THE DANBURY REPORTER
Volume 66 *
SANDY RIDGE
SUNDAY SCHOOL
BGANIZED SUNDAY AT
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH)
ANNOUNCEMENT OF A WED-
DING THE . LITERARY
CLUBS MEET PERSON
ALS AND NEWS ITEMS OP
INTEREST.
Sandy Ridge, Jan. 12.—For a
number of years there has been
no Sunday School at the Presby
terian church here. On Sunday
afternoon a group of interested
people met and organized a Sun
day School. Mr*. C. R. Darr
aoade a very inspiring and helpful
talk on the purpose of Sunday
fetool. It was decided to meet
each Sunday afternoon at 2:30
cf clock. The following officers
were elected: Superintendent, R.
H. Wlatkina; Assistant, J. B.
Robertson; Secretary and Treas
urer, Ruby Robertson; Assistant,
Bessie Biennis; Adult teacher, C.
R. Dan 1 ; Assistant, E. M. Macon;
teacher for young people, Mrs.
C. R Darr; Assistant, Mrs. Jake
Ziglar; Junior class, Mrs. Joe
Ziglar; Assistant, Mrs. Noel
Amos; Primary class, Mrs. R. H.
Watkins; Assistant, Miss Edith
Hennis.
Mr. and Mrs. George Lawrence
announce the marriage of their
daughter Ruth, to Mr. Melvin
Layman on December 29th, at
Stuart, Va., Rev. the
♦officiating minister. * Atfg
ceremony was used. Mr. and
Mrs. Layman will make their
hoaie temporarily with the bride's
parents here, y
The Pasteur Literary Club met
Thursday morning with a very in
teresting program being given.
The debate created much interest
at this time. The pmgram was
a* follows: Devotional, DeWitt
Vernon; Song, Club; Debate, Re
solved that electro lights are bet
ter than other types of light.
AfTinnative—Walter Joyce, R. C.
Eaton, Dewey Corn. Negative—
Camero n Dodson, Wilbert Wood,
Mrs. Darr. Current events, Miay
n*rd Joyce.
The "Helen Kella r " Literary
Club met in regular weekly sess
ion Thursday morning with the
following progitam being given:
Song, Club; Devotional, Louise
Jessup; Roll Call, each member
■•king a riddle, a prize waa given
to the member answering the
most riddles. Lou Ella Amos
being the winner. Current
•vents, seveml girU. Mandolin
solo, Evelyn Joyce.
Mr. and' Mrs. Waldo E. Carroll
and son Dwight Earl, of High
Point visited Mr. Carroll's sister,
Mrs. Rosa Hutcherson, here Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Cassidy of
Reidsville recently visited Mrs.
Oassldy'. sister, Mrs. J. W. Fer
guson.
Moir Hawkins waa a business
visitor in Madison Monday.
Miss Norma Boyles and S. R.j
Gibson were in Walnut Cove
Hbndtay.
Mr. and Mrs. Clement Dodson
• n d family were guests at Mr.
and Mrs. John Oakley Saturday.
Ml, and Mrs. W. C. Joyce and
Established 1872. Danbury, N. C., Thursday, January 13, 1938
tamily and link Goffrey Smith
were Aiier gueats of Mr. wd
Mrs. W. L. Poore Sunday.
W. R. Spencer was a business
visitor in Winston-Salem Satur-
Mr. and Mm. Russell Martin
and family were dinner guests
of M*. and Mrs. Jesse Amos Sun
day.
Rev. J. A. Joyce was a business
visitor in King Wednesday.
lju-l Handy has returned to
his home i« Winston-Salem after
having spent a week with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Han
dy, he«"e.
Mi 1 , .any} Mrs. Gilbert Joyce
were dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. E. E. Dodaon Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs, Elmo Citomer
visited Mrs. Rosa Hutcherso"
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Darr and
daughter Joan, were dinner
guests of Rev. and Mrs. J. A.
Joyce Friday evening.
Mrs. Gifent Ayera spent the
week-end at Boone visiting rela
tives.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Rhodes and
baby of Leaksville visited Mr.
and Mrs. E. F. Rhodes Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Joyce and
daughter Ruth, were shopping In
Madison Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Hilary Ctaspcnan,
Mr. and Mrs. Mofr Hawkins a*d
children, Mr. and Mrs. Elliot
Hawkins anj daughter Flora Jane,
mot Hampton Knight were dtaber
guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs.
Marion Stevens.
Mr. a»d Mrs. Sam Vernon, Mr.
and Mrs. A. E. Vernon and Mrs.
W. O. Wood visited Wallace Ver
non in the Veterans' hospital in
Roanoke, Va., Sunday.
Mrs. Ralph Mitchell, qjf lighter
of Mis. Charlie Eaton is in the
Duke hospital at Durham for
treatment-
Mrs. R. L. Ziglar's brother
Winfield Agnew, of Floyd, Va.,
spent the week-end with her hero.
John Nance was in Martinsville,
Va., Saturday on business.
Clyde Amos of Leaksville visit
ed his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jeff
Amos, here Saunday.
Mr. and Mrs. David Bill Nance
and family, Mrs. Jess Nance and
daughter spent Saturday in
Leaksville.
| James Joyce of Winston-Salem
visited W. C. Joyce here Monday.
Little Estelle Ferguson, who
has been ill with the chicken pox,
is improving.
Friends of Mrs. J. C. Handy
will be glad to le&rta that *he is
much better afte* having been
sick.
Miss Artie Belle Nance enter
tained a number of her friends
| Friday night with an old time
square dance. Every one seemed
to have enjoyed thmselves very
much.
Earl L. Collins, an electrician
from Martinsville, Va., is. back
with his uncle J. 8.. Robertson
after being away from his work
fo r several days.
Otia Amos visited in Preston,
Vk., Saturday night.
Joe Ziglar and Jack Turner
were in Martinsville, Va., Satur
day on buainen. ,/;
TYPHOID FEVER
ATTACKS FAMILY
WILLIAM FLINCHUM, HIS
WIFE AlfD SON REPORTED
ILL WITH DISEASE REED
FLINCHUM TAKEN TO HOS
PITAJU
It is reported that William
Flinchum, his wife, and a son
Reed Flinchum are ill with ty
phoid fever. The son Reed waa
taken to" a Winston-Salem hospi-
t&l Sunday, and is said to be
seriously sick. He had been un
der the care of a physician for *
week or more, and it was giver
out last week that his trouble w»
pneumonia, later Bright's disease.
The William flinchum family
lives close to the river a half
mile north of Piedmont Springs.
One report is that their water
supply is infected with drainage
from the CCC oatip, two miles
distant. 1
Production Credit
Association Stock
holders To Meet
January 29
Stockholders of the Winston-
Salem Production Credit Associa
tion will hold their annnpi meet
tag in the court house at Wins
toa-Salem on Saturday morning,
January 29th at 10:00 o'clock, ac
cording to an announcement by Welbor*,
Welbor*, presdent of the
iQiffarfon,' whTsays that" it is
desired ttfat every member of
the association shall be present.
At this meeting, complete anil
detailed reports will be made by
the officers of the association on
its operations for the past year,
directors will be elected and oth
er highly important business
transacted.
Mi*. Welborn in announcing the
date of the an&uai meeting said
that it was hoped to make the
attencfence at this year's meet
ing the largest of any of the
meetings yet held. He said that
these annual meetings afforded
the stockholder* an opportunity
to learn every detail of the oper
ations of their association (and
that it was their duty to attend.
The Winston-Salem Production
Oedit Association serves Alle
ghany, Ashe, Caldwell, Davidson,
Forsyth, Stokes, Surry, Watauga,
Wilkes, and YiadHn counties and
In 1937 made loans totalling
$117,000.00.
Nick Stevens of Ltwsonville
was in town on business Wednes
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Reid Stovall and
J little daughter Louise, were din
ner guests Sunday of Mr. and
Mm. George Wilkins.
Mr. and Mrs. John Nance were
jin Greensboro Monday.
Mrs. George KalSam, Mrs. G.
I W. Hawkins and Miss Abbie
| Hawkins visited Mr. and Mrs. L.
B. Hawkins Wedneday.
A mftd dog visited many homes
here last Tuesday night and bit
several dogs. Some of the dogs
bitten are being treated in Ma"-
.ttnwrille, Va., in order to prevent
9th«r dogs from going n*d.
GOOD WOMAN DIES
. AT PINEY GROVE
0
PAIRING OF MRS. FANNIE
ELIZABETH FLINCHUM
W)TH STROKE OF PARALY
SIS—SHE WAS THE WIFE OF
ROBERT FLINCHUM THE
FUNERAL SATURDAY.
Mrs. Fannie Elizabeth Flin
chum, aged 49, died Thursday
night of last week at her home
at iiney Grove, after suffering
proke of paralysis early
Thiufday morning, about nine
o'cloifL She lived eleven h|»urs
ra£tft| the attack, passing away 20
mlntftas jjefore 9 at night.
Mrs. FHhchum sat on the side
of the bed and talked a little af
ter ate was stricken, but soon
lay down and became unconscious,
not speaking any more. She had
suffered with high blood pressure
for tw 0 years.
Funeral was conducted on Sat
urday afternoon at 2" o'clock by
Elders J. A. Fagg, W. J. Brown
and Ed Priddy of the Primitive
E&ptist church, followed by inter
ment at the family burial plat
nea» the home. A large crowd
was in attendance at the rites.
Mrs. Flinchum, who was th
/
wife of Robert Flinchum, was a
good, woman and was beloved by
ta bjgc circle of frienda. She
was a daughter of the late Jasper
Biby* She is survived by her
P°well, 28
y*wrs of lage, and by the follow
ing brothers and sisters: Mrs.
Viney Mabe and Mrs. Josie Law
son of Lawßonville; Mrs. Daisy
Lawson of Kernersville; Mrs.
Annie Nance of Greensboro: An
derson Biby of Walkertown. Also
by half brothers and half sisters
as follows: Mrs. Nannie Tuggle
of Guilford county; Misses Eliza
beth and Peggy, and Messrs.
David and William Biby of Kern
ersville.
Death of Rev.
C. W. Robinson
Rev. C. W. Robinson, 89, who
for 43 years served as pastor of
the North Wilkesboro Presbyter
ian church, died at his home at
North Wilkesbor 0 Tuesday morn
ing.
He had been in ill health for
two years but on several occas
ions during the last year he
preached from the pulpit of the
Presbyterian church at North
Wilkesboro.
Mr. Robinson was pastor of the
Da n bury Presbyter church
some 25 years ago.
Reed Flinchum
Is 111 In Hospital
Reed Flinchum of Piedmont
Springs was carried to a Winston-
Salem hospital feist week. His
condition is reported serious.
C. A. Mickey
In Hospital
C. A. Mickey of Gap is at the
Baptist Hospital, Winston-Sal
em, for an operation for prostate j
gland trouble.
Tobacco Course To
Be Given At State
The four-day tobacco short
course to be held at State Col
lege, January 25-28, will offer
North Carolina farmers an op
portunity for extensive studies
of tobacco production and mark
eting.
authorities on the
weed crop will discuss the best
cultural practices, new methods
of insect and disease control, how
to market leaf to best
and explain the tobacco outlook
for this year.
Laborary work in gliding to
bacco will be given Wednesday
and Thursday afternoons.
A kdgli-light of the first day's
program Tuesday morning will
be a talk by J. B. Hutaon, assist
ant AAA tadmisinistrator «nd di-
rector of the east central region,
on prospective control legislation.
W. G. Finn, assistant regional
director, will go into the leaf
outlook, and E. Y. Floyd, exten
sion tobacco specialist and state
AAA director, will discuss the
1938 agricultural conservation
piognam in the afternoon Tues
day. i •
Plant pathologist, {agronomists,
entomologists, \marketing special
ists, and their experiment station
'and extension workers are also
ijom the program to present var
lious aspects of the tobacco grow
r ens' problems and point out the
I ( best known methods of solving
them.,!?*> • .
Dae* M. Paul, State College di
(rector tof agricultural shorr
courses, has (apoounlced that
there will be no tuition fee for
I the tobacco short course. A $1
>'able at a moderat price both on
i legist ration fee will be charged.
Rooms and maal3 wil be avail
the campus and in homes close by,
he added.
Three Tobacco Tags
At Lawsonville
With New Show
Three Tobacco Tags, who up io
a short time ago were bioadoast
, ing from W. P. T. F. in Raleigh,
but are now at Richmond, will
be at Lawsonville High School
on Saturday night of this week,
Jan. 16th. From all reports
their show at the present time is
far superior to anything they
have run. Along with good
music and singing will be a new
show entitled "Married Bliss." A
large crowd is expected and ev
erybody is urged to come ea r ly
and get a good seat A small
(admission charge will be made
at the door. A feature of the
show will be Bob Hartsell, solo
singer and guitarist
Z. R. Moran Is
Critically 111
Z. R. Moran of Meadows is re
ported critically ill at his home
near Meadows. He was hurt in a
mule runaway several months
ago, since when he has been oon
,fined to his bed. Complications
have recently set in which render
I his condition serious. He is 72
m of age.
Number 3,331
BROWN DATES
IMPORTANT MEETS
SERIES OF MEETINGS TO EX
PLAIN NEW FARM PRO
GRAM ARRANGED ALBO
MEETING AT RING HIGH
SCHOOL FOR FARMERS
URGENT INVITATION T O
ATTEND.
In order to better acquaint
Stokes county farmers with the
details of the 1938 Agricultural
Conservation Program, a series
of meetings have been, and a r e
being held throughout the COMA
ty. Several charges have been
made in the 1938 Agricultural
Conservation Program nnj it is
our desi«~e to give producers the
necessary and important derails
of this in order thht they may
plan their farming operations for
1933 to take advantage of this
1 Pi- L I
The fol!ovring is a list of places,
date and hour of meetings to be
held in Danbury, Meadows, and
Beavoi* Island townships:
Monday night, January 17
Germanto n School 7:30.
Wednesday night, January 19
,—Meadows School 7:30.
Thursday night, January 20, —
Dill&r,d School 7:30. , . |
Friday night, January 2\
Young's School 7:30.
Producers will notice that all
meetings have been scheduled At
night. PkAkie take ntote of the
place and date of the meeting
and atten/ lf%4ja' ]p»Hily can.
For the purpose of giving to
bacco giowers up-to-the minute
information on the tobucco prob
leiLS, such as cultural practices,
fertilizer recommendations, dis
ease contiol, plant beds, etc., we
are holding a meeting at the King
High Schcol on Tuesday night,
January 18, at 7:30 o'clock. ,
We are very fortunate in hav
ing with us at this meeting, Dr.
Luthu*' Shaw, Extension Plant
Pathologist fiom N. C. State Col
lege and Mr. L. T. Weeks, Exten
sion Tobacco Specialist, also
from the college. These men will
give an illustrated lecture using
a projecting lantern and slides
in connection with the above
mentioned tcfcbcco problems.
Recently, new practical methods
have been developed for the oon
'trol of blue mold on tobacco plant
'beds. Dr. Shaw la an authority
'on this problem, having conducted
considerable research work on
0
blue mold.
We hope to have with us also at
■
this meeting Mr. F. R. Farnham,
Extension Dairy Specialist from
State College who will discuss the
possibilities of milk markets and
the d«i''y industry in Stokes
county. New developments have
taken place along this line recent*
iy.
All farmers in either of these
subjects are urged to attend this
meeting, as I am sure it will be
of great benefit to you.
j. v. imowx,
County Agent.
Four thousand farmers at*
tended the fir*t Surry oounty TD>
bfccco Festival at Mi. Airy cm
Tuesday afternoon before Christ
mas.
J.