THE DANBURY REPORTER.
Established 1872 Volume 66
CRIMINAL COURT
CONVENES JAN. 2
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND
BOARD OF EDUCATION. RE
SPECTIVELY, WILL HOLD
. MEETINGS SAME DAY—NO
BUSINESS ON NEW YEARS
EAY.
The Jnnuary term of Stokes
criminal court will convene on
Tuesday, Jan. 2, 1940. On the
same day the regular monthly
meetingsVof the board of county
commissioners and the board of
education will be held.
Monday, Jan. 1, 1940, being a
legal holiday—new year's day—
the court and the county boards
will respect it.
The January term of court will
be faced by quite a heavy docket,
and will no doubt be supplement
ed by warrants to be issued later
for defendants >n a large number
of new liquor and other viola
tions mcst apt to occur during
the holidays.
Judge J. W. Pless will preside
at the term, while Solicitor R. J.
Scott will prosecute for the
State.
Tuesdiy, Jan. _, will doubtless
bring a large crowd in attendance
at the court house, with business
•t the court or at one of the pub
lic meetings to be held by the
cpunty commissioners aid tljs.
board of education.
Work Rushing On
New Walnut Cove
School Building
Work is rapidly being pushed
on the new Walnut Cove high
school annex in the basement of
the Baptist church. W. F. Mar
shall is the contractor, and the
job is expected to be completed
by time for the opening of the
school Jan. 2. The structure will 1
contain five large clas s rooms, 7
toilets, and oither appointments,
and will cost SISOO to $2,000. It i
is being built for temporary quar
ters for several hundred primary
students owing to the building i
i
which was formerly occupied :
having been condemned. ■:
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Mrs. Wm, McCanless j !
Entertains At Party
The beginning of the Christ- j
ma 3 social serson was marked .
Sund.iy night when Mrs. Wm.
McCanless entertained at a din-!
der party, the following guests 1
beinr, present: Mr. and Mrs. j
Richnrd Iximan of Winston-Sa-j,
lem; R. L. Smith, Mrs. A. G.
Sisk, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Elling
ton of Danbury.
ROUTE MEN WITH CARS- ''
wanted to supply World's Finest |
Certified Motor Oil, Auto and 1
Farm Products in big demand by 1
farmers, dairies, truck owners: |
and garages. Must be satisfied .
with S3O week at start. Advancer- 1
ment and savings club bonus for J
hustlere. Permanent. Good fu-
ture. Write E. L. DOSCH, Pres.,
1330 Vine St., Phila., Pa. i
Who May Apply
For Monthly Benefits
Next Year
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Change.? in the Social Security
Act which apply to workers who
are nearly 65 and those who have
already reached the age of 65
are of especial interest to citi
zens of this community. Under i
the amendments, these arc the |
men and women who may receive j
annuities in the form of old-age j
insurance benefits, payable in '
January, 1940 and thereafter.
A man or woman who has held !
a job in a factory, shop, mill, j
mine, store, hotel, theater, or in I
other employment, covered by the i
Social Security Act, and who has
reached 65, ig entitled to file i
claim for payment of monthly
old-age 'insurance benefits provid
ed he has met a few simple re- j
quirements.
In order to receive monthly j
benefits in 1940, the claimant |
must show that he worked in cov-1
ered employment, after 1936, in |
six different calendar quarters '
for wage s that amounted to SSO
or more during each of such
quarters.
A calendar quarter means a
three-moi.th period- The first
quarter includes January, Febru
ary, March; the second quarter—
April, May, June; the third quar
ter —July, August, September,
the fourth quarter-October, No
vember, December.
If a 65-year old worker has
; some, b"t does not have enough
wage credits to qualify for
monthly benefits, he may con
tinue working in covered em
ployment and build up sufficient
credits. It must be remembered i
that wages earned during 1937 ,
and 1933 count toward old-age!
insurance benefits, only if they j
were earned before the worker's
65th birthday. Since the law has
been changed, wages earned aft
er 1938 count toward benefits, re
gardless of the workers's age.
Amendments to the Social Se
curity Act provide that the lump
sum payment heretofore made to
i
a worker reaching age 65 must
jstop. Instead, the older worker
! will have an opportunity to get
monthly benefit payments for
life. T!.e amount of the chcc!;
will depend upon his wage earn
ings, since 1936, but if he quali
fies it wi'l never be less than $lO
per month.
For further information on th 3
I (
above subject call or write.
Mrs. Dixie Lunsford
Dead
Mrs. Dixie Lunsford died iu I
, i
Winston Tuesday at the age of;
73. She was a native of Stoke:; j'
county, but had lived in Winston |'
for 22 years. She is survived by
the following relatives: (
Mrs. Pauline Barker; six sons,
James R., B. F., Grady L.,
Raleigh, Troy W., and Richard
A. Lunsford, and two stepsons,
Oliver Lunsford, of Mount Airy,
and Johr Lunsford, of Stone-
ville. - i
Danbury, N. C., Thursday, Dec. 21, 1939.
LAW CAR SMASHES
SATURDAY NIGHT
DEPUTY SHERIFF BURKE
SMITH GOES TO HOSPITAL---
A. C. SISK SEVERELY
BRUISED—CARL RAY, DRI
VER, UNHURT AUTOMO
I BILE TURNED OVER SEV
| ERAL TIMES ON SLICK
ROAD.
Depujy Sheriff Burke Smith,
; with injury in head, was carried
jto Winston hospital; Deputy A.'
G. Sisk was painfully bruised,
with possibly a rib broken; Carl 1
Ray, driver, wa s uninjured.
All this happened Saturday
; night between Sandy Ridge and
Prestonvillc when the law car,
reconnoitering, slipped on a slick
road, turned over several time3l
and smashed against a tree. The
| car wag considerably damaged. I
The thiee officers had started i
out from Danbury at dark, inves- j
tigating liquor lawlessness re-:
ported from the Sandy Ridge
! section. Whole time deputy Carl
. Ray was? driving. The road was
wet from the rain. The accident
wag unavoidable.
No one was seriously hurt ex
cept Burke Smith, who was tak
en unconscious to the hospital,
lit wag fearej with a fracture J
| skull. But the latest is that he
was not seriously injured and
will be brought to his home here
in a day or two.
Katherine Sisk
Entertains j
Wednesday evening Katherine j
Sisk entertained at an informal!
gathering at her home.
The house was decorated for j
'the occasion.
During the evening contests
and gann o were enjoyed. Th:
winners 'n the contests were Mrs
J. C. Wall and Margie Petree.
Refreshments were served to
the following: Mrs. J. C. Wall,
Ellen Prather Hall, Hazel and
Margie Petree, Loi s Stephens
Angela Taylor, Marjorie Pepper,
Ellen Pepper, anj Lois Wall.
Home For
The Holidays
Mary Taylor from Germanton; 1
Nell Joyce from Winston-Salem: 1
Luna Taylor from Pir.e Hall.
Tbcso young ladic3 have re-'
turned from their jobs of tea':h- !
: injr, and will enjoy the Christ-!
mas holidays at their respectivv j
homes here.
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j Christmas Tree
Saturday Nigrlil
——
A Christmas tree and enter
tainment will be given by the
Danbury Union Sunday school
Saturday night at the M. E.
Church. 1
Schools Reopen
Jan. 1, 1940
The public schools of the coun- '
ty will reopen Monday, Jan. 1,
1940, New Year's day, and not
on January 2, as was erroneously
reported last week.
XMAS HOLIDAYS—
WHERE DO YOU GO?
FEDERAL, STATE AND COUN
TY' OFFICIALS AND PER
SONNEL WILL TAKE A DAY
OR TWO OFF TO ENJOY
FESTIVE SEASON.
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With the Christmas holidays
{beginning Saturday, various Fed-1
| eral, State and county oilic:::!;.
here, with their office help, will :
take a day or two off to enjoy the
ffestivitic s ol the season.
I
Brown, county agricultural j
iagent, will close up his apart-'
I ments in the court house for Sal-'
urday and Monday. Mr. and l
Mrs. Brown and son Buster will '
spend Christmas with Mr. Brown's 1
mother, Mrs. M. T. Brown, at
j Efland, N. C. Of the office force,
| Mig s Laura Ellington will be at
I home with her mother, Mrs. Dr.
1 Ellington, at Sandy Ridge; Mack
j Caudle will go home at King with
his family; Hazel Fulp and Kath
leen Marshall will visit friends ai
I
Pinehurst, N. C.; Frances Alley |
will visit with her grandmother
at Walnut Cove; Mrs. John M. !
I
Tuttle will be home for the holi- .
days. Bessie Joyce will be at
home at Sandy Ridge.
RELIEF OFFICE
Mrs. Dan Heath will be home I
at Walnut Cove with husband
and children; Grace Woodruff
will spend Christmas with Santa
Clafus; Miss Ella Downing, super
intendent of relief for the coun
ty, expectg to be with home folks
at Fayetteville; Mrs. Mary Pep
per, home at Danbury; Miss Nan
inie Jones, with relatives at Win-
I ston-Salem and home at Walnut!
j Cove.
j COUNTY OFFICES
Sheriff John Ta "or will be ;
home at Danbury; County Audi
tor B. P. Bailey will spend the
day s hunting on his farm near
Walnut Cove; Mrs. India Newsum
will visit her folks at Walnut
Cove; Mrs, R. L. Smith will go
lo Asheville to be with IICT hus
band, R. L. Smith.
G. H. Alford, of the feder-.'
farmers' loan agency, wjll visit'
\
ri:ilei«rh pr.d Atlanta with Mr.-. |
i Alford. IPs stenographer, Mnr ;
iorie Pepper, will be here.
| Clerk of the Court J. Watt
j Tut Mo, will be at his home n'.
| M !iy.'c-,v.j, prcbably preaching n> j
, . one points, &nd presiding a: 1
! funerals. His tnnt, Mrs.
, JCVJ ~ie P. Christian, will spend
Christmas at her home here.
1
Ncv.r, of plans of other attache?
; nnd employed was r.ot available.
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New Building: For
Walnut Cove
P. G. Smith is erecting a new
store building on Main St., Wal- j
nut Cove, and expects to occupy j
it with a stock of groceries soon
after the first of the year.
Believe it or not, E. P. Newsum '
has a vest pocket dictionary,
which ha purchased from Coe's
Book Store in Pensacola, Fla.,
November sth, 1902. The book |
which i,q still in use is
in fairly good condition.
Many Workers Past
65 Are Now Covered i
By The Social Security
Act
t
Before the Social Security Aci
, was amended, wago s earned by a
worker after he had become
|did not count toward benefits.]
I Under the amended act, a worker j
may continue to build up hi* so
cial 'ecurily account . (
he remains - n employment cover
ed by the old-age and survivoiV ,
' insurance system.
j j
The worker who was 6f» or;
more wh"n the act first went into
effert. cai. now establish a i
i
record and receive credit, there-
I
on, for all wages paid to him in
. covered employment since 19oS
In other words, the change with
regard to workers past 65 years
of age i ecame effective as o 1
January 3, 1939. Beginning with
that date, wage s received in cov
ered employment count toward
insurance benefits regardless of
I the age of the worker. That ! s
' why employees over 65 year;-, of ■
age are iow getting social sccuii-l
jty account numbers.
| This change in the law with j
j respect to older workers is s um "'
marized below. The statements!
' apply orly to job s that are cov j
ere-d by the act.
1. A wage earner who reached
j age 65 after 1936 and before
, 1939, will count toward his ben
efits, all , wage s he Was paid after
1936 ana before his 65th birth
day, plus all wages he wa s paid j
after 1938. I
2. A wage earner who reaches
65 at any time during the yeai
1 1939 or thereafter, can count to
ward benefits all the wages he I
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has received since the original
act went into effect, January 1
! 1937.
3. A wage earner who wa s 65
l years old before January 1, 1937,;
j will count toward his benefits on- j
ily the wages paid to him afte- j
1 1937.
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| business.
Number 3,532
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR MRS. SMITH
WORTH GENTRY'S NEW HOME
NEARING COMPLETION
(iOOD DEAL OF SICKNESS
IN THE KING SECTIO.v
' BIRTHS.
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i King, Dec. lil. Airs. J. T.
'Smith, a;'cd 7i, diet? ;it licr honie
• » •„ M. in almost sud
denly Monday morning The fun
, eral so; vices, which were In
j charge ul Rev. Mr. Smith of Pilot
| Mtn., aiv Itev. Edward Hclmich
of King, wire conducted at the
Moravim Church Tuesday after
noon at 2 o'clock and burial was
in the Moravian ce.r.etery. Tiio
deceased is survived by the hus
band, one daughter, Mrs. Mary
Gunter of King, and two grand
sons.
Drtv.y Glenn Hooker and Bust
er Holder of Fort Bragg are
spending a short furlough witii
relatives here.
Fred Ham of Westfield under
jwent a tonsil removal operation
in the Stone-Helsabeck clinic Fr;-
I day.
| Mr. and Mrs. William Wright
of Mt. Airy are spending a few
|day a here the guests of Mr.
i Wright'? sister. Mis. Anne Kirby,
in Walnut Hills.
There >s quite a lot of sickness
in thi s section. The high school
has been closed until alter Christ
mas fccount of so much
ness. About 125 children were
jout of school on account of sick
ness.
The following births were re
corded litre last week: to Mr. and
| Mrs. F.d Slate, a son; to Mr. and
! Mrs. Augusta Moore, a son and
to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Stanley, a
son.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Tuttle aud
son, T. D. Tuttle of Rural Hal!.
.
'spent Saturday here the guests
lof relatives.
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