THE DANBURY REPORTER
r Established 1872
L CIVILIAN DEFENSE
1 FORSTOKES MEETS
UWBENCE MCRAE IS CHAIR
MAN OTHER OFFICERS
NAMED HE ADQU ARTERS
' At WALNUT COVE.
On the afternoon of the 12th,
tip second meeting of the Stoke*
County Civilian L7Slense Council
" met, there being present Lswnsu
Mcßae, cshirmsn, Messrs. J. C.
Carson, B. D. Gentry, Mrs. Sallie
and Miss Laura Ellington.
The absence of other members
was accounted for by the short
Aotice given. A fuTi attendance u
most desired now that we are in
a state of war.
1 Miss Luna Taylor, secretary to
the council, was also present.
' A resolution was passed re
questing all of the seven chiei
¥ observers of the aircraft warning
service to increase their observers
* up to a sufficient number to estab
lish on quick notice a 24-hour air
craft warning service.
It was pointed out that the air-
Craft warning service is the most
importr t 'u'.wJon so f i under
taken and the diligent work of
the observers is vital to the prop
er protection of the people of
Stokes county.
f A county chief of aircraft warn
ing service will be appointed soon
by the chairman.
The establishment of a group
of V-Men was decided upon and a*
a preliminary step each high
school principal in the county was
selected to serve. Others wil.
selected at the next meeting oi
the council, when each member of
the council is expected to bring
in the names of two carefully se
lected nominees.
A V-Man was described as a
4og in the county defense set-u;
who would be abla to conduct
group meetings to address mass
meetings and who could be trusted
with special assignments in time
of stress.
The volunteer registration of
ficer was approved with head
quarters already established in
Walnut Cove, which will become
active as soon as proper regis tra
i tion cards can be secured. A com
mittee to conduct this and branch
offices throughout the county at
an early date was decided upon by
the council. The committee will
be selected soon.
The council in session resolved
to request the Danbury Reporter
and the Stokes Record to receive
public contributions in small
amounts from the people of the
county to defray the current ex
penses of the ndtlvifies of the de
fense council for which no provis
ion has been made by the govern
f, ndent, either State or National.
Expense embraces auch item* as
telephone calls, registration cards,
stationery. Postage la provided for
by the O. C. D.
The council elected the follgw
who are askafl to I
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Volume 66
R. W. MABE, 57,
Dl£B SUDDENLY
Robert Walter Mabe, 57, paint
er, died at hie home in Winston-
SaJem suddenly. He had been
slightly ill and confined to his
home for two weeks, but his con
dition had not been considered se
rious.
A native of Stokes county, son
of the late Mr. and Mrs. Anderson
Mabe, he had resided in Winston-
Salem 43 year*.
He was married in July, 1932,
to Mise Ellen L. Pitts. He was of
the Baptist faith.
He is survived by his wife; one
son, Jack P Mabe; one sister, Mrs.
T. O. Hennis; one brother, John
Mabe of Stokes county; a stepson,
Charlie E. Yow of Nashville,
Tenn.; and a stepdaughter, Mrs.
R. E. Cates of Winston-Salem.
NYA REDUCES
AREA OFFICES
IN CAROLINA
A reduction in NYA area of
fices in North Carolina from nine
to six as a part of the current
curtailment of iJYA .icti"'* ics re
sulting from cute made l y the
Federal Bureau of the Budget in
national NYA appropriations was
announced at Raleigh, Tuesday
by State NYA Administrator,
John A. Lang.
After January 15, area offices
will be operated in Washington
for area one; Kinstoo, area two;
Raleigh, area three; Greensboro
area four; Lenoir, area five; and
Asheville, area six. Offices being
discontinued are: Henderson, Wil
mington, Sanford and Charlotte.
"This reduction, totaling $28,-
400,000 in the nation, will result
in a curtailment -of NYA activities
in this state by approximately 25
per cent,," Lang vaid. "The con
solidation of areas will effect a
proportionate saving in admini
strative cost," he added.
Areas In this part of the state,
with counties to be served under
the consolidation are as follows:
Area four: Surry, Stokes Rock
ingham, Caswell, Alamance, Guil
ford, Forsyth, Yadkin, Davie, Da
vidson, Randolph, Rowan, Cabar
rus, Stanly, Montgomery, Union,
Anson, and Richmond, served by
the Greensboro office.
Christmas Wedding:
The marriage of Miss Laura
Nelson and James Carter took
place Tuesday. The bride is 4
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Nelson of the Meadows communi
ty. She is an exceptionally fine
young lady. She holds a position
in the county tax office at the
court house. Mr. Carter is a prog
ressive young fanner of Snow
Geek Township.
The Reporter joins ths many
friends of the young eoupls in
bsst wishes for • kmg Hfe and
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Danbury, N. C., Thursday, Dec. 18, 1941 * * *
CARL RAY MAKES
BIG LIQUOR HAUL
SPECIAL DEPUTY
TRUCK WITH. BOTlir
ON BOARD—
DRIVER IS JAILED
Special Deputy Sheriff Carl Ray
bagged a $6,000 load of tax-paid
liquor near Sunday
night-
The driver of the truck contain
ing the contraband waa - jaik d.
There were 260 cases of the liq
uor.
As the cargo was billed to Jack
sonville, N. C., and Erlanfer N.
C., this makes it subject to Stokes
county, N. C., law, though the
driver claimed it should have been
billed to Jackonsville, Fla.
Interstae shpiments of tax-paid
i
! booze can's be stopped, so it ia
said.
j The next judge at Danbury
J court will decide these questions.
DEATH OF
SYBIL MAY DODSON
Funeral services for Sybil May
Dodson, infant daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Joel Dodson, Madison,
Route 1, who died Monday after
noon, were conducted at 3 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon from Mt. Her
man Methodist Church near Madi
son. Interment was in the church
cemetery. Surviving are the par
ents; one brother, Joel Craig Dod
son, of the home; the paternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Dodson, Sandy Ridge, Route 1, and
the maternal grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Chase D. Price, Madison,
Route L
Stokes County floaters
Jim Rabbit Martin of Lawonville,
who is the champion rabbit hunter
of the county, if not the state, was
in Danbury Wednesday.
Mr. Martin appeared to be feel
ing good over the war, as he said
he understood one of the great
est drawbacks to American de
fense in &e Philippines was its
rabbits which have become so
numerous as to be a pest.
Mr. Martin said he was only 86
years old, and he would volunteer
and go over there to show the sol
diers how to -catch the rabbits
but that he'd be dammed if he was
going to cross any water to get
there.
He admitted that he had a great
repugnance to water on account
of doing without any when he was
stilling. He always drank his su
gar-head straight.
Mr. Martin said that the real
reason the Japs invaded the Phil
ippines was because the yellow
bastards were out of rats and they
needed seasoning with their rice.
Mr. Martin was aakad if he made
as good likker now as be used to
He scratched fell head »
moment and Mid:
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J. E. NELSON
CHIEF OBSERVER
U. 8. AIRCRAFT WARNING
STATION ESTABLISHED
HEBE— FIFTY-SIX LOCAL
OBSERVERS APPOINTED.
(Reported for Reporter)
U. S. Aircraft Warning Station
Organized here.
llr. J. E. Nelson, local well-known
I funeral director was chosen as
chief observer. The location was
mapped out by government offic
ials and they have selected the
Nelson Funeral Home to be the
Aircraft Warning Station due to
telephone facilities ui •xceller
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observation grounds;
Chief Observer Nelson has se
lected about 56 local men to serve
as observers. A meeting was held
j at the Nelson Funeral Home
' Chapel at 7:00 December 12, and
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| the 28 men who volunteered for
this defense work met with Mi.
Nelson and the instructions anJ
regulations were discussed. The 28
men whole-heartedy responded
quickly in aiding their country
during this hour of need. During
the meeting they ail voted as to
who will watch at such and such
a time.
Mr. Nelson has been very busy
trying to get this post organized
and now that he has selected his
men and all Instructions were giv
en out he will wait until he is giv
en orders from Washington r
well as listening to radio news re
ports He requests that all his se
lected men try to listen to ai'
news reports as much as they can.
He also wishes to thank them for
their kind and patriotic coopera
tion. Just as soon as he hears
word from Washington his men
will at once begin to watch for
«nemy airplanes and such.
Death Of
Miss Delia Stewart
News reaches here of the death
of Miss Delia Stewart at a hos
pital in Winston-Salem. She wad
'a daughter of the late Col. and
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Mrs. J. H. Stewart and was rear
'ed at Danbury. She is survived
by William P. and Saml. H. Stew
|art, brothers, and by Mrs. James
Martin and Mrs. Wiley Southern.
CHRISTMAS TURKEV DINNER
Officials of the Park Service at
Hanging Rock "tendered a Christ
mas turkey dinner to a few friends
tonight. The occasion was highly
enjoyed, the spread being elabo
rated and delicious. Sponsors wero
'Robert Ormand, H. G. Gray, How
'ard Woodruff and Ray Sisk.
Walter S. Ray, noted mule and
cow trader of Francisco, vjsited
the county seat Monday. Mr. Ray
Is not one of the tricky kind
of traders, but he has the reputa
tion of being a square shooter.
While invoking the doctrine of
saraat emptor, aa all good traders
to do, »«vartbeless I
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Special Deputy Nabs
25 Gallons Boot-leg:
Last Friday
Special Deputy Sheriff Carl Ray
last Friday captured a 1936 Ford
and 25 gallons of white whiskey
in Sauratown Township.
The driver, Raymond Blufford,
of Winston-Salem was given a
hearing before Justice of Peace
P. C. Campbell last week and was
bound over to the next term o'
Stokes Superior Court under a
bond of $3OO.
Almeta Johnson, also in the car
with Blufford, was brought in by
the officer. He was armed with a
32-20 pistol.
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Big Tobacco Party
At Winston Xmas
Winston-Salem, Monday Dec. 22.
That's the date for Winston-
Salem's annual old.fashioneu all
day Christmas party for Piedmont
j tobacco growers and their lami
lies.
Plans are rapidly reaching corn
completion for the biggest, m»v
riest entertainment event ever
held in this section, u>
A. A. Hall, chairman ot arrange
ments. Preparations are being
made to take carc of an expected
crowd of 7,500 children and an
equal number of adults.
. TheJn: *>', tarty will take place
in three of the Twin City's large
tobacco warehouses. A feature of
the morning program will be dis
tribution of 7,500 pounds of can
[dy, 7,500 pounds of nuts, 3,750
'pounds of raisins and 15,000 —or
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1,250 dozen oranges, packed in in
' dividual bags for every child pres
ent.
Other highlights of the day's
fetivitfCß will be a big square
dance, with music by eight bands;
a speech by State Agriculture
Commissioner W. Kerr Scott; and
distribution of $650 in prize mon
|
iey to the tobacco growers who at
tend',
Curtis Lawson Dies
Madison.—Curtis Lawson, 33,
died at 7:45 o'clock last night at
his home, Madison, Route 1. He
I had suffered a lingering illness of
six years and his condition had
been serious for the past two
years.
He is survived by his wife, Ruth
Lawson; one daughter, Curtu
Dean Lawson; one brother, Eve
rette Lawson, Madison, Route 1;
and two sisters, Mrs. Jessie James
and Mrs. Lee James, both of Mad
ison, Route 1.
1,442 LBS. FRESH PORK
KILLED RECENTLY
AT DANBURY JAIL
Three fine hogs, aggregating
1,442 pounds of meat, were
slaughtered recently by the Dan
bury jailor Hence Flinchum,
STOKES 4-H CLUB
WILL BROADCAST
SATURDAY—WATR
The King 4-H tilub of Stokes
County will broadcast Saturday,
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CHAS. R. CARROLL
SERIOUSLY ILL
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HE IS IX A WINSTON -SALEM
HOS FIT A L —CHRISTMAS
' TREES AT KING—E. P. NEW
SUM RECOVERS AND IS
COMING HOME.
4 The many friends of E. P. New.
> sum will be glad to learn that be
j ia well on the way to recovery
*! and expects to be home by the
a ! last of the week.
The Woman's Club of King met
r in their club house on West Main
f Street Thursday night. The presi
x dent, Mrs. G. Z. Stone presided
over an interesting meeting after
which refreshments were served
i which were enjoyed by all present.
, j There will be a Christmas Tree
and program given at the school
j house here Thursday night spon
sored by the King P.-T. A. A good
program has been planned and a
large crowd is expected. Th ?
Christmas trees and programs
will be given at tTTe Baptist Church
| Sunday night, at the Moravian
Tuesday nigh aud at Trinity
Wednesday night or Christmas
Eve. There will also be a love
feast at the Moravian Church
Christmas Eve night.
The many friend of Charles R.
1
Carroll, manager of the King Dis
trict for the Duke Power Co., will
j regret to learn \hat be is serioua-
ly ill in a Winston-Salem hospital.
First Sergeant Keever Newsum
who is stationed at Fort Bolever,
Va., is spending a month furlough
with relatives here. Newsum's out
| fit was ordered to Iceland some
time ago but he wa# left behind,
jit is not known whether he win
re-join his outfit in Iceland or be
' J assigned to duty with another
regiment.
R. C. White and Jim Rumley
made a business trip to Danbury
Monday.
Wins National Prize
Eugenia Martin, 17-year old 4-
H Club girl of Elgin, Oklahoma,
won the number one national
t prize in the 4-H club contest dresa
, revue at Chicago,
f Eugenia is a daughter of Dr.
] and Mrs C. M. Martin of Elgin,
j She is a grandaughter of N. O.
and the late Mrs. Petrce of Dan
, bury. Her mother is the former
, Miss Sadie Petree of this place.
Eugenia made the dress herself
. at a total cost of $33.00.
, She was among the aggressive
. Oklahoma delegation that to data
has taken 23 blue ribbons in the
national show.
Marion Martin, older sister of
Eugenia, was a champion when
she attended high school at El
r gin. She won the informal party
, dress national prize. Mary is mar
ried now and lives in Maryland.
Stokes Man Is
Given Parole
Raleigh.—O ti s Campbell, who
wm serving SB to M ymru for
i ieoond-degree murder fa Stokn
. county Jb April, 1929, MM umbc
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