THE DANBURY REPORTER
Established 1872
MEET IN RALEIGH
NEXT WEEK
CONFERENCE OF WELFARE
OFFICIALS TO BE ADDRESS
ED BY HOEY AND BROUGH
TON STOKES COUNTY
FUNCTIONARIES WILL AT
TEND.
Governor Clyde R- Hoey and
Democratic gubernatorial nomi
nee, J. Melville Broughton, will
headline the one-day joint confer
ence of county welfare board
members, county superintendents
of public welfare, and members
of the State Board of Charities
and Public Welfare, when offi
cials from all North Carolina
counties are expected to be in
Raleigh during the fair week
meeting, October 9. The gover
nor and the prospective governor
will speak at the luncheon meet
ing to be held at the Carolina
Hotel.
Mrs. W. T. Bost, State welfare
commissioner, will welcome the
delegates at the morning meeting
presided over by C. W. Phillips,
chairman of the Guilford county
welfare board.
Col. W. A. Blair, Winston-Sal
em, chairman of the State Board
of Charities and Public Welfare,
will speak at the morning session
on the history, development and
of ivunty welfare "boards.
Col. Blair is now serving his
forty-ninth year as a member of
the state board and his thirty
fifth year as chairman 'of the or
ganization. So long connected
with the North Carolina Welfare
program, Col. Blair, more than
anyone dtae in the state, Is better
equipped to give a first-hand and
personal Inowledge of his sub
ject.
An open forum in which mem
bers of county welfare boards
will participate in discussion of
common problems relating to the
welfare program in their respec
tive counties will be a feature of
the session.
Nathan H. Yelton, director of
public assistance and secretary of
the State Board of Allotment*
and Appeal, will discuss the prob
lem of financial administration in
public welfare.
An open discussion of the
merit system of personnel selec
tion Is expected to bring to the
members attending the conference
considerable information on the
forthcoming merit system to be
instituted for all state and coun
ty welfare employees.
Ella Downing, Stokes county
welfare superintendent, said this
week she expected the full dele
gation from this county to con
sist of W. F. Marshall and Roy
Redding, airman of tl»e Stokes
county board. K'ws Laura El
lington, also a member t.f ?i>e
board, will be unable to attend
because .of her mother's illness.
Geo. Flinchum
At Taylor's Warehouse
Tuesday he averaged 34, and
Ji very happy. Congratulations,
George.
Volume 66
FIFTH DISTRICT
MEETING SATURDAY
LEAKSVILLE GATHERING AT
DEMOCRATIC RALLY TO
BE ADDRESSED BY PROMI
NENT SPEAKERS DANCE
AT NIGHT.
Leaksville. —State Senator J.
Hampton Price of Leaksville,
chairman of arrangements for the
fifth district Democratic rally to
be held here next Saturday, an
nounced Sunday that Democrat ic
Governor Nominee J. M. Brough
-1 ton would head a group of party
leaders to come here for the
event.
Price said that among the lead
ing Democrats expected to speak
'during the rally would be R.
j Greg Harris of Roxboro, lieuten
!ant governor nominate; Congress
man A. D. (Lon) Folger of Mt.
Airy; Ralph Gardner of Shelby,
state pres : dent of Young Demo
crats; Miss Grace Taylor of Dan
bury, vice-president of State
I Young Democrats; E. B. Denny
of Gastonia, state Democraii
chairman; Sam Bason of Yancey
! ville, district highway commis
sioner; State Treasurer Charles
i
M. Johnson; Thad Eure, secre
|
jtary of state; W. Kerr Scott,
commissioner of agriculture; Rob
ert Gredy Johnson, superinten
' *
dent of prisons; Forest H. Shu
ford, commissioner of labor; Dan
|C. Boney, insurance commission
er; George Ross Pou, state aud
itor; and Lloyd Griffin, execu
tive secretary of the state school
commission.
Leading Democrats in the fifth
district nnd northwestern part of
the state are expected fo attend
the rally.
Broughton's address will be
the feature of the session. This
will follow a Brunswick stew to
be served at the baseball park.
The events of the day will be
concluded with a dance to be giv
en at the Leaksville Armory by
the Young Democrats from 9 un
' til 12 o'clock.
Dog and Squirrel Pals
—Ben Neal's Pets
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Neal of Wal
nut Cove own a German Police
dog and a squirrel, which are
friendly pals. The squirrel will
mount the dog's back and ride,
and the dog is pleased. The dog
|is jealous if too much attention
is given to the squirrel by Its
masters.
It is quite an unusual friend
ship, and many people have noted
it with interest.
Missionary Society
To Meet Oct. 7
The Union Missionary Society
of Danbury will meet Monday
evening, Oct. 7, at 7:30 o'clock
with Mrs. N. E. Pepper. Mrs. R.
R. King will be the program lead
er.
Bob Ormand and Frank Walk
er, of the Park Service, were
here Tuesday night.
Danbury, N. C., Thursday, Oct. 3, 1940 * * *
MILITANT CLUB
IS ORGANIZED
ROOSEVELT - BROUGHTON
YOUNG DEMOCRATS MEET
AT DANBURY THE PER
SONNEL OF THE ORGANI
ZATION NEXT MEETING
MONDAY, OCTOBER 7
A large number of Democrats
from all sections of Stokes county
gathered at Danbury Monday af
ternoon, and organized a Roose-
I
J velt-Broughton Club, which is ex
-1 pocted to play a leading role in
jihe fall campaign. The club will
i ".'orlt in full cooperation with the
|
I regular Democratic organization,
giving particular attention to the
' presidential and gubernatorial
! campaigns. At the meeting to
j day the following organization
'was completed:
J. R. Forrest, Jr., president;
Mrs. Rov McGee, first vice-presi
| dent; Healon Tucker, second vice
| president; T. H. Shenpard, third
J vicc-prcsidcnt; Nell King, sccre
! lary and J. G. H. Mitchell, treas-
I urcr.
I The following constitute the ex
ecutive committee:
Lawrence Macßae, Mrs. Luke
I Sherrod, Paul H. Fulton, Marga
' ret Hutckerson, Ed Rankin, Mrs.
Mildred Cenet, W. B. Brown, Mrs.
Esther Gibson, Sylvester Dunlap,
Mrs. Will Ward, Carvis Lawson,
Mrs. P. H. Robertson, Charlie
Martin, Mrs. Charlie Moore, El
mer Collms, Mrs. Namon Lawson,
Graham Francis, Mrs. Fred
Christian, Mrs. R. G. Smith,
Theodore Newsome, Mrs. G. E.
Stone, George Barr, Miss Nina
Baker, Robert Beck, Mrs. J. M.
Hill, Travis Tuttle, Mrs. I. G.
Ross, H. M. Joyce, Jr., Mrs. J.
F. Gerner, J. T. Covington, Mrs.
Jesse George, Carl Ray Flinchum,
Francis Alley, Dillard "Hall, Mrs.
Maxie Flynt, Chester Lane,
Mary Lou Christian, W. G.
Moore, Mrs. Troy Ziglar, Thalmer
Hall, Mrs. J. "H. Chapman.
The club Will hold its second
regular meeting at Danbury on
Monday, October 7th, when Hon.
J. M. Broughton, Democratic can
didate for governor, will address
the voters of Stokes county. A
large crowd of "Democrats from
Stokes and adjoining counties is
expected to be on hand.
Mrs. J. Spot Taylor
To Attend
Quaker Meeting
Mrs. J. Spot Taylor will leave
Danbury for Richmond, Indiana,
where shs Will spend several days
attending the session of "The
Five Year* Meeting" for Quakers.
About twenty or more delegates
from Friend's meetings all over
North Carolina will attend.
Rufus M. Jones, an outstanding
Quaker writer and educator, will
take a prominent part in the ses
sion.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Joyce of
Winston-Salem, were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Joyce Sun
day. 1
SERVICE STATION
AND CAFE OPENS
NEW ENTERPRISE FOR KING:
—FEED BARN OF HILARY
CROMER BURNS—FARMERS
PLEASED WITH TOBACCO
PRICES
King, Oct. 3.—Paul Lefler of
New York spent the week-end
here visiting Rcnard and Ralton
Griffin in west King.
Golden Baker has opened h ! s i
new service station and cafe on'
east Broad street which was rec
ently completed.
There is decided improvement
in the condition of Bettina, th>
small daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Nev.sum, who has been
very sick at their home here,
i Frank Garner has returned
from Bear Creek where he spent
a few days with relatives,
j Ollie Newsum has returned
from Washington, D. C., where
he visited his cousin, Erner.
Meadows.
The following patients under
iwent tonsil removal operations
j here last week: Miss Mary Sue
Tuttle of (ja pel In, Mrs. Camilla
Joner, of Wcstfiold, Miss Pansy
Webster r.nd R. C. Booth of Ger
manton, Miss Diane Griffin and
Joe Harris of Rural Hall.
,Mrs. Martha Cook, who is suf
fering from an attack of pneu
monia, is quite sick at her home
on Meadowview Drive.
| The stork is still on the job
and made the following visit 3
last week: to Mr. and Mrs. Wil
jliam Young, a son; to Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Hill, a daughter; to Mr.
and Mrs. Alton Brown, a son; to
Mr. and Mrs. Hardy Carroll, a
daughter and to Mr. and Mrs.
Virgil McNeal, a son.
A feedbarn on the Hilary Cro
mer estate was destroyed by fire
Saturday afternoon. The live
stock was all saved but a quanti
ty of feed was destroyed.
Miss Kathryn Boles has return
ed to her home in Monroe, Va.,
after spending several days at
Lone Oak Farm just south of
town, where she was the guest of
relatives.
Vester Burge, roller mill man
of Mountain View, was among
Jthe business visitors here Satur
day.
Farmers in this section are
very busy preparing and market
ing tobacco. The majority are
pleased with the prices obtained
for their weed.
Death of R. B. Hart
R. B. Hart, aged 90, and one of
Stokes county's leading and most
respected citizens, died last week
at his home at Lawsonville.
C. D. Tuttle
Sells at Good Price
Charles D. Tuttle of Walnut
Cove this week sold a load for
$328.00.
This sounds like the good old
times of old.
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TO INSTALL
NEW OFFICERS
NEAL BOONE POST TO MEET
AT WALNUT COVE TUES
DAY NIGHT—LEGION BAND
OF WINSTON-SALEM TO
PARADE.
The Neal Boone Post 197, Wal
nut Cove, will install nc.v r.fTiec r
in the Woodman hall on Tuesday
i night, Oct. 8 at 8 p. m.
J Refreshments will be served to
!•:•,i'>neirej\
j The Post has secure 1 the Win
'ston-Fnlem legion band for th*
ceremonies. The band will giv •
a street parade beginning at 7 :.'JO
p. m. Legionaires, members of
'the Walnut Cove high school
band and the members of the B.
S. organization will join in the
i
.parade. After the parade the
Clyde Boiling Post 55 of Winston
jSalem will perform the ceremony
of installing the new members.
All members are urged to be
present.
J ul! Break
r d?.y Nig-ht
' floward Snow, Morris Brown.
Dick Full: and Enoch Howard,
colored prisoners, escaped from
'the jail here Wednesday night.
Dick Fulk was returned to the
j jail Thursday by his father, of
Walkertown. No clues as to the
whereabouts of the other three
escapees have been discovered by
the officers.
The escape was made from the
cell into the hall by opening the
door, which was not injured in
any way, just apparently unlock
ed. Two other prisoners, be
sides the escaping four, refused
to follow them and remained in
the cell.
A barred window leading from
the hall to an outside porch was
negotiated uy sawing one of the
iron bars in twain. From the
porch to the ground, a distance
of some 20 feet, the prisoners If
themselves down by blankets tied
' together.
The escape was evidently led
by Howard Snow, who had been
caught at Walnut Cove Jiy Dep
iUty Sheriff Carl Wall and State
Patrolman Bristol Dellinger. The
negro had in his possession a kit
of burglars' tools, also a 45 re
volver. Where he came from, no
body knows.
The other three escapees were
Morris Brown fo South Carolina,
charged with breaking and en
tering; Dick Fulp of Walnut
Cove, charged with assault with
a deadly weapon; Enoch Howard,
of Walnut Cove, charged with
drunk driving.
All were in jail awaiting court
next week.
Mrs. Lester Alley
Expected Home
From Hospital
Mrs. Lester Alley recently un
derwent an operation in a Wins
ton-Salem hospital. She is recov
ering satisfactorily and is expect
ed home this week-end.
* * * Number 3,559.
JOYCE REUNION
AT SANDY RIDGE
MEETING LAST SUNDAY WAS
PLEASURABLE EVENT WITH
LARGE CROWI) IN ATTEND
ANCE—MEMORIAL SERVICE
LEAD BV REV. J. A. JOYCE
1 —GUESTS PRESENT.
A larpe crowd attended tho
Joyce reunion ;:1 Sandy Ridga
last Sunday. The ceremonies
took place at the old home placi
now oeeuj ied by I'd J yen an i
fan.ily. A memorial Fervi . was
held, at which then' v.-i's special
music and a talk l v Rev. J. A.
Joyce. After this n tabled
spread in the yard, a si lendid
dinner was enjoyed by all.
Anion;; the quests present fur
the occasion were the following;:
Mr. a 1 1'! Mrs. Jesse Price and
family. Mr. and Mrs. Avery
Price an I family, Mr. and Mrs.
Johnnie Carter and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Kdd .! .vc and family,
Mr. ami Mis. ButVi joy." and
family, Mr. and Chi. Joy 10
and f -viily. Mr. Mis. Bcnco
j
Joyce. M: and Mrs. Van e .1 y .
Rev. J. A. Joyce and fan i!y, M \
and Mi:;. CI. W. N'eal and far.::!'.
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Martin and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Alley
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Fietcher
Price, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Pratt and son, Mrs. Dowdy, Mr.
and Mrs. Taze Priddy and daugh
ter, Mrs. Kate Smith, Mrs. Mary
Pepper and son, Vance, and Bev
i erly Christian, Sheriff J. John
Taylor, S. P. Christian, Miss
Mary Winn, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert
I Joyce, Willie Joyce, Mack Caudle,
Misses Hazel Fulp, Emorie Pep
jper, Frances Alley, Nell King.
Kathleen Marshall, Mr. and Mrs.
I
' Charlie Martin, and Otis Eanes.
\
Stokes Students
Enroll at Brevard
J Brevard. Sept. 30.—The follow
ing students from Stokes county
, have enrolled for study at Bre
vard College for the current
I school year, according to infor*
! mation released for us from the
1 administration offices today.
Those enrolled are: Clarence
; Burton, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.
M. Burton, of Walnut Cove; Hen
i ry Jones Duncan, son of Mr. and
■
j Mrs. H. .1. Duncan, of I ine Hall :
Wesley Taylor Dunlap, son of
Mr. and Mrs. William Dunlap, of
Walnut Cove: Thomas Lee Gray,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gray, of
Danbury; Miss Annie Laurio
Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
T. S. Smith, of Walnut Cove.
I They began their study here
on September 27, opening date of
the fall semester. '
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"Wednesday Evening
Book Club" to Meet
Mrs. A. J. Ellington will be
hostess to the "Wednesday Eve
ning Book Club" on Oct. 9, Wed-,
nesday, at 7:30 o'clock. North
Carolina Pottery will be the sub
ject for the evening. ,
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