THE DANBURY REPORTER
Established 1872
C. D. COUNCIL
> HOLDS MEETING
APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS
AND COMMITTEES —LOCAL
V-MEN NAMED.
(Reported)
Tbe third called meeting of
* Stokes County Council of Civilian
Defense was held in the court
bouse at Danbury on Monday
afternoon at 2 o'clock, January
5, 1942.
There were present Lawrence
Macßae, chairman, Miss Laura
Ellington, and Messers, B. D.
Gentry. S. F. Fulk, Ellis Stone,
W. S. Hart, J. Ed Rankin, J. J.
Taylor, J. C. Carson, and Harvey i
Johnson. Four members of the
council were absent. Miss Luna i
1 Taylor wag secretary of the meet
ing.
Chairman Carlos Davis, of the
Tire Rationing Committee, was
presented by the chairman, and
made a detailed report on the dis
trict meeting held at Statesville.
Chairman Macßae made bis re
port to the council reporting ac
tivities of the Aircraft Warning
Service, as chief warden of this
and all related protective activi
* tie* with respect to enemy aip-
First interceptor COUMJUT Area!
in Stake* county report "Army)
Flashes" to the filter station at i
Roanoke, where an army officer |
reports them to the information i
station at Norfolk. He pointed I
out also that the two stations in
p the Third Interceptor Command
Area, goverened by Drew Field
Tampa, Fla., namely the stations
at Germanton and Pinnacle, re
apectively, phone their "Army
Flashes" to the filter .station at
Raleigh which are then phoned
on to the information Btation at
Wilmington, N. C.
These Hashes are to report the
present, description, height etc.,
of all planes in flight.
Tbe chairman reported also the
appointment of Mrs. Hope Bailey
to head the Volunteer Registra
tion Commitee, which she is to
organize throughout the county as
soon as the registration office at'
Walnut Cove has been gotten un-'
der way. This office is now open '
for registration and is located i '
the office of Mrs. H. R. McPhear
son on Main Street. Volunteer
registration will handle the reg
istering of volunteers, whose
availability for service outside of I
Stokes county will be reported on |f
to state headquarters.
The appointment of a commit- ,
T tee of eight to secure the filling
out of the Bus & Truck Owneia ,
quesionnaires was also reported ,
and also the appointment of the (
twelve high school principals of (
the county to the V-MEN Com- ,
mittee. \
The following were selected by
tbe council to serve also as V- A
MEN: Messers W. W. Dodson and
v £4ncoln Brown of Saa3y Ridge ; j
BUI Fulton, Ralph Mills and Wtt- 1
Volume 66
Plans Are Made For
Inf. Paralysis Dance
To Be Held In Stokes
(Contributed)
A big peppy crowd of men and
women met at Miss Nannie Jones'
home at Walnut Cove tonight to
get the final dance plans made.
Mrs. Edgar Rankin is chairman
of the county and she is leaving
no stone unturned to make it a
success. Mrs. Nannie Jones is her
assistant.
The dance will be held in the
Junior HJI at Walnut Cove on
Saturday night, Jan. 31st.
Music will be furnished by a
pickalo and a radio which plays
records. A string band will fur
nish the music for the square
dance. Admission will be 55 cents,
5 cents federal tax. Women ad
imitted free.
Miss Marjorie Pepper and Miss
Luna Taylor are giving a Bingo
Party at the lunch room in the
Danbury school on Monday night,
Jan. 26. Men, women and children
are invited to come and have fun
and at the same time make money
to help make the unfortunate
children walk.
Parties of different kinds will be
given in other towns. Cards are
being *ent out saying "Join Tbe
March Of Dimes."
| MOT Joaea and Mrs. fUah£r
I served delicious refreshments to
all of their assistances.
| Everybody join the maich of
dimes! Come to the dance.
I
Bobby Oakley Dies
At Walnut Cove
Bobby Zane Oakley, 2-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Oak
ley, Walnut Cove, Route 2, died
at the bome last Sunday.
Surviving are the parents; two
sisters, Nellie and Helen Oakley,
and two brothers, B. W., and
Bryce Oakley, all of the home.
He was buried at Northview.
liam Marshall of Walnut Co we;
Tom Preston and F. H. Duncan of
Pine Hall; H. L. Martin and las.
L. Moore of Lawsonville; J. H.
Neal of Walnut Cove, Route 2;
R. T. Beck of Germanton; Holli3
Rhodes and Burke Smith of Dan
ebury; John L. Christian of Pin
nacle; Dillard Hall of King, Route
1; R. W. Barr and P. H. Newsom
of King; J. W. Snider and J. K.
Boyles of Pinnacle; and Bill
Blackwell and C. L. Lester of
'pine Ha'lT, Brfhglng TE5 totnl
membership to 33.
Chairman Macßae requested
that all members of the Civilian
Defense Council and committee
men of all committees watch the
county papers for announcements
concerning the activities of the
council and that the next meeting
would be called when the Council
thought it advisable.
There will probably be a Civil
Air Patrol Committee for Stokes
county appointed if a sufficient
number of licensed flyers are
found In the county.
Danbury, N. C., Thursday, Jan. 15, 1942 * * * *
CLINT STEWART
FOUND DEAD
' LIVED IN MACEDONIA SEC
TION LAST RITES FOR
OTIS CROMER HELD—MAB
, RIAGE AND OTHER NEWS
( OF KING.
( King—Every citizen a booster
r —Jan. 15. —Clint Stewart, plant
er of the Macedonia section was
. found dead on the road near his
home by Barham Newsum and
Spencer Tuttle Saturday after-
noon. He was on his way home
from Tobaccoville.
} The deceased, who was 66 years
5 of age, had resided in this section
all his life. HEs death was believ
a ed to have been due to a heart at
tack. Surviving are several child
ren and a number of grandchild
ren.
| The R. W. Boles Hardware has
5 •
} bought from Omnie Grabs the
stock and goodwill of the Farm
j ers Hardware and the stock is
i being moved to Mr. Boles' store
Herman Newsum, who has been
r connected with the Farmers
Hardware has accepted a position
with Mr. Boles.
Mrs. Lula Pulliam, who is in
s the City Memorial Hospital, Win
-5 stcto-Salem, remains very sick her
I friends will regret to laarn.
and- Wallace Stewart
have returned t o SoffiW tn
| Erie, Pa., after a short visit to
relatives here.
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The stork's report which fol
lows is rather light this week: To
Mr. and Mrs. Mart Southern, a
son, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Moss, a
, son, and Mr. and Mrs. Zelma Mabe
a daughter.
I Charlie Brown has returned to
- St. Petersburg, Florida, where he
1 holds a position after a visit to
relatives and friends her*
> Mrs. Martha Harding of Lewis
i ville, formerly of King, is spend
-1 ing a few days with her mother,
Mrs. Carolea Ingram, juat south
of town.
t Last rites far Otis Cromer, 28,
! was held a Mountain View Bap
s' tist Church Thursday afternoon
at two o'clock. The deceased is
survived by the widow and one
small child.
George Lankford and Miss Iris
Lemons were united in the holy
bonds of matrimony here Sunday.
jThey will make their home at
Camp Croft, South Carolina
where Mr. Lankford is a sergeant
in the united mates Army.
Alva Turner is having some re
pairs ma2e on his Ijln Wal
nut Hlls.
Fred Davis is spending some
time with his brother, Warren
Davis, in Norton, Va.
Mr. anw Mrs. N. F. Walker of
Pinnacle were among the visitors
here Wednesday.
This section is having some
near zero weather, the coldest of
the year so far.
Mose Carroll and son of Flat
shoal were here at the courthouse
today. Mr. Carroll is a deputy
SELL SCRAP IRON
TO DEALERS
SAYS CO. AGENT
OLD WORN-OUT PLOW
POINTS, PLOWS, FARM
MACHINERY ESSENTIAL TO
DEFENSE PROGRAM.
(By E. S. STOKES)
Asst. Co. Agt.
i This week the United States
i Government is puttng on a cam-
I paign to ge more metal for the
■ operation of our ste&i mills ani
: our war fighting equipment build
ing plants. Gather up all the old
■
> scrap metal on your fmni and
i carry it to a licenced scrap deal
■ or or to one of the collecting
places in Stokes county. In Win
- ston-Salem, B. Swartz and Com-'
■ pany will pay you 50 cents per,
hundred pounds for scrap iron de- j
5 livered to them, or they will pay (
>' you 35 cents at each of the follow
| I
. ing places in Stokes county. Sam ;
3 Mickey's Garage; Davis and Ful- j
. ton Store, Walnut Cove; Waggon-j
i er-Holland Store in Germanton; |
j O. L. Rains, King; J. C. Boles
i Store in Pinnacle; Priddy's Cash
Store in Francisco; Preston's
( Store n Pine Hall; Ross' Store;
. Stephens Store, Lawsonville;
. Pratt-Nance Store, Sandy Ridge;
Joa Stultz Store, Dillard; and'
, Priddy'a Store In Hartman com
, munity. i •» . 1
> Farmers, look around and pick
ip that old scrap irsa that yo
. have been stumbling over and let
j our government make it into guns
I I and fighting equipment. There is j
'one IMPORTANT CAUTION—
I
; do not sell piping, braces and
other valuable metal which may
be used in machinery repair. As J
a you carry your scrap iron to sell
3 it, look aound to see if you can J
find machinery repair parts or J
braces that you can use. If you
do, swap your scrap or buy the
repair parts that you can use.
Many farmers have asked
where this scrap iron is going once
it is collected. First it will go to
Winston-Salem where it w3l be
cut into pieces about a foot long
sorted into various grades and
loaded into box cars.
Then it will be shipped to the
nearest melting plant, most of the
scrap collected here goes to Ports
mouth, Ohio or to Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. Here it it melted
down for use by heavy industry
and when the farmer next hear 3
news of his scrap, it will be in the !
; very desirable form of guns, ships !
■-and other war weapons.
Thi scrap iron campagin will !
begin this week and will continue |
through next week. You may be-1
gin taking your scrap to any of !
the above listed places Saturday, •
January 17, and continue through
Satuday, January 24.
Postmaster Reports
2576 first class letters and 823
pieces of second class mail can
celled this week, mailed by the
Nelson Mutual Burial Association i
here. .
Published Thursdays
Resolution Adopted By
Neal Boone Post
(Contributed) ]
NEAL BOONE POST NO. 197
Walnut Cove, N. C.
On or regular meeting night,
December 10, 1941, we, the mem
bers of the above post introduced
and unanimously passed a resolu
tion as follows:
First —Whereas: Be it resolved
that we, individually and collect
ively again offer ourselves and
services to our great ! auer ur.-
'der the supervision of the Local
Defense Chairman, to be used to |
the utmost of our several apti-1
tudes.
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Second Whereas: Furt he r-
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more, be it resolved that we not
'only offer our all if necessary but
J consider it a privilege to offer our- j
1 selves in defense of ourselves,
'neighbors and loved ones. That in
so doing we will still retain a Gov
ernment of, for and by the people.
i Third —Whereas: Be it fur'h.c*-
i l
•resolved that we, troav;• m:ou:>ly j
j learn, live and teach others thi
true meaning of the "Preamble"
|to the Constituion of our great
organization.
"PREAMBLE."
For God and country, we as
sociate ourselves together for the
following purposes: to uphold and
defend the Constitution of the
| United Stateß of America; to
maintain law and order; to foster
and perpetuate a one hundred
percent. American jsm; to pre
serve the memories and incidents
jof our association in the great
war; to include a sense of indivi
dual obligation to the community,
state and nation; to combat the
j autocracy of both the classes and
the masses; to make right the
| master of might; to promote
| peace and good-will on earth; to
safeguard and transmit to pos
terity the principles of justice,
freedom and democracy; to con
sencrate and sanctify our com
radeship by our devotion to mut
ual helpfulness.
M. O. JONES
SILAS GIBSON
EDWARD BAILEY
Comittee
H. C. BURNETT, Historian.
PAUL FULTON, Commander.
EDWARD BAILEY, Adjutant.
SHERIFF RESPONDS
December Bth, 1942.
Mr. Edward Bailey, Adjutant,
j American Legion,
Neal Boone Post, No. 197,
(walnut Cove, N. C.
[Dear Mr. Bailey, and Members: '
I don't know of any individual.
'or group that I had rather call on '
1 .
lin an emergency, than members (
of your splendid organization. 1
want to thank you very much fo:-
the resolution passed by the Ne:il
Boone Post No. 197, of Walnut
Cove. I am sure you mean everv
word of your resolution, and I
shall feel at all times, that a few
of us together with all of us can
lick the hell out of Adolf, and
any Axis that threatens our way
of life, where we have freedom,
* * * * Number 6,61
W. A. PICKETT
KILLED IN W. \A
He Was Formerly Ol Lawsonvili
—Oher Deaths Ol Stokes
People
Walter Arthur Puckett, age .
36, of Prosperity, W. Va., ws.
killed December 30 when he w«
crushed between a mine car an .
a post in the New River sectio i
of West Virginia.
He is the son of Mrs. Nannlj
Puckett of Lawsonville and tl
brother if Mrs. J. J. Martin, Mr..
V. H. Overhy anil Mrs. Nui
Campbell, all .>f LawfconviLe.
Mr. Puckett was horn iii
'Stokes county and resided li.:»
until he moved to I' ipen'., i.
15.34.
MRS. KMMA (iKMKV I l l/I ()!
Mrs. Emma J.-r..' Fultr.r..
aged 78, of Greensboro, dieJ at a
Winston-Salem hospital at 9
Saturday night after a critical
■ illness of one week. She had been
in declining health for several
|
years.
Mrs. Fulton was born in Stokes
county a daughter of William H.
and Mary Fulton Gentry. She
spent her early life in Stokes but
has lived in Greensboro for the
past 40 years.
She was married in 1880 to the
late James F. Fulton, who for
many years was a well-known to
bacconist in Greensboro. Mr.
Fulton died in 1922.
MRS. NANNY FRY
Mrs. Nanny Fry, aged 49, wi
dow of Robert H. Fry, died at the
, home of her son-in-law, Elmer
[ Haden, Germanton, Route 1, laat
, week. She had been ill nearly
, two years.
, Mrs. Fry is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. Tom Moser, of
Fort Bragg; Mrs. Elmer Haden
. and Miss Irene Fry; and three
. sons, James, Lester and Ranard
. Haden, all of Germanton, Route
Mercury Dives Here
To 8 Below Zero
Saturday And Sunday
Danbury citizens shivvered Sat
urday night and Sunday as the
mercury dropped to rare lows,
| thermometors indicating 4 and 8
I below zero in various parts ot
. town.
;aiul where, "we hold truth to bj
.sell' evident, that all men are crc-
I ate J c.ju.l, that tlicy are endow
ed by their creator v.u : certain
I
ur.ulLnake RIGHTS, that anion:,'
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jihese are, LIFE, LIBERTY, and
the pursuit of Happiness. And
I with the cooperation of all the
people of this country, is why
"the Star-Spangled banner in
triumph shall wave O'er the land
of the free and the home of the
brave."
Thanking you again for your
cooperation, I am
Your friend,
J. JOHN TAYIX*. BfcttiC.