immediately killed ' and the head sent to Raleigh for examination. An ice cream supper will be given at Antioch church Sunday, July 3rd- Proceeds go to the church. Miss Vivian Lawson left last week for Catskill, New York, where she goes to accept a posi tion. Taylor Tuttle, planter of the Mizpah section, was here on busi ness Saturday. F. M. Brown, district deputy of the Modern Woodmen of the World of America of Greensboro, was here Saturday looking after! business pertaining to the order.! -: little William Boles who has been suffering from neurasthenia, had his tonsils removed about two weeks since and is much improv-' Wallace Stewart of Rural Hall ed Route -1 was among the business visitors here Saturday. Mr. and Mjs. Gabe Tuttle of Rqral Hall visited relatives here Friday- ' - | , Mrs. Belmont Helsabeck and Misses Clara and Francis Helsa back have- to their after spending a week at Milligan College, Tenn., on vaca-j tkm. - w. ...... . . A Volume 66 J. D. PARKER, JR. FOR FRISCO! NEW PRINCIPAL ELECTED BY BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR| 810 CREEK HIGH SCHOOL PARKER IS HIGHLY REC OMMENDED FROM MEAD OWS. FORMER PLACE- I The Stokes county board of education has elected J. D. Park :w, Jr., as principal of Francisco j high school to succeed the fotmer i incumbent, Prof. Vorhees. i In this action the board sought .to quiet the disturbed waters of | the Big Creek educational insti tution, where there was a con tention from the Vorhees and the \ Forrest adherents. It is generally thought that I the board adopted the middle or wise course. While young For- 1 rest and young Vorhees both had strong support, to have nominat ed either would have created dis satisfaction among many patrons of the school. ' The board's action is not a re flection on either of the credit able candidates for the position of' principal of Francisco school, but is a concession to both. ! J- D. Parker, Jr., has been principal of Meadows school for 3 I years, and has had 7 years ex perience as principal in standard Jugh., .tie cpmep b!«hly. recommended from Meadows. County Superintendent Carson At Chapel Hill. County Supt. of Schools J. C Carson spent last week at Chapel Hill in an educational conference of prominent educationists of the State- County Commissioners Meet Tuesday, July 6 The board of county commis sioners will meet in regular | monthly session next Tuesday, July 6. Monday is a legal holi day. Picnic By the Highway Bunch The officials and employes of the State convict canSfT near Meadows, Saturday evening gave a picnic and fish fry to their friends. A large crowd Was present including District Super visor Morris; of Walkertown, District Engineer Stewart of Winston-Sajem, mjany other State road men- Paul Taylor's beautiful White water lodge was the place, and 6 o'clock in the evening was the time. After the feast, many of the crowd repaired to Piedmont SjJWngs baU room where a dance j was given, lasting until well into i the night. The following patients under went tonsil operations in the Stone-Helsabeck Clinic last week: Richard Clayton 'Of Rural Hall; Martha, Hubert and George My ers of PfafTtown; Grady Easter and Miss Geneva Boles of Wins ton-Salem and Mr» O. B. Bowen of-mtftccoviiie • iiia i Danbury, N. C., Thursday, July 1, 1537 LIQUOR ELECTION FOR AUGUST 11 BOARD OF ELECTIONS PRE SENTED WITH REQUIRED NUMBER OF SIGNATURES TO PETITIONS, ORDERS VOTE FOR SETTLEMENT OF QI'ES I TION—REGISTRATION BOOKS TO OPEN JULY 24. Presented with petitions con taining about 1100 names, being ■ 15 pe r cent, of the registered | voters of the county, the Stokes county board of elections met hsro Monday and called an elec | tion for August 17, 1937, to set ■ tie the question whether or not Stokes county is to have liquor control storss. The board of elections is com posed of Cary L. Carroll, chair mar: J. G. Fulton and S. P. Christian. I The board ordered that the registration bcokr be opened on I . the 24th of July, to remain open ! through the 7th day of August. Saturday, August 14, will be challenge day. I | McAnally Reunion July Fourth | The McAnally reunion at the McAnally old home place will be [ held on nsxt Sunday, July 4. miles below Meadows. It is now the property cf John M. Taylor of Winston-Salen, and i 3 in charge of Walter Nelson, j All of the McAnallys from far and are planning to make this reunion the largest and bes: ever hf Id, and their friends are invited to come and bring well filled Laskets- Sunday Wedding. At the court house Sunda-' morning Paul Sisk and Benin*- Spencer, young couple of Law ; sonville, plighted their troth. The , ceremony was celebrated in the register of deeds office by Justice of the Peace P. C- Campbell in the presence ,of a goodly number of witnesses who wish the happy couple well. •»• • • Mr. and Mrs. J. C- Frans of Westfield . visited in Danbury. They were accompanied by their bright and promising son William Joseph Franklin Delano Roose velt Woodrow Wilson Frana. Chas. H. Martin In Baptist Hospital Chas. H. Martin, county game warden, was operated on ft>r ap pendicitis at Baptist hospital, WinStno-Salem. He was taken suddenly ill Monday, and was removed to the hospital under the advice of a physician at once, where it was learned his appen dix was seriously affected. His condition is reported satis factory. WitekM On Small Clock* Watches' eriginally wart small clock* and wart «rora hung from the girdle because they were too large (or the pocket FARMERS PROGRAM FOR YEAR 1937 COMMITTEEMEN NAMED TO CARRY ON SOIL CONSERVA TION THE PERSONNEL BY TOWNSHIPS. The farmers of Stokes county have elected their committeemen to carry on the Soil Conservation Program for another year. All J committeemen were elected by! by the farmers themselves at I local meetings held in each town-' ship. All farmers who signed a' worksheet in 1936 or 1937 were' eligible to vote and also the ten-1 ants on their farms. | The committeemen elected ; n each township are as follows: | Danbury township H. G. Alley, S. A. Flinchum and H. P ! Loftis. Big Creek township—N. F. Christian, W. S. Ray and Frank Stone. Beaver Island township Guyj Egglcston, Whitt McCollum and J. Van Tuttle Meadows township J- E. Mitchell, J. G. Rutledge and E. W. Carroll. Peter's Creek township—W. G. Watkins, F. C- Smith and J. N. Lackey- Quaker Gap township—T. M. Smith, J. T. Covington and L. £. Peli; Sauratown township H. G Tuttle, J. C- Craig and I. M. Neal. Snow Creek township—Clyde Joyce, C. T. Martin and Charles Priddy. Yadkin township—R. W. Barr, R. C. White and G. F. Stone. The Board of Directors elected the County Committeemen which is of (Jacob Fulton. President; J. Moir Hawkins, Vice- President; and W. S. Hart as ad ditional regular member of the •ounty committee. These men served as county committeemen last year and the Board of Direc tors elected them again this year jby unanimous vote. In electing the community ! committeemen a few changes ! were made, but in no township were all three committeemen changed. Some townships elect ed all of their old committeemen, while others elected one- and some two new additional memb ers. Person and Jones Vote Dry Raleigh, June 30.—Person and Jones counties voted against liquor stores in referenda today. The stores were defeated in Person county by 22 votes. The vote was: For, 441; against, 576 The returns were complete but unofficial. Ten counties have voted on the issue since the 1937 legislature passed a local option bjll. Wake, Durham, Washington, Dare and Johnston voted wet; Mecklenburg, Alleghany, Curri tuck, Wayne and Columbus, dry. State Highway Commission Lets Many New Contracts Raleigh, June 29.—The Stat- Highway and Public Wuiks Com mission today received low bid. totaling $1)12.053 11 on a bridge and 10 road projects. The commission will men again tomorrow to award c.#r-> tracts and discuss routine busi-j ness. Frank L. Dunlap, chaii-j man, said the matter of appoint ing a director of the penal divis ion would not be considered for several weeks. Oscar Pitts is acting penal division director. Projects and bidders follow: Rutherford county, and grading on 481 miles ol Route ISI from Logan to the in-' tersection of U. S. Rute 221, Laveder Bros, of Earl, $62,01-I.IC, structures, Hobbs and Peabodv, Charlotte, $17,597-80. Lenoir county, bridge over the Neuse River on Route 70, five miles east of Kinston: roadway, I I Goodwin & Co., Inc., of Raleigh, $44,677.50; structures, Kiker and Yount of Reidsville, $78,680.25 Halifax, concrete paving of LO3 mles in the relocation of U. S. 301 through Halifax; Ames and Webb, Inc., of Raleigh, $37,089.70- I Bladen, gracing, suTrface treaf j ment and structures on 916 miles 1 of Route 410 from Bladenboro to 'Dublin; Blythe Brothers Con ' struction Co., Charlotte, $124,810.75- Mecklenburg, surface treat -1 ment of 0.67 of a mile from the Charlotte Aiipoi i Jo Route 20 and 74. R. B. Tyler of Monroe, 1 $4,809.90. Iredell-Rowan, grading, sur face treatment -imi stmetui'- on 492 miles of " t.i V>l i ran, Moorcsville it- ,v; .'.i:. Cf . lily t lie 8i05,., S.">; 1 >.I-! Surry, suri'iii-e treatment oi 3.92 miles of Route west ol Mt Airy; Gassoway and Owens of Winston-Salem, $20,005.03. Macon, surface treatment of 9.23 miles of Route 286, from j the Little Tennessee Rive r to tht Swain county line; R. B. Tyler of ! Monroe, $34,756- Haywood, surface treatment of 7.35 miles of Route 284 from Bethel toward Springdale; E. W. Grannis of Fayetteville, $25,113. Brunswick, grading, surfacing and structures on 3.45 miles of Route 130, between Shallotte and Old Dock; roadway, F. D. C|ine jff Raleigh, $70,297.94; structures Kiker and Yount of Reidsville, $16,707.50. Anson, a betterment project, grading, surfacing and structures, on 1.31 miles south of Wades boro toward Carson Oldfield; roadway, Blythe Bros., $14,783; structures, Hobbs-Peabody Con struction Company of Charlotte, $8,479.50- C. L. Haney, educational ad viser For the CCC camp, was here Tuesday. Mr. Haney is recently from Marion, N. C. Number 3,403 RIVERSIDE PARK ' SUNDAY GAME CONTEST IIKTWIKV s I A R I'l.AVKltis or TDK CXH M V I.KA;i K I.AK(iK ( i:ov\i» i;\l'K(T!:> T O WIINKSS BRILLIANT s f; T-T O IIV CRACK M\i;s, At three-thirty P. M. 011 Sun day, July 1, at Riwrsidu Park. Danbury, C., will bo played what is promised to be the best, most exciting, and closest ball game ever called on a base ball diamond in Siokes* county. The opposing teams are picked by their respective managers from the eight clubs comprising the Stokes county base ball league. , P- L. Smith is manager of the te:u« o v, en from the four clubs "orth side of the county and A M. Caudle is manager of the team chosen from the South side of the county. Invitations to the chosen players and their 1 positions arc given below: NORTH. - Manager—R. L. Smith, Danbury, Asst. Manager—Ernest Hutcaer son, Sandy Ridge. Coaches—Sam Jessup, Fran cisco, Jesse Booth, Hartman- Pitchers—Alvin Joyc'e, Sandy j Ridge, Namon Lawson, Danbury; i Paul Sheppard, Francisco'; John [nie Slate, Hartman; Edwin Tay lor, Danbury. Catchers—Red Stephens, Sandy Ridge; Hughes Burrs]!, Francis* co; Roy Smith, Danbury- First base—J. K. Smith, Fran cisco; Odcll Xcal, Danbury; Ralph Scott, Hartman. Second base -Herman C llins, Francisco; Woodrow Lr.vson, Sandy Ridge. Tliiid h.;se- W.J".»ur !• : », ;Fta:!i-w; i H ~ih t, Fran- Slmi-t j-!oj> Dai.'n:: - y; Howard Amu- . ,|jj, . Outfielders J. B. Bullock, Danbury; Drew L.nions, Sandy Ridge; Ivanhoe Dunlap. Danbury; J. C- Wall, Danbury; Dodson, Sandy Ridge; Odi!l Palmer. Hart man. SOUTH. Ma^iagjbr—Mfcck Caudle, King. Pitchers—Mike Dunlap, Rose bud; Paul Young, Rosebud; C. G. Ray, Walnut Cove; Pop Wolfe, Meadows; Vick Stephens, Mead ows; Paul Hemrick, Germianton. Catchers Bernie Tedder, Meadows; Ray Sisk, Rosebud. First base Dunk Dunlap, Rosebud; Roy Barr, Meadows. Sacond base Marvin John son, Meadows; Carlton Dunlap, Walnut Cove. Third base Frank Menden hall, Meadows; William Smith, Rosebud. Short stop Buster Wall, Rosebud; Drexel Flynt, Meadows; Kemp Savage, Germanton- Outfielders —Crick Barr, Mead ows; Manley Baker, Germanton; Arnold Johnson, Meadows; Curtis Nelson, Rosebud; Bud Young, Rosebud; Euker Carroll, Rosebud. All fans of the county inter. (Continued on page 3.)
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