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THE DANBURY REPORTEK Volume 66 BIRTHDAY BALL JANUARY 2 HISS GRACE TAYLOR ISSUES OAJLL FOR POPULAR FUNC TION AT WALNUT COVE GYMNASIUM—PROCEEDS TO • BE USED TO FIGHT INFAN TILE PARALYSIS —$1.00 AD MISSION. V On the night of January 29, 1938, the "President's Birtrday Ball' will be given at Walnut Cove high school gymnasium. The Lester Daniels orchest'-a. will dispense music. The admis sion will be $l.OO. Tickets arc now on sale. Misg Grace Taylor, President o£ the Young Democratic Clubs of Stokes county, is leading awl aponso"l*g the event which is ex pected to be the most popuLar function in the county for yeiars. The purpose of this ball is to liaise funds for the new flound « atfion for fighting infantile pa ralysis, from the ravages of which disease our President has emerged Victorians, and has been enabled to ca> ry out hi s magnificent programs for the nation. The new plan is the best pro tection against inifiuitile fcxaifrily ais that has been discovered by modern science. It means a broad-guaged educational cam paign prepared under expert medical supervision. This will place in four ways, vis., science researches, epidemic ac tion telling the doctors and par ents the new cure now known to prevent crooked back*, curvature st the spine, twisted bodies, con tracted limbs. , Chaperonee for the dance have been named as follows: Cha per ones: Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Will Sands, Mr 4 and Mrs. William Marshall, Prof, and Mi-s. Colley, Dr. and Mrs. G. E. Stone, Mi\ and Mrs. Charles Car roll, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Christian. Mr. and Mrs. John Bray, Dr. and Mrs. Belmont Helsabeck, Dr. anj Mre. Booe, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Davis, Mrs. J. Spot Taylor, Mrs. Cabell Mallonee, Mrs. Sallie F. Pepper, Mr. and Mrs. John Tay lor, Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Pepper, Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Christian, Mr. and Mm. Ernest Hutcherson, Mr. and Mrs. Glen" Dodson, Prof, and Mrs. Macon, Dr. and Mrs. Wjade H Bynum, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Oarson, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Bailey, Mr. «nd Mrs. J. R. Forest, Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Hanes, Mr. and Mrs. Thoe. Preston, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Alford, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Scott, Miss Laurta Ellington. Uncle Bib Priddy Nearly 92 Elder Ed Priddy, who is a Primitive Baptist elder of North View", was in D»mbu>y today. He tella the Reporter that Uncle Bib Priddy will be 92 years old the 7th of May. Uncle Bib is one of the finest old gentlemen in th; county, and his hoita of friend want bin to live at least to be 100. , • Established 1872. Danbury, N. C., Thursday, January 20, 1938. Unemployment Oiedks For $10,000,000 In State Coming Soon Raleigh, Jan. —First checks for unemployment benefits in North Carotin# will be delivered on Monday, January 31, just four weeks f'om the first Monday in January when claims were filed by unemployed workers, accord ing to the present schedule. These four weeks include the two weeks of waiting 'equired by the law, the third week for the benefits to accrue, and another week for reports to be examined, chocks to be w'itten and return ed, and delivered to the worker. The Unemployment Compensa tion Division will deliver every check due workers during th;? week beginning January CI. Three machines have been install ed in the office in Raleigh for writing checks. Approximately 30,000 wo'kers filed claims the first week, but there is no way t c . tell how many of these are eli gible for benefits, or how many will be back iat work before the waiting period and third week have expired. One-half, two- thirds, three-fourths, or any oth er part of the 30,000 may be elig- ible finally. Tie State Unemployment Fund collected in contributions of em ployers for 1936 and 1937 reach ed almost $9,400,000 by the end of last week, and E. W. Price, director of the division, esti mates that the fund will be $lO,- 000, before the first check is delivered to the unemployed worker. The December contri butions *re due January 25, and fully $500,000 is expected to oe paid by employers before the end of this month. Also, the commis sion has secured $300,000 from its fund in the U. S. Treasury and deposited it in Raleigh to meet the first benefit payments. Other amounts as needed will be drawn from the fund. The Commission has been ad vised that $123,302.82 has been placed to the credit of the North Carolina fund in interest earned during the four quarters of 1937. The amount for the fourth quart er, notice of which has just been received, was $51,068.91- "We now have our forces in both divisions of the commission filled, until the next budget is ap proved in Washington for the second quarter, beginning April 1", said chairman Charles G. Powell. The Unemployment Com pensation Division has about 450 workers, nearly 300 in the Ral eigh office and about 150 in tha field, and the Employment Ser vice Division has about 380 worker in the Raleigh and field offices. Driver's License Revoked. Raleigh, N. V. Among the list of auto driver's license revoked by the State authorities the past week ap pears: Major Hayton, Pinnacle, N. C. W. W. Smith of Lawaonville a visitor here Saturday. DR. GRIFFIN IS IN HOSPITAL HE UNDERWENT EMERG ENCY OPERATION LAS! WEEK—GILMER NEWSUfti TO ERECT NEW SERVICI STATIONS—STORK IS BUS* —OTHER KING HAPPEN INGS. King, Jan. 19. —The first sno.v of the season made its appear ance here Tuesday morning when citizens arose t G find the ground covered with a blanket of white. Clarence Helsabeck planter oi the Antioch section was here Sat urday on business. Charles White has returned to his home in Woodland Height after spending ia few days with ! relatives in Durham. Dr. E. M. Griffin, who under- went an emergency operation i i c. Winston-Salem hospital Thurs day, renins quite sick, his many friends will regret to learn. Mr. and Mrs. Fay Gunter of Boston, Mass., ha.e returned to their home after spending some time with relatives here a"d at I.adis»n. Mr. Gunter is a so:i of Coon Gunter, who was 'eared near here and wli 0 is now locat ed at Madison. There is decided improvement in the condition of Mrs. Annie Walker, who has been quite sick at rerr home here for the several days. material is being placed on the site prepiaratory to erecting a new service station for Gilmer Newsum, at Five Forks, one mile south of tow>. William E. Stauber, manufac turing and business man of Rural Hall, was a business visitor her. Friday. The following patients under went tonsil removal operations in the Stone-Helsabeck Clinic Sat urday morning: Mrs. Delia Math 'ews, of Pinnacle and Miss Lulu j Haymore of Westfield. | Dale, the small son of Mr. and 'Mrs. Herman Newsum is conval ! escing from an attack of pneu j monia at their home on east Broad Street. Last week was another busy one for the stork. The following new birtrs bei n g recorded!: *lV> Mr. and Mrs. David Brown a daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Chrl Webster a son, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Bowen a daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Corbert Bennett a son, Mr. and Mrs. Nat Pratt a daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Stanley a son. Pete Smith of WaUburg has re moved his family to King and will engage in carpenter work. Work is well underway on a new seven room home for C. D. Slate, Jr., in Pilot View. CLadie S. Newsum clebrated his 45th birthday at his home here atives were present for the oc- Sunday. A number of near rel easor Roscoe McGee of Galax, Va., fomarly of King, was among the visitors here Sunday. Edgar G. Wall of Mqadows was a visitor at the Reporter office Tuesday. DEATH OF DR. W. G. LEAKE FORMER STOKES CITIZEN, LATELY A PRACTICING PHYSICIAN OF EAST BENi; —WAS 63 YEARS OF AGE— A SON OF THE LATE JAMES A. LEAKE. Dr. Wharton G. Leake, a prac tising physician of East Bend, Yadkin county, died in a Winston hospital Wednesday of blood poisoning, induced by an acci dental prick from a hyperdemiie needle which he used in his practice. Virgorous at 63 years of age, Dr. Leake had many interests in addition to wide medical 1-lUctice. He was president of the Yadkin Valley Bank of East Bend a nd was a genc'al advisor on many matters to people oJ Yadkin county. He was a Maso.i jand a member of East Bend Methodist church. His promin ence in his profession brought him recognition from his colleag ues in the form of the presidency !of the Yadkin, Sur; y and Stokes i County Medical Association. [ Dr. Leake was born April 30, 1874, son of captain James A. ! Leake, of Francisco, Stokes coun- ty, members of the old and prom inent families .of Western Caro lina. After attending Davidson Col lege, he received *.m M. D. degree from the North Caro!i"fj Collie of Medicine in 1900. Following graduation he was u:u->.«id :/> Cora Volger, of East Fend. He was an* active member of Bast Bend Methodist church. Surviving a r e his widow; three children, lira. Jayic Leuke 11-&- ;ick, of Dast Bend; Miss Cypsy Loake, of Washington, D. C., ant' John V. Leake, of Charlotte; two grandchildren, Misses Nell and : Ju»e Benbow; five sisters, M's. Mc R. Smith, Pilot Mountain; Mrs. R. L. Crawley, Statesvlle, anj Mrs. W. M. Mitchell, Mid. George Acosta and Mrs. John M. Mye's, of Winston-Salem, and one brother, Charles E. Loake, c 1 La Juntia, Colorado. From 12 to 2 o'clock Friday afternoon the body will lie in state at the East Bend Methodisi church. Funeral services will fol low. Dr. Ralph A. Herring and Bishop J. Kenneth Pfohl, of Win ston-Salem and Rev. Charles Hutchins, 0 f East Bend, will be in charge. ' Buriai will be in the family plot. A. J. Ellington For Farm Loans L. E. Francis, secretary-treas urer of the Winston-Salem Pro duction Credit Association, was here Monday in consultation with Attorney A. J. Ellington. It is learned that Mr. Ellington ha3 been engaged to receive applica tions for farm loa n s through this government credit association. This agency handles federal farm loans for a g'oup of counties in this section of the State, Stokes J being among the number. POPULAR SHOh m,.N -" ■ WBf& r '* i, > .^'^wqr^yi^L r C^V«V^'T^: ; *"■ *' • wWWWSMWM^SWBBI When a Stokes county man or woman thinks about shoes, thoy invariably think of J. A. Jones. The above picture is an excellent likeness of the genius who presides at Jones & Gentry's Shoe Store, Winston-Salem. Another Candidate For Congress George Fulp, 41, electrical con tractor and World War vete r ai* 1 has announced himself as a e&n : didate for the Democratic norvi i nation for Ccnrrcss from the; hi th ui-'-i-C.. Fulp rai_! he !:a:'. p-ij tlie slov, filing' tee. He is the third a t j nc-unced candidate for the seai. j Fra n l: Hancock, of Oxford, v.-il. : vaoatc to run for the Senate. I A. D. (Lon) Folger, of Mount Aiiy, Democratic national cor.i mitteenwin, ;iiul Ma si-ail C. 1 air fees, of VVir.ato"-S:i!em, are al - r candidates. A native of Stokes county, Fuip went to Leuksville from Winston- Salem sever, years ago. He re ! sided in the Twin City for five yearg a"d was connected with J. 1 A. Johni;o n in the electrical con-. tracting business. Fulp served for four years I the U. S. Navy and was in Clii»a I two years. He has been active in the American Legion. He serve ! i four years as commander of the local Po3t and wag commander o."| the district one yefar. Fulp said he had been urged by friends in Stokes, Forsyth a;-d J Rockingham counties to make! the race. "I will have mo'e to any about my plans within the n ex t few days," he said. Almost A Fire. An oil stove exploded in the j home of County Agent J. F. Brown here Wednesday, endang ering the residence. The fire was stopped before serious damage was done, but daused considerable j excitement. Number 3.532 Tom's Creek Baptist i Church Llufned. j The Thomas C'eek Primitive Haptist church in the Wests -l 1 section was burned to the gro'.U'l ic::r.n*; «i-covered by g "trr": --by while the cc"jr,e°H tioji wM -i.ipeu wum.i, Elaze was scr;; _ 'ii 0 the wo f of the chinch while pastor . iinj congTDjration wee on their . kr.ccr in. player, reprrtu th • J.lt. Airy r.V.vs- So:iic j--e p a-.i.is: tlrr the \ , ns fi!ij out of th: buildin;. Li.ck of fire-fi;;htii>;» e.-pilp. • ment or a supply of watY pe vented them saving the huii 'irv; but they went to work with au tomobile totls to remove win dows, doors, benches and sti-li i equipment us coulj be saved. The members set about f,t cnec to plan to rebuild just n 3 soor. fund's can be secured to b_';»in construction. R. B. Hart And Wife Each 89 years Old. I P. L. Hart was in town Tues day from Francisco. He was o> his way home from Winston-3'i lem. Mr. Hyt tells the Reporter j that he is now living with hi a father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. :R. B. Hart, each of whom is 85» years of age. and each in their 90th yor.r. Bjtli are in go«J health. P. L. has lived in Winston-Sal em for revei a! years, but for I the Inst two yea' s he has icidei , with the eld foiks a t the old home r.,bo\e Lawannville. P. L. has two sons, each of whom 13 dc:ng well in Winston-Salem, o'«e with Reynolds tobacco company, ! the other associated with the ; Quality Oil Co.
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