THE DANBURY REPORTER
Established 1872 Volume 71
MISS DOWNING
AND CO-WORKERS
TO ATTEND DISTRICT WEL
FARE CONFERENCE AT
WINSTON MARCH dl.
Fred K. Hoehler, Chicago, di
rector of the American Public
Welfare Association, will be the
luncheon speaker for the North
western District Welfare Confer
* * ence when it meets at the Robert
E. Lee hotel in Winston-Salem
for a one-day session, March 31,
Miss Ella Downing, county wel
fare superintendent, said this
week.
Miss Downing said the follow
ing were expected to go from this
county to the meeting: Miss
Christine Anderson, Miss Nannie
Jones, Mrs. Ed Taylor, Mrs. Dan
Heath and Miss Margaret Turner.
County commissioners, welfare
board members and other offi
cials from the 14 counties in the
district are expected to partici
pate in the discussions centering
around the conference t hema
"The Public Welfare Agency in a
United War Effort."
The morning program will open
at 10 o'clock with invocation by
Rev. W. s. Turner, music by R«g
inal Marshall, greetings from Ed
ward S. Heefner, Jr., of the For
syth Welfare board, and response
rby R. A. Dcraghton of Sparta.
•Stokes Republicans
Nominate Ticket
For Sheriff —O. W. S'sk; for
Clerk Superior Court —D. C. Tay
lor; for legislature —W. R. Petree;
for county commissoners (recom
mended) —L. M. Shelton, H. C.
Gordon, Elkin Smith, M. J. Fagg,
E. R. Nelson, W. C. White, W. T.
'Oakley; for member board of ed
ucation —T. G. New.
New chairman —Elkin Smith,
1L O. Jones, secretary.
Above ticket nominated by Re
publicans here today (Frtiday).
Rationing Board
Meets Monday
V
The Stokes County Rationing
Board met Monday afternoon and
completed allotting tires for
' March. The April allotment has
not yet been received. The board
will not meet again until Tuesday,
April 7, at 2 p. m. The clerk of
* the board will be in the office each
day to receive applications and to
look after any details connected
with the rationing.
" Board Of Elections
• Is Named For
Stokes County
The State Board of elections at
Raleigh has named two Demo
crats and one Republican as the
Board for Stokes county, to wit,
A. J. Ellington, S. P. Christian,
And J. W. Hall.
The annual message from the
State Association of County Wel
fa re Superintendents will be
brought to the group by E. Clyde
Hunt, Davidson county welfare
head and president of the associa-
Mrs. W. T. Bost, State welfare
commissioner, will speak on "The
Impact of War on Our Public
Welfare Agency," Fred Hutchins,
Forsyth civilian defense chair
man, will discuss the question
"Are We Awake?" and R. Eugene
Brown, director of public assis
tance will talk on administration
of that phase of the social securi
ty program.
Dr. Frank T. deVyver, merit
system supervisor, will explain
I operation of the merit system in
! North Carolina.
Col. W. A. Blair, chairman 01
the State Board of Charities and
Public Welfare, will preside at
the luncheon meeting when Mrs.
Bost Will introduce Hoehler to
talk on "Social Resources in a To
tal War Program."
A. W. Cline, Torsyth welfare
superintendent, is conference
president, and Miss Lillie Ervin,
Alleghaney, is secretary. Coun
ties making up the district are:
Ala man ce, .Alleghaney, Ashe
Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Guil
ford, Randolph, Rockingham, Sur
ry, Stokes, Watauga, Wilkes and
Yadkin.
FARM NEWS
The first all registered Guernsy
Herd consisting of 6 milk cows
and a two year old sire have been
placed on the Vade Mecum Farm,
under the management of C. A.
Lewis.
The land and buildings are
rapidly being converted into a
dairy place of Soon
grade A milk will be produced and
sold to the local milk plant.
Hie herd will serve as a neuclus
for further dairy improvement
work in that section of the county.
A new general purpose barn
66 x 36 feet, modem in every way
has been built on the Snow Creek
Farm" near Sandy Ridge. It is a
roomy barn having a Gambre)
roof which gives a large capacity
for feed. A hay fork for quick
loading of hay as well as other
conveniences has been added to
the barn.
A fifty cow dairy barn, two
silos, a large poultry house and
several smaller farm buildings are
to be built on the farm this spring.
The farm is under the supervis
ion of Mrs. Mae Kozlay, Sandy
Ridge, and under the management
of Mr. Huffman. It is owned by
Mr. A. Shuman, of New York City.
It bids fair to be one of the show
places of Stokes county with its
many pure bred Guernseys and
fine chickens.
Danbury, N. C., Thursday, March 26, 1942 * * *
Stokes Young Men
To Be Trained
SCHOOL WILL BE HELD IN
COUNTY AGENT'S OFFICE
TO TEACH CONSERVATION
PROGRAM DETAILS.
The following letter has been
maild from Caudle's Office here,
to prospective local supervisors:
During the week of May 11,
1942, a school will be held in tha
County Office in Danbury for the
purpose of training young men as
local supervisors to be used in
checking compliance for soil
building practices and the harves
ted acreage of certain soil deplet
ing crops and whose report on
these farms willbe used in deter
mining the amount of penalty
that individual farmers will pay
or the amount of payment they
will receive for cooperating in the
1942 Agricultural Conservation
Program.
Last year we used 24 men for
this work over the county, all but
6 of these men have been called
either to the armed services or
have accepted jobs in other de
fense work throughout the coun
try and we have found it necessary
to train younger boys for this
year's work and th's letter is be
ing written you that you mijY.
advise the young men : n your
school whom you think would a3
capable of doing this work to
make formal application to this
office for this training.
The boys selected should have
Park Is Threatened
By Monday's Blaze
FICKLE MARCH WIND GREAT
HINDRANCE TO FEW
FIGHTERS.
(Reporter Correspondent)
Monday.— (With the volunteer
fire fighters in Hanging Rock
State Park) —The news spread
quickly in Danbury that flames,
encouraged by rather high winds,
were sweeping up the mountains
north of Moore's Knob.
The fire enveloped completely
the area north of Moore's Knob
and burned on a line approximate
ly 2 miles long extending from
some 100 yards of the CCC camp
at the foot of the mountain to a
point east of the Knob on the
Moore's Springs road. It was es
timated that 500 acres, part of
which being valuable timber land,
were ravaged.
All along the line of the fire
some twenty gallant lads labored
furiously amid the smoke and heat
with what seemed at times a hope
less battle, the flames constantly
leaping over tfle raked paths above
the fire. At times the flames ac
celerated by capricious winds,
leapedftwenty to thirty feet hor
izontally and producing such in
some knowledge of farm life, be
able to meet and command the re
spect of the producer with whom
he will come in contact, have an
average high school knowledge of
mathematics, be willing to worit
10 hours per day, and in some in
stances have the use of an auto
mobile; however, this will not ap
ply to every case and young men
otherwise eligible woui'l apulv
for the work.
There might also be some male
teachers in your school whr would
wish to apply for the work during
the vavat.on period. Each man
should be able to get in fi\>m 00
jto 90 days of Afork dur.-ig ;'ic
summer at a rate of pay from
$3.50 to 55.00 per diem, dependent
upon the grade and amount of
work he performs. Half pay only
| will be paid during the training
period for men accepted Cor work
and the experience would be
j worth much, especially to the beys
who expect to enter a school of
j higher learning at a later date.
It would be appreciated very
. much if you would inform these
boys of this opportunity and ad
-1 .
vise the ones interested to make
application to this office at the
earliest possible date. Thanking
you for any interest you might
take in this work, I am
Very truly yours,
A. M. CAUDLE,
Chief Clerk
Stokes County ACA
tense heat that the lines had to
be abandoned and new ones start
ed above. The fighters actually ran
j from the sw'ft jumps of the fire
lon several occasions. Green trees
| burned like tinder before the
torch-like flames.
Toward nightfall the receding
wind enabled the fire-fighters to
complete their lnes whicch con
quered the blaze.
P. C. A. Loan Agent
W ill Be Here At
Court Next Week
J. A. Francis, who is connected
with the Winston-Salem Produc
tion Credit Association, w.ll be
here the first day of court in the
office of Joseph B. Martin for the
purpose of talking with the farm
ers and writing P. C. applications.
Mr. Francis is a Stokes boy, the
son of the late R. E. L. Francis
of Francisco.
Lyman Hall has returned to
Washington, D. C. after a brief
visit with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Hall. Mr. and Mr 3.
Hall also had as their guests last
weekend Mrs. W. S. Hfcint, Jr.,
and son, of Thomasville.
Published Thursdays *** * * Number 3,640
Instructions To
Draft Registrants
List Of County Committee Ap
po'nted To Help Boys Fill Out
Questionnaires.
Following the Selective Service
Registration of February 16th,
Questionnaires will be mailed to
the Registrants in accordance
with the regulations of the Select
ive Service Program. It is essen
tial to the effective administration '
of the Defense Program that the
Registrants cooperate with the Se
lective Service Program Adminis-
I
tration n every possible way. |
In order that you show your in !
terest and desire to help in th ; s!
I
emergency it is suggested that |
you give consideration to the fol
lowing pointers:
1. Fill in your questionnaire
and return it to your Local Board
office within the required time
(10 days).
2. Answer each question which
you are required to answer fully,
giving as complete a picture of
your present set up as possible.
By so doing you may save your
self time and expenses as well as
considerable worry to the Local
Board.
3. DO NOT GO TO THE LO
CAL BOARD OFFICE IN DAN
BURY Ok IVJ THE MEMBERS
OF THE LOCAL BOARD TO'
H|AVE YOUR QUESTIONNAIRE
FILLED OUT. The Local Board
office is a very busy place. Other
sources of information are provid
ed for your convenience.
4. If you desire help in filling
out your questionnaire any one of
the members of the committee
listed below will be glad to help
you. It is their duty as members
of the Registrants Advisory Com
mittee for Stokes County Local
Board No. 1 to assist you. They
are qualified and can offer help
ful suggestions. Call on them:
Mrs. Gladys McPherson, Wal
nut Cove.
Mrs. Leake Lovin, Walnut Cove.
J. G. H. Mitchell, Walnut Cove.
Bill Bailey, Walnut Cove.
R. M. Green, Walnut Cove.
Tom Preston, Pine Hall.
Mrs. Ed Rankin, Pine Hall.
Enny Roberts, Dillard.
W. W. Dodson, Sandy R>dge.
Lowell Poore, Sandy Ridge.
Miss Laura Ellington, Sandy
Ridge.
L. H. van Noppen, Danbury.
Tom Petree, Danbury.
Lois Martin, Danbury.
Mrs. Hollis Rhodes, Danbury.
Ralph Sheppard, Lawsonville.
Sam Summons, Vade Mecum.
Sam Moir, WesSfield.
Tom Smith, Westfield.
E. F. stone, Pinnacle.
C. R. Carroll, Germanton.
5. P. Covington, Pinnacle.
Edd Mitchell, Germanton.
W. S. Hart, Lawsonville.
Fred E. Shore, King.
W. E. Johnson, King.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Taylor of
Winston-Salem were here at Mrs.
J- S. Taylor's Sunday.
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KING FARMERS
AHEAD WITH WORK
MORE PLOWING THAN EVER
BEFORE AT THIS SEASON—
MUCH SICKNESS KEI'ORTED
—THE STORK VISITS.
King—A good town in a good
section.
King, March 2G. Mrs. William
Fulk, who is quite siik, lias been
moved to the City Hospital, Win
ston-Salem, for treatment.
Theodore Xewsum has returned
from Greensboro where h«_ went
on a business trip.
Miss Haze! Fulp of Thomasviiic
is spending a few days with rela
tives here.
John MclJee, who has been quit.:
siek at his home on North Main
street, shows deeded improve
ment, his friends will be pleased
to learn.
Tom Sprinkle of the Mount
Pleasant section, formerly of
Toccoa, Georgia, was among the
business visitors here Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bishop of Bethle
hem, Penn., have returned to the :•
home after a several day's visit
to tfreir daughter, Mrs. David
Weinland, on West Main street.
C. T. McGee has returned from
a business trip to Durham.
The stork issued the following
report for last week: to Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Martin, a son; Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Stone, a daughter;
Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Wall, a son;
and Mr, and Mrs. George England,
a son.
Arthur Kapp of Mebane, for
merly of King, spent the week
end with relatives and friends
here.
Miss Cora Boles is spending a
few days with her s.ster, Mrs. P.
J. Caudle, in Winston-Salem.
Planters in this section are be
lieved to have the most land turn
ed that they have ever had at
this time of year. This is due to
favorable weather.
H. H. Brown of King, former
county commissioner, who has
been seriously ill in the City Me
memohal Hospital, Winston-Sa
lem, is said to be slowly improv
ing. His many friends wish for
him a speedy recovery.
Simpson Garner, who is teach
ing >n the Reynolds school, spent
the week-end with his mother
just east of town.
Second Forest Fire
In This Week
/ Burns Large Area
The second forest fire near Dan
bury this week burned over a
large section on the highway en
tering Danbury from Walnut
Cove. The fire started 111 a bottom
where land was beiin: cleaned.
The flames played havoc among
the wastes and laps of the "Ray
Woods as they are known hero.
The timber was cut by lumber
men some three years ago.
It was reported that flames
were seen fcio... several miles
above Danbury toward Lawson
ville.