THE DANBURY REPORTER
Established 1872 Volume 66
COUNTY COM'RS.
MET MONDAY
NEW MEMBER, J. A. JOYCE,
IS INSTALLED LIST OF
' JURORS DRAWN FOB JAN
UARY CRIMINAL COURT—
' TAX LISTERS APPOINTED
—OTHER BUSINESS ROU
TINE.
The regular monthly meeting
of the Board of County Commis
sioners Monday was marked by
the installation of J. A- Joyce of
Sandy Ridge, who succeeds H. H.
Brown of King, resigned. In or
ganizing for the new fiscal year,
Howard Gibson was retained as
chairman. Gibson and Harvey
Johnson were re-elected in No
vember.
The Board superintended the
drawing of the jurors to serve at
the January term of Stokes crim
inal court which convenes Jan
uary 6, 1941.
The list is as follows:
COURT JURORS
YADKIN TOWNSHIP:
W. R. Ferguson, W. A. Newsum,
J. A. Stone, Joseph T. Tilley, W.
O. Cromer, S. F. Edwards, E.
Raymond Gordon, J. M. Mont
gomery, Buford R. Lane, J. G.
Smith, L. L. Newsum.
MEADOWS TOWNSHIP
S. C. Hampton, C. R. Blaylock,
R. C. Darnell, G. G. Southern, G.
E. Wall, J. R. Mendenhall.
BEAVER ISLAND TOWNSHIP
G. T. Knight, Garland Black
well, W. G. Roberts, Yancey
• Yates, S. K. Wall.
QUAKER GAP TOWNSHIP
S. D. Simmons, Millard Lynch,
D. C. Taylor, J. E. King, Lee Es
aiok.
SAURATOWN TOWNSHJP
C. A. Hinsdale, J. V. Lewellyn,
L M. Neal, B. F. Johnson.
DANBURY TOWNSHIP
T. S. Oakley, John W. Mounce.
SNOW CREEK TOWNSHIP
Lowell Poore, S. A. Amos, T.
M. Hawkins.
BIG CREEK TOWNSHIP
A. A. Jefferson, J. T. Flippin,
M. T, Sheppard, C. EL Francis,
F. Marion Ray, N. F. Christian.
Tax listers for 1941 were ap
pointed as follows:
Daiibury—H. G. Alley.
Peter's Creek —Jas. L.- Moore.
Big Creek—S. L. Lawrence.
Quaker Gap—T. M. Smith.
Beaver Mbnd Roland Wil
liams..
Snow Creek—Gladys Joyce.
Meadows —Aubrey Southern.
Sauratewn—J. C. Craig.
Yadkin—C. I* Carroll, W. B.
Lane.
Other business transacted by
the Board was of a routine na
ture, such as the payment of
claims, etc.
RIO MEATS KILLED AT JAIL
I
Two bogs, belonging to Burke
Smith and J. Hfence FUnchum,
and weighing 575 pounds and 525
pounds, respectively, wera siaugh
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Letter From Stokes
County Boys at Fort
Jackson, S. C.
Med. Det. 120 th Inf.
Fort Jackson, S. C.
November 26, 1940.
To the Danbury Reporter.
Dear Editor:
The weather here ia terrible
and since we aren't out working,
for one time, the bunch called
the "Stokes County Pill Rollers"
decided to tell the Stokes draftees
something about the Army. Well,
here goes:
When we first arrived at Port
Jackson, the first thing we heard
from the old soldiers was "Fresh
| meat" and I wanta tell you right
here and now that we soon found
out what "Fresh meat" meant.
The boys hollowed "Fresh meat"
and started taking off their belts,
and when they got through with
us we had to stand up to eat for
J a few days, but don't let this
scare you draftees, 'cause this is
! only the beginning.
The next thing they started
[telling us what we had to do, but
we found out more about that
than they told us. We get up
every morning at 5:45 and we are
going until 4:30 in the after
noon. We march and train all
day, then go in for supper, by
the way, we started eating in a
mess hall today. We have been
eating outside in the cold, rain
and dark. On Saturday morning,
we dress up and put on our pack
and go to the drill field and
have inspection. The walking
and marching seems to agree with
some of the boys, especially
Charles Christian. He has lost
about 4 inches of his waistline, so
you see the walking agrees with
him. Charles stud that he is
I
I afraid that they are going to
,waTk him so hard that be will
have to take a 6 months' vacation
when he gets out. You see, when
we go on a short Hike, about 20
miles, we carry a light pack which
weighs 64 pounds not including a
,9 pound overcoat, and we feel
|kinda' like bitting a bunk wfhen
we get in.
'Course those Stokes boys like
!to sleep, so it won't "hurt them
much.
Here's another thing those boys
who don't know what a church
looks Tike will find out When they
get here. We go to church every
Sunday. The boys seem to be
happy and like it all. 'Cause the
war will soon be over and we can
go home and tell our experiences. I
You boys in Stokes Who are going,
to be called in the draft better |
get plenty of exercise and forget |
that such a thing as. an automo-,
bile existed, because they really)
believe in teaching you to walk!
down here. And we have mil- j
lion* of acres that have got to
j>- *"alked over, so come on, |
:•>«, forget your girls, youv
bntiu...-, forget everything but
walking, 'oause that's all you will
do for your twelve long months.
Well, that's all we oan tell yow, j
| but we will show yon plenty mora
when you get ben. We- ane
' our telts weH oiled for you
i
Danbury, N. C., Thursday, Dec. 5, 1940. * * *
Mrs. J. C. Carson .
Dies at Home
At Germanton
Mrs. Irene Ellen Carson, aged
65, wife of J. C. Carson, superin
tendent of the Stokes county
I
schools for the past 21 years, died
at her home at Germani.yi at
o'clock Monday night.
Mrs. Carson was ill for 18!
years, in ' critical condition f'r
the past two months. She was j
torn December 3, 1874, in Samp- j
son county the daughter of the
late Love Jackson and Eliza War
i ren Jackson. She spent her early
I life in Sampson county, coming to
! Germanton community to reside
35 years ago.
For a number of years, and un
til her health failed, Mrs. Carson
I
jwas station agent for the Atlan
tic and Yadkin Railway at Ger
manton. She was a member of
' the Methodist Church and Sun
day school at Germanton and was
active in the church work until
ilier health failed.
1 Mr. and Mrs. Carson were mar
ried March 7, 190 S. The husband
survives.
I Other survivors include two
daughters Mrs. Edwr.rd Craven
and Miss Dorothy Carson; one
i
son, Jesst 1 C. Carson, Jr., all of
Germanton; two grandchildren;
one brother, Claude Jackson.
Clearwater, Fla.; and four sid-v
ters, Mrs. Alice Stainback, San
! Leandro, Calif., Mrs. Sudie
l
i Crupler, Feyetteville, Mrs. Sarah
• Owen, Roseboro, and Mrs. W. B.
Davis, of Greensboro.
The funeral was held at the
Methodist Church at Germanton
at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
Rev. J. L. Sharp, Rev. W. R. Har
ris and Rev. E. A. Long were in
charge. Burial was in the church
graveyard.
Assistant County Agent
Appointed
Henry Van Storey, of Iredell
county, has been appointed as
sistant county agent by the coun
ty commissioners. Mr. Van Sto-'
rey graduated from North Caro-'
lina State College last year and
is expected to carry on the dairy
work in the county. He made an
imal husbandry his major xour3e
j while attending the agricultural
J school. He has been active in 4-
H work in Nortth Carolina and
jwas president of the North Caro
lina 4-H club last year. Mr. Van
(.Storey is a very successful farm
er himself.
| He .vicceeds L. F. Brumfield,.
iwh.i \ > recently been appointed
j county agent.
Stokes eounty draftees. The
j "Stokes Coi rt*y Pill Boilers" want ,
you!
| Well '•• ■ j all for this tfme.
We'll Sc.- i y«ju some mere later
"THE STOKEP COUNTY FFL r
ROLLERS." I
Privates Charles Christian, Carl
ton Dunlap, Clay Martin, John
Gunter, Walter Tedder, Tom Shel- .
Urn, IVUbv Stamens,* John Floyd, i
Joe Smith. i
Lester B. Moorefield
Passes Away
L. B. Moorefield, 53, for many
years a resident of High Point
until moving to California, died
in Los Angeles Tuesday, accord
ing to word received Wednesday
by relatives.
He was a native of Stokes coun
ty, where he was born Septem
ber 18, 1887, a son of the late J.
j Wesley and Murphy Preddv
j Moorefield. He married Miss Et
ta Idol.
Surviving are the widow; two
sons, L. B. Moorefield, Jr., of
i
| Stevens Point, Wis., and Bobby
Moorefield of High Point; one
daughter, Mrs. Clark Hubbard, of
High Point; two brothers, Has
sell and Lem Moorefield, of Kern
ersville, Route 1; six sisters,
Mrs. Delia Taylor, of Quaker
jGap; Mrs. J. D. Franks of Bur-
I
lington; Mrs. Bessie Gwynn and
'Mrs. Essie Dillcy of Greensboro;
Mrs. Eunice Chambers of Augus
i
ta, Ga.; and Mrs. John Kress, of
| Stevens Point, Wis.
Death of
j Miss Flora Hutcherson
i
Miss Flora Eilene Hutcherson,
aged 2S, died while asleep early
I Wednesday morning at her home,
Walnut Cove, Route 3. She had
-been in ill health for several
years.
Funeral services will be con
ducted this afternoon at 2 o'clock
at Bethesda Methodist Church by
the pastor, Rev. Mr. Love. Bur
jial will be in the church grave
yard.
Surviving are the parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Walter A. Hutcherson,
two sisters, Mrs. Virgil Farmer
and Miss Woodsie Hutcherson,
Walnut Cove, Route 3.
Fine Arts Club Meets
(Contributed.)
The Fine Arts Club of Danbury
met on Wednesday evening at the
home of Mrs. A. G. Sisk, with
Mrs. Mary M. Gerner as associate
' hostess.
With the president, Mrs. R. L.
Smith, presiding, a business ses
sion was held with secretary's
and treasurer's reports approved.
The following program was en
joyed:
Mrs. J. F. Martin gave an in
teresting report of the book "No
Place Like Home", and Mrs. R.
L. Smith reviewed the book,
"Wind, Sand and Stars" by the
French aviator, Exupexy.
During the social hour, a con-!
test on advertising was givv;
with Mrs. R. L. Smith the win
ner.
A delicious salad course wrrs
rerved by the hostesses '
following members:
Mesdames J. S. Taylor, R. R.
Mig, N. E. Pepper, N. Earl Wall,
V C. Kirby, R. L. Smith, J. F.
".artin, H. M. Joyce, and V
~race, Luna and Mary Taylor,
Nellie Joyce and Mr* Robert
Joyoe of Winston, guest of Mr.
and Mrs. H. M. Joyce, and Pifcth
er HfclL
Published Thursdays
King P.-T. A. Meets
The King Parent-Teachers As
sociation held its regular month
ly meeting Monday night in the
school auditorium. The president,
Mrs. W. R. Ferguson, presided.
Rev. Mr. Sharp, Methodist
minister of Rural Hall, talked of
"Thi- True Christmas Spirit" and
led in prayer.
The minutes of the November
j meeting were read by the secre
tary, Miss Amy Moore, and the
. treasurer's report was given by
the treasurer, Ms. J. Worth Gen-
I
itry.
I The monthly report of the
lunch room committee was given
;by the chairman, C. M. Felts.
Representatves of the different
churches in the King school dis-
I trict reported that their Sunday
! schools would cooperate in the
i community Christmas tree to be
j held at the school Wednesday
night, Dec. 18.
Harold Parker, scout leader,
and th? boy scouts had charge of
the program. The scouts march
ed to the stage as a 'Boy Scou.
, March" '.wis sung by Mrs. Rei I
' .Ton-'* an'! " of f.rcramii"
' grade girls.
| The boy s-iout committee pre
sented Robert Newsome and Jo>
■j New with merit badges. Bill
.Mitchell, Frank Risk, John Phil
'lips, T. W. McGee, Juni.ir Boles,
[ i Burke Meadows and Morris Mos-
Jer received second class badges,
■j Mrs. Fannie White, who gav_»
the land for the scout hut, pre
sented Joe New with his first
class scout badge. Then the
president of the P.-T. A., which
sponsors the scout troop, gave
him a five dollar check for mak
ing the most progress of any
scout during the past year.
After tlie meeting, the mem
bers of the P.-T. A. inspected the
newly completed scout hut.
Big Liquor Catch
Thirty gallons of boot - lea
white liquor was captured in n
race between Danbury and Wal
nut Cove Sunday evening about
8 o'clock when State Patrolman
Bristol Dellinger and Deputy
Sheriff Burke Smith arrested
Wade Otis Crotts, of High Point.
There was also a lady in the li
quor car, who was released after
a hearing. Crotts was placed un
der a S3OO bond pending the Jan
uary term of Stokes Superior
court.
Board of Education
Meets Monday
The Stokes county Board of
Education met Monday at the
courthouse. The Board is com
posed of P. O. Frye, of Pinnacle;
i Dr. Stone, of King and ,T.
Van Tuttle of Pine Hall. Mr.
Tuttle, who is a new member of
the board, was sworn in Monday.
METHODIST CHURCH
James L. Love, Pastor.
Services
j Fou." •
* * * Number 3,567
| EARL KIGER IS
FATALLY SHOT
I
| THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED
WHILE HUNTING NEAR
| KING—CHILD DIES FROM
BURNS OTHER KING
ITEMS.
King, Dec. 5. —Earl Kiger, aged
120, was accidently shot and kill
ed by Robert White while hunt
ing near here Thanksgiving day.
Ray Preston was also with them
at the time of the fatal accident.
; White stumbled and fell and the
automatic rifle which he wa9
carrying discharged the bullet
striking Kiger in the back and
ranged n n ar his heart. He only
lived a few minutes.
The deceased, who had been
married only about a month, is
urvived oy the widow, Mrs. Thel
ma White Kiger; his father and
'mother, one brother and one sis
jter. Kiger and White were
brotlicrs-in- law. Funeral and
interment were at Hickory Ridge
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
j
>
Mi:.s Rebecca Rnirts had as di:i
,ncr risers Thanksgiving: Miss
I
Hate P. Stone and Mis. Trilby L.
Tattle.
Miss Mnrguerio Worr 1 has re
turned to Greensboro after a visit
to friends here.
Paul Tut tie of Cape! la under
went a tonsil removal operation
in the Stone-Helsabeck Clinic
Friday.
Dennis Pruitt and Miss Esther
Key were united in marriage
Thursday. Pruitt is in the barber
business here and Miss Key op
erates the Friendly Beauty
shoppe in the Stone building,
They will reside in King.
Rev. David Weinland of Beth
lehem, Penn., has moved into the
Moravian parsonage and will be
the regular pastor of the King
Moravian Church.
The stork was off during
Thanksgiving and only two
births were recorded last week.
They were to Mr. and Mrs. Thom
as Coe. a daughter and to Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Marshall, a
daughter.
Dr. G. E. Stone celebrated hid
, birthday Sunday. A number of
near relatives a::.1 friends were
| present for the occasion.
| The five-year-old daughter of
| Mr. and Mrs. Cicero White of
, Germanton, Route 1 died at the
I home of her sister, Mrs. Elwood
Hix on Main street Saturday
morning the result of burns sun
tanned Saturday afternoon, •
The following college students
spent Thanksgiving h re; Miss
Rebecca Rains of Col
lege, Greensboro; Miss Rheumale
Sisk of Boone and Worth Kirby
and Junior Stone of Chapel Hill.
The work of remodel ! n g the
home of i>r. G. - tone on West
Main street underway and
will be pushed u. to comple
tion at an early date.
Mrs. Bess Smoyer of Pinnace
was in Dan bury Monday.
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"icvena, merchant at