THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Established 1872
WPA ACTIVITIES I
IN THE COUNTY
KECORD OF VARIOUS PRO
JECTS OTHER PROJECTS
NOW BEING PLANNfcff FOR
STOKES, WORK TO START
IN NEAR FUTURE.
Two WPA Projects now in op
eration in the county. WP No.
1278, located at Sandy Ridge.
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This project is quarrying airJ
crushing stone to bo used on sec- j
ondary farm to market roads.
This project is furnishing work
for 37 men in the county and is
superintended by J. Reid Jones,,
WPA cooperating with the State :
Highway and Public Works Corn- j
mission.
WP No. 4549 is a county-wide
school ground improvement pro
ject operating at Walnut Cove
High School. Putting in drain
age, leveling and grading
grounds. Improvement to two
tennis courts and other general
ground improvement giving em
ployment to 17 workers. Super
intendended by J. B. Easter for!
the WPA coordinating with J. C.'
Carson, Superintendent of Schoois
for Stokes county.
WP No. 3942, Domestic Science
Building at King high school has J
just been completed. This pro
ject furnished work for around
20 men for the past 4 months.
The work being superintended by
Dennis H. Alley for WPA and
sponsored by J. C. Carson, Su
perintendent of Stokes County
Schools.
WP No. 4179, Brick School
Building constructed at Haw
Pond ha 3 just been completed
and will be of great benefit to
the surrounding community. This
work was superintended by J. B.
Easter for WPA and sponsored
by J. C. Carson, Superintendent
of Stokes County Schools, fur
nishing employment to approxi
mately 17 men over a period of
two months.
WP No. 3476 Gymnasium at
Sandy Ridge school completed re
cently. This building is of wooden
structure and is quite an added
improvement to the Sandy JRidge
school system. This project .em
ployed around 30 men over a
period of 5 months. Construc
tion work superintended by J. B.
Easter and sponsored by* Super
intendent of Stokes County
Schools J C. Carson.
WP No. 33t63 addition to Pine
Hall School, brick structure. Su
perintended by Dennis H. Alley
and sponsored bj J. C. Carson,
Superintendent of Schools. Add
ing much value to the Pine Hall
school system.
WP No. 3143, Malarial Control
located at Walnut Cove. This
work consisted of incidental
drainage work on and around
Town Fork Creek. This project
operated for approximately 7
months furnishing work to around
30 men. Superintended by S. P.
Christian, sponsored by the
State Board of Health and The
Town of Walnut Oove. This pro
jart has not b«en completed but
suspend*! for the praeent on
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Volume 66
Sandy Ridge Personals
Sandy Ridge, April 17.—Mn.
C. R. Darr, eleventh grade teach
er at Sandy Ridge high school,
delightfully entertained the sen
ior class at a party given in Mr.
Wilson's e'ass room Saturday
night, A\l4 15. A pink and blue
color scheme was used. Attrac-.
tive tables were arranged with !
Er.ster favors placed lor two
couples to be seated at. each
table. Bingo was played with
several winning prizes. Various
contests were conducted wi'h
piizes awarded winner?. Del:- |
cious refreshments, consisting of
ice cream frozen in the 'orm o F :
roses, caker, and grapa juico wen: i
served to the following guests: j
Misses Annie Priddy, Wilmoili
Smith, Louise Jessup, Mildred •
Steele, Eciith Hennis, Evelyn
Reid Turner, Zilla Priddy, |
Georgia Maye, Evelyn Joyce,
Leon Joyce, Helen Hawkins, Lou ]
Ella Amos, Doris Vernon, Messrs. i
Orman D. Hutcherson, Lewis
Dodson, Millard Shelton, Cleo I
Lemmons, Paul Martin, Hubert,
Corns, Posie Joyce, Willard Joyce,
Hunter Rullin, Russell Shelton,
James Vernon Carlyle Joyce, :
Thurman Lawson, Mr. and Mrs.
James Hawkins, Mr. and Mrs. Ul- i
ric Handy, Mr. and Mrs. Hilary i
Chapman, Mrs. Charlie Eaton, l
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Darr and
daughter, Joan.
HAWKINS - REID
Miss Ruth Ella Hawkins be
i came the bride of Henry Edwards
Reid, April 5, at Hillsville, Va.
i Mrs. Reid is the daughter of
j Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hawkns of
Sandy Ridge, and is a graduate
. of the Sandy Ridge high school.
Mr. Reid, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. John F. Reid, of Wal
j nut Cove, attended school at
Walkertown.
PERSONALS
Rev. D. A. Oakley of Lenic
j is assisting Rev. T. G. Williams
, in a revival at Delta M. E.
| Church, which will continue
through this week or a part of
i the week. Large crowds are at
tending these forceful sermons
which are delivered each evening
at 7:30. The public is cordially
invited.
Mr. and Mrs. John Nelson were
the dinner guests of Mr. and
i Mrs. E. C. Carter Sunday.
Misses Abbic Hawkins and
Nannie Belle Dodson of Madison
spent the week-end here with
home folks.
Mrs. Hilary Chapman spent
Wednesday nifdit with her cousin
. Mrs. Marion Stevens.
I Moir Hawkins
Loses Ton Guano
Thieves stole a ton of guano
from Moir Hawking at Sandy
I
j Ridge one night last week. Mr.
Hawkins had the fertilizer stored
in a pack house near his home.
He has clues to the guilty parties.
W. B. Doss was here Wednes
day from Lawsonville.
account of inadequate labor and
will be re-opened and completed
-when sufficient labor is at hand.
Recently the relief rolls in
Stokes county have been greatly
reduced by reason of workers go
ing "back to their farm duties.
Several buildings and improve
ment projects throughout the
county are now being planned
and work will probably start in
the near future. The hearty co
operation received from the spon
sors at all times has been benefi
cial in making this program a
success.
All workers used on the above
projects come to us through the
channels of the County Welfare
Department being certified by
Miss Ella Downing, Superinten
dent of Public Welfare of Stokes
County.
Danbury, N. C., Thursday, April 20, 1939.
NEW HIGHWAY
BEING BUILT
RUNS FROM KING VIA GRABS
MILL SITE TO NEAR MT. j
OLIVE CHURCH—AIRPLANE
MAKES FORCED LANDING i
NEAR KING PLANTER'S
GOOD LUCK BIRTHDAY !
PARTY.
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King, April 20.—A large crowd !
of people attended tfca county,
singing convention held here Sun-!
day.
A force of Slate convicts an::
at work building a new road I
from King via the old L. E.!
Grabs mill site to a point near j
Mount Olive Church. This will i
I
mean quite a saving in distance
when making the trip to King.
Jeff Rutledge celebrated his
7Sth birthday at his home hero
Sunday. A large number of rel
atives were present to help en
joy the occasion.
An aeroplane made a forced
landing in a field near Walnut i
H,'lls Tuesday morning. The
pilot statej that he was on a i
trip from Charleston, W. Va., to j
Columbia, S. C., and that his
ship had become crippled during
a 'torm which he came through
in Virginia.
Funeral service for the small
son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Je3-
up, who succumbed from an at
tack of pneumonia, was conduct
ed by Rev. Paul Herman New
sum at Trinity Church Wednes
day at 11:00 a. m.
Holton Gentry has purchase!
from C. O. Boyles' Jr., a nice res-
I idence lot on West Main street.
! Reading between the lines this
[ probably means another new
| home for King.
j Miss Annie Kate ,>i?emore ci
j Mountain View underwent a ton
' 3:1 removal operation here Thurs
j day.
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Lonij
I = avo a birthday party at theL
home o n Depot street Saturday
afternoon honoring their little
daughter, Mary Frances, age six.
A large number of youngsteri
were present for the occasion.
Mary Francis was the recipient
of many nice presents.
Stokes Ladies Attend
District Meeting of
Democratic Women's
Clubs—Sandy Ridge
Sports
Miss Laura Ellington, Miss
Bessie Joyce, Mrs. W. F. Mar
shall and Mrs. R. W. Sands at
tended a meeting In Winston-Sa
lem at the Robert E. Lee hotel
to make plans for the district
meeting of Democratic chibs. As
many counties in the State as
possible are expected to co-op
i erate in the general meeting for
May 23-24.
The Ladies Aid of Sandy Ridge
M. E. Church sponsored the bas
ket ball game at Sandy Ridge
gymnasium, a large crowd attend
ing. There is another game for
April 28. The barefoot men's
team will play the high school
boys.
Mrs. Dolly Heath of Walnut
Cove has sustained a light stroke
of paralysis. She is the mother
of Messrs. Sam P., Jonah and
Dan Heath, and * sister of Mrs.
Flora Mounce.
CARL RAY
NEW ROAD COP
POPULAR WALNUT COVE OF
FICER RECEIVES APPOINT
MENT AS WHOLE - TIME
DEPUTY—TO TAKE EFFECT
JULY J.
Carl Ray, of Walnut Cove, will
be a whole-lime deputy in Stoke-s
eouiry after July 1. He was ap
pointed last week by the Stokes'
county commissioners in accord-1
ancc with the provision of the re
cent act of the legislature estab
lishing this position.
The salary of the office will b»' '
SI,OOO per year and the officer will
be furnished with a new auto-'
mobile by the county and allow- j
ed 5 cents mileage.
Carl Ray has for a number of
years been a very efficient deputy
sheriff under Sheriff John Tay
lor. His duties in his new capa
city wil! still be under the super
vision of the Sheriff. He will
be employed on a monthly basis.
Mr. Ray is well known to be
an officer of conservative judg
ment. His duties will lead him
over all sections of the county in
the enforcement of law and or
der.
King Woman's Club
Meets
On Thrrsday night, April 13,'
at 7:30, the Woman's Club of
King met with 26 members and
Lwo visitors present. During the
business session, two dele
gates, Mrs. J. F. Brown and Mrs.
Stone, were elected to represent
the club at the State convention
in Raleigh. The president, Mrs.
C. R. Carroll, appointed Mrs. R.
W. Boles and Mrs. C. T. McGc
is alternates. Much business
was transacted.
Three new members, Miss
E.loise Boise, Miss Ester Key a>id
Miss Wilma Rat lodge were unan
imously voted into the club.
The program was in charge of
:he Garden Department. Mrs. J.
F\ Brown gave a very interesting
2nd instructive talk on Soil and
Fertilizer. She told the club how
to prepare the soil for different
flowers and shrubs, how to plant
and transplant different shrubs.
Mrs. G. E. Stone spoke on Gar
den Arithmetic. She also gave a
very interesting and instructive
talk on how to divide bulbs and
plants and how to prune shrubs
and flowers.
Mrs. J. C. Carson, Jr., Mrs. I.
A. Booe and Miss Amy Moore
were hostesses.
Mrs. Medley Covington had an
accident to her car at Madison
last week, sufficient to make it.
desirable to trade her vehicle for
a new one. She was on her way
to her home here from a visit
with her friend Mrs. "Red"
Michael at Ferram, Va., when
the wreck occurred.
The woods are rapidly getting
green. The 10th of May is un
derstood to be the date when
the leaves get full grown, and
that is 20 days. They'll have to
hustle, wont they?
LOCAL ITEMS
Reid Flinchum and Burlcy
Mabc were Sunday visitors from
Whitewater section.
$ !. *
Mrs. Gertrude Luwson anu
joung daugntor Annie May oi
LavtsenviHe visited bau'oury Fii
day.
Attending Presbytia ian chuic;'.
here Sunday A. Id. \mo: Mr. ami
M:s. .1. F. Pi own oi' lung; Mr.
and Mis. James Jones of Walnut
Cove; Mr. and Mrs. J. li. Jo}ce
Mrs. A. J. Fagg and iiiss Neil
Joyce of Winston-Salem.
i> * « :'f :js
Bojj Ormand and Van Hughes
of the Siate park service visiter
Danbury Thursday night.
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Rev. J. H. Cowan, pastor oi
the Presbyterian church, filled his
regular appointment here Sundaj
morning.
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S. A. Flinchum was here fron
Piedmont Springs Tuesday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Mar
shall have rc::nt!y moved fron
Charlotte to Rocky Mount when
Mr. Marshall has been trans
ferred. Mrs. Marshall was for
merly Miss Frances Humphrey
of Danbury.
*** * $
Bob Gray of Sandy Ridge wa«
here Friday. Mr. Gray recently
had the misfortune to lose s3o'
! which he was carrying in hi:
pocket.
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Mary Lou Christian of Pin
naele visited her sister Mrs. Dor:
Bock here Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Boyles o
; Murray Ilill, X. J , r topped ovei
,in Banbury Saturday. They an
in the county for a few days vis
ting relatives and friends, an.
seeing points of interest in thii
section. Mr. Boylen, who wa
reared at Pilot Mt., has been ii
business in New Jersey for sev
eral years. He tells the Reportc,
that his father, W. W. Boyles
of Roanoke, Va., recently prac
tically lost his eyesight, but tha
later it came back again.
* * * ije :|e
Attorney Dallas Kirby has pur
chased from N. O. Petree th(
building in which Mr. Kirby's
law office is located, just east oJ
the court house square.
*****
A one-week tersn of civil courl
at Wenl'vorth, Rockingham coun
ty, dated to begin Monday last
was postponed on account of the
illness of Judge Felix Alley who
was to hold the term. Judge Al
ley was quite sick when he left
Danbury last Saturday after
holding two-weeks' terms here.
He is to preside at Surry crimi
nal court next week if sufficient
ly recovered from his deep cold.
*****
Posey Shelton of Francisco
was in town Tuesday. Mr. Shel
ton is one of Stokes county's
youngest—if not the very young
est —justices of the peace.
Number 3,497
HAMPTON LAW SO A
HURT IN SMASH
HIS CAR IT R.NLI) U V E R,
li|lUTlXi HIS ARM SEV
ERAL CASKS OF i'M l .MO
MA IN LAWSONVILLK ShO
iION—LAWSOM ii.l.h Hioll
SCHOOL I'iiIMARV GRADES
Ci.VE PLAi—OTHLII NEWS.
Luwson\ ilk, Aj.nl lb. Mrs,
Delia Hammocks ol \Vii!'.;vi town
spent the part week wi n Mrs.
C. M. Mubo aaj Mis. 11. A. Rob
ot tSGiI.
Mrs. C. M. Mabe, Mrs. E. G.
Lawson and Hampton Laws on
spent Thursday in Winston-Sal
em shopping.
R. L. Lawson, who has been
seriously ill, i s able to be out
again, his many friends are glad
to learn.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Lawson
arc the glaj parents of a fine
baby girl, Peggy Joe.
N. E. Pepper and R. R. King
of Danbury visited Lawson villa
Sunday.
Mrs. Stella Spencer i s ill with
pneumonia, her many friends are
sorry to learn, and hope she will
soon be well.
Mrs. Edith Lawson visited Mrs.
John Lawson Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Stephens
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Nick Stephens.
Hampton Lawson was slightly
hurt Saturday night when the
ear he was riding in turned over,
hurting his arm. He was rushes
to Dr. Nash Thompson of Stuart,
Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Robertson
and family visited Mr. and Mr*.
Lussel! Til ley Sunday.
tiertrudD La\v3on, Ro^s
r.iij u-iljii Lawson went
o r.;a.".ri, Va., Monday.
Th? primary grades of I-awso:".-
viHe gave a play at Lawsonvil!.?
School Thursday night
which was greatly enjoyoj by iH
present. Arother play will be
April 27, which all arc invited to
attend.
News Of King
The stork had easy sailing last
week. Only two births being re
corded. They were: To Mr. and
Mrs. William Vaden, a daughter,
and Mr. anj Mrs. Lem Holder, a
son.
Walter W. Ferguson, planter
of the Mountain View section,
was among the throng of busi
ness visitors here Saturday.
The case of Booth vs. Teague
resulted: Booth to receive SIOO
for personal injuries, $150.00 for
hig car.
Estimated that 2 more week 3
will be required to finish the
work on the Loftis apartment
house, now proceeding rapidly.
Fanners report prospects for
plenty of tobacco plants are good.
The plants are now growing
rapidly.
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H. H. Brown and R. C. White,
ball fans of King, attended the
King-Danbury game here Satur»
fry-