THE DANBURY REPORTER
Established 1872
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about tAe AAA euut otheks f '
CXTCNSION WORK VjntfWlwff
t Sam Lawson, Asbury communi
ty, is constructing a new barn on
his farm,
j T. F. Calloway, King, is growing
a nice flock of capons. J. W. Micu
ey and Ira Mickey have also some
fine capons.
R. R. Mills, Walnut Cove, has
a heavy growth of red clover on
ordinary soil where wood ashes
were applied. Mr. Mills stated that
he had ruined an old poor worn
out farm with wood ashes, red
clover, and straw used to fill gul
lies. Other farmers might follow
the same practice. If ashes are
not available, use lime —1 ton and
30tT pounds of phosphate per acre.
A new milk route was started
in the county by J. F. Brown,
Field Representative of Coble Dai
ries. This route will start in the
Hillsection of Sandy Ridge, serv
ing the Asburn-Brown Mountain
and Danbury communities. If you
* have milk for sale get in touch
with the nearest milk route haul
er, county agent's office in Dan
bury or Milk Plant in Walnut
I Cbv*. Milk prfee» favor ■tfrfaiiml
recently to around 20 cents per
gallon. It is suggested that farm
ers save their younk milk cows
and heifers. We expect milk prices
t* go still higher. It is hoped farm
ers will be in position to take ad
vantage of these high prices. Feed
prices may go up also. Silage feed
ki better than hag for milk cows.
' Cary L. Carroll, Mountain View
community, states that improved
seed grain should be secured by
farmers each third year. Last year
he sowed certified seed wheat. It
produced 22 bushels per acre
SgaThst 14 bushels per acre grown
of ordinary seed.
B. P. Bailey has almost com
pleted a four-story poultry house.
He expects to put 1500 pullets in
the large hodern hennery.
John L. Christian, Pinnacle
community, is sowing some im
proved barley seed. He also grows
certified wheat and oats.
Wednesday night, October 1 at
7:30 a picture show will be held
at Dillard School on poultry pro
duction, and chick brooding.
Scenes tkaen on poultry farms in
Stokes county will be shown.
Farmers are urged to attend this
free show.
W. O. Dobson is busy treating
his peach trees with P. C. Ben
zene for borers. Use 1-4 ounce
around a 3-year old tretf, 1 ounce
for a six-year old tree. He has a
large orchard in the Brown Moun
aea of the coun'fy.
Don't forgt to see the calves
and pigs that will be on exhibit
at Walnut Cove Saturday, October
4, The animals will be shown by
Stokes county 4-H club members
and will be on exhibit from 10 a.
m. until evening. We have arrang
ed to have several valuable prizes.
Volume 66
Child Contest
To Close Oct. 131
(Contributed) i
Don't forget to vote for the
"most attractive child" under five
years of age of Danbury.
All boxes are sealed, and have
the name and picture of the child
on them. These boxes are not to
Jbe opened until Monday night,
October 13, at 8 o'clock where an
I open meeting will be held in the
I Methodist Church where all votes
will be counted.
A piece of silver will be present
ed to "Miss or Mr. Attractive
Child" and also a gift given to
their sponsorer.
The boxes holding the votes are
placed in all business establish
ments of Danbury and are being
cared for by the owner —so hurry
and vote your choice and help a
worthy cause. ,
j This project is being sponsored
i by the "Woman's Society of
j Christian Service of the Methodist
Church ana the proceeds are turn-
WoVWtb UMBurtr,
Mrs. A. J. Ellington, and will be
used to buy some new furnishings
for the church.
Mr. DALLAS C. KIRBY, Pres.
Mrs. Wm. McCANLESS, Sec.
Mrs. A. J. ELLINGTON, Trea3.
Rothrock Reunion
Sunday, Sept. 28
The annual Rothrock Reunion
will be 'field at the home of E. A.
Rothrock, Sunday, Sept. 28, near
Walnut Cove.
Rev. J. H. Bredall, of Winston-
Salem, will b ethe speaker.
A band and quartette will be in
cluded on the program.
All relatives and friends are in
vited to attend with basket lunch
es for the picnic dinner which
will be on the lawn.
Dick Sales of Winston-Salem
was in town Monday.
for those persons showing the best
animals. A dairy calf will be given
to the boy showing the best pig.
[Dairy utensils will be awarded to
j the persons" showing Tiesl dai
ry heifers.
Let's don't let our people down
they are interested in farming, so
let's give them our heartiest co
operation by coming out and see
ing the animals tHey exhibit —they,
deserve that much.
If there are any questions per
taining to our pig and calf show,
please contact the County Agent's
office.
Along with the 4-H pig and calf
show we might mention that we
will begin holding 4-H club meet
ings in the schools next week. We
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hope that we can make this our
biggurt and best 4-H club year.
Danbury, N. C., Thursday, Sept. 25, 1941 ** * Published Thursdays
THIS WEEK
IN DEFENSE
1
The Presiden asked Congress
for nearly six billion dollars more
fo ltfid-lease mateiVals. Lend-
Lease Administrator Stettinius
was given power to approve aid
requests; this with other changes
is expected to cut from 30 tols
1 days the period between receipts,
!of a request and actual authori-l
'zation for assistance. ,
| Mr. Roosvelt told Congress that
of the original seve billion approp
riated six months ago, all but
$720,000,000 is "now moving
through the successive stages of
allocation, obligation, production
and delivery."
He said $246,400,000 in materials
and $78,170,000 in services has
been given the anti-Axis nations.
The Defense Supplis Corporat
on, an RFC subsidiary, contracted
| with Amtorg Trading Corporation,
a U. S. corporation owned by Rus
sia, fo the purchase of $100,000,-
000 of magnesia, chromite, asbes
tos and platinum. The supplies
agency arranged to pay Amtorg
half of the amount in advance so
{Russia could use the money to buy
war materials here. Treasury Sec
retary MapgwUMW. flimjlatiy-. ad
vanced the Soviet Union $10,000,-
000 on future gold deliveries to
the United States.
Navy Protecting Ships
Navy Secretary Knox told the
American Legion convention the
Navy is using all methods, includ
ing convoys, to protect vessels of
all flagscarrying aid to Britian.
He said the Navy has orders to
capture or destroy, by every
means at their disposal, Axis-con
trolled submarines or surface raid
ers in the waters between the U.
S. and Iceland.
Neutrality Act Interpretation
The State Department announc
ed that as a result of an interpre
tation by the Attorney General
that the "UnitecfKingdam" is only
England, Wales Scotland and
North Ireland, American ships
may henceforth carry war sup
plies and passengers to parts of
the British Empire not designated
by the President to be in combat
areas. Under this interpretation
American ships are still barred
'from going to France, Poland,
' India, the United Kingdom, Aus
tralia, Canada, New Zealand and
the Union of South Africa.
Navy Expansion Progress
The Navy reported it has con
tracted for 2,831 ships, including
332 fighting vessels —every ship
| authorized under the seven billion
dollar program fo create "the
greatest array of fighting ships
under one flag the world has ever
seen": 32 battleships, 18 aircraft
carriers, 91 cruisers, 364 destroy
ers, and 186 submarines, a total
fighting fleet of 691 ships.
Ships
The Navy announced develop
ment of a 1,900-ton cergo vessel,
the Sea Otter, so "light in wi-'gh*,
Forrest Chapel, and
Pine Hall Chuiehes i
To Be Dedicated
Pine Hall and Forrest Chapel
Methodist Churches, on the Dan
bury charge, will be dedicated j
Sunday, Sept. 28th, by Rev. L. BJ
Hayes, Dist. Supt. of the Greens
boro District, and Dr. Ormand, of;
Duke University.
Pine Hall will be dedicated at:
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11 a. m. Forrest Chapel at 3 p. m:,
(e.s.t.)
A large crowd is expected. Din
ner Will be served at Pine Hail
church and all former pastors and
members of the charge, and elce
where, are invited to be present.
J. L. LOVE, Pastor
Defense Bond Sales
Show Increase j
Washington, D. C..—Sale ol
§4,453,748 in Defense Savings
Stamps during August showed an
increase of 30 per cent, over sales
for JUTy, the Treasury Depart
ment has announced.
Total sales for the four months
since the Defense Savings Pro
gram started on May 1 last were:
May $3,475,070
June 2,802,345
July 3,288,283
August 4,453,748
Oxford Orphanage
To Give Concert
At Walnut Cove
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Announcement is made that the i
Oxford Orphanage Singing Class 1
will give a concert in the Walnut
Cove High School auditorium •
Monday, Sept. 29, at 7:30 p. m.
' The public is urged to attend. J
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Mr. and Mrs. Silas Barr of King j
were visitors at the courthouse
Monday.
simple in construction, rdative'y
cheap in both original cost a id up
keep. ..(it) will challenge the sub
marine and pr.iv.de a new bridge
to the free naticrs of tho world.
The vessel is so small it can be
I built in inland yards in two
months. It will carry an anti-air
craft battery, be manned by only
a few men, make 12 knots, and be
capable of a 5,00 mile voyage.
The Maritime Commission took
over ships of the Alcoa line after
striking sailors refused to arbi
trate their dispute. The ships will
be operated by the Commission on
their regular runs. The Commiss
ion announced that on September
1, 104 ships had been completed of
a total 788 being built for all pur
poses under the Commission's
auspices. The announcement said
14 ships will be launched Septem
ber 27 in joint ceremonies on the
Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf coasts.
Production
OPM Director Kundsen, speck
ing on the radio, said "I would
like to see every American decide
to give... an extra hour or an
extra half hour or even an extra
fifteen minutes to his job from
now 0n... If we get the work we
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ATTEND YDC
CONVENTION |
The following delegates froi.i i
here attended the YDC Convent-1
ion in Winston-Salem:
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Ellington,
Sheriff J. J. Taylor, Ed Taylor
Miss Grace Taylor, R. J. Scott,
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Mr. and Mrs. R. L: Smith, Emorie
Pepper, Leonard van Noppen, Mrs. j
Doris Beck, Lois Martin and Mary
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M. Gerner.
Mortons, Claytons
Hold Reunion
Sunday, 21st
(Contributed)
The annual Cayton-Morton re
union was held Sunday, September
i2l at the home of J. H. Morton,
the old Morton homestead, six
miles north of Danbury.
The day was perfect and a large
well behaved crowd of between
four and five hundred were pres
ent. Some were present from quit;
a distance, incltrtJThg Mr. and Mrs.
Odell Black and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Jeff Leake and family from
Wilmington, N. C. and Mrs. Moir
Reid and family from Candor, N.
C. Many were present from the
adjoining counties of Rockingham,
Forsyth, Guilford and Montgom
ery, while others were present
from the state of Virginia, Ken
tucky and Delaware.
If anyone left hungry it was
not for the lack of food because
]at noon a seventy foot table was
loaded to the limit with good eats,
jand the entire crowd was welcome.
I Another thing that made the
'day more enjoyable was the music
furnished by the Mayodan Swing
jetts, composed of Furman Holt,
Lesper Nelson and John Myers.
! Officers were elected for next
'year's reunfon, and everyone will
j be looking forward to the grand
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occasion, which will be held at the
(same place.
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W. S. O. C. S. To Meet
A Zone meeting of the Woman's
Society of Christian Service of
1 the Mothodist Church will be held
at Pine Hall Friday, Oct. 10th at
10 o'clock.
All members are urged to at
tend. Notify Mrs. Tom Preston oy
Oct. 9th if you expect to UC-fT.fro.
J. J. Brown of Norfolk, Va. was
here last weekend visiting Mr. and
Mrs. T. C. Cofer:
Navy Recruits
Granted Leave
The following two men, who en
listed in the naval service at the
Raleigh Recruiting Station, have
successfully graduated from Me
chanical Training Schools at the
Naval Training Station, Norfolk,
Virginia, and were granted leave
of absence: "~
Robert Lee King, of Danbury,
N. c., graduafeed from machin
ists' school.
Calvin Thomas Hicks, of 711,
Duke Street, Durham, N. C., grad-j
uated from Metalworkers School. '
* Number .'>,603
Riley Gray,
Tobaecoville Citizen,
Dies Sunday
| Pilot Mountain. — Riley Gray
Smith, aged 7b. of Tobaecoville,
Route 1, died yesterday afternoon
at a Winston-Salem hospital after
an illness of ten days. He spent
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his entire life in Stokes county.
J The funeral was held Tues
day afternoon at 3 o'clock (e.s.t.)
at King Baptist Church. Rev. Mr.
Blackmore, the pastor, conducted
the services. Burial was in the
church graveyard.
Surviving are the widow and
| seven children, Luther, Dubert,
j Robert, Carl, Ruby and Clemmie
Smith, of Tabaccoville, Route 1,
and Reab Smith, of Rural Hall.
Death of Mrs.
Zettie Lawson
Mrs. Zettie Lawson, wife of Eve*
rett Lawson, died yesterday at a
| Winston-Salem hospital after an
illness of four months. She was
jborn in Stokes county and spent
I her entire life in the county.
| Surviving are the husband, Eve«
jrett Lawson of Walnut Cove,
Route 1; six daughters, Lois,
Pearl, Grace, Rachel, Lennie Law
son of Walnut Cove, Route 1, ani
Grace Lawson of iiadison; her
mothecr, Mrs. Renr. of Dan-
Ifcury; twj brotheis. '>>mly ."Smith
of Danbury, Route 1, aud Coy
Smith of Pilot Mountain and two
sisters, Mrs. Mollie Flinchum of
Danbury and Mrs. Margie Fags
Danbury.
i The funeral was held Monday
afternoon at 2 o'clock (e.s.t.) at
Piney Grove Primitive Baptist
Church. Elders W. J. Brown and
J. A. Fagg conducted the services.
Burial was in the Hard Bank
Church Cemetary.
Mrs. Dora B. Goode
Passes Saturday
Mrs. Dora Bell Goode aged 52,
wife of J. P. Goode, died Saturday
morning at the home, Belews
Creek, Route 1, after an illness of
one week. V 4
Mrs. Goode was brrrh ui Stokes
county, May 20, 1889,
l Surviving are the husband;
eight daughters, Rosa Viola.
'Hazel and Paula Goode of Belews
■Creek, Route 1; Mrs. Edgar Mabe
lof Stoneville, Route 1; Mrs. Jack
jTolbert of Stoneville Route J;
| Mrs. J. H. Riggs of Walnut Cove
and Mrs. Vernon Preston of Walk
ertown; four sons, Floyd and Bev
erly Goode of the home; J. H.
I Goode of High Point and Carl
Goode of the Panama Canal Zone;
, two brothers, John Caudle of
I Belews Creek and Ernest Caudle
of Walkertown.
The funeral was held at the
home Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'-
clock. Rev. G. H: Veasley conduct
ed the services. Burial was in
Belews Creek Church Cemetary.
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Rev. James M. Love, who has
| been ill since Monday, is slightly
.improved, his friends will be hap«
'py to learn.